Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, October 28, 1868, Image 3

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Address of the National Executive Com mittee of the D?mocratie Pnrty. NEW YORK. October 21.-The Democratic National Committee have issued au address V.-?H-U makes np allusion to u change of can didates. It says:-We are charged by ibo liadical party willi violence ami usurpation, while, Itu- the last four wars, to prolong its own i xistejjce, it bas stu nt naught lin? eon s itniion and fundamental pri un pies of our government. They say i: at we intend revo .lotion und defiance of the e-laUisbed laws. Tiic charge is unrounded : nd absurd, lt cannot bc entertained fir a moment byan intelligent voter, who bas even the most su perficial knowledge of the history of bis coun try. The Democratic party can proudly point to every page of its record. It has never violated a single obligation ol ihe fun damental compact by which these United States en?crVH mt?) tin; family of nations. Its watchword, in peace as in War, has al ways been and will ho the Union, tba Con stitution and thc laws. And no utan, nor.-ct ?d" men, however high they might be plated hy ?he suffrages ot their lid low citizens, can expect to receive the support ot' this groat (*u:iserva.ti?c party in any revolutionary ut tempt against the established laws. The bal lot box and the supreme will of the Amuri can people are the ouly: means of redress to which wc dook. , Action of the Abbeville Democratic Club in Regari) to the -Murder's ofAIar tin and Ka-udolph. At a rr.e?ting of the Democraiic Clubs-of Abbeville District, on Saturday 17th instant, it was % Resolved, That the following expression o! our feelings and '. pinions be entered aud pub lished. This repres mtation of the Democratic Clubs of Abbeville County laments all acts of vio lence, and especially the murders if James Mur'in aud B. F. Randolph, lately perpe trated. lt is manifest that the policy of the Radi cal party is to ?produc? in the North the be lief of a rebellious temper ia ihe South, and active partisans here have, by fiction and ex aggeration, misrepresented " the conduct of Southern whites, scrupling mt to excite the violence which thej pretend to deprecate. It hos, of course, been our poney to pre serve peace. For this end we have exerted our itidaer.ee, but in every community the} are desperate men who are as deal to the sug gestions ol prudence, as they arc reckless of tiic restraints of morality. In the piesent condition of affairs, we have uo law, tor in this circuit Hiere is no ju Ige, and in citcuits whrsre there are judge-; I lie expense* of courts m iv be brought up in thc State, but business is not done. A State government has been established Wilh vast inc rea-e of officers end salarie whick; probably ir.tended' to provide for in ti n mi d a i vern uns, is win?.iv uusuitahl. to an empty treasury and impoverished p-p station. Thefts arc so emmou as to fer.der the raising of live .-si ck unprofitable, aud tb? e.ijoyniOiit of agricultural products ui.cer t in. Negr cs at'end public me tings ?iib arms in their liai.d-, and talk of tneir occupatio:, ol ibo p ,||s to the exclusion of whites asa mai ter w hich their numbers render easy, ano which their leaders in private COuversati?u rc com ru end. The use of the torch is habitually threaten ed. Both of tiie men lately killed were heard to ?suggest ince.n.iiarNm, and one ufthein was taking to his home a barrel of whiskey to be used in influencing.negroes. In these circumstances, we believe, are irt be found the rearons and motives of the lute acts of violence we lament. B id as they ar. they will m> doubt be greatly misrepresented, as already bas been thc case if Martin, of which it has been falsely s ated in Northern newspaper^ that he was au im-Jl' iadve citizen of moderate views, ami that the threats o: two negroes had shortly be lore beeu cut near to where Le was killed. Subjected to the cruel torture of ue?r., supremacy,-every fmpalieuf act bl individu als is t xaggurutcd and heralded as evidence of a-reb:.Jious suiril upun die pait of a whole .people always distinguished l'or their devo liou-to law and oricr. Firc>*I)ariag Outrage. This morning, about 2 o'clock, the bar: and stubb s ol (Jen. McGowan, t(rgether with a very valuable hors.? ami some provender, wete entirely consumed by lire. The flames had made -*u-:h progress before it. was r?scov er?'d as to render ii impisib'e to save thi building; it was thc wo: lc of an ii ce?.diary. About il c same time at which"th? torch wa? applied to thc building, some unknown per Kill ente; ed : he dueling h use ol Gen. Mc GoWaii through a windon, ?nd aft-r prep r ing tho way for . is exit in ca e if ularm, pr. ceeiit d to ransack til- bouse, and weat to t*ie brd chamber ofilia. SfiG ?Wu? ?wh???waai ub.ne ?:tve tho presence oft Wo s mall children) nt.d forcibly carried her out ol the house, come distance in the yard, where, an alarm teing given by l;er little daughter, >he w:is thrown Ut the {?round, und the villain made off. In thu darkness it could not be a*cf rlui ned whether U:e perpetnilof of the deed WHS white or hack. We hope be may be fe rn-ted oui, ami mad?-to sull'-.r the severest |euahies??l the !? - .- Abbeville Blumer. 21st. AK Ai/ncKCATiox ANO SIIOUTINU.-Qn S.t Dillie. Iu?5. - ?ns? A- rds look pince between a whit . ' i' /.;-n ?"i-- -111 thc country, HU.I S.nit. \> .? un.i. e .!..!<..-, ii prominent m.ml er ?f th league. i'i -.v : ; ? *. : i I/e^a'i dreW a p:>fol Knd pf S--I..V?! it ?... :he head"!' tho oller.' A! though Iber? was s 'nie excitement duiin-.' the remainder" of ?he hferiio??ii. firther dilfi cu!;y vti.? s"'>! p d by > iii- interference of om etiz-rj-s and b;. hightail was q-iiet. Ai lU oicIockt.hoWi ver,or iher-ab. ms. ns theyoueg mi**, i !J >ve mei tinned, ii, company with a couple of f ie: os, were re un i s to their boluc-, they were ambu-hul and fired upon hy, it ia supp-. ..sed, some twenty or twenty -five pei.^ i.s. and ?ne of them sorionsly wounded. Un Sunday, affidavits were made which were coi elua'1 ve that Dugan was ono of the am bushers, and be and another negro were ar rusted and lodged in jail. Afbdavit, was fur tiler made by a citizen keeping store near ly the building occupied by Lee Nance, colored, leader of tbe league, that ?he said Nance was to leave bi* house after dark, in compa ny with a number of negroes, some of whom were armed with rqu.-kets, i.nd who went in thc direction where the bb joting occurred. It w is p'carly evident t''at Lee Nance led the pu ty ?'hu did thc shooting, lie was not "ar rested, however. Un M->i?i.iy morning, about 7 o'cleck, two white men rode, into town, and. in front of bis house, shot- Lee Naucp. mor tally wounding him, and then rode oft". Ef forts were immediately maleny the Sheri fi' to arrest thc parties wini shot Nance. It may be mentioned that on its being known that Dofaii would be arrested, the ne groes swarmed the main.str.eet in large num ber?, on Sunday afternoon, much'excited and some of them very violent, and that Dugan said be would not be taken ; but fortunately for them, no resistance was made, A'hen the offender and bis accomplice were safely lodg ed in jail.