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f gpHuotyd to ^gjiqitliurq, gjoifiqulturij, gomqsfiq fiqoitomg^ |3afitiqs, ami lltq Current fjeics of the gaj. XI.?Nbw Semes. ^ ^ ^ UNION C. H., SOUTH''cA^^^^ANU^RY 0, 1880. NUMBER 1. J. lie state of South Carolina, I ^ ('<H N ry OF UNION. I IijSlrc Court of Common Pleas. William Kison, Causadal Fowler, Martha Fowler, John D. Long, John F. Long, J. Gideon Long, Grant Long, Calhoun Long, Walker l<ong, Susan Long, Martha Long aud Mary Long. 1'lainUfft. against Harrison Fowler, Sallio Fow- Summons lcr, Jack llotlgo, Henry Hodge, Minerva Addis, For Relief llcury Addis, Carolina Fow lcr, Gnssnwny llodge, Cuth- Complaint arino Hays. James Hays, Frank Hodge, Wiigbt not served. JloJgc, Calviu Hodge, Noland llodgo. Sim Fowler, MarthaQuinn, Felix Qninn, Kllis J. Fowler, Mark Fowler, Susan Milvrood, James Gassaway Milwood, Samuel Fowler, Frank Fowler, and iKlroa Fowler, Defendants. To the Defendant* above named : YOU are hereby Sunimond and required to answer the complaint in this action, which will bo tiled in the ollicc of tho Clerk of the Court of Common l'lcas of the said County of Union, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers, at their cilice, No 4 Law llangc, Union County, South Caroliua, within twenty 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 tho time aforesaid, the plniniijjs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demnudod in tho complaint. Dated, Union, S. C., December 3, 1870. STKEDMAN & KAWLS. Plaintiffs' Attorneys, r "? James Mux no, seai. I Clerk. To the Defendants, Catharine Hayes and her husband Junes Hayes, Frank Hodge, Neland Hodge u-ud Calvin Hodge. Take notice that the summons in this action, of which the forcgoiug is a copy, was tiled in the uiuvc ui inr v,min <11 common 1'iens, nt uuion Court House in the State of South Carolina, on the third dnj of December, 1879. STEE1)MAN & liAWLS. Plaintiffs' Attorneys, No. 4 Law Range. Dec. 6 49 Gt The State ol* South Carolina. COUNTV OP UNION. In the Court of Common Pleas. Cillinm II. Jeter, John R. ] Jeter, Antonictto Knight, -luriiia Jeter, Mary Ann Jeter, Sarah Thomas, Susan Jeter, James T. Jeter, It. Cillintu If. Jeter and Joliu C. P. Jeter, Plaintiffs, against . ... * - 3^ ^" Daw-X>"^wmo' Itius, Robert Da<\k'us oth- ,r or wise called liob Dawkins, For Rolief. Washington Dawkins oth- ; or who called Wash Daw- Coinpiaint kins, John Dawkins otherwise called Jaek Dawkins, served, Michael Dawkins otherwise called Mike Dawkins, llartlicna Dawkins. Henrietta i Dawkins, Araminta Daw- I ikius, Milly Dawkins, Char | nor Dawkins, Mary Daw- | kins, Darnel Dawkins anil | .Spencer Morgan Dawkins j i\4 Trustee, I Defendants. j .To the Defendant* above named: YOU arc 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 complaint on the subscribers, at their office, No. '2, Law Itange, L'uion, .Soutli Carolina, within twenty days after theserviceof this summons onyou, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the said complaint within the tiioe aforesaid, the plui.itills in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. X>uted, Union., S. C., 28 August 1879.J MUNKO & MUNIIO, Plaintiffs' Alltoraeys. (t r-'-, ^ jaMF.s mlintto, 3hkai, J Clerk. \To the T)tfrn<lant Itcbort Dawkitis, otherwise called Bob Hawkins. 1 Take notice that the Summons herein of which the foregoing is a copy was tiled in the oflice o ' the (Ji-erlc of the Court of Commou I'leaa for tlief County of Union, at Union Court House in the State of South Carolina on the 28th day of August, A. D., 1871). Uniou, S. C., 10th December 1870. MUNKO & MUNKO, l'lnintiffs' Attorneys. No. 2, Law Kange, Union, S. C. Doe. V* ..JUL ML. The StatC of South Carolii* ( CO UNTV or UN.I OX. k In tl>r. f/Miot n(' t'A.nn eil Plnftvi J i ? M. 11 I 11V W/111 V l/i VUJllllIV ** AVM^1 James N. McDilt J'laintiff, Summons against For Relief. James G. Love and James G. Complaint Love Jr., not Served. Defendants. To the Defendants above named, YOU arc hereby Summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is