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The Beaufort Republican. ] THURSDAY, SLV1 LMHEii 26, 1672. F J. G. THO.llP.SUV, Editor. HLBSCPM'TIO.V& One Year, Si 00 liXMoutiiK, $1 00 S ADVERTISING RATES. ? Advertisements will h.- inserted at the rate of?l.">0 t per square (10 Nonpareil lino or Less) for the first . insertion, subsequent insertions t?y contract. Official Paper of the State. * Official Paper of Beaufort aud Colleton t Counties. r GEO. T. ROWKI.L A CO., NEW V< ?RK AGENTS. | H. T. FA&XEB. A'iEXI in ua^ ickdukui |? For President. 1 Horace Oreclcy. TRUE REPUBLICS!! TICKET. I T { For Governor. 1 REUBEN TOMLINSON, Charleston. ; For Lt. Governor. ' JAMES N. IF AVNE. Barnwell, For Sxre.tari/ of Sfafr. ( MACON B. ALLEN, Charleston. t 7-T.>* Gi>i)pi'<il. ' JOHN T. ORE FX, Sumter. For Controller General. } J. SCOIT MURRAY, Anderson. t For Treasurer. ' EDWIN F. GARY, Richland. of education. BEN. L. ROBERTS, Greenville. ] Adjutant General* ; PHILLIP E. EZEKIEL, Beaufort. J Congress at Large. LOUIS E. JOHNSON, Charleston. i For Solicitor. 1 P. L. WIG GIN. ] THE STATE TREASURER. What qualities are uecessary to make t a good state treasurer, at this juncture? j Are they uot, lirst, honesty; second, ability; third, courage; fourth firmness; fifth, business habits and traiu- c ing; sixth, shrewdness, and a know- j ledge of men; aud seventh, an ac- ^ quaintance with the sia'e finances. What proportion of these qualities are united in the person of F. L. Car- * .d020? Jtf'irst, 13 lie noncsir lie went to Columbia a poor school teacher, lie now owus two fiae houses { and lives luxuriously, lie has grown t fat in au ollice tif S3.0U0 per year. lie had a share in the Greenville ^iI*oad \ purchase, from which Tonilinson with- j ' drew upon the lirst suggestion of fraud, i . hut to which Cardozo clung uutil he j * got his full share of plunder, lie tugin- i : eered the Richland county convention ! r and had a resolution passed instructing ' v its delegates to vote against Moses, Le j a being one of the delegates. M'hc-u the 1 state convention met, he sold out to j !, Moses, soul and body. lie scaled six j millions of conversion bonds. j n Second, has lie ability V i 5 If the people will take his own isti- 1 mate of himself there will be no doubt I, of it. lie has a fair education but lie j t lias never jet exhibited any but the : ! mnat. rnnimoiiiilaec ooalilics. Third, Has he courageV No. lie started out with great prom ises of honesty, but was bullied into : ( doing every act wanted of him by the j c Itiug. When things looked squally v last fall, lie Lurriedly left the ijtate. i ( never to return. When the impeach- j ,-i nient business was all settled by Seott j i and Parker he came back to "help re v deem the State," as he said. To get into office again in reality. He thought the reform dodge would work him forward best, but when he saw hard work '1 and no profit ahead, lie sjon deserted ; reform. j1 Fourth, Has he firmness? i;l No. He yielded to ilie financial King j r from first to last. lie whined to oik , ' and another, but always did what was ; wanted. Ilwould Lot seal bonds in . Columbia but carried his seal to New ' York and did it there. lie is as uu- ! stable as water. Fifth. Has he business habits? No. He has never transacted the !1 simple business uf the office he cow j holds. All has been done by others. 1 So little careful was he, that he sealed 1 millions of bonds without keeping a ; record of them. He has all the on- * ceit, credulity and carelessness charac- i] teristio of pedagogues and parsons in v money matters. Sixth, Has he shrewdness? The ease with which he has been * twirled around the fingers of Sc >tt, I Harker, Kiiuptou and Muses will he i 7 4 sufficient answer to that question. He lias a sleek cunning characteristic of ' men of his peculiar color, and there is ' enough Hebrew in liini to keep him 1 ? * from beiug poor while he is State treas- 1 urer. '* Seventh. Is he acquainted with the 1 present condition of State fiuauc-s? 1 No. Like all men trained for the ' L ministry or the school, he is totally unfit to understand or deal with questions j of finance, and there is the s ime desire, i so noticeable in such men, to get rid of t all embarrassment by expedients, (live > them temporary relief and no sacrifice 1 is too great. j | Can such a man p.ul us in exuicat- 1 ing ourselves from the pit of financial J ruin into which we Lave been pluQged? J iVill bankers, capitalists and business I ( nen be reassured by seeing suc-b a man <1 >laced in the treasury department?" It 'J b preposterous to thiDk of. The Legislature. The contest for state officers should not o absorb the minds of our citizeus as to L'ad them to neglect the far more iinpor- t ant matter of selecting competent and rustworthy candidate for the legislature. ^ It is in tliis ]?a t of the government hat the evils which at present afflict our i ;tate have chiefly originated; and it is j his department which has the power to eform the great abuses and vices of ( rhich the people so loudly complain. , Ierc must begin the great work of reform. Governor, Treasurer. Controler and At- . ornev General are nearly powerless to r ichicve any effective and thorough re- j brm without the aid of the Legislature, riiis body has been the chief seat of the , ill-pervading corruption of our govcrnucnt for the last four years. Here it nust be arrested. j REUREX TOMLIXSOX. Reuben Tomlinson came to South Car- < ilina in the year 1S(?2, among the first of he young men from the North who j vere desirous of aiding in the education . ind inmrnvoment of the freedmen. who . vere in the lines of the Northern array ( ifter the downfall of Port 11 oval and llil- i :on Uead. ( He came here because he had been ( eared as an abolitionist, and lie desired . 