Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The New Orleans street care cany about 60,000 passengers daily. ?-?'Hie latter part of & wise man's life is taken up in curing the follies, prejudices, and false opinions he has contracted in the former. : It is stated that there is a movement on foot in Massachusetts, to oompel oyster dealers to open the. bivalves "with prayer.'' There is to he a gathering of Methodists at Sandersville, Ga., and the Central Georgian, pubfish at that place, calls upon its subsrcibers to furnish a thousand chickens for their support -3?An editor in the West boasts that his enemies will find him "a young David." Very few read his paper without feeling disposed to exclaim ?Goliar. Who were the first newspaper subscribers of whom we have any account; Cain, who took ABeQ's life and Joshua, who ordered the Sun to be stopped. One of the latest dainties sold in the streets of New York is Italian sausages made of mule flesh. They are bought and eaten with avidity, and will probably drive the old fashioned dog sausages out of market A Quaker, in business in Philadelphia, disffTI ft/Irrlo/v} a onrrpfi hiking tne " 10 iua imnic, nuimu w..? , pondent to direct his letters to him without any I tail, and received a reply superscribed, "Amos Smith, without any tail, Philadelphia." The "newest thing out" oomes from Jamaica. A firm there prints at the head of its letter paper: "Excuses for non-payment of money due must be prepaid, or postage will be charged on the account The name spinster had its origin in the fact that in old times no maiden was deemed fit for marriage, until she had spun her own wardrobe. Modern wisdom has changed this good old standard of eligibility. ?? A Scotch old maid, who was asked to subscribe to raise men for the king during the late war, answered, "Indeed, I'lldonaesio thing; I never could raise a man for myself, and I'm not gang to raise a man for King George." The negroes in Richmond were*so delighted at the idea of being able to ride in the street cars that they carried their breakfast and dinner with them, and remained in one of the street*cars until night One of them proposed that they should go after their beds. It is said that Brigham Young, during a re cent visit to New York, went to a phrenologist for an opinion about his bumps?the operator not knowing his man?and was told that he should keep close watch over "alimentativeness ' ana "amativeness." Mr. Guy Cooper, in Portland, supports a divorced daughter. The other daj'j she called her father "a Har, flew at him like a wild-cat, scratched his face, and then locked him up in the cellar" ?from which he escaped. Her husband must have led a jolly life the time he was with her. Gen. Sickles has issued an order, requiring all persons concerned in the seizure of any kind of real or personal property, sequestrated by the Confederate Government, to report in writing to his Headquarters the amount ana kind of property sequestrated, the time and place of sequestration, with die names of the original and present owners. Daniel Webster was right when he remarked of the press: "Small istne sum reauired to patronize a newspaper; amply rewarded its patron, I care not how humble and unpretending the goMtte he takes. It is next to impossible to fill a printed sheet, without putting into it something that is worth the subscription price." The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has decided that wagons, carts and drays, made to be used for farming or lumber purposes, and baggage or express wagons, made for carrying freight exclusively, and not to be used as pleasure carriages, are by Act of March 2, 1867, exempt from taxation. ?? The death of the old horse, Hemy Clay, who in his time has been one of the great celebrities, aad who was believed to be the oldest living stallion, occurred in Seneca county, New York, April 22d. The age of this hcrse is announced at 43 years and 7 months?certainly a surprising age for a horse to attain. The Queen of Madagascar is said to have issued a proclamation, forbidding civilians to wear hats with brims. Government officers, of the Malgache tvpe, are alone allowed to retain the oldfashioned head-piece. The poorer citizens continue to wear their old hats?simply proving their loyalty by tearing off the brim. Smith Brothers, of Providence, have patented a process whereby kerosene oil is burned from gasbipes, the burners being fed from a reservoir. It is so arranged as to be self-feeding?the burners being supplied by the action of burning. The weight of the atmosphere holds the oil in the pipes. There is not the' least danger from overflow, nor from explosion. ; A patriotic Federal lawyer, named Hessentine, refused to argue a case in Savannah last week, because there was a picture of the late Confederate flag hanging on the wall! The counsel on the other side hoped the loyal objector's feeling would be consulted, as the obnoxious picture doubtless called up many disagreeable reminiscences to the gentleman's mind. ' The arrival of Colonel Weatherly of Bennettsville, S. C., who was summoned to appear before the Judiciary Committee, is announced in the Washington papers. The Chronicle says: "It is surmised that he is to be questioned as to his visit to Washington during the winter, and the conversation reported to have taken place between him and the President" Sir Archibald Allison, the historian, does not think the British navy able to cope with that of the United States. In a recent address at Glasgow, Scotland, he said: "It is doubtful whether our Royal navy as yet eauals that of America. If a forest of hostile iron-ciads appear off Spithead or Plymouth, vain will be the forty or fifty noble sail-of-the-line lying in our harbors." At the Paris Exposition is a bar ofironabout as long and as thick as the pole of a carriage, tied in a knot as elegant and apparently as easy as though it were a ribbon, without a vestige of crack or flaw, and the visitor is assured that it was tied when oold. There is also a specimen of a railway bar bent double until the two sides meet flat upon each other, without a symptom of breakage at the bend. Another fiendish child-murder has come to light in Canada. Alexander Lachance is under arrest at St Fereol, near Quebec, for causing the death of his dumb and crippled child. The evidence before the coroner proves that, in addition to beating the mother for giving the child food, the inhuman father used to keep the cripple in a box under the bed, in a noisome, dark place, without drink or nourishment A bill has been filed by certain of the first mortgage bond-holders against the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, to foreclose the mortgage and sell the road. The bill is filed by Hon. ? * .1 r* n TV a n W. t\ De Saussurc; ana tne Jtun noaa uompany is represented by Messrs. Arthur. Melton & Melton. The Phoenix thinks that tne suit, if unsuccessful, will result in the destruction of the road, and the serious embarrassment of a large portion of the State. Henry Watson, a colored man of Union Springs, Alabama, has started a school for freedmen on his own responsibility, and it is well attendded by pupils, who make good progress. And the fireedmen of that town, being annoyed and outraged by the conduct of some lewd women of their ^wn color, organized a patrol to compel all colored t^omen found on the streets after 10 o'clock at night, to go home. In this they