The Greenville enterprise. (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, June 12, 1872, Image 4
POETRY.
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Tlwy * mat yuliJ. tt?|> Mi AMt
Hit* imKil Ant fe* liWwt ?ay%
Ali thooLgfc ttey mw aon aiy awl
Oa w la tar trw or mm days.
II aittm aoi tfcaaffc raalau dWlda,
Thw|l Imllwi mm baivoM thia rail t
Far Mill, dafyiac ?W aid Uda,
Haart ywnu to to art, ud aoul to m?L
Ttov ? aoi partad?only thoaa
Ara partad whom bo lara anitaa;
Who haw no than to our delights ;
They aaj ho ho oar side, and still
As far from as as polo from pole,
Who look the sympathetic thrill
Of heart to heart and aoal to soaL
IVMtkNlt
Whoa, trot, thy winning green 1 foand;
Whoa, oftar, grace with love was crowned
Whoa, latar, love was marriage boand ;
I was all thine, sweetheart.
By all the joys that lore has grows;
By all the comforts lore has showa;
By all the happiness we've known ;
I am all thine, sweetheart.
While love shell he oar dally sua;
While hand in hand oar work is done;
While life shall bold as still as one;
I'U be ell thine, sweetheart.
HUMOROUS.
'* Tight 8queexe"
It ia an old atorv. hut a cnod
one, about Jacob Miller, an old
dutch miller, who betimes would
become temporarily insane. On
which occasions he wonld imagine
himself the Lord, come to judge
the world.
Mounting a pile of flour, he
would assume all the exterior dignity
of a judicial officor, and at
once commence to judge his neighboring
craftsmen ; making and answering
the interrogations himself.
He would commence with
Hans Gotleb'8 case.
" Hans Qotleb, stand oop.?
Hans Qotleb, vat vas your peesniss
in dat odder vorldt 1" M I vas
a miller, O Lordt." ' Vas you a
shust man, Hans Qotleb?" *'Vel
sometimes ven de vater he vas
low, and de pcesniss he vas padt,
I dakes puray high toles." u Vel
all right Hans Qotleb; yon shall
go on de left side mit de goats."
And in this manucr the crazy
old fellow would call up one after
another of the millers of his ac
quaintance, asking the same ques*
tions, getting the same replies, and
invariably sentencing them to " de
left side mit de goats." Last of
all he would judge himself after
this wise:
%t Jacob Miller stand oop.?
* jacoo Miner, vai vaa vour peesi
ness in dat odder vorldt ?" 44 I vaa
a miller, O Lordt." 44 Yas you a
shust man, Jacob Miller?" 41 Yel
sometimes ven de vater he vas
low, I dakes purty stiff doles, but
I always gives dem extra doles to
de poor." 44Vel Jacob Miller
you shall go on de right side mit
de 3heeps; but it is a darned tight
squeeze."
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A Heavy Discount.?One
pleasant morning, some two or
three years ago, a party of gentlemen
were standing on the steps of
the Tremont house, in Boston, enjoying
their cigars, when they noticed
a country-looking chap riding
a slim, mangy horse up and
down the street in front of the hotel,
apparently trying to attract
the attention of the group. One
of them says: "I'll bet that fellow
has a horse for sale. We'll see."
Presently along he came, showing
his beast, aud was accosted with :
441 6ay, is that animal for sale ?"
44 Well?y a-as?I might be induced
to part him; but he's a
mighty likely critter." 44 Is he
sound ?" 4* Sound as a bullet."?
44 Can he trot ?" 44 Trot 1 Well, he
On 11 /\ AAM A J?
aiu v^nu juov luuuti n tiuucr.
" How fast can ho go?" "How
fast? Well, he can go in fonr minutes
; and would go faster if he
could. Iie'd love ter ?" " What i6
your price for hira ?" Five bun
dred." " Well, I don't want a
horse, but I'll give you $5 for
him." " Stranger, he's youru ; but
that's a duce of discount."
A sckubhkadkd boy having
"been brought before the court as
a witness, the following amusing
colloquy ensued :
" Where do you live?" inquired
the judge.
" Live with my mother."
" Wheie doe8 your mother
live?"
"She lives with father."
" Where does he live?"
"He lives with the old folks."
"Where do they live?" says
the judge, getting very red, as an
audible titter goes round the court
room.
" They live at home."
ti \i71 . t ?i.
TT IJOIC 1U IUUUUUI ID llJCir
Lome?"
" That's where I'm from," said
the boy, sticking his tongue in the
corner of his cheek and slowly
closing ono eye on the judge.
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Henry Clews, the well-known
bald-headed New York banker,
who always prides himself on being
a self-made man, during a recent
talk with a Mr. Travers, had
occasion to remark that he was the
architect of his own destiny?that
be was a self-made man. w W-w
what d did you s-aay, Mr. Clews ?"
asked Mr. Travers. " J say, with
pride, Mr. Travers, that J. am a
self made man?that X made myself
?" "(Holt), H-h.eury," interrupted
Mr, Travers, w-wbile you
were ro-makiog y-yourself, why
(1 . ft irtvt i Hnvam (unnt iaam k.kai*
vn the top of y-yonr h-hoiid P
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IkMtiai is M UnI Cinu.
