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WSD.t S5DAT. APRIL IMS. * |
Who Out Vote Herodtter In This Btato
- -Approaching Oountjr Elections. {
Tlie tie* ceustinjtiop is OomIhUm ratified,
and In Ices than four weelta county election*
will take place for tho different county of
fleers, district, be It remembered, U now
changed into County. According to the
plain obvious words of the new coh stint
lion, each and everv ritlaen of the State U
entitled U? ftrtf, after the ratification. At
leant none arc di>frauch\sid for |>olltica1
rennenn. .
According fo the Seventh Mellon of the
Onlinenci "to provide for lh? ratification
of tlie Constitution, and the election of cer
tain offteera," tlic Board of Commeaeton
era ronalating of Me?rr?. E. W. M. M.mtckv,
F. L. Cakdoza, A. 0. Ravsiui and C C.
Bow av arc to ace to tc"
"That, witliln thirty day a afler the ratlfiea.
tion of the constitution, an cl ciion ahail
l>c held in and for each County, at' an eh
time and places and nnder such regula
tiona aa may i>c prescribed by"raid Boar.!
of Conini'aaionere for the election of all
countyofficers,rcqit'red by thisconatitntion,
U? be elected by the people ; and the enid
Board shall also have authnil'y to cfcll
elections tor all municipal officer*, at preecut
elected by the people at the same time,
and sulject to atich regulations as said
Board may prescribe, not inconsistent with
this constitution, or the charters of such
municipal hnd'es. At such elections, every
qon'.ifi d elector, under the pruvicione of
this constitution, may vote for all olfie rs
to 1>? elected."
Let us sor, now, who are " qualified elec
tors" or voters under the constitution. As
this is important to every body, we insert
that pait of the constitution d*t?routing
the question. Ailule 8, eccliou 1, | ra
vides as follows: Section
2. Eterv male eilizrn of ilie
United States, of the age <>f twenty-one
years and upwards. not laboring under the
disabilities named in Ibis Constitution, w ithout
distinction of race, color, or former
condition, who shall be a resident of lids
State at the time of the adoption of tide
Constitution, or who aha'l thereafter reside
in this State one year, and in Ilie County
in which he offeta to vote, sixty day* nex(
preceding any rleC'ion, shall l?e entitle) to
vole for all offic*r* that are now, or hereafter
may he, elected by the |?eop|e, and upon
all question* submitted to the electors at
any elections; Proridid, Thnt no person
be nllqwrd to vole ->r hold office who
now or h?r>-afier may be disqualified
therefor by the Coi stitutlon of the Unite!
Slutes, until aucli disqualified) i >n shall be
removed by the Congress of the United
States; Ptovidfd fiirthrr. That no person,
while kept ill any alms house or asylum, or
of unround mind, or confined in any public '
prison, shall lie allowed to vole or hold '
office. '
The 7th 8 -ctlon of Article 8, relates to I
the right to hold office, and reads ns fol I
lows; 1
Skition 7. Every person enltlbd to vote 1
at any election shall be eligible to any office
which now is or hereafter shall be elective ^
by the people in the County where he shall (
have resided sixty days previous to such (
election, except as otherwise provided in (
this Constitution or the Constitution and
laws of the United States.
W? now furnish the extract from the pro- ,
posed amendment of the Constitution of the |
United Stales referred loin the above s?c- i
tion, which reads as fid lows;
Section S of the 14th Article of the Conatitulion
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" No person rhall be a Senator or Rcpre j
sent alive in Congress or elector of lbes>
dent or Vice I'riaident, or bold any office
civil or military under the United States,
or under an* Slate ta-kn Imvnur nee?li.na! v
-"V ? ? * ' ? * " O I I
taken an oath as meiuher of Congres<, or
a* an officer of the United States, or us a
member of any State Legislature, or as any
Executive or Judicial officer of any Stat--,
to support the Constitution of the United
States, shall have engaged in insurrection
or rettellioo against the same, or given aid
and comfort t? tlio enemies thereof But
Congress may, hy a vote of two thirds of
ea?h (loose remove such disability/*
Titus it is Very clear and unquestionable
that every man, without respect to bygones
or paat political or official character,
is, as all tax payees deserve to he. entitled
to vote for those who are to represent him 1
in any office, State or county. The consti J
tut inn, the 14th article which we have ]
quoted, disqualifies no one from voting, ;
only persons therein named from holding j
office. Jn this respect the I t* Cbai lesion I
Convention ba? acted liberally and w isely, '
and gone ns fur they ctnld go to piuicct j
II the wh'te people of the State front any i
diefranchteenirnt.
W* hop* the prtM In title State will at
oner eel! attention to the feet that in the
approaeMne 'lection, end ell (utnre eleoliotie
in tltie State, wliilet Ihie eoiiHiUut on
tand", lh? re ie no hindranee to any eitiM
voting, ?. ho ie SI yet a old. And the
LegMutiirr i? proitihiird front depriving
any one < ' 'In. 'i^ht, except ihoM who are '
enn'-t. t,(| ot te.teon, murd*r, rohbvry or (
ducin^, *
A Tina Array.
