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Concluded firo*n Tint Fag?. Long, Kcitt, Idoozer, Eichelberger, Stra ker, Livingston, Curtis, Fine. FiTlebrown, Weston, Logan, Frank Carter, William Carter, Stuart, Hudson,!Buber, Robinson, Griffin, Johnson, Lee, Douglass, Mobley, Cannon-^89. Noes- -Hoyne, Peel, Parker, Bamp field, Wilson, Miller, McKinlay, Shrews bury, Pitts, Deas, Rafia, Moultrie, Dan can, W.Ight, Goode, Webster, Jefferson, McMullen, Hendrix, Bawls, Holloway, Crawford, Pinckney, Stubbs, Coghlan, Swails, Mouzon, Montgomery, Roberts, Morrison, Rue, Scott-35. Tho committee on Platform and Reso lutions, desiring to finish their delibera tions, at 2.45 a recess until half-past 4 was 'Aken in order to allow them time to preparo u full report. At tho appointed hour the convention reassembled, and the members having said all that they desired to be kept from the outo : world, a motion was made and adopted to hold an open session. The doors were thrown opeu a few minutes later and the reporters and spec tat'j.s were permitted to enter. But few of the latter, however, were present as they had become wearied by the long veasiou of the morning and eariy after noon. Tho Committee on Platform and Reso lutions submitted their report. Mackey suggested that each phvi'c of the platform be acted upon separately, but tho ?hair ruled that it would be read and acted on as a whole. Swails then proceeded to read the platfot J, which ?faa listened to with the closest nttcuiion and vociferously ap plauded several times. It lo aa follows : 1. The Republican party of the State of South Carolina, in convention assem bled, believing that tho 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 tho 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. '.>.. We reiterate our abhorrence and repudiation of all forms of violence, in timidation or fraud in tho conduct of elections, or for political purposes, and denounce the same as a cringe against the iiberty of American citizens as well as the common rights of humanity ; and ?hilo 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 ? the colorea votera who may choose to voto the ^Democratic ticket, we do pro test against- and denounce the practico inaugurated in the campaign of 1876, and again revived in some counties by tho Democratic party, of attending Rc EubHcan meetings and conventions, and y show of force and oilier forma of in timidation disturbing such meetings,, or taking part therein without tho consent or invitation of the party calling them. 8. We charge the Democratic party with being unfaithful to tho ' many pledges and promises made during the campaign of 1876 as demonstrated by the legislation of the last General Assembly, the tournais of which show that the only pledges redeemed wero those for which the entire Republican vote of both branches of the Legislature were cast. 4. We denounce the Democratic party for tho frauds, violence and intimidation cern milted daring tue geuerui election ol 1876 ; for the assassinations and murdort committed during the canvass preceding that election ; for the violent seizure ol tho State government after that election: for the frauds committed at every special election hold since they obtained control of the State ; and for the system of in timidation which still prevails in many counties, whereby the Republicans are actually prohibited from meeting and or ganizing. 5. We denounce the Democratic party for thc entrsge percs;r3.tcd in -^nasatinG RepuVMcan members of the General As sembly, so ss to increase their majority in the Legislature, and especially for de priving the seventeen Republican repre sentatives from Charleston County ol their seats to which they had been elec ted by over six thousand majority ; and when elections wera held to fill these vacancies in Charleston, Orangeburg, Beaufort, Sumter and other counties foi refusing to givo the Republicans any representation whatever o "he Oommb misionera of Elections or the Board oi Managers;.for the frauds committed in the management of those elections, and particularly for stealing six ballot boxes containing Republican majorities in the county ot Sumter, and for refusing to count the votes cast at certain precincts nt ouch elections in Beaufort ana Urange burg for alleged irregularities on the part of tho managers appointed by them selves. 6. Wo arraign the Democratic party for enacting at the last, session of the General Assembly the law whereby nu merous voting precincts in largo 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 tc voto, and-in some places to eros? .ivers in order to reaidj a polling place. 7. While condemning the conduct ol ali public officers who may bavo ia years i past violated the trusts confided to them, and while denouncing all fraudulent ana dishonest practices, and disclaiming any desire to shield any individual proved to be guilty of, such offenses, we denounce . tho method by which ths Democratic party, through manufactured testimony songnt to inculpate men whoso only of fense was their Republicanism, and we further denounce the unfair and partisan character of the recent legislative inves tigations in this State whoroby tho frauda committed by Democrats have been care fully screened from public view and all testimony looking to their exrv^urebaa been studiously suppressed. 8. We reaffirm the declaration made from time to tim? that at the general election held in thia State on the 7th day of No vorab vci .1876J for presidential elec tors^ Governor ana other State officers, not only were the Republican presidential electors, duly chosen, bat that Daniel H. - Chamberlain, teether with the entire Republican State ticket, were also elected rrj tua TtrleoMt A UlHJUIliy UJ UlU ('Unlined electors of this State. 