tiled iu the Ollieo of the Clerk of thq Court of Common Fleas and to servo a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their otfico, No. 4 Law Itango, Union, South Carolina, within twenty dnys after the service hereof, exclusivo of the day of such service ; ami if you fail to answer tho complaint within the lime aforesaid, the plniutifT in this action will opply to the Court for the relief dernauded iu the complaint. Dated Union, S. C. Dee. 6th, 1870. KTEKDMAN & IIAWLS, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. f ,") James Mom, -! ska l V Clerk. To the Defendant, James O. Love, Jr.: Take notice that the summon* iu this action * of which the foregoing ia a copy, was filed in the office of the Court of Common l'leas, at Union Court House in the ,Stale of South Carolina, on tho 6th day of December, 1876. 8TEUDM \N Si PAWLS, Plaintiffs' Attorneys, Js'o. ) J.iw Kongo, Union, S. C. Dec. 12 CO Iji - [ww^n^^^on just thirty days. Over two hundred bills and joint resolutions became laws. Tho whole cost of the sossion was in tho neighborhood of forty thousaud dollars. 80 far as wo can discover, there was no unwiso or hocdless legislation. The measures which were not dually acted upon do not appear to be of uny particular importance, excepting tho ditfcrcut bills iu relation to tho registration of voters. It was wrong to neglect to comply with tho plain mandate of the Stato Constitution, and it was impolitic, at least, to loso & favorable opportunity of limiting and regulating, by law, the volumo of ignorant voters. Against this omission can bo set the passago ot several measures of tin highest, importance. Tho chief of these arc h?Ve described: T'.?o Joint Resolution amending the Constitution relative to tho homestead, authorizes and requires such subsequent legislation as shall extend the benefits of tho homestead to every head of a family in the State whether laud owner or tenant, and such as will give tho benefit of the homostead exemption iu personalty to every person whether he is entitled to it for lanu or realty, or not. This wi)| obviate the hardship of fhft present law whioh operates to ueprivo tonauts anil non-land holders of the protection of the homestead. Tho Columbia Canal Bill as finally passed cedes the water power of tho Stato at Columbia to Messrs. Thompson and Naglo, Northern contractors, and provides that they shall be furnished with 250 convicts to work at developing tho power. These will bo clothed and guarded by tho State, remaining under the direction of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary, but will be fed by the contractors, who arc to complete the canal 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 be ceded to the Stato for public use and benefit. Tho Caual property is to he transferred to the contractors only upon the completion of their contract, they forfeiting their investments in ease of failure to comply. The Charleston Canal Bill provides an appropriation of $15,000 to be used in constructing a cautd across Charleston Neck, the money to bo expended only when a contract is entered into by responsible persons to purchase from the Stato a sufficient amount of rock from the quarries at Columbia to reimburse the State for tho outlay. The canal i i to bo built between Line street on the south uud the city bouudary on lite north, ami it will notoipss any spoct withThe C.tfalCVmmiissioncrs will have authority to authorize any railroad ruuniug to this fcicy ty connect with either ter.uiiuus of the canal by a switch. This Canal is expected to give tho City unsurpassed tcrxiuul and shipping facilities', without any charges tor wharfage. Tho Mill 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 Laud Scrip, given to th?