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'tm/j. np rr\ ri/ifi rp rp W I~ ri \y.jfl t L fill ? vV\# V IV f *ni ?3i ba? Nsatt t hmmm %r?tT^ : taff M rawrf tortttl ll t''M) ' ? 4 -1 IftlWJ : <i>V- ' <* 2> Mt'w? ?ICI? .?//1* ti **, mud it m**t /.U*?, BY-ROBERT YOUNG & CO. j ^?ygijjJlL ..!?':_.. 1..--1?.L.-'-J.'!..J.-.- J-j-j WALHALLA, S. C" FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1869 ?. the might dW day* em**** Mt ff*?? &# /??V fe ?*y *r<r#.M VOL. iv. ?..'..?.'NO. 47 VARIETY Equalize the laud Tax. 1 AA there scorns to bo no accessible legal relief from paying the tax imposed by the Board of Equalisation, taxpayers haye natu rally looked about for snothoa remedy. Own -ern of real estate, being principally interested, liare had their serious attention turned to 'tim subject. Thoy aro unable to see why ?tho more fact that their oapital is invested in Hand, m,iieh of it red clay gullies and light ' sandy'ridges, should throw tho bulk of taxa tion upon thom. The result is a growing couviotion that if this kind of property is so valuable, ?hoso who shave in the profits of land should also pay their sharo for tho priv ilege of making crops thereon. lu other words, laud owners aro beginning to think that tho hired laborer, who gets one-third of tho orop, ought, iii justice, to pay one-third of tho tax. Under tho present arrangement, his share of tho crop is not profit, as ho contrib utes nothing but his labor. Tho two thirds whioh tho ownor gots, ou tho other hand, aro gross. Tho entire oxppnsos of tho farm aro to'be deducted, in order to show what he ao i tually makes by the yoar'B risk and trouble. It has, thoroforo, boon suggested that the land owners of the State insist upon the pay ment of a part of tho land tax by the hired laboi r, as a condition io nil contract? where a sharo of the crop ie tho remuneration Tho idea is that ho who shares in the profits, ought also to shore in the burdens. This idea {? founded on justice Why should ono part ner bo exempt from expenses whioh must be paid, and the other bo forced to bear it all ? But,in order to secure a just distribution of tho burden, it is noocssary that there should bo combined action, on tho part of tho ag grieved parties. If ono stands up for his rights aud another docs not, nothing can bo offootcd. AH laborers arc in demand, thc rc suit will bo iMjurio^ YB-illing'te pay tho for justice. Ie J laboreva at thc expense of whole tax, will gefl . . . . , ' , ? >\"?h ric. l^rir.??ropprtiqn him who wants thom to pay tho/? t . , of,tho tax. And we fear that for tho sake of va<Tr. NV. Ti i%: temporary advautago, many would submiU to the imposition. But such an advnntago would bc only tem porary, and not at all to bo compared with that which would result from a combined re sistance to tho present injustice. Thc only Tf*y to got rid of burdensome taxation, is to mako tho entire voting population fed it. So long as tho majority are virtually exempt from taxation thoro is no relief. It is-their-*x' emption from this burden that now makes them the roady tools of unprincipled and rook" lesfl aspirants for their suffrage Just let thom feel that they help to pay the expenses, and tho spell is broken. They now pay th ene expenses, but not in a tangible form ; for tho Whole community mu*t, in some form or oth er, bear tho weight of whatever taxation ex isla. But it is very cssontial they should bo aware of thc fact, and we know of no better way to bring it home to them, than as pro posed above,- Yorkville Enquirer. INCOME RETURNS.-From a list of income roturns published io the " Savannah Ad y?rtisor" we glean tho following facts in relation to the wealth of Savannah : Fifty, tjro persons return incomes of five thousand dollars and upwards, ranging as high as two hundred and throe thousand Bevon hundred and fifty dollars. Tho large majority return incomes of a littilo over ono thousand dollars. Printers, with ono oxocption, aro very poor, and i'i'urn no income at all Doctors aro also an impeoWr'1* ?'R88? and worIc day nnd nltfht y7?tho?t aooumu^tinH * fortuno. Law yera are not overburdened wit.'; Hge r.