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[From tbe New-ork Heraid.j t 84uth Carolina Politils. 1 1f the 'republican leaders have not lost their senses they will make haste to wara, Go.Etwo-Obaberlain of Sauth- Carolina. He is playing with fire. He is evidently stirring up trouble in order that he may have an excuse for cali4g on the federal government a to interfere in the election. Fortm ,i a trick :he-.a tunately thiws tr wich' hast been played so'often in Louisiana, in Mississippi, in Alabama and elsewhere in the South, that it is now under stood in the North, and if the North eern a to play into.Chamberlain's hands, to allowVihd to use' them for his" purpose, in the Vilictory-will belp them,-4f .he-y..do -dhis, they will be tweenuaw and Novembe cause A re vulsion, in.. public -sentiment againstT them'all *thi6ugh tUi No'thern Stat'es. This 1'snt Mexico." -'Te war ceased elevenyOs a'o w*n all sensible-men in the, North believe -that it is now time p .et: the.Southern States manage their ow airs, ad believe this be causit,hey see Itaf wherever federal interference his ceased peace has cmie t at once. Governom Wtaberlain:issuesa pro- Q clam#ijOn crdering armed bands to 0 dispere, ,heporrespondent -of a re- 1 publipam newspaper. relates that he t has maide thin.6.1am.ation. on. the.re- t port of United Stasiiarshals whom, it sedias,newit to mnake. qestiga tionRfQI,i# gnd t be!.-mgmA'eorres pondent,..,vidently in Chaberlain's' confiden'ce, "aa s that the Governor mean's,' if lis" proaniation is not obeyed,'to callbVrescTsnt''Grant for C troops& .Why ? Suppaefor a-moment 8 that theie.Arearmed -combinations in d the State acthally resi*pg and defy- I ing the laV7-though this is deuied. by fhree J ~~d ~ of the' Supreme t Court;ll 'ie lcans. But suppose . it true ? Has Governor Chamberlain -( used his. p peWers to' disperse such t comb-paW*n%? Evidently he has not. e Appa eal 'he doesot ie-n to. He -c has aIed' his' proclaiation, we are t told &3 republican- siithority, from his s head*aaitis,jColumbia,'"with the in- c tentioft.7if eogaiainsl<it aisbpd at once, of, proclaimingo the' , State to be in a conidition of domestic ; violence, and informing .Preside"t a Graft' t;D t fatand-calliag upon c him for miitaryai." We 'warn .the republiegeaders that Mr. Chamber- E lain is drawing. them towarda a pitfall j which. may. prove fatal to Them. He e is e'tidedly in tscrupulous man ; all his recent :gtS>fs have shown that he t doesva fantl to keep the State in a peace, tut that.he wants- to~ have tur- a moil. ,When .the excitemnent incident t to thle~election had goxie''td ~a certain. k pitch 't'e H3oVordoi-, "whose most im- ( peace *as iKrein in ri&he State, 2 glan#.:. Qahis return h~e s.topped ,in j Washingto~n, and fromi there. issued E repouts; sin~ce~ proved false, of violence - doneb riebreeb ini South CRolina and t of a.dreadful conditioa of lawlessness. t Meantime there is evidence that.ne- A groes in. different parts of the State d have bandid together for lawless pur- d poses; but the Governoi takes no DO- s tice-of this. Andc&o*'his assertion that o there-are in a6ma~ pad~s of the State ( armed. organizations defying. and oh- a, structing the laws is at once and flatly s contradicted by a number of republi- p eans, among them iree Judges of the d Suprreaie Court of the':State. One of , thesseasks::"I ihave seen no vio- h lene.. O'a the contrary,~ so far as I q have had .intercourse with gentlemen a of your party,. I .have observed less a disp%sitior 'to excited statement and u permial bitterness than during any of 'v the. previous. political campaigns of ( thisr State. I1 sincerely hope that The r fears of many, that the lawless portion r of the ~community will be permitted to r dist'urb the peace and irtjure the good t name of the State, are groundless. I y am satisfied that it is the intention of fa the .leading members of your party to e prevent such a state of things, and I p beliive they have the ability to do so." s Another, Judge Mackey, also well e known- as a repub!ican. relates some i~ facts which should show Northern re- e publicans what is the animus of v Chamberlain, and how he is conduct- a ing- the election. Hie shows tjhat the e Governor, himself a candidate for re- o election,i has managed to obtain "a u boaid of Sa~te canvassers of election 'p and a returning board, the maorityoi.