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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1876)
arntontcle anD Nailml DeßHcntlc Ticket. FOB PRESIDENT: Samuel J. Tilden,. OF NEW YORK. FOB VICE-PBESIDENT: Thom as A. Hendricks* OF INDIANA. State Deaecratlc Ticket. FOB OOVEBNOB: Alfred IE. Colquitt. PREHIDENTIAL ELECTORS. K.r the State at I.are. A. R LAWTON. JOHN W. WOFFORD. ALTERNATES, L. J. OARTRELL, H. D. D. TWIGGS. Dintrlet Elector.. First District-A. M. Rogers, of Burke. Alternate, T. E. Davenport, of °Second District—R. E. Kennon, of Clay. Alternate, James L. Seward, of T Third District—J. M. DaPree, of Ms con. Alternate, W. H. Harrison, of Stewart. _ _ , , Fourth District—W. 0. Tuggle, of Troup. Alternate, E. M. Bntt, of Ms rl°Fi:fth District—F. D. Dismuke, of Spalding. Alternate, W. A. Shorter, of F Srith District—Frank Chambers, of Wilkinson. Alternate, M. V. McKib ben, of Butts. , Seventh District—L. N. Trammell, of Whitfield. Alternate, Hamilton Yancey, Eighth District—D. M. Dnßose, of Wilkes. Alternate, F. E. Eve, of Go Jn Ni > nth District—J. N. Dorsey, of Hal!. AlWnate. F. L. Harison, of White. WkdXESDAY AUGUST 23, 1876 The next State elections are to be held in September. Arkansas votes Septem ber 4th, Vermont September sth and .Maine September 11th. The Rev. Gboboe W. Williams, col ored, of Ohio, saye: “I would be desti tute of honor, veracity andconscience to urge the perpetuation of a party that has displayed such gross ignorance aud imbecility.” Butler's bowing to the will of the party in the currency matter is one of the sublime spectacles of the age. For tnnately he doesn't say what the will of the party is, and as no one pretends to know, he will not be hampered in the al together unlikely event of his election. Troubles are looming up in Crete, where Turkish rule only exists by the aid of strong battalions. Asa diversion in favor of Servia the uneasiness in the island comes a little late; but while the Moslem is in difficulty is the Cretan op portunity for gaining an extension of privileges. Mb. R. Babnwell Rhety writes a loug letter to the Herald, in which he in veighs severely against carpet-bag m s rule, and comes out strong for Tildes. He draws a shocking picture of the con dition of South Carolina under mulatto rule, but expresses the belief that times will change and that the Democrats will get a portion of the negro vote. Lobd Tabbat, younger son of the Dnke of Sutherland, was recently mar ried to the Hon. Lilian Janet Mcadon ald, sister of Lord Macdonald. After the reception in Eaton square, Lord Tabbat and his bride took their depar ture for Cliveden, the Duke of West minster’s seat, near Taplow, Lord Mac donald's piper striking up the well known Scotch air “Bonnie lassie we’ll bundle and go." The employees of the Government Printing Office, at Washington, have been assessed heavily to send two ener getic meo to the Eleventh Ohio District to defeat the re-election of Mr. Vance, -who is Chairman of the Printing Com mittee. A special to the Baltimore Ga zette says : “ Vance is a practical prin ter, and the object in sending these emissaries is to persuade all the printers in his District that he ought to be de feated for doing his duty in investiga ting as corrupt and extravagant a branch ot the pnblio service a a has been exam ined this session.’’ The event of the day at Compiegne is the reported appearance of the devil in the house of a tJieur Cousin, an inhabi tant of that town. The promenades aud avenues of the ex Imperial residence, generally much frequented on Summer evenings, are almost all deserted, as the people who are in the habit of repairing there congregate outside the house in the Rue St. Joseph, from the interior of which the devil makes manifestations of his presence. This house is inhabited by a oarpenter and his family, who for the last few weeks have been unable to get any sleep, except at rare intervals, on account of the noise which is being made by the spirit of evil. Asa general rule, the manifestations do not begin until after the lights are extinguished. Thk present Senate is divided between forty-two Republicans, twenty-nine Democrats, and two Independents. The next Senate will consist of seventy-six members, and daring the Winter twen ty-nine of these will be elected. If the Democrats hold their present seats and elect nine other of the twenty-nine Senators to be chosen, then, with a Democratic Vioe-Presideut in the Chair, they would control the Upper House of Congress. The Boston Transcript, commenting on the outlook, says: Democrats are certain to make more gains, and it would not require a great, deal of careless independent voting to give the Government entirely over to Democratic control in the event of the success of the Democratic national tioket. ” Gen. Franz Sigel, of New York, wrote a letter to the Herald of Wednesday de claring himself as unqualifiedly for Til dkn and Hendricks. He says : The principles and policy laid down in the Democratic platform and in the letters of ac ceptance of Tildkn and Hendricks are in ac cordance with the views which, on many oc casions. I have expressed aDd defended, pri vately and publicly. I should be faithless to myself by not upholding and defending them mow in the hour of trial, and therefore shall give say support in this election to the Presi dential ticket adopted by the Democratic Con vention. Gen. Sigel had received several ur gent invitations to address Republican meetings in New York. His support of the anti-Tammany ticket in that city last, Fall fully deluded the Republicans into the fond hope that he would support their ticket now, and he has been pro claimed by the Republican press of New York and elsewhere as a German aoldier •who repudiates Tildes. That the republic is daily being firm er established in France is proved by the resolution of the Chamber of Depu ties on the 22d of July, that “The CharaWr, expressing its confidence in the Minister of InterW, requests the Cabinet, is appointing public function aries, not to forget the dutiee imposed span it by the decme overthrowing Jthe Empire.” Gambetta eloquently stig-, Tff.tiT.vl the eystem pntsaed by the Bonapabtkts hi eeeking to make the country believe that Marshal hon was hostile to the Constitution, and said he had perfect confidence in the Marshal’s good faith. Turning to the Booapartists, Gambetta concluded by exclaiming : “ You will sever smother the cry of the 2d of December J” Amid tremendops applause, 371 sves weee re corded in favor of the resolution; the Bonapartist Deputies did not vote. south Carolina. On yesterday we referred bri* ify to the of Gen. Hampton for the Governorship of oar neighboring State —South Carolina. We expressed the belief that the other places on the ticket would be filled by gentlemen of the first ability, and of deservedly high standiog. The telegrams which an nounced the assembling of the Conven tion advised ns that it was composed of the very best men in the State—the young men being largely represented. Now, we have the proof that the asser tion made was true. The ticket is in itself a perfect tower of strength, and it assumes the air of invincibility wheD we recollect the great object had in view and the principles sought to be re established in that noble Common wealth. Consider the ticket : For Gov ernor, Wade Hampton; Lieutenant Gov ernor. W. D. Simpson; State Treasurer, 8. L. Leaphabt; Attorney-General, Jas Conneb; Comptroller General, Johnson Haygood; Secretary of State, R. M. Sims; Adjutant and Inspector General, E. W. Moisk; Superintendent of Educa tion, Hugh S. Thompson. Ha py South Carolina, to have such sons willing to serve her. With Hamp ton in the Executive office, anew and bright era will dawn upon the State; with Conner as Attorney-General, the office will again become synonomous with the leadership of the bar of the State; with Leaphabt as Treasurer and Hagood as Comptroller-General, there will be retrenchment and reform; with Hugh S. Thompson —one of the ablest, purest, most successful and most prac tical teachers in this country —as State Superintendent of Education, the educa tional interests of tbe State will be care fully fostered, and the schools elevated to a higher standard and greatly aug mented in number. In a word, with such officials. South Carolina will no longer be denominated the prostrate State. Men of Son h Carolina, thank God and take courage! The past is gone, the present is year's; the future shall be yonr’s, if you are true to your selves. STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COM suttee, Macon, Ga., August 14, 1876. Under the authority of a resolution passed by the Democratic Convention recently assembled at Atlanta, the fol lowing gentlemen sre announced as the State Democratic Executive Committee: For the Slat ; at targe, H. P. Bell, of Forsyth county ; ,T C. Nicholls, of Pierce county ; J. L War ren. of Chatham county ; E. Y. Clarke, of Fulton county. For the District*. Firnt District —John J. Jones, of Burke cdunty; Josephus Camp, of Emanuel county. Second District—A. T. Mclntyre, of Thomas county ; W. A. Harris, of Worth county. . Third District —James B. Hinkle, of Sumter county ; Marshall J. Hatcher, of Macon county. Fourth District—M. H. Blandford, of Muscogee county ; J. T. Waterman, of Troup county. Fifth District—W. T. Trammell, of Sp&lding county; U. S. Gunn, of Hous- ton cmjnty. B'gtfc District —J. M. Pace, of Newton county; W, W,. Turner, of Putnam county. Seventh District—P. M. B. Young, of Bartow county; J. A. W. Johnson, of