University of South Carolina Libraries
- ~i +iW v4 w S Qf 44$ .t Desportes, Williams & Co., Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devted to Science Arty 1 rndustry.andLIterature..* (Term 3 0pr Annum, In Advance. VOL.1] WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNEfljt ' 8; NO46 T1 ilS t FAIRFIELD HERALD is rcm.rsnr.n vt:t:i.Y Y DES.POR'ES. WILLIAMS & 0 Termna.-Tur iHIaRALn i-s publishe'l Week yin the Town of Winnsbor-, at 8:3.O9 in vurcabl! in adr.nce. pil All transient advertisements to he paid in advance. Obituary N&tlces and Tributes $1.00 per equaro. Itest. Uinst is ,not )iltingt The busy oarecr Rest is the fitting Of self to one's sphere. 'Tis the breok's ninlion, Clear without s: rife Fleeing to the ocean After this life. 'Tis loving and erving The highest. and best : 'I'is onward unswerving, And this is true rest. . Froui the New York Ledogr.] NIGHT AND MORNING. A ;tcry of 1irlnistinltial Evidttellce. BY 8YLVANUS CODB, JR. "No, no, Old Boy-yout must wait over to-morrow, at least.'' "itt, my dear To:n, this, you know, is the day L had set for my re turn home. My visit has already been a lolg one.. le called me "Old B.y," and I osiled him "Tiom," just ai we had done in the other years when we werc class-mates and chums at college ; ;ana when together we wej boys still, despite the telltale streaks of silver which busy Time had drawn upon our liea. "But to-morrow," pursued Tom, "the trial of Fred. E.iton comes on. You remembor his father ?' Yes; I remembered Malcolm E:1s ton very well. lie had been in the College with us-two ywars our senior. I had heard of his tleath a few years ago, and know that he had left a for tune to his son --an only child-Fred erie. And during this visit I had learned that the fortune had been {raiantleired, and that Fed. was ito.2 in jail, awairing his trial upon the charge of murder. "I am his eonnsel," said Tom, 'and though [ believe him to be uiirely innocent, yet I have not the sligh'c,t tenable ground for his defence. MEve ry circum.stance is against him a mid the only testnony in his favor is his own story. It may be only a paiiful scene to you; but yet the presence t sympatlizing friends will atford him some slight gratificition.'' I concluded to wait, and attend the trial ; and on the following morning I rode over to Perryville, where the court wg in session, w%ith Toi IIar low. At the hour for commencing the trial the courthouse was filled. By invitation of my friend I had a seat within the bar, where my opportuni ties of observation were of the best. Among those who sat ncar to the pri soner wore his widowed mother, and one who had thoight to become his wife. I never saw a fairer, sweeter face than was that of Edith Stewart ; and the almost (leathly lpaloir that had blanched her lovely features, and the prayerful, beseeching light of her violet eyes served to lend a supernal touch to the picture. She had be F?rederio Easton's companion from hmwith the whole strength of her devoted heart ; and through all lis wildness and excess she had clung to him, seeming to love him more and more as others forsook him-only dwelling uponl the iniborn nobleness of * his nature, and trusting that beneath the gentle iniUuence of sove tie might *be fiaally won back to the true life. Fred. Easton himself was a splon did.looking follow, of medium height.; in form as perfeet. as thme A pollo .l0e.. vidore ; with a face of intellectual bearity and grace ; ey es of the depest blue ; forehead broad and, ample ; with a glossy, clustering mass of nut-brown hair. A long eonflnement in jail had suffered the marks of dissipation to be entirely obliterated,; and he stood now e p"rV" type of manly beauty. And a change had come 'over his life,; too, d.uring those long anid weary weeks in prison. "I tell yo,my