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E. B. MURKAY, Editor. THURSDAY, JUNK 20, 1882. %. TERMS : ?.NE YEAR.?1.60. SIX MONTHS. 73o. Two Hollar? If uot i>?l?l lu mlviince. At a recent meeting of the County Executive Committee, held on thc 15th day of June, .several very important res olutions wore adopted, which were pub lished in our lost issue. A County Con vention has been called to be held nt Anderson on Friday, thc 28th of July, at ll o'clock a. m. This will be thc most important Convention which will he held during the year, and we wisb to urge a full and careful consideration of the questions which w ill bedecided by the Convention. Il bas been referred to the Clubs to decide whether thc plurality or the majority plan nt thc primary election will be maintained. Fach of these plans has ita advocates and its opponents, and au opportunity of ascertaining the will of the majority of the members of thc Clubs will be afforded, and when that will is ascertained it should he freely acquiesced iu, notwithstanding individu al preferences. Other important busi ness w ill claim thc attention of this Con vention, ami it is hoped that there will bo a full representation irom all the Clubs, lt is especially urged upon every member of a Club to attend his .(.Tub-meeting on Friday, the 22nd July, at 2 o'clock p. m., as tho Club meetings held on that day will be the most impor tant ones held during this campaign. Let thc members go and vote as to whether tho majority or plurality pinn ? hall control at thc ensuing primary election. There can be uo controversy after this vote, for the majority will and must decide it. It will not be a decision mado by partisans, cliques or rings, but ono made by tho people, without influ ence from any source, und let tbnt decis ion bo as it may all will heartily acqui esce, and unite their efforts for a grand triumph in November. THE LKOULATUKB. Tho Legislature assembled in extra session on last Tuesday. The session will be short, not lasting more than two weeks. The determination is to attend to tho business for which tho body wag primarily convener! and not to permit any other business to prolong the session. Only such business as can be disposed of during thc 'imo the bill for re-districtiug tho Stale is being perfected will bo con sidered. There is now no probability that tho election law will be amended in any important ^articular. Thc reports from different portions of tho State show that tho whites aro registering well, and that thc opposition to thc Inw which ex isted just after its passage ia dying out. Tho bill for re-dmtricting tho Stale will probably elicit some diversity of opinion. It seems that somo aro apprehensive Hint unleas tho Districts aro formed in con formity with tho wishes of a Republican Congrua, our members will bo excluded on the ground that in tho formation of the Districts tho Constitution has been violated, inasmuch as tho Stato had been gerrymandered against tho colored peo ple. Thia is not true, for in districting tho Stato uo regard is had to color, but to tho political complexion of tho counties, and this is done by all political parties iu every Stato in tho Union. Tho bill will mako no reference to color or politi cal preferences, and tho solo influence to control the action will bo political pre ponderances without regard to color, and the action of tho Legislature just the same ns if Ibero waa uot a colored mau in tho State. Tho Logialaturo should not permit the threats as to what a tyran nical and corrupt Congress may do to in fluence thom in tho dischnrgo of a duty which they owo to the Stato, and we do hot belicvo thf>y will. . * J Ul)CK MACKEY'S LETTER TO GEN. HAMPTON. J migo T. J. Mackey, ono of tho Into Circuit JudgCB, hos published lu tho Washington National Republican an open Ict.or to Hon. Wade Hampton, tho pri mary object of which seems to bo to induce Gen. Hampton to uso his influ ence with the General Assembly now in session to repeal tho Registration law, nnd if ho should fail iu doing so, thou to becomo a Gubernatorial candidato at thc ensuing election, with tho assurance that tho negroes, with the Democrats who would follow, would triumphantly olect him. This is very cool, oven for tho arrogant and time-serving Mackoy. He docs not bclievo that tho Radicals can carry tho State under tho present Registration law, which was designed to secure tho purity of tho ballot-box, and heneo he wishes it repealed BO that at the approaching election the Radicals may assemble their ignorant and dusky hordes and voto thom BB SO many sheep, with the privilege of repeating as often os may bo necessary to elect their candi dates. This the law prevents, and hence tho Radicals and their twin-brothers, thc Greenbackcrs, are violently opposed to it. It cannot bc truthfully said that tho Registration Act restricts the right of auy citizen ; it only directs tho intel ligent exercise of a Constitutional right, and prevents tVe corrupt leaders of tho Radical party from using tho ignorant negroes for the /urtheranco of their selfish and corrupt purposes. This the Radical feel, and although tho Constitu tion requires tho Legislature to pass a Registration law, they oppose this Act, and will oppose any other which prevents them from massing the ignorant negroes and voting thom in herdB at their dicta tion. This letter is moat remarkably for its audacity. It asks Gen. Hampton to dic tate to his own party, and if it does not obey him to divide it and unite with tho colored peoplo and maintain white su premacy in tho Stale. This Ia oct even specious j it is aa barefaced effrontery as it is destitute of truth. It assumes that tho whites are incompetent to maintain their supremacy, and that the colored peoplo aro competent to maintain it for them, and that they will do it. Is Mackoy crazy ? Thc idea of au; no'rtion of tho respectable whito people of Booth Carolina relying apon thc colored peoplo to maintain' white supremacy in tho Stato ia too absurd for even the erratic Mackey to believe practicable. No one possessing Ibo instincts of the Anglo Saxon race