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FAIRFIELD HERALD Wednesdny M1orilloig, April 50 187. t Major Lewis M1errill, so well konfr iscnuti80,1Carolinas and Louisianat, will n1owt have full Opportunity to vindiento his character from the serious implu-1 tations cast upon it. A conunittee of congress will soon look closely into his doings, andi wo doubt not many things that hie never dreamned ,would over see light will be broughlt out. The conduct of Major Merrill in this state was at disgnaco to t he uniform of the army, his whole courso being actuated by motives of the basest chanater, strongest t ~i among which seemed to be the love t of money. Should the Committee des-iro more testimony than now stands of record, at host of trust ohy inse il ofudi outh Carolina, to testify to acts upon his part which, before any im partial military court, would result ic The result of the connittee's in guiry will be awaited with interest, and will doubtless contain mansy matters of which the general public are now clitiely ignAoralitt. Prosidential Probabilities. Already the papotrs are calculating the chanices of the two opposing parties in the comigt pllresidential election. The New York /erril has made out ar le, whieb giveM to the deiog catts htaite Isof Alabano, Ar:lolsi, Solorado, C alifor niai monnectiet, Delaware, Ga ogia Indina, f rentucy, ouisiana, try land, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada Now JetCrosey, North Carolina, (a gonli Tennsset Texascl, iini andit Wol es lss ,Tea; VirginiaadWsii tia--making at total of 172 electondl vltes. To ldth repub lic ans the estimato concedes theI atates of Florida, Illinois, Iow. Kanlsasl, Ma-rine, Mtssaelmsettsi, Minlelsoutt, Neleraska, Now t npil Island, Soutih theoginVermon publi elctraoteso Nw Yor roblis lef ourtadf bthe lits i.re wole~ num the munbierM ofeer to a chic isi 185. I ill ble soeeni p hrefore ifrom Nlecton.rk--0 Nhirot v-l-l n ui'r.d wha iidecIide . thi e icts.Thisg ~t (staiite" say the //erla/-si heref,(Iore~a conte, ande ~ if eier at,y faiisi toi 17ele its ralnddat withe rvew t h cis stliengtiiNew York iiltst lill prolem o bh solvd, blioih atwCin inati and St. L'iuis. is, Whalmt Ind Nie York."erskNo I it isAiit Suon (Adou armont nti Thse esiono h legiiaiii ilature~ enetoa vwexpected end on iNlf dutay lat i. ous heiously herpted eea oes ito the senat. -esolutione'iia'' t~o a hinede 1n thaotfdy.1 Toti ,itthe resluio wsoun rettlured li I to ihousetwhichio Thie suddenniss ihof othle prceedIing ji walc'is o courset unut ui hi. '.i'erw ts alws aetin mNeun Yof businill in at fhae ofrtitlent i ofhills rlaebitis he btak ( etlC o., on whyich tolie toaptill~ theyeare agaulin . sent toi Cohnnb'lheia o som hrevioplc m.uoey. 15 But1 thi tithe sesin enmolll1 to a enuino colase a~nd the' dhiigtd. hus cul do~di~i~ ii ntin bu iIt eter a proest on1, it jounal aend om e hIoutweve irrulari theproceeing oxin~ tholi sena prwich. riexf tourse enmit ilst. The sesionas a mosaii tittttt inorintely long one. 5hand(i rt hea o oebllng wesometii schemf forns seding hel pheopleris moneney migta rorh aenc1t'e reunf gt thei ries and thboseifeii repu llienn's wo hiavke bjectiof theislaitur in taking41 ('11( o iet remcessi bcomels' more than v)1 er i1paren t o it actinof tie prntie.i Ti he reliae hite bonvent itonwa tin session ftrmii ande oirfiig any of the lilators~; wref membs.the ree stases on the railroaS fs wod ieomnortly fors upo a pina adjrunme, inde thoe reeswaspu takcns ao such a aer t. Finin t 1 lit. t d ihd perhaps ctonscious of tho (is zulst of tho peopie over the already 3xcessive length of the sossiob, the najority in tho sonnto thouight it )Ht to clbileh1 the action of the souse, that evorybody, mioemberr, obbyists, "snatces" andc all, mlighit >cat a ilisty retreat for home. Really, this proceoeding of the 1ento strikes its as the best thing ,hat, has been done in the legislature oinee its session began. It will be0 nIre generally approved than ainy >f its numnerous e~nactmernts. The 'snatchCos" are said to be ii)lignatntii )ver the action of the seunat e, but. ,hey must he without consolattion. ts they ar1(e without iy. 