The New York Herald Newspaper, October 18, 1876, Page 3

is THE PALMETTO. STATE, Proclamation of the President on South Carolina Affairs. AN INSURRECTIONARY CONDITION ASSUMED. The Rifle Clubs Ordered to Disband and Return to Their Homes. ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR All Avaliable Troops To Be Con- centrated in the State. DETAILS OF THE CAINHOY MASSACRE. Treachery of Republican Negroes at a Joint Political Meeting. Marderons Attacks on Unarmed Democrats During the Discussion. THREE KILLED AND SIXTEEN WOUNDED. ‘The Dead Bodies Stripped and Horribly Mutilated. Progress of the Political Campaign in the State. Wasmixatoy, Oct. 17, 1876. At the Cabinet meeting to-day every department of the government was represented. There was a full ‘and earnest discussion of the condition of affairs in Bouth Carolina, as representea to the government by the chicf executive officer of that State, The views ef the Cabinet, acting upon information officially ren- @erod the general government, were that prompt ac- tion was necessary for the purpose of dispersing the rifle clubs and osher armed bodies organized, as al- Joged, against the peace of the State and the rights of ‘Voters, and to this end the Attorney General began the Smmediate preparation of the following proclamation, Which was issuod to-night :— PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT. By rum Peeapest or tum Uxirzp Srares oF Aumnica:— ; A PROCLAMATION, * ‘Whereas it has beon satisfactorily shown to me that insurrection and domestic violence exist in several @ounties of the State of South Carolina, and that cer- tain combinations of mon against law exist in many Bounties of said State, known as “rifle clubs,” who vide up and down, by day and night, in arma, murder- img some peaceable eitizons and intimidating others, which combinations, though forbidden by the laws of the State, cannot bo controtled or suppressed by the ‘ordinary course of jastice; and Whereas it is provided in the Constitation of the United States that the Umited States shall protect Svery State in this Unton on the application of the Legislature, or of the Executive when the Legislature bannot be convened, against domestic violence; and ‘Whereas by laws in pursuanco of the above it is Provided (in the laws of the United States) that in ail eases of insurrection in any State (or of obstruction to ‘the laws thereof), it shall be lawful for tho President of the United States, on application of the Legislature of Buch State, or of the Executive when the Legislature eannot be convened, to call for the militia of any other Btate or States or toomploy such part of the land or Baval forces as shall be judged necessary for the pur- oso of suppressing such insurrection or causing the awa to be duly executed; and Whereas the Legislature of said State is not now in pession, and cannot be convened in time to meet the present emergency, and the Executive of said State, ander section 4 of article 2 of the Constitution, and of ‘the laws passed in pursuance thereof, has, theretore, made duo application to me in the premises for such part ot the military force of the United States as may De necessary and adequate to protect said State and the citizens thereof against domestic violence, and to eniorce the due execution of the laws; and Whereas it is required that whenever it may be necessary, in tne judgment of the President, to uso the military force of the United States for the purpose aforesaid, ho shall forthwith, by proclamation, com- \4 such insurgents to disperse aud retire peaceably 7G, respective homes within a limited time, Now, therefore, I, U:yssxs S. Grant, President of the United States, do hereby make proclamation and com- mand all persons engaged in said unlawful and insur- wectionary proceedings to disperse and®retire peaco- ably to their respective abodes within throe days from ‘this date, and heroafter abandon said combinations and submit themselves to the lawful and constituted Guthortties of said Stato; and I invoke the aid and co- eperation of all good citizens thereof to uphold the laws and preserve the public peace, In witness whereof I have herounto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aifixed. Done at the city of Washington, this 17th day of Octo- ber, 1876, and of the independenco of the United States the one hundred and first. U. 8. GRANT. By the President—Joun L. Capwattapagn, Acting See- retary of State. ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR. Tho following order was issued this evening, in pur- guance of the action taken at the Cabinet meeting to- day, for the protection of the public poaco of South Carolina:— War DxparrMeyt, Wasmxaron City, Oct. 17, 1876. Goneral W. T, Smermax, Commanding United States Army :— ‘Sm—In view of the existing condition of affairs in Bouth Carolina, thero is a possibility that the procla- mation of the President, of this date, may be disre- garded; to provide against such a contingency, yon will immediately order all the avatiablo force in the military division of the Atlantic to report to General Ruger, commanding at Columbia, 8. C., and instruct that officer to station his troops in sach iocalities that they may bo most speedily and effectually used in case @f resistance to tho authority of the United States, It tg hoped that a collision may thus be avoided, but . it is the fixed purpose of the government to carry out H the spirit of the proctamation and to sustain it by the military force of thie: general government, supple- mented, if necessary, by the militia of the various States. