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THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 7. 1880.

THE GREENBACK PARTY.The efforts of the so-called Greenback party

in South Carolina, have as yet attracted butlittle public attention, notwithstanding forthe past few months emissaries of the partyhayp-been disseminating documents and pa-

-^era in the interest of the doctrines they maintain,and last week, in Chester, a conventionof forty-five delegates, representing eightcounties, nominated a State ticket, placing on

it the names of some gentlemen, who, whetheror not identified with the party, are undecidedas to whether they will ratify the nominations,so far as they are individually concerned,

by consenting to lead under the banner ofaparty, which, if it ever had an existence worthnaming, is now practically defunct; and iuStates where it has formerly had a small following,is now only looked on in derision.Every creed has its followers, and it is notoriousthat any doctrine.church or State,

however absurd.will have its adherents.We know there is a peculiar charm iu theword Greenbacks, and in their possession thereis a realization superior to the enchantmentlent by the mere word. But that the principlesof the Greenback party, if carried out,so far as relates to their financial policy,would benefit the country, or add to its prosperitya single iota, is a question that caunotadmit of an affirmative answer. No more satisfactoryanswer could be given it than byreferring to the condition of our own countryduriug the war, when there was a redundancy.aplethora.a deluge.we might sayan avalanche of paper money, inflicted uponthe people. True, we were in a state of war

wheu it was issued, and its promise to paywas bused on a very remote and uncertaincontingency ; but still it was the currency.the life-blood.of the country to which we

owed allegiance. The value of this paper at

any period after the printing presses were

fairly under way, striking it off much afterthe mauner of issuing newspapers, is well remembered.The family purveyor who went

to market carried his "unney" in a basket,and returned home with his purchase in hisvest pocket. Just so would it be with thecurrency of the United States Government,if issued in the same ratio of excess of a

healthful demand as it was whem similarlyissued by the Confederate States Government.There would be too much "moneyit wouldbe too cheap, having the tendency to inflateprices, which would be constantly fluctuating,demoralizing labor, encouraging speculation,and bringing with it a train of evils fromwhich the couutry could not recover for years.The credit of a nation is the same as that

of an individual. As the man of small businessaud limited means cau give his notes tothe ruin of his credit, bringing on bankruptcyaud collapse, so can a Rothschild or

Vauderbilt; and the United States Governci»»«a1«»n a/»,> »v\ r>l icl> K r\ oomoiiirui. tuuiu just as ouicij awuiujjjisu oaiuw

result by au over-issue of paper currency.But evils arising to our people from these

causes are only contingent. There is not theslighest prospect of the party ever obtainingascendancy, if it even survives the Presidentialcacjpaign ; and it is therefore to warn our

people of impending danger that we call attentionto the subject. When the partyfirst came into existence.during a financialdepression.there was probably some pretextfor demanding a change in the financial policyof the Government; but now that crisis ispast. The country is prosperous. The Southis really, in a financial point of view, more

prosperous than she has ever been ; and inmaterial success is beginning to comparefavorably with the North. The times nor

the exigencies of trade and commerce do notdemand a redundant paper circulation. Thereare those who no doubt honestly believe thecondition of the country would be improvedbv an unlimited isssue of greenbacks; butthey do not reflect that the consequencewould be to cheapen laboi* and increase the

* prices of the necessaries of life.Those who are duped iuto becoming membersof this party are the victims of either designing

politicians, laboring for their own advancement,or vis ionary schemers, of whomMulberry Sellers is a fair prototype.

In our own State, the effect of followingthis chimerical faction.this financial ignis-futuus.is to weaken the Democratic party,with not the slightest prospect of correspondingbenefits ; but, to the contrary, might resultin giving the State over again to thecontrol of the vampires and robbers who fedaud fattened upon the people until they rose

in their might and hurled them from power.Whatever the object of the party, its only effectin South Carolina is to strengthen Radicalismand weaken Democracy. We, therefore,feel it our duty to warn the white people.theDemocracy.of the danger they are

in, and of the direful results which will inevitablyflow from their desertion of Democracy

for the idols of Greeubackism.Under the head of "A Startling Exposure,"

we print, on the first page of this issue, an articleto which we direct the attention of thereader.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

y- J. H. Hood, of York, and Matthew White,cn Chester, have been drawn to serve as grandjurors at the next terra of the United StatesCircuit Court, which convenes in Columbia,on the fourth Monday in November.. Col. Cad. J. Pride, the census supervisor

for this District, has written a letter to one

of the enumerators in Anderson county, inregard to the payment for services, in whichhe says: "The department is now paying offS00 men per day, and I am informed thatSouth Carolina will be paid off early in October.". On Tuesday of last week, Charles Mc('lungshot and killed L. P. Guffin, in a billiardroom at Abbeville Court House. The

two were playing billiards when a quarrelarose between them. McClung states thatGuffin drew a knife and cut him, and he showsa cut in his breast, and his shirt is torn. McClung

shot Guffin in the head and breast, inflictingwounds from which he died almost instantly.Guffin was a native of Abbeville,aud has held several official positions in thatcounty, the last being that of sheriff, to whichhe was elected by the Radical party. McClungis a native of Tennessee, but settled inAbbeville shortly after the close of the wur.

He was arrested and lodged in jail to awaithis triul for the killing of Guffin.. At the first Democratic primary election

in Fairfield, the following persons were nominated: Senator.H. A.Gaillard. Represeu-

tatives.John W. Lyles, C. E. Thomas.School Commissioner.John Boyd. Jodge ofProbate.J. R. Boyles. Coroner.G. S.Hinnant. The following are sent back to theclubs, for a second election : For Representatives,G. H. McMaster and T. S. Brice. ForSheriff, J. D. McCarley and R. E. Ellison.For County Commissioners, H. O. Duke, J.R. Harvey, J. G. Heron, J. A. Hinnant, J.A. Stewart, H. M. Zealy. The following isthe vote for Representatives at the first election

: T. S. Brice, 625; J. W. Lyles, 1,067 ;G. H. McMaster, 693 ; Thomas P. Mitchell,325; James Pagan, 624; C. E. Thomas, 769;J. B. Turner, 206. Total vote cast, 1,445.

NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.. Two negroes in Edgecombe quarreled

over a game of marbles last week and oue

stabbed the other to death.. The railroad to connect Chapel Hill with

the N. C. Centra], is graded within half a

mile of the corporate limits of the town.. Tn t.hfi trial of a murder case in Halifax

Superior Court last week, the juiy was out

four days before rendering a verdict, whichwas for the acc jittal of the accused.. A special Jigent of the post office department,after investigating the condition of the

post office at Greenville, reports the postmaster,H. E. Nelson, a defaulter to the amount

of near $2,000.a pretty good steal for a

small office.. The Colored Peoples State Fair, held inRaleigh last week, is pronounced to havebeen a decided success. On Wednesday BishopHood, colored, delivered a sensible and appropriateaddress, in which he counseled thecolored people to cherish a proper self-respect;to cultivate temperance and the domestic virtues

; to acquire property, and most importantof all, to educate both the miuds and heartsof their children. He spoke of the exodusmovement, and condemned wholesale colonizing,while he considered that with regardto emigration it should be left to the choiceof the individual. Fred Douglass, as the oratorof the occasion, delivered the principaladdress on Friday.. The Charlotte Observer of Wednesday

gives the following account of the burial ofthe elephant keeper, killed by one of his ele

phants in that city on Monday eveniug oflast week : "The funeral cortege which followed,

to the cemetery the remains of John King,the keeper of animals in Robinson's circus,whose tragic death has been recorded, was a

somewhat remarkable spectacle. The bodylay in a magnificent casket and was carriedto the grave-yard in a hearse to which was

attached four handsome white horses. Closeupon the hearse followed the two pet elephantsof the dead keeper, "Mary" and "The Boy,"whose stately tread in perfect time with thedirge which the baud was playing, seemed to

indicate that the intelligent animals felt thesolemnity of the occasion. The funeral cere

monies took place in the Catholic church, andthe scene there was likewise solemn and impressive.The performers and laborers, freshfront the shouts and glare of the Circus, intheir rough every-day clothes, but with faces

respectfully cleansed of the dust and paint ofthe arena, were all present. The rites were

said by Rev. Father O'Connell and the bodywas interred in the Catholic burying ground."

CENTENNIAL NOTES.. Richmond, Va., contributed $303 to the

centennial fund.. The senior class of the University ofNorth Carolina will attend the celebration inin i body.. The Cadets of the King's Mountain MilitarySchool and the Jenkins Rifles marched

to the battle ground and pitched their teutsast Monday.. The local committee have procured twentyhorses for three artillery companies expected,and have made arrangements for taking

care of the baggage of the military companies.. The Iredell Blues, of Statesville, N. C.,

will attend as an "independeut organization."They will take with them the StatesvilleBand, oue of the best musical organizationsin North Carolina.. The monument will be unveiled on Thursdayby four young ladies representing the

States of Virginia, North Carolina, SouthCarolina and Tennessee, assisted by the respectiveGovernors of those States.. Maj. W. J. Houston, of the Air-Line

Railroad, and chairman of the committee on

transportation, to whom was delegated thework of properly advertising the Centennialin other States, writes under recent date that"letters received from all sections of thecountry indicate that the attendance at thecentennial wiil be larger than anticipated.". The orators who are to represent the

States on the first day of the Celebration,(reunion day,) are Hon. D. G. Fowle, ofNorth Carolina; Gen.-John S. Preston, ofSouth Carolina ; Gen. Alexander W.Campbell, of Tennessee; Gen. David EN Butler, ofGeorgia. The orator from Virginia has not

been named.. In the drill for the Centennial prize on

the last day, the companies entering the contestmust have 24 men, exclusive of the commandingofficers and sergeants, and the drillwill be in accordance with Upton's tactics.Capt- Evans, of the United States army, stationedat the Carolina Military Institute,Charlotte; Capt. Patrick, of Spartanburg;aud Major Hugh Thomson, ot (Joiumma, nave

been selected as judges of the prize drill.. The absence of the Georgia State troops

will be a source of regret. But about thattime, says the Atlanta Constitution, "they,with the other people of the State, will beengaged in elevating to the chair of State a

gentleman who keenly sympathizes with thespirit and purpose of the celebration, and inteaching to the politicians and office-seekersthe much-needed lesson that neither the public

record nor the private character of a citizenof Georgia, can be broken down by anonymousand malicious slanders."

. Notwithstanding the failure of the AdjutantGeneral of North Carolina to make a

requisition for tents, when by special Act of

Congress 400 were at his disposal for the u*e

of soldiers visiting the King's Mountain Centennial,several North Carolina companieswill attend the celebration. At a meeting ofthe Shoe Heel Rifles on Monday night oflast week, they decided to attend the celebrationas an independent company. Theysay they "will furnish their own tents, eat

their own rations, pay for their own transpor1tation, and do their own fighting.". A dispatch from King's Mountain, dated

on Monday, says: "Visitors to the Centennialare pouring in by every train. The trainsto day brought representatives from Arkansas,Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas. Atrain left At'anta this morning with four hundred

Texan: One station in Tennessee soldtwo hundre-; 'ickets. It is estimated thattwenty thousand people will attend. A detachmentof the Richmond Howitzers arrivedlast night with two sections of their battery.Gen. Huut will arrive to morrow with a fullstaff aud band. Gov. Roberts, of Texas,will arrive to-morrow and Mr. Daniels on

Tuesday. The troops will camp on the bat-

tie-ground. Col. J. P. Thomas is iu charge,It is presumed that Gen. Hunt will havecharge of the sham battle. Twelve compa-!nies have already reported from North andSouth Carolina, aud the preparations are allcomplete.

