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|8||Bm|Mffl^ ^jSt^^ JBWMpQ- ^*iIi'Wifl^?^t|f 3i^ratur^ fjolitiqa, and tfy Current $tm of the gag. PaaHWBMjHHp|fiP'j**^?^w^'^ ?-1 "*>_ r ^hiiiiiuW'iii7 li^K'm * * - t. VOL, XL?Nkw Swum. - ^ ^ W^^^^H1^W^TSB||H^^Kd^NA7MAY 28, 1880. NUMBER 21. ' III ? I '?' 1 - K * ' r^atvr CTA?m> /XTrm , I i? -' .?? SMVUJ3M vr V A t Plenty of Good Fruit ?AT? S. W. PORTER'S. ?: I HAVE Just r?turned from market where I paroklHtd and aft now daily roooiviag the haadMBMt SPRING STOCK THAT HAS EVER BEEN YOU*. FMfVlLBQB TO 8BLMCT FROM. ^DRESS'GOODS. ?ALL THE? Latest Novelties of the Season. C0N8I8TIN6 OF Prists, Muslins, French Lawns, Piques, Linens, * AND ALL YOU CAN * ASK FOR IN THIS LINE. ALL THE NEWEST DESIGNS IN Parasols, Hosiery. Gloves, Buchings, ^ Fringes, Ties, Laces, Buttons, Trimmings, &c,i Ac. 1 HATS, BOOTS, CAPS. SHOES. OUR MILLINERY, In this Department we exoel oar former efforts. We hare all the Novelties and Shades of Trimmings. A.J ?hvj but, uotu mvnvi vj ?nr mrs. Vinson, in person, who is possessed of that rare faculty ofpleasing all whooall on her. These goods hare all beSn selected with an eje single to the wants and tastes of our patrons. Ladies Should Call \ AND SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL 1 e o o ds. { Groceries ! Groceries!! J Cheap! Cheap! Cheap! j Crockery X Crockery X X ) EwjiUs| la tbue 11dm eon be found upon | our shelve*. C^LL AND SEE. { S. W. Porter.: P April IS 16 tf_ J Announcement Extraordinary! I TAKE pleasure in informing my Mends end . the public generally that I have a lull stock 1 ?f the very beet quality of FAMILY GROCERIES, CON8I8TING OP Flour, Meal, Hams, Sugar, Coffee, v Molaaaaa, Pepper, Siaron, Soda, Pioklea, Canned Ooods In Croat Variety, Craekers, Cheese, Weed I rials Patatsea Of the Finest Qualities. Halle, Pewter, 8wlW. ?" Ckawtaf la* fluMiir ! Alio, is rear of my Oroeeey Store I here a I first olass Bar Room, where you will tad 1 the very beet of Bnutdlee, Wlnee, WhlakUt, Ram. GHn, Porter, Ale end LMtr Beer. Giro He a eall aad be ooavineed (hat I have (be beet aad ebeepeet atoek la Towa. . 4+ J. w. vfrso*. ' Jaa. tO 4 if I OBNVS FURNMHINO OOOD8, ! KBBPtT Dreee Skirts aad Oollars, the oheap i at aad beet la the Market. Keep'a Shirte, leaadrted, ?1. Very superior Uader-ehirte, Xftawers, Soeki, Headkerehletb, Bark, Ae.. So. RICK S MoLURB. Got 10 41 tt \ We are indebted to Senator Butler?to whom we return our many thanks for repeated. farora of the kind?for a copy of General Gilmore'e report touching the improvement of Broad River. This report is predicated, of course, upon in extensive report of Major Carson, the Msistant engineer, who made a thorough survey of the river last winter. We cull the following items of interest from the report: * * a * * The present head of navigation of Broad River is in North Carolina, 141 miles by river from Colombia. The craft used for transporting freight on the river are flatbottomed pole-boats that ean carry fVom 30 to 40 bales of ootton when loaded to a draught of 20 inches. A ver low stageof^^irivwgrev^^ The obstacles to navigation, even by small jraft like those above mentioned, are numerous, and in some places extensive. They jonsist of ledges of partially submerged ock, isolated rocks and bowlders, shoals of pravol, and the eddies and rapids produced hereby. These obstructions render the navigable thannel very tortuous in many plaoes, and iven dangerous to pass. It is estimated that about one-fourth of be whole length of the river is more or ess obstructed by shoals of rocks, with an iverage depth of only one foot over them at ow river. During freshets the river rises to considsrable heights shove the common stjge.? Vt Columbia it has been known to rise as tigh as 30 feet, and at points above as high is 20 to 27 feet. ? * * * * At the most important shoals and rapids ines of levols were run to obtain the river's lope. The steepest of the water surfaoe ras found at taekhart Shoals, 69 miles ibove Columbia, where it amountod to neary 34 feet per milo. Broad River receives everal tributaries on that part of its oourse hat was examined. Some of them are lavigable for pole-boats for several miles rom their mouths, namely: Enoree River, 19} miles above Columbia, with 10 miles tavigation ; Tiger River, 44} miles above Columbia, navigable for 30 miles ; Pacolet liver reported to be navigable for 10 miles. The river is spanned