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The Press and Bannei ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wednesday, Feb. 9, 187< JUDGE COOKK AS A JIATREMJ TICIAN. He Cicts too Smart nnd Comos With *i u*?i? ?f Tolling thn Truth About ft Column of Ad vertisements. The Real Motive That l*rompt< the Attack. Judge Cooke announced last wee] with as much pomposity as it is poss ble for eyen olu liufus to assume, "th; one column of the I'rcus and Jiannc at our present rates, would cost nyear. He had counted it himself, Until last week the length of 01 columns has been twenty-four inche TtV.r ?liic armi'li U*f? ollRJire $24 for tl Jirst insertion, and $12 for each subs (juetit insertion. For one month whole coffumii would be only $00; f< twelve months $720. In no case wore than this rate ever charged ft anything, but we have never realize one half of $720 for any single columi We think when a public functiot ary attempts to make statements dan aging to any citizen, he should have little regard for the truth. This is matter pertaining to which the Judjc could nave ascertained the e.\a< truth by calling at our office. W have no concealments, but keep a boo which any one is welcome to see, an which Judge Cooke could have sed by making the slightest intimation c such desire, which course, we thinl would have been decidedly more man ly than "nosing"around town for fact to injure us. Whenever a man seeks to do a liltl thing, it seems that he seeks to con ceal the real facts of the c:tse, and s* Judge C'ooke preferred tomanufactnr his own truths or facts in this caso What confidence ran the people hav in an oflioc-r who holds the high ollie of Circuit Judge, that will sit upoi the bench and announce such palpabl< misrepresentations of the truth. Should a witness on the stand in tin presence of llis Honor, make swon statements with as little regard for tin real facts as Judge Cooke had ii ctrtAa ir tic* I'rrRs and J tanner we doubt not, if the witness were in dieted for perjury, that this sann righteous Judge would be ready t< sentence him to a term in the fc>tat< peuitentiary. The Judge does noi swear to hU statements, but he assert? that "he made the calculation him self," desiring to assure the Court thai there could be no mistake as to hi: remarks. This Judge, we presume thought in their absence that he woult gain a little cheap notoriety oil' inci who aro laboring for a living. This righteous Judge need not think U cover up his own sins by attempting to show faults in others which in trutl: exist only in his own fertile imagina tion. There is no doubt of the fact thai J UUge V. OOKC is pruuiinuu iu uno uuuin 1)3' a three-fold motive: First, to gaii: a little cheap notoriety for honesty second, a desire to divert the public attention from his own short-comings third, by a desire to retaliate on us foi exposing his gross neglect of the dutiei of his office last winter. The exposeii fresh in the minds of our readers, bul lie should have forgotten it, we an vad}' to repeat it, and to supplemen jhc t>ame with additional interesting circumstances which we though proper at that time to withhold. Did not the Judge publicly abus the County Commissioners here tw< years a^o in the court-room, and a soon as he met these ofllcers out o Court, apologized to them by sayinj that he "meant what he said for ef feet," or words with about this mean it?g? Judge Cooke is too vulnerable a mai lo attack anybody, but if he seeks V renew the warfare o i us, we are read; for .the fray, and slisdl endeavor t< teach him the propriety of telling th truth,-and of attending to his own bu aiuess. iioyt Pretending That They Wit Shot, and What Uecanie of It. Frightened Mothers Hushing to th< !$c?uc. One day last week, some half dozei little tartys of Abbeville took theirgun and dogs to bunt the woods for what ever game they might chance to liud The sCele of their explorations was ii the skirt of woods between Fowler' l'ark and what is generally known a: the "Jiock Falls." Failing to tind.nn game, their hunting was monotonous AYheji in close proximity to the dwell ing ofi an old colored woman, a bri/^li idea rt?Ubed -the brain of one o tbeir they might havi .some fun by soaring thisX>l.d creature The rtriginator of the idea suggests The matter to his comrades, who eager ly adojj^'d it, and arranged to have hcene, afcthis old granny's expense Loadin^their guns with blank eart ridges, tmry marched up within a shot ,1??? ivT tl?n Iwniiio un/1 lififrnn fir? in HinUllIUCWI HIV MVUnv wuv at each bftier. Two of them fell, eaei iicreamiap. that he was killed, whil the otheip ran off' "for the doctor.' ( The old vapnian was at onoe frightenei 'out of hiewwits and scared most fear __ fully, while her children ran oil' fo " the mothers of the killed boys, witl the sad intelligence of the kilHingo their soiis. These households were a once the Heenes of great lamentation and fond nipt hers mourned for tliei ??ona as for the dead, and without ain preliminary at ranging of the toilet or even looking at the mirror, tlv aforesaid mothers went out of th house and struck oM' in the directioi of the Killed Upy?, over lences, guueys Ac., at a ratfe of speed which wa much greater than tliat of the railroui train over the Abbeville branch, urn M?oii arrived afc tlie scene of the terri hie tragedy. We let the curtain drop as the moth ors arrived ou the spot. We will onl; Mate that the thy* were not long v. letting it be known that they wer unhurt, and wo would uierely men tirtn that some of these young tra.^u ?lians are now as badly scared a* thei mothers were?for fear their father may lind it out. t Last week durhnj our absence fron the Court room thw functionary tool occasion to show his extreme virtu and honesty by denouncing the man agement of this olljce. It seems sin gulartons that this personage seek continually to bother himself abou us. Last Spring he provoked us t tell him and the pubjic some unplea* CO&HE aiik (.I UII1B Od iv-^aiua mo v/it>v<M4 vw.( ductat Abbeville, and we thought h had buried the hatchet and had con eluded to attend strictly to his uwi business in the future. It is always iiifinitely more pleasan to praise an officer than to ceiisur him, and feel now that we can truth fully say that Judge Cooke, us u whole has diseharged the duties <?f his oftic during the last Court with more re gard for the public good than he ha ever done at a previous Court, but w fail to see his justification in inakin; an uncalled for attack upon us. 1 it because he seeks to revenge us fr? what we said of him last .Summer is it not because he wants to gain little cheap notoriety at the expens of others f Or, is it because he wishe to divert public attention from hi own shortcomings? If this be so h will find out that the assumed oflice <j Public Meddler with other people' private affairs is an unprofitable busi ness. The Pnxs and lianncr failed la.* week to make its weekly visits t thirty families that had heretofor ln-tMi accustomed to receiving it. Keader, are you a delinquent? If st we want your money. We publish large paper for the low prlee of t\v? ^ollurs,and cannot afford to send it oi 4a credit. As far as heard from ou jeaders arc delighted with the eulargt \ientand improvement of ourpapj Mr. James Uldiucii died lier'H house, some three jles from the yj Nomination for Sheriff. The time is not far distant when the people of Abbeville County will be culled upon to nominate the County ollicers, and we think it time that we I were looking up the most suitable men. I Our attention should be directed especially to the nominee for sheriff, i That otHcer should he a kind hearted man with the warmest sympathies for the distressed, and who would work for the lowest amount possible. If we are in order, we would like to make our nomination now, and will propose the name of T. H. Cooke, for merly of Oramreburir. but latterly of Ureeuville. At present it seems that he is disposed to usurp the business of that office, and w<J think since he has turned his attention to economising, that he would not charge the poor any fees at all, but work entirely for the public good. Our nominee is a "pow erful" good hearted man, and would never use his oflice for the oppression or misrepresentation of any one. lie would never attempt to be constable or clerk of the court at the same time, and would pay the printer's bill out ~j of hisown pocket, or rather would see that the printer had no bill at all. In extreme cases he might pay off vora * cious creditors without even remind ing poor debtors of the demands of their creditors. We hope our people will second this nomination and will do all they can to elect this eminently self-righteous man. ? - ? The Difference. 