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=^_,,,, ^^u.^^ TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. }? GOD' A.TSTID . OlCJTfc COUNTRY. AtWAtS IN-ADV., B. VOLUMES. . SATURDAY MORNIWG, AUGUST 8, 18T4. NUMBER27 TN HEftOuTAM. Mus. Ella M. Frederick, the be loved wife of tJohn 1'. Frederick Esq., who died in Orapgoburg County, on "The 14lh of July 1874 in the 30i.h year of her oge. Expression hns no holier office fhnn eulogy. A human dcnlh is distiuguish cd from the universal dissolution around it, by the cherished memories which find utterance in post funebrial tributes In this consists our lower spirituality, our earthly immortality, in this memor ial incident, aud character. The truth of the religious sentiment, that ''it is not all to die" is here bcauteously por ?trn) ed in the being rcniein'ucred and mourned lor after death. Unlike the ecatolesa death of Nut uro, of which it has btcn said that "the exhaustless nutriment of existence is ducay," our humanity dolioatcly hut imperiously :asscrts its individuality in that each closed life is loved aud lamented lor its ?own peculiar feature* of loveliness and worth. Shakspoarc, who touches so dexterously the springs ol human ?emotion, Siiys: Praising, what is lost 1 Makes the remembrance dear. nud it is a truth that the rarest flowers < f Poetry the most polished .periods of ' rhetoric its well as the costliest and most elaborate monuments hive st'i.vcd to perform the offices of panegyric The glittering gems of thought sei in poor less Caskets of diction, as well as the hypogcuiu, the obelisk und the pyra mid have lent their 'amplest efforts to ' oulogizc the. dead. Is this not WOll??? . Tjhc b.;e.snn ,of venal truth, so hard to take to heart, which is taught by all such deaths as ibis, is better learned and preserved in ihc memorial tribute. <rWhen 1) ath ?:trikcs down the innocent and go.id, Ironi every fragile form, from which he >ets the partiug spirit free, a'hutnlred "virtues rise, in shapes of mercy, charity ?:nd lo.vc to walk the world nud bless it Of every tear that, sorrowing mort als t-hed on Mich green ?raves, some good is Urn, some gentler nature comes. In the Destroyer's steps there spring up bright crcatious that defy his power and 'his dark path becomes way of light to .Heaven." TTSir I y !iHi t * v a Distant hearts unite in mourning 1'?' 'our dead. Tho scattered wail;* of a 'dicmcnibcred hquschold gather with 'lho*c, with whom she was latterly more nearly associated, around her bier, ami weep tributes of praise for all her gentle ?goodness. Iler grave becomes a shrine mound which scattered wanderers on the changeful sea of life, und a widowed heait that yearned with Motherly .ycarnings for the long absent, once^i part of her olden homo, meet and kneel together in token of their grief and love. Never has a life exhibited through ;n changeful nud chocquered course so 'changeless a character of uuselishncss, ctntlcness and affection. In her homo of the olden time these traits made her the patient friend, the unwearied coi:fidnnt, the kind nurse, the affection '?te child and companion ; in her associu tions with the young in after Jays as their teacher these traits made her the kind elder sister to the little ones, and l enden d :'lovc the law of the school;" in her h.tc rclutions and associations ?these traits made all her friends, her kindliness begetting love iu all around her; tlusc traits endeared her husband to her with a tenderness of u fleet ion itucly seen cvou among those whose n anied life is cemented by unfaltering love; these traits of gen tlo affection, of ur.filfth pjmptdhy biougbt her close to 'the hearts of all her associates; aud 'these traits end aim her memory with ?ccfctlj finiikinccusc of love. The power ?of nt Irret ion in her affectionate nature lo (nil foilh and Eccuro reciprocal love was u.ot-t C0Ufpicuously shown, where it naturally sllOiild bavo been?in ihc icgtnd of her devoted husband. "The buikling on if the knight's armor by his lady's hand w;is no mere cat rice of jomnutio fashion. It is the type of un iteinal truth that the soul's armor is never will fct to the heart unless a wo man';; ^hand bos bincqd it, und it is only when the brutes it k'OM.dy that the bun or of manhood fails." Truly fehc seemed to have braced tho -armor to meet life's battles around her LuiltLd't html. He was ctrcng in tho strougth as he was rich iu the wealth of her outlasting love. Never more admirably was Bcntiuiout illustrated than in her : Mail's love is of man's life, a Illing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence. j Crowned with woman's starry crown of Honor?the fulfillment of her miss ion in the sphere of home; honored ami blessed with a noble husband's love, she has died the highest style of woman. One of "the noblo army of Mothers" her