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. B. MURRAY, 1???** JAS E THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1876. IS CO-OPERATION ADTISABLE. The propriety of uniting the Demo? cratic party in support of a portion or all of the Republican nominees for State officers is again being seriously discussed by a few of the papers of the State under the lead of the News and Courier. The coalition policy was completely demol? ished, and we suppose these papers thiiik by changing the name of the policy to co-operation they can induce the people to believe some new issue is presented. But be this as it may, these papers have for their object a combination of Democrats and Republicans to perpetuate the domi? nance of Governor Chamberlain over the people of this State for at least two years longer, which will also result in the elec? tion of a Treasurer. Comptroller and At? torney General, Secretary of State, Supcr intendant of Education, and Adjutant and Inspector General for the next four years from the Republican party of South Carolina. The people need not be de? ceived.* The Republican party means to nominate a full ticket from Governor down, and any attempt of the Democrats to take their candidate for Governor and run another set of subordinate officers will result in failure, for the Democratic masses cannot be rallied at the polls to vote for a Republican Governor. Hence, this course means unconditionally to turn the State over once more to the Re? publicans without a serious effort to pre? vent it. But this is not the only objec? tionable feature of the policy. It inevi? tably surrenders many of the counties of | the State which are about evenly divided, for there will be hundreds and thousands of the people in the State who will not v )te at all in the coming election if there is any co-operation to assist in the elec? tion of a Republican Governor. We will admit that it should not affect coun? ty elections, but that is a matter of very little consequence, for every one con? versant with South Carolina politics knows that the State ticket does affect county elections. But if it whs practica? ble to succeed it would be demoralizing, to our people to induce them to support a ticket which would be humiliating to every man of honor. We have lonj enough bowed at the shrine of the expe? dient in this State, and the craven policy has only added to our disorganization and trouble. Republicanism is no more honest, no more respectable to-day than it was in 1868, when certaiu prominent co-operation lights of the present time would not consent to any affiliation with Republicans. We do not see any mate? rial reformations accomplished since that time in this State. If Governor Cham? berlain is any better to-day than iu 1874 we fail to perceive it, and yet the News and Courier, his strongest opponent then, is to-day his strongest advocate. Until some substantial reason for adopting him is presented, the people of this State should not consent to humiliate them? selves and their State by supporting him. But if he is such a patriot and upright man as his Democratic admirers think him, we have nothing to lose from run? ning a separate ticket, for by it we in? sure the election of a Democrat if we succeed, and if we are beaten the other party will elect Chamberlain. Hence, if | the co-operationists are correct in their estimates of him, there is nothing to be gained by sacrificing our principles to support a Republican. In the coming canvass many, colored men can be in? duced to vote the straight-out Democratic ticket, and by a determined and per? sistent effort we may achieve a complete revolution in South Carolina politics?at least let us enjoy the luxury of one effort to establish a pure Democratic govern? ment for the State. THE BUSINESS OF CHARLESTON. A very sensible communication upon the causes affecting the prosperity of* Charleston appeared in the Journal of Commerce of the 23rd instant, in which the writer attributes the decline of pros? perity in the City by the Sea, to the selfish management which controls the South Carolina Railroad, which is the principal commercial feeder to the busi? ness of the city from the interior por? tions of the State. He is entirely cor? rect when he complains that high local freights over this and the Greenville and Columbia Roads has a tendency to carry trade to New York and other Northern cities, and to build up the cities of the interior?as Charlotte, Atlanta and Green? ville. There is nothing which adds so much to the advancement of a place as having thorough railroad connections, and a cheap rate of transportation to and from all points with which it is connect? ed. The railroad connections is the cause of the prosperity of the interior towns named, and this has already placed Atlanta in a position which will give it. more prominence and prosperity than Charleston, unless the policy of the rail? road to that city can be changed. The one great subject upon which the city of J Charleston has been less vigilant than any other of like importance, is its rail? road connections. The attention of its business men had better guard and pro? mote this interest, which has suffered in the past, than to spend all their attention upon improvements of the harbor. There is ample facility for all the shipping warranted by the present business of the j city. By courting the interior trade of j the State, instead of almost driving it by unreasonable freight discriminations to other places, and by securing the incal? culable advantages wnich would assured? ly result from the completion of the Blue Ridge link of its railway system, a new impetus would bo given to the busi? ness of the city, and at a proper time the means necessary for harbor improvement might be obtained. The policy of Charleston is bound to end in ultimately circuftscribing the business of the city. It will be an unfortunate day for our proud old city should the Blue Ridge Railroad bo diverted by way of Athens, Augusta and Port Royal. The apathy of | Charlestonians to the completion of this enterprise is incomprehensible. If the views expressed in the communication referred to could be heeded and further extended so as to look, not only to an alteration of the course pursued by the present roads, but also to the construc? tion of additional connections and lines of communication, a brighter day would rapidly dawn upon this city. The pres? ent short-sighted policy is choking off trade, and building up other cities. THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK. The Republican National Nominating Convention completed its work some two weeks since, thereby affording ample opportunity to discover the spirit in ! which its action is received by the people of the Union. There is no enthusiasm even in the Republican party over Hayes and Wheeler as their national standard bearers. The nomination has nothing to recommend it to the suffrages of the people beyond