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I weon No arm hi? form encloses; Fa?t mouldering on tho hill-eidc green, My 'wee cold* boy reposes. "Sweet Blumboring in loviug arms Dear dreamer, 'neath tho rose?, - May I as free from all alarms Best, when this brief life closes When mouldering on the hill-aide groen, Thia 'weak-old' boy repoaeB." A Paris correspondent relates a story which may be taken ns an illustration of sublime impudence. He states that a gentleman walking with his little boy on the banks of the river, tho child slipped over the bank into the water, and wonld certainly have been drowned bnt for the oonrage of a man who was fishing, who jumped in and saved the boy. The father thanked bim cordially, bnt asked him if he wonld add to the obligation, as he was already wet through, by swim? ming ont for bis son's oap. The following we find in the local oolnmn of the Lebanon Free Press: "He came conrting. He hitched his horse in the meeting house shed. Tho animal, not being of a serious turn of mind, left his quarters and strolled npon the track under the Hanover street bridge, and collided with the midnight train-and died. Twejjty-fl ve cents' worth of livery stable would have saved the animal." Young men, take warning. A Western editor pictures a reporter, in a proposed new stylo of school-reader, thusly: "Here is the face of a reporter. Bee how joyful be looks. He bas just heard.*Uat a mau has out his own throat, nndlie^Tt?.going for the item. Should you like to oe a reporter, and get licked on dark nights, and see dead persons, and climb np four pairs of stairs?". La Florida a deer, while swimming away from hounds, was considerably Blag-gered at being attacked by two alli? gators. It made a gallant defence aud Bold its life deer-ly. Look Out for K. K.'S! NOW in Columbia. Tobe March 28_JOHN C. REEGERS\ Buffalo Tongues, VTEW sugar-cured HAMS, * JL^I Breakfast Strips, lilmoked Beef, for aale low. HOPE & GYLES. 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SEA GULL, Dutl Sailing Days-Evory Fifth Day PAUL Rates guaranteed SB low as those of compel per cent. THROUGH BILLS OF LADIN Can be had at all principal Railroad Offices in i State Booms may be secured in advance, wi the Steamships in Charleston, at whose office exchanged and Berths assigned. Tho 1 lu on Meals and State. Boom, while on shipboard. The South Carolina Bailroad, Georgia Bailie increased their facilities for tho rapid n evi Northern cities and tho South and WoBt. Con without extra charge, havo been introduced Eating Saloon at Branchville. On the Gcorgii Freight promptly transferred from Steamer Bailroad. Close connection made with other with groat promptness. The managers will n tho line vin Charleston cannot be surpassed ii For further information, npply to J. M. Fm HASELL, General Ac cut, P. O. Box 4,079; Cffiei I'aesonger and Ticket Agent, South Carolina I July 1G ?fimo Vice-Presidcn Sum ntl '? Advice to the Colored People. WASHINGTON, D.O., July 29, 1872. GENTLEMEN ANO FELLOW CITIZENS: * * I am touched by tho appeal you mako. It ie true that I am the friend of your race, and I am glad to be assured that ia your opinion I havo hold a consistent course in tho Sonate and elsewhere as the special advocate of your rights. That course, by the bleating or God, I mean to hold so long as lifo laetu. 1 know your infinite wrongs, and feel them as for my own. You only do mo simple justice when you add a belief that my counsel, at this criti? cal junoture of your citizenship, would bo freo from personal footings and partisan prejudice. In answering your inquiries, I can have no feeling except for your good, which I most anxiously seek; nor can any prejudice of any kind bo allowed to intorfero. THo occasion is too solemn. Especially ia there no room for personal feeling or for partisan prejudice No man or party can expoot power except for tho genoral welfare; therefore, they must be brought to the staudard of(ruth,that they may bo soon in life and act. You aro right in Haying that tho choico for ibo Presidency is now narrowed down to President Uraut or Horace Greoloy. Ono of theso ia to be taken; and, assuming my acquaintance with bqth, and my observation ot thoir liven, you invito my judgment between them, asking mo espe? cially which of the two, judging from their antecedents, a? nell aa pr?sent position, would enforce tho Constitution and laws, se? curing your civil and political rights, with thc most heartfelt sympathy and tho greatest vigor. Here I remark that, in thia inquiry, you naturally put your rights in tho fore? ground. So do I-believing most sincerely that tho boat interests of the wholo country are associated with the completest recognition of your rights, so that the two racoa shall live together in unbroken harmony. I &lao re? mark that you call attention to two things, the "antecedents" of tho two candidates; and secondly, tbt ir "present position." You wish to know from these which gives asBuranco of the most heartfolt sympathy and greatest vigor in the maintenance of your rights; in other words, which, judging by tho paat, will be your truest friend. The communication with which yon have honored me ia not alono. Colored fellow-mt i zsns in other parts of tho country, I may aay in nearly every State of tho Union, ha vo m ado a similar request, and some complain that I have thus far kept silent. I am not insensible to thia appeal. But if my opinion ia given, it must bo candidly, acoording to my conscionce. In this spirit I answer your inquiries, begin? ning with the antecedents of the candidates. 