.fudging from the liet pnMWh.d, we do
l i hedtate a monieiit in eaying that \lfwri. 1
I. am11x I'kattik A Co., ran pleaee evety ope
de iring dry good# and hooe*k eepln* mp
plieft Thny evince munlt dlweiinineiioii in i
the edeetinne they make, ?nd ll Cr. fore at?
tie I or ft. mlng from lh?<? excellent gOnllft- ;
n en uiev It* rejitxl or. R??d ov?r th<|r
julvet l|rem?nt. and then give thent ? (tali.
To oav. Wedueaday, It hae bvl,htere<l up
rO'eln, an I the eon ia shining lorntifol!',
aft?? oUttort a week of ineeaaant raining.?
We hope *e will have a* good weather
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The Oqnatttation of tha liU Convention
to Charleaton, and Ita Ballot Mens rea.
W? hnVa not dl-cnared. in detail, the ar- ,
tielaa of (ha ConatiiHiion which ha* jnat ,
hern ma le for th.a Stair. We have nhjrct <
el to K on lt>a inrnprral>)? ground ft iu
giving nt oner, without^ qualification or re
strict ion, suffrage to every nfj{to men in
Iht 8l?U, ini) therehy-plneing the governnient
of the Stele at the mercy of a majority ,
who are utterly onfjt to govern thU or any
oiviilsed o..untry, because of thalr Ignorance
and iahllity to be mleUd, a* d imposed on,
and enured to itrpoae en the white people.
We ol jeet to the Constitution on account
of the nature of the Fr?f acltool Clause. 1
Ale, beoaus- of the intimation of a rami
tug army. Also, for 'he enormoue taxation
wlileh It must, we fear, require to support
the nitmarotis dftieers and schemes cmluc d
in the Constitution. The arrangement of
the Courtsia not satisfactory. Ylirae arAtlie
lending objection* in our mind, on account
of which wc cold never vote, ourselves, if
we had the right, or artvi'e others to vote,
for emdi a Constitution. Those objections
and other* have been very strongly urged
on divers occasions, in the columns of the
JEVi terprir.
Hut there are provisions in the Const it n
tton which we highly approve, and rtjoiee
that in their humiliated and oppressed con.
dition, coma things have been secured to
the people of this State, which they have
hitherto been deprived of by their old
State Government; we mean the thousand
dollar homo-tend nnd exemption of
personal property from execution, to the
amount of five hundred dollars. Also, the
provision annulling negro debts. Also, the
abolition of imprisonment for dcht, snd the'
protect-on of ths properly of married -women.
These are oil admirable aud meritorious
provision-, and, we helieve, rval'y
meet the viewa and approbation of ninetenths
of the common people (we speak es
rveeially of the while people) throughout
the St**te,
We differ from e>p\o of the distinguished
lawyers of the State, ns to the operation
and effect of the homestead law. We are
confident it. will prove good against existing
debts, as well as debts contracted in
future. In this opinion, we are supported
by lawyers of great eu.inetice and talent ;
hut we are not going to srgne the question
a* una tune. rts to the o'auso abtogating
negro debts, we li^lkru that will lie ?'IVctuu'ly
sustained l?y Ihe I'riited Slate* Court,
ami certainly by the State anuria. W*
give nn credit In the report ahat Chief Jus
tice Ciiakr hn* declared in favor of negro
debts, in converentl -n ; hardly any judge
would prijudge a great question like that ,
befo*e a ense was brought before hint. lie.
aides if JudgS Cn?*K hns raid ro imp* nimble
a thing, he is not the C'tirt of the Uidled (
S'at"*, but one of seven judges af tbe Supreme
Bench, <
Tho Ahwlitt in of imprisonment for de'd, no
man iu this dol.t-oppreca?d State, ought to
iitijccl to, nud it is a measure we have most i
b udially advocated ever iiuoo tho rinse of the j
war, urging it huth in our editorial capacity
tud also iu another and ntRcla' position. The j
iirotcction > f the property of married women, j
prevail* generally in Kuropo and in most ol
tho States of the American Union, and onght .
to havo been the law In thi* State long ago.?
llow tn?ny happier homes wonbl there now he
in South Carolina if these just, wise and heniHcent
measure* had heon provided years lioIV>r?
ttio war, or even inunodiaUdy* altor its
rloso, by tho Convention which assembled to
rciumlul the Constitution according to tho
Presidential scheme ot reconstruction in ISB5. 1
It is true, the negro debt question is a judicial
one, hut never the less it is much helped, '
in our opinion, by bsiag put in tho Censtitu- I
tion. v
Tho Election in Qreenvllla.
