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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 21. 1872. ' , . VOLUME X-X--N0HF > ?;r TT. ? vr /-1 t-? i; ,> c - . '< * ; ; a vrnvpT ': ' i rt- , . . TP? int?a nr tub fltTM 1 Farm, ftardfli Farm. Garden and Household. Our Sj S NOW in store, and we would i assured that we can please bott CJ?W 9eSBL wo desire to say that we have more heretofore kept, embraciug a large SPRING AND SI to which we wouh In these "hard times to live" we 1 ;great'y to the "creature comforts." We intend to keep always "FUL C?roce 1UI DM 113/ jijuujmw No. 3 c April 10, 1872, 52?tf WE ARE N< STOOK OF SPRING Embracing a variety of Go Dress Goods of WHIT moms, laces, nSTotic Also a full line of Ladies CASSIMEEES, HATS. >. in En Together with Millinery ( Trimmed and Untrim Also a 1 ConJ Pine Old With a Choice ColL Hardware, Crockery, and i All arc respectfully invited to call McDon! April 17,1872, 1-if MILLER & BEG leave to announce to the pul and reaily for inspection ; it in They call especial attention to thei Dress White Goods; * THE VARIOUS D: - ' . . Staple aii Fancy Dry (Ms, CROCKERY A GROCERIES, SAB] are all full and complete; all of wL MIKLi A^ril 10,1872, 1-tf ESTAB1 TfcRESSED FLOORING, CEII B W bundled different pattorns 01 for sale at New York prices. ManU order at short notice. Stair Rail, N on hand and made to order. Good i tablishment as can be made in tlie 1 stock of the above South of the city give entire satisfaction to all who wi ' The subscribers are the only pract py Trade, carrying on the business, The subscribers can refer to gentl< lina and Florida, as to the character East end Hasel Street, opposite Wai vicinity of Charleston ana Pavilion Mpsara filcrn A Roberts KAPHA1 a THE WELL-H PROCLAIM in tones of Thunde that now have on hand for th tionably low prices, In fact, most de A CHOICE; RARE AN READY - Mi Very cheap and of the very latestj rope arp "all the go" in America. They have also, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS 0SWABU1 and everything else, which the rao* Even the most economical person i: actly "suited to their mfna.M April 17, 2872, 1-tf >ring Stock nvite all to call and examine the san)f\ feeling i as to quality and price. and better goods in tlicir line tlian we have variety of JMMEK BR ESS GOODS, 1 specially call their attention. Lave on hand many articles that will contribute L UP" in the >ry Line! 3W OPENING OUR AND SUMMER GOODS ods uevar kept by us before?3uch as all t.hfi Latest Styles, E GOODS, TRIMS, HOSIERY, GLOVES,. >ns, dbc. Misses and Gents' Shoes, with TIES, COLLARS and CUFFS dle3s Variety. jroods, Ladies' and Misses' Hats? tmed, Flowers and Eibbons, ?resh Supply of tectionaries, Havanna Cigars, ection of Family Groceries, nany things we cannot mention. and examine our Stock and Prices. aid & Haddon. ROBERTSON j . * o t blic that their stock is now in store i large, Varied akd complete. md Embroideries, EPARTMENTS COMPRISES Hardware, Boots, Sloes, Hats, (Mil \ ' lND glass ware, !MM AMJ nuxiuns, iich will be sold LOW ou a CASH BASIS. SR & ROBERTSON. WISHED 1851, jING, WEATHER BOARDS, &c. Over a t* Mouldiugs, make over 100,000 feet on hand, ?1-Pieces, Door and Window Framos made to ewels, Balliisters of Walnut and Mahogany, tnd substantial work made as cheap at this es United States. We have on hand the largest of Baltimore, all of which we guarantee will ?nt good aud substantial work. ical Mechanics, Sash, Blind and Door Makers, in the City of Charleston. srnen all over this Stftte. Georgia, North Caro r of their work for tne past twenty years. W. P. RUSSELL & CO., ndo Fertilizer Works and in the immediate Hotels. on are our authorized Agents for Abbeville, 3d, and all work shipped by us is at half price, jo. Ca. R. R. [July 28,1871, lC-tf r&SKLARZ, SOWN DEBIT CORNER, r to all the World and the "rest of mankind' e present SPRING SEASON, at mtet unques moralizingly ruinous rates. D ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OF . IDE CLOTHING fctylps which prevail In all the Courts of Ei} AND SHOES, DOMESTICS, iGS, DRY OOODS, it fastidious and cultivated taste could desire, a all of Abbeville, can find bargains just ex How A Paper Is Mado. "Pi-ay, how is a newspaper made?" The question is easy to ask, But to answer it fully, my dear. Were rather a difficult task ; And yet in a bantering: way, As the whippowill sings in the glade, I'll venture a. bit of a