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[From the Journal of Commerce.1 A Searching Review of the "Hamburg Horror." EDGEFIELD, S. C.. July 16, 1876. Th h l*hjoit nomi-si~on consist ing of W1 iamn Stone, carpet-bag At torney-General, and the mulatto Ad jatant ieral. ofsthe State,-Purvis, have 4atefviit#idniburg t6~inves. tigate the "Horror," and the former has made his -"report" Why- Gov ernor Chamberlain should have sub jected.the-State to the 6xpense, and1 these two dignitaries to the trouble, of going to Hamburg, is somewhat sur-! prisig. Whan we read the' "report," and consider the data from which it is madae, the ex parte statements of Ayin, negroes and the partial, partisan and'alse -onTusions of its facile au thor, tb e salggestion arises, why the affidavifi were not written out in Col umbia, made to order thei-e, and sent by express.to'be executed without im it by the dusky affiants of that re nowned rendezvous, Hamburg. This plan'would. have answered the purpose of the outrage manufacturers and their hireling new?paper champions just as well. If this so called Attorney-General had been in pursuit of the truth, why did he confine his inquiries -to the be sotted negroes, and' a-ew perjured white men who had instigated them into an.armed insurrectionagainst the laws of the country, the rights and prqerty oftits citizens, and the safety anV peace of that commuaity ? If acting within theprview of the du ties incident to the high position- in the -Stite: to which the accidents of war have elevated him, wiy did he so hastily conclude his investigation be fore getting at. the real facts of this unfortunate erneute, and rush -into print with a report pregnant with par tisans4ip, and fragrant with the odor of Radieal falsehood ? If his hireling chimpions of the press had desired to present to- the publie a truthful ac count apdafair r'epreseztation of the "Hamiurg Horror," why did their aegommodating reporters seek for pub lication the statements of such wor thies a"Docke Adims, Prince Riv ere, Gardner and other negroes of that' ilk;:and avoid sorees - of information which . could have thrown light, at least, upon the subject of inquiry? Why should these champions of Radical outlaws, thele bolsterers of the Mwaniag fortunes- of one of the mostfsnous, imnbecBIe governments that -the .world has ever known,:so "swiftly dsnonee" the white men en ggdin the merited chastisement of thiis body of armned outlaws, bandits andtrobbers, as "fiends," "cowards," etc., and have not one word of con demnation for the outlaws, bandits and robbers themselves ? Why have the editors and reporters of these ma ligixant sheets lashed themselves -into spaslnS of horror and shame and mor tfigetion at the death of a few of these armed'outaws, and find in their hearts not a feeling of regret or sorrow at the death 'ot 'that splendid, fearless and honorable young man, McKie Merri wether, who- was murdered -in cold blood by these sameaoutlaws ? I can point. out just twenty misstatements of. facts in this ."report," which could have been easily avoided if the dough ty Attorney-General had taken the trouble to arrive at the trath. ^As he recommends a judicial investigation, and sundry threats of arrests have been mna3e by.certain valiant knights, ofthe quill, who I presume will vol unteer to play constable for' that pur pose, I will reserve my exposure of these falsehoods for that interesting oceasion. . - Upon the heads oi -those charged with the execution of the laws rests the responsibility for this collision. If it is true that Governor Scott placed these arms and tbis ammunition in the -hands of this ignorant people, it wast a perinle in Governor Moses to have allowed them to remain in their' hands. And it was more than a crime in Governor Chamberlain, in the light~ of his experience' upon that subject. It wasa cruel and inexcusable wrong, an unpardonable sin against the peace of the country and the lives of the people, that he should have allowed these guns and ammunition to remain in their hands. The jurisdiction' 'nd powers of a Trial Juistice are large, and the -re sponsibility proportionally increased, at an important point on our border, like Hamburg ; and a man of the greatest discretion, fidelity and firm ness, could and should have been pro. eured to fill the office; but instead of that, this wan, Prince Rivers, wholly unfit for so important a station, is the only acting Trial Justice in Hamburg, and I believe the next nearest in Aiken County is about twelve miles distant. Now, if there had been a Trial Jus tice aiccessible, who would have given Mr. Robert Butler justice, when, like