Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, March 17, 1881, Image 2

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rftej>?o%v|SK cpuit ititi, .. . "fy<?l^^i??. Wi? O. THURSDAY7, MAROU 17, 1881. . Mp* For ?ubteriptton, $1.60 /><T annum, ttrictlyiix advance; for ?ix month?, 16 ceri is. . MF*' AdHrtitcmentt inter ted at on? dollar ver .altar? of on? inch Or le??'for th? firtt in ter (ion and fifty cents for each (Subsequent imtrtion. " 'NT Obituary Notice? exceeding fla? Unes 2W6K&?I of Respect, Communications ?f a -per tonal character,'when admissable, and Anhounet m?nt? of Candidate? will b? charged for a? advtr iMmertt.. j MT Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed 'WeW Hee?uity compels ns to adntr? ?tricily ie th? requirements of Cash Payment?. Farming. Tho heathen mythology abounds in in structive fables and Among them now is moro ouggostivo than that of the Qed Atlas, who ie represented ne doomed to support the heaven on bis head and bands. The farmers are the Atlas of tbts age, for thoy truly bear up the earth and all ita avocations by tho labor of their hoad and hands. Tho return ing Beatons call for more aotive exertions, bat tbero is no timo when they oan afford to bo idle. If they by negleot or delay should los? one orop, famine, desolation and death would faso every avocation and profession. When the planting season oomes they cannot delay, for the dolay of the wholo body of farmers works this great calamity, and the delay of one means to him tho loss of ono yoar of his wholo lifo, which no man can repair. To no pursuit is idlenoss and nogleot moro injurious. To no pursuit is promptness and industry more bono&oial. In this avooation a stitch in time'saves moro than nino, but vre aro torry to boliovo that as a rule fow realise or praotioo this caution in its literal torres. The cry is abroad in tho land that farming does not pay, and yet when our foroparonts were driven from Eden the curse was pro nounced, in the sweat of thy brow shalt thou est thy bread all tho days of thy lifo, with the promise that tho seasons should not fail. The institution is Heaven appointed and will pay and bas paid from thc beginning of timo. Why, tbon, do wo hear tho complaints that farming is unprofitable? Thoro aro many answers to this quoBtion and among them tho first lies with tho farmors themselves in failing to dovoto their wholo time to their bu* einess.. Tho farmors, as a general rulo, aro the only avooation or profession who fool that their timo is their own and that they can at any timo leavo thoir work at their will. The seasons aro fixed and if they fail to em ploy precious moments to their orops tho consequenao is a failuro of tho orop. lu tho preparation of tho soil, thc planting and ' tillage of tho crop thoroughly and in propor fertilisation, rests thc success of farming propor, Noxt to this rests on the farmor tho importance of diversifying thoir industries. By this wo' do not moan thoy should grow or attempt to grow everything without ros gard to soil or climate, but that tho farmer should grow whatever ho needs so far as their requisites exist. Whoro is thoro a richer and moro prosperous section than tho North West, whiob is a purely farming comm uni ty? They annually exhaust a largo portion of tho profits of our community in tho purchase by oe of baooD, corn and flour, which we can . grow as woll as they or botter. Do not our farmors also buy thoir mulos and horses from abroad, which thoy should grow for sale? Who supports tho lawyers of tho country directly or indirectly? Who supports tho doctors of the country in tho samo way? The farmors. Who supports and enriches tho liquor sollors otad tho m o rob an ts. Tho farmers: They always have money to law out a fancied griovanco or to pay tho doctor for a bloody novo or broken hoad duo to liquor bought with monoy from tho farmor. Thoy never want for monoy to purohaso gim cracks, jo wolry and finery from tho farm, enriohiog tho merchant in tho purohaso of articles not ueoessary to comfort or neat ap pearance. Who supports the numberless avooatlons which aro now pro do cor s in tho proper sense of tho term? Why multiply words, when all admit that tho farmor builds the oitl.es and palaces of tho earth, whitens Oar seas with tho commorco of nations and feeds and supports all. It is