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on Saturday night, August 26. a m1,ss meeting of the Democrats was held in Charl,ston, the follwing are extracts of some of the speeches de livered on the occasion and are from the Columbia Register: Hon. M. P. O'Connor set forth the necessity of eh4nge at the caelusioi of his address is thefwllowing- strik ing language . These thiugs.cannot continue. There is peithee d featment any where within the limits of our State, .idtthere never can be until the de positories of power are changed. The Republican party, after eight years' trial, and testing all their methods for pacifying the people, have faild in giving them a government under which they could live with security to themselves and their property, and they may now step down and out. And unless there is a change, as sure as that retribution follows injustice, a Mexican anarchy will set in, and the day then may not be far distant when marauders, like the footpads upon Houndslow Heath, will demand a man's money or his life, and black riders, headed by some Douglass of a clan, will roam the country and charge to the very gates of your city and levy contributions upon an un resisting people. The crisis is too imminent, and the stake too heavy for us to fail. The enemies of order and laws and of our prosperity have entrenched themselves firmly within their lines, and it will require a su preme effort to dislodge them. It cannot be done by any half way measures. The union of all honest men from all classes of our com munity, with faith and determination in a just cause, can alone accomplish it; and to lead our people out of this lbondage, to rescue our State from everlasting perdition, we have chosen for oar leader the renowned Wade flampton. He is the strongest man to be found within the State to head this movement. He can more solidly unite and combine the different in terests to be brought into action in the contest than any other man that could have been chosen. He is the accepted reflex of the pride and spirit of our people, their honor and their integrity, and from his well-tried de votion to the welfare of our State, we are sure that, if necessary, he would die in her vindication. Mlr. J. F. Fieken showed the un possibility of, reform -in the Radical party. He said: Wie are told that the party in power are also determined to engage in the ennobling work of reform. They ad mit our charges. but promise a thorough cleansing. But, my friends, this will not do. The good men of that party will be powerless to effect a change. We know human nature too well. Their sympathies, their allegiance to party, wil!esiifrather to a concealment than to an eradica -tion; to toleration 6f present ills, rathr th t areform whfecl must end i'n wholesale exposure. Major Barker explained the deep~ interest the black people have in a thorough revolution of the State gov ernment. H?e concluded his remarks by reference to their bitter experience of Radical rule thus : The conviction has at last forced itself through a long, bitter experience of injury and wrong, of publie robbery and private stealing, through false is sues of State bonds ad other public se curities, through repudiation, through oppressive taxation and curtailing of enterprises which would give em ploy meat to capital, through robbery of rhe Freedman's Bank officers of the freedmen's hard earnings, and through a variety of. sad experiences, that the black man, even more than the white man, demands the utter and entire overthrow of the Republican party in South Carolina. General Conner made eloquent reference to the wise action of the State convention, and the unity of spirit, purpose and thought which had gone out from it to every part of the State. He said: Far more impressive than any thing that can fall from this stand is the eloquence of this demonstration. It marks the upheaval of a whole peo ple, and it is their voice declaring that the time has come when they, too, mean to be emancipated. We, who represented you in the convention at Columbia, bring back to you tidings of good cheer. In full convention assembled, the great voice of the State has spoken. South Carolina has flung her banner to the breeze, and she asks now that every true son of the State will rally to her support. She appeals to you from the depths of eight years' suffering to put a limit to 'her agony ; and she calls upon you to unite as one man, from the mountains to the seaboard, and work for her re demption. It would have done your