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WNSBORO, S. 0. Sursay, Octobei 26, : 1876. JNO. S. REYNOLDS, Edtor'. FOR PRESIDENT, SAMUEL J. TILD.EN, of Now York. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, THOS. A. [IE .DRICiCS, of Indiana. FO". GOvERNoR, WVADE HAMPTON, of Richland. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, W. D. SIMPSON, of Laurons. FOR STATE TR'-AnT(,E S. L LEAPHA.R', of Richliand. T6Ot Co)'TROLLER OENERAL, JOHNSON HAGOOD, of Barnwell. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, I. M. SIMS, of York. 'OR ATTORNEY GENERAL, JAMAS CONNER, of Charleston. FOR sUPERITENbENT OF EDUCATION. HUGH S. THOMPSON, of Richiand. FOR ADJUTANT GENERAL, E. W. MOISE, of Smntor. FOR CONORESS, FOURTn DIsTRICT, J. H. EVINS, of Spartanburg. FOR SOLICITOR OF THE SIXTH CIRCUIT T. C. GASTON, of Chester. Voto for Hampton, and induce others to do the same. Everybody Must not only votc for the Hampton ticket, but wvork for it. The election of Chamberlain and his ticket mOanau more stealing and: moro heavy taxation. Voto anu. work for Hampton. Vote and work for the Hampton tickot. Tilden is RurO to winl, and we must join the hand of thoso wvho aroC working for him. Veto the wholo Democratic ticket. In voting for Hamptl)on, vote also for the entire D)emocratic ticket national, State and county. Vote and work for H-ampton. More depends on the result of Tuesday's olec tion thanii upo~n any over yet hold in South Carolina. Voto and work for the Himuptoni tickot. Chamberlain is a mniserable, time serving, self-sceking demamgogue Hampton is the peoplos candl~idato against his wishes. Vote and wvork for Hampton. Remember what a set of oflice holders-.-with fewv exceptions-we shall have, in Fairfild, should the( work for the Democratic nomineu. Vote and wvork for the Hampion ticet. The Democrat who stays away from the polls on Tuesdlay is a foe to himself, to his family and to his coun try. Vote andl work for the H~ampIton ticket. Think of the condIition of things that must result from the election of Chamberlain and Elliott,-the two greatest enemies to all that is right. Vote and work for the Hampltonl ticket. Other counties in the State. in which the Radical majority has alwvays b)Oon as heavy as that in F'airfield1, will roll up a handsome. majority for the Hampton ticket. Vote and work for Hampton. All the popJle of South Carolina earnestly desire peace, and this, it has been clearly demonstrated, Chamberlain can never mnainiiun. Vote and work for Hampton. The New York /erald advises the colored I cop'e to vote for lHmpton. Impress upon these people the im portatco o' their heeding this goodl advice. Vote and work for H amp ton. All Democrats sincerely desiroet a quiet election, andi they in- ( tend to haive it. The 1mn who does or says anything to bring on a e disturbance at thme polls must ex- a pant tn be hnld acontale .. ""xcreise patience, prddence and presence of mind on next Tuesday. Vote and work for' Hampton. The election of the Hampton ticket means peace, prosperity and progress for all the people of Soutth Carolina. With Chamborlain nd his crew in power again, the ,,fOst fearful evils will suroly-'follow. Vote and work for I-anpton. Vote and wer1c for the Hampton ticket. Chamberlain endorses Elliott,, Elliott endorses Whippor, mid Whippei is notoridusly one of the most corrupt wretches in South Carolina : therefoip, Chamberlain is quito as bad. -Voto and work for Hampton~ Voto and work for the Hampton ticket. Give all possible Oncouragement to the colored Democrats. and to colored Republicans who vote the Hampton tickeL See that they cast their ballots in freedom and in polace, and be ready to protect them in the potceful assertion of their rights of citizenship. Vote and work for Hampton. Chamberlain is a Massachusotts carpet-bagger who will violate every principle of deconey andl truth, to secure his selfish ends: Hampton 'is a high-toned, native Carolinian who is out for oflice only at the command of the peoplo whom he has faithfully served in the past. Voto and work for Hampton. The Present Outlook. While for the first portion of the campaign in the State all intorost was centred on Hunipton aid the national canvass was ignor.1, in the enthusiatini over the State ticket, a renarkable change has taken place since the elections in Indiana and Ohio. Tle prospects of Tilden have been visibly improving sinceo that glorious victory. The doubtors, of whom thoro is a noblo array of half a millioi, wero waiting for somo straw to show the direction of the current, now that the adiniuitration, in spite hortulan ef'orts, wias fairly beaton. They began coming over gradually. 