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E. B. MURRAY, Editor.
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1877.
Governor Hampton has gone North on
a visit for a short time upon public busi?
ness in part, but partly, also, to attend a
military celebration at Albany, New
York.
JBOSTEB OF CIRCUIT JUDGES.
In accordance with the. provisions of
an act entitled "An act to carry into ef?
fect the fourteenth, section of article
fourth of the Constitution, relating to
the Judiciary," approved the 31st day of
May, 1877, the following assignment of
Judges to bold the respective Courts of
Common Pleas and General Sessions is
ordered. ?.
The Fall Term of the respective Cir?
cuits will be held by the Circuit Judges
as follows:
First Circuit?By T. H. Cooke, Judge
of the 8th Circuit.
Second Circuit?By J. P. Reed, Judge
of the 1st Circuit
Third Circuit?By P. L. Wiggin, Judge
of the 2nd Circuit.
Fourth Circuit?By A. J. Shaw, Judge
of the 3rd Circuit.
Fifth Circuit?By C. P. Townsend,
Judge of the 4th Circuit.
Sixth Circuit?By J. B. Kershaw,
Judge of the 5th Circuit.
Seveuth Circuit?By T. J. Mackey,
Judge of the 6th Circuit.
Eighth Circuit?By L. C. Northrop,
Judge of the 7th Circuit.
THE FENCE LAW.
We publish elsewhere an article signed
"Varennes," which opposes the adoption
of the proposed change in our fence sys?
tem. The only ground which the writer
assigns in opposition to the law that has
any weight, is the question of water for
stock, and there is really very little force
in this objection, for, as a general thing,
every farm has a spring branch upon it
that would afford an abundance of water
for stock, and those few farms which
have no water on them are so situated
that it does- not pay for stock to ramble
off to branches on other mens! farms to.
get a little water. It would pay the
owner better to draw them water three
times a day than to have them scattered
about over the old fields and in the woods,
subject to being lost or stolen. It might
induce people to keep a smaller number
of cattle, but those which they do keep
would pay them much better for being
taken care of. On the water question,
also, we might reply that nearly every
one of those farms where there is no wa?
ter has some child on it large enough to
draw all the water necessary for stock,
and hence very few poor men, or any
other sort of men, would have any water
to draw. Again, the writer thinks winds
might blow down the pasture fences, and
turn the cattle upon the crops. A good
fence with stakes and riders would be
apt to withstand the storms, and even if
it did not in a few instances do so, the
farmer would not be worse off than he is
now, for a wind storm that would destroy
a pasture fence wonld destroy a crop
fence, and turn every person's stock in
the neighborhood upon the crop, and it
would not be as easily corrected as the
blowing down of the pasture fence would
be. '. . I ' ? 'S
Again, he says hogs arid sheep could
not be raised in the same pasture, but
with a little attention and penning off at
one season of the year it could be done
at least as well as, if not better, than
can be done by allowing them to run at
. large together. What our correspondent
says about the rich and the poor, and
about selfishness, is also unfortunate, for
it appeals to the prejudice and passion j
rather than the reason. Matters like the
one under consideration should be calmly
discussed and decided without prejudice
or passion. The simple question that
every public-spirited man ought to con?
sider is, will the change benefit the ma?
jority of the whole County ? If it will,
it should be adopted; and if it will not,
it should not be adopted. If it is a'
measure that will injure the poor man, it i
ought to be frowned down immediately;
but this should be proved by argument
and not by assertion. We believe the
change will benefit the poor man as well
as the land-owner or rich man, as our
correspondent terms him; and if the
election is ordered, we propose to en?
deavor to advance some arguments for
the belief we have expressed. We shall
do so candidly and courteously, and hope
that the discussion of the measure will
be free arid full, without any hard feel?
ings, with the desire to advance the in?
terest of the whole County uppermost in
the mind and heart of every writer or
speaker._?_
CHIEF JUSTICE WATTE.
The Baltimore Sim's Washington spe?
cial speaking of the Chief Justice's stay
in Charleston during the Ellenton trial,
says.:
"Although not stated by his authority,
it is known that the Chief Justice was
not pleased with his experience in South
Carolina, either political or social. In
regard to the trials of the Ellenton pris?
oners the Chief Justice was not pleased
that the jury were divided on the color
line?the six black jurors being for con?
viction and the six white jurors for ac?
quittal. The impression produced on
the mind of the Chief Justice was that
some of the prisoners were guilty and
ought to have been convicted."
We hope for the sake of Judge Waite
that this is not true, for it reflects more
upon him than upon .our people if he
has uttered such sentiments. Any gentle?
man is sure to be pleased with his recep?
tion- in Charleston, and if the Chief
Justice was not, it is simply because he
does not appreciate the refinement of
Southern society. As to his belief that
some of the Ellenton prisoners ought to
have been convicted, it amounts simply
to taking sides with a set of deluded and
perjured negroes instead of believing the
sworn testimony of respectable white
men. The six white men on the jury
wore; as likely to know the character of
the witnesses as the six colored jurors
were, and the Chief Justice simply ex
... presses the fact that he believes in the
integrity and ability of negroes more
than he does in that of white men. He
is certainly a sweet remnant of Grantism.
? James Gordon Bennett is expected
to return from Europe next month.
THE RATIONAL DEMOCRACY.
Those persons who for selfish or other
reasons have worked themselves into the
belief that the administration of Presi?
dent Hayes is destined to found a new
party in National politics, must now
realize the fact that there is not the
slightest prospect of such a result. The
President's policy has not come up to
Southern expectations and demands, and
therefore there is a considerable decline
in the prospect of a Democratic revolt at
the South, and all the indications dhow
that the leaders of the party at the North
and West are more determined in their
war upon Radicalism than they have
ever been, and thousands of recruits are
gathering about the standard of the
greatest political party that ever existed
in America. There is life in the old
party yet, and the sooner persons who
are figuring for 1880 realize that fact,
and cease to pander to the fraudulent
usurpation which now holds sway in
America, the better it will be for their
future reputations. The American peo?
ple are a free and brave people, who love
fair play and honest dealing in politics
as well as in social and moral affairs.
They despise the thief who purloins their
goods, and equally with him they despise
the wretch who receives the stolen goods.
