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LEE.
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The unveiling of the magnificent statue o?
j Gen. ll. E. Lee took place at Lee's Circle. St.
? Charles street, Sew Orleans, on the 22d ol
? February. There wert* the usual ceremonies.
: rendered doubly effective by the efficiency o?
; the New Orleans people ia managing street
nageants. Cn that occasion the following
: poem was delivered by H. F. Ue<ruier, of thc
; L*icaA aae :
Rear aloft thc ?<>'id column
Ue?r ?i high that men may see
How thi- valiant honor vaior
How the brave remember Lee.
1'oise him on ti;'- lofty sn m tait
Of the white enduring stone,
Where his torrn may linger, teaching
tn Jumb majesty alone.
Never braver Spirit battled,
Never grander soldier shone
Ti ! t ti tins victor-va' iiuisticd only
VVlieu his hosts were overhorne.
(.Jive him greeting while he rises
Ou this monument to-day
As he warrior who led armies
To the-enemy's dismay
As the hero thrice encompassed
Thrice outnumbered by th? toe
Who. with ail the od?i$ against him.
Still resisted overthrow.
He. the leader of the legions
lie. the chieftain o' the brave
He, the model man and Christum,
Sleeping where the willows wave
Sh iii be nam' ered with the noblest
Thai have ever swayed the world,
Thtmgh his cause he lost forever
A ?iii his lated nag be furled.
God anoint us in :!:is moment
t?f'memorial fur the dead -
For the i?ore contending armies
Now united overhead.
For the Clue and Gray together
That ><. bravely fought :t?d f--:!.
When the N > i rT : i a:;.i South divided -
Fee 3 :he fi.tr-ii::.u li - me of hell
They are looking from the heavens
<...: this hallowed scene to dav.
And the pipes of pence are playing
To their spirits" gentle sway.
Wittie we rear the solid column.
Rear it high that men mat- see
How the vaiiaut honor v:*b.>r
How the brave remembe: Lee.
Col. Cash f lakes a Statement.
Thc following arc extracts from au in?
terview bad with Od E. 1>. C. Casi?,
iu Richland jail, by a reporter of tire
Columbia lii'/is'tr. Concerning the
tight with U ich a ru*. Col. Cash says :
TH:: FIRST DI ??o: LT V.
.Thc first difficulty occur rei on Sat?
urday. tue lG:h. a little alter nightfall
?.?tue five or -ix highly respectable citi
Zt*t?S ?-f Cheraw. wilt? witot->so?i ilse at?
tack (?ii Bogga!), informed mc of thc
['nets inn first lei II.': give you au
idea ol'the antecedents ?d' this outrage.
IticKards was a cruel ma ii and had re?
peatedly committed the most inhuman
assaults up?n aged and >i<-fenceloa citi?
zens when in his power. ile Was a
power fui l\ built man and his strength
was enormous. This ii" kucw, and his
brutality, committed nuder the guise of
officiai action, was tile town taik. and
the D?u>r and defenceless citizens dread?
ed htm. Ile had oUtrageoU-dy mal?
treated Mr. Gibson, Mr Brigguvau.
and many others. Mr (?ibs?n plead
fi.r n lease of his nephew from luch
ard>*s grasp, and his reply was a>liowcr
of td?ws upon the head ot rite old c?t?
aeti. which disabled him from w ;k for
three weeks A party from Ma-Ib?ro
was ;u Cheraw on another occasion, and
drink tug rather freely, wiicn Richards
arrested one of tne;;i. The prisoner's
father interceded foi" his son's release,
wi;h the promise to take him h?:ue :
but the only reply he g??t was a bi?w
across iii" mouth from utcuardss duo.
which knocked every Iront t?otli out "i
thc ??!d gentleman s mn utli and fe ?lcd nun
to the ground. 1 could go <>u and
enumerate scares ?.t instances ot li i >
erueltv and brutalit?, practiced mi
whites and blacks, but i; i- us? ie? now
It will :;ii come <><i: "ii the trial. Also
th" brutal, cowardly invasion ?! au iu
:dTen>iv>; man s domestic sanrtity. even
in tiie V- rv presence of the outraged
husband, and his a ba ti doned character
generally, will aopear on the trial.
VV\H, t? resume ab? ?ut the difficulty be?
tween i>.?ggau and Richards Richards
had so terrified ti.-' inoffensive citizens
of Cheraw fha* lie was taunted with
questions like this : "AV h y don t you
tmrkle Horgan Casa''' *\Vhy dont you
tackle King Timmons ? These taunts
had made him resolve to take the ad?
vantage of Ii ?ggan upon ;';>.? first oppor
tunity. He had endeavored t" itt duce
others t<i do .--?. "t>*it ha i failed. ( >n
the evening specified, as [ have said,
|>t>ggan went to Cue raw. [ie rode hts
bi'-'ded Stallion, Lv?r?ler Kultian. to the
village, and after being there un hour
or two. started to r- turu, Richards
saw iiitn with one foot on thc gr?und
and the other ?ti iii?- stirrup 1 he
horse was a lir:!-- ti ur u i-y-, and L??g-gaii
damned bim f?r hi- Lil behavior. At
this juncture Itiehards stepped up aril
sai l :? Boggati : 'Here, this thing fias
got to bc stopped, N? cursing is al?
lowed on these streets.' Ir was alter
dark, and not n ladv on the street;
i;..ggatt. with ?nt- f-M-r sri:] in ri,.- .-;ir
: up. ask? i : 'AV ii?? are v >u "' Rich?
ard;, rerli. .] : I am rh- T??u Marsha!.*
R.g-an said : I b? ? y ?nr panton '
rtichard, answer- i : hi m?! gi.-uiied.'
and :?* f!:(- stune tim?- Il^ggau
was a lvft-haudcd man. I> 'j^-iu. wu >
wi>- m tLi.* act springing to h:> sa?lo?e
when struck, was staggered !? Lis
ku-es. Why. sir. y?u eau lorm some
i !?-a ?>t" rt;'.- tei i iii- f"i ???. ?! 'the blow,
Wh'-aa e.-j,; -us eft Hst Ul '.! li:tUi<' f"!
l-iw.-d itu:u ed i-f te ly ltiehar??s stt nek
Lu: ..oe b?oW uj.ori I Jorgan's ie ad. a.
t?>y son rallied uuiekiv. b'lt the Ililli
sital pla ti ted s? v. ti h-avy blows in Ol tr '
l>?>ggati having s? *r/-d l??diafii's elub,
which w:is lu st en ed iv a eerd -.trap
t-i tbs; marshals st rik in g baud-, i"
hick-i i and k.k? d rh- brutal ?narshal
for a distance a hu?, !i. d \ard< in a
direction ?pp?s te ft??tn the guatd h -Us?-.
