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(ia mi-dlateiiualae*??'tl?s*-rr* or '?db'iXualcoaitac ' ofituary Hotte? ?uetodlng ?vi MD??.. T?!Vit?* r netp?ct, ari* ail pyrton ul eommuutcrtiona or matt"* ut I nd! flt', lal interest, will be charged for *t t<?T<rtl*i>>g rates. AapoMMMMta of marriage* md 4flolli?, a-i* coti*\as4fa rrllrioua character, are ?^pcrtfuHt '(Melted, ?fad wll/belc*ert?a rratb. \s life's unending column pours, Two marshaled hosts are seen Two armies on the trampled shores That death flows block between One inarches to th'.- ira tn-beat'a roll, The wide mouthed clarion's bray, Vint hears a crimson scroll, "Our glory is to Blay." One moves in silence by thc stream, With sad, yet watchful eye, C?lin as the patient planet s ?leam That walks the clouded skies.,> Along Us front no sabres shine, No blood-red pennons wove: p i banner hean? a single line, .Our duty is to save." Ki ir those no dcalh-licd'fi lingering shade; Al honor'- trumpet cali, With knitted br^w and lifted blade, In glory'? sims they fall. for these no flaihing falchions bright, No stirring battle cry ; The bloodless stabber calls by night Each answers, "Here a:n I !" For theso thc.Kc?lptOr'f' latfrilcd bust, The builder's marble piles, The anthem's pealing orer their dust , Through long cathedral aisles. For lliese tnt- blossom-sprinkled turf. That Hoods the lonely graves When spring rolls in "ncr sea-grcon surf In flowery -foaming waves. Two patlu lead upward from below, And angels wait above, Who count each burning life-drop's flow, TOarh falling tear of love. Though from the hero's bleeding breast Her pulses freedom drew. Though Hie white lilies in her crest .Sprang from that scarlet dew While valor's haughty champions wait Till all their scars are shown, Jiove walks unchallenged through thc gate To sit beside thc throne ! OUR CENTENNIAL LETTER. Tun Doo SHOW-HOUSES AND HOUNDS -REMARKABLE ANIMALS-A GOV ERNOR TUIINS A SOMERSAULT AND A PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES HIM ON JUS FALL-PRESIDENT GRANT AMONG THE Doos AND HORSES-GOVERNOR HARTUANFT >Nr OTHER DISTIN GUISHED CHARACTERS. Special (brrespondeuce qt ttie Anderton Intelligencer. PHILADELPHIA, Sep. 22, 1876. "Thc lillie dogs, Tray. Blanche and Sweet heart, They bark at mc."-Shakespeare. "A horse,ahorse-my kingdom fora horse." * Shakespeare. I love to begin an article with a classi cal quotation ; it gives thc whole thing a gort of attic flavor, without which it would be flat, stale and unprofitable. The morning was cold, drizzling .'.nd un .nlpfwunt n; i turned my "tops toward tuc Dog Show. Several pockets had been picked on thc premises tho day before, so the gate-koeppr eyed me suspiciously, and even the examination of my repoto rial mug on my Centennial pass did not fully reassure him that everything waa correct. Note-book in hand, aud a faded blue cotton umbrella under my arm, I wnded through thc mud and Blush till I reached t'^c canina paradise. Long be fore I arrived at tho pens whero the un fortunate animals were kept, my c?.r3 tvero saluted with a horrible chorus of bowls, barks, whines, growls, yells, snarls, and cries, unlike anything-except some other dog show-ever beard oince time ucgim. The wretched attempt at walks around the grounds were made of bark, tan-bark, to be sure, but, nevertheless, bark, which was no doubt deemed appro priate by the intelligent committee; and as you went slopping about in it, ancle deep, it seemed to join in the general chore with marked nnd striking effect. An effort had been made by the Centen nial Commicsion to provide straw for the poor animals, but owing to the careless ness of some of the atteudants, oniy about two straws Intel been divided among three dogs. Now, a very simple rule of | arithmetic will show us, two from three and one remains-that ia, one dog with out a straw, and consequently a very un comfortable dog. Though the family of j dog? were not fully represented, still there was enough to give ua an idea of it? .respectability and extent. In one pen you behold a silky costed canine, who was evidently a gentleman among his fellows ; he carno here with a pedi gree much longer than that of many an aristocratic family, nnd he scented to feel as deeply as possible the base humilia tion of Iiis position, in being exposed in such x villainous place nnd in such vil lainous company; and, ?ike Rachel mourning for her children, he refused to be comforted, even by the fragments of a mutton chop which some sympathis ing visitor had sacrificed from his morn ing lunch, I bogan to regret that I had uerer made dogs a study. I knew the difference at a glance between a French poodle and a tan terrier, and had an in definite idea that there were also radical ?ifferences between an English bull-dog and a NewfottndJand. I had seen grey hounds frequently, only they v.crc black, and I knew a skye terrier from a fox hound, but when it came to thc points between hounds, harriers, beagles and dachshunds, I was all afloat till at last I ?lock so deep tn the mud that I never expected to get out. rassing along, I 'topped in front of a pen ngainst which leaned an ancient sportsman from Vir ginia. He was one of the race-now j "farly axtinct-who would get out of bed at three o'clock of a miserable morning, "de all day afvc sonic poor devil of a fox and consider'himself amply rewarded if he only got tho UH for his pains. I looked with reverence upon this ontiqna kd nimrod, because ho was deep in the mystery of dogs. His father had gonv 10 the dogs before him, or, rather, he had 8?no with the dogs. Bte followed tho hotmda till he was eighty-fouT, and, dy ,n!?i he left his kennel to his son, who *M worthy of tho father that begat him. Hi? Lindley Murray might be slightly at kalt, and his spelling resemble that of 'he Reformed Orthographical Conven tlon, but what he did not Vnow about dogs waa scaroVljr worth mentioning. When I say dogs I don't wiAiito bo un derstood that this knowlcdgo extended to the entire family, for it did not. It waa confined to a cinglo branch, and that branch was for hounds. "Sir," said he te me, connVientialjIy, "thprcj aint po dogs as runs on fonr legs except fox hounds; thero ?a other dogs, to bo sure, but they aint no count. Now, observe that black and tau dog with the long years up in tho corner; that's Spot, tho intelligcntest animal that ever itvsseen. The fox don't live ns can fool him, aud it was jest thc same with bia frdicr." Here tho old sportsman picked two fleas off of Spot's back, which Spot had been vainly trying to rub off against the boards on the side of bis pen. ''I loves them dogs like