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. D. CAMERON, Secretary of War. DETAILS OF THE MASSACRE OF DEMOCRATS AT CAINHOXY—TREACHEROUS CONDUCT OF RE- RPUBLICAN NEGROES—A CROWD OF MIXED ‘WHITE AND BLACK CITIZENS FIRED INTO BY BMEGRO MILITIAMEN—STATEMENTS OF AN EYE WITNESS, Cmartestox, Oct. 17, 1876 The Cainhoy affair creates the most intenso excite- ment here. Karly in the present political canvass in Charleston county the democracy expressed a desire to meet tho republicans in joint discussion. Thoro was some difficulty at first in obtaining this concession, the republicans being accustomed in previous years to have the fletd to themselves on tho islands and in the parishes outside of the city; but ox-Congrersman Bowen, who is Sheriff and the republican leader in this county, was finally prevailed upon to consent to 4 JOINT CANVASS. Tho only condition, and one entirely satisfactory to the democracy, being that no guns should be taken to tho meetings by either party. Under the arrangement 80 made joint discussions have taken place at Straw- berry on Joba’s Island, on Edisto Island and at other points, The democrats conformed strigtly to their agreement, but the republicans, on some occasions, as at Strawberry, wore armed with maskets and shotguns. On Edisto, on Saturday, they were well provided with bladgeons and Knivos. No uncasiness or distrust was, however, aroused, and the democratic speakers would have willingly gone alone and without escort to any part of the county. GOING TO THK MEETING, This was the céndition of affairs whon the steamer Pocosin left the wharf yesterday morning, having aboard the democratic speakers appointed to attend the joint moeting to be held at Brick Church, about three miles from Cainhoy, a small village on Cooper River, near Charleston, The Pecostn was chartered for the exclusive use of the democratic’ party and had between 100 and 200 democrats aboard. Among them were the speakers, the Hon. M. P. O'Connor, candidate for Congress; Mr. St, Julion Jervoy, candidate for Solicitor; Messrs. Ficken and C. C. White, candidates for the Legisla- ture; Mr. ©. C, Leslie, colored candidate for County Commiasioner; Colonel M. R, Delany, colored, and others, XEGRO TCRBULENCE, Before the Pocosin left a large party of negroes made a dash and endeavored to secure a passage. They ‘were very noisy and threatening, declaring that they {intended to go anyhow, and that they wanted a chance “40 clean out the damned democrats,” &c As many of those men as could be accommodated were, how- evor, taken aboard. Just as the steamer was ready to start word was received that Bowen was on his way down and would like to accompany the domocratic party. ‘This courtesy was extended to him and his companions, and at last the Pocosip gotaway. The steamer reached Cainhoy at about halt-past two o’clock, and the democracy we coived by the villagers, who had provided wagons and other vehicles to convey them to the Brick church, Abeplateiel meqing, three miles distant, Bowon started off ina buggy as soon as ho could land, and must have reached the Brick church half an hour or moro before tho arrival of the democrats. THE PLACE OF MEETING ‘was on rising ground, a small hill, In front of the speaker’s stand and forty or fifty yards distant was the church, with the small building used os a vestry on its right, To the left of the stand was an old brick building with only part of the walls stand- ing Bowen called the meeting to order and James Stuart, colored, was appointed chairman for tho republicans and Mr. Samuel Sanders was chosen chair- man for the democrats, A lively air was played by the band, which the democrats had brought from town, and the speaking began. THE SPEAKING. Mr, St. Julien Jervey was the first speaker. Tho speech was listened to with deef attention, and there ‘was no sign of trouble. W, J. McKinley, colored, was to follow Mr. Jervey. “The band was playing, and some of the negroes shouted out that they did not want to hear any music—they wanted to hear their people talk. As soon as the air was finished the band stopped and McKinley began @ very violent speech. He had not, however, spoken more than two or three minutes when thore was a slight disturbance, such as might be caused by a runaway horse, on the left of the stand. This attracted very littic attention, but it was followod by a musket shot. VIRING ON THE CROWD. Instantly the colored men at the meeting dartod to the bushes and seized their guns, which lay there hid- den, and from the further sido of the ravine volley after volloy was fired into the surprised and almost defoneciess democrats. Conflicting accounts of the origin of the fighting have been given. Une statemont is that while McKinlay was speaking somo negro ‘women ran into the crowd, crying out that the whites had taken the muskets of the colored men, and that the firing immediatoly followed. Before the mocting some of the democrats walked over to the ruined building off to the left of the stand, and found that a largo number of loaded muskots, some forty or Afty, were bidden in a corner or in the fireplace. They did not remove the guns or say anything about them, bat the fact that they visited the building may have given Tizo to tho report of the ejaculations of the negro women. The guns were found somo time before tho re- firing commenced. THE PROBABLE ORIGIN, tolerably certain that somewhat later there quarrel between two men, a colored republican and a white democrat, The repubiican had denounced what Mr, Jervey had said as # pack of lies, The publican struck the democrat and the blow was re- turned. At this moment @ colored man seized a mui and fired at the whites, a number of negroes edged down toward the swamp and a few seconds Jater a volley was fired at the whites from the swamp. The negroes who were left noar the stand ran at once to the bushes, where, as was then seen, their guns were hidden, From the bushes they fired at the whites, while the negroes in the ravine continued their fire, ‘THE DEMOCRATS UNARMED, Not one of the democrats had a rifle, musket or shot- gun. It was agreed that no such weapon should be taken to the meeting, The republicans, most of thom membors of the militia, had their guns close at hand, ‘The fring trom the swamp was too quick and steady to have boen the work of any other than an organized body. As