This shows' rh- farvity of rh- st;.'-ro?-i?t
thar Hi.-hat-ls vas" ?Van-/ V, .-wan f.?
?he tock-up ?iu:,Vy. H ?gr-?h k?.o<-ked
i.ini d wu and was s?i'l te af mg him.
a ti ?J ?ltd k?ek '.?rn -ar ujetey ir.rd
bystanders separated t m-m io tin*
tight ltichard< sh??ve<I hi- thumb in
Bo^gttti's mouth and he hit ir v?-t \ i . i
iv These are the facts as I gather
tie tn from eye-wdtnesses of t?o- affray
After thc ser?arain?t?. Cohmcl, wu at
i...cn: I ?-?i .'
'l?og^au, with hi.- Lite besmeared
' with blood and in thc unpleasant con?
dition already mentioned, wont to a sa?
loon to got a glass "t" spirits to revive
. iiiin. and upon reaching for his money
found that bc ha<i bren robbed of every
cent. Ile had a goodly quantity ol
money with him when he was attacked,
and there are numerous citizens ol ('lie
raw who will tell you to-day that they
believe robbery was the incentive for
the attack on Boggan. ana that it would
otilv bc iti keeping with tiie character
of Richards/
Was Boggan arrested then, or did he
rot urn lo his home V
'Bogati was taken to Tim.mou s Ho?
tel, in Cheraw, where bc received
prompt and much needed attention
Mc attempted to return home, but, was
too weak, aud had to romain al! night
ar the hotel. Thc next morning a
friend too!; him home in a buggy.
HOW THE MCIt-DEK WAS l?OXE.
When did Boggan next go to Che?
raw. (.'ob'Ucl ?
'He had business there several times
during the following week, but took
the precaution only to go to tho edge o?
the towu and seud for those with whom
lie had business to call at thc outskirts
and there transact it. lit* weut twice to
the edge of the town and transacted his
business, as I have told you.'
Was Boggan Cash armed ?
'Yes. sir. he was He carried a
Winchester ri He with him each time.'
When did he enter the town V
'On Saturday, the 23d of February:
But I will .-tate here that on one of bis
previous trips intendant MeXair aud
Mr. Thomas Mciver, son of Judge
Mciver, had seen Boggan at the out?
skirts of the village and had invited
Iii ttl to conic into thc town, assuring
liim thal there would be no attempt at
ins arrest ?< r the previous difficulty.
Boggan deci.iued, saying that ile did
not wish to see Richards., and he did
not wish to place himself in the way of
any difficulty with him. Bur. ou Sat?
urday, the 23d, Boggan went to a
blacksmith shop on thc outskirts of the
town and left his two horses. Border
Kunian and Charlotte Corday, there to
be simd and plated. Boggan liad a
Smith & Wesson pistol with-hi tu, which
he usually carried, but he was unarmed
a? the time of his first difficulty with
Richards. My son walked up into thc
village, arni among tho first men h<
saw was Richards, who was only a
short, distance from the blacksmith
>!;.>:> where Boggan lind left his horses.
Boggan crossed the street and walked
away to avoi meeting or passing Rich
ards. The marshal at this time, about
2 P. M., walked int.. a store and left
his overcoat, which he had been wear
tug the winde morning. Ne then
crossed thc street toward where mv son
had met some friends and was standing
there triking to them. Boggan saw
Richards coming, and excused himself
from his friends, left the party and
went elsewhere. Richards foll ?wed at
a short distance behind my son from
point to point in the 'own, an 1 Boggan
called thc attention of several citizens
to the fact thai Richards was dogging
him. Richards tinnily posted himself
at Brock's corner, thc m-'sr frequented
spot in thc town, where he felt sati>!icd
Boggan would pass. In fact, whoevi r
wa ks iii" street passes there. V* hen
Boggan came up to where Richards
was standing, he asked the marsha!.
'Are.yon watching ino Y Richards re?
plied, 'X''t pa rt i cul a riv.' B"ggat: bfr,
t: : m and walked about tell pares, when
Kiel,ard- said : 'Bur. by Cod. if I v.\.>,
1 would only n -doing my duty.' ?Coi.
Ca .?li said It ieiia rd s ca i i rd it do?-tv.
Boggan then turned and. drawing \i:<
pistol, coiinno'tced firing ar Richards
from a di*-ta uer ot ci^'iir. or ten naces.
The tirs: b..li is said to have
through Riehar i's coat, and. glancing
oft. --truck .iae.es ('.?ward iriGieting. i
am informed, M serious wound. lie
(ired a >.'c?.?nd >i*. ?r at Richards, whielt
brought fin: marshal to thc ground,
willi a eil;-, in ono hand and a in
thc o Mt ur. .-Vu o tn er brand new ni-tol
was found '?n biro. Ile (ired a third
sh'it at Richards, while he was ?m thu
ground, which went wide of irs ann.
The three .shots, I learn from reliable
witnesses, were ?ired in as many sec?
onds. 1 he pistol was not self-cocking :
Boggan had LO cock !t and tire. 1'- r
sous present say that Richards drew his
pistol firsr. bot Boggan says that is a
mistake : that ho ( Bogan i drew ;!;.>:.'
What occurred after iii" shooting",
Colonel J!
