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and twonty-flvo eonte for eafcaeqaent
Ir.aertlons. Yearly contracts will he made.
4M advertisements meet bare the number
Insertions marked on them, or they will be
Mierwd till ordered eel, and charged for.
Unless ordered otherwise. Advertisement*
will intitltUjr be "displayed."
Obttnary notices, and all mattera Inuring to
te the benefit of any one. ate regarded aa
Advert laeaa ante.
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tiZ'Ffiyeri' Convention.
^COKTINUED KUOM LA6T WKKK.]
Your committee are ^ratified tn
state that this system ut cuniula*
tive voting, which is destined to
play so important a part-in tho development
of popular rule, has al
ready been put in O|>cration.?
*4 ProjK)8cd, explained and advo
cated in the first instance by
James Qartli Marnliall, a subject
of the crosil of Great TCritum "
this plan tins been chain pinned by
ex Senator Bncknlew, of this
country, line been incorporated in
the revised Constitution of Iili
nois, and has been put upon its trial
in a Pennsylvania town. Recently
the subject has attracted universal
inteicst in the South. In
our own State it has becu rcceiv
od with great favor, and lilted
above the plane of political partyittn.
Your committee are of the
opinion that, abstractly considered,
proportional representation is
n great governmental nriiicinal?
V. . t; r a
wise, jmt measure yf reform,
and one absolutely necessary to
mako unlimited suffrage consistent
with peace, order and security.
It enters the pditicui Ixxly hs
tu saving, h conserving element.?
It comes to' leaven the lump of
Democracy, and to give the es
sence of genuine Republicanism,
which is, briefly stated, thorough
and general representation. But
if proportional i presentation lie
an admirable system in any government
founded upon the popu
lar will, your committee hold that
the plan is |K'Culiu<dy applicable
to sucli a condition of society us
this State now presents.
Your committee do not affirm
that this would, cure all the dis^na
tis ot the body politic; but they
may, without extravagance, suggest
that the system of proportional
representation, if adopted h.
tliose who wield the numerical
power, would allcviuto many ot
the evils incident to our present
abnormal condition, would to a
large extent, tranquilize public
apprehensions, would moderate
tl.c soirit of |>olitical convulsion.
and tend to bring about in tliia
/Slate all the pence that we can
reasonably hope to attain.
Your committee tiro aware ot
the tact that this measure of elec
tcral reform, if it shall be promptly
realized by us, must come from
the dominant party of the State.
Whether it will cmno or not. we
cannot decide. In either event,
the minority of South Carolina
put forth their claims in this l?e
bait It is '.heir right. Should it
be denied, the res}M*nsibi)ity intnu
rest upon t,|tose who use thus the
jpower that the present gives.?
Should it be tendered, it will
doubtless produco toe fruits ot
justice and wide i the circle ot
]>eftce. This much we may add :
Since it is the nature of majori
ties to change, it may Ire well for
the d uninaut party to consider
whether the adoption ot propertional
representation may not for
them be the best policy for the
futuro, ns web as the highest wisdom
lor the prcsoiftr liespectfully
submitted.
J. P. 1UOMAS,
V For coiiiiuit'ee.
The report of the Executive com
# nit tee on the subject of Taxation
without representation wu* submit(ted,
and is its follows :
The Executive Committee, to
whom were referred the grievati
ro< of taxation without representtutioti
in the taxing b xf v, and to
suggest a rcmo..y for the existing
pvils, beg leave to report that the
present political and financial con?lit
ion of South Carolina in a forcible
and melancholy illustraiion of
the evils resulting trout taxation
without representation. The jn
dicial in instigation lately had in
the United States Court tor this
District prove, beyond cm rover<kv.
that astounding frauds were
practiced in the last election, and i
demonstrated the necessity of a
.remedy.
Tlio theory of the Constitution
is thut the people ahall lie fully
and fairly represented, and provis
ii U luodu in tlmt Inotruiiium!
to protect uiiiioi ivies. That, in tin*
Uu.i*e of Representatives, t h e
\vli?>lo bodv of tho people is repre
oented ana the majority rules. In
alio Senate, the State* are represented,
and the smallest ha* an
*<aital vote with tho largest Stale.
