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I THE ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER. ?I" '' Mil I'll " " ' ' I il i. BY W. A. LKK ANl) HUGH WILSON. . ABBEVILLE, 8. C., FRIDAY. APRIL 1, 1870, VOLUME XYTT?\rn ao p?????? TOWN TAXES I For 1B7Q. 1 Abstract of Ordinance. 1 b' The following Taxes have been Assessed for 1870: liotil K?tuic, 20 cents on cach viwucj VIUU.UU. Kvory Pleasure Carriage, or like vehicle, 2 horses, $3.. / Every Barouche, Buggy, or like ve- I hide, 1 horse, $2. v Evory Omnibus, ITack, Carriage,&c , for hire, 2 horses, $5. E%*ery Buggy, Uaroucho, &e., for hire, (1 horse,) $3. Every Horse, Marc, and kept for for hire, $1. C V........ L' TT IT" ? " * jjin j ruur uoiso \> agon, &C., lOl* II 1?ire, $5, ^ Every Two ITorsc Wngon, &c., for liiro, $3. 5 cents on each $100 eales of merchandise, &c. 5 cents oil each $100 Professional income. 5 cents on each $100 income A from mechanical employment. ol 5 cents on each $100 income a] from keeping hotel, privato hoarding i?e house, livery stable, barber shop, <\:c Each Daguerreotypist, &c., who opens rooms, $10. Each Dog, 50 cents. 5 per cent, on all transient per ouiia, vunuui's oi patent meaiemcB ? shoes, leather, hats, tobacco, books,&c. & Each show or exhibition, (other that) circus,) not less than $5. Circus or equestrian performance, cach exhibition, $25. Side shows to the same, if any, each $5. Retail License, quarterly in advance, $200. Quart Liconse, $125. Ench Billiard or other Table lcept , for gain, $75. Commutation Tax for Road Du- X" 'y, $3. ? 1 IK All Returns to be made bv Mu 1st April next, and Taxes to be paid by 1st May next. All defaulters to be doublo taxed iind executions issued on 1st May next. ME Returns will be made to ROBERT JOKES, Clerk and Treasurer. \Yi WH H. PARKER, "" Intendant. Mmy I, 1870. 1 J RU P0 Farmers ! 3 Increase your Crops and improve your Lands l<y u?ing PHffiNlX GUANO, i Imported by us direct from tbe Phoenix Island* ttouth PaciiGc Ocean. Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.'s MANIPULATED GUANO, I Prepared at Savannah, Oa., and Charleston, F. C., vhi';h has proved ia the soil the best S Manure in use. ^ Giano, Salt and Plaster Coipnui, } A\*o prepared at Savannah and Charleston, uj far aala for cash or on time by jr WILCOX, GIBBS & CO. IHP0RTEB8 ft DEALEBSIH oil tunc 1 laUAMJd. 99 BAY STREET, SAVANNAU, OA. G< KAHT BAY ST.. CHARLESTON, S. C- Or 2*1 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA. OA. For furt'ier information, eddresn as nbove for circular, or subset ibelo Southern Agriculturut published by W. C. MeWurpliy L Co., at August* and Bavauuub, Ga., at the low price of tOc. per annum JUO. KNOX Agent, Abbeville, S. C. Dec. 10, 18C9, 33, 4m j ipn m tUTrna r 1U-JTLiif 111 Llt&a* LIBERAL advances made on all cotton 11 shipped through as to New Yojk, Baltimore add Charleston,, end ]? COBS! COM! Delivered at our dtfpot at Invoice 3?rices, and freight paid by persons ordering, QTTAB1X8, PEBBHf >4 ' 1 CO. Jan. 28, 1870, 40?tf ^1 p WOOL! WOOLl! fOOLML Tb? Highest Market 7rio?? . PA^D SOR v.- P* WOOL, IN * FOfc GOODS rpHf troel most b? ft? from b?i* n<Sforeigt> X mitMr. WOlU'Ukn either washed or unwashed*. r Vi' i' 'O ' ' * iJ - '.C Ol -J> ' i I. M. HILL IjrOtTLD rcapeclfttlly inform lil? ||f fViviuls that ho has at tho old ,auil of Thos. Enkin, 1 A TTADTvn omA/itr A V OiMfiil OXUVA OF IROCERIES, mim urn, CO NFECTlQNARtES, SEStOoj EJ-fcond would be ghd to serve his il friends and the public generly with anything in his line at asonable prices. ANDREW m. TTTT.T. Jaih2840?tf sacon; lard/ corn, Holasses, &c. rllDS C. R. SIDES, IT II T W DLMlfP onATTT rvrr?n m iilil/o. J lvli>II'j OUV^ULfCiUO. li* Sucjar Cured 1AMS. ices Leaf LARD, i-covado, Clayed, Cuba, and 8. H. MOLASSES, w Orlf-aup, Silver Drip aud Bee Hive SYRUl*. Barrels FLOUR, assorted. ) Sacks Liverpool SALT, ;AL, HOMINY and BUCKWI1EAT FLOUR, ill a full asfcoriment of everything in GROCERY LINE. Besides, I-V1S, UATJS, SHOES, OSXAKGS. HOMESPUNS. TABLE and CKET CUTLERY. SPADES. SHOV3. AXES hiiiI IiAKDW ARE geuerr, fur ttale at tho lowest figuies by orwood, DuPro & Co. Dec. 31. 