9. We deem it inexpedient to nominate candidates for Governor and other State officers, because, owing to the condition of affaira in thia State, occoi doned by rifle club ralo and two years of Democratic < supremacy, it is impossible for the Re publican voters in many counties, with out incurring great personal danger, to organize for tho campaign or to vole at the election when held. JO. Wo pledge ourselves to ossUii iq the Work of purifying tho public service, and we demand that the local Republican tvuiTontiono throughout tho State wher ever, they make nominations, shall nomi nate only mich candidates as are recog nized as roan of intelligence and integrity as well aa cf established devotion to thc ?sgotrir ptah ran waa nryt. njMgnt. tn ?I.? committee room eviten lb* platform wax adopted, and entered the hall after a por tion of it hod beea read by Swails, Ho requested ib?t?ceth?n,sevfi?n ba read again, Titi* being done, ho immediately ?rose a nd denouuetd tho statement that the in puting committee had manufactur?e) evidence as being without a shadow of most emphatically denied that at bal been made to chield .i single pojnfc'of evir : jioc/jite. he altin*.. tey minted alon* with its tl*, arid such as were tainted : jamed tod published as . the -Democrats- vrho were Bpeciully ?amad in their reports He further ?aid that tho Democratic member . of the committee strenuously endeavo/ed nt ail times te get evidence implicating Democrats in preference to Rep?blica.?*, and their reason for this course wa- that if any member of their j party wo? guilty*,.they desired that he should be mudo an example of for the benefit of their party in the future. Whenever Woodruff or Jones said that Democrats received printing money the committee liad the facts brought to fight, though the clerks of the two houses cou):! not produce checks endorsed by Demo crats, as they invariably did in the case of Republicans who were similarly charge?!. 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 bis name and mako the charge, and na would im mediately call the investigating commit tee together, secure tho evidence und publish it to the world. Further, that the accused would be arrested and tried j the same as all the other offenders had be-in. The speaker said that he bad no auoloev whatever to make for the course he ha? pursued as a member of that com mittee. He waa appointed as a Repub lican, and he believed that it was his duty, representing, as he did, the princi ples of li in 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 bud 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 tho manner in which the investigating com mittee had performed their duties, bitter ly attacked the Democratic newspapers cf the State, said many hard things about his opponent for Senatorial honors, and wound up by telling ml about what he had done since he came aa a stranger nijong us. and how he was going to fight i jut during his remaining dayn in South Carolina. The platform, aa submitted by the com mittee, was then adopted. Shrewsbcrry introduced tho following resolution, and consumed considerable time in supporting it : Whereas, the late President of the State, Executive Committee Union Republican party has discharged his duties with such zeal and fidelity amidst tho most trying circumstances and critical periods of its existence; and whereas, the Hon. Robert B. Elliott bas not only presided over the affairs of the party to the entire satisfac tion of the masses that composo it, but has contributed in a large measure by hiB ability, zeal and fidelity for four consec utive years to its success, and in tho last two did nil that mortal could by his firm ness and devotion to tho great principles of truth and justice, and by his untiring zeal 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 's unwise and inexpedient to moko a changa and entrust to comparatively in experienced hands the management of the party ; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Hon. It. B. Elliott be, and he is hereby, declared the choice of the convention mr tho high and rc sponuible position of President of thc State Executive Comm?ttoe of the Unios Republican p?rty of South Carolina foi tho next two yet;ra. Straker seconded the resolution, and earnestly advocated its passage, when il was put to a vote and unanimously adop ted amid great applause. Nominations were then made for the remainder of the committee, which it composed as followii :' R. B. Elliott, President; 8. A. Swails, of Williamsburg. Vice President; Dr. J, F. Ensor, of Richland, Treasurer ; W.F, Myers, of Colloton ; E. A. Wehstes, Or asgeburs ; T. S. "Mill-sr, P^sufott ? O. O, 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 Mobloy, Union ; B. H. Williams, George j town. By the time the committee was appoin ted it was so dark in tho hall that the few white delegates could hardly bo dis tinguished from the blanks. Tue scenr during tho whole nomination was most ,. ridiculous. The membors would pop up ?I all over the hall like cootets in a mill {)ond to present the name of some favor te, and it was impossible for the Chair to preserve any order whatever. There was one continuous call of "Mr. Chair man ! Mr. Chairman I I riaea to nominate the Hon. So-and-so." The shortcut woy for us to describe lt is to say that it was so disgusting that even Mackey could not stomach it, sud he moved an tuljourp'nent until 10 o'clock this morning, which was carried. COI.TJttBIA, S. C., Aug. 9. To day was the third and last day of the Radical convention, and as the mem bers were weary from unrofreshing slum bers, probably caused by dteams of the fear? which had haunted them and com pelled them to forego a straightout nom ination, but tittle business was transacted of interest to tho readers of the Regirte?. The body was called to order about 10 o'elock a. m. by Bowen. Tho first business was the adoption of I a resolution that the State Executive Committee bo increased from fifteen to eighteen mnriiars by adding theroto J. 8. Fillebrown. A, W. Curtis and H. H. Logan, of Riehland. 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 ?tes he taken in order to allow th? sev eral delegations to make their selections. Adopted. After the recese the various congress ional and county chairmen acre elected. A motion was adopted empowering the execbtivo committees of those counties not represented in tho convention to elect their several chairmen, Fillebrown moved that the rule re quiring ten days' notice before holding a Congressional Convention bo suspended so es to allow tho delegates from tho Third District to make their nomination daring thc day. Adopted. A motion to reconsider tho voto where by the resolution for a committee to wait on Governor Hampton was laid on tho table was made and put, and the Chair seemed to. think "the ayes" had it. but Mackey waa not satisfied, and called for a division. When the count was made there wer? 47 votes in favor of ?nd 28 against the motion. A motion waa then made to adopt the r?solution, and decided in the affirmativ?. ' No SGG?V5? had tut? Cusir ?U????o?d this result when Miller, of Beaufort, mored for its reconsideration. Bampfield seconded tho motion and said that Christian, the most radical Re Sl".