have the encouragement of the Town Council A youngster came home after having a glorious time in the puddles, his face all aglow, and his rubber boots full of water. The punishment of staying in the house for the remainder of the day did not seem very hard at first; but as his little Ijeart warmed up with the recollection of the triumphs of the morning, when he waded deeper than any of his playmates had dared to, he could bear the restraint no longer, and went to his mother, saying: "Please, mother, whip me, and let me go out again I" A man coining home late one night, a little more than "half seas over," feeling thirsty, procured a glass of water and drank it In doing so, he swallowed a small ball of silk that lay in the bottom of the tumbler, the end catching in his teeth. Feeling something in his mouth, and not knowing what it was, he began pulling at the end. and the little ball unrolling, he soon had several feet in his hands, and still no end apparently.? Terrified, he shouted at the top of his voice, "Wife I wife 11 say wife, come here; I am unraveling 1" 1 fKtti I ; The Hebrew National, a new weekly journal li published in London, gives some interesting statis- j, tics of the Jewish race. It says there are now 0 [living about 6,000,000 Israelites, about half of , whom live in Europe. There are 1,300,000 in (Russia; in Austria, 900,000; in Prussia, 254,000, 1 and in all other parts of Germany, 192,000; in 1 France, about 80,000; in Switzerland, 3,000 j in t Great Britain, about 42,000; in Syria ana Asiatic t Turkey, 52,000; in Morocco and North Africa, t 610,000; in East Asia, 500,800; in America, . 220,000; in Belgium 1,800; in Denmark 6,500; 1 in Italy 4,500. The extent to which the credit system has been abandoned in trade, during the past few years, is thus strongly illustrated. "In 1861 J. Russell 1 & Co., the table cutleiy manufactures of Green- 8 field, Mass., gave credit on over three-quarters of a their sales, while in 1866 all but one-third of one c percent were for cash. The Russell & Erwin t Manufacturing Company credited over half their . sales in 1859, while in 1866 all their sales were for . cash. Dunier & Rosher, hardware commission 1 Tworr>V<onfs mm orodit. on fiftv-two T>Cr Cent, of t their sales for 1861, while for 1866 they credited c but six per cent These facts are not probably of ] universal application. The dry goods trade is still . done largely on the credit system.'' , fotMlc ttxfrim.; EDITORS: , JAS. E. WILSON JAS. F. HART. ' YORKVILLE. S. C.: ~ < THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1867. ? Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that ' our terms for subscription, advertising and job- j work, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration of the time for which payment has been 1 made. A Subscriber finding a (X) eross-mark on i the wrapper or,margin of his paper, will understand cnat the time paid for has expired. THE REGISTRATION ORDER. Elsewhere in our columns will be found the im- J portant order of General Sickles, for carrying in- 1 to effect that part of the Military Act, providing } for the registration of voters. Many of our people are struggling over their 1 doubts, as to how they shall vote?whether "Con- c vention" or "No Convention," or whether or not ? they shall vote at all. There is, however, a grave 1 and solemn duty resting upon every franchised cit- j izen of these rebellious States; and that duty is to Register. Without doing this no one will be almotImth nf a vntp fnr. nerharts. an in-1 jlUVTCU UAW plliuugv v* ? ? v?vj ?T r x , definite time hereafter. Registering is, under this c law, the pre-requisite of suffrage. It costs noth- 1 ing to do so, and it is policy to place ourselves in a J condition that will enable us to exercise the right of suffrage if we should at any time desire it, or c find that votes will help us out of our difficulties. c There are other reasons of a much graver char- 1 acter than these, that press upon us this duty.? * Parties may spring up all through the country, t based upon principles that may prove detrimental to us. Our safety demands that we should be enrolled in readiness to combat these new issues, if they should arise, at the ballot-box, with all the j will and wisdom we possess. Should issues arise, ] of the character we most apprehend, our people c will need no advising as to what they must do. r The greatest danger now threatening us, is the s indifference of our people upon the subject of vo- f ting. Much of our destiny yet remains under our r control, and those who by the terms of this act, c are given the right of suffrage, and fail to prepare s themselves for its exercise, are sleeping over a sol- 1 emn duty they owe to their fellow beings. t It is not often that this paper has assumed, of i late, to advise upon political questions; and in fact t the importance of these suggestions must be so i patent, as to remove from them the appearance c even of advice. We, therefore, urge them upon ( the attention of our readers as a warning, the neg- ( leet of which may be fraught with consequences of ( direst evil. i THE GAZETTE. We have received the first number of this paper, T which is to be published weekly, by Caulfield & j Ford, 307 King Street, Charleston. The Gazette y professes to be the organ of no man or party, but ( it will be principally devoted to the interests of the ( Irish people in the Southern States. Special at- ( tention will be paid to the publishing of foreign , news?Irish, in particular. In religious sentiment ( it will be Catholic, but not as a partizan. The ^ Gazette is an eightrpage sheet, and judging from t the specimen before us, it will prove a valuable ] addition to the Southern press. We specially ( commend it to those of our people who take an in- ( terest in "old Ireland," whether that interest spring from nativity, blood, or sympathy. The price of subscription, from some oversight, is not ' stated in any part of the paper, but it is probably the same as that of other city weeklies?say $3. 1 MR. DAVIS IN RICHMOND. Ttio wrif- of Itnltpnn mrntig for Mr. DAVIS was r served on Gen. Burton, commanding at Fortress 1 Monroe, on tie 10th inst. In compliance with its c requirements, Gen. Burton, accompanied by Mr. j Davis and his family, went up to Richmond on board the steamer John Sylvester, the next day. It had previously been understood that, iu deference to the wishes of the military authorities, there would be no public demonstrations on the occasion. The telegraphic despatches in the Charleston papers give the following account of his reception in Richmond: I A detachment of infantry from the 29th regiment was present, and sentinels were posted at intervals enclosing about 200 yards square, of the wharf. Outside of this line, a large crowd of negroes and a few whites were gathered. The brows of the surrounding hills were pretty thickly covered with spectators. Maj. Vance, of Gen. Schofield's staff, who was in command, and a detachment of cannoneers of the 5th artillery, numbering about fifty, mounted as a guard for the carriages. As the steamer hove in sight, with the national flag flying, the most intense anxiety was exhibited by the crowd to get closer; but there was no demonstration?no cheering or hissing. When the steamer was made fast, Hon. Jas. Lyons went on board, and after a feeling meeting with Mr. Paris, brought Mrs. Davis ashore, and conducted her to a