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f fftMU #nquiw. ===z=z== ? | YORKVILLE. S. C.7 , THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 26, 1876. J How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name ^ of the subscriber very plainly, Rive post-office, r county and State in full, and send the amount of thp subscription by draft or post-office money D order, or enclose the mqpey in a registered letter, q Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York coun- & ty who receive the paper at post-offices within the u county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no 0 matter where they receive the paper, are not lia- y 'a* nnaiano if Kninff nMtnftl/1 flf fhfl lVlftt-OffiCfi lUk UVOMagOj IV k/V?U0 ^/4M* *xv ? . here, without additional charge to the subscriber. H Watch the Figures.?The date on the "address- 0 label" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers dis- C continued, the date must be kept in advance. ]( SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. * ? Up to 9 o'clock on last Monday night, ^ eighteen companies of United States troops, numbering about 1,200 men, had arrived in j Columbia. ^ ?In Anderson county, recently, a lad of fifteen or sixteen years, picked 224 pounds of ^ cotton in one day, between an hour after sunrise and sunset. ^ ? The Columbia Register is bragging about ^ having received a West India yam potato, twenty-three inches in circumference and * weighing six pounds. . ? J. B. Young, white, and Richard Thomas, ^ colored, had a cotton picking match in Abbeville county recently. Young picked four ! hundred and fifty-eight pounds, and Thomas g four hundred and fifty-six. 7- At Cross Anchor, in Spartanburg county, 11 last week, three hands picked for Mr. Robin- W son, the following weights of cotton : One col- ? ored woman, 309 pounds; one colored Doy, a 227 pounds; one white man, 355 pounds?ma- D king a total of 991 pounds as a day's work p for thfee hands. n ? A despatch received in Charleston from ^ Senator Robertson, gives the information that j the General Post Office Department has no- p tified Berney that he need make no further 0 efforts to obtain sureties on his bond as post- C master of Charleston, and that it has been de- d cided that postmaster Bosemon shall be re- * tained in his present position. ^ ?Several negroes, suspected of com plicity in jj the recent murders at Edgefield, have been arrested and lodged in jail. The Columbia correspondent of the New and Courier says a story in circulation that there had been a ' quarrel between the whites and blacks is without foundation, and was only circulated in ex- b tenuation of the murder and for political effeet ? In passing sentence upon a colored hog e thief the other day, Judge Mackey asked the 'j culprit what time it would require to bring a race of hogs up to full weight and maturity ? The thief allowed it would reauire about three e years. Well, said the Judge, I will give you e just three years and a half at hard labor iu the State's prison, as I wish to give the people & iu your neighborhood ample time to raise a Q new stock before you regain your liberty. a ? Four companies of artillery, acting as in- tl fa a try, arrived in Columbia on Friday last tl from Fortress Monroe. A detachment of n United States troops from Governor's Island, 0 N. Y., numbering one hundred and seventy, ^ comprised of a battalion of the 3d Artillery a and a part of the 11th and 23d Infantry, t] commanded by Lieut Col. L. L. Livingston, ti were in Richmond on Friday last, en route o to Columbia. 81 ? The Edgefield Advertiser of the 19th in- a instant says: "Merrill, who has been assigned e to duty in Edgefield, Aiken and Barnwell, it e is reported, will arrive in our town to-day or a to-morrow?accompanied by cavalry and ar- fi tillery?and make this his headquarters. We 0 know not the grounds for this report It is further reported?and upon very good author- J ity?that arrests are to be made among us a soon. How soon we cannot learn?nor upon ti what plea or pretence. The two new compa- p nies of infantry that arrived on Saturday have g gone into barracks, with the others, at the old Saluda House. ? , , , fc STATE POLITICAL ITEMS. ? The Hampton colored Democrat Club of Walhalla numbers fifty. ^ ? Frank Arnim, Trial Justice at Hamburg, ? formerly a bitter Republican, made a Hamp- a ton speech in Aiken, on Monday of last week, si ? The Radicals of Kershaw county have ^ nominated a straight out black ticket for the * Legislature. ? The Democratic Executive Committee are 2 in receipt of a large number of letters from t colored Democrats throughout the State, com- e plaining of intimidation upon the part of * Radicals of their own color. ' ? Union county has gone into the labor reform movement with a vim. The farmers ( and other employers are pledging themselves r not to again employ any person who goes D against them in their struggle for reform, t They seem determined on that point. ? At a Republican meeting in Aiken, a few ? days ago, several Democrats who were pres- j, ent, were notified by the officer in command s of a detachment of U. S. soldiers, that they j could not participate in the discussion or ask questions of the speakers. They departed. * ? The colored Democratic club of Lowndes- ^ ville, Abbeville"county, numbers about two t hundred, who have pledged themselves to vote c for Hampton and reform. They were lately t presented with a beautiful flag by Miss Eliza Tu8ten, of Abbeville, wbicb tney promise 10 * carry to victory. k ? The following county ticket has been ? nominated by the Radicals in Edgefield : For ? the Senate, Lawrence Cain. For the House, g Paris Simkins, D. Graham and Arch Weldin. 1 For Probate Judge, Wm. Heath. For Sheriff, v H. N. Boury. For Coroner, John Stark. * For County Commissioners, Stevens and Harris. All these are colored men except Heath. c ? All the Democratic clubs in Abbeville [ county were out in full force at the meeting g on Wednesday of last week, and from 3,500 i to 4,000 participated in the Democratic meet- f ing. The procession was three miles long, E and contained 3,000 mounted men, by actual * count. All the clubs were in uniform. Seven j, hundred colored Democrats, mounted and t uniformed, rode in the processsion. There c were three separate bands of music. v ? Upon the conclusion of the Hampton * meeting at Aiken last week, the deputy Marshals, taking advantage of the fine opportuni ty offered, arrested eleven gentlemen, among a the number Col. A. P. Butler who comman- j ded the parade. The persons arrested are r charged with complicity in the Ellenton af- c fair and were placed in confinement They e Here, however, subsequently released on bail. ? jrfbikin