truo offences will como and lawyers are a necessity. Sickness will arise and wo can't dispenso with dlctors. Wo oan't grow tea, coffoo, sugar, salt, ito, and merchants benefit tho country. Lot, however, every man regulate his conduct aright; buy only what his family needs or bis means justify, and tho farmers will soon bo tho richest aa they 1.1 ways have been thc most independent of our citizens. Tho farmors have monoy to do all theso :>Vthings and yet generally they work not above six months in tho year, whilo tho law yer, doctor, manufacturer, merchant, ito. ore engaged from early morn to dowy evo through every yoar. Thoy can have no leis aro. The Ko o wo o Courier as a Home Paper-How it is Appreciated Abroad. We take the liberty of makibg tho following extraet from a private letter received by ono of | the editors of this paper from a subscriber, for merly a resident and native of this county, but now ,living in Georgia, which shows the high esteem in which tho KEOWRB COUIUKR is hold abroad. Tho writer says: "I got the Conn i KU regularly every week and I need not tell you that ii ia rooeived gladly and read eagerly. People may talk of cheap Now York papers and cheaper papers published abroad containing more general Information, kc, but there is nothing like a paper published at homo. It may not contain all tho telegraphic despatches and the very latest news, but still it ls the home paper, containing all tho local news of the county, and no paper from anywhero else can take Its placo. I would not bo without the CovniBA's weekly visits for three times its sub scription price. You publish a good papor and' deserve a liberal patronage." Four hundred dollars is the price of a liquor JiosDM at Hampton C. IL fagfgj-J-JLiflL-l.^ UL-i-U?S*! Court. Court nt Walhalla mei on Monday ' at IO o'olook A. MM Judge Kershaw presiding. After the grand Jury were eworn his Honor oharged them aa to their duttea in olear and forcible language. They are to serre a year and their dulles are two fold and tho faithful dlsoharge of them are of importance to th? welfare of the whole people. Their first duty ls to take obarge of all billa handed to them by the Solloltor, ex amine suoh witnesses as sr? sworn In open court in their presence a?d to find a (ruo bill in caso they, are satisfied from the. ovldenco . that the State bas made out a prima faoio' ease. They are not to try tb? caso and need only examine Witnesses to that extent,-but to hear all the witnesses before returning no bill. Twelve of the panel must agree before a.bill ?sn be found. Their prlnolpal business is that of general supervisors of county offices, publio roads, publio buildings, the poor house, &o. Those various duties wore explained and the impor tance of attention to thom carefully pointed out. His Honor then alluded to late changes in the criminal law, and referred to the following Acts for tbe information of all, though no ignoraneo of the law oan excuse a man for crime: Tho Aol s against adultery, for in ticing away laborers, carrying concealed weapons, against dueling and the liquor lloense were read or explained, their importance pointed out and the duly of all to obey them impressively stated. We havo no time this week to notloo fully tho excellent charge of bia Honor. We may refer moro fully to some points of tho ohargo In a future issuo. The Court of Sessions adjournod on Wednes day morning aftor disposing of several oases of minor importance. Tho following cases wore tried: The State VS. Sloan Oglesby, colored, found guilty of burglary. Sentenced to imprisonment ia tho penitentiary for ono year. The Stato vs. Klchard Holster, carrying con cealed weapons. Plea of guilty. Sentenced to pay a fino of five dollars. The Stato vs. Crosar Keels, colored, and Milly Smith, white, living togthor in adultery. Guilty. Sontonccd to twclvo months in tho county jail. Tho Stato va. Jim Delaney, colored, abduction and defiouring. Guilty. Sentenced to im prisonment al bard labor in tho pouitenliary for five .years. Tho Stato vs. Luorclia Cain, Julia Simmons, Ann Simmons and Jim Delaney, administering noxious drugs with criminal intent. Verdict of not gullly as to Ann Simmons. Guilty as to Lucretia Cain and sentenced to two years in tho penitentiary and a fino of fifty dollars. Guilty aa to Julia Simmons and sentenced to ono year in tho penitentiary. Guilty as to Jim Delaney and sontcuocd to two years in tho pouitenliary. Tho Stato vs. Jim Delaney, fornication, con tinued. Mr. H. G. Scudday, of Auderson, has efficient ly performed thc dui ?os of tho office of Solicitor, in tho necessary absence of Solicitor Cothran. Wo notioo also tho presence of Mr. M. P. Ansel, of Greenville. Assassination of the Czar. KILLED WHILE RETURNING FROM A REVIEW AT TUB Mien KI, PALACE. LONDON, March 13.