a law-abiding wan, as he is, he appeal ed to him to protect members of his family against this so-called militia, this "Horror" would never have been chronicled. Not only does he not afford him protection, but the ruffianly constable of this Trial Justice, one Bill Nelson, a copper colored negro, insults me .as his attorney when I approachea him in a perfectly respectful me.oner, to inquire about the whereabouts of the Trial Justice, in order to begin the in vestigation. - I- was moreover baffled and trifled with for hours by this Trial. Justice, and his negro associates, until this armed company of outlaws had time to concentrate in their arm ory, where they could successfully maintain their attitude of armed in surrrectionl, armed with guns which this same Prince Rivers admitted .in my presence had been taken from him by these negrees without authority. The town had a njegro intendant, - -- ff~,1.Qkalq. It their ordinances-some for drinking out of a spring adjacent to the high way. One young man was fired upon, the ball passing through his hat, ar rested, dragged to prison and heavily fined, because his horse shied on the edge of a sidewalk. An old man was arrested, insulted and fined, because his horse turned on the.sidewalk as be was in the act of mounting. Mar ket wagons, camping within five or six miles of the town, have been rob bed night after night, cattle had been stole -and n into thisplace- and sold. Stolen goods have been systematically receiyed here, :the parties knowing them to be stg1en. For nights pre vious to the collision, unoffending white citizens were halted by the pickets of these militiamen, armed with State guns, and stationed on the highways. In one instance, five or six of them had scraped their bayonets on -the pailings of a gentleman, and upon his remonstrance, cursed and abused him in the -heariog of his wife and some visiting ladies. The names of all these persons can be given. Why did this Attorney-General and these "swift denouncing" newspapers not put themselves to some trouble to ascertain the provocations on both sides? This was not a company of State militia, but a band of negroes organized contrary to law, or without the authority of law, who had~ taken the State property without authority? that."Company A, Ninth Regiment National Guard of the State of South Carolina," had been disbanded for several years, and that this band had usurped their organization without authority ? that they had not only u:i lawfully and riotously obstructed the public highway, but had broken up a civil court, defied its process, and re sisted its mandates, and insulted its officers, and riotously'-threatened the lives of peaceable citizens ? Why- do they not publish the fact that a certain white man, who lives in that town of Hamburg, and publishes a Radical paper in Columbia for cir culation in Georgia, was seen on the train going towards Columbia on -the Thursday evening previous,. and re turned, as is strongly suspected, with ammunition for these negroes? Why have they not reported that this same -man said to the negroes after the altereation on the streets on the 4th of July, between this so-cilled militia company and young Butler and Getzen, that "they (the negroes) ought to have shot Getzen to death, and beat Butler's.brains out with tbe butts -of their guns," and that he incontinently fled like a mischievous cur, when the storm, which he -had brewed, burst upon the-offending negroes ? Why they have not reported all of these provocations I cannot conceive, except upon the hypotheses. that they are paid to lie and to slander and mis represent the white people of this State for political effect. They say that the demand was made 'upon the negroes for the arms withoat authority orjurisdiction. Whys had not any eitizea or numbers of citizens the right to demand them ? Prince Rivers, a Brigadier or Major General of militia, had said publicly that they were taken from him without authority. These negroes had assem bled riotously, were in a state of armed resistance to the laws, and any citizen or number of citizens had the right to disperse the rioters and suppress the riot, and to use jnst so-much force as was necessary to eseomplish it;j and if every negro engaged in the riot had been killed in ~the suppression, it would have been excusable, if not just ifiable. The tribunal of the written law had been applied to, and ignominiously failed. ' Delay would have been fatal to the safety of the lives, families and proprty of the unoffending, peaceable citizens. Prompt, 'short, sharp and decisive action was necessary under the dictates of that unwrnttsn, un