Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-15

post he held until the civil authority was re.
stored in the State, and by the fairness and
Justice of his administration, gained the re-
spect and esteem Of all classes of the commu.
nifty. When the reconstruction government
was organized he was unanimously elected by
the General Assembly Judge of the third ju,,
dicial circuit, and was unanimously reelected
upon the expiration of his term of office.
Judge Green is a Republican in good stand
ing, and his learning, impartialty and square
dealing on the bench and in private life, have
won for him the confidence and respect OF all
classes and parties. Even his bitterest opp!o,,
nents in the State Republican Convention dld
not dare to say word against his personal
and official character They praised him ex'
travagantly-while declaring, very properly,
that he was not fit man to be the candidate
of the Carpet-Bag Ring in South Carolina.
In appearance the Judge is tall and spare
with dark brown hair and ruddy complexion.
There is no man in his section of the State
who Yields so extended an influence over, and
is so thoroughly popular with blacks and
whites alike. he is thoroughly alive to the
Importance of the arduous campaign into
which he has embarked, and while confident
of success, will himself spare no effort in the
good cause of reforming and purifying the
State government.
MARTIN R. DELANY,
the candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, is a
full blooded negro. He was born in Charles
ton, Jefferson county, Va, in 1872, OF a free
mother and slave father who subsequently
purchased his own freedom, and in 1922 re-
moved with his wife and children to Chambers
burg, a small town in Pennsylvania, where ne
entered the common school and pursued his
studies for about seven years. In 1881, De-
lany, at the age of nineteen years, went to
Pittsburg, Pa, where he received thorough
scientific education, mainly by private instruc-
ton, the higher schools and colleges not being
at that time open to the blacks. During this
time he was also compelled to work for his
living. He was among the very first of his
race in his adopted city to commence the es-
tablishment of moral and literary societies for
the advancement of the black race, and ne
refers now with pardonable pride to the fact
that he was the originator of the first colored
Total Abstinence Society established in Pitts
burg. This was in 1884. In 1886 Delany
began the study of medicine under the .guid-
ance of distinguished physician, but his stu
dies were interrupted for some time owing to
the fact that there were at that time no medl-
cal colleges opened to the blacks except such
of them as were destined for Liberia. In
1S43 he established in Pittsburg weekly pa
per devoted to the elevation Of the colored
race, and continued to edit it during the ad-
ministration of President Polk and until the
close of the Mexican war. In December,
1847, he formed copartnership with the ia
NOUS Fred Doug glass in printing establish
ment at Rochester, New York, from which
was issued the North Star, for several years
the leading anti-slavery organ in Western
New York. In 1S49 Delany with :ew from
the partnership and returned to Pittsburg,
where he resumed the study of medicine.
Having passed through the medical school Of
Harvard University in 1856 be moved to Can
ada, where he practiced successfully as ply
sician and surgeon for several years. In
May, 1859, he organized party of scientific
black men under the name of the Niger Val
ley Exploring Expedition, and with them
sailed from New Y ork on the bark Mendi for
the coast of Africa. A year was spent in ex,
ploring the unknown regions of Africa, and
in April, 1860, Delany arrived in England,
where he was received by the scientific men,
among whom were the leading members and
fellows of the Royal Geographical and Ethno-
logical Societies. The report of his explora.
tions were read by himself before the Royal
Geographical Society, at Burlington House,
London, in the presence of the Rt. Hon. Lord
Ashburton, Earls DeGrey and Ripon, and
Sir Roderick Murchison. In July, 1860, he
was made member of the International Sta
tistical Congress by Royal commission, and at
the same time member of the National AS
socation for the Promotion of Social Science
of England. He then went to Scotland, and
after spending some time there sailed tor the
United States where he arrived in April, 1861, ,
few days before the assault on Fort Sumter.
He lectured exclusively at the North before
the educated classes on the subject of his trav-
els and explorations, a work on which he had
previously published in pamphlet form both
in England and this country. He took an
active part in the war, aiding materially in
the raising of troops in the several States In
1864 he was commissioned major of volunteers
by the Governor of Ohio, and in February,
1865, he received the full commission of ma
ior in the United States army, and was as
signed to duty in Charleston. From Charles
ton he was transferred to Hilton Head and
placed in command of the sea islands and
portion of the main land, with the additional
title of sub.assistant commissioner OF the
Freedman's Bureau. He was also entrusted
with the duties and office of disburser of the
claims of discharged colored soldiers, and re-
ceiyed special commission as inspector on
the staff of Gen. Sickles, commanding the de-
partment of the South. His career in the ar
my lasted for four years and he was among
the last of the volunteer officers mustered out.
While fulfilling the duties of commissioners of
the Freedman's Bureau, Major Delany gained
the respect of both blacks and whites, by the
faithful discharge of bis duties in the delicate
position in which he was placed, as kind OF
arbitrator between the planters and their field
hands. He saw at once the importance OF in
culcating into his race the necessity for faith
full performance of their contracts with the
land owners, and while vigilant in the protec-
tion of their rights, he always kept them up
to their contracts. In 1870 he was made an
aide.de.camp, with the rank of lieutenant
colonel, on the staff of Gov. Scott, but resign
ed the position in consequence Of the frauds
and corruption which characterized the ad-
1ninistration of public affairs. He has never
held office in the State. The present subordl-
nate position which he holds in the Custom
house was rendered him as a personal favor
by the collector.
CASH INSTEAD OF CREDIT. who
can buy for cash always buy cheaper than
those who buy on credit.
They buy also more closely, and select
moro 10 rof,llv Purchases which are paid