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[Continued from last Week]
THE STATE CONVENTIONS
President Jackson's proclntna
tion was issued soon after my ro
turn home from the Union Convention,
and before tho Rdjourn
inent of tho Legislature. It produced
the greatest consternation in
tliA r'inl'4 (if tlm NntliiioiQ Ti I O 17 I
8fi\v then, for the first time, tho reality
of their danger, and the certainty
of the failnro of tho issue
# they wero precipitating on the
country. They had tho whole
weight of the Federal Government,
with its arntv and navy to oppose,
and found little sympathy or hope
of help from tho other Southern
Sjates. Nevertheless, they went on
volunteering and organizing their
troops, as if they intended to be
ready for action when the ordin*
ance was to go into operation. Hut
before the appointed day, the poo^
pie of Charleston held a meeting
in the circus, and postponed the
ordinnncc and action of the State.
Tho State Convention was orI
dered by Governor Hamilton, the
President, to meet again on the
11th day of March, 1833. for the
purpose of considering the coin
promise of the Tariff, made by
Clay and Calhoun, and also, 10 receive
Denj. NV. Leigh, of Virginia,
who had hecn sent by the Lcgisla
ture of that State, to South Caroli
na,as a mediator between her and
1 lie General Government. The
Executive Committee of the Union
party issued a circular directing
their members nut to attend the
meeting of the convention. They
did not tliink it proper llr.it we
should assist in repealing the ordinance
of Nullification. Its operation
had already been postponed
for the purpose of repealing it
when the convention should assemble.
Letters were afterwards
received from Judge linger and
Judge O'Neall, countermanding
the order of the circular.
The convention met at twelve
o'clock, and the President, General
Hamilton, made a very pretty
address, and resigned the Chair
for the purpose of its being filled
I>v General llayne, who laid been
elected Governor of the S ate
since the adjournment of the con
volition. The correspondence of
Mr. Leigh, commissioner of Virginia,
was then read, and ordered
to be printed. Mr. Leigh was in
vited to take a seat in ilieconven
tion. Col. Warren, a gallant old
revolutionary officer, who had lost
one leg in battle, and who was a
very warm Nullitier, moved that
Mr. Leigh be styled "Embassador"
instead o f Commissioner, as
much as he catno from one sovereign
State as her representative to
. another sovereign State, for the
purpose of mediating between her
f and a third power or government.
There was a good deal of logic in
the gallant old Colonel's motion,
had the promises been as true as
they wero assumed to he by the
doctrine of Nullification. But no
one had the courtesy tosccoi.d the
motion, and it failed. Mr. Leigh
then made his appearance. lie
was a fine looking gentleman, stout
and well built, ordinary stature,
and about fifty years old. We
were all pleased with his appearance
and deportment, whilst ho
remained in Columbia. Mr. Leigh
bad the reputation of boing one of
Vlfflfinift'a r?roof no f tvmn *1*
f f vwtvov men, UIIU IIIU
ablest lawyer in the State.
Mr. Calhoun, who had just ro
turned from Washington, was also
invited to take a seat in the con
vention. lie looked a good deal
fatigued and care worn. I heard
him say afterwards, that he had
to ride in an open wagon in order
to reach Columbia in time for the
convention. The adjustment of
the tariff, the mediation of Virginia
and the passage of the force bill
were all referred to the committee
of twenty one. Wodnesday the
committee reported an ordinance
rej?ealing the ordinance of Nullification,
and accepting the adjustment
of the tariff as a triumph of
Nullification. The report accompanying
the ordinance, boasted a
good deal of the efficacy of Nullification.
But some of the hotest
Nullifiers did not regard the compromise
as a victory, and accepted
it with great rcluctanco. Governor j
Milier, then United States Sena
tor, spoke at length on the subject
of tariff, and gave the history of
Clay'o bill, with a great many bard
thrusts at General Jackson. Barnwell
Rhett, thin Barnwell Smith,
made a moot violent speech, and
said he had lost all attachment to
the Union, and defied any one to
lay his hand upon his breast atid
say he loved the Union 1 He said
the report was untrue, atid that he
voted for the report on the ordinance
on acconnt ot the mediation
of Virginia, and not on account of
Clay's bill. This speech called up
the gallant old Warren with his
cmiches. lie said he had fought
for the Union, and bled for the
Union, and that, although a warm
Ntillifier, he tor one, could lay his
hand upon his heart, and say he
loved the Union. 44 With the
Union," said he, 44 we are every
thing, and without it we are nothing."
