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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-09-17
THE PREsIDENCY.

Each party in the great Presidentiaf cohtests Is
now marshaling its strength for agraud campaign
in October. In the meantime, the local State
elections attract unusual share of public interest
upon the supposition that the floating vote OF the
at one.6eurth offthei|whaiev-++
will be thrown with that party whose chances ap-
near the most favorable fordsdbcessa However.
this may be, each party acknowledge THAT the
prestige Of success In the local State elections pre-
vious to November, IS q valuable point gainedd IN
the race. ~7.a- ;.-.i 1.:,-:sG :,.;go !&io I.4n;0
up to the present time, the Indications OF sue
cess to either party are two indefinite for mudh
speculation & In theimiddle and wastemstates, il
is admitted that the :Democrntsn have: the inside
track and that they willcarrys several of them
without doubt tinIn Pennsylvania and Ohio the b.
nal contest must be decided. The, ,canaidate that
receives the votes of these two States aggregating
forty-four out Of the one hundred and forty eight
necessary to elect will no doubtgo into the Pres!
dental chair next March, qa. lafj !:@:.ls' tf.Hi
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cMERE.MENTIoN.

b Recent sales of real estate in Richmond indicate
that landed property is advancing in value. "''lt
is estimated that Staunton, Virginia, now contains
seven thousand inhabitants, an increase Of three
thousand FIVE hundred since the war. .':.:'':'''The
City Council Of Nashville; is to pay a blind man
five hundred dollars to walk across the river on a
slack wire. ....'''There are only one hundred pa
pers in the United States that have ten thousand
circulation. .'..''..General Grant is not expected
in Washington, until after the Presidential cleo
ton. ..''.'The The Prince Of Wales has been promoted
to be colonelin-chief Of the rifle brigade, for gait
lant and meritorious conduct in being the son OF
the Queen. leather belt 1913 feet long, 30
inches wide and weighing 800 pounds has Just
been made in Buffalo, New York. '.''''':'ln War!
saw, the former capital of Poland, people are ar
rested by the Russians for speaking their native
Polish tongue. ..'.'London has the "ehanpion
female walker in the world, mulatto woman WHO
does mile in II minutes to music. '''''','Hon
Sanford E. Church, in a speech recently delivered
at Watkins, N. Y, said that the State Of New
York for the last year, paid double as much tax to
the United States government as all Of the South.
ern States combined "''&- ',--'
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS.

In Columbia, last week, the Republicans held
two Conventions. One was designated as the State
Republican Convention, composed Of delegates
from all parts of the State to choose Presidential
Electors and organize for the Presidential cam
paign. The other was Congressional nominating
Convention, to select candidates for Congress. .
An organization of the State Convention was ef-
fected by calling R. B. Elliott negro to the Chair,
and the appointment of negro Secretaries The
Convention was composed of one hundred and
twenty -four members representing all the Districts
in the State. Of this number twenty are ciassed
as white men, Of whom only seven are natives.
The Convention was largely composed Of members
of the Legislature. ..,. ..-,, .... E.. b.. -...
Congressman Whittemore, as Chairman of the
Central Executive Committee, submitted report.
This report was referred to special Committee for
examination The Committee reported that it had
examined the document, and thought it was all
right, but regretted that the Chairman had not
been more careful in taking receipts for the money
expended by him-$3,400. .......
The Convention appointed new State Central
Executive Committee, of which negro-Senator B.
+. Randolph of 'burnt-d district and hog-stealing
IGUG, Is SudlTIudu. Lie Cuaumau OF the rUSE
Congressional District, is j. X. Jillson; Second
District, j. B. Dennis; Third District, A. N. Boo
zer; Fourth District, l. Wimbush, the negro
Senator from Chester. The Committee is COM
posed of about an equal number of whites and ne
groes. P. J.O' Connell, is named for York; Bar
ney Burton, lnegro) for Chester; D. B. Cannon,
for Union; and A. Hudson, tnegro) for Lancaster.
The Electoral ticket consists Of three negroes and
three white men, as follows: ..-
For the State atLarge-D H Chamberlain and
G. j. Stohbrand First Congressional Districts.
A. Swais, (negro); Second District-A. j. Ran
sier, (negro) Third Dstrict-B f. Randolph,
(negro); Fourth District-J. NJ. Allen.
The PitceiaD says ''the remainder of the session
was consumed in hearing an address by the Central
Committee to the electors of the State, and in
sundry little displays of Demosthenic aspirations,
by white niggers, brown niggers, molasses candy
colored niggers, and aisorts of nggers, the whole
Terminating with aeorn-shucking shakedown by the
whole company, (without extra charge,) and three
cheers for Cant and Grabtax." - %:
The nominations for Congress were made by the
delegates bsIoBging the respective Congressional
Districts. B. F. Whittenore, the present incum-
bent is the nominee for the First District; ). l..
Hoge, ex- United States Captain and Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court elect for tbe third
A: s. Wallace, Of York, Collector Of Internal Rev
enue, for the Fourth. In the Second. District, no
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THE HRRMonT ELECTION

