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Scraps and All the cotton mills at Fall River are running only three days a week. Ex-President Johnson, speaking at Gallatin, Tennessee, last week, made formal announcement of his candidacy for the United States Senate. The New Jersey Democrats go in for hard money, soft soap, hard cider, soft shells, hardtack, soft solder?and hard and soft things generally. Senator Conkling told the delegates to the New York Republican Convention that President Grant does not favor a third term. "Very well," says the Boston Globe, "but is Conkling sure he knows ?" The Boston Herald says President (-1 .)(( 1 1 Ifl - vM?uis ?etu nas uecome lamous, out 11 ne will weed out the disreputable men in federal offices at the South it will be more so. He says he will. Give him a light, everybody. Said a Detroit lady to a small boy whom she found crying in the street the other day : "Will you stop crying if I give you a penny?" "No," said he; "but if you'll make it two cents I'll stop, if it kills me." A clever negro named Blue has been renominated for a seat in the Kentucky Legislature. In this case there is a good deal of color, for the belief is that Blue will be reelected in spite of the fact that he is black. A Grinnell, Iowa, citizen has lately taken to wheeling the baby around?as folks supposed. A young lady recently met him and insisted on seeing the "little darling." She only discovered a jug of beer, which he had taken this novel way to get home. The Chicago Tribune, independent Republican, says that Postmaster General Jewell has thus far in his official career justihed the great expectations which his appointment created. He is one of the honest men accidently chosen by President Grant as an adviser. counselor, and friend. The Mobile (Ala.) Register says: A gentleman just from Wilcox tells us that he asked an old veteran of that county if there were any candidates traveling around that portion of the State. "Well, stranger, to tell you the truth, I've got a bee tree leaning over the public road, and I've been trying to cut it for weeks, but I'm afraid of killing a candidate with it," was the reply. The Nevada Democratic State Convention, at Carson, adopted a platform opposing massed capital, subsidies, and a third term ; condemning the back-salary grab; opposing Chinese immigration ; favoring laws for the regulation of fares and freights on railroads ; indorsing the eight-hour law ; arraigning the Administration for abuse of power, and condemning the acts of violence recently perpetrated in the South. The new classification of cotton went into operation in all the cotton markets of the United States on the 1st instant. The five grades?good-middling, middling, low-middling, good-ordinary and ordinary?have all . been reduced nearly one grade, which classification is to be known as the Standard American Classification, and is claimed will obviate much confusion, doubt and uncertainty respecting different grades, which heretofore existed. There is an amusing despatch, says the New York Herald, in reference to a United States official in the South, who, feeling it his duty to interfere with the public display of a Confederate flag, has been rebuked by the Attorney-General for his officiousness. The Government holds that in time of peace a citizen may adorn his dwelling with any colored bunting that pleases him. If this bunting takes the form of the old Confederate flag, it is his private concern, and not that of the Government. A New York letter of Thursday, says: "The resolution of the New England cotton mill owners to run only on third time, in order to lessen production, has had the effect to arrest the downward tendency of prices at the jobbing houses here. The commission houses as well as the jobbers, however, are largely loaded up with goods, and as the indications are that these are to be pressed on the market, a turn of prices in the upward direction is not to be immediately looked for. The Utica and other New York State mills, it is said, will follow the Boston example." The following incident is related of the recent fire at Fall River: It is said that a little fellow, scarcely a dozen years old, jumped from one of the upper windows to the ground, and when the spectators rushed forward to pick up the mangled body, they were astonished to see him spriog to his feet, apparently uninjured, and start on a run for his home. Bursting into the house in breathless haste, he shouted to his mother: "The mill is all on fire !" and then suddenly dropped to the floor lifeless, the fearful sixty-foot jump having resulted in fatal internal injuries, which the excitement of the moment prevented his feeling. H. V. lledfield.the correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, writes in a recent Tennessee letter that "one brief month ago the prospects were good that the Democrats would make large gains in Congressmen at the ensuing elections, and pull down, if not entirely overthrow the Republican majority f ?n i?u ,-! Ill V-UIIglC33. A 1113 13 ail &UW&CU 1U II1C ucau now by the Kentucky riots, the Gibson county butchery, the Louisiana revolt, the Alabama murders, the generally extended operations of the ku-klux, and the fiery articles in Southern newspapers. In one brief month a thousand hot-heads have knocked over what a million of cool heads have been earnestly laboring two years to set up." One of the Republican candidates for Congress in Georgia is out in a statement to the voters of his district showing what he intends to accomplish for them in Congress, if elected. He promises to do all in his power to prevent the passage of the civil-rights bill, and his friends assert that he will succeed. He also promises to obtain the passage of an act of Congress removing the tax from brandy. Also, an act to put a stop to all prosecutions in the United States courts for past offenses against the revenue laws. Just what additional legislation the embryo statesman will procure is uot stated, but certainly the candor with which he proclaims what he will do shows j that he is unquestionably satisfied that he will j make an unusually influential member of Cougress. Thereseems to be a steady reflux tide of! emigration from the United States back to | Europe this year, and this, taken in connection with the marked decrease in European emigration to this country, shows that during 1874 I the United States will not receive near as [ iarge an accession to her population from for- j eign sources as she has during previous years. j The current back to Europe is shown not | only by the reports of the transatlantic steam lines, but also by the statements^ our con-1 temporaries in the Western States, which j generally agree in reporting what they call "an almost unprecedented rush" back to the Old World. Of the travel toJEurope, whilst a proportion is made up of visitors who go for pleasure and intend to return again, it, is said that at least seventy per cent, are dis- j appointed emigrants, who have found labor 1 scarce and wages low in this country, and who go back to their former homes from necessity. The prevailing commercial depres- < sion of the past year in this country has been . ? 