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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE SAGE OF CHAPPAQ?A. THE CHOICE CV TBE CINCINNA Tl AND BALTIMORE CONTESTIONS. Mr. Greeley'* Acceptance of the Demo, eratic Nomination. The New York papera give some additional particulars ot the Interview of the Democratic committee with Mr. Horace Greeley, appointed to formally notify him of hlu nomination lor tbe Presidency at Baltimore. The letter pre? sented to Mr. Greeley, officially announcing the nomination, signed by all the members ol the committee, ls as follows: THE FORMAL LETTER. BALTIMORE, July IO, 1872. Dear Sir -It ls our pleasure, in conformity with the instructions of the Democratic party, as represented in National Convention assem? bled In this city, to Inform yon that you have been unanimously nominated as candidate for the Presidency of the United States. The con? vention, constating of seven hundred and thirty-two delegates, representing every State and Territory In the Union, adopted, without amendment, the declaration of principles as formed at Cincinnati, which has already re? ceived your approval, and has been strength? ened by the terms of your endorsement. The action o? this great body ol delegates proves that they are with singular unanimity deter? mined, under your leadership, upon the patri? ot;? duty of restoring purity and Integrity to the administration of the government, and that independence In all Its departments which regards the constitution as both the source and the limit of Federal power. Laying aside the prejudices ol the past, aban? doning all purpose of mere partisan advan? tage, asking no pledges other than fidelity to the principles to which they have given their deliberate and resolute adherence, and which they believe will command the approval or a large majority of the American people, they ask you to accept their nomination, conddent that peace and good government will be inau? gurated with your administration. The committee, .consisting ol one from each State, formed In procession two and two, Au? gustus Schell and Senator Doolittle leading. They walked from tbelr meeting-room down the main staircase, through the grand hall of the Filth Avenue Hotel, down Fifi h avenue, past the Glenbam headquarters, through Twenty-first street, past Broadway, to the Lin? coln Club House, where Mr. Greeley was awaiting them. Tbe delegates ranged them selveB about Senator Doolittle, and Augustus Schell toes: station at the right o? the candi? date. Senator Doolittle spoke as follows : EX-SENATOR DOOLITTLE'S SPEECH. Mr. Greeley-lt Is my pleasing duty as chairman of this committee, appointed by the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore, to notify you of Its nomination lor the Presi? dency. We were Informed that it would be 11 agreeable to you to meet you here, and we have come In a body accordingly. The published proceedings - of that convention show great unanimity and cordiality, but those only who had the opportunity ol wit nesslng them can realize the enthusiasm with 11 which lt resolved to sustain tbe Liberal Be- t publican movement and the principles emin- j i elated at Cincinnati, and resolved also, as the surest mode o? giving expression to those I principles, to place yon in nomination. We \ both witnessed and felt that cordiality and en- I thUBlasm. You will now permit me to pre- t sent to you the official letter ot notification, and also to present to you the members of the committee, FRIENDLY GREETINGS. Mr. Doolittle hereupon handed Mr. Greeley f the letter printed above, and then Introduced j the members Individually to him. When Hil- ? nols was called, Mr. G. H. McCormick, the in? ventor of the reaping machine, advanced, and Mr. Greeley, shaking bim warmly by the hand, | [ said, "No need io introduce us. We are old agricultural friends." "I bave especial pleasure," said Mr. Doolit? tle, "lu introducing to you ex-Senator .Ches nut, of South Carolina, ono of the senators of 8 1860." The ex-senator, a short, compact man, with 1 silvery gray hair ana whiskers, fierce dark eye and dark compKxIon, clad in gray, step- 1 ped forward and shook bands with the phllos opher, who towered above him like Pelion upon Ossa. It was a somewhat suggestive meetlog, this of the earliest rebel ot South Carolina, the senator who first left his place in the United States Senate to follow the for tunes of hts fiery little State, with the old : abolition chler. The introductions being con- [ cloded, Mr. Greeley cleared his throat and spoke as follows: [We repeat tbe speecb, as the report by telegraph, heretofore given, was rather Imperfect.] MR. ORE ELE r'S SPEECB. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Com-I f miUee oftlie Convention-I should require time I c and consideration to reply fitly to the very lm portant and, I need not say, gratifying com munlcatlon tbat you have presented to me. It may be that I sbould present In writing some 1 reply to this. However, as I addressed the - Lloeral Convention of Cincinnati In a letter t ^somewhat widely considered, lt ls, perhaps, t unnecessary that I should make any formal s reply to the communication made other than c to say I accept your nomination, and accept 1 grtftetally with it the spirit in which lt has 1 been presented. My position ls one which f many wonld consider a proud one, which, at ? the same time, is embarrassing, because lt t subjects me to temporary-I trust, only tem- t porary-misconstruction on the part of some t old and lite-long friends. I feel assured that t time only ls necessary to vindicate not only the disinterestedness, but the patriotism o? the course which I determined to pursue, which I had determined long before I nad re? ceived SJ much sympathy and support as has so unexpectedly to me been bestowed upon me. I feel certain that time and in the good I P providence of God, an opportunity will be Ic afforded meto show that, while you In making 11 this nomination are not less Democratic, but rainer more Democratic, than you would have been In taking an opposite course, that I am li no less thoroughly and earnestly Republican than ever I was. [Great applause.] c But these matters require grave considers- ? Hon before I should make anything that seems E a formal response. I am not much accustom- t ed to receive nominations for the Presidency, c [laughter,*] and cannot make responses BO flu- , ently as some others might do. [Great laugh- f ter.] I can only say tbat I hope some, or all, E if you can make lt convenient, will come to ? my humble farmer home, not far distant In ( the country, where I shall be glad to meet all c of you, and where we can converse more ( freely and deliberately than we can here, and e where I shall be glad to make you welcome- e well, to the best the larm affords. [More l laughter.] I hope that many o? you. all of r you, will be able to accept this Invitation, and t I now simply thank you, and say farewell