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VOL. VL] WINNSBOIRO, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4,1871. [NO.29
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A merry good Christmas,
'TO patroni and friend3
'to each who his f vor
And sympathy leuds.
And while the bell rings out
TIhoir silvery chimes,
We'll sing you a ballad
Rehearning in rhymes
liow the NE4s and the HERALD
By night atid by day,
lIave chased the (311 Yenr,
As he hasted away.
Like him in the orbit
Of toil we have kept,
Whil.4t others have feasted,
And frolicked, and slept.
Now over, now under
The waves of the seak,
We have tracked the swift Muse
Of History, for thee,
As she harnessed her gay steeds
Of lightning and steam,
And galloped away
in her fast double-team.
\Vhat is borne 'neath the canvas
That whitous the sens,
In our sheet is unfurled
With the first morning breeo;
And on the same page, if
Awake, you are able
To read the last news that
Has come by the CAble.
The state of the Mrkts
If lower or higher,
You'll find here repeated,
As fresh Trom the wire,
'As your rolls and coffee,
That wait-, while you snatch
A motient from breakfast
To read a dispatch.
What totton is "going at"
Tb.da4 in New York
t'he p'ico oLf Tat diutton
1Of beofj atfA of pork
Iff acti've"I oVr cfirm'er,*?
Or "heavy," -or "qniet"
We truly Report, if
You choose you can buy it.
'(Wo have wished, 0, how often,
When printing the bales,
We had "uplands," and 'Imiddling.,
And a few "heavy salest
In the cold nights of winter,
Were bdilding a home
"Could we forget the poor printer
Asleep in out dome 1)
What the pailiaments talk of
And the -cabinets think,
We stand at your gateways
To tell you in ink.
As thrice a week looking
Thro' our neat telescope,
'You have seen the grave Council,
Convened by the Pcpe,
Who, his anathema loosing,
And his bull with a roar,
Proclaimed "P't inifallile,
Henceforth, evermore."
((When all the world knows it,
At least I and you,
~That our Editor, by far, Is
The siddest of wars over
Known to the age
Its defeats, and viotories,
You'll find in our page.
When the Gaul and the Prussian
Their armies combicno,
Tiheir troops we have marshalled
In our column and line.
At home, we have noted
'The rumors of wars,
Whore, lo I the poor Indian
Hlas fought for his squaws,
While sword;~ and the tomahawk
Have reddendd the vale,
lie was plead ing in dang~resR
Ilis sad, "%Spotted TJaig."
In politics whatever
D~oth fall to our lot
The President's, Message
Or Governor Scot.
The returns of Election,
Convention, and clubs
The seekers for offle-.
Politioal grubs
The Radicala uprooting
The whoat with the tares
The .Demnocrat, tinkering
And makiing Repairs
The "loyal"' militia.
A-beating theiv drum,
To a "dead march"- marklng
The w~ay to their doom
All else that htas taken
The President, for Grant-sc
Tht lk ghostly ap ectres
Our "graveyard' bath haunted.
All Reonstmuotion arnd'
Destruotion oinblned -
Exhibits his wares
His shelves and his counters
Are seen thro' our squares.
And thro' the srtne mediium,
If only you'll look,
You may see how your column
Foots up in his biok.
You behold wl is leading
To the altar his flride,
And read the sad uemoios
Of thone who havo died.
The wonders of Nature
And Art, too, we show,
The swift wheilsof Progress
As fast as they go.
In a word here you ece all
The world, as in type, '
In your easy chatir itting,
And smoking 3our pipe.
But the -addest event of
The fast closing year,
That darkens our households
It calls for a tear
Is the fall of our Chieftain
"A fit time to yield
Such a life, when the h.rvest
Was ripe in the field.
You'll pardon the garland,
How humble it be.
We've ventured to wreath round
The name of our LS.
We hang our poor harp on
The willow tree here,
To all of us wishing
A happy new year
A year of good things for
The HEn.Fr>L and Ni.:ws
For himself,-the Carrier,
His annual dues:
The Greanhess of China.