> Stato by the United States, which proceeds wcro invested in Stato bonds, which were hypothecated and lost to the State, in Radical days. The State Treasurer is rcquirod to issue to the Board of Trustees of the South Caroliua University a certificate of Stato stock for $191,800, heaving interest at six per cent., which interest shall be used by the Board for the purposes for which tho Laud Scrip was originally issued to the Stato by the United Stales. The Board of Trustees is authorized to establish a Collcgo of Agriculture and Mechanics for tho benefit of vhitc students, using the Univorsity buildings and grounds, and establishing scholarships to be used equally by studcuta from various sectious of the State, either by counties or Congressional districts. The Board will also have Dower to establish seholnrHluns fur white male graduates of chartered colleges of the State, the tuitiou to bo free. This new College of Agriculture and Mechanics is in addition to the Agricultural College and Mechanic's Institute, for colored students, which is in successful operation at Orangeburg; and the two Colleges will be hereafter uiaiutaiucd out of the income of the Land Scrip fund. The Act to extend the time for the redemption of forfeited lauds provides that all lands heretofore forfeited to the State, for the non-payment of taxes, may be redeemed bv the pnymcut of one-hajf of the simple taxes of tho years 187(> and 1877 ami the full amount of the taxes, costs and penalties of tho year 1878, provided that sui-h payuiJ'ut be made on or before the Hist May, J 880. fter that dato unredeemed lands wilt bo solu for tho benefit of tho State. The Act repealing "fhe Act to alter and "amend tho law regarding elections," repeals tho "two box" law, pa8*-d during the session of 1878, providing for sep^rnte ballot-boxes whenever thcro is an election for tint.ll StntA nflinnrtt nAil Pranl/lnnfiol Tho old one-box system is restored. Tho substauco of tho Bill to provide for the settlement of the Consolidated debt of tho State, the Ficken bill, bns been heretofore published. It provides for a final settlement of /the public debt ou the basis cf tho recent /decision of the Supreme Court. It provides for tho payment of the interest on the eu/iro debt for 1880, and tho payment of ^hc unpaid interest for 1879 on the valid debt. Tho details of tho settlement aro entrusted to Special Commissioner James | C. Col/, who will cxmnino tho debt under the li^ht of ehe decision of tho Court, nod report monthly to tho Treasurer. For bonds and coupons declared partly valid, the holders will receive Consolidation bonds for the p mion declared valid. The publio valuo of the Act lies in the fact that it was passed -by- tb? tTie wholo General Assembly, and can bo safely regarded, thcrcforo, as n settlement that tlio peoplo, by their representatives, approvo of aud will faithfully carry out. Provision is made in a separate Act for the funding of all State indebtedness which by law is fundable, and fortho consolidation und funding of interest on tho uu'fuuded valid debt from 1871 un to and includiug 187!). . Tho Act regarding tho funding of the bills of tho Bank of tho State 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 another chrouic trouble. Tho Aet creating a Departuicut of Agriculture places it under the control of a Board consisting of the Governor, the Muster of tho Stuto Grange, tho President of tho State Agricultural and Mech?ijicl ?Sa- { ciety, and two other persons to bo selected by the General Assembly. The Comuiis sioner 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 and other information as may bo needed. It shall investigate nil subjects regarding agriculturo, immigration, &c., superintend and quarantine diseased stock, take-charge of the Fish Department, exact and issue liccuses for fertilizers, (replacing the prescut phosphate inspector and ngent,) inspect fertilizers,i&c., aud geuerally devote itself to the advance- ' incut of the Agricutural iuterests of the Stato, The Act to declare the law regarding lions providesathnt hereafter, at the expiration of tweuty years, a lieu or judgement shall be presumed to have bccu uatisficd unless souio acknowledgment by tho debtor, such as payuicut of interest, or paymcul on account, be recorded with the judgment or lieu. The Act to require Railroads to furnish consignees au itemized statement of