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Mann??oca?ii ?? quimmmm. as TIIK PORT ilOVAIi. STANDARD and COMMERCIAL A. <J. TJIOM AS Editor, Bsaufort, S. C.: August 3, 1875. SlBs(IUPTIO.\S. One Year, * S'i 00 Six Mouths, 1 00 Advertisement* will 1m- Inserted at the rate of $1 50 per square, 10 Nonpareil lines, for the first insertion; subsequent Insertions by contract. JOB PRINTING AND STATIONERY. W$ have one of the most complete JOB OFFICE-* h the Stab', and ilo work as well and at as low prices as (n the cities. Our stock of STATIONERY islarje and will be sold wholesale and retail, as low as in Charleston and Savannah. Deeds and law blanks in ereat variety. Official Paper of Beaufort County* FOR PRESIDENT, RUTHERFORD B. HAYES OF OHIO. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. WHEELER, OF NEW YORK. ?? The letter <f T. G. W., in the Xacs SCourier on the St. Helena Island meeting has received the condemnation of those who were present and took part in the meeting, on account of the utter falsity of the statements therein contained. Such letters certainly do more harm to the county and State, than hundreds of incendiary harangues could do, if delivered, to the colored people of that island. To those who do not know better, such letters in a paper like the Xeics So Courier will be received as gospel, and South Carolina and Beaufort county will be considered a place unfit for investment of capital, and dangerous to the safety of life, however much its advantages in other respects might be coueeded by those inclined to settle and invest here. It may never have struck the writer of that letter in this light, but if he has no ulterior object in view, we should think that a conscientious love of truth, would, after the evidence he can procure that he was in error, or was misinformed ou the subject ou which he wrote, dictate a public expression of such error. In our last issued we endeavored to arouse the people to attend to their interests by attending the mass meeiing to nominate a municipal ticket, in order that the ticket so nominated would re present the wishes of a majority of those whose interest are directly involved by good or bad government. Never befon have we seen a larger meeuiig assembled in Beaufort lor this purpose, but to ihe disgust of every deeeut citizeu. the meet ing was monopolized by abo.it a seo.e of' men and boys who on such octa dons ap pear lost to every sense of order or deccn cy, surrounding the platfoim, yelling and shrieking That thi y succeed inmnkiu. anything like a good uominaiion can ouh be accounted for becauce iho-e nominated are seldom present, anl this yelling shrieking crowd have in their calruei moments some conception of the thu s. 1,A ><a ol oi tueir cauuiuaim, uai iui mv .? . willing to sink all the higher elemeins oi their manhood and ouirage all rules of or der to carry their point. Such a nomina tioa can have no binding force or. the citizens of the town who are thus left to their individua | judgemeut to make up their own tickets The complaint of the people is not on ae count of any one on the ticket, but ^11 account of the manner in which it waplaced before the people. We publish this week a more lengthy report of the meeting on St. Helena Island, than it was our intention to do. when we commenced preparing it for press, oil acc >unl of the false reports that we afterwards found had lic.-n circulated as to the remarks that were made by sev- i eral of the speakers. Those instrumental. 1 for what object we know not, in spread- 1 ing such rumors have gone so far as to convey the impression th t the people ] were incited to retaliation on account of 1 the recent Hamburg horror, that they were reminded of the potency of the torch in laying waste the property of the whites and other rumors of similar im port of race a antagonism. ^ i That any such language was used, we 1 f most positively deny, or that any language that could have been tortured by j, partisan feeling, or personal vindictive- c uess, into anything that could have been j f misconstrued into sneh an expression. 1 And further, had the language conveyed ! , such an impression to our mind, n<> paper ; ! in the State would have cone further in ; j its condemnation. , ?' \ k \ ? The Hamburg Verdict. ! Ik* ; n >aer s us piest 011 111v1 (u those wlt<? wmv i?i!!v * 1 i.i III*- Hamburg j ! liiassaere coueiu led on Saturday, but the j ! verdict wa< a scale 1 one, an I has not yet j , Keyn ma le public. It has however been | j reported, that the following have been charged in the verdict with murder: Messrs. .John Butter, 11. J. Butler, Harrison Butler, Thos. Butler, Henry (5clsen. John Lamar and John Sweadngin. ! Ninety doers are accused of being ac ccssorics. Tiie parlies accused will be ar rested immediately. <?