The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, July 19, 1876, Image 2
-. FOR TEE HlRUW-D
Friendship's Offering.
DEDICATED TO MY ESTEEUED FRIEND,W
I.p,gathgrMd thesl r.,fgedfr
They are glittering wit.sary -forning dew,
And though their beauty will fade away,
Keep- th"*1&je*or.yt*i-dgr..
There are Roses sweet, and Heliotrope too,
Jessamiies white,ad'Viets bue;
Lovely Geranids, abdTdeh'siashite,
GWittering in beauty like stars of the night.
They come expressing my joy to meet,
Lnd with extended hand to greet
One whose friendship like a beacon star,
Ever gleams brightly, though its home is
afar.
Friends we have ever been, I and you,
"Weighed in the balance' and found true;
Friduds in the sunlightof joy's dazzling light,
Friiiss stl-truer in sorrow's dark night,
Friend3 may we ever be, true and tried,
And anebor at lasi on the other side,
Whe angels sweep their harps and sing,
Glory to the new born King.
Williamston, S. C. MAGGIE.
LFrom the Columbia Register.]
Stateneui"by Gen. X. C. Butler
.-is Coneetion with the
Hanburg Riot in the Interests
of Law and Peace.
Certin newspaper editors and re
potters have done-me so much 'injus
tiee -by- false: reports in *referenee to
the recent- disturbanee in Hamburg,
tho: ityis, uAe to - selfto make to
the publie a statement of my connec
tihk ith it.
On Friday evening, July 7, Col.
Tho. Shaw with his brother, the
Rev. Wm-- Shaw, was at Edgefield
Court House to see Mr. W. H. Addi
son and Mr. A. J. Norris and myself
on business. After transacting it, Col.
Shaw said 'to me hat Mr. Robert J.
BitIergirh lives near Hamburg, in
Aiken6Countyi desired. me to be at
Hamlrg, on the following evening,
(Saturay,)t 4.o'clock, to represent
professioisally his-in, Thomas Butler,
and son:in-Iaw, Henry -Getzen, in a
trial- to be had before Trial Justice
Prince Rivers. Mr. Bater, has been
a jerative clientof. mine for many
years. I inquired of Col. Shaw if he
knei ie~natire of the case t6 be tried,
anheWd lie kew ~ nothing except
wiat- i, had:heard--that these two
yotg -mien ..had had an altercation
with -a cmpany of negro militia in
the streets of Hamburg on the 4th of
July and'thet Mr. Robert Butler had
'o~ned toXive5,-the -Majot-Gen
erefMilihaand Trial--Justice, and
that he supposed the -trial referred .t9.
thamtter.
L. accordingly left Edgefield, at 9
o'io6k next inorhing in a~ iiggy.
SWfieu #1 had gone~ about Iseven miles
ondhe old stage-road, I met Dra Ga.
Wiserho. aquired if I had head
the- es from Hamburg. 1 seplied
that-I'had beard nothing special, but
was on d'y~ Mi to Hamburg to attend
a Blal "befar& lRivers. -~ said the
information had reached his-neighbor
hood'. that,. the negro militia had
threatened .to lynch -Thomas Butler
and Henry Getzen if they were not
convicted, aind? that several young men
hadegonein *lhat direction.
.When nearing the town, -1 sent
wor.da.tos. Mr. EQbert Butler to meet
mijn Hamburg, and give me the facts
ofjlhe case in which he wished me to
a#Ear." Mr. Butler did mestme in a
shodV time, -and I there for the first
tiaie ascertained the character of the
trouble.
I had nothing whatever to do with
the matter up to that time-knew no
thiug but whatlI have stated. My
business thefe was simply professional;
had: nothing about me but one law
book,ndshad no more idea of there
being a cellision than an atter stran
ger learned after reaching Hamburg
that Mr. Sparnick, of Aiken, was in
town as.-th atrey of the colored
miliia, an~d sent for him -with a view
of arranging for -the.. trial or effecting
somne arrangenit between the parties.
Mr. Sparniek met me, and, I think,
will deme tle~ justice to say that my
earnest effort was to prevent -any fur
ther trouble, if possible, and he ap
peared equally anxious.
Mr. Robert Butler then interposed
and said to. Mr. Sparnick that if these
men- would make acknowledgments
for their abase and maltreatment of
his., son- and son-in-law, he would be
satisfied. .I said nothing about any
apology myself.
