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s'2:1) t:i i A :. )5 J.tnu:sr ;G, lL tnt l. cr.r.or c:nn b -1it of a masftn wtiho( still iaj:as to bu able to work thp 13, 15,, 1-1 puzzle. ils. Lut'ls;t ltclcal;us, al grnd dauglter of Bonedlict Arnold, died .rc eeutly in Ireland. ''ur: mat rimnonial record of the last weekly News and C ourier containls a list of seventy weddings in diflbrcnt parts of the State. Time New York Iterald is a Conk ling organ for the present. Bennett. has a sort of weaknless for Itoscoe. ''hey are both gay boys. Tim Xews and Courier asks why the Charlotte Road pushed its sched ule up an hour iaster Just after the South Carolina Road had changed schedule so as to connect with it. Bisbee, liepublican, has gained the seat in Congress which he contested against llI, who has ocenpied it up to the pr esent tino. Tli Suprome Coirt of rlorida ordered a recount of (lhe returns, which had been loctored il Hull's interest., T''1tinRiE Storm.m and heavy fresbets prevailed through the North last week. All the wires in New York wero pros trated, and sove. al ships were vapsizedl in the harbor. Rivers all along tl Atlantic coast wore booming, an, mlutch damage was done to property. Tim.c Wall Street broker,- who were badl ' squeezed by the conlsolidatl.on of the Western lnlion ald' tie AIlmerioan Union Telegraph lines. arc lenounCinl; Va:derbilt roundly for having dleceiv ed them. They expected nothin,g bet ter of Jay Gould, baut thcy did have "me faith in Van. I'ii Camnphellites, of W.Ashington, are to huild a new church ''in honor" of G arfleld.'' The Augsta Chronicle lit:ks therc's a mistake somewhere. "We don't know. 3evecher su% s l?lv 11oui h ('hurclh wors;hips him as the Trinity. Why should not t church be erected for the worship of Garfleld? i.t;E town of )urham, North Caroli t1a, hats b.eei, twice 'isit.ed, w ith conilh grations (hiring the past season, and twenty two Stores were destroyed on the last occasiun. Ilarlly anythiug is left, save the huge brick amid iron built tobacco factory of Blatckwell, which is .ire proot. 'TiJ.is stalwarts firslt swore that, the aensus had beens Ladduetcl in Soul h C':(o liinl, and whenl. tlhis slhldrr Was rx )loded clarged thla1t l pervisor ;1int. t.ertield, Whlo mnimmce thme 3rount, wase in1 conitact. I'r:mni-i:.sr 11 x-:m2. .swe:; 'h, u hy he C arlt Re:,.r h;'i:s case its ) ch.e<ih'. I Il --:i ISlid ie cwnil of.3 lhe res.toredl. Winrs Gustav flelianeh3 was ar' r'e.ted ini Stan Fracisei1o for i'lopnlm! ith yo ug Aniei Wilbe'rt and31 leag Inmg aI wife and1( sev'eral chlildren'3 be hind in New dJersey, lhe expilaineid his conmduct by saymig: ''Ours was 0one of iises t'rotn tile wi f's. i nabi lit y to grasip the hiusband's ideas18." Pret t y goodl, So oe lmv-ing sulggested the 1103n. 11. F'. Cr'aytoni, of' .Anderson,. for (ov W'rnor neQx t 11ime, the3 Abbievilleh 1/edi umn says that .l\ r. .( Iray biu wold maike an3 .SxceIllent Govemorp, but I hat lhe wo3't get thel place, 11s lhe doesa not, be lonig to the '.'inig.'' Thme Medium sho~uld furniishu a benaighted puiblic with t. i.nmnes of thosec conunected w ithI this~ tioni. THF,m* Ouly thing pogit jyely' knowui, S>mo33 weeks isi nc, about. Garfilel's eninet(t was that alaine was to be Seccretariy o~f.State. - NO... comels the stariing storys~thlajt-Gitrfeld will comi b)i te with .Conkling aind leav'e the plumed kinght. in thme cold. Gar'fiel ha's to chioose betwieeni the two dear11 chmarmers0. As therv dQntt.speak anid re f'use to harimontize, ..ud . is .surmIised thant Roscoo wiill get :aiwa.y wt:h Jeemis, as he mnight otherwise sulker New' York to go to the "D)oniatji Ilcmo V3ratic bow-wyows'' this faul,. NEvADA threatenis tio become th'c-lost Pleind iln the galaxy of' theo Americani Union. Inm 1877 its mining prIop)erty was1 vaIhied( at $26,728,722, anid It. is aIge.o.f $2:,00 )t,i03 in fou r- years'. A s Nevadal hats, noUmdng but sage-brush a n d1 silver in-, it.s. bor'ders i t eann be reaidily unders.i't.Od'that tlh.) State is bankrum'pt.. Thme, expen1MIt,urIea, of tihe gorgr.niimnt, cxcoed t he taxes, by #fIt,000, thme en ilre,levy realiz.ig, only $150,000... Thle Pret'sident Will.have-C.to app)1oi tnt. a receiver. . TJuRstor'y of, jhe- decad rfu) -crime l'ur petr'atedI in N'ewb'erry' countty, with thme swvift retr'ibutionm fhat followed it, htas been~3 repeated. by sever,l. paplers in thme State with minut.est dAt:il. Ther-e are some things abiot .Wth time least said the het temr. Tims. WIas dec4idediy hbal ai hio'iblje cmrm had beenm com31 mit ted,and hat t haiIle flends had been promipf vtlylughItered. TO doC mol e tilmt that !k to pandler 'to ti priult "e.:. ; :iiubl not be eilourag ed. Al old writer has saiid that soee erizes shou1I be held up to the public gaze, others, buried out of .scht as tIiukly as possible. ie was right. ''uE Fundiiig:131ll, as it pasged the Liouse, provides for ain issue of ftur huiinired inillionl dh,ilrs of bonds, re (ecenable after live, and tlue after ten, years, a'id three hiundred mnillions inI ccrlilie;ttes for (enl year,, redeetn,able afier one. it- re-t three Ior cent. liantks are compI)ellcC to take he'so as Securit.y. ift y millions