Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE T? ANY MAN BY KIM TH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1881. VniJ.ltTM YYYTf \Tf\ K/k BROWN'S IRON BITTERS aro a certain euro for all diseases requiring a complote tonie; cape, dally Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Inter, mitt?nt Fevers, Want of Appetite, lioss of Strength, Ijoek of Energy, etc Enriches the blood, strength ens tho muscio?, and gives new life to tho norves. Acta Uko a charm on tho digestivo organs, removing aU dyspoptio symptoms, suoh as tasting tho food, Belching, Heat in tho Stomach, Heartburn, otc The only Iron Preparation that will not blacken tho teeth or give headache. Sold by aU Drug gists at $1.00 a bottle. BROWN CHEMICAL CO. Ballimore, Mci. 800 lh?t ?ll Iron nittero oro ro?.io l.jr Iluowrt CII-MIO.L Co. ?od trnro cromil rel Unca ?fad trivli muk tn WrapMr, BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. THE WILLIAMSTON I^ei?iaule O ollere RESPECTFULLY o?Teis ?is services (0 i?ioso parents who desire lo secure fo.1 ihaly diHifi.li le vs (lie II10VOV3I1 ceil symmetrical culi i - viiiion ol' 1 heir physical, intellectual ami mot;>l powers. H is conducted on what is celled (Ito ..?NKJSTUDY" PLAN, whh a SKJK-AN.NUA?. Coii'isE ol Study; and by a sysicm of Tuition.*! Prc ni i ll ms, its low bow Hales inc made Billi lowov lor AI.i. who nvcr.ijio 8"> pev cent. No Public, rixevcbos. Ne "l?ecopiious.': Oio'duj I iou. which is ni woy? priv?le, may oceuY eight kimci n yi'PY. For loll inion,wi ion, wrHo lev ..il )llu-i tated Catalogne Address ll JV. S. LANDER, President. WHHorti'.ion. S. C. Octoh?-v 2R 1 sst) 60 iv AGENTS WANTED '??W??W^^ tina: Mncliino over lavcntoil. Will knit a jua cf RtiuMii/,.), with iiioioij mu? TOI: completo, in yan linn ti's. It will also knit a great variety of fancy work for which ttioro ls nhvavg a rcaily market. Semi for circular ami tenus lo Hie Twomlily Knitting MncHlnc Co.. .!>...? Washington St., Huston, Mass. NEW RICH BLOOD! l'arsoH?' Pttrffftttve lHUs mako New Bloh nitiotl, anti will completely chango tho blood In the cntlrosysterii lit throe months. Anvpcrson who will take 1 pill each night from 1 to 12 weeks ??riv he restored to sotnnl health, if stielt a thing ' . possible, Sontbv niall for 8 lotter stamps. . S. tfOUSNON X- CO., Huston, Musa., Koi'merty llanyor, Mo. Muy 12. 1881 20. ly DAVID.LANDRF.TH&SOMS. PHiiA. .Nuv 18, 18SU My VIOLIN OUTFITS CoMlitln? of YIOIIB, Box, Boir land Toucher, sent to any psrt of the United states on Ito tl ilnvH'trial beforobuylng. Programmo Fm- union mooting to bo held at Shiloh Church, beginning on Friday bofoic tho 5th Sunday in Oet< ber instant: Introductory sermon by Hov. J. II. Stone. Alt?rnalo-Hov. IO. li, Sisk. QuF.ny 1st. What will conduco most to tho glory of (bid and to tho prosperity of tho Churches, annual or indol?nito calls of tho pastor? Discussion opened by Kev. II. N. Hayes. 2d. In what way will behest to conduct ibis union meeting that will conduco most to tho glorv of Oed and tho prospority of tho chu robes? Discussion oponed by J. W. Beardon 3d. Which has tho strongest claims upon the churches, Stoto or Foreign Missions? Discussion opened by Hov. J. II- Stono. 4th. Why is it there aro no moro young men coming up in tho ministrv in tho coun try? Discm-sii n oocned by W M. Brown. 5th. Didmansiiik into a itftto of Ignot ftnee gradually or was it instantly entailed on him by Goch Discussion opened by O. W. Chilli pd. W. M. BROWN, Oloilc. Tho Song4 of Lihor. With wreaths of shining laural Thc hero's brow is bright Deep in tho costly marblr His bottle uatuo wo vntoj Who sings the patient^housands That won for Ititi) ?toh light? Tho world tings v?lh their praises Who conquci'ioud and seo, By lines of spreoh electric Ol' roads v?tate ships sail lice; Who sinus too patient thousands That wrought eooh bolt ?od key? With rev?tent, love svo rescue, Though centuries despoil, Tho statues and tho pictures Of artists' sacred toil; Who sings the patient thousands That ground theil' stonoand oil? Oh, mon of sturdy muso'e, Hy them tho world grows fair; Tho nameless patient thousands, Who iu no glory stare; But uato toil and drugor Daily their bosoms hue. The noble, patient thousands! Oh, careless world and blythe, Do groteful and unloosen Kaon needless chain and wiiho, And giving ?hem of your triumphs Their juptoud