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ADVERTISING RATES.. T H H R AL Advertisements inserted at the rate c T H7E HERALD5 pe sar encsu ert nrtio IS PUBLISHED Double column advertisements per EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, leoticesofmengs,obiteandtn S At Newberry, A. . Speial Notices in Loea column15een per lne. BY THOS, F. GRENKKER, * Editor and Proprietor. r . nA Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculure, Markets, &c invariably in Advance. T The paper is stopped at the expiration o D timne for which it is paid. citThe >4 mark denotes expiration of sub Vol. XV1. WEDNES-DAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1880. No 4.AERS cription.- --.. Dry Goods ana .doons. What Was the Excitement? Where Was the Immense Crowd Rushing? WHY, DON'T YOU KNOW? TO TH{E DRY GOODS EMPOI[M B. 1. 0-OF0, B1. CLNE & .COIJ To examine the LARGE STOCK of StapIe and Iancl GoidS ,JUST RECEIVED. OVELTIE DRESS GOODS! IN OVELTIES NOTIONS! A few more pairs left of the job lot wo mens' Shoes for $1.00. We will appreciate an opportunity to show you our Fall Goods without imiortu nity to purchase. B. H. CLINE & CO. Oct. 27, 44-tf. The Great Wonder of the Age. It is a mystery to many' people how I can sell xods at such LOW PRICES. The secreti is, I buy-myv goods with re-i ference to the special wints; - of my cus-.omers, and with an experience of twenty years in the Dry Goods busi-. ness, I know exacty what. to buy. I d.-sire to call 'he. r ttention of the public gen; erally to the fact thaL. have :,ow on hand the mostt varied and best selected Stock of Goods ever exhip i1edin.the city of Loluuhia Grateful to the good people of Newberry rCu:ity for their liberal patronice here tofore. I trust, by fair deal-' ing, to rnceivc a continuance of their favors. I espef ;cially invite the ladies to exa'nine my! - xensive sto-k o! fine Siikd Ribbons, ranging from 5: cents to $1.00 per yard. which are unsurp.-sied by any House in the So,th. Come one and all, exam-1 ine my goods and buy them while the stock is complete in every departmen.. Re-! member the place. C. F. JACKSON, 120 Main St., Columbia, S. C. LEADER OF LOW PRICES. L. C. SWYGERT respectfully informs his friends that he can be found at the above establishment. Sep. 22, 39-tf. NEW HOTEL. *This commodious edifice, situated on MAIN STREET, NEWBE~RRY, S. C., and known as the BLEASE HOTEL, is now open, and invites the people one and all to call and know what can be done at all hours, to wit : An~ Extra Good. Breakfast, Dinner, or Supper, for TWENTY-FIVE QENTS. Fortv or fifty regular boarders will be taken at proportionately low rates. *The convenience of location, excellent spring water, well furnisihed table, etc., commend this house to every one. Oct. 16, 42-tf. PROSPECTUS. To be published by subscription, a vo! umeof s,hort POEMS AND SKETCHES, The well known and Popular Correspot. * ~ dent of "THc NEwBER.RY IhLALD." The Volume will comprise from 100 to 150 pages, and not to exceed in price $1.00. Subscribers' names will be received by THOMAS F. -GRENEKER, Editor "New berry Herald," N'ewberry, S. C., or WHIT TET & SHEPPERSON, Publishers, Rtich mond, Va. Sep. 22, 39-tf. Laoratory of State Assayer aul4 (Jbeist, No.1013 Broad Street, bet. Tenth and Eleventh, - -RICHMoiND, VA-,-Aug- 22nd, 1S77 I have made a careful chem ical ewa:inaa tion ofI a sample of "Summerdean, Au-' gosla, Co., Va." Rye. Whiskey, selected by myself and representing s lot ,.f 2(t barrels in the hands of Messrs. Jenkims & Stegal, and.find it entirely free from adul terations. I can fully recommend it to those who desire an article of assured purn tv. W.v. HI. TAYnOR, M. D., State Assayer and Chemist. None Genuine unless bearing the Signa ture of E. Courteiney Jenkins & Co., WHOLESALE LIQUOR. MERCHANTS, na3 . Fourteenth street, RICHEOND, VA. For sale by Da. S. F. FANT, Sole .Agent for Newberry. Oct. 27, 44-6w. fl Yourselves by making money when a golden chance is offered, thereby always jkeeping poverty trom ot:door. Tihose who l ways dake' sdvifte theo odbaie . for making moy that are ofe,gene rally become wealth, while those who do not improve such chances remain in pover t. We want many men, women, boys and grs to work for us right in their own 10 cites. The