lay, To tell iiow a paper is made. An editor sits nt his desk And ponders the things that appear To be claiming the thoughts of the world? Things solemn, and comic and queer? And when he hits on'a theme He judges it well to parade, He writer, aud he writes, and he writes, And that's how a paper is made. An Editor sits at his desk, Aud puzzles bis Drain to mane out "Telegraphic" so squabbled aiid mixed It is bard to tell what it's about. Exchanges are lying around? While waiting dispatches delayed, He clips, aud he clips, and he clips, And that's how a paper is made. And editor out in the town, In search of the things that are new? The things that the people have done, The things they're intending to do? Goes peering and prying about, For items of mauy a grade: He tramps, and he tramps, and he trauma. And that's how a paper is made. And all that these workers prepare, Of every conceivable stripe, Is sent to the printer and he Proceedeth to stick it in type, His lines all respecting his will, In slow-moving columns parade? He sticks, and he sticks, and he sticks, And that's how a paper is made. In short when the'type is all set, And errors cleared up, more or less, 'Tis "locked in a form," as we say. And hurried away to the press. The pressman arranges his sheet, His ink gives the requisite shade, Then he prints, and he prints, and he prints, Anu that's how a paper is made. EXTRACT From tbe Speech of Hon. D. T. Corbin, U. S. District Attorney for S. C. Delivered before a Republican Mass Meeting, at Gre&viiie, S. C-, on the Fourth Day of July, A. D. 1872. FINANCES. The first subject of interest to you is the financial condition of the j State. This touches you all per sonally, and to this I at first devote my attention. IIow have the finan cial affairs of this State been ad- ; ministered, and to what pass have they been brought? "When my , friend. Governor Orr, who has just addressed you, retired from office in July, 1868, he left the State with a bonded debt of about five mil- 1 lions and a half of dollars, and a 1 floating debt of perhaps a million and a half more. Now, in the short period of four years, we find the State burdened with a bonded debt of about sixteen millions, and a floating debt of two or three mil lions more; God only knows how many. You will anxiously inquire how has this come about ? I will try to answer your inquiry. Let us first look into the Acts of the Legislature and ascertain what debts the Legislature has authorized, and then see how the authorized debt agrees with the debt as it actually exists. On the 2Gth of August, 18G8, the Legislature passed an Act to au thorize a loan to redeem 'the bills known as the Bills Receivable of the State of South Carolina. This A/-.f lii-mnflnil fliof ftnrornfir r\4' the State he authorized to borrow, on the credit of the State of South Carolina, on coupon bonds, a-sum not exceeding ?500,000, or as much thereof as was necessary to redeem the Bills Receivable. The Bills Receivable referred to were bills issued by the Legislature of 1865. This Act provided that these bonds should he sold at the hifrhest mar ket price by the Financial Agent of the State in tlie city of New York, but at a sum not less than should be fixed by the Governor, Attorney General and Treasurer. In my judgment, the Act author ized a bonded debt of $500,000, and was so understood by the Legisla ture at the tinje of its passage. About this time the Legislature further authorized the Governor of the State to borrow,'011 the credit of the State, on coupon bonds, a sun 1 not. exceeding one million dol lars, ($1,000,000,) or so much there of as might, be necessary to pay interest on the public debt: These bnmla wprfl tr> bp cnlrl nt tlm liicrlmsf " ? " market price, and for a sum notj less than should be fixed by the Governor, Attorney General and Treasurer. This Act, at the time of its passage, was supposed to create a bonded debt of one million dollars, ($1,000,000,) and 110 more, and only so much thereof as might! be necessary. The issue of bonds for this purpose was necessary, as the interest upon the public debt had not been paid during the past year or more, and it was important that it should be provided for, if the State expected to maintain its credit in the future. Soon after tliis, on the 15th of {September, 1868, the Legislature paaspjl an Act to close the operations of the Bank of the State of South Carolina, I strenuously