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1 K 1 - L>tJ. I c _ t 1 : V . \ X , ;i SVAKDAKO a?id CO^ffKiiC'&Lj9 . V, . 'i ! I / ' /i : I i tl jt. Beaufort S. 0.. Oct., 26 1876. V SUIUCttlPTIOSS. c One Year, 8-3 00 Mix Months, 1 00 FOR PRESIDENT, a RUTHERFORD B. HAYES ! OF OHIO. FOB VICE PRESIDENT, \ WILLIAM A. WHEELER, OF NEW YORK. | TOB GOVERNOR, , D.H. CHAMBERLAIN < FOB LT.-GOVERNOR. RICH'D. H. GLEAVES. ' FOB CONGRESS--5th. DISTRICT 1 ROBERT SMALLS, j OF BEAUFORT. i For Presidential Electors. At Large.?C. C. BOWEN. j JOHN WINSMITH. , First District.?T. B. JOHNSTON. 1 Second District.?T. HURLEY. 1 Third District?W. B. NASH. ' Fourth District?WILSON COOK. Fifth District-W. F. MYERS. For Sect'y of State, H. E. HAYNE. , For Comd.-General, < . T. C. DUNN. i For State Treasurer, * F. L. CARDOZO. lor Att'y--General, R. B. ELLIOTT. ' For State Sup't. of Education, J. R. TOLBERT. For A^j't Inspector-General, J. D. KENNEDY. e Hp Solioitor Second Circuit, S. J. LEE. , Gin. Wade Hampton has beeu absent < from this State eleven years; he left just after Gov. Orr defeated him in 1865, and ( in the bankrupt court of Northern Mississippi he made oath that he was a citi- ( sen of that State. He pays no taxes in , 8outh Carolina and yet the democrats ask ( the people to vote for a man who\as no property in the State and is not even a citiien. 1 Some of the democrats are so enthusi- , i8tic as to think that they will carry Beaufort county for Hampton, notwithstanding there are eight republican votes to every democratic one in the county. Since we have thought over the matter we have oome to the conclusion that they will?not It was generally reported that Mr. Till" man, democratic candidate for congress, ! was in town on Saturday, and many re- j publicans expressed the hope that ho would request permission to speak at the republican meeting, as they desired to prove, that although he was one of the extreme leaders of the Edgefield shot gun policy, that it was safer for him unaccompanied and alone, to speak in this radical stronghold, than it was for a reasonable and conservative republican to speak in Edgefield. Tins people of South Carolina in 1865 would not elect Hampton and consequently Gov. Orr took the office. The objection to Hampton is as strong now as it was then, and the people will prove it by electing Chamberlain by 25,000 majority. I # I The call of Mr. Haskell democratic chairman for a day of fasting and prayer reminds us of the story of an old trapper who while out on a bear hunt happened to get treed by one of those beasts, seeing the danger of his position, he began to pray as follows : 41 0 Lord you know I never attended prayer meeting, or camp meeting, and never bothered you much, and never asked a favor of you, but 0 Lord just help this time, and I'll never trouble you again, but if you cant help me dont help the bear. " Afl an evidence that Wade Hampton means reform, we refer our readers to the report of the democratic Cashier oL the Stato Bank made in 1809, showing j that Wade Hampton received Si2.000.00 ; ( of State money upon two notes, which are tyjpaid to-day, and can be seen J< >rov: i: by to the roeo. I. < v- ? iNF?>!triAriv>N sjC'c'l i'i?.IT of.; i \\-_ he b. C. Ko|?ui?iic*tii v/itib at '??.ishin.it* j ,\ in, t!?at Gen !?, iianks, Garfield nn.I | j) \7ood'ord, and Seuator McDougal have ju jffc for South Carolina to stuuip the hi Itate for tho republican ticket. sf TnE news from North Carolina, are of 1,1 he most encouraging kind for the repub- ^ icans of that Statb. It seems to be coneded that Judge Settle has settled the r uestion of Governor and will be elected ^ y a haudsome vote. yi ? 0] When republican papers find their ray into democratic households iu this n state, and are read, ntie clubs, proscnpnn, and social ostracism will not be toleated as a means of making party success. 01 rc 44 Some of the radicals say that thjre ri hall be uo division of time in the meet- fi ng to-day. Such is their programme g md was carried out at Greenville; but o' here will either be a division to-day or F i thundering big opposition." fi This is the way the Abbeville Medium juts it. Peace and Reform are prompt- ? id by just such articles. T l All the colored voters that have gone v >ver to Hampton will not number half * o ;nough to over balance the democratic rotes couuted for Hampton that will be ^ iast for Gov. Chamberlain. t 41 Pocket pistols " is the name now J ;iven to navy revolvers by the democratic reporters. Mild, sweet-tempered, harm- * [ess boys, these fellows are now since the proclamations. They will be distribu- ^ ting tracts before the elections, and will . have all joined the Young Men Christian j association. c ? i#i Tfie South Carolina Landjand Immi- 1 g oration Co. Lottery scheme was one of ^ the biggest swindles ever advertised in f this State. Many tickets were sold in 1: this county but no one ever received a i prize except those inside the ring. Butler and Gary were the chief men in that swindle and yet to-day they preach Hampton and democratic reform. \ ??