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Th^j^ite of SouUi^Caroiina, J of Common Pleas. PWr William Kison, Causoda' Fowler, Martha Fowler, Joint D. Long, John F. Long, J. Gideon Long, Grant Long, Calhoun Long, Walker Long, Susan Long, Martha Long aud Mary Long. Vtaintijft. against Harrison Fowler, Sallie Fow- Summons ler, Juck Hodgo, Henry Hodge, Minerva Addis, For Relief Ucury Addis, Carolina Fow- ler, Gassawny Hodge, Cath- Complaint nrine llays, James Hays, Frauk Hodge, Wtight not served. Jlodgo, Cnlviu llodge, Neland Hodge. Sim Fowler, MarthaOuinn. IVI'it Ontnn Ellis J. Fowler, Mark Fowler, Susan Milwood, James h Gassaway Milwood, Samuel " Fowler, Frank Fowler, and filma Fowler, Defendants. To the Defendants above named : YOU aro hereby Summond and required to answer the complaint in this action, which will bo filed in the oHicc of Lho Clerk of the Court of Common l'lcas of the said County of 'l Union, anl to servo a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers, at their ( oflico, No 4 Law llange, Union County, South Caroliua, within tweuty days after the service of this summons on you, exclusive of the day of such service : and if you fail to answer the said complaint within the time aforesaid, the i plaintiffi in this notion will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. J)utcd, Union, S. C., December 3, 1870. STEEDMAN & It AWLS. 1 PluintitTs' Attorneys. I g- -k. T....... | I? ?\ r VA.'?r?o 1UV.1UU) 4 seai, v Clerk. * ' 1 To the Defendants, Catharine Ilaycs and her husband James Hayes, Frank llodge, Noland ] Hodge a-ud Calvin Hodge. Tako notice that the summons in this action, of which the feregoiug is a copy, was filed in the otlice of the Court of Common Pleas, nt Union ( Court House in the State of South Carolina, on the third day of December, 1879. STEED MAN & RAWLS. 1 Plaintiffs' Attorneys, 1 No. 4 Law Range. i Dec. 5 49 Gt The State of South Carolina. ' COUNTY OF UNION. , In the Court of Common Pleas. 1 i lilliatn H. Jetcrj John R. ( Jeter, Aulonictto Knight, -'urtha Jeter, Mary Ann Jc\?r, Sarah Thomas, Susan Jeter, James T. Jeter, It. Gilliam H. Jeter and John ' U. P. Jeter, ( Plaintiffs. kins, Robert Dawkins othurwi.se called Rob Dawkins, For Relief. Washington Do whins oth- f erwise called Wash Daw- j Complaint kins, John Dawkins other- | wise called Jack Dawkins, served, .Michael Dawkins otherwise called Mike Dawkins, Bartholin Dawkins, Henrietta Dawkins, Araminta Daw-. * tkius, Milly Dawkins, Char iicr Dawkins, Mary Dawkins, Barnct Dawkins and Spencer Morgan Dawkins as Trustee, Defendants. To the Defendants above named: YOU are hereby Summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served unonjyou, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said com.plaint on the subscribers, at their otlice, No. 2, Law llange, Union, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service of this summons onyou, ?xelusivo of the day of such service; aud if you fail to answer the said complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaiatilfs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the com-, * hated, Union, S. C., 28 August 1879.; M UN 110 & M1JN HO, Plaintiffs' Atttorueys. 1 Jamf.s Mux no, ska i, V Clerk. v <To the Defendant Hubert Hawkins, otherwise c called Hob Hawkins. Take notice that the Summons herein of which the foregoing is a copy was tiled in the oflice o the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for thef County of Union, at Union Court House in the State of South Carolina on the 28th day of August, A. 1).. 1879. Union, S. C\, 10th December 1879. MUNUO & MUNUO, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. No. 2, Law Uange, Union, S. C. Doc. f,(} fit The StatC of South Carolina, COUNTY 0* UNION. >? In tlie Court of CommC1* Pleas. James N. McDill J'laintiff, Summons against For ltclief. t James 0. Love and James G. Complaint Love Jr., not Served. ] Defendants. J ( T? tht Defendants above named, YOU arc hereby Summoned and required to i answer the complaint in this action, which is tiled in the Ollicc of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and to servo a nonv of vmir mi. ' swcr to I It o suiJ complaint 011 the subscribers ut llicir otlico, No. 4 Law Hangc, Union, South Carolina, within twenty (lays after the service 1 hereof, exclusive of I lie Jay of such service ; nuJ if you fail to answer the complaint within the time uforcsniJ, the plniutilf in this action will apply to the Court for the relief JcinanJcJ in the complaint. Date J Union, S. C. Dee. Gth, 1870 STL LD MAN & KAWLS, Plaintiffs' Attorneys, r Jami-.s Mrsno, JskalI Clerk. T'i /.'