-oomes. whioh may be owiiTJ to tho baokwnrdncs* )? j Olionts ia not settling up promptly. Editors alot worth a continental-be?u? even poorer than printers. The richest man ia Savannah (belongs to the mcrcanticlo profession, Ono widow returns nineteen thousand nod forty six, dollars income. A RAIN STORM OP SNAKES,-An extra ordinary and most wonderful phenomena oc curred nt Indian Grave Oap, in Campbell County, Tenn., through whioh the Knoxville and Kcntuoky Railroad is being built, on Sunday afternoon. During a severe thunder ?torin, and while it was at its hight, tho gap was suddenly fillod with countless numbors of snakes, which were seen falling for nearly ten minutes. They were of the common apo .oios, and measured from five in ohos to two .feet in length. Thoy woro all dead', being killed it is supposed by tho foll. Tho new* : .of thia froak of nat uro soon beoatoo known among tho farmers of the region, and ereated , tho most intonso excitement. By evening i tho gap Waa crowded with hundreds of pop. plo'drawn hither-to 'witness the novel specta cle jNtt^orous Surmises Were indulged in by the pulled spectators, but the general Opinion was tha.t the mysterious shower was AA premonition of some dreadful scourge. r r?larA-mlle (Ten.) Patriot* Reminiscences of the War The recollection of Gen. Wade Hampton's foray upon Gen. Grant's beef-pen, in tho fall of 1864, is still fresh in tho minds of the men who lay for so long a time hslf starved iu the tron?nos ?round Petersburg. It WAS quito a briliant and well oxocutod affair. Hampton's ollief scout, Sergeant Shadbourne, of the Jeff. Davis Legion of Cavalry, had made a daring reconnoissauco into the enomy's lines, and aHcertaincd tho oxaot position of tho beof-pen, and assured tho General that he could guido our eommand within a mile of the oamp of tho cavalry guard detailed by Grant to wat oh his meat supplies. He was perfeotly familiar with all tho roads and by paths loading to Sycamore church, at whioh point tho animals were being grazod. So we wore marched to within ton miles of tho church, and halted to rent men and hornes, aud to perfeet tho do taila of tho next morning's work. Pickets were posted, tho scouts sont out to scour the roads leading to tho church, and tho weary command lay down to sleep. Some boure be fore daylight the bugle sound merrily "to horse," and off wo trotted, fcoliug confident that our oxperienood leader was up to some thing which would redound to tho glory of our arms aud tho benefit of our oauso. Just as day dawned, tho charge was sounded, tod the frout regiment dashed ahead upou tho enemy's videtto and into the oamp of tho sleeping Federals, Shadbourne and his gallant band of soouts at tho head. Tho enemy's vidette fired hie piece, roused his comrades, sud tho shot flow thick aud fust for a while. Tho wild shout of victory wus but tho death knell to some ot the bravest spirits there, and many of thc men and officers of both Bides were killed. A hasty prayer for the fleeting spirits of their dying comrades, aud tho men dashed OD to where tho vast herd of splendid cuttle stood stupidly gazing at the wild route into whioh "their Federal proteotorp woro ,. 0^?..? cliquy began the plundering tftho rich commissary andi sutler stores. Men were seen everywhere smoking tho finest ?^ri^^ ,to???a to fine liquor, laden down with blankets/ooaf"o, \V?V?V Qheoso, aud a confused muss, suoh as only a hungry, half .famished rebel plundering a Yankee camp could gather up. Tho camp having been thoroughly ransacked, Hampton ordered Iiis Generals-Rosser, Dearing, and W. II. li JjL>e-to get their men together, and thou came the command, "buck to camp," Colonel White, "of tho flowing looks." in the advance with his splendid bsttuilion of Virginia cav alry. Then came Deming, und fur in thc rear, to keep dangor away .from tho boviue prisoners, 2,800 strong, came W.