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thaBeaafort Republican. : frrrssDAT, august e* nra J. O. tH?rtPW?t. ltdiror. HLBUCHitTiuSS. 0?*T??r, ?* OO $100 APVKRTVlVt RATES. Advertisement* will be inserted at the rate <>f 31 ..SO jpf square MO NonpaMl line* or Wo for the first Ruertion. ?uh*equ<iit insertions by contract. Official Paper %of the State. Mdal Paper of Beanfort and Colleton bounties. OBO. P. ROW ELI A CO, N*KAV V< >H K AfiKNTS. H. T. FARMER. AHKNT IS WAI.TERBORM. For President. Horace Greeley. ? tgTAtoence of the editor must be the excuse for want of local news this week. nCjE?~ % For Governor.JOBCBES TOMUXSOX, Charleston. | For IX Governor. ? . >?1*0 X' TT \ V Yf P tl A?UIJO I I .1 i *1 /!>/ Secretary of State. MACON B. ALLEN, Charleston For Attorney General. JOHN T. GREEN, Sumter. For Controller General. J. SCOIT .MURRAY, Aaderson. /or Treasurer. EDWIN F. GARY, Richland.. Svpt. of Education* BEN. L. ROBERTS, Greenville.Adjutant General. PHILLII' E. EZEKIEL, Beaufort. Congress at Large. JO mi QUASH, A;k 11. The True Republicans. We arrived home from the convention too late to give a proper notice to the candidates of the True Republican con- i vention, except the candidate fordfrcrir or of whom we speak in another column. James N. Hayne, for Lt. Governor is -i colored man who has been in the legislbtwre fiom Barnwell county and has we believe an average record. Macon B. Allen is a colore 1 lawyer of Charleston now,but a native of Massachusetts, lie education and ability enough to make ; .p (CfcditeWeist'tretary of State. JohnT. fGreeu* ttft-vcandidate for attorney gen- ! oral, is at present judge of the Third Uir- ' cuit. 'He is a active of the State and a graduate of t lie .South Carolina College* Before the late war he was a Representative in the State legislature. During the war, notwithstanding he was recognized as a Union man, the confidence in his in- 1 tegrity was such that he was retained in the Lcgislntnre by the ]>optUnr vote 01 tut* ]>eople. Since the close of hostilities lie had advocatod the lleconstruction Acts, and this had beep confirmed by the ?auniluous vote of t Ji? Republican party, spcakthrough their representatives. JScott Murray of Anderson, fi a*-controller, js an excellent selection, He is a native of the state, a lawyer of .ability and has an unspottod reputation. JOdwip Y. ^'r treasurer, has won j a deserved reputation for honesty, firiu. wess a^d ability in the office of state J auditor. His opponents will find no blot opon ho? record. He is a native of Masraehucsetts, whose volunteer sere ice he made a good record. Since he has been in the service of this State he has fou-. lit every scheme of plunder with a detenuin- I nation and shrewdness worthy of all pniisc. lien. L. Roberts, of Greenville, for Supt. of E location, is a colored man of first rate education. He is the head of , a large school there and is universally respected. 1\ K Kzekiel. ofllenufoit, for Adjutant General is also a colored man. He is resisted here by all c asses as an honest man. He is at present postmaster, decidedly the best one we have had since j the war. THE RlXti MASTER. The central figure of the last week of ; T ' >> * T> 1. i turmoil was .Joim j aiemm. xitmci, i Scott, Xagle ami Chamberlain had their ! schemes and combinations but they paled * their uneffoothal tires before JIo,ost ( John's, llis fif>t triumph was in the brilliant success of Moses, for Governor: Melton was the next for Attorney General ; Cardozo for Treasurer was the key- ) stone of his arch, while lloge ti>r Controller was necessary to complete the edifice of fraud and iniquity is over them ; all. Patersoifs scheme was athrcv-;?lyj one. First and most important was the j 4 Blue Kidge serlp in teres'. Here was a consideration of something over two mil* j : Hons of dollars. Jo overset the opinion !1 of Willard in the suit brought by Auditor j1 Gary against Parker iu this matter was the first point in the game. This has j i been doue by the nouriuatiou of Moses, i Jr. The price will be pyid when Moses, Sr., overrules M'illard, and forces the jHjople of South Carolina to pay into the jxtckets of the railroad ring two millions of their hard earned dollars. Melton assisted ul.o in the Blue Ridge matter. The day before be was nominated he rends red his dtrisio:i oyai.nu t!r i ???m*mm*e9**muambac*amm4r\UimM iwumi mamm+imi n r city of Charleston represented by Corf fin < in its endeavor to rescue the assets of the 1 road from the grasp of the villains who i have fin-hod tlu? . Melton has forever i damned himself and placed his name 1 high up 011 the roll of infamy, i Thecdectlon of Cardoso secures the validity of the notes recently issued l?y the treasurer in exchange for i>ay certificates It was significant to behold the ''honest Cardozo sunom.de 1 hy such 1 men as Paterson. Tom Mackey, Frank 1 Moses and Hardio Solomons receiving their congratulations while the confederates chuckled over their c< minjr gains. Froui ITardic Solomons and the Carolina national bank came the green hacks whieli ?cured the triumph. At any ticklish moment Peterson's carriage n.inlif W> lin tr\ film i>f* fti;. luniks and soon after rolling back to the ^ State House. This was particularly ; noticed just before the bailor for treasur- i or. Another noticeable tiling is that Parker seems to be perfectly satisfied j with the new treasurer. The crowning scheme is socked in the , ; selection of Hoge for controller. The | King Pool in State bonds were defeated 1 in their attempt to force Auditor Gary to levy and collect a special tax for interest J next month. But as *oon as possible i that tax will be levied in spite of the J plank in their platform on the subject, j In fact the plank referred to is a part of j the scheme. By it they hope to still i further depress bonds, only to raise theiu again by levying a special tax t<> pay interest immediately after election. Never in the history of polities was a convention so completely in the hands of corrnptionists. Well might one of the delegates raise his hands to heaven imploring God to save the State. ITIXBEN TOSLINSOa. In auother columu wc give the ticket for State officers, which has been nominated by the True Republicans in convention at Columbia. During the progress of the campaign we shall have much to say of these candidates, for we, propose to give them our hearty support, notwithstanding that plank in their platform by which they pledge themselves to Grant and Wilson. For we recognize here the simple issue between integrity and unblushing dis honesty in the administration of the Staie government. Between thieves | and true nxm there is no room for us to waver- or doubt for a moment to which we ought to give our vote and support. However, rut another time we will discuss the con'rasts between the State House and the True II publicans, in their past political record, their present character and their intentions for the future. To-day we I can give space but to a brief notice of the nominee for Governor, chosen by i the true llrepublican convention. They have placed at the head of their ticket the Hon. Reuben Tomlin- J son, and we do not see how they could possibly have made a better selection in a sca.ch for a suitable man to lead this movement, for a more sine* re Rc- ! publican aud a truer man doesn't walk ' the soil of South Carolina. Mr. Torn- : linson came to this State in 1862 as an agent of the Government to take ; charge of the interests of the colored people then just freed by the progress of military operations, and collecting in larue numbers within the lines of ^ i the federal troops on the coaef. In this district it is totally unnecessary to j remiDd the masses of our people or the patience, lidelity and hearty kindness and sympathy with which Mr. Tomlinson discharged at that time the du- ! ties which devolved upon him. They j never have and they never will forget him. The experience which he acquired in the organization of schools in Uoaufort dUitriut, aad the universal conGdence which #the benevolent societies, in the North, roin whom at that time most of the support for the i schoo's came, repescd in l:im in- ! dic&ted him aa the roost suitable person to take cii irve of the eounu* rif'. ucalion, whtu at the?elo?eof the Mar the Freed man r6 Bureau was organ 5sed 'Mr. Tondinson was accordingly pp- 1 pointed hy Gen. Howard supirinleu- j deDt of education for South Carolina and Georgia. The services rendered j by him in this position ana also as a member of Ihe legislature during two years, and us Slate Auditor, until hi* self respect drove h;m to resign and give up public employments, are so re- ; cent that it seems uccessary only to re for to them. Of his service in all these positions it is enough to say that he has been a! ways a pains-taking,laborious, cllien nt ollicer, without a shadow of self seeking. with note spot on his record whieh the most bitter partisans can point to j bis disadvantage. What man in the 1 State lias higher claims to the conti- j dence of the colored ptople. Whin but a youth he was for several years the secretary of the Pennsylvania Anti Slavery Society; his svmpithy with the oppressed and unfortunate brought him to this State, and his whole life since has h.-en spent in public employment in which he has more than fulSlled the promise of Ids youth lo be fouud always a laborer wherein he could render a service toward equal rights, popular education, and an honest administration of government for 1 the best good of all classe s of i)ie people The majority of the white people oc the Stole, will perhaps not be in all respects pleased with Mr. Tomlinson's political views and record, but in theb 1 nrcsent position, powerless to elect a 1 Governor of their own political faitb, i1 he offers two qualitif-6 above ail others desirable in the eyes of those who m e he common wealth falling in to ruins about them from the flagrant crimes aiui b'.uu^r* of the Kice whie.ii Lao, in i 111 i i? iwiirhiiihb i i rnanbm i t :-ouirolled public affairs. He brings to their aid tiuselfish integrity, aud dear dispassionate common sense. They therefore must support him, for it is their odIj hope of escape from intolerable evils. The tableaux and musical entertainment at the Arsenal on Friday last, was a complete success, when takiDg in to consideration the short time those ink rested in it, had for making the