little one is left to lisp aud to act out the lessons of her lovo. From Heaven, where she stands amid the throng of sainted Mothers, high among tho Seraphim, near the Holy Mother of Jesus her spirit, the Quardino Angel of her boy will come to hover around his path and save him from the harming evil. Into his grief, who has left to him but the phantom Memory of her great love, footsteps of angels will come, and with them a sainted spirit to bless with hallowed influence. And her boy! Left to hi Use and miss the infant impression of its Mother's caress?her goodnight kiss ! True is it, that "the shadow of a mother's tomb grows darker and longer as the child walks on in the path her care would have smoothed ! I? it may we not think that the child who has lost his mother is tho peculiar euro of Heaven? No life so good and kin 1 und gentle is in vain. Its influence brings belter thoughts and gentler words and thus her life has Icon a blessing sally realized in] her de at lit Nature, preaches consolation in her .-axldestVmood j she boYci'3oven" graves with flowers. These speak price and immortality. That old, old fashion of Heath is forgotten in that older fashion of i nmor "dity. r-t ??Silently Ohe by bna in ilie infinite men lows of Heaven "Blossom the lovely stars, tho forgct-mc hols of angels." The jjalaxy oTloved ones will soon be complete, and then in one of the many mansions of my Father's bourn there will be joy forever. For us are her memory, her influence, the consolations of Immortal reunion, for her there is Peace ! Hidden beneath the flower0, and th? leaves in . the sequestered grave ynrd rest her remains. Changes of glorious li^lTt from moving boughs, songs of birds, scents from wood and field pen ctratc tq the shady spot, subdue ita earthly odor and preach the Itcsurrcc tion and the Life. Up among the shining Ones, She stands, Transfigured in a spirit light, Beautified, Glorious, Immortal. Does she not love us with her Spirit Lovo? ?'Bock of Ages, cleft for iac" 'Twas a bowed man sung tliein now, Sang tbcin slow and wearily? VS'im hand on his aching brow Hose the song us storm tossed bird ReatS with weary wing I tic ftir, Every note with sorrow stirred? Every syllable n prayer?: Hock of Ages, cleft for in?, Let me hide myself in thoe. "Hock of Ages, cleft for mo," Sung above a coffin lid : Underneath ?11 rest fully .All life's joys and sorrows hid Nevermore O storm tossod soul. Nevermore from wind or ti le, ? Nevermore from billow a roll Will thou need to Iddo, Could the sightless, sunken eyes (Mosod beneath the ?oft brown hair Could the mute an I slitTeu'd lipi Moire again, in pleading prayer Still, aye, still the words would bo "Let me hide myself in diet." The best kind of a salesman for them dull times is an advertisement in a newspaper. It never tires in its labors, aud never shirks^ its duty; it talks to customers when they tiro in the bc.-u mood to be favorably impressed. It has access to tho merchants, the scholar, tho artist, the merchanio and tho farmer. It goes unquestioned into the most private and sacred of retreats. The lawyer listens to it while working up his case ; the doctor dives into it when not divin ing diseases ; the ladies havo it in their laps whtlo leisurely lolling in their boudoirs. It is prescut in thousands of places at the same moment. western New York is raising two crops of potato bugs. Solicitor C W Butte A reporter of the Charleston Daily Sun has been interviewing Solicitor Ruttz. "Wo miikc the following extracts from the report: Reporter. Major, owing to tho vig-, orous, prompt and faithful manner in which you have discharged the duties of ydhr office, since your election thero to, two years ago, the proprietors of tho paper I represent, desire to obtain your views upon tho political and financial situation of affairs in this State and es pecially in this county. Have you any objection to stating them? MAJOR llUTTSt'S PERSONAL KXI'T.AN'S TION. Solicitor. I have an objection in speaking of State affairs, because 1 would be required in divulging the truth to condemn tin: conduct of so many men of my own party, that 1 would destroy my influence to do good with those in power, as well as with some of those soekii g places at the coming election. And then I have had quite a bitter experience in Virginia, endeavoring to prevent tho bail men of our party from obtaining control ol the same. In the vear 1S0S, the Ilcpubli cans in Virginia*, during mv absence in Europe, placed an < hjcctionoblc ticket i in the field, mil upon mv return, the election having been postpone 1 until 1800, I advocated a new convention and j the nomination id" other men. A new ! convention was finally called; tho result ' was a disgraceful light i i the conveu j lion by the bad men in tho par'.y, and ! the nomination of two tickets, one