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In Georgia, no cotton or woolen mills |
that mav be built in the State during the i
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next two years are to be taxed.
It is charged that negroes by hundreds |
have been run into Pennsylvania from Mary-!
land to vote on election day.
The Democrats and Liberals of the 6th |
Massachusetts Congressional District have
nominated Gen X. P. Banks for Congress.
The Memphis Appeal, an anti-Johnson
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dent's prospects, publishes his political record
since 1861. It fills ten columns of the paper.
A citizen of Wilmington, Del., ninetysix
years old, who, within the past year or two,
has proposed marriage to over fifty ladies, has
been advised by the Mayor to take a rest.
A full Liberal ticket has been nominated
in Arkansas, consisting of three Republicans
and the balance Democrats. Audrew Hunter,
Democrat, was nominated for Governor.
W. B.Schell the candidate for Governor
of the Labor Reform party in Pennsylvania,
withdrew from the canvass in favor of Buckalew,
the Democratic candidate.
The Straight-Out Democratic Convention
of the State of New York met in Albany
on the 3rd instant. Twenty-five delegates
were present. A full electoral ticket was
nominated.
The State Executive Committees of the
Liberal Republican and Democratic parties
of Ohio have caused a complete registration
to be made of every voter in the State, and
on comparison they say the State will vote
overwhelmingly in favor of the Liberal movement.
Although there was an election held for
Congressmen in West Virginia on the 22d of
August last, the same election will be held
again for Congressmen on the 24th of this
month. The dual elections are the result of
a partisan construction of the election law of
that btate, the same candidates contesting in
both.
A newly elected Squire in North Carolina
having occasion the other day to perform
the marriage ceremony for the first time, got
the affair considerably mixed, and wound up
by sayiug: "Suffer little children to come uuto
them!" At which the bride remarked:
"Thank you. John let's go; that's all we
want"
A Northern man, Mr. Salisbury, who
located near Old Fort, N. C., has sown a field
of fifty acres in turnips. It is expected to
yield at least 50,000, bushels. The gentleman
has made the experiment to convince his
neighbors that other food besides corn and
fodder can be grown for stock, and that turnips,
to be profitable, must be sown on a large
scale.
? Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Nebraska
voted last Tuesday. An election was also
VipIH in D.ikota Territory for delegate to
Congress. State elections will occur on the
5th of November in the following States:
Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Illinois,
Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey,
New York, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.
It is proposed to connect the Tennessee
river with the Atlantic ocean at Savannah by
a canal, and the engineer in charge of the
survey has made his report. The projectors
desire government aid to the amount of $17,000,000,
and the engineer's report will be presented
before Congress early next session. It
is believed President Grant will, in a special ;
message, recommend favorable action on the
matter.
Ex-Governor Curtin, the most popular
Republican politician of Pennsylvania, has
just returned to his home after an absence of
three years. The citizens of his town gave
him a public reception, on which occasion he
made a speech rather favoring the election of
Buckalew, the candidate for Governor of the
Democratic and Liberal parties. He did not
express his sentiments in regard to the Presi<
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a more suitable occasion. Much anxiety exists
among the politicians as to the Governor's
position on the Presidential question.
A good many years ago a Kentuckian
went to Cincinnati and drove a cart at low
wages until he had saved up seven hundred
dollars. With this he bought a barge load of!
coal which sunk at the landing the night it!
was delivered, and he had to sell it for four
hundred dollars. The party who bought it |
failed before paying, but Anally compromised
by giving two and a half acres of land for the
debt. The land is now in the business centre
of Cincinnati, and is worth over one million
five hundred thousand dollars to its owner as
the*price of that load of coal.
Robert Dale Owen, in a recent work,
endeavors to straighten out the Scriptures and
correct ideas which have been entertained by
religious men fcr the last few centuries.
Among other things he makes the statement
that the ancient years exactly correspond in
length with our present months, so that, when
the Scriptures say that Methuselah was 966
years of age, he was only so many months, or
something more than eighty years old. Mr.
Owen may possibly be correct, but will he
please look along a little further and explain
the following verse: "Shern was a hundred
years old and begat Arphaxad." By the
above standard of Bible dates Arphaxad
would have been a little more than eight
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years om at ine time. iMinor, ADranam s
grandfather, by the same reckoning, became
a father at the tender age of twrnty-nine
months, and died at the age of twelve years,
the father of a numerous family. Will Mr.
Owen look after this at once ?
In the town of Washington, N. C., containing
a population of 1000, there is a family
of office-holders?a nest of genuine Nepo-Republicans?who
are a credit to the National
Government, the President, his brothers-inlaw
and all. The head of the house, Hiram
E. Stilley, is United States Assessor of Internal
Revenue; next is Stephen W. Stilley,
Clerk to the Assessor; then comes Sidney F.
Stilley, who is Postmaster; and fourth, Henry
D. Stilley, Deputy Postmaster. William Stilley,
junior, was, until recently, mail-carrier on
a sheep-skin route from Washington to Goose
Creek, but is now out of employment, though
he confidently expects to be provided for before
the Presidential election. A brother-inlaw
of all these Stilleys is Assistant Assessor
of Internal Revenue, and was recently elected
atip nf tViP Knnrrl nf f!nnntv C'nnimissinnors.
The people of Washington think Grant's disease
has come upon them with a vengeance,
while some are so uncharitable as to believe
the Stilley family is in some way related to
the Presidential household.
For several weeks past a number of
wild Indians from the plains of the extreme
West have been in Washington city, the authorities
having deemed it a stroke of policy
to defray 'heir expenses across the continent,
in order that they might see the great resources
of the country, and, taking a hint
from the knowledge thus acquired, learn the
folly of warring with the pale-faces. Many
interviews have taken place between the warrior
braves and President Grant, whom they
style the "Great Father," and on Saturday
last a final interview was had with the President
by "Medicine Bear," chief of the TetonSioux,
who called for the purpose of having
a "big talk." Medicine Bear was introduced
by Geo. Cowan, Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, and before commencing his speech,
he laid his huge pipe on the mantel-piece, removed
his feather head-dress, and deliberately
proceeded to take off his shirt, to the no
small astonishraet of the white persons pres- j
ent. After divesting himselfof his nether garment
he advanced towards the President, and
holding it aloft, was about to put it ovei the
Great Father's head, when Gen. Cowan took
hold of it, and placing it on a chair, told |
Medicine Bear, through an interpreter, not
thinking, probably, of the happy "hit" he.
was making, that the Great Father would not:
wear it just then, but would accept it as a pres-'
cnt. This was satisfactory to Medicine Bear,
who, it seems, wished to divest himself of his
war-shirt in the presence of the big chief of
the pale-faces, as a token of the great estimation
in which he held him. The interview
was satisfactory to all parties, and Medicine
Bear bidding the President a final adieu,
departed for his native hunting-grounds.
