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ISS f, . [y t wm. m m ; tl1',1i|i('?,,"?,ri,i?i,<'. THOS. J. ADAMS, PROTR. ? l^.U,l.tll,'?.M,,l..?.('..<U???v<<..'>.,?l.,?^?l.,l4<?,|M,f,|^l.?>U'l.'?>.<l?^^-?.?'t. ?' ?? ? . ' ' EDGEFIELD, I C., JANUARY ?3, 1831. VOL. XL VI.-NO. 6 on the siro, that produce THE MlliM OF THE] - -FELT . IN PLOWS, POCKET KNIVES, IRON, TABLE KNIVES, GITN?, STEEL, NAILS, .{^'ADDLES, "V.: r> ; 'NT -no iJ?Vi UJULiO, Il CBS, RIMS, PISTOLS, SPOKES. Money Saved hy Faying Cash at EE'S. 8o9 ^p/p AUGUSTA, GA. Oct. 27, ?880:-6m47. AUGUSTA, OA., l^?ufoct tirers &K<1 Scaler* ira Carriages, buggies, ft*kacio?s, Kociiawny* arte! Plasi? Rifles Wsg:oas. A FULL Hue of ;hc iibcvo coo;7.* now in ..store, which in quality,-: ?nUh and stvle ! surpass any th-' !i:?vo he?n bro:-:;!:! into :hft State. We .".re a!.,o manu lecturing ?pr I STA.XU :.P.I) G ii A Dies of Buries; ]tVaia?nn, ?fcc, that Mve boon so Jong and fa vorably known throughout the State; and are now being sold at LOWER Pit ICES | than can be reached by any other house. Maanfarturcrs ?genis fer cale:k SluiIebitficiR. Wilnurn & Tennessee PiaulalioitWagoiis j nil sizes which h ive stood the test for tho hist ifalf a century, und to-day head the ii*t 'or light draft and great durability. Crieos as low as !.. quired for wagons ol' inferior grades. * ^ TO THOSE TS WANT OF CHEAPER BUGGIES. WE AitK olferlug a largs stock that ha\< jost benn received fruin the be?t Manu facturers In Cincinnati, tE?t have been made for us of belter material, and uro bet ter painted abd (hushed than havo ever been made for Uris section before. PE?CES SXT3SMELY LOW. -^Afxiil stock of Harness, Saddles;Oak arid Hemlock Sol? Leather. Calfskins. Lairing Skins. Shoo Findings, Leather and Rubber Belting all sisses, Rubber Pack ing, Collars, Bridles, Harness, Finding*. Shoe Tools. Ac. SOLE AGENTS,for Starr Haines and Truca chains. Eve rv pair warranted for ffvo years. New York bolting and Packing Co's. SUPERIOR RUBBER BELTING, the best in tho world. PAROTIS VARNISHES, unequaled by any uthtr make. Tbc Side Spring Phaeton, price f?i-?.OO Thc Side Spring Piano Baggy, price 870.00 The hi st vehicles ever produced for tar money. Weight, 215 pounds.' ?S?* S'' nd for catalogue and price Hst. And cali ano see its when in the City, and bi convinced th:;! our prices arc lower tl sn any house in the State. Nov. 2, ISS?.--4ni48] ROBT; H. MAY & CO., AUGUSTA, GA. ar litar? ?&m ! "\^"K ?-.'i:'' pleasurd in announcing lo the public that wo are now opening ono of the. . EISEST STOCKS OF FURNITURE EVER OFFERED IN THIS CITY Ko Old Hw* Wo?* ?ft Ail l?s Very Lsiesl Stjks. We have visited ail tho principal markets in the Hu i ted States; and can safely say ve lwvea?l th?* mos modern patterns of the season. We will haye everything ia the Furniture i ino, ?ind itt prices that will compare with auv market South of Bal timore DON'T'BUY UNTIL YOU SEET>UR STOCK; It will be complete in cverv particular. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. J. L. BOWLE J & GO., August ?5.1880-G?83 No. 717 BiioAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA. ?BacaaecMajai ! ans : ssssssssssMSHnmam -=nss '?w? !><???S Above Railroad Crossing) ?ugRsta. Git Wms & RICMOXD, ^prietoi* The Proprietors aro determined to make the "AUG CST A" a First-Class Hotel in over- regard, and respectfully solicits the patron ?e of tho ir>i\ t iing public. ? %0 1 1|| i : ; P i l^r ' ! ^^^^ rei by bS??r pii??a (Nature's way) And al! diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder j [WU THR?1T DISEASES} Breathing: Troubles. and Urinary Organs by wearing the Improved Excelsior Kidney Pad j J: rt is a Karvel of Healing and Belief. ; !t /"^'^ "'f0 ??o-systeni curative * I agents and healing medicines. SIMPLE, SENSIBLE, DIRECT,: TsJDrair? /?Vowtthc diseased parts tho PAINLESS, POWERFUL. p^^^t.^^?11!'- ... . i Thousand* tcottfy f<> ita tatties. It Citren where all else fails. A Revet rna", nn ,vr,,il> of S^'f?^^. . by Druggists, orsent by mail on This is tho Orig-' 'fliC "OlllY LOUS Pad recel pl cf Price". $?, by S,;;:-pS':;^ Cbmpauy, js,nd'i:,, T4.-.u,no-[Th,. "Saly" Lang Fad iv;;--; and take nolWltMAMi B?W.fS???,?| C?ilipaUV. other. D??TttOIT, Mlcli. Oct. vi, isso.-nm 47 "Th?o W?"J?" WI7.I.IAJIS- BLOCK, ^ ear. & mt tree j nK rnoiT) Mit.u. -S lfm I i m t>m N sa A P^?tY VEGETABLE R^EDY r-';?.- Internal ano ??^fern^! Use, h a $!.