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- In theTown of Winnsboro, At $3.00
n Var'aiLy iia udaide.
S' All translent adi'rCisements to be
tl.ITD [M ADV4NCI.
t'utuary Notice's anid Tributes $1.00
BTATR TAXAT-ON AND TYftrICEASE;'6F
DEDT.
NVw ORLEAN3,May 10, 1875.
Here are a few figures which give
'fone idei of how the affairs of
Lohiiiaua have been managed un
'de' the rndioal rule of government
'since 1868.
'CoT OF TllH L.EGIS.ATURK.
V'or milleage, per dier. and con
tingeut ecpenss the General As
semblyof the Stato cost, in 1860,
before the war, $99,435; in 1861,
$131,480 ; in '1866, the year after the
war, *160,906 ; in 1868, the year
of reconstruction, *363,150 ; in 1869,
$360,214 ; in 1870, $722,231 ; in
1871, $658,9$6 ; in 1872, $350,000 ;
?in 1873, $461,450 ; last year a
'much smal-or sunm, over $200,000;
but still the Comptroller of the State
says, $60,000 above is estimatoq of
the proper cost.
STATE FRINTING.
In '1809 the State printing cost
'$40,9VO. In 1867, the year before
reconstruction, it cost $15,000. The
Legi'litue of 1868 adopted a system
undi Wyh'ibh each parish h .a an
offioial orgar, which prints at, the
-public oost, not only the laws, but
thejourfialb o'f the fegislature and
the proedidgs df police juries.
This aibuee has beu checked, but
Inot yet*ntirely stopped. During its
height these pe't'ty -jouthals were,
with a very few exception, owned
%y memberi of the Legi.ilature.
Verbe these persons every year voted
themselves handsome subsidies,
'aidd tihoState printing bill, which
'timobtitid to $75,000 in 1867, jamp
'ed to.4d1,84h 5, in' 1869, $313,920;
Ii870, $3971600 in 1871, $154
752 in 1872, and '$160,806 in 1873.
Thn't is to -8ay, the reconstructoro
managed to spend -out df the Treasm -
-ry in five years for prifting alone
very nearly 41;500,'000, a'td a great
lpa'rt'df th'is they vdted ifito their own
lpodk6ts.
S T' 1t T I X R i T .
in 181 the State 'til ht9iitd
to 29 cints'on'VA dl' in i'867, the
'year before redonstraction, to '874
'cents ; in i96 to -52J oebts'; in .1869
'to 90 cents ; 'in 11861 to $1,45 ; , in
11872 to $2.15 ; in 1873 to $2 '15,
and in 1874 to $1 45, at wh1ch *it is
'fixea, now, I believ'e,'by tho vonsti
Itution.
'STATE DE?T.
ti spitb bf'bhis enormoiks :1fo'bado
in the ta't%;te,'the-debt of the State
-ha trea~t" .. &Q06., fir do
.yer 'the 'adolaft and contingent
'debti(by which the State acoountLats
here piedn'the'debt 'owing ed for
'which the State ha's dbgaged t..,if
for the fritenre'b atnounted to $11,
.182,87, 'In 'l868, the year of re
construicti n 'it ambunted to $163,
'885,9 82. 9n '18710 'i had 'been run
'up tv *40,456,13't. Thf repiort of
"the 56eint be'gislative .'Committee to
investigate the S3tate Auditor's uffice
.-:!l4 'edmmittee 'is composed on
tire'Iy 'of repuxblioa'fs-.giv the
'followitlg dumnmary of the Btate
'debt at tih 'begining cof the -pt'esdatl
'pondas !0aed, 4,880,688 8:
iondd'd btope'r', 22.184.800 01
'catigdt't 'e rtp h '19,896,000 01
Oontin{'e't, debt. a 64" '9,805,500 01
-$.-9,604,1550
TruSt ben8s aid bbnAb minh g 991,194 9
'iotal $50,697,89-4 9
.1'9Ieiommit'tee adft'to this ata%c
Y'?46thtberemarks:- . .