?0t'Mlc Ghnpum.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
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POPULAR ELECTIONS.
It must be clear to every reflecting man
that the American system of obtaining office
is either fundamentally wrong or greatly
abused. Office seeking is a trade?a profession
; and office holding is a source of wealth
and pecuniary emolument. Every four years
the whole of the United States is tossed by
the contest for the chief magistracy, like a
forest visited by a tornado or an ocean by a
tempest. Every two years the same thing
occurs in our State. An incalculable amount
of bad feeling is engendered and fostered by
these contests; much time is spent and fabulous
suras of money prodigally wasted.
The system now almost universally prac
ticed to obtain office is, essentially, both in
spirit and practice, opposed to the principles
of republicanism. The whole affair is worked
from its inoipiency to its completion by
by leagues, conventions, caucuses, packed
committees and rings. Incredible sums are
spent to obtain nominations. Merit consists
in a full pocket. Not long since it was declared
by those who are so situated as to be
able to know what they affirm, that a certain
individual could not obtain thenomination for
Governor of a certain State for a less sum
than one hundred thousand dollars. It
makes one tremble to think tff such a state of
things. Clerks about "Washington, we are
told on good authority, frequently give thousands
of dollars for the appointment to positions
which pay them an auuual salary
of only a few hundred dollars. It is not
croaking to say that there is "something rotten
in Denmark."
Reform is needed. The whole system needs
purging. The Presidential term of office
ought to be extended and the pay reduced.
It would no doubt contribute much to the
peace aud prosperity of the country if the
Congress of the United States would meet less
! frequently and be required, like the members
of the British Parliament, to pay their own
expenses. It would be an incalculable advantage
to most if not all the States if their
legislators and senators were chosen for two
terras, and the General Assemblies convened
j only once in three years. Senators and legislators
ought to be allowed no pay. The position
should be one of honor?not of profit,
j Such is the case with the British Parliament.
; The members are allowed no pay?not even
' their expenses. In the State of South Carolina
the expense of the legislature is onerous
j in the extreme, and the advantages gained
j by its labors little. Sometimes no good, but
i much evil is done by its labors. The fewer officers
a government can have the better it is
j for it. In the State of South Carolina there
j is an office for almost every thing, and all, or
1 nearly all are salaried officers, and some of
! the salaries are most extravagant. Several ofi
fices might be safely merged into one, and the
! salary of any one of them be sufficient to pay
j a man handsomely to do all the work which
| is assigned to several men. The three Comj
missioners of York county cost the county
during the last fiscal year the round sum of
| thirteen hund.-ed and twenty-six dollars. All
| the work they have done could have been done,
j and done as well as they did it, for nothing,
: by some other county officer. There is no
crvff r\? ncn Cnr fVrnco of loocf wifVi ciir?Vt
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i enormous pay as they receive. The more of|
fices we have to fill the more office seekers we
i will have, especially if every office is accompanied
with a fat salary.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
j ? Dr. Thomas Lake, an old citizen of Edge:
field, died at his home in that county on the
24th ultimo.
? F. II. Frost, one of the members of the
! m
House of Representatives from Williamsburg
: county, died in Charleston on Wednesday of
j last week.
! ?An old bachelor of Darlington county,
offers a fine silk dress to the best preserved
! old maid, to be awarded at the next Darling!
ton fair.
? Rev. J. I. Bonuer, President of the Due
West Female College, has declined accepting
the Presidency of the Female College in
: Charlotte, N. C., which was lately tendered
him.
? Gen. E. P. Alexander, formerly Superintendent
of the Charlotte Railroad has accepted
I the Presidency of a Georgia railroad with his
' headquarters at Columbus, Georgia, instead
of Columbia, as announced last week,
i ? Adam M. Riser, who has been imprisoned
i in the jail of Newberry county for nearly two
I years, under sentence of ten years for robbing
; the mail, was last week pardoned by the
President.
? The Laurens Herald of last week announces
the deaths in that county of Rev. Joshua
Gilbert, aged 90 years; Harris Riddle, 70
years; and Mrs. Eliza McCliutock, aged 60
years.
? The "Bolters" and Conservatives of Union
county, last week nominated the following
ticket: For the Legislature?General W. H. i
j Wallace, B. H. Rice and Allison Smith, col- j
i ored; County Commissioners?Y. S. Bobo,
Henry Hardy, colored, George Martin, colored
; Clerk of Court?Capt. F. M. Farr; Proj
bate Judge?Joseph F. Gist; Sheriff?Robt.
Macbeth ; School Commissioner?W. H. Norman
; Coroner?John Tinslcy, colored.
? The Spartanburg Spartan of last week
furnishes the following information in regard
to the Air-Line Railroad : "The Atlanta and
Richmond Air-Line Railway is now completed
to Black's, forty-eight miles this side of
Charlotte. A passenger and freight train
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Will leave unariotie every xuonuay, w euuesday
and Friday, at 7. 30 A. M. From Charlotte
to Garibaldi, the first station on the
road, is thirteen miles, to Gastonia twentytwo
miles, to King's Mountain thirty-five
miles, to Whitaker's forty-three miles, and to
Black's forty-eight miles. Mr. L. M. Genj
try will run a line of hacks from this
j place to Black's, connecting with the train at
| that place 011 Mondays. Wednesdays and
Fridays. This route will be the shortest,
quickest and cheapest to all passing between
this place and Charlotte."
TOPICS OF^THE DAY.
? Ten policemen in Atlanta, Ga., have been
arrested, charged with intimidating voters at
the recent election.
? Francis Lieber, LL. D., formerly a professor
in the South Carolina College, died in
New York on Friday last.
? On the 4th instant a gin house at Bayland,
Texas, containing 20,000 bales of sea island
cotton, was burned.
? George C. Langhorne, late postmaster at
Cloverdale, Va., has been sentenced to ten
years imprisonment in the Albany penitentiary
for robbing the mail.
? The Liberian Minister (colored) has commenced
suit against the Arlington Hotel in
Washington city for refusing to entertain
him. Theamount of damage claimed is $5000.
? A San Antonia dispatch of the 4th says
that a party ofTexans followed a band of
Mexican cattle thieves into Mexico and at:
tacked them at Newton. Two Texans and
several Mexicans were killed.
