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BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 187?. VOLUME XIV._NO. 52. i OLD AND RELIABLE] 1 |Dn. SAMP?RD'S LIVKK INVIOORATOR S Sis ft Standard Family Remedy for % Idiseases of t ho Liver, Stoinuch ^<?2^$^ * and BOWCIB.-It ia Purely ???^'ll-a i Vogotablo.- It novor 11 ^jfl 5 Debilitates-It ia ^V?? wjjfl | M U^f ?J Cathartic oud^^^nl ga f^J*!*1^ | L l?^^^r I ff * ^ o? ?^*'P I j ^!3^ i ivor?! IH WP^n>>^ ''-V publie, $ j Bra ^J*r**for inore than 8? years, j! I with unprecedented results. S "*P*S END FOR CIRCULAR.? Si TI WI SANFORD, M i Di i NEW YOUK OITX ? AST DIIVIXUST HIM. TKM. Villi ITS HEIU'TATION. $ .Professional Cards, J. s. em u N AN. \ Abbeville;, S. C. / .1 Bruiui.i.su, Walhalla, 8. C. -A. "b" 'c o rn Q y s-ci't - Hi aw, WA IjIlAtJ'At H. C. 11/IIJL practica in all ibu State and United ii States Courts, Ollice in tho Judge of Probate's O?lieu. November <?. 1870 fi l-l y J. ll. PITCHFORD, OFF?Oli ON UOUltT I O USU SQIJAUK CLAYTON, C3-Sb., ViriL?j give prompt,?I icm hui i<> col U t - I I tiuns and ?ill other business confided lo him. M ny 15. 1879 20- ? y Hy. EDMUND RAVENS ., ATTORNEY AND COUNSEL OR AT LAW, ISTo. 3 I3roadL Street j OliiirloaiOix, *3. O. ??y** Onrrrespondciieo IViuu the Imerior invited. Will practico in nil tho (Jouit!) ol the State. - * July 17, 1S70 35 ^y^j o, iv ii rn i. J.Q UN s. VEUX iou. 1 %EITH & VERNER, A TT O V YS A T L A W A NI) Solicitors in ISquity, Will ornctie.o n? ibo Stu ie Court? on the ftightli Judicial Ci rouit und in tho United ?tale:-- Court O?eeou Publie Ht/wc, Walhalla, S O Jan ti, I870 S if S. MoOOWAN, Abbovilln. S C A. THOMPSON Walhalla, S (' McQOVV?N & THOMPSON, A T T O li Ar bl Y S A T L A W Will ^ivo prompt attention rn all (.usines O' '<?ontided tn thom in the State,County, and United Slates Courts. Office on ('our/ ffottxc Square, Walhalla, S V ? ii? junior partner. MR, THOMPSON*, will also practice in tho (.'uni ts of Pieken s. tireen villo and Anderson, January. 1870 tf PHYSIC:AN Aj>ID SURGEON. I>l\ BSlli t Tl i?!||<i|I HA? permanently loomed at Westminster and oilers bis proles*.il services to lue com munity. Ofllco over new storeroom ol Mntliow* son i% Jameson, near tliodepol, wltcro be CHM be found at nil limes, unless ]>i<>lc-sioiially engaged, Sept. 'I, 187?I ?Vi-IJaio? WALHALLA FEMALE GOLLKCx^ npiDB next cession of ibis institution ?III JL conl.nooco TUUTtSDAY, SKPTBMBBK 4th, 1879. It is an advantage lo loncliors and pupils to enter (ho various chispos m that time, lor a few weeks delay render il ddlieult lo advance with eins?. Board in College ami in private f.-niilies, per month, - - $10.00 Juvenilo D?partaient, per month. - .60 Primary Department, per month, - .W) Acadeuiio Deparinmiit, per month. - 10(1 Collegiate Department, por month, - 3.00 Thoso pri?es mo oxolusivo of Stute appro. Militions. Music, Wax und Paney Work extra. For particulars address, , BM:. J. v. sHttfl/rxKie. July 24, 1870 / 30-ly Books of tho Old Testament. Thc grout Jehovah sneaks to us, In Ocnesis and Exodus; Leviticus and Numbers sec, Followed by Deuteronomy; Joshua and Judges rule thc land, Ruth gleans a sheaf with trembling hand, Samuel and numerous Kings appear, Whose Chronicles wc woadoiing hear. Kara nnd Nehemiah LOW, Esther tho beauteous mourner snow; Joh speaks in signs; David in Psalms, The Proverbs teach to scatter alms. Ecclesiastes next comes on, Ai.d thc sweet Song of Solomon. Isaiah, Jeremiah (ben, With Lamentations, takes his pen; Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea's lyres, .Swell Joel's, Amos', Obadiah's. Next Jonah, Micah and Nahum come, And softly Habakkuk linds room, While Zephaniah, Haggai cull, Rapt Zechariah builds bis walls, And Malachi, with garments vent, Concludes thc ancient Testament. Speech of Ex-(xoVi Hampton. Ar.r.i.vn.f.i'., October 81,-Despite Ibo di? ippointincut of yesterday, ibero was am.mer and a scarcely diminished gather ing of (bc people ut thc fair ?round to-day, ibu principal attraction evidently being tho prospect of seeing mid hearing Senator Hampton. Many, however, still doubted, and some scorned disposed lo charge I hat tho announcement of tho expected presence