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An unreconstructed Georgia editor says that
the circumference of Gen. Pope's soul "doth not
seem to exceed the periphery or a three cent piece."
They are laying down a new carpet in the
Senate chamber at Washington?black and yellow
figures on a crimson ground. This is understood
to be symbolical.
Out of one hundred negroes on Buckhorn
plantation, near Milliken's Bend, Louisiana^ fivesixths
have died within the past ten days, or cholera.
The disease is said to nave been brought on
by eating fish taken from low muddy streams.
While Gen. Butler was in Norfolk, a few
days ago, a white hackman, named Adams, refused
to let him ride in his hack. A subscription
has been started among the citizens to purchase
the hackman a new carnage.
"Sir," said a pompous personage who once
undertook to bully the editor, "do you know that
I take your paper?" I've no doubt you do take
it," replied the man of the quill; "for several of
my honest subscribers have been complaining lately
about their papers being missing in the morning."
Some one who exhumed from the recesses of
the Surrogate's office, in New York, a day or two
since, the will of Tom Paine, proves, by extracts
from it, that the author of "Common Sense," and
the "Age of Reason," firmly and devoutly believed
in the existence and omnipotence or a uoa.
Charles Leland is the man who said that "a
New Englander's idea of hell was a place where
everybody had to mind his own businesswhich
?~ ? M "J***g tWoti tl?o Put italic
hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the
bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectator
A terrible tragedy has occurred in Austrian
Tyrol. A farmer after effecting a heavy insurance
on his house and barns, set fire to the latter, but
was discovered in the act by one of his shepherds.
He therefore killed the shepherd and murdered
his wife and infant son, finishing by cutting his
own throat.
The New Orleans Picayune is opposed to
"procuring white labor." It says: "We want
wnite men here to go to work themselves and not
procure labor. The system of mercantile farming
which has so long cursed the South, and bred
debt and idleness, must cease, or our decay will
become ruin."
A woman in France, in good circumstances,
knowing that the man she loved was in love with
another woman and too poor to many, destroyed
herself and left her property to the man, that he
might make her rival his wife. She is certainly
the most magnanimous woman the world has yet
produced, and her name was Elise de Bareille.
A few weeks since a man approached the
rope to which is attached the balloon in which
everybody in Paris is making ascensions. He drew
a knife, when the attendant asked him his intention.
"My wife," he replied, "is up in the balloon,
and I'd give a hundred francs for the privilege
of cutting the rope." The offer of the monster
was refused.
A r1tv>icinn was oiven in the United States I
Court in New York recently, that a person who is
aggrieved by the action of a Collector of Internal
Revenue, may have his suit against the Collector
to reoover back the money illegally collected, although
paid to the Collector, and by him paid over
to the Grovernment, provided the party aggrieved
made a proper protest in time.
The New York Tribune thinks that when
the present rage for pedestrianism subsides, a good
muscular triaJ could be had by two men laying a
wager to decide which can saw the most wood for
poor families?the timber to be contributed by
those enthusiastic admirers of muscle who are now
venturing their spare stamps upon the endurance
of pedes trains.
A "lovely girl," in Wisconsin, recently recovered
fourteen hundred dollars damages, in a
breach of promise suit against a perfidious lover.
Her lawyer congratulated her on the amount, when
she exclaimed, with a ferocious glance at the mulcted
defendant, and nervously clutching her fingers,
"I'd give eveiy penny of it just to have one good
pull at his hair!
Immense deposits of valuable phosphates,
said to be superior to Peruvian guano, and of incalculable
value, have been discovered on plantations
hitherto considered of little value, stretching
along the banks of Ashley River, a few miles above
Charleston. A company has been formed, backed
by Northern capital, to utilize these deposits;
which consist of animal remains, forming a thick
substratum for several miles.
One daily paper in Paris has a circulation of
446,000 copies. It is printed on four presses of
French invention, which turn off 144,0U0 copies
an hour. Each press can print 600 copies every
minute. England has nothing appproachingthis
Suantitv or rapidity. And this paper, Le Petit
ournal, selling for one sou, a fraction less than
one cent, employs, as well it may, some of the
cleverest pens iu France.
At a meeting of the Stockholders of the
PortRoyal Railroad?designed to connect Augusta
with Port Royal Harbor?held iu Charleston on
the 27th ultimo, Stephen C. Millet, of Beaufort,
was elected President, and R. E. Bobbins, of Boston,
with eleven others, directors. More than
half the grading has already been completed, and
2,000 hands will be put on the work immmediately.
The Wilmington Star says a school-boy in
A Iaytt /3o*tc n?a tt*oo ool'o/l tn ilnfi tin tVlO
Uiab lunu a itn uajo agv nao twiwu wvuwv v?*v
word "admission," when he replied fifty cents.?
"Fifty cents!" echoed the schoolmaster, "What
sort of definition do you call that?" ."I don[t
know," sulkily replied the boy, "but I'm sure it
says so in the circus bill down town." "Yes,"
sung out a little fellow in a perfect fever of excitement,
"and-children halfpnce."
Hon. Robejt J. Walker is writing a letter recommending
the immediate resumption of specie
payments. This is to be effected, he thinks, by a
foreign loan, which he believes can be obtaiued at
par in gold, at six per cent He also recommends
the abolishment or the internal revenue system,
and all internal taxes, except those on liquor ana
tobacco, which, if properlv collected, would yield
$121,000,000 annually. The national banking system
should be sustained.
The report, of General Grant mentions the
remarkable fact that during the past year no fewer
than 13,000 men have deserted from the army.
The greater part of these desertions, we presume,
occurred on the plains, where it is well known that
men often enlist in Westward bound regiments for
the express purpose of getting cheap and safe
conveyance to the mining regions. The number
of recruits during the year was 34,000, so that the
desertions reach the enormous ratio of nearly forty
per cent, of the enrollments.
The New Orleans Crescent gives notice of a
"Workingmen's Convention," to meet in New
Orleans on the 15th of next month, and to contain
delegates from Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi,
Texas, and Arkansas. The Crescent says: "The
members of this association are all respectable colored
men, raised in the South, and of no mean
claims to intelligence and information. _ It is their
earnest desire to withdraw the attention of their
brethren from the mad pursuit of office and politics
to the more reasonable, useful, and profitable
occupation of agricultural labor."
The Charleston Conner in an article on the
"Freedmen's Bureau" says: "General Howard,
v during the past year has made liberal advances to
planters' without distinction of political creed, in
every Southern State, thus enabling many to resume
planting operations by the purchase of agricultural
implements, provisions, &c. These adnAOO
fl/VnAMtl LnTTA fn! fV*_
vtiuv^a, vji^iictui uunmu itpui iSj uavi; uucn iaim
fully returned by the recipients, affording a conclusive
answer to the alleged punic faith of the Southern
people. The Bureuu nas expended during the
past year $215,000 in the Southern States, in aid of
educational institutions, under the auspices of all
denominations of christians."