*H. F. hcct with his division. The sun WAS sinking in the West, but mit down, when n courier from White announced that he had met the enemy's cavalry on the Jerusalem plank road, and they were, too ninny for him. Thc spurs wore dashed into thc. sidon of the horses, and soon thc wild yell announced that Rosser'* troopers had made a charge under tho lead of that during General. As General Hampton Ap ut rod to the scene of action, a courier was met, "on foaming steed," from Rosser, saying he hud dismounted his mcu and fought on foot until not ten rounds of amuuition remain ed to tho meu. Courior after courior was dispatched to hurry up General Lee. Tho cattle wore turucd off into unothet road, and in tho meantime our horse artillery had been planed in position to respond to tho shots of tho enemy. Who that was there oan over forget tho wild grandeur of that scone? Tho sun HIIedding its parting beams upon the bat. tiing hosts, tho heavy plunging of _tho shot and sholl through tho ranks of mon and horses, tho waving of battle flags, tho galloping of Staff officers and Courier? over the field, tho ti- !l*?? shouts of our men calling to tho Yan kees to "oomd nod got some beef for supper," ?ll made up a pcene Strangely mingling the sublimo and ridioulous. The eri?my left our front just at dark, and we quletiy took up Cyr Jinn of maroh to oamp. Tho hnngry infantry in ib? trenches received tho nows of our good fortune with shouts of joy, and they did not oall in question the fighting qualities of the cavalry any more. And yet wc had only kept up tho brilliant reputation they had always gi von us as foragors. Nevor had suoh s to ak s and roasts been seen in tho army since, our Pennsylvania campaign. It is needless to add that everybody onjoyed the beef. [iVbicta* Democrat. i, "I, ' ' ? ? ? ? RoimFKY AT FLOEBNOB.--Tho Darlington "Domoor?t" of tho l$th ultimo says'. Avery Sharp robbery was committed at Florence, ono night last week. Tho robbers, entered tho room of Mr. HRNUY WITIUHOTON, while he and his wife were asleep, took his watch (rom .under his pillow olghty dollars in green-1 ?iaoks from his pookct and thou broke tho f ook on his? bureau drawer ?nd took a lot of liitvorware. IC is thought ?hat tho robbers must havo used chloroform, though Mr. WiTHiNaxott says they felt no effect? from it Cruel Tro nt mou t of a Han. A Vienna paper gives a detailed account of the discovery and rosouo of a DUO from a Carmolito oonvent ia Cracow. On Tuesday, the 20th ult., sn anonymous notioo reached tho Criminal Court at Cracow to the effect that ia the eon veut of Carmelite barefoot od nuns, ono of the order, named Barbary Ubryk, had boen forcibly kept in close ooo finement in a dark ceil for twenty-one years. The Vioc-PrcBidcnt of tho Criminal Court, Hitter von Antonicwior, immediately laid this information before a Judgo of Inquiry, who, in company with the Public Prosecutor, repaired to tho Bishop ven Guteoki, with the request to permit thom to coter tho eouvont. Having overcome tho obstacles that wore of forcd against their searoh, the representatives of the law discovered the particular part of tho building whore unhappy woman was eon confined. Tho place WOB a cell. This coll, which was situated at tho extreme end of the corridor, botweeu tho pantry, oloso to the dung-hole, had a wallcd-up window and a double wooden floor, ia which there was a moveable grating, through which very proba ably food was handed. Through a rery small open window-niche some rays of light could now and thoa penetrate into this dismal dun geon. The cell, seven puces long by six pa ces wide, was opcacd, but it is almost im possible to describo tho view this place of inquisition of the nineteenth century pre.' seated. lu a dark, infected hole adjoin ing tho sewer sat, or rather cowered, on a heap of straw, aa entirely naked, totally neglected, half insane woman, who, at tho unaccustomed view of light, tho outer world and human beings, folded ber bauds and pit ifully implored : " I am huugry, huvo pity oa me ; give mo meat and I shall bo obedient. ~ * ft * ? This hole, for it can hardly bo called a chamber, besides containing ali kinds of dirt and filth, and dish of rotten potatoes, was deficient of the slightest accommodation. There was nothing-uo stove, no bcd, no ta ble, uo chair-it was neither warmed by a firo nor by tho rays of tho sun. This den the inhuman sisters who cull themselves women, spiritual wives, ?ie brides o? heaven,'had' so? lected as a habitation for one of their own sex. and kept her therein in closo confine ment, for twenty-one years-since 1848. For twenty-one yearn thc gray sisters daily passed this cell, and not ono of them over thought nf taking compassion