the fact that it brings a new element of the Republican party to the lead in preference to taking its most prominent men. Neither of its candi-. dates have any reputation beyond that of local politicians, and the very obscurity of the men thus thrust so prominently to the front is relied upon* to bear them to victory in November. There are no brilliant abilities nor illustrious services to commend these leaders, and their re? commendation to the people is announced to be not that they have done something worthy of men or of statesmen, but that they have never done anything. The simple fact of the matter is, that the Re? publican party is loaded down with the sins and corruptions practiced by its leaders for many years, and did not dare ask the nation to trust these notorious criminals with the government for another term. At the same time there was very little desire to make any real reformation by nominating a sterling re? former like Bristow. In this strait the Convention sought out these nebulous un? knowns from their ranks and present them in the guise of reformers. But the coun? try cannot be deceived. The principles of the party are unchanged. It is found? ed upon sectional hatred, and exists by pandering to every discordant element in the nation. It presents no living issue upon public polity, but contents itself with its own laudation and with com? placently abusing the Democrats. The platform taken with the candidates pre? sents the Republican party of to-day in its true light. This remarkable docu? ment has been well termed a group of platitudes. The first portion which speaks of the equality and liberty that has been given to all by the party is an unbearable repetition, while the implica? tion that these liberties are in dispute and subject to recall is provocative of a sneer from all truth-loving citizens. The plank opposing further grants of lands to corporations is intended for a promise of economy, but there are two objections to it: First, the Republicans have already voted away all the most valuable public lands, therefore these thieves can well afford to advise the locking of the stable doors after they, have stolen the horses. Second, to show how sincere they are in making this promise and how much they are opposed to grants of public lands, they nominate Hayes for President, who voted for all these appropriations, and Wheeler for Vice President, who was chairman of the committee in Congress which made these appropriations. It will be a re? freshing view of Republican consistency to see^Hayes and Wheeler going over the country denouncing the Credit Mo b?iers of the Republican party after voting for them. The fifteenth plank,' which deprecates sectional feeling and j warns against success of the Democratic j party because it will be by a united South, contains a most monstrous false i hood and glaring inconsistency. In one breath it deprecates what it tries to create in the next. The last plank is, however, by far the most disastrous in its'effects upon . Republican prospects, for it endorses Grant and his administration in unmeasured terms, and thereby assumes fairly and squarely the sins of the past and commends them as virtues. The Babcock3, the Belknaps and the Schencks are therefore not repudiated by the Re? publicans, and the only element which has received a decided black eye from the Convention is the real reformers under Bristow. The result of this Convention gives the Democrats who are now in council at St. Louis a very fine opportunity to secure the government by a prudent platform and judicious nomination for President and Vice President. If Tilden should be nominated there is very little doubt that victory will be sure?if on the other hand, however, the statesmen, as they think themselves, of the West are able to control the Convention in favor of rag money and a sectional candidate, who is weak everywhere except at home/ the Republicans may expect to elect their candidates. Hayes and Wheeler is a neg? ative ticket, and although it creates very . little enthusiasm the ticket will command a strong party vote. We do not believe any man except Tilden or perhaps Gen. Hancock would be at all secure of elec? tion upon a Democratic platform. Gov? ernor Tilden would present such a strong contrast to Hayes that he would almost assuredly be borne to victory by a storm of popular enthusiasm. He is no nega? tive, but a positive character, in whose favor the strongest arguments can be made, for he is the greatest reformer of this day. He unites the splendid quali? ties of the patriot and the scholar, the statesman and the politician, the honest man and the fearless advocate of the right in such rare proportions as to com? mand alike the respect and confidence of friends and foes. He is immensely pop? ular in New York, where his fearless ad? ministration of the State government has bruised the imperious head of the odious Tammany ring and crushed to death the canal ring, which by its frauds and pecu? lation had become a power in the State. His brilliant services have pointed him out to the nation as the man who can and will, if nominated, put to flight the national rings and corruptionists. His election need not be feared if he is the standard-bearer. General Hancock, of Pennsylvania, is also an exalted patriot, but we doubt his having the strength of Tilden either at home or in the nation. These, however, are the two strongest men, and a failure to nominate one or the other would be au unpardonable blunder. The nomination of Tilden for President and Hancock for Vice Presi? dent would at once put two giants in in? tellect and achievements against the two Republican pigmies, so far as these quali? ties arc concerned. A moderate amount of wisdom on the part of the St. Louis Convention will secure the Presidency to the Democrats. Judge Cooke is spoken of as a candidate for Governor by the regular Republicans, at the next regular election. EDITORIAL NOTES. After his defeat in the nominating Convention, Blaine sent Hayes his "sin cerest congratulations." The New York World calls this the first fruits between his well known politeness and his noto? rious veracity. The Convention in St. Louis will in? deed be a funeral if it nominates Samuel J. Tilden, of New York, for the Presi? dency, for (to paraphrase from Gov. Vance) such a nomination would bury the Republican party and its Cincinnati nominees forever, with their faces down? ward, so that even if it hereafter attempts to scratch out it will travel in a down? ward direction. The recent Republican Convention, ~which convened in Cincinnati, held its sessions in the same hall in which the Liberal Republican Convention met four years ago. The fatuity attending the Republican party in this canvass goes even further, for Hayes and Greeley were both nominated on Friday. The Repub? licans should not have defied the fates in this manner. Ex-Gov. Nye, of Ohio, said in nomi? nating Hayes, that he had gotten