The Neicg reports the long-expected arrival
at Charleston, on Thursday, the 28tn, of the bark
Gauss, Capt. Wieting, from Bremen, with 152
German immigrants. A large concourse of the
citizens of Charleston assembled at the wharf to
welcome these immigrants. Their voyage is represented
to have been attended with excellent
weather. The greater part of them have come out
to ioin relatives and friends residing in the State,
ana are mostly artizans and mechanics. It is earnestly
to be hoped that this instalment of artizans
may be followed rapidly by even larger arrivals of
agricultural laborers. These would find ample
room for the exercise of their vocation, and are the
most fitting element of labor that could be introduced
into this State.
The Sentinel says that Judge Brooks, in the
United States Circuit Court at Raleigh, on Saturday
last, held that the Militaiy or Reconstruction
Acts of Congress do not embrace the Federal Civil
Courts; and therefore, a trial "before a Military o<
Commission for an offence against the laws of the fe
United States, where their Courts have exclusive e,
jurisdiction, was no defence in the Circuit Court to
a prosecution for the same offence. And His honor
declared with emphasis, that in all cases where
the military have seized and undertook to try by ?
such Commission a party charged with such criminal
offence against the United States, he would ^
grant the writ of habeas corpus, and discharge the
party from military arrest for such offence. ?
At the last annual meeting of the stockhold- ei
ers of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, b
it was recommended that most energetic and deci- Ji
ded steps be taken by the President and Directors, p
to cause a branch road to be constructed from the p
best point on this road (believed to be Sumter) to d
the city of Columbia, so soon as they can see their p
way clear for that purpose. The committee sug- 0
gested the vast benefit to be derived from such a d
road, and urged: "You not only obtain the bene- jt
+V.O /\nnncw?tinn thnf: will be made by means tc
I ItiO V* bug wiiuvvMvw ??~v ...? , ?
of the Columbia and Augusta railroad, and to all
points south and southwest, and by the Charlotte
and Columbja railroad, to Chesterville and other
points on this line; but the immense trade that
will be opened to the enterprise of Wilmington by ?
the Greenville and Anderson railroad, ana when C
the Blue Ridge-railroad is completed to Cincinnati, 2
vou have a short and quick route from the Great 0
West to our port" ^
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THE CONVENTION ELECTION. d
The result of the late election on the question of ^
Convention has not yet been definitely ascertained.
The returns received only go to confirm the opin- &
ion expressed last week, that a majority of the reg- r<
' < ? -- .1 t_ Tj
lstered voters Have voteu on tne quesuon, mereoy ensuring
the call of the Convention. The majori- P
ty, however, we are satisfied, is small.
THE IMPEACHMENT REPORTS. g<
The committee appointed by Congress, to inves- c<
rigate the charges against the President and report ti
upon the propriety of impeachment, havo finished tl
their labors. Not being able to agree on this ti
point, the committee make three reports. That &
of the majority, signed by Boutwell and four oth- c?
ers, recommends impeachment and accuses the al
President of innumerable offences against the Con- tl
stitution and laws of the United States. This tc
document, the reading of which, as Mr. Boutwell
informed his colleagues, would require ten hours,
proved too much for the patience of Congress. It tj
was ordered to be printed, without reading. tj
Messrs. Wilson and Woodbridge presented a o'
second report, which censures the President for ai
his political views, but states that these gentleman P1
had heard nothing proved against him worthy of
impeachment. In their opinion, all the charges
against him, when sifted, dwindle down to mere
political abuse, and they deprecate the day when n<
an American President is to be impeached solely a
on political grounds. "(
The third report is that of the minority, signed .
by Messrs. Marshall and Eldridge. This report ^
is a defence of the President, both politically and
personally, against the charges of his enemies. It 111
asserts that his only fault is his unwillingness to J?
concur in the subjugation of the South, as planned '
by Congress. It concludes with the following ^
strong language: "The President will be held in '?
respect by his countrymen, when his calumniators a1
are pilloried in the undying scorn and iudignation
of the American people."
Mr. >Y ELLS states tnat me revenue aerivea iron) .
this tax, for the year ending June 30, 1S67, a- J
mounted to $23,769,078,80. This amount com- c
prises nearly all the revenue derived from the j
South, and it cannot well be spared from the trcas- 1
ury. But the country cannot rely upon the con- i
tinuance of so great a revenue from this source; i
for the tax, which was not burdensome at the time ;
it was imposed (cotton being then worth 40 cents t
a pound,) has, by the decline in cotton, become, a I
prohibition upon its cultivation.
At present prices, it is impossible to make a i
profit on cotton and pay this tax. With the in- c
creased production of cotton in India and Egypt, i
it is doubtful whether the Southern planter can
compete successfully with these markets, even (
without paying a tax. In this state of the case, ?
the imposition of a tax amounting to 20 per cent i
of the value of cotton, is simply a decree that cot- <
ton culture iu the United States, must cease. ]
There is good reason to believe that this tax will \
be repealed. The attention of the commercial <
world is fixed upon it, and nearly all classes in this j
>untry favor its repeal With the excep tion of i
sw comparatively unimportant interests, the pres
at tax on cotton benefits foreign countries alone.
As to an immediate repeal, the commission?
iys: "If a repeal of the tax, to take effect imme
iatelv, should be enacted by Congress, it is impor
int that one contingency should be effectually pro
ided against. Contracts, it is understood, art
roposed, and possibly already made, for the pur
liase of cotton, tax unpaid, to be held in store un
1 the repealing legislation of Congress has takei
(Feet. thus ensuring to the speculator or exporting
oyer a gain equivalent to the amount of the tax
t seems desirable, therefore, that the Act of re
eal should be so worded as to relieve Jirom thi
ayment of the tax only so much ootton as, at thi
ate named in the Act, remained unsold by thi
roducer; all cotton having passed out of tire hand
f the producer to pay the tax, if it has not ahead;
one so. Only in this way can the relief go when
is intended, viz: to the impoverished cultiva
>r."
THE TRIAL OF MR. DAVIS.
