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Sof Generat Hampton
Ai Baltimore.
'+'he Bltimore "Suan" of Satur
.$asaays: There was a crowded
t.eaor on Thursday night at
Aba-Dernoeratic headquarters to
hear the remarks of General Wade
Hampton, of $outh Carolina. '.He
aw ppanied on entering the
by Gen. Thomae F. Bowie,
I asal. Fitshgh, of -Kentueky,
anb?ert ittings, Esq., and- other
ineet citizens, and his appear
reeas -greeted with repeated
?_ess Gen. Ess todi s
i~a6knowledge mnany. reasons
on of South Carolina
o'id make opea acknowledge
,ep a-the .State of Maryland.
i 6,wahen South Carolina was
i.daik gl.omy- period of her
iiu ryodppression'rode over
I& f domains 'with iron heel,
ModdIMs'bad as now, the'first ray,
bd tbat -camb to ber ea
coudeI'.and dark with despair,
1rba- d of the bugle of the
rynt liue.* {Applause.1
4rgeA low ihe sons of
d,under. eKab fought
r4shoaldei with our pa
. res widh Mai-in, Sumter
WA.es 1 t of- that aohle .-host.
Sh6cipims forgotto*tbey'fbught
the nam'es
iurd iliams
ay-Oat.--some
Messt =so ase
"- =: g 'id that
S t tarolin.wil hold tLeir sa
tddalt-til earth -nd skies, adj
"e~d reitin twaini. [Applause.
Bet .there. are still warmer
uhe whrI sh*old- dhake my
dehnowedgmet, fgr I remember
?Wgt wliin I w,.i s&ldier in the
rHii irmy oforthern Vir
ajt spena.of Maryland swept
~~ .hrders and again stood
.q p y side with South. Carolina
M.ges eonte&tfor liberty. [ATp
%UUsar} For three yearsl1 com
iBMd4regireht ofMarylanders,
asMaire, on th'efr ow~n soH, autong1
ge gainntce and iriends, I
tpa'y 'that amnseg ,llthie
bip~ andige I.geJ .of that ,im
ggtaLa.my. monewere truer and.
brewg.than. Whits.battalion.
(pplase.) It-beIonged to what
was eafld the Laurel Br-igade, and
whefittBrigadier General (Ros
ep iced sharp and decisive
always.knew~ t, beeguse
~battalion was iin front.
seto rder Colonel Whit9
"if he mathe enemy -to ride over
him," and it would -have to be a
4$ sta and very bold~ party
- 'tliat 'White would not ride
war -ome,of those galiant -men
'Wpresent;'if riot I bope iny
'imo.may reachi them, that they
ass inow that thdir, commander
fbi-their ha'ppiness and pros
SA.aih~ey were .brave and~
gemmd klnrbe soder, they
~ut-mew,4 with that same fidelity
1rej displiyed in time 'of war, de
geAubstselves -to the- arts and
theyrsite of peace ;they mdist,
4hn, devote themseTves for the
beaeit of their country, to uphold
ga-soit1tion, the Union and
th ir, n ot work, as the
most effectual means of so doing,
for. Seymoui- and Blair. [Ap
plaueJ It is scarcely necessary
for me ito give this advice, possibly,
#isey man I have met i Mary
hiund is for SeymouZ and Blair.
G.,eeral Hampton referred to'
the arrest of fourteen respectable
citizens of his own county by the
lilitary authorities, upon the
eoarge- of murder, and who~ are
niow undergoinr a tii31 before a
military tribunal at Charleston,
when their innocence could have
been easily. estaliished, at their
homes. As another instance of
the tyranny and brutal treatment
of the military, he referred to the
arrest of twenty-six'young. men at
Atlanta, upon the suspicion of
murdering a man, who were each
impri:oned in a-cil eight feet long
an.d two an a half feet wide, with
but one plan between them and
the tropic sin. They must have
died had they not prevailed upon
the sentinel - to dash buckets of
water over them. [Loud cries of
shame! shame 1] There is, fellow
democrats, nothing we can call our
own ; life,Aiberty and property are
at the beck of irresponsible offi
eials, and we look for relief in the
election in November. [Applause.]
It. may be a matter of surprise
that men who fought as men never
fought before should so. quietly
submit to such- great wrongs.
Thef have sibritted because they
believed , to create trouble or
raise riot would injure- the Dem
ocratic party. [Applause.] They
have-been patient in the hope that
the-great heart of the, American
people would be stirred at the
sight of their woes and calamities.
