? ?****
A tar mm aanajr amttas ud Ultw Iwn
To aiagtojtenaffc tt* tptfoty loviag ysaia;
A tar wn walk* Uatda Um *1W ahoia,
To lutth Um ilaatai hlaaara Maoda go btta.
A tar Mora tkroad* to man la Uk'i atraaga
?*<*? .
A tar mors tidal wars* to It* sal akkj
And than to fold oar kaada apoa oar kraaat,
A little longer to aopport the crow?
A row mom days ipes Ufa's us to tow,
To oooat the WMti sot against oar name,
Bra Bo who Ibnwd as shall decide oar hlaaao.
This is ao Uses to hate oar brother asaa?
To spook oold words to thooo boooath the ban ;
There is ao time to sit with idle hands
While God's ripe harvest gladdens all the
lands.
HUMOROUS. '
A Printer * Misfortune.
Somo year* ago, when the
writer was a reporter upon an
Eastern paper, it devolved upon
him to write for the same edition
an account of the presentation of
a gold-beaded cane to the Rev.
Dr. Mudge, the clergyman of the
place, and the description of a
patent bogkilling and sausage
machino, that had just been put
in operation at the factory. Now,
what made Dr. Mndge inad was
this. The inc nsiderate buccaneer
who made up the forms got
the two locals mixed up in a
frightful manner, and when we
weut to press, something like this
was the appalling result:
" Several of the Iiev. Dr. Mudge's
friends called upon him yes
terday, and after a brief conversation
the unsuspecting hog was
seized by the bind legs and slid
along a beam, nntil he reached the
hot water tauk. His friends ex- j
plained the object of their visit,
and presented him with a very
handsome gold-headed butcher,
who grabbed "him bv the tail
swung him round, cut his throat
??? ? ? ? ? .n 1 nnn f hart A
jrum car iu car, anu in icoo hj?u a
minnte the carcass was in the water.
Thereupon he came forward
and said there were timc9 when
the feelings overpowered one, and
for that reason he would not attempt
to do more than thank these
around him for the manner in
which so huge an animal was cut
into 60 many fragments was sim
ply astonishing. The doctor concluded
his remaiks, when the machine
siezed him, and in less time
thau it takes to write it the hog
was cut into fragments and work
ed up into delicious sausage. The
occasion will long be remembered
by the doctor's friends as one of the
most delightful ot their lives. The
beet pieces can bo obtained for
fifteen cents a pound, and we are
6tire that those who have sat 60
long under his ministry will rejoice
that he has been so hand
somely treated."
Mad ? Well, about nine o'clock
next morning the office had been
abandoned by every man but the
advertising clerk, and he ascended
to the roof and robed himself
in boiler iron, so that he could
watch the venerable clergyman
tearing round down there in the
street with his congregation, all
wearing the banobly of war, and |
carrying butcuer knives and
things. The next day we explained
and apologized, but the doctor
stopped ins subscription and began
to take the rivul paper."
[Exchange.
An Upsetting Sin.?Dr.
M'Cosh, President ot Princeton
College, tells the story o! a negro
who prayed earnestly that he and
his colored brethren might be pre
served from what he called their
4* npsettin " sins.
44 Brndder,'.' eaid one of his
friends, at the close of the meeting,
44 you ain't got do hang ot dat ar
word : it's 4 tasettin',' not 4 upsettin'."
44 Brndder," replied the other,
44 if dat's so, it's so. But I was
a-prayin' de Lord to save us from,
de sin of intoxication, and if dat
ain't a npsettin' sin, I dunno what
am !"
An old bachelor, who had be
come melaucholy and poetical,
wrote some verses for the village
paper, in which he expressed the
nope that the time would come
when he should?
" Rest calmly in a shroud,
With a weeping willow by my side "
But to his inexpressible horror
it came out in print:
" Wbeo I shall rest calmly in a shawl.
With whopping widow by my sido '*
?
An editor out West who thought
the wages demanded by compositors
was imposition, discharged
his hands and intends doing his
own typesetting in future. lie
says : " owi'nG To tqe oXoabiTanj
Wtioes dEma^deD br pjinierRs 1
wE haae ConOludoQ To do onR 1
own typo sEjting IN The fu- I
m i
iuive; ; anu aLTi(ouou wc, ne.ter i;
(Earned The frusinaes( mo dO '
Nfot Sea twy gReat misTelly in 1
tUe aRj." '
A nkw style of coffee-pots baa a 1
little steam whistle attached, J
which warns the folks when the '
coffee is ready. J
JU # w
" Comb out here and Til lick the *
whole of you," said a news b?y to i
some sticks ot peppermint in a r
confectioner's window. <
\ A?moPMWUt?
>n> a>?ii qaifcii7 "
Clsta* I (Bower I v# >
i A friend said to me recently,
44 In Iimeetotie countries clover is
sewn to enrich lend ; throughout
the Cotton States we have to enrich
the land beforo we can grow
clover."
My experience teaches that this
is a great mistake. I am con*
vinced that nowhere on this continent
can clover be grown at lees
expense and with greater remuneration
than on clay lands of the
Sooth, at least as far South as the
latitude of the City of Columbia.
S. G. A detail of a few ex peri*
menu may not be uninteresting to
our readers.
