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THE WEEKLYffJION TIMES. - JMootqd to ^gi;ii;nltu^, horticulture.. gjouutBtiq JJoJiSpPpIrp, fotituta.;, and thq (Jjuirtnt $eu;8 of the pun. VOL. IX.?New Series. UNION C. II., SOUTH C^tOLl^A, OCTOBER 26, 1877. NUMBER. 42. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. fellow- Citizens of the Senate ami House, of Representatives: The adjournment of the last Congress without making appropriations for the support of the aruiy for the present fiscal year, has caused the necessary sospeusiou of payuieut to officers aud uicn of sums due them for services rendered after the 30th day of Juuo lust The army exists by-virtue of statutes which prescribe its members, regulate its organization and employment, and which fix the pay of its officers and men and declare their right to receive the same at stated times. These statutes, however, do not authorize the paybe drawn from'the Treasury only In consequenoe of appropriations made by law and it bas also been declared by statute that "no department of the Qovcrnment shall expend in any one fiscal year any sum iu excess of tho appropriations made by Congress for that fisoal year." We have, therefore, an army in service authorized by law, and entitled to be paid, but no funds avail able for that purpose. It may also bo said, as an additional incentive to prompt action by Congress, that since the commencement of the fisoal year, the army though without pay, has been constantly and actively employed in arduous and dangerous service, for the performance which both officers and men have discharged their duty with fidelity, and courage and without complaint.? These circumstances, in my judgment, con* stitute an extraordinary occasion, reqweing that Congress bo convened in advance of the time ^profcribcd by law for your meetiug in regdlar session. The importanco of a speedy action upon this subject on the part of Congress is so manifest that I venturo to suggest the propriety of making the necessary appropriation for the support of tho army for the current year, at its present maximum numerical strength of 25,000 men, louring for future consideration all questious relating to an increase or decrease of the number of enlisted meu. 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 in tho event of its enlarge- i ment the additional sum required for the payment of tho extra force could be provi- i T ; a.? *?i Vtrifi ..jsr. - ?,.**. troops now in service, and whoso pay is already ltirgely in arreare, if payment to them should be further postponed till after Congress shall have considered all questions likelv to arise in the effort to fix the proper .1 .L- _? t .r .i? is limit to ma sirengin 01 1110 army, jailmates of the appropriation for the support of the military establishment for the fiscal year ending Junes 30th, 1878, wero transmitted to Congress, by the former Secretary of the Treasury, at the opening of its session in December last. Thcso estimates were modified by the present Secretary so as to conform to the present. The requirements are now renowed, amounting y to $32,436,758 98; and having been transmitted to both Houses of Congress, are submitted for your consideration. There is alsojMNRRTcMby the Navy Department, $2,003pn 27. This sum is made up of II ,445,688 16 due to officers and enlisted men for the last quarter of the last fiscal J ear, $311,953 50, due for advances made y the Fiscal Agent of the Government in London, for the support of the foreign service. 650.000. due to the Nnvnl TTnenit.il fund, $150,000 due for arrearages of pay to officers, and $45,219 58 for support of Marine Corps. There will nlso bo needed an appropriation of $262,535 22, to defray the unsettled expenses of the United States Courts for the fiscal year ending Juno 30th last, now due to attorneys, clerks, commissioners and marshals, and for rent of court xooms, support of prisoners and other deficiencies. ; A part of the building of the Interior Departoiedt was destroyed by fire on . the 24th of last month. Some immedjute repairs and ?temporary itimamAaseib co^n sequence become necessary, estimates for whioh will be transmitted to Congress immediately, and the appropriation of the requisite funds is respectfully recommended. The Secretary of the Treasury will oommunicate to Congress in connection with estimates for appropriation for the support of the army for ourrent fiscal year estimates for such other deficiency in the different branches of the public sorrice as require - immediate action, and oannot without incon enienoe bo postponed until the re<*ular seaI take twi*-opportunity also to invite your attention tojthe propriety of adopting, at