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BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1880. NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOV THEN BE FALSE TO ANV MAN VOL?MB XXXI.-NO. 34. An Evening Prayor, Now tho day is over, Night is drawing nigh, Shadows from tho cvoning Stoal aoross tho sky. Now tho darkness gathers, Stars begin to peep, Birds and beasts and flowers Soon will bo asleep. Jcaus, give tho weary Gal ni and sweet roposo, "With Thy tenderest blessiug May our oyolids close. Grant to little children Visious bright of Thoo; Guard the sailors tossing On thc deep bluo sou. Comfort every sufferer Wotohing lato in pain; Thoso who plan sonic evil From their sin restrain. Through tho long night watches, May Thine angels spread Their whito wi?gs abovo mo, Watching rouud my bcd. When the morning wakens, Thou may I nriso, Puro and fresh and siulcss In Thy holy oyes. Glory to tho Father, Glory to tho Son, And to Thee, blest Spirit, Whilst all ages run. Visit To Toccoa Falls. SENECA CITY, Juno 2Sth, 1S80. MESSRS. KDITOHS: In order to plcaso tho women, and, by thc way, I have lost all tho hair off thc top of my head in trying to please one, 1 am forced to attempt to write a description of an excursion whioh went from hero to Toccoa Palls on last Saturday. 1 am forced to do something I never did before, forced by a woman, a mystery. "Hut whou sho will she will, you may de poud on it, And when sho won't, she won't, and there's tho end of it." Tench Cox used to say "pf all thc fools in this world thc human family takes tho load," and I believe an old fool about women ought to bo pensioned, for if it was not for them some women would uot have any ono to "moko faces" at when they go to church, besides each other. Poor things! how I pity thom, but I om't help loving them. I reckon it is out of compas sion for them. Some folks haven't got scn60 enough to know they haven't got nny senso, but I, having lost my scalp-lock, know onough to die a trying to plcaso the dear orcatures. Dut I'll bo hung if I ever try to win ono of them again with poetry. A dish of pork and beans, bacon or cabbage, or a bott lo of pickles is far moro winning to tho women of thc period than lines. Wcli, I've got that much off my mind, and will begin by saying that on last Saturday morning our party, under tho command of Dr. II. and lady and "Aunt Fannio" boarded tho 0 o'clock train and with thc parting admonition of Alf. Thomp son to Jim McCool, to tako good oaro of tho children, wo shot away liko au arrow for tho falls and fun. At Westminster I had tho plcasuro of meeting Cousin Susie Shelor, who took tho train there for hor homo in Georgia. I ppent tho timo very pleasantly till wo ar rived nt Toocoo, watching for a ohanco to got in a word between tho volleys thnt were passing botween her and "Aunt Fannie." i8^'6 it wonderful how much two women ono tlnVik" of to talk about when thoy meet ?ono another< n?d WOro so when they get up to start hom 0 aftor ? visit to ono another. I olio mot ntToooo?? Mr. Jomes Cherry, n broker of Dr. Chorry, of ont placo, who had oomo book to sec bis brother and friends in South Carolina, after nn absonco of 40 years. Ho recognised mo by my likeness to my grandfather, Ooh Trimmier, nn old revolutionist, whom ho hti? known and loved in his carly lifo. The few v."01'119 tho moments permitted him to say to mo and thc grip ho gavo my hand as tho train moved off, amply repaid mo for my visit to Toccoa that day. When we got to the hotel, if wo hadn't been already in high Bpirits, "Cousin John's" oordinl wclcomo and hearty shako of tho hand would havo placed anyone at onso. Dr. H. suon mado arrangements with Fd. Cobb to oorry tho party in haokn to tho falls for a very reasonnblo price. Aftor going about a milo wo crossed thc Tocoon Creek, and kept orossing it so often that it seems us if it bad been so badly soared by its tumble ovor tho rocks abovo that it did not know whioh way to run. Wo soon arrived nt tho stopping placo for tho vchiolcs, somo two hundred yards bolow tho falls. Wo then proceeded on foot up tho creek, carrying baskets, boxes, babies, eco., till wo came suddenly in viow which tho fulls aud its eurrouudings proseiit I to thc astonished beholder. All that I could j say was, "Hurrah for Hampton!" and if that don't mean moro than auything else, I don't know tho English language. A fow moments wcro Bpcnt by tho party in exhausting tho vocabulary of words of admiration of this lovely spot, nod then tho youug "cusses" grabbed tho girls and started off to tho top of thc tnountaiu and left mo to toko caro of tho women and children. I got my fiddle and played "Sweet liyc-and-Byo," and was dolor minod to watoh my ohancc to get it before long, too. 1 was in hopes tho little ones would all go to sloop, but tho littlo diokenses, all but ono, who was too powerful little, only got wider nwako and tumbled into tho creek and liad a blamed sight moro fuu than I did, but I soon slipped off after tho party at tho Bummit. 