o-f spe,cie andtc any otle' surplus in the trea,ury inuay be Used to t redeei the bond, now faull ing die. The Senate is expected to raise the rate of interesl. and. perhaps, extend the tinae. In this connectionii we would naerelv observe, as .lie chief I troulltj wit I the bill scenils to be (he low rate of interest and the short tine, that. if capitalists will unly, cut Lnele Sain and( comne to us We' wtill gladly accoinniodalte Ihem wi ith a higher rate and a longer t(ine-much longer.. We' cnn't agree to plaec niore thitt fifty nlillions at present , ats our p)rintiti facilities are limited, but we prouiie to enlarge this it' the ruhli is too great. Advice to the Blacks. Mr. .. .Chatild, of Aiken, con eludes ,a series of letters to t Ihe Aiken Journlal and icricew as follows: "InI the series of letters which I have written and which voni have been kind enough to publis'h, I have en deavored to portray as correetly its tssihlei the di reel results produced by pmolitical changes tlht, have ln pe l ae in our State durin; the ilast fif'teen y-ears. It. is well for i., to review the past and be guided in the fiii tire by its teachigs. I have endeavoredl to slinw the Colored peolie of lie State that. their sudden elevalion It . p oliili owe'r has wo,rked greatly to theit" ctisadvantage and has retardrd titeir l.r()sper"ity, aIndl thait. the tru cou rst tol (l.e, to liursuc inl the liut ire i, to work and aectuiii u late plmro'eriv, ((l ente their Ohilblren, tentelt then habits of inlu;try, keel, on good Ierilis withIi the white people, ignore Stiattc ai c"ounVt ,olitits "o tar ats holdinrg otlie Is coneertned. I'n(il there is a clivis,i'on of iteliic votes in the Slate -whieh eveit I think will soon take place--it will be ttlerly u:seless fir thein t, a"rraly tl'iselves polilically iarainsl. the party that is noi in Iww'., 11 wouud.- 1 pluiig IIeilelves oin a political color line, aud thev conhl not sueed(:(. It is -eller that Ihey shoutldl not, fur the parly iow in power own at lrge ierCe'iiage of Ike propert"1. anl arie iiioi'T n euipetent o rovern tin Slate andl achninis.er its laws. I- be heve that the iass" of tle colored ieil'U l( are S ati zil d ial it i:-, Iit-t ir fori thn11i1 () have the Statl g tov r'i'n Itl by the l.'ola-r'ty ownier'.. if' thiey 4:11 feel suire of t(tal lirottectiion.' Y!r. Cint tiel was a (GIartielhl elector at the recent clectiou. As le. cann11o1 he sip-j) cd 0-f any leiaii!; to the leaiiocrcv (lie colo'e'J (\tcrs .hmoulld heed what her snv. Senatorial Grist. ThI a' na iriaIlii nI ls still gii t, a ud C l' 'st if4i<'i!tei t hey t uri'iient ai'e C Xt'dC(1 nt is year. Wei kinow inothling of he ll. ~ l'hileta-s sav e t hatl lie was 41: in Vei'ieat.iulil lives in~ Oshikoshu. it4In I :a.,-:s to i ilhe doubtfuil Soil. Ibuirig'welh Sote'' iii tie phia' Ot T(hiere is .till a dlist-onrIagingw hitch ii the ecniulk of thie Pomaii.ylvaniia ill (hin'. 'ThIe Grbowi bonlters standic irmai aliid ( .!itlea'olys ain;c a . ]jit lii jchou,a ,,..t iin ini, ('eep by itrading.. with the' D einoera1te--..ivjing thle l:i -r a fatzir. ilmernl iitc.ad ot' the lsp r:aek.'ti tirry iatah-reI that now cs . i,,. Tlhe~ I >c'io.. era:t' keep thleir tointh~s sh!nn n:it g coi sten'dily i otinig fori Waii:e, as it [tiey h1:441 no fe:i. of the~ world's comnig to .11 ai d this year. ''iT* heiiiess'e 1 mg: i liire r'emimaid tone of' SonithlT:n-uolina:i' A-.semii,- in the dlays o)f '4. The~ 1)c'ia>erat.s are' strong~ ei 10ngh Io precvenlt. I le eleelIionu of' a lIepublican, bn-t. hav'ie nuot themi btrigis carriied onl by bh Ii adi~ overi disputeI d seats. Geni eral Ihat e, a D)emocrat , statids the best chance t) preeilCCt. per'ioiuc'alii struggles. N ) Sea cu o'ial tor' yearsi' ithoi'ut the ainpuuaniiimenit of wh' ivolesalIe elmriges of1 I'rautd and br'ibery'1. One ~'" i so- .>r ws I' ll le for. lhrib.ohy fro Uniited' States Seunate. yearsi' agt 3.0 body wats somiew hat tpor'e vi' - tinain aut pr'e on t. Saturday's di s ches say that three minberslLi' of' thle L~egislainie wer'e bought by one of' thel 'eanidiuda(es lie day hbee ''lleedinug (anius"' get its nameli from11 the way ini whIich'l Sea - torial candidates are bled. (enacea SewellI carieis ofl' the pize iii New der'usey. lit' is rich as Cnresus anit has I w'io ori (Ihree irailways to) back blur. .New d1ers,ey belonig, bodily, to lhe railroads. Telegraph MIonopoly. The~ conaSOJidat ion of' all th et'-,. grah iaes has caiused renue wiied agi ta tono he par't of'.t hose wivho desire a solidtliIon is mariiked by an ineu'.easedl wiateinsg of' stock, util i now tih'enuom binuation. reCpr'esents eigbi() muillioni dol laris ha. shiares, .whiile its real value is said,.to.bei but twienut y iniIlionus. A diiddm 1 oSix lieu' (('nt. on fte par vplue otf thits stock medans f wenty'-fourz per' cenit.. on thlid mioney actuialy'i in. vesed. his' extra tai' (lie' puld. his to pal,. by way olf incr'eased rates for meI(ssages:. Experts say tha:ut lid comn pny' twint. tlie pr'esenut Morse$ SV.stem cani h<rfrt'iried snutleei lv strIoiig to evI'' Ier 'iiw coman will onybe d 'itrbich ito swei'lI Ihe (aiiii alI sQtock of' flue We (stern t-. ' on still Iim 