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lewis m. grist, proprietor.! ^it fabcpenbtnt <|amtlj fttfospaptr: ?n % ^nmtotioit of tjjt ^jlittcal, Social, ^gricnltural anb Commercial fatcrests of fjte Sanfjj. |terms?$3.00 a year, in advance. "VOL. 18. YOEKYILLE, S. O., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1872. " - -' NO. 3Q. Jta ?rigiual .grig* | Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. AN HEIRESS IN HEROWN RIGHT. ! BY EMILY J. ROMEO. , CHAPTER XX. TWO VICTORIES?ONRIN A DEAD LANGUAGE ; THE OTHER IN THAT UNIVERSAL TONGUE WHICH NEVER DIES. A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Picrcan spring. Pope. "My soul hath found her nearest kin in thee, And cbooseth nonr tbyFwect society; Come, clasp thy gentle hand in mine, And let us walk through gloom and glad sunshine." Jblien wngnc was usuaiiy veij ^uici nu^u she went to Mr. Elliott's and any of the gentlemen were at home?particularly Mr. Ellison. But one lovely, spring-like day, just after the ladies had visited Jack, she went over in the evening in such exuberant spirits that not even the presence of the grave minister could repress them. Not that Mr. Ellison ever cast a gloom over any circle?though ^ grave, he was not morose?but Ellen was always subdued and silent in his presence, except at rare intervals, when he visited at her father's, and had a fair opportunity of talking directly to her till he conquered her shyness. After a time he was called out, and instead of returning to the sitting-room, took his book and seat in the piazza. Ellen's color grew brighter, her laugh more free, her tones more ringing, and after half a dozen sallies in her happiest vein, she turned to Mrs. Elliott and exclaimed? "I feel like some great general who has ( taken a besieged city without loss or blood? * ' i i ?i?: shea, ana is marching id whu uauut-r? ujiug, j music swelling, and the citizens themselves rejoicing at the conquest" i "Something pleasant has surely happened," , replied Mrs. Elliott, smiling at Ellen's anima- , tion. "Yes, it is very pleasant to me, and I can't help exulting over it a little, though it may , not seem much to you." | "We must hear it," said Grace; "I am curious to know what great victory you have j won?you, who make so light of common . difficulties." The two girls smiled pleasantly, and Ellen , began? \ "Ever since I began teaching the children j at home I, have had to contend with Albert ] on some point or other. First, there was no . need of studying philosophy?he could read it over and understand all there was in it. f Any one who had seen as many saw-mills, ] locomotives, steamers, rice-mills, cotton-gins , and such things as he had, and examined j them as closely, knew more about machinery than was in any philosophy; and as for other , things, he could read them any time. Then j it was arithmetic. Once through this study was enough; he could do any common business with the knowledge he had. If he had his Latin books, he could exercise his mind ; but as for algebra, he hated it. Why were , his Latin books so unfortunate as to have ***' been in the box the Yankees found? If it 1 had been philosophy and algebra, he would not have cared." "Was it really because he liked Latin best, ] or did not wish to study ?" asked Mrs. Elliott. . "Perhaps a little of both ; though he always was more fond of Latin than mathematics. At last I told him to say no more?I'd teach him Latin. He thought it an excellent joke and was very merry over it. Brother Tom laughed, too; but father was on my side, and i said if I would undertake to teach it, Albert ] should begin his lessons at once. 'But father,' j said Albert, 'Ellen has never studied Latin i over one year, while I was kept at it nearly | three!' 'Never mind; if she teaches you, vmi'll lpam snmethinf new. I'll nromise:' i and I was quite elated to hear father come i out so strongly on ray side. 'There's not a Latin book on the place, except an old ragged, dog-eared grammar, which I know by : heart,' persisted Albert. 'Then she will show her skill of finding something newand : - Albert was silenced. He did not seem half | as enthusiastic to begin studying as he was curious to learn how I was to give him lessons." "And I am curious, too," said Mrs. Elliott; "for I see by your looks you must have succeeded." "Yes, and it was very easy. Our Webster unabridged had been torn through the back into three parts and the covers broken off; but as few of the leaves were gone or injured, we nad saved the pieces, not knowing when we could buy another. From that I gave ray lessons. The word educate was the first. I made Albert take the verb duco, to lead, from which it is derived, conjugate it, tell' what part of speech e was, its meaning, and what effect it had on the verb when j placed before it. Then I took the noun dux, j a leader; made him decline it, and after i we had gone through the Latin part, I made | ' 1 T> T1 11. 111 mm see now many i^ngnsn worus ne couiu find which were derived from them?such as educe, induce, duct, conduct, ductile, and others?making him give the meaning of prefixes, suffixes and their effect, until after an hour's recitation, in which the subject was far i from exhausted, Albert acknowledged I was i the duck (dux) to lead him out from some of j the shallows of ignorance and self-conceit." i "It must have been very interesting," said | Grace; "I should have been glad to have | heard it. We did think, too, of riding over this morning, but something interfered." "That lesson was yesterday. We had religion to-day." "Religion ! Is that a Latin word ?" asked j n \_/uu??y. "It is from the verb ligo, to bind, and the ! participle re, back again, and you know re- j ligion does bind us anew to God. It was a very pleasant lesson ; and by the time we had j reached ligature, ligament, allegiance, and j k the like, our time was consumed. We are j going to take edify, revive, instruct, and a great many other words, learn them in Latin, j and then see how many English words come ; from them ; so in reality, we are studying j English more than Latin." "I declare! Miss Ellen, you put us all to 1 shame," said Grace, getting up and taking ; both her hands. "I don't see how. I am only trying to keep my brothers from growing up ignoramuses. I wish every day they had such a teacher as Stuart and Alice, and half a dozen . intelligent school-mates." "I don't think they would learn any faster _ than with you, who are so interested in their improvement," said Mrs. Elliott. "I think they would, Mrs. Elliott; for they would see my views and ways of thinking in the hours they were at home; and under a man they might learn stronger, broader ones? such as will fit them for a wider sphere in life; and by having class-mates, they would come in contact and competition with other minds, and grow quicker, and more ready to use and apply what they learn." "Do you really think so ? I know many who will not permit their children to be educated with others till old enough to send off to a high school or college. My daughters had a teacher at home, but we traveled a great deal, and they met many cultivated people at home and abroad, which might have been beneficial." "Father does not believe in educating a family alone. Tom and I went to u large school, and we learned much faster than I can make the children at home. Goldsmith has some ideas on this subject, which are just to the point; but it is so long since our volume met its unlucky fate, I cannot repeat them." "Your pupils ought to learn," said Mrs. Elliott, "you take so much interest in them ; and any books we have you are welcome to use. There must be any quantities of Latin readers, histories, grammars and lexicons in the library, and you can select as many as you choose. I shall be glad if they will be of any service to you." "Thank you; I should be pleased to borrow a lexicon, but my knowledge of the lan?? Uniifoft for mp t.n trv to hear guage 10 vw -j Albert translate much. Perhaps, though, I'd better take a reader and be studying. Some one may be kind enough to help rae, so I can keep ahead of Albert." "Uncle Ellison is a very elegant Latin scholar," suggested Grace. Ellen blushed, and inly rejoiced that at that moment the return of Georgia and Madame DeVictor, from their walk with the children, caused a diversion, and covered her rising embarrassment. She chided herself for being so silly as to change color at a name, and resolved that she would govern herself better thereafter. The children, as usual, became the absorbing attraction. They were so beautiful, so 3weet tempered and so well governed, that it was impossible not to like them ; and Ellen's admiration increased every time she saw them. She never could tell Louis and Louise apart unless they had on their hats, for being but two years of age, they were dressed rwo/M-kf flin n'KKnnc nn fliPir Vi _ AliCkCj bWV iivuvuu vu wi*v? .---.? "See!" Georgia would say, "Louis has a stronger look, his face and hands have a firmness and solidity wanting in Louise." But nnly the mother could detect it by the eye; though all could tell it by the sense of touch. "Albert brought me to the foot of the avenue, and will be passing back about sunset; 30 I must go," said Ellen at last. After the "Good evenings" and other parting words had been said, Grace walked out with Ellen, intending to go down the avenue with her. Mr. Ellison was leaning on the gate with a book and some roses in his hand. He did not move aside and bow with a quiet "Good night," as they expected; but turning partly round, said? "Grace, ray dear, if you will carry this book to my room for me, I'll take your place and walk with Miss Wright." Handing her the book, he opened the gate, and Ellen, after giving her parting kiss in a blushing, confused way, stepped out, and Mr. Ellison walked by her side. Grace stood an instant in surprise and then turned slowly to the house. "Did uncle Ellison have anything disagreeable to say, that he looked so strangely, or was he vexed," thought she; "but no?he never was angry with any one, and his tone was kind as usual." Georgia was looking out of the door aud smiling. "You changed your mind, did you, and gave your uncle a tcte-a-ffle walk ?" "No; I was going, but he asked me to bring his book to the house, and I couldn't refuse." "Georgia laughed out?"You don't see why he did it, you little matter-of-fact puss." "No, I didn't. You don't mean?" and she looked with wide-open eyes into Georgia's amazed face to see if she should finish her sentence with the newly-formed idea that flashed upon her. "Yes, I do mean, and you'll see it's true and the little nod was decisive. Grace turned and looked down the avenue, ? 1 -r i*xxi_ x recalling a numuer 01 nine cucumsuuiuus, scarcely noted at the time, which tended to confirm what Georgia had intimated. "Sister Georgia, are you in earnest?" asked Conway in great surprise. "Most certainly I am !" I saw it at Christmas, and a dozen times since; but they have been so quiet and undemonstrative no one else, unless it was mother, surmised it." "Do you believe it mother?" Conway was hard to be convinced. "I think Georgia has guessed right; but you must wait and see, without asking qucs- j tions prematurely;" and Mrs. Elliott smiled, j "Well, I must say I am surprised;" and [ truly Conway was the most so of all. Mr. Ellison and Ellen walked almost in | silence to the main road. Albert had not j arrived, nor was he to be seen. "Will vnn iw or* mi " snid Mr. Ellison : - .. ... JV.. , "it is not a long walk." "I must let Albert know I have gone home, j thenand with a stick which she picked j up, she drew* two or three lines across the sandy road. Mr. Ellison smiled. "You are always ready and thoughtful on little as well as great occasions." "Such a simple act requires very little thought. Albert would have waited for me without some sign. "We often have little signals, to prevent unnecessary trouble." "And that is why your family get along so well together and in the world. You are careful in little things, without being triflingly minute. Ah ! me," sighed he to himself, "Here I am dilly-dallying, when I thought I was ready to be so prompt and eloquent." The words he had prepared stuck in his throat, and he was as much at a loss as if he had never loved or wooed before. He hoped Ellen loved him?and what man does