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ANDERSON C. R., S. C.? THURSDAY aff^NING, OCT. 31, 1872. For Presittent: HORACE GREELEY. For Vice President: B. ?RATZ BROWN. .VI ELECTORS? Slate at Large ; M. P. O'CONNOR, of Charleston. W. H. WALLACE, of Union. S.''A. PEA ROE, of Richlaud. First District: W. W. WALKER, of Georgetown. Second District : JOHNSON HAGOOD, of Barnwell.: ' Third District: SIMEON FAIR; of Newbeny. Fourth District .* W.E. ROBERTSON; of FairfielA The Govern wt has appointed Joseph Nk Brown, Esqv a- Notary Public for Acderaon ^Oonnty. S&- The editor begs the imiulgene* c.f read? er 'this week, as- his- time is chiefly occupied with duties, pertaining te the County Fain' Which is now in progress. BST1 The Colombia Ph<snix has been author iced to state that Gen. F. J. Moses, jr., (Gqv ' ernor eleet,) opposes the assessment and collec? tion of the tax to pay the interest on what is known as the doubtful bonds?amounting to about $6,000,000?but is earnestly in favor of the payment of the interest oh the bonds legit? imatized by the Tax-Payers' Convention? amounting to about $10,000,000. This is re? form in the right direction. Gin House Burnt. We regret to learn that the gin house of Mr. A. J. Sitton, in the town of Pendleton, was en? tirely destroyed by fire on Tuesday n^;ht last. There were twenty or twenty-five bales of cot? ton in the seed consumed, besides one bale al? ready ginned. The engine was saved without any damage. Loss about $3,000, wit host in? surance. The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. Pastoral Call. The Anderson Baptist Church has extended an invitation to Rev. James K. Mendenhall, of Columbia, to assume its pastoral charge the ensuing year. Bro. Mendenhall has been en? gaged for several years past as Agent of the Furrnan University, in raising subscriptions for the endowment of that institution, and is ? well known throughout the State. He is an able and interesting preacher, and will prove a Valuable acquisition to our community, if he concludes to accept the call tendered him. ? Williamston Female College. The annual commencement of this institu? tion will take place oa Wednesday and Thurs? day,. November 13th and lith. The sermon . before the Young Ladies'Christian Association Will be delivered ou\Wednesday evening by Bev. R, L. Harper,, of Anderson,. The address to the Erosophic- Society will be given on Thursday morning, at 30i o'clock, by Prof J. Wash. Boyd, of Abbeville, and the closing Concert and.,Graduating Exercises will take place on. Thursday, evening. The friends of | the institution are invited to attend. Masonic Visitation. Wo are requested to state that R.'. W.\ Bro. ?. A. Connor, of Cokesbnry, will make an - official visit to Hiram Lodge, No. 68, A. F. M., en the second Monday night in Nb'-ember,, being the regular communication of the aforesaid - Lodge, at which time the Third Degree will be conferred. Bro. Cbrnior is the District Deputy Grand Master of the First Masonic Dristrict, comprising Abbeville, Anderson, Oconce and Bickens, and he will be gratified to. meet with the officers and brethren of surrounding Lodges on the' occasion designated, .'as he will not be able'to visit them this fall. ??' Solicitor of the Eighth Circuit It seems that we were in error last week in announcing the re-election of W. H. Perry, Esq., as Solicitor of the Eighth Judicial Cir? cuit. The majorities for Mr. Perry fn Ander? son, Greenville, Pi eke ns and Oconee, according to the published returns, aggregate .1660 votes, while the majority for Mr. Blythe in Abbeville w- put down at 1793, making a clear majority t*f 1>27 votes for B!y:he. The official returns from Abbeville are not yet received, and there may be a slight change in the figures, but we t link it certain) that Absalom Blythe, Esq., of Greenville, has been elected Solicitor of this Circuit for the next four years. Straight-Out Electoral Ticket. As there might possibly he some of our read? ers wh? take theirs "straight" in the Presiden tial campaign, and desire to vote .against both Graut aid Greeley, we give the following pro aunciansento, emanating from the champion, Democrat,. Edward F. Stokes, who signs him? self "Chairman, of the Executive Committee of the Democratic party of South Carolina." Mr. Stokes proposes to compensate editors and publishers in an unusual though not undesira? ble manner, and we cheerfully accept the offer at his hands. But here is the ticket, unadul? terated and uuterrified, and we might add that the electors are almost wholly unknown to the masses of South Carolina, viz; fok president: Hon. Charles O'Conor, of New York, roit vice president: Hon. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts. electors : for state at large; Wm. H. Stack, J. D. McC.VRLEY, Wm. D. Wilkins. First District?T. D. Napper. Second District?J. R. Lambson. Third District?J. W. Covar. Fourth District?A. J. Vandegrift. jg$- To the Democrats of South Carolina :? Be true to God, to your country aud yourself, and vote the above ticket. To the Proprietors of Newspapers throughout the State: Silver and gold we have none to giveyou, but we will ask God to bless every man of you who will publish our ticket. "The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich and addeth no sorrow thereto." I QtirJNext Governor. The election of Franklin J. Moses, jr., to .the highest office within the gift of the -people of-South Carolina is at once striking and sh> .gular. He has been charged with almostevery crime known to. the most corrupt politicians in this corrupt age, and the charges in many in? stances were substantrated'by facts^and figures. But the colored voters refused to kick against his nomination, and as a general rule gave him their-support. We do not argue from, this fact that the negroes will hereafter blindly follow .the lead of corrupt, unprincipled men. They were bewildered iu the repent, canvass as-to. their duty, fearful to abandon-'the regular party machinery lest ?some ? calamity "-might ''befall"I them, and walling td test the question of Re? publicanism auother time* They were not voting for Moses, but were sustaining the Rad? ical ticket, as a matter of safety and prudence, '.in their judgment But many of them are. keenly alive to the condition of public affairs, and unless the administration of Qov. Moses ; shall prove more creditable than the past re? cord of that gentleman and his party, then there will be a coalition between the whites and blacks two years from this time that will sweep the State from the mountains to the sea? board. He can do mucb towards perpetuating the Republican party iu this State, and give it a new lease of political power, by- purifying 'the State government and lopping off the ex? crescences from the body politic. His friends claim that he has the ability and willingness to enter upon this work of reformation, and is ?desirous of reclaiming the past by an'honora? ble, upright course as the Chief Magistrate of hisjoative.State. We shall not deter him in this laudable purpose by any captious opposi? tion, n?r fail to commend him. whenever it is deserved, and neither .hesitate to denounce the semblance of dishonesty in any of his official acts, as we have done those of his predecessors. 1 But Gov. Moses may rest assured that there is a deep-seated determination within the ranks of his own party, among the most intelligent of the colored race, to utterly forsake every man who shall hereafter betray the true inter? ests of the State, and by uniting with their white fel 1<5w-citizens, seek to reconstruct the commonwealth upon a different and more en? during basis. The Presidential Erection. The election for President and Vice Presi? dent of the United States occurs on Tuesday next, 5th of November. There has been no active canvass of this State, except in favor of the re-election of Gen. Grant, and the friends of that gentleman have been snore particularly engaged during the last several months in a scramble for the State offices, giving scarcely any attention to the Presidential race. The auti-Radical element bas kept aloof from any active and direct participation in either can? vass, and at the last moment an electoral tick? et has been agreed upon, which the friends of Greeley and Brown are called upon to support at the polls next Tuesday. Wi? trust that every [ advocate of reconciliation and reform will yield a ready and cheerful support to the Electois chosen to represent their viewgjfeed that a large and united vote will be cast in favor of Mi:. Greeley, who, whatever else may be said about him, has clearly demonstrated by his recent political.course that he entertains the soundest views as-to the best policy for once more re? uniting the whole country into the bonds of a peaceful, fraternal union. Nor should any one be deterred from going to the polls by reason of tbe apparent hopelessness of the effort to defeat the Grant electoral ticket in South Car oliua. Strange things have happened in the course of human events, and an earnest, uni? ted support of the Greeley Electors by every man opposed to the re-election of Gen. Grant ?might possibly gain the victory. At any rate, if we desire to express our political convictions, the.opportunity is now.offered; and we hope that none will refuse or neglect to record their protest against the administration of Gen. Grant, which has manifested so little concern for an-enduring peace and prosperity at the 1 South, and which has been marked by tyranny and oppression iu their most aggravated forms. Grand Division of South Carolina. The annual session of this body was held in Columbia last week, and a large amount of business was transacted, relating to the cause , of temperance in our State, which is making steady and commendable progress under the auspices of this organization. During the quarter ending 30th of September, there were eleven new Divisions organized, and an addi? tion of two hundred and fifty to the aggregate membership. The order' now embraces forty three' Divisions, with a total membership of twenty-five hundred in South Carolina. The next meeting of the Grand Division will be held at Newberry.on the fourth Wednesday in April next Tbe following officers were elected to serve the ensuing year, viz: A. M. Kennedy, Grand Worthy