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'.M # ~ =? Hmt'.i ' , 1 1 f, !,. ... :r .III. t .....'. ..' , 1 . ' . , . pjf. . ' **?* ' 1 . '. ' '? ? ' -' "* -l-H SSt UU'liWU AO MuJiWVOL. 14. VORKVILLE, & O., TH?^fifcMBEE lO ? ,? , ,,? ; -: " n" , n Ml ' . i " ,T ! 111' ' ' Hi! I h n 111 11 -I III I lllllll llll urn ! ! I h.lH 1- 11 I ll ill I II I : ^ ?1 ' ~ n n i liinff i a <\1 1ybMtnm Ad cMr - i . ,i . :.JK. ,;a,' n .-.i ;i w pi ft* (ftog felUt. HUNTED BY WOLVES. 4 HOST fOft L9t * ? One ot the most peculiar, powerful, fatt-fimbed settlers <m the New York frontiers, soaatarjrnooe, w? Beiarieh Kaopman. Hie anna were Hke pieton rods, and he coold. drive his bage maletfiata with seek treeeodooe momeotem astofeflanox as if stricken hgr a thunderbolt ^ It is said that he waa once caught by two Ironmusded Mohawks, each anaed with halves, while Hesorich had neither; yet at tbn find onset he fiartniad the sknfl of the ibmod Indian, and * J *? aa-if ka Mi ll iMi&lfM bat an infant That Indian never resamed the perpendicular again. iS this ly was: qC introduction to an adventure thatKaupman oooe had with a pack of woivea, and which ?me fearfully nigh having a fatal *t? ' suit for him. The winter of 17? was an unusually severe one throughout die Northern States, and many deaths from exposure and starvation occurred before the opening of spring. TJie wolves, bears and wild animals became nearly famished from hunger, and saw ooasoquenee, were unusually fierce iad ontia? geous. They eame down from the mountain#, and woe to the sheep fold that was unprotected during the night They were sure to be invaded by the starring animah, and not a sheep would Kve to tell the tale. There wentneka around da bants, where the wolvee had tiutled aB night in their search for means of entrance. Their howfe could be beard through the still, cold hduia, and more than one house-wife had been obased to her very door by impendent^ vectaring forth atnighh.. Many of the settlers sat in the upper stories of their houses, and amused themselves by shooting the wolves, fix whose scalps the government had a standing bounty of sevendshiffinga. TT-- !A XTat hnnt nnlv *ML iminwj mn?(inni v?y . ? taring forth to attend to his dumb animals, and to aee that they were property protected during the night But after a white hi* stock of groceries became low, and finally gave out altogether. True, he and his family ooold five on the poultry, sheep and animals they owned, bat it was rather unpleasant to he without tea, oofiee, sugar, salt, and many other articles that were more necessities than they were luxuries. With a want of foresight which he never ooold explain, he started upon his journey without any weapon except a keen edged hatchet, which he carried in case the sled should give out In the house hung his trusty rifle, hut neither he nor his wife seemed to imagine that there would be any call for it, and he drove cheerily *way bidding his wife a merry good-bye, as his mare weatsts speaking gate down the rood toward th&riRage. ? - - mi The hitter place, which might more propenyow termed a settlement, was reached in doe time, the ' groceries all bought, and everything ins m readiness to start homeward. Heiorich had. been storm-boaad so long in his boose that be found the companionship of his friends of the village tavern very agreeable. There was so much to talk about, so much news to listen to, such a quantity of gossip regarding the affairs of the neighborhood, that time slipped unconsciously by, until, when be rose to go, he found it almost dark. Still, he bad no fears, as bis wife would under? stand that be bad remained at the village, and there was no necessity for his immediate return. As be turned homeward and left the village behind him, and noticed that the dim light by which ha was traveling belonged to the moon, it lashed upon him that perhaps he would encounter danger before reaching home, and he regretted for the twentieth time, that he left his rifle behind. The road, deep between the drifts of snow, was of just sufficient width for the little mare and sled, and the spirited little animal went forward at a swift gait, while Hemrich, somewhat stupefied and weary, was beguiled into drowsiness by the easy mnti?n ftf flia oLwt ^IWUIIft UIWUVM V* %wv He wee half asleep sod half oo^sooos, when he became sensible of the increase of motion of the sled. He felt it jerk several times beneath him, and all at onoe a fiercer jerk than usual, accompanied by a neigh of terror, effectually aroused him, and he sat bolt upright and looked around. He looked in front; all wore its wonted appears noe, a wild straggling piece of wood, standing two feet deep in mow, the narrow track twisting through it; the heavens eold and clear ; the earth white; bat close behind the sled were three gannt animals, r*ntaring heavily, while a fourth was ffcst gaining behind. ,, The jaws of the leading wolf, owing to the fewness of the sled, were within reach of Heinrieh's afcrwiMprs Hnt the latter oared little for this. The brutes were after the mare, and upon courage and fortitude depended the escape of horse and master. If the alarmed creature oould have the nerve to keep onward in the track she had a goodchanoe of eluding her pursuers; for the moment the wolves sprang outside to pass the sleigh, the snow so diminished their speed that they fell behind. But should the mare, in her terror, spring aside and plunge into the snow, Kaupman knew all was up with them. Such a proceeding would disentangle her from the sled, and before she oould flounder a dozen yards through the snow, the wolves would be tearing her to shreds. Hetnrich leaned forward and spoke kindly to his | animal, which raised her ears that were flat with terror and fell into a more even pace. He then turned and brandished his keen-edged hatchet and shouted to the brutes, but it did not discomfit them in the least Beaching forward he patted his mare with the hand that held the reins, while he held the hatchet in the other and kept his eye on the ferocious brutes. However, he did not use the weapon, for - * ? 