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hibfm'".'-! i in utm ggggggggm? hp .. i m ! a. u I ? i THE GREENVILLE ENTERPRISE. ??L Doroicfr to linos, Politics, 3nlcUigfttcc, otto II)t 3mj>ro#*mcnl of % Stale otto Country. JOHN C. BAILEY, EDITOR k PRO'B. . ; GREENVILLE. SODTH CAROLINA, MAY 89. 1872. VOLUME XIX-NO. 4. DVWVMrUW? Wfw* r?l KUUUHI* K Adtb*tu?*?"? inserted at th? rata* of on# dollar pat square of twelve Minion lines (this sImI type) or lass for the Brat insertion, fifty oanta aaoh for the second and third insar- I tloos, and twenty-five oanta tot subsequent inaartlona. Yearly con true In will ftt made. All advertisements mast here ilia uhmber a of lLaartioaa marked on them, of tBey will ha thaaraad till ordered oat, and charged tor. Unless ordered otherwise, Advertisement* will invariably be " displayed." ] Obituary notices, and all matters inuring to to the benefit of auy one, are regarded as Advertisements. ORIGINAL. POETRY* ros tib OSEBBvilli rr1rrprisk. The House Metaphysical V f tnma nwvw PART I. One?, la a dream I ?too<l before the door Of a ? aet man lion, reared moat regally On the tea chore, I or I could hear the roar Of the rough waree altho' I did not eee ' Their foamy ehowldera: through the portala wide, t Bleat with the wiad*a wild wall I beard J them heat j Against the 11 rm rocks on the ether eide. And jar the stately mansion's marble feet. ( V The white dome touched the wreathed cloud*, ( the while .< Vainly the geser strove with dacalad eyaa R To trace the line 'twlxt that aopiriag pile Aad the e'er arobiag akiea. . Arches and walla gleamed in wncertain light, ? Of day or bight I knew aet an my aleep; r And pillara all of marble hae emd white f Were written o'er with weeds ef meaning e Still at the door, 1 atood, the open door, a With dreamy eye that idly reamed among Thoae worde of warning eaoh steae pillar bore, Written in every human eeagwe. Upon one pillnr thus I read: ** Wc know ? Enough to light the lowly vale of lifo * The tree of knowledge oflimee beareth woe And lofty paths ere rtfe With enroa end dangers." Then again: " Deware Though haughty soul?remember evermore Safety la not on the naoendlng stain. But on the lore) floor. Pan not the door lest sure that thou canit win. Watch well thy guide nor friendly council Ipw Of all the myriad souls that enter in. How few triumphantly return." Then on the arch o'er the great door I read : "Twere better up thro* humbler paths to come Than thred tbo wildering labyrinths that lead Into this mystie dome." i4 Hon** Metaphysical," with shuddering ohill Above the arch I read this name it bore, And close below : " Let enter all who will With guide and warning at the door." So I went in with guide and warning too, Warning of hidden dangers to beware, And a good guide who every winding knew Of cavernous hall or spiral stairs. We entered first a hall gloomy and grand? A vast, vast oonoave overflowing With men of every tongue?frpm every land, Who ee?er-faoed were going Up through a narrow stair-way dark as night, And I, too, went alone, save at my side Bearing a lamp of precious golden light, Walked my soul's guido. Upward we moved, and loo;? again we stood Within another chamber wide and high? It might have held a mighty multitude, 'Twaa empty now of human company. I But round iU marble wall*, rang* after range, | I ia? of all th* earth bath erer borne Of living ereaturet?beautiful or etrange? Hideous or lovoljr?every one Wu there! The earth, the ocean and tba air , Had eaeh IU eaereta yielded up, and lo! Huge nameless moatters numberless were there ' In shapes uncouth and dread, which long | *?? ( Forgotten were?from the first xoophit* dim That spread its flower-like form beneath the j war* ? To the fiero* dragoon lifting wast and grim Its wafemUiar form from out it* graro Io the dead Past. Leaving his rook nest, | The eagle had descended?from Its pen The reptile reared to light its glittering crest, 1 The Mob from bis dee. A fRJ J eloud of witnesses" stood on* and ail, | Unto each soul that blest with reason eiear Could trace the