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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-04-15
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, APRIL IS, 1868.


white race. Without these ne
groes what support would the
Radicals in Georgia have? They
have literally no decent native
whitc supporters. The report
that over thirty thousand whites
voted for convention is the dirty
lie of a Radical. It is we'll known
that those whites who voted for
delegates in some counties, but
who refused to vote for or against
convention because they wished
to be counted on that question
with those who did not vote, were
falsely counted for convention !!
There are not, this day, one hun
dred white Georgians in favour Of
negro suffrage or the reconstl NC
ton measures of the Radical Con-
gress.
= In the next place these revolu-
tionary leaders, Of this country,
do not permit even the negroes to
act upon their natural instincts,
or to vote according to their vol
untary preferences.
Miserable agents food our State,
whose only business is to organize
machinery to get control of the
negro, and compel him by force,
fraud and deception to vote the
Radical ticket. We all saw this
work in the election for conven-
ton and now dirty agents are 60
ing over the State employing
black and white hired subordi-
mates to manage the polls and
"scour the country" and compel,
and deceive and frighten unwil-
ling negroes to helpin this work Of
political, social and moral destruc-
ton.
In the third place, thousands of
intelligent, educated white men
are disfranchised and not allowed
to vote on the constitution under
which they are to be forced by
negroes and strangers to live !
Ignorance, vice and pauperism of
every grade and character are to
be 70; ced, frightened and entrapped
to the polls, and intelligence, vir-
tue and property arc forced away!
The blackest annals Of revolu-
tionary hate and crime in coun.
tries civilized or savage would be
searched in vain for parallel.
White men !! you who are still
concious that God madeyou white,
will one Of you join in such a work,
and only in order to get a chance
"a hopeless chancc-to cheat
your neighbor
Yours, very truly,
B. H. HILL.
J. R. SNEED, ESQ, Macon, Ga.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-04-15

prejudices it may create. It is there.
fore, most dangerous tool that
you are handling. Your leaders,
both white and black, are using
your votes for nothing but their
individual gain. Many Of them,
you have only known, heretofore,
to despise and mistrust, until COM
manded by your Leagues to vote
for them. Offices and salaries for
themselves are the heights of
their ambitions and so that they
make hay while the sun shines,
they care not who is caught in
the storm that follows. Already,
, they have driven away all capital
and credit from the South and
while they draw eleven dollars a
day, thousands among you are
thrown out Of employment, and
starve simply for lack Of work.
What few enterprises are carried
on are only the work of Southern
men, who have faith that the
present state of affairs is but tenn
porary. The world does not offer
better opportunities for the en-
ployment Of capital than are to he
found in the South, but will your
radical friends send their money
here to invest ? Not one dollar.
They would just as soon venture
on investments in Hayti or Libe-
ria, as commit their money to the
influence of your legislation. Cap
ital has learned to shun it as a
deadly plague.
We, therefore, urge and warn
you, by all the ties of our former
relations, still strong and binding
in thousands of cases, by a COM
mon christianity and by the ir,u-
tual welfare Of our two races,
whom Providence has thrown to-
gether, to be;~uro of tho course on
which your leaders are urging
you, in blind folly which will
surely ruin both you and them.
We do not pretend to be better
friends to your race than we are
to ourselves, and we only speak
where we are not invited because
your welfare concerns ours. If
you destroy yourselves you injure
us, and though but little, COM
pared with the harm you will do
yourselves, we would if we could
avert the whole danger.
We are not in any condition to
make you any promises or to pro-
pose to you any compromises. We
can do nothing but await the
course Of events-but this we do
without the slightest misgiving
for ourselves. We shall not give
up cur country, and time will
soon restore our control of it. But
we earnestly caution you, and
beg you in the meanwhile, to be-
ware Of the use you make of your
temporary power. Remember that
your race hes nothing to gain and
everything to lose, if you invoke
that prejudice of race which, since
the world was made,. has ever
driven the weaker tribe to the
wall. Forsake, then, the wicked
and stupid men who would in
volve you in this folly, and make
toy 'rselves friends and not ene-
mics Of the white citizens of South
Carolina.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-04-15

