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THE FAIRFIELD HERALD Publimhed Every % ednesday at JV1NNSBORO, S. C., Br Desportes, Williams & Co, --0O~ - TER1MS-IN AD ANCE. noe Copy one year, - $ 8 06 ive .- . . 12 00 Ten " ' " - - 26 n0 The Reform mIovement. AN EMPHATIC LETTRIL FROM GENKRAL WADE HIAMP'TON. The following letter has been ad. dressed by General Wade Hampton to Ctlonel Charles H. Sinonton, of this city ; Co.uMnIA, Octobor 8. My DEaR 8I.-Some time since your letter asking my opinion as to the iterorm movement in the our State reached me, and whilst reasons both of a public and private character have iestrained me from taking an active part in the canvass which has grown out of this movement, I have never had the slightest hicoitation as to the courso I should pursue, nor reluctance in expressing to my friends what that course would be. Whatever differences of opinion may have ex. isted among the honest citizens of the State as to the best mode of redres. sing the grevrous evils under which they have labored for the last few years, there were and could be none as to the existouco of those evils, and of the vital necessity of making a vigorous effort to reform them. It was this conviotion on the part of our people which gave birth to and now lc'nds inpetus to the Ruform move mont. t was this which induced the originators of this movement, if I estimate their motives correctly, to make an earnest and patriotic struggle to redoue the stato from thobC who are disgracing her hitherto proud name and dragging her to ruin. No aim can be higher, no objeot worthier than this,l and though the means adopted to ao complish the purpose are notsuch as I should I have suggested, I sympathize too fully with the objeot in view, to withhold any assistance in my power from thohe whose motivos are the same as my own and whose judgment may be bettor. If this movement has foi its solo purpose, what I trust it has, the redemption of our State, the nomi nees of the Iteforum party should cow wand the support of every true son of hers. The effort to save the State deserves success, even should it fail to win it, and as I have not yet made it the chief article in my political creed, that success can sanctify a cause that is wrong, or jusify apos tacy from one that is right, I regard it as my duty to support the candi dates of the Reform party. Believing that they aro moving in the right di. rection, I shall not, frdm mere pride of opinion, refuse to accompany them. because they have taken a different road froa the one Ishould have chosen. I cannot vote for the nominees of the Republican party because, to quote the emphatic, though ungrammatical language of one whose high official position in that party makes him an authoritative exponent of its true eon. dition, as his political character ren. dors him a fit type of its officials, "in usame of its departments Retrenchment and Reform is, doubtloss, greatly needed. Some of its offices are filled by incompetent aind corrupt men, who should be driven from the high places they occupy. More economy in the appropriation and disbursement of public money should be pratied." Necause their nominee for Governjor i. to nmy certain knowlcdge, false and treacherous ; because this party is notoriously corrupt, venal and proff i. gate and because in my opinion, any native white citizen of South Carolina who votes for that ticket will cover' himself with deserved disgrace. I can well understand how honest and true men may doubt as to the property of the Reform movement, and qeto the soundness of its platform, but I cannot comprehend how any South Car olinian can indentify himself with a~ seat of adventurers and plunder-~ era, who have made the government of b's State what an influential Radical paper has justly charaerised as "a di sgrace t civilsation," and I am uncharitable enough to believe that none will do! me, except such as have been, or ex pect to be, paid for forming an alli-~ auce which they must feel is disgrace. ful. I could as readily be persua'ded t~iat Benedict Arnold acted from eon soientious motives, and in good faith to his countrymen, as that any true son of S-outh Carolina who venerates fjao ancient honor of this State, who is jealous of her past