<:!? C'JiTL fur all i'ic Dfs$aM? fer w!.ic!? Il i: recommended, rmi ?? ALWAYS PERFECTLY S/;F'? in t!:o hands of even th; nsf Inexperienced persons. - Itt n nure and ?i?ic?i rViccdy rar CO?GHSi SOltE TDX?A?i CJlTLii? .-..>'. i . M t] lublf?; ntforda (?jfcutl r<-iiV/ ;.. mdlijacnt fnnet ol D?PSTHERiAt nod in Ute-best BV, . . ?:ccd* foi >tIiEP31AT?gai ?:rl KEUR?\M?IA. KKOWM - ' ft i FAMILY f?imm U V?Z WORLD. ll i ' i! life 1 11 ss ^ifeM fe ri . been need v.*i'!-. ?;c:c*'. wonderfnl HIIPCC??? i* an f? .J'".;.. . v .,: s, ..:!?<i?.Elc.;. ??AKUIIWA* DVSEWI'EItV, et! B??'J3I? COatPJLAlXTOi '*?< ? ?'? n.t?idai 'i:- xttJaWitiff r:r- fut ;,'...'<. tl'.'^uc*. . m sic as > TEST OF 40 YEARS' CONSTANT .. IE tVA es?^TrtsES m CLIMATES. : m ; : ' t5kyslciaa?, ."(fi.ssionaripn, .r , j j . - -. }?....-<;?. i: V.k-Sho|m, ?Uli ' lu ?Io?.pit:i!?j-If Bhort, l?y Everybody ever> wltexc wi 11...-; < ? .. vi.r--. e. !ri?i. |] IS V::::.?*:.* A R?VAL ?S A L!^!?V3ENT. 7 I ! . ? . : hi 1:1 il..: K.::U Ulli Sido, c:,.j .. ... . ? . r .. .... 'V In cesco of Itru?MCs. flflM, 'fi- r::":: :. SbVfPu fiU?s, Scald*:, cte :.. i -:vo; ;./,ri-.:.v BE WITHOUT IT. it wm annual'}' . '? lannj Ihuoo ?t' o ' i:-, flottors*' t ills, md ils price bri.. ta tl*'rfttclt of a!L ?t ls H.IM ct t????. ?tlc.aud S LOO a bott! . . '. i sn l c nbtalne? frrau sit ?nr^Ue. . PE^^Y DAVBS ^ SOM, Providesice, I. Proprietors. TH E KO VEHS. . BY 6AKAII DO?DNET. j " I will return," the swallow said, I "To my old nest once more ; j My home beneath the spreading eaves ' j Of von gray cottage, framed in leaves, I Awaits .me as of yore." j She spec! across the scented land, j One blue and bree/.y.day ; i-Ent^orh?re the house wes wont to*stand j A heap of ruins lay. j " I will return," the lover said, " To my old love once moro ; ?.So true she is that weil I know . 'fae hearc that hold me long ago "Awaits me as of yore." 1 Hecame when south winds sighing pass C'er fields of cowslip gold ; { But underneath the trembling grass Ker heait lay still and cold, j SCHOOLS FOITTHE SOUTH. EDUCATION THE GUARANTY OF REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS. The Southern People Unable to Edu cate tlie Four Million Fieedmen How ignorance can be Imposed ou, mid the Remedy-The Strict Con structionists Answered. The following extracts from the speech of Senator Brown, of Georgia, o.n the Educational Bill, will be read with interest and general satisfac tiou : WHAT THE SOUTH RISKED. When, we went into the struggle of 1SG1 we were well aware that if we tailed we hazarded orr title to our slaves, abd that abolition was a pos sibility. At the end ot the struggle, when we surrendered our armies and the then President of the United States adopted a policy without con sulting Congress of reconstructing the Union, he required us to call con ventions in the Southern States; aud the Congress haviug eu omitted to the Staler, the TbiVcenth Constitutional Amendment, we adopted it. There wa.-: no contes: made over il in the S juli). Tiie Southern States, ?a weil a< the Northern and 1 /estern States, agreed at the end of the struggle that slavery should be abolished; and we put into the Constitution a provi sion that forever guaranteed the ab olition. Then the negro had taken one more step. From a slave he was a freedman without the rights of a citizen. Thou followed a proposition by Congress to the States to adopt the Fourteenth Amendment. That amend- , ment declared him to be a citizen. ( Io other words, it declared all per- , yd StaUa to be citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. Then the negro ha 1 made one more advance step. From being . freedman ho was now a citizen. But it was soon found that this was not enough. Very grave questions were raised a3 to whether a rt ce who Iud been slaves and thus freed aud nude citizens were entitled to all the rights of the original citizens of this country ; in other words, whether they had the right to vote and hold office; and Congress had to take one more step. That step was to propose the Fifteenth Constitutional Amend merit, which guaranteed to the race the right to vote. Then the negro alvanced one further step. From being a citizen without rights as to voting and holding office he was made A CITIZEN FREE AND INDEPENDENT, with all ike rights of any other citi zen of the United States. Of course, I mean legal rights. He was made ?die legal equal of any and every oth er citizen ct this Union. S-jcial right* must take care of themselves; neither the. Cong rets nor ai 7 other goveru inental power can regulate them. But