could ask, much less desire, that the intelligence, civilization and manhood of the white people should be ignored, and their property and lives committed to the ignorance of the col ored raze. In this remarkable letter Ju? go Mackey speaks ia the highest terms or Senator Hampton, and at the same time reminds bim of some things not very creditable either to him or to the Democratic party. He Kay?: "While your (Hampton's) nomination was made ostensibly by a Democratic Convention, the platform on which you were placed was distinctively Republican." The Democratic party in 1870 avowedly Democratic, but in prin ciple Republican ! It is herdly neces sary to say that this is not true, and that th" principles of thc two parties an- not only distinct but diametrically opposed. We have seldom read a more egotisti cal and vindictive epistle than this letter. Mackey in it evinces the greatest ani mosity towards every one, except his Republican allie.-- and their dusky co horts. He is very severe upon tho pres ent Legislature. This we ran well un derstand, as it refu-ed to re-elect him to a Judgeship, and thereby showed that it had not confidence in bim as an expound er of the laws, and that his wounded conceit has sought this outlet. He seeks lo degrade his State, applying to it such epithets ns "the land of violated oaths,' which presents tho writer in such tm ignoble and vindictive character that it hurts no one except himself. * AN APPEAL. In view of thc destruction of the Con federate monument i.i Columbia by light ning on the 22d inst., thc Monumental Association, composed of women of our State, have published the following ap peal : To thc Women of South Carolina : The Monument to the Confederate dead, which bears upon its fae? the inscription, "Erected by thc Women of South Caroli na," still stands, beautiful in its propor tions but shorn of its crowning glory, the embodiment in stone of tho Confederate soldier, as wc love to remember bim. Per fectas a work of prt, thc Monument was a continual source of pleasure to those who could often behold it, and received the univcrsnl admiration of visitors from every quarter. On Thursday, June 22d, during tho severe p.torm, our marble hero was "wounded unto death" by that mys terious agent which has already borne to you thc noiseless message of its own ter riblo work. So life-like was tho figuro, so full of vigoras a young man rejoicing in his Htrength that "we feel tho manner of ita destruction to bc appalling. It is as if a dear friend had ruthlessly been stricken down. While wo bow lo tho hand of Heaven which sent tho stroke wo are grateful that the victim was in deed only stone, and that lnppiiy for us wc havf con mien ce in the women of tho State that they will rally to tho call, "Como and help UH." AS a society we invito the co-operation of all thoso who wero aiding us at the close of our labors, and beg that tho chairman of the several county organizations will within the next few days notify Mrs. John E. Racon, tho corresponding secretary of tho Associa tion, of their ability to undertake anew tho work of recoiving contributions. It is estimated that at least $6,000 will bo required to repair tho damages, and already five or six hundred dollars have boon subscribed for tho work. A correspondent of tho Greenville Ncu'n, signing himself "Democrat," sug gests Geu. J. W. Gray, of Greenville, for tho Democratic nomination for Comp trollcr-Geuor I. General Gray d*. o the State good service in the Legislature from 1876 to 1880, and would mako an efficient officer. He is a gentleman of abilities, and resides in a couuty that has not hero toforo boo*, represented on tho Stato ticket. On last Friday four colored persons three men nnd ono woman-were hnnged nt KiugHtrce, in this State, two for .mur der and two for nrson. Tho execution was conducted in thc best order nnd with all possiblo kindness and consideration. For Comptroller-General-Willlnut E. Stoney. Editor of Intelligencer : Tho time is not distant when we will be called upon to cast our votes for those who shall lead tho Democratic party for tho next two years. Among the State officers not tho least important, in ourchanged conditio; of affairs, is that of Comptroller. Will you allow one, who, though not a politi cian, is very desirous to seo thc business affairs of the Stato properly conducted, to suggest for consideration tho natno of W. E. Stoney for Comptroller-Geuoral. Mr. Stoney is n fino accountant, an in telligent and cducntod gentleman, and from his experience, during tho past six yoars, as chief clerk iu the Comptroller's office, is perhaps more thoroughly ac quainted with tho duties and details of tho offico than any man in tho State. Your correspondent does not know that Mr. Stoney will bo a candidate. Like most men of modesty and worth, ho may not be found pressing his claims. Let tho office seok him aud the public will Boon learn to appreciate his merit and commend thc pains taking enre with which ho discharges thc minutest detail of duty. GARVIN. - Yestorday, while Messrs. Albert Weeks and Robert Bradwcll were driving along the Privateer road, about eight mild below Sumter, they and the horse wore struck by ligbtniug. When tboy came to consciousness they discovered that tboy bad been thrown out of and several feet from thc wagon, and that it and the harness were not in the least in jured, but that the horse was stone dead -evidently killed instantly.-Sumter Watchman. - Tho President, accompanied by Senators Hampton, Vest and Jones, of Novada, left Washington Saturday even ing on tho ten o'clock train of the Balti more and Ohio Railroad for Point of Rocks, near which p!ace Senator Hamp ton has a Summer house, where tho party spent Monday in fishing for bass in the Potomac River. - Tho season of strikes bc upon us. Tho convicts in a Pennsylvania peniten tiary revolted against extra tasks the other day, while the students of Williams College, Massachusetts, Gen. Garfield's alma mater, refused to attend public exercises because ono of their number was refused bb diploma. -- In some parts of Texas thin season 400 to 600 bushels of potatoes v_er aero has been the crop. - A Virginia woman of four scoro ?ears has just taken her thirteenth hus and. He must bo a brave fellow. B^Mi^-HtriW?! HUM PLAIN CAROLINA TALK. ! Senator Jiull?