The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, August 31, 1876, Image 1
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OUtt CENTENNIAL LETTER.
Among the Oil Wells?The {^reat
Discovery?Lucky Strikes?Fob
tunes Made and Lost?The Big
Bore Mummies,. Sacred Fire and
Pttkole and the Ruins.'
Special Cmrtspondtnce of the Anderson Intelligencer.
Philadelphia, August 25, 1876.
Not the least wonderful pest in this
great Exhibition is the vast number of
things it has brought together, interest?
ing beyond all power of description, and
yet seeming to have no direct connection
with the great Exhibition itself. In a
former btter I remarked (bait there were
buildings ou this ground the names of
which aibrded not the slightest indica?
tion of *he uses to which they were ap?
plied ; conversant as I am with the fact,
I never realized the full extent of its
truth till I entered this morning the
building of the Empire Transportation
Company. I had passed it day by day
for nearly three months without ever
suspecting that it contained an exhibi?
tion as rare and curious as any on the
grounds. The building itself has noth?
ing to distinguish it from an ordinary
freight shed, such as you might find be?
side any railroad track. It stands at the
end of the Narrow Gauge Passenger
Railway, and you might reasonably sup?
pose that it was part of the- company's
works; but once inside and the illusion
is dispelled, you find yourself at a single
bound transported to the midst of the oil
_regmn. Its mountains tower above you,
its v?llies' are beneath your feet, and
around, you are the paraphernalia and
gear of boring, hoisting, carrying, stor?
ing, delivering, and all the multifarious
operations that belong to the history of
Petroleum. Wells are being bored, en
gins are pumping, trains of cars loaded
with light freight (this is intended for a
joke,) areJmshing* along' at lightning
speed, bearing the oil from the moun?
tains to tie sea, there to be carried over
mighty oceans and across desert sands,
till at lust it may'be found adding a soft?
er lus?a to the palace of Haronn at
Bagdad, lighting up the deep gloom of
the sacred sepulchre at Jerusalem, or
feeding the eternal flame that burns on
Vishnu's altar. on, the sacred plains of
further Ind. The rise and fall of oil
cities and towns reads more like romance
than reality. In the spring of 1865,
Pith ok was a name unknown; in ninety
days after it was a city of 15,000 inhabi
tantsj with post office, water works, gas
works, and all the working parapherna?
lia of a first-class metropolis, and in
ninety days more the bat and the owl
were fighting for precedence in chambers
where the kings of speculation had laid
themselves to repose on beds of eider
down, and indulged in feasts which
wonld have shamed the gluttonous ban?
quets of (Caligula and Heliogabulus.?
Here the whole system of delive ry is de?
veloped. Hundreds of miles of pipe are
laid fvorn the oil producing regions to
the point of railroad delivery; at each
oil well the company has delivery tanks,
they check the amount received, and
these checks are negotiable as bank notes
for the amount named on their face.
The Eastern fable of the king and the
cobbler was more than realized in the
history of Goal?. Oil. Gity, Titusville, and
Pithole. Fortune, in her wildest freaks,
never indulged in more startling vagaries
. than she did among the oil wells. Poor
wretches whose lives had been one unre?
mitting scene of poverty and suffering,
suddenly found themselves transformed
into millionaires with a world wide fame
and an unlimited bank account. Goal
Oil Johnny became a representative
American Prince, and two years after the
discovery the daughters of parvenues
and beggars, loaded with costly lace and
covered with diamonds, might be seen in
- Paris, Vienna, London, and St. Peters?
burg, hobnobbing with the sons of the
noblesse, who traced their lineage in an
unbroken line to Pepin The Little and
the Lord of the Iron Mace. But I must
stop somewhere, so I break off .right
here, with the special injunction to the
centennial visitor to be sure and see the
oil wells.
Only a few yards to the north of the
Empire Transportation Company's build?
ing is another structure which seems to
have escaped the attention of all of the
centennial visitors. This is the exhibit
of French engineering, arid is known as
No* 120. This, developes. the whole sys?
tem of bridges, acqueducts, water works,
viaducts, light houses, dry docks, and in
a concentrated form gives you a better
idea of the miracles of modern engineer?
ing than can be got by years of study
from the books, while it may not be quite
so at tractive as the beautiful pictures and
statuary. For the great purposes of life,
for its absolute uses and realities, this
exhibition is second to" hone fn the Cen?
tennial grounds.
The judges have all performed their
duties, and now the contestants are on j
the ragged edge to find out what the de?
cisions are to be. The sphynx itself was
not a more profound mystery, and it
seems to be the policy of the Centennial
Commission to keep the knowledg'
the awards back to the latest poss*
moment, and it is hinged from very tf
ble sources, that we are to be kept ii .ae
dark till November. Imagine the feel?
ings of k first class interviewer who had
the honor of being kicked down staire
two or three times, and been pitched at
lease "once out of a third-story window,
being bluffed in his legitimate official
examination by a beggarly Chinese com?
missioner, and denied information, which
to him would be quails on toast, by a
semi-savage native of Japan. But, non?
sense aside, the matter is getting serious, j
and Schomaker, the piano manufacturer,
has openly expressed his dissatisfaction
at the constitution of the Piano Commit?
tee, and has withdrawn his instruments
from competition.
Another prolific source of dissatisfac?
tion is in the department of wines. The
greatest rivalry exists between the differ?
ent States on the article of champagne.
Still wines seem to be entirely lost sight
of in the race for supremacy in this king
of wines. The United States paid last
year for French champagnes nearly three
millions of dollars, and now Americans
are making an honest effort to keep this
vast sum at home. California, Missouri,
Ohio and New York are largely represen?
ted in champagne?whether it is on ac?
count of the estra efforts they have made,
I do not know, but so far the New York?
ers seem to have the call. There is a
district up among the lakes which is
known as the Switzerland of America.
