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An Independent Family Journal?Devoted to Politics, Literature ?and General Intelligence. VOL. 4. ANDERSON, S. 0, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1868. NO. 21. .BY HOYT & WALTERS. TERMS: TWO. DOLLARS AND A HALF PER ANNUM, IX UXITED STATES CCRREXCT. RATES OF ADVERTISING. 'Advertisements inserted at the rates of One Dol? lar per square of twelve lines for the first insertion and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion, liberal deductions made to those who advertise by the year. , For announcing & candidate, Five Dollars in advance. Andrew Johnson. The following article, although written prior to the election, and evidently with a partisan view towards that event, con? tains such an admirable and truthful tribute to.President Johnson as to render it worthy of re-publication at this time. The writer is the able and" distinguished -oditor of the Mobile Register: When tho clouds were blackest, and the:"boldest knew not whore to reach out in the darkness for the hand of a friend, one roanstood aloue, staunch, and undis? mayed amid the storm. lu the beginning of the oncroachments ?of CorfgresVupon the rights of the peo? ple, Andrew Johnson stood alone, unaided ^fld - unsupported, save by his own will and his . own sense of inalienable right. Congress in the plenitude of usurped power, with its malignant two-thirds? securely-an actual vtinority of the popular xateeven of the Kcxrth?had no check upon its brutal assaults upon the time-honored prerogatives of the> President. His own supporters fell away from him; and the -X)emooratic party?dissevered, discordant .and almost belligerent?had uo force to ?preserve its own integrity, and no spirit to rally to'the support of the man who 'Stbid'ready to sacrifice hirasolf for its principles. We ofi the South, gagged with the bay V.on'et,4bound in iron bands, and crushed ?under the mail-clad heel of military des? potism, could onl}T look through our prison bars and pray for the struggle of Right ?against Might. Alone Andrew Johnson stood while every, engine of savage warfare hurtled ^around him ; alone he defied the brute force that essayed to overawe and to coerce, bim; and alone he proved that truth is mighty and. will prevail, even -ftgainst'thc violence of fanaticism and the power joi fraudulent venality; and when the fight vciis over, when the rabid yells of-?the unclean foe were silenced, and when the shattered weapon of baffled ma - Jignitj' had shivered against his armor of projjfjrAndrew Johnson still stood alone, i>ai victorious! As the white plume of _!Navarre waved over the field, as tho ^cJ}t?efpr.the wearing knights to rally round, so did the vindicated Executive standas the nucleus for the party of " TjAight to onco more collect and battle Hiagainst M?gtvt. ? We -do not go t<w> far whon'we say that .'3Mf. Johnson saved the Democratic party ^froro demoralization and destruction. Had &$,-been beaten?had the strength of Rad? icalism equalled its violence aud hurled 'Tum from his seat, the '-party opposed to t^ would have meltod like mist. We >|joitid -never have been able to make head against an enemy actually in power in every position of offence ; and the viet<rry of the .Radicals would havo been assured in default of organized resistance. The great and glorious fight the North? ern I)e-tnocracy has just made lor princi? ple's sake 'would at best have been a hot and inefficient skirmish ; and the chances, however small the}' ma}' he thought by sojue, of a victory next week, would have .ucvjjrjjecn considered even. It was once tho fashion to sneer at MY. Johnson; to refuse to endorse him, and to wash our hands ot his election and of his course. But reviewing that courso by its proper lights; weighing the vast inducements he had to betray his princi? ples and barter us off for the enemy's support; and reflecting that Andrew Johnson?alone and unsupported-^-was the Jbulwark of constitutional freedom and oF the South, we should be recreant, indeed, did we not support him, - and ac-' knowledge the debt we owe him. .Latterly, too, in the full heat of this canvass?which could never have been made in all its great proportions but tor his victory?slurs havo been cast upon 3ir. Johnson by the partisan press. It ?wasmrged ho dared not speak; that he TVHS coquetting with his enemj-and ours; And even that ho would finally come over, with all the great weight of his patronage and influence, to the support of that ?eneni3r. Mr. Johnson waited. He did not speak when his voice would bo wasted amid the unmeaning cries of partisan rage. But now, in the vory darkest hour of the par? ty'^ fortunes?when ho has all to lose and nothing to gain?when his influence and name might incline the wavering beam? now he speaks in calm and thoughtful ?words that shall live so long as pure pa? triotism shall be a thing of praise among