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r5 The Press and Bam By HUGH WILSON & W. C. Bl "Wednesday, March 5, 3 Tho Savannah llivcr. In another column of this 1 ' Press and Banner may bo found ji ceedingly interesting report of tlie survey of the Savannah river !> Carson, who has been detailed fu duty by the Engineer department United States. In this report man are given, as to the work necessary done to make the river navigable, it furnishes some interesting figu to the slope of the river, tlie prodti the country, and the cost of doin greatly needed work on this i thoroughfare, which :s now block boulders and ledges of rock. From Mr. Carson's report, < ^Rillmoro estimates the aggregate c V'.hrce hundred thousand dollars to the riv^r navigable from Augi; near Talula Falls, a distance of on ?jdfed and lift}--four miles. The report, it seems to us is not able as to the government under the whole work, but we arc gratifh General Gillmoro seems dispos recommend that the river be open far as Trotter's shoals, a distance o: tj'-four miles above Augusta; : accomplish this work lie esiimat cost at one hundred and twenl thousand dollars. From (ienera more's report it will be seen thai twelve thousand bales of cotton an go to Augusta by way of the river, theyearl}* product of the staple tributary districts is estimated at ty thousand bales. It is fair to e> that main' thousand bales ni tins ? at present find their way to Angi way of wagons and otherwise, bnl equally true that a larger proport this crop is diverted from its nature ket because of this difficulty of tra tation. Of the immensefrcights th large area will necessarily consum I use in various ways the merest f I tomes by the river, because of the | danger ami cost attending its passa I the stroivm, which induces the bu goto other markets for his pm which are shipped to him by a eir' route to a distant station and shipped by <vagoaand team to the tation. With this line opened up, now li activity would be quickened into tence on its banks for the entire di The banks of the Savannah being totally exempt from the efleets e malaria which most generally those living on the low lands of , rivers, taken into consideration wil fact of the presence of an abumla f the purest and best water, and tin rior fertility of the soil which ski river, make it reasonable to s that new settlements would be m; both sides of Its entire course, and markets would spring up at tli ous landings. Mills and shops dot eve:y shoal. The hum of pi ous business would be heard where, and all eyes would look i guctaas the great business centre whole. It has been the day-dream of on pie for half a century that numcro "ton factories would some day be 1 on the Savannah to utilize the im f water power that runs- down that s kAt present we have little ground t |br an early realization of so de* remit. Augusta's abundant < with her great water power go waste, could offer such inducemc those desiring to erect factories make our shoals almost worthless money point of view. It is not that capital would disregard superi vantages, and seek a refuge woods, on the banks of the river, from majiict in which its ope ItfMMirirtfy their supplies, :ind in its own products would have to be and where its deposits and banki; counts would have to be kept. What the country wants nowgeneral prosperity of its citizens, benefits of great factories dwindl insignificance when compared to tl efits to be derived from the genera perity of tho small farmers as a and nothing will contribute more t prosperity than tho cheap transpoi which the river can furnish. Tho General Government of lal becu more generous to the South tt any previous time since the wa with proper etrorts on the part o Congressman we may hope to see : propriatiou made for the work c river. Legislation cn Insurance In another column will be fon Bill to regulate Insurance in Nortl lina" which wo wish could be re; South Carolina." Its chief provi that any policy issued by an ins company or its agent to insure i Joss or damage 'by fire to a < . -amount, the premium on which a has been accepted and received b company or its agent, "shall he ( conclusive <rviileiicc of the value < property," and the insuring coi '.ahall have no claim to reduce the li -by any after appraisement. Thi >wise measure the enforcement of "Will be of great benefit both to insi v.oompanios and to their policy-lx "Jnsurers and insured in South Ca should call for the enactment of a s law here. It would remove three [" temptations and sources of trouble 1. Tho temptation to policy-hok owr-value their property in tin -hopo ol' fraudulently obtaining, in _ Jire< more money for the burnt pr than it was really worth. This t< tion, be it observed, too often o] as a temptation to incendiarism. 2. The temptation to the insn ' agents to encourage such ovej-val ?at least, not to prevent it?and tl ^lo increase their income on co -sions. 3. The temptation to tho ins 'companies in receiving higfc prei to profit by the fraud, whether in -or not, of the insured, and tho fre easy negligence of their agents. How often a policy-holder who 1 a longer or shorter period paid premium, finds himself, when bur unable to obtain the full amountto his policy entitled Him on the apj menton which it was issued?how tbialiappens, let the Courts of the iry "ana me linsurniiwomcts ten poli?y-holder discovers thataltiiou (insurance company unmurmuring upquestiouingly received his anmii premium?say, on $5,000,?when af property is destroyed he applies f money be is subjected to the opera r?; "three-fourth's clause" and to a i ^appraisement which reduces the fir nation it may be from $5,000, to It is right and proper to have pr ^appraised -at-jts true value, but i ought^lo be thfj .boundon duty oi .*anceTOmpanie8 to have the corre< praisemont made before the policy 4?iiod. 'J ~ J>rince Napoleon, son of the lal peroj\bas ofrered bis sword to Brit the 2ulu war, and has sailed wil alto.for Africa. The younsj Nap U^vlll ).< mmmntiArfKl rflmivpil > mous baptism of tiro" durin j^nco-Prussian war. To pursu father's metaphor a little further, i bo said ho now gooa to Zulu-land ILiJ M ! [161 Senutor Hnmptou-?liovcmor Simpson. j General Wade jllunipton has forinalh EXET resigned the otliee of Governor of Soutl _____ ; Carolina and has boon duly commission ml as United States Senator. His larewei LS79. letter is published in another column I On the same day, Lieut. Governor Simp | son qualified as Governor. It is with un I iViijned regret that we say farewell t< ivpek's! General Hampton as Governor of Soutl n ex-U'arolina. We could have wished that lv recent ! had stayed with us until we ^ct "out o v Mr. j the wood" in ISNO, for in Washington In ,r this'is only one of seventy-live SKtiators nf the! while in Columbia he was the Governo y facts J <>f this Suite. It is never a difficult mat to be 'cr to make up the seventy-five Senators while ! but it is not easy always to get the r!gh res as'man to bo Governor of South Carolina ets of | But this is selfish thinking. As Cover g this i nor, he lias made his mark in history lafural i many Governors have clone excellently oil bv 1 but lie has excelled them all. As Sena I tor he will koepjtftlous ami tender watel ieneral1 ovor the interests of his native State, am oat at ''0 able to set vt her as faithfully in tin make s<>n:ltc as 'lc served her in the Kxecutiy ista to J o'1''-0e bun-! r',c is fortunate in having a j Hampton's successor his long-tried an< f.lvor. trusty friend,Governor Simpson. In tin takimf new Covernor, we shall find a change o d tlmt n,en bi't not a change of measures. Th ed to I r011 ol could not be placed in firm cd as cr or ,,tlor hands, and South Carolin f sjx. confidently entrusts her chief interests t tnd to l'le keeping of Governor Simpson. es the : * v.fom. Blaine and the Heathen Chinee. 1 (Jill- Apropos of Mr. Blaine's stout chani ; only pionship of the negro in the recent sym nually posiutn published by the Xprtft Ama ica while AVt/Vm\ it is curious to notice that on th in the . --d February (Washington's Day?saerei seven-, to all men who are "born free an< itimate equal"), lie voted in favor of the Califor cotton nia J?i 11 which restricts and almost for ista by ''ids and prohibits Chinese Immigration i it is Ac-cording to Mr. Blaine, it is right tlia ion ol ll,e million ignorant negroes of theSout d mar- | should be enfranchised citizens, bti nspor- ; wrong to allow the thrifty, economical at this 1 peaceful Chinaman even to come t ie a,?i America?not to speak of his having th taction right to vote. It always has made a won ' threat' derful diilerenee wnose ox is gorei .^o un i Hurpcr's Weekly has a clever cartoon b yer toJNast representing Blaine hugging ajnc chases ' Kr<> :l man and brother, but scornfull nitons discarding llie more civilized John China thence num. The President almost certainl, plan- will veto the Dill. f0 an<l ! Senator Al. C. Duller. ex is-I Senator Butler t.uunpbed glorious! stance, in the Senate last Tuesday when a vol almost W!ls given in his favour .vhlch complete if that ly overwhelmed Corbin and took frot afflict# him his last hope. It is gratifying to on other people to see that Gen. Dutler has s :h the gained in influence and in the goo nee of graces of the Senate that lie has won ove 2 supe-; i?is side some of the bitterest republ rts the can Senators. South Carolina is exce uppo.se letitly well represented at Washingto ule on i" t'io person of M. C. Dutler. Corbi Towns given up the contest and will no' ie vari- retire to his reservation with the duueeu would granted him by the Senate of ?10,000. rosoer-1 everv! Lamnr on the Negro. :o Au-' We take pleasure in placing before th of the readers of the Press and Banner the pr i per on Negro Enfranchisement and Di.? r peo- franchisement published by Senatn us cot- Lamar in the March number of th oca tod Xorth American Review, llad spac mense boon at our command wo should hav trcam J gladly printed Senator Blaine's openin 0 hope : paper to which Mr. Lamar's is a replv irable Hut (ho views of the former are so full; capital : and accurately embodied and set forth ii ing to| the reply that our readers can easily am nts to ! fairly judge bi Iween tlie two. ^ ^ : Let us be Thankful. in a , likely i Thanks to Senators Butler and Patter ;or a,|. | son, a quarter of a million dollars hav in the been appropriated for the jetties ii so far! Charleston Harbour. Also South Caro ratives li'ia's claim for money lent the Unite) which ' States in 1812 is to be paid,?nearly thre sold ! hundred thousand dollars. Half a mil ng ac- l'on ^?lbirs for South Carolina! ! The Talc oi the Tellers. ?? | We don't like to print falsehoods if w Iho , , ... ., . , I ! know them to be such, but we couldn ie ben ' '1( 'P P11 the report of the Telle . i committee on Louisiana and South Caro 1 pros-< , , I ilia elections. The lies xt contains ar ClilSS i nth ir old w'1'1 so inuc'1 smug unction am . lamb-like foxiness, we lay them befor< tation ; * ; our readers. e has ( Trtrc Ncubcny Jlcruld has an interest inn at | jng account of the discussion in the Poi", and ; ?!<,!,a Grange on the subject of Guanos wur i a large majority of the speakers though! in np- I tjia? ,iij not pay to use commercial fer >n the' tilizers, and passed a resolution to tha : effect. ' ? - ? - - - ml -....A--, , \ I LuAlI <IOURNAI.lKM.? 1 UK CUSUMI tl I of editors calling each other liars is bema "a, coming more common than politenes o 1 Caro- decency will tolerate. True gentlemei ad "in * "over doit, and when we find a man'.. . | whether editor or not?ever ready to ap .sion is j piy the word lie or liar to an adversary urance nine cases out of ten he proves to be i igainst' bully or one ignorant of the eomnior "ertain I curtesies of life. In itself it sounds lov j when uttered and reads vulgar in print mount | truer evidence of a low bred lellov y said! could be shown than the glib use of the leaned words'-you lie," "liar," Ac., and we line f . editors ever ready to encourage their us< >j by applying itt o a cotemporarv who maj npany dare to differ with them."