ne cessary arrangements. It wasattended by a large aud appreciative audience, and looking at it in a financial point of view, iis originators are Well satisfied with their iflnrts: The tableau was plac< d upou the boards, io a manner that did credit to the hist) ionic conceptions of these who had the managem< lit (f the entertainment. Amongst the tableaux deserving special note, j were "The First Flirtation;" '-The Closing Scene;'' The Mart} r<lom of St. | Agner;"' "The Studio;" and "The I Marriage of Pocahontas;" but in sin-j gliDg out these, it is not our intention to slight those who contributed to the evening's enjoyment in the other scenes presented. The last two pieces, 1 nut. the audience in the best of humor. and they retired with smiling faces, well pleased with the entire exhibition. We hear that it is the intention of those interested, to give a repetition of the entertainment in November next, and we have no doubt, from the satis- , fae'.ion given in their previous effort, j they will meet with that success they ; heartily deserve. 6?^'The cateipillar is busily at woik on St. Helena Islaud'. Several of the heaviest planters have got them in their fields, llain falls more or less j almost every day. t&jr* Charles Yardley, of Pitt-burs:, i Pa., writes us that after spending liun- i dreds of dollars on doctors., he has cured himself in six weeks of a cancer in the j face, by drinking wi d tea, and putting | the leaves on his face as a poultice every > night. He believes wild tea grows all over the country, generally on high KlllU^a We noticed the other day, while taking i a walk in Mr. Ilayne's garden, tliat his j pencil trees are again in blossom, and j will doubtless yield another crop of that j luscious fruit. I Joseph Qua-h, ot Aiken, is pitted against the greatest humbug in South Carolina, old Daddy Cain. Wc believe him to "lie a man of decided ability and of excellent character. mm&L The Barnwell Journal of Saturday last, appeared in mourning, ns a mark . of respect to Mr. Joseph G. W. I)ua-1 can, of Barnwell who died on the p.e- j ious Thursday. The chances of Julius Mayer, a col- i mod man, aro thought to be good for Hie pillion of'Sheriff, of Barnwell. inairi7^","Tni FROM imi NSDX. Port Ro^al Rail Road. Editor of lite Beaufort Republican: A brief description of the above irn- | portant "town," situated about f?>r<y- j five mihs from Beaufort will not \\*ove j uniteresting to the numerous readers I of jour valuable paper. Brur.son will attract theaitention of1 travellers by the marked contrast it picscnts in its favor over anv noini. on the Port Koyal Railroad. It is situated in a high, elevated and ! salubrious country, not surpassed any- j where for hea th, affording pure and , oold water; and for the invalid seeking the cool and bracing air of the upcountry. free fioin the annoyance of ruosquitc-es, and the malarious fevers i and epidemics, so subject to the coast and low country of 01 r State, it must pr< &:nt atti action Dot to be overlooked. ' The roads contiguous to Hrunson are 1 excellent, pir?rding delightful and pleasaut drives, breaking the monotony by the constant panoramic view of beautiful farms and plantations, teem- i iugwiih luxurani crops of cotton, corn, potatoes, fruits of all kind, and vegcta- : bl??, etc. The country is certainly well adapted to fruitgrowing, and will remunerate those plantiug iarge | orchards. In a business point of view, ]>runson is situated to command a very heavy trade. The surroundiug country for many mik-s is iu a thriving and pros- j perous condition. Large crops of cotI An nritiolinrt OMIT ^ T ? O * 4 ~ V4u<*iii>5 pumuu KJi tilC Oltt tv arc annually made and shipped from ibis section of the country. In fact, this region is known as a portion of the great cotton belt of Ikirnwell and Beaufoit counties, and no lands of the State# are more productive and yield better crops of the staple. Bunson is accessible to JU rawed and Colleton counties, Savannah liver, and every section of the couutiy l>y the last of roads, making it 41 the grand cel.tre of business," which will draw heavily iu shipments aud trade from the South Carolina liailroad, and Savannah river strainers. The. proprietor of Biuns^n, Air. Wil-1 liatu Kdgar Bxuusou, is a type of the old Virginia gentleman, true hearted, : genial aud kind, whose hospitality ia proverbial, he gives a hearty and cordial welcome to all who visit Iks mansion, and they feel at home. Air. Brunson hasalready sotda groat many lots, and 1 he place is rapidly building up. will be ready by the Yah j of September for a heavy trade. The! shipments irom mis point must neees- | Barily be very large, aud from the in-1 numerable advantages offered, aod to ; be offered by this place, capital and en- j terprise wi'l meet '.yitu success and be 1 Phoenix. ! i ! ? ! ii nm tmm iw*mm STATE CONVENTION. FIUDAY PliOCKEDTNGS. Upon assembling'on Friday morning, it we s found that every federal office holder had withdrawn from the body. This was considered to foreshahow the fact that the boilers would be supported by Gen. Grant, with all the power of his administration. The convention immediately went i into a nomination for Lieutenant Gov-! ernor, Senator