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fctajis and farts. There are in the United States about 20,000 Methodist Sunday schools, 200,000 teachers, 1,500,000 scholars. A Georgia judge, seventeen years ago, ! sentenced a man to be hung, and last month ; passed a similar sentence on the man's son. Gideon Wells, Secretary of the Navy I during President Lincoln's administration, has | declared his preference for Greeley over G rant. : Florida is the only State in the Union J without a daily paper. It has two tri-weekly, one semi-weekly, twenty-one weekly, and one monthly. James Black, often called "Blind Black," the celebrated maker of the first bowie knife, died at the residence of Col. I). W. Jones, at Hempstead, Arkansas, on the 28th of June. Judge Davis and Governor Joel Parker, nominated by the "labor reformers" as candidates for President and Vice-President, have derlinpd t.hoir nnminntinns:. Several hundred persons died from sunstroke in New York last week. In four days the total number of deaths from various causes, footed up eight hundred and fifty-five. Ringgold Young, a son of Bird Young* the original Simon Suggs, was recently sent to the Penitentiary at Albany, from Aalbama, on the charge of violating the "enforcement act." If any person has doubts whether advertisements are read or not, let him put something he doesn't wish seen in an obscure part of the paper. A rich New Yorker wants his body burned after death, and the ashes sealed up in au urn, which he has just ordered from Italy for the purpose. The owner of the little farm in Vermont on which Horace Greeley was raised, offers to sell, for the modest sum of four thousand dollars, the old pine stump from which Horace Greeley used to get torches to read by at night. Pure water will absorb many unpleasant odors. A pailful of clean, fresh water from a well or spring, placed in a room which has been newly painted, will absorb during the night so much of the smell of the paint as to be totally unfit to drink. Ex-Gov. Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, has written a letter to Colonel Mosby declaring his opposition to both Grant and Greeley, aud his intention to vote for neither. He prefers the election of Grant, and wishes the Democracy to suffer this end to be accomplish ed by remaining passive. The Richmond Dispatch says that "the first man who took the benefit of the bankrupt law)in Virginia after the passage of the Act in 1867, went West shortly afterward. Recently he returned to the city, and before night had paid all his former creditors in full for the claims which they held against him when he went into bankruptcy." The practice of allowing boys to spend their evenings in the streets, is one of the most ruinous, dangerous and mischievous things possible. Nothing so speedily and surely marks their course down. They acquire, under the cover of night, an unhealthy state of mind, vulgar and profane language, obscene practices, criminal sentiments, and a lawless, riotous bearing. Indeed, it is in the streets, after nightfall, that boys acquire the education and the capacity for becoming rowdy, dissolute men. The Pittsburg Mail says: Yesterday afternoon we had the pleasure to witness the trial of a new machine for facilitating business in large postoffices. It is the combined ingenuity of Messrs. Cunningham and Geyser, of this city. The old system of cancelling postage stamps by hand is superseded by this new invention. In addition to canceling the stamp it prints the name of the postoffice, the time it leaves the office, and then automatically counts each letter as it passes through the machine. It will do the work of about ten clerks, without complaining of fatigue. It will cancel, stamp and count ten thousand letters ner hour. A The Postal Record gives sorae instances of forgetfuluess and inattention that appear simply fatuitous and absurd. Imagine four hundred thousand letters sent to the Dead Letter Office last year for the want of stamps. Three thousand letters were put into the postoffice without any address whatever. And in these letters so carelessly deposited were found checks and drafts to the amount of three million of dollars, and over ninety-two thousand dollars in cash. Much of this sura was of course returned to the owners, but much of it was lost irretrievably, and was doubtless the cause of trouble, charges of dishonesty, and many estrangements. Recently, a vessel arrived at New York from Cuba or some other of the islands contiguous thereto. Eight large casks were removed from her hold. Each of those casks contained a dead body, and the liquor which preserved them on the voyage was sold to a wholesale dealer, and by him, it is said, was distributed all over the city. All attempts to discover what particular kind of liquor it was that filled those eight casks proved unsuccessful. The few who are aware of the fact are sedulously endeavoring to keep the matter secret. The politicians are melancholic, the bar-tenders idle, and even aldermen and supervisors are refusing to drink. Railroad tunnels are proverbial for scrapes. They sometimes come it over cooing lovers, who, having made good use of them in day time, forget that by the light of whale oil, long after the sun has sunk behind the western hills, they cease to be a protection, and osculate fearlessly, to the delectation of heartless passengers. But a young Californian, who was recently returning from an Eastern trip to a beloved home, and a still more beloved somebody who was to make home beautiful some time, had a different adventure. He remembered that he hadn't changed his shirt since leaving Chicago, but they were uearing a tunnel where the transfer could be made, and, taking his spotless linen from his traveling bag, he fixed all the preliminaries and calmly awaited the protecting shade. It came, and for a time the train was tearing through thick darkness, but when the light of day streamed in again all eyes were turned to the young man's seat where two white arras plunged madly in the air. Unconscious that he had emerged from the regions of darkness, he was still struggling in the folds of the clean shirt, through which he was unable to force his head, having omitted, in his haste, to undo the collar button. As with one final jerk his pink countenance burst A nrnilo rro i?monf n