The first return from the Vermont election, in
which the radicals claimed ? rnsjotty sof &c, o,eo9
seems to have proved a fzzle. It is now ascef.
tained that the Radical majority there Will mot ex
ceed $4,000 at the utmost, and't the Demo
Gratis have gained 3S3 per cent on fbe vote 1851,
while the Radical, gain is but % per cent? No
BODY claimed Vermont fm the Democrats, and but
little effort was made, as the State was known to
be intensely Radical. III s.t:~a,4 =, gInsi' =
The Maine election took place jonr the 18th inst.
IT. with all the other New England States except,
perhaps, Connecticut, will vote Radical Om
friends, therefore, need not feel alarmed at New
England voting with the. Radicals! 1t was from
thence that sprang this dangerous revolution
against peace and order, that the great and good
men everywhere are now appealing to the people
TO arrest. h.'s .:s". 's:i .fnfa, ~ So --sH
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bargain, pIanked down $od 600: of the amount, end
promised chat the balance should Be Forthcoming
ina few days. The twenty thousand dollars Was
forthwith. .paid Qptat The nate of one hundred do.
lars to each member when the Bill passed two read
ings without difficulty: A few days ago, in the
Senate, the Bib came up for its third reading whssn
it was postponed until to-day by vote Of fs to 4
The Chatham men, if they want the charter, must
remember What Zacheus vas told to do, and Pei
accordingly.
IF the Chatham men don come down, the
;'tcalicon coneesnwiil probably adjourn early next
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j EDITORIAL iNKLINGsg

