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(~ri .I : My dwratt daok, my gweetne* ytrl, X 1?*? yea meat aiooerely | I'd z*U>?r own thia aunny curl n?* wiu ft fortune yearly | Thia littl* hand, ao eoft and white, Waa oaly made for kiaaeat Thia little form, ao frail and lifht, Waa aaade for you ay driaan 1 > > 111 keep, my Kale, a span of gtAja, A eamage and a pony 5 111 go with her t* balls and plays, And never spank of money j For bar I'll bay romances new, Attending to her pleasure, And poems, boand in gold end blue, I'll order for my treasure. Oar lives shall be but ono sweet dream Of love and sunny weather. No adverse wave shall cross the stream Or wedded bliss forever ! AVTBR MARRIAOR. Von always talk of plays and balls; Ton are forever flirting, And scribbling rhymes, and Banking calls And never making shirting j You smile In every whiskered fhce, You chase all silly fashions ; 1'ou load with jewels, flaunt in lace, And ahow your angry passions ! The baby's left to cry and moan, I've ne'er a decent dinner { You drag mo out, you oall me down? T .n, . !> >? An abject slave?I tell you so ! Madam ; your folly's ended; You shall not flirt?and go?and go? I'm weary and offended ; I'm going to a reading room? I'll join a olub thereafter? 60?mend your manners?stay at home, And dry your eyes with laughter! LADY BEFORE MARRIAGE. I feel a very solemn sense Of all a woman's duty, To keep within tho door yard fenco, Unmindful of her beauty ; To sbnrc her husband's griefs and cares, And, in his shadow walking, Content to mind her own affairs, Be reverent when he's talking! 'Tis plain, our Maker did design That women should be bumble; Not give to look, nor dressing fine, Which makes them fret and grumble. Those novels are pernicious things To feed imagination; All filled with angels shorn of wings? To mo they are vexation. Dear William, as your weddod wife, I never mean to tcaze you; My aim and pride through all my life Shall only be to please you ! AFTER MARRIAGE. Bill! come down stairs ; I know you can); The baby has the colio; Tho way you shirk your duties, man. Is truly diabolic; Tho nurse has such a blundering way She cannot stop its crying, And as for mo, I'm housed all day Till I am almost dying! Ann 1 run and bring my velvet saquo, My parasol and bonnet; I'm going to the Messrs. Black, The printers, with a sonnet! I have no tiino to write nor read? But while he tends tho baby. You, Sarah, take this book with speed Across to Mrs. Maybe; Ask her to loan mo Hugo's last In change for Love's Dilemma Thero Bill?don't rock so horrid fast? You'll wake my darling Emma 1 HUMOROUS. The Horse Swap ? A Kentuckian and a Yankee were once riding along through the woods, the former on a fino black horse, and the latter on an inferior animal. Tho latter wanted to make a " swap," but he did not see how he was to do it. At last he conceived of a plan. Iiis horse hod bcon taught to sit down like a dog whenever he was touch ed by the spurs. Seeing a wild turkey, the Yankee made his horse perform his trick, and asserted he was pointing game, as was his custom. Tho Kentuckian rode in the direction indicated by the horse's nose, and up rose a turkey. TLat settled the matter ; the trade was made, and saddles and horses were changed. After a time they came to a deep and rapid stream, over which tho black horse carried his rider with easo. But the Kentuckian, on the Yankee's old beast, found great difficulty in getting over, and when bo bad reached the middle of the stream he was afraid the horse would allow himself to bo carried away, and bo endeavored to spur bitfi op to more vigorous action.? Down sat the old horse on his haunches. " Look a here f" shonted tho enraged and partially submerged Kentuckian to the Yankee on the other side of the stream, What docs all this mean ?" " I want you to know, stranger," cried the Yankee, preparing to ride away, " that that there hoes will pint tlah jist as wall as ho will fowl." a reverend gentleman, addressing a school concert, recent* ly, was trying to enforco the idea that the hearts of the little ones were sinful and needed regulating. Taking bis 'watch and holding it up, hq said : " Now, here i6 my watch ; suppose it don't keep good time?now ov>p.h too fant and now too slow?what shall I do with it?" Sell it 1" shouted a young, ster. The grandma of a little fonr year old had been telling her one | day not to say that people lied, bat rather that they wore mistaken.? ( Her grandma, to amuse her, told her a bear story, which was a Intiorli ftnft tr? liAlinvo AfiAr " VVI "V ' V# 4J. I\UI O'lu | | ## - i ^ v.i i iir had tlnlsM4b* lit tie girl look*A up into her faoe, ami exclaimed, * Grandma, that is the biggest mistaken 1 ever heard.? A certain grocer on Washington street la Peoria, has a placard near*the doer,-oh which.is printed in large letters, "N. O. Molasses." Two men, driving down the afreet the other day holding a jog, one of them was heard to exclaim, " There's no use going there for it, Bill, for don't you see that sign there' says they hain't got any molasses 1" South Carolina Under Grant's Carpet-baggers.?The holders of South Carolina bonds in this oity who are dieamx>inted in nnt ? *? ceiving the interest doe upon tliem may be interested in learn* ing what Jjidgo Orr, a Republican, says about the taxes- which have been collected in that State during the last four years. He says that the theives in Columbia hare bad an income daring that time of at least sixteen million dollars, and now they have not a dollar in the treasury. For this enormous amount of money they have not a single public improve* ment to show. Not one mile of railroad or canal, upi one dollar's worth of legitimate expenditure on the public buildiugs?nothing at all except a few acres of swamp lands aud sand hills bought by the Land Commissioner at from two to ton times their value, and which aro now going begging for purchasers ou eight years time at six per cent, interest. The deaf and dumb asylum at Spartauburg has been closed and its inmates sent borne, because no money is to bo had from the treas...... mi.?' ?i-i?