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XPAREIELD HERALD
18 Il.1SitE1) WV E. KI Y IBY
. .WILIAAMS, & DAVIS.
'F:- 4. -TrIt e 11 rnIt.to is Putthtiheil Week
il lie Town ot Wii nnhoro, at S.00 in
r i n51', ll adianuce.
Vr?"- All transient advertisemesnt to be
p iel in ailvan:n.
Obi uary Notiees an-1 Trilbt es $1 00 per
luinre.
'TlHE 'IEL'TOA'S VIEW OF IT,
I i1L it vls - iiy
Flo r de V'iinen f ; cly,
Ven i mni can't iuiake a lifen
By de r'ile af -take an' git'en"
Ain't it ?
1 ined p(,dder oiler povol It-,
.JIh4i ley Van1t to bil a S:eple
VVre 1 vIa oI bill lny sign,
"L)ilh e blace Ior beer un vine"
Ain't it?
-)is bulpit vs my COUlter,
Uitt ie vin-ell vallt, to ntioutit, 'er,
Ulit 10 s:1 lily siritsll had,
Vich, I link Vas --very sad
.%iln't it ?
, Ach (ot. dce vimeins lY.
You can see 1a In i .' your eye
It vos ea.vsl ra it..' .
Tan it) run the vishky stills.
Ain't it ?
Whn yaq it temiiped Adt:Ili
In te L:rnl, 1.!t te :ad i ;
Un hle Vi ritiseil te rowy,
I link is in the ven'n now.
Ain't it '
E. K. 11.
Tlict Still's 11i";ll.
. Professo r l'rcier, inl a recetit lec
turI "n the bull, said .
"'Now let its consider the might
.ilaa re-ides ill tile sltu. If tihe suit
$ere a ItleIro tj iint ity ol' n.uitter very
.litt -iI. larger thlati the CartLi, Its we see
11 iN, theic wubill til not be the
foree necessary to the rul ni a ruler
over the carI. Let IC give you ll
idea ot how large the sun is. L am
in lit habit, in iugland, when I wish
Tu speak f the sIZe of tie sIa, of in
(olmhing! illy aud(1ience that this eOun
try, ( England) in w hteIh we a iv
U b ich seems to II lar g(i. Is ne vcrtihe.
less very bimall b) compar"lli'Sonn %%ith
the earth, for i! the Cadth We'tr o01
inch dialgeter, I l'I iin toiiWould be at
. 'l otC Uh 1ui..r 1. k h. i h1 you
1lat to atl Amtie n al tt s i l -e th t
Cn I I a on I ti I Iet i e [
f ~ ~ ~ f.III eht Colub-dta \eicn
t,' l small l.hat L i t tin-ll e1 s Oiight
1i0 ceen r-..I c-omueitS, a.d (1 w4s k Venl
Ihe-I Iir..id to go it ill (114" eveling
f l It - i t 1f..]I.nlg , fT the ilite is
11 d (1.l1 lg t c .)
V e, in lglaild, whether it ho
the i.turm-u oeilrage of ..ur utsposition
or th at, ffect of 1i6. hbit, ale not
tIo otbh- with th.t febog. B3ut
yet, Am.erica is so simiall cumpaitil
w iIth t Iho - nI. Ih r al k I thm-e re a
ijiot lipte.l ile( .1111 is Idl Ith Wa t he
w : A ier Ce, itt. wou.d h q to
t %..l., I t il It I.-d e* U. ISI . t-d1,
itf a" Ql et, A larp as thb earth
F-1l1, 'td tbere .1spiaI . (I als at blackl
d1i it woi!d nevertheless rLqiro
a large telescope to maake it vi:.ibt !
107 timCs de0s the sun3's dialeter 'x
ceeed that llf the ear and the suifce
wh iile tile vojlili of I uei amti ~eceeds(:
Ithat, iif the eairtli .125'0 ,I00'J filne.
)But thie masof the sum i.-, not 8 sio much
'gi c t r than 11he earth. ht lwould
a ppear1 as though the body of the
01ull wefe COnl.-tit uted Of 11natteri ahb0t
I; a quarter' liher oni an averate tim
that which c'onsjtittes the earth, and11
then reatult is that then enn's las-i
stoad of t'xceeinirg the tlnsa of thie
It earth, 1,250,,000 only exceetd, it
315,000 t tiine :RI but oly Ct consider
to grow in density unttil 1.its as3
weore equal to that, of thd~ omii,
theni a half-.eicne- Vweigt,-t-onc oft
letters-would weigh 41. tonis. A
11uan1 of average weigh would be
drawn to the earth at,' a weight of
20,000 tons. A ri obj, et raised fromi
the eairth a single inch wo.bl, hn fal-.
ling ti at short dlaistnce acqu~tire a
veloeity threeC limec greater thian that
of anl express traiin. S3uch is theo
tuighat witht which the sun rutles this
While lauding Sumner to theO sies'
as a martyr' andt a hero, R iv. Ar
Bececher took occasion to bel'ittle .\I r.