-A dospoich from St. Petersburg to Router's Telegram Company Bays: "Aa tho Emperor wa? returniug from ci parado in the Michael Manogo, at about 2 o'olook this (Sunday) aftornoon, a bomb was thrown which oxploded under tho Czar's car-? riago, which was considerably damaged. The Czar alighted unhurt, but a second bomb exploded at his feot, shattering both legs hoi low tho knee, and inflicting other terriblo injuries. Tho Czar waa immediately con voyed in an unnconscious state to tho Winter Palace, whoro he died at 4.30, this afternoon. Two porsons woro concerned in the crime, one jf who was seized immediately. Tho explosion ilsa killed an officer and two Cossacks. Many policcmon and other porsons wero in jured. " "Tho imperial ourringo was attacked on the Ekatorinofsky Canal, opposito tho impe rial stables, whilo tho Emporor was rot urning with tho Grand Duko Michel from tho Michel's palace in a closed carriage, escorted by eight Cossacks. Tho first bomb fell near tho car riage, destroying tho back part of it. Tho Czar and his brother alighted uninjured. Tho assassin, on being ecized by a Colonel of police, drow a rovolvor, but was prevent ed from firing it. Tho second bomb was thon thrown by another porson, and fell oloso to tho Czar's foot, ita oxplosion shutter ing both his legs. Tho Czar fell, ciying for holp. Col. Dorjihky, though himself much injured, raised tho Emperor, who was con-* veyed to tho Winter Palaco in Cul. Dorjibky's sleigh. Largo crowds assomblod before tho palace, but woro kept back hy a troop of Cossacks. Tho imperial family woro all assembled at tho death hod. The Council of Stato was immediatoly convened. All places of public resort are closed. ST. PETERS JIU KO, March 13.-Tho Official Messenger makes tho following announco' ment: "God's will has been done. At 3.25 o'olook this (Sunday) afternoon tho Almighty called the Emporor to himself. A fow min?? utos befuro bis death tho Emporor receivod tho saorament." COLOGNE, Maroh 13.- Tho Gazelle's St. Petersburg despatch says: "Tho two assassins of tho Czar woro immediatoly nrrostod. Tho glasses of the gas lamps in tho Michael gar" don, besido tho canal, wero brokad in pieces by tho oonoussion of tho oxplosion. A corr don of guards was drawn around tho sceno Of tho murder. Tho strcots aro densely thronged with excited crowds. The utmost sympathy for tho imperial family is ovoryn where expressed. Tho bolls of tho principal churches are tolling." HOME, March 13.-In consequence of the death of tho Czar, Premier Cairoli has postponed* his reception until Monday. VIENNA, March 13.-Tho Emporor Franois Joseph roeeived the first nows of tho Czar's murder whioh reached Vienna. Ho imme diately sont messages of condolence to tho Czarevitch and tho imperial family. LONOON, March H.-The Standard's St. Petersburg correspondent telegraphs that tho Czar's right leg was nearly torn from his body, and his loft leg was badly shattered. A Cossack and a pasROr by were ki Hod on tho spot. Tho Grand Duko Miohaol was wounded. An officer of tho escort and a Cossack havo nineo died. Tho Czar lingered an hour and a half. All efforts tb rally him failed. Tho only word ho uttered aftor being struok was tho name of the Czarevitch. Tho latter, on leaving tho palaco aftor tho death of tho 1 1 .r ' 1 L I" J111!'.! ' '1 .' 