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HAHPTOX'8 SPEECH AT BDCEF1BLH 31 y Fellow-Citizen* of -Edytfitld : Your distinguished representative has just well said that s in all civilized countries, in all ages, the custom I lias obtaiucd of celebrating the anniversary of t those events which have brought triumph or \ prosperity or deliverance to a people, and in no- | cord.nice with this time-houored usage you meet here to day, to commemorate, with pride and ] with gratitude, this dry on which two years ago i the great contest for honest government and < Home Kulc was inaugurated in Smith Carolina, i You come. too. to nledire afresh vour tinih?4?t _j those ever living principles which?io1 only life and truth anil 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 sons ami fair daughters of old Edgefield should ' .hail the recurrence of this day with patriotic 1 ardor, and claim with justifiable pride that it was the first day of that new revolution which ' lifted the "Prostrate State"' from the abyss of shame and ruin into which alien hands had plunged Iter, to restore her to her proud hereditary place amid the sisterhood of equal States. It is right, too, while the light of our lust great victory still glows upon our banner, that we should, as we unfold it once again, inscribe upon it the watchwords which led us to triumph. Wo give it again to-day "to the battle and the breeze," with Hight, Truth and Justice entblay.oned ott its fo'ds, and with our old battle cry, "Hod and our Fatherland," we go forth conquering and to conquer! [Applause.] No more appropriate time could have be. chosen to display our honored banner than this day.? have selected as our standard-bearers the same who had tho good fortune to bear our flag to victory in '7'i. For myself; 1 recognize and appreciate the liouor done me, and, in accepting the unanimous nomination tendered me, I do 60 with u profound sense of the grave responsibility imposed, with a firm determination to carry out in good faith the principles first Vfitt't'iifpil l?v tln> DitmnnnUin n?*rlv ntul will* the assured and fervent lio]>c that the men who proved in '7<? that they c.mhl rescue a State from ruin, will show in 'Ttf that they intend to proserve it. It is useless for me to renew the pledges I have givon, for I would fain hope that my ollicial record of the past is the best guaranty 1 call givo my fellow-citizens for the future.? Their continued confidence in the rectitude of my purposes has been the highest honor of my life?the greatest support amid the responsibilites of my position, and the most cherished reward of my labors. septal . *' a I'lOTLUK or GRANT. AVc enter this contest under far different and more auspicious circumstances than (he last.? Then, the vvholespow*r of govoriimsHts-was brongfft/^i^TiCTWMI^Wj ifc. " "i /VI) the ])?Mfioal nfhehinery of the State, wielded ' by men totnlly unscrupulons in the urc of it, was directed to tlie sole end of perpetuating a rule which was a disgrace to civilization and an offence to Heaven, liayoucts, in the hands of the paid soldiery of the common country, gleamed. ill palpable violation of tlio Constitution of that country, at every polling place in our State.? Our people, broken by years of misrule ami oppression, were almost hopeless. We hud us the Chief Kxccutivo of the United States a man whose conception of the law was emho<lic<l in the finding* of a court-martial, and whose disgraceful ignorance of the Constitution of the country was only equalled by his shameless disregard of its most sacred obligations. l?rutal, ignorant and drunken, he hesitated not to crush the people of the South by the power of a paid soldiery. With an armed hand upon their throats lie attempted to stille the breath of _ - th(i&i'h'i!1'Kv- nad itlao.iig the iron heel of mili< ? 