mystery Writ on Nature's well, Uemding the (Jod-name there / Four doors from this greet chamber upward led, Through one my good guide took his way, And still around my feat the gold lamp 4>ed Its soft refulgent ray. Its mild refulgent ray that teemed to grew Brighter end clearer as wa on did faro, While many a word ef aonocll, soft and lew, And many B word of sweetest oheer, Made my soul glad, so that but short to me Appeared the time are thro' tba ?pea door <0f the neat boil we passed, and putted to see now Knowledge there had lUMiysd bar wondrous stem. For tbitbur poet, sap a?d seer their scrolls Bad brought?their spurkling gums of thought that fling ! flare uplandsr beams around those glorious i wall*, | And oa (hat I tarry eelllng sparkling hong I < The aarth'a great Iwnuw atom* asbaested Wtff Her bidden orea?her pearl* beneath (ha dMp' 9949QM Bar nighty rein a and palaea were laid hare XejteaehaoaaewMidiida Ueaoo; naoyahrap ( OI aaarei tell lag atone* I leW, end dowers Of erery ellaae and aaaeon?tbo*e that g/ow ' Like fotgeoea aUra In atn?i'g fcigant hew* ' m. Aad tkoaa *ar?Q tmeWem oa the emtio now. for erery am and stolen#* 4ft tht* kell Had IrihaM brought ? aytoa-ihe-nutbl* floor, , Blocked la flee flgarea Oeonetrioal ' The spoilt of gaiaare bore. 1 .? wd... 4 f??a, ? ??in gaeed?W fc heed i Rom proudly i " 'TU tbo btrltege o( una," Q ?armored t " Ho olooo ?07 oomo and nod Theee leeaooe, and hU eye alooa may mm 'here hoarded trcaaurea!" Hero my willing hot Loitered?the flight of time X heeded eet, (y tool held In captivity ao aweot, Ita faithful guide forget ^^^^TooNCLupaDj?iixT^rr??c^^^^ REMINISOENGES PUBLIC MEN. bt ex-oovkbnou b. f. perry. [continued from last week.] alfred buoer. V This high-toned and noble gen- 8 leman has been gathered to his J father's, foil of years, and full of ' lonors. He was the last of tbat ild school of Carolina gentlemen, c, vhich gave character and position ? 0 the State, and made the term ' 1 Carolinian" respected and re- J pectable throughout the Union.? ? t was the grand type of the Araer* can gentlemen, llow sad the re- 1 lection, that all this honor and gloy has departed from our State, c ind the high officials of Sonth Car- N lina at home and abroad, are now ' ynonymons with rogne, traitor ' ind scoundrel. r Mr. linger was a Roman in J )crson and character, in heart and ' ntellect. He wa6 tall, slender J ind courtly in his appearance, ' *ith a striking face and seraetrical * eatures. His head and face would 1 lave adorned a Grecian or Roman 8 nedal. In bis manners, he was al- 1 frays grave and dignified, vet cor- * lial, frank, and simple, for lion- 8 >r, sincerity and probity of char- ] tcter, no one of his illustrious commcrs and associates in that proud ' >ld school of Carolina gentlemen j n which lie was brought np, could ' lurpass hiiu. Higher praise no * me can bestow or desire. He was 1 t patriot in every thought and feel , ng of his nature, and moreover, le was a hero by nature, and ' would have died choerfully a mar- ' yr in dcfonce ol bis principles. ? In the beginning of our politi- J ;al excitement in 1830, Mr. iu- ' ;cr's associates wero almost all of f beStates Rights party, and be him- ( lelf was a States Rights man, and lied such. But when they adopted ' be doctrine of Nullification, lie re- 1 yarded them as taking a position j 1At- War rar* f r* *1 QT> ..-t. V. . ?><>uu UJ uiaiuo XVigUUS 1IJ the Constitution, or in the i ature 1 >f our Federal compact. Long, ' ir.d most assiduously did they 1 ttrive, by every means in their 1 power, to retain him in their ranks, ( md make hiui a convert to their ' new doctrine. He resisted boldly ( md frankly, every effort they 1 made to win him over, and scorn 1 sd all their overtures of honor and ' distinction. The,* proposed to 1 make hitn Governor, as I have ' lieard him say. His little Parish, 1 which he represented in the Senate 1 for a great many years, undertook ' to instruct him, and in case of dis- < obedience to those instructions, re- ' ^nested him to resign his seat, and ' let them elect someone who