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,.&??^L+~?J^>*>*.-.^.-.',,,FC.'. BY THOS. J. ADAMS. |ll||<l?l|lUill||'l ?i7-j;-t**iM-i*,i**if**i'**i'f**T--*:,aM*i-^-i"iriin?rinirtinu^i"ir?i?iur?n^ " """j- " " ; EDGEFiELD, S. C., DECEMBER 23, 1880. VOL. XLVI.-NO. a K?Tld Friends : Again it is our pleasant privilege to w jatronage in the p?isr, io call your attention to our BOUNTIFUL SUI'] ?i*-!? ~>..-.o- Aitva' rliipinrr n ropont vioir'trk Rjkirvinra .inri AT,,,,, V~..l- TI) . wish J patronage in me p?isr, io can your auennon to our BU U IN TH?" UL 5?U l'PLY with great care' duriug a recent visits to Baltimore and New York Wa beg we guarantee satisfaction in every particular. You will fiad in our collection, among many othsr ?rdeles which want < EVERYTHING Pf Jul SOVEL K TOYS, FOR pilLD ?PLAIN anil F.VNCY CANDIES, ORANGES. LEMONS. APPLES, PINE APPLES. RAISINS. CITRON, CURRANTS, FIGS, PRUNES, DATES, Etteefield-C. H., S. C., Dec 5,18S0.-3t52 rOCOANUTS. BRAZIL NUTS, PECAN NUTS, CHESTNUTS, HAKD au . SOFT>NHELL ALMONDS ENGLISH WALNUTS, PINDERS. FRESH PEACHES, evy Respect DRY GOODS. CLOTHING, LOTIONS, BOOTS, SHOES. EATS, mi* 39 ! ft And General Plantation Supplies. SST Highest .Harket Price Pasd for ?o$3o?t.-?a September 15, 1S80.-tjanl. w JUL T ! i -' COOKING STOVES. HEATING STOVES, GRATES. TIN . WARE and BOUSE FURNISHING GOOKS. A very Heavy $toc"i o? such Stoves as (lie "l^Cjgf^lOR'f^ ".I'BW giMARgg' LASTER," and "EAGLE." SENI? FOR CIRCULARS OF THE ABOVE STOVES. TINWARE IN Gil EAT VARIETY. ALL GOODS SOLD LOW. W. I. BELPH, Sept. 8,1S80.-jan 1] 831 Broad St., Analista, Cia. D. Hi. FULLERTON Wholesale ant! Retail STOVE DEA. LER, 628 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. For Fifteen yfars past we hav? been supplying the people of South Carolina and Georgia with that ?reat- WA^M est of home comforts, the COOKING ^S?^ STOVE, and yet the call is for more, and especially of the sort that FI?LLERTOft keep?. l@r"JtlEPAlRS can be had for Shoves sold 30, 12 and 15 vears ago. Foi "STOVES, TIN and WOODEN WA RE, sail on Oct. 6, 18S0.-4m44) FULLERTON . R. H. SULLIVAN, -wira , -:o: ITAKE pleasure in announcing to my friends and acquaintances throughout ridgefield Cbuntv, that I am now with the old and reliable linn of O'DONNE Mi ? BURKE, Grocers and Commission Merchants, where I will bestall limes rglad to see and serve them. Weare offering Flour. Meal. Sugar, Coffee, Syrups. .Bacon. Hams, Lard, and in fact ALL KINDS of Groceries, as iow as you can find them in the city. Please give me a call, and I will obli gate myself to give you satisfaction. R. H. SULLIVAN. Augusta,' Ga, Sept 22, 1880. 3tn4S TWO TRACTS OF LOB F03 SALE. TB?\CT?'??? li Owrtaios ICS Acres, on Augusta A Knox' ville Kail road. Comfortable Dwelling and lorant Houses. Good well of watei and rumping stream of water. In bigl .state of cultivation. 40 acres in nativi forest. TRA?-? ?V0. 2, Contains 278 Acre?, in Collier Township fl miles from Railroad. Four Tenar. Houses. 4 Plow farm. Good tenants who are willing to remain. All tho lam is fresh. Tracts will be sold separate. R. G. M. DUNOVANT, Real Estate A cent. Aug. 1, ti 35 Notice ! STEAM SAW MILL ! IWILL Saw for tho Local Trade fo the next three months, and perhap longer. AH orders promptly rilled, am am prepared to deliver the same. Terms: CASH. O. F. GOODWIN. Trenton, 8. C., Nov. in, 1SS0. tf 5 For Sale. AFINE pair of Mules, 16 hands high well built, in fine condition, wil ?work well either to the plough, buggv in single or double harness. Guarantee to be sound. Will be sold at private sal on easy terms. If not sold before th first Monday in January, will be sold ? auction oh that day at ?dgefield C. H. RS ADDISON, Dec. 14-2t2j Ninety-Sir, S. C. PIANOS -AND mm BROS. 711 HSroa-J St., UNDER M A MX IC HAL Large cash purchases enable us io i h thc public Superior Pianos and Ort \ al less than is charged by aaents ichc ! . only on consignment. Call and era?, (,ir r$/AckaJi we are determined to unde I j any house south of Kew York. Pian* STEINWAY & SOE DECKER BROS., \\ J. C. FISHER. HILLINGS & Cl 1 ORGANS OIF .1. ESTE? 4 M.- LORIM ii M I WJLCOX am! WHITE, A3ILRK t . Several nev ? ?