honest tithe. Ireland and Her Troubles Mr. Gladstone's hand Lnw ant! Mc, pnr_ nell's Laud League oro l'ait ly ai issue. Air. Gladstone undoubtedly went ?ar out of ihc atmosphere o? long established law of land, ed proprietorship when ho subjected Ibo title deeds of a lawful proprietor to bo ad ministered as a public trust to tho end of relieving from rnok vent the tenant of a mere rental, or, in oilier words, submitted the rights of thc proprietor, in his csltno, to thc claims of thu tenant who held un der t?ioso proprietary rights and who only became a tenant or could become so by his voluntary cousent and agreement so to hold and so io enjoy. Mr. Gladstone's Lund Law claims the light of tho British Gov ernment lo outer thc estate under tho su preme and overlying right of eminent do ctor" irte* Wino0 V.n?isu^i?!).u? t,lc P,0?>l? bo administered for thc public good; and that DO one omi hold an estate against the public good to which litio deeds, os well as all oilier lights and interests thc inJividual subject takes, or omi take, is submitted as un overlying necessity of Suite which uo (bim of law can dissipate, no established usago confront. As au ab-, struct proposition this may bi so, hut it nevertheless Inoks like n long stride to a communistic theory which becomes tho foundation stone, not only of hind tenure, but of every other right and iulevcst which established usage had appointed and con Iii med between man and man audgovei nnictit Thc British lund owner and the Bul ?sh (leeman is now reduced in his proprietary and all other rights to what a British ??ar. liauicut may declaro necessary ?o '-thc grout est good of tho greatest number." Ile who rents must havo a joint proprietary int crest with the landlord in the soil, so that lio may not be pushed out ?if possession hy a rent rate he cannot pay. To effect this Mr. Gladstone's law creates a li ibu.ntl to administer i lu; property trust now set up between tho proprietor nod the temi nt hold ing uudcr him To prevent the proprietor ousting tho tenant according lo law Mr. Glodstone's law summarily ousts every landed pinpi leter in Ireland und invests him instead with rights iu a trust estate, to bc administered tor his hcuclit and his tenants' benefit by a trustee in thc nature of a certain tribunal thc new land law raises and appoints, to administer thc es tate fov thc beucht of tho ers nique ?itis/s, Mr. Gladstunu appoints as chairman of this uow tribunal Mr. Sergeant O'll ogs D, tho legal udviser ol' tho Catholic hierarchy and himself a Catholic in full sympathy willi tho Catholic tenantry. The sub-coin m is siouerB appointed lo execute the oct in thc various districts ave all avowed tenant ligtcrs. Tho wholo machi nery of tho commission is favorable tn the most liberal iniciprctation of thc act. Ono would suppose that if this tribunal, 60 constituted in good faith, meant anything of hardship to anybody, it meant it to ihc Iiish landlords thus stripped of their pio prictary rights mid delivered iuto tho hands nt" this tribunal as a sheep to tho shearer Not so, however. Whilst thc landlords no llie situation nolens voleos tho Land Leaguers denuunco tho groat ministers! law us a trap and n client which may begin to4 day with an oyo to thc tenants' rights und iutcrcsts, and may end tmuon ow on tho tho other tock. What one act of tiibunul i.stH or trustees may appoint, a new set may simpe to novel conclusions, which shall toko tho wool of tho tenants as of yore, totupercd to tho voracious appetites of thc wolves in tho palaces, under whom the tenants will continue tu hold with nothing but tho thin partition of a tribuuul between them and their greedy oppressors. This I is tho way it is put whilst tho old ory ol tho Trojuns, " Timco Da?aos rt dona Je rentes/' is shouted by tho Parnells und Dillons and Quinns, the Sextons, O'Bricn'n und O'Kolseys ot Mr. Gludstono's new law, und tho United Ireland denounces thc British Premier us "soizod with tho devil and bonton diiving tho pcopld into r?bel lion." Pornoll and Dillon and tho leading Lawl Leaguers oro looked up for tronsonublo ut terances und inciting tho peoplo to aots of in I timidation against rent paying under tin Act. How it will all one! for tho present is onay to seo. Power when it sh ides to the front hus but oue holiest and that is obedi ence. But, in tho meantime, hov/ muoh trouble will