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FU? KEOWEIi fDOVRIER.' BY KERTBI. ?!?llTIl~^C?r~ .0 THUHSDAY, MAY 20,1880. ???f* 2<hr subscription, $ 1.60 per annum, il rielly in advance} for .six mont lin, 75 cents. Advertisement* inserted at one dollar per t/uare of ono inch or less for th? first insertion, a'ld fifty cents for each subsequent insirtion. ????* Obituary Notices exeeediuy five Hues, Tribubes of Jletpiet, Communications'of a per sonal character, when atlmissablc, and Announce ments of Candidates will be eharyedfor as adver tisementi. J&i?y* Job Print ?ny neatly and cheaply executed. WUT Necessity compels tts to adhere strictly to the requirements of Cash Payments. Correspondent Wanted, Tho Columbia Register wishes to obfnin a regular correspondent at this placo. Any ono desiring to act will picoso communicate with thal paper. Hon. Jos. hi Orr, of Ancloreon, has been nominated for Congress in this District. If bc has tho characteristics of his illustrious fathor ho would mako ft good tncmbor to Congress. The Columbia Mercury has nominated Hon. Jas. N. Lipscomb, of Newberry, for Ooveruor. Official Power. Tho Abbeville Press and Banner pertinently vtmnrks: '"'From tho many no'ices which wo see of Democratic clubs endorsing tltc present official incumbents, while putting forth earnest entreaties for their re-election, wc arc lcd to ask if many of tho officeholders of tho present day have not their constituents by the nose? As between Democrats and good citizens wc think lhere should bc no anxiety to show a disposition lo Irucklo lo official power. Tho fact of thc accident that a man happens to bold on office is not evidence positive that there arc not other men in thc Slate just ns patriotic and ns efficient. Tho Prosidoncy. Perhaps in the history of this country there has ncvor been n time wl.cn both thc great political parties wero moro nt sea as to tho prohublo nomi nco for the Presidency than nt present. Ic is tree it often happens that bc t**sen two prominent candidates; ono of whom is likely to ?;u the nomination, tho contest wnxc3 so warm, that both arc dropped and u third person, unknown to fame, ti more figure? head like Haves, is nominated. Thc Repub lican'- seem to regard Grant and lilaino thc most prom inent aspirant* in that porty, but Sherman, Wash bur ne, Pish, and pei ! ps Ga? field, .ire Rooken of. V* : New York II mt. ll opposes G rant, and advises Conkiiug, Camero, i nnd Logan, Ibo third term syndicate, to aban don bim ns hopeless, and tnko up Hamilton Tish, who, it says, will lead them to victory, and givo tho country good government. Thc Herald assorts broadly nnd openly that Grant should not be nominated under any ol ron in stan 008, nnd if nominated will bo defeated al the polls. This, too, seems to bo tho impres sion of tho Democrats, nnd hence that party desires above all things tho nomination ol' Grant. A month back General Grant seemed to have n certainty of tho nomination, but as Iiis prospects brightened by log rolling in thc groat States of New York and Pennsylvania, tho pooplo of other Northern Slatos, and espci eially of tho Northwest, wero aroused and began to organizo anti-third term associa tions and hold convcnti.ns in opposition to a third term until they have destroyed nil hopes of his election, if not of his nomination. The election of Grant, a military man of great prominence to a third term, is looked upon as , endangering the liberties of tho country, and | ns such a dangerous precedent. At all events , the chances of tho nomination of Grant grow | loss every day, though thc Herald still puts , him ahead in the tables of the various States | which have hold conventions. The propriety i o? requesting him to withdraw from the eon? tost for the good of tho party is being dis- | cussed largely in tho North, but it is believed this cannot bo dono nt this late day. Noxt to Grant in point of strength, accord- , to tho Herald's estimate, is Blaine. Ho is th? last man tho South would dosiro to seo Prosidcnt, for ho is a bitter partisan and dom- . ngoguo, and seems te bato tho South with nil tho soul ho has Sherman conics in next, and jsftor him Washblirne. Should all lhe-?e bo voted for, i ibo probability is that neither will bc nomi- : imtcd, and that tho Convention will compro-. , miso on Home figure-head like Hayes, who | has never enjoyed sulBoiont prominence to ex cite thoenvy or jealousy of any of the leading lights of.tho party. Tho convention is near nt hand, and we look forward with much interest to its meeting. Tho Democratic party lins many honest, upright, available candidates, but feeling tho ? great importance of