It matters very little to them as to the
use to which stolen property is put,
neither the thief nor his accomplices can
ever gain their confidence and esteem by
any liberal course they may pursue in
the expenditure of their ill-gotten gain.
To make the application of this, we
have only to view the proceedings by
which Mr. Hayes became President. The
offices of this great government are the
property of the citizens, and in the last
election they saw fit to bestow the Presi?
dency and Vice Presidency upon Gover?
nors Tilden and Hendricks, but the re?
turning boards Of Louisiana and Florida
stole the necessary votes to give the gov?
ernment to the Republicans, and Mr.
Hayes deliberately sanctions the theft
by accepting the office. Now, we con?
tend that it makes no difference as to
how he exercises the office, the people
can never consent to sanction a deed so
infamous by excusing or even condoning
the crime. Mr. Hayes cannot be trusted,
for he has profitted by the rascalities of
corruptionists knowingly, and even if he
wished to do so he cannot control them.
If the past fraud is not condemned un?
mistakably, it will be repeated in the
the next slection, and our country ruined.
Already Simon Cameron is advocating
the nomination of Gen. Grant in the
next canvass, and even Senator Conkling
speaks most enthusiastically of the ex
President's virtue an patriotism. Noth?
ing but a formidable and solid Democ?
racy can save this government from
monarchy or despotism within the next
decade. We do not wish to be an alarm?
ist, but we do not hesitate to express the
belief that Gen. Grant is figuring for the
Presidency again, and so sure as he once
more enters the White House, he will
never leave it until death rids this nation
of the greatest despot it has ever pro?
duced. Mr. Hayes is pledged to one
term of office, and who can say that this
pledge was not the result of a bargain
between him and Grant? The republic
is in danger, and it can never receive
rest and peace from the Republican par?
ty, which wa3 raised for sedition, and
has grotra and" lived on sectional strife.
The restoration of the Democratic party,
the principles of which are just, and
noble, and exalted, is the only hope of
those who desire permanency for our in?
stitutions. This party in the future will
not only represent the dignified and pure
principles which have marked its past
career, but it will also in future be the
champion of the important demand of
our times, that "the men who are elected
to office must be inaugurated," and its
success in 1880 is almost sure. In honor
we are bound to spurn President Hayes'
fraudulent administration, and hence?
forth there should be no South Caro?
linian willing to so far lose his self
respect, or so far violate the dictates of
duty, as to become a supporter of this ad?
ministration, which is destined to occupy
a dark page in the shameful chapter of
our nation's history, which shall record
the annals of Republicanism.
South Carolina Monument Association.
The Board of Directors of the South
Carolina Monument Association beg leave
to announce to the public that the monu?
ment is finished and will be erected as
soon as the amount guaranteed to the
architects can be obtained. They beg
their friends to make known the fact that
it is not a county but a State monument,
erected by the women of South Carolina,
and will bear an inscription to that effect.
Penny readings established by some en?
terprising friend monthly in each county
town would, by the accumulation of small
sums, relieve the association of all em?
barrassment. When the work is com?
pleted, a statement will be made of re?
ceipts from each county. Sincere thanks
are returned to the following friends for
contributions since March, 1876:
From managers inaugural ball, $97.11;
Mr. Van Bokkelm, Wilmington, $5; Mr. j
Craig, Blackstock, $5. Through Mrs.
Chafee, Lancaster, $94.25; Mrs. Farrow,
Laurens, $16.90; Mrs. William Adger,
Charleston, $72.10; Mrs. Meinitsh, Spar
tanburg, $77.50; Mrs. Mclver, Chester
field, $20.60; Miss Heriot, Georgetown,
$1; Miss Moffett, Charleston, $4.35;
Miss Wade, Chester, $16; Mrs. Glover,
Greenville, $75; Mrs. Wm. Adger,
Charleston, $2; Mrs. Darby, New York,
$13; concert Professer Gonzales, $4.80;
eight penny readings, Richland, $169.27;
penny reading, Laurens, through Mrs.
H. L. McGowan, $12.10.
Papers friendly to the cause will oblige
by publishing.
Mks. W. K. Bachman,
Treas. S. C. Monument Association. ;-,
? General Ord, now in command of
the United States troops on the Rio
Grande, is a grandson of George IV. and
the actress Mrs. Fitzherbert, to whom
he was married by a Catholic priest while
Prince Regent. The consent of Parlia?
ment had not been given, and the mar?
riage was illegal in English law. A son
was born by this union and consigned to
the care of a tutor named Ord, who emi?
grated with him to this country; The
youth took the name of his tutor,, and
married a Virginia or Maryland lady, by
whom he had two sons, Atlanticus and
Pacificus. The first was sent to West
Point, and is the General on the Rio
Grande. The second became a lawyer in
New Orleans, and emigrated to Califor?
nia twenty-five years ago where he is a
Judge.?New Orkans Democrat.
? At the next Mississippi election two
amendments are to be voted on?one to
abolish the office of Lieutenant Governor,
and the other to have the Legislature
meet every two yeare instead of every
THE EUROPEAN WAR.
The alow progress of Russia in effect?
ing an entrance into Turkey has enspirit
ed the Turks, while disease, the lack of
success , and the climate, which is very
warm, have dispirited to a certain de?
gree the armies of Russia. Some fight?
ing has been done around Kars, which
resulted disastrously to Russia, though
the forces of the Czar are still able to
continue the seige, and will no doubt,
in the course of time, capture this strong?
hold of Turkey, unless the Sultan brings
to the relief of the besieged garrison an
army from without sufficient to compel
the Russians to retire. This is not likely
to occur, as the forces of Turkey will
necessarily mass upon the Danube, and
if Kars falls a very small force will still
be able to hold the invading army at bay
in the mountains of Asiatic Turkey.
Along the line of the Danube the great?
est activity has prevailed for several days
past, and it is expected that the Russians
are striving in earnest to cross the Dan?
ube and make an end of the war, bnt it
is now impossible to get reliable informa?
tion as to the contest there, for the mili?
tary have charge of the railroads, of the
telegraph lines and of the mails, and
strictly forbid any communication of the
plans or movements of the armies from
being made to the outside world. The
best military opinion of Europe seems to
indicate a belief that Russia will bp able
to cross the Danube, and that the cross?
ing will be most probably effected be?
tween the mouth of the river Aluta and
the town of Rusicbuck, in a few weeks
at the longest.