0110 by one, then by twos and threes, .-!1 : (:!y a stampodo has taken piac. IEA y viisitor who retiuns froi the North brings the utmost gratifying tidings. Senator Ran dolph of Nowv Jersey wais in Colmun bia a few days ago, and said that New York, New Joersoy andi Ci . nocticutI aro sin e, that *Wisconkill is re garded as safe by Tilden, and that nothing but some11 disturbance in the South would muar the rising fo; t ncs of the Democeracy. A lRopuiblic.n1 recently from Penns~ylvania said that (een the Keystono) State was in dloublt, that the Demiocracy wero decidedly on the offenlsive, and that the Ropu)iblicanls woro) aplpreheonsivo. The Demiocratis overywhere are j ubi lant, and the Radicals are dlopressed1. It is reported that Governor Scott and Judge Carpenter are earnest in their denune11inition of Chamber lain for having by his proclamuation defeat ed their canudidato, Hiayce. Senator Robertsoni is just fr 0om Washington, andl is (iuloteo as say'ing that if he were a but ting man, Tilden wvould ho Iirst choice in tihe pools. The latost reports from Morissey's and1 Johnson's clubi 1rooms in New York show that the pools1 there stand for T1ilden $200) andl for Hayes $1601, while bets airt 100 to 4(0 that Tildont will carr~y New York. IndeedC( a majority of 50,00(0 in the State is claimed for him. A groat (degree of credit for this favorable asp~oet of an'airo is admit ted by our friends at the North to be (Ine to t ho forbearance of our petop)le here. South Carolina has been the centre of attraction for the p~ast three weeks. TIhoe promlpL contra diction of C5hamberlain's assortions by the Judges, the leading Republi canis, the bishops and ministers, the b)usiness men01 and Northern-born residents, has11 convinced respectable people1 at the North of the existence of no0 conspiracy to carry this State by the bayonet, and has dono tile Deomocratic ca use inlini to good. The prospc~t is very bi ight that Tildena will be elected by a hand. somei mlajority, and1( thazt ai now era vill dawn 1upon1 us. Lect oiur people1 lo their duty. Voto andi work for the Hampton icket. [coMM umIAem). Fair Notice. h~r. .Editor Next Tuesday is the (lay of eloc ion, andi we will then see wvho areO ur friends anud who are our enem11ies. Ve shoulld have personus at every lection box in the county, whose pocial i'iinelss it will be to see and eport the names of all no011ma1 who vote against us. These d teives,.it I may so call themo uld be at the polls in timie to so the first man vote, and shot'- remain there until the last ci'fotes. In this way we can "'ow who are worthy of our Jandsbip and assiistanco, as well as those who are unworthy and should not be in mannor whatever assisted by us. Thoso who help us to elect Gen. Hampton and his ticket, and theroby contribute to honesty and gji'l~ govoi inment, will desorvo and will receive our assistance and pirotoction. Those who oppose uts will not deservo any aid or assistance of any kind from us. We should turn the backs of our hiandls to them, and lot them tako care of themselves. We should not give any kind of om ployment t ) no of tL e r, n >r shou'd we rent them our houses or our lands, or sell them anything on a credit ; for if they are determined to continue their opposition to us in our efforts to obtaiu a good govern ment for themselves aid ourselves, lot thei take care of themselves, and by all Imans lot us have nothing whatevor to do with them. So long as they troat us as thoir enemies we should not have anything to do with thema. We have tried over and over again to convince them of their errors, and many scorn dotermined not to be convinced, so that the only plan now to treat them is to let then alone, and let then work out their own destruction-which they are now in a flast wt-y to do. NUFF SED. [COMMUNICATED.] A Card to the Christian Public. I live nen for some timo the superintendent of the Sunday School of our colored Presbytorian congregation at Ridgeway. The school was organized under the direction of our pastor, Rev. Mr. Richardson. I was conc-itously convinced that it was; my duty to voto for tho H nip o i Reform tiekot, amW B publicly d<. clared my intention. On last Sab bath mnorting. ! 