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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 28, 1877. The election for Senator from Darling? ton County, to fill the vacancy occasioned by Whittemore's desertion, came off Tuesday, and there is no doubt that Capt. W. C. Coker, of Society Hill, the Democratic nominee, was elected by a handsome majority over W. J. Whipple, the Republican candidate. Darlington will henceforth be a Democratic county. Judge Pierrepont, the United States Minister to the St. James, seems, to use a reaper's phrase, to be "cutting a wide through" in London, which has induced the belief there that he is immensely wealthy. Describing the mode of the American diplomat's life, the London j World says: "Receptions half the day, and dinners and balls at night?when will it all stop ? It is enough to ruin an Astor. Mr. Pierrepont should moderate his transports of gratitude for hospitality received. He has already caused a serious rise in the prices of poultry and American beef, and bis cook must be half dead with work. There is no sleeping ' within a mile of Cavendish square for the rattle of carriages aod the sound of riot? ous living." Mr. Pierrepont is evidently not barrassed seriously by official cares, and from all accounts he, no doubt, finds it much easier to get rid of his large sala? ry than the people of the United States do to pay the taxes which raise that sal? ary. 1 We regret to see, in Governor Hamp? ton's interview with a reporter of the New York Herald, that he has thought fit to express a belief that the great bulk of our State debt is perfectly legitimate. Without the Governor had personally ex? amined the details of this debt he should not express any opinion concerning its nature, while the whole subject is under? going a judicial investigation which he recommended. Such statements are cal? culated to influence the investigation. What the people want now is the truth as founded on the facts connected with the creation of this debt, and not the off? hand belief of any person. The Gover? nor also makes a mistake, we think, in supposing Mr. Hayes to be "a true man, who understands the wants of the entire country." No one can be a true man who.accepts an office which he knows to have been stolen from the people. No one can be a true man who makes such appointments as Stone for District At? torney, of Dunn and Brayton for Collec? tor of Internal Revenue in South Caro? lina, or of Chamberlain for Solicitor of the Treasury. Governor Hampton is evidently over-gratified for the removal of the troops, which measure Mr. Hayes was starved into by the Democratic House failing to vote money to support the army while it was engaged in a coercing sovereign States. Another serious Indian uprising has occurred in the Western portion of Oregon and the Territory of Idaho, in which the non-treaty Nez Perces red men were the leaders. Col. Perry, with one hundred soldiers and some one hun? dred and fifty citizens and friendly In? dians, marched against them, and came upon them in the Carnas Prairie, at the head of White Bird Canon, where the troops dismounted and left about twenty men to hold horees. These, seeing that the Indians were getting the best of the fight, fled precipitately, and left the horses to roam over the fields. The In-1 dians were victorious, .and the slaughter of citizens and soldiers was very great. The citizens are in a state of complete terror, and the military force out there is inadequate to protect them from the marauding bands of Indians who are scouring the country, killing the resi? dents and plundering their property. Anns and ammunition are being rapidly forwarded, and the troops will be rein? forced to a small extent, but the govern? ment is acting entirely too leisurely for such an emergency. Enough soldiers should be forwarded to the scene of trouble tc subjugate completely these wild savages, and protect the citizens of out nation from danger, whether they be inhabitants of the old States or of the younger ones, or even of the territories. Continued leniency has encouraged these uprisings, and it is time to teach those unfriendly Indians that they will be forced to keep upon their reservations, and that they cannot keep this country in continued commotion by their fre? quent lawlessness. Judge Hilton, of New York, the trus? tee under the late A. T. Stewart's will, is obtaining for himself an odious notoriety by his recent order to the managers of the Grand Union Hotel, at Saratoga, which he controls, forbidding them to entertain as guests any Jews during the present season. The Grand Union Hotel was built by Mr. Stewart at a cost of $2,000,000, and is one of the finest hotels in the world. Last season it was largely attended during the recreation season by wealthy Jewish families, and last week Mr. Jos. Seligman, a leading banker of Wall Street and member of the Syndi? cate to place American securities, was refused accommodation under Judge Hilton's directions for himself or family at this Hotel. The action was no doubt prompted by the belief that this discrimi? nation would be pleasing to the Gentile world, but we imagine the mistake will be very soon realized. It is a biggoted and narrow minded act, of which any man in a Christian community should be ashamed. To discriminate against men in public hotels because of their re? ligious opinions, is simply contemptible. There is just as much reason for the ex? clusion of Catholics, Baptists, Metho? dists, Presbyterians, or any other de? nomination from which a proprietor or his guests may differ. There are as per? fect gentlemen among the Jews as can be found in any other sect, and to dis? criminate against a whole class cannot meet public approbation. No one would object to the exclusion of such Jews as might make themselves personally ob? noxious, but common sense, common justice, we might say common humanity, demands that Jews and Gentiles shonld be placed npon the same footing so far as public accommodations are concerned. Wo predict that the result of Judge Hil? ton's experiment will be such as to pre? vent any imitation of his course. OUB NATIONAL FINANCES. The silver dollar question is destined to play an important part in the future of American politics, and its solution will record the settlement of the paper money question to a very great extent. Upon this issue the inflation mania of a few years back is to be fought over again under the guise of a new name, though the results depending upon the settle? ment are vastly more important now than they have ever been heretofore. At the times long years ago when silver and gold dollars were made a legal tender and medium for the payment of debts, both national and individual, the quan? tity of silver in the country was, com? pared to the supply of to-day, very small, and the difference between the value of a silver and a gold dollar was not appreci? able. One was as good as the other for the payment of debts, and continues to be so to this day; but an ingenious device was resorted to in 1873 by the Republi? cans to^ destroy silver as a