success, ns yet no one has ( (INDUmed special prominence. Bayard, Thur? i man, Seymour, Hancock, Hendricks, Field and a number of others of die nble>t and bout j men in thc country have been mentioned in connection with tho nomination. If Seymour would consent to run ho would doubtless bc nominated, but ho has nominally declined. Justice Field lins lately been tuen? tinned very favorably, bot n? ono, as far a? wc cnn gaihor from our exchanged, seems to bavo nov definito idea of tho nominee Any of the men named nnd ninny others would fill tim Presidency acceptably, and tho only import int question bit ween thom is, who is tho strongest and tho most likely to carry enough of ibo Northern States to sccuro tho clout ion to tho Democrats. Wo think tho election of a Democratic President would go fur toward reconciling tho sections, and bury? jug forever thoso bitter feeling* tho party in power bavo exoited and strive constantly to keep alive. In this view lt is of great impor tance that tho Democrats should bo success ful, ns well ns for tho reason that this party would givo tho country honest and constitu tional government. CINCINNATI, May 17.-Tho Cincinnati .Southern Itoilroa l Company have rondo n general reduction or passenger rates *o run till July the 26th. Tho fires t!.rougboul tho lino are to bo two cents per milo. This reduces thc rates to nil points in thc South and may be tho beginning of a war of rates bal ween tho cincinnati Southern and its couipctitore. Tho South and Dr. Talmago'a Sermon. Notwithstanding tho war closed fifteen years ago, tho great mans of tho Northern pooplo havo vory littlo idea of tho chnrnotor, feelings and condition of the South, l'olitionl dernngoguos and charlatans have, during nil this time, persistently misrepresented our people, and havo not hesitated to helio our social, moral and political condition solely for of?co and party power. They have lived and tlourishcd hy keeping up sectional ani mosity. They caro less for tho peace and unity of tho country than for their personal aggrandizement and party success. These political huck? havo tho ear of tho masses and prate about rebellion, flaunt tho bloody shirt and assert that tho lives of Northern men or of Republicans ure not salo in thc South. Many ot the newspapers join in this unholy war of lien, nnd by special corres pondents and editorials placo before theil renders horrible fubrioat'ic/?s of oppressor and murders perpetrated on unoffending Republicans, woll knowing they aro infnmoui lies. Tho mn?sos nro honestly deceived bj theso statements, and doubtless very man* look upon tho Southern people ns a semi civilized rnco, nnd if not cannibals, but littl above thom; whilo thoso who havo crcatoi this impression by thoir slanders know ful woll that tho Southern pcoplo are nt least th equal of tho Northorn pcoplo in point o intelligence, morality and patriotism. The; know, too, thcro ?tro no more social or toleran people than ours, and that thcro is in th South an honest desire to bury the past nm live in that penco and amity which befits : free pcoplo sheltering under tho samo flap They know, too, that wo have a gonerou soil and u genial climate and that wo nee and dosiro ?inmigrants to come nnd seltl among us and help to develop our immens mineral, agricultural and manufacturin resources. Wo want to seo them come b scores, and wc can n?suro them, as Norther settlers now residing in our county nnd Stat will assuro them, that if they como herc to liv and not as tramps and stirrers up of slrifi they will be thrico welcomed without regar to (heir political opinions. Our renders will remember that soon nftc tho close of the war, during Ibo administra (ion of President Johnson, Qcnornl (Jim mado a tour of tho ?South and on his veter represented our pooplo us having accepte the results of thc war in good faith and r anxious for peuce nnd reconciliation, an that they had sot to work with energy un industry to repair their ruined fortune His repart of (bo condition and feelings' our people thou inndo was (ruth itself, ar (he same has been true ever since Who however, he was elected President he beean a partisan, established a system of espiona} nil over tho South, quartered soldiers in n our largest cities, oppressed our poop! appointed to office ignorant, incompetent ai dishonest persons, nnd finally drove tl Legislatures of several States from their bal nt tho point of tho bayonet. Recently ho hi again traveled hu gely over tho South, whet notwithstanding tho wrongs heaped on I during his administration, ho was rcccivi in a kindly spirit and nguiu ho bonis test many to thc dosiro of tho South for ami