? The bricklayers of Chicago have demanded
$4 for eight hours work, and 50 cents per
hour for extra work. One thousand men have
obtained their demands, though work is suspended
on several large buildings.
? A great storm occurred on the northwestern
lakes on Saturday night. Much damage
was done to shipping at Detroit, Buffalo,
Toronto and other points. The storm was
accurately foretold by the signal service bureau
at Washington.
? The vote in Georgia last week resulted in
a complete Democratic victory. The official
report of ninety-nine counties show a majority
for Smith, Democratic candidate for Governor,
of 40,013. As Representatives in the
Legislature 139 Democrats and 6 Republicans
are so far reported.
? A fight took place in Macon, Ga., on the
day of the election between the white and the
colored voters. One white man was killed
and several whites and blacks were wounded.
It is alleged that the negroes endeavored to
prevent the whites from voting by crowding
them away from the polls, and hence the origin
of the difficulty. Disturbances also occurred
in Savannah.
? An advance in the price of kerosene may
be soon expected. The Pennsylvania wells
had become so prolific that the cost of producing
exceeded the profits, and the proprietors
have ceased operations. In order to prevent
the working of the wells, they have been plugged
and the engines destroyed. Much excitement
exists among the operators and laborers,
in the oil region, and trouble is apprehended.
? Three passenger coaches on the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad fell
through the trestle three miles from Greenville
on Wednesday of last week. The cars
were wrecked and a brakeman instantly
killed. Twenty-seven passengers were wounded.
of whom four will probably die. The
train was crowded, and the escape of the passengers
from instant death was almost miraculous.
? Mrs. Laura Fair, who two years ago murdered
Col. Crittenden, a noted lawyer of San
Francisco, has stood her second trial for the
offense and been acquitted. She was the paramour
of Crittenden, who was a married man,
and shot him in the presence of his wife as he
was landing from a steamboat on a crowded
wharf. On her first trial she was convicted
of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to
j be hung.
! ?The Washington correspondent of the N. Y.
I Herald says it has just transpired that young
I Shotwell, one of the leaders of the North Car!
olina ku-klux and now confined in the Albany
J penitentiary, proposed to a prominent member
of Congress that if the President would pardon
him, he would take the stump and labor for
the Republican party. Finding that Shotwell
was disposed to plead for pardon, it was pro:
posed to ask if he would give evidence against
j the principal leaders of the klan in his State.
! This he declined to do. The North Carolina
i papers doubt the truth of the story.
? A meeting of the directors and stockholders
of the Andes Insurance Company, which
suspended operations a few weeks ago, was
held iu Cincinnati on Friday last, in which
stock to the amount of four-fifths was represented.
The directors regarded the action of
j Superintendent Church in suspending the
J functions of the company early last month as
j without the warrant of law, but decided not
j to take steps to resist his order before the ani
nual meeting next January. The directors re!
ported a deficit of ?221,000 in excess of the
. liabilities over the assets and the stock all
' gone. They resolved to postpone further as-1
scssments until the January meeting, and to
make every effort to avoid abandoning the
company. The belief is expressed that the
company could be upheld if the stockholders
cooperate.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Cotton is received in the Raleigh market
! at the rate of one hundred bales per day.
j ? Nancy Smith died near Old Fort, McI
Dowell county, on the 20th ultimo, aged 115
; years.
! ? Davidson College opened the present sesj
sion with 95 students?the largest atten1
dance for years.
? A destructive fire occurred in Salisbury
on Sunday morniug last, destroying six stores
' in the husiness nart of the town. The fire is
i said to have been accidental.
| ? Five printers in the Raleigh Nexus office
j have recently joined the Good Templars.
| The editor congratulates himself upon the
prospect of au early decliuo in the price of,
j the ardent.
I ? Peach Tree Grove, Nash county, is to be ;
j the scene of a gladiatorial combat, on the 3rd
Sunday of the month, between a Missionary 1
Baptist aud a Universalist minister. The dis-1
cussion is to continue three days.
| ? Only forty-six counties of the State have
made official returns of the August election.!
| ? I
Forty-five counties are yet to report officially.!
The law requires that the returns shall be j
transmitted to tho Secretary of State in a!
seal jd envelope, directed to the Speaker of the
House, by whom they will he opened on the ,
day of the organizing of the Legislature.
? An effort is being made to establish an
orphan asylum at Oxford. The subject of
establishing an asylum for inebriates has also
been discussed. Tlfe State Medical Society i
at its last session strongly recommended such ,
an institution.
? Dr. J. Brinton Smith, a teacher in Ral- j
eigli, died very suddenly one morning last i
week, just after taking a seidlitz powder..
Suspicions are entertained that he was pois-!
oned, and the stomach of the deceased has
been scut to Philadelphia for examination.
? Mr. Jackson Scales, long and favorably 1
known by the traveling public as proprietor
of the Southern Hotel at Greensboro, died I
suddenly near Houston, Texas, on the 18th j
ultimo. His hotel was destroyed by fire last;
summer, and he removed to Texas with the ;
view of bettering his fortune.
? Forty-eight colored youths left Greens-j
boro on Sunday night for Hampton, Va., at;
which place they are to be educated at the
expense and under the direction of an English j
society of Friends for teachers?this being the !
condition on which they are to be educated
gratuitously.
?The Raleigh News learns that Judge Merrimon
has indicted Hon. John Pool for the cir- i
culation of a campaign document headed
"Read and Circulate," which was extensively
circulated under Pool's frank during the gubernatorial
canvass, and contained gross personal
reflections on the private character of
the Democratic candidate for Governor.
? The case of Thomas Gilchrist, charged
with the killing of W. B. McClennan in Robeson
county a few weeks ago, came up under
a writ of habeas corpus before Judge Russell
in Wilmington on Saturday last, and after a
full hearing of all the circumstances of the
case, the prisoner was released absolutely and
without condition from further arrest.
? A Raleigh merchant has brought suit
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tllw V^UUljJUIlJ UU tuc Ivllv ?? |
ing grounds: He had cotton in store with a
firm North, awaiting his orders. He telegraphed,
"Hold cotton." The operator in
Baltimore, in repeating the dispatch sent
from Raleigh, made it read "Sold cotton."
The consequence is the firm North sold the
cotton, whereby a loss was sustained.
? A knotty question arises in Catawba
county. A number of persons of that county
are bound over, on charges of ku-kluxing, to
the United States Circuit Court, which convenes
in Statesville on the third Monday of
this month, who are likewise bound, with different
securities, to the Superior Court of
Lincoln county, which convenes at the same
time.