* whose members are candidates on Chamberlain's ticket and ninety-six cofilnissioners of election in the sev eral counties, seventy of whom are Chamberlain's declared partisans, while of the last number some forty are county treasurers and auditors or trial v justices, holding lucrative offices by 2 his appointment and removable from officee at his pleasure, or are known to him as declared candidates for office, indorsing his ticket, who unseat themselves 'if they make a declara tion of the election which seats the j candidates opposed to Chamberlain t and his ticket." Here is evidence enough to justify ~ the assertion of Judge Mackey that. Chamberlain is really engaged in a C conspiracy against the State. Is it t not a mnonstrous and dangerous stretch of power to so construct the electoral returning board and the body of com mjissioners of election that the majority ~ of these persons are in fact to de'cide V upon their own 'cases ? But, in addi- Y tion to all this, the Governor, candi- t date for re-election,~'now proposes to f call orp the federal power for troops to help him carry 6ut this scheme. It is iery difficult for any one to believe x that he is not an unscrupulous and veydneosdmggedfh verangronstlyewhy; ge.s he al upons honestly hyto doe he noth cal upon neraln lapton thenoutthe a democratic leaders throughout the ~ hey have given hiu valua*- u artisan help in managing e aifw nd maintaining the pee *E thezStak 'hey would not dare .usehi -now, ven if they wished to, which we do ot believe. If there are such dis rders as he pretends, but as other putable and equally eminent repub can eitiseed -ithere are such isorders, why does he not call on the emocratic leaders to help him in put ing them down? It would be his first et if he were sincerely desirous of an rderly -odb=unity avd-A fair election. The real condition,-of South Caro na polibics we<e6nesive to be thus: -The.democrA .ied.aendle epublicans are divided. Mr. Cham erlain las not, evidently,-ifhe confl-ta enee or support of- a good many romwin1epubesosa This .probibly odingers-bis-success,afd he seems 6iplagine that in this emergency he aaYi resort to the same means which ;overnor Ames so effectively used in dississippi, which Governor Kellogg as used and 1r. Packard threatens to se in Louisiana. and which have-been sed untii they failed in other South rn States. One of Senator Spehcer's leputy marshals, Perrin, shot a hole hrough his own hat, cried out, "Ku lux!" and summoned the United ;tates troops, and when he had thus btained their aid he proceeded to nake arrests of prominent citizens and o intimidate the dedfocratic voters of wo large counties.:- In.what way does overnor Cbamberlain's proclamation iffer, from Perrin's- shout of "Ku Cux !" except tHt Chv'iberlaio's ry is exposed at once, and by eiem ers of his owh party. We have several times- urged the olored voters of South Carolina to upport General Hampton and the enlocratie State and local tickets. Ve' cannot 6,ee how they can wisely ,o otherwise. They are citizens of e-State; their welfare is involved ith that of heir white neighbors. ertainly, if they reflect, they will see hat Mr. Chamberlain has utterly fail d to give the Sbate peace, prosperity r good govern ment.;. eeral Hamp an, a man of.influence and character, olemnly.pledges himself and his asso iates on the democratic ticket to give he State -honest govsrnment and to ecure to, the clored people every ight ? Why should they not take him t his word ? We suspect that many f them intend to do so, and that this eounts for this last and desperate xpedient of Channberlain's which.his een so promptly exposed by members f his own party. We wain the republican leaders bat they' had better very quickly set uch men as Chamberlain and Packard drift:. "They cannot afford to support bem... In L.ouisiana the democrats ave already -appealed -to Attorney ieneral Taft against Packard's system f illegal and arbitrary arrests. They e cot ask to be excused from arrest ; beonly ask for speedy trial. MWr. attn, Chairman&of.the Conservative tate Committee, writes to Mr. Taft: -am directed to request that, for be better protection of the citizens in heir right to speedy~eximination and ail, the United States marshals and eputy marshals be. igstructed by your epartment to .take the accused per an, when arrested, .betore the nearest r most convenient United States lommissioner for prelimina'y .examni ation. The practic8 has been to bring ach persons to this city from remote arts of the State often several hun red miles distant,' leaving the parties then bailed to defray their expenses ome. This, coupled with the -conse nent prolonged abhsence from home at critical moment'to the crops and busi ess, inflicts an unnecessary hardship pon the accused which will be ob iated by recourse to the United States ~omissioners at Nachitoches, Shreve ort andy elsewhere. We deem the quest, under thie circumstances, a asonable one, And in the 'interest of be execution of the law, according to our~ instructions. We ask of you a vorable consideration of this appli ition." We have not heard what re ly Judge Taft has made to this rca >nable request ; but now conmes Gov roor Chamberlain and stirs up strife the hope that' he will be able to cnmand federal troops These things 'ill not do. They are revolutionary, nd if the national republican party ountenances them a great multitude f voters, who ars now slowly making p their minds, will be rightly im eled to vote,.the democratic ticket in rovember.. The Hampqton Herald is the title a new paper. published at Rock [ill, S. C., by J. 