- c The Charleston News and Courier says r that "Gov. Chamberlain has for a month j( or more, used jevery means within its f reach to Drovoke the whites to assail the : r I negroes.'' f He ordered the white rifle clubs to j disband, so that they might assail thp nc- r * 1 grocs with argument?not bullets. No wonder the democracy is exasperated. A new and valuable recruit to the Hayes legions is ex-Go v. Ireland Sanford, ^ of California. I. Barnwell County is sure to give a J majority of two thousand for the republi- , ran ticket. j Gen'l Wade Elampton will speak to- J day (Thursday) at the Club House in j Beaufort. He will have a quiet and or- t derly hearing; republicans are determined J to prove that it is only in the democratic c counties where riot and disorderjcrevails- ' The town is quiet and orderly. Busi- ( ness is improving, and we have been free ? from fever of all kinds, we have no rifle k t clubs, and every body votes as they please t without fear or intimidation. t To-Day has been set apart by Mr' 8 flaskul the democratic state chairman, as t a day of fasting and prayer for the sue- 1 cess ot the democratic ticket; yet within c sight of the very places of public worship ' J in which the people are to gather, Gen'l. ^ Wade Hampton and his speakers are ad- j dressing the people, and with music and ] banners are attracting the attention of i the people who were it not for this politi- ( cal meeting, might be engaged in the 1 religious duty assigned them by the democratic leaders. ] This sacreligious disregard by Wade < Hampton of the religious duty assigned his followers, is evidence that he has lit- 1 tie faith in the prayers of his party, or ^ the influence they exert with the Al- 1 mighty. HOW IT WORKS. ' I About a month ago a certain planter in < fliic- mnnfr wotta Vii* hnnrta nntioo that 1 those who did not intend to vote for Hampton must leave his place, which resulted in causing most all the people on his place to leave. Last week he found that his crop could not be harvested without more help, and to his surprise not one of the hands would return for increased wages offered, and he found that others who were not on his place would not work for him. The planter said "that that crop had to be gathered or he \ was ruined." and therefore compromised ( by saying to the people that they could vote the republican ticket a dozen times if they wanted to, and that he would give 1 them more wages if they would come to 1 work, and the people having got the best 1 of the "preference policy" went to work. | He says the "preference policy" won't { work, it is like a two edged sword, it cuts \ both ways. i m t < The New York Dispatch says that Gov- j ernor Tilden will soon change his old \ mark to "S. T.?1876?Nix." We ac t cept the aiaendment. j i'*; ? j ..V >? : ! :;a-* A-.u, | Fruin ail parts o: the State conies cheer | news of glorious r *p K'-an meetings, bbeviiie Che.-ter, Union, KJgefield, .wiiugtuu, Sumter, Barnwell, have had iiucnsc meetiugs. Thousands of people ive gathered to hear the Republican >eakers, and the threats and intiinidaon of the democrats have only aroused ic people to a stronger and mote earnest jvotion to republican principles. Coloid men who joined democratic clubs in iosc counties for peace and self prescrltion, have since the arrival of troops, penly denounced Hampton and the emocratic party. Carry the news to [ampton. Tiie Edgefield " massacre " will turn at a repetition of all other " negro outigcs " Half a dozen peaceful red shirts ding from a Hampton meeting at Edgeeld court house, come upon a dozen nc" roes near a very objectionable settlement f colored republicans on the state lands, 'illed with peaceful thoughts, imbibed rom the democratic orations, a red shirt, just for fun, " takes a shot at the neroes. One of the latter happens to have " pocket pistol" and returns the fire, nstantly a fire opens from the red shirts, rhile the negroes scatter towards the setlement and spread the alarm. Others ather to their assistance, and something ike a battle ensues. A white man is :illed and others wounded. The casualies on the negro side are not stated, and irobably never will