-Newberry Herald, 21>t. FLXKKAL OF B. F. KAN-DOLPH.-The Col uml.ia Phoenix, of Monday, says: " Ban di i!p!i. the colored Senator, was buried in Columbia Stinday afternoon, and his funeral largely attended by his colored friends and admirers. The African Methodist Epis c. pal Church; corner of Taylor and Sumter '.ii'.-. ts, where the funeral services werp per firined, was densely thronged. Eulogies were pronouced over the dead man by three nf his colored fiiend*? after which, a preces sion was-formed sud marched to the'eeme t ry, where the body was interred. Wo omi - ted to state in our notice on Sunday morn ii;.r that an inquest was held over thc body ,.t Hodge's Depot, (or Cokesbury, as it is "enerally termed, although Cokesbury prop er is nearly two mile?-off), and a verdicl ren ilered that the deceased came to his untimely ird at the hands of three persons unknown to the jury. Individuals who were on the : ground at the time of the occurrence, say that as soon as the terrible act was commit ted the parlies mounted their hanna andi rod? off," ' The West Virginia Elections. WASHINGTON, October 24. p. rn.-The N. Y. Tribune says ol West Virginia : We cer tainly carried two members of Congress with fair prospect? for a third ; also a good work ing majority in both branches of the Legisla ture-(hus securing a United States Senator. The World saya we have continued assur ances .that the Democrats have swept the State-electing two or three Congressmen. President Johnson to Governor Sey mo ur. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, October 22, 18G8. j Hon. Horatio Seymour : I sec it announced iu the papers this morn ing that you will enter the Presidenta'-can vass in person. I tru>t that this may he so as the present posi'ion of parly affairs justi lies and demands it. ll is hoped and believ ed, liy your, friends, that nil em mie a lo Con stitutional Government, whether secret or avowed, will not he spared and I hat (heir ar bitrament and unjust usurpations,, together with their \Vaalelulliprofli".ate and corrupt use of the pcp'e's treasure, will be signally ex posed and rebuked. The masses of the peo ple should he aruns-d and warned against the encroachments of despotic power now ready to enter the citadel of L'berty. 1 trus*. that you may speak 'with an inspired tot gue aud that your voice may penetrate every just and patriotic breast t.) r >ughout the laud. Let the living principies of the violated Constitution he proclaimed and^rcstored-that peace, -pros t erity and fraternal . feeling may return to our divided and oppressed nation. - . ANDREW JOHNSON. Earthquake in California. J5AN FRANCISCO, October 21.-A heavy earthquake took place here at eight o'clock this morning. The motion was East and West, aud damage confined to the lower part of the city, below Montgomery street, among o'd building* on made ground. T> Custom House, which was badly shatter by the earthquake of 1?65, is now considered unsafe and the officials lave removed to the internal revenue building. Business in thc lower part of thc city is suspended, the streets thronged and great excitement prevails. Par apet walls and chimneys ni many buildings fell, causing some loss of life. The damage will not exceed a million dollars. The shock was severe at Oakland, damaging many build mgs. The earth opened in several places, smelling sulphurous!}'. The Court House it San Leandra, was demolished, killing ono per soo. It was very severe at San Jo^e and the buildings damaged. Thc Ohio and Pennsylvania Elections. No wonder the Democrats were defeated in Ohio. Thc negroes voted in direct viola tion of M he Constitution. It is well known j the Radicals attempted to strike out the word white from the State Constitution last year, to give thc right of suffrage to the negro, hut the people voted down the proposition hy fifty thousand mnjorilv. Nut withstanding thisemphdtic decision thousands of negroes ?rere allowed io vote ul precincts where the Uadicah hail control of the election boards. This fraud was perpetrated undercover of a decision of the Radical Supreme Court of Ohio, which declared a mulatto not to be a negro ; but th.- Radical managers did not con fine themselves even to a strict observance of the Radical Supreme Court decision, for it is | charged that they allowed.every negro to vote who came to the polls with a Radical ticket, no matter how black his skin, or crisp his wool. With this additionall force of fraudulent voters, we do not at all wonder that Ohio went Radical, but it remains to be seen wheth er the people of that State will tamely sub mit to be outraged in this manner and cheat ed out ol'their rights and liberties by whole sale fraud and corruption. We think not Ii they do, then the people of Ohio will be re duced to thc same condition as the unfortu nate people of the South-a prey to an insa tiate horde of office-hunters who seek not the public good, but the people's property and money. 'I W pai.f-ta I'.?.1.o ?ic nui OIS couraged or dismayed by the result of the recent-election in that State; They aro still hopeful of the" result, and determined, in any went, :i"ver to strike a truce with Radical ism until it is defeated and overthrown, fraud, corruption and bribery saved the day for thc Radicals as has been clearly shown by extracts from Democratic papers, which we published Tuesday inorniDg-Chronicle &. Sentinel. Congressman Killed ?(rc. Sr. LOUIS, October 24, p. m.-Reports reached here iiiut timi. Jas. Hinds, member of Congre**, and Hon. Ja<. ll. Brooks ac companying hiui, were assailed in Monroe county, Ai kansas, and Hinds killed, and Brooks wounded. The Democrat has a dis pa'ch attributing the outrace to thc Demo crats. The Republican has a dispatch repre senting that Iliads bad split the Ridical party and attributes his death to Radical Op ponent-?, if indeed thc report be true. It says further ( Horts to lix the assassination on Democrats wiil.be fruitless, because they had more to gain by Hi.?dp living than dead. The. nfiicn of ihe Ci m h n J carnal, of | which Genera! J. B. Kershaw is editor, was destroyed nu Mojiday night with tLe entire i on!e:i!s. Incendiarism. ?J ~<^~ Tin? proclam?t'on of Governor Scot t is an ?UMilt to the people ol the Stale. He. lihou ld'make a di?*t inctioh'beiween the acts nf a few individuals, and not assert that they are th? result of the universal depravity of the whole people. Some weight is evidently attached to the proclamation, by tlc presence ? il a g;nrd of United States troops around the Gubernatorial residence, and we wi uld suppose that he apprehended danger; it is rumored, however, that this tn?ps are not ?lier.