0o S Sio-1 voted th t I should no longer conduct the exercises of tIO school, as I had declared myself ill favor of the reform party. Mr. Jack P. Jainev, although a member of a different (enomnination, took an active part in my dismissal. I ama rejoiced to say that our Stated Supply, Mr. Dillard, expostulatod and advised against the action-and I ain A 1ntby pr oid that several of my Christian sisters and brothers were opposed to this action. I. can appeoal 'to Royv. Mr. Rlichardson, and ask him if liy humble .Jfforts have not been con sisteont with my Christian p)rofessi- n, and my walk aind conversation, met der Divine grace, ever beeni such as not to meet thme atpproval of miy pastors. My Session may close thedir doors to mc, rtn~fio my humble 80orvices in onIdoavo ing to advance the mon1tial, moral, andl christian (i.2nditionl of their childron, excludo me1 from tile cozmfortaiblo assurances Iof their Sacramental table, and expl~c nLO from the church militant, but thanmks to my Hleavenily Father they cannot provent, unmder thme mercy of Goed, through the miediatio;n of my dear Sa~viuor, my being received inlto the Church Triumphant. Through the kindness of a geon tieiman of tis~ neighmborhmood, I have prioO mred a com11fortaible house, inl wihich I will continue to Pea' h Iovery Sabl ath muornin~ such coloredl chiiron as may) 1be sont to me. Respetmuly, 0. 1R. MEANS. Ridgeway, S C. .To the People of the United States. Wioil founded apprehensions that the cis ilization of our State is in danger of being utterly overthrown, amnd an1 over-ruling sense of duty to our1so.ves, our posterity and( tihe counitry at large, impej~l ns to make an1 authlentio stamtonmont of our actual conldition to the Americanm people, mf thei 1hop) that it wvill indu1ce thiem to exL0end to us.' their symipathy and aud in this distressing exigency of our alturs. There is so much at stake, that we cannot afford to be silent, or to withholdl any efort that may possibly b)0 of avail. F~or ten long woary years the white p)eopl1 of South Carolina have endlured a ionlditionl of things which anmy Northern State would have beeni templlted to throw off, in two years, at the point of the bayonet, if it could have boon done mn 110 other wiay. They boro and forebore, ill the hope) tat some returning 50enso of justice or happy stroke of fortune would [ring relief. But no such sonse of justice or happy stroke came01 to their relief, and hope) sieonod and( (died away in their hearts. At last they determined, as by a common impulse, and a natural and1( unlcontrollablo instinct of freedom, to make One supreomsoeffort for their redomiptioni ; but to make it under anid within the lawv. Those who hold authority hero, having through party affiliation reccess to the highest organs of political power in the country, and to the equally p~owerful organs of bhe partisan newvspaper press, have iuh)Oitd Ibsheonnni to tue vlst nirepresentations, and the most n'uel slanders. Some of these we lesire.to correct. Itis not true that the white peo le of South Carolina ai'e disloyal or lisaffeoted towards the United states Government. On the con rary, they are loyal and well affect Ad towards it. They obey it at home, and would defend it promptly Irom foreign aggression. It is not true that South Carolina, :r any of its.counties, is in a state Df insurrection or domestic violence against the government of the Stato; or that law and its process cannot be duly enfoiccd within her territolial limits; or that there is any lawful cause or occasion what ever for the Federal Government to interfore for the protection of the State Govei ninent against the vio lonce of her citizens. It is not true that the white peo ple o' the State are hostile to the colorcd people or have any design or disposition to abridge or infringe their political or civil rights. On the contrary, in their conventions, and in the speeches of their candi dates, for six years or more, the most pub-ic and solemn pledges hiave been given that all the rights of the tol )od people shall be respected an protected. The colored poople s.