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Desportes & Williams, Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquirv, Industry and Literature. [Terms---$3.00 uor Annum, In Advanor VOL. VIII.] WINNSBORO. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2)i8.. THE FAIRFIELD HERALD IS PUBIi.1RICD WVCKI.Y BY DESPORTES & WILLIAMS, Terna.-Tit HRALn 1-s published Wee ly in the Town of Winnsboro, at 93.00 i variab/y in advance. 2Wi- All transieut advertisements to b paid in adlvanceo. Obituary Notices and Tributes $1 00 pc bquare. A DUEL IN THE DARK. nY JUDGE AlflWNGTON. The city of Vicksburg, Mississippi has always been remarkable, even be fore the reoont war gave her a pro found national intorest. Many years ago she supplied th.e class of writern who furnish the aubstratum for mos of the oiroulating libraries wi'b plot, lark and dreadful enough to satisij even the present craving for sensation The place had been noted from iti earliest settlement for the belligeren character of its inhabitants and the number and atrocity, of the violeni deeds which stained its streets witi the blood of human hearts. It is not our purpnpe, however, t< sketch any of these more ulebrated brute battles, but merely to select for the sake of its ruourinful mora alone, a solitary tr gedy which wai ' briefly chronield by the press of the day, and whieh then faded from the recolleotion of all, save one fronu whoui the writer received the stor in its pa rtiu.'arity. She, of course could never forget. To the latcsl hour of her existence the wife of the murdered her, wept at the rominuis. cence, In the year 1827, a young lawyer, John Thonias, emigrated from Wor cester, in Massachuetts, to the Statt of Mississippi, lie was jor, had recently married a beautiful, aeccomplishod woman, who had renouneed we:ilthy parents for his sake, and heince wais anxious to better his fortuio in as )ittle time as possi. ble.. This oonsidoration determined the legal adventurer to locate at Vickhburg, then con. iderod througl the West as the paradise of the bar. In a very short time the new law yer haid ample reasons to congratu late himbelf on the choice of hi position. lis blaud demeanor, stu dlious habits, and more than all, hil eloquence in debate, won him patron. age, and he rose, almost at a single bound, to the first place in his profes Nion. Ile was employed in all the land suits, and in the most of tho still more nimerous and equally luerativt cases of homicide, so that in tlh< period of two years after his adveni he had cleared the round sum of thir ty thoi.and dollars. Let no scepti cal dirciple of Lod Coke deem thi statement incredible. S. S. Prentisi realized, cash in hanl forty thousan dollars by his opening speech it Viksburg During his career thus far young Thomas was remarkable in one re spect. Ile never went armed, an although in the ficoe and fier altercations of the forum h< neenssarily made some enemies, n( attack had hitherto been ventured ou his person. The athleticismn of hi noble form, and the look of invincibl' determination in his keen blue eye: had doubtless warned the desperadoe that the Yankee orator, as he wa generally termed, could hit as hart blows in the courtyard as ho (lid in th court itself. Ilowever this may be two years elapsed, years too of eni nient success, before the peaceabbi attorney waa even insulted. Altis this halcyon period was doomed to I change alike sudden anid terrible. There resided at- that time in th< town a notorious duolist by the nan of Johnson, whose matchh-ss prowes: inspired universal fear, ie had slaih half a dozen foes on the public fiekt oIf honor, and as many in private ant irregular encounteos. All thInem bers oif blood club spoke of Mlik< Johnnon's feats with raptuous enithu inam . Hlut anll good men, all lover of peanc', when, the brave wrotel passed, turned palo and were ie. At the May term of the Distric Court, 1 829, the grand jury mnusteriou ext raoirdliatry o ''arage, returned true hiii igainst, Johuison for the ut der of W ilhuana Lee, an inoffensiv youth whomu he had shot down in, dIrunken frolic, under oiroumstance of peculiar aggravation. Th'lomu was retained by a friend of the de ceaisedl to