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JIA NITON'S SPEECH AT KIHJKFIELD. My I'Vlloiv-Cilutus of Kili/eJicUI: Your distinguished representative has just well said tlint iu all civilized countries, in sill ages, the custom lias obtained of celebratiug the anniversary of tiio.sc ovents which have brought triumph or prosperity or deliverance to 11 people, iintl in nceorilauce with this time-honored usage you meet here to day to coiniiicnioratc, with pride and with gratitude, this day on which two years ago the great contest for honest government and Home Utile was inaugurated iu .Sosuh Carolina. You come, too, tu plcdgp afresh your fading, those ever living principles which not only jjhvo life and truth and power to that memorable struggle, but won for us a victory unparalleled in the annals of political history. It is, therefore, not only natural but proper that the brave sous and fair daughters of old Edgefield should .liail the recurrence of this day with patriotic ardor, and claim with juslitiablo pride that it ,.( ,1..,, revolution W'llicll W.IS IUW lirsi ti.ij v., ...... lined the "Prostrate Slate" from lite abyss of shame and ruin into winch alien hands had plunge 1 lior, to restore her to her pron.l hereditary place amid the sisterhood ot c<pial States. Iti< right, too, while the light of our last great victory still glows upon our banner, that we should, as we unfold it once again, inscribe upon it the watchwords v hichled us to triumph. We give it again to-day "to the battle and the breeze," with Kight, Truth and .lus'ioo emblazoned on its Ib'ds, and with our old battle cry, "(b.d mill our Fatherland," we go forth conquering an 1 to compter! [Applause.] No more appropriate time could have been chosen to display our honored banner than this day.? \v"lli"a 'iiiiaViftntV^'V* V.WH k* Vt wuV^riKiVyYug, have selected as our standard-benrors the same who had the good fortune to hear our Hag to victory in ' 7'. For myself; 1 recognize and appreciate the houur done me. and, in accepting the unanimous nomination tendered me, I do so with a profound sense of the grave responsibility imposed, with a (inn determination to carry out in good faith the principles lirst reiterated by the Democratic party, and with the assured and fervent hope that the men who proved in '7'lthat they could rescue a State from ruin, w ill show in ' V8 that they intend to preserve it. It is useless for me to renew the pledges I have given, for I would fain hope that my official record of the past is the best guaranty 1 can give my fellow-citizens for the future.? Their continued confidence in 'he rectitude of my purposes lias been the highest honor of my life?the greatest support amid the rcspoiisihiliies ot' my position, and the most cherished reward of my labors. T"--. a ft* 11'in: of <;i:anr. AVe enter thi; contest, under far different and more auspicious circumstances than the last.? Then, tiro whole, power <d' * ho MHifrDUo governments .was brougfrt'^irTTenr r9mfiwh ifc. r, ^f/All the pofffiunl nftichinery of the State, wielded A" ""tJ by men totally unscrupulous in the me of it. was directed to the sole end of perpetuating a rule which was a disgrace to civilization and an offence to Heaven, bayonets, in the hands of the paid soldiery id' the common country, gleauicd, in palpable violation of the I 'oil.-!itution id' thai country, at every polling place in our State.? Our people, broken lw ye n s id' misrule an 1 oppression. were alam-l hopeless. We had as I he , ' I ! , I ' I... '| I whose conception of I lie !.nv was embodied in tlio findings nf :i court-martial. and w hose disgraceful ignorance of I Ik* " i?.-iii?iii<iu of the cointry was only cuitalled by his shameless di.-reg.ird of its tai-i Mrii-1 obligations. I'mlill, ignorant and drunken, lie hesitated not to i rtt-h tin- ] oople of tin- S, utIt by tin- power of a |.: J I -oldiciy. With an turned liaiol upo.i their throats lie attempted to slillc tlio breath of * r .. , iln i* iiher>v...aad idac.ng tlic iron heel of niili* . ^pi m'-.vrrT^ipprossion upn'i oue^01 ma tMKO^n original Stairs I lie ? f I' 11 ion, lie reduced it to a military satrapy. We were voiifrotileil at home by an enemy boM, coiil'. leiit an l leliant, thoroughly iti-eiplinel. ami butiml compactly together by til.