2t| A week or two ago our neignuor at e| Due West, published an article from k the peli of Kev. D. W. Keid, assailing d the management of the Endowment n Funds of Erskine College, and at the )f same time reflecting on that institn tion's,best friend, Kev. Dr. Hemphiil. i-1 This communication could have no s other effect than to Injure the College tin the estimation of its friends and el the public generally. This is what - our neighbor did. [> A year ago the Press and lit inner i e made some jocular mention of the! >. calaboose at Due West. This is what e did. 0 We ask an impartial public, which 1 of us has committed the greater of e fence? We spoke jocularly of the calaboose. He publisher letters clam ? aghuf to 1]rskine College. t Our friends will remember how this i same editor attempted to make it ap i pear that we were unfriendly to the , Colleges and everybody about Due - West, because we had the temerity to i answer him personally because of his >[unjust assertions against us; nnu u j will also now be observed, since lie t has taken an untenable position to in > jure us. how he assumes lamb-like - meekness. t His Royal Highness in assuming to i be the whole community, is about on , a par with a certain Judge of ourac 1 quaintance who presumes on all oc i casions to be "the Court." i to* } The New Church. ' The Baptists will dedicate their new 1 church in Abbeville 011 next Sunday. The Pastor, Ker. It. N. Pratt, will be . assisted by the lie v. Dr. Toy, of Green-} ! vi,le On the same day ineacons j. it. r. Wilson and James II. IJarksdale will be ordained. Owing to the scarcity of money the congregation will use temporary benches until money is raised sullicieut to put up new and comfortable seats. This building is quite a handsome and comfortable house of worship, and will long stand as a monument of the zeal and enterprise of the pastor, the congregation, and the Association, who have gone ahead with its erec tion despite the many embarrassing and discouraging financial circum stances. The Baptists are a working people aud the church at this place will he a success and will henceforth be one of the institutions of the place. Bince Mr. Pratt has been here the membership has increased from six or seven to thirty-five or forty. Has any minister within the last twelve months been rewarded with greater success? ? Home Iiifcurauce Company Our friend of the Union Time* has been urging the formation of a Home ''"nuumr /in lor t/i I'/xlimn I :i^uiauv,c V/Viii^*nj in v/iuv. tvixuMw 0 the present excessively high rate of insurance. A Spartanburg correspon dent of the Time* nays: L> "How can we lighten this great tax ation is the question. A few towns in* 1 South Carolina spend annually, in s premiums, enough to form the capital . of a sound Insurance Company. [ j Spartanburg alone, since the war, has ,* opent in premiums more than some of s the best companies in the country s started on, and in my recollection j only one loss paid. 1 would suggest that the business 1 men of Greenville, Anderson, Piek t' ens, Oconee, Laurens, Union, Chester, j i York vi lie and Spartanburg, have a ej meeting and select a Committee to ! meet the Committees of other Coun j J ties at some central point to devise a _ plan for a Mutual Fire Insurance Com [i i l'aiiy." j# j Why he loft .Abbeville out we do I not know. Can the Spartanburg 2Jcr II aid or tPe Spartun tell? Wo would ,j!ask the Union Times, but we thiuk he j never reads country exchanged. q| ' Another Life Insurance Company .1 "Busted." We have for the past twelve month# 1 ; been guarding our people against life insurance. A few days uyo another | j one of these great humbugs collapsed M leaving thejr duped victims with ' j nothing but their own regrets for fool ish investments. A correspondent of k ! the Union-IItrahl says "thousands ' have been paid iy premiums within L" j the last few mouths into this popular Southern company that goes volunta ' | rily into bankruptcy, and many who \ have made this their sole dependence ? j are now left without insurance, and all the money they have paid heretofore ! is a total loss or nearly so. Agents are " j not always to blame for the failure of j their companies. They do not know "j what is the actual condition at the! j home ot^;e. They take their state-1 'j ments on paper. It may or may not ' \ be correct. Assets considered ample " I to-day may be impaired in a month ~ jand tiie company bankrupt. The Value of Walnut Logs. "Walnut logs are in such demand | that a man who recently purchased j a farm of 2o0 acres near Now .Albany, 1 i Ind., for $1(),UOO received an otter of i}$9,GOO for 1-0 large walnut trees grow e ingonthe place. There are also on - the farm over200 poplars, worth from $20 to $.'50 per tree. 8 ft??.- We republish the above for the I benefit of those in this region who ? have Walnut, Cherry and other tim ber used for cabinet work. Themoun l" tain region of this .State abounds in e such timber, and wcadvise those who have walnut trees upon land to care II fully preserve them. When we have direct railroad communication with t the large manufactories at the North I which will be in two years?that luni hbit will be very saleable at very high prices. Officers of Level JLniid Grange. | av. A. Black, AV. m. ' It. M. Pkatt, o. : It. 11. Akmsthoxg, L. j w. 1\ m( i'AICTKJl, s. m. s. a8iii.kv, A. 8. J. M. UlJYAXT, C. J. m. Cakwili:, 'J'. | ii. l. Ci.inkscai.I'S, See. }t. P. (.'allajtam, (J. k. | miss P. II. I'jiatt, c. Mits. s. (!. Callajiam, P. Mils. JO. 10. ('ai.uham, f. Alus. F. A. Wilson, l. A. 8. officers of Due* West <?raj;i;e. J. n. Yoi'no, W. M. 1). o. Hawthorne, o. Wm. Hood, jl. T. ii. Haddon, S. L. Y. Elms, A. S. Rev. W. F. Pearson, C. R. W. IIaddux, T. John A. Romxsox, Bcc. Wm. Alkwixe, g. K. Mrs. h. E. Haddon, C. Mrs. T. C. Gowan, P. ss E. A. Sittox, f. M. A. RuZi'xson, L. A. S. fdng sons to fight os, and daughters % What Some of Our Brethren of the t Press Say of Us. Wiro doubts the good judgment of the Charlotte Observer when lie says: , "The Abbeville Prcsn and lianncr has been enlarged to a nine column , paper. It is now one of the largest, , as it has long been one of the vcrj/ best, papers in the Palmetto (State." That ably conducted journal, the I Winnsboro News, makes the follow- ] iug mention of our enlargement:? ( "The Abbeville lJrcM and lianncr comes to us greatly enlarged and im .1 proved. This is one of the oldest j | newspapers in South Carolina, and it | has been constantly rising in the es teem of the people. We trust its new step forward will be attended with in creased prosperity." That enterprising and wide-awake journal, the Charleston Ncwh and Courier, which seemingly forms the warp and woof of so many country papers, is pleased to say: "The Abbeville Press and Banner has been enlarged to a nine column ( paper. It is now one of the largest 1 and best of our interior exchanges, i j We trust that its prosperity will be 1 commensurate with its size." 1 Sale Day. Tn spite of the unfavorable weather j t there was a very good attendance of! j our people on Monday last. Only ati portion of the properly advertised) was sold, and on account of the strin tmnnv nf flwi tiinc>u Iii'ntlf-hh low!' V1 ~ ?I o--- --- ( prices. 