ais. These are his words: "Executive Mansion, Washington, October 22, 1868. ^Jlon. Horatio Seymour: I see it an? nounced in the papers this morning that you-will enter the Presidential canvass in ?person. I trust this may be so, as tho present position of public affairs justifies ?and demands it. "It is. hoped and believed by your frionds that all enemies to constitutional government, whether secret or avowed, will not be spared, and that their arbitra? ry and unjust usurpations, together with their wasteful, profligate and corrupt use of the people's treasure, will bo signally exposed and rebuked. ?The masses of tho people should be ar?u?ed and warned against the encroach? ments of the despotic power now read} to enter the citadel of liberty. ? "I trust that you may spoak with an inspired tongue, and that your voice may penetrate every just and patriotic breast throughout the land. "Let the living principles of the viola? ted Constitution bo proclaimed and re? stored, that peace, prosperity, and frater? nal feeling may return to our divided and | oppressed nation. "Andrew Johnson." Sacb arc- the words of the President. There can be little doubt of their effect. The wavering-can see that the influence, real and imaginary, of the Executive pat? ronage is no longer doubtful. There is no half-way measure, no hesitancy, and no halting in this letter. It is so plain that he who runs may read?Seymour is peace, and the empire of Grant is not peace ! Wo approve the time he has chosen for this bold and honeBt declaration, no less than the words themselves in which it is coached. We look forward hopefully to its effects, and we believe that it will tell?no less than the words of the pure statesman to whom it is addressed?in confirming the wavering and nerving tho true. But. be the result what it may, An drew Johnson has written in this letter a codicil to the official testament he leaves his people ; and, victorious or conquered, that people are untrue to themselves if they do riot respect and remember it. And we believe they will, and that the good seed he has sown will scarce have ripened ere he once.more speaks for the people of a grateful State in the halls of a Seriate now made infamous. Then, with no forfeiture of bonds that bind him now to silence, he may burl back the withering contempt all true men feel npon the peijurers that dare to call themselves his peers. -O Grant a Democrat.?The Hound Ta? ble, an influential, independent paper, with Eepublican proclivities, made the follow? ing strange announcement on the evo of tho Presidential election : That General Grant has always been a Democrat, by which we mean that ho has always Voted and acted with the Demo? cratic party, until a very recent date, is widely known. That his tastes, habits and sympathies are, in a broad sense, Democratic, is equally notorious. And it cannot now affect the issue of this can? vass to say that many of tho General's most influential supporters, including some of the "War Democrats" who sign? ed the call for tho late Grant meeting in the City of New York, did so on the; ox press " and oven avowed ground of his being a Democrat, and on the understand? ing, which they do not hesitate to say exists, that bis policy,'if elected, will be strongly conservative. It is now too late to change tho result. The current now rushing" on is too broad and deep and swift to be diverted or stayed. No doubt if the Radical party distinctly saw what wascoming?saw it with the clear, pro? phetic eye of.Mr. Wendell Phillips, for example?tbey would move heaven and earth to defeat Grant's election. But it is too late. They might now "as well try to dam up the waters of the Nilo with bulrushes," or to whistle against thunder, as to prevent the impending con? summation. The truo policy of the .Radi? cals, old and paradoxical as itmaj' sound, was to have struck up a Democratic alli? ance and to have bent every energy for tho nomination and election of Mr. Chase. If. is their cue to make extremes meet hern as they have in England. The most progressive Radicalism ar.d the most im? movable Conservatism can find common ground on a pinch here as woli as abroad. If John Bright could pull in the traces side by side with the friends of Lord Derby, Horace Greeley could do the like with the friends of Jeff. Davi?. There was the true opening for tho Radicals, but they have failed to seo it. They let the golden opportunity slip by j they took up with Grant, whom the Democrats, in turn, nominated for them, and in so doing have wrought their own destruction. Tho success of their candidate is certain, but, like the gigantic and relistless crea? tion of Frankenstein, he is as certain hereafter to turn npon them and rend them'.' . General Grant was a Democrat. His army contained Democrats by tens of thousands, and by tens of thousands Democratic votes will be cast in his be? half. A man of little