hearts good could you have been present in that convention. Let it not be said to you, as it has been said, that "mad ness ruled the hour." Not so. Calmly, dispassionately, maturely did that con vention weigh and consider all the policies which could be suggested, and it reached its conclusion maturely, wisely and well. And the first proof of it, fellow-citizens, is, that the unity ot the spirit which animated that con vention went out through the whole State, and in every quarter, for the first time since 1868, the whole De mocracy of the State stands united as one man. All differences of opinion are forgotten; all questions of policy are buried. They recognize that there is but one duty higher than any policv-the duty of devotion to the State. What the State has resolved, that she calls upon her sons to carry out. "' ~f~A r~lof~wm the lay countboss thousands of brave wen n Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Mississippi, who know the devotion of Wade llampton to South Carolina, ire watching to see how true Caro inians can be to Wade Hampton. The Herald THOS. F. GRENEKER, EDITOR, NEWBERRY. S. C. WEDNESDAY, SEP. 6, 1876. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the hi# _st respect a Fam ily Newspaper, devoted to the material in. terests of the people of this County and the State. It circulates extensively, and as an Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad. vautages. For Terms, see first page. DENOCRATIC CANDIDATES. FOR PRESIDENT. - SAMUEL . TILDEN, OF NEW YORK. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, OF INDIANA. STATE TICKET. For Governor-Wade Hampton, of Richland. For Lieutenant-Govelnor-W. D. Simpson, of Laurens. For Secretary of State-R. M. Sims, of York. For Attorney-General - James Conner, of Charles'on. For Superintendent of Education -Hugh S. Thompson, of Richland. For Comptroller- General-John son Hagood, of Barnwell. For Treasurer-S. L. Leaphart, of Richland. For Adjutant- General-B. W. Moise, of Sumter. For Congress, Third District D. Wyatt Aiken, of Abbeviile. For Solicitor, Seventh Circuit B. W. Ball, of Laurens. PRESIDENTIAL ELECToRS. First Congressional District-J. Second Congressional Distriot J. A. Ingram. Third Congressional District William Wallace. Fourth Congressional District J. B. Irwin. Fifth Congressional District Robert Aldricb. For the State at Large-John A. Wagener, Samuel McGowan. COUNTY TICKET. For Senator-J. N. Lipscomb. For House of Representatives-Y. J. Pope, Win. Dorroh and E. S. Keitt. For County Commissioners-William Lester, Rolly Wood and L. P. W. Riser, For Sheif-D. B. Wheeler. For Clerk of Court-E. P. Chalmers. For Judge of Probate-Sampson Pope. For School Commissioner - Ii, S, Boozer. For Coroner-J. B. Werts. Democratie Success. Never since the war has there been sneh a prospect of success for the Democratic party as now. In almost all the Counties the people are working harmoniously together, all past differences are being rapid ly buried, and the whole white popu lation of this State intend to sink or swim together ; which is a good sign, for it is our only hope of sal vation. The different Counties have been completely organized into Clubs, and by their influence many weak kneed colored Republicans have joined and will continue to join up to election day. The ma jority of the people have been roused to the vital questions at stake, it is no longer a race between two par ties, but merely a struggle whether we shall have an honest or a cor rupt government. When Tweed held full sway in New York, num bers of both parties rose up and put him down ; here it is different, the present party in power in this State have stolen, plundered and wasted the revenues of the State for the past eight years; acknow edged it themselves, have made the government of the State a by word and reproach to all civilized people, and yet they are upheld by the National Government. Troops are hurried down here to intimidate white voters, and to try and keep in power the present corrupt party, whose administration o far has been synonymousn wh all that ,vill be ours. It is impossible to ;ain a victory without hard work md every white man ought to take 2p the cause as he would his own a0a'fe business, and work both ight and day for the redemption )f-the State. They are Coming. Grant, we learn from the New Vork Herald, will shortly issue or lers for the movement of troops ind their distribution and location n the South. He will prepare a proclamation setting forth infor mation of outrages and