1 * .1 I A! the doser the wolves Kept to tne siea toe less tney were Been by the horse, and as aconaequenoe there was less probability of her terror becoming uncontrollable, and her breaking aside from the path. So long as matters retained their relative position, Heinrich felt that all was going well It was not long before the wolves discovered there was little prospeot of success so long as they remained in the track, and they now began springing aside and attempting to get abreast of the horse. In every instance they fell behind; each effort revealed them to the terrified mare, that had no Minders, and the furious plunges she made filled Hienrieh with the greatest anxiety. One of the wolves was very large, straightlimbed, and showed a speed superior to the rest More than once when he sprang oat into the snow, he advanced nearer abreast of the horse than did the outers. Upon this gaunt creature Heinrich fixed his eye, and caught the green light that played from his eyelids. By-and-by the snow became flatter, and the huge wolf sprang aside. The speed of these animals is extraordinary, and he gained rapidly. Heinrich waited until he got just abreast, when, rising to his seat, he circled the hatchet over his bead, and brought it down with the quickness of lightning. The head was deft m twain, and with a dying yelp, he doubled over the snow and was left behind One of the dreaded animals was dispatched; there was three left as furious for blood as him. r> "TM . T ? i i " T, " dad-tfcese never abated their speed in die feast? Had they got a taste of their oompatrfon, they WooM have gorged themselves t?hitn before seeking the hone, but he whisked off th? stage of life SO suddenly that t|iey aoaroely noticed his absence. The A'lteico fitoM hone wn$ rapidly diminishing beoeath the qaick steps of hie none,which continued foeany tbesled at fiitt speed until the fear of ovettufoib& became a source of anxiety.? Heinrich, too, had learned by this time, that these iMn oo ordiiuuy animals with which, he had to deal, hot sharp set, courageous and determined brutes, to whfehmanor bmst would be alike welcome, their preference, however, as manifested by their actions, being for horse-flesh. Usee ware not. the animals to be frightened by the sight of eman'a boon, and there was a large open space between the outskirts of the forest and Hein rich's home, to which he looked with no little apprehension, They had now approached the very edge of the wood, and the wolves began gaining on each aide. TV tenor-stricken bone frframe 1 A IW a . ^ ib ^ ^ ?. II L A A j i- ] &DCI aWnttWny iOnWUlI, dKQ^ut tfiv n6u against the stUffip'of t tree, overturned it, add galloped away at a fhB ran, leaving Heixuioe akroe ia the snow. : Before he oould rise, he felt the brutes clawing at his throat, bat his garments were so thiok that he was saved from injury; and rising to his feet threw them off. H? hatchet had been jerked from his hand as he feti, and he looked desperately around fer it, hot k was not to be found. By tint time the mare waa almost out of sight, aadtwoof the wolves were upon the defenceless man, and the other deserting the animal bounded back. Heinrich faced the foremost, and the next moment was surrounded. The powerful man now called into play all the strangfbfer whiehhe was so reaowned. He struck ftmjo?at the leaping, snarhog brutes, and dung them off when they attempted- to ding to him; Bad he a weapon, even a dub, It is notimpossible that he might have saved himself A blow with * dub m his handt would have eraeked Urn shall of the kegsst brate, and wkh a knife he would have rippsd then open. < But there was no hope fighting with his naked hand. His bk?d had already dyed the snow, and the smell and taste of it had made the brutes ferecious. Their lithe, heavy bodies were buried against him, asif impelled by some pCwer not their own, and finally puBed him down. The sweets of the earth, the mysteries of Heaven, swept through poor Heumeh's mind* in those brief, terrible moments, the particulars found tame to intrude. It isofteu, very often thus in the moments of death. | He thonghtjhow iiis devoted May woold watch through the vigils?how mangled remains would tell his fate in the morning?a life a despair for the mother of her little ones. 1' Alh these things rushed through bis brain, and he knew that he himself was in the Jaws of the wolves. Then those fool, lurid eyes glared over him; the tightening of the throat foflowed aadthiaking was finished. Still be straggled to release his arm*? the grasp on his throat was choking him; his senses reeled; when like the whining of a meteor another hard breathing animal shot in among the assailants and fastened itself on the chief. The wolves, for an instant, relaxed their fury; Heinrich reeled giddy to his feet and recognised his brave dog. For a moment he stood bewildered when he saw one wolf retreating, and the other two attacking his dauntless dog. He turned to help him, and a bright objeot caught his eye; it was his hatchet lying in the snow, within an arm's length of the last terrible straggle. Heinrich snatchedit up, and he was himself again. His arms were bleeding, hat the giant strength remained. The next instant he had split the skull of one of the wolves, and he now turned, like a mad man that he was, upon the fierce animal that had borne his faithful dog to the ground. The first blow laid hare the gaunt back-hone; ntrvt Ma tkmat. a torrihle irafth. and the third loosened his fearful grip upon tho dog. Still he straggled fiercely, when Heinrich sprang upon the animal, and out and hacked and slashed until the wolf was minee meat As he arose, a band was on his shoulder, and turning, a head was on his boeom. "Heinrich!" "Mary 1" Long did the young people stand in speechless embrace, but the weaker supported the stronger, for Heinrich'8 nerves were gone, and he- leaned upon Mary like a helpless child. The arrival of the affrighted horse aroused the wife, and the dog, the moment she opened the door, rushed forth, led by his kindly instinct? Mary fled wildly after him, not pausing to bring I Hit* ttiio it Visa ka?n ohnvn was nr& needed. WANTED AT THE CROS8 ROADS. I was ia a hurry to reach home. No wonder, for it was