children," he Raid, "and I'll sell you a pair of them pups at a hundred dollars." This was certainly dog cheap, consider ing their family. The poor fox hounds looked on ruefully, evidently hoping that some one vould rescue then from their uncomfortable and disgraceful position, a?:J I should certainly have made the purchase, bal a casual investigation of my bank account scarcely warranted the expense. Fox hounds were largely represented. Frank Clayton, of Marshallton, was there with a full kennel, and J. P. Yerkes, of Chester, made also fcgfireditable exhibit. Seeing a man coming along I thought I would air my dog learning. So, adjust ing my glasses on thc end of my nose, I quietly remarked : "Fine bull dog, that." The man cast at me a pittying glance, and said severely : "That's a mastiff." I felt abashed and never made a re mark for thc next six pens. At last I planted my feet on solid rock. I was now among dogs that I knew. We were all acquaintances. I had gamboled with them in my boyhood, and on one occasion when I went after apples I had presented a dog of that breed with ihe entire seat of my breeches as a token of personal regard. It was impossible, therefore, that I could be mistaken. "Beautiful Newfoundlands, those," I said to a gentleman in drab gaiters and a velveteen shooting jacket. "Elegant, aint they?" "Wot the devil aro you talking about," said he ; "them is Mount St. Bernards I thought any fool ud ;;now that." I hud hitherto stood well in my own estimation on mattera of personal judg ment. I had never questioned my own ability, but now I began to lose self respect and regret that I had not paid more attention to dogs. One [solitary poodle represented that wing of canine aristocracy which has ever found a heme in the mansions of the great, and he looked B?rry that he had come. It wa* not necessary to ask bira bia opinion oj the Centennial, fer he shivered and shook in his little basket, while a big tear stood on thc end of his nose, and if dogs evei swear I have no doubt that he said thc Centennial. There was a fine exhibit of setters and pointers. I was particular ly delighted with the manner in which one of the Irish reds set on u beef bone "Splendid dog," I remarked ; "he's goori for any kind of game." A Siberian Ula commanded general attention on accoun of his size and intelligence, and I believe bo got a silver medal. I waa just goin{ to compliment him for a blood hound but was saved from the disaster by i placard over the pen, which gavu hi name and pedigree. At tho extreme enc of the dog pens comes the exhibit of bul .io.jfl and bull terriers. About tbese ca nines there is no aristocracy. They ar loafers by birth. u?dig! :e, parentage an< inheritance. Their business preclude them from decent associations. Thc are professional fighters and rat catchen a kind of trade not calculated to awak? thc highest moral development, either i man or dog. They were attended by fcl lows with broken noses and scarry faces clad ir corduroy coats, velveteen breecli es, red neckties and round-topped hat Hard mugs weie there, tija* told of th prize ring and tho rat pit, und it seeme as if fur a tournent thar I almost believe in the doctrine of mctempsechosis, for j I looked into the eyes of these brutalize eura, I funcicdl could recognize tbefaci of those human brutes whose mains wei up in the blood and dirt prizo ring lon] long years ago. It was with a feeling of intense anti faction that I turned away from the dc show, and went over among the norse Comparatively a small portion of tl space was occupied. It reminded me i a certain wedding feast, where mar guests had been bidden but very fe came. Governor Hartranft showed moot excellent example to the people Pennsylvania, which I regret to ac? ? 'hi did not follew, except to a limited exter Pennsylvania has long been eclcbrati for a breed of draft horses of aime matchless in aire and endurance, but fe of thitn were there in com^ariaon wi What, should have been. Tho Govern bad trotted out his entire stud, and cc toinly his excellent exampl?ujJcscrvcd better following. President Grant visit the grounds several times. On tho Bl ond day of thc opening week, Govern Hartranft thought ho would show 1 friends a little good trotting. So, getti behind a pair of spanking roadsters, took in B. Lnndreth, Esq., thc Comm sioner of Agriculture, and started ( The team got fractious and ran awi Tho Governor, with his other numere accomplishments, ia a moat excelle whip, and rather prides himeolf on 1 skillful manner in which he handlea \ ribbona. Away they weut at a te?<ri pace, till et last he lost control of I team, and over wenl the buggy, aeudi the Commissioner-one way and the G ernov tho other. Gov. Hartranft i soon on hia feet again, but Mr. Land, was considerably bruised. Tho Fr dent, who was a witnes* of the catani phe, congratulated the Governor on hi? escape. He expects to take a (Sew lessons iu driving from Budd Dobie, and thc team, I understand, is for sale. Thc city is full. Hotels and boarding houses rejoice with exceeding great joy. Civility to laud lords is now the otder of thc day, and the mun who would not be put in the parlor next tho roof bad better bring bis wife and a good size bank check. I forgot to mention when speaking of horses, that so far Canada *.ralks ofT with almost everything. Some of tho draft horses a:o magnificent, and without the aid of Canada thc horse show would be rather a slim affair. Bartholda has 6cnt us on a section of his great slatuo of Liberty, which it is proposed to erect in the harbor of New York. It is only t baud holding a flam ing torch, but it is a mighty hand indeed. The index finder laid upon thc ground, so I thought I wou.'d get in t nd soo what it looked like, and I nssure yon that in side it is a most excellent fingor. California's day on which uno com memorates ber admission to tho Union was celebrated on thc 9th. It was moro remarkable for tho absence than the presence of distinguished Californians the presenco of General John A. Sutter alone saving the gathering from being n complete fiasco. One hundred thousand on Saturday ia uow the rule. Yours truly, BROADBttTM Wisdom, Justice and Moderation. Under tho above caption, the La Grange Reporter has an excellent edito rial article, which cannot be too highly commended for its sagacity and apposit ness. Just now, the Radical press East and West are eagerly catching up every intemperate expression of Southern ora tory and using it with prodigious effect. We cannot aid our brethren in thor bat tle against Radicalism more than by dis cretion in word or deed ; wo cannot do them more signal