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Subscriptions are not taken -Tor a less period,
than six months. .
Liberal deductions made to clubs of ten or
more subscribers, i
: RATES OF ADVERTISING.?Oat) Dollar per
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Cents per square for subsequent insertions less than
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? MPWdv?\|br threajdx;ojt.twil?e months. Ad
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mediate business of the firm or individual contrac?
ting.
Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, Tributes
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and deaths, and notices of a religious character, are
respectfully solicited, and will bo inserted gratis.
! THE SLANDER REFUTED.
We?ive bel?wa response to the calum?
nious letter published in these columns
last week, copied from the St. Paul
(Minn.) Press and' Tribune, upon which
we commented at the time. The writer
of the letter herewith appended has been
a resident of this section "for six years,
and is much" hetter^htitTed' io give an
opinion upon the situation than one
. whose residence is not of longer duration
than six weeks or two months. He
speaks as a Republicm. too, but not as a
prejudiced partisan, who is willing to
villify and traduce good citizens without
cau^| ?J^ corame|i? the- 4etter"clf Mr.
Greene~to the citizens of Ihe Northern
States who-may chance to read ibis
paper," and we would suggest to our ex?
changes that its .republication. in their
. columns will assist to refute the' slanders
so industriously circulated by enemies of
the; South, including the carpet-bag Gov?
ernor of South CaroJina^who is, just, now
engaged most eTrtensfvely hi thir^irty
~Seneca City, S. C, Oct. 6,1876.
Editors Intelligencers A friend called
my attention to a letter in yourpaper,r
copied from a Minnesota paper, but
written by a Northern man from Wal?
halla, which is so well calculated to de?
ceive the jeaders of that paper that I
have telcelMhe }Kberty to';write to its
editor to set the matter right, for no man
knows' better than myself that there is
scarcely a grain of truth in the whole
letter.-1 1 \ made, the acquaintance of the
writer when he came here, took him to
my house, and bad ample opportunity to
form an opinion of the man. He was
one of those honfestj well-rrysan i ng sortDf
people that we. often- meet, who have a
-?^p^laeulty'^f maicing themselves dis?
agreeable whenever an opportunity pre?
sents itself. At the North we call them'
fanatics; .at the South they are fire
eaters: If you agree with them you are
.an honest man, if you don't you are a
thief; and tKey 7are^aJpL&s that'often
have the opportunity to do much harm.
..He was going to the mountains "of
Western North Carolina where flattering
prospects had been held out to him ; but
he.was disappointed in his expectations,
became homesick, and possibly out of
money, and in that frame of mind he
wrote' that letter to "fire the Northern
hi?#^and I regret <that it has' bedir
used for that purpose. Now, I am a
Northern man, and have lived six years
at the South, am a good Republican?no
man goes before me in his devotion to
the party, and I defend it and advocate
its principles whenever the opportunity
presents itself?and \ <japkdp no less than
say that no man has ever offered me an
insult or spoken an unkind word to me
iujall.these.years. I have everywhere
be^l'treAtejJ'with the greatest considera?
tions, often greater than I deserved: I
have never heard a threat, nor have. I
ever/thbug'ht.jmy life or property any
more unsafe than it would be in Massa?
chusetts. I came here to make a home,
not'lo/^eek an Office and rob you, not to*
force my political views upon you, nor
to aid that band of rascals who have
stolen the "livery of Heaven to serve the
Devil in/* and under the guise of Repub?
licanism, and to its eternal disgrace, have
ror^^^a%?ine? y?rf?St|j? C|&avetv
neif^^ayih^thy' Jhjbi ?fespeei? for 4l\ose:
political parasites i who 'hong upon the
skirts of .the Republican party, watching
theTr opportuni ty''to plunder and to steal;
and the 'gfeat -party that represents the
wealth and intelligence..of'the North is,
held responsible for their crimes.
I havef read with much satisfaction
your, article on "Northern men iu the
South." I endorse every word of it.
You can quote me as a living instance of
its truth; a Northern man, a Republican
of the straitest sect, instant in season and
out of season to give a reason for the
faith that is in him, in whose veins flows
no drop of Democratic blood, a Union
soldier who bears honorable scars, And
one, too, you may add, that is hopeful
when th^s.'gang/of thieves shall have
been driven into obscurity, and the places
that now knew tbcm.shuli know them no
more forever, t^atthere wiil rise up here
on,th.e soil of ?outh Carolina a Republi?
can-parry to^'which an honest man may
cons^eutfously belong, and at the men?
tion of whose name he need not hide his
faceS^13!&H TlOiaPlAM
Respect fully yours,
GILK2RT 3ATGREENE.
) ,).' .Mlli:.': ?
An Am?si^g Centennial Scene.?t;
Among the crowd collected around the
machinery in the Government building,
showing the process of manufacturing
cartridges, was' a young lady and her
bea?, both evidently hailing, from the
wilds'jOf Jersey... lf.. ;
Unnoticed, ,he.had quit her side, iu or?
der to obtain a better View, and was then
standing a few feet to the left, eagerly
watching the movements of a_young me?
chanic, wjiose .nimble fingers.seemed a
portion of the machine itself.
While her'gaze was also riveted at the
interesting sight, a dark hued Turk bad
pau^ by ber side, also gazing intently
at the scene. Suddenly the maid, with?
out-lifting her eyes, clutched the sleeve
of the Turk gave it a vigorous jerk and
exclaimed, "Oh! look, Charlie; can you
see*".:-: ?? ? ?
Surprised at not receiving an answer
she* ftfrned quickly, still, however, re-,
taining the Turk's sleeve in her grasp,!
gave a startled glance at the swarthy ^
face gazing.down upon .her own; then
uttered a |ow shriek, and would have
fallen to the floor if the outstretched arms
of In'e Turk bad not received her.
As they hastily walked away Charlie
tenderly inquired what had alarmed her
so.
.V.Qhl Charlie, that horrid man," was
the faint reply.
"Whyvyotfneedn't have been so afraid
of him: He was nothing but a Turk."
r'Yes, I knpw be was^Turk. But/
th?fe^a Wo-B^aial TafeSJmare '
so many wives, and I was afraid that he
might want me."
Charlie muttered something about
having to pass over his dead body, but'
we didn't, hear, exoptly what it was, but,
boweveT,^. appeared t.o please her very
moch.?Mitddelpkid Times.
THE "BLOODY SHIRT? 1?T SOUTH
CAROLINA.
Governor Chamberlain's Second .Bid
for Northern. Sympathy.
Columbia, S. C, October 9, 1876.
