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eRAET AND coLFAx.

; Our readers have observed that these men have
been nominated by the late Convention of Radi-
Gals in Chicago as the candidates for President and
-Vicc-Presidant on the Radical ticket in the ap-
proaching Presidential election. We know Of no
msnwho is more perfectly qualified to represent
che sentiments and designs of this extreme party
than General GRANT. His continuous insubordi-
nation and disrespect as military officer of high
sank to his superior officer, and his ingenious in
trigue, and persistent efforts to insure the i'm
peachment and removal of President JOHNSON,
pre-eminently entities him to, the leadership of
that party who. have, trampled under foot every
vestige of constitutional liberty and justice. If
the conservative people of the nation, however,
will only use those means which may be brought
under their control, we believe that GRANT may
be defeated, and denied the pleasure of ruling
With rod of iron an already oppressed and down.
trodden people.
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THE EoN. SCHUYLER coLFAx.

The announcement Of the nomination Of Hon.
SCHUYLER CoLFAx, as the nominee Of the Repnb-
lican party for the Vice-Presidency, in the ap-
preaching Presidential campaign, will render in
teresting the following sketch of his life gathered
from q biography which appears in Radical papers
North:
Schuyler Colfax was born on the Esd Of March,
1928, in New York city. His father was an officer
of cue of the New York city banks, and died four
months before the birth of Schuyler. In the veins
Of the Speaker runs the blood of the revolutionary
fathers his grandfather, General William Colfaz,
having been the commanding officer of General
Washington's life guards throughout the Revolu-
tionary War. Speaker Colfa1 received IN ordinary
common school education, ard then obtained a
clerkship in store After three years service he
removed to Indiana, and settled in st. Joseph
county For four years young Schuyler served as
clerk in a store in the little village of New Car
isle, aud when seventeen years old, upon receix-
ing an appointment as deputy county auditor, re-
paired to the county seat, South Bend, where he
has since resided At an early age MIR. ColfaI
commenced to take an active interest in political
matters, and frequently published his views upon
the questions of the day in the local newspaper
He soon acquired reputation as an able writer and
in 1915, became proprietor and editer OF the st.
Joseph Valley Register, published in South BeEd
Though commencing with small means and small
subscription list the paper, by its general inter-
est and the editorial ability displayed, soon be-
came remunerative. MIR. Colfax was Wing rs
long as there Was Whig party, and at its death
he joined the Republican party. In the Whig
party he had risen to some prominence, having
been delegate to and one of the secretaries of the
convention which nominated Gen. Taylor. Mr.
Colfax's first nomination to Congress was in 1851,
when he was beaten by 200 votes. At the time of
his second nomination., the Nebraska bill was the
most exciting issue before the country, and the
representative from the District having voted for
it, against the desires of his constituents. the
anti-Nebraska loen Immediately selected ColfaS TO
take the lead in Furnishing the delinquent, and
elected him by 1000 majority.
From the year 1856 up to the present time, Mr..
Colfax has been successfully elected by large ma
jorities. Mr.. Colfa1 was enthusiastic suppor-
ter of Mr.. Lincoln in the campaign of 1860, and
as long as the latter lived he loved, respected and
trusted Mr.. Cofax. in whose judgment he placed
such implicit confidence that it has been said he
rarely took any steps affecting the interests of the
nation without making his intentions 6nown to
him.
In 1858 MIR. Celfax was chosen, and has since
remained, Speaker of the House of Representa-
tixes, and has acquired high reputation as q
shrewd and kindly chairman, and D skillful parha-
mentorian-
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Methodist District Meeting.

The Methodist Churches under the jurisdiction
of Rev. A. B. Stephens and embraced in the Dis
srict over which he is Presiding Elder, will hold
their Annual District Meeting at Greenville Court
House, s. c., beginning Wednesday, the Ord OF
June next, and continuing until the 7th, inclusive
The services of the meeting viii be opened on
Wednesday night by Sermon from Bishop Dog
gett, of Virginia. In the afternoon of Sunday,
the 7th of June, the Annual Celebration OF
"Greenville Methodist Sunday SCHOOL, will take
place, and Addresses will be delivered by Prof.
James H. Carlisle and Prof. A. III. Lester, OF
Woford College. Several distinguished Ministers
are expected to attend the meeting Delegates
will call at the Store of NJ. NJ. Gaines, Main
Street. where they will be directed to the families
who have kindly consented to entertain them The
Sessions of the District Meeting win be public,
and the citizens generally are invited to attend the
Religious Services, which will be held from time
to time during the occasion, j. A. DAVID,
Chairman Committee of Arrangements.
May goth, 1868. 49
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TIE CARPET sAGeaRS.