damage than by tho use of violence in speech or action. This central truth the Reporter conveys as fol lows : "Nothing gives more genuine pleasure to Radical politicians in the North just before elections, than riots in thc South. Dead negroes are food and nourishment to their party. The loss of life they count as nothing when compared to the .gala that results to the party. Many of the honest Northern people, nnd all the dis honest ones, believe that the Southern whites aro the bitterest enemies of the blacks ; that they want only the slightest ?ire! ext to do wholesale murder ; that but br the dominion of the Radical party and the subsequent protection it affords them, thc negroes would speedily be en slaved or exterminated. Hence their philanthropic souls yearn after the safety of their colored brethren ; and the strong' est appeals that can bo made to them arc that in Radical success is the only salva tion of Sambo. "Everything done in the South that can be distorted into a confirmation of these assertions, of course directly aids tho Radicals. Now it is the part of a wise general to find out what bis ?nemy wauts him to do, and then not to do it. It being evident that tho Rads want riots at the South, it behooves Southern whites to put away from them even the thought of violence. Let tts determine to keep tho peace, no matter wbat may ba the provocation. It is better to make a slight sacrifico of feeling than to resent ill-treatment, no matter how just the re sentment might bc. "In this section there bas been no clash between the races. Tho relations they sustain to each other are of the most har monious kind. Let them continue so. If, in the excitement of the campaign, tho blacks should be lcd into any extrav pgant conduct of any kind-of which we uow seo no prospect-let us meet it with that wisdom, justice and moderation which might bo expected of those who claim intellectual and social superiority. It is b-ottcr to bear somewhat, and forbear a great deni, than to give place to indig nation, no matter how righteous, and thus endanger tho common cause. "Th6ss remarks n-sy not be "ceded wo hope they will not be ; but a few words of caution will certainly not be considered out of place, when wo remem ber how easily the passions of men nro excited, and how great a matter may be kindled by a i ii tie fire. Now is tho timo above all others when we should culti vate the kindliest feelings toward tho black race, and thus give the lie to tboso mischief-makers of tho North who BO continually brand us as ku klux, outlaws and assassins." The course pursued by Gen. Hampton in South Carolina should be followed by other orators, lie has made friends and converts by the sobriety of bis demeanor and the temperance of his oratory. Wo believe that the Radicals should be de nounced, and roundly too ; but there ia a way of beiug excruciatingly severe, and . /._it:, j....... . ,r_i:_ yet |)ic?i fing kilo ucvuiunl Ul |ioi un montnry discussion. Gen. Hampton has kept himself at high-water in this par ticular, and, by so doing, bas made rib capital for tho enemy abroad, and yet won thousauds, who have been heretofore hostile to hia support. His example ia worthy of imitation.-Augusta Ootutitu tionalut. How DRINKING CURES APOPLEXY. It ia tho essential nature of all wines and spirits to send an increased amount of blood to thc brain. Thc first effect of taking a glass of wine or stronger form of alcohol ts to send thc blood there faster than common ; hence, the circulation that gives tho red face. It increases the activity of the brain, and it works faster, and BO ''oes tho tongue. But as the blood goes tx the brain faster than common, it returns faster, and no special harm rc Bulta. But supposa a man keeps on drinking, tho blood is sent to tho brain BO fast in such quantities that, in order to make room for it, the arteries havo to en large themselvea ; they increase in size, and, in doing BO, they press against the moro yielding, flaccid veins which carry the blood out of tho brain, and thus di minish their sizo, their pores, the result being that blood is not c?oly carried to ?ho arteries of tito bruin faster than ia natural or healthful, but is prevented from leaving it ns fast as usual; hence, a double set of causes of death are set in motion. Hence, a man may drink enough of brandy or other spirits in a few hours, cr oven minutes, to bring on a fatal attack of apoplexy. Thia is literal ly being dead drunk.-Dr. Hail. - Would it be proper to call a retired liquor dealer's country estate a bar-own ial mansion ? - Thc FillerdclfierConvcnshun for rc vising the spelling of the E gliah lang wide haz njcrncd. A REPUBLICAN'S VIKW OF IT. OUR CANVAS* THROUGH NORTH URN HPK.CTACI.KH. Thc fixed Resolve of the AV hites to WIu -Tilden a Secondary Consideration - Tbe KU'uct of federal Troops.-Tho Bliud Fury of the Blacks Agalaat the Colored. Demo*rats-Our '.Battered Ticket?'--The "CaTfclry" lu Ul? can vais-piyldl?g Time. Ihr. H. Vi Reifltliri Is Uer* to -Oimcinnati Cbnwuvial. SPARTANBrno, S. C., Sept. ll. Back of the very fair and conservative speeches of Wade Hampton, (so just and liberal timi many of tho sentimeuta he utters would bo received with applause in the Ohio Western Reserve ;) back cf the Democratic platform adopted at thc Stato Convention solemnly pledging equal rights to all ; back of the moderate editorial:; of thc Naca and Couria-back of all these which appear so fair upon their face, there is a settled uotormiiia tion among the whites to carry the elec tion at every hazard. They plead tho excuse that self-preservation ?J tho first law of nature, and that they cannot longer stand the rule of thc Radicals. Their property has depreciated steadily since tue war ; taxation hos os steadily increased, and they conceive that tho only way to preserve the remnant of their possessions is to restore thc State from negro rule to white rule. Comparatively, they care little for Tilden. Their whole energies are bent on electing Wado Hampton and securing tho Legislature. I believe that if it was within the power of the white people of South Carolina to give the General Government over to Grant and Ben Butler for any uutnbcr of terms, in consideration of having their beloved State, (their "mother," as they call it,) restored to the rule of the whites, they would do it. They would bargain that the United States remain under Grant and the Radical ) forever, if, in the trade, they could bc assured of undis turbed possession of South Carolina. This will indicate to you thc desperate earnestness with which they arc strug gling to elect Wado Hampton and get the