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fm WM?CBATIC TICKET,
For Governor:
JOHNSON HAG O Ol?.
For Lieutenant Governor:
J. D. KENNEDY.
For Comptroller General:
J: C. COIT.
For Secretary of State:
H. M. SIMS
lor Attorney General:
LEROY F. YO UM ANS.
For Superintendent of Education:
IIUGH S. THOMPSON.
For Adjutant and Insjycctor General:
ARTHUR M. MAN IG AU LT,
For State Treasurer:
JOHN PETER RICHARDSON.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS:
At Large-John L. Manning and Wm.
Elliott.
First District-E. W. Moise.
Second District-C. H. Simonton.
Third District-J. S. Murray.
Fourth District- Cad. Jones.
Fiftii District-G. W. Croft.
Thc Chicago Convention.
Tho Nomination of Garfield and Arthur.
Wo give au much of tho proooodings of tho
Republican National Convention au our limited
space will allow. Tho Convention was a big
thing in tho way of a contest about mcu, but
Blimly small upon tho declaration of principles.
Tho greater part of four days was spent in
organizing tho convention, adopting rules aud
eotlling contested claims of delegates from
various Stales, while thc platform of tho party
rcocivod but little attention and oliolted no
discussion. Tho members were moro anxious
about their particular nominees thou anything
else, and thc claims of each outcropped in every
step towards organization. Thc rejection of
the unit rule and tho adoption of a rule permit
ting each delegate to vote according to his
judgment and profcrcnoo, without regard to tho
instructions of State Conventions, virtually
destroyed tho hopos of tho Third .termers. From
that timo tho causo of Grant was regarded
hopeless, while tho bitter antagonism between
his friends and tho supporters of Blaine, (urned
public sp?culation towards some groat unknown.
Tho nominations wcro made on Saturday and
tho voting began on Monday, tho 7th instant.
On that day twenty-eight ballots wcro cast, in
which Qrant vibrated bel ween 302 and 30?, and
Jil ai nc between 273 and 285. Tho other votes
Woro divided between Sherman, Kdmuuds,
Washburnc, Windora and Garfield.
On Tuesday tho vote continued about thc
samo uulil the 33d ballot, when Garfield gained
from 1 to 17, and continued to gain at euch
ballot until thc 3Ulh, when he received 809 votes,
and this being a majority of tho votes, ho was
thereupon declared by the Chairman of Hie Con.
vonlion to bo tho nominee of tho parly for
rrc8idcnt of the United States, amid much ap
plause Grant kept his vote to tho cud, receiv
ing 30G voles on tho last ballot. After tho re
sult WUB declared tho nomination was mado
unanimous, Halo of Maine, Coukling of New
York, and Logan of Illinois, shaking bauds over
tho bloody chasm and pledging their support
aud intluenco to the nominee.
At tho evening session tho names of fi. li.
Washburnc, of Illinois; Marshal Jowell, of
Connecticut; Thomas A. Scttlo, of Florida; llor
aoo Maynard, of Tennessee, and Gen. Chester
A. Arthur, of New York, wcro placed in nomi
nation for Vico President. Gen. Arthur WUB
nominated on tho first ballot, having received
408 votoB.
Tho convention, after tho transaction of
routino business, then adjourned sine die.
Wo gather from tho Congressional Directory
tho following account of Mr. Gurfiold, tho
standard bearer of tho Republican party: Jae.
A. Garfiold, of Mentor, waa born in Orango,
Cuyahoga Comity, Ohio, November 10th, 1831;
graduated at William's College, Massachusetts,
in 1850; waa President of a literary institution
for several years; studied and praotioud law;
?ras a member of tho Hiato Sonalo of Ohio in
1860-'00; entered tho Union army in 1801 as
Colonol of tho 42d Ohio Voluntcors; was pro
motod to Brigadier General January 10th, 18<J2;
?ras mado Chief of Staff of tho Army of tho
Cumberland and was promoted to tho rank of
Major General Soptembcr 20lh, 18G3. Ho has
beon olectod successively as a Congressman from
Ohio from tho 88th to the. ?Kith Congress inclu
dive Ho was recently elected to tho United
' tates Senate from Ohio, defeating Allon G.
Thurman, tho great and upright Democratic
?onator from that State.
The Stato Convention
Adjournod on Wodnosday, tho 2nd instant,
having mado nominations for Stato officers
and olootod dologatos to tho Cincinnati Con
tention. A resume of tho work of tho Con?
vention, as woll ns tho list of nomin?os for
0 Stato officers and dologatos to tho National
Convention, will bo found in our columns.
Thero was oonsidornblo difforonco of opinion ns
to th? polioy of oarly nominations and tho
question olicitod lengthy discussion. Wo
fail to soo any ronl argumonts prosonted by
thoso favoring oarly nominations, w hi lo tho
opponents of tho measure Oppenrod to offer
n number of unansworablo argumonts for
delay. Notwithstanding this, altor tho 0I08O
of tho argument, tho convention decided by a
considorablo majority to make all t?tulo nomi
nations.