In November, 1867, I sowed
eigbt acres of old red land in bar
ley and clover, manured with two
hundred pounds ot Soluble Pacific
Guano per acre. In June,
1868, I reaped one bnndred and
torty five bushels of barley, and
secureo a beautiful stand of clover
on about five acres. In May,
1869, twen-three heavy two-horse
loads of clover bay were boused.
The fall ot 1869 was so dry the
crop was pastnred off" by cattle
and sheep.. The spring of 1870,
though uncommonly dry, produced
a fair crop ot clover ; the
fall crop was again grazed off.?
Last May I mowed a beautiful
crop of bay, and in July a second
cutting was housed for winter
feeding of sheep. In February,
lt?69, tho patch wa3 broadcast
with a mixture of eight bags of
Waudo and six hundred pounds
plaster.
Last January I turned over, t
with a two-horse Monitor plough, i
all of this twenty five acre field, '
but the five acres well set in clover, I
| and in April planted it in sorghum.
The three acres, upon (
which there was a scattering stand ]
of clover, has had, irom its first i
appearance above ground, infiu- i
itely the beet sorghum in the i
field. And why ? Because the ?
dead clover, the young clover, and 1
>i.. ?. c -1 -
mo routs 01 ciover turned under '
in January have manured the '
land. 1
Another experiment. In 1857,
I sowed a cow penned patch ot
one and a half acre in barley and
clover, and reported upon this
patch in October and November
j months, 1869, of the Rural. In
May, 1870, a verv poor crop was
taken from the patch, and in Oc
tober last the young clover was
pastured off by sheep till scarcely
a vestige was appai entlv left.?
Immediately alter the land was
turned over with a two-horse
Brinley, followed by a two horse
Murfee in the tame furrow, and
sown in wheat. Tnis land, which
three years ago was a clay bank
seemed now a rich, friable, black
soil, which I telt sure would produce
a wheat crop; but I feared
the clover was gone. So alter
harrowing I sowed the surface
with orchard grass seed. The
wheat and grass seemed choked
out by afejuxuriant a growth ol <
clover as I ever 6aw. Where the
seed came from I can't tell, but
the crop is there to show for
itself.
Third experiment. I have stated
above that the crop of the fall of
1869 was pastured. During this
time the cattle and sheep were
housed every night, and their
droppings sheltered until March,
1870, when they were hauled out
and thrown in furrows upon which
beds were made, and the land
planted iu cotton. This last
spring, almost every one of those
beds, for several inches on either
aide of the row of cotton stalks i
was covered with a thick growth <
of clover. Those beds were reversed,
and the land again plant. ,
ed in cotton. At every working 1
of the crop during the 6ummer a J
young growth ot clover had to be l
destroyed.
Fourth experiment. In April, '
1870. I selected a half acre of *
good grey land, so thickly cover- i
ed with nut grass that the ground J
could not be seen, for a sweet po- j
tato patch, to test the power of t
vines in eradicating nut grass by e
their 6hade. The land was laid fl
off in five teet spaces, and heavily r
manured in the drill with manure n
from the cow house, and bedded c
upon. In May the slips were set 1
out. First of July the vines could '
not be seen for the not grass.? *
The patch was then thorough I v
ploughed and hoed, and by *l>ep- "
ternber a most luxuriant growth of ?
vines and nui grass covered the c
land. Last November the vines ,
were cut and carried off; the po- ?
tatoes dag; the land ploughed and e
cross ploughed, and about three g
pecks of barley harrowed in until e
the land was perfectly smooth.? b
Last Juno a lair crop of barley o
was harvested, and the stubble on
at least half the patch was, in a *
few days, perfectly hid by a coin- h
plete growth of clover, whicn all u
the summer kept the not grass so 0
iu chock mil mere is not a Deal v
hy stalk of the peat to be seen.? d
Hie first crop of clover boa died, '*
ind the second crop ie springing
ip beautifully. What effect the a
lucceeding growth of clover will K
iave upon Uie not grass lime cl
done can tell. The experiment,
towever. Is well worth pushing to t,
i further test, tor if clover can be U|
nade instruiaental in destroying
nit grass, its value will be increas- n<
jd tenfold. di
The onljr difficulty with clover
is securing s stand. I have sown
it in November in aM kinds of
fraiii, and secured a perfect stand,
have* at other times, with the
very same practice, beeu disaprtinted
by a must perfect failure,
have sown it in February and
never secured a perfect stand.?
Good authority saya it should be
sown on well-prepared, clean land
in March, and allowed to battle
with weeds aud grasa tor twelve
months without being trod upon.
lido, and ono of the great reasons why I think
Lhat my countrymen, in my own section of the
United States, thoso who in former times, oefore
the war, were associated with me in political
life, should sustain him, is this, (and I
aave borne that testimony upon all occasions
>f bim, from the beginning of the war to the
md,) that while ho made a gallant and finally
i successful soldier, in all bis intercourse w
:ho armies of the rebel Stotes be never oii^
forgot the duties of tho soldier or of the gen*
'.Ionian. [Wild applause.]
I believe mysell thai his re-election is a
necessity to preserve peace in the country
in>l peace abroad, and if he has tailed, 1
ike such failures as he has given us within
he last lour years. [Renewed applause ]
There is no sea that our flag does noi float
.riumplinnily upon. There is not a Court
tpon the face of the earth where the G??vsrnm-nt
of the United States is not respected
more thsn it has ever been before,
k'our public debt is being reduced, your
jublio expenses are being reduced, and
four taxation is being reduced. What
mire could a government do to make the
>eople contented and happy, and induce
hem to give to those who are carrying it
>ut their support and their votes? [Great
ipplsuse.]
