YOL. X. LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1880. NO. 2i ?wup IV*' - ** ' firmTftf il"^iAiVXCt-fr* 311 m*. gPi^TTVi'iCTITy1^^^^'?^TnTTflEItfV Frfl WllilF"*ffirinB1'IW3FWflH hM ^WtTI IH1 P1"** * '-" iTfT'PBT*w,T,H|lwas consumed, and the member pre- j < senting the bill moved the previous i! question. The Republicans demand- i ed further time to discuss the bill, ' and a large number of Democrats i were disposed to grant it. 11 The gentleman (Hosteller, of Indi- j: ana,) Laving the bill in charge per- i sistently refused, and the Republicans i: began to "filibuster" by refusing t- j I vote at all; and the Democrats, not < having a quorum of the whole House : 1 preseut, bad the point made upon | them after every vote, that a ' quorum j ' was not present." A call of the | House was ordered, and 243 members ;' answered to their names. Another j1 vote was ordered, the roll called, I about 130 Democrats voted, but no i Republicans; and another point of j < order that there was do quorum. At this stage of the contest I saw ... i an evideut disposition on the part of the Democrats to open up discussion again. Cvi bond? Simply to allow the Republicans another opportunity j to abuse the South, and shake unmercifully the poor old tattered and torn bloody shirt in our faces. Meantime the bill had been S": loaded down with amendments from j both Democrats and Republicans, that Us author would not have known his bantling, wrapped as it was in its; variegated garments! Then it was that I rose and asked if it would be in order to lay the bill and amendments ou tbe table? Be-' ing told that it would be, I made that motion, which was lost by nine votes; but I believe the defeat of my motion has accomplished what I desired? the withdrawal of this stupid bill from the consideration of the Mouse. I had opened the way to more practical and useful legislation. i But as you have forced me into the | papers agaiu, let the who'e truth be told. After my motion was made, and the House in great coufusion was wrangling over si me points of order, the author of the bill, (not the member having it in charge, but the , author) came to me, and asked me; to modify mv motion. And no less ! than a score of Democrats voluntarily , said: "Aiken, if you had moved to ', recommit I would have voted with I you, but I won't vote to table the bill " And this was the voice of the , entire South Carolina delegation. ji Do you comprehend the difference? , Had it been recommitted to tbe com- i mittee it would have remained in Democratic hands, and could have been amended satisfactorily and pre-! sen ted in a different garb iu the fu , lure; or it could have been smothered ; in the committee, and would never; have again bn^n heart! of. Dot to' have laid if on the table would have been voting to suit the wishes of the , _ Republicans, and, therefore, an ac-'1 koowledged qnasi-defeat of the Deiui-ratic majority, which would have had ( i tendency to demoralize the party. | There were not a baker's dozen '' members that thought the bill wise;i any, more than ha f the Democrats; thought it nuwise, indefensible, and I' would prove a dead letter upon our Statute books if enacted into law. I' But the party had sworn the "horse 1 was sixteen feet high," and they proposed to "hght it out on that line."! I was not in the swearing, and j thought it uot wise to take the oath, i * . ! | That's all about, it. One word further. There are over " fifteen thousand clerks iu Washiug- ^ ton; perhaps ten thousand are men, i? :iud all of them are Republicans, j1 Suppose each one of them gave ten !' dollars fur a campaigu fund, as they i did last sum i) er to elect Foster gov- j1 ernor over Ewing in Ohio, there will ;1 be a fund of $100,000. How will you j ^ prevent this atnouut being raised? 1 This bill says such an assessment shall I Dot be made. Suppose these clerks know that ; 3 their continuance in officeAlcpeiids upon Republican success Fail,; and they go forward and voluntarily [jive $20 each, thus $200,000 for the ' | Republican campaign, what steps would you take to prevent it ? This bill says, that shall be consid- j sred a penal offence. What?pun ! ( ished for disposing of your money as! you think proper after you have1, earned it? As weil tell me that, after j [ had sold a bale of cotton the money ' j received for it should not be spent usj. [ thought proper These two points! j in the bill will show yon the perfect !, inutility of enacting such legislation j is it proposed. One more postscript. I hold my-! >elf amenable to those who sent me; iiere, and am ever ready to give ac- j rount of my stewardship, but I protest being held to account bv those ' who, ignorant of the surroundings, I 1 seem ever wilin" to attack me f<.r political apostacv. I am no uutoma-i* 'on, ami I n, be should have seen fit. to resent our inquiry as the manifestation of a "sinister motive" thai has no existence except in his own fancy. We repeat that we have great respect for ami confidence in Col.'Aiken; but tiie people of South Carolina have at ail times a right to know what their representatives in Congress do. and why they do it.?Editor Nov:* and Councr. 