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WINNSBO1O, S. C. Thursday, Nov. 16, : 876 JNO. 8. REYNOLDS, Editor. Hampton Speaks. Governor Hampton has issued the following address to the people of South Carolina: To the 1eople of the tate: In oftring to our people my heartfelt congratuliktions and grati tudo for the grand victory they have won, I venture to beg them to prove theinsolves worthy of it by a con tinued observance of good order and a rigid preservation of peace. Let us ,ihow that we seek only the restoration of good government, the return of prosperity and the estab lishmnent of harmong to the whole people of our State. In the hour of victory we should be magnanimous, and we shoultd strive to forgot the animosities of the contest by re calling the grand results of our success. ProscribImg none for difference of opinion, regarding none as enemies save P4ch as aro inimical to law and order, let us all unito in the patriotic work of re doming the State. By such con duct we can not only bring about good feeling among all classes, but can most surely reap the best fruits of victory. WAE HAMPTON. The Demooratio Organization. We have more than once taken occasion to express it as our judg ment that the Democratic organiza tion in South Carolina should not conse to oxist when the election should be over, but should be con tinued for some time longer. We are now more than ever convinced of the wisdom of suh a course. It is plain to all that though the Democrats, after a free and fair election, have won a splendid triumph, yet the Radical leaders are loth to surrender, and will do all in their power to un-lo what the woo plo havo (on0 at the ballot-box. They nvst of course be resiisted, an'd musi be confronted with the strongst polit ical b(ody possible. Essential to stirenigthi aJilontg the Denocrain in the conti'nunce of that splhad.id orgimization throiugh which they irouted the Radical crew oil the svenlth. In this count.y, there are several niattern re'mahiling to be colsiderod by the township Clibs an1d by th< County Couvention, and ther,e should be no change whatever in the organization of the Democrats. The matter of "Preference, not proscription" renmains to 1)becon Merod an~d dleteirmined, and1 there toI her subjects of equal moment 'dust conunland1 serions con - *.jon. This can11 be had only ing a dtho Democratic organiza tonled -selnting, as5 it (loes, all the avenue, Mts of the county. We tohher o - that all the township Ih s Ioun their organiza sweetest smidding termeig don't noglectoing all other things :noceEA n 'i continuance. 'on Offical Uhonds. It has been a subject of frequen t comumnt that the lRadical officials in South Carolina during theo past Gighlt yearss have hazd little or no trouble in making their otheial bonds ; and the most surprising thing of all is that a majority of their sureties have been D emmorats, or Conservatives. However ex cusable t's may have been inl thle palst-in siew of the fact that party lines have uevor before been rigidly dlrawn--the time is certainly comie when~ it is inl no( sonsoC proper. Rladical (ofhiials als a class are those mnen whol have given life and strength to the pairty, and haveC used their ofjicial positions5 to the injury of that very class of citizons from among wvhom they procure their aureties. Any aid given to them is an aidl to the enlemy, and there can! 110 longer beo any goodl exensO for it. The meon who go to the negro for Otico, ignoring the whiite man enutirely, should go to tihe negro for the me1:015 of retaininlg the~ ofimee. The men who ignore tho wvhites and their interosts in a p~olitical contest, shmould inl tur beim l ignlored~ whienl they stand in need of sureties. T1hie lino mst be drawn in this matter, as it hais beenI dIrawn in tile p~oiiticall contest now dIrawing to a close. In Fairfield, this subjet is one of peculiabr importance. '111 (coun1 ty of0lcers ju1st elected