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Cov. Moses' lInaugural Address.
1Fu.t.ow- CrrzlENs oF 'I'- Sr.NAT1E
AND HOUSI or' RiiIn .s-:INTTIV.J : You
have entered upon the sixth session of
the General Assembly, since the es
tablibment of free government in the
State of South Carolina. It thould lie
with us a source of profound gratitude
to Divino Providence that you meet
under auspice that beteken brighter
and better days for the whole people
of the State, whose swor nrepresenta.
tives you are. The earth has re
warded the labors of our husbandmen
with abundant fruits, while 'all the
varied forms and arts of industry are
being prosecuted with hopeful energy,
amid uppaiotitly universd peace and
order, under our happy system of gov.
ernment, which guaratitees and main,
tains liberty regulated by law.
We have been mercifully exempt
from the great and disastrous fire.
which, during the past year, have
swept over so many portions of our
common country, consuming to ashes
the garnered wealth of years, and re
ducing the rich and the poor t, the
same level of indigent suffering.
Let us eideaver, fellow-citizens, to
deserre these ,ignal ble.siigs, by
a faithful and conshcientions discharge
of all the important trusts reposed in
us by the people.
In entering upol the duties of the
high office with which I have beeni
vested by the generous favor of my
fellow-citizens, my deep sense of
gratitude to them for the honor con
lerred by tneir suffrages is associated
wiith a painful conviction of the grave
responsibility which has bieeni impised
upon me by their choice. I will on-i
to the whole people of the State. To
this end, I hivokie the considerate
judgionucand active co-operation of
ever iemiber of the General Assem
bl,, whatever may be li,- party creed,
.Id the open aid and .,hsitance of
every good citizen in the cominon
weaihh of South Carolina.
While 1 sha1l not forget that, as a
caididate, I represented in my person
the Union Republicant paitty, whose
I. nlicent principles are expressed in
tihe 'aociiiie of equal rights and exact
J*s ice to all men-now incorporated
.s the fuidamental law of the State
:l'i n I)on---and while under any and
all eirenmstances my duty of devotion
an4d fidlity to my party shall be ever
preseit to my mind, L trust that I
my:iv always remanemiber t hat, as the
Chief Maigistr.ato of the State, I rep
x esent all the people of South Caroli
Il, 1111d thait the lilies which limit my
Zeal for their interest inmust, in honor,
be co-extensive with ier boundaries.
Standing here to-day in the august
presence of the asseibled law-makers
of the State, and of this large multi
tule, with 'he oath of oflice in all its
solcnin sanctity fresh upon mly li p.,
I pledge my best efforls to insure
that, dutring my ad ministration, "the
commonwealth shall suffer 1no detri
menit."
(Gentlemien of the Senate and Ihouse
of Re presentatives, let us rededicate
ourselves to the great work and duty
of the hour. Let us prove to the
world, by the enactment of just laws,
and their impartial ad win ist ration that
the highest private liberty hero is
consontant with the greatest public
goodl. Oiur people are happy in the
piossessioni of a bountiful soil and a
genial climate. Ihere the varied
products of the temperate and tropic
zones grow side by side, while our
stream~s are flashing in the sun-light
of a perpetual spring. The imperial
plant, whose fleecy fibres enter into
the raimient of civili-zed mian through
out the globe~, and whose production
presses heavily upon the very balance
wheels of the cmmineal exchanges
of' the world, has here its native home
and most luxuriant growth. Yet the
face of the immiigrant is turn ed away
from our State, and capital, which
sets labor in motion, and creates thie
mnaniufactures which contribute to the
cotmfort and the elevation of man,
s'irinks back from us, as if the seals oif
pestilence were broken, and its vials
emuptied out upon this beaiutiful Iland
of ours. Ilence, nearly threo--faurhs
of our vast territorial area, onibrae,
ing not less than 361,000f sqiuare mliles,
1 e fillow to-day. TIhis disastrcus re
uint is largely due to the fell spirit of
political intoleranc3 which has beenm
uaniifested during the past five years
by the former governinig cla~ss in
Soth (Caohmna, who still, in a great
part, represent the educated intelli
genee and landed property of the
State. That intolerance, which w~as
at first successfully directed to do
stroy the financial credit of the State
Giovernmoent, both at home and abroad,
Salso proicribed every native and
adopted citizen who oponly declared
h imsself in acoord with the political
'sentiments which were entertained
jjjbe ita muijtit of the people of
I the United States, who have, by the
result of the recent national campaign,
furnished a most memorable proof of
their firm determination that only
those who are known to reflect and
maintain those politioal sentiments
shall rule in this republic of ous.