be. The moral to be Irawn is, that when the shot-gun cam>aign was inaugurated it seems not to lave been foreseen that violence produces -iolence, and that self-defense is a law of luman nature in the black man as well as n the white. It is to be hoped that we lave seen the last of these scenes for the ampiiign. The proclamation of the prcsdent ought to sober the people of the tate and produce a better state',of things. Ve know that the democratic leaders will ind it easier to raise a storm than to al" ay it, but "we1 hope that it will not be m possible. AT ANDERSON. The proclamation of Governor Chara>erlain and President Grant are produiug quiet. In Anderson, yesterday the epublicans had a jjuiet meeting. The oyal voters of the up country are solid or Hayes and Chamberlain as the gran:e of the Blue Ridge, and will poll their till vote on the 7th of November unless >revented by armed insurrectionists carying the banners of 44 Hampton and ^eace," 41 Tilden and Reform. "?Union Jlrrald . Charles Norhoff dissents from the dews expressed editorially in the Newfork Herald as to Governor Hayes, and mblishes an article, over his own name n which he says : ''Those who imagine Jovernor Hayes, * will have but little inluence with his administration' do not enow the man and have failed to study lis record as Governor of Ohio. It is ess generally known than it would be if le had ever taken the least pains to atxact public attention toward himself. During the years in which hejhas beeu ;hief executive he has reduced the State lebt by nearly $3,000,000, has effected an muual saving in the State expenditures >f nearly $1,000,000 has reduced the lo?1 taxation over $17,000,000 and the State tax from three and a half to two tnd nine tenths mills, and has secured he pasage of laws very strictly limiting ;he powers of local authorities to borrow ind to spend money. It was these serrices and his constant efforts to reform he civil service of the State which gave lim so remarkable a degree the confi fence of the people of Ohio that he has >een chosen Governor over three of its iblest and most distinguished Democrats. Pendleton, Thurman, and Allen. He is >y no means an 'accident' in Ohio. He ias as much patience and good temper is Mr. Lincoln, and with a firm and iauntless will where a sense of duty* noves him. " " A lightning liar" is what the St. Liouis Times calls the agent of the Assojiated Press at Denver. Judging from reports of Hampton's neetiugs in this State, we would say that be has been reporting for.the Democratic papers. 1 00 i Wade Hampton and his allies care lothing for numbers. By sheer brute brce they propose to overcome a raajori:y of thirty thousand Republican voters. It is true they will have to use the bullet 'reely, but what care they so long as the lesh pots are thus brought within their ;rasp ! Barred out from the Treasury apon which they subsisted prior to the ivar, they have resolved to again enter ts portals, if necessary, by walking over :he bloody remains of thousands of Republicans. If Hampton is not a conspiraorwe would like to have one pointed )ut to us.?Nat. Republican. A subscriber to the Union-Herald vrites thus : The call of Haskell for a lay of fasting and prayer reminds me of :he frequent and urgent calls of Jeff Davis to the rebel democracy during the .*?. a #?a?w a nimnapa WI Yk o f o r\l am r rtfar iui iuv mujc ?? uui ljvivuiu Mockery to set aside the only policy oi practical reform, and the only true reformer in the state seize the "shot-gun" md than appeal to Almighty God to help ;he mad project to its final consummation. No, no, Haskell! your "protestations are ill false"?false as they were when }-ou prayed with Jeff Davis against all that *as good and great, and felt then, as you irill now, the rebuke of Almighty God for pour reckless impiety and insolerce. ii.vi.i'.'iw. f, ():r. 'Jj ?n.u H- . D.\ }:. i^r, pastor ... the P. i!a>.' T':\t Baptist Church, died this morning of b c.uiiu:;:ie, in tho seventy rooonl year of his age. He was born at Beaufort, S. C., and was ordained a minister in 1833. Ho came to this city in 1847. W. I>. Griswold, ex-prcsidcnt of the St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute railroad, in a recent interview with a St. Louis Globe Democrat reporter, remarked: .41 About this income tax, there can be no doubt the old rascal did make false returns, and that he ooramitI ted perjury in swearing to them. I am personally familiar with facts and circumstances which show that he was guilty of deliberate falsification. I have just written a letter to the" New York Timet, naming a certain party in that