by three railroad ridges?one at Alston, 25 miles from Coumbia ; another at Shelton, 45 miles from Columbia, for the Spartanburg and Union lailroad ; and a third 104} miles above Columbia, the orossing of the Charlotte and At two points small marginal oanals exst, which were formerly used by pole boats o cross the rapids. The upper canal pommenoes a little below he heaa of Locknsrt's Shoals, 69 miles >bjve Columbia, on the West hank of the I iver. Its length ig about 1} miles; total all, 45.78 feet. It has one flood-gate and hree double locks. The canal has not been n use for many years, * * * * but he lock, with the exooption of the gates, ire still in a good oonditton. The head of he lower oanal is about 2} miles above lervais street, Columbia. It was built in 1820, and extended to Granby, its whole ength being about 5 miles. Onlv the up>er reach of about 2 miles is still open for >ole boats. * * * * The lower porions of the oanal are filled up. The land adjoining the Broad is rather >oor up as far as Alston; from that place ligher up it gradually improves, and the egion from Lockhart s Shoals to Ninetylino Islands, 94} miles abovo Columbia, is ertilo, yielding rich orops of cotton and sheat. That portion adjacent to the river in North Carolina is hilly and well wooded, producing chiefly grain, tobaooo and wool. Valuable mineral lands ooour in some leotions on the upper part of the river.? \bout 90 miles above Columbia there are reins of gold-bearing quartsoee and taloose date, which have been workod in a crude manner, and paid well until the water level sas reached. In the vicinity of Cherokee Ford, 101 miles above Columbia, thore are large deposits of hematite and magnetio t*VH viv| n a*u iuhuKHUVOV glBUUIIrU ind corundum. Several iron smelting works were established here forty years ago. Near the head of navigation a valuable mica mine is located. The river is undoubtedly in a poor coniition for navigation, in oonsequenco of which the railroads of the vicinity have a much larger proportion of the carriage. From information oollected by Mr. Carion, it seems that, before the railroads were built, 150,000 bales of cotton were annually reoeived and sold in Columbia, of wbion 22,000 bales came by pole boats. Lately the annual reoeipts have not ezoceded 26,000 bales, of wbioh 1,500 earns by pole boats, about 5,000 by country wagons, and the oelanoe by railroad. The present reoeipts are, therefore, but 17 per oent. as Kirt as they were some thirty years ago. e river transportation of ootton amounts to only rbout 7 per oent. of what was in former years. The present annual ootton erop la the OlMUtiia hnrHarino An Ttmait R!*? U nlil to be 1*7,000 bale* of 4*0 pounds, aooordiss to state moots received from the best informed eitiseos in thstseethm of oonntrj. If this be true, then onlj ? smell pert of the crop goes to Columbia. * * e e An improvement of the river that would lecure uninterrupted and eomparativelj safe passage to pole-boats of somowhst larger enparity than those now in use. and during the whole busy season?-extending from October to Mareh?would doubtless be a great benefit to the people ia the vieiaitj of the river. Transportation would be ebeapened, and bqsiupas would, therefore, be attraeted to me river iroui greater distances, especially if existing ooantry roads were improved and new ones built: more land would probably be brought under cultivation, the mora so as it is stated that the introduction of phosphate fertilisers within the last ten years has greatly stimulated the planting of ootton. Such an improvement would oblige oompetiog railroads to lower their rates, to the advantage of distriots more remote from the river. < Under the oiroutnstanoes, no improvement can be rooommended thai cannot be made at a very moderate cost. The traot of landTbenefited by U is of too limited an extent to justify a large outlay of oapital. The existing railroad oompetiton renders an. aati?.t. -1 " " ?"j wuuisw ui iun aiuuaub OX ITIBIO Ult would seek the river very uncertain. , An improvement by the construction of. f to avoid tho many ahoala and rapj^fr """ The~preaent condition of rivor trade does not now, nor will it for some years to come, require the use of steamboats. The establishment of a ohannel that would be navigable for pole-boats capable of carrying from 70 to 90 bales of ootton would certainly bo a great convenience for the people. From the information