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. THE WEEKLYipIGH TIMES, * Iforott* <o iypftnttw* Sorfiiiultorii, gom^liq (feijcpmg, $)olitup!,( and iliij <urrra! $fua ojf the gag. VOL. IX.?New Series. UNION C. II., SOUTH r/u OL^A, OCTOBER 26, 1877. NUMBER. 42. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGEFelloio Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: The adjournment nf the last Cougress without making appropriations for the support of the army for the prescut fiscal year, has caused the necessary suspension of payuieut to officors and uicn of sums duo them for services rendered after the 30th day of June last The army exists by-virtue of statutes which prescribe its members, regulate its organization and eui. ploy men t. and which fix tho pay of its officers and men and declare their right to re^ ceivc the same at stated times. These W statutes, however, do not authorize tho paybe drawn from'the Treasury only In consequenoe of appropriations made by law aud it bns also been declared by statute that "no department of the Government shall t expend in any one fiscal year uny sum in P excess of the appropriations made by Cougress for that fiscal year." We have, therefore, an army in service authorized by law, and entitled to be paid, but 110 funds available for that purpose. It may also bo said, as an additional incentive to prompt nctiou by Congress, thai siucc the commencement of the fiscal year, tho army though without pay, has been constantly and actively ern. ployed in arduous and dangerous service, ^ for the performance which both officers and men have discharged their duty with fidelity aud courage and without complaint.? These oircuuistances, in my judgment, constitute an extraordinary occasiou, requiring that Congress be convened in advuuee of tho time prescribed by law for your meeting in regular session. The importance of a speedy action upon this subject on the part /1 o T or uougrcss is so manifest tnat l venture to suggest the propriety of making the necessary appropriation for the support of the aruiy for the current year, at its present maximum numerical strength of 25,000 men, leaving for future cousideratiou all questious relating to an increase or decrease of tho number of enlisted men. In the event of a reduction of the army by subsequent legislation during the fiscal year, the excess of the appropriation could not be expended, and hi the event of its enlargement tho additional sum required for the payment of tho extra force could be provitroops now in service, and whose pay is already largely in arrears, if payment to thcui should be further postponed till after Congress shall have considered all questions likely to arise iu the effort to fix the proper limit to tho strength of the army. Estimates of the appropriation for the support of the military establishment for the fiscal year ending Junj 30th, 187S, wero transmitted to Congress, by the former Secretary of the Treasury, at the opening of its session in December last. These estini otoa u/oru nwulifin<! Kv f Itn tiTiKiMil Si'PI'n. tary so as to conform to the present. The requirements are now renewed, amounting y to 832,436,758 98; and having been transmitted to both Houses of Congress, are submitted for your consideration. There is also "itfjtivred by the Navy Department, 82,003,861 27. This Bum is made up of 81.445,688 16 due to officers and enlisted men for the last quarter of the last fiscal year, 8311,953 50, due for advances made by tlie Fiscal Agent of the Government in London, for the support of the foreign service, 850,000, due to the Naval Hospital fund, 8150,000 due for arrearages of pay to officers, and 845.219 58 for support of Marino Corps. There will also be needed an appropriation of 8262,535 22, to defray the uuscttlcd expenses of the United States Courts for the fiscal year ending June 30th last, now due to attorneys, clerks, enmmisk sioncrs and marshals, and for rent of court rooms, support of prisoners and other deficiencies. A part of the building of the Interior Department was destroyed by fire on the 24th of last month. Some immediate repairs and a temporary i trunhiro h?a in cqu?m sequence become necessary, estimates for which will be transmitted to Congress immediately, and the appropriation of the requisite funds is respectfully recommended. The Secretary of the Treasury will conimuuicate to Congress in connection with estimates for appropriation for the support k of the army for current fiscal year estimates ^ for such other deficiency in the different branches of the public service as require immediate action, and cannot without inconvenience be postponed until the regular session. I take this onportunity also to invite vnnr nl/Anf inn Li r lin urnnr i tr aT i rlrvrv# i n it at your present s^sion, necessary legislation .to enable the j \\o|e of the United States to participate iiv vL\ advantages of the Intoroational of Agriculture, Industry and Fine .,ibs, which in to bo held .at Pari* in 187S, and in which this government has been invited by the government of Frnuce to take part. This invitation was communicated to this government in may, l?7t?, by the Minister of France at this capital, and a copy thereof submitted to the proper committee of Congress at the last session, but no action was taken upon