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Of course he did not defer giving the clergyman's family an account of the object with whicb he had left borne and his adventures in trying to accomplish it?an attempt which had so far resulted only in failure. Mr. Carleton could not encourage him in any hope of ultimate success. "The length of time which has elapsed, and the entire absence of all traces of the event, are almost un^ surmountable barriers to your chances of making any discoveries," he said. "I fear the whole party to which your relatives belonged, must have been irretrievably lost. Had there been any survivors, tidings of their existence would have reached their friends long ere , this." "So I am afraid," Arthur made answer to this speech. "I set out on my quest with very high hopes?Heaven knows why, for I had no ground for them?but I think now, with you, that there is small chance of their ever being realized. I have traveled over hill and down dale, have sought and inquired and advertised in every place, and have found no * one among the oldest inhabitants of the entire territories of Arizona and Nevada, in one of which the party was lost sight of, who could give me the faintest clue for my guide, or even remember anything at all of the occurrence." "Were these emigrants positively known to have come so far on their route as Arizona or Nevada ?" "So I am told. They were traced after their disappearance, by direct inquiry, to one of the two territories. But every thing connected with their disaster seems wonderfully confused and blotted out. It seems the strangest thing in the world that they should just have vanished, as if by magic, from the face of the earth, and leave no sign to give a hint, even, of their fate!" "It is singular," mused the clergyman. "I fear there is but one solution of the rnys1 ?~?11 konft knnn muoQOArn/1 kv icrjr tuujt UiUOli Ail uavu la^ou uiimxthviwa wy Indians." "How horrible!" said Arthur, shuddering. "But even in that case, would not some indication of the fact have remained?their bones, perhaps?" "not necessarily. Thefr Dones migftt have " - been buried, if their enemies had any object in obliterating the deed; and their wagons and stores were no doubt taken as spoil. I tell you, Indians are the craftiest race in the world. They have ways of accomplishing deeds of darkness that it would defy you to discover." "I can't say I am prepossessed in favor of the 'noble savage,' judging from tbe specimens I have encountered in my travels," said Arthur. "They seem to be the lowest, most abandoned, repulsive set of beings imaginable. I used to invest tbem in my imagination with sundry lofty and picturesque attributes, but the reality casts all such notions to the ground." "Perhaps, however, you have seen only the worst specimens," suggested the missionary. "Now these Digger Indians are truly degraded?little better in fact than the lowest of the brute creation ; so are some of the Pawt nees, of which there are numbers about here." "I think our friend Joe is about the best of them," said Arthur. "Yes; Joe is a very good fellow, in his own peculiar way." "He was very kind to me, at all events." "By the way, Millicent," said Mr. Carleton, turning to his wife, "did I tell you that he contemplated matrimony ?" And he proceeded to give her an account of the conversation he had held with the Indian upon that subject. They all joined in a laugh over his recital of Joe's eloquent arguments in his own favor, and Arthur exclaimed? "Why, I passed through that reservation of the Crows* that they have just moved into, the day before I met with my accident. I saw plenty of squaws and papooses around, but I can't say I was struck by the charms of any of them." "Joe assured me that his inamorata far eclipsed all her companions in beauty aod grace," said the missionary ; "so perhaps she was abroad, or engaged in nursing the old chief upon whom she attends. We must "' " make allowance, however, for Ats Ideas of su: perlative beauty. They may not tally with yours, by any means." "Very likely not," said Arthur. I can see no attraction in the swarthy skins, high cheekbones, coarse black hair and flattened profiles which seem to be the most prominent characteristics of these Indian girls' outward ap- j pearance." "Probably we shall be able, before long, to judge for ourselves whether Joe's description was a truthful one," rejoined Mr. Carleton, "since he intends making this charming maiden his wife at such an early period." "I shall scarcely have the opportunity," said Arthur, "for in a few days' time I must taira leave of you all and set my face home ward." There was a general exclamation at this announcement. ^ "We cannot think of letting you go so soon," said Mr. Carleton. "You are by no means fit to travel yet." "Why, my ankle is all but well?I can use it almost as easily as the other," said Arthur. "We counted upon your remaining with us * for some weeks longer," said Mrs. Carleton. "In fact you had better make up your mind to spend the winter here. You will find the spring a much pleasanter season for traveling." . "Spend the winter! Why, Mrs. Carleton! What would my uncle think of me? He counts on my being at home by Christmas." "Vnnr anoiAt.v is really a boon to us all," M. V? -^v.vV ? r # f said the missionary. "You might allow us the beoeftt of it a little longer. Since you are here, there is no reasou why you should hurry ? * * - , , off. Your uucle has got accustomed to your absence by this time. A few mouths can make no difference." "Oh! please, Arthur, stay," cried little ' Milly, who had become a great pet of the young man's during his convalescence. "Yes, ! do," added Lucia, persuasively; "we shall! miss you so." Amy alone said nothing. She ! bent diligently over a piece of work, her fair young cheek wearing a brighter flush than usual. In her innocent heart, scarcely more than the heart of a child, new thoughts, new fancies had begun to stir. There was a fund of latent romance in her nature, and it had awakened to crown this little idyl of her life with a tender charm. In her eyes, Arthur was a hero, a knight-errant of the olden stamp. r^1- - ?