? Congress, at its last session, established a
United States Court for the Western District
of North Carolina, but failed to make any
provision for the appointment of a United
States Marshal. As no Court could be held
without a Marshal, and no money could be
drawn from the treasury to pay the expenses
p .i . n . .1 _ _ i _ J? r _ai i._
or ine uouri in me aosence 01 sucn omcer, to
meet this unexpected emergency, Marshal
Carrow, of the Eastern District, has been appointed
a disbursing agent of the Department
of Justice, and under this appointment has
drawn ?20,000 to defray the expenses of the
Court. This makes $249,000 as the total
amount drawn during the past twelve months
for this purpose. Heretofore the annual expenses
of the Federal Courts in North Carolina
have not exceeded $10,000.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
FROM UNION COUNTY.
Never has there been such a favorable fall
for cotton picking. It is earlier than usual,
and on upland it will soon all open. Farmers
are hurrying off to market with it, notwithstanding
the depression in prices. By the
first of December our whole crop can be
picked; and perhaps three-fourths of it will be
sold by that time.
Much complaint is made against the weighers
in some of our markets. In some instances
bales weighed carefully at home and hauled
immediately to market will lose from five to
twenty-five pounds. The farmers would prefer
a smaller price and just weights. No
doubt there is room for grumbling on both
sides. It is just as bad to cheat in packing
cotton as in weighing. Honesty and fair
dealing would prove better for all concerned.
Our corn market has opened at 50 cents.
This will rise as soon as corn becomes dry.
The largest crop made for several years is now
on hand, but the need is greater for it than
usual.
Too dry to prepare wheat land. This should
be sown, to insure a good crop, before the 10th
of November on well prepared land. Five
bushels of seed put on a well prepared lot, is
better that twice that amount carelessly put
in. The Tappahannock is the best variety of
white wheat that has been tried in this community.
It ripens from the 1st to 10th of May
and weighs 62 to 66 pounds to the bushel, and
makes the highest grade of family flour. The
white Tourelle, a French variety, is the largest
and whitest grain we have ever seen, but it
has not beeu tried by us yet. The last crop
was about one-third the quantity required to
j supply the community. It does seem that we
I should make enough for home consumption.
The county is not thoroughly aroused on
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i tne political questions 01 me any. auuui uur
| village the office-seekers are very earnest; and
i even in the county the same class of persons
j do not permit grass to grow under their feet.
I The desire for office is growing on our people,
j and as that increases, good solidmun ly princi:
pie grows weaker. It is bad for a man, mor:
ally, when he settles down in the convictiou
j that the country cannot get 011 without his
| services, and that he cannot get on without
I some office. Out of ten such persons nine
I are generally unfit for the most humble office
1 in the gift of the people. The colored people
| are indifferent as to what party wins. Many
| of them will not vote. They have lost confidence
in all parties, and many of them will
! be "lookers 011" at the election. P.
0, That I Were Beautiful I is the unspoken j
! wish of thousands of women to whom nature ,
I has denied the charm of a pure, fresh trans- j
parent complexion. To gratify this wish Ha- i
; can's Magnolia Balm, was introduced, j
| Thecosmetics of the day had been pronounced J
poisonous by the most distinguished chemists,!
| and it was also found that their ultimate ef-!
! feet was to wither the skin as well as to par-'
alize the external nerves. The ladies hailed j
with delight the advent of a healthful, herbal,
and floral preparation capable of imparting !
to their faces, necks and arras a porelaiu i
smoothness and a tinge like that of the finest
oriental pearl. They soon discovered that it
was a "new thing under the sun," incomparable
and unapproachable. Unquestionably the
Magnolia Balm has been the great toilet j
success of the present century.
SI,000 Reward is offered by the proprietor
of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, for i
a medicine that will equal it in the cure of all i
severe cases of "Liver Complaint" and all 1
diseases arising from impurity of the blood, J
as Eruptions, Pimples, Blotches, Boils, etc. :
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
M. Strauss A Son?Great Attraction?Shirting,
Ac.?Plaids, Ac.?Hoots and Shoes?ReadyMade
Clothing?Caps and Hats?Hosiery,
Gloves, Ac.?Sewing Machines?Shawls.
Carroll, Clark A Co.?Now Goods.
It. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sales.
T. W.Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In
the Matter of Eiisha N. Coleman,
Bankrupt.
W. L. Grist, News Dealer?Mako Your Selection.
E. Dickinson, Agent?Millinery, Fancy and llair
((nods.
S. I J. Hall?Judgo of Probate?Citation?L. S.
White, Applicant?Joseph F. Whito, deceased.
C. A. A F. H. Youngblood?Administrators' Notice.
J. S. Mratton and R. S. Hone?Administrators'
Sale.
Simon Ferguson?Candidate for County Commissioner.
Jona. N. McElweo, Jr.?To the People of York
County.
T. M. Dobson it Co.?Now is tho Time?Ladies'
Hats?Shoes?Cassimercs?Shawls?Blankets?
Kobes and Shawls?Boulevards?Opera
Flannels?Miles' Shoes?Gent's Hats?
Shaker Flannel?Rcady-Made Clothing?
Crockery?Hardware?Cotton Flannel?Notions?Umbrellas?Underwear?Trunks.
S. B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Notice to theheirsat-law
of Isis Bates, deceased.
J. S. R. Thomson, Administrator?Application
for Discharge.
J. M. Kirkpatrick, Administrator?Application
for Dischargo.
T. \V. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?Tn Bankruptcy?In
tl\e matter of W. B. Haines.
James F. Hart, Plaintilf's Attorney?Notice to R.
L. M. Camden, Defendant.
W. B. Wilson, Plaintilf's Attorney?Notices to
the South Carolina Gold Mining Company.
Miles Johnsan, Trial Justice?Notice to R. L. M.
Camden, Defendant.
John G. Enloe?School Notice.
Adickes A Black?Dress Goods?New Goods Arrived?Shoos?Cassimercs?Hard
waro.
James Bynum?To tho Voters of York.
RE-APPOINTED.
Gov Scott has re-appointed Miles Johnson,
of Yorkville, a Trial Justice for York county,
vice John McManus, resigned.
A CITIZEN OF YORK KOBIJED.