Whitfield county. Eighth District—Miles W. Lewis, of Greene county; Paul C. Hudson, of Mc- Duffie county. Ninth District-G. M. Netjierland, of Habersham county; W. E. Sipiipons, of Gwinnett county. The foregoing appointments from the districts, except in one or two instances of failure to make nominations, are the selections of the district delegations as provided for by the resolution passed by the Convention. The members of tbe committee are re quested to convene at the Kimball House, in Atlanta, on Friday, the 25tb instant, at eleven o’clock, . m., for the purpose of organizing and transacting such otJjP r business as they may deem proper. Clifford Anderson, President late Convention. THE INMI4N WAR. If the hostile Indians have not broken up their army into detailed bands, or found an outlet of escape, they have probably beeD attacked either by Crook or Terry or by the commands of both those officers, and exciting news from the seat of war may therefore be re ceived at any moment. The pre-ytdeat; feeling in military circles is that our troops are now so numerous and so well managed that another serious dis aster is impossible, but that they may suffer severe losses, that the cam paign may be protracted by g. n inde cisive engagement or by a sueeeftftfol attempt of the savages to scatter their forces. In Indian warfare two of the most difficult things to accomplish are to find the enemy when our armies are prepared for an encounter end to prevent them from fleeing in email de tachments to the four quarters of the compass when they arc threatened with a battle that promises to prove disas terous. They triumph only when they entrap our soldiers into ambuscades; aud our victories are nearly si! jßpn by surprising their encampments. A bat tle in the Big Horn or Rosebud region, however, is hot likely to be attended with either a surprise or an ambus cade. Our troops have been taught the necessity of caution by painful experi ence, and the enemy have become wary by the continued proximity of a large antagonistic force, so that the conditions of the contest approach those which exist in wars conducted by opposing civilized armies. If Sitting Bull is governed by the rale that di rects commanders to adopt the course most objectionable to their adversaries he will find means for avoiding a de cisive battle, either by breaking up his command, escaping, or by posting his warriors in each a position that an at tack npon them would involve ruinous sacrifices. After tremendous efforts we havo placed a force in the field compe tent to beard this savage lion in his den, but the questions to be decided now relate to bis ability to evade dfr-' served punishment. The Custer mas sacre is justly regarded as the worst misfortune that could have befallen the Sioux, and if it has emboldened them to a sufficient extent to r'sk a battle on approximately equal terms the time \ for forcing them to reap the bitter fruits of their victory will be hastened. A PRIVATE .HANGING. A firm of Chicago shoe dealers have i got into a bit at trouble by resorting to the disagreeable process of banging la order to extort from an errand boy a ; confession that he had stolen JJ3OO in money. This sum had been placed in a drawer for the purpose of meeting a note, and it was suddenly discovered that the key was missing. Neither of the partners had it, and the clerk didn’t have it. and tho not altogether logical conclusion was pounced upon that the errand boy, Solomon Schwartz by; name, had secured ihe key and stolen ; the money. He stonily denied the charge and protested that beiiad never j known anything about the money in fhe drawer. There are said to be laws in , Chicago and legal methods of dealing I with persons suspected -of crime, but j these shoe dealers did not propose to j wait for the slow aad uncertain process of the law. It does not appear that they j even resorted to s locksmith to open the j drawer and see if the money -was still Jthere, but one of them, whom a Chicago papa; calls indifferently Oliver and Orlando 3. Clark, seized the boy Schwartz, tot*, him into the cel lar, pat a rope eopaj} his neck and strung him up to a He kindly let him down after he became senseless, as hi® object of extorting a j confession might,fcgdefeated by letting' the youth die. When .the lad revived sufficiently to be sensible to farther tor ture, the gentle Clark, the hanging process rather too expedition^ for his purpose, threatened to roast Schwartz, if ha didn’t confess and tell where tbe money was. Tbe terrified boy, finding iD thi his only hope of es cape, promised to take the man where the money was. Going out with him he inveigled the gentleman to his father s house, and there claimed protection. The elder Schwartz appears to have been a plucky Teuton, and accompanied the lad to the store, and after learning the story bade him go home. One of the partners in the leather business then called on a policeman to arrest the boy for stealing, and the old man demanded of him that he arrest Mr. Clark for as sault. Both arrests were made. The boy was held nnder the charge in 8300 bail, and Clabk in SI,OOO. Meantime we are not informed as to the where abouts of that key or the money de signed for the payment of McCormick A Clabk’s note. This may appear later, but one thing seems to be clear, cud that is that hanging by way of extorting confession is likely to “play oat” very speedily, if Chicago really has tbe ways and means of dispensing justice. JUDGE WILLIAM GIBSON. Judge William G bson is engaged in electioneering for members of the Geor gia Legislature. The Judge is a man of great shrewdness, and is full of that low cunning which appeals to prejudice and passion. He will doubtless render valuable assistance to those in whose in terest he is working. But is it not u sad commentary on the respectability and dignity of the Judiciary of Georgia to see the Judge of the Augusta Circuit dragging the ermine through the mire of local politics ? THE SITUATION. Let not him girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off said a writer for whom we all have great respect. It is too early to count votes in this Presidential election. They must be cast before they are counted, and we mast get nearer election day be fore any can accurately prophesy. But it is possible to talk about the probabili ties, about the situation. The tenden cies are toward a ohaDge. The under lying desire is for a change. The symp tons are that the belief that there can be no real reform without taking the con duct of affairs from them who now hold it is increasing. The country was Re publican in 1872. It was Democratic in 1874-75-76. The Democratic party lias the House of Representatives. There are one hundred and seventy four Demo crats in the House to one hundred and seven Republicans. It has posession of a majority of the State Governments. A majority of the Governors are Demo cratic, and a majority of the State Legislatures are Democratic. These in-i dicate the altered sentiment of the country, for the President, who can not be changed but once in four years, and the Senate, which changes slowly, are Republican. The popular sentiment is with the Democratic party, as evidenced by all these Governors and Representa tives and legislators who owe their eleotiou to the people. There are some circumstances whieh give reason to be lieve that the Democratic party will gain upon this vote, the vote that since the last Presidential election has made the pountry Democratic. The strength of Mr. Tilden i the Convention was unexpected evidence of his strength in the country. The weakness of Mr. Hayes, his nonenity, as ’twere, is in our favor, and the positive, aggressive man, the man pf will, aiWtyS wins, ceteris paribus, in a eontest with a man lacking those qualities. The amazing populari ty of Mr. Tilden in the St. Louis Con vention has since been emphasized by the recent local elections in the South. The cities of Covington and Newport are so closely linked to Cincinnati, to Ohio, that the drift of those cities is a preface or prophecy of the drift in Qhio. The voters of Covington and Newport, or many of them, use Newport and Cov ington as a bedroom, while their toil is on this side the Ohio, their interest en tirely identical with our own, their po litical convictions gathered from the gams sources, gleaned from the same facts, and tbe drift of their vote is there fore almost as significant a weather-vane as an equal vote this side the river would be. Tbe vote showed an unex? peoted Democratic gain over the vote of last year. There is deep interest een. tered in the Ohio elections in October, and these elections across the river are valuable indices. It should be borne in mind that change of less than half of one per cent, ip Ohio last year would have given the State to the Remoprscy. The elections in ouruiegbboring cities qf Newport and Covington, which are closely allied to our own, and all those h*l4 since the issues were made up show a gain of from ten to twenty per cent. The German vote qf Qhio is about 40,000. It was the German vote that B<a# gought af ter last year, and it was the vote in Cincin nati and Cleveland that defeated Wm. Al len. The German vote this year is largely with Tildes, and that fact, with the emphatic drift shown in the late elec tions, gives strong ground top the belief that we shall carry Ohio in October. The disappointment of the Western and greenback Democrats, which was pro nounced immediately after the nomina tion of Mr- Tilden, has almost entirely disappeared. letter, the nomi nation of Ewing and of Om other green back men for Congress, the Obb) pi** - fqj-m—all stimulate the most aßra ad vocates al currency reform to support the Democratic ficket, and the indica tions are that the Ohio pemocrats feel those stimulating influence*. Jhere is no reason to believe that we shall tosjp any vantage ground in Ohio, and Ohio ip really the only doubtful ground. The German vote in the country which is not in the pocket of Carl Sohubz would aJoue give us the victory. The Germans never had much of a chance to fight “mit” StiHSRz; they fight “mit Sigel.” With tbe known strength of Tilden in the East; with ibis rapidly growing! strength in the West aud .among the people who believe with us, with tfj® un mistakable loDging for a change evineed *9 ypcently and uniformly in the elec tions, <tha situation would seem to as sure the eteoifop of Tilden and Hen dricks beyond a But we must work while it is day, for ntybt comath. — Cincinnati Enguirer. ( Times .