'Ml J^ipTeSsioTnipnn onfoi mo m^TTOu dviginat States the of Union, ho reduced it to a military satrapy. We were confronted at home by an enemy bold, confident and defiant, thoroughly disciplined, anil bound compactly together l?y vunviJiiu |"/?Cl VI 1'IIUiIC piUU'ld". U 1*1 ViMl almost to desperation anil trusting alone in the justice of our cause, and recognizing the supreme necessity of saving our State, our people, by a common impulse, with one heart, dedicated themselves to the patriotic work, and after a struggle as arduous, and as heroic as ever waged, redeemed the fair land of their fathers and covered themselves with glory. They achieved success against every probability.? They worked out a political miracle greater than any ever achieved by a people, and they accomplished litis because they were true to themselves and to?their principles. Hampton's sketch of mates. What is our position now ? 'The Chief Exccuiive of the country is one who, however much t may t^ffer frfiu hitn politically, we yet rceofcrfizc as y gentleman, and one who deserves our respect and gratitude for having, in definnco of the passionate appeals of partisans, restored local self-government to Lousiana j and South Carolina. his act the military j was subordinated to the civil authority; the armed soldiers of the Unitod States, who had for mouths bivouacked within the walls of our capital, were withdrawn, thus showimr Ids eon.:.>i.i. nation of that greatest crime ever perpetrated against liberty on this continent, lty giving to B^^^^^^^Totikn^Wiow ile.Hperatc whs thcfMniggio he- 0 fore the last fight. 1 do not coma now to lull ,j you into a false security. I do not say to you that you have everything your own way, and y have but to nominate your candidates. 1 say j, that 1 believe this campaign is fraught with al- ? most equal danger as the last. We had then an 0 open fight to make. We had an orgauized and c disciplined foe to encounter in the field. >AVe ? knew just ulint w* ?r*pect*, iftilf erWy man worked as though (lie destiny of the Stato depended upon his own individual resources.?* All this is changed. My opinion is that the h * Republican Convention did not nominate a State v ticket last week because Ihey knew that if they v did we would have every man in the Stale ral- 4 lying to our standard, and we would gain a vie- '1 lory grander than the last. a Tin: IIAIIIIUI. CONVKNTIOJt. S Not having I lie manliness to endorse the ad- f ministration ofthc last two years?though many of them had been sent to Columbia with inslruc- n lions to llo Kit. Illld fbttllrb lliitnv tinil Inlil nm li they desired to do so ? they Imvc endeavored to f make polilical capitnl Cor the Northern Itndicals tiy cntineia'ing n platform as false ns false can l<e. They charge that they have not put a tick- ( et In the field, because they could not do that v without personal danger, and they passed that h resolution in the capitol of Houth Carolina, p within hearing of the Kxecutive of tho Stnte, i * and when they had entire control of tho State- s ^ ? J louse, placed.Ill thljir hands t lifi.Itcinocracy fi ' of South Cnroliiia fW ther piifrpotfa df making p each nominations. They did not place a ticket v in the field because they knew it would meet v with certain defeat; and I warn you now that this course has been pursued (as 1 warned members of the Legislative months ago that it would v be pursued) for the purpose of devoting tlicir li every energy to controlling the ensuing Legis- v l.'lure. They have not put a ticket in the field, n but [ loll you that in every, county where they fl Hunk they hfiTeft shadow or a chance or success o they will ninLe a determined fight for the I-cg- I f islnt urc. c INIiei'KNIiK.NT CANDIDATES. < If (here is a man in South Carolina., in one * tingle district, who is base enough to forsako ? lis party at this time and head an independent ickct, the Radicals will rally to his support, nud you will be stricken down in the house of your friends. Von have no easy work before you ! The people of this State must again rally to their standrrd as they did betyro, and inust devote every Biiergy, might, means nud work.and their prayers lo this great out me ifor.ifr wtpJose the Lcgisln- t i^we mm frlffl ftailWf foug^l.t Kr-all (Hat wo have so hardly won. , A MATTHIl OK I.IFK ASI> DKATll. It is a matter of very little moment?as I told ' the people of Anderson?who may lie