the subject. The Department of State lias received many li tters from.various parts of the country expressing a desire t<> pirtiei Kite in the exhibition, and numerous op plications of a similar naturo have also becu made at the United States Legation at Paris. The Department of State has also received official advices of a strong desire ou the part of the French Government that the United States should participate in the exposition, and space has hitherto been and still is reserved in the exposition buildiug for the use of exhibitors from.the Uuitcd States, to the exclusion of other parties who have been applying. Therefore, iu order that our industries may bo properly iepreseutcd at the Exhibition, au appropriation will be needed for the payment of salaries and expenses of Commissioners, and for the transportation of goods.'antjLi'o# oldim*, view ; anu as May next is ific time fixed for tho opcuiilg of Exhibition, if our citizens are to share iu the advantages of International competition of the trade of other nations, the necessity of immediate action *o u^uivuv. xkj ouituiv; iuu uuuuu OiaiU.^ to co-opcratc iu the International Exhibition, which >va? held at Vicuna in 1873, Congress passed joint resolutions making an appropriation of two hundred thousaud dollars, and authorizing the President to up- ( point a certain number of practical artizaus and scientific uien who should attend the j exhibition aud report their proceedings aud i observations to him. Provision was also i uiade for the appointment of a number of j honorary commissioners. I have felt that j prompt action by Congress tu accepting the 1 invitation of the government of Fraucc is ] of so much interest to people of this country i aud so suitable to cordial relations between , the goveruuieut of the two countries, that | the subject might properly be presented for , attention at your present session. ] The Government of Sweden and Norway i has addressed an official invitation to this < Government to take part iu an International Prison Cougress to be held at Stockholm < next year. The problem which Congress 1 proposes to study "how to diminish crime," ] is oucin which all civilized nations have an t interest in common, and the Congress of ( Stockholm seems likely to prove the most i important convention ever held for thcsiudy t of this grave question. I Under authority of a joint resolution of 1 Congress, approved February l(lth, 1875, a j commission was appoiuted by my predcces t sor to representee United States upon tl^fo ^ been at the earnest desire of tho Swccdish $ government, postponed to 1878, his com- s mission was renewed hy me, and an appro- i priatiou ol 88,000 was made on sundry <. civil service accounts of 1875, to meet the . exnenses of the commissioner. I reeom- i I ^ ^ mend the reappropriation of that sum for ? the same purpose, the former appropriation | having been covered in the treasury and j being no longer available for the purpose 1 without further action by Congress. The ( subject is brought to your attention at this ' time in view of the circumstances which t render it highly desirable that the Coniuiis- t sinner should proceed to the discharge of 1 his important duties immediately. < As several acts of Congress providing ' for detailed reports from the different Do- I partments of the Government require their : submission at the beginning of the regular j annual session, I defer until that time any ; further reference to the subjects of public ' interest. R. B. Hayes. Washington, Oct. 15, 1877. Sheep IIusbadry.?There is an old Spanish proverb, "The hoof of the sheep is golden." Whether this is true or not, the universal experience of all who have attempted sheep husbandry is that it is the only or most practical renovator of our worn out soils ; and the best test of the profits arising from it is the tenacity with which flock owners hold on to their ewes, refusing to part with thorn at almost any price, while they may be borrowing nt a high rate of interest. This in itself should be conclusive to the. doubtful and inexperienced.? Jlut wo are all well aware that the liunareds of half starred and worthless curs that infest the country are a serious drawback to successful sheep husbandry. lligu taxation is the oiily remedy; and I do think it high time that some regard should be paid to tho interests of the much abused farmers, the acknowledged backbone of the country. Candidates for the Legislature make great pretensions for tho interest of tho kirmer, but when our rotes send them through rejoicing, so much time is taken up with mileage and per diem that no time is left to us. Now, as a class, we have some rights, and we should pertinaciously demand them. Let every farmer resolve to cast bis vote for no candidate that will not pledge himself to bring this vexed question to an issue, "whether a farmer's flock of sheep, hurdled upon his own premises, is more subject to taxation than a vagrant flock of a half dozen worthless, half starved hydrophobic brutes, turned loose upon a community."? Cor. Southern Cuttivator. . RIPE CORN. The golden ear peeps through (lie husk. The failed tassels dryly rustle. So, ho hoys, ho ! From morn till dusk, We'll at it tben with shout and hustle ! So, bo, hoys, ho ! Now for the tusslo! The lively work, we'll weather it ! The ripened corn, we'll gather it llo, hoys, hw ! We'll gather it ! ['*. f.. CUvcl'tn f. in Srri'iifr. 9 V'?1?? " AN EXAMPLrfjOR UHIOtJl jfoilRTY. -I Georgia lulanff Town lirinyivgjftr. Mills to the Cotton?