*?Urt Vtns? oAmn finnmoH ft lot] DliHIIIUU Ull niiltu uc uau wuiu _ , noble and sacred one to her, and all the graces of mind and person with which he was invested, combined to brighten the halo of poetical interest and sentiment which her fancy threw aronnd him. Arthur, who, to do him justice, was wonderfully free from conceit, had no idea whatever of the estimation in which he was held ; and Amy's perfect modesty, and the gentle dignity and simplicity of her manner, were safeguards against his discovery of her secret admiration. Indeed, so far was he from suspecting it, that he actually fancied her the most indifferent to him of them all. His ankle fairly well, Arthur's active spirit awakened once more within him, and he began to spend his days on horseback again, though still making the missionary's house his headquarters, for the present. He had found bo many difficulties in the way of the enterprise which he had undertaken, that the high hopes with which he had left home had long since vanished from his mind. He began to think that he had been foolishly sanguine in bis expectations, now that he fully realized the impracticability of their fulfillment. In his last letter to his uncle he had said, "I fear I must return to you like a bad penny?without profit I have exerted myself, in vain, to accomplish the object of ray quest, and am more vexed and disappointed at my failure than I can express." To this letter he had not yet received a reply. But from the general tone of Mr. Chase's communications to him, he inferred that he, too, had ceased to cherish any hopeful anticipations, and that the final disappointment would not, therefore, fall very keenly upon him. In regard to the time of his return to the East, the young man still wavered. He did not feel that there was any pressing necessity for it,8ince his uncle now enjoyed good health and had Charlotte for his companion, and this wild western life of travel and adventure had acquired a fascination for him from which he mac nnt anvinild t/\ OQAaruk TKflPfl WftB RUmB nnvrv muaivuw w wvm^v* .. ? thing exhilarating in the freedom of it, which he knew he should miss greatly when once more confined to the conventional round of social existence in his native city, and he was more than half-inclined to indulge himself for some weeks or mouths louger, before relinquishing the liberty in which he found iuch a charm. So he lingered on from day to day, still deferring any positive resolve, while his kind friends, who really enjoyed his companionship, continued to urge his stay. His frank disposition, and genial, sunshiny temper, always made him a favorite wherever he was well known, and the more unreserved his intercourse with the Carletons became, the more loth they fouud themselves to let him go. Mrs. Carleton felt an especial attachment to him, from the fact of bis strong resemblance to a young aud favorite brother of hers, who had died soon after she had parted from him on leaving home; aud then he was like a little bit of the world from which they had been cut off so long, a fresh, pleasant infusion into their quiet atmosphere. The girls delighted to listen to his sketches at home, and Lucia, more than once, sighed regretfully, "Oh ! I wish papa had never come away to be a missionary and live in tbis lonely place 1" "Should you like to go to New York?" Arthur asked her. "Ah ! shouldn't I ? or to Baltimore, or any large city. I would rather go to Baltimore, because our relations are there. We may all go some day?papa Bays so." "Papa would not leave his work here," said Amy. "Well, we could cro and stav with grand mamma, couldn't we?" "I should never leave papa and mamma," said Amy with gentle decision; and little Milly adding an emphatic "nor I," Lucia found herself in the minority, and said no more. One fine morning Arthur took his gun and sallied out, this time on foot, to see if he could find any game in the neighboring woods. He was a sturdy walker, and, exhilarated by the bracing air, went on his way with such rapid strides that he traversed some miles of ground without being at all aware of the distance he had gone. He shot a few birds, but was unsuccessful in finding any larger preyj and feeling a littie tired at length, he sat down to rest beneath a wide spreading tree, on the outskirts of the wood, and near a belt of hills that stretched away in a broken line to join the grand chain of the lofty Sierras. Leaning on his elbow, he took a survey of the scenery around him, with a lazy enjoyment of its beauty. The grandeur of towering cliffs, the infinitude of the Vast sweep of prairie-land beyond, tne glowing richness of the forest-growth, no longer possessed that charm of novelty for his accustomed eyes; but it was impossible for him not to admire and appreciate them all. Ar- | thur was no artist, but he had the soul of, one, and he longed now for an artist-hand to portray the landscape upon which his gaze rested ; but failing in that, he fell to compos-1 ing verses instead, and bad got as far as the | tenth line of a very creditable stanza, when, | while engaged in finding a suitable rhyme to ; the last word of the preceding one, drowsi-1 ness overpowered him, and he feel asleep. Meantime, across the mountains a huge ; ' I orown mass was siuwiy iiiuvmg, pn-amg us i way over rock and chasm toward the lower i belt of hills, in search of provender of some ! description. It was a "grizzly," whose larder at home was probably but scantily provided ; and his family being clamorous in their demands, Mr. Bruin had started out this fine morning with a view to procure, if possible, a fresh supply of the necessaries of life. At least, such might have been his object. On the other band, he might only have been taking a walk for the benefit of his health ; but to judge from his hungry expression of countenance, and the inquisitive way in which be went sniffling about, it was most reasonable to suppose that he was laboring under that serious misfortune?an unsatisfied appetite. It was very rarely that these grizzlies, which infested the higher Bpurs of the moun oino in nreat nnmhflrs ftnd Wfirfl freQUentlV made war upon by hunters, left their fastnesses to venture down below ; and Bruin, as he proceeded on his way, cast many a cautious glance around, for he was a brute of experience, and had heard shot rattle and arrows whizz in unpleasant proximity to his ears, on more than one previous occasion. The