'Bynum, Editor, at 2 per year. T he Rampton Herald e believe has taken the tide at the ood which will lead. to fortune not nly for the State of South Carolina ut for the Herald. We learn from the Spartaraburg lerald that Mr. H. Baseomb Brown as sold his interest in that paper to '. Stobo Farrow and R. J. Daniel, is late copartners. MIr. Brown will evote himself to the ministry. Our est wishes to all of the parties. The New York Sun says "the sur lus of women in Massachusetts, rhich was 50,000 in 1870, was last ear more than 63,000." Just wait i the 7th of November, and those gures will diminish somewhat. ----HE ..--ICL OUN--OIC SoHE Su sc IceinAL-oie t roe coBsC tos -durbing the terible epi eroicu wcmpoios desing ohe teibl e epi emice whic is theoating for cty, weand abletsate Journalsier for tosb,n > cmeshall ur sdubecriber for itNoss, r hicawllsu adoubie nuer pge Novem rusichda wincaedainten padgeso [sicer. Thon incresed surntonf epren OSv &RENEKE-TOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18, 1876. The Herald is in the highest 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 oifers unrivalled ad vantages. For Terms, see first page. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. FOR PRESIDENT. SAMUEL .. TILDEN, OF NEW YORK. OR VICE-PRESIDENT. THOMAS. A. HENDRICKS, - OF INDIANA. STATE TICKET. For Governor-Wade Hampton, of Richlarid. For 1ieiitenant- Governor-W. D. Simpson, of Laurens. For Secretary of State-R. M. Sims, of York. For Attorney-General - James Conner, of Charleson. For Superintendent of Education -Hugh S. Thomp.soni, of Richliand. For Con troller- General-Jolhn son Hago ',-f Baiowell. For Treasurer-S. L. Leaphart, of Richland. For Adjutant- General-E. W. Moise, o f Su mter... . o i Third District D.WytLAilen,ofAbbeville. For Solicitor, Seventh Circuit B. W. Ball, of Laurens. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. First Congressional District-J. W. HarringLon. Second Congressional District J. A. Ingram. Third .Congressional .District William Wallac.. Fourth Congressional District . B. Irwin. Fifth (Qongressional ,District Robert Aldrich. ., For the State at Large-Theo.G. Barker, Samuel McGowan. )UNTY TICKET. For Senator-4. N. .-Li pscomb. For Hou-se of Representatives-Y. J. Pope, Wmn.~Dorroh and E. S. Keitt. For County Commissioners-W iliaIm ester, Rolly Wood and L P. W. Riser. For Shzerf----D. B. Wheeler. For Clerk of Court-E. P. Chalmers. For Judge of Probate-Sampson Pope. For School Commissioner-H. S. Boozer. For .Coroner-J. B. Werts. -Party Loyalty. What does it mean ? That a Demo crat must invariably vote for a Demo cratic candidate and a Republican for - Republican candidate-? If so, the Democrats have been. untrae. to thleir party in every -State election since 1870. But it means nothing of the kind. . Tfhe Democrats who voted for arpenter, Tomnlinson and Green sacri ficed no priaciple, political or other wise. They did what their duty de anded of othem. They voted for those Republican candidates for pre cisely the same reason that they will vote for Hampton in:.November. Their purpose then is their purpose now to secure the best govern menit possible nuder the circumstance. .They will vote for Hamptou not because he is a Democrat, but because lie is infinitely the better inau of the two opposing candidates in the field ; better fitted o bring prosperity to all our people, to administer the laws justly and faith fully, and to govern the State honestly and honorably. He who votes for a bad man of his own party rather than a good man of the opposite party is unfit and unworthy to enjoy the great right of suffrage, be he white or black, be he millionaire or' beggar, philoso pher or fool. This proposition canuot be disputed. Then how in the name of all that is reasonable can any honest man hesitate for a moment between Hampton and Chamberlain ? How can the white man hesitate ? They don't for an instant-except the carpet-bag gCr. How can the colored man hesi tate ? Doesn't he want good govern ment ? He will never have it under Chamberlain. Doesn't