- cohesive jiower of |ublic )>lnn ler. Privcu almost to desperation ami trusting alone in the justice of our came, ami recognizing the sttjirciac necessity of saving our State, our people, by a i.'onitmiit impulse, Willi one heart, dcdicat 1 tliemsolves ti? the patriotic work, ami after a struggle as nr lunus, ami as heroic as ever waged, reileeineil the fair laml of their fathers nml eoverel themselves with glory. They :i< 11ii*v I sueoe against every probability.? i in ,\ v.' rke I out i poliiii .l miracle greater I halt a11,1 ever aeiiieve I by a people, ami they accomplished this because they v.erc true to thcnim!\c an ! to'lheir principles. II l slvt. II It nV II WKS. What is our po-ition now The t'hief ln.ecuiive of the country is one who, however initeli , vyy may tyiler lY??u him politically, we yet re* eo?tfi/e as a gentleman, ami one who deserves our respect and gratitude for having, in ileliarteo of the passionate appeals of partisaiiH, restored local self government to bottsiaiia an I South t'arolina. Jly bis act lite military was .subordinated to the civil authority; the nrmc I soldiers of the United Stales, who had for moiitlis bivouacked within the walls of our capitol, were withdrawn, thus showing his cotnlemiiatioti of that greatest eri. c ever perpetrated against liberty on this continent. I">y giving to ' Tin ". "**""*'* irefr?' ***?! i " ': nuU-Slldi-. . f T:Vi- s,:' ' .. ? ? Imnni'o - 1 ? ?''11 * ton KWi - now desperate was the struggle T.cI re the hi--1 I glil. I do not e iino now tj lull i \oit into a false security. I do not say to vmi i that \oii have everything your own wav, and 1 have but t moiiinale your eatolidales. I <asr that I beliive this campaign />,/"/- /?///#' with <//- I "/ '' ''uiy T >' ' ! / \i e had then an ' i.j i'ii 1''lit t'? make. We had mi iir^uiii/.cJ iiiul 11 v.| .iiii' l fuc to encounter in (lie field. dVe know Jii I \\ lr>* w ?* ?e v* ect*. tfifl vVvVy r.mii w i ?? !;?-. I I lioti <xli the 'I -i i i n y < !" i lie Statu depended upon his own iiiiliviilii.il resources.-* .Ml this i changed. My opinion is that ihe * ll' I'iiMii hi '< 11vi'111i- 11 ! ! 11 I noiiiiii:itc :i Si:iic | ticket In-1 wee!; Icc ui-v they knew tluit it' llivy , lei we won! 1 liuve every n m in llie Slate rally in ' I i our . i *111*1 ul. in.'I we '.v..ii!>I ;r:iin :i \ ie! ry "inii'lcr llcitj lite la?l. i in: i;.u>i'Mi. ?n\vi viiiis. Not li ning iIn* iuanliiie-s in end' r-e tlie inlluiui'Ira! ion of the last t wo yrurs ilmiiyli many i t ilo.ni lui'l I ecu sent (ot' luniMa with in-lriu;- . I.'li lo |||> 'O, all I ll.?ll_!i in.iliY lul l I'lM luc liny ilc-ireil to do so iVy li ive emicavoiv i to v i\o political capital l'->r llie Northern l!a li.-ils | i.y eiiunci i'ii a pin! f rio a false as false can | 1 e. They < ii-iryce ilial they have not put a tii-lc- , el in li e Held, liccanso tliey eonld not do tliat w it li on t persona) danger, and iliey pa -c I that r<"-'!iili"U in llie i apilol of Soil I It Carolina, ' iil.iii hen* ii.;' of Ihe llse- alive of (lie Stale, r.'.d when llie\ Ii., 1 entire < onir? l of Co* Slate- | ' ^ . House, placwJ.id tnV;r Imji ls<*^ t hu.pviimcr.iey ! i f S >i:tli Car *lin v fir* the4 p'iVr ?tf niahiiij* ] ? ! !i i n ii >. 'II. y <li 1 not place a ticket ' i i.i tin* field u e tliey knew it would meet ! i wiili ecrinin defi.it : and I warn v u row ilia' ! C i. i t;r e lifi? I.eon pursued (as I warue I memI . < i f llie l,e.'isl.itine f 'iiihs :ij?o ilini it would i I e j nrsne l i r lie- pre; i.-e f dev 'tino ilieir . I every titerpy controlling tl?c ensuing layis- i i l.'tnre. Tliey have not put a ticket in the field, 1 i In i I tell you thai io cm ry county where iluyv ' ! thii l; they I n s|orl. e. o? n eluil i I mi< ci'?s j ( til", will make : let "I III! li i ! hull* ft I lie l.rj?