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Scraps and .facts.
The colored people of Georgia own 86,167,798
in real and personal property.
Inspector Spaight estimates there are
30,000 professional thieves in New York.
The New York Sun says that there are
fifty thousand working men out of employment
in that city.
The New York Board of Health advocates
the disuse of candy, as it blunts the appetite
for natural food among children.
The official canvass of the vote for delegate
to Congress from Colorado, gives Patterson,
Democrat, 2,163 majority.
Gen. Braxton Bragg is now chief eugi- j
neerof the Galveston and Santa Fe Railroad, !
with headquarters at Galveston.
A dispatch from San Fraucisco says the
shipping agents of the California and Oregon i
Grangers have failed. Liabilities 850.000.
A recent ku-klux trial in Louisville,
Ky., resulted in the conviction of the accused,
who was sentenced to pay a fine of five hundred
dollars and to three years' imprisonment.
The Washington Chronicle says : "Postmasters
can rest assured that their term nf
office is good for two years more. Politicians |
have withdrawn all pressure for removals."
A New York Times correspondent concedes
that Alabama will go Democratic at
the next election. He says the Democrats
are sure to make a net gain of two Congressmen.
The Presideut has removed the postmaster
and the collector of customs at Galveston,
Texas, making new appointments for these j
offices. Other post-office changes in that
State will be made at an early day.
The New York Tribune has made diligent
inquiry into the numerous alleged "political
murders" in the South. Among others
the "sixty political murders in Alabama"
have, like the garden full of fighting cats,
dwindled down to our torn and another cat."
At an anti-monopoly convention in
Iowa, recently, some* fellow bawled at the;
door: "Candidates are requested to step down j
stairs a few minutes." Then everybody went j
down stairs except a deaf old fellow who
wanted to ruu for jailer.
A Pennsylvania s&vcn-year old girl was
reproved lately for playing out doors with
boys; she was too big for that now. But
with all imaginable innocence, she replied :
"Why, grand-ma, the bigger we grow the
better we like 'em." Grand-ma took time to
think.
Eighteen indictments have been found
by the grand jury of the United States Cirn
4. ~4. li. t ~i_- : a
uun vajuil iii oan uaae ugutusi prumiueui
Mormons. It is stated that some of the murders
committed years ago are being investigated
; but it is probable that most of the indictments
are for polygamy.
A successful balloon ascension was
made from Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 19th,
by Professor Donaldson, who was accompanied
by a bridal party of six persons. At the
height of about a mile above the city the marriage
ceremony was performed. The balloon
landed safely about three miles from the place
of ascension.
There is a sudden calm in the Southern
outrage business, and the Republican organs
are one after another giving their whole attention
to the third term business. The impression
seems to be that the third term project
hurt the Republicans a good deal more
thau the bloody shirt yelling did the Democrats.
Hence the organs are very anxious the
President should speak at once. The discussion
is not a bit funny to them now.
This is a strange story, not to be used
in Sunday school. An Albany man, out of
work and nearly starving, turned for comfort
in his extremity to his sainted mother's Bible,
for the first time since her death in 1867. To
his surprise and delight he found a 810 bill
between the leaves and immediately fell on
his knees for the first time since 1840. With
a light heart and glittering eye he prayerfully
started for the baker's to obtain a loaf of
bread. There he found that the bill was a
counterfeit, when he swore bitterly for the first
time in three hours.
An exchange says: "In these days
when disease of the throat prevail, and particularly
a dry hacking cough, which is not
only distressing to ourselves, but to those
with whom we are brought in business contact,
those thus afflicted may be benefited by
trying the following remedy: Last fall we
were induced to try what virtue there was in
common salt. We commenced by using it
three times a day, morning, noon and night;
we dissolved a large teaspoonful of common
Salt in about a half a tumbler of cold water,
and with this we gargled the throat most effectually,
just before meal time. The result
has been that during the winter we were not
only free from the usual coughs and colds to
which, as far as our memory extends, we have
always been subject, but the dry hacking
cough has entirely disappeared. We attribute
it entirely to the salt gargle, and most
cordially recommend it to those of our readers
who are subject to the disease of the throat.
The Republican papers in all of the
States which are to hold elections next month
are full of warnings and admonitions. Even
in Massachusetts there is considerable undisguised
alarm. The Boston Journal says:
"One or two Congressional districts may be
lost by negligence, and the general volume of
Republican majorities may be suffered to become
so small as to prove a virtual encouragement
to those who are now reioicinsr over
the Democratic victories at the West." The
Advertiser reviews the prospects of maintaining
a Republican majority iu the next Congress,
and concludes that "after the elections
that have taken place the numbers of the two
parties are sure to be uncomfortably close, and
there is every reason for active exertion to
save every doubtful district. For the first
time in many years the Republicans are called
upon to fight, not for a large majority,
but for a majority. We hope the lesson will
not be lost."
The present House of Representatives?