Legislature. To carry the State for Tilden is decidedly a secondary conside ration. Ol' course" if ho carries it they will seem to rejoice, but thc mai:- thing with them is to get control of their "do mestic concerns. If the election hi No vember was for President-simply noth ing else-the campaign here would bo aa fiat os a pancake. Tho whites would make no effort. They would regard it as hopeless in the first placo, and that tho gamo was not worth the candle. It is the Legislature and tho governorship they are after, and if they secure theso, farewell to "negro rule" in South Caro lina. The thing will be finished. TRUE INWARDNESS. Tho outsider is apt to bc puzr-lcd by ac counts of affairs berc-. Ki may not un derstand thc formation of "rifle clubs," "rifle teams," "artillery corapauicsj" among the whites. What aro they afraid of? They aro not afraid of anything. Why, then, this arming? They intend, to carry thc election if lt is possible to do so. The programme is to havo "rifle clubs" ail over the State, and, whilo avoiding actual bloodshed as much as possible, to so impress the blacks '.'dat theyj or a certain number of them, will feel impelled to vote with the whites out of actual fear. The blacks arc timid by nature, timid by habit, timid by educa tion. A display of force unnerves them. The whites understand this{ and the im mense marching about at night, and ap "f n.^t!cc at every Rcpub'icau meeting to ''divide time," is with a view to impress thc blacks with the sense of tho danger of longer holding out against white rule. Add to the number they can senre tito number thev can buy, and they hopo to have enougfi, united with tho solid white voto, to gain the day, elect Hampton, and secure the Legislature. Tilden, as I have said, is a secondary consideration. The point is to get con trol of South Carolina, and restore to this State a decent and economical govern ment-a government, by tho way, that the blacks have utterly failed to give. Of course tho whites want Tilden elected ; but if by trading him off to certain defeat they could get control of South Carolina, they would cheerfully do it. Republican rule at Washington is much less trouble to them than negro rule at home. They acknowledge that the National Republi can party is competent to administer tho general government, (they have n lively sense ol' its ability to sustain the sisme against an armed rebellion) but they deny that the negroes of South Carolina aro competent to administer the State government. So. if they could, thoy would trade off tho general government to Radical rule indefinitely if by that means they could be assured of white rule at home. Indeed, it is bard to say what they would not trade off to get South Carolina undei their control once more. All they want is to get it once, knowing very well that they can hold it forever. Be the black majority in a Southern State what it may, when once the whites come to the top, they are as certain to remain there os an inflated bladder to float. An inflated bladder will remain under water no longer than held by force, and when thc force is re moved, up it comes. Remove tho Fede ral force from South Carolina, say "bands on," and the whites will come to tho top just as naturally. Nothing keeps them under but the continued application of force-thc knowledge that tho blacks arc sustained in their supremacy by the Fed eral power. WIM. THEY WIN? Thc whites arc so united and determ ined, and have so many "rifle teams," that they would certainly win were it not for the large Federal force in the State, well scattered, and with positive orders to sec that thc blacks have all thc rights guaranteed to them by the Democratic platforms and Scott Lord resolutions. Aa it is. they may win anyway. Ono day I think they will, ami the next day think they will not, and am all the time of thc opinion that thc chanccH aro pretty evenly balanced. As to thc Federal troops "intimidating" thc whites, the very idea is so positively ridiculous that I can not write about it with patience. The stuff which appears in Northern Democratic papers about the army being used to intimidate thc whites, and pre vent a fair clef lion, is idiotic. Every Federal soldier and every musket and every cannou in thc service might all be moved into South Carolina, and it would not keep ono white man from voting, not one. Everybody herc understands this perfectly well. What thc South Carolina editors have to say about it i.> for effect un North, and not because they fear that all thc troops in creation will keep n sin ?'lo white man from voting. It ia por cctly clear to me, and I think to any man who comes into thc Stato^ and ac quaints himself with the condition of things, that, without tho presence of troops, the whites would overbear and o vert ido the blacks to such an extent that no fair election could be held. There might not be bloodshed, but simply a sort of terrorism established that would frighten thc blacks from ?oticp tba ?traight ticket, aa nine hundred and niuo ' ' ?. ". 1 i ' 1 :?' ? ?!'?? .?.-i ty-nine oaf of-? thousand of thom will vf lien left to un untrammelled cholee. I have spoken of tho' ' BUND YVlVf OV THE B?.AOKtt when ono of their number "turm treker," as they caji it, and joins too,;whites. This \n not to be excused, but.it exists to a fearful extent in this Stat*. ?Vithdrav all fear of punishment, ?nd thehlacks would tear the few black rioniocratg limb from limb. The band ol' vengeance is only stayed by the certainty that tho whites will make.?Hort work of anybody who interferes, with their black allies. You would have about the same luci in trying to convince a negro that his fellow ? black has a right to "join tho Democrats" that you would in trying to inform him that tho sun rises at midnight. It ia use less to argue or to talk. They have no idea of personal rights in that direction. But to return to tho troops. The Northern Dem?crata gay that tho use of troops as they are now being used in Sont h Carolina is contrary to tho snirit ot our government. I admit that with out a wink. Hut the fury of thc whites is so aroused by tho wrongs they have suffered under the black government of South Carolina that there ia no restrain ing them from overawing tho blacks and carrying thc election rough-shod but the presence of troops. Thia ia exactly tho state of the case. Well, you may nay, will troops havo to be employed every election iu South Car olina? Certainly they will, os long os tho blacks aro in power. The whites will not submit to black rule longer than they arc actually forced tb-not ono day longer. Withdraw the troops, say j "bands