To the People of the United States: An
effort having been made by the official
representatives of the Democratic party
of this State to deny the facta and condi?
tion of affairs which were set forth in. my
recent letter to the chairman of the Dem?
ocratic State Executive Committee, and
upon which my proclamation of the 7th
inst. rests, I deem it my duty to say, upon
my full offiei.il responsibility, that I am
at this moment in possession of authentic
legal evidence to substantiate every fact
and statement made by me in the docu?
ments above referred to, and I further
assert, upon my full official and personal
responsibility, that the lawlessness, -terror?
ism and violence to which I have referred
far exceed in extent and atrocity ..any
statements y.et made public. This.latter
statement resits upon the evidence in my
hands of persons who have officially, in?
vestigated the facts at the places where
they occurred, and upon the affidavits of
United States.. army offices who were
present at the scenes of violence and
murder. _
The Hon. D. T. Corbin, United States
District Attorney for the State, who has
Sersonally made a separate ana indepen
ent investigation of the Elienton riot,
furnishes me with the following state?
ment of the results reached by him; a
statement, -as1 will be seen, more than
verifying my statements and vindicating
my action. Of the four judges whose
statements are presented by the official
representatives of the Democratic party
as impeaching my statements,1 not one
professes to have any knowledge of the
'facts stated by me, and of the t wo Repub?
lican judges, Judge Moses disclaims any
such knowledge, and Judge Wi'lard
states that ho has been absent from the
State for the past three months. All the
evidence in my hands and in the hands
of the United States District Attorney
will be made public as soon as the inter?
est of public justice will permit it. I
pledge myself to the country to prove a
condition of affairs in this State produced
by the Democratic party more disgraceful
than any state ent yet made by me, and
I shall not stay my hand until punish?
ment overtakes its guilty authors.'1; My
only offence is too great caution in ob?
taining evidence, and too great delay in
exercising my" utmost power to 'protect
our citizens. ~
D. H. Chamberlain,
Governor of South Carolina. '
District-Attorney Corbiu's Report* cJ
Columbia, October 9,1876. :
To Governor D. H. Chamberlain ' ~ '
Dear Sir?You huving askea-of me a
statement of the general condition of
affairs' in Aikeh County as I found them
to be' in my visit during the past week, I
have the honor to state that I spent three
days in Aiken, and had before me, and
took the affidavits of, a considerable
number of citizens from different parts of
the county. I find that rifle clubs, or
regular military organizations, organized
substantially after the manner of military
companies in the United ?tates. army,,
exist throughout the county. Theoffi-;
cers of these companies are called cap?
tains and lieutenants, and the subordi?
nate officers are called sergeants and cor?
porals. They are all armed with wea
. pons of various patents, but many of
them of the latest and most improved
kinds. Rifles and sixteen-shooters are
most common. Pistols'are' universal.
These companies meet at stated intervals
for drill in the various military manoeu?
vres. They are also subject to be called
out on anjr occasion by their* command-,
ing officers.
These cliibs have created and are caus?
ing a perfect feign of terror. The coj?fed
men are, many of them, living out of
doors and away from their bouses at
nightfall. Many of ithera have been
killed, and many have been taken from
their beds at night and mercilessly*,
whipped, and others have beetf'hxrhted'
with threats of murder and whipping,;
who, thus far, by constant watchfulness
and activity, have escaped. The white
men of these clubs are riding day and
night, and the colored men are informed
that their only safety from death or whip-j
ping lies in their signing an agreement*
pledging themselves tc vote >th?rDe>mo-i
cratic ticket in the coming election.
From the best information I could
obtain in the time I was in Aiken, I fix
the number of colored men killed in this
county alone by white men of these clubs,
during the past three weeks, at thirteen
certainly, and at probably twenty-five,'or
thirty. The civil arm of the government
in this county, is as powerless as the wind
to prevesit these atrocities^ The sheriff
of the county, if disposed, dare hot at?
tempt to arrest the perpetrators of these
crimes for'fear of nis own life i:being
taken. He did not, as I i<m credibly in?
formed, go within seven miles-of MiA?-'
eight hundred men, so estimated by
United States army officers who saw them ?
assembled under the command of A. P.
Butler, pear. Rouse's Bridge,.and .march?,
ing upon a crowd of colored men there,
whom they Had surrounded and intended,
as scores of them allege,'to kill. ;; '
In' conclusion, I have only to say that
the condition of affairs in Aiken Copnty
rivals the worst demonstration of the Jiu
Klux Klan in 1870 to 187L fti my judg?
ment you owe it to youreelf as-GcVernor|
and to thejpeople'of the State, tbexercise,
and at ohce, all the powers vested in yon
as Governor of the'.'State? to put down
this deplorable state of affairs,. ;;
Yerv respectfully, 'T"1
1 " D. T. CpRBIN,'
United States 'District Attorneyl;"
1 For South Carolina.J'
'Rejtriuder of the Democratic Committee.
i Headquarters State
Democratic Executive Committee,
CoL?MBLk, SC.', October 9, 1876.
To the People cf the United States:
In frrrth erarrawer ttfthOTfeUEV UgStrM*
this State, mad* By* GoWrtfoV Chamber?
lain, we ask leave to submit the fbllow
i.ing: :The judiciary of South CatoJhi?
'consists of three justices of the Supreme
Court4ind eight circuit judges, all-elected;
by Republican'Legislatures. 'One of the
?rupreme Coprt.judges is absent^ a^d/h^S'
been,,fbj. some, jmonihs(. Two" of the
''cfrcoit jiidges -are out of the- -reach jp{
communication, and we have failed as
yet to get the views of the third. ?'? 3u't
toe testimony off Governor Scott and-Jhs
tices Moses an l Willard np?ly to m?staf
the circuft uacir tbis.judge?s j u risd \cti6i^^
t We/sent^, .yesterday, the t^impny dt
/ Chief JfpstJce Moses, Associate Justice
Willard and judges Mackey and Codke. 1
We attach, to-day, the evidence of Judge
Nurthiup,^Jmige~W1ggtu, (AIRlirl kiitT
llarnwell are i^-Hs^Wciii^-xand Judge
Shaw. Thus we have the conclusive
answer froth the Supreme, Court and five
eighty of* he Circuit Court, whose juris?
-diction covers three-fourths of the terri?
tory of the State,
j All our inquiries have failed to elicit a
single instance of resistance to officers of the
law ez'cept by Republican negroes. The
answers from Judge Wiggin.. ex?
plain these. They were at Ellenton
apd in the rice-field region where the
white population is sparse. In the latter
armed bodies of negroes^ bearing State
arms and*.ammunition, marched about
for days whippTrig'riegTO men antf women
most cruelly to- compel them Co join in a;
labor strike. Some were whipped almost
to death.. [See speech of Thomas Ham?
ilton, colored Republican representative
from Beauforfc] In this instance there;
was resistance. Arrests-were made, the
prisoners were rescued, the posse of the
sheriff were driven across tue country,
; and the law was defied. These facts werei
: officEalljr reported to the Governor, arid
he received appeals from the suffering
negroes; buti under ."all these-citcum-i
stances no proclamation of insurrection
Was issued, because no political capital-'
could be thade oht of it. ^ *
, As to the riot in Charleston the judge'
is absent; but we-cite Governor Cham
.berlain's own, statement in. his letter of
the 4th iost.: "The most trustworthy in?
formation seems* to fix the' chief respon
aibility for causing this riot upon the Re?
publicans." - ' . ?>;- ??' . i- 1
..... i; A. C. Haskell,
Chairman State Democratic .Executive
Committee.