In Colorado, servant women are
paid ten dollars a week, and are
scarce even on those terms,
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-04-15

zKTTER FROM HON. B. H. HILL.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11

a small majority Of the Legislature The de-
sertion of few members may elect an en-
tirely opposite Electoral College from that
desired by the masses, and the hieotora Col
lege may in turn vote for man whom neither
the members Of the Legislature nor the people
at large desire. In all this there is entirely
too much risk. In the choice Of electors
there ia some danger, but that is virtually
cancelled by the dread Of popular indigna-
ton. We therefore deprecate the choice of cleo
tors in the Southern States by the Legisla.
lures. 1t is not sound policy, nor in con-
formity with the spirit of our Constitution.
1t is urged, we know, by those who favor
the plan that at popular election Of electors
the Rebel element will be combined to 30 over
awe the colored citizens that the votes they
cast will not In reality be an exponent of their
wishes. We think this is eminently probable
and we see but two ways to avoid it. The
one is to place a strong military force IN the
Southern States, and give safety to the blacks
by their presence. If this is feasible we think
1t would be decidedly the best plan. It.would
place all on an equal footing, and give the real
wishes of the people. IT. however, the doc
trines of Mr.. Johnson prevent such steps being
taken, then we favor the total EXCLUSION Of all
the Southern votes. If there is such state
of sedition and rebellion there that
citizens cannot vote freely for fear
of their lives, then this state of affairs
is sufficient ground for refusing to receive the
elections thus held as valid. The presence OF
brute force, which overawes and terrifes, is
sufficient ground in every community for set
ting aside the election. We think that there
are then only two alternatives, for the cleo
tion of electors by the Legislatures still opens
the choice to be Influenced by fear, and as
soon as man is in dread of bodily injury, his
actions cease to be held deliberate, or indica.
tive of his will. When Congress meets in
September we will have seen by experience
which of these two plans is best.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11
0 B L TU A r Y,


The Boston 7roueHer OF Saturday last says:--
The oloest surviving Alumnus of Haryari, in
the order OF graduation, 10 Hon. Samuel
Thatcher, of Bangor, who va, born July l,
l776, graduated at the age or seventeen, in 1898,
and was elected to Congress in 1903, 65 years of
age, but the Oldest in age was, we believe JACOB
Newman Knapp, Esq, who died on July 2T, vt
Walpole, N. H., in his ninety-f fifth year. Mr..
Knapp graduated in his twenty ninth year, in
1872, 70 distinguished for the emlnence aud
talenss OF it's members but OF which only two of
the sixty are now surviving, both inhabitants
Of Boston, and prominent lawyers.
Mr.. Knapp was the third member of his class
who had deceased within about two months,
Governor Lincoln having died on May 20 last. at
the age Cf 86, and President Allen on July I6,
aged "a. MIR. Knapp was a native of Ne w6ury-
port, taught school in New Hampshire in his
youth, was educated at Phillips Academy, An
dover, and Cam bridge College, graduating in
1902; kept private school in Salem some years.
then removed to CoarlestowD, where he taught
school and studied divinity with DR.. More. de
preached, but never as a candidate for settle
ment; and, Though the failure of his eyes,
finally gave up professional life and retired to a
farm in Walpole, married MISS Louisa Bellows
and settled down for life. He became Unita-
riSn III sentiment but was Que of the old school,
serious, BIole-loV1ng ones. He lived respected
and beloved, and aiod lamented in a ripe
old age. tsnrts7
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11
oHIRF JUSTICE oHASE.
His Opinion on ihs Debt and the Con-
n.l NJ aairutiop ~ A Amsndment.