be want good free s:hools, that his children may be educated and prepared to take an honorable position in life ? He will never get good schools under Cham berlain. Doesn't he want low taxes and high wages, that he may be ena bled to provide a home for his wife. and children ? He will never have them under Chamberlain. Let themi ote for Hampton and they will get ll these things-good government, fre shoos and homes of their own. if-W. MagiHI Fleming. The Solicitor has p'blished a card in the Spartanbui kjald, -isclaim ing any knowledge ofusing the incen diary language imputed to him a week or so ago in regard to matches, house burning, killing, &c. He admits that y havdh rtiguage while under, the influence-of liquor., - He iE very bften<un'der such influence; in deed, drunkenness is one of the Solici. tors inost i ioiiiint ~charidtiristics. But he is going. to make a great change. 'Ie says, "If ei~ected I shal 1iisal the bsrs d hag!.ee me to maintain myself in the positiot assigned me; if defeated, I shall subni cheerfully .to the will of the majority.' So he seems to be in quite a delight ful state of mind altogether. Th( Democrats are much too considerat1 and kiid to suffer Mr. Fleming t< sacrifice himself so ruthlessly and ex. haust :all his powers so- unselfishly af he proposes to do. He will therefor be prnjitted, after the 7th of Novem. ber, to fetire to some position not s( fearfully exhausting as the Solicitor ship, and Col. B. W. Ball will tak( his place. To the People ,of the United .States. We desire, in this communication, todisclose t the country and to the world at. largc, the nmst'daring and unhaird..of attempt .,that has beei knowu in: h.e annals of South Caroli., for the past eight. years. The Dem. cratic party, representing .the wealth the intelligence, the respectability and the honesty of the State, are actually endeavoring, by every lawful meaw withiu .their power, to gain control of the State Government against. the earnest and express wishes of his Ex. cellency, D. H. Chamberlain, and hi; associates. in office, who are exceeding ly anxious, to maintain themselves in power for,thp next two years. Ashamed to Face an Outraged People. Gdneral Hampton, in his speech at Rock Hill; in withering terus, alluded to the fact of "Chamberliin having backed down', and refusing~ as pro mised, to meet himi at Yorkville ot the 13th ; ckiwing, amid the deafen. ing cheers of thousands, that this withdrawal was but a proof tliti he, after cowardly and infamously libel1 ling the people of South CardlinE'in a proclanwation as false as it was revolu tionary, was ashamed to meet that outraged people face to face, and allow~ him (Hampton,) as the representative of that people, to proclaim him a'slau derer befoi-e his oin supporters. The: Eleetions of the 10th. West Virginia went Democratic by d,000t majority. She will -send two Demnocrats to the U. S. Senate. Indiana has also gone Democratie. Williams was elected Governor. Ohio went "over the left." She didn't have much of an election any. how-the. highest offleer -chosen was Secretary of State. Col. Aiken, who has just returned from 'that -State, .say~ Ohio will go for Tilden in November. We -have reason to de encouraged. A fiendish outrage was committed upon a colored girl a few miles above Laurensville, a week or two ago, by five drunken white brutes. The good citizens of Laurens are determined to bring the guilty parties to justice. One. has been captured, and we sin erely hope that every one of them may be sent to peck rock for the next twenty years in the State penitentiary. That is the utmost penalty the law~ prescribes, but it is infinitely too jnild in such a case. Death at the hands of the hangman is what they richly deserve. Gen. Butler writes to Col. Haskell, among ot.her things, the following: "Chamberlain has done his worst, and if our people will only preserve their tempers, and keep up a bold deter mined front, and keep cool, his defeat on the 7th of' November is certain. IL there are any rifle clubs, let them dis. band and reorganize themselves at once into .Democratic clubs without arms." He advises perfect obedienCE to all lawful warrants. Hon. Benj. Wofford and Capt. J. H. Blassingame, of Spartanburg, refuse to run as independent candidates for Probate Judge and Sheriff against thE regular nominees. Some of the Demo crats of a county adjoining theirs might profit by their example. Every Democratic vote should be given for the regular nominees. Those who run on ikdependent tickets are giving aid to our political enemies, and should receive no encouragement. Now is the time, above all others, to *be cautious, careful and peaceable. Chamberlain wants to drive the Demo crats into - some act of violence; that is his last desperate hope for success I in ~E1flth Carolina. THE UPPER COUNTIES IN A BLAZE I TREMENDOUS MEETING AT HODGES' FIVE HUNDRED MOUNTED COLORED MEN. The Greenville Daily News says that the great Democratic ieeting at Hodges, on Friday last, was crowned with double enthusiasm.