coast, however, seemed all clear. No wily, darkskinned trapper appeared, to challenge him to mortal conflict and point a murderous weapon at his bead. He would have been an ugly customer to deal with, in any case. Arthur would not, perhaps, have abandoned himself so quietly to repose, had he suspected that so formidable foe was in his neighborhood, and, all unawares, approaching the very spot where he lay. L'l'o De uonunuea.j fisgrajrbifal jlbcttbes. GENERAL WADE HAMPTON. [In the issue of the Enquirer, of date of January 13th, 1870, first appeared the subjoined sketch of General Wade Hampton, written for the columns of this paper by a talented son of Carolina, who has since removed from the StAte. It was prepared and published simply as a biographical sketch of an illustrious citizen of the State, whose namewasanembodimentofvirtueandvalor; and was not intended to subserve any political or other purpose. The recent nomination of General Hampton to the chief Magistracy of the State, again brings his name prominently before the people and attaches a deep iuterest to the principal events in his past career. We presume our readers will require no apology from us, for again presenting in our columns the principal events in the life of one so much endeared to the people of the State, and around whose name so much present interest attaches.] By birth, residence, education, and character, General Wade Hampton is a South Carolinian. Perhaps no better representative man could be found?representative, in that he combines in himself a fairer share of those better qualities of mind and character, of which southerners are so uniformly proud, and upon which the genuine South Carolinian bases his individuality. He is a type or representative man of both section and State. His grandfather?Colonel Hampton, of Revolutionary fame, and afterward a General in the war of 1812?bore the same name. As a partisan officer of the forces of Marion and Sumter, he was noted for the rapidity, boldness, and success of his movements. In the Late War?that of 1812?he received the appointment of Brigadier, and several under General Dearborn iu the operations against Canada. His father?Col. Wade Hampton?served as aide-de-camp with General Andrew Jackson in the defence of New Orleans. Thus three generations have served with distinction in war. Lieutenant-General Wade Hampton?the subject of the present sketch?was born in Charleston, in the year 1818. He entered the South Carolina College in 1835. His graduting speech was upon Tasso. The peculiar character of the man appeared while yet a youth, in his conduct at a great fire in Columbia, where he won the admiration of older iipads haUhgcnnlnPM.fnrathoiiflht. and daring which he exhibited. From his earliest boyhood he was noted for his fondness for hunting ; and he has enjoyed, from that time, the reputation of being the best shot and the most successful huntsman in the State. He served before the war in both branches of the State Legislature. The most memorable public measure that he led, was the opposition to the re-opening of the African slave trade. He was in the Senate at that time. Governor Adams, in his message, had recommended the re-opening of that trade; and the committee to which the subject was referred, submitted a report favorable to it. Senator Hampton was a member of that committee, and was the Writer of a minority report, which took strong grounds against the action of the majority. His treatment of his own slaves ?I? ? b.. ? /. C bt/tb fnnf mo qKQII i WH8 aiwnjB liUUjauc, ui niHiiii 1UI.I nu ??>.. have further evidence in events that have occurred since the war. He is said to have been the owner of a greater number of slaves than any other planter in his State. He married first Miss Preston, of Virginia; and, second, Miss McDuffie?a daughter of Governor McDuffie, of South Carolina. His home, at Columbia, has been characterized as "the abode of splendid hospitality, and as one of the most superb residences in the United States." This was destroyed by Sherman's troops at the time they burned Columbia, in February, 1865. The house was isolated, and must nave oeen fired separately?one among the thousands of instances of violation of the laws and rights of war, in the destruction of private property. When the War of secession arose, in 1861, Wade Hampton entered service as a private in Captain A. R. Taylor's Congaree Mounted Riflemen, which did service near Charleston during the reduction of Fort Sumter, in April of that year. As soon as the invasion of Virginia made that State the theatre of the war?early in 1861?and it became manifest that a general war was inevitable, he set about forming his command to take part in it. This command consisted of all three branches of the military?cavalry, infantry aud artillery?and was known throughout the war as the Hampton Legion. This was organized at Columbia during the early summer, and went on to Virginia in time to join in the Battle of Manassas?the Bull Run of the northerners. The Legion bore with it a banner presented by the ladies of his native State, which was destined to wave over manv a bloody field. In the First Battle of Manassas, the Hampton Legion held the WarreDton Road against the brigade of Keyes. Overwhelming numbers bore them back a short distance, hut forming on the right of Jackson's Stonewall Brigade, they did heroic service in turning the tide of an almost desperate day. Gen. Beauregard, in his official report, spoke of theLegiou with the highest praise, mentioning that it "aided in restoring the fortunes of the day, at a time when the enemy, by a last desperate onset, with heavy odds, had driven the Confederates from the fiercely contested ground about the Henry House." Colonel Hampton's horse was shot under him early in the action, and later he was severely wounded in the head with a ride ball. The Hampton Legion took part in all the battles of the Peninsula, moving with Johnston's urray up to the defence of Richmond. In the battle of Seven Pines?31 May, 1862? Colonel Hampton was again wounded. Then came the Seven Day's Fight before Richmond, beginning with Mechanicsville and ending _;AL U:II. r.n. Willi iUUIvcril linn, m vrwiuil tic miu mo | gion?already famous for its brilliant achievements, and already everywhere felt to carry with it the prestige of a legion of veterans? took distinguished part. It was after the Battle of Cold Harbour that Colonel Hampton was promoted to be a Brigadier-General of Cavalry. From this time?July, 1802?until the death of General Stuart?May, 1864?General Hampton served under General Stuart, who was Lee's first officer of cavalry iu his Army of Northern Virginia. At Stuart's death, Hampton was advanced to the command-in* chief of Lee's cavalry. But we are anticipa* ting the course of events. Let us return to the winter of 1862. During December,.. 