aid in then prosecoutiont, amf notwvithstanding the earunest ad vice e his well wishers to the cntrary, api peared on the trial oft the eanune, oni of the moet exenting ever argued a the bar of Vickuurg. On the las evening of the sessien after adjourn ment, Thomas ruaheod into the pres enee of his wvife, with looks of suel evident agitation as to fill her 6so1 with overpowering alarm. "My love, tell me, in the name o heaven what has happened 1" sh cried, patle as a corpse, and shaikina like a leaf in the wind. "Nothing,'' answered the husband thinking to conceal the most fearfu part of the intelligence. "Nothmns only the murderer Mike Johnsor after his aequittal, grossly insulte me in the courtyard and I knocke him domwn." M "And he challenged you to fight, him with pistols !" almost shrieked the wife, anticipating the rest, with quicknesS of woman's keen, common sense. "It is even so," replied the lawyer, * mournfully. "Oh I" say that you will not meet him. Oh ! swear that you will not r turn duelist in this Sodam of the South," implored tl e wife, throwing her arms nround his neck and sobbing like a child on his bosom. "There, do not weep now. I will not turn duelist, dear Enmra, al though I much fear that the conse quence will be my ruin." "God will protect you from the boid, bad wan." The next morning it wnm known in Vicksburg that "the Yanked orator" i bad been cballenged and rofused to fight. Accordingly, he was generally denounced as a coward -a word which at that day might be considered as i expressing far deeper scorn than citi-er robber or assasin. As he passed throtugh the btreets, lie was astonished to witness t he e .Idness manifested by his old acqu .ilt aices, and even protes:eid fritends, w.viln the great, mass of the people reemed to regard him with in. ffLille contem pt. "Yankee whime ivier," bater,,' "poltroon," were the sounds most frequently rung in his ears, especially when near thijgroceries, and there wasone then on every terraco of the broken hills. The matter grew worse. Aboit a week afterwarda, Johnson imet his victim in the public equnre, present ed a cocked pistol at his heart with one hand, and belaboed him unm eifully with a cowhide which he graiped in the othor. Retistance at the nuniment was altogether out of the question, for the slightest motien would have been the signal for imtime diate death. le thought of kinua1 and her sweet babe and bure the cas- 1 tigation in sileneo. After this, olionts desetted his oeiiue, gentleman refused to reog-ize hiu or return him his saluto in the 1 thoroughfares of business or during I his miiorning stroll over tlie bilh Is. Had his touch been, coutagion, or his bieath pestilenee, he coild not have been more carchly shunod Another week passed, and the de graded lawyer was in a state 1 -nind I bordering on insanity ; and yet all the while lie concealed the ineital torture from his affectionate wife. Ono evening in a more than common bitter and gloomy mood, as lie walked through the public square, he wits again accosted by Mike Johnson, with his cocked pistol in one hand and uplifted cowhide in the other. rhe assault was of tie most aggravating, as the place was thronged with spec tators. G"Coward and villain 1" exclaimed Johnson, '-did I not tell you that I would cowhide you every week until I whipped the courage of a iman and a gentleman intoyour yankee hide ?" "I am not a cow'aid," retorted Thomas, in a hollow tone, so unearth ly fiere. and wild that caused every hearer to start. At the instant, his lips were livid and lenohed het.ween his teeth till the blood ran. Ilis eyes were red as a muad dog's aundh the iu. iles of his fa1ce quivered ; hut his body arnd limbs seemed to have the rigidity of marble. i"Hle will fight now," rung in an encger whl.