I come, gentlemen of the Convention,
rom the Kn Klux region, and I desired
>nd intended to hava availed myself of the
occasion some time whilst in Philadelphia
o presc.it to you some statistics which
..nU - U ll-L, t
UIIIU priliapa Illlljnicu y uu in mpwi to
he outcry which hoc been raised by the
)etnoeralic party in the Southern States,
>nd in the North and West alec, about the
utrsges that hare beeo committed. In
louth Carolina, as yon are aware, in nine
ountiee the right of habsat eorpu* has been
uspeoded?a little orer one-fourth of the
Itale. The suspension embraced those
ounties where it was insisted that the
tats government was unable?it is nnneeesary
for me to discuss why?it was una>le
to give protection to men there whose 1
nly offence was their polities I sentiments.
TTiey were colored men and white men,
nd when they went to sleep at night they
ad no guarantee that they woold not be
iken out of their beds at the dead hour of 1
ight; taken out and scourged, or else balls 1
ut through their bodies. President Grant '
id oot set in thai manner until lb* Lagistlura
of South Carolioa paiatd raaolutlons
tiling upon him to a*od the for*** of lb*
'olted Slates Government there to gi?e
two proteetion. Wi:h reference to this
j Klnx lav, Preeideat Grant has to est*
it* the lev. It eu In the statute booh,
id be wee ealled upon to eseente It by
tet tribunal whfth hadUhe right to eell
poo him. He didn't pM the lev.
How dvl it eoeae to be passed t Wee It '
>t the thunders of the New York Trlbone. 5
iy after d-y and week nfter week, rung I t
My jnUgoieut ia a fall sowiug on
clear laud, say in September or
October, will eucure quite as good
a stand, and so occupy the ground
b) spring, tbat a contest with
weeds and grass will uot be necessary.
At any rale, a staud of
clover once obtained need never
be lost, and is worth more annually
than a crop of cotton, could
the latter be grown without work.
D. WYATi A1KKN.
Address of Governor Orr at the Philadelphia
Convention.
The Philadelphia Press of the 6th instant,
contains the following synopsis of the address
of ex-Governor Orr, delivered before the PhilsMlelphia
Convention, on the 5th instant.
Judge Orr said:
Genllnntn of (Ac Convention : I feel that
the call which has been made with so much
enthusiasm by this body, is more of a compliment
to tho section from which I come than
from any personal compliment intended for
me. [Cries of " No, no."] W# are here for
the purpose of nom nating candidates for the
Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the United
States ; for the Republican party to fill these
offices for four years more; and I suppose that
whatever controversy and contest you may
have in other States, with the assistance of
our colored friends in South Carolina, you
may be well assured that that State will give
a cordial and unanimons and an overwhelming
vote lor the nominees of this convention.
[Great applause.]
I have felt more than ordinary solicitude,
which has induced me to attend this convention,
growing out of the many assaults which
[ have seen made on the President of the
United States. If there was a contest here, it
would perhaps be inappropriate to discus! the
nerits of any of these men who are to be prelented
; but the evidences are unmistakable
tiere that the voice of the convention simply
register the instructions which we have re*
ceived respectively from onr constituents?I
mean the unanimous nomination of President
Graut for re-eleotion. [Applause.] I know
that he has been arraigned?he has been maligned?ho
has been traduced. Has ho been
traduced or maligned more than Gen. Wash*
ington ? Was there ever a man who has Ailed
the Presidential ehair in tho history of this
Government who was subject to more assaults
than Washington? He survived them, and
those people that he oarried through the
bloody scenes of tho Revolution re-elected
him for lour years, and when he served eight
years, be retired voluntarily. Tho next great
military hero that the country produced was
General Jackson.
At the end or before the expiration of this
four years he was maligned all over the land
and traduced, and yet the memory of the services
which be had rendered to bis countrymen
in tho war of 1312 carried him triumphantly
n second time into the Presidential chair.
Are the American people now, with the full
recollection of the services rendered by Gonenral
Grant in behalf of the Union, when they
are enjoying the full fruition of those services,
prepared to reverse the rule which was adopted
with rcferenoe to those two illustrious heroes,
his predecessors, and cast him aside ? I
don't believe it. [Great applause and cries of
'No, no, no! They won't."]
It is said that be has failed, failed morally,
failed financially, failed in every respect as a
President. Well, it may be that he has failed.
That be has bis faults, I have no doubt; but
Jeneral Grant is not the man to fail. [Cheers.]