legal tender, which was accomplished without attract? ing much attention, by simply amending the coinage act in such manner as to omit the manufacture of silver dollars; after which capitalists at the North gath? ered up those in existence as far as pos? sible and withdrew them from trade by exporting them, and also by other means, so that the silver dollar is to-day a rela? tively rare coin. Hence, silver dollars remain legal tenders, but they are not within reach, and hence gold is the only available coin for the payment of debts. Of late years the yield of silver mines has been very great, and as the credit of our government is good, paper currency is preferable for exchange than fractional silver, and to-day greenbacks and nation? al bank notes are more valuable for large transactions than silver, because the former are so much more convenient than the latter. Gold is more valuable than either pa? per or silver money, because it is prac? tically the only coin currency which is a legal tender, and as the quantity of gold is small its value is likely to increase, if the resumption of specie payment is to be effected in 1879, as fixed by law; for in that event every debtor would have to secure gold with which to pay off his ob? ligation, and the government \fould also have to pay its public debt in the same coin. This would of course increase the premium on gold, and be very advanta? geous to Northern capitalists, but at the same time destructive of Southern trade and industries. The Democratic party of Ohio proposes to avoid this state of affairs by causing the coinage of silver dollars to proceed, and then as silver is so abundant and debts could either be paid in gold or silver dollars, the monetary market of our nation would feel the change very slightly, if at all, and paper money would still retain its value; for being more con? venient for transportation than silver, and convertible into it at the option of its holder, every one would prefer a one hundred dollar bank note to one hundred pieces of silver. The effect of adopting this policy would be to continue paper money, but make its value steady and xegulated by specie. The policy of the National Democracy will, in all probability, accord with that of the Ohio Democracy upon the impor? tant subject of finance, and the reasons for it are, it seems to us, both plain and substantial. The Democratic party is the champion of justice and equal rights to all men, and representing these great principles it is bound to advocate such a financial system as will tend to place both capital and labor upon the same footing, so far as a medium of exchange is concerned. To make gold the only legal tender is calculated iu a large meas? ure to advance the interest of bankers and capitalists at the expense of labor and the industries which command small capital, for as the supply of gold is not sufficient for the demands of trade, the same coin would have to be procured by an impracticably large number of persons to effect the changes and discharge the debts incident to trade, or an equivalent in other mediums would have to be ren? dered, and as the limited supply of gold would be in a large measure gathered up by capitalists, the premium on it would be considerable, and labor and trade would be compelled to bear the burden for which capital would derive the ben? efit By making silver also a legal ten? der the supply of the medium for ex? change will be ample to meet the de? mands of trade, and business will move smoothly on. The Republicans, with Secretary Sher? man at their head, will most probably also advocate the remonetization of sil? ver, or in other words, the recoinage of the silver dollar, but will also advocate making silver a legal tender for sums under fifty dollar?, and make gold the only unlimited tender. The intention of this measure is fully in accord with the previous legislation of Radicalism, which has always sought to build up monopo? lies and foster the formation of rings for the purpose of defrauding or oppressing the weak. The injustice of this measure is so great that every one can at once perceive its obvious purpose. If silver be made a tender for sums below fifty dollars, all laborers and employees whose salaries are less than fifty dollars a month would be paid off in silver, while the large creditor would require the gold. The result of such a course would be to depreciate silver and advance the price of gold in a manner most injurious to every one, except the few capitalists who would be so fortunate as to have large sums due them. It is evident that such a policy would tend to build up the great centres of trade, where capital has accu? mulated, at the expense of smaller towns. For instance, the merchants of the inte? rior seldom order a bill of goods less than fifty dollars, and hence their remit? tances would have to be in gold or its equivalent, and as the majority of their sales to individuals are in small sums, they would be paid in silver, which would be a depreciated currency. The same principle would be found to under? lie almost every strata of the business world, and its injury would-be very great. Another wrong which it would do is to compel the payment of the National debt in gold when that debt was con? tracted to be paid in gold or silver. Now there is no reason why this debt should be paid in a dearer coin than it was con? tracted in, and the people are not likely to advocate a policy the object of which is to advance the interest of the few to the damage of the many. These are the probable financial char? acteristics of Uie two National parties, and the content promises to be a warm one. The first battle is to be fought in Ohio, President Hayes' home, and the prospect of Democratic success is very en? couraging indeed. Even old Ben Wade says the State will go Democratic in Oc? tober, by at least twenty thousand major? ity, and if he gives it up the Democrats have strong grounds for hope. Where ever this silver dollar question is made an issue the Democracy may calculate with reasonable certainty upon a trium? phant victory. CHARLESTON JURIES. One of the greatest curses inflicted upon the people'of South Caiolina by Radicalism h...