- upon hisnqu sition. It seems a strange j lace to quarter tn ops-in front of the resi deuce of the Governor of South Carolina. Columbia Phoenix. TnE VIOLATION OF THE PCBMC PEACE By the ?tatement published in the C Jumbia Phoenix, which we transfer to our columns this morning, it appears that B. P. Randolph, a colored Senator from the District of Or angeburg, was assassinated in open day, while standing on tho platform of the rail road car, in Abbeville District, by " three unknown persons." It is an occurrence most deeply to be de precated. Whatever may have been the in cendiary cour.ie ot Ruidolph, ii is no justifi cation for crime- The act should, and-doubt less, will be eoudetnned by the voice of the wi.ole State. Free speech and the protec tion of life, liberty and property to all, is the seritiment of our people. For this act nei ther our State or its people should be. held responsible. It is the act of the perpetrators alone. And for this, whenever discovered, I bey should be held rigidly responsible. Our own justification and the cause of good or der aud security demands -this.-Charleston Courier. TENNESSEE.-From a reliable gentleman just returned from Tennessee we learn that ihe state of affairs there is terrible. Brown low's pimp-thc carpet baggers, scalawags, and negroes-have matters pretty much in a swing ; and it is almost as much as the life of a Oe.nocrat is worth for him to attempt to make a speech. Yet the Democrats are de termined to make an effort, and, if they must go down, to do so with their faces to the foo. We do not see how it is possible, under the system of arbitrary registration aud disfran chisement practiced by the Brownlow des potism, for the friend* of law and order to succeed at present in that State, though the majority, upon a free and fair election, against the destructionists, is overwhelming. Ten nessee is reconstructed.-Frankfort (Ky) Yeo man. \y On thc 23nl, Judge Iloge, Qcnoral Little Geld and General Coleman called firct on Grant and thon on Schofield us an informal committee from North and South Carolina, to obtain assis tance againstpastand apprehended trouble?. They received no satisfaction in either quarter boyoud the assurance that such applications must come either through the Executive or Legislator?. THE ADVERTISER JAMEST-BACOH, SDITOE._ WEDNESDAY, OCT 28, 1808. FOR PRESIDENT, HORATIO SEYMOUR, OF NEW* YGRL. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, FRANCIS P. BLAIR, OF MISSOURI. -0-! STATE ELECTORAL TICKET. For the State at Lanje. Oen J. I). KENNEDY, of Kor.haw. Cul J. P. THOMAS, of Richland. First Congressional Dtitn?t. Col. R F. URAHAM, of Marion. ScCr.nd Con g rem lona I Distrikt. Gen. B.* H. RUTLEDGE, of Charleston. Third Congressional District. Col. A- C. HASKELL, of Abbovillo. Fourth Congressional- Dist itt. Col. E. C. McLURE, of Chester. FOR CONGRESS. Third CongreS'ional District. Col. J. P.' REED, of Anderson. Melahcholy Death. We regret to learn that Miss LULA DANIEL, youngest daughter of Major WM. DANIEL, of this District, carno to her death under the following most painful circumstances: On Sunday, tholSth Inst., while the rest of the family were at Church, servants in tho kitchen hearing some one scream ing, rushed into the houso and found the dress of i yonng lady in flames. After considerable ? ns thc fire was extinguished, but not until ;er person had been badly burned. She suffered tho most excruciating agony until Wednesday following, when death relieved her of her suffer ings. So great WAS her pain, she was not able to give a dbtiuct account as to how her dresi caught, but it is supposed she was standing with ber back to the fire. It is s td to rocord the death of one so young, and in the full enjoyment of health. Frost. We bad on the 23d and 24th heavy Frosts vegetation thoroughly killed. The Darlington Democrat. We are well pleased with tho Darlington Demo crat, a new paper just established at Darlington, S. C, by E. P. LUCAS, Esq., at $2 50 per annum. We cheerfully pince the Democrat on our Ex change list, and wUh it all manner of pecuniary prosperity aud popular applause. The Elections. It uppers to be the policy of the Radicals in authority, to preclude the pc-.plc of this District from participating in the elections on Tnesday -next. As yet we have no Commissioners Of Elec tions, no Managers of Elections, and no Precincts establish >d. That Gov. Scott is responsible for this t-tate of affairs cannot-be denied. Whet] tr h) yot will make appointment* is a matter *t doubt and uncertainty. But we hope ?very man will hold himself in roadinoss to cast his ballot on that 'luv, and bo on the alert to ascertain where thc boxes will be opened. : * All political disabilities, relatice to coting, ha; been removed. "Every male citizen of the United States, of the nge of twenty-one years, and up wards, witBout distinction of race, color, or for mer oond'tion, who was a resident of this State, at the timo of the adoption of the Constitution, J viz: April 14th, 15th and IG'.h, A. D. 1S63, and has. been a resident of the county in which he of fers to vote, sixty days next, prodding the elec tion," is entitled to vote. Bo certain to Register if you have an opportu nity ; but don't fail to go to the polls on Tuesday next, and vote the Democratic ticket _ - Shelving and Ushelviug ! The belovedest of oil mon in Edgefield-as he ought to be !-Mr. B. C. BUYA?, has been in Charleston buying a largo ?tuck of Full and Win tor Goods. These Goods have arrived, and ure now beiog d ily and hourly shelved and unsolv ed. Mr. H it VA x has everything in tho line of | Dry Goods und Suudrica. But Mr. BUTAN needs no further words from us ! The Trial of lion: Jefferson Davin. Thc New York San, edited by Mr. Cu A m.KS A. DANI, formerly Assistant Secretary of War, ar gues that Mr. DAVIS will nut be tried at the ap approaching session of tho United States Circuit Court in Hich mond, abd never will be tried. The Sn it says : Tho indictment against Jeff. Davis might ss well ho sold to the paper makers for three cents a pouiid. He will never be tried. The eloquence of Mr Evarts ill never be wasted on thu living skeleton of a defunct Confederacy, with a stroug probability uf a disagreement of the jury, and a purdon virtually promised beforehand in case of conviction. Col. LcRoy F. Younians. This esteemed citizen end distinguished lawyer has beeu nominated as a candidate for Solicitor of thu Second Judicial Di?trict of South Carolina, jeomposed of EdgeCuld, Barnwell, Beaufort aud Collette. This election comes off on Tueiday next, the .'(rd November. ?atr Messrs. Thoa, L. Caldwell und R. V. Cut, who weje arrested in Newberry, by Constable Hubbard, und carried to Columbia, charged with having had some connection with tho Lue Nance murder, were up before Judge Boozer, on thc 23d, under a writ of habeas corpus. Mer fr?. J. M. Btxtemhd S.W. Moiton appeared for the prisoners, and Attorney-General D.