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I THE SEWS AKD HERALD. | WrSNSBOIlO, s. c. W?I>NESDAT. March 29. : : : 1882. j K. MFAXS DAVIS. EiHTOK. JXO. 5. REYSOLDS. ASSOCIATE EDITOR, j E. W. M. Mackev is the South Caro- ! | Jina .member of the Repubiican Con-! gressioual committee. I Guiteau makes fifty dollars a day j now bv the sale of autographs ami i . i pictures, and, as the Tribune remarks,; he is uot hong- vet. ? ? The New York Ttvies threatens a Republican bolt from the Republican : Tammany combination. It cannot Bwallow John Kelly without a wryj face. A comet is coming towards the earth at the rnte of two million miles adav. i It will be visible in the northern heavens duripgthe latter part 01 May, and astronomers arc looking for some-. tiling big. The Congressional committee that - . escorted Garfield's remains to Ohio drank seventeen hundred dollars worth of champagne, and spent three hundred dollars for cocktails. Xo wonder they , rigidly excluded newspaper men from the train. The cause of the persons who have been called fur trial in Charleston is the cause of the State, and everv Dem 1 ocrat should feel the same interest 111 them as if he bims*?If were personally involved. As the ATeics and Courier says these men have been arrested because the State went Democratic; a -truth emphasized by the circumstance that no Radical whatever is on trial, j although it always takes two to make j k quarrel. (We surrender most of our space to! a letter of Attorney General Brewster j and the caustic comments of the Keirs i and Courier. The cause of one is the j cause of all. and the Stare cannot suffer her managers and officers to be prose* i cr.ted without giving aid and assist-' ance. It will be noticed that the par- j ties prosecuted come from the contest-1 ed Congressional districts. Next year, in the inevitable contest f??r Congress- ; m$ji at large, all the precincts in the i State will be challenged. Colonkl George Johnstone, of Xew-1 > berry, has been mentioned in connection with the nomination for Con-1 pressman at larjre. Colonel Johnstone j is a man of fine ability and strong in-! dividuality. He has served several j years in the Legislature, holding for j the past two years the important chair-' manship ofthe Committee on Waysj nnd Means of the House. We have j ftvopv thnr would make i nil active and fearless representative in j the Halls of Congress. M m The literarv world has received a i shock in the death of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the poet and scholar, which occurred on Friday.! not a month after the celebration of his I seveuty-nfrh birthday. A native of! Maine, he has lived most of his life at Cambridge, Massachusetts. At the age of nineteen he wrote several poems, and his life since has been a "busy oue. While l?is Evangeline. 9^" Hiawatha, Launching of the Ship, and Keramos evince his skill as a poet, his ! shorter pieces, such as "The Reaper,v "The Psalm of Life." "The Village Blacksmith,*' have made him the Duet i of the people in England and America. j Esoeciallv was he a favorite with the ! children, and for several years bis birth- j days have been celebrated in the pub-1 lie schools of a number of cities. "While ! not always profound. Longfellow was j . - ever graceful, and his poems are all of! an elevating character. Colonel William S. Thompson, ofj Savannah, died on Friday evening, j Although comparatively tew persons j have heard ot Colonel Thompson, how few are there, especially of the older generation, who have forgotten "Major Jones* Court ship," the offspring of his j brain! Colonel Thompson was born j in Ohio, but came Sonth and engaged in journalism. He wrote Ma jor Jones' Courtship, Major Jones' Travels, the j "Chronicles of Pineville" and other j sketches. besides the well known farce of The Live Indian, and a dramatization of the Vicar of Wakefield, that was produced in America and Europe with great success. For years Colonel Thompson has been editor of the Sa- j VJinnsih A'p/rS- snr? hnc fin 7 honorable position in journalism and in the esteem of his fellow citizens. At the aue of three score and ten he has x ? /'* passed away to his rest. According to Bradstreet's Journal xl - P t OrtA _t ? wie census 01 low snows an expenditure of $78,626,000 for building and repairing fences in 1879. In 1871 the total cost of existing fences was $1,747,549,931, representing 5,000,000 j miles of fences. It is estimated that j 150,0C'*> miles of plain wire fences wen* j ?^TTuilt before the barb wire fence be- j came known, irince that time over ; miles 01 oaru iencnur nas oeen j built. In 1879. 20,000 miles of barb ! ? fence were erected. In 1*81, 60,(KK)! miles of barb fence were built, costimr j $10,000,000. In Nences county, Texas. .SO,000 acres are enclosed in one pasture bv barb fence, and in Missouri * iJO.OOO acres are being' enclosed as a doir-proof sheep pasture. The famou> Maxwell irrant in New Mexico on winch two nur.ared miles ot wire i fence is used and seven thousand a?-re> j lield in one enclosure. Some time ajro we <?avc some notice I of tlie Peruvian Company, showing that i it claimed a debt of nine hundred mil- i lion dollars a?Vm$t Peru, for royalty j on guano due one Cochet, who made the discovery and by law was entitled j to one-third the proceeds. This com-; ]>any has given rise to grave scandals. When Blaine was premier a man ; named Shipherd interviewed hiir. a ; number of times, seeking aid from this government in establishing the claim. Blaine had some correspond-; ence with Minister Hurlburt, and it vra? at that time that we ^tnc near i involved in war with Chile, who ; - claimed the sruano deposits as a war | indemnity. Indications are that the j Peruvian (Company represented a huge j swindle, and Shipherd openly claims j rbathe bought tip Hurlburt nvproiuises of a divide. Blaine's skil ls are not as clear as they mi<rht be, and certain j important letters are missing from the j State Department. In June Shipherd j ?? >: . made his offer to Hurlburt, and Blaine g . knew the fact in July. Yet it was not jSp till December, in consequence of a f irood deal of newspaper discussion, fJiMf Hlfsiiw ami IIiiHhnrf. hp^fimp hi- 1 dignant with Shiphenl for his pre- j sumption. A Congressional committee is pumping Shipherd now. ami that j worthy i- a veritable arte.-ian well.! Fie lairly bubbles over with state-; menfs. He hasn't . exactly struck j Blaine vei. but when the full flow i comes it may knoek that agile states-; man eoinijlcteiv oil'his nins. This is: no Democrat!** funeral. Let the bund I l>lav. Tjik only argument we have seen ; against a reapportionment of the State j f, f ? ..I . 3, J * ' tiat ai v UJauiiii^ Vi j and it is a hail time to summon the ! ! Legislature. No immediate session is j necessary. The ^tate can be redistricted as well in July as in April, while this delay would enable the members to digest some proper scheme ot apportionment in advance and thus ! c >n-ume but a few 'days in session, j We have shown that the Congressional j election at larjre has nothing whatever j to do with the State election. X->t j only separate boxes but separate poll-1 iiitr places and distinct managers are ' to be provided. Hampton ran two j thousand ahead of Tlhien in 1S7<> when hot!) names were on the same ballot, j Had the elections been distinct so as j to admit of swunniiiif and trading, the I diHerenco would have been from ten to j fifteen thousand. A ticket at larjre will necessitate a contest all over the State. Under a new apportionment there will in all likelihood be no content worth mentioning in at least four districts, if the Radicals adhere to their present intention of nominating1 no Clutn m?il f La iv\AttA%* n i wl i ouuv iivtw aim inu iuwnv> ? :av.'