China is in the same latitude with
ns, having similar varieties of cli
i tte. As we have the Atlantic so
they have the Patifiv ocean. As we
have thirty eight States, so they are
di i-led into eight provinces. As the
State of Massachusetts has its own no.
tions and p. d liarities that difior
much from those of South Carolina,
so these provinces have their pecular
1-ies, and we ttudy theni in whole
and in parts. As we have governor t,
so they have victroys ; but these rdle
tWo princes. As we have a few first
class cities, so they number theirs by
hund (ds,if not by thousands. As we
have forty millions, so they have
'ioarly four hundred millions, and
are about ten time.s as p.pulous.
We propose to speak of tho
greatness of China, under different
heads. Clhi'a is great in her anti
- Iity. Founded before Nineveh or
Egyptb, she still exists. Before
Roniilu built the walls of Rome, be
fore Salnu-el anointed Saul to be king
over Isra-el, she Was a Vastly.extendled,
mighty empire. Her reoords reach
back for four thousand years. Before
Colutnbus was born, a canal twelve
hundred niles long was finished.
Their great wall, covered with granite
has been built twenty centuries.
While we Americans were barbarians
--before the days of Alfred the Great
-while our anclstors were savages,
the merest ptebiAns of Chirn were
clothed ib silkh and satins. Visited
by Marco Polo in 1250, the first 1Euro
pean traveler wvho ever saw them,
and who told about their civil itation,
their silks, their porcelainis, and their
wonderful eities, he~ was pronounced
insane and the greatest liar of his
ago. It is only lately we have re
cognized him as a truthful traveler.
Then China is great and almost un
rivelled among nations in her age and
She is also great in discoverica.
T1he fruit of her, genius science, and
investigation. Secluded from the
world, she studied thietn out alone.
Printing, gunpbwtlet, the marien's
compass, porelain, thd making of pa
per, irndia.ink to stamp it-such die.
coveri sa would mako any nation
proud, and immn~rtalite any people.
Printing on wooden blooks she itiven
ted in the year 177 of the Christain
era ; we invented printing 1450). In
the eighth century she had flfty~thiree
thousand old, and twcnty-eight thou
sand new wvorks in her public library.
The mariner's compase, withrtut which
America eould not, have been disov.
dred or dur nation have any exists
tenee, we owe to Obina. A people nmak
ing such great sand ut eful discdveries
so early must be a great and interest.
ing people.
She is also gi-eat In her mnanufacto
ries. Her silk fabrics she invented as
original, and in beauty, durability.
and excellence they oannot bd equall
ad or surpss.ed: Hludreds of years
later they were made in France and
Italy; but thesde cannot compare with
those of Obia The Q'ueen's' dia
thiond nitat :be cut in, Holland, and
yet the ett *as well kgnown In Ohiha
for oetittiries. Thef t tissue paper, out
of rice, eaminot be made bf is, addo
substitute for indla-ink hse been die
covered. Uintauigh) lrae alone they
studid: those otat. Eept the steamu
engino gtod ejeotrieo telegraph,' there
is no greatln 6ntion they did not orl.
giate,. Then' they oan. opaare
fvarably with thelpoliased. pations
of the world is .manufacturls..
Qhina is lk is goat An har *ya.
nations. They have easy and fro
intercourse through aft the emupiro
and have had for hundreds of years
N .p.doon's roid over the Alps is th
wonder of modern engineering, and ye
they have roads over she H1imialay
Moun'ains equiling the Siwplon roa
over the Alps. They have two thou
sind ennals, the groat highways <
travel, which serve alao for irrigatin
and draining. Their Agriculture I
the best in the world. For hundred
6f yearp they have been uiing thi
sanie land, supportiug nn iunens
population, and yet the soil iN riche
than ever. We boast mich of ou
virgin soil, btt it cAnnot surpAs
theirs. Thiy have a - bridge o
granite at Fonchow, eight hundre
years old. Ifere many of our bridge
break dowvn If tudh a thing happen
in China they baotinado the builder
All these works were built and il
completo operation while the darl
ages lowered over Europe, and the
civilized nation 4 of France, German;
and England, bowed to priest an<
Pope, and nonkili processions au<
worshipping old bones and relics wer
the earnest occap tlon of mulilt 4ik1
in polished dhristiin Europe. Cor
tainly the contrast in civilization
is in many points in favor of China.