not, about the lady of his choice, before he ventures the all-important question??but now the evidence upon which he grounded his hopes seemed so vague and intangible, his heart trembled. Like all sensitive men, he was more timid than necessary. And Ellen, with all her life, was too modest to make the least advance. After walking on abstractedly a few mo ments, Mr. Ellisoh stopped suddenly and began with emotion: "You have gained a j great victory?are you willing to grant me j one? Will you be my wife?" Ellen could not speak. The question was so abrupt it startled her; but instinctively she took the roses in the hands held out, and ' then her owu were imprisoned and she was i drawn to a warm, throbbing heart. ! "You don't refuse me, then," he whispered. i "I dou't wish to," murmured Ellen, a little | ' .... of hor natural archness asserting itself to hide I her lmppy confusion. I "Heaven bles9 you, ray sweet darling!" And his lips pressed the ones that had given him such sweet assurance. When their walk was resumed, Ellen's hand rested in his, and the halting tongue no longer hesitated for words. I i "You know I do not give you a first nor | even a second love; for you know my early ; life, and that my wife was a dear, good woi man; hut my heart beats as warmly as in ! youth, and the devotion of my life shall prove that I give you as pure and warm an affection as any I ever in other years bestowed on another. I have loved you a long time; but ; hesitated, first, because it requires a great deal of intercourse and acquaintance for a young lacy to learn to love one so much old; cr than herself; and then, because I wished to be sure of a home and competence before I asked you to sacrifice your life to me." "I do not sacrifice it. The word pains me. It is I who am the gainer in having your love and respect. I, so gay, lively and effer - - ' /> I ! .1 _ I vescmg, do not teei wortny 01 Deing me wue of a grave minister." "It is your cheerfulness and lively wit which charms me. You are to be the life and light of niy home. I would not have you a shade less merry and glad. The 'grave minister' is not a morose man?he wishes a home all sunshine and love." But why follow their conversation ? It was no more staid and sensible than if it had been between any other two lovers; and twilight was fast deepening into night when they parted at the gate. "I shall come over to-morrow morning and his parting was given with a caress and a blessing. Ellen's banners were folded now and clasped to her heart; and the music which swelled in her soul was no longer the martial strains of the day, but the soft notes of flutes across a quiet lake. She was extremely happy. As Mr. Ellison turned homeward, his soul was filled with the ecstatic Gloria in Excelm, and unconsciously, his lips repeated?"Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men." Just as he met Albert, who had been belated, his rich tenor voice i? it.. rang out?'"We praise tnee, we uiess inee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory;" and Albert wondered what had carried Mr. Ellison out of his general quietness to make him sing along the main road. All noticed the brightness of his countenance as he stepped into the well-lighted room at Mr. Elliott's; and when Grace ventured to whisper?"Don't you think Ellen Wright an heiress in her own right?" he laughed, patted her cheeks, and replied?"I ought, if any one." Why he did not kiss Grace, as he often did when she was playful, we leave other lovers to guess. Maybe he still felt the thrill from another ruby pair of lips his own had so recently pressed. [to be continued next week.] [Copies of the Enquirer containing the previous chapters of tills Story can lie furnished to new subscribers.] LEAD PENCILS. A lead pencil is in itself a small affair, but considered as a manufactured product.it rises into much importance. To start a first-class factory, with improved machinery and stock of well-seasoned wood, requires a capital of about $100,000 ; ground covered is about half j an acre, chiefly occupied by drying houses for | the storage of red cedar. The Florida red I cedar is mostly used in this country and in j Europe?some "iben" wood, as the Germans i call it, or English yew, is used in Germany? white pine is occasionally used for a common grade of carpenter's pencil. The "lead" of the pencils is the well-known graphite or plumbago; the best of this is the natural, found in a pure state in masses large enough to cut into strips. Of this, there is but one mine up to the standard, which is in Asiatic Siberia, and pencils made from this graphite are all one grade, and pay here fifty cents per gross special, and thirty per cent. ad valorem duty. The Cumberland mines in j England, were the first discovered, but are ; now almost exhausted. What was formerly refuse in cutting the pranhite is now frround. " ~ O O I ? o ' cleaned and refined, and then mixed with a fine clay. In mixing the clay and graphite, great care must be taken in selecting and cleaning the clay and getting the proper proportions; the mixture, with water, after being well kneaded, is placed in a large receiver and strongly j compressed and forced out through a small ; groove at the bottom, in the shape of a thread ; of the thickness and style required?either j square, octagon or round. This thread or i load wire is cut in bars of proper length, j (done by little girls,) and then straightened,; dried at a moderate heat, and packed in air- j tight crucibles and placed in the furnaces. J The grade of the pencil depends upon the j amount of heat it is exposed to, the amouut of clay used in mixing, and the quality of the | plumbago. The coloring of the lead is by j various pigments. The wood, after being thoroughly seasoned, is cut in thin strips and dried again, then cut into strips pencil length. These strips are grooved by machinery, then carried on a belt to the glueing room, where the lead is glued in the groove, and then the other half of the pencil glued on. After being dried under pressure, they are sent to the turning room j and rounded, squared, or made octagon, by a ; very ingenious little machine, which passes them