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The H erald. THOS. F. GRENEKER, EDITORS. W. H. WALLACE, NEWBERRY. S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1880. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect aFam fly News r, devoted to the- material in terests o people of this County and the State. It circulates extensively, and as an Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad vantages. For Terms, see first page. County Politics. Before the meeting of the County Convention, the 26th, the Democrats of the County should make up theii minds upon certain issues that will then be presented. The principal question will be as to the mannei of nominating candidates-Primary or Convention. We have thought for a long time, that the former iE the better plan. There are evilE attendant upon either-but the less evil should be chosen. TherE are many e'ils connected with poli tics. It is an evil that nominationE are made by organized Clubs ; but it is a necessary evil in the preseni condition of affairs. It would bE decidedly better if every man wh< desires an office could run on hi: own merits ; but with our hetero geneous population this cannot bE done with safety. In such a cas< the white vote would be scattered while the negro vote would be con centrated, and concentrated upox those -candidates most objection able to the best people of the Coun ty. Suppose, for instance, that a the. ne xt election two or three, 0. more, of the. most competent ani worthy Democrats should run for f County office, or for the Legisla ture; Dave Phifer, or Henry Ken nedy, or Sim Young, or somie othe Republican of that stripe would ge the offce. There is no doubt abou this: everybody knows it is a fact So that while there are objectioni to elub nominations the advantage: far..outweigh the disadvantages The chief objection to club nomina tiens is thatit affords an opportu nity -to the professional politiciani of running polities their own way it gives occasion for what is knowz in political parlance as "vire-pull ing" and "log-rolling". Club nomi nations are, we believe, necessary but the nominations should be mad< in such away as to give the les possiblechance for "wire-pulling" in suchsaway asto give, as far af possible, every member of the part' a voice in the selection of offcers Take a. County Convention, comn posed, as ours is, of 108 delegates Township 1 has a candidate fo: some offce, Township 2 a candidate for another offce and Township i a candidate for still another offce The delegates from these several Townships form a combination tc assist each other ; Nos.l1and 2sup port the candidate of No. 3, not be eause they think he is the proper person for the offee, but in order to get their own men' in. Nos. and 3 support No. 2, and Nos. S and 3 support No. 1-all for the same reason. That is what is called "log-rolling". It is an illustration of the old doggerel: "Tickle me Johnnie;- tickle me, do; You tickle me, and I'll t'ckle you." But even were there no "log-rolling the Convention plan does not ex press the popular sentiment. Tc illustrate: Suppose there are twc candidates for the same position; there may be five Townships in the County almost solid for one candi date, while the other candidate may have only a bare majority in the other six-they all send up dele gates to the nominating convention ~-&he delegates from the six Town ships nominate their man, but the other man has the greatest popular vote. Electing delegates to choose a candidate is precisely like electing Electors to choose a President. It .the last Presidential election, 1876, Hayes received, according to the count, 185 electoral votes, and Til den 184; Hayes' popular vote was 4,033,950, while Tilden's was 4, 284,885-a popular majority of over a quarter of a million. Hayes was. therefore, not the choice of the people, although the choice of the States. In the same way a man can be nominated who is not thE choice of the Democratic voters of the County. The Primary System, we believe, is the better plan ; it does not offer so convenient a field for combina tions and wire-pulling ; and it ex presses more nearly the popnlar Imprisonment for not Paying Poll Tax Unconstitutional. Judge Pressly rendered a deci sion at Charleston Friday that im prisonment for non-payment of poll tax is unconstitutional. The cases of this character before the Su- - ureme Court have not yet been de cided. Timothy Hurley has got a large amount of free advertising out of the country press. He sent letters to the editors in the different Coun ties, asking the editors for certain information, and many of the edi tors published his letters. "Tiny Tim" was always a sharp coon. At the meeting of the Democratic Club at Edgefield Court House the 24th ult., delegates were elected to the County Convention. Neither Gen. Gary nor Speaker Sheppard was elected. The six delegates from this Club are said to be op posed to Gary as Governor. The Ohio Republican Convention the 28th instructed its delegates to Chicago to vote for John Sherman. .