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Jtoaps anil facts. Several mad dogs have been killed recently in various parts of North Carolina. Messrs. W. A. Smith and W. L. Scott have declined the appointments of Brigadier Generals in the North Carolina militia. A cotemporary thinks that, as every raan.oonsiders himself infallible, it is rather uncharitable to denj that the Pope is not similarly endowed with freedom from error. ?? The Scott foundry, at Reading, Pa., has just completed the manufacture of a rifled cannon whien is to throw a hundred pound ball ten. miles. ?- The Paris Monileur says that a regular printing establishment has been fitted up in the Tuiilerfes, for the purpose of teaching the Prince Imperialthe art of type setting. Gov. H olden left; Raleigh for Washington city, oh Tuesday of last week, to be gone several days. His organ says important business is the cause of his absence. There were five thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, marriages in North Carolina, during the fiscal year ending September 30th, 1869." l' ' From our Texas exchanges, we learn that the caterpillars, cotton-worms, carpetbaggers and Indians are working, both on the crops and the people of the "Lone Star State." >. : To prevent flies from settling in butter, cut a crust of bread three or four inches in length and place rt perpendicularly in the centre of the butter. This simple remedy is said to be efficacious. ?- Ringgold, Ga., had a bridegroom who objected tohaving his bride slobbered over by the parson. . A row ensued, the parson got a busted snout, the bridegroom a black eye, and the parson's wife mutilated the bride's toggery. A protracted cock fight was begun at Rocky Mount, Edgecombe county, N. C. on the 23rd" of June, between Edgecombe and Nash counties, with fourteen chickens on a side. The fighting continued until the evening of the 25th, ending in a victoty for Nash.; ! - ' ??? A Lynchburg man, arrested as a vagrant, protested that he had a regular trade, ^ and that was smoking glasses fur total eclipses of the sun. He remarked that as these occur so seldom it was not to be wondered at that he seemed out of employment a good deal. The Raleigh Standard of the 6th says: "Yesterday occurred the death of an aged j colored woman in our city whose hold on life was remarkable. Her name was Sarah Stith, inj naaaaA fiiMMirvh olovpn and a half UUU OUC AMU |/OOOUU nu? vwgu. decades, being one hundred and fifteen years old at the time of her death." The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion publishes a correspondence which took place in 1861 between President Davis and General Joseph E. Johnston, which shows that Mr. Davis aid not, by order, prevent the advance of the Confederate forces upon Washington after the battle of Manassas. ; j A New Jersey paper reports that more; divorces have been granted by the ChanceUor of that State since the war, than in all the time previously since the formation of the State; and it claims that not one of them has been granted without good and sufficient causa. Idaho Territory has gone Democratic. At the election last week it followed the example of Connecticut, New York and Oregon, and gave the Democrats a rousing victory. Merritt, the Democratic candidate for Congres, is elected by 800 to 900 majority, together with all the Democratic local tickets. The proprietor of one of the Bridgeport, Connecticut, hotels was bustling about the other reorning at 10 o'clock, with twenty things to do, when some one asked him why he didn't call up his clerk. "I shan't call him as long as I can help it," he replied, "for when he is in bed I know where he is*but after he is up I don?t know where to find him." In no country in the world is adulWy so severely dealt with as in China. A married woman near Shanghai, recently, had fnrmpfJ a cniiltv alliance, and connived at the murder of her husband bv her lover. The crime, was discovered, and the woman nailed at full'length on her husband's coffiu and left to die. ?-A gentleman in New York who was very much in love with a lady, and intended to propose to her, called one morning at an earty hoar at her house to leave some fresh flowers which he had brought to her from the country. What was his dismay to find her sitting in the parlor reading a novel, in an old soiled calico wrapper, her shoes down at the heels and her hair in crimping pins! He left. A Washington special to the New York Timet, of Tuesday, says: A. T. 3tewart does not return an income of even $100,000 for the past year, while Claflin, Mellen & Co., and many other large houses, show but small profits. Hundreds of other merchants swear to losses for the year, and a number of houses have failed. This year has been a terrible one upon the merchant princes as well as the small traders. ??The Pungolo, of Naples mentions a strange suicide committed at Gaeta. A ser' geaut named Comolli, a young man of excellent conduct, went to the building where the artillery was kept, and, lighting the fuse of a loaded cannon, placed himself in front. He was blown literally to atoms, his head and feet alone being afterward found. The cause assigned was, as stated in two letters, one to his father and the other to his captain, extreme dislike of a military life. A gentleman making a flying trip to Ireland draws a dismal picture of the condition of that country. Palaces and huts abound, but a comfortable farm-house of the American pattern is not to be encountered in a day's journey.. He stepped into a school of some forty children in the Black Valley, and in the midst of his talk with the children asked them what they expected to do when tBfey became men and women, and with one inspira tion, in concert they responded, "Go to Arner ica." The practical effect of the enforcement law will be most seriously felt in the South by the negroes themselves. A terrible spirit of animosity has heretofore ruled among thera against any member of their race who dared to vote the anti-radical ticket, and mobs, beatings, 8tonings, etc., etc., have been quite common all over the South. This thing has now to be stopped. It is a crime to interfere with any man in the free exercise of the elective franchise. Even to threaten with punishment, a discharge from employment, or other penalty, for voting just as one pleases, is now a crime in law and punishable with fine and imprisonment. The rantankerous radical negroes would do well to bear this in mind. A curious incident recently occurred on the Pacific Railroad, as the train was going up a steep grade in Echo Canon. The cars gradually slowed down until at last they came to a dead halt. Upon going out, it was found that they were stopped by grasshoppers. The ground was perfectly alive with them, and so many of them were crushed by the wheels of the engine, and the track was so greased, that the wheels would not take hold. Sand and brooms were brought into requisition, and when the hotel train overtook the other, by dint of its pushing, and men on the cow-catcher hdiding brooms on the rails in front, the cars got along, and soon left the grasshopper region. We learn that Col. Johnston, the President of the Charlotte, Colombia and Augusta Railroad, intends establishing a regular night train on that road, in a short time. The train will be put on to meet the requirements of the heavy Northern passenger traffic which the i Charlotte road expects to get for the next three ' or four months. The night train on that road, . at present, is what is known as an accommodaiion train; the passenger coaches are at. taehed to the freight cars, and the train travels ^^^very slowly. The new train will have regular ^^Bkening coaches attached to it, and will leave Augusta about 6 o'clock in the evening, Columbia about 12, and arrive in Charlotte at 6 o'clock the next morning, making close connections at each terminus.?Phcentx, IJsrfeviUe inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.s . THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 14,1870. Cask.