Take the 8.15 P. M. train." T^e committee soon afterwards withdrew. MR. GREELEY AS AN ORATOR. One individual, charmed with Mr. Greeley's off-banded speech, spoke to Whitelaw Reid about lt. 11 "Did he write that speech.'' asked he, "and commit lt to memory ?" "No," responded Reid; "he couldn't write , , a speecb any more than you can talk an edi-1 ' tonal." THE INVASION OE CHAPPAQ?A. Horace Greeley ax Home - Slinking j Hands Acroas ihe Chasm-The Demo- I erat* of the South Among Cliappaqua 1 Edibles, Speeches and. Good Feeling. Saturday last was a great day at Chappa qua ! At least two hundred and fifty of Philo-11 sopher Greeley's friends and adherents visited bim at his "humble farmer home," on tbe Harlem Railroad. Little Chappaqua looked as 11 bright as a silver dollar. The good things of the campaign have at last begun to flow In upon it. It flung a flag to the breeze from Its j liberty pole in honor of the occasion yester- 1 day. and the villagers turned out in their best J attire to acknowledge the compliment paid their honored lord of the manor, and to bask lo the reflected rays o? his g?ory. Among THE DISTINGUISHED YI8TT0R3 1 were the following gentlemen: Ex-Senator ] Gwln, of California; General J. B. Gordon sud < General Chalmers, of the Confederate army;, 1 Francia W. Bird, ol Boston; Geo. N. Sunden Theodore Ti lt on. Colonel Shorter, of Alabam Geueral Stephen 8. Burbridge, of Kentuck' Cyrus H. McCormick, of Illinois, (of rear* fame;) Colonel Herndon, of Alabama; Colom Richard Lathers, ol South Carolina; Colom J. H. McCrae, of Tennessee; Mayor McCoppli of San Francisco; Horace Trumbull, of 111 nols; Whitelaw Reid, Samuel Sinclair, and host of others of local lame, while among th ladles present were Mrs. Sinclair and tw daughters, Mrs. J. R. Stuart, Mies Stella Pai tridge, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Lamson, Miss Bm bridge, a daughter of the general, Mrs. Lit son, Miss Cora Stuart, and dozens of others. WHEN- THE TRAIN STOPPED at Cbappaqua the party straggled out, mo; of them being strangers to the place, an looked about somewhat bewildered at Oodla no great reception, and for that matter n great shakes ot a village awaiting them. The had not long to wait, however. In a bend 1 the road, a lew rods distant, . THE VIGOROOS FORM OP THE PHILOSOPHER himself, with his broad white hat slammed 01 the back of his r >ut, his bead up and his gol spectacles spat . lg in the sun, was discerne, coming in his Jerky trot down the hill to tb station. The whole party ranged mechnni cally along the platform and gazed at th "coming; man." The publicity of his per formance brought something of a modes tinge to the olaf gentleman's illy white lace and then he showed his teeth as a bros? Bmlle came over his features. THIS FIRED THE HEART of the assemblage, and when H. 0. Kent, thi handsome committeeman, with long blact hair and military mustache, who looks as i he came from Georgia, but who really comes ?rom New Hampshire, proposed three cheer: tor the next President, they were given witt i will and the hearty swinging of nats. Th( Dhilosopher reached the plattorm and shoot ianda with everybody, had the ladies carrier tway in carriages, and Invited everybody wtu wanted to hear about farming to tollow him A PROCESSION WAS FORMED, in which the bulky forms of Duke Gwin, o sonora, one of Maximilian's nobleman Seorge N. Sanders and Colonel Anderson; thc shapely figure and poetic face of General Bur ?ridge, leading his little daughter in deep mourning by the hand, the slender frames ol Francis W. Bird and Colonel McCrae anrj ethers appeared, and tollowed the rugged ;hlef down the long platform of the station tc the hotel, where some ot the delegates sided iff for a drink, up the road to the house in the woods along the borders of the reclaimed morass, and in Indian file up the rocky glen to ;be peerless spring, where the whole delega lon took a drink, the philosopher all along ;he rout? descanting on the results of bis arming. From the spring the party continued ill around the farm. SNAKES. "Are there any snakes in here ?" asked Sen? ior Gwin, as they entered the wood. 'Tes," said the Philosopher; "but they are friendly." "Well, If I were you," said Gwin, "I'd advise em to emigrate. Tell 'em to 'go West.'" "No, no," replied Mr. Greeley, "I find them 7ery usetul In killing vermin." "Well," said Gwin, quietly, "between snakes scorning useful, and old abolitionists and lecesh like you and me associating again, I hink the millennium's coming." After making the tour of the farm the dis IngulBbed party returned to the house in the woods, where in the meantime the express ;raln had dumped another cargo of flity or ii xi y distinguished lights. - MISS IDA GREELEY lad in the meantime received the lady visitors it the House in the Woods, and made them, n her graceful way, both welcome and com ortable. Then, accompanied by her Indefati? gable chief o.' tue luncheon department, Mrs. itnarr, she had betaken herself to the ever? greens, where a royal table was being set. rucre were lobster salad, baked beans, potted >lgeon, fish, fruits, vegetables, relishes, Ice iream, lemonade and pyramids of flowers on hat BOUNTEOUS BOARD, ind yet the major domo ol the occasion, a tegro man, maintained that everything on lt tad "been growee! on the farm." "The lobsters?'' queried the Herald re )orter. "Yes, slr; deygrowed in de brook." IDA AS A CANVASSER. When the delegates came down to dinner, wo hundred and fllty strong, it was nearly as nuch aa the ladles in charge could do to Bee bat everybody was served. But they were loth indefatigable, and all those hungry fel owe were thoroughly satiated before the din? ier was ended. "How 1B Ida managing ?" asked Mr. Greeley, lomewhat anxiously, ol Theodore Tilton. "Admirably. She's the best canvasser thal rou can possibly have. Shu's won the sut rages and satisfied the hunger of all these rallant fellows." MRS. GREELEY. Daring the progress of the meal, Mrs. Uree ey came out to . 