the wildest night I had ever known in all my life, and the ooontiy over which I took my way was as bad as country roads in genera). Consequently I was walking at a great rate, with the oollar of my rough coat over my ears, and a comforter tied over my soft hat and under my chin, to keep it on and- protect my ears, when suddenly a man stood foil in my path, and caught me by the arm. "Hullo I" said he, "You're just in time; you are wanted at the cross roads to night1" The voice was the voice of a ruffian. I fancied myself attacked by a highway-man. I nnita ntill strTWp in nhoT him hv mv manner that I was able to protect myself. "What the deuce am I wanted at the cross roads for?" said I, "Unless I choose, it will be a very hard matter to get me there ?" But instead of producing a pistol and demanding my money or my life, the man answered in an altered tone. "Beg pardon, I made a mistake. I thought it was my brother, and I wanted to frighten him. Bad night sir." "Very," said I. "You don't know the time, sir?"-he asked. "It was seven when I left the train at L ," I said. ?i ?:j .v.. <<n,wv4 " 1QSQJL yCj CUT) CKUU bUO 11IMI* UWU tuguu "Good night," said L If his object had been robbery, probahly he had decided from my rough appearance that I was too poor a man to be worth the trouble. Bat after all, I thought probably be spoke the tnith. A man may have such a voice without being a highwayman, no doabt So I went homeward, and soon found myself under shelter, and partaking of a ?m and savory suDDer. My mother ires there and my brother Ben. Ben was a great strapping fellow, who could beat any other boy of his age for miles around if it came to wrestling or boxing, and as good humored a boy as ever lived; a boy always to mother and I, though he had exercised his right to vote already in one Presidential election. When supper was over, and we had chatted for an hoar, we went up stairs together. The moment Ben's head touched the pillow, he always went to 6leep. That night, I followed bis example. But I did not sleep long without a dream?a dream in which I felt a rough grip upon my arm, and was aroused by a ciy in my "Wake up! You are wanted at the cross roads." It was so real, so palpable, that when I started ' broad awake, I actually believed that someone was hi the room; the man who intended robbery or violeoee. But when 1 had arisen, and Ht my r lamp, the room wm empty* except myself and Ben, who hy snoringon his pillow. f I went to the door; it was locked. I went to the'window, the crash of ram against its pains was all I beard. I even went across the passage to my ^ mother's rood. She was awake; thine had been ^ no nnnsual sound, she was sure. '?>< y Only a dream born of my meeting the strange m man in the road, I felt, .had awakened me. I went ^ to bed and fell asleep again. Again I was awaken- ^ edby the same words, this time shrieked in my ear ^ bsan unearthly voice. ; j?, "Wake up, wake up. You are wanted at the ? crossroads." I was oa my feet oooe more, and caught Ben's ^ hand as he oame over towards my bed. ...... ^ "What ails you?" ho cried,. . n: 'Nothing," said L "Did you hear a voioe?" a "Yours," said Ben, "yeiling woke me up; you (airly frightened me." . "Ben," said I, "wait till I fight a lamp; I heard tj( another voice. Must be some one in the house or u. outside." " So I again lit a lamp, but we search'sd in Tain. ^ "Nightmare," said Ben, when I told hinrmy ^ Btoiy. y "Ben," said I, "what is there at the ctosb u " t "A house," said Ben. He had lived in the ^ neighborhood a long while, and I not long. ' 1 ; fy "One little house, beside two oak trees and a feme. Aa old man lives there?a rich man, and w; a bit of a miser, they say. His grand daughter keeps house for him.'' fy "Ben, that fellow may have meant harm to ec them.' I may be wanted at the erom roads." f0 * "Brother/* said Ben, "go to sleep; You had a nightmare," and Ben plunged in between dm ^ blankets, and was snoring again. t I also, in ten minutes, slept as soundly as be* fore, but the awakening soon came-again. I opened my eyes, to see a girl standing at the u foot of my bed. A giri in white robes, with golden m hair afi about her shoulders, who wrongher hands ^ and eried: "Oh, wake up, yon are wanted at the M cross roads." i ^ This time I started out of bed, Jbaihed in a cold w Demniratioo.. I trembled like a leaf I had no doubt that I had received supernatural warning. , q. "Bee," I cried, "Ben, for the third time I have 0f been told that I am wanted at the croet) roads, and j0 I am going." : i . , Tl And I began to dress,myself aa speedily as possible, listening the while to the storm raging wild- Si er sod wilder than at any other period since its ?] oommencement 1 Ben remonstrated with me in vain. At last he pj alrtO began to huddle on his clothes, 8i "If you have gone mad, I must go with you and Si take care of you?" be said. "But fancy aoother man, going out in a storm ^ like this to the cross roads, because a nightmare caused him to do so, and what would yon think of JT him?" I said nothing. AH I could have answered Ii would have been: "I am compelled to go; I must go. I dare not refuse, whatever may be thoGglfiWJFirie V In ten minutes we were splashing through the . mud and rain along the road. It was perfectly V1 dark; now and then a blazing red star in the dis- ar tance told us that a lamp was beaming throngh tbe nun in some cottage window, but otherwise we ? would not have been conscious of our proximity to , any habitation whatever. At last, nearing the w spot where the road from S crosses the road j?1 to P , we were indeed in as solitary place as can be imagined. ' The house, which abutted on tbe very angle of the roads, called in familiar parlance the Cross Ul Road, was the only oDe for some distance in either ar direction, and certainly on such a night we were VI not likely to meet many travelers. . ^ AD was quiet as the grave. We stood quite 01 still. In a moment, Ben broke out in one of his 01 wildest laughs. m "Well," be said, "how now?" Will you go home now and have another nightmare ?" But hardly had the words escaped his lips, when a shriek broke on tbe air and a woman's voice, a