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$be ^arbnllc (fafnim. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 12, 1876. LATEST WAVE OF THE BLOODY SHIRT. In another column will be found a rather startling proclamation issued last Saturday by Governor Chamberlain, which, if we may believe the charges and implications therein contained, places a large and respectable number of the citizens of this State in the position of an armed mob, having for their aim the promotion of illegal objects, the committing of open acts of lawlessness and violence, and the unlawful interference with the rights of citizens. These formidable combinations aud organizations, generally designated as Rifle Clubs and Sabre Clubs, are commanded by his Excellency to disband within three days after the date of his proclamation, (the 7th instant,) or he will proceed to put into active force all the power which, as Governor, he is invested, &c. What may be meant by the disbanding of men who are not congregated or assembled in camp or a designated place of rendezvous, who have committed no overt act, and who, if armed at all. have, in most instances, pur chased their arms at their own expense, is not explained in the proclamation. We suppose, however, the Governor nieaus to command those companies not to assemble at any time hereafter, with their arms, for the purpose of drilling or target shooting, or any other purpose for which they were organized. Without stopping to discuss the very grave doubt that may arise as to the authority of the Governor to issue this command, any more than his right to order a Democratic club not to meet, or to say that a Democratic public meeting shall not assemble, or even to say that a particular branch of the Christian church throughout the State shall close its doors, our advice to those clubs is to strictly obey the command enjoined in the proclamation, in so far as relates to the existence of the clubs as quasi military organizations. Our information is to the effect that all, or nearly all, of these clubs having arms, have procured them at their own expense. Each member owning a gun, whether it be a - hint-lock blunderbuss, a Spencer rifle or an Austrian needle-gun, can claim that arm as his own private property, the same as his watch or spectacle-case; ana in tne quiet, peaceable possession of this article of private property, the Constitution of the United States, which guarantees to the people the right to keep and bear arms, will, should the time arrive to invoke that aid, afford every needful protection. The owner can, therefore, retaiu his gun or his sabre, and of course he will do so, while, during the present crisis, it will be no inconvenience to the members of Kifle or Sabre Clubs to forego their stated meetings for drill or other exercise. Our counsel in this matter is not offered in a spirit of abjectness, nor would we be understood as cringing under a tyranical command issued by an executive to subserve his own personal aims or to promote the success of his political party; but rather would we counsel moderation on the part of the people, and urge upou them the importance, in the excitement of the present canvass, not to give the slightest pretext for further usurpation of authority, which can possibly result in no good. TK ero flpfl rortnin riorhtu hfiWfiVflr. of which the citizen cannot, by the most tyrannical stretch of authority, be deprived. The right for citizens to peaceably assemble for political discussion and advisement cannot be wiped out by the mere stroke of a gubernatorial pen ; nor can the same power dictate to the citizens the particular manner in which they shall attend a public meeting. They may ride or they may walk ; they may go in twos, fours or fifties, so long as they demean themselves as quiet, law-abiding citizens; they may carry banners and torches and huzzah for the candidates of their choice, and there is none to make tbem afraid; and, more important still, they will have the privilege on the 7th of next month to vote, in the exercise of which inalienable right, the freeman, regardless of race, color or previous condition, will remember the blow aimed to reduce the citizen to servility more degrading than abject slavery. r j Al_ . n in regaru to me vjovernura piucmiuauuu, the State Democratic Executive Committee, have issued the following address: Headquarters State Democratic Executive Committee, Columbia, S. C., October 7, 1876. To the People of the United -State* : In a period of profound peace, with the laws unresisted, and the process of the courts unopposed, the Governor of South Carolina has, by proclamation, declared that in the counties of Aiken and Barnwell it has become impracticable to enforce,by the ordinary course of judicial proceeding, the*laws of the State, and that it has become necessary for him, as Governor, "to call forth and employ the military force of the State to enforce the faithful execution of the law." He lias also alleged that certain organizations and combinations exist, contrary to law, in all the counties of the State, which are engaged in promoting illegal objects and in committing open acts of lawlessness and violence, and he lias threatened to declare martial law and to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. The charges preferred by Governor Chainlierlain against the citizens of the State are as false and libelous as his threatened usurpation of power is tyrannical and unwarranted; and his extraordinary proclamation can be explained only upon the assumption that Governor Chamberlain, with a similar disregard of law and fact, is determined to resort to the most extreme measures to prevent the otherwise certain defeat of himself and hi# corrupt party. There have been disturbances in Aiken coun4 - ? rtliorordfit. ThfiV ll?VA ly, IlOU-JXmuum ill tuvu vuai . j.MV(7 ..v., v long since ceased. All the parties for whom warrants were issued have promptly surrendered themselves to the law. Perfect peace and the profoundest quiet prevail. No armed combinations hinder the processes of the courts, and the Republican County Convention last week held a continuous session of two days without molestation. The disturbances in Barnwell were Republican in their origin, beginning in the resistance, by an armed band of negroes, of the arrest of a robber for whom a warrant had been duly issued. This band tore up a railroad, wrecked a train, lired upon and wounded the Sherilf of the county, and were dispersed by a so-called band of whites who had been duly summoned bv the .Sheritf as a posse, with the sanction of tho Judge of the Court then in session. This posse, after performing their duties, quietly dispersed. So far from opposing the law, the whole people desire the prompt despatch of business in the courts, and the enforcement of the law by the civil arm. The white people throughout the State have volunteered their services to the Governor to maintain the law, and he has refused them in a libelous communication, intended solely to furnish a pretext for the introduction ofr Federal troops, to be placed under the control of irresponsible and unscrupulous officials, to overawe the people andcontrol the election. The Democratic nominees in seventeen of the thirty-two counties in the State have held meetings,'attended by thousands of citizens of both rais* anil parties. The Republicans have hold meetings when and where they pleased, and not a single act of violence has yet occurred. On the 18th ultimo, the Democratic Executive Committee invited tho Republican canvassers to a joint discussion at their meetings. This invitation was renewed on theLStti ultimo, and accepted !