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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 10,1880. TERMS ; ONE YEAS.._,..81.50. SIX MONTHS._ 75. THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For Governor. Gkn. JOHNSON HAGOOD. For Ueuten ant-Governor. Get. J. D. KENNEDY. For Comptroller General. J. C. COIT, Esq. For Secretary of State. - Col. R M. SIMS. For Attorney General. Gen. LEBOY P. YOUMANS. For Superintendent of Education. Maj. HUGH S. THOMPSON. For Adjutant and Inspector General. Get. ARTHUR M. MANIGAULT. For State Treasurer. Col. J. P. RICHARDSON. For Presidential Electors. At Large?Hon. John L. Manning, Col. "Wm. Elliott. First District?Gen. E. W. Moise. /Second D?trkt?Hon. C. H. Simonton. Third District?J. S. Murray, Esq. Fourth District?CoL Cad. Jones. Fifth District?Son. G. W. Croft. It is sometimes profitable not to be too prominent The presidential lightning has struck Garfield because he was not a prominent candidate for the nomination. The nomination of Garfield and Ar? thur muddies the presidential race. We must nominate our strongest and best men. It might not be a bad idea to make the ticket Hancock and Potter. Poor Blaine. He has long been in sight of the White House, but alas, like hundreds of better men who have seemed like him to be almost there, he always fails to get there. It is pitiable to be so near, and yet to remain so far off. CoL Robert G, Ingersoll, the noted in? fidel, is Blaine's chief manager at the Chicago Convention. A well informed contemporary says that the fact that In? gersoll does not believe in a God renders it very appropriate that he should believe in Jim Blaine. The nomination of Garneld and Ar? thur by the Republicans is a very strong one, and will unite all factions of the party. With the best ticket we can pos? sibly nominate against them there will he no child's play in the presidential canvass this year. Gen. John B. Gordon is addressing the citizens in the leading' cities of Georgia upon the issues made over his resigna? tion as United States Senator. He com? pletely refutes any suspicion of bargain or sale, and so far his course has been marked by grand ovations at every point at which he has stopped. The Field boom is on the increase, and the learned Judge now ranks as a very prominent Democratic candidate for the Presidency. In our opinion his recent State rights opinions as a Judge of the Supreme Court would not render him an available Presidential candidate. No man, however, would make a better Pres? ident_ . The South Carolina delegation to Cin? cinnati is uninstructed as to the Presi? dential candidate, but it is understood that all will vote for Senator Bayard. No better man can be selected, and no other from all of the conspicuous names presented for the Convention's considera? tion will be so sure to command success for the Democratic party. The members from this State will battle in a good cause by working for Senator Bayard's nomina? tion. ! - mm No man has ever been elected Presi? dent of the United States while a mem? ber of the Senate. It is very much to be regretted that such has been the case, for very frequently the ablest and best of our public men are United States Senators, and their experience and training emi? nently fit them for the duties of the White House. It is about time that this neglect of the Senate should be checked, and it would be very apropos to do bo by the nomination of Senator Bayard at Cincinnati. The Toledo Blade suggests that it would be good policy for the Democrats uow to take up Grant and run him for president, and thinks he could be elected. Grant, however, is politically dead. He has allowed his ambition to over-shadow his patriotism, and his nomination would kill any political party. The Republi? cans knew this, and avoided the blunder. It is ridiculous to think the Democrats would even consider the question, after their Greeley experience of eight years ago. _ | _ The defeat of Gen. Grant for the Re ? publican nomination for president is a great triumph for our free institutions, and guarantees to us under the adminis? tration of either party a perpetuation of the principles of Republican Govern? ment The third term, Cscsarism and imperialism have been buried for another century, and therefore we have the satis faction of knowing that .the result of the Chicago Convention ho* been beneficial to the country, even if it has presented a stronger and better man for the presi? dency than Grant. The negro delegates to Chicago lived in ciover during the Radical Convention. They were wined and dined and quartered in handsome style at the leading hotels by the managers of the different presidential aspirants to euch an extent that they wished the Con? vention would never end. The native j negroes about Chicago found out how free the hospitality was going, and dress? ing themselves up in their best pretended to be delegates and were treated in royal style until the ruse was discovered. The candidates were iu a close place, and had to curry favor with the delegates to the Convention without regard to race, color or previous condition. They knew that the negro delegates could vote, and there? fore they were allies not to be neglected. At nominating conventions the negro gets even with the white Radical, if he .cannot do so anywhere else. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. The Democratic State Convention, which closed its session last week, was marked by a very practical and business? like proceeding. There was no effort at display on the part of any member of the Convention, and all seemed to have a common aqd earnest desire to do that which was best for South Carolina and for the Democratic party. There were differences of opinion, which were earn? estly and persistently fought for by those differing, but there was not one which amounted to more than a difference as to policy, and that, too, upon questions of policy about which the people of the State cared nothing, except so far as the decision might effect the common end? the certainty of carrying the coming election. This being the case there is nothing strange in the satisfactory results reached by the Convention. The pro? priety of June nominations being settled by a majority of nineteen votes ended the difference with all, except a few who hate to admit that they could ever be mistaken about anything, and even they were in full accord with the purposes and