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^ '( ipawiwTMaiouumi! ????niu?mi*i?1>?iniiM am mmmtj-. ?hi uwMurapww?ii?waww?Mi???i >, DEVOTED TO 10 LI TICS, MORA LIT Y,.EDUCATION AND TO THE GENERAL INTEREST. OF THE COUNTRY. VOL V. .. , PICKENS, a C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 187G. . ~ ~*N0. 51. UUAt UJtSXI Xi&nJNXAAj J^AX JTJSA. Philadelphia, Aug. 12, 1870 Grave digger;?"Now, your tanner, sir, will last you some nine years." t Hamlet,?;i\Vliy lie more tlmn another!" Gra.ie digger.?Why, sir, his hide is so tanned with his business, that lie keepfl out tlio water ? . A long tiino, and your water is ft sore destroy" J er of your wherson dead body, Slinkcspctxro. | Who tho tanner was, has never . been definitely ecttled, but with ull due deference to thoso whose hletori cal researches ontitlo their opinions to weight, I would respectfully suggest tho name of Adaiu. I do not ioor'i to assert that ho tanned leather II breeches tor hie offering Cain and Able, but there is every reason to suppose that, 1 iko more modern parents, ho tanned tho place which the l)itoo.Ilf*r v;or ill'Vlirlnit fn nih-nr mwl whether ho need oak, hemlock, or birch in the operation, is a mutter ot no particular importance, alongside of the establishment of the substantial historical fact. Sinco tiio day, tho business has very materially improved, and I have no doubt Adam ? would ho exceedingly a?toniahod and gratifio I il ho could step into tho 6hoo find loa'her exhibit at llio Centennial Exhibition unci observe tlio vast advances that littvo been mado in this n^elid branch of manufactures. Fig ^ louvts may haw forved a very ex 1 cedent ]mir|><in a elin ate where ' i thu thui illume'or rarelv lalls behnv ' nxty, but in lauds where tlie keen ' hi in{/ blast will tako the hair i<|}' <>l a degs bacK, it is evident that ludie> 1 ill* gentlemen hunting huckleberries ' 111' lllllltr liouru U'fkliili i?a?nl Jj.mi.i l.n... - | wvtti u " VII1M IIUWM OV/IIIUl II III*,* more bubs'liniia!. b i liii lig leaves gre.v uiifatthiunalilo, the 1 Hkii'Sul umimiU became the favorite e?M ei iug ??f mat). Av f -? l cum imagine Mult ilia young goti tloinuii who tore tho rcoUuij; peli 1 Iruin the back <>t n Me^utlicraum, 1 unlet luivu tiMinJ it rut liur an u.isu- ' *ury dressing K??wn in ilio euurao uf ft?v > or lliruu weeks, (luxigli it in nev> ' ...ilw.l-.o,. . I -. I : - ' 1 vi uivreoa ii iiu I ilitL IIU Illlgltl IIUVl) combined in n binglu garment tlio <lu- ' light ot Li in barker cIko-o wilt the 1 ^ cxiniortti of it Mackinaw blanket. Tu * . { people of delicate organic ttioii it inimt bee tnc evident that tanning 1 would very enilv become a neceaaai v ' And useful accomplishment?not that 1 1 Consider the Ixxjuet of a tan yard ' superior to tlio attar of roses, and candor cotnpolla mo to eay that there nro tunny smulla that are to mo much 1 ^ nioro agreeable and refreshing?but ^ 1 find Ihe inclination to wandor i-ft' 1 in tho logions ol classical reenrch ' and philosophic specnla'or, getting 1 the better oi gflQy discretion. So 1 repress it at oncc and quietly address ' myself to my muttons. In any other ' situation the shoe and leather build- 1 injj; would bo considered an immense ' structure, and it only dwarfs boaide ' Machinery Hull ?i-"i 1 J j W MMV i II IIV^O OlIHU? 1 ^ow it stands. It is 31 A feet long by 1G0 wide. This exhibition ia peon ' liar to itself?lout her thero in and ' plenty of it in tlio Main Hall. ICng- 1 fjand and all tier colonies exhibit it.? 1 Yon see it from Africa Aunti-nlin , ? , and every jiortion of lier dominionsEvery kind of pelt from ti o skin of a 1 kangaroo to the hide of a hippopotamus, but now hero do yoH got the ~ ? ! I ! I ! * cctiaiv? auuil I'l I IJU | HJKHl U1 1 111 08 1*1 111 ti tunnor's art that you do in tho builcl^ ing cxclutjivily devoted to their neo, 14cur tho oust door, at tho prat of i honor. I might euy on tho right ol lino in placed tho oxhibit of Ivt?saia> f untl'surcly no nation that ever used Ua.IF ..!...? ..... i.tu mini ?tio uunur <puinneU lo stand ' ^tlio ordeal. Wo do somo prut I v good tunning in America, and wo turn out porno very