>!yles '?UKI received PA h ; Lescnption of Musical Merchandist i ; (/reaty reduced pri?es Loire*/. Pi ?and easiest 'erm* is ou? .ito'(o. WIEGAND BROS, Angosta, fia., 0?t. 27. ISSO. ?nv "TAN? FOR SALE. r : l< 560 ACRES ei Und, 5 mi j ! from the Greenwood & Augusta Ri ; road. A number of Tenant Hon j thereon. Wood and Water abi ij i dant. 1 j Land productive. Price moder ? Applv to, I R. G. M. B??H?VANT, it REAL ESTATK AGENT, Edgefield C. H., S. C, July?, 1880. . tf 31 'ou a MERRY CHRISTMAS, and whi'e returning thanks for your liberal of .NICE and BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS GOODS, which were selected ; that you may either call and look through our Stock, or give us an order, as )f apace prevents our naming, choice lines of ??M, TOILET AND FANCY ARTICLES, FOE PRESENTS, FIEE WORKS, FRESH OYSTERS, TOMATOES, LOBSTERS, * MACKEREL, SARDINES, SALMON, MI %CE MEAT, DEVILED HAM and TURKEY, fully, JELLIES, BRANDY PEACHES, PICKLES. SAUCES, CHEESE, CHOCOLATE, MACCARONI, SPICES of all kinds, GELATINE, FLAVORING EX'l KA CTS. G. L. PENN & SON. ?FINE FRENCH MILLINERY, VELVETS, RIBBONS, NOVELTIES IN NECK WEAR, FANCY & JET JEWELRY, &c. No. 72$ Broad St., Binder CentraQ Moi el. Oct 7,1880,) AUGUSTA GA. (3m44 take pleasure in announcing to the public that urbare now opening one of thc FINEST STOCKS OF FURNITURE \ EVER OFFERED IN THIS CITY. No Old Stock lo Work Off . Alf the Very Latest Styles. We have visited nil the principal markets i ti the United States and (an safely say ! we have all the most modern patterns of j ho season. Wo will have everything in I the Furniture Line, and et prices that will compare willi ...nv market South of B.d ; t Woore DON'T BUY UNTIL YOU SEE OU P. STOCK, it will be" completo in . every particular. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. J. L. BOWLES & CO., August 25,1-530- 6m3S No. 717 BEOAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA. FOR 1880-FALL AND WINTER, -PURCHASED FROM The Leading Manufacturas and Importera o? And|offered"t > the Trude, our Friends ?nd the Publie, at *S KOCK 'OJ^mmri'tiiir. TQ-?T^' (liv JJ t>ODY p od Tapestry rmUSSELS, MOt?UETS VELVET, Three-ply and ?nlTi?i > CARPETS-all qualities. CRUMB CLOTHS. DOOR M ATS, li EARTH RUGS A full line of New Chromos, including "Our coming President, General Hancock." Hair (Moth and Cpholsterers' Trimmings. Floor and Table Oi! (Moths, Lace Cur? tains, Cornices und Bands. Window Shndes-all sises ; Piano and Table Covfirs, Wall Pup. ft and Borders, French Terrys, Curtain Goods. CRETONNES for Lam brequins, China and Cocoa Maltings, and a big slock of ali goods in my line. James G. Bailie, 713 Broad St. Old Original Carpet Stove, J''.stal>lish??d 3>'( FRESH ST^TFTROCERIES ! IH AVE in store and arriving f>00 cases Canned Goods, Meats, Vegetables and Fruits of every varioty. New Preserves. Jellies, Crackers, Mackerel-No. 1 and iu Mess ; Salmon and Boneless Codfish. Ali grades ot Sugar. Coffees, Teas, Soups, Starch. Etc., Onions, Cabbages. Potatoes. Apples, Straw and Rattan Brooms, Scrub Rrushes, Long and Short Handle Hair Brooms, Tubs. Pails, Clothes Hampers, Clothes Baskets, Markot Baskets, etc., all which 1 oiler at the lowest prices for cash JAMES G. BAILIE, Old Original Carpel Store. Established 1Q08. Oct. 0, lSS0.-3tn4i] 713 BROAD STREET. GLORIOUS NEWS FOS PIANO BUYERS. I Large Reduction in prices of tho fa ; vorite "SOUTHERN the most j popular Pianos in America. Over50,000 j now in uf>e Sold hy us for 10 years past w'tb splendid satisfaction. 7 Oct., larne ! ?ixe, Rokewood Case, beaut! /il tone, only ? ??I7i> 74 Oct., largt tsize, great, volume j of tone, only $200. Ti Oct., Square Grand, i ?> -?trin??-s Magnificent case, (tiuest made) j only $250. Stool and over with each, i At these prices tue best and cheapest P? lanos ever sold by any He der "ortb or South; Ju days lest trial ; ?? years guar antee. Easy installments, with small increase on casi? rates. Buy a Southern ! Gem, and you arc absolutely certain of j getting a bargain and a reliable Piano. Address, for Fall 1880 Prif-e List and Cat alogues. Ludden ?fc Bates* Southern Music House, Savannah, Ga. [2t2 For Sale. neillK Tract of Land, known as the JH. "Bartley Place," upon the McNarv's Ferry road,*(! miles from Johnston De pot, containing 23S acres. Has a good, comfortable dwelling house, servants' houses, ?fcc 109 acres open. Price91,200 -one-third cash, balance in one >:tid two years. J. lt. ADDISON. Deo. 15, 1880. 2t2 There is no civilized nation in the West ern Hemisphere in which the utility ol Hosteler's Stomach Bitters as a tonic co rectlve, and anti bilious medicine, if not known and appreciated. While it ii a medicine for all seasons and all ell mates, it is especially suited to the com plaints generated by the weather, being the purest and best vegetable stimulant in the world. For sale by Druggists and Dealers, h whom apply for Hostetter's Al manne fm ISSI. Strayed, ONE blp.ek ho?se COLT, ii months old with white spot in forehead, and ha< a muzzle on when it left. Any informa lion winch would lead to the recovery n .aid colt will be liberally rewarded. Address W. E. TU UN EU, Pleasant Lane, Edgofield Co., S. C. Dec, l'o, 18^0. 