Grent in her system of laws and
langitage.. Thie great Roman empiri
ini her palmiet days numbered 50,
000,000 ; China exceeds 400,000,000
Th Paindects of Jastinian, the greal
law co-le of the Rom.nQ, so highi;
eulogized by Gibbon, was made late ic
the empire. The laws of China ware
endified 2,000 years ago. These law;
exJaunined by the ablest Britial
jurists, and commented on by th<
Edinburgh Revicw, are prondilWIe<
the wisest and best of Asia, aid wil
cimpare most favorably with the lawF
of the most civilized nationP. Thesi
laws are revised every five yed4s
This fact proves the Chinese not to b<
the stereotyped nation they are w8
often reprosantod to be. In China
they all reid the same language. Af
the Roman empire was consolidate<
by the use of the Latin tongue an<
ours by the English Language, a<
China has preserved her etnpiro ant
nationality by similar means. in
these respects the comparison is iol
unfavorable for China.
Great, too, in her literdry systemi
and in this they excel ether iationI
Popular education is more general
and the social ;structure, tested am
tried ihrongh centuries, is more firnl
established than in an.y other nation
All pnblic eflei' ar-e openbd to gradu
atesalone without distinction of birtl
nationality, or creed, and intelliginc
is the only -egalized passport to office
Tie emperor is supremao, arid yet th<
law b nd-i him so that only lterarq
graduates can be ap 'Anted. to office
Compare this with England, Fraioc
or favored democratio America,. and
the palm muSt be awarded to China.
Great is she in her 6onimercial ad
val-tages-an unrivalled system o
internal com inunication-an imumons
ingenioup, active, and laborious pee
ple-a healthy climate-a se.codst
of several hundred miles in extent
tonnage equal to that of England
Prance, and America. Her mer
chants-shrewd business men-comin
in contact with English, French, an
Americans, fully equal them. Th.
rich men scattered up and dow
through Asia are largply Chinos<
As diplomats, as merchants, the uni
versal testimony is -they are aetive
shrewd, Sagacious men.
CHINA AR AtIfpKOTED ll PhItOESTAN
WVhat is the prosdnt statd of China
As we in Amnerien; in our hte war, ez
tinguished tnsiny abuees and abolist
ed slayery, so these Chinese, by thel
last Erfropean war; have doife t
same thing, freed themsel9es in
measure from the exolusive domina
tion of an idolatrous religion. Nos
all religions are free, and Christianit
is tolerated throughout the Emlnplr
'The IHad ical are in powet. Th
uncle of the etperor atid the ledidili
ioroys side witli aftd fafdr thb foi
cignors. The oabiet of thie dmper
or will compare favorably wit)m th
cabinets of lIbrande, Engand, c
Arterica. They have establiihet1
national college at Iekih j 4 navr
school hike our Newport; and a rhil
tart sehoo I liute West Point. A
these inatitutioris are under the cer
trol of foreignors; print~lpally Britia
and Amerloans in China th ey has
no tolls upon their canals and brid go
Let America think of' this; overtidde
by many and mnighty monopole
They have no batikcs, no paper monej
Thbey have an inome of three hum
dretd and nnteen millions; 'lft th
being foipth on the globe. The
haive no public debit, thfough t e
have had mty *ars and Taterni
ooimotions: Wbald That our e1i11ll
ed flnaneiets ootild dlsodfe'r tes :
oret, tates ate ve'rflght~ "th'ot
,ast dbbt atid enormadie twee,)&#
ponder thid. Th rela- a lafd i
hodMand lighi fdiadnd thtt la's
Is China.. Here isa study fo" *na
oijera of Eqgland 1franoe sad A .r
tra: knowledag 4f Ua, an4d
body of mnb as arth eve: i w ii
, moderu timnes; rivalling and eq ualling
the laborb talonts; and laaribes e'
Apostolic dpy,4 We ondMot 'nivt.
