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Desportes & Williams, Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquirv, Industry and Literature. [Terms--.$300 -erAnnumInAdvanor VOL. VIII.] WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1872.-[NO. 1 THE FAIRFIELD HERALD 18 PIl11811Ki) WEEKLY ny DESPORTES & WILLIAMliS, Terms.-Tins IIsci,, is publisliel Week ly in the Town or Winnsboro, at, 63.00 in variably in advance. 8i&" All transient advertisemen(s to be paid in advance. Obituary Notices and Tiibutes $1 00 pr square. LcIlcr fro ani s|1 ul pliur SprIlngs. Wi-rE SuI.I'iuion SnImos, VA., August 10th 1872. Mesyrs. Editors : I wrote you last from Now York, and now undertake the pleasing task of interesting your readers, if so for tunate, with an epistle from this cele brated watering place. 1 shall not trou ble you with more than a simple para graph in relation to the all absorbing question, which, for several days past, has been on the lips of the innuincra ble politicians, who frequent this piace, viz: "I ow goes the North Carolina election ?" Among the twelve hundred visitors here I have found Lut one man, who declares for Grant, and lie, as might be expected, an oflice holder from Washington. The Northern States are but partially represented the present season, most of the visitors are from 3altimore and New Orleanw, but ill the Southern States are well represented, about thirty-five from South Carolina. There are no professional letter wri ter., or dead-heads here, who mnakc their board by publhiiig extravi gant and absurd "puffs" of their fa vorites, or disgusting the public, (as northern papers do,) with a record of the shoddy aristocracy. I venture the assertion however, that there is at this place more beauty, among the la dies, and a better class of high-toned southern gentlemen than can be found, at all the watering places of resort, vort, north of the Potomac, and every seems to "move on,)' in perfect liar mony ; characterited with social in tercourse, and the moit friendly rela tions, sympathetic with every one, I mpelled by a sense of what is due to the proprietors of the White Sulphur Springs, it affords me pleasure to say, they are equally polite and social, do ing everything in their power to pro moto the comfort of all their guests. I can safely say, from my own cxpe rienoc the past three years, and from personal observation in respect to oth crs, that the value of the waters and climate cannot be over-estimated ; whilst the beautiful scenery, and bracing quality of the atmosphere, stand unrivalled by any watering place on the continent. The ther monr.eter ranges from 45 dog. sunrise to 70 deg. at 12 m. I have slept every night under a pair of blankets, and for the last three days we have bad a very comfortable fire in the -parlor. At least two-thirds of the dis tance from Washington City, to this place presents to the traveller sonmc thing of interest ; the Federal Comne tery with its three thousand graves, and headstones, all alike arrayed in military order, the residence of JefC ferson, the Alilitary Institute, more than a dozen tunnelr, two of which exceed a mile in length, directly through the bow~els of the mountains, and last not least, the towering precd pices and waterfalls as you ascend and descend, either the Alleghany or the Blue Ridge, presentinig to the eye of the traveller the most beautiful and picturesque scenery in the world, the cloud capped towers of the Alps, not even excepted. The hotel, with some thirty or forty cottages are located in a valley, the terminus at present of the Ghesapeake and Ohio Rail Road, sorranged with somel degree of taste at the foot of the mountains ; above wve see the towering peaks, these great curiosities of nature. Often times, wvhen the sun is shining br-ighitly over our heads in the valley, we look up and find fleeting clouds, enveloped in mazy v'ipor, rising over tree tops, un til relic-ed by a counter current in distilig a copious shower of rain, and often accompanied with the loud artillery of heaven, whilst all is safe below. Again, when in the evening. the sunset throws its hues over the whole soone, the mountains becomt tinged wvith the radiance of patrting day, throwing back a tinge rich and glowing, with the luxuriance of na ture and mingling the bright vordur< with the fleeting colors of the sky Tha scn is norfeotiy marvelous an I have no doubt, your readers, and perhaps yourself may say, "this seems somewhat exaggerated, and is but the product or effect of a visionary imagination ;" yet I candidly assure you it is not a pectic fancy, but really what ocours in the nature of the scenes, which I have thus feebly at. tempted to describe. To change the subject, I might spin out a lengthy epistle in