The;Testimony of Four Judges and the
Sheriff and. Intendant of Alkeu.: ,;;
- Co-upMBiAyS.C, Oct. 7,1876.
My Dear Sir: The condition of af?
fairs in South Carolina has become a
matter of public discussion. It is charged
that the Democratic canvass is being con?
ducted with peculiar rancor and many
manifestations of .violence.. Your obser?
vation we know' has been limited, but
we will value your expression oPopinion
from what you have seen.
I have the honor to be, ? i?; v -
Very .respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
/'? ' -; 'A. C: HASKELL,
Chairman' State''Democratic Executive
Committee.:
To,Hon. A..J. Willard, Asaociate Jusr
ticc, of Supreme Court. , .
? Columbia, 81 Ci, Oct. 7,1876.'
Colonel A. C. Haskell? ?,',;>..??
. My Dear Sis : Your note;of this date
is before me, asking an expression of my
views to the" existence of rancor'and man?
ifestations of violence in the character of
the Democratic canvass of this State. ' - fi
?I am unable to throw, much light on
this subject for two reasons. . In t he .fi.ret
place, I have been absent from the State
for the last three months, and only a
week has passed since my return to the
city. In the second \ place,- my ideas/of
the character and responsibilitied of the.
judicial office'ha've led me at all times to
abstain from participating in political
action, and accordingly I have little in
! formati on except that derived; from public:
rumor and t^e newspapers.of what has,
transpired at political gatherings!
I can only say that I have witnessed
nothing beyond the circumstances eerier-/
ally characteristic of an eicited political
?canvass, I have seen no .violence; on,
the contrary, so far asT have had inter*
;cbiirs?:Wftlr your'party, I
have observed less disposition to excited'
statement and personal bitterness 'than
during any of tb,e,#reyi?us political cam?
paigns of this State.
i I sincerely hop'e;that the fearsof many
that the lawless portion of the commu?
nity, will be permitted .to disturb the
Seace and injure, the good name of the
t?te are grou ndless. ..' I am satisfied that
it is the intention of the leading mem-,
here of your party to prevent such a state
of things, and I belie-ve they have the
ability to d o so. ^.pj? ft [if. iv
Very respectfully, . "
? ., Your obedient servant,
. A. JV. WILLARD.
Judge Thompson H. Cooke, Republi?
can, writes":
-r. ::O?L?BtBIA, S. C, Oct. 7, 187?i' \
Col.. A; C. HatkeUf Ckcirm^nADem
ExecutiveCommittee of South- Carolina ;;
Dear Sir; I have just read,the proc?
lamation of Governor Chamberlain as to
a reign of terror in- this State, and inar
bility .to .enforce:the laws through the
ordinary channel, and I must say that
the'fc%uses: alleged for issuing the same,
d? hot'applytothe1 Eighth Circuit, over
which I presideV Noirdo I believe tbey
have any existence as to any other, por?
tion of the State.
I am, very respectfully,
THOMPSON H. COOKE;'
Judge of the Eighth Circuit-of-the State
of South..Carolina. ?
Rooms ?p State Dem. Ex. Committee,
C?lumbia, 8. 0v October 10,1876.
I 7b His Honor E. El Carpenter, Judge of
the Fifth Circuit :
Dear SiR?Ifi considered the ques?
tion (on which lam i "out to ask your
views) political in the ordinary sense of
that word, I would not protrude it upon
you. I however regard it in a different
light, and therefore venture to submit it.
You have read the proclamation of Gov?
ernor Chamberlain,'"dated' 7th instant. (
He" alleges certain facts, and upon these
: facts; he-threatens to declare martial law
"throughout the State and to''suspend fjhe.
I writ ?f habeas corpus. You are a jiidgp,
; in this State. The Ex^c?tiv.6 ipnou^cefj
(that the! law is impotent,. 1pw? '{hat jt' is'
rtcteessa>jr for hmi. to resp'rCl'lio military
fore&Vfs fbv reflection Which he 'casui
! upon the other departments of .the 'gov-'
i ernment*;trWe^!: Ikhik ?'wn: *'alleg?do5njof
impbtency other than Mitf execution* !,o'fia
?deliberate plot/ , . "'";,v
? One-hall the people (and the interests
of all the people) in the State call upon
the judiciary-to speak foPtbem "and/fetf
\ the- world 'Whether or riot they are ?s'ttiffr'
mam represents them to' be. We may err'
[ inb'our political; judgment, "but; never
I have i' seen '. bo; kraetit a campaign 'con
i ducted' with' such 'good 'te?i per and1 per1
'feetipeace. I would* Ask^u :? flaveyou,
j3incfe your return to tfre'State, seen any
exhibition of violeuce'of any kind? and*
second, have yoit feii'y information suffi?
cient to'form a belief of the ?occurrence'
jbfanyactof resistance to judicial "pro"''
! cess in your^cireupftr? You know of the
f existence in this( circuit of several:rifle
'clubs and .organizations alluded to by
I Governor Chamberlain, They .are under
your.jqdjcjal eye.; Have;.yIou1a.ay knowl*
edge,ror has any complaint been made
to yj9,ul.ftfnt^eir committing open. acts,of
'lawlessness and violeuce, or doing.any
.wrong whaterer? ?, .
I have, the honor, &c, , ?.
? H . ; A. C. Haskell,
?Chairman State Democratic Executive
Committee.. i,; i..rn ,
Columbia, S. C.j October 10,1876.
'Colonel. 4, C., Haskell,. Chairman State. \
Democratic Executive. Committee:
? IJearVSir-tI have tHej honor to 40* f
knowUdgej the.rleceipt..^iyour lettero?->.!
this date, propounding certain question! i
in reference, to,the "condition pf .this Ju-;
"""dicial Circuit, the State, and certain mil
i*kr^,'..ipffl^njzations.Jt After -a, month's,
-absence- from home,. I returned about a
week ago, and since that time I have been
exclusively occupied with official affairs,
holding the regular term of the Circuit.
Court for this county.- ? 11 bol?
