The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-28
THE STATE CANVASS.
THE FIGHT GROWING LIVELY BE-
TWEEN THE RADICAL FACTIONS.

L ldE H4GaT GhOH4UU AIFGLx Dill
TWEEN THE RADICAL FACTIONS.
| Free Speech in Chester-The Adventures
OF Major Samuel Dickerson among
the Up-country Niggers-"The Party"
Wants Noses and ssNo Foolishness."
The canvass just now ls particularly lively
all over the State, but nowhere more 30 than
in Chester County, where there Gre meetings
In the Interest either Of the Regulars or of the
| Boilers almost every day. The Chester Re-
porter, in the course of q running account of
| the most recent of these gatherings, gives US
the following amusing sketch:
On Saturday Yocom and Major Sam DECKER
| son, densely colored, of Charleston, repaired
to Rossvllle, the band (employed al the rate
| OF twenty dollars per day having preceded
them the evening before. Here about thirty
voters assembled. The dusky major was put
forward first 10 illuminate the benlghted
minds OF the Rossville negroes on the merits OF
the Boilers ticket. No sooner had he deVel-
| oped his position as being antagonlstIc to
| Moses-whom, by the way, many of the ne
proes believe to be The original Moses that
FED the children of Joel ont OF bondage-than
| thew incontinently" went fornn the said Samuel,
| and dragged him from the platform. Accus-
| toned as the major Is to the smooth fagstones
| of the city II might reasonably be supposed
that he would not be an expert In making
| time over the rough roads OF the up-country.
| HIs performsncs on last Saturday showed that
| ALI snch copiectnres would be wide of the
mark. Fear either lent him wings or strength
ensd his legs. With the speed Of the swift
| footed Achilles he bounded from the crowd,
| and, hurting his anathemss at the head Of the
i'd country nlggers," ne pursued mig night
| Till he placed fourteen miles between himself
| and hls tormentors. This forcible illustration
Of 'tthe party'sn idea OF free speech served
| rather to chill the enthnalAsm Of the other
orators of the occasion. Yocom proposed to
| speak next, but was told by the audience that
'ithey wanted no ioollshness;" that II he was
going to speak against Moses they didn't In
made a few feeble remarks This meeting had
no effect on the campaign, other than TO de-
velop the fact that the negroes are determined
to stand squarely by the regular State ticket.
Ksrshaw In Motion.
The Conservative voters OF the Camden
precinct met at Camden, on the goth instant,
and ORG anized q Conservative club. By re-
quest, General J. B. Kershsw explained the
object of the meeting to be TO organize q club
10 act In concert with other clubs to be
sormed at the different precincts In the county,
and under the direction o the executive COM
mittee, to be appointed on the 18th instant, oy
a convention of delegates from the various
clubs. The general, In 8 few remarks, i'm
pressed upon the audience the importance Of
organizing, and was seconded In the same by
Colonel W. N. Shannon and Captain W. L. De-
'-
Pasa, who made short addresses.
The following officers we're elected: Presi:
dent, Colonel E. n. BoykiD; Independents,
General James Chesnus, Hon. ". 2. Leitner,
General J. D. Kennedy, Captain W. L. De-
Pass, Captain J. NJ. Davis; secretary, william
Clyburn; treasurer, John Kershaw.
On motion of Captain W. DePass, Colonel
W. n. Shannon was appointed q delegate to
the county convention. The following resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, That In our opinion the Conserva.
tive party should, adopt q uniform plan Of
acIion throughout the State, In reference to
the present canvass.
RESOLVED, That It IL the sense OF this meeting
that the bounty executive committee should
be authorized to take measures to cOncen-
trate the Conservative vote Of this county 10
the support OF such ticket for State and coun.
ty officers as In their judgment may be for
the best Interest of the people.
Tho GreenyIIIo senatorship.
T. O. Donaldson, Esq, has been nominated
by the Greenville County Convention for the
State Senate, In place OF Ex-Governor B. F.
Perry, lately nominated for Congress from
the Fourth Congressional District.
Tho Bolters in Union.
The Boilers Convention for Union County
was held at Union Courthouse last "Wednesday,
when the following ticket was put 10 the held:
Representatives, simon FarroW, A. Smith and
Henry Cannon; sheriff, Charles MoGurchin;
clerk of court, Charles Bolt; judge Of probate,
A. A. Hammett; school commissioner, D. D.
Goings: county commissioners, Abram -Farr,
7. J. Coleman and Abel Farr; coroner, James
Carlisle.
Marlboro
The Republican County Convention OF MARI.
boro, has nominated the following ticket:
House of Representatives., Jacob Altman. Dud-
ley P. McLaurln; sheriff, James b. Jones;
clerk, T. W. Allen; Judge Of probate, J. Wesley
| county commissioners, Calvin 7. Stubbs, Edw.
Miles, Joel L. Easterling; coroner, John Bris-
tow.
Barnwe1l.
The following are the nominations for coun-
ty officers, made by the Republican party, at
| their convention, held In Blackvllle on Friday
| iast: For senator, James N. Smith; Legisla-
ture, Fred. Nix, B. a.. Nerland, Julius Mayer:
B.. W, Middleton; sheriff, N. G.. W.. Walker;
| clerk court, VIM. A. Nerland; judge probate,
W, J. NILSSON; county commissioners, G. B.
| Glow. Cesar Cave, Tuck Robinson; school
| commissioner, Rev. Abram Middleton; coro-
ner, James Patterson.
conee
The following Is the ticket recommended for
| support BY the regular Republicans OF Oconee
| County: Senate, Deidrich Blenan; representa-
| tives, C. A. Tate, David Singleton; sheriff, F.
| Wiebus; clerk court, Jesse strlbling; probate
Judge, samuel P. Dendy; school commission
er, Charles G. Perry; county commissioners
| James Hunnlcutt, Tenas Maxwell, Johnson
| Wright; coroner, Walter Wooden.
Orangeburg.
The Regular Republican County Convention
iu Orspgepurg has made the following noml-
nations: Senator, James L.. Jamison; Sheriff,
ID. j. Cain; Probate Judge. Augustus B.
| Knowlton: Clerk OF Court, George Bollver;
School Commissioner, Frank R. McKinlsy;
| Members House of Representatives, Samuel l..
Duncan, John Dix, ]. Fielder Meyers, Henry
Riley. Abram Dannerly; County, Commission
era. =. T, R. Smoake, John Robinson, Alex
| ander Brown; Coroner, T. a.. Cooke.
Darlington. ..
The Republicans oil Darlington County have
made the following nominations: For the