regard to lo. cal matters, or enlarge at some length on the Presidential canvass, which I find, everywhere I have visited this summer, to be the all absorbing ques tion, and which in truth creates more interest even than the prospect of good crops, except perhaps within the limits of our own State. I have had the pleasure, if it be such, to eoe the two candidates for the Presidency, and to give you 'my private opinion, I would pronounce one of them (in a mixed crowd unknown beforehand) to be an old fasiibned country farmer, of plain address and social man nors, with "ecra to sell ; " the other an Irish porter, or Pearl Street dray man, waiting for orders, a regular Bowery boy, in his Sunday clothes. The contest North and West will be a doubtful one, and is already creat ing the greatest excitement ; heavy betting on both sides already, the monied power however is decidedly with the present incumbent, and not one of the States north of the Poto mac, considered safe for the "old white /at," except New York. Much de pends on the Southern States, where a great an interest is not manifested . 'Samnbo is joined to his idol," and it behooves every white voter to do his best for his own safety. If we loose this election, a dynasty will surely be established, and "the heel of the ty rant will be placed on the neck of the South." Greeley and Grant clubs are already organized everywhero, and the respective partizans are counting their numerical strength, with some degree of certainty. I might add a few lines in "spot ting" some of the most prominent persons at the Spring.s, but justice would reqluire that I should tell per. hasl too muc11h if I spoke the truth ; sufliee it to say there are no very dis tinguished men here except nil E4 lishi it i, and a Scotch Lord, neither one of whom attract more than ordi nary attention, both of whom are well pleased, and have made several very complimentary remarks about the Southerners, more c.qpecially the la dies, somo of whom fully deserve all that has been said in their favor. There are more "belle" than "benuxs," what a pity ? Ono of the favorites has attracted the special lit tention of a personal acquaintance of yours from South Carolina, with a strong probability of suieccsm. LOCOMOTIVE. A St. Louis paper y that a man named lenry Necley wont down iln a well on Saturday night at Bissell's I'oint, for the purpose of recovering a lhat which had been droppemd in. In a short time he gave a signal of dis tress, which told those above him that lie was being overcome with foul air. Theic was but little time for deliberation. A rope was hastily procured by the bystaniders, one end of wvhiuh was frmied inmto a noose and let down to the sufferer. A fter angling a monmenit the man in the well gave the rope ajerk, aiid tho meni other end commenced pullinmg it up. When about half way omit they dis covered that the noose had fallen over the nima's head, and that hen was dangling by the neck. llorrified at the dliscovery. they wisely concluded that (lea th by st rangulaition was no wvorse than dleathI by suf'ocaition, and so they continued to pull away until they landedNeeley oni terra lirma in an unconscious state. By the alppli cation of proper restoratives lhe was resuscitated and is now doing well. Canning Fruit. Th'le time for canning fruit is at hand. 'Tin cans have been largely used for both fruit and vegetables; but glass is certainly preferable.. All fruits contain more or less acid, which, in some cases, acts upon metal lie vessels. Tin cans arc made with solder, an alloy into which lead large ly enters. This metal is easily cr roded, and poisonous salts arc fornmed. It is believed by many chemists that persons have been seriously injured by eating tomatoes, peaches, etc., which have been put up in tin cans. Th~e Pope hans instructed thme Catho lie Bishops of England and Rome to protest against the prosecution by the British governmont of the priests con corned in the Galway election distur bances. What lady is used to war ? Millic The Ku Klux Prisoners at Albany. Col. Whitley, chief of the detective force, has addressed the following let ter to Attorney Gencral Williams: Nv;w Yonc, August 9, 1872. Sm ; I have the honor to acknowl. edge the receipt of a communication from your Department, under date of second instant, enclosing a copy of a letter from Gerritt Smith, Esq., ad dressed to the President in relation to those convicts in the Albany Peniten. tiary, who were convicted of viola tions of the enforcement acts, and reguesting me to go to Albany, and make a thorough investigation into the condition of these prisoners, and report to the department my views as to the expediency of exercising ex ecutive elenaney in regard to any of them. In accordance with