> The New \ork H<r<d<l expresses the ! ho|>e that the word u carpet-baggers " I w;i! pass out of the lit raturc of our pol itics. It is a reproach to every emigrant 1 ha f ??<V C5t\i t h nrt 1 .3 a! il I IV nil, fflriuu, am IUIS U'lUU I lit ?Hill I infinite harm. Oneofthe southern paj perssays that the gentleme n of the south do not object to northerners coming in with their brawn and muscle; that they will welcome them, provided they do not interfere in polities.# Why should this restriction be imposed ? If a republican ? goes to Illinois he can vote as he pleases, I run for office if he pleases, a :d no one will rebuke him. Why should he not have the same right iu South Carolina ? Address to the people of the United States. The conference of leading colored cit izens of the State, who assembled to take into consideration the Hamburg massacre, have issued an address to their fellowcitizens of the United States, which after giving a clear detail of the circumstanocs that surrounded this terrible affair, concludes as follows: In view of the foregoing detailed statement of the facts and circumstances immediately connected with the recent disgraceful occurrence, as well as the circumstances which usually attend similar occurrence!) iu our Lection of the country we cannot avoid the irresistible conclusion which i s thereby forced upon our minds that they have their origin iu a settled and well defined purpose to influence aud control political elections. While we do most cordially record the gratifying fact that there are many of our fellow citizens, holding political views, opposed to our own, who deprecate with us such inhuman and barbarous deeds, yet the factthatsuch outbreaks invariably occur on the eve of elections, and in counties containing republican majorities, and the further fact that they are usually pre ceded by threats and menaces from prominent leaders of the Democratic party, similar in tone, temper and character to the utteraucc ofGcneral M. C. Butler, that such lawless and cruel deeds as the Hamburg massacre would not stop until November, and are generally followed either by apologies or by open declarations of approval fimiu the leading and influential jcurnels o^thut party, with a few honorable exceptions, wc are driven to believe that the Hamburg massacre was not only an assault upon our light to ex ereise our privilege as a part of the aims bearing population of our couutry, but a part of a deliberate plan arranged and determined upon by at least the members of that party, who not only constitute a positive quaulity in its lanks. but who control its organization. Githeful io Almighty God and the spirit of liberty aud humanity that animates the great body of tbe people of the United States for the personal liberty aud citizenship that we enjoy, we have labored, and shall continue to labor, foi the permanence and perfection of the institutions that have served as the great instrument of consummating this act o; justice. Wc desire to recognize our obligationaud responsibilities as citizcus of thi. countiy, and to assure our fellow citizens of every part of the land that we stand among them imbued with a national spirit?with confidence iu and devotion to the principles of representative popu lar government, and with ideas of policy that are broad enough to include even individual and iu'eiest of our common couutry. We need your aid and sympathy to enable us not only to preserve the fruits oi ; the f at legal measures that we designed to establish u d secure our rights and in terest on a common footing with nil other citizens of the naliou. but to protect oui persons from outrage aud our lives from danger. We appeal to you in the name of Justice and Humanity, iu the name of Peace i and Order, in the name of Christianity i .ii.J Oi.t / iitwn ( 1tv ili'/cit ;/\n 1 n r .rulii.otu \ aJU lliC VUUOV VI VlUilCUUVU; IV U'.IU'AUIU the honor of the American name, by iu- i sisling that the humblest citizen of this j II-put-lie shall be made secure in bis con- i stiiutional guarantee of security for his i life, his liberty and his property. ; We earnestly call upon you to utler the t voice of the nation s condemnation of such outrages as that which characterized l the assassination of inoffensive* aud uuol- i tending citizens at Hamburg. j We do most earnestly i ivoke you to t place upon this wanton and inhuman c tmtchery the indelible stigma of the pub- a ic abhorrence. a It is not too much to anticipate that t