results of the Convention. There was singular unanimity of choice as to candidates in the Convention. Gen. Hagood was the first choice of at least one hundred and thirty out of the one hundred and fifty-eight delegates, and of the candidates said to be before the Con? vention he would have received one hundred and forty-seven votes, which practically amounted to unanimity. It was not, therefore, to be wondered that he was unopposed in the Convention, and was nominated by acclamation with? out a dissenting voice. The only opposi? tion manifested to the remainder of the ticket was consequent to a disposition as far as possible to distribute the ticket over the State, and, although this has not been done as completely as would have been desirable, the Convention has done its work well, and receives the apprecia? tion and approval of the people of the whole State; for although there is not a man on the ticket from a large section of the up-country, still we have the satisfac? tion of knowing that there is not a man upon the ticket who is other than fully capable and qualified, to discharge effi? ciently and satisfactorily the duties of the office for which he has been nomi? nated. Sectional lines were completely ignored in the Convention, as they should be, and members voted as citizens of South Carolina, and not as residents of any particular portion of the State. It was certainly pleasant to see the rep? resentatives from the very mountain counties voting for Gen. Kennedy for Lieutenant-Governor, and the represen? tatives from Charleston voting for Col. Lipscomb for Secretary of State, al? though in each instance men nearer the representatives indicated were put before the Convention. In the selection of this ticket circum? stances have given to the lower and mid? dle country nearly the whole State ticket, and it may prove best, for in the conn ties with large Republican majorities there is a great deal of genuine hard work to be done, which will require all of the local enthusiasm and encourage? ment which can be given to secure Dem? ocratic victories in them. The most sol? idly Democratic counties in the State presented no candidates to the Conven? tion, and of course got no places on the ticket. This course on the part of these counties will not lose its effect upon the future of South Carolina, and when the work in November is over we have no donbt the wisdom and patriotism of our whole people will stand forth more conspicuous than ever, and no mean place in the appreciation and gratitude of the State will be assigned these coun? ties which have asked for none of the offices, but which propose to do a very large and important part of the voting. The nominees of the Democratic party and its platform are before the people, and as sure as the ides of November arrive they will be carried to a triumph? ant victory at the polls. The canvass will not actively open until after the crops have been laid by, and then the State expects every man to do his duty. The campaign will be kept just as hot as may be necessary to ensure victory. The pressure from the opposition will, in a large measure, determine the course of the canvass, but one thing is certain, and that is, that as much time and work and effort will be invested in this cam? paign as. may be necessary to render the election of the ticket at the bead of these columns absolutely safe. The people of Camden are determined to put a stop to the carrying of concealed weapons and to dueling if Town ordi? nances and anti-dueling associations can effect it. The Town Council of that place has passed an ordinance forbidding the carrying of concealed weapons within the corporate limits of the town, and on last Thursday evening the organization of the "Camden and Kershaw anti-Duel? ing Association" was perfected, with Judge J. B. Kershaw as president. The objects of the association shall be "to train, educate and organize the public opinion and moral sense of the people to a true perception of the crimiuality of this wicked and pernicious practice. To I take proper measures to procure an ad? justment of all personal difficulties which j might tend to involve any of our fellow citizens in a duel. To use and enforce all legal means of preventing any of our fellow-citizens from engaging in a duel. To enforce the laws against dueling in every case of their violation hereafter occurring in the County of Kershaw, whether the same shall consist of send? ing, accepting or bearing a challenge, or the fighting of a duel, or the counselling, aiding or abetting any of these offences." The co-operation and assistance "of all good citizens, all of the humane and benevolent, all who wish well to the community, all Christian people and ministers, and all who are in any way responsible for public opinion, or can influence it any respect," are cordially invited. Similar associations in other towns of the State might be organized and conducted to the general welfare of society and the public morals of our country. Dueling is a practice of the past, and should be buried with it. The association in Camden will command the respect of tbe people of the whole State, for it seeks to correct an eyil which is becoming entirely too common of lato years in South Carolina. The gentlemen composing the organization have set a worthy example to their fellow-citizens of other portions of the State. Who will be first to follow this example? R. B. Elliott, in the nomination of can? didates at the Chicago Convention, Baid that if any candidate goes into the com? ing canvass relying upon the vote of any Southern State for his election he would fail. He said : "We may put the votes in the ballot-box, but we are powerless to have them counted for the nominee." In the first part of what he said Elliott was perfectly correct. No Republican can carry any Southern State, but Elliott seeks to furnish as campaign thunder a statement which he cannot substantiate and which facts do not warrant. South Carolina went Democratic in 1876, when the Republicans had the boards of can? vassers and managers of election. It is certain that they counted all the Repub? lican votes which were put in the boxes, and, in some instances, it is believed a few thousand extra votes were enume? rated for the Republican side. The ex? cuse lies in something else than an unfair count. The trouble to the Radicals is that the Democrats out-vote them in the Southern States, and they