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- 4-1 y-zlip?-if--m pTgy^jf. .* ** jiSc' ,a ?* .{jr?i?*.?V 'vl -% > ifcj -1 ^ >*y:, - ^ ^ ft? **r ** _ r ^ There are on the upU at this time efciaftj, j of politicians which pregh>U8^^^^y ' and-such positthe enrjy^j ?( South CaroVw' "?w6? officcs duties of'the Courts were < , high station and noble ipalltie?!* innHfll: -t)?t gradually they wqre ktdowo/mBWfri the scale of deceucy, so th?t though' times flljed by ?e*i of substantial wor^S, in ; eomo parte h j^TO^'picked Up?? mflB a> 00e j^0;r 0^B con. ( ^ Edition expecting doubtless sjrapAthy and < service, at least justico, from such sources of official power, which they could not e*. * poet from men, who bad ft lift be ir lives moved in another Sphere ojMffo from themselves. It is very ua^jtfirrfor jypjpre so to < feel, we adni\t. r^CH^sayMMW&s rife and < is rife tday, JMPaon^sUMmtti classes of < men posessedr^w 1hMfimttso and shrewd- i ness, to Wit : "EMjp^n you expect him to I foci with the Cnud^am^fctaaw thoir wants: A ho was born irtfa raised a- ^rnitfeman. II# 1 knows nothing tbout us or our littl^fjlpnj 1 and. troubles, ^he aspirations of olf^hearts nfuj a ii d ^ de' privo us of tifo -political power which tko i constitution of the Statu gives us." ] This is the ta'k, aud it must be confessed 1 certain affected upstarts, who have never i kuown what it was to be a wgentlemanin- s vite it, by their insolent deportment to uieu s of humble life. i But is all this true? Look at the facts, t , The very men who crawl'to office, by lick- s ing. the heels of the populuco, are just the i last uion to be trftstcd". Once tu office, they c can be brought under the control of uicn of s station, influence and wealth, just as surely t as the spaniel answers a master's whistle ; i and it is uoHoog after they'are installed, *i beforo you have a eour^houso ring who I handle tho sales of property for dobt or a The exposuro they can make iu.the bosom a of society is feared ; the certainty of pub- c licity beforo the courts, in the press, or t otherwise is wisely avoidtf^ But how is it c with the lowly, the weak, the uninformed '( \ They fall into the meshes of these court- ( house spiders, and though thoy may hum a < little while in the agony of depletion ; they ( arc soon sucked to tho skeleton and left to bleach in their bones Tho widows, minors > and orphans of a certain class, make a rich 1 harvest for these county politicians "On the t make." This is no new set of "Tacts, not a t thing done in a corner, but a scandal and t abuse known of all men. - 1 Now aud then, uicn of this class of office ] seekers obtain position, who are bravely < true men, who turn qui after all to" be < "IrUUipSv" frnii tko bar uud everybody who oome in con/tyct with them feel that they I are dealing .itfUh men beyond reproach.? i Whenever thejpublio reach such a man it 1 is in the interest of all that such an official i should be kept in office as long as possible, i not iu his own interest, but in tlio interest i of society, compassing the very ond and aim of government itself. 1 Of course this is gall and wormwood to i those who are hankering after the loaves i and fishes. At once wo hear it talked of I aill round, that office is sold out to such a i man and we have homilies on the justice i .and righteousness of rotation in office. i It is entirely lost sight of, that the office ' is held not for the benefit of the individual incumbent, but for that of the public, and if their iutcrcsts are subserved by retaining ti worthy official in office, the very object of ~ . .erecting tho office itself is fulfilled. humblest walks of life are thoso who are most to he trusted in the interests of the humblest classes. It never has so proven itself in any State or society on the face of tho earth. It requires an extraordinary man of this class to be superior to the blandishments and influences of thoso to whom tho ordinary bipeds bond the knee. What then ? Where may wo look for men for office? Some ivill point to distinguished classes, nocially or otherwise?men who f sway socict) us to them seem hest. These, it is thought by some, nre above the temptations which beset uieo of meaner clay.? Such a man's groat grandfather was thus and so, and all the blood of the Howard's runs in his veins. He has blue blood to the heart. Alas ! with very honorable exceptions, which may be found conspicuously amongst the peerage of the British realm, this is not the source from which may be expected the noblest and highest recognition of official trusts. So far as distinguished military chieftains arc concerned, history has shown beyond dispute, they arc the last men in the world to he trusted in the conduct of civil affairs. They lack high des, g xn r ?