'ther'. Ihepor'ts Ilso co) . <')~ 1 a cuojolitli nt orI tn , ageient. Theni the public will be ent tirely at the mercy of the m11onopolists --a very serious laatter(,as ahmost all business transacti ns of aly tliolment are trausnoted by telegraph. One rcmnedr proposed is to pu.t all the lines under govert-lent coalrol. For the past decade thl British gov erulneIt has inaged tho . ;okgraph 1s well ,as the postal service, w:th mnost, bellel'lIal results. business Ias lirge ly increaseI on aecoulit of the redue (ion inl rates, uad sntaller comini ities have been specially beneited. Two objeetions exist to this proposition. firsl, that it is not ai legiIimnate object. ol'Federal 8ittinistrationl ; and see ondly, which is of more importanec, that this scleime would give a further increase of sixty or seventy thousand government emnploy6s to 1 n already inordinialely swollen civil service. In iareat Britain, governiient emi 1)lOys hold their oflces ior good be havior, adt i'e not permitted to par ticipate in electiois, so thal nto nwnace exists to the political freedom of the people. The condlitionls are fair difli:r eit inl the l.nited States. The im mense patrolage of' the government wielded Ioi partisan, and fireuliently fo' corr"uIt. purposes, is il'ea(IdV al mtost destroy ed free elections. 'Such a tl addition as this, especially with the advantag;es placed in the hauls of the partt l in power lv the vcluontl of this 11mportantt means of comullitnication, wouldc completel y nullif' the ballot. Not until this dalnger be removed will (ith, people geierally conselit to a goverilential telegr;taplh systeml. The sceme'll( Ims"r$ses de(Cidled mncrits if this dilliiulty is obviatled. Another "uggestion is that the rov ermn1ent 1 reScribe maix itnnum ratces. 'lhiis is the best solution, provided it is not in conflict with the law. Jay Gould and Vanderbilt control almost all the railways in Ehe kinifed States andl([ all the le.griaph lines. WYhen they get the Atlantic cables inl additio, they will 1e the real mnasters of' lie 'nited Stat es. it is high liin( Ihhtl. prublic attentionl was directed to them. Proportionate Increase of the Races. Some time ago the New York ,Sun pul lished statistics to show thtt; the colored popuhttion in the United States Iad incrieased ini a Very nunwh largeri'i ratio thlanl .he whites (ltn'ing' thie past decatle. The figures of' the cen sus of 1870 were used in makiig the oilpa rison, although the tilter tun reliaibility ofthant enulmeragtion had al reacy been coin-lu-ivel shown). We have* beeni uniable to pr"oenre (his 18able !ivinr the 1oul)htlatun of the dife'reii States by mae a rdinig to the last e-{:tus, a a' (ompelled to (c'!pnd tl i1tupon in....or l the follow ing emn parisonis: lit 18;0 thle whiites~ of' thc ent ire Untioin ii.lmbe)red 2f,922 , 37, an thea bhick; ,1.-11i1,8:10. Thecre were; in 1870 ;m,,589,3:l whites and1( -1,88(0,OtJ9 bh teks, tan increaOtse. of nearlhy E wentyv-live per1 cent. for' the whiites~ and only ten per' centi. for' tohublacks, anoE withlst andinig that Ithel losses ofi thle w~ar were suts-. (ai1101ed almost entilreI'llv the formi-. The absurdity of this was manilifest, tando sh oul havye sl atinped the centsus 01' 1S40 as a fra:ud( fromi the b,eginiitiuw it' we r'etteiut''nber'aigt, the eensuis of 18'a) gives i rountid innu bers 4I3,000, lin ig over thle cenlsus of' i, it is lonindil. if I tse tig'ure's be C crtt(!'t, thait, ft' whitels hiave gaiiined sixt.y I pecnt. antd the blacks tillyv-tfour pea' cent.. since I ia I. A ('onstiderabl Ie eor ini theu g~iv a~ prepht)toder-ineeic of1 per*cenitage to~ the blwks. We~' ha:ppeni to have accuratent statis ties: '~ttSI rear ing I tioa iiia- dg'atca bes thiojse Mia Ie, just a i kv 1ix war. ]ni ii(tcountt ofI the:r,m elit'at' aitl their ihlcl toverm.tiiji ntis.i I hita ~Iwiea hais been iin e'xcess, wile I, especially~ troim Southi Ctarolina, a httg'e inumber of' whtiteCs 01migraiIeed. Th'le average, theref'ore, is pr'etly: faiirly miaitainedl. 63 whtit s ad 936,6129 blacks ; ini 188(0 thle w.hies imunbetiIredl 1.580,92;t,. thle bIhtcks I ,:23, Ii;i, a gain of fltrty-t wo peri (ciii. for thei wh'iies an iti r f y -onte perI cen'it. t' r lt btacks. - it Is auiid thait ito ceniss tiken )pre v'iouis to the wvar gives lie lull colored pRopuiti olt, bireans,e pIhmuters4 lailed to retm-it all theoir shLves,. ini ordler to 'e kniow ntot, but( hope ntot. If so, th.e c'ompari'soit wou hi be less favolrablle to the h!,aeks. We shallI await ani anithtorittilve re portl of' the censusLi of 1881). Whtet beir or ntot. it will' vairv frtom th ~e estimtates givetn ab ove,* it is nelelss to say thIat ay 'oinariitIi'on mlslilutiid ohWithi the censu5is ofI 14'0i is wor)thIless, andI targe. ly exaggeraote s te ~olii.edt incase. Tihec conlnIisionl we draw ~ liom the abovt~e is fhal, giveni simia cliht 011tions, lie races incr'tetase t i abot the stim atio1, w hle thle fact. hlant Ithe blacks have kept lie ir owni, or havei gtinedi&s otn thei whiies, is ptroil couinlsive that t hey are not svst iaalien i' butll dozed, dfaddor utoreated by~ StShie.