The one in intended to be check
40 the other. While the wgr lasti
eu, puaion iook lno place of reo?
ton; the States representated in
the Senate set aside the G*>nstitu*
tion, forgot their sovereignty and
blindly tolfowed the lead ot the
conquest. Since the war, the
States that struggled tor what they
supposed wa-4 a constitutional
right havo not been represented,
their Senators are not natives, or,,
if natives, are not repre-ieutative
men. So that the check ot the
States, as reprcsentated in tliuSen*
ate, has been entirely losr, and, ot i
_11 1 . * ? ' 1
course, tin legislation iius boon
partisan, sectional and vindictivo.
The fame tcaturo which characterized
the Congressional legislu
tion was inc rported in our State
government. The Parish system,
which existed in our State Constitution
before the war, operated as
a check upon all legislation of the
mere majority. The new Constitution
ot '05 and "03 abolished
tliut conservative element. Under
the Constitution of '05, it is noasi
hie no evil would have resulted ; 1
because intelligence and property I
were eqoallv represented and all i
tl.e voters belonged to the same i
caste Under the Constitution of <
'68, however, a new element was t
brought into the voting power.? <
Men of a dilfurcrit race and caste,
uneducated slaves just emancipat 1
ed, an impressible people, whose
passions and prejudices could bo 1
easily excited, were suddenly i
clothed w?ih the elective Iranciiise
and made not only a power but <
the coiitroliug power in the State.
Considering our condition, then, t
the result was inevitable. Tue <
noalv enfranchised were not onlv
- - - - J
j* alous of their acquired liberty,
hut suspicious ot the feelings ami i
intentions of their late owners.?
They a ero igtmrtttit of political
affairs, totally uu instructed in the i
science ut government and natural j
Iv turned to the men win# had
flocked here as birds of prey. It j
was equally natural for the native,
respectable anil intelligent white
people, who had. heretofore con- i
"trolled a airs, to (eel a supreme <
disgust, and to held themselves
f.otn this mass of ignorance i
and vice. It must now be retnein
I Hired that the large maj ?ritv of i
the gentlemen in the State, of ex <
perieuce, patrioti&m and virtue.
were laboring under tlio political
disabilities ot the reconstruction
Acts, which prevented tliein from i
taking purl in legislative proceed- <
iugit. i
lint time, with its healing infln
cuce, has shown to the colored <
people that the white people have |
no disposition to deprive them ot
any ot their rights, civil or politic i
al, that h.ive been conferred on
thetn. It has proved to the white
people that the colored citizens,
generally, feel no enmity against
thetn; ate not disposed to opp ess
them, and nre willing, it not atix
ions, tii avail themselves ot their
learning, experience, virtue and
patriotism. It has r!ro nmcoH
ilie udventurer*, white and colored,
that the eyes <4 the native colored
people me opened to their selfish- I
tiers and rapacity.
Having arrived at this conclu- <
ion. ti^ question is, how can wo
avail ourselves of the power of <
this na ive element and get rid of
t >e bud infUwMtce which has here- i
t?d.ne centioiled it, using ttie col
ored people as uteie voting chat
tels, to plunder and ruin this de
voted State '# They need and do
sire the virtue, intelligence and I
ex|>ericnco of the native white i
people. The white people cannot i
maintain the ancient vir tie,dignity
and honor of this old State, unless
the na'ive colored people will
co-operate with ihoui. The our i
ruptiou of this State Government I
is notorious ; bribes are openly of- <
fered to, and received by, Senn- i
tors and Representatives; high 1
officials are engaged in speculating i
in stocks and bonds of the State;
all these great crimes are being I
perpetrated op tily here in the
capital, and there has not been I
the first prosecution commenced <
to prevent theui. In a word, the j
ancient honor of the proud old i
State i lost and gone. Every I
white mau and every colored iran,
w.io is a native South Carolinian,
must deplore this disgraceful and i
humiliating condition. <
. Your committee believe tlijit the <
public mind is rijaj to correct this I
evil and cure this disgrace, and, j
| therefore, propose the following i
resolution: I
Jieeolvtdy That wo recommend i
to the Legislature the passage -f
ail iiluitlloii leur !?*? ?l?" A A
f*?i ?'i w ??? inw | IIJ n IIIVM HIV VV|* \
000 tux paving voters will have * i
l?ri?|M?iti"iiate represent alio u in
the Legislature ot the State, with
the OU.OOo voters who pay no tax- (
ee. A prosp<witioh so just, reason ,
alile and conscientious cannot fail
to commend itself favorably to every
right-mimied citizen.