-i know that these pledges will be faithfully kopt. It is not true, that the few "Rifle Clubs" in the State are "combina tions of men against the law," or that they are engaged in "murder ing some peaceable citizens and in timidating others," or that "they cannot be controlled or suppressed by the ordinary course of justice." The President has been deceived. These clubs existed with the knowl edge and recognition of the Gover nor. The hostility to them of Governor Chamberlain and his coadjutors is recent; it is political, and is designed to affect the coiming election. [t is not true, that in the recent race collisions the white pcol)le have boen the aggressors. Their forbear ance, as in the Charleston riot, the unprovokod Cainhoy massacre, and the still moro recent assassination of a whito citizen in Edgefield, has been wonderful. The truth is that the leadors of the colored people, fearing that tho day of their power is drawing to a close, have excited their ignorant dupes, have su1)plied them with arms, have aroused their fears for the loss of their liberty, and have thus encouraged them to commit doods of violence. We may also affirm some th:ngs which are true : It is true, that there is in the Stato a most active, earnest and ex c-ted canvass to overthrow corrupt rule, and re-establish honest State government. This is a legitimate and lawful object which should command the sympathy and sup port of every lover of his country. It is not treamon to defeat Chamber l.in, nor is it insurrection or domos tic violenc- to elt Hanmp n. - It is True, that while the white rileo clubs are ordered by the Gover nar and the President :o disb)and tal disperse, the colored militia of the Stat'e are allowed to remain in organization and in possession of their arths, and to attend political meetings in military order with rifles mind other armns. The object of this discrimrination is as obvious as is the comparatively defoneeoss condition in which it p~laces the white population. We simp~ly ask what would the 1peopl1 of Nowv York or Massachusetts think or do upon a like application of the bayonet p)olicy to thenm under such circum staneo ? Fellow-Countrymen ! We have sought to plaice b)eforo you, briefly and in true colors, the condition of South Carolina; the wrongs of her p~eole, their pat iont forbearance, an I their new-born hopes. Not long rg > Governor Chamnberlain, in a tranisport of truthful anid genuine en thus 'smi, pla1i med to the p)eo. ploc <.f th coun try the startling fact that "the civilization of the Puritan andmu the Cavalier, of the Rloundhead andl Huguonot is in peril" in South Carolina. lie sp~oko those words under the inspiration of his bottor anigcl, for truer words lhe never s 0oko. And they are as true now a Laon. Thme peril is greater now than then ; fc r when thme worst and most dlegradled elemon ts of society en tor into or control a government, theore is too much reasionl to applrehend some catastrop)ho which we hardly dare to con templlate. S. Y. Tupper, Prost Charleston Chamber of Commerce ; WV. M Wightman, Bishop Methodist E. Church, South; W. B. WV. Howe, D). ID, Bishop of Diocese of South Carolina; P. N. Lynch, D). ID., B3ishop of Charleston; John Forrest, 1) D., Past r First Presbyterian Church; G. R. Br'ackett, Pastor Second Presbyterian Church; J. L. (irardeau. D). ID., Professor Theo logical Seon in ry; J. A. Chambliss, Pastor CJitadel Squmare Baptist Chum ch; L. Mdullor, ID. ID., Pastor St. Matt tow's Lutheran Church; WV. S. Bowman, Pastor Wentwomth St. Lutheran Church :P. F. Stovons, Pre~sby)ter Refornmed Episc(opalI Uhurch; WV. U. Yates, Chaplain to Se'amon ; Dav'd Levy, Minister Do'ngr'ogation; Both Elouim~ ; C. 0. WVito, Presiden t People's National B~ank ; Androwv Simnonds, President Lirst National Blank; A. S. Johnus on, President Bank of Charleston N. Bank ; L D. Mowry, President Union Bank ; Jacob Small, Presi lent Gormania Savings flank ; E. [-. Frost, President S. C. Loan and L'rust Co.; Albert Longick, Presi lent People's Bank of 8. 0.; J. R1. Ilobertson, Vice-President Carolina savings Bank. The Outlook for fildlen. The intelligent Republican news >ap~ors in the North, since the Ohio mmd Indiana elections, have come to retty g..n,-al am~reomen tat th Presidential contest is to be virtual ly settled in New York, and that he who carries the Empire State will be President. This is the position ( taken by the Independent press, but "organs" must not admit the pos sibility of defeat, and the claim is therefore advanced that the party of "good moral ideas" can lose New York, and yet olet Hayos. Tilden, as the Republican news papers toll us, labors under a host of disadvantages, and if, in spite of these, he can wipe out Grant's 63,480 majority in Now York, he certainly can carry tho adjoining States of Connecticut and Now Jersey. Greeloy was not palatable in New Jersey, and the Grant majority of 4,628 will not be hard to handle. As goes New York so go -Connecti cut and New Jorsoy, is about as cor tain as anything in politics. Adding New York to the Tilden column, substracting from it, for the mo mont, all States that can with any reason b questionod, and conced ing South Carolina to Hayes, the result is : FOl WMES. VoR TILDEN. Colorado, 3 Alabama, I( lii oii, 21 Arkimilm, G LowI, 11 Cixe.ticut, 6 Kansas, ) M1aino, 7 Floridu 4 Masachusetth, 13 (eogi I Michigan, ,t11 ian, MinnesotZ-, 5 Ketitacky, Ix Nebras"';, H Loukdana, 8 Nevada, 3 Arpmnd, 8 -New 11ampshire, 5 Missidppi, 8 Ohio, 22 Mirmtouri, 16 Pennsylvanin, 29 New Jorgey 0 1,1ho slaand. 