2t2 State of South Carolina EDGEFIELD COUNTY. NOTICE is hereby given thal, by vir tue nf an ordevof L. charlton, l?sq., Judge of tho Probate Court for Edgelieid Cornily, dated lUh'December, 1RW, the undersigned administratrix will sell at the * .te resident of J. T. Johnson, de ceased, on the 2Uth December, 15so, all I thu personal efl'ects of tho saki J. 'J'. John Bon, consisting ol' 1 Marc and two colts, 0 head of mules, 110 head of < attie, 1 yoko of oxen, l lot of i hogs, 2 wagons, 1 c?rt, 1 buggy and bar? ! ness, 4 bales of colton, I lot, cotton seed, j 500 bushels of oats, blacksmith tools, ' plantation implements, household and ! kitchen furniture: 1 Terms of sale : Cash. MARY J. JOHNSON, Adm'x. Dec. ll, 1880. 2t2 Mice io Teachers o? F?i!>l?e Schools. rT^H? general examination of applicants A for teachers1 graded cartinceies, foi' Edgell eld county, will he held at Edge ? Held C. H., on the lira! Saturday in .Tan I nary, ISSI. Special examinations will I nor be y ran lcd, oxicpt in such eases as I may lie absolutely necessary for the good ?of the Public Schools. I The Public Schools will open tho Sec ond Monday in January. J. W. EIDSON, s.e.u.c. Dec. li, ISM'?. 2r2 For Sale. 1,400 Acres of Land for $3,000, on Easy Terms rpHEabove land is situated*on th*? A. Huns, 1<> miles from Aiken and miles from Montmorcnci Depot, on tin J. O. Railroad. Tho improvements consist of. a Dwell ing, containing eight (S) rooms, with all necessary out-building*. An expendi ture of $300 on the buildings would make them worth the money asked for thc property. About -100 acres nf open land and a linc water power, with mill dam already built. Title:; ported. For further particulars address GAINES ASHLEY, Deo. 1, 1SS0.-tf 52] Aiken, S. C. "Wanted ! 50,000 CROSS TI RR for tin Edgetleld, Trenton A: Aiken Railroad. LEWIS JONES, Pres't. A. J. NORRIS, Sec'rv. Dec. 1, 1S80. 4152 Notice ! THE undersigned, Administrator oi the estate ol'Elizabeth Mundy, de ceased, will make t: linul settlement ii the odice of the Probate Jmlgo forsfidgc field county, on the lirst Monday in Jan uarv, ISSI, and will apply farad isobar? ELBERT M TN DY! Nov. 23, 1SS0. Stfil Law Notice, WHEN not at Ed*'.Held Vi Usgo, can bc found at Meeting Street, pr? pared to attend to my law practico. Cap P. B. Waters, ol Johnston, is still a-si ciated with me. Collections a speeialt; ARTHURS. TOMPKINS, Nov. 10, 1830. ' Itm-M A VERY GRAVE EXHORTATION. I believe- you isn't married, Ned ? Yon doesn't know the sweets Vat waits upon that happy state. Von man and woman meets, ; The hii-sumx varmemotions, Ned, The drops vithitv?he eyes, I Tiie nice vashMffifoffi^ydaqi'd stock- I I .JURS, And all them tender ties. j You don't know vat it i's, Ned, V ile lying in your lied, , To gaze on careful woman's form, Vile the breakfast things is spread, Yen you don't want to get up, Ned ; Tho kiver feels so nice; And she says, "Do tako another cup, And this hore 'tother.slico " ! Vile the fire is burning bright, Ned, And all upon the Chair j Your linen and your^rawers, Ned, Is hanging up to air. I axes every heart, Ned, Vot isn't made of steel, If they can gaze upon^fcat fire, And not a varming feel Oh ! wery.few, indeed^Ned, Knows ven they're truly happy ; Ven the baby is fetch^^n, Ned. "To kiss its lazy pappy !"' You little tency, peney tbiug Its mammy-tani and eather; You bossed babe-it wai tho th weet It couldn't be no tweeter. "You dod-a-besse.d angel, you It pulls its pappy's hair ! Take lingers nat of pappy's cup Don't cry, then, thvveetest-there ! Oh lie! to spill all pappy's tea ! You naughty, ducky, dandy, Owny, dony, roguey, ppguey, Th weet as sugar candy." Oh, Ned ! there are <son^ m?nente yeji The sternest heariswItTqaiver, Just let the baby spill your tea, Vile you're beneath the klver, Von little hand within your hair, Tho 'tether in your cup ; Don't vouder if we sometimes fool As we csuld "eat "em up.;' THE REGRCTAS ? RULER. TUE FALLEN LEADERS o? SOUTH CAROLINA. The Galaxy ol' Able Negro Orators and Politicians That Kided the Pal metto State-Why They Have Pal ten-What They Have Done for the Race? [Editorial Cor. Philadelphia Times ] COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec 10.