It was then proposed that we hold
a eonference with the officers of the
mnilitiacompany and Prince-Rivers, and
see if we could not adjust matters. -I
made this proposition. Mr..-Sparnick
assentid; saymig he had an influence
wits the negroes, and he thought we
could'arrange it. He went off, sI
supposed, to bring his clients, but did
not jetRrn. --
-Sam. Speneer, a negro man, came to
Mr. Dam's store, where I was with
I'.f. Robert 'Butler, his son and son-in
law,- nd said that he desired to see
me privately. I at once went to Mrr.
Dam's back room. Hie said he was
'lorry to see so much excitement, and
I ex'yresed regret at it, when he said
that' he thought inasmuch as Trial
Justice Rivers was to hear the -ease,
lhe would prefer not to be in the con
ference. . I agreed with the proprxiety
of that position,- and he then said that
the officers of Doe Adams' militia
comfpa'ny would meet me, but did not
like to come to Mr. Dam's store, as
there were armed men there, but would
meet me at his (Spencer's) offiee if
agreeable to me. I said certainly I
would meet themi at his office, and
alone if'they preferred. He then went
off and did not return.
The time appointsd for the trial
ba.vieg arrived, L proceeded, withiay
clients, to the Trial Justice's office.
marked that I was indifferent as to
the character of the couft, as we onlY
desired to arrive at the' facts, and in
quired if the parties accused would
be present. He said that he did not
know, but would have them called,
which his constable proceeded to do
from the door. - About this time Sam
Spencer came in, and said to me that
he thought if the trial could be sus
pended, the matter could be settled. I
replied that he must see the Trial
Justice, and if he would susperd, I
had no objection. Whereupon Rivers
announced the- ease suspended for ten
minutes, and I was invited by the In
tendant of the town, a negro man
named Gardner, to the Council Cham
ber, for the purpose of meeting the mili
tia officers of Adams' company. I re
paired at once to that place, and
remained there about a quarter of an
hour. Nobody appearing but' Gard
ner, with whom I had some talk as to
the noessity of something being
speedily done, -and that I thought the
best solution of the matter was that
these people should deliver up their
arms as a means of settling the pres
ent difficulty and a guarantee against
a:future recurremnee; he said he knew
nothing about it; and waiting, as I
thought, long enough, I got in my
buggy and went over to Augusta on
.business having no -relation to the
Hamburg matter; and while there,
was. questioned by a- number of per
sdns a to the status of affairs in. Ham
burg,.to whom I rejie'd that I thought
-. c ollision between the white;s and
blacks imminent and likely to take
.place. 1
After despatching my business, I
wis'returning through Hamburg, on
my way to spend the night at Mr.
Robert Butler's two miles in the coun
try, and leave for home early next
morning. When about half way across
the bridge, I met a.delegaton of four
negroes-Pixley, Edwards, Spencer.
and Sims--who stopped me, and saia
that, if I would go to Spencer's office,
tie effioers of- the militia would meet
Me and endeavor to stop the impend
hig trouble. I agreed; went directly
to the appointed place, and waited
-there some twenty or thirty minutes.
but one of the officers, Cartledge, ap
pearing. He said he would do all in
his power to induce the militia to dis
band and giie up their guns, and I
believe .he did. a
Whilst I -was in Augusta, a body of
men rod'e into the town (Hamburg)
mounted.
I went around the street to look for
Mr. Butler, and had not been gone
lng before I received a message from
Prince Rlivers asking me to meet' him.
er declined to- do so, sayingtIit e
:ad amade. about four appointments,
which were qs~erved by .myself only,
and that he must come to me. I,
however, did go to meet him, and' he
sked me if the' mnen would give 'up
atheir ~arms, would I guarantee the
safety of the town. I said I have 'no
thing whatever to do with the town,
and could give no guarantees of any
sort, as I had' no comimand or adt'hori
ty, but would say, as*a citizen, that,
in my judgment, if- they would do
that, there would not be the slightest
trouble ; and he said that he thought
that right, and would go and advise
them to that course. In about ten
rainutes the report was cirecilated that
the negroes refused to give up- their
arms, and intended to fight. And a
few minutes thereafter the fight.e did
ensue. The negroes were fortified in
their drill room in a brick building,
known as Sibley's corner, and they
,raised a yell and fired7 from the win
dows, which was responded to by the
whites, and a general firing took place.
Not a very great while after the
firing began, Mr. McKie Merriwethei-,
a most estimable young man, was shot
in the head and killed. Not a-negro had
then been touched, and Merriwether's
death naturally infuriated the already
eKeited erowd, and they were under
the leadership of no one.
During the firing, some parties un
known 'to me brought over a piece of
artillery, and fired four or five. tiines
at the building and returned. The
firing of the negroes from their posi
tion then ceased. I left the crowd
arresting the negroes. How many
were killed or how they were killed I
do not know. This collision was the
culmination of the system of insulting
and outraging of white people, which
the negroes had adopted there for
several years.