The trial of Mr. Davis has been postponed a
ain. The Court, in the absence of Chief Jus tic
Ihase, was opened by Judge Underwood on tli
6th ultimo. When the grand jurors, a numbe
f whom were oolored, were about to be fiworn in
fie District Attorney made a motion that the oat!
f the Act of Congress of July 17, 1862, be ad
linistered to them. This oath requires person
iking it to swear that "they have not, withou
uress or constraint, token up arms against th
Jnited States, nor given aid or comfort or assist
nee, in money or any other thing, to any othe
erson whom they knew, or had good ground t
elieve had joined, or was about to join, in resist
ig by force of arms, the execution of the lawB o
be United States, and had not counseled or ad
ised any such resistance by others."
This oath having been taken by the jurors ; th
ames of witnesses summoned by the governmen
'ere called, only three of whom, viz: ex-Governo
iEtcDer, ex-Secretary of WarSEDDON, c.nd Gen
Vickiiam, answered to the call. The Distric
ittorney stated that General Lee was in atten
ance, but not present in court, being detained b;
usiness.
Mr. Evarts, of New York, on behalf of thi
overnment, then stated that the prosecution wen
iady to proceed with the case of Jetfersoi
'avis, on some day during this term. Bat as tin
resence of Chief Justice Chase was a considers
on, he proposed to name a day for trial, afte
re adjournment of the Supreme Court, and sug
jsted the 22d of March next Mr. 0'Conor
mnsel for Mr. Davis, assented to the proposi
on, though he said the personal convenience o
le defendant would have been promoted, if th<
ial had taken place last May. He thought, how
irer, that the presence of Chase would be benefi
al, not alone to the interest of the accused, but t<
II concerned. The judge presiding, concurring ii
ic arrangement and being also anxious for Chas]
) be present, issued the following order:
"United States vs. Jefferson Davis. Counse
aving been heard in this case for the Unitw
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tates, and tor tne aeienaant, it is now orueret
lat the defendant have leave to depart hence un
1 the fourth Wednesday of March next, at elevei
clock in the forenoon of that day, at which da;
ad hour he is required personally to be and ap
ear in the court, according to the conditions o
is recognizance."
So it may be regarded as a fixed fact that Mr
'avis is to be tried in March,?unless Chase ii
ot there, Underwood sick, or something else o
very serious nature happens. From the readi
ess to put off the trial, which was exhibited botl
y the court and the prosecution, it is easy to set
lat the government is not anxious for a trial
ut they must keep up appearances, in order t<
iake treason "odious." If Mr. Davis would on
ask for pardon, he could now get it with th<
early approval of the whole North. But as h<
looses not to do this, the government is bound t<
ok on him as a very bad boy, and shake switche:
; him, though it has no intention of using them
CONGRESSIONAL.
The reports of the Impeachment Committe<
ere presented to the House, on the 25th ultimo
hey were ordered to be printed and made' the spe
al order of the day for the 4th instant The na
ire of these reports is explained in another column
A bill to suspend civil officers during impeach
lent was referred to the Judiciary Committee
tit, on motion of Mr. Blaine, this was re-consid
ed. The success of this motion is regarded a
roof that the majority of the House favors th<
ispension of an impeached civil officer, d aring hii
ial.
The various memorials and petitions for the re
eal of the cotton tax were referred to the Com
littee on Commerce, in the Senate, and the Com
littee of Ways and Means, in the House.
The Committee on Freedmen's Affairs, of th<
fousc, was directed to inquire and report th<
iasons, if any, for the continuance of the Freed
ten's Bureau.
A bill to continue in service Generals Howari
rid Sickles, whom the President has o rdered ti
2 mustered out, was referred to the Militiiy Com
littee.
The Committee of Ways and Means were direct
1 to inquire into the expediency of taxir.g Unifcei
tates bo ds and National banks for the liqpida
on of State debts.
The House Committee of Ways and Means ha
Srecd unanimously to report -a bill for the repea
f the cotton tax. There is, however, little pros
cct of an immediate repeal. Favorable iiction be
ire Christmas is not expected by the friends o
le measure at Washington.
The Senate confirmed the following nominations
[orace Greeley, as Minister to Austria; Gen
.'apron as Agricultural Commissioner, and A
!. Hunt as Governor of Colorado.
Mr. Morrill introduced a bill requiring thi
ecretary of the Treasury to redeem legal ten
er notes with coin, and to sell surplus gold in th
'reasury, after leaving on hand $75,000,000 am
aying the interest on the National debt; receivin,
ational bank notes and compound interest note
1 pay for the same.
POLITICAL NEWS.
? The fortieth Congress, in session at Wash
lgton, is composed of one hundred and ninety
liree members in the House, and the Senate c
fty-four. In the popular branch the political di
ision is into one hundred and forty-four Repul
cans and forty-nine of the opposition. In th
lenate the Republicans number forty-two to twelv
)emocrats and Conservatives.
? Resolutions have been passed in the Tennef
ee Legislature instructing the Congressional del(
;ates to sustain the impeachment and confiscatio
irojects.
? The Edgefield Advertiser says that not a sir
;le white man voted at the Convention election i
hat District; and that those elected to the Cor
'cntion will only represent the interests of the lov
ist, wretchedest and fiercest type of Radicalism.
? Gen. Hancock assumed command of the 5t
Military District, comprising the late States <
Louisiana and Texas, on the 28th ultimo. In h
iracr, puDiisnea tne same aay, ne recognizee u;
jrevalencc of law and order, and promises thi
'crimes and offences committed in that Distrii
nust be referred to the consideration and judj
nent of the regular tribunals, and these tribuna
rill be supported in their lawful jurisdiction." !
hese fail to do their duty, their deficiencies wi
kj supplied by the military authorities.
? Gen. Pope has ordered the State Treasurer i
Alabama to pay the appropriations made by tl
?nvention of that Stdte, for the pay of officers ar
nembers.
? The Alabama Convention has granted eigl
iivorces, established a Bureau of Immigratioi
ind declared valid all official acts of public office
n the State, under military authority, during tl
ixistence of the present provisional governmen
[t has passed an article of the new ccnstitutioi
vhich requires that all taxes shall be assessed i
jxact proportion to the value of such property
provided, hoicever, that the General Assemb
So stands this edifying muddle at present. The w
mountain has been in labor for a long time, but it rj
has failed to bring forth even a live mouse. The
results are so small, and the project so contempt- t
ible in itself, that Boutwell could not get the assent
of all his colleagues on the committee. Two
Republicans actually shrank from putting their ^
names to his report, and virtually acquitted the
President, though for consistency's sake they censure
his political views. It is not likely that the gl
impeachuient will go any farther. The latest uc- t
counts say that there is a majority of thirty against
it, in the House.