- n. Cham be ria in fir tho StHto. Af'er hearing th? affidavits and arguments of counsc', Judge Boozer released them on bail, to appear* at the next term of the Court for Newberry-Mr. GM io $5,000, and Mr. Caldwell in $201)0. flail was pronitly given. USr Tho Edgefield nigger correspondent of tho " ?fusionary Record,"-a Radical sheet froi Charleston-in his last brilliant effusion, calls our Tia Pan Serenaders " a band of the lowest and poorest of the most disrespectful class of whiter." Now that is rather " steep" on the boys. But their cbarnctcr in this community is too well ct. t iblished to bc effected by the cowardly scoundrel who.penned the above; and as they are at all times prepared to take care of themselves, we leave them to refute tho attempted slander us seem Mb to them ia jot and proper. l"r>v" The extensive carriage establishment of Messrs. Seal & Sign, at Abbeville, was entirely dostroyed by firo on Wednesday night last. The conflagration was the work of incendiaries, who alto ?ot fire to a barn, but fortunately the fire was discovered and tho flame.- >xtingui.-hed be fore much damage was duno tn tho building. Tho total loss is estimated at $3000. Tho- Democratic Stato Executive Com mittee bf South Carolin? has issued un address to "the citizens, strongly reprobating the recent acts of violence and invoking the earnest efforts of the people, whether black or white, or of whatever party, to check incendiary language and to main tain the supremacy of law, and to preserve tho peace. pSf Gov. Scott bas issued a proclamation in which he says that information bas been received that Samuel Murtishaw and William Fitzgerald were tho murderers of Lee Nance, the negro killed at Newberry, on the ltfth, and in which he offers a reward of $2,500, each, f??r their appre hension and delivery in jail, with proof to con vict pSr Thc Columbia correspondent of thc Charles ton Neto?, says: " Govornor Scott has applied for and obtained a company of United States troops to act ai his body guard. I bavo not heard of any throats against him, and can conjecture no cuuso for this proceeding beyond tho general ex citement" ,is??~ A garrison of about fifty soldiers has been stationed at Abbey ?Ile C. IL i . . vcr Bead It, One and AH. On the first page of to-day's papor will be found a valuable Address lately issued by tbe "Central Democratic Club to the D?mocratie par ty'?f South Carolina. It is a wise, spirited and timely paper. As we said last week, our every ??ort should now be. boat to strengthening the Democratic party in South Carolina, Each and uve ry State, however small, howovcr weak, however mach andar Radi cal control, should leave nothing untried to givo a true repreaentative of her every section io the National Legislature; in this resource she might find her last defence against farther encroach ments on her rights. The present administration has taught us how powerless is the President against a hostile Congress. And it seems.by co means impossible for u united and determined South to out down utterly the fatal two-thirds vote which, for a long time past, has carried ever; - thing beforo it in tho United Slates Hot resonlativcs. If wo.could cut down this twi voto, and approximate to an equality* question, tho result would repay all ] watching, all effort, Let -ii look to this carefully then, and Btv' lose eight of the fact that it is the eoleinn-'daty of South'Carolina, which has yet to clcct'Lor Con gressmen, tu lcavo no effort untriod, to rost not, and*falter not, until the bas given able men and true men tho right to speak for her in Congress. And very particularly would wc call fha atten tion of our readers to that most wise portion of this address which urges upon the people the policy and the duty of treating tho colored popu lation of the State with great kindness and for bearance. And just hore we cannot do batter than give placo to a timely artiole from the Charleston Newt : Moa LAW.-As was to be expected, the morder of Randolph, on Friday last, has been the lignai for other nets' of violence. On Sunday a white man was fired on near Newberry C. H. by a par ty of negress ; on Sunday afternoon a railroad section.mitstcr was shot and seriously wounded by negroes near Clinton ; on Monday morning the colored President of the Union Lcaguo at Newberry was killed by a party of white men ; oo Monday night a mob of negroos assembled in Columbia for the purposo of assaulting a colored Democrat who bad been on a stumping tour and was expected to arrive in that city by the evening train. .""* These outrages, following each ether in so rapid a succession, indicate what will be the conse quences throughout tho State if vigorous meas ures are not at once, adopted for vindicating th? offended majesty of the law. In this matter we know no distinction of person or of party. We do not desire to attach the blamo to either Demo crats or Radicals, for both have been at fault. But we maintain oar proposition that every man is entitled to equal protection under the law, and that no man, whatever his color, should with im punity Uko tho law into his own bloody hands. Thi/ is the position of every thoughtful man in this community, and it is the only one consistent with -jur political professions, as well as tho prac tice of our lives. Litt?ral with the People's Honey. Gu-. SCOTT, the " Executive bead" of the State \of South Carolina, ( brough the aid of the Re construction Acts and negro votes,) has issued a proclamation offering fivo thousand dollars re ward for the murderers of Randolph, the mulatto Sonator from Orangelurg, and author of certain incendiary ' .rangues in the up-country, who W.. V" . at Hodges' Depot, on the 16th inst. ..uu the said "Executive head" also offers a like reward for the apprehension of the murderers of " Sneak Martin," a scalawag member of the Leg islature-killod near Abbeville C. H., on the 5th. The Governor is very liberal with the people's money when any of hie party are dealt wit', harshly, bat is he so enthusiastic for justice, anc free with the people's purse, when those enter taining Democratic sentiments are mode to suffer by the hand of the assassin or the torch of the incendiary 7 Verily, we fear not, j? Has he offered any reward for the murderers of Rev. Mr. Sawyer, a whito man, killed recently in Barnwell District T Has he offered any rewardJar ? ^ _ , -0 i ?"???? to vrvrtiujuiar" Has bo offered any reward for tho negroes attempted to kill white men at Newberry and;'at Clinton, in Laurens District, within tho last ten dBys ? Has he offered any reward for the incendiaries who set G ve to, and thereby destroyed the office of the Camden Journal-the Stables of Gen. McGowan-and the Gin Houses, Barns, Ac, in Laurens District? Justice is justice, Gov. Scott, and should be dealt out fairly and squaroly to each and every man, let his politics bc what they may. Do this, Gov. Scott, and thon you may expect the good people of the State to sustain you, for the time being, in carrying out thc laws of the Common wealth-unconstitutional and bogus though they may cousider them. ,-? ? " Sell Your Cotton." Under this caption our venerable cotemporarj of th? Milledgeville Reeorder offer* the cotton planters th<- benefit of bis counsel. The Record?? is one of the able.