'ie grounds In a low carriage, ihe ls still an Invalid, but she was deter nlned to see some of the Southerners who lad returned to the old Union, and were actu? ally supporting her husband for the Presiden? cy." She looks the invalid, her clear complex? en appearing almost transparent, and her arge eyes dark as night. But she was cheer ul and chatty in her carriage, and insisted ipon having every ex-rebel on the ground in roduced to her. To one of them she said: "I lope that I am a good Christian, but I hardly bink that I could forgive as much as you tave forgiven." "Mrs. Greeley," responded the other, "it ls he day of Jubilee, and we must all forgive, as ve hope to be forgiven." AFTER DINNER. The dinner over, and the party still having ilenty of lime on their hands, Mr. Greeley ailed all to order, and said they would now lave some speech-making. CAREFULNESS OF COMMITTEEMEN. On the instant General John Cochrane was at ils side. The committeemen ol Mr. Greeley are Ireadfully afraid be will say something. They ion't know Just what he can say that will hurt lim, and they don't pretend that he has any lentlment to conceal, but they have passed heir lives in running a campaign on the prln ?lple of concealing ail you can, and have not rei comprehended that the Greeley campaign s one that ought to be based on honest, itralghtlorward sayings and doings, and that is honesty ls the most famous characteristic >f Horace Greeley, persistent and studied iarefulness in his expressions and movements B more likely to injure their cause than any illp of the tongue he might make. So they ire afraid he will say something, and wheo he nade this announcement General John Cochr? ane was at bis side In a moment, urging him o be careful. "Well, I can talk about farming to them, I luppose," said the Philosopher, and Cochrane vlihdrew, still doubtful as to the policy even if discussing farming In a political campaign. The crowd ranged around the evergreens md an arm chair was placed In position for ihe use of the speakers. HORACE GREELEY'S SPEECH. Mr. Greeley mounted the chair and said: Hy friends, we are met together in a merely social gathering for no other purpose than to bater the good ieellng and harmony that has iprung up between different parlies from widely separated sections of the Union. I propose to say a few words myself on the sub? ed ot my farm-a subject which certainly leed excite no apprehensions on the part of ny political friends. It ls twenty years since ny wife and I determined to move to this ipot. We had lived la the city and had been married fifteen years. We lost four children jut of six, and we lele that if we did not give ;he remaining two a home in the country we night lose themi We looked around for some ,lme before we were satisfied. My wife's wants were lew and humble. She wanted a arm that had a first" rate spring, an svergreen shade and a cascade or rip? pling water upon H. It was two vears jefore I found a places to suit. I was at Pleas intvllle, making a temperance speech, when ny old friend, John C. Ferguson here with us ;o day, told me of this farm. I tasted the iprlng water and was satisfied. Mrs. Greeley lld so too, and Bald lt would do decidedly. Chere was Borne difference about the price. SVhen It was discovered that we were wllllDg :o pay a certain price for lt the other party jaturally concluded that we would pay a higher price. We bought lt, however, not lor Its finan? ?ai value or lor the money return lt would i nake us, nor because lt WSB all bog and rocks upon which I could experiment with ray Ideas o? farming (true, yon can't very well get a cascade without rocks.) but for Its combined advantages. Beginning with forty acres we built the house lu the woods where there was then not half tbe woods there is now. Tbe bog grew mosquitoes and trogs. It had tbat facility. The concerts of these combined pro? ductions were not always unpleasant, though they were rather untimely. I went to work, and made blunders, of course. Every friend pre? dicted that I would get out In a year. I said that if I did the sheriff would sell me out,though that chance ls lost now, for the deeds are made out in my wire's name, and they couldn't sell tbe farm without her consent. I have been in business of various kinds and have lost money. It has gone I know not where - "gone where the woodbine twlneth," I sup? pose, and everyoody thinks I bave been fool? ing away money here, and while I have possi? bly sunk some money In my farm, at least I know the hole where it went down. I have a large assortment ot friends who never come here but who know Just what each turnip cost J and who are perfectly satisfied that I have de? stroyed every tree In my woods. I love the woods. I have an affection for my trees, and I do not cut down to destroy, but to build up. Wnere I find dead or worthless trees hinder? ing the growth of better and nobler trees. I cul them down to make room for a nobler growth, and I trim off the lower pendant of the tree?, because I find that half tbe woods destroyed by fire have been lost by the tblck condition of these lower limos, which gives the fire Ittel and headway. This Is the first time that many of you have been here. I have lived here for twenty years. I have a deep affection lor this place. I hope to live here, and in God's own time to die here. A good farmer would probably have made money out of lt, but I don't pretend to be a good farmer, because I can only work at iarming a few hours In each week, and that only about twenty weeks in a year, and I have made the place pay well for itself. I hope that all of | yon-not all at once, of course, but in groups more wieldy than the present-will frequent? ly call on me. (A Voice-"Down at the ?Vhite House.") Bad farmers make their blunders and go bull-headed right along. Now I have made blunders-new ones-but I never kept J on making old ones. I thank you for your presence and attention. I will now ask Sena? tor Gwln, of Mississippi, more recently of I California, to address you. We will have a number of speeches from gentlemen here, and I will take good care that the train does not leave us. Other soeecbes were then made by Messrs. G win, ol' California, Regan, of Texas. Shorter, of Alabama, Bird, ot Mississippi, and McRae, of Tennessee. TIME ! At this stage the philosopher, who, with his magnificent gold chronometer, presented to him some rears ago by the printers of tbe Tribune, had been timekeeper for the meet? ing, announced that there remained about thirty minutes to reach the depot, and the crowd took their way straggling to the village. LIBERAL REPUBLICANS. Organization of tile National Commit? tee-Resolutions ot Direction, ?bc. The National Liberal Republican committee was convened in New York, on Friday, at the call of the chairman, Mr. Etban Allen, at the G lenham Hotel. The previous meellog of this committee won held at Cincinnati, Immediate? ly after the adjournment of the c invention, and temporarily organized by selecting Ethan Allen, of New York, for temporary chairman, and D. R. Goodloe, of North Carolina, for temporary secretary. The meellog on Friday was to effectua permanent organization, and to transact other business cf the canvass. The attendance was large, owing to a report that had gone abroad among some of the com? mittee that an effort would oe made from cer? tain quarters to change the officers ot the com? mittee. Tbe following gentlemen answered to their ?ames on the call of the roll by D. R. Goodloe, of North Caroline, the secretary: Alabama. F. W Hatchett; Arkansas, John Kirkwood; Cali? fornia, William M. Backerby; Illinois, Waller Trumbull; Indiana, Isaac P. Gray; Kansas, S. A. Riggs; Kentucky, S. G. Burbridge; Louisi? ana, H. L. Swords for Govornor H. C. War mouth; Maine, John P. Lindsay for J. L. Lytord; Maryland, S. L. Gouverneur; Massa? chusetts, Charlee G. Davis; Michigan, D. E. Corbin; Missouri, George