? Union Times ability m , is is a -pjjg Reason lie was Defeated. which J Auymt'i Chronicle and Outisfi'ntinnalM urance commPiitinji on the defeat of Col. Thomson 11 ; the able editor of the Nnvminah Xcwx, f<? nuers. j (ju. Democratic nomination to Congress lo Tolina the unexpired term in the first Georgia dis . I trictcaused by tlie death of Mr. Hartridge linilar: the following <is probably the true cansi > creat of his defeat: i "l'erhaps the fact that he had been the edit I or of a leading journal for so long a tinielnu lers to ' a deal to do with Colonel Thompson'! . ! defeat. Journalists are compelled to e.xpres > vain | their opinions in print, and it is safe to sa; case of no other class ot men make so many ene I inles. Others jrlvo their views in private con opcrtv j versation and to a limited audience. Thi *mr>ta~!Journalist speaks to the world about him ' ' I and no one ever forgives an aflVont or injur] Qcrutcsj lc print. The newspaper editor is forced ti Ideal with all questions that present them j selves, and in every case he antagonizes somi irancc- Interest or offends some individual, oftet nation ,ie ar?us,'s enmity where he had no inten uaiion tjon t() j0 sf> RJ|(j a paragraph writtci bercbv | from the best of motives will bit some oin . " j and rankle in his breast for a life time. It i mmis- | principally because of these things that si few Journalists have been successful pollti I clans. It Is true that there are now in hlpl n ran CO j positions many men who were once Journal nitims 1,8ts? but it is equally true that nearly all o ' j them ceased to be editors before they attain noccnt i ed distinction in politics.. e-and-j Cultivation of Juic. las for I a hiirh 1 The Agricultural and Mrchauical Socicty Offer, 1 a Premium c/ So<> for the Hc*t Bale. ntout,) ? , . Secretaky s Ofkick, ) which ! state Aon'i. and Mkchaxicai. kkciete, \ >raise-i Pomakia, Newbekky Co., Feb. 13, 1S79. I often I I" R revision of the premium list by the e.\ | ecutive committee the society offers a preinlcoun um 0f ?5(| for the best bale of Jute, not lesf . ^hs'than 11,10 pounds, with mode of cultivation , , i and preparation. gli tne Tne notice is given ?t this early day tha lv and ! Planters nay arrange their lands with a vlev f; j | to grow the crttpand compete for the premi ? high um at t he State Fair, to be held in Columbia, teiJ Mid November 11,1S71). . James S. Murdoek, of Charleston, secretary or the (if the committee on coast lartiis.-nppcrtntod bj tinn r>f i1,10 Agricultural Society of South Carolina as vi | to resultsof experiments in growing Jute in tecond i this country, reports the success of Mr. D. O, ,.oi Hawthorn of Abbeville County; Hint iht sc \ai-| Mic product Has sold to the Charleston Bag32,500.1 S'UB Co, and is, !ii all probability the flrsi pieoe|of cloth ever made from American Jutc. operty Those who desire to ongage in this new ehit is or terprise should correspond with Mr. Murdock, with a view to procure seed and diieo msu- tions fbr its cultivation for fibre. c(. ap. Thos. W. Hollow ay, Secretary. is isPeter is about distracted in reference to the county line fence. His house is a liner, ill.' neighbor Dave told him the fence would gr through his passage, and t hat he would have e em- to climb a staked and rided fence every night . . to get to bed. Peter Is enraged beyond d?>; am in | 8orlption, bis language is sulphuric, he and ill his hi? faithful overseer stand guard day am] , night surrounded with clubs and other for oleon, niidable weapons and Peter's.knife open in lis fa- his pocket, looking for Palmer and the con.. vlcta. B the 16 Moses Pickslcy the mail rider between t may Edgefield and Abbeville Is courteoiv and ucl f r, hn I commodating. He is always ou time und il 1 10 D0 ho holds out as he has commenced wili be first btsl. OMIMMMB?????B?C??? B????it ' The jVigritian Problem. r * LAMAR'S REPLY TO RLAINE. l! j Mississippi CJets the Butter of Maine .J on the Negro Question. Xorth A nwrfean Review. j{ The precision with which Mr. Illnlno states i ills premises ami the unimpassioned spirit 11 in which he he draws tils conclusions render J the discussion which lie proposes both possi' blc nml profitable, His statement itself ?lof1 privos the issue of nearly all Its dltllculiy] ? iind dai>g< r. He lays <lown with force i j and fleaViU-MShis propositions: ! !,| 1, That the disfranchisement of the negro .! is a political impossibility under any eircumi stancef. short of revolution. - j 1' That the ballot in Hie hands of the nci gro, however Its exercise may have been em?i barrassed and diminished by what, heconsidt! ers. erroneously, a general Southern policy, i lias been to that nice a means of defense and j an element of progress. - ENFKANC1I1SEMENT INEVITABLE, AND DIS; KUANCHISKMENT IM l'O.S.SIIll,K. , I I agree to hoth propositions. In all my ex' j penenee of Southern opinion I know no -1 Southern man of Influence or consideration I who believes that thedisfranchisenient of the 11 negro on account of race, color, or former coiledition of servitude, Is a political posslldlii ly. 1 am not now discussing the propriety or C wisdom of universal suffrage, or whether In r. | the interest of wise, safe and orderly govern * | merit all suttragc ought not to ue quunuvu. i I What I moan to say Is, tlmt universal suffrage M I heing Riven us the condition of our political j | life, the negro once made a citizen cannot be I 1 | placed underany other condition. And In j ? tills connection it may surprise some of the L ! readers of this discussion to learn f that in 1MKI the white people of Missi sippi unanimously voted at the polls in favor | 0 of ratifying the enfranchisement atnend. j ment for which Mr. Blaine voted in Congress ?believing as they did, that when once the a negro was made a free man, a propcrtv-hold(1 or and a tax-payer, lie could not, be excluded from the remaining privilege and duty of a citizen, tlie right ami obligation to vote. And I think 1 can safely say for that people what Mr. itlaiticsays for himself, that if the question were again submitted to their Judgt inont, they "would vote for negro sutt'rage in " the light of experience with more continence . i than they voted for it in the light of an ex! periment." " T1IK 11AT.I.0T AS AN EDCCATOU. e | I coiicuralso in the second proposition, that 1 the ballot has been In the hands of the negro , | both a defense and an education ; ami 1 am i | glad to find this important truth recognized so fully by Mr. Itlaine. We might possibly dtller with him as to tlie extent to which the - defense was needed, or as to the progress which has been made in the education. Hut ' enough would remain for substantial agrceit J incut. There can be no doubt that in*the uu. j accustomed relation into which the white n j and colored people of the South were suddenit i ly forced, there would have been a natural j tendency on the part of the former masters, '? still in possession of the land and of the in-, o | tclligcncc of the country, and of its legislative power, to use an almost absolute authore ty and todevelop the new frcedman according to theirown idea of what was go>nl 10r him. I This would have resulted in a distinction, 1. with such incidents of the old system as y would have discontented the negro and dissat istied the general opinion and sentiment of the country. If slavery was to be abolished I It must, 1 think, be admitted that there could ^ be nothing short of complete abolition, free i- from any of the atlinltics of slavery; .and ! this would not have been clfccted so long as j I there existed any inequality before the law. The ballot was therefore, a protection of the j negro against any such condition, and enaI bled hint to force his interests upon the legislative consideration of the South. What I do not think Mr. Hlaine fully realiy zcS, or makes due allowance lor, is that this ej sudden transformation, social and political, | would necessarily produce some jar In its !-! practical operation, and that Its successful working could be clfccted only by cxpcrlencI ed and conscientious men acting on both ir sides Willi good sense and good temper. Conquest on either side only complicated tlie problem. Its only solution was a sagacious d and kimlly cooperation of ull tlie social forces. The vote In the hands of the negro r should have been genuinely "a defense," and i- uota weapon of attack. AT SCHOOL TEX VEAltS. The proper use of this defensive power and n its growth Into a means of wholesome and n and positive influence upon t he character and lutercsts of the country, could only beattalnkV ed by the education of the negro. And I j. agree fully with Mr. Blaine that his practical use of the ballot was an Important part of that education. Iam willing to accept the j present condition of the South as the result of | that education. Will he? I say that the negro has been using this defence for ten years, that in this time hundreds of thousands of e of negroes, bom free have grown i- to manhood under the experience of a political lifeas open to them as to the old, white governing race: and Mr lilaine himself asserts ,r that education has been more generally diffused among the youth of the colored nice e tliiui among the poorer classes of the whites c ?whether truly or erroneously we will not I here discuss?and the result is, that throughclout the South the races vote together; that they have learned where their mutual inter I est lies; and that, whom (iod has Joined, all '. the politicians have felled to keep usunV llcr" ^ IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHOSE OX IS j GOltEl). I have his essay before me. He denies that this Is a legitimate result, lie insists that the negro vote has been cheated by fraud or defeated by force, and that the present condition of.Southern politics Is nil unnatural rc suit. Iam willing to meet this Issue on his _ own principles, twill Indulge in neither?! nvectivcnor denunciation, I will simply take il the lategovernnient of South Carolina or of Louisiana. or of other States under similar "I rule and describe it in language that Mr. 1 j Maine himself may select. When he has told | Its history I will ask him whether he would c | willingly, as a patriotic American, desire to _ see his own State, or any other of the free States, reduced to such a level? I am not afraid of his answer,or that of any man who has been bred under the traditions of a virtuous civilization. Then I will say to him : this, it is true, Is a painful result; but c j when you put the ballot in the hands of an . ! ignorant negro majority as a means of educa1J tionand progress, you must be patient while r | they learn their lesson. We of the South I have borne all this; because we knew that ~j the reaction must.come. It has come. The P [ results which you sec to be so bad the negro ! has seen also. He has come back to us with ?! tho same blind impulse with which a few e' years ago he Hod from us. He may be as ignorant a Democrat as he was an ignorant Republican : but years must yet pass before the ballot will have educated him fully into selfreliant, temperate citizenship: and what we " | of the South have borne, our friend* of the North . i in us/ Ix itr with us, until tlie negro has become ' what we both leant to make him. This is part of | his education. JSy a system, not one whit less a system of force or of fraud than that I alleged to exist now, he was taken away from - his natural lenders at the South, and held to ? a compact Republican