1862, General Hamp | ton?then a Brigadier?did brilliant service in three memorable dashes across the Rappahannock river, whioh was that winter the line between the Federal and Confederate armies. On the 1st, he made a surprise excursion across the river, in which he fell unexpectedly upon two squadrons of Federal cavalry ; captured ^ several officers and a hundred men, and all without any loss on his side. On the 11th, he ! made a successful dash upon Dumfries; and i again, on the 16th, a still more successful one, in which he brought off a hundred and thirty prisoners. In the splendid and eventful but varied operations of 1863, General Hampton did some of the most gallant fighting of the whole war. in the Jbattie ot Brandy station nis comraana consisted of the First and Second South Carolina Cavalry, the First North Carolina Cavalry, and the Cobb, Jeff Davis, and Phillips Legions?all cavalry and mounted artillery. The fight was obstinate and bloody. The character of the contest and the spirit shown by the Confederates, appear in the striking fact that every field officer to whom the command successively fell was wounded?Colonel Baker of the First North Carolina; then Col. Young,of Cobb's Legion; then Col. Black, of the First South Carolina ; then Lieut. Col. Lipscomb, of the Second South Carolina. The important results of that engagement are a part of history. The limited space at our disposal here does not allow us to present them. In Lee's Pennsylvania campaign the cavalry had some of the most arduous service; and the gallant performance of the duties exacted of them by those trying circumstances, established for them that prestige which they bore into the memorable warfare around Richmond and Petersburg in 1864?a warfare, in its inequality of forces, and the heroism displayed in it, and its ends accomplished by daring and endurance, unparalleled in history. In the grand drama of Gettysburg?those three July days of the riot of red death? General Hampton took part. What part he took appears in the effects upon the field and those which followed quickly after. Upon the field, he was three times wounded ; and his command so torn by the terrific work, that of the twenty-three field officers in his brigade, twenty-one were either killed or wounded. Soon after, General Hampton?up to this time a Brigadier?was promoted to be Major-General. The Confederate government, made duly sensible of the service done, was not reluctant to accord to him its appropriate recognition and reward?promotion. To detail the many operations of Hampton's cavalry from the memorable days of GettysKnrir to the of ill morn mnmnmhlfi HfLVA nf MftV. E> ?; j j ' 1864, might come within the limits of a biography ; but cannot, within those of a brief sketch like this. Upon the death of Stuart?May, 1864? General Hampton becamecommander-in-chief of the cavalry branch of Lee's Army. As a part of his grand move on Richmond, Graut sent Sheridan to deal some blows cooperative to that end. Sheridan was to take GordonBville and Charlottesville, and destroy their railway connections; after which he was to move on and capture Lynchburg in conjunction with Hunter. On the 10th of June, at Trevillian's Station on the Central Railroad, Sheridan discovered an unlooked-for resistance. Hampton's troops were forming across bis route. On the morning of the 11th, the battle was fought; a battle hardly surpansnd during tha whole war in its determined, and almost desperate daring. Sheridan was severely handled, and his expedition thwarted. Rapid movements on the part of Hampton brought these commanders again and again in contact?at the White House, at Forge Bridges, and finally at Samaria Church, where Sheridan's forces were handsomely routed. This brilliant achievement accomplished, Hampton was returning to rejoin Lee's army, on the 26th of June, after three weeks of Herculean service, when a new task appeared for him. This was to intercept and damage Wileon's command, who was ascertained to be en route from Staunton River bridge for Grant's army. Fitz Lee was to co-operate with an artillery and infantry force placed at Ream's Station. Hampton found Wilson at Sappony Church, broke his main line of battle, and kept up a hot and embarrassing pursuit for several days. The troops at Reams' Station added further to the discomfiture; and the whole affair added laurels to Lee's cavalry arm, and inspired a degree of caution in Sheridan's cavalry that they never fully recovered from until some days after the affair at Appomattox. Hampton took eight hundred (800) prisoners. A summary of these operations, beginning on the 18th of June?two days before he met Sheridan at Trevillian's?is thus given in General Hampton's official report: "During this time?a period of twenty-three days?the command had no rest, was badly supplied with rations and forage?marched upward of four hundred miles?fought the greater portion of six days and one entire night?captured upward of two thousand prisoners, many guns, small arms, wagons, horses, and other materials of war, and was completely successful in defeatiug two of the most formidable and well organized expeditions of the enemy, This was accomplished at a cost, in my division, of seven hundred and nineteen (719) killed, wounded and missing. The men have borne their privations with perfect cheerfulness; they have fought admirably, and I wish to express, before closing my reports, not only my thanks to them for their good conduct, but ray pride at having had the honor to command them." This language is characteristic of the man. Candid and generous as he is brave, none can be more ready to accord to others their due meed of praise. Theu came a few months of lull. Rest there could not be. That eternal vigilance which is said to be the price of liberty, is a veritable v.