DeBOW'S REVIEW. n:
The November number of this standard month- 111
ly has come to hand. We arc glad to learn from it
that the publishers have met with such success in '
the revival of the Review, as to wan-ant them in n
promising that it will henceforth be regularly issu- 11
ed. This magazine occupies a position which no
other has succeeded in filling. It is the recognized ai
exponent of Southern principles and interests, and
the conspicuous ability of its contributors has al- 11
ways given it a place and .an influence among the
first class periodicals of America.
The subjects treated of in the present number .
arc of vital interest to the South, and the manner tl
in which they are treated gives evidence of close
thought and extended investigation. Among oth- a<l
ers are: Black Republicanism the Dupe and A- 01
gent of British Policy; No Treason; The Law of P
Labor; The Future of the Blacks; Immigration
in Tennessee; Land Monopoly; The South ? Its
Situation and Resources.
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THE COTTON TAX.
Mr. David A. Wells, special commissioner of S
the revenue, has made a report to Secretary Mc- d
Cullocu, on the cotton tax. The commissioner T
favors a repeal of the tax, for the following rea- P
sons: p
1st. That cotton growing in the Southern States, 11
if untaxed, can be conducted profitably and successfully,
as against all competition elsewhere.
2nd. That if burdened by a tax sufficient to be
worth to the treasury the cost of its collection, it h
cannot at present, if ever, be successfully prosecu- t]
ted.
3rd. That, already familiar to our people, in all 1
its details, it is the only industry immediately a- \
vailable and practicable to the great body of the la- li
boring population of the South for the profitable
employment of surplus labor, that is, beyond the j
necessities of crops for subsistence, in the production
of something saleable and exchangeable, whereby
wealth can be regained; and
4th. That the importance of a large production S
of cotton, as the chief export of the countiy, in ad- j
justing balances of trade and exchanges, and especially
in its bearing upon the future position of the ?
public debt, so largely held and to be held abroad, ^
cannot well be overstated; and so far transcends
the value of the present tax that to preserve the ^
latter at the cost of losing the former, would be a e
''ha'penny'orth of wisdom to a pound of folly."
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i may levy a poll tax, not to exceed $1.50 on eacl
- poll, to be applied exclusively in aid of the publi<
school fund. '
r ?The Louisiana Convention succeeded in or
- ganizing, on the 26th ultimo. The President i
* white; the Secretary, Sergeant-at-arms and door
j keeper are colored.
. ?Both the President and Secretary of th<
. Treasury are in favor of an early resumption o
i specie payment The President's friends say hi
I Message will reiterate his reconstruction views
* The entire Message is represented as calm, digni
[ fied, patriotic and kindly in tone towards the South
1 and argues for an early restoration on a Constitu
a tional basis.
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f mere-mention.
2 A man at Lindsay, Canada, was fined five do!
* lars the other day for cursing the Queen. L
Madison, Fla., a boy of 14 years was married to:
widow with five children. A Milwaukee mai
buried his wife, married again and became agaii
e a father, all in four days. There arc 1,157,
_ 281 Baptist communicant members oonnected wit!
B their churches iu this country. Mrs. Howel]
the mother-in-law of Jefferson Davis, died at Mon
? treal, Canada, on Wednesday of last week. Ii
the United States Court, now in session at Colum
bia, the Grand Jury have found a true bill agains
? Benj. F. Ellis, of York District, for distilling with
out paying the special tax. "The Souther,
Cultivator was sold at Athens, on last week, to Di
Jones, of liberty county, Geo., for $5,505. 1
fellow has been arrested in London for acting as;
trainer of youthful, thieves. It was shown tliat h
f had' a school and gave regular lessons in rogue
ry. There are twelve thousand five hundre*
public journals in the world. - America has fiv
thousand, and all Europe only seven thousand
t Twelve millions sheets are issued daily Th
Cheraw Advertiser chronicles the death of Rev
r Tracy R. Walsh, at Benncttsville, on the 20th ult
j. He was a member of the South Carolina Confer
ence and a man of fine talent. "The Nations
Republican Executive Committee will meet ii
7 Washington on the 11th of December to fix thi
time and place of holding the Republican Nationa
I Convention for 1808. "The Wilmington an<
~ Manchester Rail Road Company ure about inaugu
rating a movement for building a branch of tba
road from Sumter to Columbia. Englant
makes fifty thousand tons of cheese annually, am
imports thirty thousand tons more from America
' EDITORIAL INKLINGS,
j, Delegates to the Convention.
a So far as heard from, the Delegates to th<
"m Reconstruction Convention of this State, should i
meet, will consist, of 52 whites, 30 browns and 3,'
j blacks. Of the whites elected 32 are of Southen
j birth and 18 of Northern. Of the blacks only I
3 are of Northern birth. So says the Darlingtoi
Southerner.
] A Model Legislator.
1 The delegates elect to the convention, fron
1 Marion District, are a white man, named Collins
" and two negroes. The Wilmington Journal is in
I formed that, on the day of election the Distric
Judge incidentally remarked that it would be hi
f painful duty to try Mr. Collins uext week, for cow
stealing. The question naturally occurs: Wha
. shall be done to the man whom South Carolin;
s delightethto honor?
f Removal of Bureau Agents.
" The Charleston Mercury learns that Gen
1 Howard has issued an order, removing all officer
3 and agents of the Frcedinen's Bureau who wen
candidates for the Convention. This would havi
} been a good move at the time the elections wen
" ordered, as it would then have prevented then
3 from using their official influence to secure thei
3 election. Now that these agents have nearly al
3 been elected, their removal will not disturb then
3 much. The practical working of the order wil
be to bring out a new swarm, to be provided for b;
the votes of their "wards."
; Eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Accounts from Naples, dated Nov. 14th
state that Vesuvius is in volcanic action and send
ing forth a pillar of fire, with large quantities o
red hot stones and lava. The surrounding earth
for a considerable distance, is shaken by the volca
nic commotions within the mountain. New era
ters have been formed, and from all the indications
3 the inhabitants are expecting an unusually gram
s and disastrous eruption. Vesuvius has had 6ft;
j of these terrific eruptions since the year 79 A. D.
by the first of which the ancient cities of Herculan
eum and Pompeii were ovewhelmed in lava am
ashes, with the greater part of their inhabitants
The subsequent eruptions have not been so des
tructive to human life and property; but the;
a were by no means harmless.
3 Still Kicking at Dead Lions.
. General Ord has forbidden the erection o
a monument upon the grave of Colonel Robert A
j Smith, of the 10th Mississippi regiment, who fcl
j in one of the battles of the Army of Tennessee..
Col. Smith was a young Scotchman, whose merit
rapidly raised him to the command of his regiment
. The monument intended for his grave was sen
j from Glasgow, Scotland, by the elder brother o
. the deceased.