attempts at intimidation, and declaring it his duty and purpose to protect colored people in their rights. He says, too, that "whenever a constitutional call is made on the President, it will be promptly responded to, as he has now become convinced that the protection of the United States army is required in the Southern States, and he will accept the state ments of the proper authorities as to the necessity of interference without questioning." This move of Grant's will lose the Republican party many a vote in the North and West, but that is none of our business. We have no fear that any Democrat will be kept from voting his ticket by the pres ence of a garrison. All we want is a fair election; we desire to gain accession to our ranks by the state ment of facts, the diffusion of know ledge and legitimate argument. The course to be pursued which we have frequently impressed upon our readers long ago, is thus forci bly pointed out by the Register: "The duty of our own people is plain. it is to keep rigidly withir the law, to violate neither its letter nor its spirit, fairly interpreted, to take particular care to avoid diffi culties of any kind with the colored people, to show them and the sol diers who may be stationed among ts that they are friendly to them, and have not a particle of preju dice against them. They will also take every legitim~ate step to carry this election, and, God willing, will carry it for Tilden and Hendricks, Hampton and the State ticket, and an improved Gegeral Assembly." Endorsed. Tugmany and Anti-.Tammflany. We cmei tendireew York Herild the following int.eresting article. It conveys a lesson which cannot be too often inculcated. Our friends of New York, we ha~ve no doubt, will yet succeed in brin~g ing about the reconciliation of now discordant elements ; but they should make haste about it; the example they set us by such goin is not very encouraging to the poor struggling South. We will, how ever, heed the lesson and avoid dis sension by similar action : There is something abject and piti ful in the servitude of the democratic voters of this city to self-created po litical rings. As soon as one ring is broken or shattered another equally selfish and grasping springs up to take its place, and the ring-ridden democrats meekly pass their necks under the new yoke. New Tammany holds the people in as tnech contempt as Old Tammany ever did, and when a portion of the slaves rebel it is not to assert their independence, but to yield up their freedom to a new master. The recent unsuccessful dick er between the Kelly clique and the Morrissey. clique was an attempt to trafice in the ballots of citizens, and neither seemed to have any doubt of its ability to deliver its chattels on the completion of a bargain. The mass of these political vassals who are thus bandied about and exposed to sale ought to know that their servi tude is degrading to themselves and inonsistent with democratic prin iples. There is no reason apart from. their pusillanimity why they should endure this disgraceful thraldom. The Tam many ring and -the anti-Tammany ring ought to be alike toppled into ruins ; but so benighted o-r besotted have the democracy .of the city be ome by long servitude that they seem unable to form a conception of local political action except in subjec tion to a ring of political traders. We have long urged upon the dem eratic party the necessity of abol ishing Tammany, both the name and the thing; but not certainly by the creation of a new ring to supplant it and appropriate the spoils. A Mor rissey ring would be no better and no worse than a Kelly ring; both pursue the same ends by the same methods. [f they should succeed in uniting, the >ld business would be conducted in he old way with new partners in the firm; if they fail to unite the weaker side will sell out to the republicans, md the city will be equally mis ~overned in either event. If this local quarrel is again trans Eerred to the State eonvention it will atally weaken the party and irre ;riebly damage its Presidential icket. But very little do the ring eaders on either side care for this. L'hese reckless men would rather see XIr. Tilden defeated than lose their >wn chances fo flye city spoils. -Iigrl ee hie ntusct Singa runeer arived icn thi~s-t ration has under natrepubgcan minis x+inn n# +"ha noti noi anvounmank ring. This is the reason why John Kelly so bitterly opposed the nomination ]R [f Mr. Tilden. A Western President would be'dependent on local advice in making his