These remarks had a roost
happy effect on the convention.?
Governor Hamilton Mien rose and
said he was mortified at the criticisms
of Mr. Smith, and desired to
know wherein the report was untrue.
Some personal remarks
passed between these two gentlemen.
Mr. Smith said when he
spoke again, il should bo in a way
that the whole world might hear
him. Mr. Robert Barnwell addressed
the convention in a most
spirit stirring speech, and was in favor
of accepting Clay's compromise.
Governor Wilson then addressed
the convention in favor of
the report, and spoke in high
terms ot the triumph of Nullification.
The report and ordinance
were then adopted.
Judge Richardson also spoke on
the adjustment of the tin-iff. The
Judge s speech brought out Gen
eral Mc Duffle, who treated the
Judge's argument with some want
,.f . 1 i~.i . i
va. win i W9J , UO UIIICU IIIU UAtCp*
tioiis wliicli the Judge made to the
report us a *4 quibble" a 44 technicality,"
&c. lie Baid it was with
grout reluctance he had consented
to vote for the tariff adjustment.
The groat inducement for hie do
ing bo, was the repeal of the duties
on bilks, linens, and worsted 8tuff6.
These articles were purchased
with our cotton. Borne of iib
thought this a strange reason for
him to assign for his vote. The
summer before, he had objected to
the tariff, because the duties on
&ilks, &c, which were luxuries, had
been reduced, whilst thcie was no
reduction on the necessaries of life.
bucIi as iron, salt, and coarse woolens.
Silks, linens, and worsted
si nils were not manufactured iu
the United States, and thereforo,
all duties on such nrticlcs were for
revemio and not for protection.?
The North might be willing to let
tbcBO articles come free of duty, iu
order to raise a revenue on articles
manufactured in the United States.
Judge Richardson replied to
General McDuftie. Detore doing
so he came to my seat and asked
me if I thought ho ought to notice
the rudeness McDuffio bad shown
lit ronlvintr In tiiu a"f?nmuni T
... --rv?B " *
replied no. Tiie Judge then said:
ik Now upon your honor as a ft ieux
chevalier y o ti pay this." I
told hiin I did not ihiuk it became
a gentleman of his age and posi
tion to be too sensitive or captious,
ihe Judge and McDufRe had liad
some sparring at a public discussion
the summer preceding. McDuUio
alluded to his quitting the
13ench to make political speochcs,
and said u tlio shoe maker had bet
ter stick to his last."
The ordinance nullifying Wobster's
force bill came up for discussion
just before the convention ad*
journed. It contained an oath
which it was proposed every man
elected to office in South Carolina
should take, swearing that he was
a citizen of the free and sovereign
State of South Carolina, that he
owed allegiance to the State, and
abjured all other allegiance inqom*
patablo with tho same. In the re
port of tho committee the words
" free, sovereign and independent
State," and alao, " primary and
paramount allegiance." The words
"independent," "primary," and
44 paramount," were stricken out
in tho committee of twenty ono, on
motion of General Hamilton. The
oath had been framed by a subcommittee,
of which Turnhull was
chairman. Whilst it was under
discussion in the convention, Robert
Barnwell moved to strike out
the oath altogether. He wished the
Legislature to pass the oath in the
ordinary way, by amendment of
the Constitution. Judge O'Neall
made a capital speech in favor of
striking out. Chancellor Harper
replied, and went into the doctrine
of Nullification at great length.?