\**n in Beaufort County, on Thura y, nad been re commended to Governor Hampton for appointment as Gommla? stoner of Election for that county, and he waa appointed immediately. Altar thii, he .asked, da yea suppose ?hat Hampton* will not act fairly and givo us a just representation on the boards of .lection commissioners f For my part, he atir? tbalbita he will "tote fair," and if we appoint thjs committee to walt on bim aftefr what ba baa done it will appear w^ '?iiTespectfiil to him. Shrewd bu ry moved to lay the mot**;! to reconsider on the table, which was voted down by a considerable majority. 7di\W? motion was then pat ana car* ?tais. Scvr^i member? now gathered around Straker, the original mov-s? of the ?eso* lution. and, after whUporinc in his ear for a tew minutes, he said: "Mr, Chair man,-1 withdraw the resolution," ami ? Bowen here read tho report of tho fiuauce committee, (showing tho total amount collected to defray expenses of the three day?' sesaiou to be 913.64, which amount hat! been expended for salaries of doorkeeper?, messengers, sta tionery, Ice, dec. One cannot but admire such great economy. It is indeed won derful how closely they must have fig ured in order to furnish so man/ sup plies and conveniences to so large a body for such a small amount, and they are entitled to the medal for having held tho most economical convention known in the history of Radicalism in this State. Lo0au, one of Columbia's representa tives, introduced a resolution thanking the Hon. R. M. Sims, Secretary of State, for his kindness iu permitting the use of tito hall of the House of Representatives and several committee rooms for the pur poses of thc convention. Several members wero ready to take hold of the resolution at once when they heard the nanto of this good Democrat mentioned, and thought they did not owe any thanks to him or his party, but they finally mutmured "Let it go; it don't amount to anything," and it was passed. Kl I iott wa* hore permitted to take the floor, and said that ho only desired to do eo for tho purpose of correcting some false rumors. He had heard that there were murmurings in tho camp about some little misappropriation ot fund? which had como into the possession ol the State Executive Committee, and some dissatisfaction was felt towards him because, aa chairman of that committee he was suspected of having got a small f harc of the little eavings. Ho said thal he never had a dollar of tho money ii his bands. For the information of thos< of the delegates who were not aware o the fact ho stated that the committte hat its treasurer, into whose possession al moneys for campaign purposes wen placed for safo keeping. Ho challenge? any mau to place his finger on a singl instance in his long political life, am particularly since his stewardship on th committee, where he had defrauded th party or anybody of a single penny. H md been told that Borne of their friend in distant States, desiring to aid them i their struggles during tho exciting day of 1876, had sent funds down hore to pr! vato individuals for this purposo, tit theso never carno into the hund?s of tl committee, and consequently there wi and could be no record on the commi tee's books as to their reception, as he been whispered by several parties wi the case, during the past few days. Tl committee, he said further, had been ui able to ascertain where this money we: to, but of one thing tho convention cou be assured, namely, that it never was the committee's hands. He did not fe fat to put in a good word for R. ?Uiott, tho wuy he had dealt blows the Democratic party and had alwa been ready and ablo to defend hims* against thoso struck in return. Ho co eluded by requesting that a committ be appointed to examino tbe books tho committee for the past two years. Fillebrown hoped that this court inquiry, as it were, would be appointed , not because he thought there was o i?t? of truth in the rumors affecting t ' character of this good and great mi but simply because he had request , that the convention take such acth i He (Fillebrown) wanted an intellig< and strictly honest committee appoint i Shrewsbury's motion that tho cotna : tee bc composed ui ono delegate in . each Congressional District, and tl they be required to report to this convi I tion, waB adopted, but the impatience , BOmo of the members to get through r . adjourn so that they could go home 1 eight caused its reconsideration, and : ; other adopted making it consist of i member ot tho State Executive Coora tee from each of the Congressional I , tricts. who would hold a meeting imi , diately after adjournment and report , the said committee at pleasure. The investigating committee i , finuliy appointed, and lu obedience , the hope expressed by Fillebrown, i composed of the following "intellig ? and honest" gentlemen : Samuel Lee, . N. Taft, J. 8. Fillebrown, June S. M . ley, T. E. Millor. The following preamble and resolut were introduced' by Mouzon, of V i liamsburg : Where.".:; the action of this convent ? will render quite a Bad disappointm ; to a majority of the Republicans vo i of the State by not nominating a and straightout State ticket, and in der to set forth as wide as practicable platform hero endorsed, be it Resolved, That the Chairman of Union Republican State Executive G i mittee be required to have publia ami furnished to the chairmen of e county 10, 20 or 30 copies of the i , platform. Mackey moved that the prosmbh stricken out, remarking that VA 1 to say nothing about the Butt, nc Adopted. The resolution was then put adopted. Shrewsbury introduced tho follow! which was adopted : Whereas the people aro deeply