city who will testify to an item of $30,000 in the income of Mr. Tilden, which he criminally omitted for the purpose of evading the payment of his tax. I suppose the limes will interview the gentleman I designated and his statement will be conclusive oi Tilden's guilt. " A noon HAY'S WORK. Beaufort Awake and foil of life.?N< Rifle Clubs.?No Shot Gnn Policy Immense gathering of the People. A Ronsing Republican fleeting?Speechci by Hon. H. E. (layne, O. W. Clark, Esq., Col. Fllltbrown, Hon. R. B. Elliott, Hon. E. W. M. Maekey, and Hon, Robert Small., The largest gathering of the peopl* that we have seen for many a day were ii town on Saturday to hear the republicai speakers. Fully fifteen hundred peopl were present during the day. The meet ing was held in front of the old Steven House on Bay St., where a stand beauti fully decorated with flags had been erect ed, and at night the meeting was illumi uated with lamps, transparencies am Chinese lanterns. The brass band fur nished music. At about 2 o'clock th meeting was called to order, by the ele< tion of Hon. S. J. Bampfieid, as presi dent, and Hon. R. H. Gleaves, Josepl Robinson, Wm. Wilson, Hamilton Rob inson, Jas. M. Crofut, and H. Gantt a vice presidents, Alfred Williams, S. E Taylor and J. 0. Wyne, secretaries. Tne first speaker introduced was Hoe H. E. Hayne, who kept the audience i good humor and full of laughter wit! jokes and stories that illustrated the tru character of the democratic party and it leaders. He referred to the preferenc policy of the democracy, showing hi hearers that it was impossible lor th land owners to get along without colore labor, and that it was the colored laboi ing men of the State who created wealt] for the land owner, and that without sue labor, the State would soon become barren waste. Ho advised the colore men to stand upon their manhood, an be true to the party that gave them fre? dom. He referred to tE& Citizen's ban swindle, aid said that Wade Hampto had been president, and up to the pret ent time no satisfactory account had bee reDdered to the depositors who had los money in that ^institution. He also r< ferred to the manner the assets of th bank of the State had been managed am said that Mr. Mackey would furnish th meeting with proof from democratic rc ports of all he had said. Mr. Hayne was frequently interrupts with applause, and at the close of hi speech cheers were given for Hayes an 1 Wheeler and Governor Chamberlain. The next speaker was Geo. W. Clark Esq., he reviewed the history of the den 1 ocratic party, showing it was thefparty c war and disorder, and that it was respoc sible for all the evils that that party con plained of, and that to-day they were er gaged in conspiring against the peace c the State. Mr. Clark read a grea many extracts from different papers i support of his arguments, and created 1 great deal of enthusiasm by his illustn ' tions of the situation. His speech was c that kiud to make republicans stroi ge 1 in their faith, and to embitter the opps 1 3ition because of the t ruths told again: them. Col. Fillebrown was then introduced he said that the air was better, and tha he breathed freer in Beaufort, the bannc republican county in the State than h did in the up country. There wa more order, and a better regard tor Jaw there was free speech, no ride clubs an ' no intimidation, and that he found th larger the republican vote the safer i was for republican or democrat to expres his opinions without fear of insult or dar ger to life. He spoke of the meeting i: Edgefield as evidence of the spirit of th democracy, and went on to show that ii that procession the old battle dags of th confederacy could be seeu carried by th ride clubs. He theu contrasted the e: peuse of the democratic party of thi State before the war, and proved that i cost $1,300 a day more to carry on th General Assembly from 1850 to 1860 tha . it has during republican administratior . and that it cost $42 more per Act the for every law passed than it has since r< . construction. He then went into th | matter of taxes before reconstruction, ti king the whites as the basis of those go\ erned and liable to the laws of the Stat* ' and showed conclusively that under den ocratic rule it cost $2.43 per head to cai ' ry on the State government, and tha ' since reconstruction, counting all citizen . liable to the laws, it had only cost unde i republican rule 83 cents per capita t * govern the State He demanded an honost and faithft i administration of the government an , went on to show the great reforms tha Governor Chamberlain has brought abou > as testified to by the News and Courici i and that the figures that were publishe* ; were correct, as he had given some c i them to that paper. He then went on t show that the democrats were opposed t< free schools, and cited instances in dtmc ? - *?