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^orfcuille <?uqtiim. YORK Vll LLETST C.: THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 7. 1880. THE GREENBACK PARTY. The efforts of the so-called Greenback party in South Carolina, have as yet attracted but little public attention, notwithstanding for the past few months emissaries of the party hayp-been disseminating documents and pa -^era in the interest of the doctrines they maintain, and last week, in Chester, a convention of forty-five delegates, representing eight counties, nominated a State ticket, placing on it the names of some gentlemen, who, whether or not identified with the party, are undecided as to whether they will ratify the nominations, so far as they are individually concerned, by consenting to lead under the banner of a party, which, if it ever had an existence worth naming, is now practically defunct; and iu States where it has formerly had a small following, is now only looked on in derision. Every creed has its followers, and it is notorious that any doctrine?church or State, however absurd?will have its adherents. We know there is a peculiar charm iu the word Greenbacks, and in their possession there is a realization superior to the enchantment lent by the mere word. But that the principles of the Greenback party, if carried out, so far as relates to their financial policy, would benefit the country, or add to its prosperity a single iota, is a question that caunot admit of an affirmative answer. No more satisfactory answer could be given it than by referring to the condition of our own country duriug the war, when there was a redundancy?a plethora?a deluge?we might say an avalanche of paper money, inflicted upon the people. True, we were in a state of war wheu it was issued, and its promise to pay was bused on a very remote and uncertain contingency ; but still it was the currency? the life-blood?of the country to which we owed allegiance. The value of this paper at any period after the printing presses were fairly under way, striking it off much after the mauner of issuing newspapers, is well remembered. The family purveyor who went to market carried his "unney" in a basket, and returned home with his purchase in his vest pocket. Just so would it be with the currency of the United States Government, if issued in the same ratio of excess of a healthful demand as it was whem similarly issued by the Confederate States Government. There would be too much "moneyit would be too cheap, having the tendency to inflate prices, which would be constantly fluctuating, demoralizing labor, encouraging speculation, and bringing with it a train of evils from which the couutry could not recover for years. The credit of a nation is the same as that of an individual. As the man of small business aud limited means cau give his notes to the ruin of his credit, bringing on bankruptcy aud collapse, so can a Rothschild or Vauderbilt; and the United States Governci???a1?? n a/?,> ?v\ r>l icl> K r\ oomo iiirui. tuuiu just as ouicij awuiujjjisu oaiuw result by au over-issue of paper currency. But evils arising to our people from these causes are only contingent. There is not the slighest prospect of the party ever obtaining ascendancy, if it even survives the Presidential cacjpaign ; and it is therefore to warn our people of impending danger that we call attention to the subject. When the party first came into existence?during a financial depression?there was probably some pretext for demanding a change in the financial policy of the Government; but now that crisis is past. The country is prosperous. The South is really, in a financial point of view, more prosperous than she has ever been ; and in material success is beginning to compare favorably with the North. The times nor the exigencies of trade and commerce do not demand a redundant paper circulation. There are those who no doubt honestly believe the condition of the country would be improved bv an unlimited isssue of greenbacks; but they do not reflect that the consequence would be to cheapen laboi* and increase the * prices of the necessaries of life. Those who are duped iuto becoming members of this party are the victims of either designing politicians, laboring for their own advancement, or vis ionary schemers, of whom Mulberry Sellers is a fair prototype. In our own State, the effect of following this chimerical faction?this financial ignis futuus?is to weaken the Democratic party, with not the slightest prospect of corresponding benefits ; but, to the contrary, might result in giving the State over again to the control of the vampires and robbers who fed aud fattened upon the people until they rose in their might and hurled them from power. Whatever the object of the party, its only effect in South Carolina is to strengthen Radicalism and weaken Democracy. We, therefore, feel it our duty to warn the white people?the Democracy?of the danger they are in, and of the direful results which will inevitably flow from their desertion of Democracy for the idols of Greeubackism. Under the head of "A Startling Exposure," we print, on the first page of this issue, an article to which we direct the attention of the reader. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. y- J. H. Hood, of York, and Matthew White, cn Chester, have been drawn to serve as grand jurors at the next terra of the United States Circuit Court, which convenes in Columbia, on the fourth Monday in November. ? Col. Cad. J. Pride, the census supervisor for this District, has written a letter to one of the enumerators in Anderson county, in regard to the payment for services, in which he says: "The department is now paying off S00 men per day, and I am informed that South Carolina will be paid off early in October." ? On Tuesday of last week, Charles Mc('lung shot and killed L. P. Guffin, in a billiard room at Abbeville Court House. The two were playing billiards when a quarrel arose between them. McClung states that Guffin drew a knife and cut him, and he shows j a cut in his breast, and his shirt is torn. McClung shot Guffin in the head and breast, inflicting wounds from which he died almost instantly. Guffin was a native of Abbeville, aud has held several official positions in that county, the last being that of sheriff, to which he was elected by the Radical party. McClung is a native of Tennessee, but settled in Abbeville shortly after the close of the wur. He was arrested and lodged in jail to await his triul for the killing of Guffin. ? At the first Democratic primary election in Fairfield, the following persons were nominated : Senator? H. A.Gaillard. Represeu tatives?John W. Lyles, C. E. Thomas. School Commissioner?John Boyd. Jodge of Probate?J. R. Boyles. Coroner?G. S. Hinnant. The following are sent back to the clubs, for a second election : For Representatives, G. H. McMaster and T. S. Brice. For Sheriff, J. D. McCarley and R. E. Ellison. For County Commissioners, H. O. Duke, J. R. Harvey, J. G. Heron, J. A. Hinnant, J. A. Stewart, H. M. Zealy. The following is the vote for Representatives at the first election : T. S. Brice, 625; J. W. Lyles, 1,067 ; G. H. McMaster, 693 ; Thomas P. Mitchell, 325; James Pagan, 624; C. E. Thomas, 769; J. B. Turner, 206. Total vote cast, 1,445. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Two negroes in Edgecombe quarreled over a game of marbles last week and oue stabbed the other to death. ? The railroad to connect Chapel Hill with the N. C. Centra], is graded within half a mile of the corporate limits of the town. I ? Tn t.hfi trial of a murder case in Halifax Superior Court last week, the juiy was out four days before rendering a verdict, which was for the acc jittal of the accused. ? A special Jigent of the post office department, after investigating the condition of the post office at Greenville, reports the postmaster, H. E. Nelson, a defaulter to the amount of near $2,000?a pretty good steal for a small office. ? The Colored Peoples State Fair, held in Raleigh last week, is pronounced to have been a decided success. On Wednesday Bishop Hood, colored, delivered a sensible and appropriate address, in which he counseled the colored people to cherish a proper self-respect; to cultivate temperance and the domestic virtues ; to acquire property, and most important of all, to educate both the miuds and hearts of their children. He spoke of the exodus movement, and condemned wholesale colonizing, while he considered that with regard to emigration it should be left to the choice of the individual. Fred Douglass, as the orator of the occasion, delivered the principal address on Friday. ? The Charlotte Observer of Wednesday gives the following account of the burial of the elephant keeper, killed by one of his ele phants in that city on Monday eveniug of last week : "The funeral cortege which followed, to the cemetery the remains of John King, the keeper of animals in Robinson's circus, whose tragic death has been recorded, was a somewhat remarkable spectacle. The body lay in a magnificent casket and was carried to the grave-yard in a hearse to which was attached four handsome white horses. Close upon the hearse followed the two pet elephants of the dead keeper, "Mary" and "The Boy," whose stately tread in perfect time with the dirge which the baud was playing, seemed to indicate that the intelligent animals felt the solemnity of the occasion. The funeral cere monies took place in the Catholic church, and j the scene there was likewise solemn and impressive. The performers and laborers, fresh I front the shouts and glare of the Circus, in | their rough every-day clothes, but with faces respectfully cleansed of the dust and paint of the arena, were all present. The rites were said by Rev. Father O'Connell and the body was interred in the Catholic burying ground." CENTENNIAL NOTES. ? Richmond, Va., contributed $303 to the centennial fund. ? The senior class of the University of North Carolina will attend the celebration in in i body. ? The Cadets of the King's Mountain Military School and the Jenkins Rifles marched to the battle ground and pitched their teuts ast Monday. ? The local committee have procured twenty horses for three artillery companies expected, and have made arrangements for taking care of the baggage of the military companies. ? The Iredell Blues, of Statesville, N. C., will attend as an "independeut organization." They will take with them the Statesville Band, oue of the best musical organizations in North Carolina. ? The monument will be unveiled on Thursday by four young ladies representing the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, assisted by the respective Governors of those States. ? Maj. W. J. Houston, of the Air-Line Railroad, and chairman of the committee on transportation, to whom was delegated the work of properly advertising the Centennial in other States, writes under recent date that "letters received from all sections of the country indicate that the attendance at the centennial wiil be larger than anticipated." ? The orators who are to represent the States on the first day of the Celebration, (reunion day,) are Hon. D. G. Fowle, of North Carolina; Gen.-John S. Preston, of South Carolina ; Gen. Alexander W.Camp bell, of Tennessee; Gen. David EN Butler, of Georgia. The orator from Virginia has not been named. ? In the drill for the Centennial prize on the last day, the companies entering the contest must have 24 men, exclusive of the commanding officers and sergeants, and the drill will be in accordance with Upton's tactics. Capt- Evans, of the United States army, stationed at the Carolina Military Institute, Charlotte; Capt. Patrick, of Spartanburg; I aud Major Hugh Thomson, ot (Joiumma, nave [ been selected as judges of the prize drill. ? The absence of the Georgia State troops will be a source of regret. But about that time, says the Atlanta Constitution, "they, with the other people of the State, will be engaged in elevating to the chair of State a gentleman who keenly sympathizes with the spirit and purpose of the celebration, and in teaching to the politicians and office-seekers the much-needed lesson that neither the public record nor the private character of a citizen of Georgia, can be broken down by anonymous and malicious slanders." ? Notwithstanding the failure of the Adjutant General of North Carolina to make a requisition for tents, when by special Act of Congress 400 were at his disposal for the u*e of soldiers visiting the King's Mountain Centennial, several North Carolina companies will attend the celebration. At a meeting of the Shoe Heel Rifles on Monday night of last week, they decided to attend the celebration as an independent company. They say they "will furnish their own tents, eat their own rations, pay for their own transpor1 tation, and do their own fighting." ? A dispatch from King's Mountain, dated on Monday, says: "Visitors to the Centennial are pouring in by every train. The trains to day brought representatives from Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas. A train left At'anta this morning with four hundred Texan: One station in Tennessee sold two hundre-; 'ickets. It is estimated that twenty thousand people will attend. A detachment of the Richmond Howitzers arrived last night with two sections of their battery. Gen. Huut will arrive to morrow with a full staff aud band. Gov. Roberts, of Texas, will arrive to-morrow and Mr. Daniels on Tuesday. The troops will camp on the bat j tie-ground. Col. J. P. Thomas is iu charge, j , It is presumed that Gen. Hunt will have ; | charge of the sham battle. Twelve compa-! | nies have already