-The problem of negro 8eH--pule has not been solved, aa the true solution must be the work of years of opportunity lor growth in fitness lorjscft'-rule, but it bas been fairly tried in two por tions of the Union since tba*war, and in both instances it 'has resulted in debauched leadeis a'nd demoralized followers, leaving theigeneral condi tion of the ra?i-wo^rjjj^?a^se of the u black man, who ha?een a slave in the South and a meMal in the North, and whose-education; waa either posi tively interdicted or neglected, should prove himself proficient in self-rule, without aid or evengy empathy from the mass of the whfteft, is to judge him by a standard that would over throw every principle of popular gov ernment; but a country that is strag gling to solve the problem of univer sal suffrage, with great States subject' to the numerical majority of ignorant and thriftless masses, must carefully study every recurring phase of the effort. lu Washington City, where the negro was first enfranchised, the nation exhibited to the world the mo3t corrupt, profligate and demor alized government to be found in the Union, au? the same political power that gave the ballot to the black men of the capital was compelled to re voke the elective franchise and save the credit and good name uf Wash ington by making the negro voiceless in htsTJw??" g?TterffifieTfCT- ?t~was a sad necessity-and a ead confession of the failure of suffrage when exercised by race prejudice without, intelligence ; but the same Republican statesmen who gave the right of self-rule to the black manir, the capital of the na tion, had to rescue the capital from destruction ?ind shame by sweeping disfranchisement. Negro Kule In Smith Carolina. lu no section of the Union did the olorel race have such an opportuni ty to succeed in creditable self rule as in South Carolina, and the failure has simply made it impossible for them to regain power in this State for many years to come. That the illiterate-bondman of yesterday should rule a great State wisely to-day, could not he expected ! but the masses have failed to be just to themselves and to the power they were suddenly called upon to exercise, mainly beciuse of thc cor: (ption and faithlessness of tLe leaders of the race. South Carolina had a gtlaxy of colored leaders wheu recoDstmciion committed the control of the State to the preponderating race-that has nob J*&*n equaled in ability md culture in any other por tion of the country; and if they had been honest with their race and with povrpr, the negro masses would have been elevated, instead of demoraliz ing them, and they would have been taught industry, selfreliance and thrift instead of appealing to the passions, prejudices and low cupidity of igno rance. When I recall the long list of able, negroes who were prominent in the early Republican rule of South Carolina, and follow them through their gradual deecent into dependence or sharae, it presents a pointed com mentary upon the problem of self rule by the negro. There are negro manes connected with the control of South Carolina which should have mudo the Slate and the race illustri oas in the elevation of the freedr. and in the jost government of commonwealth. And many of tl I were native? of the State. Carde ! Rai ney, Smalls and Nash were I born in slavery ; Cardoma was mi free by hisfatnerrmaster; Rainey p "c'&a^ his own freedom before I war, -and Smalls and Nash were mi free by emancipation. These m endowed with uncommon intelligei and knowing the bondsman's cn life, should have been each a Mbi to lead hie people into the promie land of self-role ; but* Cardoza a Smalls are convicts to-day, and Na escaped the criminal dock by confi sion and resignation of his seat in t Senate. Rainey alone escaped a c reer of crime, and he ceased to be r. tential with his race. Of the otb distinguished negro leaders I rect the untutored but eloquent Whippe who carne from Michigan the sbrev, and unscrupulous Porvis, who di honored an honored name in Phil delphia; the brilliant Elliott, wi fitted himself in the free schools Massachusetts to answer tho Coufei erate ex-Vice-President Stephens i triumjm on the floor of Congress; tl lawyer, Wright, who was the first n< gro admitted to the bar in Penney varna, and who rose to the Saprem Bench of the State; the cultured Di lany, who won college honors.in Ohi and once made a bold stand for neg: reform by running as the reform oat didate for Lienteoant-Governor, an the sagacious Boseman, who serve his race by nestling down a6 th Charleston postmaster. There wer o: bars of mora or less ability, but th