IVben did ho fail? Where did he fail? On
what field did he fail? I was unon the other
nto tk? ears H Congress, demssdinft i?||
liny should pefa some soeh .lew to give groUelloB
to tbeog^ Aa!i no#. w$#S the lew
is passed, Sod hns Wo sfcseutsd io mereyi
sod firmness, how stands car old friend
Greeley f He hot toroed round now, and
dsoouoees Grant end the Ku Klux lew for
its enormities. Judge Bond who has been
discharging hie dalles with great fidelity
there, has adnsMistered this law firmly and
mercifully, sod although you bear so mush
slasaor of ps^>li beiagisast into prison for
their not being sble to Droenra hail what
U tli* reeelfr 4 lb? trials that bar* takao
place f Then bare htto abo?t acre* trials
only at th* two ooarts: one an acquittal,
oae a mi*Ntrialf and fir* con violioos. Those
ars th* results, and yst to show the extent
of it, aad how ?on?lwlr? the proof wee,
this was not mad* up of manufaoturod testimony.
testimony of suborned witnesses
Mors than sixty of these nnfortunat* twopie
who hare been indicted have rolonta
rily some forward and pleaded guilty to
the cbrges preferred against thsm. Now.
when the foots some to be understood, I
should suppose that, so far from being an
element of weakness sgelnst ihs President,
it would be an element of strength.
1 thsnk you for the atteniiou yon hare
given me. I shall not detain yon any farther.
I trust tbst the prooeedinge of this
body.will ba harmonious. 1 hare no doubt
that they will, but 1 hope that wheo wa
adjourn, and go forth to our respective
homes, we will leave this plaoe determined
to fight a good fight and win the hauls.
In less than thirty days t?n thousand voices
will he raised on every hill and in every
valley, upon the broad expanse of thie |
| great country in favor of the nominees of j
this convention, and in November, when ^
the \otes are counted. I have no doubt i
whatever thet Oen Grant and his aseooi i
ates will be re-elected, end that the Republican
party and principles will be estah
lished for th* next four years. God grant
it may be so. [Applause. |
from the Laurentville Herald.
Tn IK, Vr>?,? * ? ?
? _ ? v.va v> UDUigua VKJDDir.
Dkar Hsfald:?Aa another important
event in the history of our country is about
to transpire, it behooves every good citizen
to eon-ider well his duty to himself and
his State, and thus wield his power tor the
greatest public good. I refer to the fall
election.
In the first place I will allude to one or
two controlling facta First, that we, the
voters of Laurens, are in a great degree
fixed here, and are destined to remaio bei?.
Why then quarrel and contend one with i
another f The blacks as well as the whites I
are ehiefly an agricultural people, and
ohsnge our location far lets readily than
other populations Our publio interests
are in common The white* should regard
the blacks as dt facto eitixens, and a part
of the eaiablished population of our common
country. In shori, we should nil act
in concert, and ti this harmony cannot be
perlecl, let it be as perfect as porsi?le.
Our welfare an a people depend* upon it.
Let every oitisen strive to bring shout this
reconciliation. '* United we stsud, divided
we fall." Our sufferings and rejoicings as
a body politic should be alike, for arhat ops
eraies upon one part of a community has
its effect upon the whole. We should
guard, then, our great public interests with
zealous care, lu our present divided state,
this cannot be done The sooner we appreciate
this, the better for us We should
look coolly at our condition, and regard it
in the logic of common sense, so that there
will be lea* antagonism and lesa repulsion
between the two races thsn formerly. Although
partisan anneal* maw hi ma.la ami
may influence the minds of ninny, and thus
keep up this bitter strife, yet let us guard
against it. and >urn a deal ear to these angry
appeals, for they mean ruin to you,
and eveiy voter in Laurens.
I trust our white people will live like
meD, live equal to the times, and the day
isclose At hand when the poliiieal eqdality
of the black man will not only be lully recognized,
but acted upon in good faith
Thus will we disarm those who are overwhelming
our >tate with ruin. In plain
terms?although the difference of rare is
so marked and signal that commingling 90s
cially nerd ppt b? thought o>, yet their
common rights as citizens should be carried
into practical effect, as this is the only way
in which wa can bring aboot quiet, and
that tubetantial national prosperity which
is so desirable to our people
Mr. Editor, does it not seem that we live
to little purpose, unless we een grapple
with the events of our day and turn them
to good account? 8ad indeed is the condition
of our country. All caused by divisions
among ourselves?three divisions pers
mining every designing person to fill the
offices of publio trust, and thus drag us down
to common ruin. Can we not briog about
a reconciliation ? Let us offer the olive
branch, and if not accepted by those who
can briog about a better state of things,
then we will hold Ihem retponribl*. Let us
earnestly hope for be* ter things. We confidently
believe that there ia purity, honesty
and patriotism enough to unite upon
one common platform, and retrieve our
elves Id this derk hour of oor country, j
Who will be the honored instrument in
uniting these elementsT Who is it thst
esn ?ay?we hsve one Stste that we love,
one wish for its prosperity, end shall no
longer be governed hy self-interest or by
partisan malice, but devote himself to the
present welflare of his State and country ?
