The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, August 03, 1876, Image 2
JAS. A. HOTT,
E. B. MURRAY, >Editon
THURSDAY M0RNIN6, AUS. 3rd, 1876.
National Democratic Ticket
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FOR PRESIDENT:
SAMUEL J. TILDEN,
Of New York.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
THOS. A. HENDRICKS,
Of Indiana.
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONTENTION.
In accordance with the call of the State
Democratic Executive Committee, a
Convention of the Democratic party of J
Anderson County will be held at Ander?
son C. H. on Monday, 7th of August next,
at twelve o'clock m., for the purpose
of electing five delegates to represent this
County in the State Democratic Conven?
tion, which assembles in Columbia on
the 15th prox., and for the transaction of]
such other business as may be brought
before it
Under a resolution adopted by the
Central Executive Committee, the basis
of representation in the County Conven?
tion will be as follows: Each Democratic
Club in Anderson County shall be en?
titled to one delegate for twenty-five
members or under, and an additional
delegate for each additional twenry-five
members. The delegates will be ex?
pected to present credentials from the
proper officers of their respective Clubs.
It is recommended to the several
Clubs, whose regular meetings do not
take place between this time and the 7th
of August, that they will hold an extra
meeting on Saturday, 5th of August, for
the purpose of electing delegates to the
County Convention.
Each Club will be expected to send in
to the County Chairman a complete list
of its members, together with a roster of j
the white and colored voters in their re?
spective townships, at or before the meet?
ing of the County Convention.
JAMES A. HOYT,
* County Chairman.
THE STATE CONTENTION.
The Democratic State Convention will
meet in Columbia on the 15th inst, for
the purpose of announcing a platform of |
principles, nominating State officers and
Electors for President and Vice Presi?
dent, and to consider such other business
as may be brought before it This is in
accordance with the action of the May
Convention, which authorized the State
Executive Committee to make the call,
whenever in their judgement it was
deemed wise and proper for such a body
to assemble. The determination of the
Executive Committee to hold the Con?
vention without waiting for a movement
on the part of Republicans has been crit?
icised in several quarters, an J. the opinion
freely expressed that the action of the
Executive Committee was premature and
untimely. We dissent entirely from this
view, and believe that the Executive
Committee has acted with great prudence
and discretion. No one pretends that the
gentlemen composing this body transcen?
ded their authority in the premises, and
the only criticism is upon their judg?
ment
The large majority of Democrats in
this State are in favor of nominating
candidates for all the State offices, inclu?
ding the Governor, if we may judge from
the drift of opinion expressed by public
meetings and the newspapers. Then, if
this be true, the question ought to be
authoritatively determined without fur?
ther delay, in order to prevent distrac?
tions and divisions in our own ranks
upon the proper policy of the party.
Already, the dissensions among Demo?
crats are threatening and calamitous, and
it is time to put a stop to useless and
fruitless discussion of Bide issues. Un?
doubtedly, there must be unity and har?
mony in our conduct to insure the remo?
test chance of success. A State Conven?
tion is alone authorized to promulgate a
platform and determine a policy, and tile
promotion of unity must come from its
action. We must hare a discreet and
experienced commander of our forces, in
order to gain the victory. At the pres?
ent time, the Democracy in South Caro?
lina is without a recognized leader, and
the subalterns are differing widely as to
the mode of attack. The nomination of |
candidates and the erection of a platform
will unify the various elements, and pro?
duce harmonious efforts to secure the
State for the Democracy. So long aai
this matter is left undetermined, and]
every one is at liberty to advocate what?
ever policy may best suit his particular j
locality, to that extent is the day of our
deliverance postponed and the causes for
dissension increased. We must do battle
against the common enemy, and not
against our friends I
The great end and aim of the Demo?
cratic organization is to place the man?
agement of our public affairs in the hands
of intelligent, upright men, whose char?
acters for honesty and integrity will be a
guarantee to the country that we intend
to uphold justice, maintain peace, and
restore prosperity to the entire people of
the State. The Republican party has
signally failed to give this guarantee in
the past, and there is no reason to sup?
pose that the future will rid that party of |
its Elliotts, Pattersons, Whippers, Moses
aud others of that stamp. They are in
control of its machinery to-day, and will
be during the campaign. The profes?
sions of reform made by them in previ?
ous years will be repeated. They will
unite upon a ticket from the highest to
the lowest office, aud will place upon
that ticket the very men who are respon?
sible for our present deplorable condition.
Are we to remain supine and inactive
until they choosa to carry out this pro?
gramme? Nay, are we to pursue the
distracting and suicidal course witnessed
for the last several months just for the
gratification of the Radical party, because
there is no benefit to be derived from
further discussion of the issues between
Democrats? Every man has enjoyed
ample opportunity to make up his mind
as to co-operation, fusion or straight-out
Time has been given for organization,
which was the plea for delay in the May J
Convention, and further organization
will not be perfected until the pun of
attack has been agreed upon. Three
months have elapsed since ""organization"
was given out as the watchword, and
three months only remain in which to
reap the victory. We cannot expect to
succeed in any policy by waiting upon
the Radicals, for it is within their power
to postpone action just as long as neces?
sary. Is there anything to prevent the
Republican Convention from imitating
the example of the Democrats, were the
latter to accept the suggestion for the
State Convention to meet and adjourn to
a subsequent time, in order that we might
obtain an insight into the plans of the
Radicals? They might be equally desi?
rous to know our plans, and we have yet
to learn that the Radicals are stupid and
unwary in their management of a cam?
paign. In our judgment, the State Con?
vention ought to discharge the duties
marked out for the delegates in the call
of the Executive Committee, and not
give heed to the syren song of delay and
procrastination.