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expi?frtv whiAh navmAiit has been I mvivu VI VUV WW*v ?w> ?. 4 , made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his jaaper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH. The birthday of American freedom was generally enjoyed as a holiday throughout the South; but the celebrations after the manner of the olden time were comparatively rare. In this State, the celebration ceremonies were chiefly confined to Union League processions and militia parades. Charleston got up a procession of two or three hundred persons, who were> regaled by speeches from DeLarge and others. Chester had a military and civic display, winding up with a nomination of candidates by the Radical party, for which they received a scolding from the Charleston Republican. In the North and West, there was more of the gala-day spirit manifested. t There was, however, less than the usual amount of powder burnt, and the oratorical gas let off, although equal in quantity, was;of a rather, less expansive and exhilarating; quality. . The pinions of the American eagle were flapped for him and he was made to scream for liberty and equality, as of yore; but as the honored bird has been trimmed and gaffed for an attack on the Chinese, he could not, in such inconsistent gear, go through his accustomed Fourth of July gyrations with any degree of ease to himself or satisfaction to his admirers. The President and, ins suite baa, pernaps, the largest share of the dust, powder, music and speeches, which constitute the ideal of a model celebration. They were in what ib par excellence the patriotic part of the country? in times of peace at least, to wit, New England. Beecher and Butler were their orators, so that their intellectual feast was presided over by the spirits of peace and war, wielding respectively the olive branch; and the thunderbolt. Mr. Beecher assumed the role of the funny man, and tickled his audience to their satisfaction. But, as usual, he could not refrain from politics, and came ontj with, an avowal of Cuban sympathies, in which hesaid he spoke the President's sentiments. This, it is said, awoke a momentary gleam of intelligence on Gen. Grant's countenance, which, however, soon died away. Gen. Butler, when his time came, devoted his speech to a denunciation of Chinese immigration. ExGovernor Hawley, of Connecticut, took the wind out of Butler's sails by a speech in favor of unrestricted facilities for immigration from the whole world. He said he did not know how to go to work to lock the doors of the United States against any people. But the noit patriotic celebration of the Fourth was injhe Senate chamberat Washington. The first act was the introduction of a joint resolution to; remove the Cherokee Indians of North Carolina west of the Mississippi river. The next was the rejection of Mr. Sumner's amendment to strike the word white out of the naturalization laws, the effect of which is to prevent the naturalization of any but whites, being aimed at the Chinese. The third act was to adopt an amendment, conferring the right of naturalization upon aliens of African descent. Having thus pushed the Indian on the route to extermination in the West, forbidden the Chinaman from coming to the "land of liberty," and opened the door wide with a cordial invitation to the original *? ~ 4-Vi o finnafo vAfV negro in ms uauvc wuu>, mo properly adjourned. What more could they do to show what race of men they thought best fitted to enjoy the blessings of American liberty, so-called ? stateTtems. ?A project is on foot to establish a large sorghum syrup mill in Charleston. ? It is thought that the census now in progress will place the population of Charleston very near 50,000. ? The Faculty of Brown University, in the State of Rhode Island, at its late commencement, conferred the degree of LL. D. on Hon. J. B. Campbell, of Charleston. ? It is rumored that there is a strong and rapidly increasing probability that Secretary Cardozo will be the nominee for Governor, at the Anti-Reform Convention of the 26th inst. ? The Fourth was celebrated in Sumter by a procession and speeches from Gov. Scott, Gen. Moses and Attorney-General Chamberlain. ? The Charleston Courier says: "We regret to learn that the fine residence of D. Jennings, Esq., located at Pendleton, South Carolina, was, with its contents, -recently destroyed by fire." ? The convicts at the penitentiary had a holiday and amusements within the walls on ! the Fourth. One of th$ eolored members of the guard was accidentally drowned, while bathing in the river, on the same day. ? The Union League of Chester made the - -- - * * a T* ri I following nominations on tne stn: ror (senator, Lucius Wimbush, colored; for the Legislature, Sancho Sanders, colored, Barney Humphries, colored, B. G. Yokum, white; for County Commissioners, Jas. Waller, colored, Alexander Kelsey, colored, Wm. Froneberger, colored; for Clerk of Court, J. C. Reister, white; for Probate Judge, John Dickey, white; for School Commissioner, Rev. Dublin Walker, colored. ? A considerable row happened at Edge-' field Court House on the 4th. A party of ne-! groes had met for a dance in a building near the residence of Mr. A. A. Glover. This gentleman's wife being sick, he requested the party to cease their noise, and he even offered them one hundred dollars to do so, but without success. Shortly afterward Mr. Glover and Mr. Charles Cheatham met with two of the ringleaders of the party, and became involved in a fight with them. Eichelberger, captain of a colored militia company, ordered out his troops, but at the command of Sheriff McDavitt, he withdrew them. ? The Marion Crescent gives the following account of the drowning, near Conwayboro', on the 2d instant, of Mrs. Bolton and Miss Frederika Beaty, both daughters of T. W. Beaty, Esq., of the Horry News. Mr. Beaty's house stands on the bank up the lake, and the ladies of his family have been in the habit of bathing inside their fathor's yard. On Satur-1 day afternoon they went into the lake as usual, accompanied by a servant girl. The other members of the family were not on the premises at the time, but a servant, in passing through the yard, saw on the surface of the water the sudden struggle of a hand which in j a moment disappeared. She ran at once to Mr. Beaty's office, some two or three hundred yards distant, and gave the alarm. Mr. Beaty and Mr. Rhodes arrived at the lake in a few moments, but all was still. They with others plunged into the water, and in the course of a few minutes all the bodies were recovered. The time they were submerged was about fifteen or twenty minutes. The fbneral took place on Sunday afternoon and was an occasion of melancholy interest. In this great calamity, Mr. Beaty will have the sympathy of the whole country. XERE-MENTION. At the late commencement of Hampden Sidney College, Virginia, the degree of D. D. was conferred upon Rev. James Woodrow, of Columbia, editor of the Southern Presbyterian A large number of the "Josephite" Mormons are leaving Utah for their former homes in the New England States." " --The machinery used in the little State of Massachusetts is capable of doing the work of more than a hundred millions of men. During last week, 18,000 emigrants left Liverpool for the different American ports, nine-tenths of them sailing for New York. Essence of pennyroyal, freely sprinkled around a house, yrill drive fleas away and keep the house free from their visits. A Cincinnati census^ taker, who was also employed by the marshal in 1860, says many of the ladies have grown younger during the past ten years.