Wo still ndhoro to our opinion that tho
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matter should bato boon postponed until
August, but wo submit choc? Tully to tho ex
pressed will of the majority nnd shall do nil
in our power to nm ko both our Stato and
National tiokot successful. Th? dio has boon
oust and wo trust every Democrat will con
sider woll tho importunoo Of tho issues nt
Stako and leave no etono unturned to prosorvo
and pcrpotuato our pr?sent power in tho
administration of tho State Govornmont.
Tho tiokot plaood in tho Hold, though not
oomposod of brilliant and forcible oampalgn
eponkcro, possesses qualities of hoad and
hourt worthy of confidonco and support.
Qon. Mogood has long boen noted for hie
administrativo abilities and ho will ontor on
tho duties of his offico with tho additional
advnntngo of four years oxporionoo in tlx
o iii cos about tho capital. At cs peet ed by al
for his known integrity, honored for hil
sorvices to tho Stato in tho past, and knowi
to possess both experience nnd qualifloutiot
for tho office ho will rcooivotho ready suppor
of tho party. Ooo. Kennedy and Col. You
mans aro oloquont speakers and possosi
qualifications for tho offices for which tho;
have boen nom i noted. Messrs. lliohnrdsou ant
Thompson aro also considered good speakers
So that in enso of activo opposition wo wil
bo ablo to mcot our adversaries at all pointe
Tho ontiro ticket is composed of mon of ox
omplnry character and admitted ability.
Our dangor, if any, in thc present cum
pnigo will proceed, not from tho tiokot nomi
nu ted, but from tho indifference and diviaio:
likely to bo born of past success and th
absence of opposition in 1878. Tho O h air
man of tho convention said truly, there i
ofton greater dnngor in success than i
defeat, in tho nbsonco of opposition than i
activo opposition. Defeat and active opposi
tion tend both to unify and oncrgizo a party
while SUOCCSB broods indi il oren ce nnd luke
warmness,
lu tho campaign of 1878 tho ontiro volo (
this oounty was but little moro than th
Democratic majority in 1876, showing
falling off in votes polled of nearly ono thou
sand. Lot our pcoplo, without cntoring int
tho campaign actively nt present, loso n
opportunity to quiet any probnblo disBcnsio
or to cucourngo ovcry ono to turn out on
voto ut tho election. Wo wont to carry ot
Stato for tho Democratic candidato for tl
Presidency as woll ns for State officers an
with a lull voto this can bo douo.
Coucoalod Weapons.
Tho ant i-pistol war continues to bo waged I
incorporated Iowna in ovcry part of tho Stat
No week passes but wo notice the adoption, I
souio town or towns, of nu ordinanco to prohibi
under severo penalties, tho carrying of coi
oonlcd weapons within thc incorporate limit
Snob ?in ordinanco is needed und should 1
adopted and rigidly enforced in Walhalla, nt
in fuel in every town of tho State. Only n fe
weeks back some negroes in thc publio stree
near tho Presbyterian Church, had n diflieul
and three pistol shots wero fired, ono of whit
entered tho church and imbedded itself in tl
wall within n few inches of tho head of a yout
mau who was in tho church attending pray
meeting. Tho result was considerable excit
ment and nearly thc breaking up of tho ?ervii
Only a few years ngo a Bliot was fired on I
street at random whioh entered tho dwelling
Mr. James George and lodged in tho wall ji
above (he bed in which thcfumily wcrosloopir
It has for years been a common thing to he
pistols fired on our streets nt night and it ii
oauso for astonishment that no person has bc
killed. Apart from these reckless acts, atlcn
ant with danger, tho carrying of conceal
weapons has lcd to homicides in this town ti
is tho fruitful source of crime till over tho Stu
Should not our towu authorities tuko action
tho matter and follow tho wiso course purse
by ninny of their cotemporarics in oflicc
other parts of thc Stato? Will town ordiunm
against carrying concealed weapons accompli
any good? Wo answer yes, und that not oi
good, but great good will How from their adc
tion und enforcement. Their efl ucl nt ot
would bo to restrain and limit this barbare
und abominable practice and finally to causo
completo abandonment. Another and nu
beneficial influence would How from such or.