nnd reconciliation. Dr. Beecher, Dr. Vii cent, Qon. Sherman mid other great men tho North have visited unharmed tho Soul partaken of our hospitality and bear tes mopy that thc South is moro interested retrieving her ruined fortunes than in po tics or strife. Recently Dr. Tal m ago, of Brooklyn, visit nino of our Southern cities and on his rctu preached a sermon to bis congrog:*.ti< jhiofly on Ibo South nnd the slanders wiri Itad been circulated about the Southe people for fifteen year. Wo publish on c lirst pago a VCSUniC of his disconrso n lircct thc attention of our readers to t Forcible und plain way in which ho tells 1 truth, and tho exact truth, about our peep Ile says bc came with questions nnd hun; for information on moral and religions ii political subjects. With this view ho tull with lawyers and editors, farmers and poli ginns, hincks and whites, in a word, vt every grade, class und race of pcoplo in South, fur, ns ho said, ho had no pol ?ti record to look after or guard. The rosall his inquirios is summed up in thc nrliolo forred to, and wo only wish thc North? people could both believe and realize truth ns spoken in this sermon. Tho ( sections would then thoroughly undorstti inch other, mid pei feet reconciliation i belier government would be. tho result. ll is perfectly true that the people of South do not desire tho restoration slavery, nnd thal if it were left to a \ whether it should bc ro-ostnblisbod t would poll almost, if not an absolute!) unanimous negative. Wc have always li hore, owned slaves and can speak bulli fi experience und from conversation with olh ind wo know thc restoration of slaver remotest from thc wish of our people fuel, ibo slave owner, though nominally r was always poor in fuel. Ho rarely had ?parc ninney, it requiring all ho mude, 1 by his own labor, and that of his able b x slaves, to support nnd caro fur thc young helpless. In this woy he denied himself family many needed comforts and coll* onces, and wc assort that to-day men in county worth from $1.500 to $.1,000 I their houses helter furnished and moro o mon ts nnd conveniences about them oould bo found in tho houses of men bi tho war who owned from fifty to one hun ano fifty slave?. When wo inako money it goos lo ibo support of tho family and n negro children. Wo would not havo si again. it ie c.joally true that Ibero is no malt ment of ibo colored pcoplo nt tho Si On tho contrary, their only reliable friend their old masters, nnd Ihcy go to thom \v evor they need ndvico or aro in Iroubl want. Actual shivery, Pays Dr. Tain may bo found in tho Northern cities ai tho employees. Wo believe, too, that a Suffering niny best be lookod for and likely found among tho slums of Ibo cities. Ho denounces the impression flint N oin mon, who eenie to settle in the f;out to be ku-klnxcd or otherwise mndo un lol ?able, HS a lie. In ibis, toe, ho tell oxnot truth. Wo went them to oomo, n they wilt como in tho spirit of oitieens to fettle hero ns their homo they will meet with a universal welcome; but; it they Como UR. epics nod lint's and foin ec torn nf etrifo for tho purposo of political capital by tampering with tho negroos and inciting thom to murder nnd hicondiurism, then thoy put themselves beyond tho pnlo of tho law nnd of society, anti thoa porhaps, as Dr. Tnlmago says, they lilitht ho moved off on tho most mobile section of a fence. Tho samo would bo dono ia tho North under like circumstances. Wc assort without tho fear nf successful contradiction that there is moro ci imo in tho North and loss security of lifo, liberty and proporty than in any of tho Southern States. You cnn rarely pick up n Northorn daily without being horrified by tho account of* 80610 ort mo or ci i mes so atrocious ns to make your blood curdle, such crimes as mo un known in tho South. Dr. Tnlmngc also makes n specific denial of tho general impression that tho people of tho South arc inimical to tho United States Government, lloro, ton, bo speaks truly, and tdiould our flag bo insulted or our soil invaded by a foreign foo, wo feel euro tho Sooth would vio with tho North in tho promptness with which abo would erm for tim protection of tho honor and liberty of this great Republic Wo cannot commend too highly tho candor and truthfulness which marks tho entire discourse of Dr. Tnlmngc. it is true ho has been fifteen years in learning what ho ought toliavc known in twclvo months ?fter tho war cloped, but botter late than never. Will bis utterances bo believed and acted on? Will they accomplish any good, or is personal observation tho only way in which a North ern mind can bolievo Ibo South is harmless ami actually anxious for