t tion all : lorrison was the anokie
a He atrived in 1807,-for several lonj
:1 years ie studied, tuilhid truaslated
. but in 1814 he brought out the fira
f printed Chineso copy of thi I(uly
;Bible. le was assited by an old
a manuscript copy found inl the litish
a Muieum, and ty an enlijhteno I Chi
nose .cholar, hiq tirst convert. A
, shrewd eneIgeticl money-nikiug oom.
r piny of RiA In1diari merchauts who
r nevet paid out money except for
I value f6ooi d, ieoognitod Mfo-risph9'
f services. They helpad him publish
I his Chinesl "rammar, Oid .416,000
to publish big 'di-tionaiV, and made
him Secreta-y of the Company.
Those books are the foundation of the
chief commere .1 interooirbo of
Franceo, England, aid America with
China-the recognized dialect or ver
Mon of the China trade. All honor
then throughout Chri,tondon to Mler
i ison the pioneer of the Christian
worlii to the comutolte, the Christi
anityj and civilisation of Chia.
What do we know about China 7
We takb down thd (Atinese Reposv tory
from I83 to 18Mi, edited by Dr.
Bridgmasi, and ably foi owed by G
Weil 4 iiamls, authior of tle
Middle *Kingdom. u nam'> long
favorably connlected with Cuinee
Empire. A practioil pr'nter, he made
great iprovem'eits simplified the
process ; a ripe an.t a thorough schoo
ar, his services as interpreter of our
various embah.ies in Japan arud in
China *ere invaluable to us. With
oft bloodsihed da obtaiid qhnal rights
With Priance and England inl 1859 and.
as a reward our government hinared
themselves by appointing Mr. Vil.
iams.Secretary of sogation tt China.
Arerica made a dedp tnd lasting
impression,and Cina has intrustea
her fortunes to, and ased to be intro
duced to the fatilily. of Christian na
tions by our American ILdrlingnino.
Williams sowed the heed. IBurlin
game is the ripened -ruit. Th e
American 9 itsiongIry brought about
that treaty. Mr- tutlingania said lie
owed more to William thI tO any
jother man. The 29Id of IFebruary
Washington was born. Tht 22d Feb
urary witneoscd the dbath of Anson
Bumrlingam the Atateaman and diplo
matist of America. His career was
unique ahl ' hohdrtiblti. A true
America$, and yet hiA mind conipre.
hduded tile gbnius of that *draderful
empie; in him was centred a rare
orombitjatilon of talents. Who cal
take hid Place and dompldto his un
finished work I
Again the misionary looms up be.
f fore de. A flew imperial colle o at
. Pekin iIiitt be establihied. hnian
,ipated frdfi Cordblus, the best idaea
i ers must bd given them. Dr. iLr
tin, the niissi~nary, it the man seleet
ei. A .ionvei-ted Chinaman hars
r 6liarge of the touitdry and Wcst Iin t
s nchodl at Shanghai, aind ar.Tnhe r con
. ve-t direbts the naval school at. Fouch
, ow. Auclid traiislated into Chinese
i by dfothpt fdssionary, D.. Wylie, is
thle tdit-boolR df thle sbhlool.
Ie'v. tir. Elepbirft, the misdonryr
nfd a thorough etapanose scholar,
I after stceral years of hard work, ha
ycompleted his dictionary of Ja.
pres pd tAnglidi *ords. TIhie edi
tit f1 00 copids iis iseon dxhraust;
ed, 300 copies being flpeciarlly ordered
b ty the .TJaprid~se govcrnmnit for the
use of tireir schrolarh :sfid ofdelials
This workt is printed at thc mission
press at Shangahi, b roughlt there b~
IVilli arffs: On this Work is fonrrdod
1our 0dm meroial is tereddrde withi a.