1 at length got up some how or other, and after getting my breath saug "I'll hang in y harp ou a willow tree," though I didn't havo any idea of duiug such a thing. After awhile tho party carno down to tho baso of tho fulls, and danocd and courted und flirted and kicked up generally, making mc fiddle for them till thc lime came for din ner. Then I was astonished, as I ever am nt women, how they can put away so mauy tilings in a basket, and how they can think of so many good things and get them up for plo nies and weddings, ?te. After wc had done our best to diminish the inex haustible supply of solid substantials and delicacies and drank a cup of coffee which tho good Doctor had provided at a neighbor ing house, every one vied with each other in doing this, that and tho other iu unking eaoli other happy. Just after dinner we had a grand thun der storm, from which we took refuge in a shanty near by. Wc met here an artist from Atlanta, who is doing tho fulls and sur roundings, and anything clso which pre sents itself, and who remains about a month, During the storm ho took an umbrella ano rubbor coat and was briskly engaged ir. sonic work near tho falls. During thc morning bc was engaged in sketching, and the several portico who were standing 01 sitiing in (he neighborhood were transferred (o hii! book. Ono of our party, a young fellow who ulwnys manages to cut mo oui some girl came up with his bond de corated with ferns and flowers. Tho artist remarked, "You havo a beautiful head dress." It was a great relief lo mo to al once absolve to the artist, "This fellow1.' hoad hus just bloomed; in time, perhaps, il mny bear some fruit." And another little red-headed rascal, who had taken t la c fattest and finest looking lady in tho party and stuck to her all day, was sitting on 1 Iorgo rock for some time. I told him the artist hud talton tho picture of the lady as n shepherdess and her infant sou while they were sitting there. Afterwards duri np tho day tli0 boyr; frequently asked him if ho wasn't old enough to drink butter milk. Dut every one (00k the jokes, eco. in good humor and out of the many pit nies, etc., that I have been nt in my lifo J never saw as pleasant a ono. ? can't de scribe thc falls, and won't try to do KO, bul I say say God bless our party, from tlx oldest ono to thc little red headed baby who, I believe, wr.s tho happiest enc, il possible, of thc whole party. At 8 o'olook we left tho fulls with regrcl and stopped nt thc Garnet Springs on UK way back and bpcnt a few minutes in en - joying tho delicious water. If wo har had time wo would have been pleased ti have stayed tho remainder of tho nftcrnoor at this delightful place. Here thcro is t nice shed for dancing and croquet ground all in nico order. Wo arrived in Toccoa in duo limo ant spout tho afternoon in various ways every ono as suited them best. "Auni Fannie and J visited sotno relatives nix wcro shown around tho place by nnothoi cousin of hers, thc incomparable Glenn who is n wido nwako Georgia farmer, win drives a sulky plow on tho finest plnntntioi in ?7,nPor Georgia. Ho oxpecls to como ti I Seuccn ??hortly and tho ladies oro informel that ho isa Vood ontOM" Toocoa is a bea^'M P^oo. Thoy hnvi saved their Bhailo trees ??d planted 0 th ors I observed some very prot'v houses mu many flowors, a suro ovidenoo ol refinement Two parks nro being improved, ono ,Vv tlx railroad, tho other by the town. Thomelodj from a brass band was heard during thc timo wc remained. Toccoa is a wido awake placo. Tho peoplo arc united. They seorn to know each other nod aro trying tc make eaoh other happy. I wif>h I had spaco in your columns to dc justioo to Tocooa, to its improvements, \U clever peoplo, its visitero and its bcautifu' surroundings, but 1 haven't #ot tho space so I'll bid adieu to it with a God's blessing on "Cousin John" and tho wholo town. o'clock train, mid parted with friendships formed and friendships strengthened which time cannot affect, and willi tho hopo of again taking such another trip with a party who woro so kiud to caoh other, and to me, I nm thino forever and yours truly, li. P. S. Our Public School Systom and its Effects Upon Us. ?