by"said Tmto t ~ me, "if F'red. gets clear of this, 1 will stake all I am worth up)on the itanhood of his future life. lie will a go forth into the world aguin a better and truer man than lhe ever was." I loked pontheWlprisoner; and thenI loked ponthe weeping moth-. er an thn Ilooked upon the pale, weep, and I prayed God that joy n.rd peace might be theirs. This was tho story of the ease, as it appeared in evidence:. For several years Frederio Easton --now four-anad-twenty-had beena very ditsipnted, and duuing that timie lhe had squandered a fortune of many thousand dollars. The wino-cup had tavern, the club-room, and sitrorigor drink; and oe long the demion of the gtambling-table possessed hhm. After Fhshsfl had bee rpd.Amn those with whom ho had associated do ring the Latter part of his downward rniroer was a notorious gambler named lRalph Knowlton. This Knowlton was a huown villian, and a blackleg of the most acooml'lished description, albeit he was a gentleman in appearance, and could assume manners of the ut most polish when he pleased. On the night of the 5th of April three men played late at one of the tables in the club-room. They were Frederic Easton, Ralph Knowlton, and :a man named Garl Clarkson. Tl'hi s Uaakson was a well-known sport ing character, though he did not of ten play at the club, his favorite field of operation in the game of hazard being the race-course and the prize. ring. Others vere in the room, drink. lng and smoking, but only three were playing, as midnight drew near. At length Fred. l.ston arose, and staggerod back from the table. lie had lost his last dollar ! On that day hie had drawn five thousand dollars from the bank-the sole remnant of his fortune-and now he was penniless. Ralph Knowlton had won it. Knowlton gathered the bank-notes and the gold into his pockets, and having swallowed a glass of brandy, he put on his own coat and left the room. "Don't be down-hearted, Fred.," said Carl Clarks,n, patting the young man on the shoulder. ''I have lost as well as you. Knowlton has cleaned me out to the last red. Let's go home and sleep upon it, and to-morrow we'll whistle for better luck.' And with this, Clarkson called for a glass of brandy, having drank whioh, ie went away. "The villain cheated me !" said Fred , after ie had swallowed two or three glasses of spil its. "Of course he did," returned one of the few who still remainod in the club-roml. "[ saw him stock the cards, and I thought I gave you sufi cient warning." "And I,'' saihi another, "saw him lift cards from the bottom of the pack ; and the hand with wthich he won your last stake ho had gathered itn his lop, beneath the table." "B1y heavens !'' eclainied E:ston, ele ething his lists, and staar:ing ton ard the door, "I'll follow the scoundrel, and he shall make restitution. I am desperate I I ant desperate ! as Ralph Knowlton shall find to his cost, it ho does not give me back what he has robbed me of !'' And with this fierce cry upon his lips Frederic Easton rushod from the to001t. All this was testifled to by various witnesses who had been present in the club-room on the night of the 5th of April. And at the hour of midnight, of ihat same 5th of April, a man named Solomon Barbonr, who lived on the oarner of Main and Davidson streets, was clled from his bed by the cry of Murder. It was a gasping, smothered cry, but his window was partly open, and Ie hcard it distinctly. le leap ed from his bed, and looked down in to tho street, and upon the sidewalk, on the opposite corner, ie saw two men. The moon that very moment, burst from a donse cloud, and cast its rays upon the scene. One man held the otheor by the throat with the left hiantd, while in the right ho hteld some thing that gleamed like a knife-blade. T1hat right-htand was raised-theore was a downward