The total vote in this Distiicl was 2381 ' (
lor the constitution IGn7, sgiintl 774 ; ma- |
I 'i iiy i.ir Ili** constitution, f33. Tim total
rcgUtfrnl vote of the JiWtrict war, if we
r. member righ'lv. a hoot 3600 There
w?ie, therefore, 12^0 voter* who die) not
urn out; q lite a isufhch-nt ntttnher to have
hanged the reau't of the ejection. It in
[iresunw-d that there I w< Ive hundred were
no*'ly white men. We htve, aa yet, re- '
Srivrd no rrpirt of *11 the h?xe* of Ihe
proportion of negro vnUi end white volee, (
luit we infer that nu.etWf the 1400 regia*
( red negroea voted. ar.d, with very few ex
eeplione, with the Republican*.
We do not connider the vote on the eon
stitulion a* determining the poll ieat ehar
aoler of the li*trict. .The people of Greenville
are ol the Mint material, eaaentiolly,
a* thoae of Spartanburg and Pirkena, and
have alway*, when routed, voted-with the
rtamocrntlc party, aa both three Diitiicte
have done.
In tld* District, no organization wna at
tempted l>y the Democratic and Coi-aerva- 1
live party, till it waa too late fo nreoinpliah
the remit that wa* attained in the eurrounding
District*, hy tlu-ir earlier and mora ae
tive arrangement*. We believe the eleo
lion wa? paraed off with very little party
quarrtlaor bit'emena, comparatively *)-caking.
We rejoice at th'a, aa it lenvea the
mind* of the pn p!e in a better condition,
pftlmlti la* a* a (l?*l iir?A? llt? ?
? J " "I" - ? ?r?,"?weetahMahing
ili?* supremacy of the negro
rat in flattth Carolina, upon nil tlie inl?rr(
?f aociety. If it ia a bit Ming for the white
people of I bo mountain* and in other part*
of ihe Stale lo ettmr voder tli? rule of the
Ibrk popnlnlion, they can perpetual* it by
Indifference and neglect of their right of
voting add flaking thair opinion* among
each other. We do not believe that any
fnir and nnprcjudieed mind ean com* to
Mich a condit ion. Party excitement and
the temptation* of office and power hare
gr<*at force in blinding th? mind* of men,
but thie ought not to be *o with 'ha people
generally.
fhillivan k tan,
AlUioorh new aoinev*. are getting a good j
port of the town and eonntry trade. The '
etand thry occupy te a enneenfeut one, and '
Ilia nice manner in whleh they hate arranged '
their goo-li, I* inviting. Of conree, their no- 1
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IDT HERB
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William P. Frio*. Baa.
A* the numei uub friend* of this gentle. >
men rioubtleee know, short time after the <
sloee of the war, ha removed to Lumpkin J
Count j*, Georgia, the home of hi* childhood, i
where large end valuable interest* requited (
hie prwaene* and piofe*#tonal rare. In * \
recent letter from him to oe, we learn thai i
he trill vieSt Greenville about the 20th o* a|
June, being on hie way to (ho meeting, a* I
a delegate, representing hU Congressional
Dlairict, in the National Democratic Convention.
We also learn, from the Dnhlnnrga 8igno/,
that the Democratic Party of Lupipkm
Ciruiily. have unanimously nominated him
their candidate to the Legislature of that I
State.
Wo would assure our Democrat to friends
of Luin|>l(ln, that their honor* cannot fal'
on baiter or mora worthy shoulders.
Vlatt from a Scottish Gentlaman.
Wo have h?d the pleasure of meeting with
Mr. (1 rough Lamb, a 8cottiah gentleman and
mannracturer, who haa been on a visit to
Greenville, for two or throe days past. Ho is
from the city of Glasgow, and is thera engaged
in cotton manufacturing, employing aouie
eight hundred operative*. Mr. L. is a man of
eery considerable means, and ia traveling over
the United Plates for purpose* of health and
plensure t he has also traveled extensively in
Africa. He brought letters of introduction to
irovernor Pf.rut and other*. He will leuve
iu a few days, spending a time ia Western
North Carolina.
It would hnvo hdee desirable if Mr. Gowr.n,
and other* wit* have been showing him over
tho town and its environs, could indnoe him
to locate with ns, as he cannot find a tnoru
healthful eliorntc iu tho worhl than this, benefitting
this part of the State with a portion of
his large capital. . *
Something Nice In the Harneaa Line.
Ilapp-ab g to pass I lie harness shop, tile
other flay, of friend J. 0. Alvxabi-KB, he
vrry kind'y asked u? In, saying that lie had
something f>r us in look nt. Whereupon
lie showed us a set of Untunes, (single)
made l>y hiniseU, which surpassed anything
of tire CX.id that hns nn-t our pare
fol several yema. Il wao-atrtlrely new, of
stiltstantial workmanship, wns extremely
nio.-iy fiuifhi'-l, and pr<t> filed an appear
ance that would hay? adorned the finest
locking of ourv Gn-eti vjlle Ttcauraphalus',
nod w l.leh could not Uil to aitrset alien
lion, lie in formed or that the pries of litis
llartta-s was fifty dollars, nnd wns ntada to
Hie order of Mr. Wiliiam H^attix, of our
Town, who ran appreciate ihe exee'lctit.?