confinement, the colored Democrats, ( ^^Bfejhnd a barbecue near the stand, sent some to the gentlemen arrested. HEBE-MENTION. The yellow-fever, which has been scourging iavannah during the last few weeks, has aba$1, and the announcement is made that aid or the suffering city is no longer needed. The ipidemic has also disappeared from Brunswick." The Centennial will positively Jose on the 10th of November. The dobile Cotton Exchange reports a decrease a the average yield. John D. Lee, a irominent Mormon, has been convicted and entenced to death for his participation in the fountain Meadow massacre, in which a nurater of Gentile emigrants were ruthlessly mtchered nineteen years ago. Having the ight, nnder the laws of Utah, to choose the lanner of his death, the condemned man hose to be shot, and was accordingly senraced to be shot to death on the 26 th of Janary, 1877. J. W. Lathrop, President f the Savannah cotton Exchange, died of ellow fever, in Greensboro, N. C., on the 12th astant. A negro boy about fifteen years Id, working near Macon, Ga., got his head aught in a sugar-cane mill, and didn't live ang enough to testify as to the sweets of adersity. The official count of the Aransas State election has been completed, 'he total vote was 108,684; Miller, Democrat, eceiving a majority of 33,992 over Bishop, Republican. At Richmond, Va.,on the 6th, the weather was extremely cold, with aow. An official dispatch, received at Washington from Fort Laramie, confirms be report of recent fighting with the Inians. Cameron's order to Gen. Sherman irecting him to garrison South Carolina 'ith troops, excited great surprise at the forth.'" Sitting Bull has written to the ndian Agent at Fort Peck, asking permission >r his warriors to come to that Agency to rade for ammunition. It has transpired that lere were eleven different tribes in the Custer ght. Francis P. Blair, Sen., prominent l the political history of the United States, >ith and since Jackson's administration, died n the 19th instant, aged 87 years. The fficial returns in Ohio gives the Republicans majority of 6,692. There is considerale feeling among colored Masons over the ostponment of the recognition of their breth 3ii by tbe Grand Lodge of Ohio. The forth Carolina State Fair, which closed last reek, was quite *a success. Rev. Dr. foller, a native of Beaufort, S. C., died in laltimore last Friday. A detachment f United States troops 'en route for South larolina, but delayed in Richmond, last Friay, were invited to an entertainment by the olunteer military of that city. Samuel lenners, of Philadelphia, who was arrested ar some complicity in the Charlie Ross abiuction, has been recommitted after a hearag on a writ of habeas corpus. EDITORIAL INKLINGS, 'he Democratic Party and Education. The following resolutions were adopted iy the Demooratic State Executive Committee a their rooms, at Columbia, on the 3d instant: In answer to inquiries on State debt and ducation, we reply that on the points made, he question has already been answered by he Democratic vote in the Legislature; but a remove all doubt, be it Resolved, That the Democratic party will ;ive its support to the adoption of tbe propos d amendments ot tne constitution, to wit: "That section 5, article 10, be amended so s to read as follows: "Section 5. The Boards of County Comlissiouers of the several counties, shall levy n annual tax of not less than two mills on be dollar upon all the taxable property in beir respective counties, which levies shall ot be increased unless by special enactment f the General Assembly, for the support of ublic schools in their respective counties, rhich tax shall be collected at the same time nd by the same officers as the other taxes for be same year, and shall be held in the county reasuriee of the respective counties, and paid ut exclusively for the support of public ffiools as provided by law. There shall be ssessed on taxable polls in the State an anual tax of one dollar on each poll, the proeeds of which tax shall be applied solely to durational purposes: Provided, That no peran snail ever be deprived of the right of sufrage for the non-payment of said tax. No ther poll or capitation tax shall be levied in be State, nor shall the amount assessed on ach poll exceed the limit given in this secion. The school tax shall be distributed mone the several school districts of the coun iea, in proportion to the respective number of upils attending the public schools. No reliious sect or sects shall have exclusive right 5 or control of any part of the school funds f the State, nor shall sectarian principles be ?ught in the public schools. N "That the question of adopting this amendlent shall be submitted to the electors as foliws : Those in favor of the amendment shall eposit a ballot with the following words rritten or printed thereon: 'Constitutional mendment?Yes.' Those opposed to the aid amendment shall cast a ballot with the allowing words written or printed thereon: Constitutional amendment?No.'" Resolved, That the State debt having been Tactically adjusted by the consolidation act, 2d December, 1873, and most of the crediors having come in under the act, we considr the adjustment as final, and pledge the pary to abide by it. 'he Cainhoy Massacre. The Charleston Democratic Executive Committee, make the following report of the esult of their investigations of the Cainhoy assacre, an account of which is printed on he ouside of this issue: The Democratic Executive Committe have oade careful examination into the facts atending the riot at Cainhoy on Monday, 16th st., and vouch for the following statement, rhich is sustained bv the affidavits in their ossession of creditable witnesses: When the arrangements were made beween the chairmen of the executive commitees of the Democratic and Republican parties or the joint meetings, it was distinctly settled, hat for the purpose of securing peaceful dislussion, no one should carry any arms to hose meetings. In violation of this agreement, the Repubicans went to Cainhoy with their guns, some of them hid themselves, and others who appeared about the speakers' stand had consealed their arms in the edge of the woods idjacent to the place of meeting. A few funs had been hidden by the negroes in a louse near the stand. Whilst the speaking vas going, on these were discovered by a small >ody of Democrats, and the negroes near hem, thereupon made an effort to seize these irms. This produced a commotion, simultaleously with which, and before a single shot tad been fired by the whites, a party of negroes advanced from the woods in skirmishng order, firing upon the whites, who were or the most part unarmed, a few only having ?istols on their persons of small calibre. The legroes around the stand, at a signal, at once ?