^Wluit has been ' Actually Accomplishes! at Columbus, Go. Columbus, Ga., September 28.?You may pr ibably be interested to know something more of this enterprisiug little interior town than that it is at the head of steamboat navigation and has a population of some fifteen thousand people. A sojouru I of a day or two here would inform you of the'fact that it is the foremost manufacturing town in the South. The close of the war found it desolated by the vandals of Wilson's command, its factory buildings destroyed, its nouulation reduced, it&evidoniMKU flffKSi its brave spirits wer* not vanquished. They went to work with will, rebuilt what is now the Eagle and l'hecuix Factory, two large brick buildings, one for the manufacture of cotton fabrics and another for woollen, fur nishing employment for over seven hundred persons. Good management, close attention to business and fair dealing, soon brought their.reward, and orders came in exceeding their capacity to supply them. The board ! of directors resolved to build another larger j and finer mill than the two already in such J succcssiui operation, and the new building, now completed, and filled with the finest machinery of* the very best quality, measuring some four hundred feet ill length, sixty leeet iu width and live stories high, will soon be in operation, giving employment to eight hundred more employees. This company now manufactures forty-six different kinds if goods, from spool cotton to<welvo-quarter blankets. Their sales during the last month iveraged over $5,000 per day, filling orders from Virginia to Texas, and from Florida to Missouri. They have no agents, but jvcrylhing is sold at the facto y Their j ginghams, diapers, ticking, denims, jeans, j jassiuicrcs, &c., compare favorably with the , lest products from English and Northern oonis of similar quality. Their water powsr is immense, being the whole (Jhattahoo:liee lliver, wiiich at this point at this time s seveit hundred feet wide. The capital of he company is $1,250.000. Their profits or 1S7G were $12G,875,G0. The stock on land on 1st January last, (time of last re>ort,) consisting of cotton, wool, manufacurcd goods, . dye stuffs, chemicals, &c., $108,4 Gi-j?8y .Riialuaudrai'ditl ?210,G30 53. There is a very commodious livings bank connected with the establishnent, the books of which show amount due lenositors fehieflv eimdovofufl S420 417 7.S 1 \ J 1 J ~ * ? \cross the street near by i& a well stocked etail store, under the niatiagcmcut of some >f the leading uicu of the factory. The ^resident of the company is Mr. N. .J. llussy. Mr. W. II. Young, one of the di ectors, seeuis to be the chief directing head )f this vast and very successful enterprise, fhero are other cotton factories higher up lie river, and it is said that Northern capitalists are prospecting for sites along the junks of the Chattahoochee, which furuishjs eligible water power for forty miles up. fhcre is a manufactory of cotton bagging liere, from jute, which turns out an article superior to the Nyw York bagging, and sells freely ail they make at 12-j fcents. There :ire large flour mills, an iron foundry, See. The streets are wide; the main street, two hundred feet, is frequently thronged with wagons loaded with country produco.? What corollary may we draw from what we have seen of this little inland Southern town? What she has achieved others may hope to do. Enterprise, judgment, capital can command success ; diversity of interest is necessary to permanent prosperity; the looms should couie to the cotton ; a good product will find purchasers at reuiuncra- | tivc prices. Will South Carolina embark more extensively in manufactures??turbine, in Neics and Courier. A Tarantula's Nest.?The nest of a tarantula (spider) lias been found in California of tbo most singular construction.? It is about three inches in lei^lh by two in diameter, built in adobes, the wall beinj.' nearly half an inch thick. Inside of this is a projection, which nearly divides it iiuo two apartments, about an iu^b in diameter. The inside is lined with a white downy substance, not unlike velvet, and presents one of the cleanest and most tidy little households imaginable. J>ut the most curious part of it is a door, which lits into an aperture, and closes it hermetically. The door is secured hy a hinge, formed of a like fibrous substance as tho lining of the house, and upon which it swings with freedom.? Tho nest is occupied hy a dozen little tar antulas, which sceui to subsist on a yellow secreted substance, that appears upon the walls of the front apartment. Thfc arrangement of the door for the protection of the little inmates indicates great instinctive ar cliitectural knowledge. ?? A Parisian spceulatof lost his poeketbook with 20,000 francs in it.o^ ^hc way to embark for America. Titpo was more than money, and with much anguish he went his way. < >ti his return he hastened to the police and found his wallet, Ilagerly he c >unted its contents, and his jaw! was seen to fall.? ' Well," says the clerk, '(isn't it all right?" ' No," says the baron,' 'it. is short."