-t papers in the States, and its editor bas, for many years, been a close observer of the fluctuations in tho cotton trude, and from his large acquaintance with the planters through out the cotton growing Sla'es, his thorough' knowledge of their present condition ir, perhaps, well qualified to give them prudent advice. He says: " Wo would advise our farming friends to sell all their cotton at tbe prissent ruling pri?e :-23, SI, 2 >. Don't hold with tho expectation that you eau -ret ''tl cunts. Cotton may go up to that rum, ami then again it may not. Be contented with a good paying price, and ullow tho buyer u margin t.i make a little something for himself. Without tho speculator, wbero would your oottou be in price? lt is to him that you ure indebted ; for iii his desire to make, ho buys and holds to throw up prices. Me wants to gut bis profits LU? of the luiinufactu'er, ?rho must have cotton. Don't dis nttnragc him trun baying, for if you do, down L'"0J the price Give him a margin to encourage his bids, for if you drive tho speculator out of the field, the manufacturer will have it all bis own way. You ran make nothing by embarrass ing the speculator. He ha- the capital, and will invest in something else, if driven out of thc cotton market." ?SB- " The Farm <C- Gard??," published month ly at Clinton, S. C., by JAS. R. JACOBS A Co., has made considerable improvement during the past year. Tho October No. is before us, and contains several articles of interest to the farmor. It is published at only $1.00 per annum. Double your price, gentlemen, and give us moro roading mutter. Agents Wanted! Send 15 cents for a specimen number of the CAROLINA FARMER, containing splendid List of Premiums for new subscribers. Active Agents, ore making *5.U0 to $10 00 per doy. Address, WM. H. BERNARD, PnornisTon, Wilmington, N. C. ty A whito woman, sixty years of age, was assaulted and ravished, by three negroes, on the outskirts of. the city of Mobile, on the 22d, in broid day light. The lady's injuries are serious, perhaps mortal. Citizens are in pursuit of the negroes. jZar The Court of Appeals of New York de cides that tho test oath cannot, under the Consti tution of the United States, bo required by legis lation as a condition of the right of suffrage; and that the Legislature of the State of New York bas no right to establish any qualification what ever for electors in that State. XST Frank P. Blair made a speech ia St Louis to a largo assembly. He camebofore them neith er dismayed nor discouraged. The Democratic party would yet win, and if it failed the Re] uh lie would fail with it. He expected to continue to ba a candidate for Vice President, but was wil ling to make any sacrifico the country demanded. .yir On thu night of tho 22d, a number of disguisrd persons entered Jefferson Parish jail, at Carrullton, and shot two negroes, one of whom had been twice condemned for rapa on white wo men iu 'Oil, and was twico reprieved, onco by Sheridsn and once by Mower. Tho other was convicted of rape nnd thc murder of a white girl, aged eleven, in Jefferson Parish, a few days ugo. _?2*J-The Indiana Legislature stands: Senate, 31 Republicans to 19 Democrats; House, 65 Re publicana to 43 Democrats. ' Advantageous Points in Augusta. JAMES G. BAILIE A BRO., 205 BROAD STRKET : -The reputation of these gentlemen as extensive dealers in Carpet-, Curtain Goods, Oil Cloths, Wall Papers, and Upholstery hvgcnoral, is known to our poople throughout our entire District A mere look into their magnificently arranged Car pet Department is worth a visit to Augusta. The taste, in all the?c articles, displayed by the Messrs. BAILIE is of a character peeulialy adapted to our section and our climate; and tho Mosers. BAILIE have the happiest faculty imaginable of pleasing eustomers by their courtesy, and of suiting them to a T. in their tastes. Tho Stock of this firm has daily accessions in the shape of all thc latest ?tylos of the first factories in this country and in Europe ; and we can assure the public that they cannot fail in being pleased with any article pur chased of JAMES G. BAILIE A Bno. Read their Carpot advertisement. Bur YOUR GUANO IN ADVANCE AND OAIN THE BENEFIT OT A LIBERAL DISCOUNT.-Itt another column will bo found a vory important card from BRANCH, SCOTT A Co., of Augusta. Farmers and planters would do wei Ho read it. Thoro is no business houso In tho South moro sturdy and roliable than this of BRANCH A Co. From Rich mond, whore resides the head of tho house, to Augusta, the name of BRANCH A Co., is a synonym for strength and security. We hope our people will consult their advantage by making immedi ately tho acquaintance of BP.ANCII, SCOTT A Co., 288, Broad StreoL SOMETHING ALL COTTON PLANTERS SHOULD KNOW.-Where to find Rocently Improved Cotton Packing Scrows. Consult tho Card of Mr. P. MALONE, headed " Cotton Planten, Rally !" Mr. MALONE is a practical man in business, and on uncommonly fair man to deal with. - If any of oorEdfiefield friends are in want of any article ia Mr. MALONE'S line, they cannot do better than give him a call. Official returns have been received from every county in Pennsylvania, and they give, according to the New York Tribune, a Republi can majority of 9671 io the State, in a total poll of 640,000. The new Pennsylvania Legislature will consist of eighteen Republicans and fifteen Democrats in the. Senate, and sixty-two Republi cans and thirty-eight Democrats in the House. This will give tho Republicans a majority of three in the Senate, twenty-four in the Honse, and twonty-Ecvon on joint ballot. In Ohio full official retnrns are not yet reported, but the la test information states that the Republican ma jority will be 16.965. In Indiana the Republi can majority is set down at eight hundred and seventeen. Tho Chronicle & Sentinel of Saturday, rays : "The fearful boiler explosion which oc curred at Perkins' steam saw-mill, in Burke county, on the line of the Savannah Railroad, is attributed to neglect in attending to tho supply of water to tho boiler. Two white men wore killed instantly-John Furnell and John Guy and a negro fireman was scalded to death. We learn that after the explosion one of the hands in the mill ocousod the engineer of being the cause of the explosion, whereupon he stabbed his ac cuser and fled for parts unknown, This is the version of this melancholy affair which has reach ed here." Hon. John Quincy Adams, at Petersburg, Ya., on his return home, in conversation, ?si? * " Tho Southern people were as loyal os any peo ple in tb* North. Tho two races he found friend ly ?tsposed toward each other, and the negroes were peaceable in all oases, except where they were excited and influenced by carpet-baggers. Nothing was calculated to do greater harm than the disfranchisement of the whites, which was more extensivo than he had any idea of, and if the people of the North could seo tho condition of tho South, as he has, reconstruction would soon go to the wall. The negro race ruled the when the poople were properly appealed to on that question, the North would never submit that ton of our best States should be governed by an ignorant and semi-barbarous race." For thc Advertiser. Apples. Let all lovers of Constitutional liberty reflect on tho past and they will be forced to the con elusion that wo must quit eating Apples. Man, since the creation of the world, has known but one quiet-the