your request I proceeded to Albany on the 7th inst., for the purpose of fulfilling the duty assigned me. As a idans of conduct ing my iuquiries in a manner best adapted to arrive at all the facts in the case, and also to lead the prison ers to express themselves as freeley as possible, I deemed it best to see each of the parties separately without any knowledge upon their part as to my official character or the object of my visit. In this I received the fullest aid of Mr. Louis 1). Pillsbury, head keeper of the penitentiary, who brought each prisoner in separately, with the simi. ple remark to each, that this gentle imian desires to talk with you. Thie prisoners were mainly frank and com. municative. Some of them are very poor, and unlearned, and have left large families behind them, and while i acknowledging that they were mem- I bers of the various orders of the or- I ganization known under the general head of Ku Klux Klan, and that they had been justly sentenced as such, plead an oxtenuation that they had joined the order without a full know ledge of its aims and objects, and had been incited to deeds of violence by their leaders, who had managed to eczape from the country, I eaving them to bear the responsibility and the punishment of their misdeeds. A uumber of themn stated that they had been compelled to join the order to s;e themielves and families from vi.sitations of the Klan; others had entered its ranks under the supposi. tion that it was a society organized for mutual protection, but leaued subsequently that its real designs were the externination of the negro race and the driving out of such of the whites as were in favor of the political egnality and social elova'ion of the blacks. These scverally exprcssed the heartivt contrition of their mis deeds, and stated that the organiza tion was one inimical to the best in terests of society, and that the gov. ernment was fully justified in break ing it up. In further extenuation of having been memubers of the order, they stated that the operations of the Ku Klux Klan were wide spread, enm bracing within its folds mien of supe, rior intelligence whom they had ben accustomed to look to for advice and counsel, and whom they did not sup pose would lead theni into any conibi. n itions that contemplated personal violence and oven murder, if these were necessary for the acco mphsh muent of its ends1. They were told that it was a good inst itution to put down imanneass in thte country, and they acpted the statement implicit. by. Upwards of forty examinations were maade in lhe imanner above indicated, neither prisoner knowing that an) one but hinmelf had been called out, and none of them being aware as before observed of my offi. cial positioni or the object of my visit. T1here was ai singular unanimity in their statemenats and a general expres sion of regret that they should have been drann into any organization dif fering so entirely in thme object which they suipposed it hamd in view whent they joined it. Ini reply to the gen-. oral question, WVhat were the obj.ets of the organizationi 1 the answer was alot nariably, When we joined the order, we supposed it to be a society established for mutual protc tion, but after having been fully ini tiated discovered it to be for a politi cal hpros, which purpose wvas ema braced in an oath, in which we swore to oppose the Radical party in all its forms and prevent negroes from vot ing. It w as this great disce ption that misled us and( which has brought us into our present condition. The eon trition manifested by macny of these parsons, thme hearty abhorance ex pressed by them for the acts into the comimission of which they claim they were betraycd by unscrupulous amid desigeing men of more enilightened minds, their general want of intelli gence and their extreme poverty all appeal strongly for mercy. My views as to the expediency of restoring any of them to society through the exer cise of Executive clemency are clear ly in favor of such a course with soe portion of them, and I believe it anay he done in some of the eases not only with great safety but fully in the in terest of the public good. Iym those to which I intend respectfully to call your attention, the prisonerd appear not only truly repentant, hut abso lntoly ashamed of the course which they secrn to have unwittingly pur sued ; they express themselves as aux ious to return to the peaceful pur suits of industry wheAnever the oppor tunity is oflcred them, and to beCeoni law abiding citizens in their respee tive communities. Colonel Whitley then named fou1 persons safely to be consideed a proper subjects for the exercise (if Ex ecutive clewoncy. They are old men poor and unlearned, find were un doubtedly led into the Ku Klux ordei by maisrepreentation. With regard to others, should it b< the intention of the Governmont t< make an extended exercise of its clemency in that direction lie submits the names of eighteen persons whom lie deems most worthy of its considera. tion. As to the remainder of the prison. era who entered the Ku IKlux order with a full knowledge of its real ob ject, Colonel Whitley says it would not he entirely expedient to exercise the Executive clemency. Scrionts Accideit. It was with very great regret, swys the Chester Reporter, that. we hea'rd oil Saturday last of the Perions neci. dent that happened to Mr. Samuel .