- J ? ""/vA/ln fVmir moannna anH USlltiU bU U1C VTVUUOj vuvu iivw^vt*. ?? ? oined in the attack upon the whites. The estimony established that there was but one tegro killed, and that he and all the whites rho were slain and wounded were shot after his firing began. It was a treacherous ambuscade, with every appearance of careful preparation, and havng for its purpose the slaughter of the white md colored Democrats at the meeting. We >ronounce as falap the telegram to the Goverlor of C. C. Bowen, Sheriff, who is the leader >f the Republican party and candidate for rejection, who declares that the fight was ocsasioned by a portion of the Democrats from he city attacking Jhe meeting and killing an >ld colored man. By order of the Executive Committee. Charles H. Simonton, Chairman. LOCAL AFFAIRS. CHURCH CALENDAR. Services for Sunday, October 29th, 1876. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Rev. J. E. Carlisle, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia, at 10} o'clock a. m., and at 3 o'clock, p. m. At Yorkville, at 7 o'clock, p. m. # ' i r EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Rev. R. P. Johnson, Pastor.,. Services at Yorkville, at 10} o'clock a. m., and 4 o'clock, p. m. ? ? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. M. Hill?Estray Mule. J. A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Notice to the heirs-at-law of Wylie Reeves, deceased. W. H. McCorkle, Agent?Grand Opening of Fall Dry Goods. C. E. Spencer, Secretary?Notice to Democrats. John L. Davis, Secretary?Hickory Grove Democratic Club. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? Wm, White, Applicant?Wylie Reeves, deceased. T. M. Dobson <t Co.?New Goods?Cotton at 15 cents. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? T. P. Whitesides, Applicant?John Whitesides, deceased. John J. Smith?Oranges?Hams?Crackers?Tobacco?Sardines Irish Potatoes. W. H. & J. P. Herndon?Fall 1876?Seed Wheat. M. Strauss?Entire New Stock. J. F. Hart, Chairman?Democratic Meeting at McConnellsville. Mary Zurcher?Confectionery and Toy Goods. Mrsr A. C. McPheetdrs?For Sale. Wood's Hair Restorative. ' RELIGIOUS SERVICES TO-DAY. In compliance with the published request of the State Democratic Executive Committee, that thip day, (Thursday the 2*>th instant,) be dedicated to fasting, humiliation and prayer, religious services, commencing at 11 o'clock, A. M., will be held at the Church of the Good Shepherd, (Episcopal.) Those of all other denominations are invited to attend. We learn that the stores and business houses in town will be closed during the hour of worship. COMPLIMENTARY. Our townsman, Maj. Hart, has shown us a handsome photograph of the field colors of Battery M, 2nd U. S. Artillery, recently sent him from Fort Reno by Lieut. Col. Carte A. Woodruff, U. S. A., who during the late years of the war, commanded that battery. It fell to the lot of "Hart's Battery," serving undeT General Hampton's command, to meet in a score or more different engagments, this famous battery, serving under the command of the gallant Custer; and out of the fierce encounters in which they opposed each other, grew a mutual respect between these two famous batteries, which has, since the war, ripened into personal friendship between the former commanders. THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN. During the past week, Republican meetings were held at various places in this county, at which a division of time was accorded to Democratic speakers. At Hickory Grove, on Tuesday, there were about fifty white and thirty colored voters presen^ who were addressed by Frank Edwards, Nelson Davies and Hannibal White, Republicans, and by Messrs. Witherspoon, Hart and Bell in behalf of the Democratic party. On the next day a meeting was held at New Hope; and on Thursday at Fort Mill, where both parties addressed an assemblage of 150, about equally divided as to whites and blacks. A meeting was held at Rock Hill on Friday, which was addressed by candidates of both parties, and on Saturday a meeting at Fort Mill, called by the Democrats, was addressed by Judge Mackey and I. D. Witherspoon, Esq. democratic Executive committee. The Democratic Executive Committee of York county, met in the Court House, on Monday, the 23rd instant, according to the call of the Chairman, Maj. James F. Hart. f.lUmlnn Manliitinno roorp nnftnimfillfilv 1UU lUllUVTlUg IWJUIUWUUU HV4V . J adopted: Resolved, That the York County Democratic Executive Committee, do earnestly recommend to the farmers making contracts for labor, and to the merchants advancing supplies for next year, within the bounds of York county, that they give preferences to our friends and the friends of good government. Resolved, That those who vote to continue men in office who are not worthy of our suffrage, or our confidence, are not our friends nor the friends of good government. Resolved, That this committee procure 1,000 democratic campaign diplomas, to be printed and signed by the various secretaries and presidents of the* Democratic Clubs in York county, and Bealed with the official seal of this committee; said diplomas to be awarded after thft plftnt.inn. to our colored friends ?w 1 ? within the bounds of the several clubs, as a badge by which those who want employment may be distinguished. Resolved, That this committee do recommend and request that all business men throughout York county, suspend business from 6 o'clock Saturday evening, November 4th, to Wednesday morning, November 8th, in order that they and their employes may devote themselves exclusively to the work of redeeming South Carolina and the nation from corruption and misrule. REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING. In accordance with the notice given several days ago, the Republicans of York county assembled in mass-meeting at this place on Tuesday last, and were addressed by speakers of the Republican party, in advocacy of the Republican nominees for the office of President and Vice-President of the United States, the Governor of this State and the member of Congress from this Congressional district. * - I A ISA I J 1 inere were in town aoout uueeu uuuureu colored citizens, and in the procession through the principal streets, preceded by the colored Brass Band, besides the pedestrians forming the column, there were about 350 mounted men, all of whom cheered lustily for the nominees of their party. After marching up Main street and returning, the procession proceeded to the grove in rear of Major Hart's residence, where the stand for the Bpeaking had been erected. The meeting was then called to order by J. Hannibal White, Chairman, and after prayer by