>pccc7i Delivered at /Soulh Cu ion on thc lSlh of June, by Wm. P. Calhoun, Esq. I have selected a subject upon which m noll has been said, both pro and con; but it is ono that is of great importando to us, siuco it is so woven in with our country's prosperity or decline. Much depends on it and consequently wo cannot bo loo fa miliar with it. One reason why I. havo selected this subject as a suitable theme to address you upon to-day is, that not long since. I was in a crowd of men and tho subject was brought up, mid L think that every ono professed ignornuoo about it and I my object to-day is lo endeavor to throw somo lieht on the subject, nt least ono side of it, and I will do as much as I can with it as tho limited time 1 havo to treat of it will permit. As I remarked above, our public school system, if it can bo called a system atoll, is of vital importanco to un as a people Knowledge is a good heritage, and you cannot leave your children a better logacy . lt is a legacy that no ono can bo deprived of, lind it is an investment, that pays good interest. Does tho system meet thc demands of thc times and aro your children under it receiving a sufficient logney? If they are, il is a good thing, if not, then wo should try to better the condition of things and give them n proper legacy. Hut, { however, 1 hope that you will bo boiler j able to judge of this matter before 1 got through. All I ask is that you give tho matter your consideration and weigh it for ! yourself. The publie school system has been in ur%o for some time in various coun tries. I nm not able just, now ty give j dates, but they aro immaterial since they do not affect u* here. It Inn been tried in various ways, willi moro or less succor's, with tho less predominating. It ?prang rather from communism than anything else and a desire to make education universel, Hint is, to extend it to nil clases of persons, especi ally, though, to tho poorev classes-to tboso I persons who were notable to educate their ? children. This, no doubt, may have been I thc primary object, and thc real lound ilion j of the public, or, tm it is sometimos called, thc freo school system (d' education; lind I take it in this light it ia a good idea. < 1er j man)', England, Scotland, Prance-all hnvo their public schools, and in Germany the attendance ia compulsory. It has been more or less sueoexsl'ul in all those countries under their various systems. Especially has it been successful in Scotland. It would bo useless for mo to undertake lo j explain t ho systems of other conn trie.-;. I We area peculiar peoplo in A.morion. We I think that wo eau do just as well, as wo ! havo done, and better too, on our own hook, as other nations. Wt! must have our way? about everything. So wo hnvo system ol' j publie schools, worked on what is known as j thc "American system," and I am sorry io say that with ?ll of our boasting ns to our inventive genius, wo havo not invented u ' suilioiont public sahool nov havo wo im I proved on tboso of any other country. Tho idea is to make ?ducation universal as possible, to teach all classes and conditions of porsons. To raise our standard, and to make tho masses as intelligent aa possible, to overcome superstition and ignorance; lo i m provo society and prevent crimo, wc have laws in this State purporting to regu late tho management and cenduot ot our public schools, but tho only part of them that ore enforced is tho collection of inad equate taxes for their support mid tho election and maintenance of tho officers required bj law to carry tho system into effect. The law requires that schools shall be kept open for nt least si:: months during each year. Now take lim schools through out tho State, and you will find tho'average time lo bo noircr three than six months, mid tho lnw still further provides, that ns soon as a system of publio nchools tue established, that thc altondanuo shall bo j compulsory, nod it still further