-r ima our Congressmen Dl \l<le<! about Registration, ?>ut Agreeing tba! Hie Separate I'recluct Uw Should tie tte ju aird. CurrctjiOHilrHCC At uv and Qturicr. WASHINGTON, .Hine 1!?. Desiring to obtain for the information of thc Democracy lite opinions of our members on the present Election law, ?iud especially their idead as to the pro posed modification by the Legislature of thc separate box feature, I have dui i og tho last few day* endeavored to interview them in a fugitive sort of way. when their engagements allowed it. The re sult is given below : SENATOR ll A M IT >X said that he had just written a letter to the Xrws owt Courier which expressed his opinion of thc law and thc proper course of the Democracy. SENATOR UL'TI.KIt was interrogated as follows: "Senator, the Registration law is ex citing a good ?leal of disetiswioii just now and people arc talking ol' the propriety of modifying its provisions al the extra s(--ion of the Legislature. Will you give the New* nnd Courier your opinion in regard to il ?" "1 scarcely know," said he,''enough of its provisions to give an opinion, as I have never been able to gel a copy of the Acts of the Legislature, and therefore have never read it." "Would you think it advisable to re peal the law at the extra session?" "That would depend on circumstances, and on information I nm not in posses sion of. Il :he people have not generally registered I should repeal it out and out. There is no doubt thal thc registration gives the Radicals additional opportu nities to harass und endeavor lo intimi- ! date the white people of tho Stato through the United .Slate? Courts. They no longer have soldiers, and will now prostitute tho United States Courts to their baso party purposes. Tho late po litical trials in Charleston demonstrate their willingness to do this, and infamous litllespittles and 'oo'.s are nt hand lo obey the orders of tbuir masters. The revo lutionary conduct of the Radical major ity in Congress in ousting Southern mem bers, and tho arrest of registration officers in Charleston, also show tho animus of that party and their purposo to organize another crusade against the South. We ought not to furnish them any more op portunities ; and it therefore becomes a very grave question whether wc ought not to repeal the Registration law entire ly, re-district the State, and clear our decks for action in tho next canvass. Our people are unaccustomed to such a requirement for the exercise of 'ho elec tive franchise, and need to be educated to it. We might discuss thc question on the stump, and if desirable passa Regis tration law in Home form nt thc regular session. Hut, as I have said, this will depend on circumstances, and upon in formation that can only bc procured when the Legislature meets." "Some have urged that lt would be in consistent and vacillating to repeal the law so soon. Do you think that should have any weight ?" "'Oh, well, consistency is a very high virtue, but the welfare of the State and tho preservation of good government are much higher; and i Dally I can't seo that such a consideration Hhould ent?r into a great question of public policy like this." "You do not doubt that thc Democracy will carry the State?" "There is always doubt attending a political canvass. Wo will carry tho Stato beyond peradventure if our people will stand together against tho common enemy, tho Radical party. United and determined action will as surely rid us of judicial usurpations and oppression as it did of tho military. The former is much more dangerous than tho latter, because moro insidious and unscrupulous. Wo cnn win the fight if everybody will go in to win, with or without the Regis tration law, but I should somewhat, pre fer to go into tho contest without it, and with election machinery left us hy the Radicals-break their heads with tho stick they furnished to us. However, tho Legislature will no doubt determine what is wisest and best, and by that ac tion I shall be prepared to stand." "If tho Legislature shall determine against a repeal of tho registration fea turo of the law, do you think that tho separate boxes for State and Congress ional elections should remain a* now provided for ?" "I do not. lu my opinion all of thc boxes should bo placed together under ono set of managers. Thc law should certainly bo changed iu that respect." CONGRESSMAN AIKEN declined to bo interviewed on the subject. Ile had opinions on tho various provis ions of tho law which hu was not yet prepared to state in the press. Ho would say, however, that thc State and Federal boxes should bo put together under the same managers. If they wero left sepa rated the Congressional elections mighl as well be given up. CON? RESSM AN RI CH ARDOON replied : "You ask my views on thc reg istration aud snparatc polling-place fea ture? nf our Election law as passed by tho last Legislature. If the Legislature undertook to revise our Election laws 1 do not Bee how they could amend them without engrafting upon them the regis tration feature. It was but carrying oui a mandato of the Stato Constitution which eneb legislator was bound toohey In my judgment it will neither bo wise or necessary to repeal this law. It maj possibly bo found to bo necessary to ex tend tho timo allowed for registration aud perhaps io modify some of the minoi details of tho law. Of this tho legisla tors will bo tho best judges when the) meet in extra session. If it be foutu then that our people hnvo not registered the time for registering can bo extended If, too, it be found on tho trial that ty that timo will have been given tho lap that any modification of its details an advisable, tho modifications can ami nt doubt will then be made. Hut my judg ment is that it will not bo wiso to repea tho law. Tho opposition to it is withou foundation, and must soon pass way Tho rich and poor, high and low, and tin white and colored