would ' jarry out their political views.? When I met bitn that fall iu Columbia, be said to me, (bat he would just aa soon think of resigning his commission as commanding General ou the eve of a great battle. Mr. Htiger was elected a memL)v r of the State Convention in L832, by the people of Spartanburg District, although he resided in Charleston, and, perhaps, bad (lever been in the District in his life. They knew that he was a Union man, and his high cbaraoter was a sufficient guarantee to them >1 his fidelity to his trust. A. great effort was made by the Union parfv tr? bAfiit (n Mii# n'lntf/inllun v *v ?mw wuisiihui1 nudl- i aver they bad a majority, tbeir pur- i Bat, ablest and best men without j regard to their rosidence. Judge i Linger was elected in Horry Dis> i triot; Chief Justice OVNeall and i Judge Richardson were also elect- ; sd in Spartanburg; Governor Mid- I lleton was elected in Greenville, i who had just return to Charleston from his Russian mission, after an I absence of tit teen or twenty years. < Mr. linger came to Colombia ! when the convention assembled, i and the first word he said to mo j when we met in the streets, was: ! 11 This is no place for as, we have no business here, let them earry out their wicked folly, if tbey will, i we eaOQot prevent thorn, and < should not countenance them by i our presence.1' Bat he yielded his i nnnoUtliwia */? is.lonuirit nf nth. j V WW* >we*V WW WVj^lNV.MVI V?U are, and took his teat la the con- # vention. Mr. Hoger w*s a most efoqnent deoUimer. Ha spoke with great aarneatnets, and every one who beard him, saw and felt hi a sincerity. Ho spoke ofteq in the 8tatp Senate, and 1 hare frequently lie ened to him for hours with thrill id feelings- He had a fine voice ,nd his delivery was admirable.fou could not look at Lis manlj orm, and hear his noble effusioni f honor, virtue and patriotism vithout thinking him worthy o >eing a Roman Senator in tlx mrest and best days of the Re mblic. In his old age he was i nember of the State Conventioi vhich assembled for reconstruct' og the State under President John on'e adininisti ation. nr?nlr< requently in tbe assembly, andal rays commanded the respect an< ittention ot the members. H< md Judges Wardlaw and D&wkin vore sent by tbe convention to in ercede with tbe President for tb< elease of Jefferson Davis. In ad Iressing President Johnson, hi aid, in effect, that Sooth (Jarolim vas willing to do anything whict lis Excellency might request.? ["his was rather too broad a confi lence to place in any ono, though Fudge Dawkins, and he expressec n courteous terms, his dissent.? lir. Huger said to him afterwards Lcknowledging the correction 1 well sir, my last public act ha >eon a blunder." Judge Patterson the son-inlav if Hrnoirlnnl Tnlinonn ra a VWIUVdi UlMiUOVUj IV/IU UIO blin vhilst tbe delegation, above men ioued, were at tbe White House 10 said to Mr. Huger, (* I know uore about you than, perhaps rou are aware of." 4* I hope it i lothing bad," said Mr. Huger.? Hie Judgo then told him that hi leard him make a political 6peecl it Greenville in tbe days of Nulli ication and Secession. Thi ipeech was made by invitation o lie citizens, and was regarded b; ill who heard it, as the best Unioi ipeech they had ever heard. Mr Linger was on bis return from ttu Virginia Springe. He rode ot lorseback to the Springs and re urned in the same way. Whoi 10 reached the mo9t fashionable o hese Springs, he was assigned i rery inferior room, and was indit erently waited on by the servaute He noticed that others who cairn it'tcr him in their carriages ba< setter accommodaiionu than him lolf. Thereupon, he went to tb< andlord and told him to add ti lis registration, two horses and i lervaut, and give him accomtno iations accordingly. Mr. Iluger had no children, an< iie adopted a nephew who becatn i Captain in the Confederate navv ind was killed at New Orleans.? This nephew and adopted son ha< married the sister of Major-Genei 11 Meade of the United State iriny, who died prior to her bus land. Mr. Alfred Hnger had tin children of