*-. V.A ? - *7 - T - - . ? - ?! M4k i or trie <\>"i'i:ic-. where th.-y hoi .??> i'-v-! , Li one ! : !;:h of a ;nii! s? h-; ;! ?a>:, ju.it! | enough ro get the %"?Ute jp;>?o print ior.! 1 j ami w.i.'- it not for this aj propriatioii they ! | would have levied no school tax at all. | j In reference to education, he referred to j the fact that Gen. Wade Ilauipton had ! given a bond of several thousand dollars to support free scholarships in the State University, and that ho has never paid one dollar on this bond. lie also referred to the fact that Hampton was a bankrupt and that he did not pay any taxes in the State, not even the poll tax on his head. He advised the people to be sober, honest and industrious, and to educate them* solves and their children, and to stand by and support the republican party?the party that had made them men and citi1 zens. The Hon. R. B. Elliott was then introduced, he made an able and eloquent ' speech full of truth and logic, and we regret that we cannot give his speech in ' full nnd fnr want of snaee cannot even .v.. -- - - * give a full synopsis of his remarks. He said that every speaker had a text and that his would be from the first book ot Daniel. lie reviewed the history of the > republican party in the State, and pointed out the benefit and reforms that had come through the administration of Governor Chamberlain and said that Gov. Chamberlain would have met Wade Hampton on the stump, but for the democratic executive committee's refusal to agree to terms. He arraigned the deui2 ocratic party as the party of war, seccsj sion, an i midnight assassination, and 2 went on to show that Governor Tilden all 0 during the war was opposed to the Union r and that in 1864 he had declared the war g a failure, that the democracy was opposed to a free school system, and compared . the work of the republicans in this par i- ticular, showing that each year of re\ publican rule had increased the number .. of teachers, scholars and school houses, e and that from 1868 to 1872 1,644 school houses had been built valued at $220,402 and that the total number of school h houses were 2,347 valued at $313,289 all of which had been established since res construction and that the school attendance had been increased from about 30,000 in 1S69 to 125,000, in 1876. He u also gave the number and nativity of the n teachers in these schools, thus showing h that if the teachers and schools were not e as good as they ought to be it was be3 cause they had been controled and e taught by native teachers. There were ? he said 2,800 teachers, and of this num e ber 55 , were Northern whites and 9:J j Northern colored, and 1,821 were Southr_ ern whites, and 937 were colored Southb ern teachers. h Iu referring to the proseription policy a of the democratic party he explained the ? n l 1 ! aL- ! j IOIiy oi sucn a course, snowiug uie impossibility of the white democrats carryiug .. on agricultural pursuits without colored ^ labor. He contended that the colored D men produced the wealth ot the State j. and that they, taking the census of 187f n represented one fifth of the wealth of th( State, 2,070,441 acres ot lands the colo red people reatcd 964,884 acres at the e average price of 8*2 per acre, the white ^ people of the State recieved $ 1,909,768.(X e annually from colored meu, of the 818,197 acres planted in cotton, 196,764 acres were planted solely by colored meu, anc ^ of the 42,018 acres of rice planted 10,45? ^ acres were owned and cultivated by colo j red people and of the 1,821,989 pounds o Sea Island cotton raised 1,177,732 pounds were produced and owned by the t. colored men of the sea coast. The value of products raised and prop j. erty owued by colored meu he fgave the j. figures as follows : The, long staple cot I. ton was valued at $588,860,00, and th( short staple cotton was valued at $2,715 lt 387.00, and that the rice crops producer n by them was valued at $308,388,00, of a rosin they, produced 27,357 barrels valued ^ at $27,357,00r and turpeatiue to the val ^ ue of $78,140.00 ; the corn crop of th< T colored men was valued at 1,903,993.00. ^ Potatoes, valued at $384,497.00, whea Jt valued at $55,459.00 rye valued at $3,19-^ 00 peas and beans, oats and hay worth $238,013.00. The cotton seed was valuec at $526,535.00, and of the butter, wooc j_ and other farm products the colored met e produced $388,000.00 in value. Ol 3 