18C9, 30, tf FERTILIZERS. SOLUBLE SOUTH SEA GUANO, BODES GROUND GYPSUM, sr rir^ulara with detailed Matf-mentB fur- I bed on application to tiie peneia' aueuls. T? a TtTTTimm n ?** x>. 0, JdHIili K avn, Clmrle-ton, 8. C. to J. W. TROWBRIDGE A CO., Abberille C H. GEO. T. RADCLIFF, Hodges Depot. JAMES M. RICHARDSON, Ninety-Six Depot, S. 0. t*n. 28, 1810, 40?Sm >LANTERS SHOULD BUY THEIR ? BTILIZEES, FROM GEO. T. RADCLIFFE, Hodges Depot. Jan. 28, 1870,40?tf ; 1 i lir. Die West Female College. CIHE Sammer Session opens 1st Monday in March, and close* I Thursday, in July. Tuition and Bouding, incloding el and washing, per session, $87,50 Muflrfr Pitn6ii. t24.00 9K nn The ColUgp was never more "pros-! nroue. * , I T. KZVHBD1, Secretary Faculty. Fib. 11,1870, -48?tr . J ? * 1 . 1 ' |l ' I ? " A MaMkeiMi featr AM ? A FRESH STJMXY OF Sugar, Coffee, Oyetera, Tomatoes, Raieiria, Pree'v'd Ginger, Green Corn bud Cooking Soda, ! "NOjaWOOD, DftPEB ft CO. Jftll, 12,1870, 88|^. (VJ. j Ji;. THK KMPRK8S KUOENIR A Glimpse of the Imperial Household? Why the Empress Became a Politician. Justin McCarthy gives n cketch of' , tho Empress Eutfonie, which not onlv'.i presents licr personal history and < traits of character very vividly be- i fore llio reader, but throws much light on the situation in Franco. Wo i quote a few paragraphs : i Well, the faec always disappointed 1 mo at least. It seems to mo cold, ar- 1 tifieial, narrow, insinccre. It wants nobleness. It docs not impress mo 1 as being the fixe of a frivolous woman, ' a coquette, a court butterfly; but rather that of one who is always play- 1 ing a part which sometimes wearies. ' If I were to form my own impressions '' of the Empress of tho French merely " from her face, I should set her down 1 as a keen, politic woman, with brains 1 enough to be crafty, not enough to be great. I should set her down as a 1 woman who needs and loves tho slim- { ulus of incessant excitement, just as much as a certain class of actresses does. Indeed, I think I have seen in ( the facc of more than one actress just such an habitual expression, off the stage, as one may seo in the countenance of the French Empress. I fear ( that.6weet and gracious smile, which is said to bo so captivating to thoso those for whose immeditc, and special homage it is to put one, changes into J sudden blankness or weariness when < its momentary business has been dono. f Sam Slick tells us of a lady whose ( smile dropped from her faeo the mo- 1 ment the gazer's eyes were with i drawn, "like a petticoat when the c strings break;" and if I might apply t this irreverent comparison to the 1 smi.e of an Empress, I would say that c I think I have noted just such a c change in the expression of the beau- c tiful Eugenie. ^ **#**# l About the timo of her sudden and I mj'sterious escapade to London, the q Empress began to emerge a little from the character of a mere woman j of fashion, and to become known and y felt as a politican. Peoplo eay that a some at least of the influence and p control wllifth shrt liprrnn ir? rvlitiin over her husband was owing to ( her knowledge of his many infideli- t tics ant^ his reluctance to provoke her e into open quarrel. Unless Eugenie ]. was wholly free from the jealousy J which is supposed to lie in the heart i of every other woman, sho must have c suffered cruelly in this way for many c years. In her own court circles, at r her own side, were ladies whom uni- v versal report designated as cuccessive mailresscc cn litre of the Emperor Na- ? polcan. Stories, too, of hie indulgence t iu low and gross amours werii told x everywhere, and, truo or false (chari- j ty itself could uot well doubt that some of them were true), must have. ? reached the Empress' ears. Sho suf- f fered severely, and she took to poli- j tics?perhaps as a harrrsRcd man j sometimes takes to drinking. Her e political influence was, in its day, \ simply disastrous. Sho was already } on the wrong Bide, and she was al- ( ways impetuous, unreasoning, and pertinacious, as cynical people say is t the way of women. Reaction, ul- , tramontauism, illiberalism, found a c patroness and leader in her. She , fought for