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VOL. XI.? NbV JULY 2, 1880. NUMBER 2G.
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Oct 10 II if
HOW OUR CANDIDATES WERE NOMINATED.
THE PARTY UNITED EVERYWHERE.
, General II'. S. Hancock, of Pennsylvania,
the Homt'nee for President?His Nomi
nation Made Unanimous? W. H. English,
of Indiana, Unanimously/ Nominated
for Vice President ? General
Wade Hampton Speaks for the Sdid
South?Kelly and the Tammany Delegates
Pledge Their Support to the Ticket.
Cincinnati, June 24?Prcsideut Stevenson
arrived at 10.25 A. M., but the
snuts worn nn \o l.nlf.filln.I Tl... I
organ and military band occupy the audience
with many admirably rcudcrcd musical
selections.
Tbo Chair called the Convention to order
- t 'te.BB Ar-M: r . n.n "nnHiin !
Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Taylor,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Mr. Pcckhani, of New, York, rose to
tnakc a statement in behalf of the New York
delegation. That delegation had heard with
great euiotiou [cries of "platform," aud he
took the desk] tho votes given yesterday
for the houored statesman of Now York, S.
J. Tildeu. [Great appliuse.]
The Chair rebuked tho interference with
the proceedings by outsiders, and promised
that it would ask the Convention to preserve
order at any and all hazards.
Peck ham resumed. The delegation had
received a letter from Tildcn, in which lie
renounced himself as a candidate for nomination.
Knowing him to be honest in purpose
and action, wo accept his letter as a
renunciation of all claim and all caudidacy.
uc now presented the letter lor such actiou
us the Couvcution desired j but the delegation
have this morning agreed upon another
candidate, and he named Speaker Randall.
[Applause.]
The chair asked if the Convention would
have Tildeu's letter read. [Cries of "Yes!"
and "No !*' but in a viva voce vote decided
no.]
Th'unas, of Kcutucky, off?-rcd a -resolution
denouncing as unconstitutional and
unrcpublican any Slate law affecting any
citizen on account of religious or uou-rcligious
views. Referred.
TIIK 8KCONI) IIA I.LOT.
While the second vote was being taken
IIull stated in obedience to instructions that
the Ohio delegation cast forty-two votes for
Thurmati.
Another Ohio delegate denied his right
to announce the vote and said the delegation
arc now c.nsulting as to how Ohio's
vote would be cast. [Cheers.]
Ohio when again called gave forty-four
for Thuruian.
Re fore the official vote was announced
Wisconsin asked permission to change
its vote. [Cries, "Agreed" and some
"No."]
Somebody raised the question of order
that the vote could not be changed.
The Convention agreed to it and Wisconsin
cast lor Hancock twenty votes. [Great
cheers.]
There was now a scene of great confusion.
New Jersey changed to Hancock eighteen
votes.
[Immense cheering. Long, coutlnucd
and great confusion, which the Chair vainly
tried for soveral minutes to suppress.]
The chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation
rose finally and said that Pennsylvania
was proud of her sous?both of them?
one a great soldier, the other an able an
eminent statesman. She would gladly vote
for either, and then changed her whole vote
to Hancock. [Immense cheers and excitement.]
(1IIKAT ENTHUSIASM FOR HANCOCK.
A great portion of the auJiencc and the
Convention rose cheering, waving banners,
fans and tossing hats.
Hancock's banner was brought to the
front of the platform amid great enthusiasm,
the band playing, "Hail to the Chief."
The small banners of the States voting for
Hancock were brought forward to salute
Hancock's large banner.
The total number of votes cast was 738.
Hancock received 705, Hendricks 30, Bayard
2, Tilden 1.
The audience and Convention rise and
cheer and the band plays "Hail Columbia."
MOTION TO MAKE HANCOCK'S NOMINATION
UNANIMOUS.
Mack of Indiana,, moved to make Hancock's
nomination unanimous. He expressed
the deep feeling of his State for Hendricks,
but they were loyal to the Democratic party
and will do their duty manfully.
Speaker Randall was then presented on ,
tlio platform, lie said he was hero to second
the nomination of Hancock. [Cheers.]
He congratulated the Convention on the
harmony which marked the proceedings.
The nomination made was strong and would
bring victory. It would bring Pennsylvania
back to the Democratic roll. It was one
that wo ild be satisfactory to the party and
to the American people. [Cheers.] He
pledged his earnest and constant cOorts until
victory crowns the work in November.