Amn, Via intonnr nf* tViP " piuuiv WUllug ? , cried: "Help! help 1 help!" f "Ben," said I, "we are wanted at the cross roads," and then understanding each other, with- w out more words we made our way to the window, through which a light shone. A muslin curtain draped the panes, but thifljfeh it we saw au awful 111 ffl&ht m h An old man lay on the floor, ajtitover him bent , a ruffian, clutching his throat, and feeding a pistol to his ear, while another man grasped the shriek- pi ing girl by the arm?a girl in a floating*night w dress?with such long golden hahr as belonged to * the ghd of my vision. Not a moment was to be wasted. Ben Snug his weight against the slender * lattice and crashed it in, and we had grappled the ruffians before they knew whenoe the attack came, w or how many foes were upon them. 1 I do not intend to describe the struggle; indeed, I could not, if I would. But we were strong men ^ and inspired by the eries of the helpless old man and the terrified girl, we soon had one of the vil- ^ liana bound and the other lying prostrate on the floor. Then Ben started for assistance, and, before w morning, both were in jaiL Ben admitted, as we shook each other bv the hand, that "we were want- r\ ed at the cross roads." ^ The old man was not a miser, bat he had saved ^ some few thousand dollars for his old age, and living more plainly than he need have done, had ghr- n en rise to the rumor, and so brought the burglars to the cross roads in the hope of booty. The girl, a beautiful creature of seventeen, was T) his grand daughter, and as no story is acceptable ^ to the lady readers without a flavor of the romance, I will tell them, that she became in after years, tj not my wife, but the wife of my darling brother 0I Ben- ______ Guard Against Vulgar Language.?There is as much connection between the words and the thoughts as there is between tbe thoughts and ao- ^ tions. The latter is not only the expression of the former, but they have a power to react upon the soul, and leave the stain of corruption there. A young man who allows himself to use one vulgar g or profane word, has not only shown that there is a foul spot upon his mind, but by the utterance of S that word he extends that spot, and inflames it, II Kh iiulnlaann) it vlll n/illntA ?nd rnin t)n>annl. S Be careful of your words and of your thoughts. g If you can control the tongue that no improper words are pronounced by it, you will soon be able S also to control the mind, and save it from corruption. You extinguish the fire by smothering it, or S by preventing bad thooghts from bursting into q language. Never utter a word anywhere which you would be ashamed to speak in the presence of g the most refined female, or the most religious man. Try this practice a little while, and you will soon S have oommand of yourself. ? + s t&" "My dear," said a lady to her husband, q "these friends here will not believe me when I say I'm only forty years old. Yoa know that I speak the truth, don't you ?" "I certainly shall not deny it, my love, once you have stuck to the point for the lost dosen years, to my certain knowledge." ai HJVERNOB'S MESSAGE. ' - 1 ? ft I Hbu-Oitizetu of tkt SetiM* ' and Bimitqf Ikprmcnftitfoa: In accordatioe with tbe rtQtiirftions of tbeconitution to lay before yott information of the eob:tion of tbe 8tate, and recommend to yoar coojeration srrcb measures is ??ybfc deemed oeeto- '* Of or expedient, I shall proceed" tfr perform th*t 1# is briefly to CTremnsUneeswffl permit, poet.1 )trrag to t rota re opporcuiiwy aiiwushot ot 1 questions not directly connected with the adinistration of the govenimfflh: The interval nce ybur l&st session hasbeenwbrfef abd the 5taila connected with the orgwisatio!) of the new inches of public service Km occupied 00 much me and attention, as to lesvg^ tittle opportaty for the oomedarttkmof matters of a mare ^d?1 character, many of which wore fully dlreumeJ >^4 ? "? _ * 1 / f *1 my lueMjtgtJ mw opcoai iKSoioit Thie Act pro^'ihng for the as8e8sment imd'takaDn of property has received considerable atten- 1 do, and the organization of the Auditor's Detriment has progressed aa rapidly as circumstans would permit Great oare and caution has ;en necessary in selecting the officers to whom ' ill beentrustedthe execution afthe.tas.law i hot is believed that the appointments made, and to ; ) made, willgwftefipiapqy teisuoowjo this im)rtant part of the government I shall la?<b$- 1 r you, at the earliest practical period, the com- ' etc assessment of the property of the State, ' hich will afford .the necessary basis for taxation* The estimate or the Auditor fbr the oontibgeni nd may appear large, but it should be remember- ; I that the Aa&drir books, blanks kad 'other ' rmsfor the whole 8tato are to be prwridatf ooiof as ted, not only for the amfineni which is *. 1 mt to be made, bat for (hat which will have to 1 i made previonn to (he convening of the General' < ?umUs in-19M , / I The organization of the Auditor's Department, id the snooessfbl completion tf the fint assess-, eat of property, will involve s large amount of 1 bor and some unusual expenditures, but aa the suit aimed at Umoet desirable, I reoommendthat * Legislature will afford every facility for the ao wplishment of thetdjjaot..,;. By referoooe to the report of the Comptrollereoeral, it will be seen that the entire bonded debt 'the.State is.$5,497,306 27, consisting as foltoee' '! \ paraj&'at fhn Teasure theaSJSf'o!} ^percent fire loan, payable In 'TO,.. 315,453 80 ft per emfi stock', new State House,1,775,000 00 i per oent stock and bonds, fund- .. ' x per cent bonds. Bine BidgeR-R. 1^00,000-00 x pear cent bonds, new State Capi,511,600 00 hlting tf grand total of ........$3,407,300 27 ' aiatti iiirterest due on the entire debt July 1,1868, .. J$ 355*204 32 itereet due January 1,1869,.......,. 