Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, August 01, 1872, Image 2
Tile Beaufort Re'oublican.
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/ THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1872.
J. G. THOMF8UV, Kdltor. i
A DV FRTIS1 KG RATES.
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Insertion, subae'i'sent insertions by contract.
? SUBSCR1PTIOXS.
One Yen*, 52 00
MxMontlis, 91
Official Paps:; of the State,
Official Paper of Beaufort aiwl ("olleton
* ' * ' * Counties.
GEO. P. ROWELL 4 CO., NEW YORK AGENTS.
H T. FARMER. AGENT IN WALTERBORO.
For President.
Horace Greeley.
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Snuiner for Greeley.
Hon. Charles Sumner has written a
lon^ letter addressed to a number of col* j
ored men who had asked his advice as to j
their political course. He declares his
purpose to vote for Horace Greeley.
Mr. Sumner^contrasts the two candi- i
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dates, Grectey was corn m poverty, aim
educated himself in a printing office.
Grant, fortunate in early patronage, be*
came a Cadet at West Point, and was !'
educated at the public expense. One
started with nothing but industry and
character; the other with a military com- i
mission. One was trained as a civilian;
the other as a soldier. Horace Greeley
stood forth as a reformer and ah Aboli- J
tiouist.- President Grant eulisted as,a
pro-slavery Peaiocrat, and at the dec- ,
tion of James Buchanan, fortified by his
vote all the pretensions of slavery, even
the Pred Scott decision; Greeley, front j
early life, was earnest and constant against
slavery, full of sympathy wi h the colored
race, and always tore l ost in the great
battle for their rights. President Grant,
except as a sol ier, summoned by the
terrible accident of war, nevei; did anything
agaiust slavery, nor has he at any ;
time shown any sympathy with the colored
race.- Horace Greeley earnestly do- ;!
sired that the colored citizen should vote, ;'
and ably championed impartial sftiltrage;
but President Grant was on the other
side. Beyond these contrasts, which are
marked, it cannot be forgotten that !
Horace Greeley is a person of large heart
* and large understanding and strived to
support human rights. Mr.Greeleys iudus
ry, general knowledge, amiable nature,
and above all, honesty, which no
suspicion has touched, are maintained.
None or these things appear in President
Grant. His great success in war cannot
change his record toward the colored pc >?
hi pie; while there are antecedents shewing
that in the prosecution of his plans he
cared nothing for the colored race.
Mr. Sumner says the hardihood of
political falsehood reaches its extreme (
point when it is asserted that under I j
Horace Greeley the frecdmen will be re- j i
enslaved, or that colored people will iu
any way suffer in their equal rights; 011 1
the contrary they have in his election,
not only the promises of the platform, ,
but also the splendid example for a full <
geneiatiun, during which he has never :
wavered in the assortiou of their rights- ,
. To suppose that Horace Greeley when 1
placed where he can do the most good
Will depart from the rule of his holiest (
life is an insult to reason. It is none the }
less idle to suppose that Democrats sup- j
porting Horace Givo'ey, expect or desire j
rh-it he should dei.art from those prlnei
pies which are the giory of his character.
They have accepted the C'iuciiuiati platform
with its tw .-fuhl promi-o-, ami in- l
tend in good faith to maintuiu it. t
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thir Charter Klection. ^
In another column will be found a ;
ticket for Intendent and Wardens, head- ]
ed by the uaine of J. W. Collins?. We ,
heartily endorse the ticket, and hope our (
friends will turn out and elect it. Mr. ^
Colbns is a gentleman vitally interested .
in the* welfare of the town. Me is enterprising,
public spirited and honest, lie (
would give us a live administration. itn- ;
prove the town and benefit all Masses. (
By a strong i11 >rt on the part of tax pay- t
ers he can be electi d. Lot us make it. l
s'cmi: tickets. j,
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The Select United Brethren have, it1 I
Is said, agreed upon the following tic- <
koe, which is given upon the authority
of Senator Mash and Postmaster Wil- t
der: \ 1
Chamberlain for Governor, Pansier, r
Lieut. Gov.; II. P. Ilayue, Secreta.y of i
State; Iloge, Comptioiler; C'ard- zo, ;
Treasurer; Melton, Attorney General; 1
Jillson, Superintendent of Kducaiiou; t
Smalls, Adjt. (L uera ; Worlkinglou,
Cougress-ai large. 11
Richland county modestly takes six
of the candidates. It will ho iouud,
hewevee, tout there will be several ;
delegations lrom other parts of the
State who will insist on having a
put" in the game.
A large meeting of the Republicans
of Lancaster county recommend J. F.
G. Aliuag, a uiau ol local reputation,
for Governor and Edwin F. Gaiy lor
Comptroller.
Several cjuuties have already selected
their delegates to the convention,
among them York, which sends the
situe delegates to county. State, and
cougre&sioual conventions. Tluy a*e
instructed to vote for Frank Moses tor
Governor.