ou this poor outcast prisoner. Half human being, half animal, with a filthy body, with thin, knock-kneed logs, hollow cheeks, closely shorn, dirty head, unwashed for years, came II horrible-looking being forward, such as Dante in his wildest imagination was unable to pioturo. With her deep sunk oyes staring on ono spot knelt this wretched victim in her coll in the convent ol thc Carmelites. Thc Judgo instantly order ed tho nun to be clothed, and went himself for Bishop Gulccki. Tho Bishop was deeply moved, and, turning to tho assembled nuns, ht vehemently reproached them for their inhu inanity. "Is this," he said, "what you oal love of your neighbor ? Furies, cot women that you aro, is it thus that you proposo t< enter tho kindom of heaven ?" The nun ventured to excuse their conduct, but tin Bishop would not hoar them. "Silence, yo? wretches!" he exclaimed; "away out of mi sig t, you who disgrace religion." Tho fat h er confessor, Piantkiewiez, an old prieut whi was present, dared to observe that th? cook sinstioal authorities wero aware of this scan dal, whoreupon tho Bishop and prelate, Bpi tal, deniod his assertion, and at once suspen ded tho fat lier confessor, and also tho super! oress, Who is descended from au hoaorabl Polish noble family, The Bishop ordere Nun Barbara Ubryk to bo brought into olean cell, and there to be dressed and nursed which lady suporior oboyed vory reluctantly Wheo tho unhappy nun was lcd away sh asked anxiously whothor sho would be brough back to her gravo, and when asked why sh had b?fti imprisoned, sho answered, "I Imv broken the VOW of chastity, but/' point-in with a fearfully wild gesture, and in great 02 oi temen t to the sisters, "they are not angels. The investigation has -mmwonocd, but il progress l? much impeded by difficulties o aooount of the strict rules of the ordor of tl Carmelites. 1 N . Tn? "Davenport (lofa) Democrat" tel of a singular oaso of superstition : "OhettU with an aged lady, wo notieed the won derf preservation and beauty .of her tooth, ar could not refrain from mentioning it. 'Yet said sho, "I ?over had a toothache or lost tooth, boonuso I bli the snake." On inquir sho stated that when children nfc homo, h father hod made thom bite a rattlesnake, 1 holding ibo reptile by tho head and tail ; oat ohild bit along tho entire length of?the bao bott?, not violently, but just so as to indo thraklnt and thia WAS ooosidero?l an iofal bio rcoipo against toothaoho and decay, ai which the old lady believes up to tho prose QOurV' ( 'A VJ) ' W? . f\. ui?.vv-'uXiiu J. ..... . . ; ? . .- V . Disgraceful Sccno at an Execution. A correspondent of tho "Baltimore Sun" gives the following account of a terriblo soene at the oxcoution of Charles Orme, st Stroudaburg, Pennsylvania. Ho was hnng on Wednesday for tho rum der of Theodore Broadhead. at the Dolawaro Gap. about ten months sinco : Tho prisoner was brought out for oxeou tion, and on the seafield made a speech, which ho cloned by saying : " I never got a chango of - olothing, of shirts or socks or anything of that kind, and I got so oovorod with vermin that the only way I oonld get rid of thom was by burning thom with a lighted oandlo." Sheriff Mor wine to the utter astonishment of everybody, at this point interrupted the condemned man by asking) "You mean that was boforo your trial ?" "Yes," repliod Or me, whereupon ox-Sheriff Henry, who was sheriff at the timo referred to by the prisoner* advanced to tho scaffold from the gathering of spectators and asked him if he hadn't had all tho attention and all tho ohango of olothing ho had desired while he had charge of him. Tho prisoner said ho had not, and this lcd to a debato between the man on tho scaffold and the ex-sheriff which lasted for- several minutes, until endod by a citizen of the place stepping up to the lattor and bade him desist. It was now half-past devon o'clook, and the prisoners's spiritual advisers demanded that tho execution should be postponed until the arrival of one o'clook mail train, "which might bring a reprieve," and after another wrangle the sheriff agreed to postpontment, and so tho prisouor was ta kcu down from tho scaffold and rcconduotcd to his cell, while tho spectators adjourned to dinner. v The