- I islalurc. ? IX l>KI'KS OUST CANIll DATKH. If there is a man in South Carolina, in on single district, nlio is huso enough to forsak his parly at this time atul head an iudepcndeti ticket, the Radicals will rally to his support, uu you will he stricken down in the house of you friends. You have tio easy work before you ! The pet pie of this State must again rally to their statu ard as they did before, and must devote ever energy, might, means and workund their prayei to this great oange ifc>r^if, the, i-egisb we.k|^%MPWMMfeHtfdMP''Toug)it Tor?a tliatwo have so hardly won. a MAtrmt or mi ;: ami ukatii. It is n matter of very little moment?as I tol the people <>f Anderson?who nifty he your (jo cruor, but it is a mutter ?f life niul death this old lniul of ours that we hnvo ft Lcgislatui representing the niunhood, civilization, intell gcucc and virtue of South Carolina. 'J'hat your objective point ; and if my words con reach every man in South Carolina, if I cou but incite eacli one to i cue wed efforts, t? ev< greater efforts than in the campaign of would say to him in all t rut li and solemnity, tb he must work now, and until the "?th of Novel her, as if the destiny of the State depended * his work alone. I have warned you of yo danger. If, being warned, you are true to yon selves?I know the people of Kdgelield will true: [Cheers. ] I speak to the whole State) I if the Democratic parly of the State will bctr to itself, I predict that you will win an ov< whelming victory. You may remember that when two years ft I stood upon this spot and declared thenthat muii-j- ui my nearcrs grave doiibts'SFipWVI cess; but never?from the loth of August, wli I accepted the nomination ? never from that<1 until the 7th of November, did I have one dot that the Democratic party would win. I kn wo would win. 1 know we had Right n Truth anil Justice on our side, and that I Cod of our fathers would help us If we hell ourselves. WK CAN WIN At? A IN. And you can win again, and the victory n means more than you may think. It meansg nig you the Legislature?directing the laws this county ; shaping them for the common goi li means nil that we have cherished in the p and all we hope for in the future. It men more, if possible, than l/mf. Victory in 1S means victory in ISSt) and victory in 1SS0 the National Democratic party, means peace the whole country?restoration of harmo and fraternity, and the observance of the ("i stitHtion of the country as it was framed our fathers. T/ittf is our highest aim and objf and we must look lo that, because, until a ? tionai Democratic coine.-^^j^) p^yy wc.naMt^MrtQMJUyH|fly^'Tn o recurrence ^heao^fToTdtm^^ffsr^nHlncHepublicaus ugai it. voir can win ! And you can win by planting yourselves si|u:i ly and firmly on that glorious platform given you by the Democratic Convention, by devot yourselves to this work ; and I say to you i you t,iust win ! I knew that the men who in proved that they couid lift the State from ri will show in '7S thnt they intend to preserve [t' iiitiuiicd and enthusiastic cheering.] In regard to the pledges he had inade.Gov nor Mat: pton appealed to his hearers, whilei colored alike, to say whether he had not lo them "literally, honestly and truly," and v met by an assuring tlioiit of ullirmulioii set by his hearers "I both colors. tiii: ' u.uitcn pkoi'I.k. I intend. he continued, to keo|> them in future. I vnn look into my own heart ami i that i have administered the laws with just I , ui, If, it 'lias been inor'c lit favor of the colorel j?eo than otherwise. They have receive.! more cli eney than have white men, anil have ettjoj more privileges than ever before?and theyc titine to enjoy theiii now. *i nk st vti: nriir. We have no elements in our approachingca paign to ilisinrh us, The only point upon vvh pairiolie and able men divided itilholast Leg lature was upon the bonded debt ot the Sta and that iptosii?u has been happily eliininal froiu politics ami placed before a judicial tril 11:11 of the State. Ivvery one can alford tonbi by its decision, ami l<? pledge himself in c varce to stand by it. We have now nothing the face of the earth to divide us. We arc working for the same end, all living on t same soil, under that Carolina situ all will sle on the hosotn of this old Mother of ours wh we pass hence. W hy cannot wo all struggle get her for her sake. I.rt us place our dill" etiecs in the background and march forward gel her to victory. ? ,?. ?? ("loon 11 kvkxrn Art'OiXTMi:NTs.? It is gratil ing to notice that Internal Kcvontte Collect Drayton in organizing his force of Deputy ('< lectors for upper South Carolina, has iiuulcsot jutlicious selections. Mr. Charles A. Cars* has horn assigned thai position in the dopai ! inent of tircenville, l'ickcns and Oconee, a l Mr. Mike W. Watson ojr 'OJ - Ijo'-l. n. ' ... ... i . i- n.u tt'i"11 '.