He a'so exhibited a liridl , i'f eaino J- wrlp
lion, made fn or'loi, for one ot ihe chm:in
ili|( b. II- oi I lie place.
We alwajs feel proud of our mechanic*,
and superior woi kninn-llip. nn?l would hold
lhem up to respect and ecu in
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Oreenvilte and Columbia Railroad? Report
of the President and Director*. '
This report, which appeal* in the /'Ane
uijr of the J'.hh, shows the condition of the
Ituil lit'a-I ha" i>up ovul during the year (
|Rn7 The lol III If mock has hern doubled
in vnlile du ing the past JO.tr. Tin re ha*
eon a great incoaee of l-usine**. Tl.e
tett earning* of the Road are in. n email |
fraction ot f |t.0.timi. The r- put is aldy *
rep.r-d, ml ninkee n clear ?.\hil>ii of the
whole colieein. We hope to publish It (
lioxl week, or a eyno|V*?, itnd let Mr. Ham t
U?Tr, the tfilnirlit fti.d ilidelnlignble I reei- 1
lent ?|ieak for hinurlf. !
'I he meeting of stockholder* Ink-S place ^
in Thursday, the ROili io??,, in Columbia i
til the stockholder* should bear this in 1
niud, and either go or send | roxlca. We J1
i?*e Id auks at this office, free for the u*e ?
d any one. ?
A Dictionary of the Dible.
?f?p priting it* A utiguitir*, Biorfraphif, Or |
ographg, and Natural f/i*l?rg, ttitk mm- ?
mrroKM IUu*trat>ou* and Map*, Kxgrarrd )
tritre?*K for thi I Tori- KM:. I A., Mlf. r
ham Smith, Clafiral ici+miurr oj the J
I'uivrtity nf LahJoh.
Tim alnir? is an English work of great
rnltiM an>( importance, which has beer 1
nidi-bed in this country hy 8 8 Sor.axTo* j
h Co , it hi tford, Conn> client, ore volume f
>f 1017 We have examined the
Inkk sufficiently to b?c<me satisfied that it J
will be a great assistant to all wl>o wish to (
iimleraiand the Bible more thoroughly. It i
eems entirely free from seeiarian and po- |
lineal contamination. Out of sixty-Ay* 1
contributors to tha woih, on'y two are (
Anieiican. It is the lots**, and said to be |
III' bc?t hook of lis kin 1 yet published in
Ihe English language. 01 thia we are lint 1
comp-tent to judge, we certainly esteem
very highly the copy sent us.
The publishers desire agents to sell, And I 1
req-uat those wiillng to accept, to send for
eiivular. We commend the book to every
student and family.
Tho Way to do Bualneaa.
One of tho gentleman connqptod with a new
store recently established in Oreenvillc, baa
informed us that, seareely belora they had Used
their goods in the shelves, a eonsidcrable
part uf their stock had keen sold oat, end new ,
ones took their places. Now, that's the way ;
t? .1.. k... '?- - - 1 * -
, pouniuiug cnn hi auni at rbut
rate. TIicmi partica continue to moke now order/,
and will *oon haro a reputation excelled
by few of our merchant*. It I* hardly deerv
iitry to atate that the above fi-tu advertised in
the E*nrjtrt'*, and our p? >p1e found them
out at once, thereby ; but nil of the credit for
their anreeea la not to be attiibuted to their
advertising, aa the gentlemen are eatrcaoly
Clever, bcaidei.
Euterpeen Club.
Tlia Cluh gave a fine entertainment In
the Court Houee, on Friday evening leaf,
for the benefit of the Free Set ool Punrl; it
waa largely altnnlrd. They again per
formed on Saturday evening, with the
earn* ot j?at. Theae gentlemen deaerre the j
tharka of the whole community for their
nol le eaoefiona in a good eauae. W? would
like to give a fuller aeoonnt of the performancee>
but have not apace. ^
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Battlement of Old Debt*. I
Tht following are the reeowaiattdation*
>f Uie Committee of Eleven??con?ieting of
1. a. r>*to?b, f. W. picjcras, ?m. fraxum.
i^utw barka, o. m. y aubohoi'oii, If. w.
3art, two*. d. kkx'r, abram joxkx, b. c,
lev**, wuua*. m<>* w. l. c?'lkj4ar?
ip|>oi"le?l l?y a meeting of the citizen* of
lltlfffl lid T)U> p'imi fee ike l\1i?l><vaa *%# ael '
iltug oldtibtaln some fair and equitable
way. We copy from the Advertiser :
" We would the efore mpMtfnlty recommend
to the people of Edgefield District,
that a'l notee, bond*, mortgages or debts
n?w held, involving any roue deration, Or
bated upon any obligations incurred du*lrg
the recent war, frotn fir?t Jan. 18<tl to the
let of U ty 186V aba*1 be adjusted and a-t
tied up n the haria of a g-fd rin<iaid at
the dale of the contiaetnr obligation, and
then placed upon an equal footing with
dtb!* before the war.