Ileepoctfully suhtnftrad.
JAMES OUESNUT^ Chain.
Yonr committee, to*whom was
referred the resolution providing
that tbo Executive Committee
with the President of this Conven hall
have it in charge to protect
the interest represented by thin
Convention during the interval of
adjournment, to keep in view the
current legislation, and to call the
Convention together at such lime
as they think proper, beg leave to
report that they have had the
same under consideration and recoinmeud
its adoption.
Respect full v submitted.
'H. C. SMART,
For the Executive Committee.
At 1 P. M., the .Convention
took a recess to 4 P. M.
AFTERNOON SlfSSION.
The coinmidee of five on the
postponement of the collection of
taxes wete upjH.infod as follows ;
T. Y. Simons, IV. M.S annon, M.
L. Bonhatn, James II. Giles, J. P.
Richardson.
Mr. Warlev, from the Executive
Committee, reported regarding
the Blue Ridge Railroad, showing
in eloquent and befitting terms
that the whole 6cheme was as win- i
die, and an outrage upon the good
credit of the State. The report
was agreed to. i
On motion of Mr. Warier, it
was i
Resolved, That when the Con
rent ion adjourn, it ad journs to 1
meet to-morrow, at 10 o'clock.
On motion of 13. II. Wilson, it
was
Resolved, Thai the Executive
Committee be increased by the ad
dition of the names of Armistead
Burt and M. L. Bonham.
Mr. Jatries A. Iloyt, of Anderson,
offered the following resolution.
which was adopted :
Resolved, That the report of the
Committee on Election and Suf '
IVage Laws, adopted hy the Convention,
he placed in the Unnds ot
a special committee ot seven memIters
o! the Convunlitn?- u liuao ?ln.
ty it glial! be to transmit, the report
as u memorial to the Legislature,
mi the subject of proportional representation,
accompanied bv such
suggestions as they may deem ad
visab'.e, in order 10 secure the pas
Kagc of a law at the earliest practicable
moment after the Legislature
is convened, that the sybiein of cu 1
initiative votinir may he made applicable
to next general election, 1
mid that the principle may be en- 1
grafted in general upon our system
of sutfrage ; ami, further, that
this 6| ccial Committee be instruct 1
ed to imw their best exertions in
lavor of the passage or iIiIb ju?t, wholesome
ami equitable provi 1
#ion, so as to bring about a coin 1
plete and lull representation of all
the people.
fourth day.
The Convention was called to
order by Hon. W. D. Porter, Pies
ident.
The chair announced the follow
ing committee under the resolution
of J. A. lloyt, on cumulative vol
ing :
James A. IToyt,D II. Chamberlain,
M. W. Gary, E. J. Sc-?tt, W.
U. Wallace, B. II. Wilson, II.
Gourdin.
Mr. Chcsnut from the Executive
Committee reported on the resole
lion regarding the Sterling L an
ss follows: j
The Executive Commit tee to
whom was referred certain resolu
lions in reference to the Sterling
Loan, and obligations which may
hereafter be created, beg leave to
report that tliey havo considered
the same, and recommend their
a option in the following form :
Hcsulved, That this Convention,
representing the property-holders
and tax payeta of the State of
South Carolina, do hereby deem it
jnr duty to declare, that the so
callod sterling loan, or any other
bonds or obligations, hereafter issued,
purporting to bo under and
bv virtue of ton nntlim-itv ??t il>m
? - --J
State, as at present constituted,
will not bo held binding on us; and
that we recommend to tho people
Lit the State, in every manner and
nt all times, to resist the payment
thereof, or the enforcement of any
tux to pay the same, by all legii
mute means within their p ?wer.
Hc8olv6<i^ That we deem it our
duty to w arn ull persons n ?t to re
ceive by way of purchase, loan, or
otherwise, any bund or obligation
hereafter issued by the present
State government, or by any snb
sequent govcrnfneut, in which the
property-holders of the State are
not represented, purporting to
bind the property or pledge the
credit of the State; and that all
such bonds or obligations will be
held to be null and void, as having
been issued in fraud and in derogation
of the rights of that portion
of tho people of this State, upon
whom tlie public burdens are made
to rest.
