THE WEEKLYffJION TIMES.
- JMootqd to ^gi;ii;nltu^, horticulture.. gjouutBtiq JJoJiSpPpIrp, fotituta.;, and thq (Jjuirtnt $eu;8 of the pun.
VOL. IX.?New Series. UNION C. II., SOUTH C^tOLl^A, OCTOBER 26, 1877. NUMBER. 42.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
fellow- Citizens of the Senate ami House,
of Representatives: The adjournment of
the last Congress without making appropriations
for the support of the aruiy for the
present fiscal year, has caused the necessary
sospeusiou of payuieut to officers aud uicn
of sums due them for services rendered after
the 30th day of Juuo lust The army exists
by-virtue of statutes which prescribe its
members, regulate its organization and employment,
and which fix the pay of its officers
and men and declare their right to receive
the same at stated times. These
statutes, however, do not authorize the paybe
drawn from'the Treasury only In consequenoe
of appropriations made by law
and it bas also been declared by statute that
"no department of the Qovcrnment shall
expend in any one fiscal year any sum iu
excess of tho appropriations made by Congress
for that fisoal year." We have, therefore,
an army in service authorized by law,
and entitled to be paid, but no funds avail
able for that purpose. It may also bo said,
as an additional incentive to prompt action
by Congress, that since the commencement
of the fisoal year, the army though without
pay, has been constantly and actively employed
in arduous and dangerous service,
for the performance which both officers and
men have discharged their duty with fidelity,
and courage and without complaint.?
These circumstances, in my judgment, con*
stitute an extraordinary occasion, reqweing
that Congress bo convened in advance of
the time ^profcribcd by law for your meetiug
in regdlar session. The importanco of a
speedy action upon this subject on the part
of Congress is so manifest that I venturo to
suggest the propriety of making the necessary
appropriation for the support of tho
army for the current year, at its present
maximum numerical strength of 25,000
men, louring for future consideration all
questious relating to an increase or decrease
of the number of enlisted meu. In the
event of a reduction of the army by subsequent
legislation during the fiscal year, the
excess of the appropriation could not be
expended, and in tho event of its enlarge- i
ment the additional sum required for the
payment of tho extra force could be provi- i
T ; a.? *?i Vtrifi ..jsr. - ?,.**.
troops now in service, and whoso pay is
already ltirgely in arreare, if payment to
them should be further postponed till after
Congress shall have considered all questions
likelv to arise in the effort to fix the proper
.1 .L- _? t .r .i? is
limit to ma sirengin 01 1110 army, jailmates
of the appropriation for the support
of the military establishment for the fiscal
year ending Junes 30th, 1878, wero transmitted
to Congress, by the former Secretary
of the Treasury, at the opening of
its session in December last. Thcso estimates
were modified by the present Secretary
so as to conform to the present. The
requirements are now renowed, amounting
y to $32,436,758 98; and having been transmitted
to both Houses of Congress, are
submitted for your consideration. There
is alsojMNRRTcMby the Navy Department,
$2,003pn 27. This sum is made up of
II ,445,688 16 due to officers and enlisted
men for the last quarter of the last fiscal
J ear, $311,953 50, due for advances made
y the Fiscal Agent of the Government in
London, for the support of the foreign service.
650.000. due to the Nnvnl TTnenit.il
fund, $150,000 due for arrearages of pay
to officers, and $45,219 58 for support of
Marine Corps. There will nlso bo needed
an appropriation of $262,535 22, to defray
the unsettled expenses of the United States
Courts for the fiscal year ending Juno 30th
last, now due to attorneys, clerks, commissioners
and marshals, and for rent of court
xooms, support of prisoners and other deficiencies.
; A part of the building of the Interior
Departoiedt was destroyed by fire on . the
24th of last month. Some immedjute repairs
and ?temporary itimamAaseib co^n
sequence become necessary, estimates for
whioh will be transmitted to Congress immediately,
and the appropriation of the requisite
funds is respectfully recommended.