POLITICAL*

NOTES.. The Republican Hancock and English;

Club of New York numbers 1,000 persous.. It is reported that Grant and Coukling

are going to Ohio on a campaign tour.. It is announced that Henry Ward Beecherwill take the stump for Garfield and Arthur.. Ben Butler's speech to the colored people

at Pittsburg, Pa., has been printed, and isnow being distributed all over Ohio.. Hancock has received 4,000 letters fromRepublican ex-soldiers, in Pennsylvania, as

suring him of their intention to support him.. The Democratic Convention of the First

California district nominated Gen. W. S.Rosecrans for Congress..Neal Dow explains the Maine result tnus:

"The party leaders became treacherous to thetemperance cause, and have provoked thedispleasure of the people.". Over 9,500,000 votes will be cast iu the

coming Presidential election, but so evenlyare the parties divided, that it is estimatedthat the contest will be decided by about 20,000men.. There is little doubt but that GeneralWeaver, the Greenback candidate for thePresidency, is working in the interest of the

Republican party. He is known to havebeen to Washington several times lately andcloseted with the Republican Executive Committee.. A Republican organ says that "it is currenton Wall street that the head of a wellknowumercantile house of New York has

subscribed fifty thousand dollars to the Hancockfund," and that a very large Democraticfund has been raised from bankers. Thisseems to indicate that busiuess and capitalare not very much alarmed with the prospectof Hancock's success.

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EDITORIAL INKLINGS.About Moniimeuts.

A recent Richmond, Va., letter givesthe following description of the Washingtonmonument in that city, which shows thatKing's Mountaiu was not forgotten whenthat monument was built:

As the centennial of King's Mountain isnear at hand, the following will show thatthe great battle of King's Mountain whichturned the tide of American freedom in our

favor, was not forgotten when the Washingtonmonument was erected on the capitalgrounds, in the city of Richmond, Va.When the monument which was erected in

accordance with the act of Assembly, passedI"-' oo ia,io . s*nn /-.fiLr.r t'UI Uttl y 44, ioit/, a Jjiviuiuiu <JI vuuu vhvi

ed for tbe best design, was awarded ThomasCrawford, of Home, for the model submittedby him, which was selected, The ceremonyof laying the corner stone took place on the22ud of February, 1850. Zachary Taylor,President of the United States, and prominentdignitaries were present by invitation ofthe Legislature. On the 27th of June, articlesof agreement were entered into withCrawford, stipulating that equestrian groupin bronze should be 15 English feet from theupper surface of the platform to the top ofthe chapeau, and that the statues should be10 English feet in height. On the 10th ofOctober, 1857, Crawford died at London,after completing models of all the statuary,except Lewis and Mason and the "Trophies."A contract was made with Randolph Rogers,of New York, for the completion of the work,and the statues were cast at the Royal Foundry, Munich. The equestrian group arrivedin Richmond in November, 1857, and was

drawn to the square by the citizens themselveson the 24th. It was erected with the statuesof Henry and Jefferson, and unveiled on thenext succeeding 22ud of February with appropriate ceremonies, General Winfield Scottand other citizens of distinction being present.The statue of Mason was received and

eoected early in 1860, and the war comingon soon after the monument remained in statu

quo until 1867, when the monuments of Marshall,Lewis and Nelson were received. Theallegorical figures were all received in 1860,and with their erection the monument was

completed.The following shows the disposition of the

statuary and inscriptions on the shields ofthe allegorical figures :

Finance, (opposite Nelson,) Yorktown, Saratoga.Justice, (opposite Marshall,) Great Bridge,

Stoney Point.Revolution, (opposite Henry,) Eutaw

Springs, Trenton.Independence, (opposite Jefferson,) King's

Mountain, Princeton.Bill of Rights, (opposite Mason,) Guilford

C. H., Bunker Hill,The total cost of the monument was 8259,913.26;of which from donations and interestthere was realized 847,212.69.Other objects of interest within the grounds

are the statues of the Confederate General,Stonewall Jackson, in bronze by Fidey, andpresented to the State of Virginia in 1875 byan association of English gentlemen, whichwas organized soon after the death of thehero on the 10th of May, 1863, that of HenryClay in marble, by Hart. The buildingnear the Ninth street gate was for many yearsoccupie as barracks for the Public or StateGuard which was disbanded in 1867.Southern War Claims.

Gen. Hancock, responding to TheodoreCook, of Cincinnati, who had written to himconcerning the General's attitude on the questionof Southern claims, replies as follows undate

of the 23d ultimo :

Your letter of the 20th has been received.r fliot vrm nra rliytnrhed about thati Jtgltk J «.w

bugbear, Southern war claims. The peoplecannot be misled by it to suppoee that "rebelclaims" or claims in the interest of personswho were in the rebellion cau in any way or

in any degree be countenanced. It i9 an ira|putation of disloyalty such as used to be madeagainst Democrats even when they were inarms defending the country. So far as ittouches me, I denounce it. The governmentcan never pay a debt or grant a pension or

reward of any sort for waging war upon itsown existence, nor could I be induced to ap-1prove or encourage the payment of such a

debt, pension or reward. Nobody expects or

wants such unnatural action. To propose itwould be an insult to the intelligence and

j honor of our people. When the rebellionwas crushed, the heresy of secession in everyform and every incident went down forever.It is a thing of the dead past. We move for-ward not backward. If I were president Iwould veto all legislation which might come

before me providing for the consideration or

payment of claims of any kind for losses or

damages by persons who were in the rebel-lion, whether pardoned or not. In relationto Union war claims the government's obli-1gations to its defenders come first. The publiclaws of civilized nations do not in generalrecognize claims for injury to property result-!ing from operations of war, nevertheless our

government has treated with great indulgencethe claims for losses and damages suffered byUnion men from the military operations ofthe war of the Union. But as hostilities wereclosed more than fifteen years ago, claims ofthat nature are now mostly in the hands ofbrokers, or persons other than the orignalsufferers, are becoming stale, and, in myjudgment, might be considered as barred bythe lapse of time, and if hereafter entertainedat all, should be subject to the strictest scrutiny.Yours, very truly,

Winfield S. Hancock.

L OCAL AFFAIRS.new advertisements.

