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SAOH, Superintendent. A. P.?J?J?, ?eii. put?, ci L'ii?isut Agent. Tho Hand that Rocks the World. Blessings ou (lio hand of woman I Augcls guard its strength und grace, In thc palace, cottage, hovel Ob, rio matter where tho placel Would thot never storms assailed it - Rainbows ever gently curled; For tho hand that rooks tho cradle ls the baud that rooks tho world. Infono7's tho tender fountain, Howers tuay with beauty grow Mother's first lo guide thc streamlet, From their soul's unresting flow Grow on for tho good or evil, Sunshine streamed or darkness hurled; For the hand that rocks thc eradlo Is thc hand that rooks thc world. Woman! how divine your mission, Here upon your natal sod Keep, oh keep the young heart open Always to the breath of God! All true trophies of thc ices Are from mother love itnpcarled; For the hand that rocks the ciadlo ls tho hand that rocks thc world. Blessing on thc hand of woman: Father's sons and daughters cry; And tho sacred song is mingled With tho worship in thc sky; Miiu;l< s where no tempests durlicn Rainbows evermore uro burled; For tho bund that rocks tho cradle Is thc hand that rocks the world. Tho National Tribute. Both Houses of Congress determined ti pay tribute of respect to President Gir fleld OB the 27th of February. Mr. Blaine Iiis Secretary of State, was selected to de liver the memorial oration. This he did in a masterly m iuner. We give a few extract! fioin the oration, as follows: Willi perfect comprehension of all tin inheritances of the war, with a cool oscu lation of tho obstacles in bis way, impelled always by a generous enthusiasm, Garfield conceived that much might be done by bb Administration towards rcsloring hnrniony between tho different sections ot thc Union Ho W'S anxious to go Soutit and speak tc thc people. As emly as April he hud in iffectually endo mired lo arr inge a trip foi Nashville, whither he had been cordially ? invited, and he was ?glin disappointed i I few weeks later to find that ho could not gt : to South Carotina to attend tho ocotcnaia j celebration of thc victory of tho Cowpens i But for the autumn ho definitely counted ; on being present at three memorable aasetn ? blies in thc South, lite celebration nt York town, the opening nf the Cotton Exposition '. at Atlanta, mid thc meeting of the arin j j of tho Cumberland at Chattanooga. Hi j was already turning over in Iiis mind hil I address for each occasion, and tho three ta , ken together, he said to a friend, gave bin the exact scope and verge which ho needed At Yorktown ho would have before him tin associations of a hundred ye irs that bourn; thc South and the North in sacred meuiorj ' of a comtiiou danger and a common victory ! At Atlanta ho would present tho n.atcriu interests and tho industrial dcvelopuien whiu'i appealed :o thc thrift aud indepen? ' dence ?>f every household, und whicl should unito two sections by thc instinct o j self interest ?ind self defence. At Challa, j tanonga he would revive memories of lin j war, only to show that after all its disastci ' aud all its suffering, thc country was Stron I ger and greater, the Union rendered indis soluble, and thu future, through tho ogonj an 1 blood of ono generation, made brighle: .iud better for all. TUB PIO HT WITI?.TIIR STALWARTS. j Thc political events which disturbed tin Presipent's security for many weeks befon that itilul day ia July form un importan cha jil er in Ins einer, and, in his own judg. mont, involved questions of principio unr right which mc vitally essential tu thu con j etituiioual administration of tho Federn Government, lt would be out of plnot ? here and now to speak thc language of con troversy; but tho events referred to, how ever they may continue lo be a source ol con lou I iou with others, have become, so fm us Gai field is concerned, us much a mattel of history ns his heroism at Chiokamaugi or his illustrious service in the House. Do tait is not needful, and personal antagonism shall not be rekindled by any word utterci to day. Tho motives of ttioso opposing him are not to bo herc adversely interpreted nor their courac harshly ohaructori'/.ed. Hu of thc demi President ibis is to bo said, unr said because his own speech is forever si* lenced und he can bo no moro heard oxoop through the fidelity and thc lovo of sur viving friends! From tho beginning to thc end of the controversy ho so much deplor ed, tho President was never ouo moment