ready for polishing or coloring. The I former is done on lathes by bovs, and the I ii-ii- i... i,?Uo" ; I UlllbT UJ' U lliUUUUlC ?inu u iiuiuo bnu ut uou i | and turns the pencils fed to it through a hop-! per. After the pencil is polished, it is cut i ! the exact length by a circular saw, and the j I end is cut smooth by a drop-knife, the pencil ! resting on an iron bed. The stamping is done by a hollow die,j ! which is heated ; the gold or silver foil is then ; j laid on the pencil, which rests in an iron bed | and the die is then pressed on it by a screw | i lever. The pencils are then ready to go to j the packing room, whence they find their way j | to all parts of the civilized world at prices j ranging from two to twenty dollars per gross. ; j Amcriean Exchange and Review. I JBST Every man, rich or poor, ought to have some great absorbing purpose?some active J engagements?in which his energies are de- j voted. Duty, daily duty?not enjoyment? 1 must be the aim of each life. No man has a ; right to live upon the fair earth, to breathe its pure air, to consume its food, to enjoy its beauties, if he produces nothing in return. IgtefcUMMUis j&caiUng. A TALK WITH JUDGE ORR. The following letter of the correspondent ' of the Charleston iVewswill define the position ;of Judge Orr: Anderson, S. C., July 3,1872. In accordance with the instructions of the New, I havp this morning called upon exGovernor James L. Orr, at his pleasant country home, situated about a mile from this village, and obtained from him an expression of I his opinion concerning the present condition of I affairs in South Carolina, and his views as to tHp hpQt. met.hnd ofattemDtinerthe much-needed reformation in these affairs. Judge Orr received me with courtesy and cordiality, assured me of his high respect for the journal which I had the honor to represent, and expressed his pleasure at the opportunity of placing his views before the whole people of South Carolina through such a medium. The conversation that ensued continued for perhaps an hour, the Judge conversing rapidly, intelligently and forcibly,Tflfd Wh an appearance of perfect candor and frankness, and the dialogue, so far as it was upon matters of public interest, was about as follows: Correspondent. I have observed that since your return from the Philadelphia Convention you have been speaking in various places upon the political prospects in this State, and declaring in favor of a thorough reform in State administration. What do you propose as a plan for accomplishing that reform, and what elements of Drobable success are there in the proposition ? Judge Orr. Well, sir, it is evident that any reform to be accomplished in our State affairs must be accomplished by the Republican party. Your papers acknowledge that, and with the immense Republican majority in this State it is a self-evident proposition. The masses that compose that Republican majority are the colored people of the State, and their devotion to the Republican party is not to be altered by arguments as to the comparative correctness of the principles of the two parties. Such arguments are in the main above their comprehension, and if it could be logically proved (as, mind you, I don't think it could) that the tenets of the Democratic party were better than those of the Republicans, the colored masses would still cling to the latter party, through a sentiment which, having its origin in gratitude to the Republican party for its benefits conferred, has now grown to an instinct of devotion to that party. Correspondent. Yes, sir; and it is precisely by reason of that blind, unreasoning adhesion of the colored people that the bad men of your party, who have swarmed to this State, have been able, by shouting the shibboleth of Republicanism, to mount upon the votes of the colored masses to positions or power, ana to the control of the funds of the State, where they have shown their gratitude by plundering alike the whites and the blacks. Judge Orr. Yes, sir ; but the colored masses are still disposed to favor honesty in the ..dministration of affairs rather than rascality, because they have had no share of the plunder, but have, on the contrary, had to endure their share of the loss?because the burden of exhorbitance in taxation and profligacy in government must eventually be borne by the poor laborers. Correspondent. Then the colored people are perfectly willing that their rulers should be honest, but they must be Republicans; and, as between an honest Democrat and a dishonest Republican, they would be apt to support the latter ? Judge Orr. Well, yes. The rulers and leaders of the colored people must be Republicans. What they want now more than anything else is honest Republican leaders. Their choice of leaders has hitherto been confined to the "carpet-baggers," because they were the only men professing Republicanism who possessed any degree of intelligence and education. n .1 i. A i ??,i l/OITUSpUIJUeiJk. AUU men lULCJiij^u^t. t?uu education has been, in most cases, extremely limited. Judge Orr. Yes, but still superior to that of the great bulk of the colored people who were just released from slavery, and had been without any means of education. Now the time has come when the white men of this State, native South Carolinians, should resume their natural leadership in the affairs of their own State, and this they can only do by embracing Republicanism and putting themselves at the head of the Republican colored masses. Correspondent. What do you mean by embracing Republicanism? Accepting the nomination of Greeley, a life-long Republican, and the nlatform of the Liberal Republican Convention ? They have already done that. Judge Orr. No, they must accept the nominees and platform of the regular Republican Convention at Philadelphia. Nothing else is recognized or will be recognized as being Republican by the colored people of this State. There can be no more sacrifice of principle in Democrats voting for Grant than in their voting for Greeley. Both are Republicans, and they renounce their Democracy in voting for either. Correspondent. Then you think that the Democrats, having struck their flag and got as