soon asthe firing began a party of demo- crates ran to the old brick building wore the guns wero secreted and took several of them, These were fired apparently without effect at the militiamen in the ra- fou will instruct General Ruger to let it be known that, Jina, The democrats, white and colored, in front of “MF the stand were in a pitiable plight; not moro than a third of their number were armed and they with pis- tols only. These they vainly fired at the negroes, who held positions fifty and a hundred yards away. RETREAT OF THe WINITES. Being practically defenceless the whites rapidly’ and in sonie disorder retreated down tho road toward Cainhoy. At the church small party rallied and Prevented any pursuit that might have been contem- plated. Ball and buckshot cut the leaves and sung around the ears of the rear guard. Sullenly and steadily they withdrew, the negroes saluting them with a farewell volley. over, What became of Bowen is not positively known. He called out for some one to accompany bim and try to stop the firing, and Mr. G. R, Walker, a democrat, did at once walk with Bowen.up to the muzzies of the The engagement was soon militia muskets and tried to persuade tne militia to Jay down their arms. INCITING THE NUGROKS. Cyrus Gaillard, Bowen’s right hand man, was ex- tremely violent, and urged the negroes to continue the fight, Gaillard cried out:— “Now's the time we've got ’em,” and himself fired five shots at the whites, The negrocs paid no heed to remonstrances and renewed the firing. One of them, pointing to Walker, who, being on a mission of peace, had not drawn his pistol, crisd out:— “Shoot that white man,” Walkor, however, by dodging behind trees, managed to rejoin his comrades. Bowen himsolf had a very natrow escape; a wounded democrat put a pistol to the back ot his head and was about to blow his brains out, when his arm was thrown up by another democrat who Was near by. Bowen did not come up tothe city last night but remained at Cainhoy. Tho horses and mules used by the democrats in going to the meeting were stampeded during the fight and most of them were taken off by tho republican negrocs, The democrats who had goneto the church in wagons and othor vehicles returned painfully to Caimhoy en foot. ATTACKS ON COLORED DEMOCRATS. Thero was a dead set at the colored democrats, Leshe was wounded; so were Bennett and his son. Colonel Delany, the colored orator, succeeded in escaping to tho steamer. The small community at Cainhoy were terribly alarmed at the fight and its re- sult, It was evident that the republican negroes were masters of the situation and it was feared that thoy might attack the village itself, It was decided, there- fore, to leave forty men at Cainhoy to protect the place and to send the Pocosin at once to Charleston for rein- forcoments and such other aid as was required. Tho Pocosin reached Charleston about seven e’clock and arrangements were at once made to sond a body of men to Cainhoy. . About nine o’clock sho returned, having aboard seventy-five men, under tho direction of Major G. L, Buist. Mr. 8. 4. Bennett, a prominent colored citizen of Charleston, formerly County Auditor, and now plant. ing near Cainhoy, was present at the meeting. He gives the following statement :— STATEMENT OF A COLORED CITIZRY. Iwas looking to seo what caused the excitement, when I saw about forty or fiity colored men moving off down the hill On reaching the bushes they stooped, and as they rose again every man of them hada gun in his hand, and a moment later they raised the guns, took aim and fred directly into the crowd, The democrats were then completely surrounded and enfiladed on every side, and a general rash for the boat followed. The firing ceased long enough for the megrocs to load, and they then poured another volley into the crowd. The firing appeared to be promiscuous, The white mem ad no guns, and I did not see a single “white man fire a shot. I heard two or three pistol shots, but don’t know who fired them. In rotiring with the.crowd from the stand, with my gon, A. G. Bennett, and just as we ascended alittle bank, two negroes came out of the bushes, on the top of a little hill, and took deliberate aim at myself and son and fired. I was wounded in the left foot with a small ball, apparently a buck ora largo duck shot. My son ‘was shot in seven places. The negroes were armed with muskets, and some ten or fifteen were picked up in the road, where they had been dropped. The party reached the boat as best they could and the negroes held undisputed possession of the field. No attempt ‘was made to go back for the missing, as it was as much a8 our lives were worth. 1 conscientiously believe that the whole thing was a preconcerted plan, by whom I cannot pay, to take advantage of the slightest protext and fire upon the unarmed crowd, for the moment the disturbanco started the nogroes rushed to the bushes in every direction and began a promiscuous firing. Mr. Bennott was suffering considerably from tho wound in the foot, and his son is badly wounded. ‘THE CASUALTIES, ‘Tho casualties were as follows:—— William Daily, of Charleston, aged eighteen, killed; thirty-three buckshot in breast, body dreadfully muti- lated. Mr. Wm. E. Simmons, an aged planter, sbot in the head and instantly killed; bis left leg was broken by being beaten with a club or axe, He had gone to Cainhoy merely as a spectator to see his old slaves and former friends im the neighborhood; the remains, badly mutilated, reached the city this morning. Mr. W. King, of Charleston, aged forty-five, shot in abdomen; supposed to be mortally wounded. Alex. McNeill, of Charleston, aged forty-two, severely wounded and beaten, and robbed when helpless. Thomas Whittaker, aged forty-six, of Charicston, badly wounded and missing. Captain C. Carroll, white, wounded in shoulder aod foot. W. Hampton Smith was wounded tn the arm. W. St, Julien Jervey was wounded slightly in the leg. S. L, Bennett, colored, wounded in tho left foot, Angus G. Bennett, colored, wounded severely in the groin and loft ankle. E.R Crouch, wounded in the calf of the leg se- verely. William Sincath, wounded In tho head, Lewis Jones, wounded in the breast, E, A. Cobia, wounded in the thigh. Eimoro Dukes, slightly wounded. J. Larissey, wounded in the breast Victor Brown, wounded, Mr. Pregnall, missing, supposed killed; armed cit!