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-. FOR TEE HlRUW-D Friendship's Offering. DEDICATED TO MY ESTEEUED FRIEND,W I.p,gathgrMd thesl r.,fgedfr They are glittering wit.sary -forning dew, And though their beauty will fade away, Keep- th"*1&je*or.yt*i-dgr.. There are Roses sweet, and Heliotrope too, Jessamiies white,ad'Viets bue; Lovely Geranids, abdTdeh'siashite, GWittering in beauty like stars of the night. They come expressing my joy to meet, Lnd with extended hand to greet One whose friendship like a beacon star, Ever gleams brightly, though its home is afar. Friends we have ever been, I and you, "Weighed in the balance' and found true; Friduds in the sunlightof joy's dazzling light, Friiiss stl-truer in sorrow's dark night, Friend3 may we ever be, true and tried, And anebor at lasi on the other side, Whe angels sweep their harps and sing, Glory to the new born King. Williamston, S. C. MAGGIE. LFrom the Columbia Register.] Stateneui"by Gen. X. C. Butler .-is Coneetion with the Hanburg Riot in the Interests of Law and Peace. Certin newspaper editors and re potters have done-me so much 'injus tiee -by- false: reports in *referenee to the recent- disturbanee in Hamburg, tho: ityis, uAe to - selfto make to the publie a statement of my connec tihk ith it. On Friday evening, July 7, Col. Tho. Shaw with his brother, the Rev. Wm-- Shaw, was at Edgefield Court House to see Mr. W. H. Addi son and Mr. A. J. Norris and myself on business. After transacting it, Col. Shaw said 'to me hat Mr. Robert J. BitIergirh lives near Hamburg, in Aiken6Countyi desired. me to be at Hamlrg, on the following evening, (Saturay,)t 4.o'clock, to represent professioisally his-in, Thomas Butler, and son:in-Iaw, Henry -Getzen, in a trial- to be had before Trial Justice Prince Rivers. Mr. Bater, has been a jerative clientof. mine for many years. I inquired of Col. Shaw if he knei ie~natire of the case t6 be tried, anheWd lie kew ~ nothing except wiat- i, had:heard--that these two yotg -mien ..had had an altercation with -a cmpany of negro militia in the streets of Hamburg on the 4th of July and'thet Mr. Robert Butler had 'o~ned toXive5,-the -Majot-Gen erefMilihaand Trial--Justice, and that he supposed the -trial referred .t9. thamtter. L. accordingly left Edgefield, at 9 o'io6k next inorhing in a~ iiggy. SWfieu #1 had gone~ about Iseven miles ondhe old stage-road, I met Dra Ga. Wiserho. aquired if I had head the- es from Hamburg. 1 seplied that-I'had beard nothing special, but was on d'y~ Mi to Hamburg to attend a Blal "befar& lRivers. -~ said the information had reached his-neighbor hood'. that,. the negro militia had threatened .to lynch -Thomas Butler and Henry Getzen if they were not convicted, aind? that several young men hadegonein *lhat direction. .When nearing the town, -1 sent wor.da.tos. Mr. EQbert Butler to meet mijn Hamburg, and give me the facts ofjlhe case in which he wished me to a#Ear." Mr. Butler did mestme in a shodV time, -and I there for the first tiaie ascertained the character of the trouble. I had nothing whatever to do with the matter up to that time-knew no thiug but whatlI have stated. My business thefe was simply professional; had: nothing about me but one law book,ndshad no more idea of there being a cellision than an atter stran ger learned after reaching Hamburg that Mr. Sparnick, of Aiken, was in town as.-th atrey of the colored miliia, an~d sent for him -with a view of arranging for -the.. trial or effecting somne arrangenit between the parties. Mr. Sparniek met me, and, I think, will deme tle~ justice to say that my earnest effort was to prevent -any fur ther trouble, if possible, and he ap peared equally anxious. Mr. Robert Butler then interposed and said to. Mr. Sparnick that if these men- would make acknowledgments for their abase and maltreatment of his., son- and son-in-law, he would be satisfied. .I said nothing about any apology myself. It was then proposed that we hold a eonference with the officers of the mnilitiacompany and Prince-Rivers, and see if we could not adjust matters. -I made this proposition. Mr..