THE NEWS AND COURIER.
With customary self-complacency, our
contemporary avoids the plain issue we
made touching its allusions to the
"straight-out" Democrats, in connection
with the Hamburg affair. There was
neither necessity nor foundation in jus?
tice for the paragraph upon which we I
commented two weeks ago. It was a
suggestion to the common enemy, and its
flagrant injustice was not mitigated in
the slightest by an expression in regard
to the "intentions" of those who are un?
alterably opposed to the policy of the
News and Courier. The undoubted effect
of the paragraph was to impress the idea
that a "straight-out" campaign meant to
procure victory through fraud, force and
intimidation. Explicit declarations of
disbelief, after the damage had been
done by allusions of this character, can?
not remove the "-fleet already produced.
Our contemponu/ put a weapon in the
hands of ah unscrupulous enemy, and it
will be heralded abroad that the "popular
understanding," according to a leading
and influential journal in South Caro?
lina, is that the Democracy propose to
elect their candidates through fraud and
force. Such an imputation deserved re?
buke and censure, and we are more than
ever convinced that it was an insult to the
intelligence and an unjust reflection upon
thousands of good citizens in South Car?
olina, who are just as much entitled to
their opinions as the News and Courier.
In common with many citizens, we have
persistently, and strenuously advocated
the policy and duty of the Democrats to
put forth a ticket for State officers, with?
out regard to the probable action of the
Republicans, and some of us advised this
course in the campaign of 1874. There
was no Hamburg riot at that-time, and
what is termed "the Mississippi plan"
was unknown; in fact, a straight-out
policy has had its advocates in every
campaign since reconstruction. Our con?
temporary never sought to remove "false
impressions" by directing attention to
the "popular understanding" in those
campaigns, and it in a lame and impotent
conclusion that there was any necessity
for such groundless insinuations at this
time. The simple truth, however, can?
not be concealed even by the astuteness
and diplomacy of the News and Courier.
The advocates of that policy are too nu?
merous to suit the wishes of our contem?
porary, and recognizing the -desperate
straits into which its favorite scheme of
co-operation is placed, these suggestions
were made to impress unfavorably the
weak-kneed and timid. The people are
determined not to. accept the plan so
graciously prepared by the. Newt and
Courier, and through their delegates will
I demand that, as free and independent
J citizens, the opportunity be given them
to vote for pure, upright and unadultera?
ted Democrats, without regard to the
"false impressions" of malignant enemies
or the unfounded allusions of very indis?
creet friends! If the Radical leaders
Governor Chamberlain included?think
proper to regard such a demand as mean?
ing a repetition of the Hamburg busi?
ness, and in this interpretation are en?
dorsed by the whole Republican party,
we can only pity their stupidity and de?
spise their efforts to stigmatize men every
whit as honest and patriotic as the best
of them, to say the very least When
political action is to be ganged by the
"false impressions" of open and avowed
enemies, we are willing to retire from
the contest for correct government and
perfect liberty, and leave the field to
those who derive inspiration from their
fears and are not seeking the establish?
ment of great principles.
THE TRUE CAUSE OF THE HAM*
BURG DIFFICULTY.
We do not propose in this article to re?
count the facts connected with the Ham?
burg conflict nor to vindicate or condemn
the course pursued by either party to the
I unfortunate affair, as we have already
given expression to our views upon this
part of the question. We now have for
our purpose the important inquiry as to
the causes which led to the trouble, and
the person or persons upon whom the
blame should properly rest. To our
mind the causes of this trouble lie at the
door of the present incompetent and in?
tensely partisan administration. Whether
the whites or blacks were to blame in the
immediate fight is a matter of very little
consequence compared to the administra?
tive dereliction of duty, of which it shows
the Governor to have been guilty. There
was no occasion for the maintenance of
a single armed man in this State ,to sus?
tain the peace and order of the common?
wealth, and but for the arming of the
militia in and around Hamburg tbere
would have been no disturbance of the
peace. If this company was not legally
organized Governor Chamberlain is re?
sponsible for allowing them to have the
State arms. If it was regularly organ?
ized be is to blame for leaving these arms
in their hands at the time he disarmed
the Ridge Spring militia for their dis?
orderly conduct. It was against public
policy and the good order of society for
the Governor to place or leave arms in
the hands of a lawless and riotous mob
like the negroes of Hamburg have long
had the reputation of being. The trou?
ble incident to these companies of igno?
rant, newly enfranchised colored men
tj& been repeatedly represented to the
Governor, and he has acknowledged the
justice of the complaint by withdrawing
the State arras. Why these arms were
left in the hands of the most notoriously
insurrectionary negroes in the State when
they were taken from others not so mali
cious, cannot be explained upon any
principle creditable to the Governor,
whose culpability even extends further
than this. Prince Rivers, a seditious and
incompetent colored man, is Major-Gen?
eral of the militia in that section of the
State and a Trial Justice at Hamburg by
the Governor's appointment, although he
was charged with inciting an insurrection
of the negroes in Georgia last year for
the purpose of murdering the whites.