Fillmxore ais Ia tuime server' antd a cow.
ard. A more degrading and rian
derous evamnpie of putl pit oratery we
have never heard of. M illaird [1ill
mioreO wa~s among the Illost mural ly
valianlt of men,~ andi t.he W'oi ditd
wellI to remlind this subl ime charlatan
that a clergyman who str'onify en
dorsted Andrew Johnson's "miy peli
cy"' in a pulhie letter, andi wa~s 0com
pelled to retract and eat humble-pie
by the Plymouth congregaltion, has
not (to borrow the phrasa of a litera
ry critic) vindiented his right of
judgment, by hia power of perfor'm
an1 ye It does not qutito beconme such
a matn to bandy charge.s of "cowair
diCe."- Constituionauijst.
Th'le Ohi' Sonat.'e has enacted t hat
every Buekey e msot hereafter scrateu]
the straighat ticket with ink if b
WfahanB it to be potent in the counn.
The llitinptoii RoauIi Coliference.
General Hill in his Fpeoch bqforo
the Sout hern Ilistorical Society it
Atlanta gave the following bit of
hi,,tory : . .
"The. full history of the Hamp-u
R.ads Coimnl . I. on 11ad cotifronce
has netver leen writteu. I will not
give thatt history now. Mtuch has
been jubli -hted iti sald upon - the
sutjet whieb is not tiue. I know
wh v e..el mtemuber of that commission
on ou: paa, wais clected. I received
fm r, i r Davi,' own lipsi,.a fuil. aao
counit of tht conv ertatitou . between
himan.et a til the coil iisiiSaiowi rs, be.
tote -thcir depaituie from Rich
mlond."
"Yoiu1 have heard it said t!.at tie
Paeideit embarra~sed the commnis.
siouers, by giving them 'positivo in.
struction to make the recognition
of or iodepend'eua in ultimatum
a condition precedent to any niego.
tiations. This is not true. Mr.
D.-vis gave the commissioners no
written instructious-, and o .ulti'ima
tuin. 110 g vo them in con versatioi,
his views, but leaving much to thcir
diseretiou. They could be-t judge
how to 'condusit the conference wlhen
they miet. His own opinion Was, that
it would be no.,t proper and wise,
to conduct the conference, if pos:iblo
Eu as to rccdve a tther than in?. pro.
position While he did not feel
1autlio:ized to yield our independence
in advai.ce, and should no,t .do so
and while be ,did n'ot d'asir'e them to
dt.ccive M r. Lincoln, or be it sponsi
ble for aiy false impressions Mr.
Lincon i might, have. yet he was Viii
ing ior. thei, to secure ani 1armfistige,
libhough they miiight be satiblie. that
in agreeing to it, .\lr. Lincoln did ro
Stah:r the belief that i-cunion as a
re:mit mnst follow. I miustadd that
AL . Da is had no hope of -uccess,
or vf securing ia armi.sticc, aftir he
leamned that Mr. Sewurd was to. no
coinmany Mr. Lincoln.-I\r. hin
coln1," hq:Uaid, "is anl hionest, well
miieanmig u, but Scvard is wily
anu treacher us.''
Betr%'al ain Murder of Ccspetleth
Tilu report of. tle killihg of ex
Paesideit I espe.es 1)y somlie of the
S.1in Q .entin'- battalion, is ConArmued.
It appear tilat oi the 27ith ultimo,
s te of ; lie troops c:aptured a negro,
ami1 were ordered by their comman
der to shoot himit. The egro props
iail-d tha if his life was spared hie
.w tend 14:(them to tihe spot whero
esj 'les Could be founl. Tkhi was
a.-.mdto andt the ex-President was
. iscovered with I few frien Ids, five
;Oag e'., from Asseoidadola. llis 00ii.
co bai-- I . neceeded in getting i
aWaV but lie coild not escape, and
hue ela.,ely pursued by. it . detach
nmelat f trI lops led by a sergeant, lie
tiened atl fired .it shots from a re
volve. T'lis wan. returned lby the
n ;s, .id Cespedos received bullets
i e heo head ull breast, causing i M
zaet.-hi,.i. hlis body was broiughl
to Siniago de Cuba and buried on
the ..,t ina.t.