1 Two billiard tables,'and one briga- 1 telle, the property of Christian <fc 1 Wilson, were sold?the tables for $212 and the bagatelle for 54.50. \ The Wilson tract near the village s was sold?tract No. 1 to K. Noble, for 1 ?40, and tract So. 2 to same, for $171. The interest of I J. M. Mars in the tract in Kort Pickens containing forty- 1 live acres, was sold to A. JJequest for ? $50. * The Rogers mill tract, 150acres, was i sold to (t. Cade, for $3,530 ; the Arehy 1 tract, 175 acres, to S. Jt. Morrah for " $370; the other real j?roperty will be e sold on next Saleday! Jthe personal 0 at the property mill on Friday. * l1 Real estate of It. If. Mounce, 4(H) a acres, to Francis Arnold, for $7<H). The Cobb land, 178 acres, for $1,810. a ^ e Judge Cooke's Appreciation ofNcws papers. ? "When Judge Cooke said (o us that h he was sorry that we were not in the 1 Court room that evening, and told us h that a column of our paper was worth $2,550 a year, we were surprised, at I..V, rnoll,, ,l;,1 tl.ii,!.- Cl 11 10 ltUltUU Utl\i iVIUIJ VHH ItWV V1IK?U lie was in earnest as to what lie said until we learned the next day that he had made use of the same language on the beuch. We then began to count it lip, and found that he only missed the facts a little over eighteen hundred dollars. lie also said, so we are told, that if a newspaper should praise him that he would examine himself to see what bad thing he had done. In all civilized society respec table people desire the approval of their neighbors, and especially of the public press, but it seems I hat our vir tuous Jndge says that he would ex amine himself to see what hail thing he had done if he should be praised in the newspapers. If he doesn't lei this oftice alone, we think it hardly probable that we will give him any cause for self-examination. List of New Advertisements. General Merchandise?McDonald & Haddon. .school JNolice?j. i'. i;. i;ui*rc. Eugene 15. (Jury?Attorney at law. Great lieductiou ? Emporium of Fashion. Pupils Wanted. Merchandise?Cunningham &, Tcm pleton. Guano?Barnwell & Co. Sales by the Sheriff:? J. J. Lee against M. McDonald and Win. llill. G. M. Jordan against J. AV. Lips comb. Grange Appotxtmknth.?Col. Ai ken, Master of the State Grange, is now filling Jils published appoint ments. He was with the Hodges' Grange on .Saturday, with Lebanon j n on Monday, and with Liddell's on e yesterday. 80 far lie has been greeted ! with a good attendance, and we arc sure that, our fanners appreciate too highly the benefits of his practical 11 wisdom and enlarged experience, to " neglect the opportunity of hearing 0 him discourse upon their favorite to-jti pics. Let every body turnout to hear | si him. |$ ( I'AXO.s.?On this subject the JTa--1 chant and Ft inner an excellent paper! published at Marion says:? "A person may as well ui^ertake to! , sustain life 011 salt, siurar or any other! , condiment, alone, us to successfully L enrich his land or raise profitable)# crops by the simple use of commercial' fertilizers on poor land containing no veritable matter or humus. It is the abuse and not the use of our fertili zers that has ruined our planters. As . we have said Vepeatedly, they depend | < too much on it, and not take the troub-j () le or time to make any other; hence' their failures." The Press and Banner has now the largest paid-up list of subscribers that it ever had. We appreciate this promptness and evidence of apprecia tion for more reasons than one.? When a man cheerfully pays in ad vance, we tliink he is pleased with our paper, and then the money is nev er objectionable. A Man' of Excellent JiinaE mic.n'T.?Mr. J. A. Foster, of Nevi!. York, rencenfly a guest at Wier's Hotel, in Abbeville, we learn, says that he can <;et more news out of the Press and Manner-than any paper lie ever read. We have every confi dence in Mr. Foster's judgment, and fully endorse all that he has said. Wom-m-v Pleasures.?1The New born Herald proposes to publish a unrioe of nrtif>li'si on thf? nlmve Sllhiee.t ! Ii by a Newberry divine. As this nub-! 11 jet embraces all the pleasures except i tlio.se of which we live in anticipation, a we should judge that the articles will c cover a large scope. c "NVk are indebted to Messrs. Connor 11' & Pul're, insurance agents, for some};, superb calendars for 1S70. They rcp-j resent a number of the most reliable ' insurance companies, backed by mil lions of assets, and insure on the most N_ accommoiUking terms. Try them. ? Vi'e take pleasure in asking the at tention of our friends to the adver- ( tisement of Messrs. McDonald it Had- c don, who will be pleased to sell their f friends as uood bargains as can be ( fouiid anywhere. Pm*nr akehs nf mill nrnnorl v and t water power would (io well to consult j Mr. John Pratt, of Due West. He isa ? I liberal man and would give a good , f ibai^rainin some of the best property I * in flie county. _ c The best receipt that we know fori ^ keeping the nose warm is to keep po-:': king it into other people's business, j Judge Cooke might give some iuter-j. esting particulars on this subject. | J This, from an exchange, applies ( here: "Scarcely a month has passed j I since the new year was born, and yet! t ; the world is full of broken resolutions ! ^ j and lamp chimneys." i tiieke were more ouiuk mm inis Ltown on Monday than we luive seen j:i i for six months?all wanting <o tfiveiu liens on crops that were ex pee ted to,j j materialize next fall. . r Col. (J. Mel). Mnn,nu, of Ninety-jt jSix, one of the proprietors of the 1 Yhu /ii-S'ir. Ih rnlfl. was ill town hist t'J (week, He fays the Jlcruhl slock is j rising. Ji'DCi; Cookrc will excuse us for (lie j limited ."puce which we have devoted j to liini this week. Next week we will I try to iiud room for some interesting j dots. Mrs. Marcarkt Keaton, we learn I was operated upon a lew days ago at! the residence of Mr. Jas. A. Heid for' cancer of the breast. Wm. A. Giles, Esq , of Granite ville, spent a few days with friends here last week. Ho will read the P. <t* B. hereafter. Maj. W. T. Gary, a prominent lawyer of Augusta, < ia., attended our Court last week in the trial of an im portant ea& Gossip With Our Exchanges. Tin-; Columbia Register.?We have received the first number of the tri-weekly edition of the Columbia Register, the publication of which was announced some weeks ago. The tri-weekly contains twenty columns )f reading matter, and like the daily is full of good reading. The Jicg inter iius beeu doing good service for the icople ever since its first issue, and it Jeserves a generous support. The Andetson Journal is a new pa per of much promise that comes to us. Lt stands on independent ground, re serving the right to approve or disap ;uove 01 hii puune una puuueui ucis, irrespective of parties. Wk are largely in debt to the Kcw 'terry Herald. He learnt us how to iuu. The Southern Cultivator for Febru iry has been received, and contains Is usual full quota of interesting and nstructfng matter. Among other *ood advice, it directs the farmer to )oware of over-cropping, and to avoid lebt?to sell ofT ail surplus stock and and, and not to cultivate more than le is able to do well. This is sound id vice, and would save many a poor | mprovident farmer, if acted upon, Yom debt and ruin. Sell off" all the xipital you cannot utilize, and then end your energies to making the rest : uoductive. Above all, economize. Tho^Mcnsffcorr/fanputsitthus: Be bre the war, the farmer bought negroes o make cotton to buy more negroes. \.ftor lho war, they buy fertilizers ty mike cotton to buy more fertilizers. Thb Darlington Southerner this 1 veclc comes to us with its mutter set olid?a great improvement in the ' ooks of the paper. Tirnv Mrax Husixess.?'The pro- I irietors of the True Southron publish .notice to debtors from wdich we ex- ' ract the following: "We shall put on our paper a X mark, to let you know , hat we do mean you, and as we can- ( lotcarry on our business without mon y, if you do| not pay beforo the 