1. Horace Greeley waa born to poverty and educated himself in a printing ofliae. Presi? dent Grant, fortunate in early patronage, be? came a cadet at Wost Point, and waa educat? ed at the public expense. One started with nothing but 'industry and character; tho other started with a military commission. One waa trained aa a civilian; the other aa a soldier. Horace Greoley atood forth aa a re? former and Abolitionist. President Grant en? listed as a pro-slavery Democrat, and, at the election of Jamea Buchanan, fortified by his vote all the pretensiona of slavery, including tho Drcd Scott decision. Horace Groeloy from early lifo waa earnest and constant against slavery, full of sympathy with tho colorod race, and always foremost iu tho great battle for their rightB. President Grant, except aa a soldier, summoned by tho terriblo accident of war, never did anything against slavery, nor has ho at any time shown any apmpathy with tho colored raco. Horace Greeley earnestly dosirod that colored citizens should vote and ably championed im? partial suffrage; but President Grant was on the otherside. Beyond theae contrasts, which aro marked, it cannot be forgotten that Horace Greeley is a person of large heart and largo understanding, trained to tho support ol human rights, alwaya beneficent with tho poor, alwaya ready for any good cause, and never deterred by opposition or reproach, as when for long years he befriended your peo? ple. Add to theso qualities, conspicuous in Lis lire, untiring industry, which leaves no moment without its fruit-abundant political knowledgo-acquaintance with history-the instinct and graap of statesmanship-nu amiable nature-a magnanimous soul, and, above till, an honesty which no auapicion has touched, and you have a brief portraiture of what aro the antecedents of Horace Gree? ley. Few of those thinga appear in tho Pre? sident. His great success in war, and tho honors he has won, cannottchango tho record nf his conduct toward your people, especially in contraat with tho life-limo fidelity of his competitor, whilo there are unhappy "ante? cedents" ahowing that in the prosecution ol his plana he earea nothing for the colored race. The story is painful, but ic must ho told. I refer to tho outrage ho perpetrated upon Hayti, with its 800.0U0 blacks, engagod iu the great experiment of self-government. Here ia a moat instructive "antecedent," re? vealing beyond question hia true nature, and tho whole ia attested by documentary evi? dence. Conceiving tho idea of annoxing Do IT MME IB!. TON, S. C., I FROM IA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, D MANUFACTURING CITIES k-Tmndny, Thursday and Saturilny, 1 TE-IiOOM A COOMMODA HONS. 12 Hours Shorter, "via Charleston." PACITY, 40,000 UALB? MO?THL?. Railroad Company, h the fleet of thirteen first eins? Slr<anu>hfpc quick time and regular despatch afforded tc i I A It Ii E S T O ,11, u for Freight and Pssacbgi rs not excelled ii e followfng spit ntiid Ocean Steamers arc regu< YORK. O KO no IA, S. Holmes. Commander. SOUTH CAROLINA, T. J. Beckett, Commander CLYDE. J. Kennedy, Commander. ASHLAND. -Ingram, Commander TENAY, WAGNER, HUGER & CO.. Agents, Charleston, S. C tDRIiPIIIA. der. GULF STREAM, Alex, nunter. Com der . A. COURTENAY,?Agent, Chai leaton, S. C. IIIORK. MARYLAND, Johnson, Commander lon, Commadner. O. TRENBOLM, Agont, Charleston, S. C. ing linea. 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ALFI!ED I?, limn, I South Caiolii.a Hailioad, Charle H< ?, S C. minioa, which is tho Spanish part of the island, and ?lu inking at nothing, Le began by adzing tlio war powera of the Govern? ment, in ll lorant violation of the Gonelitu lion, and then, at great expenditure of inouoy, sent several armed shipB of the navy, including monitors, to maintain the usurper Baez in power, that through him ho might obtain the covoted prize. Not content with this audacious dictatorship, he proceeded to etriko at tho independence of tho black re? public by opon monaco of war, and all with? out the sanction of Congress, to which ie committed tho war-making power. Bailing into the harbor of Port-au-Prince with our most powerful monitor, tho Dictator, proper? ly named for thia aervico, alao the frigate Se? vern aa consort and other monitors in their train, tho Admiral, acting under instruct iona from Washington, proceeded to the executive mansion, accompanied by officers of hie squadron, and then, pointing to tho great war ahipa in eight (rom tho windows, dealt his monaco of war, threatening to sink or oapturo Uaytion ahipa. The President waa black, not whito. Tho Admiral