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An*ov?ciracjjt? ofrn? triune* . uJ dc?thi, notices of? religious character, are ".p?cVrutlT ?ollclted. ?ntl wt?lbe tarried grotto. HAMPTON. ar jostra >>.. BROWN. -Whose'name ls ih?t which sounds to cave A ncoole'ni glory from the grave? *T|?j outragea virtue's champion's brave, Hampton's I Whose wtirtli srarns. vice's shameless \>r?.r, Whose spotless honor shines afar, ?tespUndent as the morning star? .J ' Hampton's I Whose voi);?wounds out, to right aa mild ?s tho lisp'th prayer of orphan'd ehild, .. ut strides wrong's heart with terror Wild? 1 Hampton's ! Who 'mid hi? ir??ple lofig oppress'd Uv vicions hate; SattMHte confess'd, pfiHids-^headatrd-shoniders o'er the rest?" Hamnton ! J ? / r* ?ititi PT J li U i I Who, call'd hy justice dest?rate, With trust ii. Heaven, holy and great. Conics forth to raise his '^prostrate State?" Hampton 1 , . . . ' ' ' ' 1 * ? 'Gainst wbuUi 1* power's malicious hand Uprear'd to crush from out the land, Who leads truth's feeble, struggling band? 'Hampton ! \Vho like tho'lion brought to bay Darts like a wrath-bolt 'mid the fray, Scattering his foe? in wild dismay ? Hampton F Whose heart ne'er knew the name of fear When vice assail'd; who speaks good cheer fnto his race, whelm'd in despair? Hompton ! O matchless type of former days, When ult l?v a honor s name to praise, Heftv;ii crow? thcc.e.'cr^ith glori's bays, j r ^ahipton. 0 ?peed the time when wrong shall flee, When rjght, now fettered, shall be free, AnclidU pur ?neil eouiparc witk Ult-*, Hampton ! ATLASTA, GA., Oct. 23,1870. SOUTH CAROLINA'S WRON US. What Ex-Gove-uur Randolph of New Jersey hap learned. : Coi.UMBrA, 8. C., October 29. Since lenving New Jersey, eight or ten days ago, 1 , ba vo, largely -occupied my time with those districts of .South Caro lina declared by the President of thc United States to be in an insurrectinary condition. . , I have also spent several days at this place. My object has been to obtain the facts, as far as possible, and to this end I have obtained interviews with the lend ing men of both political parties. Among these persons I have seen and conversed with public men from Charles ton, Columbia, Aiken, Camden and Edgcflcld.** These places aro centres of 11 population alleged to be especially vio- | i lent and insurrectionary. Of them, ?ne and ali, I can say that no village popula- j j tion of New Jorsey is moro quiet or peace ful; and, with a single exception, arising from causes non-political, none of these districts have been disturbed. Their civil officers, town and county, mostly Republicans, assert that there bas been no time within Gov. Chamberlain's ad umiisiratioB that they could not execute the laws without assistance from without. Let me enforce thia striking assertion. South Carolina bas thirty-two counties. AH of these have Republican Sheriffs save six or seven. Immediately after the issuance of the Governor's proclamation, steps were taken to procure testimony from the civil officers of these counties na to their insurrectionary conditions. I ?have sc?m.a?d read the sworn affidavits and attested letters coming from more than one-half of.tho Sheriffs of the coun ties, including thc Sheriffs of Aiken and Barnwell--the only counties named in the proclamation os , being insurrec tionary! '"Every one ottliese>a\?orn state ments in substance declares that within these counties there has been no resist ance to judi? ta) process, no unlawful ob structions, combinations, or assemblages of persons contrary to lew. ! The facts stated by these civil officers; the Governor's own deputies in the sev eral counties, have been repeatedly brought to his attention, but elicit no responso or change of action. In order to afford to thc Governor no pretext for. mistaking the condition of affairs in the State, toe testimony of the Judges of the Supreme and Circuit Courts cf tho State was had, and submitted to him. Thc Judges of thc Supreme Court are three ; the Circuit Judges are eight in number ; of th cue eleven officers ten are Republicans ; with tho exception of ono Judge, who was absent, all these, non political officers testified that they are scquainted with no cause that warranted the issuance of the Governor's proclama tion, or that' of thc President of the United States. In private.conversation with several of the Judges'Hney have' assured me that thc civil power, prior to the proclama tion, had been full and ample in all the counties, and they branded the Govern or's assertion to tho -contrary os a libel upon the State-? .motion of bis own to secure his personal reflection to the Gov ernorship, nnd thence to the United States Senate. Several of these Judges have b?eii. until very recently, tho warm personal nnd political friends of Mr. Chamberlain ; they are all Hayes and Wheeler, men to day ; they justly say that since the in troduction of Federal troops the ciyil arm of the State has been paralyzed ; that mcp of both parties, and races look to the United States troops to periorm police duty, and that the action of the Governor CM placed upon the President the whole responsibility of preserving the peace of tnc8tate. My cbs?rvation sustains this opinion. Omitting all debate nato the ongjnal ne<-d of troops in South Carolina, the J.ailing men of both parties are anx ious for their retent'ort and protecting CftIe- JSeekitig jnf?rmati?nT^fr?m civil 0-cc, o? Vue' redcrni uovernmcnt stationed in South Carolina, I convened at great leugth with thc Judge of the United States District Court for this ?ki!' .*ie nas Deen a Rcpublical- fr?m k ?eS,m'iiR, is now, and was appointed by .-be'Republican president, and until vft> recehtly' has been n wnnh frieud and juicer of; Chamberlain, He *aid he natl been astonished with tho Governor's P^'?-r?^ioii, and although his duties .-.?J min to travel in and to know every ?M?nty in South C?rolinn, he had not Jamado cognizant of any interruption in"'1 proc?s?, and had''not'seen any glenco, outrages or murders, nor heard ?' ?ny rave in the two or three instances conspicuously published to tho country. *? to ih??*e, thc Governor had published "orne fac?a, and suppressed others vital to * fal judgment. As. un instance in Point, the Governor had omitted to nay Si U,e En?nton' ?ff?