*" The Democracy of Missouri will nominate no ticket this fall, but preserve a policy of "passive resistance." *A Philadelphia woman has eleven hundred flower pots surrounding her house. The late Emperor Maximilian's Quartermaster-General is now selling soda water in Texas." Eight thousand, one hundred and fifty Chinese haye arrived at San Francisco since the first day of January last. , \ - i L. vi! - CONGRESSIONAL. n?\ thft thft Sonata took ud the bill to amend the naturalization laws, the question being upon Mr. Williams' amendment that the striking out of the word "white" from these laws shall not be so construed as to admit of the naturalization of persons born in the Chinese, empire. After a long and. exciting debate, the vote on the previous amendment, by which the word had been stricken out, was re-considered, and on a second vote, it was lost by .14 to 80. As naturalization was thus confined to white persons, it.became necessary to protect the idol of Radicalism ; which was done by the adoption of an, amendment extending the right of naturaliafctibn to aliens of African nativity and: African descent. The bill was then passed, and the Senate adjourned. I '.i l'i ri . .! ) ;/!'- : The House was not in session. On the 5th in the Senate, the finance committee reported back the funding bill, and recommended that the Senate disagree to the House amendments and agree to a committee of conference. The report was adopted. The tax and tariff bill was resumed, and some little progress was made with its sections. The amendment to strike out the income tax was again offered, and lost by a tie .vote. In the House, the day was occupied chiefly by the debaters on two contested election cases, the one from Kentucky and the other from Virginia. Both were decided in favor, of the sitting meaflteTfiie former & whom jf^ a Democrat and the latter a Republican. The contestants were, in each case, voted $2,000 to pay their expenses, as they were deemed to have had reasonable grounds for contesting the seats. On the 6th in the Senate, the river and harbor appropriation bill was reported as it had passed the House, the committee on commerce asking the Senate to pass it without amendment. Mr. Sawyer said the bill appropriated $900,000 to the North, $2,000,000 to the West and nothing to the South. He thought this would not do, and moved an appropriation of $7,500 to remove obstructions in Town Creek, S. C., which was adopted. Other Southern senators took advantage of the anxiety to dispose of the bill, and a number of amendments making appropriations for the South were adopted without debate, after which the bill was passed. The committee of conference on the currency bill made a report, which was concurred in. The bill now provides for the redistribution of $25,000,000 and the issue of $54,000,000, instead of $95,000,000, as before. The bill to pay the Massachusetts claim of $648,000 for the war of 1812 was, after some debate, passed. In the House, after the disposal of a number of private and personal bills, the case of Patrick Woods was called up. Two reports were made, that of the majority declaring that Woods made a violent attack on Mr. Porter, knowing him to be a member of Congress, on his way to Washington, and because he was a member of Congress. It recommends that Woods be confined, as other criminals, in the jail of the District of Columbia, for the period of three months. The minority report declares that the assault was not made because of words spoken in debate or because of Porter's official character, and recommends that Woods be returned to the Hustings Court at Richmond, there to be dealt with according to law. A long debate followed, but no vote was reached. Mr. Butler was the most zealous champion for the protection of Mr. Porter's injured dignity?probably because be wanted to atone for having attached a ball and chain to that gentleman's leg du-1 ring the war. He wanted Woods confined in jail until the 4th of March next. On the 7th, the Senate passed the House bill requiring national banks to withdraw their circulation before going into liquidation. Also, the navy and fortification appropriation bills. The bill to fix a uniform time for the election of members of Congress in all the States was passed, with an amendment, fixing the number of members of the House at 300. [The time for election of members is the Tuesday j after the first Monday in November, commenc-' ing in the year 1872.] In the House, the Senate amendments to; the funding bill were not agreed to, and a 1 committee of conference was appointed. Tho tax and tariff bill, with Senate amendments, was referred to the ways and means committee. The Woods case was resumed. Mr. Butler's motion to keep the prisoner in jail until the 4th of March was lost by one vote. The minority resolution, to send the prisoner back to Richmond for trial, was rejected by a vote of 56 to 120. The majority resolution, to imprison Woods three months, was then carried by 119 ayes to 57 noes. The report of the conference committee on the currency bill, previously adopted by the Senate, was concurred in. A resolution was passed to pay sums to certain gentlemen who had been voted out of their seats in Congress. Among others, Mr. Wm. D. Simpson, of South Carolina, received $1,500 to pay his expenses in defending his seat. -*? On the 8th, in the Senate, the bill to remove the political and legal disabilities of certain citizens of Kentucky was passed, after the names of Generals Gustavus W. Smith and Basil W. Duke had been stricken out Mr. Drake made an unsuccessful effort to clog the bill with a proviso nullifying its effect on persons who have held office in violation of the 14th amendment Mr. Robertson called up his disability bill, containing over 3,600 names. A number of names were added to it, and the bill was passed. The bill for the admission, of Georgia, with House amendments, wite taken up, and a committee of conference was appointed. The bill to prevent the enforcement of contracts for servile labor was called up, and a protracted debate, on the ChineSe question followed. In the House, the Senate amendments to the river and harbor appropriation bill were concurred in. The deficiency appropriation bill was passed, making a number of appropriations overlooked in other bills of this character. A bill was passed, by a party vote, to regulate the mode of determining the ratification of amendments to the constitution of the United States. Among other provisions, iB one that when three-fourths of the States have ratified an amendment, any person proposing legislation to declare it illegal, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable iff fine and imprisonment. A bill was introduced and referred to a committee of the whole, to pay the dawful owners of cotton seized pinag June 30th, 1865, the net proceeds of the sagj of such cotton." - ' On the 9th, the Senate disposed of several bills which have been on hand for some time, among them the army bill, a bill to amend the bankrupt act, and several appropriation bills.