would have dono no such thing to any whito ruler, nor would our country havo tolerated Buch mo? naco from any Government in thc world. Hero waa indignity not only to tbo black re? public with ita population of 800,000, but to tho African raco everywhere, and especially in our own country. Nor did it end herc. For months the navy of the United Statea was hovering on the coast, koeping that in? sulted people in constant anxiety, whilo Pre? sident tirant was to them like a hawk sailing in the air, and ready to Bwoop upon bia prey. Thia heartless, cruel proceeding found a vic? tim among our white fellow-citizens. Au ex? cellent merchant of Connecticut, praise.i by all who know him, was plunged iuto prison by Baez, where he waa immured because it na-i feared be wonld write againat tho treaty lof annexion, and thia captivity waa proton ced with tho connivanco of two agenta of tho Pre? sident, ono of whom finds constant favor with him, and is part of the military ring im? mediately about him. Th.it auch au oulrugo could go unpunished ehowa the littlo regard of the President for human rights, whether in white or black. I confess my triala, aa I waa called to wit ncaa theao things. Alwaya a supporter of tho Administration, and sincerely dcBiring to labor with it, I ?ad never uttered a word with regard to it except in kindness. My early op? position to the treaty of annexation waB re? served, so that for aomo time my opinions were unknown. It WRB only when I ?aw tho breach of all law, human and divine, that I was aroused, and then began the angerof tho Preaident and of bia ringa, military and sena? torial. Devoted to tho African race, I folt for them, beeiden being humbled that tho great republic, acting through its Preaident, could set auch an examplo, where tho National Constitution, international law and humanity wero all aacriQced. Especially waa I moved when I saw tho indignity to tho colored race which was accomplished by trampling upon a fundamental principio of internatiotia1 law, declaring the equality of nationa, aa our De? claration of Independence declares the equal? ity of men. Thia terrible transaction, which nobody can defend, ia among the "antece? dents" of Preaident Grant, from which you can judge how much tho colored raco can rely upon bia "heartfelt synipathiea." Nor can it bo forgotten, that Bhortly afterward, on the return of thc commiasion from thia island, Hon. Frederick Couglaes, tho colored orator, accomplished in manners aa in eloquence, was thrust away from tho company of tho com miaaiooera at thc common table of the mail packet on the Potomac, ulmost within sight ul tho Executive Manaion, simply on account ol bia color; but tho President, at whoae invita? tion he had joined the commission, never ut? tered a word in condemnation of thia exclu aion, and when entertaining tho returned comniiBBionera at dinner, carefully omitted Mr. Douglaaa, who waa in Washington ut the timo, and thus repeated tho indignity. Gthei things might bc mentioned sbowiug tho ay III patinen of tho Preaident, but I cannot forget tho civil righta bill, which ia tho cap-stone ol that equality bo loro tho law to which all ure entitled, without distinction of color. Prc s i dent Grant, who cculd lobby BO assiduously for his St. Domingo scheme, full of wrong ti tho colored race, could do nothing for thii beneficent meaauro. During a long aeasior of Congress., it waa discussed constantly, HUI tho colored pcoplo everywhere bung upon th? debato, but thero waa no word of "heartfell sympathy"|from the Preaident. Al last, just be foro thc nominating convention, ho luidressei a letter to a mooting of colored fellow-oitizeni iu Washington, called to advauco thia cauao where ho avoided the question, by declaring himself in favor of "ibo exercise of those righta to which every citizen should bo j oath entitled," leavingit uncertain whetherculoroi people aro justly entitled to the rights ae cured by the pending bill. I undcratand tba Horace Greeley has already been aaaailed bi an impracticable Domocrat aa friendly to tho bill, but nobody has lisped against Presiden Granton thia account. Among "antecedents," I deem it my ?intj to moution the littlo capacity or induct y 61 the President in protecting colored p'-oph and in aaBuring peace at tho South. Nobotb can doubt that a amall portion of tho < tf >n and earneat will, even without ibo lobbying ao freely given to tho San Domingo scheme would have averted those Kn Klux outrage, which we deploro, so that thero would hav< benn no pretence for further legislation b; Congress" But ho waa disabled both by cha' rainer aud tho drawback of hia own conduct After violating the Constitution aud interna tional law to insult the black republic, am Betting an examplo ot insubordination, bi waa not iu condition to rebuke law-breakers II. Paaaing from "antecedents," I conn now to tho "preaent position" of tho two can didatea, which ia the subject of your next in quiry. If in any former particulars tho twi aro un an equality, yet in all substantial re B pee ts -Ilia Obvious advantage ia with Horne