Forty-third Congress?is composed of 293 Reppresentatives
including 10 delegates from the
Territories. According to McPherson's Manual,
they are divided as follows: Republicans
194, Democrats 93, Liberals 6. The Republicans,
therefore, have a majority of 101 over ;
the Democrats, and 95 over both Democrats
and Liberals. The complexion of the next;
Congress will, of course, be materially chaug- j
ed. From present advices 108 members have j
Unnn fp thp npvh TTnnap OP f.hpsp 52
aro Republicans and 56 Democrats. The |
same States send to the present Congress 76 :
Republicans and 32 Democrats. If the Dem-1
ocrats gain in the same ratio in the States j
which are yet to elect, they will have 150 j
members in the nest House?a majority of 13 j
over the Republicans and of 8 over hoth !
Liberals and Republicans; or if the Liberals ;
vote with them, of 18 over the Administration !
Republicans. This fact is a source of much
anxiety on the part of the Administration office-holders,
and must be a source of sorrowful
reflection to Speaker Blaine, Mr. Dawes, Gen.,
Garfield,Gen. Butler, Judge Kelley aud other
prominent chairmen of committees.
Everything in France is shaped with a
view to the contingency of war. The hope j
and expectation of eventually reaching a satis- j
factory conclusion of the unpleasant sentiment
toward Germany seems to be the inspiration
of nearly all the official measures of the;
country. It is now found that France has i
ouly about 3,000,000 horses, of which not
more than 300,000 are available for array use.
The late war destroyed 419,000 horses, and
the French army now on its peace footing requires
100,000 a year. "In case of war," this j
amount would increase to at least 250,000, and
there is a possibility of a scarcity. The government,
therefore, with the year 1875, is go- j
ii.g to begin breeding horses for itself on an
extended scale. At the rate of two hundred a
year, the number of stallions kept at public
expense is to be augmented until it reaches {
2,500, and these are to l>e of the best blood of i
the different races. High prizes are to be given
each year for horses, mares and colts, and
breeding is to be in every way encouraged.
Beside this sixty of the best Arab mares are
to be kept by the government solely for the
production of blood horses. It will be interesting
to note whether this method or our own
of multitudinous fairs, and constant bets, competition
and races, will lead to a better breed
, of animals.
$ltc forMlr
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HARD TIMES.
Cause and effect are inseparably connected. ]
No effect takes place without a cause, and J
every cause produces some effect. The theory
of luck and chance is at variance with all the ;
principles of sound philosophy, and contradict- j
ed by the universal experience of all observ- |
ing men in all ages and in all sections of the
world. The cause and the effects, to the experienced
eye, always bear a striking resemblance.
So much so that a knowledge of the
one is usually all that is necessary to discover
the other. When a cause is seen in operation,
it is easy to predict the result or effect;
and when the effect is presented to the accurate
observer, he is at no great difficulty to
diagnose the cause.
For the last few years, the cry of "hard
times" has been ringing in melancholy tones
in every nook and corner of our State. Nor j
is it confined to tfie Estate ot Soutn uirouna. j
The cry is heard in every section of the Southern
States. Were this cry of hard times
mere hypocritical slang, it would be idle to
comment upon it, or to attempt to explain its |
remote or proximate cause. This is not, however,
the case. The facts in the case warrant
us in saying that the present is hard and the
future is gloomy.
What is the cause, or rather what are the
causes of the present state of things, for they
are many? Passing over the abnormal state
of government in South Carolina, we may
mention the fact that the people of the State
have not as yet been brought to a practical
knowledge of their real condition. The negroes
of the State, when set free, concluded
that they could liveou freedom without work ;
and the white people concluded that they,
notwithstanding the fact that the negroes, the
former laborers of the State,were set free, could
live as they always had done. Practically, a
great many people have not as yet learned
the fact that the negro is free and that his
labor cannot be controlled as it once was.
Tbia ?e nnp nrinsp nf harrl t.iniPS. The man
who depends upon negro labor, as it could
once be depended upon, will most assuredly
meet with disappointment.
Another cause of hard times, is the fact that
our people, after the war ended, rushed headlong
into their former extravagances. The
late war taught us that we could make our
own supplies. So soon, however, as the war
wasended,the men ceased to make bread and
meat, and the women laid aside the cards and
wheel. Every dollar that could be got was
expended in dress. Men who had lost all
their property, never hesitated to dress themselves
and families with all the taste and ex[
pense that they did when in flourishing circumstances.
Stores were opened in every
nook and corner of the State, and the last
cent was expended in articles?if not absolutely
useless?that could have been dispensed
with. Cotton crop after cotton crop has been
nvnoiirlo/l?wo mitrlit. s?v wasted?in this wav.
UAJ^UUVM j y ,
and hard times has followed; not by a freak
of fortune, but by an irreversible law of nature.
The merchant was not made rich, for
his head became addled; and when it was
hopelessly too late, he found it was impossible
to collect when there was nothing to collect.
The men who, to-day, are in the best condition,
pecuniarily, are those who have accepted
the condition of things, gone to work, lived at
home, and paid no attention to the fashions.
With them there is really no hard times.
They may give utterance to the general complaint,
but it is only sympathetic. There is,
in reality, no hard times in their homes.
They have plenty and are comfortable. But
in those families where there has been a mania
for broad-cloth coats, doe-skin pants, fashionable
boots and beaver hats, silk and satin
dresses, made in the most approved styles,
there is hard times with an earnestness which
no language can well describe.