Recollect that party spirit is now the great
evil of out country. The voter is blinded
by party seal. We hear men exclaim,
" While the great party proves true I shall
sustaio it, let other duties and obligations
be as they may." " Let us have reform,
bot it rouel be within nur own party." Oh
party I what ia not dona in thy name f
And shall it still be that oar people will
exult ia tha triumph of party aod taction,
and not nee the frsa thought of an inda>
pendent aod enlightened people f Let oe
spen our ayaa to our situation and dnty
1?. * ?k!. ?1 k- t- ? "
>u?f inveri vhii pianR ru 0 COfDIVIOD plAtfOril)
upon which *11 o?n otnnd Ibot Is, honttt
nen for offic*
But how is this to bs tffieUd f We s<u
iwsr Ihst in osr preront condition ibsro Is
>nly one woy. The present hltternsM Ihst
ntlete between the two reeee forbids the so ,
joieoeenee of the block', wW sdfired ,
>nd counseled so to do bf one wt. hsr ,
i ere to lore been Identified with them, s. -I i
n whom tbej 'till hero confidence. Tbst i
hey, too, ore tired of the ignoble rale in I
or 8t*te<a*d will muin ?ot prfpfr mod<
f relief, we ee* nofeog er-depotx |e no*
is?ls that U i*,Tbi? iluty W pnt g^pd <
honest roan in T#e fa|h {go tbi
or j of reform was aaot through their reeks
hut the result of this rtfoTm, oonfined U
one party, is sedly told by e ruioad SUM
Fellow voters, oo longer be led by party
bat let every one meet upon one cornaoi
ground end oaweult for ear best interest
end my word for it, our people, fer the firs
time lo six years, will have mode step ii
the direction of peeee end prosperity.
We desire to proscribe no one on soeoan
of rsee or polities. We propose to ke#|
oar people in profound quiet. We with el
free from party eorieioo and terrorism
We wieh the freedom ol the eUisee, b
think and Tula without dictation or inter
lereoee Freely openly and dispassionate
ly disenae all mettera of publie interest, no
in the spirit of i partiaan. but of an en
lightened patriotism. Upon thia platforn
all good eitiseoa tan stand, and is this" way
and thia alone, ean good result to opr proa
Irate Slate.
Mr. Editor, we offer our erode remark
in good faith. We offer them as the oiivi
branch of grnninc reconciliation, mod one
ask our voters to give them their earnes
consideration, and if approved, receive
them. CLINTON.
June 8, 1878.
Death of the Elephant Borneo.
Chicago, on Friday, June 7tfa, was the scent
of an event, the occurrence of which will ex.
cite intcrost in almoat every city, town, or vilt
lage in America, being no less than tha death
of the celebrated performing elephant, " Romeo,"
the largest and must valuable of hit
species ever brought to this country, and mort
famous than any who have gona before him.
Without an slsphant tha moat extensive of
menageries would be regarded aa a total fail
ure, and in tba possession of " Romeo," Adam
Forepaugh has for years been envied among
showmen. The animal had been ailing for
everal weeks, the disease being located in bis
fore feet, wbieh f?r some unknown oauae, had
become affected with inflammation, resulting
in acu e pain, and which bad been noticed by
rapid wasting of tesh. On Tusaday last ita
was determined to have an operation per
formed upon " Romeo's " feet, and Dr. Boyd,
of the Chicago Medical College, was entrusted
with the undertaking.
An examination developed the fact that
numerous small bones of the feet had become
broken, detached and dead, aad accordingly
these bones were out out, the prooess be ing
accompanied by the loss of several gallons ot
blood. No danger on this account was anticipated,
and it is believed that the death of the
patient was not hastened from thia oause, as tc
an elephant the loss of a couple of buckets ol
blood would be about equivalent to an ordinary
attack of the note- bleed on tho part of on<
of the human kind. It was observed thai
" Romeo" was suffering the most acute pain,
and it also beoame apparent that the inflammation
waa rapidly extending upward toward
the breast. For the first time in two weeki
he laid down on Thursday night, his symptoms
of distress being so marked as to oon<
vince Mr. Forepaugh that he was about tc
lose the most valuable feature of his show.
Early on Friday morning the proprietor visited
the menagerio tent, and found " Romeo 'i
lying in the same "position, hie colossal flunk."
heaving with quick, short gasps, his eyes fixed
and filming, and the further extremity of the
trunk cold and pulseless. The sonnd of Mr.
Forepaugh's voice oalting him by name was
recognised by the dying mastodon, and he attempted
to raise his head in response to the
touch of his owner's hand, but his strength
was departod, bis life was ebbing fast, bis
head dropped back upon the ground, and after
a few weak, convulsive struggles, be had
ceased to breathe, and all that remained ot
" Romeo " was a monstrous heap of inanimate
flesh.
The circumstance occasioned a profound
sensation among the attaches of the show, who
gathered about the spot and sorrowfully surveyed
the huge carcass. Aside from the great
financial loss?estimated at $50,000?he had
sustained, Mr. Forepangh was deeply moved
by the catastrophe, as he regarded " Romeo "
as the most valuable elephant in existence, attributing
to him a degree of inteiligenee almost
human. lie bad made a study of the
animal's peculiarities of disposition, and had
succeeded in establishing the most affectionate
relations with him. " Wby, dash It," said the
great showman, with a curious quiver of the
voico and a suspicious aversion of the head,
" ho knew more than any trained horse I ever
owned, lie knew be wasn't right these last
lew weeks, and when I'd go up to him and
say, ' How do you get along, old fellow,' he'd
reach out his trunk and take my hand and
put it on his forelegs, as much as to say,
'There's where it hurt's me; can't you do
something to help it?"'