If the people should ratify their choice,
Hancock would be inaugurated. [Partial
applause.]
Wallace, of Pennsylvania, followed. The
Democrats four years ago named a man who
was elected President, and to-day they had
named the next. He urged a vigorous
u.iui|>.ii^ii , iii) tjiiiii01 ueiense, out one
of constant agression, lie, too, pledged
Pennsylvania to place herself in November
nc.ct in the Democratic column.
GENERAL HAMPTO.N'8 SPEECH.
In response to loud calls, Wade Hampton
advanced to the platI'orin and said, in behalf
of the solid South which was once arrayed
against the gallant soldier, that lie pledged
to him its solid vote. There was no name
he'd in higher respect in the South than
that of the man who had now boon made
the standard bearer of the Democratic par
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ty. Hancock waa one of the flrat after th j
war was over to exert' his influence for the
restoration of the Southern people to their
civil rights. He pledged South Carolina
to give as large a majority as nuy Democratic
State in the Uuion.
TIIE NOMINATION MADE UNANIMOUS.
Judge Hoadlcy, for Ohio, seconded the
motion to make the uoiiiiuation unanimous.
Victory in Ohio in name meant a uunui-.
uious veto in November, nnd Ohio Democrats
expected to win that October victory.
The Convention had commanded Ohio to
take the GarGold gun and they would try.
[Applause.] The action of to-day was worthy
of that other day on which the Declaration
of ludv'pendenco was signed by John
Hancock. [Applause.]
The Chair put the question on the pending
motion and announced that Winfield
Srrftn'CTrrV was the urfthilKMU'VMlfflWTfr
this Convention for Democratic President
of the United States.
NATIONAL MUSIC AMID INTENSE ENTHUSIASM
FOLLOWED 11Y 8I1EECUES.
The hflflll nhiveil to ?rrr?nt otn'nro
? ? - wv" " *,v 0?v?v viiwi^,
followed by the "Star Spangled Banner,"
in which the great organ joiued with fine
effect. Then came '"My Couutry, 'Tis of
Thee" to the tuue of "America," rendered
in the same manner. The transparency of
the Philadelphia llandall Association was
brought in with Randall's portrait on one
side and on the other "for President of the
United States, Winfiehl Scott Hancock."
Yoorhccs, of Indiana, said though somewhat
sore hearted the Indiana Democracy
would do her duty in supporting the nominee
of this Convention. They had hoped
to follow their own gallant leader in this
campaign, but they would follow with cheerfulness
the trallaut leader who had bccu given
thcui. lie referred to the Confederate
Brig adicrs of whom so much had been
heard ; he knew them -and Hancock knew
them and they knew thatthey could roly upon
them to assist in upholdiug the Constitution
and rights of the people uuder them. He
eulogized llaucock's course in upliftiug the
down trodden civil law and libertj at the
end of the war, making the second declaration
of independence the second declaration
of the Constitution. He was worthy
of their confidence iu war and peace, and
with him they could safely trust the institutions
of the couutry.
In response to loud calls, Breckenridgc,
of Kentucky, came forward and said :?
They had to day turned their swords into
pruning-hooks, with which they would reap
the harvest of victory next November.?
They had shown they were again a united
people, and kuew no North, no South, no
L* * 11' ..i r/u -? f"i *
Muuai, uu >? csi. LVyiiucrs.j 1 ney nau put
in nomination to day a man who had given
his blood for the Union. It was a national
candidate whose uauie they put out to-day
in the name of the Democratic party.?
Kentucky always voted the Democratic
ticket, but lie asked, what say the doubtful
States? lie asked New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Connecticut, New Jersey, Illinois
ai.d Indiana if they could carry this ticket
in triumph, and each responded affirmatively
amid applause. In conclusion, lie invoked
thj Cod of Patties to give the Democratic
party a triumphant victory. [Great
applause.]
T1IF. TAMMANY DELEGATES ENDOltSE TIIE
NOMINATION.
At this point the Tammany men, led by
Kelly and Schell, entered, amid great cheering,
and were greeted with music by the organ.
The confusiou and excitement continued
several minutes before it could be
< I (tolled. Kelly proceeded to the platform
and was greeted with a lively Irish air by
the batidf and there were great calls for
him.