carriage, followed by the two servants who attended her. After a few minutes, Mr. Davis came over the gang plank, accompanied by Gen. Burton and Dr. Cooper^ lie looked very much changed from what the citizens of Richmond remember him to have been, looking much older and rather haggard and feeble. A full grey beard contributed much to the change. He wore a heavy black overcoat, and came ashore with a very firm step. The partv immediately got into carriages, and surrounded by the mounted guard, drove rapidly by a side street up towards the Spotswood Hotel, thus disappointing the large crowd which had gathered on Main street to see Mr. Davis. It is announced that the trial will take place du ring the present terra of the Circuit Court. If he f is released on bail, he will be immediately re-ar- ( rested and put on trial for treason, on an indict- 1 mentto be gotten up by the "Botts' grand juiy," y so called from its having John Minor Botts on its panel. The Examiner says: "As soon as the Supreme Court at Washington \ adjourns, which will be at an early day, Chief Jus- t ticc Chase will at once take his seat on the bench ? of the Circuit Court at Richmond, and the trial s will commence. The term of this Circuit Court <] will be a very long one, continuing through many weeks, and the most interesting, from the above ( facts, ever held. In view of the facts, it is prob- * able the application on a writ of habeas corpus will 4 be denied. ' v Washington despatches deny that Chief Justice o Chase will leave the bench of the Supreme Court t in Washington before the 20th, and assert that he a will then be occupied several days in concluding ii the nominations of registers in bankruptcy. If r this be true, the trial of Mr. Davis cannot take t place before June?that is, if Chase is to preside d over the trial. v Since the above was in type, it appears, as will ii be seen under the head of "Latest News," that tl Mr. Davis has been released on bail and is now at o liberty. This announcement will bring joy to the ii hearts of thousands throughout this Southern b and. Our people have never forgotten their heaved leader of other and brighter days, and throughout his long period of imprisonment, many breasts lave throbbed with sympathy for his sufferings, uany prayers have ascended for him, from the >eople for whom he has borne so much. From he conditions of his release, it is possible that his rial will take place in November. That he may neet with a fair trial aud an honorable acquittal, s now our earnest hope. " / ? RAILROAD FARES* j-u* -v. J5.P: *| Southern railroad directors, as a rule, seem to hint that the more they can squeeze out of a pasenger, in the way of fare, the ntore money they ire making. But this system drives from thenars all passengers except those who are compelled o travel on them, and those who are rich enough o travel in style. Just about now the latter class s too small to be profitable, and the former make heir journeys as few as possible. If the various ompanics were to reduce the present rates one lalf, we believe their revenue from that source vould be more than doubled, by the increased num >er of travelers. This idea is confirmed by the following facts vhich are published in several papers, and which here is no reason to doubt. Two lines between Boston and Portland are now engaged in a compe;ition, as to which can carry passengers at thecheapist rates. Their fares to some points have been reluced to less than half what was charged before the var, and each is making eveiy effort to induce passengers to prefer its route over the other. The wnsequence is that the number of passengers have rebled on both roads, and they are making more noney than ever before. It will be observed that the companies so materially benefitted by the reduction of prices, would lever have found out its advantages, but for their ivalry. It is doubtful whether Southern compares arc any wiser than Northern, but they have in additional motive to follow suit Many of the Southern States are using every effort to attract mraigration, but what is the use of such efforts, vhile the immigrant is.virtually tabooed by the ?St of travel? Mr. Prime, whose article on the jrospects of the South will be found in another ttlumn, mentions this as one of the greatest obsta:les to immigration in this direction. After the mmigrant arrives in New York, the great imminent depot, he finds that he can get to Illinois or Wisconsin for about half what it would cost him o reach South Carolina. Is it any wonder that he iesitates about going to a country where they iharge so much for traveling, even if he has the neansto make the trip? His inference is that! >ther prices are in proportion, and he goes West, ike a sensible man. If the South is earnest in ailing for immigrants, her railroads must be indued to lower their figures for passengers, or, at least, o run second-class cars at second-class prices. On -ome roads, the practice is to run second-class cars, or which passengers have to buy extra first-class ickets. r THE SOUTHERN INJUNCTIONS. The argument in the Georgia and Mississippi inunction cases still draws its slow length along.? ijong speeches are the order of the day, and no loubt powerful arguments have been made, for ind against the injunctions. "We observe that ome of our cotemporaries publish these elaborate sfforts, but it is doubtful whether they have been ead by one out of a thousand readers. If their lelivery put J udge Greer to sleep for half an hour, is is stated to be the fact, to read them would surcy produce symptoms of drowsiness. The: quesion involved is, nevertheless, of the highest iinjortancc, and it is to be hoped that the Judges of he Supreme Court are awake to their responsibilty in the premises, however sleepy they may be luring the forensic exertions of counsel. Their lecision upon the motion to file the bills is expected by the 20th instant, though Leo, the corresponlent of the Charleston Courier, says they will be n no haste to form or express an opinion on so nomentous a question. If they entertain the motion and thussitin judgncnt upon the military bill, they cannot well avoid rronouncing it unconstitutional. But of what a,rail will such a decision be? By the time the Bourt has heard the arguments and come to a contusion. the States will have been reconstructed by he working of the very machinery whose powers we called in question. The substance of constituional right is gone; as for the shadow we-are not rery tenacious of it, and are willing to drift with he current against which we are unable to make lead. Perhaps we will come out all right in the :nd, perhaps not; but float we must, wherever the surrcnt takes us. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Bankrupt Act. The instructions and rules in relation to the Bankrupt Law have been completed, under the diection of the author of the law. These rules, together with the necessary blank forms for the use )f registers and attorneys, will be issued in book brni, as soon as the Supreme Court has approved >f them. The volume will contain two hundred lages, and we see it stated that the first part of it s already in press. It is hoped that the whole vork will be ready for the inspection of the court, >y the end of this month. The appointing of regsters still continues, though the appointments are lot made known to the press. The official an louncement of these appointments will, it is said, >e made by the 1st of June, on which day the Act vill take effect. Disturbance in Richmond. A serious disturbance, which is termed by ;he Times "nearly a riot," occurred in Richmond m the 9th inst A fight occurred between a white nan and a negro, relative to the respective merits )f two fire-engines. The police promptly arrested wth belligerents, but while carrying them off, were issailed by a mob of negroes, who released their japtive brother. He was captured and recaptured jy t?oth parties several times, but at length made bis escape. The negroes meanwhile attacked a vhite boy, on the alleged charge of using a slingshot in the early part of the fray. He was at length aken charge of by the police and carried off.? Bricks were the only offensive weapons used, but :he mob might not have ended so harmlessly, bad lot Gen. Schofield ordered out a detachment of soldiers, who cleared the streets, not without feeing applications of the bayonets and butts of their nuskets. Freedom is a great thing, as also is a ree American citizen, whatever his scent. This s a fine illustration of the fitness of the African ace to aid in ruling the country. Harangued and jajolcd by such fanatics and jacobins as Hunnicut md Conway, is it any wonder that the poor, deluled wretches should mistake lawlessness for freelom, and riot for self-protection. The teachings if such men leave the inference among their hearirs that the negro enjoys impunity from punishnent?that it is sacrilege to touch him, no matter vhat offence against the law he may commit. Light Dawning in South Carolina. "We are requested to state that Mrs. Franks E_W. Harper, a popular lecturer, will deliver n this place, on next Saturday and Sunday nights, wo of her lectures, on the subjects?"The nation's . ?? it crrrt . 1 t p-eat opportunity, anu xne coiorea man as a ocial ami political force." The public, without listiuction of color are invited to attend." "We clip the above notice from the Darlington Southerner, as a cheering indication of progress in bis antiquated old State. Br.t we must say that re have no sympathy with the petticoated apostles f progress, of whose army Mrs. Harper constitues the vanguard in these regions, so far as we are ware. A holy horror of lectures from female lips 5 characteristic of mankind in general, and inaried men in particular, and we fear the gifted oraor (perhaps we should say oratress) had but slencr audiences. There are circumstances, under rhich female lectures arc proper and eminently inpressive. But they require the stillness of night, he solitude of retirement and the solemn adjuncts f night-cap and curtain, to give them their legtimate effect. Many a boasted "lord of creation" as listened in trembling awe to the portentous ac cents of .a nocturnal lecturer, under these oircum stances. But the spell is broken, when the lecturei ascends the public rostrum and screams forth hei burning thoughts to the world at large. Then the hearer listens with amusement, not unmixed with contempt.' But Mrs. Harper has selected such interesting, and we may add, such incomprehensible themes, that curiosity alone ought to give her ar audience. Her last subject is especially sweet foi a lady to discuss. Many old stagers in politics anc philosophy have stalled in pulling through the nig ger question; "Hut it seems that a-pfcffosopher it crinoline has solved it at last. The colored man L to be a "social and political force," is he? Well if he is, our Northern brethren made him the latter we will wait for our Northern sisters to make hin and the former. Mis. H. ought to have an escon of the new-made "social forces.'' Courtesies to Butler. From the numerous notices of it in our ex changes, Mr. Butler must have favored all th< nresH with nmiies of his notorious "Debate" wit! Bingham. His politeness in sending to Sonthen men, a document so full of malignant hatred anc insult towards thera and their States, is apprecia ted at its due value by all our cotemporaries whos< comments we have observed. The most corapli mentaiy acknowledgement of the "Beast's" favo: is from the Mobile Register, and reads as follows We are indebted to Beast Butler for a report o the vomiting match between himself and Bing ham. . "Benj.. F.. Butler" is written on the en velope, evident!? with, a spoon instead of a pen and the papier is.scorched on both sides, where it was hela between two* of the Beast's claws. Ii smells of brimstoue and decayed human flesh com bined. We have not read it yet?waiting till ft ii thoroughly aired. ' Registration and Disfranchisement. A Washington dispatch of the 7th instant saysr " * The subject of registration in the Southern State was considered in cabinet session to-day, and i was determined that an order should be sent t< Gen. Sheridan, directing him to extend the tim< for registering in his district, so as to enable th< registers to get the benefit of the Attorney-Gener al's opinion, and if need be, revise their action ii accordance with that opinion, before dosing tin registry. . ?,. # Hj The Attorney-General has been so entirely occu pied with his onerous and laborious official dutiei in the Supreme Court, that he has not been able t< properly consider the subject of disfiranchisemen under the Reconstruction Act To complete th< work, it becomes necessary to examine the variou statutes of the several Southern States, and it ii understood that Mr. Stunbeny will not be pre r^nrAfl in ciiVtmit. IiIk nm'nion to the Cabinet tD Tuesday next. _ European Peace Conference. The New York Herald of the 8th inst. con tains a cable despatch stating that the Peace Con ference'met on the 7th. The Heralds Europeai news is sometimes manufactured in its own office as was recently acknowledged by its presiding ge nius, Mr. Bennett, oU a notable occasion, after h< had been detected in his fraud. But the following telegram reads as though it may really have pass ed under the Atlantic. , "The proceedings were secret. This much however, is known; France is willing to accep the dismantling of Xuxembourg as a settlement o the question. Prussia will not consent to this however, unless all the. Powere guarantee the set tlement by binding themselves to prevent the ac quisitionof Luxembourg, by either France or Prus sia. England hesitates to give thb guarantee.? The session has adjourned, in order to enable th< delegates to receive instructions from their respec tive governments. In the meanwhile the prcpa rations for war proceed. France is buying armi from both England and Spain, and the Prussiat troops of the regular army are being held in rcadi ness to support Luxembourg. Bismarck declares that the situation is more serious than heretofore How to Judge a Horse.' A correspondent of the Country G'cntlemai gives the following in reference to horses: I offer the following suggestions^ the result o my close observation and long experience. If th< color be light sorrel o* chestnut, nis feet, legs anc face white?theSe are the marks of kindness. L he is broad and full between the eyes, he may b< depended on as a horse of good sense, and capabl* of being trained to anything; as respects sucl horses^ the more kindly you treat them, the bettc: you will be treated in return. Nor will a horse o this description stand a whip, if well fed. If voi want a safe horse, avoid one that is dish faced. He may be so far gentle as not to scare, but h< will have too much go-ahead in him to be safe witl everybody. If