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(x THE HOI? UY NEWS A ?Ulil.lMlEI> i ISverv Saturday T W. BEATY, Editor. TKltMiXi o.vk ykar, $2.0') $i\* Months, $1.00 All cominnnlcitfloni tcnilliict In sorvc prlvHio tnfrrr^l, **111 be oUiu'KChI lor ?. ? advor( isvnu'iitt. Professional & Business Cards, W. I). JOHNSON. J. M. JOHNSON ! C. I*. Ql*ATTI.F.nAl?M. JOHNSONS;QUATTLEBAUK3, ATTOKNKV.s and COL'NSKLOKS A T LAW ; Conwayboro, S. C. I I )S T w A I VJ1 eJ """ Attorn37 at Law and : SOLICITOR IN EQUITY, W ill practice in the courts of Manou, Horry ' and ( corgelown. v.OONVVAYUORU.ii, O. N(.v V*. U7'?-11 Mi i. <iiiXKSi*VK, Attorney and Connsoller at Law j Will givp prompt attention to all busincs entrusted to his caie. CON WAYHORO, S. C. line, 2, 1S71. rj YD LAW At H A Iff, Commission Merchants, ! 162 FKUNT STRKtT, NKW Y< UK Liberal advances made on consignments Naval Stores, Cotton. Arc. Orders receive Promnt Attention. Unexceptionable role unices given North and South. J. k. T it. a it J. h. H A rt. of n. c. org.c r I M1CS. L. HARK 1CLSON. 1 Commission Korchant.' Shipping iut<1 Fot \\ artling Agent, JU'LI, CUKEK, S. <5. Special Mt tout ion given to the buying ami sol ing ol"Tun Timiip.u, ami other produce. #/#fortable Hmtses, Lots ami .Stables, J for leit.us, will be furnished to transient limber men, without Uharye, who entrust their blixiiusx to me. "j" J.\ WILLIA~MS7~ tJ i m:\i.k it it in (JKNLKAL MLUCllAN D1ZE, MANUFAOTUKKU OF NAVAL STOCKS COM MISSK) N M121IC11A NT. A N i> FOUWARDING AGENT. enr Spoeial attention given to the buying ami selling of Ton '1 imber. HULL ( It FEK, ,S. C. I.It". liOOZKH WITH EBMQNST. BROWN, WHOl.ESAI.K nr.AI.Klt IN MEN AND BOYS' Caps A Straw ^oods, A t.f O Laiios Misses and Ckildron's Hate, No. 43 HAYXK ST. CHARLESTON",; s. c. Opposite Chariest on Hotel. nnv 13 fin. rmH- i.i?jum?ni?i>iww" i ?u TWENTY YEARS A <20. I've wandered tn*dhe village, Tom; I've sat ! beneath the tree. Upon the sehooi-bouse ground, which shelteio.| you ami me, i Put r.or.o wore left to erect me, Tom; ami few were left to know. That played with us upon the preen some twenty years ago. I The grass is just as green, Tom;^barefooted , hoys at prav, Wore sporting just, as we. did then, wit ( spirits just as gay; Put t,he "masler" sleeps'upon thej'hlll, which , coated o'er with snow, , A Horded us a sliding place, just twenty years ago. The old school house is altered now, the benches are rejtfaeed 1 By new ones, very l'ke the same, our penknives defaced; Put the same old hiicks are in the wall, the 1 hell swings to ami fro; Its music Just the same, dear Tom, 'twas ^ twenty years ago; The boys were playing some old game, beneath that nine old tree, ' I have forgotten the name just now?you've 5 played the seme with me ) { On that same spot; 'twas played with knives, ' by throwing so and so; J ( The leader had a task to do there?twenty | years ago. I \ i t The river's running just as still; the willows j on its side | < Are wider than they were, Tom; the stream i appoares less wide? But the grape vine swing is k ruined now, where once we played the bcair ' } A fill uu'itnn A?ie on - * 1 * ?pri-iiy f^iris? i just twenty years ago. i The spring that bubbled 'neath the hill close i : by the spreading beech, | ( Is very low?'twas once so high that we couhl , almost roach; | f And. kneeling down to get a drink, dear Tom y 1 started so ^ To see how eaoVy l am changed since* twenty years ago. Near by the apiing upon the elm; you know j I cut your name; . Your sweet heart's just beneath it, Tom and i you did mine the same; \ Some heartless wretch ha? pooled thejbark? ( 'twas dyug'slow lut sure, I Just as that ono whose nomo you cut just ! 