- been the empanelling of corrupt and ignorant juries to sit upon the trials of all cases in Court, whether they involved the persons or the property of our citizens. Nowhere has this curse been more sorely felt than in fair Charles? ton, Carolina's City by the Sea, where the venom of Radicalism, controlled by the Bowcns, Mackeys and such creatures, who managed :hc machinery of govern? ment, has been most destructive to com? merce and public safety. One of the greatest benefits to our State from Demo? cratic rule is the demolition of this fear? ful evil, and <he blessings flowing from the change have already begun to show themselves. At the opening of the Court of General Sessions in Charleston County last week, Judge Reed, in delivering his charge to the Grand Jury, commented upon this subject as follows: The Judge first congratulated the panel upon the change in'affairs, and in this connection he said: Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, from hearing your names called over, together with the names of the persons summoned to appear before the Court as petty jurors, and from your appearance in your places, I think I have cause to congratulate the people of the city and county of Charleston upon the very rapid advance towards good govern? ment in the matters of juries at least. It has been patent to every one that during the past few years the juries in this county have been made up, in large measure, of incompetent men?persons unfit to sit on a jury, and who were violent and vicious. This condition of affairs was not due to any fault or defect of the law, but rather to those individuals who were called upon to administer the law. The law by its very letter as well ai its spirit con? templates tha' every man summoned to sit on a jury shall be a select man, dis? tinguished among his fellows for his peculiar fitness for that position. But unfortunately the letter and the spirit of the law have been alike overlooked, if not wilfully violated, by the persons whose duty it was to prepare the jury lists and draw the jurors. If, therefore, we have obtained at this session good men, and have substituted intelligence and virtue for ignorance and vice, it is a stride towards good government of which the country may well be proud. 'Your duty, gentlemeu, is an important one to? wards the court and the community in which you live. You are the right arm of the court, and are in a great measure the conservators of the public, peace of the City and County of Charleston. If you will reraen-ber the terms of your oath, it indicates to you, in a great meas? ure, the duties you are expected to per? form and the manner for performing them. You hav<? each of you sworn that you will dilligently inquire and true pre? sentment make of all such matters and things as shall be given you in charge. The'State's counsel, your fellows, and your own you will well and truly keep secret. You wi.'l present no one from envy; hatred or malice, nor will you leave any one unpresented for fear, favor, affec? tion, reward, or hope of reward. But you will present all things truly as they may come to your knowledge, according t? the best of your understanding. So help you God. That is the oath that each of you have taken. There will be given you in charge by the Court, through the Solicitor, sundry bills of indictment in writing, embracing all the species of crime known to our calendar. It will be your duty to inquire into them and pass upon them. The Court will also give you in charge ora.'ly a number of public matters, which it will be your duty to in? quire into during your term of service. A crisis in the affairs of France has been reached. Our readers are aware that the government of this fickle nation is at present Republican in form, and that General McMahan is its President with a term of office which ends in 1880. At the time of his election the President was an ardent advocate and champion of the republic, and its destinies was considered safe in bis hands. Since his inauguration, however, he has pursued a course tending to make the form of government stronger and more mooarcbial in its real charac? ter, while he has kept up the professions of zeal for the republic. In May last, there was a chauge in the cabinet, and a ministry hostile tc the present constitu? tion was formed, under which the admin? istration made a long stride towards ab? solutism. The liberty of the press was destroyed in a large measure. Editors .were fined and imprisoned for criticising the President or his government, and other acts hostile to tho Republican principles of the government were per? formed. The Chamber of Deputies which corresponds very much to our House of Representatives, on tho 19th instant, after a spirited debate, by a vote of 3G3 to 153 passed a resolution of censure on the ministry as follows : Whereas, the ministry formed May 17th under the presidency of the Duke De Broglie was c?lled to the direction of public affairs coutrary to the law of the majority, which is the leading principle of parliamentary government, and has, since assuming office, avoided giving ex? planations to the national representa? tives; whereas it has incited the admin? istration to crush universal suffrage by all the means at its disposal; whereas it represents merely a coalition of monarch? ists, guided by inspirations from the cler? ical party; wheref" it has allowed at? tacks on the national representatives and incitements to violation of law to pass unpunished; whereas, on all these ?rounds, it imperils peace and order, aud istiirbs business and geueral interests, therefore the house declares that the ministry does not possess the confidence of the nation. The result of this action under the laws of France, requires a vote of the people, and if they sustain the ministry no change will be made, but if they sustain the Chamber of Deputies a new ministry will have to be appointed. Upon this elec? tion depends the fate of the French re? public. IfMcMah.tn is not condemned, like Louis Napoleon and like Napoleon Bonaparte he will lead the people on by degrees until he is proclaimed King or Emperor. The election will be ordered soon, and by its result we may judge of the stability of the republic. ? Turnips of the ruta-baga sorts may be sown at the end of June. SUSTAINING ITS DIGNITY. The following order was made by the Supreme Court at its last sitting: On motion of the Attorney General, it is Ordered, That the defendant, F. L. Cardozo, do show cause before this Court, if any he has, on the fourth Tuesday in November next, at 11 o'clock a. m., why the judgment rendered against him in the said proceeding on the 25th day of November, 1876, should not be enforced. A. J. WlLLABD, C. J. S. C. June 19, 1877. Similar orders were made in the cases of the State vs. William Stone, H. W. Purvis. T. C. Dunn and H. E. Hayne, in re Sims et al. vs. Hayne c.t al., for con? tempt. This action on the part of the Supreme Court is dignified, and most opportune and proper. The defendants, it will be remembered, composed the board of State canvassers in the last election, and in the performance of the duties of that office disobeyed the mandate of the Supreme Court as to the manner of counting the vote for the various officers voted for in South Carolina, for which contempt they were sentenced by the Supreme Court to imprisonment and twenty-five hundred dollars fine, but were liberated in a few days in a most arbitrary and unjustifiable manner by Judge Bond, of the United States Court. To have allowed this to have beeu an end of the case would have been in the highest degree degrading to the independence and dignity of the highest judicial tribunal of a.great State. To establish as a precedent that a parti? san and bigottcd circuit judge of the United States can reverse the action of the Supreme Court of a State is to annul all the usages of the past, and uttcrly destroy. the last vestige of State rights. Hence, the propriety of the Court main? taining its position; and Judges Willard and Mclver arc to be congratulated upon the step they have taken to vindicate the dignity and uphold the jurisdiction of our State Courts. Without undue haste they have quietly ordered the parties to show cause next November why the original sentences should not be enforced against them. The defendants arc given ample time in which to make their an? swer, and the decision will certainly be founded upon the great principles of law, administered without partiality or preju? dice. Judge Bond cannot, and even dares not, interfere to avert the result of the decision, and we predict the affair will result in these ex-radical chieftains having to pay pretty dearly for the whis? tle which they were not permitted to en? joy blowing very long. If it costs these men twenty-five hundred dollars each, the privilege of keeping Mr. Cham? berlain in office for the short term of four months was scarcely worth the money. The way of the transgressor is hard. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE DENIES. The following letter from the Chief Justice, denies the report started by the Baltimore Sun. It will no doubt be gratifying to the people of the United States to know that the highest judicial officer of our government has not been guilty of the impropriety charged. The following is the letter of denial : Washington, D. C, June 18,1877. My Dear Governor?I have to-day seen for * he first time an article which, as I understand, has gone the rouuds of the press, to the effect that I was not satisfied with special attentions I received while I was in Charleston. Most certainly I hope my friends will not believe me guil? ty of any such foolish complaints. I have never said a word from which any such inference could be drawn, and no such thought was in my heart. It has annoyed me exceedingly. My daughter is as much annoyed as I am with this newspaper paragraph. I am, as ever, very sincerely yours, R. M. WAITE. Hon. Wm. Aiken. The campaign of Russia against Turkey has at last become active. Last week we announced the reverses of the Turks around Kars, and now we record the long talked-of crossing of the Danube, which took place at Ibrail last Saturday, amid the greatest rejoicing of the Rus? sians and without the slightest opposition from the Turks. The Russians made a strong show along the river for a great distance, and began heavy cannonading at several points, which no doubt deceived the Turks. The bridge at Ibrail and the crossing was completed with very great rapidity under the very eyes of the Czar himself. Unless other European powers become involved soon, Russia will con? quer Turkey very speedily. The Otto? man government is out of money, and cannot obtain any, even by a forced loan. It is invaded from two sides, and is strongly menaced by internal revolts. The Turkish management has been ex? ceedingly bad. The Sultan maintains an army of sixty thousand men in Monte? negro, where they can accomplish noth? ing, and yet his army on the Danube is too small to prevent the Russian advance. These men should have been transferred to Armenia or to the Dauube, where they could have assisted in fighting the Rus? sians. A few more weeks of such blun? dering will put an end to the tyranny of Mahommedanism, and subject Turkey to the terms of conquering Russia. The case of the State vs. Charles W. Buttz, the individual who pretended to be Solicitor of the First Circuit, and to hold the office of member of Congress at the same time, was heard in Columbia before the Supreme Court last week, and the following order made therein: Supreme Court?April Term, 1877. ?The State vs. C. W. Buttz, quo warranty, ?It is determined and adjudged that, by the acceptance by the defendant of the office of member of the House of Repre? sentatives of the Congress of the United States, au office incompatible with the office of Solicitor of the First Circuit, held by said defendant at the time of such ac? ceptance, the said last mentioned office became, and was vacated and abandoned by the defendant. It is further ordered, on motion of the Attorney General, that judgment of ous? ter do issue against the defendant with costs. A. J. Willard, Chief Justice S. C. J?ne 19, 1877. This disposes finally of another carpet? bagger in South Carolina, and the people of the First Circuit will greatly rejoice in securing the services of an efficient and upright prosecuting officer to fill this dual office-holder's post. ? The Democrats of Richlaud County succeeded in electing their candidate, Mr. Andrew Crawford, Probate Judge over the Republican nominee by a ma? jority of 496. This is a great triumph for them, and goes to show how complete? ly the State has beeu redeemed from Radicalism, THE SHIELDS GUARDS. SPEECHES OF GOVERNORS ROBINSON AND HAMPTON. Side by Side, New York and South Car olina. Auburn, N. Y., June 20,1877. An imposing demonstration was made here to-day on the occasion of the visit of General Shields, Governor Robinson and Governor Hampton to attend the Shields Guard anniversary. The city was decorated and an immense crowd of people filled the streets along the line of the procession. Many officials and prom? inent military gentlemen were in the city, and the procession was nearly a mile in length. " the reception address. The exercises were held in a grove near the city, and Hon. T. M. Pomeroy made an eloquent reception address, in which he refercd in appropriate terms to the distinguished gentlemen present and gave a sketch of the. organization and history of the military company to honor which they had come together, and closed by extending a hearty welcome to all present and by presenting the thanks of the Guards. His Honor Mayor McCrea then intro? duced Governor Robinson, who was re? ceived with enthusiastic rounds of ap? plause, and delivered an address of wel? come to Governor Hampton in behalf of the Empire State. speech of governor robinson. Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citi? zens?I appear before you for the pur? pose of introducing to you a distinguished gentleman, the Governor of the State of South Carolina, aud welcoming him to this our own State. Governor Hampton, I am aware that your visit here is unoffi? cial and prompted by motives of personal friendship to the venerable veteran of the Mexican war who is with us aud the mil? itary organization which bears his hon? ored name,-but-I cheerfully avail myself of the occasion to welcome you to the State of New York. In doing this I need not refer to events that have passed into the history of the country, nor those of a purely political character, but only to those of recent occurrence and national importance. The manly and heroic qual? ities which you have shown within the last six months have established your fame forever in the hearts of the Ameri? can people. (Applause.) When, after you naa been elected Governor by the people of South Carolina, you found the Capitol of your State in possession of fed? eral troops forbidding your entrance and compelling the members of your Legisla? ture to pass under the censorship of an armed