Patriarch. G. Y. Patrick, Grand Worthy Associate. Oliver,Hewitt, Grand Scribe. W. B. Timmens, Grand Treasurer. Rev. J. C. Miller, Grand Chaplain. A. C. Dibble, Grand Conductor. "DT H.'Crosjahd, Grand Sentinel. Remarkable SrEECii of Senator Sghurz. ?A St Louis dispatch, dated 15th inst, gives .the following synopsis of a remarkable speech of Hon. Carl Schurz, predicting the doom of the Republic in case of Grant's re-election : Senator Schurz made a speech at St Charles last n igh t, in Which he said the Liberals intended to vigorously fight to the end of the campaign ; that there was nothing in the events which have just taken place, and the circumstances surrounding them, which would in any way dampen the spirit of the men engaged In the Liberal move. He said if Grant was re-elected the country would witness the most corrupt administration it had cVer seen. He denied that there was freedom of elections in the South, and prophesied a time when they would have to fight fire with fire, force with force, and the country would witness the deplorable re? sults seen in Mexico aud South America. He said four years from now. they might be forced to elect Grant for a third time, and they would not be able to help themselves, for in that time he would be able to elect himself. He stated that be had always been a Republi? can, always advocated the principles of that party, always endorsed its course, and that the principles which he advocated as a Republican arc his principles and his course still. He had never deserted from them, and now rejoiced in the, virtual accomplishment of all he ever contended for. Ho acknowledged reverses, and that-the issues of the campaign are doubt? ful, but the conclusion he drew was that there being danger, they must prepare for it. If they had difficulties to conquer, they must put forth every effort They had terrible odds against them, but so long as there is a'fight, so j long is there hope of victory. j t PBOGrR AMME Of the Fifth Annual Fair of the An? derson Farmers' and Mechanics' Asso? ciation, Oct. 80th and 31st, and No? vember 1st, 1872. -t?o WEDNESDAY. The Secretary's books will be opened at his office on. the Fair Grounds at 9 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of receiving entries, and will close at 5 o'clock p. m. Articles will be ar? ranged for exhibition by the Superintendent of each Department, who will take charge of the Articles after they are entered upon, the Secre iary'sbobks. 'Entries of live-stock only will ?berreceived after 6 o'clock on Wednesday after? noon, and these entries must be made before 11 a. m. Thursday, at which hour the books will positively close. THURSDAY. The gates will be opened at 9 o'clock a, m. The building will be thrown open to visitors whenever the articles have been properly ar? ranged in the several Departments. At'12 o'clock, the Committees will proceed, to tbe examination of all articles on exhibition, in ttteir respective Departments. The Horses to oe brought forward as called; for by the Committee; at tbe close of the ex-, amination, all that are entered or on exhibition will be led around the. track. The trotting match will then take place?at the conclusion of which, the balter*brok.e'cattle will be led around the ring. m ! >? "FRIDAY. ? . The gates to open at 9 o'clock a. ra. At 10 o'clock the Committees will make their awards and attach the badges. At 1* o'clock, the trotting match will take place, to be followed by exhibition of Saddle Horses, after which tbo Premiums will be distributed, wben the Fair will close. Anderson Farmers' and Mechanics' As? sociation. AWARDLNG COMMITTEES. The following persons have been designated by the Board of Directors to serve on the Com? mittees named for the Fifth Annual Fair, held Oct. 30th and 31st, and November 1st, 1872. The members of the various Committees are requested to report to the Superintendents of the respective Departments on Thursday morn? ing, October 31st, at 9 o'clock: Field Crop Departm't?A. R. Broyles,Sup't. Committee.?Dr. W. C Brown, E. M. Mc I Crary, F. M. Glenn, G S. Mattison and Bay Iis Hix. Cattle and. Sheep?F. L. Sitton, Sup't I Committee.?P. G. Acker, D. F. Anderson. James A. Drake, Samuel Cunningham ana G. W.Maret Horses?P. H. E. Sloan, Sup't. Committee.?5. Y. Fretwell, James A. Gray, F. Clinkscales, M. C. Dickson and C. B. G?? nter. Hogs?D. J. Sherard, Sup't. Committee.?Dr. J. H. Reid, A. B. Bowden, Jesse P. McGee, E. H. Shanklin and Geo. W. Anderson. Poultry?P. A. Keys, Sup't Committee.?James W. Sherard, B. Frank Crayton, T. M. Cater, R, W. Reeves and H. 0. Herrick. Household Department, "A."?T. H. Rus t sell, Sup't , Committee.?G. W. McGee, W. S. Pickens, E. J., Earle, A. E. Reid and D. L. Cox. Household Department, "B."?John J. Lewis, Sup't Committee.?Mia. G. W. Cox, Mrs. Sallie Sloan, Mrs. F. E. Harrison, Mrs. S. D. Smith and Mrs. Jos. P. Rogers. Household Department, "C."?George W. Miller, Sup't. Committee.?Mrs. J. S. Murray, Mrs. Lucy Maxwell, Mrs. Jas. W. Sherard, Mrs. G. W. McGee and Mrs. P. A. Keys. Household Department, "D."?R. F. Div ver,. Sup't. Committee.?W. D. Warren, Joseph Provost, M. L. Sharpe, A. M. Hamilton and A. T. Broyles. '* * ~ Manufacturers'Department, "A."