before me I am not prepared to say that there is any urgent necessity for this improvement. A channel or boat-sluioe for vessels of the kind named should be 15 feet wide, with a minimum depth of 2 feet at the lowest stage. An improvement of this kind comprises the widening, deepening, and straightening of the existing boat-sluice, partly by blasting and partly by the construction of wingdams at certain places. It is pointed out in Mr. Carson's report that that portion of Broad.River from Columbia to Ninety-nine Islands Shoals, a dialanco of 941 miles, supplying the larger part of transportation, would cost less per who mi improve, man toe remaining 46} miles to the head of navigation. The improvement of this lower reaeh of 94} miles is estimated to cost $46,731.25. which inoludes the repair of Lock hart Shoals Canal, and .the improvement of Tiger and Pacolet Rivers. The improvement of the upper portion from Ninety-nine Islands Shoals to Green River, a distance of 46} miles, is estimated to cost $38, 130.98. We can but think General Gilmore has greatly belittled the- importance of this work. Even with the only improvement he deems can be recommended, and coverod by the expenditure of $90,000, if Mr. Carson's information of the ootton-orop of Coun| the freight on half these 157,000 hales could be reduoed one-half, which is not unlikely, no less than seventy cents a bale would be saved on this cotton to Columbia. This alone would amount to ov^r $50,000 per annum, and if only half this amount were saved the whole improvement would be paid for in four years' saving. Let us have the improvement of $90,000, we then urge on our Representatives, and the future development of the river will take care of itself amply.?Col. Regular. Domestic Complaint.?When a woman complains persistently of her husbaud, extenuating naught, reserve your sympathies for the husband. In nine coses out of ten he is justified by the very means used to heap reproach upon him. Imagine a man detailing domestic grievances to overy friend whom he can corner in the attitude of a listener. Imagine the oontempt he would excite. The woman who publishes her own domestio discomfort in such a manner does it to her _l_ Ttf _l_ - L. % uwu HUBuie. xi sue ue not aoove aoiog so, wo may reasonably suppose that the husband is a long suffering man whose philosophy alone makes life endurable?and it is only endurable. Few men are saints, (or women either, for that matter) but there are few characters whose natural idiosyncracies are not oonfirmed and inoreased by the laek of Uet, and the oonstant nagging and oovert homo thruita which somo women persist in treating their husbands to in private life, or in sooiety where they dare not retaliate. It is a mean and contemptible advantage used by either party, but the woman usually has the advantage in this kind of warfare.? There is no possible excuse for suoh conduct, it is not womanly, true, or just. Let bim be what be will, she does herself no eredit by exporing him to oontempt; neither does she secure ber object in the eyes of sensible people. Neither does she better in any way the domestie conditions she affecta to find intolerable. Suppose on the other hnnd she meets every euiorgoncy with tact; is just, however frank in her critioism ; never violent, and always willing and happy to render her appreciation of consideration on hia part evident. Believe me, even though he never quite reform, aggravation must be Jess frequent, and she wifl at least preserve tho respect of her husband and friends?a most worthy consideration in the life of every woman, be her poeition what it may. ?Houtekeeper. Ratoon Cotton.?Lost Winter was so mild that many of the ootton stalks were not killed below the surfaoe of the ground. As a oonsequenoe, in many of the fields a good deal of ratoon ootton has sprang ap this year. We hare been shown sereral specimens taken from the field of Mr. G. M. Ma this, and aome of them ham shoots that are orer six inehes long, aod are oorered with forms for flowers. Whether or not these shoots from an old root will produoe as much ootton as a new plant, we oannot say; bat so frr as the growth goes bow, it is deeidodly in faror of ths ratoon. ? Camden Journals Cats hare nine Ures, aad in order U lire erery one of them they hare to stay np nights. r:-3(hfcw to Judge a Horse. ?Thft ster I Mpl methods of deoiding the health, ajf EjBffcg properties, sod net