provide? j (lint a normal fohool shall bo established, | within five years after tho adoption of our j present constitution, which shall bo open to all persons who may wish, to become ; teachers. These aro good provisions and i they oro of great importance in properly j conducting our schools. In fact, froo j publio schools oan not bo cari ?cd on sueeesj fully without them. Put when will wo j havo theso provisions passed? When-will I wo havo n perfect system of froo publio | schools? When will wo havo a normal j school? How can wo enforce tho compul ? flory clause? As tho matter nov?' stands j we will tiover have them. Tho publio is giving it too liitlo oonaidoratiou. lt is a j j dead issue as it now stands and I nm una- j bio to seo how it is lo bc rcsurfcolcd nod i plit in n healthy condition. Vou will finn a groa.', many who will join issue willi mo | in this DlKUor, and I ask them only to look j into it for themselves. They perhaps havo j only loo.'ccd al it, aa to tho temporal aid that they receive from it and not, nt it af. it affects Ibo State or their country. This subjoct has been, ns" I remarked in tho outsot, Variously disoussed both pro and eon, but never, it appears, satisfactorily. Thorn is no doubt but that it ono bo improved immensely, but whether it eau ever bo made lo meet Um contingencies of that time only ono or Kt\\\ answer definitely. Lotus peo how wo nvo (totting along with it. You may contend tlint our public system ?3 working an im mouse deal of good. That it suvos you 30 mucli money every year in tho way of tuition and that it ena bles somo of your neighbors to givo their children on education, or at least a part of one; but niuo chances ont of ton you never look farther. Thcro you stop and there is just where you should commence to think. You go thus far in tho dark. Now let us raiso tho curtain a little and sec what is ! behind tho scenes. Wc should not lot tho first glare from tho footlights blind us and i pronounce a farce an excellent tragedy. To mtike our schools successful wo must havo ; educated persons to toidi them und wo must pay them for theil" services promptly, OtherwibO you will uot bc able to retain thc ?c? vico? of competent teachers. Epom this : not paying tho teachers n living salary, from this dependency on the pittance from j tho public funds to keep our schools up, wc 1 have UOt that chiSS of men that wo should have nt tho head of our schools and as a conticquenoo thc School Commissioners havo to take such 09 present themselves and wc havo to make the bc?t possible shift wo can uador tho ?irou insta LOOS. Thou nguiu mon that oro perfectly ?bb to scud their chil dren to school Koreen themselves behind our so-called publio schools and keep their childrcu ot homo to grow up in oom para li vo ignorance, lt uot3, I suppose, as 0 balm to their consciences mid they go on appa rently satisfied with-yes, 1 muss say it tho positivo injury that they ave inflicting upon their children. .If nil thai does not spring from Mia Kystom of public schools v/hut decs it pp vi ng from? Allow ino herc to remar!; ly way of n side noto, that nooording to my ideas, beeiden thc training that n tcauhor should sec uro iii 11 normal r.ohool, 1 qualifications should ombvnoo Latin; Greek and German. Hov; often MOW II days flo yon Ibid men tonohing who cannot rend in teil igen fly or grammati cally? You tvfo dein;: your child n positive I injury by patronizing fluoh a man, and what i docs this ?piing from? Why l'rotn our cheap free Behool system. Yon may nov/ nek how ave we to attain this dogroo of efficiency? L answer, that wo cannot do 00 in a day, nov years. V?'o must i> y moro school tax, make thc attendance compulsory for a specified period and establish n normal cohool lo * training tone'icrs how to teach and wo wo will in part remedy it. Now let UH look nt tho six months clause, that wc ail know to be a failure, from tho simple fact that tho schools aro not kept open more (linn (hive mont im during thc year. No child nude.* thc sun can go to school I titree inoulhll out of tho year nod got an I education. Ho will bo more opt to advance j like a end? backwards. Mow oatt wo con ! tend that this in advantageous to us, or i rather docs it nob work to our detriment. lt han been remarked by como ono wt ?ting on this subject that, ''Tho dish (rom which all ave to f-.up may be vide, but it cannot bo deep." Th': troubla with un now is that our public school (fish is too wide, without sufficient depth. It would cost a great deal of money to deepen this dish, and L fear ike .'