man all stand on th; same platform us to tho requirements o tho law, and tho peoplo will very ?OOI se? this, and bo convinced that thcro i no just cause in it which should detei them from registering. If Senator Hampton and Huller and Governor Ha good feel it no degradation for them t< register and to hav- to show their regis tration papers before they can voto, wh; may not I or any other South Caroliniai do likewise? Tho people of Virginia a well ns many othor States have for year had a similar registration law, and of th gallant sons of thc "Mother of States' nono feel it a degradation to hnvo to slav, their registration papers before they cai vote. NV'hy should tho sons of Carolin feel it beneath them tt> dosa?? Ulerear many reasons why it would be unwise t repeal this law which will occur to au; one who reflect? on the subject. I wii not take time to enumerate them, bul wish to assign nt least one reason whicl may not occur to every one. Wear about to redistrict tho State into ?tue Congressional districts. It should both purpose of tho Legislature t'? make r many Democratic dUtricta as, possibli Wc ctn make six districts as safely Deu oeratk as we can mnko five, and if w can, it is our duty to do so-a duty w owe to ourselves, our children, our SUI and to thc Democratic party thrsughot the country. We can only do ibis b dividing some of tho counties and b placing some of their townships in or Congrcs.-jiou.il district and tho rest < them io another. Thu is done in man of the States cf the North and West, a? done in order to make as mauy Renubl can districts ss possible. We should m hesitate to do eo win rever it becomes necessary. Now, then, if in redistricting the ?State wc shall divide some of the counties by townships fas I take it for granted we will do j then registration be comes absolutely necessary in order to keep thc residents of one town-hip (and of necessity of one Congressional district) from voting in another township, and for a Congressional candidate for whom they would have no right to vote, Rut I have said enough on this point to indicate my opinion. As to thu separate polling place feature of the law, and by that 1 mean the law which separates the Con gressional and electors box from the other boxes: To have separate boxes for the varioui candidates is only a return to the old law as it stood prior to recon struction, but to separate tho polling places is an innovation on tho old law. I very much fear it will seriously jeop ardize thc election of vour Congressmen a* well as tho electoral ticket. I fear a great many of our people after voting for the local candidates will care little or nothing about the election of men with whom they may have no personal ac quaintance, and in whom they feel no personal interest, and will not trouble themselves to go to a separate polling place in order to vote for them. I do not see that we gain any real advantage by separating these polling places from ail the .State or local boxes, in my judg ment we will not get rid thereby of Fed eral interference or supervision ; if wc did, and it were deemed necessary for the interest of the State that we should get rid of them, for one I have nothing to say. I trust I am too true and good a Sout'u Carolinian to wish to jeopardize the interest of the State for any advan tage that might accrue to the National or Congressional ticket." COSO KESBM A N K VI NS was interviewed as follows : "The News and Courier would like to know what you think of the advisability bf any changes in the election law.- by thc Legislature at its approaching ses sion." "I nm not fond," said he, "of being put in tho nttitude of a critic or an ad viser, but the matter you inquire about is of such grave importance tbnt I nm will ing to give you my views for whatever they are worth. What special points of the law do you inquire about?" "I suppose there nra two-thc first ra Iating to registration, and tho second to thc uoublc-precinct feature. What do you think of them ?" "Well, as to registration : I have de sired for years to see such a law put in force and given a fair trial. Although the Republicans made provision for it in thc Constitution which they framed for us, they declined as long ns they were in power to enforce it by proper legislation, and I was glad when I saw that our Leg islature nt its last session had determined to try what could bc done by this Con stitutional method to secure the ends of good government. I regret to hear that the law bas encountered tho prejudices of a considerable number of our white citizens who don't like thc idea of being compelled to 'carry a pass' or certificate of registration. 1 suppose it would strike a good many nt first tis encompassing the right to vote with too many difficulties, but I hoped that when they considered bow serious were tho difficulties which hedged us about in any effort to secure so priceless .1 boon as an honest govern ment for our State, these feelings and prejudices would soon disappear. I still hope that there may be no occasion lo repeal tho law ; but if the failure from any cause on thc part of the intelligent voters to register puts in peril the control of thc State Government by those who are alono fitted by their superior virtue and intelligence to rule, thc law should be repealed, and re enacted ns soou as cur people can bc educated up to tho poi ut of getting rid of those notions and feelings which took such fast hold ot them when our political relations and conditions were so very diflerent from those in which ive find ourselves to-day. "As to tho double-precinct feature, I have very decided convictions that it ought to be stricken out of the law, and have tal"n the liberty of suggesting such a change to a few members of thc Legis lature to whom I had occasion to write concerning other matters. If it ?3 ad mitted-as I think it must be-that little, if anything, is gained in the way of get ting rid of Federal sup-1 vision by having two separate polling places with two sets of managers to receive the votes for State and County and for Federal officers, then thc ransons