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The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-10-19

md bail, the United States Marshals
and dcputya marshals be instructed
/, by your department. to take tho
accused persons, when arrested
before the nearest or most con
veniellc United States Commissioner
for preliminary examination. The
practice has bcon to bring such pcr-
sons to this city from remote parts
Of the State, often several hundred
mil distant, leaving the parties,
when bailcd, to dcfray their expenses
home. This, coupled with the con-
sequent prolonged absence from
home ut II critical moment to the
crops and business, inflicts an un.
necessary hardship upon the accused
which will be obviatod by recourse
to the United States Commissioner
at Nachitochcs, Shreveport and else.
where. We deem the request, under
the circumstances, Il reasonable ono,
and i'll the interest Of tho execution
Of tho law, according to your in
structions. We nsk Of you favora.
bio consideration Of this application. -
We have not heard what reply Judge
Taft has made to this reasonable re-
quest; but now comes Governor
Chamberlain anl stirs up strife in
the hope that he will DO ablo to
command federal troops. These
things will not lo. They are rovo-
lutionary, and if the nation II ropub-
ican party countenanccs them, II
great multitude of voters, who nro
now slowly m liking up their minds,
will be rightly impclled to vote the
democratic ticket in November.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-10-19

and their satellites, arc the Repub-
Lean party of South Carolina! The
great masses of the colored people
are too ignorant to understand the
political principles of any party, and
they have been led astray and turn
ed against their Democratic friends,
with whom they were bonn and
raised, by just such speeches rs you
made to them ut Lancaster, Marl-
boro and other places. l am sure,
sir, you have too much regard for
your reputation to tell the colored
people, us your Republican under
strappers 10 all over the State, that
if the Democratic party get into
power in South Carolina they will
be thrown back into, slavery or de-
privol of their political rights and
privileges. You know%sir, that the
Democratic party now has tho con-
troll of Georgia, Alabama, NIissis-
sippi, Tennessee, kentucky, Mis-
souri,, Texas and Arkansas. And in
Ill these States tho colored people
arc better off, more secure in all
their rights, more prosperous and
more of freemen than they arc in
South Carolina under Republican or
Radical rule. It has been said that
all mankind arc governed by love or
fear. You seem disposed to govern
by the former principle and your
understrappers by the latter.
[ an, Sir, most respectfully yours,
&c, B. Il. PERRY.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-10-19
II would be difficult for Governor

II would be difficult for Governor
Chamberlain to persuade tho com,
panics from Boston and New York
who, upon that OCCASION, visited
Charleston and saw him taking a
, prominent part in the n,ugic pa
, gennt which Wade his heuyH smeA
tcih h0"or, that the Rifle Clubs with
which they were then associated
were illegal organizations md COM
binations. 1t would be difficult for
Governor Chamberlain to persuade
tho people Of the United States who,
on the 4th of July, 1876, saw ut least
one of these Rifle Clubs paraoing
before independence Hall, in Phila-
delphia, amidst the plaudits of the
spectators, and with arms Of tho
United States, placed in it's hands
by the Government of the United
States, and on motion of Il roprescn-
tativo Of South Carolina, that such
Rife Club was IN illegal organiza-
ton or combination. And as that
ono is, so arc the others. And it will
be difficult for Governor Chamber
lain to persuade himself that tho
Rifle Clubs which, for so Tonga time,
and so openly end publicly, and
unchallcngel by any Executive, have
existed, arc illegal organizations and
combinations. Or, if he does so
porsuado himself, no must publicly
confess that ho wilfully neglected
his duties, while Attorney General of
the State, in not taking tho proper
steps tosuppress such illegal orsani-
cations aud combinations. And he
must MS publicly confess that, for
the many months during which he has
been Governor of the State, he has
wilfully refused to do his duty in
requiring the laws of the State to
be enforced.
Any of these diillcultios Is ns
great as that Of rcconciling Govern
or Chamlcrlain's $ public participn-
ton i'll the magic pageant of the
Rifle Clubs, on the 2Sth of juno
last, with the announcement now
made, rs of II recently asccrtaincd
fact, "anl whereas it has been mado
known to me Us Governor" &c.
Nc'cS ant C0urier.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-10-19
Two Governors.

