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HT UH MEOW EE COUKIEIt. BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. THU USD AY, JULY 8, 1880. *X* XS XX IVE ?$5y* 7*br subscription, $1.60 /}?. annu?<, strictly in advance; for six months, 16 ce?i/?. Advertisements inserted at ono dollar per tipiare of ono inch or less for the Jirst insertion, and fifty cents for ?ach su?sciptont insertion. ??y Obituary Notices exceeding fiva lines, Tribuios of Respect, Communications of a per sonal character, when admissablo, and Announce - wents of Candidates will bo charged for as adver- ' tisements. i J565P* Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. , Necessity compels us to adhere strictly o the requirements of Cash Payments, tm I THE NATIONAL TICKET, ! FOR ruKSiDENr or i UK UNITKD BTATKS, WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK. FOU VICE l-UKSIOKNT, WILLIAM II. ENGLISH. THE STATE TICKET, For Governors JOHNSON HAG O OD. For Lieutenant Governor: J. D. KENNEDY. For Comptroller Central: J: C. G O IT. For Secretary of State: Ii. M. SIMS lor Attorney General: LEROY F. YO UM A NS. For Superintendent of Education: < HUGH S. THOMPSON. For Adjutant and Inspector General: ARTHUR M. MAN1GAULT. For Slate Treasurer: JOHN PETER RICHARDSON. FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS: Al Large-John L. Manning and Wm. Elliott. First District-E. W. Moise. Second District-C. H. Simonlon. Third District-J. S. Murray. Fourth District- Cad. Jones. Fifth District-G. W. Croft. The Weather and tho Crops. Time far tho growing crops aro all any ono could dc8iro. Not only aro they clean, but Ibo cotton is from two to three weeks earlier than last year, tho stand good and tho weed largo with tho prospect ot heavy fruiting. Tho corn is generally not largo, but looks healthy and will doubtless yiold will, uulcss cut off hy a drought. Thc seasons havo boon good, nnd until now no cno has felt tho want of rain. All our showers havo been moderato und perhaps nowhere has tho land been heat or baked. At this time thoro is a pretty gonoral want of rain, though light showers havo fallon soveral days tho past wook. Wo have not been blessed with a good crop year for several years, and wo nerdy need ono to repair past losses. If wc havo good rains from this timo on thoro can bo no failure. Our pcoplo have planted largoly and worked well. They doacrvo to succeed and we trust thoy will. The wheat crop having been a failure, thoro is groator nocd of a good har vest of corn and cotton. The State Robbed. About tho 29th of Juno Gov. Simpson, being informed of some irregularities in con-' ncction with tho funding of tho bills of tho Bank of tho Stato, sont for Commissioner Coit and informed him of tho fact. This lcd to a recount and examination of several packages showing that from scvoral n eon-' sidorablo amount had been abstracted. On this discovery a warrant was sworn out against Alexnndor Laughlin, tho clerk who had counted, cancelled and sealed tho pack ages, upon which ho was arrested, and a proliminnry hearing had bofore Trial Justico Fiokling. On this examination proof was adduced of tho missing of several thousand dollars from tho sovoral packages counted. A recount of tho whole is being mado to ascertain tho exact extent of tho robbery. Gibson and Gambril, brokers, testified that about Juno they had bought four or moro thousand dollars each of bills of tho Bank ot tho Stato from Laughlin, who stated thoy had been sent to him from tho country. Thcso facts go to show tho guilt of Laughlin, and ba:! was fixed at fifty thousand dollars, in dofnult of which Laughlin has boon lodged in jail. Laughlin was for a numbor of yean; toiler in tho Exchange Bank at Columbia and has always borno a high char acter. Commissioner Coit is censured by BOmo for carelessness in putting it within tho powor of a olerk to rob tho Stator. Dr. Boggs Wo recently stated in speaking of Dr. W. E. Boggs, that ho was a nativo of Picken? District. This seems to bo n mistake. Tho Piokcns Sentinel says that Dr. William E. Boggs was bora ia China where his father was laboring ns a Mis sionary. Dr. Boggs' fathor waa boro and reared in this County and has a brother, Thos. G. Boggs, now residing in Piokons. Thoro is n little romaneo connected with tho marriago of Dr. Boggs' father. When ho rondo up his mind to go to China os n Mis sionary he was a singlo mon and concluded to morry boforo going, provided ho could find a wifo to suit him. Ho thereforo ad? vortised for ono, stating that ho was going to (/bina as a Missionary and desired a wife who wns entirely willing to go with him and shore his lot. Tho lotter was an. ftwered by a widow lady, whoso nomo wo havo not yot learned, and thoy mot in Co lumbia and wcro married without over hov ? 