The Chair said it gave him pleasure to
announce to the Convention that its action
to day had united the great Democracy of
\T VV.-I. - -I . - .1- . .1 - -
ncn j ui iv , aisu, mai ine contestants lroui
that State had come here to give in their
allegiance, lie introduced Kelly, who was
received with great applause and some hisses.
relay's speech :
Kelly said it was true lliat Hancock's nomination
had united tlie Democracy of New York.?
Though they had hceti fighting bitterly for live
years, let the past differences he now banished
forever. [Cheers.] Never again would he refer
to what had transpired in the past, either
here or in the State of New York. He disowned
ever having been actuated by personal feeling,
though in ilie anxiety of political contests they
someii'i es said things of each other for which,
in inoie sober moments, they were ready to ask
forgiveness of each other. New Yoi k could nut
be carried except by unity in the Democratic
party, and now that this had been secured he
fell it safe to promise that New York would give
her electoral vole to the ticket made here. Hancock
was not only a great soldier hut a statesman
as well ? a gentleman ngainst whom nothing can
be said. [Cheers.]
In conclusion lie said to the New York delegates
.-itiing in (lie Convention, lei lis return to
our homes, organize our party and let him who
shall first refer to the troublesome and discordant
past be denounced ns a traitor, [(treat applause.]
For himself, lie promised to do all in
bis humble power for the success of the Democratic
ticket. Turning to the New York delegates
lie said : Let us once for all take each
other by the band. We have a great duly to
rwi??//\*??ii I A/?nt linn I ??..! - - i 1 *
I'VIIVMM , liCi 119 Ml# II Willi Ulli* II can
iiml voice. [Applause.]
KKI.LV AND KKI.I.OW3 8IIAKK HANDS OVHK TUB
NOMIN ATITIIIN.
Fellows, of New York, cmiic forward in response
to culls, but wits so hoarse as iu In? very
imlistinct. lie coiiiincinlcil to-day's action as
superb. Tliey luitl healed all distractions existing
heretofore in the Democratic party, and
tliey wete now united to tight our common foe.
(Applause.] lint tliey had done still more in
strangling the discordant strife which had lor
years dominated the whole country. They had
restored in the United States all to a common
country. In conclusion he and Kelly shook
hands formally amid great applause, the baud
and organ playing "Auld l/ang Syne."
The following Tammnny delegates accompanied
Mr. Kelly upon the platform: Augustus
Schcll, A ma.-a J. l'arker, tieo. C. (1 recti and
Samuel North.
Waterson, from the Committee on Resolutions,
reported the plalf>rr.i, which was a lopled unaiiitiiuusly.
' 4*jPeKrem was received fioni (lie home of
43eni*lI?ncockI as follows. "The boyhood home
of (y lhncock is enthusiastic over the uouiiMftiB
of General Hancock."
.^ NAtioual Democratic Platform.
;MB>eni<>cr.iis of the United States, in conVt|iwi
assembled, declare?
rtfe. Wo pledge ourselves anew lo the conitttuAntl
doctrines and traditions of the Dcmparty,
as illustrated by the teaching and
c.tuRnk of a long line of Uciiiocrntio s'.atesmeu
?t?4jrtrioty, and embodied in the platform of
lhe%t National Convention of the party.
Seflond. Opposition to ccntrnlizationism and
thai jjptngerous spirit of encroachment Which
tend* to consolidate the powers of all the dejfitrtifeiits
in one and thus to create, whatever
b$ IS form of government, a real despotism.?
No flnnptuary laws, the separation of church
andfttate for the good of each, common schools
fooMjjjfd and protected.
Home rule, honest money, strict
Bfej^Hnancc of the public fnitli, consisting of
go^H^dailvcr, and paper convertible into coin
^WrflWnTTW'atHuti mwtwt^nnnce oritnrjmww
faith, State and National, antl lariti' for revenue
only.
Fourth. Subordination of the military to the
civil power, and a general and thorough reform
of <hc civil service.
Fifth. The right to a frco ballot is a right
preservative of all rights, uiul must and shall
be maintained in every part of the United
States.
Sixth. The existing administration is representative
of a conspiracy only, and its claim of
right to surround the ballot boxes with troops
and deputy marshals to intimidate and obstruct
electors and the unprecedented use of the veto
to maintain its corrupt and despotic power in
suits the pcoplo and imperils their institutions.