-per through theo excited crowdl, as they saw tho terrible t~o kena of the fienid which lurks, nt dif ferent depths, in all human nature. "If you arie not a coward, why will you riot fight 1" aisked the duelist, somewhat struck, ini spite o1 his thorough desperation, hardened in the hot gore, of a doaen umurder.. "Then you accort iiy ehallenge ?" "I do. Will any one present be sgood as to not its my second ?'' ini quired tihe lawyer, addressing thme speotaltors. For a uminuite or two rno one spoke, 8o great wa s the dri ad of the d uebmst Mike Joehins dn. " W il no onie in such a mats of generous men he myi) second ? mepecateLd the lawy er itn a loud tone. * I will,'' said a slit lli, trumpet like voice on trhe outskirts of the crowd, and a tall Qonimandling form, br averyv .writ ten on his brow, a,'d thme eaglea's .eye beneathi it, made his wuy to the icentre of thre conitention, and stood c lose f roriting J..htnson, withI a smi a limng glance, before whch the latter, .:1 for an-instanit qui:~ od. S|Thre questtioni "W\Vho i.< lio ?"' who is f ihe ?" ' *arcu sl ated aimo mg th lIooker .. on. ut, an, one ocid ; nio one had Sever soon1 him us efom o aind yet every tbody would have swoirn to his t courige, so bold yet tranquil was his .bearing. . "Whmo are 'you?" inquired the i duelist, reoovering. his preseneo of I mind. "A atranger from Texas," f "But who will vouch for your rea s poetability 1P I ean give you vouehers sufficient, replied the stranger, frowing till his ,brows looked frightful ; and then 1 stooping forward be whispered some , thing in Johnson's ear, audible alone , to him. "Ie am satisfied," said the duellist i aloud arid trembling perceptibly. Colo nel Morton, will you serve as my friend ?" The individual last Ltldressed gave his assent. "Now let us adjourn to some pri. vate room to arrange the prelitnina. ries," remarked the stranger ; and the principals and seconds left the crowd then inereasing every minute, and excited nearly to madness by the t hick crowding events of the hour. The meeting took place the fol lowing night in a dark room, with the dlor looked, and the two seconds on the outside. Tihe principals were placed in opposite corners of the apartment, which was twenty feet square, an-Il each was armed with a large bovie knife-no more. It was inid'ght-a night without moon or stars. Black pi:ch y clouds enveloped the sky, and a slight sifting mist ren dered the shadows of the earth more intense. Heneo the room where the duel was about to begin was wrapped in rayless darkness. Tho combatants 3ould tnot even see the blades of their uwn knives. At first, they both stopped and stealthily untied and took off theit shoe-, s. as to miake the least possi. bit noise in walking over the floor. 1'he same tliauulht .,truck thei at the same time -to manceuver for the vaitage ground. Thomas mo-ved in a circle, softly as . cat, around the a par t ment, till he lot within IL few feet of the coiner where his enemy had firbt been plac. Ad, ana.i then pat-ed to listen. For four or fivo Zeconds he could hear Aiithing in the genve-like tiloues but he (-iek beats of hi own bus) heart. P Irsntly, however, Their Crept to his uar a soarcely au1d lible sound, as of ;uppres-ed breathing, in the corur of he room which he had previouly eft,; and thn he knew that his foe Vas try itg the samon stin j. The u-e was repeated thrice, with a like -esult. A lcigth Thoias coucluded Waand 1 riectly still and await [ohison's appro)2oh. MotionioSs now iimlfS., and al ear, soon hn could listinguish a soft rustling noise, like he dropping of flakes of wool, cireu. ating around the lnoor and- gradually idvanoing towartd him. At l.ast, when the s'und appeared vithin about three foet of the lawyer's >ositionv, he suddenly made a bound. 11g .hanga w ith i knife. aimeod in he dark air, where he Eupposcd his 7iotiin to be. His blade st-tuok igainst that of the other, and a few :parks of fire rolled at the fierce :ollison, and fell expiring on the loor. And then, for an instant, the see )nds without the door heard a sharp ringinog of steel, a groan, a fall, and ill again was silent as the tomb 1, 'ho duel at midni tit had ended, but iow ? They were appalled at the terrible question. Waiting some minutes and hearing nothiig inore, Col. Morton and the stranger prepared a light, unlockeli the door and etitered. The spectacle was most affecting. There lay the bloody corpse of the duelist, Johnson, mangled dreadfully, and above it stood the ereot and imposing form of the lawyer-Thomas-unhurt, not a out on his skin or a rent in his cloth. ing. lie started back as the IAahing light