159,214 38 Total interest, 514,418 70 This Ib not the interest 6^ a capita} debt of $5,? i?r ca/? n*r _a ?i? ...i' . kMa !? MAnJkak Z* A 1I,ouu ?i, hi tux per wuk , uui me ivosuu uuir ou8, as a portion of the debt is at three per cent id another part at five per oent In addition to the foregoing interest paying debt tere is a floating debt of $160,000 in the shape of ills Receivable, authorized by the Legislature, hich are available for taxes, and which will be -obably absorbed by application to that purpose iring the present quarter, thus giving but little d to the Treasury in the way of current funds., his is the last quarter of the collections for 1867, ' ider the assessment by the Military Commander, id it will leave the entire collections for 1868 a- | lilable for the purposes of the Treasury. They ould have been sooner collected, bttt f&r thedrfiilties attendant upon putting the new tax law-in 1 jeratioo, the collections under wbioh will oomence in January next ? . ' Under the new law, bringing every class of propty on the tax list, at its bona fide valuation, inuding much of what has been heretofore exemptr 1 and a still larger amount entered at nominal due, at a moderate estimate, there will be not ii? .ii?^ l an: ?c . < ESS W11 Oil U11C9D UUUUICU UJUUUU9 U& ^IVpVliJT ?o o isis of taxation. This, at & very low percentage, ill afford abnndaot revenue to meet the current cpetues of the State, the interest on its fonded ;bt, and a considerable margin for the estabHshent of a sinking fund. In this connection, I would recommend that a w be passed providing for the levying and colcrtion of taxes in Counties to meet their local ex* jnditnres and the salaries of their officers. This ill enable them to makesnoh improvements in the ay of roads, bridges and public buildings as the ate and public spirit of the citizens may dictate, ithout drawing from the public Treasury moneys defray the expenses of local improvements, in hich the citizens of the Stateat large have no dijet interest. The Comptroller's estimate of expenditures for le current year amount to $489,798.13; exclusive 'interest, $330,692.38, which includes that on a ortion of the debt for the quarter ending October, 869, making an aggregate of $820,490.15. In the report of the Comptroller-General yon ill notioe the items of what is considered as the ar debt of the State, aggregating $2,722,315.86; id of credits due the State from Sheriff and Tax ollectors, amounting in the agggregate to $76,>4.87, which he recommends may be sunk and ropped from the aooonbts of the State. I would suggest that the Chairman of the CJomlittee on Finance of the Senate, and the Chairtan of the Committee of Ways and Means in the [ouse, be associated with the Comptroller in instigating and determining what claims originated om the prosecution of the war. I recommend to yonr consideration the proprier of passing a law for the funding of the interest i the State debt np to July 1, 1868, to avoid the ?essity of forcing the bonds of the State on the tarket at a sacrifice. I have every confidence in te ability of the Treasury to meet the future intest upon our debt as it becomes due. The following is a list of the assets of the State I* 4-1* A 91<4 r\4 nofnKflr. lRfiR * II IUO UXi3|) UOJ V* VV?vww>; . bares in North-eastern Railroad Company, $ 120,000 00 bares in Spartanburg and Union Railroad Company, 250,000 00 hares in Pendleton Railroad Company....... 45,500 00 bares in Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, 433,960 00 bares in Bine Kidge Railroad Company, ... 1,310,000 00 bares in Colombia and Hamburg Railroad Company, 42,200 00 bares in Cheraw and Coalfields Railroad Company^ 200,000 00 bares in Laurens Railroad Company, 60,000 00 hares in South Carolina Railroad Company, 24,000 00 hares in Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company, 270,000 00 hares in South-western Railroad Bank, 6,000 00 hares in Keowee and Tnckaseegee Turnpike Company, 6,000 00 $1,754,660 00 The report of the Treasurer to this Department, id herewith transmitted, shows the operations of the ?rfeasfety fttM tte let "of B61y to the 31st of gi October, 1888, miking tfceamdtrat on hand at the ao fontfer jfe&xf am! the aggregate of subsequent re oeiptB $?35,373.83, and the. expendhores $409,- do (?8:7C; Ittivfng a hahinoe of $26,285.07 on hand at Sc (fe^ngnpyfhevrtpoA/ T ' ; ; I iWrchfaiao aslr yoor attention to the aecom panjnng letter from the Treasurer, indicating a want of clerical force in his office, by which its bo- ft, sineas is retardedwnd the settiemeat of aooonnts Meyq4. .m t I recommend to the Legislator# that some early u action he taken to prevent the Coorts and officers ? of the Book ef the State from wasting and tnisap- 1 i a- a- At. ?11 a _r ?f n i. plying UK URU w??oe p?/uiwn> ut luu w wuib, attorney's fees, and the salaries of ofioeta and Oi Coats. ^tftbe holders of the Fire Loan Bonds are determined to pursue the policy of disparaging thecredit and resources of the State, when it most be apparent to them that no State in the Union is ^ meraaolvoat, oe.h?**fiuier prospect of promptly J? moetihg afl hor liabilities, they should Be com- v peBed to- oarry on this litigation at their own ex- eD pease. . I have reason to belief thgt not less than *? sixty thousand dollars in gold has been squandered UP lad made away with for the salaries of officers and a? igsntf- who are performing no necessary duties, feao of attorneys .^ho are employed for the purpose t? ofhringiag the credit of the State into disrepute, y sad for other fleets of equally questionable pro- ?? priety. The holders of the fire Loan Bond should be placed on the pune footing as other creditors of H( the State, and they should be held aocountahle for es( ill damagea the State has sustained or may bus- to Cain, by their unwarrantable litigation. I reepUetfufly refer you to the aocompaqyiug re- ni port ofthe Superintendent of Education, for the 6* pngpe?awde rejjweutiog the Act to provide for the temporary organisation of the Educatioual Be- " Mi^maii, nf lli. 9fata MnnV nf rliffi/mlhr at- Ital teod&nt upon initiating the system has been oversome; cod I havereason to expect that, daring the yo session, I will Be enabled to transmit for yoar in- mi formation such statistics as will afford a basis for th future legislation. CI The subject of Magistrates' Courts was treated art at some length in say former message to the Oene- cb raf Assembly. I Would again earnestly call your ne attention