7 < :o be among the first who should show to ] :he world that the uegro was more than a ] licre brute?as the advocates of slavery 1 :iad charged?and that all he needed to ( nake him a useful and honorable citizen . .vas the education and training which for , wo centuries had been denied him. Was , his a sclfch effort on 31 r. Tomlihson's , >art? Let the colored people of Beaurort ; bounty, who knew him in thos? rly . lays of their freedom, answer! For three rears 3Ir. Tomlinsou gave his whole soul , md energy to the work he had chosen, , md when the frecdmen's Bureau was iganized, and General Saxtou was placed ( it its head in South Carolina, he selected , lie best man he could find for that most j esponsible office, the office ofSuperintcn- . lent of Education?and that man was , tleuben Tomliuson. ?? Greeley ami Tomliuson. How any southern man who can \ote j or Greeley, and refuse to vote for Tomlinon is more than we cau understand loth are Northern men; both were and i tre anti-slavery men; both were.considired honest and reputable men until lomiuated for office; since then both have ound traducers and slanderers enough: , ;Oth are in oj?position to what lias hithero bee j the party of their choice, out of vhieh they have come to protest against orruption. j Kdwiu F. Gary. Mr. Gary eaiuc to Fouth Carolina in , he first years of the war as a soldier in he Union anny, and afterwards as Clerk 11 the Quartermaster's Department un- * ler that well known "Yankee," Col. i fames P. Low. No petty thief or swind- ( ing clerk could find a place under his eye. \s long as Col. Jiow remained in the scr- ( ice of the United States, M. . Larv was f lis trusted assistant and friend. Large i urns of money passed through his hands oii'tantly, and none ever remained there vhieh did not belong to him. Afterwards, ' 181 hief Disbursing Clerk in the Freed- 1 ncn's Bureau, Mr. Gary was known as ] horoughly upright and honest, Lastly, j is S:ate Auditor of South Carolina, lie j la-had the nluck and honesty to fight, ihno t singlchanded, that most corrupt ' wii:<i!e known as the Blue llidge Hail- ' oad Ling, and has saved to the State of > v?uth Carolina, SI,000, unless by the } lection of Frank .Moses and bis ticket Li - great work of Mr. Gary is undone, 'or the fir-t time in his life he is a candiv "... iMil.llrt oiwl fine nffor ;i l.l.U I'M J'UIJIMJ UlUlb, IIIIVI 11M T ?.,v. sidenee of nearly leu veai s in this State. . ~ " ? I h^.lf Toiulinsou should declare for ( Jrceley how the tone of the Xncs would j hange. As a Grant man lie is on a par nth the worst of the plunderers", as a . I rceley man he would be washed white i- snow. And yet the Xcas blames the , icyto i<?r being governed by prejudices , vhen lie votes. ^ THE TICKETS. ' V?*e present in another column the ickets cll'ered by the rival liepublican 1 ?rgauiz itiou in this county. The light 1 :i tii:< county has been between Whippcr ' iiu S..sails for Senator. State politics law i.ad very little influence upon the ' it i o.i , though Wliipper supports the 1 ' fbrm wing and Smalls t!ie Moscyites. 1 file n miin.ttious are ma le at too late an 1 lour for u* tocomm 'nt upon tliem. The County Convention. The regular county convention met it the c xirt house last Tuesday and}' tdjiunicd Thursday evening. The ! ' nceting was largely attended, and at : i.nes very unruly. The chairman had j ' l very dillicult task in presiding over j 1 he macling, but with great patience I 1 iiid forbearance, be managed the body villi sacc ss till the close. j We congratulate Gen. ^tn ills that1 iC is called upon but once in two years : ,) 1 uie such a tumultuous gathering. : 0 3 t The (aunty t'onimisMonsrs. We congratulate the people of Beaubrt county on the nomination of Geo. !' IVatei house and Dr. Paul Priichard as . ounty c ):niiiissiouers. Xo manjstmds ' ligher than Mr. Waterhouae in tb.e cs im ttion of good men in this commu- : lity. lie ought to be elected unanimously. I 'i he Ycutassee Convention. O.i Titfsday the True Republicans 1 net at Venn <-re and put in nomination he following ticket: Senator W. J. '< lVhij?per. Representatives, W. C. 1 b'orrison, P. Scagrift, T C. John sou, 1 l>. Lockwood, W. II. Campbell, J. i Pattern. M. D. Troublcficld, Sheriff: i'ursofi IVrj.Ies: Clerk A. Williams; ! Aobaie bub'O, J. IT. Tonking; School'1 Jomiuissiouer, Ceo. Harris; Coroner, folm Conant; County Commissioners; r. C.. Daniels, .las. McCrea, W. J Airs. -i*? ? OI K COI.l MBLl LETTER. Columbia S. C.s Sept. 27. the caldaykll homicide. The absorbing theme here is the Melon-Montgomery difficulty, which resulted >n Saturday in the death of John D. Caldwell. The card of Montgomery branding Helton as a liar, and poltroon could have >ui one of too results. Either Melton mist seek satisfaction according to the .