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..?.???.?.....?in'? JOHN E. BACON & THOS. J. ADAM ?/.At* iii VOLUME AT THE GARDEN GATE-A i MER PICTURE. HY CHRISTIAN REID. The light of summer sunset still li dov/n the west. The tender charm of the gloaming i of a quiet rest ; The trembling stars are faint and ? tho misty sky above, As I stand alon? in the garden g waiting for vou love. Over archwav and vino and trellis perfumed roses cling, Some rich with the hue of damask, ? white as tho buds of spring ; This proud as the Orient beauty, li her glowing cheek, That, fair as a stainless vestal, ge and pure and meek. The balmy breeze of the sunset stea like a shy caress, Sent out from the golden cloudlai the earth's rich loveliness ; It comes with the breath of sumn? its pinions as they pass. Hustling the drooping foliage and stir the fragrant grass. In the starry shade of the jasmine a Ser song is heard, er and sweet and joyous, iron: throat of a mocking-bird ; And there in the shadowy woodla '"here in" the oak treehio, - Kinging clear through the .stillness h vpice of the katydid. The far off low of cattle, and the so of a tinkling bell, Come faintly borne through the twit from a gentle upland swell ; And wher6 the- dark-green forest m blue into distance fair, A scent of sweet, fresh clover breai on the dewy air. In the magic light of the gloaming, royal lields of June Rest under the gracious promise of a ' young harvest moon ; It hangs like A golden sickle where tints are soft and bright. And the sunset glow will scarcely ? through the Tong summer night. And, liir in tlin. purple holiov,-, under crest of the nill I hear the fret of the water as it das! around the mill; I hear it hurry onward, singing a sw oldtuno Sweet as the summer fragrance, old the skies of June. A song of love and of parting, of fa and of courage, too Of faith that has never faltered, of lc that is ever true ! Of quiet and patient yearning, of he that has learned to wait.j And perhaps-who.knows ? of amaid< alone at a garden gate. Address of Senator Gary, of Edg fleld, on tlie Bili to Reg?late the Interest on all Contracts Arising in the State. Mn. PKESIDENT AND GENTLED OF THE SENATE-I desire to signali my first act as a legislator in tl State by introducing the bill that \ now have under consideration, for believe that the restoration of wh liaa been popularly called our ;< usui laws" would greatly redound to tl benefit of the people of this State. I propose to consider the followir propositions in the order in which shall state them : h The doctrine of free trade, ? applied to money. . 2 fhe -^iHnn nf restraining usury would reduce th rates. o? interest. 3. That the abolition of the usur laws would increase the amount c capital. 4. The effect of the experiment c repealing the usury laws. In 1787, Mr. Jeremy Bentham pre sented the world with a book whic he termed " A Defense of Usury Shewing the Impolicy of the Presan .Legal Kestraints of the Terms o Pecuniary Bargains." This book con tained the germinal ideas that hai served as a hasis upon which to built the theory of free, trade, as appliet to-money. In -opposition to thii speculative system of Benthon wa? the clear reasoning of Adam Smith the great apostle of the science o political economy. I Their argument is that, because thc ? principles of free trade, as applied fr I merchandise and all other article? H that are the subjects of exchange, fi reRuit in benefit to the commercial ? world anc] society in general, that, I therefore, it must follow that the ap I plication to money of the same rute ? would be attended with like results, Bj thereby confounding money with I merchandise. In. order to show that 8 they are distinct and dissimilar, I ? shall enumerate come of the many ? marked differences that exist between ? merchandise and money, and will try ? to 'show that the effort to confound H money with inercnandise, by the as ? sprtion that money is merchandise, I and that it should "oe subject to the I same laws that govern the products lg of industry and labor, is not orly the ? false assumption of wild theorists, I blinded by error and cupidity, but ra that it is a political absurdity. I Money is .the creature of govern fiment, and it exists only by legislation, ? therefore its value is fictitious. A BB great variety of commodities have ?K been legally adopted for money, in ? different countries, such as cattle, H corn, wheat, tobacco, leather, salt, ?iron, copper, silver, brass, gold and Blbank bills. Whatever commodity ia Blselected to serve the purposes of ex Hchange is immediately invested with BpeculiuT fpnet ons and special power, [Band it is the greatest power thar, can ?be conferred by government. Money His a }egal standard or measure ol ?value, and it bears the same relation HUj?n all merchandise that the yard ?stick does to cloth, that the gallon ?does to liquids, that weights do to BHheavy commodities, for all kinds ot ^?merchandise, and everything that be ?comes the subject of exchange are ?measured by it. Money may have no intrinsic value, but a hundred dollars' H&vorth of merchandise has. Money ^ftever dies, but lives so long as the ?rovernment that created it lasts; Eut, on the contrary, merchandise is HBghe result of individual labor or pri SBate enterprise ; it ?3 perishable, destructible, consumable, and