-Sparnick assentid; saymig he had an influence wits the negroes, and he thought we could'arrange it. He went off, sI supposed, to bring his clients, but did not jetRrn. -- -Sam. Speneer, a negro man, came to Mr. Dam's store, where I was with I'.f. Robert 'Butler, his son and son-in law,- nd said that he desired to see me privately. I at once went to Mrr. Dam's back room. Hie said he was 'lorry to see so much excitement, and I ex'yresed regret at it, when he said that' he thought inasmuch as Trial Justice Rivers was to hear the -ease, lhe would prefer not to be in the con ference. . I agreed with the proprxiety of that position,- and he then said that the officers of Doe Adams' militia comfpa'ny would meet me, but did not like to come to Mr. Dam's store, as there were armed men there, but would meet me at his (Spencer's) offiee if agreeable to me. I said certainly I would meet themi at his office, and alone if'they preferred. He then went off and did not return. The time appointsd for the trial ba.vieg arrived, L proceeded, withiay clients, to the Trial Justice's office. marked that I was indifferent as to the character of the couft, as we onlY desired to arrive at the' facts, and in quired if the parties accused would be present. He said that he did not know, but would have them called, which his constable proceeded to do from the door. - About this time Sam Spencer came in, and said to me that he thought if the trial could be sus pended, the matter could be settled. I replied that he must see the Trial Justice, and if he would susperd, I had no objection. Whereupon Rivers announced the- ease suspended for ten minutes, and I was invited by the In tendant of the town, a negro man named Gardner, to the Council Cham ber, for the purpose of meeting the mili tia officers of Adams' company. I re paired at once to that place, and remained there about a quarter of an hour. Nobody appearing but' Gard ner, with whom I had some talk as to the noessity of something being speedily done, -and that I thought the best solution of the matter was that these people should deliver up their arms as a means of settling the pres ent difficulty and a guarantee against a:future recurremnee; he said he knew nothing about it; and waiting, as I thought, long enough, I got in my buggy and went over to Augusta on .business having no -relation to the Hamburg matter; and while there, was. questioned by a- number of per sdns a to the status of affairs in. Ham burg,.to whom I rejie'd that I thought -. c ollision between the white;s and blacks imminent and likely to take .place. 1 After despatching my business, I wis'returning through Hamburg, on my way to spend the night at Mr. Robert Butler's two miles in the coun try, and leave for home early next morning. When about half way across the bridge, I met a.delegaton of four negroes-Pixley, Edwards, Spencer. and Sims--who stopped me, and saia that, if I would go to Spencer's office, tie effioers of- the militia would meet Me and endeavor to stop the impend hig trouble. I agreed; went directly to the appointed place, and waited -there some twenty or thirty minutes. but one of the officers, Cartledge, ap pearing. He said he would do all in his power to induce the militia to dis band and giie up their guns, and I believe .he did. a Whilst I -was in Augusta, a body of men rod'e into the town (Hamburg) mounted. I went around the street to look for Mr. Butler, and had not been gone lng before I received a message from Prince Rlivers asking me to meet' him. er declined to- do so, sayingtIit e :ad amade. about four appointments, which were qs~erved by .myself only, and that he must come to me. I, however, did go to meet him, and' he sked me if the' mnen would give 'up atheir ~arms, would I guarantee the safety of the town. I said I have 'no thing whatever to do with the town, and could give no guarantees of any sort, as I had' no comimand or adt'hori ty, but would say, as*a citizen, that, in my judgment, if- they would do that, there would not be the slightest trouble ; and he said that he thought that right, and would go and advise them to that course. In about ten rainutes the report was cirecilated that the negroes refused to give up- their arms, and intended to fight. And a few minutes thereafter the fight.e did ensue. The negroes were fortified in their drill room in a brick building, known as Sibley's corner, and they ,raised a yell and fired7 from the win dows, which was responded to by the whites, and a general firing took place. Not a very great while after the firing began, Mr. McKie Merriwethei-, a most estimable young man, was shot in the head and killed. Not a-negro had then been touched, and Merriwether's death naturally infuriated the already eKeited erowd, and they were under the leadership of no one. During the firing, some parties un known 'to me brought over a piece of artillery, and fired four or five. tiines at the building and returned. The firing of the negroes from their posi tion then ceased. I left the crowd arresting the negroes. How many were killed or how they were killed I do not know. This collision was the culmination of the system of insulting and outraging of white people, which the negroes had adopted there