- --? auo puunc scnoois nave been shut up, and the teachers diecharged unpaid. The penitentiary and lunatic asylum have to resort to all sorte of shifts fo obtain food for their inmates. Judge Orreaye he has not received a cent of pay tor nine months. This is Republican evidence to the state of affairs exist" ing where the people are paying higher taxes than in any State in the Uuion. And to keep in power the infamous thieves who have brought South Carolina to this condition Grant proclaimed martial law in nine counties where complete quiet existed, and filled prison after prison with unfortunates arrested with process of law. Those who wish to see such a con dition of affairs continued in the South should vote in November for Grant, the car-bagger's friend. [New York Sun. The Medical College of South Carolina.?The Charleston News of Saturday, 13th, says: "The forty fourth course of lectures given by this time-honored institution will commence on the 15th of October next, and terminate on tho 15th of March following.? Some important changes will be made in its management and conduct. There has been an increase in the length of the term of study and the number of professional chairs. Dr.F. Peyre Porcher has accepted the chair of clinical medicine, and Dr. J F. Prioleau that of the principles and practice of obstetrics. Tho faculty have also de f 11) t? f t In fiffni- trio/I inot r,f " n -W WJkAW* IUVUIV/MI OtUULlUO (i complete course of free lectures during the coming season, leaving only those charges which are necessary lor the maintenance of the collego, such us fees for mutricula tion, graduation, &c., amounting in all to fifty dollars. The annual announcement of the trustees and faculty will be issued in a few days." The PuultbyYakd.?Those best able to judge, say that a flock of fowlsof the usual sizekeptpu farms, if well cared for, will yield as much value annually ha'is oqofvalent to the milk of one cow. For this reason it pays to keep a flock of fowls, and give them careful attention.? It is easy to keep them in good condition, if any thought is be atnwad unrm fiiAm It" id necessary to change tho cocks yearly in order to keep up( the vigor and valoo of the progeny. They must be kept in a clean and dry roost, and as far as uossi- j ble on dry, or at least well Grained rango. To secure clcauliness and freedom from insects, the henhouse must be frequently cleaned out, the floors supplied with iresh earth, which is the best disinfectant, and the roost brushed down, or submitted to the fumes of burning sulphur. Fowls are omnivcrons, eating every thing that other animals will! and in fact thriving better on a mixture of animal, vegetable, and grain food, than if ted on a single articlo. This fact makes them a kind of general scavenger about the farmhouse.? Carolina Farmer. - - A oorrnepondent of the Wilmington Jour-, not, writing from N?wton. N C., report* <1.., n~_ it u i.L- *?* uvT, i utn ni>i(i mat * iis nau oeeu informed by Mr. Reverdj Johnson nod Montgomery Blair that the Supreme Court ol the United Steles bet) deoided the KuKlux lew iineonstitutional ie one of the South Caroline cases, and that the opinion of the court tree purpoeely withheld until after the elew* ion." , Sunday-School Convention* are to ke held a Laurens and Edgefield Counties. i ' T'."J! Uli LWWilHlHi PaiL*a ?oiTfwi OR?tljW^<? gar^frmsr. The Confederate Dead. Mr. Editor: The poo(. Confederate soldiers buried within this City MSha IfmfcaUFWC gotten. Not even a head-stone marks their last resCMf plade. Theymaj Ha rate nsbeied by kind parents, loving hives and alsteri,hnt' no one seems to take any interest in hendfa^ down to posterity the named of the iMtftf who died for their country ; no memorial a** sociatioa to meat onoe a year In commeknorat tion of their gallant deeds. la passing a graveyard not long since, I aw a beautiful lady bowed over the grave of her husband, killed iu the war at the WilderMM' I went near her, and saw the briny tears rolling down her beautiful oheeka. She exolaimed; " ThU is my husband, killed long, long yoars ago," and patted the sod with her snowy white baud. " His memory and my love for him will never cease to be the stralfc of my thoughts; it will ever be so, so, so," and she sank down upon the little mound of elay. Is it iiot touobing? "Woman's love will ever'liVe. She is all that Is left to man of the beautiful Paradise from which he has wandered, and to which he must return. It is she who elevates man above the brute creation, and stamps him with the pale semblance of Ood. In this world she is his goddess, and the power which elevates, and guides, and 1 I. VI A- .1 A J ' ? ' ioauo ulUI VU |U IUO UttlUrUl KDQ rtllQIllI COU summation of hi* creation and miuion. Of all the joys of