business will pay more than ten ti -, ordinary wages. We furnish an LApe.Lsive outfit and all that you need, free. No one who engages fails to make money ery rapidly. You can devote your whol time. to the work, or only your spare moments. Full information and alt that is needed sent free. Address Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. Oc,t. iS 42-1y Watces, Clocks, Jewelry. WITHES AND JEIUR At the New Store on Hotel Lot. I have now on hand a large and elegant assortment of WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, Silver and Plated Ware, VIOLIN AND GUITAR STRINGS, SPECTACLES AND SPECTACLE CASES, WEDDING AND BIRTHDAY PRESENTS, IN ENDLESs VARIETY. All orders by mail promptly attended to. Watchmaking and Repairing' Done Cheaply and with Dispatch. Call and examine my stock and pri-es. EDUARD SCHOLTZ. Nov. 21, 47-tf. ruigs # Fancy .irticles. DR. S. F. FANT, Wholesale and Retail DRUGGIST, NEWBERRY, S. C., Offers Imported and Indigenous Drugs. Staple and Rare Chemnicals. Foreign and Dorestic Medical Prepara tions. Fine Essential Oils and Select Powders. New Pharmaceutical Remedies. Special attention is called to the follow ing Standard Preparations: FANT'S Liver Regulator. FANT'S Elixir o" Calisaya with Pyrophos phate of Iron. FANT'S Compound Fluid Extract of Buchu. FANT'S Compound Extract of Queen's De. light and Sarsapar!lla, with Iodide of' PotasSiuml. FANT'S Soothing Syrup. FANT'S Essence of Jamaica GiInger. FANT'S'Age Gure-well known to every i one inl the County, having" been thoroughly testd in fuver and - ague. FANT'S Cologne. Curatine and Iron Bitters-the great Blood Piirifier. ;olc Agent for Soift's Syphilitic Specic, the Great Eliminator of all Impurities of the Bood. The cure !or Scrof-ult, Rheuma tism, Neural,ia and all Nervous Affiections. l3uckeye Pile Ointment, a specific for pfb.s. I al-o offer the largest assortment of Lamps, S Is, Perfuniery, Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushe!', and Toilet Articles, of ev ery descriptionz, at the very lowest prices. Ca!i and examine for your.-elves. Prescrip:ion.; carefully compounded at all hours of the day and night. tar. 3,14-tf. Iron Works. Plmi"IX IRON WORK COLUMBIA, S. C., XANUFACTURES STEAM ENGINES From five-borse power to any size, Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist and Cane Mills, Gearing for Machinery, AGRICULTURAL IMPLLEMENTS Columns and Architectural Work for Buildings, Railings for Cemeteries and Balconies, and Iron and Brass Cast ings of all kinds. Having a large stock of Patterns for general work, castings can be made at short notice. Special attention g'iven to RE PARING MACHINERY, of all kinds. All work done by the best mechanies, and prices as reasonable as cn be had for good work anywhere North or South. Mr. PETER KIND, the founder and fortmer ownier of this establish ment, superintends the business, and will turn out nothing but good work. Address orders to G. DIERCKS, Proprietor, Pho2rix Iron Works, Columbia, S. C. Oct. 13, 42-3m.. A New Lot of Nice BUGIE PIITONS CARRIAGES, - Just received at J. Taylor's Repository, Below M. Foot & Son's, on opposit/ side. Call and look at them. For sale by TAYLOR & CLINE. Sep. 15, 3S -4m. 1880. 1880. mR (ENTR1L HOTEL (Formerly the Wheeler House,) COLUM~IBIA, S. C. THOOUGRLY RENOVATED, EEFUENISRED AiND REFITTED. TEMS, $2.00 TO $3,00 PE DAY, JOHN T. WILLEY, Propriet'r. Nov. 10, 46-tf. NOTICE. FOR SALE BY 3. NT MARTIN & CO amisceutneous. NATURESOWN REMEDY .A VEGETABLE ME0CINE FORTHE BLOOD,IMR&KIDNEYS. A medicinal comn URATINEof known value CURcombininound ore prep For Blood Diseases. atin the cnurative -- powers for the evils ,rnavnu which produce all dis URATINE easesofeBloothe ~InR.mZ iver, thineys For Liver Complaints. es n ctn an - thorough In its effect. itis unexcelled for the U' 3. cure of all BZood Die UIR eae such as Srof For Kidney DLeases. tea, Tepors. Bois, 2Tetter.SaUJUll" i. Rhempr2natism.t,Mer curisa iaisolelu, CURATINE, For Itheumatism. jspepia, Izadi - gextiol, Soler Sto"l ach, .etentionz of CURATINE, For Scrofula Diseases. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST --N FOR IT. CURATINE TmmccALco. pces e BALTIMORE, Md. Wholesale by DoWIE & MOISE, Wholesale Druggists, Charleston, S. C. 15-ly. FRED VON SANTEN, 279 KING ST., CHARLESTON, S. C. Santa Claus' Headquats, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. NOW READY TO SUPPLY EVERYBODY. COME AND SEE ME. Nov. 17, 47-6m. HENRY BAYER, IMPORTER OF BA,NTANAS, COCOANUTS AND ORANGES, And Wholesale Dealer in Apples, Potatoes, Onions, &c., 215 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. 7 Prompt attention given to country rders. Nov. 17, 47-6m. C. C. PLENGE, Corner Broad and Chureh Streets, CHARLESTON, S. C. AGENT FOr. DUNLAP'S FIFTH AVENUE HATS. FALL STYLES NOW READY! Fine Silk Tiats, $4.00, $5.00. Men's Soft flats, 5oc. to $5.00. Men's Stiff Hats. $1.00 to $3.50. NOBBY HATS FOR YOUNG MEN, A SPECIALTY. UMBRELLAS. - Silk Umbrellas, from $3.00 upwards. Alpaca from $2 50 to $4.50. Gingham " 75c., $1.00, $1.25, $1.50. Mourning Bands put on Hats, 25 Cents. Hats Restocked and Trimmed. Mi A Call is respectfully solicited. Nov. 17, 47--im. PAVILION HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. This popular and centrally located House has been entirely renovated during the past summer and was REOPENED to the travel ing public on August 16, 1880. Terms, $2 and $2.50 per Day, E. T. GAILLARD, Nov. 17, 47-tf. PROPRETOR. HERMANN BULWINKLE, Factor and General Commission Ilercliant CHARLESTON, S, C.., DEALERt IN GERMAN K AINIT, or POTASII SALT, Peruvian Guano, No. 1 and No. 2. Pure Fish Guano, Nova Scotia. Land Plas tr, Ground South Carolina Phosphate, and other FERTIL1ZERS. Also, Corn, Oats, Hay, &c. Orders filled with dispatch, and libera: advances made on consigznments of Cottor and other Produce. Nov. 10, 46-Im. Preserve Your Old Books! E. R. STOKES, Blank Book Manufacturer AN~D GENILI BOiBINDER Has moved opposite the City Hall. wher< he is fully prepared, With first-class work men, to do all kinds of work in his line. BLANK BOOKS RULED to any patterr and bound In any style desired. My facilities and long acqusintance witl the business enable me to guarantee satisfac tion on orders for Bank Books, Railroat Books, and Books for the use of Clerks o Court, Sheriffs, Probate Judges. Masters ii Equity, and other County Officialis. Pamphlets, Magazines, Mu4e, Newspaper: and Periodicals, and all kinds of publIcation; bound on the most reasonable terms and it the best manner. All orders promptly attended to. E. R. STOKES, Main Street, opposite New City Hall, Oct. 8, 41-tf. - Columbia, 8. C Notice of Final Settlement. I will make a settlement on the estate o T. J. Thompson, deceased, in the Probate Court for Newberry County, S. 0., on Fri day, the 16th day of December, A. I] 1880. and immediately thereafter apply fo a final discharge as Administrator thereof. THOIIAS S. BLAIR, N.. 10 46-.t Adm'r. THE SABBATH. Oh! heart of all the week! Whence strength and gladviess flow To beautify all other days, And make their graces grow; In thee is full supply Of life-blood for the seven, Thy healthful pulses lift the week Nearer toGod and heaven. Oh, fount of pure delight! From thee such sparkling streams Gush through the dryest, dullest day, That fair and bright it seems. Thou warterest all the days, Thou freshest of the seven! And drawest from unfailling springs Which have their source in heaven. Oh, glorious sun of days? Thy glad and steady light Shines down the vista of the week, Through morning, noon and night. No day so dark and sad Though darkest of the seven But thou canst shed through all its houri The radiance of heaven. Oh, heart of all the week! Oh, fount so fresh and free! Oh, glorious sun of all the days! How cling our souls to thee! Cheer still our earthly way Each day among the seven, And let us never lose thy light, But in the light of heaven. A PRETTY GAME -0 On the porch of Mr. Everson' flue residence in M , on i beautiful evening, about sunset stood Julia Everson, a beautifu young lady, with deep blue, lus strous eyes, and Francis Rowley a tall bandsome young moan, hij face glowing with health and hi deportment that of a perfect gen tieman. 'Your father,' said Francis, ad dressing Julia, 'is as determine( as ever, I suppose, about this af fair of-of the marriacre?' Hii look was averted from her whil< be pronounced the words. 