into the habit of beating Democrats, and would continue to do it from the force of habit if nominated for the Presidency, and this argument seemed to win. The Democrats should nominate Tilden, who is accustomed to beating Republicans, and let the two w?r-horses fight it out in this canvass. Hayes beat Allen only 3,000 votes, while Tilden beat His about 53,000. Hence, if former habits have anything to do with this canvass, Gov. Tilden would beat Gov. Hayes by a very handsome majority. Secretary Bristow- has resigned the charge of the Treasury Department to retire into private life. He refuses to be interviewed by newspaper correspon? dents, saying that be retires because he choses to do so, and that what induces his action is nobody's business. He has made a faithful officer to all appearances, and his resignation will be generally re? gretted. It is not improbable that he leaves Washington completely disgusted with the course of political events, and bitterly regretting that he allowed his j ambition to lead him further in political life than the discharge of the duties of j his Secretaryship. With ordinary dis? cernment he might have discovered that he was not a pleasant companion for the party in power, and have thereby been spared the mortification and future inju? ry resulting from allowing his name to go before the National Republican nom? inating Convention. Senator Lot M. Morrill, of Maine, has been nominated and confirmed to succeed him, but has not yet accepted. This nomination is about an average of Grant's appoint? ments. BREEFLETS OF STATE NEWS. The peach crop in Pickens is a total failure. The immigration Society in Pickens is thoroughly organized. The debt of Chester County is increas? ing, and will soon reach $10,000. The wheat crop in Abbeville is three or four times larger than usual. There are thirty-seven prisoners con? fined in the Yorkville jail?all are negroes. The Grand Jury of Colleton county have presented the whole Board of Com? missioners of that county charged with appropriating county funds. Greenville is 100 years old. In 1776 Mr. Richard. Paris, the first settler, located there and gave his name to Paris Mountain. The Sassafras Gap Turnpike Road in Pickens was so badly washed by the re? cent rains that it is not even passable on horseback. Rev. Mr. Lawton lost one hundred and fifty sheep and forty acres of oats on his plantation in Newberry county on the Saluda river in consequence of the recent freshet. The cotton, corn and other crops along the line of the South Carolina Railroad, through Aiken and Barnwell counties, are in fine condition, and it is the same on the roads leading back to the Edisto. Mr. E. P. Williams, of Yorkville will soon obtain patents for two inventions, one for fastening telegraph wires without passing them round the insulator; the other, a new fastening for lightning rods. Dr. W. G. Wylie, formerly of Ches? ter, now a practicing physician in New York, has received the Harvard Univer? sity prize and three hundred dollars for an essay on the construction of hospitals. This prize was open to all the physicians in the country. Monday morning, one of the peniten? tiary guard, named Andrew Harrison, with two convicts, attempted to go to an island in the river, to cut upland palmet? to, when the vessel upset and they were all dumped into the water. One of the convicts, named Peter Johnson, and the guard' were drowned; the other convict swam ashore and reported the disaster. A real centennial relic, consisting of a piece of colored linen window curtain, nearly a yard square, woven in 1762, can be seen in the store of Kingsland & Heath, in Columbia, who design framing it as a curiosity and for preservation, for which it is suitable, as the foreground is filled in with a pastoral 6cene of cattle grazing on a common. The figures 1762 are visi? ble in the distance. It looks like faded embroidery. J. P. F. Camp, cx-treasurer of Spartan burg county, has been found guilty of malfeasance in office before Judge Nor? throp. He will be likely to spend a term in the Penitentiary if the Governor does not pardon him, as the revelations of fraud were most glaring. It is of a politi? cal character, however, and if^he proves as fortunate as his fellow official thieves, he will not be long in securing immunity from punishment. Over three hundred thousand acres of laud arc advertised for sale for taxes in Beaufort county. Hundreds of people are in a destitute condition, and are appealing at home and abroad for the charities of the benevolent to obtain the very necessaries of life. Where there is such destitution the burden of taxation should be withheld. If it could be done in no other way, the Governor ought to remove the Treasurer and Auditor. The State should not add to the calamities of this sorely stricken people. THE FRESHET TN OCONEE. A correspondent of the Register, wri? ting from Walhalla about the recent heavy rains in Oconee County, over the signature of "Renwick," says: Having an opportunity of sending let? ters by private con veyance, I write you a few items in regard to the storm which assed over our county, leaving ruin and esolation in its path. The rain com? menced here on Monday, the 12th, and continued almost without cessation until Saturday afternoon. The Chattooga, Tugalo, Keowee and Seneca Rivers and Chauga, Conneross, Cane and other creets were higher than they have been known for half a century, bursting their barriers and overflowing all the surrounding country. All the bottom lands were in? undated for from one to four days.? Wheat, rye and oats were swept away, and the growing corn buried beneath the accumulated deposits washed from the uplands. One-fourth, if not one-half, of the crops have been totally ruined. Nearly every mill and bridge throughout the country has been swept away. Many of our farmers will be unable to replant, and there will not be near supplies enough raised to meet the every day wants of our people. RUMORS OF COALITION AND CO? OPERATION. [Special dispatch to the Baltimore Gazette.] Washington, June 22.?I am relia? bly informed that a compromise has at last been effected between Governor Chamberlain, of South Carolina, and Senator Patterson. The new programme is this: Chamberlain will be re-nomi? nated for Governor, with a colored man for Lieutenant-Governor. Immediately after the election, and as soon as the General Assembly convenes, the Gov? ernor will have a bill passed redeeming the conversion bonds, one of his pet schemes, which has been held in abey? ance. Senator Patterson's Blue R?ge scrip will also be taken care of at the same time. After these schemes are safe, Chamberlain will then be elected to the United States Senate to succeed Senator Robertson. This arrangement will prove especially distasteful to ex-Congressman R. B. Elliott, colored, who has been re? garded a potential candidate for Robert? son's place. Senator Patterson has ex? erted his influence with the National