reported from North and j 1 South Carolina, aud the preparations are all complete. POLITICAL * NOTES. ? The Republican Hancock and English; Club of New York numbers 1,000 persous. | ? It is reported that Grant and Coukling ! are going to Ohio on a campaign tour. ? It is announced that Henry Ward Beecher will take the stump for Garfield and Arthur. ? Ben Butler's speech to the colored people at Pittsburg, Pa., has been printed, and is now being distributed all over Ohio. ? Hancock has received 4,000 letters from Republican ex-soldiers, in Pennsylvania, as suring him of their intention to support him. ? The Democratic Convention of the First California district nominated Gen. W. S. Rosecrans for Congress. | ?Neal Dow explains the Maine result tnus: "The party leaders became treacherous to the temperance cause, and have provoked the displeasure of the people." ? Over 9,500,000 votes will be cast iu the coming Presidential election, but so evenly are the parties divided, that it is estimated that the contest will be decided by about 20,000 men. ? There is little doubt but that General Weaver, the Greenback candidate for the Presidency, is working in the interest of the Republican party. He is known to have been to Washington several times lately and closeted with the Republican Executive Committee. ? A Republican organ says that "it is current on Wall street that the head of a wellknowu mercantile house of New York has subscribed fifty thousand dollars to the Hancock fund," and that a very large Democratic fund has been raised from bankers. This seems to indicate that busiuess and capital are not very much alarmed with the prospect of Hancock's success. ? EDITORIAL INKLINGS. About Moniimeuts. A recent Richmond, Va., letter gives the following description of the Washington monument in that city, which shows that King's Mountaiu was not forgotten when that monument was built: As the centennial of King's Mountain is near at hand, the following will show that the great battle of King's Mountain which turned the tide of American freedom in our favor, was not forgotten when the Washington monument was erected on the capital grounds, in the city of Richmond, Va. When the monument which was erected in accordance with the act of Assembly, passed I"-' oo ia,io ? s*nn /-.fiLr. r t'UI Uttl y 44, ioit/, a Jjiviuiuiu <JI vuuu vhvi ed for tbe best design, was awarded Thomas Crawford, of Home, for the model submitted by him, which was selected, The ceremony of laying the corner stone took place on the 22ud of February, 1850. Zachary Taylor, President of the United States, and prominent dignitaries were present by invitation of the Legislature. On the 27th of June, articles of agreement were entered into with Crawford, stipulating that equestrian group in bronze should be 15 English feet from the upper surface of the platform to the top of the chapeau, and that the statues should be 10 English feet in height. On the 10th of October, 1857, Crawford died at London, after completing models of all the statuary, except Lewis and Mason and the "Trophies." A contract was made with Randolph Rogers, of New York, for the completion of the work, and the statues were cast at the Royal Foun dry, Munich. The equestrian group arrived in Richmond in November, 1857, and was drawn to the square by the citizens themselves on the 24th. It was erected with the statues of Henry and Jefferson, and unveiled on the next succeeding 22ud of February with ap propriate ceremonies, General Winfield Scott and other citizens of distinction being present. I The statue of Mason was received and eoected early in 1860, and the war coming on soon after the monument remained in statu quo until 1867, when the monuments of Marshall, Lewis and Nelson were received. The allegorical figures were all received in 1860, and with their erection the monument was completed. The following shows the disposition of the statuary and inscriptions on the shields of the allegorical figures : Finance, (opposite Nelson,) Yorktown, Saratoga. Justice, (opposite Marshall,) Great Bridge, Stoney Point. Revolution, (opposite Henry,) Eutaw Springs, Trenton. Independence, (opposite Jefferson,) King's Mountain, Princeton. Bill of Rights, (opposite Mason,) Guilford C. H., Bunker Hill, The total cost of the monument was 8259,913.26; of which from donations and interest there was realized 847,212.69. Other objects of interest within the grounds are the statues of the Confederate General, Stonewall Jackson, in bronze by Fidey, and presented to the State of Virginia in 1875 by an association of English gentlemen, which was organized soon after the death of the hero on the 10th of May, 1863, that of Henry Clay in marble, by Hart. The building near the Ninth street gate was for many years occupie as barracks for the Public or State Guard which was disbanded in 1867. Southern War Claims. Gen. Hancock, responding to Theodore Cook, of Cincinnati, who had written to him concerning the General's attitude on the question of Southern claims, replies as follows undate of the 23d ultimo : Your letter of the 20th has been received. r fliot vrm nra rliytnrhed about that i Jtgltk J ?.w bugbear, Southern war claims. The people cannot be misled by it to suppoee that "rebel claims" or claims in the interest of persons j who were in the rebellion cau in any way or in any degree be countenanced. It i9 an ira| putation of disloyalty such as used to be made i against Democrats even when they were in | arms defending the country. So far as it ! touches me, I denounce it. The government can never pay a debt or grant a pension or reward of any sort for waging war upon its own existence, nor could I be induced to ap-1 prove or encourage the payment of such a j debt, pension or reward. Nobody expects or j wants such unnatural action. To propose it j j would be an insult to the intelligence and i j honor of our people. When the rebellion | was crushed, the heresy of secession in every j , form and every incident went down forever. : i It is a thing of the dead past. We move for- j ward not backward. If I were president I | would veto all legislation which might come before me providing for the consideration or payment of claims of any kind for losses or I damages by persons who were in the rebel- J ! lion, whether pardoned or not. In relation to Union war claims the government's obli-1 gations to its defenders come first. The public laws of civilized nations do not in general recognize claims for injury to property result-! ing from operations of war, nevertheless our government has treated with great indulgence the claims for losses and damages suffered by ; Union men from the military operations of the war of the Union. But as hostilities were closed more than fifteen years ago, claims of that nature are now mostly in the hands of brokers, or persons other than the orignal sufferers, are becoming stale, and, in my judgment, might be considered as barred by the lapse of time, and if hereafter entertained at all, should be subject to the strictest scrutiny. Yours, very truly, Winfield S. Hancock. L OCAL AFFAIRS. new advertisements. Hunter A Oates?See our Dress Goods, Ac. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?The King! Look Out! G. J. Foreaora, General Manager?Centennial Schedules. A. Williford?Land at Auction. R. H. Glenn?Sheriff's Sale. J. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pls.-Clerk's Sales. J. M. Adams?Clear the Track. T. M. Dobson?Great Announcement! Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Emporium of Fashion. 0. A. Wylie, Prfsident.?Second Annual Fair. crushed his hand. We regret to learn that on Thursday last Mr. John E. Lowry, son of Dr. J. M. Lowry, of this place, had his left hand seriously injured by his cotton gin. It is probable that he will lose the first finger of his haud; though notwithstanding his injury, he persists in operating his gin. centenniaITvisitors. Governor Jeter arrived here Monday afternoon and left on Tuesday morning for King's Mountain. Mr. Daniel O'Leary and family, of Little Rock, Ark., who moved from here in 1860; and Mr. William F. Beard, a native of York ville, but now a citizen of Texas, arrived here Monday morning, combining the celebration and a visit to their old home. SALES-DAY. On Monday last, sales-day for October, the following property was sold by the Clerk of the Court: The "Pankey tract," at the suit of S. M. Ilall vs. .S. 11. Hall. Bought by S. M. Hall for $308.25. Estate of Dr. R. L. Love, deceased, at the suit of Agnes A. Moor^ vs. Samuel G. Hemphill; revisionary interest in widow's dower, purchased by widow of Dr. Love, for $701. Tract of 55 acres, purchased by J. P. Moore at $40 yer acre. Tract of 2(30 acres, bought by Wm. M. Love at $7.10 per acre. PRIZE DRAWING. Our prize drawing took place last Saturday, according to the plan heretofore announced. The drawing was conducted by Messrs. R. H. Glenn, J. F. Wallace, C. E. Spencer and A. W. Ingold, whom we selected for the purpose. The following is the result: 1. /. D. Montgomery, Union Way; sewing machine. 2. Ainsley Grant, Chester; pocket knife. 3. M.S. Carrol, Herndon's Mill; pocket knife. 4. T. A. McKeown, Hickory Grove, S. C.; cooking stove. 5. W. S. Adams, Guthriesville, S. C.; pocket knife. 6. J. M. Huffstetler, Bowling Green, S. C. ; pocket knife. 7. T. J. Tomlinson, Waelder, Texas; pocket knife. 8. J. M. Wood, Talladega, Ala.; pocket knife. 9. J. D. Jones, Hickory Grove, S. C.: pocket knife. 10. Dr. W. E. Adams, Bowling Green, S. C. ; pocket knife. 11. W. M. McGill, Clark's Fork, S. C.; pocket mine. 12. J. B. Wood, Allison Creek, S. C.; pocket knife. 13. Win. S. Barnwell, Parrott's, S. C.; sewing machine. 14. S. H. Eppes, Fort Mill, S. C.; pocket knife. 15. T. T. Davidson, Mrs. Lowry's Way ; pocket knife. l(i. W. T. Henderson, Crowder's Creek, N. C.; pocket knife. 17. T. II. Simril, Clay Hill, S. C.; pocket knife. 18. J. W. Allison, Allison's Store, S. C\; pocket knife. 19. W. L. Hill, Bullock's Creek, S. C.; pocket knife. 20. F. Lee Erwin, Ranalesburg, N. C. ; pocket knife. 21. I. C. McFadden, Riehburg, S. C.; pocket knife. 22. W. M. Robinson, Gastonia, N. C.; pocket knife. '23. W. P. Roddy, Coates' Tavern, S. C.; pocket knife. 24. M. Hutt'ner, McConncllsvillo, S. C.; pocket knife. 25. Mrs. N. D. Tate, Fewcll's ; pocket knife. 20. John Dulin, Bethel, S. C ; pocket knife. 27. Leroy Pearce, Clay Hill, S. C.; pocket knife. 28. R. G. Parker, Whitaker, S. C.; pocket knife. 29. James M. Lowry, Lowrysville, S. C.; pocket knife. 30. S. J. Garrison, Yorkville; pocket knife. 31. Jackson Barry, Blairsville, S. C.; pocket knife. 32. J. R. Patton, Coates' Tavern, S. C.; pocket knife. 33. J. J. Garrison, Johnsville, Ark.; pocket knife. 34. G. Hambright, Whitaker, S. C., cooking stove. 35. R. F. Lindsay, McConnellsville, S. C.; pocket knife. 30. H. B. Davidsou, Benton, Ark.; pocket knife. 37. Mrs. A. C. McPheeters, Yorkville; pocket knife. 38. J. J. Hunter, Yorkville; pocket knife. 39. S. H. Smith, Braden Station, Tenn.; pocket knife. ' 40. J. R. Cook, Bethel, S. C.; pocket knife. 41. Mr?. C. Q. McGowan. Hollv Springs, Miss.; pocket knife. 42 J. M. Whitesides, Hickory Grove, S. C.; pocket knife. 43. W. W. Lewis, Blackstocks, S. C.; pocket knife. 44. W. A. Rird, Whitaker, 8. C.; pocket knife. 45. E. D. Thomson, Zeno, 8. C.; pocket knife. 46. Mrs. A. W. McAfee, Shelby, N. C.; pocket knife. 47.-Joseph Black, Black's Station, 8. C.; pocket knife. 48. A. J. Matthews, Clover, 8. C.; pocket knife. 1 49.. J. M. Deal, Whitaker, 8. C.; pocket knife. 50. R. P. M. Sangsing, Smith's Turnout, 8. C.; pocket knife. 51. J. H. Abernathy, Coates' Tavern, 8. C.; pocket knife. 52. J. C. Byruin, Elgin, Texas; pocket knife. 53. S. F. Roddy, CoateH' Tavern, 8. U.; pocket knife. 54. T. B. Whisonant, Black's Station, 8. C.; pocket knife. 55. J. J. Matthews, Black's Station Way; pocket knife. 56. Charles Funk, Smith's Turnout, 8. C.; pocket knife. 57. J. M. Sherrer, Blairsville, 8. C.: pocket knife. 58. W. J. Poag, Rock Hill, S. C.; pocket knife. 59. J. A. Love, Yorkville; pocket knife. CO. Maj. J. F. Hart, Yorkville; pocket knife. 61. D. T. Lessley, Coates' Tavern, 8. C.; pocket knife. 62. R. A. Palrick, White Oak, 8. C.; pocket knife. 63. J. M. M. Cain, Black's Way; pocket knife. 64. T. P. Allison, Prairie Grove, Ark.; pocket knife. 65. Mrs. Clara Lindsay, Guthriesvilie, 8. C.; pocket knife. 66. Miss I. E. Barry, Clover, 8. C.; pocket knife. 67. W. 0. Moss, Black's Station, 8. C.; pocket knife. 68. Henry Keller, Yorkville ; pocket knife. 69. D. J. Jackson, Clover, 8. C.: pocket knife. 70. Mrs. M. A. Ewing, Garribaldi, N. C.; pocket knife. 71. Dr. A. F. Hambrifiht, Whitaker, 8. C. ; pocket knife. 72. L. R. Wilson, Fort Mill, 8. C.; pocket knife. 73. John Rattaree, Rock Hill, 8. C.; pocket knife. 74. W. S. Bolk, Fort Mill, S. C.; sewing machine. 75. I. N. Davis, Clover, 8. C.; pocket knife. 76. C. Scott Wilson, Yorkville; pocket knife. 