military guard, the inevitable popular excitement created thereby spread over the whole country and uni? versal apprehension and alarm prevailed. When it was seen that a single indiscreet word or action on your part would rekin? dle the flames of civil war and again deluge the land with blood you uttered no such word, you performed no such act. With patience, with moral courage and with absolute self-command you met the storm of human passion and arrested its pro? gress with your own voice, and by your well deserved magnetic power over your people you upheld the majesty of the law. (Enthusiastic applause.) You preserved peace; you appealed from the injustice and wrong which you were suffering to the reason and conscience of the nation. Your appeal was heard; your vindica? tion came; truth and justice triumphed. (Cheers.) The federal troops no longer march through your legislative halls ; you are fully installed in the possession of your office and your rights as Governor of your State. The moral courage which wins such a victory under such circum? stances is of a higher and better order of heroism than is ofteu shown on the battle field. I am sure that I speak the voice of the Empire State when I once more bid you welcome to her soil, alike for your per? sonal worth and your high position in the gallant State of which you are the honored chief. (Applause.) In these days of corruption and extravagance in the public service New York is proud to hail you as the chosen leader of your peo? ple in the war waged by all good citizens against official malfeasance and legisla? tive traffic in the rights of men. (Great applause.) Tho record of your life as nures us that in this struggle for honest government South Carolina could have no nobler chieftain and New York no more worthy ally. (Long continued ap? plause.) Fellow Citizens?I have now the honor to present you His Excellency Wade Hampton, Governor of South Car? olina. governor hampton's speech. Governor Hampton responded as fol? lows : Mr. Chairman, Your Excellency and My Fellow Citizens of New York?I need not say to you how pro? foundly I have been touched by the too flattering remarks of the gentlemen who have presented me to you and how cor? dially I appreciate the compliments they have paid my native State. I come, as your Governor has said, not in an official capacity; I did not even come to take an active part in the demonstration of the Shields Guard and citizens of Auburn. I came solely to join in paying honor to a gallant soldier and my old friend, Gen? eral Shields. I came at his request to bring from South Carolina that flag which waved over him in those glorious battles on the hills and plains of Mexico ?that flag which derives not a little of its lustre from his brilliant achievements. (Applause.) That was the flag?(here 'the battle flag of the Palmetto regiment was held up by Captain Hogan and re? ceived with cheers)?that was the flag, my friends, which Was first placed on the walls of the city of Mexico, over "the halls of the Montezuraas." It was the last flag to wave as the conquering army left the capital, the regiment remaining by request of the Mexican city authori? ties and forming the rear guard. That regiment, my friends, went out 1,100 strong, comprising the best blood in the State, young men buoyant with life and hope. It returned to South Carolina with 220 men, and now but a small rem? nant of them are left to guard this sacred relic. I am sure they would have loaned [it for no other purpose than that it [might here do houor to a man who did honor to it. (Applause.) the late contest. Your distinguished Governor has been pleased to allude to the contest in South Carolina. That, my friends, was not a political struggle. It rose far higher than any such contest ever waged on this continent. It was a contest for civiliza? tion, for home rule, good government, for life itself. It was a contest waged by the people of South Carolina, not, as dema? gogues would tell you, against Northern men: It was a contest waged against carpet-baggers, aud when I say carpet? bagger I mean by that thief. (Applause.) We do not call any Northern man, any Irishman, any German, any Englishman who settles in our midst as an honest cit? izen a carpet-bagger. We welcome such with open arms. We tell them to come to our genial skies aud fertile soil. Come one, come all, and I pledge them in the name of the State a hospitable, warm? hearted reception. We do not ask whether they are Republicans or Demo? crats. I want to impress this upon your minds, and will do it by an illustration of what Mas done by the Democratic Legislature of South Carolina, almost its first action, when.a vacancy occurred on the Supreme bench of that State. A chief justice was to be elected. It was a place which had been filled by men of the very highest reputation in our common? wealth. Names of honored sons of Caro? lina, who would have done honor to any bench, in any country, were presented, but that Democratic Legislature elected to the Supreme Court a citizen of New York, who came to the State as a soldier, and who is a Republican. (Applause.) What further proof do you want that we are not governed by a proscriptive poli? cy ? Does it not show that we have ful? filled the pledges and promises made during the last canvass, to make no dis? tinction on account of race, color or par? ty? (Applause.) We wanted to show you people of the North that we were actuated by the highest and most patriot? ic feeling. We knew that Judge Willard was an honest man ; no stain was upon his ermine, and though he differed from the Democratic Legislature in politics, they elected him to position. We did not wage a political canvass. We were fighting for every interest dear to free? men, and, thanks to the brave and true men and glorious women of South Caro? lina, this war for good government was successful?they have established it in every department of the State govern? ment. They have accomplished this, and they now propose fulfilling to the very letter the pledges which I made and ap? pealed to high Heaven to witness, that they should De carried out. I declared that if elected I would be Governor of-the whole people of South Carolina; that I should know no race, no party, no color; that all men who stood on the soil of South Carolina, native or foreign born, white or black, should be equal before the law, and, so help me God, it shall be done. (Enthusiastic applause.) I am glad to say the bitterness which marked that strife is bassing away, and I say to you men of New York, as I say at home, I owe my election to the colored men of South Carolina. (Applause.) Thou? sands of them voted for me, knowing that I had been a good friend of their race, knowing that I was the first man after the war to recommend that they should be given the right of suffrage, and I have never yet changed my opinion on this subject. Knowing this, they sustained me in large numbers, and I am happy to say that nearly all the fears of the more ignorant are passing away, and they are satisfied that they will'be dealt with in all respects