Lake Keuka, which lies between the
counties of Steuben. and Yates, is one
vast vineyard from one end to the other,
and from this point comes one of the
most dangerous competitors that has yet
been seen in America for native and* for?
eign champagne. The Urbana "Wine
Company, of Hammondsport, have a
splendid exhibit, and the champagnes
from their cellars are spoken of by some
of the most experienced judges as being
fully equal to the best of foreign brands.
Other manufacturers swear if the Urbana
people get a medal that they'll smash all
their bottles and drink nothing but water
with a stick in it for the rest of their
natural lives. The Urbana folks keep
on the even tenor of their way, and say
if they don't get a medal they ought to,
and they will drink up all their wines
themselves. I hope that among them
they will be able to keep that three mil?
lions at home; if they don't I shall have
a most thorough contempt for Yankee
genius and Yankee ingenuity. I'll dis
own my nation, emigrate to the Fejee
Islands, put on a breech clout and feed
on po.
I have letters every day requesting me
to give information as to the necessary
outfit for the Centennial. I must divide
my tourists into two classes. First class,
those who come to see the Exhibition
and enjoy it; secondly, those who come
to exhibit themselves. The ladies of the
first class I would respectfully suggest a
half dozen pocket handkerchiefs, no bus'
tie, and the latest edition of Moody and
Sankey's hymns. This will furnish them
with ample wardrobe for a week's tour
and delightful literature for railroad oc?
cupation. To yonng gentlemen I would
say a box of paper collars and the last
report of the Young Men's Christian
Association. To the ladies of class No.
2 I would recommend at least two Sara?
toga trunks, a carpet bag and a couple of
valises. If you intend to stop two or three
days, you cannot possibly get along
with less. Bring at least a dozen dresses,
you will need them all, and of all-things
don't forget to provide yourself with a
two-story bustle, get a double-breasted
one; if any lady in your town has a par?
ticularly large one, see that you get one
at least six inches longer than hers, you
will find them especially convenient in
the cars when you are going home of an
evening to your hotel. Then, be sure to
have a trailing dress, you will discover
its advantages in the Art Gallery and the
Main Hall. Don't think of coming with
less than three hats, five or six pairs of
gaiters and shoes may possibly answer.
And, lastly, let me impress on you to be
sure and borrow all the jewelry you can,
and if your friends have their jewelry
in use, a heavy chain from the nearest
dollar store will command universal re?
spect. These are the principal points,
the minor details I must leave to your
own judgment.
And in conclusion, let me add if your
mother especially recommends anything
be sure to forget it?these old fools never
did know what a young girl wants at the
Centennial. To the yonng gentlemen
who accompany the ladies last men?
tioned, I would say be sure and borrow
at least a hundred dollars, and immedi?
ately on your arrival in Philadelphia
hunt up some friends who you can strike
for twenty more if necessary; part your
hair in the middle, buy' everything you
see, and if you run short, don't call on
Yours truly,
BROADBRIM.
Governor Tilden's Residence.?
"Burleigh" writes from New York to the
Journal a pleasant description of the el?
egant private residence of Gov. Tilden in
that city. It is neither up town nor
down town. It is on the east side of the
city, and except in its immediate neigh?
borhood, the location is not fashionable.
What is known as GramercyPark, where
the governor lives, was formerly very
fashionable; but trade has come in like
a flood, and turned the elegant mansions
into stores, boarding bouses, restaurants,
and tenement flats. But between Third
avenue and Fourth there is a little oasis.
The park is one of the best kept in the
city. The tall iron fence is radiant with
gilt, and shines in the sun as if covered
with gold. Around this square costly
dwellings remain, and wealthy and fash?
ionable families live. Nearly opposite
Tilden's house is the James Harper man?
sion. The Harper brothers almost run
against the governor as they come and
t go. The governor's house is a brown
stone, four stories and a basement, with
a_ huge oriel window and everything
about it in the finest taste.
An old fashioned silver door plate
bears the inscription "S. J. Tilden."
'The lot is kept in exquisite taste after the
English order. The rear is guarded by
an open iron fence, so that all the neigh?
borhood can enjoy the ground. Huge
trees, more than a century old, throw a
refreshing shade over the lawn. The
j grass is close shaved and rolled, and the
J lawn is dotted with beds of flowers. The
walks are carefully rolled; the windows
are guarded by attractive awnings, foun?
tains play in the grounds ; and there is
not a private residence in New York as
[ attractive and elegant as this house of
the Democratic nominee. There are no
children to muss things, and the whole
outlook is in applepie order. Personally
the governor is very popular, and is a
neighbor worth having.?Boston Post.
? It was rather personal in a Califor?
nia newspaper man to chronicle the pur?
chase of a mule by a brother editor as
"a remarkable instance of self-posses?
sion."
OUR NEW YORK LETTER,
New York, August 17th, 1876.
WHY 8?PPORT THE DEMOCRATS?
I m
A great many of our people have been
waiting to see what momentary reforms
could be accomplished by our Democrat?
ic representatives, before they would de?
cide with which side to cast their lots in
this campaign. The passage of the ap?
propriation bills now enables them to
satisfy themselves upon this point. A
close examination of the various appro?
priations will show them that in every
way has the House of Representatives
striven to lighten our present almost in?
supportable burden of taxation. In
every department of the government has
the wasteful, dishonest, radical torrent
of waste been stemmed. The work that
has been done has been accomplished in
the teeth of the most acrimonious oppo?
sition on the part of the Senate and the
Executive. These men fought hard for
a retention, and indeed for an increase,
of the spoils with which they were en?
riching themselves by the impoverish?
ment of the nation, and in some instances
compelled an acquiescence in their ex?
travagant demands, through danger of
detriment to the public service.