While the military operations are go?
ing on thus slowly, the complications of
the war have been increasing, and old
Mars seems destined to ensnare more
than Russia and Turkey in the meshes of
this conflict, which threatens to become
continental not only in its results but
also in the combatants actually engaged.
A few weeks back it was almost certain
that the war wc 'Id not involve other
powers, and, indeed, there was every
prospect of a settlement between Russia
and Turkey, but to-day there is a very
strong probability that England and
Prussia will become involved in the con?
test at an early day, and, if so, peace will
scarcely visit El ope again until every
nation has been drenched in blood and
the map of Europe totally changed.
England has not committed herself to
. any course except to protect "British in?
terests," and under this apparent policy
of neutrality she has been giving her
moral aid and support to Turkey to such
extent that Russia is provoked beyond
endurance, and has demanded of Eng
I land to define her position by declaring
j war or declaring her neutrality and keep
| ing it strictly. This demand is under?
stood to be endorsed by Germany, and if
England refuses to notice the Russian
demand, made through Count Schowaloff,
the Russian Embassador to the Court of
St. James, or if she should declare war
upon Russia, thi*. complications wjll.be
very great, and the prediction of the issue
to.the war in that event would be beyond
the power of prophesy.
In any event the Eastern trouble seems
to be assuming not only a very interest?
ing, but also an intensely important
phase, which will repay the attention it
is likely to receive for the next month
from the reading public of the civilized
world.
The Latest War News.
London, June 18.
Speeial despatches from Paris agree
that Saturday's i itting of the Deputies
was the most Violent ever witnessed. The
Times' correspondent says it extended
over five hours and a half. During that
long time there was one prolonged roar
of vociferations. At one time, when M.
Gambetta said that power was in suspi?
cious hands, the Minister of Public
Works sprang with a threatening air to?
wards the Tribune and members of the
Right and Left dashed forward. Ushers
had to separate the hostile armies. It
really seemed as if there would be a hand
to-hand fight. All instinctively waited
for the reports of revolvers.
A correspondent at St. Petersburg tel?
egraphs that advices from the Russian
headquarters in Armenia report the gar?
rison of Kars have made another desper?
ate sortie. The Russian left wing, under
General Heiman, repulsed the attack and
inflicted severe losses on the Turks. The
Russian cavalry at Kugala succeeded in
turning the Turkish flank and rear by a
bold movement. The fighting was very
brisk. The Turks lost 200 men and the
Russians 117.
A corresrjt n.d".it at Athens telegraphs
an explanation of the defeat of the Cir
cassions at Beukli Ahmed. The Circas?
sians in the Turkish array became muti?
nous owing to inaction, and demanded to
be led against the enemy. Moussa Pasha,
their leader, applied to Muhktar Pasha
to be allowed to bring them to the relief
of Kars. Permission was granted.?
Moussa with 1,500 men started for Kars,
and reached the village of Beukli Ahmed,
situated on the plain of Kars, and en?
camped there for the night. The Rus?
sians observed Moussa, and coming upon
them suddenly, surrounded the village
and took the Circassians by surprise.
The Circassions had scarcely time to form,
but made a desporate resistance. They
fought singly or in groups, and the fight?
ing was almost entirely hand-to-hand.
Eleven hundred Circassians were killed,
and the rest either dispersed or were
taken prisoners. Moussa Pasha is sup
?osed to have escaped. Hundreds of
urkish soldiers are deserting, owing to
"the ill-provided condition of the array.
Their condition is growing daily worse
and worse. They are poorly fed and
clothed, and are in want of almost every
necessary.
New York, June 18.
A cable special reports a terrible fight
between the Turks and Montenegrins.
The cable says the advance of the Turks
from Podgoritza to Albania has been
carefully watched by Montenegrin spies,
and every precaution has been taken in
selecting a suitable point at which to re?
ceive the invading party. The .Turks
moved forward to Spuz, reaching that
Slace Friday night and encamping. On
aturday morning, at daylight, the ad?
vance into Montenegro began. The
Turkish force numbered 10,000 men, un?
der command of Ali Saib. The Monte?
negrins had tak<ra up their station at
Plana, 3,000 strong. About 10 o'clock
the Turkish advance came upon the Mon?
tenegrin pickets, who fell back to the
main body. An hour later fourteen bat
tallions of Ali Saib came up, and without
halting attacked the Montenegrin posi?
tion. Four determined attacks were
made by the Turks, but in each instance
they were repulsed by the Montenegrins.
Boursa Petrovich had thrown up two
rows of entrenchments behind these ram?
parts. The Montenegrins fought with a
safe retreat into wooded hills always open
behind them. The third advance of the
Turks was made with eight battalions,
led by Ali Saib in person. Flushed with
three victories, the Montenegrins saw
that their enemiea came up to the attack
with little heart; therefore they refrained
from firing until they were within 200
yards and then poured a heavy volley
into their enemy's front, as a small body
of Montenegrin horsemen dashed out
from either side and fell upon the flanks.
At first the flanks wavered, but rapidly
changing front, killed many of the at?
tacking party. The centre came up
without halting until it received a second
volley; then, through some mistaken
order, or because of disinclination to ad?
vance, the Turks halted. The Montene?
grins sprang over the parapet of their
entrenchments and attacked the column
with bayonets. The Turks broke, but
were partially rallied by Ali Saib, and
fell back about .two miles, in tolerable
shape, to an open piece of country.
Meanwhile the Montenegrins had re?
formed, and pursued the Turks. The
retreat soon became a rout, and the Mon?
tenegrin horsemen pursued the Turks to
Spuz. The Turkish dead at Plana along
the road certainly equalled 2,000 men,
besides many wounded and a few prison?
ers.
Vienna despatches to the Times say
conflicting accounts come from Rouma
nia. Those who regard operations as
imminent explain the general movement
of the Russian troops during the last
week as a preparatory movement for con?
centrating the forces which were hitherto
scattered about in the cantonments.