W. Anderson; Ne? braska, T. W. Tipton; Nevada, George G. Lyon; New Hampshire, Henry 0. Kent; New ?ork. Ethan Allen; New Jersey, James M. Scovell; North Carolina, Daniel R. Goodloe; Oregon, James W. Johnson; South Carolina. S. A. Pearce; Vermont, J. P. Ladd; West Vir? ginia. M. C. C. Church; Colorado, ri. E. Brown, and Montana, T. C. Everts. The right to represent tbe District of Colum? bia being contested, the seat being claimed by Sayles J. Bowen and Colonel C. M. Alexan? der, me matter was referred to a committee of three, consisting of Jasper W. Johnson, of Oregon, C. J. Davis, of Massachusetts, and H. L. Swords, of Louisiana, to hear the evidence and to report thereon. The spat In the com? mittee was finally awarded to Colonel C. M. Alexander, who came into the committee and took his seat with the other members. On mo? tion, Sayles J. Bowen was Invited to an hono? rary seat upon the floor. The election of permanent officers being next In order, on motion o? Colonel S. A. Pearce, Mr. Ethan Allen was nominated for permanent president. T. C. EveriH, of Mon? tana, moved thar, the election of Ethan. Alien se by acclamation, which was carried with cheers. Colonel Allen made a lengthy and forcible speech, which waa Interrupted frequently by sntbuslastlc applause, and lt was moved and carried unanimously that lt be furnished to the sxecutlve committee for publication as a cam? paign document. The following executive committee, on mo Lion, was then named by the chair : James M. Scovell, of New Jersey; Charles G. Davis, of j Massachusetts; Jedd P. Ladd, of Vermont; S. A. Pearce, ol South Carolina; General S. G. Bur? bridge, of Kentucky; H. C. Warmoth, of Lou? isiana; M. C. C. Church, of West Virginia, and Colonel G. W. Anderson, ol Missouri. On mo? tion, Ethan Allen was made ex officio chair? man of this committee. On motion, Daniel R. Goodloe, of North Car? olina, and Colonel Jasper W. Johnson, of Ore? gon, were made permanent secretaries. Colonel Ethan Allen then said to the com? mittee that lt was important that the cam? paign should be directed by some settled plan, BO far as union was concerned with our De? mocratic allies, and In this view he bad pre? pared the following preamble and resolution, simply as a suggestion to the committee, and he hoped some one in the committee would father and Introduce the resolution as his own. Walter Trumbull then said be would move the preamble and resolution as his own, which be did, and which read as follows: "Whereas the Democratic party have adopt? ed unanimously the platform and nominated the candidates for the Presidency and the Vlce-PreBldency of the Liberal Republican par? ty; and whereas these parties should unite on all matters necessary to secure a common tri? umph; therefore, Resolved, That the Liberal Republicans in the various States are hereby recommended to hold their State and Congressional Con? ventions, when posalole to do BO, at the same time and place with the Democracy, In order that conference-may unite the two parties on one electoral, State and Congressional ticket. After long discussion the preamble and resolution were unanimously adopted. During tbe meeting of the committee Mr. Greeley was Introduced, and received with great cheering. Afterwards Carl Schurz was announced, and also received with cheers, and Introduced to each member of the com? mittee. Before the meeting of the commit? tee at twelve o'clock Governor B. Gratz Brown came into the room, and tbe enthusiasm with which he was hailed gave token of the hold be has upon the affections of the people. THE PLEASURES AND PERILS OF IKE SEA. NEW YORE, July 16. Bennett's yacht, th? Dauntless, arrived In thirty-three days from Cowes. SAVANNAH. July 16. The steamer Juniata, from Philadelphia, re? ports thlrty-rlve vessels back of Cape Hatteras, walting fair weather. NEW YORE, July 16. The yacht Josephine capsized In the gale yesterday evening off Bedloe's Island and sunk. The crew and passengers were rescued by a police boat. RICE-FIELD SKETCHES. THE LOW-COUNTRY NEGRO AS AN ELECTOR. A Stranger's Impressions-The Kind of Material that Forms the "Republi? can" Strength In South Carolina. [Correspondence of the Nation.] CHARLESTON, 8. C., June L To a stranger in a Southern latitude, a ride along the causeway of a rice-field in the month of May presents an interesting sight. The rico field of to-day is in most respects the rice-field of "slavery times." in the vast tracts of land lying along the coast the current ol life is almost as stagnant as the water of their swamps, end, to outward appearance, the past seven years have made few changes. The month of May ls the moat favorable sea? son for observation, for at that time a single sweep of the eye over one of those fields of hundreds of acres will show nearly the whole process of rice growing. From the causeway of one of the largest fleldB on Ur. B.'s place I was favored with just such a view. On one side of the causeway a hundred negro men were at work-, using their heavy, clumsy hoes in cut? ting down "volunteer" rice, one of the pests of the planter; while upon the otherside another hundred-ail women-were performing the same work, using the same Implements, and receiving the same pay as their male comrades. The Woman's Bights party should take cour? age; Mr. B. Informed me that the work of the women was fully up to that of the men, and was apt tobe more thoroughly done. Both sets or "gangs" of workers were doing "task" work, and were paid at the rate of iii ty cents a task. In former times, a day's work for a slave was laid out in tasks, or half acres, and this custom Mr. B. still keep* up, finding lt to be the most satlsiactory wherever the nature ot the work will admit ol it. By rising be? times, the negroes finish their tasks by one o'clock P. M., after which no pay can keep them In the field, and the afternoon ls spent in working their own parcels of land, io fishing or in sleeping. The nfiy cents, however, ts but a small part of the pay-all the elements which go to constitute negro happiness-houBe and dre, bacon and rice-are furnished him In addition. Mr. B. has over two thousand ne? groes scattered over fllty thousand acres of land, and each family has an almost unlimited choice of a spot upon which to settle. To clear a space and build a log-but chinked with mud takes but a abort Mme, and nothing better ls desired. Each one can cultivate all the rice he wishes upon the land set apart for the pur? pose, and there are hundreds of acres of wood? land through which his hogs may roam and from which he cuts his fuel. Their bacon and rice, however, are generally carried j to Mr. B. tobe purchased. This be never-falls to do, even ii he.pays above the market price. To him labor is a necessity, and be says he duds that so long as the negro has enough to eat, nothing can induce hla further exertion until necessity compels iL But rice, bacon and money gone, hunger and labor follow as a natural sequence, and even then, one who