In their ashes their -wonted fires
burn, but they look forward to
the election in November as their
relief from the curses that now af
flict them. They might have made
good terms with the Radical party,
but They scorn to go over to those
who .oppressed their country. I
am glad to state that the Demo
cracy of.the North- and the East
and the West ,net us with the
heartiest cordiality, and promised
ns never to Cease th v efflorts -un
tiT the'dtr wafi'ee. I am go
ing hotne now with a great load
lifted of my heart. I go back
after hearing these noble declara
ratioas, relieved of anxiet'y, an d
with assurances of safety. I be
lieve we shall carry nearly all, if
not all; the Southern States if we
have a fair .election. If they will
)ly-COunt.our votes we will-carry
hem In spite of all the carpet
>aggers they have. [Applause.]
haryaad can do much in the comi
ng campaign, You are free to
peak and work. You have no
~hfekl-es on your limbs or tongue.
o'euan come and sde us, and thon,
-eturning, tell' th~e story . 1f our
rongs. You can. materially help
isTh every way. -When Ilreurn
o South Carolina I sha-l tell omy
yeloived' people they will again
car the bugle of the ol<fMarylaid
ine, -and- se her sons. fighting
~hulder to shoulder under the
obbti~tution for liberty.
KEEP THE -SURFACE OF THE
roUND LOOsE.- .We have many
yeas watched.the va'ried results
f the cultiv'ator who keeps fre
uetdy stirring the surface of1 his
soil, and the one who hoes or culti
ates only.when the weeds - comn
pl him to work : and as we have
watched and recorded our notes,
the result has alwvays been in 'favor
of the constant stirr'ing of the
sur-face soiL We do 'not ad
vocate 'deep tillage during the
growing season, but we would
have the ground, deeply ~and
trougbly stirred early in the
season, whether it were an old or
new plantation. Once, however,
that vigorous growth of top and
root has commenced, all deep til
lage should cease, because, by
pursuing it, constant and con
tinued cheeks are given, and a
truly healthy growth prevented
by repeated breaking and tearing
asunder the roots and fibers, the
supplying pipes for elongation,
expamsion,1'and evaporation of the
branches and leaves. By rapeated
surface stirring of the soil, how
ever, -no roots are broken ; the
sun, air, and nioist.ure are enabled
tp penetrate and assistin the chem
ical transmutation of the earth's
compounds and itting them for
absorption by the roots.-Horticul
' The Homestead Law.
The following is the homestea<
law as passed by both Houses o
the General Assembly :
A BILL TO DETERMINE AND PERPETU
A*rE THE HOMESTEAD.
Be it enacted by the Senate an<
House of Representatives of th<
State of South Carolina, now mel
and sitting in- General Assembly
and, by the authority of the same
Section 1. Whenever the rea
estate of the head of any family
residing in this State shall bE
levied upon by virtue of any
mesne or final process ,issuei
from any court, if the same be th
family homestead of suc'h person
.the sheriff or other officer execu.
ting said process shall cause E
homestead, such as said person
may select, not to exceed the value
of one thousand dollars to be sei
off to said person in the mannei
following, to wit : He shall cause
three appraisers to be appointed
one to be named "by the creditor
one -by the debtor, and one by him
self, who shall be discreet and dis
interested men, resident in the
countoy, and shall be sworn by a
Justice of the Peace to impartially
appraise and set off, by metes
and bounds, a homestead of the
estate of the debtor, such as
he may select, not to exceed the
value of one thousand dollars;
and the said appraisers shall pro
ceed accordingly to set out the
homestead ; and the set off .and
assignment so made by the ap
praisers shall be - retarned by the
offleer, along with said process, for
record in Court ;. and, if no con
plaint shall be made-by either
partg, no further proceedings shall
the residue of the lands and tene
meets of the head of a. family, if
any more or other he shall have,
shall be liable to attachment, levy
and sale: Provided, That upon
good cause shown, the Court,. out
f which the process ~issued, may
order a reappraisement a n d
reassignment:. of the homestead,
either by the same appraisers or
others appointed by-Court : And,
provided further, That should the
creditors or. debtor neglect - or
rfse, after due notice from the
officers executing the process, to
nominate an appraiser, then said
officex shall appoint (he same.
Sec. 2. Whenever. the personal
property of th-e head of any family
reidinlg in this State is taken or
attache.d by virtue -of any -mesne
r finar process issued from any
court, and said person shall claim
he 'said property or any part
thereof as exemprt from attach
ment on account of the samne be
in the annuai product of hisor
her homestead, or as suibject to
exemtion.under the ' constitution
and tl e .creditor atid debtor do
not agree about the same, the
officer executing said process shall
saise the same to be assertained,
and anl exempted property set out
by appraisers app.inted and sworn
for the purpose, as provided in the
preceding section for setting out
the homestead, subject to like
limitations 'and provisions, and
the residue, if' any, shall be . cld,
which proceeding shall be stated
in the officer's return of such pro
cess.