reconciliation and tho influx of immigrants from nny quarter of the globe, provided they hoof tho Caucasian race? Upon thc pros pool of nn early recon ciliation through such sermons ns that of Dr. Tiihnugo, Hill Arp say?: "Mr. Beecher come down, and Dr. Vincent como down, und Gen. Grant come down, Gen. Sherman and ?.everal others and they go back and Says 'Buys, there's no harm in them follows down South-they ure all right,' but bless my foul, nobody believes 'em, and wo hnvo got to enlighten 'cm one nt n timo, just like wo did brother Tnlmago and its going to lake two or tlitoo thousand years to do it." Wc hope Dill ?8 mistaken in this and that the time is nour nt hand when thc people of tho North and South will become ono in heart as they arc ia interest, in law, in commerce and in government, and when tho sections will know no North or South, but thc country ns one great nation. Wo arc sure this is the Citmost desire of the great mass of our people and that they desire lo seo Northern settlers and Northern capital come hero und aid in building up our waste places. In lins county there aro between four and five hundred thousand acres of land with a population ol' twelve or thirteen thousand souls. Some of our land is broken, but tlicvc are thousands of acres which lie well nod could bo bought low. Tho climate is milder in thc winter and cooler in tho bummer than in New York. Chills aro unknown hore and wo arc free from all kinds of epidemics, hav ing ns healthy a country as tho sun ever shone upon. We can grow cottbn, corn, wheat, outs, ryo, peas, rico and nearly all the grasses as well as every varie'y of fruit* belonging to thc temperate z?lio. We have in thc County a large number nf water powers ami timber of all kinds in abundance. Our wutei H pure and cold and needs no icc to render it pleasant in tho hottest part of tho year, li addition to these advantages we enjoy (supe rior railroad facilities, having n direct con nection with the seaboard nt Charleston tint also with the Ninth and South by ibo Ait Lino Hoad, which passes through thc bear of our county and crosses tho l?luo ltidgt it'iid at Seneca City. The same is true of i number of counties adjoining us known a thc Piedmont hilt, and in this section thou sand of immigrants could lind good homes They would bo welcomed by our people am treated as well as if born and brought U| brio. We say let (beni como mid fit'? foi themselves. Tho South Carolina University The Hoard of Trustees of this institution inc at the ofilce ot' thc Governor on the I2lh instan ami elected as thc Faculty ot' thc Agricultura College the following gentlemen: Wm, Porche Miles, of Virginia, President and Professor o tiiigtisli Literature, willi a salary of $2,500; Dr Joseph bet onte, ol' the University of California Professor of Geology, Mineralogy ami Botany salary $'2,000; Maj. Benjamin Sloan, of Adgc College. Professor ot' Mathematics and Natura Philosophy, inlnry $,2,<IIH?; Dr. Wm. Burney, o John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Professe ot' Chemistry, salary $'2,000; Mr. Jesse jones of Charleston, Foreman ol' the Mechanical Oe part men!, salary $750. The election ol' a Pore limn of the Farm was postponed until lite meet ?UK in August. Tho Faculty, we uiidorsluinJ ?ill meet in July for the purpose of snrangln tlie curriculum and such other matters us nv necessary to thc opening of tho institution i thc fall. In August ibo regular meeting of th Hoard of Trustees will be held. Wc reganl the opening of Ibis institution on of thc brightest hopes of thc future of Kout Caroljna. lt will supply n long needed want i our State and enable our young men cither wit or without a literary course lu get a knowlcdp of those practical pursuits of life which devele tho wealth and prosperity of a people. Th Cliiflin University at Orangcbiirg is for tl blacks and thc .South Carolina University for tl whites. Holli arc devoted chiefly to lustruotio in agriculture and tho mechanic, arta. Tl bondings and grounds at Columbia aro we adapted to the purpose. AB many ns 226sttldori can gel good rooms in thc college buildings, tl library, if not cfjiial in tho number of volume is unsurpassed in judicious selection by ni library III tho United Slates, tho Stale alsoowi Biillioient land adjoining tho college to ere workshops, if desired, and to make a good c> pcrimcntnl fur in. Tho institution is also pr? vided with a complete chemical and phllosphlo apparatus and a large collcc.ion of minerals ai fossils. Thc faculty is well selected. Prc Miles lins a wide reputation in litoratur.0, Vi( Blonn has no supe rior in thc branch assigne 1 him, ?hilo Di-. Jo.