Individual proscription and habitual
donunciatiju of the Government, both
the State and Federal, were soon fol
lowed by armed organizations in va
rious sections of the State; which, led
by bold, bad and designing men,
over -awed by their number and dar
ing the law-abiding majority, and'
scourged and slew many of their fel
low-citizens, because of their political
opinions and party affiliation. Theae
barbarious acts of a minority
of the minor party in the State con
tinued, with varying intensity, for a
long and dark period of more than
three year'. The Government of the
State having made effectual attempts
to check them, both by earnest ap.
peals to the reason and humanity of
those who were regarded as the politi.
cal leaders and exponents of the des
perate men engaved ia then, and by
its aVill.a blt; e . ',I - y "oCe, fi. III
ly appeledl ; o - nal au hbriij
for protect 'an 'rican citizeau
from liawlss vh. . ithin the hi
its of the State. T..: a pp.J--after
lo1g delay, incident to prucuring t.:o
nciessary legislation by the (ongress
of the United States-was effletively
responded to through the Foderal
courts, sustained by the military arm
of the Government,. As the result of
that intervention, for which our most
profound gratitude is due to the Gov
ernmncutof the United States, many
hundred of persons engagod in those
lawless undertakings-so abhorrent to
our free institutions and to the civili
zation of the ago- have been arrested
and imprisoned, under sentaice, while
many more,charged with having teen
engaged in them, have through a
sense of their guilt, fled beyond the
borders of our State.
Turning away from the recollection
of those scenes, which were so utterly
revolting to all true lovers of liberty,
I am happy to announce that peace
il rontd o.rder ngw vrcvail every
where within tai tate, which Cm
to be accompanied by a returning
sense of justice, and by a. broader
spirit of toleration in the hitherto
ruling classes, which furnish a better
guarantee for their continuance than
the were temporary presence of
the sword or bayonet car ever give
anmong a free people. The grand
juries of several Counties in the upper
part of the State, which were the
chief scenos of the armed violence
aimed at. the vested rights of A meri
canl citizens, have recently expressed
a becoming contrition, and, apparent
ly sincere regret and sorrow, that this
violence should have been permitted
to nianifest itself, unchecked by the
local authorities in their several
Counties, and solemnly pledge those
citizens who have heretofore been
p-esumed to hive given acquiescent
saiction to these atrocities, that hence
forth they will actively exeit them
selves to maintain law and order, and
will protect, by force of arms, if no
ec.4ary, any citizen whose political
rights or personal privileges may be
assailed.
As Governor of this State, and as
the political ally and personal firiend
of manaiy of those who have been strick
en down by this armed violene,
whose memories I wear withianamy
hiear-t of hearts, I welcome this pledge
to which I have referred, and earn
estly trust that it will be speedily
and constantly ratified by the conduct
of those in whose behalf it has been
given.
The grand juries have accompanied
theso gratifying assuranes by the
indictment of a large number of per
sons, chargeable with having been
actors in these unholy and criminal
comabinattions. I have been informed
by members of your respective
Ihouses, who have lived in the dis
tuarbod portions of South Carolina,
that this happy change, in the sec
tion referred to. is, to some extent,
(due to the f'earless action of the
iJudge of the Six th (iracuit. For this
he deserves and~ slb.'sold receive the
thanks of (our peotale.