nances, in the influence they would have on i
Legislature, compelling thal body, through
force of expressed public opinion, to pass a 1
covering thc entire Stato. is not such a 1
desirable? Would il not promote penco r
order as well as tho security of life? Wouh
not reduce taxation by diminishing aggrava
crimes with their attendant expense? Wli
lies tho good or merit in tho common praolicc
carrying concealed weapons? Echo nnsw
where. Where Ho tho evil and injury tosoci
in tho practice? Everywhere. Does it
breed brawls and difficulties and bloodsh
Docs it not clotho many families in tho
habiliments of mourning? Docs it not ere
widows and orphans? ls it not ii blot on civ
Kallon, on humanity and Christianity? Sho
it bo tolerated? No. Should it not bc supprcs
by stringent legislation? Y os. Hero wo '
say without Ibo four of contradiction t
ni nely-nine out of n hundred who, with
pistol, havo taken human lifo in a moment
sudden passion or in a paroxysm of drun
frenzy, havo regretted tho act all tl
futuro lives, and would bo earnest ndvoci
and supporters of a law prohibiting tho cai
ing of such wcapoiiB? Havo wo no govornm*
Aro thcro no laws for thc protection of lifo
liberty? Aro not tho courts, with all nee
machinery for tho protection of tho oilizon
tho Slate, in existence? Aro wo in a Bluf
penoo or war that BO many pcoplo aro fo
wearing pistols? Suppose a foroignor tin
visit our country and find a large proporlio
all our citizens going about willi a sword bc
around them, would ho consider wo wero
stato of peace or that auoh a country was a
Sirablo or safo plaoo to Bcttlo in? In reality
We hot in n worso condition than tho pi
Wearing of fi ?vords would placo us? Do wc
know that in thu court houso, tho scat of jus
in tho church, tho templo of tho living 1
whore penco and brother!y lovo aro proolaii
in our legislativo halls, where laws aro cnai
in publio ootivoyanoos, nt balla, at thoatrcf
all places of public gathering and even in
streets of our towns, under tho broad ligi
day, and under tho poaooof tho Stato, man;
found with tho death-dealing pistol or I
other doadly weapon concealed about their
sons. Only a few weeks ago, nt Kingslrc
this Stato, a prisoner, who had been conv
of porjury, roso in tho court houso, in tho
of (ho judge and of tho law, and fired se
Shots at tho witnesses against him, worn
OHO severely. Sueh a thing has 110 pnralli
(ho history vi olvlliaaliou. Tho pinela
wearing concealed weapons in our county may
not bo eo common &B iu othor Slalos or parla of
this Stato, but oven hore lt iu sufficiently com
mon to call for both muniolpnl omi Stato legis
lation. Let us advert to ono other polut.
Of what uso ia tho pistol to any ono in a stato of
peace. For what is it manufactured? For what
I purpose is it Vf om? For what is it used?
I Simply nnd solely to lake human lifo. It is not
fit to kill lions', bears ?nd othor dungcrous
I animais, if such were here. It is equally un
I suited and never used to kill door or oilier gamo.
I lt is suited to tako human life and for that only
I ls it manufactured and Used. Many who wear
I pistols havo no particular intont to harm any
I Ono, but thc very fact of having them makes
I them bolder and moro likely to get into brawls,
I and when excited or under tho influence of
I liquor, they aro used to thc lusting regret Of tho
I perron. Let us advise our people, ono and all,
I to abandon tho practico and throw (hoir wholo
I lniluenoo iu favor of a law against carrying
I concealed weapons. Wo must do this, for it has
como to negroes wearing pistols as a common
I thing, and unless tho practioo is stopped lhere
I is no counting on thc security of lifo.
Oakway Itomo.
The second quarterly Conference of Iho Wal
I halla Circuit and Mission was bold nt Center
I Saturday, tho otb Instant, Dr. S. 13. Jones prc
! siding. At ll o'clock on Saturday he preached
I from tho text, ."My sheep bear my voice ami I
know them and they follow mc; nud I givo unto
them eternal lifo and they shall never perish,
neither shall any pluok them out of my baud."
John 10:27,28.
I Tho following poiuts were lucidly made and
ably sustained from tho preacher's standpoint,
I which is (ho Ai-minian: 1. Tho churnotci'islios
I of (ruo Christians. 2. Their security, us long
I as little- children they aro obedient lo tho
heavenly grace,
j Wo copy (ho following from (ho written
I quarterly roport of ltev. A. W. Moore, P, C.:
I "While lhere is no special phase of promise,
I thoro is nothing specially discouraging. Tho
I spirit of church building is slill awake, and thc
I brethren al Center and Hopewell descrvo special
J commendation for their perseverance in building
I new churches under very great difficulties.
Very little as yot has been contributed to
I iniuistcrial support. This 1ms resulted not from
I a want of willingness on (ho part of (ho peoplo,
I (for wo recognize (hat willingness,) nor from a
j wuutof moans, but from w*nt of a system, pcr
I scvcrlugly applied, utilizing tho resources of
j tho people. Tho spirit (hat would call (ho
I legitimate, voluntary support of (ho minis(ry as
I nu attempt to make merchandise of tho blessed
I Gospel, is born of (he most vulgar demngogism.