befall poor oripplcd Ireland, I willoh even lier best mouds cannot help on her foot so that she shall stand and not I stumble, tho good God ubovo ulouo eau toll. Thus far, wo soo that nt a mooting of 3 OOO person? tit Hoi fust on Friday lust, nt which twenty Catholic priests were pi cent, a general Mi ibo against root was advocated a?. long ns Harnell remains in prison. To our uniformed mind this is only n Vain effort nt shifting ibo responsibility of tho trouble willoh is coveted in Ireland, on Gladstone's shoulders. Of com so thc British M mister oanoot stultify his administration by setting nt largo tho disturb?is of thc publie pouco, os I bey mo held to ho, nt I he Uncut of any such assemblage. Under all tho circum stances, it would seem a mercy lo Ireland, nnd unqualified statesmanship lp tho Bu. * ?sh Government, to deal quickly willi this crisis in Ireland and wi'lt nil ? ?ic material resources of tho void ni. Hight or wrong, tho Government has como ton point when it mi.st siiow its power ns well PS Ils deter mination to enforce ohedienco como what may It may look hard, it may >OJ?? ot'Uol, but it is io irresistible pursuance of a chapter m Anglo<.lH<th bistoty wb?oh nil thc blood I'ctmid may be willing to shed cannot undo, and nil I he wisdom of man oanuoi foi ego. 'Oho fates aro against thc G icc il [flo, and thc only hope foi her is a candid acceptance of n law which may Icili] lo better Illings mid build up n groat tenantry parly throughout thc realm in which 1 iclmid might become n great factor und her splendid orators tho gloat loados. If she stiflcis lim folly of a Ha incl I and Ibo hool? of her "hoodlums" io mislaid ho shu will havo conspicuously played the fool and Uc-t her grandest opportunity of Mic century. For li da nd lo shed blood now, lo eur poor apprehension, would bo to fling uwpy a chance of participating in thc ?ulo of thc realm so as to give her n power which, if ?moly used, could never bc taken awuy from her again. Bul. should tho counsels of hot blood prevail, whilst Iie laod will bo "slumped oui," sho has ?ho courage nnd she will sh ike buck a blow which will stuart in the wounded sido of England for a century more of English hate um! distrust, whicii wi.I bo felt in cor,:? mon hy nil classes beyond thc li ?sh sea. Warner's Address. Tho following extra?is hom Challes Dudley Wa; net's address he foto ibe Social Science Association, at Saratoga, will bc read with into cst: Tho newspaper is o private enterprise. Tis object is lo make money for its OW nev. Whatever motive may bo ??von out for starling ti newspaper, expectation of prout by it ls ibo real one, whet her ?he newspa per is religious, political, sojentioo or liter ary. Tho except ional oases of newspapers devoted lo tho idcus of "causes" without regard to profit, oro so few os not to o licet thc rule. Com monly, tho cause, ibo sect, thc p?ity, (ho trade, thc delusion, tho idea, gets its newspaper, ?ls organ, it? advocate, only when some individual i(tinks he can sec a pecuniary teluro in establishing it. The chief 1011(11101)01' ibo newspaper is io collect and pint thc news. The second function is to eluc?dalo ibo news, und com ment nn it, ?nd show its relations. A third function is to furnish reading matter to Mic general public AMKRIOAN AND I'ORKlQiV JOURNALS. In paviiculnrily ?nd comprohensivvnes! ul news collecting it may bc admitted thai lite American newspapers for a limo Icc thc world. I mean in tho picking up o local intelligence and tho usc of tclegrapli to make it goneral. And with this arosi tho old notion that news is mndc importan! by Mic moe fact of ils rapid transmissioi over Mic wiro Thc English journals fol lowed, speedily overtook and, some of I ht wealthier ones perhaps, surpassed tilt uso of tho telegraph and in the presentation of some sorts of Incal news; not of casual, tics, and small city nnd neighborhood events, nnd social gossips (uni i I voy re ccnMy,) but certainly in Mic business o Ibo law courts nnd thc crimes nnd mishap! (hut como wit Iii ii police nnd Icgul supo vi sion. Tho leading papers of thc Germai press, though strong tn correspondence uni in discussion of affairs, mc far less com prehensive in I.bely news than Mio Amoiioai or thc English. Thc French journals Wi aro accustomed to say aro not newspaper at nil And this is hue us wo USO th' wold. Until recently, nothing has