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tt"" Wh i ghly, fou f wihin this
tISIhg iC concerrated more
1) b power* by Wah the
g~ojq dYed tl~aa in all of the
1tofiWiLl. Ailbition bestdo. Cross
ye ti ain Buildipg and there
areeust come back to Ma I
y 1.aft and thdreyoo find the
tive pwer by wieA.beso resvlts
ere d eered. It is4,rue iii the
bilue'sil^d JapanesoA&epairtments
ou see" ar-Vellons exhibition of
iandidi aft, wonderful carvings are
'eire pn which whole Jis of unre-c
jilting toil bat'e been wasted; geni-s
which properly directed might have
ivaled the creations of Praxiteles, I
1ere ptodrices nothing but munstros,%
ties whjch rather appall 11in gratify I
he imagination. You- shake the dust C
the psat from4omr shoes when you I
lor MacLinery fall. Everything
around you speaks othe ljyi' pres,
ent-not of a slow prestnnt, but a prec
It that keeps reaching out and i
raeping into the future-dat com
VOSs fears inlo mon ths and muiths
fhto days, days iito hours and hours
into mnintes, and minutes Into see
lids which ever appear to slow.- i
Steam magnias its power a million
timegeisteam seems weak and tar- t
V, and -now tt& -estlet geniI L
lIps us onwa' d liiqa itls-nef ,4,
ivis dow& into thy nils of 'the
varih and reaches upward to the
'tara se8aching lor Some neVw 11otive.
j,ower whiehla shaP su peree(e t hat ter
.ib& aget 0 bich for seventy rev s,
has beeni th "~Ondle' rin admirat kii
4 the wa 6 Macbinery Ha is
turteen hundr-od foet long, and five
luindred and sixty eight feet wide,
amd cvers nearly thidi een acres; the
puitide aisles are forty feet high the I
.Ipter'iQr aid1es ar:e sevents, feet. Walk
right along with me down the main
livenue, nor panac till we rea~ch the
Mant angine by which all this ma
linesry is moved; we are now in thel
ep1tre of the building, the hand isi
n the hour of nine. The crowd
r'ound watch in breathless expeet:..
9n the mrovements.of two mQQn.lbo
ndson thle elevate6 plattormn,~o e
be a partial cirenit of' the sIisping]
ronster, scaning ..verythinig with a
~'tical eye, he reifi'ns to his ps
nd%hys his hand on a polished iron~
b 'e9l, his comrade does the same.
e hives it a gentle tuirn, thy ia
Sthe opposite side hsa,e r'epented his
4in/other turn and you. see the
ntre Prff of stejuh, still another
qi a thrill and vibration, stihll
dtoi beaigthe giant arms, egin to
e, ahsNighty fly whg, thirty
Sh diame*~t 0wee,ps r n as1
iselsly ae a ghost; t whir and
brughf a eia~I
d heays latlo has da )
~ loW4 ~. n tNere to tbe riglt
taan leaning agaihit
id n d the owper o ie
Loch
nd then
W ka wk, ospie dull plodding
f-liitnfrus btlt.nsves of iron
nd n esIe toU l ntrolled 'y
6o' 1,mmr ,vku a1 tt t4 i
mn braiI tut t be titantid armas,
noving itcthq ueering'eqrtainty
>,tati, a power has been put which
ifts the ygke of labor from tje neck
4groaning millions, almost riOUllifying
he U1rse which the creator pro%
Olaimed to the children of meh. "In
be weat. of thy acO shalt thou eat
iy.:bread."
Everything around you is gugges
ive-of strength, power, speed and
itelligence, no guess work here, nc
rrasping for chances irl the dark,
nathematic, stern aid unrelenting,
urnish the base of every provy07m by
vhich these giants are-inoved, comE
Isis way, -ir6you see that mighty
:lever which risos and falls so noise'
essly up and down that, you w6uld
-ealiza its power; put this bar of iron
10 inch thick beneath its pit'lless jaw,
o it cleaves as 1 hough it was tissue
>aper. Here is a punching machinc
hat sends its bolt through a thiclk
)late of iron just as the sewingr ma
bhime sendc its needle through v
Aece of cimbric. And here we have
L m(nster lat he working all alone; n
m.-man being near it and yet observe
he inerring intelligence that hou
fter hour works sieadily on and nev
r iakes a mis'ake. Still father on
m uncomfortable shadow falls acros
Fur 1path, we look ny and find our
elves st:idling in the presence of the
rreat Kruilp gun, while in a military
tai it mig,iht awaken ad-miaition t.