works ihe six dava* of the week ls the rare exception. Tae foremen ol the gangs are paid by the day, at a higher rate, the wages varying according to ability and rank. Each field hand Is paid for his day's labor In coming from his work, and either Immediate? ly or by Saturday night the money will be spent at Borne one of the stores erected by Mr. B. on different portions of bis estates. The negroes can buy at them to better advan? tage than elsewhere, and thus there ls a mu? tual benefit. The negro foremen are chosen either from long experience or superior sagacity; and in the rice-field referred to, the head-loreman ol each gang, assisted by several sub-foremen, was moving about correcting and assisting the reat at their work. On ihe causeway sat the white overseer on horae.bt.ck- overlooking tho whola. A little bryon.? \ynere the?? bunda were at work, separated om v by an embank? ment, mule-teams were breaking the ground for planting. Still further along were rice fields covered with the first or "sprout" flow of water, and others again with the second or "stretch" flow. From others the latter bad been drawn off, and ilia rice, weak and flaccid, lay flat on the ground, receiving new life i rom the burn! og rays of the midday sun. Far away in ihe distance miniature Azures moved along an embankment, and a nearer approach showed another gang of hands en? gaged In the repair of a leaking gate. Earth was to be removed, and to accomplish this au endless chain ol "half-hands'' of both sexes were slowly moving to and fro, each bearing on his or her head a basket made of a peculiar wiry grass Ailed with the dripping sod. The sun was in one of lils warmest moods, causing the disturbed Boil to give forth a deadly miasma distinctly perceptible to the senses. There were at least a couple of dozen Of these hall-grown hands engaged in this somewhat shiftless manner on work which a hall-dozen Irishmen with shovel and wheel? barrow would have done better In less time. Mr. B. said ll was Impossible to Induce them to use wheelbarrows, and that, so long as such labor was to be had in abundance at half price, it was lils best policy io keep them employed. It should be understood that the "low coun? try" negroes are In many respects entirely distinct from those of any other portion of the South. As a class, they are undoubtedly the purest specimens of the native, unadulterated African on Southern soil. Among the hun? dreds coming under my observation, I saw but one mulatto, even the copper or tawny com? plexion of the np-couniry"ls 'lacking; coal black is the universal color. In speech they make use of numberless contractions in addi tiou to the usual negro dialect, and the rawest Yorkshireman is not more distinguishable than the low-country negro, wherever mee with. The vowels, too, are given a peculiar significance, and to a stranger these causes combine to create a great difficulty, if not utter impossibility, in understanding the sim? plest remarks. In appearance these negroes are simply brutish-the word ls not too strong. The projection of lip and flatness of nose struck me as remarkable even for the negro, and I called attention to this feet while riding with Mr. B. Stop? ping a passing negro, he called him up close to the carriage, and, taking a knife from bis pocket, applied one end 01 the han? dle io the tip of his nosp, endeavoring at the same time with the other end to touch his chin. But the projection of the Ups was too great, and the lower end of the knife-handle stood out an inch or more from the chin. If the operation had been of dally occurrence the man could not have stood lt more stolidly, and when told to move on did so without a word or smile. "Now," said Mr. B., "If I were selecting a negro, and wished a common field hand, all muscle and no brain, I snotild choose just such a man, while if I wanted in? telligence I would bring my knife into play, the straightness ol nose and tblnness of lips being indicative in a direct ratio of the desired quality. The same experiment was repeated a half dozen times In the course of this after? noon, always with precisely the same result. The knowledge ot an ordinary town negro Is limited enough; bm lt is wisdom comparai with his country cousin. "Cain," said Mr. B. to one of bis head formen, in a rice field where upwards of ihree hundred "hands" were at work, "how many among these can read or write ?" "Not one, Bab." was the reply, "cep' Jim Crow; him spell lim letters berry little." This wa? true. Out ot the whole number, not one could read or write. Their ignorance is dense. I saw but one foreman who could read or write intelligibly. The representative ol' the district, at Columbia was an old family ser? vant? of Mr. B.V, and was taucht to read by his mistress that he might be the better able to follow his vocation as a preacher among his feliow-servants. His acquirements were not so great, however, as to prevent his rising lu bis seat wheo au additional tax ot several mills on the dollar was under discussion, and declaring that "Mas B. had more mills now on his place than he could use, and he didn't see j how any more could be needed." A striking element in the negro's character Is his emotional nature-in fact, lt may be said to Include his religious perceptions. They are perpetually lalllng from grace, and their religious life ls a continual ascent and descent. But their method of ascertaining the genuine? ness of the reform In each t/ther ls novel: When at one o? their meetings au individual of either sex professes a return to a better life, a ring is formed upon the floor or ground by loosely dropping broken bricks in a circle. Around this circle, on and among the bricks, the unfortunate individual must hop, ou bare knees, while tooee present join In singing a chosen hymn. lithe hopping ls not completed by the time the hymn ceases, the backslider IB considered unworthy of readmission, and 1B consigned back to the dominion of Beelzebub, or vice versa if the result ls different. They do not enjoy having outside observers of their pro? ceedings- preferring tbe darkness and some retired spot In the forest. Here they frequent? ly dance, slog and shoat the livelong nlgbt, falling Into paroxysms of excitement, and ?