for several years. Many thing; were done on this terrible night whieb, of course, cannot be justified, but the negroes "sowed the wind arid reaped the whirlwind." I did not attempt to accomplish by force what I could not accomplish by peacefulmeans. I was no~t the leader of this body of infuriated men. I was there in the line of my profession. The collhsion was a sort, of spontaneous combustion. I'thought I saw it approaching, and did all that any human being could be expected to do to prevent it. I have no objection to being saddled with whatever responsibility fairly attaches to my conduct, but I have no idea of permitting newspaper' report. ers, for the sake of a sensation or any other .purpose, presenting me as the leader of a mob, when I was no more the leader aed no 'more responsible than any other person who might have been there in The line of his Auty. M. C. B3orTLR. The SOUTHERN? PLANrTER AND) FAARxR for July has been received. Its table of con tents, as usual, .is made up of the most in structive and useful articles. We regard it as one of the very best agricultural periodi cals On:the continent, and cannet too highly recommend it to the farmers of .the South. Recognizing the fact thai; farmers have minds as well as soils'-to 'enitfiate, the editor does 'not confine his efforts to mere fannf work, but contributes largely to valuable rading matter, which awakens thought up on subjects thit d,eep ly concern our welfare as a people. Keepnalugf from partisan 7~flhitE!q: I~ bcildlv attaeks.aDd ~rn~ea the The Coming Fal -Elections. STRAWS TAhT WILL SHOW HOW THF PRESIDENTIAL WIND IS BLOWING. In view of the Presidential election in November, the State elections which ,will..precede it will be.-looked to with interese. The following is the order of these eleetions: 1. Kentucky; ou the first Monday in August. This election will be for members-of the legislature and circuit judges. The Democrats are making active preparations for the election but so far the Republicans indicate a purpose to et the election go by de fault. 2. California, on the first .Wednes day in September. This election is for members of the General Assembly and 'members of Congress. The par ties- are pretty equally divided, each claiming the victory, and' an exciting contest is predicted. 3. Vermont, on the first Tuesday in September. The- election is for State officers and members of the-Gen eral Assembly, and as the State is overwhelmingly Republican, the only interest attached to the election will be in noting the relative loss and gain of the two parties. 4. Maine, on the second Monday in November. Here a State ,ticket will be elected;. and there seems 'to be no doub',.of the re-eleetion of Gen. Selden. 4Conner, Repub'ican, tie present Gov ernor. 5. Georgia, on the second Tuesday in October.*. Gei. A. H. Colquitt is likely to head-the De cratic ticket for the governorsbLip, whose election is predicted by 75,000 majority. As yet the Republicans have jotindicated a purpose t6 'eoutest the' field. 6. West Virginia, on- the second Teesday in October. This election embraces a State ticket, members of. the Legislature and members of ~on_ gress. The Democrats are already in the field with a- State ticket, headed by Hon. A. M. Matthews, present ttorey-general, for -the goyernor ship. The Republicans will nominate a: State ticket during the latter part of the present month. The Democrats claim. -that all 'their dissensions are healed, and: that they.will carry the State by a large majority. 7. Ohio, second Tuesday in October. In thik State a tickdt, with the excep tion of Governor and'Lieutenant-Gov ' ernor, will be elected. 'The Republi ins claim :th'ey will carry the State by an increa.sed majority over Hayes's vote in the5. 8. Indiaina, o .te co6d Tuesday in October. Here a full '*State tiu'ket will be elected, the'Demnocratic ticket being headed by:Hon. J. D. Williams, presenb member of Congress,. for th Republican ticket" by the Hon. God love S. Orths late~ ininister to~ Austria. Indiati proiies'Wto be ~he battle; ground preparatory to-'the 'rsdential onset~ in November, anud.. both parties will put forth their best efforts to secure the ascendancy. 9. Iowa, on the second Tuesday in October. This is'-a Republican State, and may:be expeeted to cast its vote in that direction, both in OctobeLand November. .eon Tu. ayi 10. Nebraska,scn Tedyi October. This""is dso a Republican State. 11. .Texas, on the first Monday in November. This State will probably go Democratic by from 75,000 to 100,000 majority, but the election is too near the time of holding the Presidential election to affect' it in any perceptible degree. As OTHERs SEE US.