1 1,11 II ? II ?III mi The Fourth of July. This groat national holiday, oom memora tivo of tho Declaration of Independence of tho thirteen colonies, seems to li uv o hoon generally observed throughout tho South. It wo? propoeod to colobrato tho day at Walhalla with o social gathoring and speeches, but though tho crowd carno, Col. Aikcu, our popular representativo, was not in attendance, und Col. J. S. Vernor, tho orator of tho day, bad a wook be (uro received injurien which disabled him from doing moro than appearing on the rostrum uud excusing himself. Wo rcgrot that tho pooplo woro disappointed.. Wo tako no blame on our selves, ns wo woro not thoro and did not oxpcot to bo thoro when tho eolobration was proposed. Our journal mordy gavo notico of Ibo prosposul to colobrato tho day and pub lished tho programmo gratuitously. Wo sannot say any ono is in fault and tho failure was rattier acoidontal than otherwise. Sovo* ral short speeches, we hoar, woro mado, which, with good cool logor boor, porhaps gave tho orowd ploasuro amid a day of rost. Tho Fourth is a legal, and, wo supposo, u holiday from all kinds of labor, and tho coming together of our pcoplo that day was a pleasant recreation. Tho observance of titi? m'eut anniversary should bo universal in e>ery county and Stato in tho nation. From time immemorial all pooplo have observed days commemora tive of groat ovonts in t hoir history, and what pooplo ever had a day moro saorcd to memory than tho Fourth should bo to ovory American. Its observance is not only a duty, but is cal? oulutod to excite and stimulnto tho patriotism i and virtuo of our pooplo. Qo back in thought 104 years and consider the thirteen colonies, ? woak in numbors, largely divided in opinion, 1 without arras, ammunition or othor appliances . jf war, and consider tho great military and t naval power of tho mother country and you j ivill nt onco realizo tho wonderful nerve and ratriotiem required to causo our ancestors to ? ako tho 6tcp thoy did. Consider further tho ( mftcring and privations of ?oven years of t ?vii war, for not a fow of our inhabitants < maintained thoir allegiance and fought with < .he trained artnic? of England against their , brethren, and you can realizo tho torriblo mrncstness of tho patriots of tho revolution. , Finally, considor tho stupendous government ? )f tho United States, tho homo of tho free and ; bo bravo, which in 104 years has risen from v fcoblo and insignificant powor to be tho , "(pial in wealth, intelligence and powor of j governments that bavo existed for eighteen Hundred years, and you can realizo what j rirent results Unwed from tho action taken on | July 4th, 1776. Wo aro still in our infancy. , Tho oppressed from ovory nation and elimo ( uro annually seeking an asylum in this great ] sountry, adding to its population, wealth and ? powor. Should not tho 4th of July bo over jbscrved and eclobratod by our people, as , tho anniversary of a day big with civil and i-eiigious liborty? Wo trust tho comparativo | failure of last Saturday will not lessen its shadows, but that for generations to como ? Bach recurring Fourth will seo our pcoplo i gathered together to honor tho day and flag of our country. , Tho Leading Issues. The New York Herald, one of tho ablest and widest circulated journals in tho United States, but one which, like thc bull bat, can not bo specially located, darting hero and there, says the main issuo which will bo discussed in tho coming campaign, moro than any other and with greater asperity, is tho right of citizoos to a free ballot and the proper safeguards for its protection. It has been discussed and passed for three sessions of Congress and at caoh term vetoed by tho President. It DOW remains for thc