2?aks Friend3. Life is very critical. Any word nay be ou|" last. Au{ farewell, even nnong gh.? ami merriment, may be forever If this truth were but burned nto onr consciousness, and it ruled is a deep conviction and power in jur lives, would it not give a new meaning to all onr humau relationships? Would it not make us far more :ender than we sometimes are? Would it not oftentimes put a rein ipou our rash and impetuous speech? Would we carry in our hearts the miserable suspicious and jealousies :hat now so often embitter the foun;aiu of our loves? Would we be so inpatient of the faults of others? Would we allow trivial misunderstandings to build up strong walls be;ween us and those who ought to stand very close to us? Would we ;eep alive petty quarrels year after rear, which a manly won! any day .voald compose ? Would we pass ieighbors or old friends on t he streets vithoub recognition, because of some real or fancied slight, some wounding >t" pride, or some ancient, grudge ? Or vould we bo so chary of our kind voids, our commendations, our sympathy, our comfort, when weary learts all about us are breaking for nst such expressions of interest or ippreciatiou as we have in our power to give? The Plaintiff?Now, then, who is the plaintiff in this case? asked His Honor as u case was called. No reply. I ask who is the plaintiff in this rase? continued the Court. I don't know anything about plainIffs. replied a man in the corner, as ie slowly rose, hut if you were asking ror the chap who was chased a mile md a half and then mopped all over lis barn yard by two desperadoes, ben I'm your man ! The ca*e went on. The negroes of the South consume :wice as much per head of sugar-cured nuns, lobsters, sardines, tobacco and whiskey, as the miners, factory operitives and poor needle-women of the North, :inil yet the working classes North are taught to regard the colo r> >re:l brother as a poor, dowu-troddeu, itarved wretch. The A-sufiafe Ih-fnTnvrf Prcdnjlc. )iin says: "Col. Aiken is one of the iest lie preset i tat ives we have ever aad in Congress." j Bill Arp on the Press. i Yonr paper is a gieat comfort tc I me; in everv number I find something 1 ' i ? I to put away 111 un:i4?and memory; ! something th.it I did not know before, j and which will be of advantage to me | in time to come. If a man can read ; he can get a good education by tak I ! ing one good paper; ^^rnn keep up | with the world, anil make himself an entertaining member of society; he can talk tip a little oyjuost any subject. Book learning is a very good I thing, but I know a man who has n power of that, but hcUiever reads the ' papers, and he passes for a fool in Ilis naborhood. Some papers are J not much aceount'^JJ'^rppearnnccs, | but I never took one__that didn't pay me in some way a good deal more J than I paid it. One time an old ; friend started a little paper away | down in Southwestern Georgia and 'sent it to me, and I 'subsetibed just to encourage him, and so after a while i it published a notice lhat an administrator had an order to sell several lots of land at public outcry, and one i of the lots was in tiiv?couuty. So I I. , J inquired about the? lot, and wrote ; down to mv friend to attend the sale, and run it to fifty dollars. He did so, and bid off the lot for me at tbirtv I j dollars, and I sold ifr? in a month to ; the man it joined for a hundred, and so I made sixty-eighftTbllars clear by j taking that paper. Mr father told ine when he was a young man he saw a notice in a paper that a school teacher was wanted away off in a distant county, and he \fent down there | and got the sit nation^ and a little girl j was sent to him, and after a while she grew up mighty sweet and pretty, I and he f?