Ce the perfection to which human
Ain broug1ht; kitis mil icle (d
rTdin' II i>oiiem
t aw&k\1n in inO WaG a hope thI
t. might i ever be used. Ye ca
,1ccely calize lIt3s . su i d iis p)owve
wenty 0 treu feet long, Lwenly ton
egn61 reiTiel t r-ang
> fifteen miles.. But thoDg011
lame ot Frd KI-Ip) is indisso(11
:onlecled with the Iantilacem o
he grandest piece of ordinai.ce o
nodir timfles. It is notI solely ii
his colnnection that his glory will pas
o posterity, around yon on every sid<
~re the emiblets of' his genins, whici
ike angels of peace, all testify to ti
~reatness of this man's name whem
he history of his mnonster gun hai
aassed into oblivion forever. Cosi
)esides this dread engine of destrue
ion lies the mighty shalt of a steam
hi foedfrom.v - smnule ignot o
el and polished like a lad ice bod
huestech~ ires for' kllomtive'c
iusl wvheees for -cars arOe scatterc(
oidon every hand(. Commiterc<
pays him her peaceful hiribute, and
he railroads of the world in the i.e
!fotest climes bear' testimony to him
reniius and skill. Twenty I honisand
people find employment in his no
mnerous factories and mines, and I hail
wit satisfaction the exhibit amnong
>ur people of the greaJtest steel myan
Lfacturer ini the world.- In oneC see
:ioni I saw what. to .me appeared a
very' wvozder'ful opeVation), it wais the(
rn n facture of tiniware by Bliss &
I ns, of' Brooklyn, well do ]
omm~rg)est :tin pan was made out~ ol
rzomdlnelting ofY'. Great bent
efac f.tbe human race was hec
w.ho in ted this stamping macline,
nowy they '-e a circular plate of Iin:
p~lae' unde * e die, and beb>reoyou
oan tay Jack, chi less Riobinsoni
your pan is made, xd such a pan, a
model of beauty, a strength that
defies alt efforts of 1rl 't to kno'
melt . U.ottna out it, an'
~*o' we;&the w epar
ment, magIciarityan fail call
*lwost anytiigg thosewnd
HiIlttle saw.#- tAko np thi
n) hogauoj bhk v atcl
but.k4p wih-igad hisg
on look lie, 44ke it to pieces and
before yon is a complete set of fairy
furniture, bandsoney finished -and
ready for use. Af erw years ago 4nd
thbe name of Matthew was alinost the
only or identifed with -the. maniiv
facture of 'soa water apparatusi
now the woods arefkul-oi !9m. Tuft
has a half dozen marbiq talaces and
other manufacturers have such mag
nificent dislitys, ttat we feel com
pelled to'ask where does the money
come from, would it not just be posi.
ble to give tsjust a tril less, mag
nificent apparatus .and a little cheaper
soda water. Thisthing has been in.
eteasing year.after year till now five
or six thousand dollars is considered
a very moderate price for a soda wa
ter apparatus for a country drug
store, in fact 'the single article of fur
niture would mortgage all the pillen
cotia, epsom silts, porous plasters, and
sugar poated pills usually owned by
at country apothecary. The .Centen.