Republican, and that paper will discon? tinue its attacks upon Chamberlain. A private telegram from Columbia states that State Treasurer Cardozo is noisy in his denunciation of Governor Chamber? lain since he ascertained that he and Patterson have become reconciled. This information must prove especially dis? tasteful to those newspapers in South Carolina which have hitherto been en? dorsing . Chamberlain as a genuine "re? former." " [Special Dispatch to IS. Y. World.] Washington, June 22. A remarkable coalition in the interest of power and plunder is said to have been formed between Governor Chamberlain, of South Carolina, and Senator Patterson, by which the reform movement in that State inaugurated by the former is to be broken up. Chamberlain has been here for several days, and has affected a recon? ciliation with Patterson. The result iB said to be that Patterson will support Chamberlain for re-election on the con? dition that the latter is pledged to redeem what is known as the Blue Ridge scrip and the almost worthless conversion bonds issued some years ago by the State. He is then to be sent to the United States Senate and the colored Lieutenant-Gov? ernor will become Governor. Patterson is largely interested in the Blue Ridge scrip and others in the bonds, which are all to be refunded under the bargain into a new bond to be issued by tbe State. [Correspondence of News and Courier.] Washington, June 23. Senator Patterson's declaration that there are "five years of good stealing yet in South Carolina," would seem to be verified by reports of the many desperate schemes .on foot to obtain possession of the State offices. I learn that Judge R. B. Carpenter, Hardy Solomon and Comp? troller T. C. Dunn had an interview in New York City on the 20th instant, with H. H. Kimpton, E. B. Wesley and oth? ers interested in conversion bonds and Blue Ridge scrip, the object being to pro? cure sufficient money to elect men to legalize them. It is proposed to buy up the Republican Convention and secure the nomination of either Carpenter or Dunn as Governor, with Hardy Solomon as State treasurer. It is not known what success the negotiations met with, or whether the money will be forth-coming, but a move will undoubtedly be made in this direction, and Senator Patterson will of course be a party to it. Apropos of Patterson, it may be well to correct the statement circulating through the South Carolina newspapers, to the effect that he was appointed by President Grant on the boaia of exami? ners to West Point. The appointment was made by the president of the Senate, who first selected Senator Clayton, of Arkansas. Clayton declined, and there was a general disinclination to accept the appointmeut, owing to the approaching close of the session. Patterson, however, asked for the appointment, and it was given to him. It seems to have been considered essential to appoint a carpet? bagger, which requirement Patterson fills completely. The Baltimore Gazette contains a Wash? ington special in this morning's issue in which it is stated that Governor Cham? berlain and Senator Patterson had settled their differences and formed an alliance, which is to make the Governor Senator Robertson's successor. The story finds very little credence here. "Governor Chamberlain cannot afford to sacrifice the fair reputation he has earned by associa? ting himself with Patterson, ana I fancy that Senator Robertson will be his own successor. Cap. The Idle Democracy.?Is that man a true Democrat who hunts up excuse to keep away from club meetings ? Is that man a friend to his people who lounges around doing nothing, or sits quietly in his deserted store or Dusiness office on such occasions ? Does he want a change in our political condition who will not give a bit of his time and influence to defeat the foul crew who now prey upon us ? It looks doubtful to us and puts us to asking questions. It needs no argu? ment to convince a man of common sense that our country is forever lost if we do not rise at once to decisive action in this critical time. The Democracy of Abbe? ville must awake from the fatal lethargy whiclr has stupified them so long, and meet in a manly way the issues now be? fore them. He who is recreant now, is a traitor to all that is right in morals and all that is due to bis fellow-citizens. If you are an honest man, a friend of your people, and wish to leave a country fit to live in to your children, come out from your retirement and join in this cru? sade against corruption.?Abbeville Medi? um. ? Mr. E. C. Grier, of Charlotte, relates that during the war, Cad Andrews, who belonged to his regiment, the Thirteenth North Carolina, while on duty as a sharp? shooter, at Chancellorville, captured Brigadier-General Hayes. He did not want to deliver his sword, because An? drews was a non-commissioned officer, but the captor levelled his musket on him and persuaded him to hand over the in? signia of rank and authority. The ques? tion now arises, was this Brigadier-Gen? eral Hayes, Rutherford B., the present Radical candidate for President? ? About 100 feet of Bath Mill dam was washed away on Friday night last. INDICATIONS FROM ST. LOUIS. St. Louis, June 24. Twenty of the Michigan delegates are for Tilden. A dispatch has been received from the Virginia delegation stating that they were united for Tuden. The Illinois delegation are placed as follows: Tilden 23; Davis 10; Hen dricks 9. Individual delegates from the Southern States talk pretty freely, but are careful not to commit their delega? tions to any particular opinion or line of action. One of them, very prominent in Alabama, is for Tilden, and he believes that most of the representative men of the South prefer that gentleman, though his observations, since leaving home, have tended to modify some of his views on the general situation, and he thinks it likely that such will be the case with many del? egates from that section. Gen. Hancock, he says, has gained largely in the South lately, and next to Tilden he is the choice of the Southern Democrats. Although the South has the majority of the Demo? cratic votes necessary to elect a President, yet they do not propose to dictate in the least. They want a candidate who will carry the election?one who will lead them to victory, and place the govern? ment in the hands of the Democracy.? Governor Hendricks, this Alabama gen? tleman says, has little strength in the South; still, if it is thought he is thestrong est man in the North, and can carry New York and such other States as will insure success, the South will gladly accept him and give him its full vote. If the South has any demand to make, it is that the nominee of the convention shall be a man against whose loyalty to the Federal gov? ernment during the late war not even a shade of suspicion can attach. The nom? ination of Hayes by the Republicans has unsettled opinion in the South somewhat. With Blaine, Morton or Conkling on the Republican