opposed this measure, as I thought it jlktifiied and un* necessary. Besides, the bank had been much complicated by con tracting debts in aid of the rebel lion, and I thought that common prudence required that its affairs should be fully investigated before the State undertook to administer upon them. However, my views were over ruled, and the Bill passed. This Act provided that all bills issued by said corporation prior to Beeps-1 sion should be .funded by the issue c of bonds on the part of the State, t This Act provided no limit, except t the amount of the bills of the bank c then outstanding issued prior to the a war. I have learned from the v Treasurer's statement for October s 31,1871, that the issue of bonds t under this Act amounted to $1,189, 400. This amount I therefore as sume was the amount authorized I by the Act. On the 17th day of a .February, 1809, the Legislature [passed an Act to authorize a loan for the relief of the Treasury. This Act provided for a loan, upon cou pon bonds, of a cum not exceeding one million dollars, ($1,000,000,) or as much of that sum as might be necessary for the relief of the Treas ury of the State. This Act pro vided, further, that these bonds might be used as collateral security for loans by the Financial-Agent of the State in the city of New York, under the direction of the Gov ernor, Attorney General, Comp troller General and Treasurer of tho State; who might also author icrn tlifi TPinnnmnl A <rpnt. tf> Hfill these bonds at the highest market price, P but for a sum not less than should ? be fixed by them. As to the pro- v priety of this Act, I was never frilly c satisfied, but my recollection is that tl I voted for it upon the assurance of h the Governor and Financial Agent fi that it was absolutely necessary, o It authorized, in my judgment, a P bonded debt, not exceeding one o million dollars. On the 27th of o March, 1869, the Legislature passed an Act to provide lor the appoint ment of a Land Commission^ and to define his powers and duties. This Act provided that the Treas urer of the State should be author ized to issue to the Land Commit-1 sioner bond? pf tlxe State in the sum of $200,000, if, in the .opinion of the Advisory Board, so much should be necessary. Subsequent lv, on the 1st of March, 1870* the legislature passed an Act to amend an Act to provide for the appoint ment of a Land Commissioner, .#c. ? ' ' ?... 1 - 3 .jl_ li _ In this Act it was provided mat me Treasurer of the State be authorized to issue to the Land Commissioner bonds of the State in the sum of $500,000, if, in . the opinion of the Advisory Board, so much be neces sary. 'These are the only Acts of the Legislature passed during the last four years authorizing the crea tion of a bonded debt on behalf of ft1 the State, and, if you have followed g mo nnrnfnllv vmi will nerpfMvfi thflt'tl ^ 7 j " jr ?? the whole amount authorized is four million three hundred and eighty-nine thousand four hundred iollars, ($4,389,400.) Kow, by the official statement of Mr. Treasurer Parker of the public debt of the State at the close of the fiscal'year ending October 31,1871, the bonded debt of the State amounted to fifteen millions eight hundred and fifty-one thousand three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and thirty-five cents, ($15, RAl .397.85^ or. in rnrmd numbers. sixteen millions of dollars, ($16, 000,00Q.) Now,. take from this amount the amount of bonded debt in existence when the present State officers came into power, and it appears that tlie debt has actually been increased about ten and a half millions. Now, how does this tally with the amount actually authorized by the Legislature. The amount authorized by the Legislature, as already shown you, is four millions three hundred and eighty-nine thousand four hundred dollars, ($4,389,400.) Subtract this amount from the actual increase of the debt, and you find that, without authority of law, there has been added to the State cKbt over five and a half mil lions of dollars. Fellow-citizens, this is a true statement of the case, as appears from, the financial report of Mr. Parker, and I take it that he has made as favorable a statement as lie possibly could. My own opinion is, that the increase of debt, is con siderably more than the sum stated, but that I may not be charged with i? Tii % r i ? untairness, ? tate Mr. rarKcrs own statement. How shall we account for this enormous but lawless in crease of the public debt? The amount is startling, and "tills us with consternation. What can we say, what shall we do, in view of the facts, as they are admitted to be? How was it done? I will taii /> vt\ 1 l v? o 4*i Ar? lirkc vvj )v/u tiiw vA|;iauaiiUii mau imo been given for this increase of the public debt. Mr. Parker gave to the public an official statement of tlic debt of the State, at the close of the fiscal year of 1971. 