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Gov. Perry's Nomination for Con
gress.
We clip comments of-the pre-,

We clip comments of7the press !:
the Georgetown Times says:
E. Coz. B. f. Pe,ry.-This
distinguished old Roman has been
unanimously nominated as a can.
didate to, represent the 4th Dis"
trict in Congress, which is now
misrepresented by the scalawag A.
S. Wallace. We confess we re-
gret the action of the convention.
as we are satisfied that he can do
his people more good in the State
Senate than in any other position.
His purity and boldness of charac.
ter would be a standing rebuke to
the Treasury thieves, and his very
presence there would measurably
stay the bands of the robbers
Governor Perry is worthy of any
and all tire lhonars theI SAte can
confer upon him, and as we can,
not have him in theSSta.e Senate,
we trust aud believe be will be tri.
umphantly elected to Congress. q,
! The Herald, Of Laurens, thus
speaks OF the nomination
THE Nomination. The con.
vention that met in Columbia on
the 9th inst, nominated the Hon.
B..F. Perry tor Congress. In oar
Judgment no better nomination
could have been made. In some
things Iof importance we have diff
fered from Mr.. Perry, and we still
differ, but we. have, never enter
tanned doubt Of his honesty, bis
ability, or bis experienced states.
n,anship. In addition, he is man
Of undonbted courage, and any.
where and everywhere, IL tile oc!.
casion demand, he will express
himself honestly and fearlessly.-
The convention advised that each
county el'ter upon the prescribed
form Tor obtaining supervisors of
the election. This is well and wise.
Let us now go intoT the canvass
W tn a determihation to win. II
we do our duty we are certain of
the victory, andstlIe State wilire.
ceive. the ~benefit of Mr.. Perry's
SER ices in the next Congress.
|. WE clip from the rAbbevSilies
Press and ,Banner: lhe, ,tisaui
mons nomination fOf Congress- "a
Elk Governor BlF Perry, BIZ the
Democratic Contentioh IF tile 4tls
Congressional District, derives its
Significance from the factFtbat this
is the only one Not the Congpes.
sional Districts which will likely
send a trne representative of the
|'in.elligence, education and worth
OF the State to Congress. We re-.
joice, Their, that We will likely have
one true representative from Soath
Carolina in the National co,Incils,
who will raise an indignant pro
test against the Injustice which has
turned over the white population
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Of the State to the tender m mmercies
of the scallawag, the carpet bag.
Ger and the freedman

Of the State to the tender mercies
Of the scallawag, the carpet bag,
ger and the freedman. y ,,s,S Ia :,
"A more eligible candidate than
Governor Perry, oraone who will
more likely draw outitbef conser.
vative strength, could mot have
been selected. OF high character.
large experience, distinguished
abilities, and a Consistent Union
record, he will likely sweep the
District by an overwhelming vote.
Hon. b r. Perry.--Atthe con.
vention Of the Fourth Congression-
al District, held in Columbia on
Monday, 9th inst, the Hon. b. F.
Perry was unanimousl y'selected as
the Conservative candidatesto to rep
resent the people Of the District ID
congress. . = sriE' ,ia n' ''i, 81
We feel confident that no man
could have been selected who
would be more acceptable to the
true and honest people of the Dis.
trict than Maj Perry. and we have
no doubt of bis election. He is
eminenlly a representative man,
and will honor the position and the
people he represents. ID His pure,
moral character, nndoubted. ablli.
ties. long experience -as q states.
man, badness and persistency in
defending the right and opposing
the wrong, which even his oppo.
nents are compelled to acknowl.
edge. makes hun a power OF
strength as our standard bearer
and a terror to the venal and cor
rnpt usurper who opposes him.
1t any man in this Congressional
District can unite the votes Of all
the honest and true people, that
man is Maj. Perry.
gr Union Times, 18Th. !
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VOLUME XIX--NO. i, qil,.