Hunter A Oates.See our Dress Goods, Ac.Kennedy Bros. A Barron.The King! Look Out!G. J. Foreaora, General Manager.Centennial

Schedules.A. Williford.Land at Auction.R. H. Glenn.Sheriff's Sale.J. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pls.-Clerk's Sales.J. M. Adams.Clear the Track.T. M. Dobson.Great Announcement!Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson.Emporium of Fashion.0. A. Wylie, Prfsident..Second Annual Fair.

crushed his hand.We regret to learn that on Thursday last

Mr. John E. Lowry, son of Dr. J. M. Lowry,of this place, had his left hand seriously injuredby his cotton gin. It is probable that he willlose the first finger of his haud; though notwithstandinghis injury, he persists in operatinghis gin.

centenniaITvisitors.Governor Jeter arrived here Monday afternoonand left on Tuesday morning for King's

Mountain.Mr. Daniel O'Leary and family, of Little

Rock, Ark., who moved from here in 1860;and Mr. William F. Beard, a native of York-ville, but now a citizen of Texas, arrived hereMonday morning, combining the celebrationand a visit to their old home.

SALES-DAY.On Monday last, sales-day for October, the

following property was sold by the Clerk ofthe Court:The "Pankey tract," at the suit of S. M.

Ilall vs. .S. 11. Hall. Bought by S. M. Hallfor $308.25.

Estate of Dr. R. L. Love, deceased, at thesuit of Agnes A. Moor^ vs. Samuel G. Hemphill;revisionary interest in widow's dower,purchased by widow of Dr. Love, for $701.Tract of 55 acres, purchased by J. P. Moore at$40 yer acre. Tract of 2(30 acres, bought byWm. M. Love at $7.10 per acre.

PRIZE DRAWING.Our prize drawing took place last Saturday,

according to the plan heretofore announced.The drawing was conducted by Messrs. R. H.Glenn, J. F. Wallace, C. E. Spencerand A. W.Ingold, whom we selected for the purpose.The following is the result:

1. /. D. Montgomery, Union Way; sewingmachine.

2. Ainsley Grant, Chester; pocket knife.3. M.S. Carrol, Herndon's Mill; pocket knife.4. T. A. McKeown, Hickory Grove, S. C.; cookingstove.5. W. S. Adams, Guthriesville, S. C.; pocket

knife.6. J. M. Huffstetler, Bowling Green, S. C. ;

pocket knife.7. T. J. Tomlinson, Waelder, Texas; pocket

knife.8. J. M. Wood, Talladega, Ala.; pocket knife.9. J. D. Jones, Hickory Grove, S. C.: pocket

knife.10. Dr. W. E. Adams, Bowling Green, S. C. ;

pocket knife.11. W. M. McGill, Clark's Fork, S. C.; pocket

mine.12. J. B. Wood, Allison Creek, S. C.; pocket

knife.13. Win. S. Barnwell, Parrott's, S. C.; sewing

machine.14. S. H. Eppes, Fort Mill, S. C.; pocket knife.15. T. T. Davidson, Mrs. Lowry's Way ; pocketknife.l(i. W. T. Henderson, Crowder's Creek, N. C.;

pocket knife.17. T. II. Simril, Clay Hill, S. C.; pocket knife.18. J. W. Allison, Allison's Store, S. C\; pocket

knife.19. W. L. Hill, Bullock's Creek, S. C.; pocket

knife.20. F. Lee Erwin, Ranalesburg, N. C. ; pocket

knife.21. I. C. McFadden, Riehburg, S. C.; pocket

knife.22. W. M. Robinson, Gastonia, N. C.; pocket

knife.'23. W. P. Roddy, Coates' Tavern, S. C.; pocketknife.24. M. Hutt'ner, McConncllsvillo, S. C.; pocket

knife.25. Mrs. N. D. Tate, Fewcll's ; pocket knife.20. John Dulin, Bethel, S. C ; pocket knife.27. Leroy Pearce, Clay Hill, S. C.; pocket knife.28. R. G. Parker, Whitaker, S. C.; pocket knife.29. James M. Lowry, Lowrysville, S. C.; pocketknife.30. S. J. Garrison, Yorkville; pocket knife.31. Jackson Barry, Blairsville, S. C.; pocket

knife.32. J. R. Patton, Coates' Tavern, S. C.; pocket

knife.33. J. J. Garrison, Johnsville, Ark.; pocket

knife.34. G. Hambright, Whitaker, S. C., cooking

stove.35. R. F. Lindsay, McConnellsville, S. C.;

pocket knife.30. H. B. Davidsou, Benton, Ark.; pocket

knife.37. Mrs. A. C. McPheeters, Yorkville; pocket

knife.38. J. J. Hunter, Yorkville; pocket knife.39. S. H. Smith, Braden Station, Tenn.; pocketknife.

' 40. J. R. Cook, Bethel, S. C.; pocket knife.41. Mr». C. Q. McGowan. Hollv Springs, Miss.;

pocket knife.42 J. M. Whitesides, Hickory Grove, S. C.;

pocket knife.43. W. W. Lewis, Blackstocks, S. C.; pocket

knife.44. W. A. Rird, Whitaker, 8. C.; pocket knife.45. E. D. Thomson, Zeno, 8. C.; pocket knife.46. Mrs. A. W. McAfee, Shelby, N. C.; pocket

knife.47.-Joseph Black, Black's Station, 8. C.; pocketknife.48. A. J. Matthews, Clover, 8. C.; pocket knife.