>y the Republican Executive Committee on the ltii instant, upon the usual terms. The proclamation of the Governor is utterly at variance with the action of the Executive Committee of Uic oh'H The latter acquisces in free discussion, ;rli?r^mier in effect suppresses debate and substituteslh^ed force for free speech. \Vn assert^^tly, with a fuJJ nejjso of our re 9ponsibility, that no condition of things exists in j the State which justifies so extraordinary a pro- i ceeding on the part of Governor Chamberlain, i j Its solo object is to irritate and provoke collisions, | which may be the excuse for an appeal to the administration of the United States to garrison tho j State. We shall counsel our pooplo to proservo i the peace, obey tho laws and calmly await the day j of their deliverance from this wanton despotism. To the people of the United States wo submit our wrongs, confidently relying on their wisdom I and justice to rebuke this daring attempt to regu, late the ballot by the bayonet and crush tho liberties of a people. A. C. HASKKLL, T. B. FRASER, JOHN BRATTON, J. D. KENNEDY, J. A. HOYT, R. O'NEALE, Jn., State Democratic Executive Committee. In connection with the above address, is published letters from a number of leading and undoubted Republicans, in reply to inquiries as to their opinion of the manner in | which the Democratic party is conducting the : campaign. To a letter of this character from ! Wade Hampton, his Honor F. J. Moses, Chief Justice, replies as follows : Sumtkr, S. C., October 7, 1876. My Dear Sir?I am just in receipt of your noto and at once reply to'the same. For the last three or four months I have not been in any of the counties but those of Sumter and Richland. Within that period, I have been present at only two political meetings?one hold by the Republican party, and the other to-day, at this place, by the Democrats. Although I was at the latter but a short time, I was for the greater part of the day in the streets, with every opportunity of observing the behavior and demeanor of the large concourse which the occasion had brought together. The collection consisted of citizens on foot and on horseback. I saw in no instance any exhibition of arms or any behavior inconsistent with the strictest propriety. At the Republican meeting, to which I have above referred, there was no attempt at interruption. I shall require very strong evidence to satisfy } me that South Carolina is an armed camp. I know of nothing that would lead me so to conclude. For myself I do not know of anything wbieb would make me doubtful in any pa? ? of the State of enjoying the same security which I feel attaches to me under my own roof. I trust the day is far distant when violations of the peacein our own borders will require the interference of any arm more potent than that of the law. Very respectfully yours, F. J. MOSES. General Wade Hampton. Hon. A. J. Willard, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, having been addressed on the same subject, by Mr. Haskell, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, made the following reply : Colombia, October?, 1S7C. Col. A. C. Haskkll, Dear Sir: Your nolo of this date is beforeme, asking an expression of my views as to the existence of rancor and manifestations of violence in the character of the Democratic canvass in this State. I am unable to throw much light on this subject, for two reasons. In the tirst place, 1 have been absent from the State for the last three months, and only a week has passed since my return to the city. In the second placo, my ideas of the character and responsibilities of the judicial office have led me at all times to abstain from participating in political action, and accordingly I have little information except that derived from public rumor and the newspapers, of what has transpired at political gatherings. I can only say that I have witnessed nothing beyond the circumstances generally characteristic of an excited political canvass. I "have seen no violence; on the contrary, so far as I have had intercourse with gentlemen of your party, I have observed less disposition to excited statohient and personal bitterness than during any of the previous political campaigns of this State. I sincerely hope that the fear of many that the lawloss portion of tho community will be permitIrwl tn diufnrh f.lin nnncfi and initirn tho (rood name of tho State, are groundless. I am satistied that it is the intention of the leading members of your party to prevent such a stato of things, and i believe they have the ability to do so. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. J. WILLARD. His Honor, Judge T. J. Mackey, of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, having been addressed on the same subject, makes a lengthy re ply, in which he says that peace and order prevail throughout the limits of the Sixth Circuit, embracing the counties of York, Chester, Fairfield and Lancaster. In this circuit no armed organizations obstruct judicial proceedings and no resistance has been offered to the due execution of legal process. He .then recites a portion of his charge to the j c v-.l ii? * e *1... rv... graua jury ox j.or&, ui me tenu ui mcvuuik held last week, and reports the case of Ed ward McDonald, colored, (to be found in our Court proceedings,) which, his Honor says, is the only case of political intimidation that has transpired in this circuit. He then solemnly protests agaiust the proclamation of Governor Chamberlain as absolutely false, in so far as it imputes to the inhabitants within the limits of this circuit any purpose to obstruct the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or to resist, in any manner, the due execution of the laws for the protection of life, property, or the rights of citizenship; and he further says that he has good and sufficient reason for believing, and does believe, that the said proclamation is equally false in imputing such insurrectionary purpose to the white population of other sections of the State. The Rifle Clubs ordered disbanded, he says, are, in the main, organizations chartered under the act of the Repub'* T . _.?? 