your Governor, but it is a matter ?f life and death to I this old land of ours that wc liavo a Legislature ' representing the manhood, civilization, intelli- 1 pence and virtue of South Carolina. That is | your objective point ; and if my words could i rcncn every man in Jsoutii e arouna, u 1 count but incite ench ono lo renewed efforts, to even greater efforts than in the catnpaigu of '7t>, 1 j would say to him in all truth and solemnity, that he must work now, and until the 5th of November, as if the destiny of the State depended on < his work alone. I have warned you of your danger. If, being warned, you are true to yourselves?I know tho people of Edgefield will bc^ true: [Cheers.] 1 speak to the wholoState)? if the Democratic party of the State will be true to itself, 1 predict that you will win nu over-, whelming victory. 1 You may remember that when two years ago ^ 1 stood upon this spot ami declared thenUiat^ve ] mmrj- my it rare Ps grave doublsWTpBWBo^ cess; but never?from tho 15th of Auguit, when 1 neccptcd the nomination?never from thatday until the 7th of November, did 1 have one doubt that the Democratic party would win. I knew wo would win. 1 knew we had ltight ami Truth and Justice on our side, and that the God of our fathels would help us if wo helped ourselves. Wis CAN WIN AGAIN. And you can win again, and the victory now means more than you may think. It means giving you the Legislature?directing the laws of this county ; shaping them for the common good. It means all that we have cherished in the past and all wo hope for in the future. It means more, if possible, than that. Victory in 1S78 means victory in 1880 and victory in 1880 for the National Democratic party, means peace for the whole country?restoration of harmony and fratcrnitj, and the observance of the Cotistitntion of tlic country ns it was framed by our fathers. That is our highest aim and object, and we must look to that, because, until a National _ Democratkr-gatyr ct>uios.^nk> t W, recurrence of Ibefle^ponW^^H^^^TOwncKepublicaus against it. YOU CAN WIN 1 And you can win bv idniitimr voiirsolvn*??ninr? ly unil tinuly oa that glorious platform given (o you by the Democratic Conventiou, by dovoting yourselves to this work ; and 1 say to you that you tiiusl win ! 1 know that the men who iu '70 proved that (hey could lilt the State from ruin will show in '78 that they intend to preserve it. [Continued and enthusiastic cheering.] In regard to the pledges he had made. Governor Hampton appealed to his hearers, while and colored alike, to say whether he had not kept them "literally, honestly and truly," ami was met l>y an assuring shout of atliruiatiou set up by his hearers of both colors. TilE COLOHED PKOPI.E. I intend, lie continued, to keep them in the future. 1 can look into my own heart nnd say that 1 have administered the laws with justice ?..a v^..' |J-r? II dfrft it lias been more in favor of the colored people than otherwise. They have received more clem- ' ency than have white men, nnd have enjoyed more privileges than ever before?and they continue to enjoy litem now. THE STATE DEUT. We have no elements in our approaching campaign to disturb us. The only point upon which patriotic and able men divided intlio last Legislature was upon the bonded debt ot the Stale, un.l ll.nl ...? I n..v. .....i .|uusu?ii 11:19 111*1'u nupptty eliminated from politics and placed before a judicial tribunal of the Stale. Every otic can afford to abide by its decision, an.! to pledge himself i? ad- J varcc to stand by it. We have notv nothing on the face of the earth to divide us. We are all working for the same end, all living on the saute soil, under that Carolina sun nil will sleep on the bosom of this Old Mother of ours when. ' we pass hence. Why cannot wo all struggle fo- 1 gcthcr for her sake. Let us plneo our differences in the background and march forward to- , gcthcr to victory. Goon Revenue Appointments.? It is gratifying to notice that Internal Revenue Collector ( It ray ton in irgnnixing his force of Deputy Col- < colors for upper South Carolina, has made some < judicious