'he lutd lest cool (1o11 ats goon 11s possible, slnd look about for an honest liv 11g. A Comploto Somerset. 'J'htt wait strange seceno enacted n the republican state comvention tist previous to its adljour11nm1en.. rodge 1t. 13. Carpenter, the spokes !Man of the Pat terson cliqu1e, uinder he pretext of seconding a nom1ina ion, mad11(1e a very :sovere speech 1pon the sllbject of (.overnor hamberlaint's admninistrationl harging himt with it be t.niyal of his >arty, and with at failure to inistilitte ny11 real reform. The go vernoI eplied in at speech of som1) length, a which, it is but justice to himt to ay,h completely ronted the loughty warrior who hadl donned is arlnior in behalf of Piatterso II, ?.Iliott, Bowen and their followers. L'he strangeness of this scene is triking when we reneiiber that lued"e (Cm-penter was the ".Union zeformi" catndicat 1 for goven11or inl .8i0, and upon the st11mp he 114st severely mlsed Scott and his m11port ers--amiong t hem C(haml m rItini. '.'lat the 1re(sent gover4n(rI s ill (:very parti(nhu' the supiierior >f Scott, andl( that his adn1iinistration a ia vast improvement (i any since 'ee(1mstru14c1tion1, every fitir minded mmt1 nm11st. admtit. Yt U Judge 'air >enter, the manl1 who was Illled with loly horror it the dloiigs of Scit l 1141 his (minu4 jions in knavery, no11w I1par4 ias the nn u)tihiece, if not he1( adlvoente, of a (crew11 of cor uph1t 1inists not a wit, less dlletr1 11S to Sout Ii Carolina t1han1 wel deott and his ring. Wlhatcve(r ain ed fr om11 the hones4't pep lie o lie state, lhe itmist noet lbe anlywise u1rprlised if lhe hoses it allI, ini conI seopienuce of the411 aliance lie laos made14 wi1th the .ttero er8411(Tw1. But 1 whaut, does the Judi~ge wanti1 ? Does 14 aspire to 110 the4 e ulidate for1 o1 vernor), <m the plat1 form11 wh ichl Ild on(1 "li'1ve' years8 of goodl4 sie-il n~g ini Sout Car X&olina"1' ? If t his he' 1h4 Judltge's viewl, we0 irust 1he wi' reirelim tol 4 whip hh in ,iiil hi.. arty1 1 s41 b101ly, t hat 114n1IAt Jolm woulId conch ide thlat hi1 s Iinaniciail 1I2al1u1e 1had made414 a un14St serious11 11i8taked. If would lbe refrhin i g .4 hear Ilt Juidge (1n the( simup111. 1fler s1 hlen all intlerval of silcc m1 his part. The 1polit ical sIner.1 41 e4ts he has 1 performe11ad sinc1e 1 87( have n 1o1d1ubt 111ad14 lhim mor14 agile leene lif c.pa14 irsonian prnc plu a1s4 Im) id of tho~se oIf 4Itform in thn. lii ampign in w.'hich he a4cted ( thew Theb Doad Mi!onairo. The dea2th oIf A. 'T. Stewart, 1114 w idely k~nown' ilioair4 of014 NewI.' Yorkh, naut~tii 1rall caills for11t h can1ionen i \. Stewa~rt dloubtls 148 olssessed4 11pon1 ve'ry 8111al1 means11. he If inally biecta oe4( of theJ4 wealt4hit mfn 11in1 tht world- eii(fhis poprt ingt laighty miiln of de lr. The 111 eauses o~i~l fo r uces werte b'1estv,~l enrgyt and lhrewnel ss,18 a comied witlh i degreeof gt~od luIk tha fewil4 r bwther mn hav1 e eve enjoy1edi. TheS. bes thatl ca lie sa4id4(l pr of him i is ofi ct jus,('1 t1l i to a h ll 1(1n---not. lore (tigl hisef -if is as tlhei wihe th tli retyird thatle ound~ai ofs fleh in saisti (1(n1' of r a i debtort bond, andlit he kniofe, asit passedv ti:let ns d a- lite blood1 to14. haldw, he aonisod himse1lf- o 1( - tifndeed, hin heart felct any needI 1if~ consolation withth th ('lSoght thirty-hewas dOing