ticket, Tilden was by all odds the man for the Democratic nomination; but the negative qualities of Hayes, and the strength resulting therefrdm, have modified views in the South to some ex? tent ; and although there is no doubt that Tilden is the choice of the South, it may be thought that some other man will be stronger and more successful before the people. Other Southern delegates ex? press opinions similar to the above. Individual members desire an acknowl? edgment that the people of the Pacific States are right in their opposition to Mongolian immigration. A small por? tion of the Ohio delegation have also ar? rived. The delegation is instructed to vote for Allen, but the members now here say they would accept Thurman, or per? haps Hendricks. The Maine, New Jersey and Georgia delegations have arrived. There have also arrived some seventy gentlemen from Arkansas, who will hold a meeting here and elect delegates to the national con? vention. * The Nevada delegation favors Tilden. The delegations from the Pacific slope are anxious to have Chinese immigration dis? cussed by the convention. St. Louis, June 26. The following is the count of votes for Mr. Tilden the first ballot, as made by his friends at Tilden headquarters. It might be supposed to represent an ex? treme view of his hope, but it omits sev? eral States which it is believed will give him some votes: Alabama, 16 ; Arkan? sas, 12; California, 12; Colorado, 6; Connecticut, 7; Florida, 8; Georgia, 10; niinois, 32; Iowa. 22; Kentucky, 24; Maine, 14; Massachusetts, 26; Michigan, 20; Minnesota, 10; Mississippi, 16; Mis? souri, 14; Nebraska, 6; Nevada, 6; New Hampshire, 10 ; New York, 70;. North Carolina, 10; Oregon, 10 ; Rhode Island, 8; South Carolina, 12; Texas, 16; Ver? mont, 10; Virginia, 22; .Wisconsin, 18. Mr. Tilden's opponents naturally take a different view of this count from almost every State and deny him many that his friends claim. Their computation is as follows: Arkansas, 12; California, 8; Colorado, 6; Connecticut, 12; Ulinois, 10; Kentucky, H; Maine, 14; Mary? land, 8; Minnessota, 10; Mississippi, 16 ; Missouri, 10; Nebraska, 6; Nevada, 6; New Hampshire, 10; New York, 70; Massachusetts, 26; Oregon, 4; Rhode Island, 6; Vermont, 10; Virginia, 10. The full vote, counting one for each del? egate, is 738. Anti-Tildeu men give the following as Hendricks' vote: Alabama, 20; Cali? fornia, 4; Illinois, 4; Indiana, 30; Iowa, 22; Kansas, 10; Kentucky, 12; Maryland, 4; Michigan, 22; Missouri, 20; North Carolina, 20; Oregon,. 21; Tennessee, 24; Texas, 10; Virginia, 12; West Virginia, 10; Wisconsin. 10. Old and experienced politicians, who are sel? dom wrong in their calculations, but whose judgment may be a little shaken now by their strong anti-Tilden feeling, say they expect to see in this convention an exact repetition of that at Cincinnati. They look to see Governor Tilden leadin the balloting just as. Mr. Blaine did, and to see the prize go to General Hancock, just as the Cincinnati convention went to Governor Hayes. The soft money element, with Richard Schell, of New York, as President, held a meeting to determine their course of action. Twenty-one States were repre? sented. Tom Enving, of Ohio, was the most prominent speaker. They will ask a resolution from the convention calling for a repeal of the resumption act. The Hendricks men feel more confi? dent. General Manson, who is managing for Hendricks, has assurances of support from States not before counted on, and expects, after the first ballot, to make de Cl( led gains. A Hendricks band is pa? rading the streets. The anti-Tilden leaders are seeking somebody strong enough to carry Ohio, Indiana and New York. A conference at the parlor of the Southern Hotel by the delegations opposed to Tilden was addressed by Roger A. Pryor,' John Kelly and others. The object was to see what could be done. They report sufficient strength to beat Tilden, but indicate no choice. Massachusetts and Wisconsin will vote solid for Tilden?an important gain.? The Tilden managers express increasing confidence of ultimate success, in spite of Tammany. It is now believed the two-thirds rule will stand. None of the managers of the prominent candidates seem to have the courage to attack it. A communication signed Gideon J. Tucker, President pro tern, of the New York delegation, and H. D. McNaugh ton, Secretary, is addressed to the Na? tional Executive Committee. This is the greenback delegation, and they claim an equal footing with the Utica delega? tion in the contest for seats, and request that neither be admitted until the conven? tion can act on their claims. The unit question was discussed by the Pennsylvania delegation, but no definite action taken. A majority, however seem to favor carrying out the instructions of their State Convention. The California delegation will move for an emphatic ex? pression on the Chinese question. They say they can carry the whole Pacific slope for the Democracy if they can get from the convention an acknowledgment that their people are right on this subject No action was taken regarding how this delegation would vote, but it- is under? stood a majority are for Tilden, and the vote will probably be cast as a unit. The Oregon delegation stands on the same ground as the Californians on the Chinese Suestion. The Alabama delegation is ivided, and they have decided to vote as they please. They refuse to give any definite information as to their prefer? ence. The Louisiana delegation express themselves partially in favor of Tilden. The Maino delegation is solid for Tilden. The Maryland delegation strongly prefer Bayard. North Carolina favors no par? ticular man ; they came here to follow, not to lead, and will support the man who seems able to carry the party to victory. This feeling is entertained by most of the Southern delegates. Cornell Jewett, representing the Inde? pendents, publishes an address in the Evening LHspodch, advocating acompro mise on the financial question. He fa? vors a Southern man for Vice-President, and the postponement of the financial plank until after the nomination. Jewett represents the Peter Cooper ticket, and states, with authority, it will be with? drawn if the Democrats favor green? backs. THE TWO-THIRDS RULE. "An Original, Traditional and Funda? mental Democratic Principle.