As to the alieged lawlessness; and vio?
lence in other parts of the State, I know
nothing. I have seen statements in the
newspapers giving different and.entirely
contradictory accounts of the transac?
tions referred to in the proclamation of
Governor Chamberlain,, but have not'
examined the testimony, or been in
either of the localities. Since my return
home, I have been treated'by my ac?
quaintances of both political.parties with
the ' usual'Kindness and respect, and I
have seen no exhibition of violence and
lawlessness. No resistance to judicial
process or authority has been attempted
in this.circuit, to my knowledge, since I
have bad the honor tb be its presiding
1 Judge: ?
; L am not acquainted with any'other
.than; the Rich land Rifle and Richland
Y-olunteer Rifle Clubs. I do not know,
of ray own knowledge, nor has any com?
plaint been made to me,, of any acts of j
violence, open or secret, having been
Dommitted by these companies; My ac?
quaintance with the members, of those
organizations is quite general, and from
my knowledge of the personal character
of the gentletrie'n ' composing' them, I
should think no danger to the peace and
good .order of society.could be rationably
apprehendea from .that, source. , ? t;.-i.
. Withdrawn froro partisan politics, as a
citizen;T fe'el a deep interest in the wef"
fare of the State, and I hope those of
both parties having charge of the canvass
will exercise,such prudence, justice and
fairness ,os'will insure a free, fair and
full expression of the popular will.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
R. B. Carpenter.
Newberry, October 9, 1876;
In reply to your inquiry I have to say
that I am,in- nowise prepared to express
any just opinion upon the peace of the
State, exceptio1 far as concerns the cir
cttit over whifch I have the honor to pre?
side. Since my appointment to the
Bench I .have been engrossed1 by my
judicial duties,, which,have been and are
onerous. They nave left me without j
time or 'inclirraticnr/fo become advised of I
particular matters outside of my circuit.
I am not aware of any resistance to the
frocess of.the court in .this county where
have been*holding"court for a week.
Unusual quiet prevails. There seems to
be a public apprehension that the times
are out of joint, and a general anxiety
that public order should be preserved.
Speaking for this circuit I ban only say
that while the public mind is of course
inflamed by the ardor of the campaign, I
have not -yet been confronted by any
organized or individual resistance to the
authority of the courts. The good sense
of the people will continue to preserve
the public peace.
* V* L. C. Northrop,
hit Judge Seventh Circuit.
: - Columbia, 6'. C; October 11.
To Hiram Jordan,- Sheriff, Aiken,1 &? C. .?
You are theSheriff referred to in Mr;
Corbtn's statement to Governor Cham?
berlain. Please report what Is the con?
dition of affairs' in yoorco?nty.':
? ? A;:CvHA8kEiiL,
Chairman State Democratic Executive
Committee.' \
Aiken, S. 0., October 11. .
To A. C. HaikeU, Chairman State Demo?
cratic Executive CommUtee, Columbia,
S. C. ':
Everything is quiet in, thiB county. I
have not now nor have ever had any re-'
I sistance offered to me in Berying. any j
I judicial process placed in my hands. I j
can individually and alone arrest, any
man or set of men in this county upon
th e proper process of any court, as I did
in the Hamburg' case, and need no help
in making such'arrests, not even v. posse,
much less the aid of Federal soldiers.
I have been in many parts of this county,
and know of ho armed bands or ass-em-1
blages of men prepared to resist the law.
I have learned from 'reliable sources that
the posee engaged' in ; supnressi eg the
Ellenton riot under a constable dispersed
when the Federal soldiers promised that
they would disperse the negroes. . .
?' H. Jordan,' .
Sheriff Aiken County.
Aiken, 8. C, October 11."
Col. A.' C, Hcukell, Chairman State Demo
:cratic Executive Committee: ..
Notwithstanding Governor Chamber?
lain's proclamation, T can assert there
has ? been no time when civil process
could not be served by ordinary officials
in this town.
'.( JiN. Wigfall,
: Intendant of Aiken.
Winter Pastures.
It is desirable to avoid, as far as possi?
ble, an annual-expenditure for labor in
the mahft^rn?fit'df' oWr 'lands. We re?
quire a certain^ ain?tinf of forage'for win?
ter. Pulling fodder is one of the most
expensive and lftast'profitable of the ope-1
rations of the'rarm.' -'"-Well toured fodder!
is the most palatable'forage which can be
given to horses. "So-i* the ch?ihpagne
thearnest agreeable of all artificial fluids
'for man. But fodder is too expensive' for
the farmers horse,1 and the cnampagrie1
too expensive for the'fi?rmerlrian.'1 Just
[ythmk of a farmer g?ing-lhCo a hnndted
'acre'eora -field with a gaftfc'of handsTfarrd"
?handling every separate-' blade of every
.cpni stalk. ? Contrast this with-a:mower
!' butting'' ? down ? eight ? acre* of tfrass
I a. day? say' ?ixtee?; t6nS,-' raked Up by-' a
horse1 rake] tendered bf- horse Vpower,
'loaded rfiferjnttad fcagdrf '.?dthencVlnto
bard:by a rmy-lifter, untbuched'by human
hands in tub whoto process. ;'?**n?
. But therels a cheaper process than this.
It is one which cannot'be adopted at the
North, because the climate will not allow
It. ' This cheaper plan-te Of provide win?
ter pastures' for ' ou r^fn'ri 1 es, horses', colts,;
cattle and*h^;'thppeby'enab1,irig thehv
to mdw'and save their own flay without
?costfto hs, eitbertin^the way of'negroes,
j; mowers, hay stacks'or barns'. ? ?
The Svay to obtain1 'a good(winter J>as
ture is simple and not expensive.' Take
a piece of wood land, thin out the worth?
less timber, leaving rail trees and mast
bearing-trees. - The'exact distance can?
not'be given, because trees differ very
much in the amount of shade which they
produce. The Kentucky rule is to thin
{hVtimber,' s?tthnttbeCgr?untf 'shall get
surilight at least-a portion of the day,
otherwise the grass will be sou^and re-;
jected by live stock. The ground should
be well sprouted ; grubbing^ riot neces
though it is best. The! tree tops
and brush should be piled and burned,
and ; the ashes ? scattered.-'' I Except for
appearance, the- logs need not-be piled !
[. and burned. The ground should -not be
plowed ; grass seeds should be sown on j
the unbroken ground, and then 'all the\
available livestock of the farmer should !
be turned in upon it, to trample in the
-seed?. Hogs are excellent far this pur?
pose; feeding them-shelled corn, scatter?
ing as widely as possible, and feeding in
a different place every day. ' 1 ^n!
The seed sown, should consist! of
orchard,..blue, herd's and meadow oat
frass, if the latter can be obtained. One
ushel of this mixture to -be sowed to the
acre?one-half orchard grassl and the
other ?alf of the. other seeds, in equal
proportions, wr. .! ??. ? ? v n<?; -
* V8(>_aill_trnjifil-?
?f-'fft warn ' Republican speakers
against'the awful sin of lying. The ' ehf
trance, to Hell Gate is no longer Hb
atructeaV' The difficulty of getting out
remains unchanged. ' . . v . ..
THE CAMPAIGN IN THE SOUTH.