-pan. To br. Mtirfison; in China
Dr. Ilopbtvrn, In Japan, both Chris
r tlarf trisitaries; the comnmercial
woefl8 tIwb's tho fouindatioff of our oom,
mere with thess important countries
-Do we not, however, in honest~
' owe a great debt to the, missionary
i aid Ailall wd be backward in noknowl:
Again tho Japenasb governmefft
Esttabisheod a national sobool at Jelldo
the capitah; for their youth to be in
-strifated in Janpanese and English
Id~r. Verbeek, anoiher mniAsionarry.-is a
r the head of. the department, and ha
a tesrs of 250 pupils. Tbe Jahpanes
. govei-nment pay his salary, give his
-a house in whioh he resides, an<
furnish him a guard of honor. fbiar
tin In diina, Verbeok in .Jzpan, hoti
missid~kriarios, both at the head of the
national schools in their ranpeetivn
c apitals. The Ameorioarn tussionar
n IA giting into the hands of our mer
elhants the prized, oonarpreo of th<
dtontfnent of Asia. Thbe Christal
missiornity Is the pilofxeer of the corn
IShferee, Ch ristisanity, anel civilisation c
SAsia. Shall they rnot bavo the oredi
of it.1
rI.~4Uses d~ioWfiA otor Trit tuhr T
t aM' u t attend to the refl6r ae
LU tion of Ohilbg upon onr own countr3
b Will the Ohlideee prove the soluton a
di the labor urestio ooen?
-. The mIni tl ctest coers
.l).'f It ap igu Mapply'of Se
anti elirt1. de~tla 4tfesIia' b
tachuments are strong, and they d<
nut wish to change. Such testiuon)
must be conclusive to all unprejudio
6d miuds.
In oonclusion lot us learn the lesso i
of history. The nations that despis.
ed the barbarians fell. Greece wai
the classio land, the mother of the
aets and soiences, the promoter -1
cowumerno, the iutruotoi of antiquity
and ) et proud, and despising tho bar
b Mau. She fell before the power d
Rome. Rome tooni her place and
strode over a v)rostrato World. Slit
ruled with an imperious sway. Or'g
bearing, haughty, sho despised the
barbaiian and before that terrible
horde her imperial sway perished.
All mn~ are our brothers, all are co.
dI boers with us in thi emancipation
of the world. We pass over the
ocean, tell China she belongs to the
brotherherbood of nations, and her
open porte and valuable commerce
will be our rich reward. Christiani.
ty must triumph. With all her faults
America is the grand Protestant no
tiun of the world, sad we are rising up
to our true position. We no longer
wrangle about miuor mutters, and the
hosts of our Christian ranks are be.
coming united. A stronger bond of
religioa and fellowship awaits us.
Our money is poured out like water
for noble and charitable objects. The
mi-sionary is better understood and
m1ore highly appt-eCiated. Closely
united by odmmerce, by telegraph
u ih other la n ds, our missionary
friends and chidren are not beyond
our re:ach. A stroug uuited govern
in ent at home, we speak, and Turkey,
Iudia4, China, know that we are a
power upon the berth. ''he bright
croos appears in the heavens, "in hoe
signo vincc." A greater than Con
ptantine in marching to univereal son.
qudit., autl under cur immaculate
king, a nziversal Christian empire
will surely prevail.
The Spottswood Hotel at Richniond De.
stroyed by Fire,
SEVJCR AI. LItVES I.OST - APPALLING
rCENKS-THE WATER GIVES OUT
DIEN AND WOMIEN LEAP FROM TIE
rIi H F'TORY wIND'v3 INTO THE
.1 RE -- WO:fr:N C ALLr FOR AID
WITIOUIT RET.':r-TTE I.A DDERS ARE
TOO s1o1r -MFN BECoMR PARA
LYZEID Wii'i rr at
llicumr , December 25.--Tho
Sp a wo .H ii >Lf . , aud all that block,
the line.t in the city, was burned at
? o'clock this n rning. Tho busi
ne.,s houses burned were Branch &
Caments crockery rt ,re, Adain
IExpress Company's office, Howo's
sowing machino stdre, and other
In I ler StoreS.
The weather is the coldest for thit.
teen years, and the thermometer was
five degrees above zero.
The register of the hotel was do.