*' Hoger A. Pryor in the Sew York Sun. The action of the Maine Democracy foreshadows an attempt, in the St. Louis Convention, to abrogate the two-thirds rule. In view of the discussion which the effort will occasion, and particularly since some misapprehension seems to pre? vail as to the origin and policy of this famous regulation, a brief review of its history may not be without interest and instruction. The Congressional caucus, itself bor? rowed from the politics of England, was the original of the National Convention. In 1800, at Philadelphia, a caucus com? posed of Representatives and Senators nominated Jefferson and Burr for Presi? dent and Vicc-President of the United States. At Washington on the 19th of January, 1808, a similar caucus nominated Madi? son for the Presidency; and in 1812 a caucus presented him" for re-election.? Meanwhile much discontent with this method of selecting candidates had spread among the Republicans ; so that on the 11th of March, 1816, when a Congression? al caucus met in Washington to choose a successor to Mr. Madison, nineteen mem? bers of the party refused to attend. After a severe struggle between Monroe and Crawford, the former was nominated by a vote of sixty-five to thirty-four. Mon? roe was re-elected without opposition. In 1824, notwithstanding the popular clamor against the system, a caucus of Republican Congressmen presented Craw? ford for the Presidency; hut his nomina? tion was largely repudiated by the party; and in default of a majority vote in the college of electors, Adams was elected by the House of Representatives over Jack? son. The result was to the last degree odious and disappointing to the country, and being imputed to the operation of the method ot nomination, as well as to the shameful .intrigue between Clay and Adams, "King Caucus," as it was called in the slang of the day, was abjured for? ever, and its memory exists only for "ad monition and reproof." Gen. Jackson was nominated, both for his first and second term, by the Legisla? tures of the States. The first National Convention for the nomination of candi? dates was held in Baltimore in September 1831, by the Anti-Masonic party; and they presented William Wirt for Presi? dent, and Amos Ellmaker for Vice-Pres? ident. (If more information of this party and convention be desired, reference may be had to the venerable Thurlow Weed.) In December of the same year a party styling itself National Republican met at Baltimore and nominated Henry Clay and John Sergeant for President and Vice-President. The Democrats, as they now began to distinguish themselves, had already, by the State Legislatures, presented Jack? son for a second term ; but controversy existing in the choice of a candidate for Vice-President, for solution of the difficul? ty New Hampshire proposed the expe? dient of a National Convention. The first Democratic National Conven? tion was called to nominate a Vice-Presi? dent only ; and it met in Baltimore on the 21st of May, 1832. Robert Lucas of Ohio was chosen President of the body. In determining the selection of a candi? date the convention, on motion of Romu? lus M. Saunders of North Carolina, adopted the following resolution: ? Resolved, That each State be entitled, in the nomination to be made of a candi? date for the Vice-Presidency, to a num? ber of votes equal to the number that they will be entitled to in the Electoral Colleges under the new apportionment; in voting for President and Vice-President, and that two-thirds of the whole number of votes in the convention shall be necessary to constitute a choice. This is the origin of the now famous two-thirds rule. Martin Van Buren re? ceived the requisite vote for the nomina? tion, and was elected on the ticket with Andrew Jackson. The next Democratic National Con? vention met in Baltimore, May 20,1835, and by unanimous vote nominated Van Buren to succeed Jackson in the Presi? dency. In 1840 Van Buren was present? ed by another Convention at Baltimore for a second term; but was defeated by General Harrison, whom the Whigs had nominated in Convention at Harrisburg. The ambition of the "Sage of Kinder hook" was not to be appeased without another incumbency of the Presidency; and accordingly his friends urged him for nomination by the Democratic Con- j vention which met at Baltimore on the 27th of May, 1844. But Mr. Romulus M. Saunders was again present with his two-thirds rule; and on his motion the Convention adopted it by a vote of 148 to 118. On the first ballot Van Buren received 146 votes, a majority, but not two thirds of the convention. After the seventh ballot an attempt was made to repeal the two-thirds rule, but was de? feated by the same vote by which it was adopted, namely, 118 for and 148 against its repeal. On the ninth ballot James K. Polk was nominated by a unanimous vote. In the Democratic Convention which met at Baltimore on the 22d of May, 1848, the two-thirds rule was again adopt? ed, and under its operation Lewis Cass was nominated for the Presidency. The same rule was re-enacted at Balti; more in 1852, and has been retained by every succeeding Democratic conven? tion. It is not true, then, as popularly repor? ted, that the two-thirds rule originated in the convention of 1844, and was devised to prevent the nomination of Mr. Van Buren. It was adopted in 1832 by the first Democratic National Convention ever held, and is, in truth, an original, traditional and fundamental principle of the Democratic constitution. The policy of the rule consists in its efficacy as a safeguard against the nomi? nation of a candidate by States which cannnot contribute to his election. But this original argument for its adop? tion is indefinitely strengthened by the modern practice of a unit vote in con? vention. A large number of States now cast their vote as a whole, without refer? ence to the will of the minority. It is obvious that if all the States were to adopt this expedient, a candidate might be chosen by the minority of the conven? tion. For illustration : Take three States with three votes each; in each of two States a particular candidate has two votes, and one against him, while the third State gives its three votes for the candidate of the minority in the other two States. This latter candidate ha3 ac? tually five votes, and the other four, yet, by operation of the unit rule, the man with four votes is nominated over the man with five votes ! As affording some guarantee against this absurd and iniqui? tous result tue two-thirds rule should be held inviolate. ? When Chief Justice Holt, of Eng? land, who had been somewhat of a grace? less scamp in his youth, recognized an old acquaintance in a prisoner brought be? fore him, he cautiously questioned him as to what had become of his old com? rades. He supposed that he was not recognized by the prisoner, but the reply convinced him to the contrary: "They arc all hanged, my lord, exceptyou and I." A FIGHT WITH THE INDIANS. New York, June 24. A special from Gen. Crook's camp on Goose Creek, via Fort Fetterman, gives details of a big fight between the troops and Sioux, on June 17. The Sioux were about 2,500 strong, under Sitting Bull, and the troops 1,300 strong, under Gen. Crook. The fight lasted five hours. The troops had reached the head waters of the Rosebud Creek, between high bluffs, on the night of the 16th, and formed into a hollow square, in anticipation of a night attack, as signs of the Sioux had been seen. There was no molestation, however, and the march was resumed at 5.30 a. m. in two columns. The troops had only proceeded ten miles down the valley, when a sudden