people, tho souroo of all power, to Bettie it. The question, says the Herald, is os much ono between tho President and Mr. Garfield as between tho President nnd tho Dcmocratio majority in Congress. Mr. Garfield was tho real author of tho bill against which President Hayes fulminated Iiis inst veto. Mr. Garfield admitted thc elcotion laws needed amendment and made suggestions whioh woro formulated into the bill vetoed by thc President. "Tho conse quence is that the Democrats aro able to quoto tho authority of tho Republican oau didato for tho Presidency in support of their own side of this burning question." It speaks of tho anti Chinese plonk ns another ouo of tho awkward results of framing a platform without knowing who is to bo the candidate. Tho object of this plank wns to court tho votes of tho Pacific States, but Mr. Garfield is strongly committed against this plank, being known as an advocato of tho equal rights of tho Chinaman. In speaking of theso incongruities between Mr. Garfield and tho Republican platform, tho Herald soys of tho platform: "It fits Mr. Garfield os awkwardly as an average suit of ready rando clothes would a man of suoh marked peculiarities of form that ho can wear nothing whioh is not mado to measure Tho anti-Chincso part would -havo boen an excellent fit for Blaine, tho elcotion laws part would have admirably fitted Hayes or Edmunds; but they aro as uncouth for Mr. Garfield os tho garments of Sunset Cox would bo on his massive physical frame." Tho Democrats not only havo n candidato of broader national reputo, but thoro is no incongruity in tho platform and tho candi dato. --? General Robert Toombs, of Georgia is not only ono of tho best farmers in that Stato, but is ono of her moat publio spir ited oitizons. Ho mado this year thrco hundred and fifty bushels of wbito rust proof wheat on oloven acres of land. The Commissioner of Agrioulturo called on him and tried to buy a hundred bushels of it, but he was flatly rofased. When tho Gonoral found ont, however, that tho Tho Prosont Campaign. Tho Domoorntio nomination for Prosidont is admitted on ali hands to represent a strong ticket and seems to give genoral satisfaction. Not only aro tho nominees unassailable, but tho distinguished sorvioos of don. Hancock, both boforo and einen tho war, givo him unusual strength. In this connection wc rofor to tho romarkablo letter of Mr. Joromo, of Now York, rocoutly written to Cien. Hancock, in which, ns a representativo of tho modorato Republicans, ho assures tien. Hancock of his hearty support, and says; "I bolong to a very numerous and very staunch old silver gray Republican family. With ono solitary oxcoption, thoro novor was ono of them known to volo tho D?mocratie ticket, but I vonturo to say thoy will to a man voto for you. Thoy cannot consistently do other wise." He thon proceeds to givo his reasons, by saying Ooo. Hancock is tho ombodiment of tho views and sentiments in regard to tho groat quostions of tho day that thoy and Gen. Grant havo entertained ??nco tho sur render, and that ho boliovos, apart from his complications, Grunt would support him, &o. Ho speaks of tho past policy of tho Republi can party as ono engrafted on it by such' extreme mon ns Thad. Stevens, and while it misrepresented tho country, it was fastened on tho pnrty and thero was no way of gotting rid of it. "Thus for yonrs," soys bo, "a vast numbor of us good Republicans havo boen compelled to bo helpless supporters of a policy, wo boliovo to be, tho very worst that could bo dpvised. An opportunity is pron sooted us now for tho first time, with any show of success, to veto in accordance with our convictions, and I am miro wo shall do it moBt joyfully." Mr. Joromo was in the lato war ono of tho loading supporters of the war administration and io a representativo of r largo body ot modorato Republicans, who in tho past havo noted with that pnrty. Now York being naturally a Democratic Stato, thus assures to our nomin?os the votes >f that Stato, unless tho Legislature bo ro>ns Hcmblod and tho now electoral bill by listricts bo adopted. Such unfairness would jail for n general spirit of condemnation and would moot with prompt counteraction else where. Indiana, tho homo of English, lins voted tho Dotnooratic ticket