Iu %oni'tsion the commisin fnu
that a large po6rt1in of the publi
lebt:.hs arisen fr'odIl extravaganas
p'o'fgley an'd iuge -o the rovenOi
of th% 'Btate i that'&s to .al'l that poi
tion cetahed, side'18S656 the Stat
did not realise over fifty cente c
the dollar, ha6r *as the autount reo
lised expended for the benefit
the State to the extent of mdrr% thet
one-half ; in other words, the Sta
has not been actually boenfted
an amont siceedinig one-.fod3rth
lihe debt created', nor to an ameu
bxoeeding one-hialf of the taxes c
Jeeted sinO6 1865. 'Ike1 entire br
gsnee say one.half of all the tax
and three'.fourths of all the prese
dayt~ hate been squandered or do
worse with by the administrati
of the goVeramctnt uined that date.
tAgas CO0t,adTEb IN 5RVEN tEAnBS
TIhe State reendes, as given
the Auditor's reports for' the diffe
eot years, *ere :
1868 $8,462,589 1875 $4,818,
1869 4,987,769 -,878 4,018,
1870 0,537.939 181k .51882
1871 6,610 843
Total $83,48t065
ooll-eted in taxes from the p4ple
for tbo support of the State goiorn
ment in seven years, besi.dos cityand
parish taxes.
The various petty nonopolies and
swindles to which State aid wa so
profuseiy given, and sone of ihioh
I mentioned in a previou's lettok no
'count for a smull pArt of this huge
debt and expeuditure. Suel ex
travagance as is mentioned b; the
Auditor in his last report (187 , in
the following words account; for
more :
Thus the number of pages'in the
Legislature), which by uot N. 11
of 1872 is limited to ten, at 0 com.
peusation for each of $180, vas in.
or*eased more than sixty, and qouoh
era issued to them at from $50 to
$180 each, nor was this praotbe con
fined to this particular class !of em
ployees, but was carried A other
classos, such as enrolling auI coal.
wittee clerks, porters, &o.
lie also, in the saie repor., com
plains that he has vainly tied to,
get the Legislature to adopt a new
plan of assessing propurty or tax
attion which "would save th State
$156,000 a year." in the kuditor'i
repott f-jr the year 1871, oinpluint
was made to the Legislature of the
great cost of coltoting t)e taxe's.
"Ilu 1870," -says this rep -t, "the
actual ooumissions paid ori account
of assessors was $181,975, tie amount
paid to tax collectors $215411. In
1871 the commissions of tic collec
tor amounted to $320,252, -nd tha.
of assessors to $250,834."
PENITENTIARY.
Of course there were jo.e heaw
jobs, which helped to rtn up tie
debt. For instance in the Auditors,
repo;*t for 1871 1 find a statamllt
that during the two previous yeaC
the State, underan arrai,gimnut wi
the firm of Jones & lltgez, les.eesI
the ponitentiary, had isstl,;d $500,0 0
in State bonds for imuchi ery for tl
institution. The lvssec(were to p
one-half their clear prtfto to I
State. Thoy paid notling, and
1870 transferred their contract
another set of men, the S ate agreei
theicafter to iocept $5, .0 a yeat a
lieu of all profits, with a Iinoreasf f
$1,000 a year. Betwee' 1869 -pd
1871, two years, "th ,neuitently I
had cost the State $79 )00.' '
A nAILROAD Jn.
In 1868 the New MinO ila
and ChOattanooga Railra s a ar
tered in Louisiana, an it was er
mi6od to connect Mbile and New I
Orleans with Housto, Texas. in
1869 the Legislaturo agreed to on
dorso the second morfage boods of
the road to the oxtoutpf $12,500 per
mile, and to make t' endorsement
fur every section of In miles built.
They built seventy 1-iles and the
State indorsod -$81,000 of their
second mortgage bods. 'ie next
Legislature agreed in addition to
give the road a Site subbidy of
$3.000,000 of bouds;u,d of this they
drew $75a,000. T4. company now
proposed to build . railroad from
Verwillionville to j-oveport, and in
16'It11e State agrid to take stock
iu this enterptrise, A,i00,000, paying
for it in bonds, anno1s whld of thiero
bonds were deliverd to the cotmpany
when they had don.one day's work
a it I j' They ha'y never done any
hmTha?t is to sy, tho ompuany
uno nplL a-ll soenty iles of anl
lcse road, gdgherefore, worth.
State $4,250,000A\ived from the
umile, 'besides a grvit offl.$5,000 a
part of the New OAeans lcee .,of a
at $1 ,U00,000, andthey hamve keln#4
pall. 'Finally, it rinmains to he said
that two different im panies of North
ern 'oapitalists offtredl to build the
'Houston -and Now Orleans road with.