'A number o? thc crowd who had
gathered, attracted bv the pi>toj sh >ts,
shouted, 'arrest Iii tn 1* while others
urged a colored man to give him a
horse. Bogan ran of] and. with only
two shots in his pistol, he li cid it. up,
and uttered such intimidating threats
to those win j were clamoring tor bis ar?
rest, as nov otto r man simiiarlv siru i
ted would have done \Yh<m he had
gone about a hundred and ti tv yards,
and Seem" I.:- hor-e al tin: blacKsinitli
-!!'.:>. U fiSaddbd :, fH-gJM. uno bad I" i ? I -
h over ?.. |;.,giran, upon whi'-l: he
to bring ino two' animals from the
nu: ni io u ?ASn :o : i.i io KIM
When: Were you. ('o'to'i'd, wh.-n
Bogg an told v 'H of i he shoaling '.'
. I wa- in hr. Hayt-m's store, at
Ca>h*s h-j -.r '
eui v. a- 6"n ii;s way < lu-Vaw. are
\..t a word iva* sir i abo'i? th'
illly between mai ano Llenaros
; . - r
.-. ].?!: me I tv ,s tu;:y ml 'rm. i ol
vii ?J . i : i ? orad.- np in V
-?m.- ah::! n::,V, tba' I w...|jd
.-bard- b. lo te dari; I ba i .liv
, a
j-.;..'; I.v-i \ m.o ar t- ?. o ?.o, a boni
rvv< nt y-five ia al . mein \;wj a njinis'? r.
i,i ?io ::.. declare iitV It?enti-'?i LO
I ?lelia ros, aol ie?' i.ne an vi se? j 11 ? . ?
against i?i While I was waiting bo
?'"r lite train to take me f.. < ':?. raw.
Ri.ggan rame dashing up -m I* od ;
Roman, t'nr ne??:.i having sid Heil billi
;iuA overtaken Boggan alter he bad
g..m- a mile or two ??n the negro .? horse.
I was tn the baei: p ut ol I < '! cyton s
-to:?: vv lie II I >-.:.'?r .i u rode ?nd told
those iusidc what he had donc A ne
gro rushed into ?w. store and >:ti<I U
mc : ?MI needn't go t-i ('heraw : th?.
Captain has alreadv killed Richards.
What was the character ot your meet
ing with your son at thu time ('??lon?*] v
.I embraced him. and for the firs
since lie wasaii infant I kissed him. ruo
told him ] was proud of him : that i
he had nor killed Richards, I i otc n dc
to do so lingua ri did not know unti
then that I had hoard of the terrible
beating Richards had given him.'
COW Ai; I)*S CONMTloX.
Colonel, what is the condition of Mr
Coward and what have von to .-av in re
ference to linn ?
*i am informed titatCoward lies in .1
very precarious state. i he shooting ci
Coward was entirclv accidental .-mil thc
wound he received is the only circum?
stance of the whole afluir that my son or
myself have a regret for.'
i; UT: xis ?j L?O-W-X CIIKUAW.
J >i?i you threaten to offer a reward for
1 n ten da nt MeXair or threaten to burn
tlic to wu of Ch craw "i
Only conditionally. T had been in?
formed that McXair in ten ?ed to offer
a reward for my head and tint, of tivy
son. I then said, if io' did, I won hi
offer ??1.000 reward f<> ita vc him sin?:.
The News and Courier advised th:>r I he
burned our. and when I rena that I .?ai'!
that was a game at which (wu could
play '
I>i<l you see thc offer of a reward by
tiie Governor V
'I ne vcr-saw ?lie proclamation, hut I
heard of it. It is;il! bosh ; it is condi?
tioned ?rn lii.ggau's conviction, which
will never he had. All my neighbors
ridiculed The oiler of the reward.'
C?TIII:J:r:;iMKS ASH 'UTg.v.
\ i>u are charged with numerous
crimes and out rage---the reporter
-hewing rho article in the Xews and
Courier of hi>r Saturday to him--what
have you to say about the-': charges?
.Weil. sir. 1 have never seen that
publication before. My sou struck
\ > ?? ?til bur one bhnv in a ijUarrei about
'.attie : rh:;t was all of it : I saw ir.
Tiie difficulty with Burgess my -un en?
deavored t" avoid by apology, full an t
free, but ir was pu>hed on Buggan an?I
he was tried arni justiiii d : wasn't lim-1
one dollar. Ile paid three dollars for
tin damage done to Burges?* s gun in
th?* difheulty. The killing of the. ;t::iti
on HIV premises, was applauded bv
prc.?s and people. The deceased was
?>ne of Henry Berry Lowery's gann of
outlaws, and the killing of him was
praised by everybody. Thc hanging
of two negroes met my approval ami
that of every tuan woman and child in
Chesterfield. A detachment of
Wheeler's cavalry were going through
the country, and were playing on as
Yankees. Two negroes went t" them
and told them that r' ey proposed lo
burn out their owners and other.-, and
other climes they iutcuded to comm:;
The cavalrymen at once notified th .
H -?ers of the incendiary intention
the negroes, and it was determined by
a large gathering of citizens to hang j
them, and it was done. Who would
have protested ': Ker I'ods sake, I lmpo
no man in South Carolina, ii" matter
what else hi.mlcmns mc fi r, wnul i
disapprove of my action in protecting our
wive- arid eli ??dren from the incendiarv
and assa?sin. My trial fw slaying au
opponent in a dael is fresh iri the mom
orv of our people. Anything else
charged to me, or anything charged to
me ii? which I have not.beeu set free is
a b i-e hi ;.? tealion.
Tho Plumber Was Called. I
"You se,-." p;i;d ina bad boy.'" wc
i ave life n troubled wit ii rats ut our
h oi.-e. and we tried poison, but tiley
g. t fat <>:; it. We tried cats and the
ra'sdtove thc eats away. So pit wet it
d'< wn and got some steel Irans and set
them around on tho floor ni the base
u.eui. The liuor is cement, and just
as smoo?h us can be, aird me and my
chum g?? down there ami skat'.? willi
eur roller skates. Ibis morning pa
?.anio down and wanted to put i>u my
skates i fold li lin we couldn't skate. '
and that he should fry some other j
amusement, but he said he know ?ll j
about it, and tie didn't want, no boy
to tell him anything;. Well, he wal?-1
bled around for a lew minutes, aud i
held on to things lil] he thought he
had got bis bearings, when he .?-ti nek j
mit lol" the bael; end ?? 1 the basement. ?