The departure of a portion of the head?
quarters on the 11th from Plojesti to
Alexandria is regarded as a surer indica?
tion of imminent action, while the un?
usual precautions taken to prevent any
one from approaching the Russian lines
goes to confirm this impression. One
account states that all the inhabitants
have been ordered to withdraw from the
shore. Believers in this speedy com?
mencement of operations actually name
June 18 as the date on which the attempt
to cross the Danube will be made. From
another source, usually not less well in?
formed, it is positively stated a fortnight
or so will elapse before the Russians will
be ready to undertake operations along
the whole line. This party, as a reason
for their belief, cite the imperfect state
of the preparations. These were so far
backward on the Emperor's arrival at
Plojesti that he is said to have expressed
his displeasure. Despite the obstacles
caused by the rains, it was thought more
might have been done if it had not been
for want of harmony and co-operation,
extending to those occupying very hign
positions. The establishment of maga?
zines close to the Danube and the collec?
tion of bridging material are particularly
considered very backward. Since the
Czar's arrival fresh energy has been in?
fused into the preparations, but this at
first was somewhat neutralized by various
railway break downs. Those who do
not believe in immediate operations ex?
plain the present great movement of
troops by the supposition that the com
mander-in-chief had reasons to consider?
ably modify his plan, and that according
to the new arrangements six of the eight
army corps are to be concentrated on a
comparatively short line between Giur
gevo and Isias, on the river Aluta.
Either of the foregoing opinions is plau?
sible, and both are fonnded on observa?
tions on the spot.
The crossing of the Danube will be
postponed until the arrival of the fonrth
and thirteenth army corps at the front,
which will not likely be before the 28th
instant. At present the eighth, ninth,
eleventh and twelfth corps, about 100,000
men, are concentrated between the Aluta
and Giurgevo. ? J
GRAND GATHERING OF THE DE?
MOCRACY.
The Manhattan Club of New York, on
the evening of Tuesday, June the 12th,
gave a magnificent reception to ex-Govs.
Tilden and Hendricks, Governor Robin?
son and Lieutenant Governor Dorshei?
mer, of New York, at which a very large
concourse of representative men were
present, and the greatest enthusiasm pre?
vailed. The following synopsis of the
speeches made upon that occasion show
that the infamous frauds of Republican?
ism shall not go undenounced, and they
also clearly foreshadow the future policy
of the Democratic party. In introduc?
ing the speakers Aaron J. Vanderpool,
Esq., said:
Gentlemen of the Manhattan Club and
PViends: It is my agreeable duty on the
part of the Manhattan Club, representing
not only the Democracy of the Empire
City, but the Empire State and our re?
generated nation, to tender on behalf of
the club, and on behalf of the many
friends who have met with us, a cordial
welcome to those candidates of our great
party who received a majority of the con?
stitutional electoral votes of this nation
[applause] for the offices of President
and Vice President of the United States,
and to those who are not only de jure
but de facto the executive officers of our
great State. [Applause.] We had in?
tended originally that this should be only
a social gathering, that we might extend
the right hand of fellowship to those who
had so nobly borne our standard in the
late political contest. But I am sure you
all feel that the occasion should be made
by us an expression of the sentiments so
deeply rooted in the Democratic heart at
the great wrong which the nation has
suffered, in which the will of the people,
as expressed at the ballot-box, has been
outraged and trampled on, and the gov?
ernment handed over to the control of a
Earty whose policy and principles have
een repudiated. [Applause.] Yielding
to the desire thus expressed, our standard
bearers have consented to address us, and
I now have the honor to introduce to you
Samuel J. Tilden.
Governor Tilden appeared, and as soon
as the long and deafening cheers had
subsided, said:
MR. TILDEN'S SPEECH.
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the
Manhattan Club: I accepted your invi?
tation under the idea that this was to be
a merely social meeting, the particular
occasion of which was the presence in
this city of Mr. Hendricks and of Gover?
nor Robinson and Lieutenant Governor
Dorsheimer.
You are aware, I suppose, that one of
your guests, Mr. Hendricks, embarks to?
morrow on an excursion to foreign lands,
for rest and recreation. He will carry
with him, I am sure, our best wishes for
a prosperous voyage, for a pleasant visit
and safe return, and for the health and
happiness of himself and family. I .have
been availing myself, for similar pur?
poses, of a brief interval, and find ray
self now, with some reluctance, drawn
away from this privacy to attend this
occasion. But the occasion itself, and
the apparent general expectation, seem
to require that I should say a word in re?
spect to public affairs, and especially that
I should allude to the transactions which,
in my judgment, is the most portentous
event in American history.
Everybody knows that, after the recent
election, the men who were elected by
the people as President and Vice Presi?
dent of the United States were "counted
out," and men who were not elected were
"counted in" and seated. I disclaim any
thought of the personal wrong done to
myself in this transaction. Not by any
act or word of mine shall that be dwarfed
or degraded into a personal grievance,
which is in truth, the greatest wrong that
has stained our national annals. Not
one of the four millions and a quarter of
American citizens who gave us their
votes but experienced a wrong as great
and as deep as I. Not one of that mi?
nority who did not give us their votes
but, in the resulting consequences of this
act, will share in the mischiefs if it is not
redressed and punished. To every man
of the four and a quarter millions who
were defrauded of the fruits of their elec?
tive franchise it is as great a wrong as it
is to me. And no less to every man of
the minority will the ultimate conse?
quences extend.
Evils in government grow by success
and by impunity. They do not restrain
themselves voluntarily. They can never
be limited except by external forces.
If the men in possession of the govern?
ment can in one instance maintain them?
selves in power against an adverse decis?
ion at the elections, such an example will
be imitated. Temptation exists always.
Devices to give the color of law, and
false pretences on which to found fraudu?
lent decisions, will not be wanting. The
wrone will grow into a practice, if con?
doned?if once condoned.
In other countries, in the Old World,
changes in the succession of governments
have usually been the result of fraud or
force. We felicitated ourselves that here,
through the skill and patriotism and
philanthropy of our forefathers, we had
established a system of peaceful change J
through the agency of the ballot-box. j
This is the first time in American history'
that this right of the people has been
impaired. It is the first time in Ameri?
can history that anybody has ever pre?
tended that the government of this great
country was handed over to any set of
men through fraud.
The question now is whether our elec?
tive system, in its substance as well as its
form, is to be maintained.
This is the question of questions.?
Until it is finally settled there can be no
politics founded on inferior questions of
administrative policy. It involves the
fundamental right of the people. It in- j
volves the elective principle. It involves
the whole system of popular govern?
ment.
The people must signally condemn the
great wrong which has been done to them.