\l McDill on the day previous. lie w., having a well dog on his farm, and wasabout to descend for the purpese of seeing what progress the workmen were making. When he put his weight on the rope the knot slippeil and he fell to the bottom of the well a distance of thirty-six fect.. lie was brought out in an uncom-oious coidi. tion and continued so for several hours. Oa examination no bones were found broken, though he was so riously cut and bruised on the back and shoulders. It was feared tOat se. rious internal injuries iight be expe. rienced. At the tinje of his fall there were two men at the bottom of the well, neither of whom were hur t. The "old sixth" had no more pnl lant soldier than Mr. MeDill. F or four years he followed the fortnies or that famous band, showing in all of its bloody battles, being ever in the front when there was a oe to fac-', and yet providentially ecaping without receiving. the slightest wound. i I old comrades in arms will extend to him an earnest sympathy in his millie. tion, anmd will j oi ' in the hope of his speedy restoration to health mnd strength. A Trafvler for a Collimia (N. C ) Hotis Comes to Grief. In Atlanta, on Saturdy morning, it young man of respectable mienr, Nil ing under the namie of J. 11. Biinnim. sold at auction a ine horse and buggy for the smtall sum of $10-l. The police, prompted by the auctioneei'., suspicions that all was not right. took the matter in hand, and worked out of the suspected party a clear con fession that the horse amd buggy hbe. longed to Seligman & lal', livery stable men, in Memphis Tenn. A friend turned ovor the conveyance to him at the railroad junction, where ie says, ho made a swap of horses. He then drove ns fast as potcsible t< Cave Spring, 1a., .and from that point to Atlanta. lIe sold his equip age at low figur1s, in order to pocket the money and leave. Instead ol being named liniinum, the truec natuti of the party arrested is J. F. Vaughan lie has been traveling for thte businew' house of Shtiver, Col unbia, 8. C. hIin num-nughylan is held for orders fr'on M em pitis.-A utpula Ch/ro nicle a ASJntinvi. We learn from gentlemen whoi camne downi from Yorkc on Tuesdayrn sauys thte Chester fleporter, that the Republicans of that (;ount~y held thteii nominating convention on Monday~t last. Sixtny delegates were in attend anice. On the first ballot fur a nomi nec for the position or Senator, each delegate voted for htiself, m a one cant dlidatte getting as many as two votes. Ihmnnibol White, black, fintally go the nomination . PTis is a great, imin pro'~vemnent on t heo formner Sen ito)r fromn that cutty, WV. l0. Rose. For tlhi liouse of Representatives two whuit< iii-n and two negroes werenoiad lion Jiriggs, white, and Nelson lb vies, colored, being two of them The nameis of the others we did no0 learn, Rt. Li. C. ook was tniniated fo Sheriff; J1. F. Wallace, 10sq., foi Glerk of thme Court, and 8. Hlall foi P'robate Judge. It is said to be a curiouts fact thai whiile foe, cranes and squirrels ar<4 abundanit 0on tho lnd irna aide of' th Ohio river, they are never seen on th. Kentucky side ; and, strange emnugh the gray squirrel, to be found any where on the Kentucky side, is rarci; or never seon on the Indiana shore. A correspondent of the New Yor' Tribune is confident that only one the three counties in Delawarei doubtful. This is Wilmington Coun ty where theo Federal intlluences is con contrated. Tlhere is no dlispositioni t split the party, arnd theo State is goot for a heavy Libetal majority. g Ben Butler says if Greeley is cleot ed 'tall that was gained by thte wa Iwill be lost." Butler is evidenti getting uneany about his annons. tbbuiroil Ut H Rd. Wo stated in our last issuo that the cavalry from this post lind gone out on a raid and had not returated up to tle hour of our going to press. The coita':id camtte back to town on Wed nesday without any prisoners. It seemsi that Deputy United States Marshal Hlubbard had been out in the 'T'urkoy Creek neighbo. hood for , week or ten days previous, concealed a kong tho negroes, and thought that he had spotted tho haunts or certain men in that section whom the autliori ties are very anxious to get hold or. lie sent word on Tuesday fur the cavalry to e )me to his issiotanLeo and that he could make the arrests thlit. night. The caivalrv were, therefore, out as a auxillini y forde to the lDepu ty Marsl:l , and not as an independ. Cut coniniud. Iiom respcetable and reliable gen tliemant we got informat ion (of tle mo., watiton and un1iprovoked outrages committed by lubbard and his gang of negro as.istants while pretendinga to aet in the di.harge of his dtty. The preiies of Mr. E. B, Ruhuins woet( amioig t'inr.t.selied. 