-ode or he must indict some personal inlignity upon Montgomery. Melton could not seek refuge under the udicial ermine, for in his late reply to Mr. fomlinson he twitted Tomliuson with ^eing a Quaker, intimating that otl?r(vise he (Tomliuson) would have ha 1 to inswer for his words at the pistol's mouth It seems, then, to have been Mel ion's letermination to assault Montgomery. For tliis purpose he made an appointrnoiil \ri th at i ir?r at arrro n ir\ l\n ln'c pahi. panion, and friend on tlic occasion. Caldwell also insisted on being with him. Montgomery, on the other hand expected a challenge, but did not expect an issault. The parties met several times luring the day, Montgomery being accompanied by Capt. Tapper; but as Melton did not wish to give Montgomery a chance to defend himself, no assault was committed. About five o'clock in the iftemoon Montgomery went into Pollock's saloon, sat down to a table in a back room, with his friend Tuppcr. While there Melton and his friends came lown stairs, win re they had been eating md drinking. Melton went to the room where Montgomery was. opened the door, saw his man and tlich closed it; he mentioned to his iriends that he was going in. He then opened the door again and rushed in. He grabbed Montgomery before he could rise from his chair and threw him on the floor. Montgomery is fi slight man. not in robust health, while Melton is a very vigorous man, much taller and heavier than Montgomery. Melton's friends closed in towards the combatants, when Tuppcf, Montgomery's friend, drew his pistol and fired, killing Caldwell instantly. Morgan rushed at Topper who fired again, wounding Morgan in the shoulder. These two men struggled with each other, Morgan finally pulling Tuppcr out of the room. Others rushed to separate Montgomery, who were still fighting on the floor, while Caldwell lay stark dead beside them. Morgan, Tupper and Montgomery were arrested. Tupper and Montgomery were committed to jail, and the other liberated on bail. At first there was much indignation felt against Tupper, for Caldwell was a popular man; but reflection shows that the Melton party were decidedly the aggressors and could expect nothing but. resistance, even to the death, again t the riolenee they were there to commit. The indignation has now turned mainly igainst Melton, llis action is looked apon as unmanly and cowardly. Instead )f appealing, like a gentleman, to the ode which he had so lately professed to lienor, he sought sati.-faction like a vulvar bully. Confident in bis strength, he :cok two men to protect him while he umped on a smaller man from behind ,vho was seated at a table^entirely unsuspicious of an attack. The meanest rowdy 11 a panel house would have beyn satisled with fewer precautions against getting liurt. There is but one feeling in the Community here about Melton, and that is sorrow that he instead of Caldwell was not the victim of Tapper's bullet. A Subdued People The Charleston Neus, in a recent irticle comments upon the apathy of [he nporde of this State, under nolitieal ivils which are calculated to excite a free people to the highest pitch of mgcr. This indifference, apathy and ibaudonmcut is the result of the war. Xo people were so proud, aiogant, self-confident as the people of this State. They really believed themselves Lo be superior, mentally and physically, to any other people in the world. The war proved to them that they were mistakeu. it showed them to be poor, ignorant, provincial. With bravery juough but with very little stamina. The speedy and complete success of Lhe North in the war astonished and mortified them to such a degree that from the most confident of people they have become the most timid. From the most arogant they arc the most submissive. Thousands of them act with the Republican party because .i.. .. ?4.% Tl, till, y iUC illliUU IV iv, JL m i groan and grumble in private, but dread the least publL-ity. They will not believe in the possibility of a sue cessful resistance. To call South Carolina the Ireland of America is an insult to Ireland. That oppressed island has never ceased to resist her tyrants. Four hundred years of constant pressure has not so thorough)}* broken the spirit of Irishmen as to reduce them to anything like the condition of the white people of thin Slate. In this county quite half of the white people have refrained from voting at any election since the war. In this town, even at charter elections, the Southern people seldom vote. So it is throughout the State, and so it will be until a new generation takes the place of that which has been so well whipped. ? ? . iLm , Pardoned?1The tJovernor has pardoned Andrew Pean and William It. Rouse, of Reaufort. They were convicted in the (.' rt of (Jeneral Sessions at Ueauforfc, in 1S72, of the crime of arson, and sentenced by Judge Farmer to twelve