vote. Granting? which 1 do not grant?that the present methods are as bad as those then applied, the fault lies in the character of the vote. It is not educated to free action, and we must educate l! it to what it ought to be. Take the history of i j the race, as stated by Mr. Blaine himself, and J r] Is there not progress, astonishing progress, when the material with which we are ileal-j ling is considered? l'orce and fraud have " been freely charged. Suppose it granted. I Could any one expect, did any one expect, I ,* j that such a tremendous political and social j ! change?the sudden clothing of four million slaves with suffrage and with overruling politieal power?could be made without violent >" disturbance and disorder? Had any such . I change ever been made in any free State with j out convulsion V> US It HI uc VAptiini 111.11, | 4 j when the capital and charaetcr of a stale : | were placed at the mercy of a numerical ma- j ' j Jorlty of (ignorant and poverty-stricken vo91 ters, it would present a model of peace and r order ? But all this while the ballot litis been educating the negro. lie has learned that he was a power between Hepublican and Democrat. HE IS NOW I.EARNING ItAl'IDLY AT THE . SOUTH THAT r i lie Is a power between Democrat and Demoricrat, and in the late election lie made that . power felt in the result. I would have pre-| j ferred a much less costly tuition; but, such as | ?I it is, It hat been paid for, and, if Mr. Blaine I will patiently trust bis own theory, lie will . I find the ballot in the hands of the negro the 11 best defense and the best educator. But, as S' the south has been patient, so must lie he pas i tlent. A.t the South has chafed ineffectually ; ! when that vale ira.i ai/ninxt all her white i>eoj>lc, so i-1 will he chafe ineffectually when it is now largely -1 for them. e| In his perplexity over the sudden change ,! in the vote of the negro, Mr. Blaine has for,* I gotten that,at this stage of its progress, the > negro votecan intelligently direct itself. It - must and wil 1 follow sijme leader. Now, up e to lK7fi. the Hepublican party, armed with afl j the authority of the Federal Government, -1 supplied those leaders. They were strangers 11 in the .Stntes they governed. The moment p ! that the compact vote upon which their pows j er rested was divided they abandoned their r>! places, and in almost every case left the State ; j in which they had ruled. The great mass of l j colored voters was left without guides. In . i manv of the largest counties, where their if j majority was absolute, th<y were not only . i not organized, but there was not Interest ! enough to print a Hepublican ticket. The weapon of defense which had hcen given toj the negro was thrown away by his leaders In j In their night, and Mr. Blaine can scarcely I complain if it was picked up by Democrats.) I In saying this I do not wish to provoke or| s ! renew useless and irritating controversies; but Mr. Blaine's position is, that not. only the negro ought not to be disfranchised, but that such a question could not have suggested itself but for an illegal control of the negro vole by Southern Democrats. MY VIEW IS ' that, while the enfranchisement of the noi | gro was a political necessity, it could not be I | effected without subjecting the country to t such dangerous political aberrations as we M have experienced; that a wise man would have foreseen them; and that, In fact, t hey J I have been less than could reasonably been i I anticipated; that the ballot In the hands of ' ' I the negro has been a protection and an edu-i ' ] cator; that with it lie has been stronger and < safer In all Jits rights than tlie Chinese have I been in California withoutit; and that the . problems it raised are steadily and without s danger solving themselves through the pro cess of lbfcal self-govern men t. AN INTKUE9TINP St'llJEC'T.?NOT A NATIONAL SUBJECT; When Mr. Blaine admits that disfranchisement Is impossible and that the ballot. has been, in spite of ail drawbacks, a benefit ta the negro, he really proves that there is no organic question affecting great National ln> terests, butsimply the subordinate question : j ; | llow rapidly is the ballot fitting tiie negro for j >lthe full enjoyment of his citizenship, audi what influence does his vote exercise upon; ; | the supremacy of one party or the other In i . National politics ? Tins latter may be an in[ j teresting question, but not one which should ] I j disturb elthera sound National sentiment, or i great National Interests. I do not propose to | II discuss it. I am of opinion that to mace the ! negro a free citizen it was necessary first to i take him from his master. Then it became necessary to take him from the party which claimed his vote as absolutely as his master hud claimed his labor. The next step will be . to hike him as a class from either party and rj allow him to differ und divide Just as white i'men do. The difficulty 60 far lias been that he Republican party desires to retain t he net r not cm a voter but as a Republican voter. l'ARTY POLITICS hnvc boon direct oil so as to koop hlrr at the South in antugonIsm to the white race with whom all IiIk material Interests an Identified. Whenever?and tho time Is no distant?whenever political Issues arise whlcl divide the white men of the South, the negri will divide too. The time will then hav< come when he cannot net against the wliiti rare asabody, or with the white race as i body. lie will have to choose fur himself and the white race, divided politically, wil want him todlvide. The use of his vote wil then 1)0 the exorcise of his individual Intolll Hence, and lie will find friends on all side willing and anxious to enli-rhten and intlu enee him,anil to sustain him in his decision* PltOOliESS OK TitK NKU110 DUUINQ SLAVERY The whole country lias passed through ! very painful experience in the solution o this question, and no one can adequately d?' scribe the bittcrnessof the trial of tiio South but she has borne It, and it seems to mo tha a statesman who loves this great country o whicii we are all citi/.ctis should feel that th time has conic when n kindly Judgment ci each othor'sdirticultios would brim; us 11 care to that unanimity of action which can nlon aid the solution of a crave social and pollti cal problem. I was born and bred a slave holder, born and bred among slave-holders 1 tinvi* known shivery in its kindest an* most beneficent aspect. My association of the past of men and things arc full of lov and reverence. In all history never has heavy duty been discharged more faithfUMj more conscientiously, more successfullj than by the slave-holders of the South. Bui if I know myself and those whom I represcn we have accepted the change in the sam spirit. No citizen of this republic more thai the Southerner can ordoes desire to see th negro improved,elevated or, civilized, mad a useful and worthy element in our politlci life. None more than they deplore and cot demn all violence or other means tending t hinder the enjoyment of his elective fran ehlse. The South took him, as he was sent t her, a wild and godless barbarian, and mad him such that thcNortli has been able to giv him citizenship without the destruction i our institutions. The progress he made wit us as a slave will not be arrested now that li Is a freeman?unless party passion and perse mil ambition insist upon using him as an ii strument for sclilsli ends. And I have Jolne in tills discussion because I regard It an hoi est eflbrt to remove this question from Hi heated atmosphere of political debate,, an to ask the attention of thinking men to problem the wise and peaceful solution < which will t.o one of the noblest achiev< meats of democratic oi vilization. southern kiiavd and force. Mr. Blaine assumes that the Souther States asa whole? differing in degree, but tl same in effect?have through force and frau so suppressed the negro vote as to make n gro suit rage as far as possible of none elfee The statistics of election will show that, tl: negro vote throughout IheSouth lias not bee suppressed. That there have been instanw of fraud and force I admit and deplore, hi they have been exceptional. Take them a in the recent election and average thei among a population of twelve millions < fieople, and to what do they amount? Tl 'resident, in reviewing the whole subjcct a ter these elections, did allege, and could onl allege," that all in these States but seven Cm grcssional districts exhibited results whic were altered by either fraud or force. Wlie we consider the fact that since the formalin of the Government tliere have been but fe Congresses, if any, in which there have n< been elections from nil parts of the Unlo contested 011 these very grounds, and the bear In mind that at no time in our histor; and in no other part of our country has tliei ever been so keen and searching a serutln Into the facts of an election as that to whlc the South 1ms been subjected, t hese exaggen ted statements of force and fraud must be r duced to their real proportions. the negro's rights ake respected. But suppose the allegation which M Blaine puts as the argument of those whom vocate disfranchisement be true, viz., thi the present pollticJll Condition of the Sout is practically the rule not of a numerical mi jorlty of the whole people white and blacl but of the whites as one unanimous clas? and let it be conceded fully that such ft poll ical condition, If it actually exists, is an evl what is the precise nature and extent of tin evil? In the first plaUe, It Is not pretendc that any of these civil rights >?f person an property that negro suffrage was intended I I .?,..,.,.1 koi.n 11 iv 11'led or emlamrerei I indeed, this seems t*> be Impliedly mlmith I though not explicitly Mated in Mr. lSlalne article. The object of the Fifteenth Anient ment is fully disclosed by coutcinpornncni debates. It was to protect and establish fn labor In the South, in all Us new relations i rights and interests, by giving to the em am: I paled laborer the poll I leal means of inaintaii I lag those rights and interests. Now, will an one deny that tills purpose has not achieve J its fullest consummation under existing cm iditions? Is free labor any where on cart more (irmly established, more fully develo] cd, or more absolute in its demands (even ft exaggerated remuneration),and more secui and unrestricted in the enjoyment of 1 guilts, than in the South? In all respects, n pro freedom and negro equality before tli 1 law, security of person and property arc an pie and complete. To protect these, shotil j they be Invaded, he has the franchise wit I which a freeman can maintain his right He may no longer allow it to be used as a to< for the rapacity of political adventurers; bi lie is perfectly conscious of the fact which M Hlainc states, that his right to vote is to bin self and his race a shield and sword of d feu sc. INTEI.T.IOKNCE WII.L TKll'.Ml'II. The question, then, recurs?conceding f< the sake of argument, that In the South poll ical rule represents not the will of mere nun hers, but the intellectual culture, the til or; strength, the material interests, the ski 11 n labor, the useful capital of tlml entire sectici as well as Its political experience?is not th result exactly what the intelligence, chnrat ter, and property of the country are strivin to effect In every Congressional district I the Union, and is it not a perfectly legit mate result of placing tlie ballot In the ham of a population unfamiliar with Its use, an who are peculiarly susceptible to the Intluei ccs which property and brains have alwaj exerted In popular government? I anticipate the answer; It is, that tl property and intelligence of the other sc tions seek to control the votes of tho massi by different methods that are legitimate