Many thing; were done on this
terrible night whieb, of course, cannot
be justified, but the negroes "sowed
the wind arid reaped the whirlwind."
I did not attempt to accomplish by
force what I could not accomplish by
peacefulmeans.
I was no~t the leader of this body of
infuriated men. I was there in the
line of my profession. The collhsion
was a sort, of spontaneous combustion.
I'thought I saw it approaching, and
did all that any human being could
be expected to do to prevent it.
I have no objection to being saddled
with whatever responsibility fairly
attaches to my conduct, but I have no
idea of permitting newspaper' report.
ers, for the sake of a sensation or any
other .purpose, presenting me as the
leader of a mob, when I was no more
the leader aed no 'more responsible
than any other person who might have
been there in The line of his Auty.
M. C. B3orTLR.
The SOUTHERN? PLANrTER AND) FAARxR
for July has been received. Its table of con
tents, as usual, .is made up of the most in
structive and useful articles. We regard it
as one of the very best agricultural periodi
cals On:the continent, and cannet too highly
recommend it to the farmers of .the South.
Recognizing the fact thai; farmers have
minds as well as soils'-to 'enitfiate, the editor
does 'not confine his efforts to mere fannf
work, but contributes largely to valuable
rading matter, which awakens thought up
on subjects thit d,eep ly concern our welfare
as a people. Keepnalugf from partisan
7~flhitE!q: I~ bcildlv attaeks.aDd ~rn~ea the
The Coming Fal -Elections.
STRAWS TAhT WILL SHOW HOW THF
PRESIDENTIAL WIND IS BLOWING.
In view of the Presidential election
in November, the State elections
which ,will..precede it will be.-looked
to with interese. The following is the
order of these eleetions:
1. Kentucky; ou the first Monday
in August. This election will be for
members-of the legislature and circuit
judges. The Democrats are making
active preparations for the election
but so far the Republicans indicate a
purpose to et the election go by de
fault.
2. California, on the first .Wednes
day in September. This election is
for members of the General Assembly
and 'members of Congress. The par
ties- are pretty equally divided, each
claiming the victory, and' an exciting
contest is predicted.
3. Vermont, on the first Tuesday
in September. The- election is for
State officers and members of the-Gen
eral Assembly, and as the State is
overwhelmingly Republican, the only
interest attached to the election will
be in noting the relative loss and gain
of the two parties.
4. Maine, on the second Monday in
November. Here a State ,ticket will
be elected;. and there seems 'to be no
doub',.of the re-eleetion of Gen. Selden.
4Conner, Repub'ican, tie present Gov
ernor.
5. Georgia, on the second Tuesday
in October.*. Gei. A. H. Colquitt is
likely to head-the De cratic ticket
for the governorsbLip, whose election
is predicted by 75,000 majority. As
yet the Republicans have jotindicated
a purpose t6 'eoutest the' field.
6. West Virginia, on- the second
Teesday in October. This election
embraces a State ticket, members of.
the Legislature and members of ~on_
gress. The Democrats are already in
the field with a- State ticket, headed
by Hon. A. M. Matthews, present
ttorey-general, for -the goyernor
ship. The Republicans will nominate
a: State ticket during the latter part
of the present month. The Democrats
claim. -that all 'their dissensions are
healed, and: that they.will carry the
State by a large majority.
7. Ohio, second Tuesday in October.
In thik State a tickdt, with the excep
tion of Governor and'Lieutenant-Gov '
ernor, will be elected. 'The Republi
ins claim :th'ey will carry the State
by an increa.sed majority over Hayes's
vote in the5.
8. Indiaina, o .te co6d Tuesday
in October. Here a full '*State tiu'ket
will be elected, the'Demnocratic ticket
being headed by:Hon. J. D. Williams,
presenb member of Congress,. for th
Republican ticket" by the Hon. God
love S. Orths late~ ininister to~ Austria.
Indiati proiies'Wto be ~he battle;
ground preparatory to-'the 'rsdential
onset~ in November, anud.. both parties
will put forth their best efforts to secure
the ascendancy.
9. Iowa, on the second Tuesday in
October. This is'-a Republican State,
and may:be expeeted to cast its vote
in that direction, both in OctobeLand
November. .eon Tu. ayi
10. Nebraska,scn Tedyi
October. This""is dso a Republican
State.
11. .Texas, on the first Monday in
November. This State will probably
go Democratic by from 75,000 to
100,000 majority, but the election is
too near the time of holding the
Presidential election to affect' it in any
perceptible degree.