OptmI0n fh0 Debt ana tine OOms
n.l ~ atitutiop a. Amsn dment. .
The term OF the Circuit Court of the United
States tor the District Of West Virginia, was
opened by Chief Justice Chase, at Parkersburg,
on Thursday last. Judge Jackson also occupied
the bench. Judge Chase delivered the charge,
in which he said:-"Tnere are three subjecls
and, so far as we are at present advised, only
tbree subjects to which It is necessary to drect
your particular attention. The urst of these u
the faithful execution of the Internal Revenue
laws. The war in which the nation has been
recently engaged for the preservation Of the
national Union and Government, endangered by
rebellion, made tue contracting of a large debt
inevitable. This debt is the price Of our national
existence, and binds irrevocaby the good faith
OF the people. 'fS
The FoURTERNTH ARTIoLB.-Its inviolable
oolieatoD has been recognized by u solemn act
OF the nation In adop ng the fourteenth amend
meIt OF the Constitution of the United States,
wbicn declares that The validity OF the public
debt Of the United States, authorized by Law,
including debta incurred for the payment of
DOOntles for service IN suppressing insurrectlon
or rebellion, shali not be questioned. There
are differences OF opinion as TO the mode OF
payment required by the American people
through their government. but moody ques-
tons openly, II anybody at all, that the deo o'n-
uacted must be paid, aud paid in perfect good
faith. The law OF the amendment that the
validity OF the ma IonRl dept shall not be aues-
tloaed was already written upon the hearts of
the people be ore they made it u part of the Con-
stitu len. To PROVIDE tor the reduction aud
final payment OF this debt, and tor the annual
expenses of the Government, taxes are neces-
sarly imposed. In o her words, the equal pro-
portion To be contributed by each citizen is
ceItaIned by law. lie who withholds his lust
proportion deprives the rest OF the people of
exactly ths amount withheld. His fraud upe-
rates az THEFT. The sum total necessary to meet
the obligations of the nation must be raised.
Fraud upon the revenue does not reduce that
sum; 1t merely shifts the burdens evaded oy the
f1sudnlent upon others who pay their full
proportion. Ali honest men, therefore have
comm apninSt the diShOnpat. Won
emep, represent the honest men, and IL 10 your
duty 10 see that no defraudrr OF the revenue
who can be brought to justice escapes merl!ed
punishment.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11
The Southern ELECTORAL Votes.

We cannot pretend to view with anything like
favor the proposition to have the Legislatures
of the Southern States choose the Electoral
College In these Commonwealths. There is to
our mind something exceedingly unsatisfac-
tory, to use the mildest term, in this manner
of hearing the voice of the people. We know
that the South cannot complain if such de-
esion was to be reached; that for many years
it has been the custom in South Carolina to
have the Electors chosen in this manner; yet
for all that, ii does not conform to our views
OF strictly republican government. 1t nat
urally removes the election of President so far
from the people that it has no parallel except
in the Venetian method of extending and con-
tracing by lot the council to choose a Doge.
In the first place, the people choose the mem
bers of the Legislature, then in turn the
members choose the electors, and finally
the electors, untrammelled by anything but
moral obligations, choose the President of the
United States. There are, therefore, no less
than two chances for corruption or intimida-
ton. A majority of the people may choose
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11

THE BEAUT II 8 Of the English Parliamentary
system are displayed to advantage by specl-
men OF election statistics which has just been
brought to light. The town of Cardiff has hith-
erto returned a liberal member. The Marquis
OF Butte owns great deal OF property In that
neighborhood, and has always employed his
influence In favor OF his cousin, Colonel Stuart.
but now he has changed his mind and has
ordered his people TO elect Mr.. Glhard. a tory.
The Marquis is a mere boy. at school In Oxford,
but his will is law in regard TO the Cardiff mem-
ber OF Parliame nt and, accordingly. great fuss
is being raised about the matter in the liberal
organs What are all the corruptions OF Ame-
ricsn politics com pared to this system, by which
boy can determine who Is to be the represen-
tatiye of thousands OF voters?
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11
unmnskinr ton snnn.


