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TUB DK MOOn ATI O TICK?T.
1778 V F 1868
For President,
HORATIO SEYMOUR, OF N. Y.
For Vice-President,
GEN. F. P. BLAIR, OF MISSOURI.
REPRESENTATIVES TN CONGBESS.
First Congressional District-Harris
Covington.
Second Congressional District.-A.
P. Aldrich.
Third Congressional District.-J. P.
Reed.
Fourth Congressional District.-W.
D. Simpson.
STATE ELECTORAL TICKET.
For State al Large-J. P. Thomas,
of Richland; J. D. Kennody, of Ker?
shaw.
First Congressional District-R. F.
Graham, of Marion.
Second Congressional District-B. H.
Rutledge, of Charleston.
Third Congressional District-A. C.
Haskell, of Abbeville.
Fourth Congressional District-E. C.
McLure, of Chester.
COLUMBIA. ,
Wednesday Morning. Oct. 7, 1868.
The Issue ?nd the Candidates.
When Solon was framing laws for
the Athenians, ho ordained that who
over remained neutral in the time of
domestic war, should bo declared in?
famous for life. We have entered upon
a con il iel, in which neutrality would be
a crime. This is no old-time political
bout or tournament. The issues
which hinge upon the November
election, are of an importance which
cannot be over-ostimated. lt is not
to decide whether tho bonds aro re?
deemable in gold or greenbacks; nor
, is it to decide whether negroes are to
ride in railroad cars; but it is to de?
termine whether we are to have union
or praotical disintegration. Whether
Congress shall still hold in its iron
grasp the State governments of tho
South, and obliterate from the map
of the Union those States which first
gave it existence. The momentous
issues which hang upon tho decision
of these questions, should bo care?
fully weighed by every thoughtful
man. The question is one of peculiar
importance.
Much has been said about the
financial plank in the Demooratio
platform. Great is tho out-cry which
tho radicals, for political capital, have
attempted to raise against it. Let ns
see what it says: "Payment of the
public dobt of the United States as
rapidly as practicable; all moneys
drawn from the people by taxation,
except so much as is requisite fo?* tho
necessities of the Government econo?
mically administered, being honestly
applied to such payment; and where
the obligations of the Government do
not expressly state upon their face,
or the law under which they were
issued does not provide, that they
shall be paid Tn coin, they ought, in
right and justice, to be paid in tho
lawful money of tho United States."
Does that sound like repudiation,
which tho Democrats aro accused of
advocating? Surely not. Tho radi?
cals have attempted to draw a lino of
distinction between tho letter and
tho spirit of the net authorizing tho
loan. They would, at one time,
gladly have stolen this plank, and in?
corporated it into their own plat?
form. Butler was in the van of those
who made this movement; but tho
New Eugland influence was too
strong. Tho pampered bond-holders
of New Eugland were not yet ready
to loose their vampire hold upon the
laboring man. This influence, then,
determined them to abandon tho
lutter for what they call tho spirit.
Our parly would do justice to all and
oppress none.
This the}' have made the ostensible
issue, though, in reality, the true
point of contest is whether tho States
ol thc South shall be re-admitted,
untrammelled by Congressional en?
actments, to their proper representa?
tion in tho Federal Government, or
whether their surrendering all the
powers of control into tho hands of
an inferior race, just emerged from a
state of bondage, aimil bo made a
condition precedent to their obtain?
ing their own. Not that any validity
could be the consequonoo of such an
admission, when the pooplo again
como to their senses, evon supposing
they should bo so blind us to ratify
and confirm the Congressional policy
of reconstruction in November, for it
is a well settled principle of ethics as
_
well ns law, that ' no not dono tinder
duress is of binding foroc. Though
there is little danger of their being
forced to thia alternative. The peo?
ple have long since seen through the
flimsy veil with \ ..eh the Jacobina
of the present Congress have at?
tempted to oioak their nefarious de?
signs, and will, next November, give
them the rebuke they deserve.
-?-??-.
Revamping an Old Story.