half 6core I have named shonld hav made South Carolina a most prosper eus Commonwealth, and her numeri cal majority of freedmen a happy an< wisely self-ruled people. How the Negro Leaders Fell. The mau who shonld have been th foremost ol' his race in honor and use fulness is Cardos*. He had'every thing to make him faithful and emi nent. He possesses superior natura abilities, was thoroughly educated ii Scotland when nominally a slave, . n tered the ministry and was the rc epected pastor of a New Englani congregation when emancipation an< reconstruction brought him back ti aid his people in the escape fron darknees. He came here with th Slurent and loftiest aims, and was th irst Secretary of State under th' oarpet-baR.raii?o. - ale was purposely assigned to that position by u??xuii?^ white and black adventurers becausi he was honest, as his official dutiei gave him no power of restraint upoi his thieving associates; but the luxu ry of crime was around him on eyeri side ; he learned to tolerate it anc soon his good purposes were lost ii the ileod-tide of corruption thatsurg ed agaiust him. He was deemed suf ficiently demoralized tobe made Stat* Treasurer under the later and mon violent reign of debauchery, and hi ended a convict. He was saved fron sentence by the general treaty o peace between the contending forcei of the State that saved Patterson Smalh&nd Nash, with Cardoza, fron the penitentiary ; gave Butler his seal in the United States Senate ?nd end ed various Federal prosecutions foi violation cf the National electior. laws. Cardoza ia now a clerk undei the Hayes administration. Whipper was one of the earliest of the legis lative jobbers, and succeeded in foist ing himself into a judicial election but both sides revolted against such s mockery of justice and he .was com pelled to surrender'his claim to tnt office. He is now a local leader and pettifogger among the semi-barbarout negro hoi des of Beaufort. Purvif was a prominent leader in the HOUSE as chairman of a mo6t important com mittee, and he did as much as any one to hasten the overthrow of the negro rule. He nov/resides ia Charles ton and is a beneficiary of the Na tional Government. Elliott is one ol the ablest and boldest of the race 1 have known. He gathered a fair ed ucation in the Massachusetts free schools, and developed into ene of thc most brilliant and sagacious leaden of the State. He was Adjutant-Gen eral, Speaker of the House aud mem ber of Congress, and his famous de bate with Alexander H. Stephens iii the National House of Representa t ves stamped him as capable of higb leadership among men. But he de voted his great abilities to the work of plunder instead of elevating and benefiting his race, and when the State was robbed until both whites and blacks were impoverished, the deluded negroes deserted Lim, and he now basks in the sunshine of Pres ident Hayes as a department subordi nate in Washington. Wright had a rare opportunity to make a creditable record for himself, his race and hie adopted State. He had opaned the way for the elevation of his colored brethren by gaining the first admis sion to the bar in Pennsylvania, and he WAS chosen one of the Supreme Judges in South Carolina. He wat not eminently fitted for the position although he could have filled it cred itably by the exercise of judicial in tegrity, but his decisions soon became a matter of open barter, and dissipa tion followed his disgrace until he finally resigned to escape unanimous 1 impeachment. Smalls is of the hero ic mould. He is remembered aa the j slave who run his vessel into the Uni on blockade to cast his fortunes with the defenders of the Government. He ie illiterate, of course, but a nar. of rare natural -abilities. ^-H? shotihl have been a beacon light for his race to guide them lo advancement, indus j try and honest thrift, but he ended his career in State politics as a con vict and carried hie dishonor into Congress. He was a candidate again at the late election, but his own race, although largely in the majority and able to elect him under any rule, jave wearied of a leadership that has degenerated into mean ambition and plunder, and he was largely beaten. Nash was an illiterate hotel servant in this city before the war, but he had much of the ability and more of the selfish cunning of Smalls^ and he was an omnipotent local leader for a time, making himself Senator and Presi dential elector in 1870. He held the fate of Hayes in his hands when the result in the State was questioned, and he made the most of