I Every Christian recognizes (ho obligation in tho
j oonscienco lo support (ho church, and tho obli
I galion is recognized by thousands of people who
J arc not professors of religion. Il is as rcusou
1 able lo bring voluntary offerings lo God as it is
j to bring compulsory laxes io Ctosnr. An easy,
I lazy doolriualism don't count for much in (his
busy, go a-hcud ago. Tho faith (hat don't cx
! press itself in something outward, thc faith
I that don't set a man to praying and to doing, is
doad. Hight believing is followed by right
I acting- haziness and Christianity don't mix
well. In our ministry wo uro relying solely
I upon thc grace of our blessed, busy Lord, cn
! dorsing thc puro word of dod, mid in all timi
j wo do, and in all Hint wo forbear to do, wc sec?
I the inspiration and guidanco of thc ever blcssci
Spirit."
On Sunday thc church could not begin to hoh
thc people They came from all quarters. Dr
I S. 15. Jones preached at 11 o'clock a very praoti
! cal sor in on with great power. Thal scrmoi
I will not bo soon forgotten by (hat congregation
I What an opportunity-what an immense re
sponsibility attaches to every minister of tin
Qospcl! Dr. Jones realizes this responsibility
I und he speaks with an intense, absorbing carn
I cslnees. Good seed was sown in profusion Sun
I day in many hearts at Center.
Tho amount paid for ministerial support Hu
j prescnl quarter is$Gi. Tho amount paid up (<
I lliis lime, and wo arc now entering upon (lu
third quarter, is only a lUtlo over $100.
Tho delegates elected to tho District Confer
ence, to bo held at Central, 23d of July, are a
follows: J. C. C. Mioklor, A. Ballinger, Uonr;
I Zimmerman timi J. ll. Sanders. Allornates-D
A. Smith und D. P. Grant.
Tho next Quarterly Conference will bo held ft
I Westminster. Tho official members arc curncsll;
I invited to ni (end, for tho attendance upon Hies
I church meetings is generally a pretty fair indi
cation of (he real interest felt in (ho ai?airs o
I tho church. C.
Souoca City Items.
Tho weather is lovely. The growing crop
oro from ono week to ten days earlier thu
last year, in a healthy and vigorous conditio
und reasonably freo from tho troublcsom
grass.
Mrs. Susan Pattorfon, wife of Mr. Joh
Pattorsou, diod nt her homo, nt Maxwell'
Bridge, rccontly. Sho was buried ut Sliilol
From a pnssugo in Psalms Kev. WV A
Hodges preached a sormon at Shiloh, tho ?l
Sunday in May, of unusual interest.
Mr. James Phinnoy, nn employee on th
Dino Ridgo Railroad, whilo coupling cars f
this point ono morning Inst wook, had tw
of his fingors mashed off.
J Tho proiont torin of Prof. C. W. Mooro
j school will closo with charades on Ibo 18t
of Juno. Tho pupils aro rehearsing cac
wook and will doublions bo able to givo tl
peoplo n good play on thia occasion.
Somo farmers nro complaining of the but
worm cutting off tho coin in bottom lands.
P.
Whetstone Locals.
On a visit to Whotetono wo found tl
pooplo onjoying plo.ity. Corn is selling
sovonty-uvo conts per bnshol. Crops 1m
boen worked over and look well. Thoro
complaint of bud worm on low lands. Tl
small grain is poor, especially wheat, whh
has suffered from rust. Hunt in ryo ale
I Oats tolorably good.
J Proaobing ot Doublo Springs by Roi
Mooro, Wost and Smith, threo Sundavs
tho month.
Moro sickness than usual prevailing in t
mountains.
Tho pooplo in tho mountains aro onjoyii
fino rangOB for their cattle, shoop, &o. A.
Tho Savannah und Charleston Ratlroi
bas boon sold to Mossrs. tl, D. Plant, Wi
Cutting, W. T. Walters, JJ. F. Nowcomo. "\
ll. Draw loy, C. O. Mommingcr and A.
Rnv6nol. Tho road will bo put in oomph
j ropair nnd bo thoroughly equipped. This
1 boat for Uharleutoo.
SCENES AT CHICAGO.
Tho llopublionn Convention assembled at
Chicago on Wcdue?duy last. Tho proceedings
arc (oo long for our columns. Wo give scenes
and iuoidculs of (ho convention, interesting and
readable, as fully as our spaco permits:
HOW THE li lt A NT 51 KN RUN.