We received yesterday from one
of the oorrsapoudeota of the Tribane
the following letter, which
gives the details of a shooting affray
that occurred at Baxter
Springs last Wednesday:
Dan Rics% circus, which exhibited
at Olathe on Saturday last,
moved down the Fort Soott road,
and oa Wednesday brought up at
Baxter. At this point, during the
evening performance, a new feature
was introduced?not new to
Baxter, but new to the circus. It
was in the shape of a first-class
shooting affray, inside the canvas
and ddrlng the performance,
though not down on the bills. The
difficult* warn hatwoAn nn? of thn
proprietors of the circus, Spaulding,
and Wesby Taylor, the City
Marshal of Baxter.
Taylor attempted to arrest one
of the candy aud lemonade Tenders
in the circus for selling without a
license, whereat Spauld ing interfered,
saying that no one could be
arrested inside the tent, and at the
same time drawing his revolver.
Taylor generally carries such a
tool himself, and naturally "went"
for it. As he was drawing it
Spaulding fired at him, which
Taylor returned, and then the two
settled down to business, and
cracked away at each other until
four or five shots apiece were exchanged.
Two of Taylor's balls took effect
in Spaulding, one in the lower part
of tlm RtnniAnh. nnntliAr in (ho loft:
side, and another grazed bis breast,
inflicting a slight wound. His injuries,
it is thought, will prove fa*
tal, though there is a chance for
recovery. Taylor came out of it
with a slight cut ou the thumb, a
flesh wound on the arm, and the
skin cut on his breast. Spaulding
was taken to the Wiggins House,
where he now lies in a critical condition.
The tent was packed full at the
time ; and, as might be expected,
the excitement was intense. The
screaming and fainting of the ladies
and children was huge, while the
colored brethren made a bee liue
in a body from that tent, and it reports
are authentic, are running
yet.
After the row was over the
showmen sallied out in a body,
caught an unoffending printer
named Wiggins, and pounded him
pretty severely, besides iuflicting
I a stab or two in the breast. They
Pretended they thought ho was
aylor, but as this latter individual
had just procured an extra
pair ot revolvers, and was out on
the street, the mistake was undoubtedly
a very healthy one lor
them.
The circus fixtures were soon after
loaded on the cars aud moved
to Fort Scott, and so ended the last
" battle in Baxter."
Since receiving the above we
have been intormed from parties
who arrived here yesterday from
Fort Scott that Tegweller, the
ring-master of the circus, was also
shot and wounded mortally and
lias silica died. Our informant
also stated that Spaulding is also
dead, and that in the affray two
citizens were wounded seriously.
[Lawrence {Kansas) Tribune.
Heaven help the man who imagines
he can dodge enemies by
trying to please everybody. 11
such an individual ever succeeded,
he should be glad of it?not that
one should be going through the
world trying to find beams to
knock and thump his head against,
disputing every man's opinion,
fighting and elbowing, and crowding
all who differ from him. That,
again, is auother extreme. Other
people have their opinion, so have
you; don't fall into error of supposing
they will respect you more
for turning your coat every day,
to match the color of theirs-?
Wear your own colors in spite ol
wind and weather, storm, and sunshine.
It costs the vacillating and
irresolute ten times the trouble to
wind and twist, and shuffle, that it
does honest, manly independence
to stand its ground.
The Laurensville Herald says :
44 With all due respect to old leaders,
and those who formerly
shaped public opinion, we think
the time has come for them to re
tire, at least to some degree.?
Tbey may represent the power behind
the throne, yet we think the
4 logic of events ' wonld dictate to
theui that they are no longer the
throne Itself. They have, in a po
litical sense, become superannuated,
and most hereafter be content
to rest upon the pension ot their
former laurels."
At the Old Bailey an Irishman
wus arraigned tor stealing a gun.
He had heard that a man charged
with horse stealing had escaped
by swearing he had owned Ihe
horse ever since it was a colt;
therefore, when Faddy was unon
his defence, he swore " he Lad
owned the guu ever since it were
a pistol."
Fbofank swearing is abominable.
Vulgar language is disgust
incr. Loud laughter is imDolite.?
Jmjuisitiveness is offensive. Tattling
is piean. Telling a falsehood
is contemptible. Ignorance is disgraceful
and laziness is shameful.
Avoid all the above vices, and aim
at usefulness.
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Ecoknk DkBbkkt is the new n
jailer at Lanrsns.
The ruins of Fort Sumter are ?
sfyorWj to be reaaoved, and a new ?
fort oonstroeted ou the site.
Mnr of the noblest disposition *
think themselves happiest when w
AlKaM flVtoi*a Ikalu anlk
VU?N IUVU UVOQ TV I1U
them. im
One trader Jo New York late- "
, lj sold 375,000 Qreelej badges .
and only 8,450 of Grant, in three J
days. . 0|
Tea Treasury bays $2,000,000 h
bonds each Wednesday, and sells 11
$2,000,000 coin each Thursday, "
daring June. *
What's in a name! Doom is ?<
running for Governor of Nebras- te
ka, Looney for Congress in Ten ?:
nessee; and Hobby for Congress p.
in lexas. J
The New York World asks, <
"Will Greeley support Grant!'* 01
A much more pertinent question
is, Is not the World supporting
Grant. 1
An Illinois paper speaks of n
three men who have gone crazy y
recently?"one for love, one for
religion and one on general prin- <"?
ciples." m
p
Tim fstrrick with admiration^ I
"Tbee's got a t'oine pair o'new c.
boots there, Joe: who made u
them ?" J o e?" Nobody made oi
rem, ye fool, ye; I -bought 'em >
ready made." *
Thb other day an excited indi- n
vidual accosted a street gamin at
with the question?"Say, bub, ?t
which is the quickest way for me ?8
to get to the railroad depot ?"