-il in love^with her and j married her Now, if he hadn't took i that paper, what do \y\\ reckon would have become, of m^aM^oufdu't I be tsnme other feller, not be at I all ??Atlanta Constitution. I Pats Atta:k and Disfcgure Two Hon. A remarkable and perhaps unpre\ cedeuted combat took^place at Bos; tick's mill, near Peed^e, N. C., on the | morning of the 9th instant. It seems j that Gen. Bostick and one of his employees. Anderson Way less, went into a corn house, which had been stored with corn for nearly twelve months, ! and which had been .closed for that j length of time. After getting iu, they found that the place was literlly j alive with lats, which began to nt: tack fiercely the two men, who in j vain attempted to beat them off. The rats came upon them in droves, t-iting then) about tin- hands, face and legs, j several actually getting under Way; less's shirt. Both men cried for help, ! and were rescued l'r<>tn their perilous i situation. The whole of (Jen Bos1 tick's ear was eaten off and face horribly bitten. Way less's nose and lips were so badly bitten that his best friends could not recognize him, and his left eve was torn jViirri- its socket. ?Special to II"(ishinr/toii j Whatever you have to say, my friend, I Whether witty or grave or guv, I ? ? * | Condense as much as ever you can, j And say in the readiest way; | And whether you wrteqii rural affairs Or particular things fn town; Just a word of frieudly advice? Boil it down. j For if you go spluttering over a page When a couple of lines would do, Your Imtter is spread so much, you see i That the bread shows plainly .1 i . inruuyu So when you Lavcj a story to tell, Aud would like ;i little renown, . To make quite sure of your wish, my friend, Boil it down. A Rochesteu Physician's Experience. : R. Caulkins, M D., of Rochester, X. : Y., certifies Oct, 6tii, 1879, that he has used the Safe Kidney and Liver Cure in his practice for diseases of the kidneys and liver, aud the result ' has been satisfactory in the extreme. He says: "I would now prescribe the , same remedy to all similarly afflicted, aud you are. at liberty to so state in | your testimonials/' Jan 73lq. Ths Primary System. i ! Di e West, S. C., March 13,1880. | [1 Editor Rrtttuder.?As this is the' 1 . .' ;! venr for the geueral elections, aud r . , one that is likely to test to the uts j most the strength of the Democratic I j party in the State, our safety lies in i adopting such plans aud in pursuing > such course of action as will keep the i party solid and active. ; Excepting a sense of common dan ger, which always unites a people, I! nothing, in the judgment of the ; l ! writer, contributed so much to our [ i; success iu 187G as the system off i primary elections. The mind that j 1' euvolved that grand idea of going to ! ,! every tuan in tbe State, bigb or low,: rich or poor, the noisy declaimer and j i i tin- quiet, enthusiastic tbinker, equally | I j tbe right to express his preference for! j nominees by bis vote, was truly an j : organizer of a scattered aud despoud-1 j ent force. Tbe scheme entitles its! author to immortality in tbe South-j | em Democracy. What unity, activ-j itv, life, hope and determination it; inspired where adopted! Who can j recall those glorious days of solid I effective work without feeling their! j spirit and inspiration cotue back to j I hiui and nerve him for auother strug-1 gle? The object of this communication ; is to recommend this magic system to j j a more universal adoption and en- . ! largement; and then, so enlarged aud 1 ! perfected, let us appeal to it again ! ! for success iu the elcclion this fall. I ; At present they nominate oulv mem' hers of the Legislature and county | officers. Let us enlarge their work, i j and by them nominate also our Representatives to Congress and Solicitors. The writer has not noticed this enlargement advocated in the | , papers of the State, except l>y the ; | Abbeville Medium. Others may have been doing 4o. If so, tb jy have bee^i, | and are, touching the cord that viJ brutes through the rank and file of ' j the party. The "primaries" harmon-j | ize so fully with the principles of; ! Democracy, give such a fair choice of i candidates, that everyJody is awaken- j i fed by them to the fullest vigor in the j 1 j elections. Let it not be feared that! 