->eph Li-Conto isa host willi himself, and is perhaps al (his day one of ll biol Informed men in thc important branch assigned lo him in the United States. Wo km nothing of tho two others clcctod, but if tin will at all comparo with those mentioned tho 1 ' siltation cannot fail of great usefulness. "Wo ocrtatnly wish lt success, and liopo to soo the day when its high reputation wi I! attract students from many of our sister Hintes. Thu tuition is freo to every cllir.cn of tho Stale, and the Hoard of Trustees is authorised to establish from timo to time ns many soholar Bhips ns thc income of tho institution will justify, to bo apportioned to students from various sec tions of the State Tho salary of the Professors is dofruyed from thc Interest on tho fund, ($101,800) realized from tho eulo of land scrip donated to thc Stale by Congress for thepurposo of endow ing un lust lunion for instruction in agriculture mid tho mechanic arts, the interest ouly to be used. This fund multes thc institu tion independent and gives it permanency ns well as the power to secure experienced und able professors. Wc do not think it militates at all against our chartered literary colleges in tho State. Every parent, who is able lo do so, will grad?alo his son al one of these Institutions and then Iel him (uko a course in (ho University. Wo will (hen hnvo our young incu no! only c.bloated, but also Instructed in tho practical business of lifo. If tho University is properly conducted we may expect to seo in len to twenty years a great change in Ibo mode of farming throughout tho Stato. Science, a knowledge of (ho soils and of what oleinen(8 they need to give them thc highest fertility, will take Hie place of Ibo guess work system ol' the present, and we may expect n proportionale in?rense ?d' production mid wealth. Many persons, too. will get a better knowledge of mineralogy than can bo had in our present colleges, which may rotuli in the discovery of mines and tho development of lunch unknown mineral wealth in our Slate. We hail Ibo opening of this obi institution asan agricultural college. Tho County Convention Mot iu tho Court House on ibo l?tli instant and was called to order '.>' ttio County Clmii niim. Upon a call of Ibo clubs, II largo majority nus rc proton tod hy delegate*, showing our people fully lippicoiated tho importance of organization and unity ol notion. The work nf t'.io o invention was harmonious and thu proceedings will bo found elsewhere in our columns. The County Chah niau haying declined to POrvo longer. Ci 1 lt. A. Thompson was e'cclcd Chuirmiwi fur tho next two years, Delegates were appointed lo tho State, Congressional and Judicial Conventions without definite instructions, the two last delegations to serve only in tho event that lho*o conventions were called before another meeting of the County Convention. On motion, it was referred to tho clubs to consider, determine und report to tho next convention, whother in the nontis nation of county officers mid members to the General Assembly, tho nomination? should be made by delegates or by a primary elec tion, and il by thc latter, whether a majority or plurality vote should bo icquirod. If it could bc done without BO much trouble n majori tv vote would bet express tho will ol Ute people, for (hi-* requires (be candidato ta get a majority of tho wb.de nu inlier of voles polled, so that if 2,000 votes were polled, thc nominco !:ii..-.t g.; 1,001 ?? moro v..?e.-? lu secure tho nomination. "Whore. Ibero ure several candidates ibis would require perhaps several elections to bc held. Wo have been working under Ibo plurality rule, and person* gotting '100 or d00 volo* nut of 2,000 maj ibus be nominated where Ibo candidates arc numerous, lt is better ll.is way, perhaps, than to have tho trouble, excitement ?UK' inn. ?vaneo of several elections. This ii especially true as to cmnty officers; for those officers having nothing tn do with law-making or polities, mid thoy bein;: generally reqoire? to give heavy bonds, there is li'tlo dungOl (hat ibo public wei faro will suffer throng) e.'linly officiaIf. In fact us ti such 0?iCCI there is Mule need of nomination, for m incomp?tent tuan, be he Domocint or Ko pu bi hean, if elected to them could give tb? required bond. In the election nf niembori lo tho Genend Assembly grenier caution i required, ns wo want com potent men an.1 o the right political faith. Tho various club must determino these matters for themselves and ut tho next convention that plan will b adapted which a majority of tho delegate support. Proceedings of tho County Domo eratic Convention. WALHALLA, S. C., May 15, 1880. Tho Democratic County Convention met i thc Court llouso (o day and was called to ordc nt ll o'clock A. M. by \V. C. Keith, Chairmai Thc roll of delegates was called and eight answered lo I heir names, representing ninetcc Clubs in thc County. On motion, the convention went inlo an clcc lien, ny acclamation, of permanent officers A (he ensuing I wo years. 