as citizens of South Carolina. We intend to try and elevate them, edu? cate them and show them the responsi? bilities as well as the blessings of liberty. We want them, as other citizens of America and South Carolina, to be wor? thy of the great boon of citizenship of this great Republic a united country. My friends, I must again thank you for this cordial greeting, doubly gratify-, ing because it is the voice of New York reverberating to South Carolina. I come, as I said, to do honor to my distingushed friend, General Shields. He wore the blue, and I wore the grey, but we can let the curtain drop over those years and go back to the time when that flag, borne by him, waved alike over the men of the South and the men of the North, and we can look beyond to the future when through all time that flag shall float over a free and prosperous and reunited coun? try. (Applause.) I say this to you?a Southern man, a rebel?for when I fought I fought as hard as I knew how against you, and I say also that if that flag floats, as it should do, over free and equal States ; if it shall be the symbol of liber? ty and equality and justice to all the States, and every man of every State, the men of the South will honor it and love it as of old, and the time may come once more when New York and South Caroli? na shall stand shoulder to shoulder against a common enemy and their blood mingle upon the soil. (Ap? plause.) My friends, I shall bear this cordial greeting back home with me to the little Palmetto State, an?! assure our people that your hearts-hcre throb kindly for us. I trust in God that a better future is before the whole country, and that we shall have peace, prosperity arid liberty to every man upon the Coutinent. (Ap? plause.) speech of general shields. General Shields was then introduced and said: Fellow-Citizens and Fellow-Sol? diers?I left home the other day to visit Auburn, expecting to make the acquain? tance of the Shields Guard and thank them for the honor of bearing my name. I expected to make the acquaintance of a good many people of Auburn and thank them for the kindness they have shown all these years to the Shields Guard. But such an occasion as this I did not expect, and am a little bewil? dered ; such a brilliant spectacle I was not prepared for. I did not dream you had such a great city here, and that you would turn out to give me such welcome. If there is one company in America that ought to be proud to-day it is the Shield Guard of Auburn. Here is the Governor of your great Empire State, New York, a man that I was more anxious to see than any other man in the State. Why ? Because the name has been borne over our prairies until it has become a house? hold word with us, and I will give you the reason?his incorruptible iutegrity, his inflexible purpose, rising above the pitiful devices of the politician and con? ducting the affairs of this great State in the interests of the whole people. He is here to-day to welcome the Governor ol old gallant, chivalrous South Caroliua? (applause)?and also to weleome me. (Applause and laughter.) This company 'deserves a great deal of credit for what it has done, not because it has kept up my name, though I am most gratified for that, (I had a great many companies called after me once, but when I weut into obscurity they went into nothing? ness), and their captain is a man of vim. 1 do not believe there is a man on earth could have dragged mc from home but that same gentleman. But I thank him from my heart and thank you citizens of Auburn for bringing me here. It is a glorious day in my life; and here is the Governor of South Carolina come to honor the anniversary, Wade Hampton savior of his State. If there is one mau in America who should be welcomed in our State that man is Governor Hamp? ton. (Applause.) There does uot live a people more ready to appreciate true greatness than the people of this great Empire State. He has redeemed South Carolina without doing,.wrong or injus? tice to any man, or class of meu of any color. What a magnanimous example to other States of the Uuiou! Yes, he is welcome here and welcome everywhere in this broad laud. He is a representa? tive man. He represents his own State; represents American manhood; repre? sents the best qualities of human nature ?justice, moderation, and true American conservatism. (Applause.) Napoleon once said of one of his generals that if he had a hundred such men he would place France at the head of the world. If we had a succession of Governors like Rob? inson and Hampton it would place America at the head of the world. Now I am coming in for a large share of praise for all this, and that is what be? wilders me. I am not a Governor nor a distinguished citizen?I am simply a private citizen, living iu retirement and almost obscurity. I am a kind of far? mer. All my reputation is that I am an honest man and about the poorest farmer iu Carroll county, and yet this has great significance; it has a great many mean? ings. Twenty-five years ago this com? pany was organized in Auburn. It as? sumed my name and emblazoned it on its standard. It has kept up that name for twenty-five years; it keeps it up now, and it has never sullied the name from that day to this. an unsullied name. Sixty-seven years ago I#was born to the inheritance of that name. I have borne it for that number of years through all the trials of peace and war. Your gathering here to-day is a certificate to all the world that the name you bear and the name I bear is still unsullied. Such a certificate was well worth a visit to Auburn. I suppose the members of this company, like myself, are all "adopted citizens, and I tell you we will not yield to any native citizen in fidelity to the United States government. The Irish have proved it on many occasions, in every oattle field in America and in all countries I believe. They are fond of a free fight. (Laughter.) They love a battle for the excitement of it, not from love of carnage, like the savage or Bashi Bazouk, but for the fun of the thing. (Laughter.) A reception in houor of the dis? tinguished visitors was given in the even? ing by Hon. Charles N. Boss, which was attended by 4,000 people. The festivi? ties of the day closed with a military ball at the armory. The election for members of the House of Representatives from Charleston Coun? ty took place on Tuesday last, and the result is extremely doubtful, though it will be ascertained very soon now. The Republicans nominated a portion of the Democratic nominees on their ticket, and the election of these men is certain. The Democratic ticket is composed of Messrs. C. G. Mcmrainger, B. H. Rutledge, Ber? nard O'Neill, C. H. Simon ton, F. Mel chers, J. F. Ficken, G. Lamb Buist, D. W. Erwin, S. C. Eckhard, R. D. White, R. B. Rhett.T. B. Hacker, B. K. Kinlock, E. 0. Hall, J. C. Cain, J. C. McKewn, Henry Harper. This is a very strong nomination, and we hope it has carried the County, thereby redeeming it for the future from Radicalism. The case of the Penitentiary convict, Peter Smith, who was pardoned by cx Gov. Chamberlain, and who obtained a writ of habeas corpm directing his dis? charge from Judge Carpenter at the time he made his famous decision recognizing Chamberlain as Governor, has been de? cided by the Supreme Court.