• Some of the Rad ical Congr,e*3i*sp, in the closing days of the session, indulged ft* tS'Jnts at South ern members, calling then? or secessionists, gad saying “they ba,ve : come to stay, according tff Mr- Hill. The late President LixeoiA to have the vacant seats ia Congress fcd&d. by Southern men. Stop the war, abol ish slavery &u£ send your Representa tives to CoDgress, he repeated. But the Radical party of the Morton and Thad. Stevens stamp take occasion to insult those members, as if they did not repre sent States in the jEJnion. Such conduct would not become a true Union maD, and no real, heartfelt Union map would indulge in it ’The Southern States are; now all free, and the people in that sec tion are as sincere friends of tb Uuioß and the welfare of the country as those at any other section. It cannot be de nied that the business interests of the North, as well as of the South, require friendly widens between the North and South; and ttoil the welfare of the Union, and free institstioae especially, require that there shall not be and aerisjpnious aspersions on the part qf the of one section to wards those of apqtfaqr. MaufcO •mfigors on under berJoad of . revolutions, without pneh apparent prospect of a healthy pee&> succeeding the Government efforts to crash not t&e latest rebellion. With business stag nant, merchants raising their prices twelve per cent, and little or no money to meet the expense*, ifw situation does not seem pleasant for .either the Governors or the governed. And yet thpy most be happy, or they’d stop it, NATIONAL politics. The Tv* Parlies is tbe United State*. Editors Chronicle and Sentinel : Since I last wrote you great events have occurred. It is settled that we shall have a change of Administration at Washington. The two great parties have met in their conventions and pre sented their candidates for the two places in the Government of her highest dignity and influence. It was with pro found satisfaction that tbe country saw he Convention at Cincinnati refuse to nominate either Blaine or Morton. If either had been chosen as the candidate of the Republican party, we should have witnessed a rekindling of tbe passions of the war. Nor did the Convention ac cept the suggestions of the Administra tion to choose Mr. Cockling as the lead er of the Republican forces. The three leading aspirants we e rejected. The nomination of Gov. Hayes was received by the country with favor. It was the opinion of some that the Convention would fall back ou Gen. Grant. Such was doubtless tbe opinion of Gen. Grant himself. But the sceptre is wrested from his hands by his own friends. They may not be able to transfer it to Gov. Hayes, but it is forever gone from the President’s grasp, as it passed beyoDd the reach of Macbeth, and it may be added, “No lineal heir ot his succeeding." The Convention that met at Cin cinnati acheived a great triumph.— Very wisely personal preferences were given up for the common cause. The Convention did what Mr. Webster ad vised Massachusetts to do, it conquered itself. Independently of Mr. Tilden’s great ability, he possesses elements of strength which no other statesman in the Democratic ranks could possibly command. His geographical position, his splendid administration as Governor of New York, his sound financial views, his well known opinions, expressed dar- ing the war and since the war, in favor of a recognition of the rights of the South, and tbe claims of her people to a constitutial administration of the Gov ernment, while still exerting his influ ence to maintain the Union, his steady opposition to fanatacism and sectional ism, these gave him pre-eminence among the statesmen who were entitled to consideration. His letter in reply to the committee appointed to inform him of his nomination discloses great abili ty, and must do much towards drawing to his support the great body of men who' seek and desire the welfare of the country. The time has come when men of the highest order of statesmanship should be called into public service. It is not only the financial condition pf the country that demands ability, but the whole system of polities requires re adjustment. Reform is needed in every depart ment; thorongh reform. It is not too much to say that no people ever paid so dearly for government, who were so ill governed, as the people of the United States. The whole political system, as it is now administered, is one stupend ous scheme for public plunder. In high places, and in low places, there is reeking corruption. “The whole bead is sick, and the whole heart faint,” was the cry of the great Prophet in the days of the wicked Kings of Judah. It would be appaling to look upon the con dition of the country, if we did not feel that the people would come to the res cue of our imperiled institutions. The Government costs the people too much— the scale of expenditure is too vast, even under an honest administration. The burden of taxation is too great for the productive industry of the country. Bnt when it is made plain that the peo ple have been defrauded, since tbe war, out of uncounted millions—a sum large enough to pay tb@ national debt—it is wonderful that their indiguation has been restrained. Tbe regular recurring periods of relief account for their for bearauce. Every four years they may change their rulers. Heretofore t hey have been misguided by the appeals of men who have aroused the passions of the war, as in the East the infatuated troops were animated for battle by the roll of a drum covered with the skin of an idolized leader, who had, when liv ing, led them against their enemies. But now we may hope for a change of rulers. Tbe days of the Administration of General Grant are numbered. We may well hope to see Mr. Tildeu, the great Reformer, grasp the helm of Gov ernment. Mis administration as Gover nor of New York, a great State, with immense resources and complex inter ests, demonstrate his fitness for govern ment. He has broken more rings than any living man. He has before him a harder task than Hercules,'who cleaned the stables of Augias ; but he will ac complish it. The people demand, with a mighty voice, retrenchment and re form. I observed the effort made in the re cent meeting of the Democratic party, at Atlanta, to pass a resolution in favor of a Constitutional Convention, and re gret its failure. Mr. Wright did his duty on that oocasion, and I hope that the great paper with which he is con nected will urge the measure upon the people. After all, we must look to the people to sustain all onr reforms. I will write of other things hereafter. Tullius. UPPER GEORGIA. A lons the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, [Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel .] Bowdre House, Gainesville, Ga., ) August 15th, 1876. j Gaiuesville is all life now, as many visitors from all parts of the South are spending the Summer months at this place. And Uncle Daniel Quattlebaum and bis much esteemed wife have quite a number of visitors at the Bowdre House. Mrs. Governor Smith and family spent some weeks here at the Bowdre House, but at present are visit ing Toccoa. Our Augusta people seem well pleased with Mrs. and Mr. Quattle baum. In fact, every one feels perfect ly at l;opje. All the Augusta gentlemen that I hase spokep to qp here are high ly delighted with thp ppmiuations for the Legislature—Mr. Patrick Walsh, Mr. Black and Mr. Johnson. All feel proud to have such men put forward. I will give you a short notice of my tp;p down the Atlanta and West Point which is a most excellent road, with Co}. Grant gt tpe head of it it could not be otherwise-. My. first stopping place was West Point, on the line of Alabama. There is a good deal of business done and quite a number of business houses. Among some of the largest are subscribers to the Chronicle and Sentinel. They were many years ago pubsaribers, and it was not hard to get a good test# gentlemen from Ala bama and Georgia place was that of refinement #nd beauty, Jja- Grange It is quite a handsome town with fine Methodist and Baptist Col leges for young ladies, with a large at tentate*. The LaGrange Reporter is published here, a first-nines weekly, with an able and gentlemanly editor. _ At LaGrange I met with many friends of the Chronicle and Sentinel and quite a nember have taken it. And my third pirns© was Hogansville, quite a nice little town with seven or eight stores. Almost every subscribed for the Chronicle and Sentinel. My fourth place was Grantville. There I met majay oi<£ friends of the paper. My; fifth place was