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OR?fl QEBIJRG TIMES. I 0RAN0EBt)R8,S.C, OCTOulk 8, l?7gi ' -- - ? ? STILES It. MELLIOHAMP, Editor, O. W. WHITEHJ3A?;' Publisher ard Busursss Manager. t<gu IV? are t'n no toay raporuriSfc /or <A? views or opinions of our Correspondents. TEE INDEPENDENT BEPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. Judge John T. Green, the candidate of the Independent Republican Con vention for Governor, is a native of Bumter, was always a Union than, and has, since the war, been an honest and consistent Republican, against whom the Ring seem* to be unable to bring any other complaint than that he would vote for the Civil Rights hill, if he were in congress, a fact which will certainly 'make him more acceptable to the col ored people, and which cannot possibly do the whites any harm in the Guber natorial capacity. Martin R. Delaney, the candidate for Lieutenant Governor, is a black man, a native of Virginia, thoroughly educated, and,in every respect a deep thinker, able writer, and practical scholar. . For many years he was engaged in the editorial capacity, advancing the ntercsts of his race, and atone time a copartner of the celebrated Fred Douglas. He was also engaged in many mportant exploring expeditions of a scientific nature,. in which he gained considerable reputation. Since he. has taken part in politics in South Carolina, he has always held the most liberal views, working inces santly for the harmony of the races, and giving his colored friends the best of advice. ? He strongly favors minority repre sentation and cumulative voting, and has shown himself in every way the truest and ablest friend of his race in the State. With his ability he also combines honesty, which is the crown ing point of all the rest. If the Conservatives endorse these1 men to-day, there is a fair prospect of electing them, and with their election, good feeling, as well as good govern in cnt,w ill bo the suro and happy result. A BOLD TRICK. C. G Bowen, who, since Moses has changed tactics, was appointed one of the Commissioners of Election in Char - leston, along with Hoyt and a colored man, has indicted Mayor Cunningham for official misconduct. What this official misconduct is, has not yet transpired,but suffice it to say, that public opinion would never con demn a man with the honest record of Mayor Cunningham upon the mere charge of a miserable creature, - who was cashiered from the Confederate army for forging pay rolls. The truth, probably, is, tfcat Cun ningham is the only prominent official who can and will thwart Bowens des igns, and he wants to paralyze his in flu . ence, until after the election. Mayor Cunningham also took a con spicnous part in the meeting in Char leston, called for the purpose of devis ing plans for securing a fair election, and seems to give preference to the cause of the Independent Republicans, ideas which are not calculated to find much favor in the eyes of the adven turous Bowen. Can it be that his official misconduct consists in rudely smiting at the Cham berlain ratification mcoting in Charles ton, when the platform fell down, and the people were so green that they would nothurrah for Chamberlain, but for his opponent? HOW THEY WORK IT. Senator Dunn read before the Re publican Convention in Charleston a ^Confidential Circular," issued by tho Executive Committee of the Chamber lain party to the various Regular Re publican County Chairmen, of which wo make the following extract: (Confidential Circular.) Headquarters Union Republican Party, *| Rooms State Executive Committee, r Columbia, September 22, 1874.) Mr.-, Chaiiraan-County 8. C: Hir? * * *. * IhL Be diligent in clonely watching every movement on the part of the so-called Inde pendents, with the view to thwart their des igns against the unity of our party. 2nd, At tho primary meetings that may be called for the purpose of electing delegates to said Independent Convention you will please cause our friends to assemble in force to control tho action of such meetings and to vote down any and all propositions looking to participation in said Bolters' Convention. * # ? * ? J am, very respectfully, lt. B. Elliott, ? President Ex. Com. U. It. Party. This brilliant specimen of Republi can tactics, wVfh of course was never intended for the public r;.n7.c, will give ft faint idea of the inner workings of j this grant! party of progress and re I form; which preaches freedom so lustily from; the rostrum, whjle it thus stabs hvv iii ino secret councils of the Ex ecutive Committee. "Wo have noticed lately, from the Republican press, the highest common dation of Elliott for his masterly man agement of the campaign againBt Tom linson, and we now understand in what this much lauded mastership consists. Grants generalship in war consisted in sacrificing men, while Elliotts gen eralship in politics consists in sacrific ing freedom. The object of this circular was to gag and put down tho Independent j Republicans, a system of political trick ery and slavery, that the Regular Re publicans ought to be ashamed of, in tho face of their boasted majority of over thirty thousand. When