'In that statement, I discover the deep and damning explanation, so far as it( goes. The Legislature, on the 23d t of March, 18G9, passed an Act to provide for the conversion of State securities. This Act provided that the State Treasurer should be au thorized, on the application of any person holding stock or bonds of the State, to take the same, and issue in place thereof, bonds of the State. This Act was intended sim ply for the accommodation of those who held one class of State securi ties, and desire^ to change them into another class of State securi ties. It was never intended by the Act, and no such intention appears upon its face, to increase the State debt. But in Mr. Parker's state ment, before referred to, it appears that there has been an issue under the provisions of this Act of seven millions one hundred and ninety one thousand seven hundred (7,19-1 TOO) dollars. In the name of beav in, why-is this ? Has lie converted he stock and bonds of the State to his anioimt ? No. By his own official reports to the General As emhly he -shows that he has con rerted less than two millions of the tocks and bonds of the State under he provisions of this Act. / THE LAND COMMISSION. Iii March, 1869, the Legislature >assed an Act to provide for the appointment of a Land Commis ioner, and to define his powers ?-l J..4.:^ T'l-.rt A of -rvpAviclr>rl flint: UU UU UUS* J. Ul/ -iJLVV jiwnu"" v he Governor, Comptroller Gen ral, State' Treasurer, Secretary of 5tate and Attorney General should onstitute an Advisory Board, and hat they should appoint a suitable terson to be known as the Land Commissioner of the State of South Carolina, This Land Commission r was to hold his office at the ileaetire of the "Board. It was nade the duty of the Land Com oissioner to purchase any lands in ny portion of the State, at such rices as the Advisory Board should letcrmine, not to exceed in amount, towever, the par value of the stock rnvirlpd hv trio frpnnml AssfvmMv Dr that purpose. The Act pro ided for the issue of $200,000 in oupon bonds, if, in "the opinion of lie Advisory Board, so much should e necessary. Now, it appears rom reading the Act, that the bject of the Legislature was to urchase lands as they might be ftered for sale, and to sell them ut in small 'lots to the poor people f this State. At a subsequent ses. ion of the Legislature, in March, 870, the Legislature passed an-Act uthorizing an additional issue of onds in the sum of $50Q,000V if, in ie opinion of tlie Advisory Doard, D T.V.fn hft nprofisarv. for the r>ur oses of the Land Commission. Now, .you will notice that the and Commissioner, in both of lese Acts, is made the simple ser nnt and agent of the Advisory loard., He could not make a ]>ur tfase without their approval, and ot a dollar of bonds tor the pur ose1 <?ould;be i8sued or used Unless, i their judgment, they were neces iry. 2sTow, what has been done y the ^Land Commissioner and Ldviaory Board ? By the report of [on. II. E. Hayne, Land Commis oner; dated November 10, 1871, e h^ve some information. Here it me say that this is the first, last id only report that has ever been iven, although the law requires lat there should be an * annual >port made to the Legislature. Cfi ia Ant tlio fmnoi?>tinnA f the Land Commissioner and the dvisory Board were bo infamous lat they would not make them nblic, although great efforts were lade in both Houses of the Gen ial Assembly to .obtain a report, [r. Hayne was appointed Land ommissioner in March, 1871, and as unable to get possession of the jcords, and enter upon the duties f his office, until four or five lonths after. By very diligent nd earnest effort he was able to scertain something of tlie doings f the Board and his predecessors 1 office. From his report it ap ear3 that about $500,000 in cash ave been expended in the purchase f lands, and no more. I mean by lis that it appears that the whole ygregate of money paid for the iveral tracts of land purchased, as aown by the deeds