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onnds trel' and heluR to raise the popularity Of such tnen, but It is one of those thlii^* that ritato or government ennnot afford. The people tire the rulers of our land. They wield the sovereign power Hint every thing Is BUbJoot to their "will" and It has always been una always will be their will" to oppo-e t:ixntlon. Tnl* I* on? thing I hat I*guarded with extreme Jealousy. As soon hr you touch the purse of the taxpayer, he 1* ready to cry out ~ affnlnRt tho purpose for which you or rather ^ lii* government wants tiie money. If any i one is not con vlnos-l that the matter of t:ixn-1 t|r?n alone render fre'? ?eiiool Impracticable let th<-m itterbe put to the test, and convlne-j in? itrnr>r? will fl.nr In from nil Quarters. The poor man wl'l roil ton il ihuf the rich should hIi) in the education of his children, but this >nmp [vinr mm, wlien the tav gatherer asks tor his ?m*il sum will object. F.vory man ! will contend that free ediienMon is a ?io?kI I thine provided he Is not railed on 'o help to j keep It. The theory isasroi>d one hut it Is a1 mailerof impossibility to put it into practlee. The dish from which nil must sup would he too shallow, without sufficient' depth. Sow acnln. I have omitted one point to which I desire especially to call attention, nnd that is as to how educntlon Is looked upon by n great many. There Is no douht that the opinion prevails with many that an e<iucatlon I* a luxury and tlv't those who enjoy It should pay for if th'-mseivi>s. as they Would for anv other luxury. This may tie applied tohk'hor education, an<l there is no d.inht In my ml?>d thnt a ^tatc has no more rich t to use*the people's money for that purpose, thin It has to ns" it for the private ad' - - ? rt vanc?mem OI Iin inuiviuun,. , ........ mav he snl'l of the necessity of giving tIto m-is?es a common sehool free education, the matter of higher free education cannot be toned into the discussion. Thin"* swecl to ta^tc prove*} our indlges- ! t-lon. Jn?t so with free e<lncntton: it Is a: mvn"! mihli*' to contemplate and sounds well to advocate It. nnd It Is a popular theory with pome, hut the dig?s?| *n is extremely sour to the majority when it comes d wn to a mntter of dollars and e?'>ts. Most men will admit that the more hlehl* educated a people, the more rRtvihlp they are of ruling and the more ' canaMe they ^re to say how they shall reenlate their political. social and religioun relations towa-d cich o'tic *nd that it Improves mankind cmpra'lv. hut the great question is,: liof Is 'his general education to be diffused? It h^s never heen and never will he satisfactorily answered. Tt is a matter over which a State ennnof exe~cic?? entire control, and must be solved t>y the individual. We, of all people, are most complicated as regards taxation for ducation. We have two distinct classes to deal with. Oneelasshas the Intelligence and owns the propertv and ; lht> other is ignorant anu ? ... any consequence. Ttie farmer Is not di,spo<e(| to let the StMto use it< moans tor tne free education of the hitter. There is already avast amount of grumbling at the State for the money whi'-h it takes from them, small as It, if,*for the education of the not-To. The prop-1 k etiy owners justly claim the rizlit to say how ; A their means shut 1 be expended and should an B eftort be made to Increase th*- school tax in W this State, It would re-tilt In d'-feat and the | Ultimate repeal of the present two mills In Writing on this subject, I have endeavored to treat It an thou rh there was hut one cln?s to . deal with. Whatever other causes there might he brought upac>?ln?l free education, the reason given above would stifle all efforts to ha?'C free education in the South. I have j had to mention several times, "universal education," but I do not desire to confound It with free education. Universal education as I have u?ed It n eans an elncatlon for all ' without Its necessarily being a free education. b'lt. of course, from the fact that laws 1 must effect each citizen alike, free education embodies or rather extends t" universal education in o'ie sen<e. [i would Indeed be a < grand thing if education could be made universal, but I am afraid that no miri "XWis with genius enough to Invent a system and tile means by which it could be made ?o. In conclusion. I will state tha' a citizen or i i.t? ,.i,)ift nu better rather a pareni nm ? .. legacy than an education. Ii ts an Investmcnt that pays good Iand a fortune that the owner of cannot he deprived. Tlio Btate doe* not. give the citizen property. He must wurk and Hccnilpe this by his own la. l?or*. and Just as the parent anthers together the goods of this world for an Inheritance for Ills child. Just sooiii-ht he toexcrt every nerve for the purt>ose of educating him. The e<lu nation of the child is n.d the iluty of the Stnte or government. hut it Is the duty that the citizen owes hoth to the child anil the gov- 1 eminent. Reside# this vest ins rights In a government has a tendency to nvikc It graso- j ingnnd the people will, before they are aware of It. And themselves In the grasp ??f a centralized \ power that, they will renent of. No duty or obligation that" belongs solely to the Individual should he transferred to and 1 vested In the government. Kvery time the government assumes a right ! that doe* not b'-long to it, I*. deprives the citizen of self-reliance. The more self-reliant yon make the Individual, the better citizen you m ike hi'n. He will he made enerceMe, < thrifty and progressive: Self reliance makesi both the man und the government. HOW MAY WE MAKE THE SCHOOL MORE J MimtMHTrrt* m/\ TtJT T3TTPTT. 7 j ' AilAAVilTA iV . , , v- The Lovf of Xovelty?The I'nnttr'tet- i Ive Nnrronii<l(n;fi nn<l I.ncli of the :' School Room Fnrnl?hln:? One , Cauw of the Chlld'M Dislike fop i the School?The School the Prop*;1 er Place to Mnliniy the Child'* In-| nnte I?e*ire for Knowledge? Mnpi,1 Chnrtv, and ?lol>c*, of Great Value and AwsiHtance In Imparting In-j formation and Giving Pleasure to . the Child. essay by frofkssor k. k. kardkn, j ex-principal of tiik williambton malk acadkmy. Thl* Isa qtiostlon whleh we propose simply to discuss, without presuming to answer ill fully nnil dlreetly. \W trust that our rem ?rksj may evoke m discussion that will prove h ben- j cflt to us nil. Considering the fact that pup'ls generally i nru soIndifferent us t? going io school, an I so nnxlous to get o:it of It: so happy in antlcl-1 p itinu the pleasures or a holiday, iliou^h that holiday he in the distant future, every I thought Till teacher must have asked himself . the question?why is this? Not merely, why do my pupilMshow no Utile ent'iusltisin in the matter of attend in : seli-ml. hut why doilie.v neem so averse to school*? To find a pupil who cheerfully and willinrly trips ilotv.r to school, day after d <y. and ses-d-in alter s..*. ^ sion Is tlio exception ralhcr t'tan the rtd".! t The rule Is as in -Jhak'-spere's time, "fie w'lin j < Jug school b?y with hl? satche". and shining j, morning fnee, creeping like snail, iinwi,ling-i ly to icIukiI." We are aware of the fa-t thai virions an- i' swers have bfen proposed to th" ipt'v-tion : ' now under c >nsld3mtUm. a few of which we !' will briefly notice. First, it ha- he-n said,! that the young arc naturally res'lveund -r r->- I htrulnt. and *i>e!c a rreeiotn enure y inconsistent with i?r<iper order in Mn* sehooi-rootn. j We are willing to concede to t'.iis opinion 11' certain degree of force, hm cannot, admit tint ! it fully un*wers th" que-tlon. why does the ehl'd dl*Uke I tic school-room ? 'What is the nature of the chl'd? All day long he trip* about, 011 seemingly never tiring foot, apparentIv as ha'-nv as the but'ertty lie chase*, orih" littl t>lrd 'hit miIsm-s the "tone hurled hy hi* tireless h .n>1. II" appears jo he t perfectly pontented with the freedom lie tlnds 1 ff In the tore"! or by the b">? ?k. j But what is It that so pleases this lit'l nn-; tiring wanderer? Is It merelv tlie f.- l.ng of unrestraint, a realization of freed-in? We think not. in all hi* pu suits w'le'ever yon j find him, at h'?tne or abroad, you >vl! w dily discover novelty. soiiie'hlui n**w. to lie the goal for which he strive". tlie lie-vht'i o- his j ambition. He ti'e" of his to > today, ami! to mo row seek" novelty in a hall ami hat. 1 Next week he cures no long t for these and throws tliein nsld- for hi" Ui'c or op-'/tin or marble*. And thus it ever is *e kin novelty. I* thl* not nitu'a!? The b >y I* hut an 1 undeveloped t.an h mind In a ?ta'eof growth.' Ood mn?tc the ml'id with wonde-tul cai>a'>l'i lies, and its natur l tendon y I* to got h ?tnething new each day and ?o lnero:i?o its "tore of yest-rday. I* nota love of novelty then 1 normal pu*?l-in of the min t, ami eharaetei-is- J lie ot the develope I, as we'I as "r the rowing tnlnd? The man grapples wit'i t'i" gre>?* ques'lotiK of church and "^tAt*. ? ience und nature's work*. from the ???inllA*t atom t<> ih i grandest system of w lie 'In l< mii'-h to I imu<e, to instruct and conf titt I Mm from :iii | In votl.'atlon of the most mlnu'e animalcule, ' op to a consideration of the princely l??r?I of i creation. We hold llmi the nrlncl'de 'hat < ncttiuten the man clr?m-tert7.e< the child, ji with this dlfT-rcnc", In the man, we expect to I And the principle eontrolle I '?>' experience i and Judgment. In the child \?edo not. |i If this he the passion of the child thon.ji what hetter qualification can a pupil have! I than this? In the extended fleM or fcnoul- < edge. ms It stretches Itself oni before the ?tu- : d"nt. and which he Is expected to enter led i by the tencher. surely I here are novelties In- i nnmerable. The sr?-nt difficulty l? for the teacher with imperfect text books and u i scarcity of apparatus, to so clear up and Him pltfy these truth* as to make ihein nitru'-tive, to the pupil; and lo enahl<* him to compre-l hend. appropriate ?nd enjov them. Pr?periv!i utilized then this characterlst-c of the child l? a b'essln-: to him. and a groat aid to the , teacher, and the school-room may ho made a place of aU others the most attractive. Ii 2<l. Acaln It Is thought by bout* that the attractiveness of the S'-h-tol de >ends f.ir tlie J most part u>>on the location, the c instruction and the furniture of the schoo room. W'e would rejoice to know that our peonle, egpec ally our Southern people, cave to this opinion j the considerstion It de*erves. Travel where you will through our Southern land and ex j amine the s<-hoo| houses of village and conn- i try. Are they attractive? With a few exceptions a traveller mlerht. point t.hein out from their generally dilapidated appearance. ! The grounds are rough, tinre. restricted, and fgenerally repulsive. There Is no fitncsi or o*atlon, no re ;til-ir'ty of urnn rein-'nt, n ? grass plots adorned with dowers no shade trees, save now and then a solitary pine or oak a remnant of the forest remove I. In a word there is nothing to attract hut every ! thing to repel. An 1 yet how attractive our school grounds might bp male. and nt. a small co*t. but no one m >ve? in this matter. How do we fliul the buildings? As u rule they are mo?t 'nferlor. If ever furnished. ; done so In the roughest mnnner of cheapest i rontcrlsil. and constructed wltho-.it a thought of convenience or appearance. No painter's | work Is required here : wo find a little window here and there with paneless s-?sh and never a hllnd. In a word, many of our school houses have the appearance of being some old place cherished by it town or community a? ? relic of a former generation. No one would dnre to remodel or ropHlr It for fear of changing the appliance It presented when Rome ancient celebrity slept or dined In It. Nothing to at tract, everything to repel. And yet bow attractive our school houses might be made and at a trifling cost to each, but no one moves In a matter like this. How about the furniture. It 1? eeneraMy scanty Indeed. \ few cianky desks, a limit-, ed supply of hard, uncomfortable benches. and a black-board or two constitute, too often, the supply of our school room furniture.' Parent* are over-anxious in the matter of making their home* abound In comforts of every kind. from the little rocking chair up to the most expensive luxury, ami yet they! will send their children to the unattractive! lllnee school where thev wilt be f->roo<J to Kit for hours on uncomfortable seat", surrounded by bare, black walls, and will ?hon complain ir their children do not love t he school, and censure the teacher if he fall to awnken in their children a proper Interest In the matter ofaoqulrlng an education. Is not the parent more unreasonable than tliecbild ? Most as npA.I1v ho l?. Apr III how few Of OUT school rooms are lnrnlslied wlfli clones, map*, chart* and scientific apparatus. Can any teacher hope to make his school i<ttractlve or profitable In the true sense of the word, in the midst of su<-h surroundlni's as these? No teacher can teach geography so as to exhibit attractively a tenth part of Its beauties without globes and maps. How ran he expect to place within the grasp of the child the shape of the earth, and Its movement*; the chnnge of the Masons and the causes: the variation In the length of onr day* and nizhts and a hundred other f'cts without the globes. <tc. Without these how can he explain the movements of the planets and stars, trace out the constell?tlons and so awaken in the mind of the child an Interest in the Innumentble worlds above us. Without the proper charts how can hp successfully teach the grand subjects of Anatomy and Physiology, and these should he taught In nil oar advanced schools. Without the proper apparatus how can the teacher make Chemistry anything more than a dry, miattraetlvc Study, or how can he hope to present to his pupils the many thousand grand truths lu the domain of Natural Philosophy? I ?. .'