Ftroyed, it is imposiiblo to say what
s -:ra gngrer ar . . There are about
a doz !n mis-clai. d trunks of parties
from New York and otier Northern
cities. It is a Ioticealble fact; that
the fire left one build.ng on the oor.
ier, --the same which cseapod the
ova !nation confl gration. A.. 0. Shaf.
fer, 8 ato printer, escaped from the
fourth story, by dropping from win
dow cornice to wIndow cornicoe; reach.
.ing the ground badly burned, but
othersiiae euhurt. A correspondent
of the Now York Herald narrowly es
caped. The guests lost all t'heir
clothing. Theree huiindlred thousand
dollars lo~es Insured mostly in North
urnc offices.
A t a quartdr past two, as a ~ortdt
was waking the passengora for the
Southern train, fire was discovered in
th a basement. An e!Y.hrt was imme,
diatuly made to wake up the guests.
Thiscone was in dosocibeable. Men
rushing about trying to save their
batggage, end women half naked and
barefooted, rushod into the snow coy.
erod striets. Engines wdre protnpt
ly on the spot, but the water being
fr. zen, caused delay; Before twenty
minutes had elapsed, the flames pro
vented any escape by the stair-cases,
The guests comumenced junfiping frorri
thin windows and lowering t hemeler
by blankcets auld roped.
WV. P. Clark, steward, wtas fatally
injured inlieaping from a thifd story
windos.- Mrs. E~mily Cousedius
housekeeper, with two or three othee
I zdles, appeared in ea window of th<
fifth story, soreamtn g fot help. Thi
6 cernanr's ladder* failed to reach there
by two stories. While th~e flrez~et
weue endeavoring to lengthen thorn
the women disppeared ine the blach
smoke, the room brightening up a few
minutes later, with eamas.
'The persons' known to be lost,.u
tos on to-dsey, are arasthis i
clirk of the Luibby. rriboD during th~
.warJ A r8, msihyL domdus, house
k ,Raimdel W. k4bteson .3e1,
*t ' Brw. and, $aunes
~ins, o1~rk with MlrOp
LAsan~ddtIou6606Q
kaQW to be Jgst, atW A ho'maa
essenger9f:theboo.
tlhe S'8tf64 lotet 0
tid .ainadai fu ama
loses $8,000. All goods ready fo. Je
livery in the Southerr i'apreks office
are burned. A nns was seen at the
upper window, apparently paralysed
vith fear, tearing paper lutosmall pit
-es which be threw into the street, till
lie fell back into the flarnes. Among the
aarrow escapes wero M. Mailleport.
>f New York I the engineet of the
James River '4bstructions ; P. 0.
Pearee, of Columbia, S. C., pcivat?,
,oretary to Senator Sprague ; Mre.
Magill, proprietress of tho theatae ;
It. 1. Stowell, memuber of Congress.
The Velat trouDe lost their ba t.
gage. The Hotel Register has been
tound4 and only six strangers' are Un
ncoountqd fMr. TNhe name o f.the housO
keeper burned was birs. lotienearlyi.
.he folldyint nattid tre missing
strangers: J. F. Wiler,x, Lynohburg I
Nathon Hornstion; Washington ; A.
Loel Tamaa, Florida, i E. G.orga 'and
K. H. endrews, Syracu e ; enry
Kerotte, Now York ; John$ A. Hol1a
man, Jr., Jsokson, Tennessee.
Eleition by Bayonet,
TO THE VtOPL Or iTs sZAt&Z 6s
DELAWARE.
As one of your representatives in
the Congrefes of the United Stattasand
a citizen of the State of Delaware, I
wrote and sent the annexed letter
to the President of the United States
on the day that it bears date, and
have received no reply.
The election has been held, and the
good sense and virtue of our people
have spoken in unmistakable todes of
rebuke to Federal offers, irith their
negro allies, and shameless attempts
al iitiiidation and fraid. But let
us not, in the glow of our heartfelt
triumph, forget the dangerous inta
sions to our political liberties propos
ed, and, in some degree, practised by
Federal usurpation.
Tlie presence ot armed soldiers at
our elections is inconsistent with that
perfect freettota *hich is essentils
to elbations, and without whioh they
are but fraudulent delusions.