'The following arc tl new officers; Col. Hobt. A. Thompson, Presiden Col. .J. J. Norton, 1st Vice President; Capt. ..' ll. Broylcs. 2.1 Vice President, and W. J. Stril ling, Secretary mid Treasurer. The Executive! Committee was not appointe a resolution being passed directing each chi pursuant to thc requirement of the constitutio to nominate n member from ils own number form this committee, by thc next meeting ibis convention, when (bo commit Icc will 1 elected. In (he meantime thc old commit! continuer, to act. It was Iben resolved thal I lie thanks of l! convention are returned to Col. W. C. Keilli, t! retiring President, for thc zealous and able mai ncr in which bc hus performed thc duties of 1 cilice for ibo past foiiry?nr0i S. V. Slrib'iiig, A. lt. I ?roy les and D. A. Sm I were Iben elected by acclamai ion ns delegales ibo approaching Sinto Convention, with J. } Livingston, John C. Cary and J, Yt, Shelor alternates. Tho following resolutions, offered by IL Frttl Sloan, wero then passed by a unanimous vote: Resolved Isl, Thal it is (ho sense of this co vent i o? i that it would bo unwise for (bc Dcm oratio parly, al ibo approaching Slate Colive (ion, to make nominations for State officers. Resolved 2d, That it is Ibo opinion of (1 convention that tho convention to liomin! Stale officers should bo held on a lalo day thc mont li of August, ia order (hat tho peo] may be saved the trouble mid expense of a loi demoralizing pol it leal onmpnign. Delegates lo Ibu Congressional and Judie Conventions were Ikon elected on condition il if Ibis convention .should m et again before I mooting of those convent loi i it has tho power romovo ibo delegates now elected ?ind i! others. Tho following aro tho delegates elected um tho abovo resolution; B. Prank Sloan, Richi Strother nud U. 1-. Mason, dolognlos, with J. W. Sliolor, J. W? Livingston nud P. B. Doyle, as alter nates to tho Congressional, nud\V. J. Stribling, P. Ii. Sltton and 1?\ ll. Doyle, delegates, with J. S. Vernor, lt. A. Mnthowson and J. C. Cary, as alternates lo tho Judlolal Conventions. On motion, by Col. Morton, it was then ordered that tho olubs discuss lu their club meetings, between this and the next meeting of this con vention, when they nro to report to tho conven tion, thc questions, first, Whether Hie appoint ment of a liehet for County officers for tho next general election shall bo by primary election or nominating convention; and, second, If by pri mary picolions, whether in (ho primary election tho majority or plurality rule shall be adopted. A resolution was then passed that tho pro ceedings ol' this convention nro ordered lo bo published In thc Kr.owim CoCRlBtl, and that Ibo thanks of thc convention aro tendered lhat paper for past liberality and favors extended to (his organization. On motion, tho convention adjourned to meet at tho call of tho President UOllT. A. TflOMPSON, President. \V, J. STKIIIMNU, Secrotnry. Congressional Delegates and Col. Aiken. KniTOlts KBOWBK COUHIKU : As thc Democratic Convention, whloh mel at Walhalla on Saturday last, was called for tho special pu rpo so of re organizing thc Democratic party in our County and electing representatives to thc State Cou vcution, willoh will meet injune, wc an-satisfied that its further action in selecting delegates toa convention, which may bo called to nominale a cannula le for Congress, was not anticipated by the olubs generally, mid was, therefore, prema ture. There was no real necessity lor this no tion, mid wc regret thal it was not postponed and thc clubs allowed nu opportunity ol' OX* pressing their choice of tho candidate fer thia position. Should the convention lo nominale a candidato be called l.oforo our Cornily Convention moeia again, the delegates which have been chosen will go there and represent their individual pre fciYtivos mil}1 and very likely liol I ho wishes of tho Democratic voters of Ibo county. Sonic of I beso delegates will, I know, not veto for ibo rc ?nominal lon of <;<>l. Aiken, who is the choice ol' nil the clubs winch have acted in tho maller, and who would, v>e believe, receive I he iiomlna liou, it Hindu by thc people; fur he has shown them by his bald mid itblo advocacy of iheir rights and his surprising success in legislation that he is the "righi man in the right place." If he had dono no more for them than the single act of having I he appropriation for agricultural purposes Increased to $100,0011 against tho rc cointiicmlalioii of the committee, this alono Would, in ?mr opinion, secure lur him Ihcir continued support; While millions wore being given lor the purposes of Improving navigation and in aid ol' commerce mid iiiniiiifiiollives the appropria I ions tor ngi-icullurnl purposes did no! exceed ?' 