-j j: ;' '.J.J - if < J-Cj.. Unless you Interest a pupil, yon will fail to l instruct lilm, unci yon cannot Interest tilm In i what lie does not, at. least, partially under- i stand. There Is no doubt of the fact that i "Things seen are mightier than things i h<*nrd.' You inay tell a pupil a thing a score i of times, and after all ho will forge'. It, but I irlve him an ocular demonstration of the fact t and at once be is attracted, interested and I ever retains It. I Hut theqne-tlon naturally avisos, who Is to I build school Iioiisch and furnish them? This ! i* a Teacher's In?titu!oand weare considering ! the question, How may wo make the school i attractive to the pupil ? Snrelv no one would i expect the teachers to furnish these things, i By no means. We believe that there are i numbers of conscientious teachers In our country who would cheerfully do so, If they 1 only had the means. But the trouble, is their I meagre salaries will hardly afford thorn a support, decent or otherwise. We honestly i believe that the teacher who does hK duty, isl I the hardest worked and the most poorly paid i man in the community any way, and surely | no one w<>uld increase his obligations with- ; I out increasing his compensation accordingly. < No one, and very properly so, expects the t preacher to furnish Ills church, tne lawyer ills courthouse, or the public servant his i place of business. Schools are controlled In I a great mcasuiv by the patrons: teachers arc | selected and their salaries limited directly or r indirectly. They are for the puMIc good, and t it docs seem to us that of all things they de- , : serve public attention, sympathy and sup- i I?irt. Ami we believe that the schools of a t town or community constitute the proper I criteria of the general status of that town or commnniiy. No one will deny that the development of ttic mind, the (Jod-iikc in innn Is man's very highest capability, if so, education is iiis highest privilege ntnl ehief ilnty, and as tiic' school Is the place where tlx1 young! mind Is expected to develop, and receive! material properly suited to Its lnnrte desire, for knowledge: then the school becomes an Institution of 'he very first importance to ev- : ery one, and well may every parent, yea. every patriotic citizen ponder over the 'question, how may we make our schools attractive to ' our pupils? j If a healthy school sentiment were abroad among the masse* our school houses would be Attractive places, not only to teacher* an I ; pupils, but to the pa?aerhv as well. Then teaching would be a delightful work a* well a* a profitable employment. ittit the school, s-ntiment is at a low ebb "n our country, anil the question tii it mtieh concerns us as te tcl> ; ? ers. Is how to Improve it. If Ave can get the . 1 people in love with tile schools. If we can net1 them t ? properly appreciate education, and j 1 realize their resp in?ihiiiiy In the premises, ji then our school* wl 1 take on new life, and il will be made attractive to the children. As ' | to how we as te ichcrs mav do this, there may J <| be a diversity of opinions. Certainly there; are variou< ways. First the teacher inn?t be j a person In who <e capacity, energy and cm-;e eientiou?nes?, the eoinmunity must have eon- j <i tide nee. He mu?t (?< enthusiastic In his wrok i I and impart the same enthusiasm to thepco-'i pie for whom lie labors. He may do this put?-11 llc'y or privately, by the fireside, upon the,1 street, or tlirouzii the local press. To this ex t tent, and to ibis onlv, w.' b-'ileve a teacher is t responsible for the ?c!iool. as far as grounds. je house a ill furniture are concerned. t 3d. Lastly, there are some who consider tne p house :uidmrroumiin.'s to ho ??f little impor.jt tuuce, ami seem t'> think that every Ihlnrde- ! < pcmlson the teacher. WimvouM n >t umlere<- u itmato the very g'eal responsibility of tlie t teaeher. nor fail to appreciate his <|iinlltien- a lions, vtc., ns a most important factor in in ik- j ?. In r the s:-l?<?ol attractive to the pupil. C<-r-! p tait.ly a very c.eat ileal depends on ih'-lea'-h-! i or. Let the Mjrrouiulln rs of the scho I b" t everso at<ra tlvc. ami the teachers aid* he 1 e ever so complete, the school will never he nt- j t tractive to the pupil If the teaeher he a fail-ip inc. We (l<? n??t p'-op'i<ft to *ive here what ji we emiM ier he n -ees-iiry |u allocations of a d Kiices-fi . tea-h-T. Kvcrv on- will a halt that n tniti'h more ttian mev b'i U knowlKilsc '-I- ri*- c quisite to link? a successful teacher. Th -re : |i Issomethinglike personal magnetism in -nine fi pers ins. wh'ch draws us In them; in others! there is a repe ling force which drives us from ; h t'iciii. If we wei- n-k d to ile'ine this force id we might lail to do so intelligently. neverthe-11 lose we know ih it such a fivee exists. It Iris j ti heen said, ami wi-admii with some degree of!.a truth, that c'llldren are *.'oo I Judir<?? of human ' tl 11..tail*. I ice* not this apparent knnwlcilg >of, fi the'child depend up mi the fact of his eim; j aitraeeil or repel I d hy this mysteri "lis force, n heft?e h* is eap.ih e of an nyzin.: character h and so selecting liis irieiids, or avoiding his p enemies. So we think that a teacher should 1 <! :it least strive to lie attractive to Ills pupils. (?.. lie -hould show to them hy hK actions that'll he is not a mere t'isk-inaster, whoslt? with rid :e ii? k..i>h iiticillcneo tn il*11list cotn-' hi man Is. Hither l??i him prove hlmsc'f the j u pupil's friend, a friend hi the school room or o i?iit of it. and I ha' he occupies his position for ! n the ? -Iir purpose of lining him good: of aiding 1 u hiin in >h>Hl!ifn: that which Nof infln'tefy j d more value to him than anything else within * < his grasp. I,et him cultivate an Intimacy ;u with his pupils, speak a Uiml word to hem e wherever lie may im at them, takean interest 11< In their s?;<mi"8, Ac. In oilier *vorils, he should tl te<d and show a deep interest in them. and j !hereby eain their e?iee-n, eon'ldenee and at- u flection. Of rour-e the teacher mu<l be a Ju lg-* t> of human n itu-e, as well as the child, and in fl n \arietv of ways, mast unpro-ieh and infln-jt? Mice ill liferent children. We believe th it. with a some tact and eflo't hi* will succeed in almost ,o' i>v?-ry c i'C, and thereby attract, l'iipr*?? and w uontro' his pupils, without in the least ?l??ree n fompromKing his dignity or position. In this ?( ivav he may with ei^e enf >rce order which is |t iibscluteiy necessary, and without too much it!e,-ted sternness make I he school a place of real pl-'ft-lirp. lor CIIIIIIHOH'I, us u rum, i-> urn n unreasonable in its demands. u ! f THE IMMOLATION OF THE TEACHER. j " ;n rin> Tcach^r n I'uMIc IlcnefiipJor? fl nnl Sons Khonlil Stir tliei,. Emotional Power* .tlnii-llalilns. t< R?<l \ot MoncyOInklnj. (he Tench- J cr* Trnc Hlstiioii -- Teachers'* w Should OpsimiIto i? Common IJrotli- ?l erhooil?The Essnylml Thoroughly J" Dls^nsipil With Ihc TwO'MIIIh Tax,' ntirt Ho^icm the Press and Runner tl may Continue to Fl~ht It law- ?' I| yoni anil Eililors Oct Some of. Their Conceit Knocked Out of " Tli pin. i'! I f> O! I ir ESSAY BY PnoFRSSOR S. P. nOOZKR, ! el i ^ PKINCI PA I# OK THE (JRKHNM'OOD ACADKMY. i If h Horace. nftor ni'dressinir Mae'-enns and c< \po!lo, calle I upon his l.vr?\ and together; n h y committed to measure tlie following' tt 3de: jp 'Kxegl monmnontnm acre perennlus " it'va icjue situ pryainhlum altius ; 5 101 non ini'iftr "dux non Ai'iUo Impotcns, " possit diuere, ftorljinnuinerabiles " \nnorum cHes, ei fuva lemporuin." I P The sentiment of thi< Latin quotation em- ? Uracs In tin- wnin Ihe labors of this essay, ind wc put It that every teach- r and profes- p. ior in our schools and college** l< a b"in?fa<*ior jf 111-* HIV HIl'l 111 It III* W'lIK SIKIUfl oei-om- n nemoratcd i?y crectlng a monument to his tvoik. Q We know of no higher monnmenl lo hlx j. m-Mdii ?vorih and futin-c incmorj than the j( ocoitl of hN 11:11110 upon the roll of the 'T* ach'Ts' Aseocliiiion of Abbeville tVuntv." n From tin* a'-ove Lnlln we discover tnat ,, .vheii : y 1 m ; man. ft ir ire -an rht :he lnsp|. j( ration of "'hal e.?'iKliiiite<earth y sre-it- ,, ie*s. and from hi< lofty snlrlt came ruling S( lown the nie* the altcrn itlve-to become j, f-e >t 'a to make n s?lf sacrifice, yea an Imin-la'h?n. He i\ e l and di<-d a martyr for the fau?e?f e-lncailon?son-'ami music- that ev>ry s"hoo! aii'l oil?'.'.? tlir>'i-/hoiit tin* hroad Ian I ini di' Inspire tli" m nd- of their ?tu- p lent1* with lolly sentiments md lil'^li oonccn- Jr Ion" of p-?-l 1 lo'? sunl honor _ Said !i<?: ''0 M Ino nliie, imviimc that l?rl'e which votir iiicri',i h 've a-fi'ilrcil. and ]( wll In "y crown my al>'with Dclplile f.niir- w ;l th II m-iy he rcn"W?d in th- praises of | , jioHte itya-l n * ?n 1 he priest hall iteond the .. \i"iti?! with the silent vi"t-,I v| in." ,l Tin* !? a?> as'i'r'?loM wor'hv tiie Immortal j, 11 ira-e a -d it? In^pl'-ntlon shon'il h- transmi't to pos'erlty In all its sublimity and n ? andenr for al coming lime. Now, my f lends <f the el:is*-r>om In tak- r, n'leave-n i'ie "Venusl in "n:-il," inlniituMe (] in Ills v ried r-aM'lo*. w ask von. ' h? learn i*d *Ctt -hers of t' 1- ><-voc| iii?.n do-* Horace y i ||v? ihoii'.'l' <(end ? Ah ! woknow h? liven $; In \bbev H e W en wo lo >k Into the fares of 'n lla*e liitoltl-'cnt teacher*. (l We p-'oinNp to perpetuate Ms n-mio in the _ "' re-mwood A-H'li'iny,'" und insist Hint lie J, hould and must live in "II 'ho c'nss rooms of p, Bur country sch?o's as wo 1 as In on- 'Horary nnd oinH-ii-a' eol'e.-es and universities. else ? hi* sp|-.?!icrlHoo, yen Immolation, will stand I'iionum-nit to our sh imo and Incitmelty to pj take in th" trandeur and snblinlty of bean- w tlful thon-ht. I.ong also mnv our dcnomlna- ? ilonal colleges and that loved old South Car- ^ iillni Col'e-e on the Congaree Htrew fresh v [lowers nt the pedestal and twine new wren I lis uronnd ill" monument of :he illustrious t| ie'd. 'Tis meet and becoming lis as scho'a's ? to "oinmetnora'e ut this <lav the lives, bib e-s (l and deaths of th" immortal Immolator*. by ? reading nnd reviewin" their wo'ks. m-ltlng e their poetry, and re?flni'lna their harps. (> Thus so :iiso the Trouhndo'i In slnirlng to his j fnitar blends l>v his enchanting touch Mind's e hi 'lies' capabilities with the sweetest No- ? fhro-ilsm of the tremors of the h-irn's strings, 'p thereby contributing hl? quota of duo honi-; age at the shrine of true eartlily greatness, viz: uelf immolation. I'pon li'? tab'et we n won'd inscribenl-o our eu!o'jv of his life, hi- f| bors, nnd death, nnd believe that the teaches fl between all oceans bow In gratitude to the ^ emotional powers of music anil Montr. ,, Th*.- masters of the schools of Athens and v acad -mies of Home taught the youth that ? they should seek aft-r true vir'ue. the firm ^ preeonts of true phl'o-oj'hy. and cultivate the soft nltiT Infliienci's of inu?ie and song since _ happiness consists not in the possession of t power, of public honors, or ol extensive rich- j es, but in a tranquil end contented hilml. ^ This we regard high teaehin", ami reflects the ? sentiments of cultured mimlsand responsive In r our minds lot us not forget t hp cultivation > of the art and p>?\v?*ru of initio and s-ing. If piMti'ile Instrumental and vocal musle |, should constitute a part of tlie dally excr- n cises In all our school* >ind co'leges. Would ^ that our e:Tn were so ?ofi as to catch Hip niti- j sic of the planet* and 'ho stars a* th?*y fly v in space, ever giving praise* to the gre-it "I ? Am"?the maker of the heavens and the ? earth. r Rut these masters of Athens and Rome j were l?e'd In highest veneration hy an appro- j clatlve G'eeee ami ftaiy. and were crowned j with the Ivy and the laurel for their puhllc jt RervlceM, propagation or t''e m t* and sciences, ? and Intense love of home; b'lt after all, P whut were they >>nt. self-lminolators? 