Nearly two hundred years-ago ad
English ntatute compelled the remov
al of all soldiers, at least one day
before an election, from the places
wheure siden electi-d was to be hold
and mtbseqtient, laws hivd increased
the safeguards of thb otilieti ftroni
military interferetce with their free
eleotions.
"Among the breaches of trust i
our executive masgistrate" which
Looke ranks "asa dissolution of the
government' are the enployment of
the force, treasure, and ogioes- of so
ciety to corrupt the representatived
or openly pre-engage the electiond
and presoribe what manner of persons
shall be chosen'-and to act thus, he
says, 'is but to out iip the Govern
ment by the roots add poison the very
foudtain of Oublic seourity.'"
The Executive of the Unitdd dtated
has openly beeh guilty qf tile bioach.
es of trtist statbd by Locke in his
great eisay on Goerffiefit to aithiint
to "a dissolution of the Govern.
ment," and although his plans have
in great part failed, yot hiis proposi
tions are so fradght with danger to
the liberties of our people, that I feel
it to be my duty to inform rny fellow
citizens of what I have done by way
of protest against such invasions.
I earnestly trust that mon of alt
parties may see the necessity of re
sisting at the very threshold these
tentative stops of military ambition.
T. F IAYARD.
The ticad Letter 08100 is one of
the most curiously interesting branch.
es of the governmOnt, and the cause of
it, or the necessity for such an institu
tion, is a mystery. It is impos.sible
almost to ooceive of the carcleasuess;
stupidity and ignoran'ee ly whloli
more than fodrten mnillidnho latters
were entrusted to. tho Post offle Ifi's
single year, for whlich nd desIgnsiort
could bo fouitid, in conse~tiende of in
accuracies, impertdot ions affd feai
omissions in direction-f war5 0of
8,000 hating to address *hatbver:
And the aiyetery is th6 mofe remnarka
ble when it is considered that these
letters contained moncey to the amount;
of at hoast $100,000, in snmall sums
gene rally, and checks, drafts, etc., to
the amount of $3,000,00 more.
This prdpqrty was of course returnedj
dr muost of it, upon informsation ob
tainecd by opening and eanining the
latters at the Dead Letter Ofib
in a letter enolosing a ontrliiutot
to the Association composed of mom
bers of the Society of Friende, whd
are striving to relieve the aufrp
of the plasantr ' in Fran68,u.
NigbtingalS *r Ite. as follows
wish it As te'n times de niifob, for
in this idoet tetftblj of al bu'tb66
WirT, fa ?bi doiils hofrofs 4j0 i
md6t bdrtible of maskind's historils.
I beli4v. t6 sofrings ot staeil.
' .typd ad brot stug e
$ rhetfeebr ohtd e
frgire
od by aghd, F*rAn.o, Prussaia, Ali
tria, rtaly. Th elaa 'F I inds, how
lver, hardly eu cil the territory of our
.milneral lanlds. W'at a precious
hel-itage pro'videnoI has bes'owed
upOn n4 I Are we eijual ta the ros
punsihility I Timo will test the wis
dom 6f our palley. Silver, qjuick.
silver, weldded toget U r, eadh is neces
sary, indispensible, for the other.
Our quicksilver, ton times richer than
any other ui ie, dostroying the gi-at
tn.on1op'or of 9iaiu, 01eenen the price
atd stimulites to a wondorful extent
the product of the South American
mfin11e. Graphite also is our, the In
dip edsible niecmssity of the crucible to
ihlieR the divei rd1 the go'd, indes
tructibl by flie, and not absorbing
the preoiou6*metal. Di over pruvi
deuce gie so grand a posession to
anf nation ? The extent of t'rritory
-90.,000 square mil --population,
'180,000--not une persou to a tquare
nmit". The some e.tut of oountry in
R Erepe h.s a popultiou o'f 150,00O,
000 of people. Tile groat Wdnt is
population. Can our n-tive popula
tion supply th demraud I By no
means. We wnt a large number
immediAtely, and an iiexhautible
source of supply. Whenco shall it
come I China--Chin-i alone can
meet the demand. Nature has form
ed them for the e verv sotvices.