flasht-and the gleaming b'lade was buried int the bosom of th6 thtrottlod mant, who was quickly after wvards boret dowu to te pavement. Solomon Barbour beheld thtus much from his witdow. Then he caught up) his olothes, and hastened to the ohamber where two of his hired men were sleeping, and htaving told them what hte had seen, the three hurriedly dressed, and proceeded to the street, where they found Ralph Knowlton dead upon ene side-walk, and, stand. ing over him, was Frederic Easton, with a bluoody clasp-knife in one hand, and the gold watch and pocket-book of the mnurdered man in the ether. They seized upott Easton, and qlues tiotned him, but his answers wore wild and inoorontt. Others came to the spot; and were witnesses of the dread ful scene.' T .he clasp-knife, complete.. ly covetred and clotted with the blood of' the dead tman, wits recognized as Etston's-one which he had carried constantly with him for several months. All this appeared in evidence, pain. fully clear and incontrovertible. And all that could be brought forward in the prisoner's behalf was his own sto ry, which wvas as follows: On the night in question he had left the club room, as has been stated, for theo purpose of following and over taking' Knowlton, and, if pussible, gainiug back a portion of the tr.onef of which heo hatd beeni so infamoulyv robbed, Hie had tie clear idea in his mind of bow ho should prae6ed.whon ho abtould have overtaken.his mm i. Hie jtighit beg ; ho might insist upon the rostitution -as a right;e or he might threaten prosecution; 'and .e would net say that thtere. was not a thogaht of violence in his mind, .in ease 'he should be panable. to prevaiL by any other tneans., lit hurried on by thet' wa,y whi,ohf h'e,lknow K(oQWlt9fn auiglly took toward' his' hotel, a be ag preached the cornur of 1alh and Da vidson streets he was startled hq b cry of murder. Just thou the moon, which had been hidden hebind a douse cloud, shone brightly forth, and he saw two men upon the street corn er. le saw one stricken down, and he saw the other bend over the pros. trato form. As he came nearer the the man who had stricken the blow, and who was stooping over his victim. becoming aware that some one was approaching, started up and fled away. Young Ea-ton came to yho spot, and. found Ralph Knowlton prostrato in a pool of blood. Ho knelt down and lifted the stricken man's bead, and know that he was dead. Upon the brick pavement Frederic found a dirk-knife, a gold watch, and a pook et book, all of them smeared with blood. le had just taken these into his hands, and had recognized the knife as his own, when Solomon Bar bour and his companions came. Touching the knife, which was a large clasp, or dirk-knife, with a broad, sharp, spring-blade, he was forced to acknowledge his ownership, as it bore his name upon a silver shield set in the handle; and he could not tell how it passed from his posses sion. The janitor of the club house testified that he had seen the knife in Easton's hands on that very evening of the fifth of April-that he had ta ken it out to show it to a friend, and had afterwards put it away in the breast-pocket of his inner coat. From that pocket it did not seem possible that the knife could have been taken by other hands without the owner's knowledge. This was a heavy item of nvidenco! The witnesses for the prosecution had evidentlty given their testimony truthfully and conscientiously, and, if anything, with a leaning to the pris. oner's favor ; and Harlow's cross-ex amination was of no avail. In the direct examination, how ever, of some of these witnesses, it was brought out that Knowlton must have bad much more money with him than was either found in the blood pocket-book, or on his person. Before he left the club-room he had put into his vest-pooket a roll of bank notes of the value of several thousand dollars. Garl Clarkson, who had boeesuintioned frour-one of the Long Island race-courses, as a witness, and who had boon engaged in play with Easton and Knowlton - on the night of the murder, s.