It is often much easier to give a correct
diagnosis of a disease, than to prognose it and
prescribe a remedy. Some times, too, the physician
has a correct knowledge of the cause
and tendency of disease in his patient, and
also of the remedy: but the difficulty is. the
patient will not follow his direction. It is
useless to prescribe to such a patient, for the
prescription will not be followed out. Just
so it with a people. Many of them would
rather die than be cured. The remedy for
the hard times of the present period is a thorough
ignoring of the fashions, a rigid economy,
and a production of all supplies. We
must commence at the beginning. After the
war was the proper time to have done this.
Had this been done, the country would have,
by this time, been wholly recovered from the
calamities of war ; but it is not still too late.
We must conduct ourselves as the settlers of
a new country would do. The multitude of
our people are poor, and the sooner we accept
the condition of a poor man and conduct ouronl.ina
iinnftr/linn] v tko hpMpr if U'ill bp fnP 119
C^/IYW j , VIIV wwvvw* w .. ... av.
The effort to appear rich is ruining us and
will continue to ruin us.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? John K. Cochran, the leader of the Republican
party in Anderson county, has declared
for Green, Delauy and McGovvan.
? Mr. D. R. Elkin, of Fairfield county, has
gathered from an acre over sixty-seven bushels
of com. It is of the new variety known .
as the ku-klux, and very prolific.
? The Edgefield Advertiser says: "It is but
plain truth to say that the minds of the negroes
in Edgefield are fully made up to vote
for Chamberlain in the deadliest-true manner." (
? Congressman Klliott has tendered to the
governor his resignation of the office of repre- ,
sentative from the third congressional district (
of this State to the forty-third Congress of
the United States, to take effect on the 1st day ,
of November next.
? The Conservatives of Chester have uominated
T. C. Gaston and J. J. Hemphill for (
T-Tf\i,cn t\f Ronrnaonfativns and \V. A.
lilt uuuov W. ? ; ?- I
Walker and Ilenry Moffatt for County Commissioners.
It is understood that the Inde- j (
pendent Republicans will complete the ticket j (
by nominations from their own ranks. f
? All the passenger engines on the Air-Line (
railroad are being converted into coal-burners, j
The burning of coal will obviate the frequent! j
stoppages for fuel, which are now unavoida- j
ble, and it is said that two hours will be saved ,
in the schedule between Charlotte and At-1
lanta.
? The Blue Ridge Railroad, including!'
thirty-three miles of finished road, in running !
order, in South Carolina, and all the proper- j i
tv and franchises of the Company in South J
Carolina, were sold under a decree in bankruptcy,
at Charleston, on Wednesday of last (
week, and bought by ex-Gov. Scott, for 855,-1 j
000, in the interest of the first mortgage bond- {
holders.
? The Executive Committee of the Repub-: ]
lican party, has put in nomination for mem- '
bers of the State uoara 01 jMjuauzuuou, mo
following persons: In the First Congressional
District, B. D. Townsend, of Darlington ; in *
the Second, W. B. Smith, of Charleston; in I
the Third, W. D. Mars, of Abbeville; in the j
Fourth, George W. Melton, of Chester; and (,
the Fifth, Samuel J. Lee, of Aiken. The four j
first-named gentlemen are (Conservative. The I <
remaining members of the Board will be the '
Governor, Comptroller-General and Secretary |
of State, making eight members in all?four
Conservatives and four Republicans.
? The Orangeburg New, of the 24th instant,
says: "On Tuesday morning, upon opening
the court, Judge Graham, upon looking over
the criminal docket, inquired of the solicitor j
what disposition he proposed to make of the i
caseagainst F. J. Moses, Jr., and J. L. Humbert,
indicted for breach of trust and larceny, j
Solicitor Buttz stated in substance, that as
a motion was made at the last term of the j
Court to quash the indictment against F. J. |
Moses, Jr., one of the defendants, on the ;
ground that he could not he tried for any of-1
fense while Governor of the State, and as the j
court, during vacation, had granted the motion,
it would be impossible for him to take
any further action during the present term of
the court. Solicitor Buttz, however, further
stated "that as the Governor's office would expire
previous to the January term of the
court, he would be able to prepare a new bill
of indictment and give it to the grand jury.
He therefore moved to continue the case of
J. L. Humbert. The motion was granted."
? ? NORTH
CAROLINA NEWS.
? Ice was an inch thick at Asheville on
Wednesday of last week.
? Wm. Harty, an old citizen of Charlotte,
died in Austin, Texas, on the 20th ultimo.
? Col. Thomas M. Holt has been reelected
President of the North Carolina Agricultural
Society.
? Sandy Staton, colored, was sentenced by
Judge Hilliard, at Pitt court, last week, to five
years in the penitentiary for stealing five
chickens.
? The Charlotte Democrat says there is now
a prospect of the old Rock Island Woolen
Mills in that place being converted, at an early
dav. into a cotton factory.
? Wm. Bryant, of Charlotte, who has been
in jail for some time, on a charge of counterfeiting,
was released on bail last week at the
Federal Court in Statesville.