*r had begun by ?5 negroes e'r?deajroring to outrage a de pcelta. white woman, and by tho re josal. t>f. a body of negroes to surrender lTne. culprits ^ the consiable's pos?e. gw? Brynn is-now apprehensive ns to 3*"?frty of the1 white families scattered Ri t ? ?parsely settle 1 portions of the jy**e. Rc, fears that ths tendency of the "vernor* proclamation, and of the [*Weocc of lierai troop*, w?n be, in "^UUndrtds'of townships where tho will ' not bc stationed, to give license to tho base and brutal passions of the lower class of negroes'. Both the Judge and myself have endorsed the argent application or the citizens of Charleston and Beaufort to Gen. Huger to put troops immediately id these out lying districts. Thc troops arc not asked for to protect voters, lut defenceless women aud children. t My next interview was with Mr. Hagood, clerk of the United States Cir cuit Court, an appointee of Judge Bond, and of course a Republican. He thought Gov. Chamberlain had not hccii fairly treated by Democratic audiences und not respectfully listched to, abd admitted that many prominent Republicans were row hostile, to Chamberlain. He knew of no instance of recent outrage or mur der in ?ill thc northern tier of counties, where he resided, heretofore known us Ku Klux counties, save those cited spe cifically and already published. He knew of no reason why the civil law should not bc executed at this time. Mr. Pointer, a Northern man and Re publican United States Superior of Elections for South Carolina, thought Gov. Chamberlain had been badly treat ed by the Democrats nt meetings, and in truded upon by them; that no personal violence had been offered, but strong personal epithets applied to him. These had become so offensive as to cause him to practically leave the canvass. Mr. Polnicr ha.? two subordinate officers at each polling precinct in thc State. In I no instance lias he had request made o? liinr for troops to sustain these United States officers.' Aside from thc disturbances conspicu ously published heretoforu, he did not know of any outrage, act of violence, or murder in1 the State. In addition to this concurring testimo ny, gathered mainly from Republican sources, similar affidavits and letters have been received from over fifty other coun ty officials, many Trial Judges of coun ties, clerks of counties and of probate, and of prosecuting attorneys of counties. I have purposely omitted a vast amount of testimony proffered by mer chants, clergyman, lawyers, bankers and tithers, because it would be only repeat ing evidence. Il would bc difficult to amass testimony more fully responsible md satisfactory* thau that ?ow at hand md accumulating each day, showing the titter needlessness of Gov. Chamberlain's uction and heartless disregard of facts. Touching thc condition of thc election ? submit this statement: The Bo.trd of State Canvassers consists if the Secretary of State, the Comp troller-General, the Attorney-General, thc Chairman of thc Committee of Elec tionsofthe House. Four of those offi cers are Republicans. With them rests thc entire power of count. Of these six Snal canvassers four arc candidates for re-election. In a word, thc members of the State Board are absolutely and finally judges of their own election. The'County Boards of Canvassers con tist of three *Commissioners of Election. They are appointed by inc Governor, rle has nominally selected two Commis ioners from the Republican side and one [Vom the Democracy. Itv mihi ic nroc!a??!?.t*o?? he invited the two" political committees to designate their choice. He also anuounccd that no candidates for office would be appointed by bini. Thc persons named by the Democratic committee have not general ly been appointed. Of the Republican [Jommissioners, selected by the Governor, In nearly every instance thc appointee is i Republican officeholder, or a candidate for el??tmn at the coming election ; thus they wul canvass the returns of their nwn ejections. It will be observed that the Governor appoints the Commissioners sf thc county, a majority Republican ; they, in turn, appoint three managers for each polling precinct, a majority Re publican. These managers control the ballot box, count the votes, and make re turns to the board appointing them. The reception of the votes, their count, their canvass by tho County Board, and their final canvass by the State Board are al ways and wholly within Republican con trol. Of the power of the State, 1 ascer tain as follows : Its militia is composed entirely of negroes. To them, and them done, are State arms and ammunition given. Officers and men are Republi cano, and Republicans only. The rifle clubs of thc State are organi sations dating far back of anv political Jisturbances. Some of them have exist ed since the century began. Many of them are organized under legislative authority, and most of them have been revicwea and personally complimented by thc Governor. Though composed t* Democratic voters generally, they have not been decided political organizations. Under the order of Gov. Chamberlain, all these organizations have been disbanded though tue colored troops with their arms remain in force. Tho Stato has pur chased over half a million dollars worth of arms within seven years p; -.i. They ?re now wholly within tho .ontiot of negroes and their leaders. > Regarding the omission of the Gov ernor to comply with his duty to assemble the Legislature : In a great public emer gency the Governor's power to assemble thc Legislature has no restraint upon it. Republicans and Democrats admit that thc members could have been convened within three days' time, and could now. Indeed, Gov. Chamberlain himself sub stantially admits this, but pleads that he bad no money to pny thc members with. Against this claim it is known that the legislature had not convened for years axcept with a bankrupt treasury, and that any rate theirs would bc tho busi ness of providing their own pay. It is claimed that Iiis highest duty was to con vene the representatives of the people, a rast majority of whom are Republicans, ind that the evidence of insurrectionary measures, many state, could bo best hud through delegates from every legislative Uistrict; that ho failed to do so because bc would have h nd to confront the< truth which debate would elicit, una inni, in addition to thc unfriendliness of the few Democratic members of tho Legislature, be would have been met by tho violent 3-pposition of a large number of Republi can members who are personally most Inutile to him, and who threaten to ex pose him for past questionable conduct. The Constitution of the Stato requires the registration of everv voter. Gov. Chamberlain has been earnestly urgea to execute this Constitutional provision. Ho hos neglected to do KO, and in many iistnets, especially in thoic where the colored voters are In absolute control, there is no limit to fraud. Because of this persistent refusal, thc confidence of the better class of citizens af both parties has been lost to him ; all ied to this are other reasons for the rapid change of public sentiment in this State, During the first two years of his nd ininistrat'on he made persistent effort tc reform tho Government of tho State He alienated ??attcrson, Bowen and tnt class of men who have disgraced