*' W# Inrtber nc mm'ed that all r.otea,
bond*, or mnnivd obligation of any kind
made or executed prior to tbe tal,of Jann
ary. 1861. with Internet, shall tie reduced to
twrniii-fitt* etui* oh the dollar ; and paid in
currency.
* We varneelly urge the general haela ol
settlement to he made by ell our neighbor*
and rellow-cbttcna, and whenever it la not
agreed to. then we recommend that it he
auhniitted to an arbitration of tlirre or tour
men a* the parties may ajree up?-n. and tbe
whole mvlto.r referred to there for full and
final settlement. Tltl? would relieve ua all
from the heavy expenses of lili/atio-i In
our Court*, and bofora mixed juries, composed
in part ol our former Sieve*. It. I*
well kftoa-n that the expense of li igation,
under the general distress d condition of
our country, will rorsuitie, in moat cares,
two-t'iitds of the debt recovered, and if
land be fo'c-d to pay It that the sale of
land now wbl not pay the other third.
"We therefore think that the oompr
mfte we propose to our fellow*eliisens will
be better for both creditor ami debtor.
" As to etttlemenf of debts due by Guar
dians towards, or by Administrators and
Kxceufors to widows and minors, wc would
respectfully recommend llial all such be
made u|>on the eanie he-is, excopl that an
arldtration be made by ilrrteen good citi
reus chosen by the tiertiea attern itvlv. and
t lint their settlement lie |>r. to I lie
Cdurf, on petition, praying that tlie. Judge
or Clntticollor shall confirm the sainr."
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K. K. K.
Our rrmlrrt min-t not, upon resiling onr
caption, expect to reail sometliing, in (hi# article,
almut tlio Ku-Ktnx Kl.tn, nor of any
other clan, hat we only want tlioir alteulion a
niinnte or so.
The stock af Drugs, Medicines, Ac., just
received by Drs. IIaiimson A Maii*iiai.l, is
pur excellence ; can't he heat in this "burg."
They keep thiir supplies full, nmi those who
send their orders there, tuny expect them to
be Sllcd woll and satisfactorily. Dr. Flrkt
presides principally over the Drug Store,
barked always by the proprietors.
The Book and Stationery department has
nlso received large additions, end you eon always
get anything?from a quire of writing
pnper to Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
Mr. Wit.Ltam T?. Maim.nix has charge of this
latter, who greets his customers with urbanity
ind attention.
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Extract
Of a letter from t? jnnng gentleman
luted NRw .MAnxirr, Abbeville Diet., S. 0.,
\prl SSt li, 1 Rf.81
"This week h*s ti?*n nn|!f an exciting
ma iti regard tnths c'ceiiuu. It?*sp te iIt.I'svv
nod almost incessant rains, S. and'
i-yself wrent to ihc pn'fs, at Orrettwood. on
it edncsdny nn(IThnrsilay. Wsh?th voted.
f*n ot his fri,i"1n:t,ii voted the Democratic
ii-kel. Anothi r could not vote, not having
cgiatersil, but publicly declared himself a
tcniocratio negro Homo others of tha
leigltborhood voted the D- moeratlc ticket,
llr. II., Sr, licit.g sick, eou'd not go to the
mils with his mirrors, and the rest allowed
h?*m*elves to be p.r iM.l.d to side with
he Radical*. Ah til 20 out of 200 ne
[roes voted tlie Democratic ticket. The
i-cling in Abbeville D'.airiet, far and m-ar.
mong ill' whilst in r?g?id in toe election,
ifit very deeply exelt< d. All of them, as
?r m 1 Ur? hear I. tHrm-d mil for the
'enr.oeratic party. Munjr gentlemen io?r
rem their tick beds and rodr mile* lo voir.
Jr. B. weo' on Thnraday (though hardly
,hle In fil ?(;) to firi-Minivnl, to vote. Mr.
L Reynolds, djing with consumption,
ame in buggy not of whieh he wti not
k!>li* t<> a'iglit. end voted the white man's
icket So wlih mnr.y others.
" Wedn "ley there was a lure crowd
>rre<-iit, end nt one time td.?o I eame ne*r
'elne ili'd freely A negro drew hi* knife
>n Col. B-xixer. flol. B went immediately
or hie pi-tot, end the negroes oongi eg .ting
or the support of their comrade, needy
very while person near ran to arms?
tons were (testily loaded with hall and
tick ?hot. But the daring of a white eiliten
Mr. Goodwin, and the prompt arrest nt
ihe negro hy I lie yai.k'e soldiery, who waa
present, averted what might have turned mil
e-ilhly. On every die here, wre the
whiter say the line is drawn between llieni
?nd the negroes, and those who voted wiih
them were their frienda, and those on the
Radical aide, enemies. They will not he
disposed in future lo employ Degrees who
voted again*'tlirin. Many of the hading
Radical negroes are now on Ihe stool of
repentance, and say they are eonvineed
thai they have doomed themselves and j
their tare, by siding agslnat their white |
friends. H exrited himself g'eaily to in
duce necrocs to vote Democratic, and, I
believe was the only farmer who carried
up Ids hands unanimously for ili-> Demo
eratlc parly. I h?r* not written any ex
aggeration*, hut sober facta. We have not
heard the reeuli of the election in the Dla
inch i in imixi'hh to n?r rmm Mreriivlll?.
hut am afraid the ])i?tnet tiaa don*
no ?>re<lit to heraelf, in voting; I allude, of
eonree, to the whit* vote 1 am aatirfted,
ion. the wl.itee tlii-ra liava d"ne very little
toward* Irjfif 7 to itifluenct the negroee. ia
dlvldually. It wat very different liar*."