often ?senescent in its nature. Money ?3 BBfcncentrativc ; it soon finds its way HBto the vaults of banks or the coffers H capitalists ; but, ou the other hand, Merchandise is diffusive, and is soon Bittered to the four ends of the ? The value of money is fixed-that Pf merchandi-e is relative. A dollar ^HSimpaied with a dollar is al.solute, ^Bfnd cannot vary ; a bushel of wheat. Bompared to a bushel of corn is rela tive ; sometimes worth more, some ?bmes lessr, comparatively. Money is j^B legal certificate of value, and is transferable for. what -it represe] merchandise,, on the contrary, is thing valued for. what it is, 01 uses. Money- has a minimum maximum power, according to 1 otherwise it. could not be a stand of value with any more consiste] than government can authorize limited yard sticks or un:imi bushels; but, on the oth*er''brihd,;" prices of merchandise fluctuate, a m relation to the legal standard, cording to demand and supply. M ey is the medium of exchange of ? tlement among traders and rc chants ; merchandise is the stock trade to be exchanged. Money is authorized by the g ernment for the convenience of citizens, and net for profit. Merch dise is the result of the labor of 1 people, and it is for profit. MOE as merchandise ceases to'be mont merchandise as money, nowhere i ists, except by legislation. ' Money borrowed and loaned.;- merchand is bought and sold ; so the reason w demand and supply have nothing do in. the regulating of interest simply because when we borr money we pay interest with inon< and it is the only article the hire which we pay in khd, hence the ? ception. And for -the additior reason that the demand for money continuously and disproportionate greater than the demand for anythii else, therefore the laws of demai and supply are inapplicable. Money is a legal tender for deb merchandise, on the contrary, is n a legal tender foi debt ; therefore, you carry the doctrine ol free trac to its final cause, as applied to me chandise, aod make money a?ci" me chandise * reciprocally a legal tend? for debt and reciprocally a mediu of exchange, you annihilate mone and thereby destroy the univers< standard ot value which would d prive the commercial world of one < it3 greatest conveniences Such i the practical effect of carrying tl argument of free trade, as applied t money, to its logical conclusion. Again, the repeal of the usury law is applying, in effect, the doctrine < free trade to the creditor, and not t the borrower, for they have not place them upon the same legal equalit by requiring the creditor to tak merchandise as a legal tender fo debt, and to recognize it as a leg? "medium of exchange ; therefore th opponents to the re-adoption of tin usury laws do not propose equalit.' of functions and power. They uo no mean to equalize the powers of mone; and rc -rchandise, to place money, ii all respects, on a level with merchan dise or other property. To be con silent, the law that confers greate privileges and powers upon mone' than upon merchandise or othe; property should also impose greate] restraints ; hence the necessity foi the restoration of the usury laws tc our statutes -rrrnrrceyia to be ?iaaeTTe^sTi?uTcl not the same freedom be conferred or those who exchange their labor and the products of labor for money ? Il an arbitrary value is given by law to gold and silver and bank bill?, why not also fix by law the standard value for labor, so that capital and labor may exist upon an equality 1 If you invest money by legislation with a power which, unrestricted, enables capital to oppress labor, do you not, while enfranchising capital, enslave labor? And, after all, labor is the last analysis of the almighty dollar. If money is to remain without legis lative restraint, should it not also be divested of the power conferred by legislation ? While our laws stamp extrinsic values upon money, why may they not, with equal justice and propriety, declare what rate of inter est may be demanded and received for its use ? One of the great aims of those who form governments has always been to protect the weak from the power of the strong, to protect minorities from the tyranny of majorities, and jeal ously to guard power wherever it is conferred. " The cowned heads of England are restrained in the exercise of their great authority by the balance of power held by Parliament. Checks i'.nd balances of power are the secu rities of the people from oppression, under every form of government. The division into three co-ordinate branches by our national and State constitutions is the grand progressive step that charade:izes civil liberty in America, lt was the extinction of this balance of power in the Federal government,- by a dominant faction at the North, that brought on the war between the States. But in the year 1866, the Democrats-who were then in power-repealed the usury laws, thereby disregarding the wis dom of our former legislators, who had legislated in conformity with the precedents of the statesmen and law givers of every age and clime, who, in conferring such great powers upon money, did wisely place correspond ing checks. The usury laws are the great checks upon the money kings of the land ; it is by them the people, and especially the poor people, the laborer, the farmer, the mechanic, and the citizen, a?e protected from the heartless