The Secretary of the Treasury will oommunicate
to Congress in connection with
estimates for appropriation for the support
of the army for ourrent fiscal year estimates
for such other deficiency in the different
branches of the public sorrice as require
- immediate action, and oannot without incon enienoe
bo postponed until the re<*ular seaI
take twi*-opportunity also to invite
your attention tojthe propriety of adopting,
at VOUr Dresent M?inn nunpuirv Uirialitinn
;to enable the j'ySb of the United States
'to participate iivwm advantage! of the Internationul
KIn of Agriculture, Industry
and Pine /Jks, which is to bo held
.ut-Panu in 1878, ud in which this government
has been incited by the government
of France to tuk\k part. This invitation
vu communicate# to this government in
may, 1876, by the Minister of France at
this capital, and a copy thereof submitted
to the proper committee of Congress at the
last session, but no action was taken upon
the subject. The Department of State has
/received many letters from.various parte of
the country expressing a desire to participate
iu the cxhibitiou, and numerous ap
plications of a similar naturo have also been
uiudc ut the United States Legation nt
Paris. The Department of State has also
received official advices of a strong desire
ou the part of the French Government that
the United States should participate in the
exposition, and space has hitherto been ami
still is reserved in the exposition buildiug
for the use of exhibitors from.the Uuited
States, to the exclusion of other parties
who have becu applyiug. Therefore, in
order that our industries may bo properly
represented at the Exhibition, au appropriation
will be needed for the payment of
salaries ana espouses ot Commissioners, and
for l^o opening of Exhibition, if our citizens
arc to share in tho advantages of International
competit^',:: of the trade of other
nations, the necessity of immediate action
is apparent. To enable the Uuitcd States
to co-opernte in the International Exhibition,
which ?vns held at Vienna iu 1873,
Congress passed joint resolutions making nu
appropriation of two huudred thousand
dollars, and authorizing the Presideut to appoint
a certain number of practical artizans
and scientific men who should attend the
exhibition nnd report their proceedings nud
observations to him. Provision was also
made for the appointment of a number of
honorary commissioners. I have felt that
prompt action by Congress in accepting the
invitation of the government of Eraucc is
of so much interest to people of this country
and bo suitable to cordial relatious between
tho govcrumeut of the two countries, that
the subject might properly be presented for
attention at your present session.
Tho Goveruuient of Sweden and Norway
has addressed an official invitation to this
Uovcrnmcut to take part in an International
I'rison Cougrcss to be held at Stockholm
next year. The problem which Cougress
proposes to study "how to diminish crime,"
is ouc iu which all civilized nations have an (
intorest in common, nud the Congress of <
Stockholm secins likely to prove the uiost
important convention ever held for the study i
of this grave question. I
Under authority of a joint resolution of I
Congress, approved February 16th, 1875, a i
commission wa's appointed by my predcces |
Bor to represenyho IJnitcd^Statcs^iy^o^^^ j
been at the earnest desire of the Swecdish )
government, poslpoucd to 1878, his com- s
mission was renewed by me, and an appro- i
priutiou of 88,000 was made on sundry i
civil service accounts of 1875, to meet the
expenses of tho commissioner. I recommend
tbe rcuppropriution of that sum for <
the same purpose, the former appropriation
having been covered in the treasury and
kuimv nn lnitirnr nuniluKln 4V.r- tlta ?\n?.*\ncn
VV.IUQ UV IUUQ\.I IllUIIUUjU JVM KI1W pui
without further action by Congress. Tlie i
subject is brought to your attention at this 1
time iu view of the circumstances which
render it highly desirable that the Commissioner
should proceed to the dischargo of
his important duties immediately.
As several acts of Congress providing
for detailed reports from the different Departments
of the Government require their
submission at the beginning of the regular
annual session, I defer until that time any
further refereuce to the subjects of public
interest.
R. B. Hayes.
Washington, Oct. 15, 1877Sheep
Husbadry.?There is an old
Spanish proverb, "The hoof of the sheep is
golden." Whether this is true or not, tho
universal experience of all who have attempted
sheep husbandry is that it is tho only
or most practical renovator of our worn out
soils ; and the best test of tho profits arising
from it is the tenacity with which flock
owners hold on to their ewes, refusing to
part with them at almost any price, while
they may be borrowing at & high rate of
interest. This in itself should be conclusive
to the- doubtful and inexperienced.?