fame, desirous of bor future welfare, could, from pa. triotic impulse, affiliate with mon whose only tie to bind them to our State is the "cohesive power of public plunder." Some of the recent con. verts to thIs new faith-that faith whose cardinal doctrine it is that the strongest side is always right-may b~oast their devotion to their Stite, and. as proof, noint to the sears thevl have received in her defene; butt' these I beg to commend a reply once to this same patriot Arnold, who salked a friend what the Ameri caue would do with him if he .was csptured. "They would bury the leg which was wounded in their service with military honors and hang the rest of your body," was the prompt and suitable answer. Un lortunately for our State, this whole. some discipline cannot be administer. ad to the patriots of this same stamp among .u~s, who parade their pain. otism while they are selling their country ; but. It is In the power; as it ii the duty of every honorable man, to treat thems with the soorn their t. trenoery so l'obly merits. Let thiem 40n4 i (they can, in tbkq priobf~rd thAy have soIl thienise'ves and heir kindeed, coupnsatiqn for the 14 of their own self-tespoeQ and the *_ eem of 1all bonoratlek spe ittId "Tlik ox knoweth ita owner; add the ass his nmnter's orib." The few who have j.iued the rank@ of the enemies of thoir State in the supreme hour of her trial, van neither giv6 charonter'to the part~y to whioll they have allied them selves, or weaken that which they have do.ertel. Their desertion should but stimulate those who are begeptly working for a r tonewed exetious. .Eveu.if a nees of the Reform pkrty ' defeated, an event which seems now most unlikely, infinite good will tesult to the State by seading honest men to the Legiblaturo, and, in ,any case, it is far bottur ky fail in* a good uause .tha to succeed in an evil one. It has been aid that as the nominations of both parties are alike in presenting a Republican to the people as candidate for Ouvernor, no real 4ifferenoe. exists between the two tiokets, li this the case? It is true that Judgn Carpen. ter is, like Governor Scott, a Re publican, but does that make theim alike in all other respects ? The Bar of Charleston, composed of gentlemen of the highest standing and character, have borne willing testimo. ny to the ability, the impartiality and the integrity of Judge Carpenter. Can an equal number of gentlomen of like respectability in our State lie found to endorse the official character of R. K. Scott ? Can otio decent man be found to do so ? But admit. ting, for the sake or argument, that the nominees of the respective parties for Governor are on a par-a supposi tion which does gross injustice to .Judge Caapenter, and is too extrava gant to gain credence from even the most bigoted of Ridicals-does the n1omination of the Reform party for Lieutenant Governor p resent no high er claims on the people of South Curo Int than that of the Republican ? Of the Republican candidate for Lieutenant- Governor I know but little. It is his misfortune, however, to be if) bad company. lie was an influential oember of the Legislature, perhaps the most corrupt that has ever sat in the United States, "and so far from endeavoring to prevent or ex pose corruption, he is' using every effort to continue the rule of those who have plundered the State nud do. -raded lier character. On the other hand, the Reform ticket is honored by one of the noblest historic names of our State ; a name which comes to us covered with glory from the days of the revolution which shone bright among the bright ost on 'the plains of Mexico, and which has received additional lustre by bing borne by that heroic son of Carolina, M. C. Buttler. All classes of our peopl, white and olored, who are oppoed to misrule dishonesty and corruption, are vitally concerned in breaking down this dan gorous monopoly by which a few venal foreign adventures, ilded by their baser native white allies, are iystematically plundering the State and bringing her name into disrepute among all honest men. The Sandi dlates of the Reform party have this end in view, and the full acconmplish. mont of th is happy resuilt I cordially wish them God speed. My best wishes for the attainment of this ob ,ject go