1 ' - / . C it. me cniei cause 01 ims. For once Gen. B. F. Butler has nothing to say to a joke. In his recent speech at Essex, he was just at the point where he took occasion to solicit the suffrage of his fellowcitizens for his return to Congress, because he wanted to show the unreconstructed rebels that their outrages could not be continued in free America, and because he proposed to do his share toward preventing mob violence in the South, and then proceeded to discuss the financial problem. While he was holding all men paying their honest debts a spoon was lowered by meaus of a string through thereof which hung like a spectre in mid-air. A laugh was heard from among the audience, and it soon assummed the proportions of a roar. The General tried to continue but was several times interrupted. He failed at first to observe the objectionable article of table use. He finally fixed his eye upon it and gazed from right to left without a word to say. He again attempted to proceed, but only again to be interrupted. Finally he shook his handkerchief and straightened himself and remarked : "Well, I should think that is about as good an argument as I can be opposed to." rPU a MRAAM n.innl^/1 < n f U/\ AIM A *1 f U A At?n 1 x nt; spuuii wi^gicu m uic an auu tuc gcucitu I continued: "There must be some opposition in j this town." A couple of very bold remarks. I As long as he lives Butler will never get over those New Orleans spoons. jibe fJorferiUe #tnjttirer. YORKVTLLE, S. THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 8, 1874. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-oflice, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post-ofRce money nrrlnr nr onplnsp the mnnpv in a reei'ttererl letter. Postage.?The postage on the Enquirer, to any part of the United States, is five cents per quarter, or twenty cents peryear, and is payable in advance at the post oilice where the paper is received. Watch the Figures.?The dale on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance LIBERTY. There is no word, the meaning of which is so egregiously misunderstood as that of the word "liberty." The first meaning that Webster gives of it is: "Ability to do as one pleases." In the nature of things there is no such thing in existence as "ability to do as one pleases." No mortal ever poseessed such power. Neither the tyrants of ancient Athens, nor Alexander the Great, nor Ciesar, nor Napoleon, possessed the power to do as they pleased. Nor do the chiefs of savage tribps possess such ability. It is true that there is a sense in which every individual can do as he pleases; 1>ut it must be remembered that if he pleases to do wrong, he must suffer the penalties. Wrong-doing and suffering are united in the inseparable relation of cause and effect. The dominion of law is universal, and its majesty is asserted in every instance with scrupulous exactness. Law may be evaded and disregarded in its preceptive features, but its penalties are as certain to be visited upon the violator of its precepts, as there is existence in the universe. Ability to do as one pleases, with the expectation of evading punishment, is a figment of a disordered brain. Man is a social being. He is made social not by his own enactments, but by a fiat of his Creator. By a law of his nature, he is bound to respect the rights of all those united with him in the social compact. The king dare not, with impunity, trample in the dust a single natural right of the most humble and obscure of his subjects. A large number of the human family 8eem to forget that, by nature, man is a social being. They seem to think that society is a human arrangement devised by the strong to oppress the weak. On the contrary, human governments, so far as they are in harmony with the nature of things, are for the protection of the weak and restraint of the strong. Liberty, instead of consisting in despising law, finds its source and fountain in obedience?strict and absolute obedience. This is totally at variance with American notions of liberty. The world seems to be ot the opinion that America is the land where men can do as they please, whether they please to do right or wrong, and still go on and not be punished. An Irishman once landed in one of the American sea-port towns. So soon as he put his feet upon the soil he assumed an erect position and with an air of frantic delight declared he was free. With a huge stick in his hand he commenced a free stroll over the city. He felt free to do as he pleased and he must give to the world a visible demonstration of the fact that he not only knew he was free, but that he was man enough to assert his right. He commenced frailing right and left, upon every frangible thing within the reach of his stick. Glass windows were brokeu into thousands of pieces, dogs were made to howl with pain, and men, women and children were seen running in every direction from the freeto-do-as-he-pleased Irishman. It was, for a while, fiue fun to him. He was delighted with the country. He would not have gone back to Ireland for anything. The scene cnrm nVianrrorl Tf wflQ nnt. Inn or hpfnrp Jin of ficer placed his strong hand upon the mistaken man and led him to a place made secure by iron doors and iron bars. After contemplating his changed condition, with a long and heavy sigh, he said in a suppressed and sorrowful tone: "I thought this was a free country ; but I find it is not." The notions of this Irishman were not very different from i those of many of our own country-men. Like : the Irishman, they never find out the true ira- i port of the word liberty until they are lodged I in a prison or penitentiary, or are, by their 1 lawless acts, driven to the borders of infamy and disgrace. Many a silly creature has been ; hopelessly ruined by his mistaken notions of, the word liberty. The only true and genuine liberty in the world consist in strict obedience to law. Everything else is destructive licen- j tiousness. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A light frost was visible in Anderson on ' Wednesday morning of last week. ? Ex-Governor William H. Gist, died at his residence in Union county, on Wednesday night, 30th ultimo. ? The Star says that the Independent move- ! ment appears to be gaining strength among the Republicans of Marion couuty. ? Hou. R. B. Elliott has been unanimously nominated as one of the Republican candidates for the legislature from Aiken county. ? It is said that Orangeburg county has made a better corn crop this year than for twenty years past. ? Comptroller-General .Solomon L. Hoge, who has been nominated by the Republicans of the Third Congressional District, is a Virginian by birth. ? James E. Gaffuey, convicted at the recent term of the United States Court of robbing the post-office at Gaffney's Station, has been lodged in the Albany Fenitentiary. ? The Georgetown Times says : "Rets are freely offered, with no takers, that Chamber lain will be beaten in Georgetown county by two thousand majority." ? Charner Rice, senteuced at March term, ; 1874, at Union Court House, to five years' imprisonment in the Penitentiary for the, crime of manslaughter, has recently been pardoned by the Governor. ? Governor Moses has appointed T. S. Riddle, J. G. Montgomery and Benjamin Marks, Commissioners of Election for the county of Lancaster. ? A new post office has been established in Union county, on the route between Yorkville and Limestone Springs, which is to be known as Pine Grove. Mr. Coleman F. TTnmmptf. 19 thp nnsfmn.yfpr. ? Governor Moaes has pardoned Geo. W. Fowler, sentenced at Union Court House, March term, 1874, to ten years' imprisonment in the penitentiary for the crime of manslaughter. ? A correspondent of the Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer having called upon Col. James H. Rion, of Winusboro, to allow his name to be put in nomination as a candidate for Congress from the fourth district, Col. Rion says : "In reply I would state that I never have, and never will be a candidate for, or accept if elected, any political office." ? The Charleston News and Courier of Saturday last says : "United States Marshal Wallace has just arrived in the city from New York. He states that Mr. S. T. Poinier will arrive here on the 10th instant, after which time applications for supervisors of elections, for every polling precinct iv the State, will be promptly attended to. In .he meantime the marshal states that it will be advisable for all paiLicn lu ?)ic|jaic men a|;|;iitiuiuug i?o uwu as possible, and hand them into him at his office, when they will be presented to Mr. Poinier on his arrival." ? Amass meeting, numbering about four thousand, and composed of both parties, was held in Charleston on Thursday night last, to protest against the Bowen Board of election commissioners for Charleston county, and to devise measures to secure a fair election. The meeting was addressed by H. D. Lesesne, Chairman, Major Delany, Colonel E. W. M. Mackey, Joseph W. Barnwell, Hon. G. A. Trenholm, Congressman Rausier and others, and a committee was appointed whose duty it shall be to wait upon the Governor and request the removal of the obnoxious board, and the appointment of acceptable men in their stead. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Haywood county raised 100,000 bushels of wheat this year. ? W. H. H. Houston, the forger, has been arrested in Montreal, Canada, and is now in the Charlotte jail to answer the charge against him. ? It is feared by the Charlotte Observer that the severe storm in that section on the 28th j . j UIUUIU, lliuicieu great uamaijc tu tuc tut u crop in the bottom lands. ? Col. Connally, who commanded the 55th N. C. Regiment in the war, has resigned a State senatorship in Virginia, and entered the Baptist Seminary in Greenville, S. C., to study for the ministry. ? It is stated that the negro who was recently shot and slightly wounded by Judge Schenck has gottou up a petition asking for a re-hearing of the case, and that the petition has been forwarded to Washington. ? The equinoctial storm on the 28th, along the coast, was very disastrous to the rice crops on Cape Fear and Brunswick rivers. The rice had recently been cut, and on many farms entire stacks were swept away by the flood. Hyde and Dare counties also suffered greatly. ? Bad whisky, which both parties had indulged freely, during a fox hunt on Saturday of last week, caused Joseph R. Branch, white, to shoot and kill George W. Daniel, the colored representative elect to the General Assembly from Halifax county. Politics had nothing to do with the fracas. Branch es??A oajjcu aucot. ? Kev. Dr. Pritehard, of Raleigh, in a recent sermon in the Baptist church of that city is reported to have said that Samson was a failure?that is, he did not accomplish the objc.t whereunto he was sent. Of Adam, the reverend speaker also remarked that he had no ambition, no hope, no reverence, no energy, no passion, no caution, no judgment, no nothing, except a wife, and she was too much for him. EDITOKIALINKLIXGS. Circular to United States Marshals. The Attorney-General has sent the following circular to United States Marshals in the Southern States, in which armed bodies of men have committed, or are threatening to commit acts of violence and bloodshed : Sir: I would suggest that at those points where United States troops are, or may be stationed in your district, some prudent and fearless person, in whose judgment you have confidence and whom the people respect, may be appointed as deputy marshal, to act at once in the arrest of parties committing outrages in the vicinity, so that it may not be necessary in such cases to send to you before the troops can be used for the purpose of arresting those who are guilty of violating the laws of the United States. This, of course, will not be necessary where you are easily accessible, but where the troops are placed at remote points. Before the necessary communication as to the causes committed can be made, the offenders, as a general