Melton thinks be has foundation
for his charge, and / will be only
too glad to have his authority for
the assertion he has seen fit to
Of coursses yon do no ,ias as k : me- ~, !,
! now t, prove, that somebod Y, did
not tell Mr.. Melton that / had
done the thing charged, althou gh
the language of your editorial of
Friday, would seem to imply that
it was my duty 90 to do. I.s
respectfully submit that there
IL no parallel between the charges
made agsinst myself and those
made against, Mr.. Moses. It ia
Judicially proven that there have
been fraudulent issues of pay Ger.
tlficates--see ID the affidavit of
Treasurer Parker in answer 70
Judge Williard's order, in which
it is shown that $441, 900 of paw
certificates for 1872 had been re-
deemed at the treasury, and that
for $399, 900 the treasurer's notes
had been given, to cay nothing of
the large amount not yet taken
care of by the treasurer-and vet
you seem to place the charge of
Smith, Jones or Brown that T
have stolen a horse or robbed a
bank, in the same category with
these charges which are of Judi
cial record. In yonr desire to
hold the scales even between the
two Radical factions, / fear you
lean a little to the other side.
In conclusion allow me say, that
my connection with the Phos.
Phate bill was just this. I.voted
for it because i thought it for the
interest of Charleston and of the
State to do so. / urged the Gov
ernor not to veto it for the same
reason, and for other reasons not
personal to myself, and have as
yet seen no reason to regret my
action. For my stock in the COM
pany, which is not $4,000, nor
anything near that amount, I have
paid precisely what every stock.
holder in the company has paid,
including in the list some of the
most honorable business men in
Charleston. Some of the widest
and most absurd things have been
said with reference to the grant
under which the company with
which | am connected and others
associated with us are acting
Withou. betraying business mat
tiers which do not concern the
public, permit Inc to say, that up
to this time the only parties who
have reaped any benefit from that
grant are the State of South Car
olina and the hundreds of me-
chanies and laboriug men employ
ed by these companies:
l am, respectfully, ,.-.
Your obedient servant,
a..s NJ. REUBEN ToMLINsoN.
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D ..
The o. UNITED STATES SENATE
The Senate has "a membership
against and SO for the Grant ad.
rninistration. ..-a. o.. .an
p March the 4th, 1873. "a Sena-
tors retire. OF these 1S are for
and 6 against the administration,
leaving "a tor and 16 against.
The retiring Senators are Came,
ron, Pomeroy, Patterson, Morton,
Pool, Corbett, Osborn, Sherman,
Cole, Conkling. Howe. Harlan,
Nye, kellogg, Spencer, Sawyer,
Morrill, of Vermont and Ferry of
Connecticut. Sherman and Ferry
have been re elected. Paterson.
Cole and Harlan have been re.
placed by Wadleigh. Sergeant and
Allison. Pool, ofNorth Carolina,
will be succeeded b. a Democrat.
The retiring opposition Senators
are Hill, nXicEers, Trumbnll, Rice,
Blair and Garrett Davis, of Ken
tucky. Vickers and Davis are re.
placed by Dennis and McCreery.
There are chances, and good
ones, that Conkling of New York,
Morton of Indiana, Cameron Of
Pennsylvania, Osborn of Florida.
Spencer of Alabama, Kellogg of
Louisiana, aad Nye OF Nevada will
be replaced by'upponents of the
administration.
) The retiring opposition, Senators
will either be returned or replaced
by successors of the same view, un-
less Trnmbull should be an excep-
tion. os a go % ea 10 .,.
z This will put the Senate 2s
against and 46 for the sdministra,
tion, breaking its two thirds ma
tjority. A great triumpii this, and
the result of the Greeley move
ment.07sd .shisaa a6s asaF 4a
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In my "Reminiscences Of Green
rille," very briefly mentioned
Chancellor Thompson, as, q prom
inent citizen OF the District. Since
writing those "reminiscences, l
have givenl more extended sketch
es of the Chancellor's contenpora-
ries on the Bench and at the, Bar,
and I feel that it is due his char
acter and position that l should
mention him also in my "Remin.
iscences of Public Men," l have
a very pleasant and agreeable re.
collection Of him. He was kind
and cordial to me in my early life,
and l had asincere regard torhvm.
When i came to GreenvilleSt TO
read law, Chancellor Thompson
was living on Grove Greek, ten or
fifteen miles below Greenville @.
Il. l remember paying several
'ery pleasant visits at bis house,
Whilst student Of law. He lived
psinly in the country, but enter.
taned his triends and visitors with
great hospitality. About the time
of ny admission to the Bar, he
moed into the village, and lived
in more Style Isthen saw him al.
mostdaily up to the, period of his
death lie always seemed pleased
with ae Visits Of his young friends.
He remarked Ito me the night of
his daughters marriage to Robert
Means, Esq, of Fairfield: Il snp!
pose, nov that Caroline is married,
shall see very little of my young
friends" She was a very hand
some andintellectual young lady,
and we'll alculated to attract com.
pany5 to th Chancellor's. For a
number of Iears she was the reign
ing belle Of The District, and great.
ly admired by all who knew her.
The Chancellor brought up and
educated, with great care, five
sons and six daughters. He was
not a man Of lar ge fortune, but
lived generoaly and spent his
money freely F.'a@s1 Tso''1' .''r"w
Chancellor Thompson was ma
tive of Virginia. He moved to
Georgia whilst avery young man,
and there married the daughter OF
Colonel Williams, a, Revolationa
ry officer. He then settled at old
Pickensville, the seat Of jusriee for
Pendleton AMI Greenville Coun-
ties, andEcouneuced TIRE practice
OF law. He was very successful
at the Bar, and engaged, on one
side or the otheS Of almost every
case in, court. I'D, was elected to
the Legislature nom Pentileton,
and whilst member OF the 1Iseeis.
lature, was elected selicitor Of The
Western lCircnisoes Tbisi officeghe
beld;upth 1905, when ,beswa cleo
ted one of the Cllapcel,ors' of the
State. This high judicial position
he filed with ability for twenty.
five orsix years. Z Eiiaall y.the. Deg.
islature started q temperance
movement in, regard to tie judi
ciary, and alter 3iSsimising Gdge
James, they moved against Chan.
cellorY Thompson, when ,be resign
ed his seat Oh the Bench, Was
in Columbia when this movement
was( made, and UNDER The iInporI
tunate intreaties of his aon, Gen
Waddy Thompson, tie. Cbancellor
yieldedto the advice of his fsie1ds
When returned, home, the Chan
cellor met me AZ the hotel, aud sen.
quired, with deep feeling, wha,
had been done with his resigna,
tiou. uIstold himitebad been &C.
cepted, and proceedings agains,
him discontinued. He fepfied tina,
he regretted very mnch having
resigned bis Office, and that he
would give his whole fortune 70
have it recalled, I said to him,
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Action of the Democratic State Ex
ecntive Committee,