Now we assert, without the slightest fear
of transcending the truth, that had there
been a suitable man for the position of
Major-General, or a competent and
proper Trial Justice at Hamburg, he
could and would have averted the riot.
As long, however, as the Governor con?
tinues to appoint such men as .Rivers as
commanders of ignorant militia and Trial
Justices to expound aud enforce the laws,
just so long will we have a continuance
of this kind of mischief. If hsV wants
peace and order let him remove his in?
competent military dignitaries, trial
justices and county officers, and replace
them by creditable appointments. There
will then be no further trouble.?
The Governor has shown himself un?
worthy of' public respect by his con?
temptible and intensely partisan course.
We respectfully commend this side of the
question to the consideration of the News
and Courier for a while, if it has finished
its abuse of all true Democrats.
WILFULLY MISUNDERSTOOD.
The Union-Herald, which is Governor
Chamberlain's organ and is partly owned
by him, found objection to the article we
published upon the subject of the
Charleston Judgeship, because we said
that , if the Governor was not able to
maintain Judge Reed in his position by
the use of the State 'militia, that he
should ask for United States troops to
assist him. This journal processed, to
believe that we wanted United States
troops; and went on to describe how these
troops must be got, showing that they
could only be asked for as a last resort,
which we clearly indicated a knowledge
of in the article referred to by putting
the contingency of asking for troops as
the last means of upholding the law.
This paper's perceptive powers are evi?
dently very limited, as . it did not glean
this information from our article. It,
however, proceeds in that didactic spirit
for which certain characters are peculiar?
ly noted, to inform us that reconstruction
had worked no change in the law, but
that applications for troops must .be made
in all cases after the power of the State
authority has been exhausted. That the
remedy for resistance to authority is the
same as that for chicken theft. First,
there must be a warrant, and its service
must be resisted. Then the sheriff posse
must be resisted and the militia must be
overpowered, after which the Governor
could properly apply for troops. This
statement is entirely correct, and we
would like to be informed why the Gov?
ernor of South Carolina does not comply
with this mode of procedure. He must
be as well informed upon constitutional
and federal law as the editor of his Co?
lumbia organ, and we cannot perceive
why he does, not actin practice up to his'
theory .upon this subject. Before there
had been a warrant issued, or even a
coroner's inquest prosecuted to a verdict,
in the Hamburg matter, this. Governor
hastens to Washington to ask for troops
it is said. He denies it to be true, but
circumstances indicate its truth almost
beyond a possibility. It is a pity his
paper was <*> xplicit upon this question,
for by publishing the article in question
it was condemning one of its owners in
'advance. There was not the slightest
resistance to the civil authority,' and
there was not even a legal record to show
that any law was even charged to have
been violated, and yet the Governor went
to Washington for troops. "Consistency,
thou art a jewel."
TROOPS FOR THE SOUTH.
A specif! to the New York Tribune of
recent date contains the following, which
intimates an intention to carry the States
of North and South Carolina and Loui?
siana by the use of Federal troops, if
necessary. In each of these States legis?
latures are to be elected which will elect
United States Senators, and hence to
have them securely Republican is a mat?
ter of no little importance. Unless some
satisfactory terms are made with the In?
dians, we imagine there will not be very
many troops to station down here, and
even the use of troops will hardly be able
to carry North Carolina or Louisiana.
Such interference will result in disaster
to the National Republican party, even
if it were to carry the States named, for
the people of the whole Union are tired
of the attempt to control Southern elec?
tions by the bayonet. The dispatch
spoken of says:
General T. Morris Chester, a leading
colored Republican politician of Louisi?
ana, called on the President this morning,
and received from him assurances that the
administration will furnish all the neces?
sary aid to Mr. Packard and the Repub?
lican managers of Louisiana to carry the
State next November. The President is
reported as having said: "We shall
carry Louisiana; we carry only three of
Southern States; the other two are North
and South Carolina." The President al
so sent a message to Mr. Packard, assuring
him that the means for making a most
vigorous campaign in the State will be
furnished. He said there will be no lack
of money, and that if troops are needed
they also will be furnished.
Another Edgefield Horror.?On
Tuesday last, an "oppressed negro" caught
the seven year old daughter of Mr. Louis
Prcscott, a small farmer near Red Hill,
in Edgefield County, on her way from
school, dragged her off into the woods,
and there committed a crime upon her,
upon humanity and upon civilization, at
the recital of which the blood fairly cur?
dles in the human veins. The most re?
markable feature of this terrible crime is
that the father, a law-abiding citizen,
mounted his horse and rode ten miles to
a Trial Justice for the purpose of obtain?
ing a warrant for the arrest of this devil
in numan shape who had committed the
outrage. His neighbors, it seem a, taking
the proper view of the affair, without
legal warrant or authority, but acting in
the spirit of that higher law which was
made before the statutes of South Caroli?
na were ever dreamed of, arrested the
scoundrel, and report Bays "lost him" in
thp woods.
? There is an on dit in very well in?
formed circles that Mr. Manton Marble,
late editor and proprietor of the World, is
to be married shortly to a handsome and
wealthy widow, Mrs. Lombard, who has
for a long time been the object of his at?
tentions.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Gen. M. W. Harllee, of Marion, whose
name has been prominently mentioned
in connection with the nomination for
Governor, has, written a letter in which
he states that it would be out of his
power to accept such a position, if ten?
dered. Gen. Harllee is unreserved in his
opinion that a straight-out policy is the
proper course to be pursued by the Dem
ocraticjjState Convention.
