Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 29, 1882, Image 2
Jmtraps and .farts. !
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? Congress is beginning to talk about ad- f
journment, and the date usually predicted for i m
the realization of this blessing to the country j *
is from the tenth to the twentieth of July, j \
The country will be delighted when the session j
of the present Congress ends.
? At Danville, Illinois, on the 22nd instant, j
Allie Mills, aged fourteen years, Mary Oglie,
aged seventeen, ami Mary Jones, aged twelve,
committed suicide by taking arsenic. Allie
Mills gave as her reason that her father livetl
. with a shameless woman, Miss Oglie's reason
wjis that she was an orphan, and Mary Jones
took the drug because the others did.
? Lawyer Polk was fined $20 for contempt of
Court at "Winterset, Iowa, the alternative being
twenty days' imprisonment. He had no
money, and his fellow members of the bar
raised the amount. "My gratitude is bounu- r
less, dear friends," said he; "I haven't had
twenty dollars in my pocket before for twenty
years. I shall keep it there, with your kind
permission," and he went joyfully to jail.
? Labor is very scarce in the Piedmont re- i
gion of Virginia, and but for the substitution
of labor-saving machinery it would be imi>os- (
sible to secure the heavy crop of wheat in that (
section now ready for harvesting. Many col- 1
ored men are reported to have left for Pitts- j
burg, Pa., where they find work in the rnanu- j
facturing establishments. Mahone's reform .
movement does not seem to be salutary.
? The display in Baltimore, on the 21st, on .
the occasion of the Grand Army of the Republic
gathering was a grand affair. Over 20,000 *
men were in the line of the procession and the t
display of decoration on the buildings was pro- j
fuse. President Arthur, Secretaries Lincoln, (
Howe and Chandler, General Sherman and a .
host of minor officials from Washington were '
present. The day was fine and nothing occurred
to mar the general enjoyment. (
? Michael Davitt, the Irish agitator, has ar- 1
rived at New York, but his appearance in 1
America does not seem to create much enthu - 1
siasm. lie spoke in Jersey City last Friday ]
night, and alluding to this iutended speech lie ,
remarked on Friday : "I intend to-night to i
answer once for all the charges brought against
me, and if after this they are again repeated 1 1
shall resign ray position in the Land League 1
and return at once to Ireland." 1
? The Louisiana Legislature has passed a s
gener.il law authorizing the consolidation of |
railroad companies in that State, also the con- ,
solidation of railroad companies of that State ,
with companies of other States. It is under
stood tliat tins law was irameu to eimuie tuo
lines recently purchased by R. T. Wilson & 1
Co., of New York running from Xew Orleans !
to Memphis on the East side of the Mississippi
River to consolidate, and under itthe consoli- (
dation of these lines will be at once perfected.
? A sort of new departure is taking place in j
the Mormon doctrines of the survival of the ,
fittest. In future all the females, spiritual and '
corpotal, are to be "of the elect most beauti- 1
ful in body and mind." A deputation, not of <
elders but of "electors," is now ;n England <
picking out the prettiest girls given to the j
fleshy school of religion, and they are many. ,
Some exquisitely beautiful girls are enrolled '
for Utah. Feeble faith is uot profitable with '
the Mormons in England.
? The funeral took place at Alexandria, Va., 1
on Wednesday of last week of Col. William R. ]
McLean, who had the singular fortune to own i
and reside iq>oii the fields of Bull Run and Aj>- j
pomattox when the two armies mec at these (
places at the beginning and end of the war.
After Bull Run, anticipating continued hos- ;
tilities in that neighborhood, he bought a farm 1
near the Appomattox River, to which he re- 1
moved his family It was on this farm that i
General Lee completed the formal act of sur- ;
render. J
? At the funeral of the four children in Chi- }
cago who were murdered by their mother the
crowd was immense, all anxious to get inside.
Some one suggested as the father did not have
money to defray the burial expenses, to oi>en
the door and invite the mob to fall into line
and view the liodies for ten cents. The crowd 1
assented with an eagerness that was painful, 1
and two men stood at the door taking the |
dimes for more than an hour. The collection
amounted to ?80, and one of the men who ^
suggested the plan remarked, "a respectable
funeral can now be gotten up for all of them. 1
without applying to their rich relations." 3
Chicago is prolific in novelties.
? The postal authorities have made arrangements
with the Richmond and Danville Rail- 1
road Company, to have the fast mail trains, ;
which were discontinued last February, put (
back on the road and in a few days the first trip .
under the new arrangement will be made. The
fast mail train coining South, will leave Wash- (
ington City at one o'clock in the day time and (
arrive at Charlotte about 11.30 o'clock that t
night, running at an average speed of 35 miles ,
an hour. Between Danville and Charlotte on- t
l.. ft/mo Tt-ill niii/la 'if Cifonslinrn JLIIO k
J J vnv OtV'Jl-'O If 111 l/V IIIIIUV l?v |
Salisbury. The postal authorities have always |(
favored the Richmond and Danville Road as (
the best line for a. fast Southern mail and have 1
agreed to pay a price that will justify the com- j
puny in running these extra trains. A
? Two important reforms in the rates of
postage have been brought forward in Con- ,
gress. It is proposed to reduce the charge on '
letters from three to two cents, and a bill to
abolish the ]>ostage on second class mail mat- ;
ter? newspai>ers and periodicals?has been in- (
troduced into the House. These are advan- *
tages promised to the people ;is a result of rid- t
ding the sendee of the star route jobbers. *
For years every person who used the mails was
made to pay tribute to these plunderers in the 1
form of unnecessarily high rates of postage. >
A material reduction is now practicable, chiefly
in consequence of the enormous saving in
]>ostal expenditures that has been effected J
since Brady was ousted from the department 1
and the shameful jobbery of the corrupt ring ^
of contractors stopped.
? The famine in Patrick county, Va., is dis- c
tressing. The number of sufferers is estimated
at 5,000 to 8,000. A dispatch from Dan- '
ville says : "A few days since, when a few 1
wagon loads of corn reached Patrick county, 1
and were being distributed, women and chil- I
dren when they received their i>ortion would l
thrust their hands in the bags and eat the dry t
corn to relieve their hunger, not being able to ,
wait to have it ground and cooked. Two families,
known to be in past days well-to-do, have 11
been existing for weeks on wheat-bran alone, j t
Large families go for days without a morsel of i c
bread, and a ride along any road in the coun- j c
ty will show travelers hundreds of i>oor ]>eople I ?
