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Concluded Crom first Page. Long, Keitfc, Boozer, Eichelberger, Stra kor, Livingston, Curtis, Fine; FiTlebrown, Weston, Logan, Frank Carter, William Carter, Stuart, Hudson, Suber, Robin son, Griffin, Johnson, Lee, Douglass, Mobley, Cannon?69. Noes?Hayne, Peel, Parker, Bamp field, Wilson, Miller, McKinlay, Shrews? bury, Pitts, Deas, Rafra, Moultrie, Dun can, Wright, Goode, Webster, Jefferson, McMullen, Hendrix, Bawls, Holloway, Crawford, Pinckney, Stubbs, Coghlan, Swails, Mouzon, Montgomery, Roberts, Morrison, Rue, Scott?85. The committee on Platform and Reso? lutions, desiring to finish their delibera? tions, at 2.45 a recess until half-past 4 was taken in order to allow them time to prepare a full report. At the appointed hoar the convention reassembled, and the members having said all that they desired to be kept from the outer world, a motion was made and adopted to hold an open session. The doors were thrown open a few minutes later and the reporters and spec? tators were permitted to enter. But few of the latter, however, were present, as they had become wearied by the long session of the morning and early after? noon. The Committee on Platform and Reso? lutions submitted their report. Mackey suggested that each plank of the platform oe acted upon separately, but the Chair ruled that it would be read and acted on as a whole. Swails then proceeded to read the platform, which was listened to with the closest attention and vociferousty ap? plauded several times. It is as foil Ions: 1. The Republican party of the State of South Carolina, in convention assem? bled, believing that the principles of equal civil and political rights are vital to the interests of good government, and that they can only be enforced by the party which has engrafted them upon the State and national constitutions, hereby reaffirm their earnest adhesion to the platform and principles adopted by the National Republican Convention at Cincinnati on the 16th day of June, 1876. 2. We reiterate our abhorrence and repudiation of all forms of violence, in? timidation or fraud in the conduct of elections, or for political purposes, and \ denounce the same as a crinjg against the liberty of American citizens as well as the common rights of humanity; and while we insist upon and will zealously guard the right of every citizen freely to choose his political party, and deny the unfounded charge that the Republican party countenances any interference with r the colored voters who may choose to vote the/Democratic ticket, we do pro? test against and denounce the practice inaugurated in the campaign of 1876, and again revived in some counties by the Democratic party, of attending Re Enblican meetings and conventions, and y show of force and other forms of in timidatiOD disturbing such meetings, vor taking part therein without the consent or invitation of the party calling them. 3. Ws charge the Democratic party with being unfaithful to the * many pledges and promises made during - the campaign of 1876 as demonstrated by the legislation of the last General Assembly, '. .the journals of which show that the only pledges redeemed were those for which the entire Republican vote of both brat ches of the Legislature were cast 4. We denounce the Democratic party for the frauds, violence and intimidation committed during the general election of 1876; for the assassinations and murders committed during the canvass preceding that election; for the violent seizure of the State government after that election: for the frauds committed at every special election held since they obtained control of the State; and for the system of in t timidation which still prevails in many - counties, whereby the Republicans are actually prohibited from meeting and or? ganizing. ry 6. We denounce the Democratic party for the outrage perpetrated in unseating Republican members of the General As? sembly, so as to increase their majority in the Legislature, and especially for de? priving the seventeen Republican. repre? sentatives from Charleston County of their seats to which they had been elec? ted by over six thousand majority; and when elections were held to fill these vacancies in Charleston, Orangeburg, Beaufort, Sumter and other counties for . refusing to give the Republicans any representation whatever on the Commis mi&ioners of Elections or the Board of Managers; for the frauds committed in the management of those elections, and particularly for stealing six ballot boxes containing Republican majorities in the county of Sumter, and for refusing to count the votes cast at certain precincts at such elections in Beaufort and Orange burg for alleged irregularities on the part of the managers appointed by them- ] selves. 6. We arraign the Democratic party I for enacting at the last Beesion of the "General Assembly the law whereby nu? merous voting precincts in large Repub? lican counties were abolished so that thousands of Republican voters are vir? tually disfranchised or else compelled to walk twenty miles or more in order to vote, and in some places to cross rivers ; in order to reach a polling place. 7. While condemning the conduct of all public officers who may have in yean past violated the trusts confided to them, j . and while denouncing all fraudulent and dishonest practices, and disci liming any desire to shield any individual proved to be guilty of such offenses, we denounce the method by which the Democratic party, through manufactured testimony sought to inculpate men whose only of? fense was their Republicanism, and we further denounce the unfair and partisan character of the recent legislative inves? tigations in this State whereby the frauds committed by Democrats have been care? fully screened from public view and all testimony looking to their exposure has been studiously suppressed. S. We reaffirm the declaration made from time to time that at the general election held in this State on the 7th day j of November, 1876. for presidential elec - tors" Governor ana other State officers, not only were the Republican presidential electors, duly chosen, but that Daniel H. Chamberlain, together with the entire Republican State ticket, were also elected by the votes of a majority of the qualified electors of this State. 