.< D fi'iithnil, James G. Love, Jr.: T;?!:o notice that the summons in this action, of which the foregoing is a copy, was fileJ in the office of the Court of Common lMoas, at Union Court Mouse in the {state of South Carolina, on the ClL Jay of December, 1870. STLi:DM \N fi 11 AWLS, Plaintiffs' Attorneys, No. ) Law llanjo, 1 uion, f). C. Dec. 12 50 / Was in sesssion just thirty days. Over twe hundred bills and joint resolutions became laws. The whole cost of the session was in the neighborhood of forty thousand dollars. 80 far as wo can disoover, there was no unwiso or heedless legislation. The measures which were not finally acted upon do not appoar to bo of any particular importance, excepting the different bills in relation to tho registration of voters. It was wrong to neglect to comply with tho plain mandate of the State Constitution, and it was impolitic, at least, to loso a favorable opportunity of limiting and regulating, by law, the volumo of ignorant voters. Agaiust this omission can bo set the passago of several mnAQiirnn nf I ? ? - - .mv?u?>v? ??? my 11 iguy-30 lUipUfUiUCC. X 110 chief of these aro li&e described : The Joint Resolution amending the Constitution relativo to the homestead, authorizes nad requires suoh subsequent legislation as shall extend tbo benefits of the homestead to every head of a family in the State whether laud owner or tcuaut, and such as will give the bcuefit of the homeBtcad exemption iu pcrsoualty to every person whether he is entitled to it for iauu or realty, or not. This WJ)| obviate the hardship of the prcscut law whioh operates to deprive tenants and non-land holdors of the protection of the homestead. Tho Columbia Canal Bill as finally passed cedes tho water power of the Stato at Columbia to Messrs. Thompson and Nagle, Northern contractors, nud provides that they shall be furnished with 250 convicts to werk at developing tho power. These will be clothed and guarded by tho Stato, remaiuing under tho direction of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary, but will be fed by the contractors, who are to complete tho caual and erect a cotton factory within three years, not including the time lost from overflow and other unavoidable mishaps. When tho water power is developed, an amount equal to 1,500 horse power is to he coded to the Stato for public use and bcuefit. Tho Caual property is to be transferred to tho contractors only upou the completion of their contract, they forfeiting their investments iu case of failure to comply. The Charleston Canal Bill provides an appropriation of $15,000 to be used iu constructing a caual aoross Charleston Neck, the money to' bo expended only wheu a contract is entered into by responsible persons to purchase from the Stato a sufficient 1 itinnnf nP v/\rtl? ? - * t? ~ ? -1 '1 1 ? ?v.... v.i iuv-iv ii uui mo (|u;irrics ai Columbia to reimburse the State for tho outlay. The canal id to bo built between Line street ou the south aud the city boundary on the ha^auth^rity to uuthorizo any railroad runniug to this cicy to connect with either tcrujiuus of the canal by a switch. This Canal is expected to give the City unsurpassed terminal and shipping facilities, without any charges for wharfage. The Bill to provide for the investment and use of the Agricultural College Fund, restores to the Fund an amount equal to the proceeds of the Agricultural Land Scrip, given to th<> State by the United States, which proceeds were invested in State bonds, which were hypothecated and lost to the State, in lladical days. The State Treasurer is required to issue to the Board of Trustees of the South Carolina Uuivcrsity a certificate of State stoek for #191,801), beaming