nieo leather, but it' you want a pair of boots liiat you desire to leave aa an heirloom lo .your great 1 grandson, to St l'otorshurg or Moscow. There a man invests three or four roubles for a pair ot bouts when ho becomes of ago, and the >baoks of tin;in are uned us hinges for < i his cotHu when ho <1 ica botwctjn seventy and e'glity. Tho first class is of highly ornamental boots ot all tho colors of a rainbow, rind dainty shoes bespangled in silvor and gold, intended, no dot b , for some Russian Cin~ doieUa; but as yon go back things loi>k morn R(>1iit nnft wnn fin/1 calf and kid and bull liido in abundance, and seven leaguod boots that would roach to your neck, which wei-o made on honor, and were ins tended Jo last forever. Tho leather has a look of square honesty about it that scorns to eay: "Pay for mo what price you will, ami you'll bo sure to get your money's worth." In >no ease is a splendid lot of glove kids, the very line9t upecinions of 1 hu.-o goods evor seen in Atnerfca.? No mere description can convey a correct idoa of the extreme lino: osa mill pniiinitit finiuli of tlioon Furn uL-Imb which arc put on exhibition by Sjw kin, of Mo?c iw, "Wilson and Walk' di" of Leeds, havo also a very lino exhibi\ tho combination of colors and lustistic arrangement b-ing unsurpassed. A litilu distance off it iadillicull to believe that 111o g>ods are not the finest (.if satin, the illusion is perfect^ bill lu bo fully appreciated the goods must be seen. Against the wall on tho south side of tho building hang I l.i.l ? I ..il i iililUB ??! K"M*. li-ailiur II'OIH [ very |><m-1i<hi of the Union, line h^c ii'iiem of good honest oak tanning hey are which would reflect honor to anv country, and I trust may be >f Bubstiipii d aei viee to our own.? 1 Newark, N J., is perhaps the lar^es ' exhibitor in bole leather, and a I >r. igner ??n superficial examination 1 might be led hj believe thai it niouop 1 I'Zed the sole loarlier business - t ihe United Sta'uK. Getting again toward ' ilie tit id-lie ??f the ha'l we are in the realm ot fancy gaiters and ornamen- ! Lai shoe*. fill<> 'estiva of u-mlilmnr fu_ I r">" " " "ft vora. Snanss and i!io lancers, and 1 ihu gt undoRt i f opera Millie. N<i I ?ue going down to hear Mo"dy and Smikuv, over put on biicIi gaiters an 1 :lio-o. No sir, tlioyare not that kind ' I ? hairpin, they know more about 1 Ofteiihacii and G?unod than thov d?> ' About ?Ili>ld the Fort," or llNi"ctj 1 ind Nine." I never look at these 1 > ,j -i l.i ji19ub ul u *> 111 jt biiui-'ri, oki 1 niwuy.s 1 think of 11 female relation of mine ' wIioho foot was fourteen, and she ' would insist on trying un n numW 1 ulevon and a half. The^o things are I beautiful to look at, that is if a follow 1 has no wife or daughters. Sixteen ' ilollars a pair, and dog cheap at that, 4ti11 as a nation wo aro wealthy so blow the expense. I think tljero if jomounng equisiroiy nno in tlie idea it putting tlie heel of a ladies' shoe ibout tlio middle of tho 8olu of thu i foot, in fact I hnvo long labored un- ( ;lcr tho impression that that was tin.; I>roj?or place for it, and that there was a mistake i!! our pedal cxtremi' * lie?, and that tho tooa should he cut ; >fl and sewed on behind; the manufacture of shoes in tho latest fibhion lesures mo that 1 am coircct. Jacob ?iin, of Philadelphia, litis some very < lino boots and thoes, which for ei)lo 1 uml gnish arc Certainly worthy of all praise. Here, too, arc contrivancos I tor keoping alio a from wearing out I wliicli 1 rcspcc^full > commend to (lie attention of all fathers ol families.? < Here are Singor machines that wil' go through Bulo leather halt an iueh thick ai easy aa a cambric needle ( will go through iv thousand dollar pockot Imnkorcliiof. Tiiu Knight ol St. Crispin is no longer distinguished , by hia h iinnior and lupdtoiu", solua are ( now cutout l>y a tsinglo in.]>tussi*>n ol j liio dio, and aire inudu in--ro effectual- i Iv solid in a naif of rollura tlnm n i cobbler could hammer them in a week. Not the leant interesting portion of ' thirt exhibit is the display of India rubber jjoods whieh have been ula.? consigned to tbia building. 