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r" lewis m. grist, proprietor. | 2U Jjnbepcnbent ^amilir ftctospaper: Jfor tjte promotion: of tjjc political, Social, Agricultural anb (Commercial Interests of.tjje Soutjj. j TERMS?$3.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. VOL. SO. YOEKVILLE, S. Cr, THUESDAY, JULY 23, 1874. NO. 3Q. She MIer. ^ T> AN UNINVITED GUES1 It was nearly three o'clock on a hot si mer clay; the long polished couuters of < bank, the Royal Domestic Bank, was crow< with customers?money was flowing in t running out in the usual business-like m ner. From a raised desk in my private roc I, the manager of the Royul Domestic Ba looked out on the busy scene with a cert pride and pleasure. The Royal Domestic not a long established institution, and, wi out vanity, I may say that much of its pi perity and success is attributed to the zeal s experience of its manager. In corroborati of the statement, I might refer to the 1 printed report of its directors, laid before i share-holders, at their annual meeting, which they are pleased to say?but after i perhaps, I may be thought guilty of unc porntkm nnd onnroit.. it' I reneat the flatten terras in which they speak of me. A clerk put his head iuside ray door. _"Mr. Thrapstow, sir, to speak to you." "Send hira in, Roberts, I said. Charles Thrapstow I had known from b hood. We had both been reared iu the sa country town. The fact that his parents w of a considerably higher social status tli mine, perhaps, made our subsequent intims all the pleasanter to me, and caused me to ? a value upon his good opinion greater tli its intrinsic worth. Thrapstow was a stoi broker, a clever, pushing fellow, who had 1 reputation of possessing an excellent judgra< and great good luck. At ray request brought his account to our bank. It \va: good account; he always kept a fair balan and the cashier had never to look twice at checks. Charley, like everybody else in busint occasionally wanted money. I had let h have advances at various times, of course a ply covered by his securities, advances whi were always promptly repaid, and the secu ties redeemed. At this time he had five thousand pour of ours, to secure which we held City of I mascus Water Company's bonds to the no inal value of ten thousand. My direct* rather demurred to these bonds, as bei somewhat speculative in nature; but as I r< resented that the company was highly spectable, and its shares well quoted in t market, aud that I had full confidence in o customer, our people sanctioned the advam I had, perhaps, a little uneasy feeliDg abc those bonds, for they were not everybod; money, and there might have been some d ficulty in finding a customer for them in c? of the necessity for a sudden sale. Thrapstow came in radiant. He was good-looking fellow, with a fair beard a moustache, bright eyes of bluish gray, a nc tilted upward, giving nun a saucy, reson air ; he was always well-dressed, theshiuiest boots, the most delicate shade of color in 1 light trousers and gloves, the glossiest of bl frock coats, a neat, light dust-coat over it blue bird's-eye scarf round his throat, in whi was thrust a massive pin, containing a fine paz, full of lustre and yellow as beaten go "Well, I've got a customer for those! mascus bonds waiting at my office ; sold '< well, too?to Billings' Brothers, who ws them for an Arab firm. One premium, a I bought at one discount." "I am very glad of it, Charlie," I said, a I felt really pleased, not only for Thrapsto) sake, but because I should be glad to get i of the bonds, and the directors' shrugs whi ever they were mentioned. "Hand 'em over, old fellow," said Char] "and I'll bring you Billings' check up in f minutes. You won't have closed by then ; if you have, I'll come in at the private doo I went to the safe and put my hand up the bonds. Charlie stood there looking so frank a free, holding out his hand for the bonds, tl I hadn't the heart to say to him, as I ought 'Jawa waiiw Aiiof nm or on/1 nave uuuc, uiiui: juui v/uoiv?uvi him settle for the bonds, and then I will ha them over. I should have said this to ar body else, but somehow I couldn't say it Charlie. There would be only five minu risk, and surely it was no risk at all. The thing was done in a moment; I v carried away by Thrapstow's irresistible mt ner. I handed over the bonds, and Char went oflf like a shot. It wanted seven minutes to three and I : watching the hands of the clock in a lit tremor, despite my full confidence in Thra tow ; but then I had so thorough a knowled of all the rules of banking that I could help thinking that I had done wrong. A f minutes would set it right. Charlie's wh hat and glittering topaz would soon put in appearance. Just at a minute to three the cash brought me three checks, with a little slip paper attached. They were Thrapstroi checks for fifteen hundred?twelve hundr and three hundred odd?resoectivelv. and 1 * J ' balance was only five hundred odd. I turned white and cold. "Of course y must refuse them," I said to the cashier. When he went out, I sat in a chair, qu still for a few