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BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 187?. VOLUME XIV._NO. 52.
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ii States Courts, Ollice in tho Judge
of Probate's O?lieu.
November <?. 1870 fi l-l y
J. ll. PITCHFORD,
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CLAYTON, C3-Sb.,
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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.
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invited. Will practico in nil tho (Jouit!) ol
the State.
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A TT O V YS A T L A W A NI)
Solicitors in ISquity,
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ftightli Judicial Ci rouit und in tho United
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O' '<?ontided tn thom in the State,County, and
United Slates Courts.
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? 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.