Last April there was trouble in
tho iron district Of Ohio. a riot
arose, which the sheriff, q Democrat,
found it difficult to master lie
called upon the Governor in tho fol-
lowing despatch :
MAssuIoN, April Is, 1876.
TO THE GOvEnSoR OF Ono:
From reliable information I have
no doubt Of tho imminent danger of
mobs and riots Of II dangerous char
actcr in the noighborhood of Mas.
silion, and / nm satisfied that no
posse which could secure would be
able to afford protection against the
sumo to persons and property. I
respectfully invoke the aid of the
Governor 10 prevent tho threatened
mols and riots, and TO enforce the
laws. j y. RAUCH,
Sheriff of Stark county.
Governor Hayes responded
promptly; called out the militia,
issued II proclamation ordering the
rioters to dispcrsc, and quiet was
restored without difficulty or delay.
Compare this with tho conduct of
Governor Chamberlain, of South
Carolina. in tho Ellcnton affair. He
hears Of a riot in which his own po-
itical adhcrcnts wore clearlyat fault,
and instead Of aiding tho sheriff, II
c"lorcd man, he calls for United
States troops, puts the blame on tho
whites, who wc.c at tho time all
through acting rs n sheriti's posse
an had tho cololoa shes iii actually
with them, and issues proclamG-
ton whose only consequence must
be to stir up more strife and bitter
ness, and with the dt clarod purpose
OF calling for moro United States
troops. Which Of these two is the
American way?--Ne'o IoIh Ucruld.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-10-19
The Party that is Coming to the Front
In South Carolina,
II. Y. REDFIELD.

In Tennessee the whites aro
largely in the majority and tho
blacks take no part in the govern
lnent except to- vote, and it makes
no difference how they vote, as be-
tween the races, as the whites arc
two To- ono in the majority. In
South Carolina the blacks arc large
ly in the majority: they are the
governing powor, and thus it hap
pens that one Southern state is vcry
quiet, and all moves along we'll,
whilc tho other is in a condition
bordering on anarchy, and will be
until the whites come to the top. Tho
blacks submit to the majority; tho
whites do not. And it isS an error
to suppose that tho rising generr-
ton in the south will submit Sto&l le
ruled by the blacks, bosthat Black
majority what it may. The black
majority in South Carolina, NIissis-
sippi and Louisiana will bo overcome
If not in one way, thon in another,
Nothing can keep tho whites under
except war each generation. Tho
generation that is thoroughly
whipped out will submit, but tho
next and the next will revolt, and SO
on forever. Revolt, 1 mean, against
local black government. just az they
did in Mississippi last fail, and lust
as they arc doing now in South
Carolina. Suppose they should
succeed in ovorthrowing the locn]
government hero, and The federal
authority should set it up again,
how long would it stay! Until
Uncle Sam got his back turned.
Nothing less than standing army
continued application of force
can SUSTAIN the government of tho
republican party in any of tho
cotton states.
We'll, suppose tho democrats
should elect u president, what then
Tho black governments in tho
cotton states would fall liko blocks
Of cards.
You must rocolloct thnt the. @ IL
now generation in the south who
took no part in the wav--thcy have
como upon tn" boards Sincc.-nidit il
is this generation OF young Amc,i-
cans that arc taking such active
steps towards "rclrcnGny" South
Carolina. But gain iho victory tho
Democrats certainty will--if not at
this election, then at. the next. 1t il
merely u question of time.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-10-19