imagination but, great common sen?e, tho fantastic schemes which the extremists are sure to seek to force upon him he will unquestionably reject. He will thus gain their bitter ha? tred, and, as a natural consequence, will become more Democratic than over. The restoration of this country, the revival of its pristine harmony and prosperity, is not to be attained through Radical measuros. General Grant has solid souse enough to ?see this even in theory, but in practice j his perception will soon begot deeds of j substantial reality. But a little while and there will be no sin so vile, no pur-1 pose so heinous, but the Radical press! will imputo it to him. To the Radical' journals that are now so clamorous for his election, General Grant is iu heart, i principle, habit and mental composition absolutely and irreconcileably opposed ; and as they gradually find this out their rage and indignation will know no bounds. The}' do not believe it to-day, nor will they beliove it in any considerable num? bers before the 9th of November. But after the fatal deed is accomplished, when their discomfiture is more thoroughly as? sured than by any other means it could possibly have been, not even by the elec? tion of Mr. Seymour, then will the Radi? cals call upon the rocks to fall upon and the mountains to cover thorn. The Dem? ocratic leaders have undoubtedly dealt a1 vital wound to their party canvass, but the Radical leaders have boen stultified meanwhile as faction hardly ever was before. It is woll that the country may be congratulated that such fruits promise to come out of the blunders of both that j they may be estimated in tho retrospect as blessings in disguise. -o ? An editor out West, who had served four days as a juryman. sayB: "1 am so full of lawj that it is with great difficulty I refrain from cheating somebody." Election Riots. Wo give tho following account of the riot which took place in Savannah on election day, as taken from the city pa? pers : It seoms that early on Tuesday morn? ing a large body of negroes, most of whom were from the country, took pos? session of the polls, to tho utter exclusion of the whites, saying that "no whito man should vote there, and if they wanted ? fight to come on;" clubbing all whites away who attempted to vote. The Sher? iff and his posse, after having borne this for some time,-attempted to disperse the mob; unable to do this, and after several of his party had been badly beaten by clubs in tho hands of the negroes, he called the police force to his assistance This but added to the excitement. A desperate fight ensued between tho ne? groes, armed with pistols,, razors and sticks, and the polico with thoir clubs. At last, heated with the contest, the polico and citizens commenced using their re? volvers also.. A terrible scene ensued. ?Volley after volley was fired in quick succession. For a few minutes the ne groes stood; but the storm they had raised becamo too much for them, and they broke and ran, firing back as the}' ran. Tho scene at this time is described as terrible in the extreme; bullets flying in every direction, and tho air resonant with the reports of a hundred pistols. Many white citizens behaved with great bravery; whilo the negroes at first stood their ground very obstinately, but Caucasian valor was obliged to triumph. The pur? suit of tho negroes Was hot long continned, and with the cessation of firing tho dis? turbance also ceased. The first shot was fired by a negro, who drew his pistol and fired into a crowd of white men, shooting ono of them down. The excitement in the city during, the riot was intense; stores were closod, houses barred, whilo men were rushing from every direction to the polls to defend their rights. The casualities attending the riot wero asfbllows: Five policemen were wounded ?one supposed mortally, while many citizens were painfully wounded by bricks and other missiles, i The negroes had three of their number killed and about fifteen wounded. Miss Sallio Kbllock, daughter of Dr. P. M. Kollock, was seri onsly wounded in one of her limbs, below the knec. The negroes after being routed, did not return-to the polls again, having accom? plished their purpose, which was to raise a riot and havo the vote thrown out in consequence. There was great excite? ment in the city at night, apprehension being indulged that tho negroes would try it again; but with the exception of one house being fired by the negroes, which was soon extinguished, all was quiet up to the time the newspaper re? ports wore written. Tho United States troops were ordered out to preserve order, but there being no use for them after the riot they rcfurncd to their quarters. A large force of police was detailed to guard the ballot-boxes from any attempt of tho negroes after tho polls wero closed. The riot was gotten up by white Kadicals for the purpose of having the city vote thrown out, but when it