of thc distinguished guest was unauthorized und dt signed only to "draw." Tho discussion ns to whether or not 4,lio" would rome, ?row quilo ani mated among poisons who knew nothing whatever of tho matter, nod as the (imo ol t'ne ex peeled tm i val drew near, derisions und well-nigh d?fit mos wcro exchanged until the dispute was RU tiled hy lite appear ance of a p iir of hutidsotno black horses, behind which sat thc Ken; tor. His appcar/.tue was greeted with cheering, which sunk ?uto a eoiiipa.ssionute and fy tn pa I histing murmur ns he slowly loilcd up the stops ul' (ho judges' stand, and IOSO again as ?lin congi ululation as In: sifcly reached I lie top and Was BCfttCti. livery (.liing ilse was deserted, and every body clustered about tho outside ol" tho boise ling ami wald.ed Un lupton while bc watched tho pi izo horses which woe led in and shown oil for his bonc lil. Wliou this was done, Co!. J. S. Col h ru II, President ol' ibo Fair Associa tion, invited the pcoplo inside. Ibo ling and niter they had gathered about ibo stand briefly announced Senator Hampton, who came forward amid cheers and spoke for v. few minutes. Ile said that it had been part of tho agreement with the President that ho should not tic called upon lo say anything, and that gentleman bad violated ?tis promise in that particular, lt would, however, bo lingtatclul in him not to acknowledge thc {.reeling bc had received from ibo people of Abbeville, and thank them for and toll ll cm timi bc bad not forgot len all thal thoy bad dnuo lot bim. Ile could not forget how gloriously limy had stood by thc siren [dalform of conservatism that curried ibo S mo in 1870, anil with what devotion they had adhered to it in all thc troublous limes I hat bad passed so roughly since theil, In all South Carolina no people had boon truer to their cause than those ol'Abbeville County When ho was stricken down, among the daily messages of condolence and sympathy that reached ?lim, none were mote cordial or frequent than those from Abbeville, Ile had not forgot i en these .hings, and that was why bo hal come Ho had come to loo!; them in tho fuce und thank I hem, and tell them I hst while all that life In d and all enjoy ment ii. promised had been marted for him, he hoped, for thc sake of ibo people who bad so uoiily Blood by bim, that his uso fulness was not destroyed. Ile bad Mill strength Icu 10 work in I heir cause. While his heart throbbed, all that bc could do, cottld work for, hope for, or piny for, would bo given lo tho pcoplo of South Caiolina. (Cheers.) Ho would say th it. upon them-upon tho South, and South Carolina particularly depended much of thc future. If they would show I bat ihoj were ncling in honest good fail li, mid regarded their pledges as sacredly ns in 1S7G, they would bc as strong and fur Stronger than then. Hy standing honestly by Ihoir pledges, and thc Constitution, they could slop tho cry now hoing raised, of a ?'solid South." Those who hearkened to tint cry forgot that tho South was not solid against tho North, bul solid lor thc Constitu? ion, home rule, and gund government, ((/beers.) Hero they were solid for South Carolina. The Soul li was not antagonistic to tho North. It would bc us just, to cry out against a solid and antagonistic Now England because that, part of tho country was ghen over to Re publicanism and tho oilier isms. Tho South was not solid against ibo Constitu tion, hut she was sold for her interests and j her civlization. If tho people ol thc South j would show that they did not desire to enero ich upon thu lights of any; if they would show that they wore ncling in strict good lilith; if (hey would show I hat, having fought ns long and as br ivoly as (hoy could, , believing they wcro right, and being dex I fented, surrendered in goud faith and carno buck fnithfully, intending to bo good citi zens of Ibo United States, if they would show (lint (hoy hud not and would not vio? i Into a singlo ono of tho terms of their parolo -if they would do that, not laing boot licking or subsorviont, but with n manly acknowledgment Hitit tho wager of butilo hud bcon against thom, and they accepted its decision of un indivisible Union and