headed by \ II II Wells, and the other i'i C WalKi'f" for Odvcrnor: I brouuhl into existence the Walker ticket, bo liuving each man on it to bo good Ko publicans. The Democracy had their ticket in the field, headed by Col Withers, of Ljnohburg, now 1'nited States Senator elect from that State, with but little prospect of success. They, however, soon obsurvod their, golden < nportuuity to obtain control of the State by making arrangements with Walker to net with the Democratic party, und thereupon they with lrew Col Withers and voted for Waikcr. lie was elected, they treated him kindly until they were in power, and then soon gave him the cold shoulder. lie mude a good Governor, but I do not think the Democracy would elect him O tho j office of constable now; the}' used him, but have no gratitude. Wheu I found tho result of my action at tho Peters burg oouT.entioq (was to assist the Democracy 1 withdrew from the ticket, where I had been placed lor Congress man at large. In addition to what I have stated above, I will add that in 180-1, I was a delegate to the National Convention that met in llaltimorc, and which convention nominated Lincoln for the second time for the Presidency; lit that convention a desperate fight was made to have llamliu also rcnominntcd for Vice President. I took sides in favor of a Southern Union man; the result was, we nominated Andrew John sou for the sc;oud place, and when the opportunity arrived he also acted with the Democracy. I therefore do not feel us though I should undertake again to assist in naming the coming mau or men, in the ensuing campaign. I pro pose, however to do all 1 can to advance the interest of good government, ami the claims of honest men. The people are certainly entitled to a just'ad mill is (ration of uffuirs, as they hive boon patient aud borne the burdens of mis rule to an extent that "patience has almost ceased to be a virtue.", Reporter. What about tho political situation of the county ? Solicitor. The most important, office in the county is the Solicitor's office. 11 he di es his duty faithfully, he can make it very hot for evil door.-; but it is a thankless office Every person you prosecute, us well as the relations of the defendant, become, and very unjustly to the personal enemies of tho Solietor; while tho honest, law abiding citizen simply says, he is only doing his duty, we pay him for it. Reporter. When will your term cx pirc '/ Solicitor. The sheriff, coroner, clerk ol couit, aud myself, were elected for four yearBj wo have two years from November to nervo. ? J.fi " .la ..... . . , BOW EN AND MACKEY. cportor. Is it true that Bowen and Maekcy hare become political friends if Solicitor. I have no confidence in it, because it is too woll known in the community that Mackoy pursued Bowcn beyond a mere political controversy. HH? desperate effort to crush Bo*cn was of'u strong aud personal character, con ecijuently I do not believe that Bowen would ever consent to aid Mackoy to be his'successor in Congress. Reporter. It is very important to sccuro intelligent men for ^, TttE J.EUITI.ATt'RB. Do you believe there will be an improve incut this fall ? Solicitor. I hope so; we have cigh 1 t0?:;i members of the lower Mouse, aud I one Statu senator to elect, au<l I am Saistied that not more than four or 1 iv?: of the present lnembers will be re turned. The two most prominent can didatcs for State Seuutor are S K Gail lard, the present'' member, aud \V 11 Thompson, one of the county comuiis sinners; l oth are black men of limited education.. 1 believe, however, that TfltmjpHon will be elected, and if so he wUl make a fair representative. The re is a strong dlspo?ili >u among the n ote I hou"litfuIraiid intelligent Ke publicans to pla6c on the ticket for the '.??-is'atoro. HonontblosM 1' Ul'Couuor, Henry llaitt :tr:d T V Simon.*-, all three uC whom are regarded us men who would take a liberal view of the rights of all persons and be of immense as s;irt at/eo in briuging about Reform in the State; the only argument I hear against it is that their position would &o far restrain thou) fr on fully tiding with the I arty in power that little WOU'd be ac e- uipli-hed by them. < , TUB T.'M.VI. .I.USsTldES. j y Rcj inter. Is there any truth in the Tej ort that several of the trial justices in the county cannot write their names ? Solicitor. There arc six who cannot write a warrant or a correct. affidavit for the ir-suing ef a warrant; they have learned to write their names after a fashion. The trial justices as a class, have very little education and know nothing about law; of course there are several honorable exceptions. 