? Says the Asheville Expositor: "Judge
Mitchell adjourned Caldwell Court last week
in order that the lawyers might attend the
circus at Hickory and Marion. They all attended
except Col. Gaither, who went toNebo
camp-meeting.
? The present session at Davidson College
opened under favorable auspices. One hundred
and eighteen students are present, fiftytwo
new applications have been made, and a
goodly number of old students not yet returned,
are expected back.
? Notre Dame, the Yorkville mare that
won the 8500 purse at the Raleigh fair, appeared
on the grounds handsomely decorated
with palmetto trimmings on her bridle, made
especially for the occasion by a distinguished
South Carolina lady in attendance upon the
fair.
? The trial of George Cunningham for the
murder of D. Steinburg on the north fork of
the Swannanoa, in Buncombe county, came
off last week at Madison court. He was
found puiltv and sentenced to be haneed.
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His counsel took an appeal to the Supreme
Court.
? The girls of the woolen and cotton factory
of Salem throw ashes in the faces of boys
that hang around the fence at the close of
work hours to escort them home. A young
love-sick swaiu of that town was seriously injured
in his eyes by a shovel full of hot ashes
a few nights ago.
EDITORIAL*:INKLINGS.
Affairs in Louisiana.
-? The registration of voters in Louisiana
is progressing. New Orleans registers 17,000
blacks and 28,000 whites. The blacks
throughout the State, as far as heard from,
have a majority of 2000.
From Shreveport, we learn that sixty merchants
have signed an agreement refusing to
employ any person voting the Republican
tinker nr to furnish credit or suDnlies to anv
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planter renting lands or giving employment
to Republicans. Affidavits for violation of
the enforcement act have been made against
them by Col. Lewis Merrill, and already a
number of arrests have been made. Ninety
warrauts have been prepared, and it is said
that the signers of the document above referred
to declare it their intention to abide the
legal issue. The warrants on ninety complaints
were to have been served last Monday.
Mixed Schools In the South.
The committee of the Peabody fund
trustees, consisting of William Evarts, John
H. Clifford, and Samuel Whetmore, appointed
to consider the subject of mixed schools in '
the South, report that after the most careful ;
comparison of opinions, and the most solicit- {
ous consideration of all the elements of the
discussion affecting the interests of education j
in the various States for their white and col- ;
ored population, have unanimously come to
the conclusion that the prospects and hopes ]
of the public systems of education at the (
South will receive a serious, if not a fatal (
blow, from any legislature which should make j
such systems of education maintainable only i
on a scheme of mixed schools as the organi- <
zation required for such public education. 1
The Board are of the opinion that while jus- '
tice and public duty, as well as the interests (
and feelings of the white and colored people
of the South, concur in demanding a system ,
of public education which should give equal j
opportunities and equal advantages to the
chidren of either color, that no such result |
would be promoted by the compulsory system
of mixed schools. The committee, in conclu- I
siou, say these views are fully set forth iu the
report of the general agent, which is accepted
aud approved as expressing the unanimous
opinion of the trustees.
Commissioners of Election. <
Governor Moses has recently made a 1
number of changes in the Boards of Co minis- i
doners of Election in the several counties of j
the State, by removing Republicans and sub- <
jtituting in their stead either Democrats or j J
members of the Independent Republican j j
party. In this and adjoining counties the ' i
following changes have been made: j 1
Chester County?John Lilly, Independent j
Republican, appointed, vice John McDaniel, ]
Independent Republican hereby removed. ,
itr A AA7- 1L?- ^ onnAinfnrl III/I/I :
>V A. lYttl&ei'i VjUlldCl vabl??) Uj/j/viuvwu, v?vw .
Julius Mills, Conservative, hereby removed.1
Lancaster County?F. A. Clinton, B. J. I
NVitherspoon and J. F. G. Mittag, vice John !
Gr. Marks, Benjamin Montgomery and Thos. i
3. Kiddle, hereby removed.
Spartanburg County?J. H. Evins, D. R.
Duncan and John Winsmith, vice Daniel
Swinney, Alfred Tollcson and J. P. F. Camp,!
liereby removed. !
Union County?Vincent Farr and W. H. 1
Wallace, vice J. W. Defaur and S. A. Dawkins,
hereby removed.
York County?W. B. Wilson, vice John G.
Dnloe, hereby removed. !
The proclamation announcing the above
changes closes with the following paragraph:
"The warrants of annointraent, together
with the oaths of office, will be forwarded immediately
to the above named appointees, y
who, after having filed their oaths in accord- i
ince with law, will at once enter upon the t
liseharge of the duties of their office." i y
LOCAL AFFAIRS. '
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. II. Clawson?Assignee's Sale.
D. M. Campbell and others?Fair Warning.
Jona. N. McElwce, J up.?Notice.
T. M. Dobson A Co.?Oh, Dick?Temple of Fash- j
ion?Fine Boots?Bleached Shirting?Over
Coats.
John C. Kuyktmdal?Wholesale?Drugs?Liver ;
Regulator?Gowland's Lotion.