such gigantic efforts aro made to crush it, there must be strength in the Independent movement Let the poor colored man take note of this blow at freedom by his trusted party leaders. [communicated.] . Mr. Editor:?Everything outside of the Conservative party Beems to herald the approach of the opportunity so long hoped for by the patriots of our down trodden State. The mad career of riot and robbery in which Carolina Radicalism has gloated seems about to meet with its merited end at the hands of an outraged people. In spite of what the Chamberlain organs say, I think that by tho time the elec tion day comes on, their nominee will think seriously of throwing up the sponge. They have utterly failed in their efforts to hood-wink the leading journals of the North and West; nor will they succeed any better in their application of the party lash to tho musses of the colored voters at home, upon whose backs they havo hitherto been able to ride into the offices and misrule the people. What are the Conservatives going to do towards securing their own deliv erance? We hope that they are not going to'let the opportunity go by the board, either from thinking the matter sure without their aid,-or from thinking that all fonner efforts have failed. A similar opportunity has never, before been placed within our march. Never before have both nominations emana ted from purely Republican sources. Never before has any wing of the Re publican party put forward a candi date so thoroughly and intimately identified with so many of the notori ous State robberies as is Chamberlain. It is therefore eminently our duty to come forward and poll the Conserva tive vote to a man. Let the lukewarm arouee their patriotism,' the liberal their liberality, and the extreme follow the lead of General Kershaw and Ex Governor Perry. The difficulty with which all leaders in southern politics had to contend when this was a white man's country, was to get up a following; every jnan wanted to vote for such a man, and him only, as would represent his indi-1 vidual views and the consequence was,' that before the war a full vote was very rarely polled at any election save those where some important national question entered into the contest Now however the order of things is changed, and if we expect to make any head way against this oppressive robbery, we must be willing to rub down the little asperities of our individual incli nations, and patriotically put in our every vote, to aid ourselves and others in obtaining such an aggregate as shall overtop the opposition, who, we may be sure, will vote the last roan that they have got, and as many moro as they can count by stuffing ballot boxes. This is another of the evils we hope to see remedied by the election of Judgo Green. Wo do npt deny that money was used formerly im our elec tions, and that some legislators may have been induced from private inter est to vote contrary to the dictates of his conscience. These evils are inhe rent in Republican forms of govern ment from tho notorious weakness of individual men. But these things were noi done in matters of vital importance A notoriously bad law never could have been passed by money power; nor was any attempt ovor made to force an unsuccessful candidate upon tho people, by means ef suffed ballot, boxes. Such an act would have cost the perpetrators their lives at lamp post or tree-limb, and, indeed, would now, were it not for the hue and cry of ku-klux that would follow, Ram bleu. [communicated.] Mr, Editor;?Why is it, that the mass [of tho property hoRlora in, and around Orangeburg,arcso unlike their' fellow taxpayers elsewhere in South Curoiiuo? While the1 best citizens in other parts of tho State are organizing for united effort against the public thieves, thoy nve lying like snails in their shells, doing nothing, and appa rently profoundly ? indifferent to the threatened ruin, as well of themselves, as of all others, except the vampires who are fattening upon our life blood. This extraordinary supineness is so irreconcilable with the intelligence, and public spirit they usually exhibit, that it is difficult to account for it, without reflecting upon both. Let us luuk into this matter. It cannot arise from any opposition to the objects of Tax Unions, for these must beapproved by every hone9t man. It cannot nrisetfroin a belief that Tax Unions can do no good, for every man of the least common sense must see, that without concert of action in those opposed to oppressive taxation, nothing can be done, and that there can he no such concert, without organ zation; And besides fchis, are they wiser than all their fellow taxpayers through out South Carol inn? Organization on the plan of the Tax Unions has been urged upon us by a Body representing I all parts of the State, and containing many of its wisest men, identified with us in interest, who, after full conference with each other, and mature consider ation of the object, urge it upon us. Do those who manifest such indiffer ence to this appeal, see "a better way?" If so, why have they not recommended it to their fellow sufferers? Is it the part of patriotism, or even of