mail train arrived at ono o'clook, but there was DO UOWS from Harrisburg, and so everybody who had managed to gulp down his dinner and had a pass to eater the jail at once wended his way to-wards the scone of execution. At ten minutes to two o'olook the cell was again crowded and the prisoner brought out. Ho ascended tho scaffold os firmly ?s he had ascended it beforo, sod knelt down while the minister offered up a prayer for him, in which ho forvontly joined. He protested thut ho never told Brooks to shoot Theodore Brodhcad, and repeated soyoral timos, "God have mcroy on lao." Tho bar and thc drop fell with a crash, and at tho same instant tho ropo above tho noose broke with a suap Uko that of a whip, aid Orme foll a distance of five feet, striking heavily on tho bard floor of the prison. He would have fallen backward his full length hud tho drop not boon behind him os \<i st ruck the ground, and as it was, he lay for a second stunned almost to unconsciousness, with his head leaning against the wall. Fen an instant everybody soomcd paralyzed witt torror, and no ono moved toward the unfortu nate mao ; but tho moment that tho apel that bound the spectators had passed away ? general rush was made toward tho scaffold - Orme was raised to his feet and the oap takoi off hil faco. Ile looked wildy about anc held hia right hand up to his nook, but sait nothing, probably because ho was unable t< ?peak-until he was again made to asoeni tho scaffold, while the bungling sheriff pr? pared a now noose. As he placed himsel under tho oross bar for the third time, hi turned towards his spirtual advisers and ex claimed, "Oh I that this horrible work wa over." Finally tho new nooso was put abou his neck and tho oap onoe moro drawn ovo his eyes while ho continued to utter, "Goi have mercy on mo." The sheriff pulled th bar and tho drop fell. The body fell about four feet and robouo dad slightly- as tho noose tightened abont tji< nook. The rope did not.break, but tho kno of tho noose struck tho man's throat diroctl, tinder tho chin, and bis strugglo with doat waa co aoqu?ntly a prolonged one. To ad additional horror to the scono, the muslin the bound his arms behind him had not been tie tight enough, and several times while th body was daogling in tho air, the right han was raised to the nook and dung convulsive ly to tho shirt bosom near tho throat. Th |eft hand also, as the body swung against th drop grasped hold of one side of tho pla form, clutched lt Jjr several seconds, an when it finally became woakened and w< oompollod to relax its hdd, it dosed on tl board so firmly that the grating of the fing( nails oonld bo plainly hoard all over the hal For fifteen minutos th? poor follow struggle vlolontly? and waa not deao] until ,twonty-fii minutes had clasped from' tho time how swung off. When tho body wes out down was placed In a plain coffin and interred a oorner of ono of tho town cemeteries, moro horrlbto execution never took plaoo tho United 8t*to?. i?r? There will bo four nogro members tho Virginia Seqate, and fourtcon ia t Houso, iyro of thom ?re conservatives and t mt ate Radloal*. _ _ -. _. . i . >i- ,? ? i iI I .^mmm^f^jmnmmm.w* 1 HORRIBL? Niano OUTRAQI.-From tho "Maoon Journal ?nd M cesen ger," of y ester? day, ire get the particulars of the most fiend? iah outrage that has evor been committed in any country, barbarous or civilised. It ap pears that, on Thursday liss, two respectable young girls, residing near Station I-f, upon the Cont rel Road, were on their way home from school, when the? Were overtaken by two stout negroes, who immediately seised thom, and despite their screams for aid, com mitted a diabolical outrage. Having effected their brutal deed of violence, one of tho no* groos, who had but one arm, shook the muti lated stump of the other in tho face of the oldest of tho two girls, and exclaimed : "I wants my revenge and I'm bound to have it. When I belonged to your father I ran away, ho followed me to the woods and shot me, and I had to lose this arm ; do you see it f Now I'm bound to get even with bim, and drawing his pocket-knife, he Hovered her arm entirely from her body, betwooa the wrist and elbow joint. The two scoundrels then broke away and ran for tho woods. Very