Seventh. The great fraud of 187C and 1877,
by which, upon a false count of the electoral
votes of two States, the candidate defeated at
the polls was declared to be the President, and
for the first time iu American history the will of
the people was set aside under a threat of military
violence, which struck a deadly blow at
our system of representative government. Tho
Democratic party, to preserve the country from
civil war, submitted for the time, in the firm and
patriotic faith Hint the people would punish this
crime in 1880. This issue precedes and defies
every other. It imposes a more sacred duty
upon the pcoplo^MMr Uuion than ever addressed
to the coireciciicc of a nation of freemen.
Kighth. Wo execrate the course of this administration
in placing in the civil service a
reward for political crime, and demand a reform
by statute which shall make it forever impossible
for the defeated candidate to bribe his way
to the seat of a usurper by billeting villains
upou the country.
[This was read again in response to demands
and was received with applause.]
Niulh. The resolution of Samuel J. Tildcn
not again to be a candidate for the exalted place
to which lie was elected by a majority of his
countrymen, and from which he was excluded
by the Republican pnny, is received by tho
Democrats of the United States with sensibility,
and they declare their confidence in his wisdom,
patriotism and integrity unshaken by the assaults
of a "common enemy, and they further assure
him that lie is followed into the retirement
he has chosen for himself by the sympathy and
respect ot his fellow-citixcns, who regard him
as one who by elevating the standards of morality
mid adorning and purifying the public
service merits the lastimr irratitude of his
country and his party.
Tenth. Free ships nn<l a living chance for
American commerce on the seas and on land.?
No discrimination in favor of transportation
lines, corporations or monopolies.
Eleventh. The amendment of tlie Durlingnmc
treaty. No more Chinese immigration except
for travel, education and for commerce, and
therein to be carefully guarded.
Twelfth, Public money and the public credit
for public purposes solely, and public lands for
actual settlers.
The Democratic party is a friend of labor and
the laboring man and pledges itself to protect
hiin alike against cormorants and commune.
Fourtceth. We congratulate the country upon
the honesty and thrift of the Democratic Congress
which has reduced the public expenditure
$10,000,000 a year: upon the continuation of
prosperity at home and national honor abroad,
and above all upon the promise of such change
in the administration of the government as shall
insure us u genuine and lasting reform in every
department of the public service.
NOUIKATIOX OF A CAX III HATE FOR VICE rUKSIII
EXT.
Mr. Pulitzer, of Missouri, moved that the
Con volition now proceed to the nomination of n
candidate for Vice President, which was agreed
to.
A call of the Stales was then ordered.
Mr. Pettis, of Alabama, put in nomination
William II. Flnglish, of Indiana. Some moved
that it be made unanimous. [Cries of "No, no,"
proceed with the ballot.]
The nomination of English was then seconded
by the following States: California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, (Jeor
gin, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minncssota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Nebrask, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina
and Ohio.
Indiana being called, Mr. Voorhccs took the
platform and said : Indiana has not been an
applicant for the second place on this ticket, but
was deeply touched by this mark of confidence
in one of her most distinguished citizens?a man
who was never defeated for any position when
liis name was before the people, nor would he
be now. He would cast her vote for Knglish.
A telegram was read from Allen (i. Thurnian,
saying that Hancock wall make a splendid nomination,
and can be elected. Also one from
Governor Hendricks endorsing Hancock.
The following Stales also seconded the nomination
of Knglish: Oregon, Kliodc Island,
Tennessee, Texaas, Vermont, Virginia, West
Virginia and Wisconsin.
Pennsylvania, when called, said that while
profoundly grateful for the great honor done her
i>y the nomination of one of her sons for the
head of tho ticket, she had no nomination to
present for Vice President.
In announcing Wisconsin's second of Knglish,
Mr. Vitas, of that .State, addressed the Convention
in an eloquent and stirring manner. He
saw in tho reunion of all citizens of the Demo
- ,-.U....OV O..^.V.....K .IV/..,
Maine to the Gulf all over I lie land. [Applause. ]
lie predicted for I lie ticket a great and triumphant
success, and moved to make the nomination
of Fnglish by acclamation and a unanimous one.