ifewnia, the place of the birth of your correspondent. Newnan is niiita a healthy town, with a popula tion of tfarna thousand. It has two first ■ class weekly papers, published bv able editors—Col. Dent, of the fferal#, and Col. Baron, of the Blade. The Chroni cle and Sentinel has many friends in Coweta. My sixth place was Palmetto, a thriving business little town. With this plage I finished my trip on the West Point'Railroad. G. W. N. The Perilous Adventures o# a P?ve Year Old G rl. —On the 11th ult.. at i Starrville, in this county, the little five i year old daughter of Mr. John.T. Wyont ! fell injfo a* weli thirty-five feet deep, which had in it about -fifteen feet of •' w ter. Minnie, and someother euitefSP, ■ were playing abotatthe Well, 1 when she climbed pa the boxing and Sat down with her back tos? ard tne hole through which the backet Becoming amused at something, she issued back to laugh, and aimed to rest her hands. , oe the plank behind her, but missed them, sad through the hole back ward and headforemost. One of her little companions daught her by the foot and held her for a moment, bp t was | unable to prevent her from failing, j That fell twenty feet headforemost, ’ | sank as deep tf£er height would carry | her into the water, in the well ! from seven to ten filiuotw, pp then cam* 0t unhurt, appears unreasonable, but -we hays tfce report from' her father’s' lips. There war# only two ladies on the place at the time of the f*sb?ent. They immediately iff the boket down, gnd as soon as Minnie rose to the lop she caught it in her arms and flouted about in that condition until she got hold of the top of curb, which was two or ! tiifCe inches under *ater, where she supported jherself until help arrived, and she was rescued. It is said that s^ a was neither hurt, StrAngled, nor much scared when she came ofit' tt' Minnie li*£ she bids fair to be a “duck" in more one sense.— Tyler (Tex.) flemogy 'J '■* ' ‘ • Rioters on the Jubt.— The fact has beta ascertained that out of the twelvel jurors who* sat uponthe Hamburg hi quest, at least six puciieipated in the ■ affray —one of whom was a Lieutenant j in Doc Adams’ company. Their names are C. C. Turns, foreman; A. B. Griffin, John Bird, Daniel Martin, James Cole man and Thomas Carroll. HAMPTON FOR GOVERNOR. THE ACTION OF THE STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. The Qaeatiea efthe Postponement of Nomi nation*—An AH Day Discussion in Secret Session and Its Rennlto—Unonimone Nomi nation ol Wade Hampton far Gaveraor— The General’s Address—Wild Enthusiasm in Columbia for the Nominee. [Speeial to the Setes and Courier.] Columbia, Wednesday Evening, An gust I&—The Convention met this morning at 11 o’olock. The Committee on Rales submitted a series of rules similar to those which usually govern parliamentary bodies, with some s'igbt modifications. The re port was adopted. Col. Cothran, of Abbeville, intro duced a series of resolutions, declaring it to be the sense of the Convention that they should nominate a straight-out Democratic ticket. This was intended as a test question. Maj. Barker, of Clarleston, suggested that the resolution did not meet a question as to which there was a differ ence of opinion. Many delegates were present under instructions to vote for the postponement of nominations, bnt under no instrnciions as to the charac ter of the nominations. In order to test the sense of the Convention it would probably be better to first take a vote on the question of postponement or im mediate nominations. An amendment was then offered by Col. Rion, of Fairfield, declaring that it was inexpedient for the Convention at this time to go int-o a nomination. Gen. Conner moved that the debate on the resolution be held in secret session. Adopted. Colonel Davis, of Charleston, moved that the reporters of the press be per mitted to remain, provided they pledged themselves to publish nothing that transpired, except with the approval of the President of the Convention. This motion was tabled, and reporters were accordingly eaclud ed. It was half-past eleven o’clock when the Convention wei >t into secret session, and the doon remained closed until half-past six, with a recess of about one honr for dinnei. The debate is said to have been long and exciting, but was conducted in the best spirit. Speeches were made by Gen. Butler, Gen. Gary, Capt. DePass and Capt. Lipscomb in fa vor of an immediate nomination, and by Major 13. W. Moise, of Sumter, Gen. Conner and others, in favor of postpone ment. At abont half past six the doors were thrown open and the following re solution was annonneed as adopted by a vote of yeas 88. nays 64: Resolved, That this Convention do now proceed to nominate candidates for Governor and other State officers. Gen Butler then arose and nominated Gen. Wade Hampton for Governor amid the cheem of the delegates. Judge Aldrich, of Barnwell, seconded the nomination in an eloquent speech, in which he paid a glowing tribute to the aud accomplishments of Gen. Hampton. At this point Gen. Hampton took the the stand, and addressed the Convention as follows: Gen. Hampton’s Speech. I need not tell you, for every man must know, that the kindly allusions to myself have touched my heart deeply, but I have intended to make a state ment, and there are various reasons which prompt me to do this. I have restrained through all the discussions from expressing my opinion on either one side or the other. I came here for the purpose of promoting concord; and determined that if I could pour oil on the troubled waters I would do so. When I published a card the other day I expressed fully and truly, earnestly and sincerely, my views and opinions. I need not say, for you know it, that Ido not seek office. When the war olosed I was asked to accept the office of Gover nor of the State; but I preferred to re main iu that sphere of private life where I thought I could do most service to my State. I have never concealed my opin ions, but I have also never volunteered my advice to the people. I felt that my day was passed, that I had no right in South Carolina save to that narrow strip of land in that church yard over yonder. But I have always felt, and have always said that if the time came when, by word or deed or by action, I could serve my State, I would give all that I had or make any sacrifice. With these views I came down here. Gentlemen of un doubted wisdom and patriotism, in whom I have the greatest confidence, and some of whom dre my warm per sonal friends, think that my nomination for Governor will injure the National Democratic party. If I consulted my own taste and inclination I ""’aid not accept the nomination. I have ao doubt that if Tilden is elected the State will be redeemed. We will have only to say that South Carolina is ours and that we intend to work for her redemption. I do not wish to let-the action of this Convention jeopard rze or imperil the interest or success of the National De mocratic party, and I would cheerfully decline the nominatior and in fact, would prefer do it if it te uioug.. -at such would be tbe case. There is another thing which I desire to speak to you freely and frankly about. There are man in this State in whose eyes I posses* disqualifications of which I caunot, dispossess myself, and would not if I could I mean my army record. That record is the record of sixty thous and Confederate soldiers, and if I were to say that I was ashamed of it, I would be saying that which was not true. All the offices in the world might perish be fore I would say so. I beg you, gentle men, to consider these things carefully before you decide upon your action. Do not let any partiality or prejudice lead you into hasty action. Consider only what is good for our State and for the Democratic party. I shall retire and leave you to onsider the question in the light of the most good for the party. If, upon a full consideration, you think you can select soue one as earnest and as true as myself—and I am sure that there are thousand-! of them in the State—l pledge myself to give all my time, all my efforts and all I am worth to insure his success, and I shall do so with a lighter heart than I would if you seleot me. In conclusion, I call upon you to re member that I have not advised nor counselled you in this matter. I have simply told you, honestly and frankly, my opinion, nd, pome weal or woe, I promise that I shall stand by you to the last. [Applause.] Gen. Hampton then withdrew from the Convention. Col. Rion, of Fairfield, arose to make a nomination. Maj Barker moved to go into secret session. Tailed. Col. }}ion said that the County Con vention of frairtiefd b B 4 Passed 8 reso lution recommending the nomination of Gen. John Bmtton for Governor, and, in deference to that resolution, he took pleasure in submitting his name. Maj. T. W. Woodward seconed the nomination. Gen, Brattcpgaid that the resolutions of the Fairfield Cohyentiop paused him to feel au embarrassment for some time. It gave him, however, great pleasnre to withdraw in favor of the distinguished gentleman who had been previously nominated. [Applause.] Mr. Sticknty, of Clarendon, nominat ed ex Governor John L. Manning. [Ap plause.] This closed the nominations, and Gen. Butiey tpoyed that the Vote be taken viva vope Mr. Smith, of Charleston, pjoyed to table tfje igotjon, aba take a yote by ballot. Mr. Tillman, of Edgefield, thought that constituents had a right to know how their representatives voted on each important questions. Governor Manning withdrew his name, ■ thanking his friends for the suggestion of bis ’ham.';, but expressing the hope that Gen. Hampton 'k'CJr’d be chosen unanimously and by aeolaiaatiftn. } Ap plause.] , , The vote was then taken by acclama tion. and Gen. Hampton received the unanimous *Qef> of the Convention. Qn motion of Judge ‘Aldrich, of Barnwell, a committee Of three, aonsist ing of Messrs. Aldrich, barker and But ler, were appointed to formally notify Gen. ffamptoh of his nomination and to report to-morroty." 