-.ftCjcart j P^jJitibtUW-,'rr*"_.iii?i good 4gi(i/cu. lie is brother-in-law of Senator Duller, lib appoin incut will give general satisfaction to the peop of these counties, and that the administratis of his ollice will bejust and impartial no ot doubtsMr. Walton, of I'dgefield, is a brother of ('< Kohl. 15. Wni?on, of thai county, and a gre: grand-sou <.I t'apt. Mike Watson, of llevolutiot ary war lame. We feel confident that the righ ot mil- citizens will he protected with stub me on the force, and at tho Humoring^thqy will il A < ir.i. Ci.nsisr. at nii: Si >imi:ii Mr.r.Tixe..? Sparlai burp. S. August li'..?Tliis has been a pal week for oM Spartanburg mi l her visitor; wliicli closed with a grand excursion In I'ace ilap to-da.v, given l>y the railroad uu'horitios.r?n Initi Ii*o<I persons composed the parly, wli amused ilieinh'.'lves visiting tin; mountain roco< -i.-s ami various points ol' intorost in I lie vicin ty. Owing to the indisposition of tliO (iovornoi notice of which lial previously been rocoivc by them, only a few distiller* ivitm present..* ? speeches were made.- /.' / *trr. o Tiii Win.irii.? A facetious Itrakoninn on !h t'cntral r.icilic loiilroa l cried out as ilio Irai was alioiit eiittring a iuii:.#l. "Tliis is who mil long an I tlic train will lie fourteen minute parsing tliroui'li it." The train dashed throng! it:t ? tla.vii.rlit again in four seconds, ami .tin ccno within the car wis a stmly far a painter s'even young ladies was closely pressed by^gvet |tair of ma-euiine arm*. fourteen* paif^dfllp were glued together. ami two do/en invertci iv his key llasks lin?dir I in the air. . .lint Johnson shot ami i it is thought ) morlalh iv< um'ed t'iiarlio I'.iiey yesterday, about a milt toy on 1 i'aee's i lap. on the Spartan liiir;/ ami A she tilif llailrt. il t. pi-11 el tin- l> di v. it h a pistil in I John-oii eloM'd ii| wiili a -hot-pull, lodgin; ',o' -!n 's in t)io li.fls hi .olvi r-airy. t'an-i f tlie iliifeii'ty domestic Infelicity. Riley i arol'iMy deatl |,\ this time, in In- u un l? art tinsidol i I fat ?! s';,' t /' - ' -g -> , $Ik Sclffhlj) tfluicm SJimfs. o gjirSTOKES/ Editor. " UXH)?5^RI1>AV, AVNil'ST 2:$, 187i<. TdHs OF SUBSCRIPTION. ir i Copy, oti^Br, i> a k, f'2.00 2 Cojifc* o^j^Bar," l* 1U ' T ADVERTISING. y Onu square or tnc inch, lirst insertion, - - Sl.00 Kacli subsequent Ins-rt inn, ------- 7"> I.literal<|iacott)fl^B>l<' t? merchants an<l othersadverts llsiit-.; lonaiatiiuiiWfcn- by the year. 11 Obituaar-Netnea^^TM Mliea or less, inserted fr^e. " 7 " over tell lines, charged as Advertisements. ' %, . U A filiation 1'or n Stoutly Hoy. v- A he I. not over I ojo r 1C years old, who can to read and write fairly^ eau find a pleasant situaio lion, ns an Apprentice, in this oflice, where lie i- cah earn l|is bofljtal and clothing, improve his i? causation and learn a trade that will always hi insure hint a good living. flttY" MatiV notices prepared lor this week! un ? * I lu\vo bctu unavoidably lci't out. it f n- 1 K- " Hobo, lisq., bus declined being a on ctfhdidale fur the legislature from Spartanburg. Iir His professional duties demand all his time and 'r~ attention. be ? Gov. Hampton's Health. ?,c| We arc pleasedfat learning through our Hpar?r"|tanburg exchanges that Gov. Hampton has rccov?0^cred sutlicicrttly l^om his recent indisposition to kp*i^V\lifl^it)t^6e (called' .upon for campaign duty until Go is qui I e TWttmAt w lrty health. 1,11 Hampton's Speech. . We hope every reader of the Times will carol,c fully and thoughtfully read Governor llamp>ed ion's speech. Ilis views upon tlie dangers hefore ms in tlie campaign, Independent Candidates and the duties of every democrat, are so jv precisely in accord with our own that wo wish (,j- they were indelibly impressed upou the heart ltd. of every niaii in the .State. IMt ms Death of Mrs. Dunn. >7.s Willi sorrow we announce the death of Mrs. for Mary L , wife of Mr. W. U. Dunn, at Mt. Tabor, '"r which occurred on Wednesday last. Although *_ slie had been in feeble health for some years, il by was not thought her death was near until a few ct, days before it