- zons gone in search of the body. John Hughes, clubbed and stabbed; too ill to make a statement; body black and blue, Nothing positive is known of the losses, if any, among tho republicans. NEGROES INTRENCHED, An additional force of fifty men was sent from Charleston this forenoon to Cainhoy, where the ne- groos are reported to be intrenched near tho village. A VISIT TO THE SCENE OF THE MASSACRE— ONE DEAD NEGRO FOUND—TERRIBLE MUTILA- TION OF BODIES—THE NEGROES MASSED AT DANIEL'S 1SLAND—INCAPACITY O¥ THE STATE AUTHORITIES, Cnartrston, 8. C., Oct. 17, 1876. ‘The fight at Cainhoy resulted in the killing of five ¢ mon and the wounding of about a dozen others, The white citizens who left the city last night for the scene of the fight ound one dead nogro lying im tho road. This was probably the only casualty on the side of the negroes, MUTILATION OF BODIKS. Tho bodies of the white men who woro killed or NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1876—TRIPLE SHEET. wounded were horribly mutilated, being in many in- stances hacked and cut with axes All of them were robbed of their clothing aud valuables, and then left in the swamps. Mr. William E. Simmons, an old erip- pled white man, was clubbed to death at the door of the church and then shot while his body lay upon the ground, A VisIT TO THR SCENK Upon visiting the scene to-day I found a large pool of blood and the marks of the shot in the door sill. The most trustworthy accounts of the origin of tho fight agree that it was a well-planned attack. EVIDENCE OF YREMEDITATION, An affidavit has been made by a white man that ho ‘Was warned ton days ago that there would be trouble, There is still intens: xcitement in the city, and a posse of filty white men have been staticned at Cainhoy to protect the women and children, Tile NEGROKS MASSER, ‘Tho negroes have all left the scene of the attack and are massed at Daniel’s Island, some miles distant, In addition to the five white men who have been killed there uro soveral who, it is thought, are mortally wounded. TUE STATE AUTHORITIES are powerless to preserve order in the disturbed re- gion, but tho white citizens havo now patrolled the entire parish, which is about teu miles from the city, and there is not much danger of another outbreak in that quarter, EXCITEMENT OVER THE NEWS OF THE MASSA- ORE—AN OFFER FROM GENERAL HAMPTON— SeNERAL RUGER NOTIFIED OF THE AF- ¥AIR—DILATORY ACTION OF GOVERNOR CHAM- BERLAIN—ADDITIONAL ARRESTS OF WHITE CITIZENS, Cotvumuis, S. C,, Oct. 17, 1876. ‘The news of the conflict at Cainhoy, in Charloston county, which came first to the Hxra.p correspondent, created intenso excitement, General Hampton, who was passing through, rogretted it excacdingly, and sweercly hoped that no further collision would occur botween the armed forces that left Charleston for the scone last night and this morning. AN OFFER PROM GENERAL HAMPTON, He stated that if Governor Chamberlain would con- sent to it, he was willing to meet bim in joint discus- sion at his (Chamberlain’s) own mectings and keop all white democrats away, and that his election would be assurod under even those circamstances, GUNERAL RUGER NOTIVIED. Genoral Ruger, commanding the Department of the South, left here at three o'clock this morning for At- Janta, and, aware that ho had not been in- formed of the conilict. that occurred, your correspondent telegraphed him the gist of tho affair in brief and the threatening attitude of tho races noar Cainhoy, adding that prompt and timely action on bis part might prevent further blood- shed, That mossago was dolivored to Gonoral Ruger immediately upon his arrival at Atlanta, at half-past four P, M., and this evening the followtug *clegram was raceived by the special correspondent :— REPLY OF GENERAL RUGER, AtLawta, Ga., Oct 17, 1876, Corresronpxst ov THE: HknaLp:— Pleaso agcopt thanks tor desputeh received this date. RUGER, Commanding Department of the South, The tone of this despatch gives the assurance that the Commanding Gencral appreciated the important in- formation given by the Hzrap corresponbent, and I have no doubt that troops will be or havo been ordered to the scone, CURIOUS DISPOSITION OF TROOPS. It is somewhateingular that thero are no troops in tho lower counties, where the negroes so largely pro- dominate, and that the upper counties, where the whites are more numerous, are full of them. Perhaps tho aspect of affairs at Cainboy will change this pro- gramme of the military occupation. CHAMBERLAIN’S ACTION, Governor Chamberlain received two despatches about the conflict, ono of which stated that eight persons were killed, one of them only boing a negro. The Governor was not very anxious for details when he read that despatch, but upon receiving another which brought the number killed down to four he be- gan to make a display of Executive action by tele graphing to Sheriff Bowen to arrest.all persons, without distinction of race, color or party, con- cerned in the shooting, upon the affidavits of any eye witness; to soo that all trial justices did their duty and those who failed to be promptly reported to him. ‘This despatch is very gooa if its instructions could bo carried out, but as Governor Chamborlaio was well aware that Sheriff Bowen was thon inthe neighborhood of Cainhoy with the intrenched negroes, and it was impossible to reach him, its object does not seem clear. NO DESIRE TO ARREST NEGROKS. Tho Governor is pot at all anxious tg mal nogroes at this particular janeture, as such action on his part might seriously endangor his chances of olec- rrests of tion. ADDITIONAL