Rev. A. C. Dutton, a company of colored juveniles, in uniform, and styled the "Chamberlain Boys," were arrayed in front of the stand, and catechized by the Chairman, the answers to the various questions propounded being either denunciatory of the Democratic party and General Hamnton, or laudatory of the Republican party and Governor Chamberlain. At the conclusion of this ceremony , the Chairman introduced JOHN M. FREEMAN, JUN., i of Charleston, a colored speaker, who commenced by telling his hearers that in the present contest they should consider whether or i not the Democratic party come before them i as sympathisers, and whether or not that party regards the colored people as American ' citizens. He said it is true the Democratic ; leaders claim to have accepted the thirteenth, j fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the | constitution of the United States, but they : have failed to put the name of a single colorj ed man on their ticket This, he argued, is j one proof that the Democratic party do not I intend to recognize the colored people as citizens. And in further proof of this proposition, he said that in the Democratic Convention that nominated Seymour and Blair, in 1868, Wade Hampton, the Democratic nominee for Governor, introduced a resolution declaring the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments null and void. He said the Democrats claim to be the friends of the col- o ored people, and claim only to want a good a government, when, in fact, they are actuated by -the desire to control. As to good govern- ? ment, about which they are clamoring, he sgid e the Republicans have given them that for the ], past two yeare, and the objection to Chamber- t] lain by the Democratic party, at this time, is n because be had stood by the Republican party. c On the subject of the public schools, he con- a tradicted the statement made by Democratic v speakers that the public school-fund has been Q misapplied, and asked what were the educa- b tional facilities afforded by the white people v when they had control of this State in 1852 y or 1855. He said in those years the benefits 0 of the public schools were extended to but a q limited number of children, and were kept t< open only from forty-three to seventy-five c days; while now the public schools are kept t! open for six months of the year, aod their 8| benefits are extended to 47,650 colored chil- t< A-nn Tka a A I./.a fiAnal ouatpm f\f fiflOPcig. ,, UIOU* XUU WUUUUViVUm 9JWWIM W* Q 1 4, which had beeo lauded by Democratic speak- h era, is not, he said, what it has been represented. He said he knew of one county in a that State in which only 23 colored children r are attending the free schools, and that the Q school in Atlanta, which was founded by f Northern men and money, although there I was a State appropriation of $8,000 per annum ti for the maintenance of the school, yet the Su- b perinteudent of Education, in bis report, had ^ recommended the withdrawal of the appro- q priation because some of the white teachers ^ sat at the table with the oolored pupils, and tl such conduct on their part might bring about c social equality. ^ if In regard to the colbred people obtaining h employment from white Democrats, in case a they persisted in voting the Republican tick- f< et, he told his hearers that no party has ever succeeded when they attempted to coerce the I people to their line. He advised his hearers si not to be influenced by any such threats, but n to vote on principle as their conscience p dictated. Your employers, he said, may dis- i charge you now, but they will have to em- ? ploy you again, and he would advise his Re- ii publican hearers not to give up their princi- n pies on account of temporary trouble. He I denied that.the colored people in the low o country are going over to Hampton, but said li they are solid for Chamberlain. a " * * ' r L - x ? ne men reaa extracts irom wum purpuilcu b to be a speech delivered last Decoration day I in Charlotte, N. C., by Rev. Mr. Martin, d which extracts, he said, went to prove that the Democratic party are not friendly dis- o posed to the colored people. He said it is ti true, if they obtain power, they cannot re- v mand the colored people to slavery, but they can enact such laws as to virtually make the a colored people slaves. h He believed the emancipation of the slaves fi was the work of God, but that the Republi- d can party was the chosen instrument through b which to work their freedom. The Demo- ft cratic party did not bring on the war to give p the colored people freedom, but to keep them & in slavery. v Gen. Hampton, he believed, was a gentle- ii man, but hi? surroundings were bad, to prove a which be cited the fact that General Toombs, c of Georgia, had come into this State and d made speeches in his behalf. b He reiterated the charge that the Demo- g cratic party are actuated in this struggle by t< the desire to obtain control, and challenged g them to contradict the statement that the present State administration is not a good one. 1 He said both parties have bad men, and when t! a bad man leaves the Republican party, the p Democrats always take him up. I He said that from a confession of General & James Tuttle, of Iowa, who, until recently, a had acted with the Democratic party, pay ti certificates of $1,000 each have been issued r in Missouri, to every man who owned a slave, ti said certificate! to be paid when the Demo- tl cratic party obtain control of the Federal government This was sufficient reason, he P thought, why that party,'ahotfld be deprived' e of obtaining control. I He next advised his hearers against raising .1 4. L. i-J. X- T disturbances, urging tnem 10 De quiet, iu gu x to the polls and vote peaceably, and that if v any colored men in the county wish to vote n for Hampton, to let them do so without moles- a tation. tl He next urged upon the colored people, old t< and young, to stand firm to the party, and c closed by eulogizing Hon. A. S. Wallace as I being in every way worthy of their support, e MR. J. K. JILLSON, * State Superintendent of Education, was next v introduced. Mr. Jillson indulged a humorous strain during the greater portion of his g speech. He commenced with a quotation from Shakspeare?"Now is the winter of our tj discontent fanade glorious summer by this sun fc| of York," applying it to the large crowd present representing York county. He compared 9 the 83,000 Republican voters in this State to an unruly pig which two persons were en- ? deavoring to put in a pen?one by coaxing, g and the other by driving?and said those who g are endeavoring to drive it will find that ft & will slipfrom them and be penned by the Republicans. He did not care to bring up questions of the past, and cared nothing about who * set the colored people free ; it is sufficient for him to know that they are free. He would " not give the Democratic party the credit of ? bringing about their freedom, and admitted ^ that the people of the North did not enter in- g to the war for the purpose of liberating the slaves, but one of the results of the war was to ^ set them free, and many white men also. He next took up .the nominees of the Na- j( tional Republican party, and argued at some j, length in favor of their election, also discuss- n ing, from a Republican standpoint, the ques- ^ tions of the national debt and the currency. 