for doing away with the Beparato poll for United States officers are so apparent that I will not do the readers of your paper the injustice of supposing that they cannot see them as readily as I can. If the Constitution could be so changed ns to have thc elec tion for State and Federal otficers on dif ferent days, thc object aimed at by our Legislature would bo attained ; but I think Ibero aro very strong grounds for tho belief which I entertain that thc large loss of Democratic votes at the box set apart for Federal officers, by rensou of its being separated from tho pulling place for State and county officials, will not bo compensated for by any possible advantage gained in thc way of exemp tion from thc iusolcnt interference of tho host of United States officials who gather about the polls, nut in the interest of a fair election, but to use the power their officinl position gives them solely for thc benefit of the party they represent. Rut I have said enough to indicate what my opinions nra, nnd will say nothing further, as I feel sura our legislators have already considered these matters and will act wisely in whatever they may do or leave undone." COSOBESSMAX TI LI,MAN said that ho was opposed to registration on principle. Georgia bad no registra tion law and half of her districts had a uegro_ majority, yet no Georgia Repre sentatives seat was over contested by thc Republicans. South Carolina could do as well without registration. Still, as tho law was already in force, ho was will ing lo give it a trial ; but to make it at all effective the separato Stato and Fed eral boxes should be placed together, otherwise thc Congressional elections would be lost. N. G. G. Killed by Lightning. A distressing casualty occurred on John's^Island yesterday afternoon, tho particulars of which were brought to tho city last night by Mr. Frank D. Reil, tho Superintendent of Mr. David Roberts' mining works, on Stono River, and Mr. II. J. Mccormack of the St<-?io Phos phate Company. About 12 .': lock yes terday a violent rain storm, accompanied with a strong wind, came up ana made its way across John's Island, blowing down trees and deluging tho country with water. Mr. J. Wilson Glover, a nativo of Walterboro, who married Miss Jen kius, of John's Island, and who has been planting on John's Island for Boroo timo past, upon tho approach of tho storm went into his house, which is situated about a mile from John's Island Ferry, and took a seat by an open window. Ile took his little three-year old daughter on his kneo and held his little six months' old infnut in his arms. While bitting in ?his position, playing with his little ones, h'm w?fo being in nu adjoining roora, lightning struck thc building, tearing out tho ?hole c-nd of thc houso and killing him instantly. His little girl received so severo a shock that she died in about au hd?r, and the infant was also so much injured that it was not expected to live. Mrs. Glover was not injured. Mr. Glover, when his body was examined, was found lo have been struck hy the electric fluid in thc neck and across tho breast, a deep blue mark being plainly visible on the body. Tho little girl did not appear lo have received the stroko direct, ont evidently died from tho effects of tho shoes. Mr. Glover was a man of about 82 years of age, fully six feet tall and io full health. He was stricken down just as he had relurned from trie field with his sleeves rolled up and nis coat off. Mrs. Glover and the infant were taken to the house of one of her brothers, about a halfmile oh". It is seldom that we have to record so distressing a casualty, and the sympathy of the community will be freely given to the destitute lady who, ir the "twinkling of an eye, was bereft o. husband and children.-New? omi Con rler, June 2.'5. GUITEAU'S LAST SUNDAY. The Petition for H Kenplte Refused nuil the Death Wtttell Set on the Murtter?-r. WASHINGTON, Juno 21. Thc* Cabinet decided not to interfere with the sentence of Gui tea U and thc Attorney General this morning instructed the Marshal of the District and the War den of thc jail to keep the prisoner in strict confinement and allow no person to see hun except his spiritual adviser, his physician and the officers of the jai!. Tue result of the special nicotinr?; of thc Cabinet last evening in thc consider ation of Guiteau's case waa made known officially this morning Ly a statement from the Attorney General that the plea for a respite had been refused. This con clusion was readied last evening, but was purposely withheld from the public in order that it might first be made known to the prisoner. The Attorney General, to whom all appeals and petitions pre sented to the President bearing on this case had been referred, submitted an elab borate report to the Cabinet last evening reviewing all the points presented it: fa vor of a respite and recommending that it be not granted, on the ground that thc sanity of the prisoner had been fully es tablished at the trial. The report was generally discussed and unanimously ap proved by the Cabinet, all thc members of which were present. An undestanding was reached as above stated. Kev. Mr. Hicks called upon the Pres ident and the Attorney General last even ing to learn thc result of tho meeting, but was informed that nothing could be divulged on thc subject. This morning similar efforts on the part of Mr. Reed, Guiteau's counsel, were also fruitless. Kev. Mr. Hicks called upon the Attor ney General this morning by appointment and was informed that thc Cabinet had decided not to interfere with the execu tion of Guiteau's sentence. Mr. Hicks thereupon drove to the District jail and infomed Guitcau of the decision. Guiteau has sent the following message to his spiritual adviser, Kev. Slr. Hicks : "Go and see At thur and shake your fist in his face. Tell him I made him President by my inspiration, and he must givo me nu unconditional pardon, and if lie does not, God Almighty blast him forever. I tell you, brother Hicks, I am God's man, and God takes caro of bis own." Letters have been received by Mr. Charles H. Heed and others interested