been o imp?t tance to tho Frenchman except him self; nnd what happened outside of Fnmoo not directly affecting his glory, bi? profi or his pleasure, did not interest him Hence, ono could now hero f-o securely en trench himself against the news of th world ns behind thc bmriende of tho Pari journals. But let us not make n mishik in this matter. Wo may have moro t learn from thc Paris journals than from an others. If they do not give what wo oal nows, looa) news, ovcnU, casualties, ti) happenings of thc doy, they do give idea? opinions, they do discuss politics, tho sooiu drift, they give Hie into'lcotunl ferment c Palis, they Btipply tho cantonal I lint Pari likes to talk over-tho badinngcof tho boulc vnrd, tho wit of tho salon, tho sensation c tho singe, tho now movement in literntui and in politics; thia may bo importent or i |> may bo trivial; it is commonly moro in torcrfting than much of what wo on news, TUB RBPORIKIVH WOIlIC. I Not fl?cobd io importance to nny depart I meut of lim jouruul is ilio lonorting, that i is, ilio special reporting uo distinguished [ i'ioiu tho moro general ucwa gathering, i moan tho reports of proceedings in Con gross, ?Jon ven Lions, Assam blies and Cou terence*, publie couvorsatiuns, lectures, serm?n?, investigation?}, law trials, and ; oocurrcuocs of all sorta that rise into geno-? ral importance. These reports mo tho basil ! of our knowledge aud opinions. If they ; aro tulse or exaggerated wo aro ignorant of what is laking piuco and misled. It is of infinite moto importance that they should bo absolutely trustworthy than that thc editorial comments should ho sound und j wiso. Tbcro should bo n sharp linc d'awn j between tho report and tho editorial. Bo j foro speaking of thc reasons for thc publie ! distrust in icpoits it is propel to put iu one ! qualification. The public itself, and not Ilio uowspiipci?, is thc factory of baseless rumoisuiid uulru'hs. Although Ibo news paper gives currency to sumo of t.hcso, it is tho great corrector of popular ru mo? s. Intelligent and honest reporting of what ever inictests tho public is thc sound bash of all journalism. And yet so carolos hove editors been of all >ltis, lit Pt a re p?rter has been sont to a'tcod ?ho session*, of a philological convention who had not the least linguistic knowledge, having always boen employed on marine, disasters. Another repot'et who was assigned io inform tho public ot tho results of ti difficult oichcolo gioal investigation, fir uk ly confessed his inability to understand what VMS going on, for his otoinnry business, he said, was eau tlc A story is told of n ntcttopoliiau journal, which illustrates o not nor difficulty l!io public has in keeping up its confidence in newspaper infallibility, U ">uy not bo truo for history, but answers for an illustt.i lion. Thc unnu.'l November meteors wcic expected on a eenuin night. T!:o journal prepared an elab?ralo art icio several col Ullins io length on meteoric displays in general and on thu display ol' that night io particular, giving io detail tho appearance of thc heavens I'rom tho metropolitan roofs in various pails of tho city, tho shooting of the niet.eois amid the blazing constella tions, thc size and times of flight of thc fiery bodies-in short a most vivid and Soieuliilo account of ibo lotty fireworks Uufottuuatoly the night was cloudy. Tho urliclc was in type and mady, but thc clouds woul? not break. 'j'ho last moment for going lo piess arrived, theic was a DJObabilyya.tbiir...lho eloiuis would lift hc risk. Thc uiliolo I out appealed w.>? vv.'iy intel isling, but its scienliiio value was impaired by I he fact that the heavens were obscured tho whole night, ami tho m Ct cms, if any ai rived, wei o invisible. Thc i ea.son able excuso of I he etiilov would bc I hut he could not con! roi the clements. Til B KOI Toll IA L PAGE. Thc editorials of our journals seem U mc better than formerly, improved in tone in courtesy, in self-respect-though yoi may not have to go far uv search long foi tim provincial no'o and tho easy grace o I he frontier-and ?hoy are bettet wt it ten Th ibis because tho newspaper has heconu uiuic piotilable and "'s able lu pay for talon and hus ul traci ed lo il educated young men There is a sort of editorial anility, o facility, of loree, that can only bo acquiroi by practice, and in tho newspaper office; u school eau ever