dazzled his eyes, and growing pale as the dead at his feet, exclaim ed in accents ol immeasurable anguish -"Oh, God ! how shall I endure to meet nay dear wife, with this murder. ous gore oni my hands! Such stains would defile the very gates of heav en, and blacken the floor of hell itse-lf !' He did, however, afterwards meet Emmtta and her babe ; but we shall not att empt to paint the scene. A week subsequentiy be was shot to pices in his own oflice, while employed in writing after night. The assaseini was not known, but supposed to be a youinger brother of the duelist John The stranger who acted in the eom-* t at the seconid of Thomats was, in. deed las.hle hiad said, fronm Texas, and then travellhing through Mis~.s.i,ppi, and,( was the bravest, mian, perhiaps, that ever drew the breath of life Jamwe-- liow i, who fell onily with the Aiam-o, whent his4 red knife was drunk w iih the flood of Mexican9. Swimmning Aeross the English Channel. T[he le ndlon TFimens, in connect ion wiha the a eren't uttem pt to swiin iaermos lhe Enaitsh ('hiannel, says: '-Traditi in aflianns that seventy years img,-, the men,~tIi~) conneItedA or a paol ii eat off. nee, to) eicape puni-hentt ,wamt tie U-l.a s to D v.-r. One was driowned, tue othe,~ tW o ndedt on the beach, one ii an titter state of exhiaus tin, fromww hic-h he died ;thae third re covered anid lived .,vverah years.'' The dlistanice 10e.oss the channel from D ver to C~alasis is 22 nmiles, but thle cur. rent wonld probably nearly double that distance for the swimmer. The Charlotte Observer says iThe first Presbytery of the Associate Re formed church met at PisgahrQaston county, N. C., on the 10th instant. P'resbytery was opened with a sermon by the Rev. R. Latham, of York, 8. C., Rev. C. B. Bietts was elected mod erator. Presbytery adjourned en Waednnadav fallowing. A Letter Fromi Gov. Perry. G R EENVil.LE, S. C., Sept. 11, 1872. J. II. Rion, D. R. Duncan and S. I iamilton, J989s., Committee, &C. GENTLEMEN : I had the honorin receiving your communication of th, 9th instant.,- last evening, inform o me that "ite Democratic Conventio1 for the Fourth Congressional Distrie had unanimuously numiinated me as th .candidate of the Demacratio party fo election to the [louse of Reprosenta Lives of the Unitid States Congres from said District," and that yo "beg to urge upon me the ncceptanc of the nomination." This unsolicited and unexpected ex pression of confidence, on the pairt o the Democratic Convention of thi Congressional Distrie ihas made i deep impresson on my. f-eelings, an< [ can assure the members of tha Convention representing the Countie of York, Chester, Fairtield, Union Laurens, Spartanburg, Greenville Pickens, and Oconce, thak I highly ap preciato the dist inguished honor they havo conferred on me. At this time and under existing cireumstanc'es, it i ine of peculiar and extroordinury dis inction. The intelligence, educa 'ion and wealth of the State of Soutt Carolina, comprising 40,000 or 50,00( voters, possessing, in a great measure, all the commerce, gtiiulture in( manufactures of the entire State, art unrepresented in the Congress of the United, States, and only partially rep. resented in our State I.egislature. This anomalous condition,, in a gov. ernment purporting to be republican, has existed in South Carolina for the last seven years, and brought the State to the lowebt depths of political infamy and to the verge of bankrupt. cy and ruin, the loss of civil liberty ndt) personal recurity ! This Con. gressional l)istrict is the only one in the whole State in which there is a chance of electing a representative of the white people. If elected, there. fore, I shall have the proud distin'e tion of being the sole repi-esentative of the virtue, intelligence and wealth of South Carolina in the National Con. gress. There must be a change. This condition of aff.iirs cannot last meil longer, without the most t- rrible re suIts. It therefore, belioo'g:s every one who loves his country, and vaineu. its peues and prosp.ez ity, to exert himself and make niy and every sacrifice necessary to restore republi. can principles, and the purity of our Government, both State and Federal. Profoundly