you want a fool, but a horse o great bottom, get a deep bay with not a white hai about him. If his face is a little dished, so mucl the worser Let no man ride such a horse that ii not an expert rider: they are always tricky am unsafe. If you want one that will never give out never buy a large, overgrown one. A black hors< cannot stand heat, nor a white one cold. If vox want a gentle horse, get one with more or xcs white about the head?the more the better. Se lections thus made are of great docility and gen tleness. For Loafers and Dandies, Exclusively. A Charleston lady, evidently disgusted witl the number of idle young men visible on the street corners of that city, has addressed a hide-piercinj letter to them, through the Mercuiy. After com menting upon their idleness, ungallautry, foppish ness and conceit, she proceeds thus: If loafing is a weakness with you, do it all a home, for a loafer is in the way of the industrious keep out of the streets; go in your father's libra ry and improve your mina, and try to make a mai "of yourself, and Stop this street-loafing. I knov some young gentlemen (so they call themselves) 11 this city, who cut a big swell in their father's bug gy up and down King-street, around the Battery eveiywhere, and talk very big about futher's hor ses, father's houses, father is going to do this ant that, just to show off, and yet these young mei never have the value of a segar in their pockets. Young gentlemen, don't let it be saia that yoi have grown up in your father's house; that yoi have vegetated on other green barns, but let youi friends, everybody, the world, see that you are de termined to tie a man, and a useful citizen, anc come out number one. So off with your coat, clincl the saw, the hammer, the trowel, the spade, any thing that will enable you to stir your almost stag nant blood. Do anything, so it is honest, rathe; than be a passive recipient of your parents' boun ty. Sooner than bear the name of "loafer," ant have it said that you are living off your parents go and hire yourpelf to some farmer, be a drayman a coachman, a porter, for they are all honest wayi of making a living, and honest ways of getting money. Do you think, young gentlemen, that loafing ai corners, spitting tobacco all over the sidewalks, tt the disgust of the ladies, will ever make you rich' Did your parents get their riches that way ? Oh no. They went to work, and worked hard anc honestly, and now they reap the benefit of that la bor. Suppose your parents should, by some accident, lose their wealth, or the little they have? what would become of you? Could you continue to dress in fine broadcloths, wear kids, and pateni leathers, smoke choice Havanas, and splurge as yoi now? False Hair. Public taste is divided as to the beauty o: .Cirninno nrift ntVinr -fnmininp nrlrv/nmpnf* VTUIAJ1 J11U13} V/UlgllVUO U??? vvmv. made of false hair. But a question of health if now raised by the learned, to shake the faith o1 the fair wearers of other people's hair. It appears that there are in the market two kinds of hairthat taken from living heads and that pulled frou the scalps of the dead, sometimes having the roots still attached to the hair. This latter kind is a poisonous, ornament to the wearer, as many forms of disease lie concealed within it The "churchyard" hair is never free from the taints of disease, however much it may be cleansed or subjected tc purifying processes. Connoisseurs can easily distinguish the hair of the dead from that of the living, but the ladies who wear it cannot. If they wish to be safe against possible maladies and indisputable uncleanliness, their best course is tc touch not the unclean thing, but try to be pretty without it The New York World, on this subject says: Of this dead hair a vast quantity is in the New York as well as the London and Paris markets.? Pedlere through the New England States often return to New lork from a trip with several pounds of hair which has been secured from loved heads by loving parents, and exchanged for soap, or pins, or something of that sort. This, is a reality, ana its correctness may be ascertained by a visit to any a . ^ dealer in hair, who will tell you die article ii fire quently offered him for Bale, and of cow# (7). re. fused indignantly by him. In our city hospitals, , too, qualities of hair are procurable. , _ , ' j It is not then to be wondered at when itis stated * 1 that taints, scrofula, fever, cholera, and all such diseases lurk in the nair that is used for tje.aporn> ment of the human head. There is notpo infeci tious disease known, that does not convey itself to r the hair of the sufferer, and yet this4 'chuith-yard1' , hair in smooth braids forma part, of thq chignon that may be worn by the most fashionabfc of fash" ionahles. Thus, does death lurk amid their wav- . i ing tresses, and "all the ills thatrfiesh isfleir to" j : lie hidden in the depths of gorgeous coiffares. , A chignon may be purchased for $1.50 and at i , any sum up to $30. A chignon of hufttQ) and ! l what is said to be living hair, cannot be hid under . t $10. By far the majority sold average aider this latter price, and so must necessarily con At of the article cheerfully characterized by the "Laioet" as "churchyard," or at best, hospital hail. Each ( - week men make it their business to visit the va- } > rious barbers' shops in the city, and pnrAuse.the t varicolored clippings of the week. These dippings are of coarse, neither clean nor choice, and yet 1 ! seven-eighths of the chignons in the mifket are ] ' stuffed with this questionable material lhc outer j - coverine is comDOsed of a thin laver of th? prepar- : ; ed articYe, but the bulk is made of the refae of the . barber shops. Horse hair and dieep's tool also r often form ingredients of this fashionalle head dress. The shifts are many, to which thde young j ladies resort who cannot afford to pay hijh prices t f for the better article, though it scarcely seems that 1 * there could be much choice in articles, none of . which are very desirable. Consequently, pe soon- ' 1 er womankind universally discard their usqthe bett ter for all. They have never been handpme or- 1 t naments, and decidedly are not the cleaned capital e * appendages. Let them be consigned tothe fur- j 3 nace or the ash-barrel, and permit a spee(y disso>- . lution of their elements to destroy gregarins, pediciili, infection and all the many hidden tarors for } which they are remarkable. " " i The Republican Convention. 