rule, have an onDortu uity to escape. You will give the deputies the necessary instructions as to procuring warrants, and I need not repeat that it is important that you should delegate this power to none but careful and responsible persons. Heavy Gale in Charleston. The most fearful gale known in Charleston since 1854, occurred on the morning of the 29th, beginning about daylight with strong southeast winds, and increasing in violence until 9 o'clock, when it had become a hurricane. For an hour thereafter the gale was the most severe ever known on that section of the Atlantic coast. The tide was forced up to au unprecedented height, inundating the entire river frout of the city, damaging the wharves, and, in some instances, sweeping away the pier-heads. The long stone sea-wall known as the Battery, a famous promenade resort, was laid in ruins, and the public bathing-house was demolished. The shipping generally escaped serious damage. Some small craft were wrecked, but large vessels were only chafed. Throughout the city the effects of the gale are everywhere visible. i'cnccs aim ouioiiuumgs were pruswmeu, brandies torn from trees, and, during the height of the tempest, the air was filled with slate and tin, stripped from the roofs, making the streets impassable. The massive brick walls of the new theatre, which had just been made ready for roofiug, and which from its position in the burnt district was exposed to full force of the storm, was leveled with the ground. About noon the wind shifted to the west, moderating the violence of the sea, and lulling the storm. Two houses were swept away on Sullivan's Island, and one life lost. The inmates of the bathing house were rescued with the utmost difficulty. Probably a quarter of a million dollars will not repair the damages caused by the gale. i The storm also reached Wilmington, N. (J., and Savannah, Georgia, though the injury to shipping and property was not so severe at1 those points as at Charleston. i | LOCAL AFFAIRS. . NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. i J. A. Itatchford, A. J. Daviney and Eliza Ratehi . ford?Fair Warning. T. W. Clawson?Seed Oats for Sale?Cotton Gin for Sale. A. Williford?Fine Horses and Mules?Notice. John C. Kuykcndal?For Forty Cents?Attention Tanners?More Light?In the matter of Kerosine Oil?In the matter of ChewingTobacco?In the matter of Snuff?In the matter of Drugs?In the matter of Sudden Things. W. II. tfcJ. P. Herndon?Listen?TimeUp?Soon. T. C. Dunlap, Agent?Furnituae?Bureaux?Tin Safes?Chamber Suits?Wardrobes?Stove Fixtures?Stoves?Chairs?Rooking Chairs, } Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?CitationMrs. S. R. Hicklin, Applicant?Dr. J. C. Hieklin, deceased. H. K. Roberts, Chairman?Bridge to let. L. M. Grist?House and lot for sale or rent. Robert Davidson, Adrnr.?Sale of land. R. II.Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sales?Judge of Probate's sales. Marks & Reid, Rock Hill?Furniture Store, i T. M. Dobson dr. Co.?New Goods for fall trade. FINE TURNIPS. Capt. J. M. Harvey has presented us with | a basket of turnips, the largest and finest we | have seen this season. I t/i t v a? \I/' f nLrtuiiii^.in iUDb i muo* The Executive Committee of the Rcpublii can party give notice that there will be a public meeting at Yorkville, to-morrow, 9th instant, at which addresses will be delivered in the interest of Chamberlain and Gleaves. A i meeting is also appointed for Friday, 23d instant. SEVENTH CAVALRY. By a letter received from Lieut. Wallace, dated-at Bismarck, D. T., 29th ultimo, we learn that the Seventh Cavalry were then under marching orders to Louisiana. Companies A, B, E and G, are ordered to New Orleans, and companies H and K to Shreveport. THE CASE OF SEPAUGI1. The Shelby Banner haviDg stated that through the intervention of Hon. Plato Durham, Elijah Ross Sepaugh, convicted of violating the enforcement act, and who appealed to the United states bupreme (Jourt, had been unconditionally pardoned by the President, and was now at his home, we learn, on enquiry, that no pardon has yet been received by him, and that he is still in prison at this place. CIRCUIT COURT. The fall term of the Circuit Court for York county was to have been convened last Monday; but ou the petition of a number of the members of the Yorkville bar, who requested the postponement of all civil cases pending, and named the third Monday of November next as a suitable time for holding a special term, his Honor Judge Mackey telegraphed instructions to the Clerk to adjourn the Court to that day, which, after the roll of jurors had been called, was accordingly done. SALES-DAY. In consequence of the day having been appointed for the reassembling of the Democratic Convention, and the fact that this was the week for the regular term of the Circuit _ i 1.1 -r* 1 _ court, mere was a large ussemoiuge ui peupie in town from the country last Monday. Various farmers from different sections of the county with whom we conversed, take a rather desponding view of the agricultural situation. The yield of cotton will not be so good as was anticipated a few weeks ago, while the present indications are that prices for the staple will rule lower than it would have been reasonable 'to predicate two weeks ago on a short crop. By order of the Judge of Probate the Sheriff sold the horae-placp belonging to the estate of Sylvanus WillJk'mson, deceased, containing 259:] acres, which was bought by J. L. Williamson at $7.00 per acre. Also, a tract of 150 acres, belonging to the same estate, which was bought by W. H. Williamson at 88.00 per acre. Also, a tract of 46 acres, which was bought by J. H. Kidd at 85.30 per acre. The Sheriff sold under execution a tract of land belonging to John Martin, which was bought by Calvin Whisonant for 8800. COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Pursuant to notice of Col. Cad. Jones, Chairman, made in consequence ot the declination of Col. A. B. Springs, the Democratic Convention of York county reassembled with the former officers, in the Court House, on Monday last, the following delegates answering to their names on calling the roll: Bethel.?S. D. Stowe, \V. W. McElwee, D. J. Glenn, S. S. Smith, John Nichols, J. Leander Adams, N. B. Campbell. Broad River.?S. G. Brown, J. L. Davis, John Smith, J. B. Whitesides, J. M. Hope, J. C. Chambers. Bullock's Creek.?Thomas Harten, Samuel Blair, W. M. Kennedy, C. W. Moore, John