-n whts il race's hivie toIg(ether( inl goguie comtes atlong ablot, elect ioni ties 'aimtiises, a diisturbIlance t hat (luiels d own atus soonl (1. thle 'leel iona is over. . Lst , bu t anot least, In oth~~II t'UeeCoR'ge'thIer, the -South is it nkh. h strides ina poplulcrioai andiu pr'osper'i.t well ceutte,d ,to mtake tailwavrts pause antd i'elleet'. Inlsltad oIf hosinug anthLing,-tIle Sou;Eb gainis one vote over the Nrth ini 1:h Electorrel -Co Soine,Thougiita on ite P'olltical Situntlon I11 i)Ifnimuttes anid Dnagers --Itigiat, of Mini Jtl-s-A Triple Preidelency. .Most fs..Editors: Political.parties are ulavoldabliincideits to constitutional governilents. F01ounded oil honlest, ra tional differences of opinion concern ing enduring principles, they are siht tary agents in the con8rvation of a just ecuili briuiun of governinent ; but when (lividcd by geographical 1ines, and embittered by sectional animlosi ties and pride, th'ey are calamlitouls to the peace and progress of the people oppressed by their presence. The Inenacing attitude of I reland, shrink ing with utter imistrust front Bhitish advances and promises, the perturbed political coilitionlot'the UnlitedStates, pr<osent reiady-mnade exnmples perfect ly i llustrating the unhappy results of sect ionita isml. Were tlie Federal Constitulion har monliot sl construed a:11 uniformly obeyed, the possible dlevelopmlent, i'n the curly Auture. of the rosources of the country, couhl not, perhaps, be correctly estimnaled by deductions from those of the past. They a,t; wonder t'il, but. tei tituilt ilo'ifr, miatured agen cies now at work throughout its broad alrea, stilluuhted by the necessities, em hIIt IIt ion iti1d aitbi ion of' iIdIviduals, aInd imulliplied by tlnost. daily ilven tions of others, some0 of which, a evn tury back, would have been classed nmiiol; ile 'Iiracutlous, promiSe re stilts that mayt) asto,unI evel ttose not, unuitsed to strlange- thlins. 'T'hese, whlatever" they may be, wIill exert ani ineliontting influence over the whole cottnry, through (he fiheilities of inter Coiliinunlilieation nuislhed by the press., by steamil and by the telegraph, the enlighteners Ind equalizers of the world. There can be no reflecting citizen but ilulst contemplate wit It proil pleasure the prospecl ively granid futtire of this Union, and tleyoutly de =ire the proi)itiouis coiitions that will prolltote it. Every' selion of the Country is deepl' interested inl the perpetuation of the Union. i harmoni ouls interpretationl of the constitution, 1n.1d inl allaying party pa)('iiOns, espe cilly of partie"s its 110W divided, for it searcely need be asserted thaut :1 dis rultion ,f thte t'Uiont would trever ia)tl" the prospect.; or.tlhat Ihe 1ureseut wat. of haiiruonly, itiiiise antiagonistl of t)olitiral partiC.', ratily retardcs it,. l;ttl the "outh is more nteliy concerrn ed l b:ml other sect.ions. 'roii Sparse Iess of popubition ntl lck of cap)ita1, not to inenltio the ldisastrots resul;s of' the late war, she liinge rs thel" iii tle rear inl the ieratl fo)rward move,. al iotigh her natrl ad lvant lages are not1 ilisigfi"iicail wheni coinpared with those of oiher p)ortions of t he 0011111 y. Ilar1ou an(y aInd the kindly ri'ard ' , those 0oter por-tionls are prere(itisites to her p)rospr'iit V. She I herefi'tre ur uently l' '(l, the wisest c"iolslels ofhr.i' ;l)lest. soils to icali'a a Ihe puhiev best ecuclalred to en'1a politi -al ae-ita'tion. There are somte In:mi est Iroub;c4. hiwever, that arrest. the attcention of the Ieast o)rt't',:it. an(1 hints as toI 1hose, Iti'om all bllthl" soutrce, tnay he adnti-sible. '1Ithey atre sich as ini.iil irstu-t f'i'omi liv(nf e!it. views o the questionl of "SIale ltight s,'' at tiom the practieal operatiis, inl the South, Ilie :gittin of' Stle rights b Southlerin politicianis atpiearls to be' Iii v'iews of' it, carriied Ito a legitfinitae cou cluisioni, not ilng siine, ju1sf ille(d scos sion1, andil if is niot S'rprising. tha:t their zens5 ini ohier sec tons Ia oSI' e ioli ifts coni-it:idenuo, ai refu'ise to i;ke' evein lhiro rn' er11 cont ce's.sitons 1he sid es, te Sth em11011 sa Wfelv'permit t his tIluestioni It lie ini iaeyant't. It. is so c'onstifllii11('itu) so nece~'ssarv in) thle et)oomy 011fibe g..neLraf nand Atate gov (el'ninlells, (hutt it lnar co tattien'tly b asser ited that the great. SI ateLs of' the thleira owni welofare, siull'er' .he prevai1 ing iiotde of' interrt'lfation(1 to drift maitich 'ttliihe ini (the priesent co-w se. fthlast wvar', shoiuld mioire corri'ut he th,oui knuown' as the lhepubficani par'tv. This paty, wh ~'ile pre'temiling to lie niegraiphilists, well knaew i'oia raice in 5tinclt thot no0 mea2isutre cot)m lhe tuiliate flhe Soufthern whaifes 11' this. If wvas Itheref '.ore enaocted andt se't to froum hiopelessntess aml1 stoodl as a Ipr ize w701 .'itnecss. unaitble to inoterpo..ea sinigie Unlti neni~)t I.to ifa .1(elf opom'n lionis. It hats, I trefore, had1( Iia fir' tial~ m1id lis t'ailed, br'eakinag down' of' its own wev~tight ev'ery wheiri' ; the.He'puib hea('nis IIhemsiielves ct;ooperatingo in the~ t rict oft ('tdtninbia. Nevethelaless, t he reultit ofl' lie lotei Pre'sidbentiiila leion dth/elaries as onie ot it *s ieaings, (t' dlis.