earth?it* wealth, R? pleasure*, it* ambition*, it* tinseled gloria* and seared ploaanre*?there 1* nothing so doar to the heart a* woman'* love. Blot out from oar sight forerer the beautiful world ; darken our path to midnigh^ gloom; ourto as vitV affliction* mountain high ; take from us every flower of the earth ; despoil us of manhood, feature and form?but gi>e mo the love of a true and loving woman." Though seven long year* bad passed, she sit* by tho grave of her poor slain husband, heart-broken and distressed. | Ladies, will you evor coasefto keep the memories of those dead heroes fresh before you ? No ; woman could not be so untson- 'Twas on tho tilth of December, ISflO, South Carolina flung to tho breczo her bonnio blue flag, and undar Its folds soon gathered thirteen eister States. On tho 12th of April, 1801, the first guns were fired at Fort Sumter. Then war, with its dreadful alarms, its olash of arms, burning trophies, and streaming blood save upon ns. We flung onr banners to the air, Wo fought as brave men fight. Our battle cry rang through the land, llume ! liberty ! and right ! Fonr long years the contest lasted, Tho sword of tho South mowed down the iuvadors. Fresh hordes thronged tho shores. On the 0th of April, 13A6, after fighting the combined world, thereby earning the lasting love and gratitude of our country men and the admiration of mankind, tho star of our young Confederacy went out iu darkness and in gloom behind tho hills of Appomattox, and that tried, true and noble chieftain, Robert ?. Lee, sheathed bis sword and folded that banner we o much loved, forevef. We bad loat our immortal T. J. Jackaon. lland in band the two great generals stood ; hand in hand they have &6C#nded on high; their bodies rest in the soil of Virginia, the land they so dearly loved. I love the memory of euoh illustrious men, and drop a tear of gratitude as tho sweetest offering. L&dies, can you ever ccaso to think of theso poor dead Confederate soldiers ? It was they who manifested such deep interest in their country's welfare. It was they who loved it with such devotion as to defend it and its interests with their lives. Does not their patriotism demand from you recollections of nobio deeds? We did not expect you to tread tho battlo field aud return wearing a wreath of victory or clasped in the icy arms oi death, defending our country's rights. No. Nobly yon did your part. You have sacrificed upon your country's altar fathers, husbands, sons and brothers. Can you now, at this early day, nsglect to pay ho mo attention to their graves ? No monumental .than shaped by the sculptor's hand marks tho graves of our lallcn brave; but they have in you, ladies, and in your guidance of tho little children of tho Confederacy a monument more durable than brass, which neither rain, wind, seasons nor years can destroy. Revive your Memorial Associa* tions, and meet one dny in every year, and says Softly, slowly, onward tread, Low in reverence bow the head, Deck with flowers each hallowed grave Where sleeps the unforgotten brave, Where tho winds float softly and slow O'er their couches, grcon and low. Let us come with solemn tread, Bringing tributes to our dead. 0. K. S ?? # ? I. 0. O. F?Tnz R. W. Ghand Loi>gb or tub Statb ok South Carolina.?Most Worthy Giand Master, A. J. Mime, left our city, yesterday, for Columbia, on official duty connected with the intereat of the order in this jurisdiction, llie visit in the country, we feel satisfied, will be a source of much pleasure to all the lodges in the State, that he may have an opportunity of exemplifying the work of this noble order. The known energy and z'al which has characterized Orand Master Mima since hie elevation to so high a position, his aeknowod qualifications in all tha various degrees of Odd Fellowship, places him in the front rank io competency, to illustrate the prin> ciples upon wbieli this beautiful order rezte, their oorner stone of " Friendship I Love and Truth." W? wish him a pleaes ant time witli hie country friends and a safe return home ? ChnrUtlnn Plaiv Talk from tiik Niw York Hkram>. " The Herald, in iia issue of the 17tb, says: The people of the Northern States havo made up their minds that whatever may be the resnll of the Presidential election, the next administration shall give peace and entire freedom to the white citizens of the South, an?l shall extend the protection of the constitution ever the whole Union.? They will no longer suffer the Southern States to be paralyzed and their white citizens to be degraded to help any political party. If the President, recognizing this ( faot, would rid himself of hie present politieal advisers?stump orator*, oarpel-bag , gsrs, office holders and all?and adopt toward the South suoh a generous and noble i policy as lie pursued toward the fanquish- 1 ed soldier* of Lee's army and foreshadowed I in hie famoue report to President Johnson, ' he would not only ensure the suceaes of the i Republican State ticket In North-Carolina ' next month, but wotrtd sweep the whole Southern States in Nevember. Such n tris umph would be mors valuable then any victory won by political trickery or by tM 11 dangerous expedient of oreating a hoelila foaling between tho white men and the no* groee of the Sooth." / - j i i Tho award* by the Geneva Arbitration hi t the eaaea of the prlrateeri Florida and Ala- ( hama, will together amount to f f juhi'J JM m'nuuu.m'm I Mr. of A#oopt**c* The following ia Mr. Greeley'a