It will be well to look for a moment or
two at some of the figures which indicate
a portion of the retrenchment which has
been effected. The total sum demanded
by the government was reduced by the
House to $39,000,000 less than was ap
propriatad last year. The Senate made
additions to the accounts, and to some of
these the House was compelled to yield,
so as not to imperil the necessary work
of the Government. In spite of this the
amount allowed is more than $50,000,000
less than the Administration asked for.
It was not in one department only, nor
in a few merely, that the wasteful expen?
diture had been carried on. Every de?
partment was under contrition to our
rulers'greedi The only financial policy
acted upon, has been to ascertain the ex?
tent to which the people could be de?
spoiled without actual impoverishment.
Our immaculate Robeson?or, as the
Sun more appropriately spells his name,
Robberson?wanted the modest sum of
$8,000,000, more than was necessary to
carry on the operations of the navy, even
if he performed his work in an efficient
manner. The estimates of the army, so
necessary for the protection of our South?
ern friends against themselves, are cut
down nearly $6,000,000, and $2,000,000
below last years's expenses. Even the
modest pension list was found to have
asked for a half a million more than it
needed, and the sundry civil bill has
been brought from thirty-two millions
and a half to sixteen millions. The
River and Harbor bill, which has, to the
surprise of everybody, been signed by the
President, is $9,000,000 less than what
was called for, and the legislative, judi?
cial and executive expenses of the Gov?
ernment have been brought $7,000,000
below the estimate.
Figures are facts, and "facts are stub?
born things." These figures tell us, with?
out possibility of truthful contradiction,
that the Democratic House of Represen?
tatives has not been unmindful of the in?
terests of its constituents. This can,
however, be received only as an indica?
tion of what could and would be done if
the opposing influences were removed.
A due regard for the interests of the
country restrained the House from carry?
ing to the injury of the public business,
occasioned by a cessation of its operations
through the Senate's hostility, its work
to the point it had fixed upon. It has,
however, plainly shown, that were these
antagonistic elements removed, the gov?
ernment could, with still smaller sums of
money, be carried on much more effec?
tively than now, aud with far greater re?
gard to the country's advantage than is
at present manifested. We cannot but
be encouraged by this exhibit. The con?
trast between the two parties is so clearly
manifested, that all not blinded by preju?
dice, can at once decide that the welfare
of the country demands that its interests
be placed in,the guardianship of the
Democratic party, and Governor Tilden's
record announces him at pre-eminently
the man to assume the direction of that
party in its precedure. Before this finan?
cial statement was made, we were daily
receiving assurances that this was the
verdict of the people; there can be no
doubt that these cheering declarations
will come in, in far greater numbers.
THE QUARRELS OF THE RADICAL
LEADERS.
The Senate debates about the reduction
in the number of Treasury clerks, illus?
trated the old adage about rogues' quar?
rels. Even the discreet and beautiful
"tall son of York," for once lets his
hatred for Bristow get the better of his
discretion, and discloses a dangerous
truth. We scarcely expected valuable
arguments for the Democratic cause
from such a source; but on the princi?
ple, "fas est ab hoste doceri," we thank
Mr. Conkling for his contribution to Til?
den's election.
In his anxiety to injure ex-Secretary
Bristow, he made the point that the fact
admitted by Secretary Morrill that 491
Treasury clerks could be spared, was not
creditable to Mr. Bristow, who retained
so many supernumeraries.
Quite right, Mr. Conkling I Mr. Bris?
tow was tolerably economical for a Re?
publican, much more so than any of your
official proteges have ever been, but then
Republicanism and true economy are so
irreconcilable that even Bristow's expen?
ditures cost double what they are worth.
While we like to promote charity and
brotherly love, the truths disclosed by
these family quarrels are of enough bene?
fit to the people to make us pray for their
continuance.
When Babcock, McDonald, Jewell,
Chandler, Wilson, Tottan, Yaryan and
Moore have fully performed the old
drama of the Kilkenny cats, the people
will find in their revelations an easy
guide to economy and prosperity, and
the practical lesson will be that nothing
good can come out of a party born in
hate and grown up in corruption.
the adjournment of congress.
The session of Congress which has just
been brought to a close was one of the
longest, as it has proved itself one of the
most interesting that the country has
ever witnessed. More important work
has bean accomplished than during any
similar period of Grant's administration.
The frauds of his government have been
exposed, and the infamous characters of
his chosen captains have been laid bare.
In financial matters it has been a con?
tinuous and hotly-contested struggle be?
tween a Democratic House on the one
side and a Republican Senate and Ex?
ecutive upon the other; the former de?
termined, by every means in their power,
to reduce expenditures to as near their
proper standard as possible, the latter re?
solved, at all hazards, to retain as much
of their accustomed spoils as they could.
Several of the most powerful and noxious
combinations ever formed for the purpose
of plundering a country and devastating
its fairest sections have been broken up,
and their power for evil destroyed, and
one at least of the dishonest departmental
chiefs driven from the position which he
had abused and disgraced. Thirty mil?
lions of money has been taken from the
burden of our taxation. All this has
been done by the Democratic House of
Representatives, notwithstanding that
the whole force of the Republican Senate'
was opposed to it at every step of its
progress. Not one instance can be
brought forward throughout the whole
session in which any aid was afforded by
the Senate in the good work that has
been accomplished. This will give ub
some idea of the manner in which the
best interests of the country will be
studied and promoted when Tilden is in
the Presidential chair, supported by a
majority in each branch of Congress.
The New State.
Now that Colorado has become a State,
the thirty-eighth of the Federal family, a
sketch of its characteristics will be of
special interest to the public. It lies in
the Rocky mountain region, between the
[ 87th and 41st parallels of latitudes, and
the 102d and 109 meridians of west lon
l gitude. Its area is 104,500 square miles,
nearly 2} times as large as the State of
I New York. Through its centre runs the
! Rocky mountain range, some of the peaks
j of which rise to the height of 15,000 feet.