H. F. Adickes? Pistols?Hats?Rutl's?ClothingGinghams?Seasonable
Goods?Boots and
Shoes?Coral?Black Silk.
Carroll, Clark A Co.?Closing out at Cost?Fair
Warning.
Sarah Thorn?Notice.
T W ('InwHon Doniit.v Messenger?Tn Bank
rnptcy?Application for Discharge?in the |
Matter of H. E. McFadden.
M. Strauss A Son?French Corsets?Furs?Shawls
and Prints.
W. II. McCorkle?Guano.
Christnian <k Moser?Ornamental Gardening.
W. 1). Simpson, Treasurer?Railroad Notice.
T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?First
Meeting of Creditors?In the Matter
of B. M. Winstock, O. C. Folger.
T. S. Jefferys, Secretary?Masonic Meeting.
FINE TURNIPS.
We are under obligation to Mr. J. L. Parker
for a basket of very fine turnips.
REPUBLICAN MEETING AT ROCK HILL.
The Republicans will hold a meeting at
Rock Hill to-morrow (30th) at which speeches
will be made by Lt.-Governor Gleaves, Attorney-General
Melton, Dr. Neagle and others.
THE ELECTION LAW.
As a matter of interest to the public, we
publish this week theelection law of this State,
as it now stands, with the exception of the
day on which theelection is to be held, which,
since the ratification of the act published, was
changed by constitutional amendment to the
first Tuesday of November. The election,
therefore, will be held next Tuesday. By act
of the Legislature, the penalty for voting
more than once, at the same election for the
same office, is fine and imprisonment.
SUPERVISORS OF ELECTION.
In the United States Court, at Charleston!
on Thursday last, the following supervisors of
election were appointed for York county:
Yorkville, No. 1?Conservative, Dr. J. B.
Allison; Republican, J. A. Katchford. Xorkville,
No. 2?Conservative, \V. A. Moore;
Republican, J. K. Wagoner. Blairsville?
Conservative, Wni. M. Kennedy; Republican,
Thomas K. Mickle. McConnellsville?
Conservative, John D. McConnell; Republican,
Wra. H. Clark. Pride's Mill?Conservative,
J. Leonidas Moore; Republican, Wra.
H. Kidd. Rock Hill, No. 1?Conservative,
A.E. Hutchinson; Republican, C. J. Pride.
Rock Hill, No. 2?Conservative, Iredell
Jones; Republican, M. L. Owens. Coate's
Tavern?Conservative, D. T. Lesley ; Republican,
Wra. Wiley. Fort Mill?Conservative,
Col. John M. White; Republican, P. T. Murray.
Clay Hill?Conservative, T. C. Neill;
Republican, Edward Tate. Bethel?Conservative,
W. W. McElwee ; Republican, D. M.
Campbell. Bethany?Conservative, Lowry
Smith; Republican, D. T. Barrett. Boydtowu?Conservative,
J. C. Webber; Republican,
Jno. L. Roberts. Hickory Grove?
Conservative, Jno. L. Davis; Republican,
Peter Edwards.
MANAGERS OF ELECTION.
The following is a list of managers of election
fin- Ynrb- nnnntv as annninted hv the
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Commissioners of Election:
Yorlcville.?No. 1.?J. Ed. JefFerys, A.
Springs Withers, Augustus Bryant. No. 2.?
J. S. Lewis, W. B. Sadler, Allen Beatty.
Rock Hill.?No. 1.?Iredell Jones, F. M.
Davie, G. W. Byers. No. 2.?W. J. White,
Thomas Wood, Benjamin Watt.
Fort Mill.?P. T. Murray, T. G. Gulp, Anthony
Adger.
Coated Tavern.?R. P. Workman, R. L.
Crook, Thomas R. Hamilton.
Pride's Old Mill.?A. L. Nunnery, R. L.
McCants, David Smith.
Blairsville.?W. J. Wilson, Wilson Wilson,
W. Z. Kell.
McConnellsville.?R. E. Guthrie, E. N.
Crawford, Matthew Williams.
Clay Hill.?William Sahms, W. B. Allison,
Samuel Siraril.
Bethel.?R. L. Simmons, A. H. Barnett,
Joseph Currence.
Hickory Grove.?D. T. Byers, Morgan Dover,
Isaac F. Miller.
JJoydton.? VV. W. liaflney, William nowell,
Lee Hardin.
Belliany.?Win. McGill, R. A. Hagans,
Henry Crawford.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
At the election, next Tuesday, there are
three constitutional amendments to be voted
upon, as follows:
1. To change article II, section 3, relative
to the boundary line of Pickens and Ocouee
counties, changing the boundary between
those counties from White Water to Toxaway
river. The present boundary is said to
occasion great inconvenieuce to the people interested.
2. To change article III, section 23, in 1
reference to the term of office of certain State 1
officers, proposing to change the teim of of- '
fice of the Comptroller-General, Secretary of '
State, Treasurer, Attorney-General, Adjutant '
and Inspector-General and Superintendent of j
Education from two to four years, by which 1
all the State officers will be elected every two !
years.