As he Came along by the furnace one .
leg began to go over toward tho neigh?
bors,' and he grabbed hold of the fur- ?
n ice, swung around behind it out id
sight, atol wo heard an eal ! in ? wake. '
and something swapped like a steel ]
trap..-.-ai td pa yelled 'By crimus/ and,
ina came down and saw pa and said j
'Merciful goodness.' ami by that linn'
me and my chum bad got there \\ i ii
Voit d a dide I" sec pa | le bad rome :
down like a ron ; ! e.-a!, right o~n that
st- el 1 ia:-, and il had sui ung aod j
ea tight a v. I ?. ..i . . 111 i i ! a ! . ! pa s na li ts
i?. :1 was tue inosi ridiruhuis position
I ev?a see pa into. Hi; g.?t ::-ad ami
t M m.- t" tinsnr ug lin; ti ap. VVe
I ? i i : i . . ? ! h ; tn o ve : a u > I I ne av! u i V e I : u ti)
iri-d om b.-^t th.- t,ap. bm it j
Was >>? i hi-.-- lt alis Wiiti a st long ;
inly "...<. I :. al robin ! un.? pi ? og l io . I : a :..
and I,'- e. -ub?ii 1 go a: < Ul nd lediinu lils
s?d! I" g??f at it so ! (old lt lin I would
go ainu a d? .?.lt>r. but lie said t ii is was
? ea?e wiier-- a iWtor was wo good.
>n! he wanti d a p:umb?*r ns a oi no.
;.Oi-- alt?-1 the pin ni Uer. but the I; ap
.vas < h.lui- d to the lu maro, and i\??
? nida l gel ;l b.osi-. so pa bad lo lay
io I e ?Ul tie? cetu-n-1 li- ??r lii? tie
liilUib'-i ? .?ii!'- I'he plumber iaugii
.d al pa and said le- had ibu,?- ail
.iuds ot plu-n.bu.g bei-.ie. bul lo- I..-V :
I had a ?'ail Mo- thal / fi. '.
U iii; mi i\ - u . u j.- "i n?ung i--nv? rt- i
H -, M. J!)oi?i.-? n-vivai tueeting bri'.i'd
veil. K v . ai..?.j arel coif, --cd tba? h.
i . i i U.?,. i :i -n>l ?. ill I Mio ?.t Sollt?
.ii ii . ! c.,."?^ v'.. ni f.> th ? pu- ,
. |. ; i l.h?' ie x I ?ia y ami paid tie
. ii 'in,:, vi it o i-A.-nty y ai.-' ir.n ,. . b?:t
:i . o.jrn. ?li .1. 1; II I .-!. -I | e th?' I h> fl,
iel ie 'Vv ?.in gui - ires in ta tl.
Th- {ii-J st ..am !n< engine was rou -
ft ? i ? - ?. . ? by I'-ul Hodge, :i Sew Wuk
ia:diiu l-l, oi-i wa !;t I .. o. i m M n eu ,
- i ! , in that cit v
Generai Smalls' Views.
Tho ful lowing interview between C.
li. M., Sumter correspondent of thc
('hro)nih timi ("<.ii*t if u! 'i>i\inii st, nilli
(?en. Smalls, will doubtless be read wit})
interest by our readers.
( ?orrtrsriotident-'Arc you a car: Ji
date?"
Smalls- -'I nm. and I foci quiet con?
fident nf obtaining the nomination,
lyveti if Mr. Mackey had lived. I iras
* . ti : r - ? sun: i could have defeated him.
I have canvassed tin; district pretty
t Koro u ici i'y\ and I am sure 1 ('an beat any
ono who ?nay enter the race.
(' - "ls Sam Lee a candidate i
S - 'No sir : he i> not. Sam Lee
iras an excellent position in Alabama,
in tiii.- I,and Office : and Iiis pay is about
eighteen hundred dollars a year, and ".'.ll
expenses paid, ile; will not be ?tcandi
d;iti/
C -*]Voyou know of any other aspi?
rants Y
S -*? cai; n ot n a tn o any, but ? ex
peer to bc nppo-ed. Ir is said thar Mr.
Johnston the Collector of Charleston,
will run. As t" John lb Johnson,
brother of the Coll .-tor. I do not think
he could carry Sumter county. His in?
fluence is cot:(?ned to a few precincts
justaround Mayo vi i it.-, where he lives,
and ! here it. steps.'
(' - *Do von mu think a conservative
Democrat, one who is not afraid of what
his m ighbnrs might say. ;t man like
-or- could lie ot'more real ser?
vice r.? thc colored people of the Seventh
District than any l?epubltcan, vi?!it r
white or cuored Y
S_-X". sir; I do nor think so-/
('._.!>,, you :it>t know that the ii"U^f
of i?fpresen?ativt s is "largely Democratic,
and that a colored mau -tan-is rio.charifc
in Washington, even among Republi?
cans Y
S -'We <h? not view it in that light.
There arc in the .Seventh District,1
thirtv-two thousand colored voters j
against seven thousand white voters. ?
I du rn-; count the small number of
white ilepiibbeans in the district, about
t wyn tv-ii Ve it: number, as tir?se iv li o are '
m.* 'provided for are without influence.
W e-the colored tnt ti- . fe< ] that i: i> a ;
reflection a ours* !vcS ! we ca tito?!