in tated and alive to tho importance necessity of education, and aro desli of doing everything to promote growth and development; and who tho association or connection of poll with the management of the educatit institutions and public schools of State tends to injure and prejudice cause of the commonwealth's most ci ished nursling ; therfore, be it Resolved, That this convention do h by protest against the introductioi politics by either patty in thc com and management of the educational stitutions and achools of this Stato ; all patriotic good citisens, without te to party affiliations or political pt dices, may be enabled thereby to | their hearty support, contributing their means, ability and interest to success ana upbuilding of so wort! cause. A resoNttjn was adopted thanking chairman and secretary for the fait services during tho sessions, when W ington, of Charleston, moved for ac journment, and, at twenty minutes 12, the Radical now-wow, after a BOJ of disordely and disgusting proceed! waa adinnrued Min* til* anil ?Va >r>??r?. immediately began making pr?par?t to go to their nome?, from whence hope and trust they will never agai permitted to return and poluto our ulative halls. There is something* peculiarly and fcringly suggestive in the word E Many suffer with this exhibition of pure blood which diefigures the pei and annoys attendants and assoc! when they could bo made olean their blood kept pure by using Dr. B Blood Mixture. Good Digestion. "."Give us this day our dally bread'! toed medicino to digest lt, 1? both rev and haman- The haman stomach ana eire fruitful senrose of Ute's comforts disordered and dlaeascd, they tingle ra along every nerva and through every ai The mah or woman with good ?igest?c beauty as they walk, and overcome obst they meet in the routine of Uf?, whet dyspeptic eees only gloom and stumble ?iowis at even imaginary objects, world ?tUl needs two ot three new kiri med'rcino before death can be perfectly lah nd; but thal many li veo hare bean lcnged^ and many safcnasjrcm ?J** fin i -^;*r*|-'- - f >^IM.-??.C, ??CVr> cured by wfa*KU?* Usattvti**, ta ho I a doubt. It euros l?ooda?ho in twenty nt??, and th*?a ls no question bul whs tbs moai wonderful discovery mada In ictdarteuee. Those ara Ic: ?1 with Btllov and Liver Complaint should nse Mast HXTATIKR. Il can be had from Sim Bold* Co. E. 3. MURKAY, Editor. THURSDAY NORNINO. AUG. 15, 1878. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. For Governor i WADE HAMPTON, of RlchUiiid. Lieutenant Govermor i W. D. BIM PHON, of Lauren?. Attorney General t LEROY b\ YOU MANS, ol Richland. Secretary of State t R. M. SIMS, of York. Comptroller General t JOHNSON HAGOOD, of Barnwell. ?tate Treasurer i 8. L. LEAPHART, of Richland. gtate Superintendent of Education i HUOH 8. THOMPSON, of Richland. Adjutant and Inspector General t E. W. MOISE, of Sumter. For Cong-reis- Tklrd District : D. WYATT AIKEN, of Abbeville. COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Tho mombere of the County Demo cratic Committee will meet at the INTEL LIGENCER OFFICE on next Monday morn ing, the 19th inst., at ll o'clock. A full (meeting of the Committeo ia very desira ble. E. B. MURRAY, County Chairman. Tho Republicans of the Fifth Con gressional Dit 'ct have nominated aa their standard-bearer Robert Smalls, tho colored Congressman who atanda convic ted in tho Circuit Court of tbb State of receiving a bribe. Ho will oppose Col. Tillman in this contest, and will, we hope, be badly beaten. His nomination by the Republicans is very appropriate, aa is ahowa how corrupt their party ia still. It has not been purified according to on honest man's idea of purity. Tho apparent apathy of tho Republi cans as to our State ticket should not lull us into inactivity, for it is necessary for the Democracy to retain its majority of loot year, or wo moy hove o very se vere end unfortunate contest in tim State during tho presidential election in 1880, or even in thia very election. The ses sions of tho Republican convention were secret, and who knows that their Ex ecutive Committee ia not charged with 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 ?B by no means certain that there io nothing of the kind on foot. The only way to guard the present and prepare for the futuro, is to retain our thorough orgAnlxAtion, and give os much tlmu and labor to the canvass as may bo necessary. Especially do we need to keep up our mounted-clubs, for they are the most efficient meana that can possibly bo 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. j Tht> Republican ?mr ly o? the Third Congressional District in this State bas nominated Dr. J. F. Ensor, of Richland County, ss ito candidate against Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken. Thia will give Col. Aiken a Uttle 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 ao very interesting to 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 Bundry crediton asked payment of their de manda by levying executions upon the carriage and hones, at which time to save them as be thonght for his own UBC-, he announced that they belonged *o the State. There have also been other Utile irregularities about the Doctor, which we will apeak of in due time. Thia nomina tion ia a very weak * e, and if wo rally in the proper manner to the support of Col. Aiken ho will beat Dr. Ensor by about fifteen thousand majority. We cannot afford to lose the Congressman from thin District, and just simply dc not intend under any circumstances to allow a Radical to be elected. We hod aeven thousand majority in the inst election, and by very littlo additional effort we will moke lt fifteen thousand. ARREST OF KIMPTON. The arrest cf H. H. Kimpton, the Financial Agent of South Carolina in New York during Radical rule, woo ef fected at Westfield, Massachusetts, on last Wednesday. His friends modo every effort to free him from arrest, but were unsuccessful. He was retained in custody in default of giving bail in the sum of $16,000. Kicpton waa arrested by a Massachusetts detective upon a tel egraphic dispatch without a warrant, urbtnb uri o rv.?.le ??.?. biS?S Cf Z. mil habeas corpus, but before the matter could be decided an officer with a requi sition from Governor Hampton had ar rived, and lt seems Kimpton will have to "eturn to this State tc stand trial on the indictment against him. . Tho latest news Is that the hearing of the writ waa postponed, and no bail allowed him dur ing that time._ JUDUE MICKEY'S BOND DECISION. Although Judge Mackey decided thai the Consolidation Act is not unconstitu tional and os a contract is irrepenlable and the coupons receivable for taxes, yet ha rafiwed *be f^vidtisiit: te corr pel i County Treasurer of Charleston to re ceive the coupons In payment of tax?"