tyranny of those who would rule bv the power ol vulgar wealth. The lenders of money at seveu per centum increase in wealth faster than any other class. A mon eyed aristocracy has always been re garded as one of the most dangerous evils that can befall the people of a free republic. Its influence depresses the spirit of the most independent, paralyses the will of the most ener getic, and chills the ambition of the most gifted. It was this same spirit of aristocratic exclusiveness which created the bank of the State of South Carolina, where only the rich received loans, and established an aristocratic ring, who ruled the affairs of th^? State with such a proscriptive spirit rts to drive many of her most gifted sous tc seek their fortunes in the . West, because the accident of birth did not place them within this charm-! ed circle. Let the doors to preferment be opened wide to all her sons and the grand old State will again rise like a phoenix from her ruins, and her sons may, without the repressive and "jproscriptive spirit of the past, the cryjt?^eruHfiari frcM?M tai hs* ^o the seashore, " M iu\ aspire to her highest honors, and having achieved them, enjoy their laurels under the shade ot our glori ous 'old palmetto. We .learn from the letters of Cicero that the virtuous Brutus Jent,.moufiy-j | iq Cyprus at forty-eight per cent., and since the repeal of the usury laws .the -mountains' Bruie ?" As the law now stands, there is ho limit to the rate of inter est that may be demanded, save the consciences of those who. have it to loan, and it seem?, from my observa tion, that their accursed thirst for gain causes them to demand the nine teen per centum interest usu Hy nominated in the bond. Like Shy lock, they demand the last cent--the pound of flesh. If there be a legis lator who prefers to add to the sur-1 plus wealth of the rich rather than ? to avert a pang from the suffering i poor, let him cast his vote against * this bill. The power of money, f chained even by us^ry laws, is strong J t enough ; it is too strong for man's ? best good. If the poor must occa- t sionally submit to the " icy fangs" of ? unfeeling Shylocks, let it be as seldom e as possible, and let some fair Portia r be at hand to weigh the flesh when it 11 is cut. 11 I will proceed, now, to the consid- 1 eration of the second proposition as- e sumed by those who advocated the r repeal of the usuary laws, that the e abolition of all laws that placed any c restriction on the rate of interest will t diminish the rate bf interest pre scribed by law. I would not notice c this position were it not for the fact v that the political history of England t and of thi3 country furnishes us the li evideuce of as equally great political absurdities having obtained credence J and cur~ency among intelligent men. a It was once a favorite doctrine with a the courts and ministers of England c that governmental extravagance can u do no harm; " that a national war is o a national blessing ;" such was the h fashionable doctrine during Pitt-6 and n Lord Castlereagh's ad ministrations, e The peuple of England ha?e learned ? better by sad experience. One of t the leading maxims of the old Whig a party was, *? the higher the tariff the c cheaper the goods." Some of the fi most brilliant intellects that this u countiy has ever produced boldly an- 1< nounced such political maxims; but ii time and experence have proven it a ruinous fallacy. tl Now let us look at the record of y those nations that have abolished the 5 usury l.uvs, and see what were the effects as to the rates of interest, and ll its influence upon the prosperity of the great mass of its citizens. ci Thc Greeks and Romans first tried si the free system, as did almost every b nation of ancient and modern times; OJ and they soon found thnt the usurers ti had no limit to their demands for in-' y terest ; that the power ol money at si ten, twenty, thirty_and sixty percent. pt? ai.liH.Ui cann -<.0j^*?i^t?rl_.JL_iiw?.-Ljtl wealth in the hands of a few, to the [ir utter ruin of the industries of every profession. pi In England, in the sixteenth cen- tc bury, the usury laws were abolished ; ra me rates of interest rose enormously ei iigh. An experience of nineteen 1) fears, which resulted in the most dis- p; istrous effects upon the country, in- al iuced thtir restoration. u; In the reign of Henry VIII, inter- ti ?st was limited to ten per cent, lt ci iontinued at ten per cent, during the 'eign of Elizabeth; and finally, in m ihe reign of Anne, it was established as it five per pent., and so it continued | tl intil August, 1S5G, when the usury aws were again repealed by the vote )f Parliament. The rate per cent, soon doubled. In 1SG0," ihe rate per ?ent. realized by the Bank of Eng end was ten per cent.