?ti i "ii<- man of rhirfy-rwo tJi.*u>and
von rs capable of representing us tn
<?'.<:?. LT res.?. We ate sat!,--fi ed that the i
sum . nunto r oj ( i--rm ans. ?.;t>h <<v any :
? .fher rat-.: would send one of th--ir own |
race to n-pre.-elit th-m." j
(' -*Why ?:.? v?'?u require a man of
your own race represent you V I am
i Jew b-v birth a n i hy tii .. conviction of i
:i ior:i! life ol s'udy. Yet I feel that a :
member of ?ii ir res?? oj mtv .-.cr repre- :
sent.- arni n v p< < pie. v. }:.. are both a
r;uv a re . ii > US sect. ju>t as much
t> the m' -: orih"dox and most abie Jew
?.m!d dy i
S -Nevertheless, if your people had;
lim ?HIM mai oi'v itt ?hi- <;;.?tiier. a< we '?
ave. voa would b- certain Lo ?end one ,
v.'t:.- x-.'.u m.I
(' *Y? s. certainly, il" we felt the |
ire --itv forprotecting ourselves. Hut I
?f what <h> vu colored men complain '.' j
Y"U can ii-- ;n-eu>e ns Democrats
rf frau i. No line now ever hears nf :
:n\rh::.j -ut tissue bailor's. There]
ire no e?:?r?"cs of eeuuting ont. What i
is yt ?ur cau.-e of complaint ? And if you ;
Lav . an v. can the i nlted State-? (' -ti- ?
Z\ > ss ?iive voij reitet Y
S \ es, sir ! We complain of the !
i; rec ri t-?:i laws of t?ie Stare.
C-\\s an e?i slea ted colored mau. do
you not : id ni: suffrage ought to be cut- 1
tined t?? men who c tn read and write ?
This i> ali the eice-i n laws eau d'.? : :
and certain'!}'. when ti:-: limitation ?
applies to ail men. without regard to ?
rac?; or color, wi:ere i> the wroii?; Y
S -'Tin: wron?; is in this, that thc '
opportunity for education i- ti o t given
tn all ti..- p.j. pie of ttie State."
C- -|f that be so i; is tu?! the fa nit of ;
rhe iaw. ti r of rho State authorities. !
ll is the t..-ult ufa prejudice against J
free education', which can only be cured '
by tillie. Our State is poor : yet sbe
now pays far more than she can afford j
[er free edueat ion Whenever the tax:
payers of the State will {rive un private 1
schools and devote nil their energies to j
public schools, we will have ti perfect
system.' j
S -'The public schools of l?caufort j
county are so poor that I have to .-end j
my children abroad for education. My
daughter was eouipliiiionN i by the
ore ene?' of IV? >:.:- nt Arthur ex:U'ess
Iv t.. tieft ver tier diploma t-> lier.
( ' - 'To change the subject--can vou ;
make money here by planting V
S "I do plant, i hue. out tn v |
lamb- and realiz.; abott! one dollar r j
acre vent. j
C -Are your people prospering Y j
S- -1 wish vou could .fay here long j
: i.ujii ttl z > with nie to Sr. Helena j
Islam! a nd ?-Ve the co nd ir jon there. :
S^vett tnou,-ati?1 colored men. ito' a white
eat: tit. re i'?..nv;. ; frospei <: \ . ehurehes. j
'i' ??i ? : ' V.-ry m:.aui:n u:- m-at ,-ot- ?
age and c .-of -rt tb'e horne ; alee bu-- j
.??.- and ii uses v u woulo be aston- :
; h. d '
T. \V ;:. ( I.-,-,: tai. p ss?b?v ! mtv see !
i p-opie
oil;il Ita Ve a
TC,--. Ko!..,t
! man rheV
oj ia c! >r
?hi- i?. igh
: ti..- I nt ur.
ivis ti Jid li ii:h
: : a -
WI id . :t li ti
ut hoi ol I he
tl . * o ?I 1111
??it . X11 ! 11 f? : \ ; :. ' . a . \ jl i .-.J atol
napp, -i Uv Mi ?'h ti|.-> Uintiieke
i \v-> ?a:':;e rivers and an .. \ t.-n.-ivv
n- a n t a ' .i j !Ti^.- \v. t .' ot o-o v?r? d near
h.- en ! iud 1 . ttuo.i: \ . The . >.
.buttie. pu tv trav.i -1 ii: a ti v >aiol
id-r^'-> - ?io "I tl: ..-t Unit ,n- lilt? |. ,-t
ti "I i and v. i-:..?!? a tel so dry was
o it
M : 111
Iii ll.
i . lt ii i 1 i. i bi . iiipi I lied v\ 11 li . . n '<
i What Our Editors Say.
i
(Jrtinvill* y*?*.
The New Wuk Sun (inures out tba*
doini S W \<v. is politically ?load i;: \ ir
gin ia because the bulk of his supporters
..?re negroes and they will not v<>*o for
linn after the declaretion that colored
legi.-Iators were only received in his
j kitchen and not nil.-weil ?n his house.
The New ?'ork Sufi is mistaken,
however. The avenge Southern color?
ed voter is inti i ff? ri nt !o iu.-ulrs offered
himself or outra ?fies committed on any?
body eise hy candidates w h o op ouse the
hemoerafie ticket. John Wise might
kick every individual colored voter in
tho ??tatc of \ irginia and would rec? ive
their suffrages jiw the same at the
! com uta nd of whatever scalawags or
loafers might, be Leading them at the
i tune.
i _
Knowledge is Power,
AbieiiUc J'r-^s 'Uti If mit cr:
That is just thc reasoti the crazy
Democrats wants tn educate the
? '.esteemed" negro. The negro being
greatly ra the majority, any man ut'
; common intelligence knows thur he
. will take poss.ess?ou of the Government
as soou as all our property has been
confiscated for his education The
time will come when the men who are
responsible for the levy of two milis tax
for negro education, will have just cause
to regret their course. What will
future gen rations say of political lead?
ers w'ho saillie this burden upon us't
! This outrage upon our citizens will
; hot down at any body's bidding, and any
effort to deny the fact that our people
are conscious cf the iniquitous burilen
will be simply a failure.
Any pretense thar our peeple are
anxious to educate their enemies is the
most hollow mockery. We do not de?
ceive our own friends, and the North- j
ern men know that the pretense is j
false.