1 49.. J. M. Deal, Whitaker, 8. C.; pocket knife.50. R. P. M. Sangsing, Smith's Turnout, 8. C.;

pocket knife.51. J. H. Abernathy, Coates' Tavern, 8. C.;

pocket knife.52. J. C. Byruin, Elgin, Texas; pocket knife.53. S. F. Roddy, CoateH' Tavern, 8. U.; pocket

knife.54. T. B. Whisonant, Black's Station, 8. C.;

pocket knife.55. J. J. Matthews, Black's Station Way; pocketknife.56. Charles Funk, Smith's Turnout, 8. C.;

pocket knife.57. J. M. Sherrer, Blairsville, 8. C.: pocket

knife.58. W. J. Poag, Rock Hill, S. C.; pocket knife.59. J. A. Love, Yorkville; pocket knife.CO. Maj. J. F. Hart, Yorkville; pocket knife.61. D. T. Lessley, Coates' Tavern, 8. C.; pocketknife.62. R. A. Palrick, White Oak, 8. C.; pocket

knife.63. J. M. M. Cain, Black's Way; pocket knife.64. T. P. Allison, Prairie Grove, Ark.; pocket

knife.65. Mrs. Clara Lindsay, Guthriesvilie, 8. C.;

pocket knife.66. Miss I. E. Barry, Clover, 8. C.; pocket

knife.67. W. 0. Moss, Black's Station, 8. C.; pocket

knife.68. Henry Keller, Yorkville ; pocket knife.69. D. J. Jackson, Clover, 8. C.: pocket knife.70. Mrs. M. A. Ewing, Garribaldi, N. C.; pocketknife.71. Dr. A. F. Hambrifiht, Whitaker, 8. C. ;

pocket knife.72. L. R. Wilson, Fort Mill, 8. C.; pocket

knife.73. John Rattaree, Rock Hill, 8. C.; pocket

knife.74. W. S. Bolk, Fort Mill, S. C.; sewing machine.75. I. N. Davis, Clover, 8. C.; pocket knife.76. C. Scott Wilson, Yorkville; pocket knife.77. A. Williford, Winnsboro, 8. C.; pocket

knife.The persons entitled to the sewing machines

and cooking stoves can have the same shippedto them immediately by giving the necessarydirections. As heretofore announced, freighton these articles is to be paid by the personsreceiving them.The pocket knives will be delivered at our

publication office, or sent by mail at our expense,at the risk of those entitled to receivethem ; or we will send them in a registeredpackage on receipt of ten cents to pay registrationfee. We are ready to deliver preminmcat nnce and those who wish theirknives delivered by mail will please communicatewith us at immediately, enclosing registrationfee, if they desire packages registered.

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MERE-MENTION.The colored Baptists will meet in Montgomery,Alabama, on the 24th of November,

to take steps toward the conversion of Afri-ca. Immense swarms of grasshoppershave appeared near Jacksouborough, Texas,and are devouring the corn and cotton stalkson the farms thereabouts. Counterfeiters

are said to be doing a thriving business inmanufacturing genuine five cent pieces. Theintrinsic value of the coin, which contains

seventy-five cent, of copper and twenty-fiveper cent, of nickel, is but a cent and a quar-,ter. On Saturday, six white and four colored

convicts were publicly whipped at NewCastle, Delaware. Southern Methodistsnumber 830,126, with 3,547 traveling preachers,and nearly double that number of localpreachers.

POLITICAL MEETINGS.REPUBLICAN MEETING ON SATURIUY.

It was not generally known by the whitepeople that a Republican meeting was appointedfor Yorkville on Saturday last; nor indeed,was there any intimation given them of suchintended demonstration until Friday evening,when the cotton pickers round about notifiedtheir employers that they would not work thenext day. This notice was given generally,and with such uniformity, in the absence ofany known reason for such action, as to exciteinquiry ; and the result of the investigationwas to awaken, perhaps for the first time inthe minds of many, the fact that the Republicanparty in York county, though sleeping forthe past four years, is by no means dead, andthat the somnolency which had lulled theDemocracy into a sense of perfect security,is, after all, only the 'possum policy as describedby Gen. Kennedy in his speech here last week.But as the campaign progresses. Radicalism isbeginning to loom its head, and the meetingof last Saturday fully demonstrated that theparty does not intend to remain passive inYork county the present year.The meeting here last Saturday was ostensiblyfor the purpose of hearing Mr. Blythe,

Republican candidate for Congress ; but sis hestsited in his speech that the summons whichbrought him hither was at short notice, theopinion obtains that the county manipulatorscalled the meeting more for the purpose oftesting the enthusiasm of "the party,"than a

desire to hear Mr Blythe.About three hundred of the faithful gathered,and music by the colored band was the

signal for them to assemble in the CourtHouse. There were also in the court room

about fifty white Democrats, who gave thespeaker's a respectful hearing.The meeting was called to order by Nelson

Hammond, colored, who moved that ex-CongressmanA. S. Wallace act as chairman. Themotion was carried vociferously, and on takingthe chair, Mr. Wallace briefly said : "Iwill introduce as the first speaker to-day, Mr.Nelson Hammond."Nelson "mounted the nostrum" and proceededto say that he was glad to meet so

large an audience. It had been four yearssince he had spoken upon Republicanism inSouth Carolina, and he felt thankful that hewastigain privileged to address a meeting ofhis party. It buoyed up his heart with joy tosee so many Republicans before him. lie wasglad to see the party reorganizing and thecolored people returning to their fold. Hehoped tliat nereaiter they would stand snouiaerto shoulder, and not do as some of them haddone in 1870, desert their party and go over tothe Democrats. It had been the boast of theDemocrats that the Republican party was a

negro party, but if that had been said, it couldalso be said that the Democrats have negroesin their party, too. Some of the negroes hadjoined the Democrats, but they now see thefolly of it. They had been promised by so

doing they would live better. But if they didlive any better, they worked harder and gotless wages than formerly. He said he wantedto see in the next election the largest vote forGarfield and for Mr. Blythe that Republicanshad ever rolled up in York ; and he hoped inthe coming election the colored people wouldnot suffer themselves to be led by the whites.To the ladies, he would say, if your brothersor sweethearts vote the Democratic ticket,kick them out of your house. He then referredto Mr. A. S. Wallace as the Moses ofthe Republican party, and closed his eulogisticremarks amid great applause.The chairman then introduced