" Run," was the response.
Lo, the poor Indian, with his in
wives and pappooses, arrived at fe
Saratoga Springs last week. They D(
will stay during the season, and tb
build baskets and get drunk, as tr
becomes the noble red men of the at
forest.
Trials are moral ballast that of- tb
ten prevent our capsizing. When 01
we have much to carry Heaven a
rarely fails to fit the back to the ?
burden. When we have nothing et
to bear wo can seldom bear our- bl
selves. w
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The Convention- ?>
The call for a State Democratic Convention c'
has disclosed a diversity of opinion as to the ?
proper sonne for the white conservative elemeut
in the State to pursue in the present n
crisis. There is, however, little, if any, di- P
version in sentiment. We feel alike; we have 01
the same ends in view; we are striving to "
solve the same problem and desire to attain
the same result. We differ only as to the pro. *'
cess. This, we think, should give no cause for *
alarm, and is not to be lamented. Free dis- P
cussion can do no barm, and will probably 0
prove salutary. It bad been better, in our
judgment, if we bad bad a little fuller and *
; frccrcr discussion a short while back, bofore it *
was determined to bare any convention at all; c
, our present confused and inconsistent situation ^
would probably bave been avoided. There y
seems to be a universal indisposition to re- ^
organise or resuscitate the Democratic party
in the State. We bave, so far as any cypres- 0
1 sion of publio sentiment has been given a
through the press, the letters of prominent ^
citizens and the primary County Conventions, 8
given a hearty, unequivocal and unconditional 8
, endorsement to the Liberal Republican plat- '
form and nominees. It is not proposod to act D
in concert with the Democratic party. We ^
havo mado the decision of ourselves, without B
any reference to the Democratic party. Now f>
comes a call by a Democratic Executive Com- *
mittee of 1868 for a State Democratic Con- 0
vention; and what do we see' In the prima- 8
ry County Convention in Charleston, the Pros- 11
ident and all the members, it is said, except
; one, declare that thoy are no Democrats.
In Newberry, we find that a similar meeting r
accept* the Liberal Republican platform, and c
> declares Greeley and Browu their standard- (
i bearers. If a Republican meeting ware to
adopt such resolutions, we should pronounce
the attendants Liberal Republicans at once. ^
The reports of other meetings evince pretty
i much the same spirit, and (be up-shot of it
all will be tbat a convention professedly, or 8
rather by name Democratic, will meet, and be v
composed of men who, for the most part, are b
not Democrats. At least, they do not propose I
, to act with tbat party, or with any party, un- n
less there should be a Liberal Republican c
movement inaugurated by the better class of b
Republicans of this State, and a prospect held
out of some oolored support being given to c
Greeley and Brown. South Carolina is pecu- t
, liarly situated. There is probably not another s
State in the Union in our political condition.
In every other State, if we mistake not, there
will be an organised effort to oppose Grant's *
election, and as a rule this effort will be made
in accordance with the views of the general 1
Democratic Convention at Baltimore. The n
conservatives of Boath Carolina aro alone in ^
the unconditional endorsement of Greeley and e
Brown. They have not the remotest idoa of fi
endeavoring to elect a Democratic nominee in
any event, nor of organising even for Greeley tl
and Brown, unless invited to do so by Repub- *
licans in the State. What business, then,
have we, in the name of consistency, to take t|
part in the counsels of any party which we 0
do not intend to assist in effecting what onr r
combined judgment may determine to be best 1 t|
In no way oan it be shown how we can con- ^
slstently and properly take part in the Baltimore
Convention. P
If the Charleston County Convention be
right in saying that we are not Democrats, or "
do net meet as Democrats, how can we claim
a voice In a purely Democratic Convention T b
If the Newberry meeting was right and ex- ??
pressed the true feeling of the State, when it f<
accepted the Liberal Republican platform and is
declared Greeley and Brown oar standardbearers,
where is the sense or consistency in o
4^ T? - 1? J ta ?
guiuy vj uMuwvrt, w ouniHit wouiuor or noi g
we shall do the vary thinj whiob we bave el- w
ready determined to do f In wbet reepeotare v
onr qnelifloations for ft eeet In the Demoora4ie A
Convention at Baltimore greater than tboee of
tbe liberal Republicans f Tbay are M much
opposed to Grant and Radicalism ? we are. '
We are for Greeley and Brown j ?o are they. 011
We do not propose to be bound by tbe decision
of tbe Convention any more than they n
do. Jn tact, we are not ae nooeh entitled to a q
hearing at Baltimore as are the Liberal Repnblieans
j for In ease tbe Convention endorses '
tlreeley and Brown, or deolinas to make ft 0
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omination ia their faror, the Liberal Kepub
osne win ki least wain an fort to elect 1I
sket, while our doing ao depends upon
mtlageaey entirely tndspendsfit of tfco Dip
untie party or Ownttfen. / .