The California Election. :.iEf bse 5ioa ed:
1t appears that the California election aid
not come Of on the Sth Instant as was generally
expected. Three out Of four years this election
takes place in Septembef, tbds Whenever tEsrsis !
Presidential election, the two, occur on the
~ MAI Maine Election: if, iesedsas gHo1s Saifisos
nnbsy a 1evzpsoeF ed, ,sSssarspbs Ssa .b shss hss
fixed Monday last, 18th instant ss tie DAY for the
election ofa Governor and Congressnen in Name
Last year the State gave o Republican majority Of
ll,7l4..@ It IS not expected that fhs # Democrats
can overcome this majority ct present get there is
almost certainty that the majority VIII be reduced
70 such an extent as to cause % to tssf ths
result IN tne @ Iuture ~ oteG 9J,a1i liz; tgsoS, 9ai
Postal Changes. reE d ,i'EEg s.al, Iqigetssss /,
At the; recent session Of Gopgressz seyasafl y.f
important changes were made in the postal lla Jaw, y!
We make the suEoined, extracts in fefegees to
letters uncalled for, and in regard topqstags Oh
newspapersin the county Hhege ppbAlislhed Aal dsaac.
Whenever the writer 81, let letter endorses it
with his address Ehethsr Y Rnt Of Y EE;ang
IS sent, at the end IF thirty days VIII Be- returned
to the address endorsed npen It, whether sore:
quested of not This, twill be- seen, covers ht!
cases in which business card is on letter and
business men who use such envelopes should bear
the fact in mind, if they desire any particular let
ter to remain in apost Office until called for, if there
is any probability of the person addressed dfbeing
absent for thirty daysor more. 1t Latter IN such
an envelope ia required to be detained at the post
Office more than thirty days, an endorsement to
That effect viii be required Letters in plain en-
yelopes, that do not bear the name Of the writer,
take the usual courses, If undeHyefsd, and goto The
Dead Letter Office H'I2!i % l2;2,.H O ,0ar"T
Concerning the postage ON weekly newspaper
delivered within the county where they arepuh-
lished, the new law sets long existing yexatmion 40
and embarrassment at rest . They are now free Of
postage when sent to regular subscribers, aud de-
tiyered at post Office within the SAME county. u
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last years-yien.S The rust, the worm, and the
rot, are at wdk destroying it 1t seems the rains
will never stop. The last month, August waa the
mdst unfayoable ever known. Qnlyza fen days
remain now in which the crop will do what it is
going to do, The season always closes between
the 10th and .hsa5 a5th of September After that
it matters not what sort Of weather We have The
crop viii be either made or lost. The crop in
Georgia VII fsl shoF about s, ,opo bales: Our
only hope now is TO make up in price what we will
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f D1Ep,rOH the, 9Th instant, OF Puarperal Fever,
Mrs SARAH MALY1NA E COOK, the Goth
3, aso,pq M The s,a ,,s Ia in.sn :s!NEAEr s CHILD
asnSs 6fnfiie soYeIsighty toiG6E Death some
tmes comes sa the s4ngel iDaliinrsnee. tofSn
aged believer, and gently separates him from the
idoSssshlm toshs land'Gf perpstualyauth ahE Wig
alssE I sa io sof he pars 81 ss and
lovely fffadt of only q teW days Sr hours, HID The
sp6tiess ASwbr isf shelteredafro the. ffoStst of
sarth. aaade tzasapiantsa Athei genial rcllles,of
Bas diam aid alaaas ,iaads ssaimi tasiyJ5uns
man An ,b bic, stsnngi giA-tAessYo4 WOMEN 5pyher
ytgoE ssS9 a3s SasR ara sssn are gs .sa b sx
Wffiedf fnaasEsfsday.yflmf oafSaEH1 i5dlnrF e :.
!, aMss ;Gookagss An afFeetionate
danghta and aister ssnk = loving wife. Only a
few bfisf month aihSs die stood, & fir bride; at
the altr; zud hsK 1aith folthseo object fof
hss Ass% entered ska s ,sss arsps .sa With
'Bu1Q ans how quickly l4hese pfos-
poets: E1astad Inc desthl Ard a6xed aum glpuing
ones are lett to mourn. q Rpt I'VE soErqB net as
those yhc have 70 hope During the yer lsee
&pd ha4 united hetse1 withahe Pres
aaafs sssassd hsp saa S s ssS
trust the Saviour, whom sfis1ovedd 7A1fqda off
r Amid the darkness which surrounds asfrovi-
dence like this, when child Of God Is called away
in the pffnie OF Life thsre comes to Us voice Of
which assures Us the IL not dead but
sleepeth II and that ;sehrist will raise her up at
N Nav the Lord sanctify this afiicaon to the be-
reayed husband and friends and sustain them .by
his grace. And may we attend TO the voice which
saith "Be ye also ready for in such an hour as ye
think not, the Son Of Man cometh.rh - O.
n, thia ,istxie c,r.f3 I9t in afanf nY conc,,,,
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NEW COTTON.