peaceful and happy days of the Garden of Paradise Then tho Lion and Lamb lay down tugs th-r, and man knew no sin. But a change carno over all. Evn ate the forbidden apple, and the world was made to mourn. Time rolled on, and we of the Western Uomisphcro, by a spirit of indomitable perseverance, had made our peaceful bornes another garden spot. Then it was, that the Devil tempted nun, and, in an unguarded moment, some unthinking man saDg * We'll hang Jeff Davis on a sour apple tree," and againjour troubles began. Our soldiers by their noble courage again redeemed our land. The Star of Hope rose, and each of UH thought that it was to sot no more. But alas ! for us, our joy was but short lived. The Arch Tempter assumed the form of U. S. Grant, approached Robt E. LEE, beckoned bim to the ?weet shades of tbo Appomattox Ap).lo Tree, and thu Goddess of Liborty, mindful of this tree of ill omen, took her flight, and the Shade? of Sin again enveloped us. And to guard against troubles in the future, lhere mud be no Airers to water thc Root of this ?ree of our mitfortunes ; no Ci titi to ?lay bis ?rother Able; no Dav ?il to slay G olin b. Then sur body politic ?ill not look so lt Wy, and thc ling of the " Carpet Rayner" will bo heard no nore in the land. Let us see to it that the so results arc obtained, od South Carolina ?ill dir pel the dark cloud nut now envelopes her, and despite the Radica] lajorilies of the North, we, of South Carolina I least, will havo a White Man'? Oocermueot. HARRY HOPEFUL. Writs of elections to fill tho vacancies in le Senate occossioned by tho resignation of J. I. Rutland, of Fairfield, B. F. Whittemore, ot arlington, and by the death of B. F. Randolph, o Orangeburg, have been issuod by Major Corbin fi President pro tem of the Senate. The 3d day o Novomber has been appointed for holding the ection. ?kV Governor Bullock, of Georgia, has issuod proclamation stating that whereas certain taxes we being collected which would deprive some pitons of tho right of franchise, he suspends the ejection of poll taxes until the next meeting of j th1 Legislature. Thc nigs are not able to pay the pc tax, but their votes are wanted ; therefore th proclamation is issued. ?a?- Tho steamboat Gen. Quitman, from Yicks b?g for New Orleans, was snagged and sunk on th22d, twenty milos above Bayou Sara. All on bad were saved ; boat and cargo, consisting of 1,10 bales cotton and 4,500 sacks cotton sued, a tot loss. gr The young daughter of tho Emperor of j Ruia, who will next year be Queen of Bavaria, ls slender young girl of medium height, with a vesf-weet and regular face, boautiful hands and | j feeand long, dark-brown ringlets. She and her betthed, the young King of Bavaria, will bo the haaomest royal couple on the Continent, I ^ ?~ Bennett, of tho Now York Herald, hat mai nominations for 1872. ne says : " Wo may ? yot'itness, four years from next March, tho * spetole of a restored Union, symbolised in tho peros of John Quincy Adams and Wade Hamp- J ton-Massachusetts and South Carolina-march- r ing m in arm into tho White House to take 1 postsion as its legitimate occupant* for the next Freientisl term." ?? The Louisville Cowier well remarks that the ?itcd Radical majori ?es of Pennsylvania, OhioVermont and Now Hampshire are nothing j rj like groat as the Democratic majority given by Kencky alone. With facts like this before us it impossible to doubt that a majority of the Unit States aro opposed to Radicalism. We J" b?v*o Levitation in promising that Kentucky S will ft Seymour and Blair a majority larger ?! thanlrant's combined majorities io any six j ? Stall Tho Governor hn-'tclcitcd the Commissioners of Election wt'h for?at enre. He ho? aimed to appeint on'j intelligent and trusty men.-S. C. Hepublican. But " thc Governor" :aado a prodigious blun der when he selected the Commissioners of Elec tion for Edgefield. The idea of calling men of | tho Frank Arnim, Truman Root, Prince Rivera and Laurenco Cain calibro " intelligent and trusty men,'' is, of all absurdities, tho most absurd and ridiculous. '.'Governor" Scott perhaps wanted tools to carry out the nefarious doctrines of Radi cal rule and rascality, aid for that purpose, his appointment of " trusty mon" for Commiationers in Edgefield, was peculiarly appropriate and sig nificant ' --; X3gr The official majority in Maiuo is staled af nineteen thousand nine hundred and sixty. ~ HYMENEAL? " Minn?KO, on thc I9tn inst., by RoV. Pope Norris, Mr. J. J. CAIIIL"-, of North Condina, to Miss L. A. B. MILES, daughter of LEWIS J. MILES, Esq., of this District. ? ' ? MARRIED, at GroouvilU, S. C., October 8th, 1S6S, l y Rev. W. D. Thomas, A. WHATLEY LAMAR, of Edgoiidd District, S. C., to BESSIE W., youngest daughter of the late Col. JOUN WEBB, of Charleston. MARRIED, at 12 o'clock on the morning of the 15th inst, by Rev. S P. Getzon; at his .-.sidence, Mr. JOHN BRIGGS and Miss ELLIE E. GET ZEN, all of this District MARRIED-, on tho night of tho same day, by tho samo, at the residence of the bride's fathor, Mr. EDMOND B?SSEY and Miss LANIE TAY LOR, all of this District MARRIED, on tho 25th Oct, by Rev. P. L. Her man, Mr. SIMEON H. RODGERS to Miss EMMA WRIGHT, all of iSdgefiold. ? MARRIED, in Abboville, on Thursday ovening, October 15th, by tho Rev. Alex. L. Smith, Dr. HENRY J. MOUZON to Kiss SARAH V. MOU ZON, eldest daughter of the Rev. W. P. MOUZOD, all formorly of Charleston, S. C. ?BIT?ARY. IUD, at LaGrange, Texas, on lath of Sept 1868, in tho Sith year of hjs age, of erysipelas, Prof. H. MELCHIOR EISENMEIER, son ol Hon. Jonie SE EISEXMEIER of Augsburg Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany.-Prof. EISEKUEIKU, a four months ago, came into our xidst, with tho most flattering testimonials, ana. his brief residence among us fully establish the character, they rep resented him to have. Asa gentleman we had the highest respect for him; but as one of om Southern soldiers, do we more than ever deplore his loss.-LaGrange [Tex.) Democrut. COMMERCIAL. AUGUSTA, Oct 24, P. M. OOLD-Buying at 136 and sollin:; at 138. COTTON.