value of a hors a^p mmiliar to all intending purchaser! M&JftBoe. In this oonnection, the old adag ;4fNpiiarity breeds oontempt," is a tro SMlfire think, sajs the Spirit'of the Tur thdHE-cnay be many of our readers who wi W<W|be a few practical rules, and sav jBMKby employing them: jKjer take the seller's word; if dishot wBnjrill be eertain to oheat you; if dii be fair, he may have been th another, and will deceive yo 4MHb representations which cannot b Bptfrtrust to a horso's mouth as a sui a horse while in motion; watc stands at rest, and you wi 8Hm^i%weak points, If sound bo wi jprnra fiktalylitdsquarely on his limbs, wit? Tout moving any of them, the feet plantc I flat upon the ground, with legs plumb an I naturally poised. If one foot imhrnun r?. ward with the too pointing to tho groun and the heel raised, or if the foot ia liftei from the ground and the weight taken frou it, disease of the navicular bone may be stu peoted,' or at least tenderness, whioh is i precursor of disenso. If the foot is throwi out, the toe raised and the heel brougb down, the horse has suffered from lamnitii ?founder?or the back sinews have beet sprained, and he is of little future value.? When the feet are all drawn together be neath the horse, if there has been no dis ease, there is a misplacement of the limbt j at least, and a weak disposition of the mus clea. If the horse stands with his feel spread apart, or Btraddles with the hind legs there is weakness of the loins, and the kid oeys are disordered. When the knees an i bent And tho legs totter and tremble, the beast has been rained by beavr *'"??"&> ? * will never be right again, whatever rest anc treatment he may b?tO. Contracted or ill formed hoofs speak for themselves. . Nevei buy a horse with a bluish or milky cast ic j lis eyes. They indioate a constitutions tendency to opthalmia, moon blindness, etc Never have anything to do with a horse wh< keeps his ears thrown backward. This ii an indioaticn of bad temper. IO .1 . ' ' ' xi me norse s niua togs mre scarred, tn< fact denotes that he is a kicker. If the knees are blemished, the horse n apt to stumble. When the skin is rough and harsh, ant does not move easily and smoothly to th< touch, tho horso is a heavy eater, and hi digestion is bad. Avoid a horso whoso respiratory organ are at all impaired. If the ear ia jjlace sound is heard, it is an indioation of troc ble. Let him go. What Came of Having the Roo Tarred.?A Boston man, so says a papc published in that city, had the flat roof < the L of his house tarred the other daj aud when six or seven cats got on to it, th following night, they could yell and arc their backs, and try to get a pull on all fou feet at once, but they coldu't lift thou selves froe and their sighing was frightfu and people in the neighborhood began t chunk things at them, and the owner the house forgot about the tar, and wen barefoot and in his robe de nuit upon th roof to ehuse them off, and pretty soon h found that he couldn't stir, and began t whoop and swear, and a policeman got ladder and climbed on the roof, and whei he cams up over the edge on his hands am knees he had to remain in that posture, am he used very emphatio language. Mean time the bootjacks were falling in a showc about and uround them, aud the man' mother-in-law, ia looking out of an uppe window thai overlooked the L roof, to as if they were not ashamed to be out on roof playing oat at that time of nighl knocked her wig off and it fell into the tai and she rushed dowu a flight and went ou ou the roof to get it and couldn't pull th wig up, but got her hand stuck to it, s she oouldn'tlet go of it, and of course he position and bald head made a dead giv away, as it was quite light, when some on finally oame with boards for them to be gc on to when they were cut loose from th tar, and the old lady did not feel a bit won than the policeman, who had to walk throug the street with the kneea of his trousers ci out and left stuck ou to the roof and a grei hunk of tar stuok to eaoh hand, and got reprimand when he reached the stalion.And the house owner himself, blistered h feet trying to melt the tar off of them fc holding them up to a hot stove, and whe the cats were cut loose from the roof an put on the ground, they tried to gnaw th tar from thoir claws and got their pas stuck in their mouths and rolled shot and vawled and carried on so that folk ,1 "L? .1 tuuugui mey were maa aua