ARRESTS OF WHITES, Twenty-four additional arrests were made in Aiken county to-day; ten were roleased on bail but nearly forty are still confined in the Cuunty Jail, THR WOUNDED DEMOCRATIO NEGRO, Tom Elsoy, the democratic negro who was wounded on Saturday night, made an affidavit before a commis- sioner, upon which a warrant was issued, charging Henry Williams, a negro republican, who shot hit, with the outrage. Williams was arrested and confined in jail in default of bail. Deputy Marshail Cauton attended a Hampton flag raising at Aiker,, but was recalled to this city to-day by Marshal Wallace, 7X PENDING CANVASS IN THR PALMETTO STATK AND THE PROMISE TO OVERCOME 24,000 BLACK MAJORITY—HAMPTON CAN- VASSES CAROLINA WHILE CHAMBERLAIN WORKS AT WASHINGTON. AIKEN, 8, C., Oct. 15, 1876, There is hardly a political estimate furnished to the public iu which the ‘‘solid South’? does not figure as some sort of an clement. ‘Tho solid South,” says the Heravo in ite ultimate analysis of the situation, “would give Tilden 138 votes; these, with New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, would give him 188 votes, or three more than he will need. The reduction of the great probiem to thie simple basis brings to the front the following question :— WILL TILDKN CARRY THE SOUTH SOLID? South Carolina is the State on which this question most nearly hinges. itis the most doubtful Statp in the South, It is the ouc Southern State in which the republicans have never met defeat—the one stronghold impregnable up todate, Alabama, republican three years ago, gave the democrats 42,000 majority one month ago. In Mississippi the black line has been de- cisively broken and the lesson of post-bellum politics is that tho blacks never recover a lost position, Tho rov" olution amovg tho Northern settlers in Florida gives that State—always hi ing in the balance—to the democrats, Jacksonville baving already tallen from the taith. Zeb Vance, the apostiec of tun and conciliation, has gone among tho mountains of Western North Carolina, and subduing the stabborn “hogbacks”” to laughter, and shaking the pit- jable figuaro of a revenue spy in ti smiling feces, is leading them to repentance The democrats of Louisiana aro organized for victory, ‘and promisa 20,000 majority. South Carolina, the fires of the sinning State: cloth, In her borders lieuns won, hitherio, the most uncertain “solid South,” through which Tilden ised victory, It becomes interesting then to know whether or not ehe will goto Tildex. Will sho fall in line with the democratic South?’ To settle this question let us first see what she bus to do to work that change. Let us cut out her work for her. A MLACK MAJOKITY oF 25,000. By the census of 1870 the population of South Caro- lina was as follows:—White. colored, 415,844; colored majority, 124,177. This surpius—the propor- lion of votes to population being one to five—zives the black a voting majority of 25,000, In 1870 Seott was elected by 33,534 majority. Moses was olected in I by a majority of 33,324. In 1874 the democrats nomt- nated Green, a liberal republican, ugainat Chamberlain, and ran a “fusion”? ticket. They cut the major- ity down to 11,489 votes, and this too in a vote of repub She is predieted is prom- alone have the easy victories. element im that 149,227, or 13,000 heavier than had ever been cast before. Iu this race they put a colored man (Delany) on ther ticket for Lieutenant Governor, The democrats calculate at this writing that there 18 @ black majority of 24,000 to be managed. Alinost every white repabiican in the State has “come out for Hampton,” and there are quite enough con- firmed democratic negroes to balance the remaining white republicans, Wheu the coapromise policy of two years ago was urged upon the democrats this year they put it aside and declared for a straignt fight, with the full knowledge that 24,000 negro majority would have to be overcom This is their work, Will they bo able to compass 1 - NEGRO APIKCR”? FOR RACH WHITE MAN. It is uxeless to apply any of the usual political tests to the situation im South Carolina, The voters here aro not moved by tho influences that move voters in the North or East or West. In South Carolina it 18 prejudice, not argument, Men move in masses here, not singly or in pairs. It {# one class against another class—a race against arace. Argument falls inutile on the face of the masses, Recognizing th® hopelessness of trying to break the black phalanx by the ordinary methods of campaiguing, the whites have adopted a novel p!an. ‘They have made it the rule of the canvass that each white voter shall make 1t his personal business to bring one negro to the polls on election day and see that he votes the democratic ticket, “One uegro apicce”? 13 the shibboleth of the white clubs. “You are to make no display, kick up no fuss, get into no worry; just spend the month between this and election day tu in- fluencing one negro to vote our ticket; go with him on election cay and see that he does it, Do this, and the State will bo redeemed."’ This is the advice of all the democratic leaders to the members of the party. Isis hard to over-ostimate the strength of such a personal canvass as this, There are thousauds of democrats who have already secured their convert and are keeping him in truining until election day. This one has bis room servant, thatone his driver, another one bis farin band. This one buys a voter straight out, that one persuades a voter, the other drives a voter, Each oue has but one purpose. “Une negro apiece’? ts the theory and practice of the campaign. if one outof every six democratic voters captures one colored vote the feartul majority will be overcomo and Hampton will be elected. A CANVASS OF PARADES AND DISPLAY, ‘The democratic managors do not rely, however, upon the persoual canvass they have ordered. They have worked up an unparalleled excitement. Appreciating the fact thata quiet and decorous canvass would not affect the negro vote, no matter how potent might te the argument on which tt was basod, they have put much of their resources into noiso and parade and display. It is the drum, the flag, the march of buttalions, the glitter, the brass band, the hurrah that catches the negro eye | and ear und leads him captive. Henco Hatmpton’s march through the State has been one continaocus, noisy, yy ovation. He is trequently escorted by as 00U mounted men to an appointment. Ho through the country in & gay canter rounded by u battalion or so of mounted men, w: aud élan that impresses the negro rusties, powerfully. While these cavalrymen are unarmed add as peace- able as a picnic excursion, their very numbers awe the nogroes as they go flasning past the cotton fields, and there are thousands of *‘darkies” who will not vote at all ratuer than vote against “cavalry gentlemen.’ This marvellous display, pever equailed in any South. ern State beiore, is having ulso the effect to reassure maby negroes who honestly desire to vote the aemo- cratic ticke readers can hardly form en idea of the enthusiasm that exists among the whites, 1tis a hfe and death ight Tho whole soul of this people, always impetuous and hot-headed, is in the struggle. 1 guw u message re- coived at Ellenton from General Hagood, in waich ho stated that General Hampton would speak im Aiken twenty niles off) on the 20th, and thut be would like to ode 500 or so mounted men ride up to hear him and take partin the procession. At Jest 500 will be there from Ellenton aud vicimity. Nothing stands in the way of “helping out Hampton” now, ‘THE ARGUMRNT OF THE CAMPAIGN, Beyond this dash and glitter of the eanvass the democratic managers Lave prepared for the convincing of those more sensible negroes who will listen to urgu- ment. The Chamberlain administration is attackea because of its profligacy and tmbectlity, I¢ 1s suowo that Chamvorlain cannot give them protection. An eppeal is made for low taxes and economic govern- ment. Parallels are drawn between the unhappy blacks in radical South Carolina and the happy blacks in demo- craticGeorgia, Hampton pledges lumeell and bis party to protect the negro in his every right of property and citizenship, Copies uf the speech made by Senator Morton years ago against negro sufirage, and of sho speech made by Hampton years ag} in which he pre. dicted and acquiesced in negro sulfrage, aro scattered broadcast among the negroes. Negro democratic speakers are canvassing the Stato in various directions and conveying these arguments home tu their colored brothers, 1t will be seon that the democratic cam- paign is complete in the three particulars that give guccess to ® canvass Against a negro majority. First, there is an admirable organization of the personal canvass, in which the em- ployer takes direct ‘hold of tho employs— in Whieh ihe patron asks a service from his boneticiary, Second, the display, the music, the pomp, the somi- military parade that dazzies and captivates the imag- inative negro are worked upto an unequal piteb. Third, sober strength of argument, the backing of concurring facts, a frequency ot firm aud moderato speeches, without which no campaign 1s complete, Opposed to this superb management of the demo- crats we seo nothing but demoralization and incober- ency on 3. That party 16 thrown und fs fighting at randoin and wildly. The leaders are makiag their cun- vass In Washington rather than to South Carolina, They appeal to Tait, Cameron & Co. raiber than to their own people. With their faces turned to Washington, thuir backs are on the State, and the home canvass has gone awry. The rank and file are dispirited. The whites have quit the party in disgust, and the blacks becummtng distrustiul and res All the enthu- mand prestige ure with the democrats, avd the blacks are shrewd cuongh to geo it. They are led by iinpuise and caprice, and all of the ad captandum 18 with Hampton and bis horsemen just now, A stam- pede of the “‘darkies”” from the republican ranks may begin at any time and would not surprise any close observer. When it does begin all the bayonets in America could not atop tt. ‘The deputy marshals can- hot keep the negro lu ranks when he takes it into his head to take to tbe busbes ti they were backed by covery biue coxt in the Suuth, Jf Chamberlain docs not mind be will find, w he does got his soldiers {rom Washington, that be home to make his point abroad, aud the negroes will be so scattered that | take just one bayonet to ach voter to pr tho polis, RVPECT OF “THE BAYONET” IN THE CAMPAIGY. Governor Chamberlamn and bis trieads very mach over-estimate the influence that the presence of federal soldiers will have on the viack race. The duty of these soldiers will sitaply be to preserve the peaci vent tho intimidation of voters. But the di have made up their minds to attempt no on election day. They know weil enough that the slightost disorder on that day will be seized as toxt for wholesalo interference with the bal the throwing out of the whole vote. Hence, they will devote themselves {rom now till the day of ¢lecton to every persuasion or strategy in tho knowledge of politicians, they will on that day be quiet and orderly above all other considerations. ihe troops can only bo used then by being called upon by the par- Uisan deputy marshais to make urbitrary arrests of tho whites and demoralize and weaken them by a day or #o 10 jail. Surely the army officers will not submit to being used as tools in such an infamous plot. ‘They will surely find under Sherman’s bluil order excuse for an avoidanee of such dirty work as this, The troops may exercie an indirect inflaence; in that they will remove the fears of the negroes and encourage them to go to the polls, But they will also encourage many of the negroes to vote the democratic ticket by giving assurance that thoy will be protected in so voting, Let ine prodict right here that the principal difficulty at the polls will be in protecting negroes in voting