flu 3tate. Ho had been publicly pronouncec by them as a partner in their rascalities Elliott in convention hold to public view ? letter whose contents, he claimed would send the Governor to the StoU prison. Tho Governor, in turu, de nou.nccd these men, and asserted his pur pose to bring them to justice. Suddenly withb?t assigned reason, against the pro test of every lending Pe-publirar? in ?iio State, lie ceased his enmity to the' men hf? lind denounced, consented to bu their candidate for re-election, led a ticket with men whose infamy he had held up to public execration, and whose associa tion lie had spurned for years. Every Republican Judge of the Su preme Oourt of this State1 Will endorse this stutcnient. Some of them have given me this information. Why he made this remarkable change can "only he left to conjecture-politicians say his reward is to bc thc Unite i States Sena tors!] i p. " . Thus the man who had been praised by ?;ood men of all parties hus been abandoned, not only by the Democrats, but by every Republican judicial officer from the Chief Justice and the Uniteti States District Judge down. His influ ence for good' IS gone ; he is despised by the best men of both parties ; huted by those who uso his past record for their own re-election, ana is left to a miserable fate, whether elected or defeated. His representations of affairs in this State are utterly partisan ; he seekR information alone '.brough his own creatures; re fuses to them thc evidence upon which his monstrous statements are made. One of the Judges of thc Supreme Court told me to-day that he lind br m a warm friend and supporter of Go \ Chamber lain, but lind been forced ti leave him ?ince be had chosen to consort with thieves. A Republican ex-Governor of the State told me Chamberlain had been a true re former until recently, but was now lead in,, the worst ticket South Carolina ever had. The most recent evidence of the untruthfulness of Gov. Chamberlain is in his letter to Gen. DeSaussure and Gov. McGrath of this State, promptly tele graphed to the Northern press by bim. I write of what I ' personally know. The appeal of the Charleston gentlemen, Messrs. McGrath and DeSaussure, was not for tho protection of the polls, but for prompt protection to thc defenceless families on the coast and islands near Charleston, daily enduring o';?/agc from the half-civilired negroes of that region. The whites are being driven from their homes ; women aud children on the coast arc living in terror, or Buffering fates worse than death. Tho Governor bad employed no means to protect them, and in this extremity tl committee ot' Charles ton citizens came to Columbia requesting thc Governor to join them in an appeal to Gen. Rugcr for protection to tho per sons and lives of defenceless women and children. The Governor did not go with them to headquarters, made lame ex cuses, and when he saw Gen. P.uger re quested him to usc his discretion in com plying with their request. Le%-yingupon the visit made by the Charleston com mittee in behalf of humanity, when they lind left, be wrote, published, and tele graphed to the North n letter based upon misrepresentation of the object of their visit. Ho has basely tortured tho pitiful appeal from tho people he rules to an en dorsement of his crimo against their j liberties. JPHEODORE F. RANDOLPH. CUT FOOD.-Every closo observer ha* made tho discovery that when solid grain is fed to stock, a large per cent, is not digested ; but passes off in tho excre ment. In some cases, portions of this undigested grain may bo picked up by the pigs nnd domestic fowls about thc lot, but the larger [..mount of it is a clear loss. This may be remedied by cutting up nil thc long forage designed for stock, and having thc grain ground into meal, and sprinkled on thc cut food. Before the meal is sprin kled, thc cut food should first be slightly wet. This causes the meal to stick to it and gives stock a relish for tho cut food. It is useless to feed a cow on com, be causo very little of it is digested. The samo is true with regard to meal ; but meal sprinkled on cut straw or fodder, is fine food for any domestic animal. It is clear that when the food is thus prepared lt will take much less to keep an animal in good condition, from the simple fact that nil tho food that is given it is in a digestible form. It is said by men who practico this, or a similar mode of feed ing, that atock are less liable to co''^ and bots than those fod in tho usuai way. Colic arises from adi.ordered condition of the stomach, and the stomach is dis ordered by taking in food in improper quantities or in an improper, or indigest ible state. There ia little danger of a horse having colic so long a? he digests his food thoroughly, and he may have colic at any moment when his stomach does not perform its functions.- York ville Enquirer. THE GREAT SHIPWRECK IN THE ARCTIC SEAS.-The effects of thc dis aster, says thc New Bedford Stand ird of the 23d, will be to reduce thc Arctic fleet hext year to a very small number of ves sels, the business being prosecuted only by thc moat enterpriiuig merchants who are willing and able to run the great risk, as insurance offices will not care to take it There arc only two or three vessels now in port suitable to send to those seas. Two vessels arc now on the way out, nud a merchantman on the way to San Fran cisco from this port, is fitted to go nc,-th if it is deemed advisable, and with those tvhich escaped may form tho entire fleet. Some ships now at sea may also bc ordered north. This disaster is only paralleled and ex ceeded by that of 1871, the news of which reached this city on Sunday evening, N'ovember fi, 1871, announcing that of the Arctic fleet of forty-one vessels thirty two had been abandoned, only nine being ?nved. Of these vessels twenty-two be longed to this port, valued at $1,097,000, mostly insured in local offices. The catch on board thc abandoned vessels nt that time was 965 barrels of sperm oil, 13,605 bnrrels whale oil and 100.000 pounds of bone. Two SUNDAYS.-You know that, ip crossing tho Pacific it becomes necessary :o alter the reckoning of the days to con form to that of the Eastern or. Western Hemisphere, according as a s' ip is sail ing in ono direction or tho ther. In icoing to. Japan, when the 180th degree of longitude is reached (which is just half way around the world from tito royal ob ?ervatory at Greenwich. England, from which longitude is reckoned,) a day is dropped, and in returning one is added. Wo crossed that meridian on tho 8th inst., and so two days were put down in the ship's calendar as the 8th of June. ! Now, as it happened that this was Sun, day, we had two Sabbaths succeeding each other-ono of which was tho Sab bath in Japan nnd in nil Asia, and the other tho Sabbath in America and in Europe. Some of our ship's company wore puzzled to know which to keep; but I did not think it would do mo soy bann to keen them bothy aud shall always remember with pleasure this double Sab bath on tho sea.