Ill i uu^n bug iiuiig^aiuigui, anunni^ jiocuiMVjr folds to sink over the uncovered portion of his anatomy, he took in the situation at a glance and sank, demoralized, into his seat, as altered and reformed a young man as ever made a miscalculation. The Narrow Gauge Railroad Convention, held in St. Louis, last week, has not added much to the stock of general information in reference to the comparative merits of the broad and narrow gauge systems. It was contended that narrow gauge railroads would be peculiarly advantageous to the South on account of their low cost of construction and reduced running expenses. The great drawback arising from break of gauge in connecting with wider roads was discussed by the Convention. It was proposed that a third rail, three feet from either line of track, should be laid inside of the standard four feet eight and a half inch roads, so as to accommodate narrow gauge cars, and thus allow a "mixed train" to be run. This plan is said to be in operation on eighteen miles of the Canada Grand Trunk Railway. The objoctions to this system are that the third rail must be as heavy as the iron of broader gauge track, and that the additional expense would cover the cost of building a separate narrow gauge road-bed. The plan of laying two small narrow gauge rails inside the track of the broader gauge was also suggested, but the difficulty of running mixed trains with safety seemed to be an insuperable objection. The last question discussed was the cost of transhipping goods from narrow gauge to standard gauge cars. It was stated that in the South the cost of transporting freight per mile was one cent per ton on narrow gauge, and one and a half cents on standard gauge roads, while the cost of reshipment was five cents per ton. Arguing from these figures, it was contended that it would pay to break bulk at the end of every hundred miles, and to ship freight from one car to auother, even at an expense of ten cents per ton for handling. The ordinary freight carson a standard gauge railroad weigh ten tons, and the locomotive weighs twenty-five tons, while on a narrow gauge road the weight of the locomotive and cars is less than onehalf the above figures. The dead weight on standard lines is stated to be from three thousand to five thousand pounds for each passenger transported. The St. Louis Convention appointed a committee of thirteen to collect statistics on the subject, and passed resolutions recommending the construction of a narrow eauce railroad from the interior to the sea board. lb* fJarbutlR (frnquuTt. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 11,1872. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance MANUAL LABOR SCHOOL. The object of education is to fit and prepare the young for the active duties of life. In other words, boys and girls should be prepared in school to successfully discharge the duties of men and women. In order to accomplish this end, theory and practice should be kept as far as possible parallel. It must be obvious to every observing man that our schools and colleges are very defective in this .nonnnt WitbfKom acn riilp it. is nil thfinrv 1 IT ?VU wuvui) .? ? - J and no practice. There is another grand defect in our system of education. We cannot express what we mean better than by saying that our system of education is pointless. We simply send our sons and daughters to school? we educate them, in commom parlance, attaching no definite idea to the word education. Still another defect about our system of education is that it is confined to a certain class and not intended for the masses. Lawyers, preachers and doctors are educated; the remaining members of society are well nigh neglected. Our high schools and colleges are designed for the learned professions; that is, for those who expect to study either law, medicine or theology. We have no objection to raise against this practice, only that it is too restrictive. Lawyers, physicians and preachers should be even better educated than they are, and more attention should be bestowed upon their education than is usually done; but why should not our sons be taught the science of agriculture? Why should not young men be taught both the science and art of agriculture ? Is the science of agriculture of less importance than that of law or medicine? No. Every sane man knows that the base of all progress in national and individual wealth is agriculture. Every man is dependent upon the agriculturist. The wealth of the world depends upon those who hold the handles of the plow. In view of all the facts in the case, we are fully convinced that boys should be taught mechanics and agriculture. In other words, that these branches of learning should be taught in every respectable school. Every high school and college should have a farm which the students should be required to work with the same rigidness that they are required to study geometry. These seats of learning should have a work-shop and tools, and the students should be taught the knowledge of mechanics and the use of tools. We can see many advantages connected with such a course of education as that we advocate. It would save many a student from the ambiguous houor of dying of hard study, dyspepsia any many other diseases which seem to infest colleges. It would secure to students good hale constitutions without which no boy can ever make a man. It would make a student's life actual existence; not the dream of a morning nap. Whilst it would not lower the standard of classic learning, it would elevate the standard of the sciences of agriculture and mechanics. It would increase the amount of common sense amongst what are called the learned professions, and literary attainments amongst the laboring classes. In fine, whilst it would lower no one, it would elevate thousands. To put such a system of education into operation, there would, no doubt, for a timey be some obstacles in the way; but not of an insurmountable character. Pride and prejudice would be the greatest obstacles in the way. These, in time, would, as they always do, succumb. The greatest difficulty would be to secure competent teachers, for it is a notorious fact that there are many men who can expatiate for hours on agricultural chemistry, who scarcely know "haw" from "gee." In plain English, they do not know how to plow! circumstances"alter