-id he should think there must have been at least seven thousand dollars in the roll which the latter put in his vest-pocket on that night. le judged from the amount of Knowlton's winning's. None of this money was found upon the persons of the murdered man ; nor was any of it found in the prisoner's possession. But then the prisoner was not searched until after he had been taken to the lock-up, and he had thus plenty of opportunity for ridding himself of such a witness. The plea of the State's Attorney was brief and to the point. He forbore all argument upon the subject of the prisoner's unfortunate and disgraceful career previous to the murder, confining himself to a teise and comprehensive presentment of the case to the jury as it appeared from evidence. HIarlow's plea was simply an appeal to the sympathies of the twelve men before him. He presented a few points of argument, but they were not strong. When ho came to his own faith in his client's innocence, he was sublimely eloquent ; and Edith Utowart looked upon h im with bles sing in her earnest eyes. But it was of no avail. The prisoner's solemn denial and protestation went for nothing. The agony of the widow ed mother and the affianced miaiden moved the hearts of the jury moat deeply, but it could -not bend their judgment. Frederick Easton was pronounced GUILTY ! His sentence was-DBA&vt. II saw the poor mother fainting Iupon the floor ; and I saw the officers take Edith arms fromn aroundeth condemned man's neck ; and. then Tomw Harlew drew me away. Alas I what a shattering of. Love's bright drbams I' Th'e day oflhop$e a promise had closed in cheerless nlgl * **' ** a w Ou the day after Christines I re ceived a letter fromt Tom, Harlow. "DEAR OL.D Boy," he wrote, "you must eume and spend New-Tear's Day with mec. One of our dear; eld friends invites you to a weddibug6 The bride and the. groom are our friends, too. If I had their card, I would send it. You must comne., .If I do not hear from you by the .20th 1 shall oteo and bring yon. Peteh your wife along, and don't be afraid of Toau." I went and took my wife,-with ice. I was anxious to. krie~w what; (oid have 'put ray ftiena 'intg such. g90d, sirits ; for, evet *io~ thfie trial, he had beeh a gQod d goom as an anohorot. "My .dear Toln,", I sekg,sp.son as I could with propriety 4q,so,"whe6 Is iti? Who iu itto)be,watje 4 i "Edith Stewart," he replied, glee. fully.. "Ed,'4 sS7uar8 l' t. - tphatedh groom is Fred. WeatoaI Was Tomt beside M=n.U or yor my own senses failing me:? in 4 "YQu are ourprisel, my ,boy,'?i;le said; "and do .yot. t,wandIn4, , listen, and- t will oa?n ,You remenibot &arl' Clar fd s .91 tpan' who played, on that fatalr ightWf4f f1e Qfth,of A,prilo with 'redpa d Ralph Knowltgo, avid pIq left: 0.6oub,,r,oo before Fred. did 1' Ye-,-I remeib-red' A. "Well," purieed '6 4on:f'v Wrv evening after tho trial he -*t , Itt A druukep row to thateaae lub.room, and was stabbed.in Abe.. 'apt, *t: lingered along, j groat.su.eipq, for more than a motlth, 'and aq all at death's door.