The senior editor of the csneinncti Commercial in
writing from Washington to his paper, and speak
ing of the appearance at Congress of the Senators
from the reconstructed States of Arkansas and
South Carolina, very properly, says:
Now, there is no season to believe thas the per-
sons presenting themselves here as Senators of the
United States from Arkansas and South Carolina,
represent even the negroes of those States They
are adventurers, representatives of little more
than their own audacity aad they will become, il
permitted to enter the Senate, the most abject OF
party serfs, because they will have no possible
vitality outside their party. This may be recon-
mendation to Congress, but do not believe it is
TO the people If the Arkansas and South Carroll
ma reconstruction is the sort Of thing Ben Wade is
wanted in. the White House topromote, the less We
have of 1t the better.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, May Q;

WASHINGTON, Dtay 20.
Grant was serenaded last night, and in response
said ''Gentemen, being unaccustomed to public
speaking, and without any desire to cultivate that
power, daughter it is impossible for me to find
appropriate language to thank you for this demon
stration. All that can soy is, that to whatever
position may be called by your will, shall en-.
deavor to discharge its duties with fidelity and
honesty of purpose. Of my recttude in the per-
formance of public duties, you will have to Judge
for yourselves by my record before you"
WAsHINGroN, May %.
The House was called to order and Immediately
adjourned Both Houses met to-day.
The Executive Committee of the Western Union
Telegraph Company have issued orders to their
managers to deliver no more private kilograms to
the impeachment managers. Those already OBJ
tanned were furnished under misnpprehension of
instructions.
Pomeroy denies the authorization or knowledge
of the Cooper letter.
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In placing Mfr. Wilson's name before the people,
we will state that it was not. at his request, or
known to him. and done through no disrespect for
Mr.. Gentry, the Democratic nominee. Mr.. Will
SON is gentleman favorably known to the COM
munity ms Magistrate who gives Justice to all,
irrespective of race color. His age and e1pe-
rience is what we need to perform the arduous
duties of the Office and we feel confidence IN his
mower to settle any difficulty which may arise for
il is well-knowr fact that hesetLes three -fourths
Of the cases that come before him, without going
into Court, thereby saving the State vast amount
of money. To prove willingness to do justice
to Mr. Gentry, We have nominated him for County
Commissioner.
The Constitution provides thnt no man who is
not an elector can hold Office, md for that reason
alone we nominated Capt. Dickson To- registered
ycter) instead of Mr.. Norris.
In nominating County Commissioners, we have
selected disabled men, who deserve the support and
confidence of their fellow.citizens. Mr.. Moore has
been unfortunate in having both arms broken re-
Gently, but will be able to discharge the duties Of
his office, if elected. He is fhrner, and Chris
tian gentleman loved und respected by his neigh
bors.
Capt. R. Junkin has twice in life defended his
country by shouldering his musket. He was q
member of the famous Palmetto Regiment, which
performed its duties we'll in Mexico; and in the
late war, no ono acteo more nooiy. ne ""9 &c
verely wounded in fighting for what almost every
Southern man believed was right
Mr.. Gentry is young man who commands, by
his moral character, the respect Of all who know
him. He lost an arm in the late war, and al
though stranger to most of our citizens, we trust
he will receive the hearty support which is due him.
We have no objection to the gentlemen nomina-
ted by the opposite party but they are among the
wealthiest citizens in our county, and are able to
live in comfort without the addition of an Office.
We haye not made it strictly party issue, but
have selected those whom we think capable and
most deserving. They are not disfranchised, and
can serve if elected Although some of them were
in the late war, they stand ready to do rs much
f.- tho Government 90 they have done against IT.
A... ~, 1858 4s
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TIE DIsrRIcT VS.. coUNTY ELECTION

The election for officers to fill the several County
and municipal positions will, We suppose, without
question, take place on the Second and Third days
Of June. The time IS now 80 short that it is not
probable, as many have supposed, that any change
viii be made m the time of the election. It should
also be remembered that tho elections were order
ed not specially in accordance with the new old
State Constitutions, but under the paramount au-
shority of the Reconstruction Acts of Congress.
It is, therefore, of the very first Importance that
all of our strength and energy should be directed
in securing the election Of the conservative candi
dates nominated by the good and conservative
people of the District. We are gratifea to know
that the people have become so much interested
upon these important issues, and we feel confident
chat the End and 3rd days of June will not be for
gotten op- NEGLECTED by our people. Let every one
turn out and vote for the nominees of the Conserv-
ative party. 1t will not be forgotten that just be-
fore the recent election Of members to the Lcgis
lature that it was publicly anEo ounced that the
Radical party Of this District would have no can
didas for the Senate but the action Of that party
showed conclusively that the announcement was
only an additional evidence of that trickery SO
characteristic of the entire party. Surely the
good people OF Anderson District cannot be so
unsuspecting, and blind to the real interests of
the District as to be deceived by any announce
ments that may be made by the Radical party for
District officers. Judging the future by the past,
any announcements that they may make is NO GER
tain evidence that their votes will be cast in &C.
cordance with such announcements. No man who
feels interested in the prosperity and welfare of
the District should, on any account, stay from the
the polls in the coming election. The conserva-
tive people of the District carry the election,
If each one will manfully discharge his duty at
The ballot box, which the interests of the commu-
nifty 30 imperatively demand.
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DscoaATIoN OF SOLDIERS GRAVES.