3 ' , ... The Convention thin adjourned until 10 o’clock to-morrow morning. The action of the Convention has been received here with the wildest en &nd CV6D soon© Rsdicals say that that Hampton will "During the secret session a unmoor of resolutions Were referred, Without being read, £ committee of oiie from each To-Morrow the will be made for the other Stkte officers, sW 1 platform will be adopted;" The names l most prominently talked of tb-night for ! are Chancellor Johnson, of Mtotate gob W- D. Simpson, of Lanrens, The Circuit and Congressional Gon veotions will meet to-morrow morciog p. r Of the Charleston Circuit, Charbaion, and W. J. Will*, Orangebhrg,' actioned as canu*- dates, ’ ' ,s * “ * Latest. The Conventions for the; Seventh and Eighth Cirfcnits were held' to-night. Maj. B. W. Ball, of Laurens, I wa nominated for the Solicitor of the Seventh Circcfit, anflCol./. 8. Cothran for Solicitor of the Eighth Circuit. [Special pitpatdi to The Neons and. Courier .] Columbia, Wednesday, Midnight, Au gust 16.—The Tilden and Mendncfrs ratification meeting to-night was the i largest and most enthusiastic demon stration ever witnessed in Columbia. The torchlight procession extended over a mile am a half. It was composed of abo-.t sixteen hundred out of Ihe eigh teen hundred white voters of the coun ty. A large number of colored Demo crats also joined in the procession. All the private residences and most of the public buildings were illuminated. In the procession were borne over three hundred transparencies, with such mot toes as : “Carolina, Home of the White Man;” “10,000 Majority for Tilden and Hendricks;” “Honest Men for Officers;” “We Intend to Win,” &c. As the pro cession marched through the streets, heeded by a dozen carriages containing OeD. Hampton, Qen. Butler, Qen. Harllee, and other prominent members of the Convention, there was the wild est enthusiasm. The windows and bal conies along the main streets were crowd ed with ladies, and at every point along the route there was a grand display of fire works. At all the corners were huge bon fires. The procession was formed at the post office. It inclnded about one thou- sand two hundred white and colored voters and about four hundred mounted men, all bearing torches. It marched down Main street headed by the Silver Cornet Band, of Columbia, aud amidst the gredest enthusiasm and cheering proceeded to the State House yard, where the stand had been erected. Col. A. C. Haskell was chosen Chairman. General Hampton was the first speaker, and made an eloquent address, in which he stated that he intended to take his stand upon the Constitution of the country, and, if elected, he wonld see to it that every man in this Sta'e should be guaranteed his rights, no matter what his politics or color. Stirring speeches were delivered by R. D. Senn, ex-Gov ernor Manning, General Kennedy, of Kershaw; General Ferguson, of Missis sippi; Major Barker, Generals Butler and Gary, Colonel Cothran, of Abbe ville, and others. All the speeches were received with the wildest enthusiasm. During the meeting the stand was sur rounded by over two thousand persons, white and colored. The tone of the speeches delivered was moderate; but all the speakers announced to the Demo cratic voters of the State that it was their turn to win, and that the victory would be assured if they worked for it. At the conclusion of the speeches, reso lutions endorsing Tilden, Hendricks and Hampton were adopted with great en thusiasm, and the meeting then ad journed. Without any exception, this was the grandest demonstration on the part of the whites that has been seen in this section of the country since 1860. Not withstanding rumors of a collision be tween the whites and blacks, and al though a large number of blacks were present, not the slightest disturbance occurred. An Invincible Ticket. [Special Telegram to the Chronicle and Sdntinel.] Columbia, August 17. —The State ticket was completed to-day. The nominations stand as follows : For Governor, General Wade Hampton; Lieutenant- Governor, W. D. Simpson; State Treas urer, L. S. Leaphart; Attorney-General, James Conner ; Comptroller-General, Johnson Haygood; Secretary of State, It. M. Sims; Adjutant and Inspector- General, E. W. Moise; Superintendent of Education, Hugh S. Thompson. The Convention adjourned. C. South Carolina Democratic Platform. Charleston, August 17 —The plat form commences as follows: The Demo cratic party of South Carolina, in Con vention assembled, announce the follow ing as its platform of principles. We declare our acceptance, in perfect good faith, of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution. Accepting and standing upon them, we turn from the settled and final past to the great living and mo mentous issues of the present and fu ture. We adopt the platform of prin ciples announced by the National Dem ocratic party recently assembled at St. Louis, and pledge ourselves to a full and hearty co-operation in securing the elec tion of its distinguished nominees, Sam’i J. Tilden, of New York, ami Thoma A. Hendricks, of Indiana, and believe that, under a wise and just administration of its distinguished reform leader, assisted by eminently patriotic and able counsel lors by whom he will be surrounded, peace and prosperity will again bless our country, and the dissensions, confusion and maladministration of the past eight years will give place to concord, good government and a thorough restoration of the Union. In accordance with the declarations of that platform, aud the utterances and acts of our distinguished leader, we demand a genuine and thorough reform ia the State of South Carolina, and call upon all of its citi zens, irrespective of race, color or pre vious condition, to rally with us to its redemption ; for it is evident that sub stantial and lasting reform is impossible within the ranks of the Republican party of this State. We charge that party with arraying race against race, creas ing disturbances and fomenting diffi culties; with prostituting the elective franchise; with tampering with the bal lot box, and holding unfair and fraudulent elections; with haviDg accumulated an enormous debt, mismanaged the finances and injured the credit of the State; with levying exorbitant taxes and squander ing them when collected, thus wringing from toil and livelihood from the hohest poor man of the State a large per centum of his hard earnings without giving in return any compensation therefor, and has hopelessly iuvolved in debt a major ity of the counties of the State. Its management of our penal and chari table institutions is a shame and a disgrace. We charge its legislation as demoralizing, partisan and disgraceful, and the venality aud corruption which have characterized every branch of the government, executive, legislative and judicial, have no parallel in the history of nations. The platform does not charge this state of things upon the masses, but upon their leaders. It proceeds : We, therefore, call upon all of our fellow-citizens, irrespective of race or past party affiliation, to join with us in restoring the good name of their State and to again elevate it to a place of dig nity and character among the Common wealths of this great country. We dis oountenance all disturbances of the peace ot the State, denounce all insti gators and promoters thereof, and ear nestly call upon all of our fellow-citi zens, irrespective of party lines, to ex ercise forbearance and cultivate good will, and if the government of the State is committed to our control we pledge ourselves to protect the persons, rights and property of all its people, and to speedily bring to summary justice any who dare violate them. Address of General Hampton. Coltjm£'A, S. 0., August 17.