1 3 The following is a copy of the j|?tform 1 t adopted by the late Republican Convenion in & * Charleston: j I. That in order to make the labors of fl our * ^ loyal .fellow-citizens more effectual for carrytfg out t j the provisions'of Congress, for the restorion of law and order in our State, as well as jr the J peace and prosperity of our entire countij we, the -people cf South Carolina, do form oipelves ~ into a political organization, to be known ,is the j Union Republican Party of South Carolina,: ^ t II. That as Republican institutions caiM he , preserved unless intelligence be generaDy effused 7 9 among all classes, we will favor a uniform rsfcem t 3 of common schools and colleges, which skU be s . open to all, and such system to be support^ by a e ] general tax upon all kinds of property. III. That we will favor a liberal system pub- i lie improvements, such as rail roads, can s and other works, and also such a system of av rding - I L'Amn 00 vmll mtro oil Atlt* (DftW* L UUUUU^LO iui tuc oaiuc ao urn giw ?u v?m p. -? - citizens an equal'and fair chauoe to share iijhem. r 1 IV. That we will also insist upon such podi- ^ j fication of the laws of the State a3 will d?way * with imprisonment for debt, except for frau, and ? imprisonment of witnesses, except for will ab- u 2 sence, and especially, abolish entirely and ftever, " 5 the barbarous custom of corporeal punishiint for * - crime, or any other cause. ! ;,?t c Y. That as large land monopolies tend lily to ? , make the rich richer, and the poor poor* and t are ruinous to the agricultural, commercii and " f Social interests of the State, the Legislature loold V , offer every practicable inducement for the t ision - and sale of unoccupied lands, among the borer ? classes, and as an encouragement to immigitts to j - settle in our State. / ^ * - VL That the law of ejectment and diraint i should be so modified as to protect equally 11 Ion lord and the tenant. VII. That provisions should be made for fe ex- j i enrption of the "poor man's homestead." a i VHI. That the interests of the State deind a V - revision of the entire code of laws, and th( e-or- ? i ganization of the Courts. IX, That it is just and proper that alaxes ? should be ad valorem, ana proportioned the " property of the citizens, and tnat no capita m or H 1 poll tax should ever be levied in this State.. X That the ballot being the surest soi oard ' f of the rights of the citizen,' all officers of thptate ^ - should be elected by the people. 1 XI. That the poor and destitute, thogagcd . f and Tnfixm people, houseless and 'homelest and t.i > past labor, who have none to care for them lould ? J be provided for at the expense of the Sta^ and i that in the reconstruction of our Governmel we r will see to it that they are not neglected aqfor- ^ r gotten. . 1 It i XII. That we give.our cordial and entire jpc tion to the action of Congress for the restorion ty J of the Union, and to the wise and just priniles i of the Republican party. i a * XIII. That we will not support any candjtfe. r for office, who will not openly endorse the princ es w 1 adopted by the Union Republican party; and at 8t ? we pledge ourselves to stand by the regular n li- tl 1 nation of the party without any reservation wit- fa ' ever. w a i 1 MERE-MENTION. J, Advices to the Agricultural Departraen4t tl . Washington, indicate the present to be the fist wheat crop for many years. R. Bariill Rhett, Esq., is in Washington, gathering mafi- 9g i al for a history of the late war. A mana- aj r med Bedbug has petitioned the Kentucky L4- T j lature to change his name." "The Georgia^- se - natic Asylum is full, and another building is big - constructed for insane negroes. Mr. Buclan is considered the richest of the surviving tt Presidents, and enjoys his otium acm dijnitais g< one may with $200,000." It requires ten tit- ne sand roses to make one ounce of the otto. 4- it Governor Harris, of Tennessee, is a merchant Liverpool. Thirty thousand tailors in Rs m' . are on a strike for higher wages. "The pd- ^ , lation of Washington is claimed to be one hun<H - and thirty thousand. Gen. R H. Chill,. wi 1 late of Gen. Lee's staff, is now agent of the Colt- pa 1 bus (Georgia) Manufacturing Company. i j rural contributor says he has enlarged his esi ^ 1 lishment, and now keeps a head of oxen, a head" ^ r hen, and several head of cabbage, while he is $ an trying to keep ahead of the times. "" The a j ters of New Orleans have felt compelled to rei) t/u 1 a venerable colored man his certificate on J . ground that he is a native of Guinea, and has nj ^ r er taken out his naturalization papers. "1 - Crown Princess of Russia, who is the daughtei 1 1 Queen Victoria, has a telegraphic office in her jj tei 1 ace at Berlin, and converses daily with her motI in/ j through the wires. The State Commissi] P" , ere of Maryland, have recently shipped 2000 buj wc els of com and 70,000 pounds of bacon to Sol t Carolina, for the use of the needy. Sevej at | thousand Germans, it is said, have engaged pj fai sage by steamer to the United States. The c ho j Prussians nscription laws are driving many out . the country. Gen. Sheridan has admonisl W?J the New Orleans Picayune, Crescent and Tin as not to indulge in denunciation of the reconstruct ing ? law. tei t Rev. John Bcckwith, of New Orleans, has b< ^ elected Episcopal Bishop of Georgia. Le ing Republicans are telegraphing from differ res p portions of the country that they utterly repudii ] , Thaddeus Stevens' plundering scheme of confia to jto itt _i_;?l m _-.7_ ne< j tion. ine vrasnmgioii i^nrwucic uuuii? ^ p strongly in favor of forcing negro suffrage upon i jQ^ , Northern States by act of Congress Th ve, . are 12,000 colored schools in the South. ""I fro j Confederate Postmaster General Reagan is pr cos 5 tising law in a little town in Texas. Peo; the t are flowing into Texas from every portion of t j civilized world. The population now is aboat em . 200,000. The clerks in the New York P<j ira, office have sent five hundred bushels of corn to the , South. A man in Pennsylvania owns a wo . lows and hires it out to the counties when an;' mo . their citizens require hanging. Clouds' . grasshoppers have made their appearance in Te: ^ . and threaten all crops with destruction. q 1 ' * ' me The Democratic victory in Kentucky is t Jil ken of by the Louisville Journal as the greatest* but most signal ever won by any party in that Sfc igtg ''We send, (savs the Journal) a glad grcetioj Iie] ' the Northern Democracy. "\V c have fully redodjthe ed all our promises to them. We stand prod tha beside them. We behold them struggling! nd< i minority; but it is no hopeless struggle. We j9C i them gaining upon their opponents, making bt headway agamst them, ana a confident belief ta ^ ( Jiossession of our minds that their triumph is5! fim aroff. -, ; ~ vfm r LOCAL ITEMS. ? > ' }. HEW ADVEBTBE1IEHT8. , \ J. H. Craig, Administrator?Land for Sale. \ T. M. Dobson <fe Co.?Cheap Shoes and Hoots. " w " " ?Mason's Clacking, u - u u l_Round Head Taciw. .? ? u ?Wanted. . " ? ?Gold Watch for Sale. B. P. Boyd?Hides Wanted. DIYUTE SEE VICE. The religious services of a Sacramental meeting in thePresbyterian Chinch will- begm-JVkkyiright < rhe Methodist and Presbyterian churches will unite in commemorating the Redeemer's Death on the Sabbath. Several ministers are expected to be in j attendance. JOB PEIHTnriT The proprietor of the Enquirer has just receiv- < jd a full supply of new material Tor printing job i frork of all descriptions. With a great variety of ] ;ype and the most improved machinery, he is now prepared to print circulars, hand-bills, cards, pam- i phlets, catalogues, and all other kinds of job work, is neatly and on as good terms as any other print- 1 ng establishment in the State. 0B0P8. < The Wheat crop in this District promises a large i neld. Our farmers say that they never had a beter prospect at this season of the year. We have 1 leard some complain* of rust appearing in a few ields, but the danger is probably magnified. Cotton is up in good stands, but docs not look lealthy. The frost on the 7th and 8th instant did ^ wine barm, crippling the growth and giving a sick- j y appearance. The Spring has been too cool for t , The fruit crop promises abundantly. Peaches j n some localities were destroyed by the April Tosts, but a large quantity is left, notwithstanding. ^ Apples, plums, blackberries, and the small fruits j generally, are in abundance. I The Oat crop looks promising thus far, but it las a long gauntlet to run yet, before safe calcula- ^ ions can be made upon it On the whole, our fanners are in good cheer, lawring manfully, and hoping. FUTURE OF THE SOUTH. > . 