The Washington Chronicle, finding
the supply of fresh outrages in the
South not equal to the demand, has
lately gouo back upon tho so-called
massacre at Fort Pillow during the
late war, and republishes what it calls
tho "sworn testimony," takonbeforo
a sub-committee of tho Committee ou
the Conduct of tho War, and which
seems to bavo been got up at this
timo moro as au electioneering docu?
ment, intended to influence popular
passions, than as au accurato record
of events. Whether tho testimony
taken before the committee was reli?
able of not, tho spirit pervading it
und tho purpose for which it was
used, wero quito as merciless and
murderous as the acta attributed to
Gen. Forrest or his men. Tho same
may be said of the stylo in which the
Chronicle treats thc subject now, and,
indeed, every subject in which the
South is concerned. Tho moral re?
sponsibility for the invention and cir?
culation of false and inflammatory
reports against individuals and com?
munities, tho natural result of which
is to produce violence and bloodshed,
can scarcely bo less than that for ac?
tual murder, and most of tho mon
ongaged in it have all tho elements
of oharactor necessary for such a
crime, except the physical hardihood.
Tho Chronicle, revives tho stories of
fugitives from Fort Pillow being shot
after they surrendered, and of ne?
groes not only being shot, but burned
alive, adding that Major Anderson,
Forrest's Assistaut Adjutant-General,
said thoy did not consider colored
men as soldiors, but as property, and
as such, being used by the enemy,
they had destroyed them. Tho "sworn
testimony" on which tho Chronicle
parades these old stories, cannot be
considered as conclusivo, in viow of
the fact that of late years false swear?
ing has become tho familiar process
of getting at those who incur tho
vengeance of tho faction of which tho
Chronicle is a mouth-piece. "Sworn
testimony"indeed! Shade of Conover!
Is any ono simple enough now not
to understand tho exact value of an
oath when a political object is to bo
secured thereby, or ignorant enough
not to know that perjury has becomo
a regular profession, whoso members
practice in any court against rebels
and copper-heads, whenever they ure
offered au adequate retainer? It may
have been that during the engage?
ment at Fort Pillow, men were killed
by individual soldiers without wait?
ing for their surrender, as has often
happened ou both sides in tho battles
of tho late war, as in other wars.
Tho explanation which Gen. Forrest
himself gives, is reported, says tho
Baltimore Sun, by a correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial, in which
ho states that he had learned, while
at various points iu West Tennessee,
from what he still believes to have
been reliable sources, that tho Fort
Pillow garrison had pillaged the
whole country, and under the pretext
of looking for rebel arms had insult?
ed women, abused old men, and in
several instances had committed thc
most brutal outrages upon highly
respectable women. Many of these
persons so abused, robbed and in?
sulted, were near relatives and friends
of tho Tennessee troops under For?
rest's command. Theso men posi?
tively refused to leave Tennessee,
unless he would first hike and destroy
Fort Pillow. In addition to this, ii
delegation of citizens from Jackson
waited upon him and made tho sunn
request.
General Forrest thinks that citizen:
who were in his command, and whose
families had been outraged by mern
bera of tho Tennessee garrison, die
shoot them down without waiting
for their surrender, during UK
engugoment and not after the cap
turo, and when ho discovered it lu
ordered it stopped, aud was compel?
ed to shoot one of his own men wh<
did not obey him promptly. H<
adds that thc only fire made during
or after the fight, that day, was th?
hospital buildings, which tho Federa
troops fired to prevent his men fron
taking shelter behind them, and hi
thinks they burned up some of thei;
own dead and wounded. The who!?
force in tho garrison numbered 557
Of these 3i0 survived.
?? "Vir* th? Vl\cMe?B'lumm******
MB. EDITOB: IQ making a . abort
excursion ?rom Frog Level, by way
of Capt. Jos. Wise's Forry, on tho
Saluda River, to a point in Edgefleld
County, known ns Huett'B Storo, I
lind ah opportunity to witness the
workings of the cotton caterpillar,
in this middle section of tho State.
Tho extent of their ravages is con?
siderable, and unexpected to this
section of country-merely noticea?
ble in a few farms last year. I en?
deavored to trace out the probable
extent of tho damago to thc cotton,
thus attacked; but this remains, us
yet, somewhat doubtful. Where, the
cotton stalks were deprived of thoir
necessary foliage ut au earl}' period,
the damage to the fruitage must bo
material. Wo noticed that some of
tho young bolls, sufficiently large to
mature, were eaten into, and must
perish without reaching maturity.