a wise regard for seifinterest 'in the long run,' to remain shut up, like so many box terrapins, nt a crisis like the present? .We cannot believe, therefore, that they see any better way. It cannot arise from auy fenr of be coming involved in trarifeactions,which may be held to be treasonable. Surely not; for Tax Unions are not revolu tionary organizations. They propose to work by means within tho law, and if they exhaust those means without avail, they will have accomplished much in proving that fact, to the peo ple of the United States. This is too plain for niisrnpprcli?ft?on .on that score. What then can bo the cause of tho apathy exhibited? Surely it cannot be a fear of the trifling assessment pro posed. It is too small for such a sup position. The Constitution itself for bids that it shall exceed 2 per cent? not 2 per cent on property, but 2 .per cent on tho genera) tax paid the State. So that if a man owns property enough to pay the State a tax of $100, he can not be assessed by the Tax Union for more than two dollars, and this is as high as it can go, but it may be actu ally much less. This is too small a burden to account for the holding off we see. Can tliis standing off result from a fear that the Tax Union may call upon citizens to refuse to pay taxes, and that in tho case of some,th is would result in an interruption of business, as in the case of the merchant whose store .might be closed?but this is a remedy which \?iil never be resorted to, for tho simple reason, that as the State can and will sell personal prop erty for taxes on land, and personal properly will find purchasers, tho whole reason for refusing to pay?the leaving the Government without funds ?fails, and tho remedy will be worth less. We say therefore, it will never ?be resorted to; but even if it should be attempted, any member of the Union whom it would injure, could refuse to adopt it, and at the same time avoid tho imputation of bad faith by giving notice of his intended, course and the reason for it. If none of these causes can account for the strange spectacle we sec, of men too intelligent not to understand their true interests, and'usually public spirited, refusing to unite in an organ zation against the common enemy of all who have a stake in the community, the only explanation of tins strange apathy seems to be, that the pursuit of I tho Almighty Dollar is bq absorbing, ?hat men do not pause long enough to look boyond to-day. Some, it is true, may prosper now but, in tho end, their business must go down in the gen eral ruin which tho prevailing corrup tion, and its conscquonce, oppressive taxatiou^iro bringing upon tho country. H. General Kcrshaw can be elected to Congress, if tho Conservatives will do their duty. [Pon Tue Ouaoebuuq Times.] DUBSLEY GlOUCXSTEUSHIUB, EnOI/AND, August, 1874. Editor?. Oranyeburg limes; I am now enjoying the hospitality of my kinsmnn, a "topping" fandet of Gloucestershire England, and as I had promised in my last to write you again, I propose to give you the situation, mode and management of his tarm. It is situated on a shelf at the base of a peak or hill, the top of which is about three hundred feet above the level of the sea, from the top of which you have I an extended view for many miles around; to the west you see the Welch range of mountains, from which you see the smoke arising .from hundreds of iron furnaces and coal mines. It is the great iron country of England aud here, too, coal is in abundance, apear antly provided by Him who rules all things aright for the benefit of his children on earth. * Without coal the iron mines would bo useless. You can also sec the great forest of Dean, which is a contiunation of those mountains it is thickly wooded; from tho top of tho mountains it slopes down to the river Severn, which you can see in its serpentine form away down in the deep vale; on those slopes you can see the diversified fields, farm houses, villages and village churches, cropping up in every direction. This side of the river Severn is' one of the richest vales in England, suited to dairy farming, whilst the hills are for sheep and small grain. Standing on the top of the peak, beneath your feet for miles and miles around, passes before your vision one of the grandest panoramas ever painted by nature The Welch moun tains, the river Severn, the vale of Severn, the Cots wold hills, Stinchcomb hill, Nibley hill on which is erected a monument two hundred feet, high in honor of Tyndall the first translator of the new Tertameut, (and who became a martyr for so doing,) and more than a dozen villages with their village churches and their steeples pointing heavenward; there, if it be Sunday, yai hear the chime of ahundred bells calling the people to the house of God there to reuder him thanks and praise for all his mercies and goodness to them. Bere too you can see the towers aud battlements of Berkley Castle, an old feudal pile built by one of the fol lowers of William the Conquerer, Rodger de Berkeley, whose successors were afterwards deprived of it by Henry II for espousing the cause of Stephen. He confered it upon Robert Fitzhardings, who then assumed