had as well own up and quit wasting their time in politics. Republicanism in the South has buried itself forever in its own cor? ruption and venality. The Republicans cannot boast of a harmonious Convention at Chicago. The rival factions have been bitter and fierce towards each other, and scars of the bat? tle will remain for a long time to weaken and jeopardize the supremacy of Radi? calism. There may be a quasi support of the nominee by all of the leaders, but it may be put down as reasonably sure that many of the defeated men are not going to give themselves a great deal of trouble about carrying the election. It may hurt them to be beaten, but still they would take such pleasure in telling the winning men after their candidate is defeated "I told you so." The Greenbackers and Democrats of Maine have nominated the same ticket for State officers, with Gen. Harris M. Plaisted, of Bangor, as the candidate for Governor. He was for years a Republi? can, and the nomination is said to be a very strong one, so much so that the Boston Herald says that if Blaine is not nominated at Chicago the State of Maine will become one of the most doubtful and hotly contested States in the Union in the coming presidential campaign. Things do not seem to be going altogeth? er serene for the Republicans this year. Early or Late Nominations. In an editorial upon this subject the Netvs and Courier says: We are confident that the action of the State Convention will receive the ap? proval of the Democracy of the State. The Committee on Resolutions, consist? ing of one delegate from each county, reported a resolution in favor of early nominations, embodying a request to the State Committee "to open the State can? vass at such time as, in their judgment, will least disturb the agricultural in? terests of the State." The vote upon the motion to substitute the minority report, in favor of August nominations, was 67 to 86, and the majority report was adop? ted by a vote of 84 to 63. A majority of counties and of delegates were in favor of immediate nominations. It was bold? ly asserted that the majority vote in the Convention did not represent a majority of the Democratic vote, but the returns of the last State election tell a different tale. Ranging the several counties for and against June nominations, and tak? ing as the basis of the calculation the vote for Hampton in 1878, the result is I as follows: For June. Against June. Abbeville. 5,880 , Aiken. 5,009 . Anderson. 3,516 Barnwell. 5,770 . Beaufort. 445 . Charleston. 14,261 . Chester. 2,841 Chesterfield. 1,564 . Clarendon. 2,158 . Colleton. 4,340 . Darlington. 3,792 . Edgefield. 7,325 Fairfield. 2,569 Georgetown. 1,381 . Greenville. 2,962 Hampton. 3,847 . Horry. 1,759 Kershaw. 2,774 Lancaster. 2,782 Laurens. 3,037 . Lexington. 1,452 Marion. 3.638 Marlboro'. 2,591 Newberry. 5,135 Oconee. 1,630 Grangeburg. 4,153 . Pickens. 1,500 Ricbland. 4,619 Spartanburg. 3,166 . Sumter. 4,758 . | Union. 2,810 Williamsburg. 3,091 . York. 2,984 Totals. 66,366 53,183 Majority for June. 13,183 Early nominations were desired, there? fore, by a majority of the counties, by a majority of their delegates, and by a ma? jority of the Democratic voters of the State. Really, however, there is no power to go "behind the returns" and in? quire whether the vote of a Convention correctly represents the sentimeuts of the people. The right to make a final de? cision must rest somewhere, and in the Democratic party the State Convention is the tribunal from whose judgment there is no appeal. By the action of the State Convention every Democrat is bound. The Democratic minority in South Carolina hitherto have always given a generous support to the decision of the majority, for the minority know that in no other way can the unity of the party be maintained, and the continuance of Democratic rule be assured. It will be so in the present canvass. There was an honest difference of opinion, and, now that the State Convention has spoken, all true Democrats will be of one mind and have but one object?Victory all along the line in November! ? Senator Hoar, in his speech as pre? siding officer of the Chicago Convention, charged the Democracy with opposition to fair elections and a free ballot. The Washington Post cruelly but opportune? ly reminds Mr. Hoar that in his own State, and under laws which he helped put on the statute books, there is more crime against the right of suffrage than in any other State or section. In that State 136,000 men are disfranchised, mauy of them because, within the past few years, when they could not get work, they were obliged to accept public charity in the shape of food for their families, or medicine or a coffin for the sick or dead of their households. This is the sort of free ballot for which Mr. Hoar contends. If he and those who co? operate with him could regulate suffrage, no poor man would vote at all, and no rich man would be permitted to vote against thp Republican party. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Gleanings from our State Exchanges. Abbeville Press and Banner: Never at any time since the war has there been such an unsupplied demand for labor. It has been with difficulty that many planters secured hands to cut their oats, even at high prices. We need more reap? ers.Dr. Bonner has returned from Glenn Spring, and is now at home in Due West. It is said that his health is somewhat improved, though he is still in a precarious condition.There eeems to be a very general desire on the part of our citizens to attend the Cincinnati Con? vention, and we think it quite likely that a number of our business men will go. .The oat crop has been a bountiful one, and the greater portion has already been harvested. Abbeville Medium: The cotton crop of thi3 county is in a more flourishing condition now than usual for this season of the year. The farmers generally have their crops pretty clean, although in some places there is a good deal of grass-. Spartanburg Herald: At a meeting of the creditors and stockholders of the Spartanburg and Asheville Road recent? ly held at Spartanburg, Mr. R. Y. Mc Aden proposed to furnish all the money needed to complete the road to Asheville on the condition that a first mortgage be given him on the line between that place and Henderson. Newberry Herald: Two negro women in the Cromer Township have lately lost their babies in a mysterious way. One I of the women says she left hers in the