GRANT'S REMEDY.
Judge T. J. Mackey in his speech at
Chester recently, after alluding to the
frauds and extravagance of the present
State government, said:
'Tf the remedy is not applied to cor
rect these abuses, by Republican voters
themselves, then Gen. Grant will
certainly recommend to Congress to
remand the State to a territorial condition,
under a provisional government.
If Republicans cant correct the
abuses committed by the bad members
of their party, let the State be surrendered
back to the care of the general
government."
Such a remedy would be a3 bad as
the disease. The people of South Cai olina
are not particular as to the names
of those who rob them. It is the stealing
they object to. We cannot see
any possible good to acrue from swapping
Scott or Moses for Grant.
Of course the story is prepostersous.
In the first place Grant ba9 no such
power, aud in the next place he would
not exercise it in opposition to regular
Republican nominations if he had.
The ring are not afraid of hfm. Those
who are counting on his aid to defeat
the riDg nominations by aiding a bolting
ticket in this State are destined to
be wofully disappointed.
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Judge Orr, in a recent speech, said that
he had been informed that over five hundred
thousand dollars had been squandered
in p?v certificates, issued by the
speaker of the House of Representatives
to men who neither attended in Columbia
nor did any service whatever to the State.
These had been issued to the cross-road
politicians who, in return, are expected to
electioneer for the generous donor?Speaker
Franklin J. Moses.
THE BLVE RHINE SCRIP.
The papers of the State have jumped
to the conclusion that the Revenue
bond scrip scheme is killed, and that
the S'ate has been saved the 82.00 >,0 0
paid for the worthless bonds held by the
Blue R'dge railroad company. If the
ring ticket is elected in October next
they will find out their mistake. Those
holding the scrip are quite as confident
as ever of a final triumph. As long as
Auditor Gary remains as one of their
opponents they have no hope of a discontinuance
of the suit or any faltering
iu its advance. To him belongs
all the credit for the success of the first
attempts to arrest the scheme. But
after the installation of the State
ollieers this fall his duties will devolve
upon the Comptroller. Xo opposition
will be thought of by the man nominated
by the riug to this or any other
Scheme of public plunder. lie will
withdraw the suit on the part of the
Auditor.
WHO IS RESPOXSIRIA
In a recent speech Judge T. J.
Maekey gave it as his opinion that
"the State government is responsible
for every red shroud in which sleeps a
K. K. victim, and for the sufferings
and misery of every South Carolinian
who languishes behind the bars of Albany
Penitentiary."
Iu support of this he jointed
out the mingled bluster, cowardice,
ign^rauceaud imhecility which maiked
the conduct of the State in dealing
with the rioters and lawless spirits of
the disturbed counties.
Iu this connection we heard the
Judge recently say that (Jnut was
suiirely ignorant of the fact that the
militia sent by the Governor to quell
the Ku Kiux, and which was disarmed
by the people, were all colored men.
The Presideut was much surprised at
the information and intimated that his
iction would have been modified if this
act had been presented to his mind
xfore he declared martial law.
A Itlot in Savannah.
On Monday afternoon and evening se ioiis
ri<?ts broke out in Savannah. Son to
rouble In:.! been experienced on Safaris;.
and Sun lay in regard to colore 1 peo
?le riding in tb : street cars set apart for
vhite-. X ? oi?o objected to this purtietiar!y
save s few rowdy boys and young
lieu, who organized themselves to put
nit every colored man who came into the
vhite car-. This of course incited the
ame low class of blacks t > get up a row.
Hie bc-t e!a-sesof whites and black*
ndcavored to allsiy the excitement but
vithout effect. On Monday night the
ixeitement culminated by a car couaining
the whites being iircd into by
lacks from an alley. Those io the car
eturne I tic tire oy winch evcrai coltrod
men won' injured. The same niyht
i Grant mectim; wis broken iij?, partly
?y its own party ijnartv!-' and partly l?y
tut idcis.
Gnna of Macks paraded in section- of
ho city disehar^inir yun- am! pi-; ?!-?. A
a?ly and three children wore wounded by
>r>e of these Parties. Kxcited crowd- of
vhitc men also attached the negroes. and
or several hours the city was convulsed
ty tin se lawless a d-'. < hi Tuesday routers
were ijuict and no further trouble is
ipprelunde 1. Tive or six white m< u
vert w mti h d and a dozen >iwn d.
Tlie strictures ma le upon the canine
tfiuass meetings by the county chairnan
are thought by fairtuinded men to
e captious a>?d unnecessary. Hi to
niirht he some foreo in tiieui if the
Ut'Ctihgs Wt'VC eulu 1 to Clcet d; :.cyatfS,
jut such is nut tlio c:w. The meetings
aliv.l are to rati IV the nominations <?f
rant ami Wilson. ('all.* h-r meetings
ui.-igned are circulated lively ami adveri.-ed
in the Times, at which Mr. W l.ipj?er
i- to .-peak. Why should the subxumuittecm'en
call the meetings. B ides,
the county chairman has the right
to dispense with.sub-corn mi ttee-nmn thotrether.