cases. Twenty years ago things were very different in this county from what they are now. The results of the late war produced a radical change in every thing in the former slaveholding States. "Before the war," when negroes were property and could be controlled, large farms could be cultivated with apparent success and profit. In the majority of cases, however, it was only apparent profit, for large slave-holders rarely increased their property in any other particular than in negroes. It was their interest, and they so regarded it, to increase the number and value of their negroes, for this gave thera credit and position in society. Large slave-holders generally had little else that was regarded as a property basis except negroes. Men were regarded rich when they had a color of title to a large number of negroes. It mattered not whether they had any thing else or not, still if they owned a large number of hands they enjoyed the satisfaction of being regarded rich, no matter if they were oppressed with debts that they never could pay, and never expected to try to pay. In the South, "before the war," as a rule, an individual was regarded as poor provided he owned no negroes, and his credit was always limited, it mattered not how much ready money he could command. These are ungarnished facts, and we neither say they were right not wrong. "We simply mention them to show that a change has taken place which affects every member of society, and that it is our duty to adapt ourselves to the circumstances by which we are surrounded. We are not advocating the adoption of newfangled political notions or practices. Poli-' tics makes no corn, no cotton, no any thing. There may be some men who are born to be politicians. We envy them not. We are a utilitarian to a very great extent in our views, and since their is nothing useful in politics, we want as little to do with politics and politicians, especially modern politics and modern politicians, as possible. The change we at present advocate is simply this. Since we cannot profitably cultivate large farms, cease to try it. Small farms properly cultivated have been immensely profitable "since the surrender." Notwithstanding the fact that the people of the State have been burdened with unrighteous taxation, still men that have accepted the condition of things, pulled off their coats and gone to work in earnest, have made money rapidly. Facts are stubborn things. There is a man living within five miles of Yorkville, who says that for the last two years he-has paid all expenses and cleared two dollars per day. He has a small farm which, from time immemorial, has been regarded poor. He is a small man, past the meridian of life. His locks are gray. He has no help; but on the contrary he has what most men regard a great expense?three grown, or nearly grown daughters. In 1870 he made off eight acres of land, nine bales of cotton ; in 1871 he made six bales of cotton. This was only a part of the source of his income. During those two years he harvested near two thousand bushels of oats, and corn enough to do him. He has in his pasture forty-eight head of sheep, tho wool of which is ready sale and commands in northern markets a tempting price. His present crop is the most promising he ever had. The inference which we draw from these facts is simply this. Small farms, well cultivated, are profitable even in South Carolina; and large farms are not. Some man who has a thousand acre farm asks what am I to do with my land ? I can not afford to let it lie "?? i i X ?J_ rpL.i : icue ana pay a neavy lux upon it. xnai is a fact. Just at the present juncture of affairs there are few men who are able to own large farms. It is a smashing business. We have no desire to meddle with other men's business, but one thing is clear, something must be done to increase the number of good working citizens in this country and reduce the size of the farms. Many of our large farmers have their crops bonded, and when fall comes they will enjoy the exquisite pleasure of seeing some agent sell the products of their year's labor. If these bonded men will be frank they will confess that all this is anything else than pleasant. With many of them it is this or nothing. Bonding is the last refuge. Honestly, we believe it would be better for a man to condescend to dig, to hire out, to do almost any way, than to bond his crop in order that he may cultivate a large farm. There is another thing which should not be overlooked. The pleasure of cultivating a small farm without the annoyance of unreliable labor is great, whilst the annoyance of cultivating a large farm with labor that may be at work to-day and to-morrow attending some political gathering, is indescribably great. It keeps a man in a broil from January to January. It is enough to embitter the soul of any man. The day may come when men will be able to cultivate large farms successfully, but hardly during the day of any ?aii? Itirinrv IJ1UU liUTV living. "ARIEL" AGAIN. Thk Neoro: What is his Ethnological Status? Is lie the Progeny of Hani ? Is he a Descendant of Adam and Eve? Ac., Ac. Enlarged, with a review of his reviewers, exhibiting the learning of "the learned." By Ariel. Not a great time ago, there was a pamphlet published known by the name of "Ariel." The present work bears the same title and treats of the same subject, viz., "The Negro." "Ariel" is a pamphlet of 48 pages, and the second work, by the same author, is a small book of 172 pages. The main points taken in the first book, or "Ariel" proper, are: First?The negro is not a descendant of Ham. Second?The negro is not a descendant of Adam and Eve; in other words, the negro is not a human being. The conclusion arrived at by the author, from the demonstration and illustration of these propositions is, that the negro is a beast! In the second book, the same propositions are stated and defended, and the same conclusion reached. The last book reviews at considerable length the reviewers of the pamphlet, "Ariel." ivliaf io fnio flint t.liA npnrrn iliC auuiui ctttt^a nimu viuv^ vu%?v ?