Sec. 3. The~exemptions of sec
tions one and two of this act shall
not extend to an attachment, levy
or sale on any mesne or final pro
cess issued to secure or enforce
the payment of taxes, or obli
gatins contracted for the pur
chase of said homestead, or obliga
tions contracted for the erection
of~ improvements thereon : 'Pro
vided, The -co'urt or authority is
suing said. process shall certify
thereon that the same is issued
for some one or more, and nc
other, ~ of said purposes : Pro
vided further, The yearly pro
duct of said homestead shall b<
subject to attachment, levy - an
sale to secure or enforce the' pay
mo n of ligtions nontraeted ii
the production of the same : but
I the court issuing the process there
f for shall certify thereon that the
same is issued for said purpose
- and no other.
Sec. 4. The estate or right of
homestead of the head -of any fam
ily existing at his death shall con
tinue for the benefit of bi widow
and minor children, and be held
and enjoyed by them until the
youngest child is twenty-one
years of age, and~until the mar
riage or death of the widow, and
be limited to- that period. But
all the right, title and interest
of the- deceased in the premises
in which such estate or right
exists; except the estate of home
stead thus contined, shall be sub
ject to the laws relating to devise,
descent, dower and sale for pay
ment of debts against the estate
of the deceased.
Sec. 5. When a widow or minor
children are entitled to an estate
or right of homestead as provided
in the preceding section, the same
may be -set off to the parties en
titled thereto by the Judge of the
Probate Court, who shall appoint
three disinterested persons, re
sident in the county, who having
been duly sworn, shall proceed to
appraise and set out, by metes and
bounds, such homestead, and make
'return thereof to him. If no
complaint shall be made against
said appraisal and setting out of
the homestead, within' twenty
days thereafter by any party in
terested therein, or any good cause
appear to the contrary, the same
shall- be confirmed. by the Judge,
and ordered accordingly.
See. 6. Appraisers appointed to
set.. out .th m ~%
-tiniact, _shirceive as compen
sation two dollars-per day each for
suh services, and the same shall
be paid by the officer executing
the-process out of -the property
of the debtor : or in ease of the
homestead set out to a widow or
minor children, out of the estate
of the deceased by the executor
or administrator thereof,
The President's Message.
The Message of Presiden L John-.
son, July 18th, recommnends' four
amendments to the Constitution:
I. That the Presidential term
of'office be changed from four to
six years, that no President shall
be eligible for re-election, and that
-the P^resident shall be elected di
rectly%by the people, each State
to -be divided into Presidential
election districts equal in number
to the whole number of Senators
and Representatives to which the
State is- entitled, each of these
districts to con1 rol one electoral
vote. A majority of the, whole
number- of votes to be required for
election, and if there- is no choi~e,
a second election must be held,, at
which only the two- persons re
ceiving the highest numb~er of
votes at the first election can be
candidates. The Vice-President
to be chosen in the same manner
as the President.
2. Thbat in case of avacancy in
the Presidency by death, resigna
tion, incapacity or removal, it
shall be filled by t,he Secretary of
-State, or by the other members of
the Cabinet in the following or
der : Secretaries, Treasury, -War,
Navy, Interior, Postmaster-Gene
ral and Attorney-General.
3. That the election of UTnited
States Senators shall be given to
the people.
4. That the term of office of the
Judges of the Supreme Court
shall be limited to twelve years.
These are all the propositions
-which have been discussed re
peatedly, an'di Mr. Johnson does
not lay claim to originality in
suggesting them. He merely says
that he has favored them publicly
ince 1845, and..that he -presents
them under a deep sense of his
obligation to recommend to
Congress such measures as he
-may deem necessary and expedi
dint.-Okareson Mereury.
The Fourteenth Article.
RATIFICATION BY SOUTH CAROLINA.