--it only tak ng four years to double itself. Such s its effect upon an old country that lias e. superabandance of capital, and ;he effect of this rise in the rate of nterest reduced a large portion of uer citizens to the verge of starva tion. In Bengal, \yhere they have no usury laws, money is frequently lent to the farmers at forty, filty and sixty per cent., and the succeeding crop is mortgaged for tho payment. In Hindoostan there is no restric tion on the rate of interest, and they run fr j:a ten to forty per cerrtqm per annum, with the usual disastrous ef fects upon the masses of people. In China there are no laws limit ing the rate of interest, and the rate af interest averages twenty-four per cent, per annum, with the same deso lating effects upon the industries of the entire population. Let us now consider the rate of in terest of those States of the United States that have had no usury laws, or that for a time have tried the ex periment of abolishing them. A vir tual repeal of the usury law took place in 1817 in the State of Rhode Island. From that period up to 1836 a gradual increase in the rate of in terest took place, with the most de pressing effect, upon the property of the Stute. Prior to 1837 the State of New York listened to the syren voice of the advocates of no laws against usu ry, aud sad . experience scon taught them, that they had committed a great error. -The same ruin and devasta tion marked the experiment, and they now have the most stringent usury laws of any State in the Union. But not content with the experi ence of other countries and other States, in 1835 Indiana repealed her usury laws, and they were re-enacted after an experience of th: ve or four years, in obedience to an irresistible public opinion.. During this short experiment^the rate, of interest was unprecedentedly high. Some paid as . f high as twenty and fifty per cent, per j1 day, or per week, for a loan of filty \ * or a hundred dollara, and it is .said^ that, in some instances, thc interest . ' became more than ten times tho pria- * cipal. So late as 1849 Wisconsin tried thc 1 experiment of. a repeal of the usury i laws. During this time, which only 1 lasted fur a few mouths, interest rang- ] ed from two to teri percent, per month, < and loans were executed lor Joug pe- I riods of time on speculation as higa .. as forty per cent jjer annum. It took < the State twenty years to recover i ai P< fa tl ol si r( S lc ni P h; ai tl tl is tl h ai V tl DD 1 w d o d o SI w p 0 $ 0 c a D ii b F f v f c V I r i a \ 1 c i from this shock to her genes vancement. Calif >rn ia-had no*laws againsl ry in 1857. At that-time the ft interest *was ^thirty-six per ceni in num.,. and society and property :. d :..o?t uncertain and 'uneasy litiOD. i?i?ii?fe .n.the abolition of the usury law LS6G our usury laws were- r?pe ust'at-the close of a war that itroyed two billions ?fr property, tad effects upon the prosperity ol State have been equal if not gre ;han the reconstruction policy iued by the general government, .ate of interest was uniformly iighteen per cent, per annum in b; md by the lenders of money. )ankers have borrowed it in ] York, and other commercial cen it six and seven per cent, per mm, and loaned it to our poor ft ?rs and planters at from tweutj orty per cent., and what has t ?he effect? To bankrupt the en State. Nearly all of our friends leighbors are groaning under m ;ages over their real and perse ytate at nineteen percent, per mm. VVhere is the truth of the en story that the repeal of the U3 aw would lower the rate of inter* '. should like to see the planter, fa ir, laborer, mechanic, white or bl nan, Democrat or Radical, that iver borrowed a dollar at seven ent. per annum since the repea he usury laws. I nm content with such expi aents. They are sufficient to c ince me, and I hope they are enot 0 convince you, Senators; of the ; acy cf their arguments. I shall proceed to consider iroposition of the- advocates of bolishment of the usury laws; "tl repeal of the usury laws would r ase the amount of capital inc aidst," by the influx of capital fri flier States and countries, and the y increase the capital of this co ?onwealth. The drawing in of* mc y into a State, upon rates of usui J not an acquisition to the capital he State; but, on the contrary, it loss of capital, for the original pri ipal will eventually revert to t )reign owner, with the addition surious interest, the State being t 3ser, in the end, of the amount iterest charged and collected. 1 propose to call your attention lie amount of banking capital in tl car i860, which aggregated Sli 00,000. The amount of banking capital f ie year 1877, aggregated $3,750,00 Subtracting the present -amount upi tal from what it was in 18(50, lows that we have lost $15,750,0C y effects of the war and the repe; ! the usury laws in 1806. We hm .k'd the experiment for over te ears, and the effects have been th ime here ?os everywhere else. I will now consider, in conc?usior i this State. Nearly one-half of the entire im roved real estate is under mortgage i brokers, factors and commissiot ?erohants, at the ruinous rate o gb teen per cent, per annum. Scarce ' any farmer has sufficient money ti iv his taxes; in fact, bankruptcy i iroad, and the fangs of the hearties ?tirera and soulless bank corpora ons are buried deep into our bes tizeus. . The great English s atesman, Ed und Burke, saul that in proportioi i you lower the rate ot' Interest foi ie us.