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If \4w* ????? . ff .l!1!!!.'..'.'! 'J.. .: )l .'.!'.?. ...J. ' ."" ~>-~ KKOWKC COjLJRIKU^ BY KEITH, SMITH ~*7c?. THURSDAY, MAY~11, 1882; ?SjUJJJ-1.|L _? ..M4. Ji-'-lLL.JLL . J -J_L U.! TPjartlVSClSs Mr* i'b'r subscription, $1.50 per annum, rielly lu drftfanw; /or sf* month?, f6 Cetil?. 8?LT" Advertisements inserted at one dollar per tow*T of one inch or? less for th? first insertion .ndfiftj/ cents foreach subsequent insertion, . M**' Obituary Notices- exceeding five line* Tribube* of Respect, Communication* ef a per tonal character, when adm i s sable, and Aunonnse - ment* of Candidate! will be charged for as adver . i Hine nts. S&f Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed Necessity compel* nt to adhere strictly 9 th* requirements of Cash Payments. Registration Again* ' ihoSujierviaor of Registration for ?Iiiscounty mm his books st Walhalla last Saturday. A number of (lie dillons of Walhalla registered and a few person? from the country who hap pened in tonn. Tho Supervisor will attend at the places and times mentioned in his advertise ment for the purpose of registering votcro and ire hope no one will fail to register. Does It Injure you or the oaiiBo of good go - vernment, to rogistor? It docs not and cannot. Doee-lt-benefit you? tinder (ho worst view of the lair it may. Supposo you fool now that you do not desire to vote again; suppose you believe and feel that tho present government is no better than that of tlie Radloals and you desire to 0Xprc83 no preference for either; supposo you oondomn (bo fenco law, the registration law, tho Citadel Academy law, tho University law, tho milli ia law and many other Acts of tho last Le gislature, is that or any other ground a good reason for not registering? If you register you ?an Toto or not as you feel aud please. If you do not roglster you cannot voto, however much *L ' your mind may chango and however much you may desire to volo at tho election. Friends, this is no small matter. Tho quostion is, whe ther you will wilfully and willingly forfeit Hie highoBt rights of a citizen. To retain thoso rights oosts nothing; lo loso them may cost muoh. Then register. Again, does not cvory good citizen desire that every man entitled to vote should be allowod the privilege, and does ho not equally dentro that no one should vote who is not entitled to vote. IIow oan both theso ends bo attained without registration? Wc venture (ho assertion that there aro from ono (o (wo hundred voters la this township not personally known to tho managers or voters in any other township, and that there aro numbers in other townships not known to tho managers and voters hero, and With this (rue, how oan you provont illegal votes being cast, unless through registration? Could not fivo hundred white men from other counties Or States scatter among our precincts mid vote Without' challenge, if they so desired, being known to no one? Our white population in tho South ave too honorablo to do (his, but could not five hundred or even five (housand negroes fn largo negro counties sender out nnd so vote? They have no distinguishing features. They arc nondescripts and tho very persons to do suoh things. They differ about as much as (wo black-eyed pens in appearance and features. It may be said (hey cannot volo without swearing . He. To many of the negro race this appears to be no obstaolo. In tho Charleston election oases one juror swore on his votre dire that ho bsd no bios and had formed no opinion in (ho osse, and yet in his oross examination admitted T^V be had sworn as a wit noss in tho Mackoy-O'Conor ' contest; that ho saw the managers in thc not of Stuning the ballot box, thus showing his capacity for lying, in that ho oould Bwcar a lie as to tho Bluffing tho box, then swoar a Ho that io that ho had formed no opinion on a matter lie pro fessed to provo, and finally swear that bo was gullly of swearing a lie, when ho said ho bad formed no opinion. Kvcti Judgo Bond ruled bim out as a juror in that oaso. Again, five negroes followed a man all day, saw him voto al four places and twico at ono of them, and yet it was proved by fifteen witnesses, - A- tomo Republicans, that thc party was chairman ef tho board of managers at one precinct and was there all day. How is that for lying? Old Nick alias Satan, alias thc devil, stands con founded bofore a down oountry Radical negro politician in lying, so that our only protection .gainst illegal voting and frauds lies in registra tion. A false registration would bo too apt to bs detsotod in several months and without a otrtlfioate no ono oan voto. Again, the Radiants say they want a free ballot and fair count. Their party creed, says Melton, is opposed to fraud of all kinds. Wo think tho roverso is true. What tho party