-The New York Sun says: "South Carolina was never in ae more unhappy condition thani at the present time. The State Treasury is bankrupt, and the managers 6f tle public institutions are without means to feed:their inmates. Owing to the fail reoHardy Solomon's bank, of which Governor Chamberlain was the attor ney and one of the directors, a large amount of the State funds deposited there were lost, and it was impossible to pay the July~interest on the consoli dation.bonds.. The most frightful desti tution prevails in many of the counties, and about one-fourth of the land in the whole State is advertised to be sold for unpaid taxes. "These are some of the fruits of Govei orChamlberlainl'sadministration, and the people are: discovering, at last, that since his pretended reformation that adroit carpet-bagger is pursuing his schemes of self-aggrandizement with quite as.much vigor as when, with equal professions of zeal for honest government, as attorney-general and a member of the notorious 'financisl board, he supplied, the brains for the Scott Ring~ which piled up the, enor mous fraudulent debt of "the Prostrate State." In spite of the framtic appeals of the fusionists, a straight Democratic ticket for State officers will undoubtedly beput.in nomination; and with such a man as General Wade Hampton at its head, there is a chance of its being elected, as bitter goarrels exist in the Republican organization." .GAVE BOND AND FL.ED.---State Detec tive James Canton arrived in the city this morning from Raleigh and Hender son county, N. C., where he had been with a requisition for W. P. F'lemming, alias Fortune, the forger, who had de frauded the .Charleston banks out of $10,000. When the South Carolina officer arrived at Henderson with the requisition, approved by the Governor of North Carolina, he found that Flem ming' had been arrested on Tuesday and taken before Justice Patten on Thursday, where he waived an exami nation and gave ball in the sum of $2,500, putting up this amount for his appearance, as he found it difficult to procure bondsmen. The :next day he fled from the State by way of the Air Line railroad, taking with him his sis ter-in-law and leavinig his wife and six children behind. The action of th~e magistrate in taking $2,500 from a fugitive from jus#c~e, who was known to have'stblen $10,000, was generally oondemned, when it was dis, coered that the -scazp had abandoned his family. Flemming was liberated before Mr. Canton~ had' proc.ured the -~9V f-.- rn.. -n..-e., The C'har T he Uer ta,1t THOS. F. RENkER, EDITOR. NEWBERRY. S. C.-. WEDNESDAY, JULY -9 18i6 A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLiE. The Herald isin thehiglstrSpect aFam ily Newspaper, devoted to the material in terests of the people of this County and the State. It circulates extensively, and as an Advertisig mediuni offers pyx.d ad vantages. For Terms, see first page. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATEK FOR PRESIDENT. SAMUEL .. TILDEN, .'OF NEW YORK. FOR VIr-PR ESIDENT. THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, OF ilUihNA. Primary Eleetions., It has become apparent. to a good many that nominating conven tions express bt very imperfectly the will of the people.. It happens verj frequently that the nominees are noI the. choice of the majority, nor repre sent they their sentiments, and opin. ions.. Ja speaking now f+ County Oonventions .the people residipg al the court houses have a controlling influence beyond that, to which they are perhaps ent,itled. on account ol their more trained. intelligence and their greater familiarity with political subjects, which naturally arises from their greater coneentration and the consequent mental contact.; Thui far their preponderating influence. im legitimate and healthful. But, partl owing to their easier intercounwe witb each other, partly bec#use of their higher amnbition and greater confidence, the-town folks get together, generall. under the lead of somne expAerienced poliggian and preparea tieket toke pro posed and atarmigating. committee te be appointed.. somebody, of :ou~rse, has to comme,nee .thes aption.sisid we attach no blame to the Iia n.WI.:take the'initiative.; but theiystem is vicious. On convention day .