far as Greeley toward the Republican ranks, might as well surrender altogether and go for Grant aud the entire animal ? Judge Orr. Yes. It is not as though the contest in this State were upon abstract questions of political economy or between Democratic and Republican principles. The Demr? m .1 n i* i i ocrats or ooutn Carolina nave snown ineinselves willing to accept the fundamental prinples of Republicanism. All they want now, so far as the State is concerned, is an honest and economical administration of affairs, and there is no man in this country more anxious for this consummation than President Grant himself. The present condition of affairs in South Carolina and Louisiana is a terrible burden for the Republican party in the country to carry, and they are determined to purge the party of such dishonesty. Correspondent. ""When the devil was sick, the devil a saint would be; when the devil got well, the d?1 a saint was he." Judge Orr, What did you say, sir? Correspondent. Nothing, sir, I am listening to you. T -i rt T ; ii.ni.. 1 j; I .JllClge urr. I was Spying mac me leuumg Republicans at the North have been shocked and astounded to hear of the robberies perpetrated by Republican officials in this State. Some of them asked me in Washington if all the horrible stories about the frauds in South Carolina were true, and when I had to tell them that they were, they threw up their hands and exclaimed "Oh! that will never do. We must make some movement for reform down there at once. Some of them told rae that when the frauds in the Southern States under the reconstructed governments were first reported, it looked as though the discovery would swamp the Republican party, but fortuuately, the frauds of the Tammany Ring came to light about that time, diverted attention and saved the party. Correspondent. Then, in the movement fcr reform that you are endeavoring to inagurate here, you are in full accord with President Grant and the Republican leaders of the North ? Judge Orr. Yes, sir; and now the white men of the State ought to go into the movement. They should attend the primary meetings, address the blacks to show them the absolute community of interests between the two races as long as they are both residents of the same State, and equally dependent for success upon its-prosperity, and open their eyes-to the enofmous robberies that have been perpetrated j by the scoundrels now in power. Correspondent. Yes,sir; but cannot they do all this without embracing Grantism, which 1 they look upon as having contributed to a very large extent to the very evils they now seek to reform ? The white vote in October would be just as effective for reform, whether in November it was cast for Greeley or Grant. Judge Orr. They cannot gain the control of the minds of the colored people unless they absolutely and in good faith accept regular Republicanism. It is not their votes that our cause needs so much as their influence in j leading the colored people to vote. We ask j the white men of this State to take up Grant i for the sake of State reform, in which they have a direct and personal interest, and give up Greeley and his promises ofNational reform, in which (if such a thing be necessary at all) they can have only a remote or secondary interest. There is no middle course, and they have got to swallow Grant if they want to secure reform at home. Correspondent. Well, it ought at least to console them that Greeley is sure of his election with or without the vote of South Carolina, and in all the estimates for the coming Presidential canvass this State is conceded to Grant, and still his defeat shown to be pretty certain. Judge Orr. I do not admit that; but we will all know better about it after the election. In the meantime, what remains for us to do is to attend the primary, township and county conventions, and see to it that a sufficient number of honest men, black and white, are sent to the State Convention to insure the nomination of honest men. This ought to be done at once, for the rascals that we seek to defeat are already in the field using all their power, plunder and patronage to get that convention filled in their favor, while our organization is only just begun. CorresDondent. What white men, belong ing to this State, can you mention who are with you in this movement? Judge Orr. In this part of the State there are a good many. In Abbeville county there are Dr. Limbecker, Mr. McCashland, Mr. Tarrant, the Tolberts, Jacob Miller. At Abbeville Courthouse, Mr. McKeller. At Greenwood, Mr. R. E. Hill, Robt. Jones, T. B. Milford, J. P. Dupree, W. D. Mars, W. H. Taggart and James Martin. In Greenville there is Captain Mims Sullivan, Mr. A. Blythe, Mr. W. H. Watson and others. Here in Anderson there are Messrs. J. S. Murray, J. C. Featherston and Warren Wilkes. In Pickens there are Colonel S. D. Goodlet and Mr. C. L. Holingsworth. There are a good many others, in these and other counties whose names I cannot think of, and there are others who have written to me to ask about the new movement, but have not yet committed themselves in its favor. Besides, my recent speeches in Columbia and Abbeville upon this subject, I am going to 6peak at Greenville tomorrow, the 4th ; at Anderson, on Saturday, the 6th ; at Walhalla, on Tuesday, the 9th, and at Pickens on Tuesday, the 23d. By the J ' 1- ! ? imn 'flMrtrt/lU I way, in your leiegrajmu; repui i, m mj opcc^u at Columbia, aud in your editorial remarks upon it, you have done me an injustice, unintentional, I suppose, in making it appear that while refuting the charges of nepotism against Grant I made similar charges against the former rulers and statesmen of South Carolina. What I meant to say was, not that tfiese gentlemen had appointed relatives to office, but that certain favored families, which seemed to have a large share in controlling the affairs of the State, appeared to always have plenty of their members in official positions. The Hayne family, for instance, I think, seldom had less than twelve or fifteen of its branches in position of power and trust. Correspondent. What about the gift-taking ? Judge Orr. Well, a part of what I said upon that subject