can't buy il takes by fraud, SB shown in tho Tilden. Bayes contest for tho Presidency. They want office, power, the right to plundor and the ma jority in Congress to proteot them in it. Is not this tr no? Look at tho whiskey frauds, thc Credit Mobilier and oilier hugo jobs of Radicals, and whoro will you find Democrats connected With them? The Radioal party dread disclosure. They want any and everything that is good, but what they do not waut is to let a parly gel . Into power who will lot tho light in on their ad ministration and expoBO ils rottenness and cor ruption. We aro a Domoorot, but oaro little .bout parties, except to eco some party of in .telrigmoo, whothcr it be Democratic, Labor Reform, Greonbaok or Temperance, get into power and give us a government freo from fraud and hsto nod praotioing honesty and ad vocating reconciliation belwoon tho flections. In the South wc believe this oan only bo dono through thc Democratic party and wo should all unite on that party at this timo. Look atBomo of tho best citizens of our State dragged to Charleston and put on trial before paoked jurien, baokod by Radical witnoBscs, a bitter prosecuting officer and a judge whom Nomo of our exohnngos denominate a modorn Jeffrey?. Your oath, our oath, tho oaths ol pur most- honorable citizens would weigh lighl fceforo such ? tribunal with that of a negro 01 white Radical convict, whoso competency tc testify rested sole./ on the pardon of our Radi cal robber ex-Governor, now in limbo In Nev fork. ?hall wo seo Dioso things tfnd not rogistor' ?Shall we seo these things and d??|do on mino: joeal questions? Heaven forbid. Lei us nnite Lat us rogistor. Let us hold our State Covern morU and throw our weight for (he purificaihn And preservation of the General Government \ We have written several articles on this sub. joct because wo havo heard somo of our ben citizen? say they would not register or vott again. This is our last artiolo on tho subj cot. -.1... *-.. - Tho Greenville News hos placed tho nomo o Hon. George D. Tillman, of Kdgefield, at lt y? masthead ns candidate for Govornor at our nox ^ eleolion, and In a strong and sensible cditoria presents his fitness for tho position. I lilli MIJM^Mrf?^iaMMii^M??^^I^Mt?MMtAl? Liquor Screens-Sunday Selling, &c. A icrccu Sn it? ordinary * cuto is a elioltor or monos of protection or concealment nnd is a thing of common uso. Its uso in barrooms, to out off tho view of the publio to what is passing within, is an old custom, but under tho luto Aots of tho Legislature, one likely to full into disuse Wo seo from the Newborry Herald that most of the saloons havo ro mo ved thom in that town through tear oi prosecution. Wo think this tho hotter and soler course, as their use is a violation ol law and might causo tho proprietors ol saloons to be put to some cost and incon venience Whilo wo soy this, we admit tho law, now about to be oboyedj was enaotod in 183? in much stronger torms and has stood on thc Statuto books in ono or anothor form evoi einoo. Wo admit further wo novar hoard oi an indiotmont for its violation, though foi forty-six years it has boen oponly and daily violatod. Tho faot is, wo cannot soo tlx wisdom or good of suoh n law, either ai a correctivo or preventivo of liquor drinking Liquor speaks for iteolf whether, sold opcnlj or behind a screen. Those who use it to an j extent have a reel in their walk, a thioknosi in their epeeoh, a ?moll in (hoir breath and r glibness of swearing in their tongue whiol tolls of its prcsenoo os strongly as ooulai proof. In V?OW, however, of tho groat tem perance boom now spronding over tho oountrj and tho re-enactment of tho law, its violatiot might causo somo friend of tompcrnnoo, fron his idea of tho publio good, to proseouto itt violation, and it also givos to au enemy of t person soiling liquor a chance to prosecutt for rover.ge. Tho Aot of 1835 enacted that "over] vondor or rotador of spirituous liquors, win shall clandestinely, or behind or within an] scrcon, booth or other placo of conccalmont exchange, give, deliver, soil or retail sn] spirituous liquors, shall, on convintion, bi fined not loss than fifty dollars nor mon than two hundred dollars, according to tin discretion of tho presiding judge," Tili Aot was amended and continued in forco bj the sot of 1874. In Ibo Revised Statutes adopted last wintor, tho law requires tba ovory pcreon taking out a license for the salt of liquor, shall soil tho ssmo in a roou fronting a public street, without any screen curtain or other device for provonting Uv passing publio from fully viowing wha may be transpiring within. Tho soctiot containing this provision does not prescrib any penalty for its violation and irnm thi omission two questions nriso: 1st. Whotho tho revised code operates ss a repeal of th Act of 1835, and