JBot we are all well aware that the hundreds
of half starred and worthless curs
that infest tho oountry are a serious drawback
to successful sheep husbandry.
High taxation is the ouly remedy; and I
do think it high timo that some regard
should be paid to tho interests of the much
abused farmers, the acknowledged backbone
of the country. Candidates for tho Legislature
make great pretensions for tho interest
of the farmer, but when our votes send
tnetn tnrougn rcjoic.ug, so uiuch time is
taken ap with mileage and per diem that no
time is left to us. Now, as a class, wc have
some rights, and wo should pertinaciously
demand them. Let every farmer resolve to
cast his vote for no oandidate that will not
pledgo himself to bring (hit vexed question
to an issue, "whether a farmer's flock of
sheep, hurdled upon his own premises, is
more subject to taxation than a vagrant flock
of a half dozen worthless, half starved hydrophobic
brutes, turnod loose upon a community."?
Cor. Southern Cultivator.
RIPE "COKE.
The golden ear peeps through the husk,
The faded tassels dryly rustle,
So, ho. hojs, ho I From morn till dusk,
We'll at it then with shout and bustle !
So, ho, boys, ho ! Now for the tussle !
Tho lively work, we'll weather it I
The ripened coru, we'll gather it?
Ho. boys, he 1 We'll gather it I
| [C. L. Cleveland, in Scribntr.
AN EXAMPLTCOK UHIQP JTOl^TY.
A Georgia InlanW Town llriugimjmc Mills
to the Cotton?^\Vhat has been Actually
Accomplished at. Columbus, Go.
Columbus, Qa., Soptcmbcr 28.?You
may pr ibably bo interested to know something
more of this cuterprisiug little interior
town than that it is at the head of steamboat
navigation and has a population of
some fifteen thousand people. A sojourn
of u day or two here would inform you of
the'fact that it is the foremost manufacturing
town in the South. Tho close of the
war found it desolated by the vandals of
Wilson's command, its factory bui ldings dostroyedt
j,ts pii^ulatiqn ^'luc d, it&cvidou.w
^ "tiff
its-brave spirits wer<* not vanquished. They
WCiit to work with a will r..tfn'iU I
now the Eagle and Phoenix Factory, two large
brick buildings, one for the manufacture of
cottou fabrics and another for woollen, furnishing
employment for over seven hundred
persons. Good management, close attcution
to business and fair dealing, soon brought
their.reward, and orders came in exceeding
their capacity to supply them. The board
of "directors resolved to build another larger
and fiucr mill than the two already in such
successful operation, and the new building,
now completed, and filled with the finest
machinery of the very best quality, measuring
some four hundred feet irf length, sixty
feeet iu width aud five stories high, will soon
be iu operation, giving employment to eight
hundred more employees. This company
now manufactures forty-six dill'erout kinds
of goods, from spool cotton to*welve-quarter
blankets. Their sales during the last month
averaged over S3,000 per day, filling orders
from Virginia to Texas, and from Florida
to Missouri. They have no agents, but
everything is sold at the facto: y. Their
ginghams, diapers, ticking, denims, jeans,
cassiuicres, &c., compare favorably with the
best products from English aud Northern
looms of similar quality. Their water power
is immense, being the whole Chattahoochee
ltiver, which at this point at this time
is seveil hundred feet wide. The capital of
the company is 81,250.000. Their profits
for 1S7I5 w.im ?Wl!U-7K i!l\ 'in
w .. ?.v. u,uu. X lie SCOCIC OU
linnd ou 1st Jauunry last., (time of last report,)
consisting of cotton, wool, manufactured
goods, . dye stuffs, chemicals, &c.,
tiO caah.?ud?fliirht1210,G30
53. There is a very commodious
savings bank connected with the establishment,
the books of which show amount due
depositors (chiefly employees) 8129,417 7S.
Across the street near by iS a well stocked
retail store, under the matougemeut of some
of the leading men of the factory. The
president of the company is Mr. N. J.