- of money you thereby in .ease the public credit anti the pros s ri Ly of a nation. It is a populai .llacy that capitalists seek to Joan l'cir money at a high or usurious rate ; interest. I have b.een inform d, nee my arrival in this city, by a di ictor bf one of the banks of thia tate, that his bank has now $00,000 taned in the city of New York,, at inety days, at tix per cent, interest er annum. This bank cou'.d readily aye loaned this money at one or one nd a half per cent, per month in tis State. The reason why raouey flows from lis State to New York is because it the great centre of trade ; it is to ie financial system what the human eart is to the human system. They re the great centres of circulation. Wherever commerce is most active, tere capital will flow, for it can be lade most profitable ; and so long as harleston remains sepond to New rork as a ceqtre of trade, so long ill a bill of exchange on New York raw a premium, and the tendency f her capital will be to flow in the irection of New York, irrespective f the rate of interest. If it was not 5, why. is it that San Francisco, 'here money was worth thirty-six er cent, per annum, did not draw ff the capital from New York and Jew. Orleans, where the legal rate f interest is never over eight per ent. per annum ? The causes of the great changes nd fluctuations in the circulation of ?oney are like the ebbing and flow ng bf the tides. You can, at best ut theorize and speculate as to its irobable course, since no one can say ur certain why capital flows this /ay or the 'other way, for so many acts and circumstances effect and onfroi its mutations. Another one of the effects of the isury laws, in regard to farmers and ?lanters of this State, will be. seen by eference to the amount of acreage n farms in 1860, as compared to the ?mount in 1870. In the year 1860 ve had 10,195,919 in cultivation ; in 870 we had 12,105,280 acres-a iifferenco of 4,079,039. If we look to the value of farms, arm itrlplenlents and machinery, it imounted, in I860, to $139,652,508 ; n '.he vear 1870, $44,843.745 ; them leing *a difference of $94,843,745. 5Uc'h gentlemen, have been the fear- j 'ul effects of the war, reconstruction ind the repeal of the usury laws. . ? Again, if money is not lent at a j ligh or usurious ratf of interest, it ,vill be lent at. low rates ; for if it is Hoarded it produces the owner- no irofit. That the fixed rate of inter est by law acts as a discouragement :o trudi! and commerce, is also au lb-surd fallacy. If the rate of inter est on money is low, hundreds of our sitizeus will embark in tr*de aud commerce, manufacturing and a pro jgr^'ive.sjsiera ofagriculture,-because | .'?c'&-?l' 1'ierr profits. oV?r what th?f .wi?i. Lave to pay for *the use of, the money will be their reward, for ? their labor. If a merchant pays one ; alid a, half per cent-, per month for : ^jngg-^of. looney ,JSik?oS^?h?M' ?tr^cfi the price of his merchandise, which merchandise is bought by the laborer, the farmer and the landlo. d.aud, af ter all, the work of the laborer and farmer, of those who till the soil, will have to pay whatever rate of interest is charged-be it high or a low rate. In conclusion, gentlemen, it is well for you to remember thar, the united voice of all ages and nations has been raised against the practice of usury. In the. Koran of Mahomet?, the insti tutes of Menu, the tables of China and in the statutes of Europe, in the code of every State in thi9 Union, it is condemned and execrated by the ?eople with disgust, and aversion, t is by divine law. In Deuteronomy it is written, " thou shalt take n\> usury of thy brother.'' Every law, human and divine, has set its seal against this practice, which is ruinous and sinful in the sight of man and Go?l. I ask you, then, Senators, to restore this time-honored barrier which the wisdom of ages erected for the pro tection of the weak, the poor, the ui? fortunate. Beauregard ou the War. How the Old Confederate Leader Would Conduct Operations Against Russia. It has just come to light that in I860 the newly inducted Charles of Utfthenzollern, Domnitor Prince ol Roumania, tendered to Gen. P. G. T. Bemregard, then living in Paris, the command of his armies, with the rank of ?eld marshal, a complete outfit and $100,000 a year pay. Gen. Beau regard was to be at liberty to select his own staff and certain other offi :ers, and to designate their rank. It was promised that the army should be kept at a minimum of 100,000 men. The General, however, declined the off?r and returned to New Orleans, where he now is. He has written a letter, under date of May 10, in ivhich he refers to this offer, and ex presses his warm sympathy with the Turks, " because they are the weaker party and are defending their homes iud firesides." As to the pretext of ivar-"the protection of the Chris ians"-he says: "It reminds me of .he complaint of tho wolf drinking il- th J same spring with the lamb.'-' general Beauregard adds : " Turkey Jti'ers magnificent lines of defence ;he Danube and the Balkan Moun ;aius. With two or three hundred bousand Confederate troops I would guarantee ro hold them against aoy lumber of Russians. If I were iu lommaud there I would fortify thora ines well, and with my iron-clad gun joats I would prevent the construc ?pn^r-t - + '---^o-VZAV unu lbe. I would send General Forrest villi twenty-five or thirty thousand ?avalry to destroy all the depots of uppiies, railroads and bridges from he Danube ro Middle Russia, thence o some port uf the Black Sea, where would transport his command to erne other favorable point, say in the ear ol' the Russian forces operating ii Asia, eouth of the Black Sea. For est would be provided with camels 0 transport his light field artillery, ?aggage and light pontoon trains. He vould have also a full supply of car ier-pigeons to keen me posted as to lis movements. My Meet in the Black lea would keep it free of the enemy's hips. I wonjil destroy their 8"p >lies at Odessa and any other ports in the Black Sea. in other words, would bring starvation to my as ista nee. How long do you think liii'sia conld stand such a defensive var? Moreover, I am conii lent that bo other powers of Europe will nev il" allow Russia to get any hearer lo Joustantinoplethan the B l?kan Moun ains, if even she gets there. Voila non plan de campag?