alienable law known as self-preserva tion, the, first of all laws. Some there 1may have been who were glad' of an oppotunity to punish those who had accumulated wronsgs, insults and out rages upon them such as I have enu merated. I can sympathize with them, if cannot approve such a means of vindication.. I have upon a previous occasion ex plained how and why I was in Ham burg. I did nothing there which I regret, or for which I have any apolo gies to make, and would do again Just what I then did. I might have avoided the storm by fleeing from it. But I conceived that I had certain duties to perform, and IL was not brought up in that school which allows any man to desert his friends and clients when they are in danger and their fawailies and property in jeopardy. I am indifferent to the opinion of these howling hypocrites, and ask no favor at their bands, and shall grant noneg Their threats of United States soldiers have nop terrors for me or the people of Edgefield. We a had these soldiers with us, and have no objection of their coming again. We have found the offeers o.entlemen as a gen.eral thing, and the mien orderly and law-abiding, and they will do no more than execute their erders and enforce the laws, I nvite a judicial investigation, and am prepared to submit to the arbitra ment of the law; and such is the feeling, as far as I have been -able to learn, of pyery white man who is in any degree conneoted with this affair. Thewhite men of this country have some rights which the negroes are bound to respect. They have no other feeling fo them than kindness and ity. Kindanes for the.ir loyalty to our families during the war, and paLy that they will perwit themselves to be made the tools of bad, mischievous, designing white men and mulattoes. So long as they obey the laws, every honorable mari of the country will feel boundio tc and enoaa them The H er Rad. TS. F. GREEKER, EDITOR. NEWBE RY. S. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 267,1876. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect aFam ily Newspaper. devoted to the material in terests of the people of this County and the State. It ctrculates extensively, and as an Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad vantages. For Terms, see first page. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. FOR PRESIDENT. SAMUEL J. TILDEN, OF NEW YORK. FOR T7CE-PRESIDENT. THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, OF INDIANA. Gen. Butler, the Hamburg Riot aidhe ,e*s& tourier. We have published the first letter of Gen. Butler, and we publish his second in reference to statements which have been circulated in the papers. Any positive assertion made by Gen. Butler outweighs in our mind any testimony that may be given against him. We fully endorse the eulogy passed upon him by Jones, of Kentucky, who has known him and his for years. He is one of the noble men of the State by descent and of his own individual merit. That's enough, is it not? Whether he acted impI dently is none of our business, at present, to enquire. We have no opinion to express as to the commence ment of the Hamburg affair; it might have been right and proper to take the arms from persons who were defy ing the law; that is a question for~the Courts to decide. If the negroes were suinmoned to deliver up their arms by an authorized posse, proper means to compel them to do -so had to be resorted to.~ We exonerate Gen. Butler ; he expressed not only his disapproval but his indignation at the shooting of an escaping prisoner. Let it be distinctly understood that we find no fault with the action of Gen. Butler. B,t, unfortunlately, the taking away .of. the arms fromi the negroes is not the outrage of which the people com plain. After Gen. Butler left, four negroes, prisoners so-called,- were shot like wild beasts. No paper; in the State has ever denied it ; they speak. of fancy reports and untrue statements. Has. one paper ever denied, that those negroes-after being made captives' were brutally shot. If the affair had stopped with the taking of thearms of the.go-called militia, even ~if some of the negroes had- been killed, no nore would have~ been said about it than about the liynohiing of th Har mon murderers. D)oes Geni. .Butler say anything .about that sec ond part of the tr'agedy; do the Journal of Commerce give us any authentic ac cont of that transaction ; is itidenied by anybociy, The shooting of those defenceess prisoners is the esoce of the Hamburg affair ; the provocation gos fx nothing. Thiat brutal mur der excites the North and uptkes them think liat we are reconstrncted og ogr lips but not in our hearts. Those