his adopted son witl liiru in Columbia at the time Gen iral Meade visited that city for th purpose of meeting me as Provi iional Governor of the State. Th Heneral was in command, at thn :ime, of nil the Atlantic States.Alter we had arraigned the bus leas which brought ue together, li laid to ine lb at lie was going to cal in Mr. Huger, to seu his sister1 children, and ask Mr. Huger to le Kim take the children home witl liim to educate anu bring np. H iad understood Mr. Huger was ii eery straitened circumstances, an* tot able to support and educat die children. On his return he toll me that Mr. linger would not tbinl if parting with the children, am delicately alluded to the fact, tha iheir education at the North w?nl be hostile to their native Stau ind the memory of their gallau lather. General Meade acquieae in the views of Mr. Huger, am iould not insist on taking the ohi iren. Whilst I was Provisional Got srtior, Mr. Huger culled to see m >ne morning, at Nickerson's Hotel in Columbia, just before startin, to Charleston. I requested him t call and see General Sickles on hi irrival in Charleston, and ask th gentlemen of the city to do so. iq'u I fio.mraI RioL- Iuj ...oa ln maud of (lie State, and it was be: ter to treat biro respectfully. II *aid lie bad baen thinking abou this matter himself, and be shoul regard my reqneat as a com mane When I first went on to Washing Lou after uiy appointment, I calle im tbe President, and requeste him to appoint Mr. Huger Post master of Charleston. He proir ised to do so, aud I so stated t Mr. Huger on my return to C< I nubia. He had never said on word to me aboot tho appoini ment. There were a good man others who bad applied to me fa the appointment. Mr. Huger wi appointed Fbstmaster of the city b General Jackson, and continued i tbe office till the close ot the wai His predecessor bad been appoint ed bj Washington. Obarlesco had only had two postmasters i that time, from the organisation c the Federal fiorernment. Bat th Iron-clad oath was an iusnperabl / * bar to Mr. Hnger'e restoration to . the Poatoffice. I thought, when I , suggested the appointment to the - President, that this oath wonld not r be exacted. ? When the civil war broke out i between the North and the South, f Mr. Hnger, although a strong * Union man, did not uesitate to go * with his State* He closed his ao ^ counts as Postmaster with the 1 United States, and deposited the - money dne the Government in the * Charleston Bank. He so informed ^ t h e Postmaster-General. But * the money was seized by the Con* * federate Statee, and after the war 3 was over; suit was brought against 9 Mr. Huger, and his suritiee to * recover this money, amonnting to a several thousand dollars. The * case was heard before Judge Bry? an, before all justice had fled the 1 State, and the jury found a verdict 1 in favor of Mr. Hnger. In 1866 and 1867, 1 was engagI ed in writing some article against tho Congressional reconstruction of South Carolina. Mr. Huger wrote nie a very long letter, approving of my articles, and enforcing the views I bad taken with additional arguement and suggestions. There were fow public men in South Carolina, who so uniformly commanded the respect of all parties as Alfred Huger. I do not remember that any one, in the highest excitement of politics, ever attempted to disparage him, or reflect on his honor and patriotism. As an evidence of his fearless advocacy of justice, right and hutnantiy, I will mention a single in? stance. In time of our Abolition excitement, the Legislature passed ^ a law requireing all colored seamen to he lodged in jail during ^ the stay of their vessel in any port i in South Carolina. Mr. linger had seen some seamen carried to jail under this law. He denounced f it fiercely, and wrote roe a letter ^ whilst 1 was in the Legislature, to try and have the odious and tin( - just law repealed. It was rather ^ dangerous to express such sent4 ments in Charleston at that timo. >- she would go and see hiin. She e went to his office, sent in her card I- and was iuviieu into his private y office. She said to him: " Mr. r Greeley, my husband is confined M in a casement at Fortress Monroe, y He has beeu there for many loop, n weary months. He is a feeble old man, and he is gradually sinking t under his rigorous imprisonment, n lie will die if be remains thore u mnoh lancer, X oeme here to ooo,( cult Ur n'Aminft* as ?