and wo expect it to prcsorvo its record of 187G. Thcso two States, with tho votes of tho Southern States, would elect, but wo hope and espeot certainly to carry Connecticut, New Jersey aud Cali fornia, with perhaps tho great Stato of Pennsylvania and perhaps others. Tho great weakness of the Democrats has boon tho failure to nominate a strong Union cnn? Udale, but wo have now ono who is not only ?mob, but ono of tho ablest and most popular lenders of tho lato Union army. If tho South docs its duty, wo can hardly seo how wo can fail of success, and success means penco und reconciliation and an administrai lion of tho government fair and unpartisan, but to tho truo interests of tho whole people. Let us all labor with brighter hopos of success to givo to Gon. Hancock tho voto of South Carolina. As to our State ticket thoro can bo little doubt of success, oven should any opposing ticket bc put in tho field, which is certainly problematical. Tho action of tho lato Radi cal Convention was a success in driving off from tho party such men as Earle, Corbin and other white loaders, who alono gave tono to tho porty boro. Wo bcliovo three fourths of such mon in tho] State, who havo herotoforo affiliated with tho party, would cast their votes for tho National Republican ticket, but against tho Stato Republican ticket. However this bo, wo aro satisfied tho Stuto Democratic ticket will bo easily elected, even should thero bo opposition. While such is our opinion, let all remember that eternal vigilanco is tho price of liberty, and labor as earnestly nod zealously as in 1876. This makes success doubly sure, for unless our pooplo turn out and vote solidly tho result cannot bo foreseen. COUNTY TICKETS. Whilo it is probable there will bc littlo oppo sition in this county to Democratic candidates, still there will bo elsewhere, and it is well to koop our party machinery well organized fov every emergency. Wo say this especially as to all political officers, to wit: Tho Stato and National tickets, Senators and members to tho Houso. As to county officers proper, which aro homo and non-political, the pcoplo may decide Wo, however, believe our old plan should bo presotved intact. It has worked well in tho past and should bo con" tinucd. Tho county campaign is likely to bo a stirring ono, but wo hopo it will be run without other than the most friendly feelings among all tho candidates. Lot all bitterness givo placo to a generous rivalry and let each man stund on bis merits and fitness for tho offioo ho seeks. In this way the publio welfaro, which we all seek and aro interested in, will host be subserved. In this way, too, will we havo that unity which will secure to us the Slate and National tickets. Tho Census of Oconoo County. Tho census for 1880 hos been completed. Wo have reason lo bcliovo that it is moro than usually correct. Competent men havo been appointed for that purposo and they havo been careful and diligent in tho disohargo of their duties. Tho increase of population in Oconce County is gratifying and shows what might bo accomplished in that direction by well directed efforts lo get population from abroad. Wogivo tho population for 1870, 187? and 1880, so that our readers may see thc increase for themselves: 1870. 1875. 1880. Ccntor, 1,010 2,041 8.081 Seneca, 2,31? 8,051 %'?'?b T?galo?, 1,430 2,107 2,037 Wagoner, 1,082 2,782 2,201 Kcowco, 1,120 1,400 1,848 Pulaski, 053 781 741 G hat tuga, 696 600 748 Whitewater, 520 671 770 Walhalla, 716 789 Soncoa City, - 388 Westminster, - 176 West Union, - 102 11,262 14,129 10,259 Showing an increase of tho population of 1876 over that of 1870or*2,877, andan inoreaso of tho population of 1880 over that of 1875 of County Claims and tho Shylocks. EDITORS COURIKH: In (hitiking of sonto or (ho reforms willoh Judge Cooko introduced iu tho Eighth Circuit, I am ahnest ready to como to tho conolusion that it would bo helter (hat each Circuit hnvo il? own Judge, instead of tho sys tem of interchanging Circuits as is now thc law; while I admit thal (ho plan of having a different Judgo nt onch tomi of tho court has many de cided recommendations. It prevents tho Judgo from getting too familiar with tho lawyers on Iiis circuit or becoming acquainted with tho peoplo, so that there