1 have i before mo whilo I write a specimen of Gossamer waterproof, by the Goodyear Company, which it seems to mo impossible to excel. Tbo tcx tufo is as f!no as silk, and the quality of tho goods as tough rta India rubber. It i? fashioned into various el egant garments and may well bo regarded as one of tho greatest ot mods cm boons to our domestic lifo. I nevor lnok on these goods but I think of tho struggles of poor Gordyear> liow ho j'Kwned the bods and pillows and broke up tho chairs and tables in his experiments, and then after success camo how ho ionglit infringers on liis patent, and died without realizing a tythe of tho intorest which his uingnilicent discovery deserved. A iiiusi important matter to visitors to the Centennial is how to roach Philadelphia in the most comfortable and V expedious manner. While ol course circumstances may frequently have a governing ir.iluonco in the selection the traveller may make. Such as making appointments with friends and the route fixed byoxcuision tick elu, all tilings being equal I should unhesitatingly say conic by tho Now line via 13 mud Brook, the cars are all new, the officials polite and atten live, and it is especially desirable for ladies travelling without a male attendant. The route is almost lice from dust, and tho scenery among [iie most delightful tliat New Jursoy mid Pennsylvania afford. And now ft word to the coming regatta which is anxiously looked forward to by all ehlShl'A ns nnn (if flin m-rult'naf. ni-nntu - tv v i?f this Ceutonnial year. It ia not a mere matter of muscle and brawn oi skill and enduraneo, but a sort ol a world's teat of national pluck and bottom, which settles the world's status of tbo winning crew for nome years at least. Now, when it is con >iuereu mat supremacy m these c>>n>? tests is only oarncd by the irioBt itnremitting industry, by chastity, temperance, and tbo practice of al! the virtue?, and tbo abandonment of all ;he vices, it will be seen bow much /aluo it is to our youth to be taught, hat the grand success of life can oijly >e purchased by patient industry, ii.d that temperance and chastity are n pcrative upon those who would each tlio noblest goal. These I5ri>oiid arc hardy men, bent on winning f winning is possible. I have Been tliem at work, and of this I can assure yon, it they don't carry tho Centennial cup acrosH the big pond it won't 30 their fault. Yours truly, iiltOADKRIM. A c >lorei] preacher from Philadelphia, 6nys a Now York journal, arrived in Hie great metropolitan city i few days since, and went into a 2offeo ftnd cake saloon to get lunch. 1 lo gave his order, but iho proprietor informed him, regretfully, that he could n??t ho served, as the waitor i^irlrt r* fused to uttcud him. Next iu"i'nin^ tlio preacher called upon (ion. Foster, United States Assistant Attorney, and nskod what course ho dionld pureuo to obtain redress.? Lien. Fostor inf rmod him that coflce and cako saloons woro not inns, pub lie conveyances on land or water llmntixtA ' ? - r - 1 iiivihi to, ul?i i inur jmiecs 01 piiDiiu umuseirient, ami that therefore hie .'jiso did not coido under tho btatute. ? 4 <? ? A rather vigorous and fatal exhibition of religious onthualaain recently accurrod in Harbour county, Alabama, nbout livo milva Iroin Kulaiila. A negro man in the midst, of a "shouting" season on the "mourner's bench," suddenly throw his arms around and iiccidoiillv sLruek n iumnln "nmiipnni'" 4/ i Uovcro blow in tho stomach, causing internal injuriea lrom which who is reportod to have died hooii after.? l itib tray be called a rather bolly-cuso exhibition of tho power of tho (Jospol.?Atlanta Constitution. Tho best barber is the man who can ahuvo a noto. Gov. Hendvioka' Letter of Acceptance* Indinai'oli8, July 21, 1876. Gontlemon?I have tho honor to acknowledge tho rccoipt of your com raunication, in which you havo for-, mally notified mo of my nomination by tho National Democratic Convon tion nt St. Louis, as their candidato for the oftice of Vico President of tho United States. It is a nomination which I hud neither cxpeetod nor desired; and yot I recognize the high honor done mo by the (Jonvcu