.r We learn that on Saturday last, our energetic
fsHow.citizen, B. F. Rawlinson, Esq, brought TO
town TWO bales ofinew, cotton, the first that have
appeared in this market. This cotton was not Of
fsred for sale here but was shipped to Chester on
Monday morning last. .,,''~ af''a oa-&a'f-r
On Tuesday, Mr. William White, Of Blairsville,
brought in the third bale, which was purchased by
Mr. BENJAMIN P. Boyd, at Is cents: :.i.
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took hip40fNew Ynk, where he felt confident Of
meeting many frienda After arriving in the city
De msdS apblcationBo sbme men on the wharf tor
Elork, Mssfoh theySSid, not employ negroes, and,
driver AWAY he madssseveral other applications
on the xha6 maeting In avery instance -unklnd
repulses; BE theq, lsetioas It t.p ca. G
bis scalp. Hb returned to,thssWhsf in despair,
when he fortunately found gentleman from Sa-
vannah, and after having,to work for his food un-
til he could get a situati6n, he proposed to work
and afseTwards paid tie full prics q his labor,
ssish ssh1st hte !s3SA saSs1ee , SAar sss be
means to reach his old home, where he hopes to
1--we and die, for hs says the black man has no
friends only ID the South He advised the black
men e be peaesable and ndqst,ieus' and and be gov
That SSufh, "a jb uorst form, is bet
ter for the black man than, freedom at the North.
Ltit!z 4t3 o. ~ 81 81 q tt33t,Gj
GEs. GRANTS SpkzcHEs. the reception in
ess Gssis s fi8s r ssl sas sbss ss
an hour. The first was as follows:
81 thank you fof this;spontAneous compliment
As this audience knows i do not make speeches,
and c6uh hardly find language in the presence
to 20 large gathering of ny fellow! citizens even
xpressimy thanks you must simply, upon this
occasion; a1oRime.to return from. the ibottomyof
Ewy heats slmliipoHe thapks ibis, hind CALI y,
EEi2s PIT as i 81 ths shpys vas pot eqough sfter mu-
|ss by ae 5as hs ap0ks @ another eE IN the:
aIthaak he'd yoUSnos Toti iyopf Kindness An Ican
dons&is 10 thank you a9ain for this unexpected
greeting andfr this mhEliifcent tnin ont. Il feel
that should Ike to speak to each of you and to
shake bands with each 6pf you but this is impos-
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remaining members is unitary, being composed Of
k-keeper, clerk, wheelwrights tanner, engineer,
civil engineer, mechanic, chemist, halter black
smith, and, to conclude the list, two carpetrbag-
gers, who give no other account of themselves than
that the one is Slate paymaster of the United
States army" and the other ready made super
wisely governed it will be for no lack of variety in
the experience of our new rulers.-C Charleston
Mems r. -, e.. ,
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THURSDAY ],]Ell MORNING, SEPT. II, 1868.

.Cash,-It must be distinctly understood that
our terms for subscription, advertising and job,
work are cash, in advance; . -
X.2The paper viii be discontinued on the expi-
ration of tie time for which payment has been
made A Subscriber finding (X) cross, mark @ on
stand that the time paid for has expired. I"
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nomination bas been agreed, ,hpos B6r the Utter
District there are three aspiEantE Bowen, ths in
cumbent, J!SH. jerks and J. P. N. Epping zach
ofwhom has his partisans and atlast taccountsthe
conflicting claims of the trio had not been recon
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. .R, q. {
fsSre q the Recoastructionl CouSsittae Since an
he has preserved strict retieenoe on pBtics, but
being sought out bydIeleral RosecrsnS md int(E
rogated, did not feel Eht liberty torefuseA flank res
pfy. Ge6efd Beausegafd B19k at tho head Of q
thriving rail road isuing from Men. .Oreans "A
whowritps and, d,udlsagrest Zeal, his latest per-
fo,rmance Being book On tie causes and character
Of the war, which, however clever, has attracted
special attention. A. q. n. Stuart, Of Virginia,
1as Secretary of the Interior to Mr.. fillmore some
twenty wears ago and since then has not he'd. Office.
He was elected member Of the House Of Repre-
underline Rerpont govevnmenee eef YI-
ginia, but was not allowed to take IBIS se4k
Conrad was alpsmber Of che same Cabinet sseEved
in the United States House of Representatives.
ahdin the Confidence States Congress at Rich!
mond Linton Stephens, iBfrother % a. b. Ste
phens, is reputed to possess decide TALENT; All
Caperton, Of West Virginia, served many yezrsin
the Virginis LegiaatnTe, was ,Cspfede!ass semT
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in 1860 and was chosen to be first Governor ID
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7TiaY EXEfyfJTTONs.