impressed with these sen timents, I did not feel myself at liber. ty to refuse, a few days since, the nomination of the Democratio party of Greenville County as a candidate for the State Senate ; although il was mado against my earnest protesta tions, on account of my health, age and disinclination to enter agall public life. But my friends urged that I could be of service in redeem ing the State from its degradatior and ruin. I accepted their nomina. tion. This embarrasses me, now, ir determining my duty. But as Oreoi villa was representod in the Con gres-ional Convention, and consent ed to my nomination, I feel that it ij the wish of the County I should no cept the higher and moure rosponsibl< position now assigned me, lnaecepting the nomination nov tendered me, it is proper that should state all my feelings and pu inci pIes are in sympathy with that groat na tional party, uhore purpose- is recon ciliation between the two sections o our country, and the two races whiul live it the Southern States ; ant whose aim is, under the leadership o Hornce Greeley, to purge the Govern ment of its corruptions, restoro repub lican principles, and promote th< peace tand prosperity of all sectiom~ and classes. The Rtadical party North and South, see and know tha their success as a party depends ci keeping lip the hatred of the North L< the South, and the hatred of th colored race to the white race When these hatreds and prejudicei are crushed out, the lRadical party wvill lose their ascendancy in the Gov, ernmnent. The culored people wil no longer he the political slaves oi selfish and designing office-seekers an' holders, who are basely and mos treacherously using them for thei] own promotion and plunder. The in terestb and rights ol the colored peo. ple have been sacrificed and betrayet by their pretended friends and guar dians, the earpet-b;ggers and scala wags I T1he moneyas approprinted fo the education of their clilidren haev been siolen anid squandered I Thb free as hools are closed I The hun dreds of thousands of dollars appro priated to p~urchiase themi homes havy gone the same way, to enrich scouri d rels and leave thcm homeless an< houseless I Tfheir taxes have boei increased, until the burden is oppres sive and intolerable ! It is a wel known fact in political economy, tha the laboring classes have ultimatel; most of the taxes to pay, although ii the first instance levied on property The merchant adds the duties he pay to theo prios of his goods and the con sumer restores the tax. So the ta; on land. and personal property cauas the owner to obarge higher rents an< nay less for labor. Tihe two best and sincerest friendt the colored people ever had ar< Horace Greeley and Chatles Sutimner These gentlemien have urged the colored people not to antagonize themselves, as a race, to the whitc 3 people ; but vote independently and f for honest and intelligent ten. Their political rights are scoured by consti. tutional amendments, and they have, nothing to fear except the bad men r they put in office, and who falsely tell them that there is danger in vo s ting fur or confiding in their formo masters and friends. flow any one, who loves his State and values civil li berty, can prefei General Grant to Horaceo Greeley, is strange, passing strange. In time I of profound peace Goneral Grant issued his proclamation, ordering the people to disperse and return to their homes, in certain Counties ! They were it home at that very time, atid no disturbance had taken plaic for months previously ! Tho civil au thorities were not resisted and w re capable of making any and all arrests re luirod. BHt tutwithstanding all tills, the President, imnedi;tcly after Iis proclamation, sent his military into seven or eight Counties, and made urrests without warrant, and the persons arrested, iinocent and gtilty, were h-rried off to jil, and the sacred wvit of habeas corpus denied theml ! It ypur communication, notifying me of my iomination, you express aill earnest wi.,h for tmle "at once to enter in a thorough and rigorous canvass to secure any election, whic, by the Convention, is decited a matter of vital interest, not only to the Con gressional District, but to tie