Wq observed, further, that tho leaves
or shucks that surround tho base of
the bolls, were eaten away, and somo
persons aro of the impression that
these bolls will shrink, but opon and
be defective in lint. Of this, we will
know moro at a later period of thc
season.
Next, I endeavored to trace their
process of transformation, and mode
of perpetuation. Wo assume here
that tho fly or moth lays tho eggs on
tho plant, principally, when the ap?
propriate period of summer arrives;
when //niched out, under tho influence
of a suitable temperature and weather,
it has the form of a small worm, and
proceeds to its work of devouring
cotton leaves, ?co., until it gets thc
growth that nature designod for it.
When this stage is reached, it webs
itself in a cotton leaf, becomes inert,
but gradually shortens in length, and
changes its color to a dark imo. It
eventually assumes the cocoon, or
black pod form, having on tho out?
side, mnrked tho outlines of the head,
tail and wings. Out of this hull
comes the fly moth, which we pre?
sumo lays the egg, in due time, from
which is produced the caterpillar
form again. The moths are nota eat?
ing out of their envelopes. The ques?
tion I desire to ask some entomolo?
gist of the low country, who has had
an opportunity to investigate the
wholo history of the caterpillar, is
as follows: How does this insect per?
petuate itself from year to year, ns
ascertained by a chain of facts? Does
this moth lay its eggs now, and run
the chances of producing tho worm
state next summer? Or does the moth
run the chances of winter, and lay
its eggs next summer? Reliable in?
formation as to this enemy of the
cotton plant may prove of importance
to tho up country farmer.
This insect may be a fixed institu?
tion in tho low country and climate;
but, we hope, not so iu the iniddlo
and up couulry.
Wo have an impression that it re?
quires a continuation of a high tem?
perature, for a season, to put this in?
sect upon an annual courso of per?
petration. Give us light, who can.
J. C. H.
Horace Greeley ought to have in?
cluded in his "Recollections of Busy
Life," the fact that during its wholo
period ho supported every rebellion
or revolution that ever occurred,
oven to old Jimmy Mott's petition
for the withdrawal of tho Northern
States from tho Union, sent to Con?
gress in tho year 1818. Ho has also
attacked and bitterly abused every
organized government on the face of
the earth, including his own, and
oui}' reached his present benign state
of furious patriotism and hatred of
rebellion, because Yance}' and some
others stolo his thunder and got
ahead of him. A professor of peace
doctrines, he loves war more than
any other man in tho country, his
paper always being employed iu
widening dissensions and breeding
quarrels. A man who glorifies John
Drown and hates Frank Blair; who
supports tho Cretan rebellion and
tho black dictator, Salnave, at the
same time, is oither a knave or a
humbug, a Catalina or a Pecksuifl.
Who is ho?-IVew Orleans Times.
ADVICE TO YOUNO MEM.-A writer
gives the following sensible advice
to young men: Let tho business of
avery ono alone, and attend to your
own. Don't buy what you don't
want. Use every hour to advantage,
und bindy to make a leisure hour use?
ful. Thiuk twice before you spend a
dollar; remember you will have an?
other to make for it. Look over
your books regularly, aud if you lind
au error traco it out. Should a
stroke of misfortune como upon jon
in your business, retrench, work
[larder, but never fly tho track.
Confront difficulties with unflinching
perseverance, and they will fly at
last; then you will bo honored; but
shrink, and you will bo despised.
-^ ? ?.
"Patrick," said an employer, the
lither morning, to ono of his work?
men, "you came too lato this morn?
ing; tho other mon were at work an
liour before you." "Faix, and I'll
bo even with tho spalpeens this
night, sure," replied Pat. "How
?rill you manugo that?" "Bo tho
grey wig uv Moses, I'll quit an hour
before any uv'em, sure."
AOTKM?T TO BKEAK JATI?.-A plot
was discovorod on Sunday morning
last, which, had it been successful,
would have let loose to prey upon
this community moro than one hun?
dred of the most hardened villains
who ever graced a jail, or felt the hal?
ter draw.
Early in the morning of Sunday,
one of tho prisoners in Charleston
jail sought an interview with the jail?
or, and told him that the prisoners
confined in the tower aud a part of
the main building, would endeavor
to mako their escape as soon as tho
customary ch .ireh service was over.