actuated by any motive cf gain to himscll or of loss to others Beast ol' all men did ho harbor revenge; rarely did he even show resentment, and malice wus not in his na ture Ho was congeni illy otnpl.iyod in ihc exchange of good ollicos and tho doing ol kindly deeds. There was not an hour, from the begin ning of the trouble till thc fatal . tl his body, when tho President would nol gladly, for thc sake of restoring harmony, have retraced any step ho had taken if suoli rctraoing had merely involved consequences personal to himself. Tho prido of oonsis tcuoy, or any supposed sonso of humi ia tion lint might result from surrendering his position, had not n feather's weight with him. No turua was ever less subjcot to such itiflucuocs from within or without. . But after must anxious deliberation and tho coolest survey of all the circumstances, bo I'olemrily tolioved that the truo prcrogn lives of the Executive were involved iu Ihc issue which had bcon raised, and that he would bc unfaithful to his supremo obliga tion if he foiled to maintain, iu all their vigor, tho (constitutional rights and digni ties of this great offioo. ile believed this iu all tho convictions of conscience when in sound and vigorous health, and he be lieved it iu his suffering and prostration iu thc lust conscious thought which his woa ried mind bestowed on tho transitory strug gles of life. Move th m this need not bcrsaid. Less than this could not be said. Justice to the dead, thc highest obligation that devolves upon thc living, demand tho declaration that io ull the bearings of tho subject, ac tual or possible, tho President was content iu his mind, justified in his conscience, im movable in his conclusions. In speaking of his religious principles, Mr. Blaine remarked: The crowning characteristic of Gen. Garfield's religious opinions, ns, indeed, of all his opinions, was his liberality. In all things he hud charity. Tolcruncc was of his nature. Ho respected in others thc qualities which he possessed himself-sin cerity of conviction nnd frankness of ex pression. With him tl o inquiry wis nol so much what a mau believes, but docs ht bolieve il? Tho lines of his friendshipanc his confidence encircled men of everj creed, and men of uo creed, and to tin end of his lifo, on his ever-lengthening Hs of friends, were to be found thu names o a pious Catholic priest and of an hones minded and very generous hearted Frc Thiukcr. IN CONCLUSION'. > In closiug tho eulogy, Mr. Blaine spok as follows: G reat in lile, bc was surpassingly grea ' in death. For no cause, in the very fron/, of wantonness und wickedness, by tho re 1 hand of murder, he was thrust from the fu t tide of this world's interest, from its hopei its aspirations, its victories, into tho visibl ) presence of death-and bo did not quai Nut ?lone for tho ono short moment i which, stunned and dazed, he could give u lifo, hardly aware of its relinquishment, bi 1 through days of deadly luuguor, throug ' weeks of agony, that was not less agony b cause silently borne, with clour sight ar > o alni courage ho looked into his open gray What blight end ruin met his anguish) eyes, whoso lips may tell-what brtlliun ' broken 11 .ns, what b.flljd, high nmbitio ' what sundering of strong, warm manhood > friendships, what bitter rending of "swe I household tics! Behind him a proud, c pedant nation, a grot host of susi-ii ii i i I friends, a cherished and happy motin ' wearing the full, rich honors of her car toil and tears; thc wife of his youth, whn ' whole life lay in his; the little boys not y ' emerged from childhood's day of frolic; t 5 fair, young (laughter; the sturdy sons jt ' springing into closest companionship, olaii ing every day und every day rewarding 1 father's love and care, nnd in his heart t eager, rejoicing power to meet all denian 5 Before him, desolation and great darkoo; ' And his soul was not shaken. His cou ' irymeii were thrilled with instant, prnfou und universal sympathy. Masterful in I ' mortal weakness, h i bec imo tho centre ol ? nation's love, enshrined in tho prayers ol ? world. But ull the love mid ali the sy 1 puthy could not share with him his suffi ' ing. Ile trod ibo wine press alono, W ' unfaltering Iront he. fueod death. W 3 unfuiling tenderness bo took lovo of I r Above thc demoniac hiss of the ossussi bul'et ho heard tho voieo of God. W ' simple resignation he bowed lo thc Bivi ' decree. r As the end drew nor, his early crav for thc soa returned The stately mana