Greeley. Each waa nominated hy a Itcpuhli can convention, ono at Cincinnati and th other at Philadelphia, au that in thia rospec they may seem to bo on an equality. But i will" not fail to bo observed that the conven tien ul Cincinnati waa composed of able am acknowledged Uopublieane, many of wbe.r have acted with tun party from its first tor niation, who, without previous organization came logetlier voluntarily foi- tho sake of rt form and purity in tho Government; whilo,n: the oilier ha nd, t ho con ven t ion at Ph i I ado! nhia waa composed of delegates chose largely under the influence of stockholder! who assembled to sllsl aili what ia known a Grantiam, being tho personal govcrnim-n and personal pretensions ot' Grant, itivolvlii nepotism, repayment of gifts by official pu nonage, neglect of public duly, abseutoeinii military rule, disregard of constitution an law, with general unfitness and indignity t tho colored raco -all of which in so unrepul hean aa to make its support impossible tv true Republicans. Therefore, tho couver lion at. Philadelphia, though calling itae Bopuhlican, waa less Republican in realit than that at Cincinnati. Tho two platform! ao far aa concoma especially the colored mei aro aliko in substance, but that of Cincinua ia expressed in terms most worthy of th equal rights it states and claims: "Wo rennt nizo tho equality of all men before tho lan aud hold that it is tho duty of Government i its dealings with tho people to mete out equi and exact justino to all, of whatever nativity raco, color or persuasion, religions or polit cal." In othor roapecttt, tho platform of Gil cinnati is tho most Bopublican, inasmuch s it sets itself against those Ulircpubiicail abuse which havo been nursed by the Presidoi into pernicious activity. , From tho two nominations and two pla forma 1 como tu the supporters of tho rand datea, and hero I look, liest, at those humed ately abouLjthein, and, secondly, at tho pop? lar auppeift behind. Horace Greeley hi among bia immediate supporters, in all purl of tho country, dt voted und consistent IV publicans, alwaya earneat for reform and pi rity in Government, un whose lives there ia i shadow of Buaplcn n I t ing a contrast i charnu tor to thooo ring? which play euch a part iu thu present Administration. Tho country knows too well thu military ring, tim senatorial nug, and the custom house ling, through which tho President acta. Bach sup? portera are a very poor recommendation. Looking at tho popular support behind, thu advantage ia ?till with Uoraco Greeley. Pre? sident Grant has at Ilia back the diversified army of oflice-holders, drilled to obey the word of command. Tho upeuchea praising him uro by oflic6-holdera and members of rings. Ili.race C.reeley linda ll toking to bia aupport large numbera ot' Republicans unwill? ing to continuo tho existing misrule, and as allies with them a regenerated party which comes forward to unite in thia Liberal move? ment. Democrats, in joining Horace Greeley, have changed simply au President Grant changed whin he joined tho Republicano, ex? cept that ho waa rewarded at once with high oflico. The chango is open. Adopting tho Republican platform, which placea tho equal rights of all under tho safeguard of irreversi? ble guarantees and at tin same time accept? ing the nomination of a life-timo Abolitionist, who represo ul M pre-eminently thu sentiment or duty to tho chored race, they have sot their corporate seal to tho sacred covenant. They may continue Democrats in name, but they aro in reality Republicana, by thu same title that those who sustain Republican principles are Republicana,.or rather they aro Dem?? crata, according to tho original signification ot that word, dedicated to the rights of the people. It ia idle to say that Horace Greeley I and tho Republicans that nominated him are any lesa Republican because Democrats unite with them in supp?t t of cherished principles and tho candidato who representa them. Con? versions aru alwaya welcome, and not lesa en because tho change is in a multitude rather than an individual. A political party cannot, if il would, and should not, if it could, shut tho door against converts, whother counted hy tho score, thc hundred or tho thousaud; and so we lind that tho supporters of Presi? dent Grant announce with partisan triumph tho adhesion ol a single Democratic politician or a single Democratic newspaper. On equal reason, and with higher pride, may thc sup? porters of Horaco Greeley announce tho ad? hesion of tho Democratic party, which, turn? ing from the things that aro behind, presses on to those that are heforo. It ia also idlo to aay that tho election of noraco Greeley aa President, with Gratz Drown aa Vice-president, both unchangeable Republicana, will bc the return of tho Demo? cratic party to power. On tho contrary, it will ho the inauguration of Republican prin? ciples, under tho safeguard of a Republican President and Republican vice-President, with Democrats aa avowed supporters. In the organization ot his administration and in tho conduct of affaira, Horace Greeley will