Bomo aia to thiak that it would oaror ?
rrogaaoo tor South Carolina to dooltao t
i?ot tho Doaaooraoy of bor sister Sutao 1
>aroaUoo. Wo fall to aoo tho' arrogance 1
rfkalalaf from thnutlag oar fldrioo apea i
>dy which wo haro aoithor tho powor ao
?o purpoao to assist. Wo wiah thooa ao harw
ro aro ataoaroly grateful tor tboir sympathy
at oar local affairs command oar first aa
toot oaraaot attoatioa. Thoro is ao daags
1 oar a la tor States ailsuadorttaadlBf us. W
aro higher interests at stake, Jaat now. thai
10 suoosas of politloal theories, howsrsr par
ad sorrset thsoo aaay ha; sadjrs should ste
t homo and attend to thorn. If ws do *n?
now exactly whad to do, ws had bsttsr d
othing. It is much wiser to mark time tha
? march in the wrong direction. Consiatcn
r and cxpodiaaey seem, ia our judgment, t
oint alike against onr paticipation in the Bal
mora Conviction. As to tin State Conven
on, wi praannra that It U now urtnla tha
>m? Counties will md delegations. Wi oil
ilj wish it had bagn otherwise.
[Columbia Phoenix, 6th.
Ir. Greeley's Speech to the Vegroei
Mr. Ontky madi a speech laat Thunda;
ight to tin Mgroti of Poughkeqpsie, N?i
ork, which contains the following passage
In tin nozt glace, we moat eonaidor th
ict that tin Afrtoan piopli in our country
ill remain for an indefinite period a peculia
eople. Certainly I trnat that, with the ont
oing Of slavery and the political obangia ne
taaarily raanltlng therefrom, then will h
laa antagoniam, leaa repnialon between met
r different raoea, than then formerly waa
ad trust the day ia not far dlatant when theii
>mmon rights to any public conveyance ant
i pnblio meetings and institutions will In
cognised as they wire not recognised of old
id aa they are but imperfectly recognised
ill. I trnat that politioal equality, justlj
tabllshed, will lead to recognition of theii
luality in other respects than this ; but, aftei
1, while I desire and expect that inridioui
id galling distinctions will gradnally fal
to disuse, I still believe that then are dif
renoea of races which political equality wil
>t efface, but whioh will remain long afle
o memory of slavery has faded to a fain
adition. " Blood is thicker than water,'
id the time will probably never come whei
en of races so diverse as ours and their
ill mingle socially with the same freedon
at men of either race mingle with tbei
vn people. There will always be reoognisa
decided difference, which need not be dis
irity, need not be inequality, but still a dil
renco. I hope the time will come when ou
lucational institutions and seminaries wil
a opened to men of all raoes with a feedonc
ith a hospitality which has never yet bee
njoyed. I trust that the time will crime whe
o man's color will exclude him from an
liuroh or any religious organisation whatevei
ut though that time should come, I am not a
II sure that the colored race will not, as tbe
ow do as a rule. Drefcr their own societv. an
? ton
The People in Advance of the Politi- rjer
elans. ,T||
It is bat natural that the protested politician
should be flow and cautious In changing his po- wri'
sitions as to questions of party and policy. The ',e *
'* dashing politician, who lores to be sensational, 86 5
it and aspires to notoriety, often ebangee from no '*ra
higher motlre than to exhibit a certain flashy ,ucc
'e talent, and to attraot attention to novelties of new
is opinion and action. The ardent egotist may ante
s- do the same thing from a mere restlessness at ed a
:e following prudent, plodding leaders in a beaten was
track, and prefers to bare a following of bis and
U own, if it he bnt a corporal's guarJ, to being an<]
r< lost sight of in tbb crowd. The active-brain* ^,e
)e ed theorist may do the same, because his rest- fOUD
. less mind is ever dissatisfied with things as _
Isl _ _ a*???
they are viewed by the ordinary thinker. g#n
6* But the average politician loves political influence,
and having aoquired a little, nurses it
'' Carefully as so much capital stook, and will *
' not risk it by taking bold positions In advanoe 8loei
0 of public sent ment. He Is more inclined to ,uco
hold back and watch the popular current, and
o then fall In with it. n>'0'
But sometimes these wonld be leaders, bnt men
d real trimmers, find themselves behind the pop- Cne
% ular sentiment. They are too slow for that
a instinotive sagacity wbleb moves the masses Ti
In a great emergency, and almost always rank
, moves them in the right direction. pan]
d It seems apparent that at this crisis the a oi
refer to bar* churches, and seminaries, an
alleges of their own. Nor am I clear tbi
lie would not be a wiae choice.
So, then, I say, with regard to onr oommo
cbooli, where a rural district oontains bi
wenty-five or thirty families, It is simply in
ossible, where two or thiee of those are co
red, to hare separate sehools ; and iu thoi
ases to say that black children sball not |
o school with white children is to say the
hall not have any school wbaterer. But i
ommunitiea such as theso, while, if I wore
lack man, I should not ask a separate schoo
et I should still say, if the whites chose '
avo separate schools, I should not object I
t. I should only asl^ that the schools for m
hildren should be mado as good, as sufficiei
s schools provided for other men's childrei
?ben, if the majority chose that the minoril
hould be educated in separate schools,
hould say, " Qentlcmen, be it as you pleas<
hare no choice in tho matter." A gentl
nan or a lady never discusses the questioi
Vaa it propel to refuse me an invitation 1
ay neighbor's party ? lie or she accepts tt
act and lets the reason take care of itsel
'rocisely so with regard to religious frate
lity or associations for maintenance of divii
rorship. I would advise the colored mi
icver to make a distinction, and never to r
use one. If the whites choose that the blael
hall not be members on equal terms of gem
al congregations, I should accept exclnsr
ongregations, not as my ohoico, but as tl
ihoice of the dominant race.