17 Then It was an honor to die with the pro- ( fe?sional '"leak on. but how now in boastful j America? Pardon us when we say that in- r stead of cultivated minds training the youth 1 and directing the government, we find | "Young America" running cultivated minds r and making money. We are grieved to jthInk that we live in an age of money-mak- % ing, and not. man-niaklmr, and an* weigh- p ed and measured hy the world in pro- j portion to our millions anil the mon- r opoiies we control. The love of money and not Immortality. Inspires the energies of t "Young America" Just. now. Should this n Idea of money-making anil not. man-making continue to roll over the country to the ex- r elusion of the higher purposes of life, we fear t otir teachers must nb:indon the fields of the < cln??lcs anil hlirher mathematics unit seek ? other more profitable work. If so, the f standard of our civilization niust. or ncce^st- r t.v be lowered, nml America lose the proud ( position she occupies among the nations of > the earth for her statesmanship und lnvcn-.r live ircnius. | The evil Influences of retiring tho classics 1 g from the schools and universities of f5cr-; r many prominently stano forth a warning to H the moncy-mnking nnd utllltarlnn Idea of ) education. Hie present craze of Amorlca. f But, frlend? of the Association, If we are < driven to tnnke a departure In our vocation # of life?self-immolation?let us imitate Sir | William Siemens of Hanover, who worked for ( money and succeeded to his heart's content. , His educated mind hy patient study and cor-', rect reasoning conceived the ld?a of silvering f hy ealvantc deposit, and by this discovery lie ( revolutionized the art of plating and of beau- < titying ornamental Jewelry. This discovery i gave lilm sufficient means ?o settle In Eiicr- < land, and as people everywhere worship' money, he was championed by both the edu- | cate<l and 1 lie Illiterate, and was no longer j contemned as a miserable linmolator. And ] along with his penltis of discovery we men- | tlon also his thirst for scientific invesllea- | tlon. and notice the good results he obtained ] by sulijec'lng wardens and growing crops to , the electric llelit at night. He observed that they grew with extraordinary rapidity, ami | were superior In size and quality to the fruit | and grain produced under ordinary oondi-n I Linns. But nlns! Whllo exploring these! ind other unknown fields In the sciences,and ; :>re the complete triumph of his Inborn In utilizing physical forces to our dully wants ind conveniences, his body Rave way and he lied a victim to the Intense study of nature's : Iree ulfts to poor weak man. We cite this in tance that teachers may l>o encouraged, and If driven from their classic grove they may' llnd other shades, and a)?o enter the race for l??>th money ami reputation. Sir William opinions was like u<?unhonornd and unnmsr?before tbo acquisition of his rich' a, hut tiivi UU l'l 1-nn VI .in ew it'M i itiiu IIU IUU.UU till in his praises. To the honor of this great man, we stand ready to build a monument more enduring than brass, and leel that the learned everywhere will pay due homage to Llils superb sacrifice for the Invaluable lessons taught us In the above. Now, mv friends, let us put the question to ourselves, are we making a selfs-ierllicc pure- j |y for tile cause of education, and If so. how' n're we measured bv our fellow-man, and j what estimation Is put upon our profession | ?y litem? Are we martys for the cau?e of duration, and is it. demanded at our hands .hese moncy-makinz times? Every teacher prevent knows how reailv the vorld is to underrate his labors, and unless ie has in irked abilities and widespread regulation, lie Is retired fr.mi the admiration ind l'U/.i.' of a eranky public. We fear also hat we feebly notice this crookedness imotU' ourselves, and a disposition to underfalue those brothers of tlie profession who re less acquainted with the classics and li 'her tnalheniatics, forgetting that their ipherc of usefulness is the equal or any each'1", sosnet.iines we think, however, the >mmnn sense teachers in our schools nnd i ademlesdo more to excite the admiration ind jte 0 of their students to make a name for hemselves than any other class of professionals. and hence are the most worthy Imuo'atois. Is il saying too much. Unit to tbein lrsl. impu'sesto a higher and more snbstan ial education an'mainly due ? Kverv teacli?r In our academies, without, being. ax It were, in outlet of the classic waters of the Yellow Tiber, can Ore the minds of his students ind ?tart them on tlio road to honjr r nd tame, > ea, encourage them to tnste of ne Pierian Spring. and afterwards perhaps lilr<.tf:?r deeper waters. In teaching themheir le'ters he can tell (hem of the lllus rions Maeaultiy. who when but three years I'd.re-id inee??nntly. for the most- part lying in the rug bef ire the lire with hisbo-ik on the ' ;round, and a piece of bread aud butter In his tand. In thinking over till* matter carefully we mow ?otne Incident made a deep Impression tpon hl? little mind :ind tender he:irt, which levcloped Into tiie Immortal Macanlay. IVriaps some teacher of humbler pretentions' lid t!ie work, and not his mother. Our own minils r?ver|. with l^asu^e and >rMe to onr set ooi davs In the country aead- ' my under ttie guidance and instruction of inr venerable friend and ne|ghb ir, ("apt. L. I. Rvkai'd. His d iss of little boys was his icnuni. nun II v in* i? i ii'i iii:~?, in11< ire icgnn to love our little primers. Perhaps thai it is tlic experience of every] eacher present?that some teacher of hum-' ile pretensions l:iicl the ground-work (if his. due ! Ion, yea. perhaps Home patent lady) eii'-her. A wmd in b"linlf of the lady tenchr< and we pass on. I.p.dies are speela'iy fit , < (1 for f lie work of teaching, cither in the lay or Sundav School. They bring In bear, iwm ill" worlc greit- patience, power of en-j ernr Into minute detail, and ab ive all. im.iriniition, which citable* them lo put them-1 elves into the mental condition of their ptiiils. In this centers th* grand secret of effee ive tench in", and but few male teachers have I his gift. Friends, write with diamond point d p?*n this tact, and cnltlvntc the art of en-, erfng into the mental condition of your pn-; Jls. else ladle* alone mn?tbethe grand imno|alor?. Sometimes however, we sonotislv ; onbt If our'"advanced thinkers" ar? capable : t teacnlnii tiie ru liments in onr eonntrv a'id . Hy school*, and ask lie learned teachers j went to think over this announcement be-' ure condemning It an unpardonable faMacy. Let the educated teach the educated is the j etter plan. "Ro!>ur corporis inultihtrthirm! elethtt. t (I rohnr iremi 0?f'?nrn(." To teach j lie little boy and girl successfully and retain; heir lovf und respect N a dlfTlen?t. matter.i, nd requires more patience and self-R 'erlfleeI hantlie "advanced thinker" can or will jif- j; ird to spend on such material. ; Ttie "Oili iiro/fin"ni vulgar rt nrcro" crows ( lie stronger in him as he ascends tne steps ol ' i igher scholarship and nenec no loader lakes 11 1-asnrein Mule things. Aaaln, write with j iainoud pointed pen. that lie a"d lie only is j npuble of handling in a master'y manner j tie irre iter matters. Vow as a bodv of teach-11 rs? Inimolators? scdog that our respective || pheres areenu'l in h-mornnd n-e'u'iv**--, 'et j mar<-h forward and assume the position ! i ur merits have acquired, and no lon/erpav inirt to a ernn'iy pnb"c. To become more! i Refill a? teach'Ts we mnst at this day. yes, j ay of making inonev?el"vate ourselves, h" j1 imic prouder, and to-ee a higher estimate i! lion US, else we Wl'i be bratidcd with the!] plthet?nothing but school teachers and cot- j ge prof -ssorx?the bruins of the land at auc Ion. This Is our fanlt and not the fault of our fel | jwmen when pr >pcrly snidle I into. We must a-r-ressive. Thev 'ove and n-spe-t dlirnled proud nrn, ;in I have as supreme winjinpt as we do tor a Philosopher who lives in tub, and wonder why th it mo?t ee'c'?rat.'?il i' rnlc and eccentric tY|>'an?s ever lived. Toji car ratrs and *uh?.|si up-m the coarser vlct- j als. thereby nro'essing most Held virtue and | ormlt, or even the conqueror of the world, .l'-va'id'-f?a< he exclaimed : "If I were not Alexander I would ho Divertes." Wi? cr'i endnre n ree'use-hnoU-worm hen decent in a'ipenranee and mnnn?r?, t !>l<o x'ond him M?e hand of fellowship, ?r Illsfitt?ii"nvnt8hm?! -?M!it'**?. hut nhomU a'e-nymnn, who pre'e'-s the meaner nn?l w?or pat! s of life uhennmore dignified nd hononihie pours" l? nval'ni'le. ('an wo s>y that at this enlightened day we ave anv Riich cynies ns T>lop;an?? amont in ? ft t'pnp''-, or In our <nnk? as teachers, who Ive a* it wcp a"y such "touch of the lhow" ? t''l? c>rnni'inistic folly? We hope not. fy friend--, we nrns' no longer conform mir avs to tho-v of the w-r'd?i>nt educate th" o*M to transform its ways to Hiose which lonid he onrs as Immointors nnd worthies, !io p-fif,>e?i/in"l<! of onr universities and col"res, nnd touchers of our i'endemics and ' oil's ' nl-l comn'ctely an'l effectively wnrlc <ls t>-<ins''o"m!ition wci? It not for our con-1 ant friend, poverty?the frnlt of self-immoitl-m. To he independent of the '{n*r (Writ" of anv ne and ho in a position to force our eon vie?n< w mnsf h'ive moi'-y, ye* mnch money, r t>p bucked tin In' tl ose who possess If, nel'h* r of which I fear we have at. this money laklnsr day. Times In tills respect have liantred. and now the ?>dncat?d man must nvi) money as W"'l as immolation. therefore t ns liaveallt'le more of'he money and >s* of Immolation. Kdncafeii men largely Hi Ml up th.? rli'irictT and virtues of the nntrles In which ?hev live, and as money ow lias sivh nowcr in the hind, the educated inst ||-?ve It In order to res' rain human enlilltv within tlie limits of tile laws of Ood Ti'l mnn. Now to sppnrp tills ' tin" qui won" wp mitet iruii7.rt "iirsclvi's Int?? n ''"mnvn hro'hprn'u] not In'o mnriyrrlntn ??nil or,jrl,i'>t?*s 'tnp Inn of rnnop-t to m^lcp this rnonpy. :is wo n'lot anv ten-'pr look to our pro!ps?lm> rr xr. TIip oom'non ko'iooI vvs'cmi lias ?o ?wprpi1 our Siilnr'ps Ihnt n t"nohor With tl im'ly '".** ? fflri'ily '?nv mp-it :ind hrpn-l, ?"-h Icks tho?p nc-"s-':iri?R wtil-h <ro th<* ink" ?r>o' n ?toiu!- !?eti*'*f-1 pr'>frs*lo"n'. I.ouif innv tlin Prrx? tinrl a*id thf rppn wood rtppn't'in nl of M-e S'llwln .Arias t \' bevllin, ?n<l Sp???itor Hntlpr in tlx1 ITnl d Stat"* Con?rr???a flrht this m-natrons oh 10 I n to hl"hor o'tl "itlon. Wo confess In nr 'h'in? lift It ? Utile l":irnlnc vnllnhlc, ii.'cnnso some teach'TR of Ips? r?re ns'on--' Pnn nlpiril 'o work ror vcy ItMle. ?? | ipir stopk in ipiclrt Ik Psht. Thl? common , 'hoot svst<>ni lins nlmost ?'rlvon onreduesitod >nfhpr? frrt' Mip tow n"*'ilnwv and rntin. ' y snboo' rind hpti"" hr-s lowered t'i? stand- 1 r>l of higher pf'tt^itlo" In thos" sphools. I Wlilo!' of the two 1= t'>p lipltpr? Hut fpw ipctlons or ^onth rnrnlinn will cnn- < !"tnpnl th? 'aolinol system" a*'d lhere'>y ?->kP wnf?p? r??.ppotnhlp, hut to tho pontrar.v nut frpp tuition a'id n ptiromoh"?l?|p)i. 'tis-is :i*lom:if|p ns ilia'th" "sun *hlnps" I ' n thing Is wonh tho having i* i? ?ro?-fh , orklnsr iif'p" n-'il nnyln*' for. Twpntv>'ol- , ir "'T innn'h fo- the was*s of aflr>-to1n??< vulinr|snn lncnlt. and should bp heneath ' ip wa<">s of ;>nv whl'? mnn. rp-nr'UpsR of < Ir voc-'tIon ff life much Ipsw a f^aphpr. I T'ndprstann us. wp nrp mnk !' <: no w?r upon nr ili?tlnrtilf:hnrt <>nd cr,>ll?nl founty Pehnol oinml-'-lnopr hppan?p u"?t^r hl? eontnd and | irp?lffl-| O'T ponntv R'-hon's havp rlonp hp'ter ian pv* r'<ptorp, hnt wp tight the miserable i ?nstltntlon law, I, With th? nnMI" money wp cot fro-n thp , 'n'fonr ?ptiool? nrn run f'om four to five ?'iii|ii? hj* nvliv flr<t irrail" tpnph"rs fwpnt.v I Hurt*, unci now onr ejrp->t nntlon pro- | o?e? to R-mnlPinpnt this nmmn1 hy trlvlup . hout th? came ? umbor of ilollars'for the) imp pnr-'o-e. Whut will he the consequence of thl? irroat ] lunlflcnee? We toll von In ? single son- . in?r> "ihnt. our spools wl'l ho run from I nil t to ton month hy Mi???e teachers only 1 |io oh 11 ntthrd to work for $15.01 and $00.00 pp>- i lon'h. T king a rlew "f the whole field of t Ichor and lower education we emi cee "o nil- | rin'a-e from those charities, s?n?l we are ns , lorouehly <|Ncti'?e'l with (lie triand fraud us . i" Prrxi mirf fl-imipr In. A pain we ask, ' rhieli Is t>e'?er n "r* nt deal of n llt'le learnh'or loss or ii hlvher s'andard? "tndy the , uosllin. If it wen1 In our nowor we would x?ntr'p th(; ml enhto rhlT frnin th" Imrs 1 ''South ''arolina. and Itono th? /Vcm n<i<l < tninrr will eon'inuft its flirhl till W? an | eet. enoiig'i livrMators to call a convention. | n-l ki'I 'h-* inon<trons ohsiruction to higher ( duentlon. Hut hofo'e dl"revsitijr too for we must. reii'n to *h thon rh' ?f in >n?y- -viUIti: a*id , >t *o niueh ma'i-in'iklns. To he ho'io*od \ hese day* w<* must. have money?1?"ir.?aerl- ' " and Immo'atlon as|?le til' we L'CI it. We no"' of n" better flan to nvke money than r> adopt the tactic* of the lawyer, who alw? vs j. rants and trenrra'ly cts hi" wte/es for the e vices rendered. cheek and brow-beating iclne 'ar??elv d'n?n on lr nece^sarv. Kvery limb of'he law?Patrick Menry-llke | -spreads hlmwlf to his utmost cubic '1 conents upon tlie rostrum ralslna himself by bnrnln'.'elotinence, fenrlesi spirit and tin- ' lasslona'e speech hef'T'-hN admlrintr frh-nds .i ,nd wh^n the "rhllculns 'tins nacitv," then nines the ileif.-nlnc applause with hats In he air. Hut does Hie matter end here?' so, and am ?lad to ?ny It. In this very Court j' oom I once had occasion to resort to thei iiw, and of course Ii kI to have a lawver. My |, lliorni'V w:i? :i rihih nnvvn mm tri ?ij n 111 | peak'-r imd on the ilnv of conflict rode darn-'ly and wiMly on Ills chamlng Peg>sus. k'W'idlnc his glcamintr sword hl-.'h In mid air. nd when the victory was now slmnltineous pplauses urceted his effort from every orner. Hot did the mutter end hert?] Co. indeeil. A private Interview was: i-id in the "hack-room," and npon adjourn-' na I retired minus three hundred dollars (or i r>rty minutes. I rather like this kind of an i djournment, and hps you to Imitate his sample in rendering your school accounts.! hit how with the learned and poor teacher,! heinlsonihlc Immolator, who with hccom-1 ng meekne-s appears before an Impatient I >nbllc and reads an essay almost prophetical- i y conceived? Does the matter stops here, or j r there a private Interview In the hack [ oom ! We are sorry to say I lio matter stops I icrc. and everybody retires to his own prl-I ate house, even forgetting to Invite thees-j avist to divide coffee and biscuit with hlm.i )ear teachers, Is this right and becomlnt: our j lo^ltion ? 