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nuusc >><111, I'llllllCU K1WO oiiun nut; mint/ ut ;
food. Deaths have occurred, possibly not j s
from actual starvation, but through disease I s
brought on by hunger." | a
?The New York Court of Apjjeals has re-1 e
cently passed upon the question whether drunk- c
enuess can be pleaded as a defence to a charge
of murder. It was claimed by the counsel for
a condemned murderer that his client was the
victim of an appetite for drink which amount- e
ed to a disease that destroyed his will-power 1t
and rendered him legally irresponsible, as in i
the case of insanity. A new trial was there- j1
fore asked, because the court below had re- j 1
fused to charge the jury that the accused was j a
not responsible if the crime had been commit- n
ted when he was the victim of such disease, or j,
if committed while he was drunk. The Court t
of Appeals refuses to recognize drunkenness as I
any excuse for crime. It holds that not even e
frenzy or mental alienation caused by drink t
can exempt a person accused of murder from s
criminal responsibility. If a man voluntarily j j
gets drunk, and commits a crime while in that' r
condition, he must answer for the consequence !,
of his acts. .
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A vomofl-nVxlo fi/lol WUVO CtUOnf flip ]jll?*P ;
XX 1 tPHKfti I\clk/lty 11U(U IT ? f V M v I'K, vv ?.?.V
front at Cleveland, Ohio, last Friday morning, j
The wave was about two miles wide and elev-. a
en feet higher than the surface of the lake, t
It came in the wake of a dense angry-looking I
black and gray cloud which moved sullenly c
from the northward over the city. There was c
no rain nor wind at the lake shore, but a brisk
rain fell in some parts of the city and the wind *
blew fiercely south of town. Vessels parted l1
their lines at the mouth of the river and the t
piers and docks were submerged to the depth j
of four feet in some places. Hundreds of fish v
were cast ashore. The fires in the Lake Erie
Rolling Mills on the river beach were put out. s
A scow loaded with sand lying at the break- J
water was landed high and dry on shore. A li
section of railway near Union depot was ri{>- o
ped up, and numerous switch shanties and
small buildings were overturned or moved
about. Some iron rails twenty-eight feet long, t
piled near the depot, were lifted up and scat- j
tered in every direction. Huge logs were
washed ashore. A life-saving station was
badly wrecked and various other damage was
done. The wave lasted only about one min- c
Ute. Several parties who were fishing in skiffs r
eport that there was a sudden rise in the waer
and a violent commotion like a whirlpool,
The skiffs, singular to say, weathered the
itorm without accident. The damage to proptrty
on shore is roughly estimated at ?30,000.
$he ferhiUc (inquirer.
YORK VILL15* S. C.s
rHURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 29, 1882
THE APPROACHING CANVASS.
The recent letter of Senator Hampton on
-he political situation, the material portion
)f which we published last week, has received
extensive publicity throughout the State, and
iKe every uung maw eui<tii<iir? mun mo .-Minacious
mind, the subject matter of the letter
s well worth the attentive consideration of
;he iKiople. He says "the perils that surround
is now are nearly, if not quite, as great as
;hey were in 1S70, and the incentives to united
iction are just as urgent.'" There is no
loubt but this is true; and as he hints, "our
present dangers spring not from the strength
)f our opponents, but from divisions, jealousies
ind dissension among ourselves." The ques;ion
arises, IIow shall these dan gel's be avert?d
? One plan proposed is for the people to
igain unite upon Hampton for Governor and
et him lead them on to a brilliant victory, as
le did in 1870. It was mainly to decline this
mnor that impelled the Senator to write his
ecent letter. lie wishes to retire to private
ife, but yet will respond to any eall the people
may make upon him. We know that his
nagnetic influence would unite the people
Tom the mountains to the seaboard, and if it
riiall be deemed necessary for him to again
near aloft the banner of the people, none
would support him more heartily than we:
but is the emergency so great as to demand
;he resignation of a Senator, already surfeited
with public life, to again guide the ship of
State V
We would by no means disparage the claims
:>r doubt the ability of several distinguished
gentlemen whose names have been mentioned
in connection with the Governorship of the
State ; and we place the name of Hampton
preeminently at the head of the list. But conceding
his desire to retire to private life, and
r?>cHnty iilimit, for one of eoual ability* in all
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the requirements for conducting a brilliant
and successful canvass, there is none who could
better supply the place of the hero of 1870,
than Judge J. S. Cothran, of Abbeville. A
man of rare intellectual gifts ; a captivating
public speaker; of courtly presence, but a man
of the people ; recognizing the claims of every
citizen, and with a firmness of purpose to
execute the laws faithfully and impartially to
all alike ; possessing in an unbounded degree
the confidence of the people, his entrance upon
the canvass jus the standard-bearer of Honest
Government as exemplified by South Carolina
Democracy, would silence all discordant notes,
unite the people as one man, and gain a victory
over Radicalism second only to the grand
results of 1876.
HARVEST TIIA$KS?lYINtt.
It has been mentioned in these columns that
the good people of a portion of Abbeville county
propose to hold a Harvest Thanksgiving on
the Fourth of July proximo, (Tuesday next).
\fe do not know what particular ceremonies
they intend to use on that occasion ; but their
purpose suggests a solemn duty to the Godfearing
people of York, which, we trust, they
ivill be, in no wise, backward to i>erform.
Just one year ago we realized that the liarrest
had failed, and that food for both man
uid beast was insufficient to carry us to another
crop. While this gloomy prospect opened
;o us, the assassin's hand nipped in the bud
)ur hopes of national good feeling and politi;al
i>eaee. The burning heat of summer and
:he failure of the "latter rains?' parched the
neadows, destroyed the pastures, and cut
ihort the staple crop upon which all depenlence
was placed for future sustenance. Many
)f our good citizens, discouraged by the outook,
which winter presented, gathered up their
emaining substance and moved to more favored
lands.
Now the harvest is over and is found to be
tbundant beyond the most extravagant expecation
; the fruit trees are bending with their
veight of luscious offerings ; our uplands are
u.-itiinii with flip vpnlnvH nf mowing cotton.
md our valleys stand thick with luxuriant
lorn. Shall we be dumb in the presence of
liese undeserved blessings ? Shall we not
at her go up to the sanctuary of the Lord and
vith glowing hearts
"praise Him
From whom all blessings flow?"
ind what day could be more appropriately seeded
for praise and thanksgiving than the
lay of our national jubilee ?
We, therefore, respectfully and earnestly recommend
the good people of York county to
tssemble at their usual places of Worship, at
Oi o'clock A. M., next Tuesday, to render
raise and thanksgivings to God for all his
lessings, and to implore the continuance of
lis mercies to us. And let us not go with
mpty hands. Remembering that he loves
leeds of mercy more than sacrifice, let us each
rovide a thank-offering from the ample store
lie harvest brings. A bushel or two of wheat
>r oats, or a dollar or two which the prospect
f abundance enables us to spare, given by
tach one, will aggregate an immense boon to
ome sections of our country where starvation
tands as a wolf at the door. The collection
md distribution of these offerings may be
asily effected through committees or regular
church officers.