iutcrest at six per cent., which interest shall be used by the Board for tho purposes fur which the Laud Scrip was originally issued to the State by the United States. The Board of Trustees is authorized to establish a Collcgo of Agriculture and Mechanics for the benefit of .vhitc students, using the Uuivorsity buildings and grounds, and establishing scholarships to bo used equally by students from various sections of the State, cither by counties or Congressional districts. Tho Board will also have power to establish scholarships for white male graduates of chartered colleges of tho State, the tuitiou to bo free. This new College of Agriculture and Mechanics is in addition to the Agricultural College aud Mechanic's Institute, for colored students, which is in successful operation at Orangeburg; and the two Colleges will be hereafter maintained out of the income- of the Land Serin fund. The Act to extend the time for the redemption of forfeited lands provides that all lauds heretofore forfeited to the State, for the nou-payment of taxes, may be redeemed by the payment of one half of the simple taxes of tho years 187(5 and 1877 and (ho full amount of the taxes, costs and penalties of tho year 1878, provided that niph pnyDi^uf bo made on or before tho 81st May, J 880. ftcr that d ito unredceined lands will be solu for the benctit of the State. Tho Act repealing "(bo A"t to alter and 'amend tho law regardn'>g elections," repeals the "two box" law, passed during the session of 1878, providing for separate ballot-boxes whenever there is an election for both State officers and Presidential electors. Tho old one-box system is restored. Tho substance of the Hill to provide for the settlement of the Consolidated debt ol the Slate, the Ficken bill, has been heretofore published. It provides for a final settlement of the public debt on the basis cl the recent d"vision of the Supreme Court. It provides for the paymeut of the interest on the entire debt for 1880, and tho payment oft he unpaid interest for 1879 on the vaiiu dept. 1 ho details ol the settlement are entrusted to Special Commissioner Janie: 0. Colt, who will examine the debt uudei the light of eho decision of the Court, nu?l report monthly to the Treasurer. For bondi and coupons declared partly valid, the hoi dcrs will receive Consolidation bonds for th< p n iion declare .1 valid, 'i'be public valm of the Act lies in the fact that it was passci Gent/raiAssembly, and can be safely regarded, - tlicreforo, as a settlement tliat tho peoplo, ? by their representatives, approvo of aud 1 will faithfully carry out. Provision is made in a separate Act for the funding of all State indebtedness which by law is fuudable, and for tho consolidation > aud fuudiug of ifitercst on the utiiuuded ' valid debt from 187-1 up to aud iucluding 1S7D. . Tho Act regarding the funding of the bills of tho Bank of tho Slate authorizes their funding in Consolidation bonds at the rate of fifty cents on tho dollar, the first coupon being payable in 1881. This relieves the State of auothor chrouio trouble. Tho Aet creating a Departuicut of Agriculture places it under tho control of a Board cousistinir of the Governor, tho Mas tor of tho State Grange, tbo President of the State Agricultural and M.eehnoic?l S'*ciety, and two other poraons to bo selected by the General Assembly. The Commissioner of Agriculturo and his clerk will be under the control of this Board, which shall also have power to require County Auditors to furnish such statistical aud other information as may bo needed. It shall investigate all subjects regarding agriculture, immigration, &o., superintend and quarantine diseased stock, take-charge of tho Fish '<Doparimcnt, exact aud issue liccuses for fertilizers, (replacing tho present phosphate inspector and agent,) inspect fertilizers,*&o., aud generally devoto itself to tho ndvaucelucnt of the Agricutural iutorcsts of the Stato, The Act to declare the law regarding liens providearthat hereafter, at tho expiration of. twenty years, a lieu or judgement shall be presumed to havo been natisficd unless some ackuowledgmeut by tho debtor, such as payment of interest, or paymcut