>'. But I am a nan bf peace, n-i-w that Louisiana is ree." SENATOR BUTLER'S CONDUCT AT ?*HE CAPTURE OF CIIAMBERSBURG. The Philadelphia Tones says : "Mr. j. R. Messersmith, who was a bank :ashier at Ciiambersburg at the time 5en. iTeb Stuart raided that place, las written a letter to Senator M. C. Butler, of South Carolina, who was >ne of the raiding party, which letter s full of the ppirit of good-will which .he President's policy bas inspired. Mr. Messersmith says that long ago ie decided that as soon as all irrit?t-: ng traces of the war were obliterated ne would write Gen. Butler and thank him for his kind and ge.-.tle !reatmen.t of his family, at the trying time when 3hambersburg was in the hands of the Confederates. 'Now,' Bays. Mr. Messersraith, 'that President'Hayes has released the last of the States from military rule, I deem ita fitting occasion to do so, and to assure you of my pleasant recollection and good wishes,"and to say to yon now, what 1 could not say 'when last we met,' that I would be glad to see you at my home, where a warm and cordial greeting will always await you.' This is a good kind of reconciliation, and Mr. Messersuith's letter will doubt less give Senator Butler a somewhat different character than he has had in the eyes of most Northern people." THE SEA.-The sea is the largest of all cemeteries, and its numbers sleep without monuments. All otner graveyards, in other lands, show some distinction between the great and small, tho rich and poor, but in thc great ocean cemetery the king and clown, the prince ami peasant, are alike undistinguished. The same waves roll over all ; the same sun shines, and there, unmarked, thc weak and thc powerful, 'the plumed and the unhonored, will sleep for ever. _- - . - r. ? > - An old bach? lor, seeing the wort's " families supplied," over the ? or of a shop, stepped in and said he would take ? wife and two children. A young lady studying French, and finding that " belle" meant " fine," told somebody in a letter that' 'we had a great deal of . belle-weather lately. Popping thc Question, One* af the Danbury young men who haa. occasionally escorted ' a XOttng?ady home on Sunday evenings, and; vent in;ibr lunch? ? after perform ing both .services last Sund3yv night, suddenly sajd:$o, }Wi?+*t**rr. " Do you talk in your sleep ?" " Why-no," she answered, in sur prise. " Do you walk in your sleep ?" he next inquired. " No, sir." He moved his chair an inch closer, and with increased interest asked : " Do you snore ?" . " No," she hastily replied, looking uneasily at him. At this reply his eyes, fairly spark led. Hid lips eagerly parted, and as he gave his chair another hitch, he briskly inquired : " Do you throw the combings from your hair in the wash basin ?" " What's that?" she asked with a blank face. He repeated the question, although with increased nervousness. " No, I don't," she answered, in some haste. Agdn his chair went forward, while his agitation grew so great that he could scarcely maintain his place upon it as he further asked : " Do you clean ou: the comb when you are through ?" "Of course I do," she said, staring at him with all her might. In an instant he was on his knees, before her, his eyes ablaze with flame, and his hands outstretched. " Oh, my dear Miss, I love you," he cried. <.:!' I give my whole heart* to you. Love me, aird Twill be your slave. Love me as I love you, and I will do everything on earth for you. Oh, will you take me to be your lover, your husband, your protector, your everything?" It was a critical moment for ft young woman of her years, but she was equal to the emergency, as a wo man generally is, and she scooped him in. THE LUNATIC ASYLUM.-The Su perintendent of the Lunatic Asylum, with a great many rhetorical flour ishes, presents to the Committee of Ways and Means a statement of the indebtedness of the Asylum. There is due the Asylum $5,000 on account of the appropriation of the year before last^ and $29,000 on account of last year's appropriation, making the assets $34,000, against lia bilities amounting to $24,000. Included in the liabilities are $5,000 due a Philadelphia firm lor supplies, $5,000 borrowed from the Carolina National Bank, t $8.000 for salaries and wages, and $1,100 due to a Chicago house. Dr. Ensor is anxious that provision be made at once for the discharge of the indebt edness of the Asylum ; but the mem bers of the General Assembly, so far, have shown .?? . .' ,.?_' ... J' than pay as they go, hom the time that the Hampton Government came into power. They are doing the best they can.