* n _ _ * _ ii_. r ...^L CODaiuou oi exisieuce 111 me iautt ui sueu nu enemy under such circumstances. The 16th of September is the date of Hampton's famous Beef Raid. This consisted of first ascertaining that an immense shipment of beef-cattle had been received by Grant at City Point, and were kept east of that place a short distance and iu the rear of the Federal army ; and of secondly making a dash around Grant's left wing, and driving off four hundred prisoners and twenty-five hundred beeves. This was beef enough, one estimate makes it, to feed fifty thousand men for about si# weeks, allowing a pound of beef to the ration. It was on the 28th of October that General Hampton lost a son in battle. Both his sons, who were in service with him, were wounded in the same engagement-?on the Diuwiddie Plank Road?one fatally. Soon after these dates, as the winter of 1864 begau to come on, the significance and direction?the importance and the objective poidt? of Sherman's movement became manifest. JJamptou's work id Virginia must be abandoned to perform a more needed one in South Carolina. Beauregard was then in command in the department directly menaced by Sherman's operations. Hampton was ordered South to report to Beauregard ; although' to arrest the march of the Federal army was known to be impossible. Other ends were had in view, Here Kilpatrick was the commander of the cavalry with whom Hampton was brought in contact; and the latter succeeded in inspiring him with some degree of that caution which Sheridan in Virginia had learned^ after much experience, to feel. :A At this time it was?a few days before the evacuation; of was prpmoteq JiMfcninK ofLieptenant-General> which was a fitting recognition of such aI service as the government had received at his hands. The last fight of Hampton's command was near Raleigh, North Carolina, just alter the Confederates evacuated that city. General Eilpatrick charged Hampton's rear guard. The Confederates turned on the Federals, charged and drove them back in confusion, taking prisoners, and killing and wounding some. In a general estimate of these military services, we must not forget the magnitude of the war. It is doubtless a reasonable estimate to reckon that General Hampton saw ten times as much actual service in the field as General Washington did. When the war was over, he that had been great in war, showed a greatness quite as honorable in peace. Temperate in all bis views, earnest in every issue, clear-sighted when most others were confounded, he has spoken and written words that the future will cherish as J- 1? ?i woros 01 W18UOU1, WllCIi BUWLl wuiub hoic ayj icit. On the 20th of August, 1865, just after a public meeting of whites had been held in Columbia, General Hampton idvised against any public movement until the general government had indicated its policy toward the State. He said: "The State is either u member of the Federal Union, or it is not. If a member, then not only is it a work of supererogation for her to ask admission to the Union, but she is, by the Constitution of the United States, guaranteed a Republican form of Government, and she has the right to administer her government under such a Constitution and by such laws as she chooses. But if she is, on the contrary, not a member of the Union, she must be regarded either as a Territory, or as a conquered province. In either condition, the United States authorities are charged with the duty of providing a proper government for her, and I think the true policy of the State is to remain passive until such government is given her, or is forced upon her." He then proceeded to show that a Convention of the people and an acquiescence in every demand that Congress might make, would not result in restoring the State to her proper relations to the Federal Government?a fact which has become patent to a good many since mat time. On the 7th of August 1867?two years later, when two conventions of our citizens had been held?he expressed the same convictions. After showing that the faith kept by tbe North toward the South had been Punic, be says; "I touch on these points only to show the mistakes committed by the South, when it conformed to those demands of the North which were interpolated into the conditions after our surrender. Our State Conventions were mistakes; so were the changes of our Constitutions; greater than all other, was the legislation ratifying the amendment of the U. States Constitution known as Article 13." Again, he says: "Has this policy of conces sion to unlawful commands been productive of benefit that we still desire to pursue it? Are we prepared, for the sake of expediency? ( that fatal fallacy which has lured us so far on the road to destruction?that Trojan Horse , which has brought with it an Iliad of woes? ( to barter away the few rights remaining to us? Yet this is the course we must follow, if we , accept terms which we know to be contrary to the conditions on which we surrendered, , and which are in open and palpable violation of the Constitution of the United States?of that Constitution which we swear to support -at the very moment we.are..grossly outraging. its most sacred provisions." His advice at , that juncture was : "Let every man register, and cast his vote against the Convention." In all his discussions of the difficult problem of the relations between the two races in ?V?q finntli tianaral TTomntnn hoo npVAr lnflt kliv KJVSVi blJ I VIVUV1HI MMU4|#VWU M?wa* Mwvwa .www f sight of their identity of interests. In February, 1867, addressing a meeting of freedmen in Columbia, he said: "Your welfare is 1 inseparably linked with that of the whites of ! the South. If we are unjust taxed, you will suffer; if we are ruined, you will be destroyed. Your prosperity depends entirely on that of your country, and whatever fate awaits the white people of the South will be yours." These are words of wisdom that the unfortunate freedmen have been sedulously taught ' to forget; taught by adventurers who grow i rich upon the ruin of both races. Upon the abolition of slavery he said: < "The deed has been done, and I, for one, do i honestly declare that I never wish to see it re- 1 voked. Nor do I believe that the people of i the South