of power had been to him tho weariso hospital of pain, and he begged to be i ken from its prison walls, from its oppi J sive, stiflmu air, from its homelessness i t its hopelessness Gently, silently, the ! . of ?i gieat people boru thc palo sufferer I the longed for bealing of tho sen, lo 1 i vi - I lo die, as (?od should will, within sight I of its heaving billows, within sound of ? manifold voices With wan, fevered I . tenderly lifted to tho cooling breeze, looked nut wistfully upon the ocei f ohanging wonders; on its far sails, whit f tug iu the morning light; on its rest ' waves rolling shoreward to break ?nd . beneath thc noonday sun, on tho red clo - of evening, arching low to the horizon, tho serene omi shining pathway of I stars. Let us think thut his dying i ? read a mystic meaning which only Ibo I and parting soul may know. Let us t lieve that, in 'he silence of tho rccei I world ho heard tho great waves breaking ? n further shore, and felt already upon t wasted brow the broath of the etc - morning. A river swollen to thc proportions ol inland sea, ils waters spreading fifteen ti F or more beyond its banks, levees and I of ridges clustered with people and cn ' mules und entilo in t lio hallways porches of houses, negroes hiding in s lofts or crouched on rafts exposed to I' and cold, tho newspaper curriers of on kansas (own going over their route. ? skif?s, Slate sovereignty Governors upp I ing to tho Federal Government to ? t, down food, nnd bord headed plant?is , jceting lo tho distribution of rations on i ground thut it relaxes self-help, ore f i of thc features uf tho Mississippi Hoods Thirty eight miles of thc Memphis Little Bock Railroad in Arkansas is u water At Helena the OVCtlloW is inches higher. Jn tho neighborhood Little Rook tho country is un ter watci miles and boats are the only mourn transportation. Op Bcd Uiver tho dis is vory great, Tho Flood in tho Mississippi Bot toms. NKW ORLEANS, Marah 7.-A special from Greenville, Mississippi, says: "Tho buck wator is still rising <iud spreading and is uoW froai six inches to a fool higher thun iu any overflow sinco the country was set tled. There will bo very little land a bovo water from tho river frout places to tho hills beyond Yuzoo Uiver. Greenville is ; secure from any posaiblo overflow, though ; rite lo\V points werft at Ano limo threatened. ! Refugees from tho overflowing plantations aro congregating boro und our resources to ; feed uud shelter them will bc severely taxed j j So far tho relief ngeuts have not com mu- ' 1 bloated with our local authorities. Our ' Board of supervisors has asked that soma government rations bc scut herc; thc need is immediate. {?Tho Sheriff of Bolivar County lins lodged his prisonors iu j.iil herc. Ho re ports that Ibero ure very few plantations in his county with even Q strip of lond above water. Consequently tho loss of Btock there will bc nlmust total. "Tho levees aro thronged with ncgroos and stock whoso condition is most deplora ble. As its extent becomes known thia calamity begins to appal. A tax sufficient to robuild the levees above would bo uhuost insupportable, but lint is only nu Hom. The laborers have lost their stock nui movables und tire ip a panic stricken end demoralized condition. Could transportation bo secured ibero would be au exodus from herc to ?hc hills. "The despondency of tho planters and merchants is deepening. At fust ibis blow was regarded us n disaster involving losses nnd hardships, but now it is assuming greater and greater proportions. Thc most thoughtful us well ns tho most sanguine look upon it as a disaster greater than hoi over before befallen the bottom country It will almost destroy the feeling of sccu rity with which our local capacity to bolt tho levee was becoming regarded. Upoi this veli mee was bnsed railroad nud ot tic movements of capital towards tho Yazoi della, and if il goes ull possible prosperity of this scot ton goes with it." The correspondent does not belicv that confidence or hope can bo rcstorei without national help to rebuild tho levees MK.MI'UIS, Miuch 7.-Captain Edwur Restai, of thc steamer Hard Cash, whicl nrrived this morning, reports that thc b.ac water from tho Mississippi River to Ciar codon, Arkutisas, a distance of 13? mik from Ibo mouth of that river, nnd thc en tire country intervenios; is under walo which is two feet higher than wus ever know before. Great loss of stock and dninago t tho farming interest has occurred through out the bottoms. Thc river herc coutiuu* stutiounry. MKEI'UIS, March 8.