- - About five thousand persons present-one thous and of them mounted, among them about five hundred coloredBitoerats. The Speakers were Hon. A. Burt, Judge Cooke, Gen. McGowan and Col. Cothran. All of them were full of enthusiasm, and poured it out without fear of Gov. Chamberlain's late proclamation. Judge Cooke remarked that the Governor could but send him to the Albany Penitentiary and he would have good compauy with him, (allu ding to Gen. McGowan, Hon. A. Burt and Col. Cothran,) and then it would take a mighty big room to hold them all. [Great applause.] Gen. McGowan made one of his sweepstake speeches, converting scores of the colored people, who flocked to him like a swarm of bees ready to be hived. All closed quiet. Abbeville Coun ty.is all right. and will roll up on the day of electioun a tremendous majority for the Demo,ratic State ticket. BOMAR'S OLD FIELD, GREEN VILLE. .15000 PEOPLE PRESENT. The same paper in describing the enthusiastic meeting which took place at Bomar's Old Field in Greenville Cou6ty, on Friday, says : The colored people entered into the spirit-of the meeting, and were as en tbusiastic as the whites. For the first time, we see the light in Greenville polities, so far as the colored people are concerned. They came mounted, and in uniform; and thre white people met them in the best spirit. ,When the magnificent dinner was served, white and black marched up together and feasted. It was a regu laroldifashioned Metbodist Love Feast, and the resnlt of this meeting will be felt forever in Greenville County, as it has united, aye cemented, the whites and blacks for all time to come. The meeting can never be beaten in Green mile Conty, and the results of it is inalculable benefit. Chamberlain says, "Ipledge myself." That sounded very nicely for the first three or four thousand times Radical politicians uttered it; but it is getting rather monotonous now. He will pledge himself to do anything under the sun, from reforming a government to proving a .lie. Read the New York .Herald's edi torial on South Carolina politics. Tt goes directly to the point, and warns the Republican party of the country to give no countenance to Chamber lain, reiterating its advice to the col ored people of this State to support Hamptoo for Governor. What South Carolina wants is to be let alone to' chose her own governor, peaceably and 'lawfully, and not to have foisted upon her by the power of the bayonet a Massachusetts satrap who canmnot command the respect of the r'espectable people of the State. Editorial Review. Diptheria prevails in Rock Hill. Toe Evangelical Lutheran Synod met in Lexington village the 10th in stant. Peter Cooper hiolds fast as the can didate of the Independe.nt Greenback party for President. The State Fair will begin on the 21st of November instead of the 14th, as previously announced. Gov. Chamberlain's Pyrotechnic has proved very incendiary-the whole State having caught fire from it. The Abbeville Agricultural Society will hold its Eighth Annual Fair the 18th, 19th and 20th of this month. Not safe-Gdvernment funds are not safe in a safe, if there is a Carp en ter around who understands the use of chloroform. Willis Cameron, a respectable col ored man of Abbeville, has been turn ed out of Church on the sole charge of being a Demnocrat.' Judge E. R. Hoar is running as an independent candidate for Congress in the 7th District, of Massachusetts, against B. F. Butler, the regular Re publican nominee. Gov. Chamberlain thinks that testi mony in regard to the condition of the Stat is not to be believed unless it The Uniow-Herald says, &--We feel good. Haven't felt so good since Lee's surrender. There seems to be good feeling all around. We fiel good too-very. J. W. Boyd, formerly of Laurens County, who graduated at Wofford College in 1871, is now practicing law very successfully in St. Joseph, Mo. We are sorry to say that he is still un married. The Charleston Republican, a new organ, says "The .News and Courier has 9eased publishing the Roll of Honor. It didn't pay." The Roll was becoming so large that there was not space for it.. Wade Hampton speaks at Edgefield to-day. The list of appointments for him and his ticket closes with Colum bia, November 4th. Won't the people of Newberry charter a train and help to swell the throng that will greet him on that