9. We deem it inexpedient to nominate candidates for Governor and other State officers, because, owing to the condition of affairs id this State, occasioned by rifle club rule and two years of Democratic supremacy, it is impossible for the Re? publican Voters in many counties, with? out incurring great personal danger, to j organize for the campaign or to vote at the election when held. 10. We pledge ourselves to assist in the j work of purifying the public service, and ' . we demand that the local Republican conventions throughout the State wber-1 ever they make nominations, shall nomi? nate only such candidates as are recog? nized as men of intelligence and integrity as well as of established devotion to the Republican principles, Senator Cochran was not present in the! committee room when the platform was adopted, and entered the hall after a por- { tion of it bad been read by Swails, He ? requested that section seven be read again, This being done, be immediately arose and denounced the statement that the in? vestigating committee bad manufactured evidence as being without a shadow of tenth, and most emphatically denied that jsny attempt had been made to shield Democrats. Not a single point of evi? dence implicating Democrats, he said, had been submitted to the committee which was not printed along with its .other reports, and such as were tainted always specially named and published as Democrats. Even the Democrats who fWtronized the State House bar or re? tired such supplies from other sources ( were specially named in their reports. He further said that the Democratic members of the committee strenuously endeavored at all times to get evidence implicating Democrats in preference to Republicans, and their reason for this course was that if any member of their party was guilty^they desired that he should be made an example of for the benefit of their party in the future. Whenever Woodruff or Jones said that Democrats received printing money the committee had the facts brought to light, though tha clerks of the two houses could not produce checks endorsed by Demo? crats, as they invariably did in the case of Republicans who were similarly , The Senator stated that if any Repub? lican in the convention or out of it had any evidence whatever which would im? plicate any Democrat in the frauds prac? ticed on the State, let him give his name and make the charge, and he would im? mediately call the investigating commit? tee together, secure the evidence and publish it to the world. Further, that the accused would be arrested and tried the same as all the other offenders had been. The speaker said that he had no apology whatever to make for the course he had pursued as a member of that com? mittee. He was appointed as a Repub? lican, and he believed that it was his duty, representing, as he did, the princi? ples of his party, to make a thorough investigation of and expose all frauds, no matter by whom committed. Swails, who was evidently suffering from the effects of too much ice water and lemonade, or some other cooling fluid which he had taken to quench his thirst, during the day, took the floor next, for the purpose of answering Senator Coch? ran. He made a rambling speech of] some length, in which he denounced the manner in which the investigating com? mittee had performed their duties, bitter? ly attacked the Democratic newspapers of the State, said many hard things about his opponent for Senatorial honors, and wound up by telling all about what he had done since he came as a stranger among us, and how he was going to fight it out dunng his remaining days in South Carolina. , The platform -*submitted by the com? mittee, was then adopted. Shrewsbury introduced the following resolution, and consumed considerable time in supporting it: Whereas, th a late President of the State, Executive Committee Union Republican' party has discharged his duties with such zeal and fidelity amidst the most trying circumstances and critical periods of its existence; and whereas, the Hon. Robert 8. Eiliott has not only presided over the affairs of the party to the entire satisfac? tion of the masses that compose it, but has contributed in a large measure by his ability, zeal and fidelity for four consec? utive years to its success, and in the last two did all that mortal could by his firm? ness and devotion to the great principles of truth and justice, and by his untiring zoal and energy labored with an eye sin? gle to the triumph and success of the Republican party; and whereas, at this critical juncture of the Republican party it is unwise and inexpedient to make a change and entrust to comparatively in? experienced hands the management of the party; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Hon. R. B. Elliott be, and he is hereby, declared the choice of the convention for the high and re? sponsible position of President of the State Executive Committee of the Union Republican party of South Carolina for the next two years. Straker seconded the resolution, and earnestly advocated its passage, when it was pnt to a vote and unanimously adop? ted amid great applause. Nominations were then made for the remainder of the committee, which is composed as follows:' R. B. Elliott, President; S. A. Swails, of Williamsburg, Vice President; Dr. J. F. En&or, of Richland, Treasurer; W.F. Myers, of Colleton; E. A. Webstea, Or? angeburg; T. E. Miller, Beaufort; C. C. Bowen, E. W. M. Mackey, W. N. Taft, Charleston; Samuel Lee, Sumter; Wilson Cook, Greenville; John A. Wilson, Darl? ington ; T. J. Jenkins, Anderson; J. S. Mobley, Uuion; B. H. Williams, George? town. By the time the committee was appoin? ted it was so dark in the hall that the few white delegates could hardly be dis? tinguished from the blacks. The scene during the who!, nomination was most ridiculous. The members would pop up all over tue hall like cooters in a mill pond to present the name of some favor? ite, and it was impossible for the Chair to preserve any order whatever. There was one continuous call of "Mr. Chair? man ! Mr. Chairman! I rises to nominate the Hon. So-and-so." The shortest way for us to describe it is to say that it was so disgusting that even Mackey could not stomach it, and he moved an adjournment until 10 o'clock this morning, which was carried. Columbia, S. C, Aug. 9. To day was the third and last day of the Radical convention, and as the mem? bers were weary from unrefreshing slum? bers, probably caused by dreams of the fears which had haunted them and com? pelled them tp forego a straightout nom? ination, but little business was transacted of interest to the readers of the Register. The body was called to order about 10 o'clock a. m. by Bowen. The first business was the adoption of a resolution that the State Executive Committee be increased from fifteen to eighteen members by adding thereto J. S. Fillebrown, A. W. Curtis and H. H. Logan, of Richland. Mackey moved that the convention go into an election for chairmen of each Congressional District and the various counties; also, that a recess of five min? utes be taken in order to allow the sev? eral delegations to make their selections. Adopted. After the recess the various congress? ional and county chairmen were elected. A motion was adopted empowering the executive committees of those counties not represented in the convention to elect their several chairmen. Fillebrown moved that the rule re? quiring ten days' notice before holding a Congressional Convention be suspended so as