minutes, bewildered at the st den misfortune that had happened to n Charles Thrapstow was clearly a default but there was this one chance, he might ha given the checks in the confidence of selli those bonds and placing the balance to his : couut. In due course those checks, whi were crossed, would have been brought the eleariug house, and have been presenl on the morrow. But it seemed that his cr< itors had some mistrust and had caused 1 checks to be demanded out of due course. The clock struck three. Charles had i come back. The bank doors closed with clang. I could endure suspense no long Telling the bank porter if Mr. Thrapst came he was to be admitted at the priv door, and was to be detained in my room I returned, I went out and made my way his office, which was only a few hundred ya distant. lie was not there. The clerk, youth of fifteen, knew nothing about hi He was in Chapel Court, perhaps?anywhe he didn't know. Had he been in within i last half hour ? Well, no, the clerk did tliinlr lie liiifl T-Ti< ctnrvr thnn nf tlin cuefr er in his office was a lie. With a heavy heart I went back to bank. No; Mr. Thrapstow hadn't been the porter said. I took a cab and went oil the office of Mr. Gedgemount, the solicitor the bank. I told him in confidence what 1 happened, aud asked his advice. "Could I get a warrant against this Thr stow for stealing the bonds?" "Upon my word," said Gedgemount, don't think you can make a criminal mat of it. It isn't larceny, because you ab doued possession of the bonds voluutar You must make a bankrupt of him and tl pursue him as having fraudulently carried liis assets." But that advice was no good to me. think I was wrong in takiug it. I think ought to have gone straight to the police fice and put the affair in the hands of del tives. Dignified men of law, like Ged mount, always find a dozen reasons for in _ tiou, except in matters that bring grists their own mill. I went home completely disheartened i dejected. IIow could I face my direct with such a story as I had to tell them ? 1 only excuse that I could urge of priv friendship would only make the matter wo Clearly, at the same time that I told the < ' curastances to the directors, I should be bound ! to put ray resignation in their hands, to be ; - put into force if they thought fit. And there n would be little doubt that they would accept it. How damaging, too, the story would be to me when I tried to obtain another apnoint,U1"; ment. j I had promised to take my wife and chil-' ,! dren for an excursion down the river as soon ; I as the bank closed, and the youngsters eagerly au" reminded me of my promise. I replied so j )IV' I savagely and sternly that the children made .' i off in tears ; my wife coming to see what was , a,.u the matter, fared little better. I must have j J* ' had a sunstroke or something, she told me, j and brought bandages and eau de Cologne, j osj I fluug them away in a rage and went out of . the house. I must be doing something, I lon felt, and I hailed a cab and drove to Thrap: 8tow's lodgings. .! Mr. Thranstow wasn't coming home that! J,n J night, his landlady told me; she thought he j j1 ' was away for a little jaunt; but she didn't: fue i know. He occupied the ground-floor of a In? small house in Ecclesford street, Pimlico? ; : two rooms opening into each other. I told ! the woman I would sit down and write a let- j i ter. She knew me well enough, as I frequent-; ! ly visited Thrapstow, and she left me to my- ; I self. Then I began to overhaul everything, j me j to try to find out some clue to his whereabouts. I ere i A few letters were on the chimney-piece; they ian , were only circulars from tradesmen. In the j lc^ j fireplace was a considerable quantity of char-; I red tinder. He had evidently been burning i '^u | papers recently, and a quantity of them. I c, "; turned the tinder carefully over, spreading it ? ! upon a newspaper. I found nothing legible V1 | except one little scrap of paper, which the 6 fire had not altogether reduced to powder, on 3 a I which I saw the name Isabel shining with! ! metalic lustre. Then I went to the bed-room,; ls j and searched that. Here, too, were evident] preparations for flight; coats and other gar-! :.ss' j raents thrown hastily into cupboards, boxes | im j turned out, an odd glove or two lying upon j / ' the dressing table. I carefully searched all ! c. j the pockets for letters or other documents,; in* i but I found nothiug. The keys were left in I nil vonorvfonloo or* inofotinn nf I J ^ | Alt icv&piuvivo J UU iliobwuvv v* v?XT- -.w ~ | 1. s ; thoughtfulness for others, in the midst of his j a~ I rascality. m~ [ Lying upon the wash-stand was a card, )rs j which was blank on one side, but on the other \ j had the name of the photographer printed | ; upon it. The card was wet, as if it had been ![e*! soaked in water; and near the upper end of il. j was a rouud irregular cut, which did noi j ur ' quite penetrate the card. It had evidently i ce' ; once had a photograph fastened on it; ac-1 j cordingly, the card had been wetted, to facili-! ; tate the removal of the photograph, whilst