-They say" that Sherman has no hopes of winning the Presidential race, but is only running so as to secure a share of the "gate money." Post Master-General Key, the lone Democrat of Hayes' Cabinet, has been appointed U. S. District Judge of the Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee. Assistant P. M.-Gen. Tyner will be promoted to Key's place. The Pennsylvania Democratic Convention met the 29th ult., and elected delegates to Cincinnati. The delegates go uninstructed . they stand 20 for Tilden and 39 against him. A severe wind storm passed through a portion of Columbia the 29th ultimo, blowing down trees - and some negro houses. Several Snegroes were badly hurt. June Mobleys speech in the Rad tical Convention cooked old A. S. Wallace's goose. The old man w~as very anxious to go to Chicago. FOR THE HERALD. -Meeting of Young Men's Demo cratic Club. Pursuant to call, the Yot"ng Men's Democratic Club of Township 1 met in the Cordt House April 30, 1880,~ -at 8 P. M., W. H.Wallace in the SChair. Minutes of last meeting Sread and confirmed. The President bstated the object of the meeting to -be to elect officers for the ensuing Stwo years, and to elect delegates to the Couty Convention. Thirty-one new names were added to the roll. On motion of Jas. L. Blease a committee of three was appointed to revise and correct the roll-com mittee, Jas. L. Blease, Robt. Moor man, R. C. Maybin. On motion of Jas. L. Blease, a committee of five was appointed to draft a new Constitution for the government of the Club-commit tee, Jas. L. Blease, A. C. Jones, W. P. Houseal, 0. L. Schumpert, L. W. Simkmns. On motion of 0. L. Schumpert, it was resolved to go into an elec tion of officers for the Club. The election resuited as follows: Presi dent, W. H. Wallace ; 1st Vice President, E. C. Jones ; 2nd Vice President, A. C. Jones ; Secretary, L. K. Vance ; Executive Committee, 0. L. Schumpert, T. C. Pool, L. W. Simkins, J. L. Blease, Robt. Moor man. The following preamble and re solutions, offered by L. W. Sim kins, were unanimously adopted: WHEREAs, The Executive Commit tee of this Club, with the sole view of unifying the Young Democracy of.the Town, and of discountenan cing dissensions among them, has made proposals to the Execu4ive Committee of the Carolina Demo cratic Club, looking to the reorgan ization of the Democratic Young Men of the Tow~n in one Club, for a common purpose, without refer ence to past differences as to men or measures; which proposals have met disfavor at the hands of the Carolina Democratic Club. Resolved, 1st. That this Club en dorses the|action of its Executive Committee as liberal, wise and pa triotic. Resolved, 2nd. That, organized in the memorable campaign of 1876 by the Young Men of the Town of Newberry, this Club was then true to the doctrines, principles and usages of the Democratic Party, 'has ever since maintained them, and to-day pledges its adherence to i them in the fature, so long as that party is true to itself. On motion, it was resolved that I the County papers be requested to publish the proceedings of the meeting. 1 On motion of 0. L. Schumpert, I ias ecided to postpnen the elec-( Repubhcan Convention. he Negroes for Grant Knell of the Carpet Bagger. peci: Dispatch to the News anl Coin-ier. CoLUMmrIA, Wednesday, A pril 27. -The Republican State Convention net in the Hail of Representatives at icon to day, and was called to order )y R. B. Elliott. the chairmau of th.e tate Executive Cowitte. E. W. M. Mackey, of Charlestou, D. D. McCall, Jr., of Marlboro', W. ;. Havue of Marion, and Robt. 3malls if Beaufort, were proposed for ;e position of temporary chairman, smalls, Hayne and McCall declined :he nomination in favor of Mackey. who was elected temporary chairman is per programme previously -agreed apon. Harry Noah was then elected temporary secretary. A committee on credentials, with June Mobley, of Union, as chairman, was next appointed, and after adopting the rules of the House of Represen tatives as tne rules of the Convention, an adjournment until 2.30 P. M. was agreed to. * * * * * * The Convention consists of eighty two negroes and thirty-six whites. The Counties of Lexington and Horry failed to send delegates, and there were some absentees from other couu ties. Of the negroes nearly one-third appear in the fraud committee's report as thieves and bribe takers, and the white delegates, with scarcely an ex ception, either are, o: have been (and hope to be) Federal officeholders. * As an evidence of how Mr. Hayes's civil service reform works in this State, I note the presence in the Coun vtntion of nineteen officer-holders in the revenue, customs and postofilee departments, and besides this number there are several United States officials dodging around the lobbies and through the aisles of the hall looking after their interests. The authorities in Washington may want to know the names of some of these ofieials