Smalls nominated It. II. (Ucawsof Iteaufort, his principal opponent being It. II. Cain of Charleston ;Gleavcs was elected in the first ballot, and his nomination was made unanimous The.committee on platforms submitted a report drawn up by T. J. Mack ev. First. Weaflirm our earnest adhesion to the platform of principles adopted by the National Republican Convention at Philadelphia, on the Gth day of June, 1872, as embodying the true ideas of American progress, and impelled by the spirit of the American Union. Second. "We support for President and Vice President of the United , States, U. S. GrantaDd Ilcniy Wilson, j knowing that the safety of the nation j aud the rights of all American cit izens ! will be secure under their administration. Third. We pledge ourselves to< fleet, instantly, a financial reform in the State government, by suspending the i payment of the interest ou every bond of the State to which can be attached the shadow of a suspicion, and provid- ' ing for the punctual payment of the ! principal and interest of the unques- j t.onatly v^l d debt. Fourth. In the iutenst of tiuaneial rcform and good government, we' pledge ovrselvts to throw around the j State treasury every sifeguard nects-: sarv to insure the faithful application ; of the public funds solely to the public | service, puisuant to just laws enacted, ; in the interest of the whole people of, South Carolina. Fifth. As essential to the r?f??rm hertiu guaranteed, and imperatively ; dtmmdtd by the people rs the vital necessity of the State, we shall require that the public (xp.-nses shall be reduced wit! in the. public revenues, to be derived fiom a moderate .system of taxation. based upon a fair and equitable i assessment of all property liable toj taxation under the con-ttiution. To effect this uctdvd reduction it) < xpen- j 'diturcs. we insist that there shall be ! an immediate reduction in the salaius of all public oflicers, from the higln st j to the lowest, in tin; Mate ana c<>uu- j ties, and that there shall be a judicious ieduction in the number of the public ; otlicis theuist lvts. Sixth. Experience having proved that the general license law. although honestly designed by the LegMiture to relieve the burdens of taxation on nat estate, is. in its practical operations, odious and oppr? ssive, we pledge ouis. Iv s to i s insiaut r< peal. Seventh. 11 li? v:ng from fa 1 experience that it is of necessity a wtfeguatd to the public tr< usury that all its iransaciions bhowUl be c instantly oj>?n to public iiis;h cUon and always utuh r ihe eye of the people, we pit dge ??ur salves to secure the enactment, of a la w providing that no moneys sh >11 la; paid out of the treatuty exo pt in pursuance of au appropriation, specfyiug the amount to be paid, and such pay tnent shall be made only upon the warrant of the comptroller general, duly c untersigned bv tfcc Governor and State auditor, and nquiiing ti;.' comptroller general and treasurer to pub'isb. daily, a statement of the trans telious of their respective offices showing what warrants have been drawn a: d the receipts fliid d-.sbuiseinen'.s Curing the pas twenty-fbur tonus. Eight. We shall demand the due enforcement of law and order in every section ot the State, and here assert that wc believe that these can be hist secured and an enduring peace established in South Carolina by the co operation of all classtsof citizen* in a ruutnal respect for the. lights of property and person granted by the constitution and laws and a considerate and just toleration or alt u ilereuc?s ot poll Ileal opinion, ? aeh citizen being free to afcserthii own rights and privileges while solemnly bound by the awsof our common country to scrupulously respect the rights and privileges ofoiheis. Ninth. "Wit TV a full faith in lhe virtue of these principles, c nfesstngour errors oflegislation and ad ministration in the past, which have wrought grievous injury to the Stale, wp appeal to all true Republicans to unite in Ik ariiig our candidate to victory, to prove to the world that in South Carolina Republic cani-nt and good government arc not inconsistent with etch other. A ha lot was then taken ic>r secretary of state. ] '. II. Frost and Henry ilayne were the chief contestant*, Uayue was lina ly nominated unanimously. he convention then proceeded to nominate an attoriiey-gcjieral. Jamicson nominated^. M . Melton. 1. J. Maekey supjio;ted Melton in a 1 ng. earnest speech. Cain nominated I). IT. t'hamberhiin. 'J ho vote licing token. Melton received 100 votes ami Chamberlain On motion of .Jones, ot Richland, the iio:n nation ot Mellon was lea to unani11iou A committee being sent for tn es corf Mi lton' hesoon appeare 1 in the half ele a 0(1 on the smoulders f mail- and Miller, (two stalwart committeemen.) He ; was received with enthusiastic cheers, i When the applause had subsided Melton spotc limn the platform. lie said he ! thanked the {tentleuion of the eonveut or for this manifestation of their kind parriditv and confidence;'and desired to ten- j der ids earnest and grateful acknowhvlir- : in -nts. lfelwted, whatever ?.