nial Ootm-mission has just made a
new concession, on Saturdays of this
month the Exhibition is to be opened
for twenty five cents. Last week a
firin in Agricultural Hall had a lot
oL cards printed which they intended
to put over their card cases in va
rious parts of the hall, and on them
was printed in large red letters
i"fake one." Sonie graceless varlet
passing along, stole the whole pack
age and looking around saw a mag
Ilifluent disp'ay of preserved fruits
and pickles, from which the owner
was unfoi tunately absent, lie car6fuls
ly placed a ticket on each bottle and
can and then withdrew to observe tbo
general result. The first that came
akng was a fat old woman from Mis
tiouri. She paused for a momerir,
rubbed her spcctacles and,tlen reabC
ed 1 r a bAtte of pickles, she went on
few s*-, 8ps kjjd, ILenII At".da
hungry ooking galo ts from Ken
Iucky followed it her wake and of
walked a couple )1canes of straw
berries. A widuw with four childrer
8 next, api.,eared and they weit for soim(
LtiliY year~L1s and ralsberry jam. Th<~
-- c a%s fipr(ad Iil wildIro ai
AIXnts hundreds wer(
rutishing like mad toward L o
tunate stand. It was not long till the
Iplace was entirely stri pped, and whben
the iulucky owner got back all that
remained was the empllty shielves over
whichwerescattered cards that told
the story of hi uin, inscribed with
the motto, "take one." An admnira
a ble restaurant has been openied by
the arymn'sAssociation, just bc
ol'Agricultural.Hall, where for twen
ty ive cents you can get a very re~
spectable meal-this is the price of
a cup of coffee .in any of the crack
restaurants. It is the only p)lace on
fthe grounds whzere you can get a
mexual at a moderate price, and the
gentlenmanly superintendent; Mr. Coit
is always on the alert.to secure the
comfort of higuests
l'ours tu
Gov. Chamberlain and the Commis
sioners of Election,.
Gov. Ohamberlain bas. issued the
following impor tan t annoneement.
The Democrats of the several couns.
ties should Jose no time in availing
themselves of the Governor's invita~
tion:
bTATE OF SOUTH C4AROLINA,
Executive Chamber,
Columbia, August 25, 1870.
It wvill be my duty to appoint, on
or before the 7th proximo, three Comn
missioners of Election in each county
in the State.
It is just and.proper, in my judg~
ment, that each ; ohtic a! party should
be fairly presented in these several
boards, and I therefore p)urpose to
appoint, as a gerkral rule, on each
board two representatives of the Re
punblicanI party and one of the De
mocratic party. In all cases I intend
to appoint only fair mnindedl anid just
I therefore invite suggestions and
recommendations as to these apploint..
ents from both pofitical parties.
Sshall decline to appoint candk
tes for office as Coinmisioners' of
Aectioia, and it' those im't appointed
sball thercafter become eendidates, I
abstli pxpect their resignati,0: as eoms
utissIiters of' deetion, attd 1 shlli
et&o warran tedlu inaking remnovals
$ornQr of Mt Grc4Ali.
.T49 State Ticket
Gen.WAde Hampton, the ohose6
Btandard-bearer of tire Demooracy
in the' dming campagn, neeoli nc
introduction to the people of South
Carolina. Born in 01tarlest9n, he
has passed, as his fathers did before
him,tbe greater portion of his life
Richland, and represented ti60
ty several times in the -State Legib,
lature. Upon all the exciting ques
tions which agitated the State pra
vious to the war Gen. Ilampton en.
tertained moderate views; but whei
the South manifested by its actior
that the people w'ere united upor
extreme measures, he acquiesced ii
their decision'and devoted himseli
and his fortune to their service. A(
Colonel of the Ham,,pton Legion h(
entered active service, and througL
his Werit and conspicuous gallantr)
rose to the rank of Lieut. General.
When a State Government was or
ganized under authority of Presideni
John6on, the gubernatorial nomina
tion was offered to him and refused
Notwithstanding this, Guvornor Orr
the regular candidate, received i
majority of only a few votes. Ir
1868 Gen. Hampton participated it
the National Democratic Conventioi
which nominated Seymour and Blair
and two years later canvassed th1
State for Carpenter and Butler ii
the Refrm campaign. Since thet
he has devoted his attention to pri
vato affairs. Although Gen. Hamp
ton has bis re8ideico in Columbia h
.ow1ns larog tr-auti o lainid in Missis
sippi, %lhere, as tenants and labor.
ers, he.hp settled all that romain c
i ~j Sul's W41W OPIL 0 ~ l %1711 1-0 t
anld himself the best~relions exis
Caliled by t1fo State to the fror
- Gen. flampton will lead in the mnoiE
vigorous canvass ever made in Sot
Carolina. Politically he is in In
accord vi:th te National Democrai
parlty, accepts the constitItion:
anmendments without reservation, an
it eleedl ui bI the Governor of t
whole people. -...