years'imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. The i tardons are dated on the 1 'Jth instant. Mr. Paul II. Poerzaph lias been np pointed mail agent on the Savannah and Charleston Railroad. Jury for the October Term. The following is a list ot the jury as drawn for the next term of Court which meets the first Monday in October. Robert Goodwine, Esau Brown, Elias Gardner, Moses Brown, Frank Owens, J. C. Addison. Paul Grant, J. IJ. blather, Emanuel Haines, AV. G. Smalls, Stephen Jenkins, Marcus Simmons, Ned Bryan, Russell Fields, F. E. Frazier, E. Edgell, Henry Bee, Sr, Samuel Holmes, E. AV. Doacn, lb AV. Bellinger. Clarence Cuap" lain, James Odell, Toby Campbell, Poinpey Jones, Israil Brisbane, Gabe Hardee, Alexander Johnson, Peter Hamilton, AVai. Fields, Benj. Jenkins. Defalcation in New York. James J. Johnson, head of the stamp division in the United States Treasury, at t New York, is supposed to be a defaulter in the sum of 8185,000. He has been absent on leave. Suspicion was excited by his failure to return in due time. An examination of his accounts shows a deficit that it is thought will reach the amount named. lie lias borne a reputation above suspicion. His loses are supposed to be the result of speculation or stock gambling. COUNTY CONVENTION. The county' convention met in the courtroom Tuesday last, for the purpose of nominating a ticket for the coming election. J.lie meeting was called to order at 12M., by Robert Smalls, chairman for Beaufort county, who explained the object of the convention. It is our duty lie said to nominate only those who are true republicans and whose record shows them to have always been true to the party; he referred to the large number of candidates for office, and said that the convention which was to meet the next day at Yemassce depended on a bolt from this convention on account of the large number who were destined to be nominated to stay at home. lie said Mr. Wliipper was goimr tQ try to play a game on his friends by printing a score of tickets so as to please everybody, aud but one name will be on all and that will be Whippcr. He stated that a rumor was on the street that he had received $200 from Mr. Carleton to support him for clerk of court, and that afterwards Mr. Juddhad paid hiui $250, and that he then supported Mr. .Judd; but he would brand the whole thing as a lie. Neither of the persons had ever givcu him a cent for political purposes, lie should support the nominees of this convention no matter who they were. The mules referred to in the Rmni.i can he says, will change their names after October Iti, to Settler and Finisher, and that if Mr. Moses paid for them, lie has not heard of it, but that there is due on them The chairman then made a few remarks on the subject of Mr. Whipper, refuting the charge-* published in the Ti'm/s. and stating that if #?ie half the charges were true he(the chairman) would now be look in.r through the bars of the jail, and Mr. hipper woud have a clear track. On motion if T. Hamilton, Robert Smalls. was elected temporary chairman, and on motion of IT. Robinson, R. K. Carlton, Ivap. was elected secretary. Mr. 1.1mid then moved that a committee on 1 credential* bo appointed. A di-puteamse as to the lmiuherto compose the committee which was finally settled by adopting ' nine a* the the number. The convention then adjourned till .*> o'clock, when the committee reported fiddelegations from twenty-seven precinct S7 delegates answering the roll. The meeting then, elected flen. Smalls permanent chairman. And S. lb (Jilhcrt secctary. The met timithcn adjourned till Wednesday morning. The convention reassembled at 10 o ciocK, fuugc \\ ngnt was prc.-cnt ana by invitation took a seat by the chairman; I'O delegates auswercd to their names. The nominating of candidates being in order, Robert Smalls, was nominated ; by acclamation for reelection as Senator ! for Beaufort County. A resolution j was offered to elect nomiuccs in the J order in which they were named in the j call, which elicited several speeches i from the delegates, in opposition, i especially aspirants for Legislative honors who desired in case of failure to j fall back on the smaller prizes. The ; resolution was finally iudefinatcly post! poncd. | l)r. Pritchard then moved that!? ' commitee be appointed to decide how many County oilicerseach parish is entitled to. This brought out several meni: hers who objected to the consumption of valuable time. The resolution was supported by a speech from the Dr. i The object of the resolution was insisi led upon by the up country delegates | who seemed to fear th.it they would not ' get their share of the otli-cs. A vote was finally taken, and adopted almost ' unanimously. The chair then appointi ed a commitee of seven to decide, who retired Indeliberate, and Judge Wright was called upon to entertain the audi cnce. me cuairman euiogizea uie character and abilities of the Judge, and trusted that he would always be ; ri'jhi and he hoped to have the pleas; ure of voting for him for the next 1 U. S. Senator 1 Tii.' Judge commenced by savingly was ' not a candidate for any office in the gift j of the pe??plo. but was a candidate