lhe Democratic State Executive
Committee, after a full and free
conference, adopted the following
resolutions as embodying the poll.
cy, in their opinion, proper to be
pursued by the Democracy of the
State in the present canvass: So
ResoIUed, That in the present
state of parties in South Carolina,
we deem it unwise to nominate a
Democratic State ticket, and de
cline, therefore, to call q conven.
tion of tho people forthat purpose.
Resol0ed, That having adopted
the policy thus Indicated, we de.
mand Of the Republican party that
they fulfill, in good faith, their
public pl dyes, and give to the
State an able, honest and economi
cal government, under which tex.
travagance and fraud shall cease,
and all classes of citizens shall be
faithfully and intelligently repre-.
sented. ua,rH ta SIR
ResolUed. That we now place on
record our unqualified condemna.
tion of the corruption and robbery
which, as the Republicans them
selves confess, pervade the execu.
tive and legislative departments OF
the State Government ; for which
corruption and robbery the Re.
publican party of this State, as sus
tanned by the Federal Govern.
ment. is alone responsible. D
Rc8o1yed. That we deem it OF
the first importance that the Dem
ocratic party be organized in the
several counties, for the purpose Of
obtaining, by snch means as may
seem best. the largest measure OF
local and legislative reform. 20 ~
Resolved. That the chairman OF
this committee appoint, at his leis.
ure. q chairman for each county in
the State, who shall carry ont in
the respective connties the objects
of the preceding resolutions. E'1..a
TIE following resolution was al
so adopted: " "''' .'.'...'
Resolued. That the members OF
this committee from, the different
Congressional Districts have .au.
thority to make arrangements for
the nomination Of members to Con.
gress for their respective Districts.
/ TnE OcroBFR ELEcTIoNs.A las in
1868. so-in 1872, tits thought that
the Presidential contest will be set.
tied by the result Of the, October
State elections i'll Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana. of Greeley
fails to carry Pennsylvania In Oc
tober, his chances will be settled
adversely. but the present pros
poets in the keystone State are
very encouraging.,S New York
hwonld give, now, the Herald con
cedes a heavy majority for Gree
ley, but the State and Presidential
vote in November will likely be
controlled by the intervening State
elections. 'i'''J.H -
------...+ -----A
\ SOUTHERN STATE Fairs. .-AG Geor>
EAtlanta, October Il tn Ill.
| Kentucky--Lexington, Septem
Der 8 to 13.
Maryland Baltimore, October
8 to IL. ." 20
Mississippi--Jackson, Novem-
Der IL to 16.. IlYkuaE Z 4
Missouri-St T,on;s. A saociaf;on
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SoUTHERa STATE FAIRs,-AGeor>
GAtlanta, October Il tn Ia.
Kentucky-Lexington, Septem
Der 8 to 13.
Maryland Baltimore, October
g to IL. @ -" "a A'''-
Mississippi--Jackson, Novem-
Der IL to 16.. .GlYAtisE e 4
Missouri--St Louis Association,
st. Louis, October 3 toJI2. n
: Virginia-7Richmond,S X October
90 to November 1. 81 fyy
Virginia and North Carolina
Norfolk, Va, October %.
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miles, Ris accomplished in 85 min.