? ?uju time tlius saved would repay ten times the cost of an extra session. As it now stands the Radicals will make a determined eflbrt to elect the Congressmen at large 'ind carrv at least three di>tricts. thus necessitating a stubborn contest. There is such a thing as being penny wise and pound foolish. Let us be sure that we rnav not fail in this category. The Congress of 187* contained a straight Democratic ma j jority of one. That of li&O has a i straight Republican majority of one. j The new apportionment gives equ;d 1 increase to Democratic and Republican States. The Republicans are preparing to gerrymander with might and ticiiii to w!i:it ihev h:ive. It can Uc seen how narrow the contest of 188*2 may become. A few doubtful districts will decide the supremacy for the next two years, and most probably the Presidential election of 1884. What are we goiiur to do about it? The New York Herald says: Butter from Ilolstein. cabbages from (Germany and now potatoes from Scorland?this is the alarming report of those whose business it is to note the record of our importations. We submit to tiie statesmen of the protection school that three great American industries ?cabbages, butter and potatoes?are seriouslv threatened by the pauper labor of Europe and that steps should Ihj taken immediately to save them from destruction. A good stiff duty should be imposed at once. The imposition of say one hundred and fifty per cent, would exclude the for ? ' * X- JI eijrn products trom o?r marKi'ts ami double the price of the native articles. Iu this way the possessor of a potato patch iui?rht become a millionaire in a | short time. The above, though written iu a spirit cf pleasantry, contains the whole argument of protection in a nutshell". The theory upon which the system is based, is that for some reason or other, it matters not what, the people of the Unite*! States cannot enter into certain industries as economically as their neighbors. But as certain individuals prefer to abandon remunerative pursuits in order to engage in unprofitable undertakings, the rest of their countrymen are asked to contribute to their iMii.nAi.f niii-iiKr <1 liiirlifii* lil'W "'IT11 l"V "V- " I- ? thftir manufactures than is asked by foreign nation?. The same rule should apply to all; and if the ironmonger is protected from Great Britain why should not the cabbage grower and potato man be saved from competition with the thrifty German and canny Scot? Yet such a proposition would m ike a cabbage weep. A Georgia statesman said the other day that Geor?!o line tnii thnnc.'iiiH nrw^rativps in her I.MV WVM cotton mills, ami her next convention | will demand a protective tariff. In ! other words, the whole State of Georj <ria must pay unnecessary prices for cotton cioth, that ten thousand may | make a profit. Not until more than ' one-half the capital and labor of Georgia is employed in manufactures will the protective tariff work aught else than injury to her interests. The same is true for tins btate and rnc country at large. The Political Prosecutions. Tlie District Attorney h::s selected certain political cases for trial at the i April term, and it is possible that all others will be dismissed. Xoueof the Fairfield cases will be prosecuted at this term; and we hope they will never be heard of ag:'in. All along we have expressed a confidence that the charges would appear so trivial to any disinterested person as not to warrant a trial, ami certainly not a conviction. It would appear that Mr. Sanders has taken the same view. The wholesale arrest of our young men was nothing more than a raid upon the Federal treasury bv a few knaves, who saw in false swearing a chance to make a little money, and they ran their small game quite successfully until stopped by higher powers. We take occasion at this time to congratulate the people of Fairfield, white and colored, upon their conduct in the matter of these arrests. The colored neople. except a few striker?, took no pai'i. whatever in the proceeding: while the whites, helievinir that noth ing serious would result from tlieiu.: voluntarily appeared whenever want- ! ed, and cherished no hard frelings to j the mass of the colored people on i account of the knavery of three or four i swift witnesses. Amicable relations.| have never been disturbed, and the s mie good order and quiet lu.ve pievailed since tlie election as before it. : We trust t!iat such cattle as Henry j Johnson will see once for all that Fairfield affords no opportunities for the aggrandizement of ignorant knaves, and that the few deluded followers who went, with them have lon<r since learned the error of their ways, j The Heathen Chinee, During the recent Chinese debate in j the House, Delegate Breats, of Wash- ! ington Territory, drew the following j picture of the immigrants: Thev come with no intention of be-! coming citizens, acquiring homes, or . even remaining [>ermanenlly with its. j Every one has made provision, in cae } of tinexjKJcicd death in this heathen j country, a* they consider it, for the i return of his body to the Celestial j Empire for burial. Every one has i taken a solemn obligation not to re- j nounce hi> allegiance to his own de<- j potie government, the violation of! which would subject him and his rela tives left behind liim to the most dire- : ful punishments. All, or nearly nil of thein. -trc sent here by tlieSix Chinese i Companies, whose slaves they are. not! to better their own condition nor to ! benefit us, bat for purposes of cold i and irrectiv speculation on the part of those who send them: and to enfoive ; the strict performance of their oneroid ' and servile obligations to their un?crupulou> and ^raspinir masters, and for j their return with their accumulations.! nvi.i-i'tiiinir t! ft IwJ.l lli ni' ;uul fllMil* wives and children, and even their riafht to life in this world and hupiiiness in the next, are all placed in p;.w;i. j Their food, clot hi nif and other necessaries are furnished from China. ><> that no portion of their earnings >hall he spent in this country. Most of them are criminals of I lie most ?;rovc!injf! in>tiiicjs. many infected with loaiiiSome ami dangerous disease-?the very scum ami drcfrs <?; the most degraded part of huinanilv?who briny with .1 11 i.'...i : i (111*111 an uii ii imi imi \ manners, customs. hahits ami pr:ir-j tires. and maintain them h'Te. Tliat i iliey may the more successfully com-j pde with our mo-t industrious, economic and lruiral American labor-! ers. reduce waires, their wyyes even | helow >tarvation-ra;es, drive them out j of employment and so he enabled to t supply the entire demand tor labor. j they huddle together by hundreds in j their dens of vice, tilth and pestilence, j It is also true that they remit a?l j their earnings to ( hina. thus draining j flu; Pact IS* ('oast of nearly lifty million j dollars every year. i>ueli an immurra-1 uoii as mis caunor oiu oe m>aMn.iu^ m every interest, and it should be rigidly j excluded. This country cannot be-1 come a Motaev IJav or a lazaretto. Responsibility of State Officials. j Two classes of ollences are ch-irged j against the persons bound to appear in [ Charleston at court. Some "re accused j of personal violence and lau-lessiie?s.| I and thev stand merely as individuals, j I " j | Other.? arc prosecuted not forindividu- j I ; ! but lor alleged neglect of duty ) j?* nia.iajiers and Slate officials. I it j iiis class the individual is worked in j I he ofiicft. and it is the olli--3:>l who i^ j >. osecuted. These persons acted by ! I Si".:c rppointment in accordance with j i Sti te j?