#&e cuntry afolk either -en masse , or asi dejegates:from township .jelabs,, come .shprtly.!before te call of the mpeting, mostly with out~ plao or gpepa,ration; -before they can ta breath ther nominating ..om migen is appointed and -nominees.pro posed-;. nr time is given,for them to consider--whether sneh nominess are in accord with their own sentiments,andc if -they- .perceiyed it they lack the necessary quickneiss and confidence t< oppose.their~ appointment,and they gt home with the vague idea thatAhey have been badly treated somehow ai somehow else, and after considerable talk with neighbors and severe reflee tion they ,find out that the nominees are not their representatives. It camn not -be denied that the conveation system. gives too much power to a few~ men, however sincere and honest they may be; in: the hands of men not s( scrupulous such Conventions may be made the means.of gtreat oppression, Primary elections, :we have .no do.ubt, are, a great :imp'rov:ement on the old system. *It means that the memnb.ers of the township clubs themselves,;in their township meeting and.not theii delegates at- the County -Conveution; nominate the candidates.. By such a plan the influence of the . townships would .become more equalized, ithe tendency to forming cliques wouJd be cheked. and the real choice of the people would be more likely to receive the nominationi. Tiheseprimary organi zations---ownship clubs-would havE ample time for consideration; they would not be taken unawares as they frequently are at the County Conven tions; they would have more confi dece, when only among their neigh bors-comnposing the township clubs -to express their opinions and te proposesuch persons with whom they are. really one in sentiment, as their representatives. Besides, the whole country woald find: out which men~ were really the representative men of each township as judged by their own neighbors. .These are somneof the ibenefits which present themselves, to be derived from primary elections. Experience alone can show its practical working, but that a ebange is required and -loudly called -for, of- that there is no- doubt. We are highly in favor of trying the experi. ment. Our neighbors of Greenville and Abbeville are advocating its adop tion, As to the details of the -plan, we refer our vewders to the subjoined letter of Mr.- J. 8, Cothran, President of the Abbeville Democratic Club:f - - AiiTt-E7IT.T.'R~~ fl - muniditionsa waing the same ei As there seems to b*-medifferenO( of opinion as to the niode 6f hoHin the primary elections agreed upon b the County club at its last meeting, hasten to give you my version of tb systemthoughfree to confess..that ti matter being new to me, I am by n means.perfectly certain that I unde stand it thorou'ghly. It was determined at the last mee ing of the County club; that -durin the present mo.nth pr, prior_._t 0 Mgetig. op sa.ie-agi Augte, .eac Township-clu.b- hll_apJ certai candidates for the thirteen Count offices:to be filled at the Novembi election, as follows:_: CAndidAtes f( the Senate, for five members of ti Lower House, for Judge of Frobat Clerk of the Circuit Court, Sheri Coroner, and three County Commi sioners. The names of the 'candidates named. by the several clubs,. will I reported to the County club at i nekt mee'ing on'sale-day in Augus when a list of these candidates wi be made: out for each club in tl County. Some time between sale-day in A gust and sale-day in September, tI Township Clubs with these lists befo them, will 'meet and ballot for the thi teen offies to be filled. A corre poll list of all the ballots willibe k and sent up by each club to the mee ing of the Countyclub*in Septemb when the lists will be called over at aggregated by the County lub, -ai the candidates who shall have receiv( the highes4 number of the, -whale Vy0 of the clubs will be declared by .V County club to be the nominess oft1 Democratic party of Abbeville Coun for-the approa6hing election. Very truly, yours, J. S. COTARAN. Pres. Abbeville Co. Democratic Clu The Sjpoils to the Victors. The New York Herald in a rece article, in which it reviews the leti of acceptance of Governor Hayes, 3 ter showing that his annodnedmint retain in office the presebtin'cuinbn was a very cheap pleage coming fro the candidate of the party now power, makes* the following sugg tion.: "G vernor Tilden might make great and favorable impressioh on ti eountry if, in his'dttet- of acceptaut "*ould"make no remtovals except f incdmpetence -or" ifaithfilbed, ' cause such a, pledge from him ion be a magnanilious repudiation o(tl sijoils7strgati a noble sacr:ifice partfyinterSet~ to the caatNe of rEforts We think the suggestion a ve good one. It is.high time "that t abokinable -doctrine, "The syoils the Victors," be abolished;y if it not openly ,professed by everyi coming admiinistration which has ou ed one of a different party, it is a tematically acted on nevertheless. ? know of nothing which wouTd increa the stability of the Government 1 increasing ethe indepenidance of t2 offee-tolder .than the knowledge