'Determined!' Julia Everson ex claimed; 'Why papa is so ben up1on my- becoming Mrs. Upjobi that he would die of rage, I think were my resolution known t< him 'And tbat resolution is, Julia 'To give Mir. Upjohn plainly t( understand that the times we livi in are not those which tolerati the affiancing of two children ii their cradles merely becausi their parents happen to be friende Besides this George Upjohn hai the mantners of aregular clod, an< has passed his whole life in som obscure place out West. Do yoi believe in proverbs, Francis ?' 'Why do you ask ?' 'Because I do.' Julia Everson' face wore a look of very firm de termination as she spoke. 'To what particular proverb d you have reference just nowi Francis asked. 'To the one which says, 'Wher there's a will there's a way.' think that you and I may test it truth, if we are so inclined. O course 1 won't elope with you Francis, I don't consider elope ments respectable. I shall neve marry you if I have to do it there !' She looked serious enougl to keep her resolution. 'You mean then Julia by com ing the mightily eloquent ove your father ?' Francis asked. 'And get pooh-poohed for you: pains,' she replied, with a sligh laugh. 'No, I mean somethina else. Papa is still asleep, an likely to remain so for an honi Let us take a stroll through t.h garden, and I will disburden my self of a weighty secret.' * * * * * 'Is Mr. Everson at home ?' George Upjohn was the inquire: and he was shown into a sma sitting room on the ground floc of the house. Presently the doc opened and Julia Everson entere the room. 'Mr. Jobn .Eversoni,' said shb 'bas been usnwell for several daya sir, and he has lately fallen asleep his daughter, Miss Julia, does nc consider it advisable to awake hin But she will be hiappy to see M: ~.Upjohn herself provided he wishe it.' 'Of course-of course-by a means-certainly,' stammered U1 john, to whom the immediat m-nspect of bholding his fin was thoroughnly overwhelming. 'Be good enough, won't you, to tell her so ?' Soon afterwards a tall young lady (who struck him, the more be looked upon her, as an unnat urally and disagreeably tall wo man) attired in a short, ill-fitting dress, and wearing, upon a coun tenance full of broad-blown come liness, red and white, about the most thorough from ear to ear sort of smile that Upjohn ever re membered having seen, entered the room. 'How d'ye do ?' said the gigan tic virgin, accompanying her-sal I utation with a boisterous laugh. 'You're Mr. Upjohn, of course? Well, I don't like your looks a bit. How do you like mine?' 'I-1-think there must be some mistake,' he answered, in amaze ment. 'I understood Miss Julia Everson was to 'Well, I am Julia Everson.' 'Impossible !' 'Perhaps you mean I disappoint you,' she cried out in a loud, coarse tone. 'I dare say you're a good enough kind of a fellow, but then you're decidedly n8t the fellow for me. Saw that the in stant I clapped eyes on you. I'm the sort of a girl that likes plucky sporting men with lots of 'go' in them, and a general air of being 'up to snuff.' You're not that sort of a chap.' 'No!' exclaimed Upjohn, with a pale embarrassed countenance 'no, Miss Julia, I am not the type of manhood you admire. Is-is -your father in ? Can I see him for a few moments?' 'Our girl told you be was asleep, didn't she?' was her indifferent answer. 'Besides, as you have come to stay several days, and have brought your portmanteau, any time will do I suppose, at which to hold your confab with Pa.? Upjohn, stiffening visibly in manner abruptly answered: -Since I cannot see yourfather it is better that I should at once take my departure.' 'And why so Georgy ?' 'Georgy!' Could he believe his own cars? Was this vixenish overgrown female the Julia Ever sor' whom he had worshipped in dreams as his future wife ? He would rather die than become the husband of so hideously ogreisb a creature. 'I have no reason to give for leaving so abruptly,' he said, in sharp, cold Modries. Julia utxade some odd sound be tween a giggle-and a chuckle, and as he was about to retire, she said: 'Oh, you don't like fun, d'ye ? SHave a cigar ivdn't you ?' 'Heavens !' exclaimed the be wildered Upjohn, stumbling back ward in astonishment, 'you can't possibly mean th'at you smoke ?' 