- Mrs. Lincoln's appropriation bill was passed over. In the House, the tax and tariff bill wis reported back with Senate amendments. After considerable filibustering most of them were concurred in, and a committee of conference was appointed on the remainder. The amendment continuing an income tax of 21 per cent, for two years, with an exemption ?f $2,000 and the rent of homestead from taxation, was one of the amendments concurred ! in. .,! v<| ' . t . ! > it-:- ,t__ On the 11th, the Senate considered the civil appropriation bill, and adopted an amendment appropriating $100,000 for the Charleston custom house. In the House, the Senate disability: bill# passed by a vote of 123 to 53. Also the naturalization bill, as amended by the Senate; ?? EDITORIAL INKLINGS. . Opening of the Canvass. , d ? The executive committee of the Reform party have made a partial list of appointments I; for Messrs. Carpenter and Butler to addreffl the people, beginning on Monday, July tbe 25th, at Greenville. They will speak at Spartanburg on "Wednesday, August 3d, and at Unionvilleon Thursday, August 4th. Rfc appointments have been made yet for York,' The Income Tax. . if: / Congress has continued the income tax, |:the House having agreed to the Senate's proposal for a tax of 2i per cent on inoomes, with an exemption of $2,000 and the rent of the homestead: The bill, of which this is a; section, is still in dispute, but the differences of the two houses on other matters will probably be adjusted this week, and the bill passed. With so: laTge an exjonption, there are; few inthis section liable to the tax in any, event. l . ) The friends of a general amnesty,hajfa ing despaired of getting a general bill throV^| this Congress, took up Messrk: McCreery-fe and Robertson's personal amnesty bills, which were pushed through the Senate over strong opposition. The names of Generals Gustavus W. Smith and Basil W. Duke were stricken out of the former, which contains between five and six thousand names, although several Republican senators declared that these two gentlemen were as much entitled to'pardon as General Longstreet. Mr. Drake who has a morbid fear of ex-rebels, tried, but without success, to nullify the effects of the bill for many whose names were included in it, by a proviso that it should not be construed to' relieve the disabilities of persons who have held office in violation of the 14th amendment. Mr, Robertson's bill contained about four thousand names. Both these bills have a fair prospect of passing the House. What is a Scalawag? An answer to this celebrated conundrum has been found, which differs from tKe' popular definition of the term. It seems that, in 1865, a case was tried before the Court of Appeals in New York, involving a balance due for the purchase of a lot of hogs. The purchaser had contracted for corn-fed hogs, and refused payment of the full amount due, on the ground that the hogs were not cornfed. In his decision, Judge Potter used the following language: "The assertion that they were 'hard or corn-fed hogs,' might constitute a warranty, as it was shown that hogs fed on corn are known in the trade as 'hard hogs,' and are superior in value, and command a higher price in market, than such as are distinguished as 'scalawags,' 'shackers,' 'soft hogs,' fed upon mast, such as beech-nuts and acorns; or 'slop-fed hogs,' fattened at a still." It appears, therefore, that a scalawag, strictly speaking, is an unfortunate hog that has never been fed from the crib, but makes his living by rooting at large and picking up whatever little things he can get. . His fleshy is technically termed "soft," and he is himsen commercially described as "trashy." Racing on the Mississippi. A vf?rv excitiner steamboat race on the .--J ( o Mississippi, from New Orleans to St. Louis, terminated on the 10th. The steamer R. E. Lee, built some three years ago, has forsome time established the reputation of being the fastest boat on the river, and carries the recognized emblem of superiority, in speed?a pair of deer horns on the pilot-house. The Lee is a Louisville built boat and her commander and crew are all Southern men. Her rival, the Natchez, was built in Cincinnati last year, expressly to beat the Lee. The race had been talked about so long, Captain Cannon, of the Lee, at first declining, that when it was announced to take place New Orleans was thoroughly excited on the subject. Thousands of people were present to witness the start, and the boats moved off from the wharf amid deafening shouts. Along the whole route the same excitement prevailed, crowds thronging the banks, and cannon and bonfires marking their progress. In Memphis, business was nearly suspended, as the time for their arrival drew near. At St. Louis, the banks of the river were crowded by thousands, and the great race was celebrated by a banquet to both captains, the account of which fills six columns in the St. LouisRepublican. The race was won by the Lee, which made the trip?1200 miles, in 3 days, 18 hours and 14 minutes. The Natchez lost six hours by detention in a fog, and her captain claims tj^dr deducting this and one or two other ac- J cidentsl detentions, bis boat won the race. But accidents do not count in boat races any more than slips in horse races, and the Zee was adjudged victor. A million dollars, it is said, changed hands on the result. 2%e Colored Cadet from >.Sonth Carolina. James William Smith, of Columbia, the colored cadet nominated for West Point by Mr. Hoge, has successfully passed the examination and gone into camp,with the other gadets. None of the other colored candidates 4-BWe- received, some being rejected on account, : of physical defects and others for incapacity, i ftpfith, however, passed an unusually brilliant 1 examination, and there was no. excuse for re- 1 jecting him. There was great excitement and 1 indignation among the white cadets, when it i was learned that a colored boy had triumph- ' antly passed an ordeal before which some ] . -fifty of the most aristocratic youths of the ' ? ~ % 1? - 41 % 1 land, including sons 01 governors, memDers and ex-members of Congress, &c., had failed. 1 This shows itself in a petty persecution, which is discreditable to the young men engaged in ] it and, furthermore, does not help the matter ~nt all. The negro is established at West J Point as their equal; and the only way they J prove superiority now is by excelling in 1 j^eir classes?a task which is likely, from all ^ J we can learn, to require all their energies. 1 ' 5$br have most of these young men any right 1 J fp complain of negro competition, as it has 1 . jjeen achieved solely by the efforts of their ! jEiitical friends, frfo V ' w In a Republican Camp. *?