I The western part of the State is broken
by lateral ranges, and it is upon the
whole, a rough and not altogether pre?
possessing region. East of the "Rock?
ies" the mountains gradually subside
into a rolling country, until finally, on
the Kansas border, begins the great cen?
tral plain that lies to the west and south?
west of the Missouri River. Over all
this district grows a luxuriant grass upon
which buffaloes and other animals feed.
The soil of the State is fertile, and ce?
reals and fruits are raised in great abun?
dance. Trees are scarce, except along
the river bottoms, which are well timber?
ed. Upon the mountain sides the
fiine family is found even up to the snow
ine.
The agricultural resources are regard?
ed as very promising. They are being
rapidly developed, and at no distant day
this will doubtless be among the best
producing regions west of the Mississippi
River. The most important agricultural
production are wheat, corn, tobacco,
wool, potatoes, butter, cheese and hay.
Stock raising at present is one unfailing
resource of Colorado. The climate is
healthful to a remarkable degree. It is
clear, dry, pure, and such that many peo?
ple find it a remedy for diseases of the
throat and lungs, after medicines have
failed. The changes of temperature are
not sudden, and rarely does the ther?
mometer fall below 20 degrees or rise
above 80 degrees Fahrrenheit. The
average annual rainfall on the plains
and in the valleys is about 20 inches, and
this fall is almost entirely during the
rainy season of May, June and July.?
During several months of every year arti?
ficial irrigation is necessary in order to
promote vegetation, and in some years
for preventing a total failure of crops.?
The farmers in selecting their lands ac?
cordingly look out for natural irrigation.
The irrigating canals are constructed
chiefly with the plow and scraper, and
cost but little compared with their value.
They are frequently 30 or 40 miles in
length, and 20,000 or 25,000 acres, each
adjoining farmer paying a proportionate
share of the expense of construction and
maintenance.
The omission of any mention of the
Colorado parks in a sketch of the State
would be noticed, as they are about as
famous as the Yosemite valley of Cali?
fornia. They are described as present?
ing the appearance of having been the
basins of former lakes, deprived of their
waters by volcanic agency. Their lowest
depths are about 9,000 feet above the
level of the sea. Many of these narks
are small, but many of them embrace
areas ranging each from 1,000 to 20,000
square miles. Their soil is extremely
rich, they abound in game, and contain
the most delicious water.
The gold and silver mines are confined
to the park and mountain regions. The
total yield of gold annually is about $2,
000,000. The silver production is almost
as great. There were 600 miles of rail?
road in the State in 1873, and about
100,000 inhabitants.
Pickpockets.?The New York Tri?
bune describes in this manner the mdde
of operation of street car pickpockets:
"Three or four pickpockets will stand on
a corner a short distance from a bank,
and watch until they see some one who is
known as the agent or cashier of a man?
ufacturing company enter the bank, to
draw money to pay employees. One of
the gang enters the bank immediately
after and presents a bill at the counter,
asking to have it changed to smaller
bills. He closely observes where the
person whom they intend to rob puts his
money, follows him out, and indicates to
his companions where the money is.?
One of them then follows the agent to a
street car or other convenient place and
steals the money, sometimes by slitting
the coat on the outside, and sometimes
by taking it directly from the pocket
in all cases leaving, if possible, the bank?
book or pocket-book still in his pocket.
The robbed man feels his book still in
his pocket, and thinks his money secure,
and by the the time he discovers his loss
the thief is far away. It takes much
greater skill to take money than to take
a watch, and only the most dexterous
criminals attempt it."
? As twice eleven is twenty-two, how
can twice fen be twenty too.
?qmMJJDATTON.?
Extract from a Speech Delivered by
General Chalmers at Friar's Point,
Mississippi.
When the broad term intimidation is
used, it becomes necessary to inquire
what is meant by it, and whether there
are times and circumstances in which it
may become not only lawful, but emi?
nently proper and essentially necessary
for the protection of public or private
rights. When the thief is restrained by
the fear of punishment from the commis?
sion of crime, when vice stands abashed
in the presence of virtue, it may be said
that these are the result of intimidation;
when the midnight robber flies from the
wrath of the awakened household, it is
because he is intimidated; when a das?
tardly mob is arrested by some brave
man, who plants himself in their front,
and threatens to kill the first marauders
who advance, they pause, because they
are intimidated; when a pack of coward?
ly hounds fly howling in terror and yelp?
ing in pain, from some noble mastiff,
whom they have assailed, and who, in
self-defense, has turned upon them, it is
because they are intimidated. And
Scotland's sweetest bard has said:
"The fear o' hell's the hangsman's whip
To haud the wretch in order."
And, yet, , who will say that such in?
timidation is either improper or repre?
hensible?
THE TBTJE STORY OF THE LATE ELECTION".
