Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HJBMSHEt) AT ORANGEBUJIG, S.O. Mvory Saturday Morning. Y, 9.DWJJAk\ Associate AW/or. IT. If ALL, IWliskor. *BRM8 ?F S?HSCRlPTIOlf. UM Vlpy ftr *a? yoar..?. . $'2.w * " . *? fix Months........* 1.00 A?*v*4?leading TKN DOLLARS, fur x Club,of JUw flebseribers, wRl receive au r EXTRA COPY wNr 0!*R YEAR, fret of charge. Any one sending ?iTfrB DOLLARS, fer: * Club or New Subscribers, wIHrMstvtnn .EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, free ef charge. ?JOS RATES OF ADVERTISING. t Square lit Insertion. $1.00 ? ? 2d. 75 4 A Square, aonsists of 10 linen Hi crier or ouo Inch Jf Advertising space. Ldmlnistrater'a Noyces, tf accompanied with the v cash.......;..4.$2 75 tf bol xceempanled with the ensh.....;.$5 00 ?outr*at Advertisements inserted upon the most 5 liberal t?rras. * ?:o:? MARRIAGE and FCNERAL NOTICES, not c ceedittg one Kqu'aro, Inserted without charge. '^t^ Terms Cash in Advance. -Wa - ichs* / o ly ORIGINAL STORY. ?? ? ' _:_ _ 1ITI RAYMOND. __:o:? A TRUE STORY OF 6HERMAN'S CAMPAIGN IN South Carolina. BY REIT A. ciiAirrKR or. T^ifc ?Vuuts transpiring tu L? had passed unheeded by Mrs. Raymond and Knto. They oared tint f?r Rib. The world looked dark to them i cite4Wfi?dthia seemed to mock their trief; Hie bad lost feto vharm, now thattttcir idol bad passed s<r-\y. Early on the morning of the fourteen^, Colonel Austen called. Mrs. Ray mond hXd not loft her chamber for three days, and bad refused to be seen by her friends ; but to-day, Colonel Austen oamc to bid her good bye. Jlis regiwteWt bad been ordered to Co lumbia ; ami, wteen the servant bore her his message, she neofrly dragged herself into the parlor. Colencl Austen could only remain a ?h?rt while j for ho expected momonUirily to receive order* to march. He said, any letters or packages that Mrs. Raymond had to send on to Richmond, he would forward from Colum bia; but being told there was nothing to send, bo rose to take his lcavo. "Mrs. Raymond, the Yankee* arc'Cndy three miles from L?. Tomorrow we cxlpeYrt t$ ?raeuatc the town. My dear madam, let me ndviao you to be lirni with- them. Show Ho symptoms of fear. If they attempt to btttfi your house, do not leave it until the last .momont; and I advise you, Muts Ks to, to act likewise And, now, good bye, may God bless you." He wrung their hands, and then turned to go. Scarcely hud he-passed out of sight, whou the heavy roar of artillery shook the air. The battle (if such it could be termed) had commenced. Real after peal followed each other; and the sharp crack of tho rifle could be hoard along the line. Troops were being hurried up from below: General Sherman's right was trying to cross the rivet General C--was equally as anxious to prevent his crossing. Rut, alas 1 for our poor country,'twas impossible' to Btny Sherman's advance. General 0- had only fifteen hundred mcu ; and with those men ho had to guard Bruce's Ford, tho bridge, leading, from the town, and Jones' Ferry, five miles above ffj--. Ho could only hope to retreat in .safety. The fighting wns kept up all day; And only ceased, when it became too dark to j?ce. Colonel Willis bad been ordered to Brucc's Ford j and when he passed the "Rc rtrcat," he saw Kate standing on the piazza. Jle rode up to the house, and without dismount ing, told her that the fight hud begun, and ad monished her to bo firm and cool, and not al low tho Yankee guns to frighten her. Making m low bow", ho turned and rode back. Little ?drenmed tho bravo Willis that the morrow (would find him a captive, nud wounded. But I anticipate. The day wore away ; and, when dnrkness Bet in, L? was still occupied by our boys. The night seemed interminable; but the longest night must have a dawning. A flag of truce came over to General C-, .demanding the immediate surrender of the town. (ion era I C-'s reply was short, '?Come nud take it." Firing began again, and -continued up to noon. An order was given to retreat j tho troops began to move slowly; and by two o'clock, only one llegimout remained. (Colonel Willis had been fighting nn over whelming forco j but, at last, he was forced back. His retreat was cut off from Columbia; /?;id only one way of escapo was open to hiw, ?to fall buck to ^Clmrlostou. Rather would ho die, than bo separated from his command. Tho old army had been defeated, and had triumphed. Ho had been with that army, whon it surrendered at Yicksburg; nud had triumphed with it, when Chicknmauga'a bloody field was won. Ho would never leave it. Spurring his horse forward, ho waved his sword, and shouted, "Hoys, follow your Colo nel." The enemy hnd forced tho passage of the bridge; they wcro rapidly crowing at( Bruce'? Ford,?all hope of escape seemed cut off; but, with a mighty will to enrry out the desperate plan, nothing seemed impossible. Colouel