tion. The choice of such a body, pronounced with such unusual unani mity, and accompanied with bo gcin crotiB an expression of esteem and confidence; ought to outweigh all merely personal desires and preferences of my own. It is with this feeling, and I trust also from a deep sense of public duty, that I now accept the nomination, and shall abide tho judgment of my countrymen. It would litivo boon impossible for mo to accept tho nomination it I could not heartily endorse tlio platform of tho convention. I am gratilied, therefore, to be able uuequivo-. cally to declare that 1 agree in the principles, approve tho policies?, and sympathize with tho purposes onuciatcd in that platform. Tho institutions of our country have been 8 ?rcly tried by the exigencies of civil war, and, bineo the peace, by a sellish and corrupt management of public affairs, which has shamed us before civilized mankind. 13y unwise and partial legislation every industry and interest of the people have been made to buffer; and in tho executive departments of the Government, dishonc.stv. raoaeitv V ' " i w* and venality have debauched tlie public service. Lieu known to be unworthy have been promoted, while others liitvo been degraded for lidelity to oiliciiil duty. I'ublic ofHeo has been made tlie means of private pri-l.U, and the country has been offended It/ bt-'U u olucb ot IIIOU wllO boast the friendship ot the sworn pro tectv>rs ol she State amassing f? rtunes by defraiudin<> tho public treasury and by corrupting theservants ut tlie I ooi<li!. In such a crisis of the his lory oi the country i rejoice that the convention at St. Louis into ao nobly raised tbe standard of retorm. iMotliing cun be well with ua or with our uliairs until the public conscience, shocked by the enormous evils and abuses which prevail, sliall havo demanded and compelled an unsparing reformation ol our National A?J 111I11-. ibti alion, "in its head and in its mum bum." In bucIi a rotormatioii the removal ot'asinblo ollioer, even tiie President, is comparatively ii trilling matter, it' tbo system which lie represents, and wbicb baa fostered him aa ho has toatoroil it, is suifored to remain. The President alone must not bo made tbo eeipegoat lor the ion ' ?C *1. ? ? ? I ' " ' * unui IIIUICB ui UIU WlllOU 111 ? tests the public sorviee, and throatoii8 tho destruction of our institutions. In some respects 1 h?>Ul that tho present executive has been tlio victim rattior than tho author oi thai vicious system. Congressional and party leaders have boon stronger limn the President. .No ono man ii? i ? - ? cuuhi ti.ave creaieu it, una tiio removal of no one limn can amend it. it ib thoroughly corrupt, and niuat he swept rcinoiaeleasly away by tliobelectioii ot a {40vo1n1uu.1t coin ported ol elements entirely new, ami pledged to radical reform. liKlfOliM NKKDKD. I ho first work of reform must evidently bo the restoration uf tno nor* mal operation ol tho CJoiistitutton ol the United (States, with all its amendments. Tlio necessities oi' war cannot bo pleaded in time of peace; tho right of looitl so If government as guaranteed by tho Constitution ol tlio Union must bo everywhere restored, and tho centralized (almost poison;.1) imperialism which has boon practised must bo done away, or the lirst principles of tho i t public will l;o lost. Our financial ryslcm of expedients must bo reformed. (iold and silver I aro thu leal standard ol vahn.. an.I our national ci.iency will nut bo a pur fuel medium of exchange until n shall bo convertible at tho pleasure ol tho l.olilurd. Ao I luivo heretofore said, no ono deserves a return to specie payments more earnestly than i do; but 1 do not believe that it will or cun bo readied in harmony with the interests ot tho people by artilicial measures tor tho contraction of tho currency, any more than 1 be? liovothai wealth or permanent prospolity can be ercuted by any inlla tion of tlio currency. The laws of (inanco cannot bo disregarded with impunity. Tlio financial policy of tho Governmont, if, indoed, it dcBorvoa tho name of policy at all, has , beon in disregard of thoao laws, and 1 theroforo has