selections. Mr. Charles A. Carson j lias been assigned that position in tho department of Greenville, l'ickcns and Oconee, and , 3partanbii(f ve^ 4C111 /rii. Ho a , Irothcr-iii-Iaw of Senator Butler. His appoint- | _ sent will give gcueral satisfaction to (lie people v f llic.sc counties, and that the Administration 9 f his uflicc will bejust and impartial no one v loilbts* || Mr. Watson, of IMgeficId, is a brother of ^ tobt. 15. Wntson, of that county, and a great ;raml-son of ('apt. Mike Watson, of Revolution- " ,ry war fame. We feel confident that the rights t if <-111- citizens will be protected wilh'sujdi men s ? ? I, Ci.osino of tick Summer Mretino.? Spnrlnn>urg, 8. <!., August 10.?This has been a gala c feck for old Spartanburg nnd her visitors, i iliieli closed with a grand excursion to Pace's v Jap to-dav, given by the railroad authorities.? g 'wo hundred porsons composed the party, who . mused themselves visiting the mountain recedes and various points of interest in the vicini- * r . 1 Owing to the indisposition of the Governor, s otiec of which had previously been received y them, only a few distillers were present.? lo speeches wore made.? Col, Jltgialtr. 0 li The Wretch.?A facetious brakemnn on the f 'entral Pacific Railroad cried out as tho train [. ,'ns about entering a tunnel, "This is one tnile ong nntl the train will he fourteen minutes ^ mssing through it." The train dashed through j nto daylight again in four seconds, and ,the cene within the uar was a study far a pointer. Seven young ladies was closely prc;sedju^eyen 0 >air of masculine arms, fourteen* 5 rere glued together, and two dozen inverted 0 vhiskcy flasks flashed in the air. j V Jim Johnson shot and (it is thought) mortally u rounded Charlie Riley yesterday, about a mile r icyond I'ncc'sGap,on theSpartanhurgnnd Ashe- ? llle Railroad. Riley opened the ball with a pistol | nd Johnson closed up with n shot-gun, lodging t. ivc slugs in the body of his adversory. Cause f the difficulty domestic infelicity. Riley is rohahly dead hy this time, as his wounds are 8 onsidered fatal.?Spartanburg lfnilg. d p If - ?1 1 uXAJJf.!? ?hc "tSBfehlji IRuimt ?mts>. " " iClt. STOKES, Editor.^ ? UNK^MtoJDAY, AUtiVST L'3, 1878." n flWOF SUBSCRIPTION. ~ w 1 CopT, OttS^Kr, IN A1>VANCK., (2.00 _ 2 Coplet o^wr," :i.7S *T ADVERTISING. ' ?? w One square or (no Inch, tiret Insertion, - - - (1.00 Kacli Bubncquetl Insertion. ------- 7.1 l' I.ilxiral <lisco)uHto<li' to merchants and others adver- : Islmr CorfbrHnoiby tho year. ObituaA-ii?fl(c? <OTtn lines or loss, Inserted frdo. " 7 " over teu lines, charged as Advcrtlaenents. ' ?. " . 3 ' ' " -j? - ^? ?>"" -- ?~? v 1 (ii lit ion for n Steatfy Hoy. c A lad, not orer 15jor lC years old, who can read and writo fairlyn cau find a pleasant situa- ?' Lion, as an Apprentice, 'n thiH office, where he I can earn his bottd and clothing, improve his f causation and loprn a trado that will always t insure hint a wBfedsg. ^ ftfcgr Many notices prepared for this week t liOjVe beeu unavoidably left out. < JW* E. II. Bobo, Esq., hn9 declined being a f ctftididate for the Legislature from Spartanburg. His professional duties demand all his time and attention. ? ? Gov. Hampton's Health. > We are pleasc'ljat learning through our Spartanburg exchanges that Gov. lluinpton has recovered sufficiently %om his rceeut indisposition to Enable ''in ftiaJM V !ll" 'L~ r? *** - ~ *? fit called .upon for campaign duty uhtil fs? quTTe^TBStirrm W- health. Hampton's Speech. We hope every reader of the Times will carefully and thoughtfully read Governor Hampton's speech. His views upon the dangers before as in the campaign, Independent Candidates and the duties of every democrat, nre so precisely in accord with ouv own that wo wish they were indelibly impressed upon the heart of every man in the State. .? ? Death of Urs. Dunn. With sorrow we announce the death of Mrs. Mary L , wife of Mr. W. C. Dunn, at Mt. Tabor, which occurred on Wednesday last. Although she had been in feeble health for some years, it was not thought her death was near until a few days before it came. She was an estimable Lady aud