to allow the delegates from the Third District to make their nomination during the day. Adopted. A motion to reconsider the vote where? by the resolution for a committee to wait on Governor Hampton was laid on the table was made and put, and the Chair seemed to think "the ayes" had it, but Mackey was not satisfied, and called for a division. When the count was made there were 47 votes in favor of and 28 against the motion. A motion was then made to adopt the resolution, and decided in the affirmative. No sooner had the Chair announced this result when Miller, of Beaufort, moved for its reconsideration. Bampfield seconded the motion and said that Christian, the most radical Re Sublican in Beaufort, County, on Th?rs ay, had been recommended to Governor Hampton for appointment as Commis? sioner of Election for that county, and he was appointed immediately. After this, he asked, do you suppose that Hampton will not act fairly and give us a just representation on the boards of election commissioners ? For my part, he said, I believe he will "tote fair," and if we appoint this committee to wait on him after what he has done it will appear very disrespectful to him. Shrewsbury moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table, which was voted down by a considerable majority. Miller's motion we - then put and car? ried. Several members now gathered around Straker, the original mover of the reso? lution, and, after whispering in his ear for a few minutes, he said: "Mr. Chair? man, " I withdraw the resolution," and thus it was disposed of after occupying a great deal of time. Lowe? here read the- report of the finance committee, showing the total amount collected to defray expenses of the three days' session to be $13.54, which amount had been expended for salaries of doorkeepers, messengers, sta? tionery, ice, &c. One cannot bat admire such great economy. It is indeed won? derful how closely they must have fig? ured in order to furnish so many* sup? plies and conveniences to so large a body for such a small amount, and they are entitled to the medal for having held the most economical convention known in the history of Radical ism in this State. Logan, one of Columbia's representa? tives, introduced a resolution thanking the Hon. R. M. Sims, Secretary of State, for his kindness in permitting the use of the hall of the House of Representatives and several committee rooms for the pur? poses of the convention. Several members were ready to take hold of the resolution at once when they heard the name of this good Democrat mentioned, and thought they did not owe any thanks to him or his party, but they finally murmured "Let it go; it don't amount to anything," and it was passed. Elliott was here permitted to take the floor, and said that he only desired to do so for the purpose of correcting some falsa rumors. He had heard that there wera murmurings in the camp about some little misappropriation ot funds which had come into the possession of the State Executive Committee, and some dissatisfaction was felt towards him because, as chairman of that committee, he was suspected of having got a small share of the little savings. He said that he never had a dollar of the money in his hands. For the information of those of the delegates who were not aware of the tact he stated that the com mittle had its treasurer, into whose possession all moneys for campaign purposes were placed for safe keeping. He challenged any man to place his finger on a single instance in his long political life, and particularly since his stewardship on the committee, where he had defrauded the Jorty or anybody of a single penny. He ad been told that some of their friends in distant States, desiriDg to aid them in their struggles during the exciting days of 1876, had sent funds down here to pri? vate individuals for this purpose, t>ut these never came into the hands of the committee, and consequently there was and could be no record on the commit? tee's books as to their reception, as had been whispered by several parties was the case, daring the past few days. The committee., he said further, had been un? able to ascertain where this money went to, but of one thing the convention could be assured, namely, that it never was in the committee's hands. He did not for? get to pat in a good word for R. B. Elliott, the way he had dealt blows to the Democratic party and had always been ready and able to defend himself against those struck in return. He con? cluded by requesting that a committee be appointed to examine the books of the committee for the past two years. Fillebrown hoped that this court of inquiry, as it were, would be appointed? not because he thought there was one iota of truth in the rumors affecting the character of this good and great man. but simply because he had requested that the convention take such action. He (Fillebrown) wanted an intelligent and strictly honest committee appointed. Shrewsbury's motion that the commit? tee be composed of one delegate from each Congressional District, and that they be required to report to this conven? tion, was adopted, but the impatience of some of the members to get through and adjourn so that they could go home last night caused its reconsideration, and an? other adopted making it consist of a member of the State Executive Commit? tee from each of the Congressional Dis? tricts, who would hold a meeting imme? diately after adjournment and report to the said committee at pleasure. Tho investigating committee was finally appointed, and in obedience to the hope expressed by Fillebrown, is composed of the following "intelligent and honest" gentlemen : Samuel Lee, W. N. Taft, J. S. Fillebrown, June S. Mob ley, T. E. Miller. The following preamble and resolution were introduced by Mouzon, of Wil? liamsburg : Whereas the action of this convention will render quite a sad disappointment to a majority of the Republicans voters of the State by not nominating a full and strnightout State ticket, and in or? der to set forth as wide as practicable the platform here endorsed, be it . Resolved, That the Chairman of the Union Republican State Executive Com? mittee be required to have published and furnished to the chairmen of each county 10, 20 or 30 copies of the said platform. Mackey moved that the preamble be stricken out, remarking that it wes best to say nothing about the State ticket. Adopted. The resolution was then put and adopted. Shrewsbury introduced the following, which was adopted: Whereas the people are deeply inter? ested and alive to the importance and necessity of education, and are desirous of doing everything to promote its growth and development; and whereas the association or connection of politics with the management of the educational institutions and public schools of this State tends to injure and prejudice the cause of the commonwealth's most cher? ished nursling; therfore, be