are, with a few exceptions, utterly lunwvorthy and wholly incompetent. They are mostly Itadical wire-plllers wrho have received offico as thle reward of thmeir labhors for the party. Tholy ar.e really thet enem~liOs of thet ta~x pa'yrs, wVhether ionsciously or not4. They have (11o08en their part anid they should be left to manage for thomnselves in the matter of their bonds and iu all other particulars. We hlope, nay, we bolieve, that there wit the Democrats who will now aid 4ny unworthy office-seeker to get the poSitioll to which an igno rant constituency havo lifted -hini. Let sucliokers find their surties if thoy can, from anong their own., party friends. And when they are. found, let it be clearly ascertained that they are financially sound, be fore the officer shall enter upon his duties. Wo would suggest that the Democratic County Convention, whiehl we presune will meet on the last Saturday in the present month, i take somo action in this matter. Thu imembers are the duly eiosen representatives of the vist majority of tho taxpayers, and from them sliould como some1 distinct expres sion of opinion on this subject. The State Canvassers. The article which we extract from the Charleston Nelos and Coru-ier, having for its subject the powvers and duties of tho State Board of Canvissors, possesses peculiar in terest at this time. There is, every reason to believo that tile Radicals will resort to the most unllawfll anlot revolutionary measures to pnt in their men. They havo been fairly beaten at tile poll, and imuist needs try some other imethod wl.orchy to coitiliue their hold 11pon the State. The most, conveieir t plan, of course, was for the commiisioners in each conilty to maIlilipuilate the ballots in such a way as to show ia majority in f.rvor of tihe Radical caididiateF. But this is rendered imporsible from the fact that onl each board of election COLmmisloners there is 0ne Democrat, whto would s0011 put 11 stop to any such proceeding. The next and the only thing to be done is some11 action onl tlio part of the Stiate Canlvaslsers whereby the figures m1ay be chlanged. Tle pres etI pin Seems to be to thiow out thet v-o'e of some(! of tile (olllties ill Which tile D eloerats have large majorities-itably Barnwell and Edgefieid. Tii proceuire is dis tinctly foresilodwd ill tile state nitet1 Of ile 1111iiill sheet at Co lumb11ia, thalt "to admlit. the vote of Eltgeield ald BaI'llwell vouIld be to sametion revolution. mot to im I niou01ve the result o" ui.i election." T11i-c jiltclitioln of tile Board is silmply to t.colplish by the exercise of a poweri 'aIX do no1 t pJis4sess, what. 1.-v *.rt ' l. eln defeated of at tile polls Jiis %'ill not do, and it muist nmot be. Thi Mturnl froum the gov'ernor of Soluthl Cai .ili, andi for tihe other Stato ofics '.the peCople believe, andio thely arl prlie parlied to proveg that. these~ gentle meltn are theo l'glly cIIhoe State otlielrs. Hamlptonl says' lie is elect edi, and thea p)1op le lieve hlilm. - It' will thlerefolre be0 a task at once ilegal, dhiflicuilt and dlanigerouls for the Illical Boardl of Canivassers to counlt out tile duly elett1 State oflicers nIominiated by tile D)emlocrat .e tried in Loulisianla ai few vears aigo, anid it ledi to aii1 luptre which did thle Radicai l prty no0 good10. Thie ueople of Southm Caro'Ilinwt. byi whose5t lawvful votes Hampll~ tn 01anid hi~s as sociaites haive) b~een elect ed, arel nto mlore wiillig to ho0 chea'ted of their rights thani wore tile men11 ofi Louisi ana11. JTe BoardV of (Canvassers ImShd 1best look betforle thley leapij. Ihuump recognlize andit dectlalre thle result of it e lection, the beOtt~t'r forl them'1l and1( for' theo pace of the a St ate. The Vote of the State, TJhe foloing is thle latest r'eport (If the St ate eect ions : 'VIE voPiE Fon1 (ouvEI NIonI. Aiken.........742 Abb.eville......187 - Andersbon....,03i . Beauiifor't........ -. 5,330 Charleston.... - b;,223 (Clarendtn . ... - 5(i Colletonl.......