Mr. James A. Glenn, of Zeno, in this county,
was robbed at Happy Home, N. C., on
a! _ _! . P ll _ riAil ..1A? - P i.
tne nigm 01 ine zxjin umrao, 01 au overcuat
and several other articles of wearing apparel,
and a pair of pistols. He alleges that the
theft was committed by a strolling ventriloquist
and sleight-of-hand performer, who
called himself Professor King.
FREE SCHOOL STATISTICS.
"We have been furnished by Miles Johnson,
Esq., School Commissioner, with the subjoined
statements in regard to the free schools in
York county: Number of white children who
have attended free schools from October 1,
1871, to June 1,1872, 1723. Number of colored
children who have attended school within
the same time, 1205. Total, 2925. The
amount paid to teachers by County Treasurer,
which was derived from poll tax and
school district assessments, is 85,048.36.
The amount due the county from the State
appropriation is 89,722.22.
SALES-DAY.
On Monday last, the Sheriff, under the order
of the Judge of Probate, sold for partition,
lands belonging to the estates of Samuel
Faris, Leroy A. Ferguson and Monroe White,
as follows:
Faris Land.?One hundred and forty
acres?purchased by F. M. Walker at $2.25
per acre.
Ferguson Land.?On^hundred and ninety-six
acres, known as the "Home" tract?
purchased by Wra. Ferguson at $3.10 per
acre. One hundred and forty-six acres?
purchased by Wra. Ferguson at $3.25 per
acre.
Wiiite Land.?One lot at Fort Millpurchased
by B. F. Powell, for $735. The
"Home" place?75 acres?purchased by Rev.
Win. Banks at 834 per acre. One hundred
and ninety-three acres on Catawba River?
purchased by D. H. White at 820 per acre.
One hundred and thirty-five acres on Catawba
river?purchased by L. M. Culp at $16.60
per acre.
MANAGERS OF ELECTION.
The Commissioners of Election for York
county, have designated the following persons
as Managers of Election at the precincts
mentioned below:
Yorkville?John G. Enloe, J. S. Lewis, Jerome
L. Wood, J. Ed. Jefferys, Gilbert Dillard,
John A. Newton.
Bethel? R. L. Simmons, Nelson McCall,
Robert Torrence.
Blairsville?W. J. Wilson, Reuben Nance,
W. J. Rainey.
McConnellsville?E. N. Crawford, W. H.
Clark, Allison Reid.
Clay Hill?Wra. Sahras, J. D. Currence,
Sam Simril. 77/iv/
Tlfilfa?Af fVf!nnnp11 T?. E_ Pnwfill.
Nathaniel Adger.
Coated Tavern?J. J. Shaw, D. F. Schooley,
Thomas R. Hamilton.
Pride's Old Mill-?T. K. Rates, ? Kidd,
Lewis Hiles.
Rock Hill?Thomas "Wood, 0. Sitgreaves,
Allen Jones, Henry Steele, George Miller,
"Wesley Brumfield.
We have been unable to ascertain the names
of the persons appointed for Bethany, Boydton
and Wylie's Store precincts.
EX-GOVERNOR PERRY'S SPEECH.
On Monday last we had a larger number
than usual of our country friends in town?
the occasion being an expected address from
the Hon. B. F. Berry, who is the Democratic
candidate for Congress for this District. The
ex-Governor looks hale and hearty, and stauds
as erect as a youngster of twenty-five. He
thinks he will be elected, and is, of course,
in good spirits. At tne time appointed ior
the speaking, the Court House was filled by
persons anxious to hear the first Democratic
speech that has been made here during the
present canvass. The audience was aii acceptionally
good one, and comprised a 'fair
representation of the intelligent and well-toyeomanry
of our county, with here and there
a considerable show of dusky faces in the
crowd. The remarks of the speaker were listened
to throughout with close attention, interrupted
now and then by marks of applause.
After an introduction by W. B. Wilson, Esq.,
Gov. Perry said:
Fi:li.ow Citizens:?I am happy to have the
pleasure of meeting you here to-day, although I
? txAwunnnllir fArmni- Htiinci
KIIOW DUIIUW ui.vuu [ici.iwimuj. <<
ami better days I was better known to prominent
citizens of your county who have passed away,
and wiio have been spared the misfortune of seeing
the distress and misfortunes which have come
upon our beloved State.
I have recently received tho nomination by
your convention for a seat in tho United States
Congress. Tho nomination was unexpected and
not desirod by me. My age, health, and disinclination
for public life, were strong reasons for my
not accepting it. But in times like tho present,
everyone who loves his Stato should work in
whatever place the people think lit to place him.
For that reason I accepted the nomination, and
now appear before you to discuss with you tho
condition of the country, and to express to you
my opinions as to the course which should bo pursued
by our peoplo.
We have had four years of radical rule and of
tho administration of General Grant, and what is
tho result? What are the consequences of tho rule
of the Radical party in this State? It is uncertain
what is the exact amount of the State debt; but
there is no doubt that it has been increased from
ten to twenty millions of dollars. And what is
there to show for this vast amount of debt? What
single improvement lias been made in the State?
Not a single railroad has been built; not a College
or University endowed; no charitable institution
supported ; no provision made for tho poor and |
unfortunate. As the Radical party themselves i
admit, the money has been squandered, embezzled {
anil stolen. In addition to this, we have been
taxed to the amount of millions of dollars. Although
we have less than one-third of tho proper- I
ty we had before tho war, our taxes are live-fold
greater than they formerly were. And yet tho j
State Treasury is empty! The Judges and other I
! officials have received no salary for the last nine |
i months, although millions of dollars have Ihmmi ,
I paid into the Treasury. Large appropriations |
I were made for the education ol both whites and i
j blacks, hut the funds have been stolen and the free ;
schools are closed. The Lunatic Asvlum is now j
dependent upon private charity, and but for that,
! the poor unfortunates confined there would be |
I turned loose upon the world or starve. The ap|
propriation made for them was large; but the
money is stolen. Largo appropriations were also
; made for the Penitentiary; but the Treasury is
i empty, and the convicts are being farmed out, in
| preference to letting them loose upon the community.
I Seven hundred thousand dollars of your money !
I was appropriated to buy lands and homes for the
poor. This money, too, has been squandered and j
embezzled. The small amount of lands that were
purchased is perfectly worthless. The land commissioner
purchased lands near Charleston for
$'.10,000, charged it to the State at ?120,000, and him- I
self pocketed $100,000 on that transaction. In t
Greenvillo county, in order to save a Northern j
creditor, I purchased, at Sheriff's sale, some poor J
worthless lands at sixty cents per acre. The lands
were so poor and worthless that the creditor de-.
sired meto dispose of them. I sold them to Mr.