McKnight, John Ramsay, R. D. McKnight. Ebenezer.?H. H. Hart, Dr. E. L. Glenn, ! B. C. Pressley, G. E. Mc. Steele, Dr. C. P. Sandifer, Col. Cad. Jones. Cherokee? W. W. Gaffney, R. E. Porter, B. Tolbert. Catawba?A. E. Hutchinson, J. F. Workman, David T. Lessley, A. M. Black, A. K. Smith, F. H. Barber, J. P. Creighton, J. L. Moore. King's Mountain.?Joseph R. Howe, J. J. T ttr T> 1 T T* T Li. Lilli, J. >V. ueamgaru, .L/uwiy ouiibii, x. u. Bell, John Knox, Wra. McGill, Dr. A. P. Campbell. Yorkville.?W. B. Wilson, Jun., S. R. | Moore, W. J. Stephenson, Robert Latimer. Bethesda.?J. Leonidas Moore, J. W. Moore I W. B. Byers, Dr. R. L. Love, j Fort Mills.?T. B. Withers, L. N. Culp, A. j C. Sutton, J. M. Spratt, T. Faulkner, J. E. ! Massey, S. H. Epps, J. H. Sutton. A. E. Hutchison moved that in voting for j names proposed before the Convention, the | votes be taken by townships, each township to cast ten votes. Adopted. T. J. Bell, Esq., addressed the convention, remarking that inasmuch as the nominations for the General Assembly made on the 23rd i ultimo, were made as a unit, the fprce of which was destroyed by the declination of Colonel Springs, he felt it his duty also to de. cline the nomination with which he had been honored. lie did not expect the nomination J at the former convention; was not a candi- j date for the nomination; never bad been a candidate; was notnow a candidate; and never j would be a candidate in the ordinary accepta-1 tion of the term. He referred to the resolu-; tien which was declared adopted at the former j convention, relative to the nominating of men of undoubted Democratic principles, which resolution he opposed ; but the almost unani- j mous nomination of himself, in the face of the supposed adoption of the resolution, seemed to test the sense of the convention to be different1 from the purport of the resolution, and under j no circumstances would he have consented to j become a candidate of the Couveution had it appeared that the resolution referred to had the endorsement of that body. He felt grateful for the confidence reposed in him by the Convention of the 23rd, and without meaning to imply disrespect to the delegates, he felt it his duty, under the circumstances, to withdraw his name. Mr. Bell was followed by Messrs. Gaffney ; aud Chambers, each of whom for like reasons given by Mr. Bell, withdrew their names. The Chairmen then announced that all the ; nominees for the General Assembly having ; , declined, it was the duty of the Convention to make new nominations, and the Chair was ready to hear any motions that might be made. Mr Bell presented two communications? one of which was addressed specially to the . Convention, and the other, though addressed to himself, was of a public nature?from Jonathan N. McElwee, Esq., which he hoped j would be received. By a vote of the Convention the papers 1 were received and laid on the Secretary's table, but were not ordered read. It was moved and carried that the Chair| man appoint three delegates from each townI ship for the purpose of making nominations. Mr. Lessley moved that a two-thirds vote ; of the delegates present be required to confirm j nominations, which was adopted. The Chair then appointed the following committees from each township for the purpose of making nominations: King's Mountain.?Lowry Smith, Wm. McGill, J. W. Beamguard. Catawba.?D. T. Lessley, T. L. Johnson, J. F. Workman. { Cherokee.?R. E. Porter, 13. Tolbert, W. W. Gaffney. Bethel.?S. D. Stowe, J. L. Adams, S. S. Smith. Bullock's Creek.?Samuel Blair, Win. Kennedy, R. D. McKnight. Yorkville.?S. R. Moore, W. B. Wilson, jr. W. J. Stephenson. Fort Milt.?J. E. Massey, T. B. Withers, L. N. Culp. Broad River.?S. G. Brown, J. B. Whiteaides, John Smith. Ebenezer.?F. H. Brown, G. E. Mc. Steele, H. H. Hart. Bethesda.?Dr. Love, J. L. Moore, Alfred Moore. The gentlemen composing the committee, after the Chairman announced their names, retired to a separate room, and after an absence of half an hour, reported through their Chairman, S. G. Brown, the following ticket in place of the one made vacant by the declination of the nominees previously made for the House of Representatives: T. J. Bell, J. F. Hart, W. J. White, James H. Fayssoux. On the question, shall the report of the committee, placing in nomination the above named gentlemen be adopted, it was decided affirmatively without a dissenting voice. It was announced from the Chair that the nomination of Mr. Fayssoux was at the ren .1 ta 1 1 1 T> 11 J J _ 1 i! quest oi tne ueinpi ana Detnesaa aeieguuuus, who gave him t'mir unqualified endorsement. A committee was appointed to wait upon such of the nominees as were accessible and ascertain whether or not they would accept the nominations. The committee reported that they had conferred with Messrs. Bell and Hart, each of whom accepted the nomination, and it was then publicly stated that the other two gentlemen would also accept. B. C. Pressley moved that an Executive Committee, consisting of one from each precinct, be appointed by the Chair, which being carried, the chairman announced the following as the County Executive Committee of the Democratic party: Yorkville.?Wra. B. Wilson, Chairman; Blairsville?Samuel Biair; Hickory Grove? John Smith ; Boydton?W. H. Carroll ; Bethany?A.. P. Campbell; Bethel?W. W. McElwee; Clay Hill?J. D. Currence; McConnellsville?E. N. Crawford; Pride's Old Mill? J. F. Workman ; Cootes' Tavern?D. T. Lessley ; Fort Mills?B. H. Massey; Bock Hill? Peter Garrison. Mr. Pressley also moved that the Chairman be authorized to name suitable persons to superintend the elections at each precinct, and to request the proper authority to make the appointments accordingly. The motion carried, and in accordance th fha Chairman annnnneed the fol lowing names for superintendents : Blairsville?Sam'l. Blair; Hickory Grove? John B. Whitesides; Boydton?Henderson Martin; Bethany?Wm. MeGill; Bethel? S. D. Stowe; Clay Hill?D. T. Partlow ; Yorkville?W. A.Moore; MeConnellsville? J. P. Moore; Pride's Old Mill-J. F. Workman ; Coate's Tavern?Isaac Allen; Rock Hill?A. E. Hutchinson; Fort Mill?S. E. White. There being no further business before the Convention, the Chairman, in complimenting the meeting on the result of its labors, said there were no great political issues between the parties?the one single issue being opposition to corruption, which was the great question, and that the