/v llin n ?? * W wiimvi mmm %v ?iid muniin of getting bim released. lie bat. o tola i?o tbst tbere is but one way I did make the attempt, requested, u but it failed signally. 0 In my remembrances of Jndge ft Iluger, I have mentioned the at-< , feet ion ate intimacy which existed between him nnd bis cousin Alfred | Huger, and that thejr devotion to 0 each other reminded one of two , lovers. They were very much alike in their characters, thoughts j and actions. The last time I had .. the pleasure of meeting Mr. A1 8 fred linger, his mind seemed as ? clear and vigorous as it ever was. 0 He was eighty four years old at h his death. But a few weeks prior . to his death, I received a circular e signed by him, proposing to erect ? a monument to the memory of e William Gilmore Simms. lt [continued next week.] i- Mrs. Davis and Hr Greeley?A e Truthful 8crap of History. d The accompanying communica* a tion, says the Macon (Georgia) t Telegraph aud Messenger, comes ? from a source of the most uno tiese tionable authenticity, and reflects 11 honor upon the nominee of the d Cincinnati Convention. No trno o Southron can peruse it with nnd moistened eye, and the rebuke to k Mr. Yoorhees is most withering J uliri /iAmrvlA?? ? (VIIVI WIIJ IOI U * Editors Macon Telegraph arul d Messenger: Mr. Vuorhees, in his recent atit tack on Mr. Greeley, styled bis d signing ot Mr. Davis1 bond " an d impertinent interference." Allow 1 me to give you the true history of that matter, as I recently learned r. it in New York, from a gentleman e who knew all about it. Mrs. 1, Davis went to New York to cong suit Charles O'Conneor, Mr. Da 0 vis1 counsel, as to the best manner is of effecting his release from prise on. Mr, O'Connor told her that 1 in his opinion there was but one i? way that it could be done, and that was to get the rercsentative e man of the Republican party to it sign his bond. Mrs. Davis faquird ed who that inau was. Mr. I. O'Connor replied that it was ?lor; ace Greeley. She then asked him d if he would not see Mr. Greeley, d and get him to do it. He replied that he had no influence with Mr. i Greeley, and that she was the proo per person to see him. She said to do it, and tbat is to get the rep resentative man of the Kepcblican party to sign bis bond, and that yon are that man. He has .advised me to apply to youi He says that you have a kind heart, and that von will do it, if yon believe it to be right. My hnsband is dying. Mr. Greeley, may I hope that yon will favorable consider my application ?" Mr. Greeley arose, extended bis hand to Mrs. Davis, and said: 14 Madam, yon may, for I will sign his bond." Mr. Gfreeley was then a prominont candidate before the Legislature for the United States Senate. Some of his friends heard that he had agreed to sign mr. uavir bona, 'JL'hey went to him and protected against it. They told him that they had made a count, and that he would be elected by six majority, but that if he signed this bond, it would defeat hfm. He replied : 441 know it will." They told him that he was one of the owners of the Tribune, and if he signed this bond, he wouid lose tbousauds of subscribers. He replied: "I know it." They 6aid, 44 Mr. Greolov, you have written a history of the war, one volume you have out, and have sold largo numbers of it.? Your second volume is nearly out, and you have large orders for that. If you sign this bond, these orders will be countermanded, and you will lose a large amount of money." He replied : '* Gentlemen, I know it; but it is right, and I will do it." lie did do it, and I am informed that ho lost a seat in the United States Senate, and over $30,000. To mv mind, this does not look ltlro >' ? ..?V. ,u.o. .c. cuw. The Action of tho Tonnes*** Demooraoy. The