'Certainly I do,' was the reply, SMiss Everson biting the end of a very nice looking Figaro as she spoke. Mr. Upjohn walked deliberately for-ward and took his portman Steau, and having bowed, was about quitting the apartment,when Julia exclaimed: r'I hope I haven't offended you. Pa'll be frightfully mad when he Shears you've gone in this style. tHe'll be sure to blame me, too. I wish you'd leave him a little note, Sexplaining that yougo of-of your own free will, as it were.' e'I shall be very willing, Miss Everson,' he said, 'to leave a note for your father- What is it you desire me to write ?' taking a card case and pencil from one of his pockets. 'O?ily that you don't think we rsuit each other well enough to get rmarried. Please don't'say any Sthing about smoking, because pa don't know I smoke, and-' Upjohn delayed no longer, but wrote the following on a card and handed it to Miss Everson as a Smesssge to her father: .'SIE.:-I desire to have the . agreement broken concerning my :5 future marriage with your daugh ter. I have held an interview! I with her, and 1 confess to being - wholly unwilling that such a lady *e shall. become gwife. GEo. Up.10ei.' 'That's precisely it ' boisterous ly exclaimed Miss Everson, seiz ing-the cigar. 'Old fellow, you've got a handsome streak in you, if we don't like each other.' Up john rosbed from the apartment, afterward the hall door closed up on his retreating figure. 'Francis, you have certainly been making the most utterly re volting creature of yourself that it is possible to conceive of. I have been listening in the dining-room yonder to every word you said.' And the real Julia Everson sur veyed with laughing eyes. 'This is my chief trophy,' ex claimed Rowley, waving above his I head the card which contained: Upjohn's message to her father. Upjohn put in no further ap peurance. Mr. Everson was deep ly indignant -on reading his card, and ultimately consented to Julia's marriage with Francis Rowley, the man of her choice. So much for the clever disenchantment and the verification of Julia's favorite maxim-'Where there's a will, there's a way.' ST'ATE AND U11VNICIPAL TAXES. Collection of Taxes-Nods of Enforcing Pay ment-Penalty for Non-Payment. To the Editors of The Newberry Herald : It is the duty of every mem ber of the General Assembly to con sider what, if any, defects there may be in the existing public laws with t4e view to remedy them by appro priate legislation. One among the greatest and most patent of such de fdcts is in the system of assessment and taxation. The present inquiry, however is directed to the defects in the system of taxation only, or rather in the mode of collecting taxes. A casual inspection of the tax du plicates will show of how large a por-. tion of her revenue the State is an nually deprived by the failure of tax payers to comply with their obliga tions; and this evil increases from year to year. It is an evil which can be accounted for in but one way, viz : that the State either cannot or will not enforce the paynient of the taxes. Every year and sometimes more than once in the year, we see official advertisements of the sale of long lists of property, which yield no fruit to the State, and, in fact, only serve to increase the public expenses, the State invariably forfeiting the pro perty to herself and leaving it in the possession and enjoyment of the delin quent, while increasing the expenses incident to such sales. It must be admitted, then, that such sales have been and are nullities, until at last many,who do not conscientiously feel their obligations and arc actuated by other motives, pay no taxes at all, confi dent that after the lapse of years the State will say to them, "ifyou pay one or two yeaas' tax we remit all arrears,' and yet enjoying along with others who have paid all their taxes the ben efits of the government whose citizens they are and whose interests are their interests. If this condition of things be suf fered to remain unchanged the result nmust be general demoralization among the people in respect to the payment of taxes and eventual bankruptcy of the State. Demoralization in one respect will inevitably lead to demoral ization in others. We now narrow our inquiry down to the question of taxation in incor porated towns or cities, which are in vested by the State with a power of taxation within themselves for their corporate purposes. Here an addi tional