But we emphatically deny that any
illegal intimidation or that any fraudu?
lent voting was practiced in the late
election; and we insist that the true the?
ory of the result is to be found in the
bold front, determined efforts, and in the
grand spectacular display and demonstra?
tion made by the Democratic party. The
negro is fond of demonstration and dis?
play, and, being trained to obedience in
the days of slavery, he gives an undue
weight to the exhibition of power, and
naturally inclines to that side which
seems to be the strongest. In 1868, even
after the odious Legislature of 1865, of
which so much capital has siigSe been
made, we had but little trouble in carry?
ing the election in the State of Mississip?
pi, because we then had confidence in
our own strength, and the negro voted
with us because we impressed him with
our confidence and infused into him a
belief in our power. But when our vic?
tory was taken from us, when our elec?
tion was declared void, and our officers
refused admission to the seats which they
had been elected to, we lost confidence
in ourselves and openly acknowledged
that we were powerless in the bands of
the Federal government. The negro was
quick to perceive our weakness, and with
the instinct of his nature abandoned us,
and seeking the strong side, allied him?
self with the Radical party. Our depres?
sion amounted almost to despair, and in
the hour of our greatest adversity we ap?
pealed to the negro to relieve us from
the heel of oppression. But our appeal
fell on cold and callous ears. The mass
of the negroes had passed under the com?
plete control of carpet-bag leaders and
negro politicians, and these not only
turned a deaf ear to our entreaties, but
gloated over our fallen condition. They
insulted our weakness and rioted in their
own confidence and strength, and because
we were patient and long suffering, they
misconstrued the character of our sub?
mission and pressed us beyond endurance.
When the people of Mississippi, thus
goaded by oppression, awoke to a sense
of their true condition and began to look
around them, they realized the extent of
their desolation.
*******
When they turned to the treasury they
found it surrounded by vampires ready
to suck up each dollar as it dropped in
the till. When they examined the re?
sources of the people they found them
dried up and withered like the flowers in
August, upon which no friendly shower
had fallen for many days, and yet in the
midst of all this suffering they saw the
Governor preparing, illegally, to appoint
tax collectors, who, under straw bonds,
could ring from the people the last rem?
nants of their property, and with impu?
nity fly away with their stolen millions
to join the band of the Radical martyrs
who had fled the State and proclaim that
they, too, had been driven off by the in?
timidation of unrepentant rebels. And
more than this, they saw that Governor
preparing to surround himself with an
armed militia, a band of Janissaries who
would eat out the substance of the land
while they protected him and his official
plunderers in their unhallowed work of
devastation. When they beheld all this
the manhood of Mississippi determined
to assert itself. The men who, under the
stars and stripes, on the plains of Buena
Vista, had snatched victory from the jaws
of defeat; the men who bad fought last
and longest at Shiloh; the men who
charged Malvern Hill with empty guns ;
the men who inscribed the name of Mis?
sissippi in deathless fame upon the hills
of Gettysburg, where the intrepid "spirit
of Barksdale winged its immortal flight,
and side by side with these men in gray,
many of the true men who had worn the
blue, who followed the flag of the Union
under the command of Grant and Sher?
man, were all aroused and could no long?
er stand like dumb driven cattle and sub?
mit to this Egyptian bondage. Believing
that self-preservation is the first law of
nature, they turned upon the Radical
robbers and said: "Thus far shalt thou
go, and no farther." The carpet-bag
leaders were amazed at this unexpected
boldness, and trembled for their safety.
The mass of the negroes, true to the in?
stinct of their nature, deserted the trem?
bling carpet-bagger and rushed to the
side of boldness and confidence, and the
election was won. But a more quiet,
Eeaceable and orderly election was never
eld in this or any other State. If there
was any intimidation in this, it was but
the intimidation which outraged virtue
inspires in cringing vice. It was the
intimidation of the thief when the offi?
cers of the law are on his track; it was
the intimidation of the hungry wolf
wheu the sudden appearance of the mas?
ter drives him from the bleeding lamb he
I is about to devour; it was the intimida
! tion which fell upon the polluters of the
temple when the Saviour of mankind, in
righteous indignation, drove them out
from his Father's house. The giant of
Mississippi had been shorn of his strength,
and lay bound, blind and bleeding before
Ames and his minions, and when sudden?
ly, like Sampson^ he snapped the cords
that bound his limbs, the hearts of the
persecutors were stricken with terror, and
they cried aloud for Federal troops to
refasten the shackles upon him. Gov.
Ames knew full well that when once the
sovereignty of Mississippi was aroused
that he would be powerless, and he knew
that when once his weakness was exposed,
the negro would desert him like rats de?
sert a sinking ship. He knew that the
negro had been intimidated by him, by
the false charge that the Democracy
would re-enslave him if they came into
power, and that one Democratic victory
would forever expose this shallow false?
hood. He knew that the mass of the
negroes had been intimidated into the
support of the Radical party in past times
by threats of expulsion from their church?
es, expulsion from their societies, and
with threats of death itself if they dared
to vote the D(jaocratic ticket. And
when he heard the bold announcement
of the Democratic party that they would
protect any negro who chose to vote with
them, hesaw that the spell of Radical
intimidation would be broken, an that
nothing could restore his power and in?
fluence with the negro but the United
States army. And, hence, his tears of
supplication for troops. He said in his
message to the Legislature, that "he was
constrained to call upon the national
government for assistance." What con?
straint was there, and what constrained
him ? Let him answer if he can. The
refusal of the Attorney General of the
United States to furnish him troops for
mere party purposes proclaimed to the
world the illegality of his demand, and
that even a Republican administration
Serceived the falsity of his statements.?
femphxs Appeal.
The State Ticket
Gen. Wade Hampton, the chosen
standard-bearer of the Democracy in the
coming campaign, needs no introduction
to the people of South Carolina. Bom
in Charleston, he has passed, as his
fathers did before him. the greater por?
tion of his life in Richland, and repre?
sented that jounty several times in the
State Legislature. Upon all the exciting
questions which agitated the State pre?
vious to the war Gen. Hampton enter?
tained moderate views; but when the
South manifested by its action that the,
people were united upon extreme meas?
ures, he acquiesced in their decision and
devoted himself and his fortune to their
service. As Colonel of the Hampton
Legion he entered active service, and
through his merit and conspicuous gal?
lantry rose to the rank of Lieutenant -
General. When a State Government
was organized under authority of Presi?
dent Johnson, the gubernatorial nomina?
tion was offered to him and refused.