1 I twenty years ago. ) VOL. 8. COJH My lids have long been dry. Tom; but tears came in my eyes; I thought ot her 1 loved so well?those early broken ties; I visited the old elmreh yard and took some flowers to strew, I'pou the graves ot' those we loved, some , twenty years ago. Alcoholic Stimulants During Physical r.xpos n re. Whor c men are Hiibject to great and j proiongod exposure to cold, Rays 1)|\* I I. I.under l?runton mi the I 'rat 1 it inner 1 fur I' i liniiu v, experience has taught. j them the dinger ?>C taking spirits; while t In* exposure continues. My j (rend Dr. Fayer I<?1.1 me that. wlien ( erawIi11' hrough I h<* wet heather in I pursuit ol deer on a cold day he ofl- j e?'ed the keeper wlio accompatiied liini , a pull from his flash. The old man declined, suyMig: "No, thank von, it is loo col l." The Innilierets in Canada whit are engaged in felling timber tn the pin" forests, living thciv all winter, sleeping in holes dug in the I snow and Iving on spruce branches i covered with hlltl'Jo robes, allow no 1 spirits in their camp, and destroy any I tiial tnav be found there. Tin? exper- j ionce of Arctic travelers on ihts subject is nearly nnaniinou-; and I owe t?? mv friend, Dr. Milncr Fothnrgill, and anecdote which illustrates i< in a very striking wav. A putty < Americans crossing the Sierra Nevada encamped at a spot above the snow line, and in an exposed situation. N-me ot them took a good de:d of spirits bef(oro g >ing to sleep, an I they lay do am warm and happy; some took a moderate j quan t it v, and thev lay down somewhat but not very cold; rubers took ' none at. ull, and th v lay down very cold and miserable. Next morning, however, those who had taken no i spirits go! up feeling quite well, those who had taken a little got up feeling i eolrj and wretelied, and those who )> >.] 1 itr?.. .. .1 .4..ol .K.I ..... - I ...... ?t. .-*> H rt ??in><4 nrni 'I|I| I ? ? ^1 "{' it all; they had perished from cold durin;; llii! ni^ht. 'Plios-j who look no alcohol kept their heart warm si tin; expense of ihcir skin, and they rein lined well; those who took much warmed their nk'n al ihe, expense of their heart ami they died. Hut while alcohoi is thun injurious during prolonged exposure to cold, the case is \ ery different alter the ex | posore is over, and its administration may -hen he very heiieti.ua!. IJakj) and Soft Duivkkhs.?One r?t our exchanges sutntnarifces Dr. MeKin- , ley's pamphlet on the statistics ot intoxication in the United States, thus; Out. ot* every 300 men we are told that i H2'2 never drink ardent, spirits at nil, 1 and ot 700 women 600 iwver taste al- , (toholien of any kind. Ol the 173 men , who drink 7H do so to intoxication. , <)l these 73 we are told thai 3 are , confirmed inebriate*, 125 are periodical drinkers, f>o are ephemera! drinkers , Phe Kiatisties lor the wliole population ; of.the country show that out ol ft,00o,- , 1)00 there are 50,000 habitual dtun- , kards; in a nation ot 40,000,000 I, lliere are 100,000 habitual drunkards. | Dr. MeKinley states that n very , lar^e proportion o( the excess- . <ive drinkers are men ot culture ind refinement?actors, lawyers, physicians, les^isln'ors and ministers ot the , tJutol 1 1 congressmen 1 is a j * perpem il drinker, I an occasional j , irtnker, 5 drink periodically, and 4 ( Dnlv are sober at all tint ?. , I'Takit?'