1 Iis children are till dauh'lteis-two (f whom are iatried-one to William ( irter, the other to Ferris. B.>th of these men tire avoidiig arrests, and heir families are living neatr the re:s:ideice of Mi. Robins, :nI under is proteetion. M r. Rolobins informs jus that his promises had been search ed eleven times before by tihe liliitary anuthoritic, and that he had. ahways been treated with respect aind with. oit any unnecessary indignity till I lubbard male hisi appearance ; that lie (I[ubbard) seemd to gloat over the opportunity to insult women, ter rify children imd expend someo of his mie against the respectable w hit o people of tho State. The door of Mis. Ferris' louso was violently burst open and tho lock biolco by hi II, when she was in a f(y feet of the ioor, olTering him the key and asking that the dour he not broken dowl. V'lien this piece of ulnnecessary brit tality was aecoiplihed 111(1 he ap .'aled to him for redress, the only r.ply she reecived was an itisult. iTl) bed clothes were stripled from a *' chi d 1vinr ill a trundle bed, and the bed rolled violently about tOl' room under the pretense of searcling in and under the bed for a concealed Ku Kinx. These acts are fair sam plus of the way this heroic nar.hal c a rri es oil the war again:t women and children. Another place vi..ite1 w-s the plantation of William Carter, which is rented by two young men, C lvini Chalk and 01horgo Carter. HBth of tiese muen were absent, fmin home on the night of the raid. Their hmn., was- broken into nid searched ; and when they returnred home in the morling they found that. seven quilts, four counterpanes, three pairs of pin. taloonis 11a1nd three vests hail been stleni antd carried off. As a sipporting force the expedi. tion 1111bhard had along Col umn bu.i Cramford, (;iles (Good and Bill 1i1. mer, three (if the mos noitoiusly in famnous and lawle.s ne0grues in tie comity. After they were relh eve( from duty on Wedniesday tmorning, And while they were retuin iig home, they took occasion to call at the house of t1lis. P'ress Estes, whiom the.y in t ul ted aid thirenteedr wvith loaded guns. F'iomf hlere they p) iseid to lhe re~sidencoe of Mr. E. I). Rtobinis, and that gentlematn being atway fr.,m biotiie, they' attemp ted to go into' his yard. W hen ojrd ered by hiis id augh tar nut to (10 so, they Iisultedl her and levelled their gunts at her. if we thought it were worth while lye wouhd coni~i the people to ad. dlress a rmiioznstri nc to Mlarshall Wallace against allowing the prpie, trat ion of sneh wanton out rages biy his d(eputties and subs. TJhie law is bairah en ough I at best, withbout ad ding to its execui onl the piractice of suchi chlildrenl. M i we can do, however, is to rme itmb er that We areO a hhjn, gateud peole, and that we' mu11 t bear w~i th miieekness whlatever Iindhignlitir s our heartless oppre.-sors miay see pro per to imapose ; trnating that in (od's own good timle relief may comne to us from, some 1piarteor or other. In jtistice to) Lieuteniant l'. S. G id. frey, whlo was in cortoman-i of the cay ailry, and whi~in we' kno1w and respteet as aI genttlean, we a assured by our inforimantts that the soldiers had not hitng to (10 with thie breaking openi of dooms, throwinig sick ohbildrotn aboutt, etc., etc. 1Ljitenanltt Oodfrey we are sure would neithler do aniythIiin1r of thiis kind himself, nor wouldh ho sull'er it to . he o 1bhy liny onie unuder his comn m iand. linhbhard was in commantnd of the expedJition -thie cavalry were onlhy along so ais to give the civil authlori C ties naistance in case any should be fneeded-and upon lttbbard rerts tile a whole responsibility for everythiing - that was d1 ono.-Che/isfer R~eporler. 1The Tierald bears (of a sudlden revo 1lut ion in P'eru and thle assassinatonm of President Blalta. It concludes that this is democracy run to Th'luggoo. r Emigration itn Germany steadily y incases. in spite of thme efforts of the Uvmernmntn check it New inWs Conecrning Newspapers. The following is a summary of the laws concerning newspaper postago just issued to postinasters. 