it s Resolved, That this convention do here? by protest against the introduction of politics by either party in the conduct and management of the educational in? stitutions and schools of this State; that all patriotic good citizens, without regard to party affiliations or political preju? dices, may be enabled thereby to give their hearty support, contributing of their means, ability and interest to the success and upbuilding of so worthy a cause. A resolution was adopted thanking the chairman and secretary for the faithful services during the sessions, when Wash? ington, of Charleston, moved for an ad? journment, and, at twenty minutes past 12, the Radical pow-wow, after a season of disordely and disgusting proceedings, was adjourued sine die, and the members immediately began making preparations to go to their homes, from whence we hope and trust they will never again be permitted to return and polute our leg? islative halls. There is something peculiarly and suf feringly suggestive in the word Boils. Many suffer with this exhibition of im? pure blood which disfigures the person and annoys attendants and associates, when they could be made clean and their blood kept pure by using Dr. Bull's Blood Mixture. Good Digestion. "Give us this day our daily bread" and good medicine to digest it, is both reverent and human. The human stomach and liver are fruitful sources of life's comforts; or, disordered and diseased, they tingle misery along every nerve and through every artery. The man or woman with good digestion see beauty as they walk, and overcome obstacles they meet in the routine of life, where the dyspeptic sees only gloom and stumbles and growls at even imaginary objects. The world still needs two or three new kinds of medicine before death can be perfectly abol? ished ; but that many lives have been pro? longed, and many sufferers from Liver dis? ease, Dyspepsia and Headache, have been cured by Mebbell's Hepatine, is ho longer a doubt. It cures Headache in twenty min? utes, and there is no question but what it is the most wonderful discovery made in med. ical?clence. Those afflicted with Biliousness and Liver Complaint should use Mebkell'b Hepatine. It can be had from Simpson, Rcid <fc Co. E. B. MURRAY, Editor,, THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 15, 1878. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. For Governor : WADE HAMPTON, of Bichland lioutonnnt Governor : W. D. SIMPSON, of Laurons. Attorney General I LERCY F. YOUMANS, of Richland. Secretary of State: R. M. 8IMS, of York. Comptroller General: JOHNSON HAQOOD, of Barnwell. State Treasurer : S. L. LEAPHART, of Richland. State Superintendent of Education i HUGH S. THOMPSON, of Richlard. Adjutant and Inspector General I EL W. MOISE, of Sumter. For Congress?Third District: ?. WYATT AKEN, of Abbeville. COUNTY EXECUTCYE COMMITTEE. The rriembers of the County Demo? cratic Committee will meet at the Intel? ligences Office on next Monday morn? ing, the 19th inst., at 11 o'clock. A full meeting of the Committee is very desira? ble. E. E. MURRAY, County Chairman. The Republicans of the Fifth Con? gressional District have nominated as their standard-bearer Robert Smalls, the colored Congressman who stands convic? ted in the Circuit Court of this State of receiving a bribe. He will oppose Col. Tillmau in this contest, and will, we hope, be badly beaten. His nomination by the Re publicans is very appropriate, as it shows how corrupt their party is still. It has not been purified according to an honest man's idea of purity. The apparent apathy of the Republi? cans as to our State ticket should nor. lull us into inactivity, for it is necessary for the Democracy to retain its majority of last year, or we may have a very se? vere and unfortunate contest in this State during the presidential election in 1850, or even in this very election. The ses? sions of the Republican convention were secret, and who knows that their Ex? ecutive Committee is not charged w:ith secretly running a State ticket if the Democrats become over confident and apathetic during the coming canvass. We do not look for such a movement, but it is by no means certain that there is nothing of the kind on foot. The only way to guard the present and prepare for the future, is to retain our thorough organization, and give as much time and labor to the canvass as may be necessary. Especially do we need to keep up our mounted-clubs, for Chey are the most efficient means that can possibly be de? vised to keep down the opposition and ensure an overwhelming Democratic tri? umph. Mounted clubs secured the re? demption of South Carolina in 1876, and we must look to them to retain it in 1878 and 1880. The Republican party of the Third Congressional. District in this State has nominated Dr. J. F. Ensor, of Richland County, as ia candidate against Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken. This will give Col. Aiken a little fun during the remainder of the heated season, and will necessitate the active efforts of the Democratic party throughout the Congressional District. It will be so very interesting to see Col. Aiken meet Dr. Ensor and hear him tell about that elegant carriage and span of horses which the Doctor bought with the State's money while Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum, and professed to own as his private property until sundry creditors asked payment of their de? mands by levying executions upon the carriage and horses, at which time to save them as he thought for his own use, he announced that they belonged to the State. There have also been other Utile irregularities about the Doctor, which we will speak of in due time. This nomina? tion is a very weak one, and if we rally in the proper manner to the support of Col. Aiken he will beat Dr. Ensor by about fifteen thousand majority. We cannot afford to lose the Congressman from this District, and just simply do not intend under any circumstances to allow a Radical to be elected. We had seven thousand majority in the last election, and by very little additional effort we will make it fifteen thousand. ARREST OE KIMPTON. The arrest of H. H. Kimpton, the Financial Agent of South Carolina in New York during Radical rule, was ef? fected at Westfield, Massachusetts, on last Wednesday. His friends made every effort to free him from arrest, but were unsuccessful. He was retained in custody in default of giving bail in the sum of $15,000. Kimpton was arrested by a Massachusetts detective upon a tel? egraphic dispatch without a warrant, which was mado the basis of a writ of habeas corpus, but before the matter could be decided an officer with a requi? sition from Governor Hampton had ar? rived, and it seems Kimpton will have to return to this State to stand trial on the indictment against him. The latest news is that the hearing of the writ was postponed, and no bail allowed him dur? ing