In the course of his remarks he said
that in no othor country in the
world, would the assembling of
such a body aa the Union convention,
have been permitted. They
were actua'od by a rebellions spirit,
and actually nosing the Legislature
in their capital. This severe and
harsh language was unexpected
tVom Judge liar per, and gave just
offense to his Union friends, several
of whom were on the Bench
with him. Robert T. Turnbull
then took the floor, and spoke like
a tyrant would have done with the
game in his own hands. In the
course of his remarks he poured
out the vials ot his wrath on the
Union party. Colonel Phillips, of
Chesterfield, afterwards a member
of Congress from Mobile, Alabama,
replied to him with great and deserved
severity. ?1 is remarks wero
personal. Qeneial Hamilton went
over to Turnbull and sat by him
whilst Phillips was speaking, and
I have no doubt, nrffed him not to i
reply. Phillij>a was a young man
of spirit and talent;. As soon as
lie took his seat Cul. Warren took
the floor and moved an adjournment.
lie said we were getting
too hot. and he wanted time for us
to cool down. It was Saturday
evening, and he said we could go
to church Sundav, hear prayers,
and come back Monday morning,
bet>or prepared lor business. The
convention took a recess till five
o'clock that evening.
When we met in the evening, the
mediator of Virginia came np, and
whilst the report and resolutions
were under discnesion, I moved
that they bo separated, and gave
as a reason for my motion, that I
could vote for the resolutions with
a great deal of pleasure, but 'he
report contained doctrines which
1 could not sanction with my vole.
They were accoulingly separated
and the resolutions passed unttiii*
raouslv. The convention then ad
jonrned till Monday.
It was generally understood that
further efforts would be made to
bring al>out a compromise between
the two parties, and our abandonment
of the tfst cath. When the
convention met Monday morning,
\1 , n..-#. a ki :ii"
xixi. xjuii, ui ijuuvme, CHOIO IU
me, and suid that his party were
anxious to hear the Union members
express their sentirnen e, freely
and fully on Williams' bill, that
if they would oledge themselves
to resist that odious fcice bill, it
would have great weight with the
Nullifiors in dropping the lest
oath. Judge CoIcock rose and called
on Judge O'Neall to let them
know tue views of the Union members.
He also expressed the hope
that other members of the Union
party would fa17or the convention
with their veiws on the force bill.
Judge O'Neall addressed the convention
in a few remarks, and I
followed i.i a speech of some
length.
I said that when I left home, I
told my eoii8tituen<s the ordinance
of N unification would be repealed,
and that we should once more be
a united and happy people. 1
thought there was no one in the
convention who wished to keep up
any longer onr political division
and party excitement. I had listened,
with great plonsure, to the
remarks of General Hamilton, and
felt grateful to Mr. Barnwell for
the motion he had made. The
oath under consideration wa3 well
calculated to continue and perpetuate
our party divisions. That
there was a strong prejudice on the
part of the people against all oaths
of apolitical or religiouschaiacter.
T.iat patriotism was not worth
having which could only beseem*
ed by an oath. Our government
was one of opinion, and not force.
It is founded in the affections of
the people, and not in their fears.
The force bill would become a
dead letter as soon as ilio ordi
nance of Nulliiicauon was repealed.
An attempt to force its provisions
would then be tyranny, and
this I would always resist, come
from what source it may.
Governor John Lvde Wilson
took the floor when I had concluded,
and made a most violent speech
avrainst the course pursued by the
Union party, and indulged in
much coarse abuse, lie was then
broken down, sottish in his habits,
and a bankrupt in character and
fortune. Whilst he was speaking
the Hon. A. Burt caino to where
Judge O'Neall and mvself were
sitting, and requested that we
would not reply to hi in. lie said
Wilson was not speaking the sen
timents or feelings of the dominant
party, and they disclaimed his language
and the course he was pur*
suing. Judge O'Noall said he
must reply to some of his remarks,
but Mr. Barnwell moved a recess
till four o'clock. In the mean time
the Nullitiers went into caucus as
to the propriety of giving up the
test oath. Tho result was, to refer
the whole matter to the Legislature
to declaro what allegianco
was, and to prescribe the oath.?
When the convention reassembled,
this proposition, drawn by Chan
cellor Johnston, was submitted as
a compromise, and rejected by tho
Union party. It passed, however,
by a very large vote, though it
did not meet the approval of the
moit violent of the NulliSers. Late
in the night Governor Miller
moved to strike out the whole ref
erence to the Legislature, and the
vote was 73 for, and 79 against
striking out. If all the Union
members had been present, the
motion wouhf have prevailed.?