Ohio withdrew their candidate and seconded
the nomination of Knglish, and then the motion
to nominate the latter as the only candidate before
the Convention was put and unanimously
carried. [Cheers. J
Thk Aikkn Kaimioao Fiuiit.?Aiken, June
18.?In pursuance of the call of the intendant
of our town the election to decide the question
as to whether the town should subscribe !? "?,OOO
in bonds to aid in the completion of the Kdgefteld,
Trenton nnd Aiken Itailroad, took place
to-day. 'J'he ballots ran thus : "For subscription
for bonds" and "Against subscription for
bonds." The total number of votes cast was
208. Sixty-six wcro for tlie subscription of
bonds nnd 202 against the subscription of bonds,
thus giving a majority of 1 JO against the bands.
DEFERRED NEWS ITEMS
Columbia Fkmalk Collkob.?Washington,
June 18.?Fifty students of the Columbia Female
College, South Carolina, arrived at the
Baltimore and Potomac depot yesterday in a
special car, and will remain in this city several
days viewing the sights. Professor J. I#. Jones,
principal of the school, is in cliargo of the young
ladies.
Railroad IIrioor Burnko.?Savannah, June
18.?The bridgo across the Savannah River on
the Savannah and Charleston Railroad was partially
destroyed by firo this evening. Arrangements
hare been made to transfer passengers
and no delay will occur. It is thought the repairs
will bo completed by to-morrow as a large
force will bo put to work at once.
A Faithful Knoinf.ku.?Mr. Henry Martin,
the engineer who way ba^l.Y scalded during tho
recent accident on the Charleston amlUavAnnaV
Railroad, is improving slowly, and will, it is
thought, soon he out of all danger. Mr. Martin
is one of the oldest cnginccis on the road,
and when his engine left tho track he stu.-k to
his post until he was thrown to the ground bad*
ly burned by the steam and water from the
boiler. As soon as he was laid down on the
roadside, and although writhing under the agony
of his injuries, the first word he uttered was,
"Arc all the passengers safe?'" This is not tho
first time that this engineer has narrowly escaped
with his life while devoting his best energies
in the interest of the road. Such conduct
should not go unnoticed even in this practical
work-a dny world.?Xetr? and Courier.
Shot Tiiuouou tiik IIkvut. Mr. Fred
Schuiupcrt, of Newberry, a youn^'man'not quite
21 years of nge, accompanied by n boy, went
out squirrel hunting last Saturday evening.?
While shaking a bush to frighten a squirrel Mr.
Schumpcrt's gun, which lie was holding in his
left hand, went off, the load entering his body
at the seventh rib on the left side. Tho load
f-finirnil -1 I.a SM. -:i- .
.....5vv. Uf/ .. >? VI VV iliv llllll I IU| UIIIUII H?3 uruken
and forced into the heart. After falling
the unfortunate young man sent the boy homo
to tell his brother that he was Bhot. When his
brother arrived lie found Fred lying on his face
dead. Ilis clothing had caught tire from the
gun, but had been extinguished by the flow of
blood.
Schumpert was a very clever ami industrious
young man and Iiis taking-off is universally
lamented. His father was killed a few years
since by the explosion of an engine.
A Warm Foiif.st Stcukxt Wiio Cut his Way
Tiiiioruii.?A student named Davis from up in
Cherokee County graduated this session at Wake
Forest. Five years ago he went to that college
with five cents in his pocket?all his money.?
They told hint he'd better go back, but he vowed
he'd stay around there and live on the wind but
what he would go through. And stick ho did.
lie cut wood about for citizens and finally all tho
professors gave him the contract to cut up their
Winter wood. Professor lloyall was in the
chapel one morning and heard a terrible racket
outside, like a cannon touched off, and it was
Davis who had finished all of a pile of wool except
some great kuotty slicks that lie split by
boring holes and ramming in powder. He cut
six hundred and odd dollars out of wood during
iiis term and graduated only twenty-five dollars
in debt for the whole five years. He learned to
sing and taught singing school in the country
during his spare Saturdays. That made him
sonic money, lie graduated with honor, and
the subject of his commencement speech was
"Hew to the line, let the chips fall where they
may." He has got his axe with him and intends
to lay it away in his study, nn-t *<?ocl it.- j
"With this I cut my wav iliMugn." 11c has already
been offered a Professorship in some collego.
Go it, Davis. ? lleithville (A'. C.) Timet.