"HON. ABSALOM BLYTHE,well known in this community as a gentlemanand a lawyer, who will give an account of himself."Mr. Blythe said: I appear before you in responseto a summons from your county chairman,and I regret that I am not in a conditionto address you at length. When the

summons reached me, I was attending Courtat Pickens, Judge Mackey presiding, and youwho know that Judge's manner of workingnicrht and dav. mav understand the fatiguesof the court, besides loss of sleep in travelinglast night.But it is my duty and privilege as a candidateto appear before you. I congratulate

you upon the peace and prosperity of yourcountry. Peaceand goodorder prevail throughtheState ; and I hope, in the conduct of thepresent campaign, nothing will occur to marthe good feeling, quiet and order in our midst.There is now a great contest going on

throughout the country. Perhaps it is fortunatefor us that the heat of that contest istransferred to another field.the North. There,to-day, thousands are being addressed byspeakers on both sides, and there the battlewill be fought and won. But while acting onlya minor part in the great contest, it is ourduty and privilege to assemble together andgive expressions to our views, and better prepareourselves for going to the ballot-box.The Republicans and Democrats are the

great parties arrayed against each other. Inthe Northern States issues are before the peopleof a National character.issues which weare too much inclined to ignore.questions oftariff, the currency, &c., and as these issuesare expelled in the South, I shall address youon such issues only as concern South Carolina.The issue as now before you of this county,

is the Presidential contest and the contest forFederal officers. So far as the State Republicanticket is concerned, there is now none beforeyou. You have before you a State Democraticticket,, and also a State ticket of anotherparty, but as yet the Republicans have putin no ticket. The late State Convention consideredthe question in secret session, and afterone or two days' discussion arrived at the conclusionthat it" would be better for the materialinterests of the State and the Republicanparty to put forward no ticket. The matter,however, is left with the State Executive Committee,and if, in their wisdom, they deem itproper to make nominations.which they are

fully empowered to do.theycan make them atany time. My judgment is that there will beno State ticket. And so far as the State electionis concerned, the contest is narroweddown to the Greenback and Democratic parties.It is, therefore, not our fight, though Republiicans can support either wing, as they maychoose. But whether or not you vote witheither, there is still enough to claim your attention.

If the Republicans of this State go forwardand vote in ihe National contest for menof their choice, the State will give a majorityfor Garfield.

It has been said, and privately conceded,that in the two last elections in this State, unfairnesswas practiced by the Democrats ; yetI think in this election you will have a fairvote and a fair count. I think, in 1876 and1878, the Democrats acted wrong because theythought they were acting under great necessity,which, in their opinion, justified them indoing tilings that were wrong. Though notjustified in committing this wrong, tliey putit on the ground of necessity.to wrest theState from a party whose officials were corrupt.That necessity does not now exist, andshould they attempt it again they will becomea stench to the people. But why the necessityof unfairness? Can any one say that if a

Republican is elected President it will injurethe country ? If either of the two candidatesbefore the people is elected, no one but officeholderswill ever know it.so little is the differencebetween the principles of the two greatparties. As to the State election, I think itwill also be conducted fairly. The Democratsare confronted only by the Greenback party,and all, so far as I know, are interested in thewelfare of the country. Therefore, there canbe no excuse for unfairness.There is one thing upon which I shall insist

in every county that I visit, and that is thatthe party shall make county nominations. Ishall insist that in every county you put forwardcompetent men for county offices. Then,with competent, worthy men on your ticket,the Democrats could have no excuse for attemptingfraud, and in practicing it wouldonly sink themselves. In this great countrywe stand upon the purity of the ballot, and ifyou destroy it, the freedom of the people is de-stroyed. Believing in the good sense and thelove of honor of the i>eople of South Carolina, Iam free to say, in my judgment, we will have a

fair canvass, a fair vote and a fair count inthe coming election. ,

In 1876, the election laws were not fully understood.Since that election, questions arisingunder them have been decided by the U.!S. Supreme Court. Though the Governor mayappoint all the commissioners of election fromhis own party, and these commissioners mayappoint all the managers from that party, yetthey cannot ignore the right. The decision ofthe U. S. Supreme Court throws around theelection such safe-guards as to prevent fraud.In 187G and 1878, it was thought that bystanders,even suspecting fraud during the progress

of an election, had no right to enter their proteat; but the Supreme Court decides that thesupervisors have the right, and it is their duty,to stop the voting and inspect the ballot-box undersuch circumstances. Besides that, wehave U. S. Marshals to preserve quiet at elections,and it is also a high crime to interferewith the supervisors in the discharge of theirduties. Intelligent men of our party canwatch the progress of the voting, and if in theirjudgment, the necessity arises, they can demanda count of the vote immediately afterthe election. If it were possible to conceivethat the Democrats would pollute the ballot-1box, with the safe-guards as now thrown aroundit, I think it impossible for them to perpetratefraud. I am glad to say that though fraudhas been charged in portions of the State, theinstances are few and far between, and if anyfraud was committed in the upper part of theState, it was on a small scale. I do not thinkthey will attempt it again; but if they do, youhave it in your power to prevent it.

I think it not only the duty but the privilegeof every man to go and vote, and vote just ashe pleases, and when the day comes, my adviceto all is, go to tue polls aim vote tne ucKei 01

your choice.In reference to myself, I will say, in conclusion,that I have accepted the Republican

nomination for Congress. I hope, if the i>eoplewho have abstained from the polls duringthe past four years, don't know it now, theywill attempt to inform themselves by the timeof the election, and if they do not think Icame before them intending to labor for thebenefit of the whole people, I do not ask themto vote for me.My opponent, Col. Evins, I have known

for years. If he is reelected he will go andvote as he has voted heretofore. Ilis recordis liefore you. It is public property. Youhave a right to pass upon it. On our side ofthe Congressional district, we don't think hehits been an active, working member. Iu thematter of securing a U. S. Court House andPost office in Greenville, although my friend,Mr. Wallace, while a member, laid the foundationfor securing the necessary appropriationfor the building, yet Col. Evins never movedin the matter until Senator Butler, who livesin another district, went to Congress. SenatorButler got the matter through the committeein a week; but Col. Evins failed to getthe appropriation passed by the House, andgives as his excuse that in the last momentsof the session he could not catch the attentionof the Speaker !The only matter of public importance that

he was sihlfi t.n iret t.lirnnrrh was »n mmrru

priation of $20,000 for his own town for astatue of Gen. Morgan. We have thoughtthat other sections of his district, besides hisown county, had a right to his servi"'".

If I am elected, I shall endeavor to .vork forthe interest of the whole district, and will donothing to militate against any portion of thepeople.After Mr. Blythe had concluded, loud calls

were made forA. S. WALLACE.