Proud old South Carolina is cutting ;
up nice capers before the world in ap- j
propitiating a third of million dollars !
annually for negro education, while she |
is narin" not one cent of pensions lo I
lier own pat.i ?*>rio soldiers.
in a little while the candidates will I
be iii the field for Legi.-larive hon ?rs,
and we think ;f nothing amiss to ?rive '
them ti:?' opportunity of saying whether !
they intend to continue the appropria- '
lion fur negro education while our
maimed and needy L'oufederate soldiers j
go without pension's. Let those who j
would be Willing to turn their backs on j
?>ur own ?nen ano brethren speak out. i
We want to see thc white man in ;
Abbeville eui.ry who i- willing to con- !
tinue rh-1 tnx on po >r Confederate soi- ;
dre rs. their widows or their orphans. !
for thc education of a race of people wh ?
have never shown one. instance of graf- !
it mle. loir who have sworn against us ;
for UM greater offence than that of vut
ing tor Congressman Aileen aud Gov?
ernor 1 homnsoo.
Txlden. !
.... , . i
(/</.'./,<'.,!. tt Ml 1 ?7i."'l'>l<'f:'::,ils'. !
Winnie las: IVmoerafic Conven- j
rion assembled ar Cincinnati not I he I
least intere>r<rd spec.: a Nu: was tho !
(ate Senator l?enj II ?I:.!, of Georgia j
X??! himself a delegate in that body. !
he had hasteuod (rotu Washington I ? :
witness its nroc e lintis and to add his '
c.OKI- i. i-ve n contnnate his eloijueuce
to the iniluenc'.-s which dominated irs ?
members ir not to the record ot the con- j
vention itself. [Ie was sirring amono j
tue spec tat ?rs. ir is sa: '. when the cdc- j
orated dispatch from r Tibien wa- .
road, declining to go h.-fore the parry ;
as a candidate for tin- nomination, ano I
in the exuberance of his emotion or tue |
strength of his conviction. i- reported ;
to have exclaimed : 'O.li, for an oppur- j
tunity to address this Convention.*
'-.overa! of Mr. ll ill's friends knowing
.the ardor ol his desire [or the nomina I
rion ol' Mr Tilden cudeav ?red I? obtain j
for him a hearing : others. tor a similar
reason nerita ps. were indifferent ti. Ins
appeal, and with tile early mentit M "I
tieri Ifuneoek's name the opp ?rtiuiify j
which Mr I ?iii. in ti burst of whai may j
have been impatience and wli.it may,
have been inspiration,, asked, baa passed.
Senator Iii!! was anxious for tho
nomination of Mr. Tilden in lSSo
rm i i ft
Lhere was ti sentiment to Or ar iw: ano j
a principle to be maintained which in ?
his opinion would have been resistless ;
before the Ano rican people. Then:
was an outmire to bc av. ng< i which he
felt the party owed the New Volk
1 ?overnor and whieh he wa- con.vi need
thc country would n.?r deny. V? hat- \
eyer.of reform and of practical states- j
tnanship Mr. Tilden may have shown i
in Mr. Ut!! he?eved was need--1
in I SSC What would have been the j
impact ot tue great Ueorgia ?vnator > i
loi'icand the powr of his oratory in j
Cincinnati Georgians may best judge.
Before thai effort had he rh - opt ottini- !
IV le have mad? his speech, the >:u-iii?1 !
eioimence of Ingersoll at ( inemnati.
the th'wrng periods of t ?.?i ?i .; : at Chi
ea?;o, and the dramriMc eu! or.tatu ? ?
I 'aniel l>ongIni ry hims. !f vv.oild n t 1 .
i em em here? 1 to-?iav. Mr Hill was ? vi
? :. . 141 Iv mov? d bv .i mast? rt ul n -u'?; : '''
mav have been lett lor othyr men imo
times t ? 'touch the magie siring.' ?nd
th? voiceless inspiration th il h-uir ,
mr, l>. deVt.li>p?'d by logic ot com?
ino , .\vnrs
?Seen I ti rn s o?" Sc?i;itors.
/.
The action ?>t (ir.- Si I: tte a ti w week?
.i_'it \ti \. tuto ,'Tiidi St n.it'-i . who ?- i?.-r
a e !? .i n tu i n . ? ? a e. '.n io ; ; : ? . . a > :? \ ?. at
au expense "f a hoi iii..re tl, ll. S I.?Mit?
.tv i ? ?li?
le II
ll ! ? ; ':
file S, i_. aol a? Ann-, win- ha'id.os the j
nay ie!?-. h?s ! e.m adtuonisli>Ld io fur- :
ni-li no !litei inatPOI ntn i?! t:.. ;??. H hy ;
tl! tilts M i '' e\ . Hill.? S- -e.,.. ul |;ie ap- .
po inf i ii . : ii ts .ne ..{ :i ch i ri et?-i 'li.it
wOu?d n. 1 util! public app'ovat ?; Jr
l- a,:ei_, | thal the i?ee:i-lo:i . I llie
s? ei*ecv is ilia.'", in -omi- ?u-? m-. - > n.i
Pt.- ha ? e appv.ii?iti t lin i ?' \\ : v . .>. ililli
fe i's. solis ..i r. lat ives to I-iie lav*??i"? d
p!ae? s 1 ! lin- !>.. n ne. no M I n?l? : ;
otd?o> have bei n ; ivi n lo elo-i- lin
SOHi'ees ol iiitormatio!! r?spe?'ting iii? !
naines which !i-_'Ui- on the p.v lon. .
I > I r.. it rs? . 11? e>. ? .-. ? 11.- . i 11 . ? . I > I . i . . v. i \ .
don't d?1 m m h toi t lu u . i x doihti .- fi j
Jay, and the Senators ure rjr?r relieved
of the work of which they complained so
loudly. !*hoy have, however, au addition?
al ?I.(M')n a year in tho family There
is no doubt a good den! will he heard
about these clerks before this year's
political contest is ?.vcr.
"Tbc Old Ticket."
.\ Jic tl/? rn sf 'ind l?timer.