appointments, and with g the ring for advisers the Custom w House would be run as an adjunct of ti Tammany Hall; but Mr. Tilden as President would control the federal patronage in his own interest and keep the local politicians in subordi- h nation. Mr. Kelly would rather see w Tilden defeated than elected; he pro- p fesses to support him only to main tain his standing in the democratic party for local purposes. If the quar- r rel of local factions is carried into the State Convention, and the claims of a Tammany are rejected, Mr. Tilden will receive only a left-handed support h from its spoils-hunting chiefs. It is in the power of the democrats ci of the city to forestall such a result tj by throwipg both rings overboard and electing delegates from each Assembly district in entire independence of either organization. But this is a a power which they will not exercise. ti The Convention is so near at hand b that there is not time for preparation, f and even if there were time enough . the democrats of the city have not it sufficient courage and independence. p They are likely to have abundant , reason to rue their neglect to follow the advice we so persistently pressed on them last winter to abolish Tam many, tolerate no substitute for it and act by single districts, like the dem ocrats of the interior of the State. The lies which are being put out by some of the Northern Radical papers would astonish the parties on whom they are told-if they ever sl see them. We clip the following c from the National Republican,which t, is considered the Administration ' organ. We have very good author ity for saying that the whole thing t is a glaring falsehood, ds there are t many members of the regiments it i speaks about-living in this vicini- f ty-who have no recollection of the a circumstance, and if it had of hap- P pened it surely would have been re- 0 membered by some of the officers c of the regiments, who deny in toto the whole transaction: t A Virginia correspondent writes: "I saw in the National Republican v the way In which you went for the j, murderer, Wade Hampton. But e the half is not told, nor ever will be. I just add for your own infor- I ngetior that while Harnpton's brig. I ade was encamped in Celpeper Co, c Va., during the rebellion, a Federal il soldier was capured by .soge. ~t~e rebels, charged with being a. spy, placed upon a hoQraa and stre- ~ gled to death within sight of the a Fredericksburg road. The 1st and 'j 2d South Carolina cavalry, partof Hamton's brigade, were encamped eaten the f[eah from the hones of ~ the poor soldier these chivalric sons d of South Carolina used some of the d bones in making rings, trinkets, i &c. By his inhumanity, further e aided Ly the monsters in charge of the Ric 'mond prison-pens, I lost C my only brother, ad my father narrowly escaped the same terrible , fate. Jt seergs to nle thet if the loyal people of the North as -thor oughly understood the past acts, ~ and were as well assured of the fu- C ture intentions of these ex-rebels as h we of the South are, they would ~ rise en masse, without regard to party, and by their honest ballots- " sweep from the last office in the d all who apologize for their eonduct n or express faith in their shallow ti promises." g The radical party- is nauseated by P the tidal waves of Democracy. r4 Can any one explain to us the posi tion of Judge 1Mackey in this canvass ? Colored Democratic clubs ar e organized throughout the State. Keep The Centennial is still going on, although the Editor has left and come horne, The Columbia Rlegister is at a white T heat. Red hot don't express its sen- ti timents- di Servia and Turkey age still at War. 41 An armistice preceding propositions ts for peace is probable. ci Joint discussions are being had ~ everywhere in this State. The Radi- a cals always come out at. the little end . of the horn on these occasions. S r< There is a niew Sultan named Aboul ai Haid. Murad has been deposed and sent to Tcheregan palace, where he, te no doubt, will find a pair of scissors. I Millions of dollars have been saved I the country by the Demoeratie House, u and still the Radicals continue to se howl aboutt the Confederate Congress. a! A son of Beverly Nash, state Sena, a tor from Richland County, who bears C the euphoneous name of W. B. Nash,w Jr., has been arrested in Columbia for a maltreating a colored Demoapat. t Troops have been ordered around iw promiscuously in the South.' It is us soped that they will protect colored tr; Democrats, as they are the only