all bis legal rights were guaranteed Then what was the status? Here are four million persons, formerly slaves, then freedmen, then citizens without all the rights of citizenship, then full fledged citizens with every right of the citizen, turned loose among us, withoat education, incorporated into sjciety as part of the citizens of the United States and of the States in which they lived. WHAT THE SOUTH LOST. . A grave problem arises here for so lution. They must be educated; but weare not able to educate them. Why nit? We claimed to be a wealthy people before the war. So we were ; I but wc lost, according to the best es timates, about $2,000,000,000 in the value of our slaves. It was that much gold value, our owu under the Constitution of the United States which we iosi by the war, and it was gone forever. That impoverished us to that extent, and it was a very heavy draught. Tuen we had to support the Confederate armies for four years, without a dollar of help, out of our substance. True, we is sued Confederate bonds and notes ; they were paid oui, foi our substance, but at the end pf the war they were repudiated and they bc-came as ashes in our hand.?. We lost, then, net on j jy two billions iu slaves, but we lost ; about two billions more in the sup ! port of our armies for four ye?is. I Then we lost immense amounts in I thc destruction of property by .,he armies outside of what was necessary to feed and clothe them. But that was not all. At the end of the strug gle we had to return to the Union ,and resume our position and take upon ourselves our just proportion, according to our means, of the war debt contracted by the Gov? in the suppression of what is as the rebellion. Then, I saj these draughts upon ns we < able to educate these four mil people that were turned loose us. As I have already state ring the period of slavery it j our policy to educate them ; incompatible, as we thought the relation existing between t races. Now that they are citiz all agree that it is our policy I cate them. As they are cit?z? us make them the best citize can. I am glad to see that show .a strong disposition to i: rything in their power for the < tion of their children. SCHOOLS FOE? TIIIC SOUTH. Then I say the provision c bill that gives for ten years at the advantage to the States there is most illiteracy is a j us a wise provision, and I than: Senators from New England ar other wealthier States for the of justice they exhibit in comin ward ar el showing a wiliingne aid in the education of these pi We all agree that it is importan they be educated. You will with me that we i i the Sou' States are not now able to ed them, and our own children; were se-t free as a necessity ol Union. You so regarded it. it is proper that the Union si come forward, and with its vas sources aid in their education, i am glad to see a movement made looks in that direction. I confess I have better hope the race for the future than I when emancipation took place. 1 have shown a capaeity to recen ucation, and a disposition to eli themselves that is exceedingly ? lying, not only to me, but to e right-thinking Southern man; p. wish you to understand that we bor no hostility to the race hr SoutK There are many reasons we should not, no good reasons we should. They were raised UB; they played with us as chile Uuder the slavery system" thep tion s were kind. When the war* M I on it wag supposed by many thais would lise in insurrection andp disband our armi as. They at nc? I ever behaved with more loyalty tc or with more propriety^-^>~'l -J. ,,- ^:.^ah.i^ ' . ? * *h you very unwisely gave them ballot, they have exercised the rij of freemen with a moderation -1 probably no other race would I done. Therefor?, I say it is "our ty in the Sont h especially, and I tl yours in the North as well, to courage them, and, as they are>1 citizens, to elevate them and ru them the'best citizens possible. THE CAUSE Ol' ILLITERACY^ But, as I stated a while ago, ll given you a reason why there irs a vast prepondernnce ol' i 111 tex now in our section. It is not c due to the fact that we did not li the common school systems in Southern States prior to emancipa! but that the four millions of fr< men were added to our populatioi citizens there without oducat Then we must appeal to you not t now but in the future to be lib towards the South in aiding in education of these people. I k: there have been complaints thatt may ha,ve been cheated in Borne stances at the ballot-box. Ignore