an peaceful, while the Southern whites lia\ achieved their power by means which ai unlawful and unjust. So far I have to son extent, for the sake of argument, concctlt the assumption that the negro vote has bet subjected to the forcible control of the whii race, but that I deny. Reference luus bet made to th"great change which the electio returns show in the negro vote throughoi the South. The phenomenon is easily c; plained. I?UT YOl'KSKI.F IN HIS PI.ACK. Let.any Intelligent Northern man ievic the history of tlie Stale Governments of tl South for the last ten years under Rcpublica rule?their gross and shameless dishonest; exorbitant taxation, tlielr reckless expend tares, their oppression of all native interest the social agonies through which they hav forced all that was good and pure to pass i through a tier.v furnace; the character of tl men?many of them?they have placed I power; and then say if such a state of thin; in a Northern or Western State would n< have been a sure and natural precursor of Republican defeat, so absolute and complet that-the very name of thepnrty would ha\ become in that stale a name of scorn and r MM.,*., tJwmlil tho* men tUWlil'lJ. J m il ?nj niiuuiu hmh i\nw lave occurred in tin; South ? Are we to a: sumc that the black race have neit her Inst i 11 < nor reason?have 110 sense, no lntclllgene no conscience, no independence: that In crci .Southern State the thraldom of the negi vote to party leaders, even when abandon* by them, is so un<iucslionini! ami abject tin no amount of misrule can cut him loose frm them or teach htm the advantage of a inoi natural and wliolesome political allianet To reason Urns Is simply to say that, the negi is unfit for sufTrageniid to surrender the a guinent to those who hold that he otiglil tol disfranchised, lint this is not true. Thei are many honest, intelligent and mdepeiv ent men among the negroes in every Sout! em state. There are thousands of them wl own property, who cultivatetheirown land who have taxes to pay, and who appr elate their vital Interests in good jroveri inent. This change in his political rclatioi which has been the subject of so muc Incredulous comment Is the legitimate r suit of the experience through which lie hi none. TilK hai.LOT has EDUCATED TIIK XKGltO. So fur from proving his wcnk subordinate to a hostile influence, it demonstrate* win Mr. Blaine says, that the ballot-box in<lec educated him to understand his own Intcres and that lie has learned to use it as an instri m*nt to protect Ills own rights. To interfei witli such a result because it does not squai with the necessities or ihe ambitions of th or that party, sCeiris to nicto be in dircct cot tradiction to what has been suggested b Mr. lilalne himself. He says "The one sin mode to remand the Suites that rebellc against the Union to theirautononiy was t gave sutt'rgge to the negro," leaving, (I vei ture add i to self-governinent the evolution < the proper remedies for whatever of evil c error may attend the working out of th! grave and critical experiment. L. (|. C. LAMAR. AN ACT OF JUSTICE. A Bill to Rcgulute Insnrnncc i North Carolina. Section 1. TheCSeneral.Assembly of Nort Carolina do enact, That any policy Issued li any Insurance company, or its ngent, doin business in this State,on any dwelllnghnusi store, warehouse, bam or other building, pui porting sf? Insure the same against loss c damage by lire to a certain amount, the pr mi 11 in on which umount has been aeceptc and received by such company or Its ngen shall be deemed conclusive evidence of ill value of said property, and said com pan shall not be allowed in case of loss or dainag to the same, to claim aWy reduction in th amount of liability by reason of any after a) praisemcnt of value, Skc. 2. In every case of Insurance again* loss or datnagc by fire in this State, the com panv so insuring Khali be liable for the fu amount of loss or damage to tho property in stircd, provided the same do not exceed tli amountoi insurance<>i K?ia property. Skc. 3. Thnt in case of any policy "being I: sued by any insurance company, or thel agent, doing businessIn this State, in whle said company shall reserve to themselves tb right to cancel said policy at any time pre vIouk to its expiration, the same shall he coi: strned as belonging to the party to whom th policy is issued, ami the said parly may o the sa:nc conditions as are reserved to them selves by llio said company, deliver up lil policy to theiagent of tlie company and d? mand the amount of unearned premium o: the same. Sue. 1. Tills act shall be In forcc from an after its ratification. Unwholesome Bread. Medical and scientific men in some of th cittcs of.(he North have been analyzingsom of the many baking powders now so general ly used in making bread In this country, am have found that in ft large proportion of thes alumn Is one of thb ingredients, being usei in place of soda and cream of tartar; 111 alum making the bread light and \Thite am being cheaper than soda. All the Jnedl'ai authorities agree in saying that the effects 0 alum on the stomach are injurious beyom alt doubt: that it Is a health-destroying sub stance. We give noW a listof powders wlilcl have been found to contain alumn, am against which it is safe to warn the public Xney are as follows: "Invincible," "Dooly's,' "Patapseo," ' Charm," "Andrews' Regal,' "Queen," "Vienna," "Orient," "Amazon,' "Lakeside," "Twin Sisters," "King," "\Vhlt< Lilly," "Monarch." "Ono Spoon," "Impe^ rial," "Honest," "Economical," "Excelsior,' "Charter," "Grant's Giant;" V * V; ... . v..* About Savannah River. 1 [ LETTER FROM THB SECRETARY ? OF WAR, ? Transmitting a Report Upon An Examination of the Savannah River I Aboye Augusta, Ga., February 15, 1879.--Rcferrcd to the Committee t on Commerce abd Ordered to be ' Printed. ^Var Department, ix Washington City, February 15.1879. if The Secretary of War has the honor to Mib mlt In the House of Kepresen tat Ives letter of ; the Chief of Engineers of the 14th instant. l , mium11iiiik uiijiy <n ie)nrt i 1/4 ijium. v?/i. %c. if! (Jillinore, Corps of Engineers, upon nn cxatnc! litation of the Savanah River above AugusUi, iC'liu., made In coinplluncc with section 2 of r i the Klver and Harbor act of June 18, 1X78. e GEO. \\\ McCRARY, Secretary of War. -1 Tiik speaker : I Of the House of Representatives. JI si Office ok ttie Chief ok engineers, c Washington, I). C.. Feb. 11, 187!>. a Sir?1 have the honor to submit herewith ,lacopy of a report to this office from Lieut.) :, | Col. Q. A. Gillmore, Corps of Engineers, of l. j the results of an examination, made under it his direction, to comply with the requlree I meats of the second section of the River nnd ii llarbor act of June 18,1S78, of Savannah river, e I above Augusta. Ga., with tho view to the 1me j provement of its navlgat.on. il i Very respectfully, your obedlentservnnt, ?-i II. O. WHIGIIT. o j Acting Chief of Engineers, i-j Hon. Geo. W. McCrary, o I Secretary of War. e ? e United States Engineer Office. >fi Savannah, Ga., February 8, 18f>0. h j Gknkrat.?i have the honor to report, that ie the "examination of the Savannah above vI Augusta, Ga.," provided for by the net of i- Congress approved Sune 17, 1878, nnd assigned d to me by the Instructions of the C '"f of Enl gineers, dated July 8,1878, has been jmpletio cd. d The examination was made with a view to a ascertaining the present condition of the >f river from Augusta to the head of pole-boat navigation, a distance by river of about 154 miles, the practicability "of Improving it lor craft proper to those localities, the approximate cost of improvements, and the expe* n dleneyof making them, in regard to the im"j portai ce, present and prospective, of the 111 commercial Interest Involved. c- The head of Savannah river proper is the Junction of the Tugaloo and Seneca rivers, ,e 107J/w miles above Augusta. These rivers n combined form the Savannah. From the ;s | point of Junction to the head of pole-boat j '{ | navigation near Tallulah Falls. Wl miles " | above Augusta, the Tugaloo forms the navi 1 gable branch of the Savannah river. ! r.M 1?,i?? ...... In \fp ,T. p. lfr Carson, assistant engineer. The flclri-work wns commenced on Novem>' her 9,1878, and completed December 17. Mr. 1" Carson secured the services of an experienced '' pilot, with a crew of four men. and used one M of t lie pole-boats employed In the trade of the 111 river and well adapted to pass the rapids. w The examination was made during an exceptlonallv low stage of the river, favorable for 11 observing the rocks and other obstructions to n the fullest possible extent. y> The obstacles to navigation on the route cx'e plorcd were found to be numerous, extensive >' and not unfrequently quite dangerous. They h consist chiefly of rocky ledges running across u" the channels, isolated bowlders of varying sizes, and shoals of gravel. The aggregate length of shoals Is nearly 35 miles out of a length of river of 151 miles. The river is subject to considerable freshets. j" The average rise on such occasions Is about ,7 IC feet.; but It has reached much greater I, heights. At Petersburg, in 1S52, the river " rose 41 feet above the common stage within 48 hours, and 38 feet within 8# hours, In 1875. ,! In the latter year the streets of Augusta were V 4 feet under water, although they are 3? feet " above the river at. ordinary stage. These great <11 M'crences of water-level show ,.i the pnictlcal Impossibility of Improving the . river by locks, dams and side-cuts for canals, i The heiglit of a number of points on the river, above the city of Augusta, which is 148 ..j feet above the sea, was ascertained by barom s etric observations. An aneroid wns employi'. ed for this purpose, using the corresponding records of the signal otllcc at Augusta to compute difl'erences of altitude. The observa.,( tions were corrected for Instrumental error. reduced to32 d<*g. Fahrenheit, and computed j'" by Col. It. S. Williamson's tables. " The head of pole-boat navigation was thus j determined to be about 3*4 feet above Au. gusta. At Andersonviile. S. I07l? miles i* I above Augusta, Uie river was 270 feet above ,. th? water-level of the latter place. The * I greatest local fall of anv of the readies of the ., | river was observed at llatton Shoal. 1 III miles ,?! above Augusta, amounting toSOfert In 1J< ? I miles. At Gregg's Shoal, 85 miles above An..." gusta. It was 20 feet In one mile, airi at Ciier..|okee Shoal ! feet In half a mile. I(i| To what degree of accuracy these slopes ., | were ascertained with the means available s for the purpose, it Is Impossible to say. It Is ; i believed that they can not be safely relied | upon in preparlnga project of improvement, j and that a careful Instrumental survey of ' some parts of the line will be necessary. " The country on both sides of the river from I Augusta to Knox's Itrldgc, a distance of 124 | miles, Is devoted to the raising of cotton. It jls also well ndapted to the production of loir bacco. grain and indigo, as well as to vine t- and silk culture. The country adjoining ii- both banks of the upner 30 in lies above il Knox's Bridge is generally used for raising il corn. It is well timbered. Hold mining Is hi carried on to some extent, and there are also, Is in places, extensive beds of good Iron ore, with abundance of fuel and limestone, g The nrca of cotton land, estimated to dennn.l in linnin client, on tbp river tor the J.| transportation of its products ami needed lis supplies, is about I,ilOO square miles, with a d ! population of ?