0 Coming to State affairs, he said he would c ? . i? 1. _ 1 ^ | not abuse Gen. Hampton, as an individual; c not caring anything for hitn. But of the ac- j, cusation made that the State Government is ^ made up of carpet-baggere, if the Democrats c would refer to the Republican ticket, they j could easily see how many carpet-baggers are r) on it; and asked if Moses, whose administra- g tion was condemned by all parties, was a car- q pet-bagger. He had no use for Moses, but ^ would give his administration its due, and a claimed that all the measures for reform were a instituted during Moses'administration. Only three months ago, Chamberlain's adraiustra- t| tion was lauded and pronounced good by the C( Democrats. Why the change now? Because Cl Chamberlain had stood by the Republican t] party. And even in the Democratic State ^ Convention that nominated Hampton, the speaker said Chamberlain received 64 votes p for the nomination. Recreant Republicans, who have lately left 8. the party, were compared to "Sunday Chris- c| tians," who will find Democratic nre notter n than the Republican frying-pan from which g. they have flapped. He said the Democratic party have consolidated the Republicans ^ more solidly than they have ever yet been, 8. and the Republicans are better off without ^ the traitors to the party than they were with 0( them. j] He urged upon his hearers not to scratch their tickets, something which, he said, the j] Democrats never do, and hoped Republicans f, would learn from the history of the past that jj they must stick together. In the exercise of a their rights at the ballot, he said they would w be protected ; but in the violation of the laws p they would be punished. In business trans- a] actions he advised his hearers to observe the -y golden rule, dealing fairly and honestly with ^ their employers. h He said the Democrats claimed that they & ; would carry the State, which they might be ? j able to do by four ways?1st, to buy votes; 8j ; but he thought Republicans are not for sale. e< 2nd, by trying to starve Republican voters, tl though he would not say they had threatened to do this. 3rd, by scaring them, which would be found a difficult job in^York; and 0i 4th, by persuasion, which he hoped the Re- ]j publicans would not permit. o The speaker then closed by urging his s1 hearers to let alone whisky?whether of the tl | Democratic or Republican brand?on the day y I of election, and to conduct themselves on all n ccaaiona as becomes qaiet, orderly and lav biding titizeos. HON. A. 8. WALLACE ?as next introduced. He said equal lawi qual rights and equal privileges are the pa idium of the Republican party, and it i hat which keeps you here to-day. Go wit 3e back to 1865 and I will show you that i ousequence of the passing of the Black Cod< 11 men were made equal. One of the pr< isions of that Code was that a servant coul ot sell anything without the permission c is master. Another was, that though a sei ant might have an equal share in a croj et if he went into a field to procure a met f roasting-ears without the permission of th wner of the land, he would subject himsel 3 the death penalty, without the benefit c lergy. They accuse me of having voted fc he Black Code, and Hampton said in hi peech here the other day, that I had vote 3 sell free men into slavery. The Democra i party say not to go back to old issues; bu nnt fViof on nIH iaano ? 9 ASM If ItUHl W U vav awwww He then read from Gen. Hampton's speecl s reported in the Enquirer of last week, tb emarks of Gen. Hampton in reference to th latter, and also the coloquy between Gei I. and Capt. J. T. Lowry, in which Captai jo wry sustained Gen. Hampton in his assei ion that he (Wallace) had introduced such ill in the Legislature of 1858, after readin rhich, the speaker asserted that Capt Lowr ras not a member of that session, and bene ras not a competent witness. Mr. Wallai ben read from the Journals of that year h onnection with the much-talked-of bill, whio i as follows: "A. S. Wallace gave notice the e would introduce a bill to sell free negro< nd persons of color, for a limited time, an ir life, for certain crimes therein specified. The speaker continued?the man who saj introduced a bill to sell free negroes int lavery tells a lie ; he who tells it not onl laliciously slanders, but lies. He then a lained his connection with a petition frot rork county that was presented at the sam ission by Mr. Black, to sell all free person ito slavery and give the proceeds to the Con lissioners of the Poor. He said that Mi Hack did his doty in presenting the petitio f his constituents, and claimed that he (Wa ice) voted against it. He also said he vote gainst the Black Code. In these points tb peaker said he had made a record agaim lampton and his henchmen that would g own to posterity as damning proof. He next alluded to the ku-klux excitemer f 1871, and said had his heart been bitte award those implicated in that trouble, b rould not have interceded for them. After alluding to the nomination of Hay< nd Wheeler, and advocating their electioi e asked the colored people who rescued thei rora the ku-klux. He said that daring thof ays, the prosecuting attorney for this oircu ore him a message to Washington to the e 3ct that if he voted for certain measures the ending in Congress, he could not return 1 louth Carolina. He replied that he wool ote for them, and he did vote for them, an 3 doing so he rescued many white men froi fate that was worse than bondage. He ah laimed that at his suggestion, Judge Bon ealt leniently with many persons who ha een induced to join the ku-klux. He r retted the necessity of having been compelle 3 allude to this subject, but said he had bee oaded to it As one result of the Democratic triumph i 874, he said, as he then predicted wonld t be case, cotton is now worth ten dollars la er bale. Another result was the efforts < )emocratic members of the House of Repn entatives to put it out of the power of tk uthorities to send troops to the South, in cat bey were needed, by offering resolutions I educe the