\v, and their acts have been j sanctioned by the State ?r??vernnicni ! which accepted their returns, and i ; ISSUUll COIIMlU>MUllS l<-> |Miin;?j i declared elected by them. Cum j j the State then stand idlv hv and see j j her officers put in peril? When a j | United St;ites officer or agent kilN a | | man, his government does not abandon j ! him to his fate. She causes her Dis- j I ! triot Attorney to appear in his behalf j and remove him from the jurisdiction I of the State courts. When the Virginia j judges were prosecuted in the United j States Court for violating the amend- j mcnts in excluding colored men from j the iury, the State Legislature directed ! i *?? * a ~ ? i j tilt? ALK?ruc> * Trnci ui w uur iiu uiuit j I official acts. So when the Delaware j ' registers were arrested for violation of! i th-_ election laws, the State govern-1 ment stood firmly behind them. A long line of precedents can be add;ie^d to sustain this manifestly ji* t proceeding. Hv=.d die Slate repudiated the ac; > of j b? ; sn vunts she would not be ie-j .- >ou 'bie for them, but >!ic has ratified ! heir ads, and qui facit per a'irm | facit perse. The State is on tria:.! The same law that permits the prose-j : cution of countv election commission- ! : ers would warrant the prosecution of; ! rlie State board of canvassers. There | | is no halting or drawing the line of I responsibility. The State appoint j commissioners and managers ."vi ! deputy constables, who serve iritliont j pay, knowing that they are liable to be ! brought to trial on the affidavit of any i perjured disappointed office-seeker.! ! She ratifies their returns and then i ! leaves them to their own resources or j | the liberality of their friend?. In on;- j j humbly opiuion this is wrong, all wrong. We trust we shall not be mjsunder- j stood. The State has nothing whal- j ever to do with individuals, and it j would be outrageous for her to under- j take the defence of any one arraigned j fV\i* g* Tmi*Si\n*il finrl tint fm* violation of official duties. But a j sworn servant of the State, whose acts hyve been ratified by her, should be guaranteed immunity from any evil consequences arising from those acts. A I YOltD ABOUT A LI ESS. An Article Showing: the Liberal Idea* of South Carolina People- A Fair Opportunity Given to the Good Citizen, Whatever ! hi* Nativity. ;Fi?m trie Columbia Register.] We would sav iust a word on that ! j alien word to our Greenville content- \ | porary and then let it go for what it is j worth. Our contemporary makes precisely j i the error which many people do, who,} ! coming here to Carolina, a>>ume lor i our people certain positions and senti-! incius which they never entertained,! : and from that false .standpoint proceed ; to teach "old dogs new tricks." Our contemporary says: l i;l' iaci i>, men: n?i> | been too much alien talk in South Carolina, too natch -trass on men's birthplaces and too much effort to run the Sate as a close and limited corpor- i j ation for the benefit of natives only. ! j This narrow-minded spirit is dyinjrl out fast, and it will always be the! cheerfully performed duty oi'thi- news-1 paper to rap its ancient head head as ; i vigorously as we may whenever it up- i pears." j Of course our eontemporan* ti.Inks ! ' this is true, or lie would not pUfh it forward here with so n.ueh tlnn. JUu any iu:ui who has lived i:; South j Carolina sufficient/'/ irv/l to know tin; j f; e:s of on i iiistory, knows that this! \\ iu>le averment of our contemporary ! is without warrant of fact. The -State of Souili Carolina, witli | <rreat unanimity, rose on the Know- j Nothing movement and drovu it from ! the field ii-uominiou-lv. ami thi>ehiellv : 011 t??c ground of its injustice to men of foreign birth. We :tre not talking of what \vc do not know for ourselves. We took an active part in that campaign in t lie eity of Charleston. We can now recall the appeals we made in 1 person in behalf of a generous sympathy on the part of the native-born citizens lor tlk.se who had chosen to cast , their lot with our people. We remember well the splendid bursts of enthu- J siasmthat went up in response to every j anneal for "one ."State and one people, j nat ve and adopted." S > frr as this assertion of our contempt r iry goes, then, it is flatly contradict- I ed by every known fact of our politi- j c:il history. Our bench of Judges and ; Chancellors has scarcely known the day when some (listimririflictl citizen \ not *4to tlic manner born" did not j adorn it. ___ So. tuo. men who have cut a great ; political figure in the State, were not; born in it. S>. in another direction, and one of! striking force in a matter of social ani-; mns. we find that the Episcopal Bish- j ops of this Diocese have beei), with one i I .sinirle cxccjftion, born out of the Slate. 1 JSo, it as nor tnai our peopie naw ever been illiberal to those 4*not to the maimer born." it. is a species of carpet- i bag spirit which would seize the situ- j ation from the old and established people of the State, who have ever wel- j coined jrood *nd true men who have j come to dwell with n*. come from where they may. In order to do 'his these people must be put in a fal.-e po-j siiion. ilie lamb must muddy the wolfs water. lint the facts are too palest for do-' nial: they are spread broadcast over : <?m* ivlmln liisturv*. in cwrv direction. We 1'hvc cited tho chief dignitaries of the Episcopal Church to slimv how the ; spirit of our people crossed those illiberal prejudices attributed to them, j X'?\v, we turn to oilier denomination" of ('hristian-. Who was a greater man in South Carolina than ]>i>hop England. or who more beloved? People ot all classes and beliefs flocked to hear him. and delighted in the rich brogre that graced his splendid eloquence. Who was I)r. Sinythe. recognized ;;s a power in the State, both a- a man ol profound learning and a masterful j spirit? Wliu was Dr. Forrest, one of! the most beloved of men and one of recognized power i- Smith ("*:il'olili:t? I Who was theirreat John liadiui.-in. I>. ' D.. LL. D.? Who \v::< niui'C beloved and revered tnan lie? Who W.is 1 Jr. Keiitlrick. for whom tin: ('bade! Square llapiist Chmvh was built? II:; was a uia.i of Carolina birth. _\ ud s:> were Dr. l\>s;. l>r. Dana. Dr. Oilman. a?*d other di>;iiiiiiii>he<l eiiizens who were j recognized as leaders ainonir men in their several spheres and cherished , and loved in our society. When Soiiih } Carolina was seized by the throat and ! Iier; tfi. ials emntied in the street oj in.ike way for those who came to dis- I honor and devour us, the Hon. B. F. j Diiukiu. a mail of Massachusetts binh. j filled (he seat of Chief Justice, and the | I Ion. .James 1J. Campbell. another cili- j /en of Massachusetts birth, was our j United Senator '-lect. South Carolina, then, was only true ! to her own history ami lier spirit of liberality in this regard when she .-lamped out Know-Xothingism. Hut now because her native people have | suffered untold reverses in the terriblewar which we have endured, there are | those mean enough to take advantage j of the adversity which ha* beset "so j many of our people who have been! "the salt of the earth," and every j blackguard thinks he may now hustle i the fallen man whom lie has ever felt' ami ?iiil feels was and is his ' better." j 'Better/* not because of his wealth.! not because of the accident <>t" his sur-! r<?nmlinirs, but. because he was too j much of a man to be untrue, untnuh-; l'ul or unfair in any of his de;din?rs I with men. Such men climbed on no-j b id v's back, put their heel on nobody's neck, nor hunted down place and posi- \ tion. Literally they lived anions men. j Stats ueitr rt sans reprocheTo I dishonor them now is to dishonor our- j ifiviK. is to t"<the Hnmit.v ot true ! v*' * * y * ?