\>und of eomplaint there w>y have been in the nust ! ayain-t :ho ivopub'iean yovcruun lit ofj this tState, his watchfulness would in?t 1 slot), his cnerith s would not tire in the endeavor to pre cave intact the Republican party, to purity corruption wherever , it tiiteht exist, and t > guard the escu'eheon of the party from every sin and reproach. [Cheer..[ JiaiiK-y moved to proceed to the nomination of treasurer. T. J. Mackcy read ; a letter from Parker withdrawing his 1 candidacy. [App!;. rse. 1 Kainev nomi- I nated Caidozo. Maxwell seconded the i noniinatior. T. ). Mackcy, Moses and j Ei.iott supported Cardozo in extended re- j marks. II. (J. Yocom nominated Major 1 li. rry Noal'. Frost ro^o to support Aoah. ! lie c< m ne'etd by .;uyiu<r that he was n*t disappointed because oftlie failure of his own nomination as secretary of Shite. He v\o ild vo^e and work for the success of his rival ( Ilayne) and would not bolt under any emu*, instances. Ho sun ported No-.h and not Canloz-n simply because lie did not kt?'*w orlsdicvc that Xoali wis a tlia f. Chi. r j;ta Elliott culled the delegate to order. i v I Mobley made an earnest speech. A beggiDg the convention to allow fair tr play and free speech, and move d that C Frost be allowed to speak with whatever latitude he pleased, and to bring ^ out the facts and figures. If a candidate's character or record was su< li as cou'd not be discussed, he was not fit to be the nominee. Moblcv's motion being put was carried overwhelmingly. Elliott left the chair vacant, and Frost proceedi d. e' lie had come into the convention pledged to his constituents to vote for P no man identified with the causes of 11 the present ruin of the State. In pursuance of these instructions, he had :l voted for Tomlinson as Governor, aud ' for Cain as Lieutenant Governor, be- r lieving them to be hone st men. In the e liichland County Convention, which r sent Cardozo to this convention, he 11 (Cardezo) pledged himself to oppcs-1 . the nominaiion of Moses, and then had come iu:o the convention and moved ! heaven aud earth in favor of Moses. 11 What had made Cardoz> so strong all j c at once? It was because lie had lately ? taken a certain stand, which he took " to further his personal interests. ? ^ Swails followed, nominating John j *' Alexander, the Major of Columbia, j and savagely assailing Cardcz >, who j had been either criminally misled, or j guilty of frauds damnable aud deep. | :l God forbid that jlhey should place in ] the hands of such men as he the treas- j ury. lie had prostituted the great seal 11 of State as the Seal of no other State , had ever been prostituted. The utmost confusion and disorder prevailed at this time in the hall. Swails ri peatedly called the attention j of the chair to the movements of sev- [ oral members of the 1. O U. 11 , the j Chief Cyclops of which was on the j tloor. circulating industiioualy among i mt mbers, talking loudly aod proraot-j j iug geueral disorder. Swails ruade . several earnest appals to the chair to j t preserve ord? r, which the chair certainly made very feeble dibits to do, aud the scene was one of the wildest j" turbulence. Cardc zo rose to reply, and then, for : J the tirst time, the chairman enforced a ! c semblance of order by active exertions i t Cardozo replied by bitter personal at- i tacks on Frostand Swa i s, accusing the j ' one "f being sorelea It d at the failure ; J of his own nomination as secretary of i c State; the other being one of chief rob- j . bers c f the land comnr. si m. As to the! | resolutions against Moats, adopted in | ( the ltichland County convention, he ! | sa-d ihey had been put HtaUte hour, , and carried ani'd confusion and with- . out the members ui.d rstanding what : they were voting o i. lie did not f e! r himself bound by such rcsolu' ?-n and when lie eruuj into the State C mveution he became convinced that Musis was the btst man for him to support. Cardozo next proc ?^rd to attack ; Mobley for hi' sipp r o' F ost, fa; iug i 1 r had troue ud to Union two yearn cm' r' ar \ found Mooley had packed c niven- i ! tious there iu the interests of himetif; | aud a ticket which disgusting to i the people of Uuion. Mobli y rose, gieht'y cxcilfd, and m.id * alienu ms t !I >rts to yet the iloor in reply. lie demanded his right to i to r* jdytoa p rs"i?al atiai k ??n hnnse-lf. j Chiiiriivn Kl'i?.li decided M"ble\ out ! : ofosder. Moblt j slille;l.i!*ii :d the floor. j j d( n U'lcing ('ardi.zo a* a ! ar. Caidoz) prove ded to s;iv ak. fawn? 1 ! ihat two\? ill's ag) lie only suspected; I Guilds lx-ing practiced but uid n< i j know ii for ee. taintv, nod lies-itn.ed to ! : I bring h?iw:tr?j men on >u*pich m. i A I this lime MoMey was ciiuidnu j , h it riiil.L t> be hmd. and in.toy ? lite; j ; oterube>s unitto in cado y (Jnrdoz > to ; I order for violently aburiw and iieis >n- ; | at liin?,aige, wi:h.h ho was c mtiuiuily j i using toward tin ndx;:?. A seu?e oil ' c<>nviciiou was evident. They had j 1 hi aid enough a be u, (.'ad z , snd d si.el to proceed wish the busimss oi j : ihecouv n;it>n. Tbjcl ai manpe.s:8t j I e.ntlv ruled in fa\or id bud zo. hki | ! hiiiiiLiC.cd dowa all opponents. For | j more than an lmur Canloz > declaim-, d | | at the full strength of his lung?, Mob- j I ley insisted thai he would be beard, and : j