whole State." In ehedienice to this iajune tion, I will, as soon tas the court is over at this plae, visit tall the Coutnt ies itt the Congressional Distriot, anad ex tend my ecquaintatinee .with the peo ile who hove been so kind and contid ing. In the meantime, I should like to hear frot my friends ais tc appoint ments they may see proper to make. With great respect and esteem, I ama truly and sincerely yoirs, &c., 13. F. PERRY. A Word to our South Corolilla Friends From our stnnd-lpoint in North Carolina, we cnn look at the -ituiationa in our Sister State more Canily t,,.., can our friends there and hope, there. fore, that it may iot be considered pretnumption in us to make a sugges tion. There are two Radical candi dates in that unhappy Stati, Moses, native seallawag, and Tomlinson, car pet.bagger. Moses and his ring are acknowledged thieves. No man in the State doubts their roguery. But the speeches of Cardbza, col., aid Melton, white, at Yorkville, leave no room for doubt that rominson is equally corrupt. It is a contest be tween thieves somewhat gorged, who only want the dessert before quitting the table, and hungry half-.tarved thieves, who want sibstanitials aI well a dainties. Corbin, Bowen and Whittemore, tite leaders of tie Re. form movement ought, to be pound ing rock in the Peni:. .tiary, provi ded they could be kept aloof from the other convicts, whom they would teach new plains of rogutery. Somte of these Reiforimers have gone on to see Grant to get his aid and ountenance. Ho desires to favor their mnoveomett and get the credit of advootting re form. Radicalism in Southa Carolina is the pure, unatdulterated article. No cut side ia.flueneent modify it. The world sees exact!y what tho genutiane thing is and thte speotatele is not at Htractive. Grant would be glad to see not to approve thec model speci men. But thten Mose3 and the nte, groes control the State and if Orarnt threw his influtence for Tomalinson, ry out thteir thareat to go for Gireeley'. Altogether, it is a sweet and proii sing wrangle and we hope thtat the~ true men of .Sonth Carolina will let thte "bloodly chasm" between thte thtievesa widont and deepent. Thtey outght to keep awaty fromt botha aides. Thecy htave the balance of power anad if~ thtey will but bide their time pt .tiently and watchfully, they nay yet be masters of the situation or at Lleast be able to stop the fuarther, robbery of the State.-Souterna Ilomee. To Ket'p allik and lrcam, In very warm weathaer, when it i.s difficult to preserve mailk froma hteeoan ing sour antd spoiling the ecamn, it r naiy be kept perfectly eweot lty seaid inag thte new milk very gently withsot boiling, and putting it away ini eairth ern pan or dich in which it las biee calded. This method is adopted! in all the large dairies in Entglantd, and poarticulaly ini Devonshaire. Creamr alrady skimmecd mybe kept qutite but if as much powdered loaf suagam be added as will sweeten it, and thten Sscalded, it will keep in a cool plae for two days, .The New York Evening Post ad. a vocates a sweeping change in the -Railway system of the United States, i proposing a general system of eon s sojidation andt the establishment of a I 4aniform rate for both passengers and freight for all distanoee. From the Chester leporter. Mil EDITOR :-Some person in th. last number of the Reporter, ove the ignature of "Chester," in refer ence to my nomination for the office of Solicitor of the Sixth Circuit giver expressi':na to his individual feeling, as follows : "In the last issue of your papem apopeared a connicnication takei from the Winnsboro Nows, noninat. ing 0 S. lrico, Esol., ias a candidate for Solicitor of the Sixth Circuit. "Sure this is an exceedingly impo litie move, for'although the nonine may, as against the present incum bent, excite no considerable opposi. tion, still the effect will be to divide the vote of the honest peoplo between t wo candidates, by which means both will probably be defeated, and a third man we know not whom, elected. "It is very important that there should not be two candidates for the officO in the field, and 11 an 11o1neiSt and eflicieit man has already been noaminated, we hope that all parties will unite