Let us i ndai 1. . ct altogether
unwiarrantoa i b' .- l aui if a
brighter futui e hi.e ., a n.on Souath
Carolinii, and at thIe ~ai.ns wnlich
have so long vexed he r people' with
internecine stri fe, andl the hatecs which
sprung from domestic war, have spent
their last red rippales within her hor
dera. Whilo the exhibition and in
dlulgeneo of such passions and hates
might sometimes enable a political
party to win, by them the people of
the State nmust always loso.
I therefore appeal to the men of my
own race, in South Carolina, in the
common interest of her whole people,
to place themselvos abreast with the
advancing civilization of the age, and
cultivate a nobler spirit of tolera
tion worthy of the ancient re.
nown of the State. Garner up, if
you 0choo93 all that you may justly
deem honorable in the mouldering tra
dlitions of our people, and walk with
reverential tread near the graves of
bravo and devoted men who, however
istakeni they may hiave been, died
willingly in defence of what they be
licvcd the right. But dead imoro
'justly and kindly with our darl
foster brothers of the State. Tho
are your follow-citizons by the con
stitution and laws of our commoi
country, and your destiny is bound ul
with theirs-for good or evil-in al
coming time. Rise above that spiri
of sectionalism which has so long beet
the dark stain on the escutcheon o
our most distinguished stateAmen,
and which marred the noble charac.
ter and narrowed the intelleotina
range of the great Virginia Sen itor
of whom Whitt'er, the "Poet of Liber
ty," has said, with kindly severity
"Too honest or two proud to feign,
A love ho never cherished,
Beyond Virginia's border -line
His patriotism perished.
While others hailed in listaitt ekies
Our Eagle's dusky pinion,
lie only saw our mountain bird
8toop o'er Old Dominion."
Let the Amerioan citizens feel
that wherever may have been th<
place of his birth, when he Qntors
within our boundaries, lie will find
with us a safe home and hospitable
welcome. Thus will our brethren
from the great States of the North
be encouraged to dwell among us.
The uien whose skilled industry
and exhaustless energies have build
edi mighty cities in the remote wilder
hess, vWill level our forests and replace
them with blooming harvest fields,
and cover the spots now marked by
the said ruins of disastrous war with
the enduring monuments of their
peace and civilizing arts. The mag.
nificent and unfailing water power of
our State, which is now running to
waste, will than be rapidly utilized,
to put in motion thousands of bu~y
spindles and looms, in full view of the
fields that are whitened by the plant
that supplies the material for the
fabric they weave. The hardy
yeomanry of Europe, who seek abroad
the liberty and prosperity denied
them at home, will also be wooed to
our shores, and will swell the volume
of our industrial wealth.
I would also appeal to those people
of the State who were formerly thei
ruling class, to cultivate and cherish
a loyal and devoted sentiment to the
great Government of which we form
a Pm-t. -i1 t .nzorar an, %vmi %hIj 'so
flag which represents it-a Govern.
ment whose mighty arm is ready to
be uplifted in your defence, at home
and abroad, on land and on sea-a
flag Which you can no longer call
the ensign of a power hostile to you.
The illustrious soldier who is now the
Chief Magistrate of our great re
public, and whose magnanimity in
peace should make the brave men who
opposed him feel that lie desorved to
triumph in war, desires to see all
citizens of our State dwell together
in harmony-in obedience to just laws
of their own enactment-and ho stands
prepared to foster, by generous en.
coaragement, a loyal sentiment of de
votion to our country, wherever it
may make itself manifest.