Ile?olvedy That a Committee of
KivH In* amulintorl K?i t^
" * w ?r r uj i iwp i
dcut of the (Junveuliou, to iuveati
gate and report a plan to reetore
the credit of tho State, and to con.
for with the representative of th^
" Fire Loan Securities" of the
State, which have been practically
repudiated by the State authorities
with a view to repair the damage
to tho good faith and honor of the
Commonweaftli, by influencing an
early liquidation of these obligations.
Adopted.
Also, reported on resolution of
Mr. Adams, of Richland, in refereuro
tn tuvaii-m
The Executive Committee, to
whom was referred the resolution
of Mr. Adams, of Richland, in
reference to the collection of taxes
for the year 1871, beg leave respectfully
to report that having til
ready considered arid reported upon
the subject matters therein cmbraced,
they nsk leave to be dis
charged from their further consid
oration.
Adopted.
Also, reported on resolution to
H|)|K>int a committee of five to pre
pure a truthful statement of the
condition of the State now, and
Binco the war:
Tho Executive Committee to
whom was referred a resolution to
nppoint a committee of five to pre
pare a report of the condition of
tho State now and since tho war,
bog leave to report, that they have
considered the same, and "recommend
that the committee be raised
for that purpo6u, and that the following
gentlemen ^compose the
same : viz. Messrs. A. I*. Aldrich,
Arm stead Unit, J. L. Manning,
M. C. Butler. W H.-Porioi.
, - - * ? * ? "* *v*
Adopted.
Mr. riculioltn from the Commit*
too of Eleven submitted (be following
report on finances ot the State,
and wbicb was with tbe resolutions
a oute I :
The Committee of Eleven to
wbotn was referred tbe lesolntion
regarding the finances of tbe State,
report as follows: This resolution
having been published in the newspapers
before the assembling of
tbe Convention, your committee
wero promptly apprised by his
Exc ilency the Governor, and by
ibo other State functionaries referred
to, of their readiness to furnish
i be required information. Tbe
Comptroller Genera! furnished to
tbe Convention themselves a printed
Vkstatement ol the funded debt
of the State of South Carol ua ami
information relative thereto." In
ibis * statement, tbe total funded
debt of the Siate." is pet down ns
tlio?6um ol &7,655.9i?8.93. To the
?I. ? i I I -s - 1
w.i. in me iuiiueu ucur, viz. : $/,OU5.DOS.U8.
tnnet bo added iu order
to exhibit the sun total of the
debt of the State, the cash nd
vanced to the Tieasurv by the Fiifhncial
Agent. This is set down
by Mr. Knnpton at the round sum
of $800,000, and also the further
sum of 1400.000, for bonds sold by
KimptoA since the date oi the
Comptroller's report, viz.: making
a grand total of debt of $8,8G5,90S.08.
The 6uni total of bonds remain*
ing unsold iu the hands of ihe
agent, as already shown by- the
Comptroller's statement, was $2,200,000.
Frotn this amount, must
be now deducted the amount sold
as ubovo stated, $400,000, leaving
$1.800,UOO. This amount of bond*,
namely $1,800,000 is pledged for
the security of the $800,000 of cash
advanced bv the agent.
In view of this condition of the
finances of the State, your committee
would rcspccfully make the following
recommendation, viz. 1.
That his Exccllcnc the Coventor
be respectfully requested to confer
...til. !.? c :~i / ?
>11111 II1U IJHUIIUIttl UgUlll ^vviio Id
now in Columbia.) aind to tele
graph 10 Now York not to sell amy
more bonds of the State at leas
than SO per cent.
2. That his Excellency l?o respectfully
requested to procoed to
New York, and to make the most
economicail arrangements possible
for holding this ..1,800,000 ot
bonds, until the above limit of 80
per cent, becomes attainable.
At 80 ner cent, $1,000,000 of
l>onds will dischni*ge the debt of
$800,000 due to the tiuancial agent,
and release $">0,000 ot the hypothecated
bonds. Thissum of bonds
your coimultteo recommend, that
it may be respecttully suggested
to the Governor to use in the following
manner :
The amount of funded debt now
payable, and that approaching ma '
turity combined is as follows :
Fir* loan bonds, Baring loan........... $440,000
fir* loan itock $.104,04)0
Amount orerdus $741,000
8 lata liousa bonds to Katnrt on tha
18tb Jul/, 1871 - $260,000
* $??4,0u0
Your ROmmitlAA roo.iinmniiH
that llie $1,800,000 vt surplus
bonds abo?o referred to, as soon as
thoy may be relieved from li> potheca'ion,
be applied to the satisfaction
in part t/f the above debt of
$004,000. The $744,000 ot over |
tine bonds constitute so much of
the fire lonn debt for whicb the
capital of the Bank-of the State is
pledged, and yonr committee hope
that it may be discharged iroiu
that source.