if it doo?, then 2d, whothc tho general pcnslty proscribed in Sectiot 1017 "that any person violating any of th provisions of this Chapter shall, on convie tion, bo fined not Ices than two hundro dollars or imprisoned not less than si; months." Without discussing this question wc hardly think tho Legislature intended t punish so sevcroly suoh n trifling violation c tho law, especially when tho samo and othc sections proscribo other penalties for vnriou violations. , Tho Sunday law irS reference lo liqus selling has been on our Statuto books in som form since 1691, when tho goncrnl law as t laboring on Sunday, selling goods or permit ting parties to loaf and drink about publi houses on Sunday was passed. It wit enaotod in 1874 "that any person who sha soil any spirituous or malt liquors, wino c oidor on Sunday shall bo subject to a fine ( not loss than ton nor moro than two hundrc dollars or to imprisonment not loss than tc days nor moro than two months." Th revised cr dc makes tho penalty thc forfeitui of license and subjection to punishment, r for soiling without license, and further dc prives tho party convicted of tho right t nbtnining a license to sell for two years froi tho dato of tho conviction. Wo aro thus particular in noticing thoi laws because of tho groat excitement upc .ho liquor question in this and other Stub for several years. In Ohio, where there mo saloon to evory two hundred and twent; throe oitisons, tho people aro almost ready ako up anns, beoauso a lalo statuto, no ming onforced, has taken from thom tl loar privilege (?) of loafing nnd gotfir Irunk on Sunday. In our Stato it is not tl ear of a now law, but a new fear of tho o aw which trou bios the mind of sulor coopers. Tho lnw on tho subject hero mary with ago. It existed boforc our birt )ut has always boon a dead letter, except tutward observance. It has no moro powc io moro thorns now than before Thc on luestion hore is, has tho opposition to liqu idling bcoomo so strong, or has tho mor icntimcnt hooomo eo clcvatod as to domat ind work out its enforcement? This is t ind it is a quostion ovcry ono must nnsw br himself. If ho sells liquor in violafic >f these provisions of law ho runs tho risk prosecution. It may bo ho can in tho futu is in thc past do so us safely as it lins be lono for a half century. It may bo boca ?ot. ?-<- ? [Logan, (Ohio) Hocking Sontinol. j nockine Talley Mewn. In tho absence of anything startling terrific-politics nnd tho exploits of thean worm oxcoptcd-nows from this delight calley will not provo nervo tingling. Ho ovor an item of very groat importance ninny pennie is communicated by Mr. V. Hi rington, Wholosnlo and Rotal Druggists Logan, who thus writos: Mr. Alcv. ft! Dlurg, Union Furnace, states that his vt had been nffliotod with rheumatism for Inst twonty ?vo years, hoing unable to w without onnce or some other help tho m of that timo; has now used two bottles St. Jacobs Oil and walks not only nb tho liou80 but also in tho fields without r helps. Tho wheat orop prominos to bo tho larc ovor produced. Tho ootton orop will bo enough-too big, porhaps. Tho amount fertilizers ueod has not decreased. ' general amount for tho wholo oountr iboMt Iho samo ns last year. Tho corn 0 will bo prodigious. All tho chancos now dint never*\boforo in tho history of sountry will /"'tod bo so abundant, and nt boforo ought it to bo so cheap. Tho 1 that helps make it dear is nn enemy of lW?M~M?g?S?l4 Chronicle. -Johnston, Kdgcfiold county, and Chos Gold Oourt House have both gono "dry." i Criminal Procedure In our Inst issuo wo roforrcd lo a lalo law paused in New York, giving to defendants, accused of crime, tho reply in argument bo foro tho jury and expressed our approval of euch a law. No ono appreoiutos tho advan tugo of tho reply in argumont more than law? yors and to go' it in civil CUBOB they ofton ad., mit plaintiffs' allegations and then sot up a defenco to thom, aud in criminal nooosations strenuous efforts aro always mudo to got from tho Stato's witnesses onough of evidonoo to justify tho dOfonoo in putting up no witnossos and thus getting tho roply. Wo remembor a caso of grand lorcony tried somo years ngo nt Walhalla, in vs hieb nftor consultation with our distinguished partner, tho lato Judgo Heed, wo concluded to put up no testimony and thus got the roply. Whon tho solicitor arrayed tho foots provod and pointed to the inferonoo of guilt, we grew anxious and if thon permitted, would not have trusted tho coso to tho cvidouco for the Stato alono. Feeling tho responsibility and proboblo error of our course, Judgo Recd io tho argument oxcollcd himself, and his clear reasoning and thrilling eloquenco won an acquittai, os tho evidence was circumstan tial. The roply is always a powerful engine, as thc facts pointing to guilt or innocence arc