A9EARaE nnniDer of ofTAXEXEGUTToNSar r are
.A inths ShArtB8 0mce,rpo (which I have been
ordered e. Meks theJmopey Pefsons interested
i0G40BEH, Sfkatwiss Evil haNet0 advertise and
sea, ,GosdsagI ysb1stsR. 3. I'll GLENN, ,HYsA
. September H. efrro 4sis2Ss IN .e g4,.sss st.
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30. ~ r. T.. LEE Virginia. y. 49,, -.
-; G.. T. BEAUREGARD, louisiana
-. ALEX. H. STEPHENS, Georgia.
.e..- ALEX. Fl. H. STUART, Virginia.
'.s..s O. M. CONRAD, Louisiana. .
r.. d.: LINTON STEPHENS, Georgia. !.
20, A. E.TCAPERTON, West Virginia,
., :, JOHN -ECHOLS, Virginia.
- +. s. ST0CKDALE, Texas r..
y 49," F::'W. PICKENS, South Carolina. ''
q. VIM j. ROBERTSON, Virginia. ...
:, Il JOS. ANDERSON, Virginia.
.a 81 VIM. Z. TURNER, West Virginia. :
,:., r. C. H. ,SUBER, South Carolina. :
.' . +. FONTAINE, Virginia.
, =. - JOHN LETCHER, Virginia.
- - B. C.. ADAMS Mississippi. ,.
=: WIN. j: GREEN, North Carolina.
~ =. LEWIS! Il. HARVIE,5 Virginia. =
;: P. v. DANIEL, Jr., Virginia. ..-
L.. W. T., SUTHERL[N, Virginia. +
...,- TOUTANT BEAUREGARD, Texas.
NJ. o. Fl. NORTON, Louisiana .'-.t
'-' IT. p. BRANCH; Georgia. . ..=''.
/. H. II RUSSELL, Georgia. g.. /.
b, 90 SAMUEL J.. DOUGLASS, Florida.
..I JEREMIAH MORTON, Virginia.
JOHN B. BALDWIN, Virginia.
r.' GEO. w. BOILING, Virginia.
r. s. FLOURNOY, Virginia. '... '.-
JAMES LYONS, Virginia. =
General w. S. Rosecrans, Minister to Mexico
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. s'.@ p
"A correspondent of the New York Herald, fur
nishes the following with reference to the persoe
Of the signers; and remarks that the Conserve
tives claim that the letter will exercise marked
Influence on the canvass. Fhe Republicans gene
rally deny that it will have such influence bu
someadmit thatt letter of Leeis skilfully drawn
and leaves no room for cavil:". III :@.a.el 4
: The signers to the. response are generally per
sons Of much influence and standing. Genera
Lee 8, antscsdents, are well known He has not
since the Nas, spoken voluntarily on political topics
He; testified Some years ago under summons be
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-08

in ci"ht wears old son of Warren c.
Atwood of Erattlcboro. was struck on the
head by a moving car. aad so injured that
lac died.
The editor OF the PhTniX has seen Il
black Spanish hens egg which weighed
about 4 ounces.
They h"y" an elephants tuSk 81 feet
long At Er"|tle5oro, but the original OWN
er does no; live there. The value of the
lu>h j. about 5000.
Col. Thomas White, for a Ioue time res
islcut of Putncy and Brattleboro. was
found dead OH a sofa where he had lain
down t. rest. in Bennington. April Is.
The Royal Arch Masons of Bellows
Fails have prtitioned tor charter tor an
cnc.lnpmeut of knights Tempiar. The
loCgc there numbers 200, and Columbia
Iodle. at Brattleboro. has 4 like member
ship.
\ few DAYS ago John smith OF Grafton,
ju>t at the point OF death decided his pro
perry to lis sou uendrick. His son died
= tn, next morning. when ii of course re-
.erted to him: and his death on the same
day made third change OF ownership it
J u hours.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Ground was broken on Wednesday neal
e. ~halie's hill. and the first shovel tul
! thrown for the Woodstock railroad by thu
,.r.,i,l.,,t of tho comnany Con p +