EXIT MACKEY.
The long-looked-for letter of ex-Judge Macky,
reading himself out of the Democratic par
y, lias at last seen the light oi uay through
he medium of the Washington licjtublican.
The letter is addressed to Senator Hampton,
tnd it must be confessed that this latest literiry
effort of the political gymnast is a disap ointment
to the public, who, however widely
hey may differ from the ex-Judge, or howevr
much they may deprecate his political ways
hat are dark, and tricks that are vain, find
ometliing enjoyable in his wit ; and in this
nstance, supposing that he would rise to the
nagnitude of the occasion, they had reasonaile
cause to expect a rollicking letter, aboundng
in wit afid all manner of amusing droller-'
es, while to the contrary it is rather flat, and
.ppears to have been conceived in the vain atempt
to find fault where really no fault exists,
t is of the Little Jack Horner style of
omposition, only in this case the position
if Jack is reversed. Just so long as that hisoric
personage was favored with plenty of
ilum pudding and pie, he was a good little
toy ; and he even intimated to his nurse that
f, at any time, the premium on his good behaior
should be withdrawn, he could not asume
any responsibility for the consequences,
list so with Judge Mackey. The premium on
lis good behavior has been withdrawn. lie is
nit of pie, and being no longer privileged to>
"Run in his thumb and pull out u plum,
And say what a good boy am I,"
he dire consequences are now upon the public.
Ie reads himself out of the party and seeks
ither fields and pastures green.
Apostasy, such as Judge Mackey's, is easy,
ommanding but a low price even on a light
narket ; and in due time lie may expect a re
ward commensurate with the service performed
in the unfolding of his latest phylacterie.
If he fails in securing an election to Congress
by the very system of suffrage which he essays
to condemn, he can lay a more imperative,
claim for an executive appointment as a reward
for his patriotic and disinterested self
immolation on the political altar.
6(J1TEAU*T0 IIA AG.
The result of the s|?ecial meeting of the
Cabinet last Friday evening to consider the
case of Guiteau, was made officially known
on Saturday morning by a statement from
the attorney-general," that the plea for a respite
had been refused. This conclusion was
reached on Friday evening, but was withheld
from the public in order that it might
first be nuide known to the prisoner. The
attorney-general, to whom all appeals and
petitions presented to the President bearing
on this case had been referred, submitted an
elaborate report to the Cabinet, reviewing all
the i>oiiits presented in favor of a respite, and
recommended that it lie not granted, on the
ground that the sanity of the prisoner had
been fully established at the trial. The
report was generally discussed and unanimously
approved by the Cabinet, all the members
of which were present. An understanding
was reached as above stated.
The Rev. W. \V. Hicks called on the President
and attorney-general Friday evening to
learn the result of tlie meeting, but was informed
that nothing could he divulged on the
subject till the next morning. Similar efforts
on the part of Mr. Reed, Guiteau's counsel
..i v?:i. 1 mi.? /...II
were illhU UUllIfM*. Jilt: JVt:v. xui. uit:i\o tailed
upon the attorney-general Saturday morn-,
ing, by appointment, and was informed that
the Cabinet had decided not to interfere with
the execution of Guiteau's sentence. Mr.
Hicks thereupon drove to the district jail and
informed Guiteau of the decision.
Guiteau has sent the following message to
his spiritual adviser, lie v. Mr. Hicks: uGo
and see Arthur and shake your fist in his face.
Tell him I made him President by my inspiration
and lie must give me an unconditional pardon,
and if hedoes not God Almighty will blast
him forever. 1 tell you, brother Hicks, I am
God's man, and God takes care of his own."
Letters have been received by Mr. Chas. II.
Reed and others interested in Guiteau's case
from Geo. Seoville, who is now in Chicago.
In these letters Seoville announces that his
wife has left Cleveland for the East and he
expresses grave apprehensions as to her sanity.
He fears that she contemplates attemping to
kill her child and commit suicide on the day
of Guiteau's execution. Seoville earnestly
urges her friends in the East to keep a close
watch upon her movements.
The attorney-general has issued instructions
to the marshals of the district and wardens of
the jail to keep Guiteau in strict confinement
till the day set for his execution, and to allow
no one except his spiritual adviser, his physician
and the officers of the jail to communi
caie wiin uie prisoner.
Guiteau's death warrant was signed by Clerk
Meigs, of the Criminal Court, Monday morning.
The seal of the court was attached, and
the document was immediately forwarded to
Warden Crocker at the District jail. It will
be re-'l to the prisoner just before his execution.
POLITICAL NOTES.
? Arthur's ambition is said to be more social
than political. lie is looking out for a second
term of matrimony.
? The West is demanding that a Democratic
candidate for President be taken from that
section for the campaign of 1884.
? The name of Major John W. Daniels, the
orator of King's Mountain, is coming to the
front in Virginia, as a candidate for Congressman
at large.
? The New York Herald significantly observes
that the Republicans are always quarreling,
but they have the knack of making up
their quarrels before election day.
? The Arkansas Greenback convention met
at Little Rock, 011 the 20th instant. There
was a small attendance, but harmony prevailed.
R. K. Garland, brother of Senator Garland,
was nominated for Governor.
? At a mass-meeting of the Democrats of
Richmond county, Georgia, held in Augusta,
hist Saturday, resolutions were adopted endorsing
Alexander II. Stevens for Governor
and James C. Black for Congress from the
Eighth District.
? Democratic politicians in New York State
have 110 candidate for Governor, but think a
man can be nominated who will bring the factions
together, regardless of any programme
the managers may make for running the Convention.
? The Philadelphia Record says a rumor is
afloat that Mr. Dallas Saunders, a well-known
Democrat, of that city, has gone over to the
Republican party. Mr. Saunders recently as-?
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sisteu 111 me prosecution ui uw ouuui v>uuiiiia
election officers before Judge Bond, for
which service, it is said, lie received 87,500,
although all the efforts to convict were unsuccessful.
? The XtUionul Republican, the Washington
organ of the Republican party, compliments
the North Carolina Republican Convention,
which met on Wednesday of last week, by
saying "it adopted ringing resolutions in support
and eulogy of the Arthur administration.
The Southern Republicans and Liberals are
very greatly encouraged by the appreciation
shown by the President of the Southern political
situation, and will shake Bourbondom to
its foundation this summer and fall."