off," and tho black government there would fall like a block of cards. It cannot stand alone. The question-the problem before tho country-is simply this : Shall thc Federal power bo contin ually applied or sholl tb." black govern ment here be allowed to go to thc wall, as go it will as soon os tho support from Washington ia withdrawn ? The fierce op position of the whites ia not because it 'is Republican in the sense that Ohio is Re publican, but because that it is black, and the antagonism against a government of blacks ia fearful. BATTERED TICKET. In their efforts to get a "straight ticket" in nil that thu tenn implies, thc Demo crats have got one that ia pretty wellshot pieces. They all saw Bcrvicc in tbe Confederate army, and all bear bullet marks. Hampton, candidate for Gov ernor, bears aix wounds in his body, from bead to feet, inclusive. Simpson, candi date for Lieuteuant-Governor, carries bullet scars. Conner, candidate for At torney-G?n?ral, had his leg ahot off near the hip. He bobbles around on crutchea, 1 and makes flaming speeches. McGowan, elector, carries two wounds. In fact, ? doubt if Ibero ia one of the Btraight-out ticket who ia not battle-8carred. They were not nominated on this account, but because nearly every white man In South Carolina saw service and faced bullets, and it waa impossible to make upatickct of representative Democrats, qualified and competent to hold office, without selecting ex-Confederates. It was not hero os tu the North-say one-half of tho able-bodied roon ia thc army, bu* they were all in ; and without- especial refer ence to tho fact of being able-bodied either. South Carolina had moro Con federate soldiers in tho ranks than she bad voters. This is a historic fart, aud shows how impossible it is to make up a ticket of representative uteri bore without taking ex-Confederates. The losses of life in the war were greater than the nat ural increase from 1860 to 1870, as the cens?a shows; and I believe that South Carolina ia tho only State whore there waa an actual decrease in win., popula tion during thc ten years named. HAMPTON AND "THE TICKET" will speak nearly every day until the election. There is already a full list of appointments out, reaching from thc mountains to tho sea. Lost week and a part of Uri? week they are in the upper part of the State; from here they go south, and then hie up thia way again, and theil down to Columbia to tho "wind up." They travel by rail whero they can, and if no railroads, they go horseback, escorted by the "cavalry,'' which ia a foaturo of thia campaign. Coming out of Anderson last week about fivo hundred cavalry acted aa escort, and half way to Pickcna wero mer. by another force of mounted men. lt is a curious proceed ing, and not lacking in humorous inci dents. Tho "cavalry" are not armed, but simply mounted men carrying flags during the day and torches nt night. Each county has from ten to two dozen of these mounted clubs, nud they cnn father in large numbera on short notice. have aeon a great many of them at dif ferent points, but nono yet who were armed ; hut they would soon provide themselves if un emergency should arise. I think thc object of thc "cavalry" ia to do a great deal of marching and counter marching, particularly during tho Btilly night (as the poet says,) and thus im press tho negroes with tho fact that tho whites aro fully armed and march.-p?j along towards victory-on horseback", with arma in reserve. So far, in thia part of thc State, there have been no outrages, disturbances or bloodshed, but the peace able condition of things will hardly con tinuo until the election. Tho feeling is daily becoming moro bitter and thc linea more tightly drawn. I say "no outrages," although there has been much that would bo esteemed "outrages" should tho Uko happen Not th. But I UVJ the term in a moro modified ficnao, for, in thia disturbed State, unless somebody is killed or badly hurt, the affair ia hardly classed an "outrage." But that which is of daily occurrenco herc, and which would raise a terci?lo rumpua iu the Noith. (and a terrible rumpus herc, if it should bannen Ut thu other party) is this : Tho Republicans will appoint and advertise a ?"eeting. and name certain speakers. They will quietly assemble, and just os they got to business, a company of "cavalry" will como along,, escorting one or more Dem ocratic orators, who will demand A "DIVISION OF TIME," nnd enforce their demaud by brute force, if it is resisted. However, in no instance within my notice has a demand for a "divido" been resisted, but often the blacks have withdrawn and left tho "meeting" entirely to tho Democrats. The "cavalry" form around the stand, and, whilo they make no disturbance. they throw a abado of unhappiness and disquietude over the assembly? ?nd in clino tho Republican speakers to great moderation. Tho Democrats aro de termined that not a Republican meeting shall be held in the State unless there is a division of timo, and ono or moro Dem ocrats have n hearing in behalf of Hamp ton, Tilden and reform, but more partic ularly Hampton. So far they have car ried out their programme. In many in stances tho Republicans have appointed backwoods. locations, where,*as an old darkey expressed it, "neither the devil nor ' ?m' Democrats could find cu ;" ! but the Democrats would get wind of it, and bo on hand with their "caval^y" to en forco a demand for a "di viii J n." This sort of t'dng is going on dally in South Carolin , and ia a part of tho programme to-?a'rry tho State most rigidly adhered tov So far there have been ho tights or ?orcible breaking uh of Republican m?et nm, only ns the nwre fact of the pres ence of "D?mocratie ynvalry" may break them . np. The ' reporta in Northern papers that these1 men - Aro into the ne groes, and thuvbre?k up their meetings. {ire not true.'' They do just what I detail le'ro. no more, ho less. I expect you think it 1H enough: TUE EXCU8E w!ii"h the Democrats give for tho novel proceeding of appearing at every Repub lican meeting, and demanding a "division bf timo" io fie manner I bavo stated, U this : Thev pay that the Republican orator? seek to jill tim heads of thc blacks with all aorta of misinformation I accus ing thc Democrats of a dosiro to return them to sh .very and so forth, and that they, .thc Democrats, intend to be on hand nt every meeting and refute these charges, or, as they put it, "throw the d-d lies back into tho teeth of thc Rad icals." They say they havo not meddled much in politics since tho war, bciug *o desperately ii. the minority, while tho Radicals havo becu pumping a grand as sortment of misinformation