If the arrangements suggested
by the committee can be carried
into effect, the result will be as fol
lows:
Sum total of debt already stated.
$8,865 908.OS. Add tho bonds
now in the hands of the Agent,
and proposed to bo
188 u ed 1,800,000.00
$10,005,908.08
Deduct the advances
made by
the Agent ami propose
to be paid 800,000.00
40 OOK OoG HQ
Deduct the amount
of funded debt
proposed to be paid
by $800,000ot surplus
bonds on tl?o
basis of 80 per cent,
for the bonds, viz. 010,000.00
$0,225,908 98
Should l lie remainder
of the $99-1,000
of funded debt,
now pressing for
payment be discharged
out of the
assets of the Ihink
of the State, viz.: 351,000.00
'Tho sum of the . .
funded debt will
be $8,871,908 9S
It may bo reasonably objected
to these suggestions, that the pros
cut market price of tho bunas is
only C5 percent, while theculeula
lions made proceed on the basis of
80 per cent for the bonds. Hut it
is quite reasonable to expect tbat
upon this exhibition of the exact
condition ot the debt of the State,
and upon the concurrence of his
Excellency the Governor, in the
general course of arrangement
herein recommended, there will be
an immediate and considerable advance
in tire market value of the
bunds, and greatly increased facilities
lor holding them off the market.
lleferiing now-once more to the
sum of the funded debt, the com
miittec deem it proper testate that
they-had expected to verify the nc
count by the evidences in the
I Comptroller's office, but they were
' disappointed.
The act of August 20, 1808, authorizing
an issue of bonds for tho
payment of the bills receivable of
the State, provided that the bonds
should be signed by the Governor
and Treasurer. Subsequent acts
followed the fame course. In con
sequence, there is no record kept
in the Comptroller's office. TV.o i
preceding statement, under the an-1
| thoiity of this officer, is derived!
| me Treasurer. It is confirm-1
o?l by tlio Governor, who united
with the Treasurer, Mr. Parker,
in giving to the committee every
assurance of its correctness. And
it appears to your committee that
the several issues and sums of
bonds described are of unquestionable
legality and forced as obligations
of the State It seems proper
further to explain that the bonds
under act of August 26, 18C3,
u for tho payment of the interest
on the public debt," were at lirst
issued with the above words cm
bodied in the form of bonds. That
t 11vt'nl'tla lutini* 1
- w. >.o UUUlllVU IIIIJCU- |
lionab'e, another ret of lunula for
a like amount ($1,000,0091 was
prepared and executed, ana were
sent to the tiuancinl agent to supplv
the place of the objectionable
idftuc. Of this objectionable issue
of bond6 $500,000 wero long since
returned and cancelled, as appears
by the assurances given to your
committee bv the Comptroller and
Treasurer. Upon the authority
of Mr. Kimpton, Agent, and Mr.
Parker, Treasurer, ft appears also
that a further sum of $190,000 lias
been returned within n tew days.
Tlie-e have not yet been cancelled.
Mr. Kimpton also assured the
committee that the remaining
$100,000 would soon ho returned ;
that there was not any longer delay
iu 4?fleeting the exchange than
arose froin necessity of waiting
until the several loans matured for
winch the first bonds had been
pledged.
The arrangement of having a
financial agent in Now Turk. Joes
not make a favorable impression
upon the committee. Copies of
the accounts rendered by him for
the fiscal yoars of 1809 and 1870
are annexed to this report for ret
eronce, marked respectfully B. and
C. The large sum in money or
bonds always in the hands of the
aoent is attended with unusual
risk in the management of the
finances of a State ; and the diffl
culty of keeping the accounts of
the agency aud of the treasury in
j constant and regular accord is
great. It will be seen for example,
by account * B" that at ti e
end of the year, the toial of the
sums charged to the Treasurer by
I Mr. Kimpton. was t> 1.007.924.f?4
? -? 1 "1
while tlio sums credited to Mr.
Kimpton by the Treasurer,
amounted to only $623,(KK): ex
hibitiug a discrepancy of $364.
024 54, or disagreement ot $384.