The ladies Of this village and vicinity, will meet
on next Saturday evening, S0th inst, at o'clock,
at the Baptist church to- decorate the graves of
our veteran soldiers whose bodies sleep in the
rayeysrds of our village We feel confident that
the mere announcement Of this meeting, will in
surc e large assemblags of those who esteem it an
ostiaable privilege to pay such tokens Of respect
10 the memory of fallen heroes. Remember that
the exercises begin ct the Baptist charoh on next
Saturday evening ct O'clock
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A despatch from Lake City, Florida, says q
few days ago. nearly two acres on farm, in Ham
lton County, suddenly sunk to the depth of fifty
feet from the surface the surrounding lnnd filling
with water and submerging the tops of the talest
trees The ground is still sinking, and now covers
four acres Streams aud creeks loose themselves
in the surrounding country, which forced an outlet
in this way. These sinks occur occasionally, but
this is the largest and deepest known.
Speaking of Hancock for the Presidency, the
New Orleans Picayune says: "If man who was
either equivOcaly or plainly on the war side is to
be chosen we woHld much prefer one who fought
for his principles and who if kept out Of his seat
by Radical usarpation, will fight for it until he
gets in."
The National Intellgencer says, that Stanton's
lett er of resignation is in the hands of ono of his
friends who is instructed to present it rs soon ms
there shall be final ncron Of acquttal of the Pres-
dent under the impeachment charges.
- New Orleans papers mention the carly ar
rival of the army worm, the destructive enemy OF
the cotton plant in the fields east Of the Miesis-
sippi:
1t is stated that Cen. Meade has promised to
pardon the seven citizens of Green County, Ala
bama, who have been banished 10 the Dry Torgtu-
gas by military commission.
"A Chicago letter, audng to the immense
crowd in attendance on the Republican National
Convention, says 1.-The South Carolininns have
brought tents and cooking utensils, and intend to
camp in the suburbs
- The Galyeston Commercial Bulletin, of the
10Th instant, says ..Advices from the interior
relative 10 the condition Of the growing crop,
have, until within few days, been very enconr
aging, but noT information has reached US from
several sections reporting THAI the worm had
made its appearance. but whether or not it is Of
the species that created so much devastation last
year is not definitely stnted."
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THE TEST OArH-In the order directing the as
sembling of the South Carolina Legislature, Gen
Candy prescribed that the members elect should
subscribe to the "test OATH" The following para
graph, which appears in the Northern papers, in.
dicatcs that Gen. Candy has made q mistake, nnt
that the oath will not be required
According to Washington telegram, Genera
Grant hns instructed General Meade that the oath
prescribed by the Reconstruction Acts to be taken
by all persons elected or appointed to Office in the
80 called States of the South. is not TO be taken
by those elected under any new Constitution which
mny be adopted, unless the Constitution itself SC
provides
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TEE WORK GOES RRAyELY Oh.

We aro glad to notice in our exchanges that
Democratic Clubs are being formed in every Sec
ton of the State, and that our people are going
vigorously to work preparing for the contest which
has been forced upon US. The distinctive line
Z between the two parties is being more perfectly
drawn every day, aad oil are becoming impressed
With, the fact that this is not only to be who
mans government, but that every one will be
forced to identify himself clearly with either one
the good people Of this country cannot afford to
show any countenancc or respect to men who re-
fuse to identify themselves with those who are
toiling to country, our honor, and our in
teyests from threatened impending ruin. And it
ID not unfair to presume that the sympathies of
those Hho,refuso or decline to affiliate in any way
with tbs conservative people of this country
with the Radical yarty, ard they are not entitled
to any more if even as, much c0untenance, as
those who have publicly avowed their sentiments,
for the want of moral courage has most likely kept
these would-be neutrals from taking bold manly
and decided stand.
While We should never be unwilling to receive
damnable radical heresies and accept che platform
and principles Of the conservative people Of the
county, yet We should never allow ourselves to
compromise anything, where principle is involved,
with those who have left no stone untnrned, to nc
complish our utter ruin. No such compromise can
be desired or accepted. With Us everything is in
volved, ana must either gain or lose all and if
everything else is lost in contest Sc unjust and
forced upon us, let the honor and dignity oS our
manhood never be sacrificed. let the conservative
people everywhere feel that they are necessarily
united in interest and destiny, let these organi-
cations everywhere be kept up, that the members
of this whole party may take counsel together, and
then whatever course of action may be decided
upon, then let every one panfully and faithfully
act With the decisions of his own party, and vote
fprsevery one vho may be nominated by his party.
Individual preferences snd personal considera-
tions should ell be lost sight Of in our determine
tion to act together.
1t is only in those places where SUCCESS il doubt
full that our Radical enemies propose, even indi-
reotly, compromise upon men and Offices, and the
people should SEQ that no such compromise is al-
lowed. The conservative people should see to il
that they be not compromised, either through men
or measures, by that party which Dyes its very
Il. binding obligations, its low caeping and
its wicked, uujua, and nnrighteous purposes.
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cH1cAeo REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION.