A Grand Entkiumiisk.?The Air-Line Railroad
Compauy is arranging for an excursion that
promises to be a grand one. Realizing the fact
that many South Carolinians who tied from the
political and material ruin that impended a few
ycirs ago arc scattered about the State of Texas,
where they sought homes ; and knowing that
many of them had been disannointed in their
expectation and long to return to their old
homes and lielp to build up tlieir native State ;
Col. Houston, the indefatigable passcngei agent
of the Hoad, has been for months seeking to effect
a grand re-union and. bring the wanderers
back. The occasion for this is found in the
Centennial of King's Mountain, which will be
celebrated on the seventh of October. Arrangements
have been made with connecting lines to
make remarkably low rates from points in Texas
to Atlanta. From there the Air-Line (toad
will make rates such as will put it within the
power of the poorest to return. Once back, with
an opportunity to mingle among their old friends
and sec the improvements and prosperity of the
country, it is confidently expected that many of
these exiles will be readily induced to return
permanently. The excursion tickets will be
good for thirty days. The plan is a grand one,
nnd there is every indication that it will bring
about many happy meetings of friends long parted,
and regain the .Stale many valuable citizens.
Tiik
Fuumax Uxivkusity.?Greenville, S. C.,
June 10.?The annual commencement exercises
of Furman University, deservedly the pridejand
boast of this growing mountain city, came otf
to-day. The uttcudunce was not so large as foimcrly.
The Itev. J. K. Mendcnhall opened the exercises
with prayer. l)r. Furman, the President
of the University, then delivered certificates of
distinction in the various schools, which arc
conferred after written examination.
The following are the names of those entitled
to receive one or more of the m : W. W. Drown,
A. II. t'arlisle, J. F. Cleveland, T. A. (.'ox, M.
Dargan, A. II. Donaldson, J. T. Dor roll, J. T.
Douglas, .1. T. Duncan, J. It. Carle, J. 1. Carle,
T D. Carle, T. It. Cdwards, A. Ctheredgc, J.
A. Furse, II. M. Darlington, K. IV. Gilford, C.
It. Goodwin, A. L. Hardin. J. M. Harris, \V. G.
Harris. J. W. Hewell, .1. It. Hughio, J. C. Jef
lories, W. II. Lunu, D. N. Met'all, .1. I,. MoDa
viJ, .). L>. Moore, II. I. O'Bannou, A. 1". I'adgctt,
W. N. Tope, T. W. Hoc, C. A. Semi, A. li.
Stallworth, M. 1'. Trotter, II. II. Wntkins, J. 15.
\VAtkins, J. N. Wntkins, A. <". Welborn, J. A.
Wont, II. L. Williams, M. 15. Woodward.
It is a significant fuel that out of oighty-six
students two only have obtained degress. These
gentlemen, Messrs. H. W. Gilford and W. W.
Brown, arc graduates with the highest degree
conferred, that of A. M., one of them taking it
in the unusually short space of three years.?
lloth tho graduates delivered addresses. Mr.
Gilford's subject was "Tho Study of Ancient
bauguages," and Mr. Brown's "The Kvils of the
Press." Both speeches were very creditable efforts
in every way. Tho composit ion was excellent,
the style free from many modern impurities,
and the oratory without any serious fault.
( en. Capers then delivered the anniversary
add revs before the societies. M.
Thk Dkatii or StiKHirr Bowim.?Although it
was known that Sheriff llowon was in precarious
health, the announcement, yestenlay, of bis
sudden death startled everybody in Charleston.
During the last few years he had in great monsnie
withdrawn from politics, and timo hnd
somewhat softened the bitterness of feeling
against him aroused by his long, bold and successful
antagonism of all the interests of peace,
nnlor mid rivilir-ilinn in (Minrloatnn Ciiuntv.?
Vet it is (lie simple truth that the news that ho
is no more was received by the community with
a feeling of deep relief.
Howen was a man of singular force and determination.
Ho was poor, uneducated, without
social advantages of any kind ; yet the indomitnblc
energy displayed in his career for the last
fifteen years, and the boldness and persistence
with which he faced and, we might almost say,
lived down a storm of popular indignation
mn?<% i? i -nod ami rnnlirl
almost any other man, marked iilm as ontT^BT ?
the most extraordinary characters whom tho
social upheaval which followed the war threw
to the surface. Happily for Charleston and
South Carolina, it is not likely that wo shall
soon encounter another political agitator at one*
so hold, so unscrupulous, and so influential,?