highly respected, and had attained to the ripe age of about Si ywsffl.""" "" ** An Unpleasant AffairWe learn that a difficulty occurred during the meeting at Drowu's Store last Saturday, betweeu Mr. Adolphus Drown and Maj. J." W. Tencb, ip which the Mayor was knocked down and badly bruised in the head. Gentlemen, keep cool this hot weather. We couldn't be induoed to engage in such exciting sport on any account. Our trouble is in trying to keep cool, while you arc doing all you can to get your blood up to fever heat. * * - > Communications "Withheld. We have rciafeited two communications for publication this ft'eck attacking parties who will be before the Convention next .Monday as Cand ites. We have withheld these communications for the simple reason that their publication it V* net of ii^pstice, , give the parties no opportunity to rcplyt^ne charges made against them. Our aim is t* do what we believe to bo strictly just te all, without considering friend or foe in the matter, Town I mprovcmcnts .Mr. 1'hilip Danu js now-having erected upon his lots ou Main Street, two large stores, built altogether of rock from Ms quarry. When completed they will greatly imp-e^c- the i^pearp.r.cs of our end of teiyn. Wo thank Mr. Dunn fur noting upon our suggestion of two weeks ago. Ihe stnr of improvement is certainly moving westward now. ( ] mr. Goss' xr.w STonF-s^r"^"^* " ?re beginning to ui%l^e a fine showing. The brick ( w<5rk is finl^cJ^rtlio front has been cemented and will' be painted to correspond with the i stores on either sido. Mr. Kane is pushing the i carpenter work inside as fast as possible. We are glad to se? that Col. Young has eon- i eluded to raise tho parapet front of his store to ( correspond with the other stores in that block | These improvements wilt givo Main street a handsome eity look. I donA full justice to the im- ^ l,c,^BLcAw^ay School 1'icaic at Iicthleliem liure^ffSaturdayWe aro informed, by the inners as well as Saints who attended, that it * ias the largost, the best managed and most tieightful affair of the kind that was ever seen in ( Juion. The table measured three hundred and inely fcot long, and when dinner was announced * lie people?little and big, old and young? tood three deep at it. One gentleman told us v ie there mu# Ircd personHlrtfe, many inppy looking, intelligent; 'Add Well behaved hildron togcthor in all his life. n Pea llidge is certainly being fast redeemed, rhen wo compare the beautiful scene of last 8 iuturdny with the scenes of drinking and fight- 8 ng whieli were so frequent there not more than ]' wenty years ago. To those who nre leading in 1 his great moral training and reformation we ay, go on in your noble work; your reward annot be measured in the scales of dollars and * ants, but it will be fodnd in the lich harvest of 1 iodic comforts and home joys on earth, and the ull fruition of your labors will be awrded you 8 n that everlasting home of bliss te which none j iut the trill*/ crood nre admitted. ? mportant Decision. Judge Kershaw bM filed a judgement in the ffice of our (jlerk of Court, holding the Act of larch 13, 1872, entitled "An Act for the relief f the widows and orphans of persons killed tccause ef their political opinions,"?better :noutn as the kaklux pension tax act?to he inconstitutional, null and void, as violating the irovisions of Sect. 14, Art. I, and section I and i of Art. IX, of our Slate Constitution, and secion 1(1, Artiole I of the Constitution of the listed Slates. A like decision six yenrs ago would have avod Union County, seven to eight thousand j [ollnrs. * i * 9 E The Work of the next Three Day a. Kn The next three days will bo fraught with ( lost important events for the weal or woo of to ot only this county but, very probably, the do rholc State, and it behooves tho democrats of ' of luion to arouse themselves and take a deep in- grt trcst in tho work to bo done, and see that bu rhat they do will not have tho slightest tendency pu owards distracting tho party or jeopardizing its im uflucncc. At Wo have carefully watched tho attitude and all noveinents of the Republicans for tho