CHICAGO May 20.
The Southern States were called, and represent
ed on all committees Governor Hawley, perma-
nent President. was introduced to the Con-
vantion by Governor Brown, of Georgia. The
Southern States are represented among the Vice.
Presidents and Secretaries in the permanent Or
ganization.
CHICAGO, May Il.
In the Republican Convention, the Committee On
Resolutions reported, congratulating she country
on the assured success Of the Congressional plan
of reconstruction. Congress must guarantee and
maintain suffrage to the Southern loyahsts; de-
nounces reputation as q national crime; the ma
tiopal obligations must be paid in letter and spirit
the Government should be administered with
the strictest economy; corruption and e1traVa-
papce festered by Johnson should be reformed
Abe Lincoln's death was depored. Deploring
Johnson's accession, the resolutions denouuce him
rs usurper, violator of The laws, obstructor of
reconstruction, and justly impeached of high
crimes and msdemeanors. No citizens, native or
naturalized, must be imprisoned when abroad, ex-
cept for violations of law. Eulogizes the soldiers
and sailors-their bounties obligations never
to be forgotten; their orphans and widows are the
nations wards Immigration should be fostered
by LIBERAL and just policy. The Convention SYM
pathizes with oil the oppressed people who are
struggling for their rights. The resolutions were
adopted-2 or only dissenting Gen. Grant was
unanimously nominated for President. Governor
Brown, in announcing Georgia's vote, said the
maxim Of the Georgia Republicans, was "eneraieg
in war-iu peace friends" On the first ballot for
viee President, Wade received 149; Fenton 1872 !;
Wilson 1Os; Colfnz 11S; Harlan Is; Kelly S.
Creswell IA; Pomeroy l. On the Eth ballot Col
fa1 was nominated receiving 552 votes. The Con-
vention then adjourned subject TO the call of the
President.
The following is the text of platform wherein
the South is effected:
1. We congratulate the country on the assured
success Of the reconstruction policy of Congress,
as evinced by the adoption, in the majority Of the
States lately in rebellion. of Constitutions securing
equal civil and political rights to all and it is the
duty of the Government TO sustain those instiu-
tions, and to prevent the people of those States
from being RENTED TO a state of anarchy.
2. The guarantee by Congress of equal suffrage
to all loyal men at the South was demanded by
every consideration of public safety, of gratitude
and of justice, and must be maintained while the
question of suffrage in all the loyal States proper
ly belongs to the people of those States.
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ELECTIONS POSTPONED.

Gen. CAssy on the Esd inst. issued an order
postponing the election for municipal officers or
dered for the ID day of Juue This seems to- us to
be wise, and will doubtless arrest much of the e1-
citement in our towns and villages at the time Of
the eleotina of county officers.
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New Advertisements.
Carriage and Buggy Trimming.

PERSONS wishing work of this kind done, and
in workmanIike manner, in all of its depart
ments, can be accommodated by calling upon the
subscriber, or informing him should they desire to
have the work done at their residences. He will
be found at John A. Reeves carriage shop, Ander-
son, S. c. ). L. FAM.
May u. 1858 49
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gNr Remember that the election Of County Of
fcers takes place next Tuesday and Wednesday,
the End and Ord days of June. Go to the polls
and vote for tina nominees Of the Democratic
party.
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Eo f. MUJRRARRs
Fainter, Gazierand Paper Hanger,

orally thar he has resumed work. and is prepared
to fill all orders in Ills line, with prompttcss and
dispatch He will be found at this place, when
not engaged in the country, and all orders ad-
dressed TO him at Anderson c. H. will be attended
to at once
May 20, 1868 4S 8m
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LOST. T .
May 20th, 1868

ON Sunday evening, Gath inst, at Hopewell
Church, or on the road between there and my
house, Eighty Dollars. Any person finding the
same, and delivering it to me, shall be literally re-
wnrdbd. THOMAS HARPER.
Siay q, 1883 80
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uderspu. gutelligeutet,
Wednesday Morning, May 9th,

"a Go to the polls next Tuesday aud vote for
the nominees of the white people of the District
for County officers.