8ce. 1:38. That no newspapers shall be received to be conveyed by mail unless they shall be dried and onclos ed in proper wrappers. See. 139. That when packagnis of newspapers or other periodicals are received at a postofficoe directed , ono address, and the names of the sub scribers to whom they belong, wilh the postage for quarter in advance is handed to the postmaster, lie shall do. liver such papers or pariudicals to their re.pective owners. Sec. 140. That. postiasters shall notify the publisher of any newspnper o: other periodical when any subscri. her shall refuse to take the siam from the olli ,e, or neglect to call for it for the poriod of one month. See. 141. That publishers of news papers or periodicals may printtor writo upon their publications, sent to regular subscribers, the address of the subscriber and the date when the sub scription expires, and enclose therein hills and receipits for sibscripliun there to * without subjecting such mat ter to extra postage. See. 1 .12. That any person who shall enclose or conce ilp"y letter, ncto raid at .., . 1. \* ,,ing in an iy ail mtter, not charged with letter post age, or mako any writing or ame iin raudum thereon, and deposit or cause the mie to be deposited for convey ance by mail, for less than letter post age, shall, for every snch offence, for. fCit ar.d pay five dollars, and such newspaper or periodical shall not be delivered until the postage thereon is pail at letter rates. See. 158. That on newspapers and periodical publications, not exeeding four ounces in weight, sent from a known oflieo of publication to regular nubscribers, pastage shall be charged tit the following iates per quarter, namely : On publications issued los frequently than onco a week, at the rate of I cent for each issue ; issued once a week, 5 cents adlitional for each issue more frequent than once a week. An additional rate shiall bo : chargel for each additional four ounces or fraction thereof in weight. c0. 159. Tiat ou ntewspapora ai other periodicals sont from i kuown ollice of publication to regular sub scribers, tihe postal shall be paid be fore delivery, not less than one quar ter nor inore than one year ; which patynent may be made either at the olico of mailinig or delivery, com. miencing at 1an tit, 1a1d the l'e:t master ahAill acent, fr -:ai-l p1ost-age in the qunaiter wvhich it was received. See. 160. That the Postmaster Gena eral iay provile, by regulations for cari ying small newspapers, issued less frequently than once a week inl pack. ages to one address from a known of fice of publication to regular subscri. her.4, at the rate of one cent for each tour ounces or portion thereof. See. 161. That persons known as regular dealers ia ne wspapers and pe rindicals may receive and transmi t by nail such quantities of ei'her as they i11,11y require, and pay the postage theieon as received at the same rate-s pro rata as regulair subscribern to su*h publiations who pay Iuarterly in ad van ce. A small colored boy was killed in 11aitherfordton by a white boy, named I [arry Churchbnill, who was pilay'inIg with wvhat is supposed to be an un loaded pistol. In commenting upon siuch acecidets, thne Savanntah News says: Wo aore glad thiat one State has d ,ne 0: on hing to pirevenit people from beintg killed for funt. Michigan bhas passed a law nmaking it a mnisdemecan (or, puninhbable by floo and imnprison meant, to aim a lire-arm at any person, whether It be loaded or not, and if harm conmos of such an tact, thne per.. piatratomr is responsibleon rimiinally and pecuiniatrily. T1his is a salutary stat. inte, awal should be adopted in every State. Thoan thne joke of adtiiig guns att people's heads would lose its A ('niif Allackeal with liyudrophobih 'Tie Mhacon Te'legraph and Messon senger, of Thuarsdany, says. WVe heard last evening of a well athtont icated case of hayd rophiobia, in a calf , tine first of' the khid that hats ever come to our knowledge. if it was not ai case of this kind it lhad all tihe symptoms of it. On smellinng it juanped against a fence with such force that it broke through, tried to bite, foamed at the mouth, cat dirt atnd made other mnanifoestations that left lbut little doubt on tine mnind of a medical man as to the nature of tine disease. K illing of ihjor landolph. Major T1. J. Rtandolph, .Jr., a oon. tractor of the Chessapeako and Ohio railroad, was aceidently kiilld incar Mliller's ferry on Thursday afternoon. lie was riading towards a spmot where seine men wer'e engaged iin blastiang neck, wheon, being wtarnied, Ihe checked his horse, but too late to avert the Isad fatte which awaited hitn. lIe was struck'on the head and killed.