-? - - i manhood in denying lu good men tiieir i honest deserts. Those who assume to talk for ourj people ami would hi! our Oricietit j heath, must lirst know something ! about the people they claim to serve, j and next lake care in their hitting that! they do not get nipped back themselves in a way they little think for. There are too many people in South Carolina who know the tin t? we here recite to be content to sit in patience under taunts which arc so undeserved as )o wear the complexion of social disloyalty. ''LET A O UVILTY 31 AS ESC AVE." Attorney General Brewster's Blast Against the l*'.-oj>le of South Carolina. Attorney General Brewster lias written a letter to !Mr. Iiailas Si.unders, which conclude}! in the following language: I wish Mr Melton to be told by yon : that I expert that lie will prosecute j forthwith the most important persons j who have been concerned in those attempts to defeat honest elections by fraudulent or forcible means. I ?ay that the highest and most responsible people are those whom I desire to be first prosecuted and first to be pursued. There will be no example if merely insignificant persons are taken hald of. Those who stand high in tl e community and have thus ventured t;> violate the law and encourage other to <1o it. are the very persons to be first, proserated, and, if'jonvicted. punished in a signal way. Then thin*r.s will begin to i change, and voters will be encouraged to vote according to their convictions, and those who do vote will feel stistied that their votes have been duly counted. a id >urrender cheerfully to an honest r >ult. I am very much in earnest about this, for I have heard what 1 cannot credit?that it Is currently said in South Carolina that the only persons who will be pro* cated will be a lew I insignificant and obscure persons. Such prosecutions I will not consider as being those that justice requires to be instituted and pursued. The crimi- < nal court-house should net be used onlv for the niinis!i:neiit of the obscure. I It. must not be the poor man's court house. All who violate the law, ami especially the fundamental law?such as the right of suffrage?must be marie lo feel the terrors of that law. The abuse of the right of suffrage. such as is charged to have been perpetrated in South Carolina, is practical treason against the dignity of the people and the fundamental principle of their power, and it must be signally punished. At this point I have pau-ed and rel-rt.wl tww !???/>< I ivii: ilinnt fr? il I V.(VU 111* IVi l-V I J ?T U-7 ?w ? ? .. . "off to you, and as J read it over, L saw ! <hat through it ran a pretty ?harp tone of reprobation ot this supposed attempt to pursue I lie poor and obscure, and to permit the prosperous and important j to escape the prosecution that they merited? the prosecution for ollcnsis that they were charged with having | commixed. 1 see notirng in my letter | iliat ou^ht to be modified, for I ami deeply in earnest about aii this. You j are a Democrat, and very properly j >\ mpathi/.c wkh vour party, and I talk j to you wirii :t nine more vi^or oecause | you arc a Democrat, and also because we enjoy such close personal a ml iriendly relations. I wish to express m/ Republican convictions upon this subject. 1 intend to ivorc emphatically indicate how important all of this is to both sides that there should be fair play all j around. There is no just judgment ol"; the popular will in any election that is controlled or biased by force or fraud, and I do insist that both Democrats and Republicans should have their faces set as fiint against anv abuses airainst a tree and fair use of the ballot box. I wouhi not, in any way, impeach Mr. Melton, and, therefore, will not write even a letter in the kim!e>i spirit that inufhl be construed as ?ivin?r color to sjis'Ii imputations. for I believe as the public believe and hope, that he will do his duty. lain, with "icat resp -ct. your friend.! JJKXJ v.MlN ii\kuis i>i;i.\vmiii;. Mr. Brwst^r's IiMliitmcnt. [From U.'f News ;in-i C ;u:icr.J The letter of Attorney (Jeneral IJrewster on (lie subject of the political' I prosecutions in South Carolina, puh- j lished yesterday, i-< ?u extraordinary I production. Apparently .\ir. Drowsier j has been a laithli*4 reader of Stalwart i telegrams anil isIF student of Stalwart. j affidavits. The conclusion that lie comes to (officially) is that the South j r\.i-oH>i;i T>i.iiui<n*Mts are ji set of horrid I rascals tor wliom hanging i.s too good. i For their benelit he create* a crime j hitherto unknown under rhe Constitu-1 tioii and laws of tiie United States. The Constitution declares that "treason against the United shall consist only in levying war against them, or adhering to their enemies, giving them j aid and comfort." Mr. Brewster, j however, declares that "the abuse of! the right of suffrage, such as is charged j to have been perpetrated in South! Carolina, is practical treason against! j- ? ^ - ^ 1- ?? ti.:? :?. ; u4u uisniliv ol uiu jliiio ic ; truly in the Grant-Sheridan vein. We j uaay well anticipate that at the next I meeting of the < abinet, Mr. Brewster i: v ill be assured by his col leagues thitj "all of us*' approve of his course. i What if there liave i>eeu frauds at;, I / I \ t I " . ?' ' 11 1 1 1 11 r- 11 _ r elections in South Carina! Have tlicre not bee:i sickcning^uds, by Honublicans. in Penus\r f anfa, Mr. Brewster's State? In his^Hvn City of! Brotherly Love the ele^f.bus. under liepublican rule, have been a miserable farce. I5nt such an aUuse of the right of suffrage is not treason there. Mr. Brewster would not dare to talk , in the heroic vein to election r.->'.:ues in j Philadelphia, in New York, in Boston. | but he does not hesitate>to shake his; venerable ti>t at the honest people of South Carolina. Yet the people whom Mr. Brewster ;.rrai<fns Juive h same; rurhts that i he people of asjy other State ; have, and are subject to the^amc Jaws, j deeply as the Attorney General ma\ j regret it. The trouble with Mr. Brewster is! that lie does not realize that the war is j over. It i? evident that he i?as made j lip his mind that eve**y dark and devil isii charge levelled against the people ; of South Carolina is true to the letter, j As we are all guilty, where is the need j of gtsing to the trouble and expense ol .. ,,?n ri.i.ilV W >? irivi<>< i ii |jM;.^rv.'iiiwu c4ii\4 iiiii*. ? ^ , Mr. I3rew>ter to send (<? South (Jaroli-, list tin.* brjiir^art Slieridan (who is in j war wiiat the present Attorney General , i> in law) a'ul leave !?ini to deal with j the Soiuh Carolina "bandiili" in ihei way thai he pro; osc-d to deal wi: 1j tin-1 white pet-pie in Loui-ia.:::;. whom he; hrat-ded as "banditti" aiid whom lie | was anxious to dispose of by drum- | hc.nl court-martial. Ill ilii- fashion, a lid iti no odier, can a wheile people be j indicted .is Atiorncv General L>rews;er i ?le-ii*cs. The peo]:!e of South CsruHna. the Democrats, have no voice in determining who shall and shall not be itried in [ die 1* died Srates < ouns. It is not ] their choice, if "merelv insignificant 1 persons.'- us Mr. Iirewster su erin?rly j calls ibesn. a<e to be bromrlit from I heir | home*-. :lt tins hnsv si?n?j.?u. To <:ot?ll*'?;n | i!?t* nin*liri!fs who would swear awa> | iheir tr<edom. Why docs not Mr. Brewster strike higher, it' there are any citizens in South Carolina higher than the sturdy yeoinaiirv of the Siate? There is tiie State Executive Committee of the Democratic party. In every county there is, likewise, an Executive Committee ?