lie / A~o~Is ilcreditor ir. fonwart Aemaning oe hund~lirdOcents of l's haritiesfo we~ reeibut always anoter4 11l ocaio, thirty-eventt that lhos1ffer 11ersi anIihe famrine.o the acts themselves. As a citizen, if Mr. Stewart doutbtfesa did much 1 for the commuhity in which he i movAed, but coupled With every im- 1 provomont he male, was sone r profit., or promise of profit, to him self. Altogether, "lie was not a man that inspired affection. The cold and . sterni, though infliexibly just, traits of his character, Which helped to make him rich, also lado hini ferold anui disliked." The death of such ia mn1:1 is no loss to the country. The inihuenc ho wieldied, watst 1CCe(ss1rily lil:ited, and that in ltlh'e, though inl the pnain good, t was by no inoai~i elev\atin~g. The love of gain al ways ulp)p)erUost in his worth; said actions, it was by 1no mreans1 hard'c to discern this as8 the ruling iincil)e) of his nature. H1e hadl, indeedl, maney admtirors, butt they vero largely of that class whos aftecti.ls tire iniost easily! stirred for one( wi10 has lblundlance of I ininei'y Itd it: all'oi 1palning power. Hlis n.ttno will always beu remlember ed ass that of on wito Sot ia golden, example of hont~lty and energy, but when the worl woiuld seHuk for one to hold ot. a1s on example of the gentler. higher, purer virtuos, his name Will be enti rely forgotten atild the host of tlhosi'o who, with less, inicomiIp.a':l1b'y less icials, have don(' ineculparb.i)ly moreiC for stiller ing, Lauw:oity. Thie great. mlil lionaire left no clhiliren, ani it is as vet unknt wni what, disposition he lado of Isis we:alt.h. Doubtless ho left at large portion to be de voted to benevolent lthoirposes, and doubtless (vr'ty nllt unwnt h heH 11111s ared I t) to hilnst':f will beI forever st:1unped inl bold cliracters, with the plintn' of Alex~uie~r 1Turn1ev Stewt1't-tha1 s 1111 it (iin1 I genllrtins1.4, 'blivi ,us of his shot ' tnt.inigs when le live. m suni s"r1:;w staln suffering, Maylin' be h'"1111t i m tl for the extenl Sive hrities his hlibirs 1t'iacuilpish.. (ed after his hIn"rde l weal th could avail h1 pim thinll . .. -"-eve y.-.. 'Tie sriii igen'tcy of the timiues, ill ptrec:len teld in t he t'e'xlpenice, even of this r.'PrI*w( ge' e rps at io': n ttL, 'alls for the plract ice of anl economyl} pr1o pioiwd111 tol it.. We are wetll awa'1re that this is :a subject ('lcntinulally 1lw Itd 1lupo'n by e tlain wisiOtinere, whoittl thin tisr the, knowede tnd endu ith 1:110 : them-whil ats tho i~an 1 Ibue, tIc : it s tiuth, ondly a 14' t ~tru priciple n w1'h ih itA is.'ased litood. Athc tis 'hLti.Oine, :uhowd h d'whh we1t1 Iot' it' 1, idiiduNr Is hem'.~ isi of' fai hs-or a's citizensgu. h 4lush Iti~l i .me of etroleu a/nd shod1( dy,"tt'Ii w ieb engedere al~i~t th orh 'a-''sp iri ofI reeldesniss ex4.travaganclile at'l wildiexpedit ure, shave~u l innlut.) isl tle e~ir 'nak.u.n's'o the lSouth,5 ait' i, tiool,lhen ite ulh~i laisla'te151s of eat. / e //owtie wasl'1 111 yetii lig agint neb~oitt dsmiv. hasdut t11, becmenitl suhnl richI 111 has p 'lrladIt ilaly 111 1114. tlase ofill sit~ y, an. as a ciosequencet (thu' aniliin~t siupulues as toht was and mean hasl(~ beten'i pericepiilti b11v dullet'. .1~l-tnomy asil ay means lCoflacu ing)'lll for t lune, hasl becll idlcided'ly (hi unasinable, h'nPits quiet. leverishC pto 'ulof't tpeubt(ion 1'mta ios h rlingl divinity~ o. til e ageijtc, hut thers OCurchl and pro atio, and rom, diredtitig id attefltion df out eople, to earhost reflection upon b ; .convincdc ' that is ecolipfy,. ased upoh indulstry, the "nd [nid of honesty, *ill be foun) the urost remedy for many of the #vils nider which tho vhole -land ilt now roaning and travailing. The Columbia - Eleotldn. There are some