And then the disconsolate proprietor went
on to enumerate " Romeo's" shining qualities;
hew be would do any conceivable trick in the
ring?stand on his forelegs or bindings, turn
on a pivot, waits, go lame, kneel dewa, walk
over bis keeper's body, taking the nieest care
not to tcuoh a shred of his clothing with his
ponderous toot?in short, do anything whieh
you could posaibly think ofaakiogan elephant
to do; how, when the wegona would get stock
in the mud, old " Romeo," with the power of
a hundred horses, would get behind and push
them along with the greatest of ease; bow
when he was aulky and savage, and they had
thrown him down upon his aide, he would lay
there a day or two befora he would give up,
but finally would weaken, and with bis pleads
lug eyes fairly beg to be released?and so on
with a volume of interesting reninieeenoes.
" Romeo" has an eventful biatory, having*
killed five keepers since bis advent in America,
besides destroying any num'tr of fences,
barns, garden patebes, cornfields, oroberds,
ete. He was purchased by an agent of J.
Mable, in Calcutta, about twenty-five years
ago, having been taken fron a brick-yard,
where he was being need in grinding elsy.
The price paid for him was $10,000 in gold,
and he was brought to Aoaerioa along with
nine others. In 1851. while ?n?th *.<
Orleans, be killed hie keeper, known U
" Long John," wboee aaoceaaor, " Frenoby
W illiame," ehered Ike tame fete neer Houiton,
Texas, in 1866; e third. Stewart Craven, wm
killed in 1880 neer Coder Repido, Iowe j the
fourth, Bill WUIiame, wee newt te hie I eat ee>
count in Pbiledelpble in 1887, end the fifth,
named McDevitt, in Ohio, 1888, oompletea
the Hat of " Romeo'a " riotlme. In the winter
of 1883 be made htaaaelf dtaagreeeblj eonapienona
In Cbieego, ty leering to pleeeO the
building in which be w?a oontned, on the lite
of the preeent City (ell, end wen railing dot
on the atreet In e reokleaa mentor, greatly to
the alarm of An IwhaW lento, w*e brwnght owl
e oennon with whleb te oope with the form Id able
nqpolor, >nt be woo reoepiured before
farther damage wea done.
Similar drpredotiooa have bran commit,
ted bj bitn !o rarioua placet, and bio grim
JUH-SJ?BL. I III .11 ..
i hide *H? bHM the Mtnof aumeroua b?)
r let* ud r?d bat Inu a*ed to hMo? bio.
I lb left eye ?M shot oat in IMC, odor |
i Philadelphia. *m bought lo IMS by
, Adam For?p*agh et eo auction mTo of Me
>' biee If ranger!*, $10,000 being the prtoe paid.
. He we* hi Id to b* worth at lea*t twlee that
, i?a, Mr. Forepaugb having bran offered <
i $10,000 a year for tba na* of himBee year*.
, Hie weight, wheo la fall fl**h, waa 10,1M '
I pound*, and be etood 11 f*tt *| inohee high,
i He waa enppo*ed by eompeteot elepbatlne
ehrooologial* to be aboot one hundred
t year* old.
> The body ha* been donated by Mr. Fnre.
I paugh to th* Chicago Medical College,
. where the m*unt?d ekeieton and etuffed '
> akin w'll be plaeed In the anatoroiea)
. moaeom. Seared j had " Rmto " breathed
, hie laat yesterday morning when Mr Fores
I paogh, with characteristic energy, aent a 1
. telegram to hia agent la New York author
i islng him to draw upon Jay Cooke A Co
, to the anaoent el $80,000. and directing
. blm to proceed at once by the fret ateamcr
to London and purchase the wild and f#ro?
II clone elephant eaged in the Britieh Zoo'ogi
ioal Gardens, preferring an untamed apeeir
men because, aa be qu?-#rly expr*eeee, lie
t will be " leaa etopid and more ambit iuoua" t
i than one whioli baa been thoroughly cub- I
dued.
From tk* Abbeville Medium.
Good Men in Office
> The redemption of oar State haa been placed
' on a great many ehoaldera, and It eeema that,
with ao much help, the day of our delireranoe
ia near at band. There ia a oriminal amount
! of diacordant patriotiam in our land, and no
i good oan ooma ao long aa conceit of action ia
wanting.
One act of men advocate the continuance of
old ofleials ia power, urging aa a plea their
being conversant with tba duties of oflfoe, and'
in the future, their willingness to do better. 1
I Poor logic ! moat assuredly. Just aa well aay
: that a Cbriatian would have hia ideas oonflrtni
| cd by mingling constantly with idolaters: that
' a man's morals would be Improved by assooi- I
ting with rice; that one's huuger would be I
appeased by looking at the richest edibles, or \
that a rogue would acquire honesty by being
surrounded by stores of gold and silver.?
Honest men are the glory of a nation, and (
honest officials contribute materially to a people's
prosperity?but the glory of our nation
4a oversbadowod by a thick cloud of venality
and corruption. Surely there are some good
Don in the present party ie power, and why
does it not send relief ? If there are no good
f men in the Republican party, let it be disbanded
and let the good men of our land experience
some ol the benefits accruing to them
> from a form of government said to he for (Ac
; peopU.