It may be possible that the class of Federal oflG
s cers who use their authority to keep Confederat
j graves unmarked, suppose they arc thereby cor
i- signing their occupants to oblivion. But thes
. manifestations of petty spite only serve to intensif;
f the popular veneration for the graves of their fal
len heroes. Though denied the sculptured mai
; ble, they
"A nobler monument command?
The mountains of tlielr native land."
* Sherman's Contempt for the South.
Many good people of the South, forgetful c
the injuries he has done them, have a secret adm
ration of Gen. W. T. Sherman ; and some woul
^ cheorfully see him elevated to the Presidency, b(
cause he classes himself as a Democrat But it i
? questionable whether any soldier of the Union ha
s such a contempt for the Southern people, as thi
same good Democrat. He recently made a speec
to an assemblage composed of members of hi
h "grand army," which contains several very dispf
raging observations upon the South. Shutting hi
,f eyes to the glory which the world acknowledges t
j. surround the brief career of the Confederacy, h
h says he "don't see how any Southern gentlcma
e can speak of the "lost cause, "' witnout sname an
e regret," and bethinks its memory will sink deepc
into shame, "as time rolls on." He also cxpresi
5. ed a wish that his grand army could be paintec
as it appeared on that morning when it marche
n out of Atlanta, singing "old John Brown's soul i
marching on," and turned to look at the city i
j. ruins.
n The remorseless bandit need not bo solicitous 1
bout his picture. History will paint him as tli
j. soldier who devastated a country without dcfent
ers, and burnt Columbia when it was surrendere
h to his mercy. As he'glories in his barbarian ej
jf ploits, the picture ought to please him.
Jy Outrages in North Carolina.
ie A negro man, named Stephen Gill, shot tf
it sheriff of Washington county, on the night of tl:
it 23d ult., while the latter was attempting to arre:
him for offences against the law. The Tarboi
la Southerner says the sheriff was accompanied by
[f squad of United States troops, and that Gill sai
ill he intended to shoot the Lieutenant in comman<
instead of the sheriff. Owing to the darknes
of the rascal made his escape; but the military ai
ie still in search of him. Mr. Bateman, the shcril
id was seriously?if not fatally, wounded.
The Wilmington Star gives an accouut of a ri(
it at Smithfield, Brunswick county, which occurrc
i, on the Saturday night before the election. .
rs speech was made by Legg, the Radical candidal
ie which, with the aid of whiskey, so excited the m
t. groes present that a serious riot ensued. Ston<
a, and bricks flew so freely that the few whites i
in the crowd were forced to seek safety in flight Oi
r\ man was severely struck on the hip, and a litt
ly boy had a tooth knocked oat Legg accidental
1 received a brick-bat, which was intended for a
2 better man, on his cheek-bone. " He immediately
gave leg bail, and ran into the garrison, begging
- the officer in command to protect him. His flight
s caused the breaking up of the row, as the negroes
- thought a message had been sent to the military,
for their interference. Legg is a Northern man,
2 who settled in Smithfield since the war. Some of
f his abettors were negro soldiers of the U. S. army,
8 who appeared among the mob in their uniforms.
? Union League White Folks.
A correspondent of the Savannah Advertiser
> overheard the following conversation between two
colored gentlemen, sitting on the steps of an African
church:
4'Joe, why don't you go to de League now, like
you use to?"
1- Says Joe: "De fac is, I don't like de white
a trash dat belongs to it. You see, dat is 'sciety
a anybody can jine, white or colored, and de white
Q folks dat has. jined are berry small latere, few in a
hill, rotten in de middle, pithy at both ends, and
Q mighty stringy at dat, and I don't want to liave
* uothiu' to do wid 'em."
Ii Sam's hearty response was, "dat's de blessed
I, troof."
i- The Dignity of Labor.
a The Commercial Bulletin is much impressed
- with the dignity of labor, as exemplified in the
c proceeamgs 01 a group 01 worxmen, wno were putting
up some machinery. It says:
n "There were five of them, or rather four men
. and a boy, and at the time they came under our
^ notice, 5:30, p. m., one was engaged in slowly
turning over the contents of a box in search of a
screw, two were looking with much interest upon
e the labors of No. 1, the fourth was slowly scratching
a piece of iron with a file, and the boy was
i slowly scratching his head. No. 1 finally found a
e a screw to suit him, but during the search his pipe
had gone out Laying down the screw, he began
' to investigate his pocket for a match. Nos. 2 and
3 searched theirs in sympathy, while the filer paus
ed to see the result. Finally No. 2 found a match,
* ignited it and handed it to No. 1, who, having ao
complished a light, smoked for a few minutes to
j assure himself of the fact, while the boy went to
1 the other room to look at the clock. No. 1 then
looked at his watch and compared time with No.
! 3. Time, 5:40.
J No. 1 then put the screw into position to fasten
1 a bar. No. 2 held the bar, No. 3 squinted at it
- from the other side of the machine. No. 4
t inspected the whole operation reflectively, as he
j slowly resumed his filing, and the boy wiped the
j oil from his fingers. Time, 5:45."
A West Point Reminiscence.
A correspondent of the Staunton (Va.,)
Spectator, who is furnishing that paper with a
series of West Point reminiscences, gives the following
account of a mishap which befell Mqjor
j (since General) Worth, who afterwards gained
3 such distinction in the Mexican war:
j "On :i full parade the students were sometimes
. formed' into a division of compauies, in order to
} give the subaltern officers a chauce of acting as
1 field and staff officers, and improving the privates
in field exercises. The military reader will understand
me. when I place the division in the form of
a column of attack, with the guides in the centre,
and on the march. In order to bring the compa?
nies into line, there is a very juw-brcakiug word of
- command, followed by a complicated movement
t The Mty'or, it was said, had studied this move8
ment for sometime, and was determined to try the
. young officers at it He had on tight summer
. pantaloons, in all probability a little rotten from
the frequent use of soap-suds. He stood on the
1 flanks of the column as it moved majestically along
to the inspiring peals of martial music. His countenance
was flushed with excitement, for his whole
soul was on that parade and that particular rnan'
ceuvre, the Board of Visitors being spectators. He
3 drew himself up to his full height?inflated his
e manly chest by a long breath, and bellowed forth
5 the following command?
e "Column of attack 1 form a line of tourne on the
I right flank! liight companies, right into line
wheel?left companies, forward! on your right,
j formaline.' March!"