the democratic ticket. Altogether the whites do not fear anything from the presence of the soldiers, TRICKS OF THE CAMPAIGN, The artifices by which the whites caiculate to captare the negro vote are numberiess and amusing “i want you all,” says a planter, with charming candor, to bis Held hands, ‘to go to the election and vote the ticket. It is your duty to do so, and I will you time to go. But, boys’”—with an air of sadness— “1 never expect to see haif uf you back. There will be torribie fighting around the polls. Many ot you will be siatp, Still you must go and vote, It is your auty, and you suould not mind death even in discharging ‘advice as th kept whole etion day, There da bribery. colored voter “I will give you,” says a $5 to cut up this load of wood for 1 can’t give you the job though unless you go with and vote the domocratic ticket,”’ Another y dod the bribery Inw is to bet tho 8 won't vote the democratic jo «does vote it and takes the stakes, most cases the democrats are content to keep negro away (rom the polis, They employ them by the but have been afraid to do #0. Your | ay demorulized the party at. 3 je longest in the sack- | dozens to do especial work, at high figures during elem | Hon hours, aud thas keep them busy while the young isgomgun. [is said that of a hundred uegroes picked up at random a $2 job persuades filty of them te Jorego the doubtful privilege of slinging their saifr There are thousands of ways im which the pw citizen can away Irom the polls Ju this dese perate tite h tight you may be sure the Caro Hinians will use them all iLL THE DEMOCRATS CARRY THE STATE? In my opinion they wil, Barring the fact that they hav advantage in. argument, the best orgapiza- tion and all the hurrah and enthusiasm, I take 1t to be true that, Wheuever the white people of a State make ! up their minds coolly and deliberately to whip the u pobtical fight, they will doit No matter how lar © race majority may be against them, they will dud some means to whittle tt down and over- come it, The Viucks caynot stand against the whites iu a serious hand to band political fight, They must godown, No twattor of numbers ean sustain them, ‘The white people of south Carolina have become cop- negroes vinced that their salvation as a people depends on “A ry curing 4 change of State adm nistration this year, they are going to have it. Phere is much more int sunple matter of determination down here than tl Northern people, who have never known the negro is politics, can imagine, AN ANALYSIS OF THK VOTE. The race of two years ago. (independent republicad) ran against lain, showed that the negroes of South Curgiina were not party bound, Although hundreds of “straignt’’ democrats stayed at Lome the negroes reduced the majority from 33,000 to 11,000, by which Chamberlain was evected, The first source irom whence the democrats may expect gains this year are the white counties, In those counties where the whites are in majority, and the negroes have been whipped out op their local tickets ever since the war, they can ei nuged, A local defeat demoralizes the much more than a general defeat, Where there ure no local spoils to draw them out they aro apathetic and controllable. There are nine pronounced white counties—Anderson, Chesterfield, Greenville, Horry, Lexington, Marion, Oconee, Pickens and Spar- tanburg. These countie. poll a trifle -over 30,000 votes, and their aggregate democratic majority tor the past three elections bas grown from 2,800 to 4,260. In this election the democrate count on 15,000 majority from the nine counties, Spartanburg 18 put down tor 2,000, Marion for 1,600, Greenville tor 1,600 and Anderson fot 1,500, Next to tho white counties come Union, Edgefield, when Green Chamber. | Aiken, Lancaster, York, Marlboro, which are closely contested, usually goig republican by a small vote. ‘The majorities have decreased every year, aud tn the last election the democrats curried Union, missing Aiken by only sixty-#icht votes in a poll of 4,700 and Lancas- ter by fifty-two votes in a poll of 2,800. They calcujate on getting decisive majorities in each of these counties. In Charleston county the democrats hope io dispose of a large negro majority, Thi county gave nearly 7,000 radical mayority im 1870, bus since bas given the democrats about 2,500 majority in two consecutive elections. Itis not impossible that Charleston will push her democratic majority to 5,000 in the ponding poll, Sumter aud Clarendon, with over 4,000 negro majority, yavo Green a majority of over 4,000 in the last election, They will not do #o well in present fight. Ip the remaining fourteen counties the negroes are in heavygmajority, and 16 18 here that a stubborn fight will be made. Richland, Hampton’ own county, 18 republican by 2,500 votes, but Hamp- ton thinks he will capture it. The democrats will spend the last days of the canvass in these coust coun- ties, the ‘yubileo cavalry” striking Edgfe:d on the 18tu, and pushing thence through Aiken, Barnwell, &c. ‘The canvass will be made exceedingly warm from thea until the end, and every possible meaus will be adopted to cither convert the negro or keep him away from the polls, From the moring of the 5th until the night of the 7th of November every white man will give his whole time to the cause, and many a colored Vote will feel the prossure. A PREDICTION AS TO THR RESULT, I prodict, after a careful survey of the situation and a comparison of all reliable estimates, that South Caro~ lina will go tor Tilden by a majority of from- 2,500 to 10,000 votes, and this, too, without any riots or dis- turbances by which the electoral vote can be chal lenged, I further predict that it wiil,on the 7th November, go tor Hampton by a majority larger by one- half than it gives to Tild A DELEGATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLI- CANS AT THE WHITE HOUSE—THE STATEs MENTS OF GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN AND SEX< ATOR PATTERSON CORROBORATED