stood by thc Constitution--if they would show tho people of the North that they were loyal to the Constitution and their pledges, then they would break down tho bloody-shirt cry of a " olid South." lie was not discouraged by tho result of thu recent ?lection in Ohio. Ile bad never expected that thc Democrats would carry thc State. When they went back to the soft money idea and all sorts of other fool ishness, they deserved to bc beaten. If they returned to tho pure teachings and principles of tho fathers and nominated proper men, they could cany tho country at tho next election, even with Grant against them. There was ono mnn in America in whose favor, if tho Democrats nominated him, tho best argument (hey could usc would bc tho praises lavished on Ililli by bis enemies. That man was Tom Ha y a td, from Delaware. (Cheers.) Ile had been a (ruo friend lo thc South, bcou'JSO true to the Coustitilt ion, and bc could boat Mr Tibien in New York State. Ho could caiij' more of tho con servative Republican vole than any man who could be nominated. Ile could carry New York, and only twelve moro electoral votes would ho needed. Let thom nominale McDonald, of Indiana. Indiana was really thc only li ul y Democratic Northern State. Willi New York, Indiana and tho Soulh, thc President would be elected. Ile w ited thc South not. tn sock position or place on (ho Presidential ticket. She did not want that. Dut bc wanted (ho Southern dele g?les when (hey went to ibo Convention to say, '{wo as the rank and lile of the Domo? oralie pjrty demand (hat you take as your candidates men who will carry i!ic whulo country and merit its con (id?neo. The Democrats of thc Sou?!i needed lo bo pru? dent and discreet, Ile would himself warn (hose in Congress ns earnestly us he could lo ovoid angry debato and recrimination into which their enemies seek to entrap (hem. Ho would urge (hem lo p.ss by |ho ul tacks and insults of (heir adversaries with scorn and silence that would bo tho most lining answer. Ho would uso nil cf lib influence io induce then) togo on (juicily und legis? laic for Ibu good of all, mid show them selves (ruo lo l heir country nnd tho Constitution-unending only lo ?he business ol' (ho country and to meet tho wants of ibo pcop'o. Then they could Mop oui- and ask A met icm citizens \v li vi her they would havo for Pi evident a puto nnd j<rcat man without fear or loproach, or Grunt willi (he record of his corrupt administra tions behind him. Let th? people ni' lim Souih show themselves honest cud sinocra and law-abiding-. One indi-cicc. fool South could in a minute undo tho lengthy ' hor ol statesman, Only let them carry out ibis advice, and ?how (hat (hoy Mood by their pledges and they would elect their Piesi deni. (Cheers.) Ho did not need to advise thom r,3 to Ibo rel ul ions between Min runes This county was one of lho.co (hat in 1870 showed I hot hy a policy ol' conciliation and lue ro-esial.lishmont of an i<! Dit ty of ?n?oresls, lite whilo man could lake tho colored mun willi him Thc DomooiuH could never cany South Catalina unless they s'ood upon tho sa.no platform. That policy was thc Imo one, ami ihn linc DOC because it was right Let every man feel that bis rights wore protected by tho law. Let tho while man ,sho.v i!.:t ho v>.->ihc colored man's friend, (hot lin ir in I" vost s wei o identical, and Hint ono could not go down without dragging ibo oilier, Lol thc while man do that, and ho Would have thc colored niau on his sido hriOt'O strongly in 1880 ihtin in 1870. (Cheers.) Ile had boen led off into saying far more (han ho had intended. Ho had wanted only lo I hank (hem for I hoir welcome timi explain I hat it was not his fault that ho btu' not bien present yesterday, He had waiter nil night ut Gastonia, nnd inc (rain bat rofuscd (o stop for him, That was why IK he was not present, ll : Iud como, how ever, willi gioal trouble and fatigue to lil his engagement ns far as possible, Ht then concluded and retired amid rcncwei cheering. Senator Hampton held a lillie iinprompli lovco after his speech, many old campaigi and army acquaintances and friends sookiu' thc opportunity lo shake his bani'. AmoiiJ them wcro several colored