As OTHERs SEE US.-The New York
Sun says: "South Carolina was never
in ae more unhappy condition thani at
the present time. The State Treasury
is bankrupt, and the managers 6f tle
public institutions are without means to
feed:their inmates. Owing to the fail
reoHardy Solomon's bank, of which
Governor Chamberlain was the attor
ney and one of the directors, a large
amount of the State funds deposited
there were lost, and it was impossible
to pay the July~interest on the consoli
dation.bonds.. The most frightful desti
tution prevails in many of the counties,
and about one-fourth of the land in the
whole State is advertised to be sold for
unpaid taxes.
"These are some of the fruits of
Govei orChamlberlainl'sadministration,
and the people are: discovering, at last,
that since his pretended reformation
that adroit carpet-bagger is pursuing
his schemes of self-aggrandizement
with quite as.much vigor as when, with
equal professions of zeal for honest
government, as attorney-general and a
member of the notorious 'financisl
board, he supplied, the brains for the
Scott Ring~ which piled up the, enor
mous fraudulent debt of "the Prostrate
State." In spite of the framtic appeals
of the fusionists, a straight Democratic
ticket for State officers will undoubtedly
beput.in nomination; and with such a
man as General Wade Hampton at its
head, there is a chance of its being
elected, as bitter goarrels exist in the
Republican organization."
.GAVE BOND AND FL.ED.---State Detec
tive James Canton arrived in the city
this morning from Raleigh and Hender
son county, N. C., where he had been
with a requisition for W. P. F'lemming,
alias Fortune, the forger, who had de
frauded the .Charleston banks out of
$10,000. When the South Carolina
officer arrived at Henderson with the
requisition, approved by the Governor
of North Carolina, he found that Flem
ming' had been arrested on Tuesday
and taken before Justice Patten on
Thursday, where he waived an exami
nation and gave ball in the sum of
$2,500, putting up this amount for his
appearance, as he found it difficult to
procure bondsmen. The :next day he
fled from the State by way of the Air
Line railroad, taking with him his sis
ter-in-law and leavinig his wife and six
children behind.
The action of th~e magistrate in taking
$2,500 from a fugitive from jus#c~e, who
was known to have'stblen $10,000, was
generally oondemned, when it was dis,
coered that the -scazp had abandoned
his family. Flemming was liberated
before Mr. Canton~ had' proc.ured the
-~9V f-.- rn.. -n..-e., The C'har
T he Uer ta,1t
THOS. F. RENkER, EDITOR.
NEWBERRY. S. C.-.
WEDNESDAY, JULY -9 18i6
A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLiE.
The Herald isin thehiglstrSpect aFam
ily Newspaper, devoted to the material in
terests of the people of this County and the
State. It circulates extensively, and as an
Advertisig mediuni offers pyx.d ad
vantages. For Terms, see first page.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATEK
FOR PRESIDENT.
SAMUEL .. TILDEN,
.'OF NEW YORK.
FOR VIr-PR ESIDENT.
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,
OF ilUihNA.
Primary Eleetions.,
It has become apparent. to a
good many that nominating conven
tions express bt very imperfectly the
will of the people.. It happens verj
frequently that the nominees are noI
the. choice of the majority, nor repre
sent they their sentiments, and opin.
ions.. Ja speaking now f+ County
Oonventions .the people residipg al
the court houses have a controlling
influence beyond that, to which they
are perhaps ent,itled. on account ol
their more trained. intelligence and
their greater familiarity with political
subjects, which naturally arises from
their greater coneentration and the
consequent mental contact.; Thui
far their preponderating influence. im
legitimate and healthful. But, partl
owing to their easier intercounwe witb
each other, partly bec#use of their
higher amnbition and greater confidence,
the-town folks get together, generall.
under the lead of somne expAerienced
poliggian and preparea tieket toke pro
posed and atarmigating. committee te
be appointed.. somebody, of :ou~rse,
has to comme,nee .thes aption.sisid we
attach no blame to the Iia n.WI.:take
the'initiative.; but theiystem is vicious.