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P&~ E-'rry burincta man rhoiild adrertiea.
Ara%r Mjinf too uuck when it ii a*acrtod
that tboae who do not, belong to the elui
known * the " aaventh age" men?"wit
eyre, aam loath, anna everything t" If you
bava hut a tin cup, ndvartiae?you will get a
batter price for It, or eeli It eooner t Jf you
hare a warrhuuee, advertiae?ean tba effect be
onea doubted ? It la, moreover, abrewd to
ndrartlaa, and thoaa who do ao, ahow that Uiay
are " op t? anuff."
Whltmlre * Farfuaaa.
Onr town aa wall *e aonntry frienda
n i'tiKii (all to call and era Major PgaooanN.
at Ida down-town atorr, which ia locat-d at
Knrmrii'e old eland, and near Mr. W. H.
\V*rtM Major K. baa Ana anppltea, aad
n ver kee| a any'liing that ia in auywlao Intetlor
Ilia piU?-a ton. will compare with
| iiyte of th? < tlier merchants
l*'- a n? n^a.
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We hm l>?en pertn ltted4a neake the utarti
which fellow* from ? Utter, wrltton by a ,
Charleston lady, new Wilding with her hna- |
bend at Mntamaa, and who wii a re I e gee in ^
Greenville, during the war and iOme time afterwards.
The letter wee addreeeeh to a lad; {
of thle place, an intimate friend, who waa well
acquainted with Jaryeitsoa I) A Tie, in former
days, aa the waa, in fact, with nearly every
distinguished Southerner, who flgtored ia
Washington aoelety, having apent eereral
year* in that city, prior to the war, and we "
believe for a time rueided in Kiohtaond after
tbo Confederate Headquarters were established
there. *?
The letter waa written the 30th March*?
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"Who do you think I hare seen* Had '
oIoro to no In pleasant converse, knowing yot?
envied mo nil the wbjle and making you, for a
time, tbo otyef subject of our chat. Our dear
belorod Joff. DaviiI I bear you scream all
ibaway hero, I mo tbo big tears gather in
your losing eyoa Yes ! I was so buppy,' I
I took (lis bonds in tniho and- we instinctively
' pressed thcin long in silence. Ho is travelling
l? for his health, was in Havana aud our Cousin
'Edward Ranches telographod him to cumo and
j visit hlsdiouse, an honor,. I lohl him, I envied,
fur I uiK-e had a far more eotafortahle
houso than my young married cousin, but ku
was thoonly Southerner here. Uncle, Cbarlos,
(Jus, and some of our friends, went to re.
j celve him.and he rede in onr carriage with
tlvuernl-F., who is at present in Havana With
: his family. I dined with them and all tint*
I eventing we enjoyed almost to ourselves, till
I they notified hiin that a Committee awaited
him at ihu Lyceum to make him au honorary
member, and we did not have our walk ontho
Place d' Aruier, as Wu had lutonded. He said
he know you very well and asked much about
you, where you were, Ao., Ac., and desired bis
kindest remonbrances and best wishes whon I
wrote; said he bad beard a great deal about
Urvenviile, aud the energy of tbc ladles there,
and how much had hecu done. You better be"
lieve I drtssed up my 'little witch' and be
took her in his arms and spohv "f his family
his little boy rear her age that Wolitd. ride-her
in the sleigh in Canada, Ac. T told him ?cv
bad worked together during the war, that
everything hiul been conducted, planned and
carried out by your novcr-failing energies and
the parl^Auila perforated, be seemed an fait,
aud kissed Nita With many endearing little
Speeches. Ho has a look of uicluecholy, stil|
he was entertaining aud niuusiug at times.?
> Joked about many incidents during the war...
My husband enjoyed his visit greatly."
Local Facetiae.
A wadw of the KnUrpri*e says: TTtal
there big fieet that Af. did write about, wc
know it all a fact; for we once heard a
u-an tell-about a cabbage away down in
Duneombe, whose height was so great, and
whose leaves were so br-ad, tluil four six
horse wagons and their teams kept them*
selves dry under Its f -Itage du dug a heavy
rr. flow, a W?-I?V<1 aon- of -Uclial
thought il wa? a hotiocor, and began iLia
yarn : " 1 saw." raid he, " sjitne ten thousand
men working on a kettle, and whilst
aiir.e i*1 thes-' men w- re tlve'ing oa its up- I
per rim, the ills'anee across ! dhimefer <
w.ts an great that the sound from the ham- I
ni?ra could not l>? heard f'om one aide to *
the other." " Now, ih it is hard to believa,*' I
> said he, who had a.'cn the cabbage ahove 1
alluded to?" what would he the uee of such 1
a kttl'l I* "Only to Ixdl a few bends of
your enbbage," was the reply.