Notwithstanding this, Governor Orr, the
regular candidate, received a majority Of
only a few votes. In 1868 Gov. Hamp?
ton participated in the National Demo?
cratic Convention which nominated Sey?
mour and Blair, and two years later can?
vassed the State for Carpenter and Butler
in the Reform campaign. Since then he
has devoted his attention to private
affairs. Although Gen. Hampton has
his residence in Columbia, he owns large
tracts of land in Mississippi, where, as
tenants and laborers, he has settled all
that remain of his former slaves, and be?
tween whom and himself the best rela?
tions exist. Called by the State to the
front Gen. Hampton will lead in the
most vigorous canvass ever made in South
Carolina. Politically he is in full accord
with the National Democratic party, ac?
cepts the constitutional amendments
without reservation, and if elected will
be the Governor pf the whole people.
The Hon. W. D. Simpson?of Laurens,
the nominee for Lieu tenant-Governor,
both in the profession of law and in the
political field, has achieved deserved dis?
tinction. He represented Laurens Coun?
ty in the Legislature before the war, and
in 1868 defeated A. S. Wallace for Con-,
gress by a majority of 4,291 rotes. A.
partisan rule of the House prevented him,
owing to his political disabilities, from
representing the district. Col. Simpson's
nomination adds much strength to the
ticket.
Col. R. M. Sims, of York, was Adju?
tant-General of Gary's Brigade during
the war, and after the war represented
Lancaster in the State Senate. He is
now a citizen of York, a prominent mem?
ber of the Patrons of Husbandry, a gen
tleman of high culture, and very popular.
Gen. James Conner, a leading member
of the Bar of Charleston, was United
States District Attorney for South Caro?
lina from the year 1857 to the time of
secession, when he entered the service
and rose to the rank of Brigadier-Gen?
eral. He was a member of the Conven?
tion of 1865, called by proclamation of
the President of the United States to re?
construct the State. Since then he has
not taken any active part in politics until
the present campaign. In May he was
unanimously chosen Chairman of the
State Executive Committee. The enthu?
siasm with which his nomination as At?
torney-General was greeted by the Con?
vention is an evidence of the gratification
with which it will - be received by the
people.
Gen. Johnson Hagood, of Barnwell,
the candidate for Comptroller-General, is
a leading representative of the planting
interests of the State. He served with
conspicuous gallantry during the war,
was a member of the Legislature in 1865,
I and has since then entertained Conserva
I tive political views. For several years
J he was President of the State Agricultu
[ ral Society. While Gen. Hagood enjoys
general popularity, his local strength is
! peculiarly great. The extraordinary
I executive ability shown in the manage?
ment of his planting interests -proves
I him to be singularly well qualified to
j discharge satisfactorily the duties of the
office for which he is nominated.
! Capt. S. L. Leaphart, of Richland, was
I Comptroller-General in 1865, and was;
I succeeded by Neagle in 1868. He has
many friends, and his fitness for the re?
sponsible position to which he has been
I nominated is unquestioned. Under his
i management all leaks will be stopped in
the treasury.
Maj. Hugh S. Thompson, for many
years, both as Professor in the State Mili?
tary Academy and as Principal of the
Columbia Male Academy, has Deen con?
nected with the educational interests of
the State. His past and present success
in his profession indicate him as the
right man in the right place. Under
him the chaos existing in the free school
system would soon be reduced to order.
The State ticket closes with Maj. E.
W. Moise, of Sumter, the nominee for
the Adjutant and Inspector Generalship.
Maj. Moise is one of the most successful
lawyers of his section and a life-long
Democrat. Although previously offered
office he has always declined up to the
present time to accept any nomination.
His acquiescence now is a proof of his
willingness to work for the redemption of
his State.
This ticket, if elected, will be a guar?
antee to the State of all the reforms so
sadly needed, and a pledge of peace and
protection to every honest citizen of the
Commonwealth, regardless of race or
politics, as well as a terror to evil doers.
The candidates nominated have been dis?
tinguished for moderation in their views.
They have a military record, because, as
well said in the Convention, the man?
hood of the South was engaged in the
struggle. But having renewed their
allegiance in good faith, they and the
white citizens of the State with them will
uphold to the last the Constitution of the
United States and of South Carolina.
For such candidates, on such a platform,
all honest patriotic citizens can vote.
? The De'mocratic majority in Ala?
bama is swelling up to mere than 40,000.
As the majority increases the reports grow
stronger and stronger that there was not
the slightest disturbance in any part of
the State; that whites and blacks voted
the Democratic ticket. The day of car?
pet-baggers and military satraps in Ala?
bama is at an end. ? -
THE TROUBLES ON COMBAHEE.
Another Strike on the Rice Plantations
?Outrageous Conduct of the Rioters
?The Sheriff and hit Posse Overpow?
ered.
From the Charleston Newt and Courier, August 23rd.
On Saturday last reports reached the
city of another and very serious strike of
the hands on the rice plantations of the
Combahee, hut at the urgent solicitation
of leading planters, who hoped that the
trouble might be speedily adjusted, the
accounts of the affair forwarded by the
correspondents of the News and Courier
have for two days been withheld from the
public.
The strike this time began upon the
Beaufort side of the Combahee. In spite
of the last strike which occurred several
months ago, and which was marked like
this, by scenes of violence and lawless?
ness, most of the planters had obtained
labor at a fair rate. It seems that the
prevailing price of labor during the
planting season was fifty cents a task, in
due bills, a task being such as an ordi?
nary field hand could easily accomplish
before midday. During harvest time the
planters agret 1 to pay one dollar a task,
Mr. Bisseil agreeing to pay his hands at
the end of each week in greenbacks.
The day after this agreement the labor?
ers, evidently instigated by evil counsel?
lors, demanded $1 60 a task, payable at
I the close of each day. The strikers or?
ganized on Friday last, and nearly all the
laborers on the extensive plantations of
Messrs. Bisseil Brothers & Co. struck.'