10th ; f March, we will positively stop your inner find take nieu><uros to collect the mount due us." tent" You are right gentlemen. "We re cutting oil" our "dead beats" and living the accounts to a Trial Justice. We learn from the Herald that the rippled calf has run over our special importer at Ninety-Six, and "busted" is poetical machiue. Unless the Vinmhoro News comes to our rescue, is last piece will make him victor. Our esteemed neighbor, the Lau nder Lcilyer, has just entered upon :s twenty-fifth year. We esteem the jcdf/cr an excellent paper, and have o doubt the good people of Lancas - r accord it a good support. That anersays: "Weenter upon our new olume with irood will to all and ill 'ill to none.'7 What have our brethren of the ress at Newberry, Edgefield, Union, liken and Sumter to say of life insu iince now ? We believe that it is only question of time as to when any of ie life insurance companies will real;. Wk are sorry to learn that Mr. D. l. Smith, of the Kcowcc Courier of ce, has serious sickness in his family. onthcrn Life lusurance Company. The January statement of the af tirs of Ibis company, published in ie New York Insurance Monitor, was 3 follows: assets. miliary 1, 1S70 $2,104,807 78 1XCOMK KOIt 1874. 'remiums and interest...$1,052,(578 7 4 'otal liabilities 1,7?>,042 01 urplus to policy holders... US 1,820 17 otal JCKC.'KIl'ts SINCli OKU AS IK A TIOK. 'remiums and interest...$4,800,120 25 aid to policy holders $1,787,790 75 k. 11 other dis bursements 1,003,470 72 2,791,201 47 balance (assets as above)...$2,104,897 78 Willi $2,000,000 of assets and a sur lus of $381,825, there seems ijo doubt lint tlie policy holders will be protect d. ^ Reduction of Salaries. If the amendment recommended l>\* lie committee of the senate to the hill to fix the salaries of certain public ttlcers" is adopted, in regard to coun ry treasurers, there will be a large living to the state, equal to at lea*t 20,000. The compensation of treasu ears in the various counties will be as jllows, on a collection of a state and gunty lax of fifteen mills: 'Abbeville, $1,925; Aiken, $1,737; Jam well, $1,737; Anderson, $1,812; lean fori, $1,0(12; Charleston, $3,500; hester, $1,812; Chesterfield, $1,000; 'larendon, $l,r87; Colleton, $1,550; Jariinglon, $l,uiu; juigeiieui, si, <??*;> 'air del, $1,002; (Georgetown, $1,1S7 ; lorry, $1,000 ; Kershaw, $1,37.); Lan aster, $1,07-3; Laureus, SI ,072; Lex ugton, $1,375; Marion, $1,550; Marl oro, irl ,.*100; Newberry, $1,77-3; Oco it'p, S1.1S7 ; Orangeburg, $1;C02; l'ick ns, 1,187; Richland $2,223; Sumter, 1,002; Spartanburg, $1,700; Union, 1,550; Williamsburg, $1450; York, ;l,850. With a less aggregate tax than fif een mills of course the compensation rill be still farther decreased, as the ommissions allowed upon all taxes olieeted in their respective counties is s follows, to wit: Five per cent, up n the first $20,000, tliree per cent, up n the next $10,000, and one per cent, pon all amounts collected over $-10, iiO: Provided, The same shall not xceed $2,500, or be less than $1,000 ier annum, except in the county of 'harleston, where the commissions hall not exceed $3,500 per annum. Another ameudmen proposed is In elation to the salaries of county L-hool commissioners. Instead of dec reasing them all by a fixed sum, they re proposed to be graduated as fol aws: "That the county school oom nissioners of the several counties n South Carolina, iu lieu of an annu 1 salary, shall receive annually a ntMinission of twentv-flve cents per apita upon the whole number of chil rcn attending the public schools in ' heir respective counties: Provided, 'hat In no county shall the said com missions exceed $1,(>00 per annum, ex t'pt the county of Charleston, in ' k'liich the county school commiesion- | r shall receive an annual salary of 1 1,200." Should this amendment be adopted, ' he school commissioners of the vari ais counties would be compensated as ollows, upon the basis of school at- ] endance last year, as shown by the re- ( ?ort of the superintendent of educa ion: Abbeville, $1,000 ; Aiken, $57">; An lerson, $1,000; Barnwell, $1,000 ; J?eu ort, $1,000; Charleston, $1,200; Clies- ; er, $1,000; Chesterfield, $400; Clar- , ndon, $400; Colleton, $942; Darling- ' on, ; jjugciiviu, , i-iuiiuiu, 1370; Georgetown, $040; Greenville, 11,000 ; I lorry, $570; Kershaw, $.'588; Lancaster, $ii(?5; Laurens, $1,000; Lex ngton, $505; Marion, $729; Marlboro,! wl)0 ; dewberry, $485; Oconee, $(>20; )rnngeburg, $053; Pickens, $143; lichland, $000 ; Spartanburg, $1,000;: inmter, $775; Union, $000 ; "Williams-1 >urg, $775 ; York, $1,000. The aggregate would be $23,030, a living of $8,200 per annum over the | .mount paid now. Should the school j .(tendance increase, however, the ex- I >ense would increase, and might soon j un tip to a figure even above ilial ofj lie nresi'ii t salaries. ?> ? ? The Chester and Lenoir Narrow- [ tillage llai I road. ("!astonfa, N. C., January .'51 nt, lSTfJ. j -The engine lias been received, stud nade its first motion on this part of; lie Chester and Lenoir railroad on j Friday last, and work has begun in i tamest. The track is laid to Catawba >eek, nearly two miles from the Air-i jine Railroad. The tressel over this reck is finished and the track is laid eady (or the trains to pass over. The cason why the work was not contin icd from Yorkville to this place,* was jecause there was a saving of a hun Ired dollars of freight by beginning lere; and besides this, the company 'ould transport their own freight from lcro without any outlay of money, A'hich is (f'uite an item these hard i mos.? Ch\irh>t(c Observer. 1 THE SITUATION. The Carolina Spartan on Chamber lain's Letter. It is not only remarkable but in atructive, as giving such acinar insight into the affairs of the republican party in this State. Born, bred and raised a republican, it is not astonishing that Gov. Charabelain should be a republi can to the core, and only when we place ourselves in his position, can we realize the ditliculties by which he has been surrounded. It shows that a man may reform himself, but that when he undertakes to reform a party of low whites and negroes, scalawags, gamblers aud thieves, he has au her culean task before him. When you "unload" all these, Gftvernor, you will have no parly, not even a corporal's ruard left, and nothing but the whip ping post or the penitentiary can re form or restrain tliem. If all you have said be true, then ad "friend" Morton has said, you have practically abandoned the ltopublican party and identified yourself with the democra cy, for in South Carolina, if not in Washington, to be honest, fair and just is to abandon republicanism and practicalls identify yonrself with the democracy. In following such a poli cy, as you well know, you have no willinrj supporters, other than the de mocracy ; then, there is but little if any difference now, between liberal republicanism and liberal! democracy, why not acknowledge that you are II 11.. M S t V. ' 1,,#. ])l'iiULiuaiiy luirijuiitu wmi uic tor? AVo have "praised" you and will praise you, whenever you do right but neither the administration at Washington, or at (Columbia, with all r>f their appliances; nor things civil, nor things military; nor things pres ent, nor things to come; nor any thing, can prevent-South Carolina from be coming what she ought to have been long ago?"practically identified with the democracy." What the Snmtcr Watchman Thinks. If thefc has ever been a time, since the close of the war, when the fallacy >f the Idea of running a straight-out Democratic ticket in South Corolina ivas conspicuously apparent, that time is now. And here comes in the idea :>f Democratic organization, as now proposed. In so far as this organiza tion may tend io draw the lines and lience to drive Republican influence md votes away from Gov. Chamber lain, we cannot see it but in the light >f a misfortune to the State. To or ganize with a view to straight-out nominations, would, of