They must strip the example of every?
thing that can attract imitators. They
must refuse a prosperous immunity to
crime.
This is not all. The people will not
be able to trust the authors or beneficia?
ries of. the wrong to devise remedies.
But when those who condemn the wrong
shall have the power, they must devise
the measure which shall render a repeti?
tion of the wrong forever impossible.
If my voice could reach throughout
our country and be heard in its remotest
hamlet, I would say: "Be of good cheer.
The republic will live. The institutions
of our fathers are not to expire in shame.
The sovereignty of*the people shall be
rescued from this peril and re-estab?
lished."
Successful wrong never appears so tri?
umphant as on the very eve of its fall.
Seven years ago a corrupt dynasty cul?
minated in its power over the million of
people who live in the city of New York.
It had conquered, or bribed, or flattered
and won almost everybody into acquies?
cence. It appeared to be invincible. A
year or two later its members were in the
penitentiaries or in exile. History
abounds in similar examples. We must
believe in the right and in the future. A
great and noble nation will not sever its
political from its moral life.
At the conclusion of Gov. Tilden's re?
marks prolonged cheers were given him,
and the next Speaker for the occasion
was introduced.
gov. hendrick's speech.
Gentlemen: I thank you for the honor
you do me. I appreciate it in part as an
expression of personal respect and confi?
dence, but more as a declaration and as?
surance of your support of the principles
and politics of which, in honorable asso?
ciation with your distinguished citizen, I
was made a representative in the politi?
cal contest of last year. I beg to assure
i you that I appreciate the honor you show
me the more highly because of your de?
votion to the political principles which
experience has shown to be essential to
the preservation of good and pure govern?
ment and the prosperity df the people.
Very earnestly the Democrats of this
great city and State, and of Indiana, as
also of the other States, contended for
and demanded a restoration of local self
government in all the States where it had
een denied. They insisted upon a re?
duction throughout the entire public
service and expenditures, not by hun?
dreds, nor yet by thousands, but by many
millions annually. Therein was involved
also a great reduction of the vast army of
office-holders, and the substitution of
honest for dishonest administration.
Contending for results so notably right
and honorable, their cause was grand
and their victory glorious. I will not
disturb the pleasure of this occasion by
undertaking to recount the means where?
by the will and judgment of the people
were defeated. The result, as declared
in Louisiana, and in Florida, and at
Washington, is not and cannot be made
satisfactory to the country, for the ob?
vious reason that it was not true. A
great and sincere people will rest their
final judgment only upon truth, and
never upon fraud successful through
technicality. Even should the President
and Cabinet adopt a part or the whole of
the policies and purposes for which the
Democratic party has been contending
for many years and which became so dis
j tinctly defined last year?even that can?
not remove or quiet the public discontent.
The Democrats will make no factious
[opposition, nor-will they seek to em?
barrass the de facto administration, but
will sustain it in what is right, because
I it is right and for the welfare of the coun?
try, and not at all because of any fealty
to the party that stands defeated and
condemned by the people. The people
cannot allow the selection of their Chief
Magistrate to become a thing of chance
or of sharp practice. The "fraud first
triumphant in American history" must
be assigned to its proper place among
the crimes against popular government,
and made so odious that no party will
dare to attempt its repetition. He who
is elected President must be inaugurated.
Until that is settled and made sure no
Democrat can be seduced from his devo?
tion and allegiance in any way, not by
the allurements of office, nor even by the
strong appeal in the abandonment by the
Administration of vicious principles and
dangerous policies, and the adoption of
better doctrines and just measures.
Democrats will not intrust their most
cherished principles to the keeping of
power which is attained by vicious and
corrupt means. They will the rather
continue their faith in the right of the
majority to rule in accordance with con
constitutional provisions. All Demo?
crats rejoice with unbounded joy that free
republican governments are once more
allowed to the States of South Carolina
and Louisiana. They rejoice in the good
fruits that must follow. They know that
peace and good order will prevail; that
capital will be made secure, and labor
safe, contented, and happy; that enter?
prise will revive, and the cruel burdens
of the Government and public corruption
will be lifted from the shoulders of labor;
and that production will increase and
lands advance in price. But they know
that in the language of Governor Morton,
it had become "inevitable." Good gov?
ernment in the States was not a free-will
offering upon the altars of the country.
For years the Democrats had contended
in Congress and before the people for
free republican States throughout the
South, and finally it became "inevitable,"
because the right and truth were too
strong to be longer suppressed. In this
Democrats find a reason to stand more
firmly with their party. Out of power,
with no patronage to dispense and no
money to distribute, but animated by the
spirit of our institutions, and inspired by
the sentiment of the right of local self
government, as inherent in the people,
the Democratic party during the past ten
years has restored one State after an?
other, until now the tread of the soldier
is heard in no legislative hall, but in
every State the people are governed by
laws of their own enacting and by officers
of their own choosing.
My fellow-citizens, my home is in the
West, and my associations have been
with the people of that section. Among
you I am, personally, almost a stranger;
yet I am received by you with open arms
and cordial greeting. Need I say that I
am gratified because of this fact? It has
more than a personal significance. Does
it not proclaim that we entertain no sec?
tional political sentiment or sectional pol?
icies ? Some may think we should have
an Eastern policy, and others that it
should be Western; but it seems that a
New Yorker and an Indianian should
understand it better than that, and that
our legislative and administrative polity
should be as broad and comprehensive as
the industries and trade and commerce
which it may affect. Does the trade of
the great cities of the Atlantic stop with
the mountains ? Does it not reach be?
yond the Mississippi and across the Mis?
souri? Every new home that is built
upon that receding border; every new
farm that is made tar out even within the
shadow of the Rocky Mountains, and
every additional bale of cotton that is
produced in Louisiana and Texas add
something to the greatness and wealth of
New York and Boston and Philadelphia
and Baltimore. Is there a New Yorker
who, as he walks up and down this great
Broadway, hears and feels only the throb?
bing of a local commerce? Let such a man
break over the narrow bounds and habits
of his life, and visit the great cotton and
grain-growing regions, nor let him stop
until he hears the waves of the Pacific
dashing against the golden shores of Cal?
ifornia, and he will be able better to un?
derstand and appreciate the magnitude
and complicated relations of the interests
which are affected by the financial and
commercial policy of the country. Suc?
cessful enterprise and development in
remote parts of the country are as cer?
tainly and almost as directly connected
with the prosperity of this city as are per?
manent and valuable improvements upon
your more distant streets. I have said
this under the influence of the sentiment
that, in respect to production and trade,
the East and the West and the South are
one; and that a wise and just policy will
alike, and almost equally, promote the
prosperity of each, if your judgment
should be as comprehensive as the in?
fluence of your commerce, and as far
reaching as the distant lines of your
trade.