it. Ile pub licly professed to have received a large offer from the Democrats to vote j for Tilden, but whites and blacks un derstood that it was simply notice that the Republicans must pay his price, and it had to be done. He confessed his guilt as a Senator and resigned to save prosecution, and he is now in obscure retirement with none so poor aa to do him reverence. Boseman made a battle} for himself and is still comfortably fixed os post master in Charleston, au I Delany is a Trial Justice by the,-favor of the Democratic Governor. Rainey pur chased his own freedom and has been active in the Republican control of the State without becoming noted as a jobber. He was assailed as corrupt, but it was because he tolerated rather than participated in corroptio., and the searching investigation that fol lowed the overthrow of the carpet baggers failed to stamp him with guilt, bnt he bas lost his power with his race because he is regarded as a placeman, and he now fills a Wash ington clerkship. Such is tue sad story of the decline or fall of the ablest body of negro leaders ever felt in any of the States. Tbe Result Upon tb? Hace,' None know better than the masses of the colored voters of South Caro lina that their .attempt at self-rule, has beeu a t errible failure, \and they? Ir?ro now diatrosttul of all colored leaders, while they have nothing but curses for the desperate white adven turers who impoverished both races while assuming to elevate and beuefit the negro. It was this feeling that made the election of Hampton possi ble in 1S7C, and the sceptre once wrested from such a race, will not soon be jegained. They feel little hope of aiding themselves by ? negro restoration. They saw the State rob bed of lands for negro homes and the property stolen by those who claim d to be the friend of the negro.. They saw taxes wratg fro n property to educate the negro, and a large por tion stolen outright and the schools made merely a mockery of ?ducation. Now they see seventy-five thousand colored children in free schools, and nearly twelve hundred colored teach ers instructing them under the benefi cence of the State. They see; also, an amendment of the Constitution adopted making, fixed and ii revoca ble appropriations for free and equal education, aud the Governor of the State declaring for still greater in crease in the facilities for instructing both whites and blacks. They see business and confidence revive; they have more labor and better pay ; they are steadily increasing their friendly relation's with the whites by leases of lands and many of them are becom ing small proprietors since they ceas ed to neglect industry to follow the commands of selfish leadere,. and a large proportion of the more thrifty class have openly tajien their politi cal stand with the whites, while thou sands of others, especially in minori ty counties, refuse to take any part in politics. They have a majority of from twenty to thirty thousand in the State on a strict color line division, but there will never be another solid negro vote cast in this State. Supe rior intelligence and will must rule here as in all other places in the world, and both whites and blacks understand it. There will be unjus tifiable methods here to repress such negro counties as Beaufort and Char leston, and thf.y will need the cor recting hand pf justice; but until all the laws of human nature and of in terest shall be reversed, the white man will rule the inferior race, and he will do it better in the South at this time tian the negro can rule himself. This ?6 hot the sentimental view of th? race issne in the Sonth, but it is tho truth. A. K. M. The moating of the State Grange last week Yt Charleston was one of the best eva* held. The reports of the officers showed that the member ship was large!? in excess of last ' year; that the Gange is in a good . working couditiot. and that the mern i bership is fully al .ve to the. ag ric ul ? tural interests of tie State. Ha ia pi os and Sherman. AB Interesting Communication From Bishop Ilowf-lVhat the Senator Meant by Girioc the Secreta ry His Address. i 23 LYNCH STREET, Dec. 14, '80. 