*?v v has never been regarded as a descendant of either Shem or Japheth. Since Noah had but three sons?Shem, Ham and Japheth?it follows that the negro must either be a descendant of Ham or not belong to the human family. The characteristics of the negro are faithfully given, and then the author shows that these were not the characteristics of ' Ham's race. 1 On the whole subject of which "Ariel" treats, we confess that we are not able to judge. The book is an interesting one; and right or wrong, if properly used, will be likely to do good. Men who have the time and means to investigate the subject will be incited to do so, and, if possible, the truth will be arrived at. One thing is very evident, "Ariel" is no fool. He has evidently read the Bible closely, and his book must be fairly and squarely answered, or not answered at all. Orders for either "Ariel's" pamphlet or the ( enlarged book, will be received at the En /~vnr?__ rpv _ il__ ' CJUIRKK Venice. me price ui me tunuci 10 thirty cents; the latter ?1.25. If sent by j mail, thirty-five cents for the pamphlet, and ?1.50 for the book. ^ SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. i ? Mr. \V. E. Rose, late a member of the 1 Columbia Board of Health, has resigned. ? F. J. Moses, jr., one of the aspirants for 1 the Govenorship, is making speeches at differ- 1 ent places in the State. 1 ? Rosa Calhoun, formerly a servant of the 1 Calhoun family, died recently in Abbeville I county, at the advanced age of one hundred and fourteen years. ? A hook and ladder company was recently 1 organized at Camden, of which our former 1 fellow citizen, Dr. A. A. Moore, was elected ' foreman. 1 ? The store of James Allen, at Florence, 1 was destroyed by fire on the 3d instant. The j' loss is covered by insurance. Mr. Allen 1 formerly resided at Yorkville. ? Tn Kershaw countv there are seventeen 1 candidates for representative, eleven for sheriff, five for clerk of court, and four for school commissioner. ? The Columbia Union asserts that "Governor Scott is not a candidate for reelection, < nor will he be under any consideration what- . ever." 1 ? The Union of Saturday last, says: "Mr. . Hester, the U. S. special officer, yesterday, I when alighting at the Columbia Hotel, left : his linen coat, containing a pocketbook and valuable papers, in the carriage. He did not ' miss the articles until he arrived, some time ' after, at the State House, when he immedi ately returned to the hotel, and seeking out , the young colored man who took charge i of his baggage, he satisfied himself that he ; was the guilty party, and after a few persuasive remarks and movements induced the lad to own up to the robbery. The money, some $250, was speedily forthcoming, but the pocket book and valuable papers had been thrown j down the sink, where the young thief was j made to go after them, probably an exercise ( that will teach him better in the future." ? Charles M. Furman, formerly President of the "Bank of the State," died in Charles ton last week, aged seventy-five years. He | was Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, ' A. F. M., of the State, Past Deputy Grand j High Priest of the Royal Arch Chapter, and Past Lieutenant Grand Lieutenant Commander of the Supreme Council of the 33d Degree, Southern jurisdiction of the United States. ? The Spartan of last week says: " While Governor Sc tt was in Spartanburg, a few days ago, Wm. Magill Fleming, who has heretofore stood high in Executive favor, holding never less than two offices at the same time, was summarily dismissed from the offices of county auditor and trial justice. Rumor further says that A. Tolleson, Esq., is to be county auditor, and Rev. Boseman, a colored preacher of good reputation, is to be trial justice." ? A.S.Wallace, the present incumbent; C. C. Puffer, engaged in working a gold mine in Union county ; J. J. Patterson, notorious for his connection with the Greenville Railroad and Blue-Ridge Railroad swindles ; and Thomas J. Mackey, Judge of the 6th Circuit, are mentioned as prominent candidates for nomination for Congress from this Congressional District. Wallace's home is in York; Puffer hails from Union, Patterson from Greenville, and Mackey from Chester. The Winnsboro' News thinks the chances of success are in favor of Wallace. ? ? NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Dr. W. J. T. Miller has been nominated for the Senate from the senatorial district composed of Cleveland and Gaston counties. ? Reports from all sections of the State represent the wheat crop, which has been harvested, as unusually fine. Growing crops of corn, &c., are promising. ? Secretary Boutwell is to visit North Carolina on the 15th iustaut, and while in the State will make speeches in support of the Republican ticket. ? During the prevalence of a thunder storm on Sunday of last week, three fine horses belonging to George Coble, of Guilford county, took shelter under an apple tree, when they were struck by lightning and all three instantly killed. ? The Fourth of July was observed in Tarboro by a large crowd of negroes. The editor of the Southerner was present taking notes, and was assailed by a large number of negroes, saving his life with difficulty. It is believed the attack was premeditated. ? The Land and Lumber company of Elizabeth City, lost their large new store by fire on the morning of the 5th. The building and an immense stock of goods were entirely lost, and also a fine dwelling belonging to one of the company. Loss 860,000, partially covered by insurance. ? On Saturday of last week a son of William Hoke, seven years of age, was bitten by a rattlesnake near Lincoln Paper Mills, and died within three hours after he was bitten. The snake, which had twelve rattles and a button, was killed. ? The case of Mr. W. H. Trezevant, which for some time past has been in progress before Commissioner Boozer in Chester, has ended. The testimony has been forwarded to Judge Bryan, who will decide whether or not to release the prisoner, or bind him over for trial. ? The proposition to buy the entire square whicli was recently burnt out in Greensboro and erect a new Court House in the centre, is now agitating that city. The scheme meets the opposition of the tax-paying portion of the citizens, whom one of the local papers stigmatizes as fossils and fogies. Perhaps they think the fourth of a city rather a large area of ground on which to locate but one building. ? The Wilmington Star says: "On the 29th of June last, Judge Russell issued an order appointing Messrs. Horatio G. Onderdonk, Charles H. Roberts and Watson