into tho honda of tho credulous Hacks, and that they take this mcaua to put a stop to it I On thc other hand thc blacks hav? not sought to interfere with the meetings of tho whites, cither by claiming a division of time or otherwise They have, in some parts of tho State, organized a "cavalry force," and do a good deal of mnrching aud countermarching (but at a safo distance from . any Democratic vinip,) but it is mei ely os a show of re taliation. A alu nv of it ia as far as they aro able to gut in that direction. They have, however, a project on foot which will lead to a figjit if carried out. And in thc fight there-, will bo from fifteen to twenty neg CG cs killed, and perhupti ono white mon wounded. Mark that. Thia project is to organizo a regiment of blacks to bc called THE";;OYB IN BLUB," who arc to bu armed, ?nd go about tho Stale to "protect" Republican meetings. I sincerely hope this will not be done, for it will result disastrously to the blacks. It makes hot thc least differenco how a contest begins, or who is to blame, tho black? are slaughtered. Look at Ham burg. There thc hi ac ICM outnumber thc whites four to ono. They bad arms of ar? improved patten*. They had ammu nition. They wero a regularly drilled company of militia. They had tho ad vantage in numbers, arms, position and ammunition. Rut how quickly thoy wcut to the wall. Many lives will bo saved when it is fully understood that the blacks arc no more a match for the whites than so many sheep, and that every contest, no ?natter how it begins, alwaya ends the samc^ My hope as to the ?outh Carolina cam paign is tbat it ni"y poss without blood shed. Every day I icel like offering con gratulations that there bas been no fight, and feel relieved that wo are BO far to ward tho election without great blood shed. You can judge nothing of parties hore by parties in thc North, for hero it is race against race. And the black man who joins the whites .suffers more nt the hauds ofilia race than dues a white mun who joins the blacks. As I have before stated, you can no moro get tho idea into a negvo's head that ono of his race has a right to act with tho Democrats, than you can get a (gum-drop into a millstone. That whites should bo Democrats they think perfectly right and proper, and they think nono the less of them on that account ; but for a black man ta turn traitor to hin race, and "go with tho Dem ocrats" fills them with uncontrollable rage, or rather rago that is only con trolled by a consuming fear of tho whites. And this does not always suffice, for thoy have been known to face drawn pistols to get a blow at n "Democratic negro." Altogether it is a very singular and a very disagreeable condition ol' things wc fina herc. Intimidation of Negro Democrats. Mr. Redfield, the correspondent of tho Cincinnati Commercial, has been travel ing through South Carolina. His atten tion seems to have been particularly at tracted by the conduct of the colored people towards those of their own race .?di o have capoused the Democratic causo. He gi?*c.5 as the result of his observation, tba' .he negro who dares to tako suoh a course, becomes to all intents and pur poses an outcast ; that tho black x/emo crat is regarded asa traitor; that ho is ostracised, denied tho consolations of re ligion by expulsion from churches, and persecuted and assailed upon nil occa sions. This plain, nnvarnished statement, from the correspondent of a Republican paper, is proof, strong as holy writ, that negroes in tho South are *.iot intimidated by the whites. Men who aro cowed and intimidated never dure to manifest their hostility to their opponents so plainly and aggressively. The negro is not so sternly independent, or formed of auch heroic stuff, that he would insult and re vile his enemy were his own lifo or prop erty endangered by his so doing. It cannot be denied that the negroes in the South have been entirely under tho tuition of Republicans since tho war. Every idea of politics which they have is drawn from the teachings of Republicans. Tho negro is not naturally fanatical or intolerant ; on thc contrary, he is good natnred and docile, pursuing his o.m course, and not disposed to interfere in the affaira of his neighbor. But tho ne gro is a child, with the strength and ca pacity for mischief of a man ; and under tho teachings of Republican politicians, bo has become a violent and dangerous fanatic, lacking tho intellect to see where unrestrained fanaticism will lead him. His nature bas been-changed ; how much for the worse, we all know. Whatever persecution and ostracism may be visited upon tho whito Rep?bli ca;: politician in tho South, is but a nat ural sequence of ali this. Tho whites seo that the negro bas been transformed from a faithful, affectionate and tractable servant and friend, into n violont and vindictive foe. They know that he looks entirely to the whito Republicans alone for instruction ; the inference is plain that be has got his new rules of conduct from that instruction. Tho white Democrat sees his person endangered and his property destroyed through the teachings of thew Republi cans; yet nowhere is tho Republican denied thc privilege of worshipping tho Almighty in his sanctuary ; nowhero ia he assailed with brutal insults ; and the most bitter of them can walk fetrleiisly, by day or night, without fear of a ! owl ing mob nt bia hecla. Let tho riots ??d assaults t<pon colored Democrats, which are of daily occurrence in the South, and I tho experience of Mr. Redfield, speak for tho tolerance and good feeling inculcated bv tho apostles or the party of moral ideas. The .conduct and tcachih^j of tho two partie?; in the South aro <;xhibUec? lo contrtist before tho country. Wo are content lo abide the decision of all non partisans for tho vindication of tho whito t?ou'.heniers.-Journal of. Commerce, THE H EURO RIOT IS AJ?feHi'; ! r--1 .:?. IMI/ IHM * j ?RIO?N Ol' TI?K! TR'?UBt?t^-ifORBEAS ANCE OP Tt?'? WMrEJ^U^VSD' STATES TROOP? OW THE SC.ENB-'?FI ACTION. . . . . ?"? <JI' "? . ? . .r.lti till:* .-Jill fl ?? . tycefat DttpateXu ta the CM?tt* tteiti'?ttf darter. i.it) i,'.'in i*?**n*l ?1 pl i ./j:jf?