letter, ao? eeptieg the Baltimore nomination, in reply to Aftdgof pointed to notify him thereof: , . ? Naw Youk, July 18, J878. Otntleme*: Upon mature deliberation, It Me ma fit that I ahoald give your letter of the > 10th inatant route further and taller reaponae -than the baaty, unpremeditated worda in which PI acknowledged and aooepted your nominae tlon at our meeting on the 18th InaL That your Convention aaw fit to aooord ita higheat honor to one who bad been prominent ly and pointedly oppoaad to your party In (to earnest and sometimes angry controversies of the laet forty years is essentially noteworthy. That many of yon Liberal Republicans should present another candidate for President, and wonld more rapidly have united with us in the support of Adams or Trumbull, Davis or Brown, is well known. I owe my adoption at Baltimore wholly to the fact that I had al< ready been nominated at Cincinnati, and that a coneontratien of foreos upon'ady new man had boen proved impracticable. Gratified as I am at yoor concurrence in the Cincinnati nomination, and certain as I am that you would not have thus concurred had you not deemed me upright and capable, I found no.thing in the circumstances calculated to in-, flame vanity or nourish self-conceit But that your Convention saw fit to reaffirm the Oincin* nati platform is to mo a source of the pro* fouodest satisfaction. That body was con ?? t.b. .LI- .1 I . .ua>?>a >? > >? luID i?|l UJ UU pin/ nCCCSsity, real or aapposed. It might bare accepted tl|e candidates of the Liherul Republicans upon grounds entirely lis own, or might have presented them as the first Whig Convention did Harrison and -Tyler, without adopting any platform whatever. ? That it choso to plant itself deliberately, by a vote nearly unanimous, upon the fullest and clearest enunciation of principles which are at onee inoontostably Republican and emphatically Democratic, gives trustworthy assurance that a now and more auspicious ora is dpw^ing upjn our long-distractod country. Some of tho bast years and best effort* of my life were devoted to a struggle against chattel slavery, a struggle none the less earnest and ar<luoua because respect for constitutional ob- I jections constrained mo to actfor the most I part on the defensive in resistance to the diffusion, rather than in direct efforts for the ix tinetion of ^uman bondage. Throughout most of these years my vision was uncheored, my exertions wero rarely animated by even so much as a hopo that I should live to see icy country peopled by frccdmen alono. The affirmation by yopr Convention of tho Cincinnati platform is a most conclusive proof that not morely is slavery abolished, but that its spirit is extinct; that despite the protests of a respectable but isolated few. thero remains among us no party and no formidable interest which regrets the overthrow or desires tho reestablishment of human bondage, whother in letter or in spirit. I am thereby justified in my hope and trust that the first century of American iudepondenoa will not close before |tbc grand elemental truths on whieh its rightfulness was based by Jefferson and the Continental Congress of '76 will no longer be regarded as glittering generalities, but will have become tho universally accepted and honored foundations of our political fabric. I demand the prompt application of those principles to our existing condition. Having done what I could for tho complete emancipation of the blacks, I now insist on too mil cnirancuisemcnt ot all iny white countrymen. Let dodo say that the ban has just been removed from all bnt a few hundred eldorly gentlemen, to whom eligibility to office can be of little eonecqucnce. My view eon* templates not tho hundreds proscribed, but the millions who are denied the right to be ruled and represented by men of their own unfettered choice. Proscription were absurd, if theso did not wish to elect tbo very men whom tbey are forbidden to cboose. I bare a profound regard for tho people of that part of New England wherein I was born, in whose common schools I was taught. I rank no people with them in intelligence, capacity and moral worth ; but while thoy do many things well, and some admirably, thero is one thing tbey cannot safely or wisely undertake, and that is tho selection for States remote from and unlike their own, of tho persons by whom theso States shall be represent., cd in Congress, if tbey could do this to good purpose, then Republican institutions are unfit, and aristocracy the only tiuo political system. Tet, what have we recently witnessed t Z. B. Vance, the unquestioned choice of a large Majority of the present Legislature of North Carolina, a majority backed by a majority of tho people who voted at its eleotion, refused tho scat in tbo Federal Senate to which be was chosen, and tho Lcgislaturo thus constrained to cboose another in his place, or leavfi the Stete unrpnFo?anl<ttl f<*r voovj The votes of New England thus deprived North Carolina of the Senator of her choice, and compelled her to send another in his stead?another, who, in our late contest, was> like Vance, a rebel, and a fighting rebel, but had not served in Congress before the war, as Vance bad, though the latter remained faithful to the Union till after the close of his term. I protest against the disfranchisement of a State, presumptively of a number of States, on ground so narrow and technical as this. Tbo faot that the same Senate whioh refused his