-. I,179) .harlington... -..- 7't. Edelicild.. . . 3,225 F.aablieldt... - 673 (GeorgeI~wn.l. --- a L,750( Greilljie. ... 2,4413 Irt y . . .... 1,352 Lanashr . .305 Laurens .ol . . . ..1,7 2 MarLtlionl.........('57 Newberrl1y.. -- 565 O)conee...... 1,559 . O)rangeburg.. - 1,599 Picens....1,648 - Iheihlanld.. . ,2 Spartanblurg..3,210 1,42 Smutetr..........- 1,433 Union.......,.7557 Williamsburg. -- 686 York.........786( - Ttal.I.....,..24,101 22,87-4 Not Demnocrautic majority.. ..1,23( Hamp111tonl run 115considerably ahmeatd of the ticket, andt Timnou's n.imjoit is thereforo smaller than his-L-being estiinated at 729 in fourteen coun ties. The chances are therefore that the electoral vote of the State will be cast for the Republican nominees, though it is by no weans certain. The State Board of Canvassers are now in Session, ite Democrats being represented ... by MIessrs. James Conn er, 'J. D. Pope, L. F Youians, Jio. T*.Rhett and Louis E. LeConte.! The time of the Board 1a1s thus far been consnied in discussing its powelS uider the State Constitu tioI. I 11as 1m1olileed that the coultilig of the Votes - would begin this morlning, the Ith inst. The Radicals doubtless mean to defiatud tlhe people out of wvat they wVOn onl election.-daty, but this i Ischeme will -nolt Viucceed. The Democrats are on the aleirt, and they will not stibiit to be cIeited out of their rights. Tljden has one1 hundred and eighty-four electoral votes, with Florida, Loluisu'iana and Solith Caro lina to hear frotin. lie nees one mior vote to elect him. The latest advices are that Florida has gone for the Democrats by about twelve hindred major ity. This elects Tilden. Several companies of troops have gone to Florida and Louisiana, it being apprehended that the aivasE ing of tile election retullls in those States may give 1ise to disturb anLlCes. A munbher of promienit gelitelmenl fromi the Nortli hILve golle to New Orleans, to N itiess tile cani vassi 1ig of tle lreturns, and to counsel peace. Governor and Legislaturo. Teir.e is no1 doubt n1ow that Wlade Ilaimptoll and the whole of the e.m1 didates on the Delloer.tic State ticket are telecteid by a handsoie ma1jor-ity, fuid that the DeinoCrats live t nijoiity ill the Genral As sembly on jouit ballot. The next (Ilestion is. Whethler - the State Canvasn l a aslay power, 'Or what power, to deprive the Democerac.'y of the fruit of the:ir victory. Articl e IL1 Section 14. of lie COn stitution of 1out.11 Carolimi, declare s 'chhouise shall jdeof t11' </e/ionl rlrnind quialitientionis of' its own inembu s." Alt icl Tff, S ection 4. declares: - reuhrns of er'ri c(/ion o Go-1rrnor' 1 shltl be saled up by the nagers of l'Jet'ion in the1i' Ir - sItivt Com A ties, 1and.1 trans.millit ted by nultil to the1 S uI: ofg~ove'rnmaent, dIi roeted t a thle Scretar oi.(f S t.de, who hl~l dei'ie themii to the Si e .ker of t he H~ouse <.f lIepresentaU t..ves att the1 next ensuling~ session1 of Ith Gt eneratl Assemlbly, and4. aI dupli ent of said r'eturnsi shlMIlI be fi withI thet (Cler'ks of the Courts of s, d Counties, whtose duty .it shall Sta8te ('0 ettiledt cop therol'tf, upon being mt. illed that. the reotuis pre0 Ibeen'l receivet, 't his oflice. It shall11 be0 the duy fth Scetryo ta te, aiter (1 tile < . .irat tin of seven vt s l u 11V'Iv been1 (couta - 1, if the re-t 11uins thereo04 f [(oni 11W o lityV have't Cl'erk of' . te( ou rt of s-tid C amty, iln his (41lice to be lot w.trdled f'rt 2' dli ver li'I he rtuns t'I te Spea'1ker' of the Iltinse of Ii trsenl4tat (ite t the1 1netxt. tensuin g se.(Ion50 of . tho (1 enerial Ase 1l ; land diii in" tiie lirst weeki of t he stession1, or1 its soon 11s the~ Genen4il A sse'inblyii shtall I ve I (ouses. 