1 The following article is from tlie pen of Mr. W. ? X Prime, chief-editor of the Journal of Com- 1 nercc, who has recently visited the South, and a herefore speaks from pef&onal observation on the 6 objects discussed. We commend it to our read- j; re, as containing more truth and more profound udgment than is often found in the same space. e lie italics are our own. If an election of any kind were to be held in the 9 South within the next three months, then is no 0 reasonable doubt that three-fourths of the negro o 0 tc would be cast with, the Southern white vote, r liere is perfect aocord between the larger portion ^ f the freedmen and the white population: This 1 but natural. The negroes were as ^ardent enelies of the North as their masters, during the war. hey had no theories to sustain, and no special b are as to what questions were involved in the r, antest. They sympathized with the people who g arrounded tnem; and* if the oath, of allegiance j :ere distinctly understood by the freedmen when it . r administered to them, nine-tenths of them would _ t unable to say that thev had not lent willing aid t nd comfort to the rebellion. Having stood firmly ti y their masters in the trials of the war, they >re -ill likely to stand by them in all public questions. & t seems to be from a knowledge and appreciation f these facts, that the men who are seelcmg to rise ^ ie negro vote for partisan purposes, find itneoes- h iry to delude the poor fellows with promises of a ti ivision of the lands among them. The serious uestion for the freedinen now ought to be how to ~ itablish a regular and permanent system of paid a ibor, and how to fix the rate of payment so as to , pprtxdmate as nearly as may be to the old rate? amely, a support for the laborer and las family, isiclcness ana Jiealth, childhood and old age. But ti le interference of politicians is operating to preent the determination of these questions and postone the day of calm settling down. It is impossi'e to regard the speech-maJcing missions of North-n politicians (o the Soutliem negroes as anything it injurious to them. It is in fact adding the final h low to their ruin as a people. Unless they settle tc 7wn to'work, and take the position of laborers . hose labor is necessary, and must be cherished and rredfor, they will rapidly perish The suffrage w in danger of proving the destruction of the race. : would ordinarily take a generation to learn the w squirements of the new order of things. Where le interests of employers are so deeply involved ^ i the education ofthe employed, the process orac>mmodation to the new system might be much , lore rapid. But the temptations to idleness 10 hich political speakers are. offering them, are too w rong to be resisted by their feeble intellects, and u iey are easily led to ruin. They would go much ster if the promises were fulfilled. If the lands ere divided among them, and they made to de?nd on their ojvn labor for the product of their K vn farms, the race would melt away in two or iree generations. . ^ ii The Southern negro is very much like a hot)use plant. He needs constant care and advice, xposure is dangerous. It is astonishing to ob- ' rve how many of them seem to be ill, how few 4 e free from coughs and indications of disease.? I bey know nothing about taking care of them- 1* Ives. They require advice, watching, and tonant help. These are the general truths, while ie exceptions serve by contrast to make the comon rule more visible. - ' The future, therefore, looks doubtfiil to the , rwinlo Thwo in rpaarvn tn fi?ar that thfl ? t?To race wilf disappear. Already it is plain that 81 will not be able to supply the demand for labor [rich is sm . to be made within a few years. The iications are that thev will diminish from year to M ar, while the demand will increase in more rapid k, tio. If these questions were left to the manageentof Southern men, they would be considered th great care, and the utmost attention would, be id to the comfort and well-being of the freed- P3 2n. The lest friends they have in the world are yutheni employers, and their vcorst enemies are th Tse ivho, however honestly, are seeking to divert re< nr attention from the prmury question of bread, fri d clothing, and shelter, to the work of governing ap great nation. Unfit at present to feed themselves, ' ?y aught to be spared the miserable delusion of thi uJcCig they are fit to make lam for the world or wt ? greatest nation in iL The direction of their po inas toward such subjects results in their absolute an struction, physical as well as moral. me There are many reasons for believing that the yei idency of things in the South is toward the hrcak- tin I up of the old svstem of large plantations em- be ijring many hands. These will continue in some Co ;tions, because no other system can be made to wh irk successfully. But it will not be strange, if poi 3 general rule shall hereafter be more like that of the North, where the farmer cultivates a small prt m, requiring but few hands. Here comes in, om wever, the question of emigration?whether it cei j be turned to the South; anahow. The world's itory has shown that emigration does not tend to s rm climates.. But here are induoements such cor were never before offered. A land once teem- pnl \ with abundance, rich soil which rewards labor ' i-fold, the prospect of crops which are more val- the ble than mines of gold, the certainty that the wil, 1 will yield support to the laborer and his family 0f m the time that the seed growB, these and other Sta isons may tempt the emigrant. ; But the people of the South must do something era induce immigration, and one of the first things fay jessaryisto persuade their railway companies eon establish second-class through rates of fare, at' a r tariff. The present rates are only local, and y high. When we compare the cost of going tta m New York to St. Louis or Chicago, with the emj t of going as far Southward, we see reasons why the ! emigrant cannot now be induced to try the lat- (Joi reb ["here are fine openings for the organization of to s iffrant companies in the South. Large tracts of ?ni proved lancl can be bought at a low figure, and wej :se lands sold to emigrants in alternate sections fify uld at once become more valuable than in the st prosperous days of old. g : ? bea ?rom Mexico.?News from Mexico to die 8th son i been received. On the 23d, Maximilian, at por eretaro, placed himself at the head of 6,000 hoo n, leading the fight, which lasted ail day. The ble i >erals were surprised at first and driven back, grej ; subsequently rallied and repulsed the Imperial- by 1 , who took refuge in the city. The Liberals 1 d a portion of the city for a few hours, and covi n took up their old position. It is believed war t the city of San Luis had succumbed. Bena- on I is continues the siege of Vera Cruz. His force San ompletely investing the city by land and water. Cra (visions are so scarce that the people are obliged in v iaf 'horse'flesh. The death of Miramon is con- fere led. Gen. Diaz is daily receiving reinforce- ton ats. ' ' 'tota f OONTEIBUTORIAL." /' ' 5 ? lit JA8. WOOD DAVIDSON. OOLTTMBIA, SOUTH