Mathews, all of the State of New York, receivers of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad Company, as representatives of the holders of the first mortgage bonds of said road. The case came up in the Superior Court a few days ago, on a motion to set aside the decree appointing Judgfe Onderdonk and others as receivers of the road, and was argued by Maj. C. M. Steadman for judgment for creditors and stockholders and Col. Robert Strange for the receivers. His Honor reserved his decision." EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Captured tnc wrong man. A New York telegram of the 5th says, that at Niagara Falls on the evening of the 3rd, three United States officers visited Tharold's a small place, about nine miles from the Falls, on the Welland Canal, and forcibly took with them a young man, named Wm. White, a ship carpenter of Chicago. White was pinioned and blind-folded. After going four miles in the country it was discovered that White was the wrong man. White states that the officers were after some ku-klux who was connected with the Greensboro (N. C.) outrages, but says he will not pursue his would-be takers. It is but proper, ta state that there have never been any ku-klux outrages committed at or near Greensboro, rhe Fonrth in South Carolina. From our State exchanges we learn that the Fourth of July was observed as a holiday and celebrated in various places. In Charleston and Columbia business was pretty * 1-J 1 ll.A aaIaMaJ l'1'fft WTT A>?_ mucil suspenucu UIIU llic uuiuicu miiAwtij vi" ganizations were particularly demonstrative. At Newberry, Darlington, Georgetown, Greenville, Lexington, Aiken, Chester and Winnsboro, the day was also celebrated in various ways, music, political speeches and feasting being the component parts of the day's festivities. From the Winnsboro News we learn that Hon. A. S. Wallace, and J. H. White, colored representative in the Legislature from this county, were the principal speakers at that place. The music of the occasion was I furnished by the colored band of Yorkville, of, whose performance the News speaks very favorably. "A New Hand at the Bellows." A few weeks ago, Dr. J. F. G. Mittag, of Lancaster, was nominated through the Ledger as a candidate for Governor, subject to the action of the State Convention. In the Ledger of last week, over his own signature, the doctor signifies his willingness to be sacrificed for the public good. He says : "I would say to ray Republican friends, that I have no desire for political strife, rear- J 3d and educated as I have been, in literary and scientific pursuits, and that I would be inclined to shrink from the great responsibili- j ty of the trust; but duty to my fellow men and to my country bids me say, that in this I must j yield to the wishes of a majority in the ap-1 a proaching State Convention and abide the action of that honorable body. If nominated, I shall endeavor to improve, reform and lead to victory the great Republican party of this State. And, if elected, I shall bend all ray energies to an administration of the State government on the enduring principles of truth, economy, and a love for the whole people? the only basis for a prosperous and happy commonwealth." Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers. The Pension Bureau has recently obtained and promulgated some curious facts pertaining to young and old widows of revolutionary soldiers. Some time since circulars were sent out enquiring if certain widows of 1 . l 1* .?11 1* 1 !/? revolutionary soldiers are stm alive; ana 11 so, their condition of life. The lady postmaster at Accomac Court house, Va., in reply to such enquiries, replied that one widow there, Mrs. Mary Ann Snead, was in feeble health, and was dependent on her mother for support. As to Sarah Ann Stewart, the widow of Thos. Lewis, who was also a revolutionary soldier, the same If dy states that she was subject to fits, and lived with her father, who was upwards of one hundred years of age. It is the intention of the Pension Bureau to arrange an alphabetical list of the names of the surviving widows, aud to keep their histories. It is a fact that there are living two widows of revolutionary soldiers who are under forty years of age, and the oldest surviving widow is one hundred and fifteen years old. Robinson Crusoe's Old Home. All who in their younger days have read the history of Robinson Crusoe, no doubt feel an interest at this time in his old home. A correspondent of the New York Tribune has recently been there, and furnishes the following interesting sketch of the island : The Island of Juan Fernandez is more celebrated from Defoe's fiction than from Selkirk's history. Fernandez discovered the island in 1563, and introduced goats here. In 1681 an Indian was left here, and subsisted on the goats three years before he was taken off. In October, 1704, a Scotch sailor, Alexander Selkirk, was left here, and vas taken off in February, 1709, having lived here four years and four months in absolute solitude, living, lixe his Indian predecessor, mostly on goats' tioab TTn tnM it tn Tlofno nnil nnt nf it crrpro "Robinson Crusoe." The wild goats are still numerous here, and flocks of hundreds of them may be seen upon the mountains. The island is about ten or twelve miles long, by four in breadth, the shores most precipitous, and the mountain ridges three thousand feet in height. The water around the island is deep, and the whole appearance is as if here had once been an extensive island with a splendid rugged mountain chain upon it; that suddenly the bottom had been knocked from under all except this patch of ten miles by four, and all but this patch had sunk into the sea. Valleys and mountain spurs and gentle slopes are all cut off by this precipitous edge, and there are but few places on the island where you can effect a landing. There are, to-day, twelve persons, including several children, living on the island. They have good poultry and vegetables, splendid beef and milk, and can get goats by climbing after them. Other things they purchase with the proceeds of their beef, milk and poultry, for which they find a market in passing ships, especially in American whalers. North Carolina Politics. The canvass in North Carolina is waxing hot, and only three weeks remain until the election, which, being the