stalled there, as in our own city, they took good care to got their own rascally carcasses out of harm's way, leaving the deluded negroes in the lurch. Last evening, intelligence was received that a large body of negroes, headed by the scoundrel Bradley, were marching on the city, by tho way of the Ogeochee Road. Gon. Anderson ordered a special force of mounted cjtizens, organized as a , patrol guard, to go and meet them. If tho negroes were unarmed they were to j be allowed to pass, but if armed they were to be ordered to disperse, and the order enforced. The party, under com? mand of Captain M. Pendergast, pro? ceeded out the road about two miles, and met tho negroes, about seven o'clock in the evening? Taking six men he rode in advance ol his main force, and ordered tho advancing column to halt. Ho then told them that if unarmed they might pa68 quietly into the city, but if armed that they must disperse. The only an? swer received was a volley fired at them by negroes. They then fell back upon tho main body, followed by the negroes, who maintained a heavy fire. Finding his forco too small to cope with tho riot? ers, Captain Pendergast foil back to the city. When he first went out and halted tho negroes, Captain Pendergast was accompanied by Mr. Samuel S. Law, son of Hon. William Law. Whon the de? tachment turned towards the city, Mr. Law's horse joined it riderless, and it was feared that he had received a fatal wound when tho first volley was fired. In the course of half an hour a detach? ment of fifty men was sent out on the road. They found that the negroes had dispersed, and the fears with reference to Mr. Law were torribly realized. His body was found lying in the middle of the road, just whore the halt was made, lie had been shot at close quarters, in the chest, with a load of buckshot. Tho wound was a torrible one, and must havo caused instant death* The body was brought back to the city, and taken to his bereaved family. Mr. Law was a very promising young man. of about twenty-four years of age. lie served gallantly during the war; first in the Eighth Georgia regiment and af? terwards rn the Chatham Artillery. He was engaged in business bore, and was a prominent member of the Young Men's Democratic Club. Captain Pendergast's special forco re? turned the fire of the nogroes, and it was currently reported that two of the blacks wore killed. Tho country just outtn'de tho city was patroled by armed citizeus last night, and, up to the time of writing, no further disturbance had taken within or adjacent to the city limits. The following account of the trouble in Augusta on election day is copied from tho Constitutionalist; j From the best information we can ob? tain the facts oi the difficulty are as fol? lows : While one of our oldest and most highly respected citizons was in the performance of his duty, as manager, at one et the' polls, administering and explaining the oath to a colored challenged voter, the military Mayor of tho city, in a wanton and unprovoked manner, objected to bis' act and used towards him some very op probious and abusive language. There port of the trouble was borne to the City \ Hall front gate, whero the crowd was waiting its turn to enter, and. caused con- J i siderabTe excitement among both whites! and blacks, culminating in a negro curs? ing an Irishman. The negro was in? stantly shot?by whom it is not known. The row then, of course, became general, pistols being drawn and fired by both I i parties; the negroes, however, running) I away in large numbers. In the fight, i j tho Irishman who received the cursing, we understand, was mortally wounded' and three or four wounded slightly. Most of the pistols of toe white men were fired j in the air, which accounts for the small! number of causalties lrora forty or fifty! shots. In a few moments, however, the | efforts of the Radical Sheriff, A. G. Ruffin,! having failod, quiet was restored, and the I company of Federal soldiers, under com-j mand of a gallant and high-toned officer, i took control of the City Hall yard, not, i however, interfering with the balloting.! About this time tho Sheriff advanced to-; wards tho front gate of the yard, in com-1 pany with a Federal soldier, and directed ! him to arrest a young man whom he: (Rufh'n) pointed out. The young man i said he had done nothing to be arrested j for, when the soldier turned to Ruffin and j said : "If you wish me to arrest him, you j must get orders from my superior officer;" j whereupon there was considerable hissing j and jeering of Ruffin by the crowd wbich j surrounded him, and in the midst of it a! dull sound was heard, and Ruffin said to the man to whom he was speakingat the time, "I'm shot." Tho man told him j no; that he was frightened; and oven i when he fell, no one supposed it anything but a faint, until they picked him up and 1 foiind that he was dead. The ball entered j the back, and