>racticolly Illustrating their own Idea of "re igion." Here ls a field for missionary labor unsurpassed by any under the care of boards of foreign missions. Honesty, Mr. B. sold, was a virtue he never expected to find; it was the rare exception. He made allowance for so much to be stolen, and on! y guarded against Its becoming ruinous by selecting the worst thieves and placing them on guard around the rice storehouses and buildings generally. For any negligence, their wages are "docked" to tbe amount of the loss Incurred. In manner they are very much the same os formerly-perfectly respectful os a rule, and Invariably using the prettx "mas" or "massa." The very great objection upon their part to seeing ene of their own number show evi? dences of wealth Is worthy of note. They consider it only right and proper that their old masters should nae good horses or drive hand? some equipages; bat let one ot their own num? ber do so, and there ls a furious hue-and-cry of "he's notln' bnt a nlggo." Mr. B.'s own con? viction lo regard to the condnot of the negroes with whom he had come in contact since the war was that under the circumstances they had done as well and even better than conld have been expected. This opinion I find very general. But there can hardly be a doubt that bad they been properly "let alone," there never would have been the present trouble or the Jealousy and suspicion with which the races now regard each other. The trouble has come from outside sources and from the formation of leagues for political purposes. The power of these associations over the ne? groes ls something amazing. If there Is a symptom-of rebellion, all the leaders need to do ls to raise the cry, "You will be put back Into slavery," and It is reason enough to look upon any candidate with suspicion for whom their old masters or present employers vote. Their release from slavery Is ot course at? tributed to the Republican party, and there seems lo be a charm In the name which ls per? fectly fascinating. "There ls Scowling," said Mr. B., pointing to tbe foreman over a gang ot a hundred hands in a rice field; "I consider him one ot my most reliable, trustworthy men. He knows me well, and I really think be would do anything I would ask him except vote for me; and, if he had his own choice, ? he would do that, but as matters stand now lt would be as much os his life ls worth to at? tempt lt. He would vote ia preference for the verieet rascal In the district-one whom he knew to be such-provided he called himself a Republican. Although I do not know that I have a single personal enemy among them, I could not count on more than eight votes out of all the men I employ." Mr. B. never med? dles In politics, and these remarks were made In reply to my question SB to what chance be would stand were be to run for office. To the question whether he "knew" General Grant, Scowling replied, "Yest, sah. I vote Fr um." "And you knew Mr. Lincoln?" "Fader Abram 1 Ah, yest, Bab." "And Mr. Charles Sumner ?" "No, ssh, nobber heered o' dat gemman." "But you know Hr. Gree? ley ?" "No, massa, I nebber did." Concern? ing the two latter I tried to aid bis memory, but lt was useless- he had "nebber heered," he said, and I could not find a single man who had. I will venture to say that his case Is identical with that of lour-fifths of his rac? In his State. Scowling struck the key-note. "Scowling," said Mr. B., "Just suppose I was running for the office Robert holds at Colum? bia, and a Republican ran against me. Sup? pose you knew he wonld He and steal what? ever he could-which would you vote for?" He tried to evade the point, but upon Mr. B 's exbor?og him "to tell the truth," he sold, "You knows berry well, Mos B., I hasn't no d'Jections to voting for you, but de rest wouldn't let me. I must vote de 'Publican ticket. Dal's de trut, Bah." The same ques? tions, put a acore of times, both in Mr. B.'s ab ownoo aad Io lito prou...., ?U.W...1 " Kira reply._ _ TBE COMINO COTTON CROP. Reports from all paris of lite South. [Sr KCl AL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS J ALBANY, GEORGIA, Tuesday, July 16. The condition of the colton crop at present ls good, but there ls too much rain, and there are occasional signs of rust. No caterpillars have appeared, as yet. Heavy Rain In the Middle Country. A prominent factorage house of ibis city has received a letter, from which we make the fol? lowing extract, dated at Frog Level, New? berry County, S. C., July 15: It has rained thirteen days out ol fourteen, and at times very heavy, and you may rely on it that the crop here ls hurt. All the flat land cotton is taking rust, and if the rain contin? ues about two weeks longer the .cotton is done. L Progreaa of the Worm. A letter received In Charleston yesterday reports that the worm has appeared upon the plantation o? T. 8. Behn, near Grahamville, In Beaufort County. Further developments, although slight, have occurred on James Island. Several letters from Marlon County, Flori? da, received by a prominent factor in this city within a few days post, report the presence of the worm In that locality. It bas also appear? ed near Archer, Alach.ua County, Florida, where the crops have bsen damaged by too much rain. In Madison County, and Middle Florida, also, a few skirmishing caterpillars have been discovered. TBE CANADA KIDNAPPERS. An American's Reliance on British Justice. LONDON, ONTARIO, July IC. The case ol Dr. Rufua Bretton, abducted from Canada on the fourth of June and taken to South Carolina, came up on remand to-day, Dr. Bratton arrived here on Saturday, but was kept concealed until alter the opening of the court, when he made his appearance to the great surprise ot the defendants. His testimony shows that Cornwall, the prisoner, laid violent hands upon him on Waterloo street, handcuffed him with the assistance of tb6 driver, and thrust bim Into the cars; that he protested to the last, and only yielded because he relied on British Justice to sus? tain him In the eud. The case was further re? manded. TBE TAMMANY FRA UDS.. Boas Tweed In Ceurt. ALBANY, July 16. Tweed's trial commenced In the Supreme Court to-day. The defendant's counsel are Messrs. Dudley Field, Stoughton, Fullerton, Burrell, Reynolds, Bartlett, John Graham, and Root. The counsel for the prosecution are Charles O'Conor. and Messrs. Tilden and Peckham A motion was made by the de? fence that the court enter judgment for a nom? inal sum, under which the case might betaken to the Court of Appeals. O'Conor opposed the motion, believing lt hld duty to press the case without listening to any proposition from the defence. The defence claimed the right to be beard, whereupon the court decided to hear the arguments In,the Tweed fuwi-Ccmoellv case together, and Stoughton made the open? ing speech for the defence. THE WAR IN EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, July 15. A military commission ls now elttine to In? quire into the affair between Consul-General Butler and the Koedlve's officers. Generals Lorine and Reynolds ana Major Campbell testify to circumstances which, in their judg? ment, clearly show that the affray was pre? meditated by Butler and his friends; their pur? pose being to take the life of Major Campbell, who was dangerously wounded. Butler left Alexandria In the mall steamer this morning. THE RALLY AT RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA IN LINE EOS GREELEY. j AnEnthuiIaitlc .lian- Mee ting-Speech? es Of Senator! Doolittle, Miller and Tipton, of Governor Walker ?nd others. [SPECIAL TKLKO rt AM TO TH> NIWS.] RALEIGH, N. G., Joly 16. The Greeley ratification mass-meeting here I was grandly successful, more