He said that tho prisoners were all
armed, and that they intended to
make a rush immediately after church,
overpowor tho jailor and turnkeys,
break open the cells of tho other
prisoners, and set tho whole gang,
with themselves, free.
Tho jailor, Mr. Phillip!, promptly
armed tho turnkeys and jailors, and
allowed tho prisoners to go iuto ser?
vice as usual. An examination was
then made of the rooms occupied by
tho prisoners. It was found that they
had torn down boards from the ceil?
ing, with which they had made about
thirty clubs, of which tho handles or
grips were wrapped with strips of
blanket. With these clubs they had
wrenched off thc massive bolts, bars
anti hinges of eight heavy doors.
Some ot tho bolts they had made
into slnug shots, tho slings being
strips of blanket. It was also dis?
covered that each prisoner, when he
went into tlio yard, took up a brick
or stone, and thero were huge piles of
these missiles in the various cells.
They were, therefore, well provided,
and as the prisoners immediately en?
gaged in the plot were sixteen in num?
ber, thoy could easily haveovercome
the resistance of the keepers.
All the missiles and arms were
cleared out of the cells, and when
the prisoners returned to them after
church, they were carefully secured.
They saw at once that they had been
found out, and made no attempt at
resistance.
The ringleader was a white man,
numed William Taylor, from Wil?
liamsburg, who is in jail for burglary
and larceny. Ho is a desperate ruf?
fian, and, although in chains, declares
that he will soon break out of jail.
The other ringleaders are four colored
men, named Thomas, Slocum, John
sou and Bradley.
The whole number of prisouers in
the jail is one hundred aud fifty, and
the city has bad a narrow escape of
being thoroughly burglarised and
garroted. Mr. Pbillipi appears to
have behaved with commendable
firmness, and Sheriff Mackey has
made arrangements which will pre?
vent any similar danger in futuro.
[Charleston News.
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It is earnestly to bo hoped that the
nest Congress will sigualizo its ses?
sion by the enactment of a ssries of
laws for tho general regulation of
railroads, and thus securo to the
public that protection for life and
personal comfort which is now depen?
dent solely upon tho charity of thc
corporations themselves. Hardly a
week elapses but as journalists we
are called upon to record some fright?
ful life-destroying accident occurring
either from defectivo roads, negli?
gence or parsimoniousncss of the di?
rectors. This is is the principal re?
form to be secured, there beiug no
reason why precautions, correspond?
ing to those rendered imperative
upon steamboats for the protection
of life, should not bo exacted from
railroads.
Besides this, there aro other abuses
which, if not imperiling life, at least
so seriously destroy the passengers'
comfort as to loudly demand reform.
The American system of herding the
passengers all into ono class, instead
of dsscriminating, as upon European
roads, is an act of gross injustice to
both the poor, who aim at traveling
cheap, and those in better circum?
stances, who would gladly pay for any
extra comfort or attention afforded
them. Tho vilo apologies for meals
found at tho different stations, with
tho open and iufamous swindles
allowed by the railroad companies to
bo perpetrated by the eating-house
keeper, in charging outrageous
prices, demand legislative interfer?
ence.
A law should also be enacted re?
quiring tho despatch over every road
iu tho United States of at least one
passenger train daily, to carry pas?
sengers at tho lowest minimum rate
per milo, to bo regulated by law, and
a maximum milo rate established, over
which no lino should bo allowed to
charge. If cabs are worthy of beiug
made subject to such regulations,
how much moro important is it that
railroads should bo. Hitherto, this
class of common carriors have on joyed
a thorough immunity from legal
interference, tho publie having
boon abandoned entirely to them as
helpless prey. Tho main uso of
government, after all, is to protect tho
public from abuses, and, in no condi?
tion or circumstances is it moro sadly
off llian in its relations to railroad
companies.-New Orleans Times.
A railway theatre is established be?
tween Manchester and Liverpool.
Ono scono closes at each station, and
tho lovers aro made happy at tho end
of tho route.
Tho square in tho neighborhood of
Fivo Points, New York, is called
"Paradise Square."