oil have selemuly and irrevocably de- t dared that this country is a nation com- v >osed of but one order of citizens wif 1 dso iusist that security of life and prop - e :rty shail be equally extended to all. Nor c s it too much to anticipate that partiality s or that just and wi>e soluti >n of the great t ?roblcm of euiaucipatioti and enfranchise- w acut will iu luce and influence you to \t upport the goverumcut in its every ef- n >rt to do away such iniquities as the tl lainburg massacre. u StDce our emancipation we have, as a s] lass, boc-u peaceable and law abiding, do a lie and ibrbeuiing?foi bearing to such a i w cgrce, that in the presence of stupen- I ai ous ".a .1. \ gross outreg< s d, i.y .. vi inflicted updn our persons and committed t against our ]?; i (y, although conscious j j four rights, we nave manifested a spirit i 1 <ii paliuno and endurance unlicaid of and i c unknown in tlie history of the most ser- ; r vile popul tion. c A\"e ask that we he not cruelly goaded on to madness and dospctation by such r unholy lindens as are imposed upon us. : a We a>k that, constituting as we do, a j 1 large producing class in our State, con- j 1 tributing what hone and sinew we possess I c ! to the development of its industries, we i 1 ! be not hindered by violence in our en- J \ j dcavors to increase the prosperity and | material wealth of our commonwealth | and in our efforts to advance the coiu' mercia! interests of our country. W e wo- Id als appeal to the law abiding and peace-loving citizens of our own State to render all their assitanee in the maintenance of peace, in the preservation of order in the cultivation of harmony, in the enforcement of the law, and in the vindication of the peace and dignity of our State. We would remind them thai such a course in not only a matter of duty, hut a matter of paramount inter, est. We would remind them that violence begets violence, that disorder is the parent of disorder and that crime induces crime. If such lawless acts become general, in our State, capital will continue to avoid our borders, as,'though we were stricken vith the deadly plague, our agricultural interest? will be wholly destroyed, our commerce will become sick unto the death, and our gen eral business become involved in complete bankruptcy and utter ruin. We call upon every order of our fellowcitizens to discountenance a policy so prolific of evil?a policy so ruinous in its tendencies?a policy that must surely end in entailing upon our State rapine and bloodshed and anarchy and confusion. More especially wc call upon the business men and property holders of the State to bend their energies towards tire removal of this deadly nightshade of mob law and violence, which hangs over our commonwealth " like a portentous cloud, surcharged with irrisistible storm and ruin. " We would also call upon His Excelleu- s cy the Governor of the State to iuvoke s every constitutional agency and legal 1 method for the enforcement of the law t and the arrest and punishment of those, whoever they are, that may be shown to t have been principals or accessories or c aiders and abettors in the recent murder- r committed at fllamburg. We do most v earnestly call upon Ilis Excellency to see that thejaw, in this Hamburg outrage. ^ as well as in all other cases of infraction s and violation of the public peace and gen- * oral security be most faithfully executed. a Wc do most respectfully invoke him to assert and maintain the supremacy of the 1 law, to vindicate the rights of the citizen ' to whom protection is due in reiuin for c his duty of allegiance. Wc respectfully v a*-* that he shall illustrate the integrity s of that maxiui of our Kepulic which de- 0 daves tlnit, in the just administration of * our government, " there is none so low ,J as to be beneath the piolection of the law and none ?0 high as to be beyond the a reach of its authority. " a We would likewise apffeal to His E:: v c ''lency the President of the United ' States to enforce the constitutional guar- i1 an.ee by afioidmg the national pioieciion to the citizens of (ho United States, doru- 1 iri'el in South Carolina, against domcs.it 1 \ armed violence, and to'aid the Chief Ex- ' ecu ive of this State in all proper effort- ^ on his part to arrest and bring to punidiment the perpetrators of the bloody c ime at Hamburg. ^ With the steadfast | conviction" that u cup cause is just, aud with the earnest S hope that we shall receive a fair and im partial hearing, and with firm reliance upon the justice of the true American r( heart, ask nig only what is fair, perfo?m- l' i 12 only what is right, aud impelled by CJ urgent