arrayed in order and in their strongest light. In tho recent olection trials in Charleston tho NctOS and Courter often refera to tho cloquonce und art displayed by tho District Attorney in his reply, and in Ibo caso of tho managers of tho Hopo Engine Compnny pro* oinot, it says: "Mr. Melton'? argument waa a mngniflcont oratorical effort and it strongly brought homo to tho minds nf thone hoarors. who woro politically opposed to him, tim fear fid advantage oj thc reply in any case, hoto ever weak, in thc hands of ono so skilled in tho nrto of thc forum, na is thc District At torney." Tho power of tho orator has been known and felt from tho earliest days of civilization. Ho can draw leura from a heart of stono or oonvulso with laughter tho most moroso Christian. While few poasoss this power, ?till the reply is a groat ndvantngo to tho weakest Inwyor. It id especially so in this Stato, sinco thc judgos aro limited in their charges to laying down tho law and aro forbiddon to intim?te an opinion or in nny wny dosonnt on the fnols. There ie no crimo but affects tho oharnotcr or good nnmo of tho citizen charged with it. Tho accusation of crimo to ninny minds lends to n presumption of guilt, and when, after a preliminary examination baa been had, tho ons o is sent up, it ia upon tho basis that n prima facie case is made out against tho per? son charged. Ho goes into tho trial with tho legal presumption of innocenco, until proved guilty, and yet tho jury and the country know that ho is put on trial with a judgment of guilt against him, so far IIB tho Stato's evi dence and tho judgment of tho committing magistrate goes. Can ho rebut this cvidonco, or in other Wordscan ho provo himselfinnocent? There is a natural prejudice in tho hearts of honest, intelligent mon against crimo nnd n natural disposition to convict tho oriminul. Our love of life, liberty and property, (ho preservation of which is secured only through the sanc tions of tho law,'begets thu disposition nnd wo all are too much dispose.!* not knowingly or willingly, to be influenced by it. For this rea son thc defendant should bare tho reply and bo permitted, belli hy ot ??lenco and argu ment, to establish hi? innocence. It is not thc purpose of Ibo law to oonvict but to protect tho innocent. It asks no in nocent blood. It ?eeks to rob no man of his good tame. It wants no victim. It saya every man is presumed innocent until proved guilty and that every reasonable doubt ns to the act and intent shall bo f hived in favor of innocence, and yet with a hypocrisy difficult to account for, it roserres to itself thc right to opon and reply in evidence and argument, lt does ibis in Ibo face nf.ji'i thc advantages it enjoya in criminal trials. Ii docs il in tho face of tho fact that it ia rich nod powerful; that it can employ and salary thc ablest and most experienced criminal lawyer in the cir oircuii; that it can foo anti commission agents and officers to issue its warranta, bind over its witnesses and work up tho testi mony for conviction in all its counties; that in addition it has on its si le all thc sympnthy of tho good pooplo of every county, who turn their ftieea against crime and desire to soo it convicted and punished. It duos this, too, in the face of tho disadvantages ol' tho ac cused, who may bo, and generally is, poor, ignorant, fiierulless and in prison, unable in person or through friends to get up his de fence, and annbio in money to employ a law yor to defend him in court, much loss to get up his testimony and study his case well. Far bo it from us to defend crimo. It is our duty, our intorost and our pleasure to seo it convicted and punished, fur in this rests tho peace and order of society and tho secu rity of our family. We do not defend crime; wo condemn it; but this ?'OQS not interfere with the duty of a lawyer to defend persons charged with crime. Tho Inwyor, who baa any self respect, oould nut say or argue that assassination is not murder. In such a case tho question is, who is thc guilty party and is tho proof in the particular oaso char ns to tho guilt ol tho person cr. trial. In nil other oascB of homicide, tho r'.ofonoo rests on tho facts and circumstances of tho killing, as whether it was done in s el I'- defence or upon sudden boat and passion arising from mutnoi coubal or puflioicnt provocation, or by accident. In other crimos, tho question is who did thc act and aro tho facts brought out truo, and if truo da they combine all tho clemonts of Hip crimo charged as defined by tho law? Thoro ia omplo room for an lionel: t de le u cc to he sot lip in ninety nine out of ono hundred indiotmonts, and in mnks ing this defence tho nccusod should enjoy otory odvantago on his trial, in tho way of evidence and argument. Wo aro satisfied no county can boast of a moro intelligent