tb faitiful serirints waldN remioved I good cause- only; they would not ii impr-oper influences to keep the par which appointed them in power, -ai the bargain and sale of offices, whi< has increased to a fearful extent; woni be geatly diminished. We,' of oouri do not include the cabinet offiesai others who must neesesarily be'in ; ltical accord with the President, b we speak of the thousan~ds of subalte officers whose function is mere admi istrative, we might say mechanic and. has -no possible -connexion wi political principles. Why; for I stance, the sixty-five thousand poi masters who have incurred expense fixing up their offinies, and. who ha done their duty, should every one them-be removed to the great inco venience of the - people, we cann reoneile with common sense and: adaed social-. organizati! It easily -reconciled with low .politic principles-principles which find n< their embodirment in such men Blane and Camneron-but -such pri iples as we should learn to disca from this Centennial on. We he that Tilden may inaugurate a new. e in politics,:aqi with - honesty at hon: and with justice abroad. Let hi bury the old politics and.old diploma in ione common.grave:-and he will ha the gratitude of. the future. Should the Democratic party fail suceed: at the next election, it e nt be said that is went under for 1a< of plans offered by different peopi for almost every main you meet has least a half a dozen plans mapped de any -one of which he will tell you sure to succeed if fully carried out. As only .one plan can be -pursued is the duty of the Executive Commi tee of the Democratic party to choo that plan which suits the majority, at not let a few men-whose views duff widely from the majority of the oth Democrats-run the concern, and d reet which course shall be followe t would be better not to put fort any. plan at all than to put one whi would only gain the lukewarm suppo of both Wings, for without the hear - I I*~- - - i this tate,omes~out it is hoped that e it inilbeb -th plain and. einphfc, i no dodains of- 40ublesome questions Swill suit; it ought to state distinctly a I and forciblf the different questions e with which it deals, all ambiguities I e hd better be left. out,- fox-vagueness 0 always eauses people to suspect that j there is 'somethiagiore behind which t . the framers of the platform are afraid g to deal with ea-4ig"t-forward- man ner. h Castle r *ar4n,j the Im nigrants >r, Home, tt4%ned dAqp e -The Charlegtod I&eAwS & .Corfer condemns the Hambnag riot. s Where is Boss 'Tweed? What's be come- of the original Keely-mot'or? ;01 Th6 Greevlle Nes is offered for sale on the first Monday in August. t, Gov. Perry,. of Greenville, has written a letter opposing the scheme e of primary elections. I- Haneock and Adams aresupporting e Tilden. Carl Schurz, we are sorry to say, has fallen -fr grace. G9t CTQV; Perry has written several let pt ters to.the Greenv1e--papers from. the t- tOentenial which,give a good descrip-I r, ;tion; of the Ex.ibW4it.n.1 d Maj Geo. W. :4a*to,-prominent ,4 buisesman 46 f ester,pied, in Col 0 -umbia,.at thereidende of hisibrotker e S. W.. Melton, or iSunday,norning. . Th S" -thinks the election will - depend upon the vote of New York. Connecticut and --:N# Jersey." New York with either :i ieeife th6 en b. flict. k The Blackville News comes this at week 'edit4d under its new manage er nient by r. J.XD. Kennedy, who we f- hope will make it a sprightly atid live o journal. ts G v. Hayes has written a letter to m the Executive Committee, 4he Na in tional Republc 'Pay, ecepting 8- 'the honoi confer on him by the nomination. a Serviaapd Tur kx at'a r ae Seii n ukey are at .war. with peeahote with.no propects.ofany, e cessation of hostilities. Abattle was or fought last week-it which.the Servians e- lost heavily. Id The stdets.of Howard University e will no longer be required ttosattend ,,:arurh us.part the College rules. -Tha's iproper, forced. religion is not 7 worth .a ent. e Thbei Enterprise-& Moeintaineer-4o . Greenville. last week published .tho alist of ptemiums se be ofered at 4he ensuing Fair, at Greeaville, to take ,place October 1st. re A general Indian war seems to be se unavoidable.4 No 'chance for lower ) txation. Each:Indi-an killed, it has Sbeen 'estimated, costs the Government aone'inillion of dollars, a Sibux perhaps ' a little more. se Santa Anna i.s dead, aged 78. His y wooden leg is the best preserved part d .of him now. The' Mexican veterans h bug'h ,to buy it anderry it in the Id OCeniifal procession. One turbuksit e, spirit'has found rest. d There is a great prohability that 0- public buildings and thoroughfares ut will heareafter be