kiiiou men And the householder's mother-in-law hasn got over jswing him about that tar ro< jet. Sweet Potato Vines.?Our ezperieoc is to out sweet potato vines when thej oov< the ground, leaving about twelve inchi near the root.?Tbev are verv hard to our but with patienoe it may be done. Bi the very best that can be done with tbei is to feed green, when they make the rei best feed or horses, males, oows or hog They, are, thus fed, especially fine for mil oows. After they have been front-bitten, will not pay to save them. They may I piled ip on a fence or any oth )r plao where they will ventilate, and care in fro a week to ten days, bat generally with tl loss of the leaves. Bat the beat time i feed them is when thev are green. In th state they ought by all means to be fed. Mr. Thomas thinks it is one ol the me touohing things in life to hear a Westei hog singing to its youngest, "There's a litt iu the mire, baby mine," > 0* ? DEFERRED HEW8 ITEMS. v, ? Death or Governor Foot*.?Nashville, Mi e, ?dfca-Qovcrnor Foote, superintendent of tl I} United States mint at New Orleans, died at b I! home, fire miles from Nashville, to-day. ie , * ft AAest or a Thief.?A colored man, nami 11 Aleok Williams, was arrested on the arrival i e the Oresnville train yesterday, through a tel gram received by Chief Fiohling, for stealing l- trunk, olsthing, &o., from another oolored ma s- in Spartanburg. The goods were recovered. o - u Mrs. Marion Hopkins, of San Franoisoo, hi ie bought for J800 a Japanese baby-plant, a sp cies of lily growing four feet high, with q blossom in which is the perfect fac rimile of tl eunningeet little baby in the world, nude, wit h its little arms and legs outstre'.ohed, and i II eyes distinctly marked. ' moowrtfko m Wew~er*t^?-fin "SelurJi j night last Laura RufT, colored, was stabbed an , Vlil^l 1? u: - * " u ....o. vj niioms rosier, colored, in Newben .. Count/. The murderess was arrested. On tli d same night at a colored wedding in the snm rj count/ Archie Johnson fired his pistol amon Q the crowd of wedding guests, when some ui i- known person present promptl/ shot Johnson a inflicting a painful wound in the thigh. . A Watsk Famine in Jamaica.?Kingston Jam., May 12.?The country is suffering terri , bly from a prolonged drought. Water is soli . for six cents a gallon, and cattle and live stool . are dying of thirst. Accounts from rariou . interior points are very alarming. The dr; l weather is seriously affecting the young cane . and fears are entortained for next year's crop. t Lonostkket Nominated.?The President to ' day sent to the Senate the nomination of J as 8. Longstreet, of Georgia, to be minister t , Turkey; D. M. Key to be United States judg k ik> mi tarn and middle districts of T?nnu [ see. Postmaster it?--o tl?pmai<t?n f sent to the 8enate to-day the nomination o , Horace MaynarJ, of Tennessee, to be post I master-general. Thb AoaicctTCEAt College.?A meeting o } the Hoard of Trustees of this Institution wa 3 L.1J ?._ n : -1 UCIU IU IUU ViU?CI UUI O UIUUO) IM? VVVUlUg, TTUCI the following officers were elected: 5 Hon. William Poroher Miles, President an< Professor of English Literature. Dr. William Eirney, Professor of Chemistry Dr. Joseph LeConte, Professor of Geology. Major B. Sloan, Professor of Mathematics. 1 Jesse Jones, Esq., Foreman of the Mechanics 3 Department. B The election of Foreman of the Farm wa postponed until the next meeting, which wil be held in the early part of August. 8 m d Resurrectionists in North Carolina are a< * a lady recently deceased, had in accordance wit her reqaest her gold watch and ring buried ! the coffin with her, opened her grave. Whi they were in the act of taking off the ring si opened her eyes and sat up. They ran awi ir but she called them back and persuaded the >f to carry her home. When her husband saw h at the door he thought it was her ghost ai e fainted away. She is now in a fair way of r . corery and will perhaps give the watch and rii to the persons who so opportunely called up< ir her. i |t The Fish Business.?Commissioner Butle 0 fearful of trusting green hands with the bus ~ ness, has employed two experts from the fli ' hatcheries at Havre de Graoe to bring to Soul ? Carolina some of the young shad recently offers 0 to this State by Commissioner Ferguson. It e gratifying to learn from the 8tate Commission) 0 of Agriculture that within the next year ? shall have at least two hatcheries in this St&i ?one upon the banks of the Peedee and anotl 0 er upon the Edisto. Four yourg men are to t 1 sent from this State to the general go7ernmei d hatcheries to learn the process of propagatin fish, and after becoming proficient they will 1 given employment at these hatcheries.?Co T Reguter. 