—The fol lowing address in full General Hampton just delivered before the Convention: Mr. President and Gentlemen t In accepting the honorable post to which yon have called me, that of your standard bearer in the great struggle for reform which you have begun, I do so with the most grateful appreciation of your fcinfjness and the most profound sense of its high duties, fhe grave respon sibilities pertaining to the position in the better days of our country, when the surest passports to official station were found in the ability, the honesty and the integrity of her public servants, the most distinguished sons of South Caro lina looked upon the chief magistracy of the State us the goal of tqeir highest ambition and the. best reward of their publip services. If mpn of whqm Caro lina is justly Rroqd had ip sue}} deserved estiipatiqp the .distinction pf being thought worthy by their fpjlow-oitizens of the highest office in the gift pf the State in the days of her prosperity and peace how much more highly should I es teem the honor you have done me by call ing me unanimously to lead you in this hour of gloom and peril. You are strug gling for the highest stake for which a j popple ever contended. You are striv ing to bring hook to vonr prostrate State the ‘inestimable' blessing whjchoau only forward orderly and regulated liberty under a free and good Government. We believe that these bletteings can only be secured by a complete change in the ad ministration of bur public affairs Na tional and State. Believing this, onr sympathies and our interests lead us na turally and inevitably into a'fliance with that great party upon whose banners are inscribed thb watchwords of Democracy: Eeform, good'gOTgrament, hard money, and home rale. Ton have endorsed and ratified the platform of the Democratic party adopted at St. Louis and planting yourselves firmly on that yon look forward hopefully and confidently to a victory iu which you will not only share, but to which yon will base contributed. The platform Which you have adopted here is so catholic. iri its'' spirit, so strong in its fonndation, so broad in its construction that every man in South Carolina, who honestly deaips reform, can find ioom to stand upon it wifji with such a platform. When citizens of all parties §pd aff "races can stand as sured of equal right£ agd'lu}! protection, JOB can surely bring bang to our dis tracted §t'2tS tue great blessings of geod Government. For myself, should Ibe elevated to the high position for which you have nominated me, my sole effort shall be to restore onr State Govern meat in decency, to honesty, to economy and to integrity. I sfcaJJ £e the Governor of the whole people—knowing fip phjfty, making •no vindictive discriminations; holding the scales of justice .with firm and impartial hand; seeing, as far as m me lies, that the laws are enforced in jnstice, tempered by mercy; protecting all classes alike; devoting every effort to the restoration of prosperity and the re establishment of honest government. Thanking you, gentlemen, for the hon or you have confered upon me, and in voking the blessing of God on your praiseworthy effort to redeem our State. I here pledge myself to work with you in that sacred cause with all the zeal, all the energy, all the ability and all the oonstancy of which I am capable. GEORGIA RADICALS. The Convention at Macon—Jonathan Nor crooa Nominated for Governor. [From the Atlanta Constitution d Maoon, August 16, 9:12, p. m. The second Radical State Convention in this State during the Centennial year met to-day. There was not an immense outpouring of enthusiasm, but the men who attended seemed more like foroed attaohes of a bankrupt circus than <tf any other institution of the present day that we can recall. The Couvention was called here for the purpose of putting forth an electoral ticket, and, if deemed wise, to nominate a candidate for the office of Governor. The representation was set down at three members for each Congressional District, or twenty-seven delegates in all, with representatives from the State at large. The Conven tion met at noon in the hall of the Isaac’s House, and was called to order by the big Skowhegan Chief, J. E. Bry ant, Chairman of the State Central Com mittee. He nominated for permanent President of the Convention, Jesse E. Glenn, of Dalton, who was unanimously elected. Upon taking the Chair he briefly stated the objeots of the meeting and declared himself ready to hear busi ness. T. S. King was made Secretary of the Convention. Most of the delegates present were no groes, but Markham, Conley, Prince, Glover and S. Wise Parker, ran the crowd pretty much as they desired to do. Ou motion, the Chair appoin'ed committees of five each upon credentials, resolutions and nominations. AU these committees were under the control of Radical office holders aud they evident ly had instructions from high quarters as to what their action in this affair should be. A lively discussion sprung up at this point over the work of these committees and for a time there was a large sized pandemonium in progress. Finally, the Convention agreed to ad journ to 3, p. m. The Convention re-assembled at 3, p. m. The first business in order was the reception of reports from standing or special committees. The Committee on Nominations reported for electors the following list of names; Electors at Large—Dawson A.'.Walker and E. C. Wade, with Jesse A. Glenn and C. O. Fisher as alternates. First District—John T. Collins for elector and J. H. Perry alternate. Second Distriot —C. W. Arnold for elector, and John D. Dudley as alter nate. Third District—B. F. Bell for elector, and W. D. King as alternate. Fourth District—R. D. Locke for elector, aud George Morrill as alter nate. Fifth District—J. A, Holtzofew for elector, and 0. C. Johnson as alter nate. Sixth District—Jeff Lone for elector, and W. W. Brown as alternate. Seventh District—Z. B. Hargrove a'r elector, and W. L. Goodwin as alter nate. Eighth District—V. M. Barnes for elector, and Jack Heard as alternate. Ninth District—M. R. Archer for elector and W. A. Pledger as alternate. Fisher, Long, Heard and Pledger are negroes. Harrison, colored, of Augusta, opposed the nomination of Holtzsclaw ns elector from this end of the line. He put in nomination W. L. Clarke, editor of the Atlanta Republican. The Fifth District delegates would not yield a point, but stuck to Holtzclaw. The discussion over the matter was sharp. Jack Brown defended Holtzclaw’s claims, while the Skowhegauite was for Clarke, but gave way to the views of the interested dele gates. Governor Conley reported upon the expediency of nominating candidates for Governor. Pledger of Augusta, opposed the report in a stroDg speech. He gave his brethren “Hail Columbia” in a blis tering speech over their past failures and bad management. Harrison, of Augusta, backed Pledger in the fight. Bryant defended the party but admitted that some of the Republicans had done wrong. The report of the oommittee was then adopted aud nominations for Governor were declared in order. Conley then presented the name of the Hon. Jonathan Noreross, of Fulton county, for the nomination. He paid a high and nlowing tribute to Noreross; said ho "was an “old time Whig” and would stump the State With Colquitt. Pledger nominated James Atkins, a reveuue officer from Savannah. Jeff Long, of Bibh, nominated Hon. Amos T. Akerman. In his speech on Akerman Long said “we have no party” until we are reorganized. When the matter came to a vote everything was mixed and the very “Old Harry” was to pay for some time. Finally out of the confusion, cussing and complimentary jawing back at each other, came the an nouncement that Noreross was nominat ed “unanimously by acclamation.” A delega f e—Oh, Lord, what a unani mously. The result was hailed with very little enthusiasm, and Jonathan made his “ten strike” all to no purpose seemingly. The Committee on Platform reported declaring fealty to the Nalional party, to its platform and the platform of the late State Convention in favor of free, non-sectarian free schools supported by taxation; expressing deep abhorrence of lawlessness; declare opposition to a Constitutional Convention, endorses Hayes and Wheeler, and with feeling of pride they present to the people of Georgia the names of Noreross and Walker! W. L Clarke’s “bloody shirt” sheet, published in Atlanta, was made the offi cial org.m of the party in the State. Z. B. Hargrove, of Borne, who fought the same thing in the last State Con vention, arose and attacked the resolu tion declaring against a Constitutional Convention. He took special charge of Bryant, and raised the hide from the Snowhegahite at every utterance. Bryan replied to him very sharply. S. Wise Parker seconded Hargrove’s efforts and said that a Convention was needed by the people f Georgia, and that he and Hargrove were not afraid to trust Democrats to make it. Bryant aad Conley rallied their fopces and upon a ballot carried the day with sixteeu dele gates favoring no Conveution and nine in favor of such Convention. Hargrove filed a written protest to the action The discussion was very bitter at times aad sometimes quite amusing. The Convention adjourned with cheers for Hayes, Wheeler and Norcross. The procession of torchlight bearers aud the ratification meeting to-night are failures. The Savannah Mews, of yesterday, says: Our special telegram from Macon gives the result of the Badical Conven tion that assembled in that city yester day. It was rather a slim affair, we should jndge, but those wijo were pres ent carried oat the programme. Tnere was some opposition to making a nomi nation for (governor, but the majority, despairing of finding any Democrat, so called, willing to subscribe to his own political disgrace by becoming an inde pendent candidate, wisely enough con cluded to nominate ope of their own number, and the choioeriell upon Jona than Norcross, of Atlanta. We do not know Norcross, bat we take him to be a harmless old man who possesses a good deal mojre money than brains, and who has probably never oontemplated the contingency of becoming a candidate for any office under the sun. It seems a pity to sacrifice a man whose bucolic in stincts have been intensified by age and mellowed by long experience, but no doubt all pity would be thrown away on uncle Jonathan. His nomination was not as hearty and as unanimous as it might have been, though fie w*ll prob ably make no complaint on that score. During tfje proceedings pf th£ Con vention ft became apparent that there is no unanimity' amobg the Radicals in their opposition to a Constitutional Con vention—a fact that will doubtless serve to lessen the sqneamishness Of those who seem to be of the opinion that a vote on that question would seriously divide the Democratic party. Altogether, the Bad icals did well in nominating NorcroSß - and 1 tough as he is, he will make as good a targef as any ope elsp, Qp with the aance f 1 mmt Mb. Mobton’s Speech. —The “key note” is sounded upon a moldering string. It is a bitter speech, even for Mr, Marion, and he is not noted for gentleness. ! He makes u sweeping reference to a class of South erners who are ‘Tower,” he declares, “in the scale of being than the Sioui or Mod pcs,” His allusion to “the ugly WOtteu of Georgia" shows YlllSiotiVeuess and singularly bad taste. The arraigum e bt of the Democratic par ty for its responsibility for t(je rebellion, has a Ashy odor. ,We have beard some thing of that kind before. But the peo pie are thinking more cf the robbery and rnin of to-day than of the rebellion of a dozen years ago. They are facing the present and fnture, and not the past. Mr. Morton’s speech illustrates well the UnfortMMp tbe Republican party. Jt has noting good to offer tpe people. It is arraigned for its jobberies and great crimes, and it can. only an swer by calling the kettle black—-by holding up the past crimes of the Demo cratic party.