came. She was an estiiuablo Ludj s,l~ tiud highly respected, and had attained to tin ripe age of about ?? ~~ llsl An Unpleasant Affair. We learn that a difficulty occurred durinj the meeting at llrowii's Store last Saturday, be ll(^ twccu Mr. Adolphus Drown and Maj. J." W inir Tench, in which the Mayor was knocked dowi hat and ba lly bruised in the head. (lentlemen keep cool this hot weather. We couldn't he in . diteeil to engage in such exciting sport on an, account. Our trouble is in trying to keep cool or- while you arc doing all you can to get you blood up to fever heat. ** cpt ? - * vas Communications "Withheld, up We have rcoeitc I two communications foi publication this (beck attacking parties wliowil be before tlie Convention next Monday as Can ''l0 il ites. We have withheld these communication: I f'oi- ili,. siniiilo rMsan tlull ibeir miblicutioli / ill, act of injustice, Iilo give the parlies no opportunity to reply to tin "charges made against thein. Our aim is I* <1 ,Cl' what we believe to be strictly just la all, with out coiisMcring friend or foe in the matter, - - Town Improvements "? Mr. Philip Dana is now-having erected upoi '.c'' his lofs ou Main Street, two lnrce stores, buil 'jyic altogether of rock from his quarry. W hen com el pleted they will greatly impiovo the ajipearanct n* of our cud of teiyn. Wo thank Mr. Tbmn for ile i , acting upon our suggestion ot two weeks ag? t'l- / c c . . wn The star of tmprooement is certainly inovinji all westward now. 'ie Mtt. Gfiss' ni'.w sronrs ' '' are beginning to make a tine showing. The brick en. . . to- wdrk is linmieiPjwthc front has been cenien er- tod and wilP be painted to correspond with tin ,u* stores on either side. Mr. Kane is pushing tin carpenter work inside as fast as possible. .. We are glad to sec that Col. Young has coneluded to raise the parapet front of his store tc ol- correspond with the other stores in that block ne These improvements will give .Main street a handsome city look, c* "Se^rMm),** has not >1<>ii6 full justice to the im:l luen-o Sunday School Picnic at IScthlohcni j(t chttreli last Saturday. Wc are informed, by the ,n sinners as well as Saints who attended, that it ie was the largost, the host managed and most <le, light fill a Hair of the kind that was ever seen in u' | b'tiioii. The table measured three hundred mid ninety feet long, and when dinner was announced Is the people?liltlo and big, old and voting? ^ stood three drey at it. One gentleman told us ^ he believed t herc^iuu^l dred person.-f tlih^e, and h? never saw so niany happy looking, intelligent; and well behaved a children together in all his life. , "J Pea Kidirc is coi-tamlv hi>lu? ..... I ^ i - - j ? ?js ivivi-mrii, s when wo compare llic beautiful scene of lust " Saturday with the scene-1 of drinking mid lightI' ing which were so IYci|iient there not more than j. twenty years ago. To llmse who are leading in this great moral training and reformation wc j j i *' *}'< 011 >n your noble work ; your reward j cannot he measured in the scales of dollars and | | c-iits, hut it. will he f mi I in the licit harvest of i home co hi f >rts nil 1 home joys on earth, anl the i 0 full fruition of your labors will he awrde 1 yu | '' ; in that everlasting home of hliss to which none s i hut tliu truly good are admitted. '' Important Decision. Judge Kershaw ha- filed a judgement in the j , ollico of our Clerk of Court, holding the Aet of s March Id, 1*7-, entitled "An Act for the relief 1 of tlie widows and orphans <>f persons killed because of their political opinions,"- -hetler , known as the kuklux pension tax aet?to lie \ ' unconstitutional, mill and void, as violating tiic j ? provisions of Sect. 1 I, Art. I, and section I and " j of Art. IX. of our Slate Constitution, and see' j lion l'k Article I of tin: Con-aitution of the I niI ! tcsl Slates. \ like decision six years ago would have ' , I saved I'uioii (' unty, st-v to eight thousand i ! dollars. ? ? The Work of the next Three Days. i Tlio next three days will be fraught with most important events for the weal or woe of I not only this couuty but, very probably, the d whole State, and it behooves tho democrats of ' c Union to arouse themselves and take a deep in- g tercst in the work to be