'l'hle per'son'tIl~ haig thie highiest numberl'01 of vtes shaltl b1e Govteenor;1 but if two or more( shll be eqlt an~5 hilt t in'b414 vofes It'h GenendL Asstem l'O y sludl,( dur0 ifng theii sam sesion,u U.he House of b i'p resenta1veswhoos one1 of Otth4lem (Ghvernor,1 viv, reitl8. l'o/rstl/ Stht/utts fior' lins:rnor ha// be w <,leternifeflit (1 thia nera stiit dvsem Aticle I:iI ,~ ''( Se tio ~1, /declares:14 fat' alletos 4hIby ((11 Ithe~ty 1x1ople unde this' Const 4/ itto, lthe person~g44 or tllii 1 pers1ns wh shal l11eci the be ehied eted."fI( V( )'tl' t . 41hapiot'r I' I eto 2,lie /' cn/t s, tfhe y sl/in y ('ilr rnor,1 (ift t' Gral Atembly, by plccurrn teutonshalln ee in dutoe intame. the twon< //euoas o/' tlepr(senaer Asha//, de/eie 0it4 /./te i he tlcs. , thteide the enenawheention shing tbo thled ent Stie oft nrticl (AHilf the2, tt Consiiutonis cardto, sam pr desin hthey q hall, by crlon currtl h olti on dfore w ho ~eris d"yceeand entitled tuceso enter chosen nd .qualified,") "to take plaCO in not less than sixty nor more than ninety days, at which the qnalified electors sAll proceed to v,to for a suitable person to.. fll the office of Governor. Chapter VIII, Section 26, IRevised Statutcs, in defining the duties of the Board of State Canvassers, de clares "they shall havd power, and it is made their duty, to decide .all cases under protest or contest that m11.4y arise, w/hen the powerWJ so to (o does not >y t/he Co/stitution residc in some other body. The Constitution and Revised Statutes of South Carolina are thosoe adopted by the Repulblican party. and are the tests now to be applied to the elections. According to such tests the following results ensue: 1. The election rpturns for imim boi s of the General Assembly shall be judged by eachi house. With. sllh retuinti the Canvassers have nothing to do, except to report the num1iibeor of votes east. If fraud las been colllilitted, each house shall decide that matter for itself. 2. The election i eturns for Gov einor rie to be judged by the (,en eral Assemnbly: 1st By thle Speak er- of the House of Representatives opening the rehurn. scialed ip lby 1 he .A MaLn1agers of Eiie.atiens in, their respetctive countaeus, v nd publishing the samle in the preseue of botn1t luwies. 2d. In cawe of at contested election for sneh ofice, (if the Oleu eral Assembly by concuirrent resolu 10on (ntertanIi tle S.nne.) eachi Ho~u~e shaHi proceed, se-p..ntely, to hear ail deteimiine the facts, and decide thereon. And here again the Canvassers mve no wai k to do, ex ept ti report the number of votes cast. If fraud has been coleumitted, thei General Assembly aflone (ait hear anid detoliine thle fa(.ets and~l decide. thereon. In both of these Vases the Can vassers ire, by the lang4uage of the devised Sttt, exprealssy prohibit - (t froni decidinig in cise of protest or onitest, since 'he power to (o so re-sides inl b0me other bodly by ihe ex p use language or t he Constitution. - nc 1a)d Cmrier. Tho C1 lost n Rot. There was niother -eriois rioti in Ch:rlestn on1 Wediesday, the8t his'. Tine negr i's, angry 4and ex. cited at the Delloiratic ietory wre assembled ioii the co-it honse. when an alt ereat ion took place at the bulletin I boird of le Xews tmd S'urier, betweeln Mr. Mackey and a citizen, about the elect ion of Haye... anid C1tit nhrlain, which result ed inl a riot. A pistol was fir ed, aid a negrO iminneidately rushed to the ciurt house and said Mr MAckev h:ud b.(en shot. Tihle crowd raise' ia yell and tishied ( dowl to t he bullet inl board. The whites stood thei: 4trlma ailnd reeived the it tack ihr I y. Anothetr pisiol wvas tired, and theln a dozen il i aplid Stlecessio n. towar~ds Chuitrch street, whlere they Whtn i t he (-rowdl reai'chd ti-c station hoewever, had stat ioned twoi mieni al the stat:oni house doer who sneeeed In .A mean whil~e, a blac'k nmn was the signal for a ge-nerail volley. Thie whites retiuned thet. fire, mal forl at least teni mxintes the fusible was kept up. tie pmliec being powerless to s-top t he distm-b1 )znce. In ihe mean(m time the whlitfel begani to) n 1ly. A t lea1st live liumidi ed adi tlw ith iflee reporlted att thle ci~ti ' n -he nise. TheIc Uiited St ates :iri ri ad .