? The platform of the California Democracy
thanks the Democrats for their struggle against
Chinese immigration; appreciates the movement
of the Eastern workingmen, notably in
Pennsylvania, against moneyed corporations ;
denounces the Chinese as an unmasked curse
and an obstacle to progress, and demands that
the next National Democratic Convention
shall declare for the removal of every Mongolian
in tiie country ; demands the material reduction
of railroad fares, and legislation which
shall tax railroads on full assessments.
Col. Cash again on the Rampage.?We
take the following from the Columbia corresIHUidence
of the News and Courier of the 21st:
On last Saturday Col. Cash went to Cheraw,
and in company with Mr. Wells went to the
store of Malloy. On reaching the store Col.
Cash went up to Capt. Malloy, who was present,
and asked him if he said that Col. Blair,
of Kershaw, was no better than Whittemore.
Malloy replied that he had said so ; wherupon
Col. Cash called him a damned liar. Malloy at
once struck Cash, and Cash falling over a
plough that was standing in the store, Malloy
sprang 011 top of him. Several blows were
struck bv each of the parties, but friends interfered
and they were separated.
On Sunday as the story goes, Mr. W. B.
Cash, Cash's son went to Cheraw, carrying
with him a challenge to fight a duel from his
father to Capt. Malloy. Capt. Malloy declined
to receive the challenge 011 the ground that
the day was Sunday and not the proper time
for making arrangements for a hostile meeting.
On Monday Col. Cash and his son went to
Cheraw, young Cash on horseback and Col.
Cash 011 the train. When the train reached
Cheraw Col. Cash was arrested as soon as he
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got on xlie irain, ana was wiKeu ucuuro <t xn.u
Justice"who required him to give a bond of one
thousand dollars to keep the peace. Through
the influence of his counsel, Gen. IV. L. T.
Prince, the amount of bond was afterward reduced
to four hundred dollars. The "bond was
given by Colonel Cash in this amount, and he
returned to his home at Cash's Depot in the
afternoon.
Efforts were made to arrest young Cash,
but the officers were eluded, and up to the
time of the last accounts he had not been
brought before the magistrate. An effort was
made by the Rev. E. II. Buist to settle the
dilliculty between Col. Cash andCapt. Malloy,
but without success. A great deal of excitement
prevails in Cheraw over the dilliculty,
and unfortunate consequences are expected to
result from it.
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XjOCJLZj AFFAIRS, re
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. tl
J. A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation?9. D. ri
Harron, Applicant?John Barron, deceased.
W. N. Klder, Principal?School Notice.
John R. Ashe?Fruit Jars. at
J. M. Adams?Now Goods?Glass Fruit Jara?To- a,
bncco, Snuff? Butcher Knives? House Fur- ,
nisliing Hardware?Kerosine Oil. 01
Withers Adickes?To-ArriveTliis Week. fi;
Enquirer Office?Wanted. it
THE FOURTH. HI
The stores and business houses of Vorkville Ri
will lie closed on Tuesday next, the Fourth of tj
July. ^ ill
PREACH 1NG*AT CLOVER.
We are requested to announce that Rev. W.
L. Brown, of the Baptist Church, will preach
at Clover on Saturday night next. ol
PERSONAL* MENTION. '
We were pleased to receive a call from Mr.
Lawson P. Erwin, editor of the Rutherford- C(
S6
ton (X. C.) Banner, who visited Yorkville 011
business last Thursday. u
BICYCLE ACCIDENT. ei
Oji Wednesday evening of last week while fe
Mr. Mclver Law was practicing with his hi- <><
; cycle on the pavement lie attempted to turn ii
out to the street to avoid some ladies, when u
his machine careened, throwing him with such n
violence as to break one I>one of the right
forearm. B
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regis ntfrion. -vl
The aggregate number of registered voters s'
in York county, to this date is 4,903. Voters
are reminded that after the first Monday in
July the supervisors wifi commence the re- ^
, vision of the lists, arid make such corrections ^
as may appear necessary, and also hear and *
determine all contested cases. All who have ^
not yet registered, are urged to come forward a
and register before the revision begins. 0
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THANKSGIVING SERVICE.
Conformably to the suggestions advanced in
another column upon the aliove subject, the
dilterent congregations of the town, as also ^
all others not identified with the church, are 0
requested to meet in the Presbyterian church }
at 9 o'clock A. M., next Tuesday, the 4th "
proximo, when appropriate thanksgiving services
will be conducted by those of the local 11
clergy who are in town on that day. ^
The Zion and Methodist Episcopal (colored) 11
churches will also unite in the church of the f1
latter, on the same day, for the purpose of 11
conducting thanksgiving service. 51
from iilack'k station. t|
Our Black's Station corresjMmdent speaks in n
glowing terms of the abundant yield of the v
wheat and oat crops in that section. He men- g
tions that I)r. John G. Black raised 05 bushels j(
of oats to the acre ; Win. II. Goforth, from 34 j
bushels of wheat sown, thrashed 70 bushels ; ^
Felix Dover thrashed 100 bushels from 54
bushels sown, and the general average is esti- j(
mated at ten bushels to one of wheat sown,
while the yield of oats will be even larger. g
On Monday last, lightning struck in the garden
of Dr. G. II Ileatwoule, severely shocking
his daughter, Miss Georgia.
A NEW COLUMBIA PAPER. n
We have received the first number of a new 1
semi-weekly paper, the Eaylc, which made its S
appearance in Columbia last Saturday. The J
Eayle is published by the "Eagle Publishing I
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company," tnougn 11 is unnersioou uuu iur. e
Julian A. Selby, so long and favorably known t
as the publisher of the Columbia Phtenix, is at J
the helm of this new journalistic enterprise. J
The Eatjh announces itself to be Democratic, I
and a specialty with it will be the publication f<
of the roster of South Carolina soldiers in the J
late civil war. The number before us contains
the rolls of companies B, C and D of the Sev- d
enteenth Regiment S. C. V. o
CHURCH NQTICKS. 11
Presbyterian?Rev. T; R. English, Pastor. c
Services at the usual hour in the forenoon. P
At Ri P. M., a missionary address will be de- c
livered by Rev. II. C. Dubose, missionary to ^
China.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, 1
Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church in si
the forenoon ; at Yorkville in the evening.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. j
Lathan, Pastor. Services at 10] A. M. Sunday-school
at i) A. M. a
Baptist?Rev. W. L. Brown, Pastor. Ser- ti
vices at Union Church at 11 A. M. ; at the t'
church in Yorkville at 8.15 P. M. ^
SENATOR IIART. C
The Winnsboro News pays the following de- ei
served compliment to York county's new Sen- S(
ator: s'
The Democracy of York have done well in
the election of Major James F. Hart as State J
Senator from that county. Major Hart made j.
a brilliant record as a Confederate ollicer, and
since the war he has attained a high position
as a lawyer and as a citizen. lie has worked
hard for the Democracy of his county, and
they could scarcely have found one on whom t
the rewards of public life could have been more ?
worthily bestowed. Major Hart will be an
acquisition to the Senate, and will do honor >
alike to the State and to the constituency he
represents.
i nr. i.ui i uii i.nut-. p(
Our information from various sections of
the county, is to the effect that cotton is more w
promising than it bid fair to be earlier in the \
season. The warm weather is bringing it for- ^
ward rapidly. On Monday morning blooms
were reported to us as having made their appearance,
the preceding day, on Mr. B. Prank
Ilawlinson's plantation, OJ miles south-east of 01
town ; but 011 Monday evening we received a M
bloom plucked on Saturday, 011 Mr. John ^
Smith's plantation on Broad River. On Tues- lr
day we received three blooms, taken on Mon- .
day?one from the plantation of J. C. Gwin Jl
cultivated by Ed. Miller, one from the plantation
of John P. Hood, cultivated by Baker.