that time._ JUDGE MACKEY'S BOND DECISION. Although Judge Mackey decided that the Consolidation Act is not unconstitu? tional and as a contract is irrepealable and the coupons receivable for taxes, yet he refused the mandamus to compel the Cqunty Treasurer of Charleston to re? ceive the coupons in payment of taxes, dismissed the petition and awarded costs to the respondent. This decision of Judge Mackey mt;.kes it necessary for the holders of the Consolidated Bonds to submit them to the Bond Court before they can recover on the coupons or even present them in payment of taxes. This is an important decision, as it involved indirectly millions of dollars. Judge M.'s decision is wise, as it refers the whole matter of the bonds to a Court with power to docide the whole question, and thereby prevent the multiplicity of suits which would otherwise have been necessary. AMNESTY EOR ILLICIT DISTILLERS The United States authorities have certainly done a w ise and timely act in offering to grant amnesty to all past offenders against the Internal Revenue whiskey laws, on the condition that they will plead guilty of past offenses and be law abiding citizens in the future. When they plead guilty the sentences are ren? dered by the Judge, sealed up and are suspended during the good behavior of the offenders, but if they should ever be guilty of violating the law hereafter, they will be liable to serve out the pen? alty imposed in such sealed sentences. Under this arrangement if a man ac? cepts of the amnesty and pleads guilty, his good conduct for the future may be considered assured, and by this measure the government will do more to prevent illicit distilling in the future than it can possibly do by a rigid enforcement of the penalties already incurred. The dis? tillers generally are desirous of accepting these terms, and already hundreds have plead guilty at the United States District Court in Greenville and returned to their homes, where they can now live without the continued dread of being taken up by the revenue officers and imprisoned for offences which they have committed since the war against the revenue de? partment of the general government. Seventy cases were disposed of in one day, and the moonshiners are flocking in continually to avail themselves of immu? nity from punishment for past offences on the easy and reasonable condition that they will "go and sin no more." Commissioner Raum, however, excepts Redmond and all who have fired upon the United States officers from the privi? lege of this conditional amnesty. This we regard as unfortunate, for if he would make a clean sweep, without any excep? tions, we believe there would be an era of genuine good feeling and law-abiding conduct in the mountains of this State? such as has not existed since the days of nullification. Redmond expresses a will? ingness to stand his trial in North Caro? lina for killing Duckworth, and only wants immunity from punishment for his violations of the revenue laws. We hope the amnesty will be made full enough to embrace even Redmond, and that in the future the law-abiding character which the disturbed sections will establish will fully vindicate the wisdom and efficacy of unrestricted amnesty to the moon? shiners of the mountains. THE LADD MURDERERS. The jurisdiction of the State Courts in the case of the revenue officers charged with the rnurder of Amos Ladd in Pick ens County has not been settled by adju? dication in the State and Federal Courts, but the majesty of our judiciary, which should be the pride and security of every American, has been made to yield to the wishes of the Executive department of he government, in the face of the decis? ion of a Court of competent jurisdiction, und that, too, where no harm could re? sult to any party by regularly carrying the case up on appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, and there securing a final adjudication which would not only settle the case in this State, but also in every other State in the Union. 1 he Administration has, however, seen fit to defy the Courts, and take into its hinds the decision of legal questions with which it was never the intention of tt o framers of our government for the Executive to interfere. The cabinet, however, decided to res? cue the prisoners, right or wrong, with? out seeking the decision of the Supreme Court, and therefore directed the United States Marshal to execute the writ of habeas corpus issued by the Clerk of the United States Court, directing a transfer of the prisoners from the State to the Federal officers. Accordingly, the Greenville News of last Friday gives the following account of the manner in which the transfer occurred : A t 5 o'clock p. m. yesterday, U. S. Marshal R. M. Wallace, in company with W. E. Earle, Esq., Deputy Marshals Dill and Scruggs and others, proceeded to the County jail, and at the door of the jail met Sheriff P. D. Gilreath. Marshal Wallace, addressing the Sher? iff siid: "I have come to demand those prisoners from you under a writ of habeas corpus, a copy of which was served on you some? time ago." The Sheriff answered: "Do you in? tend to take them from this jail to some other?" He replied, "Not now; but you will hold them until further orders from me. Thi Sheriff replied, "I shall offer no resistince, but according to my concep? tion of my duty I cannot give them up. There are the keys (pointing to a nail on the will); you can take them if you see proper to do so, I shall offer no resistance." Thereupon Marshal Wallace took the keys, went up stairs to the prisoners' cell, unlocked the door and brought the priso? ners down and immediately turned them over to the Sheriffunder the following com? mitment : U. S. Marshal's Office, Greenville, S. C. Aug., 8th, 1878. Perry D. Gilreath, Sheriff of Greenville County, S. C: Sir?I herewith deliver to you the bodies of Hugh P. Kane, Wm. Durham and G. W. Moose, whose cases have been transferred to the United States Court, by writ of habeas corpus, cum causa, and will commit them to jail and hold them until further orders from me or a Judge of the United States Court. (Signed) R. M. Wallace, U. S. Marshal. Thus the prisoners have been taken from th: State Courts, and their case is now pending before the United States Court, where they cannot be tried, and they expect to be turned out with? out any trial, as was done with Mattison in a similar case a few years ago. This proceeding on the part of the General Government is a great outrage upon law, and if sustained virtually places the lives of the citizens of any State at the mercy of lawless and riotous men who may be employed as revenue officers. The case may do for partisan newspapers to make political capital.of, as it oc? curred in South Carolina, but every State in this Union is as much interested in its determination as South Carolina. It is really a j;reat question of national law, for the li