Weare unable to understand whv
Sotne "? our brethren falk ot noniinat
?nir 'the ?dd ticket*-Tilden and llen
dricks. I*''?r mir own part we want a
real good tick? r. one which will create
s/'Uic enthusiasm among the people.
North and South. X-??'b??dv wants to
her tunney on "id broken-down horses
thar haye been badly beaten in former
races. nor do they care to v kt? for men
who have allowed themselves to he
cheated out of tho offices to which they
were elected. For these reasons, we
propose the names of r?eorgc Washing?
ton and Andrew Jackson Ju case
these men do not suit, then wc propose
to get two first-class Egyptian mum?
mies. \\ e do not want any of your
fossils.
The State Democratic Convention.
'//.> . hr? 'i-. JC/ttt r?>ri*c und. MounViinctr.
"\ he National Pctnocratic Convention
assembles iu Chicago on the ?rh of I
July. Thc State Convention will have .
to assemble in time to choose delegates ?
to attend the Chicago Convention
The "jue*tion lias been asked by the i
Charleston News and Courier if it is j
necessary lo have two conventions- !
one to elect delegates to Chicago and I
then one Kiter to choose candidates for j
the (.?ovcrnship and other State office*. I
We think two conventions sho-ld he j
held-one to elect representatives to the '
National invention, to be held in dune, j
and another in August to make nomi- j
nations for the State ticket.
A short campaign this Year should
be had. There will be no distracting
questions to agitate the propli-, and as j
a short crop was made last year, the ;
tanners of tho State can devote their j
attention first to their crops and then j
can io dx after the elections. It notu?
ti"ii< be made in dunc, the political pot ;
wiil at once begin to effervesce, and no
corresponding benefit will result from i
tho earlv beiriuuins <">f it.
BILL ARP
I recken the elements arc satisfied
now and will [rt us alone for a season. ?
W ??ve gut nothing lo Complain of at j
my house and much tu be grateful for, !
nevertheless one ol' my props have j
boen knacked fruin under, tor I've j
been saving and thinking for seven
yeais that these hills and mountains
that surround us were like fortifica?
tions against storms and tempest and
cyclones and simoons and tornadoes
and all those so j t of things. I thought
thal the high peaks and ridges broke
them to pieces when they come and
we w.-n; in no danger, but the otuer I
. lay we could look out of our windows
and see the raging balloon on its
winding wav tearing up things and
paying no respect to houses or trees i
or niau or beast. It lifted up the j
rind oil' o? Nab"!- .Munford's nico j
dwelling ?.'ko the shingles wen; feat h - j
eis. and i???-;? took hold of his big two
story earn and twisted it all to pieces
and Tuon dropped thu fragments about
OM nine .muirs and two horses and a
carriage and all sorts ol machi lies,
am! h'ne niggers to boot that were
inside the building. No, those dar?
keys wore not in. They saw the cyclone
fooling round the dwelling house and
tirey run out of the barn just as the
suburbs ol'tho monster got lhere.
..Says !, .John, what did those dar?
keys do then
"Good gracious, boss, 1 tell you
deni niggers fust trow deniselves
down on de gruun*, sir. and holler
..Oh, Lordy good Lord hal? mercy
mi a poor nigger. Nobber bo a bad ?
nigger any more, oh, Lordy-good
Lordy" and de old slycooii pay no
tention at all. but jes Iii' cm up and
twis ''in ali ru uh' and rou ir and toss em ?
ob?i de fence into de ted mud hole
and trim, my soul I wish you could
bab seen <?ini. for as he was gwine
ober de louee he struck a post's dat j
was stlckin up, and he gcthereJ it ?
with both anns and hold on and hoi-j
leid vvns dan . ber. . Oh. Lordy -oh, j
my good Lord, i'd,-ss do Lord, bab
mercy on a [.< or nigger ;*' ano about j
that time the old slycoon twis he tail
armin au i lil liim's feet way up over j
be's hoad and his holt broke and he j
bounced oU'oii the groun and den took
anode] bounce into I he mud ?odd. and
dar ?lo cotisant Iel him.
.. Vt ter ile sivcoeii gone clean away j
? i un up to i ?im. and says I, 'ti im. is j
you dead or iu?." L?m Iv ? ri .'.ar in de!
mu.l hob' w id nnflin but his head ont, j
i ? : JU ueber spoke nary word, and his ]
.yes was wallon iik?'a ilead stoer. andi
I? savs I ag n. '"I say. ti im. is you
lone goto- ?-loaf dead " lot-y ? ?ti SM? I ?
tho?ulil if I ? im ii? ad no use in my
wadinu iii ile mod attn him. and < ? im |
itt' gaunt au?! u .di cue eye at me ad
whisper "wh.ir is he" " W liars
who," sa d I "Pe di bbil." said he j
..pi mc gone.'' sa iv! i "g"tte clean!
a Wa v . ii: up bom dal - git up li
av (iim gin a groan ami say 1 j
.ant. .. i ni iloin- dead " "ti it up 1
lt 1! v.. it." .-saiil I., bul ti tin nebet ino ve. :
|'.\ i.ti t'\ ! trow iip HIV hands and took ?
down de big road and say "my good
I ...td Vin gliiv. et dat o'e slyeoon a i nt j
,i com MI t i gd 11 hack here " Nrbot
if a ?io.ol uiggo! com?,' lo 1 :.<? iikf
iim IL' boonce .mien dat mud j
i Fe and stat ! < ll lip de ina?! a I tutnIn ?
iud lio'lct in lot ijuaile;' ?.! a nr.le.
White ?o?vs earn.- along and Mop :
lom and look al! . l*ei him and nobe:
ind a set al. h VV IiiWi he gol back v\ e
tv as. a il eut t iii aw a.\ !.. ti ltd MM s from ot- j
. M ?!?. muios. .(?"', :| w as a halt an hom j
.. :..?, we Cou d un < iini to Mri kc arv !