who have thus violated special order Number 1, which positively forbids any person holding office under the United States Government from tak ing an active part in political wove ment. . From the revenue department there are in the Convention E. M. Brayton. collector, G. P. Kirkland, special deputy collector, N F. Meyers, clerk in internal revenue office. W. Ken nedy, John P. Seuggs, II. W. lien dricks. H. H. Jillson and C. WV. Cum mings, deputy revenue collectors. From the customs department are, R. B. Elliott, Robe.rt Smnalls, Garrett Byrus, WV. H. Birnie, P. Gregorie, M A. Hayne, and J. WV. Smiith. From the post-offBee department th ere are Fred Nix and E. A. Webster. From the judiciary department there are E. W. M. Mackey, WV. J. Mixson and Absalomn Blythe. 5: : * *i Shrewsbury, from (5hesterfield,a mu latto who fo'rmerly held the position of confidential clerk of Wooudruti and Jones, and assisted in mnaking up the journals of the House in the yeairs of good stealing, created a sensation by offering the following resolution: Resolved, That the delegates to represent the State of South Carolina in the National Republican Conven tion to nominate candidates for the offices of President and Vice-P~resi dent of the United States are hereby instructed and solemnly pledged to vote as a uuit to the end of the con test for the world renowned and most available of all candidates-Gen. U. S. Grant-and that upon all questions of import, arising in said convention, they are earnestly recommended to vote in like manner to the end that the true interests of the constituency that they represent may be sub served. lie asked the immediate considera tion of the resolution. Adopted 88 to 23. * * * * * E. H. Deas, col'd., unburdened his soul to the effect that the Hon. DL. T. Corbin was present, and it behooved the Convention to hear him and be advised by him before they wade their selection of delegates. Fred Nix, col'd., said the Conven tion had not assembled to hear what Mr. Corbin or anybody else outside of the body had to say, and it made very little diffe.rence what candidate Mr. Corbin favored. This was not the place for any man to come and advertise himself to gain popularity in Wahingto n. The people in his coun ty were going to make a gr-and suc-. eess this year and elect men they ould rely on. Thi.y were tired of the old hacks. W. H. Thionmpson, col'd., of Char eston, said that they did not want iy advice, lie was glad to see that the colored Republicans of South aroina were making up their minds t last that those who had becen in ~tructing and atdvising thew for the ast twelve years had done so for the ast time. lHe was surprised to see MIr. Corbin shoved upon the Con gention for the purpose of securing rotes by making a speech. When :he party had gone under in 18'76 Dorbin left the State with great cx edition, and never returned again intil an election was in sight. As soon as an election was near at hand ;hat gentleman had come South again o try and play again upon the ere unlity of the colored people. H. W. Purvis, the ex-adjutant ;eneral, thought that Corbin couldn't lo the Convention anty harm by mak ng a speech, and it was a reflection ipon the decency of the body to in iuate that members of the conven. ion could be influenced by anything hat anybody could say. If he is a l~epublican, we need his aid and his dvice. We are not here to pass ipon anybody's record. Many of us inve ourselves made too much record. %.in has held a prominent positinn or his speech for the.time being, and the Convention adjourned until 8 P. M. TH E NIGHT SESSION. About 9 P. M1. the Convention was ieconvenel, aed 1)eas brought up his Corbin scheme again. IIe announced that he withdrew his motion request ing Corbin to address the Couveution and took occasion to say to the "Hy dra-headed magnates," as he called them, who thought that they were the only ones in the Conventioo, that they could ill afford to east reflection and dishonor upon such a man as Corbi.n ; a man like him in the pres eut crisis in South Carolina was in dispensable. Corbin had been con nected with politics in the State since it was possible for a Republi can party to exist in the State, and if it had not been for him there would have been more Hamburg massacres in South Carolina. Sam Lee, col'd., then moved that the Convention proceed to elect four delegates at large and two from each Congressional district to represent the State in the National Convention at Chicago. C. C. Turner offered the following resolution as a substitute for Lee's motion : Resolved, That this Convention do proceed to elect delegates to the Na tional Republican Convention to meet at Chicago in June, as follows: Elect the delegates first from the Congressional districts, commencing with District No. 1, and after the election of delegates from the dis tricts then that the Convention do elect four delegates at large. This substitute was adopted. The Congressional districts had all pre viously