Mr.. NoRDnorr ON TIE CONDITION OF
THE SouTn.--"Tho mon who hnvo
mis-: ulc | down there, who have
succeeded IN bending tho co'or9l
voters t,gcthav, AMI thus in mas sing
uDon one side ignorance, unthrift
IN political superstition, have been
for the most part Federal Office
holders. It's not only tho higher
officers, such as United States Mar
shn;s and tho Postm .stcrs Of tho
larger cities, who thus intcrforc in
tho local politics Of these States.
Every paid Fc lcral Office -holdc", if
he is only n Deputy United States
M1rshal's deputy, is u politician.
The power of the Federal Goyo n
mcnt in the South is something
which wo do not realize hore at the
North at all. Nobody pretends to
res ist United States officer, no
matte" how low the grade Of that
officer my be. A deputy Unite 1
States Marshal could go into a
Southern town to-dty, and drag tho
most prominent citiZon Of the town
O t O his bod into tho street, ard
if it wero known that he was u
Federal officer nobody would pro,
tend to resist him. This great aur
thority has been shamelossly mis-
used throughout tho South by sot
Of political gamblers, who call them
selves Republicans, and most Of
whom would moro properly have
bcon called robbers.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-10-19
HGmpton's Record.

Tho Ne~s and CoWier gives tho
following extract from letter writ
ton by Wade Hampton just after tho
war. 1t speaks for itself -
"Aa it is Of tho last CONSEQUENCE
to maintain tho same nmicnblo rcla-
tons which have heretofore existed
between tho whites and tho blacks,
L cannot too strongly rcitcrnto my
counsel. that all classes should culti
vatc harmony and exercise forbcnr
anco' lIet our people remember that
the negroes have rs a general 1ulo
behaved admirably, and that thoy
are III no manner responsible for tie
present condition Of affnirs. Should
they, III the future, be mislcd by wicked
or designing men. lctus consider how
ignornDt they necessarily arc and
let US, only the moro, try to con-
vince them that we arc their best
friends. Deal with chem with perfect
Justice, and thus show that You wish
to promote their atlvanccmonG and
enlightenment, DO this. and tho
negroes will not only learn to trust
you, but they will appreciate tho
fact, 50 evidont to us, that wo can do
without them far better than thoy
can do without us.
"On q late public OCCASION, wEcro
many Of you were present, Icxpross.
ed my perfect Willingness to sec i'm
partial suffrage established ut tho
South, and boliovc that this opinion
is entertained, not only by o. largo
majority of the Intelligent and re-
f1ccting whites, but also of this same
class among tho blacks. The Su.
pvcmc Court has decided that q
negro is not n citizen Of the United
'5tatos, and Congress cannot reverse
that decision by M Act. The ,Siates,
however, are competent 10 confer
citizenship on the negro, and think
it is Mepart ot'mis0nm Mat surh ac.
tion should he tahcm by tho Southern
States. We hare recognized tic
.treedom Of tie Mochs, and havo
pllcol this fact beyond MI poseibil-
ty of doubt, denial or recall Letus
recognize in tho same franl; mannor,
and as fully, their politi;al rights
aiy0."
Tho Spartanburg Uer0yd has
seen n private letter from New York
which says; "The prospect looks
do :idodly better than when 7 was
here last month. / think now that
lilden will carry this State by be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. + was at
Lis review on yesterday, and never
saw moro enthusiastic reception
than that old Samuel j. received as
no rode along in front of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. He was dressed in q
black suit of citizens clothes, rodo
nh eleganG horse, ana as gracefully
as our Genorai Leo did III his pal
niest days. Tildon is tho beetridor
l ovor saw, and tho old fellow looks
game. Tho troops cheerod him
heartily. Eight brass ban,ls, with
sixty7four men in oach band, were IN
tho procession
The Marion Democrats expect to
make the Republican meeting, on thaE
Oath instant, lively with their clinch-
ing refutations of Radical false
hoods.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-10-19

Judge e. H. Hoar has consented
to rup as nh independent candidate
for Congress in tho seventh distrit t
Of Mr saohusetts, against Cor, B. T..
Butler. The Boston papers express
great pleasure at the prospect of
Butler's possible defeat.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-10-19

The Marion Democrats expect to
make the Republican meeting, on tha}
Oath instant, lively with their clinch-
ing refutations of Radical false.
hoods. y e
Connecticut western news., 1876-02-25

Burglars stole $2OO worth of silverware from the house of James R. Smith in Fair. field on Thursday evening.
 J. G. Dempsey, ,bookkeeper for Contract or Edwards of the Air Line road, was ar- rested in New Haven on Saturday, charged with absconding with $8ooo belonging to Edwards. Only small sum of money and papers belonging to his employer were found upon him. s#jg
 Giles A. Gaylord, an old resident of Vol cottville, died on the 18th inst. He was a valuable member of the community and es- tcemed by all for his lrreproachable charsc- ter. He was among the first to take open and decided ground against slavery ,and was also decided opponent of secret societies.
Connecticut western news., 1876-02-25
New Milford.