I have but one word mor.e to say. The
outrage that has been perpetrated is an
outrage upon the rights of the people,
and not upon me, not upon Governor Til
den, except as we are citizens of the
country. The people have been outraged
by the denial to them of. the right to se?
lect their own public officers according
to the laws and the Constitution. That
act will work out, as has been suggested,
its own redress. I have no fear of the
future. Even if the Administration shall
adopt Democratic principles, and follow
a policy based upon those principles, it
can never gain the confidence and heart
of the American people. It will never
do, when a man has taken land which
belongs to another man by a title not
good, and holds it;?it will never do to
say that the man who holds the land
wrongfully should have it, because he
would cultivate it better than the true
owner would have done. Before we reach
that question, we will decide who owns
the land.
I say this, not because Governor Tilden
has been wronged, but because the voice
of the American people has been denied,
when that voice was spoken according to
the Constitution of the United States.
But I fear not the result. As I have al?
ready said, a great and sincere people
will pass their final verdict upon the out?
rageous act. Democratic principles will
be carried out by Democrats, and by such
fair-minded Republicans as will not make
themselves a party to the wrong done
last winter. This will be accomplished
in 1880, as I said in 1876, that Indiana
will again do her duty.
GOVERNOR ROBINSON
was expected to make a speech, but, hav?
ing been busily engaged all day in visit?
ing the institutions on the Islands, and
being fatigued, he confined himself to a
few pleasant words. He thanked the
club for the reception given, and said it
delighted him to hear the allusion made
by the people to the victory last fall, and
added:
"From the time that a Chief Magistrate
of the United States had been inaugurated
who was not elected, I have lost no op?
portunity on every occasion of saying
that the life of the nation depended lipon
that act being branded as a crime, and
that if not so branded, there would be no
hope of our surviving as a nation. I re?
peat that now."
Lieutenant-Governor Dorsheimer was
the last speaker. He said:
LIEUT.-GOV. DORSHEIMER'S SPEECH.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Manhattan Club: I have been wanting
to see Democrats together ever since last
November; and I nave wondered that
Democrats have not been together sooner.
You stand to-day under an obligation of
duty such as never before rested upon a
party in this country. A wrong has been
inflicted upon the liberties of the people,
and it is your duty to redress that wrong;
for, if you do not, then it will stand un
redressed and grow into a precedent of
fearful omen for the future. That duty
devolves upon you, for it is you who have
been wronged, and in all affairs it is for
the party wronged to seek redress and work
out the punishment to the wrongdoer. *
* I say that if the Democracy shall fail
in the performance of this great duty
they will be even more culpable than
those who perpetrated the wrong. Now,
what shall we do about it? Well, in the
first place, upon every occasion, in public
and in private we will talk about it; we
will bear witness against it; wc will make
the sense of this wrong to lay heavy upon
every conscientious Republican in the
country. But I hope we will not content
ourselves with that. A distinguished
member of the House of Representatives,
whom I saw a few moments ago here,
told me last evening that the House of
Representatives had the power to inquire
and to make plain; ana I may say to
you, further, that the House of Repre?
sentatives is by the Constitution endowed
with those great powers which in every
generation the British House of Com?
mons has used boldly and with perfect
freedom to work out the liberties of the
English people. Those powers were given
to the House of Representatives as dis?
tinguished from the Congress at large by
reason of the knowledge of how efficacious
they had been for the preservation of
popular liberty in the past history of
England; and I am sure that the De?
mocracy of this country will not shrink
from doing what every English gentleman
would feel bound by his honor and his
patriotism to do, if the duty rested upon
him. So I shall hope that it may be
within the scope of a statesmanlike poli?
cy resolutely pursued, to work out a com?
plete remedy for this wrong, even before
the next election comes.
THE SERENADE.
After the speeches there was an inter?
val of conversation, when suddenly the
strains of martial music without drew the
company to the windows. It was Gra
fulla's band beginning a serenade to ex
Gov. Tilden. The musicians were guar?
ded by a hollow square of police, while
crowds of people pressed all about.
Brilliantly lit up by a calcium, the scene,
with its strong lines of color and deep
shadows, made a most artistic tableau,
j The serenade was given by the Young
Men's Democratic Club, Mr. William
Van Wyck President, and besides being
excellent in its musical quality, had the
rare merit of being on time to the min?
ute.
After a few pertinent remarks modestly
made by Mr. Van Wyck, the spectators
in front of the club house gathered close?
ly about, to listen to the few words of
Mr. Tilden, who had appeared on the
front steps. Mr. Tilden said, in a full,
round voice, although showing evidence
of fatigue:
"I am unfortunate enough to be suffer
I ing from a temporary cold, and have been
told that I must not show myself out
here, but I feel there cannot be any harm
in speaking on such an occasion as this.
I wish to avail myself of this opportuni?
ty to thank the Democracy of New York
for their devotion in the contest of 1876.
I cannot say more than: Be of good
cheer; the future is ours and we shall
prevail. Be constant, be firm, be coura?
geous. Right, truth and justice shall at
last triumph. Thanking you again for
your zeal, courage, and indomitable en?
ergy, I bid you good night."
Governor Hendricks followed, and in
course of his speech said, with signifi?
cance and pith: "I had rather be elected
by the votes of a quarter of a million
majority, than counted into office by the
Louisiana Returning Board."
Governor Robinson spoke briefly, and
was followed by Lieutenant-Governor
Dorsheimer, E. S. Cleveland, of Connec?
ticut, R. T. Merrick and others.
At the conclusion of the other speeches
the crowd called lustily for "Cox," "Cox."
Presently the lively" Congressman was
pushed forward, and, amid great expecta?
tion, thus spoke: "My Friends?I thought
I was the host; but you are the host. I
ask you to join me in wishing Governor
Hendricks, who ought to be vice Presi?
dent, a hearty farewell before his long
voyage."