fortunately the girls had prcsonce of mind enough to tie the mutilated arm tightly above the elbow until medical aid oould bo procured, and it is bare ly possiblo that the young sufferer's life maj be spared. The nows of this deed of violenoo ran like wild fire all through tho neighbrhood, and ia a short timo a mounted patrol was organised, who volunteered to go in pursuit of the scoun drels. They soon found ono of them, whom they questioned right sharply, but somehow or other the negro got lost somewhoro iu tho swamp, and the party returned homo without him. Tho other, and by far the worst of the two, succeeded in escaping from that neigh borhood and made his way toward Macon. COUNTERFEIT TIN DOLLAR NOTIB.-- The new counterfeit ton dollar bills, whioh have orcatod so great an excitement among bankers and United States twwurers, it is said are tho finest oxoouted counterfeits ever thrown upon tho community. A disoription of the oounterfoit from Washington says: At first glsnco they seem to bo a perfcot imitation of tho $10 greenbaok, and the printing seems to have been done (rom tho original plate, but there are points of diftoronoo which aro thus noted; In tho original shading around tho 10 in the medallion appears like a fine not work, runs oloao up to tho figures. IQ the oounterfoit note this shading is "picked up," aud booomos ooarso aa it roaohos tho figures, forming a light streak or a circular haze simi lar to that about tho moon before rain. Thore ia no bazo in the gonuine note. This is a slight point for detection. A dearer one is the faot that in the original notes, within the light oirole running under tho figures 10, thore are threo and a third do^flfetho left of tho figuro ono. In tho counterfeit biU|$feO ono third dot is missing. ^But anTramble mark of distinction is found under the left wing of tho eagle. In the genuine notos are found diatinot rows of feathers under the wing. In tho counterfeit theso rows of feath ers aro undefined, ?nd this seoms to be tho only weak point in tho whole engraving. - ?? - , ar?; ?> ? a uaw. GOVERNOR SKNTKR.-Govoruor Seater mot with R brilliant rec op lion at Nashville, Tuesday cvoning. Ho was escorted from tho railway depot to tho City Hotel, whoro he delivered a spoeoh in responso to tho address of ox-Governor Noil Brown. In the course of his remarks, Qov. Hooter emphasized ono point, and that waa that io Toanessee there must bo no proscription on aooount of rebell ion, raoo or color; suffrago*and tho fallest political and civil rights must be freo to all. Ho continued by saying that the wounds of tho past must heal up, and that brotherly lovo and fraternal fooling WS9 now to be cul tivated all round in Tennessee. He thought tho circumstances -were ri po for a new party, which would disoard doad issues and aot upon the living pro,ont. Bourpoaism on tho one hand and proscriptive radicalism on tho other should bo ignored and set aside, sad a new doparturo taken, whioh would tend to liberal ajad progressive ideas ana measures. The young mon of the State, ho said, carried the recent election with saoh impetus that tho old judges were almost unable to decido how far they had gone ahead. * Tho wisdom of ago should tom por Young Amorioa, but it was striding along like an Arab opnrser. His remarks wore reeoivod with shouts of applause and approval.-'Morning Star. A WOMAN named Mrs. Gifford, living in tho Northorn part of Marion County, Iowa, died Saturdav from tho effects o? fright st tho colipso. ?roPtTad no knowledgo of ita ap* proooh and was alone at tho timo it oom o on, with tho exception of a child four Weeks) old. Terrified at tho sight, she seised her obitd and fled ? to a neighbor's, a mlle distant. When oho voaohed there her reason had gone. Sho lingered till Saturday, when she diet) without h or reason having ?ettirned. Two MOUE DIABOLICAL .OUTRAGES BY NF.OR.OKS.