4 Now Yor., 35 South Carolina, 7 I'nnee, 12 Vermont, 5 1'xam, 8 Wisconsin. 10 'irginia, 11 -West Virginia, 5 Totabama,61 ArkTotal, 186 The only States Cot accounted forare California with 6 electoral votes, North Carolina with 10, and Oregon with 3. If they should aill I go for Hayes, which is exceedingly unlikely, T1ilclon wvould still be elect od. having one mnore vole than he needs. There is no real doubt (Lllo01g Republicans that Tildeni will carry every.State on the list, and two or three more. Louisiana is the only Statte that is seriously clauincd as doubtful, and the 8vi enice from that State is pretty unixiin o is that t! o Democrats are in tho majority, and that there 15ill b 110 attemplt this year to count in Ito p~ublican candidates who are not, elected. ThNse are not Democratic esti matei The journal that akes them isV the Springfield reihlican, a paper of groat iWlluenco in New England, speaking without heat or prejudice, fon T a o Ind1penden epublican tandloint. It cconcedes, likewise, that California, Oregon vond the "two Carolinas," ire a dleast more likoly to all go for oilde than half of them for Hayes. Nevada too, left to itself, is Democratic state. Never before have the Ropubli cans admitted uat they might lose New York. They admnit it now, in insisingoi that Haye canDemocratodei thotmeaj ork this thr il oueo nthemp this Neithr mcon ini Ro1 publicant canidatletho aritot nThe! aentDmcai si Our own calulanas hare makes thore favorae prinil thReublican aJpaperb ofI goat inluecoino te ingladsaing thwciigthou hays.r prejdihee, l fro nuc rnevusnden ifputhca Sthanpol Imantdes .the presen Caroin," arf ditnleds sumis ilo ad gofordient thn law, hofwte r H~taye aduNjustda Noo, loft toil,'is a emcri Statete.lcton Teebuiren ofv the Ropubli tionso admistate that y"igt alose thew dYof They admita At nowli intopoideg i tha te tao elecrte reitrtouNw ok This elcos. out ter question other misatur fnor ofutegm)ot, av e united inithout toefuseor. ad tan saos an-a any ownia aculanioncearnod stil mre avable thano hst if the elein of Tilden is votrsain Sues Cnaring th coin then das. ind thmer. i i inteto suchrb-sin ifethe aotertnd Theples emaint knowledgiow ave ofedieneote the lwde howvs tarbiotrary fnd rus beallt-o tuigaer. hrfom Thf reui en of the cononlasTtu etion ls hae oisngly viedal to the dty the Giti al nee ssofembly oVery sesious rorh Legisltsunrefor thel whiend or edr votest and ofdem otcand haCaeonsetrat ie votey as dischared. with Radisses Ofrraer o thatpeope have ntdi t u alainautadiRadia thaty endcal consrvative oreait and sopeakrs edior oicalohrt actii ocernedswru the eatraats t no~ hat i the numerdiqaloiyisd soewere abouth Carolin. The covicton onhhe dsig ofiny matatt Itis intjndedt wsb kolrge swo bae insueraet and widnrci the dor oed tor fraudir inadvanc.-The 'ufeing anthtrll forms was violtion Bt thaoton laws gThe votoe acUiyeoted a ess fio tie lthiy yeasoi tccodingy vaete 1840 and poliica showsite ofec Veryatoo thris Statrexit an rer Incease te anpcinum o bt 47f0 the blaksto ave booeed foer the ofn lDeriocrabti 77-10 Conervaetv. votr annm Thpaed whit Rouationl. Our 180eades 290000 theak w41hav 000.y maintaied cehau take aita Yer inghs bthn te popaion man tonsdatv rit,0r0 and eakert, 67d,000s This oiers an ncetase ofu the0 Thloed onvition for the five of many was that thimjrywa rears of 8 per cent. per annum, or m increase over the average of the >rovious thirty years of 7 27-100 per .ont. per annum. The bare state nont shows how preposterous is is. L'he takers of the Census of 1875 yore narrow-minded partisans, uni ormed, and set to a task which was ;o be of profit to themselves and enefit to their party. They had >vory motive of self-interest and p)arty feeling to exaggorato thonumi ber of the colored population. They vore paid so much per capita, and 3vory fictitious name ropresented money in their pockets. And wien thy camne ill from the coisus field with so many names hanging to their belts as trophics evideneing their party and raco zoal, of