*1 trust, everything under ; t ikv!," said Lord l-imugimm, <%h*l?i(,'< upon which in all aio-s, the lawgiver, |< is well :?v the schoolmaster, has main* < y jiUf.ci his reliance; habit which I makes everything easy, and c*-ts nil i t liOicultics upon the deviation fiom a i I wan'td course. M ike sobriety * |< labit. and intemperance will be hate* t ul; make prud'Mir/c a habit,, and reek ess profligacy will be an contrary to 1 he naUire ol a child, grown or adult, ! i i* t he nn-Ht. atrocious < i imcs are to viy j i >1 your lordships. (<iive a e.liild the I < labit ol sacredly regarding the trutli; i arelully respecting the property of j 1 >t Iters; ol set upulourdy abstaining from ! t til acts ol improvidence which can i< nvolve him in distress, ?ud lu; will ! nst, as likely think ol rushing into an ; > deneni in which he cstinot breathe, I is ol lying, clieftl'ng or swearing." < Will Thomas Nasty please draw mother petticoat picture and this ,i;ne make Ih-lknap the central figure | nstead ?! Icttei8on Davis? Kveu it ; r Mr. 1 >:i v*ih ?1 i 1 wear a petticoat dur. a ng tin; war, (which wo deny most i f in piratical I y,) all is fair in war but ' * ii'liat should be said of a man Jw!;o 1 itole tlx; public money ami then trim! ' s o shield himself under Ins wile's petti- ? ;oat??Abbeville Medium. f When a Missourian wan recently on I rial foi murder, be didn t say b? was j iiHutie, but simply said: "It yer Honor Mease, I am guilty. I killed the man lecauso lie lo??k my gal ffom mo. She vas about the only thing 1 bad; aid I lidn't want to live alter she went, aid ! didid want him to live neither. Aid should be oblucged to yer Honor it ( fun would hang me as hood as posihle. ' j. ^\ii Irulepei VAY1VJRO, 8. C.. 8A llclkiiap and Bribery. ( From tlie CircctiviKe Enterprise & Mountaineer. ] There has been a tnoia! bowl throroiiout i he Republican cohorts of the pen and type in regard to the recently discovered bribery of the St ere- j tarv of War. They seem to raise I their hands in holy horror at the corruption of a member of their cabinet. Il would seem from their feigned indignation and hypocritical professions and lamentations, thai nothing <?t the i kind had ever before sullied the immaculate purity of iluir patty. Kven the Deiuoernls think they have found a mare's nest, and will make capital out of it in the next I'residential dec ti-rn. Now lit us s'*e what all this fuss is about, and enquire il it is the discovery of something new under the j sun uf Radical rule \* hen tyrant was elected 1'ivsident J of (lie r.iited States, Steward, a mil. J lionaire merchant of New York, who had never engaged in politics, and knew nothing more of the duties of j the secretary o1 tin* IVeasury than one ,o i.;. ..i... i... i . . i... i? : i .... i .... - - HI - < HI F\r, Ml me lilt* I I V'hl'l"l|( V* IV' I" I a pivseui <>: tiu\ t housaud dollars. I :i | id urn lor this handsome present, to a poor and '4 v ar icious m i ?, moral i perceptions have ever h?*cu very blunt, ' he WSH appointed to preside over t.lio Picasury \>op trMijont. Hohcson,! smellier millionaire of Philadelphia, , oni ol urutitudo lor military services rendered, <jhvo this Piesident elect I lit it V I bonsai nl < 1 o 11 a t>f, ami bo w as iov\ ac<I?>(! lor his eharit y and liencvoleUCC Willi l.llO MftpOl Ml IMCIll < ' ScCJV , lin y ol i lu; Navy. Nol one man in Ion thousand had com heard ol Mr. j l\itlx'Kot?. Tin' public Vi'? re as ii*11?'rani ol him ?? ho wan ol I ho Navy ?i?