10T4 1 _11 il,?m lican J_/eglSiaiure U1 lOlt, nuu all ui uiciu ; are acting but in the assertion of the right of the people to keep and bear arms, guaranteed against infringement by the second article of amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and all assert their loyalty to the Union, and obedience to its laws, and respect and uphold its flag. His Honor, Thompson H. Cooke, Judge of the Eighth Circuit, writes the following on the same subject: Columria, S. C., October 7, 187<>. Col. A. C. Haskell, Chairman, Ac., Dear ; Sir:?I have just read the proclamation of Gover- i nor Chamberlain as to a reign of terror in this State, and inability to enforce the laws through | the ordinary channel, and I must say that the I causes alleged for issuing the same do not apply I to the Eighth Circuit, over which I preside. Nor i ] do I believe they have any existence as to any | other portion of the State, lam, very respectfully, THOMPSON H. COOKE. j j On the other hand, D. T. C'orbin, United j I States District Attorney tor tins fttate, writes , j a letter to Governor Chamberlain, depicting j ! a terrible state of affairs in Aiken county, j i having, he says, spent three days investigating j the general condition of affairs in that county, I and tekiug the affidavits of a considerable i number of the citizens from different parts of! the county. After describing the organiza-, i tion of the Rifle Clubs in Aiken county, which, | in regard to officers and mode of drilling, he ! | says, is substantially after the manner of uiili- i j tary companies in the United States army, he I concludes his letter with the followiug asser- j iions: These clubs have created and are causing a per- j I feet reign of terror. The colored men are, many j of them, lying out of doors and away from their j homes at night. Many of them have been kill-j ed, and many have been taken from their beds at ! night and mercilessly whipped, and others have ! ! l)eon hunted with threats of murdor and whip- { j ping, who thus far, by constant watchfulness and ! activity, have escaped. The white men of these I i clubs are riding day and night, and the colored I men are informed that their only safety from ! death or whipping lies in their signing an agreement pledging themselves to vote tbo democratic ( ticket in the coming election. From the best in ; formation I could obtain in tlio tnno J was m ; I Aiken, I lix tho number of colored men killed in ; this county alone, by white men ofthc.se clubs, 1 during the past three woeks, at thirteen certainly, and at probably twenty-livo or thirty. The civil i arm of the government in this county is as powerless as the wind to prevent these atrocities. | The sheriff of tho county, if disposed, daro not I attempt to arrest the perpetrators of these crimes for fear of his own lile being taken, lie did not, | as I am credibly informed, go within seven miles , 1 of the eight hundred men (so estimated by United States army officers who saw them) assem' bled under tho command of A. P. Butler, near , Rouso's bridge, and marching upon a crowd of colored men there, whom they had surrounded and intended, as scores of them allege, to kill. j 11 In conclusion I have only to say that the con; dition of atfairs in Aiken county rivals the worst demonstrations of the ku klux klan in 1870 and , i 1871. In my judgment you owe it to yourself as Governor and to the people of the State to oxer- , j eise, and at once, all the powers vested in you as j , Governor of the State, to put down tills deplora- | , ble state of affairs. Very respectfully, D. T. CORBIN, fl. S. District Attorney for South Carolina. 'Ilte.iQR^ludiug paragraph is the gist of the .1 District Attorney'# letter, and upon the sug gestions contaiued therein, Governor Cham- j berlain will no doubt act, by suspending the writ of habeas corpus and causing the arrest j of citizens of that county, and perhaps in ; other portions of the State. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Gruber family are giving entertainments in Abbeville, for the benefit of the Savannah sufferers. ? Governor Chamberlain, in his reply to Col. Ha kell, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, makes the declaration that F. J. Moses, Jr., has resigned his claims to the jugdeship of the third circuit. ? Two colored men in Blackville, went out to fight a duel one day last week, but when they reached the ground concluded that it wasn't such an easy thing to stand fire, and changed their minds. ? Mr. Charles H. Moise, has assumed editorial control of the Sumter True Southron. Mr. Moise is an accomplished scholar and a ready writer, and will do valiaut service for the cause of reform and good government in South Carolina. ? Capt. Harris Covington, a prominent lawyer of Bennetsville, died at his home in that town last week. He was a member of the Legislature of 1866, and the Democratic candidate for Congress agaiust Whitteraore, in 1868. ? The Union-Herald of Monday contains the following editorial paragraph : "We learn that Major Lewis Merrill, United States army, who has recently been on duty at the Centennial, has been assigned to duty in this State, and will reach Columbia at au early day, and proceed to Aiken, Barnwell and Edgefield Court House for duty." ? Under the head of "Pistols for Columbia," the Richmond Dispatch says: "On Saturday morning while the Southern Express agents were transferring a lot of freight shipped from New York to Columbia, S. C., one of the cases was accidentally broken open by reason of its weight, and a large number of United States army pistols rolled out. There were two other cases of pistols in the same lot of freight for Columbia, addressed to different parties. Are they going to have war in South Carolina ?" ? On Thursday last, the Democratic County Convention of Charleston, nominated the following ticket: State Sencior?Col. Chas. H. Simouton. Representatives?Captain Jacob Small, Col. B. H. Rutledge, Mr. Jas. McElroy, Mr. W. J. Parker, (colored,) Mr. John S. Horlbeck, Mr. B. Bollmann, Mr. B. Callahan, Mr. S. C. Eckhardt, (colored,) Capt. C. C. White, John F. Ficken, Esq., Mr. S. Porcher Smith, Mr. R. Birnie, (colored,) Mr. F. Conner, Mr. T. B. Hacker, Mr. P. B. Drayton, (colored,) Mr. S. D. Hutson, Rev. Joshua Garrett, (colored.) Clerk of Court?Jacob Williman, Esq. Probate Judge?Hon. Geo. Buist. Coroner?Mr. C. Kerrieon, Jr. School Commissioner?Mr. E. M. Grimke. Sheriff? Capt. Alex. Melchers. County Commissioners?Mr. T. S. Browning, Mr. C. C. Leslie, (colored,) Capt. Phil. Fogarty. GENERAL POLITICAL NEWS. ? A careful and trustworthy canvass of the State of New York has just been completed by the Democratic State committee. Mr. tf !i_ .!