reaching over the reporters' table si iz d J j. Men, 11; R. II. Cain, 7U. It was then < loved and carried to declare R. 11. ] ain unanimously elected. HE TRUE REPUBLICAN CONTENTION. This body met Saturday, agreeably to Ijournuicnt, at 12 M., in the Court louse. Judge Orr was called to the hair. A committee on credentials was anointed, and the convention took a recess nti! 8 o'clock P. M. At the evening ses-ion, Judge Orr gain took the chair, and called the conon to order. The committee on eredeulals reported about fifty delegates preset. A motion was then made and caricd, that the convention go into noininaions. Mr. Petty, of Charleston, nominated Jr." lleuben Tomlins n for Governor. Mr. En He, of Greenville, seconded the omin^tion, in a few hearty words in j ommcndaiion of Mr. Tomlinson and in ncouragement of the movement, whose | nal success lie could not doubt. Mr. Johnson, of Anderson, nominated i -Ir. P. T. Corbin, which Gen. Whippcr econdcd. One of the oolored delegates from Charleston nominated Mr. C? C. Roweti, 1 nd another seconded it. All*. Rowon ose, and thanking his friends for the j to nor done him, hogged to withdraw his tame in favor of Mr. Reuben Tomlinsfon. : The name of Mr. Corbin was also within wn. There being but one candidate, on mo- [ ion, tho .vote was taken by acclamation, ! nd Mr. Tomlinson was unanimously i io inated. Oil motion^ a committee of three was ! I a heavy, mas-ive inkstand hied with ; i ink and ct mme,.ctd slamming it on h . table with r< tf uediug blows in oppnsi- i tion to the chairman's gave). This <1 n , coctioucd some minutes, Moblev j pounding with the inkstand, lite ii k Hying in every direction, and the reporters seat? d at the table in the midst ; of fl, d? nre. mars of exciU d members, j | The sergeant at arms attempted to: j take the inkstaud away from MohVy i and <j< et him from the hall. Many j t members r ?l id to the Mippoit <>f Mob ! lev, swearing he should have free j j speech. SiWtal pistols wete drawn. | and the crowd swayed to and fro in in- ; 1 nunu ruble personal conflicts anu&tiu;' gles. l*i tbe midst of this uproar, the 1 chairman declared the convention adjourm <1 till ten o'clock to-morrow and I thus the convention hteral'v at d em- i i [ ha'.i' aily broke up in a row. FRIDAY'S 1*ROCE! DINGS. Upon the re-assembling of the eon- i ventiou on Friday morning the same j ! bccne of confusion commenced, hut I ! Elliott had learned that unless he al- j Lei el his behavior and rulings the ! i ? ! chair would be made vacant very unceremoniously. The for ling against in- i ; solent, truculent luauuets and unfair ! ' decisions was iutense. A motion linal- , ly prevailed to open a general debate tor three hours, hwails, and h rest ! then renewed their attacks upon Car- ! dozo, and he replied with his u.->ual ice- | 11', prevaricating < Hurls at defense , Alter which tlie ballot was taken and he was nominated, 77 to 2(5 for Noah. 1 The cmvention then proceeded to ' the nomination for C nnptroller tu nerah resulting in the election of S. C. llo^e, over 10 1'. Wail and (J o. F. ' Mcl. tyre. For Adjutant an I Inspe- i . tor Cfcu?;rul, Putvts vv.is el. o etl. For . School Commissioner. -J. K Jilson. ll-iiuey, Chairman of Committee on . { platform submitted an iniviiuonal ! plank, for the platform, pledging the j party that the asylum, sclv.o 3, audi. other public institution should never ajfuiu be closed or suspended through | the disgraceful extravagauce of State i ollic? is. Cardizi thought it a shame j for lite Republican party to make such j an acknowh dgeiueut. lf would do no i pood. It was 01 Ucred to be inserted in the platform. j Swa'ls siibmittcd the petition of Hie hlaud County, that Win. II. .Simmons be appointed the County Chairman, The convention then took a- recess until 8 p. in. Ihe convention met at 8:1.1 p. m., R. B. Elliott presiding. Nominations for a Congressmen at large were tbeu announced as first in order, and the following names were pus in nomination: R. U, Cain, of Charleston. Ja?. M. Aden, of (Jretnville, J. P. M. E^pinp, of B? atifort. L. C. UarDCiiter, of Hiehlan t; and r? suited as follows: Uaipenlei, 8; Eppii>g,ti; j / ppoiuted to inform Mr. Tntniiiioon of lis nomination, and conduct him to the tand. Mr. Tomliiison won accordingly rough: in, and introduced to the cmcntion by Judge Orr as the candidate of lie fi'HHst Republican party. Mr. Tomlittson made a short and very rood speech, thanking the convention for he honor to lerrea upon him, and ilcdgi g him.ef, so far as his power night go, to an honest reformation, if the S:ate uduruistratiou, should ho be dccted Governor. At tlie close of Mr. Tomlinson's speech dr. lJowen ar nc cWid sui 1 he desired to nake a nomination. which was perhaps >ut of order, but which, lor certain seaons, he desired to make at that tiuie. de desire i to nominate for Attorney roneral that spotless Republican, the lor:. John T. Given, of Sumter. The mnouneeineut was received with raptu ; >us applause. Mr. S. J/;-e, colored, of! hunter, seconded the nomination in a itting ,-j cech. Mr. J. \l White, co1 ore.I. of Vo k, on in teed Judge S. W. Melton, who, he aid. had been nominated at the other tonventioii. He spoke in the highest vrmjs of Judge Melton. General Yi hippor spoke a. f?