would now remand the negro to | slavery, if they had the power to do so." ! His idea of the course to pursue toward the ! negro appears in these words, addressed to his i former companions in arms, in the fall of i 1866: "As a slave, he was faithful to us; as ! a freeman, let us treat him as a friend. Deal < with him frankly, justly, kindly, and my word for it, he will reciprocate your kindness, clinging to bis old home, his own country and his former masters." This was before the negro had been tampered with by party politicians. In 1869, he gave the most decided expression of his opinion as to the policy to be pursued?even yet pursued?toward the negro. This was his Oration at the Georgia State Fair in Macon, on the 17th of November. These are his words:? "The negro is undoubtedly better fitted, from his long training, his physical configuration and his adaptability to all the diversities of our climate, to make a more efficient laborer than any other. Especially is this true when the labor is to be performed in the more malarial portions of our country. Our object, then, should be to develop, to the utmost, his capacity as a laborer. To ao this, timeis requisite, ana we shall have to exercise great forbearance, constant prudence and steady kindness. We must make him feel that his interests areindissolubly bound up with ours; that high prices for our products insure high wages for him ; that we have no animosity toward him; but, on the contrary, that we cherish the kind feeling engendered*by early associations and old memories. Let us be scrupulously just in our dealings with him ; let us assist him in his aspirations for knowledge and aid him in its acquisition. Try to elevateIiim in the scale of true manhood, of civilization and Christianity, so that he may be better fitted for the grave duties and high responsibilities forced upon hipnby his new position. In a word, convince him that we are bis best, if not his only, friends, and when we shall have done this, we shall not only have placed our labor on a sound footing, but we shall have gained in the laborer a strong and zealous ally. On this ' subject, I speak not from theory but eJ&erience? an experience which has taught me that the kindest relations can exist between the planter and his former slaves, resulting in mutual advantage to both parties. My old slaves are cultivating the land on which they have lived for years, and there has been a constant and marked improvement in their industry in each year since their emancipation, though they havenot yet attained the same efflcienoy as laborers they formerly possessed. I have promised to put up for them a school-house and cnurch, and to pay a portion of the salaries of their teachers. Such a system, if generally adopted, would tend greatly to fix the laborers to the soil, and would, by adding to their oontent and enjoyment, result in vast ultimate benefit to the landlord. That kind treatment, just dealing and sincere efforts to improve their condition, are not without effeot upon them, is proved by the fact, gratilyjng to myself, that I am now on my way to Mississippi, by the request of hundreds of negroes, besides my own laborers, to advise them what course to pursueip the approaching election there. I am not of those wh? believe that the mere possession of the rudiments of education m*lces a . people stronger, better or happier; "a little learn- ! Ing iB a dangerous thing," and unless moral edu- * cation goea hand in band with Intellectual, the s seeds of knowledge will be sown on a barren soil, j or will produce but thorns and thistles; but I do | believe that fa proportion as you make all labor, c other than oompulsory, intelligent, you render it ] profitable, If this be true, we should etWTSSt?tbe I, mind, the heart and the soul of the negro, looking , at the question only in its maleirlal aspect and 1 leaving out of consideration altogether those high- ] er and nobler motives wbjclfshould prompt us to j do so. ]QMgB^fpGrfence of bis new acquired / freedom,his acquisition of higher intelligence 1 will teadnhim, not only bis dependence on the v whiterf*the South, but the great truth which no <] laws fan change, r J every ?oU, ? 'tjhat those who think roust govern those who toll.'" j old slaves, of whom he speaks, occupy t bis plantations upon the Mississippi. Several hundred in number?six or eight hundred, we have heard?they have never faltered in their fidelity to him. When the war was over and they were first made fully aware of their changed condition?freedom from slavery? freedom to go wherever they pleased?they all, without an individual exception, determined to remain with him. They called upon him, asking his leave to remain and work for him as they had always done. Is not that a triumph? Has slave-owner ever, in the history of the world, received such a tribute of Inooltir and davntinn ? And whv ? BfiCBUSe be has been just and kind, and true, to them. We have now seen General Hampton as a boy, noted for bis daring and generosity?as a legislator, true to his convictions of right and humanity, although in a minority?as a private, ready?as a Colonel, earliest in the field?as a General, (Brigadier, Major and Lieutenant,) brave, dashing, firm and invincible ; whether marshaling divisions to victory, or leading an impetuous charge, or dropping a tear at the side of a dying son on the field? as fighting on his native soil he leaves his home to the pillage and the torch of a merciless foe?as sheathing his sword when the Conquered Banner went down in defeat?as a planter, returning to the pursuits of peace? as a master, counseling with his devoted servants?and as a man, in all situations, we have seen him brave, just, earnest, courteous, firm, merciful; and in all things, and above all, we have seen him manly ana truthful. In making this portraiture of Gen. Hampton, we have felt free to express our high estimate of his public services and private character, which, from the essential nature of the case, are inseparable, because he fa a representative man. In discussing him, political enemies have discussed the South, and in abusing him, tbey have assailed South Carolina. Accordingly, when we demonstrate his title to admiration, our argument is not personal, but public ; and when we seek to defend him against