-Dr. Field, in Evangd id._m - A bald man made mtny at thc ex panse of another who covered his partial baldness with a wig, adding, as a clincher, .?Vnu see how bald I nm, and I don't wear a Wig." "True," was thc reply, "but an empty barn requires no thatch." A LETTtR FROS EX-GOY. BRO WK. ATLANTA, GA., NOV. 1,1870. Jame* A. Hoyt, (Jaunty Chairman, An derson C. H., 8, Gi . DKAR SIR-On my TCturn home,after a protracted absence, I find your kind let ter inviting nie, in thc name of thc Dem ocratic Executive Committee of Ander son County, to attend a mass meeting on the third day of this present month, uud address thc people nt a barbactie to bc given by nil the Democratic Clubs of your County. I thank you very cordially fer thc in vitation, and regret that I am not in con dition to accept it. My f,'p West was taken with a view to tho recuperation of my health, which has been much im proved, but I am not yet entirely relieved of a disease in my throat, and of u cough which preven?s me from public speaking, and puta it out of my power to comply with your wish. I must, however, express my cordial sympathy with your movement, and my earnest wish for thc success of General Hampton, your noble standard bearer, and of the Democratic party of your State, in thc approaching clectiou. Prob ably no people ou earth have had heavier burdens to bear, on account of bad gov ernment and maladministration, than thc people of South Carolina have en dured for the last few years. Whether your people made a mistake, immediate ly after thc passage of the reconstruction act in lying still, and giving up thc con trol of the State government to carpet baggers, by allowing them to control tho colored people of South Carolina, is not nn appropriate subject for discussion at present. If any error of that character was committed, you have long since suf fered its penalty, and the united and de termined effort which thc intelligent, high-toned, honorable citizens of your once noble State arc now making to throw olf tho yoke, gives promise, in my judgment, of an early deliverance. In this eifort, you have thc cordial sympathy and bcatiYmhci of all intelligent, righi minded people, boto North and South who are not controlled by partisan inter est, or political malignly ; and the prayci goes up from hundreds of thousands o hearth stones, all over the country, thai you may bc aide to throw off the yoke and substitute good government and ai honest administration, for thc bad gov ernment and maladministration of pas years. As a native of South Carolina, I fcc thc more koe::!y thc wrongs inflicta upon her, and trust the more ardcutl that they may socn cease to exist. I General Hampton,your leader, you iiuv a man who has thc confidence and respec of ,good people teyc?ywhere, who has national reputation for gallantry an ability, and a character untarnished by breath of reproach, who is able, wist prudent and sagacious, and who, if h should succeed to the position of Go verne of your State, will; I have no doubt, se that thc laws are faithfully and impai tinily administered, nnd that equal an exact justicj is done alike to all person! without regard to race, color or any otl cr rendition in lifo. The colored people of South Carolin may well give to General Hampton cordial nud enthusiastic support. Som of them knew h:? ?UCCotor before h'm Many of them have known him all .bei lives, and they have never been deceive }.y a Hampton, or bad reason to call i question tho humanity, integrity or sens of justice possessed by him who beai the Democratic standard. It is to me matter of surprise that all intelligent co ored people in your State do uot see tin their interest lies in common with tb white people of the State, who wcie bor upon her soil, who are identified wit her interest, and who, at every atage < their existence, have been in some friein ly relation connected with tho colore race, and who have constantly sbou themselves its bc?; friends. Can it 1 that any sensible colored man who lool to bin own interest, and the interest i his family in future, can believe tb they would be better scrve'i by retainii in power carpet-bag officials who ha1 piled upon the State an enormous del and burdened ita population with a tax tion ai most too grievous to bo borne, tht by electing such native men as Hampt< and others who are beforo them for the sufTrage, whoso interest it will be to st< thc accumulation of debt, and reduce every possible way tho taxation by whi< they are burdened? Every colored mi must see that his labor is burdened 1 tho yearly taxation with which carp? baggers have loaded the people of t State, and it would seem that tho prom? inga of self-interest and self-protcctl will naturally lead him to lend his aid throw off this grievous burden. T carnet-hairirfir who mnlrna ?1 fortune ?li,hone-it means, and leaves tho ta payers to raise the money to meet t burdens which have been imposed i his individual benefit, has no particul interest in remaining in your State lor er than he can continue to accumula When out of office bc can return to t North) carrying his spoils with hi How docs it benefit either the white ci sen or the colored citizen to give his t to the carpet-bagger, by placing him power where he can enrich himself their expense? Is it wise for any citii of South Carolina to vote to contin auch men in offico? Would it not much wiser to vote for meii who arc fu identified with you, whom you know w< whom you have known all your liv whose property in with you, who are i owners of your soil, and who will 1 and die with you, sharing whatever b dens thc government of the State n impofd upon the people? Is it not t sonable to suppose that those who native born, and who expect to rem and make South Carolina their hon will practice moro rigid.economy, i make greater efforts to relieve the pee of taxation and burdf-as? Does uot every colored man aa well aa ovory white man see that it ls his interest to place in authority those whose motto shall bo "Economy and Reform?1' It sectus to ino the question caunot bo a debatable lone, and that every intelligent voter ought, without hesitation, to como to tho conclusion in favor of n chango from the desperate state of-things which has for years existed in the State, and tho inau guration of a now and hotter Bysteim The conduct of your present Executive in fomenting discord between tho two races for personal aggrandisement, and for the purpose of perpetuating himself in office, desirves, as it re?oives,! tit': con demnation of nil unbiased, intelligent, patriotic