difficulty presents itself, and that is the complication arising from conflict of the respective liens of State and city ; as for example, a lien attaches for non-payment of taxes due the one, which may be quickly followed by the other's lien attatching, to bc augmented perhaps by an addi tional lien in favor of the first for a subsequent non-payment. If not other wise an evil, this certainly is an ob stacle in the transfer of property. We do not say that the present system cannot by any possibility be worked harmoniously, but we do say that it is so envolved and cumbrous as to ren~ der its efficiency a practical impossi bility. Nw is there no remedy wil ? Let us see. As in some other States let our Legislature place the :ollection of all taxes (State, County ind Munieipal) in the hand of one )fficer, such collection to be made at mch times and in such instalments as may be most convenient to the tax ?ayer, with a penalty for non-payment, ut whose infliction shall be abso 'utelg sure; for unless the penblty, vhatever it be, shall be strictly en orced and carried out, any Sys ;em inust fail of its object. Such a method. would involve the 3ecessity of altering the limits of the ,resent State fiscal year, which be. ;ins with November ; but conformity ;o the calendar year would, we im Igine, be advantageous rather th.n itherwise. The collection of all taxes by one fficer would also obviate the ridicu ous spectacle of a municipal govern rent solemnly prescribing by ordi 2ance a- penalty of fifteen or twenty per cent. for non-payment of taxes, and then by subsequent ordinance or resolution revoking such penalty. With the inauguration of such a system, a single aggregate tax to be ,ollected by one officer, and the posi !ive infliction of the penalty for the ron payment of the tax, whatever that penalty may be, the ghost of de linquents will vanish, and we shall ee the revenues of State and county and city increased and rendered capa ble of definite calculation, besides the advantages resulting therefrom in the general transfer of property. T. W. BACOT. Charleston, S. C., Nov. 16.h, 1880. WRAT IS BEFORE US? Lnother- Suggesion as to the Best Course to Pursue. News and ~Courier. ENOREE PLANTATION, Nov. 6. To the Editor of The News and Courier: The Presidential contest is ended. The clouds have lifted. -The result is known. . As I predicted last January. we will have a Republican Senate, a Republican House and a Re publican President after the 4th. of March, 1881. The destiny of the country will be in the hands of-that party no one. can. tell, bow long, with the calamity now of a Solid South on one side and -a Solid North on the other. I will not forecast events. Let the intelligence and character of the two great sections-those who are determ. ined to 1.ild upthe-.ut arid sup portthe government-dcom3e to an un derstanding. Tfiere should be the largest liberty, liberty' with law and order; without them it is licentious ness, anzd civilization is rolled badk. Intelligence, property and charaeter should control the'I government'; if ig norance and venality are installed into power the "ruin of ::ll will~ be the re salt. ?he government should protect all of its citizens everywhere in all their rights and priv'ileges. it should be its glory to protect even the poor est under its flag. Its laws should be enforced alike against all, and nothing is so. wholesome as the certainty of their enforcement. This all good men should help to do. If the laws prove, hard or a.njust. let them be re pealed. Hayes, upon the whole, has made a good President. Garfield is a man of shining talents, vast erudition and high cultivatiori. He made himself. He has travelled the read and knows-all'of-its ins and outs, from the poor boy with a wid owed mother to the last round of thd ladder of fame inx this .country; to which any man can mont. No .man who obeys the laws o........f*the coun.ry need fear himi. There isn.o reason why he should not make an excellent President. No man is more familiar with' the histoiy and laws' of the coun try than he is. If I mistake not, you in an editorial on the heels of his nomination con,gatulated the country .that we would have a good President whether he or .aucek .was'eMeted. It is now to be eincerely hoped