necessity of our case, we appeal to w the Christian and humane sentiment oi the country to extend toward us mora' 11 and, if need be, material assistance in our effort to cultivate i; the victories of 1 peace. " ^ tl XA110XAL AX J) STATE TO LIT ICS. ai w St. Helena Island endorses Hayes and Windtr.?The Seqntl to the 3)eet!?g a t Ccjiiforh?1Vi?l Vo.'e for Chamber* |)1 lain tf liomioa-ed, but condemn bis |jj action on the Whtpper Judge h"p.? i He]>meiitathe Hum<<ion lias no Apolojy (? uiakC) I't On Saturday last at Brick Church, St. ^1( Helena Island, a large unification meet- w' ing was held. A chairman aud secretaiy 1,1 being elected the qiceiing was opened with prayer, after which Representative *a Gian'.t explained that they had assembled sc o discuss national politics and to ratify :he nomination of Rutherford B. H iyes, 'u I'.iu William A. Wheeler, for President m: md Vice Piesideut of the Unned Suites, he nominees of the republican party. 'lf Lieut-Governor Gleaves, expressed his Wl deasure at meeting them, and coropli- be nented the islanders on the promising ap- P? jearance of their crops, which he had no- lm iced in driving from the ferry to the ^ Lurch. Referring to political afiairs, lie mj tdvised them to lay aside all local disputes lJ0 ,nd quarrels, and become united as a par- an y to work for principles and not men? th; lie principles of the republican party, rhich alone could protect them in their WJ iberty and their rights as freemen. Jic for iplained the workings of the.Cincinnati an< ouveution, of which he was a member, S:,> howing bow R. B. Hayes had become ! ^av he choice of the convention, instead of rt;a thers with whose names and acts they bcr ere more familiar. lie reviewed the con word of Mr. Hayes, and impressed upon j the lein the necessity of standing by the ; refi ominees of the party. In closing he ! per >oke of the Hamburg slaughter, giving j sho statement oi tlie 'acts connected lucre- : wot Itli, condemning it in forceable language ?f 1 id commending the action of thy con- , con , i 1 . itiou >! colored nu u at Golirubia) and fl m man i i iiimii i? ! heir policy in issuing an address to the ' >eople, which from iis tone would, he j iad no douht. accoiupli.-h tin* ?.?)?<>t mitradietiug many of tli?* false assertions nade by a portion of the press of the j: :ountry in commenting on this outrage. Representative Bamplh'ld next spoke, ! cviewing the record of the republican ' md democratic parties showing how the I atler had always been in opposition to j iberty, and in opposition to the elevation , jflaboiing classes, white and black, and uis been a stumbling block to the ad,'anccnicnt ot the country. He spoke of he striking difference between the two candidates, Hayes and Tildcn; that if the itter was elected he would he controlled jy the Southern democracy; that during trot* trlnln IJoi?ac? ah1,1.\?a 7 It 10 ,IIC- H4II tviiiits lld^V/.') SlliiUIUtlUU IlirJ inapsack in the cause of liberty Tildcn emained in New York, and with others leclarcd the war a failure and that he did lot propose to enter into any black man's var; 011 the other hand if Hayes was ilccted he had promised to stand by the ights and liberties of all classes and he ilways fulfilled his promises. They ought :o stand by the nomination, for to them he canvass had but one issued, their promotion. As to the Hamburg affair, it night be said that it was only local, but vhen General Butler, a leading democrat lad declared that the-7e things would not stop until after November, they must include that Edgifield county was to be carried by fiaud and intimidation at any cost, as in Mississippi, where by the same ncans. although they had a republican Majority of thirty thousand the demo" racy had carried it by a majority of forty housand. The speaker then read the concluding portion of the address issued 0 the people of the United States by imminent colored men in this State. lie considered it was subserving the best inerest of peace and good feeling that they hould thus assemble and he endorsed heir action. If they had laws in the counry they ought to be respected by even' nan, and they ought to unite in preservng the supremacy of the law, and .it was dso right that they should appeal to the icoplc for their moral aid. lie was glad 1 he address was such a dispassioned itatcmcnt of the facts, and the people hould lend their moral influence, by denanding that justice be meeted out to hose engaged in that outrage. Representative Thomas Hamilton next 00k the stand, and objected to his being 1 confined to speak on national affairs. He icver asked any man what he must say or Gut he must