Willis fell back to the "Rctront"? there, he was met by a squadron of cavalry. All hope was gone; but be would never sur render. Hastily forming his men in line, he waited for them to advance. With a wild yell, those brave Mississippians met tho charge. Then, for a moment they faltered,?ouly one moment. Carter Willis dashed forward, and waved his sword ;?the boys followed ;?soon the field was gained. Tho Yankees, fearing an ambush, fell back ; and then, with a about the '-boys" leaped a rail fence near by, and wore fast getting clear of the sharp-shooters who had advanced. Iii n few moments, all would bo saved ;?only one company had to get uuder cover of the woodB. Colonel W illis cheered them on, and lookiug toward the noble old mansion, he saw Kate standing where she stood the day before. lie raised his hat, bowed low, and reined in bis horse, took a long look at tho brave Southern girl, who, fearless of danger, watched him braving the Yankees. A spirit of:desperation seized him. lie could uot sec Miss Raymond in danger. Hashing up to tho house, he cried, "(Jo in, Miss Raymond, for God's sake, do not remain one moment longer. The Yankees are on us?go in. He turned to go back. Too late;?a ball piorced his horse, and in a second of time an other stnick him. His horte staggered and fell, carrying him down also. The ball that struck him tore a ghastly wound in his side. The light faded, a dark night set in his mind. ?he knew uo more. Soon u Yankee Sergeant eatno up with his guard. Seeing the wounded Officer, lying dead,as he supposed ; and paying no heed to Kate, he ordered the men to move tho horse.jand then made preparation to search him. Kate .stood beside Colonel Willis. Her heart trembled, as she 'ooked at the pale, un conscious man. "Oh ! God, spare him," was all she could say. When the horse was turned over, and she could reach him, sho stooped over him and felt if hb yet lived. Her heart gave a bound. Yes, Ire lived. Then, turning to the Sergeant, she said, "Will you carry this soldier into the house ?" Pity touched his heart; for one brave man will assist another, when helpless and n prison er. Colouel Willis was feorno into the house, aud loft with Kate and Mrs. Raymond ; while the Sergeant went off to bring a Surgeon. Meanwhile, the work of desolation had be gun. The railroad had been torn up. The noise made by tearing aud ripping the road was fearful. A heavy black smoke rose far below and beyond L-. Ab tie after tio was piled up, and set on fire, the men yelled like unfuriated fiends, holding a wild orgic. They swore not to leave two houses standing te mark the spot, where L- now stood. The plantations for miles were stripped, in less time than it takes to relate. They camo in and demanded of Mrs. Raymond her keys. They wcro given them. One vile creature, less human than the others, lingered in the room. , "What do you want in hero 7" demauded Kate. "Nothing ; I Buppo.se I can look around mo ; nnd the least you say the better for you. So, jest shot up, gal." Then walking up to Col onel Willis, ho said. "What is this man doing hero? Dead, I reckon. Well, I'll take this;"?and he snatched at Colonel Willis' watoh and chain. Kate stood before him. "Man" she ex claimed, "touch him if you dare." A light ning glance shot from her eyes,?a fierce, wild look fdled her face, and caused the robber to start bin k. He then made another effort to snatch the chain away. But Kate's movements were ns quick as his. She caught the chain, jerked it toward her, nnd slipping it into her pocket, said, "I order you to leave this room." Seeing the Surgeon and several others coining into the house, he thought "prudence the better part of valor," and passed through the back door into the yard. [to bk continued.] At the Workiugwomcn'H Homo in New York, boarders who are out after eleven o'clock at night are required to pay '25 cents lor tho services of tho party required to sit up to ad mit them. Brick Pomcroy hns a statuette of General Butler with a spoon on his shoulder. Ho has placed this statuette in Trout of his office nnd written uuder it in lurgc letters: Thief, Robber, Woman Iusultcr." SEYMOUR. Horatio SkymoUR, tlio Democratic candidate far President of the United States, was horn in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York, in the year 1811, and is consequently about lifty seven years of npre. The family to which Mr. Soyn jur belongs is descended from Richard Soymour, who was one of the original settlers of Ifaftford, Connecticut. Mr. Seymour receiv ed a liberal and thorough education in the best institutions of tho State. His instincts and preferences naturally led him to the study of the lair, which be pursued with great vigor and industry. He was admitted to the bar when only r. little more than twenty years of age, and at once