'he British Empire to-day far
nIishes a iotblte ex:iaple of the
ai.egy ani admii.strative ability of
the A ni'lio-Saxoni race. A ccording to
the' een-us aof 1871, whicb altlaough
taikena ini li. v dia , haas on y r'ei:ently
been~i .ziaated -..ntd palisaaed0 ,(.)Qeena
Vmiii 1 rles3 over 23d,.762.503 sub.
jects. Thela Ulii d K(imngdom cola
tsip on lily aboutl( 31 ,000.00O(t of thaese,
ub i. landiza has 191.3a7,)00 inmhabti
tats, Aile and111( adtj aent islands
niarly ;.i00 000, and A ustralia anid
theC, Ghliud., in lie Atlancioi Oceana the
Ieni'daier. Thec areai of ti~ e ' biti.h
limipire~ is put down ad, 7,769.449
squaa e raifles, miore. thmar twice the
airea of th Un 'aitied htaes, and near
ugas large las thatt (if liiszia and1( her
po~~~Sssis. In thi( 13 aited Kinigdlom
hero aire two htand red anid sixty per
solis to the iuare mnile, but ol
thirty-eight to the .squar') mile
tharouighout the e mpire.
The emnploynmnt of. volcoipedos
by comiinssiovaaires, in France has led
to the I ormation101 of a comnpaty or so
caet y to uap pty these I.oeo.maotives on
credit, IikIe sc w~a~g tihaines, oloth,.
ing ail pia nos, ropacyabhlo by i nstal
mtents. Ex perieneo tans found that
aucha miessengers outstrip tnbs, ai
indee ph:aps the telegraphi itgelf
and ortlcads.Stronag iiid light
younig poartera, providhed with a lacon
oft good oil in their vest pockets, on
turn twenty frankls a duay, neanrly as
miiuch as a dlepuity, and far more thana
a first-class Govenment clerk, a cap.
Lain on full pay, or a clergyman
earns.
SComrrodoro Ihewett, of the
A anateo expedition, wasB recently
pieosented by his satilors with a sialI
u~lack page boy. Tfhis youth about
two foot hih, had been rigged out in
rull sailor oo.,tumeli, with a oap adorn-.
ed in frent with letters. almost big
enouigh to cover the whole little head.
T he boy had beoen strictly drilled to
stand1 up to the full of his diminutive
height at -'attention," to salute, and,
on beinag asked , his , name, to reply
with the iumost gravity and bolemni
ty, "M ixed Picklan- hsn'
Slate .ews.
Tihe new cotton mill in Greenville
will be in operation by May, wjth
fifty-mx looms and three tuosand
and thiee lund ed bpitidies. For tile
Ireseit. yt-m tts wiki be manmrufactured.
On T'uezdUy labt, work was begunl in a
acconid wing of the 'pt-esent building,
eastervi side. The nlow wing is to be
two stories high, forty-five feet loinng
and thirty.widm, and will be built of
briok. Tho foundation has bee'n
laid,.
It. is givCn.out that the committee
inl COirgres appoinied to invetigate
ti.e emduct ot Judge Durell . will
inake a itrepot t in his Iivor. After'
tI.t whitewashing is done, we hniall
iot ce.ise our it.inpcrtunitiCs .uitil the
iron) ,tiLai of Oid Nick is plauced in
th most, COn)iCUOUs part of the
Capitol biildiigs, for the scene of
his.greate-t triudapis ought to be
made to show him most honor.
Mat-ion Observer.
Wo understand from a getitleman
just tromut (hap'pell's Depot, 'in thik
Conut y, that three boxed of gins mand
two Loxes of eartridges arrived at.
that point on Thursday last, directed
to "Capt. A. Butler," who com.
mands at company, of militia just
a're:s the Saluda river in Edgetield
Coumnty. . ,
We are at a loss to know why this
distribution of arms and ammunition.
-Is it fomr tihe purpose of bringing
on ma coi)J;ct of I aces ? .
This simple distribution cf arms
Imight mcan nothing, but when they
are atezoumiamied with ball eartridvg s
we must confess it looks as if sone
thing wore than miere Arill was in
tended.-iwberrpi Heroazd.
The Bishop COnanmis dissenters
from tho.Episcop-i church on Mon
day, the 9Lh inst., organized the con
grnugation of the reformed body.
By-laws were adopted in confor
mity with the requirements of the
State statutes, providing for a vestry
of nine trustees ; and f)r a church
committee and a, ladies committee to
imnvitc Imsetmibermship froinm poisons not
conIIeted with other denominations,
and for clerk and treasurer. Re'Solu.
tions were passed, toeonmiteract the
i*Tipresiius thnit the lIlormed 10pis
copal clureb is lbiefly Jor those. who
have been heretoforo Epi. *coplo;imns,
and making known that all Evantge
lical Christians, irrespective of piobr
a1SOCiAtions, ar equally eligible to
offices inl the socioty, and mare cordial.
ly inivitead t east ini their lot. Bisiop
("1uin1mii1s wanated time new church call
ed "Cinr ch ' dihe Saviour ;" but time
oame, I mmilly adopted untinimously,
was "The First Reformed 10pise pal
Church of New York." In the is
ceussion of time nutmame, the majority of
the: members dislavured any selection
which iiihlt lead to nam in g thie
churches of .the ne(y sect ilter
A jueer story is told of King
ko fec. After the defeat of his ta
voi ite general, lie convoied am asmmcm
bly ,f lctishcs at tie court ofj Coo
rim assie, anmd invited them to consult
the sacred o:kol., amnd tell hii what
li 1 of romduct he ouiht to puirmue
in e grdtimte Emighsh iintadrs.