< i -crction iu State affairs; (hey lack ?n instinctive love for liberty, aud ia veryje^K conspicuous instances ure dovoid honor and sincerity of purpose. A^K^HP gurrra, a fatal error in high civil policy, iras naturally an attraction for theon So, too, they recognise the philosophy of force in contradistinction to the philosophy of growth ; the philosophy of a coup <je matt. far beyond the philosophy of a profound statesmanship, which regards no influence is too small to be a factor in human^Ufe, tod addresses itself to building up a state higfr of Self-support and self^oiroTTratti'cr than to chaining it to a poliever the party, with n\on of^nolilo personal oharaeter. We began with that greatest flguro in our history, it not iu human history, Ucorge Washington. The majesty of manhood and high self-poise involved in this remarkable! character more or less ghvo tone to tho incumbents of tho Presidential Chair, and not Duly 80,[gavo I6he to the electors themselves, reuderit^ull classes of people truly anxious thsMlfti chief executive should contiuue to honor on the high position of the pRoscu ruler of the great Republic of the ircnrWr. JPUie-wos a high aud holy popular ambition. Even here wo at length declined-, ind sought rather mere, wettability cs an '"Wo thus *??n? U3a<^ neet ?ho demands of ordinary decency ? Hut we have now politicians "ou the make" hr every position in the State. There is lotiiiug too high for log rolling aud vulgar iclf-sccking. The position of simple citisenship, once esteemed suffieieut for any nan's high self-respect, is uow held as a mark >1 inferiority, of low degrco?something that tauips a man as one who wears the leather ncdul. Everybody wants to he something; iverybody wauts to play the big man, to port the honors of the State and become he stare of the unwashed. They delight n the whisper: "Who is that? Oh, that s Mr. Speaker Exquisite. Oh, he is the auious Judge Machination. There's Hrigidier Importunity. That's the Hon. Inlaoabilitv. And TnMnionno ighast iu the presence of the niigbtj men >1' Gatli who swell in dimensions with each iccasion, and grow to a gre^tuoss which iovets the very stars of heaven. Where vill all this stop? But yesterday the lion. Juffees and Sambos sported the gewgaws of dficia) station, whilst the handy rascals stole >ut the State. The truth is, it would secui, the farce vould have sickened most men's stomachs 'or honors which had been toyed with by hose monkey legislators. But not so, there ire those who feel six feet higher for filling he scat which just now was graced by a IVhitteiuore, a Dennis, a Smalls, a Whipjcr, or a Nash. Foor human nature, it is mough to mako nu angel weep or a devil >r giaour chuckle. If these things could go on without laming society up-side-down we could laugh it them, or scorn them according to degroe; but in so much that these uien "on tftc make" persistently follow us, so that their indecent desire for prominence everywhere and on all occasions scandalizes our society, ar sets it by the cars to its deep injury and unrest, wc cannot afford to disregard this matter. How shall this be stopped ? Never so long as wc arc human. But much can be done, by an earnest, honest constituency in their determined effort to select men who, at least, have some modesty of deportment, and who refuse to stand like political bawds on the thoroughfares piping their charms to all the passers-by.?Speight's lYcicspapcr. .? Easter Egos.?The custom of eating eggs at Easter has been traced up not only to the theology of Egypt, hut to the philosophy of tho Persians, the Gauls, ib*? AJ-reek?, and the Unmans?nil of whom regarded the egg as an emblem of the universe anil tlin ivnrL- nf " P.,.*?.?> .....1 New Year," says Geblin, ''have been marked by similar distinctions. Among the Romans the New Year is looked upon as the renewal of all things, and is noted for the triumph of the Sou of Nature, as Easier is, with Christians, for the Son of Justice, the Saviour of the world, over death by His resurrection." The early Christians of Mesopotamia had the custom of dyeing and decorating eggs at Easter. They were stained red, in memory of the blood of Christ shed at His crucifixion. The Catholic Chureh adonted the custom, and reo.ir dcd egtrs as tho emblem of the resurrection, as is evinced l>y tho bcnedictiou of Pope Paul V, about 1010, which read thus:? "Bless, oh, Lord! wc beseech Thee, Thy crcuturo of cjjjjs, that it may bccouio a wholesome sustenance to Thy faithful scrvnnts?eating it in thankfulness to Thee on account of the resurrection of the Lord." Thus the custom has conic down from ages lost in antiquity. THE PflflftAKY 1LBCTI0H SYSTEf. 