Democratic State Convention of Tennessee has declared in favor of the policy of sustaining Greeley and Brown. This decision is embraced in the following resolution which was adopted by a large majority : 44 Inasmuch as the Convention of Liberal Republicans held al Cincinnati has presented to the country tho names of Horace Greeley and B. Gratz Brown, as candidates for President and VicePresident, pledged to maintain and enforce the doctrine above enunciated, and having invited tho co operation of all patriotic citizens in their sup]?ort, we deem it but tho part of pratriotic duty to dcclaro that, in the contest well nigh upon us, said nominees de serve tho support of every patriot in the land, as against a ticket representing tho principles, policy, and practices of tho present Federal Administration; and while rc affirming our purpose and desire to preserve tho intregrity of the Democratic party, we nevertheless dcclaro in our behalf, and in behalf of the people we represent, that with the lights before us, the presentation of candidates for the Presidency and VicePresidency in the approaching centest by the Democratic party of the nation-would be unwise, unnecessary, and exceeding dan gerous to tho welfare of the people at large." | That this represents tho general sentiment of the Southern Democracy, we have not a doubt. " With tho lights before us," tho presentation of candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency by the Democracy would certainly be most unwise. Washington, May 22. The Senate adjourned this morning to 1 o'clock to-day, having passed the Houso amnesty bill by a two-thirds vote, thus placing it beyond the President's control; also the bill extending the suspension of habeas corpus / also Stunner's civil rights bill, but so emasculated that Sumner himself entered a motion to .reconsider. These vital measures were passed by a bare quorum. The following is the verbiage of the amnesty bill: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of each House concnriug therein, That all political disabilities imposed by the third section of the 14th article of the amendments of the Constitution of the United States, are hereby removed from all persons whomsoever, except Senators and Representatives of the Thirty-sixth and Thirty seventh Congress, officers in the judicial, military find naval service of the United States, heads of depart msnts and foreign ministers of the United Statos. The civil rights bill, at passed, applies only to inns, licensed places of public enteriainment or amuse merit, and stage coaches, railroads, ttnd other public modes of convey auce for freight or passenger*.? Equal rights regarding cemeteries, ?? schools and benevolent institutions were stricken ont. w Centennial Address. ? Mr. Editor?Will you be kind enongh to allow me tbe use of yonr interesting colnmns to say that there will be delivered at Ti Nazareth Church, in this county, Deo volenti on Saturday, the 15th 10 day of June, proximo, by Dr. B. dl M. Palmer, of New Orleans, a Centennial Address. The Scotch* u Irish settled on tbe Tyger Ilivers c iu 1761. Rev. George Howe, D. D., eleven years ago delivered to fe the congregation a very instruct- t!l ire, interesting historical address on the Scotch-Irish and ther settle- ?? mcnts on the Tyger Rivers and A other neighboring precincts. Al though they had a house ot wor- lh ship and occasional preaching, 0 there was no organised church till the spring of 1T72. Joseph Alex- gi ander, D. D., residing in Bullock's creek congregation, York District, organized the chnrch, and the first < Elders chosen were Andrew Bar- ?? ry, Robert Neshitt, John Mackel- 2< ratb, and Thomas Peden. The congregation had such exalted pi conceptions of the nature and re- h sponsibilities, of the office of mling elder, that they could find none among them who, in their A judgment, were fit for the place ?i and the duties of the office of rul- it ing elder, that they could find none among them who, in their judgment, were tit for the place k and the duties of the office. Dr. ei