'To the Editor of thc News cC (hu rter: I enclose tbe within letters for a place in your paper, if yon will please publish them. . I have not had Senator Hampton's permission to do ' so, bu; I trust he will pardon me if I ? am wrong, in view . of the publicity of the matter referred to, and also of your California letter in to day's is sue, which gives, a meaning io Gov ernor Hampton's letter which he dis claims. Very respectfully, W. B. W. HOWE CHARLESTON, NOV. 24, IS SO. My Bear Governor Hampton : I feel assured ihat you will not misin terpret my motive or think I am in termeddling iu your private aftVirs if, from my high appreciation of your character and deservedly great influ ence, I venture to write to you in reference to your late correspondence with Mr. John Sherman, and which I saw published in the New York pa. pera. Shortly aftei said publication I was conversing with a friend about political affairs, and (if you will par don me) expressed much admiration for yourself. My admiration wa9 thought, to he inconsistent with the fact that in the correspondence above referred to'you had plainly intimated your readiness to meet Mr. Shermaa on the Held should .he demand such meeting. Knowing you.to be a com municant of our church, I ventured to put a different construction on your words. In giving your address I said that most likely you meant to let Mr. Sherman know that you were not to remain in Charlottesville, but were on your way hom?, an I that if he wished to explain himself in any way he must address you at Columbia. Since my return home, however,"ic has been intimated to mc that I was mistaken is my apprehension of your meaning, and that it was your pul p?se to give Mr. Sherman, if he de sired it, a hostile meeting. I hope, my dear sir, that you will not think me impertinent if I ?sk whether my construction was right or wrong, that I may know the opinion of one whose influence is deservedly very great in the Church as w?il as State. I remain, my dear sir, * most trhTy yours, W. B. W. HOWE. Hon. Wade Hampton, Columbia. D?KCAXS?Y, J?ISS , Dec. 5. 18-s?. MY DEAR Sis: Your kind letter Fas forwarded; from Columbia anti reached me only yesterday. I am very much obliged to you for the in terest you have shown in my behalf, and yon were entirely right in the construction you placed upon my note to Mr. Sherman. That was written as I passed through Charlottesville, and I naturally gave my proper ad dress. ,It never occurred to rae ?or a moment t?*dt any one would construe my languag* as giving or inviting a challenge. Mr. Sherman forgot the propriety of his official position as weil as of mine when he made a scandalous charge against me in a public speech. I called hi* attention to the language he was reported to have used in a courteous letter, thus giving him the opportunity to disclaim or explain his utterance. In reply he not only re iterated his charge, but he took that opportunity to villiiy not only the people whom I represented, but those of the whole South. I could not coude8( end to notice his slanderous attack upon the South, and I simply denounced his charge connecting me with the Kju-Klux aa false. I could do no less than this, for there never was a ialeer charge made, nor have I ever known a grosser violation of pei sonal courtesy or of official propriety than that of which he waa guilty. It has beeu my good fortuna never to have been involved in an "affair of honor" in any way, save as a peace maker, and it is a source of deep grat ification to me to know that I have been instrumental in settling mary difficulties amicably. But I write merely to assure yon that you did me only justice in the view you took of my language, and to thank you for the kindness you have shown. I hope, therefore, that you will not misconstrue my meaning when I te l yon that " my address" will be Wash ington after the 10th. With my bi st wishes, I am very respectfully and truly yours, WADE HAMPTON. Rt. Rev. Bishop Howe. Rational Treatment and Positive Cures are what th. afflicted seek fir, ami those who resort to Dr. Pierce's Family Medi cines are not doomed to disappointment. ; So positively ellloae.iohs in his Favorite Prescription in all caseses Of female weaknesses, nervous and other deiange ments incident to the sex, that this po tent remedy is sold under a positive guarantee. Vor particulars soe Pieroo's Memorandum Book (given away by druggists), or soo the wrappers OT thc medicine. Sold by druggists. WASEC?, Minn , April ?th, IS70. K. V. PIERCE, M. D.: Dear Sir-I feel that I should be neg lecting my duty wore I to tail in gi vi li my testimony as to tho value of your ; medicines. For years T have bp?n a irraat sufferer from a "complication of chronic j diseases r ;??J? our puyslcians treated in vain. now using your Favorite Prescription and find mpself almost woll Your medicino* have doon me more good than anything I have ever used. I remain, gratefully