77. A. Williford, Winnsboro, 8. C.; pocket knife. The persons entitled to the sewing machines and cooking stoves can have the same shipped to them immediately by giving the necessary directions. As heretofore announced, freight on these articles is to be paid by the persons receiving them. The pocket knives will be delivered at our publication office, or sent by mail at our expense, at the risk of those entitled to receive them ; or we will send them in a registered package on receipt of ten cents to pay registration fee. We are ready to deliver preminmc at nnce and those who wish their knives delivered by mail will please communicate with us at immediately, enclosing registration fee, if they desire packages registered. tM MERE-MENTION. The colored Baptists will meet in Montgomery, Alabama, on the 24th of November, i to take steps toward the conversion of Afri- | ca. Immense swarms of grasshoppers have appeared near Jacksouborough, Texas, and are devouring the corn and cotton stalks on the farms thereabouts. Counterfeiters are said to be doing a thriving business in manufacturing genuine five cent pieces. The intrinsic value of the coin, which contains seventy-five cent, of copper and twenty-five per cent, of nickel, is but a cent and a quar-, ter. On Saturday, six white and four colored convicts were publicly whipped at New Castle, Delaware. Southern Methodists number 830,126, with 3,547 traveling preachers, and nearly double that number of local preachers. POLITICAL MEETINGS. REPUBLICAN MEETING ON SATURIUY. i It was not generally known by the white ; people that a Republican meeting was appointed for Yorkville on Saturday last; nor indeed, was there any intimation given them of such intended demonstration until Friday evening, when the cotton pickers round about notified their employers that they would not work the next day. This notice was given generally, and with such uniformity, in the absence of any known reason for such action, as to excite inquiry ; and the result of the investigation was to awaken, perhaps for the first time in the minds of many, the fact that the Republican party in York county, though sleeping for the past four years, is by no means dead, and that the somnolency which had lulled the Democracy into a sense of perfect security, is, after all, only the 'possum policy as described by Gen. Kennedy in his speech here last week. But as the campaign progresses. Radicalism is beginning to loom its head, and the meeting of last Saturday fully demonstrated that the party does not intend to remain passive in York county the present year. The meeting here last Saturday was ostensibly for the purpose of hearing Mr. Blythe, Republican candidate for Congress ; but sis he stsited in his speech that the summons which brought him hither was at short notice, the opinion obtains that the county manipulators called the meeting more for the purpose of testing the enthusiasm of "the party,"than a desire to hear Mr Blythe. About three hundred of the faithful gathered, and music by the colored band was the signal for them to assemble in the Court House. There were also in the court room about fifty white Democrats, who gave the speaker's a respectful hearing. The meeting was called to order by Nelson Hammond, colored, who moved that ex-Congressman A. S. Wallace act as chairman. The motion was carried vociferously, and on taking the chair, Mr. Wallace briefly said : "I will introduce as the first speaker to-day, Mr. Nelson Hammond." Nelson "mounted the nostrum" and proceeded to say that he was glad to meet so large an audience. It had been four years since he had spoken upon Republicanism in South Carolina, and he felt thankful that he wastigain privileged to address a meeting of his party. It buoyed up his heart with joy to see so many Republicans before him. lie was glad to see the party reorganizing and the colored people returning to their fold. He hoped tliat nereaiter they would stand snouiaer to shoulder, and not do as some of them had done in 1870, desert their party and go over to the Democrats. It had been the boast of the Democrats that the Republican party was a negro party, but if that had been said, it could also be said that the Democrats have negroes in their party, too. Some of the negroes had joined the Democrats, but they now see the folly of it. They had been promised by so doing they would live better. But if they did live any better, they worked harder and got less wages than formerly. He said he wanted to see in the next election the largest vote for Garfield and for Mr. Blythe that Republicans had ever rolled up in York ; and he hoped in the coming election the colored people would not suffer themselves to be led by the whites. To the ladies, he would say, if your brothers or sweethearts vote the Democratic ticket, kick them out of your house. He then referred to Mr. A. S. Wallace as the Moses of the Republican party, and closed his eulogistic remarks amid great applause. The chairman then introduced "HON. ABSALOM BLYTHE, well known in this community as a gentleman and a lawyer, who will give an account of himself." Mr. Blythe said: I appear before you in response to a summons from your county chairman, and I regret that I am not in a condition to address you at length. When the summons reached me, I was attending Court at Pickens, Judge Mackey presiding, and you who know that Judge's manner of working nicrht and dav. mav understand the fatigues of the court, besides loss of sleep in traveling last night. But it is my duty and privilege as a candidate to appear before you. I congratulate you upon the peace and prosperity of your country. Peace and good order prevail throughthe State ; and I hope, in the conduct of the present campaign, nothing will occur to mar the good feeling, quiet and order in our midst. There is now a great contest going on throughout the country. Perhaps it is fortunate for us that the heat of that contest is transferred to another field?the North. There, to-day, thousands are being addressed by speakers on both sides, and there the battle will be fought and won. But while acting only a minor part in the great contest, it is our duty and privilege to assemble together and give expressions to our views, and better prepare ourselves for going to the ballot-box. The Republicans and Democrats are the great parties arrayed against each other. In the Northern States issues are before the people of a National character?issues which we are too much inclined to ignore?questions of tariff, the currency, &c., and as these issues are expelled in the South, I shall address you on such issues only as concern South Carolina. The issue as now before you of this county, is the Presidential contest and the contest for Federal officers. So far as the State Republican ticket is concerned, there is now none before you. You have before you a State Democratic ticket,, and also a State ticket of another party, but as yet the Republicans have put in no ticket. The late State Convention considered the question in secret session, and after one or two days' discussion arrived at the conclusion that it" would be better for the material interests of the State and the Republican party to put forward no ticket. The matter, however, is left with the State Executive Committee, and if, in their wisdom, they deem it proper to make nominations?which they are fully empowered to do?they can make them at any time. My judgment is that there will be no State ticket. And so far as the State election is concerned, the contest is narrowed down