tho continued occupation j of Koine; she battled against the con- f tinued occupation of Rome; she bat- x tied against the unity of Italy; she r recommended and urged the Mexican j expedition, Louis Napoleon is personally a good natured, easy-going , sort of man, averse to domestic dis- , putes, fully conscious, po doubt of his y frequent liability to domestic censure. ] What wonder if European politics ? sometimes had to oufFor heavily for ^ the tolerated presence of this or that , too notorious lady in tho inner circles ] of the French conrt ? "Who is the j Countess de ??" I once asked of < a Parisian friend who was attached to , the Imperial household. I was speak- ( ing of a lady whose beauty add whoso , audaoitics of drebs wore then much | talked of in the French capital. "The j latest favorite," was the reply. "I j shouldn't wonder if her presenco at ] court cost another ten years of the : occupation of Home," -j * ? * * Taken on tho whole, the Empress ] Eugenie is better than her fortunes , and her surroundings might have < made her. She is, I think, a woman much more deserving of respect than < Josephine Beauheraais, whose misfor- i tunes, joined with the qufet pathetic dignity of Her rotiremont and kaw .1 L' *? ^ivi !?? ? jvMWf unvp Dinuu m? world forget the levitiee, frivolities, an A follies of her earlier life, She ha* shown ft quicker and better ap* preciation of the da tie* of her station and the temper of the people among who had to lifd, Ihftn was at any tirrie shown by Marie Antoinette. Whether Bbo could under the most favorable conditions prove an Anne of Aatt^ift altkope for mn* tsakf tb?t iU# nny novcr bo put to tho proof. She las ftt leant made it clcur that she i? 10 moro ftoino Crinoline; sho hns ihown that she pos?e*BC8 somo heart, >oino courago, and somo brains; she ins hud senso enough to retrieve blunders, and merit enough to livo down calumny. The best thing ono I can hopo for her is that sho may | never again bo placed in a position which would tempt and allow her to mako political influcnco tho instrument of religious bigotry. The greatest woman her native country ever produced, Isabella of Castile, becaruo with all her virtues and gonius a curse to Spain, because of her bigotry and her power; and there was a time when the Empress Eugenie was likely Lo make for herself an odious fame as iho chief patroness of a conspiracy against the religious and political liberties of tho South pf Europe. Let as hope that in her future career she may bo saved from any 6uch temptation, arid lhat.sho may bo kept ass much as possible out of all political 1 complications whero religion interferes; and if she be (bus graced by fortune, it is all but certain that whatever her future years may bring, sbe ivill deserve and receivo a genial ccord in the history of France. I ^ I 3en. Clanton on Burlingame and Brooks. fPl.. J..ii -n jliiu uuuui oi isurnngame (says the Vlontgoiuery Mail) revives the story )f his difficulty with thu late Preston 3. Brooks. All tho radical papers are j >nee moro chuckling ovor his appa-. ent acceptance of a challenge to i igbt a duel. These samo papers are squally ready to denounce some one o-inorrow l'or accepting a challenge. They hold it to bo cowardly to fight a luel, and they jump about like monkys in ccstac-ics whon one of their irowd pretends to fight. Hero is vhat the State Jounal, edited by a nan who boasted of being a Calhoun democrat only a few months ago, luotes from tho Now York Tribune : "Mr. liurlingatno was first brought irominently into public notice in the ear 1S56, when his scathing denunci .nous 01 1'rcbton ?