the name of Baron de Berkeley, The castle, which is oho of the finest speci mens of ancient feudal fortresses in England, was beguU in the 17th year of King Henry the first, and completed in about the ycai 1113. On the over* throw of King Edward the II by the barons, the King was confined in prison atKenihvorth ki Warwickshire, where he signed his abdication, and was utter wards conveyed to this Castle, where after being most cruelly treated and insulted, he was barbarously murder ed by his keepers, in a small chamber in the tower or keep, which still con tains the original furniture. It is now in a dilapidated condition, caused by the hand of. time. Tho Castle ana estates are now in posessiou of Lord Fitzhardings,a descendant of the orig inal family. At the town of Berkley, where the castle is situated Dr Edward Jenner was born; He it was who first iutroduced vaccination ; there he was buried, and a monument erected to hUt memory in Gloucester Cathedral. Around the baseof this peik or hill generally descending down to the plain or dale, is situated my kinsmans farm containing about three hundred acres of land, (all being undcrlayed with a bed of rich marl,) one hundred acres of which is arable land. I have here given you somewhat the situation of his farm with its surroundings,hoping I have not tired you. I will now en deavor to givo you somewhat of his mode and management. His farm is a diversified one, consisting of dairy, small grain and sheep; milking about thirty fine short-horn cows; the annual profit of each is about l?lbs or sixty dollars, which consists of butter cheese and calves. In the spring, summer and fall they are kept ou i ich pasture land; in winter they are housed when necessary, and fed on hay and .clover, abundance of which is made on the farm. Each year about one-fourth of tho cows go out, and are fattened for the butcher, when their weight will average twelvehundred pounds selling for 3UIbs, or one hundred and fifty dollars. Then comes in an equal num ber of three year old heifers for milk ing. The calves are always weaned from their mothers in about three weeks, and fed on milk, meal and lint seed oil cake, until thoy can feed on grass and mangel wurzel. Ho sells several calves every year to the butch or to kill for veal; they are worth about fifteen dollors at six weeks old, if they have been well kept. He is very particular in keeping on his place a puro bred bull, giving as much as two hundred dollars for a bull calf eight weeks old; ho never permits his bull to run in the fields, but keeps him tied up. The average valueof his milk cows is 20lbs or about one hundred I and twenty-five dollars. His thirty I cows yield him about eighteen hun- j dred dollars annually, besides the amount of sales of those which ho fat tens and sells to the butcher. {To-be Continued.) HOW XS THIS #?& HIGH? ISA . HAS JUST KEEN FILLED WITH FRESH, CHEAP and GENUINE GROCERIESrrSue)> as Bacon, Hara?, Lawi, Butter, Flour, Molasses, Syrup, Sugar, Coflve &c. &. * And in rear of tho Grocery, is the ENTERPRISE SALOON, * WHICH is kept full of the finest grades of LIQUORS, SEGARS &c, wMcft will he sold to suit the purchaser. Call and see for yourself. ]mAPI8CHER. tf Bacon, Sugar Coffee &, F!our JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE AT REDUCED PRICES FOR CASE, ATTHE Cheap Grocery House of J S ALBERGOTTI, Feb. 19 1874 tf Corner Russell Street and Railroad. W, K. CROOK HAVING JUST OPENED A FIRST CLASS GROCEKY AND LIQUOR 8TORE, Would call the attention of tho public to his well selected Stock of Bacon, Flour, Lard, Butter, Molasses Sugar, Coffee, Syrup, Can G?ode, LIQUORS &<> OPPOSITE BULL, SCOVILL & PIKE T. B. BO YD HAS JUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF THE BEST BOOTS SHOES, GROCERIES &C, Which lie will sell low down ALSO THE LARGEST STOCK 8ECABS AND TOBACCO . Ever offered in this market. No humbug. Call and convince yourdeff, ' iniii i ii .ii i ii p. D. KORTJOI1N HAS A FULL SUPPLY OF groceries, liquors TOBACCO & SEGARS c. d. kout.ioiix. ?Not 20, c31 ? ly <:": - t'-- f/ j : ? v . ?????? i I .mm?^???????? THE GRANGE STORE IS NOW OPEN FOR THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS. IN it will be found a large supply of Groceries, Bagging, Ties &c, At the tho lowest Cash Prices, also preparedto pay the Highest CASH Prices for. RICE, CORN, PEAS, CHICKENS, EGGS, AV?OL, WAX, RAGS ar all other country Produce. PATKONS can receive all information in respect of purchasing supplies through ? Grange, with the prices&c For further information call at the THE GRANGE STORE, Opposite where Whittcniore'a Soap Factory used to be. B BZSK1BX? Aug. 27-tf AGENT "A?i GRAND OPENING TsVT fall and winter goods AT T. KOHN & BRO. DRY GOODS EMPORIUM. DAILY OPENING ENTIRELY NEW PATTERNS AND DESIGNS Dress goods Prints Shawls Flannels Woolens Jeans etc. Furs Hats Boots, Shoes Trunks Satchels Baskets Musical Merchandise etc etc etc Youths and Gents Clothing $ Furnishing Goods, THE DXAMOKD SHIRT Fit and Wear guaranteed In Pact our stocK will toe replete in every Department and sold at Usual Popular Prices. THB03D0Rli k?KN & S&??SB&* Apr. 9, 1874 . NEW STORE