Cleveland at sixty cents per acre. He sold them
tn tlm T.mvl I Vmi miss inner at $5.00 nor acre: the ;
(lends to theStato were made out at $7.00 per aore,
and the difference of $2.00 per acre was pocketed
by the Commissioner.
The high officials of the Radical party are themselves
charging each other with all kinds of fraud.
G'ardozo, the Secretary of State, says that soven or
eight millions of dollars of bonds have been forged
and put in circulation. These bonds were sold in
New York at thirty, forty and fifty cents on the |
dollar. Our State bank bills were selling at ten
cents on the dollar. Our Ohio Governor, with
others of the ring, purchased and bought up these
bills, and then, as Mr. Corbin says, bribed tho
Legislature to pass an act funding these bills at
par. In the same way, an act was passed requiring
the interest on these bonds to bo paid in gold,
in order to give market to the bonds in New York.
It is said that this ring sold out these bonds at
eighty and ninety cents on the dollar, and invested
tho proceeds in western lands. Governor Scott is
said to have invested largely in this way, and to
have built himself a palace in Ohio. He" is said to
lie worth a million dollars now, although, according
to Judge Carpenter, he only paid tax in Ohio
a few years ago on a bob-tailed horse and an old
sulky. And although he is now rolling in wealth,
his salary as Governor of the State is only $J500
per year.
Tho Legislature, too, has made an immense
number of petty offices in order to increase the
strength of the party. In tho olden time tho duties
in regard to bridges, froe schools, etc., were
performed gratuitously' by our citizens. Now
they are all paid for. The County School Commissioner
ot each county gets $1,000 for disbursing
school funds in their counties. In Pickens county
the school fund is only $1,400; but the School Commissioner
gets $1,000 of it for disbursing it.
This same Legislature has created an army of
pages and attaches, and theexpensesofthat Legislature
at its last session amounted to one million
of dollars. Every committee of tho Legislature
had its clerk. A member of the Legislature informed
me that one of the committees had a colored
woman for its clerk and paid her ton dollars
per day. I was a member of the Legislature for
thirty years, and was chairman of various committees,
and never before heard of a clerk being
required for a committee. Our employees were a
door-keeper, a messenger and a reading clerk.
For our services during the session wo received
from seventy to one hundred dollars. I have
unvpr rpj-flived more than one hundred dollars lor
a single session. The Legislature have lately put
the salary of their members at six hundred dollars,
and although it should not be over two hundred
dollars, still I am glad they have given
themselves a stated salary, as it will now bo to
their interest to have short sessions. ,
I do not know it myself, but I have heard of
wide-spread bribery in the Legislature, and that
many of the members have received their thousands.
Mr. Edward, of Virginia, told mo that he formerly
owned a colored woman to whom his family
was much attached, and that when she was
emancipated she moved to Columbia. Four or
live years after the war, ho met her in a store there
and she invited him to visit her house. He did
so, and she showed him her magniticently furnished
rooms, her silver plate?more in quantity
than he had ever before seen in a private family?
and her $200 casket, with its contents of diamonds,
watches, Ac. She told him, "Mr. Edward, all this
never cost me a cent. Thoy were presented to my
husband for passing bills in tho Legislature."
.Her husband was Elliott; then a member of tho
Legislature, and now a member of Congress from
this State.
This same Legislature made an appropriation of
$70,000 or $80,000 for what was callea the "Armed
Force." When the Governor was about to be
impeached, it is said that he bribed the Legislature
with this fund. Exhibits lately made go to show
that 310,000 of this went to Moses, ?10,000 to Elliott,
and various amounts to other parties. You have
here the disgusting scene of tho Governor bribing,
with the people's money, the Legislature to drop
tho proceedings against him.
In regard to the Congressional election, I desire
to say a few words. For four years you have not
been represented in Congress. The liadical party
havoat present all tho members from this State.
Your property and your interests are not represented.
With' sixty thousand voters, representing
almost wholly the'wealth and intelligence of the
State, you are without representation in Congress.
You h'avo 110 one to correct misrepresentations
that may be made to the President and to Congress.
The consequence of this has been that these
misrepresentations have induced a suspension of
the writ of habeas corpus and a practical government
of this section by tho military. Under the
Constitution, Congress alone could suspend the
writ; but they, nevertheless, delegated that power
to tho President. It is true that there have been
disturbances, riots and tumults in the nine counties
in which the writ h:is been suspended; but at
tho time the President issued his proclamation the
disturbances had ceased and the country was in a
stato of profound peace. I defy any one to point
out an instance where any officer was over resisted
in executing his warrants and making arrests.
At any time, any person charged with crimeeould
be brought before the State tribunals without difficulty
and tried for his oflenso. But this did not
nunHin miHintMHesin Washington. Ninecouiities
were proclaimed in rebellion, the insurgents were
ordered to disperse and go to their homes, as
though we were assembled and in arms, when, in
truth, we were at our homes working in our fields
and our shops. On the heels of that proclamation
came the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus.
The military made arrests of innocent and guiltless
men, they were thrown into prison, carried
to Columbia, tried by packed juries with perjured
witnesses, convicted and sent to a distant prison.
If Victoria had attempted such acts as these her
throne would have toppled from under her. The
Anglo-Saxon is devoted to civil law; lie especial I3*
holds inviolate the great writ of habeas corpus.
But by this act of Congress, the prisoner is denied
the opportunity of showing his innocence. Ho
must lie in jail until the authorities see proper to
release or tryjiim. But I have the satisfaction of
telling you that the Hon. Reverdy Johnson has
said to Governor Vance, of North Carolina, that
the Supreme Court of the United States has decided
that this act is unconstitutional; and that as
soon as that Court assembles?which will be in
December?that decision will bcannouneed. That
will be an end of these prosecutions, and those who
have been imprisoned will be released. I11 addition
to this?nut not with any reference to this
statement?the Attorney-General of the United
States told a gentleman that no further proceedings
would be had in the United States Courts against
parties charged with violating this act of Congress,
but that these parties would be turned over to the
State Courts for trial.
And here, amidst one's peers, is where a trial
should bo had. Mr. Jefferson stated as one of the
reasons for the declaration of independence, that
citizens wero taken from their homes and carried
to a distance for trial. Parties arrested under this
act have been carried to Columbia, or Charleston, J
or Greenville, and tried by jurors who knew
neither them nor tho witnesses who testified
against them. The beauty of trial by jury is that
the jurors are supposed to bo from *tlio vicinage,
and to know tho character of the witnesses. In
Columbia or Charleston tho jury do not know the
witnesses from here, and any one who tolls them
a glib story is credited, "flie trial for a crime
should bo in tho county where it is alleged to be
committed.