- A Republican meeting held last Satur- 1 .day at Gadsden) a stetioh on South Caro- 1 Bua railroad some twenty miles below Columbia) broke up in a real mob' fight. The object of the meeting was to appoint delegates to the Radical nominating convention, and the friends of rival candidates began abusing ope another. In the midst of the "debate," 1 .If; B. Nash; colored Senator, knocked down i Philip; Epstein, white, off the .platform for ( calling him a liar." ' Others assaulted Epstein, i when Wash Bynum,'colored, drew a knife i add, slashing righ't and left*,' wounded several 1 persons. By mini was finally run through ( With a bayonet and instantly killed. The J fight now became general, and as. one of'the ' Governor's militia compafries was present, ] bayonets were a prominent weapon. Those j who . were ! unprovided with these used fence ? mils, knives* dfccf'' 'Parties vyho. desired , to I "have peace," made for the train, which soon 1 Jeft the place, moying yery sibwly at first to ? avoid crushing the excited crowd which occu- j the track. The fight .was still raging ( when the train left, though a telegram receiv? f ed in Columbia in ,the Evening' reported1 all i quiet when the down train passed. No aecu- I mte! account of the number of persona sen-Aislyhurthashieen received. The New; Currency Bili. ' . , (t i' v., je The Washington. ^rrespqndent of tba Baltimore/Sun gives thefollowing outline of the new currency bill, which has passed both bouses of Congress, beings the firsf. financial measure that has done this: .r .,.r!' . y As it goes to the Presidenffor signature, it < provides for a,n increase of fifty-four millions I of bank note currency, retires forty-five mil- t. lions ofthtee per cbnt. certificates, redistrib- a tftes twenty-five millions from-the excess held' L djk- the North and! East to the South and p West, and provides for free.banking on a four i per cent, gold bond,. The bill, it will be no- ? jicedf .does not inflate tjhp volume of qjirrepcy v v dollar. I^gpl-tenclef notes will take the ^ jblacepf three per qerits as tH? hank reserVe, o i while the addilional bank notes tfill; supply t dho place of^tho legaj-tendcrsdius withdrawn, v TO'wnich, however, tpUst be aJded twenty per Q Upiit. more as reserve for the aforesaid new is- . Ke of banlf notes. In this way the present I Umailibrium of the volume of currency is,pre- c Jerved; being neither cont^ted nor expanded: tl According to a1 statement'pfepttrbd at the n treasury, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mis- if eppri, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Iowa and Kail- f( ias will gain in the redistribution nf the twen- ; iyfive millions, while Massachusetts, Rhode T Bland, Connecticut, New York and Pennsyl- * vmia will lose. The bill makes the redistm- * bttion gradual and on;,tHe basis'of the new p census. ;; ^ t ti.' i }i ! NORTH CAROLINA CORRESPONDENCE. ? Linnville, N. C.< July 8,1870. 0 ! Mr..Editor: Knowing that you have no v correspondent from the "Old North State"? ^ |( least this portion of it?I have concluded, ^ ?ith your permission of course, to favor your p readers with a coup d'ceil of affairs here. a Shine of the happiest and most pleasant hours j of my life have been passed in'your beautiful c Jywn; and in the whirl and bustle of this busy u world, it is sometimes a relief to allow memo- j, tt to stray down the avenues of the past, visi- n tang the haunts of my childhood, and meeting 0 olce more the familiar faces that greeted me s< kindly in the days of "auld lang syne." p -fiut, alas! the last few years have wrought <] njany changes in the dear old town. When p tlere, I miss many kind and familiar faces y tlat have passed way. In the upper end n oiyour town, I miss Col. Wright, George W.; j| \tilliams, Mr. Neely; and lower down, John S( S Moore, Col. Witherspoon, Capt. Simril, p Ckpt. Smith, W. A. Latta, Dr. Win. Moore, ^ aid some twenty-five or thirty young men who Cl pissed away during the late cruel war. A We, in North Carolina, are "rallying around o tfe flag, boys," for the coming elections in h August next, and my opinion is, that with ti a "strong pull, and a steady pull, and a pull a.\ together," the State will go largely Conser- ij votive in spite of the Hold-on's "melish." ci Tliete has been a very great Change among a tha people during the last two years in this ? ji&untaiu region, and I know Whereof I speak., h mmc Holdenites have become very tired of I [nji administration. The taxes are too much o I fet them to hear lonver. The State debt in ic "*"7 - - - - _" -o ? 1868 was fifteen million dollars', '.in 1870 it is u thirty million, and who is responsible? The T Ridical party. The acts and doings of the I Ridical party in this State have been of such I an unwise, extravagant and dishonest charac- 1 j tei, that the people feel the imperative neces-! s'ity of a change of rulers, in order to ward off! ? the utter prostration of all our industrial en- j b terprises, and the'permanent ruin of our State | a credit and finances. C( So apparent is this, even to the leaders of the radicals, that they are re-nominating very of the present imcumbenta of office, be- s] cause of the entire want of confidence they 0 h?ve inspired in the minds of the people, eith- a er in regard to their integrity or ability. But I wlile they are changing their men, they are * n<t changing their policy nor even substituting j better men; and should they succeed in the ^proaching elections, we may look for a re- | ? pdition of the same acts, a carrying out of the ! j-j 1 salne oppressive policy, that have marked their ' S cdirse heretofore. ' ' ;sl It*is, therefore, the ruinous policy of the ^ Ridical party in this State that is to be opposed ? and defeated?not merely the men engaged in \ g carrying that policy into effect. In order to 1 v dolthis, the Conservative party must act pa-1 C trotically and harmoniously. The claims of men must give way to the claims of country. ft Tbe strongest and most available men must be put forward for the offices, and all who become disorganizes for the attainment of sel- a fi>fi ends must be frowned down by the great j C I i body of the people, whose interest and welfare are at stake. We know we can put in the field men of more skill, experience and fitness every "way, for the public offices, than our opponents can put forth; who, according to the developments of the last two years, are distasteful to a large number of their own party. Let us do this, and our success is certain. Let private claims be ignored, when necessary, for the general good, and with a harmonious and unbroken front, the victory is ours. There is no occasion to sell out to or compromise with the enemy when we have got so clearly the advantage; and the man who would, in a l-Ima l.lra tliin An?4on<vAi* ilia Dnaaaas ftf thp. U?V I1AO UUlOj VMV uwwwiw va party, on which we believe our happiness and prosperity as a people, and the welfare of the State depend, for the advancement of his own private good, is unworthy the confidence or countenance of the people. Let our harmony ; he unbroken, our ranks compact, and victoryis ours. : By proper efforts, North Carolina may yet be made one of the first States of the Union. May we not hope for aid from many who have been temporarily led astray ? I would not judge uncharitably. Men are liable, from thoughtlessness or sudden impulses, to take false positions; but the true man, on reflection, will correct himself. It may be expected that those who have been misled for a moment will retrace their steps, following the example of 3t. Peter rather than that of Judas Ispariot Mr. evVt knowing- *wi* yt" North Carolina subscribers to your valuable paper, this article'X intend more particularly for their perusal and consideration. PLUS. v TO THE PEOPLE OF YORK COUNTY. j, . . t'T ' Washington, District of Columbia, V '' July 1st, 1870. Fellow CitizensX have been in Washington for nearly twoweeks, andl have seen persons from all parts of our country; and firom ill sections there comes good news for the Demjcracy. The majority of the peopl#. of the; United States are to-day Democratic, and this will be found true this falL There are now in ;he United States Senate ten or twelve Demo-! jrtttic Senatofa, and in the House of Representatives between fifty and sixty Democrats. They are all battling manfully ior the South, md for .the ytrbole country.. They desire to lave you to co-operate with them this fall in putting down Radicalism, and in saving conititutdonal liberty, and establishing a good jovernfaerit. If the Democrats of the soutn, lorth, east and west, will stand shoulder to ihoulder and do their whole duty, wb will have ' i Democratic House of-Representatives this all in Congress, and in . 