commenced the practice of his profession in .the city of Utieu, In the fall of 1811. when not thirty years ofagO,SMr. Seymour consented to the use of bis name as a Democratic candidate for member of As^-nhly. Although the Whigs were at that time largely in the ascendency in Utica, Mr. Seymour was triumphantly elected by a large majority. In the spring of 1842, Mr. Seymour w;n^plectcd Mayor of the city of Utica, despite the continued hostility and imposition of the Whiyj* In tho fall of 1818, ho was again elected a member of the lower House of the Legislature, ana was re-elected to. and served in the same position during the sessions of 1814 and 1815. M?. Seymour was first a candidate for Gov ernor of New York in 1850 j and was defeated by l-*?2 votes. In 1852, Mr. Seymour was again placed in nomination by tho Democratic Party, in opposition to Washington Hunt (Whig) and Miuthoruc Tompkins, (Free Soil,) and was triumphantly elected over two compe titors as the chief executive officer of the State. In; 1802. Mr. Seymour was for tho fourth time placed in nomination for Governor of Now York, b)\ the Democrats, against General Wads worth, the Republicau nominee; and was for the second time elected by the handsome majori ty of 10,752 < At tho National Democratic Convention hold-m'jtoicttgo in I8G4, Mr. Seymour was with great unanimity chosen its President, and how nblvjnnd efficiently ho discharged the duties aud responsibilities oftbat important pusitiou, the Jpprwdt-nii?! l?i:?o?ry of ?1te Convention will indisputably show. Since thnt timo Mr. Soymour Iths delivered many powerful Democratic speeches in various parts of the country, entering each successive campaign in his State with his accustomed vigor, fearlessness, and efheioncy. Equality in Race, Color and Previous Condition in South Carolina. Below, our readers will find a very impor tant and significant bill which passed the ne gro-Radical Legislature on Saturday last. It imposes a penalty of not less than quo thousand dollars or imprisonment for not less than twelve mouths, for any discrimination made by any party or parties, engaged in any busi ness, calling or pursuit for which a license or eliarter is required by law. It will be perceived that the negro Radicals stood up to their prin ciples and wish to stand on tin equality in the hotels, rest nii rants, raiiiuiiu-cars, steamboats, A'c, Ac. Senators, Governors, Members of Congress, Judges, Juries, equality equally de mands and wo commend the principle of equality to Massachusetts,New York, Pennsyl vania, Ohio and Indiana. Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander.?Mercury. The vote on the bill was as follows : Aytt?White?. Colored. f?;: Aye*. til AVrf?Whiten. 19 Colored. 6 Noc?. '1\ A'of rofm</?Whites.18 Colored.10 Not voting.'M Total.122 The bill as finally passed to its third reading is as follows: A Bill to prevent discrimination between persons, by those carrying on business under license, on account of rncb, color or previous condition. lie ft enacted,by the Senate ami House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, und by the authority of tin* same : SkctjoN 1. That from and after the pas- age of this bill, i?, shall not hi' lawful for any party or parties, engaged in any business, calling or pursuit, fur the carrying on of which a license or charter is required bylaw, municipal, State, Federal or otherwise, to discriminate between persons, on account id' race, color Jor previous condition, who shall make lawful application for the benefit of such business, calling or pur suit. See. 2. Any party so discriminating shall be considered as having violated this act. and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not. less than one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not less than twelve months. Sec. i). No act of incorporation shall be conferred upon any organization the rules and regulations of which contain fenture.x not com patible with the provisions of this act. See. 4. All acts, or purls of acts inconsis tent herewith, are hereby repealed Horatio Seymour at Ulfen. The Conservative veteran soldiers and sail or? of Uiica held a large and enthusiastic meeting August 13. It adjourned at an early hour ti> serenade Governor Seymour at his headquarters at the IJutterficld House. There was a vast assemblage in front of Co hotel. After the performance of music by the band, Governor Seymour was introduced by General James McQuade. He was received with im mense cheering, and spoke as follows : Soliliir? of Oiwuht County: I thank you for this mark of your good will. 1 know bet ter than most men the character of the service rendered by our soldiers in the late war. I gave them more than fifteen thousand commis sions. It was my official duty to mark their upward progress in rank as they gained