?, I dismissed the petition and awarded c ? to the respondent. This decision of Judge Mackay makes it necessary for tho holders of tho Consolidated Bonds to submit them to the Bond Court before they can rj?cer on the coupons or even present them in payment of taxes. This bi an important decision, as it Involved indirectly millions of dollars. Judge M7a decision la wise, ts it refera the whole matter of tho bouda to a Court with power to decide the whole Question, and thereby prevent the multiplicity of I snits which would otherwise have been r.eceavtry. AMNESTY FOB ILLICIT DISTILLERS The United States authorities have certainly done a wine and timely act io offering to grain nn:nf*ty to all past offenders against the internal Revenue whiskey laws, on the condition that they will plead guilty of ?nwt offenses and bo law abiding citizens in tho future. When they plead guilty the sentences are ren dered by tho 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 thc pen alty imposed in such sealed sentences. Under this arrangement if a man ac cepta 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 tho future than it can possibly do by a rigid enforcement of thc penalties already incurred. The dis tillera generally aredeiirous of accepting these terms, and already hundreda have plead guilty at the United States Diatricl Court in Greenville and returned to theil hornes, where they can now live withou the continued dread of being taken uj j by the revenuo officers and imprisons for offences which they have committee since the war against the revenuo de partmcrit of the general government Seventy cases were disposed of in on day, and the moonshiners are flocking ii continually to avail themselves of immu nity from punish ment for past offence on the oosy and reasonable conditio that they will "go and sin no more. Commissioner Raum, however, excep Redmond and all who have fired upo tho United States officers from the priv lego of this conditional amnesty. Th we regard aa unfortunate, for if he woul make a cleon sweep, without any exec] tions, we believe there would be an e: ot genuine good feeling and law-abidii conduct ic the mountains of this State Buch aa hos not existed since the days nullification. Redmond expresses a wi ingne3s to stand his trial in North Car lina for killing Duckworth, and on wants immunity from punishment for 1 violations of the revenue IOWB. We ho the amnesty will be made full enough embrace even Redmond, and that in t future the law-abiding character whi the disturbed sections will establish w fully vindicate the wisdom and effica of unrestricted amnesty to the moe shiners of tho mountains. TUE LAD?? MURDERERS. The jurisdiction of the State Courts the caso of the revenue officers chore with tho murder of Amos Ladd in Fii ens County has not been settled by ad dication in the S'ate and Federal Cou but the majesty of our judiciary, wh ahnnH be pride and security of ev Americ*?.. bas been made to yield to wishes o? the Executive department the government, in the face of tho dei ion of a Court of competent jurisdicti and that, too, where no harm could suit to any party by regularly carry the case up on appeal to the Sapre Court of tho United States, and tb securing a final adjudication which wo not only Bettie the case in thia State, also in every other State in the Uni The Administration has, however, s fit to defy the Courts, and take into hands the decision of legal quest' with which it was never the intontio: tho framers of onr government for Executive to interfere. The cabinet, however, decided to cue the prisoners, right nr wrong, w out seeking the decision of the Supr Court, and therefore directed the Un States Mardbal V execute the wri habeas corpus issued by the Clerk of United States Court, directing a trac of the prisoners from the State to Federal officers. Accordingly, Greenville News of lo8t Friday gives following account of the manner which the transfer occurred : At 6 o'clock p. m. yesterday, I Marshal R. M. Wallace, in company \ W. E. Earle, Esq.. Deputy Mars Dill and Scruggs ana others, procet to the County jail, and at the door of jail met Sheriff P. it. Gilreatb. Marshal Wallace, addressing the S iff said: . r "I have come to demand those priso from you under a ? rit of habeas coi a copy of which was served on you sc time ago." The Sheriff answered : "Do yon tend to take them from this jail to B other?" He replied, "Not now ; but you hold them until further orders from Tho 8heriff replied. "I shall ofl'e: resistance, but according to my con tion of my duty I cannot give them There are the kaya (pointing to a cai the wall) ; you can take them if you proper todo so, I sholl ofter no resistor; Thereupon Marchai Wallace took keys, went up stairs to tho prisoners' unlocked the door and brougbt the pi nora down and immediately turned t over to the Sheri ff under the following < mitmcnt : U. S. MARSHAL'S OFFICE, GREENVILLE, 8. C. Aug., 8th, 187 Perry D. OUrcath, Sheriff of Greet a^*v, 8. C.: Bm-I herewith deliver to you bodies of Hugh P. Kane, Wm. Dui and G. W. Moose, whose cases have transferred to the United States C by writ of habeas corpvr., atm causa, wiii cuuir.l. ?hem to jail and hold 1 until further orders from me or A J of the United States Court. (Signed) B, M. WALLACE U. 8. Marsh Thus the prisoners have been t from the State Courts, and their ci now pending before tho United E Court, where they cannot bo tried, they expect to be turned ont out any trUi, -s was der,? with Mal i in a similar case a few years ago. proceeding on the part of the Ge ? Government is a great outrage upor and if sustained virtually placet lives of the citizens of any State 1 mercy of lawless and riotous meq may be employed as revenue ofl The case may do for partisan newsp to make political capital* of, aa. j corred in South Carolina, but every in thia Union ia as much interested determination aa South Carolina, really a great question of national for the Uko of which the United I Supreme Ooo:t was established Court of highest authority, ?ud i the duty of the Federal off-dais tc daellnArl tr> Interfere in its d?terrai n and we nave no doubt they would so declined except for the hope that trouble would grow out of it it State, and thus afford them po capital. In this, however, they ."