On convention day .#&e cuntry afolk
either -en masse , or asi dejegates:from
township .jelabs,, come .shprtly.!before
te call of the mpeting, mostly with
out~ plao or gpepa,ration; -before they
can ta breath ther nominating ..om
migen is appointed and -nominees.pro
posed-;. nr time is given,for them to
consider--whether sneh nominess are
in accord with their own sentiments,andc
if -they- .perceiyed it they lack the
necessary quickneiss and confidence t<
oppose.their~ appointment,and they gt
home with the vague idea thatAhey
have been badly treated somehow ai
somehow else, and after considerable
talk with neighbors and severe reflee
tion they ,find out that the nominees
are not their representatives. It camn
not -be denied that the conveation
system. gives too much power to a few~
men, however sincere and honest they
may be; in: the hands of men not s(
scrupulous such Conventions may be
made the means.of gtreat oppression,
Primary elections, :we have .no do.ubt,
are, a great :imp'rov:ement on the old
system. *It means that the memnb.ers
of the township clubs themselves,;in
their township meeting and.not theii
delegates at- the County -Conveution;
nominate the candidates.. By such a
plan the influence of the . townships
would .become more equalized, ithe
tendency to forming cliques wouJd be
cheked. and the real choice of the
people would be more likely to receive
the nominationi. Tiheseprimary organi
zations---ownship clubs-would havE
ample time for consideration; they
would not be taken unawares as they
frequently are at the County Conven
tions; they would have more confi
dece, when only among their neigh
bors-comnposing the township clubs
-to express their opinions and te
proposesuch persons with whom they
are. really one in sentiment, as their
representatives. Besides, the whole
country woald find: out which men~
were really the representative men of
each township as judged by their own
neighbors.
.These are somneof the ibenefits which
present themselves, to be derived from
primary elections. Experience alone
can show its practical working, but that
a ebange is required and -loudly called
-for, of- that there is no- doubt. We are
highly in favor of trying the experi.
ment. Our neighbors of Greenville
and Abbeville are advocating its adop
tion, As to the details of the -plan,
we refer our vewders to the subjoined
letter of Mr.- J. 8, Cothran, President
of the Abbeville Democratic Club:f
- - AiiTt-E7IT.T.'R~~ fl -
muniditionsa waing the same ei
As there seems to b*-medifferenO(
of opinion as to the niode 6f hoHin
the primary elections agreed upon b
the County club at its last meeting,
hasten to give you my version of tb
systemthoughfree to confess..that ti
matter being new to me, I am by n
means.perfectly certain that I unde
stand it thorou'ghly.
It was determined at the last mee
ing of the County club; that -durin
the present mo.nth pr, prior_._t 0
Mgetig. op sa.ie-agi Augte, .eac
Township-clu.b- hll_apJ certai
candidates for the thirteen Count
offices:to be filled at the Novembi
election, as follows:_: CAndidAtes f(
the Senate, for five members of ti
Lower House, for Judge of Frobat
Clerk of the Circuit Court, Sheri
Coroner, and three County Commi
sioners.
The names of the 'candidates
named. by the several clubs,. will I
reported to the County club at i
nekt mee'ing on'sale-day in Augus
when a list of these candidates wi
be made: out for each club in tl
County.
Some time between sale-day in A
gust and sale-day in September, tI
Township Clubs with these lists befo
them, will 'meet and ballot for the thi
teen offies to be filled. A corre
poll list of all the ballots willibe k
and sent up by each club to the mee
ing of the Countyclub*in Septemb
when the lists will be called over at
aggregated by the County lub, -ai
the candidates who shall have receiv(
the highes4 number of the, -whale Vy0
of the clubs will be declared by .V
County club to be the nominess oft1
Democratic party of Abbeville Coun
for-the approa6hing election.
Very truly, yours,
J. S. COTARAN.
Pres. Abbeville Co. Democratic Clu
The Sjpoils to the Victors.
The New York Herald in a rece
article, in which it reviews the leti
of acceptance of Governor Hayes, 3
ter showing that his annodnedmint
retain in office the presebtin'cuinbn
was a very cheap pleage coming fro
the candidate of the party now
power, makes* the following sugg
tion.:
"G vernor Tilden might make
great and favorable impressioh on ti
eountry if, in his'dttet- of acceptaut
"*ould"make no remtovals except f
incdmpetence -or" ifaithfilbed, '
cause such a, pledge from him ion
be a magnanilious repudiation o(tl
sijoils7strgati a noble sacr:ifice
partfyinterSet~ to the caatNe of rEforts
We think the suggestion a ve
good one. It is.high time "that t
abokinable -doctrine, "The syoils
the Victors," be abolished;y if it
not openly ,professed by everyi
coming admiinistration which has ou
ed one of a different party, it is a
tematically acted on nevertheless. ?