Alexander remarked to them. u If ye canna get hewn stones for the building, ye ranst take donna" i. e., rough ones. The subject of Dr. Palmer's address, which is intended to commemorate the organization ot the church, will be, 41 The Church of God, its dignity and glory the organization institntcd by God in the world for the promotion of his own glory and for the best interest of man here and hereafter. The friends of the congregation and the public are invited to attend aud hear the address. Dr. Palmer will preach on the following Sabbath, and admin, ister the communion. R. H. Reid, Pastor of Nazareth Church. [Carolina SparUsn. Alabama, it is paid, can "coal" the world till 1972. Lkt us make the best of life, nor render it a enrse ; but take it as we would a wife, "for better or for worse." A schoolboy defined "appetite" by exclaiming that "when 1'in eat ing I'm 'appv, and when I'm done I'm tight." It is stated that a good looking young lady down in Georgia killed twenty-one fleas at one sitting 'Rah for Georgia enterprise. " I sat, John, where did yon get that rogue's hat?" 44 Please ver honor," said John, " it's an old one of yours that missis gave me yesterday." " What should you be, dearest"? said Walter to his sweetheart, 44 if I was to press the seal of love upon those sealing wax lips?" "I should bo stationery." 1 That was a beautiful idea expressed by a lady on her death bed, in reply to a remark ot her brother, who was taking leave cf her to return to hi6 oiataut resi dence, that he'should probably never meet her Again in the land of the living: 44 Brother, I trust we shall meet in the land ot the living. We ere now in the land of the dying." ? ? Tar. Spartanburg Neio Era, (Republican,) says : To. day we place at the bend of our columns the names of the men whose election to the office there indicated, will, in our hum* ble judgment, beet preserve and promote the unity, harmony and prosperty of the nation, and be noit likely to relieve our State (rotn its present finanoial embarrassment, nnd bring about snob reforms in oar local government as to secure the eonfidsnoe and co-operation of tbo whole people. The following is its ticket: For President and Vio*-President, Grant and Colfax : for Governor anJ Lice tenant-Governor, James L. Our and B. A. Bushman, the latter solored. ? ? ? A flnnn Pl.ATrAiM.?Tn a ri??AT?l ftf i the New York Tribune, Horace Greeley mod < those words t " The biggest thing botore the poople is the | question of honest men against thieves.? What the oonntry needs and imperatively demands is a reform in the administration of Qovernmeat." These words warn penned .by Horaoe Greeley before he was nominated by the Convention at Cinoinnati. They are the words of soberness and trnth t and they aonstiluta a good platform of themselves. Tha eontennial address of lha settlement of the Scotoh Irish on the Tyger Hirers, in Spartanburg County, will l>e delivered at Nsaarsah Church, on tha 14th June, pro*., hy Dr. TV M. Palmer, of New Orisons. The soldier*' graves M Laurens were deornted on the 19th lost Ur. Nathaniel Barkesdale, an aged eltis 10 of I-aureus County, has r-"Ceotly died. The Treaty at Waahlugton, it la expected, ill be a failure. The Drmoeratie State Convention of eoneeeee has eudoaed Oreeley sad Brow*. Foster Blodget U sojourning io Newber* r, for the benefit of his health. It is said that Orant has been offered one liilion dollars to withdraw from the PreilBDtiai candidacy ^ Oold has been discovered upon the plan, ition of Mr. Jaoub Miller, in Abbeville ounty. A blind woman, entirely alone, is slowly eliog hor way to California. She passed trough Kansas City lsst week. Chief Jostlee Moeee has been appointed i the Boerd of Visitors to the Navsl cade my of ths United State*. To the Nebraska RepabHean Coovention, le delegate* were Ustroeted to vote for rant and Colfax. Oiders leaned by Confederate eourta reading admlnUtrator* have been deride* i be void in Arkansas. The Laurena Railroad will again be sold' 1 the risk of the former purchaser. The ile is to take place in