men who shot those defenceless pris oners-and we take no hesitancy in say ing so-shogid be punished or the next Legislature should pass an amendment to the Game Laws, making it a mis demeanor to shoot 4 negro between the 15th of April and the 15th of Octo er. Let them have an equal chance with quails and snipes. But that is not the worst of it. Is it not the duty of every leading dJournal to condetin such action ; do they not endorse such action by their silence. The News & Courer came boldly forward and de nounced the shooting of defeneelesG prisoners as an outrage on humanity. Leading Joj4rials call the reports of the News & Courier c tj;sue f lies; have they ever denied that those ps4i were shot;, have they even shown us wherein the state ments of the News & Courier were falas, Giye us a bill of particulars, if yo please, not about thle pelim~inary circumstanes of the ed~ict but about the shooting of the prisoners. Don't go off on side issues ; take it for grant ed that E~dgefield and Augusta have a right to take away arma from those to whom the Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms, can you justify the killing of the prisorsers--so-called ; that's the point and no other. The silent endorsement of the myrder shows to the Northern people that we re not sincere in our professions. Thnas. who endeavor to cover up the representative Man of the oumth; hear what he says and- have courage and [ndependencc'euough to say the same 1hing: In the course of the debate, Lamar, >f Mississippi, spoke of the Hamburg iffair as terrible and disgraceful, but te denied that its circumstances- were i legitimate subject of debate in the [ouse. . There are one or two facts, howev6r, that gleimed indis'putable. Due of these was that a body ot white men, without aithority'6f' la, put to eath a number of black men while prisoners--nt prisoners in the legal 5ense,. .however inasmuch . as. these white men had no right to deprive them of their personal liberty. HTie wished to say in his place that no ex ouse or. palliation could possibly he found for that outrage and barbarism. (Applause on the Republican side of the House.] The 'South had its law less classes, as the North had, with this difference-that in the South they flamed out in different localities, and were confined to short periods of time; while in the North whole coun ties were sometimes held in terror for months at a time, and the State- an-' thorities defied. In those Southein States where disorders occurred, there were governments of a peculiar char acter and type. They were called Republican, but it was a spurious Re publicanism, which had no. sympathy with Ae purpose abd:feelings of the great national Republican party. It was these State governments- which. had encouraged these disorders and these murders by their ineificieidcy, their inability and their cowardice. We gave the whole extract to be just to Lamar and the Southern peo ple; it- will, however, be perceived that' although he assigns the proper causes for such lawlessness he con demns the deed, and so 'should all good citizens. Our County Convention. The proceedings of this body will be found in another cohnin. We will preface our remarks by saying that we do not desire to have undone the action of the above named body. They elected as their representatives to vote for State officers true men and good men whom we know have the interest of heir fellow-citizens at heart, but we do give it as our opinion that they do not represent the sentiment of the County. As far as legality is con cerned there can be no dc'ubt that the body assembled on that day had no right to send delegates to the nomi nating Convention. A very few words wil establish that proposition. Under the call 'of Gen. Chestnut County chair men were appointed, to organize;-- no :Democrat objected to it; somebody had to move and the action of the Chestnut committee was, practically ratified. 'The County chairmen or ganized clu.bs. Ia this County, t'h County 'clubs assembled upon the call of Mr. Pope and formed a County club -which means aibody composed of delegates from. the different township clubs. The County eluh thus cons ti tuted is a permanent organization; they, elected an Executive Committee to atted to the current business and ext"A to' the township clubs notice of the calls of the State Committee. That body which we call the Oounty 'club is not, a conventIon, although so called. A convention is not a..perma net organization, it is a body of men eaHedto act for a specific prpose-tQ nominate delegates to St. Louis or to Columbia, as the case .may be. The tte Fxecutive Committee issued its