'omit subsidy or St.to aid of any kind,
b'tt the Legislatu-e would not give
' them a charter.
A great deal if money has bert
-spent and squabtlered sinoe ti'e wai
Son the reeonstruition oif the leveem
and their repai-, and democrats a:
well, as republi6 us have taken p;
this jobbing, th6greautest wux.' Il"
ever, L.oing situe 18H , hoW
" eda 6f jj j,71000 of State,
e arnd still noid fa r levee purposes,
money was s'rveen. MoSt of thb
'of Publio Wt by a "State 15oard
were appoitn'kA," whoSe members
myoth. ia e by Governor Wor
hwas adopteV71 a diffdent system
and undnr ,tich still is in force,
o rnues of& a large part bf the
In ovtr fok'.& e8 litae has been handed
atprivat&40 ps, t.brm of yearS to a
whichtb E'ion, with privileges
1-der t " to imisuse and squan~.
* 35 .y . ost shocking way.
st was to fy~ eorpierations, whIoh
no ospital a~ ion of dollars in
te pair thtl. Cgr6e o build and re
>nrespone() of the 4ste atid to ho
toe an 9 damages -o the plan
loss b5 jrs who ou mld ster
in turn tojQNW or oreva . 1~ roe
r.- them a e the J,eg'sl re gave
they -om dollars dow , before
)88 anncuall ora, and the \rococdse
90tax of -a term of 7eas, ofa
laon the wholt (axa.
ble propert:y of Louisiana, and au.
thorit3d them to charge, against thc
gre t fund, sixty cents per oubio yard
for beir work. But a groat part of
the ree work 'done by planters - for
the sel'ves, cost only frota fifteen (o
eg loon oents per cubij yard: and
thi ly cents for the average of all
ki d of wolk all over thoStato would
be experts tell rae, a high rate. In
fa t, the first chargo was so exorbi=
ta I that it has been reduced to fifty
c qle, and in 1874 the levee tax,
w ioh the company continues to re
c ivo, was reduced to three mills.
I U1t the compauy never had any
oney ; the levees have not boon
kept in proper repiir, and the losses
frin ovet flow have never boon so
groat as since it'went into operation ;
pd having no oapital of their own,
ifthiy'are sued for damages they
bqst pay these out of tho State fund,
'Oit thus, in foot, the taxpayers pay
ftleir own insurance. The company
rceive about $720,000 a year.
This wa's one of the mnost notorious
jobs perpetrated bp the Legislature,
ind attracted attention at the time
iecauso a great many members not
Holy received bribes for its support
ihich was too common ant ocour.
reneo to be noticed-but actually
gave their receipts for the money paid
them. The following letter, of which
the original is before me, shows how
.peuly Logislative bribery was ear
ritd on under Warmoth's adminiistra
fion. The writer was then a mem
ber of the Assembly, is now State
Senator and m ember of the State
3chool Board, and, I'm sorry to saiy is
negro ;
ROUSC RIaMSENTArivi.-H,
STATE I F LUMISANA.
NEW OR.P.-ANS, Feb. 25th, 1871.
n7ciatmen of Finance Coamitoee oj
Louisiana Levee Company.
Sins-Please pay to IIon. A. W.
?aulkner the amount you may doem
ropor to pay me on account of Levee
3ill, I being absent at the time un,
her orders of the House. But would
iave voted for the Bill had [ been
mre. Mlr. Faulkner is authoriz,d to
1e06ivo and receipt for me. Very
lespectfully Gentlemen Your obt.
ervt. T. B. S'AM PS.
Surely the brazonness of corrupt ion
ould go no further than this-wheni
legislator dlaims a bribe on the
core that he would have rendered
he service had he been in his place,
nd asked his friend not merely to
eceive,but to receipt for it.
N:W ORh.EANS.
The city of Now Orleans is made
o pay a very g eat part of the Stat e
;ax, and has been, besides, burdened
i various ways by the Legislaturv
vhich has set apart a large pait of
ta revenues for State or special pur
oses. It has nbw a debt of its own
if about $22,000,000, and its tax
ate has been run up to three pt r.
ent. About $17-,000,000 of it.