was said as a joke. When I said that, when in Washington, I had received a present, I referred to the time, many years ago, when, being speaker of the House of Representatives, I had been presented with a gold pencil by the boys employed in the House as pages. Correspondent. Whom do you propose as Governor upon the reformed Republican ticket? Judge Orr. Oh! I don't know. There are half a dozen good men who might be named, with either of whom I should be satisfied. I do not want it?would not have it?nor any other official position on the face of the earth to which I could be elected or appointed. I have held office ever since I was a boy, and I am tired of it. I would resign ray judgeship to-morrow, if I had any other way to support my family. And that is something that will give ine strength in the convention. I can say to them : "There is no office under the sun that you can give me, or that I will take. I have no desire for office, no selfish interest to subserve, no choice of candidates between honest men, and all that I want is to see a reform in our State government." There is Judge S. ! W. Melton, who would make a good Gover! nor, or C. D. Melton, of Columbia, or I would j have no objection to Judge Graham, or even ! to Judge Willard. Correspondent. Who are the other candidates for nomination ? Judge Orr. There are a good many of them. Frank Moses, Dr. Neagle, Governor Scott and John Patterson appear to be the most prominent. I don't know that Patterson's chances amount to much, and, as to the triangular contest between Scott, Moses and Neagle, I am told that Scott means to play off the other two against each other and slip in between. Neagle says he has got 8100,000 to spend for the office, and Parker says he has $50,000 to pay for his reelection. Moses appears to have used up all his ammunition already. Correspondent. Suppose that your friends | are defeated in the convention, and a straight I out Ring candidate nominated?what are you ; going to do about it? Judge Orr. That is one question which I must decline to answer. I am sure that we will go into that convention with so respectable a number of delegates pledged to reform, that if the convention do not by its action promise reform, we could organize a powerful bolt, but I do not threaten a bolt. Something equally effective would be done, however, and j that you may rely upon. President Grant, whether he is reelected or not next November, | will not go out of office until next March. Correspondent. Who are named for the I other State officials ? Judge Orr. For Lieutenant-Governor, I ! have heard of Ransier, Nash and Delany. j For Secretary of State, Cardozo aud F. H. ! Frost, of Williamsburg. For Comptrollerj General, Reuben Toralinson and Neagle, if he ' can't get the Governorship. For Treasurer, | Parker. For Attorney-General, Judge Melf^n PtiomKorloin nnri Whinner. For SuDer intendent of Education, Jillson and Henry ' Sparnick, of Aiken. There are a host more of ; them, but these are the most prominent ones I can think of. Correspondent. Is there anything new in State finances? Judge Orr. Nothing that I have heard. J Affairs appear to appear at their worst, but | that, of course, all the readers of the News are | familiar with. I only wish that the great j mass of our colored people who cannot read | could have it impressed upon them as well. | The institution for the deaf and dumb and the j blind at Spartanburg has iust been closed, ' and the inmates sent home because they can \ get no money from the treasury. The peni' tentiary and lunatic asylum have to resort to 1 all sorts of shifts to feed their inmates. The I public schools are shut up and the teachers discharged unpaid. It is threatened that the quarantine along our coast will have to be abandoned for want of funds. I have not received a cent of pay for nine months, and most of the State officers whose pay is due quarterly are in the same condition. Meanwhile the State debt has been increased at least twelve million of dollars, and between four and five million dollars have been collected in taxes during the past four years. That is to say, the Columbia thieves have had an income during four years of at least sixteen million dollars, and now they say they haven't got a dollar in the treasury. And what have they to show for it? Not a single public improvement. Not one mile of railroad or canal, not one dollar's worth of legitimate expenditure on the State-house?nothing at all except j a few acres of swamp lands and sand hills ' bouerht bv the land commissioner at from two to ten times its value, and which are now going begging for purchase at eight years' time and six per cent, interest. Bah! It makes me sick to think of it. So it did me, and I left. Picket. From the Charleston News. JUDGE ORR AND THE "HAYNE FAMILY." Judge Orr, in his recent interview with your reporter, after full notice that all he uttered was intended for publication, has seen fit to Bingle out the "Hayne family," and represent it as par excellence, a family of office holders. If there was no malice in this selection of Judge Orr (and I cannot conceive why there should be) he is singularly unfortunate in his choice of the solitary example put forward to give point to his apologetic argument in favor of Grant's nepotism. Judge Orr says: "The Hayne family, for instance, I think seldom had less than twelve or fifteen of its branches in positions of power and trust." Why, the fat knight, immortalized by Shakspeare, 'did not more egregiously multiply the "men in buckram" than does Judge Orr the Hayne family in this astounding announcement. There were but two "branches" of the Hayne family under the old regime. One 1 ? ? -i? JA.lt "branch" were descendants 01 my gruuuiuiuer, Colonel Isaac Hayne, hung by the British in 1781 as a rebel and secessionist; the other, the descendants of Abram Hayne, who died about the same time in a British prison ship. He, too, like his kisman, being charged with disloyalty and treason by those who were then in power. These two were the only male adult Haynes of their day. For more than a quarter of a century after their death, there was no Hayne in office in South Carolina; and