' The word of command was beautifully carried
i out; the markers were promptly at their posts, the
II men fell into line and dressed?but the unfortuj
nate Major, in his anxiety to give a powerful utterance
to the word of action, "march," the climax
of the command, had squatted and rent the posterior
section of his inexpressibles! He had to sur,
render his office to the next in command, and
. make a change in the retirement of his quarters."
f ' *
[communicated. ]
' GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
The following persons have given the amounts
in connection with each name, to aid the Yorkville
? Baptist Church in building their house of Wor*
ship: Southern Baptist Convention, $34.43: Brethy
ren in Louisville Ky., $3; First Baptist Church,
, Cleveland Ohio $45. G8; First and Second Baptist
. Churches, Bochester, N. Y. $62; Brethren in Toli
edo, Ohio $10: Elder J. B. Graves, Memphis,
Tenn. $5; ])r. T. E. Shinner, Raleigh N. C. $2;
L Dr. J. B. Taylor, Richmond Va. $1; Rev/J. B.
" Taylor, in Culpepper, Va. $1 : Friends in Nory
wark, Ohio $13 : Mrs. Lyon ana Mrs. Page, Clyde
Ohio, 70 cents; Prof P. C. Dozier, Greenville, S.
C. $5; B. W. Edwards, Darlington, S. C. $5;
? Brethren of the Bethel Association S. C. $97;
' Broad River Association. $44.
The following donors are in York District: B.
II T. Wheeler, $35; Capt. L. M. Grist, $35; Merritt
- Whitt, $35; CoL R. G. McCaw, $20; Dr. Allison,
? $14: H. Gibson, $10; J. P. Hambright $8.40;
H. G. Alexander, $7 ; Col. McCorklc, $7; Dr. H.
" G. Jackson, $7; John McCants, $7; G. W. Wil4
liams, $5; A. G. Floyd) $5; T. M. Dobson, $5;
f M. Holbrooks, $5; Jos. Howerton, $5; J. E. Jcffeiys,
$2.80; A. C. Biggers $1.40; A. J. Mat;
thews $2; A. Jackson, $2; J. R. Foster. $10;
Thos. Gwinn, $2.50; B. Black, $3.50; Clerk of
e the Court, J. F. Wallace, $2.85; J. J. Smith,
i" $1.40; J. A. Brown, 70 cents; New Bethel Church,
e 44.35: Mrs. J. E. Grist, 70 cents; B. F. Briggs,
'y $3. ' TILMAN B. GAINES, Pastor.
I- ts&" South Carolina Baptist please copy.
MAKING A PAPER POPULAR.
Of all the military commanders in the Southern
States, Gen. Ord has been deemed the most lenient
and just. Ho has, however, been increasing
the circulation of the Vieksburg Times" and givjf
ing that journal some valuable advertising, by
i- causing the arrest of the editor. As a matter of
d curiosity, we append the editorial of the "Times"
which led to the arrest:
In his appointment that contemptible liar and
1 bragart, Major General John Pope?the man of
13 the slapped face?has so arranged that 94,303
is white men in Georgia may elect sixty-five delegates
h to the Convention, while 83,617 negroes may elect
is one hundred aud two delegates.
t. This is on a par with Sheridan; Schofield, and
. Ord. Scoundrels all! In Mississippi, that ridicu18
lous knave and fool, Edwin Otho Creswell Ord, the
0 Haynau of Mississippi and the Gesler of Arkansas,
e has so arranged that the Loyal League is bouna
n to have possession of the State! Take population
j as a guide, the white people would be entitled to
forty-three and a half votes in the Convention,
and the negroes would be entitled to fifty-six and
j' a half votes; but this slight preponderance did not
?? suit Mr. Ord?the scoundrelism of bayonets was
d called in to sustain the rascaliy which had its birth
is in his brain, or the brain of his advisers. Instead
n of the negroes having the fifty-six and a half votes,
to which their numbers entitle them, and the
whites getting the forty-three and a half votes to
l" which they arc justly entitled, King Otho, with
ic the aid or his tools and advisers apportioned to
1 the negroes seventy and a half votes, and reduced
d the "poor white, trash" to twenty-nine and a hall
?. votes 1 To state the proposition is to blazon the
infamy of Brevet Major General Ord and his advisers
to all the world. No one who is not innatelv
a scoundrel, and in the service of the Loya]
le League, could have made such an unjust and in,e
famous apportionment. We give to Brevet Majoi
General Ord the benefit of a gratuitous advertisemcnt
When he is hung, as he deserves to be, we
:0 shall endeavor to be on hand.
a ? ?
id A Home for the Negroes.?A correspondent
j of the New York Times thinks that Mr. Seward'e
' reiterated attempts to get a foothold in the West
s' Indies are a part of a scheme for the acquisition ol
re all the West India Islands, as a future homo foi
F, the negroes of the Southern States. The great
bulk of the inhabitants of Cuba, St. Domingo, Jat
maica and adjacent islands, he says, are blacks;
, and the proximity of these negro counties to oui
** Southern coast would make it an easy thing tc
A. bring the migration or deportation of the two oi
e, three millions of negroes located in the States oi
e- our Southern seaboard. The tropical climate and
33 luxuriant soil of these sunny isles would suit them
" exactly, and they have a great advantage in settling
down among their own race and nature. At the
je same time, the South would be glad to get rid of i
le dangerous and antagonistic element, and the fern
ly of negro supremacy would pass away."
LOCAL ITEMS. (
SEW ADVEBTI8EKEST8.
F. C. Harris, 0. Y. D.?Citation?J. H. Craw- ;
ford, Applicant?James Crawford, deceased. r
F. C. Harris, O. Y. D.?Citation?Dr. J. G. Smarr and
J. M. Plexlco, Applicants?Henry G. *
PlPYlfYi
L. M. Grist-^The YorkVille Enquirer for 1868.
T. S. Jefferys and James Mason, Asssignees?In
the mattor of Allen Robertson, Bankrupt.
John 8. Bratton and R. S. Hope?Administrators' t
Sale. 'i
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. D.?Ordinary's Sale.
D. B. DeSanssure, C. E. R. D.?Commissioner's
Sale of land in York District.
Dr. L. A. Hill, Antioch, S. C.?Lime, the Great
Fertilizer.
Walter B. Motts, C. E. Y. JD.?Commissioner's l
Sale of land in the possession of C. J. Pride. j
Walter B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner'sSale
of land in the case of John D. McLean, (
Executor, against Robt. Patrick and others. '
T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In
the matter of W. J. Scaife, of
Unionville, S. C. (
T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bank- (
i-nr\tnv?Tn tlift muttflr of Thou. S. Mills, of .
Chesterville, S. C. '
T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?la Bankruptcy?In
the matter of James T. Hotch- ,
kiss, of Fort Mills.
F. C. Harris, O. Y. D.?Citation?Wm. B. Hill, <
Applicant?James H. Davis, deceased. j
T. M. Dobson & Co.?Ladies' Shoes.
" 44 44 ?Sardines.