1 he law limits the number in the county, but the Governor has forgotten the fact and appoints every local poll11 cian a trial justice. A a great many of them do not understand the difference bet ween a civil und h criminal case; hi majority of them, however, are honest in their intention-;; but their opportuni ties for education have been so limited that they have not the requisite qualiG cations. Hon. .!. Jf. Hamster's .Speech. AT LeWISVII.LB, OitANUERUIttl CotJNTW Mr. Hausier said that he accepted the unexpected invitation to speak at the meeting with uiucli diffidence, it be ing about the first in the opening cam paign?a campaign of more than ordi nary moment to every man. woman and child in the Stale, of whatever political opinion, of whatever race, or color, be cause importance might be attached to what he might say, owing to the position he holds; yet lie had a "duty to perform in the interest ofuM clasps in South Carolina, as n Republican and a citistm which ho would en leavor to disohargo, as 1.0 has always done. He said that ho was no 'stranger to the people of Orangeburg county, nor to the psoplo of the State, that he has held important positions in the State for the past nine years, and though he was a poor man to day, with a large family, no man dare si)' that he has ever prostituted his office for pri vatc gain, ?>.? made a dollar ^dishonestly out of the people, or that ho was un mindful of the rights of political oppo nctits whilst contending "for thu rights of his race, and advocating the princi ples ofhis^'party; that if the, people thought him unfit for the disohargo of any duty attach to any office to which lie might aspire, it was their doty to re fuse to vote for him; for if there ever was a time in the history of South Caro lina that the people should refuse to vote for those whose character Jnnd an toccdculs would not afl'jrd a [reasonable guaranty of security to South Carolina better government than that which cur ses us to day, that time is now. Ho referred to the work and mission of the Republican party, and quoted from , the address of the National Con gressional Committee to prove that the work of the Republican party "was not yet finished. He then dwelt at longth on the affairs ot the State and the abso lute necessity, for the sake of decency and in the interest of tho black man, as well as the white man, the non tax payer, as well as the tax payer, and in the interest of the life of tho Republi can party in tho State and country, of an honest, earnest and united effort to lilt South Carolina out of the unenvia ble position she holds "to day in the eyes of the country. Itc quoted from the address of the Hxcctttive Committco of tho Republican party, and appealed to the colored pco pie to lift from them, in self defense, the very strong suspicion that they arc incapable of good government, J and ask them not to consider for a moment whether a man if a candidate for office was a white man or a black man, a ua tive of the Stats or a m m of Northern birth, but to choosa from them those whom they knew to be honest, and whom they believed would give to * our State a butter condition of affairs. lie said that, after all that is said of the grumbling and bitte- ' complaints by the tax payers of the ,<.ate, Jas he un derstood it, it was not so touch our rates or system of taxation of which com plaints are made, but the purposes for which the money so derived is spent, j uud the fact thai the people derive therefrom no proportionate benefit; that , whilst our rates of taxation arc high, I .... . ', our public institutions depending upon t his source, for support, arc but poorly maintained; our educational and other important interests languish; we fail to pay the interest on our State debt, and have therefore, destroyed confidence in uot only our ability to meet thc30 jnat demands as a State, but [in the person al honesty and official integrity of these who make and execute our^ laws. He said that the sooner wc begin to realize the situation and to look at those most important issues, not as mere qucstious ol politics a3 understood in a contracted sense, but as vital, material issues, in which the whole comirou wealth is in terested, irrespective of partias, aud ap ply the remedy now iu our own hands, namely, the election of honest, reliable men to office, iu whom the people of the State and tho county have confidence, the better for South Carolina, and the better for all her people. ?