024 54. In like manner, account
" C" oxhibits a disagreement ot
$204.92402.
It is true tho accounts were recently
brought into reconciliation,
< or rarher into conformity with the
I accounts of the agency. There is
added to both an account of tho
subsequent interest by which this
was affected. Nothing appears in
! these accounts to impeach their correctness,
but will be seen how wide
open is the door for crors and
disputes, if for no graver tnisfor
tunes. It will bo seen that among
the items brought to the credit ot
the account by the subsequent entries.
are these, viz :
Account (B) fiscal year, I860, (
for expenses, including interest
as explained to the commit- '
tee, $64,999.71
Account (C) fiscal
year, 1S70, for expenses,
interest, including 94,977.42
$159,077.13 ,
Those appear to have been passed
to the credit of the agency without
being audited. Tlte committee
understood Mr. I'arker, the
Treasurer, to say that lie bad not
received an account of the seve al
items of expenses that go to make
up the two 6ums $01,990.71 and
of $94,977.42. These cha'ges, as
will horeatter be show.n, adtl enormous]}'
to the interest of the pub-* ,
lie debt, nor ii this the end. The
committee learned from Mr Kimpton
that his own proper commission
as agent was not included in the
above siirna, and that the ra'o of
compensation is not even determined
or agreed upon.
Your committee would have
1tr\ elovin
!> vivi t iu dium nuu | I CVlBIUll
what into of interest results from
the addition of these charges but
it is seen that the full sum of the
expenses is not yet known, neither
do the accounts show the exact
average sum of tho cash advances
made to the Treasury. Some approximation
to the truth, may
however, be made in this way.?
By the report of tho ComptrollerGeneral
for 1S70, pp. 101 to 104,
the following appear to have been
the quarterly balances due to Mr.
Kiraptoii, by the Treasury.
Oct. 1st, 1809, $515,424.54
Jan. 1st, 1870, 180,009.54
April 1st, 1870, 548 357 S4
July 1st, 1870, 573.M17.21
Oct. 1st, 1870, 8-0,843.95
, Total, $2,097,913.08
This sum, divided by tlm five
peri odd, gi\es an average of $509,
5VS CI, us the sutn of the advances,
and seven and a half months as
the period of time for which they
were made. The interest and other
charges, as shown in another
part ot this report was for twelve
months $94,777.42 or $7,914.78
per month. For seven and a half
months it is $59.360.S5, or at the
rate of 17 per cent, j?er annum.?
And to this is yet to be added the
agent's commissions. Mr. Kimp
ton is under the impression that
his average advance was greater
than the sum stated by your com
mil ce. lint ovon if it was $700,
000, instead of $539,5SS.61, the in
terest (without his comission)
would amount still to the high rate
of 13? per cent, per annum.
[continued on second page:]
Tub Kditoh's Siiikt.? It has
long been icgarded as strange by
tbe people of a certain New Jer
scj luwn, nail, w iicuevor IIHTO
was a wreck on the const, and the
vessel wci.t to piocas, the editor
of the paper there always came
out next day with a now white
shirt on. Whenever anybody
asked him where he goj it from,
he invariably nnsweicd that u
rich unnt of his had just died in
Maine. The circumstance occurred
bo often that the pooplo began
to think it was extraordinary how
many rich aunts the editor bad in
Maine, and still more singular
that so large a portion of their
wealth should have been invested
in shirts.
Bo a magistrate called on him
to ascertain if he had not l>een in
tho habit of swimming off shore
surreptitiously on dark nights, and
oti&himr vosrhIh aiihoro in ordur to
r ? r ? - ""
rob them of fchirta. The indignant
editor relieved his anxiety by removing
bia shirt-bosom. It was
simply a pieco of paper printed in
plaits, and containing button holes
traced with a pen. And now the
Keople want to know how a man can
e trust ed to fortn public opinion
when lie is guilty of such base
deception, |
Kicked by a Mole..
Jake Johnson had a mnlo.?
Ttiere was nothing remarkabie itr
the mere fact cf his boing the
owner of sach an unlin*!
-- - ? ?
there was something auite peculiar
about the mule, lie ?the an-.
iiual? could kick further "hit harder,
on the slightest provocation1,,
and act uglier than any mule on'
record.
One morning, riding his property
to market. Jake mot Jim Bogg*,. .
against whom ho had an old butconcealed
grudge. lie knew
Bogga' weakness lay in bragging
and iti betting; therefore he saluted
him coniiatly :
" IIow arc you, Jim ? Fine
morning."
u lleartr. snniro n t:.~
v , - J 'VCI'?" ?#?!??