halt was made, at a signal of the Snake Indians, who gal? loped from the front, shouting wildly, "Sioux! Sioux!" Firing began imme? diately. The friendly Indians mounted their bands quickly, and the Crows sang their war song. In a moment all the Crows and Snakes rushed in the direction of the Sioux, with savage yells. Gen. Crook wished to attack with the troops first, but the Crows could not be restrained. The onset of the Snakes and Crows made the Sioux rapidly recede. Capt. Cane's infantry advanced to the crest of a ridge, and opened fire. The Crows and Snakes then began to be hotly Eressed by the Sioux, and were beaten ack before them. The Sioux had taken up a masterly position. Capt. Noyes' cavalry then charged the Sioux to the North, and dismounted and poured two volleys into them.. Capt. Mill's cavalry moved forward ahead ofNoyes' command, and charged them still further. His men lay down and maintained a steady fire for half an hour against a crowd of concealed Sioux skirmishers. The Crows then made another charge, but were again driven back. The Sioux now became bold, and crept forward, ready to make a dash, when Mill's command again drove them back. The Sioux gave him several heavy volleys, and then broke and ran for the bluffs. Gen. Crook's aid-de-carap ordered the com? mand to cease firing and advance direct? ly North, along the stream, to the Sioux village, six miles off, but the order was countermanded. Mill's, command pur? sued the retreating Sioux four miles. After some further firing, orders were given to fall back and concentrate for a general advance; this proved disastrous. The Sioux held the highest ground, and poured a destructive nre on the exposed troops. The recruits behaved bravely while this order was being performed. Nine men were killed by the*Sioux, and twenty wounded. The Crows and Snakes at this critical moment made another charge, and fought the Sioux nobly. As soon as the junction was effected, the Sioux began to yield, and the infantry drove them from the high bluff. The Snakes pursued them several miles. At one o'clock the firing ceased, and the troops fell back to the point where the battle began. The Crows were deter? mined to return home, being dissatisfied with the support they received from the troops. The Sioux committed some hor? rible atrocities in the field. One Snake was killed and eight wounded. A num? ber of Sioux were dead on the field,' but many dead and wounded Sioux were carried off. GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY. ? Mr. Talmage lately prayed for all who read his sermons. He is not entire? ly without feeling for the afflicted.?New Orleans Republican. ? "I don't know much about Mr. Wheeler," said Governor Hayes, and probably Mr. Wheeler can say with equal truthfulness, "I don't know much about Governor Hayes." ? The eldest daughter of General Robert C. Schenck, United States Minis? ter to England, is to be married in Ohio next September to an English gentleman whom she met in London. ? The Congaree is slowly getting back into its banks. The river fellseveralfeet yesterday. Many bridges in the up country must have been washed away, as several of them have floated down the river, past Neagle's Bridge. ? The Connecticut House of Repre? sentatives has passed, by a vote of 106 yeas to 70 nays, a bill favorably reported from the female suffrage committee, ex? tending the ballot to women in certain cases. ? Neagle's famous bridge is in no danger as yet, and its owner remarks that he has no fears for its safety from the at? tacks of its natural enemy, as it is weighed down with mortgages enough to hold it in the face of a second deluge. ? Indiana Grand Lodge of Masons has reinstated the clause in its regula? tions against Masons using or selling spirituous liquors, and has forbidden sub? ordinate lodges to receive into member? ship those addicted to their use. ? Aiken expects to be represented at the Centennial exhibition by mocking? birds singing by note?taught by Profes? sor Brown, of that town. The birds have already mastered the bars of "Yankee Doodle" and "Star Spangled Banner." ? The New Orleans Picayune records that Goy. Hayes was born m Vermont, fought very well duiing the war, was made a Brigadier General, and in that capacity was whipped and captured by the Confederate General Harry T. Hays. ' ? The Catawba river is said to be booming?all the adjacent bottom lands are several feet under water. It was high? er than it was ever known to be before. A mill house, intact, was seen floating down the stream early Monday morning, but was completely wrecked when it struck the shoals at Landsford. ? A correspondent of the Wilmington Journal who has visited Marion, Darling? ton, Sumter, Richland, York and Fair field Counties, reports that the crops in all these counties were very fine, and al? though much rain has fallen during the past week, it is thought that the crops were not injured. ? A colored man in Sumter pro? nounced the late execution of Aleck Lowry one of the "finest hangings that ever took place in Sumter County." On being asked for his reasons, the citizen replied, "Why, sir, he give out two Esalms, raised de tunes hisself, preached is own funal, and wasunt scared a bit." ? A book agent who has retired from active labor, upon the hard-earned accu? mulation of a life of industrious cheek, says that the great secret of his success was, when he went to a house where the female head of the family presented her? self, he always opened by saying, "I beg your pardon, Miss, but it was your moth? er I wanted to see. That always used to get 'em. They not only subscribed for my books themselves, but told me where I could find more customers." ? A Brooklyn girl having been visited for some months by au exceedingly bash ful gentleman brought on the wished-for climax by the following ruse: He made an afternoon call, and, after a few min? utes waiting, she rushed into the parlor equipped for the street, and said hastily: "I am in a great hurry?have an engage? ment with a lady friend, and if you came for the purpose of proposing marriage you must be quick about it." Wedding early in the fall. ? Saturday a terrible cyclone origina? ted near Pee Dee Bridge, in Marion County and passed by the bridge and on north of that place with great force. At the railroad bridge it tore up the plat? form planks, which are two inches thick and spiked down and stove them through the framing of the bridge. The support? ing posts were twisted off like pipe steins, and whirled through the air. Mr. Sess? ions and two negroes grabbed the railroad iron, but were about to be blown away, and rolled down the embankment and seized the body of a tree for a mainstay. Several houses were blown down in the vicinity of the bridge, and two or three negroes crippled, and one killed. ? The Queen dowager of Sweden, whose death was noticed the other day, was the daughter of Eugene, the son of Josephine and adopted son of the great