- When'the dbtots cal told him that he mustl lep's :eont for the State's Attorney, and forr,the Judge, and .on(essod that he had killed Raiph t n%lt,to j U adloat,( as well as a er., ad had repied upon recovering th 1i1ej.' Ie overtook Knowlton on tb oevne del4 stabbed him to. .be hpa,t,a t.hpAdbe took the roll of bnkge,fro.;is victims's vest-pooket, *1ich ho knew must contain at least"e1e or elght thousand dollars, and htbhat' thotn into his own pooket. The watch"and the pocket-book be ba4 tskten,. but dropped them, apd led', upon hearing approaching footrteps." "Bat the knife 4" said I. "Ah, see how the mnerest,breatht of oircumstance may be0ome : a:tornado of evidence when t,e wind, set: 4n that quarter. .On that ovenig after they had drank treolf, a bottle' of champagne was ordered, and ltsd, took his olasp-kaife from his pocket for the purpose of: knooking .off,.the neck of said bottl. ast,hisprighgjy liquor flew he dropped his knife upop the table, and Clarksor piked it up, and the poor boy, with' b ls .bra;n reeling, thought no more of:it." And so all the testitoony given at the trial had beoon trua ; and. the prisoner's story had .ipn true, also. Verily there are strange kinks and mystic shaoklhs in the chain of Circum stantiul Evidence I And on New Year's Day I attend ed the wedding... :rederio Esaon was a man, entering upon a planp of joy euch as he adWievr before known. And Editig 8.rpagitIgly beautiful, seemed an angel as she held the hand of.the redeemed man in her own. . And the widowed mother-j But I cannot tell the joys of that blissful hour. Surely the night had passed ; and peace and blessing, reaching away, with the now and bet ter life, into the distant years, had come with the MORNING 1 General Butler's Proposed New System of ILternal Taxation, The proposed measure for raising revenue from internal taxation, which General Butler contemplates bringing before Congress, and an outline of which was publibhed in the :Heral4 yesterday, is a sweeping one and would change the whole system.- It is proposed by this to abolish the pros. eut income ta:, and instead, thbteof to tax invested capital, boad. of all descriptions, loans, dividends of joint stock companies, mortgages, legacies, or bequests, and so forth, and to raise revenue from stamps and upon liquors and tobacco. The whole scope of the measure is to tax wealth and the pro ceeds of wealth, as well as luxuries whiehs are not .necessary, but which are rather injqrious to health.e his to relieve theq , po. and industriouq elapses as innoh.,. posaiblefrom tbe burdens.of gov.ernment and to mk the rieh bear more of them.' There is the stamp of broad and oomprehens slye stateasnanship in General Butler's new project of .taxstion and .for iaising revenne. 1I. wpul4 .eertainig, be :a, popular one, It6 would no douabtralse a large ravesue at muoh le cost. and' with a great reduction of thes present revenne.aorvioe. General Butlers has go4 hold of~ ., subject worthy ,of. his talenr, and .i)A to be hope he- will. dgsso res.s y upon i)re.s-. "Revoletions nover go baekwardf" and Set-admotitig bs"gone bushPeos theoi home.. 'of;.thea late ld,deatetaa SpringBeIde Illinois/ havidge .lte4i the; Demoaratio.tIeketron the' ltbina atant, by majorities ranging fremt l'0O to 300, and this.espite the fact that 800 zgegroes were herded to the:palls Ina the Rad icaldniteres. What. witit this portentious, ecarrenceo erighialn the very odqr..of,.psaitys'.ud nthe further olrpvuaatesa, . ite -it worhing D$mp,rAtie 3joity~ i in 4tb4 Jillos Stste.Convention: uo. re-*f slon there, it woplad .seetna b.t :the great moral revolutipsa ha#s pfesty reueb abont essas4 to revoli, u 8PtDPS4tIde JIlinale,-N. Kv .W#d The~a.baia nedermi66 @de utih tory mse$.pt ee#pas tory, so oompl.e.a* ' w o~"b ravine, brookleyel6 and -forest is earn bs16O4ae%i5t&Wthe debstpe anyslgepn eki da Senate withant amenent. ' C*i on ;nrgaw f the siftttlaggers Iayajb!.j;taonws,rqutd ,like,to'k ow ; h ripA don n'Wffet.FJt6 Ycati*b a. , negnd,' bht avid6htli sbee r-tb b4. Aiey thpo iIs1 JV dosotu bellae Thi wYtt8 Whuid L litl! to1 indr, thbn, batMavile barexbeeb 4ho o'n: dition of dpegegyp,t?ibed.ant been for the -arp ,baggera. W,e t goiybetairoondi tion won'd bay. etaen ;and we shal1 Sa -b tita po od wdid'lfave b'46dil viig in *iar. oonyt with ttbn1wbtit , ond tl dld',tib,eep, pidiodvanoing in W R iuth oaret-l; er, aei asftp thf, wb k:iVdT gnoy enontgh home, to:havo' obviated the neoexsity of their,i.migritjng w;estw.rd at the rate of ;,000,a 1zon ap, they did two mogthi a go. Without -tho' a ;'goe; wbo hold fnost 6f the $tate'6f es,:th6 no. groee.wogld nbt be callod,upou-to pay tihoi art,of,1R7,80ayAar a')pries for ., trtp ofi1c# a2oge. - ij more thanihreo timos as rnui as tlhe 'aine'I4a'in ' 1867, .wi66 the sih;e it m eest'othe9 S tute} $50,800' -onil,! The same misitothe said pf theJnegroe per , p ing.,$AO,PAO"for the Pde of .roceAure w ioh aot 4h 1 ore tuay ho POt 1 tial assiatane ; $5 1500 fr a[te'ont lary whose main serloe ba bee 't' Itethy alive, the gri joke,of theitr raw.dbwad 'and!blgodyrhpe,a. Ka-,19 4pe4; I - (00' for generial eleotions; contiigenti funde-very con1inge, ; $1,070,000 general alpropftot.efdr 1869 over :against $420,000 >in- 180; $200,Q00 -lpgialative eopes, .over?; against $t3d00,0 iv 1547 *14Q.400 "e*traordiuary exppnse , o th ate governtmeat ;' 5 ,00 $50 O fo i i j ia 'orgai$atidn ; azid ' somiri ir&A' If sifnilar:size-anf"oharaoter. - y .Withgot., the parpet-bagg0rq, the 5negroes 1eo01 qot ,nccod to flock from country to towns, and there stand 'idle about the streoti, until want sends them to hospital and die ease hurries them on to the grave. . Without. the carpet-baggers, the nogroes would have acoured the pros pet of finding their proper posidon the soheme of Providence in coming years among friends-am.ing those who would have been both able and willing to help hin.to reach his des. tined sphere of life. Without the carpet-baggers, the ne groes would not be slaves of slaves and the'ptippets of poliioa1trjckstors, as:they are to-day. Foreign colonies alroady begin to arrive. The bureaus of iwrnigratipp in North Carolina, Virginia and I(eni tuoky,aie already reaping the - firet fruits of their toil in this field. The advance guards of. the Saxon race begin to appear. in Texas, in Ala bama, 'in South Carolina. Withinm the last five months fteen thousand newly- arrived foreigners peasd through lMemphis. And now is the time for the mnerchants anid planters ot South Carolina to inaugurate such nimuea in this. departmen,t, as 'shall replenish onud iparse pop.saaion, 'as shall bring under culture out' unodou pled-lands, ps:shall replenishiourz bausted. treasur.:sph-,: moasurea,:Io short, as ut ,9flunoae pmn%l om.(m conspireoiemand, "'Fors this' oni hie4 teaolutions wili not suffice. *We'need 'organleation, lberalityv eagdeity1. and, above 'allj w prhj'--Charlyl(on Newy.* 90MidefabQk4 du t s'o other Westers-Statoeenis ?4tbeoimau. 9(otIWmQ atuger frgem bebts. Mirem yyl o 9f;eIQlg, Anfybenswei$ 9, a'n'd that the value orfth eusablbp of. w4rhing up sdeeriysfve tQltAqf bep$se a dnywpqlept' iI 001 y pne o dlisGdaed* et4 6m :Rhet of swr h a a Bri dier-Gnerar the PaCon. uasssd theriii e@fa 'e 0 left the ussab a windew s hue= aemmt iM. nook , givy leen.per, i otd,.by Tui ge Id qu, I the P scrn.', :to,.apk an p. ap , 1k.,, ,lpt,tgy, ; f ,Opl.. iQ4, W Ae o41Ig a a0oj9urpyn,$eW oxgt, ,na0el oade o loitor some" W the.Cod.ojgiving ipforrmation' yy w oh of PgJoe tlo b4.s in" -I ieI dpf of p aotlq + brief-"report".of my tour of legal t refusa toave yeamprintet? 3Avt enemotie tififed' eh.fanb. drsAtime,tab. oightfit I Dame hore with high hopes of, sooosp' ittehd(ng '' 'e-.ooetieuoementj of Chebtndy of lada tadaomnewhatloseh o. L' nd,our. COde.to bd;a reprnto p Ar odq paglutis..muandis, t2 utr ot -rom;t - cvied ie'.ad4dd fPo '6i 4 stioo of the LNab''1 Ti-ial Juitice"F'asub ettiit ad;fif ro'the i redeb 'ihh;'' if good )ugbt<to cause.'!Trial Jurlge" to :sub. titute ,'Cir9uit.,Judg e,'. is wbilcl aso the Cov nor might upkpint these fi'netibnaries. 