seat proceeded to remove bis disabilities after that seat had been filled by another, on* ly serves to place in a stronger light the indignity to North Carolina, and the arbitrary, capricious tyranny which dictated it. I thank you, gentlemen, that my name is to be oonspieuously assooiated with yours in a determined effort to render amnesty complete and universal in spirit as well as in letter. ( Even defeat in such a case wonld leave no sting, wbllo triumph would rank with those victories whioh no blood reddens, and which evoke no tears but those of gratitude and joy. j Gentlemen, your .platform, which is also mine, ssnres me thsrt d+usoerney U not beAoeforth to stand for one thing and republicanism for inuiivr j mu? micvo mi ino nig HJ uiu?u ill |>U1- ( itica, ae they always meant in the dictionary, lubatantially on* and Iho lame thing,, namoly, equal righU, rogardlcaa of creed, or ojiine, or odlor. I hail thia aa a genuine new departure from outworn fenda and meaningless contention* in the direction o( progress and Tyform. ( Whether I ehall he found worthy Id bear the atandard of the greet Liberal Btopemont trhk-h the American people here Inangifrated, la to be determined not ay worda, bet deeds? ' With me, if I ateadily advance( orer me, if I Halter. Ite grand array oa to achieve | I lur ou^ooamr/ nw |wriu|MiifiCf?qen)D|r, I renaie, geatletaen, jtwiH < IfOUAQJI OmMLKY. I Fo Hon. Janet &. Dooljttle, Chairata^of the | Convention, and Metirt. P. W. Brest, , Jorm 0. Maciu, and otberi, Committee. , The foMowiag myttevioue advertisement ap- ' Mared la a late ioeaeof (lio Charleston AVir? ? ' rA?t Gfcaripctyne l?I paid eoaelderablo 90 lt( C tad got nothing of it. How h that for high, Japtain 1 26?31?3?. HORfiE AND iADDLE. * ? .Jiijrt ,1) ^ IIM . 1 " ' " ' gujnner Slays Chra&t. r.: Aiwuff ?.i? Senator Suuancr to-day completed hi* letter , of adrioo to tho colored people of tbe United State*, In reply to a loiter adroaeod to hia by a number of Bohtbarn eotortd me*- He addreMOf hi* oorrespondeitiu " gentlemen end follow-eftlsens," and *ay* be delayed answering that he might reflect and freely inform blmaelf. He baa liatoned to much from both sidee, but hia beat judgment Is now in harmony with bis early oonolualou. He is touched by the appeal his correspondents make. He has been the friend of their race, and is glad they consider him the special advocate of their rights. - they do him ample justioe when they believe that -hi* oeunotl, at *ts critical juncture, would be free from personal or partisan prqjudioe. u. c ? ?*??- --- uauiuTi VVIWHII lot I WO OUdidktM. Greeley wu born In poverty, and ednoated himself in a printing office. Grant, fortunato in early patronage, became a cadet at Weat Point, and was educated at the pablio expense. One started with nothing but industry and charaoter; the other with a military ooauaiaslon. One was trained as a civilian; the other as a soldier. Horaoe Oreeley stood forth as a Reformer and an Abolitionist. President Grant enlisted as a Pro-Slavery Democrat, and at the election of James Buchanan fortified by his vote all the preteosions of slavery, even the Dred Seott decision. Greeley, from early life, was earnest and ooastanl against slavery, fall of sympathy with the colored raoe, and alwajs foremost In the great battle for their rights. President Grant, exoept as a soldier summoned by the terrible accident of war, never did anything against slavery, nor has he at any time shown any sympathy with the colored race. Horace Greeley earnestly desired that colored citisens should vote, and able championed impartial suffrage ; but President Grant was on the other side. Beyond these contrasts, which are marked, it cannot be forgotten that Horace Greeley is a person of largo heart and large understanding, trained to support human rights. Mr. Groelcy's industry, general knowlodgo, available nature, aud, above all, honesty, which no suspicion has touohed, are mentioned. If these things appear in President Grant, his great sucoess in war cannot change his record toward the colored peoplo; whilo there are antecedents showing that, in the prosecution of bis plans, bo cared nothing for tbe colored race. Mr. Sumner, prefacing that tbe story is painful but it must bo fold, gives the bisto ry of Saint Domingo and ilayti, where Grant outraged eight hundred thousand blacks who were engaged in the great experiment ot selfgovernment. Hero follows the history of attempt at annexation. Ho noxt alludes to the disrespect with which Grant treated Fred Douglass, who, by bis invitation, was one of the Saint Domingo commissioners. Grant, he says, has little capacity or industry in protecting the colored people, and assuring peace at the South. After violating the constitution and international law to insult the black Republic, and setting an example of insubordination, bo is not in a condition to rebuke the law-breakers. Mr. Sumner then considers the present position of tbe two candidatesEach was nominated by a Republican Convention. He lauds the material composing the Cincinnati Convention, comparing tbo character of the supporters of the two candi' dates. Ho says the country knows too well the military Ring, the senatorial Ring, the custom house Ring, through which the President acts. 8uch supporters ore a very poor recommendation. He says it is idle to say that Uoraoo Uroe'.ey and the Republicans who nominated him at Cineinnati are any less Republicans because