course they woro much commended, and put in the way of higher prouotion. Thu white population is put down at what seems a more rosonable figuro. The colored transcends all bounds of probability. We may accept as8 an approximha tion to the truth the figures given of the white populationi in 1875, 351,000. Now apply the ratio of increaso (77-100 per annum) derived from the thirty previous years to the black population of 1870, 416,000, and we have 423,000. This will give to the whites a voting power of about 70,000 and to the blacks about 86,000, or a black majority of 16,000 This as a result is iloro to be relied upon, we think, thin the State census of 1875, which exagger ated the increase of the population beyond all bounds, and reported the white voters to bo 74,160 and colored 110,800, or a black majority of 36, 640. In the election of 1874 Chamber lain received 80,000 votes, of which perhaps 10,000 were white. These white votes have molted away from him largely. Grenn received 68, 000, of which perhaps 15,000 wore black The linos of division of the voters are now altogether differetiit from what they were then. Organi zation, spirit and determination are now on the Democratic side. Thto white voto is almost solid for limIp tonl, and a considerablo nonber of' white voters who have boretofore for soveral years refused to go to the polls will now come out and give him their support. The whito vote ii nearly all on11 way, and will be re inforced by this class of discontet od persons, estimated to be some where between 6,000 and 12,000 The colored vote is divided as it has never boen. It is safe to con concludo that a number equal ito the numbor cast for Green, 15,000, will now be given to anipton. The prospects of his election are thus scen to be extremely I romising. The white vote is nearly all Domo cratic, it will Come out inl complete force. it is full of hope and spirit., aid will be augmnnuted by an Afri can contingent of betwoon 10,000 and 20,000, and perhiap even moro. The colored vote is divided, large numbers being Democratie, or I-am pton 1Republicans, and ai great many uncertain what will be besit for them to do, and so likely to refrain fromivoting t-ll. Give HI;m oton, then (65,000 white and 10,000 black, and we have 75,000. Give Chamberlin 60,000 black and 5,000 white, and we have 65,000, or a majority for Hamplton of 10,000 votes. This is but a reasonabmle expota tion, if our estimates are corret, and we havoe not a particle of doubt that they are. But to achieve this splendid result we must work (lay and night, and work in the right The Recent Alken Arrests. [ From the Xmw York Hfera'l. ] At Aikon, in Sonth Carolina, on Friday, there was a D~emiocratic p~aradoe and meeting. At the close of the meeting the United States marshal arrested Col. Butler, w ho had headed the parado(1, and1( several others. This is a neat way of making arrests. Jt does not sh ow, how~ever, that the Federal marshal had the fear of "unlawful combina tions" before him.~ He scoms to have acted entirely wvithout featr that any one would resist his mandates. WVhat offen1ce the arrested porsonsi are charged with the telegaaph d oes not inform us ; but as5 it was1 aI Fede ral officer who took them priisone~rs they must be charged with soime crime against the United States. 'We remark that here in the North a p)olice oflicer (lees not usually select a political meeting as the place to make arrests of persons who evi dently are not flying from justieo. Such a course would ho thought in decent, andl if the p~ersons arrestedl wore promninent citizens, not avoid ing the law officers and easily tatken in a mere quiet lmannor, to seize them in a p)olitical ineeting would create hero a good deal of indigna tion. as being needlessly irritatig and offensivo. Such acts as this in the Southl remiindls us of the remark of a vehe ment but honest Rlepublican, on his return from a visit to New Orleans after the dispersion of the Louisianma Legislature. He had gone South with some beliefs, which wore changed by seeing how matter's really steood there. "The first thing we of the North ought to remeumber. when we think of the SouthernI whites," said lie, "is that they also are, human beings." Suppose a policeman or a sheriff's oflicor had ar rested Blaine as he stopp1el dlown from the platform at Cooper Ins ti.. tute tihe othei evening ? \Vha t a howl of indignation we shiould have heard, and what complaints of the madecency and the desire needlessly to irritate an