to tins important matter. No diacrimi- ad nation has heretofore beep made between grand and petit larceny, nor has any precise limit been dii fixed 4br the guidance of Courts in such cases. A Cc whth latitude has accordingly been given to the ne dfeerotiott of Magistrates andJndgea, and in con- sit sequence oar jails arc crowded with petty offend- j? era, at |n enormous expense to the State. Indeed, it -has been the heaviest jfem of charge upon the do Treasury. I wdnM respectfoUy snggeet that final re jurisdiction be given to Magistrates in all eases of ao petft fcreeny and simple assault and battery, and ap miademeabofa of similar gride; giving, however, mi tbs.MSoaed parties the right of appeal Also, I w vronld recommend the establishment of s fair and lit reasons bis fee bill, as reports have reached this oo office of nuaoapouitfe * and1 unjustifiable exactions of Magistrates and Constables, from the poor ami co ignorant, in cases where, by a little effort, the mat- wl terg in dispute ooufcl haveboeo amicably arranged, en Cases have alee been brought to my attention in pe which it is aH^jed that pfoseetftions have been in- vii Btttuted for mabeiows purposes, and Executive in- an terference invoked as a remedy for injustwa If tic this loose and proffigate administration of law is lis not cheeked, and the offender held to a strict ac- fai oountability, the oonrto of justice, instead of being fnl a shield and a protection, may become an engine wl of oppression Sod wrong to the people. th I transmit for yonr consideration the report of the Regents of the Lunatic Asylum #>r the year ending November 7,1868, covering the reports of Dr. J. W. Parker, the Superintendent and Physi- m cian, and of John Waties, Esq., the Treasurer of the Institution. The report of the Snperintendent Bhriws thi^tat the commencement of the year,' w* die number of patients was 187; and that there M were received during the year 82, making a total rir of 269; of dm'number 11 have died, 2 have been removed, 2 doped, and 50 have been discharged cured?total 65; leaving in the Asylom at present 204 patients; of which 107are males, and 97 fie- bd males. Paying patients, 52; paupers, 152. The ne report and accompanying tables exhibit a very fa- O rotable condition of affairs; showing that 61 per dr cent, of those admitted have been cured, while aU only 4 per cent of those under treatment have oa died. Among those received were 25 "colored per- ev sons, who Were, with few exceptions, in great des- no titution?three of them exhausted from disease pr and want of attention. Four of their number died, th 1 eloped, and 13 were sent home cured; 1, howev- th er, relapsed, and of bis own accord returned to the uu Asylum. an For more than twenty years, colored persons sei have been admitted to the benefits of the institu- di< tion, and have enjoyed the advantages afforded, wi - ... - J i.J xt and such as facilitated tneir cure ana coninuaieu ua to tfceir comfort, wis now the case. fal He Asylum fot&he edacation of the Deaf and an Dumb and Blind was reorganized in November, til 1866, at the Cedar Spring Asylum, Spartanburg le? County, and was operated very successfully until in the dose of the fiscal year on the 1st of October, Ck 1867. The appropriation being then exhausted, bu the further exercises of the institution were sus- tic pended, and the pupils sent to their respective ?f homes. The location is an admirable one, the ofl buildings large and commodious, and to avoid their 901 going to decay, I concur in the recommendation Hu heretofore made, that authority should be granted I of to the Governor to rent or lease the buildings, so acl that he may avail himself of any opportunity that co; may present itself of securing a tenant, who will ho protect the premises and keep them in necessary str repair until the finances of the State shall justify ed the reorganization of the institution. ed The oondition and affairs of the Penitentiary are ga now undergoing investigation, and when the gen- ua tlemen conducting it have submitted their report, th< I will take an early opportunity of transmitting m< it for your information. Ha The report of the Faculty of the University of fui South Carolina has been transmitted to the Trus- coi tees of the institution, now in session in this city, ist Inasmuch as they have referred it to a select com- thi mittee for examination, and as there are several pu questions of importance to the future welfare and 1 prosperity of the institution likely to be brought tie under discussion, I have deemed it advisable to a- an wait the action of the Trustees, when I shall make un it the subject of a special communication. is T? tn (lio iftinf Mcnlntinn nf fVio Tdm'i. Ot) 1 JLU UUCVUOUW w I4?v JVAUK llpMWWVi* V? KUV lature, requesting tho flxecutive to take such ac- fid tioa as may be necessary for garrisoning the impor- mi tant towns in the State, I entered into oorrespon- re1 dence with the Commanding General of the Mili- wt tary Department, whieh resulted in stationing de- ah tachments of Federal troops at various points mi whereydisturbances were apprehended. My thanks to ?? '* n 1 J are due to JJngadier-lienerai uumioru, com maim- f?ing the District, for his prompt attention to my 1 suggestions, and his disposition to co-operate with po the civil authorities to the full extent of his pow- tb er in the preservation of the peace. en The railroads whose bonds are guaranteed or en- ooi dorsad by the State, have been furnished with a ap copy of the concurrent resolntion notifying them it that unless provisions are made by them to pay mi interest doe and past due by November next, legal vel proceedings will be instituted against them. No soi answer has as yet been received from either of ne them, except the accompanying letter from the th President of the Greenville Railroad Company, an nag a-vary oriafastaiy- amount ofohe paoapaets feTOftfrirtnttfrrfg rsemeuts of railroad bonds is as fbOows: inth Carolina Bailraed bonds, payable in 1868, secored by first nftrt#jtf??/..r.;/.&093,312 40 larlestoo and SevannaE JUilroed bonds, payable in Minn, 1877, secured by first mortgage, 505,000 00 Mtheaatsro Bailroad bonds, payer bis March 1,1969, second oyttst mnrtMM 92.000 00 1879, secured by first mortgage,... 