might bo no dangor of his being corrupted in his rulings and decisions on account of predilections thal ho might havo in favor of any ono. Dut llicu, aftor all, that could bo no objection, for tho honest and upright Judgo oould not bo induced to swervo from his duty if ho should bo on tho samo circuit until ho had become acquainted with every citizen on it. On tho other hand, if tho judgo who comes on tho circuit bul- onco iu his lifo, should ho bo a bud mau, ho oould just as easily bo corrupted as if ho wcro on tue same circuit, all tho limo. Now, when Judgo Cooko was on the Eighth Circuit ho passed an order requiring tho County Commissioners of this County to havo funds on bond at every term of tho court for the purposo of defraying the expenses of (he court, espe cially for paying jurors and others compelled to attend tho court in tho interest of tho county; so when tho juror got his pay certif?cale froui tho olerk ho had nothing to do but lo step down into the Treasurer's ofiico and get it cashed lo tho lost cont aud go home with his full pay ia his pocket. But what is tho stale of affairs now? When Ibo juror gels his pay certificate, ho is mci at tho court house door by tho plethoric speculator who buys (if ho can and very often does) his certificate at a discount of 26 cculs ou thc dollar, and in a few months nt least draws thc full amount in cash from Ibo treasury of thc cornily. But tho jurors aro not all thal suffer in Ibis way. Any ono having a claim on Hie county, While thc county is certainly good for its obliga tions, dollar for dollar, as ono dollnr is good for mother, if said claimant should go to those modern Shylocks, ns persons holding county claims often do, being in need of a lillie ready money, they say to him "Wo will give you 30vcnly-fivo cents on thc dollar for your claim, but don't know when KC will get tho money for it, ns thc County cannot near pay out this year lt has already incurred heavy debts." So Ibo leludcd claim bolder paris willi his claim at tho fearful discount of twenty-five ccnls on tho loller, thinking, perhaps, ho has made a good bing of it, as "tho county is not good for its lebt? no how." Now I am freo lo admit thal ti reasonable dis munt would bo perfectly legit?malo and proper, ?ut this syslctn of sp?culation and espionage is ( kept up, not only to thc d?triment of tho in- j livldual, but thc credit of tho counly is thereby j lamaged; becnuso if a contract is about to bc j Iel, a bridge lo bo built for instance, tho con tractor first calculates iu this wisc: "Well, it is (forth $100 to build the bridge; but I shall have | ( Lo discount my claim at twenty-five cents on thc lollar if I expect to realizo any ready money | when tho work is dono, so I must have 3000 lo ( muko mo whole." Now tins is no fancy skclch; ? it is exactly (ho true slalo of affairs in Ocouce ( Counly. ] Those keen, shrewed speculators gnlhor up their claims and arc always on hand al thc right ) Limo (for they always know) lo draw Hie rooney ( cn thom, so when tho holder of n small claim, t which ho has refused to part with at a ruinous c liscount, comes along there don't happen to bc i my money for him; so bo ia nt lust, very often, t Forced to soil his claim or "trado it out" as best i lie eau to realizo anything on it for present \ needs, because most persons who hold small ] ;luim3 arc persons who need thc money as soon \ is tho work is dono or whatever thc service may '? bc. Now what docs all this mean? Is it a maller cf accident or design that thc small claimant comes along just ns (he funds aro exhausted? Or is it understood that he is to bc put off to compel him to sell out to tboso favored specu lating Shylocks? I can't seo thal they have nny claim to preference. They buy np their claims as a muller of choice o:i speculation, as [hey have a right to do if they so choose, and should tuko their chances equally willi others, lt cerlainly does not" entitle them lo any pre ference in payment. But I fear 1 have trespassed too much upon ibo valuable space in your paper, VINDEX, t ( t Walhalla and its Colleges. MESSRS. EDITORS: Were wo at Ihi3 day lo undertake lo provo to our people that education is a great benefit to any community, wo should | j show ourselves capable of ail