?Thos. B. Lee, Sup't Committee.?Dr. W. L. Broyles, Geo. D. Barr, W. A. McFall, F. A. Hoke aud F. M. Kay.. | Manufacturers' Department, "B." ?F. E. Harrison, Sup't. Committee.?A. J. Sitton, Mike McGee, A. S. McClinton, A. O. Norris and C. S. Beaty. Manufacturers' Department, "C"?E. G. Roberts, Sup't Committee.?A.. J. Stringer, J. D. Smith? W. E. Walters, J. S. Beaty and W. J. Harbin. Neeele and Fancy Work Department? Dr. T. A. Hudgena, Sup'jt,,. , Committee.?Mrs. W. S. Sharpe, Mrs. W..F. Barr, Mrs. Rosa Bacot, Mrs. R. L. Keys and Mrs. W. H. Nardin. Fine Art and Literary Department? J. P. Reed, Sup't. Committee.?E. P. Earle, J. C. C. Feather ston, Maj. Ben. Sloan, W. A. MeCorklo -and W. D, Evins. Floral Department?J. R. Earle, Sup't Committee.?Mrs. C. A. Reed, Mrs. J. E. Mauldin, Miss Mary Wilhite. ;Miss Annie Simpson and Miss Carrie McFall.' I ...* . >t i' i ?? ::? ?: ?>? ! .. I i & Special Premiums I Committee.?Kanon Breazeale, B. I* Keys, N. A. McCully, S. C.'Humphreys and &-M. Crayton. . Any of the persons named oh thte' above committees who propose exhibiting in the De? partments to which they have been assigned, will be relieved by giving notice to the Presi? dent. ? A Pacific Blope Chinaman gambled his rrife away, and then following her to the win? ner's house, stabbed her to death. ? In the course of an address the other day, Archbishop Manning laid down emphatically that the only cure for the love of drink was total abstinence. ? The reported discovery of diamonds in Arizona and Colorado'appears to be now quite well authenticated. Several packages of stones have been tested in San Francisco, and proved to be diamonds of the first water. Denver is naturally ablaze with excitement on the subject A company of 100 men is nearly organized there to go to the spot fully equipped, and others willdoubtlesa follow, as new discoveries are reported every day. Some go far enough to think that the diamond fields' of Colorado will eclipse even her wealth in silver and gold. ? The Chester Reporter chronicles among the incidents of the election that Dr. W. M. McCollum, for whose arrest every possible strate? gy has been resorted to by the military author? ities, appeared at Carmel Hill on Wednesday last and voted for himself for Governor of SoUth Carolina. Garland H. Smith and his son Walker Smith, both of whom have been pursued by the military authorities day and night for nearly twelve months past, deposited their ballots at Torbit's Mill. ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE. ? The agricultural report for October says that the com crop promises to be the largest ever grown. ? President Thiers lias prohibited' the sale of caricatures of the ex-Emperor Napoleon and his family. ? Hon. Wm. Dougherty, one of the most distinguished lawyers in Georgia, died in New York recently. ? The gin house of Mr. James Pagan, in Chester, with seven bales of cotton, was ourncd on the l?th instant. ? D'Aubigne, the celebrated historian of the Reformation, died suddenly in Geneva on the.20th inst,^aged 78 years. ? A.postoffice.has just be.?n established in Abbeviij comity, at Dry Grove, and Mr. T. A. Daniel appointed postmaster." * ? The South Carolina Railroad now runs fourteen through freight trains daily, and can hardly fulfill its engagements. j ? W. M. Nicholson, well known as the pro prietor of the Railroad Hotel in Chester, died at that place on Wednesday morning last. ? The Merchants' and Planters' National Bank, of Union, S. O, has been authorized to increase its capital to sixty thousand dollars. ,? The City authorities of Charleston have taken measures to prevent, if possible, the appearance of the dreaded horse disease in that city. ? The Rome (Ga.) Courier announces the death of.Mr. John Hurae,Sr.,a native of South Carolina, but a citizen of Floyd county for twenty yeaTS. ? At the Cotton States' Fair, in Augusta last week, a fat hog was on exhibition, which was over nine feet long and weighed upwards of 1200 pounds. It was raised in Abbeville, S.O. ? Over thirteen thousand people visited Old John Robinson's menagerie and. circus at Ra? leigh, N. C. last Thursday. Such a ' gathering was never before seen under canvass at that place. ? ? ? Edmund Winston Henry, the youngest and last of the sons of Patrick Henry, died on the 11th inst., at his late residence in the coun? ty of Charlotte, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. ? Elias Evins and LaFavette McCaw, con? victed of .grand larceny, and sentenced to the State Penitentiary /or three years, have been pardoned upon the recommendation of Judge Thomas. ? Miss Nellie Grant, daughter of the Presi? dent, arrived at New York, on Tuesday night, in the steamship Scotia. The Herald says "she looks as bright as a sunbeam after her sojourn in Europe. ? A public couvention of the two Literary Societies of the South Carolina University will be held in Columbia during Fair week. Prof. W. J. Rivers is expected to preside, and a de? bate is contemplated. ? We learn that Father Ryan, having ob? tained the necessary permission from the Bish? op of the Diocese, will leave Mobile shortly for a tour