— Tei re Haute Express. THE CROPS. Fine Prospects Ahead. We have recently passed over a large area of fine farming country, and have never seen more flourishing crops of cotton, corn, potatoes, peas. Cheerful, hopeful and flattering are the present prospeots, and the farmers now lay themselves down to sweet and refreshing slumbers, hoping that all things may work together for the good of the faith ful laborer and farmer.- A correspondent in Wilkes county writes as follows: Danburg, Wilkes Cos, Ga., August 9. —The crops are very good in this por tion of the country. Corn is as good as I ever seen. The rains have been beauti ful up the present day, rather too much for cotton lauds. This is the north eastern part of Wilkes. A venerable neighbor of mine, on Octogenarian, who has visited a portion of this county to ward Washington and Danburg, says the present is the best crop of corn that he has seen in forty years. Some far mers after cutting their small grain have planted in the stubble land corn and peas. Some that I have seen looks promising. Mr. J. L. Anderson, of Danburg, has about four acres of that description planted in corn, so J learn from several gentlemen. Last week one of the gentlemen, so he informs me, by the request of Mr. Anderson, accompa nied him to inspect the corn. They think it will make thirty barrels of corn— -150 bushels. The above land is a high, gray sandy piece. Cotton is looking well and generally in good order, but at least two to three weeks later than usual. There has been too much rain for it. The weed is very thrifty. Should the weather become dry, there is some apprehension that the cotton would shed the forms freely. The potatoe aud pea crops are very promising. No appearance of the grass hopper ip this neighborhood, though I hear of them in some portions of the oounty- S. OUR CHARLESTON LETTER. Hampton the Standard Bearer—General En thusiasm—The People Aroused—A Hard Struggle Governor Chamberlain—-The Candidate Unity of Purpose- .Minor Topics. [ Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel .l Charleston, August 17. —1 t. would be almost impossible to desoribe the en thusiasm manifested in the city over the nomination of Gen. Wade Hampton for Governor of South Carolina. Like elec tric fire the news spread abroad and among the well meaning portion of our community a unanimous spirit of deter mination actuates old and young alike. The hitherto slumbering sentinels are awake and their once rust oovered armor now glistens in the sunlight. The lukewarm are aroused, the weak made strong and the timid brave. All are ready to bare their bosoms to the storm and strike to rend the chain which has bound them hand and foot for the last decade of years. Truly has the Spartan spirit of Carolina returned, and our peo ple for the first time in years snuff from afar off the pure and invigorating at mosphere of liberty. But while com menting upon the glories attending a Democratic victory in Carolina, the difficulty in accomplishing it and the horrors which will follow defeat must not be lost sight of. For this rea son I favored in the past a compromise by which a sufficient number of good men might be elected to office who would save the State from irretrievable ruin until a better method could be adopted. But Dow the die is cast, the Rubioorn is crossed, aud there is no retreat except in submission and slave ry. Therefore there must be no whys and wherefores about the matter, a solid phalanx must be formed, and the Demo cratic current must flow in our direction. There is a dastardly but an overwhelm ing foe to meet, and the fight which is to come may be assimilated to that, of Leonidas and his brave comrades at the pass of Thermopyla. Until the day of election is past, Democratic clubs must know no rest, and the watchword mast be action. CSov. D. 11. Chamberlain. In parting with Governor Chamber lain, the Democrats should not forget their indebtedness to him for his efforts to reform the villiany and corruption which existed when he took in hands the reins of government. That he has succeeded to a certain extent the war fare waged against him by the thieves and plunderers of the Radical party ful ly testifies. For dariDg to check ras cality his personal safety has been threatened, his private character as saulted, and his best intentions thwart ed by a corrupt Legislature. He could have acted otherwise, and for the good he has done let him receive the thanks of a grateful people. Th. Nomination.. The capability and integrity of the Dem ocratic candidates is beyond impeaoh ment. They are men whom the best among ns endure aud the meanest Radical both fear and respect. The old mother State opens her arms to receive them for they are her true sons and will restore her to her former dignity and honor. Clad in Backcloth and ashes they have monrned with her in adversity and have some faith to dethrone the usurpers, reclaim this proud heritage won by their fathers aud never sullied by them. They are the true representatives of Carolina and will receive the vote of every honest mn throughout the length and breath of the land. Unity of Purpose. The difference of opinion which has hitherto existed among the Democrats will now, with mutual consent, be buried. South Carolinans are always true to their principles when the time for action arrives and the harder the fight the more determined are they up on victory. God grant that their efforts may be orowned with success, and that the present deplorable condition of our State may prove the darkest hour be fore dawn. Minor Topics. The Radical politicians, who hang around the Court House, have been ac tively discussing the situation... .Busi ness continues uncomfortably dull, and the people are much distressed iu con sequence. .. .About noon to day a soak ing shower of rain fell, cooling the at mosphere aud laying the dust With the exception of diptheria among chil dren, the city is healthy enough. Vihginiuj. A FAMILY TRAGEDY. A .Man Shoot* Hi* Wile While She i* Tnlkiu* with Her Mother —iiiatreiwinff Scene* at Their Home. The Lancaster (Pa.) Examiner pub lishes a three column account of the shooting of a young and beautiful wo man on Friday, July 21st, by her jealous husband. The facts say that be had no grounds for his inhuman aud fatal assault. The story is that, last Winter James E. Pannell, the husband, came to Lancaster to find work. While waiting, Hammond, the revivalist, came, and Pannell was converted. Attendant on the meetings were Mrs. Joseph Hen dricks and family, among whom was Ann Eliza, her eighteen year old daughter. They all united themselves with the Baptist Church. Through such instru mentalities acquaintance was made be tween Pannell aud Annie, and the inti macy ripened to such an extent that on the Bth day of last April they were mar ried. Pannell found work in Philadel- phia, bat he treated his young wife un kindly and frequently struok her. Be cently they were living in a house with a family named Buth, but they were very poor. If the wife was seen by her husband talking with a male relative he wonld abuse her and threaten vengeance. On the 4tb of July he oame home, and one day, while she was conversing with her uncle, he became exceedingly angry and called her infamous names. After this she refused to recognize him. A few days afterward he suddenly sprang to his feet and caught her by the neck, saying, “I would like to live with you. Tf-ou are beautiful and X loye you, bat | will spoi| tjjst bpaqty so that no one elsp vjilflove yon,” and struok her repeatedly in the face.' On last Friday morning he stepped to where his wife was sitting talking to her mother, and stooping apparently to kiss her he placed a pistol against her cheek and fired. The mother and the chil dren jumped to their feet streaming. Pannell ran to a door and found an exit on to the balcony. They rushed ont for tb2 police, thinking that the murderer would try to escape; but when one of the family returned a few min utes later, it was found thatjthe assassin had returned and fired the second shot under his wife’s ear—the last shftf prov ing fatal. Then he went again to the balcony and slid down the post to the second story balcony, breaking down some of the flowers. It was evidently his intention to flee, but when he got to the second balcony the crowd had be gan to gather and he found it ijpnoaihle tb make h® Whs cap tured. Tbe eioitement was great, and some talked of lynching the murderer. The wife died on Saturday morning. The Viotiin. Ann Eliza Hendricks was 18 years old, daughter of Mrs. Joseph Hendricks, widow of a deceased soldier, who has three sons at the Soldiers’ Orphans Sohool, at Mount Joy, a daughter mar ried to Harrison Shirk, of this city, and another daughter, aged about five years, living with her mother. Annie was of medium height, with fair complexion* budding red lips, long black hair, dark eyes, most pleasing and intelligent #ear tures. She bad neve; learned any trade, aud on Tuesday, just fottr days before her death, she was engaged as waitress at the leading hotel in the place. She was considered a well-behaved and quiet girl and was well beloved by all her re latives. The grief of the mother and sister is very deep, and in their sorrow they have universal sympathy. LETTER FROM SCRIVEN. POLITICS AM) CROPS. Candidate)* for the Legislature—Sir. W. P. W ade and Rev. R. Cooper—The Crops—A Splendid Prospect for the Farmers. [Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel .] Mobley Pond, August 18.