wholesome lessons o he drawn from the recent election n Columbia. There . were three ,ickets in the field, headed respec ively by Stanley, Agnew and Ensor. L'hero was, indeed, one with Dr. leiger as its leader, but it had no trength from the start. Ensor daimed to be the regular republican mmine-a claim disputed by Ag low and his supporters. Capt. taniley was nominated on a "Citi oins' " ticket, upon which there were ho names of several prominent olored republicans-among them [ieury E. Ilayne, the present secre ary of state. Politics appeared not > have eitored imuch into the' con est, and nearly everybody seemed prompted by a desire to sacrifice )olitical preferences to the good of Ie city. The election was expected 1o hboquito closo, and each side labored lard for the asendoney at the polls. Chio result has already been stated 4-now was elected by a small ma ority over Stanley. It is asserted that democrats, to a number far larger than was necessary to turn the contest in favor of Stanley, emitted to, vote.: The position of the city dailies. the Rg/istcr and the Uion-//erald, w5 sonewhat rc mark0able. Tie latter, though always Li outspoken republie:m journial, copu01)diltod the different republican nminations, and advocated the Citi ions' ticket. The former, on the )tler hand, persistently eschewed the subject of tho- election till within it few dayC of the time for voting, when it disc-;sedt the respective merits of the different candidater, but' seemed to occupy decidedly neutral ghoufnd. In the local column111 there was an occasional re mark that would lea'd to tho conclu sion that' the Stanley ticket was the /eyi(Ider'1 choie:, but the position of the paper was decidedly that of neutrality. The dileminA c'f our worthy -ontinporary ivas doubtless a einharrassinlg one." It has from its first isia advocated a "straight out" course 'on all occasions, and ham sliar-ply ci'itieIsed aill hlolding ii different view-not omitting to com. men . in strong terms upon the actioii (of the (onservative convention of 1874 ill annoniiig as thle platfrm of thc party honesty and economy' in thec state goverinent. It would doubt less have becen ditlicul t for th<( I/ti'fer, having taken such ai pos5i tioni, to advocato ai tieti in whiel] thle "straighlt out' plrinceipls it head enunfciaLted wvere very wisely ig nloreil. This must account for' th( /kgiter's lukewarmuness in a con test thani wich none1 waIs ever muor frauigh t with importance to thl< pieop)le of Co 'lumiai~i. We have nc doubt that the paper could havt wie1led ai p)owerfuil influncile upo)0n that ver~y clairs of voters whom < oisi~on to vote caiseRd the defeal of Stanlev and mlost of his board 01 ulldrermn. Thme .ThgiStr is an ex re'llnt newvspaper. Its ed 'it oriahl are' always wvell written, lively. ands teindib le, whiile thme locail depa~rtme(n i is unde11r the .manllageument of a gen tIlemn who has shown rare talen i .n his line. WXith a large circ'ulatior amaong the int Ielligent ('lasses inl Co hunia~l, it c'ould~ surely have dlon< onjieh to furithler tihe cause of th< peopile, and possibly, nay, vyru proibably, have~i t.uirned the elctior ini favor of Stanlhey. But pierhapi weC are mistakeni. Thie lessons to be learnt from thu dlefealt of Staniley bly a very smal majority aire-that therec is nod mor<? dan geronas practice than that of re mnainiung away froma the poll1s on th<i OCcasiionl of anl impoxrtant election that whero polities is left out of t1b con)1test, it is thle (duty of all to us< their influene for that set (of candci dates( w~hoso election is most. caleu I ite~d to) pr()1ote thme lpublie good and that. thiere shouild in every Snl (cointest he0 such ani orgaiz/ation o thei good peoplpe of the 'ommunluity