call to have delegate sent to Colum bia for the purpose of nominating State officers, and for that special pur pose. lNearly all the County chair men or' chairuien of the Pgecutive Committee so .understand it. We looked carefully over our exchanges and found only Mr. Croft, of Aiken, who did not think a new eletion ne: essary; we only mention this as a matter of fact. As a matter of law, there is nQt the renmotest doubt that the delegates elected by the body as sembled here on- last Wednesday, are not entitled to a seat in the State Con vention. The Executive Committee of this County evidently thaught so; through their spokesman, Col. Keitt, they suggested that the Convention g4jogrn sine die. In the face of that unanimous recommenatio~ 4f te Executive Committee, of which a dis tinguished lawyer of this County and State is cirA4ni, hey declared them selves to be a live 'body, and they elee representatives to Columbia. It is our honest opra $la4th Cunty Executive Committee should, under the call of the State Ex.ecutive Committee, hare eitende4 a gll tq the Township Clubs, or, perhaps, the Township Democrats generally, to form a Jogty Cqpgyraggn for nominating delegates. Ip j, isly not eyeq ne~essary to move to dissolve the Cojg vetion, so-called; it was dissolved by having fulfilled its functions. The St. Louis delegates might as well have assembled and declared that WHRAs, We, by the partiality of our fellow-citizens; have'bkeen ap pointed delegates to the St. Louis ~ tion of CoL Keitt, ho very ably ad vocated his views. After all the doctors declare that. their patient Is dead there is no harm for him to get up and say that he is a bona fide corpse; - but it is not necessary. Thus far we have considered the matter from a legal - poiut of vi&*. But we waive that, and in doing so we shall speak very plainly. We are asking now what is equitable in the premises. The Executive Committee of the County re6oimnded that new .delegates be appointed; they either thought that an election by the assembled Conven tion was illegal, 'or if not illegal it was unfair to the voters. The illegality of the'Convention's action was never disputed, but a plea of loss of i-6 was put in. If any'one can show us what greater service the men elect can do us as- delegates elect to the Con vention "than they could as sim ple members of clubs, inform us, please. It wi not do to undo'the action of that body which assem bled under the name of Convention. Let the 'action stand; we do not desire. to breed discord; they are good men and true, those who are elected; al thoughthey donotrepresent the majority of this County, -but let it be distindtly understood that the people, the Demo cratic people, are determined to h&ve a voice in the nomination of County offi cers. We have been endeavoring to find out the sentiment of the' Couity and we sincerely believe that such is their determinationFinally,'we would express our great appreciation of the patriotism and zeal of the officer who presided over the Convention; his views should be represented in the State Con yeation, and no more able and vigo rous champion could his adherents find; but we must claim that those opposed to his views should 'likewise be repre sented, not upon the law, but as a ques tion of equity and fAirnes. UnaM ated Demoerats. It nay be asserted with safety,:that at least two-thirds- of those. who are expected to vote the Democratic ticket in the comung election are not mem bers of any party organization. We hamampl. reasoato-helieve 1hat4he proportion of the unaffliliated. Demo rats in much larger-We'are speaking of the State as a whole-but we are pilling,td allow therslatbs one-thiird-of the Demoeratic votes. To attemnpt to parry the State or County without the asitance of those unaffiliated Demo rate is, of course, utter folly. A large majority o.f thxese will vote the Democratie ticket, nay, nearly 11l will do so if proper. candidates are noiinated. They have their private reasons for not joining the emoraie clubs4 they do not desire obe bound by any pledge to support the Democratic nomisees; although hey may have sufficient confidence in he honesty of the County o.rganiza tion, the' menibers' of which they know, and of the State Convention, the dimiiers of . whichthey do not knoW; thefihtoTk .it" wrong upon principle to pledge' theiselves to the suport of ainy candidate wjhom' a con vention might proposes They cesider such' pledge morat* slavery. They' may be wrong; Tn a great emer gency it, may be. rig'ht if6 'be fet tered to be niade free But the fa3t sres tis in the faoe t'hat, on that ac count, 'they will not jcin the Demo ratic