of purchase, mount to this sum. Now, if you )ok into Treasurer Parker's report f the moneys paid out on behalf f. the Land Commission, you will nd that he charges to the State bout $750,000 in cash. Thus, jyou erceive, upon their own showing, dmitting all the transactions of the iand Commissioner to have been lir and just, here is a quarter of a lillion of dollars unaccounted for. row, fellow-citizens, what have we > say to such public servants? Cries of "put them out; put them ut!"] I am unable to go into the etails of the transaction of the land Commissioner or the Advi ory Board. It would be too tcdi U8 to you for me to undertake it n this occasion. [Cries of "tell ;!" "go 011!" "tell it all!*'} But should say to you, to show how ttle confidence can be placed in lie honesty of any of their transac tions, that there was a single pur hase in Charleston Count}', which, robably, fairly illustrates tlieni. *? Tv'irni' in 711 Ul" JlUcIl L1HJ Uiilliw XU) aam. Charleston County, arc some wild, mimproved lands, significantly mown as "Ilell Ifole Swamp." ?liese lands, constituting this swamp nd the forests about it, were pur hased for $120,000. My rccollcc ion is tliat the tract contains* from welve to fifteen thousand acres. Tow I learn, from reliable sources, hat the money actually paid for his tract was about ?30,005, leav ng some one or all ot the gentle neu of the Advisory Board and jand. Commissioner to net the landsome sum of ?90,000. [Cries >f "tell it!" "tell it all!"] Now, fellow-citizens, I do not iretend to locate the frauds of the Liand Commission upon any one oi hese gentlemen who have been jand Commissioners, or members >f the Advisory Board. All I lave to say about it is, the frauds lave been committed. The Advi sory Board, as I have told you, vithout wliose sanction no tract ol and could be purchased, consists md has consisted from the begin ling, of (governor R. K. Scott Comptroller General J. L. Ncagle, state rreasuror n. ur. i-writer, ot retary of State F. L. Cardoso, ai i Attorney General D. Ii. Chimbt lain. ITie successive Land Coi " missioners have been, C. P. Lesl: R. G. DeLarge and Henry E. Hayn As to Mr. Hayue, it is but ju that I should say that all the e penditures of money for the pu chase of lands were made before ] came into office, and no imputati< or suspicion rests upon mm. i the other gentlemen, individual! I have nothing to say excepcVhi that under their administration tl frauds have been perpetrated, ai if there is any one of tnem who h; not participated in them, or profi ed by them, let him come out ai say so, and let him show to tl people of this State who the guil1 parties are. It is fuir to presun that the majority of the Board coi trolled its actions, and that, cons quently, some one or more of tl free from the imputation now jus Board may be entjre' ly chargeable to the Uoard. It s as I have said before, it is due 1 themselves, and it is due to tl people of the State, that they mal a full exhibit of their record. [Cri< of "tell it! tell it all!"] . ' Mr. Gladstone. Dr. Cuyler, in the New Fork' 0 server, gives us a sketch of the Britit1 premier as he appeared at home : Oq Tuesday morning I spent most interesting and delightful be hour with the Hon. Mr. Gladstone, i his residence in Catlton House Te raco. The promier lives very ban somely in a st?tely old mansion, wc adorned with paintings and scufptur Ho receives his guests with much i the affable dignity of Panicl Webstc [I wish that I dared to report the n LI- A. A. # X I .L -X oie uucranceBoi mo great Biaiesmn daring his conversation on tho nnha py controversy now racing betwe( the two nations. It was not only-tl utterance of a true statesman, bat a tree Christian. I hsvo had tl good forttfrie to convorse froely wit somfo of ihd1 most eminent men < Britain and America; bat' no one them cvdr so imprefeBed'tne by h simple grandear of bearing, Of sjfeec and. of pore moral' purpose as di William E. Gladstone.' He,bas a war heatft withal, flnd lafge, loving syt patbiea with the poorest and lowlies 8nmA iimfi ncrn n. nnnr ntrMLawAA! er, while sick, tofd his mi Dieted thi he h'ad been "visited by Mr. Gla< stone!" '-What Mr. Gladstone ?" ii quired the rector. "Why," replic the sick man, "the only Mr. Gladstoni I used to sweep his orossin; and or day be missed me, and he hears thi I am sick, and so comes and sees a and prays with me-" With such man we can safely trust aby negoti