CitiCAuo, May 31.-Sinco tho arrival of
Bonntor Conkling and tho othor Now York
loaders tho managomont of tho Grant cam
pain has been hy common consent
handed ovor to Now York ex el naively. Tho
Now Yorkers aro considered thc boss muua
gors, and they show that they deservo tho
appellation. Everything is conducted by
them on a grand scalo. They have immense
suites of rooms on tho second floor of tho
Grand Pacific, for which they pay ?vo hun
dred dollars n day. They havo an abnndanco
of refreshments, which ara dispensed with a
liboral hand. Their pantries aro stationed
at all tho etrategio points, und their comman
ders uro constantly engaged in dispatching
orders and receiving reports. They havo in
twcuty-four hours oo systematised things
that they havo not only got down to a fino
point tho status of thc National committee,
but they profess to hnvc diagnosed tho ontiro
convention, and to havo arranged tho Grant,
tho anti-Grant and tho doubtful members
undor different heads.
TUG SEETHING MASS.
OliiOAOO, Juno 1.-The confusion of to-day
has exceeded that of till tho others. Thou>
sands of pcoplo arrived on tho early trains
and it is probnblo that from fifty to sixty
thousand slrangors will sloop in Chicago
to-night. lt requires but little gningjabout
to observo that nearly nil this outside crowd,
which chokes up all thc spaco^ ill the hotels,
ie against Grant and it keeps up u perpetual
excitement on that subject. Tho anti -Grant
pcoplo, from Illinois in particular, havo been
pouring in to-day and aro tho most persistent
lot imaginable. ?Still thcro is bettor tcmpor
displayed than for three or four days previ
ously and not so many desperate threats.
Tho stock talk is that Grant cannot bo elected
and (ho Grant people retort that ?hiino could
not bo elected. An unti-.Grant glee club
entertained sovcral thousand pcoplo in tho
halls of tho leading hotels emly in thc day
and they raised on opposition, and much of
thc timo to night llachanaliun songs have
como troill hundreds of throats in unison,
merely as u display of happiness hotwoon
drinks. During tho afternoon Gen. MoKib
bcu's banner ot Grant on horseback was
hung over ouo of tho balconies in tho Palmer
House halls und was cheered with vigor.
Empty champagne baskets and bottles on"
cumber tho passages in all directions,
and tho crowd is beginning to show signs of
fatigue. On tho streets there is music and
thc parado of clubs everywhere; but all theso
aro in thc intorcstof candidates against Grant,
tho larger part of it consisting of Sherman
display. At tho various headquarters there
aro no conspicuous signs of activity, tho
fight lins now come to bo n haud~in?hnnd
affair, and it is fully realized on nil sides.
HOW THE NEGRO DOES.
Somo of tho colored delegates from thc
backwoods who arrived to-day would neither
talk Grunt, Bluino or Sherman until they
hud spent .several hours in riding up and
down in thc hotel elevators. After that they
put on Grant, Blaine or .Sherman badges, ac
cording to their predilections, und promenaded
around as magnificent us peacocks. Some of tho
colored citizens of Chicago, discovering what
big men tho colored dolcgutes arc, dressed
themselves up in storo clothes, circulated
among tho Blaine and Sherman managers,
proclaimed that they were delegates, uud
announced their willingness to bc seen.
Tho crowds at tho PulmcrlIon.se, Chicago,
ovinco much curiosity in watching a Georgia
colored gentleman by thc numo of Quarks,
who is now practicing law iu New York, and
who is ibero in tho interest of tho Sherman
boom. Mr. Quarlcs is in tow of ex-Sheriff
Daggett, of Brooklyn, who is a Now York
dclegato, and intends to voto for Shormnn.
Quarlcs is very black. He wears n blue
coat, an open shirt with a big brilliant stuck
in it, light pants and kid gloves. A sensation
was created when ho walked into tho big
dining room of tho Palmer1 House the other
night arm-in-arm with Mr. Daggett and took
a seat directly opposite to Mrs. Don Cameron
and Mrs. Levi Morton. Thc guests dropped
their knives and forks and started, und thc
colored waiters gathered in groups and
watched and chattered, and many stalwart
Republicans, to whom such a spectacle was
rathor now, did not express much admiration.
A SEC0NU CHARLESTON.
No ono old enough to remember tho scones
at tho Charleston Convention in 18G0 need bo
reminded of its resemblance to tho present
desperate strugglo at Chicago. There is the
same swarming excitement days bolero thc
convention, tho same wild struggle over thc
temporary organization and contested scuts,
tho same furious threats of a bolt and mut
tered threatenings of violence, the party
organization in the hands of one great party
leader, thc Federal administration banking
ono of its members, Ohio represented by
dolcgutes predicting defeat if their candidate
is dropped, New York hopelessly rent in
twain, and above all thc perfect readiness on
both sides to split tho paity sooner than
yield. Tho nomination of lin loading candi
dato, Grant, matching tho success ol Doug
lass in 1880, ?sall that is needed to complete
tho parallel as far as tho party is concerned;
and thc country may be trusted to work out
tho rest for itself.-Spiint>/lelU Republican.
THE PLATFORM.