- Judges Willard and Mclver concur in making the following order, which reverses Judge Carpenter's order, and remands Peter back to the felon's cell: Supreme Court?April Term, 1877. ?Ex parte Peter Smith, Habeas Corpus.? The Superintendent of the State Peni? tentiary having appealed from the order and judgment of the Circuit Court di? recting the said Peter Smith to be re? leased from the custody of the said Su? perintendent. It is ordered and adjudged that the judgment and order of the Circuit Court be reversed and set aside, and the said respondent, Peter Smith, be reman? ded to the custody of the Superintendent to be held under the sentence of the . Court of General Sessions. STATE NEWS. ? York comes along with the "oldest inhabitant." Mr. Daniel Seahorn, of that county, is ninety-six years old, can chop firewood and read without glasses. ? Under the recent act of the Legisla? ture, authorizing the appointment of the Board of Regents of the Lunatic Asylum from Richland County, Governor Hamp: ton has selected the following gentlemen \ General John S. Preston, Captain W. B. Stanley, J. M, Smith, Dr. B. W. Taylor, C. H. Manson, Henry Davis, John T. Rhett, Col. Win. Wallace and Dr. C. H. Miot. These gentlemen enter at once upon the important duties assigned them, and hold their appointment for six years, serving without compensation. ? The Edgefield Advertiser says that Judge Kersbaw opened Court on Monday, the ISth inst., at Edgefield C. H., and the whole appearance and atmosphere of the Court room seemed as if purified by lightning from heaven. It will be seen from this that Carpenter has given up the ghost, and the trausformation under the administration of the judicial office by a Democrat is truly as gratifying as it is great. ? Gazette: Camden has a population of nearly, three thousand inhabitants, sixty-two stores, three hotels, two grist mills and two cotton gins, six blacksmith shops four excellent physicians, three accomplished dentists, four white church? es and three colored, two cabinet shops, oue gin factory, a large brickyard, two tinware factories, half a dozen good schools, five shoe shops, ten barrooms, a good brass band, three magnificent water powers, and twelve as good lawyers as can be found in any town in theJState. Where's the town in South Carolina that can make a better showing than this? - ? The South Carolina Railroad Com? pany has made its usual summer excur? sion rates to and from the up-country, adding several new points to those to which excursion rates have heretofore been made, and extending the time to December 1st. Among the new points is Tryon City, the terminus of the Spartan burg and Ashevillc Railroad, and the traveling public will be no less delighted than astounded to know that there will be no change of cars between Columbia and Tryon City. ? The following gentlemen have been appointed aides-de-camp to his Excel? lency the Governor ana Commander-in Chief, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colo? nel : John S. Fairley, Charles Richardson Miles, Win. Burden, Rudolph Seigling, Charleston;' Frank Hampton, Richlana ; Rawlins Lowndes, Colleton; C. S. McCall, Marlboro; N. G. Chafee, Lancaster; Jos. H. Earlc, Sumter; Ralph Izard, George? town ; James W. Moore. Beaufort; Jas. L. Orr, Anderson; Ricnard C. Watts, Laurens; W. C. Swaffield and W. R. Cathcart, Richland. It is with sincere regret that the citi? zens of Greenville will learn that the question of the removal of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has been settled, and that the next session of the institution will be opened in the city of Louisville, in the State of Kentucky. This decision will deprive our place in the winter time of quite a number of residents, who contributed socially, relig? iously and financially to its prosperity. The Seminary created an atmosphere for good in the city and surrounding country that no other* institution can produce. In consequence of its long location here, the people in the country adjacent to our city, have been accustomed ? to much Bible instruction and expounding of the book of Books, which they will now be forced to relinquish. This feature is a great loss with our population. We have been speaking of the labors of the Pro? fessors and students of the Seminary in connection with their studies. As a considerable part of the great loss to be sustained in the foregoing removal, will be the taking from our midst of the Professors of the Seminary. We cannot adequately describe the^feeliugs our peo? ple will experience, in giving up of those giants in Theology, Christian practice and exemplifications of Bible teachings, Drs. Broadus, Toy and Whitsitt. Their highly moral and religious power in the community as well as in the higher walks of our social life, will be transferred to that of the new field of the Seminary, and thus will be realized one of the most prized boons insured to us through the presence of this school of the prophets. ?Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer. FOUTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS, VVUl euro or prevent Disoase." BARGAIN! ALOT of BACON SHOULDERS for sale low. If you want a bargain in Bacon .Shoulders, call at once on A. B. TOWERS. June 23, 1^77 50 CIRCULAR. COLUMBIA, 8. C June 14,1877. To J. N. CAR WILE, School Commiuwner of An? derson County, SC: Sir?The General Assembly'' at its recent session appropriated $100,000, exclusive of the poll tax, for the support of the Free Common Schools for this fiscal year. The amount to which your County is entitled ts $4678.75. A heavy penalty having been imposed for the non-payment of the poll tax, it is believed that the amount derived from this source will be much larger than in any previous year. The law provides that the poll tax shall be retain? ed by the County Treasurers, and that it shall bo expended for school purposes in the township in vbich.it is collected. If the schools in your Coun? ty have been closed this year, I would advise yon to open them as soon as possible, and to keep them open until the above mentioned amount and tho amount (as nearly as you can estimate it) to be de? rived from the poll tax are exhausted. If. howev? er, the indebtedness for work done during this fiscal year is equal to the amount to which your County is entitled, the schools should be closed at once. You will please report promptly to this office whether the schools are open or not, as it is my desire to visit those Counties In which the schools are in operation. In advance of the publi? cation of the Acts passed at the recent session of the General Assembly, I will call your attention to the following summary of the amendments to the School Law: 1. Teachers' certificates and all claims against the Free School Fund must be sworn to by persons presenting the claims. All Trustees are authorized and required to administer oaths, free of charge, to persons by whom such claims are presented. 