army, and to send all the regulf roops to the frontier. But Grant saw to bat you should be protected. ' The speaker then closed by saying the R ublicans wished to take no advantage in tb lection that they aVe unwilling to give to tb )emocrats. t. c. dunn, tepublican nominee for Comptroller-Genera ?as next to speak. After alluding to tb umbers present at the meeting, he said thi L- l-J J-J 8 mose WHO llttU ureucucu lulu uau uotv^ heir time, to the Republican party, he wool Dte fair and devote his time to the Dem< ratio party. You have been told by tfa )emocratic party that the Republican leat rs are thieves, bat have they ever proved it f they have given any facts, I have yet t ear of it. Hampton says that I have calle Jardozo a thief, and that Cardozo has calle le a thief. I defy any man to say that ver called Cardozo a thief. True, I di barge Cardozo with negligence, but wbe he charges were brought up in the Legisli are, every Democratic member voted to a< uit him, and consequently we here hav )emocratic authority that he was not negl: ent. Comparing the edncational facilities of thi tate with those of Georgia, the speaker sai outh Carolina gives $400,000 a year fc ducational purposes, while Georgia does no ive the half of it Last year, the educi ional fund in Georgia was $153,000, an 100,000 of that sum was derived from tb oil tax. South Carolina devotes her whol oil tax to school purposes; appropriate 300,000 to the same object; $50,000 to th Tnivflpsitv! and 830.000 for the pay < chool Cora mission era. In regard to taxation and State financei be speaker said we have to pay interest o be public debt, which is a Democratic heii )om, with the exception of $700,000, which i 3 bonds issued on account of the Land Con lission. One and a quarter millions of on ebt is for the redeeming of the bills of th Id Bank of the State. Another item of tfa tate's indebtedness is interest on the debt a< umulated during the war. And all of tfa idebtedness of the State is about six and alf millions, all of which, excepting $700,00( omes to us from the Democratic party. Th )emocrats say that previous to Republica ule, the average taxation in the State wa 500,000; but they say nothing about $300 00 added to that amount, which latter sui 'as the profits derived from the State Ban! huge shaving machine. Nor was this sun ggregating $800,000, appropriated to educt onal purposes, er to the paying of interest o le public debt, which debt was then in pr( - m' ^ L. !J _ ess of making. me uemocrais, ne saiu, at use the Republicans of stealing, because the link if they were in their places they wool avo stolen too. In Georgia, he said, no ic ;rest had been paid on school funds for th ast ten years. According to Wade Hampton, said th leaker, the bulk of taxation is paid by th ilored people. If you pay the taxes have yo ot the right to elect men of your choice t lend them ? On the subject of Chamberlain declinin] > meet Hampton in joint discussion, th leaker recited the substance of the corret ence on that matter, alleging that the Dem crats wanted to name all the places at whicl le discussion should be held. The speaker said he wants peace betweei le two races in South Carolina. Quotinj om Gen. Hampton, he said : "South Care na belongs to the people of South Carolina nd they intend to have her!" which he sai< as truth stolen from the Republicans. Th eople of the State have had her all the tim d will keep her; but are her people of th [r- Jot?!na nf hmlrnn-Hnnrn urii T UUO XmUJpbUU Dbllyv VA ... ? ?. >cracy ? No, the people of South Carolim ave risen, and will hold possession of hei ire you not citizens of the State ? Wad [ampton has not been a citizen of the Stat nee the war. Why these people have talk i so much about a certain divine institutioz lat they almost imagine themselves divine But, say the Democrats, they will not pu 1 office men who oppress them. If the Dem crats are oppressed, he said they are tb veliest oppressed people 1^ had ever heart f. He defied any Democrat to point to t atute enacted during the last eight year iat is oppressive to the white people. Ii our enactments you have not even disorimi ated against color/ The whole truth ii / r- you own something they own themselves?lib erty. Why, I was told by a colored sister over in Union, that the white ladies think 9) themselves insulted because colored women [.' pin their dresses back, is The Democrats say to yon, "take us just h once, and give us a trial on our good beq haviour." The trouble is, they forget that 3 you have learned something and will not >! trust them. They would not put you into d slavery, but getting themselves into power, they would oloee the door so tightly on you as r. to prevent you from ever getting back into , office. " a Referring to the Mississippi plan, the speake er said the Democrats think they can drive or If scare Republicans, or keep them from the ,f polls altogether. He said, if he was a South ir Carolina born citizen, he would blush for the [8 name of the people who undertake to drive d men to vote their way; who say if you do I. not vote our way, you shall not eat honit est bread, nor rent our lands, nor get employment fmm us. This, said the SDeaker, is the ,f meanest act ever perpetrated. He then arie gued to his hearers that it is folly on the part jg of the white people to think of conducting ]a their farms without the help of colored labor. Q He next spoke of the nominees of thetwo parr. ties for President, taking the ground that Tila den and Hendricks were copper-heads during g the war. At the conclusion of this topic, some j one in the crowd asked the speaker, "How !e about Judge Mackey?" To which he replied? je Mackey is a bad egg, and if the Democrats i8 get as sick of him as did the Republicans h during the last year, they will find him a rotit ten egg. Mackey, continued the speaker, is says Chamberlain is a man of intellect, but he d is paralyzed ou the moral aider Mackey nev" er had a moral side to get paralyzed. On r8 being asked about the release of Parker, the 0 speaker said Judge Mackey released a thief, y thereby prostituting his legal and judicial c. functions; "but," said the speaker, "I have D no words to waste on a man of that stamp, e and when I speak of Mackey, I speak of l8 neither a decent man, nor an honest man, and l- you," addressing the reporter, "may tell him r. so." ' D The speaker then conoluded by endorsing [. the nominees on the State ticket and urging d Republicans to vote for the nominees of the e party. * jt At the conclusion of Mr. Dunn's speech, o the meeting adjourned. democratic" speaking. 