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WINNSiORO, S. C. Tuesday, July 10, 1877. R. MI ANS DAVIS, Editor, d NO. S. lRYNOI,DS, At~sociato Editor. Chaui,:rlains speel, Ol tho Fourth, atu. W\oodIdock, Connecticut, will not -in thm I),ho eiiats, and it is very vey d)ubtful whether it will injure Presith nt Ii ryes. Even lahiine did not allule to the South 011n policy, but coltelit(d hiiiimelf with riding the Canadtca :annoxation hobby. An attempt by (ihamuborhtin to censure any one for political tergiversation, double-dealing or falsiehood, requires a vast amount of cheek, even for him. Judge R. B. Carpenter has written to Governor Hampton, resigning the judgeship of the fifth circuit. Con uidering that ho had nothing to resign his course is quite commendablo. Ho protests against the manner in which he was ousted, and claims that the proceeding will appear absurd to a ealmly thinking posteri ty. As Carpmitor is out now, we will merely remark in the languago of Chamberlain, wo have no time to waste in "slaying the slain." The Russians are not achieving the speedy success they promised at the beginning of the war. Recent dis patches indicato, beyond a doubt, that they have been repulsed at several points in Asia Minor, and have, in consequence, raised the siege of Kars and Batoum. The weather will soon be too warm for any further active operations in that quarter. In European Turkey they have boon more successful. Over a hundred thousand troops are said to have crossed the Danube, and the Turks have beon forced back to the Balkan Mountains. No decisive battle has yet been fought, It must be remembered, that however important the office of clerk of the court may be to the aspirants to that oilico and their friends, the public generally aro much more interested in the selec.. tion of county commlission1ers. This board has control of all the county moneys, the county institutions and the public roads, and on .its mnaglineint ldopends the general prosperitiy. Tihe nominations for theso officos should be emade first before the balloting for the clerk shilp begins. The first duty of the County Conveuntiom , whenl it mleets, should hue the n: ~.on of a se t of resei;u tins of the following tenuor: IAt. Tt' I the Convention demands t~ihat all Domoera:uts shiu all heartily support the nomlinees of the Ca 2nd. TihIat, the cdlains. of no canl, didato wvill be e.umsidered by this Convention until he shall' haivo ple'dged himiiself to ab)ide b~y t he :actionl of tihe Convention, to support its' mrmlIin)oes, and not to accep1t oflio without having received the D~emocratic nomination. 3d1. That no0 person will 1be d (eemed~ a Democrat whio aspires to or receives offico in a-ny other way than through a Democratic nomi nation. The adoption and ob~servance of such resohutions will remove any danger of independent candidates It seems, after all, that there is to be a hereafter 'for the Louisiana Returning Board. -These functions. - aries hlave been arrested on a crimi nal prosecution for forging and al tering returns last November. Their arrest baa oeused considerable com mient. .Hayes has thn b~ad taste to ' express indigniation in -Consequence Sof it. Northern paplers say tihe tiial \'vill tend in no way to solve doubts eoxisting as to tile Louisiana .eloeto iral veo, as tihe jur'y will-not be'ia qpartial. We opine that .onr North rern ibr(thren mistake the *animufus of ,the Louisianla rpeople. Their pur pose is not to make political capital for the next election, but to inflict deserved punishment upon ,the graeless scoupdrels to whbom alone have been due all their past troubles. About the time that Madison Wells and bin on~~rerm ar.e ju, d in te Louisiana penitentiary, we trust that our immaculate ox-board of State canvassors will also be lan guishing in Richland jail for their contempt of the supreme court. The colored people of this State are said to lie iuch agitated over a moveinmit on1 foot to procure ia wholesale exolus to Liberia. At the mueetug held inl Charlestol hlst. week the determlinnl ieeldu il Ce general to pick up bag land in1g e and leavo at on( . It is alrdly v probable LI tt i m ovmnic: tiii will Iamllonllt to much. Tle li:torv of every Southcrn Stato sineo rc'on struction shows that the restoration of Democratic supremacy is inv aria bly followed at first by a desire un the part of the colored people to emigrate to somne other land ;ad that after a few months, owing to their inability to incur the expense of removal, and to their discovery thst Democratic rule does not sub ject them to the horrors they had pictured to themselves, they bocomo again contented and resolvo to remain at