freight charges, ami requiring them to settlcaccording to the bill of ludiug, expressc* its scope iu its titlo. The pcuullics for violatiou of its provisions aro, first, a penalty of doublo tho amount of the charges, to be recovered by the consignee by civil process j and sccoud, that the ngcut so otrciuling shall bo guilt)' of a misdemeanor, aud punishable by a fine of not less thau 810, or imprisouuieut for uot loss than live or moro tliau thirty days, unless ho bo acting under orders of a superior officer, iu which ease the lattershall be subject to double tho above peualtics. The liill to alter aud amend the law relating to juries and jurors provides that no petit juror shall bo required to servo more than one week at any tcrn^-of the Courts of Liiaxn-.r*! J^lcas, and fh ir.y- W 1 each week. No jurjvbowever, cha't^*| with a ease shall bo discharged boforo it's I completion, by rearon of this Act, aud tho County of Charleston is exempted from its provisions. Tho Act fixiug the time for Legislative enactments to take effect, provides that on and after the first day of February next no Act or Joint ltesolution. shall take cifcct until tweuty days after its approval, unless otherwise specified. Tho Act regulating the running of traius ou Sunday prohibits the ruuniug or loading of freight trains 011 that day, a Mowing c-aeh road to run only one train for tho transportation of mail aud express matter aud passengers. Tho Act amending the law relative to stealing crops .from the field extends tho provision of existing statutes (which make the steuliug of crops growing iu the fields a felony) to the stealing of crops gathered but left in the field. The Bill to provide artificial legs for citizens maimed iu the service of the State from 18G1 to 1865 was amended by tho Senate so as to furnish arms also, and so passed. The Supply Bill fixes tho Stato levy at four and ono-half mills, and the general county levy at threo mills, excc~pt when otherwise specified. With the addition of the two mill school tax this will make the total levy in each county as follows : Abbeville 10} Kersliaw 12.} Anderson 0} Lancaster 17} Aiken 10} Laurens 11} Hunt well 0} Lexington 11 Peaufort 11} Marion 10} Chesterfield 12} Marlboro' 10} Charleston .10} Newberry 121 Clarendon 12} Oconee 10} Colleton 10} Ornugeburg 11 Chester 7} Pickens J} Darlington 11 Richlnnd 10} Kdgefield 11} Spartanburg 11 Fairfield 10 0-20 Sumter ll|| II* tireeuville 12 Williatnsblirg 18 Hampton 18 York 9] Horry 10] Note.?Two Townships in Fairfield County nro exempt from the special (nx of J of a mill for fences. This is indeed a brilliant record. Tho legislation concerning tho Homestead, the State debt, the Columbia and Charleston Canals and the Agricultural Colleges, stamps the session ju?t ended as tbo most practical and Useful, in the largest scnso,thnt the State has witnessed sinco tho adoption of the Constitution of 18(58.?Ncw? and Courier. ? Sauce ron PuddWO.?Two cup3 of 6ugor, a pieco of batter the sizo of an egg, one egg well beaten, ono lonnpootiful of corn starch or flour, beat all woli, then add a teaoupful of boiling water ; put in a saucepan on the firo until it thickens like cream; do not let it boil. Flavor to taste. . . Thk Foo on the Thames.?Oravosoad. December 26.?Au aluioat continuous fog has prevailed on the Thames liivur during eighteen- days past, the consequence boing that tho fleet of inward bound ships has been detained. On Wednesday night the fog cleared for u few hours and sonic vessel* got nvvny. SICKENING REVELATIONS. Treatment of the Convicts?Inhuman Cruelty and Neglect. The following nrc the reports of the superintendent nud surgeon of the State PenHerniary as to the treatment of the convicts leased to tho Greenwood and Augusta Railroad Company, which wero called for by tho Scuuto at its recent sossiou, and by that body ordered to be printed : TIIE BEPOUT OP SUPERINTENDENT LIPSCOMB. Columbia, S. 0., Sept. 2, 1879. To the Chairman and Board of Directors, S. C. P.: Gentlemen-?Hi ;o -?? .vv.oi from Cicu. P. II. Bradley, president of