44 44 44 ?Candy. i
" 14 44 ?Goshen Cheese. i
44 44 44 ?Pickles. J
44 44 44 ?Leather.
44 44 ?Fruits. |
44 44 44 ?Nuts.
44 44 44 -Mackerel.
44 ? ? -Pad-Locks. (
44 44 44 ?Before You Buy. ,
44 44 44 -Knives. .
Homesley <fc McCants?Fresh Arrivals.
J. W. Avery, W. B. Wilson and W. B. Metts? ,
Notice* of Dissolution.
J. W. Averv & W. B. Wilson?New Firm.
Thos. S. Jenerys and James Mason?Assignees' a
Sale of Allen Robertson's property. ]
CONSIGNEES BY ma's'MOUNTAIN BAIL ROAD, a
The following are the consignees by the King's
Mountain Rail Road, from the 27th of November 1
to the 3d of December, inclusive: a
T. M. Dobson & Co., J. & E. B. Stowe, Dr. i
John May, Allison & Bratton, P. B. Darwin, H. a
F. Adickes, Carroll, Clark & Co., John McGill,
J. W. Secrest, W. E. Rose, W. B. Metts, L. D. .
Goore, Homesley & McCants. S. H. Anthony, J. .
Herndon & Son, J. H. McChntock, A very & Wil- 1
son, W. C. Beatty, F. M. Galbraith, Dr. J. F. 1
Lindsay, Darwin & Walker, B. T. Wheeler. (
CHESTER CONTEIBUTORIAL'
=======1=: t
BY WM. H. BRAWLEY. t
============ f
CHESTER, 8. C., DECEMBER 3,1867. j
LOCAL ITEMS.
Hon. James Hemphill returned home, from <
Nashville, on Saturday last. He spent a week or two
in that city attending the General Assembly of 1
the Presbyterian Church, and represents the con- (
dition of the people in Parson Brownlow's dominions
to be comparatively prosperous. They think '
that even Brownlow's government is better than no
/,A?A?mmAnf af 011 I
gvrciuujwuv av wu.
Francis P. Ingram, Esq., a very highly esteemed 1
gentleman and planter of Chester District, died last <
week. 1
J. J. McLure, S. P. Hamilton, E. C. McLure
and W. H. Brawley, Esquires, of the Chester Bar, i
are in Columbia attending the U. S. Court j
Kee's Steam Mill, which was started a few ]
months ago under the auspioes of the brothers !
Strieker, has "gone up"?cause?did'nt pay. The i
other mill seems on its last legs.
The Sheriff's sales of land advertised under tax <
executions, did not take place on Monday as was i
anticipated. Many of the defaulters having paid 1
up before the day arrived, and others having made
promises to settle up soon, our Sheriff, who is a i
tender hearted officer, declined selling the property. <
Our streets are crowded daily by North Carolina
wagons. Apples, oats, cabbages, whiskey, chickens,
etc., arc brought down in the richest profusion.
"Franks's Burlesque Opera troupe," which was
advertised to give an exhibition here last week,
did not comb.
We have had the pleasure of meeting, within
the last few days, Joshua H. Hudson, Esq., of
Marlboro' a native of our town, who by his intellect,
industry and character, has achieved for himself
a merited distinction in Marlboro', where he
has made his home for the last ten or twelve years.
He will remain here for several days, on a visit to
his family and friends.
THE COHYEHTIOir.
We would rejoice very much, (though we fear
that it is not true ) if the Convention is defeated in <
South Carolina by a failure of the majority of the
registered voters to go to the polls, and that, so
far as this State is concerned, radical reconstruction
is defunct
We would rejoice as much on account of the
black race, as on account of the white, for the Bad- ,
ical programme is fatal to the negro. It arrays
him in direct hostility to the white man, and by j
placing supreme political power into his hands, fur- <
rushes that temptation to abuse of power which
even a much stronger race than his would fail-to <
resist. . i
That policy which attempts to elevate the negro, (
and abase the white man, is necessarily fatal to the ]
advancement, to the increase, to the industry and
to the perpetuity of the black race. No sane man i
believes that the negro is capable of governing this i
country or will be permitted to do so. The recon- ]
struction measures of Congress were passed in a ;
moment of spite and bitterness, and are, we believe,
at this time, repudiated by the common sense j
of a majority of the Northern people. ;
If by any means at all, reconstruction under j
them is stayed and prevented, a better feeling will
take the place of hatred and bitterness; and the
Southern Commonwealths will be reconstructed on (
' a more just and more enduring basis, in which the j
negroes will obtain just those rights and privileges ]
which it is essential to their happiness and proteo- (
tion that they should possess. There is no sub- <
stantial disagreement as to their civil rights. All (
agree that they should have just the same as any ,
other class of citizens?the rights of person and .
property, the right to sue in our courts and to tes- ;
tify?in short, absolute equality before the law. ,
As to political rights, they will have them too, ,
when they are proven to be capable of using them ,
wisely. The elective franchise is not a natural j
right. It is a political trust which should not be ,
1 debased by conferring it upon the ignorant, or up- ,
on those who have no substantial interest in the ,
good government of the State. In the present ,
i condition of the South, universal suffrage is politi- ,
cal suicide. When civil government is restored, .
the question of suffrage may be safely left to the
States themselves. Something may be expected
| from their sense of justice; something from a re,
gard to their own interests. The negroes are, and
i will, for a long time, continue to be the working
[ population of all this Southern land. No State can .
' afford to lose them, for lack of that legislation !
\ which will suit the wishes and interests' of the
. more intelligent blacks. They will learn to disI
criminate between States, just as they have already
learned to discriminate between employers; and as
' they quit the service of the latter whenever they
" are oppressed or unfairly dealt with, just so they
! will quit those States, where they find oppressive
and tyrannical legislation. So long as they have the
; power of locomotion they will go wherever it is
i best for them; and there will, in the course of time,
i be a rivalry between the respective States as to
. which, by the most enlarged and beneficent legislaj
tion, will secure the most of that labor, which,
whatever be its faults, is the best which we, of the
I South, will ever know.
i Convention Defeated in Charleston Dis
trict.? Corrected returns show that in this DisP
trict 4,340 votes were cast on the question of Conl
vention. All votes but one were tor Convention,
i The corrected return of registered voters is, whites
; 3,688, and blacks 5,193; total 8,830. It was nei
cessary that 4416 votes, a majority of the registeri
ed votes, should be cast to carry die question of
r Convention, and the Convention is, therefore defeated
by 76 votes.?CAarkfon Nam,
JOLUMBIA OONTRIBUTORIAI |
BY JA8. WOO!) DAVIDSON. ,
lOLPKBIA, SOUTH OABOLDTA, 2D DEOElfBEB. 1867.