field, and the buzzards carried it away. I Thu other gives no explanation. No in? vestigation has been instituted, and there have been no arrests.Coroner E. C. I Longshore held an inquest Wednesday I over a negro child, three days old, that 1 died from an overdose of morphine, ad I ministered by its mother, Hester Harris. I This was the woman's fifth child, and I none have ever lived beyond seven months. She has never been married, j Lancaster Ledger: Within the last I week seven milch cows havo been killed I in a body of woods just northeast of the I village. There is no clue as to who the I guilty party is. The cows belonged to different persons in the village. One was I a fine Jersey cow, the property of Dr. J. H. Foster, and which he valued at $100. J Kershaw Gazette: There is a good deal of cotton still in the country. Hardly a j day passes that one or two bales are not I brought in, while some days witness the I sale of from ten to twenty bales. This is I a substantial evidence of a better and I healthier condition among our farmers. I Greenville Advertiser: An anti-duel I ling society has been organized here. I Since the first of last September 20,400 bales of the staple have been shipped J from this poiut, and yet there remains a I considerable quantity throughout the I county. j Chester Reporter: The first collection I of taxes in this county amounted to j $6,600, about one-seventh of the entire I levy.Good stands of corn and cotton ; j the work of "chopping out" is pretty well j over, and the young crops are generally J looking well. I? Newberry Herald: Tuesday night, I 25th ult. Josh Douglass shot and killed J Brown Douglass on Mr. Walter W. I Hodge's place, near Maybinton. There J were no witnesses to the killing, but Josh Igave the following particulars: During j the night he heard some one breaking in - I to his corn-crib; taking his shot-gun and I pistol he went out. Brown saw him and I fled. Josh pursued and fired once with I his gun ana then twice with his pistol, j Every shot took effect?the gun in the I side, one pistol shot in the arm and the I other in the breast. Death ensued in j wenty-four hours. i Yorkville Enquirer: We learn that the I contract for erecting the monument at King's Mountain, to be completed ready for the reception of the bronze figure which is to surmount it, has been award? ed to Mr. McNincb, of Charlotte, who I undertakes to do the work for $2,600. It is to be built of granite, which can be obtained within about three miles of the ground on which it is to be erected. J Lancaster Review: Col. J. D. Wylie I made 400 bushels of red rust proof oats on 3} acres. The small grain crop is I much more encouraging than it was a few weeks ago, and it is now thought an average crop will be made. Lexington Dispatch: A few days ago there could have been seen on the plan? tation of Mr. R. M. Shull, who lives a few j miles from this place, a young goat that had four eyes, two noses, two mouths, two I tongues and two chins. This is true, if I men who are not in the habit of seeing double are to be believed. This goatish j monstrosity lived about threedays. ! Edgefield Advertiser: On Thursday J night last, about 9 o'clock a negro man, named Harper Bauskett, living on Dr. j John Mobley's plantation, near Red I Bank Church, was shot and instantly J killed by some person unseen and un? known. He had for a ? little while I before gone into his house from cutting grain, and as he crossed the open door with a light in his hand, the fatal I bullet was fired from without, and did J its work instantly. The murdered man was living with another man's wife, and she was with him in the house at the time of his death. An inquest was held by Trial Justice E. B. Forrest, I and a verdict rendered according with the above statement. I Edgefield Monitor: A disgraceful row j occurred at the Ready Branch (colored) Church in Norris Township, about six miles North of Ridge Springs, in which I knives, pistols, and clubs were used, with j the following result: Ike Lott, stabbed I in the back; Mose Lott, shot in the arm , Stance Padgett, shot three times fatally, j (has since died) and Wash Coleman, arm [knocked out of joint. The difficulty grew out of the Gates murder, some of the parties having been implicated and I others were witnesses. We understand whiskey was sold from jugs in the vicini? ty of the church and that these parties, or some of them at least, were considera? bly under the influence of this fluid pro? moter of riota. Js there no way to stop the unlawful selling of whiskey on such occasions ? Aiken Joural and Review: From every section of the County, from the Edisto to the So*vannah, come in reports of good crops. The oat crop in this section was particularly fine, and is now mostly gath? ered, the weather having been very fa? vorable for the past two weeks. Cotton and COra cropi are growing fast and look uealtny. Trouble in Hamburg.?Augusta, Ga., June 4th.?Monday afternoon sev? eral women living in Hamburg were summoned before the Intendant and war? dens to testify in regard to a row which occurred in the house where they resided. One named Sally Shinall, a white wo? man, who recently lived in Augusta, du? ring the progress of the trial several times made use of abusive language in regard to the defendant. She was finally adjudged in contempt and ordered to be put in the lock-up. She was taken in charge by Creigbton Matheny, the town marshal, who started with her to the guardhouse. After proceeding with her a short distance the officer struck her on the head with a club. He and his friends say that she resisted violently, and he was obliged to strike her. The friends of the woman say that she did not resist, but merely sat down on the grouud and refused to go, and that thereupon the officer struck her a violent blow on the side of the head with his club. She was carried to her home, and died this after? noon about 2 o'clock. Trial Justice Clet seu summoned a jury, and held an in? quest. A post mortem examination was held, and the surgeon determined that the woman came to her death from the blow. The jury have not yet returned a verdict. Matheny was arrested and car? ried to Aiken. The woman's brother threatens to kill him on sight.?Special Dispatch to the News and Courier. THE STRUGGLE OVER. GAR FIELD WEN'S AS A DARK HORSE. The Republican Platform and Nominee? The End of Grant and BInlne. The Convention which assembled in Chicago