audience involved in such an, act. * The indignation and complamnts would have been just, too. But why should Federal mar dhals make thiemaslves needlersly >ffensive in South Carolina just low ? There is already excitement mnough there. All good citizens, no [natto* with what .atoiyte, [tro clothed, ought to take pains to allay excitement. What is nooded thereis to calm and not to oxasperato men's tempors. We are glad to hear so far of no resistance to the pro coss of law by the whitos; and we trust they will submit quietly and choorfully to whatever is done, and stand ready at all times to protect their political opponents. A Signticant Political Straw. Thia morning, as the western express was neaing Philadolphia, a long-nosod man undertook to ascer Lain the political proelivities of the passengers. Armed with paper and penoi1, his first onsluight was direct ed at the smoking car. Hero the vote stood six for Hayes, six for Tilden and twenty-two for "None of your damn business." Slightly dis. couragod, he tackled the next car. Eight men voted for "'.Dry up," two for "Go bag your head," an old lady threatened to call the conductor when lie spoko to her, and a oross. eyod individuial recorded for Ben Butler. The vote still stood six for Hayes and six for Tilden. In tihe third car, the first one lie ad dressed was an old gentleman mufflied up in a shawl : "Hayes or Tilden ?" "Ehl V'" "Hayes or Tilden ?" "Speak a little ldor, please ; I'm awful hard of heaiin'." "ITa.yes3 or Tildon ?" again shouted long-nose, growing purple in tho face. "What's hay a tol?" "No, no ; Hayes or Tilden. How do you voto'?" roared long-nose. "What's iay a ton? Got an ovor-, coat ?" That voto was not recorded, and long-noso pass"edl to the next seat. Horo a gentleman snapped out "Haves," und an intoxicated in r vidia', who was interviewing a bla bottle, growled, "Whiskey, by tiun. der." As the next gent loman was rc coided for Tilden, an old lady who was soated by his sid rose up as if in horror, anld grasping the arm of the collector of straws, sihe excited ly em-timod : "Mir.,if th:d man wants that hor rid Tilton for President I want you to know that I'm bilin' hot for Beecher." The vote for Beecher was duly reeorded. The nextparty addressed W1s a woman. She Was dressed in gra y hair and a pair of gold spetlL Ch s adi in a sharp tone announced her canIdilato a.4 Victoria Woodhull. Then three giggling girls avowed their preference for any good-look ing- Young man, and things went along swimmingly in this way every body recording their N otos, although neither Hayes nor Tilden appeared to be tihe popular candidate. An the condaetol' was passing through Ie recorded in favor of Ton Scott, and sont lolg-iose out on the plat form to interview ia couplo of brake mon. "Are you for Hayes ?"' lie mildly TJhiey lookod at e'tch otheri a me mont, exc.hanged winks, and then onei solenmly said : "' Who's Hayes ?"' "Oh, I s(0 you1 aire for Tilden," laughedl loing-mnso "W ho's Tulden '?" soloemuly asked. thre oilier. "Comec, come, boy3s ; you know whol they mre. Who do yon voto for ?" "Which one sets ont a free luncli?" wasi the w''lenoii repl)y. ".Free hmoh !' exclaimed long.. nos , "Why neilher of them. They areC rinring~ for P resident, you know.' "ining~l for President ?" saidl both] , in chorus. "Ye.s." "Wecll, don't stop1 'em. Let 'em rim," they both mrournufully urttered. Thm(n lonig-niose lost his temiper, mai shunmr ing his p~encil and paperii imto his picket lie angrily, exelaimed, "IJ might have known you fools of bioys couildn't vote." Then those wiced b ~rkeomen arose in their might, i'twisted1 their horny hands in lonmg-nse's collar, jammed him against the doocr, knocked a set of f dse teeth down hris throat, and wh-m thy vhad grown f tired of lam muing hhu i, hras fauco resembled thoe rough side of a hash house beef strak. Then. seizing him by tihe heals, t hey diragged himi int > bn(aggago car,. tossed him into th' ('ornler, and, after emptying a bucket of cold water over his face to assunago his thirst for p~olitical informrationz, the~y left himn to p~ondor on tire in grmti tudo of rep~ublicsl. Inmitation imbu r'ger choose has b~e'r mnufacre i'd so su1(cessfully ini Wis.onin~, that famiiois living noar' the factory were obliged to closo their wind )ws. Said one anpronfstihon to another "Aly boss5 is a lbetter man to work for than yorur old man. My boCss amd udaways round1( his shop inter ferinig with his ownusins. 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