Donds are worth but thirty-five cents
-o the dollar in the niarket. Here
s an exatmple which tells the tale cf
mastef ul misgovernmot. :-An estate
Mhich could have bee sold in 1867 f,r
Dver $1,000,000, showed on its Looks
in 1872, this remarkable condition.
After pa3ing for insurance and 'usual
repairs, the taxes levied that. yar on
the property exceeded the entire ren
tal by $540. In the next year thme ro
eipts. exceed the taxes, repairs and
inurance by .$900. Yet, in 1867,
this property netted seven por' cent
n over $1,000,000-tha't is to any
nore thani $70,000, :tfter paying in
surance, taxes-and repairs.
It is not the wealtly, alone who
complain. t-.irv& spoken *ith it
least a n talall property owners
nath and they all tell the same
uit the country the small far
to lain that they are fereed
ic 'heavy taxes, while ini
~,v a their rieb neighbors re
S re allo*ed. to re~fuse pay
hd'elay. I was struck wvith
a of okasperation told tuo by
h Io said :"Oine piece of
y after atnother belonging o
rs of my fatmily had been sold
r taxos. Two years ago :v
a neatly to the end. We bould
Ot soll, and1( we cduld not pay the
terrible takec.s. I wotut to the Sheriff
and saiid to him i. 'This piroperty
which you are advertising is the last
possessien of my mo'the.t and sisters,
and their only support. [ warn you
etiat on the day you put it up at nub
tiont I am going to attendi the sale
wilth my double-barrelled shotgun.
And it ~aa not sold. Next year
we were .foi'tunately able t.i nay..
Now I ktJdn the tian very jwellI.wIho
thtus didi and I know hiin to be a
peaceable respectable, law- ecspecting
citizeni, oine of the most imp rtant and
useful moenabers of the ~ommunl
ty in whichb he lived, iIe aw that I
was sholhed and paitned a hIis Itory,
"W hat could I do I" We were
tvealthy people before tlt war ; we
have been eatitented4in o r poverty
since, and I have worke hard ani.
lived very boQnottieally. My sisters
\teadh school. Btit the tdles aro so
hard ate the taxes so gh that it
watrs all we could do to 1 c, ardd when
I satw the laAt little d sedence of
my mother and sisters out to be
sold to satIsfy thouo e njorante and
thiees Icoud not sta it."m
So great is even yet the.distress
that the Legislaturo has Jit Passod a
tax iedemption law,forbiding Sheriffs
sales where inability to pay taxes is
shown. In the parish of St. Landry
aloeo, as I think I have before state
there were between Novem.
bar, 1871, and November 1873,
821 sales of plantations and lands for
taxes. The newspapers in New Or.
loans speak of this Tax '8tay law as
an aot of bonofleenoe. Yet Louis
isna is by nature one of the riehcst
States in the Union and New Orleans
is one of the greatest commercial
ports. Is it surprising that thowhole
white population of the State, otcept
the oflico-holders and their rolativei
and intimates, united, in 1874, in the
endeavor to overthrow a part) which
has so abused its powers ?
CIARUES NORDIOFF.
A Breathing Cave.
In the range of mountains in Wes.
tern North Carolina known so the
"Fox Range," a most singular pho
nomenon exists. It is a "breathing
cave." In the summer inonths a
current of air comes Irom It sostrong
ly that a person 'an't walk against
it, .while in the winter the suction
is just as great. The cool air from
the mountains in summer if felt f.r
miles in a direct line from the cave.
At times a most unpleasant odor is
emitted upon the current fron dead
carcasses of animals sucked in and
killed by the violence. The loss of
cattle and stook in that section in
winter is accounted for in this way
Tihey range too near the mouth of
the cave, and . the current carries
thm in. At times, when the
ohanue front inhalation begins, the
air is fille<t with various hairs of
animals ; not frequently hones and
whole carcasses are found miles
flomt the place. The air has beenI
known to change materially in tem
pe.tature during exhalation from
quito cool to unpleasantly hot, with
ering vegetation within reach, and
accompanied by a terrible roaring,
gurgling sound, like a pot boiling.
It is unaccounted for by scientific
men Who h .vo examined, though no
exploration can take place. It is
fered by many that a volcanio
eruption may broak forth there some
time.