75,000 00 MrtaalmTg and Union Hauroad bonds, payable in 1878 and 1878, secured by first mortgage^... 350,000 00 -eenrijle and Columbia. .Railroad bonds, payable in 1881,1882,1883 . ... and 1888,:?......,.i.......J.......945,47#,% Of the endorsements upon the GreenviHe and ilambia Railroad bonds, $700,000 is under the tof 1881, ^$803, W8,89is und#the asthoriof the Astef 1866, paased for the pttpoeeof abfing Ate Company tofay thehrtwestpaat due d to fidl due prior to the first January, 1868, >on coupons, And upon the mortgaged and guarteed bonds. This guarantee is npon oertificatas indebtedness. The sum of $41,622.38 is tiffin s outstanding debt of the company, upon which ere is no lien, the company surrendered three Oars of demand/or one dollar ofbdnds. ', ,-'7 I enclose a oommonioarioo from Dr. & Lebby, sahh Officer of Charleston, in refexenoe to the tabKshment of a quarantine station A* that port, which I respectfully ask your attention. I would respectfully call your attention to the narks in my last message in refereooe to the Oiniaation of the militia, and renew my recem? jndatioQs on the subject. The Adjutant-Gener s office cannot be organised until some action is ten by the Legislature. I would respectfully recommend, as worthy of ur consideration, the propriety of derotiap the inifioent donation of the Federal Government to s establishment of an educational institute in mrfestnn. fhr instruction in aSrienltUTe. aoechsnic ts, and the higher branches of scsentSc and kssical studies. The boOdiugs and grounds ooooted with the Citadel Academy are admirably epted to the purpose. It has hero suggested that there will he some iculty in disposing of the business before the rarts of Equity previous to the Art of Jairaaty xL I amply submit the subject for your oooleration, as I have not sufficient information to itify me is offering any recommendation. Herewith is transmitted a statement of the perns granted ginoe my' accession to office^, and the isoos therefor. In all cases, I have decided in cordanoe with my convictions of the 'merit of the plication. Many of the sentences which wp* itigated or pardoned, were the penalties inflieied ider a former criminal code, and I have felt at lerty in many of the cases to take-thM last into naderation. f It is my painful duty to bring to your Dotioe a ndition of affairs in certain portions of the State, iich imperatively demands your gravest oonadktiou. -Violations of law, aud outrages upon raoos and property, have been perpetrated by lions and unprincipled men, with a reddenim* d ferocity which, while they have brought attain and anguish to the bosoms of bereaved fitmi* s aud friends, have east a shadow upon the fair me of the Commomwealth, mortifying and painI to all who are jealous of her reputation, and ikh will require of you the prompt adoption of e most efficient measures for its ample vindiea-. m. TTT- T tr.^. . -D HOD. uallies iuaruu, a iic|/iqiuuuiuio m mw jneral Assembly from the County of Abbeville, ls murdered on the 15th day of October last b was oq bis way homeward from the Court Dose, and was pursued by a gang of ruffian?, by 10m he was assassinated in the public highway! r. Martin was an intelligent and patriotic citiien, igularly inoffensive in language and demeanor; d all the circumstances connected with this put* ;e, mark it as a cold-blooded assassination. Hon. B. F. Randolph, a Senator from Orangerg County, was assassinated at Hodge's Station, ar Cokes bury, Abbeville County, on the 16th jtober. Mr. Randolph was on his way to adess a meeting of hisfellow citizens, and upon the >pping of the train, while on the platform of the r, was assassinated by three ruffians, who had ideotly been lying in wait for the purpose; and (withstanding there were a number of persons eeent, including those connected with the train, e assassins were permitted to leisurely mount eir horses aud escape. Mr. Randolph waa a in of enlarged views, of great force of character d exercised an extensive influence upon public ntiment. Nothwithstanding that he waa stuDusly courteous and liberal in bis intercourse th his fellow-men, the additional infamy, as in e case of Mr. Martin, waa attempted by sheer rmeatinns and falsehood, to blacken his character d defame bia memory as a palliation, if not judication, of his murder. Other instances of vioice and outrages of the most revolting character portions of Edgefield, Abbeville and Newberry mnties, have been reported to this Department, it prominence has been given to the assassin*>ns of Messrs. Martin and Randolph, because their official position. Large rewaidahave been 'ered for the apprehension of these murderers, me of whom are brown to be refugees and outvs from adjoining States, who availed themselves the political excitement as a cloak for their iremes of rapine and murder; but such is the nditiou of society iu their immediate neighborods, that neither the promised rewards nor the enuous efforts of civil officers have accomplishtheir arrest They are fully armed and mount, and boast of the extent and power of their or* nization. And a somewhat prominent individ 1, who is himself under heavy bonds to answer e charge of complicity in the mnrder of the lajnted Randolph, has had the hardihood to pubban address to the Executive, threatening still rtber outrages and additional victim*. As a disaraging evidence of the deterioration of journalic morals, it may be mentioned that this ooverfc reat of assassination has been published and reiblished without a word of censure or dissent the turbulent condition of affairs in the Iocalis to which I have called your attention, cannot d most not be longer tolerated. A Government able to enforce its laws and protect its citizens, i a mockery and sham, meriting the scorn and , ntempt of its opponents, sod unworthy the ood- , ence and support of its friend* It cannot ad ouster justice through its courts, or collect its renue by taxation. A remedy for these evils, rich strike at the very foundation of the State, ould be promptly applied. The Jaw moat be ide supreme. The mostarroganfc must be taught obey its behests; the humblest ttsnred of its otection. The general elections having passed, and the j litical issues involved, which so fiercely agitated 9 country, having been determined fin* a oooadible period, it is devoutly to be hoped that the \ [Disunity may be indulged in a much needed rqite from the passions and excitements to whiffe has so long been subjected, and that our people iy be enabled to tuna their attentioo to the dslopment and improvement of their material retirees, which have beat so 1*1$ impaired and gleeted. It gives me muchptannici to state at assurances have been received, both previous d subsequent to the station, {row many of the most prominent "TP*1 )%, mliff epptnitien to tht filnnirniieiH^ m tnfirrp - ?