WililtVe Njortli Repent, of Negro Suf
' frage I? Enormous P?wei which it J
gives the South -Views of Gen. Wade
[amptou.
jt. V. Redfield in Cincinnati Commercial.
the next. party.
October 2, 1876.
We are told that it is always probable
that improbable things.: will happen.?
Certain it is that I hear whisperings in
the South, and not so very soft, either, to
the effect that the next party to disturb
politics and distribute patronage will
arise in the North, and have for its corner
stone the disfranchisement of the blacks.
Wade Hampton, the king white man of
South Carolina, says that it will require
the united effort of the South to main?
tain negro> suffrage in the future! He
predicts that a powerful party will arise
in the Northy demanding the disfranchise?
ment of the negroes, because their , en?
franchisement is giving stich political
power to the South that'she will soon
control ? the National government. He
thinks this will be the' next great battle,
and that the Southern white men must,
defend black suffrage with all their might,
for if it is lost the South will cut no figure
at all in the National government, having
but about eighty-five electoral votes.
Behold what great power negro suf?
frage has given the South ! It has in?
creased their representation so largely ,
that, with the aid of New York, Con?
necticut and California, for instance, they
can control legislation, elect the Presi?
dent and administer the government ma?
chine as they may 'see fit. The rest of
the United States can whistle. The solid
South and the three States named will
be the government in all that the term
applies.
The North will not relish this. Indeed,
there are signs that they do not relish the
prospect now, aud hence the very great
effort to hold New York to the Republi?
can party. The far-seeing' men in the
South, or those! who are esteemed as far
seeing, declare that nothing Can prevent
the South from having a controlling voice
in the government but the disfranchise?
ment of the blacks. And they argue that
this will be the next great question which
will agitate the country, the North con?
tending for black disfranchisement, in
order to keep the South from running the
government.
It is plain, very plain, that the blacks
will be made subservient to the whites in
every Southern State, and that so far
from enabling the North to hold the gov?
ernment, this enfranchisement ?>-having
Srecisely the opposite effect, giving the
outh so large a number of Congressmen
I and electoral votes that this sectiou will
virtually hereafter be the ruling power at
Washington.
Look at Georgia. The white popula?
tion of that State is but little in excess
of donble the population of Cincinnati,
yet Georgia has nine Democratic Con?
gressmen; two Democratic Senators and
eleven electoral votes I A population
but little above twice that of Cincinnati
has all these, and throws them in a solid
lump, in the interests of the solid South.
So far as the blacks of the State are con
I cerned, they have no more voice in the
! National government than so many black
stumps. The fact that every Senator and
member of Congress from Georgia is a
Democrat?and not only a Democrat, but
J a Southern Democrat?a Georgia-born
I Democrat?is evidence that the blacks of
that State are without voice at Washing?
ton. For all practicable purposes you
.had as well give every black stump in
Georgia a vote as every negro. The
whites find it as easy to control one as
the other, and consequently are perfectly
well satisfied with negro suffrage,. as it.
gives them nine Congressmen and eleven
electoral votes, which they throw in a
solid chunk. In fact, they are beginning
to love negro suffrage, for it will as surely,
give the South control of the National
government as the years roll around. .
another.cheerful example.
-. Look at South Carolina. - The white
population of that State is uow almost
precisely the same as Cincinnati. Yet
this white minority will surely control'
the blacks hereafter, and throw the seven
electoral votes with the solid South.
They will yet have all the Congressmen
and both Senators. It is but a question
of time. The wealth, intelligence, prop?
erty and moral force of a State will as
surely control it as the sun shines when
this agency is without opposition, except
from the negrqes-^-a'nice [that have never
beeh able to staud' out against the whites
in any particular for. any! length' of time.
Disfranchise the blacks and reduce the
representation down to the white popula?
tion, and South Carolina would have two
Congressmen , instead of five, and four
electoral votes instead of seven. And
Georgia;, wbuld ,have^five' Copgressinen
instead of nine, and-seven electoral votes
instead of elevei}. .^Arm Alapama wou|d
have four Congr^men in^te^- of eight,''
and six electoral votes'instead of ten.
The South
?Out. the; least fea^i that jucrf could ever
control the government'or have a voice
?in its^'fTairs am^u'pitjh'ijto 'dictation.'
i : "the, tebiith '/sees ' this, 'nw,'.,nhd they
would'not give uo negro suffrage if they
could.; TheyV,will,cling tq.it as thiey-'djd
to slavery. &fc /&il.f, <gmjj&exji, ji larger
voice .in the. govern mentjf?n eye^'slayery
did. Nor will it interfere;.^i'tlv the'regu?
lation ''of their, "domestic concerns,'' for
?they have .internal' and 'external co'ntwl
of the concerns of every Southern State
but two,, and these wilj, come under their,
:sway in time,'and probably, a Very'short
time." It seems "'to, me. str^pge ' that .any-(
one knowipg^th.^'history^orthe negro,
race in.^^ca,' and. Anjenj-a Would.sup-:,
pose that a, black party;' no, matter'yhat^
'its majority, could. s ta n d' out for 'any j
length of time 'aga^t a t whitei parity.
Nature has ordained otherwise, and when.;
a joint respiutjon of Cphgress is set up
against a .layff.djf nature,^ find to our I
mortification' that the legs of the joint
resolution (ab'to Bpeaky ?re't?o weak for
equal combat. In other words, nature I
has the advantage; ^ " '??'
It is true that there 'is a solid South,
and that this!Solid')S6tith will eventually
dictate the policy of the government.
But I do not believe with some that great
disaster will'-folio'w thisj or that the debt
will be paid,- or any attempt made in that
direction, or any of the results of the war
lost, i So. far i as; ? negro suffrage is con -
cerned, and that'll is justly esteemed a
result of the war,' {you ? may >be sure^the
South will' never interfere with' that,, flto
happens to be, as they have found out,
and as we are finding out, the very thine
they wanted. The stone which they tried
. to reject hits: become) the i chief* of the
corner: There will be ao:nproar against
black suffrage1 some years hence/but it
will not come from the South. Without
black suffrage the solid South would only
control itself. But with the enlarged
representation which black suffrage gives,
? they arc in a. fair way to.control the whole
government..- Give yourselfno fear about
tins.^resiilt1 -of rthe war'V-negroisuffrage
?rfori the So?th; will neten 1 disturb if;*?
They have got too good a thing.
1 w7*ar'general,W'AriE:hampton says
'-' J*,!;'A'BdtrT:iT. , / .'?
Saturdayi' JWatfe Hampton, Democratic
candidate Tor Goveruor of South Carolina,
made a speech, to the blacks of Darlington
county. This is a very heavy black coun?
ty, about two to one, but we are told that
it will go Democratic.
Please read what General Hampton
said in his speech there to the blacks. It
is right to the point. Speaking of the
fact that he was an early advocate of
negro suffrage, because it would give the
South much power, he says:
"Why did I recommend that you be
permitted to vote? There are 800,000
colored voters in the South. They add
to the power and strength of the South.