'j the idicateri enlargement of the pri- j inary elections will render them itn-! I practicable. For the count and de-j j termination of the Congressional: ! nominee and the Solicitor, the j 1 , | local clubs can forward returns to the | ! County Executive Committees as at j j present. These committees can ag- j Igregate votes and announce legisla-j j tive and county nominees, aud for ward their returns for the other two ! offices to the State Executive Comj nnttee for aggregation and announcement of nominees. The whole plan is simple, aud can be put into ope-; j ration without a jar; and when j I brought into action will afford the! | broadest satisfaction to the whole j ; I party. A. Voter. j A Bachelor's View of It.?Man ; i that is married to a woman isof many ; i days and full of trouble. In the | ! morning he draweth his salary, and i in the evening behold it is all gone. : It is as a tale that is told, it vanish- ; j etb and no one knoweth whither it | jgoeth. He riseth up clothed in the! i chilly garments of the night, and seek- j 'etb the somnolent paregoric where-! with to soothe ike colicky bowels of. | his infant posterity. Hebecometk as i | the horse or the ox, aud draweth the ! chariot of his offspring. He spend-i ' etii the shekels in the purchase of tine linen to cover the bosom of his fam-! ! ilv, yet himself is seen iu the gates of; jtbe city, with but oue suspeuder.; ! Yea, he is altogether wretched. Hie vote 01 tue .Legislature 01 tuis; j State fur Presidential candidates' shows Mr. Bayard to be the first i choice of 78 out of 132, Tilden 12,1 I Sevmour 11, Field 10. The rest are i j I ! divided among various names. Of; the o-i who vote for other candidates ! i j fur first choice, 21 are for Bayard as j.second choice. Thus he is shown to j be acceptable to hi) out of 132. A weekly paper called the Nnc Era ', j has just beeu started in Charleston, j, I in the interests of the colored people, j Our Demoralization. I A great deal has been said and j printed of late about Ibe necessity of a law forbidding the carrying of concealed weapons. If the juries of the Slate would do their duty, by con-, victing some of the many murderers in this State the reprehensible prac-j tice might be checked to some extent. The work of tho recent sittings of the courts which have been held in the i various circuits of South Carolina will 1 ' ' i 1 i ' _ if - L Dear us out in tue assertion tuat me trial by jury of a white man for the crime of murder in this State has become a farce and a disgrace to our civilization. While the courts refuse' to punish a murderer, the Judges, ' without exception, speak in the most emphatic terms against the practice 1 of carrying deadly weapous. The! fact is, that such speeches from the Beuch may be said to have become j stereotyped, except as to the mere matter of verbiage. We say if the, Judges would direct the juries to find j verdicts in accordance with the enor- j mitv of the crime that has been com- i mitted they would fiud this a more j effective plan of suppressing crime, j It takes a little more than honied words to be effective in staying the. hand of the murderer. A little stern justice is what is demanded, Herealter the notice of nn approaching county court of General Sessions might be announced as follows: Notice.?The Court of General Ses- > sions will convene in the Court House in this county next Monday week. Murderers will appear and receive , certificates of their innocence. Pris- j oners charged with the crimes of steal- j ing crops from the field, burglary, ar- J son or grand larceny are notified that: they will be sent to the penitentiary ( promptly a'ter the adjournment of| court. "JokxSxow, Clerk." J [Abbeville Pre** and Banner. J The Points of the Law. You see, boss, dar's a nigger libin' up my way who orter to be tooken car* of, said an old darkey to the captain at the Central Station yesterday.1 What's he been doing now ? Waal, j sah, las' fall I lent him my axo, an' when I wauted it back he braced right up an' tole me dat possesshuu was nine piuts o' law, an' refused to j gib it up. Yes. Waal, de odder day I sent de ole woman ober, an' she j borrowed his buck saw, an' when Ju- ; lius cum for it I tole him jist like he J answered me, an' stood on my dig-' uity. Well ? I had uiue pints o' law,' didn't I? Yes. An' how many pints : am de law composed of? I don't know exactly. Well, dat's what bod-! ders me, fur dat nigger saw detn nine pints, shet up dis lef' eye fur me, pitched de ole woman ober a bar'), # . I an' walked off with his saw an' coy snow shovel to boot! If I had nine pints he innst kev had ober twenty, I an' cbeu den he didn't half let him-! self out!?Detroit Free /Vs.s. The Convention called for June by : a minority of the Executive Commit tee, should not attempt to nominate ' a State ticket. The election