first State election to occur after the opening of the Presidential canvass, incites both parties to their utmost efforts for success. We have already announced that Mr. Wilson, Republican candidate for Vice-President, is to canvass the State, and also members of Grant's cabinet, one of whom, Boutwell, is expected in Wilmington this week. It is alleged that the Graut party are devoting all the energy they possess, and all the great resources of the ad ministration to carry the State, which success, should it be attained, it is supposed will have some influence, on the election in November. To this end, money is used with a lavish hand, and it is stated that a prominent supporter of Grant, supposed to be ex-Senator Abbott, went to New York to obtain money for electioneering purposes, and the boast is made that he obtained $25,000. Of course, the Democrats have not the advantages of a subsidized press and government influence, but the ablest men of the party are stumping the State in support of the principles they maintain, and should they fail of success, it will not be from lack of ability or zeal in their cause. We have heretofore published the names of the State candidates of both parties as the nominations were made, but for the convenience of many of our readers, we reproduce them in a more succinct form. The following are the candidates for State offices : Republican. Democrat. Governor Tod H. Caldwell. Aug. S. Merrimnn. I.lent.-Governor O. H. Rrogdon. John Hughes. Sec. of State W. H. Howerton. J. A. VVomnck. Treasurer D. A. Jenkins. J. VV. Graham. Auditor John Reilly. C. C. Leventhorpe. Attorney-General T. L. Hargrove. W. M. Shipp. Supt. Public Schools..J. C. Rcld. Nereus Mendenhall. Supt. Public Works...Silas Bums. Joseph 11. Scpark. The candidates for Congress are: Dlst. Republican. Democrat. 1 Clinton L. Cobb. D. M. Carter. 2 Clias. R. Tlwma>?. W. H. Kitchen. 3 Nelll McKny, Jun. Alfred M. Wiuidell. 4 Will. A. Smith. Sinn H. Rogers. 5 Tlinunu Settle. James M. Leach. 6 Oliver II. Dockery. Thomas S. Ashe. 7 David M. Furches. W. M. Rohbln*. A W. G. Candler. Roliert B. Vance. In 18G8 the total vote for Governor was 165,000, and the Republican majority was 18,000. Grant's majority the same year was only 12,000. In 1870 the Democrats had five thousand majority for Attorney-General. The Democrats at the same time elected their Congressmen in all the districts but the first two. As the districts have been changed under the re-apportionment act, it is impossible to give a fair comparative estimate of the vote this year. Judge Orr and the "Ring." A Columbia correspondent, writing to the Beaufort Republican, says: The movements and speeches of Judge Orr are alarming the friends of Frank Moses. It is evident that the Judge means business, and that he has a host of determined, influential and energetic friends. It is also certain that | his avowed design of securing the nomination of an honest State ticket is in accordance with a pledge of Grant to support the effort with all the power of the Federal Administration. It is asserted, with, great earnestness, that unless the coming State Conventions accedes to the demands of the Orr men, there will be a split, and a thorough reform ticket will be put in the field. Such a ticket would receive the j:-1 AfAi-on) onrl +Via narf.v nnfsidfi curuiai ou^uxu vi viiuuh vuv f. this State. Frank Moses is said to be very blue. He is working against the tide for the nomination, and even if he gets it, the chances are that he will be defeated in the election by the combination of the Orr men, reformers, and the Democrats. It is not certain that Orr wants the nomination for Governor for himself, but unless he is satisfied with the State ticket, there will be trouble in the~camp. D. T. Corbin on the "Ring"." A correspondent of the Charleston News writes as follows of a speech made by District-Attorney D. T. Corbin at Greenville, on the 4th of July : , "After advocating Grant's re-election, <$c., he attacked the ring in Columbia. I had heard Carpenter and Butler in their indict* ments of Scott & Co., at the last election. I thought they had exhausted the vocabulaiy of abuse against the ring; but Oh ! if you nad heard Corbin, you would say theirs was raus-' ketry, and Corbin's artillery Columbiads. He named Scott, Parker, Chamberlain, Neagle, F. J. Moses, jr. He pronounced them all scoundrels, thieves, villians, the very worst, meanest of men; insisted that they must be driven out of the party; that they had deceived and betrayed the party; that they were as bad as the ku-klux; compared them with them, (and you know what Corbin is on the ku-klux.) He asserted that, without authority of law, they had issued $7,000,000 of State bonds; that they had, to his certain knowledge, bribed the last Legislature and bought them up to vote the Blue Ridge Railroad scrip, $1,800,000, with $175,000. That Moses had exceeded every thing he had ever conceived in villiany and rascality; that he had issued as speaker of the House, $400,000 of pav bills to people all over the State as bribes to support him and enhance his popularity. Many of them had never been to Columbia at all, and some were paid as clerks who could not read or write; that the ring must be expelled from office at all hazards; that the Republican party must perish if they were not He excused Secretary Cardozo. He said that the Financial Board?Scott, Parker and Chamberlain?now wished to issue more conversion bonds; that they wished Cardozo to sign them ; that the law required Cardozo to do so ; that he (Corbin) advised Cardozo not to do so, but die rather; to throw himself on the people, and they would support him, and that Cardozo determined to rot in jail before he would sign any more. The Louisiana Jim-Jam. Whether the cause is to be traced to brother-in-law Casey, and the Gatlin gun expedient resorted to last winter to control the State Convention in favor of the Grant faction of the Republican party, it has not been fully determined ; but that political matters are more complex and unintelligible in Louisiana than any other State in the Union, there can be no question. As matters now stand, there are three Republican parties ; a small Liberal party, headed by Governor Warmoth, which is for Greeley and Brown, and Warmoth for Governor, first, and United States Senator