(kncratl Iimiit. f ero a-e wih the chief osi iolic, had asquud of pelieeiiien ba:cked hiv a mnh tler of volunteercs isentf au to qlul the r iot. The nolb, hiowen.: on lening1i. thalt thle soliers had arri ived, a''sp ese, 01ni b y six 'cilic-k all was ( quii:. 1i. ii IL. Walker, a 5(on of thle p) iuientgo~t lon lner einuini, (ho. If. Wailker, was killed,. andio se veral othe lOT hi .e eitI izenis wh(e woundel~. O.ne nuegi I was killed. anid TIWh bhaivior o1(f the (o'01e ol )1ice wasi inifamiions. I--liad of i~din~g to huelIl t lie riot, t he1y tooick paurt with theC rioetrs, mal Illll nmbrsof them11 wIee s(een toi tire on the wi tes. TheW negr~ es were suppiedi withi arms by ihij'andc lBowen, andi while Ihey'haid Io assion1 of the str ee tr their conldiuct. wasi- sa(vage an.d tin. ' ishi to an1 inlexpressilble dt( gree-. A fte th Ile io t, at a1Ii meeting b e t weeni G en. H-unt,1the mayor and aciti zen's commliiitte, it was aigreed that t he 11ha1rge oif nm111intauin ing thie pieace of thle eity shoutld be confided to (n. l1lu1nt, and the cityv, at last nerounti ts, wa s 1practical ly ini the hands1 of thle Unitled Statbs tr~oopsi. At. onie oif the voting precinlets- in (Charh-s' en a genIt lemanll asked a coloried argni:iIaitane to vo tei for Ilininpton, Tiihden, andl Henidricks. Thle coloredei man1 rled' tha111t lhe "willned to1 vote for Mr. HmLuhl letonIl aid 31r hiTlildenl, buit he cou hin't vote for Caain H endrix, as lie had him holo(kd up in the Gualirdl 11onse1 to ofteni." A comipr-omise was efreeted The ai--brakes of a locomnotive uipiin the New Jiersey Cen tral Rail. real, gave w~ay as. the train en terM' 11he Depot at Jersey City the other day, and Ithe (entire'i tin ran ofl the~ traek, crosseSRd abou1)t sixty feet of bi dred thrbonu ai butildinig, p)lnged into thle river. A ne(w produllct hais beenI dlesignied ats a sublstitu1t( thr leather. It is tibr'e nd miar'ine mo10s abundant on the Nowv En~glandl~ coast. It can lie bronzed, silvered, varnished and otheorwian treated like ordinary leather. RUNNIING FOR GOVERNOR. Mark Twain Exporlences a "Campaign of Defamation." A few months ago I was. nominat ed for Governor of the great Stato of New York, to run111 against Stowart L. Woodford and John T. Hoffman, on anl independent ticket. I some how felt that I had one prominent advantage over those gentlemon, and that was goQd character. It vas easy to see by the lewspapers that if they had ever known what it wa.s to bear a good amc, that timo had gone by. It was plain that in these latter years they had become fanil iar with all manner of shanfil crines. But at tho very moimeit thalt I wias exltillg ily advamntage and joyimg in it ilm ecret, there was :L iiuddly 11(lereulrelit of discom fort "iriling" the depths of my happilloss -nd that was the having to hear my1N, 11 11e hnd1led abolt in f ouniliar' c(nnlection with those of such peo ple. I -rew moreand morodisturbed. Winally I wrote t) Iy grandmother about it. Her aini' swer cao quick and sharp. Sh4e said "You hi:ve lewver done One single thing ill ill your difo to be ashaied of -not onie. Look at the ncwspa pers-look at thein and eolprollend what sort of charcturs Woodford a1nd (ofmiian are, and then see if you are willing to lower yourself to their level and1l eniter it public enlnvass with them)." It was ily very thought. I did not sleep at single momnlt'llt that nivht Bit, iftei' all, I col1d not receode. 1' was fully colmmitted, anid ust go oil with the fig'it. As I wNas loolii~r iistle.1ly over the papers at break fast I (amttle across this paragratph, aid I may truly s:1y I never was so (n011foullde,l 1 betfore: "I.: Y v.