people demand an honest State Government. He opposed Chamberlain and expressed his preference for an honest Republican for Governor if the Democratic party do not have a candidate of their own; and hoping the ticket just placed in nomination would be heartily sustained, declared the Convention adjourned. NEWS OF THE DAY. ? An Augusta dispatcn 01 tne zzaa says: The Augusta Cotton Exchange has received answers from twentry-three counties in Georgia. The yield will be about three-fourths as much as last year's crop. ? General Ogden, who commanded the McEnery militia in the street engagement in New Orleans, on the 14th of September, in his official report, says his command suffered a loss of twelve killed and thirteen wounded. Several of the latter have died. ? This is the way the elections have gone this year thus far: Democratic?New Hampshire, Connecticut. Oregon, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Montana, North Carolina, Wyoming, Colorado, all by increased majorities. Republican?Vermont, Maine, both by decreased majorities. No contests?Rhode | Island, Utah. [ ?In Louisville, Ky., recently, detectives I captured a box containing a large amount of * i 1- -i A J 1 T? money ana lmpieraenis, at -fiuams -Cixjireas office, belonging to and made by the notorious and extensive gang of counterfeiters which has been operating in North Carolina, East Tennessee, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Six of the gang, including the one that shipped the box, have been arrested. The box, opened at the express office, contained the following articles : 2,100 fifty-cent notes, unfinished; 964 fifty-cent notes, finished ; 680 twenty dollar Treasury notes, a quantity of bogus coin and some engraving tools. The Fairfield Excitement.?The Winnsboro News of Saturday last 3d instant, says : Judge Mackey arrived in Winnsboro on Thursday and opened a special term of Court. The object of this session was an investigation into the alleged plot at Brice's. Judge Mackey delivered a charge to the grand jury. After some general remarks on the nature and j duties of the grand jury, he spoke of the pres- j ent subject of investigation. He said the ' Court was not prepared to forestall the action nftlin nrnni'l inrir hill its illflfrmpnt WttS that' Ui UIO glUUU JU.; , v... J-..B their had been no plot. The charge made against the colored people he believed to be unreasonable. The history of that race for over a ceutury shows that it is peaceable, docile, unwarlikeand usually faithful to its trusts. In the judgment of the court, in Fairfield with its white population highly intelligent, obedient to law, it is no more rea-1 sonable to suspect a plot against the whites than to imagine a plot of the whites to injure the blacks. He believes such a charge against. either to be monstrous. The classification of I individuals is dangerous. While certain distinctions of race will remain always ; as a legal distinction, race is not known. It is a serious accusation to charge a whole race with with this offense. The court is supreme in Fairfield. Should an organized resistance to law be discovered among the whites, the law-abiding whites must be summoned to repress it. Should bad colored men organize, law-abiding colored men will be summoned to defeat their plots. Tins report may nave oeen origuiuieu uy bold bad men, because a blow struck against the black man will recoil on the white. Were a hundred blacks slaughtered by excited whites, prisons would be tilled with thousands of white persons. Thus some object might be gained. The court instructs the grand jury to summon witnesses and investigate this matter thoroughly, and to report whether the county is at peace, and whether the county's internal police and the authority of the court ;s sufficient to preserve order, or whether other aid is required. The jury returned to their room, and examined witnesses. They reported: 1st that there was no plot; 2nd. That the reports warranted the whites in' exciting vigilance; 3rd. That peace now reigns. INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN CONVENTION The Independent Republican State Nominating Convention met in Charleston last Friday at 12 o'clock. The frout seats in the hall were filled with the delegates from the various counties, while the seats in the rear were occupied by black and white citizens. The stage was neatly decorated with the American colors, from the rear of which was displayed a palmetto tree. The meeting was called to order by Col. T. C. Dunn, the chairman of the executive committee. On motion of Mr. E. B. Seabrook, the convention was organized by the election of Mr. W. A. Hayne, of Marion, as temporary chairman. On taking the chair, the chairman made an appropriate acknowledgement of the honor conferred upon him, and stated briefly the causes which had led to the meeting of the Convention. At the conclusion of this address, Mr. J. Evans Britton was elected temporary secretary, and a committee, consisting of S. Lee, E. B. Seabrook, E. Fryer, J. B. Middleton, J. Warley, James A. Bowley, S. Davis, W. H. Thomas and Geo. Holley, was appointed to examine the credentials of the delegates. During the absence of the committee, Col. M. R. Delany was invited to address the convention. He reviewed, very briefly but very forcibly, the history of reconstruction in the State, and the causes which led to the establishment of the present condition of aflaiis. He said that, in the early days of reconstruction, the colored people had asked the native whites to come forward aud aid them in establishing thegovernraent. This they refused to do, and the colored people, being themselves a AAivirvnAliAn/l cm f 11 a f inn nrcro UlJttUiC LU tuiupicucuu U1C ouunvivuj ffviw driven to the necessity of going to those who had come here from the North. A consequence of this was the mistaken ethics of politics into which the colored people were led. Among other things, and by far the most erroneous, was the belief taught by the Sixth ward New York politicians, that whatever was done in politics was right. In this way the colored people were taught to believe that it was right to vote minors, women and girls, even to go to the graveyard and rake up the names of the dead and vote them. But the colored people had now resolved upon a new departure. These teachers had never done a single thing for the benefit of the colored race. The only instance