and upright citizenship than ours, nnd our jury panels comprise mon who will strivo nt all timos to do their duty. They will never let mon esr-1po conviction when the proof of guilt is elrae. While this ie truo, in caftes resting on many foots and drouin* atancos, thoy aro liable to givo undue weight to thoso Inst prosonlod, as it is difficult to keep nil in mind, -ftoeidoB in tho reply foots negating guilt are often so ridiculed or dis toiled US to loSO (hoir influence, insomuch ??i ? iniiii,. i , nu,-!,i n i i _ j...'JuJ."L! that (ho best lawyer in hooring two sides of n cuso argued often lins ooo and thon unother opinion. Bosldos, if tho reply did not give n great ndvantugo to tho sido enjoying it, why does tho State claim it, nod why do lawyers so often strivo to get ii? Tho foot is to know tho position ol ono sido und bu permitted to answer it is of great importance in ovory caso und wo agroo with tho Now York Sun that tho day will como when tho inhumanity and sovoiiiy of ibo present mudo of criminal pro* ocduro will excite no less wonder than tho old English law, denying to tho prisonor tho right of counsel. "Wo nil want tho guilty punished, but he should enjoy ovory nd van* tugo io establishing his inuocenco, as ho is thc weaker party in nil caeca Promises of tho Crops. PROBl'KCT FOR AN AUUNOANT YIELD ALL OVER TUE LAND Tho Now York Times publishes dotailed orop reports from thirty i se voa Stales and four Territorios, which it avers bavo boon collected with tho most pains-taking caro, and which represent tho results of recently collated information from over fifteen hun' drcd centres of agricultural activity. Tho showing on tho whulo in encouraging. Tho present prospect is that tho crop nf staples will bc something above tho nvorngo, with a roasnna'do hope of a decline at an early day in tho cost of necessaries of lifo, which is just now excessively high, partly from natural and partly from artificial causes. Tho small grains, despito bad spring weather, promiso well. Winter wheat will give an incrensed yiold in nearly ovory Stat? oxcopt Indiana, Ohio and Now York. Thc last named only will produco much less than tho avorngo. Spring wheat is mach moro flattering in its promiso. In tho groat grain Statos West of tho Mississippi the increase is especially marked, in some c.tses ns much ns fifty per cont. In aomo of thc old grain States other grains arc replacing wheat barley, onts and rye especially. In all those a largo increase in nerengo is reported and promise a largo crop. Inseot? and rust are reported in some places, but only in Tennes see is much nlnrni felt. Corn shows a very largo increase in nearly evory Stato whero it in cultivated at nil' In the North it shares to some extent in tho displacement of winter wheat and in the Smith it is replacing cot ton to eenie extent. Emigration and tho pushing of railroad construction are promi nent factors in thc incronsc of the grain fields. Cotton is expected to giro nt least on nvorngo crop. Tho uren devoted la it is much smaller; floods, a partial abandonment of tho "all cotton" systom and tho inability of planters to obtain sufficient supplies work tugothcr to this result. Tho freo uso of fertilizers, however, is czpectod to kocp thc yield up to tho uvcrogo. Tho planters throughout the Smith have been much bum pered, also, by tho difficulty in obtaining laborers. Tho sugar-cano crop is looking splendidly, oxcopt in a few cases, in some of tho flooded distriotn where it has boen killed. Tho cultivation of rice is recoiving more at? tcnlion and probably tho avcrago crop will bc secured. Tobncop does not show much chango; an increased ncrcuge will bo planted in sonic of Ibo middle nod Northern States, liny und grass crops hnve been much injured throughout tho country, and generally a light yield ia expected. Thc high prico of potatoes has led farmers to devoto an in crcasodaercage io that vegotablo this yonr. Thc fruit crops have been the chief sufferers. Frosts have about destroyed peaches und ?mall fruit in Virginia, Maryland and Delft ware and ibo Hudson Valley. Other fruits will give an nvorngo yield, except perhaps sherries. The dairy in thc North nnd East ?ro receiving more attention, nnd, with [?ni'-rnising, replacing tho cultivation of grain. Tho great cntilo-growing interests if tho West aro most flourishing, tho mild winter on thc plains having been favorable Tho subslnnco of tho Times' report from South Carolina is ns follows: "Cotton looks ivoll willi a slightly diminished acreage. Winter wheat and oats show a very largo increase. Ki co pru mieos nut moro than half he usual cr* p." Stonewall Jackson. IM Quad in Detroit Erco "Press. | In those skotchos Stonowall Jackson's Mittles have been taken in reverse. Wc lound him first on thc blood-stained field of \ntictnm-almost at thc closo of his career nstoad of at the beginning, Tho world knowe how ho fought there. We found him \t Kornstown fighting ono to four-lighting, railing back, grimly giving way to fight rgnin. Wo saw him striko the Federal uniies right and left in thc valley and fill Washington with whito faces. Wc found him nt Frcilcricksburg on Leo's righi; at Chancellorsville in Hooker's renr; nt Manassas behind Popo, on his (lank in his front. Wc have found him at Gaines' Mill. Ente waited for him before striking a hist blow. Il was tho hammer in his grasp I which shattered tho Federal position. With out him Longstreet anti Hill would have boen pressed hack, routed, annihilated. A Obrislinn in faith, a child in his sympa thies, a gcnornl who cared not for tho world's admiration so much ns for the comfort of nny single man who followed him in his wonder* ful marches. Ho had tho courngo of alien and ihc henrt of a woman. Thc pomp nnd glitter of war woro not for him. His ban ners grow old and faded and shot nnd torn. Ilia legions grew ragged and footsore and weary. No matter who hesitated-Jackson advanced. Fierce in tho bout of battle, bocatiae it was his duty to kill, when tho roar of cannon died nway tho groans of tho wounded reached a heart which hud n throb for evory groan. Partisans may koop tho bitterness of their heart, but tho world hus spoken. Thu man whom they hate died forgiving nih Struck down nt Chancellorsville amid tho mar (d' bnttlo, be was removed to die amid tho softest peace. Strong men wept li ko children when they saw that his last hour had 00mo? but if thoy had a feeling of revengo down under thoir sorrow, ho had none. With malice toward nono - with forgivonofs for all his lifo went out as his palo lips whispered! "Lot us cross ovor nod rost under thc green trees!" -Com has tassellcd in Williamsburg county. Judge Carpenter Interviewed* A KEPUM.ICAN'S OriNioN OP Ilia OWN PARTV. Ex-Judgo Carpentor returned to Columbia from Colorado and wan intorview by tho cor rospondont of tho News and Courier. After Hinting that he was glad to get back homo, and that ho never expected to move from this State, ho epoko of tho political trials in Charleston as follows: I hnvo socn tho accounts of tho political prosecutions in tho pnpors, know tho gonoral purport and have watched tho progress of tho trials. I won't undertake) to critioiso tho notion of tho Fedoral Courts, but I dou't pre cisely seo the advontngo of wasting tho timo and money of tho Govorntnont and tho timo of tho court and juries to soouro tho convic tion of tho partios on trial and then to dis charge- thom without eontonco. I don't soo tho wisdom of any pnrt of it, and think it is only stirring up bad blood and creating trouble without any good result. Tho prosont prao tico of tho Government in employing its pots und par?sitos and to prosecute tho pious of Government in orimlonl cases, instead of giving it to its authorized attorneys is in tho last dogrco roprohonsiblo. It is a waste of tho peoplo'e monoy for tho benefit of a fow favoritos, and a shifting of tho proper res ponsibility from otTl?ial shoulders to thc shoulders of irresponsible parties. Tho sys tem of omploying outside counsol in Govern? mont casos is of comparatively modern dste, and would bo much "moro honored in thc breach than in tho obsorvanco." Tito dis trict attorneys should bo, and in must cases aro entirely competent to oondoct tlioRC pros ecutions, and if tliey arc not they should be replacod by others who aro. Tho district nttornoy sustains pcouliar relations to tho government and tho people. While ho ie lite officer of tito govorntnont ho is also tho roprosontotive of tho pcoplo, and ho should neither indict or prosoouto any citizen unless in his judgment thoro has been nu infraction of tho law by tho accused, ll ired counsel huvo no such responsibility, or if they havo they novor excerciso it. Tho olfect of these prosecutions will bo to embitter and moro olosoly consolidate tho whito peoplo of tho State and keep them a unit in tu turo oleotions. Thoro is no doubt that if thc liberal movemont ovor had a chance, which with its loaders and envi ronments I don't conceive to bo thc fact, this is its death knell. I don't think tho thing ever had any lifo in it. A great deal lins been said about ballot box stuffing and fraudulent election returns. Th ero is doubtless much truth in tho assor tions in regard to it, but it should bo remem bered that thc Republicans when in power in this State in IS7U inaugurated both these systems, and all that can bo said now i.s that tho whites havo "bettered ihoir instructions." I did not approve of it thon, nor do I defend it now, but it is a simple fact that tho system did not originate with tho Democratic party in South Carolina. "War with tho Indians. SAN