empting tho dc? monstration of tho most common axioms of | ^ malhciiiiil ?cs. Il may not bc amiss, however, lo jay a few words in regard to thc educational fidvantnges offered by our institutions, in tbo hope that all of our citizens may Lc induced to labor for tho upbuilding of our schools and thc { consequent progress of tho whole region lyiug i around us. t During thc last commencement (said io be the best over held hero) a gentleman said to tho writer: "I havo been attending commencements fit Walhalla for sovcral years and havo been aoticing thc people nnd placo for ten years, and I nm lo day forcibly struck with the immense j improvement (hui has iakcu placo in that (imo. | I Tho audience I looked upon to day shows a hundred per cont, moro intelligence and refine- I V ment than when 1 first visited thc place, and no j 1 ono can fail to ascribo (his great chango lo Hie influence of your literary institutions." If I 1 Walhalla is to nd vance iu tho futuro sho must < look to her colleges and schools as tho projectile force. Many cities throughout Ibis land owe 1 all they aro to tho literary advantngca thoy offer, i Now that our peoplo aro fully alive to tho ncccs- ' sity of educating their children, and thus plac- [ lng thom upon an equal footing with tho advanc ing world, no town can hopo lo mako progrest, and secuto immigration unless it can offer tho best educational ndvnnlngcs. Very few people, natives or foreigners, arc willing lo consign thoir offspring to lives of ignornnco and vico. To meet this enlightened demand of tho ugo wo must build up our colleges, support them lo thc extcut of our power, nnd furnish them willi all tho apparatus and appurtenances that go lo perfect tho organization of tho host institutions of learning. So that if wo look nt tho subject from a financial point of view alone, tho invcsl monl will bring tho highest returns. If, then, our town holds bnok in this matter, or deals out .with niggard hand tho necessary support, thoroby choking out tho now lifo that is begin ning to bud forth, sho must soon write upon hor i&?hf* "jQliS. bftft dfftfirtjpd from Judah." in nil our sohools. I rofor lo Iho arraugomonts for physical as well 08 menial dcvolopmont. If | Iho discussions of tho last fifty years havo de cided auy ono point moro certainly than another, lt is that tho best and only thorough mental cduoation is that which trains tho whole mina in all its powors and capacities, not au abnormal and badly balanced growth in ono direction. And wo think that wc can now add another and almost universally accepted amendmout to tho older principle, namely, that tho bost education for man ?8 Hint which most fully develops bim in mind, soul and body. Tho college which fails iu any of these departments will stand condemned by publio opinion. As most literary institutions havo failed to develop thoir pupils physically, military schools aro receiving tho support of a largo number. Hut thcro aro many serious objections lo these schools, tho most serious being this, that tho pupils aro ruled upon a childish or slavish principio, and not upon that of au elevated andcxhalted manhood. Lcadiug strings aro kept upon young men, and thoy act under forco aud military rule; whereas for tho development, of tho highest typo of manliness, pupils should bo taught to regulato themselves under a high standard of honor, such as pre vailed iu tho South Carolina College beforo thc war. lu Adger Collcgo thc experiment is being made, aud HO far successfully, of teaching young men to govern themselves by tho rules of genteel deportment, while they aro also undergoing a process of physical development by means of | tho military drill. Wc aro happy lo slate that thc results arc very satisfactory, and thc problem of thorough education in all departments sectus to havo found its proper solution. Wc aro satisfied that calisthenic exercises will meet thc demands of our physical nature in fcmulo col leges, and wo should yield to nature's require ments. L. Organizo. Tho coming Presidential election is not lo bc carried by emotion, by mass meetings, hy shouts, or by lino sentiments, says thc New York Sun. It is true, thc campaign opens with confidence on tho Democratic -ide aod with distrust on tho Republican