THERE is a story told of Highland regi-
force Of British soldiers. A narrow defle was
selected, and victory was esteemed certain. SO
sure we're they, that when the British appeared,
the enemy sprang up from the ambush be-
fore they entered the de6le, revealed the plot,
and we're utterly routed. The story Of the
Highlanders seems to be repeated In the poll
tical world to-day. The Democracy aud their
Rebel friends, feeling certain OF success, have
thrown aside all attempts at masking their
intentions, and are boldly declaring them
selves in favor Of new rebellion. They glory
in the task of exposing their infamous de-
signs. They lay them bare with all the pride
of traitorous heart, and let us see them in
all their hideousness. The attitude of the en-
tire Democracy is not to be mistaken. Howell
Cobb, revered leader, proolaims condensed
edition of the platform. In recent speech
he says:-
.The grinning skeletons which have been
set mp in our midst as legislators lRl be ousted
by Frank Blair, whom our party has EXPIRE ssly
appointed Tor that purpose. Come,
rom ihe DUST. give II again to the breeze. and,
II neecs be, To the God of battles and
srlKe one more honest blow for Constitution al
liberty. Tue doors are wide
open-wide enough, broad enough TO re-
celve every while man tu Georgia. unless you
should discover him coming to you creeping
aud crawling under the Chicago Platform.
Upon them there should be no mercy. rney
have dishonored themselves and soug It To dis
honor you. AnathemaIize them. Drive them
from the pale of social and political society"
To make yet more sure the avowed inten-
tion, we quote the sentiments of leading
Democrat in Arkansas, as well as Georgia.
Albert Pike says
young men. IL Is for you to bring back these
golden days The South is our land; the North
IS foreign and hostile realm. Stand at the
altar OF your country. Swear eternal hatred OF
It's Oppressors. Swear that the day shall come,
II these oppressors shall continue, when the
Susquehanna and Ohio shall be like rivers OF
fire, as they are now rivers of blood. between
your naive land aud that of the Northern
Huns, which no man shall attempt to cross.
and live"
Let the people of the North ponder on these
things, and think of the fearful return of war
which will follow the election of the friends oi
these Rebels. 1t requires no Republican argu-
ments to convince the North of its duty.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11

PEACEFUL INDUsTRY."-The following local
item, from a Lexington, KY, paper. affords a
fair sample OF the occupations OF peaceful In
dustry" to which the late leaders OF the Rebels
are now devOting themselves, according to
Governor Seymour's letter.
murder AND OUTAGE On Monday night
last, IN the vicinity of Keene, Jessamine, a
party of disguised men spent the time from IL
o'clock NJ. To o'clock L. M. In whipping and
killing negroes. Mary Smith and her father,
Sllas Woodfall, q man more than sixty years OF
age were whipped with sticks; Curtis and Mar
gaTet Mosby beaten with pistols, and Cabe
Fields shot and instantly killed"
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11

A LITTLE TOO SLow.-The Legislature of
South Carolina has been in session thirty days,
and has passed exactly fUe bills, making an
average of a bill a week. While favoring
deliberate legislation, we fear that this is a
little too slow. Our sister ought to learn from
us. At Harrisburg, by the rapid process OF
passing bills by their titles, an average is
secured of one bill to every minute and
quarter of time occupied. Somewheres
between the movements of Pennsylvania and
South Carolina, there must be happy
medium.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11

CHANoEs OF sALvATloN.-The Boston Post Is
put In an anxious quandsry by the question OF
religious paper at Chicago, "Csn Democrat
be saved?" The New York Tribune comes to
Its rescue In the following not very consoiatory
style:-"It is difficult problem, indeed; but II
Democrat will eschew the sins OF his leaders,
and neither drink ike Blair nor lie like Sey
mour, there may be some hope for him."
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11

In GEORGIA, the State Senate had a colored
member whom they desired to get rid Of
They talked about it for two weeks, tried him
for two days, and then he resigned. They
now intend to devote another week to settling
the question whether he could resign. South
ern Legislators are getting too deep into ethics
to be of much practical value to their States.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11

THE TRADE OF CUBA is set forth in the fol.
lowing figures:-
Sugar-Receipis In Havana and Matanzas
from January i to June 30. 1868. in round
figures, were 1910 00) boxes and SO 600 hhds ;
years do not exceed 3l5 900 boxes aud $4,000
hhds. The stock on the 3Oth Of June last was
4S3 600 boxes and ii 900 hhds.; while the average
STOCK uurinB tho Pase 4o5. 900
boxes and 900 hhds
same period compare as follows:-l O9O, 500
boxes. against $50 QUO last year, and 1856 900 hhds
against 344 900 last year.
Molasses. Receipts in Havana and Matanzas
from January to June 80, 1868. In round num-
bers, l29 900 hhds., the average during the past
five years being only l03 900 hhds. The stock
on the 30th June last was $500 hhds.; the ave.
rage of the f1ve years was 1900 hhds. The
ports from the whole island during the first six
months stand thus:-S37 600 hnds, ag ainst 2I9 900
hhds. last year.
The exports to the United States from the
port OF Havana alone, January l to June 80,
1868, compare as follows:-266, 900 boxes and
1900 hhds. sugar, against $4,000 boxes and
$500 hhds. last year; ,2sO nhds. molasses,
against Is, $50 hhds In 1867; As sol million cigars
against II $50 million last year; 81 S02 quintals
tobacco, against 15.5iO quntals In 1867.
A good deal of the tobacco and cigars
went in transit for California. Canada Mexico,
Europe, and elsewhere. The invoice value OF
the goods for which United States Consular cer-
tificates were taken. from January to June 80
footed up about 81. zoe. 900, in round figures
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11