Some of them offered to remain at work,
but these were soon intimidated by the
strikers, and were compelled to seek
refuge in flight. On Saturday when the
j strike reached Harbony, one of the Bis
I sell plantations, Mr. Bisseil had a quanti
I ty of rice cut and threshed and ready for
pounding.. Steam was up in the mills,
I and it was intended to convey the rice to
I Yemassee in time to reach Charleston for
I shipment to New York. The strikers re
I fused to allow any one to handle it, and
I allowed no one to cross the ferry. After
I some parleying, however, the rice wagon
was ferried across, the rice gathered up,
and the wagon driven to Yemassee by
the proprietors of the plantation them
I selves. The new rice was then shipped,
to Charleston.
! This is the substance of the advices re?
ceived on Saturday and Sunday. Our
I correspondent at Green Fond states, in a
I dispatch received on Sunday morning,
I that the laborers still working on the
Harbony plantation were driven from
their work by the strikers and forced to
take refuge in a barn. In his dispatch,
I received on Sunday night, he states that:
I "The negro strikers say they intend to
I kill all the whites, from the cradle up,
I and to harvest the rice crops for them?
selves."
j On Monday Dr. Bisseil went to Beau?
fort Court House, and secured the ser
I vices of an officer of the law, whose sub?
sequent movements are given below.;
The rice harvested by Mr. Bisseil, if hot
I delayed in shipment, would probably
j have been the first nee of the new crop
J in the market. The strikers seemed to
I be aware of this, and in order to do as
much damage as possible, would not
allow it to be moved until Monday.
I Four of the hands engaged at work on it
I were driven into a barn and kept locked
up all day. A meeting of the rice
I planters was held in this city on Monday
j morning, and a committee of four of their
number appointed to go to Columbia to
confer with Governor Chamberlain,
with a view of devising some means, not
to compel the negroes to work for the
I prices offered by the planters, but to en?
sure the protection of those laborers who
are willing and, in many instances,
anxious to work. Governor Chamber?
lain, however, was in Abbeville, and
j communication was opened with him by
telegraph.
i A letter from Beaufort states that
while Dr. H. ?. Bisseil was in that place
seeking protection for the laborers who
wished to work, Mr. Henry M. Fuller,
trial justice, of Sheldon, came in and re?
ported a strike on his rice fields, led by
j thirty or forty negroes armed with sticks,
] pistols, &c., .who forced all laborers to
] join them. He telegraphed information
j to Governor Chamberlain of the existing
state of affairs, and received a reply from
the Governor ordering him to "issue war?
rants and the sheriff to summon a posse and
J arrest the guilty parties if it takes evert/
j man in the couaty. In obedience to this
order? Trial Justice Fuller on Tuesday
j morning, accompanied, by Mr. Barn well
I Sams, deputy sheriff, acting in the
I absence of Sheriff Wilson, and a posse of
I about seventy-five to one hundred mount
ed men, proceeded to Gardner's Corner
I to suppress a meeting of rioters and
I strikers to be held at that place. Sheriff
Sams telegraphed for an additional posse
from Yemassee, and ten men repaired to
Gardner's Corner to meet him. A num?
ber of citizens from Green Pond and the
vHrdty also wetit to'the rendezvous. A
dispatch received last evening from
Yemassee,says: : .
I "The sheriff and trial justice, with
their posse, went down near Combahee
I this morning for the purpose of arresting
I the rioters. They arrested several of the
I instigators and placed-them in charge of
j two constables to convey them to jail,
j These were met by a mob of strikers and
[ the prisoners were taken away. The
sheriff, with his posse, has proceeded to
arrest the mob. These have not been
heard from yet. There may be a diffi?
culty."
j Later dispatches from Yemassee, re?
ceived at 11 o'clock last night, indicated
J that the situation of affairs was viewed
] there with much anxiety. It was certain
I that the sheriff's posse had proved too
j weak, numerically, to deal with the tur
I bulent and excited multitude which they
had hoped to disperse, and for several
hours grave fears were entertained for the
safety of the citizens composing the
posse, as nothing could be heard of them.
They had gone into tne region where the
I strikers had everything pretty much their
j own way, and it was said that the bridges
had been cut down behind them. At
last accounts, however, a courier had
just come in and reported that the posse,
though in a perilous position, had not so
far met with any serious disaster. Ur?
gent calls were made for help to control
the strikers.
This was the status up to a late hour
last evening. Governor Chamberlain
has given ample power to the authorities
j to quell the disturbance, and the officers
in charge are gentlemen of nerve and
discretion, who will act wisely and delib?
erately but firmly in the matter. This
intimidation of colored laborers by the
strikers can be endured no longer. It
must be put down with the strong hand
of the law. ?
? Statistics show that thus far in this
centennial year two boys have been born
to every girl, and a very fine article of
boy in every instance, too. Does this
mean another war, or merely less talk ?
? Laughing may make a man grow
fat, but you've got to mix it mightily
with bread and meat and a quiet con?
science, if you get it to stick.
? "What is the interior of Africa
principally used for?" asked a>teacher of
a pupu. "For purposes of exploration,"
I was the reply.
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A TERRIBLE DEATH.
The Fall of a Toledo Man Over a
Precipice at Niagara.