A itthy refuised to conmply withI
the roy al req st,. butt iafter warda
conisetned Oin meceivuing ime K.ing's
royali promiiise thmat time ir lives shrouldi
be savel, noe matter whait mmigh t be the
resul t of thii ir conmsuliati.m wi.hi the
gmods. Two ruums were introuiuead ini
the tempmle, onie of wich was black
and lie whit e, mand they were eni
corageild to bneck emiaih other in imomr
tial combi at. The ie.,nmmIt was thatd tmhe
tinck mraim was kialledl by hims whit m
ant goi.,t. Tihe Fethhmr thmen de
olaired thliut e vrr thin1g looiked black
onm thme prosects o. Kimig Kmolfee, ex
cept, the streets of his capnlia',, Coo,
miasie, Wvhich 4vonrb red wthm. blood.
The K mg, inmterpitret inrg the oracle to
imeun thamt lhe mshould be detcated by
th~e Enighrebi. forthwvith sent ant emi
baussy to Sir Giarnet suing for peace.
An honest deacon ini a Connecticu
parish was aurely trotubmed about the
Copernican systenm of the universe.
lie believed it to be undriprural anmd
utntrue, and lie earried his doubts to
hiis imiimiter. Tihe latter being in his
own eyes a scienatilo man, and also at
b'eliever' in.,Cmpermiicum, said . time sunt
was a stationary body, ntot revolving ais
Ithe~ d eaconm rmaintinied, aromud theo
eamrthi. JBut tihe latter pointed
with an air of triumphm to the story of
Joshua when he commnaded the "sun
to stmnid still." ,"Very well," said
the minter : ishow mae, if you cain,
the passage of Seipture where it said
.Jobmua cer commanded the sn to
m ove again."
Camlifornmmia is a great State, amid
d oes thminigs on a great se-ale. Ilear
inig thtmt theo temmperamnce crusade Wams
at band, and thlat the .wotnmen were
pireparing for prayers and psalm sing.
mug in time streets, thie Liegismlatmure
passed a bill making it a miisdemeanm
or to invite any person to drink, or
to accept an invitation to drink art
at any publio .bar. Californmia is
said to have a dry. season for half
the year.,.. If thme Governor signs thart
bill it will he dre all the knaor eonnd.
Povtrty 1111d Exlcusive Cotit Pititili4
H ow far i. Ilhe( ilcrease , r t reiwa
o the aecreago unider cottoil wit hit
the contril of tile plaiinter, orj ad ti
What, extent, will Iliat Cotr1ol ble ex
creised th is year? This is i pIie,iiC m
vhieb is ba..iog very Ireq Itii ly, askud
Iit ti' prese lit tilue, l l it is per
.h11Aps not onte enti.iely Ire" from Ill*
fie- ity,though as we thiik the an.wer
becoeics quite evidult aben ii we brinp
tptq'i:her aoll ti facts he.inig uptoIi
the subject, which we may attemlupt
to do anuther week.
A point, howevor, inl the same con.
niection has been frequently i rought
1)romiii ici t ly before us of .lato, upon
which i woid or two now il.iy possi.
bly be of benefit. We refer to the
ul 1l i wMabIen'ess of cotton planting,
-and tile consequent poverty of -i large
porniou of the planters. Perhaps
the facut is brdught out its cleuly as
pus-Ible in the following extract from
a letter of a. corrcspoi dent at Vicks.
burg writte'ti recently.
I fact wo ore nil losing
I eart. and and hope in onr country
under tile depresing circumltiices
o Our situation. The peolde 4f tl
South feel that their labor iv eIery
b ra n.I of ..busieiis, e1 ceillly ill
planting, inured only to the bIenelit
ul the wo Id outside of th.m. It is
patent to any observer that our itua.
tiol is diily growl.g worse : that. not
matter if our harvtsts are bountiful,
pro.perity is apparently uiittaina.
ble ; and in Jieu of it there arC grave
a ich0n 0i ;i of I -ill'oring and
great, leStitutionis tIis year. I -Ilow
that Vicksburg. though tile cffcet of
te pai ic and ri* I)resent low price
of cottuon, i utterly uilable to make
the advainces ncesccsary to feed the
laboiers in thi., secLion, us ste has
beretotore done to a large extent.
Bei.ides the poverty if the country
we are cursed with a legi. latioll atd
rule which is a disgrace to the civi
Lization of tie aj.e, and a crime %Nor.