*.!, 09, according to the census 1-1 of 1X70. The total annual production of cot,-s ton in these districts is estimated tit 70,0X1 bales. ic In 1S7G and 1ST" the freight from Augusta c- upstream averaged from to 'J.hOO tons L-sI per annui'i: from the head of navigation d i down to Augusta about 12,000 hales of Cotton, e The average annual receipts of cotton from ro i all sources at Augusta Is stated to be 180,fMju ie bales. The amount of cotton shipped on the ;d route examined forms, therefore, only a in rather small proportion of the whole. Ie There can be iittledoubt that an Improve>11 meat of the river would aid the further dovel,n opment of its trade. There is an abundan?e it J of w ater which, if properly regulated, would x-' deprive navigation of most of its present inj conveniences, dangers, and delays, allow the introduction upon the lower portion of the route, at least, of vessels propelled by steam, w and thus greatly cheapen the cost of transie porta l ion. n j Two estimates are submitted by Mr. Cary, son,as follows: 1- The tlrst estimate is for opening a channel S, for poleboat navigation,feet deep and .'!<> e feet wide, IVom Ander.-onville to Augusta, at is the mouth of the Tugaloo river, 107J4 miles, ie and from Andersonvllle up theTugaroo river n t:;W miles to IJrowu's,a total dlstanceby riv:s er irom Augusta of miles. >t The estimuted cost of the improvca ment for the entire distance is S17",C1U .<! Add 10 per cent, for contingent expense ses 17,">61 11 Total 190,977 s-j The second estimate is lor a steam Ill UiMll enannei, ? leci ueep mm i'? itci e, wide, from Augusta to Trotter's y Slionl.ii distance of (H miles SSfl,9"0 *o I'oleboat navigation as before Trotter's (I Shoal on tlic Savannah to Guest's it Shoal on the Tugaloo, .>')>? in lies 1:15,077 n Steamboat. navigation on the Tugaloo re froin Guest's Shoal to iirovvn's, miles -I3.2S4! o r- 2)0.174 >e Add 10 per cent for contingent expenrc si's 25,0)7 j li- Total SJSTi.OtHI 10 These estimates can be regarded at best ons, iy rough approximations to the probable cost e- ot the work. The error will doubtless be n- found in having put them loo low rat belts than too high, as tliey arc based upon the h supposition that rock can bo excavated from e- thebed of the stream for ?2.50per cubic yard, is sand and gravel forir> cents per cubic yard. and that the riprap damsenn be built for81.2S to^l.oU per cubic yard?prices derived from the present exceptionally low cost of all "* grades of labor. In addition to tills there 11 are considerable errors, In quantities, which d always accompany estimates based upon rapl. id and partial examinations of this kind. '* lie fore a project for thelmprovementof the r(" upper Savannah rirer can be intelligently prepared, more detailed information ,s shouldbe collected from trust-worthy >- sources, private and corporate, intcresty ed directly or Indirectly in raising and transporlng the productions of that d portion of the country naturally trib'A* utary to the contemplated route ; and a cure! ful instrumental survey of a large part of the ,r stream, more especially above Trotter's Shoal ir will be reoulred. IS Helow Trotter's shoals the slope of the stream Is comparatively gentle, and a suitableandapproprlate method, of Improvement more simple and appareut. Any appropriation which may be made should. In my Judgment, be expended upon this portion of the river, until a thorough examination from B Trotter's Shoal to Andersonvilie, and perhaps as far as Ilrown's on the Tugaloo can be made. The ledges of rock in particular, that 1, have to be removed, ought to be surveyed .. | witli considerable minuteness of detail, t.' It will also be necessary to ascertain the tr slope of the stream with precision at numcrr! ous places. ,r The following estimates arc submitted: (s. Cost of Improvement for poleboat ,1 channel.") feet by 30 feet from AugusI ta to Trotter's Shoal, 01 miles S-15,000 0' Cost of steamboat channel 3 feet by 00 .. feet over same route 121,000 ?1 Mr. Carson's detailed report, which seems e | to need some revision, will he forwarded | hereafter. The cost of the examination hus been S7.50. Very respectfully, yourobedlcnt srrvnnt. . 11. A. OILLMOHK, II Lieutenant-Colonel Engineers, Brevet Major (Jeneral. Ilrlg. (Jen. A. A. Hr.Mi'iiKKT9, Chief of Engineers U. S. A. ? .?? r >?! TIIE POOR MAN'S BOND. ?\ I,? A. Full Description of the New Ten j Dollar Certificates. The model for tho proposed ten dollar ccr11 tlflcate has been designed by the Bureau of I . Priming and Kngravlng, and has received the Ll approval of Secretary Sherman. It will bo a little larger that a legal tender noto. lu the left hand corner of the obverse fildo appears appropriately a vignette of Benjamin f'ranklln. in the center Is the Ifftrtid "U. 8, refunde; ing certificate, S10," with nandsomo square e J and other fan.-y figures. Below, In script. Is |.! the legend : "Ibis certifies that the holder has [j j deposited with the United States Treasurer 0 ' Sid, according to an act of Congress February 1 J ai, 1H71I, for refunding the debt." On the ree ! verse side the border Is made up of scroll and j geometrical lathe work. The legend Is dlsI: played, "One cent for nine days, ten cents for f three months and forty Cents for one year." j, Also, In script, that these certificates, when -! presented to the number of five or multiples i; thereof, will lie exchanged for four percent. I bonds. The burcafi will be uble to deliver . | these cortlOcates In the.Cotirsc of a couple of weeks. The bill authorizing thfelr Issue orlglII natcd In the House and rfcCelvfcd two amend | nicnts In the Kenate- One changed the rate 3 of IntereBt from 3.85 to 4 per cent., and the oth. er extended the use of the proceeds of the < ' sales of these certificates to tu? 11M0 bonds as Well as tbo o-'Mb; .?, . V- ' ' V' :cgs III I Life's Turning Points,. ?S? AS SEEN AND DESCRIBED IN THE SUNDAY SERMON OF REV. ?el T. DEWITT TALMAGE. t,lc Boir . the; Hoc Where There Are a Hundred Who Can ens Stand Trouble, Not Oue Can Stand Success?It Is Nut the Trouble of thci Life That Destroy Men ; It Is Their ftuf Prosperity?'<1 Am Throwing My I*e I.nst Strike for Eternity, and Trem- u?,* ble nnd Shudder lor the Issue."? tefj Suns Christ, Death a Leap into lire Darkness. Text: ^s the youngman, Absalom, safe ?"? Samuel, xvnr, 32. con The two groit characters of Absatom were for worldly ambition and spend Id hair. Uy the K'n< first he was debased by the second hung. He be I was a bad boy, and broke his father's heart. s<?n He wanted to get his father's throne, and so ter lie goes out. stirs up Insurrection and makes a sea great battle. Mean while thcfatherslls In the ver door of a fortress;, waiting for the news to ''nu conic, not chiefly anxious as to whether his trooys win or Absalom's troops win, but chief- tlle ly anxious about thesufcty of his son. While out the old man is sitting there and looking out, loo he sees dust arising and some one running pre with great dispatch ; but hecannot wait until J'"-' lie gets up to the fortress. The old man cries It * out at the top of his voice: "Have you heard * from my boy? Is he alive? Is the young man Absalom safe?" Hut tills messenger Jv't had not very satisfactory Intelligence, so he 1,1 was told to standaside. The father waited for further tidings, nnd, looking out, he sees an- y other messenger Corning and says; "Ah! )n now I shall hear from him," entirety forget- wn ful of how much was Involved in the battle. . As soon as the messenger eomes within speaking distance the old man cries out again: 'Whcje ismy boy ? Is lie wounded ? Is he I, ' dead? Is the young man Absalom safe?" 0, rfi no, he was not safe. lie hud been riding a ' mule?a mule is the meanest thing on earth !j" to ride on ; it has a tough mouth and is stub- " horn necked, and is uncontrollable, and will not answer to the bit?and. riding on the mule, lie came under a tree, and nis ^splendid . locks caught in a branch and the mule, trne ?J, t.? _u??......1.1 iint ?r.1. went on niul left Absalom suspended. So he died, and |to the question of ths> text there came an awful negative. Theyotingman Ab- j 6alom was not safe. ,nc SAFETY OK YOPJiti MKN. Ilir I propose this morning to speak of the safety of young men. Thereare circumstances hi ??) life when a young man seems to get along J,"' ! quite well without any religion to help guide , 01 or restrain him, but. there are four or live . great passos In life where a young man needs the grace of God, and I shall give a kindly warning to our young friends against undertaking life without religion. The first great pass in a young mnn'H life, w when he needs divine help, is when he chooscs an occupation or profession. Jt Is a serious '!?' moment when a young man gets through with his schooling, and perhaps leaves his fa- afj' ther's house, andjsays: "Now, what shall I be?" Mechanism opens before him a score 8C' of trades, and professional life opens before !V( him seven or eight callings. He must choose it.',1 between these, and choose aright, for If lie w' makes a mistake here he Is gone. He may, "f making a wrona{choice.saunter on through , tiie world, but his life will be useless and his wrong step a failure. I have a friend who J.1 started life in merchandise. Then he went }, Into the medical profession. After a while he U" crossed over Into specific surgery. Then he entered the ministry. Then he became a sol- i, dier In the army, After that lie entered the i I ministry again, and Is now a surgeon. O! If , ' I he had only had (Jod at the start to tell him I what to do. Thereare tens of thousands of J* J | men who got on the wrong track, aha they never are able to correct the mistake. They ', are In tiie law, when they ought to b? doctorIng the sick, or they are tilling the pulpit, r,{ when they ought to be ploughing corn, we J*1 want soM line occupation, or some iieut and i elegant tnidc, and we start out with that determination, when, instead of having for the chief question how beatiful our apparel may | be In that occupation.or how whlteour hands I thconly question ought to be, "FOK WHAT 1)I1> con FIT US?" till j There are five hundred businesses in life; 1 | but there is only one business for which you nu ' arc fitted, young man; and If you blunder 1 on without any divine help In your choice of . i an occupation or profession, four hundred and ninety-nine chances to one you will get ?