_! xL-i *1,^ iviagone, us ciiainuau, auya mai mc ucuucrats are receiving large accessions from the Repuplicau party in every county, the largest proportion being in the agricultural distritcs, and that the canvass shows that such accessions amount to about ten per cent, of the Republican vote. The leaders of the State Democracy say with the utmost confidence that Tilden will have 75,000 majority in the State. While one of them was giving the reporter these figures in the Everertt House, on Friday, Governor Tilden, entering, said: 'I don't see how the majority can be any less, and if Ohio and Indiana do what we expect them to do, it will be larger.' Concerning the effect of the result in those States, Governor Tilden added: 'If the Democrats carry both Ohio and Indiana the battle will be easily won. If we carry Indiana and the Republicans carry Ohio, there will Be a good fight all along the line. If we lose both those States we will have to fight hard, but I think we will be succcessful.' Governor Tilden predicted a victory in the Indiana election, and was confident of one in Ohio. + ^ * ___ MERE-MENTION. The official count gives the Republicans of Maine a majority of 14,384, a falling off from the elections of the previous year Town elections in the vicinity of Hartford, Cenn.? show gains for the Radicals. It is proposed to close the Centennial Exhibition with a grand reunion of all the States in November. Dispatches received from Colorado and New Mexico, report that a serious Indian outbreak is threatened. Nobody is allowed to speak at Queen Victoria's table except to reply to her The Republicans claim the election in Colorado by 1,200 majority ; though a dispatch received at Democratic headquarters in New York on Saturday night, claims a Democratic majority of 500 Ninety-two counties in Georgia give Colquitt, Democratic candidate for Governor, sixty thousand majority. The Senate will contain one Republican, and the House of Representatives six. PROCLAMATION. State of South Carolina, n EXECUTIVE Whereas it has been made known to me, by written and sworn evedeuce, that there exist such unlawful obstructions, combinations and assemblages of persons in the counties of Aiken and Barnwell, that it has become impracticable, in my judgmeut, as Governor of the State, to enforce by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings the laws of the State within said counties; by reason whereof, it has become necessary, in my judgment, as Gov-| ernor, to call forth and employ the military force of the State to enforce the faithful exe-1 cution of the laws ; | And whereas, it has been made known to i me, as Governor, that certain organizations j and combinations of men exist in all the ! counties of the State, commonly known as ' "Kifle Clubs;" # _ I Aud whereas, such organizations and com- I biuations of men are illegal aud strictly for- i bidden by the laws of the State ; And whereas, such organizations ana combinations of men are engaged in promoting illegal objects and iu committing open acts of lawlessness and violence; Now, therefore, I, Dauiel H. Chamberlain, Governor of said State, do issue this, my proclamation, as required by the 13th Section of! Chapter 132 of the General Statutes of the ! State, commanding the said unlawful cornbi- j nations and assemblages of persons in the ; counties of Aiken and Barnwell to disperse J and retire peaceably to their homes within 1 three days from the date of this proclamation, ! and henceforth to abstain from all unlawful I interference with the rights of citizens and from all violations of the public peace. And I do further, by this proclamation, forbid the existence of all said organizations or combinations of men commonly known as "Ritfe Clubs," and all other organizations or combinations of men or formations, not form-1 ing a part of the organized militia of the State, which are armed with firearms or other weapons of war, or which engage in or formed for the purpose of engaging in drilling, exercising the manual of arms or military manoeuvres, or which appear or are formed for the purpose of appearing under arms or under the command of officers bearing the titles or assuming the functions of ordinary military officers, or in any other manner acting or proposing to act as organized and armed bodies of men; and I do command all such organizations, combinations, formations or bodies of men forthwith to disband and cease to exist in any place or under any circumstances in the State. And I do further declare and make known by this proclamation, to all the people of this State, that in case this proclamation shall be disregarded for the space of three days from the date thereof, I shall proceed to put into active use all the powers with which, as Governor, I am invested by the constitution and laws of the State for the enforcement of the laws and the protection of the rights ot tne citizens, and particularly the powers conferred on me by Chapter CXXXII of the General Statutes of the State, as well as by the Constitution of the United States. In witness whereof I have hereunto set nay hand and caused the great seal of the State to be affixed, at Columbia, this [l. s.] 7th day of October, A. D., 1876, and in the 101st year of American Independence. By the Governor: D. H. CHAMBERLAIN. H. E. Hayne, Secretary of State. THE JOINT DISCUSSION. gov. chamberlain's reply to col. Haskell's invitation. The Union-Herald of Thursday afternoon last, contains Governor Chamberlain's reply to the letter of Col. Haskell, chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, inviting him to meet Gen. Hampton in joint discussion before the people. It is a very long document, filling twelve columns and a half of that paper in fine print. The great length of the reply prevents us from giving it entire to the readers of the Enquirer, but present the following synopsis prepared for the Nem and Courier: At the outset the Governor acknowledges the respectful terms in which Col. Haskell's letter is framed, but thinks the challenge should have been addressed to the chairman of the Republican executive committee. He has informed the latter that he is ready, as soon as his official duties will permit, to meet Gen. Hampton in joint discussion. He says that Col. Haskell's statements as to the spirit of the Democratic party, and the charges quoted from the New York Sun, World and Tribune, cover the whole field of the present political controversy. The statements made in the Sun and World are wholly untrue and unfounded, and he is in no way responsible for Patterson's statements and views. He reviews the last two years' administration and claims to have carried out all the reforms promised ; in proof of which he refers to the utterances of leading citizens and of the public press, giving extracts