2. The same person cannot act as Trustee and Teacher of a public school. 3. The law authorizing the levy of a District School Tax has been repealed. 4. The compensation allowed County School Com? missioners is three dollars a day for the tune actu? ally employed provided the number, of days in each and every year for which said compensation shall be allowed shall in no ease exceed one hun? dred days, except in the County of Charleston, where the number of days shall not exceed one hundred and fifty. This is tho year in which the Trustees are requi? red to make, or to have made, an enumeration of all children between the ages of six and sixteen years. The District School Tax having been abol? ished, there is.no fund from which the Trustees can be paid for this work. They are, however, earnestly requested to make the enumeration. The work is not onerous, and it is of the utmost impor? tance that it should be done.. Without the infor? mation thus obtained, it will be impossible for the Legislature at the regular session to make a correct estimate upon which to base the appropriation for free schools for the next year. At five cents per capita, which has heretofore been allowed for thi* enumeration, the expense of making it, assuming that the school population is about what it was im 1S75, would be nearly $12,000. The saving of this; amount will surely be.-to all Trustees who really desire to promote the interests of the public schools, sufficient inducement to perform this im? portant work without pay. Permit me to call -your attention to the, impor? tance of having men of intelligence andhigh char? acter on your Boards of Examiners and Boards of Trustees. The efficiency of the public school system must depend greatly upon the manner in which these Boards are organized. "Partisan instruction in the schools" Is forbidden, and the best guarantee which you can give that this wise provision of the law will he enforced will be the selection of com? petent persons for Examiners and Trustees. I suggest, wherever it is practicable, that both races ana both political parties be represented on these Boards. Many of the school officers, and especially the Trustees, are notoriously incompetent. To re? tain them will reflect great discredit upon the School Commissioners, and will be a wrong to the people of the State. It is my intention to request the Circuit Judges to Instruct the Grand Juries to investigate the management of the public schools in the different Counties, and shall ask the Courts to use their authority to remove all school officers, who, through ignorance or neglect, fall to discharge their duties. As soon as possible after the closing of the schools you wiU please send to this office all reports which you are required to make. Delay on the part of any one Commissioner will retard the preparation of my report. There will be no meeting this'year of the Board of Education, no appropriation having been made to pay the mileage of members. School officers should bear in mind that the money appropriated for this year cannot be used to meet deficiencies for previous years. Very respectfully, HUGH S. THOMPSON, State Superintendent of Education. Oyyice County School Commissioner, Axdebson, June 28,1877. Trustees will please take notice of the above or? der, and give Its suggestions and -requests their prompt and careful attention. ' J. CABWILE, School Commissioner Anderson County. June 2a, 1877 ._50 : .: ? ?' X- - 2 SCHOOL *ffOTI<CE. THE Trustees will find below.the pro* rata share of State funds for their respective School Dis? tricts, apportioned on the basis of School attend? ance : ? School District. No. Am't. Fork. Pendleton. Garvin. Brushy Creek.. Rock Mills. Centrerille.. Hopcwcll. Williamston?.. Savannah. Varennes. Broadaway. Belton. Dark Corner.... Hall. Martin. Honea Path... Anderson'.. 270 56 319 72 299 Gt 4|3I3 82 180 75 284 38 194 40 360 69 261 88 285 18 310 08 235 37 160 66 286 79 235 37 253 47 375 15 All Free Schools will be opened on the 9th of July, 1877. Trustees will not overdraw their re? spective amounts, and notify other Trustees of the amounts drawn by them on their School Districts. The Board of Examiners will meet on the first Saturday, the 7th day, of July, for the purpose of examining applicants as Teachers who hove not re? ceived certificates. I would further givo notice that I am authorial to pay school claims for the month of March, 1877, and aU persons holding these claims can secure payment l>y presenting the same, properly proven, to me. J. N. CABWILE, School Commissioner Anderson County. June 28,1877 50 2 Assessment Notice. NOTICE is hereby given that the Coun? ty Auditor's Office will be open on and from the#0th day of July, 1877, to and including the 28th day of August, 1877, for the reception, of the Returns of Personal Property in Anderson County for the year 1877. Deputies will be at the places hereinafter named to receive Returns of Personal Prop? erty for the said year 1877: Brushy Creek?At W. D. Sitton's, 10th and 11th July. Garvin?At Bethany, 12th and 13th July. Hope well?At Carpenter & Anderson's Store, 14th July. Williamston?July 16th and 17th. Belton?July 18th and 19th. Broadway?At Neal's Creek, 20th July*. Hall?At Milford's Store, 23rd and 24th July. Martin?At Reuben Clinkscales' Mill, 25th and 26th July. Honea Path?Julv 27th and 28th. Fork?At W. T. GruUb's Store, 30th and 31st July. Savannah?At Holland's Store, 1st and 2nd August. Dark Corner?At Sherard's Store, 3rd aud 4th August. Pendleton?August 7th, 8th and 9th. After the 28th day of August next, all Returns received are Additional Returns, and a penalty of fifty per cent, is added, except in cases where tax-payers have a lawful excuse. Property is valued at its worth on the 1st day of June, 1877. Parties having bought and sold Real Estate between the 1st day of June, 1876, and the 1st day of June, 1877. will please have a note of it made on their blank. T. J. PICKENS, Auditor Anderson Couhtv. June 28, 1877 50 2 SORGHUM! SORGHUM! W E ARE the only Agents in this Coun? ty for the Celebrated Victor Cane Mills AND Cook Evaporators. These are pronounced everywhere TO BE THE BEST. All who wish to buy will do well to see us at once. Terms liberal and prices very low. Circulars and price list furnished on application. SULLIVAN & CO. June 21, 1877 49 lm NOTICE. ALL persons are hereby notified not to employ or harbor my son, ORANGE THOMPSON, who is a minor, about 18 years old, who has left mc without my leave. He is near six feet high, and of light brown color. Persons neglecting this notice will be proceeded against at law. DANIEL THOMPSON. June 2S, 1877 50 1 NOTICE. THE firm of TOWERS & BROYLES was dissolved in September, 1870. Having purchased the interest of Wui. L. Broylcs in the said firm of Towers <fcBroyles. I will receive all money due said Towers & Broyles, and pay all debts due by the firm. AND I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that _ must have the money due on Notes and Accounts on or before the 1st November next. I mean what I say. - A. B. TOWERS. June 21, 1877 4?,