-ich. mond .Disnatch. Rerorm Assumitig the lorim of an1 Epi drmic Amiolio the Public Ti-kvs of Soluth Citroliitti. If the subject were not one so seri ou0 in its consequences to the peoplo of this State, it would be amusing to trace out tho causes of the howl for reform which comes from the thieves and robbers, who have for the last four yeare been plundet ing the State. It is the cry of stop thief' vocifer ously souded by thieves themselves for the purpose of dIrecting attention frot tlieir manifuold robberies. The iel-l.deg of the pack is Judge 'lhonias Jeflertion Maickey, of morphine noto. riety, who lia be-i engaged and we rtill believe is still engared in tile middlo and upper comities of the State in lauichin red hot thunder bolts against th ie robber bands whom he charges to be uninitigated thieves and irredeemable scoandrels past praying for, and deserving ignomlii ous graves. To show how puro and undetiled ore his motives, and howy terribly in earnest lie is in his labor of reform, ho proposes that the chief of the baul of robbers and plinderers should bw made the lealer in the good work. Illo ad vocates It. J. Moses Adjutant (sieneral MIose-S8pealer Moses, as the J/ss to lend us out of the wilderness of fraud, corruption, and evorything else base, indeceut and dishionest. Wo suppose this learned Judge is guided in his courso by the homely old adage, that the best material out of which to ma11ko a good saint, is a vile vinner. The sudden ness by which a very wicked man be cones a very pions on0e-a rouo and a thief, a pattern of h onesty and an exemplar or good morals, not unfro. quent1y produces a rtariling effect on soueity. I , however, sometimes happens that the rewand of such conl dIot in one, lead others to becomo thioves and scoundrels for the sako of becoming repentant and of reaping the reward of repentaneo. Por onr part wo don't lelieve in repentaneo w ithout restitution. If' tho man Moses desires to repent, between the porch and altar, I him before ho touches the horns:. of thie altar, make restitution for the niny thefts and robberies of which lie has been so no. toriously guilty. llarabbas was par unaI, out, 4 w:.s at thli M oii f the Saviour of Mankind. 'rlho conduct of the dews on that occasion has never been regarded worthy of imita tion by cither Christian, .low, Turk or inlidel for th llast eigiteen hun dred and seventy-two years. I' we are to judge from the speeches of SHnator Corbin aid uigo Orr, H:iaiabbas vas a i ibi ofTnd'r comii poared with the robbleries charged by thei to have been commilitted by Judgo M1ackey's Iteform ( ndida to for Gveror. To imake F.. .1. Moses, .1r,., Governor of kouthi Car0ioliIa is so grimi and ght1l3' a jke, tlht even his fellow lobber.4 niist, whieni they come to reflevt on the enormit v of the disgrace to the State, shrii'k from the idea of coininittinhg so great ani outrage on its ilb emily damaged repu tationl.-/ A auht(S. C.) lRpubbcan. All x Prisidill on the N111ump1). K Nn ~u: Tr~s.,A ugustt H. EAx-President elohnusoii spoke, by invi. tation, last evening to a crowded aludi. once, for two hours anid a qfuarter'. lie was introduced by .Jutdge TI. A. Rt. Nelson, who plresenltedl him to thle au dieneo asi the pleut's man, plain Mr. Johinson said lie wvas no cand i date for iany (iflice. (t was well in tihnes of poplar upheaval to take our hearings, andI see wliither we are drifting. Itecuirring to first prinici ph's, lie shioweid at Ilngth how the government hind becnI drifting) fi om co~nsti tutional moiorinigs, andi hiad be comoue h ie plauythIiing of' an i rresponisi blo Congreus, at. the dictation of a ni urping excntive, Ile res iewed (Irant's ad miinistratin~ withl some sever ity, but etill with mnoderationi, chiarac.. terizing <nficial gift--taking as bribery, andi citing the case of~ Sir .1otin 'Troner in Englanid. lie fas ored the one termi princi jlo and the election of the President by the direct vote ol' the people. 'Thio -election of Grant, he said, would be a grout national disaster. lio accepted GJreoley on the pi'ricipl of(P uirort~Sal pressure. ('ireuinnstanices beyond hurpan conitrol lad li nited the choico to two men, and patriots could not biesitt to choose Greeley. It1 was no) t imen to say this or that is or is not miy party, but all should unite ini nying this is my country. Th'Ie country must have rcon)ciliat ion, restoration of' civil rights to all citizens, confidonee be tween sections arnd a ref'orim of the civil service, lle pileadedO for a re turn of the ancit reverence for the constitutioin and oflicial obligations. 'Tho spechb was well received and gen ei ilily applauded. The two murderers says the Caroli nian, convicted at the last tea ni, Ed., win llarris, for the murder of M1ar phy), anid Williamn Luciis, for the muri dier oif Simopson, aind sen teneed to ho hanged oni Fridhay next, the I Odh inst., were yesterday respited by Governior Scott, who orders that their exceu.. tion be suspended until Friday the J 0th instant.