VOUr Dresent M?inn nunpuirv Uirialitinn ;to enable the j'ySb of the United States 'to participate iivwm advantage! of the Internationul KIn of Agriculture, Industry and Pine /Jks, which is to bo held .ut-Panu in 1878, ud in which this government has been incited by the government of France to tuk\k part. This invitation vu communicate# to this government in may, 1876, 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 has /received many letters from.various parte of the country expressing a desire to participate iu the cxhibitiou, and numerous ap plications of a similar naturo have also been uiudc ut the United States Legation nt 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 ami still is reserved in the exposition buildiug for the use of exhibitors from.the Uuited States, to the exclusion of other parties who have becu applyiug. Therefore, in order that our industries may bo properly represented at the Exhibition, au appropriation will be needed for the payment of salaries ana espouses ot Commissioners, and for l^o opening of Exhibition, if our citizens arc to share in tho advantages of International competit^',:: of the trade of other nations, the necessity of immediate action is apparent. To enable the Uuitcd States to co-opernte in the International Exhibition, which ?vns held at Vienna iu 1873, Congress passed joint resolutions making nu appropriation of two huudred thousand dollars, and authorizing the Presideut to appoint a certain number of practical artizans and scientific men who should attend the exhibition nnd report their proceedings nud observations to him. Provision was also made for the appointment of a number of honorary commissioners. I have felt that prompt action by Congress in accepting the invitation of the government of Eraucc is of so much interest to people of this country and bo suitable to cordial relatious between tho govcrumeut of the two countries, that the subject might properly be presented for attention at your present session. Tho Goveruuient of Sweden and Norway has addressed an official invitation to this Uovcrnmcut to take part in an International I'rison Cougrcss to be held at Stockholm next year. The problem which Cougress proposes to study "how to diminish crime," is ouc iu which all civilized nations have an ( intorest in common, nud the Congress of < Stockholm secins likely to prove the uiost important convention ever held for the study i of this grave question. I Under authority of a joint resolution of I Congress, approved February 16th, 1875, a i commission wa's appointed by my predcces | Bor to represenyho IJnitcd^Statcs^iy^o^^^ j been at the earnest desire of the Swecdish ) government, poslpoucd to 1878, his com- s mission was renewed by me, and an appro- i priutiou of 88,000 was made on sundry i civil service accounts of 1875, to meet the expenses of tho commissioner. I recommend tbe rcuppropriution of that sum for < the same purpose, the former appropriation having been covered in the treasury and kuimv nn lnitirnr nuniluKln 4V.r- tlta ?\n?.*\ncn VV.IUQ UV IUUQ\.I IllUIIUUjU JVM KI1W pui without further action by Congress. Tlie i subject is brought to your attention at this 1 time iu view of the circumstances which render it highly desirable that the Commissioner should proceed to the dischargo of his important duties immediately. As several acts of Congress providing for detailed reports from the different Departments of the Government require their submission at the beginning of the regular annual session, I defer until that time any further refereuce to the subjects of public interest. R. B. Hayes. Washington, Oct. 15, 1877Sheep Husbadry.?There is an old Spanish proverb, "The hoof of the sheep is golden." Whether this is true or not, tho universal experience of all who have attempted sheep husbandry is that it is tho only or most practical renovator of our worn out soils ; and the best test of tho profits arising from it is the tenacity with which flock owners hold on to their ewes, refusing to part with them at almost any price, while they may be borrowing at & high rate of interest. This in itself should be conclusive to the- doubtful and inexperienced.? JBot we are all well aware that the hundreds of half starred and worthless curs that infest tho oountry are a serious drawback to successful sheep husbandry. High taxation is the ouly remedy; and I do think it high timo that some regard should be paid to tho interests of the much abused farmers, the acknowledged backbone of the country. Candidates for tho Legislature make great pretensions for tho interest of the farmer, but when our votes send tnetn tnrougn rcjoic.ug, so uiuch time is taken ap with mileage and per diem that no time is left to us. Now, as a class, wc have some rights, and wo should pertinaciously demand them. Let every farmer resolve to cast his vote for no oandidate that will not pledgo himself to bring (hit 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, turnod loose upon a community."