Tbe amount of iniquity and dishonesty
i which has for the last few years existed among
t tbe officials of our State Government is enor,
mous; and instead of strengthening the party
to which these dishonest men belong, has (
| weakened its resources, and closely circumi
scribed the extent of its power. A \ few
more such years will not only effectually put
, an end to the Republican party in this State?
i but, saddest of thoughts?will undoubtedly
secure the demise of South Carolina from
among the independent 8 tates of the American
, Union. A few more years of such reckless 1
i extravagance of money aDd morals ; of such
wasteless expenditures of tho public funds, '
i will cast a blight upon the fair fame of the I
old " Palmetto State," and will make South i
Carolina?a State which has always met every
requirement of duty, honor and patriotism
firmly and prondly?a monument to wicked- ,
ness and fraud, a waste and howling wilder- ,
i ness. Tbe picture is not overdrawn, and un- (
less some speedy and effectual remedy is adopt* ^
ed, we are lost, irritrievahly lost.
Another set of men advocate their claims.
Before the war?in the piping times of peace,
they bad the confidence ol tbe people, were
lords of all they surveyed. They were very
good men, but their political hearings have
been changed, and they are now without political
power or adherents. These old fossils I
are constantly putting their elalms for office <
L-S
roioro mi propie, ana are constantly engen- I
dering bad blood. The honesty of tbeir mo- ]
lives, in a great many instance*, cannot he <
doubted, hot their egotiem il ludicrous. They 1
own no sovereign, but their wills sees to think I
they are alone capable of doing great and |
noble actions. Political ideas, like all things
else, die. Political parties are changed, and 1
with these changes come new men and new 1
measures. 1
In oar present condition, many things of a
disagreeable nature exist. The teal of party
has eaten up ail notions of right and practi' I
cability, but a change has to be made. Old '
issues are dead?lot them be buried. Wo 1
want honest men in nflloe. We care not where <
they come from?what their political affiliations
are. VTe must suppress every feeling, <
every emotion, every preference, every love, if <
necessary, for the cause of right, of truth, of <
I free conscience and free action. Let us bury <
our petty predilections for this or that poiiti- <
cal party, our personal asteem, onr ill-defined
Jealousies, and let ns bnry them beyond the
hope of resurrection. Don't adhere blindly (
to the dictate* of any man or party?politl- (
eiane sometimes gat sadly demented.
The hope of tbia country rest* with the (
young men. They have given in their adhe- (
renee to no politioal party, they are bound by i
no aolemn leagues and covananta, and their j
way ts clear. They are unobjectionable to (
either elaas of onr voter*, and 3an, by aarnaat ,
effort, secure the suffrages of the whole people, (
Borne men Ulk of "aot deserting tbeir (
mm, or ~ aundlng to prlnciplea," without (
having any vary wall defined ideaa of what ,
thiy mean or intend. At thia Juncture in our ,
! affaire, " old prinelplea" are of Httlo moment ,
We had Jnat aa well talk about what tha Conati-too-tion
aajra. We need men of honeaty,
integrity and intelligence. Let na give no
heed to theae old and falae ideaa of eonalaten* j '
ay. Let their be ao Bourbon* amoag ae. 1
Vote lor boneat and intelligent men, aad good 4
reaulta will shortly follow. I
Nora two haa o ailed forth aaeh aa aeknowl- 1
meat of departed greatneea from the preee ae '
the death of James Gordon Be? att, aad the 1
New York Jearnala that have aeh eved aaeoeea '
by following la the path ke beat for them, hare 1
been prompt to ehroaleie aad oredit the greet
beaefcetiona left behind by the dead Joeraaliat.
Mr. Beaaett'a feet boare were eminently ,
quiet end peaoeffcl Be knew wkat wae to {
ootoe, aad apoke of it with inalgaation, tkoegh
he regretted the akeeaoe of kte fkaiHy. *
General Ulrioh, who wee to eeverly eeaaared (
by Ae Comnaiaaion oe Capitalationa, ia their
report oa the aarreader of 8tratbarg, haa been | _
raitaraa iron Mtlw aarrloa hi Ik Franab .
A Inly la 0?tpappar, TfrglaU, raoaotly pra- |
Mated bar baabaad witb tbraa flna boyi, ud .
namad oaa after Oaaaral l*a, on* after Oaaeral
Btaaniwd aad on* after Qaaaral Jtek?
on. ?
0 ^ *** Traaaorer,
baa addraaeed tba following eard to tba
Bebool Cot&tniaaionere of tki Mftnl eoaoilea
to lb* IU(? t '
Omen or Stay* Tduinn, )
Colombia, 8. C , Juo? 1874. J
Dkab Bib I am aware, and have been
for aome lima peat, that, to aoroa extent,
lha taipreealoo baa prevailed that I am la
am* ** roanonaibl* for ll* alna! >? of iK.
public schools throoghoat lbs Stele; that
I hs?? the fund* la lha Treasury, and n*
foe# la pay them orer; ?ikall Ufl used
lk?n la mmbs manner aootrary to law. Ia
fool. I b?r? the most positive informslloa
that reports of this kind have beeo pat io
oireulatioD by lateroetsd parties, whether
from polities! or aeeresnery motives, 1 am
oot prepared to say. lo view of these
facia, I am therefore eoastraised, in selfdefease,
to address you.