in Europe and the Holy Land. He will be absent about three months. ? The President of the State Senate has ordered elections to take place on Tuesday, 5th of November, in the counties of Union and Chester to fill the vacancies occasioned by the death of Senators from those counties. ? The Governor has pardoned John McCord, of Abbeville, who was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill, at the February term of the Court, and sentenced by Judge Orr to twelve months imprisonment at hard labor. ? One night last week the gin house of Mr. J. C. Dunbar, in Marlboro' County, was con? sumed, together with about ten bales of cotton. The cause of the fire, we learn, was the over? turning of a burning candle in a quantity of loose cotton. ? John D. Reeks, convicted at the March term of the United States Court of violating the internal revenue laws, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment in the jail at Greenville, S. O, has been unconditionally pardoned by the President. ? The Columbia Pluxnix is authorized by Comptroller Neagle to say that, notwithstand? ing the removal of Auditor Gary, the bond scrip suit will be prosecuted as vigorously as ever?Messrs. Pope & Haskell having been re? tained as counsel. ? Dr. M. W. Phillips, editor of the Southern Farmer, published at Memphis, Tenn., has been appointed Professor of Practical Agricul? ture in the Agricultural Department of the University of Mississippi, and superintendent of the farm connected with this institution. ? The emigration from Germany to the Uni? ted States increases daily. Thousands of emi? grants, including not only farm hands, skilled laborers, and tradesmen, but people of the wealthiest class, are constantly arriving at Hamburg to take the steamers for New York. ? The attention of the State Department is now being called to the abuse constantly per? sisted in on the part of petty German states of transporting their pardoned murderers and highway robbers to this country. It is urged that the Secretary should iutcrveuc to promptly arrest this practice. ? The National Board of Trade closed its business in New York on Saturday, and ad? journed to meet in Chicago on the 2nd of Oc? tober, 1873. Among the resolutions adopted was one asking "Congress for a revision of the National Bank system, looking to the ultimate resumption of specie payment." : ?! A Savannah paper states that Colonel Jenifer has come from Egypt on a furlough from the Khedive, in whose service he is en? gaged. He was an officer in the Confederate army during the late strife. Several years ago he went to Egypt, and was given command of the cavalry in tue army of the Khedive. ? A dispatch from Charleston to the New York Sun, in reference to our State election, says: "Governor Scott threw all his influence in favor of Moses, hoping to secure a scat in the United States Senate. Every one is tho? roughly disgusted with his past course. He has lost all his influence with mack and white." . ? The Marion Crescent was not issued during election week, and the editor explains that the result in that County (a Radical triumph) "as? tonished, obfusticatca, overwhelmed, aisap-; pointed, disgruntled and disgusted" him so much that he didn't ca?e a baubee whether he ever saw another newspaper, and he went to bed on the strength of it. ? The horse disease, as it is called, appeared last week in New York, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Ro? chester and other Northern cities. Local trav? el and business requiring horses were very much interrupted by the general spread of the disease. Severe coughs and running at the: nose are the principal symptoms of the disease, which is styled "influenza." ? The Yorkville Enquirer says: Samuel B. Hall, Esq., one of the defeated candidates for Judge of Probate of this county, has given the Commissioners of Election notice that he will contest the recent election. The grounds re? lied upon are thnt at one of the precincts the poll was not opened at the proper hour, and that at several other precincts the voters were not sworn as required by law. ? The Governor has pardoned thirty-two convicts during the past week, upon the recom? mendation of the Superintendent of the Peni? tentiary, besides a number of others upon the recommendation of Circuit Judges. It is thought that Gov. Scott will signalize his re? tirement from office by extending a pardon to everybody, including all the editors and speak? ers who have reviled him during the last four years; Building Interests. Weagain call the attention of our many readers to the advertisement in another column of Builders materials and supplies. To those in want , of any articles in this line, we say send for circulars and price lists-from the great Southern Factory of these goods, and exten? sive sales-rooms of builders hardware, marble mantle-pieces, French and American -window glass, &(?., ,fce. Address P. P. Toalc, 20 Hayno Struct, Charleston, S. C. The State Press on the Recent Election. We make the following extracts from among our State exchanges, showing how the election of Moses has been received : From the Edgefield Advertiser. Whilst we note this