farmiug implements $265,956.00 wort! . were owned by colored men aud in addi j tion they owned horses valued at $782,e 425.00; mules valued at $768,00.00 cow* [t valued at. 375,795,00 oxen valued at $11, a 547.00 and swiue and sheep valued at $24 (_ 710.00 making the total value of propq erty, outside of real estate owned by col e ored men foot up the sum of $9,887,811 ! add to this amount the one third oi e the crop raised by white men you hav< e the amouut $21,847,775.00 the propertj of colored men, which would make a rib^ bon of Greenback 1,724 miles long, anc t would give to every man, woman anc e child in the state the sum of $50. n He then in eloquent langauge demon strated that proscription was fatal to the q democracy ana 10 carry ? out was uiijj j. to bring ruin and disaster upon the State. e He was listened to with marked at tention, and if there were any weak re r. publicans in the crowd they wen strengthened, and the strong democrai oftght to have been convinced of th< f. hopelessness of his cause. ,t The Hon. E. W. M. Mackey was thei is introduced and went into a statement ol sr facts taken from the report made b^ 0 democrats and from which he read. He precceded to shpw that the history il of the democratic party in South Caroli d na was a corrupt one and gave proof of ,t this fact as he went along, quoting from it the reports. He asserted as a fact thai , Wade Hampton was a carpet bagger. 1 that he had been absent from this state >f! eleven years, and was not a voter or tax o i payer in South Carolina. He proved by o j the record of the U. S. Court of northem >-! Mississippi, that Gen. Wade Hampton ^1 *.*, - * . I ? >*. V*- ??/- ?> MM-.V? >-i.that i-.t. <i > : :. lentihat; it; State. ac-.i '_ln* ij order to r.'fo '.hnv.'eh I (T ba :kru>/t.*y he uiu-l sv/t-.r to the place j v>r residence, and r licit if lie hud not done ! ai so the law would have compelled Ilarnp- r< tou to coma to South Carolina in order to y go through the bankrupt court, and therefore having been in that State for a elcvcu years, he could not take his seat a if elected Governor of South Carolina. He said Hampton had not lived in South * Carolina since Orr beat him for Governor 2 in 18G5. He then quoted from "sixty-five 4 years reminiscences of pnblic men, " and gave the history of the Hamptons in t former years which was rather bad for one who like Hampton boasts of bis an- ^ ccstry. lie then charged Gen'l Hanrp- a ton with having $12,000 of the State G money that he got out of the Bank of the * State, and cited the report of the cashier 1 to prove it. He said that' Jf any one 1 doubted it he was ready to produce the ( unpaid notes, which were part of the worthle58 assets of the Bank of the State ' He also referred to manner in which the 1 assets of the State Bank had been managed, aud that democratic borrowers had < taken greenbacks and paid back the ( loan with State bills that were bought for 1 fifteen cents on the dollar. As proof he referred .to the repor* 1 of the taxpayers convention. He ( then referred to the management of the 1 Bank of the State in* 1859, showing by ' the reports that through the defalcation 1 of the twelve directors the State lost 1 $169,812 more than the entire loss sus- J sained by its 1,500 depositors. The 1 speaker then gave the history of theCit- 1 izens Savings Bank of which Gen. Hauip- ( ton was president, showing that of the ' $600,(XX) deposits the bank received, no ( accounts of its assets had been made. He * then refcred^to to the fact that Hampton 1 was a member of the constitutional 1 convention "in 1865, and if he is 1 honest in what he says now why did he ' not offer in that convention some evidence 1 of his liberality to the colored men of the 1 State, and raise his voice against the 1 passage of the Black Code. He then went on and proved that under republican rule the school system was better for the white children of the State, that in 1858 there were but 19,298 white chil! dren attending school, and that in 1874 ! there we 47,000 white children attending ; the public schools of the State. He then . compared the cost of maintaining schools before the war, with the expense under republicans, showing that in 1859 it cost > $5.20 for each child, and that in 1874the . cost was but $4.43, thus showing that the ! school system is managed with more economy now than before reconstruction. He . also stated that the schools are kept open on an average of six mouths in the r year, but that in 1859;they were only open fifty-five days, and that in 1860 they were . only open forty-three days, and that in r Barnwell the average number