of State, ! County and National offices should | be subject to the primaries, and is ' the only thing that will give satisfaction to the masses. Their action maybe construed as an effort to gag a free discussion of the candidates for j State offices. We are now beginning a new century politically, and the! road to honorable distinction must be open alike to the sons of farmers and mechanics as to the exclusive heirs of aristocracy.?Jleouforl Crew-eat. Beautifiers.?Ladies, you cannot make fair skin, rosy cheeks and spark-! liner eves with all the cosmetics of France, or beautihers of the world,1 while iu poor health, and nothing will give yon such good health, strength, buoyant spirits and beauty as Hop Bitters. A trial is certain proof. See another column. 23. ' The Tallahassee Florid ian says that a large percentage of the oat crop through that section of country is said to be already seriously damaged by ; rust, aud it is feared will prove al-j most a failure. The Family Rudder. A Comstocker who was haviDg bis hair cut yesterday afternoon gave the barber particular instructions not to remove a long lock tbat projected in a somewhat unsightly way from the front of bis bead. It don't become you, said the barber. Can't help that, said the customer. Better let me take it off, said the barber. Just you leave it as it i3, said the uiau. But, persisted the barber, I can't give you a smooth, decent cut if I leave the hair so long in front. It will look like the very devil. I can't see what you want it left there f<>r? That's because you don't know what it is?you don't know the use of it. I know it's a bunch of hair and know that it's devilish unbecoming just where it is. Yes; it is a bunch of hair, and it is something more than a bunch of hair?it's the family rudder. The family what? The family rudder. When things1 don't go right at home my wife always grabs that lock of hair. She would feel lost without it. "When she gets hold of that she can handle me? steer me in the right course, so to' speak?and when I go in the right course tbe wbolo family go in tbe right course and all is well I've got used to it now and don't mind it. Should I lose my hair and become bald, or should you give me a fighting cut all over, there would be no way of steering me; I should become' uumangeable, and sooner or later a' total wreck. No, sir; don't you disturb the family rudder. Sad Legislation. ? .j By a late act of tbe Legislature;witnesses in State cases only get fifty cents a day. This may be patriotic, but poor people have long since' learned that they cant live on patriotism. The people have their eyesopen, aud they will draw comparisons. Why, they naturally ask, increase the salaries of clerks and employees at the State House during the session, aud cut dowu the poor man's wages, who is compelled, under the law, to go to the Court House and stay there till dismissed by the Judge, at perhaps an expense of a dollar and a half a day, and only give him fifty cents? This may be law, but, we re spectfully submit, it is not equity; neither is it true economy to a party that wants to hold the reins of government and cheerful obedience to its requirements. A man now who is a witness in a State case must bring his rations from home, cook them himself, and sleep on a blanket io a wagou yard, or lose money every trip. State Ticket.?The Abbeville *Medium, under the head of "A Ticket for the Times," briugs out the following, which we reproduce- as information to the general reader: For Governor, Gen. M. W. Gary;, of Edgefield; Lieutenant-Governor, Col. Rob't. Aldrieb, of Barnwell; Secretary of State, General Jno. Bratton, of Fairfield; Comptroller-General, Hon. James C. Coit, of Chesterfield; Treasurer, Hon. William Hood, of Abbeville; Adjutant and InspectorGeneral, Geueral John B. Erwin, of Lancaster; Attorney-General, Hon. Isaac D. Witherspoon, of York; Sup i t L e Tl l A. * Ti .. Tr ennieuuent ox XAiucauua, xaev. ?. W. Duncan, of Spartanburg. The successful growing of the coffee plaut in South Florida seems to be now established beyoud question. Mrs. Atzrotta, of Braidentown, Manatee Count}-, has just received from the Commissioner of Agriculture the premium offered some time since of $10 for the first pound of coffee grown in the open air. Through the medium of the New York HW'i Governor Seymour has positively declined to allow his name to be presented to tue people as a candidate for tbe Presidency, nor will be allow it to be used uuder any circumstances whatever. ' r