-'tate will never undertake it. A tea ebor, I contend, cannot teach moro than forty pupils will, if that is not too many, but under tho present, system he has to toko all that apply and ho must necessarily feed them from a shallow dish, never mind bow great his own mental powers. A man is bul a man and he is ahlo to accomplish d itly just so much a:id nc mere, and wo Cilght not lo blame aman when ho is over tasked for about tlirco months out of tho year, for fcodiu? his pupils from a fdiullow dish. Another requirement of the law is, that tho schools ho kept open six hours daily, it had better required half that time nod put proper men or rather compe tent men at the hoad of thc schools. I do not desire you to understand mo as con demning unconditionally our public school system, but ou the contrary, ? believe that when properly conducted that great results may bo accomplished. But what I nm condemning is tho workings of it as wc now havo it among us in South Carolina. Neither do T intend to nor cnn I censure our school officials for tho manner in which the system is managed.1 They do tho best they can with thc material in store. Thc incumbent, Mr. Hugh hi. Thompson, ?n porintoudout ot Lducation, has (?one much lo put things in a proper working order. Thcro has been a great improvement since IS70, at which lime tho StotO was rescued from tho band of plunderers that had charge ol' it, and wc may still hope that tho itu .proyemenf will continue. Let un come right homo now and sen hov/ it in with ourselves. As you nil know i have boen teaching near hore for two and a hall years and consequently I havo lind a chance to mako romo observations. You have hero nt .South Union, ns wo havo In Pair Play, a largo number of childron. .Loth places may bc denominated good localities for schools, and besides, (ho people uro os aldo to educate these children ns anywhere eise in the county, and Ihey appear to np? prooiajo tho necessity of educating them, and they do perhaps veooivo more attention than nny Others. I tell you, though, candid ly, thal I believe if it was ..ot for tho pub lic money, laking it Upon tho whulo, the rising generation would receive an education fifty per cent better than it ls with it. Men who tuc ab!c to educate their chil dren will ask yon, as soon as you mention suhoul to thom, "When docs the publie money sot in, when will it stop" and they will pa trou i zo tito school so long as tho piti ful sum is boiug paid by tho County. They seem lo looso sight of tho fact that it is not tho publio moura that they should con sider, but tho wclfnro of the child, you will .... : limb! when I > children aro receiving anything like n thor ough education. During tho time thc pub lic schools aro open tho schools uro lull and everything looks ohecry, but ns soon ns thoy oloso whore aro we? You nil know this, und Lam only wasting your timo re peating it. Over two thirds of our nohools oloso after tho threo months publio term to remain closed for niuo mouths, Is this not progressing 1 i ?co that inevitable crab backwards? Thin is certainly u reversed order of things. It should read opon niuo months and closed three. Tito amount paid per.capita by lliojcounty will not ave rage two dollars, aud this samo two dollars is causing many u ohild to grow Up in com parative Ignorance When 1 ROO tho evils of tho public system ?f education booming up before mo daily, and when I have been dealing with it in this State and Georgi:? for nearly four years, can you ask mo to praiso it, and any that it is a good thing? Onu you ask mo to pander lo public senti mont? lt t Ii is people would only re?oive tho publio funds ns au n:d, ?iud not depend upon it to oducutu their children, thou I would say that as far as it. went it w:;s good, but right hero is tho trouble and right hero is whore tho mischief is done, un I have before shown you. lt is loo much depend ed upon. Wo can look upon it. ouiy tn an aid and in no other light, lt ii? tin effort by tho S tat? to or?ate a stimulas for tho advancement of her educational interests. Call it by any name you ohooso and you can mako nothing move out of it. Wo should appreciate thc nih.rt. We should nil love our country, and we should rejoice in it i prosperity. I want to soe it grow in rofiuo incnt, religion and murula. The essential \ prop to this i.