class T >f mpn ghQ q.gy ppe4 protection. Exgv emu,- fNwYr,P who komma "nf New York. , 90 Things are looking fishy tur the adicals all over the State. By next [arch they will all have "lit out." A ueral thauksgiving ought to be held hen they are compelled to take up ieir carpet-bags and steal away. The funeral obsequies of General ihn A. Wagener, took place at Wal illa, at the Lutheran Church, last eek. The ceremonies were very im ressive. It was the wish of the la iented founder of Walhalla that his ,mains be buried there. Hardy Solomon, the President of Solomon's Bank," which stuck the tate to the tune of many thousands, as been arrested in New York, on )mplaint of ex-Gov. Scott, who claims at he lost money by the establish ent-so has the State. There are only twenty-five white en in the South Carolina peniten ary, and it has been suggested that efore lng many of those,f4iciali, who r the last ten years have been spend ig the hard-earned money of the tax ayers- of the State in riotous living, ill swell the number considerably., Fon =z HERAD, Our New York Letter. NEw YORK, Aug. 29th. POLITICAL. As time passes many questions that ere among the unsettled gradually 9sume a definite solution. The great bruggle on the part of the Republi ans is for a continuation of oppor .inities for plunder, and the perma ent establishment of their power. Lgainst them are the Democratic par y and their independent allies, eon sting for the removal of all injurious Auences from the Administration of he Government, and striving for the knowledgment of the right of the eople to ohoose, without hindrance r restraint, the persons who shall ontrol the affairs of theiwountry. One of the debatable questions was he manner in which the campaign ras to be conducted. We all had r ideas upon the subject, but noth ag certain was known. Now, how ver, there is no doubt about the mat er. It is to be a contest between kains and the Wallo$ oni$l the ioo ratio side, and Money and Bullets on be ep.blican The -rop-e Eady on their way to the South, and a the lirh th cry comies fr-om In ana, "the Bloody Shirt with Money." 'he great, the brave, the polished Kil. atrick has "let the cat out of the ag," and we know with what we ae $o contend. There can be no oubt that Money and Bullets will emand some effort to beat them, but here is as little doubt that in the nd Brains and th.e Thllot will come if victorious. The well-timed and patriotic letters hich our prominent men are writjig bout the situation are doing an im ense amount of good. Gen. Me lellan, than whom no man is more onored and respected by his com ide, gives a clear and manly de riptionof the case which we have to eeide, and many will no doubt be iq qenI?ed by bia words, George Tick or Curtis too, in dealing more par. .ularly with the "Southern Ques on," sets at rest many misgivings i the subject, and Manton Marble asses the whole subject of contest in ~view in a masterly and convincing The Germans have i'esolved to ex 'cise their individual rights, and de rmie for themselves their course of iduct. They are not to be led by arl Schurz into the R3epublican Leshes, but will do their best to res ie their country from the death-like nba- of the~ authors of its woes. he men of French descent and na onality, have too maade manifest a termination to snpport the army deliverance, and the Swiss, have ken the opportunity. of a national lebration, to enunciate the views ieh they hold of their duties to their lopted country. At a meeting held re a day or two since,. the political tuation was reviewed, and stirring ~solutions passed in favor of Tilden d endricka. The Republicans are utterly unable defend the cause in which they areen sted. Their principal organ the Yete pork Times, has not one word to say on the subject, except to invent one andal after another about Tilden, id to try to utterly befog the public to the true purposes for which the handler and Kilpatrick party is >rking. It is, indeed, pitiable to see paper, which had succeeded in ob ining a reputation for some degree trth and honesty, throwing away good character to try and perpet te the rascality by which the coun has been so nearly ruined. The imes, by its late methods, has de oyed al the inguence that it gnee sssed. People now, even and the nblicans themselves, pay no at that the period of Grant's power will t end in March next. Never was there C a more dastardly attempt to deceive a a nation into forging the chains by f which itself was to be bound. Grant's I power will not end in March, if I Chandler and Kilpatrick gain the v election in November. f SIGNS OF THE TIMEs. A wa!k in Central Park on Sunday is always instructive, but never more so than at the present time. One used t to see what -nre ardiuarily culled our a work ing-clas?es, 6 in great num bers, alwaelean, their children well dressed, and all in high ijits and good humor. 