?CC ii sadly disappointed, and we yet to see the case carried to the Supreme Court of the United States, aud a decis ion rendered which will sustain tho ja risdictioT? 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 1 goes up easily ; but if they do not so disagree, then the State authorities should push the case vigorously to obtain a decision of tho Supreme Court. TEMPEST IW A TEAPOT. The Cincinnati Timex, with its usual virulence upon all subjects relatiug to the South, has an artLlo headed "Com promising with Treason," in which it comment? upon the following telegram to the Baltimore tiun about the Ladd mur derers: The Administration is very desirous of avoiding a conflict or raising 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 thu may account for the delay in tho pro ceoding?. The Times says : Possibly there are people io the Nortt who can read this with patience, but w< regret not to be among them. A mol assaults the Republican Government o Louisiana, and we send a Comnisaioi down to effect a peaceful surrenderof tin State to them. A lot of ex-rebels ii South Carolina imprison United State officers for the crime of attempting t stop whisky frauds, refuse to surrende them to the United States authoritiec and threaten rebellion if any attempt i made to take them by force ; and now 1 is proposed to "compromise" with thi new attempt at nullification. Does an one suppose that Jackson ever though of compromising with the Calhoun nulli fiers ? Is it the habit of honest peopl and respectable Governments to compre uii.-:o with treason ? Are the consoquer ces of offending Wade Hampton so feai ful that the United States must cast asid its authority, its dignity and its docencj and beg for a "compromise" wherever ? sees fit to scoot and nullify its laws ? ] sometimes seems to us as if the Repul lican party had lo.it, at tho last electioi some things which Francis managed 1 cling to even at Pavia. In this article the Times shows a di plorable ignorance upon the subjei about which it attempts to comment, < nn utter disregard for even tho semblant of truth. If our contemporary he enough patience, which, for a wonder, gets up truth enough to admit that it h not, to read the facts about the case i the Ladd murderers, it would probab see the ridiculous farce it emmi* in ? tempting to raise a storm of indignatit over the prosecution of what appea from the sworn testimony to be a ma ciouB and inexcusable murder. If tl Times calls shooting a peaceable and n offending cition of this State down cold blood while standing upon the e cred threshold of his own housa, witho any charge against him, "attemptii to stop whiskey frauds," then the ret nae officers are Incarcerated for tb offense : bat the venple of Sou'b C?i lina have yet to be taught bow reven officers, or any other persono, can st whiskey frauds by 'murdering innoce men, and they have yet to learn the li which gives revenue officials the pri lege of killing one man because they i looking for another, as wes the case this instance, for these officers were search of Redmond, and going to Lad house in the expectation of finding t man they were looking for, killed Lat no doubt taking him for Redmond, a expecting to get the large reward offei for his capture. What sympathy tb ruffians are entitled to more than is < tended to ali criminals, we fail to p ceive. The Times would greatly enlig en the public by inarming us w threatens any rebellion io this case, it ia rebellion to leave the decision of t subject to the Courts of the land, which the Supreme Court ot the Unil States is the highest authority, then Soi Carolina proposes to rebel, but not oth wise. If there was any spirit of reb lion in the case, instead of leaving it the Courts the prisoners would have be taken from the jail and lynched. No lng of the kind has ever been conto plated, and the tirade of the Times ab< rebellion is without enough fouodati to make its falsehoods oven ingenio There is no semblance of nullification the attitude nf South Carolins, un?csi is nullification to ask tho Courts of I country to construe a law. . Tho case Bimply one of jurisdiction, aud is prop ly for the judiciary to determine. 1 Executive department of the gove ment has no right to meddle w it at all until tho decision of judiciary has been reached, and all tl the cabinet hos done in the case 1 been flagrant usurpation on its pi The members of the cabinet who ht favored interference have not only ac as judges in overruling a decision o competent Court, bat they havo actec j-TZTZ IT. dvCiuitig Ibo iucuuj Ol tho C by announcing that the killing was d in self-defense. We are not aware t the Executive department of our govt ment has absorbed all of the power oar Coarta yet, and if it has not, cabinet has no power to make any dh sitlon of what ia a contest purely ab a question of law, which oar Coi alone can determine. Nor hi it any s evident to our obtuse mind where tl is any treason in the attitude of So Carolina It bas invariably been 1 lnhistc j that traitors shunned tho co of justice, and yet in Sooth Carolina people who are guilty of this ao-cel'ed t son are iqrskipg tbs 4*tcnmaa?iao or question by the Courts, Thia ia a : kind of treason, and we must confesa i we think it a very commendable tram .nation of what we-har* always ca treason. J tho Times ?nd its poli! allies were traitors according to thia style of seekers of justice the coa would be blest, for it would be ri. traitors in the sense of the word wi means an enemy to the country, there are any traitor* cow thty zxz mea who, whether aa edito? o? es pc clans, seek