Lily only of the darkest and wi.,kerc-t
Ieioud of thu worlu's history, and
Lat, too, oil tihe eve of t a cent enial
inliversary whieh is to elebrate the
tlury of the country. Better put. oln
nurll ninig and kackeloth for (ur,
-hame. : A . 'A'
% ich regard to tile latter point
*ai.,ed in tthis letter, bad legislatiin.
Ye would cure it if we could. Our
aflueice always has been thrown in
avor of placing t.h0 governmnent in
he Soutivrin States under the con.
rol of the taxp.i3 ers, anid we so ex.
pressed ourselves Its long1 ai it eeild1
je of any ue. We aRe aware of the
yublic plunildee nId oppressive taxa.
.uon Which hlas re:,ulted frmthel
>Pposita policy, aild we3 trunt the
lay is not fair distait w.hen ev.r.y
Stat, , as in Texas tle pt, Wiater,
Ivill have tli owii oF their imported
ropues and a i ely r ule themselIes.
:But the othe1r p-int, ulnsAisNlactoi-y
3ottoun planin,11g, lever n Ill be ctlreri
by legislat ion or an hin) elke except
the will oi each inilividual. Of1
course no one can provide nin-lhlst
uiikorable0 wealher. Thern are
Dases, the re fore, where even With the
i eatc.st prudelee, troeii wilI comil ;
liid yet the t1111th is upp:tveat, thlit
uiNatisfactory cittlo plaaltill. i the
reslit 4f tixtcndinig prodili ion by
IIl iCe wer (o anlly tuse, wel i-l;,utd
certinilly explesis Lhe waish ta luea
mioney) tbould~ be spenit this~ yeair ill
pliatiaag. Not, that wye esU- to Ilsaet
IL iUll 'e rhp raited; we aitmplly thinii
it ini wisdom to pilnut, no miore) tIlu
ca'a be pb.e~il and cnutivated econio.
mincanliy. T'he mnoney~ thait, has been
miaide in raininig cot 0ei sineo theu wari
hIaft beeni in ade ~ eLtirely by L~hose who
have Ilept, thieir bubiness wit ii t heiir
owni ectti ;al ; whdell thait, lrge ciaass
who are to-.dae in pove; ty, nlotwitbh
t Illdig the weailthI they have beeni
pouring up~oni th wotrld, in the miaiti
0ow1 lheir COitionll :o the~ i ehiancedt
coat their eropi has netted tI~hemi, by
realson of their undertaking more
thanil thel.ir resources wairraitedci. We
tare puri suadedt~ that cott ou can be
raised ini thle South anid sold itt pres
tellt pr ieer, leavinhg thel piltaiter ai
hiandsomec profit. Th is we shojuld
not say if our coneolasionl was the Ite
muilt ot our own judgna'-ut ; bunt there
are ho-ts of inRsL tnes (ex set'Vions
)(ou will ciall thlemi) all thirouigh thle
Southi that pirove lthe truith of tis
terineii'd to sraethl his~ credit to its
utmtio.t Iimijt-in order that 'he till
p.roduc t an aii.dd iitinal lifthy or hiiun
d red bales of cut bttn, aliiIi tinds ha bi
self inl tile wintier with his cotton isa'd
aniid no0 prov isio, buS~i~t Oily~ a debt, I
as thei net .restult, to cairrly ha ill
liroughi the winteor, lie hasg no t-ijht
to say thaIt planitingJ is hinioirefitai he.
We cannot but belhove that the price
of cottou, if the aecason is fairly ta
vorable, is 10 riule low the coiingt
year; for. produtetioni, the world iver,
hlOi got iin atlitale Of Oolnsumption,.
In view of this fuer', if a planlter de.
hires to extend himself, buying ali
his supplies on credit itt eredit prics
arid payiug the necoessary interes
andli ComiIssions, thle noet result Cein
not be doubtful.-Sawyer Wallac
&a Co'e Cotton Circular of larch& 24
1874..
.Isle R~oyal, in bLak luperior,i
t.be nost~ Northerly territory of th
United States.
80iithern Historical Society.
In our i-she of' yterlay w.e
llihed a full and able statenucat of
It: ogin, o1 jec ti .suieni I'P
,iaon of the stJutheu L i.'torical
We trust this Ntatement hut been
care'fully pernised, ts the sub1jeOt u
which it trents is on1e that Caluot. fail,
'Aen le.rly upprehended; to cot
11.1aid the empliatic a pproval and to
Cii at4 tle hear Ly aid and co-opert
t ion of evei y true no, and true woman
in thoso Stit.s of the! Union wic oh
Were OiCe conftiederato in it noble, if
vatin tirugle to make truth viitOri.
Disel:litiming ait tle outset both de.