naturally lean upon thoso who represent best the great promises mado of equal rights and reconciliation at Cincinnati. If Dem?crata aro taken, it will bo aa Republicans in heart, recognizing tho aatociate terma of the settle? ment aa au irreversible finality. Tho hardi? hood of political falsehood reaches ita ex? tremo point, when it is asserted that under Horace Greeley tho trccdnieu will be re-en? slaved, or that colored nenple will in any way buffer io their equal rights. On the contrary, they have in hie election not ouly the pro? mises of tho plat firm, but also thu splendid example for a full generation, during which he has never wavered in tho assertion of their rights. To Biippoae that Uoraco Greeley, when placed where ho can do them tho moat good, will depart from tho rule of his houest lifo, is an iuault to reason. Therefore, I put asido tho partisan allegations that Horace Greeley lina gone to tho Dem?crata, or that ho will be controlled by Democrats. Each ia without- foundation or reasou, according to my judgment. They aro attempts to avoid what you recognize ns tho true inane, being the question between the two candidates, or, perhaps, they may bc considered aa scare? crows, tu doter tho timid. Nobody who votes for Horace Greeley will go to tho Democrats, nor do I believe that when elected Horace Greeley will bo under auy influence except that enlightened conscience which will keep him ever truo to th?* principles ho represents. It is none tho less idle to suppose* that Dem?? crata supporting Horace Greeley expect or der-ire that ho should depart from* thoso prill? ciploa which aro tho glory of his charactei. They havo accepted the Cincinnati platform with its two-fold promises, and intend in gond faith to maintain it . Democrats cannot turn back who, at tho Convention adopting thia platform, sang Greeley songs to thu tune ot' "Old John Drown, his soul is marching on." Meeking especially tho establishment of character in tho National Government, they will expect their President to bo alwaya true to bimaelf. Gentlemen, in thus anawering your two in? quirios, I havo shown why you, aa colored tellow-citizena.aud alao all who would uphold your rights and aavo thc colored race from indignity, should refuse to sanction tho re? election of the President, and put your trust in Horace Greeley. I ought to add that with him will bo aasociated aa vice-President Gratz Brown, whom I have known foryearaaa a moat determined Abolitionist. The two to? gether will carry into the National Govern? ment au unswerving devotiou to vour rights, not to bo disturbed by partisan dictation or sectional pn judice. Residen all this, which may fitly guide you in determining between the two candidates, it ia my duty to remind you that, aa Citizen? of the United states, and part of tho country, your welfare is indisso? lubly associated with that nf tho whole coun? try. Where all aro prosp?rons you will bo gainera. Tberofore, while justly careful of your own rights, you cannot he iiidifferen* to tho blessings of good government. It ia tor you to consider whether the time has not como for something better th.m the a word, and whether ii character like Horace Greeley does not give stronger asatiraiicu of good go? vernment than can hu found it, tho insulter of thu colored rac?, already fanions from the rings about him and his plain inaptitude for Civil life. The supportera of President (?raut compel us to obaoi ve bia tiffin ces and short? comings. The comparison they challenge cannot bo declined, lt will be tor others iu the present cm vasa to hold it before thu American people. Speaking nov. for myself, I have to ?ny that my vole will hu given for Hornee OriH-luj ; but in giving it I do not go to tho Democratic parly, nor nm 1 any lesa a Republican. On tho contrary, 1 am so much ol' u Republican that I cannot support n can? didate whose conduct in civil lifo shows un incapacity to appreciate Republican princi? ples, and whoso administration ie marked by ness ot delinq liney, especially to tho colored ra.-i , by the Bide ol willoh the allegations on lite ?lllpeHi'hn.? ut Ol' Andrew Johnson were IfCtiuieal and trivial. Uuqucationablv Presi? dent tirant rles?M'Vod impeachment for high i-ria.es mut misdemeanors, rathor than a ro nomination, and on tho trial it would have boen enough to exhibit bia seizure of tho war power and bia indignity tn tho black republic, with its population of Hon,ooo, in violation ol tho Nat ion al Constitu? ion and of international law. And hore a contrast arises between him and Abraham Liucolu. Tho latter, in his first annual mesaago, recommended tho recogni? tion or wit it ho called tho '-independence and sovereignty of Hay ti," hut it is at thoso that President "Grant baa struck. Ono nf Abra? ham Lincoln's first acts was to put tho black republic nu au equality with tho other powers; ono ol President Giant's waa to de? grade ii. I am HO much of a Republican that I wish to BOU in the Presidential chair a lifu-tiliU! Abolitionist. I also Wi sh a Pn sideiu sincerely devoted to civil service reform, beginning willi