home. The instantaneous loss of the entire labor of a State would be a serious evil. But as this could not possibly occur in South Caro. lina, under existing circumstances, the present movement is not worth serious notice. Moreover, as the emigration would be limited and confined to the restless, shifting element of our colored population we could well afford to spare some fifteen or twenty thousand to Libe' ria. We should therefore be rather disposed to favor the idea. The Duty of the Convention. The Democratic County Club will meet in Winnsboro on the 14th, to consider an election for the vacant county offices. Thorn was perhaps a question, whether the the County Club would itself nominato or whether, deeming itself morely a part of the collective machinery of the party for a general purpose, it would call a convention for the specific purpose of making nomina tions. Little doubt now cxists tiit the Club itself will proceed directly to the solcetion of the candidates. A grave responsibility rests upon the mewhers of the convention. Not because they have to nominate a eleik of the court and three couni ty commihssoners, for the mere selecin of four competent men01 ini the whole coun111ty of Fairfiekd is anI easy and compara l~tive-ly tivial mat ter. Thoe quevstion who .shmall hoid ollico is but a baigatelje in comnar ison with the" n.cessity' fo Dem o cratie i upreacy in the State. That .is thme Conlsidera tionm restin g on the Convention1. The~ party is yet in its inlfane).- ThFle elev in inm Novembier wvas on ly the- upr;isij an1 CXtuper ated iaeole to om. tho w a corrupjt andh v iciou dynastyh05I . Theii next step), and~ on10 of fuilly equal impilortamnce, is th~e crys,.tall i:m tion of all the existing elemnt s in to one( homogeneous whole ; so ihat the nowi (dynasty may be firmnly en trenched~ in po0wer-a task requlir ing even more care and labor than .the destruction of the old regime., Last year the cr-y was simply "down with radicalisml." Upon this platformn stood B3our-bon D~emocrats, Old Line : Wigs, Conservatives, Jiborals, Republicans and all deceut men, .irrespective of p)arty. Byv their united eflorts the rotten old fabic was tumbled to tihe ground. But it is far easier to pull dlown than to build up. A mob) can de stroy, but to erect regnires patience, skill and organized effort. To this task-of re-erection must tihe Decmo cracy now appl1y itself. The~ par-ty must solidify its organization, biing~ ing back into the ranks all who may be incjined to stray off. Its dluty is to ad~opt a broad .and liboeral plan of action, founidedJ on the surest prin eiples ; for principio always wins ill the end. The horrible and dis gracofhil end of the Radical party in consequence of its utter wvant of anlything like . principle is a frightful warning to all future organization. Now, one o~f. the first principiesof repnblican innmautg is tata te majority must rule, and that the minority must yield. Another is that the majority must use its power discreetly, and With a (1110 regard for its opp1onellts, so as to demand their respect. It must plursle i broad beat en track so that the faiiness of its victory can':ut bo ullestioneld. Then aie its measures entitled to a hearty support. The Democrats of Fairfield have ihu8s'n their delegates to attend a c(;nv( 1tion called to subserve the i .d. tere(sts of the people. They expct the coniventiol to deliberate iam:, t urely, so as to evolve some policy that will strengthen the larty. The primary object is to h arlonize the J)emocrats ; the seccnd, to neutralizo external op posi tion. No member of the Con vr-.itiOn should be actuated by p1r - son1al favor or persoulal etnity. He must merge hillS f and his private motives in the goieral welfare. Each individual has the right to push his own or his friends' claims or to oppose rival aspirations to a certain point. Beyond that, le must not go. This is what the people demand, and weo have the confidence in the c(nvention that it will not disappoint them. Let the convention b)o imul)led tboroughly with the sense that harmony is of the utmost import ance : then let the voice of the majority ho clearly heard; and the people will move u1p1 ill solid colWi1um1 to the support of the noi,' nations. Every Dueocrat must de his duty. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. There were live thullsalnd water ne?GIIs in (harleston on the Fourth. The cotnncil of the town of Lain' caster are goilg to sell out the towr lamps "ir. iplllton" is What -the Noei York 'I'iina.i, a mliost velollo1S Radical sheet, insolently culls om1 governor. James TUeuphill, Esti., of Chester, was elected by the Alaziini Associa. Lion of I)avidson College a trustee of that institution. The Camden Bhuilding and Loa Association Ihias iuncreased its capita: itock from two inm'uiidred to threc hundr(11ed shlar(1s. It is repocted tihat D. T. Corbir, late district attorney. has gone t Elulrol, not, to ret.uin till October. Every (leeclit miiana ill South Carolin hopes 1 will not return here ml1 more1 for-ever. lhiishIop ILchl sauys that thereC i1 no found11 a tioni what ever fora th( rmnor1)1 timu hIe is to be tranisfered to) the Ar1chiCepiscopal Seo of New~ Yor ik as Coadjutor to Cardinal Ei (loskov. .If rshaw~ hais an old and worthy eizn whi iio 1ims Served On a jury but1 twvie ill twouit y-live( years, and mich time I hoe cause was one involving (thspulte abIout ai dog. A ifle emnpanyv los been21 or'ganiiz nd ml 'umdeni, wuith the followina ( . 10(h1ond, Ji rst l ieutenant: C . .. Si ) owll, second lieutenant ; IL. IXo'kin, thirid lieutennumt. TLhe Sessionl of the~ Preshvt eriani 111churc of Colmubia has scnred the Fervices of Rev. .J. F. Latimler, pro fessor of (reak and Germian at D)avidsonl College, N. C., to supply then' vaenuLlt p)ulpit for the summiier. Tile numl~erous friends of tile I1ov. T. Leighton Wilson, D.D,, nOW re. 1idhing ill Uitimlor'e, wvill lbe glad to know that he hais recovered from ai uevero andl protracted attack of rhoeiutismn, is nlOW decidedly con valescent, and has the p~rospect of permanl1entI recovery. It is not probJ able, however, thait 110 will be0 able1 to roamnle his oflicial duities until the exltreml( hot weather has p~assed. A mleetuig of colored people, un... (er tihe auspices of the Liiberiatn 4xoduIs Asseciation, was held in Oh irleston onl the Fouirthl, the flhjoot beCing the consfideraition of a scehemne for the wvholesale emigration of the blacks tr> Liboi i1. Let ters wvere read from (different parts of tile eountry and speakers were presnt from different parts of the State. They represent .that the colored people are ready and anslionsl to go. A WVashingbon telegram to .then Chicago 'Tina1 says thait theO "(Camr eronis hatve senlt personial assurances here that they do not intend to opi pose the administration, and that all reports of their attempting to stir up dissatisfaction in Pennsylvania are untrue. ,The (Jamerons have felt theo neeti of making-this peirsonal assertion fr m rep~eated statements givimg 'Ma, . 'the merit of having them onnO e~d to his pmu, y POLITICAL NOTES. President Hayes celebrated tho Fourth by lving his picture taken. About the same time Mr. Blaine was making faces at him in Woodstock. Mr. Pendloton denies that he has entered into any combination with anyone to have himself elected United1. States Senator from Ohio, 11s miuch as ho would like the posi tion. It is estimated t.hat ninety per cent. of thw postmasters in Wiscon sin are members of the political (coIlit tees, and the Priesident's onder will utterly disorganire the State conunlii t :e. The man Who introduced the ros olution inl the Iowa Convention indorsing the President's policy is one of the most bitter opponents of that policy in the State. Hte wanted' the convention to show its hand,and finally got what he wanted. Since the President has issued his order the Milwaukc e K'ivs fears that there will be no Republiean convention in that State this year. The oIlicesholders being barred out it is doubtful if enough Republicans can be folid willing to serve as delegates. The ilepublicans of Trrinmbiull county, Ohio, roost (langerously high. At ia convention the other day they cm phatically and evident ly without fear declared that it is imex pedielt at this time to adopt a plat lotm. This party is so in te'llectuail ly heavy that it will probably break the fence down. The election, in Ohio this year will bo for governor, lieutenant governor, judge of the siupreme court, attorney-general, treasurer, school coluissionier, inemtbir of the bo:ir of public works. The Democratic convention will be held on Jufly 25..and the Republican con veitioni one week later. In addition to State otlicrs nimembers of the Legislature are to be chosen. The c 0 rgia Constitutional Con'. Venl t ion will nieet on July 11, and an excit ing sessiol is predicted from the citarn'e Ier of some of the men who compose it. '.T1here is, however, a sufficiently strong con--. servativo (lenient to insu re the formation of a good constitution. Govcrnor Jenkins, i ho was turned out to put Bullock in, is expected to be presi dent of the Convention. Pinehback, the euuinent statesman of Louisiana, low disporting him sell' in California, .has been inter vitVed. he helie!ves -that Haves and Packard and every body else were elected, and i aiorsos the President's