course, accom plish this in its entirety, while it inustfailof carryinga large part of the ;ons?rvative citizens of the State, whose judgment would be against it, is promising success. And in what are we stronger, or is it nore politic, to draw the lines now, lhan two years ago? Certainly Gov. Jhaniberlain is stronger. now than Judge Green was then?stronger with lis own party, with the conservatives, ind with the outside world. Thus, looking calmly and delibcr itely at the situation, and with great ieference for the opinions of those kvlio are in the lead of the movement, tve cannot but see that mdre diaadvan ;age than otherwise is likely to result prom the movement? especial I y as the white citizens of the State will vote to pettier as well as with organization. What tbe Sumter True Southron Thinks. "We will be found advocating a per fect straight Democratic ticket under ;he stiongest conviction that any oth ir policy auopieu now win result in J Masters not to be thought of by us without horror and dismay. The Republicans, as a party must be lefeated next fall, orourState is lost irretrievably. If our people aro not iroused by the late action of the Leg slature, then, in the name of God, what can arouse them? If they aro :horoughly aroused they will defeat :he thieves overwhelmingly at the next election. If they are not aroused :he thieves will defeat them and take Lhe Btate for their own. The Lexington Dispatch Spealis. The day set for the mass meeting of he Democrat Lexington County is next Monday. Let every Democrat who possibly can attend. A struggle jetween honesty and roguery will ioon commence, and it behooves every lion est man to step to the front and show his colors. Our condition is des perate, and it will require the counsel md support of every good and true nan to enable our State to overcome :he many obstacles which beset a move :o\vards reform. We are hopeful thai much will be accomplished towards his end during the present year. II s apparent that, unless a change takes iilace, the affairs of the State will jrow worse, until at last the good, the ;ruo, the honest and upright among us will have to seek other places in which :o breathe the pure air of freedom, [.'rcenville Enterprise and Mountain eer on Reduction of Salaries. Gov. Chamberlain,, in order to se cure for the Slate a general reduction >f salaries of public officers, consents In, a like reduction of his own, al ;noiigu ji is siipuiuieti uy uiu tonsu ution. Is llii.s not true reform? What other Governor of this State jver made a like concession j)ro bono oublico f Gov. Chamberlain exhibits isgreatnn interest in the welfare of he State as any man that will ever 1111 the Executive chair! IJIaiue niid Morton Destroying Each Other. The following is given as a Cincin nati view of inside secrets at Wash ington: "Maine and Morton may mutually destroy each other and pre pare tha way for some one else. The personal struggle for advantages will itill go on between them, and as nei ther will consent to accept the vice presidency, it will probably end in the defeat of both. It is stated here that the third term ticket of Grant and Hayes will be presented, and if Grant finds that it will not be accepted, he will withdraw his name and make it Washburn and Hayes." From these observations it would seem that the ..t *ITnol? itllrl/.n i-a i.w* .In. >111111 <IU 'T aDilill^tWU AO Otbl itig SAM uidedly westerly. To be Rescued from the Ilanda of the Despoiler. At a public meeting in Darlington, Col. Warley offered the following res jlution which was unanimously adopt ed : Jlcftolvcd, That we fully apprehend the absolute necessity of a thorough organization of all good and law-abi ding men, with a view to rescue the State from the hands of those who, for eight years past, have plundered md despoiled her. True Reform. At a rousing meeting in Camden on last Thursday, General Kershawofter ed the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted: Jicnolvcd, That this meeting unani mously approve the proposed re-organ ization of the Democratic party in South Carolina, as the best mode of supporting all true reform iu the gov nF tlir. Silnfn >> The End of Corruption and Vice. Darlington is perfectly alive and tie- ] termined to ilo lier duty in the next; campaign. There was a very earnest and enthusiastic meeting at Darling-! ton C. H., on the 24th tilt., the senti-: ment of which was: ''We intend to! uml the reign of corruption and vice." j Cov. Chamberlain's Victories. Cjov. Chamberlain has gained three, victories in the Legislature during tliei week. The first was the defeat of tliOj bill giving the appointment of mana-i gers of ejections to the tiencral As sembly, instead of the < Jovernor. The sreond was in const raining the his recommendations for :i reduction uf expenses, and so reduce the Stale lax for 1S77 from twelve mills to eight mills. And the third was; when the House hy a vote of Oil to 17, | adopted a resolution to expunge from the journal the recent abusive ha rangue of W. J. Wliippcr. During i the debate on the resolution, Whipper j denounced ex-Congressman Elliott, i now speaker of the House, who was Whipper's chief supporter and advo cate for the Charleston judgeship, and! Elliott in rejoinder branded Whipper us an ingrate, a falsifier, and a knave. Snow fell for sis/hours in Richmond t)u Friday, and when It ceased was six j inches deep. It Avas the first snow | Htorm of the winter. Hard Times. Tiie Christian Neiyhbor*a head is level on tho subject of hard times. Does not his idea strike you as the correct one? There arc twenty pro fessed idlers, paupers, vagrants or nuisances, as you may choose to call them, about Abbeville who might profit by taking his advice. That pa per says: "If at all necessary to make both make both ends meet*, wear the coar sest clothing and eat the homeliest diet, rather than live beyond your means. Keep out of debt, unless, as an honest man, you must go in debt to keep, out of jail or law-suits. Don't be too choice: take hold of any implement that will do to stir the soil, cut and shap-j timber, break a rock, stop a a wash or kill a snake?and lay on till the honest sweat breaks out 011 the forehead and those soft hands become commeudably hard and respectably uiriy. Give a kind word to every ono who is trying to soften hard times by hard work and by ousting all ignoramuses ami thieves from office?not that a new ring of the same sort may come in, but tiiat men of honest heart* and iron back-bones may get hold of the reins. Rather Hard on Bacliclorn. In tho matter of J. It. Latnbson, bankrupt, petition for homestead, it appeared that tho petitioner was au unmarried man, and that he resided on the plantation claimed as home stead, with an adopted child and ser vants. Judge JJoud decided that the petitioner was not entitled to the homestead, 011 the ground that the intention of the Constitution and the Statutes of the State of South Caro lina was to provide a home for the family, and that a bachelor was not entitled to the exemption. Legislative Work. The Legislature under the influence of the Governor has been doing better during the past week. It lias staved olT the question of a recess?it litis laid on the table a resolution of enquiry as to the Governor's action in relation to certain official bonds?it has been In vestigating the frauds of the land commission?it is about cutting down the State tax to 8 mills?it has killed the new election bill?it has investi gated tlio text.book commission and will likely expel expel Robertson it has expunged Whipper's speech from the Journal of the House. In fact the body ueems to be entirely cowed, and seems to be'traveling very meekly the back track on the way to reform. Utilize the Convict's Labor. The Governor has again addressed the General Assembly urging the leasing out of the labor of the Peni tentiary. The institution i9 becoming overcrowded, and always was a heavy expense. The appropriation has been brought