tions on any groat question of mor, right. This morning I bad the honor < breakfasting with the premier: tj other guests being the venerable JDet Ramsay, of Edinburg; nnd the He Newman Hall, and Prof. Talbot, < Oxford. The impression produced i my first impression was deepenc when I saw tho great statosman i bUU IdlUlliai Al VVUVUI VTA UIW VMM uw py home. Ho an bent into the mo! lively playfulness, and a cozier chat never enjoyed around a- breakfai table. Alter breakfast caaie iu tt official dispatchcs from Geneva. T1 premier read them and said to mi 'Everything looks well. I do not s< what can possibly hinder tho happ settlement of our difficulties." Mrs. Gladstone is not only a lad of most gonial and attractive mai ncrs, but is thoroughly devoted 1 labors of love among the poor. H< :,pet" institution of charity is a ho {>ital for convalescents near Wooi ord. This she visits every wee She often goes to see the poorest su ferers in the old "city" end of Lo don, sometimes leaving fresh flower as well as material aid, in the rooi of suffering. From no woman i England have I heard more noble u terances of devout and tender Bib religion t&an irom ine who ox w British premier. They have a lar^ family, oue of the Bona being an Epi copal clergyman. As I left the ma sion, this morning, I met the Duko Argylo in the hall, paying his usu morning visit to tho head of the go eminent. The real ruler of Englai is not in "Windsor Palace. lie is Carlton llouso Terrace; and G< grant that ho may long be'lhere! Beauty of Old P?oi>le,?Mon ai women make their own beauty or n lincss. Lord Lvtton speaks in ono his novols, of a man "who was ugli than ho had business to be," and if ] could but read it, ?svcry human bcir carries his life in his face, and is goo looking or the reverse as that life h been good or evil. On our fcatur the fine chisel of thought nnd cmoti< aro eternally at work. Beauty is n the monopoly of blooming" youi men and of white andpink maidcr (There is a slow-growing boauty whii only comes to 'perfection in old ap Grace belongs to no period of li! and goodness improves the longer exists. I have scon sweeter smil from a lip of seventy than upon a I of seventeen. There is the beauty youth and tho boauty of holiness beanty much moro seldom met, ai more ftcquently found in the .ari ehair by tho lire, with tho grandch dren round its knee, than in the ba room and tho promenado. Husbai ; and wife, who havo fought tho woi side by sido, who havo had comm< , stock of joy or sorrow, and aged t gothor, aro not unfrequently fom ( curiously aliko in personal appe* ance, and in-pitch and tone of voice * just as twin pebbles on tho beach, c ? posed to the same tidal influences, a ^ each other's second self. He h > gained a feminine something, whi - brings his manhood into folll reli , She has gained a masculine somethic t -which acts as a foil to her womanhoc a uuimi ui uu? uwhi The astronomer's of these latter days talk about planetary distances and spaces with as much confidence as a surveyor give's the dimensions of a city lot, or the metes and boundaries of a farm. In our school-boy days the . astronomers said the sun was about 95,000,000 miles from the earth, but now the exact distance is laid down at 91, 500,000 miles. This cuts off a trifle of 3,500,0001 miles; still the dis tance, even as the astronomers now foot it up, would_be a long way to travel. If oar .Puritan tatners naa set out from the sun, instead of from England, on that eventfhl'day which witnessed their embarkation, and had traveled by an air-line continuously at the rate of forty miles an hour, which is a good deal faster than Dexter can go, thev would not be due at) rlymoutn Rock till late' in the year 1883, which would b& seven years too late for them to take part in our grand centennial celebration on the 4th of July, 1876. The astronomers tell us the grav onr? tViof l\jj 10 au mu ^aovpu c*u buv ouu wu bodies would weigh, twenty-eight times as much there a3 here. What singular results that might occasion were the .sun inhabitable! For example, a sylph-like belle, weigh ing say one hundred and ten pounds on earth, would weigh over three thou?and pounds at the sun. What a lift she would be for a lover seek ing to rescue her from her papa's burning dwelling! Then just con sider the avoirdupois <?f a man heavy on earth?say a three hun dred pounder?at the sun. There he would weigh eight thousand four hundred pounds. Imagine such a man falling from the nfty fltnrv window nr?on the head of an unsuspecting passer-by! The com ing down, of a thousand of brick on earth would be nothing to the impact of such a creature on the sidewalk in front of his sunny homey > j . But the astronomers . are unam> mouflon,the;.beKef; that the sun is without. inhabitants j and we agree; with them, ,if it lie truoj ;as they sav,: that the temperature-jof that1 orb is ten million degrees ." Fahren heit.. ; io 'fe'o&j ?;??