To those of my fellow-citizeins with
whon I affiliate in political sentiment
and who were pleased to designato
ie as the canididate of their choice,
and to accort. me their suffrages in
the recent election, I desire to say
that in all matters of publio policy,
so far as any effort of mino may
avail, I will regard the platform
which was framed by the representa
tive body that placed me in nomina
tiou as an authoritive expo~sition oi
my official duty, which doemaads, and
eall ever recieve, my highest respect
I shall avail mayself of the earlicst
opportunity to communicate with yet
as to reforms and amendments in
our system of State Government
whioh I toink are contemplated b~
the spirit and intention of this plat.
term, by which I hope we will be
governed.
To those who deemed it proper to
assail me, during the eanvars, witl
unparalleled acerbity, I would say
in kindly spirit, that she obloquy of
their assaults has been met and
answered at t'ho ballot-box, and I d<
not desire to revive the recollectior
of their defeat, save by proving, in my
public conduct, that their reproachet
were undeserved.
I trust that it will not be deemed
inappropriate for mnc to refer, on an
occasion like the present, to an event
which, following rapidly the oflicial
announcement of the elect ion of the
llpublican candidates in the State
and nation, has thrown a cloud upon
even that splendid triumph. I al
ludc to the death of the Hion. llorae
Gireeley, which occurred on the even
ing of the 29'th ultimo, and which may
be considered as a a national calami.
ty.
History is but thme record of' then
lives and deeds of the few mon wrh<
have been either the benefactors os
the scourges of their race. T1his mat
was in his sphere illustrious abov<
most of his co-laborers in the service
rendered by him to the cause of hu.
*nan rights, during the past quarte
of a century, Standing at the head
of a great journal, whose pages wer'
disseminated as widely as the English
language itself, ho did as much as any
of his cotemporaries to mould the
opinions of the representative men of
his generation, and to establish and
vind icate the beneficent system of free
governmwent now incorporated into the
organic law of this nation.
Springing from the toiling milliom
of the people, he never forgot his
origin, but was always, amid his well.
- deserved wealth and eminenco, the
outspoken champion of the poor and
the oppressed, and of the rights of
labor. No man was more utinharita
ble in spoeah than he, and never was
i more charitable in deed. Po.seswd
r of a hardy and rugged honesty, which
the breath of slander dared not as.
Eail, even in the fierce heat of a poti
cal can v ass, distiiguished for its bit ter
and malign personalities, lie never,
where 0 iuciple (:,s he saw it) was i
volved, sacrified the right to the ex
pedient, but. ,6ways preferred, in
nmaintaining his convictions, rather to
breik tban to bod. His fsme will
be national propcrty, and will con
tinue, for many years to reflect
lustro upon his country, 1hila the
colored race, whom he aid" so much
to relievo from ohattel 11 civio
bondage, will, in gratefull cherish
ing the memory of his nobi service,
forget his one grevious faul .
In conclusion, fellow citizens, I
would do injustice to the impulses of
my heart should I fail, on such an
occasion as the present, to recognize
and gratefully acknowledge the ser
vices rendered to the cause of free
government in South Carolir.a by my
distinguished predecessor. First en.
tering the State as a prisoner of war
whose command was defeated without
dishonor, lie was duly exchanged,
after long confinement in a military
prison, and at the close of hostilities
in the field returned, with promotion
to the rank of Major-General of the
United StaLes army, to administer tho
affairs of an important bureau of the
Government in our State. In that
capacity he organized the labor sys
tem on a free-basis, protecting alike
the rights of the employer and the
laborer. His administration as the
Governor of South Carolina is before
the country, and by the country it
will be judged. Whatever that judg.
ment may bc, I butexpress the opin.
ion of those who know him, best,
when I say that he has endeavored to
discharge the duties of his high office
in the interest of the party that
elected him, and for the welfare of the
po~ort.ha . -.
W ith asolemn appreciation of the
grave responsibility imposed upon nie
in the pe foin wane of my duties, and
in the car nest hope that the important
matters itivolved -in the situation be
fore us may bring about the utmost
concert and unanity of action, I
commend your deliberations to the
merciful superintendence of that
Almighty Power which presides over
8tates and nations.