Russell, and one from the plantation of J. S.
Moss, cultivated by Sumter Robinson.
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A YOKKVILLK l.ADV ABROAD. is
The Laurensville Ilcrald pays a high com- r?
pliment to Miss Sue F. Lbwry, of this place, ^
who has had charge of the music department [j
of Laurensville Female College, during the w
past session, and in another paragraph thus w
notes her departure from that town: hi
Miss Lowry, who presided so successfully id
over the Music Department of our Female al
College the past sess'on, left for her home in tli
York, 011 Tuesday last, perhaps not to return, te
This is to be regretted, as she was held in the II
highest esteem by all who knew her?by her vi
scholars, and all her associates of the College, w
and indeed was a general favorite. And she eil
was a "bright particular"?an especial favor- ye
ite with some, we learn, who refuse to be com- t'o
forted, now that she is gone. But joking so
aside, {if it is a joke) it is hoped she may be th
M>/1nnuil fn ?'??f urn ;? ;
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CUAIlLESrO.N WEEKLY NEWS. |,(
"The Euttiw Cadet," or "Under the Xew rn
Flag" is the title of a serial story, the pub- a
lication of which will begin in The Weekly lie
News of July o, and be continued from week cn
to week until concluded. The author is Mr. I'51
J. "VVitherspoon Ervin, whose Bride of St. ! Z
David's was so well received by the readers of j y'j
The Weekly Xetrs. This story made his name ! mi
familiar in every household of the State and : aii
gave him rank as one of our purest and most j K'
charming writers of fiction, one on whom j
the mantle of the lamented Simms seems to 1
have fallen. The Eutaw Cadet was originally | pipublished,
under another title, in the York- j in
ville ExQU.iiKit, about fifteen years ago, but j V1
it had recently been re-written and improved, i .
with a view to publication in book form, when I
the author, yielding to solicitations and impelled
by a praise worthy desire to build up j w<
periodical literature in his native State, con- j ki
sented to dispose of it to The Weekly News, j th
Mr. Ervin's story will lie followed by a thril-; p
ling romance from the pen of an accomplish-! t.j,
ed South Carolina lady, who under the unn He ' 0(1
plume of Rose Ashleigh, has achieved a wide he
putation and of whom the New York Star
Lys "Rose Ashleigh, of South Carolina is \
le coming novelist of the South." Miss Aldch's
story is entitled "77ie Cavalier and Pa- j
tan, or Love and LoyaltyP The scene opens j
; the close of a forgery trial in Xew York, j
id is immediately transferred to the battlefield
; Trevilian's Station, where the Southern
trees were so gloriously victorious, and thus
runs from one stirring scene to another
11 til, in the denoument, the power of the two !
reat principles and the character of the two '
q>es of man embodied in the title are fully :
lustrated.
A STRING OF ACCIDKISTS.
On the 20th instant, Trial Justice Nunnery,
Jting as coroner, held an inquest 011 the body
I a negro, name unknown, who was killed by
dug run over by a freight train of the C. C.
A. Railroad near Smith's Turnout, in this
lunty. The facts as developed at the inquest,
:em to bo that the deceased, who, it was
ibsequently learned was from Winiisboro,
as either working his way as brakeman or
ideavoriiig to steal a ride 011 the train, and
(11 from the top of a car, the train passing
ver his body, badly mangling it and causing
istant death. The accident occurred after
ight and was not discovered by those collected
with the train on which he was riding.
Last Friday, on the plantation of Walker
lurris, in Bullock's Creek township, a threeear
old child of Moses Burris, colored, was
Tuck by lightning and instantly killed.
On the same plantation, and 011 the same
ay, a negro boy about IS years old, named
Jug, while fooling with an old pistol, accientally
shot and killed his sister, aged 10 or
7 years. The case was thoroughly investiga?d
by Coroner Caldwell and a jury of inquest,
nd all the facts elicited confirmed the theory
f accidental shooting, and a verdict wasrrenered
accordingly.
CIRCUIT COURT.
The June term of tiie Circuit Court of
rork county was convened promptly at 10
'clock A. M., last Monday, his honor Judge
Wallace on the bench, Mr. Solicitor Gaston
1 his accustomed seat, the Clerk at his desk,
lie Sheriff at his post of duty, an eminent
rray of legal talent eager for business, and
Ir. Crier Lewis at the outer wall, ready to
lake any proclamation that might be ordered
rom within. The attendance of those not
iterested in the proceedings was not so large
s usual.
The full panel of grand jurors answered to
lieir names as follows: J. A. Watson, foreiii.ii;
John A. IJyers, ,J. A. Stewart, Wm.
Vhyte, G. S. Cobb, Jordan Meacham, J. L.
tarr, It. A. Steele, S. W. Jackson, lien. Galway,
li. J. Gould, J. B. Neeley, M. L. Ross,
tennis Morgan,. W. S. Wilkerson, J. M. Kobison,
James M. Biggers, Anthony Clinton,
llis Honor declined to charge the grand
my formally, assuming that they had been
reviously instructed as to their duties. The
olieitor was ready with a number of indictments
which were given to the grand jury
nd they immediately retired to their room.
The following petit jurors answered to their
ames: M. R. Nichols, J. W. Thomson, W. ?S.
Jyers, Andrew Black, Noah Gaston, I). J.
mith, J. T. Whitesides, Berry Bates, Alfred
loore, J. R. London, J. A. Glenn, W. B.
)rennan, WylieDavie, P. K. Mull, Mack Few11,
B. 1). Springs, W. A. Milling, D. J. Stan011,
Frank Nelson, J. Randolph Wallace, J.
L Roberts, J. E. Lowry, W. M. Whitesides,
olm Whisonant, I). J. Good, J. S. Gourley,
i. P. Love, I. Milton Wallace, E. A. Craword,
Scott Fee, W. S. Belk, S. II. Epps, W.