3. To change article XVII relative to the
increasing of debts of counties, cities and
towns. This amendment prohibits the General
Assembly from authorizing any county,
sity, town or village to become a stockholder
in, or to loan its credit to any company, association
or corporation for any amount exceeding
five per cent, of the assessed value of
the taxable property of such county, city, town
er village, without the approval of a majority
}f the legal voters thereof, expressed at an
election duly held according to law.
Persons voting on the above amendments
will use a printed or written ticket in the following
words:
Constitutional Amendment, Article II, secion
3: "Yes" or "No."
Constitutional Amendment, Article III, secion
23 : "Yes" or "No."
Constitutional Amendment, Article XVII:
'Yes" or "No." '
31 It. CIIAMIIERLAIN'S SPEECH.
On Friday last the Republicans of York
county were addressed by Hon. D. H. Cham
perlain the candidate of the Republican party
for Governor, and Messrs. Minton, Farmele
md Northrop. The attendance of Republics
at this meeting was larger than at the
Republican meeting held here three weeks
lincc, but there was a considerable diminution
n numbers as compared with similar meetings
peld four and two years ago.
Mr. Chamberlain was the first to speak.
He said it was a pleasure to him to discuss
political questions, and to advance arguments
n support of the Republican party, without
esorting to abuse of any individual or unjust
jriticism of other political parties. He urged
,he people of York to stand by Republican
principles?the principles he advocated at
his place six years ago, when speaking in belalfof
the first free government established in
south Carolina. He was here to-day to Hrge
i continued allegiance to the party as in those
iarly days when the system of government
vas first introduced.
True, many mistakes have been committed J
py State officials; but if the mistakes were
>v^n as nrreat as the enemies of the Republi- s
:an party represeut them to be, they would t
jot weigh as dust in the balance against the ; t
principles on which the Republican party is j s
bunded. j g
Such gatherings as this, he regarded as the c
;ery best school for our people, and wished , c
nore of his political opponents were present t
o hear him discuss the principles of the party,:
vhich he thought were the only ones designed I d
to work out good results for all. In free and [
open discussion all parties could gain instruct j
tion. One lesson not yet learned by our people
is the lesson of political toleration; and
he hoped to see the day when any man within
the sound of his voice coujd call himself a
Republican, or a Radical, or any other politi-.
cal appellation, with impunity and without the
fear of ostracism. The Republican party is
founded on the idea of political freedom ; but
what shall wesay of the freedom thatprevents a ;
man from joining any party without forfeiting
his social standing? In the language of the
Irish patriot, O'C'onnell, no result of a political
revolution is worth u single human life.
Then let all have equal rights to enjoy their
opinions, in which spirit he should speak today.
Under a free form of government there is
necessity for division of parties. A Republican
form is proper, and to go beyond thut we
come upon debatable ground. He rejoiced ;
that there are now two parties in York county,
aud when parties get above personal prejudices
and the sentiment which leads to social
ostracism, they will then reach the true
plane of harmony and peace.
It was a great misfortune for the State?
for the whole country?that previous to the
war the people of South Carolina were not
properly divided into parties. If, in 1860,
there had been an organized political party in
this State to defend the Union, the war, with
its attendant calamities, would never have occurred.
But, unfortunately, one party held
the destinies of South Carolina for thirty
years, and no voice was to be heard against
war aud slavery. Now there are two parties,
and better times will come, as a natural result,
when fair and open discussion is had before
the people.
The speaker was a Republican and favorable
to the same objects recently pleaded for in
this place by General Kershaw, because Republicanism
was founded upon the principle of
equal justice to all men?giving the poorest
and humblest citizen equal rights with the
richest. Can there be anything in such principles
to humble the pride of a white man?
On the contrary, he was proud of the act of
the Anglo Saxon race in raising the slave to
the condition of a freeman, aud giving him
ftio Qomo lihortipQ pninvpd hv the white race.
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In reviewing the past six years of Republican
rule iu this State, though misfortunes and
mistakes had occurred, they were not attributable
to the principles of the party ; and to
these principles he would urge his friends to
stand, and improve upon the errors of the
past by the selection of good officers.
He next reviewed the record of the two
great national parties for the past twenty
years, which he did without a desire of stirring
up the bitter memories of the past, but to
prove that the principles of the Republican
party were best adapted to promote the true
interests of all classes of citizens. Iu 1860
the Republican party declared the Declaration
of Independence to embody the true doctrine
on which the government should beadministered.
Slavery was then the cornerstone
of the American Republic, and through
four years of war the Republican party abolished
that institution by liberating the slaves.
In 1865 the party met another problem, namely,
how shall the freedom thus won be secured
? The emancipation proclamation and the
victories of the Union army were great, but
not greater than when, in 1865 and 1867, the
Republican party declared that freedom would
not work out the prosperity of the liberated
slaves until they possessed the power to protect
their freedom. It was seen that they
would be in better condition as slaves than for
every man to be against them and their hands
tied behiud them. Then the Republican party
gave the right of the ballot and said every
man shall have the same privileges that the
governiug power formerly had. It was deemed
an indisputable fact that there was no man to
whom the liberated slaves could trust their
liberties, and hence the reconstruction acts
were passed to make all free in fact and in
truth.