Masonic Celebration.
The subordinate Lodges and Chap
ters will assemble, in regalia, at
Holmes' Lyeeum, on Tuesday the
10.h instaut, at half-past twelve
o'ciock, for the purpose of escorting
the Grand Lodge, froni Odd Fellows'
Iall, to organize its session, at which
the Grand Master, R. S. Buns, will
deliver his address, giving an account
of his stewardship for the past year,
and the conditions of Masonry gene
rally. There will be no public
parade. The brethren acting as an
escort will open ranks, and receive
the Grand Lodge in front of the Odd
Fellow' Ihail.
Thbe remainder of the session will
bo held in the new teumple., now being
Ipresred to conpletion, with ahlmost
superhiuman effort, b'y John 11. Deve
reux, Contractor Builder anil Archii.
ntect, and his numerous coadjutors.
A fine band of music hass been en
gaged for the occasion, whieh will be
an event in our local history. Prof.
Thoes. O'Neal will lend the choir, to
be cornposed of a full complement of
our male and femiale singers.
The Hloni. Henry IBuist will deliver
the oration, which we hiave every
reason to predict will abound with
eloquence and choice rhetoric. The
ladies will be provided with seats and
are cordially invited to attend.
C'ourier.
Mr. J. C. Fillebrown has received
the appointment of Chief Clerk in the
Compitroller General's oiliee. Cap
tain J. A . Little is to ha ve charge of
the Auditor's departmenit. Mr. Wal
ter R1. Jones has been appointed Chief
Clerk in the Secretary of State's office
vice Mr. C. C. McKiniloy, who ib to
be Chief Clerk in the Treasurer's
office.- Carolinian.
A New Yorker born on Wecst
Broad way sixty years ago, and spend
ing his whole life there as a printer,
neversaw the Central I'ark, and nev
or crossed a ferry until lie was taken
over in a coffin last week. We mourn
the departure of the one untravelled
IA merican.
Quite a romantic incident has hap
p ened in a Kansas doctor's family.
Ina an old coat of his which his wife
was tearing uipfor carp~t-rags, thirty
five dollars in greenbacks were found.
The doctor had formerly been a jour
nalist.
it is amusing to hear men impute
all their misfortunes to fate, bad luck,
or destiny, whilst their suooess or
good fortune they ascribe to their
oyn sagacity, ch0verno98 or ponotra
Weary IHearis.
EINNAD.
"Oh, I am weary, so weary, of life
and fain would lay me down and
gladly welcome death."
As I perused these words, I thought
of the many wearied, aching boarts
that truly long for their realization ;
of the many whose feet have not
trend the "flowery pathway," but
rather amid the thorns and brambles;
of' those who have been bruised,
heart-crushed, and jostled by unheed
ed. 1.)w many have become weary
of hoping, weary of waiting for one
kind word orgladoome smile ; fur one
little word of love, one drop of sym.
pathy ? How many have toiled un.
comuplainiingly on truting it would
come at last I To many, life has been
one long, bitter day, atormy through
out; not one ray of joy has beamed to
gladden their hearts. They are bat
tling alone in the world. Their lov
ed ones have gone before, and they
are left alone, friendless. There is
no earthly friend to whom they on go
in times of sorrrow, or of anguish, and
bitterness of soul for comfort or ad
vice. But "weary hearta" do not des
pair ; for
"'Tis not all of life to live,"
you may be destituto of earthly
friends, but remember you have a
friend above on whom you Way anfe,
ly loan. Although the rude waves of
life threaten to engulf you. bear up
and you will not sink. "Peace, be
still" will quiet the angry strife. The
buiden of life may be heavy but trust
in Him. ie promises it shall be no
gr'-ater than you can bear. His pity.
ing eye is upon you ; i1e sy mpa
thizes u ith you, and oh, bow He loves
you. Then "weary ones," why des
pair ? unburden your souls to 1lim.
fie will listen and will not turn from
you ; and, although the world appears
so harth, and instead of worda of love
you way receive frowns, only trust in
Him, and lie will keep you safe
from harm.