in Guiteau's case from George Scoville, who is now in Chicago. In these letters Sco ville announces that his wife has left Cleveland for the East, and he expresses grave apprehensions as to her sanity. He fears that she contemplates attempt ing to kill her cb'ld and committing sui cide on tho day of Guitea*?'s execution. Scoville earnestly urges all ; her friends in the East to keep a close v>atch upon her movements. The friends of the condemned rann still profess hope for Guiteau. Reed says he docs not despair and says that he will make another appeal to the Presi dent at the earliest opportunity. Dr. Heard left boro for New York last eveuiug, but is expected to return. Miss Chevalier will have a conference with Dr. Godding and Kev. Mt. Hicks this eveuing to determine upon their fu ture action with a view to obtaining a stay of execution. The death warrant has been ready since May 22d ; it will be signed on Monday by tho Clerk of thc Court and sent to Warden Crocker. LOVE'S LABOR LOST. The Confederate Monument Destroyed by Lightning. Dispatch to News nnd Courier. COLUMBIA, June 22. Abui't 5 o'clock this afternoon during a heavy thunder storm tho people of Co lumbia wero startled by a terrific crush which followed a most vivid Hash of lightning. They little suspected, how ever, that the thunderbolt had fallen on the Confederate monument in the State House grounds, aud that the crowning glory of that magnificent work of art, the marble statue of a Confederate, soldier, which surmounted it. had toppled front its bar.' and been shattered into frag ments. As soon as the sad calamity was known, and throughout thu afternoon, hundreds of people of every age and rank visited tho State House grounds lo view the wreck. Thc statue is almost completely demolished, Mr. W. H. Anderson, an old soldier of Jenkins' brigade, who chanced to be looking toward the monu ment when the thunderbolt fell, says that the whole monument was surrounded by a perfect sheet of flame, and when the crash came the head of the statue In stantly fell forward to the ground. When it had reached about half way to the ground the body swayed for a moment and then gracefully fell over to tho right side nf tho monument. Tho head was cut completely off at the neck as if with a sword, and falling Htruck on tho upper bnsc stone of tho northern front of the monument. In falling tb<? body struck the lower baso ou tho eastern eide, driving it out of placo for an inch or two. Tho cannon at the rear of the statue was bro ken off. The right leg was severed at the skirt of the coat. Tho hands, which rested on tho musket, *wero broken off and thc left leg was driven into the ground six or eight inches. There is nothing left on the top of the shaft but a fragment of the left leg which is broken off at the ankle and rests upon the bro ken stock of tho musket. The statue waa hurled to tho ground with so great forco that whore it struck the stone base it was crushed into powder. Many fragments were carried otf by cu riosity seekers. The head and hands wero deposited in thc secretary of State's office for safo keeping and tho rest of thc statue was placed under tho guard of tho State Housa keeper during the night. The Labor Troubles at the North. JERSEY CITY, June 26. Thc labor strike is growing in dissen sions and the determination of tho men, while up to date not a ?single net of vio lence has beeu chronicled, though affairs havo at times looked very threatening. About two hundred trackmen employ ed by tho New York, Lake Erle and Western Railway joined the strikers to day. Ibo switchmen nnd brakemen employ ed by the Erie Company in tho yards of tho East and West sido cf tho Bergen Tunnel have joined tho strikers. The freight traffic of tho road is at a complete standstill. Superintendent Hill, of the Erie Road, on being asked what he thought of the situation, replied : "Wo aro in thc hands of the mob. If tho strikers remain or derly I do not anticipate any serious trouble oilier than a completo stoppago of business, which will tcsult iu an enor mous loss to thc company; but if mc strikers should become violent great loss of life would ensue, and I very much doubt the ability of tho police, special ami regular, to cope with them. What could two or threo hundred police do against fifteen hundred able-bodied men? Thc police would bc flung into tho river." Tho Pennsylvania Company have suc ceeded in inducing about seventy-five of their old hands to resumo work. A number of freight trains on that road have been moved this morning. At tho New York Central /ai.road depot, John's Park, New YorL, freight waa refused and the truckmen carried their loads away. A body of Italians brought there to work refused to do any thing unless guaranteed twenty cents an hour, which Ts thc rate demanded by the *li.k?n>, and the depot was accordingly closed. ? c The Erie Company sent 1,200 tons ol freight on barges to Newbury where they have a branch road, but the men employed to handle it demanded fifty cents an hour and many refused outright to work, so the freight remains on the IJ TIIO oil refineries in Weehawken will be obliged to stop soon uuless the strike cuds. ? ,, ' . PHILADELPHIA, June 26.