1 The ObfixjMs Met in Detail? TlX Experience of Oconee County. I Wionsbq^o Netos and Herald : CtXsidcrablo bpMfeition is manifested io difiyrent Eortions o? *he State to primary elect Jbt )s ut the jdbjfcctions urged ore not basetKon j good gwu?<fa. It bas boon shown ttm a , priuinriFelet^ion "is death to convenRJjj^ ,, mpnipdntionfand it requires Far great?** #| gueity and strength to onntrol & majoriffW * the people than to manage a majority iftf s convention. The objection that the prflha- , ry system would lead to interminable ilec- . w hk,cr candidates by the primary si 1;M: uot near so outrageous as the slayin-r of the ] strongest candidates befo^p a convestioD by ( biiugiag in a dark horsifc Tho prftnary t olcction suffers no one to "lie low" ufctil the j candidates have out each other'e^.thiWft,.-'-- \ Any ono' wishiijg to succeed ui^st jfet'his t bost foot foremost from the beginatngrp" et- j der to be one of tho highest two-, bqfijfeen t whom the people are to choose. V { 1 The objectiou to the novelty of thjjifiaQ- ? gcrous innovatiou is urged by thosFVwho ^ are unaware that tho primary ^ysteff Km 8 been adopted in many States aifthe ' j rtssort for preserving the purity ofMarty. ? to Fairfield, a number of the be?t fltiitpttf . ? who refused pro viouafrim outer ftT clubs ^ aafee; -! rThey are willing to trust the judgment of r a majority of the Democrats, but thoy would ^ not tie to tho action of a convention. j? As to the objection to tbo pledge, suor- t gnnization is uot worth having unlets it can j wield its members iu a solid body. Other- 1 wise uo one would waste time; in seeling* a t nomination froui it. ? A o Wulhalla Courier: Withiis primary elec- L tions have workedadmirably^hnd have cured u the evils complained of under the delegate t system of making nominations. The pluu n by delegates is objectionable. It is not t democratic. The nominees are almost ul- I ways the choice of a few leading minds, or f of a combination formed by the friends of b two -or three candidates, who manipulate tlutrlocal clubs-and secure delegates favor- t fo be ircmtn'IW'9 would- have ^ been to be defeated. Tt bad about couio- 1 10 tlils pass, and wo can uot say without( j| reason. Iu the then aud in the now r existing state of things nominations were v essential to the highest interests of the t people, aud hence the primary plan was sug- i gested and tin ally adopted The plan is J simple aud fair to all. It meets fully the r idea of a scrub race without danger to sue- j cess, and then of a nomination of a Demo- a crat with success. - i t The election under our recmbitinn* must. r. I . ----- f afford as fair au expression of the choice of (, the Democracy as could be hnd *t the reg- 1 ulnr election conducted bv lew, and without' x danger tot' good of tne country. We ] encourage the formation of as many clubs ] as possible, thus putting a voting precinct within easy ronrih of a*any f itjrnn, <nrl se- i curing the fullest expression ot opinion.? f This we regard important. A votini pre- t einct in each township will not auswA, as 1 it is often too remote for many votcrtlwho have to walk to attand. In the eigHt t^wu- 1 ships of this county wc now have tweity- f eight clubs, and at our last primary nearly 1 two thousand votes were cast, our full JDeui- t ocratic strength. c Who can object to this plan ? Iuhutj re- t ly a trial of the strength of the candid.-bes i I in the Democratic party. All thi^p.-liy t are permitted to vote. None but KwlitMs i arc excluded from the polls, for all hemp- a crats can join the clubs and vote. Tlh rc* c suit, among the Democratic camlidun is 1 what it would have been at the gfSral ? election. They stand relatively *4s feey c would have then stood, for the priBui^E is held only a short timo before thjrrtgHUr a election, that the canvass piav bo*sto> and the vote regarded us fixed. TbK?bcnt|jj t fit. is this^-that without the primnrj^lUtlre c Democrats at the regular election "Wght c have been defeated, while tho primary pits t the strongest against the Itadicul candidate c and prevents a division of tho l)cino.cratic vote. Have tho candidates defeated at the primary cause to complain ? 'l|>ey I ougm. ruiner 10 rejoice, lor the result allows they would have been defeated anyway, I and perhaps also worked the defeat of i tiler good Democrats. The plan is a good )nc ' and should bo generally adopted. ? < A green sportsman, after a frui less tramp, met a boy with tears in his eyei "I ' say, youngster, is there anything to moot, around here ?" Tlt#s boy answered, "aoth- ' in' just 'bout here, but there's the schoolmaster t'other side the hill, I wish y ou'd ' shoot him !" ,,V * ' * "* 1 The White Grub often makes sad WOrk '( with strawberries, and their prescuoe is not i known until the mischief is done. t When a strawberry plant wilts, take it $ip and March for the grub before it gets^ to and oats the roots from another plant. 