malignant misrepresentation, our aim is to defend whatever is pure, true, brave, manly, and chivalrous?in one word, whatever is Southern?in Southern character. THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES, HON. W. D. SIMMON. For Lieutenant-Governor on the ticket with Hampton, Mr. Simpson was placed, on account of his fine ability, large knowledge of public affairs and high character. Previous to 1860, Mr. Simpson had served with distinction in the Legislature of the State; and in Washington, as a member of the House of Representatives, be faithfully represented his constituency. He was on the staff of General Bonbam, in Virginia, in 1861, and served as a member of the Confederate Congress afterwards. In 1868 he was a delegate to the Democratic Convention at New York; and, as a candidate for Congress, beat A. 8. Wallace at the polls by over 4,000 votes; but the State was defrauded of his services by the partisan decision of the Radicals in the House. Colonel Simpson is a fluent and pointed speaker, with breadth of grasp and discrimination, and will be very effective on the stump. His ingenious character and genial manners will add materially to the power of his words. No better appointment could have been made. ??i txiu" ti. M. giimB, ~ The nominee for Secretary of State, is a native of Lancaster county, and a graduate of the Citadel Academy. He was Adjutant General of Jenkins' Brigade during the war, ?f.n. vanvaonnfn/1 T.onitaatOP in I CftUU AltCl liUO 1TOI avpivevuwva mmuvw??v> the State Senate. Previous to his removal to Rock Hill, in York county, he was engaged in agricultural pursuits, in which interests he has ever been strongly identified. Until recent* ly he was engaged in mercantile pursuits, but is now principal of the Rock Hill Academy. He is aoout forty years of age, and is a gentleman of fine attainments and sterling integrity. GEN. JAMES CONNER, Ihe nominee for Attorney-General, is a leading member of the Bar of Charleston, and was United States District Attorney for South Carolina from the year 1857 to the time of secession, when he entered the service and rose to the rank of Brigadier-General. He was a member of the Convention of 1865, called by proclamation of the President of the United States, to reconstruct the State. Since then be has not taken any active part in politics until the present campaign. In May he was nnanimouslv chosen Chairman of the State Executive Committee. The enthusiasm with which bis nomination as Attorney-General was greeted by the Convention, is an evidence )f the gratification with which it will be revived by the people, GEN. JOHNSON HAGOOD, 3f Barnwell, the candidate for ComptrollerSeueral, is a leading representative of the planting interests of the State. He served with conspicuous gallantry during the war, was a member of the Legislature in 1865, and iias since then entertained Conservative political views. For several years he was rresilent of the State Agricultural Society. While jlen. Hagood enjoys general popularity, his ocal strength is peculiarly great The extra>rdinary executive ability shown in the management of his planting interests, proves him ,o be singularly well qualified to discharge latisfactorily the duties of the office for which le is nominated. G'APT. S. L. LEAPHART, 3f Richland, the nominee for Treasurer, fillid the office of Comptroller-General from 1865, until he was succeeded by Neagle in L868. He has many friends, and his fitness 'or the responsible position to which he has jeen nominated is unquestioned, Under his nanageraent all leaks will be stopped in the Teasury, MAJ. HUGH 8. TH0M80N, 3f Richland, the candidate for Superintend)f Education, has, for many years, both as Professor in the State Military Academy and is Principal of the Columbia Male Acadeny, been connected with the educational inerests of the State. His past and present luccess in his profession indicate him as the ight man in the right place, Under him the jhaos existing in the free school system would loon be reduced to order, MAJ. E. W. M0I8E, 3f Sumter, the nominee for the Adjutant and [nsnector Generalship, is one of the most sue cessful lawyers of his section and a life-long Democrat. Although previously offered ofice, be has always declined, up to the present iroe,to accept any nomination. His acquiescence now is a proof of his willingness to work 'or the redemption of his State. COL. JOHN H. EVINS. The Fourth Congressional District is com>osed of the counties of Union, Spartanburg, jreenville, York, Chester, Lancaster, Kerhaw and Fairfield. The voting population s: White 18,970, colored 19,957. The Demicratic candidate for Congress is Col. John H. Svins, of Spartanburg, than whom there is u)t in South Carolina a finer specimen of the iber&htnd accomplished gentleman. He be.1? .1 j. ..J L?t I_ OOgS lO UUC ui we uiucoi ouu uc?i> iduimn iu be State, 1b a lawyer by profession, and abont orty-tbree years of age. Before the war he res a member of the State Legislature, and luring the war served as Captain in Jenkins' rack regiment, the Palmetto Sharpshooters. it Frasier's Farm, in the seven days' batlea, he was wounded and disabled. Since the war he has been an active promoter of all works of internal improvement, and did much to secure the running of the Air-Line Railroad through Spartanburg. For some years he was a director of the Air-Line Railroad, and is now a director of the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad. Col. Evins is an able lawyer, and conspicuously amiable and upright An Elder of the Presbyterian Church, he is beloved and honored for his purity, liberality and sincerity in every walk of life. T. C. GASTON, ESQ. The sixth Judicial Circuit is composed of the counties of Chester, Lancaster, York and Fairfield. The voting population is: Whites 7,174, Colored 11,019. Mr. T. C. Gaston, of Chester, the Democratic candidate for Solic-* ? -- ? -mamaUah a lamtlv riia. J tor, u tat) jruuugcBb uiomuu u* ? ? tinguisbed for gallantry in the field and high merit and unswerving integrity. Graduating at the State University in 1869, with conspicuous honors, he returned to Chester and devoted himself to the practice of law, becoming thejuniorpartner of the firm of Patterson & Gaston. His career in his profession has been eminently satisfactory, while