L. Barron, C. W. Hope, W. P. Ilobbs.
The grand jury acted promptly on the inictments
placed in their hands, and at 1
'clock the Solicitor announcing that he would
ave nothing more for them, they were disharged,
without the formality of the special
resentment which they usually make at the
lose of their service.
The following cases were disposed of on
londay:
State vs. Henderson Clark, colored; larceny,
'rosecutor?Z. 1). Boyd. Pleaded guilty and
entenced to the penitiary for one year.
State vs. Mack Smith, colored; burglary,
'rosecutor?Jos. D. Boyd. Mr. Bell for the
efence. Verdict, not guilty.
State vs. Sylvan us Gates, colored. Assault
nd battery with intent to ravish. Prosecur>r?S.
B. McCully. Pleaded guilty. SenKiiced
to the penitentiary for a term of twenty
ears.
State vs. Burt Moore and James Black,
olored ; house breaking and larceny. Proseutor?Robert
L. Love. Pleaded guilty, and
intenced to one year and three months re[icctively
in the penitentiary.
State vs. Peter Eaves, colored; carrying
oncealed weapons. Prosecutor?T. C. Beckam.
Verdict, guilty. Sentenced to the pen;entiary
for three months.
State vs. George McLean ; retailing withut
a license. Continued.
State vs. Newton Hemphill, alias Little
rp.wton Hemphill; retailing without a license.
fol. prossed.
.State vs. Elias Falls; obstructing })iiblic
)ad. Continued.
State vs. Win. II. White; breach of trust
'ith fraudulent intent. Continued.
On Tuesday the following cases were disosed
of :
State vs. Jas. B. Castles ; breach of trust
ith fraudulent intent. Prosecutor?J. N.
[cDill. Messrs. Ilart & Hart and T. J.
lackey, Esq., for defence. Verdict, guilty,
lotion for new trial argued, but decision of
ie Court not rendered at the time we go to
ress.
State vs. Wesley Robins, colored ; larceny
f live stock. Prosecutor?J. S. Stevenson,
[r. Jenkins for the defence. Verdict, guilty,
entenced to the penitentiary for twelve
lonths.
This ended the Sessions docket and the petit
irors were discharged.
MERE-MENTION.
Governor Blackburn, of Kentucky, has prossed
Qonversion, and on last Sunday united
ith the Protestant Episcopal Church in Louville.
Reports from Denver, Col., repisent
the Indians as being troublesome in
iat locality. The army worm, which is
ported to have been very devastating in porous
of Ohio and Kentucky, is moving southard.
The first lot of this year's crop of
heat, raised in Virginia, was sold in Petersirg
last Friday, at SI.50 per bushel. ? Present
Porcher, of the South Carolina HistoricSociety,
claims that Whitney did not invent
ie cotton gin, after all. He has found a letr-patent
granted by Gen. Washington to
ogden Holmes, of Georgia, for a similar dece,
which he produced in 17%. The
heat crop of Tennessee, now about harvest1,
is the best that State has had in ten
ars. The total number of emigrants
r the fiscal year ending with June, will he
mething over eight hundred thousand. Of i
ose landed during the last five months only i
500 have come South. The three first
holars in the class graduating from West
)i?t, this year, were Southerners, as was the
an who ltd the graduating class at the Naval
cademy. Atlanta, Ga., has 87 licensed
pior saloons, over the counters of which, ac- j
n,n r>?4:1 nnn nnn .i vn.ii> I
1UII1? C*.* l/liu I.'UHdl/lttlWlUlby VAjWV/jVV/V/ it JVIU
sses. Owing to the large and constantincreasing
stock of print cloths, there is a
lk of shutting down the mills at Fall River,
ass., for a brief period, and thus relieve the
arket.- A new railroad, two hundred I
id forty miles in length, from Roanoke, Vir- j
uia, to Ilagerstown, Maryland, has just been J
mpleted. Five important firms of Mos-1
w, have formed a syndicate for the promo- j
m of cotton culture in Central Asia. They |
opose to engage American experts to super-1
tend the cultivation. A terrible storm ;
sited Findlay, 111., last Friday night, and :
ree men were killed by lightning. Ad-,
ces from the Indian Territory say that small j
x is raging with fatal effect among the |
eek Indians. Iowa was visited last j
. ek by three of the most severe storms ever
lown in that State, inflicting a loss of over j
ree million dollars, and rendering two thou-1
nd persons homeless. ? Last Friday night, 1
ofessor W. J. Land, the most prominent
emist in Georgia, committed suicide in his j
ice in Atlanta, by shooting himself in the
ad with a revolver. Ilis mind was unsettled.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. tl
? The Spartanburg Democratic Convention ti
decided to nominate county oflicers by the 0
primary election plan. | tl
? There are ten prisoners in jail at "Walhalla. . cl
Eight of them are United States prisoners, d
and two are confined for violating State laws, i'
? The total vote registered in Lancaster P
county up to the 20th was 3,015, which is :i
within 200 of tht? voting strength of the t<
county. ^
? Tlie cost of the last session of the Court tl
in Lancaster county was only 8315.10, or ,
about twenty cents a minute during the ses- S!
sion. |s'
? The Democratic Executive Committee of
Edgefield county have adopted resolutions1 _
urging the State Committee to double the rep-;
resentation in the State Convention. ! j
? The advisability of issuing bonds where- j
i SI
with to raise money for the improvement of i
the town of Lancaster is being considered by
the citizens of that place.
? The misunderstanding between the editors e
of the Chester Reporter and the Chester liulle- c
tin, through the intervention of mutual friends, ti
has been amicably arranged. v
? Mr. T. S. Clayton, Jr., of Anderson, ti
sold a five hundred dollar Confederate note r,
last week for $30. It was the only note of v
that denomination issued by the Confederate t
government in lSlil. d
? Mr. Charles 1J. Ilamraett has contracted \
for the sale of his gold mine in Spartanburg e
county, including the homestead and about j,
100 acres of land. The price agreed on is *
about ?27,500. a
? Hon. Giles J. Patterson has been elected, \
without opposition, as Senator for Chester p
county, to serve the unexpired term of Sena- t
tor Walker, deceased. Mr. David J. Carter
has been elected in Lancaster county, to fill a t
legislative vacancy.
? At 5 o'clock last Thursday afternoon the '
Confederate monument in Columbia was jj
struck by lightning, and the statue surmount- f
iug it shivered.all to pieces." The statue will n
be replaced by a new one, steps for securing 1
which the ladies of the Monument Association v
are now taking.