side. Thcro is thc greatest contrast be tween tho unspotted integrity of General Hancock and tho notorious venality of Gen. Garfield, lo attract support for thc former, and to alicuato honorable Repub lion08 from tho lutter. Tho record of ouo is unsullied, and that of thc other is stain ed all over. Hut tho contest is not between the per sonal character and merits of tho two cun iidates, though they will exert an inciden lal iufiuenco as it progresses. Thc He publican patty hos teen in continuous pos session of power for tweuty yours. It has join m a nd of thc whole machinery of tho jovcrnmentj of a stnndiug army of more Maa a hundred thousand officeholders; of he vust and ramifying operations of thc Treasury; of thc forty and mote thousand l'est Offices; of tho Custom Houses und of he internal rcveuuo system. Some idea may bo formed of tho cuor nous amount of moucy bundled under the lircctioa of ono mun, and ho unscrupulous ts u political manager, when it is considered hut tho ordinary receipts and ex pendit tires ast year aggregated five hundred ODd forty aillions. Including tho receipts from onus und Treasury notes, und (hu transac iou3 in the public debt, they exceeded two housand millions! Thc money market, tho ?entres of trude, and tho productions of ndustry arc ullin a greater or less degreo l0OOlod by tho mighty power of tho Trcus iry, whioh John Sherman knows how to vieid for tho benefit of himself and of his larty. Thc whole of this massive enginery will bo used to retain possession of office. Thc Republicans will light with tho supreme mcrgy given by despair. They know that lefcat now means disruption and ruin, riiey also know that Dctnocratio success nouns cxposuro of tho secrets that will >ring conspicuous leaders to grief, and un lover corruption that iuvcstiguliog commit ces failed to touch. Hence tho Republicans have thc slrong ist motives for making this fight, upon vhich tho very existence of tho party icpends, the most desperate of any of their ong oarccr. If money will avert disaster, hey will pour it out like water. John Sherman has only to lift his finger in Wall itrcot, or to make a sigu to thc First Nat ional put bank, in order to raise any sum hat may bc needed. At a crisis like that now impending hero will bc no scruple about employing iny agency likely to promote success. The non who invented and perfected tho Great fraud of 1876, and arc enjoying the profits f that villuiny, arc not likely to stand on rifles nt this timo. They havo audacity mough for any other enterpriso equally ricked. And if they become satisfied, ns ho canvass progressen, that tho Presidency nnnot bo captured or stolen, their nltcn ion aud their resources will bo turned upon ho Senate and tho Houso of Representa ivos. An Administration coming into power rithout a Congress to carry out its policy, B Uko a oripplo attempting to run n foot acc. It is of tho first importance that thc text Congress should bo assuredly Demo ratio. The prcscut majorities in both louses oro small, and it will need effort to usuro tho Senate with anything like a forking foroo after tho fourth of March loxt. 'Elections aro not carried by enthusiasm ilene, which, though a desirable fa ot or in 0 lampalgo, never takes tho piuco of hard vork. The first duty of tho frionds of llancook is to organizo thoroughly in every Voithorn Stuto especially, and not to neg cota singlo Southon) Stuto. Thc nomina IN THE ?=>: SASH, DOO! 35 PER CUNT. DISCOUNT BY R. "BUILDERS' SU tion of Garfield was an open abandonment of Ibo whito aud blook Hcpublioans South. But it must uot bo taken for grontod, beceuso of tlint trootmoot, that tho South ern brauch of tho organization will not oontond for scats in Congress and for local offices. Tho managers thoro understand stealing a march on their opponents quito as well os they do other branches of steal? ing. Tho Domoorats ought to corry Mai no, Now Hampshire, Connecticut, Now York, Now Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, California, Oregon, and Novada, in tho prosont condition of politics; and Ohio should bo dobotablo ground. But to do this work, they must organizo in detail, give up boasting, and tako off their coats from this day until November. Even with success Bure, no onergy should bo relaxed. --- --? ? -- Habitu Cornily (Cia.) in Linc. JONES' SULPHUH SmiNGs, RA DUN COUNTT, GA., July 5, 1880. MKSSIIS. MK I TOUS: As other pince ? lia ve do? monstratcd their enthusiasm over tho nomination of Hancock and English by firing big guns, &o" and making grand and oloqucnt speeches, tho people of Jones' Sulphur Springs woro deter mined to do their part in tho general jubilee; so ou Saturday, thc 3d instant, wo inado all Die noise possiblo with shot-guns and muskets and in having orations endorsing tho course of tho Cincinnati Convcution. Hurrah for Hancock and English! J. il. P. -mm? -.? - SUMTER, July 2.