tho "one-term principle," which Presi? dent Grant once accepted, but now disowns, 1 also wish a President who sets thu example or industry and unselfish dedication to tin public good. And I wish to seo a President through whom wo may expect peace and har? mony, instead of discord. Strangely, Presi? dent Grailt seems lo delight ill atrito. If hi finds no enemy, hit tally upon bia friends, ie . when ho struck at tho black republic, insult oil ! Russin in his annual message, offended bott Franco and Germany, and then, in personal relations, quarreled generally. My own per? sonal experience teaches how lutilo ie tito chargo, that because Horace Greeley receives Democratic votes, therefore ho becomes a Democrat, or lapses under Democratic con? trol. I waa first chosen to tho Senate by a coalition of Free Soilcra and D?mocrate. De? mocratic votea helped make me Senator from Massachusetts, as they also helped maku my excellent friend. Mr. Chase, Senator from Ohio, aud will help make. Horace Greeley Pre? sident. But neither Mr. Chaso nor myself waa on thia account leas faithful aa Freo Soil? ra, and, answering tor myself, I know that I nover became a Democrat or lapse! under Democratic control. 1 do not doubt that Ho? race Greeley will be equally consistent. Tho charge to tho contrary, ao veli? ment ly repeat? ed, aecma to reflect tho character ot those who make it, except that they may repeat it by roto. There ia a common saying, "Princi? ples, not men," and on this ground an appeal ia mado for President Grant, feeling j uatly that, iu any personal comparison with Horace Greeley, ho must fail. But a better Haying ia, "Principles awi men." I am for the princi? ples of tho Bepublicau party in contradiction to Grautiam, ana I am for tho mau wbo truly represents them. By theao principles I aball aland, for them I bball labor, and io their tri? umph I shall alwaya rejoice. If any valued friend separates from mo now, it will be be? cauao hoplucea u man above jirittciples. Earl v ill public lifo, 1 declared my h tl io heed for party, aud my indifference to tho name by which I am cabed; and now I confess my want ol s> m pa thy with thoao who would chug to thu form after ita spirit baa tied. Allow tue to call attention to another and controlling consideration, which cannot be neglected by the good citizen. WatcbiDg tho remarkable movement, that has ended in the double nomination of Uoraco Greeley.it ia oaay to aeo that it did not proceed from poli? ticians, whether at Ciuciuua i or Baltimore. Evidently it waa tho heart of tho people, sore? ly wrung by war and tho controversies it en? gendered, which found thia expression. Sir Philip Sidney said of the uprising in the Ne? therlands, "It ia tho spirit of tho Lord, and is irresistible," and such a spirit is manifest now. Notwithstanding tho counteracting iniluenco of politicians-Bepublican and De? mocratic-in tho face of persistent ridicule and against the extravagance of unscrupulous opposition-the nomination at Cincinnati was triumphantly adopted at Baltimore. Such an unpiccedented victory, without concert or Erepulsion of any kind, can be explained only y supposing that it ia in harmony with a po? pular longing. That Democrats, nnd espe? cially those of tho South, should adopt a life? time Abolitionist for President is an assurance of willingness to associate the rights of their colored fellow-citizens with that reconciliation of which Horace Greeley waa an early repre? sentative. In atandiug by Jefferson Davis at bia trial, and signing his bail-bond, he ahowed tho aamo sentiment of humanity he BO con? stantly displayed in standing by the colored race throughout their prolonged trial, so that tho two discordant races find kindred hospi? tality in him, sud he thus becomes a tie of union. The nomination baa been adopted by the Democrats, in convention naaembled. Thia was an event which tho supportera of Fret-i dt nt (?runt declared impossible. I do not eec how it eau bo regarded otherwise than aa a poace-oflering. Aa such, it ia of infinite value, lt ia a rcvoltitiou, and ita suceas in pacifying the country will be in proportion to ita acceptance by ua. I dare not neglect the great opportunity, nor can I stan l aloof. It ia in harmony with my lifo, which placea peace above all (binga except the righta of mun. Thun h r, iu constant efforts for tho colored lace, I lluYO sincerely tonghi tho good of all, which I waa turo would bu beet Obtained in fulfilling (bo promises ot the De? claration of I nd? prudence, making all equal in rights. The spirit in wi ich 1 acted appears in an early speech, where 1 said: "Nothing in hate; nothing iu vengeanco." Never havo 1 naked for nuuishmeut. Most anxiously havo I looked for tho time, which seems riow at hand, when Ibero ahouhl bo reconciliation nut only bs tween tho North and South, hut between tho twt> races, BO that tho two aec lioua sud tho two races may bo lifted from the ruta and grooves in whiuu they are now fastened, and matead ut irritating antagonism without end, tnere aball *be sympathetic co? operation. Tho existing differences