: < i done in some counties The
jounty chairman of Charleston county
appoints all the meetings for eleeting delegates,
and the same is done in other
counties. No complaint has been made
by any of the sub-committee men, aud
they a^o not grateful to those who are
trying to make trouble between them and
their trusted Chairman. . i
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LOCAL' POLITICS.
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Dont fail to read our letters from Law- ii
tonville. w
Wm Wilson and Barney'Sams are &
i candidates for Sheriff/
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W. C. 3Iorrison is a candidate for the
Legislature.
The Greeley men are laying low. ^
* The Arsenal walls are to be padded in ^
time for the county convention.
A meeting of the Y. B. R. Club was i
held at the house of J. C. Rivers, Esq., S
last Monday evening. Joseph Cohen in ii
the chair. The elements could not eom- gi
bine on a ticket for town officers. J
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' A little ' unpleasantness" occurred at |
the headquarters of the Tammany club j
| last Sunday morning. One of the proui- 1 n
inent members of the club owes his life
to the lively manner in which he shook
the dust off his feet.
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i L. S. Lane lev, school commissioner, n
recently proposed to the State Supt. of v
Education a sche . e to compel refractory j,
school districts to pay a special scliool t}
tax. He intended to annex those districts t
refusing to levy a special tax to such districts
as should vote in favor of such a
levy. This course 31r. JiHson thought
objectionable from a l<i*d as well as an 1 0
equitable point of view. ^
No candidates are yet in the field for ]j
the office of school commissioner. The d
office not being very lucrative is consider- 1
ed small. After the county convention g
meets some disappointed aspirant for the j t
legislature will thankfully "go for" the i b
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We hear of a movement in the upper;
part of the county to place in tho field a j
( candidate fi-r State Senator by the liberal I1
Republicans. As the straight Jtcpubli- {'
cans seem to be divided they tliink this h
is an opportunity not to be lost. i 1J
The meeting at Liwtonville was lively.
The speakers indulged in many charges T
of fraud and corruption, and the people \
begin to find out how their reprc-enta- ; g
tives in Columbia conduct themselves. '
The truth is likely all to come out now, j
and no doubt We shall have a feast of I
scandal and a flow of something besides !,s
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The two candidates for the senator- !
ship will make the fur fly at Briekchurch c
St. Helena, Aug. 2; Hilton Head. Aug. u
3; Bluffton, Aug. 5; Hardecville, Aug. j,
t>; Graham viile, Aug. 7; and Gardners [
corners Aug.
The t'diowimr tickets are in the field d
! for the election next Monday: for Inteu- j
dent, M. W. Collins; Wardens, D. C. h
Wilson, P. K. Ezekiel. Win. Kressel, W.
H. McOrill. S. 31. Wallace and W. C.
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Another-is: Inteiulant, I?.S. Bennett; 1'
Wardens, J>. C. Wilson, P. E. Ezekiel. I t:
E. Talbird, *J. E. Boyce, Jodali .Jackson j
and C'ato Perry. The third ticket is: '
lutendaot. Dr. Nichols; hardens, B. :1
! Washingtoif, W.dK-y ftroon, J(Wpfi e
Robinson, 1>. C. Wilson, Gabriel Haynes. v
j F. Talbird. ?
A num./ ih .su nominated for Ward I U
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ens on split tickets are Roncrt Smalls, ,
Geo. WaU-rLoiise, J. M. Crofut. Wm. !
Wilson, II. M. Stuait, and George t<
Ilolmcs. I '
The Hi t ticket was nominated by the J1
Sax ton Republican clun, which met '
; Monday evening last, Mr. W. C. Morrison,
dnbijan, "auil Mr. Joe Richard- ''
son .secretary. |
liie second ticket is the one put for- !
ward hy the i. 13. R. club. The third ;
ticket i- the present ad m mi tration. j,
The reporter of '* Local i'olitics" last a
week made some statements in regard to , (;
Solicitor \\ ig-rin's action in not pro-cent- j ft
ing the person- who assaulted the town I b
marshal some time ago. Mr. Wiggin n
; denounces, in language unneeessaril
warm for July, these statements as untrue.