? Cor. Southern Cultivator. RIPE "COKE. The golden ear peeps through the husk, The faded tassels dryly rustle, So, ho. hojs, ho I From morn till dusk, We'll at it then with shout and bustle ! So, ho, boys, ho ! Now for the tussle ! Tho lively work, we'll weather it I The ripened coru, we'll gather it? Ho. boys, he 1 We'll gather it I | [C. L. Cleveland, in Scribntr. AN EXAMPLTCOK UHIQP JTOl^TY. A Georgia InlanW Town llriugimjmc Mills to the Cotton?^\Vhat has been Actually Accomplished at. Columbus, Go. Columbus, Qa., Soptcmbcr 28.?You may pr ibably bo interested to know something more of this cuterprisiug little interior town than that it is at the head of steamboat navigation and has a population of some fifteen thousand people. A sojourn of u day or two here would inform you of the'fact that it is the foremost manufacturing town in the South. Tho close of the war found it desolated by the vandals of Wilson's command, its factory bui ldings dostroyedt j,ts pii^ulatiqn ^'luc d, it&cvidou.w ^ "tiff its-brave spirits wer<* not vanquished. They WCiit to work with a will r..tfn'iU I now the Eagle and Phoenix Factory, two large brick buildings, one for the manufacture of cottou fabrics and another for woollen, furnishing employment for over seven hundred persons. Good management, close attcution 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 and fiucr mill than the two already in such successful operation, and the new building, now completed, and filled with the finest machinery of the very best quality, measuring some four hundred feet irf length, sixty feeet iu width aud five stories high, will soon be iu operation, giving employment to eight hundred more employees. This company now manufactures forty-six dill'erout kinds of goods, from spool cotton to*welve-quarter blankets. Their sales during the last month averaged over S3,000 per day, filling orders from Virginia to Texas, and from Florida to Missouri. They have no agents, but everything is sold at the facto: y. Their ginghams, diapers, ticking, denims, jeans, cassiuicres, &c., compare favorably with the best products from English aud Northern looms of similar quality. Their water power is immense, being the whole Chattahoochee ltiver, which at this point at this time is seveil hundred feet wide. The capital of the company is 81,250.000. Their profits for 1S7I5 w.im ?Wl!U-7K i!l\ 'in w .. ?.v. u,uu. X lie SCOCIC OU linnd ou 1st Jauunry last., (time of last report,) consisting of cotton, wool, manufactured goods, . dye stuffs, chemicals, &c., tiO caah.?ud?fliirht1210,G30 53. There is a very commodious savings bank connected with the establishment, the books of which show amount due depositors (chiefly employees) 8129,417 7S. Across the street near by iS a well stocked retail store, under the matougemeut of some of the leading men of the factory. The president of the company is Mr. N. J. Hussy. Mr. W. 11. Young, one of the directors, seems to be the chief directing head of this vast and very successful enterprise. There are other cotton factories higher up the river, and it is said that Northern capitalists are prospecting for ?ites along the bauksot the Chattahoochee, which furnishes eligible water power for forty miles up. There is a manufactory of cotton bagging hero, from jute, which turns out an article superior to York bagging, and sells freely all they make at-121 fcwits. There are large flour mills, an iron foundry, fee. The streets are wide) the main ?treet, two hundred feot, is frequently thronged with wagons loaded with country produco.? What corollary may we draw from what we have socn 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 nrtPPSanrw tr? norinonnnt . !