done, and sec that I what they do will not have the slightest tendency [ towards distracting the party or jeopardizing its i influence. We have carefully watched tho attitude and t movements of the Republicans for the past few weeks in many of the Counties containing de- ' cidod negro majorities, but which sent democrat- i jc members to the Legislature in 1870, and wc have no hesitancy in saying that through the in- I tiuencc of Northern men and money, the scat- I tered ranks of that party have been again gathered up and reorganized into as compact and I solid an army as they were in the most corrupt < days of radicalism, and that there is great dan- ' ger that soiSe of thoso counties may be carried again by that infamous party. They have concluded not to run a State ticket, but to bend all their efforts towards getting psssessioi. of the Legislature, thereby crippling ? if not making pcwcrlcss for good?Gov. Hampton and the other democratic State ofliccrs, and, what will be of more importance to them and greater injury to us. secures the election of a lfadical United States Senator from Sspth Carolhtfcf ^ - 'v. tr C (CII (17c democrats of Union and throughout South Carolina that the enemies of good governj tueut have not been vanquished in this State.? Their efforts arc not contiued to the lower counties, but even hero in our own midst we see indisputable signs of preparation lor a desperate straggle to recover (lie power they lost in 187(5, in whole or in part. And, we regret to say, they are encouraged by some discontented democrats, who are willing to divide and defeat tlie democratic party if they can ride into ollicc upon radical votes. Already we hear of their proposing to form a coalition with republicans, ( by dividing the otliccs?particularly the rcprei sentatives in the Legislature. I We tell the people of Union, in all earnestr ncss, the State cuunot alford to lose one demoi cratic member, much less the whole delegation j from any single county. Not only that, the danger is so imminent that we cannot afford to lose ihe time ia sqcmbbliug over small matters of T prejuJiee and personal preference in tlio selection of our Uopresontativ js, which may end in sending merely so many voters to the Logisia|t turC ; hut if wo would have our influence felt in that hod}' we must lay aside all prejudice and setiH men who, by their ability, experience and force of character will not only command respect but make their influence felt, upon till oc.. casions of importance to their immediate constituents and the State at large. Any dolt can go to the Legislature and vote; hut an intelligent people should require more of j their representatives than that. They should select men of iullucnco and integrity to represent them; men who are able to stand up in the s Councils of the State and give their reasons for t B every vole they cast, and defend it, too, with fXbility and dignity. And fitVlYier, our voprescnlivcs shonhl be men who could come before their 0 constituents and explain, in x.11 intelligent munnor, every question of importance that has hc.ii acted upon l>y the Legislature, so that the people may be enlightened upon all matters of pub1 lie interest. 1 If such representatives are not chosen in this County it will be the people's fault entirely, and i they will have no cue else to blame. To-morrow, Saturday, the 24th, is the day np pointed lor the election, of ten delegates in each > Township, to form a County Convention t? be hold on the following Monday, for the purpose of nominating as candidates, one Senator and three Kepreseiitativcs in the Legislature ; otic Probate .1 udge, one School Commissioner, three 5 County Commissioners and a Coroner, for Union 5 County. Upon the moral and intellectual character of the assembled Convention will depend the char' actor tif the nominations they make, and upon the character id' tho nominations made will dopond, in a great measure, the harmony and uuh iv ??P tin* ?1 i n i n mm * j^rrr Vr. ... it ui uui 11uKim. now very importml it is, then, tint each Township should semi die sternest ami best mcu to the Convention? litc 11 who command tlie confidence and respect ot their neighbors?men in whose judgj t?cnt and honesty the people can rely, and | against