Iire and intention to rekindle the
dead fire; < f ectional prejudicc and
p.. rtisan unitmosity, thi.i 80ciety h1 as
been organized and is now extouding
its efforts to rescue from oblivion, and
I e ry st al ize into histurie truth,
those facts of the past whiich, as 'the
:rut,. the, whoil truth, and nothing
but th truth," Southern honor anu
C oulthern i intelligence imlipe atively
dletaandlj shall becomle at living and
eterl1 reco)rd, froml which appea!
-bill c iipossible.
Already a tecord that is not the
trut h is inesidlouslV claiming accep
tam:u at the hands of those whotn it
iccuses ud Conlvits-judiciously
entitences and maltignallniilmousiy p1ar
dons. Grave and claborate essays
are multiplied to consiet of moral
weakness it eanse that, filed of victo
ry only beeano its logioal power was
vehoare nid cruahed bty an tango
nisau too weighty in gull mietal and
1t) vast in its physical proportion
t' nhlde tile isutae on the datgerous
gr'otud!ot right and truth.
lnt it i-. hot by tim. peiticall phi
loolphy M.Aly tht logic is totured
into avquie:-evcc with tile popular
de;nLa that itoght makes right ; tle
press of 11he vioitorious contest teems
with novel and novel.ttes, one and
all gluwinag with tle ieruisim, de o
tion anud ptriotism of the soldier of
the "1in)iont" and of the 'Ofg.
It is with a literature such as this
that, the South i, now iluoied. CanI't
we puovide nol) Iltidoto for tihe iloral
malaria it is enge-dering ? Is truth
a shadow, its inpre's's apon civiliza
tion a vain iigination ? If so, then
let ub. a bandon to decaying dissola
tion the ItruIlh oh f tile p:tst In ud boldiy
face that inlevitabdle t-Iquy and that
s'corni W1ieb1 a Hif ery of tht!i atlh,
wih trutInliiad hat. ill store for
US. Tne fallb and nurity of oul.r f
turc civilization depnd in no meas
tId degree upo'.i tihe tent.eiu y willh
.whicih we regrd :'nl pre1e ve the
tr:ith( ot the past. In the aiane of' the
buernd dead, in the nameo of the
Mnimed, impoverished and suArNg
Iivinlg. inl tie 1t1tt"e of ose l'wonti
ol the South'' whoho wnblimi recod
no it in antrams or Spat i in moth
ers cecr paralle~d, let the truth that.
i -3 et our. lbe wV en1 into "'haouse
ho'd word,,'" to bcolle foa' all futire
g n.fi'ta ;O o i Sowt a itm and
hu's o omen signifitailt mnen' -
to.-s of al ho o.:1 ;. oft. 11
Ti5 Chairmili of the Executive
C111o it.t of the t ..uthernl ilstoirical
S tb. , n.1 . 1 . I . M . ry, i th! I
choni us yste.,ygilol of tile
strn n i thlatll thaetI Ins thatiis 'ci,
I t cld t h,- lsli ~e. - i ts a'ost.per on,
thatIwe full rot exteof this cwIatip
furi thOr lot ion tlo I r tark thgat, i t i s t m
P d ible 1(.' tt Ly oe hving r01' adI
oaitato of saill!s' ion wstiu ag bt
the ith us th~re ofnvictionof tei
wichl thas [he ted tis. eans appeaIljl
isit 01behal d~t iC~ i 3 L.-Ags a Cnt iuon
lThte full returns o the NewClll~' 'IImp
shire 23aa elc in 3 Ihow ,1 a l e iercas-0
anidate Iof al, patie Liainingl , butd
lie preondeIi ryad ofita igam i'g
with5 Ithea . Deurts.1Nevertheless,
ntrawoneisndidatt lauivd a mnajority
over aill cmiof rsn the11 Le vs.o
[)ature'at [ilhos e te g ornor Tn'c
liepblican1 vote s icreiae .f om
I4,623 'tin 17 tod 34 ,136,y~v tlph iDenta
aie0tr1m d, 0a14)1 tyof 35,611, n
the hohii or and acatnin from
1,757 ltoii t2.1 1 i The tires iin ras
twas fom Vso 6779 tove,88, by 187e
Straw, liubl innha ail majoriy
ove aolli 228 Cutlathistari Waro
Denoa laeCalc t , witso a 199,817,000e
alhe Uyni teSs The flte. nonil
csit of pouraia Rpboliin ande eih
'villn41deedr .gveny-il. Reublians
ardown hunid o b t and boy-n
tion oreson asd gvrnorya th
WAStINuToN, March 22.-Judge
Dent is dead. lie was the brolier.
ii-law I of the PIrsideit, widel3
known in his earlier days in Califor
ni. 1, and.latCr a3 a caudidate for Gov
ernor of MieSISSippi, where le was
at cotton planter, anad opposed by the
adtmin istration. In all known re
sp.ects. lie was a high minded and hon
oralel gIatntlemani. lie died in the
Catholic faith.