on account, be recorded with the judgment or lien. Tho Act to require Railroads to furnish consignees au itemized statement of freight w O charges, and requiring them to settleaccording to the bill of ludiug, expresses its scope in its title. The pcualties for violation of its provisions are, first, a pcualty of double the amount of the charges, to be rccovcrud by the consignee by civil process; and secoud, that the agent so offending shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishable by a lino of not less than ?10, or imprisonment for not less than five or moro tliau thirty days, uuless he bo acting under orders of a superior officer, iu which case the latter shall be subject to double the above pcualties. The Bill to altyr and amend the law relating to juries and jurors provides that no petit juror shall be required to servo more tha^ one week at any tcrut of the Courts of oach weok. No jury, Vowever, chaffy.1 * with a ease shall bo discharged before its completion, by reason of this Act, aud the County of Charleston is exempted from its provisions. The Act fixing the time for Legislative enactments to take effect, provides that on and after the first day of February next no Act or Joint Kcsolution. shall take effect until tweuty days after its approval, uuless otherwise specified. Tho Act rcguluttug the ruuning of trains ou Sunday prohibits the running or loading of freight trains ou that day, allowing each road to run only one train lor the transportation of mail and express matter and passengers. The Act ameudiug the law relative to stealing crops from the field extends tho provision of existing statutes (which make the stealiug of crops growing in the fields a felony) to tho stealing of crops gathered hut left in the field. 1 The hill to provide artificial legs for citizens maimed iu tho service of the State from 18G1 to 18G5 was amended by tho ' Senate so as to furnish arms also, and so 1 passed. Tho Supply hill fixes the State levy at four and one-half mills, and the general county levy at three mills, except when oth1 crwise specified. With the addition of the 1 two mill school tax this will make the totnl 1 levy iu each county as follows: Abbeville 10) Kershaw 12.) Anderson 9) Lancaster 17) Aiken 10) Laurens 11) lhtrnwcll '.>) Lexington 11 Pcauforl 11) Marion 10) Chesterfield 12) Marlboro' 10) Charleston 10) Newberry 12) Clarendon 12) Oconee .10) Colleton 10) Orangeburg 11 Chester 7) l'ickcns 9) Darlington 11 lliehlnnd 10) Kdgclield 11) Spartanburg 11 Fairfield 10 D-20 Sumter 115 Georgetown 12 Uuion 11) Greenville 12 \Villiaiusb\irg 13 Hampton 13 York OA Horry 10) Note.?Two Townships in Fairfield Coun ! ty arc exempt from the special tax of 3 of a mill for fences. I This is indeed a brilliant record. Tho legislation concerning the Homestead, the s State debt, the Columbia and Charleston Canals and the Agricultural Colleges, stamps the session just ended us the most practical and useful, in the largest sense, that the State has witnessed since the adoption of the Constitution of 18(58.?News and Courier. Sauce ron Pudd^ncj.?Two cups of sttgar, a pieco of butter the size of an egg, 0110 egg well beaten, one len^poPuful of corn starch or flour, beat all well, then add a 4 /? 1 teacup;in 01 ooning water ; put in a saucepan ou the lire until it thickens liko cream; i jo not let it boil. Flavor to taste. > < ; Thk Foo on the Thames.?Gravcscad, December 20.?An almost continuous fog 1 has prevailed on the Thames ltivor during > eighteen days past, the consequence being - that the fleet of iuwatd bouud ships has ; been detained. On Wednesday night the i log cleared for a few hours and some vessels 1 got nwny. ^1 IHHI ~ BICKBMIMO BEVKLATI0W3. Treatment of the Convict??Inhuman Cruelly and Ncylcct. The following are the reports of tho superintendent nud surgeon of the StAto Peuitentiary as to the treatment of tho convicts leased to tho Greenwood and Augusta Railroad Company, which wero called for by tho Seuato at its rcceut sossion, uud by that body ordered to be printed : tiie ltEPOKT OP SUPERINTENDENT lipscomb. Columbia, S. 0., Sept. 2, 1879. To the Chairman and Board of Directors, -. s. C. p.: Gentlemen?Having received a lotter from Gen. P. II. Bradley, president of the Greenwood nud Augusta Railroad, statiug that a great deal of mortality and sickuess existed among the couvicls leased to thst company, 1 conferred with the ohairman of 'ttfo obard*6h6wiug uiui the letter! He instructed me to go over there aud mako au inspection of their couditiou, and at my suggestion ho instructed mo to tuko Br. Trczevant, the surgeon of the institution, with mo, to sec what could be douo to ameliorate their couditiou. Dr. Trozcvuut uud myself appoiutcd the morning of the 21st of August to go on the inspection. On the night of the 20th I received tho attached note from T)r Trum. vaut, sayiug bo could not go, ami I proceeded by .myself on the morning of the 21st. I met tho Hon. A. P. Butler, ono of the board of directors, in Augusta, Ga., about 11 o'clock tho same morning. Wo left immediately lor tho camp ou tho South Carolina side, in Edgefield County, about niuetceu jor twenty miles distaut, which we reached about 5 P. M. 1 fuuud ic one end of tho stockade niuo sick men chaiued on what was iutended to be a straw bed, but the straw was too thin to do much good. I could uotstaud the awful stmch aud had to direct the guard to uochain them and bring them out in front of tho stockade. I found theui iu a deplorable condition, all of them compluiuiug of venereal diseases, swollen limbs, &o. 1 then wout to the so-called hospital, where 1 found three sick?two wlnto mcu aud one black man. Thoy hud some straw to lie upou aud were all chaiued. They were all covered with vcrmiu and fleas?so much so that 1 was forced to leave the room. 1 don't seo how it was possible for a well man to exist iu these places, well treated, much less a sick utuu with no treatmcut, or so littlu that I rogurded it as none. They had no change of clothing, no shoes, uo covering of auj description that 1 could see. They reported that they hud had no mediciuo nud no medical treatment except one doso of paregoric ij??*ho three days preceding, aud their was firt bacou aud bread. *1 vr^rc at work on tho road, about a mil* or a mile and half distant. I found about sevcuty-fivo men at work ou the road, clothed !? *1. - It -- i - r * in wic x'unucnuary stripe that 1 bad scut to Geu. Bradley about live weeks before.? It was so late that I could only look at their conditiou generally and postpone the inspection until ucxt morning. I went next morniug to where they were at work, called the roll and inspected thciu. I found a great many of them complaining of vcuereai diseases aud swollcu limbs, and almost all with scurvy. They were very dirty in person aud clothing?having no ehange; souio of thcui said they had not washed for weeks. I saw no blankets or bed clothing for them to lie upon or cover with. 1 heard great and loud complaint about the cruel treatnicut of convicts by Capt. J. J. Cahill and his guard. One of them, W. n. McGarvcy, No. 3,125, showed Col. llutIcr aud myself scars upon his head which he said were caused by blows from a stick in the bauds of C'apt. Cahill, aud pcrsous outside gave the same information. Capt. Cahill himself, in reporting those that were dead, iulbrmcd me that the guard had shot oue while in shackles and fastened to the gang chain, elaiming that lie was in revolt. NVe heard that Cahill had ordered the guard to shoot him. The convicts were generally in such a bad condition that I deemed it my imperative duty to seud the surgeon of this institution to see them. The sickness aud mortality being so great. I heard that roidc of the directors of the road hail resigned and Dr. T. J. Mclvic, their surgeon, had ceased to visit the convicts professionally. 