know of nothing which wouTd increa
the stability of the Government 1
increasing ethe indepenidance of t2
offee-tolder .than the knowledge tb
faitiful serirints waldN remioved I
good cause- only; they would not ii
impr-oper influences to keep the par
which appointed them in power, -ai
the bargain and sale of offices, whi<
has increased to a fearful extent; woni
be geatly diminished. We,' of oouri
do not include the cabinet offiesai
others who must neesesarily be'in ;
ltical accord with the President, b
we speak of the thousan~ds of subalte
officers whose function is mere admi
istrative, we might say mechanic
and. has -no possible -connexion wi
political principles. Why; for I
stance, the sixty-five thousand poi
masters who have incurred expense
fixing up their offinies, and. who ha
done their duty, should every one
them-be removed to the great inco
venience of the - people, we cann
reoneile with common sense and:
adaed social-. organizati! It
easily -reconciled with low .politic
principles-principles which find n<
their embodirment in such men
Blane and Camneron-but -such pri
iples as we should learn to disca
from this Centennial on. We he
that Tilden may inaugurate a new. e
in politics,:aqi with - honesty at hon:
and with justice abroad. Let hi
bury the old politics and.old diploma
in ione common.grave:-and he will ha
the gratitude of. the future.
Should the Democratic party fail
suceed: at the next election, it e
nt be said that is went under for 1a<
of plans offered by different peopi
for almost every main you meet has
least a half a dozen plans mapped de
any -one of which he will tell you
sure to succeed if fully carried out.
As only .one plan can be -pursued
is the duty of the Executive Commi
tee of the Democratic party to choo
that plan which suits the majority, at
not let a few men-whose views duff
widely from the majority of the oth
Democrats-run the concern, and d
reet which course shall be followe
t would be better not to put fort
any. plan at all than to put one whi
would only gain the lukewarm suppo
of both Wings, for without the hear
- I I*~- - -
i this tate,omes~out it is hoped that e
it inilbeb -th plain and. einphfc, i
no dodains of- 40ublesome questions
Swill suit; it ought to state distinctly a
I and forciblf the different questions
e with which it deals, all ambiguities I
e hd better be left. out,- fox-vagueness
0 always eauses people to suspect that j
there is 'somethiagiore behind which t
. the framers of the platform are afraid
g to deal with ea-4ig"t-forward- man
ner.
h
Castle r *ar4n,j the Im nigrants
>r, Home, tt4%ned dAqp
e -The Charlegtod I&eAwS & .Corfer
condemns the Hambnag riot.
s Where is Boss 'Tweed? What's be
come- of the original Keely-mot'or?
;01
Th6 Greevlle Nes is offered for
sale on the first Monday in August.
t, Gov. Perry,. of Greenville, has
written a letter opposing the scheme
e of primary elections.
I- Haneock and Adams aresupporting
e Tilden. Carl Schurz, we are sorry to
say, has fallen -fr grace.
G9t CTQV; Perry has written several let
pt ters to.the Greenv1e--papers from. the
t- tOentenial which,give a good descrip-I
r, ;tion; of the Ex.ibW4it.n.1
d Maj Geo. W. :4a*to,-prominent
,4 buisesman 46 f ester,pied, in Col
0 -umbia,.at thereidende of hisibrotker
e S. W.. Melton, or iSunday,norning.
. Th S" -thinks the election will -
depend upon the vote of New York.
Connecticut and --:N# Jersey." New
York with either :i ieeife th6 en
b.
flict. k
The Blackville News comes this
at week 'edit4d under its new manage
er nient by r. J.XD. Kennedy, who we
f- hope will make it a sprightly atid live
o journal.
ts G v. Hayes has written a letter to
m the Executive Committee, 4he Na
in tional Republc 'Pay, ecepting
8- 'the honoi confer on him by the
nomination.
a Serviaapd Tur kx at'a r
ae Seii n ukey are at .war. with
peeahote with.no propects.ofany,
e cessation of hostilities. Abattle was
or fought last week-it which.the Servians
e- lost heavily.
Id The stdets.of Howard University
e will no longer be required ttosattend
,,:arurh us.part the College rules.
-Tha's iproper, forced. religion is not
7 worth .a ent.
e Thbei Enterprise-& Moeintaineer-4o
. Greenville. last week published .tho
alist of ptemiums se be ofered at 4he
ensuing Fair, at Greeaville, to take
,place October 1st.
re A general Indian war seems to be
se unavoidable.4 No 'chance for lower
) txation. Each:Indi-an killed, it has
Sbeen 'estimated, costs the Government
aone'inillion of dollars, a Sibux perhaps
' a little more.
se Santa Anna i.s dead, aged 78. His
y wooden leg is the best preserved part
d .of him now. The' Mexican veterans
h bug'h ,to buy it anderry it in the
Id OCeniifal procession. One turbuksit
e, spirit'has found rest.
d There is a great prohability that
0- public buildings and thoroughfares
ut will heareafter be lighted by electricity.