lighted by electricity. M The experiments instituted to light - tlhe Paris Great Northern Railway ti lstation have been successful beyond th expectation. n' The State Democratic Con;vention t- will meet in Columbia' in August, to' n nominate a. Statie titeket . for the fall Selection.. The fusion idea is becoming quite unpopulr,andfw*4 present ap pearances will not be, tol@ratedl in the oConvention. isThe.promises of Hayes in his letter a of acceptance are very fair, but will the Blaines and Mortons and Came rons allow him to carry them out. A. aresident, however honest and willing, - but weak in the joints will do ua no good right now. rNo President ever ehanged his cab e inet as often as Grant. In the last two ,weeks five or six~ of the prominent officials in Washington have been re moved, and it, is prbbethat they had commenced to become too honest to suit the coming campaign. to The colossal statue of Independence a for the harbor of New York, will be k finished,. it is hoped, in .time to be e, shown in Paris :durin*g the Exhi bition t in 1878. The wrist of this gigantic t, statue has been moulded lately. It s took. 200 sacks of plaster for its corn position, and weighed. 5,075 Kilo tgrammes. SThey are playing Polo-horseback e shinny-in Paris new. We, of course, d gather this information from Bennett's r Berald, who is the -champion Polo r player in' America. If we believed in puns we would suggest that the 'Com 'modore be made commiander of the h etPolair Expedition; but as we h despise puns we won't say so. SThe Washington Light Infantry of ~ t;~;~t~d in the at eqtertaimments they have attended o g1rk B on and elsewhere. The New9erWSun, having received everal letters asking what is Governor "ilden's religion, informs its corres >oudents and the rest of mankind, t hat-it -is the hwistia-- : te is of the Presbyterian denomina iou, and that he has given proof of 4 he sincerity of his faith by entorcing u the performane-Of -t -di!x ,ies that divine om d nt halt not steal. We h Always thought tt - 1 nen werd tft bestesnstables infi.e i vord; the foHernleNi'bt pvd "After the -Oford adtforitis haid ried many:;sehetmi Vni tw obtain' )rderly behavioron .the;part,ofthe indergradaespeotmeuiorAtion .i ;hey hit ujothe -'aq odin4 io itudenftoe &0 )anied' A4a Woois5 eFo the irst timeinyears,-there wmgood or, le'r duripg the exereise . "A new extradition treatyt skeuld . )e negotiated with.ENgland as speed ly as possible. One of the- funda mental principles of this treaty,from. which there should nevr be I depart vire:, undei any -state of circutnstnces, is that no extradited man should be ried..ia. the country to which he is etdrned ,,fory .apy other offence than hat "upon~ tlie' charge of which his xfditionisbased. It.should alwao e -nade: Aposibe -to: attaix:-an - slitical or partisan end .under-the. 1 fuise of a criminal accwation and t roceeding." erica, representeidby Secretar - s, las been wrong in this matter, ndwe might -as well acknowledgeit kmerica ca4 afford to cling to tle etter of. reaty when a principle is tt stake. Itale 4- ioeratie onventiion. The Democratic E"ective Commit ;ee met on last Wednesday and adopted he following.: RooMS.DEM. STALTE EX. QgX &Co.UMA, July 12, 1876, A Convention of the Demeratic par ;y of the Stat of South Caroin- will I e held at Columbia, on Tuesday, the L5th day of August next, at 8 o'clock P. M., to,ionc -platform of prM splg, nomie State offiers and elec. :or-for .President axnd VicePresident, .1 mnd to consider such 'business'as may be' 4 brought before- it.a. - Iii a.with. the resolutions teretofdre'aijed,T;ibe Convention will be omfoe fdele&itessfom the seve ral Counties ib proportion to the num be of membejs to which each County is entitled inboth Houses of the Gene ral Assembly under the new apportion ment,viz: .- I , Abbeville-six delegates. .. 4 Aiken-,e-dele. BarnwelL-six delegates. .,1 Beaufort-Lseven delegates. Charleston-nineteen delegates Chester-foueg e. Chesterfield-thre~ elgts Clarendon-three deeats Colletoi-sedeleats aarildfu deegtes. Georgetown--three delegates. Greenville-five delegte. Noerry-three delegat~ Kershaw-four delegates. Laneater-three:delegates. Laurens-four delegates. IExinston-three delegates. Marion-five delegates. Marlboro-three delegates, ~eberry-our 4e ae. Orangeburg-sixA1elegates. Pickens-three delegates. Richiand-six delegates. Spartanburg-five delegats;. Sumter-five delegates. Union-four delegates. Williamsburg-four delegates. *York-five delegates. The delegates will be required to pr ent credentials from the central organ-. ization of their respective Counties. It is recommended that the County Yonventions instruct their delegae to se'State Convention to hold Cngres sional Conventions at Columbia -at-Ihe same time .for the admination of Con-. 