Hussy. Mr. W. 11. Young, one of the directors,
seems to be the chief directing head
of this vast and very successful enterprise.
There are other cotton factories higher up
the river, and it is said that Northern capitalists
are prospecting for ?ites along the
bauksot the Chattahoochee, which furnishes
eligible water power for forty miles up.
There is a manufactory of cotton bagging
hero, from jute, which turns out an article
superior to York bagging, and sells
freely all they make at-121 fcwits. There
are large flour mills, an iron foundry, fee.
The streets are wide) the main ?treet, two
hundred feot, is frequently thronged with
wagons loaded with country produco.?
What corollary may we draw from what we
have socn of this little inland Southern town?
What she has achieved others may hope to
do. Enterprise, judgment, capital can
command success; diversity of interest is
nrtPPSanrw tr? norinonnnt . !>"
j j , l??
looms should come to tho cotton ; a good
product will find purchasers at remunerative
prices. Will South Carolina embark
more extensively in manufactures ??turbine,
in News and Courier.
A Tarantula's Nest.?The nest of a
tarantula (spider) has been found in California
of the most singular construction.?
It is about three inches ip length by two in
diameter, built in adobes, tne wall being
nearly half an inch thick. Inside of this
is a projection, which nearly divides it iiuo
two apurtmcnts, about an iush in diameter.
The inside is liucd with a whilto downy substance,
not unliko velvet, and presents one
of tho cleanest and most tidy little households
imaginable. Hut tho most curious
part of it is a door, which fits into an aperture,
and closes it hermetically. The door
is secured by a hinge, formed of a like fibrous
substanco as tho lining of tho house,
and upon which it swings with freedom.?
The uest is occupied by a dozen little tarantulas,
which seem to subsist on a yellow
secreted substance, that appears upon ttto
vallg nf ikn pranf onorlnmnt ammamjwa
OM..W v? ?uv itvuv ii|/m viiiCUVi X liy 111 1(1 II^U*
uiont of tho (look for tho protection of the
littlo inmates indicates gredt instinctive urchiteoturul
knowledge
? v"*'** ?
A Parisian speculator los^his pockctbook
with 20,000 franca in itjo^ 4he way to embark
for America. Time was more than
money, and with much i aguish he wcut his
way. On his return he ba itened to the police
and found his wallet. ] lagerly he e mntod
its contents, and bis jaw was seen to fall.?
"Well," says tha clerk, 'jisn't it all right?"
"No," says the baron, V "it is ahort."?
"Short I How much ? What don't you
find there ?" "The year s interest."
THE DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN OHIO.
The returns from the Ohio election herald
a complete triumph for the Democrats,
which will cause an immense rejoicing
throughout the countrj. The < lovcrnor has
been choseu by a large plurality, and the
Legislature on joint ballot has a decided majority
for the Democracy, which insures
another Democrat in the United States Senate.
This last stroughold of Radicalism
is fast capitulating, and the bare majority in
tfoit body at this time will soon disappear.
The blow struck at the Republican party in
Ohio will set at rest all doubts as to a new
political combination. The Democrats will
be more linnly united than ever before, and
i alt' ovcnvfielThThg
victory In the next Presidential contest.
A solid North in favor of Radicalism is no
longer within the range of possibility, and
sectionalism will meet rifc death it deserves.
A broad, liberal and catholic sentiment will
pervade the victorious Democracy, march-.,
ing on to fresh triumphs at every encounter*
with its ancient enemy. The immediate
signiticaucc of the result in Ohio is the inevitable
influence to be exerted on other
States in a few weeks. Pennsylvania becomes
the focus of interest for the application
of this influence, and it is reasonable
to expect that the Democrats will be reinforced
by vast numbers of floating voters,
who will seek to align themselves with the
victors. Even Massachusetts will be affected
to an appreciable degree, and a defeat
of the Republicans in that Slate becomes
one of the probabilities of the future. . The
Cincinnati Enquirer, a few days b.Torc the
election in Ohio, presaged the far-reaching
results of a Democratic triumph, recalling
"the influence Ohio had four years, ago
when the trifling plurality of SI7 votes for
William Allen in October, following a Republican
majority of 35,000 in the previous
year, gave even Massachusetts to the Democracy,
elected a Democratic House of Representatives,
reversing a two thirds majority
iu that body, and contributed so largely to
placing a majority of the State Governments
iu the hands of the Democratic party. It
may not be absolutely correct to say that
Ohin nlnno nt*nAiiirvl!cU?rl .?ll ?1?^ *1.1..? 1??