8 r Psbsonal.?Among the Visitors in Charlesk It during the peat week was the venerable Her 1 a J. Shand, rector of Trinity Church, Columbi 'i S. C., who was in attendanoe upon the Diooesi r? convention. It was a pleasure to his numeroi friends in this his native city to see him her e still active in ail church work at four-score yea: 0 of age. As a mark of respect the officers r the Washington Light Infantry called upon hit e by appointment, on Saturday evening, and a 6 oompanied him to the armory, where this "ol est member," who joined in 1818, passed a hi 16 hour very pleasantly. Dr. Shand has relurni '? home with the good wishes of all who know hi . in Charleston.?Newt and Courier. ># Peudkht Democrats.?Republicans arJ fr a to admit that the Democratic majority in Co ? gross has managed most discreetly in refusii j8 to be drawn into political debate. One of the said last night that the extra session came aye y too soon. At that session the Democrats blu n dered, and went home oondemned and humili d ted. The Republicans, flushed with victory, i ie enacted the role of their Democratic brethr ra and were anxious to renew a fight from whi they had plucked sach honors. But they fc !g got that in the fight of this session they hi . changed place with the Democracy and thei ?t Ml Tea became the aggressors and peace destro ,( en. That they have lost at every step there ? be ao kind of doubt. The same wisdom whi has characterised the management of the E w mooraoy ia Congress has marked its prooeedin )r elsewhere. a Col. Jambs L. Oaa.?A correspondent in tl issue of the I*l?Mg*ncir suggests Hon. Jam n L. Or, of Anderson, for the nomination for Co gross by the Democracy of the Third Distri j, The nomination is a good one, and the reaso Ik suggested for it are worthy of Ihrorable oonsl oration. Ia addition, we may add that we thi M the Ccuaty of Anderson is entitled to a re pi Mutative ia Congress. This was one of 1 m foremost sountles in the redemption of the 8ta to aad we have received no recognition in the a to of promotion of cur oitisens. We do not mi lis tioa this by way of oomplalnt, but simply show hew reasonable is the request for the Ci gressional nominee lobe selected from our mid t Mr. Orr is fully oompotent for the position I rn dicated, and if eleoted will make a record all or creditable to hintMlf and his district.?it ferton JmtoUyrnctr, 9 J tim i .1 IM- M ?? H??i Glass Cloth.?Glass Cloth is being made in ij Germany. At Gaudenfrei, the artist and glasstie spinner, A. Prengel, of Vienna, has established is bis glass business, offering carpets, cuffs, collars, veils, etc., of glass. He not enly spins but also weaves glass before the eyes of the peo** pie. The otherwise brittle glass he changes into pliable threads, and usee them for making good, ** warm clothing by introducing certain ingredi* ents, which are his secret, and thereby changing >n the entire nature of the glass. He makes white eurly glass muffs ; also ladies' hats of glass with, w glass feathers, which are lighter than real feath# ers.'Wool, made of glass, it is said, cannot be dlsm tinguished from the genuine article. Glass is a nAn.HA?<lMa*A- ? ? A1? * |e ? ? v-i.i.i.wi, mm 1110 nine inky noi M distant ^ when it will cause a rcTolution in dress materiu T Co id ?'er'18 aM now. I think they are generally for ,y Grant, because they think he is coming back ie into power, but they arc cunning fellows, these e department officers. If you say the thing looks like Blaine, they say it certainly does. And if you say it is surely to bo Grant, they say they ! hare thought so from the first. If you are in a good humor and say that Sherman's chanees will come up after the first ballot, they say that i, Sherman would make as good a President as any of them. When you say that some dark horre i is likely to win, their feces drop and they ask t who is the most likely dark house. If by any s unhappy chance you say that a Democrat is prstf ty sure to eome in, with what eagerness they i, question you for your reasons for thinking so. The ten thousand people in Washington working tor the Government in one capacity or another are a conservative lot, believe me.? Waehington '* Letter. 