The Presidential election will take
place on Tuesday, 8th of November, and
many of the State elections occur on that
day?South Carolina .included among
that number. The State elections which
occur prior to that time are as follows:
Kentucky and Alabama on the first Mon?
day in August; Vermont on the first
Tuesday in September; California on
the first Wednesday in September;
Maine on the second Monday in Septem?
ber ; Georgia on the' first Wednesday in
October; Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska
and West Virginia on the second Tues?
day in October; Texas on the first Mon?
day in November.
Gen. M. C. Botler has written a letter
to the New York Herald, in which he
characterizes Gov. Chamberlain's recent
publication in regard to the Hamburg
riot as a fancy sketch, and challenges the
Governor to inaugurate steps at once to
have the rioters arrested and punished.
Both letters are given in this issue of the
Intelligencer. Gen. Butler makes a fair
and manly proposition to the Governor,
and that functionary cannot avoid the
issue, unless he is anxious to maintain a
position of unjustifiable obstinacy in re?
gard to Gen. Butler. The onus is upon
him and his officials to prove their asser?
tions in regard to the Hamburg riot.
The Charleston Journal of Commerce
published an interview with Maj. R. M.
Wallace, United States Marshal of this
State, in which that gentleman states
that Gov. Chamberlain made application
for the assistance of Federal troops in
?quelling disturbances in this State, on
the ground that he is unable to prevent
them j that, in consequence of this appli?
cation and its representations, Wallace
and Chamberlain were summoned to
Washington for the purpose of conferring
with the Secretary of War and the At?
torney-General ; and that the removal of
troops from Columbia to other points
was the result of this conference. This
statement is pronounced by the Columbia
Union-Herald as a tissue of misrepresen?
tations, on the authority of Marshal
Wallace, who knows of no application
made by Gov. Chamberlain for troops to
be sent to South Carolina. Is this
I denial another subterfuge on the part of
j the Governor and his friends? Or does
j Mr. Wallace make one statement in
Charleston and an exactly opposite one
in Columbia? Certainly, a little light is
needed to reconcile the different positions
attributed to him -by the Charleston and
Columbia newspapers*
WHLPPER INTERVIEWED.
, W. J. Whipper, the colored man elect?
ed to the Judgeship of the Charleston
Circuit, was recently interviewed by a
reporter of the News arid - Courier, and
the following conversation reported:
. The purpose of the visit was explain?
ed, anof "the General" asked if he would
consent to an interview.
\VTupper replied that he had no objec?
tions to submit to an interview, provided
the reporter would publish what he said
and nothing else, and on being assured
that, his wish in that respect would be
complied with, opened his mind in this
wise:
1 am the legally elected judge of this
circuit, and propose to exercise the func?
tions of that office. I qualified before
the chief justice of the Supreme Court
on the 11th of July, on the certified cer?
tificate of the presiding officers and
clerks of the two houses of the Legisla?
ture.
Here the "judge" hauled out a certifi?
cate, bearing the seal of the State, and
testifying that he was elected judge of
the First Circuit, &c. Appended was a
certificate of the secretary of State, dated
July 10,1876, stating that this was a cor?
rect copy of the original which was on
file in the office. On the back was writ?
ten the usual oath of office, sworn to be?
fore F. J. Moses, July 11,1876. Having
viewed this document, the reporter next
inquired the object of the late trip to
Washington. But the general didn't
seem to be communicative on this point,
and merely answered that his trip to
Washington had no particular connec?
tion with the judicial question.
My term commences after August the
26th, and I shall then attempt to exercise
the judicial functions. The Court of
Common Pleas, I understand, has not
been adjourned. Judge Reed has con?
tinued the term, and the court is still in
session. Unless Judge Reed adjourns it
before the 26th of August, I shall at?
tempt to take charge of it. I shall go
into the court house and take charge of
matters, unless I am prevented in some
way. If Judge Reed appears and at?
tempts to interfere in any way with me,
I shall treat him just as I would any oth?
er man who attempts to interfere with
the process of the court. I am entirely
indifferent as to the clerk what he does.
If the sheriff and solicitor obey my or?
ders, which I hope they will, I appre?
hend no difficulty as to the clerk. As to
what course I intend to pursue I don't
care to indicate it.
I will state that I have no idea of call?
ing an extra term of the Court of Ses?
sions, because I view it that it would be
surrounded with difficulties which I
don't propose to encounter. If done at
all it will be from absolute necessity, and
not for the purpose of helping my cause.
The term or the Oraugeburg court does
not commence until the first Monday in
October, and the question will probably
be decided before that time. And even
if Judge Reed adjourns his court here I
shall not hesitate to issue any writ or
order or to use the functions of judge
after the 26th of August. After the 26th
of August I regard Judge Reed us out of
office. I shall treat any attempt of his
to interfere with me as contempt of court,
and I shall try to have such orders en?
forced as in my judgment are necessary
for the protection of the court. I only
desire to state that the published reports
of my Orangeburg speech are not correct.
So far from advising the colored people
to be there to support me, I advised them
to stay at home, and I would much prefer
that they would do so, either here or at
Orangeburg. I did tell them that I
would be adequate to the emergency,
and that if I fell or was attacked, it
would then be time enough to avenge
my death, and that I would expect them
to do it.