yours, ??RS. E. B, PARMALEE. STATE NEWS. Mr. George J'. Lesesoe killed a bear in Santee Swamp on the 29th ult that weighed ")00 pounds. . Tho "tonnage over the Camden branch of the South Carolina ilai"F ^ road for last mouth was about a half million in excess of what it was du ring the same month last year. A young bear was killed two week? . ago, near Hendersonville, Colleton County, by a little son of Dr. H. W, Moore. A reward of $500 has been offered by the wife of the murdered man for the apprehension, with proof to con vict, of the Maddox murderers. Up to Tuesday night last there had been received at the depot in Ander son 13,474 balesof cotton, about2,500 more than to the same date last year. Greenwood has a Castle of Knights of the Golden Rule, forty strong, and is threatened witli a Radical news paper. A large number of negroes arj ieaving Abbeville county to worlj the phosphate minea on the coast"! There is less than a mile anda! of grading to be done on the Atlantik and French Broad Valley Railroad between Pickeus Court House and Easley. Four families of immigrants direet ?rom Germany, numbering 16 persons in all, arriyed at Anderson on Thurs day. Three of the families will go to plantations of Messrs. B. F. Cray ton & Sons and the other to Maj. J W. Pr?vost. ' Mr. T. N. Dallis and Mr. Searle?, of Mapleton, in Abbeville county, have purchased a Clement attach ment and will soon have it in opera tion. It will be located on Little River, and will be only the beginning ofya number of improvements ixl that section. The Hampton Guardian says: The people are becoming clamorous for a law to stop the traffic in seed cotton? The mai. who buys need cotton rw lav/fully i? wo^se than the vasa that steals it, and i?? a nuisa*?* m f^J" neighborhood. EegeaemWy pays for it uulawfulJy M mean whiskey or " chips and whetstones," while he en courages rogues to rob his neighbon. We learn from the Glenville ^?r* y* 9 n that fiftyeignt persons left one sec tion of Anderson county" a week or~ ten days?go for Texas. The incorporators bf the Greenville and Laurens Railroad recently held a meeting at Greenville. That these two places should be connected by rail there is not a doubt. A number of divers and wreckers, while operating inrTown Creek, in. the vicinity of Charleston, recently brought to the surface two cannon which had evidently been used in the Revolutionary war'. They are ten feet in length and six inch bore. W. C. Howard, cf G-ahamville, Beaufort county, exhibited at the lat?. Charleston Fair, a rice cleaner which will clean and polish rice as good and better than the old process of pound* iug. A one-horse power machine* worth $100, will clean fifty bushels a day. The upland rice planters c . now get their own machine and clean thoir rice at home. A special Washington dispatch to V the New York Tribune says that Con- \ y gressman O'Connor, of South Caroli* ; ca, speaks rather despondently of the j political outlook in the South. He says that the solidity of that section is passing away, and that if the pres ent condition of affairs cou ti nues, he wiii never again be a candidate for Congress from thao District. On Sunday night last while th? family of Dr. Holmes, of Barnwell, were holding prayer io one'of the rooms of the dwelling, four miles from the village, a negro robber put hid hand thrbugh a broken pane of one. of the side lights at the front door, turned the key, walked deliberately into another room and commenced pillaging. Some of the family heard the noise and called the doctor's at* rention thereto. The villain was found secreted under a lounge, the covering of which did not quite reach the floor. As soon es the fellow realized his po sition, he slipped round Dr. Holmes, who was after him, and got out into the passage or hallway, ran down ts the back door, unlocked it. and es caped. -? In noticing the Clarendon lynching*^) he New York Herald says : "Des pite the horror surrounding theorime, .ve must deprecate such frequent re sort to these mob executions, for th? people cf the South should learn that nummary justice is not always the most effective in repressing crime." Why deprecate lynchiug in the Sooth iny more than in the West, -where mob executions are far more numer ous than in this latitude ? We know, is the Herald does, that "summary justice" is not always the most effec tive in repressing crime; bat some times it is-as when brutal negroes murder white women. No law but lyuch law has. any deterrent effect upon negroes of the lowest class.-* Xcws and Courier,