hon ors in the field. It was also my sad duty to rccoid the loss of life of many of those with whom I had had pleasant intercourse in the Executive chamber. I saw your regiments us they went forth to war with ranks filled with men in the vigor and prime of manhood. It was my nflioial privilege to thank them, in the name of the Stato, when they roturncd with thinned ranks and torn banners, which were mado glorious by the proofs that they had been borne by bravo men in the thickest of tile fight. It is a pleasant thing, amidst all the harshness of a political canvass, to rccoive those tokens of good will, ami of confidence from those who have shown their patriotism upon the battle-field, and in return I pledge myself in whatever station I may be placed, in public or in private life, to (struggle for the re storation of that for which you have perilled your lives in the contest of arms, and in our struggle for constitutional rights we are strengt honed in our convictions of duty by the fact that a ma jority of our soldiers uphold us in this political contest. In the course of my life 1 have received many testimonials from political friends, as well as from political op ponents, from their sense of the services which I have been able to render to our Stato and our country, but none touch my heart so much ah those proofs of respect which COIUCS from my neighbors, and particularly those which are. given by men who have served our country in the ranks of its armies. Governor Seymour retired amid enthusiastic cheers. Captain Joseph Richard Whcatley, formerly of Harrodsburg Kentucky, and late of the Confederate army, has been appointed a Lieut enant in the Cuirassier of the Imperiale Uuarde ol the Kreuch army. The Reaction.' In tlio North the vote against tho Republi cans will be very heavy. Men know how far Democratic misrule will go, :;ud what direction it would take, and they do not know the limit of Radical madness. Judging it by tlio past, thoy find it difficult to conceive that the Re* publican fury hue any definite limit. Hither to it has hesitated at nothing, has pushed reck lessly on wherever hounded by ambitious load ers, and rather than be dragged where such a party would go the people will take .the chances of revolution with tho Democrats. Re publioanism; in fact, is driven to a point at which it is desperate. For two years it has stood upon the defensive before the people. Had the popular jealousy of its tendencies been less clearly shown it would have pushed on to the extremity of confiscation and pro scription j for its leaders felt that these wore necessary parts of its policy, that these alone could give it safe possession of what it had al ready won. Without confiscation the results | of negro suffrage will slip through its fiugcrs. Without proscription the Southern States can not be kept from the natural leaders of the Southern people. The Republican party of j the future, therefore, will be ready for any desperation, convinced from its past that the ? greatest danger is in standing still. There is, then, greater, reason than ever why it should be kept, from power, and this the people evi dently feel. Last year the gains against the Republican party ou Congressional votes had wiped out its former majorities and established an equality, and constantly increasing the gains will now make the balance on the other side. Such a change as we have seen in Ore gon, and half such majorities as Kentucky has given, will present a total to astonish and con found political philosophers.?X:' V. Jlvrnhl, 11//? iiut. -?????-???I ? "Tho State is Practically Bankrupt? The Governor Can liaise no Fumls." \_I*>t's* Tzlvgravt C"fund"". We published yesterday tho effort made to negotiate a loan of fifty thousand dollars in Charleston for the benefit of carpot-baggcrs, scallawags and their coloured dupes in Colum bia. To-day we are pleased to publish the failure of those efforts and the refusal of banks and hankers in Charleston to lend their countenance and support to the temporary eontrol of the riuged-streaked-and-striped who have no authority of law and are the fungus excrescence of tyrannical usurpation at Wash ington. Afcnr, mehr, trfcel, ujtharxiu. It is written. The grotesque farco leans to its close?the curtain already begins to fall?tho lights grow dim?a little wbilo, and the motly crowd will have dispersed, each one to his brothel, or his hut. South Carolina intact, stands aside in scorn and witnesses the approaching cud of this grossly, beastly performance. Ignoring all complication with these monstrous follies, and apish endings, she stands in the purity of her high honour ready to fulfill her own pled ges?but scorning the mongrel action of negro barbarians.?Mercury, llth tust. The League Toppling. We call attention to tho following card, and