ALMOST AN ACCIDENT.-On Sunday
I night, as the through train on the
I South Carolina Railroad was coming
I slowly dowu the heavy grade on this
side of Aiken, ono of the wheels of
the rear passenger car split open and
broke the truck. I3ut for the fact of
the train running slowly, in order to
stop for wood nud water, a most
serious accident would have occurred.
As it was, tho jar was so slight that
tho passengers knew nothing of it
until requested by tho conductor to
move into the next car, himsef and
the engineer being tho only persons
aware of the accident. The train
was delayed but. a few minute.-, ?nd
arrived in time to make connection
with tho Georgia Railroad. The
broken car was left behind in charge
of a train hand.
[Augusla Constitutionalist.
Tho Providence (R. I.) Journal, of
Saturday last, contains tho following
local:
Mr. J. D. Giddings, formerly of
this city, who has resided in Charles?
ton, S. C., for tho last ten years, and
is uow Assistant Treasurer for the
General Government in Charleston,
is visiting iu this city. He confirms
tho general report that our only way
to avoid further serious trouble, is to
let the loyal spirit of the country be
demonstrated by the. election of Grant
and Colfax. Mr. Gidding's loyalty
and kindly services to prisoners aro
kuowu aud appreciated.
Furn IN GEOKOETON, S. C.-Quito
a tlestructive conflagration took place
iu Georgetown, S. C., ou Thursday
night last, tho fire commencing in
tho bakery of Mr. N. Emanuel, and
it passed from there to a number of
small stores ia tho vicinity, some
nine or teu of which were destroyed.
The names of tho parties or tho
amount of tho loss, we could not
learn. A second firo broke out a few
hours after tho above, in the store of
Mr. Ellis, which was also burned.
[C/utrleslon News.
REPUULICAN MEETING AT SUMMER?
VILLE.-At a Republican meeting
held at Summerville, on Saturday, at
a call from tho friends of Joseph H.
Jenks, to ratify his nomination for
Congress, E. W. M. Mackey, F. J.
Moses, Jr., J. J. Wright, G. W. H.
Lee and B. F. Randolph, of the
Bowon party, unexpectedly appear?
ed npou the scene. Tho result was
that the meeting, consisting of about
300 negroes, ratified the nomination
of C. C. Bowen for Congress.
[Charlesion News.
Two brothers in Kentucky have
lived in two States aud six Counties,
aud yet neither has moved out of tho
County in which ho was born. They
lived in Kentucky when it was a
portion of Virginia, and in Ohio
County when part of the territory
that composed Jefferson, and subse?
quently other Counties, until nar?
rowed down to its present name and
limits.
A boy who was left alone in a
candy store iu tho Bowery, devoured
four pounds of gum drops, and came
near dying, but by a prompt admin?
istration of remedies, bis lifo was
finally saved. "This," says Aunt
Podson, "should be a warning to lit?
tle boys never to eat over three
pounds and a half of gum drops at a
time."
Among the gifts to a newly-mar?
ried pair at n town in New Jersey,
the other evening, was a broom sent
to the lady, accompanied with tho
followiug sentiment:
"This trilling gift accept from me,
Its uso 1 would commend;
In sunshine uso tho brushy part,
lu storms tho other end."
Wilson, tho vocalist, was upset
ono day in his carriage, near Edin
burg. A Scotch paper, after re?
cording the accident, said: "We are
happy to state that ho was able to
appear the following evening, iu threo
pieces."
Farms in Arkansas sell at from
three to five cents an acre. A local
paper says that land is so choap that
you havo to look sharp, or they will
smugglo an extra forty acres or so on
you in making out the deed.
Rev. Wm. H. Williams, iu charge
of tho Baptist Church, in Fredericks
burg, soon after tho war, received a
call from tho First Baptist Church,
in Charleston, S. C.
Tho eleveuth annual meeting of tho
National Association of Local Preach?
ers, of tho Mothodist Episcopal
Church, will comnienco in Pittsburg
on the 17th of October.
An undertaker in Utica had to
bury ouo of his debtors. He got
him snugly into tho grave, but re?
fused to fill in tho earth until the
weeping family settled tho claim,
which they did.
An Indian and a black sho bear had
an awful fight near Stanton, Mich.
Ho put sixteen balls and n kuifo into
hor, and ?ho hugged him so closely
that both died.