New Milford.
 There are three temperance societies in New Milford now, numbering over three hundred members. The Young Mems Temperance Union is strongest and most interesting; it holds public meetings semi monthly. The next meeting will be We'd nesday evening, March 1st, at which there will be readings, recitations and singing refreshments will be furnished free after the entertainment for all who wish to stop and have social chat. MT. Benton. the teacher of the select school back of the town hall, has left here for Bristol, Vt., to take charge of the academy there. During his short stay here he has made many friends who wish him prosperity in his new home......Mr. Bradley, the dry goods mer- chant, leaves here for Bridgeport on the first of March. He is a very industrious merchant, and takes with him the good wishes of all who know him ... ... There was leap year party in Beach's Hall last Fri day evening, at which the gyneocratical abilities of the ladies were brought into full action. colored folks of this place held a' 'jar-down' in McMahan's Hall last week Tuesday, and as usual, good many went home in the morning with torn coats and bloody noses... ......There was an exhibi tion in the Centre school last Thursday evening, which was done in very artistic manner considering the ages of the youth performers -. T fo 1a trouble over the completing of the town hall. It seems that Lincoln, the contract or, has expended alliof the appropriation and is now unable to pay his workmen's board. It will require at least two or three thousand dollars more to finish the build ing......The following is the list of dele gates appointed at the republican caucus last Saturday to the various conventions state-A. B. Mygatt, R. E. Garfield, Ger adus Knapp and c. P. Merwin. Senatorial Henry Buckingham, B. F.. Warehouse, s. G. Beecher and Scott Buckingham. Probate-E. F. Morehouse, Franklin Ben nett, R. E. Garfield, Chas H. Booth, Orrin Roberts, James A. Giddings, Henry Rob erts and George c. Wells.... Prof. l.. 0. Bateman has just finished a course of lee lures in McMahan's Hall, in which he has infused many new ideas in our minds and put into activity those that were lying dor mant. His lectures all bear on the subject otphrenology, physiology and physiogno- my, and ought to be heard by everyone. Those of your readers who will have an opportunity of hearing him in Canaan this week will say. with us, that he is one of the most instructive and witty mimics they ever heard. r-s. 't.2t s.
Connecticut western news., 1876-02-25


 Ea MT. Fowler, the phrenologist, to prove the proposition that the faculty of memory can be cultivated, increased and strengthened as the muscle of black smiths arm is, by exercise and practice, used to tell of delivery clerk inthe Bos- ton post-off1ce who learned to remember names Gas well as faces) of seven or eight thousand different persons, so that he could at once go to their respective boxes for letter as soon as he saw them, without waiting for any of them to announce his name. Something scarcely less remarka- b)e is related of the Rev. Dr. Milburne, the blind preacher, who so highly cultivated his memory during the long period of his blindness that few days ago, when Tn Sa- vannah, Ga, he recognized the voice of a person whom he had known as a transient acquaintance twenty years ago, aud gave his name. The powers of the mind are marvellous. Not only are individual voice tones thus recognized through memory, but persons accustomed to sit in offices ire quented by scores of different people, can recognize an approaching individual by his step on the stairs or in the entry. as certain ly as by the actual presence of the person in the room. ....' .. .ss
Connecticut western news., 1876-02-25

S5 Leap year ! said he as he as he threw himself indolently upon the lounge, "Oh don't wish was psetty. fascinating sumner of girl I'd have all my clothes cut after the Domestic Fashion and just heap the style on. And wouldn't pile on the duds and wear a big hustle! Oh no. h! oUcH!" and just here his father, as he ieo him out by the ear, said: Young man, IL you don't climb outsn this and make pig hustle in the neighborhood of that wood pie I'll fix you SOS you couldn't wear hustle for month";
 w Births, Marriages and Deaths inserted free. Obituary notices five cents line.
Connecticut western news., 1876-02-25
" est C0rnwnlE.