on the 2nd inst. was one of the most intensely exciting meetings which has ever been held by the Republicans. The delegates arrived early, and the greatest electioneering and manipulation possible was begun from the very first by the managers of the respective candi? dates. At first it was rumored that Grant had the organization of the Con? vention through Don Cameron, chairman of the National Republican Executive Committee, but the committee, on which a majority of the members were anti Grant men, decided to depose him if he did not act fairly, upon which he grace? fully submitted to the inevitable, and agreed to nominate for temporary chair? man Hon. George F. Hoar, of Massa? chusetts. Mr. Hoar was unanimously elected temporary chairman, and after j wards permanent president of the Con? vention, which gave the organization, its committees, and so forth, to the anti Grant party. The whole of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, together with the greater part of Saturday, was consumed in deciding the cases of contesting dele? gations. These decisions were, for the most part, unfavorable to the Grant party, be losing eighteen votes by it from the State of Illinois alone. The Convention then adopted a rule abrogating the pre? vious rule, which required the States to vote solidly, giving the majority of a delegation from a State the right to cast I the whole vote of the delegation. Under I the new rule, by which members voted I as they pleased, Grant lost, in addition to the eighteen votes from Illinois, twenty-six from Pennsylvania, and nine? teen from New York, besides quite a number of delegates from other States. The following Executive Committee was then elected for the next four years: Alabama, Paul Stroeback; Arkansas, S. W. Doisey; California, Horace Davis; Colorado, John L. Routt; Connecticut, Marshall Jewell; Delaware, Christian Febiger; Florida, William W. Hicks; Georgia, James B. Deveaux; Illinois, John A. Logan; Indiana, John C. New; Iowa, John S. Runnells; Kansas, John A. Martin; Kentucky, W. 0. Bradley ; Louisiana, H. C. Warmouth; Maine, William T. Frye; Maryland, James A. Cary; Massachusetts, John M. Forbes; Michigan, James D. Stone; Minnesota, D. M. Sabin ; Mississippi, George C. Mc Kee; Missouri, C. J. Filley; Nebraska, James W. Dawes; Nevada, John W. Mackey; New Hampshire, W. E. Chan? dler; New Jeasey, George A. Halsey; New York, Thomas C. Platt; North Car? olina, W. R. Canady; Ohio, W. C. Cooper; Oregon, D. C. Ireland; Penn? sylvania, J. D. Cameron (unanimously); Rhode Island, W. A. Pierce; South Car? olina, Samuel Lee; Tennessee, William Rule; Texas, not ready ; Vermont, Geo. ? W. Hooker; Virginia, Samuel M. Jones; West Virginia, John N. Mason; Wiscon? sin, Elihu Enos; Arizona, R. C. McCor mick; Dakota, unable to agree; District of Columbia, not ready; Idaho, George L. Shoup; Montana, O. H. Betty; New Mexico, S. T. Elkin ; Utah, W. Bennett; Washington Territory, T. T. Minor; Wyomiug, Joseph L. Cary. The committee on platform next made its report, which was adopted, and of which the following is a synopsis : The resolutions, after viewing the ad? ministration of the Republican party, ask for the continued confidence and support of the people, and submit for their ap? proval the following statements of the principles and purposes which will con? tinue to inspire it : [ First. The work of the last 21 years has been such as commends itself to the I favor of the nation, and the fruits of past victories should be preserved. The dis? severed Union happily restored should be perpetuated, credit should never be impaired, and reviving industries be fur? ther promoted. Second. The Constitution is a supreme law and not a mere contract of confeder? ated States. It made the sovereign States; it made the Nation. Some powers are de? nied to the Nation, while others are de? nied to the States, but the boundary be? tween the powers delegated and those reserved is to be determined by the Na? tion and not by the State tribunals, j Third. Popular education is to be left to the care of the States, but it is the duty of the National Government to aid that work to the extent of its Constitu? tional authority. Fourth. The Constitution should be amended so as to forbid the Legislature of each State making any law respecting the establishment of religion, and so as to forbid the appropriation of public funds to the support of sectarian schools. Fifth. Duties levied for tho purpose of revenue should so discriminate as to fa? vor American labor. No further grants of public domain should be made to rail? way corporations. Slavery having per? ished in the States, its twin barbarity, polygamy, must die in the territories. Everywhere protection should be ac? corded to citizens of American adoption. The party acknowledges its obligation to the men who preserved its integrity in the hour of battle. Congress and the treaty-making power should restrain and limit Chinese immigration. Seventh. Endorses the administration of Hayes. Eighth. The Democratic party to ob? tain possession of the National and State governments, and control of place and position, have obstructed all effort to promote purity and to conserve free? dom of suffrage, and have devised fraud? ulent certificates and returns ? have labored to unseat lawfully elected members of Congress, to secure at all hazards the vote of the majority of States in the House of Representatives. Have endeavored to occupy by force and fraud places of trust given to others by the people of Maine, which attempt was re? sented by the courage and action of Maine's patriotic sons. Have attached partizan legislation to appropriation bills upon which the very exercise of govern? ment depended. Have crushed the rights of individuals, advocated tho principles and sought the favor of rebellion against the nation, and endeavored to obliterate the sacred memories of war and overcome its inestimably valuable results of na? tionality, personal freedom and individ? ual equality. The equal enforcement of law and the protection of all citizens in the enjoyment of all privileges and im? munities guaranteed by the Constitution are the first duties of the nation. The danger of a solid South can only be aver? ted by the faithful performance of every promise which the nation has made to its citizens, The execution of the laws and the punishment of all those who vi? olate them are the only safe methods with which enduring