with them, nor shall I let anf difference of opinion en mny part as t's the expediency of the means they are using prevent may extending to therm a hearty support. I am, very respectfully and trdty, -yours, W~nF.;AMt~adN. Colonel CnAs. H.8Smorro0w. SWINNlBOROa Wednesday Morning, 0ot. 19, 1870. Death of Genes'al R. E. Lee4 The same wires which but a few years since electrified the world with the progress of his greatness, have flAshed to ut -the intelligence of tl he death of the great Oodfederate Chie f taln. The tioble haead-, which tbiregh years of blttcr~ struggle, bore tap the hopes and supported the destinies of a gallanet people has yielded to othe summons of the mighty 'Conquneror. But though cold and still for ever more, It lies embalpecd .with the tears of a people ; enclosed in a casket more precious than "storied ny" the dearest Affectionh of c:Giahd'ahed fallen ni igts. Tp thos? th4e1,l9w, ed him through victory ,and ,defoat. who have watched his ndble- face glowv with the flush of battle or kindle with kindly sympathy for, his woina od and euffering heroes ; who have stood in his presence and (cit tlp, go -ial influence of hi. grand courtesy, this blow comes with tenfold force, and memories sad, yet 'glorious, Qf our great chieftain comxe crowding up to ilthe heart. Bait while we mourn him As jueu liarly our own, the whole iprldl claims a share in his greatness. Thep very enemies who felt the power of his genius, and who crushed whild they could not humble-his znighty spirit, will now seek to'orowd benoeath the shadow of his fape ; pnd before the curse of "rebel" and "traitor," is cold upon their lips; will boast of hid as the greatest of Americatbl ,Old E~urope, riclh Inmemo5ies of' .dopartod greatness, will open in her great ton pie of Fame a lofty niche for hint who, great in wiotory, beeapg M greateotn dsanster and defeat. Thgenift tbotigh lion.hearted hero 4o ekolaiined, in .,he agony of griof, Whe bOnt over the bleeding form of glorious stonewall, "how gladly V ;ould ladie to save you;" now sleeps 3almly with his beloved compeer, and 4ld Virginia has gathered to her reifted--and bleaching bosom, the brightest of jewels. But while we turn with bleeding hearts to the quiet grave' of our do parto Ohi., leb up .rseneiber that his work j g Nobl-y las.he illus ttal g , ea and patriot ism of't.o South. Let its rise above a selfish torrow-atsd re-j .iee that lie is spared a further experionce of her hu ailliation and] oppression, and1 ha" gono to meet a glorious teward from ithat Glod whose faithful soldier he proved himself here. Swapping Votes. The process of exchanging votes hai Ii bean so little pr -e ieced In this 8 ato liat it is scarcely uidertood, and yet it-is a most courervative ad improv ing clenent in the exercise of the bal- t lot, and gives a minority, where it is 3xercised, the power to reject the b meot unacceptable of the candidates V f the opposite party, by combining with those candidates that are less so. A fair exchra.ge i.1 no robbery. If a violent faction of the opposition coni. blue to defeat a more moderate and aoeptuble nan, the latter's friends4 have but to select from the nainority t the candidate for ofiioe that they have least objection to, and voio for him together with that minoiity, upon the express bargain that the sid minority will vote with. them for their friend. p This proeess insures the election of both. I Often a young man has a strong a coterie of friends who wih to put hi L forward in posi,tion to show his tal ents in the legislature. They say, b1 therefore, to the friends of a oandi- n date for Congress of the opposite par ty : "We are opposed, it is true, to ( your party and to your candidate ; t but here is a young man (if merit that v it is a shame to keep back, simply 4 because he does not agree with you on some special points. Vote for him for the Lengisluture, and his friends will vote for our friend for Con. gress." Aud so a Republican county t sometimes is repr esented by a Demo orat, and vice versa, true nianhood and shining worth breaking down the barriers of bitter party spirit, that bane of every attempt at free govern. ment that the world has yet witnees Ud. - fOnly. t If the election to-morrow is not ear ried in the interest