-atisfation of the inaijt)oiaf of Ite INtthierni petople with ' its praoct ical t)peratoionis, of' late, ill the1 Sonthl. I What is slit to (It? Ini a geinral Iway it 'ty lbe an isw~eed, that as bar' m11imiy is of' thie lost impj o't ance, it is a tduty she.*owves to1 heirself t'o slusta in ft' ph tet' bued',,' in acvordt -withI te pre lim ' a5 s s cons iin withi (I self-preserva - tin. But, on (lie onte hiand, it is rinii to reitf thlese Staftes t) (he vi c.iouis isrutlo of I'8I148 -I 8~76 and, oni t lie other, fto ct iu extclusivye D emo cra tie cotiirol is I.e perpPetua.te at s tatec of' 1)olitical exc(I itmenA, e,iremielv un.l friiemily to her1 deiveloinnent . It is ailso priobabule thait her' own itnpople haave nol thei inc(lliationl to fthe initenuse eittst ne(cessary'~ to :l-compli uisha tie latteru. The(se' 01trative'cs f'orm. a oil enninai. teht tima theit cruelt(y o'fite doimint par1' t y. ,3fa.iorideits, undIter exci temenut'lI, tare pr'aoebially rem'ttorstel(ss and reI 'ck less of) repniiiy hey ar e not less I hey tare tat a (d8ista, and t aroil')used( to a .st'nset of' thira injutst ice, by a palrf.Ic. >ation of of' te ill -consequen(es o' it. N'o0 i iat e aass'istantce tcan, there foreo, 'be expecIted fr'omt the ttiep)aJdiis. Ihlence, ''What sohllie atuth dot" :till i'eenra' ast an inte res tinig andt im .\lany sugge'stis are1 madoiilllt, bt wy'ithoaut, nrti ng,lut it. is stu llient,a (.hot thley do not firly countemiailate an eh'uIri io et Ite tdi inhullt's li-'esente d by the fiftet" mwnn,i a l('i c'onsoinanut with Ithe senij tiets lkinown' to geovail ill oth:erar: -tlof' the coiuuntry.'. .1 lhe South Itlnost atssu redly tdo Ithis', if sihe wyould. enjtoy huarmiot mul a fll ma'surt of' pr'osper.it.y. ' Theao ignoriance, pr'ejudice am'id cool, en'leotiniug viciottasness of thel negro, . un hais ptuitit-la foir these epithects o hhfn, iin hii'othf riea'iaioh. to thle whites, add to tho emlrra'ssnenlts o the situation, constitutilng. indeed, the chief eletients thercof. To lopose 1a division of (cillcos to such a poople doce not readily colnlncuId itself to thl calm Judgment of inen who ar fuiliar with them. There may, how, ever, be some considerations in fiavo of the experiment. To illustrate, sup. pose the Democracy of Fairflid pro pose to the negroes as follows: "Ilok yotur colventioll, nloliinate onco canitdi date for the Legislature, one forcotunt% Coitnmissioner, select onie of the threi ien, whose itnaes are respectivel sutbiitted by us, for eacti of the oflice' recluiring buita single ineunmbent. W( will nolnitiate two for the Le;gislature two for cotunty commissiolers a1in itil ito with you inl electing (lie wholc ticket thus Iolminlated." It' the ne g;rue.:, or a considerable fraction o thme, bl.it less tha h111hall, agree, at the whites reitiii tiited, the problen will be solved in l"airliehli, antd inac be, elsewhere, illi' modifiations is stuit localitics. Its they (o not th< situationl reiains the same, with tie ivia ltage to the Deilnocrats, whici the conscjOSisess of lin lonest. efiort t< do right always allurd(S. Thie serious consideration which the sil>)ject. ctins, is enforced by the re filectio that the chiet' pamulln thal has stret)hened the haIllis of the It publeian extremisls is, and f-or years has been, the ugitation resullting fron this very atnendment. It is not in credible that they exult. in and unii" niigly eincourage it. They are now iiboult to elnjoy a new lease of powel 'roin it. It is also imnportant to retlet vhiat this power eioIbraces ; (lie legis lative, executive an<d judicial depar't Inelits-in one word the wholegovern u elit. The imividual who, by fil or fol iliea0is, attainls colrol of all th( deolrtm:enlts of oveInucut, is stylet and is it despot, and his . governiiei1 at despot.isiii-a tyranly. Ihese ternl are no less correctly applied, w1-heln al the depatmients are vested in a party, with this diflirence: the individul governlment lak:es ebaracterP from the autocrat, who mnay be magnanimlotus tld just; while the governiment by pluLtV is most. Inecessarily vitiated biy the passions to Which th'e party owes its origiln, a1nd as the partv, for the titne, has power ill fact ats vell as ill nainle, it, may not hesitate, inl at wild excess. to transglress the bounds of justice or the barriers of the constittt t.iun. Ilence it is an indulgeuce of no more verbiage to lflirm tIhat the pus sessioln of (lie government in all its departmients by a party based on sec tional issues is IL colslalt threat to constitutional g;overttnnent, andl that 1he whole country, but pre-emilently the South, ann s.arcely maake too great (cone'Sions, in order to tndermuinc an( dele'lomi se such parties, whethet lbepublican or )elmocratie. These reflections suggest, a subject the protectiuon of i inorities, vhich, ltholndh, somIewhat" for1ein to (he 11nut tert ill a is of tuch iau tportance aud warratii a few' retinarks. 