-Porhiaps, now that Mr. Ma rk iw.tin is ibeore ta: People ats1 a candilate for Cr )vornor, ho will (old(H('esen1 to explain how h caie to bo conivieted of perjlry by thirty tour litnesses, in Wkawak, Colin China, in 18:-t-he intent of which perjury was to 01) ibt poor native widow and11 her. helpless Imily of a me-igre ph1tati .n Inteh. their oil'y stay n:1up t in their herealvl iel.t w0nd1 (esolatiol. Mr. Twain OWeS it to himltlf. a.s w, 11 as to tie .Ilrvat p-4)l-le whorste suifflge he a1sks. to clear the imattor up1). Will he do it. !" I thought I shalid bI ur1st with a111ize1mnt ! Sulch ia crilel, heart les.;s ca'lrge--I iever had see Cocbin Clhnia! I neve-r had heard of \akavatk ! I didi't kniilow at p1ln tition patch from a kangaroo ! I lid lot kinow whiat to do. I wats (crazed an11 helpless. I let the day slip awaly withoulit doing miniything at. .ll. The nxit morning tho samu. paiper l1,1d this--nlothing" mlore: 'H-NomiCAr --XIr.;Tlwtinl, it .will be obsened, is sugg-estively tsilenit about the Coebn hina L erv." (3nmin fhis paerover referredI to me (in~ any te r way Ihan fas "theI "W.rIrs -ro' l~ Kxow.\\'l the new~ II h(im) the littlhe ciirc'unistan'e 'of his e.ibin-ma~te(s iln Montana losing 51mall1 bly foun I on .m (. TIwaiis pers n (r in hijs '1 runiik'(nwsae s he 1r1o43lled hi traps 3 ind, til by fe'll. com Ipelled to give hlimi a friendly aldnionition1 fa' his 13red Ili Ri (11d10 c1 r l Oi a1 lai, I. (4 then aldv'ised him to leave aL perm1) lnt vaeuinn ill tie place he( uisuallhy occuipiedt ini thet campq ? \\'ill h do this C" CJoulid any thin be 1 morefi' deliberW ately nuiaiouis tluion that. ? For' I niever' was ini .Almtana inl myl 11fe. SA fte thI is , tisi journa101 listoinari11 I go t to pickin zg upl papers' ai ppre hi141velmutch a1s (4ne woubt1 lift a1 (1.ire i b[ hkt wich h~le hiol Isome1 ideta miighit have1 ai rattlesnake uind ur it. Oine day is met 1)1my e'ye: '"TilE Lii: N'.1mi.--.ty theO swvorn altidahvit of MI : ichnael ( )Ilanlnagain, 16., oh the Five Points, awl( Mr'. street, it iH etabt(lisheId that Mir. Marik 'I'wain'sH vile sttemenit thtt nho le 11t1u1d rd bearer, i l ohna T .01 ot (11 man,11 wasH hanged for' highlway rob1 witliouot aL lsh(l shado(w of' founda-h tioni inl tact. .it. is dishearltenihng to v'irltuus mencl to see su.3h shmi fl mue:.n. resor5 ted to, to) achileve 1 liticl succe(('s', atS to atta(ckinlg or tihe d1( n(i inl thir grav'.e and1( defama ing t.hmeir honored1'3 munesi0 wit)hl la der'. Wh'1en we thlink of the aniguish th is m11iserabl flsehood nm31 llst ('aus1e of thme deceasedl, weP are( ahnmost driven to ine(ittd an~ outraged and1( insulhted I-ule to 811m1noy (and unilawflh no0, let u1s lotva him to> thi aglLony of a i1lactat cons5;'eneet, (thouigh if pasi*on shui get thme better~ of the( pulic, and1( iln8 1t blnd fiu'y they shtou ld da tuhe traduice((r ho dilhy injuary, it is brit too0 1 obions that 1n0 julry wouiltd((( and 1 ('o 1 out 'old punish thme l)1prptraml~tr of the (de(ed.") The1( inigenious closing senlten(ce hind the( effectt of mo~ving 111 out of hed with dispatch'1 t.hat mnighit, and1 at the back door01 also, while the "(out raged and insultedl puhblie" surged ini the front way, breaking furn'liture and windtowa in thleir' r'ighteous ini dignation ais thtey came1), and( takinig ofl such proper'ty as they could carIi ry wh'ien they went. Antd yet I can lay my hand upon the book andt say that 1 ne0ver1 s4landered Go3vernor01 Hotfuan's griand father. Moro,I n1ever evenu hoard o3f him or moin tioneld him~ upi to that tdato. [I will state in passinig that tho journlal abovo quoted from always referred to me aft'or wards na "Tain the Body-Snatchor."] The next newspaper artielo that attracted imy attelitiol was the fol lowing : "A SwEET OANDIDATE.