0! Imbibesomeof Professor Agassis'* manil- > less.anil when Invited to gsve tree lectures,' mswer as did lie, "We arc coinit to write a took. our lives are too short, to work for loililnar. Our cheap work underlies our, :he?p reputation and we alone are at fault. I )nr poorly furnished bouses and scantily ' irovlilcil pantries, spenk bmlly fnr rmr proCs?lon, and are almost cjiough to bias the . nlndu of our aspiring youths apninst thej lass-room of our academies and colleges. iVe are neither covetous nor Epicurean In , usr aspirations, but believe that If weeon-i Inue to underrate ourselvcR our work will ; iell as did Milto 's Paradise l.ost for "five! lounds," when Mrs. Illeman's Cook Hook j old for 2,000 dollars. In turning around and ookincr into the faces ot my brother profesdonals we almost break down at the thousrht >f want and destitution in old ase. Yes, a totnplefe Innnolatlon. We sincerely believe tvot t.lie host llng'ilst In Abbeville county Is his dny between the plough handles, beicnth n blitzing sun, trying In bis old ace to nake even com bread enough to keep soul tnd body together. For the R'ikc of education and the elevation of his race, he gave ind wore himself a?"?y. and doubtless when summoned hence will die -'unhonored and uniuntf." I If this learned but unassuming scholnr in 1 nl? j-ounirer days had demanded an equivalent for ills services tills sad day would never liave come upon him. The utn-rrlmr finder points to a similar course ftwalllntr our tray lialrs unless we make onr profession hotn honorable and profitable, ard put little more af the lawyer In our profession. Now if education is a crood tlilnc: at home und abroad, then let us he nald an equivalent, for dispensing It, or quit the profession and ieek other more profitable work. I The Bnlnry of every teacher present should not lie loss tlinn one hundred dollars per month. together with the prayers of Ills' friends to sustain hitn In lil.s troubles and vexations of spirit, for *urclv they are many. Ana In. does the l'rejs?the mialtly news cciiti rof both doubtful and real mutter?visit every ulche nnd cufixr of the world without an <'(|iil\al<-nt? Not exactly. Tlie fertile brain ninl Inventive renin* ofi the editor, like the lawyer, wit lit a pri vnto In -! tervjeiv tn the "bac's-room," and ?"lewt fo:l: satisfaction 1< bid there and then?the editor, ?t the risk of a t-mken head, will In hi* next issue set fnth the marked nh-enee of every good <)iialily and m.hie Impulse In you and your whole family from Adam down. He a'so has another gift, n right bclontrli'tr to hi* p:ofesslon. When flnanee* are a lltt'e scarce, something wlil*pcis?not an lintel?that he must net up the breeze by settlnz up "a man of straw." blow it loud ami fast, and then hv a kind of ricknchtl shot mid skillful r">i;> il'rta nmna-ieto take him p'-lson-r, hut t'o-th-sake of law. plve hint the benefit ot h trial. The reading cranks readily catch a' every (>< 11'ation, an t the eonsequence is that every evening and nioruini; Issue, and thousands of extras, are eajert.v sought after to he-ir more of the ''man of straw " Old men from their corners, panic strict*-n women f-om their Rewlni; machine*, and th'Ntzhtles* hovs from their b ills, and m aintain nvmphs from ttudrj silvan :ihod"8 keep exetcd to know more | about tlie monstev?"i ho man of straw"?i wlinl lawyers are m men rim; f- r him. and ivld j he tinilir. ? Till' imwnfji^ fi* Mw? ! |!Ci>!'IP posted ril)<m: liie in! ill air, I Sic <l<> ir, imd In the ehltijiiry : corner. in every iss:n? or his evening anil j iiifiniin'j papers. Al'ier the tuee/.e has heen j tmik-iI and Ununef. decidedly imnrovcd t!? I' cnrt'tiii falls amid the waving of handUerehiefson the innni fio ir. nod tliuinlevlt)i? ap-| piause In tlie* t;u!lery. Tliid is luetics for ill purpose. We <]<> .*t menn to wnsre war upon lawyers, i editors, nnd en ciiMinslnstle piddle b,v" the 11 hove innoi-ent ??i*?irfv-t.l'?i?s, lint, to eiill th?* ni- j' tendon of my professional fi tends to the fuel j Hint to su'-wil tlnnneiaUy. nnd t>e honoredi! rs we deserve, we must he more ent? r.irUltii? ' nnd l?y some means tret. up n following of our fellow citizens, and in the Hood time reap our harvest. Other professionals think that we ! nre the direct heir* to r i'.'i/y elothlng. downcast countenances, and Imrd times, and can't see the impropriety of the epithet. "Noihlmr tint. Kch-'Ol-lenenerH nnd cnllegeprofessors,"?t!?e hrnins of the land at. niie-i tlon. As regards our*c|f, wu expect-In us-j sninn our |>nsitlnn, niomily. socially nnd ll-j tifittclnMy, ntti'-nir our people, nnd champion I no I tumor, whether a private cIIIzti or pub- , lt?M?rvunt. Rut wo stand ready ami willing to hullil m monument high enough to kiss the! sl;|eH In honor of miy teacher who fulls Willi I: his classic mill scientific cloak on. after hav- , ln*r elevated his nice by his srlf-oicri'lee anil j ( Inuno'ntlon. To the teacher of htiinhlur pretension we how In trriiMtU'l* for nil that we', are, and will ever beg to drop onr tenr< upon1 his aravc ni:d strew ire.sh (lowers to his nietn- i, orv. My friends, as this e^say has already px-i tended far beyond what we intended, m e now j lin^t'-n to elo?-e. If the above reflections have any effect In , opening our eyes to our pr"sent emidition, , att'l inspire us with pride onouith to assume, oilrd"serverl nosltion then our object Is obtained. But If we must renviln martyrs for the cause of iduenHon. and deliver ourselves ^ a sacrifice for cdivu'iou alone, we can beantl- , fully console onr-elvi-K with the tboug'it Ihut the first astronomers wi-re the ancient shop-i, herds. Hy their watchful vl^llnnce beneath | the ennojiy <?f heuven. they opened up the , method of meiiMirinp the clrotinI rence of the i arth.i>nil fo'iiuiiitt-il theories (ha!. penetrated Hi" mysteries of time and ?paco. Imagine also Columbus of o,,'y four bun-! <1 rot I years u"o, Ktanillnj; In his raps and,] naked f.-et before the Court or Kerdlnund and , Queen Isab.-lla, with his arms and hands! full of tr'obes mid charts, bem-lnj; Ills Infe- j rlors for lieln, that lie mijlit revolutionize the ?ciencfS and thereby bh-ss the world. .A poor Prussian priest, also about three! h'nnilred years ??-*n. rejct-eil Hie srsfein of Pt ileiny. and left us these fundamental truths ! vl-/.?that. Ih<* earth i< round?(2) tiinl It turns ' i?n llsa.xls froni \Vc>d to East?and (3) Mint the 1 earth and ot .er plu-K.'is revoive abound tlie j sun. Think of Prof. Morse, tlie {trout rlectrlelnn,' t>f only fortv years ago, idcidins before the ' Omuress of thn?f> )> msi.fut United States for a ?rna!l apnropriaMon. that he might herald thought. from ono city to nno'her with th? voloeltv of llsjlirnln \ Hy nccdoir Cntiirri'xs j v??t? ?! IJi??nn:ir??nrl ition, and Prof Moih>> with 111* pom* <>C tialter'n b C i'l mid.ln.rof nlOlassi-H 1 lieiran setting his |v>.'t? an I l?yi.ig his wire*, t' Ills ?ucrc'ss w ri'irar I th" grandc-t selenHfle. j triumph of th" I'Hh centurv. ; And now t'i" poir scientists of (Mi eno:-Hftie nn I pM'iri'?Klvc ro-mtry arc debating With 51 vp||?-t enncrn the c.-isibilllv of tlie ",V"hnlar Hypothesis," and their tendency Is ! f?>-how i's corrci tn > ?. Lastly, whether the II :ht and h"at <if tit it mri. ilia "Lux Matidi," ' Lrnnsml'ted by the C?>rpn-*C"lar or nndn'a'o- \ ry th -o' v u.ro-gli the Invisible dnst of atino?| lierle rnolecub'S lo our .-ensts is with ! Ill?in no lon^'?T i qncN'ion. As <le e-nil 'iit? and I ivers of ih^e s:inerb innio'ators wp have nnd ev>'r will pay due homage to their truesirealueM*. The Press and Banner.' I; A.55UKVILLE, S. C. |j j1 'Vednssday, May 14, 1884. j j j Jurors?,I nnc Term, 18S4. h. IC. I> int/.ler. 21 township. N. W. Kay. .r>th township. jl J. ('. (/raves, 14th township. [I J. L. Xlintnato, 1st township. ji David Crawford. lliMi township. (?. L. Conner. 3d township. j] It. S. IIa<M>in, 12fh township. , Cieero Hughes, lllh township. |i J. I'ratik Hod hps, 1st township. J. T. Miller, 1st township. J, XV. Reott, 7th township. <?. Whit. Conner, 3 I township. J. X. Cochran, 3d township. J. T. Simmons, 2d township. Samuel Atrnow, 5th township. II. Herrinn Alli'ti, 13th township. J. T. McKolhr, 21 township. Ji John A. Devlin, ">th township. ?T. XV. ilni-k-.lvc, 13th township. Lewis Coleman, feol.) Oth township. || S. 10. O ray don. 2?1 township. W. IC. Morrison, fith to .vnsliip. (i. W. Johnson, 4th township. J. F. Pin-Kot, ftii township. J. II. Watson, 10th township. !| Jam?.< Hronlcs, llili township. L. XV. White, tltii township. j| II. S. Tenant, I3th township. J. O. Ileniniintcer, l"?lh township. T. W. M-ir?. l.jth townshin. ii Pari'is Cowan, feol.) Bill township. ji 0. II. Smith, ilth township. j W, I). Harmon, lfllli township. John if. .Folios, loth township. W. It. M-iUitiin, -llli township. 11 J. It. Carwile, 8th township. ji J ( Dt:n West with its usual devotion to .1 the sacred cause of honoring the memory ' it" tlie gallant heroes who fell lighting for | their conntrv's rights, celebrated Merno-!i ial Day hy eei emonies appropriate to I that oecu i >n. The peoplo of lliecm-! [nuiiity assembled in the village ecmetc-j | tery where the Confedcaato heroes are!, ulently sleeping. An oration wasdcliv-;l jred hy the ilon. Wir.. Hood. Th??young,' Indies Of the Female College, in their j' new Summer uniform of grav, a uniform,! which. as the orat ?r said, was especially i mitaMe for the occasion, then, with mod- 1 >st grace. silently strewed dowers over ' the soldiers' graves. i| Tiib dwelling at the ITn^Ii Gilbert i place, and the gin hoiiso belonging to:' Hradlevand Morrow, formerly known as ( the John White place were burnt last Wednesday night about the same hour. I The bridge across Calhoun'* Creek, near(' the White place was found to be 'in Hre at j the same time. 11 null Gilbert had $1,000 | insurance in the Niagara Company. j < Mkssus. Ct'nxinoham tt TKMPI.KTON j have kindly presented to the Philomath-!' 'an Society of Krskine College, several ji opies of the Con fjrenHimini Globe, pub-'I lished while Hon. A. Burt was a Member'' >f Congress. If other citizens would do | likewiso the College Society libraries , ivould soon be enlarged, and greatly cn- i tianced in value. * I j Tub Abbeville T\il1es Hop comes o(T in | the Court House cm Thursday night, -2d i inst. The young men of the town are 1 expected to attend without formal invi- j Nation. Tickets can be had from the com-j, mitteeon invitation, Lieut. S. C? L'ason, Chairman. Admission. $1.00. ji Tin', barn belonging to Dr. Wenek'( it Ninety-Six was destroyed by fire last | Saturday. The lire was discovered about ' twelve in the dav time, when it was too ' Into to save the tm 1 icItn^r. A goon nugirv ninl other property was destroyed. No insurance. j Rkv. Jambs Boype, D.P., is ofT on a' lour to Ktirope, as a delegate Irom the A. R. P. Church, to tlifi Presbyterian CounriI. The readers of the Axsnr.iatc lirforninl Prcxhytrrian may look forward for interesting letters from him. j There was only one voice in th^ Teachers' Association which favored the i Rlair hill, hut upon discussion it was deemed inexpedient to pass any resolution in reference to the matter, because it was a political question. The lumber for the new church at l>ne West is being placed on the ground. Shingles, brick and granite are being, brought front abroad. Mr. Wren has charge of the work and will push it rapidly to completion. I Gen*. Manioaui.t inspected the Ahlio- . ville Rifles yesterday afternoon. He expressed himself as well pleased with < tho company's appearance and drill. The, general h is many warm friends in Abbeville. ( Chaui.es Roroi.As, Esq., of Winnsboro, is tho modal orator of (lie Philomatheau Society of Erskino College at its j approaching anniversary, during com-; menccniont. The remains of Miss .Sassard, sister of Mr. N. T. Sassard. were brought to town | yesterday evening on the cars, and will; be buried this morning nt nine o'clock. i The foundation of the new hotel and stores nn tho Alston House corner lius been laid, and the work is pronresHln-r. j Forn ear loads of meal and corn to ar- i rive,this week at bottom fiirnren. A. E. Rogers. Wardlaw it Edwards have the pleasure ' of announce the arrival of attractive lines! of Spring clothing for men's youth's boy's |, ami children's wear. In tlie selection of these goods tho utmost care has been devoted to style for early use of vonntr inen i in iin: |;i>|>uiiir uut-iuviiy anil s?u:k siiuh. ii We advertise what we have Tor sain and have for Halo what wo advertise, and that is one of the finest linos of ladies and missos shoos in this market. Wardlaw it1 Edwards. tf Tho ?reat hit of the season?tho dude hat for sale by Wardlaw A Edwards. tf 15ny your laccs, niching*, wash net, hosiery, corsets Ac., from Wardlaw A. Edwards. tr j Whito check muslins 8, 10 and 124 cents per yard at Wardlaw A Edwards, tf Printed lmviis .