men. Cotton is Still King*. Mr. Edward Atkinson in a letter to tin Now York Tribune ably discusses tin futuro of tho cotton growing section of lin United Stales. In 18(31 ho wrote a pam phlet, upon "Cheap cotton by free labor,' in whioh ho maintained thc cxpcnsivcncs of slave labor. After thirteen years reali zation of his dream ho argues that hi former position is fully sustained by facts Pur tho benefit of our readers wc quote hi interesting facts and deductions. Ho says Tho crop of colton of 187(5 and 187? was tho largest over raised. Thc ton crop of 1652 lo 1 SCH, inclusive, being ibo las crops raised by slave labor, numbcrei 84 005,440 bales. Thc ton crops of 187? IO 1811), inclusive, being tho ten last crop raised by freo labor, numbered 41 ,'1 ,"?4,741 bales Thc excess of tho ten yeo l's of ire labor amounts to 6,426,808 bulos. Th value ol tho ten last crops, of which obou two thirds havo been exported, hus boori ni less than $2,500,000,000, and hus probabl amounted to 83,000,000,000. Tho inorcus ?3 piugrcssivcj tho excess of thc five last crops over tlie five crops immediately pre ceding tho war lins been 8,932,4If) bales. lt was formerly alleged and currently believed that the tree negro would not and tho while men could not work in thc cotton Hold. Who, then, raised these last crops? If it is thu negro who has done ibo most of this work, then is ho not the financial power of this land by whom specie payment has been restored? Tho negro population of the South, which may have diminished or kept stationary in point of number during I ibo lir$t few years ol' freedom, in which t!iey wera adjusting themselves to thc care of their own (smilies, is now vapidly in creasing. Tho improved methods of culti vation and thc USO of various kinds ol* ma nure hayo caused the crop of ootton of tho more Northern cotton States io maturo about ene month ear lier, havo made it more capable of with standing drought ned worms, mid have gre liv i nproved its quality, If I lie cost of labor be measured by its eficclivetic s ?". well ni by tho measure of the monoy with which it was paid i-: lhere any place in the world where so o ll eel i vo an amount of nunn tl labor o m bc procured tit so little cost as in the employment of negroes upon the cotton Holds of tho Soulby Tho price ol' bacon and corn gauges the cost of ootton. Eaten together they arc digestible nod nutritious-eaten separately quite otherwise. They constitute the food that tho negro field hand freely chooses, Throe nnd ono half pounds of bacon, one perk of meal, nud ono quart of molasses or j syrup constitute thc week's rations of an ndult man or n woman. This ration liss been lately and can now bo 'supplied nt a cost of ?57 and 42 contd per we? k, or six cents ur less per day. The plot of sweet potatoes and fish from the pond nnd rivers serve for the rest. Tho South then possesses the control of a crop which commands thc gold of tho world and a force of laborers moro easily nnd effectively directed by thoso who man ego them with justice and tact than eau bc found elsewhere. Are not these lotees molo potent than thc bayonets of tho North or Ibo shotguns of the Soul):? Can States capable of producing this crop, which is now sn rapidly becoming saleable surplus, permit their laborers to bo abused or cheated? Will not ono Slate presently (ind its own interest in keeping ihe peace by its own COUSl ables, assuring justice by its own oouits, ?lint promoting economy ami thrift by its own methods, will not such action compel neighboring ?States to go and da lihou yye'i T..c world's crop of cotton is now equal io len or twelve million bales of the nvo'r ptjjQ weight pf American cotton, probably Ibo lutter. Of this quantity live million bales are raised in tho United States, and between six und seven millions aro spun mid Woven upon machinery contained in largo facloiies in Kuropo nud America, Thc rest is spun and woven by hand, nud there is probably a huger portion of tho popula, lion ol' tho globe still insufficiently clothed io hand made goods than arc clothed in tho.SO furnished by the factories of Europe noel America combined. Tho average work of one operativo working one year in Lowell will tupply the annual wan's of 1,000 full) (dollied Chinese or .'1,000 partly clothed E.ist Indians. No country ill lim world except Egypt, produces any snhstiiiilial quantity of collen so well adapted to wollt upon modern machinery ns th; t of thc Southern o?ales. Nearly one half tho world romulus to be conquered by cotton and emu mei CC. To the colton fields and ficfoiie. of tho United Stiles will not i h o increase surely como os com a? cree slowly but surd1 opens thc woy? -. -? Tho At- vaneo in Trices. The New York ]J<\.