'J'U! j'jild Czar, waa bailed ai emperor' by tho crowd. Ile Waa surrounded, contrary to bia custom, bj. a strong mounted sacor t. tbe poo plo are inteneoly excited "nd Indignant. The sol diory, who greatly loved the Cia* are furious. All of the officials hastened to the palaoe to inquire as to the condition of the Csar. Telegrams announcing the death were sent to all foreign courts, and to every patt of tho empire. It is Said that the bombs were made oi tbiok glass, filled with nitro glyc?rine. Tho assassins/stood on .opposite sido.s of the road. The carriage was moving fast, and tho first sholl struok the ground bohind it, and the? baokofthe oarringe' was blown out. The coachman implored the Csar to enter tho carriage again, but he moved a fow pnces from tho oarriago to see to the wounded of his escort. The assassin who threw tho first bomb tried to point a revolver at the Czar, but the pistol was struok from his hand. Tho Czar soomed to recover oonsiouauoss boforo his death, as he motioned away tho dootore, who wished to amp?talo his legs. Tho Czarevitch and Czarevooo drove to their pal lico after tho death, amid the sympathizing or?es of the people. A company of guards surround the pulaoe. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and tho Grand Duke Aloxie havo loft Lono^u for St. Petersburg. WASHINGTON, Maroh 13.- Tho State De partment recoived information from Minister Foster at St. Petersburg and from Minister White at Berlin of tho assassination of tho Czar. On receipt of tho nows Secre tary Blaino oablcd tho following; Foster, American Minister; St. Petersburg-* Express to Minister of Foreign Affairs tho sentiments of sorrow with which the Presi dent and tho people of the United States have heard of tho terrible crime of which tho Emperor has boon tho victim, and their pro found sympathy with tho imperial fumily and tho Russian peoplo in their groat affliction. BLAINE, Secretary. Grand Jury Presentment-March Term, 1881. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,* Counts' of Ocouee. WALHALLA, S. C., Maroh 15, 1881. To the Honorable J. B. Kershaw, Judge Presiding in the Eighth Judicial Circuit, Oconcc County, 8. O, Wo, tho grand jury, respectfully report to your Honor: That wo havo by special committees examined all the public offices of thc county and find them well '<ept and in good order. Tho County jail wo (ind is unsafo by reason of one or two of the iron bars of Hie windows therein being nearly sawed apart and a gonoral repairing in oilier respects being needed. We have visited tho Poor House and find thc farm in its usual condition. Tho dwelling of thc Steward needs some repairs to mako it com fortable and the fence around the yard of tho saino needs fixing up; tho bara of tho same is also needing BODIC repairs. We also report that Joo Gibson, (colored,) and Jane Andrews, (white.) are living together in fornication acoording lo information given us, and that Thomas Mauldin, Wm. Childers, ".'hos. dragan, Dick Leo and Monroe Scott aro ma terial witnesses to prove thc same. Andrew Hyatt, (colored,) mid Sallio Moss, (while,) are also living together in fornication, and Jack Keith and Christopher YouLolic aro material witnesses to provo thc same. These offences are becoming too common in our midst and wc recommend a vigorous pros eoiition of the sumo in order to suppress tho disgraceful practico. Wo desiro to commend in thia report thc County Commissioners of this county for thc efficient, economical and prompt manner in which they have performed their duty in build ing thc county fence provided for by tho last Legislature, under thc many difficulties with which they wero met. Wo desire al?o to return thanks to the Presid ing Judge and the Solicitor for the kindness and assistance nt the present term of tho court ex tended to us. JOHN T. DANIEL, Foreman. A New View of Drunkenness in the Winedrinking Countries. Of tho Northern Continental Staten be sides Germany, Belgium and Holland have romovod all restrictions upon tho trudie ic alcoholic drinks. The bad consequences it both countries havo becomo so orident tba in Holland a law is recommended which do clares drunkenness a crime. In Belgium th consumption of ale >hol nineo 1840 has in creased from 18 to 43 millions of francs, nm in tho industrial counties thoro is om dram shop for every six or seven persons Thus in Belgium, tho working classes spent botweon 50 nnd CO millions of francs fe alcohol. Tho samo ovil has manifested it se in Germany. Tho free city of Bremen i 1803 abolished its licenso law. Tho nombi of dram simpa instantly roso from 512 to 72! nnd in 1867 to 829, for whioh reason tl Sonata mndo a motion for tho reintroduotic of tho lioonso law. When, in 1869, tho no law of tho North dorman Confederation di ponsed with tho proof of tho necessity of dram shop for a villago or a town or a sire of a largo city, within two