The lion. W. D. Sii psonof Ld
roe, the nominee for Lieut. Goverm.
or, both in t.he pr'ofession of law an
in the. political field, has achieved di
served distineion.. 41 e reOpreCsente
Laur'ens county in o Lgislat ur
before the war, and in 1868 dlefcais
A. S. -Wallace for' Congress by a mr
jority of 4,291. votes. A partisai
rule of the House prevented himi
owingv to his political disabilities
tkomi representing the district. Col
Simpso&n voination adds muel
strengt4h to the tiokets.
Col. R. M. Sims, of York, wac Ad
jnttant General of Gar3's Drigad
durning the war, and alter the wa
represented Lancaster in the Stat
Senate. Ho is now a cit izen of York~
a p)romninenp member of thme Patron
of Huasban r'y, a gentleman of higi
culture, angl very p)opular.
Gen. Jajnes Cornner, a lead'
member of) the Bar of Charleston
was Unite<j States District Attorne.)
for South Carolina froum thge yeai
1857 to the, time of secession; whom
he' entered Lhe ser vice and rose to the
rank of Ur gadier General. lie was
a iatemder hf the convention of' 1865
called by~ yrooku.natin of the P?rei
dent of tI e United State3to recon
struct the State. Sinco theni he hot
not taken any active part in) politice
until the present campjaign. In Ma3
ho was unanimnously chosen chairman.
of the State Execuitivo com mittee.
The enthusiasm with which his uni
nation as ALttorney Geneural was
greeted by the convention Ia an evi
dence of the grati[ication with which
it will be regelived by the- peolle.
Geni. Johnmson Hagood, of .tarn.
well,.the candidate for Comptroller
oeerl,is a leading representative
ofthe planting interests of the State.
He served with coaspicuouIsglla;mtry
daring Lir wan was a nyrn44fhe
Legianature in 1865, and hlas 811n0e
then entertaiuod con1Sedl(pg11j,
eWtie. fansewra years:h.ls
It-4ident of the Stite Agdu urgi
~ty.' Wbi1e $en. Daiood ebjoy
0 -popularity, his local strength
W.OulIarly gftat. The extraodi&.
ary,:executive ability shown in.the
management of bis planting interests
proves him to be singularly well
qualified to discharge satisfactorily
the duties. of the office for which he
is nominated.
Capt. S. L. Leaphart, of Richland,
was .Comptroller General in 1866,
and was succeeded by Neagle'in
1868. He has many friends, and
his fitness for the responsible position
to which he has been nominated is
unquestioned. Under his manage
ment all leakes will be stopped in
the treasury.
Major Hugh S. Thompson, for
n&y .,s, b6h as Professor in the
State Military Academy and as Prin
cipal of the Columbia Male Acade
my, li been connected with the ed
neational interests of the State. His
past aud present success in his pros
lession indicate him as the right man
in the right place. Under him the
chaos existin in the free school
systemd would soon be reduced to
order.
The State ticket closes with Major
E. W. Moise, c Suinter the noini
noe for the Adjutant and Inspector
Generalship. Major Moise is one of
the most successful lawyers of his
section and a life-long Democrat.
Although previously offered office he
has always declined uip to the present
time to acept any nomination. Hio
acquiesco,co now is a proof of hit
t .wyill s t gV91J fr thp.dign).
i ron, me mme.
t This ticket, if elected, will be L
t guarantee to the State of all the ro
h forms so sadly noeded, and a pledgi
of peace and protection to everj
lhonest citizen of the commonwealth
regardless of race or politics, as wel
d as a terror to evil does. The candi
in dates nemninated have been distin
guisbed for moderation in thei
r,ews. _They have a military r<
cord, Ucig-' agwell said in th
COnlVenltioni, the manj10od'ythe Sout
.was engaged in the s'truggle. O
d having renewed their allegiance it
e good faith, they and the whole citi.
zens of the Slate with thoem will up
h>Ad to the last. the Constitution 01
the United Btates and of South Caro.
1ina. For such carnidates, on ench
a platform, all, honest, patfiotic citi
zens can vote.--Ne w and Courier.
'GREETIG TO SOUTH OARotINA.--The
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel re
views our ticket for State officers in
some very encouragi ng words. It
considers South Carolina happy to
have such sons Willing to sei-vo her.