By the President of the United States
of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, By an Act of Con
gress entitled "An Act to admit
the States of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Louisiana, Geor
gia, Alabama and Florida to rep
resentation in Congress," passed
the 25th of June, 1868, it is de
clared that it is made:the duty of
the President, within ten days af
ter receiving official information
of the ratification, by the Legis
lature of either of said States, of a
proposed amendment to the Con
stitution, known as article 14, to
issue a proclamation announcing
that fact; and,
.Whereas, On the 18th day of
July, 1868, a letter was received
by the President, which letter be
ing addressed to the President,
bears date of July 15, 1868, and
was transmitted by and under the.
name of R. K. Scott, who therein
writes himself Governor of South
Carolina, in which letter was en
closed and received at the same
time by the President,' a paper
purporting to be a resolution of
the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of the General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina, rat
ifying the said proposed amend
ment, and also purporting to have
passed the two said Houses, re
spectively, on the 7th and 9th of
July, 1868, and to have been ap
proved by the said R. K. Scott, as
Governor of said State, on the 15th
of July, 1868, which ci,cunistances
are attested by the signature of
D. T. Corbin, as President pro teo
'Qena -an .Qf' F-',IJ
Moses, Jr.,_ as
of Representatives, and of the said
R. K. Scott, as Governor.
Now, therefore, be - it known,
that I, Andrew Johnson, President
of the United States of America,
in compliance with an execution
of the Act of Congress aforesaid,
do issue this my proclamation, an
nouncing the fact of .the- ratifica
tion of the said amendment by the
Legislature of the State of South
Carolina, in the manner hereinbe
fore set forth.
In testimony whereof, I have
signed these present. with my
hand, and have caused the seal o~f
the United States to be~ hereunto
affixed.
Done at the city of Washington,
-.this eighteenth day of July,
in the year of our Lord one
[L. s.] thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight, and of the inde
pendenice of the United
States of America the nine
ty-third.
By the President.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
WILLIA.M II. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
A Chicago - paper says : We
took a new reporter on trial yes
terday. He went out to hunt
items, and after being away all
day, returned with the following,
which he said was the best he
could do: Yesterday we saw a
sight that froze our muscles
with horror. A hackmnan, driving
down Clark street at a rapid pace,
came very near running over a
nurse and two children. There
would have been one of the most
heart-rending catastrophes Ever
recorded, had not the nurse with
wonderful forethought, left the
children at home before she went
out, and providentially stepped
into a drug store just before -the
ack passed. Then, too, the hack
man, just before reaching the
crossing, thought of soiething he
had forgotten, and turning about
drove in the opposite direction.
Had it not been for this wonder
derful concurrence of favoring cir
cumstances, a doting father, a lov
ing mother, affectionate brothers
and sisters, would have been
plunged into the deepest woe and
most unutterable funeral expen
ses. The new reporter will be
rtanedL
A Ratification Meeting in Co
lumbia--Return of Governor
Perry.
COLUMBIA, July 20-11 P. M.
A large and enthusiastic Demo
cratic meeting was held to-night,
and was addressed by Governor
Perry, who has just returned from
New York. His appearance was
greeted with the greatest ap
plause. He spoke nearly an hour,
giving a very interesting account.
of the way in which the delega
tion from this State was received
in New York, and detailed the
manner and causes of the votes
cast by our delegates. He said
that Hampton was the lion of the
Convention. [Deafening cheers.]
Hampton was courted by all par
ties, North, South,. East and West,
and when, as a member of theI
Committee on Platform, he sub
mitted that section which declares
the Reconstruction Acts void* and
revolutionary, the rest of the
Committee told him to'inake it as
stroug as he pleased, they would
endorse it.
Gov. Perry paid the highest_en
comiums to Seymour and Blair.
Ho said the former was the:great
est-statesman of the -Democratic
party, and the latter -the gallant
officer who had the manlinessx af
ter the fight was over, to hold out
the hand of 'fellowship. Alluding
to the late Act of Congress re
specting the Electoral College,
Perry said that it was the great
est fraud yet attempted, and
meant that if.the Southern Statee
cast their votes for' Grant they
would be cdunted, if for Seymour
they would be excluded. In this
case he said Gen.. Blair's letter
srali. . i n ~rat;-nlillustra
and South would rise up and drive
the usurpers from the halls of leg
islation. [Immense applause.]
[Charleston Courier.
SILENT INFLUENCEN.- The R'ev.
Albert Barnes 'says: "It is the
bobbling stream that flows gently ;
the little rivulet which runs along,
day and night, by the farm -house,
thatis useful, rather than the swol
len flood of warring cataract. Ni
agara exeites our wonder, and we
stand amazed at the power and
grcatnessof Gdd there, as he pours
it from the hollow of His hand.
But one Niagara is enough for the
continen.t or th w.orl.d,.while the
same world requires thousands
and tens of thousands of- silver
fjuntains and gentle flowing 'rivu
lets that water every farm and
meadow,'and every garden, and
shall flow on every day and night
with their gentle, quiet b>eauty.
So with the ac'ts of our jives. It is
not by gr'eat deeds, like ti'ose of'
theinartyrs, good is to be done, but
by 'the daily and quiet virtues of
life, the christian temper, the good
qualities of rclatives and friends."