Reporter. Do you apprehend any
serious trouble on the 26th when you at?
tempt to take your seat ?
I do not; but if there is, I guarantee
that neither I nor my friends will be the
aggressors. But I shall not shrink from
any emergency, and I believe that my
friends wiU support me.
? Wisconsin politicians put Tilden's
majority in the State at 10,000.
CHAMBERLAIN IN WASHINGTON.
A Washington correspondent of the
Charleston Journal of Commerce writes
thus about our reform Governor's recent
visit to Washington:
It may interest some of your readers
to be informed of Chamberlain's recep?
tion and conduct at Washington, during
his recent visit here to ask for troops to
still further degrade a war-stricken peo?
ple. The Governor met a willing spirit
in Cameron, but the President is said to
have snubbed him in a manner that was
refreshing.
. Whether or not troops will be sent to
the State remains to be seen, but certain
it is that Chamberlain filed a bitter letter
with the Attorney General, asking that
the "National" arm be extended to guar
i antee to the Republicans rights and priv?
ileges which only demagogues likenim
self imagined were in jeopardy.'
While here, the Governor was assidu?
ous in his attentions to the South Caro?
lina Congressmen. Morn, noon and
night, he was hanging around Smalls
and Rainey, and seemed never better
pleased than when he was enjoying Pat?
terson's philosophy. He even buried the
hatchet with Whipper, who was closeted
with the Governor it the Ebbitt House,
for several hours, the day after his ar?
rival. It was a disgusting sight to see
Chamberlain walking on the Avenue
with the embryo judge whom he so bit?
terly denounced last winter in his memo?
rable letter to Senator Morton.
Chamberlain's friends make no secret
in declaring that his principal object in
calling for troops was to intimidate the
Democracy and cause their Convention,
which meets on the 15th proximo, to ad
journ over without making a ticket for
State officers. By such action they de?
clare that the Republicans will be forced
to re-nominate Chamberlain, and thus
make happy that piebald crew, who live
and move and have their being from the
depleted exchequer of the Palmetto State.
During Chamberlain's recent visit here,
he was met by Kimpton and Wesley, two
New York sharpers, who were assiduous
in their attentions to him. It is said
that these gentlemen (?) have kindly
offered to lend Cardozo $30.000 to pay
the interest on the consolidated bonds.
If this be so, your people may look for
the redemption of the various swindling
securities of the State in the event of
Chamberlain's re-election.
Correspondence Between General Gary
and Captain Dawson.
Edgefield Court House, S. G;
July 25,1876.
Captain F. W. Dawson, Editor Charleston
News and Courier:
SiK?Your card, published in the
Charleston Journal of Commerce of July
24th, instant, must suggest to every "man
of honor" my course of conduct toward
you. In response to it, I request that
you will name, at an early day, some
Slace outside the limits of the State of
outh Carolina where I may address a
further communication to you touching
the affair between us.
Your obedient servant,
M. W. Gary.
Office of the News and Courier,
No. 19 Broad Street,
Charleston, S. G, July 25,1876.
Gen. M. W. Gary :
Sir?-Your note of this date is receiv?
ed. It is a well known fact in South
Carolina that the principles by which I
am governed do not allow me to engage
in a duel. None the less do I hold my?
self personally responsible for every word
I have written, and especially for my
opinions and language regarding you.
I shall not, now or hereafter, go out of
my way to meet you; but I can always
be found by those who seek me.' You
have intimated that there is a likelihood
that I shall, at your coming, raise the
"white flag." I have in the plainest
words I could command bidden you put
this to the test.
A hostile message, which it was afore
gone conclusion that I should decline,
may satisfy you. It certainly is not,
under the circumstances, the most direct
way to resent my course and maintain
the position you had taken.
I am, yours obediently,
F. W. Dawson.
POLITICAL NOTES.
? The Republicans are beginning to
have serious doubts of their ability to
carry Michigan this fall.
? It is* believed that ex-Postmaster
General Jewell will be the Republican
candidate for Governor in Connecticut.
? Democracy in South Carolina, what?
ever it may mean elsewhere, means hon?
esty, virtue and truth. Republicanism
means the reverse of those attributes.
?- General John S. Phelps, the Demo?
cratic nominee for Governor of Missouri,
was chairman of the Congressional Ways
and Means Committee while James
Buchanan was President.
? Another one of Grant's family is in
trouble. Secretary Robeson has been
caught in stealing, and articles of im?
peachment are to be preferred against
him. Thus, one by one the roses fall.
? President Grant is said to be consid?
erably disgusted at Hayes' letter accept?
ing the Republican nomination for Presi?
dent, because he does not come out
squarely in approval of his administra?
tion.
? The Cincinnati Commercial says:
President Grant shows signs of fatigue in
holding the country up by the tail.
Sometimes there are symptoms that he
has a great notion to let the thing drop
like a hot potato.
? Two prominent colored men, who
were appointed members of the Republi?
can Executive Committee in Carroll
County, Tenn., refuse to serve, and de?
clare their intention of going with the.
Democrats this time.
? General John F. Farnsworth, of Il?
linois, who served for several terms as a
Republican member of Congress, has
come out for Tilden and Hendricks, and
made a strong speech in favor of their
election at Aurora, Illinois.
? Ex Gov. Gaston is said to have con?
sented to a renomination bv the Demo?
crats of Massachusetts, and It is thought
that the convention will name him.