teach ?ti, but thc youn< editor who has a broad basis of genera ?ducation, of information in history, pol ?ti cal economy, tho classic* aud polite litera turo, has an immense ad van ta go over tip mau who has merely practical experience For the editorial, if it is to hold its place must ho move and moro thc product i iofotmutiou, culturo un? refieotiou, ns wo us of sagacity und alertness. Ignorance c foreign affairs, und of economic seienct lho American people havo in times pa? winked ut, but they will not always win ot il. N E W .S PAPER IN P LUENO E. I ?.Thc power of thc press"-as soniclhin to bo feared or admired - is a favori theme of dinncr-tablo orators and clergy men. I should say il is a medium of foti rather than Ibl'OO itself. I confess that am oftener impressed with thc powerless ness of tho press thoo otherwise, its sligl influence iu bringing about any lef?l'ui t io inducing tho publio to do what is foi i own good and what it is disinclined to d I Talk about the power of tho press, say a legislature, when once it is suspicious th Homebody is trying to influence it, and s j how it will retire, with what grace it ca > before an invincible ond virtuous lobb Thc fear of tho combination of tho pre for uny i ni proper purposo or long for ut proper purpose, is chimerical. W'hoev thc newspapers agree with they do n ngicc with each other. Tho publio ilse never lakes so many oonfltoiing views ( any topio or event ns the ingenius riv I journals aro certain to discover, lt is ii j possible, in their naturo, for them to coi j bino. 1 should as soon expect aprccmc j among doctors in their cinpiiioal professio i And there is scarcely ever a cause, or ! opinion..or a man, that does uot get sonn where in tho press a hearer and r. defend? Wo will drop thc subjeot with ono i mark for tho benefit of whom it may coi cern. With all its faults, 1 believe t moral louo of tho American uowspapor higher, ns a rule, than that of tho comm nity in willoh it is published. Marion, Alabama. Standard: A Pol County woman, whoso arms arc cutoff ji below thc elbow, threads her noodle by stir ing it in bor dress and taking hor thread I tweocn her two stumps of arms and forci it through tho oyo of tho noodle. Sho d noat sowing, hoes corn well and can p fifty or sixty pounds of cotjon per day. Summer in Norway. A writer in tho Atlantic Monthly thus nonatos lier impressions of tito olmost un interrupted daylight of n Norwegian sum mer: Ooo comes actually to yoirn for a little Christian darkness to go to bcd by, much ns ho may cravo o si ronger sun by doy, to keep him warm, he would like io havo a lcasounblo night limo for sleeping. At first lhere is a stimulus, and a weird snrt of trium ph mt scnBO of outwitting tinturo, io Anti* ing ono's self nhlo to rend or to wrii.e by thc sun's light till nosily midnight of tho clock. Hut presently it becomes oleuv Mist tho outwitting is on tho other side. What nvuils it that thara is" light enough for one to write by ot ton o'olock nt night, if lie is I ired ont, docs not want to write, mid longs for nothing but to go lo sloop? If it wore dark, and ho longed to write, nothing would bo easier tinto to light candles nnd ! w.ilo nil night, if he chose nnd could pay for his candles. Hut neither money nor ingenuity can compass for him n norinnl dailiness to sleep in. Tho Norwegian houso is one half window; io their long winters they need nil tho sun lucy cnn gel; not an outside blind, not nn inside shutter, not n dark hhado to ho seen; streaming, Hooding, radiating in nnd mound about thc roouis, comes tho light, welcome or un welcome, carly or late. And to thc words "carly" nod "late" there nro in n Norway suiiinicr new meanings: ?ho early light of (ho summer morning sets In about half past I wo; (he lalo Ib.