IIave you ever thought during your
heart struggles, that Ile too, had for
saken you I Then think so no longer
for if you cling to Him, Ile will never
--- 0 Trn. iim. then. and
see how mue nlighter your su.J...
will become. Trust Ilii, and you
will find a fount of love springing up
in your sou!, which will drive away
the despondent sadness from your
heart aid though your wordly
prospects may not he changed
and the struggle to "weather the
gale" be as keen as beretofore, still,
you may find the "green oasis" along
life's desert path, at which you may
stop, linger and gaze upon, and from
which you may enjoy serene happines
and bliss.
Poinological Phcnomen a.
Apples are found which are sweet
on one side and acid on the other.
Apples are also grown without seeds,
though not very frequently. Over
and over again these statements have
been questioned at, horticultural
meetings as belug impossible. But
both facts were demonstrated at the
Americ:n Intituto last season. Near.
ly a peck of apples of the first de..
scription were sent from Georgia to
convince doubters of the possibilit~y
of such an anomaly. Next came a
batch from somewhere in the North,
without seeds or even cores or seed
cells.
Now for an explanation of the
phenomenon. One theory is that the
development of tbe seeds was suspen
ded at an early period of growthi from
an unknown cause, not unlike the ar.
rest of growth of a child, which con
stitutes a dwarf. In the next it has
been sup'posed rap tubes, running side
by side iroms the roots of the tree,
pour their secretions on the two sides
of the fruit, which present a sort of
Siamese connection, although they are
really two distinct apples-a sweet
and a sour one-in juxtaposition.
A letter from Jerusalem ays:
Laborers working under the direction
of a distinguished French lady, the
Princes de la Tour d'Anzergne, have
discovered on the Mount of Olives,
near thle Church of Pater, a splend id
specimen of ancient mosaic in four
colors-white, red, black and~ yellow.
it is sixteen feet long, but as yet
only six feet of its width have
been uncovered.
The Honu. 1). II. Chamberlain aln
nounees that he is unable to become
a candidate for judge of the Fifth
Circuit, and expresses the hlope that
thle Legislature will not Lostow the
office "upon any one who is not in
spired by a high respect for thle office,
and a purpose to discharge its duties
WithI the muost serupulous integrity.''
Said a pompus husbaad whose wife
had stolen up behind him and given
hlim a kiss, "Madam, I consider suchl
an act indecorous'' Exeuse me,''
said the wife, "I didn't know it was
you."
The St. Cloud Press tolls the story
that parties returned from the Yel
lowstone expedition report that do.
ring the time they remained in that
locality, obips of wood turned to
atoane.
Mr. Greeley's Life Insured.
We (lip the following from the
New York Sun :
Many years ago the Tribuno Asso
ciation, foreseeing tho shook which
Mr. Greeley's death would give the
Tribune, insured his life to the
amount of $100,000, for the benofit of
the stockholders in common. This
life insurance policy has been kept
good, and will accrue to the Tribune
whenever its illustrious founder
breathes his last. At the time of
effecting the insuranoc, the Tribune's
stoek was changing hands at from
$3,500 to $4,000 a share, showing the
total valuat.ion of the institution to
have been from $350,000 to $400,000.
One hundrod thousand dollars was
thou viewed as a very moderate esti,
mate of thepecouniary loss which the
Tribune would sustain in the death of
Horace Greeley ; but the chances of
that dire calamity to the Tribune
seemed so remote that no motion was
made to increase the life insurance,
not even after the hundred shares
which represent the entire Tribune
Association had rison to $10,000 each
Some of the Tribune's stock was re
cently sold at a sinaller figure ; but
the stockholders. till estimates the
entire property at a round million.