OABOLDTA13TH MAY, 1887. _ * The soiree to be given by the ladies of that congregation, for the benefit of the enclosures and grounds of Trinity (Episcopalian) Church, *>pcps on the 14th. It will continue for three or four mlyjlilltla *_ ' j'i if *'ir - *' - ' * ^ PVroiTIga. Mu#4cal% h;ri uf The Feiningerffhave mide 'two appeafances hefore Columbia auditories; and both times with great success. They are understood to be upon the eve of tlpir ieparture for Charleston, to take the whole South ind southwest in tour. Reconstruction. Gov..Perry's lead does not produce much of a rally. That dastardly virtue called prudence seems to be in the way. The response to the Ex-Provisional-Governor's idvice to register and vote No Convention, is feeble md scattering. The course likely to be pursued by South Carolina is . "To make the beft we caa at life, Nor render It scurte; But take it u we take a wife For better or for won* !7 It seems to us to be all rabbit and no turkey to is, any way. #t. Zion Collegiate Institute. Our readers were advised last week of the desxuction by fire, of the buildings of this venerable institution in Winnsboro. Mt Zion is a bona Jide sollege, and, we believe, the oldest one in the State. For a great many years, it has not exercised the unctions of a college in granting diplomas, though it had the chartered right to do so. In speaking of the destruction of the building, re feel a good deal as if we were writing an obitutry of the college, though the Institution is not, as in institution, affected by it But so much that went to make up the Old dount Zibu to thousands from all parts of the' State, went with the fire that consumed the build g, that there is much to which we are writing in obituary. We are writing an obituary to Arose pacious rooms where the triumphs and humiliainnn df mm n. fvm fin lieon tn Aaoo a miliar old rooms and dormitories, dedicated to arnest work or reckless fun; to those steep stairs; 0 that familiar old porch, where so many have pent a pleasant or an anxious hour; to that old ak?above all, to that old oak?sacred to the mcmry of a thousand scenes of other days; to the old in rooi 'and its pebbles r to the mess-hall and {heat there in'hg end of this list,' unless we stop in lie middle. ; . ' We spent five years within those walls; and may e ipardoned our lengthy paragraph to their memoir ; for .it is a painful thing to hive those old sugestives of the past blotted out so unoeremonioudy. a Semorlam. ' On Friday, the 10th instant, the Ladies of the fclumbia Memorial Association paid their annual ibute at the graves of the dead of our Lost Cuttse. There waario pageantry and pomp; but al! was lrnest, quiet, and silent There was no procession, and no speeches; but ^mutual understanding, they all went and laid leir floral offerings upon the graves. Every one of the some three or four hundred raves throughout the city?at the Cemeteiy, and le several church-yards?every one had some toen ofrem'embrange laid upon it Wreaths, corohals, and crosses hung or lay above ie dost of every sleeping Confederate there. Everything was chaste, simple, and perfect in sway. Lily hands laid roses upon those soldier graves,,,, id.fair lips were pressed together, as faithful arts thus, in these silent acts of honor, whispered 1 the silent dust beneath, W>- do not forget you." . One central label among the cemeteiy group of ildier-graves read simply' 'Flowers for the brave." The whole scene, that fair afternoon in May, as impressive beyond all power of words to tell There were the well-tended graves in neat array, 1 crowned with wreaths and crosses. , , There, moving among these graves, were the iveliest and noblest specimens of lovely and noble omanlfood, kneeling here and there to lay a melento upon some soldier's tombless grave. . There throbbed the noblest hearts, in the truest rmpathies and devotion to one the loftiest sentiments in human nature. There around were the emblems of deat^ and amortality. ,.^rr ... There was the wide field of the dead. , j ; There, in the west, was the setting sun. The ene was lovely, but sad. The river flowed on ; the foot of the hill; and the thoughts of true jarts flowed back to the past. . .. . The shoaly river was vocal with its unforbidden >ioe of waiera; but the hearts were silent " The old bower of last year, (where the speeches ere made then) stood in grim and skeletonic lastliness, with only the shreds of last year's iriands dangling about it , . < ' T> i il - r? ? ? - * .due mere -was no nag toisted upon its pinnacle. As twilight fell upon the scene, the many there sembled quietly withdrew, and returned to their imes?in silenoe. ' ; . The Congressional Appropriation:?A destchfrom Washington says: The Secretary of War has-issued a circular to e agents of the Freedmen's Bureau, giving di:tions as to the distribution of the special relief ad as provided by joint resolution of Congress, proved March 30, 1867. The Assistant Commissioners are directed to see i it nooebut the very destitute receive relief, ? rich is to consist of one bushel of corn and eight unds of meat per mouth for each adult person, d one-half the above amount of corn ana iat for each child between one and fourteen ire of age, and this issue of food will be disconued as soon as early vegetable and fruits shall grown. It is further directed that Assistant mmissioners . appoint additional. local agents enever absolutely necessary, for'the special purse of issuing these supplies, to whom the oath loyalty prescribed by the Act of Congress, ap>ved July 2, ; 1862, will be administered and no > who cannot subscribe to the same shall reve such appointment . ? .. + ^ ? ? I Octhern Disfranchisement.?A Washington respondent of the New York Commercial (Beblican) says: 'The Attorney General's elaborate opinion on disfranchising clauses in the reconstruction acts I put a stop tothe proscriptions of the boards registration in Louisiana and other Southern tes, by which nearly every white citizen ha* n excluded from the polk "The Attorney Gen1 is of the opinion that every doubt must go in or of the citizen; and1 he gives a very liberal struction to several provisions of the acts in !8tion. Among other legal positions taken in ;rpreting the disqualifications, it is assumed t th? words "giving aid and comfort to the enies of the United States," when they occur in Constitution, and consequently in any act of lgress, have no meaning where the enemies are els, but apply exclusively to foreign ware, and ilien public enemies. So says every authority, glish and American, since the original words e first used in the ancient statute ot the twentyi year of Edward IIL" Ievere Storm.?On Thursday evening last a vy storm of rain and wind, accompanied by te hail, occurred in this section. In certain tions of Steel Creek and Providence neighbords, the hail was quite heavy and did coDsideradamage tathe growing cotton and wheat A it deal of wheat was blown down, if not injured' the haiL 'he severest part of the hail storm in Steel Creek sred about a half mile in breadth, extending toda Morrow's Turnout The wheat and cotton | ihe plantations of J. S. Neely, H. A. Query, I a'L B. Knox, Dr. L J. Sloan and John Mc- j ney was hadly cut up?the loss of Mr. Query, J rheat, is estimated at 300 Bushek Others suf- j d, but we have not learned their names. Cot- j can be replanted, but the injured wheat is a J 1 loss.?Charlotte Democrat, 13th. ; '1