-Thc river cootir UC9 stationary with thirty six feet on tl gauge, thc highest point reached ibis sci soo. There is no cessation of thc repor of great suffering by the people in the ovc flowed districts. In reply to tho inquiry thc Secretary of War, ns to tho number destitute persons in his State, J uti ge Mn gum, Commissioner for Arkansas, repli that he had information of 20,000, but (li the number was increasing daily. Coi missioner Hcmmirgwny reported IS,OOO a needy condition in Mississippi and 5,0' in Tennessee, making 451,000 persons whe condition is such as to demand prom attention at tho hands ol tho Govomtnei The chango in tho weather has increased t suffering and many lives must bc lost fri exposure. Governor Hawkins has o pointed II. M. James, Commissioner Tennessee, to receive tho Government su plies. MEMPHIS, March, 8.- Passengers w arrived from below this morning rep that thc levee at Helena was still int yesterday a ft ern DOH. A force of 300 lt' was at work guarding ill the wi points. The river was ribing steadily. Austin, Miss , between Memphis nnd lit na, tho river bad cul through thc toi destroying tho principal buildings amt thc number the Masonic temple. The Cent nial block, a largo brick building, is ulm demolished, thc water being twenty feet d ul! around it. Several storehouses t dwellings wore washed nwny and curt half a milo. Tho loss of stook contin and thc situation is hourly growing m desperate. NKW ORLEANS, March 8.-No furt disasters to tho levees arc reported, but people aro thoroughly urouscd nnd 8t rotitit lion i ii *? points ?ill ulong thc linc, heavy .South wind to day produced a s\ in tho river, tho water at times break over tho leveo ot thc head of nal Street, and ut several points botw thc city nnd Carrollton. This, howe creates no alarm. Tho gnugo this m< iug showed tho liver to bc seven tci of nu inch below tho high water marl 1871. THE 11 lot!EAT HANK.-Mndo from harm malcri?is and adapted to thc needs of fin and falling hair,' Parker's Ilnir Balsam tnkcii tho higher! rnnk us an ciegan'; rcliablo bair restorative. - . - - "Hi! where did you get them trouse asked os Irishman of a man who I pened to bc passing with n remark short pair of trousers. "I got thom w they grow," wu? tho indignant rc "Then," said Put, "you'vo pulled tin year tco soon!'' QUICK AN? SURE.--Many miserable pe drnn themselves nbout willi failing stier feeling that they aro stendilv sinking their graves when by u?ing Parker's Gi Tonic ihov would find a euro commet) with thc first dose and vitality and ntro quickly and surely coming back to thora: Tho Officeholders of this City. Tho fotul number of persons regularly omploycd by tho city Government, in the several departments, io the common schools ; and io thc courts, waa 0,703 iu 1881, and j tho Aunt paid them in salaries or wages was StO,430,841. Add to thin amount tho pay j of inspectors of election and poll dorks cud ' wc have tho prand total of 810,562,107. Estimating tho population of thc oity last yuar at one million and a quartor, about ono ' person iu overy 128 of thc inhabitants of all ages was in thc employ of the oily and county. Tho cost for official salaries WOH cqtial to about 88.4:3 por head ot popula tion. Tho following tubles olnssiftcs thoso om ploycd uocordiug to their salaries or wages: Below 81,000 .... 4,707 Between 81,000 and S2.000 . 4 392 \ Between 82,000 and 83.000 . 358 ; Between 83,000 und $5,000 . 113 Between ?5.000 and 810,000 . 70 $10,000 and abovo ... 33 Total .... 9,703 The number of persons employed in oach of tho branches of the oity Government aud in thc departments, and the amount paid them ic salaries, were ns follows: Tho Mayoralty ll $2(5,300 Common Council 35 62,300 Finance Department 114 180,290 Law 40 95,007 Public Woiks 313 332,414 Publio Parks 358 270,413 Charities and Correction 809 291,(95 Health 100 125,805 Police 2 821 3,5G5,390 Street Cleaning 206 172,442 Firo 881 1,071,405 Taxes and Assessments 47 96,600 Education 3,411 2,769,1 GS Judiciiry 413 1,171,103 Docks ?? 