Governor Miller said, too, it would
be much better to protest against
the torce bill, than to nullify it.?
That if we protested, nil the South
would be with us, and if we nuilified,
we stood alone. The conven
tion dissolved itself about eigbt
o'clock in the night.
Messrs. Barnwell, Miller, and
Colcock, were the most moderate
Nullitiers in the convention. Hamilton
also, acted with considerable
moderation. In the address deliv
ered by General llavno, as President
of tho convention, he stated
that the contest had just commenced,
and was not over. Wo
must go home, and keep np the
spirit by which we had been actuated
for years past, and that our
services would yet lie needed by j
South Carolina. This advice of
Governor llavne was followed until,
thirty years atterwards, the
country was plunged into a civil
war.
Whilst the ordinance nullifying
the force bill was under consideration
in committee, General Mc
Dutiie very wisely enquired how
they proposed to nullity the mili
tary provisions of tho bill? He
thought tho army and navy of the
United States required something
more than an ordinance to nullify
thero.
[continued nkxt wekk.]
Hover Give Up.
Never giro up! it in wiser and better
Alwa.ro to hope than once to despair;
Throw off the load of doubts cankering fctter,
And break the dark spell of tyrannical
care.
Norer give up ! or the burden may sink you,
Providence has kindly mingled the cup,
And in all trials and troubles bethink you,
The watch of lifo should be?Never give
up.
Never give up I there are chances and changes.
Helping the hopeful a hundred to one,
And amid the chaos, high wisdom arranges
Ever success?if you'll only hope on.
Never give up! for the wisest is boldest
| Knowing that Providence minglos the cup.
And of all maxims the best as the oldest
| Is the true wutchword of?Never give up.
Never give up ! though the grupc shot may
rattle,
And the full thunder cloud ovor you burst,
Stand like a rock, and tho storm or the battlo
Little can harm you, though doing their
worst.
Never give up! if adversity presses,
Providence has wisely mingled the cup,
And the best couascl in all your distresses
Is the stout watchword of?Never give up.
Made IIim Pay.? When General
Jackson was President a heartless
clerk in the Treasury Department
ran an an indebtedness to a
poor landlady to the amount of
$00, and then turned her off as he
did other creditors. She finally
went to the President with her
complaint, and asked him if he
could not compel the clerk to pay
tbo bill?
44 He offers his note," she said ;
44 but his note i9 good for nothin#."
44 Qet his note and bring it to
me," said the President.
The clerk gave her the note,
with the jeering request that44 she
would let him know when she got
the money on it!'
Taking it to the President', he
wrote 44 Audiew Jackson '^>n the
hack of it, and told her she would
get the money at the bank.
When it becamo duo the clerk
refused to pay the note, bnl when
he learned who was the endorser,
he made haste to 44 raise tho
wind." The next morning he
found a note on his deok, saying
that his services were no longer
required bj the government?and
it sorved him right.
A frirnd of on i s a few days
ago employed a colored woman to
pick cotton, agreeing to pay her
tifty cents per hundred, lleuiasually
aske i her how much she
could pick in a day. She replied,
something over three hundred
pounds, lie told her to go ahead
and he would pay^jlier one dollar
per pound for every pound
over three hundred that she would
pick. On weighing the result ot
the day's labor she had throe
hundred and eleven pounds.
The one day's work cost him
twelve dollars and a half.
[Chester Reporter.
The French National Assembly
has agreed to discuss at an early
day the proposition for restoring
to the Orleans Princes their confiscated
property.
Standing Committios.
Tbo following standing commit*
ties have been appointed in the
Senate.
Agricultural?E E Dickson, G
W Duval), G F Mclutyre, Sanders
Ford, 0 Smith.
Claims?W B Nash, W E
Johnston, Robert Smalls, II J
Maxwell, S E Gail lard, C D
Ilavne, F A Clinton.
Commerce and Mannfaotnres?
W E Holcombe, E E Dickson, T
C Dunn, J M Smith, J H White.
Charitable Institutions?Ilenry
Curdo7x>, W E Johnston, 8 A
Swails, G F Mclntyre, L. Cain.