years tba numb of dram shops in Germany grew frow 116 811 to 129,072, or 12.261. From Ootobor 1869, to January 1, 1877, tho numbor of ini rose from 42,612 to 69,305, or 44 por cen and that of tho drinking saloons from 62 612 to 69,305, or ll per cent. In 1869 t por centago of inns and dram shops to t numbor of inhabitada was 46.75 to 100,0 inhabitants, but in 1877 it had risen to 55.8 Tho same enormous inoroaflO manifested i soif all ovor Gormany. so that tho Roichstn in its sitting of July 23, 1879, mndo thc censo of a dram shop and of an inn in tow or villages of loss than 1,500 inhabitants ct ditional on the necessity for thom. Prior granting such a lioonso the polico and to< authorities aro asked for their opinion, whit in oaso of a negative answer, is nevor ovi ruled by tho Seorotary of tho Intoner. Tl reduction of the numbor of dram sho however, is not at all sufficient to suppr drunkenness. The smallor numbor of dru ?hg places'has nttractod a larger number guests, who enjoy themselves bettor in groat crowd and in rooms comfortably heal and botter kopt,- Thc Nation. i ; !;?>;* if ? ?. ? ?ii?>niiwi:'i.;;Y?^f;Nriin ta ???**? just Like a Mule. Tho Savannah Ne io s ia DOS muoh glvon to ?eosatioo of improbable stories, but tho following from that popor, a fow dnys baok, puts it prominently forward os an enterprising ehoot: We loamed yesterday of aa amusing iaoidODt which OOOUrad on a rice planta tion ucur tho city, owned by OOO of our proiuincut oitizons On going to his plan tation a day or two siuoo, the gontlo.cuan was mot by one of his colored hands, who informed him that a lino molo had fulton in a ditch and couldn't bo gotten out, having broken his fore log. Tho darkey stated that it was necessary to kill the animal to relieve him from misery, and asked permis sion to shoot him. Tho plautor, who is ? very humano gentleman, deprecated such a proceeding, and instructed thut additional efforts bo made to get tho mule out, and placo him on some straw to mttke tho pror oroature as comfortable as possible. This was tried, but to no purpose Tho poor animal's foro leg was in tho holo, and ap paraotly badly brokoo, so ono of tho odored men started to tho house for the gun, intending to shoot him. Just about the time tho. cxeoutionor readied the ?pot whero the poor mulo was lying,. tho old darkey, whose duty it was to seo tho stook fed, song out in stentorian tones, ''twelve o'clook-feed your mules." To tho amaze ment of all, tho mute, whoso leg wua juppoaodto bo broken, pioked up his long ears, mado n lungo, got on his foet nod trotted off lively for tho stable A few minutes more and ho would have been a icad mule-and would have paid tho penalty with his lifo. This is an aotuul jcourcnoo, aud seores another point to tho ji edit of tho sagacity of that much abused mimal. When ho foll in tho ditch, ilthough unhurt, ho concluded to remain :hcro until feeding timo. NEWS FROM HOME.-Tho National Ile* publican, bad Rad., says: "A well-known South Carolinian, who has just arrived in his oity, reports that General Garfield's oaugural address is already bearing good 'ruit in this State. Ho says it is a commun bing to hear leading Dem?crata dcoluro hat ballot-box stuffing and election frauds generally must not oguin bo practiced, ns .hey have been admonished by Northern Democratic managers that such nets of awlessncBS aro moro than thc party North ian stand and hopo to survive. But tho South Carolina Dcmooraoy huvo resolved ipon a ucw departure, henceforth they viii indorse n certain class of Republicans br thu lending Federal positions, with tho lopo thut such olliei ils will exert their uflueoco toward dividing tho oolored vote, hus increasing the strength of thc Dcmoo aoy in local and Stato cleotiuns. A runn ier of chronic office-holders from tho Palmetto Stato ure* now in this oily with ? ipplications for Federal positions, which nro ndorsod hy leading Democratic politicians, Senators Hampton and Butler included, j nd tho President, in heeding such in luences, will bo lending his aid to a chemo whioh is designed ta mislead nany cf tho Republican masses in that ItotO." HORRIRLE HEROISM IN TEXAS.