A Toledo excursion party visited Ni?
agara on Sunday. Among them was
Hermann Weigel. About 4:30 in the
afternoon Mr. Weigel, his wife and a
a number of others were standing on the
brow of the hill, just above the Clifton
House, on the Canadian side. At the
point where they were standing there was
a sheer fall of something more than
eighty feet from the ground to the river
banks. Mr. Weigel was standing very
close to the edge, looking down to the
river below. His wife stood just behind
him, and had hold of his coat. She was
frightened at the manner ho stood, and
telling him not to stand so close to the
edge, gently pulled his coat to have him
come back. Mr. W. replied that she
need not be afraid ; he was all right and
would not fall, at the same lime giving a
little jerk to get his coat out of his wife's
hands. The jerk was too much; he lost
his balance and fell headlong over that
frightful precipice, striking on the sharp
rocks, eighty feet below. For an instant
Jjhe little group was dumb. Not a thing
could be none, so horrified were they at
the dreadful calamity.
Finally one of them mustered up cour?
age enough to look over the bank, and
he saw the unfortunate man lying on the
rocky shore beneath.. The news of the
accident spread like wildfire, and in a
few minutes the bank was crowded with
people. Just then Patrolman Dan Sul?
livan, who was with the party, came up
and hearing what had happened, started
at once to get the remains before they
were carried off by the water. With the
assistance of a gentleman who resides at
the falls, Dan started on his dangerous
trip down the precipice, which was as
perpendicular as a wall. Here lie could
put his foot on a piece of shelving rock,
there he caught a little shrub, and once
he dropped about four feet into a small
sapling, which bent with his weight
Above him stood the friends with bated
breath, expecting every minute to see
him dashed to pieces by the rock. But
slowly and steadily the intrepid officer,
who knows not what fear is, descended
until he reached the bottom. .
Only a short distance from the water's
edge was all that remained of Hermann
Weigel, who bot a few minutes before
was alive and well. It seems that when
he fell he struck his head anon a sharply
pointed stone, which crushed his skull
?and killed him instantly. The body was
fearfully bruised and mangled.
Turnkey Stein, after Sullivan had ar?
rived at the bottom of the' precipice,
lowered, a rope, which was fastened
around the lifeless body, and it was slow?
ly drawn up to the sad crowd above. A
wagon was in waiting and the body was
placed in that and taken directly to the
train, which shortly afterward left for
Toledo, arriving here this morning. Sul?
livan had a hard time getting up the
side of that wall of stone, barely getting
to the train before it started. At first
some of the residents at the Falls object?
ed strenuously to the touching of the
corpse until the coroner had been called
Upon. Their scruples were finally
overcome, however, and the saddened
excursion party mournfully returned
home.?Toledo Blade.
Why aee so Many of the Negboes
Going Crazy ??Scarcely a week passes
but some crazy negro is brought to Griffin
for confinement. Twenty years ago some
idiots were fonnd in this race, but who
ever heard of one going crazy? It has
now become a fearful epidemic, and the
philanthropic are made to feel for them,
and naturally enquire the cause, that the
remedy may be found and applied. It
seems from the ravings of those we have
seen that their mania is their religion.
We venture the opinion that miscon?
ceived ideas on the subject of future re*
wards and punishments, the salvation of
the soul and the practical working of re
ligion, have first made them fanatics and
then lunatics. They have been falsely
taught and made to believe that wild
excitement is true religion. Their pas?
sions have been wrought upon instead of
their minds and hearts. They spend
from four to ten hours in their worship,
which consists principally in alarming
and fanatical appeals that would be sac?
rilegious to the calm Christian mind.
The most of this time is spent in unearth?
ly screams, antic leaps and grotesque po?
sitions that savor more of madness than
religion. The nature of the race is very
susceptible to sudden excitement and
Sreat superstition, and they are drawn
eadlong into insanity.
The remedy is to teach them the truth
[ in soberness. This is the only remedy.
This idolatry is on the increase, and its
results are being fearfully felt and seen
in more forms than one. We appeal to
the ministers of all denominations in the
city to form themselves into a missionary
board, and arrange a system by which
the colored people can have a sermon
from one of these ministers at least one
Sunday in every twe weeks. To preach
to them the truth, labor to keep down
their ranting, to dismiss them at the
proper hour and insist on them returning
immediately to their homes, calmly and
quietly, to ask the colored preachers to
adopt the same system, and we think the
greatest good can be accomplished. The
colored people will doubtless receive the
preacher gladly. We owe it to them, we
owe it to the cause of Christ, and we owe
it to our common country. Are our
brethren willing to take hold of this
missionary work, or give suggestions for
a better plan to do the good in this field?
?Griffin Ihren and Cultivator.
The Hottest Month for Sixty
Years.?According to records carefully
kept of a trustworthy instrument hang?
ing in a shady place, and not exposed to
reflected heat, the month just closed was
the hottest we have had in New York for
nearly sixty years. The mean indicated
was 80.18 degrees. The nearest approach
to it was in 1866. It was then 78.70?1.41
degrees lower. The lowest mean since
1845 was in 1867, which was 72.33 degrees
?a difference of 7.85 degrees. Until the
22nd ult. the mean temperature was above
80 degrees, except on the 1st, 6th and
16th, and was above 70 degrees till the
30th. On the 9th the maximum was 100
degrees, and on the 24th the minimum
was 61 degrees, a range of 89 degrees.
Bain fell on thirteen days. On the 30th
and 31st 2.45 inches. Heavy showers
fell on the 11th?in all 2.9 inches. The
mean temperature for twenty-one years
(1855-75) was 74.64degrees; last month
was 6.54 warmer. The mean in this city
for forty-three years is 53.14 degrees.?
K Y. Sun, Aug. 9.
A Husband's Ruse.?The man who,
says the St. Louis Republican, weary of
his wife's absence on a visit to her moth?
er, .had a photograph of his house taken
with himself ana his neighbor's wife
standing on the porch, which he sent.to
his better-half, has a rival in the one
who simply saw that his lettercontained,
as if by accident, a red hair about three
feet long. Hjs wife wouldn't have wait?
ed for the next train to get home, could
she have sent herself by telegraph.