We have more voters in the Presidential
contest, and we have more Representa?
tives in Congress. Why should we want
to cut off one-third of our votes? .Of
course we should desire to keep them.
We know that if the time has not come,
that it will come and must come, when j
blacks and whites in the Southern States
will come together." t -m ?
j That is, all vote the Democratic ticket,
and make a solid South. He continues:
"We would be, indeed, fools to desire,
with 800,000. colored votes and 1,600,000
white votes'^ to cut off one-third of our
strength. The North saw it, and hence
the Mortons and Andrews opposed the
move to allow the colored people votes.
I was the first man in the South who ad?
vocated that measure, and I have never
gone back on it. You will all have to
come together, and I have been waiting
for the time, and it is not far distant now,
when all the colored people will be ready
to 'jine the cavalry.'" [Applauseand
laughter.]
, Do you see the point? He has cer-!
tainly made it very plain.
Speaking of the fact that he was the
very first white man in South Carolina
to advocate negro suffrage, he says:
"I made the proposition at several pub?
lic meetings in Columbia, and I took the
ground that they had been made citizens,
and that they should not be excluded
from the right to vote. And I recom?
mended then, (aud at that time pone but
whites had .the, xigh't "t? yqfe,1 T whom
your leaders tell you'am areoel, that'I
am an unreconstructed fire-eater, they
will tell you the Lord only knows what
about me, and yet I repeat that I was the
first man in South Carolina who recom?
mended that the right to vote should be-1
S-ven to the colored people. [Applause.}
o to Nash, Edwards and others, and ask
them if what I have told you is not true.
When I was taking that ground in South
Carolina, Governor Morton^ your, choice
for the Presidency, the man who, waving j
the bloody shirt and digging^nto the
very graves of our dead, made speeches j
at the North, in Which he said your peo?
ple were not fit to vote, and recommended
that the franchise should not be granted
them for twenty years. I have the speech
of Governor Morton, and any of you can
see it if you wish. My speeches were
also published, and you can see them if
you desire. Governor Andrew, also an?
other . of your Republican friends, took;
the same ground as Morton, and I have
his speech also. These are facts that
cannot be disputed. They are printed
documents and are now among the ar?
chives of Massachusetts and of Congress.
These are the men who profess now to be
your warmest friends?these men who
would have put their feet upon your lib?
erties for all time."
He was in favor of black suffrage, be?
cause it would give the South a prepon?
derating weight in National affairs. ,:.
At the same time, Morton, in Indiana,
made a very clear and argumentative
speech against negro suffrage, copies of
which Hampton reads to his black audi?
tors, and distributes among them for their
edification. . ? itKt*
It is now in order for some reformer,
who thinks the South is occupying too
much space in affairs, to start a party
having for its: cardinal principle the
graceful taking of the negro out of poli?
tics by way of a counter-acting constitu?
tional amendment But you may be sure
no Tilden reformer will start such a par?
ty. They have got too good a thing of
it If the Democracy capture the Nation
it will be through the preponderating
weight which negro suffrage 'has given
[the solid South. They virtually have a
gift of the representation arising from
eight hundred thousand votes to begin
with. This, of itself, is a fair start to?
ward Washington. _
How He was going to the Centen?
nial.?Those colored residente of Ral?
eigh who were talking of an excursion to
the Centennial have about given up the
subject. The idea originated with gray
haired "uncle" who didn't expect to, live
another hundred years, ; and, who, pit
turned out, had a private axe :to grind.
He planned the excursion on the co?
operative principle. Tp^a crojra! of his
friends he explained: .,, bwJitY - i .tu
"I reckon de expenses;jat.l?O; Fifty,
of us will frow in $1 each,, an'.*I wijlj?),
down thar. When. I .gi^pabk, ,ifelw;ll
frow in ;anqther dollar arpr/nji.an^^
.'next man kin. go, an' wc-Jl keepi tb^aj'a,
tem-goin' till de hull-caboodle hez-'been
down thar." \?h%^u\ ? ?.,. *;.>?&?
The idea took at once and wad freely
talked over, but was kuof^ced^ ouV- W
head at a second ^meeting :by, a bruther
asfdng i .... -m-,. ? ?
"Uncle Ike,^w,;]prig'.dc^y})^ expect
to be gone?"; ,.., p} ?m?'ou hLmtU ? i;
"Only two weeks,"? he rppjijd j.jjfcach
orte. will be, gone j ust two wee)&" x \->v $ .
"If'dar's fifty of us ,an' each, one is.
gone two weeks,, what.part ^t,4e show
will; .de last mam see ?"/was th^^lunt
query. , . .. . ..:ri;. v^Aii^i sic -'
Uncle Ike tried to convince them;ihat
dates, and figures, were made formere
I convenience sake, but.the crowd..thinned
out so-rapidly that he was soon left aloee.
When he had seen thp last inai^m,.^'.
corner, he Bighed a sad sighj^d^iuul
l -tered: ,-. hlfi? mtds 0kM ll
** "I guess. I'll have to, .go .wir^Qt^?t,.
razor for another, yepr, ; J^e,.,h?re nig
Seti seem like dey hadn/t any, genius" ...
Advice to GiBW.-^Afljejc^
'SWhy 'will "girls runaway '.a^4]get, inac,--,
riddi":/"We give, it'!up," answjat^^e.
Louisville Courier? JoujnaL "But we,
know a lot here who' vb$t\*Tt
enough to stay at home,bri^rnp.^t the,.
them now-a-days than it does to run a
steamboat, and they can see more fun
with a steamboat. Ah ! girJ3r it's your
own fault 1 Swap off your silks and
satins for. lawns and calicoes, shut up the
piano and dive into a wash tub, throw
.away your fancy needlejwor)t,jiutt rW^l?:,
a red hot stove iri^tbe^itahen. instead
of receiving rfirgffifc rffte m?M
. the. parlor, keen;yourjeye-sj^bjed;, for;
Rill Burns; the blacksm^'fj^n^-asf be
goes homefrojn hia wp^^hnMjfcty
face thrqugh a,.broken smMcXVm,J?.
the, kitchen>,window,,.aB^j.aw5,awhf|e,
when he learns his trade and you know,
.your business, get roarried?go,t^;.bmfse:
keeping by yourselves, help each other,
live.happy, raise a f*#wly. Jmt jf? be.an,
honor , to your nan^...ana;:cr,eid% iot
themselves, die happy, and the angels
will not turn their backs upon you up
there.". | j. ^i,.-.-, ,y,;.-f; .?
? "Sickhess hadirnp^^h'is^Blth'^'
said a Wisconsin editor, which; M a rival
to remark:" f<Yes, 'it'ofteii:1ha8 that
effect." '?? ? ? ?
South Carolina Politics.