-fthe party. : lie members of these committees areas innocent j or as guilty as the citizens who have been picked out. Na-, if wrong has j been done anywhere in-South Carolina. | in the determination to ke"p tlie Governinen! pure and res] enable for whites and blacks alike, the whole of the white people are res onsible. What is done for us. and in our name. is done by us. The cause of the siccus-1 cd Democrats is the cause of the white* people of South Carolina. Mr. Brews- i ter makes it so, and we take him al his word. We want and we need no mercy, no ! consideration. Justice, we shall have, j Our Impe is flint the District Attorney ! will arrest and bring to trial hundreds j of citizens from every part of the State. Whether they are guilty or not is of no ! c?)u>equetice. as Mr. Brewster's doctrine is that every South Carolinian is ! guilty until he is proved to be innocent. Not, however, the accused citizens of South Carolina, but the laws of! the United Stales, Republican instil?- i Hons, will be on trial! Then we can I meet Mr. Brewster on equal ground. I defending, against him and his subor-1 dinates, the right of our people to "a j speedy and public trial by an impartial j jury" under the laws he scouts and the ! Constitution he ignores. m d FACTS ABOUT SILK CULTURE. What Thr?e Philadelphia Boys Accotn , piinhed- Inl:?*rP8tSnj; Statements oil an | Important Industry. Three school boys in Philadelphia \ have started the "i?oys? Siik ?. tilture | Association of the United States," ami i for eight months past have been cut in*- i ly engaged in raising- worms and preparing raw silk of the best grades. Tiie boys are named D y wot id Ma Icc: , George F. Field and C. H. Batton, ami only sixteer years old. The new' firm s.s soon as organized prepared tor an uiiuiiiuin; ii, uiuii iwwiii and set about their pijjparation. Eijyf* ] were obtained from n& quarters, and ' during the season ten thousand worms wore raised. The boys with their own hands prepared the trays on which the worms wells placed before spinning, the receptacles for the cocoons, and after repeated unsuccessful efforts succeeded in perfecting an improved reel. They complied and published a pamphlet contai ting an account of the habits, changes and diseases of the common silk-worm, rules for silk culture and instructions in reeling. Under a permit grafted by Superintendent Thayer, the boys foraged in the park for white mulberry leaves nn.il the kilter part of July, when iheir permit wasuddenly revoked, and the worms almost starved before their frantic pro prieiors con ifl obtain irotn i ominissioner llcMiu.k a renewal of privileges. The season, however, passed over prosperously. ami the silk from the cocoons was successfully reeled, together with several lots from cocoons raised by outside parties. At preselli the bovs arc employing all the time which they can spire from studies to the reeling of the cocoons raised by the mother of Davar i Taylor, the lady who won a prize lor oneofthc b<-.-t exhibits at the recent display of the Women's Silk Culture Association. Mrs. Taylor uses the silk fen* sewing! and has given it to the boys to ascer-1 tain the smallest possible waste which i can result from careful reeling. Six- I <?f*fhr> (lln-p-i ni-p lu-innr united into I .i single thread, thirty-two cocoons being reeled at the same. The reel upoj*. which the work is being1 done is the . especinl pride of the association. It is seventy-two inches in circumference, was made by the boys alone, and has, as they claim, two important improvements over every other machine of the kind. The arms of the reel are so joined, that they can be readily clt?ed together. affording opportunity to remove the reeled silk, and tie thread from the cocoons passes its way to the j reel over a sliming oar, wnicn moves Io and fro whenever the crank which operate^ t!ie reel is turned. It is expected that the reefed ?ill< from .Mrs. Taylors cocoons will amount to more tlian one-half of their entire weight. The hoys intend starring a branch cocoonery at Swedesboro, X. J.. early in j May. For this season eJaboia e pre};- ; arat ions have been-inade at tlio main! cocoonery. Over two hundred thouaml eggs, of French, Japanese, I>1 vol- i tin and native silkworms are now in : Maclack's cellar, and the cocooner i-j nreoared for (he raisins of one hnn-! ?I red thousand worms. The netting i frames or travs are arranged in Joiijj; j rows, one above the other, with wire:- j connecting them with the "round to ; carry oil' Ihe electricity l'roin tin-j worm*. as lh"; breeders say. A iarire ; number of little paper tunnels, each i \vi;h :i hole near the bottom for ventilation. Iiiive been made, and it i>in rhc>r tl?it the worms are placr-d when they bejjiu to spin their cocoons. At least lifty thousand ot these cones will be j made ditrinjf the season. Toe boys ; liive le-sous in reelinir and rearing tjie i worms, and drive an energetic and ! i . iti._i.i_ t j.. ,:i!. \ IllOdCniUMV JHOtH.UMU lii.UU ill ivonn^j eg'trs ;iu<l cocoons. qvick a>:n sc ?:*: ?m ny ml.s>t<i'?:e p-ool^ ri*;"j rheci-."Iv -s about v?ith r.iili'i;r feeiinjr that they are s?e.wt iv .-h:-.insr iu:o graves. w:n-n by r-Jng Parker's (Jii'grir Tonic ;Iiey would lir.d a cine cniniei:rinK wirli ilie first dose, i?ud vitality stiei'Stl) qi'icily ?ini I .,,-^1.. /.nmlntv luf't tn th/>.r, * I Tire Highest I?\xk.?Made JVoin harmless materia i?v. and ndop'efl .o ihe cords or f.-r'iiijj ; and f hair, P. rkrr's ilair BaJsaui lias i t-ikcrtlu*iij^ht si rue): as an elegant and /eli.;-! liair restorative. * j ?Messrs. R. J. McCarlcy & Co. nre | now *eUin<rthcbest cotton ?iu in our; market. Notice testimonial of Mr. James Jones. ?The harsh nsi?ect of the autumnal ! i * i i? x_i ,i.. rti ! gray, which uetuktyis uie siii?i> , Ufe, i* ea?ily modified by tl*e u?e of Avers Hair Vigor. * ? Among the immigrants landed in: this country last year 125,230 cau e from Germany. Tlicse people are get- i ting tired of l>eing, pliot at fur ti e amusement of emperors. ' I - - - ?-? ? ?? ? SO UTH CAROLINA XJ? fFS. ?It is said that Senator Butler will ; not be a candidate for re-election. ?The people of Lancaster are taking ! steps to buy a lire enjrine for the town.! ?A temperance society lias been or- j gauized by the colored people in Aiken.j ?Oranjreburir pays one hundred and fifty dollars a uionth for the support of paupers. ?The convict6 on the AuGfiis'a and Knoxville Railroad look sleek and: healthy, indicating <rood treatment and wholesome food. ?The total value of all the taxable property in Aiken comity is.SJ.NSl.oGo and the total taxes paid tor all pnr-j poses ?Col. Samuel Wallin<rford. the; Greenback Apostle, was announced to speak at I lo?lire> h.st Saturday and at Xinetv-six 011 the lirst Saturday in April. ?Miss Ifattie Gale, of Montreal, (.'ana<la, lias oeen acueu to iin: laeunv of the i>eaf and I)und> and Blind Institution at Limestone. Spartanhurir county. ?The Kirlnnond and Dunvillc rombinatioii will sti! tiekeis to t!?e delegates to I he J'aj?tisi Convention. which meets in iJreeiivdle. lor live cents a mile the round irip. ?Then? are l'?riv-t\vo busine>.? .-lands in Marion, six of thetu beiiur harrooins. mrec drui; stores and li.e; o:!ier> general merchandise store-, i There l> one store io every twenty-live | inhabitants ui the town. - T.:c Vorkvilie JCwji'i er is iviia-! bly informed tiiai on Saturday last.1 Air. H*. ii. Mi-reel* e::?i^!it. at iiis niili > <)!: S>i'oa<i K!v<T. I?'\v miles below ! lll.