of Reform, it will e be because the white vote will not ~ have been east in its full force. It is svident that there will not be as full at bliik vote as in either of the previous I ~eetioahs, so that a full white vote jb would triumphantly earry the day. Now is it nuA a shame that white anen in possessiion of such a power to otter their condition as a free ballot, ~ wltgot take the trouble to use it ? l\Tetpopth, we phall hear them say-j ingguif obly we had believed that the black vote would not be a full one;, if ily we had supposed thait our vote would decpide the issue ; if only we had thought of half a million's differ-' anein out atinual State taxation; if duly we had reflected on the eon Jentment and peace that being govern ad by rulers of our own choice brinigs, ad the increasod work and enterprise and production and wealth sure to jpring frotn that feeling otrsasfactionm nd coetetntmndnti ff only we' had thoughtwhat ain inducement to immni grants from the North or froam K~u rope bettor gotermeniot would be ; we would have voted, and influenced 1ll the voters we could. Bunt it will oe too late then. To-morrow is the st chance for two years to come. A tcerrible coolic, insurrection occur ted. in the north of l'iru, aibout 1.10 ~iles' from Lima, early in September,t h ieb, fromn the account of our cor-t fetpondent at Lima (whose let~ter is 8 ublished olsombere.) .brought toe ight some .nwat ferocios instincts on hue pars, of the n~i d, .ahmnond-eyed eathen. A bout 2,000 of t i ema, arm ed with enbs,.kn ives, anda axes, mnr ered, thep, family e of 'lie owmneua or v e plntaionon a' hich th.-y 1: ved, aid si beniprepar ed t.. sack a sn. hi '.illage. a~ Da tasy ho~w. or, .they nenunte: - pd two .dotermmns i white mnon, whot ~ arricyling thenm qubqs .in a hureh, g kgv~of te loody-mindedh wretehes rya ygiuant aes.itwell direoed Lieo of imasll arms. 'This ,defencue gisve the villars, time to prepare a bzoeastwork, r aehinid .whiphlo~rty of them repelled 6 te wh.e o.Cbdntae army, which took n 9~ the mountansm. . ho whole District ~ >(Peru whore this occurred is now in dread ,.of; another ineursiong and, at No ame time, is deprived of its fieIld t a ga,9 tipt.thiA qrops are' ruined. e - Y Ierld.,. ~ tear your old grtns ilouanpay for new C obisa.e n~~ 'ew AdVertisemenats Read the advertiseinpt of . hn f P. Matthen%16 jr. Aloney be anto. and noney he mustl ave. j Those Indebted-MleIntyre & Co. Elegant Uress Goods-Ketchin, IlMaster & Brice. A romatic S.onml hitters esportes. Frebih Candy-I. W. Desportes. A Card--Dr. John Mobley. , Just Arrived--D. R. Floanlien. . luar Ticket. Noo-iions b) y)v the Young Men,'s lul> of Wians1>oroV M) Saturdfay nlighi It illt : Fo JEOISIrATUn.-Ja5 11. Me. n, 1IMajor loulware, Ca11p1. J as. Ponl Slooot, Co.mm 1881 ONER --t-1301.Il* SSt uart. CoUN1Y COit ISRIONF1nS. - It. i. oti Ihios. Jordami. 3. V. Olh-ver. eceer aa DavAis. We take plonsure in calling the at. ntion of our readers to the card of aie firm in another column. Agreeu le, jarompt nd reliable, they tire the cry men to transact a polanter's busi ess to his satisfaction and advantage., 'o128,I1ile ExcelsIor Ploughs. Those ploughs rteeetly in-troduced ito the Stato Messrs. C. Kerrison,jr. Co., are said to be the beat and apobt, ever nanufae.ured. 84c aeir advertisement in another col lUn. rea m I,.m. The Iaurensville Railroad is com lotely defunct. In Darlington County, Whittemore Os been nominated for the State Sen te, nad Lunny, the former Senator, 11 own ovelboard. The Orangeburg New-, it is said, as turned another somersault, and i6 ow a full-blooded radical again. . A n exohni ge says that the frogs ol O11etLicut, h4ve won the skin off heir nose6 in ithe vain. attempt to liod ater. We ever take ple-mure in aivanoing at lf-odu.:atd ai.d st if-.nadc man of en uinae Virtle and IElrit. Col. Me Eissick is .uch an oiwe, having Leen akeon by li:, ft l'o v ei.iz. 1s of Uion roin ht ween the plough hndhAI, !here so nanyv of our noble baj3m even owy muyhe foutd, tind promoated to roll-dekeived (iies of honor and rust. We could wish that even itizen of the Fou th Congressiorniu )istrict could hear hin speak, so at , judge of thc honesty of Col. MIeKir ick for themselves. Him address here i Saturday was replete with strong Ommtlonl lense, and was set off by nu. erous rieb and racy anzeed~es, and bouighi ('ol .