>" j j , l?? looms should come to tho cotton ; a good product will find purchasers at remunerative prices. Will South Carolina embark more extensively in manufactures ??turbine, in News and Courier. A Tarantula's Nest.?The nest of a tarantula (spider) has been found in California of the most singular construction.? It is about three inches ip length by two in diameter, built in adobes, tne wall being nearly half an inch thick. Inside of this is a projection, which nearly divides it iiuo two apurtmcnts, about an iush in diameter. The inside is liucd with a whilto downy substance, not unliko velvet, and presents one of tho cleanest and most tidy little households imaginable. Hut tho most curious part of it is a door, which fits into an aperture, and closes it hermetically. The door is secured by a hinge, formed of a like fibrous substanco as tho lining of tho house, and upon which it swings with freedom.? The uest is occupied by a dozen little tarantulas, which seem to subsist on a yellow secreted substance, that appears upon ttto vallg nf ikn pranf onorlnmnt ammamjwa OM..W v? ?uv itvuv ii|/m viiiCUVi X liy 111 1(1 II^U* uiont of tho (look for tho protection of the littlo inmates indicates gredt instinctive urchiteoturul knowledge ? v"*'** ? A Parisian speculator los^his pockctbook with 20,000 franca in itjo^ 4he way to embark for America. Time was more than money, and with much i aguish he wcut his way. On his return he ba itened to the police and found his wallet. ] lagerly he e mntod its contents, and bis jaw was seen to fall.? "Well," says tha clerk, 'jisn't it all right?" "No," says the baron, V "it is ahort."? "Short I How much ? What don't you find there ?" "The year s interest." THE DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN OHIO. The returns from the Ohio election herald a complete triumph for the Democrats, which will cause an immense rejoicing throughout the countrj. The < lovcrnor has been choseu by a large plurality, and the Legislature on joint ballot has a decided majority for the Democracy, which insures another Democrat in the United States Senate. This last stroughold of Radicalism is fast capitulating, and the bare majority in tfoit 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 linnly united than ever before, and i alt' ovcnvfielThThg 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 rifc death it deserves. A broad, liberal and catholic sentiment will pervade the victorious Democracy, march-., ing on to fresh triumphs at every encounter* with its ancient enemy. The immediate signiticaucc 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 influence, 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 Massachusetts will be affected to an appreciable degree, and a defeat of the Republicans in that Slate becomes one of the probabilities of the future. . The Cincinnati Enquirer, a few days b.Torc 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 35,000 in the previous year, gave even Massachusetts to the Democracy, elected a Democratic House of Representatives, reversing a two thirds majority iu that body, and contributed so largely to placing a majority of the State Governments iu the hands of the Democratic party. It may not be absolutely correct to say that Ohin nlnno nt*nAiiirvl!cU?rl .?ll ?1?^ *1.1..? 1?? "vvv,,,p,,c,,,v'? ?i?i i nvnu tlllll|^9, UU1 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 Pennsylvania w^s.an October State, sly) uatioual' 'election, as the greater State of New York has done on several occusicus.? The calendar t osition of the State uiade it the key to. if uot 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 Octobei, 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 be the rule. The vast floating vote of the country will always be susceptible to this influence.\ ? Columbia Riyrstrr. IIorNKI) Mui.K CJavAIjIIV.?John Oato, 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 outou him this summer."? John is none of your "fool niggers," but a real scusible colored man, who is trying to feed and care for his family by working a little patch near the above named nlace. ~ 1 As he lay awake in his humble bed, about 2 o'clock yesterday morning, he remarked to his wife that he heard something "which sounded scandulously like dat ox's foot tramping 'round." lie gut 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, he discovered Wade llauipton Spann, a colored gentleman who lived some miles away, making a cavalry horso out of his only ox. John took 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 chase continued for four miles ?big niggers, little niggors and dogs, all joining in ; Spann, 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 captured. Justice Marshall iuformod Mr. Spann that he was anxious to assist General Moise in organizing tho militia in every way that lay in his power, but that he was not awme of any order havim? beon issued by thut officer lor the impressment of the horned animal aforementioned as a cavalry beast, aud he should, therefore, feel in duty bound to send him to jail until General Kershaw, who is now a Judge, coaid4asb?hito his conduct. And Spann wont uuder the hill on Lincoln street to worry over tho vicissitudes of a volunteer cavalry man's life until the October court. ?Register Local. Hkalino Power ok Charcoal.? Charcoal has been discovered to be a sure euro for burns. On