6WI, however;i nuch of this is changed. Comparstively, the numbers are 'few, and amo4ihoe who still try occasionally iget the' benefit of its air and the exercise there are very evident traces of the hard ness of the times. The smile on the father's face has given way to a set- 2 tied melancholy; the cheerful re sponse of the mother is settling down to a sullen monosyllable. The clean white frocks and brilliant-colored sashes of the children are replaced by others not indicative of cleanliness or gaiety. The little things themselves are evi dently greatly influenced by the differ enee in their dress. Their little hearty laugh does not sound as it did, C and their tiny limbs have lost much of their activity. t Speaking to some of the men, on my last visit, I found them almost in astate of despondency. -"Yes," said one, "this is what we come to, all through a lot of lying, thieving fellows, who have got control of the Govern. ment, and are now roHing in wealth, c that ought rightfully to be distributed among us. They steal the money, and then .there is none left to pay for t work, and therefore the work is left . undone, and we, who are waiting to t do it have to starve. We must have a change, for if those fellows have things in their own hands much longer, we shall be all ruined." And so it is, the Republican Administra tion is responsible for all the distress that exists, and only by its removal can a cha".ge be effected. Eoa THE HERED. side of fifty, and in all that time we have never dabbled in politics, but have always been, so to speak, "a quieti looker-on in Vienna," reserving to our selves our opinions as to the proper pol jcy to be pursued, and voting for men and measures as we thought would best serve the purposes of a good govern ment, and the best interests of our common country. We think we see some gjaiing errors in the policy that is being pursued, and through your columns beg leave to bring therm to the notice of the people. Mr. Lips eomb stated in the beginning of his speech on that memorable occasion when Greek met Greek, that he would use sge ver-y plain language, calling things by their proper names; we shall pursue the same policy-"Nothing extenuating, and assured1y setting ~ down nothing in malice," and leave i it for the public to judge as to the e truth of what we say; and we shall t lay down our pen with a sense of pleasure and relief if we have by our efforts accomplished good to the party t that we have sustained. and will con tinue to sustain as long as such men as Tilden and Elendrieks are the stand ard bearers, and an honest administra tion their aim and object. In the first e place we ?ssert ; that the election can & not be carried without the assistance hi of our colored friends in.point ot num bers. We all know that the whites ~ re in the niinority, and assistance must come from some quarter to crown our efforts with success, no matter how '"Herculean" those efforts may o be; then It is clear, that we must get f< that assistance from our colored friends, a What method shall be adopted to se- t ure that assistance? In our humble " pnion, that end can best be accom plished by showing to them a willing ness on the part of the whites toa divide the offices, not only of profit but of honor also, with4them;' show t to them that you are willing to assist iw them :-.d they will assist you; that a. you have their good at heart, and they ~ will reoipurooate the feeling. But to suppose that they will lend you their ~ assistance, and stand quietly by and ti see the white man appropriate to him self all the offices, is a grand mistake, g, whih the sequel will prove to you, bl 'and should not be reckoned upon R for one moment. The colored man It is joining your clubs, casting in 01 his destinies with yours, and surely ri there is not so much greed on the part of the white man that some of them cannot stand aside and give or heir colored brothers a chance. If to such be the case, then, we do not dee th erve success and should be the slave I< f the "carpet-bagger." We must se have the help of our colored friends to W here is a dissatisfaction on the part 'f some of the radicals as to