1872 electa Demotratic President Let every man tb^n do his ull duty, and we shall have a good Demacratc government, and We shall.then have peace, . irosperity and happiness:1 The days of Rad~ callsm, not only is&xrth Carolina but in the Jnited States^:are nombered."i Respectfully, your fellow-citizen and obedint servant, EDWAJH). F, 6TQKES. i;.' Por the.Yorkvlllc Saqulrer. 5?;>ifv UNION COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.-'y-[ THE STEX^iLBCTION. ; . 7 ?:'U County meetings will soon assemble, candi-'' lates will be nominated, and then' the ipata>aign 'will commence in'earnest.'' sfecftnh ' hat there will be but twb p&rties-^-t'he Refdrttf ' ,nd League?in our up-country. The latter 3 a cdlored jrarty. A few white meh mhy* lie tanging on to the Leftgtire, thinking they may ;et into office and the public tr^iifry in that | ray. They will be mistaken. Thdnegro ib oo smart for that. Where there 'are tear col- : red men in the League to bne; white -man,'' hey will not be foolish enough to elect the v rhito man, when they can find'ffi&j'tyf their } wnf color more honest ahd momf&fapet&ht \ o discharge the duties of a legislator. If the , olored voters cannot consistently unite with i be Reform party, we would advise them to \ nfainatA r>nndidfttpfl of their own cdlrir.'arid 1 jnore the white men Who are beggihgthem1' 1 >r office. The party now in power is well organized, t works by means of strong oaths, money, \ Vlnchester rifles'and militia. The Reforih ' arty should remember that and conduct it*' ,] jlfwith prudence, firmness and candor, i Webster's unabridged should not be exhaust- J d to get up abusive epithets to hurl at the ' ] ther party. That will not bring over the i otes. We may mount the highest stump in ' he country, and bawl until our lungs are , oarse, and proclaim the leaders of the League i arty rogues and carpet-baggersj sWindlerf 1 ud scalawags, but that will not strengthen Hi,. [ n the up-country, the white inen of the party i annot be induced to leave it, except by the ! se of money* and they are not worth buy- j ig. They would be dear at any price. The' i egroes are the honest and respectable element J f the body, and we must meet them on fair ] jrms, and give them a better chance at the I aying offices than their own party has ever j one. We find the colored voters more disosed to listen to reason than they were two | ears ago. Let us strive to give them a little i lore reason and common sense than we did j len. We hope the colored voters may all i ? their way clear to unite with the,Reform i arty, and assist the country in: sending the J est men we have to the Legislature. If they < annot do that, we repeat that it will be better i jr them to form a colored party, and leave j ut the white men who are trying to swing , ito office by holding on to the negro's coat-' I if. ! I We would suggest that the county meetings ( piore all nominations and announcements of < andidates heretofore made. For Congress 1 n available and strong man should be select- \ d, and the Congressional district should soon ] old a meeting the purpose of nominating. I f this is not done we may hare &tcrub race . f it, for it seems that there are several anx- $ )us for the place. The Reform party needs nanimity, concert of action, and energy. Without this nothing can be done. With it \ trust some gofod mayacchieto the State. < iet us try. ' P.: j 0 THE GOOD PEOPLE OF YQRK COtfNTY, * The Radical emissaries of R. R. Scott & * !o, are now in your midst, secretly at work, uilding up their party. If you remain in- e ctive, your county and your State will go ? ompletely under Radical rule, and in less c ran five years your county and State will be- * ame bankrupt and totally demoralized. The 1 me for action has come. Let every town- ( lip in your county organize itself into Demt ( cratic clubs. All the citizens, both white t nd colored, in your respective townships are ' t lemocrats, save a few money loving Radicals j i nd those eimple persons whom they may se-! | uce. The white people and colored people :j re one in interest, and would be a unit at the t oils, but for the enemies of good order, peace , ( nd good government. These enemies are le foreign and domestic Radicals now in our i tate. Let all true men stand shoulder to 1 loulder, and on the third Wednesday in Oc- < >ber next, we will get rid of these pests to i r State and country. No other party but . ie Democratic can defeat the Radicals in j outh Carolina, because it is the only party ] hich fights for the truth as it is found in the ' institution of the United States. i Respectfully, your obedient servant and * dlow-citizen, EDWARD F. STOKES. . S&* The degree of Doctor of Divinity has i' een conferred upon the Rev. Mr. Thompson,: j colored preacner of Newark, by Avery ] bllege, Pennsylvania. j i : a LOCAL ITEMS ' 'j*NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. P* J. Crfconnell?Republican Convention. John A. Brown?Plantation for Sale. A. M. Kee?Cotton Farm for Sale. T. M. Dol)son <fe Co.?Lemons?Country Bacon? Candy?Leaf Lard?Gents'. Huts?Ladies' Hats?Miles' Cloth Gaiters?Eagings and Insertings?Ready-Made Clothing?Bread Preparation?Essence of Coffee?Bargains? Tin-Ware?Don't Forget?Very Cheap?At Cost?All in AH. The Miss Manigaults' Boarding and Day .School. W. B. Melts, Assistant' Cashier-^ottce to Depositors. . REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.; . 'By reference to advertisement, it will be seen that a convention of the Republican* of York county will be held1 at this place on Tuesday next The object of the convention is to nominate candidates for the offices to! be filled bv election next October. > . . SHELBY AND 8. C. RAILROAD. Messrs. Alexander and Ramseur, in charge of a corps of Btirveyore employed by the Shelby and S. C. Railroad, arrived1 in town last Tuesday, having made an experimental survey from Shelby to this place. We learn that thby make a very favorable report ofthe' route surveyed, having found it much more practicable'than had been anticipated. They came pretty nearly along the Dicksoj^ap road from Shelby to Yorkville, crossing Buffalo creek a little below Weirds bridge,'and1 King's creek about a mile above the road When they reached the mountain, they made a survey of three. routes, and find that^the Flat Gap is the hest place to 'cross it From that point toYorkville, they followed itearly the course of what is known as the mountain road. On their return, they propose to survey a route runhirig' cfodefto'th'e Tftanhright road and crossing the- -mountain near the battle-ground. * PUBLIC l3>fejLKINiK i ! ' MrlEdward F. Btokesr; pf QreepviRc. who id running its. a Democratic candidate/fbi Congress in this Diertrict/ 'was' in our town last week ahd delivered ito addtoss in the'Court House on Saturday eVening.' :'We were not there, but learn that there was but a small audience present,. owing'perhiijps to the hbur selected and the limi^^rcufetto^df thnno^' tice that there pb be aii addreSfc 'Jx As Mr. Stokes is comparatively unknown in politics, we' have toadeenquiryas1 to 'His' antecedents, for the information' of the public, and have ascertained the following facts: He is a young tnahj probably bbtfteen twenty1' J o/*n onrl -o tiofltro clgjib uliu pllklpj jp<ud vi ugvj muu m uwvavv y? Ails State-^hia fattier and grandfattiertiefore hirri tieingalgo South Carolinians.' Mr.' Stokes graduated at Harvard. College, Cambridge,J: Massachusetts^ rtudi^fa^St^th'e'HhiVersity11 of Virginia,1 and .Was' admitted to -the practice 1 of .law. in tKbcou.rts of ttifeBtfttie irt 1886r ?h(k a*u OPPRESS .'i. ')Wfo nrar| Of the Executive Committee of the Union , Refoyifc^rtjto Totorsofj^Ciu-olj^, JSlS^*?54S' Party to your confidence and co-operation, and We ' ask of you, as. one countrymen,-children of the StatMar wmmoo./wfhyjj-^l^g amnion, interest and common destiny, a patient hearing andi deliberate and dispasirt^es'jtiagTiient ' The secession of the States and ttife seodo^alwar Which j foho^.wrooght a??oWop^:the)pjrinciples of, the Government, and in the rights, powers and rel&tionsof the Getiefal and'^tat^ wvertimhtfte, ' ' partly changing their oharaetorJ j. Thalgtates mire;' shorn pflfceir sovereign .