his influence has been already felt in oounty politics. Entertaining Conservative views, he has been an unswerving advocate of reform. The prospect of his election is decidedly flattering. He is personally popular with all classes, and recently, under the propositions made by the Chester Republicans for a compromise, he was promised the support of a large portion of the colored vote. The Radicals of the Circuit are divided into factions, and the Democracy, by exertion and the use of proper means, can carry the Circuit GEN. SAMUEL M'GOWAN. As one of the electors-at-large for South Carolina, the nomination of Gen. McGowan by the Democratic State Convention, is most admirable, and will add no little strength to the ticket Born in Laurens county, of the sturdy Scotch-Irish stock, which predominates in the upper portion of this State, he was educated at the South Carolina College, studied law in Abbeville, and at the outbreak of the Mexican war joined the Jamous Palmetto Regi mentas a private. Me was afterwards placed oo the staff of General Quitman and received mention in more than one of the bloody battles fonght before the capture of the oity of Mexico and close of the war. Returning to Abbeville, where he married, McGowan obtained a lucrative practice as a lawyer, and by his popular manners and intelligent interest in politics, held a seat in the General Assembly of the State for years. There he made his mark as a ready and able debater and man of weight. In Federal politics he was of the moderate school, and attended as a delegate the Charleston Convention of April, 1860, with Orr, Perry, Simons and others. When war was declared between the Confederate States and the Union, General McGowan raised a regiment and took the field. He came out of it a Brigadier General, with five wounds on his conspicuous person. Since the war he has devoted his energies to the profession of law and with great success. He is a man of many friends and few enemies, of a large acquaintance throughout the State and considerable influence. His personal popularity, ability as a speaker and uniform prndence in conduct and in speech, render the nomination of General McGowan fnr an elector at large of South Carolina an?? exceedingly wise and judicious selection. IMMEDIATE ACTION OR POSTPONEMENT. At the recent meeting of the State Democratic Convention, the debate Upon the question of immediate action or postponement of action, was long, earnest, able and thorough, and was characterized throughout by great courtesy, and singularly free from any violent utterance. Every member who spoke, seemed to be impressed with the gravity of the issue, and the efforts of all of them were directed to the promotion of the harmony and the unity of the party. The question was on a direct vote. On the side of immediate action were Messrs. DeFass, Lipscomb, Gary, Haskell, Dr. Loch, Thomas and Butler. In favor of postponement were Messrs. Rion, Barker, Hutson, of Charleston, with General Conner, who closed with a speech of immense power, in which he pressed all the strong points of his case with unsurpassed ability.- The advocates for immediate action stood upon the pressing necessity for immediate and thorough organization; upon the need for an enthusiastic rally of all the honest voters of the State; and upon the impossibility of securing these without a definite platform and known candidates. On the other hand was demonstrated the impolicy of precipitate actioD; the importance of a knowledge of the designs and purposes from political enemies; the necessity for information of the position and character of the candidates and platform against which it is our policy, as well as duty, to make an assault The peculiar circumstances of several of the counties of the State were brought to the attention of the Convention, and the delegates from other sections were implored not to obstruct or impede the good work, already begun in them, by rash or inconsiderate action. _ A Negro's Reason for Voting the Democratic Ticket.?Yesterday I heard an old negro explaining to a few of his color his reasons for having voted the Democratic ticket. Said he, as he made fierce gestures with his weather-beaten hand, "Yes, you're right; I did vote the Democratic ticket Its the first time I ever did, and unless they run this x here gov'ment better than the Radicals have, it will be the last time. I pi- pose to try 'em. Why is times hard, and why ain't thar no money in the country ? The Radicals are playing smash with everything. I commenced for to vote the Radical ticket over two years ago, and ever since that time mon aww liaa k/uin nsHinn aiunur and a/HM?nar and \JJ U ? UWU gvvviug BVWIW* WVW. J w?? dow I don't see a $10 bill once a month. I hain't got cents now where I used to have dollars when I commenced for to vote the Radical ticket. We must have a change in this here business, or we'll all go up, white and black alike. Talk about the Radicals being friends to the colored men ? Any man with half of one eye can see that they ain't friends to anybody but themselves. They're arter the office which draws them big pay and takes all the money out of the country, and makes cotton go down so that a darkey can't ?- -l- 1 - 1 1 / earn enougn in a year to uuy a nue-caae ior Christmas. That s what they do. Who lent me a mule last summer to finish my crop, when mine had broken his leg trying to get over the fence f Was it a Radical ? No; they'd have seed my crop go to weeds afore they'd have did it. Fact is, mighty few of them have got any mules to lend. It was a Democrat who came to me and says, 'Joe, _ you've have had back luck; you will lose all your work unless you can get a nag to finish WT/M1 n*tAV\ f a ?M?* O^aUIa AM J ma4 a1 /I JfUUI UUp. UU tu UJJ VbOUAC OUU UiAli ViU mole that's bliod in one eye, and pay me what's right for her when the crop is made.' I paid him like a man. When I was sick last summer, and didn't .have a; bite in the house to eat, who brought me the hunk of bacon ? It was this 'ere same Democrat^ and now when he wants my vote he can get it. A man who sticks up to me, I'll stick up to him alt the time," and, so saying, the ancient negro walked off, leaving his little circle oHisteners ' to comment upon his speech *nd dSgegthift wisdom.?.Da&m (<?a.) klicr in gSM