the Grccnvrood and Augusta Railroad, stating that a great deal of mortality and sickuess existed among the couvicts leased to that company, I conferred with tho chairman of ii?o Uharilf snowing uiui the letter. He instructed uic to go over there aud make au inspection of their couditiou, and at uiy suggestion he instructed me to take Dr. Trczevant, the surgeou of the iustitution, with me, to sec what could be doue to ameliorate their couditiou. Dr. Trezcvaut and myself appoiulcd the inoruirig of the 21st of August to go on tho iuspcctiou. On the night of the 20th I received tho attached note from Dr. Trezcvaut, saying ho could not go, aud I proceeded by uiysoif on the morning of the 21st. I mot tho Hou. A. 1*. Butler, ono of the board of directors, iu Augusta, Ga., about II o'clock tho same morning. We left immediately lor tho camp ou the South Carolina side, iu Kdgclicld County, about ninetcou .or tweuty miles distuut, which we reached about 5 P. M. d found iu ono end of tho stockade uino sick men ehaiued on what was iutcudcd to be a straw bed, but the straw was too thin to do much uood. I could not stand the awful st Micli and had tu direct the gunrd to uochain thctn aud briug thcui out iu front of the stockade. 1 found thcui iu a deplorable couditiou, all of theui complaining of Tcucrealdiseases, swollen lluibs, &c. 1 then wcut to the so-called hospital, where 1 found three sick?two white uiou aud one black man. They hud some straw to lie upon aud were all chained. They were all covered with vcruiiu aud fleas?so much so that 1 was forced to leave the room. I don't seo how it was possible for a well man to exist iu these places, woll treated, much less a sick umu with no treatment, or so little that 1 regarded it as none. They had uo change of clothing, no shoes, uo covering of auy description that 1 could see. They reported U':at they had had uo medicine aud no nodical treatment except one dose of paregoric i??*ho three days preceding, aud their jiy^^^^^vm^bacou aud bread. HL j yore at work on tho road, about a mile or a i>ilc aud licit' dictaut. 1 found about seveuty-five men at work ou the road, clothed in the Penitentiary stripe that I hud sent to Gcu. Bradloy about five weeks before.? It was eo lute that I could only look at their condition generally and postpouc the inspection until ucxt morning. I wont next uiorniug to where they were at work, called the roll aud inspected them. I found a great many of them complaining of vcucrcai diseases aud swollen limbs, and almost all with scurvy. They were very dirty in person and clothing?having no change ; souio of them said they had not washed for weeks. I saw no blankets or bed clothing for thcru to lie upon or cover with. 1 heard great and loud complaint about the cruel trcutuicut of convicts by Capt. J. J. Oahill and his guard. Ouc of theui, W. n. McOurvcy, No. 3,125, showed Col. llutlcr and myself scars upou his head which he suid wero caused by blows from a stick in ".si'o hands of Capt. Cahill, and persous outside gave the same information. Capt. Cahill himself, in rcportiug those that were dead, iuformcd me that the guard had shot ouc while in shackles and fastened to the gang chain, claiming that he was in revolt. Wo heard that Cahill hud ordered the guard to shoot hiui. Tho convicts were generally in such a bad condition that I deemed it my imperative duty to send the surgeon of this institution to see them. The sickness and mortality being so great, I heard that somo of tho directors of the road hud resigned and Dr. T. J. Mcivic, their surgeon, had ceased to visit tho convicts professionally. I was informed that ho had refused to continuo to treat the convicts bccauso his prescription were not fMM. xtftr-hh ordcre as to treatment and nourishment carried out. I returned to Columbia 011 Saturday, the 23d, and sent l)r. Trczevant to mako a similar inspection on the morning of the 25th, as will be seen by tho following order, approved by the chairman of tho board, a copy of which I append. II is detailed -report will accompnuy this paper. On 24th