\ldKis'iek is. no orator, is e xpressiouns of hone.t a ffect ido fo, is native State were nso genuine and a true, that tears starteld toj the ey~ f more than one of his aud ichee' f we (10 our (duty, he surely will be lected. We have a large white. ma rity in this Congressional District. iet it cone out with euthusiam. We re niot slaves 3et. roE c tihe Ticket. Union Reformers believe that the exedl question of the political n.atns f the negio ia no0W settl'nd by cli rei alence of universal suffrage, and hat there will be no revemtal of that ettlenaenut. Many anti-radicals wish, nt we can scarely think that theoy elieve, otheot wise. They wiah otheore rise, and do not desire to act as if hey did not. Very well's lot' theni nltertain all of their indepdndent pinilons and wishcs. Union Reforrg ra regret that the whites arc not greedl as to a fact, ..whicho seems so haini to theimselves. But since una iumity of sentiment is ever (of slowt rowth, they will be content if' thei btain a siampile -unaaniit'y df ction 'lhuy, tlyerefore, gall upon all1 goodi itizensa to choose betwoon tihe only r'o sets of candidates in the field, and a vote for the better sht. They feel ure thiat General Butler is more rorthby than Ransier, McKissiek than Valluace. and whatever be the faults C( Carpenter, none 'who have read enetltrali llatpton's letter on. the can ass of 1868, can ever vote faor Scott pofl the ground that R. K. -Scotte is saint. Yet not to ve for either is irtually to enadorseis re-electioii. trouse Arouse-I. and to the If evr there wasu a timhe in the an als of the history of our beloved oll tate, that time has arrived--now, ow I-and any man that would remain ehind in this, her trying honr-.~ hould be called anything else but i rue son of South Carolina. The ow ff the Jethargy-likg-ryorpheous ,.ha urrounds you and cow- forward like~ rava mon as ye are, with strong arms~ arryving aloft the banner of truth-I nd witlh your vote-be ready anj wil * to 0et i4 forith4demption of h al o ptate~- ,Uue, then, an ird r1 armor I I~d w t a, .. rut.r aw, nhat '. r e and true So Y11Ca*1b in, Gn . 13I.) Kor. shaw, the - ditor f 1th ('mgn,11 Jour nal says, and not iekreinJly "Fellow-eit zeii- are %ou blind ? fli ueA i 'g oh ? Mifoi niot bo4rthe k'. I'ot vone poyerty Ting l'in rl Dr ? l> you not be hold the titme fa-t oppr nehing, when oufjourt',kr4 eor I Iadr n . Ir to ,rodiicd ~ o 11oi~ Ithecold elarily 9f a heartleps wtorld , .Does 1ot this frightful record move you to adrin, immediate, uniting, utiee.'sing activi Ity in this canlvas I If tot, thlen ntitded you are lot to- reason. 'Ephriam is joined to his idols.' Ye trouml be dupes and victims, and ye arec." If it does, then in Opl's name we cill upon'yo4 to be up and doing. rw enlemiy is In your midst. Th.ll- steini atlaruu -of d'uy, yea of eessity, caill you to buckle on )oir ariur ind IIove forward in this contest. Awake, aw~ke, he who slimbers now, sleeps the leep of the damthi, d Wyould that 'we coild peik to every man, the earliest thought., t~f truth. Woild that wn could portrty in c.lor. Are luminious thaln the go: getou, Sun.l 1 1ino Mhows, the picture of Wue, degra 'ti Con, i i e.ry and despair, to' wielh (the State is drifting : that we could Sbran d with fire, upon your mn inds and in your hearts, tle ut ter decay and in (if our peolle, ift aathy tLill pos .ou - that, we ould tear fron you . r eyes the baend..go of falsehood, and let you see this matter in the light of reason and intelligence : that the spirit of your household words would brood uipon the hicearthtonc t everyi muan in the State, and proclaim in heart thrilling tei.os the slhama and disgrace that awaits you shluld you fail to dismcharge tle duty now devolv ed uioni you. See to it im mediately. Work I Work ! Wurk ! ! Ad4d'eNi of' Col. J. P. Titoiluatn. Thespian Iall was Crowded on Fri day night (Ozit. 14th) to hear Colonel Th,ouas speak. Meesrs. McCants and ,Stuart briefly addiossed the undience by way of opening the 'meetinig, and(] DulBse EgIeston, E-1., Prosident of the Union Reform C('Jub of Winnsbo. ro, then introduced Col, J.1. P. Tbon as as one who did honor to Soutlh Carolina, and whom Carolinians de lighted to honor. 