- lL I- ! .. -M||| . ?M lL tin 1 - - ? --1 pwn mo Owiniffiww^iPBp detestation frali iiie.iee termination # yfc? * HOB* tMj^e Coostitxrtioo and kws, niyma^W0fhi^p^lMKr j*fpf l%tt. deteimieetioo 1mm Md>#iu)Ot &o?j prosperity w toe of ne i irnB|aiwng: xi peefM^ jotnjjming its idotk^ m# ?nwf "?i- - :t; luitMiiJla m a Kbetal pofeey on the part of theI^gidatawi* reference to the removal of political diaahffitjes/7Ch ! WhOe upon the irahJenioP-ot* pi Mriuxs, iljyJjiip prominent position in the afiajgeaf the State and in the ahhof the people &a? haratoibrB., Pocowe, atfetft, there bfailtelfc pmprntyhtkerp* * - xi.ll _ tW ??r- 1. '?> WfMMlM lug up pOVltKW ognsQOiL - Aflu O0pW?y OO l'W^ card secret political or^ani?tions detriments) to' tbe oommnnity, if not entirety oat Qf phwin ? free Government. J9& of free diapMna? eanp fawattr -to^he.^prjextreme of boenst,' theahiiaka( fc* thehgfcfcdf . g ,B_a cuy to meet in ?iti-mrw stroctk# tfcfr kvi?.]?Yr faatfnn^VwiaMjf iexdirected S?inrt wbo defied Oie tars and oppttmd the poopl* Thebobjoot mm <hi rttabuwt tf j?ticn. aa ikm aoqttkition of plltfril WiT1 i*Ekpfr tiatnnirWo no* the law-ftbWit?wtf ?' - nikjk a htl 11J ift ' " * ^ iKfi a ? a^rn mamty, IDOT ijnoiiBVsre QM BMW'WB aw, cord, fit embktnr rf S .* of oiorAiT i^m JSX day* of npm +ad jMrder, the ntpomio^m tililxiMpRWpOWdr WIS deSBsd SO ^QHtMlUl' sod hmidotu, is to Ml* testyttttrioa'*?- * *#>?* rertfor crime, and irresponsibility sod iDceorfwr tknof the'mmi 11!''y 1 >2"'1 "HJ .p * .J . vrfrj iff JSWOlT^Wfp hood.; XUustthstcnMywoliwastiesnf<r.ttr wA .. _ix. j _:j | tton or tneae secret ponocai ay - -? Tiim Jl?H i rurang in ww iwuwnw pnwrooii or tuc 3i#, mighty Ruterofthe Ifoirertt; inirRtrie faa&sM the destinies of nations, aod who-has vonch-aafei mi nrh aTiinaiiat aridniMii of fTfi In i in|liiilamp let us invoke His blearing on all our de&beratioo* and proceeding*, and to this end that they any to guided and governed by that wifldom, 'whose way* are ways of jfciwnfneiw, and aB her paths are peace. " R. K SCOTT, ftofernof, BElASKiBilB COWDUCt Ot A* HUMI. A reeejrt French paper records an extraordinary punishment inflicted by a home on ita master far an act of inutafity bjrAfthNntovtidi'OM afthn animal' 0 stable ^ompaOfciw. A carrier named four-footed servants, returned one night .in a state by the drink he tiad Ulna, and I bring di?trified with the effort* of one therhowm^a poor hack wirch had almost served its time?he decided that the animal was no longw worth his feed, and resolved to put an end, to it. tied the poor brnte to a tre* and lairing n mamma lever need in moving poods, he struck the animal several violent biojaaoa thehead, until the nafoh> tonate brute sank to the ground day. The home, however, reoo?er#i its seasesjt abort time after, found its mf home, and cntased the court yard at day break. Its arrival wasweh corned by the neighing of hit ootrpanions in the stable, which noise awakened the master, who waft now furious at having foiled m hir 'cruel purpose. He tied up the aniimdaftesh andcdinnteooed again to shower Mows ou its head. The aoteif brutality was committed in sight of two other house in the stable; at length one of them, a yowng animal, bo? came an frantic with rage that he broke his halter, and rushing on the main seised him hi his jawa, and after shaking him violently, threw him down and trampled oq him with snohftvy that had net the man's cries brought some perSoa tolas aid the taster would oertamly have been hflei ' 1 ? ? ? ?*? AmeoDOW or G?. GftANr.?After the <sptoe V:.l .1 ?i.i ^imhim m *n lliin in fair* fili. looghed troope up the river, charging as high u thirty dollars for a passage from Yicksburg to Cairo. Says oar author: The steamer had its deck crowded with soldiers. ' Grant asked a man standing on the wheel-house and giving orders loudly, "are you captain of tfcb "How maay soldiers burs you on hoard?" "About twelve huedred "What have you charged them ferfere to Cairo?" 1 "Ten to twenty-five doflara eaoK" "Is thatalir Wfiy, mat is too moderate i u is a pity you should We to take the boys for? mall a mm. Ton had betterwait * while." Speaking to the cfioer on board/%* way. The steam whistled, the befTm^thewheefe began to move alowlj;; hot fee some reason, afie was not cast oft The menooold not understand it until, in a few momanto, an order erne for the gtwd to keep the steamer rata the eaptam paid back all over seven doftars taken lor'fare from each officer, and. all over five from each soldier, and the order iru obeyed.. The men knew they had beto vktimlsed, bat felt Wpless. When they leached whet the Qeawtl had dene, they gave "time cheers for Grant," with a will Grant said to oae of his shift "I'ff teach those steamboat men thit the boyairho hate opened the rirer for them are not to Do plmtffcred of hard eanimgs their|Ul! Kobm. If*"* is to fbflow the lee* ?iit|hsHirhnsirf trade, wfcr m I .!</! <iT?nr I r. WrTobecoo was first brought into repnte fa " - BaWcL At first he WBiByt not IJNIB|1? w Decome too bpaunoa; bat sitting ooe day, absorbed in meditafito,' with * pipe in im mouth, he called to his erfftBt to bring him > b?| of beer. The fellow, a he entered the room, threw the contents of the mag ml?j?>Water's flue, and roaoiog down stairs bawled oat, "Fire! Fire! Fitef Help! Sir Walter has studied till his head u on fire, and the smoke fetanting out of his mouth and nose I"