"vvv,,,p,,c,,,v'? ?i?i i nvnu tlllll|^9, UU1
without that result in Ohio in 1873 those
things would not have been done. It is a
part of the national history that, so long as
Pennsylvania w^s.an October State, sly)
uatioual' 'election, as the greater State of
New York has done on several occusicus.?
The calendar t osition of the State uiade it
the key to. if uot the dictator of, the polities
of the country. Ohio occupies that
position to day. It is one of great responsibility.
That responsibility is shared by
every voter in the State. When Ohio goes
Democratic, the country cannot vote Republican.
When Ohio votes Democratic in
any Octobei, every close or doubtful State
will follow, keeping step to the Democratic
music, and a generation of men will probably
come and go before this ceases to be the
rule. The vast floating vote of the country
will always be susceptible to this influence.\
? Columbia Riyrstrr.
IIorNKI) Mui.K CJavAIjIIV.?John Oato,
a "three-bale planter," who lives near Hopkins,
is the owner of a young ox which he
purchased last spring with a view of making
a "crap outou him this summer."?
John is none of your "fool niggers," but
a real scusible colored man, who is trying
to feed and care for his family by working
a little patch near the above named nlace.
~ 1
As he lay awake in his humble bed, about
2 o'clock yesterday morning, he remarked
to his wife that he heard something "which
sounded scandulously like dat ox's foot
tramping 'round." lie gut noiselessly up,
stepping over his children here and there,
who lay sleeping around, and peeped out of
his door, when right in front of him, some
fifty yards off, he discovered Wade llauipton
Spann, a colored gentleman who lived
some miles away, making a cavalry horso
out of his only ox. John took in the situation
at once, and, in less time than it takes
to tell it, all the darkies, little and big, who
were huddled around in quarters contiguous
to Cato's, were informed of the movements
of the enemy and summoned to the
front. The chase continued for four miles
?big niggers, little niggors and dogs, all
joining in ; Spann, mounted upon the ox,
whose gait was a pretty good one, considering
he had been ploughing all day, finally
bringing up in a mill pond where animal
and man were captured. Justice Marshall
iuformod Mr. Spann that he was anxious to
assist General Moise in organizing tho militia
in every way that lay in his power, but
that he was not awme of any order havim?
beon issued by thut officer lor the impressment
of the horned animal aforementioned
as a cavalry beast, aud he should, therefore,
feel in duty bound to send him to jail until
General Kershaw, who is now a Judge,
coaid4asb?hito his conduct. And Spann
wont uuder the hill on Lincoln street to
worry over tho vicissitudes of a volunteer
cavalry man's life until the October court.
?Register Local.
Hkalino Power ok Charcoal.?
Charcoal has been discovered to be a sure
euro for burns. On laying a small piece of
cold charcoal on the burn tho pain subsides
immediately j and if the charcoal is held
on for some timo the wound is healed.
A FEMALE GAMBLING HOUSE.l
Id uiic of the uiost fashionable and res-1
pectuble quarters in San Fraucisco, near
Market street, stands a large and elegant
looking house. The hundreds of people
who daily pass it think it is a private residence.
little dre lining that it i&a female
gambling institution, as it is, and in which
thousands of dollars not unfrcqucutly
change hands nightly. It is patronized by
men and women who belong to the wealthy
class, and who move in aristocratic cirelcs.
The manager of this institution is a woman,
who came hero from St. Louis about a year
ago. At one time sl??? fi"'""'1 1 !
u^uivu ill M ilMllllgtun
a$ a lobbyist. Sho is a lovely brunette,
or queenly appearance, ami dresses elegantly.