nse6. od; nssS eel syaT,iaslFaAsi ~ a.ss s,s
To show. how announcement trav.
cling sometimesfis we will narrate
ouf experience, in returning home.
Leaving Cowan ct 1 O'Clock in the
afternoon, We reached Chattanoo.
ga at Alb, and leaving there at
4:30, we reach Atlanta at 1920 d.
m. and remained there until $50
O'Clock, next morning, whence we
arrived at Augusta at 5:15 that af>
ternoon, and reach Columbia at
1920 o'clock that night, where we
had to remain until Q O'Clock the,
next day. Making the entire trip
of more than five, hundred, miles
inside of fifty-fpuro hours : We laid
overhtwenty. four of them. isa,ao q
We conclude our narrative by
recoantiDgi an incident which was
related to us by agentleman near
Sewanee 90 During the terrible
tights around Chattanooga. two
large trains OF wounded soldiers of
the enemy were going from that
point to- Nashville About two
miles this side of .Cowan, is a tun.
mel, "a mile in length. and upon
passing through steep down.
grade is reached. The engineer
of the rear train was not well &C
quainted with the road, so that he
let bis engine ont as he passed the
tunnel. While running round a
curve, he saw just in his front, the
othcr train. Seeing that colli-
sion was inevitable, he leaped from
bis engine, leaving the train to it's
fate. Rushing ON, the trains col.
lided on high embankment, and
nearly every car in both trains was
thrown from the track down the
precipice, killing more than two
hundred of the unfortunate sol
diers. =. 49,.
What fate for those who had
escaped the death of the battle
held uaw rn......- ..... sg ..........- .
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Reply of Mr. Reuben Tomlinson