Gov. Rice will undoubtedly be renomi
nated by the Republican Convention.
? Ex-Governor John M. Palmer, of
Illinois, declares himself entirely satisfied
with the St. Louis ticket; thinks it a
strong ticket and promises to support it.
Ex-Senator Lvman Trumbull is of a sim?
ilar mind and offers his services to the
Democratic managers.
? It is a new thing in American poli?
tics for a Cabinet officer to be at the head
of a campaign committee; but, then,
"the best Government the world ever
saw" is introducing to us many new
things. For instance, old Zach. Chan?
dler, Secretary of the Interior, at the head
of the Republican Executive Committee.
? Edward Rausom, of North Carolina,
Independent Republican candidate for
Congress in the First District of that
State two years agOj and president of the
recent State Constitutional Convention,
announces his intention to support the
Democratic nominations, both State and
national. He will take the stump imme?
diately. Mr. Ransom v as a Grant elector
in 1872.
? One of the most gratifying acces?
sions to the ranks of the workers for Til
den and Hendricks is Mr. W. H. Hern
don, of Illinois, for twenty-five years the
law partner and bosom friend of Abra?
ham Lincoln. He declared at a ratifica?
tion meeting at Springfield last week, that
he was for Tilden and Hendricks and
reform, and should labor from now until
November next on the stump, through
the press and through every channel by
which thought could reach thought for
their election. His speech was received
with great applause.
The Hamburg Verdict.?A reporter
of the Augusta Constitutionalist gives the
following as to the Hamburg verdict,
which was rendered on Saturday ?
"The verdict recites the, general points
of the evidence given at the inquest in re?
gard to the riot and the killing of five ne?
groes. . The names of from fifty to. sixty
persons appear (the Butlers appearing
first) as Deing concerned, the charge
againBt South Carolinians being murder,
and that against a number of persons
from Georgia as accessories. There is no'
mention of young Merriwether's killing
made, and no inquest was held on his
body. This, as Prince Rivers says, was
in consequence of Merriwether's body
being taken from the State and interred
in another State, and no official notifica?
tion being given to a proper officer in
South Carolina of his death. Had it
been otherwise, he says, he would have
held an inquest. Rivers says the verdict
consists of about nine or ten pages of
legal cap paper. Rivers went to Aiken
and would give no information as to its
contents. So far as we are informed, no
warrants have been issued. Prince Riv?
ers, as trial justice, will be the party to
issue them, probably, as he says, on Mon?
day, when they will be served by Sheriff
Jordan. Sheriff Jordan has been in?
formed by counsel that the parties for
whom it is probable that warrants will be
issued will surrender at once when served
by the proper officer."
? The Charlotte Observer reports a
great mortality among colored people
since the heated term, while the health
of the white population was never better.
? It is reported that Governor Tilden
is engaged to be married to an accom
Slished and beautiful lady, a native of
Kentucky, at present residing in Ala?
bama, and that they will probably fulfil
their engagements before the ides of No?
vember have come and gone.
HYMENEAL.
MARRIED, on Wednesday evening, 26th
of July, at St. Paul's Church, Pendleton, by
Rev. W. J7. Gregory; Mr. JOSEPH J. 8IT
TON and Miss SUSIE H., third daughter of
W. H. D. Gaillard, all of Pendleton, 8. C.
Tribute of Respect.
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God
to remove from our midst our worthy broth?
er, W C. HALE; and whereas: in the'death
of Bro. Hale, New Prospect Division, No.
68, has sustained the loss of a useful mem?
ber, the community a good citizen, and his
family an indulgent husband and father.
Be it therefore
L Resolved, That while we deeply feel and
deplore the loss of our brother, we bow in
humble submission to the dispensation of
an All-wise God.
2. That we tender our heartfelt sympa?
thies to the grief-stricken wife and family in
this their sad bereavement.
3. That the members of this Division wear
the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
4. That a blank page in our Record Book
be inscribed to his memory, and a copy of
these resolutions be furnished the family of
the deceased, and the Anderson Intelligencer
for publication.
W1LTJ AM T. McGILL,
S. NEWTON BROWNE,
i Committee.
ANNOUtfCESIENTS.
FOR CONGRESS.
We are authorized to announce Col.
D. WYATT AIKEN, of Abbeville, as a
candidate for Congress from the Third Con?
gressional District of South Carolina, sub?
ject to the action of the Democratic Nomi?
nating Convention.
FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONER,
astr- The many friends of DR. W. G.
BROWNE respectfully nominate him as a
suitable candidate for School Commissioner
of Anderson County?subject to the action
of the Democratic party.
The friends of Mr. ANDREW J.
WATT respectfully recommend him as a
suitable person for School Commissioner of
Anderson County?subject to 'the. nomina?
tion of the Democratic Party. -
The many friends of J. N. CAR
WTLE respectfully recommend him as a
suitable person for School Commissioner of
Anderson County?subject to the nomina?
tion of the Democratic party. Help our
disabled soldiers:
?SLr~ The undersigned hereby presents his
claims to Democratic Clubs for primary
election for the office of School Commis?
sioner. If nominated by the Clubs, he will
be a candidate for the office; if not, he will
not be a candidate, but will support.the
nominee.
WM. H. HAYNIE.
??~ The friends of Mr. ANDREW H.