10,000. This unjust mid discriminating species ol' legislation very naturally caused thc blood of our representative lo boll over mid he did Htij seine lim l things uoout the National De moer i-y HM"'.!hi ! .1 n goo'.t cfl'cCt. Ito is to day ono ol' the most intliieuti.il mombois from tho South. Uli.MOC KAT. Spofford and Kellogg. Sr ii KO 11 OK Si'.NA rou HAMPTON. The Senate resumed tho consideration of thc Kel logg-SpolFonl resolution, Mr. I lampton, of South Carolina having tho flour. Air. Hampton said bc was uot u lawyer. 1 ut proposed to discuss the matter on the generally recognized principies of justice and right, endeavoring to free himself from partisan feeling. There were cases, and this was one, where Senators should lay aside sectional prejudices ?iIU] party allegi ance. J io did not impute to Spofford or his friends any improper motives and there? furo ho was ruined lo differ fruin thom and his party associates with whom bo held so many views in common, They would nt least credit him willi sincerity in this, dif ference. Mr, Kellogg's credentials were presented in 1S77, and referred to tho com mit too in Maroh. Mr. Spoil ?rd's were presented in Octobor. Iloih putics con sented t> il.e coi'sidor.itiiin of certain evidence taken byllu- other invcMt-.mtiiig commit;;.! s. The Sonnie also ?-1 .. I a .; elution authorizing tho committee lo tu.ko full evidence. There wis no doubt that tim committee has full authority n> investi gate all tho merits of the eise. Mr, Spof ford at onetime tiled Q request for moro evidence, which was denied ly tho com mittee on t ii o ground that su (Tl eic nt testimony hail been taken Thu niling, Mr. Hampton thought unjust, but it wis undoubtedly fully competent for the com mittee to decido when to slop taking testimony. If a committeo abuses its power in this respect an appeal can bc taken to tho Senate. Tho Senate at that time announced its delib?ralo judgment that Mr. Kellogg was entitled to his scat, yet it is now claimed that th.it action had no binding effect. Mr. II a in pto ti could not admit tho principio that (ho settlement of the contested case on ita merits could bc overthrown at will upon thc accession of n majority of n different party. If this caso can bc reheard now, what i.- to prevent its being heard again and again? In all litiga tion there must be nomo end of strife, and in the spirit of thc law this case should rest where it is Mr, Hampton then cited a number of authorities and precedents, in this country and England, to show that it was a well established principio that when a case w.is once settled upon its mci its it could not bc reopened. Thc consequences of leaving titles lo scats forever open to question were moro disastrous than to have nu occasional oaso wrongly Bottled. Tho whole weight ol' authority seemed to Mr. Humptou to show that tho Senate notad judicially, nr.d (hat its action was final. Ho hud carefully avoided thc political aspect of thc ease. Ile dared not trust himself to enter too deeply into that (juca lion. All his sympathies were with thc OOntestnnt and with tho Slate of Louisiana, which had suffered so great a wrong, but tho Senate had no power to redress that wrong. Time, the great healer, could alono assuage her wounds. Ho hoped thc people of that Stain, with Whom his own hud so much in common, would not UiUoOlltrUO his action. The Senator from Georgia (Hill) had expressed e. hope that tho Southern Senators would not ignore their right in this ofit;c, That great Senator would baldly rel uso lo admit ibu honesty of motivo in thoso dif fering from thc commiltoc, when, as in Mr. Hampton's Oase, their eenso of duty lcd thom to snori?oo their personal feelings. Tho flag ubovo thom was that of all tho States, oud all woro equal there. Southorn Scnotors wcro not hero, ns might bo infor- , red from tho report of tho minority of tho coinmittco, on probation temporarily, butas equal representatives of sovoreigu States, They bud no need to excuso or to explain.' their conduct, and they would bo guided rather by their acts than their professions. Let them do their duty and disregard tho consequences. Ho thanked tho Senator from Georgia for denying tho rumor dis honorable to his