In fact, he says the article had
not a word of truth in it, The first sen- j ft
teuee in the paragraph is: "1'. L. \\ ig- S
"i'i is.-: candi lata for re-elect ion.' Is i <]
this untrue? Second: Ho is anxious to si
retain the oflev in order to prosecute the o
ahovc in- 111i .mod -a-e. What part of r<
this is untrue? Is lie anxious to retain t h;
the otlico? Is he anxious to prosecute j1(
tli-' case? Tiio thirl sentence complained i n
of i\a Is: '"I lo prefers for reasons of his j
own to d hiy theea^e until after e!ee-|
tion." The Solicitor says he deferred j
a-*tieii at the i\ <pic-'of the town Inten oi
dan'. He i-not under the orders of the S
liitui laiit. Th" fourth sentence is most ,,
eomj hined of. It r aids: "Having a!- |J(
ready received his f< e- in that case (?at>) j ...
lie fears if lie is not lecto-l for another ,,
term the county will not get the worth of'1 n,
1 ii < money. ' j t,,
31 r. \\ iggin dmics the 8)0. There ! p
were five i dietim-uts sent tothcHrand te
Jury. Ii' tiie o < : es wore not docketed j
then we were iui>fakcn.
The Myrtle Hush primary meeting
was In Id on Wednesday last. H. K. , J
Carleton, .M reus Simmons. Hol>iu S. ^
Ilryan. and James Mack, were elected
delegates to the county couvcuth-u. ,(
R> The Tirit<:< man cat forty-six ihsof I
watcniiclon one day la>t week. Muring ( t!
the uiclit hi friend- exclaimed "wat cr , w
u.elion colic man! A clear cu-e of L
dropsy. ! ti
We have just received a large as*
sortui nt ??! envelop?, cards, bill-head
paper. letter, I; ?te, cap aval loyal cap w
which wo will sell, either plain or printed, 1
at 1?>\V juice- furca ii. Also } > nctls. pens, a
rubber i v.n i>. ii'.iv, red tape, n:use;!age, 1!
ink. etc.
?The til>t boll t'iong staple cotton of
the season was sent to The Xeics office :
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yesterday from Christ Church Parish. It
\va> grown by a colored man named Isaac 1 .
Smith, who has a few acres of cotton c
near Mount Pleasant*?Xnat, July 26.
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?A Florida correspondent of theSa- I
vannah Jiepulttcan says that the In- i
dians iu the everglades refuse to free t
their slaves, and swear that Sheridan !
will have to k'ride the tail oft' eveiy *
horse in the army before they give up ; I
a single nig r/' " !(
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B&)"' If there Is a law against the
se of obscene and profane language
1 the public streets, would it not be. j
ell for the solicitor to read up on it
nd have it enforced?
Oa Thursday last a Spanish
ris went ashore on Stono breakers,
nd is a total wreck. Two men were
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brown overboard when she struck,
rho were drowned. (
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A man by the name of Dawson from y
avannah, was arrested on Tuesday
2 consequence of having in his pos- ^
ession a watch which was stolen from
fr. Schepcrabout a month ago.
80. ('>11 Saturday night last several nusuully
brilliant meteors were observed (
ere.
jHr* We have just received a large
ssortmentof envelops; Cards, bill-head !
aper, letter, note, cap and'legal cap,
rhich we will sell, either plain or
irinted. at low prices for cash. Also (
encils, pens, rubber band's, files, red
ape, muscilage. ink, etc.
Lightning. 1
On Sunday afternoon last the house 1
f James Blake, on the Fuller planta- (
ion, St. Iletena island was struck by
ightning. The chimney was thrown j (
own and the floor ripped up. Bobert' ,
)eas was hurt by the falling bricks;' ]
limon Good wine, Ben. l)eas and a lit- j (
le girl were stunned by the lightning, i
>ut none of the persons are seriously
tijured. All the pe-sons were colored.
On Sunday afternoon a hail storm '
assed over Sheldon, doing a considerable j !
auiage to the crop. Three of the hail
tones collected weighed a quarter of a
lOUlul.
The Tuesday's train on the P. R. R. .
!., did not get in until about 12 m., ,
Vcdnesday. The valves of the engine i
ot out of order and put out the fire.
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80. The storm on Sunday shook up <
)rangeburg quite lively. The lightning
truck in five places in the town, but very .
ttle iniurv was done. ! <
JB0T S L. Hall who has been merhandiz'ng
at Port Ro^al for sorae !1
souths, left for Racine, Wisconsin, j1
ast week, to be absent for two months.
T. C. Kneller, the present con- ,
luctor on the P. R. R., makes things
ust as agreeable as he can. We hope i
te will be a fixture.
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tf^'Tlmt portion of the Port Royal
bailroad between Augusta ami Sand Bar '
'erry has been finished. An excursion
rain passed over it Saturday afternoon. :
B^.Wadesboro chickens in convention j '
ssembled, have resolved not to crow or i
trWc' r r giyo any other signs of their j
hereabouts, until after the adjournment j
f the Conference of Methodist Ministers !
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ow ill session at that place.