September, 1877, they received 100 convicts j en 18lh October, 1877, they received 3 convicts; on 31st October, 1877, they rcccivod 2 convicts; on 2d May, 1878, thoy received G5 conviots ; on tUh Decern bcr, 1878, they received 40 oouvicts; on 7th April, 1874, they received 75 convicts; making, in all,285 convicts. Of this number 18 woio returned to the Penitentiary before I took charge, 38 escaped, 17 wero wMfLp.rgcd, 7 pardoned, and up to August 1st livoording to reports submitted by (Japt. CflP-li, there wore 93 deaths. I found whoa I wout there that 21 had died who wore not reported, the most of'them in August, making a total of 114 doaths. All of whioh is respectfully submitted. T. J. Lipscomb, Superintendent. tub reply ok dr. trezevant. Columbia, 8,^., August 30, 1879. Col. T. J. Liptcomh, Superintendent South Carolina Penitentiary: I>kar 8(r? Tn obedienoe u your end JJircetov Shield's instructions, I proceeded ~ * --- ~ ^ 7" to EdgeGcId County to ius^cct tho condition of the convicts at work on the uioeuwood ' aud Augusta Railroad. I I reached tho stockade on Monday after- , noon, tho 25th, and immediately proceeded to the said inspection. I found iu the log pen, which is called the hospital, three convicts lying on a shelf made of poles and clapboard and covered about two inches with straw. Two of said convicts were colored aud one white. One of the couvicts, Jno. fiord, was in the last stages of exhaustion, and had on nothing but his shackles and a pair of pauts?the rest of his body being covered with flics. The other colored con vict had general dropsy. * * j McGurvcy, the .vliito convict, was so weak s and cumulated that lie was uuahlo to leave > the shelf, and tho straw was so full of ver- > uiin that I could not umkc a satisfactory cx- 1 animation of hiui. Tho English language t does not possess words sufficiently strong to express tho stench that arose froui the place. ? Tho quarters iu which the Laboring con- t victs are consist of two log pens, tweutv by f thirty lect, separated by an alley way of t eight or ten feet. Iu this space I found e eightccu other couvicts lying on tho naked ? earth, their diseases being principally cx- < haustiou aud dropsies. I Tho saino style of sleeping acconauioda- t tious prevails iu these pens as do iu the bos- t pital, wi,th the exception that on some of the shelves there is no straw at all, and froui s the polished appearance of the chipboards, s there has becu nouo siuco they have been s occupied. 1 I saw neither trace or sigu of covering of 1 any kind?blanket or aught else. The f stench arising froui these quarters was sick- t cuiug to the uttermost extent. Tho cookiug is done in six or eight round ' irou ovens iu tho opou air, the bread which ' I examined being burnt on top aud raw 1 throughout the balance. 1 saw no arrange- I mciit for boiliug, &c. 1 From the stockado I wcut to whoro the couvicts were at work, and iuspcctcd each couvict separately. With tho cxccDtion of 1 niuc, I found thorn all, more or less, infected with scurvy, aud with au eruption which 1 was evidently caused by tho vermin en their 1 persons. Thcro wcro two who were so swol- * ieu with dropsy of the extremities that I remarked that they should have bccu in the hospital, aud was told that they were there on light work, just to do what they pleased. None of them possessed a change of clothing, and their persous, though evidontly having been washed tho preceding Sunday, were off :usivc on account of the stench from the filthy clothing. In a conversation with Dr. T. J. McKic, au excellent gcutlcmau as well as physician, I found that he hud rotused to attend furthei* ou these convicts, as he could be of no possible servifo uvdor such a condition of luiuga on prevailed j and Mr. Twiggs, tnc associate engineer of the railroad, with the Gtiorgia branch, informs mo that ho has remonstrated time and agaiu, but to no effect, and that out of one hundred and ninety-one convicts, on the Georgia side, since the . 