'For one hour end a quarter, 0o. Thomas enehaincd ihe attention of his audience by a very forcible and beautiful address, atd pra.ises of it are upon every lip. Whatever he says, too, ever eairie double weight, owing to tle s'ncers'. and omanly dignity of his chaorcter Fro)iI the beginning to the cod of li. addressi he was eneo\uram.ed by entliu.! 4iastid applause. A Fair Elections. The following joint circular is the result (of th correspondence, already published, bettween General Kershauw ind Mr. R.~usier.' Tbe is haaidly time to give this circular full e~eet, but we urge the county commnittee. wvith'put los~ing a mit~foment, to put them voles ia ' comminunaication with th dopweissioiiefs of Elections, and ob. tain from them their acceptanoe, or' refus.tIltof thme raem mend atioens whliich he joidt e&lbulMit makes. There w.ill he no dificeulty, wvhore the managers ond comltpigsioner's ,intend -to poll the vote fairly, and give a true expression to the voice of 'the people: (ii tCU L.5 I. The undersigned 'reomnraend that lie commni tt og~ of th e Uniuon lioform and Uinion--l epublican~ parties, iii each *:ounaty, a ppii n t ied iately a ,uint comittee of. 'four for ichb elegilon preciridt, w.hi~h3of'tt coinmiitteeg hiill be allowed, bj the emaigeran hd c'~ni missionerA of election's, tt-emian 'k ith the ball ~t bosx'ea oom ti Sei'u o' the poll until tpa votei ialybn Vassed. snly a This recormendation is wide in order'that all classes, anid both iar lies, msay bie relieved front undmasisa'ee indl may be conviniced' that thes Ulilnl Reformers and Union Reputbiclrs de eire a fair and peaceful ehedlon; whoh6.resualt toay ho aecepted a Wlia exprosoa 'of the wishei 'of theo Ieo' ple. -' 1 We Aincerely bopi tl at' tlmhecom in 'ionera of elecItions will thuow no oh stucle hsith ' way' of ihe'joint comit( te'es, inll will meet' 'this propositid1 in the spirit in which it'li' Iilad'. Char. Ex. Coim. UI. R.';irm 14aity. A. J1. RtAasian, Chair. Ex. Con.' U. Rep. Party. Thme southmern Effe inur~ ance Coumpany. We call attentiob to the prompt~ ,payimenit of ,a loss by this reliable' ~Southeri Company4 The .late. Mrs. Si. P. Aleton 'of this Distiriet, wa's in aured' id this e6orpigf~ about' a yeid aggr' *$6 000, *high, amount way promnptry pai'Vo thog ~uad'iana,9f er ceirs, upon maturijty., Mvars.p~A8I. yAn1?s, ageog Ldt J.'1..aliole en m"ced pujue .tg ak } iyd g the re'ei' ~the' hminey. slui fo'r loss utj er gog 849)9 of yotir', Cothpapy ir , favor ..6 ~the Leirs of $rs. S. P. Isatqp 'of _ _ 'o 4 whom have eep ppointlo d I b pre I giCP '0 le8t prooto ny n11 neo In o ' pa nly by't ing po oy for ,00 and with 1 nks .r m p'onip et I mo10t s til. .a so iud . ipany to the cordin .onsideraion and pa tronaige of allN , Very ispeo'ully, e.. ...,..J .LALS ION . What a llalf Aero W110,119. ,, The following is going the rounds the prs<, it is very suggettive, and orthy of' iop:ion hy many of our honebt and inble tuilig men every A shoeniakor over in Jersey, bought a half acre lat. le was fund of fruit mid read the p-apers. The soil was wet clay, aid seloeted fruit to O-e eiinte. el built a house and put !s La1ndl ill coIdition to produce irn, it. [ie hiatd no manure but the droppingrs of strect cattle. In his leisure. leo brought from the woods, hark, rotten wood, moss tInd leaf mIold, which he mixed with the soil three feet deep. . This was done by degreen; and as fast is the ground was prepai ed he planted fruit. IN been-ine so inter ested and Fucoessful, t hat lie refired front the cobbler's bench. Ilis half .acre supported himself and wife coin lfortably,,talmost in elegance. She had na servant, yet plenty of time to cul tivntte flowers. Strantigers inquired about their buntiful homo. la sbella grapes and pouiion currents formed, the bulk of, his Iruit. With a -better selectioni IhiA income would have been muoh tger. ? Others haive had the Spmne success,. in a an.sll jiece ef gruind. Ou.e, E knew who ipjtried hi< fan.i3 on an 110r11. Half was ii gr.apes. the erop f' whiob in one se-.o, Id1 for $800, and lie had no bills to pay%. If oon tractioii b. ings sxucots-, let us kmow it and practice it. a The folloning official opiiiion of 1AttolLmy-Gem.iral Claimberlain will ,be road w ith ia.tercst: OrFICEor -TIM ATTURNEv .G :., -Colulijbia, S. U., O0t.. 15, 1870. Maj N.