to do ! good for the people, and he hoped to work for them, lie referred to hi> efforts ! in llcaulbrt during the war, and his diffi; eu ties, as the army was for the purpose of preserving the Union and "ot lor the good oi'ihe colored people,* but things are 1 different now, the constitution has now been amended, and we are in a better condition. i The Judge then gave the convention some very sensible advice in regard to the course they should pursue in placing in office good men; he further stated that white men had Said that the colored man i was not capable of filling a scat upon the ' supreme bench, but he was giving tha1 the lie. I am the youngest Judge in the United States, said he, and the only one that has the honor of being a LL. D.; lie then compared I tun. Robert Smalls with Jesus Christ, and said that the senator would hold the hearts of the people if he was faithful, as the Saviour did, which assertion brought down thehouse. He enlarged on the subject of the school commissioner, for, said he, the white man can [cheat you out of everything if you do not acquire education. lie urged the building of school houses, and if he was commissioner lie would take his axe on his shoulder and go among the people and get them together and erect a school-house at every cross road. (What a pity the Judge was not a candidate for school commissioner.) The committee then reported that onehalf of the votes of Beaufort county were cast by St. Helena Parish,, and that the parishes were entitled to the following number of officers: St. Peters, 4; St. Lukes, 2; Prince Williams, 2; St. Helena, 8; total, 10. The report was adopted. On motion the tellers was appointed, and nominations bejjig in order, Mr. T. rr i. i i it /? . uauimon nominated Hastings uautt, 101 the assembly ; Hamilton Jlobinsou nominated Ed. F. English. Tlie gentlemen making these nominationssupported them by speeches more lengthy than eloquent. N. W. Heyward nominated Win. Lawrence of Beaufort; 31. L. Simmons also nominated Paul S. Fields. A ballot then taken, resulting as follows: Hasting? Gantt, 84; Lawrence, 2; English, 2; Green, 1; 3Ir. Gantt was declared nominated, Mr. Simmons then nominated Samuel Green as representative and Mr, Sammis, Paul Fields, the second! hallo! resulted as follows : Samuel Green, 8U: J. Morrison, 1; Mr. Green was declared nominated. 31 on day Williams nominated for the tliijd member, Peter llobinson 3Ir. Aiken nominated Albert Sammis Hamilton Jtobinson nominated Petei Gibbs, 3Ir. Bampfield nominated Thomas Hamilton; the third ballot resulted afollows: A. P. S.tmmis, 2d; ThomaHamilton, 2'J; Peter Ilobinscn, Id; Peter Gibbs, 17; scattering, 0;?no choice, Another ballot resulted as follows: Sam mis, 21; Gibbs, 11; Robinson, 17; Hamilton, d7; seateriug, d. At this poini Hamilton llobinson obtained the flooi and in a very excited manner delivered r noisy, bombastic speech, accusing the St, Helena doleg;tion of trying to gag (Ik Beaufort delegation; this raised a h >wl and it was a paiidcitiouiiuw for a while but at last it became quieter by Hobinsoi retracting what he had said. The ne.v bailot resulted, Summis, 2'.); Hubin.iou 10; Thomas Hamilton, Iiainiilon wa declared elected. From St. Williams pnrhh, llenj. He veuux, G. A. Heed ami S. J. B m.idbT were proposed. Hamilton Ib.binsun be gan to speak again, and created mu-1 confusion that the convention wa- obligee to adjourn. Thursday morning great confnsior i was caused by Joseph Cohen elaimini as alternate to take an absent mem bet 's place, about tifty speakers on lh< lloor at once. The chairman thrutU ne< to adjourn sine da, and for a while i seemed that it would be necessary; Ik bhowed too much forbearance with t | lew noisy delegates; but by appealing | to them linaij) quieted the convention ; Mr. Cohen moved that the last nomi j nation of Mr. Thomas Hamilton be re | considered in behalf ol the people of .Si Helena parish, but as be did not vol* ; for the candidate lie was ruled out o order. lie however, continued hi: speech for seme lime, creating grea confusion ami refusing to be called t. order and disputing the ruling of tin chair. At J o'clock order was rostorei and a ballot resulted as follows: G. A Heed, b7, Famfield, b'J; scattering 12 Xo choice. The next ballot resulted in thccboic of G. A. Heed, he receiving 52 votes The candidates nominated from St ! Lukes were 11. Greaves and E. J. Rav cnah. Alibis point l'etei Jtobinsoi created a disturbance and the scr geants at-ai ms attempted to rcmovi | hi in but did not succeed, and a frei : light seemed imminent. The chair j man tock his hat to leave, but th j country delegates were not willing. A j a last n soi t, Mr. Judd was called 01 i to read a poem entitled ' a couvcutioi I song/' which must have contaim d i I i f large per ecutageof oil as the turbuleii voters became smooth and quiet as th dead sea. The song was then sung t< ! the delight of the loveis of peace. A the conclusion three cheers* were givei j and smiles adorned the countenance , of all. Mr. jijbei'isou look oceasioi to make a few remarks; he warned hi hearers that the Democrats and Tiber a!s were watching them, ready