/*v word n favor of Judge Given, saving that tic i sd all rtvj o -t for Judge Mi I.on, but | hat lie vo; O'e.'j to make a .-<ji:are figh ; with theriiger w?:o light fN m from ! int to '.a t. to the knife, and to lire h.lt ; >f trie knife; and that, nui much as 1 Judge Melton had elio e.i to associate ' iiituvl wi !i ! ':uiiklin -I. ?Jo cs. he pro- posed to let him lie in the bed which lie I nil inn i . Judge 31 e!toil's i:umc was withdraw , ind Judge Green was unanimous y noui nated. ihc name of J>r. l?. A. Rosemnn was n xt pre cute 1. l y <1 neral Whipper, a i ium iaee lor Lieutenant Governor. i>r. tiousiioii begged to dcciine ihc' lomnuitioii. upon the grounds that he \ h signed to aid the movement., hearr ami 1 oul, upon the : tump, ami he did noi | hir.k it was w#.?e for him to neoept t nomination for any office fouu the con .en: ion. 'ill.- hour being bite, no further nominations Mere maul.'. The following libit form was tli u submitted, and read Ly Mr. Karl , ol'Grcui > i.it*! The iriic Republican party tit' South Carol cuuiiciules 1 he follow.ng p!a.tOi'lil ' W/irtMs, gross atrl flagrant abuses in the uuiuiniatratinn c.f th<? altniif. of the State of Sou;Si Carolina have- ?\ro\vi? up ia the executive And legislative departments of its government, and havt; he I'Oiuo an intohrablc bunion on the Republican parly and the State; and whoieas the Stale R. publican convention had put in nomination for Governor 1 r nk? i ii J. Moses, dr., who is respon: ible, w.tii others, for many of tlie.se abu-es. n.'d who, as Speak* r of the liou.se of Kepiex ii alive-, fraiuhdeut'y i >ucd p:y icrt'.i c*.t s for an immense s.iui, has keeived *.irgc sums from tiie '"armed force .' fund, when no such have was in existence, and has corruptly controlled utileh of the legislation of the Stale; and ;vheie.i> the Republicans of the State have yen'rally d* mandod that those who have :guiiiy ct* corrupt j lvieticcs .-hall i e ?jecteij fr.uu office; a'ti whereas the oum ntioii, instead of ltiukinyr at: honest and true Republican noiuinatiou, has by its a. tiou shown tint the -corruption and inoomp teney which have chura* teri/.ed the p.e eiit administration arc t*> v>" perpe'uitcd ; and whereas wo, a por ion ol .lie genera! convention, have felt that, in \ it w of this ei ndition of affairs, ai d oi this breach of trust on the part of the convention, it is our duty to withdraw ourselves therefrom, ami by the selection of a t eket thoroughly Republican and honest," to go before the masses of the 1 arty for the justification of our course : therefore, b; it Rcsolo'd, I That wo declare our cord:ai acceptance of the platform cl'_ the Philadelphia G nveutimi, and pledge our. elves to the earnest support of its standard bearers. Geij. Grant and lion, Henry Wil < n. If. That in ismi's-ij as the notoriously corrupt an I imbecile character of* the prciffnt State admi i-tfition has brought d sgrace upon Repid licani.-iu everywhere urifl is rtnw :i Iii'mvv- iilll??it m>n.i rlu> ii-i. lional party, impeding, if nut endangering, its success. therefore, the Kepubiil: tns < !* South Carolina u\vc it to thorn solves to elect such officers as wiil?j?isurc in honest adiniuFlratitin of ?0\eminent, md th'.i< assure tiieir brethren ail over the land that the di.-grace which attaches to the party in this State shall bo removed ' ; That we pledge the honor of the State to the payment of ail its debt which ; has been iega ly ami Imiiotly contracted; hut that we will not hesitate to repudiate hat portion of it which is illegal, and i dicrtforc null and void. 4. I hat we pledge ourselves to inaugurate and carry out an honest aduboisration of the affairs of the State, and to xsist the payment of all fradulent pay xwtiticates and warrants ujxm the treasury. 5. That we pledge ourselves, so far as n our power lies, to an immediate ietaction of the cuoriuous taxes under vliich the people are groaning, and that vc hclieve that this can be most s;*vdily iccoir.p'ishcd by introducing hone:- ty md oconomy into the management of the arious departments of the State governnent. f. That the p'odgo* made by the contention nominating Franklin J. >1'^", lr.. luu-t I e judged of in the light * * tos ecord, and of those who -Wain hun, md that when thus viewed, the pcepie !!' j._ . i .1 j_.LJ " Jf of* the State will not hesitate to say that . pledges from such a source have no value,hut are simply intended to blind the eyes * of the people to the true purpose of those men, which purpose must be in the ft:-' j ture, as in the past, the accomplishment of purely selfish ends, regardless of the welfare of the State. 