FKANCISCO, May i,-A Lordsburg, New Mexico, dispatch statot) that it is positively asserted that'in (he n?lii ou thu ?Otb ultimo, between thc Mexican troops under Col. Garcia and Loco's band of Indians, thc latter lost 78 killed and all their iilook. also thal Loco himself was killed and 33 Indians taken prisoners. Thc Mexican less is slitted to have been 27 killed and wounded. LOHDSUUltd, N. M., May ? -Reports front Mexico arc to the effect timi Capt. Tupper anti bis troops had a second cucouiitor with thc Indians on thc Isl instant about 45 miles South of Cloverdale, killing lu Indians and recaptur ing about 200 head of slock. Capt. Tupper lost. 1 killed and 1 wounded. The town of Gulley ville, falsely reported last week as having been burned by tho Indians, is rapidly being descried and thc merchants and others arc moving all their stock and elfocls to Sail Simon for safety, (hough il is believed that all immediate danger is over. Col. Brady, who loft herc on May 1st, reached Ki oh mond with his command yesterday morning, having scouted along thc Gila Valley and over (ho entire route between herc mid Richmond. Ile reports all ?pilot and no signs of fresh Indian tracks. Cu RV BX MK, Wv., May 5.-A telegram just re ceived from Fori VYoshnki slates that thc Indi ans have quieted down. They comm it t eil no wrongs anil will remain on tho R?servai ion. A courier from ibo yellowstone countty reports thc Crows exasperated and ordering settlers to leave. However, they do this regularly every spring. Tho Truo Gontloman. Thc following sketch is called "Tho Por trait of tho True Gentleman." It was found in nu old manor house in Gloucester shire, written and framed, and hung ovor tho mantle picco of a tapestried sitting?, room; "Tho truo gentleman is God's servant, tho world's master, and his own man; Virtue is his business, Study his recreation, Content ment his rest and happiness his reward. God is his fathor, Join-? Christ his Saviour, : thc saints his brethren, and all that need him his friends. Devotion is his chaplain, Chan tity his chamberlain, Sobriety his butler, Tem perance birt cook Hospitality his lionsokoopor, Providence* his stoward, Charity his treasu rer, Plenty his mistress of tho house, and Discretion his porter to lot in or out, os most fit. "Thus is his whdlo family rando up of virtue, and boil tho true mttstor ol tho house. Ile is necessitated lo take tho world on his way to heaven; but hu walks 111 rough it ! as fast as ho can, und all his business hy the wny is to moko himself und other? h ippy. Tako him in iwo Words-a Man nial a Christian." . - ---o - [Saginaw Daily News.] Mr. George Schick informed our ropnrtcr that ho hud been suffering with rheumatism in his feet sojodiy that for weeks nt a time Ito would be anublo lo lease hil bed. He : tried various * remedios without relief and ! concluded to UKO SI. Jacobs Od lt neted, like magic, lu two days ho was entirely cined. -- .. ? - . -Thc two Kdgefletd papers of last week con tained thc announcement of seven candidates for county officeT-ono for I'robalo Judge, one for School Commissioner and live for Clerk of Court. Tho Tariff Commie sion bill, as it passjR tho House of Representatives SalurdrS provides for a commission of nino poreonH to bo appointed from civil lifo, who oroflj roootvo ten dollars per doy and travolB;| und other necessary oxponses, Tho d? of thia commission will bo to take inti oousideratiou and to investigate thororjgK : all tlio various questions relating to tho*' agricultural, commoroiol mcroantilo, nianrW fucluring, mining and industriul iutorcsW of tho United States, BO far as tho saafl moy bo necessary to tho establishment qj| a judicious tariff, or a revision of ttl existing tariff upou u scale of justioo toni interests. Thc commission is cmpowcroS to travel through tho country aud gating iofortnotiou. Tho testimony taken is ? bc printed from timo to limo and distribute! to members of Congress by tho publia printer, and tho final roport U to bo mada not later than tho first Monday in Deconnj ber, 1882. Tho bill ooinoidos with th? ono passed by tho Scnato on March 28B with tho exooptiou that tho Sonate bill requires tho commission to gather iuforina tion on whioh to base a rovisiou of tho i nfl ternal rovonuo laws. In tho Sonate, Mn Allison moved to striko out tho olauso rofl lening to internal revenue, but his inotiol was lost by a voto of 22 to 88. Tho ba was passed in tho Scnato by a volo of W From official sourcos wo gather tho folio A ing instructivo ?toms: Australia lonou n tB of $7 fur each man, woman and child in tra kingdom. Hungary lovios $0 50 por pnrscSp, Prussia $10 per poreon. Franco $15 JB? head. Russia pays much loss, but tlingit becauso of her inability to pny. Tho morjoy ia not tn bo had. Every Russian paysflu und ovcry Fronchmnn pays $15 and still HM funner is wor*o off than tiny otbor counflK socially, politically and pecuniarily. So ?Hf nut tho heaviest taxed peoplo always who M really the groatost burdonod. A pooplo On onjoy liborty of consoionoc and of action, H who ure not ground down by unjust H unwise laws, may bc happier and moro dV' touted under heavy taxation than tho poA of another country who pay lightor taxes S havo fewer privileges. In Ward I in Columbia 300 votors j) regi-Mered up to May Gth. Ol ihoio about tjb.H colored voters registcrod to ono whito rot Thoro are six hundred votors in tho |T.