-A lorri hie story is reported from Dullr.s, Tex is?. George Arnold was bitten by u mad log a year ago, and though ho took every >reoaution to extirpate the virus, has ever ince been haunted hy tho belief thut ho vus fated to dio of hydrophahia. Ho had i wife and several small children living on in isolated farm, and he feared that he night suddenly lose his reason and harm lis littlo Imbi s Not long since he hud ii range feedings that, convinced him that lia time hud como. Ho procured a truce ?hain and II strong lock, and fastened him? idf securely lo a tree in thc woods, llirow ng the key nway, out of his roach, lie previously wrote un affectionate letter to Iiis wife, telling her what he was about to io, and that bc prefered to dio whero he lould injure no uno. Two days after his [lend body was found still chained lo the tree. Thoro was all thc evidence necessary to show thc horrible death from hydropho bia. The ground was torn up to thc full 1 length of thc chain, tho nails of the fingers vvrenohed off und all the front teeth out in scratching and biting tho tree, and every thread of clothing off the body. Thc body was dreadfully lacerated with these, the only weapons tho mud mun could usc. Ho had judged rightly what wcud have boen tho ounsequonoo hud ho remained at home, nnd, knowing that thoro was no hu man skill that could hove cured him, pro fercd death alone, aud in that way, to doing harm to those so near and dear to him os a wife or child. Arnold was originally fretn Talladega, Ala., where ho married, and whero his widow has many friends and relatives. ORANGEBURG, Mardi 14 -On Friday, while tho daughter of a while man named Cunningham was going to visit a neighbor a milo distant, with her littlo sister, she was violently assaulted by a negro who had fol lowed her. She resisted with tnuoh foroo, and, finding her loo strong for him, tho negro seized a lightwood knot and struck her senseless. Tho littlo sister run for help and tho fiend dragged tho senseless girl for ono hundred and fifty yards to a swamp. Sho partially rallied and mado on effort to soream when ho renowed bis at tempt to outrage her. Hearing persons coming tho negro mado his escape into tho deep swamp, und evor sinoe) has beor, hotly pursued, and if ho is found ho may havo a short shrift. Tho girl is lying dangerously ill. Ono eye was ni most bouton out, and she is badly cut in thc head. The outrage ocouned about four miles from this pince. Tho Davidson County mines in North Carolina havo yielded half of nil tho gold dug Eist of the Mississippi lt vcr, and tho iron deposits are regarded os inexhaustible. In asking for thc emigration of skilled la borers the State points to OG ootton and woolon mills, 200 tobaeoo faotories, 20 iron foundries, 10 furnaces, and tho Inunda tions of moro mills to bo built this summer. North Carolina is fourteen hours' rido from New York oily, and it is claimed that the cost of o journey from hero to tho West will buy u good farm down there -?94+- - Th ero lu only ono While Woman In the Ala bama penitentiary. ! PORTSMOUTH, VA., Mardi 18.--A rc* speotablo oitiaoo of Camdon County, N.C., writes undor the dato! of M ?roll 10 th : 'I j was riding along tho road this morning ou ' my way to my homo when my attention was altraoted hy hoavy groans proooeding opposite from a pile of leaves in tho woods, about ton feet from the road, and io goiog to seo the oause of groaning, I found a man nearly desd. Mo was apparently . between 80 and 80 years old. Ho lived for thrco hours after I discovered bim. Ho told me he WOB attoobed by thrco mon who wero hired bys young lady and a mulatto mun to murder him. Since his death I have learned his mme was M I) Sykes and that ho hailed frooi Elizabeth City, N. O. Three letters from different young ladies were found in his pnokct. .One was from Miss Jeannie Ncdell, of Philadelphia and tho other two aro from Miss Katie Taylor and Miss Emms Taylor, of Portsmouth. He wog badly mangled but seems to have fought, bravely for hin life. When found ho had ojenchod io his bond a knife, the* blado of which was eight or Dino inches long." HOPEFUL SIGNS.-Ono of tho most hopeful signs of tho timbs is the ovident disposition between the oitizoDs of the North and South to make political questions subservient to business questions. Day by dny tho ?doa scorns to bu growing up on both sides of tho lines that tho true inter est of tho wholo country eousists in culti vating friendly relations between tho seo tiot)8 and developing ii truo friendly S|iiiit. Whether this spirit Gads expression in tho swapping.of oottou for pork or tho inter chango of other commodities matters not. Its essence is tho drawing oloscr together of thc sections by mutual business interest*. [Lexington Dispatch. A TARIFF FOR DEVENUE.