What of the Democratic party during those
twenty years ? He was not here to indulge
in abuse of the Democratic party ; but truth
cnmnelled him to sav that durine that period
the Democratic party stood in opposition to
the Republican party. In 1860, when Republicans
were for peace, the voice of Democracy
was for war and slavery. In 1865 their cry
was, no ballot for the negro. In 1870 and
1871 they declared the enforcement acts unconstitutional.
He asked his hearers to compare
the records, which he thus presented, not
to offend or stir up bitter memories, but because
without doing so the past and the future
could not be so well understood.
But now there suddenly comes a new voice
from Democracy as interpreted in your Court
House a few days ago by General Kershaw.
They say they are with the Republicans today
; that they will give you as many rights
as the Republicans will, and urge you to desert
your party and joiu them. The speaker
knew nothing equal to the tribute Gen. Kershaw
paid Republicanism, and the ardor with
which he urgtj you to stanri with him on republican
principles. But how shall we test
the Democrats? I trust General Kershaw is
sincere, and I welcome him. We want their
strength, but is the voice of Democracy sincere
? How do we know they are not our enemies
? Usually a repentant sinner, after becoming
converted, joins the church ; he does
lot make great professions and in proof of '
bis sincerity ask the whole church to come
iver and join him. The Democrats say they
cave been touched with political repentance, j
aut they ask us to come out of the true church
ind join them?great sinners. Let us give (
,hera twenty years consistent practice c#ftheir irofessions,
aud we cau trust them. We can
inly welcome General Kershaw and his i
'riends to the Republican party, but cannot
jo out to hunt them up.
The Independent Republican movement
was next discussed. The speaker contended {
,hat it depends upon a man who has called
limself a Republican, who in this movement
s supported only by a few Republicans, j
whom the Democrats will join, and thus hope
o divide and defeat the true Republican j
)arty. In this way only?by a combination 1
>f Independent Republicans and Democrats? *
:an they succeed. j
To the colored citizens he would say, if you g
lesire to leave the Republican party and join
he Democratic party, do so. He wanted all
o enjoy the privileges of free citizenship ; but A
inless they wished to join with the Democrats
hey had better not elect Green. The Demo:rats
of South Carolina, many of whom he ]
net in business relations every day, he com- (
diraented as embodying the highest type of s
he true, high-toned gentleman, and especially 1
lid he consider Gen. Kershaw of this class,. I
>y whom he would regard it an honor to be t
lefeated. But Judge Green, he characteri- 1
:ed as a recreant Republican, stolen to head c
he movement, which was a species of strate- s
ry?seeking to take deluded Republicans t
rom the ranks of the party?an expedient to j
livideand defeat the party?which, if successul,
would prove a Trogan horse, ending in a c
Democratic victory and in establishing Dcra- u
icratic rule. Never, he said, was there an n
mursince 18G8, that Republicans should stand o
nore closely together than now. h
It is our duty to make our party one of a
lonestyand good government?not a govern- f
oent for the interests of only those who sup- e
lort the ticket?but we should give a good T
,nd honest government to every citizen. If i o
kl iponiam fuila in this if. will oomfi to I fj
,n end, not from defeat by the Democratic
>arty, but because the best men will leave it. o
A good and honest government means that g
t is the duty of the Republican party to make e
he taxes on land and property as low as pos- s
ible to support the government. Taxes have t
o be paid for this purpose, and it is our duty ii
o make them no heavier nor more burden- a
ome than is actually required to support the e
government. Taxation comes from the labor j c
if the country, and a tax on land puts a tax a
m everything else. Hence, low taxes are for ' t
he benefit of all classes of the people. j a
Good government also means that not a j a
lollar shall go out of the public treasury, un-1 h
less full benefit therefor has been received, and
that no officer shall receive his salary unless
his services have been reudered and his duties
faithfully performed.
Nor is this all. Good government means
that the public debt now hangiug over the
State in bonds and stocks, shall be reduced to
the lowest dollar consistent with honor. Political
opponents have charged that the speaker
was so connected with the debt of the State,
that if elected Governor, the people would be
required to pay that portion of the claims
deemed by many unjust. In reply to this, he
had to say that no man can charge that he is
under the slightest pledge to do anything with
the public debt inconsistent with honor. He
would stand by the reduction made by acts of
the last Legislature; by that settlement he
was willing to stand and abide, and would do
no act to reopen discussion upon the question.
Of Blue Ridge railroad scrip, conversion
bonds, or legislative pay certificates, he never
owned a dollar, nor had he any interest whatever
in them. He desired every fraudulent
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cent or me ueoi to ue la&eu iroiu me people
of South Carolina, and that the amount
should be reduced as much as possible. South
Carolina owes several millions of borrowed
money which should be paid; but not a dollar
ought to be paid until the claim is ascertained
to be honest and just.
Public offices should be filled with honest
officials. The position of a public officer is
one of public trust; he bears the same relation
as public trustee; and if elected, while
he should fill offices of appointment with Republicans,
yet it would be done with regard
to their honesty and competency.