to stir np strife between di ant sections of our country, and tc ope-u wounds w! "rn the patriots of land, North and South, have been deavoriag to heal cn. and forget in bonds of a 3oucwc? union and a x lasting friendship. We agree with the Time? that the Republican party baa lust Borne few things win h its rocmbere esteem of little consequence, but which ?Ten politlcai parties like to retain. For instance, it has lost its regard for law, it baa Lost all honor and fair dealiug upon public questions, and it bas lost every particle of truthfulness. Perhaps, how ever, we are mistaken about its having lost these traits, for wo 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 .hut 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 tc stir up strife between the races, and tc estrange the colored people from those friendly relations to the white ?nan which wuuld be of mutual advantage tc both races. Such preachers as these are the worst enemies of their race and ol society at largo that can be found any where. They are also a curse to thi cause of religion, which they profess t< hold up to men, for by their seditioui political teachings they inculcate unrcs and strife into their congregations in thi place of peace and good will toward men. We think there are seveial of th colored preachers of this County wh have done a great deal to keep open th breach between the races, and who* course should be condemned alike b both white and colored citizens, but pre eminent among these is one Rev. G. 1 Strickland, colored, of Pendleton, who i not content with inculcating his sedition doctrines at homo, but in a rcligio-polit cal letter to the Christian Recorder, ( Philadelphia, makes a religions corre: pondenco the vein for circulating a d< liberate misrepresentation of tbe whii people of this County. This mac. ai been counselling his congregation not 1 work for the customary wages, and c this subject in bis letter says : Our people labor for a living; the are not a peoplo under tho canopy heaven who worke any harder than tl colored people do and get less for thc work. The idea of a man getting $5; : and $8 per month, and that is promis to him-he don't get that amount. H( is ho to keep his family on such a ami amount ? Hundreds of men in tbe upp country who ore now farming have rj fot corn nor bacon to run a crop wi! 'hey will have to give como white m a claim on bia crop and cowa, hogs a horses, before he can get anything at a and when fall comeB Mr. White man w get it all and give o?r. Black rn nothing. In this he misrepresents the state thinga intentionally, for the colored pi pie know full well that such wages asi promised are as a rule paid them, a they more frequently leavo owing th employers than with their employ owin? them, lt ia true that wages i low, bat then money is worth more tl it waa formerly, and wf?en a money va is given for services it is exclusive board, house rent and fire wood, wb makes the amount mach more in real than in appearance. The effect of advice would be to throw elie colo man out of employment altogether, vause ?buy now get ns much aa their < ployera can afford to pay. He contine I must say our people are in a bad c cl i ti on in thia country. I will say if t don't get away from here to Africa, t will wish in a few years they bad heard of a Southern country. I niv. waa in favor of the Exodus movemeni think a better thing could not have b brought about. A great many of people North and South, East and Y are opposed to it, but it don't amount anything much. Let me appeal to tl good men who are in front of this ? das movement, bc of geed courage, ore doing o work that will never ne gotten while time lasts ; Africa will tbe garden spot of the world at BI future day. '<.** 1 '.. Now, if his congregation will thi nh it they will see Ua inconsistency., professes to favo:- emigration to Aft but takes good care to atsy here him He ia only io favor of talking about subject to induce tho North to bel that the colored people ors greatly pressed here, but at tho same timi neither goea himself nor tries to inc others to go, because he knows th the beat country the colored people find. Speaking of a religious meetiuj Due West, he says : I was informed by the people of filace that the Sunday before, a col ady was pulled off the street by a w man. What for? Because she w not get oh' and let him pass by. It shame to see bow oar colored womer run over by these lawless white poop! The charge of lawlessness against whites of this County is totally wit foundation, for they violate theta seldom aa any people in the world, whenever they do violate' them from canse they are promptly tried and iahed by our courts. Tbe most bli Radical cannot point to a single inst in which the laws have been vip without the guilty partv having tried and impartially dealt with ii courts, whenever complaint btu made. Now, from these extracts tho peoj this County can judge of the cbai of thia professed preacher, whose mission in our midst ia lo foment di and, as foi as possible, trouble bel the races for political purposes, colored people should cease to ci this man aa their preacher, for when spiritual direction ls in the banda of rr.cs they aro sure io begin a retro in morality. It is to the interest of races to live together in thia State peaceable and friendly terms, ant who are constantly seeking.to tim* branda into our midst by agitatinj issues ought to bo condemned b clsss-tt. ??? ?gitutor chouid be c watched by oil wh? want a conti n of friendship between the races, - REPUBLICAN STATE CONVEN1 Tbe Republican State Oonventlo in Columbia last . week. . The pu Inga of tba body were, aa always b fore, noisy and noted for quarre! transacted very little business exe adopt a platform, elect chairmen } County Commit'* ML and make Co ?tonal nominatioua. The Cony determined to make no nomlnatic State offioar*. The Convention failure, and must have a very dept effect on the party throughout the Tho proceedings, copied .from tb lumbla IttgUtrr, are given ehwwhei THE K DU Efl El JJ MEETiN?. A large meeting of tho DeraocraU of - ridgefield, commemorative of thc day of Chamberlain'? dismay and disgrace two . years ago, was held near the Court House . on lost Monday. Tho large assembly was addressed by Gov. Hampton, Judge Mackey, Gen. Moise, Col. ifouman* Gen. Gary and Maj. Tillman. Although the crowd was not as large, as two years ago, the same spirit which characterised the former meeting marked the last, aud with this spirit animating the Demo cratic party, success in tho coming cam paign ia not 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 talc? from the News and Courier: ? All passed on pleasantly until near the end, when it became known that a so rious affray had occurred in tbe Tillage a mile distant, and which had the effect of bringing the proceedings tn an end sooner than was ihteuded. " The circum stances wore as folio? *, as well as could be ascertained amid ihe confusion and excitement which prevailed in the vil lage : lt. 