past few wi reeks in many of the Counties containing do- r" idod negro minorities, but which sent democrat- nc c members to tho Legislature in 1870, and we wi lave no hesitancy iu saying that through the in- fo luencc of Northern men and money, tho scat- th cred ranks of that party have boon again gath- ro ired up and reorganized into as compact and th lolid an armv as thev wore in tho most corrupt St lays of radicalism, ami that there is great dunjcr that soSe of thoso counties may he carried H ?jaiii by that infamous party. They have concluded not to run a Stale tick- si (it, but to bend all their efforts towards getting 01 psssession of the Legislature, thereby crippling oi ?if not making powerless for good?Gov. Hauip- G ton and the other democratic State ofliccrs, and, h what will be of more importance to them and u greater injury to us- securta. the election of a 1> Radical United States Senator froiq^epth faro- p St d i^TrnFic democrats of Union nnd throughout g( South Carolina that tho enemies of good govern- t< ineut have not been vanquished in this State.? p Their efforts arc not contiucd to the lower coun- h ties, but even hero in our own midst wo see in- p disputable signs of preparation for a desperate struggle to recover the power they lost in 187G, t] in whole or in part. And, wo regret to say, a they arc encouraged by some disc3nteutcil democrats, who urc willing to divide nnd defeat the democratic party if they can ride into office up- .1 on radical votes. Already we hear of their ^ proposing to form a coalition with republicans, J by dividing the offices?particularly the representatives in the Legislature. We toll the pcoplo of Union, in all earnest- r ncss, tho Stale caunol afford to lose one demo- n cratic member, much less the whole delegation s from any single county. Not only that, the duu- 1 ger is so imminent that wo canuot afford 10 lose g the time in sqowbbliug over small matters of tl prejudice and personal preference in the sclec tion of our llcprescntaiiv js, which may cud iu . * eading merely so many voters to the Lcgisia- [ tare; but if wo would have our iutiuence felt j ia that body we must lay aside all prejudice uud SCtrtl Hien who. bv their ability. exncricncQ nnd 4 ' r? w ~ *" a force of character will uol only command respect but make their influence felt, upon all oc- ( casions of importance to their immediate constituents and the State at largo. , Any dolt can go to the Legislature and vote; but an intelligent people should require more of % their representatives than that. They should select men of inllucnco and integrity to reprc- F sent them; men who arc able to stand up in the councils of the State and give their reasons for f every vote they cost, and defend it, too, with > Xbility nuddignity. Auil fdffllcr, our reprcseu- J lives should bo men who could come before their constilucnts and explain, in an intelligent man- ? ner, every question of importance that has been ' acted upon by (he Legislature, so that the peo- j. pie may be enlightened upon all matters of pub- c lie interest. s c If such representatives are not chosen in this 1" County it will be the people's fuult entirely, and they wiii have no one else to blame. e To-morrow, Saturday, the 24tlj, is the day ap t>uimuu lur mo cicciioii, oi icn ueicgittcs tn cacii Township, to form a County Convention to be ft hold on the followiitg Monday, for the purpose Q ^nominat ing as candidates, one Senator and ^ throe Representatives in the Legislature ; one ti Probate Judge, one School Commissioner, three P County Commissioners and a Coroner, for Union r County. ,, t, Upon the moral and intellectual charactor of the assembled Convention will depend the eharxctor af the nominations they make, and upon j the character of tho nominations made will do- g pond, in a great measure, (he harmony and uui- q very" mpbrtant it is, then, that each Township should cj eml (ho sternest and best men to tbe Convon- ct ion?men who command the confidence aud A Si espccl of their neighbors?men in whose judg- ^ |eat and honesty the people can rely, and gainst whom the pcoplo will