people. His appeal to the gov ernment ot Washington,! to scud troops to South Carolina, to disarm the white race, and awe thom from the ballot box, Cannot bo too severely condemned; and tho conduct of the President of tho Uni ted States, in sending troops to South Carolina to interiore in tho elections, with a view to carrying the State for his own political party, under tho pretext of suppressing insurrection or domestic vio lenco, when there were no armed organi zations or uprisings by the people of any character, which made war upon thc State, or threatened to subvert the gov ernment ol tho State, or to set aside its power and jurisdiction on any portion of thc territory of the State, deserves and ?will receive tho withering rebuke and bitterest condemnation of all unbiased, patriotic citizens North und South, who sincerely desire tho perpetuation of our republican form of govcrumeut.. I look upon this as the most dangerous Aggres sion upon thc liberties of tho country, and thc most unjustifiable usurpation of power by the general government, which have occurred since thc close of thc war. It is a precedent that inti -t bc rebuked by the overwhelming voice of an indignant people, and history must stamp it as thu foulest blot upon the present administra tion of thc Federal government Hut enormous and unjustifiable as is the wrong which has been perpetrated upon the people of South Carolina, the sublime patience, forbearance and long suffering with which it hus been endured, rather than give a pretext of truth to the false accusations mude against you, haye excited . thc warmest admiration and the deepest sympathy of all good citizens. The election is near at hand, but let me admonish you to continue to he cautious aud careful, aud on .the day of the decile suffer zr.y wrc?^per gonai indignity which may bo offered you as iudividuals, rather than give an oppor tunity to the adversary to gratify his vindictive spleen, or consummate his unholy purposes. Hear your wrongs patiently a little longer under the finn conviction that the day of deliverance is near at hand. Tho American people cannot afford to sanction a precedent by which the white race are disarmed, and placed at thc mercy of thc colored race, armed by the government, and incited to thc commission of cruelty aud outrage upon thc downtrodden nnd unprotected intelligence nnd worth of the State. If this outrage shall be sanctioned and this act shall bc permitted to pass into his tory, without the condemnation of the American people, we will probably never sec another Presidential election in this country where the bayonet will not bc called in to control the ballot. Again expressing my earnest wish for the success of your cause, and the deliv erance of my native State from thc tyran ny and oppression under which her good people have so long labored, I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, JOSEPH E. BROWN. THE INDIAS CAMPAIGN.-General Crook being satisfied that tho Bed Cloud and Red Leafs bands of Sioux were about to depart with a view of joining the hostiles in the north, they having re fused to comply with orders to come into the agency lo receive rations, and stub bornly remaining in their camp on Shad ron Creek, from whence it is positively known thoy were communicating with thc northern Indians, and receiving into their camp such as came in, he, without waiting the arrival of Genera! Merritt's troops, determined on disarming thom, and, at daylight on the morning of the 23d inst., General McKcnsey, with eight compauies of tho Fourth Cavalry, ono battalion of which ?rafi com mantled by Major Gordon, and another by Captain Mnulk, uuccessfully surrounded these two bands, consisting of 300 lodges, and cap tured bucks, squaws and ponies without firing a shot, and they were marched into the agency after having been disarmed and dismounted. Spotted Tail, who hus evinced an unswerving loyalty to tho whites, was made head chief, and Red Cloud deposed, and 8potted Tail, with Little Wound, have agreed to furnish General Crook with alf tho warriors ho may need to co-operate with, him in tho coming campaign, which will ho inaugu rated at once. Genend (.'roo'; feels that a great object has been attained in this last movement, and that we shall now kuow our enemies from our friends. ANOTHER HoititiniiK M?&DER,-Wc have to record another diabolical murder similar to that of thc Harmon family. Two old country ladies, sisters, Mrs. Mary Broadack and Mrs. Martha Stoddard, living together near Durbin'* Creek Church, in Laurens County, were brutal ly murdered on the night of Wednesday, tue 25tb. At the time our informant left they were senseless aud in the agony of death. Mrs. Broadack (who has neon a cripple for ten yean?) was cut across thc face and head with an axe and left for dead. Mrs. Stoddard was struck aero? tho taco ?.nd forehead with como heavy instrument, and also left for dead. Wm. .Stewart, a neighbor living n half mile off. heard the screams abd when ho reached thc place he fauna Mrs. Stoddard lying in.a colton patch, between tho .house and spring, and Sirs. Broadack in tho kitchen, in th? condition above named. The house was sacked and trunks taken out and broken open. These old ladies had sold a small piece of land, n short time ago and it is sup posed the murderers Vero after the pro ceeds of the sale, but thc money had uot boon received, and we aro informed that only some fifteen dollars, tho proceeds of salo of cotton was known to hsvo been in the house st tho time. A PUNGENT CONTRAST. A Ult ot Political Eloquence Worthy of Preservation Hayes sus Tlltlca Accurately Dccerlbed.. ia) . . Ex Qovi Austiu Blair recently deliver ed nu eloquent speech at Detroit, from which the following extract is made, bc causo tho racy description is W(?Vthy of preservation as u souvenir of Lhe'cam paign, although the election is pow over : Political platforms aro..delusive, dc ccltrfnl; mane simply to' catch votes. Tliey ur?? the hook thuffs thrown tti gtills. and Lhero aro gulls in plenty who will bite. lint nobody paya any heed to platforms nftor election, They aro rolled up nnd thrust' into tu? waste basket, where they ore soon forgotten.- Bnff'rrieh have character to maintain. Mon ure tangible, and Schurz and others tells us they have found ir. tien. Hayes the man for the times. Where is the evidence that Rutherford B. Hayes has thc nerve, ubilitv and power to take these corrupt Republicans by tho ntek.nnd pitch them out of .doora ? Who uro the men who arc to-day' managing his campaign? Zach. Chandler is the guiding hand, and don't you suppose that in the event of, Hayes* election Chandler will ??y, ?!i uni the hoy that did it, Rutherford?" JA voice-"Of course bc will. It's just like him."