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>o more Ku-Klux trials until at- :
'r election. The special session ofthcj'
\ S. court will not be held next month j
i Columbia. All the capital possible la
ecu made for Grant, it appears. Who is
upporting Budd Williams now? lie can
\claim: "Othello's occupation's gone!" ;
f Greeley is elected the "patent witness" I i
u-iucss wil decline. So mote it be. ! ,
f->ty .T. J. Kline, of Walterboro, has
ist received his diploma as druggist
nd pharmaceutist from the South J
larolioa University at Columbia. Mr.
[<ine lias bceu in business in Walteroro,
for many years, and is one of its j
lost enterprising and popular citizens. S,
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A Postmaster Arrested.
The Columbia Phoenix says: "John A. j
!<?s\voll. late postmaster at Canulen, ' ^
. 0., was arrested in that place on Fri- i <
ay I.i^t and brought up before Commis- i
oner Boozer, in this eitv, on Saturday, i
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i a charge of embezzlement of money 1
?eeivcd from money orders. lie was (
ailed in the sum of two thousand dollars (
) appear for examination on Wednesday I
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The Weather, | I
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The hottest weather of the season has , '
curred since our last' issue. On Friday,
atunlav and Sunday the theruionieter J
larked ninety-six. On Sunday after- j
non a thunder shower cooled the heated
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irtli and air. Several of our citizens are ^
larooning at Bay Foint, some have gone
nrth. Those that remain are generally j
njoying good liealth and by the aid of
leasant sea breezes, ice and idleness keep 1
ileiaMy comrortttble.
(WIGHT AGAIN.
F? ter Ilolmts, who was convicted a (
ear or more ago lor the murder of 1
lathews in this county and who has
iviee escaped from custody, was arrvs- 1
i?l again on Monday, the loih, near
Ireen Fond. Information reached D. ^
1. Farmer, trial justice at Walterboro '
bat he was in that vicinity. A party 1
as sent out who chased him to Green :
'oud. lie resisted arrest for some I
irac and after his capture offered sixty ?
ollars to he let off. Ilis whereabouts i
aked out in the conversation of his , 1
-ife. lie will be taken to the penitcn- 1
iary, where, if they want to keep him ?
good watch must be maintained. He 1
i a schemy fellow. <
Soldiers at Mass Meetings. <
A row occurred last week at a meet g
near Charleston in which several i
icrsons were injured by bayonets in
he hands of militia men. The custom
>f calling out the awkward squads of
?ur local militia on the occasion of
mlitical meetings is a pernicious one.
such meetings are for citizens. The
sresence of men with arms is incongruous
and unnecessary, and is likely
,o foment disorder and render it more ,
langerous. '
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North Carolina Election. )
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Large Cottserrative gains?Probable c
success of that ticket.
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[Special to the Republican.} t
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JKALEIGH, Aug. _.
The returns come in slowly. The Conicrvativc
vote is heavier than at the last
election. Ever}* county heard from increases
the probability of a Conservative t
victory. t
Range of Thermometer (
Dbserved at Dr. II. M. Stuart s 1
Drug Store, for the week ending {
August, 1:
Date 9 a. m. 12 m. . 6 p. ni.
Thursday, 88 98 92
Vridav, ' 88 93 92
Saturday 89 96 94
Sunday, ? ? ?
Monday, 83 89 88
Tittsday, 86 91 90
Wednesday 87 90 87
Goethe Township School Meeting.
The annual meeting of Goethe township
was held on June 27 at Hopeville
church. Mr. C. R. Fittswaschairman and
J. V. Dowlings secretary. A tax of one
mill and one dolar poll was assessed. ^
Resolutions were introduced, and passed (
unanimously, severely criticising the action
of the Governor in reinstating Mr.
Langley as school commissioner, and re- .
commending nevertheless school trustees "
to retain office in order to prevent wrong
being done to school interest by unworthy
office holders.
The School Tax.
Sheldon township is not enthusiastic
for a school tax as it might he. We are (
?orry to note that II. M. Fuller Esq., ,
has resigned from the board of rustees. j
Bluffton voted a tax, and Robertson still
lives. Hilton Head and Coosawhatchie
and St. Helena have come up nobly and
voted the tax. As there is hardly a hope
that any thincr will be had from the state
these township> taxes are important.
?Governor James L. Orr declines to |
accept the challenge of Captain Win. D. |
it. It' I " . ' _ -A
ravins "to ?1 puunc uiseussion ai turner i
<on of tlu; ' issues of the present political ,
campaign." j i
B6?k>A heavy hail-storm occurred in
the neighborhood of Graham's Crossroads :
about noon on Sunday; the corn and cotton
over which it passed is said to he seriously
damaged. Stones foil as large as
lien's eggs, killing a number of poultry
The passengers on the N. E. 11. K. train
gathered large rugged pieces of ice after
the violence of the storm had abated.