^jrates, th? JJmop jflj-. j dered indissoluble, and the powers of the General. i Government correspondingly enlarged., ..The petM1 f pie of Sooth' Carolina, "ana1: thbse' 'Of11 htt-1 s&ter j Sonthern States.as,well, accepted;amnesty raddi I! civil organisation in-.1865* thus conditioned^ and. j ratified their adhesion. to'' fheJGbveffimont" thtis ' changed in its character,' by tie :sdteninity of an ' un&adwT oafli ~dr~ama!e aw ?uiUitGierea,i6 Uie * voters'at the polls,* ana, to all officers upon. their * qualification. In 1867, the United JSfates ibaugh'-' ' rated what is known as the poKty df TecOnstraction, '* which, has resulted in thte restoration (of Smith 1 paroKw,^ the National Urnon,, witha Constitution j based upon the principled universal suffrage. In , 1 1868, the Democratic-j^Tty. arrayed itself against 1 thi whole policy of reconstruction, and declared 1 the legislation of Confess upon ^ jwtyMfep*-j ' usurpations and unconstitutional, revolutionary , andj Void,1" Mainly upon' thisisstie the Thfeidcb-''M tial oampaigb Was fta&bt, ahd *he people of the ! United States, by overwheJmin* majorize* reus-;: j States) engrafting therein '^' fundamental law, the 1 prinqijdfi. of universal suffirage, fans beemprpclaim- j ed ratified by the requisite number of States, and 1 ia wwiitmd and nrvirripflAfcri in as law.'fn the nrafitiofl' ' of aflithOfititeeof thefjnioD^itifcbemeantime, 'J the people of Sooth Carolina find themselves #* , fais condition. With urnveraal suffrage prev&V i two races compds6'the popple entrusted witbtne \ franchise. Circumstances} and die machinations J of selfish apd corrupt political advjenturere,.'have ' created an antagonism between th^rapes,, arid. 1 arrayed, practically, the whole of ohe'race'jn pc? * litical hostility to the Whole of the other race;: ' Nearly the entire landed property and other cap- i ital of the 8tate are in the hands of the. white 1 race, and the power of the GroWrdmeht' is oori- ( krolle^hy tho-eokued,' which famishes the'ohief ;I labor of the eonntarK. .'Property is the souroe of ) life to the State., . From it the proprietor, and la? J borer alike aeriv# susterianoe, "When property i& 1 made prodaotivet wealth is'increased, labor en- t banoed,:- employments multiplied, the ooemtry 2 prospers and the people are .happy. To secure 1 these results co-eperatien between labor and capital * is essential. The* lahoter'Knd the capitalist are in ' effect copartners, who divide among, them, in 6 proper proportions, the produots of the joint bus- 1 a ess. Legislation, after securing the mere personal 1 rights of the citiaen, baShb oiher legitimate officii 1 than so to foster ana conserve the nghtB of prop- $ erty that the whole people may proeper.- ilfc.is } evident, therefore, that this antagonism of-rao^i * is unnatnral; unwise, and deplorably ihjtrriori^nd: '< ruinous, in its oonseqoenoe& to both. 'i>Under (tie f industrious manipulations of this uphfppy aptagv / enism by the adventurers who created/ it, the t people are burthened and beg^dted, While they jrow fat upon the means* wrung from the hard- <[ earned products of the capital and. labor of $bft f ntizen. Not content, however, jrith the exclusive } enjoyment of multiplied salaried Offices, fixed at a 1 rate of compensation unprecedented in extiava- J janoe, these wioked rulers have plunged, into tbe, \ wildest, most reckless, and most corrupt profligacy, 5 peculation andfraffdpn their dealings with' the 1 people's money; Let the refcord speak *> ' [ * Taxes, year ending September 30, I860, $591,- f r99.58. 'Taxes, year ending October 31. 1866, [ &419,668.73?not including interest-on public debt ' Povoa wp)?rnndinff Oetoher 31,1869. $1.263.259,09. ' Uounty tax for the year 1868i$fl01,097.33.# ,? Reflect that this rapid increase of taxation has J >een ebforcedupotfa people straggling for the ne-,? jessariesof life--with two-thirds of tbeit'propert?'1 lestroyed by war-^tuuchof wbatwaa left jfrpdub-M ng nothing, and all the accumulated capital pfthe i? State destroyed^the income of the'people prpb?. ! ibly not attaining one-third the aino?nit'oT th& ] rear 1860. '< > virp,d 0&<.d fu'J Total payments, current expenses, eto? year: } mding September 30, I860," $549,251.09. Tear ? mding October 3V, 1866, $266,24&Q4^xolasive ' >f interest on nublio debt not paid. Year ending ? October 31, 1869, $1,103,372.20. Comptroller's c eport, page 77. i Rear in mind,: in this-connection, that jurors, c jonBtablea, and many otherexpeoses are paid by the < bounties, and the puhlic Treasury thus relieved of ( i very heavy amormt; and that an examination of j he conduct of the County Commissioners iti'many i nstances would show the same profligacy iu raising ii ind expending money?where thousands have J >een extorted fVom the people by false estimates , tnd assessments, and not one hour of labor Ik,'.' ' itowed upon the public highways, and scarc'j^jj iollar to any county improvement. . Shall we look for a high motive to justify g^b ncrease of taxation upon a people so gro'ana down jy povertv as ours? Shall we firto the public lebt greatly reduced, or the publio Assets greater ncreased in the hands of these reckless fin^noie&c Let us see: Public debt, September 30,1860, $4,046,546.16. November 27,1866, by Governor Orr's message, principal and interest, excluding war debt, $&' 205,227.74, or by Comptroller's report, excJudine var debt, $4,426,446.46. OctObor 31," 1869, ' Comptroller's report, $6<183,349.17.s - : .t For a people whose ability, to pay was so redno- i id, it would seem that this was a sufficiently reek-, esB increase of debt to iridttoe a call for a strict ac-1 ?unting, but as usually is the case with defaulters, ' he result is worse than their ex parte showing, I [tems are excluded from this account, properly jelonging to it, which present* fearful condition,!. and demonstrate that unless this wanton profligacy and waste be checked, the people of this State, white and colored, are to be reduced to endless slavery, or be released only by repudiation. Thus: The Comptroller reports the debt, October 31, 1860, $6,183,349.17. Add Blue Ridge Railroad bonds, which the State is responsible for, and from* which, able, disinterested and honept management would Scarce extricate hef, $4,000,00<r.0o; Bonds issued to Land Commission, $700,000.06; bonds issued to redeem bills Baok of State, $1,250,000.00; bonds pawned by the Financial Stale Agent, $2,700,000.00. Total $14,833,349.17. Now what value have the people for all thia-ex*. penditure? ?hall_we be pointed to the,forits of the Land Commission ? Where are thaw? Who knows of any benefit to. the poor and' worthy in this great "land to the landless" scheme? Who does not know, spiteof their effortsatooncealment^ thaitho; funds entrusted to thisXJommissianJiaTe/ been used, only to swell the ill-gotten gains of the administration end its. friends ft,' Within the observation of almost every one, poor tracts of land, have been bought at immense prices,' end so far as this committee have been able to learn, with no' eye to the benefit of those whom this scheme was Erpfeasedly intended ,-to provide with land and omes. WiA f)iA ornnoiiMa aliAA^tr titftrld1*' administration party, consisting largely of individuals holding fonr or fiv.) paying offices each, he-, knowledges that reform is needed, but insists that they inost carry on the reform'; that this W/ must be the nursing mother of our kmh. 1 If their ??