afterward-; a large faction headed by Lieutentant-Governor Pinchback, (colored) which is the Warmoth party of last winter; with War moth and the Liberals lett out; and the perhaps still larger Grant party, headed by Packard and Casey, which recently met at Baton Bouge and nominated W. P. Kellogg (now United States Senator) for Governor, and Antoine (colored) for Lieutenant-Governor, and a colored man for Secretary of State. These nominations produced so much dissatfaction that nearly one-half the delegates in the convention bolted, and refused to recognize them?so that there is a prospect of a fourth Republican faction. Efforts have been made to bring Pinchback and his faction into the Grant camp, but thus far without success. On the other hand the Democrats are divided into two factions?the Reformers, headed by the Picayune, which advocates, or, at least, meditates a fusion with the Grant party, for the overthrow of Warmoth; and the larger faction, headed by the Times, which proposes a co-operation with Warmoth for the defeat of Grant. What sort of order is to be brought out of all this chaos, it is impossible to tell; but the chances seem to favor a union of the mass of the Democrats with Warmoth and the Liberals that will secure the vote of the State for Greeley and Brown. The Long Branch Kaccs. Many of our readers will remember the sad disappointment of John Harper, the celebrated Kentucky turfman, at the failure of his favorite horse, Longfellow, at the Saratoga races just one year ago. Longfellow met with an accident at Saratoga, and was so crippled in one foot that he could not run ; but his owner, if somewhat chopfallen, not entirely discouraged at the defeat, took him home, and after a year of careful training, has brought him out with every prospect of proving himself the champion horse of America. His recent contest was with the celebrated Harry Bassett. The race was a dash of two and a half miles, and is thus described by a correspondent: "But little difficulty was experienced in effecting a start, and the horses got away together, Basset having the inside track. For the first half mile they ran head and head, the only advantage, if any, being in favor of Bassett. As the horses, warming into their stride, passed the grand stand, the excitement rose to fever pitch. The first mile and a half X*-.A xUrxtM MAoUiAna iinrtKnn r+r\A Ktif 1UUUU lUCil pUOItlUUO UUVUttUgbU) U Ul Lilt backers of Bassett evidently had misgivings, as their favorite was doing his best, while it seemed Longfellow was still being held in by his rider. Their fears were confirmed when the horses swept past the grand stand the second time. Longfellow's rider gave head to his horse, who gallantly responded, and quickly placed two lengths between himself and Bassett. The scene was indescribable. Men threw their hats in the air and cheered wildly, while ladies waved handkerchiefs and bet countless pairs of gloves on John Harper's steed. From this moment it was evident all was up with Bassett, and although his rider used whip and spur without stint, it was of no avail. Every moment Longfellow increased his lead, and lauded an easy winner in 4.34, or, as some of the judges claim, in 4.33. Bassett was beaten over a dozen lengths. The enthusiasm I of the Western men was unbounded. They crowded around John Harper, cheering and congratulating the old man, who also seemed laboring under great excitement. Immense sums were lost on the race by New Yorkers. John Morrissey is among the heavy losers. The day's races are acknowledged the finest and best conducted of the American turf." Republican State Convention. A. J. Ransier, the Chairman of the Republican State Executive Committee, has issued the following circular: By direction of the Republican State Executive Committee of the State of South Carolina, and pursuant to authority vested in me, a Convention of the Republican party of this i 1 n_j ?rl C5UUe IS Iiereuy uuucu iu meet iu kiic uibj ui Columbia on Wednesday, August 21st, 1872 at 12 o'clock M., for the purpose of nominating seven candidates for electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Comptroller General, Attorney General, Adjutant and Inspector General, State Superintendent of Education, and for one member of Congress from the 8tate at large. Also, to choose a "State Executive Committee" of four persons; and one person from each county, who shall act as County Chairman and one from each Congressional district, who, together will constitute the "State Committee" for the term of ttoo years from their election, and whose duty it will be to manage and conduct the ensuing campaign. The present county chairmen throughout the State will cause to be held conventions of their respective counties for the purpose of choosing delegates to said State Convention, giving due and ample notice of time and place, in order that each parish or polling place in the country, and each ward in the cities, may have a fair opportunity to be represented therein. They should take care that a just aud proportionate representation of the people in the various localities is secured. The ratio of representation in said State Convention will be the same as provided by law for the lower House of the General Assembly of the State, via: Abbeville, five; Anderson, three; Barnwell, four; Beaufort, seven; Charleston, eighteen ; Chester, three; Clarendon, two; Colleton, five; Chesterfield, two; Darlington, four; Edgefield, five; Fairfield, three; Georgetown, three; Greenville, four; Horry, two; Kershaw, three; Lancaster,two; Marion, four; Lexing ton, two; Laurens, four; Marlboro, two; New- \ berry, three; Oconee, two; Orangeburg, five; I Pickens, one; Richland, four; Spartanburg, ' four; Sumter, four: Union, three; Williamsburg, three; York, four; and Aiken, four. Conventions of Congressional Districts to nominate candidates for election to Congress will be called by the chairmen of the several districts chosen by the State Convention herein provided for; and it is respectfully suggested that in all cases, when it is desirable, that the delegates to the State Convention should also engage in the Congressional Nominating Conventions, and the County Conventions, or either of them; they should be specifically so instructed in order that possible misunderstanding on the subject of their duties may be