-ick*> itiii. a ui-jjVoii \veij*.:in?f j miu-iy-thi re pounds. ?The Democratic executive commit- j ? ' \ /.Mnnf e Hint- /.?? t\\f* li'illl ! adopted a resolution, calling a eonvcn- j lion on the lUtli of May, for she purpose ! ot electing a couiity ciiairrnun for nex! j two ye:?r>, and such other business as j nii?lit properly couse before the eon- j ventijn. ?The shipments of cotton from the depot in Yorkviile tor the week ending last Monday, were 1M hales, mak-! ini; a total ol o.TiJi bales >ince the lirsl of ^epieinber. The receipts of fertilizers for the week ending Monday, \vere 120 tons, making a total for the season of 1,306 tons. ?Mr. Jolni Wilk<T>on, of the White-1 hull section, Abbeville comity, h.-ts . the | linest crop of <?:its in prospect seen in i this country for years. In some place* ; tliev arc waist hhrli, and all over sev-1 era! acres will come above the knee>. I lie expecis to make about seventy-live i bushels to the acre. ?Pinkeye has made its appearance ! among the horses in Laneu>ter. Two j horses belonging to the maii-ri(ier between that place and Camden have contracted the disease. Il is thought thai, they caught it by being put in a stable in Camden thai had been re- j cently occupied by a horse having the | disease. ?Jean Goodman, a colored boy j working on the Augusta & Knoxville ; Railroad, uiuler Captain Dumphrey.; was wounded in (he foot by the acci-j dental discharge ol a revolver in the : hands of Captain Duinplirey on last) Saturday. The boy was immediately I brought to Greenwood for medical at-' ieiition. The wound whs painful, bin : not necessarily serious. ?At a meeting of the State Board of; Agriculture, held last Wednesday, Mr.! I). P. Duncan introduced a resoluiiou providing for the abolition of ttie office j of Superintendent of Immigration | (now held by Col. E. M. Boykin) and I devolving its duties upon the Coinmis- j eiouer of Agriculture. The resolution i was laid over tor consideration at the j May meeting of tlie Board. ?Coin]:trol!er-Gencral Bratton on Wednesday opened ihe bids for furnishing the books and blanks for the use of auditors and treasurers in the assessment and collection of taxes. Three bids were put in and the work awarded to Messrs. Walker; Evans & Cogswell, of Charleston, for S'2,'2tj. Tne i.ext lowest bid was that of C. A. j Ca.vo, Jr., of Columbia, for $2,1545. j ?Judge Mackey arrived at home i on hist Saturday from Washington. I where lie has been n?r nearly three months, proseculiiiif the claim of ilie State for rent due for the use ami occupation by the L'nited States government, of the Citadel Ai-ademy at Charleston. He is quiteconlideut tliat a liberal sum. perhaps .$rt5,0U0, will be allowed on this claim. ?A Greenback club has been organized at Wise's Mills, in Itijhland county. In conversation with a reporter of the Columbia lteyixtvr, who was present, Mr. Wise, President of the elu', declared that the organization was hi- | tended to break down the Democratic party in this .State, and for himself he emphasized the fact that he was a I?e- ! publican and lie would send his soul lo j hell before he would vole the Demo-j cm tic ticket again. ?Mr. Paul C. Trenholin, of Charleston, was brutalIv assaulted on the { street by unknown parties on the night j of the 19th inst. He received severe blows on the head, and n:>s for some! days unconscious. lie is now ini- j proving. Two tramps have since l>een j arrested in Columbia on suspicion ofj being the parties who committed the outrage. The evidence against them is said to be very strong. ?A meeting of the people of Lancaster county will be held in a short j limu K> liriiu u]?t>u ?iic owum v/iiiwiiuu Railroad the importance and practicability of extending that road from Camden to Charlotte by the way of Lanca? ; tor village. Since the Supreme* Court j lias rendered its decision in the matter j ot'tlie County Commissioners of ('lies-; ler against the Cheraw & Chester Rail-1 road, ilie people of Lancaster feel that it is necessary to seek an outlet in sonic j other direction. ?Masked raiders hove been visitimr ! Iw? ill (Ik. nciu-liil.d-lllXnl (>1 Columbia aiul threatening them with i dire vengeance if they null down their j lences in accordance with the provis- \ ions of the stock law. The old terrify- j in?r devices of >kull, cross bones. coffins. etc. have been freely distributed j to awe the timid. The pottery of Mr. j Stork was recently burned. The G?v enior offers a reward of fifty dollars for the capture of the guilty parties. ?James J. Clvburn, sentenced to bo bunion the 14th of April for the mur- j der of Alexander Sheorn, escaped from the Camden j:jil at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. He bored holes j liiconl) wifli ;i <nridct ! until he had tut the planks in I wo, then ! removed tlicni and escaped through to i the lower floor, seized the jador's ?ru:i ; and left by the door in jailors room, j When last seen lie was "oiiiir to\v:.rcl? ! the swumii on the river. It is sup-! posed he went towards Columbia. The sheriff and others arc searching for j him. ?The director? of the Cheraw & i Chester Railroad held a meeting at 1 Lancaster on Monday last, and issued ; to Lancaster county the stock demand- j ed. under the recent decision of thei State Supreme Court. The certificate : / ill* fur urn thousand shares of the capital slock of tin* road, fifty dollars | each, which is preferred slock in accordance with tlie Act of tlic General Assemblv. approved March 11. is? t. j This gives Lancaster county the balancc of power in tl.e road. Chester: county bus fifteen hundred shares ol' tiie preferred stock. ?A female missionary has been preaching among the color-d people of Newberry. The 11 era Id snys: "She i* rather good looking. about twenty-five j years of aye. and her name is Miss Ella lirennan. She Is from Minnesota, and is sent down South, by the Woman's i Missionary Society North, to work I amoug the colored people. Her chiefj object is to organize sewing societies i atha colored women and so a* to teach them how to be good hou -e- ; keepers. She combines with this work instructions on religion and teuiperan . e.',, ~ : ?A terrible murder was committed ' v.- .. ... on the plantain of the Hon. W. D.I Johnson.at Savage Landing, on Pee; Dee River, i.i jiaiion county, on Son- i dav night. Snkey Blaine, colored, was ; shot to death by an unknown party i while in her cabin, the gun beinir fired ' through the logs of the wall. A negro \ man and his wife were arrested, sus-1 pirion pointing strongly to their guilt, j The in .11 wase ca?< d. hut the woman was sately lodged in jail at Marion.! "i c supposition is thai the ne<rro man \ killed rlie woman, who was about to ; !>< i*..!i!ined to hide hisiruilf. Another j suspicion is that his wife tired the fatal ' shot while Iter husband was in the cab- ; in wi;h the murdered woman, on ac- I count of jealousy. ?A council of the Patholic bishops j of the Province of Baltimore was held at the Archcpisopal residence in that city on Wednesday to nominate three persons from whom the Vatican will j -elect a successor to tlio late Hisiiop ; LviicIi. of Charleston. Archbishop i Gibbous pre.-ided over the council, j Tiie sullrajrans present were Kean of Kielnnond. Kaiu of Wheeling. Backer ; ot Wilmington. Northrop of North 0 irolina. Gross Savannah and Moore j of St. Augustine. 'Ilie names selected | by the council are preserved i:i inviolate secrecy, and the choice of one out : of the three will not be known unfii it . ?'.)iiie> from Home. Thu?c indulge ; 1 i .-peeulaiio:- 011 the >i;l>j'et mention | \> .r-Genera! ^ai-Jey. of (.'harle>ton. | ie w atlmini^tr;i-'or of the diocese, as one of the nominees. O li.