clubs, and.of that fact alone we now' ake cognizan.ee. Organization had. to eammence somewhere, however irrgularly, and we give credit to our patriotic fellow-citizens who organized the %lubs. We reasonablj~ suppose hat their object is to reform State and National Government; that their aim is to elect persons to office who are honest and, well qualified, not~ merely to cram a printed' slip into the slit of a' cigar box. .The first-thing to be done to insure success is to secure the votes of unaffliated Demgerats, by whatever slender ties they may be connected with the party. There are a good many who fail to see the dis tinction between the principles of the opposing parties, hat who are still Demorats by hereditary descent, social association and the memory of a glo rious past; they are not far removed frm thje jrpiependeqt yoe who alto gether discards party. They want re form, honesty and capability; they are accustomed to have these asso u they will nqt yote for a body because he is labelled "Democrat," and they reserve fqr themIselves thg right to judge whether that label gQvy reform, honesty and capability.' The sympathy of all these inclines them to enter the Democratic fold. These are the men upon whom gentle pegso mnight be excercised with a ieasnale hoQpe Qf aqece. 4 is igser ies tQ t4)k to a United States revetiqe officer to vote for Tilden, nor is there any use of hearing your sentiments reiterated by those with whom you are in full accord; it may tickle your approbatiegess, but it is i9 nme powder wasted. But now, what have th club doe? 'Phey have thrust L resolutioat.iat every voter who,did tjin the township club ahouAze I stra6sed, (the very word.) Rcom- 1 mend- us to the tender mercies of' the, rurk*r sem'us to Siberia at once. That's liberty with a vengeance. Such may be the manner of gaining voters in a commi nity of i. b' riles an 3raverAs, but in. a State 1rhich prides itself upon its iptellect 'and . indepen lence, it is suicide with malice afore thought. To ths-e Democrats the door ihAld be opened wide ; they and the independent voterdwell in that border and whence alone recruits may be ex pected wlt1i any reasonAbfe bope of medess. They Are not onf_irefused a voice in the-nomination; butformally xcluded from being nomiridted-They, ire- only thobght fit'to vote for the lect few who compose the club and to be abused. They are a voiceless tribe; they do not make the street Dorrers resonant with rhetorie, they re forbearing withal and easily satis aed'; but they feel they should' be treated with sonse consideration ; they might rebel. 'We throw out these few ideas with the intention of preserving harmony, by indici g one' of the causes from which. dissension may easily spring. ':We have heard the mutterings of the storm, and it is our duty to* give warning to prevent its outbreak. The State Convention. This body was unwisely called to gether before the meeting of .the Re publican Nominating Convention.. It forces Chamberlain to compromise with the Radical majority to get the nomma tion. After a Democrat is nominated by the State Convention there is no way of co-operation. There is but one way for our State Convention to do. Adjourn; adjur tmtil the Republicans have had their meeting; if Chaiberhin isnoMi nated he has compromised with a ras _ally:majority, and' we will vote for a Democratic Governor even if hopeless ly beaten. Let him be. beaten in.the Republican Convention he will carry one-third of the Republican voAte with him and should be vorninated by the. united Convention of Democrats and bolters. The argumen~t Ithat we have tied the same thirig twice before -and have failed is an argument for babe. We generally fail in the ~first attempt, Witnesses: Huss--John Brown-, Buss was burnt and John Brown, was hung; the comparison may notlie palatable but it is-to-the point' The Protestants are unmolested now and Coffee is free; perhaps we'l may sueceed at the third effrt; a few failures-do not discourage us. Your taxes would have been a.iit.' tle higher if-Charleston. had not com promised to sustain the Governor's .ve toes. We will be more explicit in our net. This is a mere suggestion. The Chinaman and the Negro. The Chinaman is not more comfort-' able in California than he was last week. The Mongoliaai prank iiihboth plafonsi does 'not increase his' happi ness; secret societies are forming all over' the 'State to root him out. -He may be a' nuisance ;" some say the ne gro is; but strange to say what is patriotic action in' refer-ence' to the eivilized' Chinee'-would be treason and rebellion if tried' on the untutored' Africani We have'bard it 'said'that