*,' the wrong business. Your father will want .1 | you to do one thing, your mother will want J" you to do another thing, your sister will 'want you to do another thing, while you *'J l yourself will not be quite decided as to K" ! whether you have endurance enough for this, I'.' I or education enough for that, or tact for thel".; tl.l.w. Mil ili.it lu tlwitlnw. U'lxin young man needs the grace of <?od to lielp 'f, | him. (ioil fashioned ,vour bodyand lie knows l.? i your physical endurance. lie constructed V j your in I ml, ami he knows for what profession Ji | yon have the most acumen. Go, therefore, " ; to him and say, "Lord, what wilt thou have ' nielodo?" <iod will tell you, mid he will!.,, tdl you rightly. Blunder here, and youj,, blunder forever. I know a score of men who i, j have been ruined for hoth worlds simply be-: I ' I cause they cot Into the wromr business. The | ' ' second great pass in life l?. whin ? young j IjJ', man wants divine directions when he est ah- J j 11.dies hU own household. When a man |'Ji' j builds his earthly home he decides his eier-! i nlty. I know that alliaiictrig Is usually look- j led upon as somethlni; to lie merry over. In-1 j stead of something to be prayed about; but t. what step Is there fraught with such weal or Uwoe? Is it not strange that an affair churned *1, with such temporal and eternal Import should depend on a whim or glance? i do \ not think I put the ease too strongly when 1 ^ ! say that when a young man marries UK MAIUMKS FOR HEAVKN Oil HEI.L. hi i Tf lie bring Into his household the rli?ht f' | kind of Influences, the home will be elevated J'(l j and upward In Its Imiireskions. if he bring I a the wrong kind of influences Into his house. I he will go down?he must go down. Build ; not your home on the color of a fair cheek, or' V j the sparkle of a bright eye, for life is not a j... jncii.v romance, hut n tremendous reality; and i there will come a time in your house when .r. j you will want not so much a pet or a toy as a : ' j heroine. There will be a time when I he out- j 1' I side world will lie dark cnoutrh, and you will j j come Into your home, wanting, most of all.j"' a cheerful word and lo see a countenance tin- i ? | beclouded, yet sympathetic. There is n P I man?Ills head isjrrny now?who looks back i j ' l to the time of some great business disaster,1 f j when his soul sunk within him, and his' (1 mind almost dropped from Its throne; yet I ? , after the duns and toils and annoyances audi... insults of the day. he went to his home and j it. shut the door against the world of annoy-!, ances.and there, amid the sweet home voices ., of those who never betrayed him, found a i foretaste of that heaven where pains never!:.. | come. Why, ho had hardly dared tn tell his! y( i wife of the business misfortune. He says: 1 . .. , "She won't lie able to endure It." But when I re the was compelled to tell her, how surprised I... lie was to find that she was ns happy in a j . small house as In a large house, and, afler'f.., the piano went, she still could slim without j. the accompaniment as well as she ever sang i sn it. "Jesus, I.over of My Soul. I.ct .Me to Thy ; < ! Bosom Fly." There have been Christian wo-1,,, ! men who have so had their domestic troubles ' sanctified to them that they could get morejjlj, music out of a Wheeler it Wilson sewing ma- i iu chine than ever before in their life they! eon id get out of a (.'bickering grand or al jsteiinvay. A minister of the gospel came! I into a house where there was great, poverty I | nnd destitution,mid It was generally suppos- J a | cd tlint the poverty caine from the fact thai " j these people had MAIIKIED TOO EARI.Y | And after the minister had looked around 1 S< upon the litter want and destitution, and had I rehearsed the misfortunes that had come upon ) the household, he turned (o the poortnan nnd said "Don't you now rcerct your early marriage? Don't you think it was your great C(1 mistake in life?" And the man halted for a moment and his eyes tilled up with tears, and iq he looked up at his poorly-clad wife and said of | "No, sir; she has been the same to me nil ,n i through." O, there are some of you who (j, i would never have known wha' your home Wl | Was worth if God had not unset you. nnd your se soul had not been ransacker of trouble. That tn j first touch of trouble changed thut wife, who pr [ was too fond of gnyctles and frivolities of the [j, world, Into a soul that could rise In calm trl- ?ir J uniph, like Miriam singing the victory on j-u I the banks of the Itcd .Sen. O, if you have spoken of lightness and frivolity, and fond- xi nesx of display as the chief characteristic of j)? woman, you know not of what youspeak.and tl< may have to correctyour mistake some bitter c|. day when all other supports have failed you and you are upheld by the hands of a Chris- ttf tlnn wife suddenly armed by the I/Ord Al- th mighty for that emergency. Young man, $ ( j rush not into'that relation by an nppcal to I God. If you ever need his grnce you need it there. Is there n more beautiful spot on earth than a new home In wnleh those just afllanced;huve begun thcservlce of God? Blessed < the family Bible in which their names have f Must been written. Messed the hour of mornine nnd evening prayer. Blessed the angels I of God who touch wing tip to wing tip until ' I the home is all covcrod up with a canopy of light and love and Jov. It may have been . I only yesterday when they clnsped their hands i j at the altar, but they clasped their hands for- j.! I ever. The orange blossoms will fade, and the ..J | fragrance will die in the air, but they who , | marry In Christ shall walk together In the {.' dav when the church, wnlch is the Lamb's nl I wife, shall take the hand of her Lord nnd 1 < I King amid the swinging of golden censers ! c FIRST iJCCCKSS. t0 CO The third great pass In lifeln which a young in man wants rcllglem Is In the time of his tlrst in' success. You will, young man, after a. while di; get through with the drudgery of business, he and some afternoon you will get into a street mi car, your faceshining,and even strangers look- ag Ing at vou will know something pleasant lias nn happened ; and whon you arc seated in a car let a lady comes In, and you sec she does not find th accommodations, and you rise up and say, or "Have this scat, madam,"and she says very co: courteously, "I thank you." What makes fee you so happy that day ? That is the day In i nu which you have had your first business. L\l You say, "Here, I have money now <K my we own; what, shall I do with It ? What InVest- I roi incuts shall I make? What house shall IJ ve buy ? What wardrobe shall I create ? Wh.it we shall I get? What charities, what phllan- e>n throples shall I found?" That Is the crisis I "f( where thousands of young men upset. Some we of them rush Into eiissipations. Others take tin 011 an arrogance intolerable ; a whole caravan j of cahicls going through tlie needle's eye of re^ their meanness. I have known men beforo so their success kind and humble, and loving and genial, and useful and obliging, ahd positive Christiah, and whoaftcr their success be- n came hard and cruel, and overbearlngand In- nn Uriel. A man wants the grace of Christ at that 1 crisis to keep him rlghtlv balanced. Jeiseph 1 ,ro| was as much a Christian In Pharaoh's Court as In the dungeon. l>aniel forgot not (Je>el amid the roysterlng excesses of the llabylonian pala(!e. Queen of Nheba bowed down be- v..,, nf Mmivnn iimifl t.hnorlltlpr of gold and the perfume of gardens of frank In-1 cense. A niun can be us good walking upon J t|() uxmlnRter as though lie lived on the Jloor.of;n|)( a shanty. There has been many a man who! I1((| hfifc ridden thro'uch in magnificent equlimge I j(on earth, and at death got out of his earr'ago 8(>t. only to mount the chariots of salvation, in j car glory, sweeping through the streets of heav- i en. It la all nonsonse for men to talk against j money as though It had no uses* I Wisn I had 1 > five millions. Vul, my brethren, success in Go life of any sort must be accompanied by the ! ren frace of God or It Is ruin. Who was It ( aid? j ted think it was Solomon that said: "The pros- [ Wi perity of fools shall destroy them." And Irb where there are one hundred men tvho can I Kll stand trouble there Is not one man that can J ant stand subcess. I have seen men coming to Th< sudden fortune get into their equipage, and 'jur; dash ou foster and faster, and they loaned tho Nli etcedsj tt was eight miles an hour, and ten acd if t tk X/WJSSWWi j^*,v V;r:;'^V-'^^ w.-v.V?r. *Sj?fc??> * twenty miles tin hour, nnd a thousand w an hour, and then thuy roused up and tliat they were drawn 011 by FIERY HOOFS OK ETERNAL DISASTER t came clattering down on the pavements icll. The Israelites got along tolerably V 1 when they were hungry and when they e thirsty, and when they were smitten in desert; but after a while they wanted icthing more worthy of mastication, and y asked for meat, nnd the I^ord pent a great k of quails, and they darkened the heav, and they fell all around the encampit, and the people said : Oh, now, what a r i time we shijll have!" and they ate of r so quails, and they ate and they died, y got through with the hardship and the iger, but not so with the prosperity.?And e scores of men who are going on in life, f persecuted and tried, and set upon, and >' are maintaining their Christian charac; but give them a little brilliant success n they are gone. It Is not the troubles of thalslaymen.it Is the quails! it is the lis! tie fourth great puss In a young man's life 3n lie needs the grace of Ood Is when he lestohis tirstsorrows. There is noticed my prophesying for these young men K>th things. They know that life cannot aright all the way. You might as well t d outa ship Captain wlthoutany earpen- c or tools or extra cordage. As long as the 1 was smooth the Captain would get along < y well; but aflcr awhile when the ship is ] gilt lu the teeth of a northeaster, crash ( s the masts, ami the sea dashes clear over ; hurricane deck, and the Captain cries 1 , "Where Is the carpenter? Whereare the j Is? Where are the ropes?" Why it is 1 posterous folr us to launch young men on 1 with the iileii that thev are eointf to have 1 mooth all the way. There wTll be storms. j u want extra cordage. I know when onr ] t war wa? over some people came back < bout a scratch or a scar, but that Is not so ] TIIK GRKAT BATTLE OF LIFK. i-'e get wounded in the hands and wounded 1 the feet, and wounded in the head, and unded in the heart. Noman eseapes. Hut ' w what nre you going to do witli your first row ? My young brother, the way you get ough youi-first sorrow will defcido whethyou can endure tiie other sorrows of life, stlic first blow that sends men to drink; to drown their troubles, or that knocks 5 fire out of them until the rest of their ,'s they go cowed down. Who Is that igher in that large commercial establlshlit? He once owned the store. Who Is it underling In that grent manufacturing ablishment? He once owned the factory, lien th?l first sorrow came he fell having no ice t<> sustain him, and he never rose up? ver will rise. 'erhaps your first trouble may be bereave nt. God sometimes comes and Jakes a lib out of the fold. Have you ever noticed w often (tod takes the first born? I have 'en brothers and sisters, all of whom lost >lr first horn. We want the grace of God to nfort us when bereavement comcs to the use I hat erst was full of laughter, and sunlooks, and greetings at the door, and kissby little hand flung from the window as u went down the stairs, and everything Is anged.and the doves cry In the nest bejse the hawk swoops, and the pulse flutters d the cheek fadest and te eyes close, and the art. stops. To put away garments that nevwlll be worn again, and toys that never iiin will strew the carpet, and go with a ise of suffocation in the throat through deted hulls, which once rang with childish jrriment. O, God, who can stand that? iv those who have thy help. Young man, icn your tlrst troublo crimen, be It or busiss or of bereavement, you will wunt rials'ow you are bnle anil sirong. You look as you could leap and Jump and wrestle and v, as though you could battle your way rough ; but after awhile you will be Hick. iu will be told that you must stay In and ur door will be shut against the world, ere will be two watchers at the pillow, and night will be hot and nervous and rests. The morning will come and you will be >rse and the liUtico will be turned. They II silence the footsteps on the stairs wKh a U-s-h !'' You will be very sick, and there 11 be doubt expressed as to whether you II ever get well, and In your dreams you II hear the dash of waters, and you will ?ke up your mind It Is the breaking of the j ives of the Jordan against your pillow, and | u will hear a sound at the gate, and you II think, why that is the pawing of the hoof the pale horse. Oh, then you want the at Physician to come In and stand by you d say : "Young man, fear not, 1 am with [je; whether yon live or die, all Is well." There comes a great pass through which we jst all go, my hearers, and that is THE LAST HOC It OX' OVH LIKE. suppose we all want to dJeat home. We int our friends and kindred In the room icn our soul is launched. We want to tako sir hand. We want to look them In their i e. We want to give thcln the tlnal mesxe. Some of them wo want to sing, and] nietopray, and some to recite the Divine onilses. \\ hen I leave this Worldj the )u*t Jeet I want to see Is not the sun nor the ion nor the pictures nor the beautiful works art: It Is the fares of my friends. Hut we int a Divine friend In such au hour as that, Ithout Christ, death is a wild leap Into the rk. Did you ever hear what a dying no . mail wrote to his gay friend ? lie .said, "I i throwing my last stake for eternity, and mble and shudder for the Important Issue, i, my friend, with what horror do I recall e hours of vanity we have wasted together, tl have a splendid passage to the grave, lie In state and languish under a gilt cano. I am expiring on soft and downy pll.vs. My dependents sigh, my sisters weep. y father bends beneath the load of yearsaml grief, my lovely wife, pale and silent, enutls her Inward auguisti ; my friend, who is as my own soul, suppresses Ills sighs and ives me to hide his grief; but oh, which of em will bail ine from the arrest of death ? ho will descend Into the dark prison of the ave for me i Adieu, till wo meet In tbc >r!d of spirits." What a sad way to live, anil what a sad way | get out of the world, "Let me die the death the righteous and let my last end be like s." Oh, young men, to-uay uise jcsusi irlst. lie was a young man. lie died a iung man, He know* all. YOt'NO MAN'S TKMITATIONS AND TltlALS. J \reyou fair and honorable and pure and ne? 1 do not dispute it, Notwithstanding 1 that, yo want Chrisf. A young mnn lias safety In these cities without divine dense. You know not what is before you. ike the Lord .lestis Christ this day as your rdon, your life, your heaven. I tut th'.reaie some yoiinu men here whol y, "I have already gone too far astruy. You! e t?m late when you preach to inc. I have! r.e into thepaths iif stn; Don't you see it tiie flush oi my check ? l>on't you see in the icla/.e of my eye. H have gone so r otf In sin th re Is no need of your preachg to me." My brother you are mistaken, iu may cct l>aek. Hear ttiat, "Though >ur sins he as scarlet, they shall be as snow: nugh they he rod like crimson tlipy shall be wool." I tut some one says; "I don't care lythlug nt>out that. I have started in the itii of-tin, ami I am going to keep on." (Jh, y brothers, what,a mistakcyouarcmaking! >ii are floating Into the rapids with an awI and eternal plunge. Put back! It may ?.m? (.nri|.?v nnlt ft,ml' of rCSollltioll ut the laying liolu of the strong arm of (iod Imighty: but put hack ! Angels of OoU, >m the balconies of light, look (town upon e struggle. You have not a moment to are w it!) this awful title against you. I.ny i!d of the our with both hands, and pull! id pull ! till the blood start: if need he; uw is your last ehanee for heaven. It Is in here, it is salvation there It is death ;re, ills life there. JUSTICE TO* CHARLESTON. n Appropriation of 8250,000 for the Jotties. aiith Cartliua's Wnt fcinim to be Paid. Xews ami Courier.' Washington, Keb. 57. ? Thfe conference mmlttee on the river and harbor bill to-day reed to make the appropriation for the ttiesin Charleston harbor fciiO.ooO, instead S100,000 as proposed by the House. Tile aln reasons influencing the increase were at the smaller sum would not allow the urk to be parried on and what is done prerved, and tiiat such work can be done far ore cheaply, In proportion, with large apoprlations than with small ones. Senators utler and Patterson were Indefatigable in esslng these views, and in securing support r the appropriation. This is not the only good work done to-day. le Senate committee on appropriations ive Inserted in the sundry civil approprla)>i bill provision for the payment of the nim of the State of South Carolina for oneylcntto the United States by the State ter the war of 1812. The sum lent, with e interest, now amounts to between X),000 and ?300,000. Among Us Tnking Notes. Greenville News. riio Editor of the New* traveled over some trtlonsbt Abbeville county yesterday,and id the opportunity of taking a look at the icratloiisof the stock law, otherwise known the "no fence law." Eeing on horseback, s horse frequently whickered and walked ?to the end of the row to make acquaint*, ices with the horse attached to the plow, living traveled some twelve miles or more, id talked vlth "John Ploughman" at many tiees L?y the roadside, he Is fully convinced at the farmers of Abbeville are so far well eased. J Traveling along the public nads of the unty, and tlndlngthelleldsopen, the fences rn down, the plows running In the open untry, Is somewhat strange to sec ; and we lanlne a farmer working under the new I tv must feel unincumbered. Traveling the stance we did, and not meeting a cow or >g. loose horse or stray mule, wemust admit I ude iis feel, the want of company ; bui,! aln, we thought that If we were a farmer d had a tine Held of oats near by, we would I :1 perfectly safe In leaving the gaps down? I e gaps extending all around many acres?I , later In the season, If we had full crops of j rn, Ciifton, or other crops, we would never ;1 the dread of "lumping cows," or other jleslation from our neighbors' slock. The! )bcvilie farmers'who are always hard atj >rk, "rain or shine," were numerous on the id, and having stopped a minute to course trlth some of them, we found that they j re all pleased with the new law, and every | c predicted that Greenville County would | >llow suit" next year. Occasionally we >uld sec a fence hard by and learned that j sy were all "pasture fences." Uihevllle farmers are experiencing "the, rotation," and are happy ever the results: far ttnd have a hopeful eye to the future. 'nr. Pimzk Stohv.?We reerct tnai we nrc able to extend the time allowed to persons u desire to compete for the prize of 810(1 in d, oll'ered by the proprietors of the Sm t I Omrirr for the best serial story. We -eo with the Ahberille. Prtrnx and Bnntirr in i suggestion that more time would be ad-1 fitageouH, but we were anxious, in making i r arrangements to give greater Interest to ! Weekly iVt-KW, to commence the pnbllean of the Prize Story as early as possible. I, as the dates stand now, the Story will , see the light before the end of April, j we shall Und it practicable to oiler aj ond premium after April, we will take e to allow an abundance of tfmc to every-1 ly.?.Vtia and Courier. IcXisoii I'ot'Nn RntTY.-'The Court of| ueral Sessions lias been In session at Lnu-' s since the 17th Inst. The case that exclmost Interest was that of the State vs. n. McNlnch, John IMackwell and J. I,. M.1 y, indicted for murder? killing Win. O. gore Sale-day iti January. The defends severed, and MeNinch was tried tlrst. I j trial began Wednesday,and Saturday the y brought in a verdict of "guilty." Mc-j ich will appeal. Therftiehas Decn coutiu- 1 , us to Irby aud Dlacli welJ; ' The Horrors of Texas. 7HAT WILL A MAN GIVE IN .1 EXCHANGE FOR GOOD HEALTH ?, i 'aint Hope Held Out That South Carolina's Deluded Sons May have au Opportunity to Return. rheir Cheering Prospect of Exchanging Chills mid Quinine, Fever and Fnrched Lips For Pure Air, Pare t Water, and Pcrfect Health. d Pickens Sentinel. a Tlie question of bringing back to the State 1 hose citizens who have emigrated to Texas J iiul other Western States, nt emigrant rates, s not alone confined to South Carolina, but " jeorgia has taken hold of the matter in a c iradical shape. A committee of managers if the railroad lines between Atlanta and H rexas, which have been carrying emigrants 1 :o the West at special prices, was recently " ?eld, at which It was determined to establish 1 rates Horn Texas and any other point along c the route, to Atlanta, and the result was that 11 Lhe fare from Texas to Atlanta was placed at 11 116.25, while the fare from Atlanta to Texas Jj remains at S2I.OO, thus giving those returning J J7.75 the advantage. But this arrangement c illd not suit the purposes of the mnnagerN of { railroads In Texas, and they Induced the call- ' Ing of another convention, which It Is thought can not result In anything more than putting the rate from Texas ut32J.0-1, the same us that, to Texas. This convention determined to put their purposes in practical operation ut once, and appointed Col. W. J. Houston, the efficient general passenger and ticket agent of the Air Line Railroad, their agent for the canvass and sale of emigrant tickets. They also allow assistants, and SUOO a month for defraying the expenses of the canvass and ' agchcy. Col. Houston has already appointed ; i.. i.i "determined to go to work In earnest and see thiit every Georgian In Texas who wishes to come borne Khali be canvasred personally upon the subject." In an Interview with a reporter of the Atlanta O>tufltulion he says: * "I had already determined to appoint Mr. J. >!. iMeans as my agent in Southern Texas. He Is from this section originally; hnd some years ago was very active in carrying people out to Texas. He had some large landed interests there, I believe, and says he carried out about two hundred families fl-om Georgia. He says that he can hardly stand the pressure made upon him by these families. They arc suffering, dissatisfied, and depressed. He represents that they arc anxious to got back to Georgia, and he says if these rates get established, lie can put one hundred and fifty ot the two hundred families on the Chattahoochc bottoms right away. A good man has been recommended to me for the Northern part of Texas. When we get fairly to work. I propose that every part of tlvc Slate of Texas shall be canvassed Just as thoroughly as Georgia ever was. And the people shall know precisely what we offer. I believe that a very large per centagc of the Georgians now In Texas wish to come back home. If It Is within the range of probability, they shall be accommodated with a ride home at the same rate that they were carried out." What it Is here proposed for Georgia and Georgians, can be Just as easily accomplished forSoulh Carolina and South Carolinians provided the proper effort is made. Wo lcel confident that the Air Line Railroad will extend the rates established to Atlanta to this State, and even to the end of the rifad if necessary, and If other Roads should refuse to give the same accommodations, the Air ljinc count put UUWII an uit: nuuLii i.uronnians at Seneca City, Greenville, Spartanburg and Charlotte, where they could be taken tip by the roads In thls.State and transported to any point In the State they might desire toco to: We believe that from fifteen thousand to twenty thousand people have gone from this State to Texas alone since the war. Within our own knowledge, numbers left this connIv, and some have returned, utterly disgusted with Texas, and satisfied toremain in old Carolina the balance of their days. How many have bettered their condition, we arc not able to say, but will venture the assertion that two-thirds of them are In a worse condition than they were here, and would gladly return If they had the means to do so. Many, and perhaps ouitc all, could return at the rates fixed for the Georgians, and (South Carolinians having the interest of the State, as well as that of her self-exiled citizens.at heart, should see that these rates are established. Texas has had her agents in Georgia and the Carol I nas, with their flaming circulars, at intervals, ever since the war, uivlng exaggerated accounts of her soil, productions and climate, and by the personal in-1 tervlews of the agents thousands have been! Induced to emigrate, fully impressed that they had nothing to do but to gather up a fortune, with very littleetl'ort, when they got there. Alas, how many have been sadly disappointed. Instead of fortunes, they have had to work and live harder than they ever did in their lives, besides Riving all their earnings to I lie doctors tor the quinine given them to break up the chills and fovcr, almost their first acquaintance on reaching Texas, especially those who \vctl?fr?1in the Piedmont belt. We will venture the assertion that those people, or a majority of them, would willingly giveall their earthly possessions to be placed hack where they started from, and where they could tlrink pure water, breathe pure air, and Sleep soundly at night, without itching bofitoi and parched tongues. By all means let them have a cl'itnco, with theGeorj glans, to return to their nutlve.State. Gov; Hampton's Farewell. HE RESIGNS AS GOVERNOR AND [ IS COMMISSIONED SENATOR. Governor Simpson Quietly Inaugurated? Hampton's Letter of Resigun! lion?He I?xpluitis why lie did not j Resign Oefore?Allusions to his Feeble Health? I'hanks for the i'astaud llopes lor the Future. 