'T'he coust.i ttition clolles the ex ctlive with a share of'the legislative power, in that it vests ill hiti the vlet, a erog;ative that ma,y be invoked to interpose (e lay to it11W ie, hasis or i'tisaii legis. lation, thereby secur ing e aler de liberatioi. ''Ite execiltive, however, is gene'ally a member of the party ii i))wer, andreasn1111a1 ndlil 111r obserati ol noth teach14) that lie does no(t and il iI nth1 o)1 ien ) us ihis p)owcIfr i ~the plur poeof d1isappoi)lint ing the3W 4 wi.bs o1 his owni party,t an 111protect inlg (lie 1n Ilesis of1 lilniriles. Thids sinigle coni sideirat in, whliICile cofirmng thi le im poI.rtanll ce ofl tis Ipoweri, also suggest it is not) wViselyvI lded in the exci tive4. it is~ tiIIrther stventhiened ba thle reflection)1 tha Ithe( gen'iu is it sellf 0 IteC governimen t dends aI 4 clieatr out11 lining of th lindaries betweeni it inilte k ha this paoweri miightl he( mor)i judcioalyvesteid ini a boardi of1 0tih cerls, co:nposedland appiniited ats f'oh I . It shiiaiubil) be composedC4 of thril inembelitrs; I wtio til hle membeiirutr shioui represen4't antd beelong~ to the inili t: Imarty or1 par't ie, I heI remiinlg tonle Li yenei the 1Iwto teet piarties Inlight earl' elct' tA) wo (l'oliers 14 'i.3erv4 4)n ihi board'~. When ft' resuilt of' the1 genier ail (etlei lscetiniIs which parity hia r'ecei veil at sutpr''eac ini thle Congr'uess the'Vi' vilriius pairty shiouhIl ui onei ofi its repri4'eIntative's on ti bIoardl. ItIs r'epr'esenitat inl ini the Ilous miaty do t his by ballot. TJhie reliniini I briee will conisf titte ihe board.4 durtin the enlsu inlg Prei'siden ltialI term, an11 unt dl Isrn sul(ecasrar. ap.C111x>inuted a ablove, unle during)14 I tlI Ihue I err 11.he weakert'i should henomie thi stronger'c1 pairty, ini whliib c:ase thle suts p)'lende meinb1 r 1 sh 5 ouldt recsumie hi pllaec Oin the( boarid. anid thle nt aLbove311 idical td, suspend onet 114 of it cauttst, tnay'li be illed by the repreI'isetIIa tives in thie llouse, of th par ii t v)1 1r1u1 ties suffh,e ingith loss or1 loss'es. wh'l nivy eleet by baillot a sullhjicint inumbe to) suppIly (lie vu'anermct. No iaiemibe o)f 1 'onIgress shiouh bId 1ebhosen. IV. Onily' per'sonis eligible t) the( Pr'e. id,iey shio111( be eligib)le to mtembljt shilp,. Y- (Great resplonisibilityV would at tach ( to this (11ilen aund (lisaliarv e' t-h Chiief I.1list ice. Thet itupended' mleni lher' shtoub I receive one-1oiuth of' th lilsalary11 i r iniig suspenisin. V I. he duity'41 of1 lth1boardlhl b the( miajoity desirie, aiid r'e'tur i'w it. ohljee('i4orrs ever'y bill thait passes I h Ilou;e anid -Seilate. bil !s over thle veCt( miighit remaIinL t cha11ng(ed. T,he ire are periiod1s in (lie Ilfe of'ever' nat ion wvheni11') the on restrained p)1m 5i4)ns' of' (1he mulhlit ite burst forth an11i ('xCtin g tinue's somie 'aragemient c this natutre ighit serve( as IL slIilicical Icheck' to hlegislaf lve agr'es sion on th r ights and' ii lItrests5 ofl ininor4u1ies'. .it. Is nott ai suiflhlei!I objeel ion uagajins is schieme 1to(4) compliin .t it- nt (iul, reitjIaire a constil tutioinalamwen Thuere' shlad ai posi t've r'eogniin i)1 thle conist it ution)1 of1 mainorilt xisline andit eg il.nly posit ive' priovii5ls)fo it priotect ion. S'oint pln of' this kind inighl; hie ini (lhe l'ederal Conlstil uioni. . .X --A ibutif story colles from th We (sf th'.t. (Aoternior' WVIilins' bod has beeni stolen ('rom thle cemielervt a nieighbhhiodct is immh e131(xcite abou 110 tile rQcentf robbiery oft a Mtiss Ilutfi'mnan' gatve. TI'wo larg"e-g~ashies wer('1e (fInac tile theile clin of)1 the cor'pse, evidleniti miade by hooks in1 draggIng it out o (te g'ravo. A (deel), ghiastly' woune wvas fotund tin (hie-thr)ehead1,.which hal evidentlly hbein made' by a. erow bja in hen the cofflhti wazs bur'. -=rom the Washington Star "'esterda' Re1prOsentative Till nt tof Sout.h Uarolina, said to Mr. Scales of North Carolina: 'Say, Scalet Ihaven't you got oneo of my '1hoes on 'I don't know,' said Scales; but. It -1raised his padatl extremities anud tounm - one that tied. 'Well, I declare, sai - Scales, 'I thought my right shoe htt I a little.' An exanti'nation develope - that Tilhnan tas likeivise oddly sfo( Dow tlhe feet gear of' t.ht's stttestei became 'butter-cupped' is nobo<iv business, but was protbably lone'i the bath 1 room of (he House." Or i t might have been another case of col -Ciag. L. lossiter, 195 Sumun St.., T.oledo, Ohio, says: I would nt take one tholIun dollars Ifor myW 1 celsior Iidney 'ad, if I could tot. gr ianother. I have gainied in thrt' mnonths thirty poulds.-See Adr. * SPECIAL NOTICE. ATLTA, GA. Febtuary 1, 1870. 4Iessrs. Ilelchison & iro.: Gentlemen have used your "Neuralgine" tand hin been relieved by it. All who suirer froi - nerralgia will di well to give you a cal It is useless to suffer when we Ihave a rena edy at our door. W. 11. Tltomas, Of Ives & ''homnas, Furniture Dealers. lessrs. 11u(felhison & firo r-I ant happ to say (hat your "Neurailgino" acted as specific in lily Case, relieving tue in a incredibly shortt iine. I would ,advise al iui1feringx. from neuralgia to trt it. Yours, ete., L. V. Sals, M. ). Mothers I Mothers I I Mothers I I I Are you disturbeil at 1iglt atnd broke of ) our rest by a sick child sutering it crymng with the exerucia.n painu of ent ting troth ? if so. go at . ne antd get boleh of MIRS W INSLO'S SOO'1tiN( - YltUP. It will relieve tho poor littl su1fertr iitmeliitely alpenti upon it there is no liistake about it. 