BARBAOUs.-IIenry MeanS, a
colored man died in- this city, on
Thursday night ; and because~ he
voted the conservative ticket, his
his color refused to asy,ist at the
burial. This fact coming to the
ears~ of one of the leading citizens,
he made it known, and at 9 o'clock,
on Saturday morning, thirty-five
or forty gentlemen went to his
house, and proceeded with the
body to the cemetery. They had
pepared a nice coffin, and all other
arrangements f6r a decent burial.
Thus he was buried by his white
friends, and a beautiful wreath of
evergreens placed upon his grave.
The services were conducted by
the Rev. Mr. Halton, of the Meth
odist Church.
Had the fact of the refusal on
the part of his color been known
sooner, we doubt not but that
hundreds of our citizens would
have been present. And it was
their plain duty to see that the
man did not receive detriment,
because he was a friend to his
country.-Car2lotte Times.
Aman tran.-Matriinony;.
Kissing Along ther Litfe.
The Boston Post has a brief oe
culating article which, - though
neither very good nor truey we
cop'y - because it is on a popular
subject :
The varied emotions excited by
young ladies in leading cities, along
the line from Boston to St. Louis,
as kisses are caught or stolen from
their sweet lips, is expressed in
something like the following man
ner : A Boston girl says (with an
assumption of indignatfon )-"Siri
[ declare such a lib4rty as that is
beyond all bbouds of propriety
and gentlemany manners. I-' she
isstopped -by, another, which is
not resisted very lsrdly. The New
York - girl- says-.' Indeed, Mil.
Brown, your conduct is a little
familiar, if not ardent. I've half
a mind to a.k wvhat you take me
far ?" The _reply of Brown is that
he takes her for something nice
and sweet, and a sharp, -rapid
smacking ensues. Tha uffalo girT
says, with marked. positiveness of
nanner, but with eqaally naarked
insincerity-"Wretch, thie$ pci
that right back ; I wouldn't lose'
it for the world. She not only
don't lose it, but gets (as the wants)
double principle and interest.
The Philadelphia girl says-"S&
you think that.dreadful smact -
you wouldn't have.done it if I bad
been looking-no, indeed,' but
she makes it point not to look.
The Baltimore girl says-"Repeat'
the insult if you dare, sir,".and -
exposes her face that it may be
done easily and often. The Wash
ington girl remarks-"You'v,
been and gone and done it, have
you ; now cipher' out how. mueb
better you feelLand caleculate when
UAUxW et ., other-; cl'anee:& " Te ' -
Chicago .girl says-"C onfoun~
your impudence-do you take
me for a New Yorker? I'd have you
know there is a spice of dange'.in
that - little matter." The - only -
:anger she apprehends is that yo*
won't cut and come- again. . The
Cincinnati girl says-"Did you
3ver-no, I never-you men are
perfect monsters.'- Affects tears
ind indignation, but it is assuaged.
by a duplication of the..old dose.
rhoeLeuisville girl says-"You've
ione it sure, welJ. If there i any.
Tiere of the sort please .help: your -
;elf'. If you can stand it, I can." '
rhe Detroit girl says-"Mien'.
Jerusilam ; what a naughty, fun
syman. Better you look out how
you take one, two, four more, be~
'ore my- goot mother cornes." The
St. Louis girl says-4"Oh, go along
with your nonsense ; you ought td~
be ashamed of!yourself. You can't
3o it again." She exposed ber'
self, and it is done again several.
times. . No .a doubt many mn ~
wouild like to fight it out on that
ine, if it took all the. summer -and
winter. - - '
A COOL TOPER.-A good anec
ciete is told of a man named Bent
ley, a confirmed drinker, irha
would never drink with a friend
:r in public, and always bitterly'
lenied when a little overconme,
aver tasting liquor. One dac
some bad witnesses concealed'
themselves in his room, and whelf~
the liquor was running down' his
throat, seized' him with his~ arra
3rooked andhis mouth opedi an&d
bolding him fast asked hima with.
an air of triumph: "Ah, Bentley,
we have caught you at last'? You
never drink, eh ?" No one *6uld.
suppose but that Bentley would
bare acknowledged the fact.. Not
be With thc most grave and inex
>ressive face, he calmly, and in a
lignified manner, said : "Gentle
Den, my name is not Bentley."
The tour of the world can be
nade in two months and a half.
When the Pacific Riailroad is
Tnished, from New York to San
Francisco will take seven days ;
rom San Francisco to Hong Kong,
av way of Yokohama, twenty
l~ays ; from Hong Kong by steam
3r to Suez, thirty-two days ; from
suez to Paris, six days ; from Paris
to New York, ten days: in all
avnty-flye days.