\ I. ft A K <1 OS S1 /'. ?S.ivannah pulled in lines; ou: of eleven gamble; < i:? -=i week. .v!* ti.,1 1\.1... 1 !/>! < jl/ill'f ; ! :<) r i!<e the appo'ntm.'iit ot Li%y j r ;i> minister. ? (le'.teral 'losecifits has been elect-| ed chairman or'iiic DemocraticNation- j ill Campaign < Ymimittee.' ?The Washington Post lias ?rot a | lilH suit on i;s hands with a professor j of'liea'Stiietic an of pugilism. ?Kx-(-?"ov. English, of Connecticut, is seventy-six years old and has never ! known a da\'s sickness. ?Ohio has '2\2J>7'2 volumes in her f(iiU??-e libraries, which is said to be a hn'jrer number than any olher State can boast ol*. ?The President lias approved flic I joint resolution appropriating 8I0O.OOO! t';r the benefit of lhe sufferers from | Mississippi floods. ?Queen Victoria lias asked Parlia-; mem to make suitable provision for i Prince Leopold in view of his ap-j proaching marriage. ?Sarah Bernhardt made about $10(X><) by her St. Pe'orsburg engagement ami \va.s offered S40,(.K)0 more for eight additional performances. ? (,'ong:-s?maii Canning's bankrupt bill. rvu.amended by the Judiciary ('oiniiii'.t'. c, is said to be the shortest i bill on the -ubjeet ever introduced. ?The miiber of passengers landed J at <.;a-ti?? uarcien,-New lurK, last year, was of whom 51,229 were cabMi passengers; the remainder immigrants. ?The board of aldermen of New York last week passed a resolution asking the President to remit the penalty imposed upon Sergeant Mason by j the military court. ? It is reported that the Russian ni-! hilists have abandoned the programme of assassination and the Czar has accordingly picked up courage enough to j come out from his bomb-proofs. ? Th? wheat crop of Illinois last year was reduced by the drought from 59,-! O W.tXK) to The corn crop iell in the same ratio, with proportionate lo>s in other farm products. ? i lie iticiiuiomi ana muvuie itanroad having absorbed the line of road connecting Charlotte and Statesvilie, trains of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad are now running through to Stator-vilie. ?The Prussia!) Ii-onoinic Council on Tuesday, by a vote of i>o to 31, rejected tlie tobacco monopoly biil, and aitcr:vard, by a vote of 4?> to 14. adopted a resolution in favor of a higher taxon tobacco. ?Mr. Smyth. (home rule,) member of Parliament for Tibberary, writes to the Freeman's Journal announc'ng his intention to .support the the cloture resolutions, lie hoije* independent members will do likewise. ?On Sal unlay eveuing a canister of j powder was dropped inio a house on 1 XeKoii street. Dublin, where several j detectives are living. Much damage I was done by iho explosion which lbl- I lowed, but nobody was injured. ?Charles O'Connor, the distinguished New York lawyer, has retired to private life and settled down at Xaniucketr, Mass., where he has built a new house and spends his time among his books, lie is seventy-eight years old. ?The Quebec Steamship Company, which has been running a line of vessels between New York and Porto j Ilicoand carrying the United States j mails, has notified the Pos-office De- j pari men t that it is about time to dis- ! continue its service and withdraw its i vessels ?The board of managers of the Produce Exchange of New York, on Tuesday approved of the passage of the bill by the Legislature to allow the negotiations of loans of money in sums over * "),<XXi for periods not exceeding sixty days at more than current rates of interest. ?It is said that ex-United States Treasurer Spini er, who is rusticating at .Jacksonville, ria., is m nne iieami at. t he a-jro of eighty, and writes tliat I notable aiUoiri'apli with a steady hand. | We don't believe it. We don't believe | that any mortal man could write such i an autograph with a steady hand.?Ex. | ?The Springfield llepnbUcan re marks that it does not an?rur well for the future of the coin try when one; man can pliwik down )00,o00 of| stocks, free of encnml>rance. as Jay i G >n!d recently did in New York. In ; addition to this he had 8-1.000.000 j in iri> <>t' sfifMiriiies which he did not produce. ?Samuel J. Tilden is getting jesthd- i ic in his old ajre. lie is building a j $('?()(),??()0 rendtuicc in New York, ofi >ir;erb liiii>ii and architecture, 011 tin* diniiiii room of which alone lie lias spent over S^O.OUO. They call it a white house, because it is built mostly of while marble. ?It niav be an item of interest to the ladies to know the value of the ostii'-h feathers tiiey purchased last year. The importation amounted t.o?o.rjy.024./;>. j Cape l'eaihers are wor-h on'y s:>D to j per pouml. but the black Airier* j command to $(W0 per pound. Ii lakes a irood many feathers to weigh a i pomul. however. ? K. B. (,'owlos. commissioner to j take lestimonv in the Christiancy di- ! v.?ree ease in Xow York. Ia-t Tuesday j examined Henry ilu>?. a restaurant; keeper, who testified th.it .Joseph .1. j i>uriium. one of Mrs. Chrisiiancy's wit- i ues>cs, is a ti::m ot' had diameter, he j (ihe witness) would not believe him | on his oath. ?The Xew York Lojfislaluro hns a bill before il making ii a mi.-demeanor to use corn, rice corn starch, poialo starch, i-??eulns indiens. or hops bleached with sulphuric acid, in liic manufacture of ale, beer, pol ler or other j malt liquor. It is opposed on the] ground that such articles have been used in brewing for years willioiu deleterious effect, but this theory is <lisproved by the statistics of the alarming increase of diseases of the kidneys and e >-ordinate organs, which are attributed to this cause. ?The latest "Col. Sellers" scheme is proposed in southeast Missouri. It is to utilize tl*o famous big springs upon th?? p!: n o?; suggested respecting the falls of Niagara, to generate electricity, i wire it to St. Louis and distribute it i for illuminating purposes. It is said ! that the spring discharges 1.000 cubic' fVwt u.-atf>r iw>r iiot'ittnl. and fhi> u*:i- i tt can be easily stored so us to give a j & 1 of sixteen tcel. With this enor-j inotifi power it is claimed the whole i city could Lc lighted. 1 . . * ^ -v X \ ? ; rr Thk Cltburk Case.?as has ajreanv j1 been announced. Governor Hagood , has refused to commute the death sentence of James J. Clyburn, convicted of the murder of Alex. Shehorn. After reviewing the case the Governor says: "I am unable to see any ground on j which the prayer of the petition can be ! granted, it is painful to me personally fo come to this conclusion. The fat her of this unfortunate young man served and fell under my immediate command in the late war. Among the Jiving of his name and blood are those also who were then trusted and gallant comrades, and who arc now honored friends. Of his mother I cannot spe;ik. God help her! The Executive is vested with the prerogative of trier c v. l>ni it is likewise ins dutv to see the law enforced. He cannot expunge it from the statute book. This case, as it is made to appear to me, is unrelieved murder, and the sentence! cannot he commuted unless the pen-: a 11y of death is no longer to attend j that crime. Considering, however, j the unavoidable delay in passing upon the prisoner's application for Executive clemency, and that le>s than two days remain before the sentence of ihe law i* to be executed, a respite of thirty days is granted." Wii-t is a Bii.mon??The St. Louis | it bus received the full '>win?? j k-r-'T. sjjriird **A Party ol Expert! M ieian.x": i-ui iou liKi'L'iu.iOAN: Quite a spirit- i ed ii:*cit*sion tool: place ia-t eveniny: i a parly ot'iriends. :lie bone of contention*" Ivinir "how many million^! m ike one billion." ()!;e side ol' the hou-e were positive that one thousand inMlions uride one billion, while the t!?e other side were equally confident that one million mil lions was required to make one billion. To prove their point side Xo. 1 produced an arithme- i tie. whe,H side No. '1 backed their assertions with a dictionary; side No. 1 then orou?rnr iorm aiionu-r ;ii iiiniK-i;t, ami side No. 2 uinr them with another dictionary. Both arithmetics said that ow thousand nidii.ms made one bil-; lion, and both dictionaries said that one ; miliion millions made one billion. X >\v a< w<? did nor know which of the ! four hooks to disregard, it was agreed to ! to leave matter with you. 1'iease hcip j us out of oar quandary at your earliest convenience, through the columns of your valuable ]>a|>cr. To which the Republican makes the following answer: "It is not strange I that authorities were found to differ. [ The term is arbitrary. In the United : States it means a thousand millions. 