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Dliouiaion of the Situation.
no Pit Editor of the Charletiott Nevot:
Sir: In the article which, by your indu
ence, yesterday, appeared in the News,
ras argued that the sending of delegsti
o Baltimore, as is proposed, would involi
he while people of the State in the dilen
oa of haviog either to conform to the d<
i.-ion of that convention, or to announi
eforehand their purpose not to do so.
It was also argued that tho movemen
iow on foot will inevitably revive the pa
y feelings of 1888, so disastrous to tl
itate, and that the wry same reasons whlc
xisted in 1870 for avoiding party item
re more strongly operative now.
Upon these grounds it was eooclude
hat both the success of the Cincinoa
lovement and the prospects of reform i
outh Carolina would be injuriously affec
d it a State delegation should be tent I
Ultimore.
Io resuming the topic, it may be assume
ist the primary and paramount eonsidei
tion with all the people of South Carotin
i, or ought to be, a good local government
Hat the chief political queaiiou for them i
r ought to be, how to secure the neede
s forms in the most certnio manner; an
hat the only practical measures they ea
ivor will be such as aim at the aecon
lishmeot of this purpose
It may also b? assumed that, in the prei
at politieal eonditioo of the State, the r<
>rmalion ol the local government esnne
s effected, unless, lo the ahsenee of pari
3D teste, a coalition be formed especiall,
?r the pqrpoae, embracing all the good eil
wns, without dietlaolion of party or rae<
If thia be so, what obsnee will thsrs b
f effecting any reform at all, or even c
ttempting a combination for that purpose
'bile the white people of the 3tate are r?
iving their Demeeratie organisation* un
er the old leaders, and renawing ihtir *1
liations with the national Drmoerocy
i it not aertain that these proceeding
mat reestablish the antagonisms of party
But it may be said that this will b
eotralised by the eetlon of the Baltlroor
onventioo. That the adoption of the Oin
oeati platform end the nemlnntien o
reeland Brown will purge the rnqv
j popular entiment of tho South is in advance aemi
of its politicians. -The peoplo have been uf g
groaning and fretting nnder bad government g^
until they are arouaed to a determination to q0|1)
have a change. Tbey do not fear a ebange ggj ,
y for the worse. Almost an/ change the/ think
will be for the better. Hence they fearlessly U^?(
seise on the opportunity offered by the Cin- *'r*(
y cinnati nomination to nt rid of (Irani * ?/! M? r*
y military aatrapa, and corrupt political wire*'
> work era. They ere ready to take np Oreeley 00 *
1, aa a better man than Grant, and ea the man
I most likely to dofoot Qrant. They iff not ??p?i
,f afraid of the victory, if achieved, being turn.' war,
, ed agaioat them. Bat they have a profound agen
appreciation of a four yean longer domination $#04
of the preaent arbitrary dynaaty.
* Politioiana may deaire to wait till the Balti- Ta
more Convention meeta before taking poaition j Meal
but the people have already made np their A*.
" miada, and they will ieailt opon their wlehea to to
' being earried out. That convention will not and I
e ha a convention ef popular leader*, who will tag f
e undertake to dtetnda op to i one aed action for if,
the people. It will neeeeearily he a bedy who g
will willingly or nnwilling, hapd te the popu- tJof|
>1 lar will end ratify Ito decree. not |
a JAvyuita OoiutitmtfonaNti. or ea
h, moot of it* Uiot of Democracy, and that Tkt
thus a door of reconciliation between whites
and black* will be opened.
H UnfoHaatUfcr, ?fc teint>t.eUud ecru tiny, ,h"
t&r none can doubt that the ooly point at ./
ieaoe between the Cincinnati and the
Philadelphia wine* of the Republican ""
party, which exeltec any later cat here,
that aa to tb* Enforcement Act.?
Bat this Is Ju?t precisely the ieaae which, If 1
introduced here, will widen the breach be- jT.
tween the recce, extend and ooaflnp the la- r*.
. flnaooe of the most extreme and ippracti- u,
cable men on both aides, and utterly destroy
ersry reasonable hope of bringing
aboot harmoay among ear people, nod eoob *l
mutual ooofidenoe between the reeea ae ie na
u n Weraally recognised to be aeeentlal to tba
political inform of the State, and tha peace, rM/
happinesa and proeperity of bet population.
But if tha movements referred to will *?u?
certainly defeat all bopc-of reform through
the State elections in October, de they ,
promise as compensation through the In*
^ etrumsntallty of the Prceidential election T **n<
Q Take the moet extreme suppoeltlCn. 8op- ?rB"
poae tha Prceidential election turned upon or t
the nomination at Baltimore, and thin da- wo"
pcodtd eolely upon tba casting rota of the *r,t.
Sautb Carolina delegation, and that tbia 'l,
rote being given for Orceley and Brown, *
they come in due time into ofiee. Now, ,utio
what will thla delegation bar# really but'
eompliehed for themaelree, their immodiato ? **
constituent*, or tha people of tha Staia '
generally f 8ome changes rosy occur among ?mP
Pederal office-holders, but even If tb* naw *ron
appointees should be acceptable, which ta hear1
to b# very muoh doubted, the rcaolt would ^
be greatly out of proportion with its cost br
to us.