22d 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 comes on, with the system of the couvicts so enfeebled by their ' scurvied conditions, I am afraid there will bo a still greater mortality. 1 have the honor to be, with much re- , spcct, your obedient servant, G. S. Tukzevant, M. D., | Surgoou I'euitentiary. 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. I Tub Governorship.?The Gary boom ! seems to be on the incrcaso. A few news- | papers and a few correspondents arc making ( prodigious efforts to forcstull public opinion in favor of Gen. Gary for noxt Governor. A correspondent, "Laurens,'' in this issue of our paper throws iu his mite iu that direction. We regard all this a iittle pre- | mature. Indeed we thiuk Gon. Gary's friends will break down their favorite horse before tho real race begins; Iu other words, wo think Gary's friends aro injuring their own cause by a manifestation of over zeaf iu tho oause. It partakes too strougly of kc. 4 . J- - - UI3 UHU UVIJT lUUipUUllllUIK.. ??e UU UCl wish to bo understood as intimating that he is the inspiration of it, but we do uicau to say that it sounds to us quite (jury-like. He would do well to ask his friends to forbear somewhat. Everybody knows den. (fury's political antecedents and his present 8tutus, and his splendid war record and all that. lie is no stranger in South Carolina. His line record iu tho memorable campaign is uot forgotten; but whilo all theso things are remembered iu becoming gratitude, there are some other things that might bo brought in and urged us discounts. Oon. Gary, in view of past services, deserves the hearty well-done of the commonwealth, but there are at least a thousand other uicu in tho State perhaps fully as deserving. If, however, he should be the noniinco of the Deuiocratio party wo will support him, as wo would support any uorninco of the organized Democracy of the Ktnt A irpnanuohuA r\C ?\Ai.oAn??l IVv^Krw. f ?VU|/?V**VV VTA pviovuui IVI llll^j though wc arc free to adini that Gen. Gary is not our choico for Governor. I Whenever a writer in the interest of somo I particular uian begins to talk of "combinations and oliqucs," itamacks to us of Kellcy; independentisra?of Gayer, Sale & Co., aud we lose patience with such disaffected argument. Wo want to hear none of it. We do not beliero that "combinations and cliques'' ever had any controlling power among the Pemooraoy of this State in the selection of State officers. If so, these "combinations, aud cliques" made good selections sod wc nre still willing so trust them ii) future.? J,<turtV)8Vt(lc I/rrohf, ^ A Coi/oreu Kepuiimcan Senator to riiK Front.?It) the cloning moment* of the General Assembly of South Carolina just adjourned, Hon. Uruee II. Williams, the colored Senat)r from Gcorgetojvu County, bore testimony to the consideration iio liad received from the officers and Senators is follows : Let the llndical malignauts who would fain impress their willing hearers frith the belief that the negro in tlie Soulhiru Slates ondcr Democratic control has no ights which the white men respect, aud hat the poor black man is worso a slavo ban belbro frecdom,read this?thclauguago >fa respectable and intelligent colored man, i member of a body in which his l>arty is io slightly represented as to amount to aluost uo representation numerically, and in vhich but one other colored ltcpublicau aco serves as a reminder of the days of misule in South Caroliua : "Mr. President, in closing my term as a ucmbcr of the Scuatc, I desire to express A VAU m W OnittiA /\ f 1. ? ..l.JIIl *1 *??'! .1 I.-.. 