from the closing article in the News and Courier's record of Governor Chamberlain. He claims that he was renominated as a Reformer by a two-third mamfian fViof Ua on/mrorl tVio VUW3 U1 tUD bUU VC1JV1UU i tilUli uv ovvuivm vuv adoption of articles four, six, and seven of the State Republican platform, and invites a comparison of this with the Democratic platform. He claims that his renomination as a reformer and the reform platform are a sufficient answer to Col. Haskell's charge of inconsistency in accepting the reDomiDation. He knows no public cause of complaint against his associates on the State ticket, except that two of them opposed his course as Governor, and, in Elliott's case, he compares his relations with him to those between Tilden and Hendricks. -'Moreover, though he did uot approve of or consent to Elliott's nomination, Elliott has since cordially pndoreed the work of the convention in renominating him, (Chamberlain) and in pledging reform. He reaffirms all he has ever said concerning Moses and Whipper, and claims that they, and all who go with them, have been unloaded. "This," he says, "has been accomplished by the Republican party, for whatever I have done is chargeable to the credit of the Republican party, which has now endorsed and renominated me." He next reviews the struggle of the Conservatives and Straight-outs for the control of the Democratic Convention, and declares that the success of the Straight-outs was the success of the Edgefield or Mississippi plan, and warrants him in declaring that the present struggle by the Democratic party is to gain the political control of the State for the sake of political power and advantage. He then denies the peaceful character claimed for the conduct of Democrats at public meetings, and gi ves a long account of his experience at Edgefield, Newberry, Abbeville, Midway and Lancaster. At Edgefield, he says, he was compelled to divide time in order to avoid bloodshed. The whites were nearly all openly armed, and some carried pistols in their hands. At Abbeville, when he attempted to speak concerning Hamburg, pistols were cocked by white men who crowded towards him on the stand. The accounts given of the meetings at all the above named places is very dark indeed, and represents the white people as violent in the extreme, and as having perpetrated every kind of insult, barely short of actual physical violence. He next takes up the Democratic plan of proscription, quoting at great length from the editoi-ials and correspondence of the various State papers, the resolutions of the ward clubs, (fee., to show that the Democratic party has adopted and is carrying out a systematic plan of social and political proscription with the set and avowed purpose of forcing men to vote contrary to their convictions and wishes, and gives several sections of the revised statutes to prove that it violates the law of the State. He refers to ' the existing sabre and rifle clubs as the basis of a political organization, and a prominent agency in the canvass, and quotes the revised statutes again to show that they are forbidden by law. He then proceeds to instances of actual violence by these clubs, and reviews the Hamburg case as a wanton butchery of unresisting prisoners. He believes that the chief PUoxloofAn rint roofQ roifVi ICOpUUQlUUltJ 1U1 LUC VUOIICOLVU tivv *vuw ? the Republicans; "it was inexcusable and disgraceful, but it was subdued by the Republican authorities. It has fastened a bloody blot on the party that caused it." The origin and cause of the Ellenton riot is not definitely known, but it has been clearly proved that nearly all the colored men were killed, not while resisting the execution of the law, or any legal process, or while violating the peace, or threatening or attempting violence, but were shot down in the fields, woods and cabins, and wherever found. He is informed that forty or fifty were killed, and is led to believe that the killing has not yet ceased, three instances of a later date being given. He attributes all the violence to white Democratic agencies, and decliues to call upon the Democrats to suppress these disorders solely because the Democratic party are the authors of the disturbances. It would be like setting wolves to guard sheep, and he will never yield to such a demand. He cannot call upon colored RerMilillnono oilnnruco tliam as tMs WIMlld DTe I'UUllVKtliO UV ou|/^/4 vob v u vuj j MW ?? ? --r- j- cipitate ft conflict. "In such an emergency," he says, "my only reliance must be upon United States troops." He concludes as follows : "The Executive of the United States will do bis duty aqd I will do mine, and it shall be seen by the World whether the right to a free ballot can be trampled under foot by any combination or party of men in this State," ?= Iowa has been tickled nearly to death to think that an ear of Iowa corn has been carried back to Brazil by Dom Pedro, because the emperor, appearing to be amazed and delighted with the remarkable size and appearance of Iowa corn, begged an ear atone of the stations on the Burlington and Missouri River Railway while passing through the State. It has since transpired that the imperial party were learning the American game of poker, and only wanted that corn for checks. LOCAL AFFAIRS. CHURCH CALENDAR. Services for Snnday, October 15th, 1876. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Rev. L. H. Wilson, Pastor. Services at Yorkville at 10$ o'clock, a. m., and 8 o'clock, p. m. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Rev. J. E. Carlisle, Pastor. Services at Yorkville, at 10$ o'clock a. m., and 8 o'clock, p. in. EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Rev. R. P. Johnson, Pastor. Services at Rock Hill, at 10$ o'clock a. ra., and 8 o'clock, p. m. ASSOCIATE REFORMED CHURCH. Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. Services at Yorkville, at 10$ o'clock, a. m., and 4 1 o'clock, p. in. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. W. Clawson?Seed Wheat and Oats for Sale. Latimer <fc Hemphill?New Goods?CrockeryCotton. M. Strauss?New Goods at Bottom Prices. John C. Kuykendal?Simmons' Hepatic Compound?A Change?Gold Basis?Eureka? 