} Oliver P. Morton is a bad, powerful mun-ii man : of desperate energy, whom the people may well fear, and who has been going night and day, with all his. tremendous force( lighting tho fight in Indiana. Chu Hayes take such a mau as that by the cur and walk him out? 1 would;like to see him do it. Would not Morton say tq him, if he at tempted anything of* tho kind, "Who made you what you are ? We have put you here. You dnrc not rebel against tho party. You cannot muke your auinU est appointment without our ctmsont." It is too good a joke to talk about, this idea thnt Hnycs will* hot bc bnmpcrcd, bound lust, hopelessly fettered by these unscrupulous managet? of his party. It is true that he has boen Governor tif Ohio, hut what has the Governor of that State todo? Once, when Sal mon P. Chase was Governor" of Ohio, a friend asked bim how he got along. "Oh," replied the Governor, "I nm get ting on swimmingly. Nothing to do but pardon criminals and sign commissions for notaries public." (Laughter,I Thc Governor of that State really has nothing tu do. He is deprived of the veto power and therefyro cnn exert no influence over legislation and so his posi tion : is purely ornamental. Can any mun here to-night remember any single notable thp^ltulhcrford li. Hayes ever did, or any stand for opinion he ever made? Did anybody ever hear him say to his party "stop!" or hear of his kick ing over tho party traces, or of antago nizing anybody or anything ? In short, did you ever hear of him anywhere? When Grant sent Federal troops into Louisiana to trample out ber State Gov ernment and put his foot upon all decen cy, Wm. M. Evnrta said lo him: "You arc doing that which you have no right to do. You aro outraging liberty. You have put in power a Legislature not elected by the people, and aro destroying the only safeguards of American free dom." Did Hayes lift up his voice ngainst these outrageous tyrannies? Not that we over heard of. But ho has been in Congress (nt least I hear BO,) but though I was in the same Congress, I assure you, I never knew him, and have no recollec tion of having over seen him. A few days ngo, I wa* talking with u friend in Ohio, nu earnest Republican, who asked mc if I did unit remember Hayes, over nt thc right of the Speaker's desk in a por tion of the house that was then called Sleepy Hollow ? I was forced to confess my inability to recall him, but when my friend mention ed him as the dispouser of bouquets for the ladies, it flashed upon mo that I had seen such a person-a mild-faced, candy wbiskcrcd, pleasant-mannered gentle man. But that was all. At Saginaw, last night, I stopped with my old friend John I*. Driggs; but he, though a member of tho samo Congress with Hayes, could not recall him as a member of that body. It is claimed by his supporters that no attack can be made on hts record. I ad mit it. YUH cannot attack the incorpo real air, nnd inasmuch as Hayes never lind a sign of a record the assertion of his friends id true. I havo here a copy of R. B. Hayes' record in the Thirty-niuth Congress. I did not compile .it myself, but a very careful friend did it for me ; there is no doubt of its correctness, as it is taken from the Cbngntstlonal Globe. Herc it is. He presented ten petitions, offered six joint resolutions, made four motions, introduced two bills, delivered two speeches, neither of them os long os this (holding up a short printed slip,) and made two reports, both verbal. Such was Hayea' record at a time when Congress had to deal with tho great question of reconstruction, and when Blaine, Thad. Stevens, and other leaders of tho party,, wcro carrying on tho im portant party debates which distinguished thnt important session. I know that Ruthy Hayes is an agree able gentleman, a luxurious, mild, easy goiug person, who will loll in a beautiful painted boat and float serenely down the stream until a storm overtakes him. Then ho will paddle hastily to the shore, tio his boat securely and lio under the protecting branches of a big tree until the calm and the sunshine return. Neither Blaine, nor Morton, nor Conk ling, nor nny of those nmbitious mana gers, has any idea that his administration could control them-they intend to con trol thc administration. Even Schurz, who is said to have inspired nt least a portion of thc letter ol' acccptince, will have to take a seat in tho second row. Mr. Have* waa not unit? in "ted "t the de~ maud ol' any public sentiment, but, as ho himself confessed,'by n mere acci dent. On the other hand, what kind of a man is Samuel J. Tilden? [Wildes', cheers.] Ah 1 here is a utan of another sort-a mun of positive opinions, who grapples .with nn enemy (and ho has plenty ot them, us all aggressive men hr, ve.) Ho fights an open, square, earnest buttle, add, I add, he always gets the victory; ' [Long-con tiuued applause.] Ho has never been un ofDco-Hceker, and, except a term in the Stale Legislature, bc never held an office until lie was sixty years of age. With a brain large nigh to lead, and a power that made him a necessity, ho took offipc nt the demand of tho people. Ho traced corruption to it? source, and pur sued Tweed mercilessly, never letting go until he bad hinton Blackwell's Island with the convict's stripes on his back. There was thc answer to tho anxious question, cnn a man be raised up who will deliver us? and men of all parties? gave Samuel J. Tilden cbc grandest ova tion of public opinion received by any mau of his generation. [Cheers and applause.] He was nominated for Gov ernor and elected over John A. Dix by 44,000 majority. That, gentlemen, ii a certificate of character I will put against all tho lies Decoy Bliss has told. [Cheers, applause and waving of hats.] After his induction iu office aa Governor l/'^j/F*;T ._.j bc continued his hnltio against thicvcs.j smashed the powerful Canal Ring, mpi S-Jwuer^???^^' ^?JO11*1'! Public opinion said tili? is the man to, root out corruption in tho national gov-' cr?ment; and from all over ibo country; went hp the demaud for his UOmibJdion for tho Presidency. John Kelly tried to' defeat it, hut the people had spoken, and no power of tho rand could prevent the result of the .St. Louis. Convention. Ln; \m\0.\\o ?emota-ftUs ajct the Lierais magnanimously. In 1876 tho Liberals! of thc country are coming to the Demo crats, who, bv their acceptance of Horace' Gooley, .throw, ?bet? nd <^n<TttAtte' Sour ba ni s m thoy over nau, ana with God's help, (and I believe bo is helping1, us,) wo shall bear Samuel J. Tilden into! tlie Presidential chr.ir on tho 7th of No vember. Iljjl H\ At the close of thc speech thc immense; audience' burst into a whirlwind of np plaurd, in which even tho ladicfl joined with thc utmost enthusiasm. Thc roar of voices ceased for an instant, and then, os if carried away by their recollections of tho masterly effort, the whole crowd, with ono accord, renewed tho cheering, aud kept it up until it becamo almost deafening. The persons on thc platform crowded'flround the gallant old warhorse, pouring congratulations upon hltii, arid thanking bim, with unmiBtakab'ofeoliUg for bia magniflicont effort. ... i .?