laying a small piece of cold charcoal on the burn tho pain subsides immediately j and if the charcoal is held on for some timo the wound is healed. A FEMALE GAMBLING HOUSE.l Id uiic of the uiost fashionable and res-1 pectuble quarters in San Fraucisco, 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 dre lining that it i&a female gambling institution, as it is, and in which thousands of dollars not unfrcqucutly change hands nightly. It is patronized by men and women who belong to the wealthy class, and who move in aristocratic cirelcs. The manager of this institution is a woman, who came hero from St. Louis about a year ago. At one time sl??? fi"'""'1 1 ! u^uivu ill M ilMllllgtun a$ a lobbyist. Sho is a lovely brunette, or queenly appearance, ami dresses elegantly. On your entrance to this abode you are gcuerally welcomed by Madame in a back parlor, brilliantly lighted and handsomely furnished, into which you have been ushered by the colored servant who has uswored your bell call From thence you arw>?ondudtad into the saloon of the establishment, down stairs. This apartment is gorgeously fumishodfftfccotirpel is of an elegant pattern, with heavy curtains and hangings to match, while the furniture is J rich and massive. The walls are adorned with beautiful pictures, and articles of virtu arc to be seen in profusion. In this apartment, night after night, into the wee sma' hours, arc to be found leading merchants and stock brokers with the wives of som$'~ of their business associates, all engaged in play, which is only interrupted between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, by a lunch of cak* and wine. The priucipal games played by these fashionable gamblers arc faro, Boston and whist. Occasionally roulette and rouge et noir are played. The dealer at the faro table is a beautiful lookiug blonde, who passes for the stepdaughter of Maduuie the manager. Mjc generally dresses in a white lace wrapper, with a lustrous diamond ring sparkling from an extremely white aud delicately shaped baud. She is an adept with the cards, if one may judge by the way slio handles them. There are other females, elegantly attired, in attendance, who arc connected with the establishment, and who are always ready to take a hand in any game of chaucc that is proposed, ai d in which they are proficient. W'heu not engaged they usually while away the time iu playi?t: bjlliapds. iu axi adjojgjug im.- TJao >. sucfi tTiat every iiignt the establishment is well patronized. It is understood that Madame is backed by several heavy capitalists of this city. A Cahpet-Bauokr's Confession.? The wittiest, and in some 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 office and what canto of it, thus : ' I wanted to be Collector of the Port at New Orleans. I could not see how we could make a.success unless 1 was appointed. Hayes asked me if I knew who would be a good man That was a delicate question to ask, aud I asked for time for reflection.? He gave me time for refection, aud that is the only thing lie did give me. I knew that the collector should be a man with an interest in the business of the city, a man of integrity, of\gt>ocLmoral ch;??K:t?r, whifc, ty above the average and a Republican. I tnouglit it over carefully, and came to the conclusion that I could coiue nearer filling the hill than any man I knew in the State. I 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 Republican?was once a Representative in Cougrcss from Louisiana; it was but 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/ tol^onc member lie was a thief and another that he was a Mar, look ed at the ladies in the gallery, spit tobacco, went in the couimitiee room to look at some documents, borrowed some money and went home. I considered at the time that I made a pretty good average record. For these reasons, 1 thought 1 ought to be collector. President Hayes was very oordial?he is a very cordial man. When 1 spoke to him he said, 'Sheridan, 1 will make out the commission at once ; but he made a mistake and got a name 1 had not thought of. I thought at that time is fhiu T ton j .. ?.. ? ii mh? _a uiiiuu Im| speeches for, or the same speech 127 times? I told Mr. Hayes how 1 felt. I 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 a story of two Irishuieu who bought a little Ivarrcl of whisky in partnership to trade with on 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 il L.l - -I ---? - - muu iiiiu u glass ana returned trie three pence. They kept op this alternation until, when they reached the Downs, the whisky was all gone, and they had honestly paid for every drink, and Were bewildered to find that they had only three pence between* them.