1 and is written thus: 1,000.000.Ot JO. This { i< it I so the method in Continental Jinrope. In England, however, the term iiM'iins a million millions, and is written thus: l,Oi >0000,000000." ?A Xev?* Orleans octoroon girl named Lydia Montrose is to be put forward conspicuously as a tragic actress. She is described as superlatively beautiful, with a deep, musical voice. She learns readily, and is being carefully drilled for a tour next season. Her wardrobe is to be something astonishing, and gorgeous street po>ters \\ ill herahl her likt? a cisvc*. Up to this time she has been a leather in a nejrro school. I ?Between January 1 and March 4 there arrived in California seven ihousand Chinamen, who <rot employment a! once in working-on the railroads. There are forty thousand more ot' these people who have taken passage and are avvai'ing their chances to get steamship i accommodations. They will come. i Many Chinamen aie going to Mexico ; *o work on the railroads. ?It takes 100,000 elephants to sapply the world's annual demand for ! ivory. | m ?im?j :;T ' ! UmU ; the MOV/ > CHOICE SCilJtKR BEVERAGES, I ? . SLCif>S SHERRY COBBLERS. CLARET PUNCHES, XOni WATTTO LEMONADES OLD VIRGINIA HINT JULEPS. tdy the CEltdi.'ated BOG e v SR, alw a rs tfSTSH CCOL? ,J. CLE XD IXIX G. may 3 Nr\'tH -ov 10 \V. R. Dory ? Co. c S ^tke ti 2 /W S* Sa /mil if id 5 jry>. / m 2 si! ^YIGTDR^is i fa -si ,aggr "Tl The Latest TS:e Best THE P:ST .3 ,KS CHEAPEST. The kinrlsnmnsf. r:irl most rnnTnlefp 5 Lk?M km MASHINE Yet j^roducccL illustrated cisculahs sent ox application. Yictcr Seeing Machine Co.,j ZliddletovvTi, Comu ^Southern 07.cz, Ko. 5 ?!. Ch3:!cs Si, Baltimore, Kd. t Bliifnm i ?& ikA WJLi. VA. AUfl A or throat nay net s*ein to j aniuunt to uracil, nrui If promptly attended j to cna be eur-.d: but nesrleet is orre- j t0ll<v,vf-d 1)3' or <llpfct!ierta. | No medicine lias ever iven discovered wliieli r.ers s > <i :.h-kl>* and surely li* such cases ;:s FKXIlV DAVIS* KlLLiiH. It? prompt use of this invaluable rcm&iy ins i Si-vea thousands of lives. PKiiAiY i.AVIS' PATX KILT.Ert 15 | nnt ;in <*x|m?ritn?;jit. It. bus b^ea bf-t^re the | p'tbllC lor s'orty y< ars, iiiid IS !!)Oat valued j wa re it is bost known. A fow extracts tvoux voluntary testimonials : n-.itJ as follows. IV in Kim t:n ha* been myhoo^eJicM remedy for j r :r>r past tv^u'>' ?*. ?eu yirr.i. mut b :v<j : i< .<:r iia-'.va ;t t-> fait fa cN'Ofluij a cure.? ! i, s. Cr<.cj?eb. V/iHteia-iviHe, N. V. ; S>r thirty yw:rw f jisio wed Pain Ktli-ek. anJ ; f ..n;l itfl never-fsiiluztvuicdy for colds ana sore hiro'.t.? uaktok seavas*. Hjvc remved innv.i'U te relief from ro!ds and j t-u'e thr-'.t end con-ider : on: Fain Kit.i.kr au i ii-iuaiuv remedy.?CJeo. 2. ?vkkett, Dickinson, j X. V. i T irve :a-"t recovered from a vary Fevere cola. a I h ive lijd for iconic time. I could >ret no ] r-.!k-f until i tried vour Pain Kim.Kit. whi.h r" if.ed me inime?i.:tel>-. I will nev.-r again be v. ill.out :t. ? <O. I'oi'.ci:. Lownde*, <> ?. Ur.ve ti?ed Pain Kii.i.ei'. in nr.- tumily for forty ve.irs and have never known it to fail.?Kaxsox l.Kwis. Wayne-tfwro. fia. I Uwra u?nir P us IiiuxR in my family twenty. five ye:irs a^'o and have im??1 iteversiiKe.>nd have found no medicine to take its place.?B. W. Dxta, urawi-t, uae:aa, 1. I-'or wboopinir-couv'li and croup it is the best \ proration jn: <le. v o would net be without It? ' A. P. Koctk. liberty Mill'. Va. ? r tarentv-Jive years I li.no i:red Pain Kit.i.13 for colds and chup't-d ir-K and eotiwder it tlit l*?t ! niedieine ever oiiered.?Giwllooi-za.,U jjiainfc-tcn, j T was FufTerinjr severely with Vronchitis, end my | throitt wan so inflamed I con d scarcely swallow ?uy food. I was r.d.i.?e<l U? try' your Fain Kili.f.r, after a few dotes ttu completely cared.?T. Wilkixsox. Dr. Waj.tox v/ritcx from Oot-liocton: Yonr Pat* Kxi.:.er cures dirhlherla and sore throat, so alarm- ! isi-'ly prevalent here, and b.-'? i>ot l-een kno" T. to fad in a riiurie IcttiiM*. This fact you should j make known to ttie world. Mrs. Kh.sk b. Mason writes- My son wastaken i violently sick with dir!:tb?ris. h)Kl> fever, and cold i chills*. So tnany children ha\ e died Jiere. I wa? I pfru d to till ft physician, a:;d tried jour Pais i Kit.li:a. He wth taken on Sui'day, and oa ! Wednetdsy hla thrre.t was clear. Jt was a won, /1nr*!i! svim T it Ko Immtn tn thA I poor mothers whQ are j?KiDi> so msuiy cliildrca. For Chills and Fever PAIN KIIXKR lias ! no cc1u.1L Itciiroiwhea everything elsetalis. Dolavst are orren dangerous. A bottle ot B aop Kiu.nln tli? house Is a safeguard thai eg family should he v lthout. All druggists sell it at &>c., 30c., aod $1.00 per bottle. PERRY DAVJS & SOPS, Proprietors, Providence, R. U -X LOOK OOT HOW ?FOBBargains, Barpis, 1 ' ?AT? " - -m B. SUGENHEIMER'S : si DRY GOODS 1 ''-v?AND? SSOCEBY STORES, i | \S1 liAV ili JBUL'UllT A stock of chris'tllas goods a.nd business is very dull, I WILL SELL DRY GOODS, CLO THING, BOOTS an ! SHOES. NOTIONS, ETC., and also m GROCERIES CONSISTING OF FINE HAMS, " FINE SUGAR, FINE ELOTJR, : FINE NEW ORLEANS MOL\S SES, AND ALL APTICLES BELONGING TO A FIRST-CLASS GROCERY STORE AND DRY GOODS STORE. AT VERY SMAL&PJROFLT. IT WILL BE TO YOUR INTER- _ EST TO COME AND EXAMINE THESE GOODS AND THE PRICES. Respect fully, B. KUGENEEIMER. % Dec 20 ; SALE : AND FEED STABLES. _ | Wixxsboro. S. C., Dec. 14,1881. LOOK OUT! /. ..';3gg Everybody briug in your old, broken down stock auJ exchange them for young ones, as the undersigned has just arrived with Thirtyfat Virginia horses and mules* among them some good saddle and 1 harness horses, which he will sell CHEAP for CASH, or on time, by making bim a good bankable note. He will also pay the highest CASH PRICE for old fiat PLUG mules and .'lorses: A. WILLIFOB2). ^ Dec 15 FRESH ' - /*' ' GARDEN SEEDS. , 'fl Assorted Kinds. - II : m ? U id 1 ? & LAUDEETH'S. - | ?AJL-bU? WHITE AXD RED OXIOK SET8, EARLY ROSE and ' ^ PEERLESS POTATOES. 53 AT J. M. BEATY & CO.'S, Fob 25 JUST RECEIVED, 1 _ _ 3 FRESH BUCK \V II EAT, FRESH OAT MEAL, EVAPORATED AITLES, POTTED HAM, POTTED TURKEY, POTTED TONGUE, > POTTED CHICKEN. CORNED BEEF r. i t<i worclstkr*- it ike sauce, macaroni ami cheese. ASSORTED IMCKLES IhHl chow-chow, And a fall supply of ~jS&I STAPLE GROCERIES. " ' M Which we nre offering very LOW for the CASH. J. F. McMASTEB & CO. Nov 24 L.1W PIBT^EIISHEP. rinlf 1^.1 ?V>nviAy4 A n.??. * | 'iirj uuu?-i?'?A>;ur- i .i?" i n. j/-iv .L nerxhip nnder the firm name of ' Li*L"SS& BUCHANAN, tor ihe practice of law in all of its branches, 'or the Connty of Fairfield ai-d wherever thev'may be employed as a tiria. Will p net ice in -all of the Mate Conris and the Fede>al Courts tor this Sute. *VM. B. LYLE^. rv,v'TT\n Ttnr?TTAW?v Jan 5 tx3m ? Subscribe to Tl*fc ^?EWJ Qkcalo.