9 - > e Gaby in his Old Rolb.?Gen. Gary in his late - anaawK hafinra the Edgefield Convention rung the ohanges on Fusionists and Rings. This makes | 1 h Gme he has expressed . Senate. They have become decidedly thread* bare, and it is to be fervently hoped that he will favor the public with somo new ideas the next ' time he speaks. ' Many that belonged to the class he contemptuously styles Fusionists rendered as faithful 1 service to the State as he did during and since the stormy days of'70. They have not soun* ded their own deeds as persistently in the ears of their fellow-citixens, but the fact of their d faithful and valuable servioes to the 8late remains, and the people are well aware of it. If j! Gen. Gary has any friends they ought to advise him to stop his abuse of men as good and patriotic as he is. If he had never begun his senseU?fl BKUBA ftf nkmolAn KA wnnti) alfeitsi jj people otod woaftl fiare some einnct |D of winning the prise upon which his eyes ere so je intently fixed. As it is he has thrown away his ie chanees of promotion by his extreme folly. Let him take a new departure, and he may in time m obtain the reward that follows a worthy course er of action.?Rock Hill Herald. Jjj A Petrified Body.?A remarkable inag stance of petrification of a human bodj has >n been discovered in the Philanthropic Cemetery, on Passayunk avenue, near Cross street. During tho disinterment on Wednesday of J' the remains of Police Officer Wm. Blan,h ford, who died June 11, 1874, of paralysis, a and his wife, Mrs. Rebecca Blanford, who jd died February 15th lost, of lung disease, " for removal, it was found that the former ** resisted the efforts of four persons to raise t0 it to the surface. After it was disinterred i- under the supervision of a son of the de>e ceased, the case containing the coffin was 14 examined. It was not in the slightest dc* gree decayed, but was as fresh-looking and I. solid as on the day of interment, six years ago. The coffin was equally well preserved, and showed no evidence, whatever, of hav,n ing been below tho surface, and the silver plate and trimmings on it were untarnished. *> The lid of the casket was removed and the Ln remains of Mr. Blanford found to be in an is almost perfect state. The clothing in which , the corpse had been buried was mouldy, rs and the lining of the oasket partially doof stroyed, but the flesh had ohanged into a a, yellowish-white substance, having tho ap o' pearanoe ot" marble. The eyes were sunken (1. and lost to view, the lips were partially gone vif and the hjad was devoid of hair, but othBd erwise the features and form were perfect, m even to the beard which the deceased wore ou the lower part of his face during life.? The oorpse weighed nearly five hundred ?e pounds, or over three times as much as B~ when interred. Mr. Blanford was 74 year* jj* old at the time of his death, and whilo his ar remains were so wonderfully preserved, those n- of his wife, buried three months ago, wore a- undergoing a natnral process of deoay.? ?" Both were reinterred in tho family lot in *jj Mt. Moriah Cemetery. The singularly ,r. natural condition of Mr. Blanford's body is td attributed to the dampness of the earth in n. whieh it bad been resting, in the northwest portion of the oemetery, and similar cases ^ have been discovered there within the past oh four years.?Philadelphia Time*. ,e" Crops in Abbkvillc.?The stands of P ootton in Abbeville County are better than was ever known at this season of the year. tk- .. ?? a. ??j l|g auv w* vivv 10 no W HMJ IRUU Will prodnoe, and there b t Urge area covered with it. The wheat orop in some aoctiooa n will be very nearly a taUare. There are ' are few fields of this crop in the County "8 whieh will yield a satisfactory return. Liberal provisions have been made for a nor* nk crop. The farmers are aoting sensibly in re* abandoning, to a great extent, the enftivation of this crop on high, thirsty Unds, hat ' ? have o lea red and ditched thousand* nf mtm ,%y of boUom or wet lends for the cultivation ? of tbie grain. Tho barley and rye orops of ? tb j County are, ae usual, so small as to be ? of little oonseqoeaoe. Of tbeee crops we at. hare beard no reports. As evidenoe of la- progress in producing the small pains we iks would mention that several of our planters la- are buying improved machinery (be cutting the crops?/Vm sr.