down, however, nearly fifty per cent, since the first year of Dennis. That is something, but the men are generally capable of work ; some have trades, and all, even the women, (as it seems there are, unhappily, some of that sex there,) will be benefitted by being employed. The able-bodied men should be hired out to railroad contractors, and made to contribute something to public improvements. A considerable number might be em ployed temporarily in putting the street* of Columbia in tolerable plight. They are now in a disgraceful condi tion in many places.?Jlagixlcr. Corn for Fuel.?A letter of a re cent settler in Nebraska says: "We UI t' UUII11II? uwi II ill uui vv/va ou/?g, aud it makes the best fuel 1 ever used for ft quiek, hot fire. I pay 18 cento for seventy pounds, and I think it fully as cheap as wood at $0 a cord." Tills seems a pity, when ho many peo ple want bread?but it is evident it won't pay to bring that corn to the people who need it, henco tho peoplo ouglit to go to the com. CiunniNG.?Wo notice several of our articles are copied by our ex changes, in part or whole, without crcdit being given. While wo are trying to get introduced to tho public, we think it only fair that these papers should be generous enough to give us a helping hand. We always credit when we know tho source.?Anderson Journal. Tjik farmers in the neighborhood of Pendleton will have an agricultural fair in lliat town next Full. MA HU! AGES.* MARRIED, at tho residence of Mr. fJeorjje M. Sibert, by Rev. R. F. Miller, on tho evening of January 25, ]87f>, Mr. JESSIE REA<JAN viiil "MisH JENNIE JiAJtui."5UA, noiii oi .vuijevmc*, o. v-. Married in Oeoneo:? Albert iii11 and Ellen IIrook. Leonard Jones and Mary 8mith.son. J. W. Voting and Johanna Harris. Married in Anderson (.'onnly:? A. 1\ Graham and 10, E. i'almor. 75. S. Davis and Sarah "NVillingham. E. F. Jteed and Nannie Mobavid. Hiram King and Sallic Odd. Wm. Frost and Emma Jolley. G. A. Uowen and F. S. Williamson. IIOTKL AltUIVALS. A nTn\ Tfnrstrc.?J II Clark. Andnrnon: S A Kingman, Now York; M Cooper, St Louis; 15 If Sloval, Augusta; P M Tabb, jr, Baltimore; Wm A Giles, (Jraniloville; C S Say res, Cartersvillo; Win IT Cater, Charleston; M O Talmon, Calhoun's Mills; ]{ 11 Baker, Calhoun's Mills; Col G McD Miller, Ninety Six; J M Coehran. S Agnew, (J G lladdon Kobt Pratt, (.'apt J M' Pratt, T Tj Had.Ion, lJr J T Miller, K W lladdon, Duo W'ost; J M Pruil, Mill wnj'; J F Calhoun, Willington; J M Mui-iin, Easley Station; A C lirooka, J V Sehneder, J L Simpson, Lowndesrillo; W 11 Moon, Isaac MeCalla, Tlio Fork; L Smith, Hodges; J L IIill, citv; K F Parker, Mrs E F Parker. Katie C i'arkcr. Columbia. Abbeville Hotel,?Judge Cooko and lady, Greenville; W MeCelvey, Ab beville; SV J I logons, Atlanta; Cutlet Cor I ey, Clem Corley, J C Jennings, W F Jennings, Ii J Burdashaw, 10 G .New by, J Corley, Fllington Soarls, Z Harris, W II l'eake, II Brown, John Deason, J F Edmunds, W Harrison, Bordeaux; John Clark, Anderson. Charles Huekabec, Bordeaux; Alphino Arnold, Tenn; T N Tolbert, Smithville; Jacob Peake, Ro berts vi lie, Tenn; A Napier Cedar Springs P M Calhoun, Bordeaux; A J Clinkseales | S A Miller, Abbeville; J P Tucker, P 1) Gailey, G W Grogor. Amlecson; Dr Lim beck cr, Nine tj* Six; J JC Milllbrd, Groon wood, John "Lyon, Cedar Springs; 1) K Norais, Orangeburg; C A Cobb, Capt Tarrant, J D Crawford, S Ingram, L Hus by, J N Pinson, Greenwood; J 11 Slief li'eld, A J Sprowlor, Kobt Smith, W C' Agnow, Donalds ville; A H Martin, Smithvillo; N E Jolinson, Duo West; J 13 Patterson. Donaldsville; \V 'I' lluteli ison, Jaa Clark, X McAtlams, Lowndcs ville. Wiep.'s IIoTKr,.?Jamos P. Gibbs. Charleston; A II Ellison, Scncea City; S C Link, Linkvilio; T F Wisson, J A Foster, Now York; Fred T Look hart, ( W T Gary, Augusta, Ga; J W Greene, | New Market; J A Calhoun, Kugouo Ji( uarv, city; it i,:iwj-micii, t .nun n, v w-, >> 1 unThiu; (J Mel) Miller, l' A Whatley, Tjl C Piuson, 1) 11 Husby, Ninety-Six; J M i , (iaiues, <? It Caidwell, I'lm-nix; 1? A Means, Greenville; Geo \V Jlrown, l'hil-;, adelphht; S A IVI i I lor, Monterey; S<> Me-jc Clinton, Joseph Lindsay, Long Cam?; r \V M Cobb, T II Cobb, Greenwood; J N -J Dabb, Cartersville; ! M Latimer, I' Lowndesville; \V S Chamberlain, Lor-jj deaux. MAltKKT KKl'OKTS. COmtKrTKD IIY ! llnrawcll *V Co., 4'ntluu Hrohers and!, Dealers in (General Merchandise. j AliltKVII.I.H. Feb. !). CoUrm, I Ui II! | ? l-'odder, ! Appl?r., Jj.mii KgiPS Kifon, l_Vf.< I'm- i .M"hisses, ..(irr.i.SI j JJiitb r, ( l'Moiir,....^.(i<l(<(.JfllMMI I Culler, :'.(>< j I Meal, ?l.2;"? | ' 'orn $1.00:?' l'eas, S1 .on j Chiekens, J.V j AtoVsta, February 7.?Cotl on dull and r irregular? middling PJA; receipts (W.'S: bales ; sales <>< :!. j Cuaui.kstox, February 7.?Cotton did I ;*{ ?middling 12|; net receipts 115 bales;; sales til Ml. Livekpool, February 7.?Cotton?! middling uplands, low middling clause, M March and April delivery i) Long . clear middles oil. Short JJAl/riMoitK, February 7.?Cotton dull , ?middling 122; gross receipts 2SS bales;1 exports to the continent lUli; sales 1:5^; to: spinners (10. ,f iNkw Yoijjc, February 7. ? Gold 12'. ('oilon weak ; sides !(15 bales jjf I j ..'Ml.. J _ ~L^ r^?ww?a? Consignees. Kxtrksm.?IJ N Boyd, .1 L Simpson, M MeMillain, E A Morris, J C Sweran^nn, L1 W Cowan, IS' Ward, L P Gultin, W M rng^nrt, M J llussey, L Evans, H II Thompson, T L Cosby, T Baker, J E Cal lioun, (r B MrCnsIin, L II Copefield, T X folbort, S Wallingford, T J Bu^h, W Moore. Fakiqttt.?J A Blake, E Calhoun. Morrah W ifc Co.. J It Schroder, D R Williams, B Ilope, P II llobinson, W II Law ton, J MeXeilo, J E Caldwell, J A MoCord, J y Cothran. Greenville & Columbia E. R. Passenger trains run tlally.Sundays except ed, connecting with night trains on Sotilli 'arollna Hal I road up and down. On and vfler .Monday, December 13, the following , UP. DOWN. Neavo J>avc' Columbia - ~A~> ft in Oreoii vlilo - 8.00 am \lston - - 9..1*? 11 in ]!<jlton - - !i, 10it hi N'cwborry - 10^3u 111 Abbeville - !>.30am 'okesbury - 2.v7pm Cokesbury -14.20 am \rrlvo Newberry - 2.40pin Abbevlllo - 3.35 pm Alston - - 4,'jOpm Laivo lt?ltou 3.50 p m Arrive \rrlvc Columbia 0.03 pm jreonvillo - 5.25 pm \udcrson Branch nnd BIuo JRidgc Division. down. rp. r^oavo "\V'a! bulla G.OOnm ylrrlvo 7.1opm [.envo I'crryvlllo 6.45a in Leave (i.36pin lioavo l'cndlcton 7.35a in Iahvo 5.50-p in r.eavc ylndcrson 8.3i a in Leave Ulpm ,-lrrlvo at Helton 9,'JJ a ill Lcavo 3..V) p in Accommodation traliiH run on tlic Abbe ville branch Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri lays. On Anderson branch, between Helton uid .4iiclurnuii, 'fiuadays, Thursdays arid .Sat urdays. THOMAS DODAMKAP, Ooncrjis Superintendent. Jabkz Norton, Jit., Uenoral Ticket Agunt. Special Notice. LillKKNVItif.K A COLUMHIA R.ULHOAD, V Columhia., January 1, 187U.) THE following resolutions having heen adopted by the stockholders of the Grccn vlllo and Clilunibla llailroad Cbnumnv. nt their annual meeting In Columbia on the 29th :>f vtprll last: Iic*olv<d. That for the more Ratlsfactsry ar rangement of the company's bond and gener al debt, authority is hereby given to the board if director* t<> create a first mortgage on the pond and property of the Oreenvlllo and Co lumbia Ita 11 road company, subject to the fol lowing conditions and restrictions: That the amount of the mortgage shall not exceed three million dollari. That not more than two millions five hun dred thousand dollars of the bonds, miulo un ier the mortgage, bo used for the arrangement ur settlement of the debt; and, That the balanco, fivo hundred thousand' ilollars, be held in trust, appllcablo only to nuch acquisitions and additions to the proper ty as havo been authorized and approved by the stockholders? The board of directors. In the exercise of ilie nuthorily given to them by these resolutions, have executed a first mortgage on tho road ana property of the company to the Farmers' Loan and Trust company of tho cljy of New York, In accordance