None can suppose that the mere moral ye
force of Mr. Greeley's election will oon- *,ro'ri
strein the 8tate offlciela here to become dif* morn
tcrent from whet they are. or that a kind ^heri
of subtle influence will be radiated from ,ome
Washington, which, penetrating the Repob- c^ose
lloan party here, will purify it by oooverts 1 ? 0
ing its dishonest elements or eliminating * J1
them.
If anything practleal in tha way of local w ' 1
reform can ho expected from Mr. Greeley's an
administration, it mu?t be loooked for in *wun
tome other than s rupernatural way?but 1
what other WAV ia ihrrat Pirat tha Dn? resol
1 cinnsti platform forbids ths President or ^er 1
n n n
Congress to meddle at all in State affairs.
I Secondly, Mr. Greeley, if nntrue to bis row'
J principles, must be supported by appropris l*10
ate legislation. Thirdly, if both the Prea
_ ident and Congress oollude to do what it is "B*1'
r intended to make the Baltimore Convention '
II declare unconstitutional, namely, to inter- on'^
fere with the regularly constituted author
n itiea of a State, what oan they do that will c'"'
n be beneficial? Usurped powers can gene- ^enr
y rally be used to oppress and injure, bnt ^ .
r- never to reform and benefit.
ii <
lt If we do not reform our State govern
y raenl end Improve our local administration
at the polls in October next, they will not be, "
'l and eennot be, altered after the 4th of y?1''
it .. . and
March.
^ If we run mad after the Liberal Repub- ^ *
liean declaration against the Enforcement
j Act, we sell ouri-elves to a new party for r*c*
I the only political eonceasion that is not ^?"
9C only absolutely valueless to us, (since the
[0 public sentiment of the country has already ^ ?
condemned it,) bat which carriee with it
In the elements of domestic dissection end nrm
a disorder. '"J*
1, If we revive the Democratic party in j
to Sooth Carolina, we prolong the hopeless
to struggle s?Inch lies brought us to our pree- '0X*
'y ent condition.
II Whet, then, alieil we do?
n' With all diffidence, I recommend :
1. That we mako do organization whatevar,
and have no meetings or conventions,
e' and conduct no discussions concerning the ^
u Presidential election. It ia a matter in
^ which we are powerless to eocomplish enys U?j'
ie thing ; in which our iotcreat is remote end
f minute; and about which we really know
r* little, end may well care less. ?' 11
'2 That in the calm thus produced, good m*7
,e oitizena use their best exertions to harmon- unfli
in ize old antagonisms, to improve the charao- |an(j
o- ter of the local officials and members of the ..
(S Legislature to be chosen in October, and to 0
B? bring into the public service at home or in hoo<
Congress the best of the available men. to A
Respectfully, W. L. T. r_ ?
jo 1
iju. a m i iPwmnr*Frm*m
im *h a reunion of the Society v
limy of the Potomac, held el Oiaelamm
the 7th inctaat. At thU nelebraAle
oration wit delivered by General
art U Wool ford, of New York, whom
f of ear reed ere will reea ember ee herit
oee time been commandant of tb<
it OberleetMu *The epeeker deeoribci
mt eerae at Appeamttos Ooart Boom
ie following language:
Kbe moral eg ovepft afowly on IreUair
dewb, tbea Into roejr fladi. Still eo I
oat Uie mleU crept npward. tad fnt<
you wheeled, oad on tour nitkiU lay
n, H?b iaao la hi* plaee, U |M aaaal
which oroo la the xhtMlloa of thoM
oura of torribU marching you nalthai
ht nor beedad. Ton waro aquarely
if Leo'a front, and had oloaod foray a i
at lino of retreat.
Ibf ooaroj roaohod jour oaralry adto,
aaw the aorriad lino of Union troopGordon
gathered aod roaaaed hla uaoi
heir laat ehargo. Tattarod and hungry
a by oaaaelooa marahing and lighting
no bopo of oiotory, with little pooai
y of eaeape, they elooed their llnao wltl
lality of diaeipllne and aoldierly reao
n to which word* aaa do litila Juatico
ahlah aaah ooldlar'a heart muat rooog
and honor.
katha old guard elooed around theli
?ror at Waterloo, eo three men eloe*<
nd tho flaga of thalr I oat aauao. My
I abhora their treaaoa. But It wartni
nd raatralot to thalr manhood, eo grand
?* <rtn In dlaloyalty. Slowly they
nead to their laat attaok. No batth
no eraek of tho ohlrmlaher'a rifle
a the etronco atillneaa of Uitt Aahhat)
Steadily, silently they came, wliet
dan drew baek hie horsemen, aa parti
mighty ourtain, and there stood th<
.formed battalions of your infantry
nnnn gleaming In the openit<ga, qni<
awaiting the enming of Gordon's men
[nstiocllvely your enemy baited Mean
i Lea has turned baek to meet Grant
anrrender his command. 8beridar
ig his cavalry around upon Gordon'l
and was abont to oharge, when Onstai
ted Longstreet. Assurance of aorren*
ess given, and the end had eoraa
rhat Sabbath day. with tears and in aor.
Southern men fo'ded the banners o
1 Lost Cause,* and their bravest and
sought honorably to bnry them from
L forever.
Bow sad it ia that poor ambitions, jsal
re of race, the wretched greed of pel
piece, and the miserable bates of ?o
rivalries, should so often disturb th
ty reconciliation of that surrender, an<
i time revive the bitterness whioh yot
sought to bury in a coromos grave.