held caucuses, and had de. terniined upon their respective dele gates. The First Congressional District was then called, and H. L. Shrews bury, as spokesman for the district, offered the names of D. D. McCall, white, and W. A. Hayne, colored, as delegates to represent the district. Deas came forward with a minority report in favor of J. E. Wilson, of Darlington, but the minority report, was promptly voted down, and Mc Call and Hayne were unanimously elected. The Second and Third Districts not being ready to report, the Fourth District was taken up. C. C. Turner, of Spartanburg, offered the-names of Samuel T. Poiner, of Spartanburg, white, and Wilson Cook, colored, of Greenville. .June Mobley rose and took the middle of the floor, and, with sleeves rolled up. prepared to attack these nominations without gloves. He did not care to draw the color line; it was drawn already by the dem agogues. He thanked God that the day had come when the colored people would throw off the masters who had ruled them for twelve years and take care of themselkes. He was tired of keeping in office a s.et of good-for-nothing loafers, who did no work and lived off the credulity of the colored men. The time had come for the colored race to shun these men ; that they had not been free for twelve years for nothing. There has been no nomination in the Fourth Congressional Disti ict. There had been nothing but gag law. These white men had led the nigger to de struction long enough. He had two letters written by old A. S. Wallace in his pocket telling his friends in the North that the nigger in South Carolina must be kept down. If lie had anything more to do with white people he woald go with the decent white men of the State. The white men who represented the Fourth Dis trict in the Convention were not in his opinion his equals in any way. C. C. Turner, who had made the re port for the district bad betrayed the Democratic party, and would betray the Republican party if he got a cha nc. The Republicans would get on foot after awhile, simply by the blunders of the Democratic party, but they vere not ready to go in with the white men who represented the Republican party to-day. They had made thou sands of promises to the colored man that they had never kept. They were the kind of men who held their conventions in hotels because they knew that niggers didn't go in hotels in this part of the country. The color line was drawn, and take his wor-d for it, when the time came for a State Convention to nominate State officers there wouldn't be 10 white Republicans in the State.' They will say it is inexpedient as soon as they want. They will say it is no use to run a State ticket. because the Dem ocrats will rob you of your votes. I am ashamed 5f myself for ever sup porting such men. I am tired of these men. No wonder the Demo rats say that the niggers are not able to govern themselves, when they se lect to govern them such ill-begctteu white men as you see before you to night. You elect these white men to the National Convention and you won't see them again. When they meet you on the street and nobody is looking they "damn the Democrats;" but the next thing you know you see them walking arm in arm with a Democrat, and saying "these d-n niggers want to put on too many airs, they want to rise up." We must elect people that will suit us. The day is coming, and thank God our people will recognize men and mau. hood. We should teach these gents that we are the IRepublican party in South Carolina, and that we don't propose to remain in slavery any longer. If you look into the papers you will see all these men saying Hampton was a good man. They thought they would fool him as they have fooled us. But thank God, Hampton was too smart for them. SanA to your manhood, olored men! you send them to Chicago they will sell you i out and leave the State until the next 'lec- I tion. He hoped the Convention woulh not elt :t Poiner. He did not kno* what Pen iLtriary it' hd coie ou of. They say we are not comnpetent to repri's :n t.hc State in the Nationail ConvetIlion. They have made us comipetent to put Them in oflice, and we all put our:e'ves inl ofice just as well. Ther? s 1! be no wl.ite Republican in this State if you take away the offices. They will do as Ensor and Stolbrand and lots of others have done. You say von want to seni a respectable delegation, and vet you send such men as these barroom suckers, gamblers and dissipated scoundrels to rep resent your people. The poor men in the Democratic party are making all the nom inations. Why can't we do the same ? Lawson of Sumter. interrupted, and wanted to know if Mobley was going to keep up his blab all night? Mobley courteously replied that Lawson always had been a mule-headed mule, but he thought he had more sense than to in terrupt a gentleman while speaking. Mobley moved to strike out the name of Poinier and submit the election of the other delegates to the convention. The motion was tabled. On motion of Whipper