* education, Hosidcswc ..vant j a good healthy government, nod th : prop of thi:? ?ducation. Wo want to ovcroomo ! superstition and ignorance, omi we want to freo our land of ?rmio and tho way to nc cotnpliah thin is through oducniion. The cry m wo must have farmers to represent u i. Then'r hc should be, too, then tho farmers must bo educated. Thocourdy noctis ?;i' tho intelligence that it cnn get and wo need it among no oth?r mon as much as the far mers, since thoy arc tho hone and sinew of thc country. Thoy aro thc ones that ave suffering most, from our free or publio school system. 1 want thom fully ta appreciate this fact, that it may arouse them properly to their duty, for from thc people munt oomo tho improvement in the fy st om. This is a Dom eera tiecountry mid nil laws come from thom. They nre tho ones to raise tho 1 cry of dissatisfaction or approval, and when public sentimont once flows in tho smie ?ti roe. I ?on, it sweeps everything before if. Von may havo ns many Superintendents of Education, ns you please, bat they aro powerless without tho aid and cooperation of tho people. I f I have appeared harsh to day or if I have appeared a little ethe rial, or if 1 have placed too high n ntan-f dard on educational matter.;, nt least high or than you think it is in our power to reach, ascribe it to n der-ire on my patt to seo our old Stato improved-to Fee individual man raised far beyond tho level cf tho bruto creation-to create a desire ntnoog us lo keep toiling onward and upward to get you to look nt this public Behool system in its proper light to benefit these children, for they arc the open that are suffering from it. Now I beg every ene here to day to think less of tho few dollars expended in thc education of their children, aral to think more cf tho amount of their rcnl advance ment. Lay rifrido the idea that the public i sohool system is c?lioicr.?. enough alone to f.;?7o your children a proper education. Dut in the meanwhile diseurs Iiis nu bj cet among yourselves, and try lo mako every ono understand that if, is ineOiciont na it now stands to,support iii tho true son? ; of thc word freo schools. Our public school:"? arc generally culled free schools, but this isa misnomer. In conclusion allow mo to stato that I have not gono into pauses aud cfl'eets. My limo would not potluit me to do so, but I havo only jotted donna few foots which may servo ns grounds for thought. Let us hopo that thc system will continue to bo improved and that in tho near future wo wiil havo a perfect system of free schools that every 'South Carolinian will bo fi rond of. ATIX.I:A??APOI.??:, .Inly L--Tho 'miler of (liq Lake miiltiot?nl?ft pleasure steamer Mary ? plod ed With terriblei oflocl at6.2? A'. Al, to-day ai. tho Hotel Si. Louis white tho steamer was on the way to WaysoaJa to take on board rt hundred excursionists* The. three mon wor.o killed and fivo wpunijod. Tho steam or was completely wrecked. This is tho third boiler of the same manufacturo which has exploded ort the lake within three years. - - - . -. . Tho only propor thing to do willi n llOtSt that has thu 'glanders is to shoot him. Ho lie can't bo cored, aud ho i! oimstnntly spreading the disonso hmong hone?, and even men. In some countries it is uhlnw* fui to.d?lvo a gl a nd or cd horse. - - .?????.-? tlc W-ia informell that n lady Ipili eagled foseo him in his'tlbschco. "A lady," no mused aloud, "a lady." Upon an ?nco uro to description ho suddenly brigit fop od up an?l added, "Oh, dot vas no I ad Vt dot van my vi fe." "If I havo ever used nny unkind words, Unnnnh," raid Mr. Smiley Y< llectively, "I ttdco thom nil buok." "Yes, 1 supposo ypu .t to &?!atr<?i*m Adopted hy thc Na? l?O?BaR < '(M'S vc ni ??KBB o?' thc AftcBuecratic Parity^ ?Fu?e asid, 1880. Tho Democrats of tho Unitod States ia Convention aSSOtrtblod declare: First, Wo pledge ourselves anew to tho Constitutional doctrinos und traditions of tho Democratic party us illustrated hy tho ? teachingUnd exam plo of a long linc of Dcm I oorntio statesmen and patriots and embodied in the platform of tho last National Conven tion of tho party. Second. Opposition to centralization and to that dangerous spirit of onroachmont which tonds tn consolidate thc powers of all depart