| ?H rl iitn lit. Mi" Vif.li, who otijn\K an ) iticiniie ol two hand rod I housaud <i 1 j lars a year, made a. donation to President (-Jrant ol titty thousand dollars, nnd ho w is rewarded with the office ol Secretin y ol Stale. These wealthy men wanted political honors, and perhaps had heard oi the Iuiperi il Purple j ol Ibunc beim* set up at public auction by h corrupt, soldierv. Now wh it is the lifleron.ee between the onnduet of President <*irant, ami j his secretary, llelknap V The one was ; paid in advance lor a high office, and t ho ol her sold an iusionitieant. po-ltradersiiip on a credit. Tito one did his vpvai shame publicly and tin* other privately. The one seemed to have no moral sense and was defiant <d }>ulilie opinion . Tin* other did have some scruples ol conscience, and tried to conceal his turpitude. In plain Ihii* ppiH'To, it, was the difference hot ween a derni monde and an iota i?j a in tee. Pile one sells her favors publicly, and ! I ho other tries to conceal thrm. The i.)no h?;s no phtime, and is ?it Kant ot j public, opinio;!, whilst the ot her lias still some sense ol propriety and regard for public opinion. Morally, socially and politically, t he chief is worse than his subordinate in the! r.ourse he has iHir^tifl. The poni-tr;*fcr only sells liiw orooris at an e:c>rIIIOIIM | ?l {S ? X'lii rttit'Ct'S M< >t)l f* Hvt* (if six j hundred soMiers. The 1 ?ration of a j tthinel in :m injury to lip* whole Kepublic. Hit corruption in a national disgrace. No President over before, w?n surrounded with such :i corrupt set | vdiene.k, minister to Kngland, had to runttway Irom the court of St.. James, to CSC'tpe being H< 111 to Newgate pltHmi. Ivohitvon, Seere'. ary of Navy, and j I *ierccpon t, Attorney (ToicrHl, xr" | .hrcHtcficil with iut|ics? hmcot. U?h i jock, private secret:trv of the IVcsilent,, euiitv, though acquit ted, of I whisk V If oils, and actually stole a. { ? otter Iroio tins President whilst his i rial was going mi, The brother o< ' President f-irimt is charged with heing ; jutiooted with frauds in the post- < radernhips. It d?>es seoni that, the whole Kepnbicftti p nty, in office and out of office, ! n ctit itcly corru pt ami are now trying U fanigrens to screen the guilty o|?i- ; 1 . I.. 11 * i i : - ' ;i ? m. > > l? n (I'lCII IH me ('H-t', WIIV I link.! Kuril A III! UmImIoo A Won I Hl-L I cn;i|t. I Ir* poor h-lln*' wis <??ily I rying in snyt.tin 111^ wi!<* in her 1 v? < >1 VX I I'* V'AJJ* ?lt lilTHS, \ I Ire?o<'iv?? Im'Hm-k nn?iiT coinpiiUiun, < i i??l if he r?'????i v?ni tln-m r< lun'ani I v, if w:im only Following in 11*f? fnn1*l <*i?* ' i >l I?is illustrious rhiut. I?. K. I\ < Thk Habco< k I>iaMON!M?.-\Vln*lirV?*r < Foycc t.'ss in \V ushini?lon lie *n.1 {jikcoek <v?re utmost, ltiAi'p.'irahk1. Tlicy w;i}ki*({ together, ro?io lotxmher, j I imi r?n? ii fti'.i 1 I?? r H ? I " / ?? !# etoeined Joyce un highly that ho 1 uilertained him an his h|>. < i:-tI guest at i V>H$r Branch in the summer of 1*74. md permitted Mrs. Bahcoek to accept i 51,<><)0 worth of diamonds ana pre- ( <?nt from the dashing and sentimental cvenue ai?t.. which diamonds will i 1 irobahly descend hs heirlooms in the kboook family.?fit. Louis Times. 1 Already, when a Washington belle ' t a detected in any lit11??. sinful game, ! < he is spoken of as Belle-napping. 