Southern policy because it his restored peaco and 'givein the colored race the rights it has net elj(oyed since the close .of the Iwar The Nwov York IlA at says "Tere is (one sotiblei I~ remiark'.in the 1e ter if ,Jiudge Carpenteu Ir. of South Cartiolinai, to Ghoirnor I Jnp. ton, pr1otesting against thle election of his .auccessor..naniely, t hat peo 11le will laugh at him. They will; and there is not much probhability t hat lhe will f'are any better wi th posteity, to) w hichi heO appealsa, thanll with theL presenlt generation." Thus fari only a batch of runiors has been uinearthod by the Oregoa Senatorial Inv~est ig~ating (Coauiiattee. The hest thing that body ('nn do is to adjournii and c'omie bline. It was appointed duriing theO Piresidenitiatl contest last spring (lit ol pure par~ity spite anid for tho purposP05 of giving a few gentlemien a summer' trip at the expense of the gov'ernmnt. Governor' Grover will get the ~seat. Summer Meeting of State Grango. IMAsv'Is OrnleF, S'iA'L' GiANOI; I ~Jux. 29th, 1877. I.A meeting of the State Orange wvill take plaice at Anderson, C. HI., on the 8th of August next. Mc[m b)ers (if tihe oi'dei' are ur'ged to atItenid, an~d the public11 generally are mvl~ited1. There will h; uc,,ays and1( discussion-i upon nmany ujtso PtIbbe( imtorest. All aio invited to brmng specimiens ouf anything th~at maey be instract ivo and1 interesting. It is (expor'ted( thatt the Stto Agri ('1niul Society and t1:e Anderson A gricultua S111 ociet y will mocet at the s'unei Iimio andl~ plaee. A full priogra'nanlo will be publish by Col. R M. Sims, Secietiary of Executive CIonnaitteu Stato Girange. JAS.-'N. Lu'scom.i, M. S. G. M~arshald Macihhon's birthday wasn celebr'ated on the 15th of June. H-is age is sixty-nine. Ho waIs born in the 'hiateau of Sully, near Autun, in 180.8. His father, Maurico de i~Mdaon, was faithful to the Bourbon canso, and, durliing the reign of Louis XVIII., was creoated aLieu~tenanft-Generlal and a comn mnamdor of the order of St. Louis. His gr'andIfathor', Jean BapJtisto do Mac)Mahon, bor'n in Limeriok, Irelainl, was naturalizod and on nobled by the French government in 1750., His ancestor first visited France in the suite of tLle exiled Jamrnn 1T. ot Egi-nd NEWS OF THE DAY. North Carolina Republicans say there is sinall thahco of winning over to the Administration any of the old Whigs Who -are now acting with tho Democracy. Martha Washi'ngton has sued George Washington in Philadelphia for desertion in rimning away to Camden, across the river. Thus it is that history repeats itself. Hero we have a modern instance of "Washingtou Crossing the Dela ware." 'T h. Hon. George W. Adams, Clerk of the House of Representa, tives, had completed the list of members that ho will call to organ ize the House at 12 n., October 15th. The Democrats, according to the list, will have eight majority. There are twelve contested cases replorted and aflidavits iod. Neith er the Democratic ior Republican member from Colorado will be placed on the roll. Neither will ho place on the roll either Pacheco or W\igginton, the California contest ants; or Metcalf and the Mississippi contestants. The recent primary election in Richmond, Va., for gubernatorial candidates resulted in sending up a diviitecl delegation, but unless the figures lie the election was a victory for Maj. John W. Daniel if for any one. Daniel stood first, Loe second, Taliaferro third and Nahone fourth. The Daniel papers claim IhIe result as a very decisive triumph for "the little man with the crutch," while the Vh/ig, a strong Mahono paper, avers that it is satisfied ; nay, more than satisfied. (40UTN'I'Y CONVENTION. r 1 fl l;E Donnecratic County Club of Fair, tieldh is hereby called to mueet at the court-hotuse inl Winslo.o, on attcrday, the fourteenth clay of July, 1877. at eleven O'clock, a. n. Each subordinato Club it entitled to seni five llelegates. T'he presidents ofthe dlitferent .iuebs are rcequ iredai to cotmmiuient this notice to thair several ('lIs witItout. deby. iy order of the Democratic County Exeutive Commrittee. -JNO. U;;AT'TON, Jxo. S R.EvNowins, CIhairman. Seel etary. June28 xt2w Publishers and Printers Can buy direct .f the Manufacturor on favorabh. ,b rms. "'Tui;: A~soN HAIunY .te'rrNo MAC UrNBi are the les, ai.l claipcst low priced machiuI.nieule, a ind have a national enu tation for utility and durability.'' -i luee1lrolypr, Chieveto. Tux Asox I.umy 1'Ari'n CtrnTar 'ms by far the best nmchine which aut be- o, tainel for it less p..ic then .one tut. rai ,lollars. It is of great strengi h. 'T'hese maebines have always -taken the highest stand. 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