Mr. Picrrcpont, of New York, offered tho
following platform:
After roviowing tho administration of tho
Ropublicun party ibo resolutions ask for the
continued confidence and support ol' the
pooplo, and submits for their approval tho
following statements of principles and pur
poses which will continuo to inspiro it:
First? Affirms that tho work of tho last
twenty-ono years hus been such ns to com
mend itself to thc favor of tho nation, and the
fruits of tho victories should bo preserved;
that tho discovered union, happily restored,
should bo perpetuated; our crodit never to bo
impaired and ?ho reviving of industries of the
country Lc further promoted.
Second. Tho ooo&titution is tho supremo
law, and not a mero contract of confodorated
States, It mado a nation. Somo powers aro
denied to the nation while others aro donied
to tho States, but tho boundary bolweon tho
powors delegated and thoso reserved is to bc
determined by tho nation and not by Stato
tribunals.
Third. Popular education is to bo left to
tho caro of tho State; hut it is tho duty of tho
National Government to aid that woik to the
citent of its constitutional duty.
Fourth. Recommends that thc Constitution
bo amended so us lo forbid tho Legislatures
of ouch Stato to mako any law respecting tho
entablo -liment of religion, and to forbid tho
appropriation of publio funds to support
sectarian schools.
Fifth. Affirms tho belief that duties levied
for tho purpose of rovenuo should bo dlscrimi'
nato as to favor American labor.
Sixth. No furthor grants of tho publio
domain to railway corporations. Slavery
having porished in Ibo fil?tes, its twin bar'
barity, polygamy, must die in tho territories.
That ovorywhoro UM) protection accorded to
citi/.ons ol' American birth must bu scoured
i
0 citizons by American adoption. Aoknow? '
og08 obligations to tim mon who presorved
ta integrity in tho hour of battlo. Invokes
3ongro8b and tho trouty mnking powor to j
restrain and limit Chinese inimigrnlioji. (
Seventh. ?ndorocs tho administration of .
Mr. Hayes.
Eighth. Charg08 that tho Democratic !
party, to obtain possession of tho National <
und State Governments and control of tho
place and position, havo obstructed all efforts
to promoto purity and to conservo the froedom
of Bufl'rngo, and havo doviscd fraudulent
certifications and rcturus; havo labored to
unsoat lawfully eloctod mombors o? Congress,
to seenro at nil hazards tho votes of n majority
01 tho States in tho 1 loone of ltoprosontntivoB;
havo ortdoavorcd to ocoupy by ibreo and
fraud piucos of trust givon to othora by tho
peoplo of Maino, which wcro prevented by
tho oourago and notion of Aluino's patriotic
sons; have attached partisan legislation to tho
appropriation bills, upon whoso movement
tho vory lifo of the govcrnmont depends; havo
crushed tho rights of individuals; advocated
tho principio und sought tho favor of rebellion
against thc nation, and endeavored to oblite
rate tho snored memories uf tho wnr and
overcome its inestimable valuable results of
nationality, Personal freedom nod individual
equality, equal enforcement of tho law and
tho protection of al! ol lisons in the enjoyment
of all privileges and immunities guaranteed
by tho constitution, are tl,e. first duties of tho
nation. Tho dango!8 Of tho solid South can
only bc nvorted by tho fuithfuljporformanco of
ovory promiso which thc nation has made to its
citizens. Thc execution of the laws mid tho
punishment of nil tlioso who violate them,
uro tho only Miro methods willi which nu
enduring peuce can bo secured and genuino
prosperity established throughout tho South.
Tho solid South . must bo divided by tho
peaceful ngeneics of thc ballot, and opinions
mu?t thoro find freo expression, and to this
end honest votos must bo protected against
terrorism, viulonco and fraud.
After beiog read, Mr. Harker, or Massa
chusetts, moved to amend by adding tho
following:
Tho Republican party, adhering to thc
principles a (li ruted by its last uatioual con
vention of respect for tho constitutional
rules governing appointment to oflioo,
adopts thc declaration of President Hayes
that the reform in thc civil servieo shall bo
[borough, radical und complete. To that
und it commands the -cooperation of tho
legislate with thc excculivo department
af the government, and that Congress shall
so legislative that fitness ascertained by
proper practical teats shall admit to public
service; that tho tenuro of tho administra
tivo officers (except thoso through which
tho distinctive policy of the party in power
shall bo carried out,) shall be permanent
during good behaviour, and that the power
of removal for cause, wiil^ duo responsi
bility for good conduct of subordinates,
sholl accompany tho power ol" appoint
ment.
Mr. Anthony, of II'in ois, moved un
amcudincut which Mr. Harker accepted,
and then tho resolution ns amended was
also adopt ea without tho cull uf Slates.
Thc resolution a? adopted omits tho tbttui'0
of office clause, otherwise it is practically ns
originally introduced.
BliKEPlNd TOGETHER.