? "Short! I low much? What don't you find there?" ' The year's interest." . i THE DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN OHIO. The returns from (he Ohio election herald a complete triumph for the Democrats, which will cause an immense rejoicing throughout the countrj. The < Jovornor has been choseu by a largo plurality, and the Legislature on joint ballot has a decided majority for the Democracy, which insures uuothcr Democrat in the United States Senate. This last stroughold of Radicalism is last capitulating, and the bare majority in thgt body at this time will soon disappear. The blow struck at the Republican party in Ohio will set at rest all doubts as to a new political combination. The Democrats will be more firmly united than ever bejipre, a (id til till* lulus Tl^ ml' nyerwTioTmIng"victory in the next Presidential contest. A solid North in favor of Radicalism is no longer within the range of possibility, and sectionalism will meet death it deserves. A broad, liberal and catholic sentiment will pervade the victorious Democracy, marches iiij^ imi iu irusu mumpiis in, cvorj encounter* with its ancient enemy. The immediate significance of the result in Ohio is the inevitable influence to be exerted on other States in a few weeks. Pennsylvania becomes the focus of interest for the application of this iuflucucc, and it is reasonable to expect that the Democrats will be reinforced by vast numbers of floating voters, who will seek to align themselves with the victors. Even Ma.-sa'chusetts will he affected to an appreciable degree, and a defeat of the Republicans in that State becomes one of the probabilities of the future. The Cincinnati Enquirer, a few days b fore the election in Ohio, presaged the far-reaching results of a Democratic triumph, recalling "the influence Ohio had four years, ago when the trifling plurality of SI7 votes for William Allen in October, following a Republican majority of do,000 in tlx- previous year, gave even Massachusetts to the Democracy, elected a Democratic House of Representatives, reversing a two thirds majority in that body, and contributed so largely to placing a majority of the State Governments iu the hands of the Democratic nartv. It limy not bo absolutely correct to say that Ohio alone accomplished all these things, but without that result in Ohio in 1873 those things would not have been done. It is a part of the national history that, so long as l'eiinsylvatiia wys.an October State, ?lip^ uatioiial election, as the greater State of New York lias done on several occasions.? The calendar ; osition ol* the State made it the key to. if not the dictator of, the polities of the country. Ohio occupies that position to day. It is one of great responsibility. That responsibility is shared by every voter in the State. When Ohio goes Democratic, the country cannot vote Republican. When Ohio votes Democratic in any Oetobei, every close or doubtful State will follow, keeping step to the Democratic music, and a generation of men will probably come and go before this ceases to he the rule. The vast floating vote ol' the country will always he susceptible to this influence.'t ? dolt) tabid liii/'xt'f. - - ' lloKNKI) Ml l.K ( AVAl.ltY.?.John Cato, a "three-bale planter," who lives near Hopkins, is the owner of a young ox which he purchased last spring with a view of making a "crap outcti him this summer."? John is none of your 'Tool niggers," hut a real sensible colored man, who is trying to feed and care for his family by working a little patch near the above named place. As he lay awake in his humble bed, about 2 o'clock yesterday morning, he remarked to his wife that he hoard something ' which sounded scandalously like dat ox's loot tramping 'round." lie got noiselessly up, stepping over his children here and there, who lay sleeping around, and peeped out of his door, when right in front of him, some fifty yards off, ho discovered Wade Hampton Spumi, a colored gentleman who lived some miles away, making a cavalry horse out of his only ox. John look in the situation at once, and, in less time than it takes to tell it, all the darkies, little and big, who were huddled around in quarters contiguous to Cato's, were informed of the movements of the enemy and summoned to the front. The ehasc continued for four miles ?big niggers, little niggers and dogs, all joining in ; Spumi, mounted upon the ox, whose gait was a pretty good one, considering he had been ploughing all day, finally bringing up in a mill pond where animal and man were eanturcd. Justice Marshall informed Mr. Spuuu that he was anxious to assist General Moise in organizing tlte militia in every way that lay in his power, hut that he was not aware of any order having been issued by that officer for the impressincut of the horned animal aforementioned as a cavalry beast, and he should, therefore, feel in duty bound to send him to jail until General Kershaw, who is now a Judge, eoul44ooi??