?,-?; Tell \. :: \\ Ital b. ss. w-* was
i \ m -hi \ had SN.', rod. bul 1 lieber
.. ,. it i ol a*. .-iii * ady tot judgment
is il a I sat no ti i g g ot, i i un Winn do
l ! <i? lei ?!?. .. it lum he raise a rumpus
low ti in dom M li" mellis sit?te.
. i ijdonl the ey clo ne lake oil' the
? nd o| v. to cabin. < dui '. "
"Oj .- .oise he did. boss Ile take
;?. r.?. f Vd! all al ug . borvwhere he go
.HOI; like i lu . \ hon ? ho come to h?"
don't yon sec mo com i h j a?nt you got
no manners, and zip he strike ern and
I take it off hisseif. ile take de roof
offen de colored school and offen dc
white school all de same. lie no
respekterof pussons, bless God. Tell
you. buss, what i tink about dis old
slycoon, 1 tink he nuffin but de old
debil on a scurscion. Yali, yali,
yali,*' and John cackled at his own
ideas.
Well, I was mighty sorry for Xabor
Munford, for it tore him up awfully,
but ;t loft him his wife and his pretty
little children and Iiis good "Iii moth?
er ai.<1 al!, and he is thankful for that
am! said tu nie that his gratitude
wi.nhl be complete it his shade tr?**-<=
had been left, for he couldent replace
thorn, jt was only a low davs ago
and now you could hardly tell that
li.estonn had been lhere. In twenty
four iiours lu.- had 70 hands at work
repairing ?he damage? lor he just call?
ed for the Hands at the mines close
hy ami they came, and it was lively
; times lhere tor a low days, and now
everything is as good or better than
before.
1 wish all thc sufferers could do
that way, but alas, there are a hundred
families who have lost treasures that
money could not replace-treasures
ol the heart and home that will never
rellim. What a terrible death. Verily
those cyclones seem like things of life,
or instruments of vengeance in the
hands of the gods we read about in
old mythology. AH that ancient ro?
mance iias recorded of Ajax Hercules
and Jupiter, or ail that the Arabian
Nights tell us of the genii does not
surpass thu power and grandeur and
desolation of the modern cyclone. It
humbles us more than players or
preaching. It takes us unawares, lt
is the constant dread of the timid and
defenseless, and now it takes all my
philosophy lo keep my household
calm and serene. "There is the base?
ment," said I, "and we could all run
down stairs and be beneath the track
of the cyclone, for it never was known
to attack a basement that was below
the ground, nor a cellar, nor a well."
.Mrs. A rp laid down her knitting and
said, "you dont suppose for a moment
that anybody in their right mind
would go down in that basement dur?
ing a cyclone and have all the timbers
of the old house crash in on them V
" Why, my dear," said I, "the tim?
bers of this house are old fashioned
and strong-. Do von know that these
sills are 14 inches square and all
framed and draw pinned."
"So much tho worse," said she ;
"the heavier the timber the heavier
it would fall on us. If thc
house was light it might blow
clean away and leave us unharmed,
but these big sills you tell about
would just be lifted up a little and
dropped back in the basement. No.
i'm not gniiigdown in the basement/'
"Well then there is the flower pit,"
said I. "That is a good place. There
are no timbers over that.''
"Hut how are we going to get to
the flower pit," said thc girls. "The
cyclone comes before anybody knows
it, and while we are running to the
flower pit it catches us and carries us
off "
"Nut only that" said Mrs. A rp,
"but the trees are all about and they
would he pulled up by the roots and
crush down on the flower pit and even
the sash iran?es and the' glass could k;!l
us. and then there is always hail with
the cyclone and that would beat us ali
to pieces-no I'm i.ot going in thc
?lower pit. "
"All right." said I. "We will stay
right here in the family room and see
it out. I don't think it will do any?
thing hut lake thc roof off."
'. Why it tore Mr Munford's big
strong ham all to pieces and killed
his mules" said she. '"It Wouldn't
mind this house at all."
"Then where are you all going,*'
said I and lhere was silence for a sea?
son. Finally Mis. A rp said shewant
ed l" nm ve somewhere, where then:
were no storms or cyclones. "There
is no such place," said I, "this side
of heaven."
Last night my women folks stayed
up al riabor Freeman's to tea and
about ten o'clock he came down aloin:
and said he wanted somebody to go
up after my l'<-!ks
..Why didn't they come down with
von " saiii I. "Alraid" said he
Afraid id what V said I. "Cyclone."
saul lie 1 w;is about to express my
indignation, when he said that they
had all been talking about spirits and
ghosts and his wile didn't want lt? be
left aient? and so lu? left my folks up
there while he came down, lt does
look like spirits and magnetisn and
cyclones are about to take this coun?
try and a man dont hardly know
whether it is worth while to plant a
ciel? oj not. but 1 reckon wc will
niant W< have been sowing oats all
lia' Wi ck as hard as we can and are
stiil living in hope that sunshine and
seast ns xviii continue and the earth
give its increase and lios year be a
bett el ? ne than il c last.
S . mote ii be mu. A ur
A Business Melody.
There fl ts :i man in our town, and lie
wa.-, wondrous wise, foi when he marked
in- {>!!*..> down he thom did advertise.
Anti xvii eu hi- >;iw his trade increase,
with all his might an?! mani ho marked
still hnver i vi ; \. price, aud advertised
:t i n
Vnd when he advertised again, los
rivals stamped and tero, to see {?'?ks
nish xvitii might and mam to patronize
his store.
And while they >at tn solitude, and
saw inni t'UNi.'?i win. thal man hehtn?i
the counter stood ami raked tho shekels
in
Ami when he raked tho sin kids in.
arni saxv lu- fortuno rising. !>.' took a
goodly hu of tin and kepi on advert is
l-'ach n ix a ?'encrons s?m he'd sink,
rmi dem?nstrate full plain, the m.ni
? ne pa vs foi pi inti t "s ink tho greater is
his gain
Tho re -deei'ton '"t the I* ri nee ot
Wales as Grand Master ol thc I'Yoorna
si>n-. which xviii t?eeur on ihe .uh id
Marea, xxiii he tin eeea>i<'U "t -i gr? tt
M agon?t ceremony