the Democrats unite with them in support ot their cherished principle, and the candidato who represents theiu. Mr. Sumner savs the hardihood of nniut?.i hood reaches its extreme point, when it is asserted that under Greeley the freciluien will bo re-enslaved, or that the colored people will, in any way, suffer in their e<iual rights. On the contrary, they hare, in his election, not only the promise of the platform, but also the spleudid example for a full generation, during which he has never wavered in .the assertion of their rights. To supposo that Horace Greeley, when placed whero he can do the most good, will depart from the rule of bis honest life, is an insult to reason. It is none tho less idle to suppose that Democrats supporting lioraco Greeley expected or desire that he should depart from those principles which are the glory of his character.? Tboy have accepted the Cincinnati platform with its two fold promises, and intended in good faith to maintain it. " Gentleman, in thus answering your two inquiries, I hare shown why you, as colored foltow-citisens, and also, all who would nplioh! your rights and save the colored race from indignity, should .v.?o? w muciiuu mo re-eiecuon 01 tbo President and put your trust in Horace Greeley. I ought to add that with him will be assoelated as Vice-President Gratx Brown, whom I haro known for years as a most determined Abolitionist. The two together will carry into the national government an unswerving devotion to yonr rights, not to be disturbed by partisan dictation or sectional prejudice. Besides all this, which may fitly guide you in determining between the two candidates, it is my duty to remind you that as citizens of the Unitdd States and part of tho country, your welfare is indissolubly associated with that of tho whole country.? Therefore, while justly careful of your own rights, you cannot be indifferent to the blessings of good government. It is lor you to , consider whetbor the tims has not eomo for something hotter than the sword j and whethor a character like llnnM fl*!/? - ?/ ?"- ??> ] give stronger uiurtnw oi good gorernmsnt than oan be found in the inaulter of tho eolor. ( ed race, already famous for tho ring* about ; bius and hi* plain inaptitudo for olril life.?. , Spooking now for myself, I havo to say that i my vote will bo giron for Horace Qrooley, , but in firing it I do not go to the Democrat* io party, nor am I any loai a Republican.? | On the contrary J am so much of a Republi- | can that I cannot support a candidate whose \ conduct in ciril life shows an incapacity io { appreciate Republican principles, and whose administration is marked by aets of delin* ] (uenoy, especially toward the colored race, by y the side of which the allegations on tha Im- | peaohment of Andrew Jobnaon ware technical j end trivial." > 8?uth Carolina ClcaVkd Out.?If noth- ' ng more in atolen from the South Carolina > lYeaaury, U will be broauee there ia actually nothing left to ateal. The State govern nent ia paralysed, the finanftea era exhauit- ( id, end the eyetem of publie Intimation U ' wrought to a (tend still, for the leak fT J 'unde. The earpet bagger#, many of whom ( ire epeeiQed by name in eorreapondanoe t coantly pabliahed by the New York TrU , >nn?, have otoally "cleaned out" the State, j tnd it fa a noticeable fact that ell sf the i lerpet-beggera are for Trepidant Grant r ' A loj end girl were recently carried oret ' flagera Fell*, end wnre drewrted. Conititutional Amendment to b? Yotod upon at N?xt Election. . By Join* Resolution# of the U#l Legialature South Carolina, lb? fallowing Conatitutldoal Amendments are to ba voted opoo at {he next election: Wret; to ehange Article II, See lion 11, whleh requirea a general election to be held every two jeare on tbe third Wednesday in Qoiober, so aa to makW ijie general else* tion nil on tbe first Wednesday after tbe fira^. lfoodey in November, every eeoond year, foae^neb aa the Preeidentlal JEleotioo take* place oo tbat day every* fourth year. Thoee who voto for this ineainre must bavs upon their ballota, "Constitutional Aneadment?Yea." Altai net it. "Conititus tionsl Amendment?No " Seoond, to add Artiele XVI to the Coo* titotioo, which ie In the following worde: "To the end that the public debt of South Carolina may not hereafter be Inereaeed without the due coneldeiatfoa aod free con* cent of the people of the State, the Oeneral Assembly ie hereby forbidden to create any further debt or obligation, either by the loan of the credit ol the Stale, by guaran* ty, eadotcement or otherwise, except for the ordinary and current business of the State, without first tu! milting the question as to the creation of any auoh new debt, guarans ty, endorsement or loan of its credit, to the people of this State at a geoeral Slate election; aod, unless two thirds of the qualified voters of this State, voting os tbe question, shall be In favor of a furthsr debt, guaranty, endorsement or loan of lt? credit, none euch shall ba created or made. "That the question of adopting this amendment shall bs submitted to the eleotore as follows: Those io favor of ths amendment shall dsposlt a ballot, with the following words written or printed thereon : " Constitutional Amendment, Artiele XVI?Yes." Those opposed to the amendment sbsll oast a ballot, with the folio wing words written or printed thereon : "Constitutional Amendment, Artiele XVI? No." " Palmetto Orphan Home. AN EARNEST APPEAL TO THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Dear Friendt and Countrymen :?Having open emrusieu witn me Denevolent work of providing a Home for the Orphan* and other equally unfortunate children in South Carolina, we thos make an earnest appeal for help in this great work. The l'almelto Orphan Home was organ* ized last April, and is now progressing with encouraging prospects. The board of Trustees hays adopted a Constitution and By-I,aws which define the natural design and mode of operation of this Institution. Its direct management is to he hy a Local Board consisting of niue Ecroon*, in the city of Columbia, which ioard is to be subject to the direction of a General Board consisting of two persons from each County in the Stale, which is to be called to meot annually in Columbia, at such time aa the Local Board may appulnt. In the choice of persons to act on these Boards, and of the officers of the Inslitution, no partiality ia to be allowed orf ac? eount of the religious sect to which perrons belong; but all appointments are to be made on the broad principles of humanity and charily. The Constitution doea not limit the ng*s at which children shall he received ; hut Laves that at the discretion of the Board, who arc to decide from the nature of each ease as described in the application. The Board are deairous of purchasing suitable and valuable property, now for sale at low figures, for the looat ion of the Hon e. We are, therefore, confident that our appeal to the generous people of South Carolina will at once bring many liberal donations and pledges to effect the perraa nent establishment of the Palmetto Orphan Home, which will be the best monument to the memory of our dead we could possibly rear in our State. The Board have appointed Tilinnn R. A ! ?l l r? V .. . .. vu v> vmviui u^niv ?v vi gmilliti aiu* v>'iu^ miltees and to miie funds for the Home; and the Board will taka pleasure in acknowledging ?U amounts paid to him, or ant direotly to us, at Columbia. Donations may be made in money, provision*, clothing and anything that can be made useful. All applications for entering 'cliildien mast be made to the Board. d Iresa, Da. J. W. PARKER, Cbaitman. Columbia, S. C. By order of the Board of Trustees. J B. Rzkll, Secretary. The Air-Line Railroad Picnic By the kindness of M^j. Wetlford and Capt. Allen, of tke Air-Line Railroad, a number of ladies and gentlemen enjoyed a ride on the Air-Line Road to Whetstone Mountain. 28 miles from Charlotte. The passenger coaoh was furnished by Mr. W. W. Pegram, Agent of the C. C. A A. R. R. Mr. Manning, the Engineer, managed the *' machine " admirably that pushed the train out and palled it back. Railroad engineers are indeed great men, and not half appreciated, for they " run " more by faith than sight. ^ Tbo baskst dinner, prepared by the ladies of tbo party, (and served out and superintended by Judge D. and Colonels 0., McA., M., W., and officers of lower grade,) was equal to any of the first- class boarding houses, sometimes called " hotels j" it was elegant. The road is completed to Whetstone Mountain on this side, and asveral mllea from Spar innourg towards in# mountain. Within eight or tea day* the passage through the mountain will be finished, and then a speedy connection with our friends at Spartanburg will take plaoe. The blasting through the mountain has been going on for fourteen weeks unJer the direction of CapL W. T. Dickinson, Superintend* snt of the work, a gentleman of great perse* reranoe and energy, and who shows by his work t' st be understands his business. The road passes through a section heretofore almost inaccessible to markets, but eapa?lo of selling a large amount of produoe, Which will b? largely increased ly the building of the read. When ? oonneetlnn is mads between Charlotte and Atlanta, tba people of the two oltiee will join hands and celebrate the union by a general jollification at some ptaee to be fixed >7 those ooneefned. When the excursion part7 returned, three iheers were given for Major Wellford, Capt. Mien, Col. MeAdeO, and the Air-Line Kali* oad generalI7.?Charlotte Democrat. - ? ? * ? 1 -M leading Bepnblieaa, mji the Charleston Jonrler, has la preparation, and wW shortly sene, a pamphlet showing up the rssealities >ractieed in.earryiag through sundry Bills in ha legislature. The parts the different State lAcial took in the matter will be detailed, and .uvir uauica girtn j Alio, WDM NI(M And unounte fin uf?d to malt* ineoaeaftal iundry iijuitom aneaaurea. The author expreaaea limaelf M heartily aiek and diaguated at the aacalitjr that haa been going on, and U deten otued te enpoea it. Ye ohoaen onea, aUnd rotn under, there'a a heary blow coming thia into. '"W . ? I 'mmrnmmmmmmmmmm-, LATE CLI WING 3. Ex- Poetaaeter->Genoral Randall U dead. . T Will lam Ford murdered George OrNimli at Cheater, on the 88th alt The Preaident and hia Cabinet havo been Invited to vlelt Chattanooga, Tannetaee. Hone. Joaepb 1. Brown and Robert Tootabe of Georgia are about to fight a duel. A North Carolina man adrertiaea for four hundred thonaand buahela of blaek barrier. VII|UMH M VWU^ pivpVWO IV MM MM one dollar a head on their wives, for the benefit of tbo poor. The death of Juares, Preeldont of Mexico, la oonfirmod, and Lerdo da Tqjada inaugurated in hia plaoa. A country editor, tor dearth of nawa, bewaila the " winter of ita discontent," with the mercury at ninety-five In the (bade. A geod newapaper