'Ile e f not a inother on earth who has ever us it,, who will not tell you at once that i will regulate the bowels, ind give rest t the mother, and reli.-t and health to th Child. operatinlg matgic. It is perfeetl w-ife to use in all ensca, and pleasant I the taste, and is the prescription [of on of the oldest and besi teIttlle piyician 1a01ndl niss in the Uniiteit States. Sol everywhere. 2( cents at bottle. dee 13-xly A Cough, Cold or Sore Th roat slhoul be stopped. Neglect frequently result in an Ieurible Lmr isease or ('o sulunptiott. Brow nl's Blrollehial''roeh es are certain to give relief in Asth tula Bronchitis, Coughs, Catarlrh, Coll suLulptive and Throat Diseases. Fo thirty years the 'Troches have been recoin mended by physicians, and always giv per lfeet, satisfactiol. The ..aire not n1 e 01: atntriedt, but havinig beent tested bt wide and const.nt use to nearly an entir genleration, they have- attai ned wel[iner i, eid rank anlong the few staple remedie 'f the age. Pu;blic speakers and sin ers use thet to clear alid strengther in tiCe. Sold at 2c ctnls a box every %here. (e 13_-xl . SPE('IAL~ X*'ettCE. ' IIElUEIJ give notice to tll italebte to nie that plrtl t li ntenti is r tluirol. No except tons1 : ar.; ntride. L, all iteressetl give he'd atna save cost, at lily books ahall atntd t ill be Stlet,(. jan 22- fx1 I. 81 tiPSON, Dentist. AD4% IANE E'4NALE. SAssignee oif the asseignied estate< w i.e N. W?t.hiers, the ttndersigne wilofrfor sale. beforeo theo (,.ur. Ioane dooer ini W~insbotro, onl the lir.st Mondaih in Febriuary, I1881, tat ptubl ic ontcry, t the hiig.heust biddter, till the niote oalnt! at CounmtA belonginhg to saidi estate aind ri minting uncat oeted onu theG day of side. TJ.ermts of sade-jash. JOllN. 8. FAIRILY, jan 12 1 atwtd Assig'nee. iFresh Drugs anld Medicines. (i\STORi21; OIL, Bl1uestonae, thorax, Cayi .IO nne appr, Lath oeptinIl, Tar Sponges, '.ough Syrujim. tHoothinei Syri Bay lu a, Perfumeury, Cinchonid ia, Qu ntine, Tuitts5'. ( ilder's tin I Strc.ng's Ptill: Ihisenee (.inger, C'apsino Plasters. ALSO, Seed. Gun~ P. wder 'JTea, hlyson TVea, -ov' 'lered Black Pepper, Machiine Oil, &c. Juii received by~ MIcMASTR, URICE &. KIETChlIN. nov 20 1855. 1g liilgs [ountain Mui(itry Schlot YOll KVILLE, S. Ci. 'lIE SECO)ND SEln.ION of the t(went' 1 sixth ye:'r will begin February ii antid clo.sa June- 30th-, 1881. 'r EnIMs PEx n .51-ssio: For S'chtool Expenses, i. c . Board, Tulitioni, Washling. F'uci amft Lrr-, .. , -. - $100.r Sur-geonu's fee arnd use of btook.4, .- is F'orCitcitnhirs containing full in formt. r(iona, aipply to COL,. A. C2OWAlIID, H dlue 21 -tifehl Pincipail. r' NOT'E'. - \INNsHtot, S. ( . . .latiuotuy 21, 1831. IX'.QNG thudler inastrution fri~;1om g - '.C amtrller Genratl. Ihrbyg itotice tht, all patisO ownling~ ir htaviat anl I' eret in landtsl now) ont thei list ofl i -littinl ent !ei,?s, oir in any hmtu Is hiiiee ii -fort.-iteid ta rte-St'at or the I nois Piua of taxe'as, fad whichi hiava naolt bi,a sol - 1or taxes or recltaii.d axcepit .such aut - tas ware (orfeiim<!l priori to |8-1 Ii, otat a. bt r''as-tee ont lthe Pa t i t. t xt - whiieba maty be dute and unpiai I .a r w.itha coasts, bt. tvitsa ,I i'n .ti'.s: I'r ckd. sai i p ,ymItet'.tal, be mtaa -''t htele the~ 3lst days of iayv, 1881, hIs hr ti.h-td for ini thle A c- ol' 1 a' Oeneatl A elaanlly, apprl,oved1 Daeembert'4.. I1880. I ~JA.\JE1 Q iiAy&; jtan '22 fx Imn Coty, I ar.-as-n- i. NOTilCE. - j LL p)cl'sous inudebted to me~ Cc s If sult)ies, et-. are' reqjusted to cona forwaurd at, oneCC ad. Ina.ke p.lon: t' pa1yments, aIs I anlticiphte ai canulirc I -buisineiss, otherwise, - t-he(ir acouni , will lbe hatnided to a Trial Jut's~te ft . collectiont. W. I1. D)ONLEY W ~EEKL1Y PA LMETT"Io YE0OM,v COL UMflla, s. (. It1 is an~ eighit-page lpltr or, deosigi.oel f t. the pQo ild, tilled wilth inrter'esl ing1 atif - Famti y Reading, News, Mar'kets, &~ ii Siubseipt-ion: One year,' S.50-:iv, , Months, $1.00; Thlre'e .MIonths, 60 cermts avboi dace. For oix Nanoas an kine Dollhaantra Co 'y for' oneo vem \rnimons:t furnimshed. T1 1o DAlY YEt AN,an fuenoont ii>er i.s $-4 a yeari' T. .SVJNI(TW SSi! IFF'S SALE. ,B Y virtue of an execution to mo di= roted, 1 will otler for stale, beforo the Court Ioutso door in Win nsboro, 8. C., ' on the first Monday in February next; e within the legal hours of sale, to the l highest bidder, for cash. the following dcescihod personal property, to' wit : On o hundred bushels of corn, nioro orl less, live hundred pounds of fodder, noro. or less. Levied upon ais the property of Ed ward P'. Smith, at tio suit of W. It. Doty & Co. against Bristol Kinslor and it Edward P. Snith. s J D. McCAItLEY, S. F. C. n Sheriff"s OIlicej t Winnsboro, S. C., January 11, 1880. . jn 1$ ,SJH ERIFS SALTLN. Y virtuo of an execution to mo di., jb rected, I will offer for sale, before the Court ltnuso door in Winnsboro, t 8. C., on the first Monday in February C next, between the legal hours of sale. to the highest bidder, fot cash, the follow ing describtl real estate, to wit: All that tract of lind lying in Fairfield