that our people everywhere will unite an?' spare no effort. -to build up the coun try and strengthen the government. Let Congress bend her 'energies in development of our vast resources, and particularly in the -restoration and en largement of our commercial marine, and appropriate a suni suffibient to convince the~ world:th*twe intend to build a navy that will give full protee tion everywhere to our couimerce and ~rcitizenship. THE MOST REMARKABLE MURDER ON RECORD. Mr. Wheeler, .of Sanrancisco, loved his sister-in-lav%,whe rep rocated his affection, and- Mr. Wheeler seemed to have acquiesced in the arrangement. The sister in-law, however,.came, ander the fascinations of a gambler, and Mr. W beeler appeared at a police station soon afterwards and told the following story which was substantiated by:the discovery of the corpse: 'She. (the sister-in-law) .seemed to feel. her disgrace very.keenly. and begged me, to cut her throat. She did not want togo withLick man, but such .was his igiuence over her that she must.go with him, and -she said she bad rather die than do it. 'Then she L.gain asked .me to cut her throat. I told her that I could not do that as I could. not bear to see her blood, but. I told her that I could choke her. She said very well, and sat. in my lap. 'I placed one hand on her month and with the other grasped her throat, and she, throwing her head back on my shorlder, .died like a child. She straggled.but little at first. She looked into my eyes and I, kissing them, 'told her to close them, which she did, at)d thus passed away. 'When I for-d that she was dead I opened her trunk and tak ing out her clothes, plaoed, her,in it. She was a slight, delicate lit tic girl, and I doubled up her leg and got her in Without any,trou ble. 'Why did you place herin the trunk? Did you inteod escap ing? ,Oh,. n.o; I n eyer desired to es cape. I put her into the. trunk so that sbe woul(beout,offte ay if Hickmar .cae nto ,thb:room. I did not *iAtbat manLoseeer. I then in the evening gathered-op my papers and a.little sack -of hers and came to the y pr,o. 'Do. a not feel any remorse ?' 'Yes, I do. . I am sorry now that I did it, bgt could -iwt hive her g with that aui lved her beter than my life. She-wasl always true to me while my wife was not.', OFFICIJt CENSUS--ssO. T'he follo'wing table sho*s the odi ei] eenshis of South Carolina. It'filY be seen that there are more feYrlies than males, and th'at'ti ere ate half as many more colored 'people as white: - TOma i.6mm?oir. State and-County. .Male.. 1emale. Total. The State...490,327 504,979 995,306 Abbeville....20,063 20,759 . 40,822 Aiken..........12,860 14,262 28,122 Anderson.-...18,587 -17,2 . 3.13 Barnwell......19,940 19,918 39,858 Beaufort......14M3 15,i58 '30,190 Charleston. .....49.153 5,832 ~ ,9 Chester.....'....11,850 123 2,5 Chesterneld. .,.6.,088: ,3%.1,4 CIarendon.'.....9,600 950 1,9 Colleton...2..18,273 1%'7 3,9 Darlir n.. ..17,127 3738 3,8 Edgen eld....23,0 22,64 4,4 Fairfield.......13,715 4,5.276 Georgetown....9,496 "017.1.1 Greevill . 18,13 8,331 6;,44 Hampton 9,443 2,324 15,876 Horry..........7,804 7.770 -15,74 Kershaw......10,850 10,888 .21,538 Lancaster......3,417 8,488 16,903 Laurens.......14.602 14,842 29444 Lexington....9,128 .9,464 ..18,590 Marion.........16,793 17,314 434,107 Marlboro'....10,214 10.384 0,9 Newberry....12,081 13.436" 69 Oconee..........7,879- .837,-;4256 Orangeburg...20,389 20,606 50,95 Pickens..........7,149 */.342 4,291 Bichiand...4.3,848 147 2,8 Spartanburg..19781 20,Zt048 Samter .:.2....1 -18,.'4A0 Z7,C3 Union....,......11,74 L2.209 24,6 Willansbrg. ..31,936 12,174 '2,10 York...........15,215 - 15,498 ,30,713 Native. Foreign.' White. Colored 987,684 7,842 -291,U1. 004,235 The, difference between a. bar ber and a scalptor is very slight. One curls up and .dies, gad the other makes faces' and busts. John R?eenie ozRoxnklan,Xe. has a horse which likes tobacco- so well that he pegs a chew hen ever his master takes one. Harvest-time is the Nios.InoW - 1otonous period in a ranger'filie. fNew York iNews. Calvin Phipps, of Bef idnd drank a gallon ofwkhis r day for a mlonLh, and IENon High lown !anggeiehgtada the newysper -fhiscl tteis. arade.-MaroatSkr& ndependent.. People ;do no, like'tdfacknow ledge that theyaejo-trecept to