at th ; lirsi opportunity to crush them. Jl i staled that lie had hoped to have rep ! rcssnted his parish in the legislatur but be would nominate a faithful am ' true Itepublican, Mr. X. 11. Myers The balloting then proceeded and X 1 1). Myers, .1 1). Dascomb and J. 1J ; Robertson receiving a majority wer j declared nominees. Tins closed th | nominations for assembly. The nex , thing in order was the election of can I . r> l 1 _ r J. ( j (iiaate lor c;cik 01 couru oamin ; Green proposed the name of L. h I J.anglcy; Win, Scab rook proposed II : G. Judd; and Moses Frazier propose* ; 11. K. Carleton. A ballot resulted a i follows: Judd, .'IS; Laugley, .'10; Csirk ! ton, 17. The second ballot JuJd ie | ccived 41; Langley, 4:3; Colleton, li Mr. Carleton withdrew from the cor test, and the next ballot resulted in tb choice of Mr. Judd who received 57 t 31 for Langley. The next in orde was the nomination of probate judge ; The name of It. K. Carleton was pre posed, the rules were suspended am Mr. Carleton was nominated by accla rnation. The next in order was shcri and Wra. Wilson aDd 13. 13. Sams wcr 1 the onlv contestants. A ballot result iiuut.-rvMuw mmttmmmmmmm urn ed in the choice of Wm. "Wilson, he t | j receiving To votes. The next nomination was for school commissioner. The names of Thomas I i Miller and A. P. Ilall were offered; ' Mr. Miller received 01 votes, Mr. Ilall ' '27. Mr. 3Iiller was declared the choice ; of the meeting. Miller's nomination 1 was then made unanimous. The next J thing in order was the nomination of , county commissioners; the names of Hamilton Robinson, 31. L. Simmons, a Albert Sammis and John Hunu were j offered. On the first ballot no choice ' was made. On the second ballot Mr. , George Waterhouse received a majority of the votes, and was by vote unanimously nominated; for the second commissioner Paul Pritchard was nominated by acclamation; Rev. Seabrin Drayton was then nominated by acclamation for the third commission- ' er. Coroner being then in order A. W. i Muckenfuss was then nominated by acclamation. The nominations being completed a series of resolutions was adopted pledging the support of this convention to the regular fttate ticket. The thanks of the convention were tendered to the presiding officers for i the faithful and impartial manner in I i which they had discharged their duII tics. A MEETING FOR TOMLTNSON. > Mr. Tomlinson and several other disi tinguishcd speakers will address the pco5 pie of St. Helena, at the Brick church, ; on Monday, Oct. 7, at noon. He will : speak in Beaufort in the evening. I Meeting on St. Helena Island. t A precinct mass meeting was held at ; the White Church, on Friday Sept, l!'t, | at 1- o'clock, M. The meeting was caliI ed to order by 31 r. .James S. Brown, one of the sub-cornmitteeiiien, who stated the object of the meeting. , On motion, Hon. Hasting Gantt was r elected chairman, and James Simmons secretary. On motion, it was resolved, to appoint s a commit tec office to nominate, ten delc gates for electors to the county convcn. tion; committee appointed and retired, made the following report, as follows: Hasting Oantt, l'ompey Coaxum, John (I lover, pluses Frazior, March Aiken, .Jack ITecman. Lenard Simmons, Jaiues t Sinim.ns. ('apt. Bailey and Tony Aiken. 1 he above named gentlemen were duly elected delegates. Alternates: ]). Wash1 iuaton, Win. Freeman, Sharper Rivers, Joseph Chisolm, Samuel Williams and > Sandy Brown. l'ompey Coaxum. Jack Freeman and James S. Brown, wereclecrc ! siilccomn ittceimn for two years, fiffi White Church and Coffin's i Tint pre-l J cincts. I t! On motion, the election were made! - O. . .11 .1 j- II ..... anuniiuou*, ?nur wmuu me luuowiug named iionileuicu entertained the meetin rwith ;n Hasting (iautt, John (Hover. livmiis Middlefon, James Sitnlui>;i!i. I '. < i!.\ Tli<Mii:is Hamilton and il. 11. Cleaves. Tin* I'nion llepuh1 'i :m Stnfr Tit !:> t was endorsed hy reso lilion, stud tin- Hon. K ?i>ort Smalls , iv/ommen 1-1 t<? tin- mumy r mv . utifmi I fur State Senator. The mo .'ting jr.s-ed <>'V in >d or lt-r, and on nmSon, adjourn <1. 1Ia<tin<; < Ja.vit, i ('haii-man. Jami S S. RnoAVN. See'y. C-T The duties on the cargo of the - i/'dv I fullering amounted to ' 1 *.?.?' 0 > in . 1 gold. t ? j BO.. Into no oilier port on the Synth i Atlantic could a ves-e! drawing I'iC feet ; of water, eie s the ! ar an i eo'.ue to h-i . dork under sail, and without any a<ds lance from ."team. SEA ISLAND HOTEL ARRIVALS. * ]Ian-om Ward. St. Helena; M. H. f i Sjiicer, T. II. li.iii 'kel, Charl ton: d. X. i Walkur, Allendale; John Clark, L\ K. t i'. II If Cunv, t Helena; II. (do the. ) Silvia liili; John II. Wuhrinun , Jr., i Charleston; J. Ik ih'berCon, I'iufftoir 1 Dr. Pritehard, A. W. Muekenfuss. liar. deville; M. Ik Trouble !i Id, K I. J\ . ihmlish, St. Helena: lk li. Wig-rin. Citv; 't !) i i . 