<*/</, in tho course o r, lung ?ind elabora'c article upon Mr Sherm in's reference to tho resumption act in which it emphasises thc objections ti (hat bill already adverted to in tho Hun and shows that resumption was much lest tho result ol' Mr. Sh rm a n's pet measun than of ":i lucky concurrence of ftivOrllH events," of which the Secretary tool "skillful advantage," goes on lo state tba tho country is again entering upon "i peritl of inflation.'' This is caused hy i redundancy of real money, just as tho spec ulaiive en anterior lo 1S7> was the pwd u c ot' u redundancy of sham money, and tin llrreld claims that tho dingers now threat cuing us aro the products of tho origin t dofcols of tho resumption act, "danger which could not have existed if tho re sumption law had provided for cancellation and destruction of tho legal tender notes.1 If, i.i very questionable if anything gooi can como of tho agitation of this matte now, sin:e Congress can hardly be expectet to pr?vido for tho retirement of tho lego tender currency in tho face of an impend ing Presidential election. But it is right that tho peoplo shouh know that the dangers to which attentioi has been called aro real and imminent The development of a hot spirit of specula lion, whew only a healthy revived state c business should have been expected, is indi cativo of possible progress toward a poi ll which would justly excito apprehension Much ol' l!;e advance in prices so far ha doubtless been simply a natural, albci very Slllldoti, reaction from the deprcssio which has so long kepi values below th margin of profit. While things aro in tnl condition labor and tho working classe must necessarily have hard times, and over sort of industry suffer. This is tho case i England now. Failures havo boon iucrcas i ?iii wages bavo fallon nearly 20 per co?t., at thc same time (bat boursof labor have been augmented, ibo cust of food lias udvanecd, for?lgu trade decreased, und a very general state of suffering ?3 tho consequence-just such a condition of affairs, in other words, as that from which this country is now emerg lng, and a condition that punishes most ibo man who lives by day wages. It is very encouraging, therefore, to every sort of industry to bo able to note that prices in this country have advanced i sufficiently to attain tho point where labor is rewarded, and a man's energies and de votion to his business aro no longer para lysed by tho certainty that, do all he may, he einnot make a living by it. lint, at thc sonic time, os soon as this advance in prices assumes a speculative character and outruns tho legitimate demands ol' trade there is danger ahead. lt is not necessary lo assume (lint this condition of ulfa i rs lins been already reached; but, nevertheless, it is well enough lo bc warned in time. A comparativo table beforo us, giving thc prices of leading commodities on tito 1st of .January and on thc lSth of lue present month, shows au average advance ol' about ?l) per cent, along the whole line. Wheat has gone up fiom ftl.OO to 81.48; corn from '17 cents to 'IO} co'ion fruin 0 7 10 to 10|- sugars huvo advanced three fouillis of a cent; cheese ?li cents; wool 25 per cents.; pig ?rot) has gone from $1.7 53 to $'2!).50, or more Iban 70 per cent ; scrap iron $20.50 to ????); tin pi lton from 85.75 to 87.TO; lead from 4 lo 5 i cents; hidc.s from 10j to 2o couts, u?'rl .so on in full propor tion. These advances should tit least learn peo p'e caution, since iii some articles, ns all know, (hey do not represent so much logiti mate extention of business ns sp?culation, lt is true that the revival ol' business found stocks of nil