? The Governor is receiving from different 8
parts of the State numerous applications for '
appointments to cadetships in the Citadel j
Academy. Each county, is entiled to two 1
appointments, and in return for tlieir educa- I
tion each beneficiary cadet is required to '
teach for two years in the public schools of 1
the county from which he receives the appoint- J,
ment. t
? Gen. W. "W. Ilarllee, of Mai ion, has re- '
eently written a strong letter urging upon the j1
special session of the Legislature to leave the |
registration and election law as it now stands, L<
and asserting that he can give valid reasons
for holding to the opinion that the colored vo- j
ting majority in the State is only a little over t
8,QUO, which, with the registration law in t
force, preventing illegal voting, he claims can t
be neutralized by votes of colored Democrats *
and those not entitled to or failing to vote.
? On the 12th instant, says the Edgefield t
Advertiser, Dr. J. 11. Dubose, assisted by Dr. ;i
L. M. Asbill, extracted a large niinnie ball e
from the side of M. B. Asbillf who received 1
the wound during the late war, near Marietta, Jj
Ga., about eighteen years since. The ball en- j
tered the chest, between the seventh and i
eighth ribs, and since gradually made its way
down, discharging pus all the while, to the left t
iliac region, causing a large abcess in the hyp- t
ogastric region, through which, at a distance 1
of four or five inches, it was seized by forceps j
and extracted. The patient is doing well, and j
will recover. t
? The Edgefield Advertiser of last week j
says: "Our June term convened on Monday 1
morning last, Judge Witherspoon presiding. J
On Monday afternoon the grand jury were N
discharged ; and on Tuesday afternoon the J
Sessions Court was brought to a close. All .
e> t
the more important cases on the docket were v
continued until next term; and the two or
three cases actually tried were of no earthly a
interest to the general public. On Tuesday ''
afternoon Judge Witherspoon sentenced two ?
negro fellows to the penitentiary, one for six
months, and one for three years. The latter of c
these, one Silas Bouknisht. had contracted an t
unpleasant habit of breaking into the houses I
of Mt. "Willing people and stealing their (I
goods. The civil court is now in session, but ?
will probably adjourn on Thursday. And
juries, witnesses aifd people have gone home ^
to house their grain and fight the grass. v
? Of the cotton seed oil mill to be erected in t
Chester, the Bulletin says: The entire capi- n
tal, $30,000, has been subscribed. A meeting 11
of the stock-holders was held last Friday and *
the contract for the erection of the proper j.
building was let out. Mr. A. D. Holler, of j
Rock Ilill, was awarded the contrct upon a t
bid of 85,800 and a force of hands was set to 0
work on Monday. The building is to be a
brick structure of three stories and is to be ,
100 feet long by 30 feet wide. The first two ^
stories are to be sixteen feet high, and the b
third is to twelve feet. Mr. W. J. McDer- I
mot, of Memphis, who has the contract to 11
furnish the machinery, subscribed 88,000 to
the enterprise, and the balance was made up a
in Chester. A forty ton apparatus is to be n
put in, and the mills are to be completed by Q
the 1st of October, according to contract. L.
Applicat ion has been made for a charter, ui>on y
the receipt of which, the company will be ti
properly organized. !?
? Anderson Singleton, Lucinda Teasdale, j,
Abraham Anderson and Boston Singletary, all n
colored, were hanged at Kingstree last Friday, tl
The first two were convicted of the murder of tl
Phoebe Teasdale, the wife of Anderson Single- 0
ton and half sister of Lucinda Teasdale, on
the 12th of July last. Singletary and Ander- .,
son were convicted of robbery and arson on w
the 27th of March last. The execution was d
conducted within the jail enclosure, but a 11
crowd of about two thousand persons were in
town. There was no disorder and everything *(
passed oil quietly. All the prisoners protested
their innocence except the woman, who said ]);
she killed her sister in self-defense. Singleton |,
in his last speech said the rope had been put k
around his neck by witchcraft and named a l'j
voudou doctor who he said had bewitched him. (:1
The execution occurred at 12 M. All the "j
prisoners died easily except Singleton, who S(
struggled violently and had to be pushed away c
from the scaffold. gi
? A special dispatch to the Charleston Sunday
Nam says that a negro excursion was run | In
from Lancaster to Chester last Saturday morn- u
ing. Everything passed off pleasantly until 'st'
the arrival of the train at the Catawba River, jj
on its return to Lancaster. Here a certain eJJ
number of passengers are allowed to cross the a
river at one time. When this number had 1?
been completed, Jim Witherspoon, colored, at- ?|
tempted to board the Hat, but was informed ^
by the conductor, W. W. Perry, that he must jt
wait until the Hat came back. He resisted and m
was put olf by Capt. Perry. Witherspoon Cs
continued to curse Capt. Perry and to use j C<
very indecent language. After landing on the i
Lancaster side of the river, Conductor Perry J51
not being present, Dave Morris interfered j 0f
in behalf of Perry, at which time Shepard ta
Witherspoon, colored, ran up and made sever-I cb
ill stabs at Morris, who thereupon drew a! 01
pocket-knife and stabbed Shepard Witherspoon i1)1
through the heart, killing him instantly. !
Morris lids been arrested. jSU1
? Says the Camden Journal: "A call was JV'
paid our otlice a few days ago by one of the | ia
most prosperous colored men in Kershaw I wl
county?one who owns lands, horses and stock j y;>
generally and owes 110 debts?who remarked j1.11
to us that when the stock law was passed he 1
regarded himself as a ruined man, and felt ei]
that he would be forced to sell out and leave I en
le country; that lie further regarded it as a
rick of the Democracy to oppress and crowd
ut the poor man and the negro race, but
lat at this time so much had his views
hanged that he would not for a thousand
ullars see it repealed. After its passage he
nmediately went to work and fenced in his
asture lands with the rails around his farm,
ml now lie says in the evening he simply has
i go to his enclosure, to look at his hogs,
:c., milk the cows, and come home, without
le trouble of running all over t he country
.) get up his stock. In addition thereto lie
lys that he has not lost a cow, hog or sheep
1.0 {V>nf>r>ri tiwin in?:l verv 1111 usual oc
urrence, ;is he termed it, and furthermore,
iny stock never looked so well as they do
ow, and 1 expect to get a finer breed next
rinter." This ought to have made him vote
lie Democratic ticket next Fall, and we so
uggested, but bis reply was, "I will see."
JUDGE MA (KEY'S LETTER.