victory of the Moses Ring over the white people of South Carolina with sadness and humiliation, and without the faintest confidence in their party pledges and personal promises of reform, yet we are re? joiced that, even in the election of a Moses, a death-blow has been given to the carpet-bag bummers who have so long wronged and robbed our people. Of the men elected to office iu Edgefield, not one is a carpet-bagger. And this, we rejoice to say, has been the case, nota? bly, all over the State. By this, the colored people prove that their eyes are open, and that they are beginning to exercise some judgment of their own. The sooner they let the carpet? baggers slip back to the North?or sink into merited obscurity if they remain?the better will it be for all of us. And now that Moses is to he our next Gov? ernor, what are we going to do about it? Or what is he going to do about it? Will he ob? serve the party platform as adopted by the South Carolina Regular Republican party, and of which he is the considered head and front? And will be keep his solemn promises of re? trenchment acd reform made by him time and again during tbe canvass? If he sustains his promises, and conducts his administration in accordance with the proclaimed pledges of his party, his administration will meet with en? couragement and support from the good people of the State. And peace and prosperity will bless the old Commonwealth once more. From t/ie Greenville Enterprise. That inch would, be thetjesulf, those who knew anything at all of the public matters of the State, had no difficulty in foreseeing. The Bolters' movement, from its very birth, gave unmistakable evidence of weakness, and it grew no better fast. The result is, the candi? date who has been held up to public view by the Bolters as the worst man in this very cor? rupt State, will walk into the Gubernatorial office of South Carolina with the least bit of trouble, backed by a majority of votes that evinces that" what was so extensively charged against him was not believed, or the voters themselves were as bad as he (Moses) was said to be, or that those exercising suffrage in the State are too ignorant to kuow how to vote; which, we are not prepared to say. Whatever may be said to the disadvantage of Franklin J. Moses, jr., his being a native and to the manor born, will commend him in the eyes of many who were opposed to his elec? tion. That this fact will have a tendency to control his course in administering the govern? ment honestly and fairly to all alike, let us hope. Gov. Moses comes into office at a time when the services of a good and wise man are needed at the helm of the State, and if he will but correct a few of the great evils, from the effects of which the State's existence as an honorable commonwealth is sorely threatened, he will deserve the thanks and grateful ap? plause of every one, be he a native or no, it matters not what may have been his past record. From the Chester Reporter. Of the State officers elect it is sufficient to speak of the principal figure in the picture: the Governor, Franklin J. Moses, jr. He is the man suited to the occasion of a thoroughly demoralized state of society, such as now exists in South Carolina. Timid by nature; weak aud vacillating in all good intentions and pur? poses ; yet he is bold and fearless to do wrong, and shameless to face public opinion. A man who can forget not only the past history of the State, but his own; and who with ease can turn his back upon his own race, and glorify himself in so doing; he is perhaps the fittest of all men to take the lead at a time when it looks as if we were passing into a condition of mongrelism, such as is enjoyed by some of the South American Republics. If he ha3 a spark of conscience or feeling left (which we doubt) it may disturb his ease for a second to know that, with his election, the sun of the prosperi? ty and happiness of the people of South Caro? lina sets in a night of impenetrable gloom. From the Union Times. But, in our opinion, the defeat of the Bolters' ticket carries down with it a matter of greater importance than the defeat of any of our can? didates for office. It heals the breach in the Radical party. Had we united and elected the Bolters' ticket, we should have made a division in that party that could never have been united again. But the apathy of the white voters has, we believe, again consolidated the Radical vote of the State against us; and, mark our predic? tion, two years from now that party will be more united aud stronger than it was before the late electiou or is at the present time. We can hardly expect any considerable num? ber of influential men of the Radical party in this State to cut loose from its ranks again, with the hope of securing the encouragement of the white voters. They have tried that once, and although they did not present to us as fair a showing as we desired or thought ourselves en? titled to, it was the best they dared to offer, with any hope that any number of their former po? litical associates would follow them. It was an "entering wedge" into the Radical ranks, but we refused to lend our strength to rive the