\?- -. Blains in MAiNi!.~Mr. Blalno, of Maine, has been, a good deal Jaughod at for what has been supposed to be the self-sufficient bumptiousness of his letter iu reply to Mr. Sumner, Mr Sumner not having particularly ad dressed himself to Mr. Blaino. -But this is unjnst R> M^. SIanre, Mulno. He had an object in 'his reply, and an object of price to hidiscif.. Oar friends, who have begun, in earnest tho campaign in Maine, send us word that Mr. Is lain o is fighting for 2tis political life.. The Liberal Repub1! can revolution in his district is so serious that it threatens to throw him out of public life entirely; and his apparently unprovoked war-dance in front of Mr. Sumner was really intended to atir up, if possible, all tho dying embers of passion among his own constituents. Tho loss of Blaino will be a serious one to tho Grantitos. The loss of Maine will bo a more seri ous one to them still. . But after North Carolina we suspect they may as well make up their minds to bear both these losses. After that they will find it easier to endure the general amputation and dissection reserved for. them in November.?New York World. At the recent term of the Court of General Sessions for Pickens County, Judge Orr gaveHhe following decision on the jurisdiction of the court in cases of bastardy: |ti T? 11 k.oiiwJn ilAn A tvflA I ft) II ft f IT 81 t\ Ic rr b' le' ft fe A m ai IT fe ft ct no 31 gj ct ft in O] 8\ ii J.IJ Lilts VJtlOO VI UAOMIi'JJv MlkVi M VI MV bill has been rendered, the Judge granted an order discharging the pris oner, on the ground that the Conrfc of Sessions, if having any jurisdiction, had only jurisdiction on appoal, and in the course of his remarks intimated that, as a conviction in the Court of Trial Justice would impose a penalty exceeding the jurisdiction of that. 1 "1 - ? ?' ' ? 4 iU/? aaaa HMirt 1 or ho! court, 11 (JUU1U uub u y I'UU iaou. jlj Constitution gives to Justices of the Peace, individually or jointly, as the Logidaturo may provide, original ju risdiction- in all cases of bastardy. As yot no provision has boon made to h carry this into effect, the jurisdiction of Trial Justices being limited to $100 as to actions on contract or tort, and, also, to penal offences punishable by fine only. Bastardy still continues a statutory offence, though at presont no court has cognizanco of 'tho of fenco. Scott Deserts Grant.?In a speech as 08 Dn ot >g IS. :h ;e. fc, it 09 'P of -a id HI il 11 id Id an ,o id ir at Greenville General Butler said that Governor Seott had told him that ''ho did not earo if Greeley was elected." The trouble was that Mr. Grant had aceueed Governor Scott of stealing; that Grant was poor and is rich; that Scott cotild havo boaght Grant out, and now Grant could buy Scott out This led Governor Scott to ask this pertinent question : ( Jf J got my money by stealing, how did Mr. Grant get his?" These things confirm what is openly said in political circles in Columbia. Governor Scott is not frantic: on' tho subject of Grant/ But what would tho people'think of Mr. Scott aa tho Greeley candidate' for Governor: of "our beloved Stato," Saroly-politics make us acquainted with strange bed fellows.?Charleston News. The last rat story is from Chicago. In a house wherotho rats had become !p very troublesome traps bad been long!0 set, but to no purpose. Finally some ^ ix- of tho family determined to watch re the trap. It was' cunningly set. Soon a young rat appeared, and was about stepping on tho fatal spring when an old rat rushed to the rescue, seized 11 the indiscreet juvenile by tho tail and >d. dragged him otf to his hole. 0 .-s.... : i I fP? 1/^jQlv.' ..