1(1 A meeting of the Republican party was ad>r vertised to be held in Yorkville last Tuesday, on which occasion the crowd in town was con ?g siderably augmented by tbe presence 01 many i, Democrats. A proposition was made to tbe n Republicans for a division of time, but this J? request not being complied with, tbe Demo* 11 crats organized in the Court House lot and Q" were addressed by Gen. Kennedy, Hon. Jas. q Chesnut and L D. Witberepoon, Esq., who d made stirring and eloquent speeches in behalf d of the party they represent. These speakers, a who commenced before the Republican meet? ing closed, were listened to by a considerable ? number of colored people. Want of space ^ prevents us from giving a synopsis of the d speeches, in as much as no new points were o presented, and besides, our readers will be interested in the plan of battle adopted by the a Republicans, a synopsis of which we give in w another place. ^ Notwithstanding tbe meetings of opposite B. parties in town on the same day, everything ie passed off quietly and without any disturbse ance. jO ?tmmmm ir ROCK HILL TILDEN AND HAMPTON CLUB. it At a meeting of the Rock Hill Tilden and Hampton Club, held on Friday, the 20th in3e' 8tant, the following resolutions were adopted: l6 Resolved, That tbfy club do1 recommend to all merchants, farmers and all good citizens, that in making contracts for labor and adI vancing supplies for next year, that prefer' ence be given in all cases to our friends. ^ Resolved, That our friends are those who ^ vote with us for good government, or do not . vote against it. ^ Resolved, That these resolutions be published in the Hampton Herald and the York, ville Enquirer. J. M. IVY, President ^ W. 8. May, Secretary. d Correspondence of the York ville Enqnirer. j LETTER FROM CHESTER. d Chester, October 23,1876. n At a special meeting of the Tilden and i* Hampton club, on last Monday evening, j* speeches were made by Gen. W. A. Walker, e G. J. Patterson, Esq., J. J. Hemphill, Esq., i* and Dr. A. P. Wylie. Gen. Walker spoke of the success of the great demonstration on is the Saturday previous, and alluded, in elod quent terms, to the noble man who was the >r central figure, and who bore off the chief honit ore of the occasion. Hampton, he said, was i- the possessor of a true and noble heart. If d elevated to the gubernatorial office, the dawn e of a brighter political day would arise upon le our mother State. Mr. Patterson made a ? speech that was overflowing with encouragee raent for the assembled Democracy. His re>f marks upon the brilliant Democratic victory in Indiana, met with enthusiastic applause, s, Reference was made by him to the tremenn dous efforts that were made by the Republics cans to carry the State; hut all in vain. He is then spoke of the political outlook in our i- county and State. He foresaw victory perchir ing on the banners of the Democracy. The e members of the Club were exhorted, in conie sideration of the momentous issues at stake, to work with increased energy and zeal for e the cause of reform and good government, a Mr. Hemphill gave some information in re), gard to the canvass of the county. He pree sented a cheering view of the situation. He n alluded to the difficulty of the Republicans is to obtain candidates, and attributed this to ,- the belief among them that inevitable defeat n awaited their ticket. Mr. George McNeil, he c, said, had refused to become a candidate on i, their ticket for the position of county comi missioner, to which he bad been nominated in n place of Mr. Henry Moffat, also declined. > There were two others, Mr. Hemphill said, s- who were revolving in their minds the pro y priety of taking their names on me nuseu d The persons to whom he referred were Mr. i- John Dickey, candidate for probate judge, e and Mr. Robert Culp, candidate for school commissioner. Dr. A. P. Wylie made some e excellent remarks, which were addressed ene tirely to the colored people. He told them u that if they continued to fill the various pub0 lie offices with incompetent and corrupt men, ruin would certainly overtake them. He told g them of the immense debt of the State and e of the rascality which had been instrumental i- in its creation. The negroes were told of the deep and inevitable poverty that awaited \x them, for all time to come, by following the lead of bad men. They were advised to elect 1 men to office whom they "knew to be eapable g and honest, and worthy of their confidence. >- There were political meetings at different i, places throughout the county last week, i There was a Republican meeting at Boyd's e store, at which there was a joint disenssion e between Democratic and Republican speake ere. The colored people, who composed al* ?*!?1 - '* - ?m mH hv RA. I* morn, euureij UIO auumuv?| nuiv ?ura ?J ?~ & publicans of the dreadful things in store for >. them if the Democratic ticket was elected, a A loss of their freedom aod their right to e vote were harped upon as the results of a Democratic triumph. The Democraticspeak? en contradicted these miserable falsehoods, 1. and endeavored, as best they could, to instil t into the colored mind the belief that the ini tentions of the Democracy were right and e proper, and did not look to the .deprivation 1 of the colored people of a single right now 1 Enjoyed by them. It is a difficult matter to s disabuse the colored mind of the impression a that his rights will not be impaired, in some - way, by the restoration to power of the Demit ocratic party. It is a simple impossibility to make tome believe this, though the most convincing arguments be brought to bear opon them* Others affect to yield an acquiescence in the belief of the simple truth, though so unwillingly that they cannot be depended upon to vote aright.. Grant's proclamation occasioned a confrid- erable amount of talk here on Wednesday. The opinion generally entertained was that as Chamberlain's defeat by a fair election was a foregone conclusion, this result must he prevented by a resort to the bayonet. The proclamation was received with delight by the colored element They were seen in knots, doubtless, discussing its provisions. It is thought that martial law will be proclaimed in this county, and that it will be followed at once by the arrest of Democrats. The Republicans held a meeting atQarmel Hill on Thursday. They declined at first to allow the Democratic speakers, who were present, to "divide time" with them; but afterwards changed their minda and allowed rk .L:- ? toe jjemoerttts iuw pi imcgc. ? uwmi} colored, made a Republican speech, in which be advised his colored friends to stiok to "the C" W. A. Sanders, Esq., spoke for the >cracy. His listeners were determined upon their evil way, and, consequently, were not improved by the Democratic exhortation. Gen. W. A. Walker, who started for the meeting, was thrown from