request our eotomporaries, says the Wilming ton Shir, to copy it. It is ono of the beat campaign documents we have yet socn : Lkksyii.i.k, Roiieson Co., August 13, 18(58. Editor Morning Star:?Under false repre sentations made to me by the Republican par ty, I was induced to join tho Union League, and voted with that party at the latt election. I am tiow convinced that the party represented to me as a Union party is nothing more or less than a Disunion party, and cotton up for the purpose .if putting down the good honest citi zens of our county and State and placing in office and power, men who have no interest in our welfare. I hereby renounce all allegiance to the Union League and the party composing it, and declare to the world my purpose to vote in the Presidential election for tho National Demo cratic candidates, Seymour and Blair, beloiving as 1 do, that this is the only courso left for all good citizens who have the welfare of their country at heart. Yours truly, FREDERICK ARNETT. The following arc the oaths which Colfax ? * took, as leader of tho "Know-Nothings:" Ft It.ST deo ree. Iu the presence of Almighty God and those witnesses, you do solemnly promise and swoar that * * * you will not vote, nor give your influence fou any man, for any nrj^ce in" tho gift of tho peoplo, unless ho bo ak amkkican bobk ClTizBN, iu fuyor of Amcri caus ruling America, nor if he bo a Roman Catholic. SECOND DttOHtttt. In the prcsonco of Almighty Goil am! these witnesses, you do solemnly and Sincerely svrear * * if it may bo legally dori?^?^^ll) whou elected or appointed to any uflioml. sta tion oo n for ring on yott tho power to do uo. re move all Foreigners, Aliens or Ronan Cafcho lios from office or place; and that you will,la uo oaso appoint snoh to any office or plaCo kx your gift. > f*P The oaths ought to be paraded in ttie Mon grel papers us a trap to catch Fenian and Ger man voters.?AT. Y. Day JJwk. mmm *"*"*tm' . Statk Elections.?The following State ? ? -? '.- . Irfi ? ? elections occur this year t Kentucky, August 3. Tcnntssec, August 13. Vermont, September 1. California, September 8. Maine, September 14. Nebraska, October 3. Pennsylvania, October 13. Ohio, October 13, Indiana, October 13. Iowa, October 13. West Virginia, October 22. New York, November 3. New Jersey, November 3. Delaware, November 3. Maryland, November 3. Illinois, November 3. Michigan, November 3. "Wisconsin, Ngycmbcr 3. Minnesota, November 3. Missouri, November 3. ' Kansas, November 3. Nevada, November 3. Massachusetts, November 3. The Presidential election occurs on the 3d of November. ??.MB Modesty.?A gootlciuan mot a beautiful little dark-cyed girl on her way to School. Her b?ppy faco attracted him so much that ho wished to chat with her. * - ?> "Good morning, sissy," he said : ^'wheto aro you going V . "To school, sir." uAh ! and do you love to go to school I" 1,^ "Oh, yes, sir," was the eager reply. "And do you lovo your books V* "Yes sir." "That's right; now, nrc yott a good scholar ?" She colored modestly. "0, that isn't the word for me to say." . Was not that a beautiful illustration of the text let another man praise thee, and not thine own lips V* Sho was a good scholar and a good daughter; but her pretty blush and naivo answer was better proof of it than any amount of boasting words?was it uot. Items, Vermont papers still complain of tho drought. Prince Napoleon sported in Pcnth at tho rate of $51)00 in two days. . -..I. ??;>[.i %*] There aro twenty-two thousand inhabitants ill Jerusalem. One block of stores in Omaha rent for 14O?0 .ye.ro.ch. Horton will glvo the Chinese Embassy a m& down tho harbour, and a civic banquet at tl>c St. James Hotel. Philanthropic London has a> "Drinking Fountain and Csttle Trough Association," and a "Home for Lest and Starving Dogs." The Empress of France was recently pre sented with a basket containingthree thousand different varieties of the rose. Dickens cainc near being arrested for A Fenian by the vigilant constabulary of Done* rile, in Ireland. Dr. Vcrmilyc, of New York is reported to be the wealthiest clergyman in the United States. Apples carried from Rost on to China, pack ed i:i ice, sell at Hong Kong for two dollars a dozen, gold. Figs grown in California tlfe aise of a man's first, and weighing a quarter of a pound each, arc displayed in the markets of San Francisco. Tlio fisheries of Newfoundland are becoming insufficient to support her population. Much destitution is expected there this Winter. Thorc have been shipped from Forest City, Mo., this season, seventy five thousand bushels of corn in sacks. About twonty-fivo or tfcirty thousand bushels are still ou hand. There aro said to bo thirty millions of bear ing grape-vines in California, with a capacity of fifteen millions of gallons of wine and one mil* lion gallons of brandy.