during the ninety odd years which have elapsed since the death of these two, the Hayues who have held office, State and Federal, all told, do not number fifteen. Instead of twelve or fifteen at all time in office, we have, all told, less than that number in a period of ninety years. The "Hayne family" have, at all events, left room enough for Judge Orr. That gentleman, though considerably my junior, has himself been a member of the State Legislature, a member of the United States Congress, speaker of the House of Representatives of that body, member of the secession Convention, commissioner from seceded South Carolina to the goverraent at Washington, Confederate Colonel of the finest regiment I ever saw, (which, however, he never led into battle,) Senator from South Carolina to the Confederate Congress, delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Philadelphia, head centre of Andy Johnson's Reconstruction Convention, first Governor under the constitution then adopted, holding on by tolerance of General Sickles after the anti-Johnson Recon4 ? ' * 'V- * 1! struction Act, neipiug in me iormauuii ui me Constitution now of force, and now a judge under it. I am surprised that a gentleman so various and so versatile?as the Germans say, so "many sided"?and so successful in every change?a man so eminently v. live man as Judge Orr?should be raking .imong fossils ! and dead men's bones. If the "i^yne family" alluded to by Judge Orr were t^er a power in the State, they certainly are not so now, and it would have been kinder of Judge Orr to have let them alone. Though he may have cut loose from all memories of the past, it affords no excuse for needlessly and unprovokedly pitching into those who have only these memories left to cherish. At all events, he should have been "sure he was right" before he "went ahead." Judge Orr says that he is surfeited with office, and will never more submit to the infliction of holding one. I heard him say the same thing eleven years ago to the interesting regiment he then commanded, and whose fate was soon after so melancholy. He told them he was more than satisfied with public honors, and had outlived ambition. His only care, he sairl tito o frt rln V?ia i/*# M fKom f/i hlQ OrtRI J IT UC |,\J uv UIO V* UV ViJVtU MUV* VV ??av country. Within six months after this speech his regiment was turned over to his brotherin-law Col. Marshall, who, with all the field officers, half the regiment were killed in Virginia, and the next campaign ex-Colonel Orr lived to be.Confederate States Senator, Governor, Judge, &c., and "John Brown's soul goes marching on." His last cue is, with the aid of Corbin, Bowen and President Grant, to scourge the money changers from the Temple, and to send packing the thieves whom he, Corbin, Bowen and Grant helped to put in office. In this work may God speed him. I would help a good work through though the devil bid, and there is no telling whom the Lord may choose as His instruments. I. W. Hayne. ? * Columbia Cormspondenco Charleston News. THE RING FRAUDS. Columbia, July 15. The chief event of the last week here has been the argument of the Blue Ridge bond scrip before Judge Willard, all the important features of which the Neivs has had by telegraph. The result is, that the scrip is now considered utterly worthless, and probably but little of the bogus currency will ever see light. The State is thus relieved of a fraudulent debt of upward of two raillious of dollars, nrViinVi enroltr ia pnonnrjicrinfr for the first effort ?T 1A IV>At OV4AWJ *K, O" ?O which has been made to test the benefits of judicial investigation in checking the rascalities of the ring. The destruction of the scrip, however, is not looked upon as an unmitigated good, for if it had been left unmolested the terrific taxes, between four and five millions of dollars, which are to be collected in the fall,! could have been paid in scrip probably at the ' rate of fifty cents or less on the dollar. It was the fear of this, doubtless, and no honest purpose to benefit the people or expose J fraud, which actuated the proceedings against | the scrip. Still it is not to be gainsaid that the relief j from two million dollars of indebtedness is a thing to be desired, and had better be secured now when the opportunity offers than postponed to some doubtful period for the sake of j a temporary and perhaps questionable advan-1 tage. The people will have to pay their taxes in greenbacks, but they will have between five j and six hundred thousand dollars less to be collected ; for, now that the scrip is declared unconstitutional, of course the tax of three mills on the dollar levied for its redemption must fall to the ground. The case which is now pending against Parker, that of T. J. & H. M. Gibson and 1 otheis, creditors of the State, promises even ! more interesting developments and possibly i more important results than the one which has so glorionsly demolished the bond scrip. , T. J. & H. M. Gibson are reliable merchants of this city in the grocery line. They have, during the past year and perhaps before, supplied the Lunatic Asylum and such like institutions with bacon, flour, sugar, coffee, molasses, &c., to feed the inmates, and have been obliged to accept orders on the treasury in payment for their goods. The order or drafts Parker has hitherto refused or failed to honor, and the Gibsons have brought a general creditors' suit against him. He will either have to pay their claims and thus nut nn And tn the nrnceedincrs. or else make a full showing of his receipts and expenditures and satisfy the court of his inabiity to pay. He has made an affidavit in aid of the proceedings, some account of which the Newa had by telegraph several days since. The sum and substance of the thing is that Parker has or claims to have paid out for the expenses of the last General Assembly within a small fraction of the entire tax collected for this fiscal year. Your correspondent does not know what amount Parker acknowledges to have been realized, but it is a very simple calculation when we know the rate of taxa- . tion and the amount of taxable property according to assessment. The rate being