the way ffairs have been managed is evident, or we noticed. on the day that '-the tose and expectancy of the Radical alrIy," his Excellency, with all his i droitness and with all his suavity, liled, signally. to convince the people nd to show them that affairs had not Len badly managed,an &ithoult a great hange the ruin that now stares us in he fice would be our inevitable doo:n, ad would be down upon us before the eM edy could be -apk4W ive en mauch stronger-den-istrafiopsj he part of the RadicaTs oil former ceasioi, and we are foread tothe onclusion that they begin tosee-tid el that "all is not weH'- aud -that: hange of party ig' absolately uees ary for thegood 'of tdicountry. Then t is our duty to .encourage them, and ecord to them al--their rights as citi ens and divide with them the offices, f we wish for that.sneeess whih *i1 ake us happy and cotented- and ause our beloved country to blossom s the rose. The paramount sensation thashould etuate us at this - time should be a eeling of brotherly love, and un iounded gratitude that the day of leliverance is so near at hand from a ondition so humiliating alike to white nd colored. Then let us do nothing hat will cause a cloud to darken the iright and cheering prospect that lies iefore us, but on the contrary, let us ith that magnanimity that always haracterizes the just and true, offer o share all the profits and emoluments, 11 the glory and honor with those by rhose help the consummation of a ;lorious victory is brought about. We tae unfurled the Democratic banner o the breeze, we must stand or fall by t. We want no "shoemaker's tools" o assist us to win a victory. The ustice of our cause will address itself o the "soul" of every man, and no rtificial means is necessary. Let very man wake up to his intorest and o his rights. He has been sleeping ong enough and his rights trampled n the dust sufficiently long. It is our arnest opinion that with a long pull, strong pull and a pull altogether, the Jld Democratic car that has been so og stuck in the muck and mire can e raised and its wheels placed on firm round, "and her going established." o. 8 is fully aroused to a sens-e_oflher Ituy, the_ is 1#nng"Tan be plainly een, the "star of hope" grows larger ~nd brighter and a determination to ~ome up to a full measure of her duty s unanimous. We believe that it is.the ntention of all everywhere, the pre aling feeling everywhere, that all hat lies in their power shall be done r the success of the party. "Lives there a man with sotil.30 dead, Who never to hinaself bath said, This is ny native land?" Theu let us to the front, and let us emeiber that this is our own coun ry, our native soil, and while we are iling to accord to every one their ights, we demand our own, and will le satisfied with nothing less. . Fon TEE HERALD. DAR HERAD.-I for the first time n my life make an attempt to write a ort letter, which I trust may find a lace in your columns. Being young a the cause and an inexperienced wri er, I trust that all imperfections may e looked over by those who have more xperienee and are better qualified for lie business than myself. Being a member of Dominick Grange, hich is located near Bethel Church, in e country known by the name of the 'iney Woods, I feel it my duty to say ometing in regard to the picnic which ame off on the first day of September. large crowd had assembled toenjoythe teni and hear the speeches which.were xpected to be made. I am proud to iy they were not disappointed. We ad two elegant speeches delivered to s by our noble brethren, Messrs. James . Cubreath and E. P. Chalmers, hich were delivered with feeling, and re believe will be accompanied by the iost glorious results. After the speeches 'ere delivered, it was annoneed that ie hour and ahalf would be allowed r dinner. The table was then spread rd all the luxuries of life,. or such as ie appetite of man is nieetapt to crave, 'ere placed thereon. We would not >rget to give the noble sisters of our xder and the good ladies outside oredit all those good things. It was then mounced that dinner was ready. The semblyplaced themselves around ithe ble in order, and it seemed from the ay they began work that they were1 ready to eat of such delicious things Swere placed upon the festive beard. will assure you thatrthe writer of this sted well his part, for he is a lover of ih good things. It was not long un tit was all over, and everybody seem as if their appetites had been satis- . id. The congregation then reassem ed ad a speech was delivered by * ev. J. A. Sligh, a brother Granger. was one that seemed to have pleased rerybody, and if we would follow the Ies he laid down for us, we would ~ on be a happy and prosperous people. is remarks closed the business and easures of the day. Each and every i then began to make preparations move towards their homes. Ever-, ing passed off quietly and smoothly. So not believe that I ever witnessed aS ene on such an occasion where there is better behavior. ~ thanks FOR THE HERALD. MR. EDITOR c time has come in our County affairs when we would like to know what may be rcied upon by the Cuuntv nominees of the Demo cratic party. Are they all to a man ready. for the political battle ? Of those who were absent at the time of theses sion of the County Convention, when thnonin3tions were-madehow wauy have accepted the ioninations ? No intelligence-has reached-tkeCounty at large that.4 single one who was then bscat has nccepted. or wil*cept the nomiiation for the officefor which he was nominated. Why this delay-in lntheep es s&i-ce lusion in the matter7 We have no ime to spare. -If-thet4minees refer red-to--expeet teserithe people why not dtIveIi b 6Wnn'They are the exponents of theDemocratic party. fheir"ioides inut be hira aid eeded in -the;eampaign. They .ust lead havabguard. They areitr hope of rictory...Come out then aud7et the 6ple'Iow how you stand~<t is a race of no ordinary kin.je must be marshalled as no host was ever be. fore. Our enemy is busy. "-By' id night loyal leagues he is secretly whip.. ping in the poor negroes. The same old party lash is raised higher oer their politiaal backs. They blindly cling to the standard of Radicalism. Then up my countrymen ! To work! To work! - MOLLO1ON. Sept. 1st, '76. PoE TEB ~fPEALD MR. EDrroR: How InUch do t6 Republicans outnumber us. in this d County? They say that- they do so by seventeen hundred majority. There are eleven Townships in the County. Now do they really, as they claim, outnumber us by an average of one hundred and fifty-five to the ewn-. ship? There are several v6wships in which, as we are irfo' d, we out number them, as in 9, 10SUd -1. This leaves them eio t Townships in which.thev have e majority. Now:. divide eight into - enteen hundred: the majority that t ey claim, and the result is two hundred n*d twelve and a hlf. Do they really __tnumber us to the extent of two hanidred and twelve and a half voters in i of those eight Townships ? Hon. Foster Blodgett, of Georia arrived at tha National hotelges terday, from New York, where he had beeniteconsult with theNational Committee and others upon politi' al affairs in the South. He-hesi for the past few months,'travessed most of the 'Southern States, and from his observation he feels satis fed that Hajes and. Wheeler will. carry North and South Carolina, Florida, Lonisiana and probably Virginia. He is of the opinien that if citizens are properly prpteete& n the right of franchise, Msiip and one or two other 'Southera Sts l~keik joinh ae publican majorities. CoDBiedgett has none -ofiifs ancienit vig&, and the recent splendid servicerendered by him to the party in several Southi kitap him as one of the 2nost effective work ers in that locality.. -(National Repub?ean, 31st. Issued by the United&8tates Patent Offee, for -the week ending Friday, Aug. 25th, 1876. Reported for~the HEA.n by Louis Bagger &Co. 8o lieitors of Patents, Washington, D. C. soUTHERN STATES. 180,773. Envelopes; H. Magrader, New Orleans, La. 180,82L. Grave:Corers; G. Armol, Spring Garden, Ala. 180,969. Railroad Rail Joints; I) Waddell, Marion, S.' C. NOTICE. There will be an extra meeting of the Oeunty Executive C0psmi4ee.of Uhedhisa. eracy of Newberry, ON~ NEXT THURs. AY EVENING, THE T INSTA.NT, A SO'CLOCK. Every memiber is ezpeted' 0 be -present, as business of jnportance nil be presented for consideration.^ .,.J. PoPx,r Oh. Er. Goinmiittee. NOTICE. All persons indebte&.f he undersigned are'.solicited )settle the' same by the~ 1st lay of Novemer next.3 Noj frther indulgence 'will be iven. 8. F. FANT Sep. 6,36t - By virtue of sundry.execntiome to- me di eted, I will sell, at public ouifery, in frsat f the Court House, Newberry County,BLo., ) the First :Monday in Odt4er Next, (24i) lthe interest of Dr. J. N. LindS5rin~ the ~llowing tracts of Iand, to wit e Onae.tract ontaining ine Hundred and Thirty Five (935) Acres, sore or less, and bunded.ds# e i! am Langfordl, G. W. L. Spearman, Public oad. Peter Moon,'Wiham W.-iBerimd duda river. Also, the Home Tract, gontaining neHnralndeligty A asnr.