BY THEM. Wasutxatox, D. C., Oct. 17, 1876. The President was visited to-day by a delogation, headed by Senator Patterson, of South Carolina, and representing the South Carolina Republican Club, who made a statement to the President corroborative of the information already given by Govervor Chamberlain, Senator Patterson and other representatives of the republican organization in that State. Mr. Tewry giso presented a series of resolutions expressive of the situ- ation of affairs there, as bLeretofore representea to the President and the Attorney Genefal, The President, after listening to the views of the delegation, remarked that consideration would be givon to the statements they presented. A SHORT ROUTE FROM EUROPE, 4 PROPOSITION TO MAKE PORT MORRIS THE DESTINATION OF EUROPEAN STEAMERS—IS TUE PLAN FEASIBLE? A number of gentlemen mot lasw evening at the house of Mr. Charles Stoughton, corner of Boston av. enuo and 165th street in response to a circular which had been distributed among the property owners o1 Westchester county and in various parts of the United States, of which the following 1s an extract :— Naw Youk, Oct. 12, 1876. You are most cordially invited’ to # u:ighborly October 17th, 1876, at otght Of Charles Stougliton, Move Wall street, for the intent of solving the following problem :— ‘ird—Is Port Morris the central point in oar city, in the highway, from Europe to Now York, Chica: ‘apan and China, if connected by soamshis uld or would s steamship in a round trip from the suid point or port to und trom Kurope save @ day of ty-four hours, rather than from ard to Jersey City or rth niver, thereby lessening the steamship's oxpense tpg rh nae! f route, expen: such’a roate und trip t as ‘Fourth—Could the passage ticket by such a European route be reduced ten to filteen dotlars ? ‘Fi/th—Could coru be sent to Purt Morris ai Europe fully one dushel che route, also whout ard wil kinds of produ for tho world's cut tion be sent with corres expense, aud 4 quickness of the, and merchandise turned in like manner at less expense for our gross couti- nent than any other route ? ‘Sizth—Will not the several nations of the earth be ming- ling together more and more, thereby requiring more com plete nations’ or world’s greut highways? Among the gentlemen present, who discussed the ‘problem’? given in the circular, were Mr, James Arm- strong, the chief European buyer for A. T. Stewart & Cu; Kev, Mr. Beman, Rev. Mr, Gibbs and Messrs, Leonard and Fitch, of Morrisania, The meeting was an entirely informal one, and the topics that were cunversed upon were done in sucha manner. It was the snterrogotaries put m Mr. Armstrong said that the people of Europe were very desirous of ascertaining some means by which the mails could be delivered to and from this country within 2 week from the time of posting, and if the Sound, or tuside course, would conduce to that end, med to him that it woud, 1¢ must meot with vor. Tho people of Europe are very appre- ive of the saving of time, Mr. Armstrong sald, and if it could be proved to them that the idea of making ship and railway was ® good one, suflicient capital woold forthcoming to put w plan into effect, ad beard, ten yours ago, the thes oldest captain on the Atiantic Ocean say that the in sido roule would save about eignt hours. He bad sulfered no tittle inconvenience, pi sally, on aboui forty occusions, by being detained for a greater or lem period at the bar in the lower bay, and a rou through tho Sound would obviate this delay. Again, the xchome would be beneticial to New York by bring: ing through the city # large amount of freight trom thé West which now is placed on bourd the steamers is Jersey City directly trom the cars, and thereby in- creasing its reputation as tho commercial centre of the country, Betore be left London the last Mr. Armstrong stated, movement foot there to build some steamert which would run twenty knots an bour, and which would make practicable the desire to bave the male delivered within the week. Europeans expressed s great deal of surprise and admiration at the euterprisé displayed in sending the lightning train to San Frans cisco, Sach feats as that they appreciate highly. Armstrong related that he heard London say train while in Russia, and asked it it had reall the time across the Continent that was re] was the sort of thing that Europeans liked, and if any- thing could be done to expedite the passage of steamers across the Atlantic they would readily interest them- selves in it, The Rev. Mr. Beman said that it would be necossary to blow up tho reef off Block Island, at the eastern en trance to the Sound, before the inside course would be pertectly clear, for while there were three or foar Channols into the sound the Boston boats sometimes had to go around the outside course to get to New ‘York when very toggy and rough. Mr. Stoughton said that the Great Eastern, the largest vessel afloat, had come in through the Sound, and there was no doubt that that route was considers ably the shorter. Unless something were done to lesson the time of the steamers coming to New York it was nighly probabie that the mails would be transferred to the steamers sailing for Boston, when the new tes for the West, through the Hoos 1 and the Erie division, were opened, Gen. ton had said that loss than $3,000,000 would be necessary to make a navigable channel through the Harlem River and the creek emptying into the Hud. 401 a very sm: m for an enterprise from which so large a benefit was to be derived. The cont of extending tho New York Contral or Erie Road ively little, and there was no sound hat the idea of making Port Morri¢ steamship and railroad terminus was not feasible paaipenintehantetstenenine® ig A STEAMER BURNED, ——4 Derxorr, Mich,, Oct, 17, 1874, ‘The steamer Daniel Bali, of Kast Saginaw, Bay City. Nine, was burnod this atternoon while approach: Bay City. Passengers and crow allsaved, The was Valued st $15,000; ingurance abows onehais