-The market ha? been firm to-daj nt2:t@2:<Jc for Middling. A fair demand re sulted in sales of 235 bales. The last dispatohei from Liverpool, quoting an advance, were received too late to affect the market Rccoipts 212'balos BACON-Advanced. We quote : Clear Side! 181; C. R. Sides IS ; B. B. Sides 174 ; Shoulders 15?. . Hams, 19<3)23c. C?RN-White $1,20; mix?d $1,15, from depot WHEAT-Wo quote whito, 82 25@2 40-; red, $2 Od@2 20. FLOUR-City Mills $10@13. At retail $1 pei barrel higher. Country $10@12, according to quality. CORN MEAL-$115 at wholesale, and $1 25 at retail. PEA MEAL-$135. OATS--80@85. PlsAS-Dull-75e@$l 00. RYE-$1 50_ JUST RECEIVED, FuRRED GOODS, a splendid article, cheap, Ladies and Children's CAPES and MUFFS, Ladies Congress and Kid Skin GAITERS, Ladies Calf Walking SHOES. Also. A large and varied assortment of TOILET gOAra ?r?a runrtnT. .. - -, Also. A large and complete assortment of CROCK ERY WARE. All of which we are selling t.t tho lowest Cash prices. C. A. CHEATIIAM A BRO. Oct 20 tf 40 c, JUST RECEIVED, 'HEESE, GOSHEN BUTTER, MACARONI, PICKLES, SARDINES, CANDLES, SODA, STARCH, BLACK AND GREEN TBA, SUGARS-ALL GRADES, BEST RIO COFFEE, Two Ti-rci Best NEW RICE, SMOKING TOBACCO, all favorite brands, CHEWING TOBACCO, a fine stock, S EG A RS in grca t variety, BACON SIDES and SHOULDERS, B-st Sugar Cured HAMS. DRIED BEEF and BEEF TONGUES, Three Tientes Pure LEAF LARD, SYRUP and MOLASSES, a heavy supply, Lanre Stock BROGANS, Superior Stock Ladies' Walking SHOES, CROCKERY and GLASS WARE, WOOD m-l WILLOW WARE, HOLLtfW WARE, ROPE, NAILS, all sizes, COPPERAS, 200 Bark Hor,o COLLARS, Ac. Also, a Splendid Assortment of TIN WARE, of our own manufacture, which we are selling Wholesale and Retail, at low figures. CHEA TH AM At ?Ri N.S ON. Oct"20 tf 43 Edgefield Male Academy THE TRUSTEES announce that thc exercises of this-Academy will ba resumed on tho FIRST MONDAY" in Novcinbtr next, under thc Supervision of Mr. ROBERT 0. SAMS as Prin cipal. Mr SAMS graduated with distinction at the State Miltary Academy, and was for three years, and until tho close ofthat Institution, enc of ibo Professors therein. Ho will bo aided by a competent assistant. It is tho design 9t the Trustees and tho Princi pal, to make this Academy a FIRST CLASS HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS, where they may be. thoroughly prepared to enter any College or Uni versity, or fitted for the active business pursuits of life. Term!) of Tuition. Advanced Classes por Sossion of 5 months. $10 Primary " ? " of 5 months. $16 Tuition payable quarterly in advonco. M. L. BONHAN, W. W. ADAMS, Z. W. CARWILE, M. C. BUTLER, R. G. M. DUNOVANT, A. J. NORRIS, Oct 14 3 m 42 Trustees. THE Subscribers announce that they have lately replenished their BAR with a largo supply of the BEST Whiskies, Brandies,, Wines, Cordials, SEGARS, Ac, Ac. And that Mr. CU.UU.IK GRAY will ho on hand at ill hours roady to wait on customers in tho moat ic cop tab le manner. Call in and tost the superior quality of our Liquors. , WHISKEY and BRANDY at Wholesalo, and rory cheap. C. A. C HEATH Alli & BRO. Oct 27 tf 44 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN EQUITY. Cillman H. Clark, Adm'r. ct. al. ) vs ?Bill to Acct, !. S. Tompkins, Jno. W. Tomp- j Ac. tint, Ex'ors, et. al. J BY Virtue of the docrco of his Honor Chancel lor Lesesne, in thia cauae-All and singular bo creditors of Col. James Tompkins dee'd, are cquired to presont and prove their claims before he Commissioners on or before the 1st day of )ceember next. Z. W. CARWILE, C.E.K.O. Oct25 1S?S. 5t 44 NEWTiDOKr Plie Old Soldier's Diploma, or Life on the Frontier in the V, S. Army. M. GRAY of Company " A," gives notice I ( that the above work, giving a highly inter sting account of his services while in the United tates Army, from as early as 1812, and inter- ? porsed with numcroua amu.-ing and thrilling in- I J ?dents, is now going to Press, nud will bo ready j ir the public in a very short while. Oct 29 tf 4i J D COTTON PLA?? -o UNPAR?LLELED SUCCES WRIGHT'S, ALLBD Great Improvement in O THE BES1 GIVE ENTIRE SATISFACTION TO ? .Come all ! Every Screw warranted. :- '. - - . ALS GIN GEAR of al! sizes, SUGAR B0I1 ALARM BELLS, and all kinds of MAC] notice. . a Tho highest price paid for old Machine Haying" purchased the p?tterns-of BU] pleased to .supply Phin-rers with Pr?sses ( hand a large lot of New and Second-ha'i SMITH TOOLS,'&c, for sate cheap for PATTERN GIN-GEAR, all sizes.. Also ENGINE, -nearly new. Also, -BOLTS COTTON PRESS; ?Oct. 27 - 1 . . .2 JUST BECEIvS?7 AT MRS. D. O'CONNOR'S, I 253 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.? (Two Doors above tho Insurance Bank,) j ANOTHER largo assortment of HATS and BONNETS, in Velvet, Plush, Felt, Silk and Straw, together with her usual variety of FANCY QOODS, which she will soil at the lowest prices, Wholesale and Retail. ^S3~Orders promptly attended to. Oct 27 lm44 CARPETS. JAMES G. BAILIE & BROTHER having finished the improvements to their Store, respectfully invite the attention of their custo mers and tho public gencrully, to their now and large stock of CARPETS, Ac, which .they,haye just received, end aro now opening, os follows:' English Brussels and Velvet CARPETS Heavy Three Ply and Ingrain CARPETS Venetian, Dutch and Vienna CARPETS List, Felt and Hemp CARPETS ' RUGS, DOOR MATS, BINDING and THREAD Woolen CRUMB CLOTHS and WIDE DRUG GETS SuifC ARPETS, Stair RODS and Stair CRASH COCOA MATTINGS and Rod Check and Whito MATTINGS CARPET PAPER, HASSOCKS, Ac, ic. We are opening a beautiful stock of" Curtain &oodsr REPS. SATIN, DELAINES, DAMASKS, LACE CURTAINS Gilt and Wood CORNICES and BANDS PINS, TA88ELS, LOOPS and GIMPS ' MOREENS.TURKEY RED and CninU CALICO PICTURE TASSELS. CORDS and KALLS , Piano and Table COVERS and Table''COVER INGS'. *? " Window Shades Of new styles and patterns, and all sises used, with necessary Trimmings. Our Stock in this department is complete in NEW PATTERNS. In our stock ot Wall Papers and Borders, PAPER SHADES, .FIRE PRINTS and SIDE LIGHT PAPERS, may bo found the latest pat-, terns and a large Stock to select from, and the prices low enough to please. Floor and TaWe Oil Cloths. Having purchased largely of these Goods, we are prepared to offer in all Quantities and widths of FLOOR OIL CLOTHS And in all quantities nf TABLE OIL CLOTHS aimuiv OIL ?livrai .?J ?IL ?LOIII. GOODS. A beautiful stock of these goods at LOW PRICES. CARPETS Made and Laid, WINDOW SHADES Squared, Trimmed and put up, and OIL CLOTHS laid promptly. JAMES ff. BAILIE A BROTHER, 205 Broad Street. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 26 tim 44 Drugs BY A. J. PELLETIER, 158J BROAD STREET, j^XTCSrTJiBTjtV, GA., HAS IN STORE A NICE LINE OF GOODS, embracing ALL ARTICLES in thc Tradi-, to which be respectfully calls Mic attention of bis friends and customers throughout the District. Gi vi us a call. A. J. PELLETIER, 1 jSJ Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Oct 20 4m A3 PERUVIAN 1 GUANO ! V?^E ARE NOW PREPARED to receive Orders for No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO, which we arc expecting direct from the PERU VIAN AGENTS, and which we can GUARAN TEE TO BB PURE, and of FRESH IMPOR TATION. Parties buying before its arrival, will be al lowed a LIBERAL DISCOUNT. Wo w< uld alvise our friends to scud in their Or leis iarly. BRANCH, SCOTT & CO., 208 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. Oct 27 1m 44 Direct Steam I om mu nie at iou BETWEEN" CHARLESTON & LIVERPOOL. CHARLESTON and Liverpool Steamship Line, composed of the First Class Iron Steamers: GOLDEN HORN, 1,1SS tons, H.*C. MACBETH, Commander. BOSPHORUS, i>50 tons, J. MURKBL, Com mander. MARMORA, 940 tons, F. Mur.itKM., Com mander. Days of sailing from Charleston 1st and ljth of each month, as follows : ? Golden Horn.November lo ?osphorus.December 1 ; Marmora.December 15 Arrangements having becu made with the South karolina und other Railroad Companies for thc )rompt forwarding nf through freight, shippers if Cotton from the interior muy rely on the ut nost despatch. Cotton eonsiguod to tho undersigned for sbip itent by this line, will be forwarded free of eoin nis?ions, actual expenses only added. ROBERT MURE A CO., Agents, Charleston, S. C. .. Oct 26 Itu_44j "ROBT, MURE & co., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, CHARLESTON, S. C. A GENTS CHARLESTON ANO LIVERPOOL O \ STEAMSHIP LINE. j wa Advances inadu on shipments of Cotton, Rice j UD nd Naval Stores, to foreign end domestic ports. / Oct 20 lm 44 1 < PEES, RALLY! IS!