% C>i and 8 cents per yard at Wardftiw A Edwards. tf i THE BLAIR BILL. * U A I,en<llti{c Olmrlcstontnn's Trrefntn*: Mo Ar^uincut iw to 1U Uuconatlta- u tlonnllt}*. p The following loiter wn* received last week, ? but too late for lu?t WeJnonday's Issue. It t o unes from nun <>r the most honored clHzpns " Of (.'hiirlpBlon, than whom, no man slimd* ^ higher. Ttiis letter In recommended to the v attention of tho Pickens Sentinel nndolhors 1 who mny *eek to Injurt Col. Alketi Id the * com I lit; campaign. o fMi'nr /Vrf.t ami Ramicr : L I'l-rh ips it will be aureeable (o you to know that your position In regard lo appropria ' Inns from tin; Lulled* ales Treasury lor ed- _ ucxtiou, iH In nci'ord with the kciiiIiuciiir o . th-ne who adhere to (lie construction of tinUnited Slates C'onsiiiuiioi. which prevailed ' alino?t universally in Sooth Carolina In the dtynof her !ireai."St siiitesiiKm. That coiirtilIii11on may hci?aid t? have heen abolished on 'he rt iy wiion Ahr.ibmi Lincoln called for 7.V0' tnen ui coerce a Stale. Nowadays the siilp oi suite is no longer steorod by chart aii l conipa-s. The IMot rec I ven bin Hallint; ?f?l .? * < >>(*. 1 i n t to r ho vnfi? i?f I fi* m:i ioi'i t v I ol' tho |>a.SM?nu?,r<. Therefore it would not mtioi* Mirpi ize were I tip supporters of any me.is uv inuvertnoU cn-irely Hm-question of lis constitutionality ami re?t their arguments' alto;e!h<Ton uriMimt-i of policy or pliilan- F t no >y or interest. Hut |>orliaps we have not q yet b :oii "camping outside the Constitution*' j . t|Uiii* I'ini; enough for thai. Southern men, i" HieolilerSou'hern men at least. do not so.tl ivislly put aside the training of earlier years.1 The <i:d tiahlt, hlic hnbli though It may be,, kM11 lingers of asking "whal s-iys tho tonsil- r< tuiloti?" Consequently whenever any ore c! comes forward with some cure for the ills of ? State, iil.s disciples ?re sure to Keek for and llnd some way of dcmoustrniliiK its perfect ? uccnrdance with law and constitution. t'| Shou-d it happen that all other ways lull 0, theic are two to which resort Is sure to bo ? had. One, the "iteiie;al welfare" clause-the {j nlher, tin? assertion that a hundred things of the same kind have been done, why not thls7> The. Hist stands in stead for almost any pur- K pose. It U ot flexibility so wondcrlul tlint! j, you ni:iy lie. ir It at one moment u<ed by the ? proteoilouh-t but repudiated by the free trml-j cr, and al the next moment Hie same free ? trader will oiler it In justification of an r j.1 appropriation for education, or any thing he -f approves, wiille, for this object, the same pro-, r, tectlotilst If he does not approve, will repu.li- n nto It. Till* "general welfare" elausr was the ? Pandora's box whence came many of the f, woes from which the South sultered and q which at. last, when even hope was gone, M drove her Into secession. t, The second argument, ihnt similar tilings s had already been done, is but a siuelm-u of j| Lhut sort of logic which a'.llrms that two jt iv:oiii;s make a right--a logic uf such patent t,i ;ib?urbi;y tiiat no more need be said on Hits tj point. lint the lir-t, i viz. general welfare) Is P. ireijuciuiy u-eu uy many "i renpeeiau.e mn-i- w licence tltercfo-'o let on exam'he II. In Ihis ',j examination wo shall call to our aid uutliorl-' lies than wlilen none -iuund he esteemed p higher, viz. the action of the frameiB of the }, constitution, and the int.-rp>etalion, with his t| le isons, of one who formerly commnn 1c 1 the ^ III sliest. re*p *el In .South < tarollia .md w.ia en- j y tilled to ll every where, Mr. i 'alhouii. j Anion: the many propositions submitted jr( to th eonvcntl .n of 17>7 while the powers to .. lie delegated to tiie Legislature of the Uultcd , ' Slat** were under eonslderatlon, were the | _ follow! n jf * ' i'o establish a university." ! _ "To encourage by proper premiums nnd 1 l>rovl"h>n?, theadvaiieement of useful Unowl- I BilR" and <il>eoverle?." i "To establish seminaries for the promotion h of literature and the at ts and sciences." ' fi "lo establish public institutions, rewards a nnd immunities for the promotion of agrieul-; ei lure, eommerec, trade* and manuiact ures." I tl All these proposition* were referred to the' ? eominittec to whom the proceedings r.f the o I'onveiition were referred. But none of them I ippeaied In til" draft of a constitution report- f> L-d hy that Committee. i h Trie inference Is unavoidable that Is was not i n Ihoutht nropt-r to liii lmle any one of tl.em i r moony the enumerated powers of the Leulsln-! ti lure. illoillL-r \iijiun, uii; miiiii: ruvimui itu- IV ucatlon whs excluded trout Mie powers of b l."on.TPH8. And such positive action forbids j w ii iy urtfiiineui tu its favour by implication. I o Someoiw* may answer ilini It is not proposal ti pd I li.it I 'O'igress should o?taldlsh ii ivlviTsI-! |] t.v, or seminaries, or iio any of the thines c; nhovi* ii.Ciiti-iiie l. To wlilt-li the reply is that h It Is proposed to give money to the States t| from the United *tate< tre i?-ur.v to establish ? <e Inaiies, Ac.., nd to Justify this is to say It Iwould be lawful and proper In one party to j d give to another money tor a purpose to which 11< lie himself could not lawlnlly apply It. Toi tl make men tit to become volets is not one of i o the delegated powers. The States prescribe; \\ the "UaliriC'iilon for voting. All that Con-! n L-ress ?.in do. or ha-'done, is to require thatjg tl:e same requirements apply to ail el.issfs.; ti Now the t'oiuress an make no approprla-1 F lions from the puhilc treasury save such ns 11? nmy be necessary to carry into effect Its ex- J n pre-sly delegated poweis. For this we pro- fi peed to give authority and argument unuu- i tl swerable? 11 In the days of the giants an amendment to | c n Pre-emption 1*111 was Introduced In lSil In j w Senate of the United suites by .Mr. Crltten-j e Jen, to distribute the proceeds of the public :o I.mils amo:u the Stales. In those day* Slate|T pride was hluh and strict adherence to the C constitution was thought more important u than "getiiim all we c-iti from Washington". (j Mr. Calhoun, rising as he always did, above narrow mid temporary considerations and tl seelmr, a< passing events now prove, further f. Into the future than his jrreat contemporaries, 11! la.(Idown prlnelp es which, If there is any 1 n United states constitution, apply in the.-e hit- ! p Uv days as well; lie said ? (sutler me to qno e i ti it some leiuth?ih"re is no better rending), j n 'I rise to hlg:ier grounds. Had as the scheme i Ii Is In a financial view, it is worse In a polill-j 11 biiI". Af.erestimating the valueol property [a In public domain, public buildings, forts, ar-|o tenuis, ships ot war, itc., he proceeds : "Such ' d Is the exient and value of the property over! e which the two Senators claim for t'ongre.-s i <1 uuUmitcii and absolute right to dispose of at n Itsjjood wiljaivl pleasure. And the question j|| recurs have they su;ii riirht? A graver qu'-s-! ri Lion has neV'-r lioen presented for our consid- j *.1 ?riiIon whether we reg-ird the principle, the | niiio'int of property, o.1 tiic consequences In j l> vuivcd. I C "Now, in order to lost the rkh', It if my In-J n t on lion in p>opontid st few questions to the c G alois lo u Inch I hope Ihcy will give ex-' < > ( licit answers. Suppose then. In the progress; It ji tone an administration should come in (111; iiimIc * noiillnslon io i hm xl) which should n think nn established church indispensable lo , 11 uphold the morals, the religion, and the po-! ci 1:1 ical institutions of the country; would ii tl |j:iv?* tin* rliilil lo select m>ni<' one of the rolIn- l< Ions sects, iiii*I er> ct It into a splendid hie- II rarenv l>y endowing it out ol this umplo tl full1' ? Ii Mr. Webster: The constitution expressly n prohibits it. II "Mr. Oi.hnnti: I he ir the answer with plens- y lire. Ji a-s.-jn- the irn- re;.son Here then we | d have a 11nniati<*n in tin; constitution by the 111 ronlesoion ol the Senator: and ol course! b !he c Is at least one restriction on the unliin-jtl It' (1 i ig il wliicli lie and his trieinl claimed lor j II i.'oii re-s over this vio-t 1 nml. Ilavinu made fond lliis step 1 proceed to take another. | tl Suppose iIiimi that such nn administration j a should undertake io colonize Alriea wlili the | a v|. \v of .'hri-tiani/.liiir und civl'izing it and u for th ii purpose "lion'd propose lo vest this p hind or a portion of it In the c 'Ionization so- ci tji?-ty.? Would Congress Uiive the rlgnt ol do-| e Inirso? The .Senator is silent. I dil not an- v Lielpate an answer. He cannot say, Yes; In unit to say No, would bo lo surrender ihejti whole ground. Nor can he rm.v as he did that | tl It Is prohibited by the Constitution. I wlli p reliex e the Senator. I answer lor him. Con- (j ?res> has nosucli right and cannot exercise it | without violation of the constitution. Hut: a why not? Tlieunswer l< simple hut decisive? a becauB'1 Congress ha-< not the ri^hi to i-xercNe' Jt iny power, except whit l? expressly gianted I ri by thoeonstitution or may he necessary tojh execute the g^nnteil powers; and that In, fc liiestion Is neither iniinteil, nor nece.sS iry lo T occtitcn ura t il nower." ii It Is very remarkaii e Hint In th" conrre of h ^" ' ha. . /> . in iviiitillmi vtniillmrn mnn n have iii-i-n In-aril 10 sav (we sue nol of tin* o r?,?mlon) that tills very plan, used us an lilus- ti i ration by Mr. Calhoun. of unionizing Africa, li Lltoiisili now trnin a dttresonl nioilvi', viz. to e jet riM nf mine of the negro population, v would be highly ileslrnblcami advantageous. si 11> u.icoiistiiution.tliiy wasa-suined in this n liHiiit*-, nml without denial, a? axiomatic. a Yet. should a majority become favourohlc to V It, the iirMimi'iit of to-day for ti c consiltu- ti Humility of the Blair Mil would also apply to 11 11 hill tllstrittut 1 tit; anions the states money to f< facilitate "migration 10 Afrh-a of I he blacks, l( iii-caus'- advantageous. 11s no dunbt Its author ei wrou it insist, to both racesand to the country fi W'e ieti:rn to Mr. Calhoun's irrefutable urgu- d men)?''Having gained this important point a I next ask tin- senutms, would Congress have w Lin- iljiit to appropriate the whole or part of tl tills vast fund to tie drawn directly from the 11 L etisury, In imymentof the principil or in \\ teres t of the >tate b inds -> And If not'as they ti fctalnly would nut for the reason already as- n !.:? ed) nas ii the right toglvv it to the states n to be so nppli< d? (.'an It do that. Indirectly by r] in ;.gent" (which is what the Hlalr nill does) o '-v-hiuii li ? mnot roii>tiiniii>nal y do d'rectl.v L?y iiseli ? If so, | would be gl.nl to bear the a reason. I might proceed and propound ques- v lion after question equally cmhai-ins.-lng; t< Inn 1 iib-tain lest I should exhaust ill" pa-:h ll-in-e of the Senate." The following quota- a lions aic niven lus u-eful in solar as they re- a late lo distribution of money to t-U'ect objects it not expressly-authorized by 1 tic constitution: g * l:ul there is one question ol a dlllcrcnt p L-haraeier to which I would be glud to have h tin- ai'swers of tlu* two ingenious and learned h Senators. They are both agreed, as I now 1111 j 01 derr tan the Senator from Muss ic-liusel is, 1< that the revcunetroin taxes can be applied tl only to the objects spec)pit-ally enumerated li In the constitution, mid in repudiating the 01 ueneral welfare princlide as applied to the T money power as far as tlie revenue may be gi derived f'Oin-that source. To this extent ei Lhey profess 10 lie good states rights .felll-rso- n alan republicans. Now I wouhl lie happy to ei lie lntormcd hy cither of ttiuaiile SenatorH?I u regret thai one, Mr. Clay, Is not In his seat? n l>y what political alchemy the revenue from g taxes by being vested in lnrnl or other prop-1 a arty, can when again turned Into revenue by 11! naies, be entirely freed from all the consiltu-1 ei lional restrictions to which they were liable d before tin- Investment, accordln-j to their own | ft ronfessloiiK? A satisfactory explanation of so d curi'ius and aiiuai'eutly incomprehensible a si proce-s would lie a trent. u "The Senator from Kentucky I Mr.dnyKall- II lug 10 tlnd any argument to sustain the broad e: nud unqualiMcd right n| distributing the rev- v L-tiiie from the putiiic lands as <'on-.