In the death of Mr. Greeley the
Tribune stockholders will suataiu an
irreparable loss, coipared with
which $100,000, is a more bagatelle.
A Mln the 1alher of Fifty Legitinialc
Clildllren.
The Waco (Texas)'Advance pub.
lishes the following statement by a
correspondent, who, it says, is one the
most trustworthy and respected citi
z-ins of the place :
There lives in our midst a man who
is the father of fifty legitimate chil
dren. lie has boon marrie.1 to five
different women. By wife No. 1, 13
boys; by No. 2, 18 ebildeen ; No. 3,
10 ; No. 4, 6 ; No. 5, 3. Thirty-five
children are still living-or wore a
year ago-eight were killed or lost in
the Confederate army, and seven
have died natural deaths.
Thirteen of the boys-all children
ofNo. 1-hl1 oficoeintheG alloway
Lriga do, 1>l6tto eount y. Mo., treops,
Burns coinmanuiang. %atu Ls.
by No. 2 there were four in the Con
federate States army and two in the
Heel rifles, making twenty sons in the
Confederate service. The man is halo
healthy and hearty. I know him well
and also his3 wife No. 5 and her
children ; she is young, with a moun
tain wealth of hair, fino looking,
pleasant, and promises to still add to
the population of the country. I
will, if required, produce the affidavit
of the father of his numerous progeny
for the truth of his statement.
Dick's Excuse.
A story is told of Dick, a darkey
in Kentucky, who was a notorious
thief, so vicious in this respect, thal
all the thefts in the neighborhood
were charged to him. On one occa.
sion, Mr. Jones, a neighbor of Dick's
master, called and said that Dick
must be sold out of that. part of the
country for he had stolen all his
(Jone'h) turkeys. Di-ok's master
could not think so. The two, how
ever, went into the field where Dick
was at work, and acusedl him of the
theft. "You stole Mr. Jones's ttur
keys," said the master. "No I (ldi't
rnassa," tesponded Diek. T1heo master
persisted. "Well," at length said
Dick, "I'll tell you, mnassa ; I didn't
steal dem turkeys, but last night I.
went across Mr. Jones's pasture, and
I sa~w eone of yorn rails on do fence, so
I brought home do rail, and, confound
it ! when I come to look, dare was
nine turkeys on do rail."
Mlajor Delany and the lBull.
An amusing scene occurred near
the State House, yesterday. A
large black bull (attached to a very
small wagon, loaded with a hale of
cotton, and driven by a diminutive
colored boy,) became restive and
darted off, with his volticle dangling
behind him, and succeded finally int
relieving himself from his appendage.
IHe was recaptured and again tackled
up. Major Delany, at this stage of
the proceedings, put in an appear.
anco, and attempted to give some
directions, when the enraged black
animal made for him, and after an ox.
citing race, the old Major safely
reached thte steps of the State Capitol.
Tihe affair created considerable
amtnuseomont.-Phani..
Dlcrrimion Elccted.
By special telegrams received in
the City yesterday, we learn that a
ballot was had in Raleigh for U. 8.
Senator yesterday, with the follo wing
r. salt :)
Morrimon received, 87 votes.
Vance, 80
Pool, none.
Judge Merrimon was elected by
the full Republican vote with the ad
dition of fourteen Conservative mem
bers.- Charlotte Observer.
There is a man by the name of
Williamsain Detroit, who is one hun
dred and fifty years of age, it is esti
mated. Hie is still hale and hearty,
and can pull his boots on without
.etaolos.
I Puzzle.
The following rather barefaced
story of how a Dublin ebawnbermaid
's said to have got the twolvo oom
moroial travelers into cloven bod.
rooms, and yet to have given each a
separato room, we olip from the
Companion. 1ere we have the
eleven bedrooms
1 ~ ~ # 1 |3|4|5)tf jl0 111
"Now," said She "if two of you
gentlemen will go into No. I bedroom
and wait there for a few minutes, I'll
Siud a spare room for one of you as
soon as L've hown the others W0 their
rooms.