4r HEAVY WEIGHT SWINB. Burlington County, N, J., challenge* the World?The Jersey Bed*?Praise for the Chester White*. Burlington county. New Jersey,.baa been publishing the weights'of its hogs slaughtered during February, and challenges the Cuited States to beat thom. Tho figures given of four particular "crops," being those of P. S. Bodiue, of Peniberton; Richard Harrison; S. L. Southcrd, and fOstph Carter, of New Hanover.. Mr. Bodiae slaughtered, on Fcoruary 4tU, 20 mine, weighing from 700 pounds down to 190, the total being 12,061 pounds, and avweredYoni 795 to 619 poqnds: total 12,660, iverage 703. Mr. Carter killed 21, on. February 25th, tho weights boing from 921 lown to 633 pounds, the total 15,035, and & J- ? -*- ? -no ofoiutc i iu pouuus wnnin a iractiou. N>^htj?Cbc|io figures were, by subsequent nteSu^fToo, slightly changed; the average >f Mr. SouthanTs was decided to bo 700$ >oundfl, and of Mr. Carter's 697, giving he former gentleman the prize badge that tad boen offered by Mr. John Taylor, a tork-packer, of Treuton, N. J.] Alto;ether, these four crops, 80 hogrf, made an T-erage of afcowt S69 'pomnla; 24 of them mgrag' from 700 to 921 pounds. These Igurei are all, of course, dressed weight. /Those hegs wo understand to be whut arc ihoWn as "Jersey Reds," or as the Swiue A note from P. S. Bodinc informs us that ds hogs were Jersey llcds, mixed with lutsex.] Originally, the progenitors of bib breed ("Jersey Red,) cauio from Kugiind in 1823, and were presumed to jo rented to the -^erksbircs, for the old epecineu8 of that breed were frequently reddish >r sandy-colored, spotted with black, aud laving lopped ears. The Jersey Reds have indoubiedly becu greatly improved from he original stock, aud such figures as arc hove reported certuiuly chelluugo the atentiou of the whole country. We should >e glad to have reports of heavy wciglus rom other sectious, and especially of other ireeds of animals. We observe that, in on address before ho Ohio Swiuc Breeder's Association, S. iVhites, which ' by careful breeding and ong years of patience," he considers has become "the peer of any of its kind."? This breed originated in Chester or Dela rare county, l'u., from the mingling of liree strains of blood?a pair of exceedogly fine white pigs from Bedfordshire, England, brought by Captain dames Jellies to Chester county, about 1818; an iui>ortation of China pigs about the same time; iud the large white hogs previously raised u that section ; these last having beeu ori:inally brought, tradition says, to New Rustle, Del., iu au English vessel, about 812. Th?y were euormouajy large, but. rery coarse, add Mr. Harvey, of OneK Pa., says he remembers a sow that weighed 1,300 pouuda. The Chester Whites produced at length from the source stated are undoubtedly & Ine breed. The early objection made to hem?liability to mauagc, leg weikncss, ong maturing, aud disposition to coarseness ?Mr. Todd says, has been overcome. "The iability to manage has disappeared ; the mimal stands cxccptionably well upon his eet, carrying his great weight with case ; md, for early maturity, stands at the head if the swine family, enabling those of his irecd to be put on the market as fat hogs it the remarkably early age of from seven o nine? months, thus avoiding the liability, 11 jl tllfMKIir/l f\ lllA rl lOAOHAo nltZ'.U w w n. v..? M.VMUUI v, n/ V 11 V> VilOCilfVO n illtll ire so prevalent and destructive in this :ouniry, besides leaving our yards free froui logs one-fourth of the year, which I conlider very ^important as a preventive of the rigin and spread of those diseases." It is claimed that tho Chester Whites ind tho "Poland China," which origiuated g^iutjor and Warren count:cs, Ohio, ure he only pure home breeds of note in this iountry. They have been bred so long in tne dire.lion, with characteristics so well islablished, that they lay but little if any ilaim to foreign blood. Seeds in,a Pound.?Tho following is ;iven as about the average : Tho number of seeds of wheat in one >ound is 10,000. Tho number of seeds in one pound of Darley is 15,400. Tho number of seeds in 0110 pound o! >ats is 30.000. The number of seeds in one pound of buckwheat is 25,000. Tho number of seeds it; one pound of red clover is 249,000. The uumber of seeds in one pound of wbite clover is 688,400. A bushel of clover seed, CO pounds, will oontaio 20*976,000 seeds, which, equally distributed over an acre, will give about 3 seeds to tho square inch of ground. An Eastern paper has for its motto:? "The pen is mightier than the sword, but the scissors are the easier to handle."