day ? Mr. T. S. Harmon of Lexington, while on his way to Columbia last week, was attacked by a colored vil lain whose intention was, no doubt, to rob him. Mr. H. called to his wife, in the wagon with him, to band him his gun, when the intended robber fled. It is said that Bowen, the most prominent Rebublican leader in Char lefton County, is so confident of Hampton's election that he has offered to withdraw all opposition if the Demo crats will not disturb him in the Sher iff's office, and that the proposition had been declined. The joint discussions between the Democrats and Republicans have been fixed for the following times and places : Yorkville, Oct. 13; Chester, 14th; Winnsboro, 16th; Lexington. 17th; Edgefield, 18th; Beaufort, 25th ; Colleton, 27th; Charleston, 30th ; Georgetown, Nov. 1st. For whatever reforms were effected under Chamberlain's administration he was indebted to the aid and coun sel of the Democratic members of the General Assembly; and now, with treachery and presumption unequaled, he arrogates to himself and his- party all the credit of these reforms. Rock Hill-3,000 men, 800 mount ed, met Hawpton here Oct. 12th. The Radicals, on f'he night preceding the meeting, destroyed the platform and cut down the United States flag which the Democra'.s had erected for the occasion. York County is put down for 500 Democratic majority. Judge Mackey has got off the fol lowing: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The Good People,) Action : Trespass vs. to The Spoilers. )Try Titles. Wade Hampton, Attorney for the People. D. H. Chamberlain, Attorney for the Spoilers. The above case is set down for trial on the 7th day of November, 1876. A special telegram to the Register, Oct. 12th, says that the U. S. Deputy Marshals Canton and Blackwell. have made about thirty arrests in Aiken County and village. The prisoners were carried before Commissiouer A. M. Boozer, and released on $2,000 bail. Gen. Conner, Cot. Youwans, Maj. Gary and Jas. Aldrich, Esq., ire counsel for the prisoners. No re sistance is made to the Marshals, and everything is quiet.' LATER--Telegram to the Register from Aiken, of the 16th, says that 28 additional men have been arrested. [From the .AdverLiser.] An Humble and Christian Let ter from Gen. Butler to Gor. Chamberlain. Gv. D. H. Chamberlain, Columbia, S. C.: Your Proclamation, pronunciamen to, manifesto, ukase, fulmination, or what ever else it may be termed, has been duly received and "contents noted." I am happy to inform you that we have but one Rifle Club of white men in Edge fleld County, and that exists under and by virtue of chartered rights granted by the Legislature and approved by the Governor; and if by virtue of your au thority as commander-in-chief of the military forces of the State, you order them to disband, why of course they wvill have to '-squander" and ground their arms, and will I presume re-organize, without arms, as a Democratic Club, and call their officers President, Vice-Presi dent, wardens, &c., &c., instead of their high sounding, rebellious, military ti We have thirty odd Democratic Clubs in this County, organized of course to defeat your election and the election of "your people;" and I am happy to be the medium of announcing to you, that hereafter they propose to abandon the "Rebel yell" which appears to shock your imagnation so horribly, and I1 am requested *by the Clubs (Democratic Clubs, I mean) to invoke your permis sion and gracious dispensation to allow them to indulge occasionally in a good square Democratic "Holler," instead of the "Rebel Yell." Tbe latter, you know is performed by each fellow "hol!erin" on his own hook, and it does sound a little provoking to sensitive ears; but the Denmocratic "holler" is done by sys tem, and no man is allowed to "holler" ot of time, which makes it smoother you know, and not so grating. I trust that you will see fit to procla mate on this subject, and grant us this innocent privilege. It gives me much pleasure to inform you also that the fellow whose pistol I ~ at von when you were herc a cent in the holster, but only .click now when they are drawn, cocked an ready for action. This informatio will, I know, be gratifyig to you Excellency, and save you the troubl of another pronunciamento. On the 18th of this month, we are I ha%t a ' Gander Pulling" at Edgefiel C. H., an,l have succeeded in sectrin the services of an a,-ed Gander naue --an." who has .0il his life been r< markable for his dodging qualitie! which, von know, is a very essentit trait to make such elevating sport entei taining. And I h-ave been appointe Chief Marshal on the said occasion. E virtne of my position as Chief Marsha I am :dlowed to invite a few spCC fricus, and I avail myself of thi? pri) lege to extend to your Excellency aeoi dial invitation. and to request that you Excellency wiil come prepared to pai ticipate in the sport. Knowing you fondhc3s for equestrian exercises, w have selected a well-broken, (loci] Radical horse for your use, black < color with striped legs, and* yello star in his face. to be fully caparisone with a Democratic saddle and appr< priate trappings.. If vop should be able to cone, plens notifv me. and I will have a mounte escort. wiizou arms, to meet yon at th S:ta tion and see you to the grounds. I These Deiovrats are very naught fellowxs, and have a very provoking wa of saying tWat their SOVls are their owi and of riding to their meetings in squat of such convenient size as to suit thei depraved tastes. I mnst do them th justice, however, to say, that they rid their own horses and traverse the publi high-way anid have not interfered wit that -j.0 acres m1d a mule," which yo presrated to 1he darkies sUZm1e Yeal .ago. Of course iL would be more prope and respectful to your Highness th. these prc,ninpiuous underli-Zgs shoul walk to their meetings,and stand aroun with their fingeus in theilr mouths,whih your Indignity is orating and utterin, nohiag but 1he Irnaih so hellp you God. This I say would be more proper. b, as we have to ride at the --Gander Pll ing," they- will have to come mounted Besides this, "D.n" may break loos and run, and being swift of foot, for goose, it will require a first-class the rough bred to overtake him. Yery Trulv. Your obedient Ea~ter of Humble Pie, M. C. BUTLER. P. S. Onr Chief Engineer, Wad Hampton by name, has. sunk a shal near the State House at Columbia, wit! subterranean galleries running off tc wards the Mountains, the Catawba ani Savannah Rivers, and the Atlantit which be is stuffing with untold an< "untellable" quaitities of reform Dyn amite; and on the 7th of Novembe next, he proposes to have the Dynamit touched off by a small sized darke from the Battery established somewher in Colleton County, and there will be "bustification" compared with whic] Gen. Newton's recent brilliant achieve ment at Hell Gate, New York, wi. "pale its ineffectual fires." Now you have organized a "Hel Gate" in the channel of Progress in 6 C., and Hampton. intends to blow it n on the said 7th of November, and I ad vise you as a friend to get from .ove? Don't attempt to countermine, becaus~ you can't possibly tell where the galk ries run; and if you try to find ont+yol will be blown up trying! M. C. B. Foa Tin HaULD. NINETY-Six, S. C., Oct. 14th, 1870. At a meeting of Delegates froi Democratic Clubs in the Counties ( Abbeville, Edgefield, Newberry an< Laurens, held at Ninety.-Six'to-day E. S. Hale was called to the chaji and T. L. Moore requested to act a Secretary. The Chairw.aa explaine< the object of the meeting, after whiel the following Resolutions were passed Resolved, 1st. That we have a Mas Meeting of the Democracy of the fi,u Counties, at the "Old 96 Fort," o1 the 3.]st day of October. 2d. That the following named gen een be invited to address the meet ing : Judges Cooke.and Mackey, Gen James Couner, of Charlestoo ;.. Hugi S. Thompson, Esq., of Cotumbia James P. Moore, Esq., of Greenville Gen. McGowan and Col. Cothran, o Abbeville, Gen. M. 0. Butler. J. C Sheppard, Esq., and Thos. Watson (coloed.) of Edgeflid ; A. W. Moor< and N. G. Holmes. Esq., of Laurens Cl. J. N. Linseomib anid Y. J. Pope Esq.. of Newbierry, and that all'ot tht cadidates of the four ,Counties ar< invited and expected to be present. 3d. That the foilowimig named gen t!mec be appointed a commii .ee: collect funds from their soveral Club for defraying the expenses of n>eeting : Abbevile-J. T. Parks, J. W Green, G. M. Hodges, P. HI. A.dauns W. Tr. Henderson and T. L. Moore. Edgefield-W. L. Durst, Wmn. Hal tiwanaer, E. M. Whailey, W L. Ste phus, F. G. Martin Dr. Pitts and S A. Crawford. Newberry-D. Y. Scurry and J R. irwin. Laurens-Hlugh Leman, T. B. An derson, J. C. Cook and B. D. Cuu uighamn. And that G. T. Jackson be request ed to act as 'rreasurer. 4th. That Capt. J. N. King be ap pointed Chief Marshal, with Capt. J T. Parks, of Abbeville, Capt. Scot Sheppard, of Edgefield, Capt. T. B. Anderson, of Laurens, and Capt. W W. Wallace, of Newberry, as Assist ant Marshals. The following gentle men are appointed aids-de-eamp to the Chief Marshal. and are req uested tc report at Ninety-Six, at 8 o'clock, A. M , on the 31st: B. D. Cunningham, J. K. Duirst, Ralph Bozemnan and H. F. Fuller. 5th. The Silver Cornet Band and the A bbeville (colored) Brass Band, are invited 'to furnish music for the occason. .. 