must have passed near the ' heart, if not through it. ] No ono knew whence the shot came, nor who fired it, as no weapon was'ex? posed, atid every ono supposed the diffi-' culty ended. ' The military held control of tho polls until their close. W? have heard of no disturbance since the ono at half past two. and believe that had the negroes been free from Radical influence, that would not have occurred to mar the day with its blood. I We arc sincerely rejoiced that tho day is past, and think that tlie Democratic I party has not only done its duty by being! moderate, forbearing and temperate, but it has risen nobly to a man and cast a j largely increased vote for right, truth and ! liberty. I - j The Revolution in Stain.?The ex? pected manifesto of tho Provisional Gov? ernment of Spain was published in Ma? drid on the 29th ultimo. It is in the form . of a diplomatic circular, and is very long.! I It explains the reasons which compelled j tho Spanish peoplo to throw off the yoke of tho Bourbon dynasty, enumerating the I grievances of tho nation against the lato Government, and saj's : "Tho people must now rogain thetimo! which it has lost. The principle of popu-] lar sovereignty which is now naturalized in Spain is tho principle of national life, j and the ideal type of the nation's aspira-j tions. "Wo ma}', therefore, be permitted; to affirm that the national sovereignty, ox- j orcised in the first place by the vote of. all, and subsequently by those elected by j tho people, will decree a complete system of liberties, which form, or will form soon,! the rich and inalienable patrimony of a j civilized country." I Tho circular also examines at length i the question of freedom of public wor? ship, and expresses hopes for the freo ex? ercise of every religion. It also states the desiro of tho Government to be on good terms with foreign powers, and to obtain the moral concurrence of foreign Governments, adding: "But if we should fail in this respect,! if the example of America in recognizing tho revolution be not followed, wo ehall not be discouraged. We can tranquilly i proceod with our task, for our indepen? dence is not threatened, and wc havo no foroign intervention to fear. "To legitimize the revolution We have; sought the solo critorion now considered infalliblo?namely, an appeal to universal suffrage. The aim which we have in | ! view is to place ourselves on a level with tho most advanced nations, and thus coaso to form a dissonance in tho great concert of nations. "Wo have a perfect right to expect from foreign countries respect for tho state of things which we havo croated, and we ? entertain a justifiable hope that the Gov-j ernments which march at tho head of civilization will not refuse to Spain those proofs ?f amity and fraternity which they accorded to the powor that crushod and humiliated us." ? A country girl coming from the field, being told by her pootic cousin that she looked as fresh as a daisy kissed with dew, said: "Well, it wasn't any fellow by that name, but it was Stev. .Tones that, kissed me. I told him every one in town would find it out," J Gen. Grant's Election. The election yesterday resulted in the triumphant election of General U. S. Grant for President, and the Hon. Schul yer Colfax for Vice President. The De? mocracy made as good a fight as could have been expected under the circumetan stanccs surrounding that party. In that fight we have been' defeated, and we submit to the will of the people as at all timos right and proper, whethor for or against .us. General Grant is now entitled to re? ceive a fair trial in the Executive chair, and we hope that the Democratic party will, as far as in their power, support and sustain him. He haB had the wisdom to keep his own councils, to hold his tongue between his teeth, and now, unpledged to any party, and uncommittod to any policy, he becomes President of the United States. His ejection may be made the triumph of real conservative sentiments;. for though the candidate of Radical ex? tremists, and elevated by that party, he had to be takon by them notwithstanding tho uniform conservatism that marked his course of conduct, as well during the war as since the return of peace. No single sentiment of extreme Eudicalism could be extorted from him even to serve tho purposes of a most excited canvass". His simple "Let us have peace" was a conservative interpolation upon the* Chi? cago platform, indicating but little sym? pathy with the extreme views of Kudical leaders. It will not surprise us if, before a year has rollod round, the Democratic party shall be called upon to rally to the support of General Grant,-as they were compelled to come to that of President Johnson. He cannot lond the power and influenco of his exalted position to tho violence of the parly that has "elected him; ho will be conscrvative?of the Constitution, and give the weight of his influence to the