not say. Here some one asked how it was that ic had refused to allow their Senator to pe.?k at Beaufort, to which Mr. Hamilon replied he had not a single word of .pdogy to make to the Senator or any ?nc else, lie was chairman ot the mcetng in Beaufort, and was responsible for lis acts to those wlio elected him to the hair. He belonged to a class of men rho y'c' led nothing. lie would not an wer their questions and if Green or any itlier man took umbrage at his conduct, he only settlement he would take, the inly apology 1 e would give, was by them boosing their weapons. lie would take i double barrelled shot gun or a revolver n 1 take his chances. He wished to know rliy he could not talk about the Govern i. If they did not want io hear State iolii las he could not speak. [A voice? < "Speak uin."] He was standing up for lie same man for Governor and asked il : here was any harm in that. [A voice.? ; Ve don't want Chaiuberlaiifany more."] t Jonsiderable confusion had prevailed du ? ing these remaik- and the question as to Ir. Hamilton's refusal to allow Senatoi , Ircer. to speak, was repeatedly pie-sea t !>on him and answered in similar lan- | nage as above reported. Mr. Green and ] lr. Gantt offered to quiet the meeting so i lat Mr. Hamilton could continue his i itnarks, but Mr. Hamilton declined c leir offers and remarked that he did not 1 ire for them, and left the stand. He i as invited to return but refused. v Senator Samuel Green after express- f ig his regret that Mr. Hamilton should 0 ave left the .stand and referring inciden- f ly to the national nominees, addressed 0 imself to the subject that had occasioned n le dispute between some of those present 1] id Mr. Hamilton, and explained how he p as refused to be allowed to speak at c caufort, and severly condemned the \ evious speaker, after tresspassing upon is most sacred rights, for useing the iii/naffA flint lia liml ncurl :fore them when asked for an explana)u, and deprecated the challenge of w 2apous as he had no intention of choos- tl g any, as lie was for peace. lie re- p rred to the course Mr. Hamilton ,had T| ken in the last campaign, and the as- ft rtions Hamilton then made that s< liamberlain was neither fit for earth, tl :11 or heaven, and that no more corrupt o: an could he found, in Hamilton's opin- G a, than Chamberlain, and contrasted 01 s position then to what it was now, a( lile he (the speaker) supported Cham- tl rlain then, and advised them to sup- ft rt him not as an angel but as the nom- T :e of the party, and he told them now d< at he would support him agains: any to rn, who might, be brought up, who had pi t a better character thau Chamberlain th d if the party in convention were to say d? at in their judgement he was the best at m they could give us for governor he he u'd advise them to support him. But 0n all that Chamberlain had his faults, fty 1 he (the speaker) was not the man to he so behind his back and be afraid to it in his presence, and this was the pa son he desired to speak when Cham- >se, lain was present in Beaufort. He C0) isidered that Chamberlain had violated ! on i constitution and his oath of office in ; ju< using to sign the commission of Whip } aC( He had some resolutions that he ' fte iuld ask them to consider, which he , tor aid read to them, if at the conclusion ho' lis speech they approved of them they f1;l] Id then by their votes express such too LV/al. ll0 ft lie then read the following resolutions : Whereas it is proper lor the people, in their public assemblages, to express their views of the conduct of those in office, and to award approval or cen ure; and, \\ licreas the Governor of the State did in a message to the general assembly call their attention to the fact, that they wore required to elect eight circuit judges; and I whereas the Legislature did in accordance ! with the suggestion of the Governor, and I in obedience to the constitution and laws ! of this State elect eight judges, and; amongst them W. J. Whipper Esq. ' whom we have known for years to be a j man of character, learning, and ability, I and whereas the Governor because of his i election against his advice and consent, refused to sign his commission and thereby violated the constitution and laws that he has sworn to execute : Therefore, Revived: That we the Republicans of St. Helena lslaud, in massjmeeting assembled, after due consideration, do hereby enter our unqualified condemnation upon the act of the Governor refusing to . I O ITT T TTT1 sign tne commission 01 >v. d. ?nip per Esq. and that we heartily concur in the manly expression of the Hon. W. J. Whipper, to wit, " I will either