At this election this State will elect five representatives
to Congress?one from each of the four I
Congressional District and one from the State at
large. The white people of this State have a right
to elect one of these to represent them. Tho Radical
party themselves should be willing to allow
this when they have the other four. There is no
opposition to their candidates in tho other three
Congressional districts, or to their candidate for
tho State at large. I ask you, therefore, not to bo
lukewarm, but to turn out and vote. In my county
(Greenville) four years ago the people were inactive.
They said tlie negroes have tho majority;
lot tho State go. The State did go. Enormous
taxes wero imposed, bad laws wero enacted, the
State debt was increased, ofiiees were multiplied,
the salaries of officers were increased. The people
sawtheir policy would not do. Atthelastel'-tion
I they participated in voting, and elected better
1 men. They are more active now than ever. The
j same spirit prevails in Spartanburg and Laurens
1 and Union. We have a majority of more than
I three thousand voters in this Congressional district.
Let there be a general turn out 011 the day I
I of election.
| Tho colored voters, too, should come to the res- 1
I mm Tlmv Imi-e si deen interest in good govern
I meat. The taxes of the country are paid by la-J
| bor. The tax on property is the same as the tax }
' on merchandize. Go to a merchant to buy a yard j
' of calico. The merchant will see what it cost him. j
| He will then add 011 his cost for transportation,
then his taxes and then his profit, and the purehas- j
i er will pay for all. The same way with the farm- j
: er. Land that he could afford to"rent for ?2 per j
! acre before this, he must now charge $3 for in or- [
[ der to meet the tax on l.is land. The party who
| hires laborors, where before he was able to pay $10, j
1 can now only pay $8. In the end the laborer pays
I the taxes of "the country. Wo are all equally inI
terested in a good government. I am dependent
| on you for labor, and you are dependent upon me
for land. We should befriends, and we would be
if it woro not for men from the North who have
I tried to poison your minds, and urged you not to >
trust the white poople. They say if you elect us
to office, you will be put back into slavery. But j
they know they are speaking falsely. They know j
that your freedom is guaranteed to you by the j
amendments to the Constitution. But they say
this in order to get your votes and get into office !
and steal their millions. Y011 elected your Gov- j
ernor and I10 steals his thousands, and how are ,
you benefitted ? You and I are interested in this
thing?we are in the same boat, and weshould rally
together and put in office only good and honest
men. These carpet-baggers have taught you to
distrust throe of the best friends you have ever
had. Those friends are Horace Greeley, Charles
Sunnier, andCassius M. Clay. These men have
done more to abolish slavery than all the rest of
the radical party. These men ask you not to band
yourselves together, as a race, against the whito
people. But you turn your backs upon theso
iiien in consequence of the poison which has been
instilled into your ears. It is time for you to think
of this. How much better off are you now than
you wore when you were first set free ? And how
much better offis the white man now than he was
then? Both are crushed with the taxation, and
you will be kept poor all your days unless you
nave a bettor government. The land-owners are
but the agents and overseers over you for the benefit
of this government at Columbia. You may
work day and night, but the surplus that is made
goes forjtaxes, and is embezzled and stolen by the
government. Ifthere is manly spirit in you unite
wit!. ur>. and let us give a long pull, a strong pull,
and a pui! altogether, and see what we can do .to
restore an honest goverhmcnt.
A reform movement has been initiated by the
Liberal Republicans?the honest Republicans of
the North. They determined no longer to tolerate
such a President as General Grant, and nominated
Horace Greeley as their standard-bearer.
They charge Grant with attempting to centralize
all power in the general government; with subverting
the rights of the State; with acting in defiance
of the civil laws and the constitution; with
attempting to govern the country in military fashion
; with lobbying measures through Congress.
He especially attempted to bribe Senator Schurz
in the San Domingo matter?an attempt which, if
it had been successful, would have been a death
blow to your race there. He sent a messenger to
Carl Schurz and told him he would give him all
the patronage and offices he wished If he would
support tliescheme. But Schurz said "no" to the
proposition. What would our ancestors have
thought of Jefferson or Madison or Jackson had
they sent such a message to a Senator? Notwithstanding
their great services, the whole country
would have cried them down and damned them.
This reform movement at the North comes from
the Republican party. I saw the other day a list?
and it was like tnelistof an army?of the Generals
I who were supporting Horace Greeley in preference
to Grant. General Grant is guilty of the
grossest nepotism; not only in reference to his own
J family, but also with the kindred of his wife.
I n??.l ??? nr.Unrl Uim mtYlAITft Mu V\mt V* Of.! M.
I UIHIU 111UII mill IAS 1VIIIUTV liio vtwuuwt ...
law Casey, but ho was not removed. Grant is surrounded
by corrupt men. Bowen, the Post Me iter
at Washington, who stands high in the Radi- ^
cal party, and who was the friend of Grant, says ^
that Grant has defrauded him of $20,000?that lie
has none of the instincts of a gentleman, and is
most at home in drinking whisky and talking
horse.
Grant was elected President on his military reputation.
If I am not greatly mistaken, history
will make that reputation small. I defy any one
to point to a battle in which he was engaged in
which he did not have an overwhelming superiority
in numbers to the Confederates. He lost one
hundred and fifty thousand men in conquering
Lee, who never had more than fifty thousand.
General Grant graduated at West Point and graduated
low. He then went into the army, but soon
contracted bad habits, and when about to be cashiered
for drunkenness and unofllcer-like conduct,
resigned. Ho then went and stayed with his father-in-law,
Dent, until the war broke out in Missouri.
At that time he was negotiating with the
rebels to take command of some of their troops,
but receiving a commission as Colonel in the Federal
army, abandoned the negotiation. He was a
Democrat before the war and voted for Buchanan.
When he went into the army ho said, "I draw my
sword in defense of the Union, but not to free the
negroes. If this war is for the purpose of abolishing
slavery, I will sheath ray sword and go
back to my farm." But for thirty years Greeley
has labored for your freedom, and has always been
your friend.
But these carpet-baggers, who are unwilling to
do anything for you, try to prejudice you against ^
those who are your friends. A gentleman told
me a few days ago, that he was on the railroad and
a black man was trying to borrow money to pay
his passage. Ho went to Carpenter, the editor of
the Utiion, who is always anxious to get the black
man's vote; but Carpenter wouldn't let mm nave
the money, which, however, he did get from a
poor Democrat of Laurens.