-Ncm d) Courier. A French policeman arrested three prisoners, and not having the hand :uffs to secure them, he just cut cir their suspender buttons. Their hand.1 ?vere thus occupied, and they couldn't run away, so they marched safely to prison. An excellent old deacon, who; hav ing won a fine turkey at a charity rallie didn't like to tell his severe jrthoddx wife how he came by it, quietly remarked, as he handed her the turkey, that the " Shakers gave it to him." The man who gave as an excuse for kissing a farmer's wife the injune (ion to love his neighbor as himself, lunud up iii Arizona with three bul lets where his brains ought to have been. " What l'ye tbiiik of that?" atked a Nevada man who boasted that bis dog could track him twenty miles. ' I think of it !" retorted a bystand er; "I think you'd better go home md take a bath." _. .. ... -..- - Four things are required in a wife -virtue in her heart, modesty in her lace, gentleness on her lips, and in dustry in her hands. A Newark physician found tho fol lowing message on the slate upon his return to hi* office one day last week : .' Doc, cum up to ther hous, thor old man has got snaix in his butes agen and iniain' h-1." A largo and varied stock of Spring and Summer Ready-made Clothing just re ceived nt, tf20 J. H. CHEAT-HAM'S. Gents' dress Shirts, Collars, Hemmed Handkerchiefs, Ties, Hats, Summer Ho siery, Shirt Studs and Sleeve Buttons, at reduced prices. J. M. COBB. IS THE " BEST." This Soap is manufactured from pure materials; and as lt contains a large per centage of Vegetable Oil, is warranted fully equal to the best imported Castilo Soap, and the same time contains all tho washing and cleansing properties of the celebrated German and French Laundry soaps. Il is thereforo rocommendod for use in tho Laundry, Kitchen and Bath room, and for general household pur poses; also for Printers, Painters, Engi neers, and Machinists, as it will remove spots of Ink, Grease, Tar, Oil, Paint, etc., from the hands. Manufactured only by CR \MTON BROTHERS, . 2, 4, G, 8 and 10 RUTGER'S PLACE, and S3 and 35 JEFFERSON ST., N. Y. *ar For salo by Grocers generally. May S, 1877. ._ t? 21 Buy the Best ! ON HAND a fine supply of Choice, Old Rye Whiskey. ' A No 1 Bourbon Whiskey. Fino old Nectar Whiskey. Best N. C. Corn Whiskey. Superior Madoira Wine. Splendid Sherry and Port Winos. ?SB- Prices to Huit tho times. . D. R. DURISOE, Advertiser Building. Jan. 8, 1877. tf 3 AM now receiving my Stock of Spring and Summer Gooda, consisting ot a full line of Domestics of every kind, ? The Largest an! Best Selected Stock.of Prints, that I have ever exhib ited, pt prices to please, Beautiful Piques at 12?c per yard, sold last season at 25. Handsome colored Lawns at 13c, sold last season at 25c. Ladies' Handkerchiefs at 75c per dozen, all'linen, and upwards to $2.25 lor those sold heretofore at $4.00 per dozen. BiilIiant-3 at 25c per yard, sohl last, season at 40c. Victoria Lawns at 15c per yard, sold last season at 25c. Vard wide Victoria Lawns at 18: per yard, sold last; season at 35c. Corsets for 35c that sold heretofore at 50 and 60c; better graded nt pu ces accordingly. Parasols' at 20c that soli] last season for -10 and 50c.. and the best Scotch Ginghams ami Silk Parasols at equally low'pric?s. Black Grenadines at prices that cln.'t be excelled in Augusta. Splendid Stock of Black Alpacas at very close prices. ..Thread <b?v$i?i? and drench Nainsook very ch.-ap. Berege and Tissue Veilings, all colors. A large lot of beautiful Edgings, and Tnsertions at prices still lower. Exceedingly large Stock ol -Ladies' Ties, all the latest styles and shades. Also a line of handsome Fisch ties and Sdk Handkerchiefs. Full lino of colors and sizes of Harris Kid Glove?. Variety of beautiful new Ribbons, Ruchings, Collarettes, &?c. Ladies' Hats, Flowers, &c. A full line of Notions, Ladies' back.Combs, Costume Linens, Fancy Cassimeres. Gloves, Hosiery, Stationary, Hats, Sh oos, Clothing, Crockery, Hardware, &c. These Goods rvre not trash bought at Auction, but are Goods bought at Fir?t Cass Houses in New York, at very clor? prices, with, liberal discount ;. hence I can sell them low. ^ . I_Lyon wijljoajl anjLexjtmine you will see that 'I ]iaye a ll. and, a spo. cien] more tharf I have attempted to represent""^ ?- . ' ALVIN HART. April 4, 1877. ? tfl IMMENSE STOCK OF DRY GrOODS, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. OUGHT on the best terms and sohl cheap. FACTORY GOODS at FACTORY PRICES by the piece. 10-4 BLEACHED and BROWN SHEETING at 25cper yd. CASSIMERES, TWEEDS, LINENS, fte. WHITE GOODS, HOSIERY, GLOVES and HANDKERCHIEFS in great variety. Alexander's two-button KID GLOVES rh choice colors, only $1. 600 dozen LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS at 5c, worth 10c FANS, PARASOLS, LACE SACQUES, &C In a word, my stock is larger and more complete than ever before, and I am determined to SELL AS LOW as any house in the State, and solicit a call from all. Merchants throughout the country will dowell to sxamine my Stock,aa I have bought with special reference to that trade. WILL DUPLICATE ANV BILLS Bought this side of New York. Du all retail bills of $10 and upwards, I will pay freight. Orders solicited. Special bargains in BLACK GRENA DINES, P?I'LL?S and LAWNS. COATS' SrooL COTTON at 65c per dozeu. BLACK and COLORED DRESS BUTTONS in Silk and other styles. f?s- Mr. J. B. HARTLEY, formerly of Batesb?rg, i?