1 t .. v m?jr ov;uou ut mu uuimj uiiu uij^uny ind fairness with which you have discharged he duties of its presiding officer, and to lay that no member of this body, whore all iro your friends, has a more grateful approbation of thp kindness aud courtesy and Ktticnco which you have always displayed owards all. I desire, also, to express, 1)rough you, to the members of the Seuato generally, my acknowledgments of the conlidcration which they have invariably hown mo. At all tjuics aud ou all occaiious, whether in the Senate or committee oom, they have always heard me as a rothcr Scuator, equal with themselves, md have never givcu mo any cause o feel that they respected me any tho ess because of my color or my political aith. I assure you that I shall always iavc the plcasantcst recollections of my issociatcs iu this body, and shall always enertain the liveliest desire for their health ind happiness.?Jiryistcr. Tiie Mother Makes the Man.?From heir mother, we are told, tho, Wcslcys inherited, the one his placid temper, his calm perscvcrauco, aud his dauntless courage, ind tho other his fluent speech and gift of long. From Lis mother #S:r Walter Scott m bi bed his lore of poetry and painting; ind his writings prove that it was no comiiou giiV Byron's tine gifts crippled with i miserable temper?a legacy from a furious ind tickle mother. Old La Mere Bouaparto vas never beaten in any project sho undcrook. llcr energy was simply indomitable, ind this last trait has been strikingly illusrated throu ghout tho whole ot the great STapoloon's life. It was from his mother ,hat "Bobby Burnc," as Scotchmen love to :all him, iuibibed his love for song; for she iscd "to give wings to the weary hours of ler chequered life by chanting songs and i- l.i : i .t .} ?? ick Henry had many a lesson in convcrsa;ionai power, his mother training the gift 11 tho promising lad. Dr. Johuson's mother always argued with him in order to do lini good, although she kijpr that the wilful, jurly boy sometimes dclib irately took tlie ivrong side. Philip Doddridge's mother ircatcd his taste for Scripture scenes and Scripture subjects by teaching him tho Dutch tiles around their old-fashioned fire* place. A Romi? with Father.?"When we were all children at home," said a friend, 'nothing so delighted us so much as a romp cplill mv fVttKn* Iiaii* a!' l\ttj U/\?ma !? %?? M.J lUbllWt y viau I1UUI Ui IllO UUIliC:omiug was the happiest in all the tweutyfour. I oftcu thiuic if all parents would [ lay with their children, home discipline might entirely lose its scvcro aspect, and become a law of love." How many parents are willing to devote au hour or so to romp with the children ? As a kitten will stop lapping her milk to play with a string you uruw across the floor, bo will a child lenvo almost anything for a romp with its father or mother. Iu thc90 romps, and during these moments of recreation, the great lesson of love is learned by the child. Perhaps you are naturally a dignified porson, unaccustomed 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 arc harrasscd by worldly auzicties, the recreation will benefit you as much as it does the child, and your sleep will bo the souudcr for it. The experiment is worth trying. Convicts for Legislators.?A very little knowledge of the true inwardness of' legislative proceedings wT,l enable any ono to sympathize with the perplexity of a legislator. who thus relates his experience us a uoviec : "1 had ono or two bills in charge, and to% get them through the various stages ot their progress toward ratilicutiou was simply a torment. There was this committee and that oommittcc, this amendment and that amendment, this concurrence in amendment and that non-concurrence, and so on ad infinitum. I have seriously come to the conclusion that it would be Lest for the Statu to abolish the General Assembly and to employ convict labor for the more offectual and satisfactory conduct of State affairs."? Vol. livy inter. Hoys Using Tobacco.?It is reported that a British physician made an cxnmina tioa of the breath of boys who were in the habit of smoking tobacco. He examined thirty-two boys between the ages of nino and fifteea. In twenty two of theso eases ho fouud various disorders of the circulation and digestion, palpitation of tho hearty and a more or lesa marked taste for stroDg drink. Twelvo were aubjcot to blced:ng at the toso and twelve had slight ulceration ef tho mouth. A .discontinuance of tho use of tobacoo was soon followed by a restoration of breath and strength. i A Lewiston (Me.) woman named Wood# 'has wrAeten children. The woods seem <5 ' be full of thcui.