-About half the miners in the Clearfield region are on a strike to-day, sis mines being idle in the vicinity of lioutzdale and four near Philadelphia. A complete suspen sion or resumption of work will, it is thought, be decided upon in a few days. Lawyers as Lav,-Breakers. Below we give the outlines of an at tempted duel in Columbia, taken trom the correspondence of 'lie Xcic* <t>ui Ontrkr: COLUMBIA, S. C., June 21. Considerable excitement prevails iii Columbia over an attempted duel between John II. Pearson and John G. Mobley. About 4 o'clock this afternoon the Kev. J. L. Girardeau, D.D., appeared before Trial Justice Marshall and made aliiJa vit that he believed John .Mobley and John Pearson intended to have a hostile meeting. I*pon this affidavit a warrant was issued by Trial Justice Marshall for the parties, "and placed i'j the hands of Sheri fl' Kowan for service. By the time the w?.rrant was issued the parties had all disappeared, and, accom panied by a spe~i-l deputy, Sheriff Kow an started out upon a vigorous search for the belligerent parties. After driving bis horse almost to death and a very activo hunt of about two hours the Sheriff ran upon the duelling party near Kind's Foundry, which is situated near the Congarce Uiver, in thc western part of the city, in a little pine grove as much Becludcd froai public gaze as possible. The Sheriff found the parties almost readv for the combat. The ground had been staked oil, and all efforts to effect an amicable settlement of the difficulty between the principals having failed they were about to exchange shots. Rushing up to Mr. Pearson and laying his baud on his shoulder thc Sheriff de clared bim tc be under arrest. Turning Pearson over to his deputy he then went over to Mr. Mobley and arrested bim. At the same time Mr. John B. Girar deau, who was acting as =ecoud of Mr. Pearson, aud Mr. U. K. Brooks, who was acting as second of Mr. Mobley, were arresfed. After the arrests had been made the parties were all brought to the city and taken before Trial Justice Mar shall, who required Mobley and Pearson to give a bond of $1,000 each to keep the peace. Upon giving bond the principals were discharged from custody. Each of the seconds was required to give a bond of $500 to keep the pence. The parties to thc duel are very reti cent, and it is impossible now to give any correct account of the causes leading to the difficulty. Several rei . rts aro in circulation, but nothing is known of a sufficiently definite nature to warrant any publication. It is said that Mobley was tho challenging party, and it is under stood that the meeting was oiigiually arranged to take place to-morrow moru ing at Sand Bar Ferry, the old duelling ground near Augusta, and that the par ties expected to leave Columbia on the 6 o'clock train this evening. For some reason the programme was changed and it was determined to have the meeting here. It was also reported this afternoon that lue parties were going to Lexington, and in order to prevent their departure in that direction the sheriff stationed a guard at each of the bridges across the river. But for his timely and efficient se. vices in tho matter the hostile meeting would have certainly taken place and one or perhaps both of the principals in the unfortunate alTaii ti i_rht have been killed. Mr. Mobley is a mt tuber "I the Colum bia Bar and the ?aw partner .<! Col. Wil liam Wallace. Mr. I'tamm i- also a lawyer, but has never practiced. Mr. Biooks i* it lawyer :it ibis plan1, ?nu] Mr. Girardeau i> II cotton factor. Ali the parties are highly connected, and the affair bas caused a great deal of regret. THE STATE^OF STORMS. Another Hurricane anti Aloro Destruction In Iowa. Sr. PAUL, June 25.-A special from Spencer, Iowa, received late last night, says: A clyclone passed through this vicinity last night. It struck this town, and did much damage, unroofing build ings, tearing up sidewalks and blowing down residences, barns and business blocks. In tho southern pnrt of Clay County it blew down twenty houses and killed live people, and injured about twenty-five. Sioux CITY, IOWA, June 25.-A re port was received at Sanborn Station on tho St. Paul and Milwaukie Road, twen ty miles northeast of Hosper's, Iowa, that Primghar, Iowa, was wrecked by the storm and six people injured. Primghar is eight miles south of Sanborn and is thc county seat of O'Pricn County. It has about three hundred inhabitants. Surgeons from Sanborn have gone to Primghar. Sioux CITY, IOWA, June 25.-Further reports say that the storm which wrecked Primghar struck Hospers, fifty miles noithwe3t of Sioux City, at G A. M. and destroyed tho Presbyterian Church, school house, carpenter-shop and twenty five residences and barns. It lasted only fifteen minutes. Henry Gnuie, a farmci was fatally injured. The course appear ed to be from west to cast in a path about five miles wide for fifteen miles Eighteen freight cars of tho Chicago and St. Paul Railroad wero turned upside down, the depot and the adjoining ware house were lifted from their foundation! and carried ten to twenty feet, and badlj wrecked. Thc peculiarity of the storn was that tho wind entirely missed som< buildings in its path, while destroying others. The loss is too widespread to b< closely estimated. In Hospers alone it ii probably $15,000. Outside the village about twenty-five houses and barns wen destroyed. DUBUQUE, IOWA, June 25.-Tho ro ports of tho cyclone at Emmettabi-Tg Iowa, telegraphed from Fort Doge yester day afternoon, provo lo be greatly exag ?;erated. There was a severe storm ant our or five buildings were blown down but no one was killed. ANNOUNCEMENTS. House of Representativee. The filcuds of MAJ. A. S. TODD respect full; ann:u7.??, him ii ? .ai.dklate to represent Ander ?on County In the next Legislature, subject to tbj action of tho Democratic primary elflctioe. _ VOTE US. For Probate Judge. J. O. CU N'KSCALKS, t>q., ia hareby present ed to Hie voter? of Anderson County tm a randi dato for tho office of Vrrbato Judge-subject to th action of tho Democratic party at the nest prirat ry election. E.SI AsDKBJ!0:r For Congress. We are authorized to announco HON. E WYATT ATKrtl a candidato for re-election t Congress. Flour. IPERFECTION I Best lu tho markci Also, lower grades. A. B. TOWERS & CO. Public Schools. THK County Hoard ?ri?xoruiners will meet in the Carolina Collegiate Insti tute <>n Saturday, thc 8th July, for the pur ix,?e of examining applicants fur Oratio Certificates. Tho Public Schools will open on Monday, the 10th July. Uv order of the Boord. lt. \V. TODD, Chairman. J une 20, 1882_50_\_ Warning. ALL persons are hereby warn ed not to hire or harbor Eliza Thompson, col ored, as she ?a under written contract with nie for this year, and has quit my employ without cause or consent. Persons disre? carding this notice will he dealt with at law. ? ny one knowing where she is will oblige me hv informing me at oin N.V. ELROD, Pcndleto >, 8. C. June 20, 1882_W)_1_ Supervisor's Notice. THE Supervisor and Assistant Supervl sors of Registration for Anderson County .vii! meet in the haw Oflice of Wm. H. Drown, west corner of Henson Hotel, on the Second Ttnaday in July next, for the purpose of hearing and determining nil contested eases in which registration has been refused any applicant, and will re main in session for as many days thereafter ns mav lie neee.s?arv to hear all such case.