- ? ? ii-. -. <???.. ? There was an eld couple at the ecu tral depet yesterday waiting to go through to the West, and they aeemcd loving enough until the old man went out and returned smoking a five ccut cigar aud with his hat slanting over his left car. The wife looked at him twice before she could rccognizo him, and then opened her mouth and said : What'd I toll ye, Phillctus Remington, before we left Now Jersey ? Didn't I say you'd go aud make a fool of your self the first chance you got ?" He tried to pacify her by saying that the cigar only cost livo cents, but she shouted : "You teased aud teased till 1 let you git your boots blacked ; then you wanted some soda water ; then you bought apples on the train, and here's another five cents thrown away ! It all counts up, and if you don't die in the poor house theu my uame haiu't Sary !" ? Detroit Vrce Press: I A certain "Uncle James of our ac quaihiance, whusc execution is not (]tiito equal to his preference for tho violin, was paid a delicate loft nanded compliment the other night by his little niece, on being awakened some time in the small hours of tho night by tho hideous performances of two feliuos under the window, naiboly remarked, '?Mama, 1 don't like to hear Uncle James play on a violin." Alter the prosecution attorney h id houped vituperation upou the poor pri I soucr without counsel, tho Judgo asked him if ho hud anything to say for hint self. ''Your honor," replied the prison er, "1 ask for a postponement for eigh teen days, iu order that I may fiud a blackguard to answer that ouo there." Obituary of a Western Editor. ? Yo editor sat in his rickctty chair, ai worried as worried could be, for ya Devil was grinning before him there, and "copy" yo Devil sayed ho. Oh, yo Editor grabbed bis big quill pen, und it spluttered yo ink so free, that his manuscript lookod like a war map when?"Take this," to ye Devil spake he. He scribbled and scratched through yo live long day, no rest or refreshment had he; for ye Devil kept constantly coming that way, and howling for moro "cop-cc !" Day alter duy he scissored and wrote, a-slaying the whole countreo; while ye Devil kept piping Iub single note, "A little more outside cop-eo !" And when ye boys in ye newsroom hcarc] yc noise of ye fray, yo sound of a blow aud a blasphemous word, "Die's raising'yc Devil!" say thoy. And oft when a man with a griovanco came in, ye Editor man to see, he'd turn bis back with a word of sin?"Go. talk to ye Devil!" sayedhe. Aud ever and oft, when a proof of his work ye proprietor wanted to see, "Yo proof shall bo shown by my personal clerk ; you must go to yo Devil," sayed he. And thus be was"destined, through all of his life, by this spirit tormented to be; iu huugci and poverty, sorrow and strife, always close to yc Devil was he. Yc Editor died . . . Bat yc Devil lived on ! And yo force of life's habits we see; for ye Editor's bualh nosoonor was gono, than straight to ye Devil went, he. Don't lay me on the river bank Amid the fragrant flowers, Nor where the grass is watered by The early Summer showers ; But put me in the kitchen range, And open wide the damper; And then my vaporous, remains Can up the chimney scamper, i .?. ? ????in ? A Worcester boy was engaged in nocturual cherry stealing a short time ago, and was observed by tho owner of the fruit, who, unnoticed by the young robber, placed a large stuffed dog at the foot of the tree smd retired to watch tho result ol the strategy. The boy descend iog observed the dog, und then the fun commenced; he whistled, threatened unavilingly, the animal never moving, aud finally tho youth accepting tho inevitable, settled down to passing tho night in the tree. After some hour4 had passed wearily enough to tho lad, morning dawned, aud the proprietor of the. trco coming from the house, askoi him how he came to be in the tree, to which tho boy answered that he took to j it to save himself Jfrom the dog, who had chased him quite a distance. It isn't healthy for Ja smaller boy to say stuffed dog to that youth now. At a recent prayer meeting of colored people at Eric, the decency and good order of the meeting being disturbed by a colored man named Brown, whoso prayers in public were ouly iucoheront ravings, the paster inquired ? "What fool maus is dat prayin' down dar nc.i' the do' V A dozen people replied with one voice : "It am Bruddor Brown sah." "Den," tho paster, "Bruddor Brown subside," aud let sonic ono pray dat's better 'quaiuted wid de Lord." A writer in the Milwaukca Sentinel deserves the respectful sympathy of all gentlemen who givo out their washing, lie says: "It is awfully annoying to havo some other fellow's clotb.03 left in one's room by the washerwoman. Satur day we put on another fellow's shirt, but couldn't wear it. Although it was ruffled around tho bottom, tho sleeves were too short to put cuffs on, and thcro was no place for a collar." . Tho New York Mail dcuounoes as a double distilled fool a young French man, who, seeing the 0 jad boly of a very beautiful woman displayed at tho Morgue, went aud killed himself, first writing a letter starting that ho com mittcd the act in order to havo his ca davor put on the next slab to hers. A woman, fifty years old, in Cumber laud, Md., has married hor fifth bus baud two months after tho. funeral of tho fourth. The new victim is ouly twenty.six years of age.