TIMES OF COURTS IN SOUTH CAR?
OLINA.
The following are the times for holding
the Circuit Courts of this State under the
recent act of the Legislature:
FIRST CIRCUIT.
Charleston County.?The Court of Genr
eral Sessions meets at the following
times : First Monday in February, June
and November. The Courts of Common
Pleas meets at the following times: Sec?
ond Monday in February, June and No?
vember.
Orangeburg County.?Court of General
Sessions, first Monday in January, May
and October. Court of Common Pleas,
Wednesday after first Monday in Jan?
uary, May and October.
SECOND CIRCUIT.
AUccn County.?Court of General Ses?
sions, first Monday in February, June
and September. Court of Common
Pleas, Wednesday after first Monday in
February and September.
Barnwell County.?Court of General.
Sessions, third Monday in February, sec?
ond Monday in June, and third Monday
in September. Court of Common Pleas,
Wednesday after third Monday in Feb?
ruary and September.
Colleton County.?Court of General
Sessions, first Monday in March, third
Monday in June, and first Monday in
October. Court of Common Pleas, Wed?
nesday after first Monday in March and
October.
Beaufort County.?Court of General
Sessions, third Monday in March, fourth
Monday in June, and third ^Monday in
October. Court of Common Pleas, Wed?
nesday after third Monday in March and
October.
THIRD CIRCUIT.
' Sumter County.?Court of General Ses?
sions, first Monday in February, June
and September. Court of Common
Pleas, Monday after first Monday in Feb?
ruary and September.
Clarendon County.?Court of General
Sessions, third Monday in February, sec?
ond Monday in June, and third Monday
in September. Court of Common Pleas,
Wednesday after third Monday in Feb?
ruary and September.
Williamsburg County.?Court of Gen?
eral Sessions, first Monday in March,
third Monday in June, and first Monday
in October. Court of Common Pleas,
Wednesday after first Monday in March
and October.
Georgetown County.?Court of General
Sessions, first Monday after fourth Mon?
day in March, June and October. Court
of Common Pleas, Wednesday after firat
Monday after fourth Monday in March
and October.
FOURTH CIRCUIT.
Chesterfield County.?Court of General
Sessions, first Monday in February, June
and September. Court of Common Pleas,
Wednesday after first Monday in Feb?
ruary and September.
Marlboro County.?Court of General
Sessions, third Monday in February, sec?
ond Monday in June, and third Monday
in September. Court of Common Pleas,
Wednesday after third Monday in Feb?
ruary and September.
Darlington Cbnnty.? Court of General
Sessions, first Monday in March, third
Monday in June, and first Monday in
October. Court of Common Pleas, Wed?
nesday after first Monday in March and
October.
Marion County.?Court of General Ses?
sions, third Monday in March, fourth
Monday in June, and third Monday in
October. Court of Common Pleas, Wed?
nesday after third Monday in March and
October.
Horry County.?Court of General Ses?
sions, fourth Monday after third Monday
in March and October. Court of Com?
mon Pleas, Wednesday after fourth Mon?
day after third Monday in March and
October.
FIFTH CIRCUIT.
Kershaw County.?Court of General
Sessions, first Monday in February, June
and September. Court of Common
Pleas, Thursday after first Monday in
February and September.
Lexington County.?Court of General
Sessions, third Monday in February,
second Monday in June, and third Mon?
day in September. Court of Common
Pleas, Wednesday after third Monday in
February and September.
Edgefield County.?Court of General
Sessions, first Monday in March, third
MShday in June, and first Monday in
October. Court of Common Pleas, sec?
ond Monday in March and October.
Bichland County.?Court of General
Sessions, fourth Monday in March, first
Monday in July, and fourth Monday in
October. Court of Common Pleas, Mon?
day after fourth Monday in March, sec?
ond Monday in July, and Monday after
fourth Monday in October.
SIXTH CIRCUIT.
York County.?Court of General Ses?
sions, first Monday in February, June
and September. Court of Common
Pleas, Wednesday after Mondays in
February and September.
Lancaster County.?Court of General
Sessions, third Monday in February, sec?
ond Monday in June, and third Monday
in September. Court of Common Pleas,
Wednesday after third Monday in Feb?
ruary and September.
Chester County.?Court of General Ses?
sions, first Monday in March, third Mon?
day in June, and first Monday in Octo?
ber. Court of Common Pleas, Wednes?
day after first Monday in March and Oc?
tober. . .
Fairficld County? Court of General
Sessions, third Monday in March, fourth
Mondav in June, and third Monday in
October. Court of Common Pleas, Wed?
nesday after third Monday in March and
October.
SEVENTH CIRCUIT.
Newberry County.?Court of General
Sessions, first Monday in February, June
and September. Court of Common Pleas,
Wednesday after first Monday in Feb?
ruary and September.
Laurens County?Court of General
Sessions, third Monday in February, sec?
ond Monday in June, and third Monday
in September. Court of Common Pleas,
Wednesday after third Monday in Feb?
ruary and September.
Union County.?Court of General Ses?
sions, first Monday in March, third Mon?
day in June, and first Monday in Octo?
ber. Court of Common Pleas, Wednes?
day after first Monday in, March and Oc?
tober.
Spartanburg County.?Court of General
Sessions, third Monday in March, fourth
Monday in June, and third Monday in
October. Court of Common Pleas, Wed?
nesday after third Monday in March and
October. .
eighth circuit.
Abbeville Counly.-r-Court of General
Sessions, first Monday in February, June
and September. Court of Common
Pleas, Wednesday after first Monday in
February and September.
Anderson County.?Court of General
Sessions, third Monday in February, sec ?
ond Monday in June, and third Monday
in September. Court of Common Plea*;
Wednesday after third Monday in Fcb
ruary and September.
Oconee County.?Court-of General Sc ?
sions, first Monday in March, third Mon
day in June, and first Monday in Oct?
ber. Court of Common Pleas, Wednes
day after fi?st Monday in March'knd Oc?
tober.
Pickens County.?Court of General Ses?
sions, third Monday in March, fourth
Monday in June, third Monday in Octo?
ber. Court of Common Pleas, Wednes?
day after third Monday in March aw I
October.