as thut not4 a single v'ote may1) he lort At ai towni meeting in New Eng' limd, re'centfly, anl old farmer spok stronigly augainst~ making a large ap priaitionl for the schlools, s'ayiray that eldcation doeis niot muake a per sonl 1ho1est, but rather tended t< dlishoinesty, citing Wl~inllow, Babi (ock, Blknlap, OrvilGrant and (len Sehenuek as illustraitionis of the evi effe1ct s of liberal education. Thiere is all ancient maiden lada of eighty two, living ill Taunton, Mass., who has never seen a train o ('ars, dresses0 inl Contiinntatl fashion burns tallow (dips, alnd has not-eamllet oin her neighbor for five years. The Newt Hampshire temperancE revival is assimg vast p~roport'ions ''elve thouisand persons~ hlave sign. edl the pledge since the movement 1ean. An editor received tite following i G "Dear sir--havo looked 'otefully -- nhl )ttiently aier your pap r for y 1 li bnths foi- dncdeath* of ; A o i vidualI waf a quainted with, bit as yet not a single soul I care O alltthing, about has dropped off : " you Will please to 'have, hy game J erased." The following sentence from Geo.. w William Curtis, editor of IHarper's E JWeekly, has a pingent flavor: "Fine professions of reform ith W candidates who tre themselves con stituent part, of the thing to be re formed, will not carry the country." "Senator Morton has handled his -- bloody fag so much with his dirty F' hands," says an exchange, "that its . hue of blood il about to be obscur - od by that of dirt." Yes ; of his W shirts it is now difficult to say which is the dirtier, the one he waves or the one he wears.-Courier.Journ at. The country shopkeeper said: "Here, iy friend, those balls of butter I bought of you last week 1 all proved to be just three ounces short of a pound." And the farmer innocently answored: "Well, Idon't see how that could be. for I used one l of your poud bars of soap for a . weight." The supreme court of Georgia have unanimously decided that the head of a family can waivo, both for himself and his fan,ily, the right to a homestead, thus enabling people to create a valid lien on the 'full value of their property. T '. R. ROHD E;ltR44).. F)Fl:E IN RI".\!! OF l11t:T IllOUS WIS.V S/so/O. / fS. C. Q> All husines's -tiut tited to hi in wig receive prompt alieniten. (I. A G An1.1.'1u,. .4 1 S. lIm o'NI ""s el GAILLARD & REYNOLDS, b< A'TTO() R\N EYs A'1' LA W. I , o .: 1 .- W 1 0 -: A wl \'NSV , a" 1 1 ~ t)1-11 ('A l:O 1 i Ql _____ _------__ - - - - it JF. cMLa4 & (oo! Corner of Congresu and Wanhington Sts. EW SPRINaIOODS! NEW SPRING GOODS -0 V bog lea~ve to announce that we are niow rece'iving our fuill Stock ofijpring and Snnumaer WODS. C NEW SPiU'NG PIIlNTrS! NE W SPitlNG P3IllNTIS ! ! - We't invite -attentionl to our compijlete stock of Prints, PIQUES, LINEN LAWNS, CHIPCK(, NAINSOOK! AND) I '1TUCKING. All of whichi wo aro now olThrnng veryKd ow for theo CAil. CENTENNL\L STRIPE 124 cents per' yard. CASSIMERES and TWEEDS Iof all styles jutst re'ci ved . - Just r"eei vedl a full andi varied stock or h ii rNdrox ishoes al ofi ithe hi altet~ stylesi. J. F. McMAST'Ell & (CO. april 4 I AT CONNO1R & HAlNDI1LER'S, 'COMPLETE ASSORTMENT9" A MORTON'S3 CELEBRnfATED ii GOLD PENS a ANOll - - . -"..". -:. -+1v.+ir~ v .. [.} - ,T ' . -' - Y TO 'lul 011EA1 (lASh ,STIOtIUj ND SAVE MsOf-r'3"y V il FIND ---0U IT W DP GOODS fltllrestar*c b stsoment o Di' ,DA s r-g d.i :Iot. n and cPpa 0e ~ogt oWin~~rad~}iltIf ot:ului tpio ee 'le n qlitgestad t. rastd orHttiftcatert of'la8 \(S g~ d; I } a Sll +.( the a oa 84 1e8 ('lo lng i.; Mnti". )ICh A'd ttBoyon))t I~\;1...~n 4 CnN, I lIlul)1lrg EdgO;iligs anti Iuser'tinrat Collairs and Cufl , Doy lies~, &c. , ., ,C(' yStock of Nlotiolls, Garefrully comrlesctesdes TL'.A .14..'~ c th latest -