In addition to her other pre
tontions California promises to be
come an important tobacco producing
State at no dittant day. Ii 187 1 a
conpay was formed in Santa Clara
county for the culture and prepara
tion of tobacco under a new process.
ie first erop in 1872 amounted to a
few thousand,, pounds ; in 1873 it
rose ' to 500,000, and to -1about
1,500,000 in 1874. A port'on of the
crop wias from Havana seed, adapted
to cigar-making, the remainder be
ing from Florida seed, better adapt.
od to pipo smoking and chewing
tobaeco. Tho company were comdel
ed to manufacture their own mateiil E
Mnd are now making 200.000 cigars 1
per month, besides packing about (
10,000 pounds of sm'oking tobacco, f
and have recently determined to I
greatly extend their operations. The
aica suited to the growth of tobacco1
under the process employed is said to
be unlimited.
The steady and rapid incereaso of
crime in the city and County of New
York is assigned as the reason for
appointing a legislative oomnmitteo
to sit during recess an 4 investigate
the caunses, with a view to ascertain
ing whether the laws olk the courts
are to blame.' Ono T'rot'ision of
the resolutons constitating this com-.
mittee is pecnliar, namely, that the
State shall be at no e*penso for the
support of its mehribers at hotels.
TIhey will have to ddpend on their
.por diem, the seame as though th'ey
wore In legislative session at Albany.
Th'le smaller courts of the nmotropolis,
and some of t-he higher Ooes, view
the inovement with anythin.gbt
favoring eyes.
Artemus Ward was one (lay lying
upon thme sofa, onjoying a cigar, in, thme
little office of his publiher, in Nes
York, when a telegraphic despatch
from San Franbisco was handed him.
It was from Mr. McGuire, of the
Opera House, who inquired - "What~
will you take for ten nights in Cali
forrnia 1" Without -a moment's rO.
flection, or ehaniging his position, lie
wrote his reply in three words, and
handed it *,o the messenger, as fol
lows :"Brandy and water-As
Ward." This was not all he (lid
tako, however, for sooi aftorward Mc.
Guire engaged the. showman, and he
lectured in California with extra<ir..
dinary success. The hittle despatch
-a ten dollar joko-tras pulishod in
the San Francisco papers, and set
e4ery body laughing and anticipating
thie author's arrival.
Idr. Wiley Willis~ tiho yug
than who *as so sadly injured at
Chatlotte on Thursday the 20th of
May. was in twenty-four battles dur
ing the laLO war and eseaped uphurt
to boe terribly wounded, at last, in
a civil celebration.
[Correspon-.lent News and Courielr.'
OlffipIal Jl3coudut,
SUMTER,' ,May g20.-Catobing the
in"ections of honesty. which seems to
be sproading like an el idemi ovo
the State, the county of Sumter iE
beginning to see light upon the dark.
ness which has pervaded its fisoal
affairs.
Tho first.of a series'of prosecutions
comm noed to day, viz., the Stato vs.
W. 11. Gardner, late county troas
urer, for offioial misconduct. Your
correspondent 9hanopd to bo'in co' t
while the olso was going on, and
forcibly struck by the peouliar man
ner in which the defene was conduct.
od.., Fii' t,,they objected to the in
diotment because it contained . us
they said, different charges. hat
being defeated,'they then objooted to
the -cush book of the Treasurer being
used as evidenoo,-olaiming that it was
a private book ;.. whereoupon a long
discussion ensued between the attor
neys of the parties, but before it was
dcuided the defence withdrew its ob
jection. Thereupon the State proved
that at a timo whel the treasurer had
reported "no fundi" there was notu
ally over seven thousand dollars in
hands. Soon after this the court
took a recess for dinner. After din,.
nor the case was resumed, and it was
pretty cl!ogrly proved that the late
treoasuror failed to make the reports
required by law from about March,
1873, to January 1874. It does not
fullow that Mr. Gardner embezzled
gny of the funds. No such charge is
made, but it is believed that he did
Lise the county funds to speculate,
ither directly or indirectly, in claims
lury tiokets, witncss tickets, &o., and
;hut he put in these papers in lieu of
he cash collected. No doubt the
lut teasurer did take some ot these
apors at par. Ilo certainly did so
at leat in one instanceo to my own
tnowledge. There are other indiot
uonts against the'sanie party. As he is
low out of office, it is highly proba.