PhysicallY formod, they s1ely
breathe the impure air of noInes and
subterrnien p"'soves, wli(rej .other
races faint nimd pe-ih A peIpe
d11i'j..trished for their pateint i d
try, they have learned to toil. They
have made their croti y a garden
spot, and curiehed it bo ond all other
land14. They have a great gonits for
ateady wo; k and ufailing perseve
rance. W eneed a docile, quiet, in
of-lnsive race, iot afi aid or ashan.ed
to work, and here we have them.
They ask iinj pu itical ftavors, and do
nlot seek to )e our legisots!01 an
rulers. They have learned stability at
home and they 1ke a strnig orderly
govertiment. They ure anmeducated
people, and venevrate learning. ThIe .
pooreat, eoolio eadn often read anid
write. Now for the application.
They are anxious, beggi'ng for hard
work. Our t,,-on aire r:,Ooa, rl id
wi.h to avuid ! ' they work at the
mince all day and are satisfied with
eight dollars a week. Our poo jo
giumble andi pass on to a rieher dig.
eings at tweiy-oi'lht dullars a week.
They cmie and gloan and obtain ia
comiipetency after our !populace have
(ecoided they must movo or stirve.
Quartz miiing is irexhau-tible, and
yet our people, recklissly estrava
gant, have alhetady wasted $300,000,
000. Certainly the time has conie
for a new system. for a slow, p-1 'dnig
but not a reckless people. We eo I
the silver and the gold, our currency
and fi'eal operations plead strongly for
it. Shall we neglect til, gift that
Providen.eu has provided for us ?
But tha're is a bitteir preidice against
this Mong'ian race;. Let us heed our
I -sw 11. L'wh prejudicos olust -6i C a b
The u ait of good houehiold tervaits
is a great arid dep'orablo eVil. For
every disease, however, Providenon
providefs the remody, and often son!.;
umti humatn ii-renuity to work out
the problem. Wnli hand labor wfas
too expoesive, God provided iimvebine
ry ; whoa scewing-girls were exihaust,
ed, the machine took their place.
The mils ate not rapid enough, am d
we use the telegraph. &.j in tI o
fpresont ettsa the Chinese, posses-ing
aill the qitillties of god~d serva*nts. a.o
at our door, begginig,-not with
brazitn ho k an-1 arrogant miannatr. as
too thaniy are, demt cuding euihplOy
men~t. T1hey ai'e god.i cooks, the best
in the world, the Fhonolh excepted.
Th'Ley will obey orde ii to the lotter
and spirit. They ivork all day, and
are satisied with moderate wages
who says all this ? The Paeifie .M ail
Compiny from San Franob~co to
China c mploy only Chinese-Chtineso
. adihors cooks, waiters. They rspeak i
the highebt terms of theie honesty,
sobriety, faitlifulness. Pas oUoer
passing over that, rote give the ace o
utnvariiisbod testimony. San .Fran.
cisco, California, tells e same tale.
For ifry oett th6y d 3 more wtork
atnd beatte r than those who ohiargo one
~dollar for it. A frend, for- years ila
busmness in Obina, bas emaployed
Chnso orhntsc. is strtiftemnt Is
this "K have been very siatk ; no
femaclc couldc have nursed. me mo
tenderly thtan this Chinese servat
ver-y fatidhous no womian could have
hetter jroed my shirts or made my
titian whiter-fond of coodh living, no
e cok could have prepttred hotter dr
m to palatible dishes..-always at
band, readf, g b d'-n'atured5 will ingi
rno mioney,nIt.motive could tempt toe
to part with ~himA A friend1, used
to the best bonfforts of life In dh6
silver ineS of Nevada~tsays that hi
ranteod no bdtter coolr or; ittesitidn
than be received from1h4s Chines, at.
49 ant Ret; Dr.A.- LI. QT9eSy
. IhO tQbine tsake 4heb. b* . king ef
f h 1p, 'Tiefaddpt at o dty nw
B tent; always v~a *otipad evig