'ho ?gretest ohago inhatrlatog' to the lieti of judg. nelnts; whiob ies a tMystery the 'New Yo:k lawyer,.ogunotisolve.- for me. rhe.pleadins,& o in a1 case under fie Code, aro very aim le. (when u ave Ibatlt 'tlibm) I bring oune W'itli the three dom)loterecordi, jadg rngnts, "&o, -:in'olusive.; unes on :tmon.. py:dpian!a .lfd8lenoe,. Athomassoond ypiYd a ly jpFy,.4g:,be -thipd ..Q d icr'ofb u gg ni u o1a w. tl d it iu 1d Jf ni'Williatn raetitioidrm -of, the oity;- .lia'vo pro ured..%9jfok91 .opka,s4 noces ary t 9pqra e undeF tlE Co.de Voorhisa C'ode, t b ousand page biok, odn'taini i btraots from-the [flavied 8t'itutoe 'tulbodied in .our 3odeo abd with:notg4 .eferrings toide V4 t.l;.9 -go.de.. 0 tbis, a.no,w o in August. t., Il1iSg 6 QG Mle nnan's 'Prz c tide,.tha' latit -and beat.' : 8.A bboVe a. Foimns," the -name :of. Rh>ab ehpins:.itasse.. ". llo g .. IrQfepsp?xatni me lica, iler tTio Coio. This is a very' ra e ul work. 5" oward's Pr:oticoe Reports, the rAt twelve vuluwus only, which come tip to 1855. 6. Abbott's Practice Reports,(twen ty-Ov volumes,) which commence at 1855. The preface of volume 1 has much valuable information for us. 7. Abbott's Digest, (eight volumes.) ?he preface and introductory matter in volumo 1 is of great value. This digest Contains decisions on all mat ters of "New York la from 1784, as #0ll as the 'Code, rtnd' is valuable to any lawyer, without regard to the Code. Volume 8 oQmes do%yn to 1870, and bas an index at foot of pages re frio'to pteceding bolumes. All thesebokeoost $2 45, if boight et one time, soas'ato have a;disoount allowed. Lwl no. givo.yop a few .conoliu sions I have arriyed at. The Com misio-ers have doRe the best they oould in adopting the New: ork Code; It would have required South Caroli na lawyess to carry out the. provision of the onstitution "to revise, simipli ry and abridge the rules, prictice, pleadings and--forms of the Courts naos:i,i ue in tie State." T be .plQOd, ings tand pagtiee under the Code are very camnplex is svidended by the ind uiitierable 'decisions 'in. the for'egoing pftt'iton the ' Code. Blbfore 'any s~oh a4pstem as the Code-eapimplIIa ftwhyt, in Ms. y netture, is copka, some poycr fo be invoked t iat will refite and simplf the hbuman mind. Thie new 'or es ed 'system adopte'd ln England would hae bVeen ..th' best one for' us, apd been' uitdcordan'e wih the requirement of the Constitw. Lion. Now York City is a' b'ad' place for adl ffeigner,' who hab eveo to Yee utid ehrsito-ear withly to bring -down hiseaMetntion to-the'study sat the latW edri1n'tlie lis 'of 'Teb'wesse, bot~da Spon whiob o'the Radicals ares now feyetingS A f9w', dayAsine.e,. # party. ofoaroqa weot to thehoueof qa!ite rnaw'in1Iawkitja cditu ~ 11n that tate, carted lim' into the' wodde sed'gdvN him:six:hindte'd 'iashes' 'The 'ofletee thgtiprovoked this wild 'ekastisement wa ls")pithig ' 94 the Into 111 it&'frburid',;b a hgit Ma ti isd Ir441agn.mgeM St' fae tWastf tagt'eupind-no demrand maide f9v:IFdds eral troops to suppress the negroKsu. aeW.veA& aseolootionsof towli offiOeIW uepw l r.a"e4 tyo td AItsPun adt ion.f Profitable ParngaK. John' Johtiston's retnarkable s1cee,, p t'fli,rier is owing, first' t'the n kn hid eelft--tb hbl r'nreo od' jni hivnt, 'toinhined 'ltlC linglnitlble' nedr vy p'rip ft ihtlustry, 'clos oberva tin, s'prompt, ligrt ttd. hnd; to'utdeVdtaiti'44b . M'ird,'t e t o y e i'so:o d phi ti:ohclover. Funrih bing?i Rll'.clotdr, etritw ard cont px 'hWig nrhfi ' ha fatse ,000'buslils '8f'conin a' ',' bt rnofie ha .been eliportel fr,in the fasnn except, sio whici- fie'ghvg to be sent to; ireland e' the tine of:tIhdfnnuine. tte neni' sbid a bui e' Ithas all Vv'h fed ,lt vith thl cl r;ssyrt a 'yil+,'lad', raised egn lteb, fm. "In- adoition to :R th t has bought,i<}t qidanitics of bil-otV to fcrd'sheep an'an' cikil; and tifi'l hu added