79,606 Excise 40 53,420 Coroners 9 35,500 Miscellaneous 40 51,657 luspcctots Election - 111,266 Thc above table, it must bc remembered, docs not include oil those who last your drew money from the publio treasury for real or imaginary personal services ren dered. Only regularly salaried officials and those who were" employed by the day ot week continuously aro taken. How muoh was paid besides for temporary servico the city report does not inform us; but probably thc sum was very considerable. A salary roll which foots up lo over ten und a half millions annually is an enormous ono for u city of the SIM of New York. An I examination of tho table above show?, i however, that of this great sum nearly four I millions were spent for thu administration j of justice nud for thc department of cdu- : cation. Add thc cost of tho police and wo have about two millions and a half. Io elude pay of thc Firo Department and the amount is still further raised by a million That Icivcs about two millions for the sal aries of the employees of tho rest of tho branches and deputments of tho city, thc pay of laborers continuously by the week or day beiug included. Distribute them ns wo may, however, wc cnn not get over tho fact that tho city piye a prodigious sum io salaries. Thc vast amount, too, helps to explain why there is so much engrossing interest felt in local politics, so that in thc minds of souud party managers they eclipso in importance those of the tttntc and Union. lt shows why Albany is so cager to keep its hand in thc municipal pic, why ward politicians ure stimulated to BO great and constant activity, why bnrpuius and deals aro made herc which oripplo tho Democracy oven in thc vory homo ol its friends. Tho plunder is too enormous. Tho regular employees of the city num ber about ten thousand. Add tho office holders here in thc direct pay of the State, the post olfiee employees, thc Custom House brig ?de, tho internal revenue offi cials, and all I ho people in puMio pty, and we get a very considerable fraction of the adult uud able-bodied population of thc city. New York and tho country aro overrun with officials. They ?rc a burden on the industry of the peuple und all tho leesons of politic il economy warn us of tho danger of maintaining so vast and so greedy o horde. Yet projects to increase the num ber nro constantly presented in town couti cils, in Stutc Legislatures and in Congress. There arc odvooutcs for turning thc rail roads, telegraphs, and expresses over to thc general Government, for founding postal savings banks, and for multiplying offices in many directions until every third man would bc drawing pay from tho public treasury. Unsparing reduction in thc number of office holders whenever tho opportunity for it occurs is thc only true policy.-New York Sun. Tho Appearance of Guitoau Sinco His Trial A Washington correspondent who visited Guiloju thc other day says that the assassin has improved in appearnnoo remarkably since his trial. His complexion is clear and shows tho glow of health ond good living without excess. While upon close view thcro is a poouliarity io the expression of GuitCBu's eye, it is not sufficiently no ticeable to attract attention under ordinary circumstances. Ile wears a new suit of dark clothing, fro/ih linen and a wide-* brimmed soft bat, kecr'.ng tho lutter con stantly upon dis l ead, even in tho presence of Udy visitors. Two colls ?rc nt his dis posal, tino nf which ho uses as an office und tlic other us ti sleeping np'irtment. Tho office is furnished with soveral ohblrs', a (leek and wilting materials. Thu prisoner said ho waa woll treated by everybody. Ile hud numerous visitors, from whom ho reulizcd ?25 to ?!J0 per day bytliesuloof autographs and photographs. Ile exhibited four pictures in different positions, recently tuken, saying he preferred thoso iu which thc fuco wa* turned to tho sido. These givo tho countenance an expression of severity not natural to lt. Tho proceeds of this tra Hie allot d him thc means of supply? lug various comforts and the daily news papers. Judging by tho testimony on bis trial of the shifts lie hus employed to get along in the past, he is io easier circum stances now than ho hus becu for a loug while Ile reads pretty much all thetis published about himself, and is very food of fruit and buys u great deal of it. Ile disapproves of Mrs. Scovillc's letters lo Mrs. Garfield and President Arthur and has notified her not to write any moro letters in bis behalf. In refcreneo to his prospects, Ouiteau said confidently: "Wo expect relief frotn tho court in bono, t have retained Gen. B. F. Butler and Judgo Merrick, of Marylaud, as council, and will 8ccuru a new triial." Ho hoped Mr. Cockling would oooept the seat ou thc Su premo Bench for tho good of tho country. Gui tea u is anxious to li a vu o now book published, whioh