11 ... i . i i VJ^V :i ft. liU'fllll MH'il. I I U'l>". HI'.', u. li. J'JV.X II, Dr. B. L Brisbane, Lnwtonville; 1'. Barcode, Dull Diver; ?? " " I ? ' J:o;ivv oil (.rant. j The following letter, written by Henry Deed, Ksq., editor of Th< ('<tjn'tol, is nddressed to one of the editors of Tin; C'uie chntali I.in/'ttrrr: 3Ir. lleed it will lie remembered was (lie man that was so linttally assaulted by s tirant-brother in-law Dent. 3 Washington, D. ( ., Sept. 7. is72. I i Dr.ai: : Tiie public is of the opinion i that a fellow whose name is Dent, and t, j wl:o-e sister the President married ? wle-ther before or .titer lie resigned (by ; the aid of a Court-martial ibis eommissiou J in the army I do not know?tried, a few t days aim, t?? kill me. and. in that view of rj tbeea-c. 1 have bad wekrhtv rea.-ons to eou'vrn. To me the |<roof was striking ? , and emjdiatie. lie really did not datnII i aire me nimii; bnt it wa? not his fault. I s am iiii iui" i to think that with liis wean. oil an 1 dntti ;' i run Id have sliced his he; d a- a cook siit-e- a encumber. f* ft " j i v. i - I! i.- Mi - ! ! < i!i*iist?. i on nave c prohnhly heard (hat lit.' fellow who a> , aih ! in'* \v:i - 11m* subject of a ju lirial c j proen liny. Thai wa> a mistake of the ri nr\v- paper reporters, wh > >li< 1 not takein ! iIn- filiation, i wis there nominally a ' | }ii*o>. t-u! iny wit lit' actually a felon un. ! tier (In- censure o| the !Yi -i tint o{ tin> j United States for darinpr to ap|?car : auaiust our o! hi- family. The fact that c j this was my po-ftinn wa* palpable in ^ every fai r. from that of the Jiidye oritllr t bench to t!io?c of tiir cloinl of <I*iihi? j t'.iat tilled tiir rear of the temple r?f public i jll.-ti r. ?JIl lyr. proseeUtor,' ad who had ^ I anything to do w; h the matter were i- j t!iin.-'> that the IVr>id in ha- mad-* and j em unmake; ami making ami unmaking j are done here with swh freedom and fa; cillity, ami so of - n. that they excite only j a j a .-my' rclnaik. '* I Yuu could hardly he made to heloive. i-' evni if it were de-iraMe, the extent to > which the (i rant-.Pent connection per. vade.s everythinir, from the departments 1 of the (io\ eminent. through the Courts c of justice, down to the minutest transac0 tion to which it is possible for any one of r 1 tlietn to continue to attach an interest. 1 ! To say that (Jen. (I rant is no party to this " | is preposterous, lie is the head of the iauiily?nominally and actually, in fact j j and in sj)irit. He is of the same order, 1.1 species, variety; no better nor differftit. He is, accidentally, the lion, to which they arc the jackals: the shark, to which e , they arc the pilot fish: the ''fence,:'to 1 which they the pick]-octets and buri / ! Jars. He is the Faein?they the Toby Jrackits and Artful Dodgers. ^ So I was ]>ut upon my trial. If I am my judge of men and situations, the thing was set up beforehand. 1 rather expected to be lined and imprisonment, flic scoundrel brother-in-law of t he Presilent was invited to sit by the judge; I? although it might have been supposed Lliat 1 was weak and suffering?was permitted to stand at the bar until I was offered a seat by some preternaturally plucky person among the spectators. The Grant-Dent connection, one and all are simpletons; they belong together; and all whom they have drawn around them " are?by the invariable laws of affinity?of the same material. I was attacked because Gen. Grant and his brothers-in-law and the household and kitchen Cabinet at the White House are such imbeciles that they arc unable to conceive of consequences which, to any man of average understanding, would have been of all things the most palpable. So Republicans in their hearts, curse the whole ^ At? i?>i' nt" riAt lwVtoncA CUIHXTII* Ull li?4> aiwuui? uvv uvvaiuu there has been a breach of the peace and an unprovoked, attempt to murder; but because it has been done at an inconvenient ncriod. If I had been assasinated after the election?but I Avas not. llow to Produce Layers. In e\*erv lot of hens some will be better layers than others. Let us suppose wc start with six Houdans?a cock and five hens. Probably out of this fiue two may lay thirty eggs per annum more than cither of the other ; their eggs should be noticed and only these set. By following this for a very few years a very great increase in egg-production may be attained. My attention was drawn to this subject by a friend having a Brahma pullet, which laid nearly three hundred eggs in one twelve month, though valueless as a fancy 1?ird, and the quality descended to several of her progeny ; and 1 have since found other instances which prove conclusivcly that a vast improvement might easily he effected in nearly all our breeds were that careful selection of brood stocks made for this purpose which the fancier bestows on other objects. It is to bo regretted more is not done in this wav, and having more room than I had, 1 hope myself to make some experiments in this direction shortly. I will say now that I am perfectly certain the number of two hundred otrtrs ner annum niiirht he at taincd in a few years with perfect ease were the object systematically sought; and [ trust these few remarks may arouse a general attention to it amongst those who keep poultry for eggs only, and who can easily do all that is necessary without any knowledge whatever of fancy points, or any attempt to breed exhibition birds. L. WittGHT.?Fanner'ft Advocate. An Alabama young lady, who was caught smoking a cigar, gave as her reason that ''it made it smell us though there was a man around." The board of fqnali/ation f?