may be cheated anywhere. Doubt Senators, you have seen the more norant clase cheated in your i States. If you would guard aga this effectually in the future, edu< them; teach them to knovr*t! rights, and, knowing them, they 1 maintain them. It is necessary to educrte th furthermore, for the reason that t do not now understand, asicnora does not anywhere understand, theory and form and spirit of Government. Education will em them to understand it. We n teach them what is the nature of Government, what are the prin'?] of the Constitution of the Un States, and, now that we all af that it is to be perpetual in fut we muit teach them to loVe~the ion and to be ready to stand by defend it, and I believe the sena from New England will agree \ me when I say we must teach ti. also that the Union is a Union States, and that we musijot^est the States. When the States destroyed there is no longer the 1 iou ot our fathers. As the Unio to be indissoluble, the States wi form the Union, and without wi it cannot be maintained, nust fore remain indestructible, and they rn continue in the exercise of all the served rights which they now pos under the Constitution as it stai with the amendments adopted by States. THE NEED OF ..DUCATION. Therefore, it is necessary to te all citizens, white and colored, to teach their children, the ira] tance of maintaining Rep?blica! stituti?ns in the purity in which t originally came from th? hancU the framers of our Constitution, to maintain the ballot-box in its ri ty ata?. ? announced in my e ;h 3y ly ve lie n* d m. ly .al he ey m ice ?88 'g' vn ist tte eil ill m, ey ice ,ho ?ur ble aet ,he les ted ree re, fn nd ors ith em of roy State to the electors who were to vote ? on my ease the next day, that ? W<IR for a free ballot and a fair count. I want to see the day come when that will be so every-?Lere, not only in Louisiana, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia, but in New York, Mas sachusetts, Ohio and Indiana as well, i Let it be so .everywhere. Let ns ed j neate our people, wbite-and colored, : up to the point where they under stand the proper use of the ballot ; i Iben let it be free to all, and let the "ballots be fairly counted when de posited. Having referred to the st-mg gle that brought about the present state of things, I will add that, what ever I may have thought of the terras you dictated to us, I have accepted them, and I have all the while advo cated carrying tb em out in latter .ind in spirit in good faith, in practice RS well as in theory. 'Whenever the whole maas of the paoplo are'educa ted there id no dinger in doing thia Until they are educated there will bo impositions practiced upon ignorance in every section of thu country, and probably in every State in the Un ion. TUE "STRICT CONSTRUCTION VIEW. S'Jine objection h is been riw?a on the constitutional question. I1; has been said that thu State3 alone can take charge of this matter, th it the Federal Government hw nothing to l&o with the education of the people. Well, under the strictest rules of con struction of the old State Rights school prior tb the war po^ibly that was so; but we dp not live under the Constitution that we lived under then. The amendments made at the termi nation of the struggle have very greatly enlarged the powers of this Government. Again, I think, the constitutional objection cannot apply to thia bill, for the reason that it is mainly a proposition to dispose ol the proceeds of the public lands, arni so far as those proceed.-? aro concern ed there never has been a lime wbor the Government did net hive tin right to dispose ul thsm. As fal back us 1836 there was a law pass?e for the distribution of the Burp?ui funds in the treasury, and in 1S-11 t( distribute the net proceeds of publi* lands, the Congress recognizing thi fact that they belonged to the States Then in the organizion of nev States and Territoiiea large amount ?ft l-^.i^e Trabljc domain have been sc Hf ? . -^o ...noe .of r.nlWes am schools there, recognizing the powe cf Congress to use a portion of th land for this purpose. Then, again, the act ol 1802, r which I have been speaking, wnic appropriates a certain amount ot th public lands in aid of agriculture college?, is another use of the publi domain for that purpose which ha not been objected to.. -After all thti haabeendone, whyfchould we notnoi appropriate the future proceeds of th public lands and the Patent Office t this sacred purpose? But I believe there