1 was informed that he had refused to continuo to treat the convicts bccauso his prescriptions were not filled nor his orders as to treatment and nourishment carried out. I returned to Columbia on Saturday, the 23d, and front Dr. Trczcvnnt to make a similar inspection on the morning of the 25th, as will be seen by the following order, approved by the chairman of the board, a copy of which I append. His detailed report will accompauy this paper. On 24th September, 1877, they received 100 convicts; on 18th October, 1877, thoy received 3convicts; on 31st October, 1877, they received 2 convicts; on 2d May, 1878, they received 05 convicts ; on C*h Decornhor 1U7? #!.?? i (a - ? /W.J * w . Wj IUWJ IWUCITCU 1" U'.HJ Yll'iai I UU 7th April, 1874, they received 75 convicts; making, iu all, 285 convicts. Of this number 18 weio returned to the Penitentiary before I took chargo, 38 escaped, 17 were discharged, 7 pardoned, and up to August isi, according to reports submitted by (Japt. Cahil), there wore 98 deaths. I found when 1 went there that 21 had died who were not reported, the most of)thcm iu August, making a total of 114 doaths. All of which is respectfully submitted. T. J. JjIPSCOMB, Superintendent. tub reply oe dr. trezkvant. Columbia, S, t!., August 30, 1879. Col. T. J. Lipscomb, Superintendent South Carolina Penitentiary : Peak Sir?In obedienoa your and director Shield's instructions, I proceeded 'toSgoti'cM Conn!y to i of iho couvicta at work on the Urceuwood and Augusta Railroad. I reached the stockade on Monday afternoon, tho 25th, and immediately proceeded to the said inspection. I found in the log pen, which is called the hospital, three convicts lying on u shelf made of poles and clapboard and covered about two iuches with straw. Two of said convicts wcro colored nud one white. Ono of tho convicts, Juo. k?ord, was in tho last stages of exhaustion, and had ou nothing but his shackles and n pair of pauts?the rest of his body beiug covered with flicg. The other colored con i -i * * <* * iu? una general uropsy. "* "* McGurvey, tho .vhito convict, was so weak i and emaoiated that he was uuable to leave tho shelf, aud tho straw was so full of vcruiin thut I could not make a satisfactory examination of him. Tho English language docs not possess words sufficiently strong to express tho stench that aroso from tho place. Tho quarters iu which the laboring con* victs are consist of two log peus, twenty by thirty feet, separated by an alley way of eight or ten feet. Iu this spaco I fouud i cigbtccu other couvicts lying on tho naked earth, their diseases boing priuoipally ojchaustiou and dropsies. Tho sumo style of sleeping accommodations prevails in these prtns as do iti the hospital, with tho exception that on sorno of the bhelvcs there is no straw at all, and from < the polished appearance of the clapboards. ; thcro has bccu uouo siuoo they havo bccu < occupied. I saw uoithcr trace or sigu of covering of any kind?bluukot or aught clso. The 1 Blench nrising from these quarters was sick- 1 cuing to the uttermost extent. Tho cookiug is done in six or eight round irou oveub iu tho opou air, tho broad which I examined being burnt on top nud raw 1 throughout tho balanco. 1 saw no arrangement for boiliug, &c. From the stockado I wcut to whoro tho couvicts wore at work, and iuspcctcd each convict separately. With tho exception of niuc, I found them all, rnoro or less, iufected with scurvy, and with au eruption which was cvidcutly caused by tho vermin on their persons. Thcro were two who were so swol- ; lou with dropsy of the extremities that I remarked thut they should have bccu in the hospital, nud was told that thoy were there on light work, just to do what they pleased. None of them possessed a change of clothing, and their pcrsous, though evidently k... ...LJ .1. 1! O 1- I 1IU1 III- until liuauvu llIU 11i OUUUIiy, were off :usivc ou accouut of the stcack from the filthy clothing. In u conversation with Dr. T. J. McKio, au excellent gentleman as well as phykioiuu, 1 I fuuud that ho had refused to attend further ou tbeso convicts, ns he could be of no possible seivif0 u jder sueh a condition of , iMu?o on prevailed; anu Mr. lwtggs, the associato engineer of tho railroad, with the Georgia branch, informs mo that ho has remonstrated time and agaiu, but to no effect, and that out of one hundred and uincty-one convicts, on the Georgia side, since the 21M day of May he has had no sickness whatever. The mortality above is sufficient to prove what their treatment has been. As the cool weather couics on, with the system of the convicts so enfeebled by their scurvied conditions, I am afraid there will be a still greater mortality. 