promotion of true and genuine reconstruc? tion. Unless he throws himself, body and soul, into the hands of the extreme men of his party, they will war upon him as they did upon President Johnson. If they still hold his hands tied by un? constitutional legislation, and divest him of his constitutional powers, as they did President Johnson, a rupture in the party is irresistible. If they restore to him his rightful prerogatives, he has the popular voice with him so potent and powerful that he will find it more to his interest to be true and just to his country, rather than violent and proscriptivo at the de? mands of his party. General Grant will bo no puppet in the hands of party leaders; he demonstrated in the field of battle an individuality and will which wholly preclude the idea of his being used by any man or set of men to do the behests of his party against the interests of his country. We therefore bespeak a cordial and hearty support of the Democratic party for General Grant, believing him entitlod to it from his elec? tion, as well as from the salient and strong points of his character.?Baltimore Com? mercial, (Dem.) General Grant on Neoro Suffraoe. ?In his speech in "Now York city the other night, Judge Pierrpont, (Radical, though he was a Democrat at the time he held the conversation with Grant) said : "One day at his house in Washington, while he was Secretary of "War, 1 told him that I thought ho would make a good Democratic candidate if he was right on tho question of negro suffrage. He replied he had no wish for tho Preai dencj'j that he had now a much higher office than ho had ever expocted; that Gen. Sherman would make a good Presi? dent, and that he would gladly givo the half that he was worth to make Sherman or any other fit man President; that his feelings and sentiments were entirely opposed to negro suffrage; but that he did not wish to be restrained by any pledges from the right to change his opinion in future if new exigencies convinced him that he was wrong; for, said he, you will'remem ber that early in the war, when I was in command of the West, I publicly statod that if tho negroes had an insurrection 1 would hold my army in chock until it was put down. But long before the war was over I should havo boon glad of a negro insurrection, and would have moved my army all the faster. What 1 want is the Union?tho whole country returned to peaco and submissive to the laws. I do not like universal negro suffrage now, but the freedmcn ought to bo protected, and if tho only way to protect them in their helpless condition is to give them the suffrage, thon I shall be in favor of letting them vote. I want the Union restored, and to have the South come back, obey the laws, and submit as good citizens, aud if the future proves that they will not do it without negro suffrage, then I would give them negro suffrage." -o ? Hore is a queer announcement, which appears in the columns of the He? lena (Arkansas) Clarion. It illustrates tho beauties of tho Radical reconstruction policy: "Many inquiries are made for the Judge of this district. For general information we will state that his name is Bennett, and he resides in New York, where he is at present with his family." I , -o I ? "Ma," said a little girl to her mother, "do men want to get married as much as women do ?" "Pshaw! what arc you talking about?" "Why, ma, the women who come here are always talking about getting mar? ried; the m?n don't do so." -o ? A dandy, with a cigar in his mouth, entered a menagerie, when the proprietor requested him to take the weed from his j mouth, lest he should learn the other j monkeys bad habits. The Intelligencer Job Office. Having recently made considerable addinans to this department, wc are prepared to e.ccuute m2 to&k m ali mm? In tho nearest style and on Che most: reasonable terms. Legal TJl;>nka, Rill Heads, Posters, Cards, Handbills. Pamphlets, Labels, and in fact every stylo of work usually done in a country Printing Office JSSgT* In all cases, the money will be required upon delivery of tlie work. Orders, &coompaai*4 with the cash, will receive prompt attention. Shameless Effrontery* What is Republicanism 2 We are told that universal suffrage has been given the negro, to "guarantee a re? publican form of government," as requir? ed by tho Constitution of the United States! That means to constitute a r? publican form of government, it is neces? sary that the majority ot negroes in South Carolina, who can uot read a line or write their namos, must constitute tho Go vorn? ment. If this be republicanism, wo pre? fer a monarchy decidodly, for at least lour reasons: First. An ignorant mob is unstable and revolutionary?truly the "many headed monster thing," which delights in over? throwing everything conservative, good or great. Second. Monocracy never represents the property ot tho State; but, on tho contrary, invariably tends to