1 Why i* a selfish friend like the lotorP7--Breau.sc, though lie is the j irst in pity, he is the lant in help. '' ridont .Touvual. TIJRDAY, APRIL I REFRESHING INFORMATION. WHAT W'OIiK IS l>OXE !l\" 77/ E PE\SIO A K rU EA U C /. Eli KS. Tho Widows and Oaof Soldiers Systematically Rubbed?I'ttor Looseness, Corrupliou, and Absence ef Accountability. WashtNi.'i'ON', Match 1'L ? Mr. In<>h1Is, ilepuLlican, from I\ una*, cltaro. ed openly in I lit! Senate, a few wc? ks al?<>, that at least live millions v?t dollars is Iran lulentlv |>ai i out every year on account ol pensi ms. II is eslunate is below the t? :*!i< v. This ser vice disbursed I a -1, year $810,2 4 8,(5(?o 1)1 this enormous sum *2 <1,2SV?,.SIR was paid at the annual rate to pensioners, and $2,885,180 * a* claimed to be paid lor arroare.iH on pensions, ot which no separate account is k' pt. The office expenses and disbursing assents ctoi-j sumed $ 1,07 1,7 78. Ii thus appears that four p?-r cent on the total amount paid to annual jK'iiAioners is appropriated for the otiicial machinerN 'o yet the. money into their hands. The pension office, lik" all other branches ot the public ser\ ice, is corrupt, ineHicimit, ami directed by I;: vol it ism. Toe ins! claims of tbous. ands ol wool- koMicim, Ui'ir widows, and their children, are po*ijtoiicd pit;cm, i i?> 11 > 1, iiihi const mil i y i ejected in order that lone claims may bo preferred, con.-idoi "d, and allowed, A par' ial inces! ijratiou of the manM?r?Minait ot this bureau by the Comniiit?-e on Invalid IVmikumis discloses foiin' curious lads, us will lie lounil in the following extracts iioin the testimony: II. M. Atkinson, late (dinini^fiioficr ol lVnsi*uik. ? Q.? l'nor to your appoiiiiuicut had you any opportunity to acquire a knowledge ol tlie manageuieiit or conduct ol the oliiec? A.? N <?, Kir. Q. ? 11 :i <i \ou any knowledge of the pctikiori laws, or ol the regulathum pertaining to I lie granting ol pci sioii:-? A ? \ < i ??i i ? Alter you w?r? appointed did you |?hy any compensation tow^nl the political luu.iy A. ? Not as Co minis sinner ol Pension*. I paid it volant i j ily as an iiidiv iduvi!. Q. ? llnw r*?*oit ftlicr tlio appoint, omul? A.? Perhaps two or three, w eek*. Q.? At the time you paid $dO wx* there a Relict al assessment. (Ml all the < mployee* ol ihe oitiee? A.?So ( nit (iei'fs'ood. The employees in the othee were per naps solicited to Kuhsirihe. Q.? I >.? you know (.?en. Stiles? A V OH. Q?Wii? he employed in the Pen niou Kureau hist Milium i? A.? Yes, si r. Q.-\Y:4n he not a cleik of the ('on jrrv*sionnl comtuiitee list summer? A. -lie was employed hy that ooiinnit. tee, I believe. Q. ? I >id In* not spend the greater p:nt ol the summer attending to the duties o( the clerk o( i lie Congressional Republican ('oiumitlee? A.?Tint I cannot say; Ik. was not in the oilier t he cniire t iuie. Q.? Rid he not draw pay regularly Iroui the Pension Oilice? A. ? 1 suppose he did. Q ? I > i you know t s o clerks named Railing ami Aoule? A.-Yes, sir. Iv.-NN'efe they not in editing k den.'irtnicnt al joiiriiKl last suniuier? A. ? Yes. Q-IIas that journal any cjitneo.'ion y. it n the PeUMon bureau A. ? No, sir h>.-Ril these men n?d draw their pay during the tune they were editing tins journal? A.-\ < s, but ihoy neve ?t the cfhei duriMi$ the usual oliice hours. Q ? NVerethev not. employed dtiiiiitr nfliee hours in writing editorials tor their paper? A -Not that I know ol. - I ) ? you know William C.tflicy? A.- Y* s. Q. ?Was he in the employment. <d I l. IJ . . I . . O A ' iu# i i nmr*u \ n * u iiint't - v?*. Q.-What *ork did he do? A.-He * hs ? ?? id' > *? d V?v i he (lonwo oiimI ' !U?M1 mill ee, Mild, Sy the VC?I>hI direc1 imi* lit the A**iM ml N ( r. t:iry (Cow | i', ju-t icui^ited ], he Hn<i Mihn were MMMitfiti'd, ;?H thai h :?M cUfMuin iry, j *?:d hence w.