County, containtg eighit hundred (800) acres, miore or less, and boundod by lands of Jolin lobertson, David (. Robertson, Henry TL Elliott. and estate of - Hood, deceased. Levied upon as the property of Unroli'to E. Jones. at the suit of A. Fletcher ltuft, as executor of David 11. dltf, deceas:ed. J D. McCARLEY, S. F. C. Sheriff's Oflice, Winnsl:oro, 8. C., January 11, 1880. Y jan 13 1 .SHI ERIF'p', SALE. )Y vilttn of an exemution to me di ..) ,rectl, I will offer for sale, before' the I 'ourt House door in Winnsboro S. C. o.n the first Monday in February next, withiin the legal hours of sale, to ithe hithest bidder, for cash, the folio .v. .ing dlescribedi r'al estate, ti) wit: All t hat tract of land, lying in Fairtield County, containing three hundred 'an I nin.'ty acres, more or less, intil bounded by lnls of. Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Crnmpton; Mrs. Jones. '' .f. lietubert, an<d estate of Ciark, known as the "Mill Tract." t ALSO ; All that trat of land, lying in Fairfield c County, Lont lining one hundret and six y ty acres, more or less, known as the > "Rome [o t t Pla"e and bounle.1 by lands of e the lark estare. Sarmuel Newitn, estato s of J.tyner and estate t' cQiateors. All .1 if the above ievled upon as the property of J. '1' Johnson, at the suit of Wv is J. I)avis. J. D. .c AlILEY, S. F C. Slteritf's Oflice. W Wnushoro, S. G., Jtantury I 1. 1880. j.u 13 Cf,E ii'S SA LE. STATE OF SOUI'r CAROLINA, r COUN'TY OF FAIRFIELD. , . W. Taylor and Wife, Plaintii, vs. (1. C.. Bacot. amd Others, Defend j N pursue:w of t order of the C Court. of Common Pleas, imade in the above stated case, I will ofler for sIle, li>t'ue tlie Court Ilouse toor inl Winnsboro, on the first. MoItday inl Felttit'\ next. withitn tle leaIl h'otrs of salet,at. pulic olcry. to the I high est bidder, the fillowiig describeid prolterty, 10 wit : AllI tit, pieee, pareel or tract of land, lyn lilt anI situate iii the Counity of airtiehl, il the State atore said, on (he head wvaers of Jackson's Cr tk,n te lit western side of the roatl- . 4 letdiigI fron t le towI. of' \Yinnisbtoi - to Ashitord's ti'iry, contalining t.bree hiundcred and twenity4-wot acr'es, iiiore or01 less, andit biounded(' by -tti)1resaiid rowld janti by' the landls of' Dri. W illianti E. A.iken, of' Apr'iI Iarrisoni, of ThI oins to [. loberlt Sloai. ''TF.Rs or sA .s Onie-thlir d of th(le purchiase-money to he paid in cash. for ihe balance a er'editd of' onie and( I wo years, itiyabile ini two ('itial annuai inistahniiets, with inter est oin sid blanltice (from thle day of' debt and interest be paid; (lhe pur bi chaser to give his bond( scured by a iniortgage ol' lie pretnises, antd to pay for ail Iliecessary palpers. W. II. KERR, Clerk's Office, C. C. C. P. F. C. Jantiary 14, 1880. jain 15 (IL E RK'S 8A L.E. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,. COUNTY' OFI FAIRFIELD. Clar'ke antd Other'as, Defenidants. - N purtstuance 0o' an order' of' tho tI Court of' Coim anon leas, nmadle iln the above stated case, I will oflfer for salhe, blre th le Court ilouse (door ill Winnsbioro, on the first lounday in a of saile, atj public outer'v, to lhe high est idhder, thle f'olloving- described' p 1roper'tv, to wit: All that, jmiece, parcel or tract of. hands, hying, -(bing antd situate ini T (ownashlip No. six; in thie Counity of F'airlti('ld, ini the St at e a f'or'csaid, 'con.. alin ing three htuimdred aind.twen~ltyv-six~ acres, tllOt't or less, and bottided by latls at fiirn .. el,soin, Heubieni .ell, aiid ilen janlinl ud g 'T'uMs OF SALE:' -One -fiaird of' the pin'ehase-nloney te C lihIe i- ill aishi, the purchalitser to give li' i bond for' the batltince seenriedQt 'ea Io11;1 ''ag'e -oi'the prIeInises stihi, pa'a-. tilt in one und t wo years, it-hU interest rin hui ddo lv of' salet.. Purch'la'er to .~ ( Ierk's Otileet, - . C. C. 1'. 1., C. rm Winnsbtoro, S. ( ., IJani'rv 1-1, 1880.. -jani 15 CJI2RK'S ILI STA:TE OF SOUTH'1 UAROLINA,. I COUJNTY OF' FAiFIELni Elizabiet,h Str'ong andt ,John McL,urkini,. l'lainiti,ffs, vs. P'at rick.. Chiisohni, *Ius. MceLister', ,Johni Mct1ister' -and1 OthI .eirs, Def'enidhots. N Pl'iratinee. of' ant ord<ri tof the SCout't of ( ommllot P'letts, madtte ini e 'lhe above statiedecast', I will' ofler forp sale, lit'or'e thle' ottrt.I inse doorti in tt WinntSbior<->i, tin t.hy,' th'st Mionday in - i tol sale. at, publI1ic oterr, t.o -ithe htighi est bitder, lie follow'ing: descrilbed apvo'werM-, ft.) wit: A NH thIt:t cer'aiwa tratf: of' land, con r f. ta'Iin (111-hunsh-edind twenot>vacitres, iior'e or less, hying. anud situat'c int the Conunty-o (f *latirflohd-, in th le St ate afore sii (,.onl the wtrcis of' 1Little liivor' tnl boundt et! lbv landitl oP Joh td i hlIo attil esttato- oh l,mQ Citisolmi, tdeceased. TEiH3MS- OF .9AJLE: ' Onie-half of th'(le purchaIiise-nmney .cinshi, thie (inlance oii a cri't of' twelve r tuonit hs, wit h interest f'romi day of' stile, toI be secut''( re by oiid of' the pi'rchiaser' . andt iniort gageo of' thle prem ises, or all . iirct'hatser to 'piay f'or .all niecessar'y: papers. WV. 1-. KERR -Clerk's Ofllice, C. C. C. P. IF. C,. Wunmsbor'o, 8. C., Janar ____16_