>. liroolcs, tor tho >erpetration of an outrageous assault ipon Charles Suruncr in^ tho Senate Chamber, drew forth a ch-.illengo from he'bully,' which he promptly acceptd, proposing to go to Canada and meet lini with rifles. Brooks faltered and iceitated pretending to fear violence making a trip through tho North* rn Stales to Canada, and was arrestid, as, also, Burlingame. The honors ested with the latter, and the bully j ras generally regarded as a poltroon." i As a just commentary upon the lan;uag? which tho Badieal press are jow holding towards the dead Brooks sre take pleasure in publishing the folowing note from Gen. Cianton : To the Editor of the Mail :?The^ State Journal of yesterday republishes i-om tho New York Tribune a biogra>liical sketch of tho laic Anson Bur ingamc, in which disparaging refer-snce is made to the caning of Sumucr >y Brooks in the Senate Chamber at Washington?applying to the latter ,ho epithets "bully," "poltroon," &c. Wlipro tlia rrullanl ori!?if io .. W V.4V D^/1?IV ID yti OUIJilly known, living or dead, bo needs ?o defence. I was one of those who lisapproved of the place and weapon vbich he selected to administer a mertcd castigation to the physical giant Vora Massachusetts for his insulting ibuse of the ladies of the South. Che street, and a cowhide, would .lave been more appropriate. It was my good fortune to be born ivithin a few miles of the birthpla<e j jf Preston Brooks, and to have been >vell acquainted with his history, [lis grandfather was a revolutionary ioldicr; his father a model citizen and gentleman. "When a young ^man he iceepted a challenge from the Hon. Louis Wigfall. Ho did not, like Burlingame, solcct the Clifton House, Canada, ae the place of meeting ; but i little island in the Savannah river >nly ten miles distant from his place }f residence. In that combat both parlies were wounded. When the nlA 4\f PowaIinn s/v?*?.w V - >^VMWU VM* V/lillU H1?D VMIIQU VU tor volunteers for the Mexican war, Preston Brooks was one of the first to respond, and commanded a company in the gallant Palmetto Regiment, anlor his maternal uncle, Colonel Butler, who felt at Churobusco leading a charge against the enemy's breastwork. An incident which occurred just outside the walls of the city of Mexico in May, 1847, will illustrate the impetuous character of our hero. Be-1 ing offlcor of the guard, he found it necessary to puntsn a conpie oraeiinqacnt sentinels belonging to a Northern regiment,-which vraa encamped in a consent between the ''guard -quarters'! and the Palmetto Regiment. Captain 9. boing relieved, aqtf thcBO fellows releasod from confinement, as he passed tho convent,- they had prooetded him* and with a large number of others had taken posHlou on the top,of a tmildin*jyuJ Vfcfodtfce p^rf epot wait and aahspasiod attempted to pelt him with "rotten egg*." Ho halted whon tho first og{ was thrown deliberately drow his pistol, popped a cap at tho head of tho first man who threw, and drawing a second all heads had disappeared. If tho vandals who burnt Columbia | did not steal or destroy tho "cas Monument," erected by tho Legislature of South Carolina to the survivors of that regiment, tho narao of Preston Brooks may bo found inscribed in letters of iron on that roll of fame. The assertion that Durlingame over intended fighting Brooks is ridiculous. If he had, ho would have crossed the T>?. j. uiumuu 10 n spot near at hand, where brave men from every section without molestation from the civil authorities, had fought and fell, lie preferred being followed for a thousand miles through the Northern States, where Kadieal mobs, be knew full well, would take good care of his gallant adversary. It was regarded at the time, by all fairminded men ! from everywhere, as a cowardly subterfuge on Burlingame'fl part. Tbo editor of tne Stato Journal, who republishes this slanderous article, knew that there was not one word of truth in it, so far as Preston Brooks wna concerned. Until very recently bought up, he boasted that, although born in New York, be had not 0110 drop of Yankee blood in his veins; that ho was a Calhouns Democrat, and served four years in the Confederate army. It may bo treason, Mr. Editor, to make war upon the United States Government, but it is not treason to defend tho reputation of our fallen comrade through the press, and, ;r ? ^ .iHiuv; Jiwcotii), uii ino street and on I ho field. When I fail to do it, may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth and my right hand forget her cunning. In haste, your friend, J. II. CLANTON. ?? The Cotton Market. London, March 4.?Letters from India received this week state that tho reports respecting cotton from