than three thou? sand persons belt g present Able, earnest and effective speeches were made by Senator Doolittle, ex-Seuator Miller, I of Georgia, Governor Walker, of Virginia, ex Governor Graham, of North Carolina, Senator Tipton, of Nebraska, General W. B. Cox, Judge Towle, Captain Jas. J. Davis, and Colo? nel Worden, of North Carolina. Mr. Doolittle spoke at some lengtn In re? gard to'that centralization of the powers of the government, towards which the present ad? ministration ls drifting. He reviewed the life and pabilo services of Horace Greeley, before the war, as an adv?cate of the Union, the constitution and the laws; and showed that, I after the war, before the gnus o? victory were silenced, he was lound battling in favor of Southern amnesty. His speech was received with much enthusiasm. Ex-Senator Miller's speech was a review o? the policy of the Grant administration, es? pecially towards the Southern States; citing j cases from Georgia and elsewhere, during which he handled the administration with nial gloves off. Ie was, throughout, an able effort. [ Governor Walker's remarks were warmly | received. He urged upon the people of North Carolina the Importance of carrying the State election In August, in order that North Caro lina might be the banner State for Greeley, and fire the first gan In the battle that would ] sweep over the entire nation in November. Senator Tipton scathingly reviewed the acts of the administration, and feelingly referred to other senators who had Joined with bim, by word and act, In resisting the usurpations of the administration. He referred to Senator Wilson as a deserter from the Liberal camp, having been bought over by the nomination ? for vice-President. The remarks of the other speakers were well received, creating throughout much en? thusiasm. The day was quite a gala one In Raleigh. _ .. . THE PRESIDENT'S PANIC. A Desperate Effort to Win Over For? ney-The situation In Pennsylvania -Grant and Cameron Badly Scared. [BPECIit TB I. BOB AW TO TH H N1W8] WASHQI'OTOK, July 16. President Grant announced to be here to? day In time for a Cabinet meeting, but did not | arrive, and two or three Cabinet ministers here, who went to the White House for the Cabinet consultation, shouldered their several portfolios and left, well satisfied to be rid of so much labor. It ls currently reported that Grant was In Philadelphia with Forney, whose persistent hostility to the Radical Pennsyvanla State tick? et the administration are moving beaven and earth to overcome. It Ls generally believed th ot Vnrnov han hoar* ntTm-aA a Ca hin Pt nnsl tlon or diplomatic poet, contingent on Grant's re-election, as compensation lor the abandon? ment of his Pennsylvania schemes, and a hearty support of the Pennsylvania State and | National ticket. It ls understood that this offer ls made at the Instance of Senator Cam? eron, who ls seriously alarmed about the Re? publican situation In that State, and will fail to be 'returned to the Benate if the Radical ticket be defeated at the October election. At the German picnic near.George town, po? liceman O'Brlan and a laborer named Cunning? ham got into au altercation concerning the moral character of each other's wives, which resulted lo O'Bryan shooting Cunningham I dead. O'Brlan is in jail. N. a HAS TITES GOING POR GREELEY. Conversion of Two Dlstlagnlshed Radicals. NEW YOBS, July 16. The Herald's Boston special intimates that General Banks has espoused Greeley's cause. NEW ORLEANS, July 16. Lieutenant-Governor Plncbback, who has heretofore favored Grant, made a Greeley speech at a Republican meeting In St. James's 1 Parish. Grant's Lait He pe-Ii emocratic Stampers. LONG BRANOH, July 16. It Is said that a party of Missourians, whose names are not reported, called at the Presi? dential cottage yesterday. General Porter is shortly to make public a list of Democrats who are going to stump for Grant._ RUINED BY CHINESE CHEAP LABOE. SAN FRANCISCO, July 16. Two Irishmen demanded work ona farm near Bantus, In Alameda County, last night, and were told by thu farmer that he had a sufficient uumber ot Chinamen engaged to harvest the cropB. This morning they were firing the grain stacks and were captured. The prisoners were tried by the neighboring farmers and hanged. AMERICAN SCH?TZEN IN GERMANY. BERLIN, July 14. The German riflemen irom America, who are io take part In the Federal Schulzenfest, arrived laut week In Hanover, where they bad a most cordial reception. Dr. Pieper made an address of welcome, lu which he fre? quently alluded to the enthuslam manifested ia the U'jited States over the victories of the Fatherland during the late war, and proposed three cheers for tne visitors, which were giv? en with a good will by the large crowd. BASSETT BEATS. SARATOGA, July 16. Betting at the start was, Longfellow eight hundred and Bassett three hundred and flity. Bassett won by a length, time 3.59. The attendance waa larger than at toe first race. Governor Bowie's Catesby was first, Morris's colt by Eclipse second, and Electra third. Time 1.17J. In the third race Buckden dead heat. Jury third, Piedmont lourth. Time, 1.42J. _ _ THE WE ATHEE THIS DAY. WASHINGTON, Joly 16. Rising barometer and northwestern winds will prevail on Wednesday north and west ol Ohio. Tba area of lowest barometer will move northwestward down the St. Lawrence, with southwest winds veering to northwest, and clear weather in New England. No Im? portant changes are Indicated lor the Southern States._ SPARKS FROM THE WISES. -The President has not arrived at Wash? ington, and his visitors are sadly disap? pointed. ? ." -Davis & Winn's paper mill at Peppervale, Massachusetts, waff burned down yesterday. Loss $50,000. ," . _ . -It ls believed that Stokes will be refused ball, and that the next trial will probably take place In Saratoga County. -Robert YTCranford, Vanderbilt's brother in-law, ls Indicted for assault wttfc Intent tc kUL MAKING UP TUS SEATS. A Radical Pen-and-ink Sketch or th? Candidates for State Offices. [From the Beaufort Bepubllcan.l COLUMBIA, 8. C., Joly 6. No clue can be obtained here of the proba? ble course of politics from those mott Inter? ested In the result of the campaign. The can-. di da tee express only hopes. Confidence ls a^. "Scarce article. Combinations are eagerly, wished for, but how to secure the fulfilment of pledges is something yet to be discovered. The "carpet-bag*' element Is the most dis? couraged. The natives or ''scalawags" seem? ed determined to rule or ruin-perhaps lt would be better to say rule and raia. At any rate, the slaughter of white and colored "car? pet baggers" is decided upon. ' Therefore lt ls that the misdeeds ol the administration are saddled upon Seo lt and Parker, and the whole pack ore yelling at their heels. Moses, Tom Mackey and even Judge Orr are Industriously sowing the eeeds of distrust of strangers among the people. While this ls going on among the white leaden, the colored men are