is ?nether [ire vision of the Constitu? ion that ma have .some bearing here. "The Unii ed States shall guarantee to ever State in this Union a Republican fori of government" is the language t the Constitution. If I be right i the position I took in the comrnenci msnt of this argument, that this gm eminent cannot be perpetuated as republic without the education of tl: whole mass of the people, then to aj propriate money for the education i the mas?es of the people would be better mode of guaranteeing a Ri publican form of government than 1 undertako to make a guarantee I the use of the armv and the sword. The Soldiers of ibe Slate. Annual Report ol' thc Adjutant Inspector General. The report cf Gen. Moise, who r signed the office of Ihe adjutant ar inspector general on the 1st of N vember, for the fiscal year ending 0 toper 31, is supplemented and endor ed by a short report from Col. Scofh who was appointed to fill the une pired term. It appears from the reports jointly that the militia law the State is sadly defective, and th there is no means of enforcing evi a return of the number and cone lion of the several commands. Wi such means of information as a within the possession of the adj uta general's office, however, it is estira ted that there are about 7,000 e lip(?d volunteers, of whom more th jre ^one-half are armed, equipped, ni in i is ich ich ver ust formed and drilled. In addition this force of white troops there a about2,000 National Guards, of whe one-half are armed, and about or third uniformed and equipped. Gen. Moise pointedly remark re. j "With the concurrence of the Leg j lature it is proposed in the next ye to bring these troops to a conditi of proficiency or disband them, well-disciplined militia ia an eleine of strength ; an armed mob iPp sents an imbecile government, und dangerous to liberty. The alten )or- j tive is fairly presented to the peo] in- , of South Carolina at the present tic hey J Either the militia of the State nv i of receive the fostering care of tho Gi and eral Assembly, or the service m pu- ' cease to be efficient. Purely volt ?wu teer troops may cirj well in any era less ids, the ach ind gency, but the promotion of the pub lic peace-demands some legal milita ry establishment." . , Oof. Scoffin heartily endorses these I views, and bestows the following just -commendation on the volunteer com panies : r.?!lt;has. I know, heeu-yery^ preva lent in many quarters to disparage and ridicule the volunteers on the grounds that they were of no use, 'all fuss and feathers,' &CY, ?.nd that they have never done anything. For tunately they have not been called into active service,-but-when auy dis turbance has been apprehended they have always been ready, so fat as their very incomplete equipments go, to respond to any call made upoii them. " . "It would seem to be a matter of mere justice and policy, that these j men, uniformed at their own expense, j giving their time and labor for the I protection of property, when a large majority of them, unfortunately, pos sess bur little themselves, should meet with sonns. consideration from the representatives o:" the Stute. The j very absence of any real-disturbance j may very weil be attributed to theil {presence und e&nehcy. j "Thesis organizations, looked at in I a social and educational point of view I possess, in ray opinion, elements o; great importance. It must be berni in mind that the young men of thi? State have for years been denied th< right to assemble, bealing arms: thm many of them have been isolated ant deprived, through various causes, o i au education they had a right to ex j peet; and all have felt the demoral j izing effects of a corrupt and iucom ?? petent government. In 1877 thtj I joined these companies in ?arge num j hers, ami at once a spirit of generoi: j rivalry sprang up among the mem j beis and between different comp?nief j the good effects of which did not en j there, but will permeate through^ i I ciety and extend to the farm, stop office, and home. These young me will in a few years.be called upon, t taite the place of those who are no1 the rulers of the Slate, and it woul seem advisable tu incite rather tba repress their, patriotism." In conclusion, Col. Scoffin raak< the following practical Suggestion? "1. That a biil be prepared an passed, comprehensive but not cue bcrsome, and adapted toTthe requir menta of the volunteer forcp, tl sime to beJireorgnnjzeu ^nd put on sound footing. * "2. That some exemption