: If the Republican leaders have not lost
their flenses they will make haste to warn
Governor Chamberlain, of South Caro?
lina. He is playing with fire. He is
evidently stirring up trouble in "order
that he may have an excuse for calling
on the federal government to interfere in
the election. Fortunately, this is a trick
which has been played so often in Loui?
siana, in Mississippi, in Alabama and
elsewhere in the South, that it is now
understood in the North, and if, the
Northern Republican, leaders are base
enough to play into Chamberlain's hands,
to allow him to use them for his purposes,
in the hone that his victory will help
them?if they do this, they will between
now and November cause a revulsion in
public sentiment against ihem all through
the Northern States. Th is is not Mexico.1
The war ceased eleven years ago, and all
sensible men jin the North believe that it
is now, time to.let. the Southern States
manage their own affairs, and believe this
because they see that wherever federal
iilterfejrence ^ash&ased; peace) lias
at once.^. j *q? auf tau a t" -ir}a yu
GoverawChahA$rlfi^^^
mation ordering-armed bahds-to "disperse.
The correspondent of a Republican news?
paper, relates that he has made thisproc-;
lamaiion.on the report of, United States
marshals, whom, it seems, he sent to
make investigations for him; and the
same correspondent, evidently in Cham?
berlain's confidence, adds that the Gov?
ernor means, if bis proclamation is not
obeyed, to call on President Grant for
troops. Why? Suppose for a. moment
that there are armed combinations in the
State actually resisting .and defying the
laws?though this is denied by three
Judges of the Supreme Court, all Repub?
licans. But suppose it true. Has Gov.
Chamberlain used his own powers to dis
Eerse such combinations ? Evidently he
as not. Apparently he does not mean:
to. He has issued his proclamation, .we.
are told on Republican authority, from
his headquarters, Columbia, '"with- the
intention, if the organizations do not
disband at once, of proclaiming the State
to be in a condition of domestic violence,
and informing President Grant of that
fact, and calling upon him for military
"aid." We' '-warn the'republican leaders
that Mr. Chamberlain is drawing them
toward apit-fall which may prove fatal to
them. He is evidently an unscrupulous'
man. . Alt his recent, actions have shown
that he does not want to keep the State
in peace, but that he means to have tur?
moil. When the excitement incident to
the election had' gone to a certain pitch, ?
the Governor, whose most important duty
as conservator of the peace was to remain
in the State, coolly left it for a tour in
:New England. On his.return he stopped
in -Washington, and from there issued re?
ports, since proved false, of violence done
to negroes in South Carolina and of a
dreadful condition of lawlessness. Mean?
time there is evidence that negroes in
different parts of the State have banded
together for .lawless purposes; but the
Governor takes no notice of this.. And
now his assertion that there are in.some.
Sarts of the State armed organizations'
efying and obstructing the laws is at
once and flatly contradicted by a number
of Republicans, among them three Judges
of the Supreme Court of the State. One
of these remarks: "I have seen no vio?
lence; On the contrary; so far as I have
had intercourse with' gentlemen of your
party, I have observed less disposition to
excited statement and personal bitterness
than during any of the previous political
campaigns of this State! I sincerely hope
that the fears of many, that the lawless
portion of the community will be per?
mitted to disturb; the peace and-injure
the good name of the State, are ground?
less. I am satisfied that it is the inten?
tion of the leading members of your party
to prevent such a s t?te., of th i n gs,. and I
believe they have the ability to do so.."
Another, Judge Macxey, also well known
as a Republican, relates some facts Which
should show Northern Republicans what
is the animus of Chamberlain, and how
he is conducting the election. He shows
that the Governor, himself a candidate
for re-election, has obtained "a Board of
State Canvassers, or Election Returning
Board, the majority of whose members
are .candidates on Chamberlain's ticket,
and by ninety-six Commissioners of Elec?
tion 1 in the several counties, seventy of
1 whom are Chamberlain's declared-parti*
Isans, and of which last number;, some
forty. are County Treasurers and Auditors
or Trial Justices, holding lucrative offices
by his appointment, and removable from
office at his pleasure, or are known to
him, as declared candidates;for office: en?
dorsing his ticket, who,- unseat them:
selves if they make a declaration of the
election which seats the candidates op?
posed to Chamberlain and his ticket."
Here is evidence enough to justify the 1
assertion of Judge Mapkey. that Cham?
berlain ia really engagedr in a conspiracy,
agjilhst the State'.' f Is it not a monstrous,
and-dangerou? streich of powerto so ihn^
atitute the electoral returning board and
the body of commissioners of election'
that the majority of these persons are in
fact to decide upon their own cases?
Bujt; in additibn to all -this,1 the Governor^
?andidate for i re-election, now' proposesi
:o 'call on the federal power for troops to
ieip him carry out his scheme. It ia
rerv difficult for any one to believe that'
i'e'isrnot an unscrupulous and; verydah-v
jerous. demagogue.' Tf he mefcnVhonestfyj
riiy does He;riot call upon Gen'. Hampton'
iad the ptHerDemocrtrtic le^errthrbngh^
>ut the State to'assist hiip in restoring
ndmainwinrriif the peace,r,which ncsay?/"
s not only menac^'.'??t broken? '.These
entlemen have pledged'themselves; in
he most solemn and puMicmannerto
se fair play between the two races. Gov:'J
IhambeHain has on a n?mber ?r'b^^'
(qns * publicly 'admitted that they 'jb?vfe
iven him Valuable arid unpartisan help1
i managing the affairs arid maintaining
\e peace of the .State. They would not
are refuse him^riow, everiifthey wishedc
>, which wef 'do nof'ttftfleve. If^fhete/
re such disorders as he pretends, but as
her reputable and equally eminent Re
ublican citizens deny?if there are such
isordets, why does he riot call on the '
emocratic leaden to help him in put
og them dov, ^ ? It would be his first
:t if he were sincerely desirous of .an
derlv community and fair election. -
The real condition 'of South Carolina;
)litics we p^rceivb' to-, be1 thTis^^Thtr
emocrats1 are united and the Republi*
ni are divided1; MriChamberlain has
;t, evidently, the conBdence or Bupport;
a good many prominent Republican's.';
iis probably eridaifgeri his successj abd *
) seems 'to imaginerthat ih this emer
ricy he may resort to the1 same means
lien Governor Amea-eo effectively used
a used and Mr! Packard' threatens to
e in Louisiana, and which, ha va been.
ed until they failed in other Southern
a?li. One of Senator Spencer's deputy
irshahi, Perrin, shot a hole through'faia
?n hat, cried out "Ku Klttxl".and sum?
med United States, troops and when.
had,,thus obtained" their aid he pro-'
eded to make arrests of prominent crti
is and to intimidate the Democratic
ten of two: large'Counties; lb what
y -does,,Governor Chamberlain's, proc
nation differ from Perrin's shout"'of
[u Klux I" except that Chamberlain's
/ is exposed at once, and by members
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of Msowtfpaityr ?