OSBORNE beg leave to nominate him as a
candidate for School Commissioner at the
approaching election?subject to the action
of the Democratic party.
FOR SHERIFF.
#&- The friends of JAMES H. McCON
NELL respectfully announce him as a can?
didate for Sheriff of Anderson County at
the next election?subject to the Democratic
nomination. "
The many friends of W. T. GRUBBS
announce him as a suitable .person for the
office of Sheriff at the next ensuing elec?
tion?subject to the' result of the Demo?
cratic primary election. Help our one-arm
Confederate soldier.
$SS~ The friends of SAM'L E. MOORE
nominate him as a suitable person for the
office of Sheriff at the next election.. He is
therefore nominated for primary election,
and if nominated by it he will be a candi?
date, but under no other circumstances will
he consent to run for the office._'
FOR CLERK OF COURT.
?SS* At the solicitation of many friends, I
I present my claims to the Democratic Clubs
at the primary election for the office of
Clerk of the Court. If not nominated at
the primary election, I will not be a candi?
date, but will support the nominee.
THOMAS P. BENSON.
Messes. Editors. Several Democratic
Clubs having nominated me for Clerk of
Court, I respectfully tender them my grate?
ful thanks for then* preference, and accept
their nomination?subject to ratification at
the primary election.
JOHN W. DANIELS.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
?ST The friends of Maj. L. NEWTON
respectfully recommend 1dm to the Demo?
cratic Clubs at their primary elections as a
suitable person for the office of County
Commissioner. Mai. Newton will cheerful?
ly abide by the result of the primary elec?
tion, and if not nominated himself will sup?
port those who are nominated.
%Sf The many friends of SAMUEL
BROWNE (Broadaway) announce him as a
suitable person for Ine office of County
Commissioner nt the ensuing election?sub?
ject to the result of the Democratic primary
election._
FOR PROBATE JUDGE.
Messrs. Editors: Allow me to tender my
grateful acknowledgments to the Demo?
cratic Clubs who have nominated me for
the office of Judge of Probate, and an?
nounce my acceptance of the nomination
subject to ratification at the primary election.
J W. W. HUMPHREYS.
M1
MUSIC.
'RS. PINKIND proposes to give lessons
_ on the Piano, Melodeon, Organ,
Guitar and Violin. She will also give les?
sons in vocal music. For further informa
tion, enquire of W. J. LIGON.
Aug 3, 1876 _3_2_
BUIST'S NEW CROP
TURNIP SEED.
ALSO,
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS,
OILS, LAMPS,
PERFUMERY,
TOILET ARTICLES, CIGARS,
TOBACCO, and
DYE STUFFS GENERALLY,
AT
WILHITE & WILLIAMS?.
July 27,1876 2
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY,
OF NEW YOEE.
' Assets January Ist, 1876. .$3,683,906.25
Surplus January 1st, 1876... 536,427.66
RATES as low as any Company on same plan. Life and Endowment Policies issued
on all approved plans.
Policies will also be issued on Stock Rates to those who may desire that Plan of insu?
rance. BRANCH OFFICE?CHARLESTON, 8. C.
LOUIS SHERFESEE, General Agent, 40 Broad St
T. HASELL DICK, Travelling Agent, Sumter. S. C
August3,1876.- .~JLZz. .L3_ ..[.jy
REFORM, REFORM, REFORM!
w
E have decided to close out our entire stock of DRY GOODS, including Ladies'
Dress Goods, Calicoes, Notions, Fancy Goods, Clothing, Ac.,
A.T COST FOR CASK!
Preparatory to opening a GENERAL GROCERY STORE this fall. "We assure all It-is
their interest ... ? . . ??
tot
TO GIVE US AWf EARLY CALL.
A WORD TO THOSE WHO OWE US!
We have indulged and assisted you until compelled to have money. ' "Reform" is the
word and wapt of the day, and what every honest man should endeavor to bring about.
But how can we reform our trade unless all pay their debts? Consequently, we urge all
who owe us to come forward and assist us by the first of November next; otherwise, we
will be compelled to call on the ARM OF TEE LAW to bring about such reformation.
July 27,1876
m K. SULLIVAN & CO.
THE OLD COTTON GIN WITH A NEW NAME.
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THE MACHINERY is entirely new, of the latest and most approved kind. The
Workmen are entirely first-class, practical Gin-Makers. One of the workmen was
Foreman for 8am'l. Griswold, id the mamifactare of the Griswold Gin.
Send for descriptive circular and price fist. , Vi.
J. E. PEOPLES, Agent, Anderson, S. C.
n FINDL?Y SON
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MACOJVG/ft
Finlay's Improved Wrought Iron Screw Press?the best
made.
Pinlay's Eclipse Screw Press pack* the Me in1 twelve
rounds.
rinlay's Horse Power, ordinary Gm-Gearing,Segments
and Pinions, Shafting, Pulleys, &c. n
THE HERO STEAM ENGINE AND BOILER,
Designed and built expressly for driving Cotton Gins. - Guaranteed- superior toanvEn
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is of that peculiar formation as to make it perfectly secure and tight, and safe as a stove.
Compare dimensions of this Boiler and Engine, and all its parts, witrr any other Engine
of like build, rated at same horse-power?eompare, also, material and^the workmanship
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Four-Horse Power. ..^22*
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Call on' ' ?' '?' :l
J. E. PEOPLES*
. Agent for the Upper part of South Carolina.