} add one moro day. Tho News ami Cd?f on tho subject of registration says: Tho colored pooplo will registor to nra Thoy hjuvo been plied fur weoks with viii ings and exhortations. They havo boon' ti that tho registration law is a soborno tQ,,< pi ive I hem of their suffrage, and that fail' to registor will remand thom to a oondiijpr political slavery ut least. It is agreat vVrf to alarm and excite tho colored votors ih't way, bul they wcro expected to regis Tho law is for black man ami whitten aliko. Wi 1 thc white people register*?'-! can only say to them that, if they do not, t' deprive themselves of ihc opportunity to euro tho continuance of good gnvcrhrn and peaeo for themselves und their fol citizens next November. LOTS or FUN AHMAD.-An old mi was brought up before Judge McDowal morning for being drunk. Tho Judge g tho old fellow a good wholesome iCjot On tllO Sill of (ll ll likeliness. "Were you ever drunk, Judge?" as tho old veteran. "Ho, sir," said His -' J?ouor, "I ita was." Tho old mau hung his head for ty incut and then ejaculated: ?'Well, Fill bc d-1 Hut it airi'l Into, yet, Judge; there's fun ahead for - heaps of fun." The old fellow was disolnr^od am' roar of laughter.- Leadville De.mocrai ... RAI.F.IOII, N. C., May 1.-All otU buildings belonging to Col. Bingil military Rohool at Mcbinovillo were boil to-day. They were of wood and sijjj in number. Loss 830,000. Insul $20,000. TUB 1)ISTINOUI?>IIINU CHARM.-A dclifcl fragrance of freshly gathered llowcrw spices is tho distinguishing charm of F|O ton Colugne. MUSHY ron A RAINY DAY.--' For sixlj my ilnughlcr was sick from kidney undib disorders. Wc had used up our invition doc'ors. when our dominio advised us Mil Parker's Ginger Tonic. Four bottles ajfo n core, nod us n dollar's worth lins kaw family well for over a year, wo hnvHb able to lay by money again for u rainjSo, -A poor Man's Wile. The fatality which accompanies ArcHpc ploration is again evident in tho dofln Lieutenant Do Long and the party witlnhh So omis tho voyage of tho Jeannette? T ves-ol is crushed in tho iee and sunk jp t Arctic ocean. Hor commander is dcuujr ha ing lost his lifo in tho endeavor tolroai sheller. What Arctic exp?dil?0n,l fro Franklin to D, Long, nf which this fis n wholly or in pint inn? Tticy ililli lil bravo men. but no ono can help foclii thal his HIV) hui under such oi roil mi* tl Bees life wasted, for altor all the question |nr?8e w hat good is it all? The value lu soior be, nt commerce, industry, society, anything) is bi little, even if the pole is found. - A Idler from Ilia .Secretary of (he Trn was laid before the Senate on tho 6th ansias showing Ihal die total ainonnt of internal rai uno tax oolli'Cied on raw cotton from |h0;ti\ tho lax waa imposed in I8t>_\ including lb received from all the Ul '.tes mid Territories; tl $08,072,888 09. ? Ni:w YORK, May ?-Business fallaros i ported for seven days number KU, a docreast niuo aa oom pared with hist week. Tho K?st .Stales had but 12, the .Middle 15. the West :5">, thc South 24, tho Pnoilie .Slates and 'f ritovios 18, mid Now York city 2. Thu stop ges in New York city aro balli potty, and SO aa business cinban .iss'iionts aro conuerned-U is just now a inilh niiiui ?il Ibis great oe ruf ucl i vii y. mmi'tirj. New Advertisements* JESSE ANO Our Illustrated T.tvMof Ih? _ nrothcrK ls enlarged to 600 L wlih 70 ]lliin(rii(loiin,incl ls col Including tho Death amt lruri.il or Weals,-) illustrate the killin*. Uta JC?;C James after death. ni? MI t wo children born In oull??ry, th who made Uta captura, etc. alio il ft engraving of Co?, Crittenden. J WANTXD. Circular? fr?. Outfit lilli ls ths only tiuc history. Be' ?maller editions. One Ileijant III - m. m m m M- -w Toluroe of COO Patea, Secure mnmm^mTTm^t He?t, UMMl nndfihcnpt CINCINNATI nra, CO., No. 173West ?th St., Cine Wa trill stud 1 Beautiful Rllftr.ptattd BttlUr Sal Beautiful Rllrpr-jpUUd Sonar Shell 11 Hook, of th* Hu .tr r. i " SS pieces full sire Vocal Motlr, Plano accompaniment, retail from Si to (O cent* I at stores ; and a beautiful lllu.tralrd Kvotut, I months, pou j 1.1 if 10 three-rent stamps aiai to pay postage ?nd packin,; expanses. Addreai S.O. niDKOCT A CO., Faaftifcere, 10 Berala* I May ll, 188:1