[.;. ZI . " , ..:!.> "1? Bloody Threats. Now that thc election of Mr. Tilden js assured beyond any reasonable doubt, thc Republican managers, who caiiriOr wixt I to loosen their grip on thc Treasury^'or to have exnosrxl their still eonccnlcd ras calities and robberies, begin to threaten resistance to his inauguration. They employ the language and breathe thc fanatical and foolish spirit of the most violent class of the secessionists of 1861 in regard to Mr. Lincoln. Blaine, in his speech nt Buffalo, told, tho people that if Now York voted for i Tilden bo would certainly be elected, and' then asked : "Will you wilow him to bo inaugurated in that event?" A promi nent speaker, who had thoroughly can vassed his State, recently went to Wash ington and admitted that Tilden would carry it largely. But, said he, "before he shall he inaugurated thc streets of this capital will run. with blood." rho St. Louis Globe docs not mince matters, in giving utterance to the pur pose Ol those for whom it speaks, when it says: "No mun elected by thc process resor ted to by thc Democrats of South Caro lina 101? cier be allowed to tale his seat as President of the United States. This is our deliberate judgment." Wo advise these persons to keep cool and not to let their angry passions rise. It will be hurd to resist the tncvitnble re sult which is now foreshadowed. Samuel' J. Tilden will bc elected President, attd tho four millions of voters, North and South, East and West, to whose suffrages he will be indebted for thc. ollifce, will see to it that he i? inaugurated on ibu inn of March, 1877. Tho office holders, tho rings, the jqb bcrs, the thieves, thc carpet-baggers, and thc rogues, who have had full swing for* more than fifteen years, und have run this Government like u closo corporation for their own profit, leaving to the people the privilege of paying whatever taxes they imposed, will die hard, of course. Butthey had better not try a rebellion to retain possession, or threaten to brciik things because they are to be turned out, Some of thc usages of Mexico cannot safely bc tried in the United States. ' Wo ar? a law-abiding people, nm) our habit is to submit to thc decision of tho ballot box, even when it is notoriously stuffed, as hns been tho Republican prac tice for many years in Philadelphia and alf over the South under carpet-bag rule." Nobody fears that Blaine would lead any reaistauce that be . .ight incite. Ho is no moro dangerous now to the reformers than he was to the rebels during tho war,' whoo he 'ired a substitute who finally brought up in jail, while Blaine himself; expended his patriotism in the lobby,, and jobbery illustrated his sense of public' duty. When Calhoun threatened nullification1 and violent opposition to thc execution.' of thc laws, Gen. Jacksou did not hesitate to say he would hang him os high as Haman if an attempt was made to put these matinees into execution. Blaine will take good care never to got his neck, in the halter if ho can avoid it. But. some of his deluded followers may . got into an ugly scrape by this sori, of vapor ing, which is intended to intimidate tho weak and ignorant. If they nro wise st all, they will accept tho admonition to keep cool, and bo prepared to sec our Uncle Samuel inaugurated like all his predecessors in tho Presidential office. N. Y. Sun. LOOKING FOR A JOB.-With the cor tainty of defeat staring tho Union-Herald in tho faco, which must result in the stoppage of that journal, induces iiits; publishers to cast about them ,to see where they cnn get employment. With this object in view it has been enquiring: "Where do you buy your meat?" os much as to say that somo of thc party intends starting a butcher wag' on ; and again, it asks : 'Who saws your wood?" thus showing that the establish ment bas parties connected with it who can turn their bund to more things .than one, and that they are aeeking employ-., mont.. This is commendable-holiest in dustry is what is needed to restore this people and State to prosperity, and we know of no other den.of corruption, tho closing of which <woulda tend so much to stop tho flow of pollution and crime ns that of the Union-Herald establishment. Let those connected with that sheet seek and obtain some useful employment, whereby they caa carn au honest livinrr. and they, may again becomo respected members of society though they seem to understand full well that their con nection with that paper has so degraded them in the eyes of honest people that, they caunot hope to got anything but the most menial service to do. consequently they propose geing into ino meat ped dling and wood sawing business. 'Suc cess to them. We truBt our people will treat them kindly, and that they may never be caught in such a scrape again. -i-Ch!tiirJ)ia PA,mi.r. ?A A California man was married in double-quick lime tho other day. Tak ing his affianced with him, ho drove in a buggy to the residence of a justice of the peace," where be! hnltcd. Tho justice thoii went on with the ceremony, order-' ing tho twain in tho carriage to join hands, aud in a minute from tho limo thc buggy drew up to tho justico's door, the newly married couple were off in their nqoipsgo again. -? - He bad slipped on his coat and hat and got as far as tho gate when his wife overhauled him. "I want you to help, mo take in the plants',J,"uho cried after him; "there'll be & 'frost tonight." "Let the plants go to pot." ho snappishly responded with a darkening faco. Thon he gave bor a startled Iqok, softly smiled, ana sha smiled., ?na then ho returned. reti?i? ?4?? tooVi?Ww for adte?Wog Ordered br EaecotOTO, A?rMnUrtrvtorj tud otw fld?'?:J?r!?S, ana ?'.rawilli i?vcnd tjxp.titre fgr tho ordlnery notice*, which.. vllI.Arf MW/ln?erle<! *?hin the moaoyc^nJCTwSth >h# qrtWrjf . Citation*, two InfcrWn*,- '. - '*? f3.00 EkUle Notice*, three Insertions, - - 2.Vo tflnil SeUlg?j*ai*.JltoiUtWitfou* -5 - ? 8.00 attention, communication* must bo accompanied by tho true r,?mq and odd re % of thc. writer. Be> Joete,' mauuBcf ipi? win nob b j rctuf?od, unless tho necewarjr stamps ar? furnished to repay the portage thereon. . , .lu-iti I ? ' Kr We are not rcipoualblo for Hie views and oplulont <}f OU? cacrespottdents. . AH communications should bc addressed to "Ed itors IeUUI(;euoor,''aad all cbscfc*. drafts, mono*' order., fr../frftftfo p$c !? ?: l -, i-m i )Aoder?ori,8,'C. ? -n-11 iintl'l livrV-'?. .?