44 Fine Meat her ! Nice mule you
lmvo there. Will be do to bet
on 1"
44 Bet on ? Guess lie will that.
I tell yon, Jim Doggs, he's the
IkwL mule in this country. Paid
five hundred dollars for hi in."
4* Great smath ! is that sot"
ejaculated Jim. .
44 Solid truth, every word ot it.
Tell yon confidentially, Jim, I'm
Taking him down for lietting purposes.
I hut that lie car. kick a
fiv off from any man without its
hurting him."
44 Now look here, 6quire," says
Jim, 441 am not a betting character,
but I'll bet yon something on
that i^-sclf."
44 Jim, there's no use; don't
bet. I don't want to witf your
money."
44 Don't bo alarmed, squire, I'll
tako such bets as them every
time."
44 Well, if you are determined
to hot, I will risk you a sinull
stake; say five dollais"
44 All right, squire; you're my
man. But who'll he kick the fly
oil I Tbore's no ??no hero but you
and I. Von try it."
" Nor" pays Johnson ; " I havo
to Ik? by the mule'6 head to order
him."
" Oh, ya??," says Jim. "Then
{>robably I'm the man. Wu'all,
'11 do it; but you to bet ten
against my five, if I risk it."
" All right I" quoth the squire.
' Now, there's a fly on your
shoulder. Stand s t i 11." And
Johnson adjusted his uiule.
14 Whist, Jarvey," said he.
The mule raised his heels with
such velocity and force that Boggs
rose in the air like a bird, flew
thr ugh a briar hedge, and alighted
on all fours in a muddy ditch,
hang up against a rail fence.
liisii g, in a towering rage, he
exclaimed :
" Yasg, that is h?11 I knew
your darned mule couldn't do it.
You had that all put up. I
wouldn't havo been kicked like
that fifty dollars. Yon can
just f>rk thgm are shakes tor it,
anyway."
" Not go fast. Jim : Jarvev did
? 9 ml ~
jnet what I said ho could ; that is,
kick a fly off a man without its
hurting him. You see. the inuU
is n<?t injured by the operation.?*
However, if you are not satisfied,.
w e will try it again as of:en as you
wish."
" The deuce take your grammar
corners." growled J i m. * I'd.
tathcr a baniM fall on n?c at once
than let that critter kicked ino
again. Keep tiie stakes, but don't
say anything about it."
And ledgers ti udged on in hit"
tci ncssof soul, murmuring to himself
:
" Sold, by thunder ! and kicked
by mule !"
A fatal stabbing affray occurred mar
ilnnea lfatb, in And-rson County, <>n Sun*
day list, A colored couple had b-en liv
ing together as a m in nod wife for a l-ng'h
of lime, and on lite day mentioned I.ad a
fight, when (lie man stabbed the woftian
and then ran off, pursued l,y hi' v irt ni for
fully fi'ty yards, when she f? 1 dead, Tho
murderer was arrested by another eo'ored
man, on Monday,^nd lodged in Anderson
j'?.
The Union Times of llie 10 < l> Inst . sn\a
that the prospects for an abundant crop oY
wheat are qtitla glot my. The rust and fly
have taken complete p>?s>a*inn of it in
many loc?liiirs, and fr m all qtiaiters fears
expressed that mil mors than <-ue quartet
of an average crop will ba made,
Messrs Walker. Kvans k Cogswrll fl 6
enterprising Station-'a, P'lnter* and B-ok
Binders, of Charleston, gave th-lr employ*
ses a delightful | ic-nie and e*-nraion to
the UUdloton plsca on Ashlcv River fast
week.
AmSroM R. Woodruff. ? farmer | r<>ro nruteit
K*n of Lynehharjr, VknrtnU, reeent
ly e?Dinilue<f f< mere* to the ektetol of
ehout f 20,000, unit Mt for Eng'and.
John TIenning# recovered $10 000 from
me n?v Orleans sod Chati nooga R?>lr?e<4t
for damagee au?ta>n~d by talltn* through
an opening to the Company'* wharf.
Mr. John W. CWk. the Collt.ky Vr** V|.
rar of Fairfield, wee ahat by f. ft.
In a il (llciiUr at WtmtWa, ' "**'
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