>r Heauf'ort County, will meet in the. County Auditorstillte on Monday, October7th, at eleven o'clock A. M. All ]>erbOU8 having business to brint* before the board will phase have their complaints iu readiness by that day. V. M. French, County Audi Lor. S pt. 2i> 2 t. OFFICIAL. Ai fofeFceX *-..? ?. fja'-vl* STATU <?F SOUTH CAROLINA, 1 Uxmvuvk Ds.I'auimi.sr. j | X jiuiMiaiR-c of an act of tlic General Assembly X, d arch 1, 1870, cntitl d "An act, providing iWi fun ra neral el. ction .u.' the manner <>t eoudueliti.' thpsa: ie, ann-ndcd he an .-i t approved March 12, 1">72, an ? ! ; (><ni a i!l U: h i<l in tn?- several counties of this Stat.'i':i the 'I i 111; 1 \V l.2-NliS(?A V, hpinjj tl-c huh dnj ni ii;i'.x r lor the 1-?I ou in^State, la-pi.? lativv. County and t'-T./r -~i-utal oil' -el's, to serve lor tin-i, -\t iwiii iid four; cats, as |covid-d hv the statu iMii-iituti'-n and acts oft on,!--ssoftho I tilled Stat-a, t > wit: ti ivi-ninr, I?i mi term tjovemor, Athimoy < iein-iid. Set r taty < ; slate, state Treasurer, < oni|>liolh-i ti.-tietal. Sii|? lintandeiit ?f ldtiealieti, Adjutant and I:i-,? ?t ?r < tu-iai, Meint?--is of the General A- niMv, S.iii it-n> in the ? verd judicial circuits, and for the various > unity otti.-ers. together with one M-tidier ??t'('"ii;rrfss to n |ire>- ut the State at-laiye, and li' i?reM)iitatives in the crjieeiive Congressional LtiMriets. At the.--ai-1 el -eti-xi tlie follow in;.; anii-n-ltiients to t!ie stale < onstmitioii w ill lie suhniiitid to the\otera for ratification or pj- etioii, to wit; / 1 t. Amend!.i n' relating t-> change of tiiuc of holding genera! el . tiuis. / Si tiki out alt of |io! t'eii of/eet<iii XI of Article 2. . illowiua lie- wiipii"ei.'hleen^iuudrcd and M-veu; t\" occurring in lite fourth aiuf fifth Inn >, a.id insert I tiie toilox - iiig: And lorn rAh reofter, on tin* tir-l ; Tu.-.-liy lol-twinj? I In-tit>t/uoiid.iy in X met n her, in ' ev. r\ I v?: r, in siieh^ii.iiiiier and at mi. h places I a- ili - I. Jsla'tur ma; |/" i-l i lie niainn r of voline oil thi? ..tii- ii-Im-i/i .-hall I ? as I--II-w>: Those i in ..iv rot the am udjr. ;it shall d--|*?>il a hallol with 1 the follow in,' w?-ill-pi ill il or |>riiite<i thine mi, * Con s'i ' '/. not .bo'i. iii i'? 'i In ojtjos d lo saiil j ariieiidnient .-hall .l-.isl a l-all-.t with tic following w- d- v. tit ten /r printed tint.on, "i biuiUulwHal ' .lee >n. ilt?.X'f I 2-1. Atijcndiufnt rilatfng to the further increase of i .ii.lt .I.-J ..I'11.. .1 full i-,v: Article XVI. [ 'I'm il l- < : / that tin* | "hi I' lit of Sutth < aroliua | may not liyf ai'n r be itn raised without tin: due con' ra.i'.ojt ami frrccoiis?tit-;the l* i?jleoflhc Slate, ' Hi- t o/Tal A-?.'iut lv i> In* ' > foililntcu to create | ;uiy lurTi. r il-lii <>r <il>li-ati<i|i, l it'.ii r t>y III- loan iif th-cijflit of the Slate, by guano'-. , en ior?meiit or | < :h-v*i?, x.M-jii l'.-r I'm criliuiry and cum nt 1 I -I'i!i State, without first submitting tlii j 'j ic-ti hi :l- ! ? tli- creation of any such new debt, ' gitnreiil r il .r? inmit-r I'.ui of the credit, to the p m;.|- in' thS >;at at a u?ial frlccfimr. ami Utiles* I f.iM thiols ?>i ih i,ti:tiii- I vol r- ?i'thls State v iting j mii the <j"i< stem -li.ill In- in favor of a further debt, giiai.tttl-e, endorsement <n loan of this credit, none shall he created or made." I j-' iiiaum r of voting on thia arm-mint -ut shall bo 1 a - i illowie Those iy fa'.or of the am ndnient .'hall deposit a : ballot v\ iili the foil-wing werds written or printed t!i-i on, "< ' .ii'.'nii". :( Aiii'i> lin ii\ Article ? I 1 1 n-s-iijij?oMii to fit-amendment shall cast a ballot ?'.ill tin f-ii-v, in- words u rilt-n or iirinted thereon? 1 ' t litiltuiHll Ant'li'lm :if, Ai' irl' AT"/? \'i." All bar-r<K.ms and drinking saloon* shall bo closed ' on the day of< l<*ction, and any |s-r*>u w ho shall sell ' any intoxicating drinks on the day ofel-elioii shall j If guilty of a iiiisd-iiieuiior and on eoiivieiioti thereof, sitafi b -tin.si in a sum not less than one hundi<sldollars,or licimprisomsl lora |?wiod not leastliaii one iinintli. nor more than six months. Tito Com* missioncis atal in.inagciu ol IX-c'.ioii, and each of tliem, are hereby rc'i'tin-d. with strict regard to tho l>ro\ isions of the Constitution and laws of the State, touching their duty in Mich > ase, to cause such elections to be held in tin ir respectivecounties ou the day aforesaid, and to take all necessary ste|>s for the | Ii.filling of such elections, ana lor me usccnaimng twl dettnuiniux Ibv prnons who shall have been I duly elected thereat, according to the rules, principles amf provision* prescribed l>y the Act and Amenduicnt THcft-to, aforesaid. In pursuance w hereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal.of the State to he atiind, at Columbia, the 16th day ofScptctnber, A. !>., 1*7"-', and in the Ninctyse veil thy ear of the Independence of the United Mates of America. liOBEKT K. 8COTT, - l.s. >- Governor. Y. L. CAttDOZO, '< Secretary of State. )