A humorous North Carolii hn tells the
following nn?cd--to on the member sent
Item his county, as a representative in the
Slats Convention : Mr. 1* , being boo- ]
ored lo a a-nt in that sugnal body started ]
off, hound for 1 lie city of Raleigh On ar <
riving at G ??, he called oh an old and
highly rcpeciahle merchant. Rays P ., I
" Tate, egad, hnt yurine to the Convention, '
and I wants a pocket lukstand; Inn 1
gwine lo draw up a revolution when I git 1
up thare." 'Iha merchant replied that ha 1
would ha furniahed aae when ha took his '
seat. 8ava Mr. P " # ... t:-? 1
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h ?nd ma on* of them thnr feu cenU looking
gl pee;>*re etui fine eotnh, at lee gwlne
to ehare aome three, end I need* it, hare." (
The merchant answered egeia to hie friend, *
ihitif he hoarded with respectable while ,
people lh<r-, they would Inrnieh hie room ,
withe glee* Snyn our frleni, 'good by ,
Tele, eged, I em started to the Convention."
He proceeded et once to High Point, end
finding e train reedy, hut ihe engine point
od toward CharMtc. he took e aret. To
htm, Raleigh area the biggest place, and
centre of oreatiou, anyhow, end he supposed
ho eould not help getting there by either
end of the road. Ho he aoon reached Charlotte,
changed care end alerted on the South
I Caroline lUilroed. to Ka'e>gli, wna landed
et Coluntoia, S. 0., end finding eome ee
j quaiutanoe there, wee interrogated ae follow*:
" Hallo P , where In Ilia thunder
art you going t" " Eg?d," ahouted P .
"I am gwine to Raleigh, to help the Con
vention." How our friend managed to find
the way et leal will never ha known, hut
he eerteinly did gee there and offered a
revolution.
Tne following account la furnished ne a*
made out by one who had had a drop or
i i?? loo much in hi* eye; living not mom
i thnn * thoumnd mile* eff:
Co*I #>/ on* quart of ttkuky.?Oaah paid,
on* dollar; loo* (lira* day*' board, three
dollar*; loan two woeko' work, thirty dol
lar?; low Ave rteap, twenty dollar*;
Ion* of oaddlo beg* and slothing fittarn
dollar*; two vial*-laudanum, fitly
flout*; Dover* powder* and opium, fifty
cent*; eeeanaa Janiaioa ginger, *ev*nty-Av#
?*nU; bad feeling* for two weak*, owe hundred
dollar*; whUky to taper up. on* dollar
and fifty c> n*a; refi*otiona, two hundred
dollar* ; *or* hand* and ankle, flva dollar*;
loot of eharsotar for Ik* time being, fir#
hundred dollar*; m?>n*y Waoeooantad for,
fifteen dollar* and arWontyfira eantn; total,
ai^ht hnndred and Bin?ty-lh?da dollar*
Iw An ndrartiaar in tha LauronavHI* |
i Herald, wanta to- bay fir* hundred deg*.?
j If k* will eotn* op to OraonVilte, w* hav*
i wo doubt be ma got fit# thvuaai d, f 04# the
> ewfouodland to "auraof low drgjrae."
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' Theoloatcal Seminary. !.
The. closing exrre'eesof tUU iastitutfon
ira near at band We Iran that iheprlnsl*
[>al part of the performances will Mb?
place on Saturday, the * ! Hay of Key,
On the fn|l.?*-iiig Sabbath, Ehler it R,
GeAVrs, of 7he Mattel, Mrmphis TcnnrlSM ,
wiU pre oh the annual sermon before the
MUl-mrf Joclety of the Seminary,
K l. r Gratis is well known tn the-South
as ? in in of indomitable energy and parse
v nance. FeW, If any. Id the eetlm^tion pf
most pOi?p!? who have heard him, eurpase
liim ae as orator. \
We hope hh tisit to Greensille and the
Seminary will result in mutual good.
Seminary Boarding House.
This Itoase was established eight months
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Ru ?7 ?w rinii'j Ol ((10 tMITIIDirj, fof
(hi bepefll of young men who here to
(Unit Ite lectures. It ?u believed that
bonrd could Le redueed to 9(3 per month, *
sn<l the trial ?n made. The. result haa ,
more than tnet expectations. Studaota who
hare remained the who!* term" ha re had to
pay only $9.24, per month. This plaaaa
ill- advantage of the Seminary within the
r- acli id many who hare heretofore been
kept away Leee than $7ft.00 will pay
board for the whole term of eight months.
Catalogue ot the South Carolina University.
We hare reeeived the above Catalogue
fur tlie pi e.*ent year. The number of pupils
in atlendanoe U one hiin-lred and thirteen.
One student is from Qreenviils Diatiiol?II.