-Tho Govornor has ro spitcd Ellerson Bampton, sentenced to bo executed this day, until tho second Friday in August. 'Photo was a considerable num ber of colored pooplo in town, brought hither by tho expected execution, to whom thc nows of tho respite was an evident disap pointment. Tho prisoner, who is an old colored man, was convicted at tho Juno term of tho court of tho murder of his son, ngod ten years. On thc trial it was proven that ho had Gist worn out a switch on tho boy, and had then bonton him with a leather cowhide for over a half hour. Tho postmortem examination revealed the fact that iho chest bono hud boen broken, ns well as ono of tho ribs of tho deceased. In tho opinion of tho surgeons over four hundred lashes had been administered. At thc trial tho prisoner seemed to be entirely unconscious of tho enormity of tho crimo with which he was charged or of its conso* quonccs, mid it was probably tho seeming stupidity of tho licensed which induced so many citizens to sign n petition asking a commutation of thc sentence. Tho plea advanced by tho counsel of tho accused was that tho prisoner was only administering a natural mid rcnsntinblo punishment, and that tho boy in trying to escapo from his father had upset a table, which caused tho wound resulting in bis death. "1 look forward to tho limo," said Gen. Butler, nt Lo3 Angelos, "when tho stars and stripes will float so fur North that their beauty shall bc mistaken for tho borealis, and so far South that thc Isthmus of Pao lina shall make tho Southern boundary." Thc old war horse is tho only good Fourth Df July orator left. New Advertisements, NOTICE. RECEIVER'S OFFICE, ) GREENVILLE St COLUMBIA R. R. I COLUMBIA, S.C., JulyS, 1880. j All persons having claims against tho Srccnvillo & Columbia Railrond, contracted luring my administration as Receiver, aro requested to present them on or before tho 15th of July instant, or they will bo debarred payment. JAMES CONNER, Itecciver Greenville & Columbia Railroad. July 8, 1880 34-lt. Master's Sale of Land. IN THE COURT OF COMMON FLEAS. Jacob B. Alexander vs. Mnry Alexander, widow of James Alexaudcr, deceased,. ct. ni. BY virtue of a Decretal Order mado in tho, nbovo stated enso, dated thc 28th Juno, 1880, I will pell, nt public unction, nt tho Coori Ilonso door in "Wnllinlln, S. C., between tho lcgnl boars of sole, on MONDAY, the 2d day of August, 1880 - All Ihoso two pieces, parcels or lots of land, situate, lying and being in tho County )f Oconco, Stato of South Carolina, on waters )f Little River, tho ono containing sixty ?ight acres, moro or less, and tho other six md one-fourth acres, moro or less, adjoining inch other and lands of Thomas E. Madden, Jucob B. Alexander and others, being tho real catato of Jacob B. Alexander, docoasod. TERMS-Ono half cash, tho balanco ht lix months, with interest from day of salo, secured by noto and mortgngo of tho premises. RICHARD LEWIS, M astor. July 8,1880 34-4t. Notice to Creditors. State of South Carolina, OCONEE COUNTY. IN THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. Harriett Bryce, Administratrix, *) Complaint to ngainst j- Marshal As* Thc Walhalla Bank and others. J sots, &o. BY virtue of un Order mado in this notion by/ Judge Wallaco, on thc 24th day of Juno, 1880, all tho creditors of Alex. Bryce, Jr., will present and provo their claims against his estate boforo mo in my office, at Walhalla, on or before Wednesday, tho 8th day of September noxt,, according to law, and failing to do so these claims will bo barred. RICHARD LEWIS, Master; July 6,1880 84-?t RIGE OP AND BLINDS ! FROM CHICAGO PRICES, rHE PPLV HOUSE" ROBINSON,