from ec tain duties, or a small yearly allo^ ance, bc made to each company mu tering ai plated times, not less thf (say) thirty-five men, well difoip?ihi and uniformed. "3. Thatin ?case any company 1 detailed by the Governor for the pr servation of peace, the members such company shall be entitled to certain sum per diem while on aclu duty. "4. That an appropriation of $20,0( be made for the purchase of aro ammunition, Ac.", under such regul tions as the Legislature may pr scribe. .'5. That one good company, least, be formed and maintained each county town. The presence such a company in Manning migl perhaps, have saved that town frc the incendiaries' torch." SCARED TO DEATH.* -Last week t; children at public school No. ?, ne Carsin's Run, proposed to play gho am1 selected Anue .Sicable, a Uti girl about ll years of age, ss tin victim; They accordingly organize and, without the'knowledge ' of A nie, posted one of their number (, the pines enveloped in a sheet, this place they led the unsuspecti little girl, and at a given sign?t t e- sheeted figure made its appears id The children who were in the p o- ran, halloed "ghost!" and with th* c- ran little Annie, believing she h s- seen a real ghost. She reached t n, school room.door and fell, insensir. x- literally frightened to f'eath. ? se was taken to her father'n house, ni of by, and died the same t}?T'^Sc at l/ora (Md.) Dewti?r??. li- j The estimated cost of the K th J York underground railway is $l,2c re ! OOO pei wile, and $7c>0;000 additi nt j al, making the total cost $2,000,( a- per mile. The entire Broadway pa n- ment is to be taken up in tunnell an that thoroughfare. .re >m le nn on A ?nt j I "Made New Again." S 71 CA 21IA1UNES, -Qnt R. V. PIERCE, M. D. I have used your Favorite P scription, Golden Medical Discovi j and Pleasant Purgative Pellets, 9 : i the last three months and find my.' is- j -(what shall I say)-" made 1 again," are the only words that press it. I was reduced to a skelct could not walk across the floor wi out fainting, could keep( nothing the shape of food on my stom.i re j Myself and friends had given up j8 i hope, my immediate death eeen j certain. I can never be too thaut j to those who recommended your rn i1'c j iciiics, for 1 now live (to the surp ot>: I of everybody ) and aru able to do ! own work. 1 desire to make : statement in order that those sui ing may not despair until they h given vcur medicines a trial. net en list lin er Tours respectfully, Mrs. Wu. t>. EYCKM?? The Tem ?He lear ai nauu. s: d a? e ie a [New Yovl-'Sun ] Tho world to an end shall orno ? In eighteen hundred and e?jrhtv-one. [Mother Shiptons Prophecy. It would "be difficult tc describe all the sinister predictions that have, as by common consent, beeivconcentrat : ed-iiponr?he coming year.- -J?he sooth nyers, diviners, :-acle makers, as trologers and wiYardfl seem io have combined to cast tbeir spell upon it. Superstitious people of ev ry sort, and some who are not willing to ad mit that they are superstitious, regard tire, year,,1881 with more or iess anx ious expectation and dread. As the earth:on New Year's Day swings into another round ?,>A,j^frr"T?"n "if a host ol evil omens. It will go cursed by theomancy aDd bibliomancy. Acroniancy and mete, oromaucy will glare at it from comets and shooting stars. Ouiei omancy will intercept its path with visions ol evil, and meaney will shipe the ominous backward reading numerals "1881'* before" it. Il will he beset wich scare crow figures by arithtn?cy. Yet there is no reason why persons of good di gestion should not go to sl?ep on New Year's night cou fid ent that after hav ing oncoutitered thc average quantity of storm and sunshine,, the one-horse ball that we call the world will bring them safe through the perils of ils five hundred million mile flight round to the starling point ag in. Timid persons first began to look forward with some alarm to th? yenr that, is about to open, when, several yeors ago. the key to the so-called prophetic symbolism bf the great pyr amid of Egypt was made public, buck ed by the name and reputation oi the British astronomer, Plaxzi- Smyth. Others using Mr. Smyth's' observa tions aud measurements. h&v? gone much further than he did in drawing startling inferences; but no one con read his book without perceiving how powerfully it must affect those who luve the slightest leaning toward su perstition or credulity. Besides, this record of explorations and experienc es in the heart of Egypt's greatest marvel has all the charm, and interesl of Dr. Schliemann's description of hif discoveries in Homer's Troy. Such i book coul I not well be neglected b) the world of readers; and by the na ture of the human mind, many of iii readers were sure to-be imbued vim its'ominous dogmas. So the., belief or aVdeaat ?