the Berar districts continue to be oT the most gioomy character, and it is believed that no doubt exists but that a gicat deal of cotton lias been destroyed. The refceipts of Oomrawutta produce will, it is said, be much below what was at one time anticipated. It must be borne in mind, however, that all tho estimates early in j the season pointed to n largo increaso in that part of the country, and it is possible that the snrplus which was expected only baa been lost. The quality of the cotton from this pari of the country is improving, although o*?ll T? /:??. i mmvm Uiv^utuil ntlll UA10 ld. XXI U Uzerat, Dhollerah and Dharwar prospects continue very favorable, and samples of the first pickings are oxpccted at an early date. A few small parcels of Dharwar produce have already been Bold iu the district. Tbe following relates to tbo trade of Manchester: "The same qhiet feeling -which characterized this market during greater part of last week has continued throughout the whole of tbe present. There has not been what could be exac1 ly described as any digression apparent, but the tone has been weak and languid, and in the most departments prices have gradually been giving way. Nevertheless some' producers have hitherto had so man}* engagements on hand that they bavo had little cause to alter thoir quotations, evon although the were doing little or no business. . Such cases, however, are exceptional, and each day that passes without renewed business diminishes their number. Iu shipping yarns for China, the supply of which is large, the giving way in price is most apparent, and saleB which were considered low and under tho current market price last Friday, r-niilH Tint, ho wnpnt/iH +r>_r?n-rr rrVir> ~~ ? - *"v position of spinners remain much tho same, as relatively cotton haB declined at about the same rate as yarn, bat manufacturers who aro not spinners are not so well off, as most yarns suitable for Rhirtings bave not hitherto declined sufficiently to allow them to be used with profit by manufacturers. "To-day, however, yarns lVora home consumption have sworn more symptoms of giving way, and both twiBfc and weft might have been bought at. id per lb., below what spinnors were prepared to accept on Tuesday. The receipts- of cotton at the American ports begin to short some falling' off, but this is orily what has been anticipated, and they still conthme to excess Of those at the carrespondfog period of lost year. The prevalence of ca^t winds prevent* a large quantity of overdue cotton from arriving in the Mersey, but in the meantime sinners keep ;tre^#Mng upon their stocksj and have latterly bonght less than their consumption. The stock in Liverpool- consequently does" not Inorease rapidly, and* a favorable okango of wfffd weald toon provide a mora ample supply." 4 > Tho following statement shows the imports nnd exports of cotton into and from the United Kingdom from September 1 to March 3, compared with the corresponding poriod in 18G9. Imports. Export*. Imports. Kxp<>rts I860 70. 18C8 70. 1869-70. 18C.8-69. > Boles Amerio'n, 624 063 66*630 423,173 8<M>53 Bmzilinn, 239,813 82,043 3r,8.830 64.744 Bttttlml'n 770 7C2 3?-3,<?87 943 290 384.992 Fgj'pti.in, Io9,621 2,260 115 273 4.281 Miscclla's 66.328 8,418 02.320 11,966 Tut?l. 1,700.920 401,931 1,812.396 635,676. Troubla Brewing in the Methodist I Connection. the book concern frauds. New York, March 15.?Indications aro that serious trouble will arise among tho Methodists, owing to the report on the recent investigation ol affairs of their hook concern. The New York Conference will be asked to follow tho example of the Baltimore Conference, and refuse to make further contributions to tho publishing business. Many members of the Methodist Church express dissatisfaction with the report, and demand that tho affairs shall bo investigated by a committee of business men, and not by ministers. A meeting of prominent Laymen will bo held soon to prepare a memorial to tho Conference Another account says: In the New York Methodist preach crs' meeting,'yesterday, tho Rev. Dr Andrews presented resolutions endors ing tho report of a majority of the Book