seven mills to the dollar, and the assessed value of property being $184,000,000, Mr. Parker should have received into his vaults somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,200,000. J He probably does not own to that much by | several hundred thousand dollars, but whatever he did receive he claims to have paid out for the per diem and mileage of the members of the Legislature, the public printing and other incidental legislative expenses, and left besides claims of the same sort to the amount of untold thousands still unsatisfied. He claims to have paid out upon legislative certificates $500,000 in cash, and to have given due bills on the treasury for 8350,000 more. There is no doubt of the extravagance of the General Assembly and of the corrupt and reckless manner in which pay certificates were distributed; but it is a fact very well known that only a precious few of the members got any money upon their certificates from Parker last winter. The great bulk of the members have their certificates still, or else have discounted them to the brokers. There has not been a day for the last nine months when it was known that there was a dollar in the treasury. The continual cry has been?no money 1 and, in yonr correpondent's judgment, as in that of every observant man, Parker's allegation of having paid out $500,000 legitimately for legislative expenses, is all a hoax. The general belief is, that what money did not go to buy off Scott's impeachment, and to secure the passage of the validating bill, went to Kimpton, in New York, to further his, Scott's and Parker's speculative schemes there. But we may hope to know more of these matters as this suit at law progesses. The plaintiff's attorneys, Messrs. rope and Haskell, were dissatisfied with Parker's exhibit, | and Judge Willard has ordered that he make it more full and explicit, so that it may be | seen not only how much has been paid out or received, but to or from whom, when and for what purposes. Now surely is the time, if there ever was or ever will be a time, for the tax-payers to take action, and in some way become parties and ^ **7 i? 4li/vw am 4litO Otkl<%4 I III (JO ouurwoi WJ TOf/l GGOII* W *# w**o outv. Qui Vive. What Causes Hard Times.?We are fast becoming a nation of schemers to live without genuine work. Our boys are not learning trades; our farmers' sons are crowding into cities, looking for clerkships and post offices. Hardly one American girl in each hundred will do housework for wages, however urgent her needs. So we are sending to Europe for workmen and buying millions worth of products that we ought to be making for ourselves. Though our crop of racals is heavy, we do not grow our own hemp; though we are overrun with lads who desire flagellation, we import our own willowe. Our women, unless deceived, shine in foreign fabrics; our men wear foreign clothes; the toys which > amuse our younger children have generally reached us from over the sea. We are like the farmer who hires bis neighbor's sons to cut his wood, feed his stock, run his errands, etc., while his own boys lounge at the grogshop, playing billiards, and then wonders why, in spite of his best efforts, he sinks deeper and deeper into debt, till the sheritt cleans mm out, and he starts West to begin again in life. We must turn over a new leaf. Our boys and girls must be taught to love labor by qualifying themselves to do it efficiently. We must grow and fabricate two hundred millions' worth per annum, that we now import, and so reduce the foreign debt that we have so successfully augmented year by year. We must qualify our clever boys to erect and run factories, furnaces, rolling mills, tanneries, machine shops, etc.; to open and work mines, improve and fashion implements, and double the present product of their fathers' farm. So we shall stem the tide of the debt that sets steadily against our shores, and cease to be visited and annoyed by hard times. A New Plan for the Grocery Trade. A new plan of dealing is being introduced intn t.hfl rpfji.il orneerv trade in Pnaland to o . ? t r> ? induce cash payments for groceries and also to make new customers, and is said to be a decided success. It is styled the "bonus system, for cash payments for groceries," and consists in allowing a bonus of 21 per cent., payable at the end of each six months, on all purchases made during that time. At the time of each cash purchase a metal check is given showing the amount of the purchase. These are preserved by the buyer, and when the time of redemption arrives?twice a year, the checks show the amount on which the holder is entitled to 2} per cent., and is paid in goods. The firm originating this innovation made their first serai-annual redemption on the 14th of last month, and state that it 1 has proved a great success. Many of their customers who hitherto had been taking credit for periods of one to three months now willingly pay cash, and their trade has been ji . * _ _ i 4 i* mi greauy increased at ine same time, ine success of this firm has induced many others to adopt the same plan. Self-Taught.?Many men are said to be self-taught. No man was eyer taught in any other way. Do you suppose a man to be a bucket to be hung on the wall of knowledge and pumped full ? Man is a creature that learns by the exertion of his own faculties. There are aids to learning of various kinds; but no matter how many of these a man may be surrounded by, after all, the learning is that which he acquires himself; and whether he is in college or out of college, in school or out of school, every man must educate him sen. Ana in our umes ana in our commune ty, every man has the means of doing it. Beautiful Thoughts.?The same Maker who moulded out the sun and stars, watches the flight of insects. He who balanced the clouds, and hung the earth upon nothing, notices the fall of a sparrow. He who gave Saturn his two rings, and placed the moon, like a ball of silver, in the broad arch of heaven, gives the rose-leaf its delicate tint, And the same Being notices equally the praise of the cherubim and the prayer of the little child. Unfamiliar Quotation?A nose by any other name would smell as well,