Reply of Mr. Reuben Tomlinson
The Charleston News contains
the following communication
On returning to the city to-day,
my attention is called to your ed.
itorials of Friday and of yester-
day, in which you refer to charg.
es made by F. L. Cardozo and S.
w. Melton against me with refer.
ence to my alleged connection
with the passage of the phosp phate
bill. and, looking upon at least
one OF these gentlemen as having
some character tor veracity left,
yon may properly demand that l
shall meet the charges. 1 had al
ready been informed, in a private
letter from Mr.. Cprbin, of the
statemens made by Mr.. Cardozo
and Mr.. Melton, at Yorkville, and
was awaiting an opportunity to
notice them publicly. By your
kindly interference. l have that
opportunity. l have not yet read
Mr.. Melton's speech delivered in
Charleston, but understand from
Others that the statement. made in
that speech is substantially the
same as that made at Yorkyille.
Mr.. Cardozo' is represented as
saying at, Yorkville, Z" Mr.. Tom
linson is no better than Moses, SO
far as corruption goes, for il
Moses did issue fraudulent pay
certificates, Mr.. Tomlinson told
me himself that he helped to buy
up, the Senate to pass the Phos-
phate bill over the Governor g
veto. He told me this at the
time, and / have no doubt that he
told me the truth. ."as as.aaoa .no .3r
+ I can only say that this state
ment is a bold nnbfashing and
unqualified falsehood, ,.5,'! ,-''.''1 u, - ~. y
| Will You tell me how / am to
prove that Nj. Cardozo tells an
untruth when, he makes this state.
inent 7 He might with as mnch
proprietya say that / had. tried to
bribe him to murder somebods /:
one assertion oiwonld be- inst as
reasonable and ias true as the 9th.
er.ia BatTif hefepeats these asser.
tions until the crack of doom; Il
d" not see how lam to prove their
nntrnth. ] ran only place my as
sersions and character against his,
and let the public decide Tor
themselves.
| may say. however, that in his
speech at Yorkville, previous 10
makingthe above statement, Mr.
! Cardozoy said Of me that II had
beenshis friend, flor some years,
and was an honest and upright
man, Mr.. 20. may think that
uprightness Of charactersis consist.
ent witlIIa weakness for bribine
Senator'S / do not. 10 s-oisna has {
/ Mr. Melton ,"iss represented as
Esaying 1T Yorkville that he had
told land would give his authority
il Mr,ssTomlinson asked tor IT,
that lie (Tomlinson) had borrowed
1.-The money oT'endorsed, a note al
1.-THE bank to get the money which
was used for the purpose of pass
ling the phosphate bill through
This is substantially the same
statement as that made by bin in
1 bis Charleston speech. In reply
L have to say that there Is abso.
lutely not the shadow Of truth in
the statement. ! am bound to be
iieye, even against some reasons
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Iris stated that the voyage of
the Grand Duke Alexis has thus
tar cost his father upwards of
100000.
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"REMINISCENCES 4
PUBLIC MEN,
BY Ex GOVERNOR d. F. PERRY.
CoNTINUED FROM LAST wEEK.1
fRgggs t0-Deprs no

q ~ ~ tAFts &AtyNE4a h&A
wADDY THOMPSON, sR.
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CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK. !

Ex GOVERNOR b. F. PERRY.
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Ii is proposed to "fll up"
that "chasm" which Secretary
Boutwell, objects to clasping
hands across by dumping into
it the present Administration.
The people have taken the con-
tract, and it will be performed
in November.
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Mack's Bayou yet Again.

We have been pleased to
read a communication to the
Shreveport Times, over the
signature of ''Bodcau," which
was elected by a late article
of ours on Mack's Bayou
"Bodcau's" history of Mack's
and other bayous on this side
of Red river, and their naviga-
ton, is no doubt correct. And
we are glad to learn that we
Were mistaken in one of our
assertions, viz: that Bodcau
water never flows through
Mack's bayou into the river.
We had always heard that the
fall of Mack's bayou to the
Sewell place was so great as
never to be overcome by Bod
eau water. But we stand cor
rected in this matter.
Here is the problem to be
solved: Our people want nav
igation from Bodcau to Shreve-
port; they also want the lands
below Mack's bayou reclaim
ed. We propose to wait until
the projected levee from
Mack'S down is built. If that
reclaims the swamp, it is
enough. If it does not fully
reclaim the swamp, would it
be good policy to levee Mack's
and Cross bayous, and force
all the waters entering them
from the river up to the Bod
eau? If that would be wrong,
then Mack's itself should be
closed, and We should have
navigation to its closing dam
by retaining the Bodcau water
in the old bayou, which could
be easily done by closing the
outlets going out south. The
fact that Bodcau water some
times enters the river through
Mack's bayou, shows this last
project to be feasible.
But let US take advantage
of the present condition of the
country, and navigate Mack's
and Bodcau next winter and
spring. The projected levee
from Mack's down will require
some time yet for building, sc
that two seasons of high water
must elapse before its effect to
reclaim the swamp can be
proven. These two seasons
at least, should be taken adj
vantage of in the navigation O.
the lake and bayou.