doing the same and more on their side. I aay more, because they go further. "Trust none bat your own people" means with them none but your own race. 80 that alter getting rid of the ^carpetbaggers, the scalawags ?Ll. go next. " The next State Con ve ni lon will be the least under control of any ever called There Jare many plans, but no man bas any confidence In being able to carry them out. THK GOVERNORSHIP. AU interest centers ia the Governorship and treasurership. These represent power and money. The men who bold thew offices control tne party.. Moses has the field at present for Governor, but be will, be weaker in the convention than before tbe people, ls Bureas he ls nominated there will be a bolt. Orr ls much more talked of than liked.: Moses hatea him and will prevent his nomination. Orr la determined to try for lt He bas. Ibo assistance just now of Tom Mackey, who has completely deserted Governor Scott. He is engaged In asserting all that h? so ably de? nied when he was wrltlug Scott's message last tall. There are many who believe that Scott will have a good deal of influence with the eon-. ? ventlon, and that he may after all be tbe man. He, however, asseverates his disgust with the cores of office and the Ingratitude - of po-' ll tl clans. He may feel angry when he reflects that bis bittereal revilers owe what Influence they have to him. .'; . Chamberlain la sometimes talked of as scan dldate likely to neal all dissensions in our ranks, but while there la a kindly feeling for him and great respect for his abilities, lt 1B felt that he has assented to tbe worst acta charged upon the State government. Dr. Pteagle Is quietly, slowly bat surely - gaining strength tor Governor. It will,be round that be is more formidable as the can- ' vase progresses; THE TBEA.SDRER. Parker, Gardozo and Noah are the only an? nounced candidates. Of the first, lt is unne? cessary to enumerate bis claims upon tbe office. He will enter upon the . canvass with. ? the prestige of past successes and present oe- ' cupancy ; and although he bas many enemies he ought to be able to make many friends. Cardozo Ia very lively. He ls striving to * unite himself with a strong candidate for gov? ernor. He bases bis strength upon bis per- 1 so nal honesty and bis color. In the first, we 1 hope be ls not singular, and- the second, ls not decided enough to carry bim very tar. Some ol his opponents resent; . bis claim as a reformer or abuses. They as-, sert that his education and training peen li ari y unfit him for the office. They point ont. the utter failure which results from entrusting ' money matters to ex-clergymen; how prover- ? blal they are for ignorance of finance and how obtuse they are ot the fact. While they admit that he ls probably freer rom knowingly partici? pa Ung In the Increase of tbe public debt last cou?d notliavV&fln^iBOTed "w??fi?ur?is~m?c*~ Il the Governor is condemned for signing, and Parker damned tor issuing, can Cardozo 1 be excused from sealing? That be felt Ibis culpability la plain from the fact that be left the State, resigned bis place, and said be never would return. When, however. Par? ker and Scott had made all smooth for bim fey the validating bill he returned and commenced office seeking anew. \ hf~ . Harry Noah, the urbane private secretary of tbe Governor, goes In on bis shape. He links his fortunes pretty closely with Frank Moses. He hos made many fr le nos among the frequent? ers or the Statehouse. He has a ready smile, a warm grasp and a good story for the weary walter upon official tardiness. If'he wins, he will preaide over an empty treasury with so much suavity that hungry crediton will go away comforted lt not filled. BLUE RIDGE. Honest John Patterson ls not happy. The Blue Bldge ring la now a ring within a ring. ' The Mack ay-Steers Injonction, Auditor Garys injunction and tbe City of Charleston's lojunc? tion seem to have but little chance of escape. Corbin has got a chance he longed for, and he will "go" for the railroad Eu-Klux with tbe hottest kind ol a poker. Jona thinks if he was only Governor he could make things smoother. He sometimes bas strong hopes, - but generally he merely looks and longs. THE OPPOSITION. Tbe Liberal Republicans and Democrats are walting hopefully and patiently. There Isa. < general agreement that no State ticket will be nominated until after the action of the Repub? lican convention. If there 1B a colt from that convention and a good ticket put in tbe field by the bolters, a Joint convention of the sup? porters of Greeley and Brown will be called, which will simply nominate electors and en- ' done the best State ticket offered. Thia is In accord with the determination of the Demo- . crats to refrain from embarrassing the Reform party Of the Republicans. ON THE WAR PATH. Corbin was here a lew days ago, on bia way to Greenville, wbere he was to speak on the fourth instant. He flourished a fearful toma? hawk, had his war-paint on, and talked of nothing less than scalping Scott, Moses, Parker, id omne genus. His present temper ls some confirmation of the assertion that Grant : ls determined to aid In the overthrow of tbA ruling spirits ot the Republican party here. Should the president nally throw his influence with the Beform wing ot the porty, there wUl be o general prayer from some now very con? fident candidates, "From plague, pestilence and sudden death, good Lord deliver ns." GOSSIP FEOM COBA. The Spanish Swallows Homeward Ply. HI YANA, July ll. . Count Valmaseda embarked for Spain to? day. Aa Immense conooane of citizens as? sembled at the Captain-General's palace and upon the quayB to bid bim farewell. Ibe newspaper La Espa?a baa suspended publication. Don Suarez VigtTis appointed political secretary of the island. The Spanish iron-clod Numancla will shortly sall for New Tork en route for Spain. The expedition which left here some time ago to search for bidden treasures near Laguna Die Centes, In Vuelta Abajo District, has returned unsuccessful. General Tono, commander at Fort Cabana and Moro Castle, will shortly return to Spain. Fort Monarca at Neuvltas was struck by llghtulng on the night of tbe 10th instant. The powder magazine exploded and seven artille? rists were killed One rifled cannon was car? ried a distance of fifty yards from the embra? sure. ? . The Cuban Civil Government has granted the coolies the right to return to China- after complying with certain prescribed condiaoos. The Diario, commenting upon the seizure? 01 the Bteamer Pioneer, says that JJggJj? pirate and no privateer, and the conimanoer of the Moccasin decided her J? captured her and carried her Into Newport.. Had Rhp been a DTivateer he would not have hu^?r^ecaSa^v?eer is a vessel of Sar beio?gln? to a nation recognized asa belligerent. , AN EXPENSIVE DIP. Nsw TOBI, July 16. , A party of ladles and gentlemen, while bath log at Coney Island yesterday, were robbed of nearly eight thousand dol?an' worth of Jewel? ry, money and bonds.