P. Qooowiw.
It r< propoted to tfstablish at Lanrens
Court House, a eo operative store: It " ia
nothing more nor leas than a comparative
tfort on the part of the eharelioldera to
furnish and supply their own fatniliee willi
all family Groceries, at the lowest possible
price, not to exceed 10 per oant. on the cost
laid down on the counter. The ahara ia
fix.d nt Twenty Dollars, to be cashed oa or
lie'*>re I ho convention. The plan is ea?H
throughout. The purchases to be for eash,
and llu* sates for eash. Monthly reports of
business done, arid quarterly balancing of
books, and dividends declared."
W? quote from the Iltr Id of the 10th
Inst.
Cedar Falli Democratic Club.
"A meeting of the' ciliseua of Greenville
District, was held at Cedar Falls, on Thursday* ^
the 9th instant, for the purposo of organising
a Democratic Club. On motion of Col. James
MeCulloug'a, a temporary organisation was
formed by calling Dr. James if. Sullivan to
tne Cbair. and rcqaoating John T. Donaldson
to act as Secretary. Upon accepting 'the call
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?m?iwwu mi umui); in ? urie^.
and appropriate meaner, declaring tlie ol>jccfc
of the mooting, and showing tho necessity for
prompt action. Tbo Secretary tlaon read a
Constitution, proponed for the government of
the Society, after which the meeting wee ad*
iircsscdLat length, by Rot. A. 0. Stcpp, who*
in an earnest and impressive manner, showed
the danger to which our country is- new exposed,
explained the riewe and prinoiplee of
ilio Democratic Party, and pointed out torn#
of tbo evils that must necessarily follow tho
il-'slructire policy pursued hy the Republicau
Party. On motion of N. Donaldson, the Cou- .
ititutloo was again read, and unanimously
idopted.
CossvrrrTlo*. '
Wr. the undersigned citUcns of Greenville
District, South Carolina, do agree to form a
Political Association, to be known as the Ct*
lar Falls Democratic Clnb.
The object of this Clnb will be the preserralion
of the Republic,.by adhering to and da
bnJing those prinoiplos which advocate Goa*
dilutions! liberty, the rights of the Slater,
ind the preservation of that peace and bar*
stony so essential to the prosperity and happiness
ef any country, hot eepeciatiy oars in its
present condition j and to aid la accomplishing
this ohjeet, the dissemination of true
Democratic principles. Upon thle platform
we will act in eoneert with similar societies la
this State, and with them eo-operate with the
Great National Democratic Party, and nee
every exertion to elect a Democratic Presi.
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-?...? >?ivhi mio ucnpuuc ana uncoilttitutionai
proceedings of Congress. We do
hereby pledge oersolves to Oppose the rstilss.
tion of the bogus or negro Constitution, end
support, et the polls, the Candidates nominated
by the fltate Democratic Contention, that met
at Columbia in Mareb last.
For the gorernment of onr Society, we
adopt the following Constitution : There shall
be elected as officer* of ibis ClnH, a President,
Vice-President, Secretary and Bxecutire Committee,
who, shall, respectively, perform the .
duties usually required of such officers, and
will remain in often as long as it meets tb?
spprobation of the Society, and is eoasLstent
with tbalr own feelings.
Brery one who approves of the priselples
embodied in this Constitution and will sign
Iks same, pledging himself to conform to tho
rules and regulations of tha Society, shall he
a member of the seme.
The regular meetings of the Club will bo monthly,
but the President may eonvena 1*.
oftencr If deemed neceesary.
It shall be the duty of the Kieeatire Com
mi lire to piepere business fur the Society,
but after |his business has been disponed of,
tbe Society may deliberate upon any subject
tbat may be submitted for Its consideration.
All business must be presented to the Socle,
ty in due form, and any measure, to become
valid, must be sanctioned by a majority of tho
members present.
After the adoption of t be'Constitution, a
CoiomUtes was, appointed to nominate
officers for the ReeUew lrw- ??
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were nominated and tinatiimonrly elected : Dr.
Jatncn' M. Hullivan, President; Col. Jatnes
MeCullongh, Vie* President) John T. Donald on.
StcreUt;; Dr. B. P. Went, Vincent Aortin,
Allen Chandler, Strottaer (iainee end Dr.
M. B. Harrison, K.xecotlre Committee.
/{eeo/rsd, Ti>at it ia the duly of erery man,
who la qnoliicd to go to the nelk, and rot*
against the ratilratinn of tb* bogus or negro
Constitution, an I rota for the Demooratio candidate*
for State and Dietriet office*. Tho
fit mar, nominated by the Cun rent ion in Columbia,
the Utter, by the Qnroaritle Qen?eratie
Clab.
On moth n, tb* Secretary wee requested to
furnish eopte* of tho proeeedtr.gs of tbts
mealing, for pw'dieatlon in the District pop re.
There ha ng no fbrther huslaeas heft.ro tho
Society, It was, on motlo i, sdliurn d.
JOHN T. DONALDSON, Sictmir.