6th. The Clubs from Abbeville. Laurens and Newberry Counties wil] report at Ninety-Six, at 9 o'clock, A. onte.s,adteCusfcr M.,onithe Couty will thepr Club Caon bdgeieCutywlkrpr at thCamehor 7t-Ta vrboy ht n coloe red, in the am houe,re e 7s.Ttfu inveryobdy presetand clde re ithfoCuies,ecillyenvied - spectfully invited to be present. Tlg 1..24. m-4 mainlle invited. FOR THE HERALD. d Townshlp No. 9. n The citizens of Bethel Academy met on the 14th of October and organized a Democratie club. A. V. Monts was asked to take the Chair an'] J. C. Banks 0 to act as Seer(-tary, After a few re d marks, it was resolved that the officers M'of this club consist of a President, two d Vice-Presidents, one Secretary, one Treasurer and an Ex-cutive Committee of three. After the election which was I had the result was as follows: J. C. Banks-President. d J. P. Bowers-lst Vice-President. Y John A. Mayer-2d Vice-President. I A. J. Long-Secretary. d J. L. Hunter-Treasurer. Executive Committee-W. P. Pugh, r A. W. Monts, J. C. Cook. - ir iI, was to P' Resolred, That the officers elected ir serve for two years, counting from the e 2nd of May, 187G, or until their succes e sors are elected. f Rcsolved, That.the 1st Saturday eve v ning of each month be our regular d meeting day.' Resolved, That we meet every Satur day evening until the 7th of November e next. d This club numbers twenty-foar mem e bers, with bright prospects of many tmore. J. C. BANKS, President. Y A. J. LONG, Secretary. 1, Fo. 'it; H ean .D.. Is MooN ToWNSHIP-No. 7. r Oct. 13, 1876. e After'aun instr-ctive address from c ti Rev. A. W. Moure of Laurens, a h Labor Refurm and Anti-Cotton Shop a Associad:o .as to-day formed in this s Towoship, with a wembership to be r iu with of thirty nine. An election or officers resulted as folows: - di Preside::t-J. N. Lipscomb. t Vice-Presid-nt-:. J. Teag,ue. Scretary-L. V. Siokins. Exceutive Comwittee-D. V.Seur t ry. W. P. Garret. E. C. Simkins, A. J. Teacue-and J. W. Williams. The f6%wing were appointed as a eomittee on constitution: J. ,W. Wi!liaws, J. N. Lipscotub and J. R. Irwin. Upon motion, the. Secretary was in structed to request the publicntion of the above proceediDgs in the New berry EJERAY;D. L. W. SDIMKINS, Secretary. M ew elWiscellaneous. New Crop Red Clover and r Lucerne Seed. 7 For sale cheap for cash, at. e S. P. BOOZER'S Hardware Store. S From 10th October to 1oth November is considered to be the best time for sowing the above seeds. Nov. 18, 42-St. NOTE LOST. . The subscriber hereby warns all persons p from trading.for a note'on Mrs. Rebecca La. l- Paysinger, for between $35 and $40, given -in 1872 or 1873, exact amount or date not e remembered. - THOS. M. LAKE. p. -Oct. 18, 42-3t. GQ WEST. A small colgyj now. b,eg feiDr Newberry ~ad~Edgefleld, 16 purifise a tract of land containing-28410 acres of the rich Red Ri.Ver. .Lands of..Arkansas, ake a very low price, if banght at once. Such a Sbargaine ma notffer. again before nex. Centennial. -t. is. within 4 miles of a a& Road Depot, just built. -The -same Landas. Swill <doubtless bring three hundred per cent. in' a very:ushortjime, as thefRail-Rat is now complete. ', For sale by W. H. WISE EAN, s J. D. BRUCEB. New berry, S. C. . Oct. 18, 42-4t. Dissolution of Partnership. s The Partnership heretofore existing be. rtween L. Q. Fellers ad S L. Feller*a, mU th onof Prosperity, wsdsovdo Sthe 1st of Sept.ember, 1876, by 'the with drawal of L. Q Fellers from said partner ship.- The' business of the old firm will be settled by S. L. Fellers. L. Q. FELLERS, Oct. 18, 42-3t. -S. L. FE LLERS: Wi:ar .NOTICE.. Wi:a .Dorroh and others, Executors of F Henry Burton, deceased. -vs. Anne Longshore and others. Complaint tro Sell Lands to Pay Debts, ole. By order of the Court of Common Pleas for Newbierry County, passed in the above; stt- case, the creditors of Levi Long a ore, deec'd., are required to render in -'nd es.tablish their demands against the. etate of s.id deceaud on or before the 1st day of December next, before the under -igned as Referee. Y. J. HARRINGTON, Oct. Inh, 1876-42-3t. Referee. SHERIFF'S SALE. Wheeler & Biller against - Jacob J. Wheeler. -Judgment for Fotecelosure and Sa!e By vintue of an order of Court of Com 'mon' Pleas for N en hert y County, signed by Hon. M. MAoses, Judge of this Ciicuit, on -fhe 6th A peil, 1875, in the ahove stased .:action, I will sell, in front of the Court House,9 On the 1st Nonday in November next, to the highest bidder, the following Real Estate, to wit: - A LOT 'S0 FEET I'RONT AND 80 FEET BA CK, in -the town of Prosperit.y, in the State and County aiforesaid, bounded by lands of J. M. Kibler and S. C. 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