No eos eaa regret more than I do tb*t
there are ee fends la the 9tats Treasury to
pey the orders of lha,8l*te Superintendent
of Education. By reference to the set of
the lart General Assembly you will observe
that the General Appropriation Bill fur the
flees I year 1874, in which wee embreeedl
the amount of $800,000 for eehool purposes,,
did not bteotns e law uotll the day of ad*
| ournmsut, Marsh IS, 1874. Prior to that
date, no lew existed under which payments
could be made. The Superintendent of Education
could not apportion the money nor
araw any orders, until ha knew the amount
to b* apfMM tioned. The aam? ia trua of lha
apportionment for tba Penitentiary, Lunalie
Asylum, Stale Orphan Asylum. Deaf and
Dumli Asylum, Stale University, aalariea of
ofieera, Ac
At the time of the adjournment of the
Legislature there ware no funds remsiniog
in the Treasury, as the whole amount of
taxes received to that time had been exhausted
in paying the various appropria.
lions of the Legislature while in session,
and amounts due on appropriations of the
previous year.
Since the adjournment of the Legislature,
the amount of currency received into the
State Treasury would aoaiealy suffice to pay
the apportionment of the smallest county
in the State.
The fact that appropriations are made,
does not put the money so appropristed into
the Treasury; it simply directs how
much, and for what purposes, money may
be paid.
It is not owing alone to the large expenditures
Id the past that the present emhars
rassed condi'ion of the Treasury exists, but
I- It. 1 It-. j??? -l -
,v >u< >mt ?? ?, uunng in< iui luur years,
Dot more than two-thirds of the taxes lev-,
ied have been collected ; while the rate of
taxation has sonually been inadequate to
meet the expenses of the Guv-mraeut.
Should the collection of the past due
taxes, during the present summer. aggro
gate any considerable amount, I shall endeavor
(while every branch of the Government
have equal demands on money collected)
to pay over to the school fund a
fair proportion of the same.
For the first time in lour years, the Legislature
has levied a specific lax for school
purposes, thus oreatiog a fund to meet the
appropriation, and one that cannot be diverted
to any other purpose. This is as it
should be Had it been done in the past,
the educational interests of the State would
now be on a firm and substantial basis,
with means ample for all purposes.
I trust thsl you can make some arrangement
by which the schools may he kept
open until vacation, and re-optoed therea'ter,
assuring you that all claims shall bs
promptly mtt as soon as the taxes are collected
in tbe fall.
Very respeetfolly,
(Signed.) NILE* G. PARKER,
8tate Treasurer.
?
8omk Facts About tbb Cottow Sbisbd at
Bavakhab.?The New Orlesns Times has received
from s Iriend at Washington a brief
history of the sales of cotton seised at various
points i n the Southern States, near
and after the close of the war, by the Federal
sutuorities. With reference to that seised at
Savannah, this statement shows tbst 2,044,673
pounds of sea island cotton, worth at the time
?24th of Dootmber, 1864?$2 50 per pound,
was reported as sold for $1,657,231.77, when it
was worth $5,111,682.50. showing an unexplained
loss to the Government of $3,454,454.93.
For the upland eotton seised at Savannah?
16,034,415 pounds?worth from $1 to $1.24
per pound, the Government received only
36.418,600.36, showing an unexplained loss of
39,615,614.64, the real value helog, at the
above minimum rate per ponod, $16,034,415.
Who pocketed this diffsrsnoe is not known,
ixsctly, bnt it went into, of coarse, loyal poeksts,
and enabled the loval robbers to x>t --
millionairei, and divert attention from their
tbetts by bowling for blood and confiscation
against " rebels" and " traitors."
Bctlip in Troubli.?Among tbe cases
sailed on tbe 29th alt., In the United States
Circuit Court, Judge Blatcbford sitting, In
New York, was that of Henry A. Tilden
against Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, wbieb is set
iown for June 10. Tbe complaint is, that
Mr. Bntler, in New Orleans, in September,
1863, took possession of a vessel, the property
>f complainant, for the United States Qorernnent,
and paid bins only one-half its value,
139,069. Mr. Bntler, it is alledged, subee<
^neatly, sold the vessel to his brother, Anirew
Jackson Butler, who chartered her te
tbe Government at the rate of $900 per day,
vhich charter complainant was willing to
tfiect at $80 per day.
T*? Btatu Bos no in N*w Yobk.?The
Stow York H?rtM, of Wodoooday, la Its ro>ort
of Mm (took Bsartot tor tko proofing
Uy, aaya: M Advisor from Colombia oMort tho
>rowpt ooliosttoa of taooo la thai State, pro*
iMisary to tko rosamptlon of latasast paynoots
oa tko bonds. Tho printed list of salos
mLow will show transactions la soma of tho
tow Imbos of fontk Carollaa bonds, itgallsod
?y tho lata Legislator*, among thorn tho Mroa
sot ooats of IMS, which told at SSI,"
Tbb polltUal stato of affairs Hi Loolsiaaa
a doplorahlo. Thoro or* (oor d lot hoot parios:
Tho Domooratto, tho National
Grant) Ropoblioao, th* Jjiboral (Oroo)ey)
iopobliooa, and th* Rotortn party. Bboold
too Domooratlo and Li bora I port to* join la*,
oroota Im tko oomlag Stats stoat i 00% thoy
oay oloot. Bot Ttnohbook, tho ooadidato
or Uostoaaot^orornor, Is o Oraot Itodts
lot, whilo Warmotk. madid ate for Goror?
mt op tko aaaso ttokot, is o Qroofoolm. A
ieelj (UU #/ iff lira owy be appcehttdael
>efore the station ia concluded whara aath
oudiet in parties eiista.