Stato. Ho was jealous of her honor. Ho had fought on bloody fields with her gallant troops, sido by sido with i those of her sister Stato of Georgia, led by tho Senator's collcnguo, Gordon. Thoy went ul.ero honor could bo gained, but where personal safety could not bo found. If in thoso dark days, when it was not my good fortuno to enjoy what I now do, tho benefit of tho precept and example of tho Senator from Georgia, J uphold os boat I could tho honor of my Stute, I trust that I shall not provo recreant to it now. Tho pcoplo of South Carolina can best judge bow their honor is guardod boro. And should it ever bc my misfortune to misrep resent or disappoint thctnj in uny woy, by having thc courugo to follow uiy convictions, they will ot Icasl say: "Ho braved tho shuft of ocusurc aud of nimmo, And on thc field of honor pledged a soldtor'fi, fame." (Applause.) At tho couclusion of Hampton's speech, Carpenter took tho floor and occupied tho remainder of tho afternoon with nu argu ment in support of Kellogg's right to tho seat, Thc Se?alo then adjourned. Tho debate will bc continued by Pendle ton, who obtained tito floor nt tho conclusi?n of Carpenter's remarks. Tho Last of Thomas Whito. Sl'AUTAN H MIG, S. 0., May l l, 1880. To-day, at 12 o'clock, Thomas Whito was hanged for tho murder of Pelo Hawkins, colored, last November. Tho execution was conducted privately in u stable in roar of tho jail. Whito met death bravely, protesting his innocence to tho last. His last words ?in pl ion tod Dick Dy rd, the bar keeper, who mudo him drunk and lent tho pisto!. Ho warned thoso present ogainst whiskey and bad company, declaring they Ind brought him to thc gallows. His neck was broken by tho fall, and in thirty min utes ho was cut down and life pronounced extinct. Tho public sentiment ogainst Hyrd is very strong, and he will bc forced to leave Spurtnuburg. A. UA BftJ?. Boitons Kr.owm; OUUKIKR: I noticed in your last wick's*,r*jna v. h<?ul linn, you wcro "reliably informed that I, (ho mail ruler, was lound asleep on tho road between Walhalla rind Westminster on lust Saturday evening ut six o'clock." i desire to say that your informant is mistaken nnd must have been asleep himself. I arrived in Westminster nt f> 20 P. M. <>n schedule time. Tim card below from Mr. J. ll. (Jobb and Mr. Zimmer-, man, Ibo postmaster, vori Iles ihis statement. Your informant ia mistaken, not, tn USO a harshor term. J. ll. BURDETT, DuAR Silt: Tho innil boy denies thc chargo of bring asleep. 1 think your informant waa mistaken in the man, as 1 hear ho says it was aller ti o'clock when bc saw him. The mail hoy arrived herc 5.20 on thc day alluded to in goad limo to mont tho train. Your in formant must have been asleep himself and uaw Bomo one else mid took it for thc mail bay. JOHN M. COI111. l'ho mail carrier arrived here last Satur day at fi.20 o'clock at his usual limo, &o. A. ZIMMERMAN. The Colored Good Templars ol" tho State have just'hold their convention in Charleston. They report tho work as moving on finely, and that 20,000 persons have identified themselves with tho cause. ffiBni<5eas ?& EBa SOM, <I?i*niB<l (Hearing1 C?>ca i ??tic-Tlie ?ne ?-va*:tBBa8 ciiance of a S i fie t? & liso e do Erny a jj sae B*Bano or ?bavvioca "aw ful e-Bioap," Commencing May 15 and ending July 1. To rave heavy expense and labor of re moving to our now double four story store, .Inly 1, wo offer our ontiro stock of pianos <jnd organs now on hand and to arrive be fore our removal, consisting of 20 Chicker ing, 60 Mathushek, 21 Lighto & Co., 5 Hallet A-. Davis, 02 Southern Gem, 10 Favorite, 28 Guild & Church Pianos. 110 Mason &? Hamlin, 100 Peloubct & Co. di Sterling Organs. All new mid just from ibo factory. Also 100 second hand pianos nnd organs, nearly all used only from ono to six months, and precisely as good as new. All to bc closed out by July 1 nt manufacturer's wholcsalo rates. Wo can't and won't move them. Don't miss this chance. Address us for "Clearing Ont Sale Circulars and Prices," and bo quick about it too. Luddon <fc Dates, Southern Music House, Savannah, Ga. HYME r<T17J^.I_i. Manic !, on tho 2d of May, 1880, by I). F, Curter, E<q., Mr David Holmes, to .Miss T (.Tl Iii *u Dont wright, all of 0?onco County. jSew A <l tcrilsemenlSt Sheriff's Sale, I") Y virtue of an Execution lo mo diroctod, ') I will sell, on Tuesday after saleday in Juno, 1880, Ono Wie?in Saw illili and TK? viss TOM, Near Westminster, Ooarnoo County, S. C. Levied on as um property of W. J, llunni cutt. at lli? snit of ll lizabeth Harker. TERMS-CASH. l'urohator to pay extra for bill id'salo. .1. ll. ROBINS. Sheri ft' .Oconeo County, I May 20, 1880 27-2*