therewith, and now offer for sale the bonds made under the said mort gage at 7;? per cent, cash, or tho equivalent of that price In any of the company's outstand ing obligations In whole or In part. These bonds aro dated July 1st, 1875. bear Interest at 7 percent., and mature In twenty years. Tho tionds and coupons aro payable In tho city of New York. Their suporlor claims to the confldonco of japltaltsts aro sufficiently established by the fact that the past exceptlonably unfavorable year 'o railroad interests exhlblts-T rhe gross earnings of the Greenvlllo and Cblnmbla railroad ... S.r>l0,000 rho current operating expenses - 2)0,000 reaving appllcahlo to interest - - 5240,000 rho confident expectationof the board is that tho $2.500,000 of bonds now of fered will absorb every obligation of tho compaey, and leavo tho net earn ings as snown abovo. subject only to charge of interest on these bonds, which, at seven per cent., would bo 178,000 [SUIIincu ui ciumugg uv? nuu interest -$ 70,000 Provision has nlso been made in thenrningc nentof the bonds of this inane for their Ree ntry nt tho option of the holder*. Any further Informsition wiiich mny be de itred will be furnished on nppllcatlon to 11^ ,reuanrer, nt the company's omce in tliiH city. W. J. McGRATH, President. C. II. Maxsox, Troaa. G. & C. R. Ii. Sew Advertisements., SEWING < MACHINES. Liberal Torms of Ex changefur Second-hand Machmofl of every des cription. '/domestic" paper fashions. The Bert Pattern* mule. Srnd 5ct?. for Cutalogne. Address DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE CO, iecKii Willis, "it S EW TOKH. 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Such kings of shreds have wood and won her, Such crafty knaves hor laurel owned, It has become utmost un honor 2sot to be crowned. EriCS AXD liTKICS. It sometimes chances that tho stimeliest boat Goes down in seas whereon a leaf might 11 oat. What ponderous epics have been wreck ed by Time Since llorriek launched his cockle-shells of rhymof a child's ohave. A littlo mound with chipped hoad stone, Tho grass?ah me!?uncut about the sward, Summer by summer left alone, With one wh'ito lily kco ping watch and ward. TO ANY POKT. Out of tho thousand yciuch you liavo writ, If Time spare none, you will not euro at all; If Time spare one, you will not know of it: * Nor Nhamo nor famo can ?calo a church yard wall. ?T. D. AUh ich, in Harper't Magazine /or Feb. List of Letters in the Post Office on 1st February. Ja^ob Atkins, Bo iben Bavlin, M It Bastou, \V A Clawson, John Cowan, John Kennedy, Alice Cochron, T L Cosby, Peter Livingston, U W Litos, William Mcrtin,. J 11 Mann, James A Murphy, Lewis Kamey, A T Spergorson, J M DeNerry, A 11 firflrv John E Brown loo, ftheada Bnston, Julia Brown, J B Camp, Beverly Cartor, L L Calloway, Ed ware Calhoun, \V C Latimer, fiartth Lake. Thomas LMorriman, W J Martin, J II Montonoy, B 11 Penny, Belle Stevenson, Oliver Shumnke, David Dornsby, VV V. X rift Hamilton Grecno, Henry Gordan, William Guilford, B Harko, Kate Western, A W Johnson, David Kino, II A Tonnent, Joo Terry, Janus waller. TC Smith, Joo Thomas. Vina Todd. Lizzie Wilson, J J Hickok, John Killson, Champion tjluillobo D li Garrison. E Hsdgo, II Hill, Mary E White, J W Whitemire, Harry Williams, H W Lawsou. Flogging Unworthy of the Teacher. Montaigne, speaking of the colleges of his day, says, "They are mere jails, where imprisoned youths are taught to be debauched by being punished for It before they are so. l>o but come in when they are about their lessons, outcries of boys under execution, and the thundering of pedagogues, arunk with fur v. A verv nrettv wav thia to ?? - tempt these tender and timorous souls to love their book! leading them on with a furious countenance, and a rod in hand!" It is this practice of flogging chil dren that haa made nearly every great writer denounce or ridicule the school master. It is the only Ignoble work in the teacher's round of duty. If this practice were universally discon tinued, the teaching profession would rise in dignity aud self-respect In a manner to almost make the heads of its member, dizzy. Children may de serve punishment in school and out of it, but it is no more the teacher's duty to inflict such punishment than it is his- business to reconstruct all the scolding wives aud lazy husbands of his school district. It Is the duty of every one to do all the good he can in the world; but the more diligently a man attends to his own businesss, the more good he will do. The teacher's business is teaching, and the more he flogs his pupils, tbe more ho does not attend to his own business. When we make pupils and patrons understand that we can not be hired or provoked to whip the former, at least children will come to school as their elders will go to church, with the thought of i i _i ie il. ... gijuu uuiia>iu& in liiiiiu , nut i%a 11 uurv were on their way to a picnic for a frol ic, certainly, and a row, if possible. An irritable teacher is a sort of natural curiosity to children, and delight in stirring him tip, even, at the price of a Hogging now and then, from the same disposition that prompts them to poke wild animals with slicks at a show. Brothers and sisters, let us bo teach ers, not thrashing machines I Divis ion of labor is a device to civilization. It is only among barbarians that jacks-of-all-trndes make money So, if we cannot be atonco the father ami mother and priest and doctor and tai lor and dressmaker and nursemaid and teacher of each and every one of our pupils, let us fill our oflice, and fill it well. Let the parents feed and chastise them. If they are not com petent to do the latter, we are not in fault; we did not establish the rela tionship between tlvein. Let the doc tor lake care of their bodies, the priest j i>f their souls. Let the tailor make! their jackets, the cobbler mend their! shoes, ami the nursemaid dress and uomb them. Lot u? teach them. If we do this well, we have done our hare. I'ut the Idiers to Work. Editors J'rctm and Banner Sib I believe there is in thin Slate a law, known as the Vagrant Law. Now it seems to me this law was en-: rneed nnd nil those nersons male or; female, who arc night and day seen loi tering around, wore taken up and made to ahow by what means they support! themselves, and if they have no! means, made to work on tho chain J Kang, or if there he no chain gang let j the city fathers pass an ordinance by j which we can have one or have some! other means of punishment with as I little expense as possible. I do not: think that begging or (what is the i same thing) playing on an old hand organ for the nickles that they can get, J constitutes a means of support; and if: there be no ordinance by which it can; be stopped for Heaven's sake let the, city fathers enact one. A Truthful Skctch. Let a man fail in business, what an eflect it has on his former creditors!] Men who have taken him by the arm,! laughed and chatted with him by the hour, shrug their shoulders and pass] r\t? u'itli it 'Mwmv /In vnu <ln 9*' I >'11 Willi il V/WIM ^ "U U" ? Every trifle of a bill is hunted up and presented that would not have seen j the light for months to eome, hut for; the misfortunes of the debtor. If it in paid, well and goad; if not, the seowl; of the shcrilF. perhaps, meets him at| the corner. A man that has never j failed knows but little of human na-! tu re. In prosperity lie sails along gently,! waited by favoring smiles and kind' words from everybody. He prides' himself on his name and spotless, character, and makes his boast that lie has not an enemy in the world. Alas!1 the change. He looks at the world in ;i dilli-rcnt light when reverses come upon him. He hardly knows how to move or hi do this thing or the other; there arc spies about him, a writ is ready for his back. To know what kind* of htntl* the world is made of, a' person mu.4 be uiif.?r(unate and stop paying oiiiv in bis lifetime. If he has [vii! I friends, then they are made man iIV".