his boggy- by his horse running away, and badly injured. His collar bone ispronocnced by hie physician te be broken. CoL J. H. Evins was expected at the meeting, but failed to attend. The Chester Cornet Band famished die masic upon the occasion. On the same day, G. J.'Patterson, Esq., and E. T. Atkinson, attended a _politi- ? cal meeting at Koeaviile, and spoke in oenait of the Democracy. .. V. . . A large and enthusiastic crowd assembled at the Court House on Friday evening, to hear an address from Judge T. J. Biackey on the political situation. He gave an interesting account of his late trip, to New Yofk^ and of the effect of a speech made by him at Cooper v Institute in that city, to an audience of ten thousand persons. He said when he told the people of the corgupt and infamous government of our State, they were filled with indignation against those who have outraged jus* tice, right and duty. Their hearts, ne said, beat in sympathy with those in our "Prostrate State" who were endeavoring, to accomplish its redemption. Gen. Egan.be said, who was a prominent officer in the Northern (^army during the late war, was the first to rise at the close of his speech, and propose three.,cheers for Hampton and reform. Judge Maokey reported the public sentiment of Philadelphia in sympathy with the cause of reform. Being just from fidgefield, be gave an ao* count of the cowardly add dastardly get of negro Radicals firing into white Democrats on thai? vav fmm a Dolitical meeting. A thou-. sand men, he said, soon assembled for the purpose of meting out swift vengeance upon the guilty perpe' - a tors; but. the wise *n d prudent counsel of Generals Butler and Chary hid a restraining effect, and thus prevented acollision, which Chamberlain and his co-oonspirators were anxious to bring about. ( The Jodgp, in referring to Chamberlain's proclamation, said there was a rebellion in thf State, but it was a rebellion against robbety^ad the foul- . est wrongs ever inflicted upon a free people He advised the Democracy to be prudcQt, and endure patiently Radical outrages* They should do all in their power to avoid a collision, for this was what their enemies desired. However, they were advised to attend the Republican meeting at this place to-day,w this was their right, and if a division of tulwar not allowed, to ply the speakers with euch questions as they saw proper. And if a.Deputy Marshal interposed to prevent thia, a warrant should he immediately taken out for^his arrest. Judge Mackey predicted the election of Hampton by a majority of 20,000, and the triumph of the Democracy in this cooqiy by ? j majority of$00. Judge Madtey's speecli was a brilliant effort, and was enthusiastically &|K filauded by a crowded house. He wss folowed by Col. E. T. Atkinson and Maj. Julius, Mills, the former of whom spoke encouraging-. ly of the canvass in this county, as conducted by himself and the other Democratic speakers; while the latter devoted himself to urgr ing upon our people to be prudent, and,do all in theirpower to keep the peace. The Tilden and Hampton Club met on Saturday evening. G. J. Patterson, Esq., made a capita] speech, the burden of l&tQb, was for the.Democracy to bear their wrongs patiently, be prudent, and avoid collisions with Republicans. He ad vised the whites not to attend the Republican meeting at ibis place -' to-day. The Republicans held a meeting at-this : place to-day. Before. the speaking began,: a procession of about six hundred colored horsemen, and two hundred footmen, marched through town. They appeared to be filled with enthusiasm for Chamberlain, for wliom they kept up a constant round of cheering.: Negro women followed along aide of the pro-. cession, cutting up various antics, and acting like a set of lunatics. After marching twice through Main street, and making all the noise possible, the procession directed its course to a grove nota great distance from the Court House. Arriving there, the speaking began, and continued, with music at Ja*.. tervals between the speeches, until the train left for Yorkville. The speakers were Messrs. Dunn, Wallace, Jillson and Creeper. Though not present, the rifle and sabre dabs, I was told, came in for their share of condemnation. Their colored listenen were also f urged not to pat their trust in Democratic promises. While the Republican iseetiDg' was in progress, the Democrats, who bad been : refused a division of time, assembled at the Court House, and listened to speeches from ? - tt?ri Messrs. Hemphill, AtKinsou, nsuuwa, w ton, Mackey and Mills. The court-room was filled to overflowing, and the enthusiasm of the Democracy suffered no abatement from the demonstration of the Republican*. The streets were filled with noisy negroes throughout the day, bat, notwithstanding the political antagonism existing between the races, no disturbance occurred worthy of mention. A company of United States troops is ex? pec ted to arrive at this place day. Oil , Sunday evening five companies" of Unijted States troops passed through this place on an extra train on their way to Colombia. They made the air ring with cheers for Tilden ana.... Hampton. C. S. Brice, Esq., President of the Chester '' Rifle Club, has turned over the State guns at this place, to Sheriff John W. Walker.. The ; Club has received orders from Ghamhierlaia to "disband forthwith." Qin. ^ ^ ' -i '; - - ft'; "5POLITICAL MURDERS Ef EDGEFIELD. The Angnsta Chronicle and Sentinel of Friday, gives the following aeeount of the ambushing and mnrdering of white citixens in Edgefield on Wednesday of last *<*k, after the close of a political meeting at Edgefield Court House on that day: . The meeting at Edgefield village last Wednesday, was quiet and orderly to anfexception|ble degree. The utmost good feeling prevailed, and nobody dreamed that there would be any trouble whatever. Many ne* crroee attended the meeting and listened quiet ly to Hampton, Simpson and the other speakers. Bat Ksdioal malignity was at work, and it was evidently a preconcerted scheme that if the whites would not provoke a difficulty, the negroes should. After the speaking the audience broke np, and *s many of those present lived some distance in the country, sounds, residing in the same neighborhood, rode homewards along the different roads, utterly unsospiciont of danger, as they had wo reason to suspect any. In one of these sqnadfe were twelve or fourteen men. These were riding along the Cheatham road, towards the Liberty Hill section; where they lived, and when about two and a half miles from Edgefield, at a place known as the "Promised Land," were Hired upon by some negroes who were in ambush, apparently several hundred yards distant One of the balls passed through Mr. f y