—There will be a meeting of the citizens of onr county on the 28th of this month for the purpose of nominating a representative to the Legislature. There will be only two prominent candidates before that convention—Mr. U. P. Wade and the Rev. Randolph Cooper. The first of these candidates is a gentleman of sterl ing integrity, sound principles, and in fact stands fiast with the prominent meil of our county. He certainly deserves the confidence and undivided support of the people of old Soriven. Asa citizen his record has certainly been a good one; will bear the scrutiny of all parties. He has been always at his post, defend ing the principles of the Democracy, and by his eloquence and power of ar gument has done much to destroy the Radical party in our oounty. In the section of country in which he resides the Radical voters outnumber the Democrats by about 150; but by his benevolence, kindness and mauly de portment, ho has persuaded that party, which alone is of the black element, to stay away from the polls aud allow suoh men to represent us whose interests are identified with theirs. They heeded his admonitions and now begin to see that their friends are the good Demo crats that live in their midst. He ought to be nominated to that position without a dissenting voice. • The other candidate is a gentleman who is held in high esteem for his mo rality and integrity. Ho is a man that would represent us well, but we think he could do more good at home by evan gelizing the people of our county and giving them lectures upon temperanoe, which is a theme he delights to dwell upon. We believe iu politicians sticking to their professions aud preachers to theirs. We hear that if either of the above gentlemen receives the nomination that there will be an independent out. We hardly think it can be true, for we don’t think that there oan be found a citizen with such stupidity and disregard for his own personal respect to allow his name to come before the people as an independent, for he could not promise himself anything; he could not get a vote out of the Democratic ranks, and but few of the black Radicals. If he de sires to leave a fair name to his poster ity, we advise him not to run as an inde pendent. Now we como to the subject of the crops. Before this it was impossible to give anything like a correct report, but now we think we oan approximate the truth. Our corn crops are made, and I don’t think I have ever, since the war, seen so muoh corn. Every farmer in the county will make plenty, aud if nothing happens we will show you some fat horses and hogs in another year. All of our farmers have turned their atten tion to stock raising. I must not omit giving you the names of some of of the crack farmers of our county. The Messrs, l’aftters, we understand from responsible sources, will gather twenty-five bushels of corn per acre. The land on which this grew was origi nally of a poor, sandy soil, and would not make over five bushels per acre on an average, but by properly manuring and improved cultivation, they have brought it up with the best ham mock lauds in onr county. I was invited a few days ngo to visit the farm of our kind friend and neighbor, Dr. R. W. Lovett, and had the pleasure of seeing twenty-five acres of the best cotton iu the State. The cotton was of the double boiled Cheat ham variety. I covered with my hand on one limb nine grown bolls, all clus tered together. I think that he will gather two bales of ootton on the field per aore. The sun was so hot that wo could not go farther, but his son told me that he wanted to show me fifty acres of the best corn I ever saw. These crops are exceptions, for the rest of the cotton crop iu our section has been materially injured by rust, and I think I oan safely say that there will not be more than a two-third cotton crop made. Perhaps that will be enough, as the farmers are satisfied they can’t make any more on the staple at the pres ent prices. I will predict, however, that if the farmers will stick to the system they have adopted this year, making all that they need at home, that he will make money on ootton if it should go down as low as ten cents per pound, simply from the fact that the cotton will be a surplus crop—costing very little to make it. The potatoe and pea crops are fine—many farmers near Mobley Pond having large barns of peas gathered now. I heard a practical farmer near me say the other day that he hud gath ered enough peas and pea vines to feed bis stock on till next Summer without using any of his corn or fodder. The sugar cane crop is also fine. You will hear from me again after the nomi nation of the 28th. Mobley Pond. The Feelins at Columbus Over the Ewing Victory—The Cause of the Democracy Greatly Strengthened. [Special Dispatch to the Enquirer .l Columbus, 0., August 15.—The nomi nation of General Thomas EwiDg at Lancaster to-day, though not in the na ture of a surprise, was gratifying news to many faithful Democrats here, who have grown tired of being continually in the leading-strings of somebody or other who may have an ax to grind at Washington, and at the same time en courages them to the belief that Ohio is pretty certain to file into the Democract ie ranks in October. Almost every one who has any opinion in the matter says that Ewing will strengthen the State ticket in Ohio from 10,000 to 20,1)00 votes, and will improve the morals of the Tilden forces here to au almost in calculable extent. The speech that the General made to-day is regarded by every body who heard it as an admirable effort. Without backing down a parti cle from his welt known opinions on the necessity for financial reform, the Gene- ral showed clearly that he was in perfect harmony with the platform and the Til den and H-nricks letters of acceptance, and showed, too, that the Democracy of Ohio could make these documents their watchword in the approaohing campaign without fear of having to lower their flags or to sound a retreat. A few of the most earnest of the anti-Ewing men bad threatened to go down to Lancaster to-day in order to give trouble in the convention, and tbongh they were at the depot in waiting, when the cars started they failed to avail themselves of the means of transportation, and so they lost their last opportunity to give trou ble. It will probably be a good many years before they hve another as good an opportunity whiob they failed to em brace to-day. Mr. Walling did not put iu an appearance at the convention. His friends sai I that he wan at home tired ont and sick with the uncertainties of political life. John Thompson went back to Washington Sunday morning pretty thoroughly disgusted with his attempt to mold the masses here. Matt Martin has had a most presistent attack of the headache all the week, and there is a good deal of misery is general dis tributed around among Thurman’s chos en retainers. Hurd Nut* for Hay* to t rack. New Yobk, August IS.—Mr. Van Nortwick, a member of tho New Jersey Senate, on behalf of the order of the O. A. XL, has addressed a long letter to QftV. Hayes respecting the seventh plank of the Cincinnati platform, re specting public schools, and asks : “ Was the seventh plank of the Cincin nati platform merely inserted to quiet the O. A. U. and iWlar organizations ipto the support of certain party nomi nees. Is it only a delusion, a snare, a lie ? Were fb® men. who so nproar ously greeted its reading in the conven- tion only so many claquers hired to get up a cheap demonstration ¥' And says the men of this organization have an interest in understanding whether the seventh plank of the Cincinnati plat form me® 11 * business or otherwise. If i the resolution be a sham, a mere wordy exhalation, then they must bide their ' time, if, ®n the other hand, it means that the school question is a Hve issue in the present canvass, then they ex pect that the word will be passed to make fight along the whole line. Un til that word is given and the move ment begins in earnest they will neces sarily feel that they have no part oc lot in the matter,. The Race*. Saratoga, August 19. —First race— mile and a half daßh for beaten horses, won by Bomney, Preston second, Gray Friar third ; time, 2:38f. Becond race —Mile dash for all ages over two yearß, won by Brother to Bassett, Courier sec ond, Gray Mare third; time, 1:45, Third race—four mile hurdle, won by Viator, beating St. Martin ; time, 7:44f. Fourth (match) raoe—three-quarter mile, twn starters, Derby won in > 1 :20f. Fifth race (steeple chase) —won by Trouble, Besolute second, ~ Stanford third; time, 5:34^.