Well, now having thus bestowed
4wc gentlermen in No. 1, she put the
third in No. 2, the fourth in No. 3,
the fifth in No. 4, the sixth in No.
5, the seventh in No. 6, the eighth in
No. 7, the ninth in No. 8, the tenth in
No. 9, the eleventh in No. 10. She
then came back to No. 1, where you
will remember she had left the twl fth
gentlemon alone with the firit, and
said : "I've now accommodated all
the rest, and have still a room to spare,
so, if one of you will step into No.
11, you will find it empty." Thus
the twelfth man got his bedroom.
Of course, there is a holo in the
saucepan somewhere, but I leave the
roader to determino oxactly where the
fallacy is, with just a warning to
think twico before deciding as to
which, if any, of the travelers was the
"odd man out."
A Family Trait.
Hark to the experience.of Barriok
Qffutt, of New Orleans. Io loved not
wisely, but two well. Ite could not
appreciato the loveliness of f/ianco, if
he did not compare it with that of
others.
lie was walking up Charles street,
a day or two ago with a fair ballet
girl, when he was suddenly confronted
by his duleinea. le had talked to
her of a pretty sister, and evidently
she supposed this to be the person.
She stopped, smiling, expecting an in.
troduction, but Barrick hOsitated,
loth to give it.
"Your sister, I boliovel" said the
lady.
6uAi n e-nor! Another person,
"Not his sister, I assure you, inter.
rupted the ballot girl.
"Indeed !"
"No, ma'am ; I'm the young
man's-"
"What ?" coldly intervened the
dulcinea.
"Aunti !" hastily replied Barrick ;
she's my aunt."
"She's very young for such a rela
tive.
"Yes," said Barrick, "they are al
ways young in my family."
'This settled the difliculty. Thera
were no inqulbies made.
A Man Killed on Charlotte, Coluxblaai
Augusta Rallioud.
We learn from the Augusta Consti
tutionalist that on Friday morning,
when the passenger train on the Char.
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail
road, duo at Augusta at 8.20 A. M.,
was a short distance the other side of
Langley Mills, and running at the
usual rate of speed, the engineerdis
covered a un n on the track ahead of
the locomotive. The whistle was
sounded, and it was thought as a mat
ter of course that the man would g at
off the track before the train reached
him. As the engine appruohednoarer
th)3 individual, however, and ho still
kept on the track, the engineer blow
"down brakes," and made every effort
to stop the train in time to save the life
of the man,'abut in vain. 'rho engine
soon reached sad struok down the
unfortunate man, over whose body the
wvhole train passed, mangling it in a
horrible manner. WVhen reachud,
after the train was stopped, ho was
dend. ils name was Roden.
Don't toll any one for it is a secret
Gen. L. G. Estes, who is indicted in
the U. S. Circuit Court now in session
in this city for embeznlement of pub.
lie moneys, yes, many th~ousand.1, ap
poared before the Court this week,
and in a very private way gave hood
for his appearance at the Dolt termn
of the Court for $10,000. But as
we got this information in a private
way, we will ask our readers not to
say anything about it.-Raleigh NCws.
Tobacco Crop of MInourl.
Well posted judges estimate the
tobacco crop of Missouri this year at
30,000 hogsheads. L~ast year it
reached 18,000 hiogsheads This is a
wonderful increas>,. The, Liberal
premiums offered by the Tobacco As
sociation have done much good to
stimulate planters to inciease their
acreage of tobaceo as well as to induce
new meen to engage in its production.
The Misses Daniel, daughters of
Mr. George H1. Daniel, who was wur
dered by Sherman's hireliogs in 1864,
will return to Covington, Ga., after
Christmas. Th~ey have boen in En~g
land since 1865.
Sunny Side, the old Viginia home
of President Madison, has been l..tely
sold for $5,'700.