(i . I AUGUSTA, I September 18. Lest Friday uiorniug ?bout 8 o'clock, nt tbc Silverton neighborhood, near Jack son Station, on the Fort Royal Railroad, : two negroes made an assault upon Mi?. Alonso Harley.. Mr. Harlev was at the time in the field at work, and no one was in the house but a bon. of Hrs. Harli y, a youth of nine years, and an infant two or three years old. The negroes knouked Mrs. Harley down two or threo times, intending to rob the house. The son did nil ho could to prevent the negroes from killing his motlier, sud when they turned to chastise him tho mother reached up aud took down a double-barrcl gun. The ncgrOca thinking it lorded, fled. Tho neighborhood was alarmed, and a crowd gathered and worn in search of the fugitives. They succeeded in finding ono o ftho negroes, who wa? identified by * i?on of Mr. Harley. Harley struck tho uegro willi Iiis list, and when the negro ran he waa fired upon mid ecriously wounded. He waa recaptured and tnlftu to the house of Mr. Horley, and identi fied Ly Mrs. Harley. Ho was then taken off from tho house, and confessed the crime and gave the name of tho man who was with him. The wounded negro did lost Saturday. ? . It was decided to arrest the accomplice, and a warrant waa issued by a negro magistrate and placed in thc hands of a const able, who summoned a posse of white men to assist-him- in making tho arrest. When thc posse assembled, it was as certained that a bod}' of negroes, num bering about one hundred and fifty, had assembled under arms about seven' miles below, and tad sent word that they would not surrcuder the accused. Two white mon wore thereupon sent forward to pro vail on tho negroes to disband, nnd ?tl?ow tho constable to make the arrest When tlieso two reached tho spot they found thirteen negroes guarding; a log hut. They informed thc negroes' of their cr raua, when the latter, together with oth ers in tho vicinity, sot up a yell. , In leas than A minute tho negroes surrounded thc young men, and pointing thoir guns at thom, demanded their blood. Only by the exertions of the negro .captain woro tlic young men saved. The captain said ho would never surrender the negro charged with assaulting Mrs. Harley, unless he was permitted to accompany him to Aiken. In thc. meantime, the posse came up aud tho constable demanded nn interview with tho captain. The latter agreed, if the posse would not come up. Tho con stable ordered tho posse to fnll back, which they did. Tho negroes seeing this thought they were retreating, advanced within fifty yards and fired a volley into their ; v :-.!;M, inflicting no damage, but tho men were in a deep ditch, ana recognir. their position retreated to. the open ground. nit,. ............ ..._-_;_ut.. ..?nc nC^rOix? nviu wuimg on jitjuuiy when tho whites fired on them, wounding threo .slightly. The negroes ran into thc Bwamp. A messenger was sent for the negro magistrate, and, upon bia arrival, he advised tho men to send four of theil number to the negroes to demand thc accused. This was done, but the negroes denied bia presenco among aem, and agreed to disperse if tho : whites would and said they would givo up the accused if he came to them. This vas accept?e by tho constable, and tho whites bogati to disperse ; but, fearing that thc negroei would act treacherously, they sent /back two unarmed men to ascertain if the j were keeping their agreement. Thost men returned in un hour and report?e that thoy wore surrounded hy negroei and . were compelled to .plead for ?heit lives. Reinforcements were then sen for. Fifteen men, while passing through i deep cut, were fired upon by the negroes and it was at first reported that tl:rei white meu were hilled, out later account say this was not the case. This morning tho negroes removed tin bolts from the rails over a small strcar on the Port Roys) Railroad, near Jack son Station, and threw a freight trail from tho track. Tho locomotive am seven cars were thrown into tho ditch The negroes afterwards fired into th wreckea train. Cant. Flnmincr> Superintendent cf th Port ? toy al Railroad, t?l?graphe'. to Got Chamberlain requesting him to orde Lieutenant Barnnardt, commanding th United Slates forces ut Hamburg, to prc cced to the sceno of tho wreck to prot?t tho laborers whiio repairing the traci Chamberlain telegraphed tho Licuteuat to go; but tho latter, considering tht Chamberlain bad no authority m tL premises, telegraphed Gen. Huger for it 6tructiona. It is understood that Get Buger ordered him to remain at Han burg. The nogroes are in force between tc South Carolina and Port Royal Railroad Col. A. P. Butler, with a force of white has gono after them and a battle is e: pected to-night. There ia great excifc mont in Augusta. Tho latest reporta from tho sceno . tho conflict show one white man wi wounded and six nogroes were killt yesterday. . M. AUOUBTA, Scptetnbor 19. This morning almost as many rumo os wore circulated yesterday wero flyii about tho city in reference to tho troubl near Ellenton. A different report cou be obtained at every street corner, ? about ll o'clock a telegram v?as receive from a young man from this city, wi was at the sceno of tho disturbance, Iiis employer, stating that a fight hi occurred the night previous, and that t\ white men had been killed. A little lat another telegram was received from a other party announcing that Mr. Jol Williams had been killed and Mr. Sat uel Dunbar wounded tho previous de During tho morning several rifle dui mounted, from Edgofield County cross tho bridge and rodo down Broad sire towards Sand Bar Ferry, which they i tended to cross on their way to Rou.* Bridgo Among these were Capt. Buss; company, twenty-five men, and, Caj Bohlei^s company, twenty men. Up the arrival of the Aiken Accommodait train we learned that the two compani of Federal troops at Aiken had reoeiv orders, on Monday night,. to proceed once to the scene ot action, and at j o'clock in tho evening thoy took np th' line of march across tbs country : Rouse's Bridge. Three mut? . from ca company wero left at Aikct. in charge tbe camp. The distance from Aiken the bridge is about fiftccil miles. AJ o'clock tt.o pasuenger train of the P Royal Railroad loft tho qty andprocc cd lc Lllonton, wero it rael tho up tri which reached that poltit tho day prc ou8 from Port. Royal; Tho .first nan train then returned to Attga'sta abd cthor to Port Royal., iii ordeY'ttiat regular schedule might bc resnmcd day. There Vero rumors 'that th? tr was compelled to returned'to Angosta account.of fighUii? going on along LEO AL AXtyr&TI3lfta.-'fl% arc compiled to ?.nd horewlth append tue ra?ca for lo? ordluxajr cotice?, wbioa ?ill oq\fttox?psottf)dj*bau th*> b~ the irun name abd tuldr<aa of tb? writer. Ko thereon. ? 49* We are no? OMpsTsibte Tor lae vlcvanvd opinions of our correspondent". _ A ad ?rao a, 8. C. te ?i??%q^.