\e suspicion, spread tba the recret chambers of the great pyr amid, under divine guidance by thj most mystical character in all history Melchieedek, King of Salem, foretell among other things, that the Chris tian era will end in 1881. - Mother Shiptons so-called prophe cy fixes upon the same date foi th end of the world. T5?"ominous jin gie of her rhymes has probably don at least as much lo disturb tho equa nimity of.credulous persons as th more elaborate vaticinations of th pyramid interpreter*. Moreovei Mother Shipton is'represented as fore telling that in the latter days Eng land will "accept a Jew." As Eng land has, with considerable emphasi: and more than once, accepted the rf markable son of old Isaac: Disrae! for her Prime .iinistef, this ha9 bee taken as a fulfillment of the prophecy So Lord Beacon field's drams tic pei sonality is made a principal figure i the murky cloud bf th? evil propose that hangs over ISSI. As if the evil eye of Mother Shi] ton and the mystical menace of tl Great Pyramid were not enough fi one poor'twelve month to bear, ti " horrors of the perihelia*' have bet denounced upon the coming yea About two years ago ceitain pan phlets were circulated about tbs COO! try, purporting to bejwritlen -by mt of science, and predicting that awf consequences to mankind would r suit from all the great planets reid ing .their perihelia, or nearest voin to the sun, together.: According these prophets the Si nister effects 'he perihelia were to begin makii their appearance fbis fall, when J piter passed his perihelion* .the ne years the scythe of - death was to put to tue harvest in the far east, ai to sweep westward, with a swath ? broad as the continents, until it.roac ed the Pacific Ocean. - The narr Atl-iritic was to be no more than brooklet in the rath of this terril haiveBter. Plagues, famines, pes leuces, fire., .earthquakes,, floods a: tornadoes were to scourge the hum race until only .a few remwied li Noah and'hie family,-to re-^eople t earth with a steadier nod mere Od fearing race. So much alarm was caused by tl hocuspocilfl of pretendeu^jecience a: prophecy, that eomc real-men of s euee-Mr. Proctor amoug the oth< -wer? at tne pains to show that far as these predictions' professed rest upon scientific facts they - wc baseless. The great plauets will r all be in perihelion in 1881, and th will not all be in perihelion togctl at any time. It is true that seve of the chief planets will reach th perihelia within a few years, .and tl it is rare for them- to be grouped close together as they will bc at c time this year. It is also true tl j remarkable coincidences have b< ?, J ob?erve\l between, th? existence r Y IQ 3d be e of a ii) )0 18, a e at at! of! it, im he ar st, tie sir Jd,1 .n in To ag he ce. lot em' .au he de, >he ear irt- \ ew >0,? on X)0 ve ins re zrv foi self lew ex on. th in .ch. all ned tfol ed rise my this Fer* ave electrical disturbances and possibly-' meteorological changes opon the ear?t, and the prerenc? of Jupiter ne*r lue perihelion. Astronomers have aleo suspected that the iuilnence-of-some of the other great planets upon the earth can be perceived, but they hRve never discovered any reason to be- , Iieve that the combined forces of all the planeta could, mirier any circum stances, piodu.ee upon th* earth a thousandth part of tho evil eft-;ct as cribed to them by the astrologeie, if indeed they prodiic-.-d any evil ejFiCt .whatever. rjjlv^he a?trolog?.\tl ali?ar tbe same predictions of evil things' begin, if not to culminate, in 18-Si Because, as they *ay, tire ravages of the Black Death i:i the middle ages followed the nearly coincident peri helia of four great planets, they.pre-. diet similar consequences from* the configurat ion oj the planets now. Bat neither in their pi em?3?:? nor their in ferences does science, recognize ariy validity. In truth, however, the astrologers not less than the a*tron?te?rsfth'd ali j star g=-7/iif,: will have pl cri ty of phe nomena in the heavens io occupy their attention for lue next twelve monthr. The sky wiil not pre;entsuch brilliant pageants again this century. ...There will be ri remarkably s?rjsa of coo