consisteney is a diamonrd ring. The above proves it. Editorial Review . The revolation in Mexico is about' to collapse. General Crook has been heard~ from. He is out of danger 'and expects soon to deal a erishxing blow to the Sioux. Gov. Vance is stumnp'ng North Carolina in his race for the, Governor ship, which, from present appeances, he hounLd to get. The great annual maneuvres of the Austrian army are to be held in Mo raia from August 27 to September 7. Look out, Turkey. General Kershaw. peremptorily de clines to accept the nomination of the Governorship or the us~e of his name 4efore the Convention. The Belknap 'case is still going on. Our readers have no doubt forgotten like us that Belknap has been impeached, ad that the dienate has been working on him for some time without any apparent result. Tilden and Hendricks b44 a can feence at Baratoga last week ; 'it was reported that they disagreed on mate rial points with each oth~er, which~ is now contradicted by Mr. hendricks, who says they agreed ong all points ex ept, peirhaps, a few minor particulars whi don't affect the campaign. Certain parts of Rome (Italy, not Georgia) are unhealthy'in summer and gtun.: Doctors Lanze an Terr,6eu native physicians; who h'ave no inter sa In running down the old city, have so declared before the Medical Acaea my of Rome. We shall postpone our visit until Christmas. The Charlestog papers are filled wit1h proceeings of a eisein the Bankrupt y Com,,- in tat ciy It seems that ae says tUO a large amount of the noney received by him under the ap. propriatiou Went into the hands of prominent 'p6iticians in Charleston, md Mackey, our Congressman, is im plicated. Oh, my! NEWBERY, S. C., July 19,1876. Pursuant to call of the Executive Committee the County Democratic Con vention-met iw4hoUVeG e , dent J. N. Lipscombla-he Chairand in the absence of." t . W. loway use.tOache tary pro tem. TiheSecretarlUed;he roll and the foli ing "eg-"edie present:e No. 1-2 elubs-A.G. Maybirt .J Kilgore, J. S Hair, Dr. S.Fnt, 1.. 2 J. Pope, FAq. S. B.-Fowles, J. Y. Cdl- ) breath, 0. L. Scbumpert,. W-:. Wal lace. D. S. Pope, Y.-J.-Hringto T. C. Pool, L. C. Moore 3. E. Brawn. No. 2 No. S-B. if. Maybn, W Oxner, 2 B. P. Aughtry, W. 9 Hardy. No. 4L-James S. Spearin ,4.n: Carley, R. C. Carlisle. No. 5-E. P. Chalmers, Dr. J. W. I Folk, J. C. Butler, J.P. KinaTd, Robert Neel, G. S. Sligh. No. 6--I. P. Davis, T. M. Neel, B. R. N.7-Capt. N. Lipscomb, A. J. Teagnue, J. R. Irwin, L. W. Simkins.. No. 8-J. R. Spearman, M. Werts, y. M. Ward. No. 9-T. W. Counts, D. Rikard; A. P. Dominick. No. 10 No. 11-2 clubs-E. S. Keitt, D. A. Dickert, F. D. Graham. T. W. Hollo way, E. J. Lake, Thos. V. Wicker and D. J: Hentz. Minutes of the-last meeting-read and onfirmed. Col. E. S. Keitt, in the I absence of the Chairman of thez Eeft tive- Conimittee, gave -the--regmss of that Committee for calling thisrConven. tion togetner. On motion,by A. Dikert,thtin all A cases where there are more than one club in Atownship, and they cannot agree upon s vote, the same be appor tioned by tie Convention. Adopted.' The Young M s Demoeratie Club of Township No. .1 -pesented ereden tials formembershipin is Qventi,. which, on o, wasgreed -o; and the ot apgtoe t h w clubs 41-2 each, and the sapportionment of 2 1-2 votes .each for the two clubs in] Towship No. 11: 0. L Schampert, Esq;, submitted.a constitution for the government of the Demcratie party;of Newberry County, which :on motion, was referreil to the Exeutive Cannoittee. W. D. Hardy.. Eq.,. moved that the Coneation proceed .to the electiOo;ef four delegates to.the State Convention; the yeas and ays being called for, te vote stoodi 40O5-8 yeas,-^tZ4 nays. Adopted. Covainetlt -On motion, the Cnegketit an election for four dlgtst h State Convention, in pursuancedf the calgf4the State Fxeentivfommitee. On motion, the rule adopted at the last Covention, the election of one dele gate at a time, shiall prevail in the pre-* en election. Mesars. J. P. Kinard, WV. D. Hardy and 0. L Schumpert were -appointed tellers to conduct the election. The managers repoited the election of .apt.James N. Lipstoih Thos. W. Holloway, W. D. Hardy and .B.L ~ McCaughrin as delegates to the State Convention, called,to meet in Columbia Augt 15th, 1876; and as alternates, Y. . Pope, Esq., J..S. Hair, E.1P.] Chalmers and John R. Spearman. On motion, the recommendatien of 1 the State Executive. Committee, that the County Conventions instruct.their delegates. to the State Convention to Congressional and Judicial.conventions to'nominate Congressional candidates and Solicitors for their respective Con gressional ~and Judicial