the debate was closed, and the report nominating Poinier and Cook was adopted. The Second District was then taken up and Dunnemann offered the names of C. C. Bowen and W. N. Taft of Charleston as delegates, and W. II. Birnie and E. A. Webster as alternates. E.lected without opposition. Tue Fifth District was next taken up and Robert Smalls offered the .ames of W. J. Whipper of Beaufort and W. F. Myers of Colleton as delegates, and Fred Nix and Lawrence Cain as alternates. Elected without opposition. The Third District came up and U. Ii. Jillson offered the names of C. M. Wilder and W. M. Fine of Columbia as delegates, and D. R. Phifer and H. 0. Noah as alter nates. Elected without opposition. . The four delegates at large were elected one at a time viva voce, the following nom inations being made : .E. W. M. Mackey, Robert Smalls, E. M. Drayton, A. S. Wal lace, C. C. Macoy, R. B. Elliott, J. R. Tol bert, D. T. Corbin, J. E. Wilson, D, A Strake and E. A. Webster. The following were declared elected E. W. Mackey, unanimously on the first ballot; E. M. Brivton, of Aiken, on the second ballot, 65 votes; R. B. Elliott, of Aiken, on the first ballot, 65 votes, (Cor bin who ran against Elliott was withdrawn after his defeat.) Sani Lee, of Sumter, on the second ballot, 65 votes. Alternates at large, T. E. Miller, colored, Henry Ken nedy, colored, C. C. Macoy, of Ghester, D. A. Straker, colore d, of Orangeburg. THE DELEGATION. The following is the complete delega tion : 1. D. D. \!cCali, of Marlboro', law yer and solicitor of the fonrth circui> from 1872 to 1876. 2. W. A. Hayne, (co'ored,) of Marion, identified with the Green move meut in 1874, and reading clerk of the House .1872-73, and member of the Legislature 1874-76. 0. C. C. 1owen, sheriff of Char leston. 4. W. N. Taft, State scnator from Charleston.- 5. C. M. Wilder, (colored,) of Columbia, me mber of the Constitutional Convention, and member of the Legislature from 1878 to 18'70, and postmaster at Columbia for the past twelve years. 6. W. 31. Fine, saloon-keeper and sportingman at Columbia; never hield office ur der the State or tJnited States; alder man under tfie Agnew administration. 7. Samuel T. Poiner, of Spartanburg, United SLates com missioner and supervisor of elections. 8. Wilson Cook, colored, of Greenvilhe, dray man ; member of the Le::islature from 1868 to 1870. 9. WV. J. Whipper, colored, of Beaufort, too notorious to need desig nation. 10. W. F. Myers, colored, of Colleton County ; auditor of Colleton from 1S72 to 18'74; State senator from 1874 to I 878 ; internal revenue colletor at present. 1]. E. WV. 31. Mackey, of Charleston, ex sheriff, ex-congressman, ex-speaker of the Macke~y House and assistant U. S. district attorney. 12. .R. B. Elliott, member of the Legislaturs from 1868 to 1870, mem ber of Congress fronm 1870 to 1874, speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1874 to 1876, candidate for attorney-general of the State in 1876, and defeated by Geni. James Conner ; at presenr holds the offce of special ageut ofeustomis. 14. Sanm Lee,I of tiumter; prominent during the Green campaign in 1.874, and notorious as an out rage-grinder before the Teller committee. J. K.B. THURSDAY. The comrnd.tee on on the Whitaker reso lution reported the following as a substi stute for the resolution referred to them: Whereas ;he unmanly and disgraceful. attack recently made on Cadet Whitiker at West Point merits the condemnation of the civilized world, and a spcedy and thorough investigation at the hands of the national government, not only in order to discover the parties committing the out rage, but also to investigate the general management, rules and regulations govern ing the conduct and duties of cadets one towards the other, without regard to color, whereby a radical change in thie past con duct of white cadets towards their fellow fellow colored cadets may be made to the end of compelling white cadets to treat with respect in all their official intercourse their fellow colored cades; and whereas it has been usually in the past, as in the present, the manifest purpose of the white cadets at West Point to insult by word and deed their fellow cadets, and to heap upon them indignities which libel the claim of man or gentleman: Resolved, That we condemn with in digt ation the recent brutal outrage per petrated cn Cadet Whitaker and call upon the atinalgoverniret to instaLute an in vestigation of the same, and to enact such laws as will prevent the re-enactment of such brutal conduct so caleu:ated to mar the pre-historic famne of our uational mili tary school; from which ought to come, as heretofore, not only so'diers, the guardians and defenders ofouir country's honor, but alho Christrian gentlemen without moral taimt. Resolved, that we repel with indignation the uncharitable in timnations, from what ever source they come', that Cadet WXhita ker is probably guility of self-mutilation for sinister purposes, and regret to observe the indecent haste wirh which the authorities at West Point gave color by thier words, and deeds to the infamous charge, thus foreshaadowing theirjudgment before a cor reet knowledge of the facts was judicially ascertained. Resolved, that the Convention extends its heartfelt sympathy to Cadet Johnson C. I Whitaker, at'West Point, in his recent suf ferings and trials and recommend him to t stand firm, commanding justice with that dignity and firmness which already has so honorably characterized his conduct. Resolved , That a copy of these resolu- - tions be forwarded to Cadet Whitaker. Anything to Elect Grant. New York Sun . WASIINGTON, April 25.