He vacated the chair in favor of Tom Hunt,colored, whom he called to preside, and said:

I am glad for this privilege to address you;not as a candidate, but as a citizen of yourcounty. I cannot be charged with selfishnessin appearing before you. I have nothing toask for myself, but speak as an elector for Garfieldand Arthur, and would also say a word infavor of Mr. Blythe. I have nothing to presentbut the old saw, "Equal rights and equalitybefore the law to all."

I am not surprised that the Democrats areopposed to the election of Garfield. I knowhim. I have served in Congress with him. Amore competent gentleman does not tramp theground in the United States. His personalhistory is interesting from a boy up. It is saidof him that once, when a tow-headed boy, apublic lecturer pointed to him in an audience,and said, "If that boy gets an opportunity, hewill be President of the United States." Thisinduced him to make every effort to obtain afinished education. T have often heard him illCongress, and after lie had made an able speechI have congratulated him to his face, and said,"Well, Daniel, you are the man to succeed."There is no man in the United States that ishis superior. He isthe Daniel Webster of theUnited States, and will compare with any citizenof the world. Such is the man you areasked to vote for for President.

I was a Grant man before the nominationwas made. I thought Grant's presence in theWhite House was necessary to give peace andprosperity to the United States. My nextchoice was Garfield. Arthur I do not know;but the fact of his being nominated by theRepublicans is good enough for me.Of our nominee for Congress I want to say a

word. I know him, and was in the Conventionthat nominated him. My aim has alwaysbeen to sanction the nomination only of menof spotless character. I have known Mr.Blythefor years. He is well known to thebar of South Carolina. He served four yearsas Solicitor of the Western circuit. But in1876 he was beaten as a Republican. Do youwant any better evidence that he was a Republicanthan that ?

If elected to Congress, as I hope be will be,all the public documents he sends out, and theseeds he distributes, will not be sent to Democrats; but Republicans will get their share.Since Col. Evins has been in Congress I havereceived from him three books; but, fortunately,I am not dependent ui>on him, as heads ofDepartments who know me and know whatjmy services in Congress have been worth, supplyme with public documents as they areissued.

I advise you all to get up Garfield and Arthurclubs all over the country. The Democratsare showing you how to work.and thereare plenty of white people who will go withyou. Until June Mobley's unfortunate speechin the State Convention, there were plenty ofwhite people in sympathy with the Republicanparty of South Carolina.What have the Democrats done for the

poor, laboring men ? Have they done anythingto benefit you ? They have repealed thebankrupt law, and declared the homestead lawa nullity. Now the sheriff goes over the countyand locks up corn cribs and levies on prop*erty for old debts.debts of poor white menas well as negroes. As long as the Republicanparty had control, nothing of this kind wasfillip \Vf» do not have to thank ReDublicansfor your having your corn-cribs locked up, andyour having to go to your neighbors for bread.The four years 1 he Democrats have had controlhave not brought about the change for the

better that they promised. Perhaps four moremay, or if not four, ten.

I am glad they cannot reduce the vote. Thefrauds of 1876 a& fresh in the minds of all.Why, in that year the Democratic vote inIcreased from 60,000 to 90,000, In this countythe vote went up from 3,200 to 3,800, and itis well known that in my canvass with JudgeKershaw, the full strength of the Democratswas voted, and I was elected, receiving a voteof 16,072.When your ballot-box is gone, your liberty is

gone. I am glad to learn, as I do from Mr.Blythe.for he has told us of some decisionsthat I did not know myself.that we can havefair elections. We can regulate the vote inYork county, and I pray you to see to it thatthe election is conducted fairly in this county.Just so soon as fraud in the elections is renewed,I tell you now our young men will becomefood for gunjiowder. I have been jeered atfor my Republicanism by whelps along thestreet, but I have been able to stand it all.In 1860 I opposed the calling of a convention,and I made a declaration then, which

woidd have cost me my life, had I been a poorman.You have work to do and must work shoulderto shoulder. It has been charged that there

were frauds in the Republican party. McKissicktried to make that charge and secure

my seat; but after all his efforts the committeesaid he could not present a case, and anylawyer knows what that means. Poor fellow!he was hungry.You must get up Garfield -clubs in every

neighborhood. The Democrats are workingand setting an example for you to work by.We want all the Republicans we can get, butI want all colored men who have gone to the ,

Democratic party to stay there if they are satisfied.I am satisfied that the white men of York

county want office. This is shown by theirrecent primary election. And I don't thinksome of the candidates in the primary are satisfiedwith the result.You have the right of citizens, and it is

your duty to go to the election and vote.togo together.the colored people are a part ofthis country, and suffrage is guaranteed toyou the same as the whites.

If Hancock is elected President, I tell younow you will go back again to where you werebut a few years ago.We have three sets of candidates, or will

have in York county; which will have the tendencyto make the Democrats supple, and foryour consolation I will say that we may askanother party where they are going to camp.Mr. Wallace concluded his speech at this

point, and resuming the chair, adjourned themeeting.We have given a full report of what was

said and done, so that the Democrats of Yorkcounty may see and realize what is beforethem.

THE GREENBACK MEETING ON MONDAY.On Monday last, according to notice which

previously had been publicly given, membersof the Greenback party in York county metin the Court House for the purpose of hearingan address by Mr. J. Hendrix McLean, ofFairfield, candidate of that party for Congressin this district, and also to make nominationsfor members of the Legislature and countyofficers. The attendance upon this meetingwould not perhaps give any indication of thestrength of the party in this county.When the meeting was called to order, there

were present, in the room, 52 whites and 1)negroes.a large majority of the whites beingTVmnw'r'jta wlin Tvera nmocnf fhrnnoh onrSnu.A/\/IIIVVtUi^ »»i«v »» VI V |/AVWV«*V Vlil Ullgu

ity. As the meeting progressed, the crowd increaseduntil the room was very nearly filled ;but the number of Greenbackers was not increasedby any arrivals after the shaking commenced.The local head-lights < f the partyappeared to be Messrs. Jonathan H". McElwee,Jr., Miles Wallace and Russell Hope.the latterof whom was reported as a delegate in the ~