i. R. Ilemphill, of the Abbeville
ed.iia, is an aspirant for military
hon ors. In the 1At 11inumbeIC', he SaYS:
"\e would undertake to nanago the
military branch of onr government
for.. oura viettuals and clothes and
tweuty-five cento a day." Lot us
have anl election for Adjutint and
Inspector General at onen ' and fill
vacancy with patriotic "iob" Hemp..
hill, tiae commander of Fort Pickens.
ie is equal to the emergency, and
will render the State valiant service,
in cuitting downa Cx penses :und cashier
ing incomiptent oficers. Hlurrah for
Bob !-At'luson utel/a:/cnee".
A!though n dilhke to be drawn
from privatC hfe and the charms of
Fort piekenas, we are w illing to lay
(wo yeats service upon "the altar of
our country." We accept th grace
ful nominration of ourt friend Hoyt,
anad will certaiily be elected. In
tle canvass we Shall .join no Uinien
Leagues, United Prethircn, Ta::pay
ers Conlvenitions, or Na Klux, but
expect to be successful solely on tle
ground of good amture and merit,
by one of thosO "tidal wavOS" NVC
heard so imich said about in the laast
caall i Ign by recreant Democrats aid
doubtiag liepub'icans. . Wo will
pot a tac!mient tat 13elton and
Sly btown.
RtOBElVT R. IEM LI~II.
It is a well known fact that barnes
and other leather eftposcd to the
aiition of a :noni a inl stables, soon
become weak and rotten, even
though cleansed and grean'l. lrof.
A, is recomaimenidas tie aIdition of a
Ima Ii quantity of glycerine to the
oil used in greasing such leather, as
Sertng that it keeps it always pliable
and soft.
Old John Brown'A cabin, o-it in
Kans:as, has been taken down and
ato]el by the enterpa i-ing man who
owis the old squatter's farmn. 13ut
manly visitors go to tiae place anlad
lie dol.es a lively business in selling
his sparc kinlling wood I-; rel i
pieces of the cabm of the old hero,
whoze "soul goes maareling on1.'
Even narufactureas have rer.son to
comn plain of womaaanas ficklencss and
the ulncertainity of fashion. Th c
mianat ufacture of hoopshirts wars a few
yi:ars ago, a large aiI profitable baisi
nesQ, and $20,000,000 was in v-it ed
in it ; now thcre is only some $100.
000, and it is in the hands of a few
mlatilbfact tt ers.
TPhe Dtnhry, News n'ays : "Ouar
Ca) .ospondedt, Goirge Alt red Town -
scnd, and the co rre.ponid ena t of tle
Chicago Ti, ha:d a pa-rsonal Cn
con7t in 'shington a f'w days
rago: Whlile wi mu-t depiere an ex
ha bit ion of sueh a ntutre by gentle.
aiin, still we feel glad that tour cor-*
responadent licked."'
'"If you doa' See what yout wan
aisk for it,'' is postedl tup int a con.
spieuio us part a I' a .Lag an porti gtoce
ry st ore. A r'ative st eppe.d ito the
esrtalisqmnent one dat, . l10 saw the
caird anad remarked : "I want a ten
dollanr bill anid I don't see it.'
'Neithier do I, was the laconic r'eply.
The tnative "'looked I urther."' baut lie
ad( vised lhe grocer to "trake downr that
sign ."
A colony of one thiousaand persous
it beinag formaed ini New York to lo
cate ou four t hiouaraad aceres of land
nea.rr Arken, South Carolinc at, dlona ted
by John iI Koysior to poor butt -do
serving persons1 of N~e w Yoi k.-.
Abloaut fifty t houtsanid dolliars wi ll be
raised to seatle them coaifoa tably,
I anda to ensraar thre success of the uu
dlertaiking.
T ernnessee boasts thi at in for~r yearrs'
Iof bi eela lm froim ear ie.t- baig raule,
she lana fixed her adebit so t hrat thle
ta to can aind will1 pay its diebts..hia,
oranized a t horouaghe sp 'iem of public
edulcoationt, while biusinaess in thriving,
trade bri.k , rand mtoney pleunty.
Four years aigo the State wan as bad
off as Louaisiana.
'To prevenit nighitmrare, cross you
boots on tho floor before retirinig,
hang your hat oni the srouthl-west bed
post ; put a BiblQ under your pillow;
tauke the bootjaock ini your ar-is ; tic a
woolen sock atrotund yoaur thatoat;
count one huand red backwards, anid
don't go to bed. Please paste this
It is said that the Colorado Leg
islaturo has two Mlexican inembers
who can neither speak n r under.,
stand the English language. Most
any Legislature [except Souath
Caarolinaj ean boat that as to the
matter of apeaking the Enoglish lant-'
unag.