-When v he mnachine managers sent Grant to j Mexico, begppe-d in South Carolina nd Florida long enough to plant the s eeds of a little arrangement which is r expected to beAr fruit before the c eeting of tne National Convention. ti But he skipped over Georgia, as a e State considered hopelessly Dem- p >cratic. That neglect appears to have b~ -l~4 a I,t (R a- - a., wil.. l1 n their preferences between Grant, iherman. and Bl:ine._ The Georgia dele,ates ,o unpledg . d. That means that tit-v are ~pen t.t OnV?etion. as ohcrs are with a fairer kin and from other St:it'_. As t ite :,se now stards. the nomination vould seem to be cl.e.y coutested ad iuvolved in some dI grte of doubt, ,it a suilicient nunber of Sates to war from to put Urant or i-laine in :he lead. And herein iies the ad :antage of the forwer. His friends ire accustomed to bargain and sale in ocuvetitons. They have reduced traffic .n votes to a professional pursuit, and hey are abundantly provided with the inews as war for every emergency. Having embarked their political Fortunes in this business. Cameron, t Donkling and Company do not mean t 1o be beaten, if they can help it. phey are prepared to resort to the c most desperate expedients to carry their point. Utterly defiant of pub ie opinion, and bent on success for the sake of the power which it will I confer on themselves, they will hes itate at no methods. If the nomination be procured by purchase or otherwise, the Grant managers will not scruple to call the Legislature of New York together, I under some convenient pretext, in I order to steal the State away from 1 the people, either by assuming the appointment of electors out and out, or by an election by Congressional districts, which would probably give the tRepublicans twenty-one of the thirty-three districts. When a bill looking this way was presented to the New York Legisla ture at the opening of the session, it was scouted as something which no party would dare to attempt after half a century of settled usage. That proposition was intended to make a lodgment in the public wind, and to inform the third termers- in other States that although Conkling was in a minority of tens of thousands at home, and although his henchman, the Governor, was only chosen be cause a faction of the Democracy pre ferred defeat to the regular unex ceptionable candidate, still he would find a mode of securing the electoral vote. In a set speech la,t fall, nearly two months before th1 meeting of the Legislature, Mr. Conkling had taken great pains to review the general sit u,ation of parties, and to show that New York was the "pivotal State," necessary alike to the Republicans and to the Democrats, in order te make success certain at the Presiden tial election. Having made this point and got Cornell in through a coalition with John Kelly, the next step was to show a way by which New York might be counted for Grant, without any regard to the wishes of more than half a million of voters, who constitute the political majority of the State. That was the meaning of the bill to. overthrow the practice of fifty years, and it is perfectly consistent with the project it is designed to aid, the overthrow of the traditions and accepted piactice of the couutry by the innovation of a third term. That movement has undoubtedly strength ened the hand of the conspiracy else where, because it has shown that there is a way by which a fraud on the people way be perpetrated without an open violation of the Constitution or of existing law, though by what is really a revolutionary act. This experimeat on public for bearance is wore dangerous than its authors suppose. Thei-e is a limit be yond which it is wise for political conspira:ors not to pass. The Great Fraud of 1876 is too fresh in memn ory to be .repeated successfully, and any attempt in that direction will be attended with the most serious risks to all concerned in it. And in this case the risk is sure to be aggravated, because the scheme is intended ex clusively for the benefit of Graut, and for no other candidate. congressional. WAsHIrCaToN, A pril 27.