disturbed commercial and business confidence, as well us hindered a return to specie payments. Ono featuro of that policy was the resumption clause of the Act of 1875, which has embarrassed the country by the anticipation of a compulsory resumption for which no prepara ion has been made, and without uny assurance that it would be practicable. I lia repeal of that clause is necessary that the natural operation of financial laws may bo restored, that the business ot the country n ay bo relieved from its disturbing and depressing inlluer.ee, and that a return to Hnnnio nniHiKinto 1 < ? -j ?w v j'?? j luv/iiig uiiU 1 J\j lilVJl 1 1 till * ed by tlio substitution ot wiser and more prudent logisla!ion, which shall mainly rely on a judicious system ol publiccuonomies and ollicial retrench incuts, and above all on the promotion of prospetity in all the industries of the people. I do not understand the repeal ol the resumption elautSe of the Act ol 1875 to bo a backward 6tep in our return to siieeio j uymcnts, but the recovery ot a lalse step; and although the repeal may, for a time, be prevented, yet the determination ot the Democratic party on thta subject has now been distinctly declared. There should bo no hindrances put in the way ot a roturu to Hpccio payments. "A:j sucii a hindrance," says tlio platform ot tiic St. Louis Convention, uwo denounce tliu resumption clauso ot tho iVct ol ib75, and demand its repeal." 1 thoroughly believe that by public economy, by ollicial retrenchments, and by wise ii lanco enabling us tu accumulate tho precious metals, resump ion at an early period is possible, without producing an "ar? tilhdat scarcity ot' currency" or disturbing public or c inmercial credit; and that theso rot', rins, together with tho restoration of puro g veinmont. will ruMtiii'" kihwii'.'! ?f,1".*'"" ^i/iiuuuuuu, (ill? Cuiii li^U 11.0 iisciii! iil V C3tttlOIi t u! cubital, turnish employment to labor, and relievo tlto country from the "paralysis of hard tinted." OUR INDUSTRIES. With the industries of the people there have been frequent intoiferences. Our platform truly says that many industries have been impoverished to subsidize u lew. O.tr commerce has been degraded to an inferior position on the high seas; manuiuetmos have been diminished; agrioul nro lias been enibairassod, and the distress of the industrial classes demands that these thing shall bo reformed. The burdons of tho peoplo must also bo lightened by a groat change in our system ot public exponeos.? Tho profligate expenditures which i ... i .-n i ? itii/i vaouu t ii a in iuii iruui uvo dollars |>cr capita in 1800 to eighteen dollars m 1870 tolls its own story of our need of liseal reform. Our treaties with foreign powers should nidi> he revised and amended, in b > tar as they leave eiti/.ons of foreign birth in any particular less secure in any country <>n e.irth than they would ho if the)' had heci born on our soil; and ti e iniquitous c-?<?lio system which, through the agency ol wealthy companies, imports Chinese bondmen, and establishes a species of slaver), and interferes witn the just rewards of lab >r <>n our l'acilic coast, should be uttoi ly abolished. in the reform of our civil service, I most heartily indorse that soc'tion ol tlio [ lilt 1 'i in wliicli declares that tlio civil service ought not to bo "subject to change ut overy election,'' and that ii ought not to bo made "ilio brief reward ol party ;wal," b it ought .to bo awarded tor proved competency and hold for fidelity in the public employ.'' 1 hope never again Iosco tho cruel and romorse 1038 proscription for political opinions which has disgraced tho adu.uiis!ra> lion of tho last u^lit years. Had as i ho civil service now id, an ail know, it low sumo to -n of tried integrity and proved ability. Such men, and rtiich men only, should ho retained in ollioej hut m> man should ho rotainod on any consideration who has pi03tituted Itia olllco t?