*n not cxoudercd iin|>r<>{?- ! ur. Q.-And while he wns mi time he [ 'lre\v Ioh jmy Irorn lUo /'? iimom Olhce? A.- W's. Q.-f'or what length <?1 time? A?I iiiiiik from June to Nrjit- niher. Q.-Mow much did lie dri'v during I list, time? A.-One hundred dollar** * tnon; h. Q.-l)id you .n)?f???ir%t * detective F'iO\il* \ itLl'l C L' ) U? In t )k>i.i AIWKA Ikilull iit'lii vi ii'i ? i ? i w * >\s\j ?n,i ii I itovi'iior ol that 8:ale? A.-Yen. Q-\Vhat wan liia nana*? A.-II, W. | KurnisH. (J.-Did he not Kolioit you i<? appoint 1 [vim in or.lor that he might have an pportunily to travel? A.-No, wr; [*ov. Kuinirtrt had been in good cir[ nnirttancoB, but ho wart untoriunuto in burtineHH. Q-Wluit |?ay did lie get per mo: 11?? A.-lie drew at, llie i ate ot $1,000 a year. -Traveling expensvH in addition? WSJ , 187<>. NO. 13. A.-Y oil. he still in the employment of the Pension Bureau? A.-Yes; ho is still an agent. $.-Pid he stale to you that he , would like to have an opportunity to travel in the United State? A.-t do i not recollect; perhaps he may have; I expect he did. I have no doubt he j did, and he has had a very good opportunity as special agent. ft).-l>o von know ot any Democrats ; in thti Pension Bureau? A.- Yes. t appointed one since 1 have been there. <^.-1 would like to have hts name, ' A.-They are not on now. t^.-llave von discharged 130 clerks since the 4th of March last? A.-I do nut remember tin* number of discharges. <^.-Did you not appoint 9G ?onoe you have been there? A.-It. is possible, hut not new appointments. f^.-Wa* not the largest number of '0 appointments which you made new appointments of persons who had not, j been in the oilier before? A.-There i was quito a number ol stu b eases, I Nllimose Tin* Sreret are of the lute I .11 ............ J . nor made the appointments. tf.-llow in^nv clorU ;iic iln>rr in tlio Pension l>urc;ui? A-Then' are H0*? clerks, according to the classification allowed by law. There are now .893, but there are a less number of a certain (rrade. f^.-And you have now got 3*3 clerks there, u Idle the appropriation authorizes but 3(35? A,-Vrs (J.- WI\y did you not comply with the law? What was the ditt'culty? A. - The <>n?!/ tfijjicttffi/ was tin. pnasuvc for office. These are only snmph-fl of confeapiouu extorted from thi* ev t'onmiis. sioner ot Pensions, who, liks his predecessor that went out under a cloud ot suspicion, has been promoted to be a Surveyor-tit iters I, with large opportunities tor plundering. The next witness was John Stiles, one ot this noble band of idle and venal clerks, referred to by Atkinson: t^.-State whether you were in the employment ot the reunion Ibireuu last summer. A.?Yea, sir. t^.-Froiu that date to what date? A.-From the first ot January, 1875, right through the year. (^.-During the summer what were you doing? A.?During a portion ot I lw? till Ml tuft I* I U' !1 ti 11 i > 1 1 I 1... 1 ..i? eivnoiol ?liit y. $.-Were yon not a clerk of the Republican Congressional Committee? A,-l was writing for the committee. (^.-How much of your time did you coiiKiime iu writing tor the Republican Congressional Committee? A.-I tliink from the 13th of May to the 4th or 5th of November. (^.-During nil that time you were working for the Republican Congressional Committee? A.-Yes, sir. V-How much salary did you draw? A.