-Senator Buroside from the committee on ap propriations, reported adversely on the Senate bill to detail army ofieers to take comm-and of an expedition itted out by MIorrisson & Brown, of iew York, to search for records of Sir John Franklins's expedition, and it was indefinitely.'postponed. Senator Buroside, from the comn mittee ou naval affiairs, reported ad : versely on the House joint resolution to furnish a bronze monument of Gen.1 Daiel N1orgau to the Cowpens Asso aiation, of Spartanburg, S. C., and it was indefinitely postponed. Senator Hampton, from the same ~omittee, reported favorably the bill ur.ing over to the Governor of South arolina four pieces of condemnedI ~annou for the use of the M.irion Ar ilery, and it was placed on the cal ,dar.t Senator Conkling presented the pe ition of a large number of business nen of New York for an amendment a f the statutes so that duties on iw- I orted sugar shall be assessed on the 3 [uantity delivered from, instead of en- e ered in, bonded warehouses. P The House bill to authorize and o 'quip a scentific expedition to the t tretic Sea was taken up and passed. j At the expiration of the morninga our the Kellogg-Spofford resolutions s5 ere temporarily laid aside, and the a dian appropriatiou bill taken up. ' fter some discussion it want over d~hout actioa, and the Senate ad ,urned. J. The session of the 15th of May s etaiefrtecnieaino il ede from the comitteeaton edu bil ato rdlbr atclil h il erite fromnthe c mitw-tieou eo atiorn and eiabour, palalyn te bils >y thestrctehiedsofte igaleiof, public "nst h dcto ftepol.3 Mfrce tnnheneiht-ou l , a from ly the proceeds of the sale of public nds to the education of the people. M ob the s il , l i The Old Story. The morning sun light luoke.d in lhruugh the silken curtains, lighting he room as with an angel's smile uddenly 'enveloping the face of its >ccupant with a strange brightness tl trausformin3g her pale brown hair uto waves of glisteniug gold. Said be sunlight : 'Maiden, I missed you rom the galrden where I used to find ou every morning, and I came here ,o seek you. Summer will soou be here witi ht.r roses almo:ust :s tiht is v":ur chet ks. Are you ill (' -0, >o responded the lmid:u, warming >er thin, bloodless hands in the suu-g >eam, 'only a little weak ; I shall soon >e out in the garden to greet you :o-worrow perhaps ! I was just plau 3ing how I should arrange my flow ;rs this yepr, when you peeped in. re my lilies up yet?' ;Yes, your ilies are up; I have just been warm ing them. I have tired you,' said ,he suulight, as he noticed the wearily 3ropping eyelids : 'I will come again to-morow if you are not in the gar deu'-and silently withdrew. leaving the fair slumberer alone in the gloom. A few hours later the mt.onlight stole softly through the 'silken curtains, which were gently rustling in the night breeze. 'How cold !' said the moonlight, as she touched the pallid brow, and then gently laid her heand on the pulseless heart. 'Dead !'.she shudderingly whispered, as he with drew through the softly rustling cur tains. t is the old, old story of con sumption. How she flatters her vie tius at morning with hope's honied words, and at evening' makes them the prey of the spoiler ! Statistics show that one-third of mankind die of this disease, and of these, far the greater part are young persons be tween the ages of fifteen and twenty five, it the dawn of manhood and womanhood. For many years, con sumption was generally believed to be incurable. But medicine ..in her tri umphant march against disease has already added consumption to her li>t of conquered. Dr. Pierce's* Golden Medical Discovery cures this dread disease if resorte.d to in time. For a full conbideration of this disease anid its rational method of treatment, read the article oni Consutaptiou in the People's Common Sense Medical Ad viser, the most reliable popular. work on Physiology, Hygiene, .Diseaser and their R(emedies, yet published. Price $1 50. A ddress the author, Ri. V.i Pierce, M. D., World's Dispensary and Invalids' Hoctel, Buffalo, N. Y. Butchering the Savages. Stewart's Great Victory Over the Afghau Tribes LosNON, April 26.-A dispatch fro:n~ Cabul to the Times says: "The fol!lowing) are .the- full particulars of the battle between Gen. Stewart and the Afghans on the 19th inst.: The enemy was observed ten miles off. and the British forces immediately formed into position. The artillery advanced to the attack, firing with great eifect on the enemy, who lined the crest of the hills. Before the at tack was developed a desperate chargo by 3,000 Ghazis was made alon;- the face of the whole line, enveloping both fanks. The Ghazis were manifi ently led by three men with stand- '3 ards, and charged right into thet British line. Some of there succeeded in getting round the Blank of two squadrons of lancers who charged on the main body. A considerable num ber also got through the line of in tntry in the centre, and nearly reach ad Gen. Stewvrt and the headquarters_ >f his staff. In stopping these and Lfending the guns on the right two ~quadrons of Punjaub cavalry ade everal brilliant charges, and did yeat execution. The action lasted n hour. when the enemy retired from. he hills to the plain leaving