-. WM. 8. DROWN, Supervisor Registration A. C. Juno a?. Iggg_50_2_ Notice.. Planters. rilHE undersigned are in Andereon rcp resenting the Pomona Hill Nurseries, J. Van. Lindley, Proprietor, Greensboro, N. C. 500,009 Fruit Trees, Vines, Ac. Also Ornamental Trees, Evergreens, Shrubs, Roses, Ac , for sale. This Nursery is one of the largest in the South. Having had 28 vears experience in growing Nursery stock, we make it an object to propagate the varieties of fruits best adapted to meet the wants of our customers. Wo propose canvassing Anderson Co. closely, and all who need anything In our line will do well to give us their orders. Karly and late Peaches for market orchards a specialty. Wc will deliver you good stock, and guar antee satisfaction In every particular. Get your trees from a first-class Nursery, and you are sure to get what you order, and have first-class fun*. R. J. AUTREY. P. W. CRUTCHFIELD, Salesmen. June 29,1882 _j>0_lin Notice to Contractors. ON the Fifth of July next ot the County Poor House will ho let the Building of Pour Drick Tenement Houses to thc lowest responsible bidder. Spccidations made known on day of letting. Dy order of the Hoard. J. E. BREAZEALE, C. B. C. C. June 22, 18S2_411_2_ XTOTICETO CREDITORS. JLN All persons having demands against the Estate of Elijah M. Griffin, deceased, aie hereby notified to present the same to the undersigned, properly proven, within thc time prescribed by law. Those indebt ed to the estate are notified to make pay ment to the undersigned. M. E. MITCHELL, Adin'r. June 22, 1882 4 3 ALL pensons ore hercbv ??v f.n'ioyorhorbor??^H^'J Arch Rice, about r.lnetee?^??*} who is under contract winr*1* of? year. m? forg June 22, 1882 E' % STATE OF SOu?iTc?^uS^ nu ir. ir. irumphre^, WHEREAS, Ki^?2??f** TT plied to me to ^n/i 0 k*? of Administration on tho B5.I LER U? of Wm. Timo, deceased. ^?^eS These nrc therefore to' citonn^ all and singular the kindred ?nV^t* of the said William Tha?*?*? that they bo and appear hft^L ?t**U Court of Probate to ibo h?? S"'?5 C. IL, on Friday, the 7th d?t*?*** 1882, aller publication hereof uXi ?r 'ft if any they have, why th? sSfe^S trat ion should not be granted n-^'t* der my hand, this 10th dav ?r t. ttt * w. w. H?MP?REV??\S June 22. 1882 ?" "kT, i.p Brauch of JUidden & ?g" Grand Midsummer Preparing for Fall TradT -JYNOW AND PAY WHEN COTTOH COMES IN. 01 200 Plauos nnd 500 Orgtm, THOUSANDS of musical hmm. gans in the Fall when Cotton ??Sr Why trait? Buy at iwJSPJB* long, hot summer months with H?? make thc "Harve . Homo" still ?Jfg Midsummer Special Offer Under our Midsummer Salo wc off?t! sell during the months of JUNB.jmv AUGUST and SEPTEMBER p?ip}' ANOS .and ORGANS, of every'mfc.fi; and pnce, at our very lowest caeh rat?' , ?Q%aFan09t*V? Cash, balance Kotemh i ?? J'i/n??. $10 CM,, bahne* Jtonfa 1, looJ. Without Interest or any ad rana in /Vier If balance can't bc paid in the foll, loaJ tune will oe given, with a reasonable ?c. crease of price. All instrumenta cf evert grade nnd prico included in the wie, M your m; ' al friends of it. Writs m b Catalogues, Prico List, Circulars. Tbh offer closes October 1st, 1882. Address L. E. NORRYCE Or McSmith Music Boa? 1 GREENVILLE, SC June 20, 1882 50 ,? U yo? Lew be : Eeo ail / tn1 pe? Ml ty LOOK OUT FOR BARGAINS! To my friends and the trading public generally; IHAVE LATELY BOUGHT THE GENERAL STOCK OF MERCHANDISE 0? C. A. REED, Agent, AT EAST END WAVERKY HOUSE BUILDING, AND AM PREPARED TO OFFER GENUINE BARGAINS FOR THE GASH DOWN! Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes, Clothing, Trunks, Planters' Hardware, AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, The Best Stock of Gents' Straw and Felt Hats in the County. Call, everybody, if von want a Hat or anything else that I may have, and TUE PRICE WILL HE MADE TO SUIT YOU. A good stock of Family Groceries on hand, AND PRICES AND QUALITY GUARANTEED. I -will lccoi> tlio Best STANDARD BONE FERTILIZERS, PURE IMPORTED GERMAN KANIT, AND FERTILIZING CHEMICALS. Try .-onie of these Manures for your Wheat and other Fall Crops. Very respectfully, Ac, June 29. 18S2 J. J. BAKER. 50 Cm COTTON BUTTER OIL. FRESH LOT JUST IN. Sl-OO IF IE IR/ Q-JLTJIJDN-. 50 Per Cent. Cheaper than Lard. J. Gk CUNNINGHAM & CO. June 29. 1882 50 I DURING JULY AND AUGUST We shall offer our Stock of Goods at SUCH LOW lE^IOES That it will he greatly to your advantage to TRADE WITH XJB. WE simply ask you to seo us before buying olsewhero, fooling confident that can aavo you money on anything you may want. LARGE LOT TOBACCO JUST ARRIVED. C. IT. ?Tones SD CO. June 20. 1882 JP Kitto BROCK * MAULDIN. Spring I Summer, 188,2. -.--O CLOTHING ?lIXPARTMISIVT. , Suits in Cassimers, Diagonals. Linen nnd Alpaca, School-boys, Youths' and Men Clothing m great variety, and latost and nobby styles. FURNISHING OOO 13 S DEPARTMENT^ "Shirts, laundered and unlaundered, white and fancy, for men and boys ;. Collars. ^" -j Hankerchieg in Bilk, linen and cotton ; Undershirt, in Gossamer, India J0n,,,z" Nainsook ; Hosiery, Gloves, Ac, together with a Uno of Neckwear-Cravats. Club rica timi Scarfs, handsomer and more complete than ever. Also, Jnpancso Fnjam?' Call and examine them. HATS, HATS, MATS. thr Such a ?iock of Boys'and Men's Straw, Wool and Felt Hab? a? is uncijiialled m country in variety nm? low prices. SHOES, SHOES. SHO?S8. h Ladies', Misses, Children's, Men's. Youtb'n and BOY?' Fine G|Wtoni*rnade Show, ?! B and low cut Every Shoo warranted. Wo arc still selling thc "MOHAWK SHIRT," the best Shirt manufacturai, mid re tailed at ono dollar. We particularly request au examination of our liuu of Cuati .nore Samples-and pr c of ^me made op to order-with Uta guaranteed. April 20, 1882 31