This hour is no time for politics. Min
the lips, I trust, to introduee them hers
when I think of that heroic past, whicl
faces and presence so vividly reeal]
then how trading, trickster politieiani
etful of what baptism of blood seatei
new birth of tha nation, seek to arra
in needlraa hoatility, to exeite the Ig
inee ol the one and the brntal preju
of the other, I would like to tomno
uard, half from the tebel army c
them Virginia and half from the loya
y of the Potomac, take ench mnleon
s out, give them drum bead couit mar
immediate execution, and soldierl
al under the apple tree at Appomat
r.ath or a Gbkat Joubnaukt?The tele
>h convey* to ua the intelligence of th
h of that great journalist and ino*t re
kable man, James Gordon Bennett
der and proprietor of the New Y??r
aid. Mr. Bennetl'a career waa a ver
im ton one. He waa a eelf-made mac
from the great reeourcea that he brough
play, he haa been ?tyled the Napoleoi
lie modern preaa. Hie life ahowa wha
be accomplished by a resolute will am
agging perseverance. Born in foot
I about the year 1800, of Franeh Cath
parents, he was educated for the prieet
1. Changing his plana, ha emigrate
.merles, and reached Boston in 181f
822, we find him working in Charlei
In this State, upon the stair of the Cou
In 1824, he tried the profession c
hing in New York. Next he begen t
,e for the newspapers. In May, 188f
larted the New York Herald. Ha we
sere old, and he bad five hundred dol
From this period we may date hi
essful career. Mr. Bennett started
style of journalism. He waa lull <
rpriee, and full of sensations. He aim
t what was popular rathar than wha
sound. He sought to amuse, interei
please, rather than to elevate, in fori
instruct These featnrea of journalist
New York Herald rtill illustrates. Th
der haa impressed upon hia paper b|
iliar style We cannot say that Mi
nett has done more than to give a new
>r that pleases the popular taste an
pays the proprietor. In point of ba
ss Mr. Benoelt haa aehlaved a gres
ess, and the New Yotk Herald, with il
eiroulation and its acknowledged pro
soce to~day, bearo witness to the StroDi
tal powers, the great energies, and th
management of the founder.
) Home, of New York, deeervedt
:e ee the leading Fire Inenranee Com
f of Ameriea; organized In 1863, wit!
tpital of $600,000. fie thirtyweventl
annual report ebowe a paid up eapita
2,600,000, and valid aaeete amountini
72,043 60 'When we cooeider Ihet thi
pany paid for loeeea at Chioago |t,
201, the beet comment we ean roak
i the management of ita affaire, it
igth and reliability, ie to refer ou
ere to the publiebed etatemenL
>e ' Georgia Home," of Oolnmbna, i
of our meet proeperooa Southern Com
ee?etarting hueinee in 1863 with i
Lai of 9840,000, 18 hu eurvired th
nd by iu liberal and Intelligent man
>ent DOW ehewe aaeete amoaatiwg U
.808.61.?CWenfc-n CW.rr, | u , ,
in ?>8?f of UaiivhiUI, Kaperor I e
CO. died a few deye ataee.
rexae negro murderer, reeenUy taken on
i banged, pot the rope aroond hie neol
kicked hlseelf Into e(efT?Uy -without wait
b? (he oerentony,
ib Aiken Tribeoe U authotleed to tap the
|tate Rkdioal CoarealloB, for fbe nomine
of a State tleket and other buaiaeea, wll
w ealled on til the latter part ?f Anger
jly in September.
1
i Ma. Btawi: Ot>? of th? worst oUbo that
oculd bo |hO to tbo Liborml Ropabtloan
t party would bo tbo ? daroomopt of iu oan.
didotoo by a formal Domooratlo ootaiaatloo
, at Baltlmoro. Thoeo who advioc tho ?endI
log of SokgOtoo from South Caroliaa oor%
taloly baoo aot oonaidorrd what a out ad,
vaatago thoy aro giving tho ntrvnt Had*
, loalft, by onftbllag thorn to drWo off tho
, oolorod population from Urooloy, by tbo
( obvlooo oxpodioot of poiatlag thorn to tbo
flag of tho Dcmooraey, noforlod fa hlo ?up?
f port Thlo woold ho oooagh U> throw 80,
I 000 majority of tho votoa la South Carolina
t againat biaa.
p No goo q orations tbo bonoot fntonliono of
L thooo who advioo tbfo roooouro; but It may
. bo fatal, oovortbolooo, to tbo rioing bopoa of
, no oppreeeed tod rolitd people. It is time
r to look (or ",q)rillful management" in po.
litieal amiunn, as wall u for good intention#.
Haratofora tha paopla ot ilia
t Booth have oat had thla advantage, aod
(hay -hava auffarad nahear<W oroaltiaa
t thereby. Thay hava a right Bow to J*
maod a changa la tha poliay of tbair adrisers.
Tbay never will forgat what thay
hara suffered already, aod thay eannot af>
. ford to aoffer any mora, even from honeat
mistakes of jndgraeot. Tha bloody acenee
enacted from 180! to I860, and tha horrora
' of tha M peace* that hava anaoed, ara a
warning to troat no loagar to tha eignalndiaplayad
on tha roaky aoaata where so
I many ahlpa hava already bean wrecked..