of days [ school attendance in I860 were five days [ in the year. , He read extensively from the reports of > former years, and, supported each state> ment by proof He also demonstrated - the fact that the increase of taxes were > greater before reconstruction than any i time since the republican partv has been ) into power. The argument of Mr. Mackey was clear i and convincing, and of such a nature to I weaken die cause of Hampton even with ) his own party. Hon. Robert Smalls being present was f loudly called for, who said that as they ; had been hearing speeches for six hours i he would only say a few words to them. He spoke of his trip to Edgefield, and spoke of the devotion and bravery of the republicans of that county to the cause of - republicanism, and. that they intended to ; vote the republican ticket or die in the at tempt. He spoke of having seen a pass 1 in the hands of a colored man in Barn well county from a democratic club addressed to the white democrats, and ask ing them sot to molest the bearer as he was a democrat. He referred to this as the way the democrats were doing in the up country, and the danger and inconvenience men were put to for Peing republicans. He urged hearers to stand firm, and to vote the^ whole republican ticket, and predicted the election of the republican ticket by an .overwhelming majority. The meeting then broke up with cheers for Hayes and Wheeler, and Gov. Chamberlain and the whole ticket. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed all through the meeting, which indicated that the republicans were firm and earnest in the work, and will vote solid for the republican ticket. ?i GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN AND HIS RECORD. The Charleston Nines and Courier of the 18th of July, 1876, discussing the question'of reform, says in reference to the administration of Gov. Chamberlain: " That the abuse of the pardoning power has been corrected. " The character of the officers of the government, appointed by the executive has been improved. " The settlement of the public debt 3 has been maintained uncnangea, ana t faith with the public creditor, so far as 3 depended upon executive and legislative action has been fully kept i " The floating indebtedness of the f state has been provided for in such way r that the rejection of fraudulent claims is assured, the recognized and valid claims ' are scaled to one-half the amount, and - their payment is dis ributed over a term ' of four years resulting in a saving to the i state of at least $400,000. t u The tax laws have been amended so , as to secure substantial uniformity and i equa'.ity in the assessment of property of taxation. 44 The contingent funds of the execute tive department have beeu so reduoed t in amount that the saving in two years. * t*r -- -X =? -> ?Wp [ >(; ? t Li?' \)'?'>l.? <?t l'l ' ."iv'lTri.X oi aL& pre* .oud yi in-', !?;"? '' Legislative expenses, iu like Liauner :id upon a similar basis, have been so ;duced as to save the people in two ears $35,810. " Legislative contingent expenses in the xme way hare been so reduced as to ive the state $550,000. " The cost of public printing has been educed from an annual average of $30609 to $50,000 saving in two years $512,J 18. The salaries of public officers have eon reduced $39,000 a year. "The tax levy for the present year has teen reduced from 134 mills, to 11 mill* , sav-ing to the people this year of $300, >00. The deficiencies are for the year 874.75, the first year of the present adninistratioo) $291,024 less than those of .872-73, and $233,215 less than those >f 1873,1874. " In the aggregate, the sayings which, have actully been made amount to $1, fl9.488." And concluding the review the Newt ind Courier adds * " We have strained )r exaggerated nothing. The plain truth is we know it, has been faithfully given. To the above statement we do not desire to add anything, preferring that our candidate should go before the public on his own merits, conceded to him by the eading journal in the ranks of the oppojition. If with this record before the people of South Carolina, one that from his Gubernatorial honors, has ever been in carrying out the plighted faith and pledges made by his party iu the interest >f reform he is not justly entitled fi a re-election at the hands of the citizens pf South Carolina, then wo ask, what is to be expected from an aspirant for petition to commend him to the good judgement of the voters of the State ? Judge i man by his actions. Let his record 3peak for itself, and if the interest of our State is to be considered then we call upon the friends