ought to bo ended. There ia a time for ?ill thu gs, a;ul we are ait moniched, hy a wide-spread, popular upria iug, bursting the bonds of party, that the time baa como for estrangement to ceaao be? tween people who, hy tho ordinance of God, tunal livo together. Gladly do I welcomo tho happy aigus; nor can I obaerve, without ro gret. the colored people,in organized masses, reaiating tho friendly overtures, even to tho exteut of intimidating thoao who aretheother way. It ia fur them to consider carefully whether they should not tako advantage of tho unexpected opening and recognize tho bail-bond given at Baltimore aa the aaeurance of pcaco, holding tho parties to the full per? formance of ita conditions. Provided alwaya that their rights are fixed, I am auro it cannot be beat Tor the colored peoplo to baud together in a hostile camp, provoking antagonism and keeping alive the separation of ri ct s. Above all there must be no intimidation, but every voter must act froely. without constraint from leagno or lodge. Much better will it be when the two political parties competo for your votea, each anxious for > our support. Guly then will that citizenship, by winch you are entitled to tho equal rights nf all have ita na? tural fruit?. Oily thou will there bo that harmony which ia essential to a true civiliza? tion, 'tho present position uf thu colored citizen i* poi ilona. He in exposed to injurious pressure when be neilds support. But I ace n<> ??arty extrication except in the way pro poeoil. -Let him cut adult from managers who WOltld wiehl him merely a? a political f.irot>, with littlo regard to his own good, and bravely stau?! by (he candidate who has stood by tutu. If Democrats unite with lum, au nindi thc botter. Tin;association ?>iiou begun must naturally rip? ti iu common friendship and trust. I am tor peace in reality ?.a in name. From the bottom of my heart 1 am for peace, ami I welcome nil thai makes lor peaco. With deep-felt satirfaction, I remember that nu citizen wdio ?lrow bis sword against Us baa suffered by tho hand of tho executioner. In just association with thia humanity will be thu triumph of ? ipial righta when the pro miaea ot tho great declaration aro all fulfilled, and our peoplo aro united, aa never before, in tho enduring fellow ship of a common citizen? ship. To thia cud, thore muat be reconcilia-. lion, nor oan I withhold my hand. Freely I accept tho hand that is offered, and reach forth my own in frioudly grasp. I am againat tho policy of bato; I am against fanning an? cient dames into continued life; I am againat raking in tho ashes of tho past for coala of Uro yet burning. Pilo up the ashes; extin? guish tho llamo?; abolish tho hate; such is my deairo. And now, turning to tho Democratic party. I hold it to all tho covenants solemnly givon in tho adoption of a Bepublican plat? form, with Horace Greeley as candidato. There can bo no backward step. With no common sympathy 1 havo observeil that Mr. Hendricks, a leading Democrat, whom I knew and esteemed in tho Sent/to, baa recently announced his accept ance of the constitutional amendments, with their logi? cal results. Ho proposes, aa a proper key nolo to tho extraordinary movement now swelling to a sure triumph, "Juat Laws and Public Virtue." Thia ia a worthy aspiration, entirely tit ?ni I Iii -a occaaion. My key-noto ie. ' The Unity of tho Bi public, and tho Equal Bights ol AU, with Reconciliation." Such ia my cry, and wherever my voico eau roach, there do I itisiat upon all these, humbly invok? ing the blessings of Divine Providence, which, I believe, muat descend upon auch a cause. Accept my boat wishes fur youraelvoa per? sonally ?nd for tho peoplo yon represent, and believe me, gentlemen, your faithful friend, CHABLE8 SOMNHt. To Dr. AUGUSTA, W. H. WOBMLET, and otb? re. Change of Schedule. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA & AUGUSTA R. P. Co. S?PKBINTENDENT'S OFFICE, . WILMINGTON, N. C., July ai, lb72. ?H5TH3??S?ttt^i AFTE?? thia date thu W-W ?W"Sl?? following schedule will ho run hy trains on this roau : _DAY EXPBES8TBA1N [DAILY.] Leave Wilmington [Union Depot| 8 25 A.M. Arrivo at Florence. 9 13 A M. Arrive at Columbia. 1.85 P.M. Leave Columbia. 12 00 M. Arrivo at Florene?. ' 4 io P M* Arrive Wilmington [Union Depot] 10.25 F*. M*. NIGHT KXPBESB THAIN. Loavo Wilmington [Union Depot] 5.45 P. M. Arrivo at Florence. ll 88 P M Arrivo at Columbia. * ' 3.45 /? M ' Leave Columbia. 10 20 P* M* Arrive at Florence.2.09 A!M! Arrivo at Wilmington.8 00 A? M* No NIGHT TRAINS leave Wilmington' or Columbia Sunday P.M. July 31 JAB. ANDERSON, Gen'l Sup't. Charlotte.Columbia and Augusta K. K SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE, COLUMBIA, 8. C., June 9,1872. fTS S?SSli?Kt! 0N RDd nftor Mondav, mmLSSfirJ?aiI?JBy1 June ll, the following schedule will be run over this road: GOING aouTn. Train No. 1. Train No. 2. Leave Charlotte.COO A. M. 8.20 P.M. Leave Columbia.1.54 P. M. 8.40 A. M. Arrivo Augusta.7.46jP. M. 8.20 A. M. GOINO NOBTH. Loavo AngnBts.G35A.M. 5 50P.M. Leave Columbia.. .'