< pen tan ce bsiocerqrthey should pray ,fo be deliv-7 , ered from temptation, not to be forced to hold, tfatch and warn over the tempting Treasury.Letiiia see"howlthe- increased receipts of the; Treasury have been, and ate'to be, expended. Salaries 1867, $60,000; 1870,' $167,800. Contingent funds; -1867, $25,000; 1870; $34,800. Leg-' ialative expenses, 1867, $43i000 ;1870, $144,790. Educational and. military, 1867,, $86,000; 1870*; $126,000; extraordinary expenses. $r40,000. "rhcac am a flw ?u;uja from officialsources, ihdi* eating the sufferings of our, peaplaLifch* faith less- 'npss of the; unjust,stewards, who hnye gainedooo?j. . trol and disposition of the affaire of the State, But. this is not ml?in many of the Counties.' the Cbun-'' ty offices and County funds are held by individuals' irresponsible and notoriously corrupt* apd lature through the-medium ofcrpenand-notorious' bribery; that franchisee.ajre seldom obtained,bn*.. by private purchase,or for oqnrapt and,fraudulent ends'; that tWcommonest acts df jusrio^'Wqairing legislation, must pay their passage-; that votesof imembers of the LegfeU kture ate hoqgMS?nd.riW J the ptn-posee' df-'islock-joDbtDg and specutatibn'l1 that 60 stritiendoiia alfreoil is perpetrated as,that,! SIS?1 money in a riogle traastotioo ; and^afciDTe idi*that { rive d* wtafiqatf *he Sftft Iw^dragg^;, light and to punishment,even one of their mfar mods bsrndj' and'^whtoe, fo all thedafiddf^bP' iraqnity "vrhic h diagraoee-the history bf .&Uen hu- : vice-and corruption flowing*^ '&t 1 ium' of rtrin- and diggrafee fottt which titer arttegon 1 is: onau inese inmgs continue1 so to dot* no, effort to be tokde^tosesobeiftomutb*:miii'tfcet' > toibethe-staws; the hew^otffwoodwd towm* evident i?t Jned'df.'tw? Either, first. iumv^'sufiragera??t be abolished M or second, the absolute and sharp antajromsm of(i the noes must be so fur removed as to waWelnp gOOdjMOpi^ todi of^.goverinMM^ MtmiM tk^Wwr , of suijoeM?' ffhe princf^e'of UtiiVettaJ 'snffrt^1!'' constitutes^tlU ?' The6Atnen<lhVSeSbdraS & *808:wSjplfc* a^ash/theiprincipie, hat Oontenddi only tortile*; Dembcratio'Sta^^mC'&bion h'aVe incb^on^^'^ it into their ;^MMfttfaAjRh$Pkiill'? Thi^nfe#'" people,: vh theJ^.Rsa^^al election, by;; liibitmg its abridgement by the United State^ 'oi" ?rn i ne nt" tTplTi^ t " Iu<b<aa?y^an_d the. people of-thecmmtsyvi ^ ^:'* pealf Where, then, shal} the misade againripa principle thus fortified, begin ? Let him who will, undertake the task, we push the Srgpqtont to.his?;. 3VA^^XDttahe SniS^ptfons tl?& fr-1 teenth amendment should'be. sustained: that Che Supreme Court of the United States should de* be elected with Mttf; Representing amy majority/'' possible .of the American people, Jronl<?u&fktttkefra the whole countiy would then blazb'drith thefhfc#' if a civil war, fierce, bitter, bloody nndprotxactadF.: iQ *3# lu igination shrinks from theconception: reason re?ils from its contemplation, and norrmed httrhaft- 7 ty revolts from the. fcpectaole?a deface > off blood rocked bywuntekwittp atipn.. we cannot tell what may be the. purposes if 'the Ruler Of tho nnivWffe concerning tms ^ues- " ion, but as for as the iigkt of : human reason may1 raide us, it seenm evident that the world is to, pass aider toe rale of the people in some form of Demicratio government1' That idea1 had hefeh gentiilating to its development farat least three cetttu-' ie?, and, its march?is atiil onward. Should; j, iction ever setip towards other forms of progre^, t will be when this generation and its verandas emporary and accidental local issues shall- have massed away. Let ?o man decejye himself, p.Th<M\ object by moral forces, fsPthe blindest and most mpotent fatuity. - That of eradicating it from onr L ystem by force of arms, would be morethairqiad- . less and folly; it would be wickedness. Either, , novement would begin without hope and termi-1 late in despair. Its advocates would'be trampled int mode?, the ;|ieel of popular progress, batu do : nore arrest its march than a falling .meteor locks. , he wheels'of the umvSree. It' folfows tbitfoie:* ither alternative must be accepted.The^abtokue- 1 mutt he*dinar overcojM a? to enable the good people of both o combink for the purpom of 66od gwemmenZ. This is what tiwi5n?m-Ke&rm party of BonthV' Carolina prdpoeee. t# -accomplish for the Btate, It;, las already, been demonstrated that this actagOB: .. sm of races Is as Unnatural as is pbriuaaus im ts effects. Its flatted aw Mttii fohnedby tot--'! endiaries .who* demon-like, eaai.ooly five it itot laleral ires.? The foeLmxw which it feeds ia thej . lenial of the legal status ofthe colored raoeas ?os. Eliminate this point from the politics of tltt lay, and there renwunsno jast caasaof diffrHnSB ' i letween the raoes.. Their ipterestodll thenWidentical at all points; the pnnjrilriTmUiri wiilm;. larruony-aad peaoe mil prinrnil; fTiff nfflftgftdF"*'' md the trickster wHLbo rendered powttttar . ? wnopieal, ^.OOTjetog W*5 . nil revive industry. ahd enterprise; or minigration will floW td>rb<**^ UHwymwt). yrninB ?w ittiCS atles, town?on? : riH?Uettagwt, a, , rereal suffrage, wffLjo' ^**n EW^ ^ nn.|: jetfdtee a rod glorious Comroo' alTvto^taiV* u$**&'$&It' luestiooa ef y *tod wi?ely with th* Vital, pactwd', *nly uostoK the liyuog present. It praetor the, ^mKnT^ 'ie basis of union to tW People dt S&ith he oP ' ar** holds outto them for the fim time riii/ v^jjbitnehiof peaoik. It prep*** *-ifmi r-t fiU ssssait . ago, trade*the mobt difficttltofalloircainBtaneeB. * ** accepted by.the people, the experiment will h?Vftkproved the triumphant success of a great, principle, and we wTll have demonsimted oar ea- $ Pacity to emancipate ourselves from thethmWooi of prejudice,.ignorance and corruption, nod to air. ercise wisely, and, well .tfefMugj?^ ofc AfU is a sure progress oTrtSi and decay, of tfae corruption, and, in the end, almost inerfiabfe * violent and bloody splntjon, 7gfttat\prplM^in which.we had not the, wisdomana,The .vuro: to determine upon jtist, liberal iuid fehnihten^'prihp ciplea. May .Almighty W,'who rukB and go*-'' eras-the affaire of nations ana of tuCOjgojjftyo*; to right conclusions in these momentous lraaes 1 Whr.-re sudh" vital issues are at stake, lt-iigiferB little who bears the standard of-ibe*ptrty,iau?c* oui motto is, pre*e.minentlr> J'priuoipto, notman j \ but we are mostfortunate m.peing able topresent. to you as our candidate for Governor ana Lieutenant Governor, twO'f1entlemetrwho oowtane ?_ Z represent most happily those ideas of'harmeaf.. and pnion which constitute the enlarged catheSeF