was in the establishment of the land commission, which, under cover of giving lands to the negroes, was used to put money in their pockets. [That's so.] He then went on to say that, in his opinion, if this Convention should nominate suitable candidates, the honest government league would coalesce with the Independent Republicans, and the tax-payers would sanction and support tbem. [Applause.] He then touched upon the question of taxation, showing that, if rents were high and the poor people suffered, it was because the landowners were ground to death by taxation ; that if the poor had to pay exorbitant prices for the necessaries of life, it was because burdensome taxes were tacked on to the cost of the material. All this had been brought aboft by the bad leaders aud bad advisers of the colored people. They were tired of this now and wanted a new departure. [Cheers.] The colored leaders of the people who were following the white leaders were only following thera for the money that they paid them, and the black men must look for other followers. The time has come when the black men must stand up side by side with the intelligent and honest white men of the State, like a tower ofstrength, and stop all this. [Applause.] This departure from the old double-dyed corrupt wing of the Republican party was but the natural consequence of their corruption. [Applause.] He said, further, that he had the assurance that the tax-payers of the State would endorse any movement on the part of the Republicans which looked to a reformation in the State government. If this Convention placed such candidates in the field as would be acceptable to the tax-payers, he was confident that the Conservative Convention, which meets on the 8th of the mouth, would endorse such candidates, and not nominate anybody in opposition to them. He warned the Convention then to look carefully to their action, and to give an earnest to the people of the State of their desire to effect a reform of past abuses. A union of the blacks and whites would bring about such a state of affairs as would enable the laborer to demand the highest price for his labor and the capitalist to pay it. [Applause.] None but the blacks and whites could accomplish this. He had one more word to say, and that was in reference to the great bugbear, social equality. He said he had a family of which he was just as proud as anybody. But social equality must regulate itself. He would not allow anybody to dictate to him who should sit at his table. [Applause.] The blacks were imitative creatures, and until it became fashionable for white men to sit down at the table with black men there was no danger of black men insisting upon sitting down to the table with " r * * 1 1 t . 1 T, white people. [Applause aoa laugnier.j 11 was all a bugbear, and no man with common sense would give a baubee for any law which would compel a black man to sit down at the table with a white man, or which would compel a white man to receive a black man at his table. [Great applause.] Col. Delany's speech was received with great enthusiasm, and was frequently interrupted with bursts of applause. At its conclusion the Convention, on motion of Colonel Dunn, took a recess until half-past seven o'clock in the evening, EVENING SESSION. At the hour to which it adjourned the Convention was called to order by the chairman. On motion of Mr. Morrison, of Beaufort, a committee of five was appointed to wait upon the committee on credentials and ascertain if they were ready to report. During the absence of the committee, Congressman Cain | was invited to address the Convention, which ; he did at some length, in advocacy of reform, j for which purpose the Convention had assera- J bled. At the conclusion of his speech, the . committee on credentials submitted the following reportof the delegates entitled to seats in the Convention : Beaufort?W. C. Morrison, J. II. Phillips, H. B. Gardener, Anderson Grant, Win. Lawrence, [ J. P. M. Kpping, Pierce Robertson. Charleston?10. W. M. Mackey, J. W. Loyd, j M. K. Delanv, W. T. Oliver, E. H. Seabrook, j J, A, Mushington, J. W. Read, J. J. Ilardy, Jno. Hart, R. H. Cain, P, P. Hodgos, Aaron Logan, j Stephen Brown, Win. Wright, Clap Johnson, i Frank Ladson, C. Gibbs, Daniel Furst. Chesterfield?Washington Wright, Chas. Campbell. Clarendon?Jarcil D. Warley, Sampson Maxwell. Colleton?George F. Melntyre, F. W. Sasportjis, George Washington, S. A.* Jaeoby, Benjamin Rivers. Darlington?James B. Middleton, Lemuel W. Gadsden, Edward Johnson, Benjamin Watson. Fairfield?George Molly, Charles Strother, Thomas Good, B. Gregory, S. J. Meador. Georgetown?VV. H. Jones, James A. Bowley, : Bruce II. Williams. Horry?T. C. Dunn, S. Bellamy, i Kershaw?John McKain, Charles Carter, Wui. i Burrows. | Marion?W. A. Hayne, A. II. Howard, Elisha i Fryer, Peter Page. Newberry?Wm. H. Thomas, Wade H. Colei man, Edward Young. ! Oconee?James Keith, Alexander Brvce, Jut). Richland?S. P. Davis, Oscar Ellington, Hampton Mims, Cyrus Alston. Sumter?W. E. Johnston, J. M. Tindall, Sam'l Lee, W. W. Ramsay. Union?John Wallace, A. J. Martin, Spencer i Thompson. Williamsburg?W. W. Ward, A. George, E. Cooper. York?E. M. Rose, Jack Patton, Jas. Rattaree, ; J. E. McClain, ! The committee stated that several other | delegations were expected in the morning, and that they had received a dispatch from Gen. I J. M. Sullivan stating that the Greenville 1 * * 11 * -j ? u..? fUf I delegation naa raissea cuiiiiecuuu, vui ; they would join the honest citizens in Conven' tion to-morrow. Mr. Dunn said that he desired to say a few words in explanation of the absence of the j delegates from some of the counties. He had hoped that the people of the State would have ; had the opportunity of being present at this ' Convention if they so desired. But he held i in his hand the damning proof that they had j not been allowed the privilege. He then read j the following confidential circular from R. B. i Elliott, chairman of the executive committee of the Chamberlain party : (Confidential Circular.) Head Quarters Union* Republican Party,] Rooms State Executive Committee, [ Columbia, September 22, 1874. J Mr. Chm'n., County, S. C.: Sir: The executive committee of the so-called Independent Republican party having issued a . call for the election of delegates to a convention to be holdon in the city of Charleston on the 2nd t day of October next, for the purpose of putting in nomination another candidate for Governor, in behalf of the State executive committee of the Union Republican party, I have the honor to make the following suggestions, viz.: 1st. Be diligent in closely watching every movement on the part of the so-called Independents, with the view to thwart their designs against the unity of our party. 