-Mark Twain, who was to make such a blighting speech at a mass meeting of the Independonts last night, didn't come to time A telegram from his physician stated that he had been knocked down by a run away team, had his leg broken in two places ; sufferer lying in great agony, and so forth, ad a lot more bosH1 of the same sort. And the independ onts tried hard to swallow tho wretched subterfuge and pretended that they did not know what was the real reason f the absence of the abandoned creature whom they do- I nominate their stanldard-bearer. A certain man wais seen to reel into Mr. Twain's hotel last night i a beastly state of indtoxicatiol. It is the imperative duty of the Inde pendents to prove that this3 besotted brute wats not Mark Twain himself. We have them ut last ! This is a case that admits of no shirking. The voice of the people demands in thunder-tones: 'Who is that man ?" I wis incredible, absolutely. "ncedible, for a m o i 0 n, that it was really ily name that was Cou1pled with this disgraceful 5ils)i cion. Three, long years had passed over my head since I had tasted ale, beer, wine, or liquor of any kind. [It shows what uffect the times were having on me, when!J say, that I saw myselfeontidently dubbed, "Mr. Defiriuiu Tremens Twain," in the next issue of that journal without a paung-notwithstantding I know that, wvith m1onlotonlous fidlelity, the paper! would go Ol calIlng 110 SO to the vely eld.] By this time aioniymou; letters were gettinlg to be an importat part of my imi.l nrittier. This form was (omo11n : "Hov abolt, thitt old womu:l you kiied t your premises whieh was beC4ing. "PoL PRy." And this "Thero is things which you have done which is nlibelkuoweIU to ainy boly but1 me. You better trot oI, 1a few dols. to vollrS truly, or you'll Ileair thro' the paL)pers froi layo Asny. This is aIl ot the i(e. 1 (0 Ild <0! tinue the n unil the rU.rder w.iS sui feited, if desirable. S'ort.ly the principal Republican jolirllls "vonvicted" mtle of Wholesale bribery, and thle leading Demiocrmati pp. 5 ' na;ild nLi aggravated ease of blae1loinngr to mie. [In this way I aetquired two addi ional 1 naes : "Twatin, tite Filthy Coru ptionist," and "Twain, the Ljoathlsome Embhracer.") 3y this time there had grown to besuch a lamor for en "answer" to the dreadfiul carges that were laid t, Ile, hit. 1t,b 6i 3 1itors an11.1 leoIders of myN party said it would be polit i eal uIin for me to re'nain silent, any longer. As if toa malke their a1pp.a1 the m~ore3 ilmpera tive, the f'ollowaing I .pearedCI iln onie of the pape)6rs t, io very niext d-tLy: " 'I'nw l-en M.u!:---The Inido. silence. B~ceause lhe daire no seck Every aiccusation against him has br e'i aly~ p1 oved, aiml they ha.ve beenx ind~orsed1 andia reiiuloisedl by) his own eloqueni t silence, till at thin diL heo stands forever conivicto:1. Lookuh Look upon the JIfamiious Perjur~er rhe h~ Montlum TIhief! the Bodly .atchaer ! Contemplat a your. Incar nate De)lirium Tremon~is ! your ' thy CorrupItionist ! your .Lo'athsome161 ha mbn)rteer ! Gae upon11 hlim well pom ler him well-iad then say it you enn1 give youri hionest v'ote6s to a1 creatuire wyho hasi earne (d V his dismial 2ara of lit les by lis hideous e'ralnes, Iad ares not1 openi his muit bx inl denaial of anyl~ (on1e of thm emx !" IThere waks10 1no possile wa'Vy o f get - ting out of it. andl so. in dee Iiihui-i altional, I ret i aout hplring toa 'miswer a mai~ss of bseless chairg es5 Uut I ineve'r finished te task, for the very next mornin a1 paper(il emnel5 out ty amit seriously charigedl 11ue with buirimng a Inatie asyhunt with all its I ilunuttes, b~ecauise it (dastructed tha view from1) my~ h oulse. TVhais thriew me1 into a sort, of panic. 1Th(n came 1.he( 1hare proeisoing ll layel(e to get las roprtywit animpersative de. 11mad thait the gravo should1( be openmed. Tis~( <love meP to the ver~ge of distLractionl. Onl the( f~ ofI6) this I wais alc('used of emiphlvig ltothless5 ami( inicomlpetent (ol 'rela. tives to pepare the foo~d for the 1foundling hospital wvhere I is war' 'en3l. I wasi wain2('~g- waverinlg. Andt ait bish1 a a <h(ie 1m1l tittinig (' clax to shazdes of (011 tolomad degrees' of rag guene were trught t~o rush on) the' palatform at a paublic mfeeting andl l'hip m'e round the legs anud call me I"Pa !' I gave it upj. T hanled