July 20,. 1876
Lee and Jackson Military Academy,
BTOKETILLR, VA.
FALL Term begins first Monday in. Sep?
tember. Spring1 Term begins first
Monday in February. Faculty composed
of graduates of the University of Virginia.
Board and Tuition, including washing, fuel
and lights, $85.00 per session of five months.
Send, for circular, with, full particulars.
Address,
Maj. BENEDICT J. BURGESS,
,.> . Principal, Burkeville, Va.
Aug 3, 1876 , _ 3 , . 2*, . j
Carol Coldam Mfitnte.
IHE FALL TERM will bpen on M?N- .
DAY, 11th of SEPTEMBER.
The regular charges are $6.00, $10.00 and
$14.00 per term in tbe Literary Department,
but if paid promptly in advance, they will be
reduced 124 per cent- Board with the Pres?
ident, $12.50 per month, payable at .the end
of the term; in advance, $11.00. Entrance
fee for new pupils, 35 cents.
W. J. LIGON, President.
Aug 3, 1876_3_6
TOWN ELECTION.
"XTOTICE is hereby given' that an Election
IN will be held on MONDAY, the 14th
day of August next, for an Intendant and
four Wardens of the 'Town of Anderson,
between the hours* of 9 o'clock a. m., and
? o'clock p. m., when the.polls wilibe closed.
All legal voters who have resided in the
Town for sixty days immediately preceding
the election shall be entitled to vote for said
Intendant arid Wardens; provided, that
they shall have registerod their names with
the Managers of Election.appointed, who
will open the books of registration in the
Court House three days previous to the elec?
tion, commencing on Thursday, August 10,
1876, at 7 o'clock a. m., and closing each day
at 5 o'clock, until Saturday, August 12,1876.
All persons who register must take the oath
prescribed by law.
Managers of Election?John E. Brea
zeale, Samuel Johnson and J. Pink. Reed.
By order of the Council.
JOHN R. COCHRAN, Intendant.
J.vs. H. Bewlev, Clerk Council.
Affg 3, 1876 _3_?; 2
100 POUNDS
Buist's New Crop
TURNIP SEED,
Just Received, and for Sale by
SIMPSON & SADLER,
BENSON HOUSE CORNER, .
....... . ?, ,....|>,, .??? f , ,
ANDERSQ.N, - S. C.
Aug3,1876 .': 3'
THE NEWS AND C0TJ2IER FOR THE
CAMPAIGN.
The canvass now opening is the most im
Eortant in which the people of South Caro
aa have been, engaged .since the momen?
tous election of1^60.. Upon its result de?
pends the weal or woe of the State and the
Union. . . ...
The News and Courier will, as ever, be
in the"frpnt of the fight, sustaining fearless?
ly and faithfully the candidates of the Na?
tional Democratic party, and the action,
whatever it shall he, of the' State Demo?
cratic Convention. To this we pledge the
whole, power and influence of a r journal
which, in the past, has done what'it could
to serve the interests, and preserve the rights
and liberties, of the. people of; South Caro?
lina. . " '
In order that>it may be within the means
of every Democrat in the State to read The
News and Courier during the canvass, we
have established the following campaign
rates, free of postage and for country sub?
scribers only, beginning this day and run?
ning to the 15th of November, a pari od of
four months:
daily edition.
1 Copy.-.$ 2 50 ,
5 Copies......10 00
i lOCopies................17 50
. tbi-weeklt edition.
ICopy......$1 25
5 Copies..;... 5 00
10 Copies........f..8 75
weekly edition.
1 Copy._._50 cents
In every case the money, must accompany
the order.
SOUTHERN HOHE SCHOOL, ?
FOR YOUNG LADIES? *
Greenville Street, - ? Anderson, S. C.
Mrs. J. V. MOORE. i't^jfcii. ?
Miss S. Y. ROBINSON, | ??*pals..
THE next session commences on the 7th
day of August, 1876.
TERMS?PER SESSION OF FIVE MONTHS.
For all higher branches, including
. French, Latin, Greek and Mathe?
matics.$15 00
Intermediate Classes._ 12 00
Primary.......... 8 00
Musk..*....;........... 20 00
Drawing and Painting._ 20 00
Boarding per month.exclusivc of lights
and washing.2.' 12 50
Pupils boarding with the Principals will
receive tuition free for one session. For fur?
ther information, address
Mas. J. V. . MOORE, Anderson, 8. C.
July 13,1876_52 ' 4
To Contractors.
THE Contract for the rebuilding of the
following Bridges will be let to the
lowest responsible bidders, as follows:
At Stows, on Six and Twenty Creek, on
Monday, 14th of August, 1876. .
At Ccntreville Mills, on Six and Twenty
Creek, on Tuesday, 15th of August, 1876.
Specifications made known on day of
letting. The right to reject any and all bids
is reserved.
O. H. P. FANT,
J. JAMESON,
County Commissioners.
July 20,1876 _1 ? ? 4 '
COTTON GINS.
FOR information or Circular in regard'to
the " EMERY," or the "COT
TON BLOOM" ?IX, address
BL EARLE SEABORN,
Pendleton, 8. C.
? July 13,1876 52 ... 4
FOR SALE.
Red Bus* Proof Osts for sale at
$1.00 per bushel. Apply to '
BELL, PREVOST^ CUNNINGHAM.
July . 27, Wfi : %