re of which the United States Supreme Court was established as a Court of highest authority, and it was the duty of the Federal officials to have declined to interfere in its determination, and we have no doubt they would have so declined excopt for the hope that some trouble would grow out of it in this State, and thus afford them political capital. In this, however, they have been sadly disappointed, and we hope 3Tet to see the case carried to the Supreme Court of the United States, aud a decis? ion rendered which will sustain the ju? risdiction of the State Courts. If Judges Bond and Bryan should disagree upon the case in the Circuit Court, it would then go up on a division of the Court to the Supreme Court, and if they should not so disagree the State can carry it up on appeal. It is more than probable that Judge Bond will go against the ju? risdiction of the State Courts, and Judge Bryan in favor of .them. If so, the case goes up easily; but if they do not so disagree, then the State authorities should push the case vigorously to obtain a decision of the Supreme Court. TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT. The Cincinnati Tunes, with its usual ?.irulence upon all subjects relating to the South, has an article headed "Com? promising with Treason," in which it comments upon the following telegram to the Baltimore Sun about the Ladd mur? derers: The Administration is very desirous of avoiding a conflict or raisiug an open issue with the State of South Carolina, and there can be no doubt the President will avoid one, if he can consistently with the duties of his office, as he under? stands them. It is hinted, but not offi? cially, that the cases may be compromised without prejudice to the State, and this may account for the delay in the pro? ceedings. The Times says: Possibly there are people in the North who can read this with patience, but we regret not to be among them. A mob assaults the Republican Government of Louisiana, and we send a Commission down to effect a peaceful surrender of the State to them. A lot of ex-rebels in South Carolina imprison United States officers for the crime of attempting to stop whisky frauds, refuse to surrender them to the United States authorities, and threaten rebellion if any attempt in made to take them by force; and now it is proposed to "compromise" with this new attempt at nullification. Does any one suppose that Jackson ever thought of compromising with the Calhoun nulli? fies ? Is it the habit of honest people and respectable Governments to compro? mise with treason ? Are the consequen? ces of offending Wade Hampton so fear? ful that the United States must cast aside its authority, its dignity and its decency, and beg for a "compromise" wherever he sees fit to scout and nullify its laws ? It sometimes seems to us as if the Repub? lican party had lost, at the last election, some things which Francis managed to cling to even at Pavia. In this article the Times shows a de? plorable ignorance upon the subject about which it attempts to comment, or an utter disregard for even the semblance of truth. If our contemporary had enough patience, which, for a wonder, it gets up truth enough to admit that it has not, to read the facts about the case of the Ladd murderers, it would probably see the ridiculous farce it enacts in at? tempting to raise a storm of indignation over the prosecution of what appears from the sworn testimony to be a mali? cious and inexcusable murder. If the Times calls shooting a peaceable and un? offending citizen of this State down in cold blood while standing upon the sa? cred threshold of his own houso, without any charge against him, "attempting to stop whiskey frauds," then the reve? nue officers are incarcerated for that offense; but the people of South Caro? lina have yet to be taught how revenue officers, or any other persons, can stop whiskey frauds by murdering innocent men, and they have yet to learn the law which gives revenue officials the privi? lege of killing one man because they are looking for another, as was the case in this instance, for these officers were in search of Redmond, and going to Ladd's house in the expectation of finding the man they were looking for, killed Ladd, no doubt taking him for Redmond, and expecting to get the large reward offered for his capture. What sympathy these ruffians are entitled to more than is ex? tended to all criminals, we fail to per? ceive. The Times wo aid greatly enlight? en the public by informing us who threatens any rebellion in this case. If it is rebellion to leave the decision of this subject to the Courts of the land, of which the Supreme Court of the United States is the highest authority, then South Carolina proposes to rebel, but not other? wise. If there was any spirit of rebel? lion in the case, instead of leaving it to the Courts the prisoners would have been taken from the jail and lynched. Noth? ing of the kind has ever been contem? plated, and the tirade of the Times about rebellion is without enough foundation to mako its falsehoods even ingenious. There is no semblance of nullification in the attitude of South Carolina, unless it is nullification to ask the Courts of the country to construe a law. The case is simply one of jurisdiction, and is proper? ly for the judiciary to determine. The Executive department of the govern? ment has no right to meddle with it at all until the decision of the judiciary has been reached, and all that the cabinet has done in the case has been flagrant usurpation on its part. The members of the cabinet who have favored interference have not only acted as judges in overruling a decision of a competent Court, but they have acted as jurors in deciding the merits of the case by announcing that the killing was done in 3elf-defense. We are not aware that the Executive department of our govern? ment has absorbed all of the powers of our Courts yet, and if it has not, the cabinet has no power to make any dispo? sition of what is a contest purely about a question of law, which our Courts alone can determine. Nor in it any more evident to our obtuse mind where there is any treason in the attitude of South Carolina. It has invariably been true in history that traitors shunned the courts of justice, and yet in South Carolina the people who are guilty of this so-called trea? son are invoking the determination of the question by the Courts, This is a new kind of treason, and we must confess that we think it a very commendable transfor? mation of what we have always called treason. If the Times and its political allies were traitors according to this new style of seekers of justice the country would be blest, for it would be rid of traitors in the sense of the word which means an enemy to the country. If there are any traitors now they are the men who, whether as editora or as politi? cians, seek to stir up strife between differ? ent