rot? ten trunk asunder. We shall now find that all the leaders of the Bolters party will be made to "do penance" for a year or two. They will then become penitent, acknowledge their political sins and be taken back into the confidence and patronage of the party. With Moses' antecedants before us, we fail to appreciate the policy of helping to elect him Governor of the State by refusing to vote against him. Nothing will give us more pleasure than to be able to chronicle the fact that the govern? ment of South Carolina, under the administra? tion of Gov. Moses, was characterized by hon? esty ; but we are not one of those who believe that the Ethiopian can change his skin or the leopard his spots. From the Eingstree Star. The great struggle between the two Radical factions in this State for office is over, and as is usually the case with that party, (he meanest and most detestable men of the party have been elected. Tbe whole pack, in our opinion, was unworthy of the confidence of good men, but the election of Moses and Cardoza, more par? ticularly, convinces us that a man to become popular with the Radical party must first make himself conspicuous for rascality and notorious for stealing. If Moses and Cardoza do not en? joy this reputation, they are belied by the most prominent Radicals of both factions. They nave been detected and exposed sufficiently to damn them forever with honest men. The political sky becomes darker and darker in South Carolina, and we believe that in a few more years there will be a total eclipse. We believe the State is doomed to suffer under her present calamities for many, very many years. ? From the Camdcn Journal. The smoke and dust of the late conflict is over with, and the result, though not yet offi? cially announced, is well known. Moses has carried the State by about 20,000 majority.? The whites had it in their power to have elect? ed Tomlinson, but their apathy has caused the very man they did not want to be elected. In future, the only way in which to accomplish anything is for the whites to act as a unit, and throw their strength solidly for what will be best for them. In other words, to hold the balance of power between any two contending factions which may spring up. It would have been betrte for them not to nave voted at all, than to have voted as scatteringly as they did. We fear that the whites are lacking in political sa? gacity. _ ? Let us not, however, despair. If Gov. Moses will do what he has promised, our people will have no cause for complaint. Let us wait the I developments of the early future. If he docs what is right aud just, let us commend him as a faithful public servant. If he does otherwise, let him receive, as he will deserve, our censure and condemnation. This is taking a philo sopical view of the matter, which, after all, is the very best that can be taken. From the Georgetown Tlmet. Venality and corruption have again tri? umphed over honesty and civic virtue, and robbery, stealing and pluuder are to be con? tinued for another two years. Bribery, robbery and plunder, instead of being rebuked, have been endorsed and sustained, and our people are again to be the victims of a merciless set of unmitigated scoundrels. The boldest and most shameless of the public robbers of tho past have been placed in exclusive possession of the government of the State, with no power on the part of the people to restrain them in their lawless acts of oppression and tyranny.? Governed by no principle but a venal selfish? ness, and having no fear of punishment before their eyes to deter them from the commission of crime, our present rulers can, with impuni? ty, rob, plunder and oppress the tax-payers, who literally have no remedy and can success? fully invoke no protection against their unlaw? ful and arbitrary acts. The prospect before us is dark and gloomy, opening no vista in the future by which a rea? sonable hope can be seen to escape poverty, destitution and utter ruin. No hope of reform can be indulged in as long as ignorance guided by corrupt intelligence, rules the State. This condition of things will continue to exist as long as that universal suffrage is maintained, which enables wicked and unprincipled men to fday upon the passions and credulity of the il iterate and ignorant; and however unpopular the idea may now be of having a limited and impartial suffrage, the day will come when the safety and perpetuation of republican institu? tions will demand it as a protection against mobocratic misrule. From the Marlboro Times. A large majority of the intelligence of the State had practically no voice in the late elec? tions. This class could not, without a sacrifice of every principle of patriotism and honor, support the Moses ticket; and relative to sup? porting the Bolters, they did not know what to do. The State Central Executive Committee was, in this cr.se, regarded as a body of politi? cal advisers, and the people naturally expected counsel and advice from that Committee. But in this the people were mistaken. Not a word was said until it was too late for concert of action. Upon the merits of the Bolter's ticket we have nothing to say ; but it is argued that had the white vote been cast solidly for that ticket it would have been successful instead of the Moses ticket, and the result would hare been very favorable to the interests of our State. If that argument is correct, the State Executive Committee signally failed in its duty.' The people trusted that Committee? were ready and willing to receive its advice?