peace can be se? cured and genuine prosperity established throughout the South. The Solid South must be divided by the peaceful agencies of the ballot, and opinions must there find freer expression, and to this end honest votes must be protected against terror? ism, violence and fraud. The nomination of candidates was next proceeded with, and the following nominations were put before the Con? vention : James F. Joy, of Michigan, rose and took the platform in response to numer? ous calls. After some reference to the public life of his proposed nominee he presented for nomination to the Presi? dency James G. Blaine. The mention oi the name was received with grand demonstrations of applause. The renewed mention of Elaine's name at the conclusion of Joy's speech was the signal for another wild scene of con? fusion and excitement, the larger half of the audience and all the Elaine delegates rising and cheering vociferously, waving flags, fans, hats, umbrellas, &c., most frantically. The lady who was so con? spicuous in the remarkable scene last night is said to be Mrs. Chas. F. Deems, widow* of a soldier, of New York, and the flag which she displayed is said to have been Lincoln's. Slie was present again to-night on the platform swinging her flag in one hand and her fan in the other, and cheering like mad, until the bystanders pulled her down from her seat and tore the flag in tatters in their efforts to take it from her, while she folded it about her person and struggled for its possession. The confusion con? tinued fully ten minutes, when a loud voiced delegate succeeded in attracting attention, and demanded to know wheth? er the Convention was not capable of protecting itself from the mob in the gal? leries.. Pixley seconded the nomination of Blaine in a speech of considerabe length. When Minnesota was called, E. F. Drake presented the name of Win. Win dora, which was also received with great, but speedily subsiding applause. When New York was called Conkling rose, mounted the reporter's platform aud then took a position on the reporter's table. He, too, was received with long continued and vociferous, though not such a general or apparently spontaneous cheering. His mention of the name of Grant was received with renewed demon? strations lasting two or thtee minutes. The speech was an eloquent panegyric on the life and services of Grant. The need of the hour, he said, was not a can? didate who could carry States which are surely Republican, hut one who can carry doubtful States South as well as North. Grant could carry the doubtful State of New York, and several in the South. [Applause.] He briefly reviewed the third term objection to Grant, and urged that it was no objection to any man weighed in the balance aud not found wanting. |Cries of "time, time."]? Conkling paid no attentiou to-hese cries and was soon permitted to proceed. To? wards the conclusion he said the Con? vention was master of a supreme oppor? tunity. It could make the next Presi? dent, and also make sure of his peaceful inauguration. It can break that power which mildews the South. Democratic success is a menace to order and progress, which this Convention can overthrow and emancipate the solid South. It can make the Republican army march to certain victory, with its greatest marshal at its head. As Conkling took his seat there was another scene of disorder aud immense cheering by the supporters of Grant, which continued fifteen minntes. Bradley, of Kentucky, seconded Grant's [nomination in a brief but elo? quent five minutes' speech. When Ohio was called, Garfield, amid great cheering, advanced to the same po? sition which Conkling had occupied, and, when order was restored, said that he was always touched by the sentiments in honor of a great and noble man. He had seen the sea in its fury of storm. It was a grand sight; but he remembered that, after all, it is the calm level of the sea from which all heights and depths are measured. He counselled them to a calm and quiet consideration in the hour of determining their dui;ies. He nomi? nated John Sherman. [Note by the Reporter. | The applause and noise which followed Sherman's nomination came from those who made up in their persistent effort what they lacked in numbers. The Chair did not seem to feel called upon to make any effort to check it, and so much additional time was wasted until finally a storm of hisses reduced the unruly members and spectators to comparative quiet. Winkler, of Wisconsin, and Elliott, of South Carolina, (colored) seconded Sher? man's nomination, the latter taking the opportunity also to pay a graceful com? pliment to Blaine. He said if any can? didate went into a canvass relying on the vote of any Southern State for his elec? tion he would fail. We may put the votes in the ballot-box, but we are pow? erless to have them counted for the nom? inee. Vermont being called, Billings rose to put in nomination the name of Senator Sdraonds as the most fitting name to be borne upon the Republican banner. The nomination was seconded by Sand ford, of Massachusetts. Cassiday, of Wisconsin, presented the name of Elihu B. Washburne, of Illi? nois, as that of a man who would give unity to the party, and who is at once capable and worthy of public confidence, which his merits command. Washburne's name was received with marked approval. Brandage, of Connecticut, seconded the nomination. This, he said, was a faith? ful, sterliug Republican whose name was the only name sure of carrying every doubtful State, and thus securing victory for Republican principles. He urged" that Washburne's name would rally the German vote, and thus secure New York and redeem Connecticut, and aid powerfully in securing the Republican control of the National Senate. The speech was one of the strongest of the night, but the late hour forbids justice in its report. On motion of Morse, of Massachusetts, the Convention at 11.50 adjourned till 10 a. m. Monday. On Monday morning the ballotting began, and the first vote resulted as fol? lows : Grant 304, Blaine 284, Sherman 93, Edmunds 34, Washburne 30, Win dom 10. During the day twenty-eight ballots were had without any striking changes. The last ballot stood: Grant 307, Blaine 279, Sherman 92, Edmunds 31, Wash? burne 35, Windom 10, Garfield 2. On Tuesday the ballotting was renew? ed, and continued up to the thirty-sixth ballot. The last three stood as follows : Grant 312, Blaine 275, Sherman 101, Edmunds 