Columbia, on the Hh June. A very extensive fire, destroying much roperty, and rendering homeless many undreds of people, has occurred at Yokouiio, Japan, on the 23d ult. Messrs. Sharps ?fe Towers, merohante, of ndersoo, advertise " A fine drees for the gliesl baby in the County." Of course, tere will be no call for it. In Mississippi, the name by which the IiV. *al candidate for President is oommonly nown is Old Honesty. It is a very correct pith it. The Georgia Press Association refuses to rcognise patent " insides " and " outsidea " s legitimate in journalism, and its mem rs are pledged not to exohauge with liose who use them. Mr. Samuel Hemphill, an old eitisen of 'ork County, *>ho resided about six miles bove Yorkviile, died on Wednesday of ist week. lie had attained the age of ear ninety years. A number of lending Republicans from lie up-country are advancing the claims of 'udge Orr as the candidate for rid it it stated by some that Scott most teremptorily asserts titnt bo will not run igain. Tlie contemplated sale of City of Colum>ia bonds on Wednesday last was a failure. There were no bidders, and the lot was mocked down to tbe Mnyor of the city at he nominal price of *76 cents. Antone Mark, of Laurens County, charge id with violation of the Enforcement Act, tas been granted bail in the eum of $10,)0C, to answer the charges at the Circuit 3ourt, to be held in Columbia, in August text. A York, Pa., paper relates that one of Isrntim's Fiji cannibals died there, and lint the other cannibals made an attempt t eating '.he remains. They were seeored, nd the mutilated remains were quietly turied. lite Union Times says: W. L. Palmsr is he 6nly person arrested by U. 8 Marshals, n this county, since our last. Mr. Palmer vas released on a bond of $2,000. John Hawkins and Bill Johnson, colored, have teen released upon their own reconixaoee, n bonds of $500 each. H. W. Hendrick. United States Deputy iarshal, of South Carolina, was iodicted on he 16th Inst, in the Fulton Superior Court it Atlanta, Ga., for fraudulently altering a tench warrant. He was arrested and repured to give four thousand dollars bond. There have been no reoent arrests. On be 16th, P. W. Randall and Sam'] Randall vere released on bond; on the l?lh, E. A. Turner; and on ths 20tb, M. B. Leach, J. >V. Pursely and J. L. Pursely, leaving deven yet in confinement. [ YorkviUe Enquirer, 22d. The followteg, who had been sent to Charleston for trial, bot whose eases were jot reached, were returned to the prison tere on the 11 tb : W, II. White, 8amuel Randall, H. M. Moore, R. H. Moss, J. W. 3?ffney, K A. Turner, R. L. Harmon, Al>*rt Francis, Jerome P. Moss, Columhin flamsey, Marion Harris, John L. Moaa.? these, the three last named were released on bond on the 13th. The following arrests have been made : Wm B. Leech, May 11th; and J. W. Pursely, and J. L. Pursely, on the 14th ? There are now seventeen in confinement liere.?- Yorkville Enquirer, 16/A. A tornado passed over Columbia, on the tight of the lfith Inst, which injured many loussa, buildings, fence, Ac. The damajos to the State House were great, a oonsid ruble part of the tin roof, rafters, Ae., being blown off. Many ?f the desks, and furniture in the hall of the Honse of Representatives, were rained The love to the building and furniture alone was $6,000 or *7,000. Among the prtnelpal private residence* suffering, waa that of Dr Neaolk, which waa much damaged. No Uvea were lost. On Friday 10th Inat, at the Southern Baptiit Convention, in Raleigh, Dr. Curry prevented the report of the Committee on the work of the Docueetio Miaaiona Board anions the oegroee. Tha report reoommaoda that the oard devote aa anuch attention aa poaaihU to ha aolored people, and that the hoard adIreaa a circular to lh?. oburohea, urging them o their duty in the work ; that efforta be made promote the Suaday-aehool work among the wlorod people, and to tntoraat them in the niaaion work to Afriea, and that the heard ha tiraeted to aetaMteh, aa aeon aa praatieahie, a kheologioal aeminary tor colored atudanta for be minirtry.