-COTTON SCREW! ! I'S, BANKS'. otton Packing Screws ! ! ? IN USE. ? LLL WHO USE THEM. COME ONE ! 30> -.. JERS, SUGAR MILLS, GUDGEONS* KINERY and CASTINGS done at shoit ry, Iron, Bras.iand.Copper. ~ P.-MALONE, AUGUSTA, GA. LLOCirS-COTTON "PRESS, would be complete or any parts thereof. Have on id. SHAFTONG/ -EUJJiEYS, BLACK c&h. - Also, -GRAHAMS LtyBROVED , ONE ETGHT-HORSE STATIONARY AND T?LEYS ' FOR PACKARD'S m- . '. , 44 PROCLAMATION By.Hit Excellency BQBZBTK.SCfiTT*Govtr' nor of South Caroline. ' *** *. WHEREAS, reporta aro being g?Hy^rJe/ived at this Department, and particularly f/om* tho Counties of Abbeville, Anderson, EtfgefSeld, Lexington, Newberry, Chester, Laurens, Union, York and . Darlington, that -tho laws, are'bein g violated, and the officers of the- fiiw set at d?fi ance ; that peaceful and unoffending citizen s aro murdered io cold blood, and the murderers not only permitted but aided to escape from justice ; that families have been forced te abandon their homes and property by fear of violence,- thai the authority of tho Stat-.- Government is openly de-, ridtfti and denied'; that threats' bf Violence, *BT even of death, are uttered against prominent i bera of tho Republican party, if they-? tempt to visit their Districts, for the purpose i discussing the political questions of tho .day.; tkat declarations are openly, made.by persons calling themselves Democrats of their determineBo?cot to pormi?beir political opponent* to v/itae* th? ensuing election ; and, to enable them to ttt><t their purposes, and co joverave the people, ?erg? quantities of tire-arms, of the most improved de scription, bavo been brought. into the;Sta*j a*d secretly di.-tribeted ; that tb? public highways ara picketed and patrolled by arin ed.men, who stop I and interrogate passengers, frcqu?-nUy.abtuing and assaul'ing those who differ w;tb them in po litical opinion ; and'cspecially is there.appatrota systomatic effort, by abuse and intimidation, te deter! colored persons from* the exercise of $V* elective franchise, and all thu in transgression^ law, in derogation of thc poaoc and dignity _of\hc Common wealth, and in violation of fae rights .pf thc titi tens. " The right Of s?ffrng?'belongs. eq? white'and colored-race, and all must \ in its free and peaceful exercise. Fruid (rr rid lenee may vitiate, the returnsj>f-a*yrnel^vjtare they m*lyj>#pj^traaed,*aa^ citizens to aid the o fri' 's of the law in their e*?? fi rt s to maintain the ace s.nd preserva tteriadc- ?' pondence and purity ol the ballot-box. . p.*. / j The Sfa'c Government, of which I am the Ex ecutive head, is not oii ly de facto bot de jure, and commands tbc allegiance of ail within its territo rial limits,. It is independent of Federal legisla tion ?od of tbeEcderal Judiciary, whose ?ewers are deli cod by thc Constitution, to bo ''jatticial'' arid not " political." Its sovereignty and its honor ate in its own keeping; and the rights granted and conferretLby it can only-be alTeeieil pr sub; verted by a change bf the organic !&W,4iro1)?di ence to the wishes of the people of the State tot ing ia their sovereign capacity in a Convention called for the purposo. To resist the laws of the State, represented by .its legally constituted offi cers, is. an offence of the.gravest character; and armed resistance is treason. " Now, therefore, I. ROTIERT K. SCOTT, Gov ernor of the State of South Carolina, do hereby issue this my proclamation, enjoining and com manding all Magistrates, Sheriffs, and other offi cers of thc peace in their respective Counties, to be faithful, vigilant, and active in the discharge of their duties, and-lo report promptljN.to this? Department eve/o cass where, they are obatxuctcd or resisted in doing'so; and, in the event of re sistance or assault, they are directed to apply to the ncarost military post of United States troops for ?id and co-operation in enforcing, the laws and maintaining the publie pence. In ease of faiture on the part ot Magistrates, Sheriffs and officer ?of the peace to perform these du tie's prompt-" ly aniu?oienily, titlitr.from neglect oVfi y m pa th y with the wrong doers, they will be promptly removed and their places filled by men loyal to the State and faithful in tho discharge of their obligations to tho community. And 1 do enrnestly appeal to the law-abiding people of the State, to those ?ho are identified and interested in her reputation and prosperity,' to all who arc opposed to violence and blc<>cahed,. and to a condition of riot'and anarchy, ic wkich life and property are alike insccurc, that they will aid me in my efforts to maintain the?upre utacy of the law and the rights.of the people, cry discuuntonanciag and denouncing ail violence and outrage, and by assisting the Magistrates and peace officers in arresting the perpetrators thereof, so that they may be brought te condign .punishment :?t In the eye of the law, the righta.of every citi zen, white and colored, are equally sacred, and equally entitled to protection sst! vindication ; and it is my duty and determination to uso ail the powers at my disposal for that puvpoaev And if my efforts to accomplish this by-peaceable means are frustrated, hy turbulent and lawless men resisting the executive authority, in the per sons of iii officers, I shall be compelled, however reluctantly, to arm and organize a sufficient'force of loyal citizens to overcome that resistance; and the responsibility of the consequences, how evir disastrous and deplorable, must fest upon the heads of thoso who provoke them. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the Slate to be affixed, at Columbia, this twentieth dar of October, in tho year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred.ar.d sixty-eight, and in the ninety-third year of the Independence of the United-States of America. ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor. F. L. Cannozo, Secretary cf State. Oct. 27 lt -41 ti- E. S. MIMS, JAS, G. BAILIE &. BRO., DEALERS IN GROCERIES, BOOTS AND SHOES, % SAGGING, KOPI: AJAD TTY I\E, "Win?s and LiqiioVs, Arc, ?Vc, ?Vc, NO. 205'BROAD STREET," AUGUSTA, "G^. . Oct 20 ._tf 43 IAS. T. GARDINER, MCINTOSH STREET, AUGUSTA, * GA., DEALER IN PURE Peruvian Guano AND TI?E BEST I0NE SUPER PHOSPHATES, And for which ll Orders will Rceeivc Prompt Attention, AT THE LOWEST CASU PRICES. August?, Oct 20_Om -13 uckwueat Flour, Rice and Potatoes rUST RECEIVED I l Bbl. New BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. 1 Ubi. RICE. 1 Bbl. eating POTATOES. G. L. TEN M. Oct. 2S _ tf -I t Kerosine Oil rUST RECEIVED 1 Bbl. Standard White KEROSINE OIL, i rr an ted to stand thc test of beat 1)0 degree?, d is therefore non-explosive. G. L. FENN. Oct. 28 tf 44.