.12 SC P. M. 11.C2P. M. Arrive Charlotte.7.42 P. M. 6.00 A. M. Standard Time ten minutes Blower than Washington; tix min?tes ahead Columbia. No. 1 Train daily. No. 2 Train daily, Sun? days excepted. Both trains make CIOBO con? nection to all points North, South and Weet. Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all principal points. E. P. ALEXANDER, General Sup. E.R. DQBSEY, Gen. Freight and Ticket Agen t Greenville and Columbia Railroad. PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULE. SfllMraW DAILY, Sunda yu EME^TLIE?excepted, connecting with Night Trams on Booth Carolina Railroad up and down; also with t rains going North and South on Charlotte, Colu*r>?ia arid Au? gusta Railroad, and Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. UP. Leave Columbia at. 7.45 a. m. Leave Alston. 9.85a.m. Leave Newberry. .11.15 a. m. Leave Cokeabury. 2.45 p. m. Leave Belton. 4 80 p. m. Arrive at Greenville. 6.10 p.m. DOWN. Leave Greenville at. 6.80 a. m. Leave Belton. 8.30 a.m. Leave Cokesbnry.10.15 a. m. Leave Newberry.... 1.30 p. m. Leavo Alston.3.20 p.m. Arrivo at Columbia. 510 p.m. .liiiierson Branch and Blue Ridge Division. DOWN. DP. Leave Walhalla. 4.45 a. m. Arrive 7.50 p. m. Leave Perrjville 5 25 a. m. Leave 7.15 p. m. Leave Pendleton 0.10 a. m. Leave 0 SO p. ni. Leave Anderson 7 10 a.m. Leave 5.30 p.m. Arrive at Belton 8.00 a.m. Leave 4 SO p. m. Accommodation Trains inn on Branch Roads on Mondaya, Wedneeda} a ano Fridays. Abbeville Brandt. Leave Cokeabury for Abbeville at. .10.20 a. m. Leave Abbeville for Cokeabury.... 1.30 p.m. THOMAS DODAMEAD, Gen. Eup. M. T. BARTLETT, General Ticket Agent. Richmond and Danville Railroad. tSamCSS^ffi CONDENSED TIME 48855^0^^07ABLE, in effect on and atter Sunday, June 2,1872: GOING NORTH. STATIONS. HAIL. EXPBEi-S. Leave Greensboro,_ 1.15 A.M. 10 00 A.M. Leavo Danville. 3 54 A. M. 12 48 P. M. Leave Burkvillo. 9 10 A. M. 5 45 P. M. Leave Amelia C. li_10 02 A. M. C.40P. M. Arrive at Richmond.. .12.12 P. M. 0.47 P. M. GOING SOUTH. Leave Richmond. 2.35 P.M. 5.20 A.M. Leave Amelia CH. 4 50 P. M. 7.20 A. M. Leave Burkvillo. 5.45 P. M. 8 28 A. M. Leavo Danville.10 50 P. M. 12.55 P. M. Arrive at Greensboio.. 1.10 A. M. 3.50 P. M. Traine leaving Richmond at 2.35 P. M., ai d at 5 20 A. M., connect at Greensboro with traine on North Carolina Division, for all points South. PasBtngers leaving Richmond at 2.S5 P. M., conneot at Greensboro with train for all pointe Eaet of Green&boro. Pas? senger train leaving Raleigh at 7.50 P.M., connects at Greensboro with Northern-bound Mail train, arriving in Richmond at 12 02 P. M. JOHN B. MACMURDO, General Freight and Ticket Agent. T. M. R. 7 ALcoT, Engineer and Gen. Sup't. MIRTH t'AHOLINA DIVISION. GOING NORTH. STATIONS. MAIL. EXFBEf-fc. Leave Charlotte. 8 40 P. M. 6.30 A. M. Leave Salisbury.10.47 P.M. 8.47 A. M. Leave High Point.12 28 A. M. 10 19 A. M. Arrivo at Greensboro. 1.09 A. M. ll 00 A. M. Leavo Greensboro- 1.60 A.M. 11.10 A.M. Leavo Company tfbopa 3 80 A. M. 12.21 P. M. Leavo Hillaboro. 4 38 A. M. Leave Raleigh.7 SO A. M. Arrive at Goldeboro.. .10 10 A. M. GOING SOUTH. Leavo Goldebero. 4 00 P. M. Leave Raleigh.715 P. M. Leave Hillsboro. 9.31 P. M. LeaveCompanyShops.il 10 P. M. 2 15 P. M. Arrive at Grcousboio.12 24 A. M. 3.30 P. M. Leave Greenaboro_ 1.10 A.M. 4.00 P.M. Leave HighPoint.... 1.52 A.M. 4.40P.M. Leave Salisbury. 8 82 A.M. 6 13 P.M. Arrivo at Charlotte... 5.35 A.M. 8.10 A.M. ; Passenger train leavlDg Raleigh 11 7.15 1'. M., connecta at Greensboro with Northern bound nain; making the quickest time to all Northern citiea. Price of tickets samo aa ria other routea. Mail Wains daily, both ways, over entiro length of road. Exprese daily between Company Shops and Charlotte (Sun dave excepted.) All paBseuger traine connect at Greensboro with trains to and from Rich? mond. Rollman Pulaco Cara on all night trains between Charlotte and Richmond, without chango. S. E. ALLEN. Gen. Ticket Agent. W. H. G BEEN, Master Transportation. Change ot Schedule. SOUTH CAIIOLINA RAILBOAD COMPANY, COLUMBIA, S. C., June 9,1872. ifilB toCgoTtof ?dUon and atter Sunday, 24th instant: MAIL AND PASS EN GEB TBA1N. Leave Columbia at. 1 AO a ni Arrive at Charleston at.8 20 p ni Leave Charleatonat.8.10 am 2 rrive at Columbia at.3.40 p m NIGHT EXPRESS, I I!FIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION THAIN, [Suudaya oxcepted.] Loave Columbia at.-G.C0 p m Arrive at Charleeton at.J.WJ a m Leave Charloaton at.7.10 p m Arrivo at Columbia at..-6.40 a m Camden Accommodation Tram will cen tinuoto mn to Columbia ae formerly-Men dayB. WedneedayB and SaturrtayB. A. 1?. T?LER, Vice-FreBidrnt. 8. B. TICKINS, General Ticket Agent. Summer Schedule S. & U. E. R., rgmaBMJ DOWN TRAIN. UP TRAIN. Ijigg^gP Arrive. Leave. Arrivo. Leave Spartanburg.. 5.30 5.25 Ratoavillo. 6.0O 6.C0 4.C3 4.5.1 Pacolot. 6.08 6.13 4.40 4.45 Joneevillo. 6.43 6.48 4.C5 4.10 Cnionvillo. 7.25 7.50 8.05 3.25 Hantuc. 8 20 8 25 2 30 2.35 Fiab Dam. 8.40 8.45 2.10 2.15 Sholton. 9.15 9.20 1.35 1.40 T.yloa' Ford... 9.40 9.45 1.12 1.17 Strother. 10.05 10.10 12.50 12.55 Ahdon. 11.00 17.OO May 24 TUOS. B. ETER. President