believe the suspi- ei lien of bribery, corrupt influences and prac- ~ ices cau never attach. Send such men to the tonvention'and tell them to give us a ticket of tj ntelligent, honest and capable men, and our 01 vorjj for it the peoplo will unite and givo it a tl A ^ , a L ff.Ll J tinr- lt i'>tQf*wt>a> 8Uf JJ Wmon wiirteawwo;rer an "InfrejmF lent" candidate to stand upon, CTen with the nj .ssistance of their radical allies. ta But if tho people?tho rotcrs?allow them- m elves to bo intluenocd by the importunities of very candidate they come in contact with, there tu s but little chance for electing an unbiased and cc ndependent convention. As we have said be- U ore the way to securo such a convention is for he people to select the truest, most intelligent >nd purest men as delegates, without reference o any candidates in tha field, and entrant to ~~ vi hein the selection of the men most worthy of intl h*Mt nnit Ail fnr tlin nfTlpAu .1 ??? r pi 'he Yellow Fever. 01 We ure unable lo give our readers oven no tl .pproximate idea of (he terrible huvoo (lie yol- tr ?w fever is making all aloug the Mississippi Ul Galley. The reports we received by last nights nail are truly distressing. The town of Gren- 0j da, Miss-, is almost depopulated. One writer of ays, "to enter the place is death, and nothing a' sore than a dash at )t, a glance from a safe die- ^ ance, can be undertaken by any one not tired (c f life." A funeral lies passed every hour since ol est Monday. No one dares to leave the town ?nd no one will enter It. And still the dread eourgo is spreading. On Tuesday 180 new ca-> oi es and 41 deaths were reported in New Orleans,' IT Parses an 1 Doctors are stricken down. Money {ft ind provisions are earnestly called for. c< * terpriae and Expedition. dur friend Jos. Urnut never allows "the grass grow under his feet," if lie has anything to ; atlU Inst Monday he exemplified that trait his character in a somewhat remarkable dose : Mr. J. P. Sartor had called for bids to ild a large brick Store on the lot ho lately rchoscd. On Monday the bids were exaui?d and the contract was awarded to Mr. Ornnt. t about '2 o'clock the contract was signed by 1 the parties, and in about half an hour aflermls Mr. Grant's tewm placed the first load of ck upon tho ground. Soon after daylight the ixt morning Mr. Grant and his force were ut srk grading tho ground and digging for the undation. If the building progresses with e same speed, we shall not be surprised if our adcrs should see a tlaming advertisement in e Times, announcing the opening of a large ock of Goods in Mr. Sartor's new add elegant .ore. nhout thu middle of next month. omicido in Greenville. The Greenville A'etcs of Iho 10th, (ells of a locking homicide that occurcd in that County a the morning of the 15th. It appears that nc llcnjamin Suddulh who escaped from rccnrille jail in January last, was reported as aving been seen at his father's house, in the pper part of the county. A reward of 525 All U?n offered by tho Sheriff for the ?rres^f^^^^. t^ijamin Sudduth'.j?*^?ndrtTW* wAie^fJinhi swil with aposso-of - ' even men proceeded to I'otcr Sudduth's house > make tho arrest. At tho approach of tho arty, about sunrise, firing commenced from tho ousc and Loft is was shot through the head and ustantly killed. Peter Wuddutli has since been arrested as tho ho murderer of Loflid, but denies having tired guti or pistol during the affray nt his houso. SSF" Silas Hawkins, colored, well known in his vicinity, is al.llock Hill, York Co., making democratic speeches. HE BCOURGET)F THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. Gbknada, Miss., August 17.?Tho scenes in his plnguc-8trickcn town during the past tweny-fottr hours beggar descripticn. Tho strongest lieu and women arc helpless, and the children ,rc sick, dying or dead. It is indeed pitiful to ec entire families prostrated and swept away n a few hours. Seventeen deaths nro reported luring the past twenty-four hours?all old caes. Tho population has decreased to a little >ver 200 whites. There arc but few now cases, here being.so little material left to work upon, d. Freed rinn and wife, front New Orleans, tn vule to New York, were put off the train litis noruing. llutli were cases of well developed 'cllow fever. From the first case of yellow fever, on July to, up to noon yesterday, 125 cases and <17 leal lis liavo been reported. Mouii.k, August 17.?Otic death from yellow ever yesterday. Memphis, August 17.?Twenty-three cases of cllow fever and nine deaths to day. New Ouleans; August 17.?During the past !4 hours there were 7-1 new cases of yellow fe 'cr mid 27 deaths. VicKsuuua, August 17.