to the Greenback and Democratic parties. It is, therefore, not our fight, though Republii cans can support either wing, as they may choose. But whether or not you vote with either, there is still enough to claim your attention. If the Republicans of this State go forward and vote in ihe National contest for men of their choice, the State will give a majority for Garfield. It has been said, and privately conceded, that in the two last elections in this State, unfairness was practiced by the Democrats ; yet I think in this election you will have a fair vote and a fair count. I think, in 1876 and 1878, the Democrats acted wrong because they thought they were acting under great necessity, which, in their opinion, justified them in doing tilings that were wrong. Though not justified in committing this wrong, tliey put it on the ground of necessity?to wrest the State from a party whose officials were corrupt. That necessity does not now exist, and should they attempt it again they will become a stench to the people. But why the necessity of unfairness? Can any one say that if a Republican is elected President it will injure the country ? If either of the two candidates before the people is elected, no one but officeholders will ever know it?so little is the difference between the principles of the two great parties. As to the State election, I think it will also be conducted fairly. The Democrats are confronted only by the Greenback party, and all, so far as I know, are interested in the welfare of the country. Therefore, there can be no excuse for unfairness. There is one thing upon which I shall insist in every county that I visit, and that is that the party shall make county nominations. I shall insist that in every county you put forward competent men for county offices. Then, with competent, worthy men on your ticket, the Democrats could have no excuse for attempting fraud, and in practicing it would j only sink themselves. In this great country \ we stand upon the purity of the ballot, and if you destroy it, the freedom of the people is de- j stroyed. Believing in the good sense and the love of honor of the i>eople of South Carolina, I am free to say, in my judgment, we will have a fair canvass, a fair vote and a fair count in the coming election. , In 1876, the election laws were not fully understood. Since that election, questions arising under them have been decided by the U.! S. Supreme Court. Though the Governor may appoint all the commissioners of election from his own party, and these commissioners may appoint all the managers from that party, yet they cannot ignore the right. The decision of the U. S. Supreme Court throws around the election such safe-guards as to prevent fraud. In 187G and 1878, it was thought that bystanders, even suspecting fraud during the progress of an election, had no right to enter their proteat ; but the Supreme Court decides that the supervisors have the right, and it is their duty, 1 to stop the voting and inspect the ballot-box under such circumstances. Besides that, we have U. S. Marshals to preserve quiet at elections, and it is also a high crime to interfere with the supervisors in the discharge of their duties. Intelligent men of our party can watch the progress of the voting, and if in their j judgment, the necessity arises, they can demand a count of the vote immediately after the election. If it were possible to conceive that the Democrats would pollute the ballot-1 box, with the safe-guards as now thrown around , it, I think it impossible for them to perpetrate [ fraud. I am glad to say that though fraud has been charged in portions of the State, the instances are few and far between, and if any ; fraud was committed in the upper part of the State, it was on a small scale. I do not think they will attempt it again; but if they do, you have it in your power to prevent it. I think it not only the duty but the privilege of every man to go and vote, and vote just as he pleases, and when the day comes, my advice to all is, go to tue polls aim vote tne ucKei 01 your choice. In reference to myself, I will say, in conclusion, that I have accepted the Republican nomination for Congress. I hope, if the i>eople who have abstained from the polls during the past four years, don't know it now, they will attempt to inform themselves by the time of the election, and if they do not think I came before them intending to labor for the benefit of the whole people, I do not ask them to vote for me. My opponent, Col. Evins, I have known for years. If he is reelected he will go and vote as he has voted heretofore. Ilis record is liefore you. It is public property. You have a right to pass upon it. On our side of the Congressional district, we don't think he hits been an active, working member. Iu the matter of securing a U. S. Court House and Post office in Greenville, although my friend, Mr. Wallace, while a member, laid the foundation for securing the necessary appropriation for the building, yet Col. Evins never moved in the matter until Senator Butler, who lives in another district, went to Congress. Senator Butler got the matter through the committee in a week; but Col. Evins failed to get the appropriation passed by the House, and gives as his excuse that in the last moments of the session he could not catch the attention of the Speaker ! The only matter of public importance that he was sihlfi t.n iret t.lirnnrrh was ?n mmrru priation of $20,000 for his own town for a statue of Gen. Morgan. We have thought that other sections of his district, besides his own county, had a right to his servi"'". If I am elected, I shall endeavor to .vork for the interest of the whole district, and will do nothing to militate against any portion of the people. After Mr. Blythe had concluded, loud calls were made for A. S. WALLACE. He vacated the chair in favor of Tom Hunt, colored, whom he called to preside, and said: I am glad for this privilege to address you; not as a candidate, but as a citizen of your county. I cannot be charged with selfishness in appearing before you. I have nothing to ask for myself, but speak as an elector for Garfield and Arthur, and would also say a word in favor of Mr. Blythe. I have nothing to present but the old saw, "Equal rights and equality before the law to all." I am not surprised that the Democrats are opposed to the election of Garfield. I know him. I have served in Congress with him. A more competent gentleman does not tramp the ground in the United States. His personal history is interesting from a boy up. It is said of him that once, when a tow-headed boy, a public lecturer pointed to him in an audience, and said, "If that boy gets an opportunity, he will be President of the United States." This induced him to make every effort to obtain a finished education. T have often