Committee in their recent in vestigation. Thcso resolutions called forth considerable discussion, in whieli tho Rev. Drs. Ridgeway, Foster, Curran, Tiffanv. Crawford. Mftssrs. ITrr. mancc, Taylor, King, and others participated. Tho general expression was that the allegation of fraud had not been and could not be sustained and that tho verdict of ten against three was sufficiently strong itself tc demand approval. The publication of tho minority report of Dr. Shorer'e paper in the Baltimore American were deprecated and declared to have been illegitimately acquired and made known. The committee had directed the minority report to be sent to the General Conference, together with that of the majority. The action ol ! the Baltimore CV)nff?rpnn? in nnnonr. ing tho majoritj', and withholding ite Sunday School Union funds, wan also commented upon as unjust and barnh There being no proof cither before tho conference or before tho community to sustain tho allegation of fraud and after caroful investigation the committee had failed to find proof their action is final, and can only be revised by tho General Conference. Mr. Ilermauce moved to lay tho resolutions on the table, which was lost, and they were adopted by a largo majority.?Cincinnati Enquirer. Tlie Fate of a Country Editor. The "hope that keeps alive des pair" is that with which a young man of much forehead and proportionate literary ambition toils on from week to week in an attempt to raise some death-stricken country newspaper from the shadow of the sheriff, and make it yield him at least $5 a week. A great poet, laboring in his first unmerited obscurity to defeat the brutal combination of the magizincs and booksellers aga'nRt him, is but a feeble illustration of intellectual heroism when compared with the above journalist. Note this modern insiauce. For the past six 3*ears Keithsbnrg, a very mean town in the State of Illinois, has slowly starved to death each successive editors and proprietors ae havo unselfishly endeavored to protract the miserable existence of a local journal styled the Observer. I?ate in 1867 tbore came to the town a young man of iron serves and mad ambition, who took that newspaper in hand with a confident air, and resolved to make it the London Times of the West. On Thursday last he published tho following: "About two and a half years ago, wa took possession of this paper. It was then in the very act of pegging out, having neither friends,.money, ner credit. We tried to breath into it the breath oi life ; we put into it all our money, and everybody else's we could get hold of] but it was no go; either of the people of Keith burg don't appreciate our ofJortfl, or wo doot know how to run t paper. We went into the busineBi with confidence, determined to run il or bast; We bftve bunted. Daring -our connection with the Observer w< have made some friends and noraor one enemies. The former -will hav< onr gratitude while ljUfo lasts. Tbl latter are affectionately., .requested U go to the devil. T. Glencey." , The Presbyteiy of Sotrth Cafolini Will convene at AveleJgh Cburol Ifewberry DTst oft 'Thursday, Apri Jigg|PMK Machine Sowing by Electricity ] sh< Tho uro of clectricily as a motive oil power and its practical application to coi a sewing machine han been success- Qf fully experimented with in Now York. w| "In tho old (or first) engine there th< were four sets of magnets, five arma- "tr tures and a battery of five large cups. js The improvement has reduced the an< s~ts of magnets to threo, each of them jj,, smaller than those of tho engine ox- C8t hibited last fall?in fact, tho bulk of tjv the engine and battfi-v lms lw?t?n w ^ ~ I tr(l duced just one half while tho power | gc. seems to be fully equal to that of the vj( larger apparatus. Another improve- w| ment is in the regulation of the speed simply by means of greater or light- n0 er pressure on the pedal common tu ni) all sowing machines, which pedal th may, at will, in case of accident to jn the battery, bo immediately detached |J0 ? and made to operate the machines by |)(l the usual process. Even two small jjj battery cups are sufficient to furnish W( power for