?Solomon didn't get away with all tho wisdom. ?T<I I article contributed to ^ We regret tbat?wt hft^tept iptfMnSSS the entire article, ? i^&Uio** nasi ^ or valuable suggest larui weuld^o a Borloui . crops and has not provided for it by ccouoj my, or the prices of stock, grain, etc., fnll unexpectedly. The other man keeps out of debt, expects to uinko $200 per year above expenses, and succeeds in reaching thut reasonable amount. Iu twenty years the small farmer who began with 100 sjy#* of laud, steadily gaining $200 py year, , with its natural increaso, will,' in hi lprhba^^ bility, owu both farms. So then, a dobt of $5,000 to a man having a farm wortls $15,000 is a heavy aud dangerous loand.? What ought this mau to do ? The answer is : As soon as possible he ought to sell one-half of his land, if necossary to sell tk.? 1- ? -* - * % - mm, uiuuu, una pay nis debt. He has do other safo course to pursue. If he expects to pay the debt, principal aud iuterost, from "" """"'i prvitef iifi Tiin 'toiii1- ?ilr ili'i ii\-i tainty?thT interest on his debt, expense* of his family and keeping up his farm ; on the other hand all is uncertainty?in the quautity and quality of each crop raised, in the price that its products will bring, aud in the price of all his stock. A uierchaut may afford a similar illustration. lie begins to sell goods with a capital of 85.000 aud coutiuucs until ho has 810,000 worth of goods in his house, aud has debts owing to hiui from customers to the auiouut cf 83.000, and owes for ?;oods purchased or money borrowed 85,000, bearing interest. He is seriously embarrassed. The more he increases the debt he owes the greater the danger. At that poiut ho had better stop and sell goods and collect debts until he reduces the debts he owes at least not" ^an\hat a man in business should never be iu debt. The farmer may prudently add a piece of land to his farm whenever he is certainly able to pay for it iu a year or two, or he may buy young stock more than he has money on hand to pay for, or the merchant uiay need a tupply of goods abovo his cash resources, which it would be judicious iu him to buy. The debt named is one that is large enough to embarrass a man, or continues loug enough to be a fixture in the family. . The Demockatic State Ticket.? Much has been said of late by the press of th&.S^Ale *a to who shall be our standard Dearer* ro me oounng osmpaign. With unexceptional unanimity Hampton ia; tho choice for Governor, but for the ofhtfr office#, while a majority favor the entire old ticket, a few would make some changes. It is fair to assume that every Democratic newspaper in the State aims to do that which will best promote Democratic unity and the perpetuation of honest government . ?a govenij.cnt that will give to all tho people of the State the inestimable blessings of peace, happiness nud prosperity. Such a government we now have?ono so eminently just and liberal tbat it has wrung admiration and enthusiastic support from many who loss than two years ago strenuously opposed its inauguration. Does this not demonstrate that the highest wisdom has marked the counsels of that government '( llampiou, with his efficient aud harmonious associates, has duno all this. A change could haidly do better?it might not do us well. That Hampton and the entire list of present State officers will he elected if nninin*. ted, uo oue doubts. Such a precious certainty is worth a million uncertainties. The achievements of each and every one of tho heads of departnicntsat Columbia, in bringing order out of chaos?a chaos tho inoro perplexing on account of tho endless corruptions and rasoaliti?.8 connected therewith ?have involved an amount of labor of which the pcoplo at large can have but little conception. The men who havo led in tho perforin* anco of this great reformatory and philanthropic work can never receive just compensation. The people can, in a decree, show their appeciation of their noble services by agaiu electing them to the places they have filled with so much credit to themselves and honor aud profit to the State. The popular diinandi s, in our judgment, for the entire old ticket (prcseut incumbents) unbroken. Such, we feel assured, 1 ~:..w -< .us_ 19 VIIU ^CUt l U1 UIOII U1 III IN SCCllUIlt ff O arc emphatically in favor of another term for Hampton and his entire official household.?Hock llill llerald. "Po you see any grapes, Bob? ''Yes, but. there is dogs." "Big dogs. Bob ?"? "Yes, very big." "Then come along?thcao grapes are not ours, you know."