kinds of me'chatidisc reduced very kw, and all manufacturing enterprises Railing under bare poles, and this ?un com pelled an advance in prices which is doubt less legitimate in a great many particulars; as, for instance, in the case of iron. Hut behind all ibis is, in some instances, a spec ulative impelling force, resting upon ibo plethora ot' money, and to bo avoided bo? causa dangerous in the extreme. Sudden rises in prices always hiing ont Intent .sup pliu^; they unduly .stimulate production and they check consumption. Jt is these lince conditions which lead lo gluts in the market, Tile incroaso in pticjs also (cuds to make lins country the dumping ground of Euro pean produc?s for which there is as yet uo ad?quate demand on that side of thc ocean, and which overstocked manufacturers t he io will be glad to get rid of on tho veiy slightest margin of profit. All these influ ences may operate lo brina: about the reac tion spoken of, unless proper prudence bc observed, and thus avoid a disastrously stag nating effect upon ail industries. Strange Discovoiios in tho Oil Regions. Tho oil territory has brought lo light many phenomenal wells. 1'iincipal ol these is perhaps ibo well near Millersburg, lintier County, which produces relined M lu minuting oil ready for tho lamp, and of ex cellent quality. This well known "hole" is not however, without an equal, isoiec mouths ago, us ?'J woll known, n patty ol operators from Titosvillo and ?t. Polers burg began operations in the newly disco v ired oil regions nf Trumbull County, Ohio. 'Th y Inve struck a win of petroleum of . character heretofore unknown in tho oil business, lt is lubricating eil of (he lined quality, and it conies from l?ie curt?) refilled and ready for u?o on tho fincsl mnchinory. This well is flowing livo btu reis of this oil per day, for which thc ope rotors have a ready salo at $10 t barrel. Ordinary oil, in the Pennsyl vu ni; regions, is now soiling at Btxly two cents r barro!. The (tact in which ibo phenomena well is localed is near West Mecca. Twc thousand acres have been leased at cnor mous p'ices by other speculators. Tin discovctois of this relined lubricating oil aro putting down other wells on Ibo land Among the saud rock taken from 'Tew ? Thurston's new oil well near the Stoic line al a depth of over 1?GOO feet, was thickly studded with sea .shells and bearing tin impressions of curious fishes. Four milei (Vom Clintonv?le, Venaiigo Cornily, a wei was sunk three months ago to Ibo depth o 000 feet. No oil, but a heavy vein of gas' was found. 'Tho owner of tho well at tempted to rcmovo tho casing. lt wp! raised a foot. Tho fresh water at tho to* of thc bolo rushed into tho space at (IK bottom. It was cr.iught by tho great gusl of gas and thrown 100 feet into thc air This natural fountain has been gush in;, at the rato of 2,000 boards of ioo cob water a day ever sinco with no iudicatiot that it will ever ocaso. [ / Vi ?sb lt rrj D!spa Ich Ono hundred thousand women alone; say Dr. llnudland, died in England in thc las twenty years, of cancer. In diseiissini upon this disease, tho samo authority nd vises, for tho>-e inclined to it, tho nvotdanc ol' moist d'imit?s, lt seonm that dampnet of ibo Dtmosphoro generates tho discaso an accelerates its progress. Thc Knights of Honor hnvo buriod 2 members of their order in Memphis sine tho present fever season began. Alni 20 members of families. They ha\ ?treated 158 persons, and cxpondod in a 1 $7,502 20. By No Means A Unit. Tlio Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken recently de livered an address beforo tho Niuety-Six Literary flub, in which ho took occasion to express h?3 opinions on politics and finance, tbe drift of w li ich is well expressed in tho following concluding paragraphs: "Hut upon all grout questions vital to this section of our Union, tho Democratic party is by no means a unit. Thc hard money Democrat of tho North, with his vaults well lined with government bonds, opposes the settlement of tho national debt, und demands that if it is settled, his louds, principal and interest, shall be paid in gold. The Northern Democrat, who lias invested his wealth in muiiufacturco, combats