have the office to which I have b een legally elected ; or die in the attempt ! " Resolved: That these resolutions be published in the " Standard and Com mercial." Mr. Green reviewed the circumstances of Whipper's election, showing the opposition of the Governor wheu Whipper's name cauie up in caucus for .the unexpired term, when Heed was elected and commissioned according to custom, inaugurated under Chamberlain as Attorney General, for an unexpired term, and explained how the legislature outwitted the Governor at the last election for judges, when Whipper was elected by the highest vole, beinif supported both by the white and colored members of the republican party. Chambeilain, he remarked, would not sign Whipper's commission, but did not stop there; he telegraphed to Charleston, and called upon the democratic party to protect themselves against Whipper, but because Chamberlain may have managed the financial affairs of the State well, was no reason why he (the speaker) should throw aside his manhood and not condemn these acts, in which Chamberlain had shown his disrespect to every colored man the world over. Chamberlain told them that Whipper could go to the courts, but this was the dodge they wanted to play on him, for if he went to the courts, he would be kept there until his term of four years expired. He wished them to, pass the resolutions, not out of any love he bore for Whipper, for they knew he had Of posed him, but from a pride of race, for he knew Whipper had superior qualifications to many of those they had elected to the bench, certainly superior to those of Reed, whom Chamberlain opposed at the last election. Alter calling attention to the fact that what the Iegisl:iture?did in electing eight judges, they did on the instruction of the Governor in his message to that body soou after the opening of the session. He referred to the inquires about Congressman Smalls, and in order to give them an idea of what he was doing, he read from the Congressional Record, the discussion on the Hamburg, affair in which he took >uch a prominent part. At the conclu 1 t.i i ? i sion. ue rereaj tne resolutions wmcn were idopied unanimously. A resolution indorsing Hayes and Wheeler was Jlso put to the meeting, and adopted. Tbos. II. Wheeler, next tock the ^and, and deprecated petit stife imongst adherents of the republican larty, advising peace and reconciliation, fie was followed by F. D. J. Lawrence vho devoted bis remarks to censure of the nsulting and profane language made use >fby Mr. Hamilton, which so excited the 1 atter that he rushed for the stand in a hrcatening manner and was only pre'ented by those who surrounded the stand rom committing violeftce to the person f the speaker. After considerable collusion Lawrence continued his remarks n the same subject. Joseph Kobinson ext spoke condemning the Governor for 1 lis action in reference to Judge Whiper. The proceedings were brought to a lose by a brief address by Macon B. Al- | in Jr. ( ( Town Mass Meeting. 1 t The largest town mass meeting that e have seeu for some time assembled in 1 ic Arsenal on Friday evening for the 1 urpose of making a -nomination for ntendant and Wardens to be ballotted ? >r on Monday next. Mr. Peter Ilobin- 1 >n called the meeting and announced e iat the election of a chairman was in Jer Mr. Peter Robinson and Lieut. a ov. R. II. Gleaves were (nominated and ; j the vote being taken several times, on icouut of disputes occurring between ? le tellers, twenty eight voted for a obinson and thirty two for Gleaves. he disput continued and Mr. Gleaves ^ iclined to serve. Mr. Thomas Hamilton ok the floor, and kept it over an houi, otesting against Mr. Robinson taking ie chair as he was biased being a candiite for an office, under the new council. ? id had his' henchmen the e who alone { i would recognize who would nominate ily those whose names Mr. Robinson id in his pocket, and no other than his mchmen would be recognized. The scene of confusiou that followed is st description aad only those who have in similar scenes can have the least accption of it. 