over ,000 dead, and removing as many vunded. Thie British .loss is 17 illed and 126 wounded. Timely Caution. Genuine IHp Bitters are put up in quare paneled, amber-colored bottles,? ith white label on one side printed a black letters, and green hop cluster, ud on the other side yellow paper ft ith red letters; revenue stamp over he cork. This is the only form in rhich genuine H1op Bitters are put Lp, and the sole right to make, sell d use them is granted to the Hop itters M'f'g Co., of Rochester, N. ., and Toronto, Ont., by patents, T opyright and trade mark. All others ut up in any other way or by any ne else claiming to be like it or pre andiig to contain hops by whatever ames they may be called, are b,ogus nd unfit for use. and oily put up to .all and cheat people on the credit ud popularity of Iop Bitters. A pr. 19, 1880, by Rev. M. M. Boyd, Mr. H. SADLoz to Miss MARY J. HL. TRocT A-all of Newberry County. April 25, 1810, by Rev. M. M. Boyd, Mr. .M. BOYD FPrING, of Edgedleld County, Miss SUE M. SCHUMPERT, or* Newberry c >unty. POST OFFICE, NEWBERRY, S. C., May 1, 189 List of advertised letters for week ending BC ayl,1SSO: ellaieostx. ET BOURB N TONIC. milbinaltion of Bc,neset and o:ier tine toUieS ktI'i V W" skeycv, such as coiioiseurs 1iI" iiitlI.a Lia e :, )t a d rop )i anV other . rie h,l:o e:e.m and du;ciui. .timllulalt p1sia, 1I)hu i ",M" ia c -u, over- en Rd !er .1 me baipay.su-as, ,l feers tionl bronchitis and the teeble I cl;a .i:! fiid it a delightful invigoralt. /[BERS & BROWN, LOUISVILLE, KY. m. J. L. GOUNTS, UNDERTAKER, PROSPERITY, S. C. Keeps on hand a fine stock of METALIC UAPE IMITATION RO8EWOOD COF INS. Also, a good stock of his own A HIEAl1SE futniahed when desired. May 5, 19-2L* NOTICE. I hereby forewarn all persons from hiring emus Downing, colored, as he is under ontract with me for this year and is in ebted to me. Any person found hiring or lying him employ ment or harboring him rill be dealt with to the full extent of the tw. GEORGE C. COUNTS. April 29, SS'). 19-it* >TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, NEWBEURY COUNTY. By Jacob B. Fellers, Probate Judge. Whereas, John A. Werts hath made uit to mte to grant him Letters of Ad nilnistration of the Estate and effects of leury U. Spearman, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish 11 and singular, the kindred and creditors if the aid deceased, that they b"e and ppear, before mle, in the Court of Probate, 0 be beid at Newberry Court House, S. C., >n the 17th day of-1jay next, after )ublicattion hereof, at 11 o'clock in the orenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, vhy the said Administration should not be ranted. Given under my Hand, this 1st lay of May, Anno Domini, ISSO. J. B. FELLERS, J. r. N. c. May 5, 19-2t. ~LEAA1 SPRIllNGi TLI93M ATER! So Justly Popular [n this and every sectiou of the country :an now be had at P'resh and on udraught at 5 CENTS A GL ASS, Lnd 40 CENTS A GALLUN. The Appa atus for drawing the water is in order and fresh supply has just arrived. Every .veek f:esh water wi!! be received by Ex >ress ini barrels, LINED wITH PURE ENGLIsH iLoCK TIN, TIGHTLY SEALED, so that the vater is kept Glenn Water is recommnended by every >hrsicianl in the country for its remedial >roperties in the treatment of all Liver af eetions, Bdiousness, Kidney troubles and lisordered condition of the system gene 'ally. FOR SALE, ALSO, Buff do Lithia Water. Bedford Spr ing Water, Mass and Pills. Satra toga Hathorn Water, &.c. A pollinaris Water. Friedriehachall Bitter Water, &c. dPEDM'S DEV SIOE A pr. 21, 17-tf. The Last Notice ! Notice is hereby given that the Books in vhichI the Confederate dead for Newberry sounity are entered, will be rosmTVELY :losed on the 15Tal MAY, 1880. The sur riving officers and members of the various Jomipanies are EARNESTLY 'nd UEF.TLY equested to comie AT 0NCE to the aid of lie Committee, and assist them in this im >ortanit and sacred duty. Do not neglect his FINAL NoTICE,. as a name once omitted an never be replaced. Respectfully, 0. L. SCHUMPERT, J. Y. McFALL, Committee. Nev. berry, S. C , A pr. 27, 1880. 18-3t TO~WN TAXES! I will be in my office for the purpose of ollecting thle taxes levied under recent rdinance for year 1880, from 9h o'clock A. I. to 1 P. M., and from :3 to G P. 31., be. inning the 1st and ensding On 31st of May, Returns of Personal Property must be uade to me. JOHNY S. FAIR, Cler!: & T. T. C. N. A pril 26th, 1880. 18-St. NOTICE. I hereby forewarn all persons from hiring olomnon Switrtenberg, who is under written Ontralct with nie for the year. An yper mu hiring himi will be prosecutei to tile ill extent of tihe law. W. L. WATERS. Apr. 21,1i7-3t. WANTED, TWO li NRED ICORDS -OF TAN BARK. IAITI & MOWER Prices Reduced. Memiorar'dum Books down from 10 to 5 nts. Lot. of Music at half price. Patper Dolls down from 25 to 15 cents. Chessmen at cost. Variety of ReligiousanMiclneu >ok andicollaeou ~o~s at co~t. Pictures ill frames at COSt of frame and