-resH might 11( iiimi\ pttu^ui i'i I'siiiuiiM) il u\ jirrcu* tie 11. For Hint purpose he cited us u-precnent the (Itsirihution of arms among the States; whlc.li he contended sanctioned nl>o ilie distribution of the revenue fiom tlie tl lands among them. The Scnat >r forgot that In It is made the duty of (,'ongress under an ex- tl press provision of Hie constitution "to pro- C vl<le for arming| lie militia; and that the S militia force belonus to the States and not to j I] the Union; ?n<l of eourse that In distributingi h urms among the Slates with the vt'-w of arm-1 \v Ing them, Congress hut fiitllls a duty enjoined lai r>i> thein t>y the constitution. The palpable li misconception, as I must consider it iuto'w which the two Senator* have fallen In refer-iw dice to this linporlaiit question originate* ns >1 I conceive In overlooking other provisions olio the constitution. They seem not to advert to ' n the lael that the lands belong to the United th Slates?that is lo the States In their United) mid federal character, and that tlit: Govern- ;V ment. instead of being the absolute proprle- d tor. is but an agent appointed to manage the L |olnI concern. They overlook a still more n Important ciinsiilcralIon ? that tlie Untied ! II (State* In their milled and federal rliiiraetcr u lire restricted to the express irranis of powers n ['ontalned in the constitution which says that S "the powers not delegated to the United Stales . tl li.v the constitution, nor prohibited by It to ir rill. Klntrw lire Pi uurvoil In lli/? Stuff** rniiiinp. ! lively, or to tlio people': and, also. {they j I, overlook J "that lite Congress of tlio United ei States us the common luent, is restricted ox- w pre^-sly. In Hie exercise of lis powers, to the! olijects specified In I tic instrument and pass- n Ingsucii laws only as may tin necc*>ary and a proper for carrying llieni Into execution. It T follows that Congress can have no right to a nialcc the proposed distribution, or use lis powers to elicet any other object except such I, as are exprosly autiiorl/.ed, without violating and transcending tbo llniils prescribed (?< by (lie <'oilst 1 Mition." Mr. Editor, It is worthy of noto that in this; great debate the States rights and strict con-1 struction men were arrayed against consoll- ! datlonists and National-!lieory men, these 11 lust under their great leaders Clay and Web-' ster. All that was said by the former against . dlstrlbuti if money derived from public " Hum' applies to distribution <?f money from ti other sourees. Indeed it appears that the. strong-roveriiment men did not venture to con t owl for the last. It is not a little curious . that in our day men are to tie lound contendJng for tne Inst and yet professing to be strict a constructionists. Has any o>io arisen to i \ rhom gTeaterdefcroncc should bo paid than d J, C. Calhoun ? It was In the beginning of Ills article that to the writrr tlio United tutu" Constitution MM-mcl abolished. lint jj lie advocate* of ihe 1JI Ir bill lay gioat Hirers poo its constitutionality. They also cuport It on the ground* of phlliinthropy arid late policy, but Hicho urotind* .subject to Ils I'ing no violation of the constitution. Upon *' Id* lust ground this paper iR Inteuded to u>et them. Kor while tlioy profess obedi-nl neo to Ihe constitution and contend th it Ihe ci ill in question Is roiiBlflioni therewith, tho*<j c< ?'ho regard it as an Infraction of the consiitu- n ion ninst eoi.aider argument in other n rounds [policy. duty, propriety. <fce.] as out. of tl ihteoi One thing however may Iv added bcilise cto?- eIy connected with tlio coiihtltu- a tonal question. Every subsidy which en*-- a I let* with, or oven requires a s't rained lnt-r* tl irelation of, that great charter, tends to n reaken the feeling or State Independence, to h econclic inc. to acceptance ot boons rrom he fliMKMiil (Jovernment and mi t?? facilitate j nd haslet) the obliteration of State rights; nd the onward march ?.o consolidation. I OIjD SUIIUOL. J ? j NEGRO EDUCATION. flint n DIsIiit^nMirtl Citizen of thr Slate, Thinks oT the Absurd Do-' <luel Ions of the XVwh anil Courier. L The following able letter Is from u learned loctor of Divinity who lives in a distant " junty. It explains Itself, and furnishes food jj >r thought, while It shows the offect which ti tie Xeics and ('mirlrr's deductions has had 011 ^ t least one mnn who known nothing of our ^ Binaries, except as he learned them from our t< Ity contemporary. * 'tli/rrr Prcvt and Hannrr ,j I hnvc Just read an artle'o In the Xews and ,.j ijinirr ol yesterday. on wiileli I cannot re^M, le desire to aniitt idvert a little. I' N ho-?dl "Down with Kriu.-atlon." and Is designed lo j, lake the views of the I'rr.tt and /tannrr,on ,. ie question of suto liduuitlon, appear tibnd nml ridiculous. ^ In view of the statement of vonr position I veil by the Charleston editor?and It Nail I < ave to no by-this Ik us logically unfair as ny production I have ever read. I, 1. The only education a candid mind would ? ndciHtand you as Intending to sneak of. Is lat in ptir>> 10 or f>taie scuooi*. ,, his as the general rule mint. necessarily j> mflm-ri t.n the Intellect and tlio Imagination. ? nil exclusive of the moral fncully. In point |, f fact it is so, ami in p lilt of policy li must c, o so In this country. Without u doctrine of (< <i-l there can lie no doctrine nf morality; S( Ithout n docti liic of (-Sod In the State c insti- b itlon there can be no doctrln" of God in the j, lute school. What then cim S'nte education i, rt for the morals of the Individual ? Plainly, ? .can only Increase hist power of ^ratifying P io p/omptin js of his heart, be they good or C( nd. An evil disposition of heart. State edit- ,, ition cannot laUo away, but must furnish j, 'Itli betlcr wphpoiis. itnU inspire with more n iirintr and diiutri-r-.us couriup. Thus it has u ^ iidi'ney to Increase the po ailation ol the-), enlientl.iry. if the /V?< unci /tanner had j( ecu speaking of education in re'erence to ,j ledntvof the went, the Inferences of the i n 'mv.t tint I O itri*r mIhi. be loulc.-?l, but Kince v our pHpcr Npoke of education In itifcrer.ee to j| ie policy of the State now in operation his ,, iasoiilug Ik no better than this: , jt 'l.lskey Is a specific for the cure of the rat-' tlesnake's bite, ja his lhiaid Is whiskey (from which the aloo-'t! hoi IniH been eliminated,) fi hcreforo this liquid (void of alcohol) Is a u euro, Ac. i tl State education lacks the very 'dement nf ' unmn education ttiat. makes it thcspcclflc u r depravity and selfishness. It. strenrthena C1 id sharpens the Iniclicct and appc'lzes and " mboldens Iho imagination, hut Impart' not I' ie fearofOod for 'lie I'ircctlon of the will, *. hlch dominates iind wields all the resources ' I' th * Individual. 11 2. Th Xrwxiind Courier'* second !llo?l? nl In-1 '* rence from the pi Hitinn of the I'rrxs mid tanner Is, "thai the Hottentot Is pcwesscd ofjj: inch more honesty and integrity than the,1' radnateof Clullin College.'' Xow the ques- j * <>'i muiy put in not wiiii-ii iihk more iimifxy ** ntl integrity, ?t<\, but which, with nothing.11 ut Slutc! education to dllTcrcnlift'e them, I ould >(> the most dangerous, the Hottentot I r theKouth Carolina negio'' The most Ulpli- j , cultirnted mnn so firas ihtelloctand Ij" milon no, thin over lUcd perhaps,left a lega-l y of luiil influence ami sin me to his country ! mrc harmful It inny be thancouM ha\e been ' ^ >c result < ?T turning louse i.OOl Hottentots | j; -lihIii 1:r borders. Tlio thoiv.-htftil reailei', IC: { e hms iitti-nd-il the Courts when Uio crimln-i 1' ji ocket was being a 11<-n dcil to, need not bo; >ld how much more dangeron-. state eduefi-, t ion inalC'\s Ihe individual. If CSnfliti College, , (| r any oth'*r College touch anything which Ik ,, Mrthy to lie en I led moral philosophy it inusi 11' <ed transcend any eommls^lon the State can j, ive It, without doing violence to the constl-1 itional rights of some of iur tax-payers.!., 'or God and man u^e the two terms of the ro-'t 11 Ions which mora! philosophy dlsomses ^ n l the citizens of South Carolina are n?r' oir. being ai one touching either the one or!c lie oilier. The Christian believes In three',, >1 vine Persons, each of whom nan peculiar ig 'aims and In Jesus Christ who Is a man as ' ( r?-ll as a divine person, 11s the actual Sovcr-! r Ign and Lord to whom all men owe supreme, ^ iiedli-nce and houicgc. Hut the Jew and the ;'s lelst. Ihe Pantheist and Materialist abhor the , ? 'hrl*tlan's doctrine, nnd cannot stomach one i |, nothcr's beliefs on tlio great question of!t rod. | c 3. In reference to the metropolian editor's j-( lilrtl pretended deduct ion : "The ability to; ^ tndyand understand the llible sends tilm to f, lie penitentiary," I would like to any to your j r li'iderx, and Ills, if permitted that thobu>y|L atroiis i>t ihe Charleston daily would bo apt. [. t b<; mislead by the word I.ihle in that oil-j motoric "entenee. Is there any i hi lis absurd ] t ti 2aylng, the ability to read oad hooks sends | p ion to the |>enlteni lary.nnd yet this,and tlio; p llliy to road the llible, are Identical, and t j lily one ability. Ability is the servant of j j ispositlon. The public school can inculcate i j, 0 love of the BIMe, or of Jcmis Christ, the I j I'm! whom the riUde. as 'i'rinitnrlnns helievcjj veal-', unless oppre-s'on is pruetlecd. <?n:l re- ? gious freedom denied. Yes, the ub.iity to ? liel the Bible has of en been so used as to ? i-iid men t<> the gallows. I 4. A fourth ab-urdity the Pre** and Pannrr t 1 unjustly charged with by the Xcwx and f, \ittricr Is, "that the more education no?ihe r egro? receives, the more deprave I ho he- , miles" I answer, certainly, if lie receive no |, ducalh n, but what appertains to the Intel- 0 ctual faculties, the more potent hi* di?<>ravlttecomes. Ii may manifest Itself, it Is true, ^ <>t In crimes punishable l?y law, but we need ,, ot be told In South Carolina to-day tint ilio1^ epravlty, which makes Its subject liable to j lie chain-van!;, the penitentiary, or the ual-1, >ws. "s not necessarily the mo*t Injurious to : r lie pub'lc Interests. Those who have made ; ^ lie worst exhibitions of depravity which | t-r-1, aps hl*t >ry ha* ever recorded were never In !0 ny dam;er from Judge and Jury, aim never jr able to any penal pro?eeu*ion. But the i ? i'cwk and Cnurirr here begins a new set of de- j net Ions. Tlvse me even more unfair than j > lie former lisitch. l-'or tnls reason, its well us; 1 eeausc the sophistry which clmnicterljiPK j ( io*e Is not sustained In the>e, they urckssj., ki-ly torlo hiirin. j j, Georm* Washington In once more sol up nB| 1 lie grand all-sllenclm: I Hint ration. IIcwa<lc n "(infilled man, therefore" ed neat Ion must lie | ^ good, <fce. (icorgc Washington was t>ront?ht j r p In an est ihilshrd church and If .von caii|0 rove anything touchinc education from his , use. it is that we oil:, ht to have nn establish- r il church to he one groat educator and to dc- ? elope our religions as well as our Intellectual r ature. Who can teli, what George Washing- fl in would be. II he had had no discipline hut | liat which mnst eschew religion.and which ( erpetrales wron^r, If It cmhracos prayer to L, lo iasoneof Its exercises. Lj The objections to Slate schools, the Xei'-x! p nd Oouri'r should have seen do not lie j j gainst Univeisilies. unless Universities arcL. ist schools for children. Undoubtedly the 1", iMlglotis character of a young man should j i a\e lime to he cultivated and established, he- > >ro he should e'Mer any .State University, i his Is not the place for religious endure. But p ' State Universities are ndmtssablc <>r deslra-1. le. wuere those only .-houhl he ail mil ted who j i re already educated, in tnp exn*n?iv- s-n-e t l the word. as Tar ns ih necessary for snfe en- t rnncc Into flie great world, niul upon Its bus- , less, It dO'"? not follow timt State .schools are | Ither admls>a'de r.r de-lrnbb*, where those _ rhoare taughtare In Hie plastic formative c tage of moral and rellylouv life. Hut It Is nn- ; i*ci?fssnry to follow the ell'ort at rrdnclio ml11, bsurdum of our Influential daily any further. I ^ V'lietlier Ms views on the steal subject <w o?l-1 x cation nre right or not. It lies tnken a wrong1 r n-thod of defending litem. It Is not "nice" j j >r It, to take fid vantage of Its position, and 8 ad the people, who c attention it has uulnJ. to dismiss the views of those who dillcr!,, out it. with latniliter, when I hey certainly j a eserve earnest attentIon. I remember thiit c few years ago iliere was hardly a Democrat,; T ho did not acknowledge to ills comrades, | c lint State education contravened the l'undti-| { lentnl principle of our freedom, niul If lie' ,j iisn public man, that his silence In reference j $ ? it was not from choice, but expediency or "f. ecess'ty. What new revelation litis come to I take the sinne constl' nlioniil view a butt of > idiciile for the leading Democratic newspaper; V f Soutti Ctrollmt? i [ I am sorry to have to say Mr. Kditor, that I ^ in Indebted to your ndv. rs eililcs lor your lew- on this subject. It Is u >t my privilege i read i lie Pmx ttml Iinnner. Hut from all I ave heard from them. I am led to believe you re doing a duiy In reference to constilutlonI troth nod individual freedom much needed | tourd.iy. The JVews ami Cnnrirr disclaims i< rnvity In pointingout the resultsof the op- t isltion to public State education. It should ! o ave regard, however, lor the loeling of those, I e e they few or tunny,who cannot regard wlllt-l r lit grave misgivings and sadden in.; fears the : n )alc.il te-ultsof t he opinions it advocates on ' n iis? whole subject. They are all summed up j< t on? honoi -coined phrase?"a paternal gov- () rninent." What does this renlly mean? t he end of nil legitimate paternity as regards uvernmcnt. tin- end ol personal liberty, the <j nd of itinuly emulation and competition?It h leans nn immense plantation of slaves lobe ji '.red for, and trained for, and managed and t sed by. those who constitute the govern- p tent,?It mentis the death of civil and re!i- p Ions liberty. The principles of humanity - re xuiiicivni, miner 11?" protection, which n p I most tin* whole legitimate province of gov- ji rnmmiis to afford, to soon re tin* progress and c eveopmcntof tlie rare?tlioie Is thodesire p >r knowledge, ihe desire of betteringour eon- i o itiou.thi! love of children, Ihe tendency of! I ;lcuce to increase itself: let the government ji lvo those principles free play, and working i 11 ke the roots of (he oak hidden from huuiuu y yes. they will sustain and nourish it healthy, ji Igorousand beautiful growth of social con- f, Mil meat, happiness and Joy. S. K. V. ! t . 