The Billd 310111111tin Erlpt ion.
Ra[.EIm, .areh 2L.-The Daily
News' pecial reporter has arrived in
the neighborhood of Bald Mountain,
and r( ports that the citizens confirm
the premonitory syIntonIs of volcanio
eru ptions on the mountains. A large
party of secintific. adveilturers are
tfn route to the mountain. 'The oiti.
zensi in that section are intensely ex
cited, and out-of-door prayer meet
i ngs are being held, - nmny believing
that Judgment Day is at hand.
The State treasurer, during the
present week, will pay the county
treasurers of the State, in the prop
er proportional amfounts, $200,000,
for the free school fund of each coun
ty, for the flacal year ending Octo"
bor 31, 1874
"A wedding took place in Cairo ,
few days ago, in which the ceremony
was peiformcd by telegraph, the
clergy man being in Memphis." The
joyful tidinrs were thus proclaimed
from "pIole to pole."
tColidensetI News,
Deaths in Charleston for the past
weck, whites 15, colored 22. Unde'r
live years of age, white, 6, colored.
12.
The Senatorial fight in Massachu
Potts is waxing hot. Iloar and
Dawes, ahead.
South Carolinu, in 1870, spent
.13,000,C00, for liquors alone, the
proeetds of 130,600 bales of cotton
at one luindred dollars a bal3. 'I'lo
anioutit thus spent in the United
tates that year was $1,400,000,000,
while -provisions, dress &e, cost $900,
00,iO00. The census says this, but
we hardly believe it.
Two more votes for 0ov. Moses at
the next election, in the persons of
two enoviets sent - from Anderson
in November to the Penit nttiary for
ten yea-rs, who were pardoned. The
noble army of pardohed penitentiary
convicts is sweling rapidly.
Judge-Dent is dead.
The Newherry Herald compli.
ments Judge Carpenter, and thd
Lancaster Ledger has a .vord of
praise for Judge Mackey.
Samuel Banks, white, in Abbeville,
and Aaron Furman and Sam Vinson,
eno!red, in Sumter, were hanged on
Friday. Five inurderers are now in
Edgefield jail, awaiting the death
penalty.
A State election will be held in
(6nnecticut on the 6th of April. The
Democrats seem to be ahead. The
Danbuy News nan has gone to Eu
rope, and the wooden nutmeggers
must I ave some fun.
The disabilities of Thos. ilardo
man, Jr., of G a., have been removed
by Congre-s. lie will be a prot~i
nent candidate for Governor.
It is reported that..Prof. Joseph
icConte, recent lv of the South Caro
lina University, and at present Pro
fessor of Geology in the University
of California, will returb to his na
tive State, Georgia.
The Liegislature of this State have
made it a purii-hab'le offence for
w Liiskey doealers to sell liquor to mi.
nors, lunatics, or habitual drunkards.
Bigamy ia punished in this State
by. io~prisonmecnt in the Penitentiary
from six mionths to five years.
TJhe children of a deceased brother
or sister nowv take among them res
poet ively the share to which their res
pestive anicestors would have been on
titled had they survived the intestate,
bothv fighiting in Spain. As usual
All Illterviewv wilh l'rcridellt Grallt.
WVAsuiiNoros, iAlarch 2'..-Theo
comm tiittoe fromi theO Souzth Carolina
TJaxpayers' Convcntion lied an inter
siew with the i'resident this morn
ing. A fler being pcisonally present..
edl by Secretary Fimb, the grievances
of the South Carolinians were briefly
antd pathetically set forth by the
lIon. WV. D). Porter, CJhairman of the
comminirtee Thei P'residenit listened
attentively and~ i'eplied -at some
length, ie said lie felt sympathy
withi any people who are badtly gov
ernedl and overtaxed, as is Louisiana
anid as South Cariol ina seemed a-lso
to be yet, he could nout see. how any
thing could be..done eitheor by the.
E'xecutive o.: the Legislative branches
oftt lhe N atiounal Governi mient for their
relief, inasim itch aaa South Carolina
had now a ceompletec oxistece as a
sovereign Stat. and1( must enact Let
own laws the President, referred with
somne feeling to somne personally of .
fensive utterances which bad boon
nmade by a miemnber of the.Taxpayera
Convetntioni in regard to hlimiself.
TVhe dlelegaites explained that these
exlpressin had met with marked dis
approbation of the whole convention
[in parthing the President expressed
the hope that their caso .was .laid
before Congress somte means might
tbe afforded of legitimnately affording
the dlesired relief.-Cor. .News a
The thirty younmg hladaes who arci to
carry the temperance war to the
Pacific coast wvilh leave WVashinugt.m .
Indiana, this wecek for Omaha;... Af
ter binging to, the wvhisk y sellers teor,,
they will visit Rteno, Virginia Cityj