- Yellow fever has apicared here, near the river front, from whence t is spreading rapidly. Havana, August 17.?Ninety-nine deaths rom yellow fever and nine from sinall-pox duing the week ending the 10th of August.? .'hert was a decrease in the fever at Malauzas luring the week ending August 'J. Washington, August 17.?lleports to the Surgeon General of the United Slates Marine lospital Service for the past week show that here were at New Orleans 471 cases of yellow ever and 121 deaths ; making a total of 002 ases and 239 deaths. One hundred and eight ascs and 29 deaths during the twenty-four eura to noon yesterday. Pout Fadus, August 17.?Thirty-three oases f yellow Asver uij ??? deaths daring the week ' tiding yesterday evening. Yellow Fever.?Grenada, Miss., August 16* -Fourteen deaths from yellow fever yesterday, nd ten er twelve new cases. Littlk Hock, Ark., August 10.?The Board f Health has declared a quarantine against the lcrophis Koad, thus preventing the running of rains entirely. No signs of fever, aud every t recauiion is being taken to sco that it does not ^ each here. v W*' j New Orleans, August 10.?far HiS?*pKt wenty-four hours, 108 new cases and 29 deaths.. In Favor or ?aui.t Marriage.?On the 19th, rc roseate mora had illumined tho western orizon and before the sunbeams had tipped with old the mouutain tons, with Hi* *" qn nf - . tfM.'C?VirrnMeis, a son of w^vrr-t.Sti'oiina nad stolen from our sleeping ly one of its brightest aud most accomplished uighters. The Iter. J. D. McCullough. at the lurch of the Advent, performed the marriage eremony and United Cel. W. M. HAllDY, of sheville, N. C., to Misa REBECCA W. CAS.ON, of Spartanburg. The happy pair* have awn to the mountains, nud earry with them le blesssings and good wishes of oar people, rcn though they did steal a march upon us all. -Spartan. . , ,, The Abbeviltf J*rett and Banner thinks that if is United States officers had hflpsleft to their wn devices at Greenville, wilho?tdnhe"fielp or 10 keys of tho jail, the country would have sit'. TTnfflr - PMl? ? WW WKuwMil98> NOl AO I i? ^TOtlld ive rung with the announcement" that Federofflefcrs had broken into a State prison, mid ken out, by force, prisoners held for trial for urder under the finding $f a Grand Jury.? ho constitutional rights "of tho State are at ake, and this State, we tbiuk, had the opporl inity to make the whole people trndetstand the inseouences of the authority claimed by th^ iiiteu States. The TYeu end Banner does not >preciate the magnitude of the ideation, and ieuis timid, to boot.?Newt and Courier. t (llliKMa n 1 1 fvn * itaviirhni, W?l?Uf AU^UVI 10? -General Great's brother Orvll, in ab "intarew, says (ho General had written hid friends at he would, on no account, accent a Presisnlial nomination, tySt he (Orvjf) thinks he robahly oould be edycated up /b it, ?sjie was ice before. ?lf he cduld be made fto believe iat he was tlifmjn able to save the qouny or party, MwqM allow his namo to be - < ted, even at tat risk of defeat) Miscrgxhatio*.?A wl.ite man by the name fl ' Lewis wns married to the colored daughter ' a well known white father, near Wide Awake, >out a week since,.by the white trial jastico of avenfl's. A clergyman had been expected to srforin the marriage, hut on arriving, and nfir full knowledge of the parties, promptly de ined and withdrew.?Nein and Courier. Dr. Clareno? A. Fripp died at Martin's Depet 1 the 'iftth ult. lie was formerly a eillsen of elena Island, and of late years a prominent raotitioner in l.atircne County, where lie wai msidercil a skillful and successful physician. X