1 have the honor to be, with much rcspcct, your obedient servant, G. S. Trezevant, M. D., Surgoou Penitentiary. 1*. S.?I would respectfully report since your inspection that Spencer Bradford had died. Of all the cases inspected I did not see but one case of well marked syphilis. There wore three others that I did not see. The Governorship.?The Gary boom seems to be on the incrcaso. A few newspapers and a few correspondents arc making prodigious efforts to forestall public opinion in favor of Gen. Gary for next Governor. A correspondent, "Laurens,'' in this issue of our paper throws iu his mite in that direction. We regard ull this a iittlc premature. Indeed we think Gon. Gary's friends will break down their favorite horse before the real race begins. In other words, we think Gary's friends arc injuring their own cause by a manifestation of over zeal* iu the cause. It partakes too strongly of his Own fiery temperament. We do net wish to be understood as intimating that lie is the inspiration of it, but we do menu u <?.. tk.i ! l_ i- .... 1.- r\ in. \.u onj vii.ii> ii. auuiius 10 us <jumu viary-JiKe. He would do well to usk his friends to furbear somewhat. Kvcrybody knows (Jen. (Jury's political antecedents and his present status, and his splendid war record and all that. IIo is no stranger in South Carolina. 11 is tine record in the memorable campaign is not forgotten ; but while all theso things are remembered iu becoming gratitude, there are some other things that might be brought in and urged as discounts. Gen. Gary, in view of past services, deserves the hearty well-done of the commonwealth, but there arc at least a thousand other uicu iu tho State perhaps fully as deserving. If, however, he should be the nouiinco of the Democratic party wo will support him, as we would support any nominee of the organized Democracy of the State, irrespective of persoual feeling, though we arc free to admi that Gen. Gary is not our choico lor Governor. Whenever a writer in the interest of somo particular man begins to talk of "combinations and oliqucs," it smacks to us of Kellcyj 1 innonflontiont r\f Iloooi* CaIa a.?/1 M??v ^/vMvavuvifiH VI \jajbl, unio iV V*'. i??IU wc lose patience with such disaffeotcd argument. We want to hear none of it. We do not bclievo that "combinations and cliquos" over had any controlling power among tho Democracy of this State in the selection of State officers. If so, thc9e "combinations, and cliques" made good selections and wc are still willing eo trust them it) future ? jAtUre-nwillc t/rraht. ,V.;y?>? ' w .- is &gf?j "V'A Coi^KKD REPUBLICAN Slf%WB TO tuk Frost.?In the closing motncut* of the Gcuoral Assembly of South Carolina just adjourned, Hon. Brneo H. Williams, tho colored Senator from Georgetown County, boro testimony to the consideration ho hud rcocivcd from tho officers and Senators as follows : Let the Radical maliguants who would fain impress their willing hearer* with the belief thut the negro in the Southern States uador Democratic control has no rights which the white men respect, and that tho poor black man is worso a slave thnu before froodouifrond this?tholangusgo of a respectable nnd intelligent colored uinn, a member of a body in which his party is |3A ullirKtlf ?? 4-%. a! -v * >ftuvij ivpiuovuiuu uo vu auiuuui iu ui* most no representation numerically, and iu which but one other colorod llcpublican face serves ns a reminder of tho days of mis* rule in South Carolina: "Mr. President, in closing my term as a member of the Senate, I desire to express to you my scuso of the ability and dignity and fairness with whioh you havo discharged tho duties of its presiding officer, and to suy that no mouibcr of this body, whore nil aro your friends, has a rnoro grateful appro* ciation of thp kindness and courtesy and patieuco which you have always displayed towards all. 1 desire, also, to express, through you, to the members of the Scuato geuerally, my acknowledgments of tho consideration which they have invariably shown mo. At all jjmcs and ou all occa* sious, whether iu the Scnato or committco room, they havo always heard mo as