-ht of lim summer evening fades lulo a luminous twilight, about cloven. Enjoyment of this spcoies of perpetual day soon comes lo nn end. After thc tiavclcr has written home to everybody once by broad daylight at len o'clock, thc i'tiii ol' ibo thing is over: normal sleepiness begins to hunger for its rights and dissatis faction takes thc place of wondering amusement. This dissatisfaction reaches its climax: in a very few days; theo, if ho is wisc, the traveler provides himself with several pieces of dark ^recn cambric, willoh lie pins up nt his windows at bed time, thereby making it possible to get thc seven or ci^ht hours' rest for his tired eyes. But tho green enmbrio will not shut out sounds; and ho is lucky if ho is not kept awake until ono or two o'clock evc>y night by tho unceasing tread and loud chatter of tho cheerful Norwegians, who have been forced to form thc habit of sitting up ball their night time, to get in "f a year their full quota of Character and Crodit. Wc often hear young tuen who hnve -mall means, dolefully contrasting (heir loi. wit'.) that of rich men's sons. Yet thc longer we live, thc moro wo aro coovincrd that thc old merchant was tight, who said to us when wo begnn life, "industry, oiy lad, is better than ingots of gold, nnd char acter moro valuable thou credit." Wo could furnish, if need were, from our own experience, a score of illustrations lo prove tho truth of bis remark. In all branches of business, in till avocations, ohavacter, in tho long run, is the best oapital. Soys Hoor Richard: Tin sound of your (lammer ut live in tho morning, or nine p.t night, ! heard by a creditor, makes him oi\?j six months longer; but il he sees you ot n hil liard lable, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he scuds for his money thc next day. What is true of tho young mechanic, is alco cine of tho young merchant, or tho young lawyer. Old and sagacious firms will not. long continue to givo orcdit for thou sands of dollars when they seo tho pur chaser, if a young man, driving fast horses or hanging mound drinking saloons. Cli ents will not entrust their caeos io those advocates; however brilliant, who frequent thc card table, tho wino party or tho race course. It U better in beginning life, to secure n reputation for industry and pro bity, than to own housrs and lund?, if with todd you have no character. A facility of obtaining credit at the out set is often an injury distend of a beoe?t, it has almost passed into n proverb, in consequence, that tho nous of rich men never make good business men. To suc ceed in iifc wo must learn tho value of money. Hut a superfluity of moans at tho outset is nearly a certain met hod of render ing us insensible to its value. No man ever grew rich who had not learned nnd practiced tho adage, "if you lake ciro of i be pennies tho dollars will take care of themselves." Knowledge of mon, self dis cipline, a thorough mistcry of our pursuit and other qualifications, which nil persons of expeliorico look for, uro necessary to give the world security thnt n young mun is of thc right metal. Capital may bo lost, but character nover. Credit once gone, thc man without ohnrr.cter falls. Hut ho has earned n reputation for capacity, integrity and economy, even if he loses his capital, retains his credit, and rises triumphant over bankruptcy itself. A man with character oan never ho mined. It is tho first thing that a young man should seek to secure; nnd it may bo had by every ono who desires it iu earnest. A poor boy with character is more fortunato by far than u rich man's son without it. Between tho first of April nnd Septem ber, 1881, throe hundred and fifty persons havo located nt points along thc linc of thc Atlanta and Charlotto Division of tho Richmond and Danville Railroad. Of this number, fifty seven nro reported from North Carolina, ninety niuo from South Carolinn nnd ono hundred and ninety four from i Georgia. I Franco hos 1,000,000 lunatics.' IV XJ. tJXJ. Lioraand for Confed?rate Bonds. Tho recent risc in Coufcdorato bonds has excited public attention and occasioned a great deal of wild speculation as to tho motives of those who aro advertising for thc securities of tho defuuot govern* U.'Cllt. , Several newspapers liavo attempted to explain thc enigma, but without any very clear idea upon tho subject. It ia claimed that the only- thing that could possibly give tho bonds value, is the fact that thora is it large balance in the Hank of England belonging io tho Confederate Government, lt appears that on thc Hist day of April, 1805, nlien thc Confederacy collapsed, there was one hundred and seventy fivo thousand pounds, or one million dollars, ia Mic Hank of jinghi nd to tho credit of tho Confed?ralo Government. There was also a hugo amount of cotton iu Liverpool be longing to tho Confederate Government, This cotton amounted to several thousand, bales. After tho crash thia cotton mys teriously disappeared, nnd it is not