> tho purposes ol part Ban intimidation or compulsion, or who has turnishod monoy to coi ruj?t tho election. Tnis is done and has hoen done in almost every conns try of tho land, li m a blight upon the morals ot tho country, andouyht to bo reformed; OUR 80II00L8. Of secfiotfal Contentions, and iif respect to our Common 8cliool8,1 Imvo only this to say : That in my judgment, tlio mail or party that would involve our schools in political or sectarian controversy is ait enemy to the schools. Tho common 1. 1 _ - . <* I ML-iiuuiB nro saior under tlio protecting j euro of all tlie people t'nan under Clio control of liny party or soct. Tboy must bo neither sectarian nor partisan, and there must bo neither diviss ion nor misappropriation of tlio fundd for thoir support. Likewiso I regard tlio man who would arouso or fostor aec'ioiial animosities and antagonisms among his countrymen U9 a dangerous enemy to his country. AH the people must be tnado to foel and I kllOW I lint nllffi infti'n tlmim !r. ^ mv/Ji u Wiiv/i U 10 tOlMU-4 lishod :i purpose and policy under which all citizens of every condition, race and-color, will be securo in tho' enj >yinont of whatever rights tho Gonsiitution and laws declaro or recogniz;; an'tl that in controversies that may arise, tho govornment is not a partisan, 6ut, 'within its constitutional authority, the ju6t and pow> ; erlul guardian of the rights and safety of all. The strife between tlio sections and botween races will ceaso a.? soon as the p >wer for evil is taken a a ay from a party that inako9 political gain out of scenes of violence and bloodshed, and the constitutional authority is placed in the hands of men whoso political welfare requires that peace and g ? >d order siiall bj l4,.4. ..... .. I 1 j'. vov.-i > vi'j uvci j wiiuru. O A*. TH.UKN. ii will bo Hoot), gentlemen, that l am in entire accord with the platform <>f the Convention by which I have been nominated as a candidate Cur the olliee of Vice President of the United S a'cd. Permit me, in conclusi m, to express my satisfaction at being associated with a candidate for t ho Presidency who is first atnonj* his equals as a representative of the .,> ., 0 ...wi ..? .1 i.: V.-1 mu nuillUVUllieiUB 01 relorui. In his official career as tlio texoeutivo of the great State of New York, ho hit-1, in a comparatively short period, reformed the public soi vice and reduced the public burden*, so n.3 to h-ivo earned at onco the gratitude ot his State and the admiration of the country. The people know him to be thorougly in eflrnestj ho has shown hiniBell to bo possessed of powerd and qualities which fit iiiin, iu an omiuont degree, for tlio great work ol reformation which tliis country now needs; and if ho shall bo chose by the peoplo to tho | . | < ?-W ' ' " * mgn uiuco oi x resident oi mo uuited States, I beliovo ill At the day of hid inauguration will bo tlio beginning ot a now ora of poaco, purify and pros? pol ity in all departments oi our government* I am, gentlemen^ your obediont servant, TUGS. A. HENDRICKS. To tiio IIon< Joiin A. McClui iiuiiu, Chairman, and others of tlio Cum niiiteo of the National Democratic Convention. Soldiers for Laurent.?Wo understand that Governor Chamberlain lmc soctirod troops for this county. This report may ho false, hut if thcro is tiny truth in it wo would suggest to Governor Chamberlain to send not loss than :i brigado. Tho Lnurons boyp. are terrible follows?they aro rogular anthropophagi?and ovon with this ninnbor tho (Jovornor may wako up some fine morning and find that ovcry ono of the brigade has been literally eaten np?in fact nothing loft but their shoes. It' those should disappear, the Governor may know thai ^is llads are Ktill alivo and picking.? Upon socond thought wo would advise the Governor to send a division for while ho is engaged in tho busincsr. wo want him to givo our boys chance for a good meal.?Laurcnsvillo Herald. SlIIl'IMXU Alois TO NKUROfcS.?A box of Itemington rilles was rcoontly .shipped by unknown parlies, in Co-> liunbia to an irresponsible nogro named 11. liailey, at Newborry. Bailey would not givo any account of him ftolf, and tho package was detained.? Bailoj* hails Ironi lmurons county?:i placo that will ho in ado too hot for him i{ ho gets to fooling about with lilies. Wonder if Chamberlain know i anything about thin gun business?