)>C that thoso who might, under other
liroumstanlues, stick by him, will do
ert hi n like rats from 'asinkiug ship.
t is remarkable how quickly Itadi.
tals find out the short-comings or the
rauds of their associate ju,t as 8oon
Lgthey lose the power to serve them,
ier politioally or financially. A.ly
Mn imupro.sion is that there are
nuch woreo men than Mr. Gardeler
u Publio offices in this county. The
,raid jury is after some of them, and
will keep you posted if anything
aligible proved. J UNIUS.
LATER.
S1AIE1, May 22.-The jury in tihe
Iase of the State against Gardner
enained out nineteen hours, without
grecing, and a mi,trial ordered.
vine jurors voted for conviction on
very count, and three jurors, one*
olored, voted against; conviction on
fly count. . JUNIUS.
Twe(d's Conditioni.
The warden of Mlackwell's Island
tates that William M.Tweed was ox
0iiiied. rccently by three distinguish.
J physioiani, who say that le iR af
ected with heart disease and an affoc.
ion of the* kidneys. They did not
xpress any fear of immendiate danger
>ut, thought thuat his situation was
ufliciently grave to justify unuaual
.nsideration on the part of the
eoepers. .Twood is allowed to sleep
ut of his cell, for the reason that he
rownm so stout that it is impossible
or hint to get ini the door of one.
diven if ho could be squeezed in, the
>ed with which each cell -is provided
s too narrow for his bulky form, and
here is not room for a larger cot. It
s said that the grand jury, in niak:
ng thteir presentment, will recom
mend that Mr. Tweed be allowed
acre priv'ileges lin osequence of
is sioknteas.
A Revolullonary RelIe.
The colonial maoce belonging to
he excutive department of South
J~aroliga was bernto in the centenniial
>arde at Chlarlottn. T1he mace is
low the only remnant of offial roy.
tity in this section. It is made of
dilver, gildod orer with gold, anid is
aid to have cost two hundred fian..
:as It is about four feet long, and
f somne considerable' weight, being
auramounted withi the crown and great
eal of England, around the verge of
rhich are the tweo faces of the pro
rinaolal seal of South Carolina highly
amnbossed, and other ornameal
levides. This mace hias in It *1,000
vorth of silver* and its great antiqui
y makes it inv'aluable.
The now five-cont stamp to be fused
~or int.urnatlonal postage under the
late Borne treaty hase upon it a
picture of Gons. Zacehary Taylor in
lull uniform5 Th'e Rtamnp will be
issued lin a few weeks.
- Nolt that the Moolenctburg celebra
tioni over tbers remain only fifty
three revolutionary events to eonii
mnemorate, They extond over a pord
od of six years, ending with Yorktown
in 1781. Bunker Hill, on the 17th of
June, will be the next feature of the
nenateunial programme.
The Clinch Riflew
-The Clinoh,.RIE9sspelrap S$: tb1
ropws op .Broad sageet, belp,w IeIn.
tosh, last night, in full foroe, or the
pu-pose bf ehrieteig tb' ag4
punoh bowl wow at the-- 86htelfl
for the beat oompany shotu 1i *11
be tomembored that the bowl was wot
by the phot of Marker Th6iba Jones,
ToASTS.--A, maghiloant . b ksl
bouqut, presented : by 'Misi Tilh
Platt, was huspended fropm.the llaha
delior in the oentre of the rom.: The
firsttoast of th eoypning, pffer,ed. b
Capt.. Fiank G. Ford, was, "Sout.
Carolina, her past, bresent and fi.
ture." Major W. T. Gary respVnded
In a most eloquent manner. Wd give
his respnso As aLearl.y.possible.. in. hia
.own wor4s : . I
"This tribute of the oitien oA46y
of Augusta, to the good 46ple of the
State of my -nativity, fills my heiatt
with emotiont which are.-shared. by
many who are hereto night.
Tio hearts of Georgians .bat in
unison with those of the brave bu op.
pressed Caroliniaks.
In the,pat, South Carolina,a like
sentinel upon the watch tower of
liberty, has warned us of the dangers
which ' we wore not able to avert.