heard him ill Congress, and after lie had made an able speech I have congratulated him to his face, and said, "Well, Daniel, you are the man to succeed." There is no man in the United States that is his superior. He isthe Daniel Webster of the United States, and will compare with any citizen of the world. Such is the man you are asked to vote for for President. I was a Grant man before the nomination was made. I thought Grant's presence in the White House was necessary to give peace and prosperity to the United States. My next choice was Garfield. Arthur I do not know; but the fact of his being nominated by the Republicans is good enough for me. Of our nominee for Congress I want to say a word. I know him, and was in the Convention that nominated him. My aim has always been to sanction the nomination only of men of spotless character. I have known Mr. Blythefor years. He is well known to the bar of South Carolina. He served four years as Solicitor of the Western circuit. But in 1876 he was beaten as a Republican. Do you want any better evidence that he was a Republican than that ? If elected to Congress, as I hope be will be, all the public documents he sends out, and the seeds he distributes, will not be sent to Democrats ; but Republicans will get their share. Since Col. Evins has been in Congress I have received from him three books; but, fortunately, I am not dependent ui>on him, as heads of Departments who know me and know what jmy services in Congress have been worth, supply me with public documents as they are issued. I advise you all to get up Garfield and Arthur clubs all over the country. The Democrats are showing you how to work?and there are plenty of white people who will go with you. Until June Mobley's unfortunate speech in the State Convention, there were plenty of white people in sympathy with the Republican party of South Carolina. What have the Democrats done for the poor, laboring men ? Have they done anything to benefit you ? They have repealed the bankrupt law, and declared the homestead law a nullity. Now the sheriff goes over the county and locks up corn cribs and levies on prop* erty for old debts?debts of poor white men as well as negroes. As long as the Republican party had control, nothing of this kind was fillip \Vf? do not have to thank ReDublicans for your having your corn-cribs locked up, and your having to go to your neighbors for bread. The four years 1 he Democrats have had control have not brought about the change for the better that they promised. Perhaps four more may, or if not four, ten. I am glad they cannot reduce the vote. The frauds of 1876 a& fresh in the minds of all. Why, in that year the Democratic vote inI creased from 60,000 to 90,000, In this county the vote went up from 3,200 to 3,800, and it is well known that in my canvass with Judge Kershaw, the full strength of the Democrats was voted, and I was elected, receiving a vote of 16,072. When your ballot-box is gone, your liberty is gone. I am glad to learn, as I do from Mr. Blythe?for he has told us of some decisions that I did not know myself?that we can have fair elections. We can regulate the vote in York county, and I pray you to see to it that the election is conducted fairly in this county. Just so soon as fraud in the elections is renewed, I tell you now our young men will become food for gunjiowder. I have been jeered at for my Republicanism by whelps along the street, but I have been able to stand it all. In 1860 I opposed the calling of a convention, and I made a declaration then, which woidd have cost me my life, had I been a poor man. You have work to do and must work shoulder to shoulder. It has been charged that there were frauds in the Republican party. McKissick tried to make that charge and secure my seat; but after all his efforts the committee said he could not present a case, and any lawyer knows what that means. Poor fellow! he was hungry. You must get up Garfield -clubs in every neighborhood. The Democrats are working and setting an example for you to work by. We want all the Republicans we can get, but I want all colored men who have gone to the , Democratic party to stay there if they are satisfied. I am satisfied that the white men of York county want office. This is shown by their recent primary election. And I don't think some of the candidates in the primary are satisfied with the result. You have the right of citizens, and it is your duty to go to the election and vote?to go together?the colored people are a part of this country, and suffrage is guaranteed to you the same as the whites. If Hancock is elected President, I tell you now you will go back again to where you were but a few years ago. We have three sets of candidates, or will have in York county; which will have the tendency to make the Democrats supple, and for your consolation I will say that we may ask another party where they are going to camp. Mr. Wallace concluded his speech at this point, and resuming the chair, adjourned the meeting. We have given a full report of what was said and done, so that the Democrats of York county may see and realize what is before them. THE GREENBACK MEETING ON MONDAY. On Monday last, according to notice which previously had been publicly given, members of the Greenback party in York county met in the Court House for the purpose of hearing an address by Mr. J. Hendrix McLean, of Fairfield, candidate of that party for Congress in this district, and also to make nominations for members of the Legislature and county officers. The attendance upon this meeting would not perhaps give any indication of the strength of the party in this county. When the meeting was called to order, there were present, in the room, 52 whites and 1) negroes?a large majority of the whites being TVmnw'r'jta wlin Tvera nmocnf fhrnnoh onrSnu. A/\/IIIVVtUi^ ??i?v ?? VI V |/AVWV?