upon hint and insure his election.", In regard to this matter I deem it due to myself to say, First, That I had no knowlodgo or information whatever of my nomina tion until I saw it in print-nor do I know now by whom that nomination was made. Second, If as stated by the person signing himself "Chester," the nomi. nat ion Imade il the W isboro Ne ws, "m11:y as againmst the prosent i nemni hent- excite To consideriable 0 opposi ti-'n," "die eff-et" cannot he consid ered to divide the vote of the honest people" and thus a third mani, we know not whom, he elected." Third, as the HoIetores from tile 11-_ . publican State Convention at Ci um bia mad vi no nomination for this par tieular office, I think "Chestor" need have no fears for the nominee of the Regulars on account of the anticipated appearance in the field of this '-third muan, we know not whom," if indeed this be tho on y honest ground of his fears in the prisesq. It is probable, then, that the ex ceeding great impolicy of this "move'' (on1sists rather in the unwillingness of "Chest ei" to lee nize the fiet that there might he a desire on the part or "tno hoiiest poople" tor a unainge, than that thero will be a division in the vote of these sm11110 "honest pno. ple" and the posible election of the hahnown "third man. Fourth, I am no aspirant for publio office, and I would rather that some one other than myself had been nomii- 4 riated in this instauice ; but having been urged to accept the noiniation by gentlemen for whom I entertain the highest respect, and whose opin ion and judgment oulight to have weight with ie and in somo measure to irifluneeo and guide mo in ooning to a decision on a question of this character, I do not feel at liberty to decline. It is not my purpose to canvass the counties comprising the circuit ; my name11 has been placed before the peo ple ; if eleeted I will discbarge the duties of my offico fearlessly and faithfully. CH ARLES S. BR ICE. Chester, S. C. The Slecting litre. Mellon Gurney and Ransier spoke here on Friday night. Melton re peated his slunderous speech against Tomlinson, arid endeavored to defend Moses in the pay certificate bnsiness, by shifting the load upon the Senate. Ransier here nudged the speaker, who faltered out, I d-d-dorn't mean to e.-chlarge Ransier with it, b-b-but tile Speaker p-pro temn.' Ransier made a speech in his usual style of non-commhiitlismI. No on0 could tell who 110 was for except himsolf. TIhe crowd was small anld rallier disposed to pt embatrassing questions. A few 'itrikers aroulnd the stand did the cheering.-Beiauifor* R~epudlian. F'rom thle atbove, I infer that Judge Siumnuel W. Melten mneans insult and1 at personlal issue. I accept thte result o(f that issue. But it remlains for me to say, t hat one who, has associated himself with thieves, shall be recog nized'( to starid on tile level with gen tlemnen. No one can feel Judge M el tona's degradation more than 1 do, but for may purposes, and in order to lift him up,nand give him a standinag place among gent lemn I now dlenonice him to be a liar, a poltroon and a coward. CIIAnIss WV. Mor'roonty-nyv. ClimbIng. A correspondent of the Charleston News sas : "The proseention fund is elimbing and has reached $000.'' Tlhis fund is for the prosecution of the Ring. If this is an evidence of tile enthusiasm of tile people it arguea but little. We are supposed to have 40,. 000 voters, arnd many mere tax-payers andl should, by all means, have $100, 000 already. Many mon could easi ly contribute $1,00') each. The pal.. try sum of $600 will not do much to conviet the swindlers. "A woman at Saratoga, who hasn't laid up any treasures in heaven has $250.000 worth of diaon~du for her earthly convenience. Serious Rokow on Edisto Ishnid. A serious row oeentired on IA Island, F4'ridaiy, at the e unp gr,. gidj-way between what itre called i eit-side and borough portion of t _ sland.!the voters of i le former pb. 1upporting Mackey for the shriev:i i ud the latter Doweii. It scens fr he best datt that could Ie obt:im,' iit there were about 300 pe , -n1any of whom were wot) Cn, ii 1 'ietubi hi: to hold a meeting in tihe iitere't ' Bowen. lutch itison, a prolim-it colorei politiciani who