^?c5^^w'e^r, Waa noe twdteWW&mmiiii merely for thanrtxsttoi?) &bw??Vgiv*ay'>? ?. white mau, name?! JflbfcW WiUiaroa, was am? bushed by the negroes, near Rouse's Ur dgc, on Monday, and killed. He was flrst. fired upon ai.d wounded, and then ue?t?n td .doath wit), c)bbl. * Mr, Samuel No regala*Sfi- vttodtt plactf on Monday, but tbcro were several skirmishes. A brisk conflict occurred at Robbins', on t)tc Tort Royal Road? .this morning, be tween a large bpdy of negroes and a small force bf white's.'"'Th6 negroes final' ly retreated, leaving ne ve ral* of their number dead and carrying oft their wounded. One while mam whose hame I did not learn, was killed and several wore wounded. I wan unabio to obtain any d?finit; 'particulars. In tho atteruoon( the rifle clubs from Edgeiiehi pawed through thfc city on their way home. They reported that tho two compnnies of Federal troops reached RoaseV Bridge early in the morning. Tito officer in command bad n.conference with Col. A. P. Butler, and promised that if the whites would disperse and go homo, be would disarm the negroes' nud assist the civil authorities in arresting those charged with crimo, including Frederick Fort, thc negro implicated In ik.* assault on Mn?. Harley. With this utidcmtand i- g thc clubs left tho scene of tho trouble and went home; , When tho troops arrived, tho whites had the negroes, about three hundred in number, surrounded, and would undoubt edly howe captured the entire party. As they only desired to ace the law enforced, however, they quietly retired from the field and left the blacks in control of the I United States soldiers. It ia positively known thnt six negroes were killed du ring the trouble, and it is said that others were shot in the several skirmishes. Si* aion Coker, un ez-mcmbcr of the L?gis lature, who was foremost in inciting tho negroes to deeds of violence and blood shed, was killed at Ellenton this morn ing. On hi.-, person wcro found a cum* ber of orders written by himself, directed to negro captains, instructing them to be , certain to kill thc engineers on tho Port Royal Railroad trains. There was also found in one of his pockets a lotter to Governor Chamberlain. Another prom inent ticgro named Mink Holland was killed. Th ree dead negroes were Wing on thc grass near tho wrecked tram Jacksou on I Monday night. Thia after noon the construction train sent out on Monday to .repair tho track at Jackson returned to tho city. About a dozen young men, who went-down Monday morning, came back on the train! They reported that while the train was running through a cut this sido of Ellenton they saw a negro on tho bnhk nbovo take de liberate aim nt one of tho number. They im mediately fired upon him, and he threw up bis arms ami fell. It is supposed that ho was killed. Fifteen or twenty armed negroes were with h'm at thc time. AU along tho road they saw bands of armed nc; ;roea, but none/ of them, with tho ex> copi iou of tho ono named above made any demonstration towords the train. Tho telegraph wiro on tho Port Royal Road was cut again Monday night at the ?sime point at whicli it was tapped Sun- : day. It was repaired this morplng.. -It is said that Coker had on his body a list : of prominent white citizens who were to be killed and whoso hoosos were to bo burned.. The latest intelligence makes it very certain that twenty-five or tqirty negroes were killed on Monday. Six were killed at Jackson while attacking tho wrecked train. > This morning tho lumber train left El lenton, and on approaching. Ronbins was fired into by negroes. The train backed to Ellenton, took twenty wh?t? met? "bs board, and returned to Robbins. A>fight" ensued, and eight negroes were killed and several whites wounded. General Wade Hampton. The campaign of 1876 has, aliico ita opening, been one Of great, results. It will bo remembered many years to come not only for the historical event which will mark its close, but for tho episode? , which illustrates its progress. ( General Hampton, who has beeu, co far, eminently successful in steering the ship of reform through tho troubled and niuddy watera of tho present campaign, is, by his nomination for govetn?r of South Carolina, the most prominent man in tho ranks of our Southern reformers. This admirable man, regarded & bia entirety, estimated OB a. warrior, atntaa. man and patriot standing in a glorious roll of great'Americana, deserves tho mighty acclaim -with which' politicians, press and people ha^o greeted his pan sage it om private into publie life.-lt ha? been th o) privilege of nia happy nature to cultivate a personal fricndsoip'with all classes of his couutrymon, the colored people not excepted, so that his State has warmed towards him, os ho isgoinc to reach the culminating honor of his lifo, tho honor to becomo the redefiner bf bia native State. Thia personal sympathy is aa rare between a statesman and a nation os it ia delightful. Wo consider General Hampton to bea masterly speaker j we call him, though we are blessed with many an ' excellent orator, tho beat and most powerful speak er of tho campaign. His speedie J aro void of pretty gossamer phrases which might ve them a certain but useless brilliancy ; but they abound in honest, entreating language, which, coming from the heart, takes hearts by storm. His fine temper, natural dignity of thought and bearing, and his consummate tact in the adjustment bf violent contentions, exert themselves with brilliant effect in thc present campaign. Ho is never weary, is never caught napping by his foes ; and If the people of South Carolina, seeing him thus bravo, becorno .moro trusting anf] more hopeful everyday, who will blame them for itt As tho tpring of the camp??gs is brightening into sum mer, and tho work of reform becomes rougher and more bard, wc eeo bim dou ble nis energies, and see tho oyo of every true South Carolinian foliow admiringly bia victorious course. ? ' . Hi? remedy tor the wrongs of his na tive Slate was heroic. Ho would leave a , peaceful home, which gavo him every thing that can make a man happy, to ex change it, lcd by tho truest patriotism, with tbe perilous road Of a politicalcam P Whatever the resulte of bia patriotic endeavors ciay bo-bte State will ba proud of him and will guard his memory as a beautiful and sacred trust.-Journal oJ.Cbmnteroe. > ..: ? - i .-na-?--1. 1 1 - It la aj^esAcd t-hat if "Sitting Bull" wishes to remain un?istuibcd thia winter ho must at -vaco como ?ut for; Hayea'aud Wheeler; -. "A lyiiaa. Post is tho reigning beauty , at Newport, and .he young men wort to tie,tb her-" This iagoaeraUy the fate of a miVprolty giri, and aha ?has nb do fence. - ?I say, boy, la there, anything .to ahoot around hero ?" ioqnirrf ,a, ?port|* man bf a boy ho met "No, nothing just about hfiro,^ replied tho boy ; ' Lut; om Behool master ta.jutt.over Ibo bill. thor.V, cuthl?g birch-rods,. Yo^ might, walk and pop ?im oyet