11 IiOwmlrHVille Ilnfs. :jJ Theannual meeting of the stockholders of u le Ha van null Valley Kallroad Company will t e hold ?i this place the Mill. The citizens of 1 iis township met Inst Saturday and elected ii ol. II. II. Harper, Col. J. M. L itlmer, Sr.. Mr. ] w , H. Baker, l>r. J. It. Moscley, and I?r. <>. It. t iorl.on as delegates to rcpre-onl their stock h i the convention. It is to lie hopi il that all' t ho nro Interested in this gre.it ami import- !< n t enterprise will attend the con vent Ion and o ear the reports of the ditTerent officers. The o ork on the road Is still being pushed |i>r- ti II ru rainoij >>.? "in rmiKiiiu l'iiiiuiiikm, i [ajor A. J. Twicgs, ami i'Vhii many who z iicc doubted the completion of tin.' roail an1 l ow or the opinion that it is a certainty. Let a ic work an on. t Mr.*. Wigiitmnn, wife ol tlie late Bishop ( r'lijhtiuiin, is <?xi?o.-Li-?I here on thclith. to n eliver n missionary address before tin* C italics Missionary Soeietj, bin owin*! to sick- v ess in her family she will not be :*> !?? 10 fid- s II Iter appointment. Mis. \Vi(jlilman's fail- fi re to be here will eei'tainly ho a <ll>ii|>|>iilliI- o li'lit to sonic ol llie laill':s of the Missionary V nelely, but we hope she may lit* ai?ii! to pay v ic Uvdics a visit sometime during thesiim- a ler. i Prof. Ii. Mattidln, principal of ilio owndesvllle Academy, attended the Teach- j r's Association which met in Abbeville last! cek. A uood many of the yoiuitt people of this! laee attended chinch at Siiiloii last Snndiiy. j mom; the number were Messrs. \V. S. and . .1. HarkIn's, A. I? Latimer, J. M. linker. ; } ml J. H. Franks. Mr. A. I.. Iiiitlmer Is now assisting Miss e Itl'eid in her school. 11 Politics are quiet, no candidates from this > :ctlon ych si H. Ii Just roceivo<l. A beautiful lino ol' I rraiti, pink, eeru ami bla;*k lace bunt- j' igs for summer drex-es. K. .M. Maddon <C- (,'o. Jiifit roneivcil. A now line* ??t* iiiillittorv,ats ami bonupts of the latest style, jind rim tilings to imitHi can l?e tumid at 11. M. Haddnn (t ('t)'s. Just rc civpil. A beautiful iue of white iwns, all-overpinbroidory, lawn edgings nd insertiugs to match. c U. M. Ilnddon & Co. . li i UNFOUNDED EUMOE COEEECTSD. [r. Knox Dlil Xot Let the Contract for the Breaking of Mr. T. L. Hsddon'a Read. Alitor Preu and lianner: I understand Iliut n report Is txjinj pxtflniv?ly clrculntrd lt> co:tam rei-Uous of tt'C j inn'ry th't ! jrnve James Simpson tiao^er-1, >>ftt to "Teak T. Ii. IJnddun'H head. As lb# Mist effective wiy Id wiil'-h I <an deny such sport, 1 write (his ca'd to the puiille j mmgh iho Columns o' your pnpt. . 1 deny most empiuiiIc-i ly that I ever did ; uyihinir of the kind, snil st-imp iht> report i ?jt willful nnil malicious HiIh hood. I have lie highest n na.'d lor Mr. Huddoo mid could . a unci would not entertain the Idea 01 liointf im any harm in any way. JOHN KSOX. ' EEENEZEE METHODIST CHURCH. ledirntlon ofn Splendid New Ilonso of Worxlilp -- IinproKHlvc Sermon? Interesting: II lsto?-y--<ioo<l Dinner? Charming Time?Ileuitllfitl Women ?Delightful Strawberries. Alitor Prcas (m l Jlar.nfr: The new iinil hnnosome church niimcr, Kneezer, was formally dedicated on Inst Snbbith, tit4 li-'lh Inst., the Hcv. \\\ 1>. Kirklanl, tin; ' o.jldin^ Elder, of this, the 'okc-bury L>1"? rlct, oftlctatlng, vvlio bused his remarks on lie liM'li }'h.i1iii. It helm; the dedication of n lethodist church. the xuidcct selected lorthe ccasmii ? ?< Mcth^dixm. I stin.il not attempt >c\cn!ilv?) tin oui line of tin1 very able nnd 1 cr.v cuhoMc sermon?It Is enough t*? say that. f II who heard It were not only satisfied, lint eli.-hted. I'he spink'*r did lienor to the f litirch ?t l.'iree. t<?the chinch local, to the oc- Y iiinl ul>o to himself. After the sermon hud been delivered Mr.!. <iuic A. Ki'llur rend n historic sketch of tf'c liureh lit Khenezer, which wiw organized bout tlio year nnd union# those wiio 'ore prominent then nnd since, were ihe >1 cm, Ihe I'ronieis, the Lomaxes and ihc annous Mr. I. A. Keller. hk chairman of: f ne building com in 11 tie. with Mr. .1. J*\ Kel-! i *rnnd('a|>t. \\\ A. Lomax,also of said com-! t ill lei-, and as trustees of I lie church, stepped jrward lo .h" chancel, and (he chairman , in le a formal presentation of the building to residing Klder Klrkliiml, la the f> llowlng puroprlate words: "We prment you tills otise, to be s?:t apart from nil uithftlsovred o: iiinmoii uses, for the worship of Almighty lod." The minister then prouounccd the , jntonce of dedication, which was followed t y a prayer of consecration, and thus the oiiso whs dedicated. And now fdlows nil lierinlssloii. Mr. K litor. do you know what f u luhTtniMion is? I mean one In a country j i lliireli service? If you don't know, I am nniidcnt that those who were present on the. < [ easiofi referred to know more of lis menu. I, ig than ever before. It mc;in>- turkies, hums, lnttoii, pork. chickens. and ail kinds of ooil bread. pics, custards, and tarts of strnwerrlcs iiiii] currants, ami all sorts of excel* nt cakes, the name* of which yon ami I on'tknow. Strawberries and pretty ladles, i nd n dense uiid cool shade, on! why wereji on not theic? These were somo of thoj ] liliifSH Included in the Intermission nt Ei>e-1 ezer, and I took speclnl notlte of theiu, for] 1 : tasted tor more than nn hour. i ( Tlie afternoon service wa- lor the children, j nd Dr. Sunder was cx^e^'ed to adores* liem, bnt he wns Providentially prevented oiii coming. This was a so.e disappoluticnt to many, for the Doctor Is n fav lite In Ills country. The Rev. W. H.'Mendors, pns- 1 >r of the church led off In a well-timed ad- . i-/>ss n '"Sunday Sc'ioo's." Judpe Lyon wns iilled out and si okeon "Influence at Homo," i . nd In the Sunday school, ft'-v. Kirk'and fol-j, >wed, spending to Hie children of (lowers, j tie verdict is that the si e dcers did lusihe to liclr sutijects and the occasion. \v"o most eartlly congralulate the Rood folks nt Ei>cn-| zeriiml vicinity lor Hie success tiny Imvei chlevcd In their new church, both mdf^j 11511 and execution for tho real pleasure of j lie occasion throunluvit, and while the othqr Isltor^ are delivering their sentiments, l!p ope that 1 shall be pii'sent nttiie next Inter-1 ilsslon. VISITOR. l Protest A gral nst a National System or Education. j, To the EntTOft or TriK s ps?Sir; As a; ] rortiicrn Democrat, I wl*h to protest a<ruli!St|. h" grab of Sli'fl.'riO.uOO nut of ih<> national j re-istify for the alleged ptirpos? of '*decatlng he Illiterate children ef our country. Tin-re K more tlmn meanness In thl* raid on . he treasury. There Is no intention or e.-iuen- 1 In-: Hie n-jroes. The South tii white* il ire I ot educate them. The election and r RNtra- , ioii laws of ^onth Carolina are i>?--cd '.n ttu? na'dlitv of thene to-sto rca<'< If tlvyeoiilil) end and had the courage, they Wcihl rcjrairt | olitlcai control of tha< St itc at the next eleeIon. I firmly believe that the sou h"i*n tr.teB shfaiM he controlled t?y tne wMte men ' i ho live there. If the lirnor. nec f the ne oes prevents them from voM>:? under the iresen t ei?eiio'i laws or th? varl-iu- so u horn tutos, and this Ik a fact, It Is n taunt to Hay hat the Southern white men Intend i-oodunt" the b'nek?. I h ive no symp-Uhy with a ;outhe:n HepublJcm, black or uh'te. He Iioiiiil b" sent to the politirvtl background, "nder their rules robbe-s giow fnt and d'smnor thieved. If they were nllowcd to conrol the Southern State-', thev wou'd hy exesslve taxation bankrupt the whites, and ' nice them to abandon their ancestral home?, 1 ^ white man wh-? attempts lo organize Hie 1 irnorant blacks of the Southern States Into n lolltical machine with which to rob and ouire .s his white brothers I* an enemy of hi* acn. All inVlll^cnt rr>?-> who hnve friye'lcd in he southein States know that four out of very five white men you meet. d-? not. be love in p'furfuinjr tnc ne-rroe<. Tliey claim lint education ruins them for laborers. 'ndtflnK from my observation In the south, I 1 inllove their statements to be true. Thes.vsutn of labor In the Sooth would t>e destroyed f nil the nnjroes were educated. They would (IJou.ik to the woo'iH sind take turns in exinuudlPir th? gospels and ln?u-allnir chickens nd plzs nluhts to noni Uh the righteous. I mtiglue that, no ino'p direful calamity tir?n he universal education of the b!acks could nil on the Southern whites; and they have in Intention to edur;ite them. Tne moneys' hey obtain under illiilr bill, If It becomes a 1 iuv. Is Justly rega'd^d as so much plunder ihtalncd from the North. Nine-tenths of the vast snm appropriated y the lllnlr b-II for the education of the white 'fin?h of the south will he raised ny the taxalon of the Northern people. It Is time ttie hard worker- of thftNor!h pro-; c?ted nsulnxt the yp-n-lln-r of a dollar of tho I latlonnl money In e'lucnt'n; anybody, and' o earnestly protect. >t alnst the unwise at-) ernpt to crush self-rexpcct In the white youth ; it the South hy educating them at national I hnrlty schools. Manly youth will not accept. Id except froin tbetr relatives, and It Is a; Imnu?n r*i fh'if tho \ vonfl<i nr i forthern clergymen luis been almost deslrov'l, mikI thnt they have been brought In to eonem pt by fh<* spirit cnti i va'ed In them while tt ?-n-1111 ir the charity schools established Tor ionr bill godly youth, Ilnving once enjoyed I he enervating luxury or haOni: their youth ducntcd nt the expense of thn im'l<m, It tn-| nfe to assert Mint ilv south" people will' icver again be willing 'o pav the leglMmnt<'t xpen*e* <>f i'ip|r ntrs'irln". fn a fn?' ypftrs, If he Blnlr bill pa?s the House the Southern j ieople will he triin?f n-med Into nice of aim*-1 ?*ekInv nnupers. Wf who believe thnt thei o?t of pifuciiMn* our chlllr.-n Is legitimate | n expense lhe?*o?tof their foot! nnd cloth-; nt', don't feel Inclined to tmy fur the e-flion- j Ion ct otl'er p utile's children who live In j ither States. To the extent of each nnd every j itnie ednentlng its own youth we helleve in It ate rights. And we are r>-so'utely opposed! o crc itln-.' n class of s'udent pinpers In the lonth. If the proposed edueation Is worth i ipythlng, its value will tic enhanced by work pg lor If. l et the Southern youth do as the' Corthern youth do, work In the shops and; nills ?nd in the fields, and bv honest labor; arn the money .to pay tor their education.! nstead of having their Congressmen nnd !enntors Instructed to hrcr the means fir i hem. "The Southern people are already too: irmie to ask nlm*. Any unusual mnnlfesla-i Inn of nature's forces sets them to bulging. A, iieh river? call for levees. A wind storm?; ell tor shlnqle iinlls. Clothing stolen from! lollies lines hy predatory whites or blacks? all for nr. appropriation to replace clothing nsl by :i vlslt-'ti'in of Providence. Tlr re will ie no i nd to this internal nonesense If once en hdifln fn hos'nw fllma nil Tf Iu lot statesmanship. It is not patriotism. It I s simply sickening softness and unprincipled on'imc'ntalism. j Hundreds of millions of d'dla-s will he n'tl* natHy spont ntidor the lllalr iilll If It hocotnos 'a*v. The monny wll! demoralize the politl-j al sentiment of tho who'e country, will renlten ihe manhood of the nntion, will softn degrade the tenii or of our Democracy and urn it from proud fclf-dependeiicn todepen-, !cnce on a Oovernment, will train every | southern rusin and woman into the daily | ilsehnn! a"d fraud of withholding from tho: ie^rofs money appropriated to cducate thom : nd diverting It to the white children. The. 5!air law, if Vm?otod, will corrupt. Peyond , lie Iminorttdity of Its efh'cts, the monev will i 10 utterly wasted. Fiiank Wii.keson. | Federal Education. "The Winn.thorn Xcws and Ilcrafd says that t would tie gratifying to Senntor Butler to' now that a great many intelligent and i liou'.'htful im-n throughout the Hfnte who mcp favored Federal aid to oducation have hanged their views and now endorse and! phokl lilin in his manly opposition to tin; \ nensure. We venture Ihe assertion that the nore thought that is bestowed upon theMib-i ?ci. Ilie i/renlpr unit mom srilous will lie the: Diihts on i>oth In Its expediency unci consilutloiiullty." Wo shake hands with tlic .Vw.t and Herald. i enntor Hutler, like a true statesman, which e is, has only the welfare of our Stale at! icnrt, anil his hold mid manly opposition to I he ediieatiomil bill deserves the praise of ov-j ry one who loves South Cirollna anil h"r cople. We can take care of our own people -we arc afraid of tills Fed'-ral Trojan horse, i ome In what curb tie may. There l> no cool i 11 hint, and Senator Hutler Ir statesman 1 hough to see Unit it is n dlahoii<-al Federal lot, which means destmct on In the near iture io our people and to our prosperity, j tlsahld fur something? 