-l drew my usual salary, $1,200 a year. ft>. -After the 4th of November, were you not promoted from the Pension Ruroau to a clerkship of higher grade in the Interior department? A. -Yes, sir. Q.-And you arts holding that now? i A."Yes, sir. Q.-At whose instance w era you ] detailed ks clerk to the Republican ( Congressional Committee? A.-The order came to me, I think, from Mr. Atkinson (Commissioner of Pensions). Q.-Where were you when you re- j coivod the telegram? A.-At my desk, in tlie 1 Ynsou Ruivhu. I Q.-And you reported to Mr. Atkin* i son? A.-Yes, and he ordered me to j rojvort to Judge Kdmunds. i <J.-Who whs Judge Kdmunds? A.- t Judg-* John M. Edmunds, City Post- ? master of tliccitv ol Washttigton, and i Secretary of the Republican Congees* ] ei<mia1 (/Oinmittee. Q.-Pid yon receive anything for I your clerkship except from the Pension < Ru,eaw? A.-Y<*s, nr. I Q.-How much did you receive from ; the Congressional Commit to? A.? : Fifty dollars a month in addition to < my regular salary. i Q.-What salary do you got now? j A.-I am paid at the rate of $2,00<) a 1 I year. # j j First, Stiles was ordered to icport * to the Postmaster of Washingtou for political duty, drew his pay regulaily 1 roil! the Pension Oflice, and received < $50 a month in addition from the < Republican Committee, and, after ? lee* \ ' tion, was promoted for these services j ' to a place ot $2,000 a year. O. I'. J. Clark, chief clerk of the | I Pension Bureau, furnished some re* ' ? freshing information when drives into i a corner: < <^.-llow many desks arc there in i that diviaion? A.-There are forty* ' eight persons employed in that divin* ion. ! C^.-Ts not that whole division in your ' judgment, almost or altogether useless? 1 should think not. g.-Cive us your host judgment. Ought that division not to i>e lopped j < 11? A.-If the work of ti*c Auditor's Otliee was up to date, the work of that division would be useless. (One is a fiuplicitu of the other.) g -Is not tho work of ihe Audit*/ s Ortic? up to date? A.-No, sir. Q.-VVhy not? A.-It never has been ! A DVEliTISEMKNT* .Mi'cil at fl.DQ per squ.ar* for fiis', hm f'fiv u'* for each subsequent insertion. <>;.?? in !i Hpure wlil constitute a gqnar* r, !ii'ili?u in brevier or display typo: les? m.i . an inch will !hi charged for as a equate. JlAiri.i;;a notices tree. Death* anil Funeral notices free. Ibligioua notices of one square f ee. A liberal discount will be made to those whoso advertisements Jaro to be kept in for three months or longer. up to date. I do not know why. I understand they aro nearly one year behind with their accounts. - I)o you know N. V. Richards? A.-Yvs. Q.-What work doos he do? A.Mr. Diehard* has been a sort of gen1 oral utility man. <j.-Roe* lie do any actual work? A.-I would not say whether be was a good worker or not, for the r?:i*o:i that I am unable to state. q.-Roch he not spend a good sliar of hi* time around the Capitol a i l amusing himself generally? A.-I cannot tell you, because I have J\o in an of knowing it. ,Q.-fie lias no special luties tisxigm* I to hi in? A.-No* I <lo not tbiiik i i* :?r, I can say bo is an Kxamiiur ?h* aia thing else* The testimony throughout i* of tin* character, showing looscr.es*, corruu lion, und tbo absence of anv aeeouni i ability* Ktauds on tbeJJiK'nsion fund' collusion with outside rascals, delay and injustice toward honest claimants, and demoralization arc the nulumd outgrowth of a rotten system liko thin, which has no other object than the ascendancy ol party and a division ol the spoils* Horn St kali no. ? Two cased of the boldest stealing we have yet