7. That, in our judgment, the best safeguard to the public treasury is the election of honest and faithful officers to the various departments of government: and that the history of the present ad* ministration shows that no statutory safeguard will protect the treasury with Franklin J. Moses, Jr., at the head of ^ the government and his willing tools in the other offices. r ' O.mififnfi',,11 ,rA S, mat unccr ?mr wurwiimv... believe any other than an ad valorem system of taxation to be null and void, and hence that the general license law, passed at The fast session of the General Assembly, was in violation of the Ooi sfitution and of the rights of the people, and could only have originated in a desire to extort frcr.i the people of the State still larger stilus of money, to be j corruptly used by the men who controlled the government. ' % That we blush for our party when we remember that, under this administration, the education of the people has been so shamefully neglected, in eons* quencc ot ihe failure of the government to pay promptly and tab h fully the appropriations made by the legislature; and that we pledge ourselves to apply a remedy for this crowning disgrace in the future. The platform was. on motion, laid over for consideration on Monday. On motion, the Convention then adjourned to meet on Monday, at TO o'clock, A. M. Republican Nominations. The following is a list of the nominations made by the d ftert nt Republican Conventions ?State and Congressional ?iu session during the past week: Governor? F. J. Moses, Jr. Lieutenant-Governor?11. II. Gleavcs, (colored.) Secretary of State - II. E. llaync, (colored.) * Treasurer? F. L. Card' zo. (colored) Attorney General?.rS. W. Melton. Comr.troVer General 8. L. Iloge. Adjutant and Inspector General? II. W. Purvis (colored.) SuperinU dent of Education?J. K. J.lsoi,. Contjrcssnuin from Second District ? A. J. Ransier. (colored.) Third District?11. It. Elliott, (colo led.) Fourth Dltrvt ? A. 8. Wallace. CoiHjrtsxman ut Lnnje-ll. II. Cain, (coloied ) Solicitor First Circuit? C. W. Hut'8. S-'licUor Ff'k Ci'ni t? J. II. H inkle. Solicitor Stcoud Circuit? I' L. Wiggiu. ATT ITUI>H OF THE DEMOCRACY OF hCl'Til ('AltOLIN A. Columbia, August 27. At a nutting of the Democratic Plaits Ex< t-ulivc Committee, h. Id litis iu riii? lite following pre&iLb c ami iCU'-lulit us vM-r?r ud(<[it? <?' The Dv'ujtjcrut'c Sta'e Executive U- iiiii?iiu?*, a fur a full aud rtecottflT11 ce, li?\e adoped lite following r? solutions as iru'K>U):>ng the policy which, tu iht.ir opinion, is proper to be pursued by the I) moeia'.s of this Slate in I the present canvass: 1. ]i**o't>tl That in the preunt i stale ot partus in goulh Carolina, wc ! tit fin't unw'&e to nominate a I)< ouoi c:al;t* S'ale ticket, and cichne, ihtiej f ue. lu culi a convention of the people I t'.jr ill:! I'M k l ? he. 2. U'tfilttil) 1 hat having adopted I llie p'la y Ihm indicated, we deiuund of trie ltej ublieau party ibat tiny ful' lit in good faith their pubiie pledges, ; and give t> the State au a b. honest and ec >u (ureal govsrnm uc, u ul ir \*hich ?xt av ig iuctf and fraud shall c ase, and ad ciaa t8 ot citiz us shill he failhiuilv and intcllbenilv renrc ? ^ - o j ~ sr ? stilted. :J. Huso7eel, That we now place on ^ ncorl our unqualified cotwleiuualiu of the ci nup i?<u and robbory which, as the He, uhlidius themse!v. s confess, pirvade the executive and legislative i depirtuu uts of the tate gov rume.nt, for wlrch corruption and robbery the li?f|tuhl.c ui p:n tv of the State, as sustained b> the F.Jcial (j.>vcrnincut, is alone ns; ousible. 4. ltcxolnt! That we derm it of the : first iuipoitame thai the Democratic | paity he organized tn the several couu' tii ?. lur the pin [josh of obtaining, by Buch means ; s may s< eru btst, the lurg;st meiisuie of local and Uglslaiive reform. i 5. ll(8oh?l, That the chairman of this com mi1, tee appoiut at his leisure a : chairman for each county iu the State, ! who shall cariy out in the respective icountiis the objtcU of the preceding resolutions. ti IifKole d. That the members of thin committee from the different Congressional Districts have authority to i make arrangements for the nomination i of members to Congress for their respective districts. (Signed; il. C. Uutlek, ^ Chairman. The following call was issued for the i Fourth Congressional District: The undersigned, by direction of tho ' State Democratic Executive Committee u quest that the. counties in the Fourth : Congressional Pistriet which have not a!r? ady elected their delegates will hold county conventions and eltct delegates to the Democratic Convention of the rourth Congressional District, to bo held in Columbia, on Monday. .September Oih. at eight o'clock. F. M., for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Congress. Each county will elect as many delegalts as it has members in t hf IdUL i-r hnncn /. ' Ilta Si uln 1 i ...w a^-TT v? **VUtiV v? bUV ^iow ; lalure. j (Signed) 8. P. Hamilton, W. ]). SlMPSON, W. II. Wallace. Members State Fxecutive Committee for the Fourth Congressional District. Louisiana plan Lira are distressed by the deterioration of the sugar-cane in that State. It is a tropical plant, and slowly changes (for the worse) under a semi-tropical sky. The sap becomes thinner, and the proportion of hatd, woody fibre increases every year, so that heavy and costly roachiuery has ttrbe used to crush out the juice. His . ^ proposed to import a fresh stock of-' cane for planting from the Dutch East Indies, and an experienced man has ahe:iJy been sent out to make ijio needed arrangements. It is believed that the damage or ? xhausticn can be ?*?# averted, and the sugar industry ?f ?he sjiale restored to its former pre***,. ^ ^ j