-1. A faihiiv i.; :i moral seive, il In in;:.; oiil (be wheal and show.; Ib^' r-liali'. A man thus learns that wmkU Hill plfit'llde l j'uod will ;iri' hot and i|ii not coii.- l 11 ill t' ri ;?I friendship. (Iirrriiu* I'ni? perl's Cor llie Prcw ami ! Manner. II is encouraging in these hard limes to l>e remembered l?y our friends. Those indebted to the i'rrss and Dan tier are pitying up every day, and new fiuhRcrihors are coining in, showing an appreciation upop the part of those whose good opinion is invaluable to us. The J'. tfc 11. endeavors to do its work honestly and unostentatiously. ,So far as lies in the power of those in charge, it will always he found on the right siil". there to battle until the right shall triumph. The young getilleinen about IVlidlc (no li.-ive oij-anJ'W-d a eoruel baud. SUNBEAMS. Just think of that! Even the plump* est woman has 240 bones. Elephants are the most Intelligent of animals and jot they have the larg* est ears. A Western man says that figures won't lie unless they happen to be on a gas meter. "Smothered Verms" is a California dish; in spite of its name it is only t al*. l. ' 0 UUUiblUUJl UUU VillKJUM* An old fogy in [Springfield objects to paying a gas bill of $18 for -the frivo lous reason that there Are no burners in his house. The boy who presented his father with a chri stmas cane now rubs his back, and wonders that he didn't have more forethought. "What do you know of the character this man?" was asked of a witness in court the other day. " I know it to be unreachable, your honor,' replied the witness, with much emphasis. According to Kate Field, the pur pose of American clerg)itnen in visit ing London is to be able to go to the theatres without having their presenoe there commented upon. Landlady (fiercely): "You musnt occupy that bed with your boots on." Boarder: "Never mind; they're an old pair. I guess the bugs won't hurt 'cm. Lot 'em rip anyhow." The absurd story about the phenlx grow out of tho fact that i>henixes always roosted in ash trees, and heneo when they took wing they wexe said to "rise from their ashes." As old Mr. heaved the fast scut tle of four tons of coal into his cellar, ho was heard to remark: "If they had been boys instead of girls* it would'nt have been thus. One ton would last all winter. A few days since a man convicted of drunkenness stood up before His Hon or at the Police Court, and His Honor said, in his slow, SDienin way. "I'll five you l$10 or thirty days." 4SWell, '11 take the $10, squire," said the Jfallow, "The excuse of the third man," said Mr. Moody, illustrating the parable of the guests who were .backward in com ing forward, "was mora absurd than any?'I havo married a wife, and there fore I cannot come.' Now, why didn't he take his wife along with him ?" An exchange wants somebody to In vent a new danoe for the girls. Yes, do I Got up one whore the young ladies dance around the house helping the old lady to get breakfast, wash the dishes and sling dirty shirts in a wash tub. Do, and see how the girls won't dance worth a cent, "As to opening oysters," said old Hurricane, "why, nothing's easier if you only know how." And how's howl" Inquired Straight. "Scotch snuff," answered Old Hurricane, very sententiously; "Scotch snuff; bring a little of it ever so near their noses, and they will sneeze their lids oft" A strange minister officiated in 'a suburban pulpit recently, and among the notices to be read was one request | ing me lauies w eeuu iu iciicoum^uKj | for the cafe of a fair which was to^w | held jduring the week. The olergy. man innocently read it "refreshments lor the calf," and the audience tittod. A fond parent who bought a cow for his summer residence, in anticipation of the delight that the fresh product would cause his daughter, was some* what chagrined when Julia looking upon a pan of nectar, e xqlalmed. "Oh, wnat horrid yellow stuff! It isn t half so good as tne nice blue milk we get ia town." John Henry, reading to his wife from a newspaper, "There is, not a single woman in the State Penitentiary. There you see, don't you, im%t wickod creatures wives arc? Every woman in the Penitentiary is married." "It is curious," said she; "but don't you think, John, dear, that some of them go there for relief?" During a recent examination of a class of youngsters in one of the Che mung county schools, the teacher askca: "What is a monarchy?" and was immediately answered by a bright little eight-year old boy: "A country governed by a king." "Who would would rulo if the King should die?" "The queen." "And if the queen ahoulddio, who then would bo ruler?" The jack." At the court In Belfast recently, Judge Libbey sentenced Martin L. Tower to twenty-five years' in State Prison. This fact whs communicated to the prisoner's mother, who was struck with " astonishment as to the magnitude of the sentence. "What did they do that for?" she exclaimed. "Twenty-fivo years! Why he won't bo contented thero three weeks 1" "Cussed, if the darned thing ain't a-going!" was the surprised remark of a sight-seeing Granger from Maine, who caressed the teeth of a circular cviw In n. North End nlanlncr mill: and now should you profound to him that first problem for young arithmeticians, "How many fingers have you on your right hand V" he would bite that lone ly thumb and sadly reply, "Nary, strangorl" A stout lady entered the cabin of a Fultou ferry Jboat, and knowing noth ing of the iron partitions between the seats, requested a slim young gentle man to " move up a little. . I'd rath er give it to her altogether than share it with her," was the way in which the young man afterward explained the precipitancy with whivh he relinquish ed his seat. He seomed more than seventy years old, and all who saw him thought he was a defunct negro when the wheel of the stage rolled over his back. But he slowly got upon his feet, wined the mud out of his eyes, shook nimself. and muttered dismally as ho pottered toward the Jsidewalk, "In Noo Yawk pusaons afoot 'ain't got no rights as pussona on wohicles is bown' to re spec'." A gallant gentleman of the old school, in a crowdcd waitfng-room at a railway station tho other dav. cave his seat to a lady, who failed to ra ake the projKir acknowledgement. Standing awhile, he stooped over as if to listen, and said 4to hor, "What did you say, madam J" "Nothing, sir," was tho reply of the startled lady. "Oh!" iiid he, "excuse me; I thought you said, 'Thank you.'" CHIMESK AKMAMfMTSt It Is thought by many, that should an European war occur, England may, perhaps, find herself with an Asiatio war on her hands too. The letters sent to tho Times from month to month by correspondents in China, show that there are always plenty of disputes going on betwoen English subjects and Chineso officials, any one of which might bo made tho excuse for serious Quarrel. Tho Chineso have been preparing for war steadily for for some years. Thirty-ilvo years ago we ridiculed tho Chineso armaments; and no doubt soldiers armed with' bows and arrows were not very formid able. Lut twenty years later they had learnt the use of artillery, as our experience at tho Tuku forts taught us. Since tho war of 1800 the Celestials have been reorganizing thoir forces* both by land and sea. They have had the help of English and American officers. They have replaced their jiink.-j witli ironclads; they havo armed those and their land defences wiill ri(!>> I ciiik f.f iho hon.vip?t inotal. They have un army of a million of men, a considerable portion of tliern provided with breech-load ing rifles. Above all, the Chinese troops are now disciplined as they never were before. Now, against whom are all those preparations di rected? Anglo-Indians have no diffi culty in answering the question, they say, "Against England," against the "foreign devils," as the Chinese call us. They thoroughly detest us be cause we have already beaten them, and lined them heavily more than once because we are over" vexing them by <piv endeavors to open up I heir com