'Hell let loose," as e gentleman rem irked, did not do >tice to it. Mr. Robinson denied the 1 jusations made by Mr. Hamilton, but er continued to repeat them in plainer . ins. At last about a score of men and tir ,-s who had surrounded the staud, one !f'of whom were armed with clubs, is k charge of the mcetiug, voted Mr. ( cot biiuoii into the chair, aud 31 r. ; du Lawrence as secretary, and voted for the 1 following ticket, amidst a noise that no ] one but who had a "forty parson power'' < voice could be heard: Fur Intcndant i Alfred Williams, Wardens?R. II. I G leaves, J. P. Boyce, Joseph Robinson, 1 Richard Washington, Cato Perry and I J. C. Mayo. \ A Denial. Beaufort, S. C. Aug. 2, 1876. Editor Standard d' Commercial. In the issue of the News and Courier of August IstT. G. W. a correspondent has a presumed report of a meeting on St. Helena Island, at which he was not present, in which he makes the following statement: Lieutenant-Governor Gleavcs in addressing himself, hoped that the remarks of the speakers would be confined to the objects for which the meeting was called but finding that a discussion of the platform of fbo U?inr>innofi pAnwnntmn ?" ~ x,. V..W VIIIVIIIIIUVI VV/I1VCIHIUU Vt'<%S an unsuitable theme for the comprehension of the audience, and that a laudation of the candidates was likely to produce no enthusiasm, branched, off upon the Hamburg affair, with which he sought to excite his hearers in the manner in which it is^ to be expected that compaign orators will make use of the subject. It is surprising that a man of Lieutenant-Governor Gleaves' sense does not realize the consequences of appeals to the passions of illiterate and unbalanced minds. I deny most positively that any words ' that I used in speaking of the Hamburg matter, which formed but a small portion of my remarks, could excite, or that I ! sought to excite the passions of my hearers, and I regard the entire letter of T. ( G. W. a tissue of falsehood from begin- ! ning to end. R. H. Gleaves. An Attorney Whipped. , Lawtonville, S. C., July 25,1876. ( Editor Standard d' Commercial: I would not intrude on your valuable time were it not that justice demands that the public should know of the atro* cious deeds that are being committed by a portion of our white citizens. They are prosecuting the colored people for the most trivial causes. They know that their charges are ill founded hence they ( go to court in armed dubs and if there is any one who cfy shame to their hellish ] prosecution, they are ready to murder | him on the spot. If the trial justice fails < to drive those out of his house who flee there from the armed mob, he too is insulted by them. 1 On the 22d inst., Thos. E. Miller, was , employed to defend two colored men ( whose family has been persecuted for the last two years by W. N. Ellis, or sons. Miller spoke very plain; called "things by their right names;'' denounced that portion of the whites who take the advantage or the ignorant negro, and attempt to break him up by lawing him to poverty and want. . While Miller was speaking, W. N. Ellis, Sr., rose to strixc him in court. This was a signal to the mob. When Miller left the court they followed him away and beat him in a brutal manner, with clubs Tbey gave him up as (lying. At this moment, the few colored men present took Miller to the house of P. J. Mulligan, at which place his wounds were washed and dressed. When they saw that Miller was gaining strength they ruslied through the big gate to fiuish him, but their progress was1 checked by the three or four colored men u til the only humane white man among them (W. C. Johnston,) threw himself in the small gate, the only passage to Miller, and asked them in the name of God to leave the dying m?n alone. W. C. Johnstonvleu the mob away. As soon as Capt. V. S. Scott learned of Miller's condition he went and brought him to his family where he has been confined ever . since. A. Voter. 1 , ^ t n BRUNSON CROPS AND GOSSIP. * d Brunson, S. C. July 24th 1876. Editor Standard & Commercial. C( With the thermometor ranging from linefcy to ninety-nine in the shade, " old ^ Prob " indicating a determination to ceep us dry and the nights for the past ew weeke following suit with the days' lepriving us poor mortals of enjoying tired nature's* sweet restorer" and J rinrninir after niorninir we arise frnm nnr ?J orrid couches with the depressed convic- <* ion of having for another day to encoun- b er the fiery vengeance of old King Sol, h( hese disadvantages which naturally pro- j] luce a dry and fevered brain must be our pology for a letter that will not approxmate the standard, or interest your readrs. The crops, in this ira mediate ^section, ,re looking moderately prosperous and vere recently refreshed with a liberal bower which beautified their apicarance to a surprising degree and uade the hearts of many a poor disponing planter vibrate with sensations of ileasure. But other sections are beyond edemption and aT fear there are many far less favored than our vicinity. Recently a prominent planter cut up fty acres of corn for long forage and thers are suffering dreadfully from the mgthv'drougth. The recent rains came jo late to save the