destroy it? always deriving increase of appetite from what it feeds on. Tliird. "When that ignorant, penniless mob is of different race trom the property holding, intelligent minority, this chaos is intensified, and must be perpetual; and when you add the fact, that one class was lately the slave of the other, the elements are perfect for a constant, living hell on earth. Fourth. Bat tho crowning misfortune consists in the facility which this state of things afford? to the foreigner and mere adventurer to obtrude himself into the offices of others, and cat out tho substance of thoso for whom he has no sympathy. So much ignorance and poverty and class prejudice make it oasy for tho unprincipled of the superior raco, by the vilest means, to sway the great mass of sovereignty against the whites for their own base partisan purposos?men so lost to all sense of justice, patriotism and delicacy, as soon to lose the least sense of shame. This re- - flection is painfully forced upon us by see? ing the Radical ticket put into the hands of tho poor, deluded negroes in this Dis? trict at the late election for President. The very ticket prepared at headquarters and distributed over the Slate, is a rieb commentary upon the republicanism of tho Radicals. It is printed in high eolors and flaming characters, like show bills, to tako the eyes of the poor creatures who were directed to drop it in the boxes me? chanically, like automatons. This shows both the ignorance of the voters and a knowlodgo of it on the part of the ring? masters, for the negroes will not vote any ticket except those made to order. Bat the emblem placed on said ticket is more than rich?it is shamefully brazen.and ar? rogant. A flying Eagle, supporting a carpet? bag. These people boast of being carpet? baggers, and adopt the carpet-bag as their escutcheon. They have no more interest among us. and are no more entitled to oar offices, than the pigeons which are now coming South in swarms to eat our South? ern acorns, and wintor here. An impu? dent crow of beggars and robbers, with? out any self-respect or even sense of de? cency, the}* now unblushingly proclaim and boast of their own shame. When a man loses all shame, he is lost beyond all redemption. We suppose tho bird is rep? resented flying, to mako plain to tho com? prehension of the negroes that he is a "bird of passage"?having no rest for his foot, no home, and no goods except what is carried in the carpet-bag. These people remind us of a wretch we once knew, who habitually spoko of himself as "one of the forty thieves!"?Abb. Press. - County?District.?We confess to ft partiality for District. "We have been so long used to "District" as the r-emmou name of tho sub divisions of South Caro? lina, and it is so interwoven in the trans actions, records, history and reminiscences of the people and of the Stato, that the change sooms to bo more than in name. We cannot see that the change was ne? cessary to give efficiency toother changes. It was not a name peculiar to secession or its results. It neither robbod others of their "good name" or honest "trash." It was the family name, given severally to the children of Palmetto?one of the thirteen original sons of the fruitful moth? er ?E Pluribus Unum. The reason for the change could not bo to increase the humiliation of thoso to whom such small things were d<sar, for that would have been too small an act for a convention. Though there wore doublloss sufficient reasons with the convention for making tho change, yet for one we must be al? lowed time to harmonize. To say we were born in Andersou County, sounds a good deal liko we were born nowhere, and to address a letter to Abbeville County, seems like it is intended to go in *the. foreign mail, and to receive a letter from a friend headed Marion County, makes us feel, for tho moment, liko he had seceded from tho State and changed his name. Well, we submit?to tho task of trying to get used to it?by degrees. There is one advantage?a small one?in the change? it will give more distinction to District, as applied to the sub-divisions of our Con? ference territory. We'll try to make much of it.?Christian Neighbor. --* A Colored Man Receives Foetv Acres of Land, <fcc\. prom ins Old Master.? Mr. William L. Branson, ono of the old' est and most respected citizens of Sumter County, died last wock. Wo learn from tho Watchman that he bequeathed to his faithful servant Washington, upon his death, forty acres of land, a mule, a wag? on, a cow and calf, a fine stock of hogs, and ono-half tho crop grown upon the form the present year. Upon the coming of freedom, Washington preferred to fol? low t he fortunes of his old master, re? maining with him and conducting himself with fidelity and faithfulness, and sp also J did the wife and family of Washington, j During his last illness, Mr. Branson rcj I eoived unceasing attention from his faith? ful servant.