Education?H J Maxwell, G W
Duvall, Ilenrj Cardozo, W. R
Jervey, W U Jones, Jr., J Hoilinshead,
C Smith.
Enrolled Bills?H J Maxwell,
T Q Donaldson, W H Jones, Jr.
Engrossed Bills?Henry Cardozo,
F A Clinton, J L Jamison.Judiciary?B
F Whittemoie.
John Wilson, W E Holcombe, S
A Swails. W C Keith. II J Max
well, W H Jones, Jr.
Incorporations?W H Jones,
Jr., W E Johnston, J L Jamison,
U C Corwin, J O Hope,
Finance?Y J P Owens, B F
Whiltemore, W B Nash, 8 A
Swaile, Rob't Smalls, S E Gadla?d,
D R Duncan, W E Johnston,
James L Jamison.
Military?G F Mclntyre, W R
Jervey, C D Hay no, VY II Jones.
Jr., J II White, J M Smith, J L
Jamison.
Mines and Mining?L Cain, S
E Gaillard, John Wilson, Robert
Sinalls, F A Clinton. C D ilayne,
G W Duvall.
Printing?Rob't 8malls, H J
Maxwell, Y J P Ownes, Henry
Cardozo, C D Ilayne, J L Jamison,
B F Whittoinore, J M Smith,
G F Mclntyre.
Privileges and Elections?B F
Whittemore, Y J P Ownes, II C
Corwin, John Wilson, D R Duncan,
T 13 Jeter, C Smith.
Public Buildings?O Smith, W
E Ilolcombe, Heury Cardozo, L
Cain, J II White.
Roads, Bridges and Ferries?L
Cain, W E Johnston, Y J P
Owens, W E ilolcombe, Sanders
Ford, W R Jervey, J iiollins
head.
Legislative Library?W E
Johnston, John Wilson, John Lee,
J. Ilollinshead, Sanders Ford.
Public Lands?W R Jervey, D
R Duncan, T C Dnnn, C D
Huyne, F A Clin'on, L Cain, J.
Lee.
T? n i I i-Aftrtc R A Rimilo W IT
??.i..uwuw V A* V* UllOf f f i-i
Jones, Jr., T C Dunn, H C Corwin,
J Hollinshead, J M Smith,
T 13 Jeter.
Retrenchments?C D Ilayne
VV E Johnston, C Smith, G F
Mclntyre, G VV Duval!.
Penitentiary? Robert Small*, J
II White, VV E Holcombe, II J
Maxwell, F A Clinton.
Contingent Accounts? VV E
Nash, S E Gaillard, Robert
Smalls, J L Jamison, Y J F
Owens, G F Mclntyre, L Cain.
County Oftices and Officers?
J L Jamison, B F Whitiemoro.
Robert Snialls, S A Swails. T C
D'?nn, D R Duncan, J M Smith,
Medical Affairs?Y J P Owens,
J C Hope, T Q Donaldson, J II
White, G F Mclntyre.
~ i - 4^^ Tub
prominent character of the
Scot is well illustrated in the following
;
In Scotland they have narrow
onen ditches, called sheen drains
? - - - r ? ?
A man was riding a donkey
across a sheep pasture, and when
ilie donkey came to a sheep drain
lie would not go over it. So the
man rode back a abort distance,
and turned him abound and pot
too whip to him, thinking, ol
course, the donkev, going so fast,
would jump the drain before he
knew it. But not so. On they
camo, and when the donkey got
to the drain he stopped all of snd
den, and the man went over Mr.
Jack's head. No sooner had lie
touched the ground than he got
up, and looking the donkey
straight in the face, he said
" Very well pitched. But how
are yon going to got ovei
yourself?"
? ? Tub
late Chief Baron O'Grady,
many years ago. was sentencing a
) pickpocket, in Uork, to be whip
pod?a common punishment in
those days. * You must," the
Chief Baron said, 44 bo whipped
from North Mate to South Gate.'1
44 Bad luck to yon, yon old
blackguard," said the prisoner,
44 you done your worst." 44 And
back agAin," said the Cliiol
Baron, as if he had not been interrupted
by the prisoner in the delivery
of the sentence.