all ordinary machine work, wt while tho addition of another cup is li? sdfficient to drive the needle at good au speed through eight, ten, or even it twelve thicknesses of material. The f<? use of nitric acid in the battery, tho nc order of which was an objection to a i the old plan of operating by electric ac power, has been supplemented bj* os using cromate of potash, which is at odorless. The expense of operating ox by this means is about five cents per so day. It not only renders work easier ? to the operator, but, whii.h is far better, it does away entirely with the , liability to certain diseases with ^ which female machine operators were j i I alllictcd by reason of the censtant ^ ( tax on the lower limbs." It is confi- ^ dently expected that the eame motive m power can bo applied to other maehincry and the uso of steam done i away with in many instauccs. ( I ed , Men for the Times.?The Lon- w . don correspondent of the New York ai > World writes that four vacancies are vi i to be created, as soon as possible, in su i the House of Commons, and these co > scats are to be filled by workingmcn's w i candidates. Mr. Odgcr, who was ill ! llltolv flfifpnlnrl l.v <!"> . ? J M..VM??VV4 ? j Lll\> IJUlllll ? ill IV III 1 shopkeepers, will bo one of the new rc members, and Mr. George Potter, the g> 1 Secretary of the Trades' Union, will tii f be another. This is what is doing in England?Bhall less be done in South pa i Carolina ? Every class and every in- be 1 tercet ought to bo represented in per- co son, in the Legislatnre of the coining h< ! winter, and upon the ticket of the ; ai citizens' party there should bo Work- \ ar I ingmen?iuen of musclo and brain, of j T1 s strength and good hard sense. Wo ] in , want to sco tho Workingraen of jar II South Carolina speak by the mouths ^ th of their own tnn representatives in su tho legislative council of tho State; ril and they will speak out bold, brave th 1, words for the good of the artisan and gc laborer, and for tho advancement of every growing industry-Capital and raco have their spokesmen now. But ^ in the General Assembly, to be elec- t ted in October, let us have a knot of jn Workingmen, who will take care that ' wo have no more of monopolies, no 1 . more of ingeni'is class legislation, no ; more of taking Lazarus to death while Dives goes to bed unscathed. ^ wj I MARK TWAIN ON THE CHINESE ?Oil j 1" . [ the Sierras wo came upon tho. ''Chi-; 8e I nose Labor Question." That is alrcady settled. They will work like bea| vers on a little rice and small pay. i But the '-Chineae Political and ftili-I1'1 t ' QPC pious Question." in a different affair. : j That is not settled yet. It will be a t'1 ,! great question some time yet for the > .Pacific States; fur China can wparo j twoiity millions of this almond-eyed,! . i, imitation race, without knowing the i ,! loss. And they like our country. lu | John gravely remarks thus: ''Melca, II belly good place?catohoe heap hion: ey?in China no can catchee.'? gt i Shrewd John Chinaman catches his jfl ' fortune and goes home to enjoy it n, J Five hundred dollars makes him rich ! and onvied at homo. The Pacific 3 ,! mail steamship bring them over, a , thousand a month, tc try tho Ameri- jj, ! can experiment. A thousand of them q{ ,. are on the steerage deck under my W] , j feet now, on the return. I have j0| , j heard tho guest made that there is ? well nigh ten bushels of llexican sil[ ver dollars among them. m] .... ... . it'i 1 Tn* Land Kino.- -The World cor? p* respondent says there is no ond to thjT 8? k | land-grabbing, land stealing schetffes | befoai Congress. We know wha^the ' Uniun Pacific has done ftyfc??; we m ? 1 icndw what the Northfirn^Rii?lfei w ? "" ': pofies to do ; and no^ comes tho * *' Southern ..Pacific,.* company: obartcr' cd by tbo California Xjegiidatare, ask5 inz of Congress (ft g rant ^ of, eight v? roiUions >il trorld, ana brides,/: it proposes. pa in, raise the P?m ju> Ifotaal setlers 6& in t eight mintoOT tooH& Mr. Scott* tbe, Ci i now Benft^rfroTO ^ennBylvan|a, has wi W, ' ? -m. J.1 './ "**/f PHYSICAL CULTURE.?Peril J'p 7 mid sav something here of ft..a ler physical culture which h;i-> ! lie a mania in the Northern J5i:il? - . those wonderful base-ball |?iwv- ?