will contain a rovision of his work on thc Bible, n sketch of his lifo andan obstruct of thc trial. Ile is desirous that n Bjltimoro house should publish it and says bc is losing 8f)0 a day while it re mains unprinted. At parting the prisoner Slid: "I will givo you a scutiuient," ond he wrote on a piece of paper thc words, "Tho Republican party-wrecked by Gan field, saved by Guitoau's inspiration nu'l Arthur's,8tutesmnnship. Tell your readers tiru I am well and happy, aud have no op* prehensions of any oilier condition either herc or bereifter." Hi? manner is entirely free from anything that would indicate that ho did not feel na he spoke. Ho replies to nil interrogations with promptness and decision, nnd speaks freely upon any topic introduced. When visitors appear at thc door of his cell and ? nvites them to coter, encouraging the timid With tho assurance that he will not hurt them. Ho displays the air of a busy man of affairs, much in earnest und entirely suuo, entertaining visitors as would become a mau iu thc position of a host perfectly et case. ~- .-?.- .- ' AN ACT lo amend Chapter XCVIT, of Title V, Purl II, of tho General Statutes of this Slate, relating to thc assign men tn of insolvent debtors. SECTION 1. Jh it enacted by thc Se?alo and House of Representatives cf the State of South Carolina, now met and pitting in General A?sembly and by the authority of tbssame, Thot Chapter XOVIl,of Title V, Part ?I, pf Geucrnl Statutes of this State, be, aud the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following us Sections lu, ll and 12 of the said Chapter: SEC. 10. That any assignment by an insolvent debtor of his or lier property for thc benefit of Iiis or lier creditors, in which uuy preference or priority is given lo any creditor or creditors, other limn as to any debts due to the publio, or in which any provision or disposition ?f thc property so assigned is made or directed, other than that the samo bo distributed among all creditors of the said insolvent debtor equally, in proportion to (he amount of their several demands, and without prefer J ence or priority of any kind whotsoovor, save only as to debts due to tho public, and save only is to such creditors os may accept the terms of such assignment and execute a roloasc of their claims against, the debtor, and except as hereinafter pro vided, such oisipnrnent shall be alsolutoly null and void, and of no effect whatsoever. SEC. ll. If uny person, being insolvent, within nioc?y days beforo the making of any nf sign ment by him or her of his or her property for tho benefit of his or her creditors, with a view to civo a pieference to any creditor or person hiving a claim against him or her, or who is under ony liability for him or her, procures or sailors any part of his or her properly to bo attached, sequestered or boized on execu tion, or makes any payment, pledge, as signment, transfer or conveyance of any put of his or her property, either direotly or iudireclly, absolutely or conditionally, the person receiving such piyment, pledgo, assignment, transfer or conveyance of any part of his or her properly, or lo bc bene fited thereby, or by such attachment, hav ing reasonable cause to believe such person lo be insolvent, and that such ottoohmcnt, s?questration, seizure, payment, pledge, assignment or conveyance is made in fraud of thc provisions of this chapter, thc same shall be void ond tho ossigncc mny recover tho property or tho value of it from tho porson so receiving it or so lo be benefited. Nothing, however, in this Section shall be construed to invalidate any loan of actual value, or the security therofor, made in good faith, upon o security taken in good faith, on tlie occas-lin of the making of such loan, or any security bona fide wado foi" advances. SEO 12. Whenever ony debtor shall assign his or her properly for the ben cfit of his oi lier creditors, it shall nod tuny bo lawful for any creditors of the said debtor, either by simple contract, specially or in any other manner, to instituto proceedings ntreinst tho said debtor or assignee named in the said assignment, or ODy other pecom properly parties thereto, either to nttaok and set aside lhe a;.dd deed of assignment' or to enforoo the provisions thereof, or for nny other purposo whatever, without first obtaining and entering; up judgment against the said debtor li^on tho claim or demand so held by tho enid creditor or creditors. A pi roved the 0th day of February, AY !>. fte