Ilipports hit. ind who is a candidate for tho L - luture, was called to the ehiir. T. nomhi 'mjtion of a secretary, made by tile chair, was voted down. It i alleged that the chair became nitr% at the deciion of the meeting, a:.;t declared that, if the nomination w not confirmed, the meeting shoubi not be held. There was a greit deal of excite l discussion, which finally resulted iln :, row. The meeting t hen Feparrt< 1 into two factions, one for Mitckey atid the other for Bowen. The light I-e caime general, and iasted tome titmoe. There were ten moln wounled wit's ikbrick 4, &e., Some seriouisly, atod it is thought somtie fatally. I lutohti. son, the lown ite Chai , wa; struck inl the face with a brick by owt of th women prestil, an d h1 is jnu bone was broken. liis snifierings we so gret tihat he i:til to be irried to : luctor, who sitil be was L:liy hurt. The Mavlceyitis Claim that, th eV umieceIdeil in soutititg the Iowonite , whlo denly (lte tatemenvits, and1cunte .him 01hat tihey simply retired to :t fitter ield to co't.iitinu the meiii v here their orators livId foith from art. Diatritig the fight, which is pc . ente-d as1hvin been at bloodly onle, everal pistol sho:-s wer-o lired1, but. uckily no oie was itnjored. The ex. itemneit was inltenle, anditi luows were aid heavy and tIick wierever thev id be elf.ctually. Whe4 dark set n, lldg, ait well kiown. M.\lkeyil, %Is set, Upon by it partV of men Lnd. etotllen so bailIy that lie wts left for led upon the groulii. This bea inlg, iOWever, 111d inothintg to do with 0h0 unretitig diliieult y, but w'i calusod by lie behlf , on tihe part of those Wilo issaulted himll, that lie huil heetn tot .ttiitiVil to ono (if their feiales. The New York Greeley 3lecting. The New York Suni says Union Squitre I:st night was the c0tn of tle granilest politie:l d emn. Itration ever witne-.sed inl the UnJitel tatesl. The frielnd:s of ('reeley and Itrown turined out avi tho supporters of [ohtitt cal cindidates never did before. By their pieseineo they testified inl .he most emphatio niitner their do. auncition of the present Ad minis ration, their dei.irc for reform, and hicir deteri i nation to securo it if votes will do it. TIo Farmer of Dbappiqua might well bO conten, thoutgh after his many years of unii liitching alvocacy of right, lie re eeived no higher reward thi (bt which last night eaino spontaneously From a hund red thousand thrioatr, from Men of caci party, a augn iicent ribute to his MTaifold virtues. Liberal Rieptulicans, Demiiocrt, alt 'rienids of r iform throughout the [Jo ion may take new lieartst and werk vith new eniorgy, cheered by so royal ii greetitng fromt the Empire State. How to 1a1k. 31oney. A gentleman once reported to the Governmientt tax colle(ct.r that lis in somec for the previous year had imnounited to two thousand dollars. A meddling neighbor was surprised it the largeness of the sum, iind when so met his prosperous friend lio said to him; "tYou have returnedl an income of wo thousand dollars for the past year 1" "Yes, sir,'" answered the oither. "Well, how d id you make so mnuhi ? I don't soe hiow you could do it." "Weclt, sir, I made one thousand. dollars cleatn earh bty attontding to my own business, andit I made theii other thousand dollars by letting the. other folk's business al one I' ('arbolic A chi as~ a Dlisinkelcant. C. I Ioimurgh, ot Betrlini, propo5s to use carbolic acid as a disintfectant, by saturating aheets of I8ristol hoard, or any other thick, i~pancy paper, with ai solution of carbihie ncid in water. Thel~ paper, in pit ceis of any conveniont size, may be hung up iin the room to be disinfected, or may be placed in drawers or wauid obes, w hero it i-i desired to protect clet hinig from moth aind othier insects. T1h is suggests a convenient method of usiing this ex cellent disinfetant and inocct deai troye r. Jelly Cake. One cup of sugar, one cup of milk, two tablespoonfuls of butter. one egg, two cuips of flour, one taiblejpoonful of creaum or turtatr,uand half ai teaspoon. ful of soda ; flavor with, nutmeg or lemon. This makes six nyers. A Deotroit dog mtanglecd two smal cbildren and dirove off a street comn missioner who had fired seven shots at. him.