'It says:
With Hampton in the Executive
office, a new and -right era will
dawn uponl thme Sta i; with Conner
as Attorney General, the o(flce will
again become synlonomnous with the
l eadlersh&ip of thbe bar of the State;
with Leaphart as Treasurer and Ha
good as Comptroller General, theree
will be retrenchment and reform;
with HnLrgh S. Thomnpson-one of the
able1Ot, p)ureat, mosit successful and
most practical teachiers in this conn
try--as State Suprintendent of Edu-,
eation, the& educational interests of
the State will be caretally fostered,
anid the schoolgelevated to a higher
standard and greatty augmented in
nuber. In a word, with suchm of
ficials, South Carolina will no longer
be demoninated the mrostrate State.
Men of South Carolina, thank God
and takeo courage! The past is gone,
the present is your3; the future shall
be yourP, if you aro true to your
selves.
"Doctor, said a lady to her phyns
elan, don't you think' the small
bonnets.th$ the ladios weAt jowa,
says haivo a tendoncy to produce con~
gestion of the brain?" "No, madameo
where you see one of those bounn,;
turo Ia nohbrain tk coJaestW'.
T0 tet rorteofth
~part of Mitiendue
Iner4es Ii thb. entire 6orn Ada
Vie o0Ontrfotare pelf ot 04
year. lio op is in genrIti 6
"Ohrifty growldj tt' A se1 in
ries have betlIted t9 depreda.
tions.by worms, and are s assique
The entire crop avergge zeetf
seven. W inter wheat inrovqd 4:1
condition fiom eighty seven per.ntI i
of an average in June to ninety sevoit
per cent. in July. West Virglfia
shows tho highest averaga, 115.
Spring wheat shows about eIgbty five
per cent. of an average condition. i
New York it is a full.average. The
reports -3oncerning Winter rye, are
favorable, and Spring rye is about
on average on the whole. The oat
crop has improved in most of tie
Stateq- In the Middle States it has
risen abovo the averagp, except In
Delaware. Public opinion 1a the
South is growing decidely in favor
of W inter crops of oats. The arop
of the whole country is about an
average. Spring barley ii above
the average in New York and other
States; in still other States it is be--"
low. The hay crop is ample, beiag
aboye average in most of the States
The acreage planted in potatoes in
1876 is about. eight per cent.J4e
than in 1875; New York shows a
reduction in acreage of fifteen per
cent.; in New England, and the Mid14
die States the crop in condition is
below the average, but in all ottor
sections it is a full average, or slight.
ly above. The acreage of Lbeans is
average crop is indicated. The cot-'
ton crop averages 97.6. Less acreage
hao been planted to tobacco, and the
condition of the crop in the States
reporting is about three per'cent.
below average. The Now England
and Middle States are full average
or above. The fruit crop has not
improved in condition, though lo
r' caliie~s boast of an unusual supply,
and a good prosp)ect of fruit not yet
e ,ripened. The general condition of
the apple crop is still above average.
NyNew York, reports the 1iead..
eninAot&ot he BIm%gb8
to the extent of six to t"wiilve incheb.
through some agency not qtated,
The condition of the crop in the Mid.
die States is above average. Only
three States will have average crops
of peaches. A very serious decline
has occurred io some of the great.
peach regiono, Delaware promising
not much over one fourth of a crop.
TH E STALTE ToKT.-The ticket pnt
before the people by the Democratic
convention is the strongest ever atf
fered for popular support in South
Carolina. With Uampton, Conner,
11agood, Wagener, McGowan and
Sims representing the distingslished
citi2en- soldiers of' the State, and ''
Simpson, Moise, Thompson and Leap
eart the civil element, a tickot Is
priesented which commands' the en~
tlbusiastic support of all Uarolinian0.
Here are offered lofty manhood, do
voted patriotism, pure integrity and
sterling ability.
The ticket is a latformn of reforni
principles, in their living reaIlit and
active potency for good. Wq 'all
uport Carolinians, ' white and blaolt~
to rally to the rescue of the Stge~.
for law and order-~-peace auf r98u1p
ing prosp)erity.--Journal of GQo
mnerce.
It is learned that there will be
genoral reduction in the salari A'
clerks and agents in the postal
in consequence reduced app o
A London courn I6 04
zes of a divorbo sqit, in
spondent rn niMTty yeaia