\V.X-l l, "/InternmaI I.. eru live CoinuniVee Uiqi Pao, rty, olpydlria, S. o. Dr.:j, Sit - Your.i of the 10th inst., Cai lug my attention to the p ovis ion of the election law of 1870, which pre cribes the duty of managers of the Ilecotios in administering oaths to t ho voters, :n111d asking my conistruction of the same, has been cotsidered. The iangmurgo of the Act is 1as fol. lows: 'The managers shall adminis ter : each iorson olferinig to vote an oath t bat they arc qualified to vote at thus Clotti a, accor ding to the Cunsti. tution of this State, and that they IavO not voted during this election." . This language own hardly admit of ,& doubt, and I am of the opinion that the oath must be administered to all offe -.'ngf h. 1.olc. I. 1e thi force of ur .iuggestion that this will result in some f.recinets in .epi iving persois of the privilege of roting, for want of time to adminis. ter the oath. I can only say that I hin i, wllbepet foetly .lawful for 'he maners to admainister the oath ~/sjui'd, in ease no chl lenges are madq, slid. the minagera have no caure tu doubt the righitof the parties to vote. In the latter cases, the oath may ho adsumiistered to chil separate. ly, if desired. In this tway .ith ink sailiolentt time will be. found to ttllow all to v'ote. Your,.vor,y respeotfully, :~ o ei At~tornieys.G~teral. Sco-r-r' PICK'/r LmNF..-The IJyaleCol ored mno of Redglield county,' South Cauroliina, seem to still apprehend an invasioh from the Georgia Ku-Klux. Every smighlt the valian t colorrd !troops. turni out andb prepar~d to tueot thel phuargn of 'the .phaunttam warrlios -.whl tompose the legions of ghost> Kl~iinij Sani-Hav F'erry. is thelpoint; wvhidh the~ soldieury' guard with the - moist' rega-I Itarity and vigilance, as at tihis place liat they ox >eot the Georgia Kti-KluxI to) ons the annah river. A n armied~ arr' -jaarils >the Carolina side of he Fierryndtulght,. and extensive reparatIons' hilva' been itldde foi' lie recept'iuus of the expected 'inva hers mrarket men comting to thel city early in the itioring speedy restittiona. it' -is of -a pieos wi he declaration of'-Semdator Nash .: Gadsdeni, thatt allth6 prdperty 'in ha State tight.fully belongs to the wrgroes, and it. beirs'ont th e advied ivnu ho the cofore~d peop~le Iaby 'Govt. riioj Scott''b.olth ffriend Joe (Jhews tihe: wAin wh'o -t.olll "his eonstituerts o take what they wanted, and if thejI vere disantisfiedr to burn otthowhites. Tho, promune mqs4 boe bruken in this I. forty,aores Lad asmule. But, sure ly, th it such a pledge .should serious-' ly be made, munt, encourage the Re 'formner to more arduous eifurts, in or der that a Rleform victory, next WVednesdgty, .ms~y save but~h whites and blacks fraom. .fusrtiger de ception' au4 futhter extravagame~i and wiong. -Charle$onNcyws, ($th., . N d >ofi.-~ la6'eorE our 'youa4b.lols" for theoir considera io fy e m tha stprling papery throum~~ ,o pourterJoun41, og~ 6a'~i e~"1~r' it' * a, o n ly' ennoiation - ap. n6 .agty tigsp'ma.,. ,War op~roal,.c urge to~ e -thg mh herifage 9 our race,.andi that hone syopd time test so .ppor y as the' Id athe bul yq o~ man ,nloIw aapro cQfourag~ a~ ,tercon trary, t'b tI deney is to regardi s anat .cowardly feoorence to, . O lass w to are waintng in gentuine sourag. end-real mranhians. Dlucovery in Chemistry. Mr. Theophile Ladislas Mchwes koft-ki, one of the cleverest pupils of Baron Liebig, has just made an astounding di covery in chemistry, viz: the silicious and aluminous others. It is but necessary to pour intoa chaipagne glnss a certain qiuanti. ty of these two ethers to produce al nost'instantaneously-the most imgniI ecu stones1; combined with very pure oxidod tre1' ti the alumiinotxs thier rro rduces rrlby I with sulphate of copper, tle sapphire ; w'1h salts of wagnanes, the amlethy th i4 lts of: ikit the emerald. Witt talts of chrome th9ioteletts other vidftggf0V.0l&gi tions of the topaz. These others evap orate with a penetrative pe'fume, 'Ahi-h revoal persons have deolkred ,to be very agreeable. The. ialts .crystulize very regularly as soon as tle liquid part has gone. The corin d..titainied through this means a' o ut quite as hard as the natural