One who has ciphered it out says
that two cents placed on compound
interest would accumulate suf?
ficiently to pay our national debt in
150 years.
Tho New York papera of all parties
aro full of complaints of tho brutality
of tho police of that city to persons
thoy arrest, and demand a cessation
of suoh conduot.
ri?oal Items,
Merry's Museum, for October, bas
been received, and is filled with in?
teresting matter for tho little folks.
We learn that the post office at
Laurens is now a money ordor office.
This is quito a convenience to those
residing in that section.
The Southern Cultivator, for Octo?
ber, has reached us. It is full of ex?
cellent and useful information for tho
furnier. Wm. k W. L.?Jones aro the
editors ?nd proprietors. Their office
is at Athens, Georgia.
We are iudebled to Mr. Clendiniug,
of the Exchange Restaurant, for a
sample of splendid chewing tobacco.
Those who use the weed, can he ac?
commodated by calliug at tho Ex?
change, on Taylor street, between
Main and Assembly.
Tho corner of Main and Tay-or
streets was tho centre of attraction
for thc juveniles, yesterday evening
said corner beiug occupied by huge
posters, auuouuciug that Magiuley &
Carroll's circus would perform hore
ou the 23d inst. The press of the
cities through which this company
has passed speak of it in high
terms.
TnE MEETING FOB FRIDAY NEXT.
The committees are at work. We
expect a grand rally on Friday next.
Let our people turu out and greet
the gallant sou of Massachusetts.
Let the Democraoy come out from
ail parts of tho District. We must
have a grand Democratic demonstra?
tion. And we hope the colored peo?
ple w ill come out and hear what a
Northern speaker has to 6ay on the
questions of the day.
IMPORTANT TO TRAVELERS.-We are
pleased to learn, on authority, that
the trains ou the North Carolina
Railroad resume their regular Sun?
day trips, beginning on Sunday next.
This makes the connection perfect
via tho Charlotte and South Carolina
Railroad, to all Northern cities, as
heretofore. -p3
M Ain ARRANGEMENTS.-The post
office open during the week from Sj-?
a. m. to 7 p. m. On Sundays, from
4 to 5 p. m.
The Charleston and Western mails
are open for delivery at 5 p. m., and
close at S,V< p. m. Charleston night
mail open 8V? a. m., close ?}? p. m.
Northern-Open for delivery at
8}? a. m., closes at 2.45 p. m.
Greenville-Open for delivery 5
p. m., closes at 8U' p. m.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special at
teutiou is called to the following ad?
vertisements, published for the first
time this morning:
I. Sulzbaoher-State Bills.
D. C. Poixotto & Son-Apples.
Meeting Richland Lodge.
United States Marshal's Sale.
P. W. Kraft-Guns, Pistols, etc.
The monotony of the late long and
dull seasou has been broken by the
arrival of a large lot of now dry
goods ut R. C. Shiver's, which, on
account of their beauty and cheap?
ness, aro drawing crowds of buyers.
It now seems iu proof that tho ra?
dical Central Committee at Washing?
ton advisod and procured the expul?
sion of the negroes from tho Georgia
Legislature. This moans tho new
expulsion business, right and just in
itself, was set on from the radioals of
tho North as au excuse for Congress
to re-assemble and reconstruct the
South.
R. C. DoLarge, a colorod member
of tho present Legislature of this
St:de, qualified yesterday as a Magis?
trate, under a commission received
from Governor Scott.
[Charleston Courier.
Charles James, a wandering son of
G. P. R. James, the novelist, has
been uiukiug speeches in favor of
Grant. His preference probably
springs from family attach meut to "a
solitary horseman."
Wendell Phillips says tho Republi?
can party is a party without princi?
ples or leadors-Wendell ought to
know. Grant says ho is without
principles or policy-thant ought to
kuow.
40,000 play bills of all countries,
and some of them 150 years old, arc
collected in tho public library of
Brunswick, Germany.
A charity school girl, under exa?
mination i? psalms, on hoing nsked,
"What is tho pestilonco that walketh
in darkness?" auswered, "Bed-bug*,
sir."
Tho differenco between a miller
and a sexton is, tho ono tolls for a
living, and the other for the dead.