-Iuformation was received hero yesterday that two whito girls, aged rospoc tlvoly fifteen and thirtoeh yoars, daughters of highly respectable oitiions of Rookbridge County, whoso namo wo withhold for the pre. ?ont, waa most brutally outraged on Friday last by tiro black fiends, the oldest of whom io not moro than sixtoon years and the youngest bot about fifteen. Wo wore un ab I o to gatheT tho full particulars of those fiendish doods, but from what wo can learn it appoaaa that the villains waylaid thoir victims not far from the houso of thoir paroo ts, and accomplish thoir atrocious purpose Ono of tho scoundrels was captured Sunday morning and lodged in ' jail in Lexington. Tho other was still ab largo Sunday ovoning, but tho peoplo of the ontiro neighborhood in which- the outrages were perpetrated aro scouring the country io scaroh of him, and ho has probably been ar re?te J by this time.-Lynchburg ( Va.) News. TUE RADICAL '.BRAINS" PLAYED OUT. -"What have we for President f" orios Won doll Phillips in tho last number of tho Anti Slavery Standard-"what havo wo for Pre sident ? A jockey and sea aide lounger ; a restless boy, needing constantly to bo amused ; and so impatient of business that ho cannot stay at his post moro than a week at a time." And again : ' To your tents, O,Israel I for a second Buchanan sits in the White House, temporizing while tho enemy gets in battle array." So ejaculates the man who furnishes brains for tho Radical party. Ho ?B nearly at his wit's end, for his party is nearly at its day's end. "Tho man on horseback," thoepaculet? tes and gunpowder they dragged into their servioe to secure another four years' lease of power, bothers them He does not suit thom. Neithor dees ho ?imus, ozoopt when he makes fan?tica like Philips and scamps like Wells and Stokes howl. We reckon Wendell P. is at the cud of his row, and while he calla Isreal to "your touts," it wont bo* long beforo ho will have to take to his hole of disappoint? ment, defeat and obaourity.-Mobile Register. TAB CENSUS.-Tito, kumbia correspon dent of tho ff?h?rioston News" says : oxponso of taking* the census of thin Stato, ordorcd by the last opulent Log? islaturo, will be at least $60,000-so an offic ial of that party estimates. The United States takes tho ocasus ia 1870, and one would think that an oyo to a reasonable economy would soo that a soparato Stato cousus might be dispousod with, at least while "Our dear Carolina," (as Governor 'Scott facetiously called it,) is struggling under the oppressive load of so many finanoial burdens j but then, after all, we have a Bampton yet in tho field -that "young man of much ability and prom? iso"-who is to put tho finanoe of the State through in style, and it is ungracious tc grumble about anything like this. EXPRESS ROBBERY%|1,889 STOLEN. On tho night of Monday last, 16th ultimo, the Depot of tho Laurens Railroad, at this place, was onterod, and tho Safe belonging t< tho Southern Express taken to a oar, som' distanoe off, whore it was broken and robbet of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine dollars. Ona package, containing over sixteen hos dred dollars, had boon deposited, on the oven ing of that day, by Mr. JoiIN ICYLV, af th village ; the other package had boen doposi ted by Mr- SAMUEL F. VANOB, of Martm' Depot. The Dopot was entered, it is supposed, I a key. We havo not heard as to the meat omploycd to enter tho safe. No oluo as to tho guilty parties, but, it supposed, several participated it tbo robber [Laurensville Herald. SiRtous ACCIDENT.-?Tho Ohoster (S. C "Reporter" of tho 10th ultimo, says : . On Thursday ovoning, 12th Instant, Mr. Alexandor Rosborough was dressing the r road at Dowis' turnout, on horseback, al rapid gait, whon his horso tripped upon t Iron and fell, throwing Mr. Rosborough considerable distance, and roodoring him \ conscious. Assistance was promptly rend ed and he wan found to be very severely jurod, tho loft sido of his body boing pan ted. Wo aro glad to say ho has improt somewhat* and that no doubt of his rcoov is entertained. . . ->v>~. THE frequent marriage of widow? ioemi havo been always more or less disoouraf men being allowed in this respect emoh gr er liberty ; but St Jerome montioned a v ow who married her twonty-sooond husbi ho is in his turu, having boen married twenty successive wives. Tlie ohampioti* appears, howover, to bolong to S Harlem mar, spoken of by Evelyn, lu hie Pisry, wJ propensity for remsrjyiDg had to be eh? by law : "Sho had boon tnarnod to her ti ty-??fth husband, and being now a widow, prohibitod to marry %fnturo."