And now, my friends, contrast the life of Grant
with that of Greeley. Horace Greeley was born
in poverty. As a poor boy he worked on a farm
in Now England. Ho then went as a workman
into a printing office, and worked his way up until
now he stands one of tho first journalists of the
world. No journal in the land lias a higher character
than that which he controlled. The speeches
which hehaslately made in his western trip show
that he can speak as well as write. I am amazed
at tho wonderful versatility and genius shown in
thoso speeches. Gratz Brown says that Greeley
has a grand head. I agree with him; but say, too,
that Greeley has a big heart?one always ready at
the call of charity. When the Federal cavalry,
about the close of the war, made a raid into the
up-country, they took away two horses from a
poor Baptist preacher named Gwinn. Mr. Gwinn
wrote to Mr. Greeley an account of the way in
which he had been treated, and although Mr. Greeley
certainly has no cause to be partial to South
Carolinians, he sat down and- sent Mr. Gwinn a
check for $200 In former times we South Carolinians
haveabusedMr. Greeley roundly. Judge
Orr said to me tho other day, "How cau you support
Greeley, a man that you have been fighting
for thirty years?" I told the Judge "I woulu
supports man whom I had fought for thirty years
011 issues now dead, rather than one I had 'boon
lighting four years on live issues." I feel like the *
Democrat in Alabama who was asked by a big
unuicai now no ouuiu Buppvit nun? o ui?.vn,j
who had done so much to set all the negroes free.
The Democrat said, that "Horace was such a good
hand at freeing folks, he wanted to see him elected
so that he could set the white people free!"
Hut my friends, the Republican party were not
willing for the white people to be free. Until lately,
I, an old Union man, was disfranchised; and if
I had been elected to the Legislature as some of
mv friends wished, would have been unable to
take my seat. I was opposed to secession ; I felt
that it was imprudent and told my friends that se- I
cession was the death-knell of slavery. But when
the State did secede I went heart and hand for my
country. And after the war, as I couldn't take
the oath of office, I was disfranchised. But when
the Republican party saw the monster meeting in
Cincinnati in favor of amnesty and reform, tney
said we must checkmate this movement. They,
therefore, repealed this disability law except as to
a few hundreds of persons; but they never would
have done had it not been for the Cincinnati Convention,
But what was Horace Greeley's record on this
question of amnesty? The next morning after
the surrender at Appomatox he came out in his
paper in favor of conciliation. He asked that the
conquerors be magnanimous and that such measures
bo adopted as would make us all brothers
again. But for seven years General Grant and his
party have opposed him. They haye appealed to
the prejudices of the North; they have spoken
about thqdanger of rebels being in power and surrendering
the Government into thehandsof rebels.
Their object was to lire the Northern mind, and
keep the North and South from coming together.
The Democratic party at the North are our friends
and have had to encounter much prejudice. I was
in the Convention at Philadelphia in 1887, and
when I graspod the hands of Democrats there, I
felt they were my friends. They told us how
much they had cnclured for the sake of that friendship.
But they were jeered at and scorned by the
Republicans, and called sympathisers with rebels.
The Democrats replied that they had fought in the
war, and now the war was ended they wanted
harmony, and wanted us back in the Union on
equal terms with themselves. I told President
Johnson that as South Carolina had first left the
Union, it would Ik? a matter of pride for me that
she should be the first to go back. The old man
was delighted, and so was Mr. Seward. The magnanimous
treatment of our State proposed by Mr.
Johnson was at first hardly believed by many in
our State. But Congress put an end to it. It determined
on "reconstructiori." The whites and
blacks were getting on too amicably. About this
time there was a meeting in Columbia at which
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I MHU UL'UUliU llrtliijjwn turn "v . .j r- ,
highly complimenting each other. The Radicals
were alarmed. Thev saw that if the whites and
blacks became friends, the South would be stronger
than ever. Congress passed the reconstruction
laws, and the South was flooded by a horde of carpet-baggers.
These carpet-baggers were all poorsome
not even able to pay their passage on the
cars. Many of them were'men of no character.
Tliov told the negroes if they voted with the whites
[ they would be put back into slavery. They instituted
Union Leagues and swore their disciples to
vote lor the Radical nominee. These Union
Leagues have been broken up and the United
brotherhood substituted, the object of which, as I
am informed, is to make Moses Governor of the
State, and put Governor Scott into the United
States Senate.
Fellow-Citizens, both white and colored, you
should feel it incumbent on yon to go to the polls
and vote, and to vote for honest men. The great
convention which was held in Columbia some
time since was the most disgraceful afl'air I have
ever heard of. The members charged each other
with being rogues, liars and scoundrels. When
Chamberlain was put in nomination, the friends of
the candidate defended him by saying he hadn't
stolen as much as the other candidate. When
Tomlinson was put forward he was denounced for
bribery in the passage of the Phosphate bill. Cardozo
says Tomlinson admitted it to him.
Tim Hurley made a speech in the Bolters' Convention,
which sepcrated from the Regular Convention
and went ofl' to themselves. Tim made
a good speech, as he is well able to do. He exhibited
his tax receipt of $2t>00, for his property in
South Carolina?said this thing couldn't be stood
much longer?it would break the State. A black
man?a stone-mason in Columbia?replied to Mr.
Ilurley, rcmindinghim that when he came here a
fi>?' hn wiwn't wnrtlm rlnllar and wanted
to know where Jio got ail his money?didn't he ^
steal it?
It is very prating on the feelings of the poor
honest man to see these carpet-baggers riding
about in princely style, with line horses and rolling
in wealth, all procured fraudulently. It is
your duty fellow-citizens to remedy the evil as far
as it lies in your power. You should instruct
your members of the Legislature to repudiate this
fraudulent debt of fifteen or twenty millions of
dollars and these forged bonds, and to crush this
Illue Ridge Railroad swindle of 82,000,000. This
swindle Mr. Corbin has exposed, and Judge Willard,
who is one of the most honest men of the Republican
party, enjoined the Scrip from being
issued or passed, anil thus defeated Patterson anu
his ring for one time at least.
This army ofofliees, too, should be swept away.
We should go back to old times, and lot gentlemen
of intelligence and honesty manage affairs
relating to our schools, our roads and bridges.
We should drive out the swarm of pages and at- ^
taehes, and thus save hundreds of thousands of
dollars. In olden times our taxes in Greenville
county were only 80000 or 87000. Now the expen