early corn while their )tton has suffered materialy but it is oped it wjll improve now, if we ar? isited with favorable seasons. Watermelons and fruit now being plentogether with a good crop of vegeta. es, are to a great measure supplying ic place of more costly substantial and id make an . excellent substitute, and we can ouly keep body and soul togethfor a few weeks, we can enjoy undis- ? rbed the profits that accrue from uning zeal and industry. A tiie melon crop l,an however the source of 'considerable ir jvcniencc, as there is a class of indivials who so totally ignore the *tb com- Guv * ??? ??mm* nandment that they make frequent trespasses on the premises of their more iuinstrious neighbors, sometimes bringing j^>out a course of.litigationthat evenaully sends them to the Hotel De La Beaufort receiving the courteous hospitality of Landlord Wilson, or sometimes taking a receipt in full in the shape of a double barrelled dose of extra sized duck shot. Only last Saturday the 22nd inst. the llev. Mr. Frank Youmans, D. D. L. L. D. (?) received a centennial salute while, appropriating the juicy fruit from one of his neighbors but possessing the invulnerable qualities of an Achilles, the strategy of a Mercury and the swiftness of a Camilla, he succeeded in eluding the ireful wrath of his enraged pursuers with matchless dexterity, and ease, receiving only a slight token of their regards just above the left heel. The health of this neighborhood is very good, there being but very littlc-sickncs8" even of a malarial nature around. lathis respect we are undoubtedly blessed for poverty and sicknessy generally are-inseperable companions* The mercantile com unity is listlessly* awaiting the fall season and lazily count the days till their nimble fingers wilt minipulate the hard earned dollar, whilethe fall merchant is preparing for his reign, which generally lasts until the snowy cotton field dons its ebony mantle and dispels all future thoughts of profit and traffic leaving the field for those who can afford to record their profits and capitals in heavy bound ledgers and annually charging "Profit and Lost" with the 3hort comings of delinquent customers. 25th. A Pall Ion* w'L a.. . , - ? a* huqu? ouvnvi li/ii toot Ulgiil* UTCry IIIJication of more rain to-day. Thermbmetorat seventy two, degrees. What a . change ! Watchman. MBS. E. HOLZAOH. 0 DREAD. PAKE & fANCT (jAKERI, u all w kinds i of d fresh CONFECTIONARY ) hand and sold at the lowest prices for cash. O For the convenience of my up- town customers and .he public generally, I have fitted cp a neat andv :ommodIous STORE at the N. E. Corner of WEST & CRAVEN 8T8., Where I will be happy to receive ovders, and furnish at short notice, all articles in my lino at prices unsurpassed in town. " angS. P s4 "3 a P 53 a -H G-. 0= ? Ej s. * g- g- 2 a, M to ? ? | aa S ?5 2 ? g | 1 g * ? ^ ? >?? fhj lT. 1 Is i W g " h g s -0-!. m -a 5 ^ I N ? " ^ ? a 5 g ^ 6< Ulli3 2 ? a o s -a H a ^ r i 1.Q ? S* js Q- o 05 Z Z3 o s O * ? ocv?M? P s r* ? r s r g (jq ? S 2. " ^ K-. w ^ ^ o DC 8* ST ~ v" - 5T ^ ^2 S M ? 2?* s g ? S 2 f ? " ? Z 3 * s % ? ~ . SPS???2-la , , ? m c y a ^ ** ' 55 3 p ? 2 ^ M ? ? C = a a. 2 ^ # * Q H ^ 2 ^ ll ?* U *' 1 s = I i 8 ts o r 3 s ? i f j ?* * ? ^Jr ,%r eg ej 3 I 2t " B " ^L' &1 ? o* jF a h sj. oC+ *** Notice s hereby given that D. W. Styron, is no longer eonlected with the Port Boyal Lime Co., and no con-, racta made by him will be recognised from thia. ate. Mr. P. W. Printnp, i? the only person authoized to collect and settle the b osiness of the Arm. The manufacture of Oyster 8.:ell Lime will be)atinued as usual by the undersigned. P. W. PRINTUP, JNO.J. ALLEN, ort Royal, S. C. July 14.1876. 27-2t. Board of Equalization. OFFICE COUNTY AUDITOR, Beaufort 8. C. July 28,1876. iTOTICE is hereby given that the County Board \ of Equalization will meet in this office on therst Monday in August next, for the purpose of quallzingthe Rial and Personal property of this nrty. . .... All nnwnnfl liaviniv / low#*Ia wanaawl Aa "^ All priwun iibiju^ giiv?auv? ?v virvcub *aj omu oard bearing on the 'valuation of property, areereby notified to forward the same to this office. L- 8. LANG LEY, y.26-2t. Co. Auditor. mm STANDARD 116 COUNTER,PLATFCRM \nttMJBIC& mm C/s AGENTS WANTEDS jiEHD roi^ PsioE usr VIARV1N SAFE^SCALECa f 265 BROADWAY N. Y. 721 CHESTNUT ST.PHILA.PA. L117 SENECA ST. CLEVE. 0. L? ? ? *< i ?-< Pratt's Astral Oil. erfectly safe illuminating oil. Insurance comics recommend it. For sale by GEO. W. ROBERTS. OOFER JOHN?Dry Goods nothing, Millfnary. French and Domestic Flowers, Fancy t lis, notions, Ac. Bay *t. ee advertise ni *ut.