'or what? In our ink-merit for lhidieal rijI? and ruin once I nore In t'ii?State. The U-nllci is see seven! ears of good -te.aiing in South Carolina, and f they nan got this hooty at the expense of a | nv millions of dollars ia"'en from thoNalonnl Treasury under the pretext of educat-j r.jit the negroe*., they will force us in sp>te of' evi! unde-a nes.ro rule, in a few year>, more ummihlethan the government. tinder which ,-e lived aud Mitl'en?d from l-MS to H7tl. t)od j rhld that history should icpint Itself.! 'brow this question before the people and let ' is see how tney will stand, (in one Hide you . 111 see the iiohlo and manly lJutler with} he manhood and intelligence of our Slate; ard tiy his side, with their faces bright with ' he love of patriotism, love ot country, :>ve of honor, of their families and children ; n ttie othi-r side ymi wi:l see a few millions: f bright and shining sII\ or dollars and hard y the free school ieaehers, (nincti en-tu en- j iet lis of whom ought In jnM lee to the rising eneraiion to be retired o;i a pension of all hey are worth, say I woilo'lars and fi'ty cents yeari neurit preaener* ami an i ne ni's1 oes . i'o Stat". These will compose tlie jurtics. j 'hoo?e,ve between them. If we are eorn ct, 111:111 whn-e heart Ihrobs with tin* lo\j? "f 'aroHnn. will hesitate 11 moment whether ho . III follow Senator (Sutter, or uo on 1 he other Idoaiid help to betray his own children torn ?w pleee< nf silver 'i'he lnl> lliireiil voieis of1 tir St:?tn will Mircly nr?f hit** nt this ball. ' Vr hopp our i;<*|?rrsontil11vrs In 1 lie IlotjPO rill vote 11 clown.? Iftirion Shir. Proclamation. Orricn County (Y?MMf??stosEns ok "| am:i;vii.i,k ( ocniy, ^ i Ahukvu.i.i:. s. <\, May 3)th, iss4.) i llj ITKUKAS it Is reported lo this oltiee I hat \ Vt 011 tht* nl^hi hi the I Ith instant, some i vlI (IImposed person ilid SKT 1'IUK to the , IHIDCK ACltOSS t'A I.I lOt" N'S CIIKKK. low. in order that the I'KKPKTKAToKS of 1 nid deed may be punished for said net, 1 j ereby in ihe name of the Coiintv nf Abhe-| illi*. do filler a HKWAKD ol uNK 111' N- ; ?ICKI? AM) I*'II'TV iMil.r.AKS for Die nprehension with proof to convict the jrnil arlies of said aei. ! I veil under my hand and seal the twentieth " day of .May one itinnsin I eis'it hundred j ami eighty-four. , [l. s.) ii. M. MATTIsdN. I Ch'ti 15oa;"d (.' C A. C. ( May '-'Isi. issi. 3t See is n cl\ ers for lmly's dresj-cs in all olor.s liiv and 15 cents per yanl ai War 1i\V A' Kilwa <ls. * tt' " * V* "' "' T M * i .^1 WASHINGTON IN TH 7*U"MAB VcOrTTrnA^ h.ivjng nold out I Firs C iii^ Tii.d.-at the Vor^o-d Hroiho nil pin Ho iiLien.ion to thr> *UF?R;OIt QUi vj .1; e. Mm! iici-tl as a He tvera.ro ami Kumliy t lf> t '1 Mult, m nh?iltiti-ly PUIl1-'* unci it r^NiC 11 nil ?> 11 INVIGORATING IIF.AI,! IJK'.'Kit.Mili l: 1> niipxcclle-l.nnil uuiyioix 'I hi' 1 ropri' lor l?:?s on hnml a Fine .Stoolc ?>l ?(J LTIVOI,! Kr.KIt nt <>n'y 10 <*?'itt? a l>?"t'Io t oVjL t:;.mi'kk.\tk di'.inkb pot up m nlot.n 01 the i.p-coiuitry. Give Tom a Cill at PAIMET" And a] M ty 1 lUt. l?:4. CANDIDATES. roil THE LliUlSLATURli. Th? friend-.' of \V. A. M'X)RE, nn jnnr.iM him i-.fi :i CMiitli"liiie for election Ion >e:i15n Hie iioxi House of Koprcsi-ntUlveft. * EM.IS O. <;n.\YnON is ht?rel?y announced is ii c?M.li(l:ilt? for the I.e^KI iture itt the enuiln* cWtloii. Ife will a'uilc the result o ho primary Hwt.ion, mid Mtpporl the non;Ii leos ot the Dcun'crmlu p.irly. FOR SHERIFF. Thn mnny Prjpni!* of J. P. C. DT'PRE re ipe?*lfu!ly itimoaiio; liI:> : ? a OtiidMntft foi i>-cl<?i.Mlon to the (jlHci; of Sliri III. Siiljt-cl U he action of the Democratic I'wty. ? Wo arc authorized to announce Pol, 0 HcD. MILLER as a cutiiliiluie lor SlicrlU'. ' FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONEft. The friends of Capt. SAMUEL .1. ITKSTEF cspcftfuil.v announce him us >i c.iudldiiU3 f>i jchool Coin in Is >loner. ? GEORGE C. Ill IDG PS !? hereby nnnoonccr Is* u Ciiirticlntc lor tha Olllce of School Com lllS-llMILT. WiMirc authorised It announce CAPT.'E ?OW"AX a?> n ondidnie for ie-election to tin )mcc of .School Commissioner. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. TIip fr'on-'s rf JOHN H. BUM.OCK noml into It I in f-.r rf-t'cM:>n to iln- i?IUe? of Oniiniv 'oiiiinlssionor. iSubJi'ot ti> the autlou of lh? [ioinocrntle Party. Th<> nviny frleiids of CHARLES M. C.\LilOUN (r leave lu nominate bltn for County ?ommlHslonir. " * FOU CORONER. Wenr" nutliorlrM to nnnounco Cn.VRLEM AI-Li'N n.? h c lu.lldau; for Coroner ot Alt' jevllle County. Sale of Valuable Ha* cMn< r/. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County or Abbeville. rhe AnSlmun-Tnylnr Co. vs. D. W. Young blood anil others. Ry VIRTUE of tv c power In ur by r nortcagc of the ehrtltels l.elow (Jusciibed, w< ft-lll sell at Al'bevlllf C. II.. forca>li, on 8 A LI' DAY, tin" 2nd day of Juno next, tbe Mloviiig personnl property, to wit: i>v w a 11 r tv \ v.t a v! no kpp*h atot thrasher) eoniploto will* STRAW STACK. KU UKI/19 and all FIXTURES with nrb*lciatr lug to the Ritino, also one TRUCK WAGON tinder the sam*. Also out' AULTMAX, TAYLOR RABY EL KIM IA NT ENGINE complete. The Thresher I# nlinost entirely new. A1 the machinery Is in good otder. Aultman-Taylor Co. by PERRiy & corn RAX, At;oniCi k In fact. May 12th, 1831. tf (lmrcli to Iltilld. Did1: for the bulldin? of LowndrRvillo Pup tint Church will tie received by the hui!i!Ii>| cininiltief until '1 p. in. May Wth. l>w-j. phu mid spt'cifh atlons an* In the h-nid* (>< the tin lI?th1kiiC'1 nud mny be had or Keen ut a in time at this plaeo. 0. R. IIORTON, Ch'n. Com. Lowndcsvltle, S. C. 3t Don't Borrow. \T0U run huv a ccotmI hand harnra? tha has been repaired and ?-I?*atio<l up. verj i-heap from THUS. BEGGS. March 19,1331, tf oiice. ALL rcsons Indebted to tne lute firm o Q,UARL&S <? ( O., muKt without f?i make immediate sett lenient!) with the under nisued.or ttwy wlil llnd their notcaand ac L-ouuU lu tbc bund* of an attorney for suit. T. P. Q'JARLES. Fcb.0.1SS4. tf Abbeville Repository I^OK thes'ih-nf Whbotw, Bncirle*, Harncsi and ?'v.?ryiblnsrD>ually kept in such es tnbliHhments.' 1 am also pri-pared to repni Saddles, Dmr.ess nml Trunks, with n^a'no* and despatch. Call soon. Don't wait unit hey become worthiest. THO^. BEGOS, At so?l"s building, Alston < 'nrner. March Itf, i-M, 1/ Abbeville, S. C. Township Assessors. SlSOTIOX i"3 of tho 0(wrnl Slfttutc: provides that County Auditors shall, be fore tho time fixed for the assessment o property, appoint in each Township thrco intelligent freeholders, who afle organizing, "s-ball form a Board of As sessors Tor the purpose of assessing tli real and personal estate in their Town ship* for the purpose of Taxation." Tho duty of this Board js, toko, undo consideration all returns of both real ant personal property and increase or dedinfrom the valuation made by owner agent, &<\, as In their opinion represent: its money value. In otiedtenco to the law as above stated the following per*ons havo been appoint Tax Assessors for the Townships ii which they respectfully reside: Mncty-Nix. F. M. Pope, M. B. Lipscomb, O. M Anderson. Orscnwoo*!. C. A. C. AVrtlJCr, C. U. IjUW, u. i . r 111 lor. Coktsbury, M. B. Mctioc, T. J. Ellis, A. M. Aik on. Donalilsvlllr. W. B. Acker, J. R. Latimer, W. E Barmoro. Dnc West. W. B. Oknksealcs, F. W. R. Xanc< II. P. MuOeo. ?,<m sr Can P. R. ir. Hughes, G. N. Niekols, B. A Botls. Smlthville. L. II. RykarJ, R. II. Devlen, \V. A Lomax. White llr.11. G. R. CiiUlwell, S. P. Brooks, D. XV Jay. Indian Villi. R. J. RoUrrson, R. \V. Lites, John 17 Chiles. CiMl.ir Springs* J. W. Pressly, M. D., John E. Bradley John Lyon. Abbeville. B. S. Barnwell, A. E. Lesly, J. W Thomas. Dlnmond Hill. Wesley A. Black, Jno. E. BrownJec J. II. Bell, M. P. Lonndcsville. Then. Baker, J. P. Young, J. T. Bas kin, Jfasrnolln. W. M. Tagg.trt, M. D., J. P. Boyd, G W. Specr. Cnllioun's Mills. M. 0. Tolman, J. II. Latimer, J. n Dritt. Bordonnx. J. C. Jennings, A. A. Tray lor, D. J Ward law. J. T. Parks, Auditor. Abbeville, April 'JOth, 1SS4. -It GLOBE IS OTE Xj, Augusta, Ga. ReCKXTLY RENOVATED and Improved, with Table of Superior Excel' enoe, ofl'ers first class ai'comiuodatiom :o Visitors to the city at moderate rates. B. F. JDrown, Mau-jr* r. May H.'li, S3-1 If v v.'. ii :'n STREET STILL E VAN, ' ' : ' $M tbo CENTENNIAL ITOUSE &nd Mt*bH?l?4 * bS r'n Old Bland on Wanlila.tnn Street, de*fr?n U> VLrTY ol his FINE OLD LIQUOHd Soften*! Medicine. It In manufactured from CHrefiiltjr' ih hi: hlv rcconimendcd by mcdlcHl men mis PIT vn TMvivr; urwi rtrkn<;TH GIVlJff#< - if, Im.l a' tiinV.VliMBTTO SALOON. , . ;* > MILWAUKEE STEAM UEEll. also FRE8II yV First Clusa Style to suit the trado at the leading the did . ... , ..,M ro SALOON. 11 it costs is a dollar a bottle. *r 3?sj otios 'm ?TO? ^ ;! Abbf.vimk, S. C., April 1,1884. ' i The county auditor hereby gives notice that returns of Ileal and Per- * * i Honal Property subject to taxation, also | ull transfer of Kcul Estate since last | turn, will bo received at the followlhjj^Sjjj 11 place* on the days designated belunr, vizi~:%h 1st Division. Ninety-Six?1st, 2nd and 3d May. * ' Greenwood?5th, 6th and 7tb May. Hodges?8th nnd tfth May< * .* ' Donalds ville?lUth and Hth'Mty, ' ,:>jB Due West?13th and 16th May. j Verdary?19Ui and-20th May. 1 j Bradley's?21st ancl 22d May. . | Troy?23d and 24th May. MeCoi mick?28th aud 27tb May. Cedar Springs?29th May. Second Division. ;J|| Abbeville C. II.?l?t May to 20th Jaarf>^S , Calhoun's Mills?12th aud 19th May.. sjjl Hester's Store?IMu Mnv? McKottiiek's Mill?17tU May. * Smith's Cross Roads?19th May* Antretillo?30th ami 2l*t May. Mountain View? 22d May. . ?/ LowndoKville?23d and 24 ,h May. GiJ^al Church?20th ilpy?.- ' The penalty- provided by law will- t^^aj i arlded in every ease when tnx-payer ; lectn or refuses to m^ko return by 20tft :J*j| ' Juno next. J. T. PAEKS,y|;i Auditorv^lS ; April 2,1F84, tf TREASURERS OFFCE, *J?S ? * april sttje, 1884. g I Ix ACCORDANCE WITH THE to raise Kuppllea for tho fiscal yoar com-;;y^$2 m?nrin& Xnvcuilin? 1st, 1883, appror<k| Ikvnuihor 21tb, 1883, nottee. in hartby'-"^ givon that the Treasurer's Office of Abbe^flHj t-illn fViml if ivltl Ka ahaii Cm* t kn , tiou of Taxes' ' * wmn, may m, hd: 1 and wilt rettftdnopeft unlit June 1st, 1 j Tuxes are payahlo as heretofore in Ivr#, $ V. ^ i equal installments. The firat h duo and - flS j payable from May 1st, untH June l?t, . if not paid until the second IsHurfSperrO centum will be added to said Grat ibstidl-^ !|i ineftt. . ji The sccornl instoflmertt Is due find !; able from tlio first day of September to r ilie twentieth day of Oitotxf, 28S4. Tkx"'^ 1 payers can pay all in M*y if they desire. >r|| to do so. , . The r.ite per centtfm: for AbbeviflMpn County is us follows j . . . ~,i|? State purposes........... . 5 mills.; County Current 3 44 " Schools 2 44 Total 10 mill*. M 8 Poll tax,$i.co. v-a^gB Taxes are payable in the following kind ' of funds and no other: Gold and *Uvep$ijS coin, United States currency, N"atlonat/^| r .tank notes, and Coupons which shall be-v:^ " I .*oino payable during theyear 18S4, on thefiVjjt 1 valid consolidated bonds of this State :- ^ known as "Brown Bonds," and on the ? i bonds of this State known as "Defldcney.vWS r Moruis," also Jyior's certllicatea and tha'^S per dioin of State wituesses in the Circuit 1 Court will bo received lor County UxiB?.--^B not including school taxes. , *r -Cgj ' The Savannah Valley raft road- tax the Townships of LowndesyUIe; Magno-'r]3f ' lit, Calhoun .and Bordeaux is due payable ut the same time with the State Ma 1 and County Taxes, ind will be collected 4^8 ' subject to the same penalties. The levy for the railroad us is 10 mills in each r the four Townships. All information as to taxes will be freely given by mail or otherwise. t ^|? J. W. PERRLY/^H . County7 Treasurer'/ tfjl Ifi iiii ' now prepared to exhibit an elegant stock of ^ SPRING & SUMMER! CliODS.l I AH departments are full, and persons inf -^j I vrnnt of any ortli le, have ouly to call for It. | nn-i () * Miippllod. In rcpurd to pries, a great many good* are 4 i now sold below the 1 nut of production. Satisfaction guaranteed. Let every one call and see for himself. WHITE BROTHERS. :M ? ?April 18,188 J, tf Hall Stands. HAT RACKS, Hook Racks and WhatnotA full stock and low prices ?t. ' J. D, CHALMERS & CO. , Oct. 31, 18S3, tf Marble Works] v -S| U? E haveon hand twelve beautlfti! Cottflgw VT Monument!". Will be sold very loW.^ * j The sly lew the best In the up country, n?lf of them direct Importation from Italy. A eotn? . '1 I ulcte line 01 llcad Stonc? fr< in ?M tO<?4B ,C. .1 per foot two Ini'lies Milek. The two inctmwcK-jt is lower than Is sold In tbe up country, for -J same quality of mnrble. at J. D. CHALMERS Marble Yard. *4 Sept. 19,1883, tt .. J. H. SIMMO^ fi TIKTISTER. Abbeville, C. H , SC C.' Has just opf.xed his -shop o?r the Public Square, where ho I* pre- -1 parrj to do a. I manner of work In hli Hue. !J A Hi it line of TINWAKKon haurf, A larva. lot of LAMPS of buiiutlful design. -LAMf OUMXEVS of all sort*. ?? ?\$S ' i " ^ A Good Stock of Crockery,' J | ana a Supply of Cook' ing Stoves. ] | J. H. SIMMONS.' | j l March 12, MJI, tf , " a V'JIUiiO. }' ;on mules mid Innsos. that won't hurt, It] |iii?p.Tiy iiiu->'. I!mvc. ; tr>-on Hu'?himb V iirn!?? thai jt'*'"1''-' <i? P' ii'l< nt u|ton. J -"jo ?.y ^ ^ t TilO*. r,l-;OOtJ.v- vjS