doei more towards build' lag up a town and county than any other public institution, and gets low for it. Prominent metropolitan fkmllios have sent gifts.to Miss Nilsson, in view of her forthcoming marriage with Monsieur Rousand. The wool ellp of Texas this year, la e*peet< ed to be by far the heaviest in both quantity and quality ever produced in that State. The Georgia Legislature is now in session/ and they talk of removing the State capital baok to MUledgevlile. Oh, that never wilt do. In Matamoras, Mexico, on the fifitb, business houses wei*e closed and t)age placed a* half mast, la honor of President Juares'd death. Rev. John II. Boeock, D. D., a distinguish? ed Presbyterian clergyman, died at Lexington, Va., on the 18th instant, in the 00th year of his age. A Detroit lover in trying to kiss his nn willing fair, was ao badly bitten that his check has bad to be oauterixed and treated the lame aa tor hydrophobia. Speak kindly at nlgbt, for it may be beforo the dawn aotne lored one may flniah bia or her apaoe of lile for thia world, and it will be too late to aak forgiveness. The Wilmington Journal has a cut of the "old white hat" at the bead of ita column*, endorsed aa " the old icAil* hat in the old cAit* house." Pretty good. An Irish editor of the Wast mildly wishes for a " hundred and sixty acre lot of Spitsbergen frigidity, and an icc?gomtned grotto in the basement story of tbo Aurora Boreallis.'* The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred last week, by Erskine College, of Due West, 8. C., on the distinguished President of Newberry College, the Rev. J. P. Smoltter, A. M. An old Democrat of Pennsylvania declares the growing sentiment in favor of Greeley to be " like a prairio tornado that swoops ovor the oountry, coming from no one knows where." " Hallo Tom," said ono friend to another on the streets one day, "are you for Grant t" "Yes," replied his friend, "I'm for Grant-ing Greeley my vote on the first Thursday in November. There ia a man in Berko county, a rather faeeuoua fellow, whoae nama is New. He named his first child something; it was Something New. The next child was Nothing ; it being Nothing Now. It was a brilliant Fon-du-Lao boy who, seeing a dog with a muzzio on (or the first time, exclaimed. " Mamma, mamma, I bet fire cents, tho dogs are going to wear hoopskirts ; there goes a dog with one on his nose." The boll and army worm aro ruining the erops in Alabnma. One plantation which I three days ago would hare nutdo 100 bales, will now make only 50. There is great depression among the planters, who eonsider themselves ruined. 2,500,00b boles Is now the outside estimate of the cropAdvices from North Carolina represent that tho oatnpaign has become so bitter and personal that a duel is likely to result from it between Mcrrimon, the Democratic candidate for Qortrnor, and Senator Pool. A challenge has already passed, and both are known as, fighting mon, eaoh having horctoforo fought duels. Approving of ex-Senator Uendrieks' sentiment of "just laws and publio virtue," tho New York Tribune says ; " We shall neves reform the civil service, never restore n bealthy tone to publio morals, never drive out thieves from 'public places, never bring back confidence and unity among the States, until we refuse to be distracted by past issues and com* bine for good government aud just laws." The damage by the late floods in Alabama has reached $6,000,000. The waters in Central Alabama were higher than ever known at this season. Aeoessible houses along tba streams were swept away by scores; cotton and corn on highlands are bedly damaged by the heavy rains. The cotton crop of Alabama has been eut 40,* 000 bales short J. Duncan Allen, of Barnwell, once Senator from that eounty, and a standing candi date, for many years, for gubernatorial honors, has gone orer, eorpnlenlly and mentally* to the Radical party. We are sorry tbkt Mr, Allon has forgotten the advice Rufue Cheat* once gave him in Boston, when a colored mam of that oity told the "Senator from Barnwell" to go to the place where thieves and robbers will eventually be eookod. Instead of heeding Cboate's advice, hs baa deliberately taken tho very road that will surely lead him into , the fiery furnace. Fiooaas Doa'r Lis.?Hon. D. T. Corbln 1 Republican, in his speech at Greenville, on J the 4th lost., said ; 4 " Governor Orr retired from ofiee, leaving the bonded debt of the State about five million dollar*, end the floeting debt one mils lion five hundred Ihoneend dollars, perhaps. "The bounded debt of the State now is sixteen million dollars, end the floating debt from four to six millions. "Tho Legialetore only authorised the lean# of flvo hundred thousand dollars to re d?ttn the "bill* reoeirable" leaued in ] 86ft, one or ooo and one-half million* more to redeem bUk of lb* Dank of tho State. one million to roliare ike Treaaury, and reran hondred thooaand dollara for the Land pom* miaeioacr, making throe milliooe and mean hundred thooaand dollara, added to the bonded debt." The "Ring," Scott, Vaagle, 1 arker A Co., here added from aeree to eight milliona to the bonded debt, and from four to aiz mil* llona of dollara to the floating debt. [Marion Star, 17/A ult. A Liberal Repnblieao Club area termed on Prlday night, 19th loot., at Laaeaater, oompoeed entirely oi colored man. The Club numbere about twenty, with a proapeet of rapid ieereaae. They awcar againet the preaent corrupt efflee boldeiA