of good government to. manfully come forward and cast their votes for Daniel H. Chamberlain. Assessment Notice!! TOWS OF PORT E0F4L. All pebsons owning ob having control of any real estate on iperaonal property within the limit* of t be Town of Port Boynl are hereby notified to list the same lor taxation and make a return thereof to the Town Treasurer between the 1st and 10th day of November next. Persons failing to mmke a return within the Hsi prescribed will be liable to pay a penalty of M per., cent In addition to their regular tax. M. R. OOOPIB, Port Royal S. C. Oct 17th 1876. NOTICBL PORT ROYAL RAILROAD CO., Augnata, 0^,0tA 28,1575. On and after thi*date all freights by P. ft. ft. R, for Beaufort Station, must be settled for at time of delivery. P. HAMILTON, Agent, Beaufort, S. C. 0peol?I KTotioo. Neither the captain nor oonmcnees of the British Bark * frnada Belle " will be responsible for debts contrived by any of taocrew. BOBBINS BODDINGTON A Co. - e-s P, B. KlILBflADAT PUBLIC SALE. UNITED STATES OF AM ERICA:-IN THE Clft CUIT COURT,?DISTRICT SOUTH CAROLINA* THE UNION TRUST COMPANY OF NEW* YORK Et. At., vs. THE PORT ROYAL bailROAD COMPANY. IN Accordance with the decree of the Court la this case, will be sold at public sale at Port Boy si South Carolina on the seventh day of December. 1976, between 11 o'clock, a. m., and 3 o'clock p. a. *o the highest bidder, all and singular the Port Royal Railroad, extending from the waters of Port! Royal Harbor, South Carolina to the City of Augvs? ta, State of Georgia, constituting with its turn-ou'.*, and side tracks one hundred and eighteen mile* of road well constructed and in good order,?also s.l| the Lmds acquired by the Port Royal Baliroui Company for right of way, depot grounds and othet purposes. Also All tracks, bridges, culvert*, depots station houses engine houses, car houses, machine shops, work: / shops, erections, fixtures, and Giber structures new. held by the Port Royal Railroad Company, and. situated in the counties or Beaufort, Barnwell, and. Aiken State of South Carolina, and In the count/ of Richmond, State of Georgia, also all locomotives tenders, cars rolling stock, equipments, machinery tools implements, materials for constructing and. repairing, and fuel on hand for the use of the said road. Also the corporate franchises under its original charter or any of the amendments thereto and all other franchises whatsoever, possessed by the said road. Also the endowments, income, reversions, remainders, tolls, and all the estate right liifeand interest present or prospective, of the said Port Royal Railroad in the said property and rights and. every part and parcel thereof. Terms. One third cash remainder in three equal annual installments with seven per cent, interest, payable semi-annually from day of sale, secured by bond of the purchaser with mortgage of the property. Pur" chaser to insure the depots and other buildings' and assign the policies to the'martgage e. One bun., dred thousand dollars to be paid by the purchaser at the close of the bidding. In case of purchase of 'he said Road by holders of first mortgage bonds they are entitled to make payment in said bonds, to the extent of their pro rata sharo. Such bond holders as may unite in the purchase are entitled, by the decree in this case and laws of South Caroll. na to organize as a corporation under the presen charter of the Port Royal Railroad Company or under the general corporation act of said state as the majority, of the said corporators may cbooau DUNCAN C. WILSON, Special Master. 1 ??. ?? 0 To Holders of County Checks or Audited Claims* prior to Novem ber 1, 1872, IN accordance with the provisions of a Joint Resolution entitled " A Joint Resolution authorising he County Commissioners of Beaufort County to evy a special tax," dated April 7, 1873, and "An act to amend the same," approved the 29th day of January, 1874. sealed proposals will be received at this office froth parties holdm -hecks or audited claims contracted prior to November 1, 1872, until THURSDAY. NOV. 9, 1876. . at 12 M? at which time said bids will be opened and the board of county commissioners will draw orders on the Treasurer to the amount ol one thousand dollars, in favor of the perton or persons who shall offer the largest per centum discount on their checks or audited claims. Proposals .-bouldbe addressed to the chairman of the board of County Commissioners, and endorsed "Pnposals for the settlement of Past Indebtedness of Beaufort county. P. PR1TOHARD, M. Dk V.B.SCOTT, R. J. MARTIN, County Commissioners THOS. II. WHEILE*. Clerk of Board. febW-tt..