whom the people will believe the suspi! feion of bribery, corrupt influences and practices can never attach. Send such men to the convention'ntnl tell them to give its a ticket of intelligent, honest and capable men, and onr word fur it tho people will unite and give it a hearty sumiorL ^ .Such at ticket from such a Convention will leave no gronml ("or an "Independent" candidate to stand upon, even with the assistance of their radical allies. lint if the people?the voters?allow themselves to he iutlucnocd by the importunities of every candidate they come in contact with, there I is but little chance for electing an unbiased and | independent convention. As we have said beI fore the way to secure such a conventi >11 is for ; the people to select the truest, most intelligent l and purest men as delegates, without reference j to any candidates in the field, and entrust to j tiiciu the selection of the men most worthy of j .... .. .ivill .71111 V ' I KM I UV Ulilt'lM. Tho Yellow Fever. We lire unable to give our readers even .'in approximate ideii of I lie terrible havoc the \ cllo'.v 1'cver is making nil along the Mississippi . Valley. The reports wo received by last nights i mail art* truly distressing. The town of (irrn- I , ad a, Mi?s., is almost depopulate'!. One writer ! i say., "to enter the place is death, and nothing ! inoro than a da>h at it. a glanco from a s ilo d is- , tance. can be undertaken by air one not tired . ( f life.' A funeral has passed every hour since ? last Monday. No one dares to leave the town i and no one will enter it. And -till ihc dread scourge is spreading. On Tuesday 1 : *> new ea-? r ses and II deaths were reported in New Orleans.^ I Nurses an I I met or- are stricken down. Money . J uii 1 provision* fire earnestly rolled ' >r. j c . ? Intorpriae and Expedition. Our frieiul Jas. Grant never allows "the grass o grow under his feet," if he has anything to lo; antl last Monday he exemplified that trait if his character in a somewhat remarkable de;rec : Mr. J. P. Sartor had called for bids to mild a large briek Store on the lot he lately lurchascd. On Monday the bids were examined and the contract wasawarded to Mr. Grant. \t about 2 o'clock the contract was signed by ill the parties, and in about half nn hour afterwards Mr. Grant's tettrni placed the first load of rock upon the ground. Soon after daylight the next morning Mr. Grant and his force were ut work grading the ground and digging for the foundation. If the building progresses with the same speed, we shall not be surprised if our readers should see a tlumiug advertisement in llie Times, announcing the opening of a large Stock of Goods in Mr. Sartor's new artd elegant Store, about the middle of next month. ? Homicide in Greenville. The Greenville Xtica of the 16th, tells of a shoekmg homicide that occured in that County on the morning of the loth. It appears that one Henjamin Sudduth who escaped from Greenville jail in January last, was reported as having been seen at his father's house, in the upper part of the county. A reward of $25 lu\d boon ofturud by the Shcritl' for tiic a,ra!it Diyijainiu Sudduth..?-^.amlrtniir u'ftBMui, ond with a posso- of '** seven men proceeded to Peter Sudduth" s house to make tho arrest. At the approach of tho party, about sunrise, firing cointnenccd from tlio house and I.ofiis was shottlirough the head aiul instantly killed. Peter fcudduth has since been arrested as tho the murderer of Lol'lis, but denies having tired a gun or pistol during the atfray at his house. * * * ? Silas Hawkins, colored, well known in this vicinity, is at .Hock Hill, York Co., making democratic speeches. THE SCOURGE UF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. Giik.naii.v, Miss., August 17.?'flic scenes in this plague-stricken town during the past twenty-four hours beggar descripli:n. The strongest men and women are helpless, and the children arc sick, dying or dead. It is indeed pitiful to sec entire families prostrated and swept away in a few hours. Seventeen deaths arc reported %. during the past twenty-four hours?all old cases. The population lias decreased to a little ver 200 whites. There are hut few new cases, there being so little material left to work upon. M. freed mail and wife, from New Orleans, en route to New York, were pill oil' the train this morning. Hotli were eases of well developed yellow fevor. From the first case of yellow fever, on July 25, up to noon yesterday, 125 eases and -17 tenths have been reported. Moiiii.k, August 17.?Due death from yellow fever yesterday. Motrins, August 17.?Twenty-three cases of yellow fever and nine deaths to day. Nkw Oitr.KA.ss; August 17.?During the past 21 hours there were 7;> new cases of yellow lever and 27 deaths. Vu-Ksut'iu;, August 17.