*V Vlil Ullgu ity. As the meeting progressed, the crowd increased until the room was very nearly filled ; but the number of Greenbackers was not increased by any arrivals after the shaking commenced. The local head-lights < f the party appeared to be Messrs. Jonathan H". McElwee, Jr., Miles Wallace and Russell Hope?the latter of whom was reported as a delegate in the ~ last Republican County Convention held here. Mr. Miles Wallace initiated the proceedings by moving that Mr. Jonathan N. McElwee, Jr., take the chair. Mr. McElwee declined the honor, insisting that his friend, Mr. Wallace, should preside. } i. Wallace thereupon tbok the chair and announced that the object of the meeting was to make arrangements whereby we may be benefitted?to consult for our own good?to the molestation of no person ; but to sustain our own rights and privileges on an honest basis. We propose to introduce to you Mr. McLean, after hearing whom you can decide for yourselves. The chairman then took his seat, .and a slight pause ensuing, Mr. McElwee removed the awkwardness of the situation by formally introducing Mr. McLean, Greenback candidate for Congress, who was here to explain the principles of that party. Mr. McLean then appeared, and commenced by reviewing the history of the different political parties from the organization of the Government down to the present time. This brought him to the greenback feature of his discourse. He said the greenback currency was one of the results of the war, forced upon the country in a time of great peril to the United States Government, when it found itsell: involved in war and no funds in the treasury. Paper money was issued to meet the wants of the Government, and up to the time of the reduction of this vast volume of money, the country enjoyed a degree of prosperity never known before or since. He instanced the year 1865, when the South, alfhmirrli wo huH amarmul frnm a aiaoafrnna (UI/IIVU^U Tfw VUIVA^VU AtVUU l? UUJUOUVUV war, everybody had plenty of money, and no man was so poor that he could not Duy anything he wanted, and even land. But in 1866, Congress passed a law calling in four-fifths of this currency from circulation, which wasfunded in interest tearing bonds, in the hands of capitalists and speculators, who care not for the prosperity of the country, so they draw their interest. This vast amount of money is dormant, lying idle, and is depressing to labor and to the material prosperity oi the countrycreating a set of money monopol ists, who having the money of the country converted into bonds and locked up in their safes, can control the prices of labor as well as the products of industry. His argument was to the effect that all of the vast sum funded in interestbearing bonds, should be re-con verted into a circulating medium. Under the present system, the bondholders are reaping the benefit of the labor of the toiling millions, who pay an average of ?27 to each voter for the support of a financial system borrowed from England, and which, if pursued, will make serfs of the laboring people of ;he United States. He said we can have no home rule, because we are ruled by a money ring?fastened on to the people not by accident; but by the deliberate legislation of leading members of the two great political partus. Democrats and. Republicans alike are disposed to perpetuate the system, and hence the new party is the outgrowth of this action, under which our property has shrunk nearly one-half in value since 1865. He had been a Democrat, and in 1876 labored for the success of that party, but found that it did not give that relief promised to the i>eop]le. The greenback movement was born of the necessities of the people, who demand that t?ae bonds now idle, or as so inuchlocked-up capital, shall be changed into legal tender currency.. He said the movement is popular with a large number, but they express the opinion that is it rather early?that it would be best to wait two years longer. If we go into the part}' now, colored men may be elected to office. He then referred to the Maine election, which he said was carried by a Greenbacker, though the Democrats claim the honor of it. The cause is growing from Maine to Texas, ? a x_ s ? if i;MA ana our own outre is wneetmg iiulu hub. He said the State Convention, held in Chest r last week, was composed of the most ren arkable body of men that ever assembled in the State?honest{ gray-headed men; some of whom rode in their own conversances, not on free railroad passes, a distance of one hundred miles, to frame a platform and make nominations. He thought the only way to obtain the relief required, is for the best elements of the two old parties to crystalize into the Greenback party? that either of the old parties is now powerless for affording the country the relief demanded. When Mr. McLean concluded, L D. Witherspoon, Esq., asked permission to respectfully ask a question, and that was wherein has the State government failed to keep any promise made to the people ? Mr. McLean replied that one promise of the Democratic party was that they would not , know any party; that they would make no distinctions as to race or color, and that every man should bo respected, in his right to vote. Again, that a fence law had been passed for some sections of the State?notably in Union county?when people were petitioning against it. Mr. Witherspoon replied to this, explaining tiiat in counties where the fence law had been passed, it was done on overwhelming petitions from those counties. A running debate ensue/ i between the gentlemen, in the course of which Mr. McLean referred to the letter of Gen. Hagood to Mr. Holliday, of Kershaw county, in which he evaded answering three questions projiounded by Mr. Holliday, but did answer two. Mr. Witherspoon produced the letter and requested Mr. McLean to read it, which he did, commenting upon it as he Ksad. Mr. McLean also gave as another objection flao locif T iMrfnlof nro nrfcf iTt/ l/IIV l/J f V* It* V VUW MWV 4.IV5?WM? V M* V MWf only failed to change the obnoxious election laws, passed by a party for their own aggrandizement ; but a respectful petition from good citizens of Fairfield was so far ignored as not to be reported upon, or acted ujxm in any way by the committee to whom it should have been referred. Mr. McLean then announced that he could not fu rther trespass upon the time of the members cf the party, who desired to hold a private conference in the court-room, and the crowd was about dispersing, when repeated calls were made for Mr. Witherspoon. Consent was given for hin%jto speak, and he took the stand amid prolonged cheering. He said he had hoped to be spared the necessity of speaking on the present occasion; but the party he represented had been ruthlessly assailed by a Republican, in disguise, who is spitting his slime and venom upon the 1 Democratic party. When he said the Democratic party had failed to keep its obligations with the people, and was asked wherein it had failed, he fell back upon the ever-ready question of the fence law, trying to make a hobby out of tliat; but the plea is too thin ! As far as their action as citizens is concerned, I respect the motives of some who are going into this new party: but in my judgment they are misguided by this man, who comes among them a stranger. He comes as a mischief-maker to array one men's right arm against another. In a time of profound peace end quiet, he has come amongst us to array man against man and to weaken the Demo- . crats in their struggle with the Radicals. The plea of a party measure?a party necessity?is too weak. It is impossible for them to do any thing as a party. The people must work for their money, and the Greenback party can never put money into an idle man's pocket. This is only the Republican party in ' A,