?
The Unitod Statoa Court is in
session in Columbia, Judge Bryan
presiding. Judge Bond is expected
soon, to assist in the business of
the Court.
Sadden Xsrrlags and Surly SepenUne*.
Miss Marian Huntington, a
young Miss of seventeen summers
and a native of Georgia, arrived
in this city some time ago,
in company witb a female relative,
and is at present stopping at a
Bioadway hotel.
A short time siuce Miss Maria
became engaged to a Mr. Gonklin,
of this city, and for a short time
all went well. She was then re
siding in Jersey Oity, and has a
iriend, an Englishman, named
Henry Walker, who was also
smitten with her, but she seemed
to care nothing for him till a few
days ago, when she quarreled
with Conklin, and in a moment
of anger and spite she went with
Walker to an Episcopal minister
and was married. After the ceremony
was over her husband accompanied
her home, but by the
timA alia rnonlio/t >!>/> '
...... ww vmvijvu > >? u<>ui a idolizing
sense of iter ftoliskness took
possession of her, and giving him
one kiss, she bade him depart and
never see her more.
Walker, who, it seems,'loved
her dearly, has done all in his
j>ower to get her to change her
mind, bntshe remains firm, and is
now trying to get a divorce. He
corresponds with her and addresses
her by ber maiden name, and
site answers his letters, but they
carry no hope to his sad sonl.?
The singnlar part of this singular
transaction is the fact that the girl
has made up her quarrel with
Conklin, and he visits her nightly,
and they are to be married as soon
, as sho is legally tree from her
present husband. Both parties
are well connected, and Mr. Couklin
is doing business as a clothier
in Fourth avenue, near Cooper
, Institute.?N. T. Daily News.
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The Highway Tax.
Officr of thb At'ty Grit, 1
Columbia, Nov, 19,1872. f
J. H. Bryant^ Esq, Chairman
Board County Commissioners,
' Richland County:
Dear Sir?I have considered
| the question, submitted to me a
few days since, in regard lo the
1 power of the county commissioners
ot a county to levy a tax for
Highway purposes in addition to
' the full amount of the levy allow1
ed by the joint resolution ot March
13, 1S72.
Section 34 of the act of Septem
1 ber 26, 1868, entitled An act to
' define the jurisdiction and powers
of county commissioners," (page
134, vol. 14,) provides that u No
tax shall be levied and collected
? i y the county commissioners unit
the same has been authorized
, by the General Assembly."
Section 2, of the act of March
. 9th, 1S71, entitled " An act to pro.
vide tor the construction and repair
of public highways," (page
667, vol. 14.) authorizes the coun'
ty commissioners to w assess a tax
; of eighteen cents, if so much be
necessary, on every hundred dollars
of the lists of the county,"
for Inirlivvsv nni-nMM
?- ? j i'-r""*
The joint resolution of March
13th, 1872, entitled "Joint reso'
Intion authorizing and directing
' the State auditor and County com
missioncrs to levy certain taxes,"
(page 293, vol. 15,) authorizes the
county commissioners of each of
1 the counties to levy " a tax not ex
ceeding three mills oti a dollar of
all taxable property in their re
spective counties, except the
' County of Fairfield, in waich the
county commissioners shall not
1 levy a tax of more than one and a
1 half (1?) mills, for the fiscal year
1 commencing November 1, 1871.
The question growing out of the
, statutest now quoted is, whether
1 the joint resolution of March 13,
? 1S72, is intended to fix tho high1
est limit* of county taxation, so ns
to render the leveving of a high'
way lax in addition to tho limit
fixed by that resolution, illegal?
I have no time to elaborate my
. views, but 1 am of the opinion
' that the county commissioners are
limited to three mills, inclusive of
, highway tax, in nil the counties
? except Fairfield, in which county
the limit is one and one half (1?)
mills.
Very respectfully, your obedi1
ent servant,
1 D. II. Chambkrlatn,
AtVGoneral 8. C.