Colonel McClure recently received a '
lispatch from ex-Govcrnor Curt r,, of
Pennsylvania, dated at St. Petersburg,
md saving that he was coining home to
<tump the State of Pennsylvania for Greeley.
Senator Sumner, upon being told of
jt, said: ''That settles the question in
Pennsylvania; it goes for Greeley' sure."'
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The Barnwell Sentinel says: "We j
hear it now hinted that the Dele- j 1
ration from Barnwell will support Cham- !
berlain for Governor, though Orr is spo- j1
ken of." 1
THE CANVASS FUR SENATOR. i
To the Editor of Republican:
Thinking you might not have had a
U'|llll ll'I JNV'Ullli Ut LIHJ lUCCllll^ mi uti. I
tonville on .Saturday la-t. I have jotted ,
tlown some of the salient points for yon. 1
The first feature was the preposter- i
aits proposition of Dr. Brisbane, to levy a 1 !
nine mill tax for school purposes, in addi- j '
lion to the state and poll tax. It was diffi- j '
. ult to believe that he was serious in pro- I 1
posing it but such is the fact. It is either j '
the blunder of a fool or the artful dodge of, \
i demagogue. There was but one vote '
for it, the tax of one mill and one dol- ; \
far poll tax being vted.
Then came the r?a! object which j '
had drawn such a large crowd ? two '
Senatorial champions euten d the listf^f '
for a regular set to. W'hipper was 1
:alled for first, but he said the lucetiug '
was none of his. aud unless he was at- j
tacked he would have nothing to say. '
suialls lin n took the stand. lie seemed
.o have a determine d and noisy f?>llow- |
ng, who were much more aggressive
than the partisans of Whipper. His 1
rpccch commenced with Grant and
t _1 1 I
\V lison, DUL lie 8UMU ilUituil'Mjcu luriu.
lie pitched into the Columbia adminstration,
especially into Scott and (
Parker. lie said mistakes had been '
iiade in putting such men in oflice.
Hereafter he advocated the election of
Southern men. The carpet-banners (
ie said left the State as soon as they 1
unde money enough or got out of
jfliee. Iu county oflicts he instanced 1
a'e Treasurer Kuh. Auditor Rundlet. ! 1
ludge Roll and Silas Wright, deputy
collector, lie might have said Postmaster
Small wood, who departed also, j
'Put none but Southerners on guard" ; '
seems to be his motto. Of course
Whipper was the. Northerner pirticuarly
meant bj him, but it is evident j
.hat Northern Republicans are not j
wanted in his canvass. I j
Whipper then look the stand. Tie ,
- - - * .i u. i it..i ! '
proceeded to poini out me iaci mai
Senator Smalls had voted for every }
id ministration measure, and that he (
was now going back on the Columbia (
ring merely for political purposes. He
charged him with being corrupt, and
added that the whole delegation was (
equally so. The validating bill, the
Blue liidgc swindle, etc., had received : ]
the vote of every one except himself. .
He wound up by a defence of North- j
em men. asserting that he proud of;
having been born a freeman.
N. B. Myers then took the platform j,
and made a telling speech. He raked j i
up many damaging eharges against
Whipper. Said that he had swindled
the State in connection with the Land
Commission, the Sinking Fund and in
the legislative expenses. He assorted
that he could prove by witnesses present
that Attorney General Chamber
1
ain had paid Whipper five tb >usand
lollars to be left out of the impeachuent
resolutions. Upon being reques- ]
ed to show his witnesses he rather
veakened, but persisted in asserting
he truth of the charge from his own j
cnowledge.
Alfred Williams made a short speech
n favor of Grant and Wilson, after
vhieh the meeting adjourned.
It will be seen from the foregoing {
hat the canvass is to be a hot one. If j
,he people are led to believe both the (
candidates in what they say of on#
mother, is it not a good time to trot
3ut a liberal Republican- who can beat
them both. Yours,
A Greeleyite.
SMALLS AM) WHIPPER ON THE
STIMP.
Mass Meeting at Larrtonville.
A mass meeting of the citizens of
Lawton township, was held on the 27th
inst at Lawtonville, to levy a tax for
.1 :?4: I
school pnrposes?rainy me uuimuawvu
of Grant and Wilson, and to elect del'
^
egates to the Republican county contention.
The meeting was organized
by electing Mr. Y. L. Scott to the
:hair, and Mr. W. H. Jones Secretary.
The chairman then stated the
object of the meeting, and introduced
Dr. B. L. Brisbane, who warmly advocated
a tax of nine mills on the dollar.
lie was followed by General
Robert Small3 in opposition to the
same, who in a forcible speech recommended
a much smaller tax, the same
amount levied last year. Capt. V. S.
Scott and Kev. Seaborn Drayton, also
followed in opposition to the high levy.
The same was then agreed to as was
levied last year, with but one dissenting
voice, and that was he who advocated
the tax of nine mills.