Her fidelity has brought upon her
those ills which now griovosly op,
press her, but which she has the h6roo
ista to boar . with , fortitude.i -o%
many years her offige.holdeib, laive
brought disgrace upon themselves,
and infamy upon the Government
which has sustained them. But I
their acts, they could not tatnish the
reputation of.the eate, whi'bA they
did not assist to make. The Palmet
to emblazoned upon her escutcheon
was made illustrious by her sons.
Prondly has it floated above tha touch
of those who sought to defile it. .Du*f
spiro #pero pep will shine forth with
the first gle am, of the sunlight of lib.
erty whioh shall dash upon banners.
Brave men never despair. The spiriit
which actuated her Sumter, her
Marion, her Calhoun and her Pickeno,
her Butler and her Hampton)! will
again place her sons %- te front
ranks of American heroes aW'd states
men. And until that day Wlhl come
"whatsoever things u e tust (Vh to.
ever things are lovely, whats'oever
things are of good report," you may.
expoet to hear from the good peoe
of South Carolina.-Constitutionale,
SMdden Death of a Coluibla Merchant.
The news that Ur. Edward Hope,
an old merchant of this city, was
found dead in his room yesterday,
about noon, startled the 'combinity
by the siddenness of the demise of
the unfortunate gentlemAn. The
particulars o' f.his death, as gathered
froin the witness at the coroner's
jury and other sources, are that
Hope retired 'to hik room on Situr
day evening as usual, and was not
afterwards sieo until found lying
dead on the floor by Mr. Capers. At
a Coroners inquest the jury render
ed a verdict that the deceased came
to his death by the 'to page of blood
circulating frhm the heart to the
lungs. Mr. Hope was 4boYit flfty
years old, a native of tondoA and
unmarried. Ie had beew successful
in business but lost his .Yortune by
his trusting Lature.- He \vss buried
yesterday, at 8 P. M., in El mwood
cometery. His coffin whie, follo'wd
by many sympathizing hiedsu
Ooluwubia U. Hf.
Death :of 110t. Jelise D. Brlg t.
IThe death of this .honored sdn .'f.
Indiana, removes anoth'er of 1fe
strong meah wyho bontrolled. the desti-n
nias of thiA coniltry i the political
contest whicii freceded a resdrto
arms in 1861, and jit would have hebb
well if his couiidelh had" protale'd.
Mr. Brighit *As'borti in 6b6tml 14ew
York, in 1812, and there stuidied law.
Soon after removing to. .lhdian., he
became deeply interosted in politics,
andl almost fromi the outset of his
putblio career, was a public leader.
lHe was successively a Circuit Judge,
State SentorUnited States Marshal,
Lieutena,1nt Governor and United
Sta.tesu Senator. Hlis service in the
Fede*ral Senate begau in i845, and
continued unubrokon down to his ex
pulsion in 1862.
Suit AgalesL thle Sllk 8mntalois,
UJnited States Distriot Atterhey
Blie (f New York, haA follo*ed up
the criminal prosecutions agaibat the
ring of silk smugglers in that eit by
the inithtion of civil proceedings to
tocover for the gdtvernmbent the ill.
gotten gains It htA been defrataded of.
The rate of duty to *hibh the hoeilery
and other fratidulent "sampile" goodA
were subject was paid upon the best
hy silks which werd smhggled. Thg
difi'erence tiet*een this rate MAcd t\at
which ought 'to hate btOei pat.i is
claimed to have aimodted to about
$1,386,400, sind a suit *Es b,ega on
F'riday lin the United Stab,s itricg
(Jourt againset Charles L.. Lawan0e
the recently extradited foi e5'r n
confe4erate of the qemug&5Eh t
only t5rst of seveaI Mmiip.r suit
to.be instituted.
Wrtalk qklts AMA li.
MA.D']ORt P.Aff XDT k~
PULLCE' 119i8 DRAIN. -
The. foiull9w vurious -1wo"
I melt is wAde in the Ide'd
Mr Oafruti, o. tie' e 6
ky Yn4h. e aEt404e Is 'ed
"Adlos" (aionf b*6t hoed
Venture to assert that, notwiths
ing the pfesenfe of lead g6 o' a
Vital rei8jn6 it ii .UadjA *ith
,ohoy
.: ith.'this Iee*:t d
otit.ftcn- %heqd1tor44j0 ad oC
torihipo the l ed' r1 en'd -
.9tirlpatros - -and Maflt -h It
ind tftst, thet under his g
the paper will give . inoresed htis,
fation.to it readlqs-. Thiid
GundIing o? 6ur 'conne6tief
uewspaperd'oi will sorprisn &
doubtless disgust, naby ot our
friends, but there *a' no altern4v4x
Two montha 'ontapt wrestle with
hostile bullot in or* btaln hs coA
Vloed do that We laA tfhe oitp*p1t
to develop a lead mine sd dpblp
an independent Vineland iewspapei
at the oamo time. :Opt' Irijo4
yesight, bhattered herves and
sating brainadwonish us that b
bowing year we inust not 'stiy t6
far from the hospital.