Arein ami Courier.
. ?.
Vamjb ok Swamp Muck.?Somo titno
ago we remarked than acre of awa j p muck
of good quality, three feel deep, was actually
worth S25,000. No doubt such a statement
is surprising. So was the statouicnt
of Dr. li.v.ves, of England, that n ton of
bran fed to cows, returned more than its
cost in manure. Swamp muck, frco from
sand, contains 2 per cent., or forty pounds
of uitrogen iu a ton. Nitrogen is worth in
tlio market twenty fiv s ocnts n pound; so
that a ton of swamp muck is actually worth
$10 for the nitrogen in it. All that is needed
is to work up the muck, to uiake the nitrogen
available. An acre of swauip muck
thrco feet deep contains 2,500 tons, and
would require eight mouths to draw out, at
ten loads a day. Few persons realize the
value of the fertilizing elements of common
waste matters which lie uudcr their feet,
nnd the innumerable tous of matter that
may be available for fertilizing purposes,
and that much of the idle uud neglected
materials reprcscuta vast amount of wealth.
?American AyricnUnritt for April.
What the Monroe Doctrine Means.
?Tho Monroe doctrine simply and explicitly
declares that no foreign nntion shall
couio over here and slide down our cellar
door; that E igiacd and Franco shall not
hang on our front gate to do their courting;
that they can't bring over their own syruppots
and elder sprouts nnd make sugar in
our maple grove ; that Germany and Austria
oan't spot no bear trees in our woods ;
that 1 tally can't cut hcrfirc-wood out of our
hedge rows ; that Russia can't spank her
neighbor's children with our butter paddle.
The Mjnroc doctrino simply means that we
arc the bull of the woods between the two
oceans, and that the inau who joins farms
with us 011 either side had better not move
the boundary fence until he talks to us
about it, and that he can't sublet n patch of
his farm to anybody until we arc sati??~a
that the new tenant will make ? e"0(1 neighbor
for us. That's "^ut a11 ll,crc ia of i4
JJurh'"j-vn 1 hue key c.
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IIow to Train tiik Memory.?Your
memory is bad, perhaps, but 1 can tell you
two secrets that will cure the worst memory.
One of them is to read a subject when interested
; the other is to not only read, but
think. When you have read a paragraph
or a page, stop, close the book and try to ?
remember the ideas of the page, and not
only call them vaguely to mind, but put
them iu words aud speak them out. Faithfully
follow these two rules and you havo
the golden keys of knowledge. Resides inattcutivc
reading, there arc other things
injurious to the memory. Oue is the habit
of skimming over newspapers, items of
news, smart remarks, bits of information,
political reflections, fashion notes, so that
all is a confused jumble, never to be thought
cf again, thus diligently cultivating a habit
of careless reading hard to break. Another
is the reading of trashy novels.
? War
upon Wiiiskky and Pistols ?
The grand iurv of Clarendon countv in
w r V *"
their prcscutmeut made on Tuesday of lust
week,says :
"The grand jury is deeply impressed with
the importance of legislation for the suppression
of carrying concealed weapons, and
the indiscriminate use and sale of intoxicaliquors?two
monstrous evils which threaten
tho peace und good order of our State
and country at large, and believing them
to bo the prolific source of a large majority
of the broils and bloodshed now disgracing
our civilization, would therefore
recommend that no license bo issued by
the county commissioners, an i that thoso
already issued bo at oiicc revoked, and that
our representatives be requested to use their
influence in the passage of such stringent
laws as will abate tho evil of carrying concealed
weapons."
If the Democrats do not carry the next
Presidential election now, it will be their
own fault The Kcpublicans have put out
the weakest ticket they have had since tho
war, and if the Democrats will only resolve
nci 10 commit a similar lault, their success
in the election will be assured. Reyond tbo
disagreement in reforcnce to candidates,
' there seems to he," as the New York Su#
truly remarks, "a feeling iu the ranks of
the Republicans that their party has survived
its usefulness and might as well bo
disbanded. Tho prospects of tho Democracy
are brightening."
? .?.
"What is Needed iu the Nursery" is the
title of a long artielo at hand, but which
we have not room to print. Tho gist of it
is that what is needed iu the nursery is more
mother and less nuive.?ltugfon Tumsm'jtf.