avoided. Conventions of the several counties to nominate candidates to fill the various county of* -? fices will also be called by the county chairmen, chosen by the convention herein provided for, who will, of course, as also the chairmen of the Congressional Districts when they shall be chosen, issue their own calls, and make all necessary arangements for the meeting of their respective conventions. ? ? . Correspondence of the Yorlcville Enqnirer. LETTER FROM TENNESSEE. Nashville, Tenn., July 4,1872. Nashville, the capitol of Tennessee, is a brisk and lively city of some thirty thousand inhabitants. The situation is high, dry and healthy, the water good, the air pure, the climate a medium between that of the north and that of the extreme south; and Nature has lavished many of her best gifts to man in this vicinity. Among the public buildings, the capitol deserves first mention, it being considered the finest capitol building of any State of the Union. ^ There are two daily newspapers published here?the Banner, and the Union and American. The first is the organ of the old whigs, and the last the organ of the old democrats. Albert Roberts and Jobn M. Burcb, respectively, control these papers. Burch is a lawyer as well as editor, and a democrat without the shadow of turning unless it be to turn around considerably to find "somebody to beat Grant." Roberts is, or was, a whig, and when that party dissolved like a mist over a mill pond, with the thermometer at one hundred, Roberts found himself without a place to go and call home. Since then he has been beating in the woods, as it were, trying to start a new party, or compromise with one of the old ones, and not succeeding at either. Both these papers support Greeley, in common with all the other journals of consequence in the State. greeley's banner state. ?_ I believe that Tennessee will give Greeley a larger majority in proportion to voting population, than any other of the thirty-six States. Every daily paper from the Virginia border to the Mississippi river, with the exception of the Knoxville Chronicle?Brownlow's organ?has his name to the mast-head. The Chattanooga Herald pretends to support Grant, but as it is not a legitimate newspaper concern?a weak and feeble institution that will go out with the campaign or before?it is not worthy to be classed with the Tennessee dailies that do a legitimate business and derive their sustenance from means other than begging. The Knoxville Chronicle is the only respectable Republican newspaper in the State. If Greeley is ratified at Baltimore, as I believe he will be, he will carry this State by seventy-five thousand majority. The republican party here was pretty well killed out in Brownlow's reign, the respectable portion of it having been driven over to the conservatives or democrats by the ultra course of thaPunforgiving fanatic. There will be a show of fight here for Grant by those who have got post-offices or want them, but a little noise will be the only result. Greeley will get all the democrats, all the moderate republicans, V most of the old whigs who are now roaming about trying to find quarters, and some of the negroes. Not many of the latter, however, as they are, in the cities and large town9, firmly joined to their idol, Radicalism. ANDY JOHNSON. This distinguished citizen lives at Greenville, a small town in upper East-Tennessee. Greenville is an insignificant place of less than r thousand inhabitants, and is famous only for being the home of the ex-President. ^ Johnson straggled over there from North Carolina when he was a mere boy, married there, worked at his trade?that of a tailor? and has lived there since. His old tailor shop, a well preserved frame tenement, stands where it did forty years ago, a monument to the poverty, industry and pluck of its now T-a? aisunguisneu owner. The career of this tailor boy of forty years ago, has been the most remarkable in American history. He came to Greenville a poor lad of nineteen, without money, goods, friends or kindred, save his mother, and she dependent upon him for support At that time he could neither read nor write. What education he has he acquired by hard digging after he came to Greenville. The first office he ever held was that of alderman of the village. Step by step he went up from alderman to the lower branch of the legislature, then to the senate, then to congress, then to the govenorship of the State, then to the United States senate, then became military governor, then Vice-President, and in 1865, reached the top round in the ladder of lame, and became President of the United States 1 What a career, what an example, what a man ! With his politics now or heretofore, 1 have nothing to do; I am speaking of him as an example of what may be done in free America. Reader, glance back ten years and see of what material Presidents are made. Lincoln was a poor Kentucky boy, without friends, influence, money, social position or education. Johnson was a tailor, Grant a tanner, and Colfax a printer. Of the candidates now before the country we have a tanner, a printer and a shoemaker! But to return to Johnson. There is a strong effort being made to bring him out as a candidate for Congressman at large from this State. There are several candidates announced, and a convention has been called to meet the eleventh of next month to settle their claims. Johnson will undoubtedly be before the body for the nomination, and if the will of the people is reflected, he will get it If he is nominated he will make a canvass, and if some independent candidate comes out?as likely will?there will be a shaking up of shin bones and clangor of resounding skulls fearful and wonderful to see. But Johnson, if he runs at all, will beat anything and everything that can come out against him. As a stump speaker he is without a. superior in the State. He has been the champion of Tennessee in this particular fpr thirty years. The wbigs used to rake creation to get something that would stand against him, but he always overthrew their strongest men and their majorities with them. THE RADICAL CHIEFS. m - i 1> t . ? rw% jLue great men 01 tne radical party in Tennessee now, are Maynard, Bfownlow and Stokes. Maynard is in Congress for the last tiine. He has represented the second district ^ constantly since the war, but] the democracy