A KITCHEN NCABINET.-According 10 the out
Queen Victoria's chief cook has salary OF
$4,000 in gold, and the three maitres dhotel, or
privilege of taking four apprentices. whose pre-
miums vary from 5000 To $500. The whole ser
vice of the kitchen costs $4,000 per annum.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11
WAN

UTANTED-THREE FIRST-CLASS SALES
Wv LADI Es at a good salary. on the con %omRletion
of our new building, aoont september l. Those only
and fne dress goods Communications only received,
and consue ered strictly confidential.
ADDRESS STRAWBklDGE d CLoTHIER,
ss4t EIGHTH and MARKET.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11

Prince Albert's brother is in England look
ing after something luoratiVe-either In mar
riage or place.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11

-Quilp, who is lover of music, says that
"Comin' thro' the Rye" never goes "across
the grain"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-20
The New Cotton Crop

A very fine quality of cotton of the new crop
this year has just been brought to the New Y ork
market from Carroll parish, Louisiana. 1t was
sold Immediately at forty six cents pound 1t
IS called the Peeler cotton, and has long fine
staple, approaching that of the famous Sea Is
land cotton. 1t is different product, however,
and as 1t was grown in the interior and in the
great cotton region of the Mississippi Valley,
we suppose it can be raised where any of the
ordinary staples are. The Sea Island cotton can
only be grown within short distance from the
sea and in particular locality; the supply. con-
sequently, is limited. If the Peeler cotton
should be generally cultivated it would make
great change in the market value of this great
American product and might revolutionize the
manufactures Of the world This particular kind
OF cotton was discovered three or four years ago
IN an accidental manner. Mr. Pceler, planter
In the Mississippi Valley, found among his ordi-
nary standing crop plant bearing much finer
aud longer staple than the rest He carefully
saved the seed, which he planted the next wear,
and year after, and until he had seed enough of
the new variety to sell to his neighbors Thus
it spread and acquired the name Of Peeler cotton
No doubt it will be cultivated hereafter more ex
tensively, as it has realized such high price in
the market. We may say now that as far as the
material interests and prospects of the South GO
the tide has turned in their favor With peace
and continuance of such industry as the mass
of SOutherners have shown the last year, thew
viii soon become rich sgain.-N F. Herald
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-20
The Indian War.

Dispatches from Lieutenant General Sherman
and Majer General Sheridan positively assert
that there will be serious war with the Indians
from this time until the commencement of winter
weather. The Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Kowa.
and Camanches have all commenced hostile
operations The region of country near Fort
Dodge has already suffered from the incursious
of an army of $500 indian warriors. A large
force of soldiers under General Sheridan in per-
son, is making ready to take the field. General
Sherman, however, telegraphs to Washington for
more troops. .-..
Letters from Fort Hays, Kansas, state that
General Sheridan is exceedingly busy organizing
his forces for vigorous prosecution of hostili.
ties. Several companies are to be sent out at
once to cooperate with each other. Sherdan's
plan, it is reported, consists in engaging the at.
tcntion of the warriors on the front, and then
striking suddenly for their homes and families
No propositions for peace will be listened to until
the Indians have been severely defeated and
many of their number killed The tribes, when
crippled by heavy losses, will not be disposed to
renew hostilities very soon. The California In
dams were treated in this way several years ago
by General George A. Wright, and no serious
trouble has been caused by them since. A large
body of Indians is reported to be collecting south
of Fort Larned