2ncl. At the primary meetings that may be called for the purpose of electing delegates to said - ~ Convention, you will please cause our friends to assemble in full force to control the action of such meetings, and to vote down any and all propositions looking to a participation in said Bolters' Convention. 3rd. You will at once place yourself in communication with the chairmen of the seyeral precincts in your county, and instruct them as to the course to be pursued by them in relation to the matters above stated. 4th. You will please communicate as promptly as convenient to these headquarters the result of such meetings, together with all information that ??? cUa Sti noocoQoinn nf you limy iroill IIIIUJ ?U UIUV "U III j/ujovaoiu.. concerning said Bolters' organization. Relying firmly upon your vigilance in this matter, and with full confidence in your discretion and fidelity, lam, very respectfully, ROBT. B. ELLIOTT, President Ex. Com. U. R. Party. He said lie found very early that strong efforts were being made to prevent the sending of delegates to the Convention, and that threats were being made against those who should presume to act independently of the regular party, and to-day he had received let- I ters from some of the counties stating that they ^ were prevented from sending delegates by the very means recommended in that circular. He submitted the paper to the Convention because he believed that every county in the State would have been represented but for the means used by the Ring to prevent them. [Cheers.] The report of the committee on credentials having been adopted, a committee of nine, consisting of George F, Mclntyre, W. T. Oliver, J. M. Tindall, Alexander Bryce, W. H. Coleman, S. P. Davis, Jared Warley, A. H. Howard and F. W. Sasportaa, was appointed to report a plan for the permanent organization of the Convention. During the absence of the committee the Convention was addressed by Mr. Thomas, a colored delegate from Newberry, who made a stirring speech in which he showed up the bond ring, and said the time had come when a stop must be put to crime and fraud in the State. At the conclusion of his speech the committee on permanent organization submitted the followipg report: President?Hon. T. C. Dunn, of Horry. Vice Presidents?Hon. Wm. A. Hayne, of Marion, first; Hon. W. H. Thomas, of Newberry, second; Hon. W. Johnson, of Sumter, third; Hon. R. H. Cain, of Charleston, fourth. Secretaries?J. Evans Britton, F. 0. S. Curtis. Sergeants-at-Arms?Charles E. Simmons, Louis Grant. The report was unanimously adopted and the president invited to take the chair. He thanked the Convention briefly for the honor conferred upon him, and alluded in the most earnest manner to the causes which led to its assembling. He depiecated the necessity which caused the breaking away from the party organization, but, when party rule became corrupt and tyrannical, there was left to the people the sacred right of revolution, which was the safe-guard of public rights and public liberties. Six years ago the Republican party, with a majority of thirty thousand, was entrusted with the destinies of this State. Its high mission was to restore peace and prosperity to a distracted community; to secure equal rights to all men, without regard to race or color, to the minority as well as the majority. Internal treachery and corruption, however, has succeeded in turning aside the good ship freighted with all this precious cargo. The party had been wounded to death in the house of its friends. The shameful story was too deeply imprinted upon the minds ot the people to need a recapitulation. The very men who brought all this shame and disgrace upon the people were the very men who cried loudest for reform. [That's so.] He then referred to the action of the Regular Convention and the nomination of Mr. Chamberlain, touching upon his connection with J the land commission and the sinking fund 'A bonds. 1 At the conclusion of the Chairman's reremarks, On motion of Mr. Hayne, a committee of two from each Congressional district was appointed to prepare a platform and address to the people of the State. On motion of Mr. Bowley, the rules of the lower house of the General Assembly were adopted for the government of the Convention. On motion, the convention then adjourned -A until 12 o'clock Saturday. As the delegates were leaving the hall the band played "The Wearing of the Green." The following delegates comprise the committee appointed to prepare a platform and address to the people of the State: Samuel Lee, W. A. Hayne, E. B. Seabrook, Jared Warley, W. H. Thomas, S. Davis, J. M. Sullivan, John Wallace, George F. Mclntyre, W. C. Morrison, R. H. Cain. SECOND DAY. On Saturday, the committee on platform reported the platform of the Republican party, as adopted by the Convention recently in session at Columbia. Judge John T. Green was nominated for Governor, and M. R. Delaney, colored, for Lieutenant Governor. Both nominees were presented to the Convention by the Chairman, on which occasion they delivered short / addresses acknowledging the distinction con- ? ferred upon them. ; The Chairman appointed an Executive Committee consisting of Martin R. Delaney, Aaron Logan, R. H. Cain, J. Evans Britton, J. A. Mushington, Jared Warley, James B. Middleton, J. Miras Sullivan, George F. Mc mtyre, oarauei L<eet Thomas C. Dunrf, Wm. ; A. Hayne, W. H. Thomas and W. H. Jones. \ Other members, to make the full committee, A to be added by the committee themselves. In regard to Congressmen, the following action was taken: The delegates from the First District agreed to ratify the nomination of J. H. Rainey, the regular candidate. Thfl SAP.nnrl nnminota/1 V TV TX Mackey in opposition to C. \V. But?, candi? , date on the Chamberlain ticket. ' The Third District nominated R. H. Cain in opposition to S. L. Hoge, the candidate on -J the Chamberlain ticket. The Fourth District resolved to make no nomination, but to support Gen. Kershaw in case he shall be placed in nomination by the Democrats. The Fifth District nominated J. P. M. Ep