Greenville County.?Court of General
Sessions, Monday after the fourth Mon?
day in March, first Monday in July, ari l
Monday after the fourth Monday in Oc?
tober. Court of Common Pleas, Wednes?
day after Monday after fourth Monday
in March, the second Monday in July,
and Wednesday after fourth Monday un
October.
? Governor Young, of Ohio, declines
to run for Governor again, because he- ?
says that the salary-r-|4,000 a year?i>*
too small to support him.
? Congressman Mackey is reported a?.
saying that the dissatisfaction among the*
Republicans of Pennsylvania will proba?
bly give the State to the Democrats bv
from ten thousand to fifteen thousan 1.
majority?unless they should count their
nominee in. Unfortunately, that is prob?
ably just what the Republicans of th ?;?
Keystone State will do. Their opposi ti < > ? i
to the Hayes policy, it is safe to say, wbl
not be allowed to stand in the. way-of
local interests, or the scientific manipu?
lation of the returns.
?Senator Kirkwood, of Iowa, has been
fenerally claimed as an indorser of the
'resident's Southern policy.; Senator
Kirkwood has just written a tetter in
which he distinctly intimates that he wfiW
wait to see more of the effects of the pol?
icy before he decides whether to snppom
it. He expresses very decided opposition
to the offering of any resolution indorsing
the President in the approaching Iow.u
Republican convention, because he say <i
it will be impossible to pass .such a res'o ?
lution, and its'offering would only leadl
to dissensions and differences.
? Twelve States will hold;election
during the present year, to wit: Ken?
tucky, August 6; -Vermont, September;
4; California, September 5; Maine,.
September 10; Iowa and Ohio, October:
9; and Massachusetts, Mississippi, New*
York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and.Wi-r;
consin, November 6. In four of these
States . Legislatures are. to be chosen,
which will furnish successors toa/hiV
number of United States Senators ?' whos*?
terms expire on March 4,1879, viz: Kei;
tucky, New York, Ohio and California,
in all of which it is-probable the Demo
crats will be su<*cessinl. :
? Memphis Appeal: We do not i?
tend that the negro race shall bo de?
prived of the right of suffrage in the
South so long as the race by its presence
here with that right entitles us to mane
members of Congress more .than w?S
would otherwise nave. We care ? litth
how the negro votes or whether he vote ji
at all, for we have demonstrated Jobif- '
power to carry the State in spite, of hin?,
but we most strenuously insist that fron?
henceforth the negro most have the rlghu.
to vote., Our Northern brethren.hav^=
put the .stick into our hands, and we tak
infinite pleasure in:breaking their head>t
with it.
? Washington letter to Philadelphia
Evening Star: Notwithstanding Mat -
Veagh's want of rwpularity among bW
Eolitical brethren in the State, he'isin %
igh favor with the administration, and,
mark my word for it, should there be n
break up in the Cabinet after the fall
elections, as there will be undoubtedly,
Mr. MacVeagh will be given a Cabiru t
portfolio. He has already been tendere-1
a foreign mission, but h,e is shrew 1
enough to see higher game in store for
him. Haying once been Minister t<?
Turkey he doesn't propose to go into th-'
diplomatic service again unless the mis?
sion to England or France is thrown art
his feet.
? Previous to his departure for th ^.
North, Gov. Hampton appointed Pro!
B. W. Barnwell Librarian of.tbe Univer?
sity. This appointment, while not per?
manent, is almost equivalent to a peF
manency, as it is thought that Professor.
Barnwell is the most proper arid suitable
person for the place. In this connection
we learn that the Librarian who vacates,
to give way to Professor Barnwell has
rendered a very satisfactory account of.
his stewardship, there being but tw>
books missing since he took possession.
Considering that he was appointed under
a thieving administratiop, in every de?
partment of which theft and peculation,
existed, we are disposed to accord" hiii?
credit for doing his duty.?Cblumbitt
Register.'
"The Conflict of Ages."
Men differ on nearly every issue. There
have always been opposite parties in politics
and religion, though the measures fought4
over one day may be universally adoptedni
another, and those ^sacrificed, regarded a-*
heroes and martyrs. Medicine has also been
subject to revolutionary c^urbarice*.'
When Drs. Harvey and Jenner announced
their discoveries, they were held in con?
tempt and ridicule by an incredulous and
ignorant public, yet to-day they are receive 1
and honored by all as benefactors. When
Dr. Pierce announced his IKscovery, xoixny
seemed to doubt, and were skeptical con-:
cerning all medicines and doctors, but proof
of merit has dispelled all doubt and to-day
the Golden Medical Discovery is the stand?
ard remedy in curing the most obstinate
diseases of the liver and blood, bavin;;
almost entirely superseded the old-time sar
saparillas by reason of its superior merits.
Nobwich, Chenango Co., N; Y., Nov. 3d,
1876.?E. V. Piebce, M. D.: I was afflicted
with a scrofulous affection on one of my
legs. It was very troublesome for over twi?
years, so much so that I could not wear a
hoot, and I had to keep my leg bandagech
It resulted in a raw sore. It got so bad that
it became a general talk thai 1 would have
to undergo amputation' of the' limb. - One
physician told me he never saw sucht? son;
cured. I commenced taking, your .Golden
Medical Discovery together with your Pellet *
as directed on the bottles, and when I had
consumed six bottles of Discovery, my 1r: *?
was entirely well, and has remained so ever.
since?a period of two years?and I would
not swap it for fifty wooden legs.
Yours truly, JOHN SHATT?CK.
NOTICE.
THE firm of TOWERS & BROYLES
was dissolved in September, 1876.
Having purchased the interest of Wm. L4
Broyles in the said firm, of Towers<fc Broyles
I will receive all money due said Towers. A:
Broyles, and pay all debts due by the firm.
AND I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE thjit,
I must have the money due on Notes aii I
Accounts on or before the 1st November*
next. I mean what I say.
A. B. TOWERS.
June 21,1877 _49 _
SORGHUM ! SORGHUM !
W
E ARE the only Agents iu this Coun?
ty for the Celebrated 1
Victor Cane Mills
AND
Cook Evaporators.
These are pronounced everywhere TO BK -
THE BEST. All who wish to buy will due
well to sec us at once. Terms liberal and
prices very low. Circulars and price list'
furnished on application.
SULLIVAN- ?fc CO.
June 2i; 1877 49 lm