500 nounds of Bluestone. R. H. Glenn, 8. Y. C.?Judge of Probate's Sale. J. H. Olawson and Allen Jones?Assignees' Sale, In Bankruptcy?In the matter of B. F. Rawlinson, Bankrupt. I J. A. McLean, Jndgeof Probate?Notice to Creditors of Thomas Whitesides, deceased. John C. Kuykendal?Manhattan Fire Insurance Company of New York. H. F. Adickes?Bargains. , J. W. P. Hope?Notice. Jefferys <fe Metts, Agents?Close of the Cotton Option. Hart <fe Hart?Piano for Sale. DESTRUCTION OF COTTON. Last Saturday evening, while a train on the Chester and Lenoir railroad, loaded with cotton, was on the way to Gastonia, the cotton in one of the cars caught on fire from a spark, and the car, with nearly all the cotton it contained, was destroyed. Loss, about SI,200. PHRENOLOGY. Dr. W. H. Barker, the famous phrenologist, will deliver a course of seven lectures on 1 the above subject, in the Court House, commencing this (Wednesday) evening at 8 1 o'clock, and intermitting Friday night. .Next week, be will lecture on Monday, mesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights. The lectures are free to all who desire to attend, and the ladies are specially invited, i The Doctor is an entertaining lecturer, and those who go to hear him will be both instruct- 1 ed and amused. DIPHTHERIA IN THE COUNT*. This fatal disease has been quite prevalent for several weeks past in the eastern portion of the county, including Rock Hill and Fort Mill, though we learn it is now abating. Among the deaths reported to as at the latter place, is the infant of F. H. Johnson, aged about 18 months; and last week two of A. 8. White's children?Mary, aged 9 years, and Joseph Franklin, aged 6?died of the same disease. Mr. J. M. Ivy and Rev. Mr. Munnerlyn, of Rock Hill, each had a child to die of the Bame disease, both of which were interred on Sunday last. ? THE t ALL TKAUEi. Mr. M. Strauss has returned from market, and is now receiving his fall purchase of goods. Mr. Latimer, of the firm of Latimer & Hemphill, has also returned from the North, and that firm are receiving their new goods. Mr. Hunter, of the firm of Hunter & Oates, i Mr. Dobson of the firm of T. M. Dobson & Co., and Col. W. H. McCorkle, started to the Northern markets last week for the purpose of making their fall stock purchases. H. F. Adickes and H. W. Hope & Co., are also receiving their fall goods. Mr. Joseph Herndon, of the grocery house of W. H. & J. P. Herndon, has also been North for the purpose of purchasing goods, and Clark Brothers, H. F. Adickes, Jr., and John J. Smith, grocers, are augmenting their stocks for the fall trade. RESOLUTIONS OF THANK8. A finely-engraved copy of a preamble and resolution of thanks, adopted by St. John's Lodge, and other Masonic Lodges of London, Ontario, Canada, expressive of the feelings of said Lodges towards Philanthropic Lodge, No 78, A. F. M., of this place, in regard to the kindness of the Lodge extended to Worshipful Brother, Richard Booth, of Canada, during the illness which terminated his life f while on a visit here last Spring, was received by Dr. J. C. Kuykendal last Saturday evening. Besides the tender and affectionate sen- < tiraents of brotherly love in which the resolu- < tions are couched, the copy referred to, which ' will adorn the lodge-room of Philanthropic ' Lodge, is a work of rare beauty, being as fine J a specimen of pen-work as we have ever seen, and handsomely mounted in a most i elaborate gilt frame, 33x38 inches, and 8 in- I ches in depth. The resolutions are dedicated i to Worshipful Master A. Coward, J. C. Kuykendal, J. F. Wallace and J. Ed. Jeffereys, j Committee, and are signed by a committee of j St. John's Lodge, composed of John Wright, i W. M., James Moffat, P. D. G. M., A. B. ' Grier, 8. W., and couutersigned by M. D. ' Dawson, P. M , Secretary. CIRCUIT COURT. , The Circuit Court for York county adjourn- i ed at about 2 o'clock last Thursday morning, i after disposing of all the cases on the sessions docket?twenty-four in number. In addition i to those reported in our last issue, the follow- ( ing were tried: , State t?s. Monroe Roddy, colored ; rape and assault with intent to ravish. Verdict?guilty. State vs. Charles Moore alias Bill Murphy, i colored; grand larceny. Pleaded guilty. 1 State vs. Anderson Wallace, colored ; murder. The prisoner established the proof that the act of killing was done in self-defence, and the case was submitted without argument, whereupon the jury returned a verdict of not j guilty. State vs. Andrew Jordan and Green Jordan, colored; assault and political intimidation. The complainant in this case was Reuben Seigie, a colored citizen, who alleged that he had been assaulted and intimidated by the accused on account of his being a member of the Democratic party ; but failing to make his oase sufficiently strong, a verdict of not guilty was returned, State vs. Edward McDonald, colored ; assault and political intimidation. The complainant, Henry Lowry, of color, a Democrat, claimed to have been intimidated by the accused on account of his political principles. Verdict?guilty. With the last-named case, the docket was ended, and the Court then pronounced the following sentences: Jefferson Hall, colored; burglary and larceny. Two years at hard labor in the penitentiary. Dock Ward, colored; rape and assault. Twenty years at hard labor in the penitentiary. Charles Moore, alias Bill Murphy, colored ; two cases of house breaking and larceny. Sentenced in one r ise to five years, and in the other to three years hard labor in the penitentiary. Jamea Davie, colored; assault and battery. One dollar fine and costs, or forty days in jail. We erroneously stated last week that this defendant was found guilty of manslaughter. i Henry Webb, white; grand larceny. Ten years at bard labor in the penitentiary. Monroe Roddy, colored; rape and assault with intent to ravish. Ninety-nine years at hard labor in the penitentiary. Edward McDonald, colored; assault and political intimidation. Three months in county jail. A number of other sentences were pronounced in trivial cases, rangiug from one hour to forty days in the county jail. The following is the report of the grand jury, as read in open Court on Wednesday afternoon : To the Honorable T. J. Mackey, Presiding Judge of the Sixth Circuit The Grand Jury of this Court respectfully submit their report as follows: That we have diligently examined into all matters pertaining to our duties, as instructed by your Honor. We have examined the books and accounts of the different public officers of this county, and find them correctly kept up to the 1st day of October, 1876, with the exception of those of Trial Justice P. T. Murray. We have to report that the said P. T. Murray has neglected to docket upon his book, and to report to this jury, the case of State vs. Daniel Moore, who was tried and convicted of the charge of assault and battery before the said Trial Justice, and who was discharged from custody after paying to the said Trial Justice the sum of nine dollars and fifty cents, in full of fine and costs. We have examined the county jail and find the same in proper order; and that the prisoners therein are well cared for by Sheriff Glenn, as to food, bed clothing and the other comforts of a properly kept prison. We are also pleased to report that we find the Poor House of the county properly kept, and favorably commend the keeper, Mr. Jas. Dillingham, for the excellent manner in which he discharges his duties in caring for the