We hayfc several thnea Urged the col?
ored voters of South Carolina'to support
General Hampton and the Democratic
State and local tickets. We cannot see
how they can wisely do otherwise. They
are citizens of the State.; their welfare w
involved with that of their white neigh?
bors. Certainly, if they reflect, they will
see that Mr. Chamberlain has utterly
failed to give the State peace, prosperity
or good government. General Hampton,
a man of influence and character, sol?
emnly pledges himself and his associates
on the Democratic ticket to give the State
honest government and to secure to the
colored people every right. Why should
they not take him at his word? We sus?
pect that many of them, intend to do so.
and that this accounts, for this last ana
desperate expedient of Chamberlain's
which has been so promptly exposed by
members of his own party.?New York
Herald.
JUDGE COOKE AT CAM DES.
He Excoriates 'Chamberlain, and
gives Facts and Figures. *
Comden Correspond crux of the Nevt cndCttiricr.
After a humorous introduction, Judge
Cooko commenced on Governor Cham?
berlain. Chamberlain would not accept
Hampton's invitation, because, as he had
told the speaker himself, he was afraid
that if the colored people came to Demo?
cratic meetings they would hear the
truth and be converted. He charged
Chamberlain with recommending the
purchase of Hell Hole Swamp for $175,
000, not worth over $10,000. The
speaker next attacked the Land Commis?
sion. Chamberlain, "Parker and Neagle
stole all the difference between $180,000
and $200,000 appropriated for lands for
the homeless. He received $30,000 for
aiding the phosphate bill. He (in 1871)
added $1,000,000 (after being scaled by
fifty' cents on the dollar) to the public
debt of South Carolina. Chamberlain
would not allow Scott to prosecute the
Land Commissioners, because the people
who owned the lands were rebels. AH
the bonds issued during Scott's adminis?
tration were issued by advice of Cham?
berlain. The Land; Commissioner spent
$800,000, when, the.' acts only permitted
$700,000. Chamberlain advised that the
Land Commission could use the money
in the treasury. Chamberlain had not
reduced the tares as claimed. In Scott's .
administration the taxes averaged 9$
'mills: The next four years the taxes
averaged 12 mills. Of these, two yean
belonged to ? the administration of Gor*
ernor Chamberlain. Cardozo first filled
his pockets and then retired. Scott had
i nothing to do with it.
I Chamberlain's reforms are Scott's.
Without Democrats he could not have
I effected a single reform measure. Cham?
berlain recently bnug^htfor.$6;<K)0, cf. ex
Treasurer Parker; alt the papers which
implicated Chamberlain. But, before
delivering them op,,Parker took photo?
graphic copies (ot .every one of-,those
Sapers. Chamberlain procured Puffer's
iscbarge as receiver, by Which the State
lost $100,000 of funds of the Bank of the
State. ,$30,QOO .were taken out. of that
fiind aha spent by Chamberlain to elect
himself Governor. . He produced the
cancellation of Puffer's bond with D. H.
Chamberlain's name upon it, and wished
Chamberlain were here to listen.
" Chamberlain received a large sum of
money ($3,000) to bribe a Judge of the
Supreme Court. He put the money in '
his pocket, and never paid the note. He
atte rap ted to bribe one of the Judges of
the Supreme Court.1 Chamberlain really
was responsible for the election of Moses
i and Whipper. He left Columbia know?
ing .that these men were to. be elected.
I ? Ch?mberlain, too;' urged Democrats. to
I organize and to arm themsel ves. ? Cham -
berlain is responsible for the Hamburg
affair, on account of the character of the
appointees of , bis officers at Hamburg.
His proclamation shows that he has given
up the contest, unless h~ft expects to fill
this entire State Withj armed soldiery.
But if he did you would stil? vote for
Wade Hampton, His proclamation is
without warrant: of |brce or of law.
Chamberlain was a direct lineal descen?
dant of the thief upon the cross. If
Hampton's soul could be placed inside
of Chamberlain's body one of the two ro-o
suite would inevitably follow: either
Hampton's soul would freeze up, (which
could never happen,) or Chamberlain's
ody* would be bunted. "?
Chamberlain was asleep-in the.can
[ while the Combahee riot was going on.
Judge: Mackey woke him up. He said:
" Wake up.. Go back to Columbia. Pro?
tect; .the . colored people." "Ob, no,"
said Chamberlain, "I must go North for
myfemily." '.;
Chamberlain was like the Irishman's
horse. He had two good' qualities.
?When he.started - all hell couldn't catch
him, and when yon caught him he wasn't
worth a damn. Chamberlain is a cow-"
krd. He-had said; %teJr*t;.AbbcTUie'
there was a rush, and he heard , the click
of numbers of pistols.'' I was' there, said
?udge -Cooke, bot T saw no rash and
eard: no click. ,: I :have never seen but- -
One man with a pistol during this cam.
sisted on my dining witn him.
, Judge Carpenter his no more use for
I C^anitoWn,,than iX. hwe. He; batet
'him like an .adder. He .did net write a
letter/?sWo?ier Judges, did,' because
?fie ^r4t'varian?-with Chamberlain,
and thought hia motive would be miscon- :
'tftrued. But-Judge Carpenter is Ally in
'accord with us. E. D. Morgan, who is
'now running for Governor or New Ybrk>'J
owns 700 negro slaves in the West Indies,
and has them branded "E. D. M.,-;'so
that'he can have them caught when they
run'away.
, Judge Cooke then explained to the
colored -people the^rue condition of the
the speaker, and said : "South Carolina
has been very sick and diseased. We
have tried three doctors?Dr. Scott, Dr.
Moses and Dr. Chamberlain; none, of
them could cure the disease. I am, now
going to try anWh& 'fijcW'." [Immense'
cheechsg.f>?iThfc colored" ma if ihhd be*tt?"?'
A leading Radical up to to-day. noij.v
"7 Judge Cooke, continuing said: Cham
berlain had peridred himself in trying to
escape the consequences.of a suit Against
[the Union^erald. He.solemnly swore
fftat-Ztnere .were.'other>' parties owners of
1 thatp^per besfdes hfmserf wF&at?f?1*
when he knew, that these two were' the
onlypersooj tfho had any interest in that
concern.,.
Judge Cooke next took up the State
ticket nominated by the Republican
party and cordpared some of them with
the-Democratic cahdidates. Thea with
an eloquent, appeal to the ladies, he
I closed amidst tremendous applause. . .
woman; bat Always knbwB why he lores 10
iher no longer.: That is generally the
;,Wdl8aBV*W^?:!':!ki " -/?[.???-?. i ! jmk-.
ni ? The season is : at hand when the
pensive house fly hangs gloomily to the
early morning,,wtffa and whta^ref
emus that some one would get . up and
fed a fire. toiflSflaT