-?b vn One who knows makes it-a point o select a cow with a yellow ski#. )nei whose skin is pale or colorless, 3 not, he says, half so likely to roduce good butter. . *4* Reliable Receipts.?For 60$^, asy shoes;- for bite, exercise ;,-for heumatism, new flannel and pa ience; for gout, toast and. ws] )r the toothache, a d<mfist; ebt, industry; and for love,: iony- w Pork.?A "Willow -Creek, Moil ma, correspondent ask$ if* it iMU ay to produce pork -here wages are $50 a mon$, And rain from two to' three .ceznrta ound, Pork made on such a basis ould^have to sell for from 20 to BaKed Ap1?le DcMPUNa.~ hoose jffe rusaat or sour apple* that )ok tender; peel aad. quarter ipm tfllro r?nf tViA oixras ftndtjnon tie apple -to a dumpling. JPinch dut ,pie*erust.welV greaseJ jojqjr ie-pan, set your dumplings right de up; do not; let them touch ich other ; set them - 19. ^jour oven id bake a delicate, brown. ; Jjat ot, with , any sauce you prefer. Dissolve a bushel of'salt ini?a arrel of water, arid; with the-fealt rater slack a barrel of Hme, which Tip wp+. Arinnorli tr> fnvm ft ind of paste. For uie purpose of disenfectant this home-maae' chlo- * ide of lime is* nearly as good lat purchased at the shops : and rug stores. Use it freely-abdtit nlcs, cellars, gutters, and outh ouses, and, in this way, prevent .ckness, suffering and expense, f To Find the Weight top. !Lr/E attle.?First, see -that the animal an ds square, then with & string ike his circumference just Ibehixw le shoulder oblade,. and f - measure le feet and incjies-r-this* icuitfi* rth. Then measure from therbon? f tbe) tall which; plumbs, jth$ ilino ifh -tlift Vrmd<?r?finrt nf atrtiitivjlr-. id' direct' vthe . stringy along* tithe ack to fore part .of tliBJi8ho?lj|?ir lade, and this will Wibfi hen worjc ^e-figjii'.es^hus : Sup Me -girth; of. bullack; Mek4ij inffm 6 feet S ,incheg plfStoge^.-nS-Vl iperficial feet, and these mult y 23-r-the number of pounc wed for eacli "superficial footi j ittle measuring less than id more than fiw feetin take 759 pounds.. "Wlien 1 ,ol maoaii rrta laea Aon' Aliorhf p i 1?the number'of'pounds ai >wed for each square- foot whfcn le cattle measure' less thai* three et in girth?make 44 pounds, .gain, suppose a calf or sheej^otc;, Leasure 4fe?t 6 incTies in girth, id 3 feet 8 inches in?len'gtJi; that lultiplied together makes 16 squatfe et, and these multiplied by 16^ le number of pounds allowed for ittle measuring less than 5 anil iore than 3 feet in girth?make 36 pounds. The dimensions in ^rth and length of the back of . ittle, sheep, calves and hogs, taken lis-way, are as exact aa is at all ecessary for common computation r valuation of stock, and will an ver to the four (quarters of the art aal, sinking the offal. Adeduc on must be made for animals half .t, of one pound in twenty from lose that are fat; and for a cow lat has had calves, one pound iust be allowed in addition to the ae for not being fet, upon every ventj;?Peddler's Land Measure^. ?; . A Cure for Whiskey D binders]? . correspondent of an exchange who gns himself /-One Who haa.'Rti >rmed/'sends the following: Captain [all was the commando? or tho Groat iastern steamship. He had fallen ito such habits of drunkenness that is most earnest efforts to reclaim "? ' ' 1 i I 4k. lmsen proved unavailing, ai leugtu e sought tho advice of an eminent hysician, who gave him a prescrip on which he follttarod faithfully for 3ven months. At tho end of that me ho had lost all desire for liquor, Ithough he had many times been led frptive by a most debasing appetite. lhe prescription, which ho afterwards ubli8hcd, and bj' which so,many ther drunkards havo been assisted > reform, is f.s follows: Sulpliaio of on, five grains ; magnesia, tori grains; appermint water, cloven drachms; )irils of nutmeg, ono drachm j twico day. i * ."T. : Orphan Home of South Carolina.. Eligible Buildings Purehaacd. 11 'rphans, Provisions and Men ey Wanted I take pleasure in .announcing to the ublic that I have purchased of the Rev. . B. Jones; the Spartanburg Female kjlloge Buildings and Campos, for the orphan Hoihe of Siputh Carolina. The brrfldlngs are capable of adoou lodating about two hundred rod fifty bildren. >. The Home will be opened at*fljaeloee f the present session of the'fflBege, e., 15th November next. Applications for the admission of or* lians must be sent to me. Destitute liildreu bereft of both parents will have first claim on tffo Institution; those ereft of father next, Ac. When any of the children exhibit ex aordinarv mental aptness, we propose ) give tnern a collegiate education, tiore will be a Sunday and Day School; I so an industrial department In connec* on the Home. Address R. C. OLIVER, Agent, Spartanburg, C. j9u,,-8. C.