ones I but if the operation is carefully done tile brilliancy is admirable. The silica and the alunina which copt y tuethoe.urhs and.uhys.ara principla easily found in the different parts of the globe ; and the preparation of,the nc* ethers, though delidate, dosts very little. This discovery will bring forth a revolution, not only in the jeweler, but in not of our industrial arts. Last winter the Rev. W.10R. 8--, of Lowell, Massachusetts, w"a spend ing a few months in Jacksonville, Florida, for his health, and while there manifested great interest li all things pertaining to the welfare 6f the freedmen. Ont one o'ceation, while' attending the Sabbath ScholI of the Colored Daptit Chirch, a class of boys was turned over to him as In structor. The lesson of the day nas the 5th chapter of St. Mark, relating ti the nmainer in which the Saviour casta devils out of the denonino and into the swine. After the chapter had been read, Mr. S- , turned to the class and asked : "Now, boys, (1o you think that. those were real devils that possessed this poor aman ?'' The boys lokod at each other hesi. tangi'.1but no one ventured a re ply. le finally .pokce to one of the bv oin tie font sot, who wis lol; 118 Erebus, ii evident ly tle "hLgy' one of the clhz.' , and asked - "Do you believe that men in thoso days had devils in them-real dev ils ?" The young "amendment." solemnly rolling up his eyes, replied '-yas, I (Is ; and dar's heaps on 'em wot's got de dbble in 'em now !"1 Whatever might have been the mor al stAiits of those Gadarene people who became so troublsome to the swine, there is no doubt whatever that tile Floridian freedboy was quite exact in s.ying that "dar's heaps vot's got do debble in 'em at the present wiititig. PlovERs : "WHEN YOU AnE AT Romr, )o AS Roar Dor.:s."-This probably inity be traced to saying of St. Ambrose. St. Augustine men. tions in one of his 1etters (Ep. IXXXVI. ad-Casulan,) that when his mother was living' with him at Milan, she was mnuoh scandal iz (d because Saturday was kept there as a festival; while at Rome, where she has residced a long time, it was kept as a fast. To ease her mind he consulted thabm-hop on thlis question, "who told him he0 could give him no er ~ vie ip th case tan to doa Rome,' said he- it'tas' on'.4le 4aii day as they do at Rome ; when I am here~ I do not fast.' With this ans'dr," he says, "lie satisfied his flptihe7gnd ng'er aftgr looksel upon it as an oraole sent from heaven." . GAVE. 1IM Frra.-S'omp ide show in Wilmington has excited the wynth of a local, who gives it 40 him as- fol, tows: * Beware, always, of side shows and free fights, but especially of side bhows, and still more especially of thp unmitrigd~ed humbng now bar oi~d o~to,,alavan's (bras. ..Iti reguilar;isjpdIgtnd ehould be eith.. r refuse4 noprmiit to exhibit or else should be taxed nine-tenths of the ieceipts. The man that can swallow Sglass of that .buckster's lemonade,, insideothe big terjt,,pnss through thbat 'ide showand theiic turn t1ie next, 4treat corner .withoi4 .atoading sGoo thing, is possessed ef. bettor nerves, or. moral 90merage than yotg.bhugnlle.. ser. TuJIoITsw Irnwas HERn l~IlAnMD. lie dark night. not long ago,.umburg lar entered a private. resihlencee in irthAveite. F On .aseen'dintgueol light of stairs'he abservedl a light in a chlamber, andl while besitating what to do a large woman sud~denly doeended upon him, seized himt by the throat, forced, him down through the hall, And pushed~lbim into the sreret beforo he had time to thi'nk. "Heroic Re,. pulse of a Burglar by a WVoman" was tile way the story appeared. in the newspapsra next day. 'Nfuti hen friendscalled and,:Oongratulated hot ipon, her courago she exolaimedt "Go.dgraciona-I I'didn't know it was a~burglar. If I had .1 should have ~enfrightened to ath.' .l thought , t was my husband, come homne drunk again, atid I wats. (determnined lhe shouldln't stay in the hous~e in that condition."7-Lomi,vjfg,,,*t Judge Niltpnsaii, t few days ago, to the, Oranjurf, fieblanid County . that so far as hliq.Qwgcircuit was.egn-. corned, hie was certam~ thait there .was 094.sJng~qcounty treasurg .whiob~ wals ngt bggpt'; pod that,; so, #~r a his igforrittqggpdebieI' w nt,, it was the' same in every cotgn~. In the State. .:'