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As a drunken man was stag*
gering along the Bowery the other
night, he saw street cars pass
ing him with different colored
lights, and gazing at the red, yellow,
bine and green lamps, he
soliloquized 1 %t I must get ont of
this place. Its too sickly here.?
So sickly that they're running the
drug stores on wheels."
Governor Scott is a candidate
for the United States Senate. The
' election take* place on tho 10th
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44 You may say what you darn
please," said Bill Muggins to the
mourners, as they stood at the
door waiting for the corpse of Jake
Simmons to come out, 44 Jake was
a good boy?he was, and a great
hunter," continued Bill; 44 but he
was the meanest ones that ever
breathed in Jersey ; he played me
one of the sharpest tricks you ever
heard of, and I'll tell you how it
was. I was out skootin' with him
one fine mornin'?I tell yon the
duck was plenty : and other game
we despised as long as could see
duck. Jake, he was too mean to
blaze away unless lie could put
| down two or Jhree at a shot. Jake
was oiten blowing me up for wastin'
shot and powder so; but I didn't
care; I blazed away. Well, somehow
or other, while fussin' around
in the boat iny powder flask fell
overboard in about sixteen feet
water, which was as clear as good
gin. and I could see the flask lay
at the bottom. Jake being a good
ewiuinier, also diver, he said he'd
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ivivn uci up, miu in a miuu lie was
in. Well, I waited quite a considerable
time for him to come up; so I
looked over the side for old Jake.
Good Jerusalem ! there sot ' old
Jako' on a pile of old oyster shells
pourin' the powder out ot my flask
into bis'n. Wasn't that mean
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Among the many proposed materials
for the manufacture of paper,
there are two?wiregrass and
palmetto?which a Georgia company
guarantees will furnish better
paper than any now in use,
and at prices that will bo really
low. The palmetto grows in
great quantities in the Southern
States, and has hitherto boon
worthless; but it this company
are successful, they will make
what has hitherto been a waste a
source of plenty. If material,
which can be had for almost the
packing, will make as good paper
as that for which three to four
cents per pound mnst be paid, its
manufacture will bo a profitable
business.
"Tub horse - that frots is the
horse that swoats," is an old saying
of the horsemen, and it is inst
as true of men as horses. The
tnan that allows himself to get irritated
at every little thing that
goes amiss in his business, or in
the ordinary ailaiis of lite, is a
I man that will generally accom
piiah but little and will wear out
early. He is a man for whom
bile and dyspepsia.have a particular
fondness and for whom children
have a particular aversion.?
He is a man with a perpetual
thorn in the flesh, which pricks
and wounds at the slightest
movement; a man for whom life
has little pleasure and the future
small hope.
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An indulgent Kansas parent sold
his cooking stove for $11, in order
to take his thirteen children to the
circus. Lie says a circus only
comes two or tliree times a year,
and besides, ho nevor ha<l much
to cook on a stove anyhow.
It is stated that Bnntwell is to sue
cced Sumner in the United States
Senate.
The largest vineyard in the
Southern States is said to be one
near Fayetteville, N. C., containing
100 acres on which there are
T,000 vines chiefly the Scuppornong.
The Clarendon Press learns that
a project is on foot to annex Clarendon
to Sumter.
A tnove has been made by the
Rock Ilill Grange to petition
the General Assembly to repeal
the law concerning fences and in
lieu thereof to enact a stock law
for the eastern section of York
county.
The chicken disease, it is said,
has put in an appcaranco. The
heads are terribly swelled. 9
It is proposed to cut a canal
across Charleston Neck, to connect
Ashley and Cooper Rivers.
A numerously-signed petition
has been prepared, to which Governor
Scott and Governor-elect
Moses will append their signa*
tnres, requesting President Grant
to pardon the hn Klux prisoners
now confined in the Albany Penitentiary.
The real nronertv naaoaaa/t ? ?
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Lancaster County, amounts to $1,263,408.81,
and the personal to
$514,504.70.
The total valuation of taxablo
property, real and personal, in
ricKens, County is $1,383,469.
A cow.sucking snake, of tho
coach whip variety, was caught in
the act, a day or two ago, near
Columbia, and promptly killed.?
The cow was endeavoring to free
herself of the dissagrcca'dc sucker
at the time