ment' in ono, and thus create, whatever bo the form of govct ninotit, a real despotism: no sumptuary laws: separation of Chu roh und State for t'ne good of each; common Si li . du fostered and protected. Third. Homo rule, honest ninney, strict maintenance of public faith; a currency con sisting of gold and silver and paper convert-* ?hie into "coin on demand, und tariff for revenue only. fourth. Subordination of military to civil power, and goner al and thorough reform of civil sorvico Fifth, Tho right to free ballot is tho right preservative of all rights, and must and phall bo maintained in every part of the United Staten. Sixth. The existing Administration is tho representative cf a conspiracy only, nnd its claim of right to surround tho ballot boxes with troops and dopuly marshals to intimir d ite and obstruct elections, ami thc unpre cedented use o? thc veto to maintain its Corrupt und do?polio power, insults thc pcoplo an 1 imporila their institutions. Seventh. Tho great fraud of 1S70-77, by which, upon il falso count of the electoral v. :o.. t f two Viales n candidate defoatcd at t!: ] ' ll . v.leclnrod lo V-A President, and , . tho flrsl timo in American hielo?y tho will of tho pcoplo wno sot asido under n thront of military violence, struck a deadly blow at our system of representativo govern-? mont. Tho Democratic party co preserve tho country from civil war submitted for the timo in thc firm and patriotic faith that tho pcoplo would punish this oriino in 1880. This issuo precedes and dwarfs every other. It imposes a mure sacred duty upon thc people of tho Union than ever addressed thc conscience of a nation of freemen. Eighth. We execrate thc cause of this Ad ministration in making place* in tho civil service a reward for political crime, and do main! reform by n statute which shu!! mako it forever impossible for a defeated candidato to bribe his way to tho seat of a usurper by billeting villains opon thc people [This was read again in responso to do mnnds, and was received v.ith npplau?o,] Ninth. Tho resolution ol' Samuel J. Tilden not again to ho a candidato for tho exalted plftCO to which he was elected by a majority <?f his countrymen and which ho was ex clu.Iel by the leaders of tho Kopublioan party, is received by tho Democrats of tho United States with sensibility, and thoy de clare their confidence in his wisdom, patriot! ism ao l integrity unshaken l y tho assaults of a common enemy, and they further assuro him that he is followed into tho retirement li o has chosen for himself by the sympathy and rcspoot of his follow citizens, who rogard him r i or.e who hy elevating too standards of public morality and adorning and purify in", tho, public service, merits tho lasting grntitudo of his country and his party. Tenth. Froo chips and a living chanco for American oommorco on tho seas, and on lund no discrimination in favor of transpor? tation lines, corporations or monopolios. Eleventh. Tho amendment of tho Burlie* gamo Treaty. No mere Chinese immigration except for travel, education and foreign ooma morco, and carefully gnarled. Twelfth. Public money, publio crodit for publie, purposes .solely, and public laud for actual settlors;. Thirteenth. Thc Democratic party is tho frier.,'} of labor and tho laboring man, and pledges itself to protect him nliko against cormorants and tho commune. , Fourteenth. We congratulate tho country upon thc honosty and thrift of tho Demo cratic Congress, which has roduccd public expenditures forty tn ill ions n year, upon tho nutation of prosperity at home and Na tional honor abi e ad, and nbovo all, upon tho promise of stioh chango in thc administration of tho government ns shall insure us genuino and lasting reform in every department of thc publio eorvko. A Il illi)mm on tho'/ebra: "Phat khui ol'a basto is thal.-tito mulo wid \\U ribs on tho outside of his skin onloiny r Philadelphia clergymen stato that thc commandment against swearing wits gotten up boforo croquet was invented. A wife should preserve tho hont.<. ol 'her husband's ?mmo^for (Vre.nen ly (bat is all he has over jgtVon her worth mentioning. Plant hr;,' ihx for the production of linseed oil and lint is proposed IO he lia;d near San Antonio, Teva.-, where (lax .grpws wild. Sixty-three thousand people are in 'Russian prisons. Those who are out of orison aro hogin .un;1; to r? <{ai tl .ni: rh es. a^ _ ..