ieatly ohe"quglity' of "Qn; ca hure hea. Fifth, lie bestowed r phfre Qins stiirher fallowis.' The, rob e not siIIewed to ridw''upo te wEre replittidly plowed,': and r' .trt6t " ed, and rolle, and eultivated, until'the stit!laNa rcduced, to el iost . litie a til,th'as Ail Enghih turnip fe-. Such thorough' tilge is itself more than equlvileni to a heavy dressin$f conitna manure. U1ndordi'ining enabled him to veik his land thoroughly snd in good sw-sori. This 'thdrough tillage set fre ahe latert plant-foud in the ebil. Tliee o'ver took root' ind orga'mized -it into food for shee4p. Ike sheep' eittractedl the fat from the clover, hay, and left nitro4e'n litl mineral inatter in die nidntire heap. S0 of the corn, straw ad' stalks. ' They Ill 'fobtid their 6y: back, to the land, idith' dil eike in additio'nt' It 'easy ao nndersttnd wlhy hid land is vastit 'mole i'duetive than w'hen it first cam'e it'to his possssio: Understnnding, good culture atic good manure will pake hny laid 'rich.--Auherican Agriculurist. Dr. Bond :thus touches a peculiarity ofthe.negro race r "But as yet negroes show-no passion for work among negroes. Their philan. thropy'inevitablv. take ma tangt:ntinl di. re-:tion toward white society. Unlike 4Mosee, tvhor lt&andotfed the cultlvhted l9gyptihns to' devote his educated talents to. his own rude people, tho eludnted LAmei nan uegro finds in his education only - a claim for separation froim his race and presumption of nearer relations to ours. As soon as a negro becomes a physician he wants to doctor white people, to associate with whiLz doctors to be un negroed by his diplo.. ma." The Rev. Sella Martin, for instance, cannot bear the idea of having to go to churches and theatres where there are none but negroes; whereas a white man always wanta to attend such places in company with whites only. The negroes can never be respected until they respect themselves. They have the same right as the whites to build churches, hotels,+ and theatred. Let them do eo, and let them exclude the white's. 'That'a the way to get even ivitb us.-Richnohd Dispatch. Tom Us&-or SALT IN A RIOULTURIC, -Whether common salt is of any valus to plan,ts,ie still a mooted question, and one that finds advocates on both sides, The luxuriant growth of marsh meadow grass is taken as a proof that salt water must beo favorable and farmers attempt to imitate this state of thinga by putting salt Qfn the grass without reflecting-that all other conditions are omitted -in tihe es periment., They ilre generally aston . ished to find that the grass.is skilled, iinsteado I.0 ing promoted. in'its growthi. It is,a remarkable facta -that this' same salt marsh grass, ona analysis,. is' found to 9cntuein:.very. hittileodai;,.but to have its full; comnpleumeunt 'of. 'ptash, - This wopld; seem to.-indiente that it had) grown in spii.te of the saIt, rather than in contse,enertoo e,f:it, :According. to some recent researches, made in a' F'rance,' ppt,aab isn ahundred times more valuable . D?ATA. of DA. p*xc'p r on neuiotngt Qf hien p aag a i:erp, wvesd iuniv,ersalf ftvoriJe Ju Id'ay, afterAi pQnnful,,lingnjig ios,a. the! effet f lp,esontrgte .w as ahogtthyly,eg. e . le.pvea hosto01,sincere' friends .to jxourp hh STa Lir HoiA YMWu regretb tb atinroiinea that' the lIon, Richard-Yeadorn, a k'ddin's, ra4mli 'ot th6'bar, and Me 'of'h.rgndiga1 ' l%riet or. 'of the Charkb'tort' CWun ie yeterditffrboor'at"liia'4ps a sjtden, ah 'abie' ')4vy3re aa'c pillshed Jontrndi,i1 a patiIi~ sind afl bniM bAV44?J6 Y'w. 'dha'hotpseof aGerm sked ##r(Aj9i~t ?flN 'Yorkl*,wasldad ojed E6fg indenilliar Bro TN.sday 1*dVIgY ,"If 'whole, family werbobWgd"4d kaf (###h9 theiwindows'to ihe. guor fdk .afety. OQsv-.h*d was fatally ihjn1aEd C Thos, who devote ther lives to the polo gation o.f that of others die the ananan.