- Yellow fever has appeared here, near the river l'rout, from whence it is spreading rapidly. Havana, August 17.?Ninety-nine deaths from y.tlow lover and nine from small-pox during '.lie week ending lite lUlli of August.? TIh-.s was a decrease in the fever at Matanzas luring the week ending August It. Washixiiton, August 17.?lteports to the Surgeon General of the United States Marine Hospital Service lor tlie past week show that there were at New Orleans 171 eases of yellow fever and 121 deaths ; making a total of '.102 cases and 2o'J deaths. One hundred and eight cases and 2'J deaths during the twenty-four hours to noon yesterday. Pout Kaoks, August 17.? Thirty-three eases of yellow fever aud live deaths during the week ending yesterday evening. Yr.li.ow Fever.?Grenada, Miss., August 1ft. ? Fourteen deaths from yellow fever yesterday, and ten er twelve new cases. Little Hocic, Auk., August HI.-?'The Board of Health has declared a quarantine against tho Memphis Bond, thus preventing tlie running of trains entirely. No signs of fever, and every " precaution is being taken to sco that it does no. ^ ' reach here. * New Orleans, August 10.?For Hio'*p*it tweuty-four hours, 108 new cases and 20 deaths. In Favor of Early Marriace.?On the 10th, ore roseate mora had illumined the western J horizon anil before the sunbeams hail tipped with I Mrfe-TiT' a son of i-WM*rrPTl?roTinn had stolen from our sleeping city one of its brightest and most accomplished daughters. The Itev. .1. 1>. Met'ulloitgh, at tho church of the Advent, performed the marriage ceremony and United t'ol. W. M. IIAKDY, of Ashcvillc, N. C., to Miss KKBEUb'A W. U.U1SON, of .Spartanburg. The happy pair1 have flown to the tnouulnins, and carry with iliein the lilesssings anil good wishes of our people, even though they did steal a march upon us all. ?Spartan. ? The Abhvillf 1'rtsD ami Banner thinks Uint if the United States o dicers had b?#u left to their ? own devices at Greenville, without* llic-help of ' ? tho keys of the jail, the country would have rung with lha auupunceincut of the contumaey vflP thc*Stato autfiorfties." Not so! It would have rung with the announcement" that Federal officer* had broken into a Slate prison, arid taken out, by force, prisoners held for trial fuf murder under tho finding of a Grand Jury.?The constitutional rights of tho Stale are ai stake, and this Stale, we think, had the opportunity to make the whole people understand the consequences of the authority claimed by tin, I oiled States. The I're.ts and Banner does not appreciate 'ho magnitude of tho question, and seems timid, to hoot.?.Yetin and Conner. ? o CI If 1 V T rnn Pnra.n..v^ ? ......... , .ri. IT..> . IfUSH/ll, ?1 ll?11?i. Ill, ?(Sencral (iranl's brother Orvil, in an interview, says tlie (icncrul lin*l written his friend* that he would, 011 no account, accept a l'resiilcntial nomination, l/it lie (Orvil) thinks he probably could lie educated up to it, as lie v\n* once hetoro. It" lie could ho tna'lc to hclicvo ill it he was tin; Jldy man able to save I lie country or party, would allow his name to bo used, even at the risk of defeat. Misi nir.vvTioN. A white man l>y the name ULL?f l.ewis was married to the colored daughter ^ if a well known white father, near Wide Awake, bout a week since, by the white trial justice of Haveners. A clergy man had been expected to lerform the marriage, 1 ?ut <>n arriving, and afer full knowledge, of the parlies, promptly do line I and withdrew. .Wu-.v iwif L'ouritr. ? l?e. Clarence A. I'ripp died at Martin's l>epot in the 'Jot11 nit. lie was formerly a citizen of f'-lena Island, and of late years a prominent iVaetitimicr in Lauren-- I' unity, vvlicie lie was on i b i' 1 a skilll i! mid s:f t'nl pli\deian. ^1