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 complaint exist ing between the parties. The Booths were accompanied by a young mon named Luther Toney. Jones was pre pared for the intended assault, which was abandoned ; but the young man Toney I was shot, and, as was claimed, acct I dentally killed by ono of the party of I Booths, in whose company he was at tho time. t The relatives of Toney regarded the killing as intentional, and the affair became the occasion of a bitter family feud between the Toneys and Booths, which led to an encounter a few years ago, but which did not result fatally to any of the parties concerned. While tne speaking was in progress at the grove to-day, however, the Booths and Brooker To noy, who killed the negro United States marshal a few weeks ago, mot in a store at the village and soon be came engaged in a deadly conflict. There were three of tho Booths on one side, and Toney and one or two of his friends op the other. It was impossible to get an accurate account of the fight, but between twenty and thirty shots were fired within a few minutes' time, and at its close it was found that Brooker Toney and James and Thomas Booth had been killed ; tho three fell within forty feet of each other, and all died within a few minutes, without one haviug uttered a word. The fight took place on the pub lic square, and a uumber of spectators vero wounded. Tho 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 tho shooting, slightly . wounded in the abdomen ; Mark Toney, shot in the aide ; Wade Lott, in the arm ; S? B. Ryan, in the heel ; Clarance Belg ier, ia the hand. Several of these were innocent spectators, not concerned iu the affray. All the persons engaged and all the killed and wounded were white. Brooker Toney is supposed to havo been killed by Benjamin Booth, and i v supposed to have killed James and Thomas Booth. Benjamin Booth was the alleged slayer of Luther Toney, and waa tried and convicted of manslaughter before Judge Platt and sent to the Peni tentiary, and Brooker Toney, though but 26 years of nae, had klllad Ona Harri:, the negro United States mar?aal, and an other negro two or three years ago. Wh?n the firing hrgaE the shots were heard at the scene of the speaking about a mile off, and'Governor Hampton, who was ignorant of the cause, ordered ono of the militia companies assembled for review to hasten to town and suppress the disturbance, and the order was quick ly obeyed, bat tho affray was over before the company arrived on the spot. The I affair is deeply regretted by the citizens i of Edgefield, bat could not have been anticipated nur prevented. The feud was an old one, and resulted as stated i before any effort-could be made to arrest I its bloody consummation. . I A post *mortem revealed the fact that Brooker Toney was shot ?\z 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 waa shot through the lungs. Benjamin and James Booth were old gray-haired men. Brooker Toney and Thomas Booth were beardless boys. C. McK. EVIDENTLY HADE 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 ran the coming campaign upon, and aa ho cannot do so by any fair means, employa the pen of the liar, with the uso of which moat of his political allies aro exceedingly proficient; and tho writer of this infamously false letter is evidently one of the most contemptible blather skites that has over attempted to traduce a peaceable and respectable community : GREENVILLE, S. C., Joly, 1878. To THE EDITOR-Sir : And so you fel lows are squirming up North, aro you ? We have you jost where we want you. You gave the ballot to tho damn niggers, and now. that we have utilized them to our advantage, you mourn and refuse to bo comforted. Verily have you uigger loving Radicaba been hoisted by your own petard I You talk about over-riding State rights by taking some Radicals from our jail who havo murdsTsd one of our beat citizens. "Just try that on. will yan?1* nut you have no oincer here who possesses the nerve to attempt any auoh thing. : WU? Sau asa the army to enforce old JEvarta' coree? Forty thousand Confederate veterans will greet them v?ien they come on any such unhallowed mission. We are in the Union, and will not again leave it to fight Yankees. When tho next "uupleaaantnesa" occurs, which God grant is not far distant, wa will thrash you in the Union and under the flag. Now, j ust "crack year whip," and "d--ii be hs who first cries," etc Don't judge us by such vermin as old Key, whose fit avoca tion ia life ia that of a borso-drover, but remember that wo are truo Southrons, who will perish before we will submit to dishonor. Remember our motto : "Nemo tne impune lacessil." (Signed) PAUCBTTO. Of course, evoir sensible man who thinks about this letter wiU know titb it is not genuine, but ls published for the purpose of inflaming tho Northern and Western masses against the Sooth. Tho editor who would publish such a commu nication should be roost severely con demned, and his paper should be deemed a public euerny. It ls time for the peo ple of the United States to mete out cetera condomnat'ra to ell such journals mi tho Washington Republican, which seeks by all means, whether fair or foal, to koop op a perpetual strife between great sections of oar common country instead, of striving to restore tho frater nal relations which w?ild exist between all tao people of tho United States, if eqch discordant ^for*a as the one above