-w;th T? T* T" II J I . -Ii J ,rrrr-1 Ul... 1 ll BtTO] ITlenUS. be happy to see and serve hvs_Jwjr?rr*^ s uau at inc"OTTi"stana"T 279 Broad St., -Augusta, Ga. Apr. 25, 2ml9] ,9. P. WEATBTERSBEE MISFITCAKPET8 ENGLISH Brussels, Three Ply and Ingrain, also, Stair Carpets, Velvet Ruffs, Crumb Cloths, Oil Cloths, etc., very cheap at thc Old Place, 112 Fulton Street, New York. Carpets carefully packed an.l sent to any part of tho United States freo cf charge Send for Price Litt. Mar. 7, 1S77. ' If 12] J. A. BENDALL. -WILL CUIO Scrofulous Humor. YEOBTIVK will eradicate from tho system cv .ry Milli .>i'Scrofula and Scrofulous Humor. It ?1 iji r>vin.incntly cured thousands in Boston mid vicinity vvU'jlj.-n? been long mid pain fbi suilerers. Cancer, Cancerous Humor. Tili" marvellous effect of VF.CKTIXE in case of ','anecr and cancerous JInmor challenges tho -mut profound attention of the medical faculty, ninny of whom aro prescribing VEGETJSU: to their patients. Canker. Vi:nr.TlXK lias never failed to euro tho most Ldlexiido caso ol" Canker. Mercurial Diseases. 'Ol i V.KfiKTINE meets with wonderful success .M tho eura of this class of diseases. Pain in the Bones. la (hid complaint thc VEOETTNK is tho groat -..medy. it removes from tho system the pro laciiV^ muse. Salt Rheum. Teller. Salt ltiiemri, Scald Head, Kc., will cer U'Jiily > iold to tho great alterativo effects of V KG ?ri .si-:.. Erysipelas. Vrorrnxr: has never failed lo euro the most Im aerate enso of Krysipc-las. ?i iiples and Humors on the Face. Reason should teach us that a blotchy, Tough or pimpled skin d?pends enliroly upon an inter nal cause, mut no outward application can ever cum the defect. Vixrri.VE is tho great blood purifier. Tumors, Ulcers or Old Sores Ara caused hy nn impure state of tho blood, i.'leanso ilia blood thoroughly with VEOETI??T?, and these complaints will disappear. Catarrh. Tor lilla complaint the only Kiibstantial bonefit can ho obtained through tho blood. VKCIET?KB is the great blood purifier. Constipation. VBCHTIXE ilocs not act as a cathartic to de biHtnto t ho bowels, hut cleanses all the organs, enabling each to perform tho functions devolv i? upon them. Piles. TpoirrtNt: has restored thousands to health who have been long and paiaf ul sufferers. Dyspepsia. if VEOETl?ri? is taken regularly, according tc directions, a certain and speedy euro will follow iii lUV. Faintness at the Stomach. Vi.iii;riNi: is not a stimulating bittei-a whioi ero itea a fictitious appetite, but a gentle tonic w hi-h assists naturo to restoro Ibo stomach to i i. .-ai thy action. Female Weakness. V renns E acts directly upon tho causes ol these complaints, lt invigorates and strength eal (he waulfe cysteni, acts upon the'secreuvi organs and allays iu?'munna?ou. General Debility. Tn this complaint tho good effects of tbeVEGE T IXE ::i;ore:iiized immediately after commcucinj lo tr.ko it ; as debility denotes deficiency of Un bl.iod, and VEOKTIXEjicLs dircctly-Upon 1b< blOOd. -.-. , : ? Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. Fo .1 the best gradea of Corn, Rye ( Ruurbou Whiskey, Durisoo'a is en phatlcally THE FL ACE. r ' tf 0 PROSPECTUS Thc Publication of A Weekly Newspaper, TO BE ENTITLED THE PI DI WATCHMAN, WILL BE COMMENCED AT Duri in g lon Court Jiuusc, S. C., On sume day between the 10th and 20th April ensuing. Tho outfit will be fresh and new from New York-tho paper will bo 26x40 inches in size-will he printed, in typo graphical neatness ?nd taste, whilo every effort will he brought to bear to tuako it a vigorous, sound, ' fresh, lirst class weekly newspaper. It will represent and work earnestlj- for tho development <>f thc interest of every 'portion of Dar lington County, specially, and in so far :is uiiy bp practicable to eNtend its in fluence for good to the wider circle em bodied in its name. To the State it will bean unfalteringdefendernf high toned, honora and economical government, and hence th? strong advocate of honest and competent men for ofline, while it will seek, through every available fha.inc':, to assist in uplifting our loved mother Carolina and planting her feet firmly upon that platform on which sho won all ol' her illustrious past. Wo prefer, howovor, in this announce ment, not to promise too much, but rather that our bantling shall be judged as it is seen and shall progress in its life. Tho publication will bo under tho Proprietorship of A. A. GILBKUT, and. the editorial, department under the con trol of A. A. <t F. A. GI LB RUT. April 4, 1877 tf IC BEST FERTILIZERS ! Fe OR tho BEST, the CHEAPEST, and the MOST POPULAR FERTILIZERS, call on the undersigned. SOR my prices and terms before buying elsewhere. I have several first class Fertilizers for sale. D. R. DURISOE, Ag't. . Jan 24, tf . 0 "GEO. W. ABNEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, EDGEFIELD C. H., S. C., SOLICITS thc patronage of his friends and the public. Will practice in the Courts bf Eugctlold and Newberry. $?.9*' Collections and all business at tended to promptly. Jan 23,1S77. Om C P~ B. WATERS, Attorney at Law & Trial Justice, Office nt Johnston, S. C., " Will givo prohipt attention to all busi ness entrusted to him. April {I, 1?77. lyl? ?xes ! Ax?s J Axes ! ~ 'D?2EN COLLINS' AXES, tho best ? O' manufactured',' for sal? do i-w by D. Jt DURISOE, : Advertiser Building.. Jan 10, JTs^ tf 4 mm Y. ^LUREATH, Attorney, at Lavft^ Will practice, in the Courts of Newber ry and Fdgetield. ' Official Newberry C. HM S. G. March 22, 1878 ly 14