On your entrance to this abode you
are gcuerally welcomed by Madame in a
back parlor, brilliantly lighted and handsomely
furnished, into which you have been
ushered by the colored servant who has
uswored your bell call From thence you
arw>?ondudtad into the saloon of the establishment,
down stairs. This apartment is
gorgeously fumishodfftfccotirpel is of an
elegant pattern, with heavy curtains and
hangings to match, while the furniture is
J rich and massive. The walls are adorned
with beautiful pictures, and articles of virtu
arc to be seen in profusion. In this apartment,
night after night, into the wee sma'
hours, arc to be found leading merchants
and stock brokers with the wives of som$'~
of their business associates, all engaged in
play, which is only interrupted between the
hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, by a lunch of
cak* and wine. The priucipal games played
by these fashionable gamblers arc faro, Boston
and whist. Occasionally roulette and
rouge et noir are played. The dealer at the
faro table is a beautiful lookiug blonde, who
passes for the stepdaughter of Maduuie the
manager. Mjc generally dresses in a white
lace wrapper, with a lustrous diamond ring
sparkling from an extremely white aud delicately
shaped baud. She is an adept with
the cards, if one may judge by the way slio
handles them. There are other females,
elegantly attired, in attendance, who arc
connected with the establishment, and who
are always ready to take a hand in any game
of chaucc that is proposed, ai d in which
they are proficient. W'heu not engaged
they usually while away the time iu playi?t:
bjlliapds. iu axi adjojgjug im.- TJao >.
sucfi tTiat every iiignt the establishment is
well patronized. It is understood that
Madame is backed by several heavy capitalists
of this city.
A Cahpet-Bauokr's Confession.?
The wittiest, and in some respects the frankest,
speech made during the Ohio campaign
was that of Gen. George II. Sheridan, a
Louisiana carpet bagger. He gives a racy
account of his application for office and
what canto of it, thus :
' I wanted to be Collector of the Port at
New Orleans. I could not see how we
could make a.success unless 1 was appointed.
Hayes asked me if I knew who would be a
good man That was a delicate question to
ask, aud I asked for time for reflection.?
He gave me time for refection, aud that is
the only thing lie did give me. I knew
that the collector should be a man with an
interest in the business of the city, a man
of integrity, of\gt>ocLmoral ch;??K:t?r, whifc,
ty above the average and a Republican. I
tnouglit it over carefully, and came to the
conclusion that I could coiue nearer filling
the hill than any man I knew in the State.
I had an interest in business, because I had
paper out at that time. I knew I was a
man of integrity ; my moral character was
as good as a somewhat tropical man might
develop in a somewhat tropical country. I
was sure I had the ability. I was a Republican?was
once a Representative in Cougrcss
from Louisiana; it was but a short
time. I was elected for two years. I was
in for four hours before the Congress to
which I was elected was adjourned ; didn't
have time to make a record, voted on both
sides of every question, called out repeatedly,
'Mr. Speaker/ tol^onc member lie was
a thief and another that he was a Mar, look ed
at the ladies in the gallery, spit tobacco,
went in the couimitiee room to look at some
documents, borrowed some money and went
home. I considered at the time that I made
a pretty good average record. For these
reasons, 1 thought 1 ought to be collector.
President Hayes was very oordial?he is a
very cordial man. When 1 spoke to him
he said, 'Sheridan, 1 will make out the commission
at once ; but he made a mistake and
got a name 1 had not thought of. I thought
at that time is fhiu T ton
j .. ?.. ? ii mh? _a uiiiuu Im|
speeches for, or the same speech 127 times?
I told Mr. Hayes how 1 felt. I moved him
very much?moved him to advise me to
pull down my vest or to go West, or something
of the kind."
There is a story of two Irishuieu who
bought a little Ivarrcl of whisky in partnership
to trade with on Derby day. They
agreed that neither should drink without
paying. On the way one drank a glass and
paid his partner three pence. The other
il L.l - -I ---? - -
muu iiiiu u glass ana returned trie three
pence. They kept op this alternation until,
when they reached the Downs, the whisky
was all gone, and they had honestly paid
for every drink, and Were bewildered to find
that they had only three pence between*
them.