west C0fmW0IEs
 About four inches of snow fell on Mon day night......The Goshen mail carrier says the ice storm of last week was the most se- were ever known in that town. .... .Dr. San ford went to Hartford on Monday ......J.A. cochrane is going to build an addition to hls house......Pratt & Foster and mine host Miller, of the Mansion House, are filling their ice houses with ice procured in Hand lin's pond on Pine swamp. zee. Capt. Cole is shipping large quantities of suckers now-a- days......There are rumors of several busi- ness changes this coming spring......We hear that politics are likely to be somewhat complicated Tn this town this spring DO. Halsey Calkins is not going on to the Gibbs farm' and P. z. Owens is not going to Sal- isbuiy, but will move on to the Gibbs farm. David Cartwright has just returned from the West. where he has been for some "eeKs on business. NUF CED.
Connecticut western news., 1876-02-25
North Goshen.

A donation for the benefit of our pastor was held at John Apley's last Wednesday.
 The company passed very pleasant even- Ing together. making it pleasant for their preacher in more ways than one. The school in our district closed last Friday. Miss Page has been quite successful as a teacher. and for other reasons has been de- servedly popular among gus......Lyman Hall has recently bought the Bentley place near Goshen Centre, and will take possession about the 1st of April next. We shall be exceedingly sorry to lose Mir. H., but on the whole cannot blame him for wishing to do better himself..... are happy peo. pie in the things we don't possess We do not have gas companies to trouble us with extortlonate bills water companies, with the pipes always bursting. and the commis- sloners profoundly ignorant; we have no grinding street car monopoly; no ring: no Tweed, not even masked burglar. And yet, while we possess all these positive ad- Vantages, people of other regions will per
 sist in speaking disparagingly of our eleva- ted high.toned, tip-top land. I send you the following notice which found posted in store in one of the Fairfield county towns recently. When we get as bad as this we'll take back seat, but not as vet. Small PIais for Sail With Hous Barn and Mise yong Orcherd Locatied in possible Street So cald near Geo Stebens Cheap and Onreasonb Turmbs.' This is fair samnle of the intelligence of those people who Vilely slander our glorious region. Call off your scandal hounds. We demand a full and thorough investigation. Let no guilty man escape.' "a ~ Al.
Connecticut western news., 1876-02-25

lTCHFIELD County ss. Salisbury, Conn.,, 1l Feb. 10th, 1878. 1ls1'''.. ',--''
 then levied tax warrant upon a certain house and lot situated in said town of Sails bury and set in the grand list of said town in the name of Horace s. Kelsey, and is bounded as follows 4o-wit) North and west by lands of Ellen H. Peck; east by the highway leading from Falls Bridge to the dwelling honse of Botsford Cross. man, and sonth by lands of Mrs. Rosser Rogers for payment of taxes due to the town of SaIitbury on the grand list of 1874 for SITS 70100 dollars. This is to give notice that on the 2sth day of March, 1876. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon at the public sign post in the terlv part of said towp will sell at public auction enough of saio real eetate to pay said town tax amounting to the sum of 178 70l00 dollars, with the percentage and all costs and expenses chargeahle to the owner.
 6w31 IF wv. B. PERRY, Collector, q
Connecticut western news., 1876-02-25
Connecticut Western News.


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Connecticut western news., 1876-02-25
Notice.

T HAVE in my hands for collection the Corn wall Rate Bill, on wh ich the tax of 1875 is laid The tax comes due on the 1st day of March, 1sT6 All persons wishing topay their taxes can do so by calling at my store in West Cornwall at any time except on the 30th day of March, 1sT6 when will be at the store of the Cornwall Bridge Iron Co.,, and on the Hrst Monday in April. 1876, will be at the Town Hall 10 recel,e the taxes. All taxes unpaid after the first Monday in April one per cent every month will he added until paid
 R. N. COCHRANE, Collector. west Cornwall. Feb. 1876. tE 4w3S