WASHINGTON*, June 7.-The colored
Republicans of Ocorgia ought lo bo happy,
and no doubt would have been, if they
could havo visited tito rooms of the Geor
gia delegation nt tho Palmer HOUJ?C in
Chicago, lt is said hero that the colored
brother and tho white Republican slept iu
peace, harmony and good will. This was
brought obout by tho crowacd condition of
affairs, and the necessity of not letting tho
colored delegate get a chance ot tho oppo
Bttiuu barrel. When it is remembered the
thermometer was trying lo reach tho top,
and thc scarcity of towels aud water is
taken into consideration, this action of thc
white Republicans commends itself worthy
of moro than a passing notice. Mr. Nor
cross will have to abandon his pct scheme
to draw thc color lino after this exploit.
Hut in justice to thc negroes it is fair to
?lato thal my informai.t says they "kicked"
at it and demanded separate room!', but
there were not enough spare bedrooms to go
round. Tho Radical managers satisfied
some of tho Southern delegates in tho way
of pecuniary aid in a very delicate and
economical manner. They issued to each
delegate many tickets of udtuission with
reserved seats, nod these found a ready nain
at prices ranging from five to twenty dol
lars, according to thc location of tho scats.
THE HAU. THEY MEET IN.
Como in with mc and sit down ut my scat,
and lei us look around, We pee un immense
vat of un auditorium, fiat on thc floor, and
with bevelled sidoo und ends, oil lilied with
black spectators and bowed above, tis if the
practical skeleton of a rainbow hud been
taken out and un inhabited section of it ex
posed. Carrying this figuro a little further
it seenia like the hold of Noah's ark, covered
with tho rainbow that assured him of no
moro water. Tho stage of this great pino
temple is at ono omi, and tho band of music
at the other, and they aro tis fur apart ns un
Indian can shoot an arrow-say 600 feet.
From the singo tho band looks liken little
moving fringe of red on a pilo of grey dry
goods, It would toko an opera glass to pick
nut from whero I sit, though 1 have farseeing
gray eyes any person in that group of musi
cians, and my pince ?sunder tho chairman,
?anioron, who hnsjust como in. Thoro ero
perhaps ono hundred commodious reportera'
seats between tho stage proper and tho on
Irnnco, elevated several feet nbovo it, bul
below thc stage several feet moro. 1 do not
soo how ahuman voice, unless it bo a prima
donna's, can bo heard in this vust pine cavity:
but it gives a good notion of the extensivo
country wo belong to. It may hold nearly
ton thousand people und neut them: but I
wonder If so much building is good for
delib?ralo purposes, much less oratory.
OlltOAQO, Juno ?.-Tho convention having
boen organized, it was in ordor to nominato
tho candidatos for P/roBidont. Mr. Oonkling,
of Now York, nominated (?on. Grant; Mr.
Joy, of Maino, nominated Blnino; Mr. Gar
field, of Ohio, nominated Mr. Sherman. Mr.
Edmunds, of Vermont, Mr. Windom, of
Minnesota, and Mr. Washbiiino, of Illinois,
wcro also nominated.
Tho Republican Conventions of ]RG0 and
187G lasted (breo days; those of 1801, 18(?8 mid
1872 two days. Tho present convention ul
Chicago Inst eil seven days und was tho most
noisy und uproarious over held.
An anti-duelling association has boon organ
ized nt Camden, Kershaw County, with /migo
J. ll. Kershaw as President. Tho movement
met with favor and a member of the loading
oilisons joined ii. If such associations wcro
formed iii nil tho counties mid should receive
tho endorsement of men of known courage und
character, a wholesome popular Opinion would
Boon bo formed, which would forever slop thin
barbarous praotioo.
A tract of fifty thousand acres on ibo North
ern l'uoiliu lluilroud bus bein bought tor u
colony from Belfast, Ireland.
Whoover moy bo nominated nt Chios'
o day or to-morrow, tho proceedings of t
Jouvcntion havo already shown that tho
Llopubliuau party, which nominated its first
successful candidato for President iu that '
iity twenty yours ago, ia about to bury \
itself where it was born. * * * It i?
UOt to bo expected that tho Republican
porty will nt ouoo dissolvo simply booauso
it has logically demonstrated that it ought
to dissolvo, or because it has boen shown in
tho Republican discussions over tho Kc- 11
publican nomination that not ono of its /
conspicuous candidates is fit to bo Prcsidont '
of tho United States. Parties Which havo 4
outlived their usefulness moy still for a j
timo run on their headway, but this oou? t
not continuo for many years, and tho mo- I
mcntum of tho Republican party is obvi* ? ,
ously almost exhausted. Tho Republican /
party, organized to accomplished a definite ?Bl?,
purpose, survives us on organization for tho j
distribution of patronage. Its "bosses"
confine themselves entirely to that function.