sections of our country, and to re? open wounds which the patriots of our land, North and South, nave been en? deavoring to heal up and forget in the bonds of a renewed union and a more lasting friendship. We agree with the Time? that the Republican party has lust some few things which its members esteem of little consequence, but which even political parties like to retain. For instance, it has lost its regard fur law, it has lost all honor and fair dealing upou public questions, and it has lost every particle of truthfulness. Perhaps, how? ever, we are mistaken about its having lost these traits, for we do not remember that it ever had them to lose. It certain? ly is entirely minus all of them now. POLITICS AND RELIGION. It is a notorious fact that many of the worst politicians among the colored peo? ple are preachers, and while pretending to be engaged in instructing their con? gregations about the great truths of re? ligion, they are really endeavoring to stir up strife between the races, and to estrange the colored people from those friendly relations to the white man which would be of mutual advantage to both races. Such preachers as these are the worst enemies of their race and of society at large that can be found any? where. They are also a curse to the cause of religion, which they profess to hold up to men, for by their seditious political teachings they inculcate unrest and strife into their congregations in the place of peace and good will towards men. We think there are several of the colored preachers of this County who have done a great deal to keep open the breach between the races, and whose course should be condemned alike by both white and colored citizens, but pre? eminent among these is one ReY. G. T. Strickland, colored, of Pendleton, who is not content with inculcating his seditious doctrines at home, but in a religio-politi cal letter to the Chritlian Recorder, of Philadelphia, makes a religious corres? pondence the vein for circulating a de? liberate misrepresentation of the white people of this County. This man has been counselling his congregation not to work for the customary wages, and on this subject in his letter say 5: Our people labor for a living; there are not a people under the canopy of heaven who works any harder than the colored people do and get less for their work. The idea of a man getting $5, $6 and $8 per month, and that is promised to him?he don't get that amount. How is he to keep his family on such a small amount ? Hundreds of men in the upper country who are now farming have not pot corn nor bacon to run a crop with. They will have to give some white man a claim on his crop and cows, hogs and horses, before he can get anything at all, and when fall comes Mr. White man will get it all and give Mr. Black man nothing. In this he misrepresents the state of things intentionally, for the colored peo? ple know full well that such wages as are promised are as a rule paid them, and they more frequently leave owing their employers than with their employers owing them. It is true that wages are low, but then money is worth more than it was formerly, and when a money value is given for services it is exclusive of board, house rent and fire wood, which makes the amount much more in reality than in appearance. The effect of his advice would be to throw the colored man out of emploj'ment altogether, be? cause they now get as much as their em? ployers can afford to pay. He continues: I must say our people are in a bad con? dition in this country. I will say if they don't get away from here to Africa, they will wish in a few years they had not heard of a Southern country. I always was in favor of the Exodus movement. I think a better thing could not have been brought about A great many of our people North and South, East and West are opposed to it, but it don't amount to anything much. Let me appeal to those Sood men who are in front of this Exo us movement, be of good courage, you are doing a work that will never be for? gotten while time lasts; Africa will be the garden spot of the world at some future day. ? -??? Now, if his congregation will think of it they will see his Inconsistency. He professes to favor emigration to Africa, but takes good care to stay here himself. He is only in favor of talking about this subject to induce the North to believe that the colored people are greatly op? pressed here, but at the same time he neither goes himself nor tries to induce others to go, because he knows this is the best country the colored people can find. Speaking of a religious meeting at Due West, he says: I was informed by the people of that (>lace that the Sunday before, a colored ady was pulled off the street by a white man. What for? Because she would not get off and let him pass by. It is a shame to see how our colored women are run over by these lawless white people. The charge of lawlessness against the whites of this County is totally without foundation, for they violate the laws as seldom as any people in the world, and whenever they do violate them from any cause they are promptly tried and pun? ished by our courts. The most blatant Radical cannot point to a single instance in which the laws have been violated without the guilty party having been tried and impartially dealt with in the courts, whenever complaint has been made. Now, from these extracts the people of this County can judge of the character of this professed preacher, whose real mission in our midst is to foment discord and, as far as possible, trouble between the races for political purposes. Our colored people should cease to sustain this man as their preacher, for when their spiritual direction is in the hands of such men they are sure to begin a retrograde in morality. It is to the interest of both races to live together in this State upon peaceable and friendly terms, and men who are constantly seeking to throw fire? brands into our midst by agitating race issues ought to be condemned by all classes. This agitator should be closely watched by all who want a continuance of friendship between the races. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. The Republican State Convention met in Columbia last week. The proceed? ings of the body were, as always hereto? fore, noisy and noted for quarrels. It transacted very little business except to adopt a platform, elect chairmen of the County Committees, and make Congres. sional nominations, The Convention determined to make no nominations for State officers. The Convention was a failure, and must have a very depressing effect on the party throughout the State. The proceedings, copied from the Co? lumbia Register, are given elsewhere. THE EDGEFIELD MEETING. A large meeting of the Democrats of Edgefield, commemorative of the day of Chamberlain's dismay and disgrace two years ago, was held near the Court House on last Monday. The large assembly was addressed by Gov. Hampton, Judge Mackey, Gen. Moise, Col. Youmans, Gen. Gary and Maj. Tillman. Although the crowd was not as large as two years ago, the same spirit which charac .erized the former meeting marked the laut, and with this spirit animating the Demo? cratic party, success in the coming cam? paign is nut only more certain than it was two years ago, but is certain. Upon the occasion a sad affray oc? curred, the particulars of which wo take from the Netca and Courier: All passed on pleasantly until near the end, when it became known that a se? rious affray had occurred in the village, a mile distant, and which had the effect of bringing the proceedings to an end sooner than was inteudcd. The circum? stances were as follows, as well as could be ascertained amid the confusion and excitement which prevailed in the vil? lage: It seems that several years ago, about 1869 or 1870, several men named Booth went to the house of Mr. Abram Jones for the purpose of attacking Jones on ac? count of some cause of complainr, exist? ing between the parties. The Booths were accompanied by a young :nau named Luther Toney Jones was pre? pared for the intended assault, which was abandoned; but the young man Toney was shot, and, as was claimed, acci? dentally killed by one of the party of Booths, in whose company he was at'the time.^ The relatives of Toney regarded the killing as intentional, and the affair became the occasion of a bitter family feud between the Toneys and Boonhs, which led to an encounter a few years ago, but which did not result fatally to any of the parties concerned. While the speaking was in progress at the grove to-day, however, the Booths and Brooker Toney, who killed the negro United States marshal a few weeks a 50, met in a store at the village and soon he came engaged in a deadly conflict. There were three of the Booths oa one side, and Toney and one or two of his friends on the other. It was impossible to get an accurate account of the 6ght, but between twenty and thirty shots were fired within a few minutes' time, and at its close it was found that Brooker Ton ey and James and Thomas Booth had been killed; the three fell within forty feet of each other, and all died within a few minutes, without one having uttered a word. The fight took place on the pub? lic square, and a number of spectators were wounded. The casualties were as follows: To? ney and James and Thomas Booth, killed outright; Benjamin Booth, shot in four places, twice through the lungs and badly beaten about the head, and supposed to be mortally wounded; W. L. Coleman, a friend of Toney, and who was concerned in the shooting, slightly wounded in the abdomen; Mark Toney , shot in the side; Wade Lott, in the arm; St B. Ryan, in the heel; Clarence Seig? ier, in the hand. Several of these were innocent spectators, not concerned in the affray. All the persons engaged and .ill the killed and wounded were white. Brooker Toney is supposed to^havo been killed by Benjamin Booth, and in supposed to have killed James and Thomas Booth. Benjamin Booth wo? the alleged slayer of Luther Toney, and was tried and convicted of manslaughter before Judge Platt and sent to the Peni? tentiary, and Brooker Toney, though but 26 years of age, had killed Gus Harm, the negro United States marshal, and an? other negro two or three years ago. When the firing began the shots were heard at the scene of the speaking abou t a mile off, and Governor Hampton, who was ignorant of the cause, ordered one of the militia companies assembled for review to hasten to town and suppress the disturbance, and the order was quick? ly obeyed, but the affray was over before the company arrived on the spot The affair is deeply regretted by the citizens of Edgefield, but could not have been, anticipated nor prevented. The feud was an old one, and resulted as stated before any effort-could be made to arrest its bloody consummation. A post mortem revealed the fact that Brooker Toney was shot six times, once through the bowels, twice through the chest, and thrice through or into the body from behind. James Booth was shot in the groin and bled to death internally, and Thomas Booth was shot through the lungs. Benjamin and James Booth were old gray-haired men. Brooker Toney and Thomas Booth were beardless boys. C. McK. EVIDENTLY MADE TO ORDER. The Washington Republican publishes the following document, which professes to be from a South Carolina Democrat, though it evidently was written in Wash? ington by some unprincipled Republican, who seeks to afford capital to his party to run the coming campaign upon, and as he cannot do so by any fair means, employs the pen of the liar, with the use of which most of his political allies are exceedingly proficient; and the writer of this infamously false letter is evidently one of the most contemptible blather? skites that has ever attempted to traduce a peaceable and respectable community: Greenville, S. C, July, 1878. To the Editor?Sir: And so you fel? lows are squirming up North, are you ? We have you just where we want you. You gave the ballot to the damn niggers, and now that we have utilized them to our advantage, you mourn and refuse to be comforted. Verily have you nigger loving Radicals been hoisted by your own petard! You talk about over-riding State rights by taking some Radicals from our jail who have murdered one of our best citizens. "Just try that on, will you ?" But you have no officer here who possesses the nerve to attempt any such thing. Will you use the army to enforce old Evarts' decree? Forty thousand Confederate veterans will greet them when they come on any such unhallowed mission. We are in the Union, and will not again leave it to fight Yankees. When the next "unpleasantness" occurs, which God grant is not far distant, we will thrash you in the Union and under the flag. Now, just "crack your whip," and "d?d be ho who first cries," etc. Don't judge us by such vermin as old Key, whose fit avoca? tion in life is that of a horse-drover, but remember that we are true Southrons, who will perish before we will submit to dishonor. Remember our motto: "Nemo me impune lacestU." (signed) Palmetto. Of course, every sensible man who thinks about this letter will know that it is not genuine, but is published for the purpose of inflaming the Northern and Western masses against the South. The editor who would publish such a commu? nication should be most severely con? demned, and his paper should be deemed a public enemy. It is time for the peo? ple of the United States to mete out severe condemnation to all such journals as the Washington Republican, which seeks by all means, whether fair or foul, to keep up a perpetual strife between great sections of our common country instead of striving to restore the frater? nal relations which would exist between all the people of the United States, if such discordant efforts as the one above