> 10 break their fingers and sprain jir ankles; of college boys win ain down" for boat races, get heart ease oy na.d tugging at tho oar. i die innocently young with startle suddenness; of "walkists" who eeni a u-g as better t.han a loconio* e; and of fancy navigators qui us mare cut runt in email boats, and t drowned But all these aro arc Nations of what is pivotal idea of latever of vaiue there may be i?> is article?i-omfort. Athletisiu i.t tho end and aim?it is only tl) .ans to a high Christian culture? e developement of the und mind iti necessary congener, tho bouiw. dy. When wo see a pack of school ys in their wild play, exercising ! > c- gymnasium, roaming fields ano ods, or subjected to military drill. i can understand it. All they tin :s in the channel of enjoyment, ol uunemeiit, happiness, and gratis >n of an honest pride. It is con. rt, and that within proper bounus , ?t the false enjoyment which attend* debauch and is atoned for by a licudhb ; not the pride which glories :cr a victory won by a boat or ball tho cost of mutilated limbs or 'erstrained hearts. Good health, und mind, pure hearts, true religion these are the essentials of comfort. Moiie valuable tiian Treasury otejs.?IIow that old cynic, Sam ihnson, would have revelled through ebster's massive new "Unabridged! ow ho would have gloatod over its agnificent lettorpress and its illusalions, beautiful as new Treasury oles, and much more valuable to tho udent. The Merriams have incurr[ a fabulous expenso in having tho hole work rewritten, reset, recast, id republished. It is not a mere rcsion, but a reconstruction. To inre excellence in typography, it mes from the Riverside Press, hieli is all that need bo said about i mcchai.ical execution. It is a arvelous specimen of learning, labor search, and taste. It is by far the eatest literary toork of the age.?Balnore American. V ' ge. The writer says: "The Senate ilongs body and soul to the railroad rporators, and there is hardly any >pe that in tho Ilouse the rights of :tual settlers under tho homestead jd pre-emption law Can bo guarded, ho land monopolists are a controllg forco in. the Uadical party, and e rapidly absorbing what is left of n tilililic rlnmnin - v ? AIUUIUU tJUUUUUO pport these schcmes with an alacLy nnd a perfeetness of discipline so at even the blind can discover a uigr in tbo fcnce." It has been proved beyond dipnto, at pain can be felt for twenty milieu after decapitation, by the followg experiments made by a Paris rgeon: Two human heads wero need in the rays of the sun, and tho e-lids which'had been opened, wero imediately shut; and the head of e assansin, named Terrier, which . i ? . ; lis experimented upon more than a , /? , ; ' mi arterot an hour after' having been purated from the body, tunied its 1 n , : :> ma 1" es when called, t * B 1 - - - . The number of colored voters in e United Slates is estin)iitc4, at 0,000. Of these 760,000' dwell' in e sixteen late slave holding States, >00 in thd KixlTew England States, ,000 in the five coptral States of ' i:w York, New Jerwy, PeniiBj'lyna, Ohio and Ind Indiana, aud' <8.500 the remaining ten Western States. : . \ ' ? < >e..; ? Tho fJonfmot fn?> ? - ? ?v* vvuij^twillg VIIV7 ate Capitol has been awarded to Mr. ,mes W. Allot), State Senator from reenvillo County ' f^'O The Governor has appointed James Parker, Sheriff of Cla)^*(jk>tf?Miit w Grey, County Commissioner for owberry f John WiJtfAttfs, County )muii?8ionor for Kdgefleld: Sedgiek Simons, Nota#^ jPabliofor Chariton. >* ' * '^ i ?" fifri.) M' ; "Dcrckiof/whatdo yob thfaTc is the alter with mp little boy "Why, fi tmly a oorrnptided exegesis antisimodicallyemanating from tho' tm ifi the animul refrigerator1 -proIcing a prolific source of ii^tabrHty the jfrericranial ep/dermf? of thb antaf proftwrHty*'' ^Ah'f that's bad told Bel#, bti^ilie 'low^d it5 B8 warrum^1'' 'f '7 ?:; ?p. v, -vi.; v *c ' Kere /ji^epQft^ap admia-. ?V t^o pwqntfn^ feyiiftyj: KW^ doubts ,* $$%; ,t?*tf*U W? \ paired of thqinterpreter.,whether ,ft ilofttuftii, ondor the usual oath, tmW > S A 7