Thla movcmaot in faeor of a convention ah
, Baltimore, seems to the writer to ba another
of theoo eigne la, and potent for mischief,,
whether It anduraea the Cincinnati moremen
t or oppoaea it.
It la aheering to eea ao many of tha leadj
iog mioda of the State coming forward to
( tha anpport ef Oraalay and B.own ; bat all
, they can do will ba check mated that mo,
meet Greeley aod Brown ara Identified, In
mo Hmuiimt aegrca, with tha Democrats as
parly." The beat oourse, therefore,
would be to have ao convention at Col urns
bla. Let the people stand off from It, and
go to the poll* on tha day of eleolion and
( quietly deposit their ballots. Let thoaa
( who feel so vary grateful to the extreme
Democrats, for their Bufferings, call tbem
together again, if they choose, and take
another leaeon, if they bare not already
had enough.
J * ULYSSES."
| [ Columbia Phe*nix.
The Gentleman in Chnreh.
The gentleman in ehnrch is known by the
f following marka t
1. Cornea in good seaaon, ao aa not to intere
rnpt tha pastor nor congregation by his ar)
rival.
, 3. Doss not atop upon tha steps or in tho
protioo, either to gape at the ladies, saluto
# friends, or display bla colloquial powers.
3. Opens and shuts the door gently, and
^ walks deliberately and lightly up the aisle or
I gallery ataira, and gets his seat as quietly,
and by making as few persona remove aa poa>
\ albU*
4. Takes his plaos either in the back part
f of the seat, or steps out into the aisle when
* anyone wishoa to pass io, and never thinks
* of auoh a thing ar waking people crowd past
n him, whHe keeping bis place in bis scat.
>f 6. Is always attentive to strangers, and
1 gives np his seat to auoh, seeking another for
i? himself.
0. Merer thinks of defiling the honse of
y God with tobacoo spittle, or annoying those
. who sit near him, by ohewing the nanseoua
weed.
7. Never, exoept in case of illness, gate up
or goes out during tbs time of service. But
p if necessity compel him to do so, goes so
quietly that hie very manner ia en apology
lor the sot.
8. Doet not sngagt in conversation before
ths service.
J 0. Does not whisper, nor langh, nor ant
' fruit in tha honaa of Qod, nor lounge in that
1 holy place.
n 10. Does not nub ont of tha ehurch lika
1 a trampling horse, tha moment benediction
A ia pronounced, bat retirea slowly, in a noiae>
lasa, quiet manner.
11. Does alike ean,by precept and example,
r to promote decorum in othara, and is aver
d ready to lend bia aid to discountenance all in*
I. decorum in tha house of God.
^ t ? -!
i. TniMfls W? Like to See.?We lika to sea
,f young ladiaa who are bitter anemias kiss
0 each other vary affectionately whan they
meat. It reminds oa of a man named Ju?
, daa several years ago. We lika to aee at
I. lashionably dreased lady promenading the
1 streets wearing a blue silk dr?ae trailing a
a yard behind her in tba mud?it cleans the
>f atresia eo nieely. Wa lika to sea young
men vary polite end obliging to other
X young ladles, who are eoareely eivil to their
it sisters at home?It provea that the lorda of
n ereation are void of dsesplloo. We lika to
o see little boya coma to ohureh in tha even*.
? log, and amuse themselves by stieking pins
Is in their sleepy neighbors?it shows that
r. tbey are not burying their talents In the
. eertbl Wa lika to aee a man invariably
d throw his newspaper, boots and hat on the
k floor for hit tired wife to piek up?it is ev-.
it ident that'be remembers the promise to.
s - cherish her I" We like to see the eholr
? spend th?ir time daring divine service in
g whispering end telling stories?it dielpe as
, to annrMiil* lK? >' 1
? ?rr* w 'WW IMVU, HHU VOTIU90I u?
that tfcay ara eapahla of singing, "with the
spirit and tha understanding alsot" Wa
f lik* to aaa young ladle* kaap tbair jawa ia
in sonataat motion, endeavoring to aaastioato
h a haga bah of abawlng gnat?it look* ao
h lady lika ! Wa Ilk* to *aa a asao sporting
1 f**t horaa*, while ha o*?* tha priutar and
g give* nothing to tha minister? it look* boa
orable I There ara many othar thing* which
w* would like to aaa, but w* forbear.
?
Taa Oharlaatoa Hew*, referring to the d*.
r partar* of the Republieon delegat** to tb*
Philadelphia Convention, any*:
V Tb* dalagataa ara a*o*t|y la favor of
tb* reoomioatlon of Croat for Preeident,
? and apeak of putting up Senator Wilaon I
for Vlea-Preaident. They boaet that they J
are about to put a plank In tb* Radiool I
? platform wbiah will awaap aba South to a j
man for Croat" , *
an
f Ooneral D. H. Hilt aoaapte Oraeley.
Wa. Simons, 8. B. Tbampaon and Jaaac
1 Davis, Representatives af Mehland County.
1 oppose an extra n*solan af tb* LagMotara.
Tba National Baptist Rda**8*nal Conrentlon
aaaamblad an tb* Mth nth, at FMladal1
phiw. Twenty.ftr* State* warn rsaaaaanlil.
. - I - V ~r.
Mr. Thoaua M. Paytlagev, ?s-Sheriff ef
I WewWrty, Imi ktta admitted te hell in two
hoodf??,000 Md 11,000.
, *