~ and that body should be held responsible for what of error has been committed. The only way in which the success of the Tomlinson ticket would have benefited the State so far as we can see, is the fact that it would have weak? ened, if not entirely broken the power of party conventions, through which the control of the State government is given to dishonest adven? turers, and a unity of sentiment would have been formed between thousands of the better class of colored people and the whites, which I could not possibly nave failed to result bene? ficially to our whole people. But Moses has been elected, and with the greatest interest we await the redemption of the many fair promises of reform and retrench? ment made by him and his associates. Two years ago, R. K. Scott made the same promises. Has the State received the promised benefits? Deceived, plundered and dishonored, it now verges upon the brink of ruin, crippled, dis spirited and palsied. As the Governor, he be? came a public robber; from the Chief Magis? tracy, he has fallen to the position of chief criminal. Governor Moses it is hoped,, will pursue a different course. Instead of personal aggrandizement, he should study the interest , of the people; instead of his own pecuniary interests, he should regard the public credit of the State. Doubtfully, yet anxiously, we await some sign of the promised reform, and what? ever of good is done we will most heartily ap? prove?whatever of evil we will most emphati? cally condemn. The Tax for the Fraudulent Debt.? The great object now is to prevent any attempt to lay and collect a special tax for the payment of an alleged indebtedness, a large portion of which is acknowledged on all sides to have been fraudulently issued and used. Mr. State Auditor Gary avows that it is because he re? fused to be a party to this plot against the rights, the interests and the pockets of tho people of South Carolina, that he has been re? moved from office. Governor Scott and Comp? troller General Neagle belong to oue or the other of the wings of the Republican party. They are both party men. They are aware that both Conventions, in the light of day and in the presence of the civilized world, solemnly pledged themselves aud recorded it in their platforms that the dishonest debt should not be paid, and that uutil this was ascertained, not a single dollar of tax for interest should be oither levied or paid upon any issue to which the slightest suspicion could by any possibility attach. Both sides were claiming the votes of the- tax-payers. Both sides, were aware that there was a portion of the public debt, which the tax-payers had declared they never would pay, ana which both had in their public utter? ances acknowledged to have been tainted. Their respective platforms, therefore, took practically the same position, and was the most positive and deliberate of all assurances, that no tax should be laid or collected until the legal was separated from the illegal debt, and thid finally determined by either judicial, Or other equally conclusive proceedings. Their declarations amounted to this, or to nothing at all. To impose such a tax, without this decis? ion, isat once, to add injury to injury on the part of an Administration which has been characterized by its own party as a disgrace to the civilization of the age, and to fly in the teeth of all public opinion and rectitude. W_e are not willing to bring ourselves to the belief that such is the purpose, or that the attempt will be made. If so there is but one course, and that is for the tax-payers by concert of action, to take their destinies in their own hands, and resist its payment by every means within their power.?Charleston Courier. THE MARKETS. Andekson-, Oct. 30, 1872. The cotton market has b.?en brisk and ac? tive for the past week, sales amounting to 632 bales. Quotations to-day midlings 174. Corn 1.00; Flour 811 to $13; Bacon 12J to 15. Peas 00 to 81.00. OBITUARY. DIED, in Anderson Countv, S. C, on the 16th of October 1872, SYLVESTER BLECK LEY, son of Mr. James A. and Mrs. C. F. Bowie, aged 2 years, 4 months and 2 days. May the parents prepare to meet their lovely infant in the Great Day, knowiug that of such is the kingdom of God. TV. M. H. From the Calhoun (Ga.) Tines. DIED, at his home, Rixteen miles northwest of Anderson C. II., S. C, on Fridav, tho 4th day of October., 1872, THOMAS F. RANKIX, in the 65th year of his age. After a severe ill? ness of typhoid fever, of twenty-two days' du? ration, his released spirit winged its flight?wo humbly trust?to that upper and happier realm, where sufferings are unknown. Father, mav wc meet thee apiin in a far better home. When life with ifadouhta and Journeys ii <lon?\ And tho rioh and the i?>or of the eart', arc oue, Resting ? ith Uod.