But to secure the desirable ends of good
government, above all things else, the Legis" ,
lature should be filled by honest and competent
Republicans. The Legislature can remove
the Governor or the Judges of our
Courts. It is the supreme head of the State,
which nothing but revolution can impeach and
remove, and to ensure good government, must
be composed of honest, competent men. Elect
men whose votes cannot be bought, and we
will have good government. Fill your seats
in the House of Representatives with men of
the integrity of Senator White, of York county,
and you may expect honest legislation;
butgood government need not be looked for
from such Legislatures as we have had in Columbia.
Iu conclusion, he said he was embarrassed
in speaking by reason of his position as candidate?to
which he had never looked with
longing eyes, and never sought. It was conferred
without any act of his own, and if
elected he would enter upon the office free
and untramelled?free from everything except
his solemn pledges that he will be true
to the best interests of all the people. While
he felt confident of 40,000 majority, yet he
wanted a better victory than numbers?he
wanted the voice of York county and of South
Carolina to be for honest government, competent
officers, wise legislation for the interests
of whites and blacks alike, when harmony ?
and prosperity will prevail.
Mr. Chamberlain was followed by Messrs.
Minton, Parmele and Northrop, each of whom
spoke in behalf of the Regular Republican
ticket.
In closing our report of this meeting, we
feel constrained to allude to one important
feature that characterized the various
speeches, which was the absence of passionate
appeals designed to array the colored race
against the whites. The speakers, iu the main,
confined themselves to legitimate political
tactics; and Col. Parmele went so far as to
disabuse the minds of the freedmen regarding
the absurd notion that if the Democrats gained
power in the State the negroes would be
remanded to slavery. He told them plainly
that such arguments were puerile. He appealed
to his hearers to vote the Republican
ticket solely on political grounds, admitting
that in business transactions, and in every relation
outside of politics, the former Democratic
slave-owner is the best friend of the
black people, and would do more for tbem
than the Northern white man. He counselled
them to be quiet, orderly and sober, before,
during and after the election, and to do nothing,
in case of success or defeat, rendering
themselves obnoxipus to the opposite party.
This, and similar advice, was in marked contrast
with the tone of Republican speeches in
previous campaigns, which, to say the least,
augurs a better state of feeling than has heretofore
existed between the races.
Important Decision in Bankruptcy.
In the United States Circuit Court at
Greensboro, N. C., last week, Judge Bond
made the following decision to the effect that
the homestead of a debtor is not exempted
from execution and sale for debts contracted
before the adoption of the State Constitution
which allows the homestead. The following
is the opinion delivered by the court:
In re Siiipman?In Bankruptcy.?This
is a motion on the part of creditors to set
/-I/> onnliftottAn fKn oilomannn nf a
aoiuc au luatiuu ivt uiiu wii.'Tvuuw v* u
homestead exemption out of property encumbered
by judgments upon debts created antecedent
to the adoption of the Constitution of
North Carolina which provides for that exemption.
It seems to me that this application is similar
to that in Gunn vs. Barry, which was made
jnder a like provision in the Constitution of
aeorgia, and which the Supreme Court, in 12
Wallace, declared, with some emphasis, could
jot be allowed; and it is precisely the case of
Dillard, decided in the Eastern District of
Virginia.
The act of Congress of March 3rd, 1873,
vhich was passed, as is maintained at the bar,
,o overrule the decision of Gunn vs. Barry,
md to give the homestead exemption paranount
liens of antecedent judgments, was
)y the same Court, Chief Justice Waite d ' ivsring
the opinion, in Decker's case, which will
)e found in the National Bankrupt Register,
Vol. X, No. 1, declared to be unconstitutional,
rhis application on the part of the Bankrupt
nust, therefore, be refused and the motion to
let aside granted.
GENERAL ELECTION LAW.
VN ACT Providing for the General Elections, aud
the Manner of Conducting the Same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
Touse of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in general asembly
and by the authority of the same,
rhat. the aeneral elections in this State shall
>e held, pursuant to the constitution thereof,
in the third Wednesday in October, eighteen
mndred and seventy, and forever thereafter
m the same day in every second year, and
hall be regulated and conducted according
o the rules, principles and provisions herein
irescribed.
Sec. 2. Every male citizen of the United
itates, of the age of twenty-one years and
ipward, not laboring under the disabilities
lamed in the constitution, without distinction
f raceor color or former condition, who shall
iave been a resident of the State for one year
,nd in the county in which he offers to vote
or sixty days next preceding any general
lection, shall be entitled to vote: Provided,
?hatno person while kept in any alms house
r asylum, or of unsound mind, or confined
o any public prison, shall be allowed to vote.
Sec. 3. That for the purpose of carrying
n such election, it shall be the duty of the
;overnor, and he is hereby authorized and
rapowered, at least sixty days prior to any
uch election, to appoint in and for each couny
three commissioners of election, whose duty
t shall be, and they are hereby authorized
,nd empowered, to appoint three managers of
lections for each election precinct of the
ounty for which they shall respectively be
ppointed. The said commissioners of elecions
and said managers of elections shall take
,nd subscribe, before any officer authorized to
dminister oaths, the oath of office prescribed
iy section 30 of article II of the constitution,