poor of the county. There are thirtyfour paupers on the list, all of whom appear to be well cared for. The stock belonging to the Poor House are also in good condition. There remain on hand, of last year's crop, five (5) bales of cotton, which this jury recommended to be sold, in our last report; and now renew the same. The crops raised on the place this year will be five or six bales or cotton and about four hundred bushels of corn. The Baptist denomination request pertaission to erect a Baptist Church on a lot of one and a half acres of the land belonging to the Baid Poor House, for the beneht of the pauEers; Baid denomination paying the cost of uilding the Baine, and guaranteeing that the Baid lot will be used only for the said purpose. Which request *ye recommend be granted to them by the proper authorities. We beg leave to present to the proper consideration of your Honor, that complaint has been made unto us, that one Rufus Dobson, who has a small store in Ebenezer township, at a place known as Douglas' stand, is engaged in the traffic of com and seed cotton, buying the same both in the day and night time, and in whatever quantity offered, to the great annoyance and damage of the honest farmers of that portion of the county ; he, thereby encouraging, in our opinion, the theft of said articles. We are informed that last fall, he began thus buying late in the season, yet accumulated, in this way, twelve (12) bales of cotton during that fall; and that this season he openly announces, against the earnest protest of bis neighbors, that bis purchases of Baid articles last fall was small, but that this season he intended to deal on a large scale. In view of the above facts, we deem it oar duty to present the said Rufus Dobson and his store as a curse and a nuisance to that portion of this county, and ask that the proper proceedings be instituted to abate the same. Complaint has also been made unto us that one Major Ramsey, living in this county, on the lands of Calvin Whisonant, on Wolf creek, is engaged in the sale of whisky without having the proper license. The roads of the county are, as a general thing, in good order; with the exception of the Pinckney Ferry road, from the five mile post to Turkey creek. Said portion of the road is in an almost impassable condition, and is, moreover, too narrow, and we recommend that the proper authorities have it properly widened and repaired. In obedience to the special instructions of your Honor, given us at the last April term of the Court, to inquire generally into the management and disposition of the fund arising from the tax, known as the ku-klux tax, we have, at this time, further inquired into the said matter ; but have not yet been able to give it the thorough examination, which the developments so f*r warrant us in saying it demands. We have not had the time. We find that Rachel Leech and her children, who are among the beneficiaries of the said ku-klux fund, appears, according to receipts in the hands of the county treasurer, John L. Watson, to have received, up to the first day of October, 1876, from said fund, the sum of two thousand three hundred dollars, ($2,300.00). Yet, whilst it so appears from the receipts of the said J. L. Watson, that said amount has been received by this family, we learn from the testimony of Rachel Leech, (who is also the guardian of her children) and her brother, Adolpbus Rice, that in reality the said Rachel Leech and her family have never received, in all, as much as the sura of one thousand dollars, ($1,000.00). The remainder of the said $2,300.00 this iury has not been able to trace out of the hands of the said county treasurer, John L. Watson. We further find that the said Rachel Leech and her children, although they are entitled bo the sum of forty dollars per month from 3aid fund, are now in as poor a condition as before they received the benefit of the same; and now only gain a proper support by labor ing for the same. We further find that tfie said Rachel Leech is entirely incompetent to act as guardian for her children, being very ignorant and liable to be easily imposed upon ; we, therefore, recommend that some other suitable person be appointed guardian of said children. In accordance with the special charge and instructions from your Honor, we have mpst thoroughly and diligently inquired into the fact of whether or not there exist in this county any armed companies, or bands, organized contrary to law; or for the purpose of intimidating citizens on account of their political opinions. We are most happy to report that we have been totally unable to learn of the existence of any such organizations, with the exception of two cases of colored Democrats being assaulted and intimidated by men of their own color, (and which two cases are now in this court upon the proper indictments), we have not been able to learn of any cases of intimidation, whatever; but that each of the citizens of this county is in the free and untrammelled enjoyment of bis political rights and privileges. a ti L : ~AA.11.. ill I 01 WIIICU JB muau respcubiunjr ouuuimted. JAMES E. SMITH, Foremao. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The First Cool Snap. On Saturday night of last week, water froze in Omaha, Nebraska, to the thickness of one-eighth of an inch. In Memphis, on Saturday night, there was a heavy frost, relieving anxiety about the yellow fever. On the same night there was frost in Augusta, Ga., and Montgomery, Ala., and the weather was unusually cold for the season with a heavy frost Cashier's Valley, Jackson county, N. C., was visited on Saturday by a heavy snow storm, begiuning at 9 a. m., and continuing to fall until 2 p. m., without ceasing. A correspondent describes it as a grand and unusual scene to see the green forest and flowergardens covered with snow. The crops of that section, however, are sufficiently matured to be out of danger of frosts and snows. Reported for the Yorkville Enquirer. THE MASS MEETING AT BLACK'S STATION. The grand mass meeting and barbecue at Black's Station, on the 6th instant, was a decided success. Extensive preparations had been going on for several days, for the accommodation of the immense concourse of people, who were expected to assemble to hear the distinguished speakers, who had been invited to address the meeting in the interest of Reform. Early in the day, the people began to arrive by the Air-Liue train and by private conveyance, and by 10 o'clock, fully two thousand people were on the grounds. At balf-past 10 o'clock, the procession was formed near the depot, under the command of Col. W. W. Gaffney, Marshal of the Day, and preceded by the Dallas Band and a large delegation of the Hickory Grove Democratic Club, marched to the grove near tne Academy, where a commodious stand bad been erected, and gracefully