known lo this day whut became of it. Thc cash belonging to Mic Government iu thc Hank, of England was not withdrawn. Various i casons were assigned for tho fuiluro to withdiaw it, ono of which was that tho only person whoso signature would bavo boon honored, was out of tho city of Lon don when thc Confederacy failed, and did not tcturn until it was too lalo to draw tho money. Three attempts have bcotii made by tho United Stales Treasury Department to get tho money, but without avail, tho English. Government holding that if tho Amciican Government claimed tho 083cto, it must also he responsible for thc liabilities of tho Confederacy. . , lt is probable that thc gentlemen who arc engaged in buying up tho Coufcdorato bonds may have determined to get posses sion of them and tb eu demand thc money as thc bondholders nod creditors of tho Confederate Guvcrnmcut. It is naid that thc visit to England of Mr. Davie, tho lirst and only President of thc Confedcrato Stales, and thc person probably authorized, if any living man is, to draw thc money of t!?c Government, has something to do with tho sudden risc in theso securities. This gentleman thiuks that ho will probably Attempt to dtaw the money and have it paid to Iho bondholders. Tho money has been deposited for nearly twenty ycara and now amounis to a my large sum, but as thc total debt of thc Jonfodcracy in 1804 was 8530,840.090,: o?izo a very 'small ?anM? ^pooi t could incuts. i A New York broker advertises his wish to buy ?1,000,000 of Confederate bonds, and expresses his willingness to pay for, them at thc rate of 1 of 1 pei cent. In an interview ho said: "I have already pur chased more than 8100,000 and liavo advertised for ?100,000 moro. I nm buy ing them in accordance with orders from correspondents abroad." Inquiries among other brokers bliow thal there mc several of them engaged in buying ihcso bonds at about thc above figures. Thc dcotli of Governor Willz, of Louisi ana, was caused by consumption. Al though he was only 38 yean of ago, ho filled the highest (iud most responsible po sitions within tho gift of tho people of (hat city und State. Ho was boru in New Orleans in 1S48, and was educated in tho public schools of that city. At thc ago of lfi he went into a counting room, and on thc failure of his employers ho procured ft situation in the ofiic3 of thc clerk of one of tho local cotirls. Ho went into tho war a private soldier and came out a captain. In 1808 he was elected to tho Legislature, and in 1809 was thc Democratic candidate for mayor of New Orleans. It was claimed that he received a majority of tho votes cast nt tho election, but Ito was not per mitted to enter upon tho duties of thc office. Two years afterwards ho was elected mayor and took his scat. At tho expiration of his lorm he was again elected to tho Legis? laturc and was elected Speaker of tho House hy thc Democrats, but thc organiza., timi was broken up by tho interference of the military, and under thc provisions of tho Wheeler compromiso tho offico of Speaker was given to another. Ile was elected Lieutenant Governor in 187G and Governor in 1S79. Jeff Davis is very near thc truth when ho says: "People want news and informa tion, and wan t it in paragraphs. Thoy will hardly stand much moro than a paragraph of cditotial, and rebel against anything liko an essay. Newspaper readers demand their news prepared for them in ottractivo form, stripped of tho husks, no that it may bo token easily and assimilated readily. It may bo necessary to give a great deal on ono Bubject, but the longest article must bo what is left after thc old thing lias been boiled down. Thc journalist who knows his business boils down as ho writes. Tho day of thc ponderous lender is over. In Ibo best American newspaper officcc, tho longest editorial article must have dn3h and spirit, and justify themselves in subject and treatment, or tho supervising nen slashes off their pretentious length. Tho paragraph-tho torpedo, tho whip lash, Iho bowie knife, the scalpel of thc prt?fla-" alrcndy a great favorito, is growing rapidly in tho publie estimation, for shooting folly as it files, ibero is not tho equal of tho paragraph." ?'1 don't so much mind their big leaders," said Gen. Grant; speaking of tho opposition press, "but I bato to bo out Op by thosougly littlo paragraphs." Vt costs moro lo nvongo lhan to forgive.