1 gressional candidates, and Judicial Con-. rentionsfor the-nominations of Solicd ors for their respective Congressional und Judicial Districts. JAnFS Co1q(ER, Chairman State Ex. Comimittee. The followinggesolstion, adopted by be Comp ittee, is published for the in ormtiooftha'County organizations': Beso'e& Thatthe Committee recomn- 1 nend to the Counties to make no nomi ations for County.offiers or membeis f the General Assembl.y, untilsater the neeting of the State.Convention. ~ JA wrS CONNER,-Chairman. 1 J. F. TzLAB, gecretary. The foliA .' ir.cularis being al "DEA&R Sm: In view of the gross and4 iprovoked outrages that are being aily committed upon our colored beh een throughout the State, and the many angers that threaten us on account .of aur devotion to Republicanprinciples, [ have deemed -it~my duty to invite you to attend. a conference of some of the representative men of our-race, to be sed at Columbia on Thursday,;the 20th inst., for an exchange of views upon he situation, and the adoption :of.sh. peaceful measures as may be deemed advisable for our protection, and proper rindietion~ before& the country. I do most sincerely hope that the meeting. ~ nay be favored with your presence. With the highest personal regards, I ave the honor to be, yours truly, se~Roar. B. Euworr. MR. EVAT AND THE TILDEN TICKET. -A gentleman just~from Philadelphia j tates that during the Fourth-of-July >bservances in that city Williata M. Evarts, in the discussion of the political I luestions of the day, in conversation i vith some of his friends, indicated a t rery strong leaning towards Tilden, md the belief is that this distinguisheds EtpbiaJdoaewl eoeln telia foatedeocrat ill ticeoe.n Nel o h emcraic tCoue. rzet.~ ENews and C')?S e .'. ( ow."en ChMweh CORVMOeUS Pursuant,to a call of1he President Of he Sonth (aolina-Lutiran. Syxx onvention of the Church was held at lethlehem, near iomaria.-h4y11th,to e steps for the endowment of New Capt. J. N. Huffman elecie lhairman, avdRev. etary of the Convention. BevL. J. P. hneltzer, H. W. Kuhms,: D;EFird, and iessrs. W. A. Cline, Wa1iwager L appointed a committee to pri,e aittee submitted a I b traiing kan endowmenkwic The agg& e e tev. S. P. Hughes,.agraduate of New rry College, and,.reeey! genaad eo the Th'bAgies.S2ie y thSepteMb . mazl g0Afulp-y 2iia4*$ ee cheerfdld is cd*um6b iand consi 1, 4bUIsh ipr I the Intstitutoi-ei Before, adjourppme4 o e W. Knhn wa -uabc he ConventilDn - th-MIJ met h ndowment- and Ia'48 d eimt Y thatohe...eveathsandelu roold giveey boieodapotliaef Drt Of thbis'Uost estmd ioi&a4 ,The first ii6it -fifere tif !entY yearsiago,andn=w aA e s m .nl nst and dowethe inthat i'n w beroy earie ir ig-- I,in amdth i wa fr he~bi lld on. eesl .i' 19 19A. ydh ingencies,hilin *hsa@pa o be selets to put on foot a iis o endow , C," at ag Being;otlof emptoylft and m rbrk,i-to:S keep 7t g I tie IAth t Aoasa&Dioan resaSLI. lo whereby a little, moneoien a thian for them to ca on. infi6oSiate Bnsad JLaLte3, f 1by tugzn FI ME )redrfs........ .... ....e8,oo6 Jr.n E.xBnses Taes Paidl )therck n oheds ims,or galuge...mp. ...;i 9,319 1 )Ile-fro other ational Banks .M2AS BNkeis.....;:...... 0 eci|se, Fr:- itr.adf tues....ene.....e........ 8,000 - eent Epenses &~ wTxe Uad. ,3. Teaksuad er asohi (tms, -- includOing..a....,. .... ,1 libo e-ationa l Bank1M,9tstand icke......2...........12566 W' ec,.v..':--..in~........... 3,1805o gae Tender Nuoea.-... s. ?t34 ~ )etoSiratioan).. ~B....., 3 00 k. ra.p.s..n............ latonal Bank oeber,s. Ontstad~ . diihlDpst- anjc 't . chrect.-..... .:..s..t.. . 13 I. Je.NBMiarTie, Csiet "T . JNh F OUTH-CAROLIA Ier worct.-Attest bdbeoeme TRS.D'CAGHNRIN ry -ulc Jul 19, 29-ET.I"ir FTTEOF STH CABOLINA,7 Siorntin wircrbed peore t 7atha been!Jly e187e6. 2in~ oseeTio o. DU A Upo tryPutb . eusThe eanvaosnow of the teos- h yons lcin f .-s e*'E >eBnds walo wo StteWad-he n tefrontof th fh an faithtfn11 dia~ ' rhaterisbair'be S(~tateI~to c Convention. Totii we pldethe wol ower ani4endeincec 5onnawlc.J he pist, has done what it could tosevt nterests, and prsrethe riItatbe les, of the pepeof -ot aoia In-order thzimay be with if every Democrat in the State to read TBE ave established thefoown sp cribers ony e inn thisd g: to'te2h of Novrember our months: DAILY EDNTdI - 500p -s - - - 1 10 C pe, - -2'-- - Th -innmrX EDaTioNI 10 Copes -- - - - 75 1lCopy, - * . * 0 In every case the money must oeay he order. -Address RIORDAN, DAWSON d CO., July 19,29S-tf (harestony, S. C. 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