tho idea of free tracie or ol' even reducing tho tariff on manufactured articles. Tho De mocrat in tho North, who is receiving an nually 0 handsome income from his invest ments in national bunks, scouts tho idea of repealing the law establishing national ban bs. '.Thc Louishua Democrat, with his ontirO investments in a sugar plantation aud its appurtenances, advocates a protective tariff upon Cuban or other West India sugar. Yes, my friends, tho 8011th Carolina Demo crat, who has his money invested in n Kaolin factory or a rice plantation, asks tho government for protection from thc inferior clays of Kurope and the cheap rico of India and China. And Democrats every where, who accumulate wealth by discount ing the paper ol' unfortunate debtors, can sec no justice in levying n tax upon incomes. And yet our only friends throughout tho North ure Democrats, whether they bc hard money or 60ft money protective tariff or free trade, bondholders or day laborers; BO that you pee wc ol the South aro to-day, and have beeu since the war, between tho upper and nether millstone politically. How long such will coutiuuo 10 bc thc caso no one can toll." A SEVERE WINTER AHEAD.-Thc beads of the weather bureau havo been much puzzled by tho recent wet spell. Such a general and prolonged siege of hot weather in October has not been known since 1817. The scientists of thc Smith sonian nnd the weather prophets of tho "old probabilities" bureau have been discussing thc matter and have arrived at various opinions ns to the cause and effect of tho siege. Sumo of them believo that tho occultation of Venus to-day had moro or less effect on thc clement?. All ngrco pretty nearly, however, in tho belief that tho coming winter will bo a severo one. Not that it will be particularly cold, but more boisterous nnd diengreeablo than usual.- Washington Special to tho Courier Journal. A political murder at Ihe South, remarks thc Atlanta Constitution, is a deplorable affair, but it appears to us that tho assassi nation of a young girl by a pi escher, tho poisoning of a husband by his wife, tho murder of a wife by her husband,.the do liberate marriage of a brother and sister, and ?he, incestuous relations between father ond daughter, pro far moro Suggestive-far more degrading to civilisation-fjr moro indicativo 0;' a debauched condition of society. And yet all these crimes havo been committed in tho North during tho past ?cw weeks, nnd thc journals of n higher civilization do not comment upon them ?9 in nny way peculiar or ont of tho ordinary linc. A PLACE WITH A FIRE.-In a Con necticut disi rici school, a few (lay8 si nco, a little boy six years old was seen to whisper, but denied doing so when icpvovcd by tho teacher. lie was told to remain after school, when tho teacher, trying to impress uj.on his youthful mind the sinfulness of not spoking the truth, asked him if they did not (ell bim in tho Sunday school whore hid boys went who told falsehoods. Choking with sobs, he said, "Yes; it is a place where (hero is a lire, but I don't ro member thc name nf tho lowti." CHEAT INCREASE or WHISKEY.-With nil thc cllorts that have been mudo for sup pressing intemperance in tho usc of alco holic liquors, thc statistics show an alarm ing increase in tho production of thc dc slruellvo material. Some of it has boon store! in bonded warehouses for futuro use, bul there has hoon a largo increaso in tho amounts manufactured and imported, and also tn thc amount actually ?old for consump tion. Tho Dallington Av ies confirmo tho ropor? of tho marriage of Mr. Dcnttio'Woodham, aged 17, to Miss Sidon Smith, aged 12 years, both residing in thc Northwest part of that county. A peculiar type of discaso, moro directly affecting the throat, in many instr.noos defies tho skill of physicians in Barnwell County. Tho expenses of ihe recent term of court nt lCdgcfioldi were ns follows: PoJ of tho grand jury, 857.70; of the petit Jury, 8880; of constables, 898; of witu"iwsos OlSf?f total 81.018 70. Diphtheria is prevalent ot Oillisonville; Hampton County. Two childron died there Inst week from it and thcro aro scvo - ral other oases reported. Frogs aro inflationists, croakers and greenbaekcrs.