The Legislature.
The only sign of the legislature that we have
een is the rainy weather. That came up to time?
he legislature didn't
Thanksgiving. .,v-..
The 28th ultimo was generally observed in Co* <
umbia; but there was no great fervor of feeling j
>n the sul)ject The Courts adjourned, the University
and Academies gave holiday, and many of
he stores were closed. Service was had at some M
)f the churches. 1
The Co art*. I
The Court of Appeals is here -in session, the I
jhief Justice presiding; and has enough business 1
m docket to keep it two or three weeks, if not I
onger. |
The United States District Court is in scs- 1
lion, Judge Bryan presiding, with a docket long
snough to keep it occupied a month or "more,
it the University.
TW Anniversary Oration of the Clariosophio
Society was delivered last Thursday evening, by
Mr. Fnrman, a student from Georgia.
That of the Enphradian Society will come off in
i short time.
The Annual Oration before the two Societies is
? be delivered soon, by Professor Haskell
Planning Intelligence.
The very latest advices from Japan are to the
iffect that Shogomati, Prince of Ovari, had beet),
ifter negotiations between the Inkios of Satzonma
ind Owasma-tosa and Stozboski, made by the Matado
Governor of Naggmlri, in place of Stosboslri,
iccording to die wish <rf Toosaka.
We have no idea what is to be done abont it;
>ut it is manifest that something must be done,
ind that right quickly. We expected no less of
Shogomati, last Spring.
Colombia Art.
Messrs. Wearn & Hix, photograph artists of
Columbia, have recently moved into their new gfclery.
It is the most complete establishment of its
rind that we have ever seen; and we have seen
Forney's, Brady's, and Boot's, and perhaps a dogen
others in New York, besides some in other
firge cities. We know enough of these home srists
to believe that they can turn out as fine work
is any in the South, if not any in the United
3tates.
Politics.
The great item of the week is Beverly Nash,
me oT the delegates apparent to die Convention:
Che Winnaboro Newt says Nash made a blood-andhunderous
speech to negroes in Fairfield a week
>r two ago.
Beverly pronounoes the statement "a base falsehood."
That's clear.
Thus the matter stands to-day^ Next week we
jxpect something more on the matter; and it is
not unlikely that the something more will be unjomfortable
to somebody. We shall see.
Personals. ?
The advent of Solicitor C. D. Melton, as a citieen
among us in Columbia, is beooming a settled '
[act He is at length here, we believe and hbpe, w
permanently; and Colombia again becomes his
Cinartcira Snob A/wsmnns ta nnr commn
nity ate matters for congratulation in every respect
General John S. Preston delivered a spirited address
before the Ladies Industrial Association, one
evening last week, upon the Women of the South.
Fhe auditory was select and also large.
It is said that Helper, the author of Nojoqut, is
now in Ashville, N. C., preparing to issue a negroextinction
newspaper.
General M. C. Butler is in Columbia, in attendance
upon the Courts.
Periodicals.
The Phrenological Journal holds its own in a
wonderful manner. There, is no flagging and no
falling off about it It is as strong as the eternal,
truths it labors to disseminate. It is published
monthly at $3 a year. The volume begins with
January.
HaWt Journal of Health is too well known to
ueed special mention. It is full of practical sense
and medical knowledge combined. It costs $1.50
a year, and is monthly
The Home Monthly, (Methodist) is published by
Prof. Stark, it^ Nashville. Itoosts$3ayear.
Southern Society ($4) and. The Southern Home
Journal ($3) arc both fully under way now, and j
both are first-class of their kind.
Quinquennial Meetings*
The change in the form of the South Carolina
College, has broken up the reunions of classes that
were held every five years, and known as the Quinquennial
Meetings. Every class met every five
years, joined in a supper, .called the roll, told their
experiences; and thus relinked the bonds of afiec
donate interest again and again.
The class of 1852 would have met this year.
The graduating roll numbered forty-seven; and of
these but thirty-three could meet today at their
third Quinquennial?fourteen having passed from
life already.
Of these, three died in battle?Buchanan, J. L.
Gaston, and Hopkins. Seven died of consumption?Calhoun,
Frean, Leitner, Means, Mills, Neely,
and Buff. Four, of other diseases?Jackson,
McLure, Pringle, and Scott
These said details may touch some breast with
interest that did not have the facts before. Every
pear has claimed its victim?one by one.
Business is Dull.
We overheard our old-bachelor friend, the Man
About Town, the other day, in a despondent soliloquy
over the decadence of prosperity in ourmidst A
He was leaning against a tree near the market, and
looking down towards the Penitentiary. His unjonscioufl
utterances were somewhat on this wise:
"The game's about up with me at last What
jan I do ? I've tried nearly everything?opened
i store, as everybody else did; and the consequence
ivas, I smashed at the end of the first ninety days.
[ taught a school?anybody can teach a school?
md got scholars very readily; but my patrons were
mostly in some breaking business; and when paylay
came, they didn't Then I tried planting?
hired hands, with the greatest readiness and cheap
at that; and entered upon my first crop last spring ?
with large expectations, and saw daylight clearly
ahead of me?until the hot weather set in, when
my negroes deserted me; then I made half a crop
and was forced to sell at once, getting twelve cents
for cotton that cost me twenty-six to raise. And
so it went Everything turned out jost the same
way.
And now what?
Business is out of the question. Stealing is no
Irnifrer nymeriahle. Anv nwrrn ran ntral AH fka 1
respectability that ever attached to a little honest
Btealing is gone?degraded to vile uses by ignorant
negroes. There are over a hundred of them in the \
Penitentiary now, almost all for stealing. Besides,
one would have to go to some other place to
find material to go upon.
' Bankruptcy is out of the question also; because
it requires more money than I've seen since the
war to get into the Court at all ?1% dollars to
start on?impossible 1 *
Suppose I commit matrimony ? That might do;
but I should find life deuoed slow with any woman
that has no more brains than to marry such a man
as I am?preposterous 1 .
Murder is like stealing?degraded. Negroes and
poor whites have been beating out brains (so-called)
with stones and bludgeons, in such a clumsy and
inelegant style that the pursuit has lost caste; and
a clumsy or inartistic job in that line would result
in some vulgarity, like the Penitentiary..
Gambling requires more brains than I have; besides,
I've already tried my hand at one branch of
that business.
The Road remains to me, it is true. But thac
would lead to the Insane Asylum; because, if I were
to blow a traveler's brains out taget his money, it