--'.fin 'vt""1 Counting-thu Yotmu Otiiiccrn te'exp'rdrtsbu' in annie quitters sboUttbc'i?evuOwiuf: OTpti?ii?g tua': vytea ,ft>r Presjdejut aotli.y^cu-Pr'isudent, upon the iden timi .thc election will b? close and may n? attended With possible danger. Tint? anxiety is misplaced, abd these fears may be dismissed. In tho first place/Mr. Tilden's mnjority o' States in tue. electo ral college, and of the popular voto, loo, will be so large us to furnish no 'pretext for dispute. In tpo. second place, thc Constitution pr?vidos the ??nly existing mode J'y .which tho election shall, be formally verified ; lor?lifter all, ;i tty nothing more than a 'verification Of . 4' result rt.rc??y dotcr mioeds That.clause in tho Constitution is explicit enough, when.not broheu into fragments. It says, Article il., Section "Thc electors shall meet in their re spective: States, and vote by ballot for two ??er.- ons, of whom ono al least shall not bo an inhabitant of the same Stats with themselves. Atiil tliey sbnll mako a list ?f All the persons voted for, and of tho humber of votes for each ; which list they shall sign cud certify, and trans mit sealed Jin tho seat of t he Government of the United States, directed to the Pres ident of the Scnnte. The Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, nnd ,tuc votes shrill be counted." Tho net of March J: 1792, ivas pae*cd to carry this clause Into effect. It pro vides how the cleetbrs shall be chosen, when they shall meet, and lowborn their certificate? shall bc sent, Also, that Congress shaft bo in session on thc second Wednesday in February "for tho purpose of counting and declaring the tote." Thc practice hus been-for tho two Houses to meet i ii, Joint-session on: that day, and for tho Senate to appoint one teller and tho .House/ two, to record tho votes ns read from the certificates of the electors, which lind been previously "directed to thc Provident of tho Senate." On the 6th of February, 1865, the Re publican Congress adopted n joint rule, which pluccd it in thu power of cither House to rniso objection to the counting of any vote, and declared "no voto ob jected to shall bc counted except by the concurrent votes of thc two Houses. It is ensy to sec that, with a Republican majority in thc Senate and a Democratic majority in the House, very serious diffi culties might arise in high party times Uko tho present. This joint rulo is now dead, as the House at lust scssiou refused to readopt it, and with very good reason. So tho count-will take place under the constitu tional provision above cited, unless tho two Houses should come to an agreement as to another mode, which is hardly probable. While no trouble is to bc ap prehended, tho desperate Republican leaders who have control of the Senate will stop at no means within reach tore lain power. Hence it is desirable, not only to elect Mr. Tilden, but to elect him by HO overwhelming a volo lhat tho cor rupt and wrccklesa mummer* at Wash ington will be awed iuto submission nnd silence,- and thc Adiniuistrntion of Grant will go down into disgrace, without the voice Of a disturbing faction to distract public attention. How n Wife Was Restored to Health. An almost miraculous cure, says tho Chicago Tribune, is reported from Shel don street, tho patient being tho wifo of a well-to-do citizen. Sho has for years been ailing, or thinking sho was ailing, and recently took her death-bed and kept her husband unhappy by lamenting that she vas going to die. Yesterday her, husband went out and got u buxom young widow, who is ber particular ab horrence, to come iu aud look over tho house. Tho dying woman beard him opening doora and explaining things,' and lay wracked with indignation and curiosity. Presently the buxom young widow departed and tho husband re turned to tue sick-room. No sooner had ho entered than Hbo accosted him : ? "Peter Whitehead Hollingwortb, what have you dono?" "Nothing, my. love, nothing. Don't excito yourself. Bo calm. Only as you were complaining that you couldn't get up to see after things, aud that tho house was going to wreck and ruin, I thought I'd ask Mrs. Dasher in to let mo know what could bo douo to eave you trouble and relieve your mind of anxiety." "Oh, you did?" sho murmured with a deep inspiration. "Yes, I showed her all over tho house." "And the beds not made, and every thing liko u pig-sty'l" "Never mind, my love. I1 told her that she must excuse it, as you were sick, because you were a good housekeeper. And she said y ">?! must be." "Oh, Bhedid?" "Yes, and said that if she badder way she'd have a new set of parlor furniture in, and less vulgar wall paper, but that some people hadno tasto anyway, and by tho way, Maria, you and Mrs. Dasher aro pretty much of il siza, ain't you?" Then ho fell into a tranco that lasted for socio minutes, then muttering, "Well, perhaps they'll fit; if not, they can bo made over." When tho husband wont home last night he wu s surprised to eeo his dying wife up and dressed, and bossing things with n nietalic ring in ber voice and a glitter in her eye such as ho hadn't seen lhere for years, and when he innocently remarked, "Why, Maria, I had hardly ex pected to seo you up again," sho Baid, "I know it, you bald-headed old reprobate; but I'll live to bury you yet, and if that painted Jazebel conies into this house again I'll tear her into colton waste and ?ate strings." . A SoLWE?o CoNFJXrEXCii.-Ono day, when Nnnoleor 1 vuna rnvi??-i?^ his troops in "Paris, ho let fall the reins of bis norse from his hands upon thc ani mal's neck, when tho proud charger gal loped away. .Before, tho rider could re cover tho bridie... a common soldier ran out from tho ranks and placed the bridle igain in . the . banda of ffth?fti emperor. "Much obliged to you, captain'," said Na poleon. The man immediately believed tho chief, and said : "Of what regiment, >.ir."' Napoleon, dolighted with hu.quick perception and ready trust in his word, replied : "Of my guards I",and jrodo ariay. As soon as the cniperor left, tho soldier laid down his gun, saying: "Ho may iake it who will, aud instead of return ing to the ranks whence he so suddenly issued, ho started foy tho company of itaff officers. They were amazed at his lpparent rudeness add disobedience of arden*, and ono of tho generals contempt uously ??aid: "What, does this fellow want herc ?" . "This fellow," replied tho solder,..proudly,, "ia a captain of tho guard." . '.'You I. my poor friend ; you ard; mad to say. .so, was the answer of thetB,uperior officer. "Ho said it," replied tho soldier,, pointing to the emperor, still in .ughk.. "task, your pardon, air," said tJhto general, respectfully j "I .was not aware pf. it/'. ..Aud so the soldier- came, duly to his post f3 captain o?iNftpoloou'ft guard._ . .. _'i - "Stove lid currency" it! What they, dalt silver dolli**, in San FrA?dact)..,;