The "open letter" addressed by Judge Macky
to Senator Hampton sets out by reviewing the
anvass of 1871} and the causes that implied
he white people and tax-payers of the State to J
id themselves of the Radical bondage by which
heir substance was stolen and squandered ;
eminds Hampton that while his nomination
,'as made ostensibly by a Democratic Convenion,
the platform on which he was placed was |^H
istinctively Republican ; that 20,000 colored
tepublicans cast their ballots for him in that QHj
lection ; and while he applauds Hampton
ersonally for keeping in good faith his pledges
o the colored people, he quotes Sections 20 jj^H
ml 00 of the Election law enacted by the last
legislature, as showing how the Democrats
iave broken the safeguard pledged by Ilampon,
and then proceeds as follows : H
Did ever a legislative body frame such a Bj
remendous piece of enginery for crushing the * B
ights of a free citizen ? You will perceive Q
hat the managers alone (all Democrats) are B
lermitted to speak to the illiterate voter who M
resents himself at the poll to cast his ballot B
or the candidate of his choice, and they can B
oily read to him the names on the boxes. ]
Phis gives him "no light, but rather darkness
'isible." i
THE VOTER WHO CANNOT READ
tands in such case-, so far as is his power to
orrectly place his six ballots concerned,
irecisely in the position of a blind man who, f
the boxes were designated by colors, should
e informed that they were painted red, white,
uue, green, aim yeiiow resiH-etiveiy, ami uiai/
ie must deposit the red ballot in the red box,
fcc., or it would not be counted. The per lexed
voter, whose right to vote has been sol mnly
certified by the supervisor of registraion
stands with his six ballots in his hands,
iliable to read the name u]>on any of them,
Hid when he asks to be informed which balot
he shall place in the box labelled for
'Members of the House of Representatives,"
kc., the law forbids any one to answer.
HERE IS AN* EDUCATIONAL TEST APPLIED
n the most odious form, in open defiance of
he Constitution of the State, which forbids
he General Assembly to prescribe an educaional
qualification for voters. There have
?een political exigencies where honorable men
lave reconciled it to their conscience to vioate
the law of the land, as where a people con-.
end for the supremacy of their civilization
tnd their rights of property against the threatened
rule of an inferior race. In such a suireine
emergency I shall answer to the roll:all
of my race wherever its camp-fires bum,
Hid cheerfully hazard the penalties of violated
aw. The present Legislature of South Caroina
is, however, the first law-making body
THAT IIAS EVER DAREI) TO MAKE
he statutes itself the vehicle of fraud. In so
loing it has polluted the very fountain of the
aw, and sapped the sinews of public order.
Jays that enlightened publicist, Helvetius, in
lis treatise on Man and his education (vol. 2,
p. 158,) "It is not on the truth of a revelation
ir the purity of a worship, but solely on the
ustice or viciousness of the laws that the virues
or the vices of the citizens depend." s
ro EXECUTE THIS FRAUD-11EOOTTEN STATUTE
vhich violates alike the Constitution of the
>tate and every principle of natural justice,
hree thousand and four (3,004) managers of
lection are appointed, all Democrats, each of
vhom takes the following oath :
* * * I do solemnly swear that I will
upport, protect and defend the Constitution
?f the United States and the Constitution of
Jouth Carolina, as ratified by the people on
he 10th day of April, 1808, so help me God.
Limerick, Ireland, in mournful reminiscence
if a great National wrong, which, for nearly
wo centuries has clouded the memory of its
ier|>etrator with infamy, is termed "The City
if the Violated Treaty." This system of or;anized
fraud must cause South Carolina to be
xecrated by the American people as
TIIE LAND OF VIOLATED OATHS.
[Miis great crime, to effect which the deadly
irus of fraud is made to-circulate through all
he veins and arteries of the body politic, caniot
be sustained by the plea that it is done to
naintain white supremacy in the State. Alhough
the colored population exceeds the
rhite, according to the late census, by two
undred and thirteen thousand (*213,000) souls,
11 a total population of nine hundred and niney-five
thousand (005,000), showing a majority
f at least forty-two thousand (42,000) colored
oters, yet neither as colored citizens nor as
lepublicans have they nominated a State tickt
since 1870. Our House of Representatives
onsists of one hundred and twenty-four memers,
and the Senate of thirty-three. In the
louse there are, I believe, but nine colored
lembers, four of whom
WERE COUNTED IN AS DEMOCRATS,
nd are generally regarded by their race as the
iere servile creatures of their political taskjasters.
In the Senate there are but two colred,
both Republicans, from the strong colord
counties of Beaufort and Georgetown,
,'here the blacks outnumber the whites more
han seven to one, and can thus awe the Demcratic
managers into making a fair count.
'et even in those counties, the colored people
ave generously shared their power with the
nspectable whites, without regard to party, in
lie filling of county oiliees, and in Georgetown
hey elected Mr. Alston, a Liberal Democrat,
n their ticket to the Legislature. In a few
ther counties they have nominated some few
f their number for the smaller local offices
nd for the Legislature and Congress, all of
horn have been inexorably counted out, uner
the general scheme to annul the colored
mn's rights of citizenship.
THEY STAB IMS CITIZENSHIP
i the earth through the shields of two constiutions
interposed for its protection?and this,
ot to save a civilization, but to aggrandize a
arty. A starving, shipwrecked man, obeying
is instinct of self-preservation, has been
iiown to slaughter and eat his feebler cominion,
and moralists excuse the act; but no JA
vilized ruler would sanction the feeding of
len upon human fiesh where proper food sup- I
lies are abundant, in the midst of organized Q
iciety. Yet the present government of South
arolina has virtually sanctioned almost as t
rent j
A DEBAUCH OF HUMANITY 1
f establishing fraud as the regular diet of 1
s Democratic adherents, and this not under fl
ress of any great overruling necessity to
eserve the State from threatened misrule. 1
aving thus stated tiie wrong, I now most
irnestly invoke your potent aid to effect H
remedy. The ''pledge" that you gave in S
>70, when you became the public guarantor fl
the Democracy against any "interference fl
itli a single right which the colored people" 9
len possessed, is as binding upon you now as
was then. In the forum of honor there is
) statute of limitations. In view of South
iroliuu's having been allowed two additional
jngressmen under the new apportionment, ^
e Legislature will convene in special session
i the 27th day of the present month for the
irpose of redistricting the State. The lustre
your great character must inevitably be
rnished if you do not appeal to that body to
lange the existing election law by striking
it the provisions that effectually
SFKAXCHI3E FIFTY THOUSAND COLOUED
CITIZENS,
id not less than 15,000 whites. If the Deocracy
must have easy facilities for the pracje
of fraud, let them re-enact the rejiealed
w of 1878, under which they held no election.
Inch provided for only two boxes, at 200
uds apart, one for the State election proper,
id the other for Congressmen and l'residend
electors. That law was drawn by me in
del' to save the Federal suffrage of the colorcitizens
from the general wreck, thus seiring
three Congressmen. In a recent letter