junctions, and double and triple con j a notions. Tue most interesting of these is'the gr?as twenty-year .co:- . I junction of ?hipiter^and Saturn in April.. Thi-. conj unction is one of the strongholds ot the astrologers. ?Si? occurs in the sign Tairrus, which they sly1 mles Turkey and Ireland, \aky feel saf?, in the account.of . reuent'-oo currences, on predicting v?ry'momen JiOjj? enacts inthoee oou?trToja ?rom the conjunction. There will also be conjunctions of Jupiter ?ind Mars, Venns and Jupiter, Saturn and Venus, and the far away giants, Uranus and Neptune, will play a part in this remarkable pld?eriwy levee ^ Venusw i ll reach her g <-e -r,e.S'- b righ \ . ness in the spring, and wi'! beso bril liant as to be visible at noon-d^y. Her delicate crescent will be a mvor ite object in the astronomer's tere scope. -Saturn wiil opsn still Wider its wonderful rings, and will bi* on* of the chief attractions of the even- ' ing sky for several months. Jupiter ... will not lose much of his prs3ent bril liancy before he becomes a morning star ii April. Mari will b.W.in . ttfflj brighten in thedat ter part ot the ye,))'. and t tieri his snowy pores J:nd ' owy continents will again beco^ admiration ol those who gaz-i through telescopes In short, there wiil be no end ol attraction in the starry heav ens, and all lhe progio;ti:\tion? ot' the soothsayers will not be abie to darken the sky of 1881. Seuator Sharona Nanjhtcr Wed ded to an English Lord- X Bri dal Oatfll Fit for a Qaeen. SAN "FRANCISCO, December ii?. Sir Thomas Henry Fermer f?esketh was married Thursday evening to Miss Flora Sharon, daughter of Uni ted States Senator Sharon? Th? cer emony was. performed at Belmont, the country seat of the SSh?tor, at 7 o'clock. There Wf>re one hundr'eti guests present at the marriage cere mony. Dr. Beera wai the officiating clergyman" Snbsc-qusntiy there was ii reception at which over ons thou, sand invited guests wore present, who were carried out by special trains to Belmont. Many of the toilets of the ladies were magni?icent. The bridal robe 'was one vir, for a queen, and nevct before was sach a costame seen iu this country. Th*, gown was of a new style silk known as the gros de lour, -thc skirt beiuff one solid mass of embridery, wrought - upon white satin with beads, crystal, and pearls o? the very best descrip. twit,* the pattern for which was copied from a painting cf sn old court robe, now hanging in the gallery of the Louvre, in Paris. Dvvj tho" sides 0" this embroidered front pitee were panels of point d'Angleterre lace, fit teen inchea wide wi it reverse cf the pearl embroidery that j.,ioed the nn-i der train, over which r?ll a secoml train of the same magnificent silk, and which is known as the Mint*; u de Cour, or, to pul ir. in Esglisb, th? same style of court train that 19 worn at a presentation to the Euglieh queea of to-day. It was put in deep pl ' on a band and joined to the waist der the body, which was cut in point? both front and back, with bands of the same embroidery around th* square'cur neck, down the front vurj around the side, and laced in tfc> back. The demieleeves wert? tirria with a fail of the ...same ri. h Isce, about two and a half inches wid?, and above it a band of tho ?mhro?de ry; but the crowning raatore of the robe was the rieh piece of ince (also pointed d'Angleterre and the same width es the parie(#$ which "com menced at the poinl.ol tho body in he I frontf was carried graccfnUy over the ,d- i hips,- and met in the back, falling. ! over the entire tram and reaching to . ! the bottom of it in two broad waves, being caught to the gown wi:h b inch nd es ot white dowers of an indescriba ci- j ble style. A drapery of point d'An ?rs j gie terre lace fell over ?be fhouldeia, E0 j meeting iu the front, and was held" j together by a bunch cfarbepine flow 1 ers. A perfectly plain long tulle rei}, reaching to the floor, jyri3 fastened to the hair with ? little knot of arb? pines. The ornaments were most magnif ,wt j icent diamonds, th it once belonged rf to her mother. There w?is bnt oue eir bridesmaid, Miss Bessie Sedgewick. lat j The presente were numerous and very costly,. ?t is understood that Sir Thomas settles $25,090 a y ear. on. his ' wile, and the senator the same -eum. j The couple in a few ?lays will iepau^ ->en i for England, to occupy the baronial of 1 alls of the groom's Huceator. ie ar ie m T. li tt. it? ?l e h (s to of ig u kt be id as h rw a de ti nd an Ire 're ?ot .y itt se ?he lat