last Republican County Convention held here.Mr. Miles Wallace initiated the proceedings

by moving that Mr. Jonathan N. McElwee,Jr., take the chair.Mr. McElwee declined the honor, insisting

that his friend, Mr. Wallace, should preside.} i. Wallace thereupon tbok the chair and

announced that the object of the meeting wasto make arrangements whereby we may be benefitted.toconsult for our own good.to themolestation of no person ; but to sustain ourown rights and privileges on an honest basis.We propose to introduce to you Mr. McLean,after hearing whom you can decide for yourselves.The chairman then took his seat, .and a

slight pause ensuing, Mr. McElwee removedthe awkwardness of the situation by formallyintroducing Mr. McLean, Greenback candidatefor Congress, who was here to explainthe principles of that party.Mr. McLean then appeared, and commenced

by reviewing the history of the different politicalparties from the organization of the Governmentdown to the present time. Thisbrought him to the greenback feature of hisdiscourse. He said the greenback currencywas one of the results of the war, forced uponthe country in a time of great peril to theUnited States Government, when it found itsell:involved in war and no funds in the treasury.Paper money was issued to meet thewants of the Government, and up to the timeof the reduction of this vast volume of money,the country enjoyed a degree of prosperitynever known before or since.He instanced the year 1865, when the South,

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war, everybody had plenty of money, and noman was so poor that he could not Duy anythinghe wanted, and even land. But in 1866,Congress passed a law calling in four-fifths ofthis currency from circulation, which wasfundedin interest tearing bonds, in the hands ofcapitalists and speculators, who care not forthe prosperity of the country, so they drawtheir interest. This vast amount of money isdormant, lying idle, and is depressing to laborand to the material prosperity oi the countrycreatinga set of money monopol ists, who havingthe money of the country converted intobonds and locked up in their safes, can controlthe prices of labor as well as the productsof industry. His argument was to the effectthat all of the vast sum funded in interestbearingbonds, should be re-con verted into acirculating medium.

Under the present system, the bondholdersare reaping the benefit of the labor of the toilingmillions, who pay an average of §27 toeach voter for the support of a financial systemborrowed from England, and which, ifpursued, will make serfs of the laboring peopleof ;he United States. He said we can haveno home rule, becausewe are ruled by a moneyring.fastened on to the people not by accident;but by the deliberate legislation of leadingmembers of the two great political partus.Democrats and. Republicans alike are

disposed to perpetuate the system, and hencethe new party is the outgrowth of this action,under which our property has shrunk nearlyone-half in value since 1865. He had been a

Democrat, and in 1876 labored for the successof that party, but found that it did not givethat relief promised to the i>eop]le. The greenbackmovement was born of the necessities ofthe people, who demand that t»ae bonds now

idle, or as so inuchlocked-up capital, shall bechanged into legal tender currency.. He saidthe movement is popular with a large number,but they express the opinion that is it ratherearly.that it would be best to wait two yearslonger. If we go into the part}' now, coloredmen may be elected to office.He then referred to the Maine election,

which he said was carried by a Greenbacker,though the Democrats claim the honor of it.The cause is growing from Maine to Texas,

a x_ s « if i;MAana our own outre is wneetmg iiulu hub.

He said the State Convention, held in Chestr last week, was composed of the most renarkable body of men that ever assembled inthe State.honest{ gray-headed men; some ofwhom rode in their own conversances, not onfree railroad passes, a distance of one hundredmiles, to frame a platform and make nominations.He thought the only way to obtain the relief

required, is for the best elementsof the two oldparties to crystalize into the Greenback party.that either of the old parties is now powerlessfor affording the country the relief demanded.When Mr. McLean concluded, L D. Witherspoon,Esq., asked permission to respectfullyask a question, and that was wherein has

the State government failed to keep any promisemade to the people ?Mr. McLean replied that one promise of the

Democratic party was that they would notknow any party; that they would make no

distinctions as to race or color, and that everyman should bo respected, in his right to vote.Again, that a fence law had been passed forsome sections of the State.notably in Unioncounty.when people were petitioning againstit.Mr. Witherspoon replied to this, explaining

tiiat in counties where the fence law had beenpassed, it was done on overwhelming petitionsfrom those counties. A running debate ensue/i between the gentlemen, in the course ofwhich Mr. McLean referred to the letter ofGen. Hagood to Mr. Holliday, of Kershawcounty, in which he evaded answering threequestions projiounded by Mr. Holliday, butdid answer two. Mr. Witherspoon producedthe letter and requested Mr. McLean to readit, which he did, commenting upon it as heKsad.Mr. McLean also gave as another objection

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only failed to change the obnoxious electionlaws, passed by a party for their own aggrandizement; but a respectful petition from goodcitizens of Fairfield was so far ignored as notto be reported upon, or acted ujxm in any wayby the committee to whom it should have beenreferred.Mr. McLean then announced that he could

not fu rther trespass upon the time of the memberscf the party, who desired to hold a privateconference in the court-room, and thecrowd was about dispersing, when repeatedcalls were made for Mr. Witherspoon. Consentwas given for hin%jto speak, and he tookthe stand amid prolonged cheering.He said he had hoped to be spared the necessityof speaking on the present occasion;

but the party he represented had been ruthlesslyassailed by a Republican, in disguise,who is spitting his slime and venom upon the 1Democratic party. When he said the Democraticparty had failed to keep its obligationswith the people, and was asked wherein it hadfailed, he fell back upon the ever-ready questionof the fence law, trying to make a hobbyout of tliat; but the plea is too thin !As far as their action as citizens is concerned,I respect the motives of some who are

going into this new party: but in my judgmentthey are misguided by this man, who comes

among them a stranger. He comes as a mischief-makerto array one men's right arm

against another. In a time of profound peaceend quiet, he has come amongst us to arrayman against man and to weaken the Demo-

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crats in their struggle with the Radicals.The plea of a party measure.a party necessity.istoo weak. It is impossible for them

to do any thing as a party. The people mustwork for their money, and the Greenbackparty can never put money into an idle man'spocket. This is only the Republican party in '

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