The object of the meeting so far as
educational purposes is concerned having
been accomplished, the people next
proceeded with the ratification of the
nominees of the Philadelphia convention.
Mr. S. J. Bamfifcld of Blouutville,
was the first speaker introduced, who
3poke ably and eloquently of the object
of the mtctiDg, being the ratification
See., and was frequently applauded by
his attentive hearers.
Geu'l. Smalls was then introductd
and spoke for more than two hours. J
He dwelt for.-ome time in favor of the j
presidential nominations. IIo then j
branched off upon county matters and ,
dealt Mr. Whipper some very heavy
blows, which made that gentleman
show unmistakable signs of great dis- !
comfiture. During the whole of the
Genl's speech, the people manifested
their confidence i'u hiiu and their utter
disregard of the assaults and vilupera
tion of his enemies.
They showed by the most unmistak
able signs that their coniideuce iu him
Was i^ishaken, and that the effort of
his enemies to produce the contrary
effect had proved futile.
Mr. \V. J. Whipper was then introduced,
who replied in a speech of great
length. His argument was general
and very elaborate. lie endeavored to
answer some of the Genl's. arguments,
though his answers were too vague and
general to produce any satisfactory ef
feet. lie made some very grav?
charges agaiust the Beaufort del -gallon,
stating that they were unfavoia
hie to impeachment, and therefore in ^
sympathy with the ring. lie was an- j
jwered by Mr. X. B. Myers, a member 1
>f the Beaufort delegation; who spurt d .
no pains in shewing the utter falsity of
every charge. lie r< viewed the course j
if Mr. Whipper in the legislature dur- j
ing the last two years, and proved con
clu.-ively that (he) Mr. Whipper was
Insincere iu his pretentions with re- \
^ard to honesty aud integrity, that he |
and he alone, as chairman of the com- i
in it tee of ways aud means in the house, !
bad the opportunity of speaking :
against certain measures in the house,
which he charges as being corrupt, aDd
charges the delegation vvith voting for.
The argument of Mr. Myers was clear,
pointed and forcible, he completely refuted
aud explained every charge or
insinuation that was made and proved
lo the full satisfaction of the audieuce ;
lhat they were made for political effect. ;
Mr. Alfred Williams was next iutroluced,
who in a few remarks advised
lis hearers to support the nominees of ;
.he Philadelphia convention. lie being !
.he last speaker, the meetiug theu proceeded
to elect delegates to the county
couventiou. after which they adjourned J
feeling quite satisfied with their presmt
state Senator, aud unwilling to
liake any change.
The meetiug was large aDd etithusiistic,
composed of whites and colored, ;
ibout nine or ten hundred persons
leiug present.
Yours,
A. Subscriber.
THE P. R. K. SCHEDULE.
We fear some parties have been mis- |
ed by depending upon the advertised
jelledule of the railroad. We therefore
republish our time table which is now
rigidly adhered to. The mails are as
dckle, inconstant and changeable as
though they were femails:
"Trains leave Port Itoyal every-once- j
in-a-while; reach Yemassec if possible,
connecting occasionally with a train
on the S. & C. railroad. The whole
under the direction of divine providence.''
Isham Henderson, of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, got $*>0,000 with his '
bride, a daughter of David F. Yaodell,
and is described as "fat. fifty, and immensely
wealthy." The happy couple
left At once for Europe.
Pere Hyacinthe is- engaged to be
married to the daughter of Count von
Edal, a Bavarian oobLman. Since
Hyacinthe has forfeited his spiritual
right to bear the title o?."pere," he is
striving to establish a natural claim to
it.
f
?-?-? j i /
THE CHAMPION OF PEACE,
horace geetey to the national 1
democracy. 1
?
He Accepts flie Nomination upon a Platform
"Tneonte stably Republican and
Emphatically Democratic."
The following is Mr. Greeley's letter
accepting the Baltimore nomination,
in reply to the letter of the committee
to notify him thereof:
New York, July 18.
Qcntlanen .-?Upon mature deliberation
it seen s fit that 1 should give to
your letter of the lOtn instant some
further and fuller response than the
hasty, unpiemeditatfcd words iu which
I acknowledged and accepted your
nomination at otv meeting on the 12th ^
instant.
That your conveution saw fit to accord
its highest honor to one who had
been prommently and pointedly opposed
to your party in the earnest and
somes angry controversies or me last,
forty years is essentially noteworthy.
That many of you would have preferred
that the liberal Republicans should
present another candidate for President
and would more rapidly have
united with us in the suport of Adams
or Trumbull, Davis or Brown, is welt
kuown. 1 owe my adoption at Baltimore
wholly to the tact that 1 had already
been nominated at Cincinnati,
and that a concentration of forces upon
any new man had been proved impracticable.