To Qur bubld'ribeft wA . for"Aw
past four years,have read the IndO
pondent and paid rot It, we hereby.
tender our acknowlodgment. Thop
who have taken the Pappr just,t
lhelp It alongi ne'vor volunteeringa '
dime or roe6gulzing , duon, we shall
feel it our duty, if 'W% redovek out ;j
health, to thaVik in person.
We cannot omit to embkaoe. 4AU.
p'ethaps .lab free opportuntty t&
thank our editorial aotidenj Who
in their kindn'ess oth batt have -at
tered our 'Abillties' extolled ofr
virtues and w i'tewash'e4 .our fauit.
The ooyot'e of the liraft who ta
king advintage 6V o'U'r our helpless
ness, have attepted to ie'dem past,
cowardice by yelping over. oftw g ae
we can afford to forgive and. fer
geL.
And noW, with 'obarity t6r 11'
and malioe towaid none; we bid
goodby to friends and foe, ald set.
tie baok on Aur pill-w fr.*
long, refreshing na
I Cork fehnmt f 9.-86idfh
Th' inart'ermaster's dogattieht
the army has rpoeiVed a samPle
the new ooA helmet lately adopto
for British tr&oets in hot'oliaSteg.
has been'%bmitf6d to Whd s-e'eoroTy
of ' wa' *Ith- tWe 'erom'miudatlop
that it b' referred to the ffediobl d
partment b 'UainiWAio n
that 06 4[ then be orloro
to issue t 116' tybdps 1h Teaa wid
A rizona'.
bflsgnsted.
'toji'ieYeppblican 16t% 'df en '
tuoky is tfie-si'xthb M%go' th' whid
Radicals', at their beo.t coiiv'ntions,
have completely. forgotten that therd,
is a.freedbiao in 61isteoAD D
is sid a obleod deIttae esafe d
speak', 60t $6 s*ifttWb t eM4ieen
guisbet put iupoin bhu oftatiki d'outt Q.
fuhs'r he will eteor bpea a~1~' :
" A dis'tresshas aboldetsb ),Bohrted ted
a pert4y of 'irem.en Mnagoge Iu blas~
.in~ in l?kedorkho uznty Maryl~ -
recently6 They. had i-etukned N
oharge *ih had [ii i'6the 'oatu*$
failed tb ot j,todb at the skpeot4d
tiilhoj alid on theiir kriktt the blseS
ooodirr#d, iunuing them all siol~
Adld sbuae prob'abl. fsahly. ,
Ransas, reports that thiefe ars ha
in h ivi:niy,but hb belioebFei
fronier rbe to b6 oo*i-fr
sumtiier. 81i oo:ilpahids of 'the 61
oavalfy have started from 1idrt L7u I
to relioe'd the 6th ltdiantry, s pottQI
of which will mhdet tili kt;a4
"tah aere .aothe leaderf 1heb*
me 1" nDcirQd' a Gersitif dh thet
erni dslivdr~ *indloFbt the %
4ti1oe yeste dy: ..NUs honb be~~
was the reply. WVehll et is~tt 1ti
he.0dutisded, ge$ting is head
the wisdd# j iyb.We hbdf
disjs et. dreg leddIairtit bft .
u:id I get flouse. I Ie - dW1ie
as he does; diud I lui liefe P
ledder yht. How 'e 46' Q
It liworthy of toEd*) idIe i '
been this year & 4 tha t~~
It is said 66A?2 ~ iVi~
'bow sets t'$ ,dane e~~
r1 Kiug NabIe 9
I.as6 that he ha~'bp ~
forttune follng~,q.,
IThe taa~ble. *th~t Of.
a said to have been inro.se4
pcent. in f?ur ypare. d <