M The experiments instituted to light
- tlhe Paris Great Northern Railway
ti lstation have been successful beyond
th expectation.
n' The State Democratic Con;vention
t- will meet in Columbia' in August, to'
n nominate a. Statie titeket . for the fall
Selection.. The fusion idea is becoming
quite unpopulr,andfw*4 present ap
pearances will not be, tol@ratedl in the
oConvention.
isThe.promises of Hayes in his letter
a of acceptance are very fair, but will
the Blaines and Mortons and Came
rons allow him to carry them out. A.
aresident, however honest and willing,
- but weak in the joints will do ua no
good right now.
rNo President ever ehanged his cab
e inet as often as Grant. In the last two
,weeks five or six~ of the prominent
officials in Washington have been re
moved, and it, is prbbethat they
had commenced to become too honest
to suit the coming campaign.
to The colossal statue of Independence
a for the harbor of New York, will be
k finished,. it is hoped, in .time to be
e, shown in Paris :durin*g the Exhi bition
t in 1878. The wrist of this gigantic
t, statue has been moulded lately. It
s took. 200 sacks of plaster for its corn
position, and weighed. 5,075 Kilo
tgrammes.
SThey are playing Polo-horseback
e shinny-in Paris new. We, of course,
d gather this information from Bennett's
r Berald, who is the -champion Polo
r player in' America. If we believed in
puns we would suggest that the 'Com
'modore be made commiander of the
h etPolair Expedition; but as we
h despise puns we won't say so.
SThe Washington Light Infantry of
~ t;~;~t~d in the
at eqtertaimments they have attended
o g1rk B on and elsewhere.
The New9erWSun, having received
everal letters asking what is Governor
"ilden's religion, informs its corres
>oudents and the rest of mankind, t
hat-it -is the hwistia-- :
te is of the Presbyterian denomina
iou, and that he has given proof of 4
he sincerity of his faith by entorcing
u the performane-Of -t -di!x
,ies that divine om d nt
halt not steal.
We h Always thought tt - 1
nen werd tft bestesnstables infi.e i
vord; the foHernleNi'bt pvd
"After the -Oford adtforitis haid
ried many:;sehetmi Vni tw obtain'
)rderly behavioron .the;part,ofthe
indergradaespeotmeuiorAtion .i
;hey hit ujothe -'aq odin4
io itudenftoe &0
)anied' A4a Woois5 eFo the
irst timeinyears,-there wmgood or,
le'r duripg the exereise .
"A new extradition treatyt skeuld .
)e negotiated with.ENgland as speed
ly as possible. One of the- funda
mental principles of this treaty,from.
which there should nevr be I depart
vire:, undei any -state of circutnstnces,
is that no extradited man should be
ried..ia. the country to which he is
etdrned ,,fory .apy other offence than
hat "upon~ tlie' charge of which his
xfditionisbased. It.should alwao
e -nade: Aposibe -to: attaix:-an -
slitical or partisan end .under-the. 1
fuise of a criminal accwation and t
roceeding."
erica, representeidby Secretar -
s, las been wrong in this matter,
ndwe might -as well acknowledgeit
kmerica ca4 afford to cling to tle
etter of. reaty when a principle is
tt stake.
Itale 4- ioeratie onventiion.
The Democratic E"ective Commit
;ee met on last Wednesday and adopted
he following.:
RooMS.DEM. STALTE EX. QgX
&Co.UMA, July 12, 1876,
A Convention of the Demeratic par
;y of the Stat of South Caroin- will I
e held at Columbia, on Tuesday, the
L5th day of August next, at 8 o'clock
P. M., to,ionc -platform of prM
splg, nomie State offiers and elec.
:or-for .President axnd VicePresident, .1
mnd to consider such 'business'as may be' 4
brought before- it.a. -
Iii a.with. the resolutions
teretofdre'aijed,T;ibe Convention will
be omfoe fdele&itessfom the seve
ral Counties ib proportion to the num
be of membejs to which each County
is entitled inboth Houses of the Gene
ral Assembly under the new apportion
ment,viz: .- I ,
Abbeville-six delegates. .. 4
Aiken-,e-dele.
BarnwelL-six delegates. .,1
Beaufort-Lseven delegates.
Charleston-nineteen delegates
Chester-foueg e.
Chesterfield-thre~ elgts
Clarendon-three deeats
Colletoi-sedeleats
aarildfu deegtes.
Georgetown--three delegates.
Greenville-five delegte.
Noerry-three delegat~
Kershaw-four delegates.
Laneater-three:delegates.
Laurens-four delegates.
IExinston-three delegates.
Marion-five delegates.
Marlboro-three delegates,
~eberry-our 4e ae.
Orangeburg-sixA1elegates.
Pickens-three delegates.
Richiand-six delegates.
Spartanburg-five delegats;.