#tito his cmidnct. And Spann went under the hill on Lincoln street to worry over the vicissitudes of a volunteer cavalry man's life until the October court ?Rrfjistcr Lora/. IIkauno Vowkr ok Ciiarcoai,-Charcoal has been discovered to be a sure cure for burns. On laying a small piece of cold charcoal on the hum the pain suicides immediately; and if the charcoal is held on for some time the wound is healed. A FEMALE GAMBLING HOUSE I T u otic of the most fash torn Lie and res-* pectublo quarters in San Francisco, near Market street, stands a large and elegant looking house. The hundreds of people who daily pass it think it is a private residence. little dreiuiing that it i&u female gambling institution, as it is, and in which thousauds of dollars not unfrcqucutly ! eltaugo hands nightly. It is palronixcd by I men and women who belong to the wealthy class, and who move in aristocratic circles. The manager of this institution is a woman, who came here from St. Louis about a year ago. At one time she figured in Washington .jpfr a^lobbyist. She is a lovely bruu^tto, TiT queenly appearance, and dresses elegantly. Ou your entrance to this abode you arc generally welcomed by Madame in a hack parlor, brilliantly lighted and handsomely furnished, into which vou have bccu ..si.h.r .1? ?--i - > ^ ?..? vuiuruu servant who has .jijisworcd your bell call From thence you aff?eondm&IHl into the saloon of the establishment. down stairs. This apartment is gorgeously furnisheHf^Wic-carpel is of an elegant pattern, with heavy curtains and hangings to match, while the furniture is rich and massive. The walls are adorned with beautiful pictures, ami articles of virtu are to be seen in profusion. In this apartment, night after night, into the wee sma' hours, are to he found lending merchants y and stoek brokers with the wives of -somE* of their business associates, all engaged in play, which is only interrupted between tho hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, by a lunch of cakj and wine. The priuuipal games played by these fashionable gamblers are faro, lloston and whist. Occasionally roulette and rouge et noir are played. The dealer at tho faro table is a beautiful looking blonde, who passes for the stepdaughter of Madame the manager. She generally dresseE in a white lace wrapper, with a lustrous diamond ring sparkling from an extremely white and delicately shaped hand. She is an adept with the cards, if one may judge by the way sho handles them. There are other females, elegantly attired, in attendance, who are connected with the establishment, and who t._ ? i - aiu .iiM.ijs rcuuy to iiiKe a hand in any game of chance that is proposed, ai d in which they are proficient. Wheu not engaged they usually while away the time in playi"g billiards, in tUi. adjuiiajig:rami*.- TiyB...i ,,.rn such thai every night the establish men t is well patronized. It is understood that Madame is backed by several heavy capitalists of this city. A Cah pet-II aim Kit's Confession.? The wittiest, and in sonic respects the frankest, speech made during the Ohio campaign was that of Gen. George II. Sheridan, a Louisiana carpet bagger. He gives a racy account of his application for cihcc and what came of it, thus : 4*1 wanted to be Collector of the Port at New Orleans. I could not see how wo could make a.success unless I was appointed. Hayes asked mo if I knew who would boa good man That was a delicate question to 4 ask, and I asked for time lor reflection.? lie gave mo lime for refection, and that is the only thing he did give me. 1 knew that the collector should be a man with an iutcrcst in the business of the city, a man of integrity, 0# .gtiodpPioral character, wfciU ^ ty above the average and a Republican. I thought it over carefully, and camo to the conclusion that I could conic nearer filling (he hill than any man I knew in the Stale. 1 had an interest in business, because I had paper out at that time. I knew I was a man of integrity; my moral character was as good as a somewhat tropical man might develop in a somewhat tropical country. I was sure I had the ability. I was a ItepubIicin?was once a Representative in Congress from Louisiana ; it was hut a short time. I was elected for two years. I was in for four hours before the Congress to which I was elected was adjourned ; didn't have time to make a record, voted on both sides of every question, called out repeatedly, 'Mr. Speaker,' toltj.onc member he was a thief and another that he was a nur, look- " ed at the ladies in the gallery, spit tobacco, went in the commitice room to look at some documents, borrowed some money and went borne. 1 considered at the time that I made a pretty good average record. For these reasons, 1 thought I ought to be collector. President Hayes was very oordiul?lit is a very cordial man. When I spoke to him he said, 'Sheridan, I will make out the commission at once ; but be made a mistake and got a name 1 bad not (bought of. 1 thought at that time, is this what I made 127 speeches for, or the same speech 127 times? I told Mr. Hayes how I felt. 1 moved him very much?moved him to advise me to pull down my vest or to go West, or something of the kind." There is h story of two Irishmen who bought a little l>arrcl of whisky in partnership to trade with ou Derby day. They agreed that neither should drink without paying. On the way one drank a glass and paid his partner three pence. The other then had a glass and returned the three ponce. They kept up this alternation until, when they reached the Downs, the whisky was all gone, and they had honestly paid for every drink, ami Were bewildered to lind that they had only throe pence betweenthorn.