decorated by fair hands with beautiful evergreens and flowers. Just over the speakers' head, were the words "Tilden and Hampton and just beneath this "Let the worthy rule!" The letters being formed of evergreens, had a chaste and beautiful effect. The long rows of tables ; the company of cooks at the ditches, barbecueing the beef and mutton, in the rear of the speaker's stand; the presence of a large number of ladies, who added their smiles and charms to the occasion, and who ?flM piwi;^ wi?h ?nmfni4.Ma seats in the beautiful grove; all went to make up a scene not soon to be forgotten bj those who were present to enjoy it. After some fine music by the band, at 11 o'clock, Dr. John G. Black, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, arose and called the meeting to order. In a graceful and appropriate style, he briefly explained the object of the meeting, and after entreating the people to preserve good order, introduced NATHANIEL BARNWELL, of Columbia, who showed conclusively, and in a clear and forcible manner, that a large proportion of the taxes that had been wrong from an already impoverished people, bad been squandered by the thieving crew at Columbia. He depicted, in strong language, the corruption and debauchery of the 8tate government at Columbia, and denied that Chamberlain deserved the title of a reformer, as claimed for him, by his followers. He eulogised Gen. Hampton, and endeavored to convince the colored people that Hampton was incapable of deception, and tbat their rights would be safe in his hands. He also reminded the colored people that they were being urged by the carpet-baggers to keep op the color line in politics and not to plape their conhdence in their old masters, and that this course, if pursued, would eventually result in nothing less than a war of races, in which they must be exterminated. His speech was an able effort, and gained the closest attention of his audience. COL, JOHN H. EVIN8 i:i> was next introduced, and received with tremendous applause. A shower of beantitill bouquets greeted bis appearance on the stand, and he returned his warmest thanks to the fair ones who had thus complimented him and the noble cause which he was advocating. He reminded the voters of this beautiful mountain country, that they could surely need no further incentive to do their duty, being encouraged by the presence and smiles of the fair sex, and living as they did nnderthe very shadow of King's Mountain. He first took up Gov. Chamberlain's past record, and reviewed bis action while Attorney General of the State; recited the various jobs in which he,was engaged, and held bim responsible for many of the frauds committed under the administrations of Scott and' Moses; that he never uttered the word reform until Gen. Grant began to speak of the necessity existing for the National Republican party to "unload 1" He reminded his colored hearers that Gov. Chamberlain had made no organized effort tosupprees riots and disorders, even among the colored people on the Combahee, and that he ran off* to Washington, leaving these poor creatures to their fate; his whole efforts being directed to making bloody shirt capital ' out of their misfortunes. If Gen. Hampton was elected Governor of South Carolina, as be believed he would be, he would remain at his post and protect every man in his rights; that he wpuld suppress violence, and having the confidence of the people, his word would be ' obeyed. He next referred to Hon. A. 8. Wallace, and handled him without gloves, charging him with being an instigator of riots between the blacks and whites, and that he relied mainly upon the "bloody shirt" issue for reelection; that he was continually trying to resurrect the dead issues of the past, the ku-klux, war, &c. He said that all this was done for the basest purposes. It is impossible to give even a synopsis of this part of his speech, as he spoke rapidly and eloquently of the villainy and corruption of the Republican party in South Carolina. In conclusion, he-, declared that the present state of affairs must and should be stopped; that the carpet-baggers were on the run, and the warfare upon these vampires must be kept up until tbey /?. . TT were run out or toe oiaie. no appeaiw w bis hearers to rise up io tbeir might and go forward determined to win in tbe great work of reform and honesty. His speech was greeted with round after round of applause. It was a fine effort, and his earnestness of manner and sound reasoning made a good impression. CAPT. W. T. R. BELL, of North Carolina, was the next speaker. He is decidedly one of the finest stump speakers it wfe> ever our good fortune to hear. He began in a cool, conversational style, to arraign the Republican party for the wrongs perpetrated upon the South, and the burdensome taxation imposed upon the people for the purpose of filling the pockets or unprincipled political adventurers. When he began to recite the condition of poor down-trodden South Carolina, his thrilling eloquence brought the immense audience to their feet and they pressed close to the speakers' stand. He would hold them spell-bound for a while, and then they would burst forth in the wildest enthusiasm/ His comparison of the condition of the people of South Carolina, to that of the Israelites, with the hosts of Pharaoh on the one side and the Red Sea, a seeming impossible barrier on the other, when, by laitn m i^ivine .rruvidence they were rescued from destruction, was singularly beautiful and appropriate. Any attempt we might make to report his speech would fail of doing the speaker justice. He pleaded indisposition as an apology for not continuing bis speech, but he was urged by the audience to proceed, and finally had to close against their wishes. We hope he will be heard from in our campaign again before it closes. DINNER was next announced, and the crowd marched in procession to the tables, which were loaded with everything necessary to satisfy the inner man, in the greatest abundance. The meat was nicely barbecued, and everything in connection with the cooking and the arrangement of the tables reflected great credit upon the committees in charge. We are informed that one thousand pounds of beef and twenty-four sheep were served op on this occasion, besides innumerable baskets of provisions. The colored people were provided with tables along side the whites, and were served by a committee, who were careful to see that they were well provided for. The utmost good feeling prevailed between the two races. After dinner was over, it was announced from the stand that speaking would begin again. An arrangement had been made with the leaden of tbe Republican party for a joint discussion. J. Hannibal White, colored, was to speak first, and be replied to by I. D. Witherspoon, Esq.; and then Nelson Davies, colored, to be