-Tho South and WcBt have too long boen furnishing wealth to thc Norlh at their own disadvan tage, and tho timo has como when thoy roust arise and assort their rights. Dut for tho uncertainty of tho Democratic position upon this subjcot io tho last oompiiga wo would not have lost Indivina, nod would probably hovo o'eoted Hancock. Two ways oro open to us: toadying to the North for a little faint praise, or asserting our rights and letting tho North tuko euro of itself. Senator McDonald has sounded tho key-note io tho Senate, and wo must tuko up tho song and oorry it on.-Beaufort Crescent. THE LOAVES AND FISHES.-There is no reason on earth why wo should not occupy tho most peaceful relations with tho new administration. And so fnr as tho loaves and lisbon aro oonoorncd, tho fewer Mr. Garfield distributes to Southern Democrats tho better for us and tho bettor for all. Thc kind of Democrats that honker after Republican appointments uro a disappoint ing brood at tho best, nod it would bc just ns well tosend them uwoy empty.- Colum bia lieg ister. -- ? - ? IN A LUMP.-George Washington, Mar- | tin Van Huron und Samuel J. Tilden, Prcsidentn of tho United State, never drew their salaries during tho terms for which they were elected by tho pcoplo respcotively. Washington declined to rcocivo ony com pensation for his sorviooH, Vun Buren took his SI00,000 in a lump after retiring, tmd ono Rutherford B, Hayes drew Tildcn's salary monthly in nd vance rogulurly each month during tho term.-Detroit Free Frets. BUFFALO, N. Y, March ll -This afternoon a lnrge boilor in tho Phoenix Dotier Works owned, by Donaldson & Pat terson, exploded, instonily killing pix men and wounding seven Others, one of thc proprietors being among thc killod. The works, which wero one hundred feet long by forty feet, wido and eighty feet high, w rc completely demolished. There is still Borne ootton in the fields near Columbia th it will pay to pick. l.v.i??j.i II ,.p.u.<?.i. ...a From Jung 1, 1880, lo Mat??i 1,1881, the .South Ourolina Railroad forwarded frotr? Oliarleato? to tho ictorior 42,877 tons of uuaiiO, against 40)092 tOQ8 during tho Ha ino ti mo last year. ' -"?? . . Tho town oleo'ions in Now Jorsoy show' Democratic gains all over the Stato. [Advertisement.] A Card. Editor?-of Keoxoee Courier!-I notlod in the' Sentinel, of tho 10th instant, a few editorial remark? io referonoo jo mysotf which aro so grossly fatso I beg louvo to cpeuk thrungli tho' cnlumuH of tho CouniKit. Th'o editor of tho Sentinel euye that Iwutj' nnob an extonsivo blockade ronner, but hoing caught up vij^li' by tho revonuo officers, I, in order to eavo' myself, turned traitor nnd wont into tho rov? enuc department. Now titi* I pronounoo a" a malicien* falsehood and I dofy tho editor of tho Setttincl or any other man to provo that I hnvo ever turned traitor in any manner whatever or over went into tho revonuo serr vico to sorcoo myself from tho law in any way whatover. I was pardoned ns a block ade runner before I got ai appointment in tho revenue department. After my purdon I was' inducod to go into tho revonuo forvico by uno Of tho most proihineut Demo crats in Pickcns County. 1 frankly oonfess I was unco iv violntor of tho 'law and during that timo 1 alway? received kind words fran* friend Bradley, but since I ha Vu boon n ros^ pector of tho law it acorns ibero is no oud to his envy and malioious misrepresentations. When I bad W. J. Kelly- under arrest for distilling I dono all I oould to procuro bail fir him und wont with him to Mr. Bradley, but unjustly as ho profonds to think "Colly had been treated bo could not (ind n phtoo in Ilia heart tender enough to sign his hoad. Now if Mr. Bradley would uso bis pen ia encouraging tho enforcement of law and order instond of sympathizing with those u ho violate it, ho would . probably not find it so nocoscary to misroproeent und malign those who try to do their | sworn duty and yours, W. V. HOLDEN. CLOTHING. -I havo on hand a full lot of Samples of m mww lin?? 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