There will still for years bo many thousnuds l
of men who will call them selves Ropubli- *
cans without knowing or taking tho troublo
to inquire whut they menu by it. Without
tho support of many thousands of suoh !
men tho occupation of a political leader
who is nut a statesman, but only a "boss,"
would bo geno altogether, instead of ouly J
becoming increasing difficult. Put tho t
informing spirit of tho Republican party
has departed, and tho body, tho "organiza
tion," cannot long survivo its departure.
It remains for tho Cinoiunuti Convention to
show whether tho samo epitaph which, as
all men who sec anything now see must bo
written over ono of tho great political par?
tics of this country, will or will not servo
for them both-New York Word.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2.-Tho
South Carolina Senators succeeded in caus
ing tho retoution of nil tho appropriations
for improvements in navigublo waters of
tho State, which thc IIouso had given in
(ho river and harbor bill, and obtained a
hugo incrcaso for Charleston harbor. Mr.
Evins was very anxious to huvo something
given for improvements in his district, but
Senator Butler thought it best to apply to
Charleston harbor tho groator portion of
tho inorenso tho Renate was willing lo allow,
because of its superior importance, nod to
pr?vido for work o? less consequcnoo
hereafter.
Tho Stato has fared well in this bill, in
comparison with oomo others, better, por
haps, than any except States represented on
thc committee on commerce.
Tho Senate increased thc aggregate of
tho bill to about niuo millions, and it is
feared by its friends that tho President
will veto tho bill and make a modicum of
glory for his administration by placing a
check upon Democratic ext ra vaga noe with
thc people's money. It should bo noticed
however, that of tho thirteen votes against
tho passage of thc bill only two wero Ro
publioau.
THE KNOXVILLE AND CINCINNATI"
SOUTHERN.-Wm. W. A. Gunn, formerly
chief engineer of tho Cincinnati Southern
railway, accompanied by Major Carpenter
and M. J, Condon, of Knoxville, Tennessee,
has becu in Cincinnati for a few days
purchasing supplies for the preliminary
work ou tho Knoxvillo and Cincinnati
Southern Railway. His companions aro
members of tho company organized to build
tho road, which extends Enst from Emory
(Jap to Knoxville, a distanoc of forty miles
through ii comparatively level, fertile, and
populous couutry. Emory Clap is ubout
80 miles North of Chattanooga and 25f>
niilc:i from Cincinnati. It is South of tho
mountains. A rough estimate of tho cosb
of tho roud is 81,000,000, a part of which
baa been subscribed by business men of
Knoxvillo, and most of which will bo col
lected in thc South. Cincinnati merchants
may bc called upon to contribute 8200,000.
Major Gunn will commence to survey tho
roulo ut once, aud tho road will bo pushed
tocomplcliou.
NEW Youie, Juno 3.-Tho great gram
elevator of tho lirio railwuy, which has
been creeled near Pa rv in a ferry, is to bo
opened for business in a few days, lt is
tho largest elevator in tho world, has cost
about 8700,000, und has a capacity for
1,000,000 bushel*, lt stands on a dook
1,700 feet long, 100 foot wide, and fe 375
feet long, 80 feel, wido and 180 feet high.
Tho stack is 180 feet. The maohiucry is
to bo run by two engines, each cf 200
horso power, nnd by means of steam shovels
thc elevator will receive and unload forty
cms ut once, nt tho rato of n oar ovcry
three minutes. At thc same timo it can
load four ordinary steamers in four hours.
Tho elevator stands on piles driven about
80 feet below mud bottom. Upon tho
foundation thus formed thcro aro strong
granite pillars, 16 feet high, 8 feet square
nt tho bottom nnd 3 feet squaro nt tho top.
Tho timbers of tho main structure rest on
these supports.
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It is reported in New York that cx
Gov. Seymour will shortly como out in a
letter declaring in favor of Mr. Bayard no
thc strongest Democratic candidate for hin
locality. Mississippi, Sou til Carolina and
North Carolina aro solid for tito Dolcwaro
Senator, who will secure tho active co opera
tion of tho del?gate? from his own Sta to, and
it ia believed from Maryland and Now Jersey,
as well us .Massachusetts, und ii part nt least
of tho dclogtitea from Connecticut.
Mr. Vesuvius, ITALY, Juno 7.--Tho opon
ing of tho Mount Vesuvius Hallway took
piuco on Sunday and was celebrated by n
splendid fclo. Several successful ascents
wero made; the timo from tho foot of tho
mountain to tho terminus of tho railroad wno
eight minutos.
T?TICE TO
1SOT1CK is horoby given lo tho Tcaohtrs of
Public Schools or Oconco County thal 1 nm now
paying claims for services rendered for tho
years of 1878, 1870 and 1880.
ISAAC WICKLIFFE,
Sohucl Commissioner.
Juno 10, 1880 80 it