Districts. Adopted. On motion, the Convention adjourned to nieet August 22d, 1876, at 11 o'clock A. M. THos. W. HOU.OWAY, Secretary pro temn. JoR TE HEAai.w First Lieutenant Ernest A. Garlington. To the FAitor of the Newberry Herald. DmA Sm:-Feeling fully assured that you. take- great pleasure in placing always before the people any item of news concerning the young men of the countryj take the hiberty of refei-ring in your columns.to the re ent the conduct of a young gentle- .1 man who is -well known to the citizens I of Newberry. Ernest -A. Garlington, the son of Gen'l Albeit 'C. Garlington, ha4 ust graduated at West Point and received a commission.in the United States Army as: 2d Ijeuteant in the 7th Regi:pent of Cavalry, now operating gainst the Sioux Indians.s The Regu lations of the War Department allow mseyea ;gonths of -forlough to young ficers assigned to the army as was. . young Garlington, and while on fur Lough he had reached the present home f his parents, Atlanta, Georgia, when j ~he news came of the death of. tha gal-. lag ger and his.omrades. ~44 once. de yepaired to the War Department. i md requested permission to join his' R~egimeut. It was granted, buj before I ron oh a rmoe o1tLe~ eingnt so was apravoed atof as bLie enan. is rward aE brveat oflya brve bo,ad bit gacu Suwar cosndufonlri aci iaceful.otsmi wch c orht tf~e Jgerificingmpatrition. is e ory tue eaiget commedati on. -hn very rueo FOR noE HZRAW. July 21, 1876. (Nit&r . 4er4 Z:Y ; For the ben 4 your mny nd especially the invalid potion. who xe preparing a Ne k or already rrived at the various watering places aform them through the medium of he "HERA $$W IsCovered r 9, 1w -eI ill rank with the bes spr ings of the is, contains the following greM-' )xide oIron, Crensate >f Iron, Carbon* au 6' Ained), Carbon Lime ani )htotRreaSod um. pte Po, ;od ad PotW Lithia and Alumina. At our leIsE werin1iy Vvef fkU luantatuo analyis- made, when the percentage of--erry iguis -eS scertained and-Za&d *mic Great Oterest is now -beingdAxbkAWnenri *ns to make the,IprI*4dUAurround Othin the s convenie n 0 many respNa weIl pt )oaring houses. - The town is rot d im be crosingof thie iRkhmond And At nnta Air Line Bailway wih Ridge Railroad. - It is indeed convepienttqt tr is he may travel in the dut bur points.df the co b nail faciliud;ere nr three dail oi ea@h*d .Ther er somne I r nerchantsJa on isually keii The outside -0rroUI iently ;o engage .The t.w V w iumbers aboutW6i' h nadred to ive hundred:4 -hi&iant nents are sailgeI-ig e1; the m ne lammer SIhad A largeeidcotod eiei which everY - otnf6itoi of th06ri iiadu ie b erie Mi in academy under the* in exceli:tedteher'W' he number: 4fity-live or forty;a dethodist -*OOiek lev. L. C. who isa chsup Jorter of his calling and-faith; the tow md ~o Iirlsdrg sga oint, and Wear the moun. ains-t-lh BehtRidge t2 oli4o' md r n eeust ight. - And now- Mr.-EditorC if ymnaMp if your inalirind, -in particdlr lesre spen4 e:s menger!6& ome, agyae ondes eha)tb, couup it onpe~ Gooid boad. canbeIMs.t :The many friends of TRQ4A A. EAN, E2Q, rsufl L a Ciatal for' Soflicit>r! udiialrOironit. :they feeodsto da well tweegmined ,abihIy inMMlMd ztended acquaintance in Spartanp, ~ether rith bihis htz y, iaTe 'hbin udobn J. 7fy72WUO24b ?L EMM NEWBERRY COUN~TY. -gg~ Caes. ahy, Probaeu~, Whereas, John JY. Ln i ctoomne, to grant hium Lettera strationa of the Estate and effects. oC . Lindsay, deceased. ~" j. Theseare'therefore todtrhd dsis 1;ad.singuar .the kindrede :cillQgis f the said deceasedr that tir pp ear, before nie,'fin 1ea 7 o be-hetd at Newberry-Cor flose1&r 9 m the .9th day: of August .next, sAa >ublication hereof, at 11 o'cTdelt iE'ioi creoon,-to sbewcause, if ay iey iare, Fhy the said Administration'ShJ411.t yanted. Given uiidrmy'l t~nti22 ay of Jny uly cineDomini, 18~ Juli38,''8-2t. J'iHilRTilijU'&R A&BOJ1A COUNTY. OF NEFWBElfB!. David O.Gist, as Guardian,- etc.,. Aganst Richard. C. Sandley, -Foreclosure of Mortggn' n' By virtue of a.Mortgage&giver liy-Eck Ri ,rd 0. Sondley to L)avia C.4Mast, s ian of the Estate'oMfilkm 3t inor, L will sell, at ieweberjCy'Enne aa louth Carolina,.at public auction - o h.hghest bid er~ the *foogtal ste, tute in tlie CoIty#Sate foresai,cmedtnge of ~i H Tded "and iore Ar ess, and bounded -b amde e ohn Darb'y, Joseph Caldwell,' Thms 0. rowniand others. - Terms of Sale-Cash. Saeohget. y r papers.. J.CARN)TN,S.8 Sheriff's Ofc,Jo 18186i ~ Voign f bvery kid inma Dr.WUm goP OAI& nd at tmeswrasunabletowia, n injry.areceived ion the Hudes. ve talk d-rn ~eery sreyer eencecoudese,itan --~~L muIms oDIfa elief and egegt.dciue ta ~ L 0 To etle.~e LONGOE G - LONGOR AB& *~ ~ ~bI~he4 me~y