a Dotncr Senator, equal with themselves, and have ucvcr given mo any causo to feel that they respected ruo any tho less bocauso of uiy color or my politioal faith. I assure you that I shall always have the plcasuutost recollections of uiy associates in this body, and shall always entcrtain tho livoliest desire for their health uud happiness.?liryistcr. -? - The Mother Nakes tiie Man.?From their mother, wo aro told, thou Wesloys inherited, tho one his placid temper, his calm perseverauce, and his dauntless courage, aud tho other his fluent speech and gift of song. From his mother kSir Walter Scott imbibed his love of poetry and painting ; and his writings prove that it was no common git\. Myron's fine gifts crippled with a uiiserablo temper?a legacy from a furious and fickle mother.. Old La Mere Bonnparto was never beaten in any project sho undertook. llcr energy was simply indomitable, and this last trait has been strikingly illustrated throu ghout tho wholo oi tho great Napoleon's life. It was from his mother Lhat "Bobby Burns," as Scotchmen love to call him, imbibed his love for song; for sho used "to givo wings to tho weary hours of her chequered life by ohontiug songs and u. ma- .L: i-i?in-j i >> T>. ? rick Ilcnry bad mauy a lesson in conversational power, his mother training the gift in tho promising lad. Dr. Johuson's mother always argued with him in order to do him good, although she kuf/j that the wilful, burly boy sometimes deliberately took the wrong side. Philip Hoddridge's mother created his taste for Scripture scenes nnd Scripture subjects by teaching him tho Dutch tiles around their old-fashioned fireplace. _______ A Romi* with Father.?"When we were all children at home," said a friend, "nothing so delighted us so much as n romp with my father; tho hour of his homecoming was tho happiest iu all tho tweutyfour. I often think if all parents would play with their children, homo discipline might entirely loso its sevcro aspect, and become a law of love." How many pureuts are willing to devoto an hour or so to romp with the children ? As a kitten will stop lapping her milk to play with a string you draw across tho floor, so will a child leave almost anything for a romp with its father or mother. In theso romps, and during theso moments of recreation, the great lcssou of love is learned by tho child. Perhaps you are naturally u dignified porsou, unaecustouicd to play. So when your first infant came to you, you were not accustomed to its care; but yet did not for that reason let it go uncarcd for. If you aro harrasscd by worldly anxieties, the rccrcatiou will bcucfit you as much as it docs the child, and your sleep will bo the sounder for it. Tho experiment is worth trying. ? Convicts for Lkoiblators.?A very little knowledge of the true inwardness of~ legislative proceedings will cnablo any ono to sympathize with the perplexity of a legislator, who thus relates his experience as a novice : "1 had ono or two bills in ohargo, and to. get them through tho various stages of theirprogress toward ratification was simply a torment. There was this committee and that committee, this amendment and that. amendment, this concurrence in amcudment. and that non-concurrence, and so on ad inT llOl'A OAl?t.M?ol tt ArvtMA A *l*A Ann jt ?ci < ## x unto .uuoij vwuiu lu nig uuu* elusion that it would bo best for the Statu to ubolish the General Assembly and to cmploy convict labor for the more effectual and satisfactory conduct of State affaire."? Col. Rcjiitcr. Boys Usino Tobacco.?It is reported' that a British physioian made an examination of the breath of boys who were iu the habit of smoking tobacco. lie examined thirty-two boys between the ages of nine and fifteen. In twenty two of tbeso cases ho fouud various disorders of the circulation and digestion, palpitation of the hearty and a more or less marked taste for strong drink. Twelve were subjcot to b!eed:ng at the cose and twelve had slight ulceration f the mouth. A .discontinuance of tho use of tobacco was soon followed by a restoration of breath and strength. ' i A Lewistoo (Mo.) woman named Wood# Tins wrnetcra children. Tbc woods seem (5 bo full of thciu.