11, Washburne 32, Windom 4, Garfield 17. Grant 313, Blaine 257, Sherman 101, Edmunds 11, Washburne 23, Windom 3, Garfield 50. Grant 311, Blaine 42, Garfield 397. Gen. John A. Garfield having received a majority of all the votes of the Con? vention was declared duly nominated for President, amid the wildest excitement and tremendous applause. Ex-Collector Arthur, of New York, was on first ballot nominated for Vice President, and the Convention having completed its business adjourned sine die on Tuesday, the 8th inst., having been in session six days, Race-Prejudice at the North.? New York, June 1.?As the colored com? panies, composing the rear of the Deco? ration procession, yesterday, were return? ing from Cypress Hill Cemetery to the station of the Rapid Transit Road, in East New York, they were assaulted by a gang of roughs, and a riot ensued, in which a policeman named Hallield re? ceived a dangerous sabre cut on his head. The colored men arc said to- have charged on the police and roughs alike, but being overpowered by numbers were compelled to run for their lives. The Btreets were filled with an excited mob, and several persons injured. The cap? tain and sergeant of the Veteran Colored Guard were arrested. Gen GARY.?The following resolution was offered in the South Carolina Demo? cratic Convention by Mr. B. F. Millor, of Lancaster, and adopted unanimously: Resolved, That this Convention, assem? bled in its wisdom, hereby expresses the most profound admiration for the ability, statesmanship and distinguished service rendered the parly by the lion ". W. Gary, and that we do hereby tcnOor our unfeigned thanks and appreciation of his character, his unswerving patriotism and devotion to the best interests of the Slate of South Carolina. ? Women vote in Wyoming, are well treated by the men, and the married wo? men don't always vote as their husbands do, cither. It is noted, further, that the women arc sure to vote against candidates of dissipated or immoral habits. A Miraculous Escape. Walterboro', June 4.?An accident and most remarkable escape from immi? nent danger happened to our worthy sheriff, Robert Black, Esq., while cross? ing Buck Head Causeway, twelve miles from our town, on Sunday last. Return? ing home with his wife and three little ones in his buggy, in crossing a bridge his horse refused to pass over a hole in it and begun backing. The structure being very steep, ridiculously so, facilitated the movement of the horse, when in a trice the vehicle and its occupants were pre? cipitated into the creek, the horse re? maining perched with his fore legs on the bridge dangling above the terror struck family. More remarkable still, this po? sition wa3 held by the horse not only till the party could get out of the buggy, but for the space of a half-hour at least, as Mr. Black thinks. For ono of his feet getting entangled in some way he cannot well account for, he had to ask the assistance of a friend who luckily was crossing the bridge at the same time, and m'ho, after extricating Mr. B., who was not able to walk from the injury to his ankle in the fall, next cut the harness from the horse. After all this the friend went for assistance on foot to a farm house three-quarters of a mile distant, and returned with assistance, all afoot, to within one hundred feet of the bridge before the horse fell from sheer ex? haustion. The time, therefore, which the animal sustained himself by his fore legs and jaws, by pressing his under-jaws on the bridge, is not over-calculated we think. It is singular, too, no one was jolted from the buggy in the fall nor in? jured in the slightest, save Mr. Black, whose ankle was wrenched in some way, and though painful, not at all seriously injured ; while the horse, in making the amends for the mishap by not falling on his master, received no harm after flop? ping down from his perch.?Correspon? dence of the News and Courier. Col. Cash and Col. Depass.?Co? lumbia, June 4.?A meeting, yesterday, on the State line, near Cheraw, between Col. Cash and Col. Depass, was prevented by the arrest of the latter at Chesterfield Court House. Col. Cash and his party were on the ground when Col. Blair, the second for Capt. Depass, arrived with information of the arrest. ? Richard B. Connolly, who was Con? troller under the Tweed Ring in New York, died in France the other day. He is said to have stolen ?8,000,000 and ab? sconded with the larger part of it. He offered to compromise for $600,000, but the offer was declined. He is said to have had great remorse, but did not make restitution The bulk of his stolen fortune was lost in speculation. ? The recent splendid discoveries of gold in White, Lumpkin, Dawson, and, indeed, all over Northeast Georgia, has done more to develop this magnificent mining region than all the newspaper writing and individual talking that has been done since the war. These practi? cal demonstrations are bringing in hosts of experienced miners and capitalists to develop the hidden treasures of this sec? tion and of the Blue Ridge Mountains and their rich placer valleys.?Gaines? ville South) on. APPLICATION FOR CHARTER. Notice is hereby given that an appli? cation for a Charter for Long Branch Church will be made, according to law, before the Clerk of the Court at Anderson, S. C, on the 8th day of July next, at 10 o'clock a. m. J. MATT. COO LEY, C. C. June 10,1880_48_5*_ Notice to Contractors, WE will let to the lowest bidder, on tbe 8th July next, tbe building of tbe Bridge across "the Six and Twenty Mile Creek at Mrs. Matilda Harris's. Plans and specitiations made known on day of sale. We reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Sale to take place at 12 o'clock m., at the. place above designated. It. S. BAILEY N. O. FARMER, W. S. HALL, County Commissioner. June 10, 1880_48_3__ SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ax I' .KSON CoUXTY. BY virtue of Executions to me direct? ed, I will expose to sale on the First Monday in July, A. D. 1SS0, before tbe Court House door at Anderson, the follow? ing property, to wit: All of the PlaintifPs interest in one Tract of Land, containing ninety.live (95) acres, more or less, situated in Anderson County, bounded by lands of Joel Ellison, John Siddle and others. Levied on as the prop? erty of the Plaintiff, in favor of McDavid and Duncan and A. S. Duncan, Defendants, for cost of suits. Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessary papers. JAMES H. McCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson Countv. June 10, 1880 -18 4 Notice to Landowners. IN pursuance to instructions from Hon. A. P. Butler, Agricultural Commis? sioner of South Carolina, all Landowners are requested in making returns of Personal and Real Property, for both themselves and tenants, to inform the Auditors of their re? spective Counties of the amount of land cultivated in the different crops during the year 1870, as well as the yield of each crop, the amount of beef, pork and mutton slaughtered, number of horses, mules, sheep, hogs, goats, cattle, &c, number died from disease, number sheep killed by nogs, amount of commercial fertilizers used, val? ue of same, and number panels fence, pro? ducts of dairy, together with such other information as might be of general use to the Agricultural Department. THOMAS J. WEDB, County Auditor. June 10,1880_48 ' 2 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Henry B. Smith, Plaintiff", against s. a. Smith, Deftitnliint.?< ?]>!/ Summons'/or Retltf?Complaint Served. To tho Defen-' ..it S. A. Smith : You arc i.ereby summoned ami required to an sycr the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on tho subscriber at his office in the City of Greenville, within twenty days after tho service hereof, exclu? sive of thu day of such service ; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plalntiir in this action will apply to the Court fur the l'ullef demanded in the complaint. Dated l'Jth May, 1SS0. WHTTNER SYMMES, PlaintitPs Attorney. Attest: john w. daniicls, c. c. P. To the Defendant S. A. Smith : you will take notice that the summon* and complaint in this action was filed in the office of tho Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas at Ander? son Court House, the 14th day ol May, 1SS0. wiiitner symmes, PlalntuTa Attorney. June 10,18B0 _48_ jl_ ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. All persons holding claims against the Estate of William Moorhend, deceased, arc notified to present them to the under? signed within the time allowed by law. properly proven, or they will l>o barred : and persons indebted to 'tho Estate are no? tified to make prompt payment to the un? dersigned. K?DERT MOONHEAD, Ailtn r. May 27, 1SS0 _-_ APPLICATION TOR CHARTER. Notice is hereby given that an appli? cation for a Charter for Shady Gmvc Chureh will be mndu according to law before the Clerk of Court at Anderson, S. C, Oil Monday, the 17th ilav of May, 1SS0, at 10 o'clock a. in. B. D. DEAN, And others. April in. 1880_40_5 NEW GRIST MILL. GtRINDING done on WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS. A. II. USDORXH. MayO, 18S0 43 8 IDESIRE to inform my old customers, and the public generally, that I have returned to Anderson ami opened a SHOE SHOP, and will bo pleased to receive orders either for Making or Heparin}; Boots or Shoes. I will superintend all work done in my Shop, and guarantee that it will be done in the best of style. 1 will use only good ma? terial, and employ none but the best of workmen. All work delivered according to promise. Shop in the room rear of J. E. Rreazeale's law office, over J. P. Sullivan & Co.*s Store. R. Y. II. NANCE. June 3,1880_ _47_3m p. KIND, G. DIERCKS, Superintendent. Proprietor. PHOENIX IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, S. C, MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES, Water and Horse Powers, COLUMNS FOR STORE FRONTS, Railings for Balconies. SAW Ax\D GRIST MILLS. ALL kinds of CASTINGS done at short notice and low prices. Work done in good, workmanlike manner. Repairing of all kinds Machinery and Engines. WATSON & SON, Agents, Anderson, S. C. Juno 3, 1S80_47 3m OUR NEW WAREHOUSE IS COMPLETE, From which we can most conveniently load Wagons with the good old WANDO FERTILIZER AND ACID PHOSPHATE, AND THE CAROLINA FERTILIZER AND Palmetto Acid Phosphate. Call and buy our Fertilizers for Cotton deliverable next Fall Wc Have Just Recei ved, 25,000 pounds Tennessee Meat, Three Car Loads New Orleans and Mus? covado Molasses, 800 bushels Tennessee Com, Two Car Loads Excellent Flour, One Car Load Liverpool Salt, 25 barrels best Northern Seed Potnloes. Wc have also a large stock of? Ploughs, Sugar, Coffee, Boots and Shoes, Dry Goods, Hardware, Hats, Yankee Notions, And in fact almost every kind of Goods needed by the public?from a Paper of Plus up to a Hogshead of Molasses. We offer our Goods for cash or on credit until next Fall at reasonably low prices?to good and prompt paying customers. Come and trade with us. BLECKLEY, BROWN & CO. Anderson, S. C, Feb. 12,1880. REDUCED PRICES. ON JOHN E. PEOPLES And Get the Celebrated MERRYMAN GUANO, 475 lbs. Cotton per Ton. NAVASSA GUANO, 450 lbs. Cotton per Ton. 425 lbs. Cotton per Ton. I still have on hand plenty of the Na vassa Guano and Navassa Acid for compost? ing. Call and see me before purchasing else? where. JOHN E. PEOPLES, Anderson, S. C. March 4, 1880 1 __ SIMPSON, REED & CO. STILL HEADQUARTERS FOR GARDEN SEEDS FROM the most reliable Seed Growers North. Our stock is larger and more select than ever before. We invite whole? sale as well as retail buyers to call and ex? amine our stock at the Drug Store, Corner Benson House. SIMPSON, REID & CO. Feb 19, 1880_ _15_^ Valuable Property for Sale. IWILL sell on FRIDAY, 15th day of OCTOBER next, at the late residence of Willis Allen, deceased, one TRACT OF LAND, known as the "Shoal Tract,"' con taining sixty-eight acros. On this Tract 19 one ot the best Shoals on Saluda River, with n fall of 14 teet. and unrivalled sites for erecting buildings for machinery. This Shoal is just one-quarter mile from" G. As C. \\. U. Terms made known on day of sale. J. D. ALLEN, Ex'r. April S. 1 SSO .".'.) lam?sept 15, ew THE -IiratTAVSTOX pOLLEOSt At ll Wimiiirwsv JP,/f>"" JfJ. C?loui?l rot Cinr ,!n|h:?n, il rXw?N. ntn/M^KMV^XftywuMal ra^ vulaaol iWiAljicii, LuUKii^UiHWrflj^M^Ji It ??lauf em vUtiialwfU ''oA-SttMy^aaj^k/inf-Knti^Cxmi l? M CoWrVain^fyolKU, MMinA.iMflotir.Wp ESS ? jTAwiili* ><Vx yiw.yxHB vii.k to ; tilly t'l'li^yoof <?* Csl.i: V'jr. S- r..I for rar, tsi OtnlMlt. Notice to Stove Buyers. ONE HUNDRED STOVES to be sold cheap?of the celebrated make of Thomas Kol ?ort Stcphcnson & Co.- to good parties on the Cotton Option or for Cash. Come and see them. STEAM COOKERS at low prices. Nos. ,*11M>; 8, $3.50; 7, .f 3.00; <?, $2.511. I.. H. SEEL, West End Waverlv House. March 18, ISS0 3?