Gratified as I am at your concurrence
iu the Cincinnati nomination,
and certain as 1 am that yuu would
nut have thus concurred hadNyou not
deemed me Upright and capable, I
found nothing in the circumstance calculated
to intiame vanity or nourish
self-conceit. But that your convention
saw fit, to reaffirm tne Cincinnati platform
is to me a source of the profouudest
satisfaction. That body was constrained
to take this step by no party
necessity, real or supposed. It might
have accepted the candidates of the
liberal Republicans upon grounds entirely
its own, x>r it might have presented
them*as the first Whig convention
did liarrisou and Tyler, without
adopting any platform whatever.
That it chose to plant itself deliberate
ly, by a vote nearly nuanimous,
upon the fullest and clearest enunciation
of principles w inch are at once
iucontestably Republican and empbaticai'y
Democratic, gives trustworthy
assurance that a utw and more auspicious
era is' dawning upon our long
distracted country. Some of the best
yeais and best efforts of my life were
devoted to a struggle against chattle
slavery, a struggle none the less eainest
and arduous because respect lor
constitutional objections constrained
me to act lor the most part ou the defensive
in resistance to the diffusion,
rather than iu direct efforts for the ^
extinction of human bondage.
Throughout most of these years my
vision was uucheered, my exertions
were rarely animated by even so much
as a hope that 1 should live to see my
country peopled by fieemen alone.
The affirmance by your couveDtiou of
the Cincinnati platform is a must conclusive
proof that not mtrely is slavery
ab dished, but that i's spirit is extinct;
that dtSpile the protests of a respectable,
but isolated, tew. there remains
among us no parly and no formidable
interest which legrets the oveithiowr
or disire8the rc-iStablishineut of human
bondage, whether in letter or in*
spirit. 1 am thereby justified in my
hope and trust that the tiist Century of
American independence will not close
before the grand elemental truths on
which its rightfulness was based by
.JeiteiSou and the Continental CoDgiess
of 1770 will no longer be regaided
as glittering gt neraiiiies, but win have
hi come the universally acct pled and
fiouoitd Inundations of our political fabric.
I demand the prompt application
of those pnnciples to our txiaiiug condition.
HaviDg done what I could for the
complete emancipation of the blacks,!
now insist on the full enfranchisement
o; all my while lountrjrueu. L? i none
say that the ban has just b? tu itmoved
fioiu all but a tew trundled elderly ^
gentlemen, io whom eligibility to ? ftice 1
can be of Utile cons- queuce. Aly view
contemplates not ihe buudrids proscribed.
but the minions woo are denied
the right to be i uled and represented
by uitii ol I heir own Uuleltered
choice. Pro8ctiptiun were absurd if
thise did uot wish to tlect the very
iiii'U whom they are forbidden to
chtH.se.
I have a profound regard for the
people of ibat purt of New Eugland
wherein I was burn, iu whose common
schools [ was taught. 1 rank no people
above theoi m intelligence, capacity
and moral worth; but while they no
many things well, and some admirably.
there is one thing they cannot
safely or wisely undertake, and that is
the selection t'- r States r< mote from
and unlike their own, of the persons
by w hom these Slates shall be represented
in Congress. It they could do
this to good purpose, then liepublicau
institutions are unfit and anstoeiacy'
the ouly true political system. Yet,
what have we recently wituessed? Z.
If. Vance, the urqutstioued choice of
o I., mvtiorit v nf Lhe iirt'teilL Letfis
u, J , O
lature of North Caroliua, a niajoiity A
backed by a majority of the people
who voUd at its election, refused the
ecat iu the Federal Senate to which he
was chosen, and the Legislature thus
constrained to choose another in his
place or leave the State unrepresented
lor) eat 8.
The votes of New England thus deprived
North (Jaroliua of the Senator
of her choice, and compelled her to
send another in her stead?another
who in our late contest was, like
Vance, a rehel, and a fighting rebel,
but bad not s-rved in Congress before
the war as Vance bad, though the
latter remained faithful to the Union
till after the close of his term. I protest
against the disfranchisement of a
- ? ? -f -
Mate, presumptively 01 a uumw ui
.States. on ground so narrow and technical
as this. The fact that the same
Senate which refused his seat proceeded
to remove his disabilities after that
seat bad been filled by another, only
serves to place in a stronger light the
indignity to North Carolina, and the
arbitrary, capricious tyranny which
dictated it.
I thank you, gentlemen, that my
name is to be conspicuously associated A
with yours in a determined effort to ^
render amnesty complete and universal
in spirit as well as in letter.- Even
defeat in such a cause would leave no Ml
sting, while triumph would rank with' r
those victories which no biood reddens, H
and which evoke no tears but those of HI
gratitude and joy.
Gentlemen, your platform, which is
also mine, assures me that Democracy
is not henceforth to stand for one
thing and Republicanism for another;but
these term^are to mean in politior jflj