heard 01 occurred in our town on Monday 1?!At one a home and the other a set of harncsH. The horau in the prop ci ty ol Mr. A. lb Campbell, w ho says his loss is severe. He think* the home was taken to Chesterfield or Wadcsboro, N.C. The horse in dark bay, medium size, with black mane and tail, and a knot on inside of right hind leg. The harness w as the property ol a Mr. King, and was taken olV lrom his horse near Mr. I (list's - ' shop.? /hirlimjton {southerner, 10t/i. *? Tiik Hui'iikmk Couut Kioiw? Dowm a C'itizicm.?A little alter*?* o'clock yesterday morning, Associate Justice Wright, while driving down Mam street, looking in any other direction than the way he should have had his judicial eye* turned, run over a follow-citizen. The man was severely hut not dangerously wounded in the head. Ho wan carried to l>r. Jack* son's drug store in an it sensible condition, and his wound probed and dressed by a physician. The amusing feature of the accident was, when t ? man roived, and being asked how it occurred, replied: 4,Vou n e, ho?s, no J edge was looking one way and 1 d ? odder, and neiver of us *eo, and d it what bring about dis colhuiott w id the J edge's hoHs' shoes.'1 (Jolumbia lUyi&tcr (il^ A Nkw Idka,?A gentleman living within :4 l'-w miles <>f Anderson informs (in that wll the colored uien who w? ro nndcr verbal contract to work on hi* farm tins year Kit him, and assign as their reason that they do not intend to work lor any man who belongs to a Democratic club. This is rnttver a queer proceeding, and it seems to us that it is equally as proper for I he employer to refuse to hira K< publicans. Laborers can scarcely atlord to make ibis issue, but whew it is made, the Democrats should pr? pure to meet it by returning it,?Anderson Jntcllirjcnccr. UKMCS or Washington (*OINO TO 1*111 IiA.tjf.l1muA- ? l>r. A. W. Wash* ington, grandnephew of <r."n. Oenrgo Washington, the nearest living relative to the father of his country, and at resi?lent ol Denison, Texas, ships i box cont.lining the following articles for exhibition at the LVntcuinal: (-ten. Washington's court mi it of browr silk/su pposed to be ihe mil in which bo was inaugurated. Ivory seal, swt in gold, presented to Washington by (ten- Lafayettesword presented to Washington by [ion- Darks, the famous Indian fighter, before the devolution Knee ami dioe buckles, and, most valuable of ill, twelve autograph letters from [ten- Washing'oii to his brother Sa:nlei. <1 til I h? i .?? ? 11 177? an.l 17m l ' ' I ?ome from Mount Vernon and smite Iront the Hold, and all giving Washngton'rt private views ol the war then K.-tginpr. It in stated lliat the Duke ol M<v lena ordered in hi* will that the legally whieli he left to Don Carlo*1* wit? thould not he paid beloro peace h id jeen declared, resulting either in the victory or defriuile defeat ol Dow Carlo*, who wan to acquire this fortune ailher on the throne of Spain or in exile. Hence, since he had lost all ho -e of ascending the throne, Don Co lo* thought it would he uselesn to prolong It is resistance, and that it would be better to bring the war to a close quit Spain, and take possession ol the iorlunc lett him under theso condition* ? A hoy, ol Cass (Jonnty, IndM sail he guessed he woulduscatter them darned old hen*." meaning some woiaea who were assembled at a quilting parly in hi* wether's parlor. Hottjlre4 upon them through a window with # heavily loaded shotgun, *,UL slightly wounded two; but the the weafwjii throw hint downabftAk, breaking an arm and