Sumter-five delegates.
Union-four delegates.
Williamsburg-four delegates.
*York-five delegates.
The delegates will be required to pr
ent credentials from the central organ-.
ization of their respective Counties.
It is recommended that the County
Yonventions instruct their delegae to
se'State Convention to hold Cngres
sional Conventions at Columbia -at-Ihe
same time .for the admination of Con-. 1
gressional candidates, and Judicial Con-.
rentionsfor the-nominations of Solicd
ors for their respective Congressional
und Judicial Districts.
JAnFS Co1q(ER,
Chairman State Ex. Comimittee.
The followinggesolstion, adopted by
be Comp ittee, is published for the in
ormtiooftha'County organizations':
Beso'e& Thatthe Committee recomn- 1
nend to the Counties to make no nomi
ations for County.offiers or membeis
f the General Assembl.y, untilsater the
neeting of the State.Convention. ~
JA wrS CONNER,-Chairman. 1
J. F. TzLAB, gecretary.
The foliA .' ir.cularis being al
"DEA&R Sm: In view of the gross and4
iprovoked outrages that are being
aily committed upon our colored beh
een throughout the State, and the many
angers that threaten us on account .of
aur devotion to Republicanprinciples,
[ have deemed -it~my duty to invite you
to attend. a conference of some of the
representative men of our-race, to be
sed at Columbia on Thursday,;the 20th
inst., for an exchange of views upon
he situation, and the adoption :of.sh.
peaceful measures as may be deemed
advisable for our protection, and proper
rindietion~ before& the country. I do
most sincerely hope that the meeting. ~
nay be favored with your presence.
With the highest personal regards, I
ave the honor to be, yours truly,
se~Roar. B. Euworr.
MR. EVAT AND THE TILDEN TICKET.
-A gentleman just~from Philadelphia j
tates that during the Fourth-of-July
>bservances in that city Williata M.
Evarts, in the discussion of the political I
luestions of the day, in conversation i
vith some of his friends, indicated a t
rery strong leaning towards Tilden,
md the belief is that this distinguisheds
EtpbiaJdoaewl eoeln
telia foatedeocrat ill ticeoe.n
Nel o h emcraic tCoue.
rzet.~
ENews and C')?S e
.'. ( ow."en
ChMweh CORVMOeUS
Pursuant,to a call of1he President Of
he Sonth (aolina-Lutiran. Syxx
onvention of the Church was held at
lethlehem, near iomaria.-h4y11th,to
e steps for the endowment of New
Capt. J. N. Huffman elecie
lhairman, avdRev.
etary of the Convention. BevL. J. P.
hneltzer, H. W. Kuhms,: D;EFird, and
iessrs. W. A. Cline, Wa1iwager
L appointed a committee to pri,e
aittee submitted a I b traiing
kan endowmenkwic
The agg& e e
tev. S. P. Hughes,.agraduate of New
rry College, and,.reeey! genaad
eo the Th'bAgies.S2ie
y thSepteMb .
mazl g0Afulp-y 2iia4*$
ee cheerfdld is cd*um6b
iand consi 1, 4bUIsh ipr I
the Intstitutoi-ei
Before, adjourppme4
o e W. Knhn wa -uabc
he ConventilDn - th-MIJ met h
ndowment- and Ia'48 d eimt
Y thatohe...eveathsandelu
roold giveey boieodapotliaef
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,The first ii6it -fifere tif
!entY yearsiago,andn=w aA e s m .nl
nst and dowethe inthat i'n
w beroy earie ir ig-- I,in
amdth i wa fr he~bi lld on. eesl
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ingencies,hilin *hsa@pa
o be selets to put on foot a iis
o endow , C," at ag
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a thian for them to ca on.
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JNh F OUTH-CAROLIA Ier
worct.-Attest bdbeoeme
TRS.D'CAGHNRIN ry -ulc
Jul 19, 29-ET.I"ir
FTTEOF STH CABOLINA,7
Siorntin wircrbed peore t
7atha been!Jly e187e6. 2in~
oseeTio o. DU A Upo tryPutb .
eusThe eanvaosnow of the teos- h
yons lcin f .-s e*'E
>eBnds walo wo StteWad-he
n tefrontof th fh
an faithtfn11 dia~ '
rhaterisbair'be S(~tateI~to
c Convention. Totii we pldethe wol
ower ani4endeincec 5onnawlc.J
he pist, has done what it could tosevt
nterests, and prsrethe riItatbe
les, of the pepeof -ot aoia
In-order thzimay be with
if every Democrat in the State to read TBE
ave established thefoown sp
cribers ony e inn thisd
g: to'te2h of Novrember
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