doa wn my color1s anld surr'1Odaered. I wasi not ('(1ual) to tihe r'equir ement H of a1 gub~r niator'ialh camlpaign iln the( State of Newv York, anud so I sonit in liy withdlorawahlfrom i the c'andI~idaekv, and11 inill bit'erness of *pirit signed it, anid L.el." A fearful rakinl tormii took placei Orange County', Kentucky, a shiort tinne Hime1C. Commlencinlg 01) Saturday mingilf it c'onimued withiout initerl mfiionl unitil Monday, the rain, duri inig aill thlat timne, falling in hper'fect sheets. Thle whlole of that region resemles a lake. Gr'eat damiage was done. the loss being estimated at $100,000. .Professor Huxley was *ao seiosusly ill on1 his voyage home, that haid not a d1octor been neair hie might have loft an annrCniat- Wrl... Miscellaneous. McKee and Avery have not yet been pardoned. There is a deficiency of $800,000 in the Philadelphia City Treasury. The Centennial Exhibition closed on the 10th November, according to lrogramnne. The Savannah Cotton Exchange reports the Georgia crop an im p)rovenent on last year. The total cnsh rceipts of the Centennial during the time it was open, amount to $3,279,483.25. A little seven year old son of Thos. Moore, of Carroll county, Georgia, Wil smot hered while playing ii cot ton seed, at his father's gin house. A legal squabble has boon coin inenced over the estato of James Lick, the California millionaire. The pickings ill be fine. A man in Nitshill, Scotland, lately snivicld with dynitmite. 'and so of fectually did he do lis work, that not a vestige of him can be found. Two brothers living in Vermont had a, fraternal interview on the sub ject of 8one. inherited property, which ended in one being shot by the ot-her and killed. 1 Nwo of the Maine powder mills near Springfield, Ohio, exploded last week. killing one inan, and doing consid erable injury to neighboring proper ty. A Chianuan arrested inl San Fran cisco, t he other day, was found to inve on a coat of mail, madeof cloth, cotton1 batting and paper, thick and lurl enough to turn a knife or a bullet. Miss Lelia Arinfiela, a daughter of Lieutenant-Gove nor Armfield, of North Carolina, was accidentally shot by her brothor, who was trying to ext ract ia cartridge froi his pistol. The wound is probably mortal. Gen. Kilpatr ick and an individual who )urlorlts to he his aid, have arri-ived at Raleigh, North Carolina, aw11l1 been closetod with a borde of the worst itive iind carpet-bag Radicals,; in the State. Some ras califty is onl foot. A Porthind, Maine, mioney-lender has coine to gief. He loaned a nman S3,195, and got in return noteS ,anI a mortgage for 4,500, besides . 107 in ensh. A jury haii found him ilehted to his needy borrower in the sum of $1,138. School Notice. WIVNNSlono, S. C. O tober 1 , 187(l. T J." 11dersigned by Virtue of tile a1u .. thority vusted in th i a111nn111 1e th tllowing ap) Po4intilmeints (f1 School Trus t rs r t:,,- velral School Districts of Pairtivldl Count: No. 1. 'T. 1. easter, . lndrix MecLain Ge4orge' Shei tii ,n "2 . . Il.hx, R1. C. Clow~ney, " 4. O It. Thrsn Fraincis Gerig "5 a14anei Dic':,oni, Dr. HI. .Gb' soni, A'.quilli airrison. e - " I.'. M. I,. Ihike, IE 1. Hei,j sa .. 117. 4.. J. Neigar.' T. Mt. R~iembert a rmhur a liajsm. "10. C. HI. S'eug, W. N. Masion, "~l 141.l IiW. 1 lb, I raneouso't1( t. Peoe, organizel theu1le ito Buu ~ oard in ase lr .nird by 'l, n d reort to o t .ilchool3 Comuuss' ~' Ione 4Iofi th Counitye without Iih-layit. ((Teyj) willt( a ls hav the freet'.' w4h 4ls i the4ir1 0 repectv ji 'sdco nsr 41p14ned''41ln the1 2nd Mlllay~2t in Novebr n1) .4 ut'ut ch ol fu~i(ndt (inthI S~ta~thn aret or -isted 4to41 provide themselve, withua s ta en of, the pl ~ine, in41 oreru1 to eter- t inine thei lieth i'l(1l of t i t schools can0 he run.isue All ap li ts4)4 fo teaches' er beoetll ard of ExamI)linefr, loredl t rige ennt, ad n'octinent 4 wibee suad grt any loneflnoat poserein he reit- q al ificatonsa . UT . esOlrltsN o.clH~tSN