Napoleon. She was born in the splendor of imperial days, and became the bride of Bernadotte's son. Two of her sons be? came kings. One of them is now on the throne. It is strange, as showing how time avenges everything, that while the blood of Napoleon is on no throne in Europe the blood of Josephine, who was divorced, has become a royal strain, and will probably continue. It was the dream of the great conqueror's life to found a royal line. His descendants are outside of the royal circle, while the de? scendants of his discarded wife reign still, and bid fair to reign for generations. ? The political record of Hayes and Wheeler during their services in Congress is rabidly being investigated by Demo? cratic members of the House. Hayes was uniformly in favor of every land grant and every subsidy brought before the House during his membership, while Mr. Wheeler, during his connection with the Pacific Railroad committee, was a prince among the Credit Mobilier sup? porters, and advocated every measure of any benefit to the land grabber. Both nominees having accepted the honor on a platform one of the principal planks of which denounces such robbing measures as Hayes and Wheeler supported, the opinion is inferred that none know better than they and their party how deeply have the people of this country been wronged by the indiscriminate donations of public lands to railroad monopolies. ? A St Louis telegram, of Wednesday night, says: "The Tilden men have not developed their tactics or made much demonstration, but their advance guard will be largely reinforced by to-morrow's arrivals. They have the decided advan? tage of having both Democratic papers here in their interest, in addition to the popular feeling of the local population. Altogether the indications are that the contest is going to be keen and exciting, as it was at Cincinnati last week. Ser geant-at-Arms Thompson arrived here this afternoon, and is stopping at the Planters' House. He is for Thnrman first and last, and all the time, and has hopes of his man here proving the win? ner in the end. The Ohio men here, he says, will have to come to his support,' and will put Hendricks out of the way. It is said that we are to have the Liberal Republican sides here as well as at Cin? cinnati. John Cochran, of New York, has engaged rooms here, and Carl Schurz will also be on hand, ostensibly to deliv? er a speech to his German fellow-citizens on the evening of the Fourth of Jnlv.? It is well known, however, that he is to be here in the interest of Tilden. His paper, the Westliche Post, has not yet endorsed the Cincinnati ticket, ' ut says it will wait to see the result of the Demo? cratic deliberations here." "WOOL OARDS, Williamston, S. O. are now ready for Carding Wool. Guarantee satisfaction. Thankful for past patronage, we solicit the same. No charges for carrying Wool to and from De? pot J. & J. E. WILSON. June 20,1876_50_ Situations Wanted for Orphan Boys. THE Board of Commissioners of the Charleston Orphan House have several boys, from 13 to 15 years old, whom they wish to bind out to farmers, merchants or mechanics, in the interior of the State. Ap? plications by letter may be made to W. C. BEE, Chairman of the Board, Charleston, S C Jane 29,1876_50 '_4_ WOOL CARDING. THE WOOL CARDS at the PENDLE TON FACTORY are now prepared to run. Having been reclothed, they are in order to do the best of work. Parties hav? ing Wool to be Carded, will have their or? ders promptly and satisfactorily executed by bringing it to the undersigned at Pendleton Factory. We also have Rolls and Factory Yarn on hand for sale. RICHARDS & WILSON. June 29, 1876_50_3 DENTISTRY. THE undersigned will be in Anderson on 3rd July, 1876, to remain for a short time, and will perform all work in DEN? TAL SURGERY, guaranteeing satisfaction, both as to work and prices. Has all the late appliances for Operative and Mechani? cal Dentistry. Administers Liquid Nitrous Oxide, for the Painless Extraction of Teeth, when desired. E. G. MURRAH, D. D. S. June 22,1876 50_2_ T?TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Akdebs?n Coustt. By W. W. Eumplureys, Esq., Probatt Judge, WHEREAS, Mrs. E. M. Lafoy has made suit to me to grant her letters of Administra? tion on the Estate and effects of Newton W. Lafoy, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all kindred and creditors of the said New? ton W. Lafoy. deceased, to be and appear before me in Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on Friday, July 14th, 1876, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administra? tion should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 27th day of June, A. D. 1876. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate June 29,1876_50_2 Hard Times Played Out. s GOOD TIMES AHEAD!! AH Ton arc Required to Do is to Go to HTJBBARD'S, And yon will find ont that just a Little HandfnU of Money will Bny an Armfall of Goods. IN order to make a change in my business, I have decided to close out my Stock of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BLANKETS, HATS, SHOES and BOOTS, POTWARE, CROCKERY, &c, Ac. AT COST FOR CASH. My stock in the future will consist of FAMILY GROCERIES, CHOICE CONFECTIONERIES, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, &c. Please call soon and get Bargains in the above articles, which will be sold precisely at cost. June 22, 1876 49 3m SOLID WEALTH I $600,000 IN GIFTS ! Grandest Schume ever Presented to the Public A FORTUNE FOE ONLY $12. THE Kentucky Cash Distribution Company, au? thorized by a special act of the Kentucky Leg? islature, for the benefit of the Public Schools of Frankfort, will have the first of their series of Grand Drawings at Major Hall, in the City of Frankfort, Ky., on THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1876, on which occasion they will distribute to the ticket-holders the immense sum of $600,000. THOS. P. A>RTER, Ex-Gov. Ky., Gcn'L Manager. posirnnLYXo postponement. LIST OF GIFTS: One Grand Cash Gift..$100,000 One Grand Cash Gift.. 50,000 One Grand Cash Glfl. -23,000 Oue Grand Cash Gift-. "20,000 One Grand Cash Gift. lOOOC One Grand Cash Gift. 5,000 50 Cash Gifts of $1.000 each. 50,000 100 Cash Gifts of 500 each. 50,000 < 100 Cash Gifts of 400 each. 40,000 100 Cash Gifts of 300 each. 50,000 200 Cash Gifts of 200 each. 40,000 COO Cash Gifts of 100 each. 60,000 10,000 Cash Gifts of* 12 each.... 120,000 Total, 11,156 Gifts. All Cash.600,000 PRICE OF TICKETS: Whole tickets, S12j Halves, $6; Quarters, $2; 9 Tickets, 8100; 27J4 Tickets, $300: 4% Tickets, 5500: 35% Tickets, $1,000. 100,000 Tickets at $12 each. Remittances can be made by Express, Draft, Post Office Money Order or Registered Letter, made payable to Kentucky Cash Distribution Company. AH communications connected with the distribu? tion, and orders for Tickets, and applications of Agents to sell Tickets, should be addressed to HON. THOS. P. PORTER, General Manager, Frankfort, Ky. Juue29,1876 50 4