2feteg and Courier. Columbia, February Si.?Governor Hamp| ton's letter of rrslgnatlon wa* received to-day and he was duly commissioned as United States Senator, aud his certificate of elecI tiou forwarded to Senator liutler forpresentaj lion. j GovernorSlmpson qualified ns Governor bel fore Chief Justice \V 11 lurd, the ceremony be! in? quietly performed In the attorney-general's oillce, aud hits Issued his proclamation, in whieh lie ntmounce* that in consequence I of a letter of resignation received from Governor liaiiipton. lie has taken the oath office ' as Governor and entered upon the duties of j tl?b office. Governor Hampton's letter Is as follows: Oakland, 8. C.. February 21,1S79* Mj/ Dour Sir: lu tendering, as I now do, my resignation as uuvcnmrui oouki uuunua. ic is proper that I should ul vet he reasons which huvu caused me to postpone doing so until the present time. When the General Assembly did me the honor toelect me United States Senator there were some official acts which it was supposed, could he properly discharged only by myself. I proposed, therefore, to resume Kxceutlvc authority for u few days to perform those dudes, but my health has never permitted me to do so, and the recent decision of tne supreme Court renders It unnecessary for me to take any action hi this matter. I can therefore now resign without any prejudice to the SUtte oranV embarrassment to myself, and In doing so I feel that I commit the Executive authority to one in every way worthy and competent to wield It. It will always be a source of pride and gratification to ine to recall my official connccf Jon with yourself and with the other officers of state. We have been In perfect accord on all thn great public questions which have agitated the State, andour personal relations hove been those of the closest friendship. In severing my connection w|th them offlclallj-, I beg to express my great obligations to them, anil my earnest wishes for their prosperity and succcss. To the people; of South Carolina, who 'have done me sucn undeserved honor In the past, who have sustained me with such unfaltering confidence, and who have manifested towards me. during niy late illness, an affection never surpassed, I have no words by which adequately to express my gratitude. I lean only promise to devote whatever of JIfcand ability Hod may grant me to their service, only asking them to remember that I have never solicited oillce at their hands, and if I fall in the new sphere to which they have elevated me, it will be iry misfortune but not my fault* I They have placed me there, and It shall bemy I earnest effort to prove myself worthy of their confidence. Thanking them profoundly for their kindness to me and invoking on them the choicest blessings of God, I am, with great respect, very truly yo'urs, Wahe Uamito>\ Ills Excellency, Govkhnok Simpson. ; Corbin Throws Up the Sponge And Lets the Senate Know What lie Would Have Dona lor His Dear Colored Friends. Jtcffislrr; Washington, February 2*.?Senate.?The Vice President laid before the senate a communication from David T. Corbin, contestant for a seat in the Senate, from South Carolina, stating that lie had been before the Senate oucnf! itirr ll l?! rfpht 1(1 11 mu jcilll*, liiiU.v;., ? seat, having been duly elected by the Legislature of South Carolina' and the committee | on Privileges and Kleetlons of the Senate having reported that h6 was duly and lawfully elected. lie refers to the vote of Tuesday last, by which the Senate refused to consider his case, and says that the action of certain .Senators indicates that his right to a seat will not be acted on at this session, and as ft will he useless for him to return here next session ti> renew the contest he therefore withdraws from the contest, and says in cO'nelusion that had he been admitted he migtit have been able, among other duties, to have rendered service to the colored people of Smith Carolina, now In need of assistance. The communii atlou .was read and laid upon the table. illindtes of the Presbytcrr of South Cafolmrt. The following churches will find their fcoples of the above ".Minutes" at the storeof Messrs. Cunningham .t Templeton. They may be obtained by paving the small sums annexed, to defraj" exp-ess charges: Cokesbury, .*? cents; (iret nwO >d, &"> cents; Good1 Hope,;Bcents; l'rovutenee, cents: Hope-j well, 2-j rents; Williugton, 25 cents; Itockyf ltlver, lo cents; Lebanon, 20 cents; Bethla, 5 cents. Hvnuoi'itor.tA.?XnnicSlIgh a colored woman living at Col. Cannon's, near Jalapa, I was bitten two years uuo by a uog which soo'n ' afterwards became mad. The wound healed, ami the woman suffered no ill etfects from it till Mouuay, uieinu, win-ii siu; ?? ? with violent spasms. l)r, J. "^V. Folk was' sent lor and pronounced It a Rennini case of hydrophobia. The patient cxhlbitod the customary droad of water, mid was thrown Into] violent convulsions at the .sight of it. 8t?ei was kept under tho influence of chloroform | for twenty-four hours during which time the convulsions ceased and 6he uegau to get bet-' tQi\?Xewbcrry Ih raid. -? I i A Tale of Two States, mSK'S REPORT ON SOUTH CASOLINA AND LOUISIANA. L . -..i.-n ^earfdl Frauds and .Harders Mattfpli- ' ed? Wholesale Intimidation and Suppression or Free Speech^-Aa Elaborate Misrepresentation of En< donee, Winding op with a Threat of the Destruction of Iho two Stato Goterumcuts. (iVnt'i and Courier.) , ' . ' Washisotox, February 27.?The report of s- he Teller committee, made to the Senate tolay, reviews the testimony of the ninety-on? pltnesseuin Louisiana and the one hundred ,nd seven In South Carol ins. it states that he frauds in South Carolina by the use of tl?ue ballots extended to every county in that' lUite but 0no, and that l>etween thirty ' ?..?4 InTiinlll. mil iurij uiuiucia wwt im mww- _ f in a. . . - . . The committoc. Jn drawing conclusion*, ay : There appears to be a wlUespiead deternsnallon In thfcse Stales to rtstriet the tret' lom of speech as to political questions upon he clatm that tho discussion of the relation* >f labor to capital. employer* to employeea,md other kindred subject*, h calculated to irray the colored people ogHlnnt the whftet, md thus ehdanger the safety of Uie people. Phis determination Is not authorize* by State inactmenis, but the Democrat* who attend >olltlcal meetings, not only of their own por,y, but also of the opposition, are In the habit >f refusing to allow the speakers to diaeuM ,hcse questions in their various forms. Any efcfence to the condition of the colored people before the war, and the cause* that led to Lhe war. are condemned as being of an Incenilnry character. All the attacks whlob have been madeou the colored people have been Attempted to be Justified on the ground that Lhey have made threat* against the white*. However false and destitute of foundation these report* may have been, they have been made the excuse of the most unhecrdof atrocities against these people. As the pretended fear of negro Insurrection is made llie exclise for outrages on the color* ed people, it may not be amis* to say that the Democratic witnesses, when Interrogated on that point, all agreed thftt the negro was peaceful and unrevengefUL and that not- , , withstanding all reports of the uprising or this clafs of people to murder and ontrage-the whites, there was no instance in American history within their knowledge when thin had been done, and all admitted that it would require great provocations to indue# inecoioreu people loresoniovioicnce against the white*. No prosecutions have been In* stltutcU by the Slate of South Carolina against the violators of her laws, and no ef- . . forts were made to punish the men who have thus wantonly outraged its citizens, and when the United States Courts have been resorted to for the purpose Of punishing the outrages on the ballot, the complainant ban in very many Instances been Arrested clearly ? in violation of law by the State authorities on charges of perjury. and committed to Jail unless he gave ball. Citizens are threatened that if they attempt to punish offenders in United States Courts, the witnesses will be punished in the State Courts, and thus the State not only declines punish these criminals, but refuses to allow It to be done in the United States Courts; The State government Is a white government, no colored men are represented in it, and so far no man connects ed with It has had the honesty, courage of humanity to attempt to redress the outnutea on these unfortunate men of color. The laws of South Carolina and Louisiana are undoubtedly sufficient for the protection "f all their citizens, but there has been a lament' able failure to enforce them. This coarse must In the end be the destruction of the gov* ernments of these States. The committee say that It was not possible within the time they had been in session to Investigate the cloctions held In all the Con' gresslonul districts iri Louisiana and HontU Carolina, but sufficient testimony was taken to show that in several districts in these States not only the election for Congressmen, but the election for State and county officer* as well, were neither fiilr nor free, and thai by vlolonceand fraud the bonest expression or the will of tho<e entitled to vote was pre* . vented, and thousands of thecltlzen* of these States deprived of the elective franchise. In Louisiana both violence and frand were'?*? tenslvely used. In South Carolina fraud wwi more largely relied upon.. In both States these agencies, so disreputable In themselves ahd mo dancerous to the stability of a Repute Mean form of covernnient, were weed not on-" ly against cnndlilatesof the Republican party but agalnet Independent Democratic randN dates, and candidates by whatever Dam# known who were In opposition to the regal** Democratic candidates. The mluorlljr have hot yet prepared tbeti* 'A? J. 1. GOODWIN Successor to GOODWIN & CARTER. I % ' .Vj Greenville, 8. C. . -'.v* -j<;j HAS ON HAND . -i,: A Large Stock of % J-: GROCERIES, / >?>*c ^ AND COUNTRY PRODUCE AT THE Lowest Prices* \ \t '* Order* will recclyc prompt atteHtton atrtt be tilled at i (iitTST mm LUII lu i uiiiiiuui prices. $ On day of arrival. . . Send for Prices J. A. Goodwin Mr. George G. Allen/ OF COKESBUKY, rnnHPsffl his frlcfrdsto efve blm a call. Jan. 8,1879, 3m. KT otic?. \\J ILL bo let to the lowest bidder on the ?I 12th of March next; the rebuilding of i the bridge at Hurdetl's Mill. Specifications | given on the day. Contractor will l>e required to give bond and se&iritr for the faithful performance of the work. The traveling public ; are notified that we consider thfc old bridge .unsafe and persons crossing do #o at their own risk. I By order of the Board. G. M. MATT180N. Chairman of Board. Feb 5. 187!), it BUCKWHEAT! BUCKWHEAT!! SFLF-RISING BUCKWHEAT FOR SALE AT Cunnmgham & Terilpleton's. January 29. 1879. "W. C. BKJN Attorney at Law Law Range, Abbevillo C, H. S. C. ifssn, 0'lML Bfll/BIM. 1.1VKKYTHING In the Drng lihc at rcasonj able price*. Give me a call. E. H. McBRIDE Agt. Jan. 29. 1S79. ^OATS' COTTON?5 cent* Jan; 29,* U 79; L' ,