I 1 * j the face of the portrait had evidently been j kse; cut out, in ordep to place it in a locket or j ! something similar. ; It struck me at once that the photograph u : about which a man on the eve of flight would j take so much trouble must be a person very j 1 ~ i dear to him ; probably his sweetheart. Al} though I had been intimate with Thrapstow, 18 j he had always been very reserved as to his ue j own friends and associates, and I had no clue ' ? ! to guide me to any of them except the pho- i 1 ' tographer's card. If?' j Reentering the cab, I drove off to the pho I tograpner s. mere was no nuinuer or uis-1 >a" j tinguishing mark upon the card, and the j *nj ; chances seemed faint that he would be able to in, i tell me anything about it. Indeed, at first, i | when the man found that I wasn't a customer , j he seemed little inclined to trouble himself! a, i about the matter. The promise of a fee, how-' ! ever, made him more reasonable and he offer- | ri j ed to let me see his books, that I might j i search for the name I wanted to find. It was j ,. | unlikely that the photograph had been done .ie' for Thrapstow ; if it had, there would probalve j bly appear in the books only the useless re?^| j cord of his address, already known to me. r* j Then the man shook his head. If I didn't l0n I know the name it was no use looking; the j card was nothing, he said ; he sent hundreds n" ! out every month. What information could iat i he possibly give me, then ? Then I tried to t0 i describe the personal appearance of Thraps! tow. But again he shook his head. If be u" | hadn't taken his likeness he would not be like*y-! ly to remember him, hardly even then, so t0 j many people passed through his hands. tes i All this time he had been carelessly hold 1 ing the card in his fingers, glancing at it now ,as < and then, aud suddenly au idea seemed to l?"; strike him. "Stop a bit," he said, and went "e : into his dark chamber, and presently emerged ; smelling strongly of chemicals. "Look here," I 3at; he said, triumphantly. I looked, and saw a j tie j very faint ghostly impression of a photograph. Ps' i "It's priuted itself through," said the man? j Se i "they will sometimes?and I have brought it j u 11 to light." "Yes, I know the original of that." i aw I Agaiu he dived into a closet, and brought out lte j a negative with a number and a label to it. j an Then he turned to his book, and wrote down j an address for me?Mrs. Maidmont, Larkspur | ,er Road, Notting Hill. j Away I went to Larkspur Road. Mrs. j ,v ? ! Maidmont's house was a small, comfortable V j residence, with bright windows, veranda3, gor- j 11S geou3 window-boxes, and striped sun-blinds. ' Mrs. Maidmont wa3 at home, said a very neat, ou ! pretty-looking maid ; and I sent in my card, i . j with a message: "On most important busi-j lte I ness." The maid came hack to say that her j , mistress did not recognize the name, but would | lie- ( I walk in ? I was shown into a pretty drawer?! ing room on the first floor. An elderly lady | >ve rose to greet me with old-fashioned courtesy,' at the same time with a good deal of uneasv | no- I i.?_ ...oc I ~ i curiusitj vimuic in net iav;u. into irt*o uw 'c'1 | the original of the photograph, who was a to "young and charming girl. "Madame," I said rapidly, "I believe that | my friend Charles Thrapstow is well known ^'ie to you ; now, it is of the utmost importance that I should ascertain where he is at this ; not moment." a | "Stay .'"said the old lady. You are labor-1 ,rer. | ing under a complete mistake. I know noth-1 ow ing whatever of the gentleman whose name ate : you mention ; a name I never heard before." till I Was she deceiving me? I did not think to so. rds "Perhaps Miss Maidmont may know," I a said, eagerly, ini. "Miss Maidmont is not likely to have ire, formed any acquaintance without her moththe er's knowledge," said Mrs. Maidmont, with n't' dignity. There seemed to be no alternative "u- but for me to retreat with apologies. "T O ?V> Itni-ir Knew wr.ll vi>r> " tvnnt. fin the old I x <1111 in J ? , the lady, with a wave of her hand, and indeed, | in, j the room, now I looked about me, I saw to j : to be strewed with preparations to some festive ! of event; a ball, perhaps, or, from a wreath of! lad organge blossoms that I saw peeping out of a ! milliner's box, more likely a wedding. I was j ap- about to take my departure reluctantly, when a charming young girl bounded into the "I; room ; she was the original of the photograph, j ter "()h ! mamma !" she cried, "here is a letter an-; from poor Charlie to say he can't possibly ily*' come here to-night! Isn't it provoking?' And I waut to consult him about so many : off! things." "Well, my dear Isabel," said the old lady ' I placidly, "you'll have enough of his company i : I after to-morrow." From which I judged that ?f-' my surmise as to the wedding was correct, tec- and that Charlie was the bridegroom-elect. !ge- "By the way," she went on, "here's a gen&c tleman, who insists that we know a Mr. j to Charles?I forget the name now." "Thrapstow," I interrupted, ind "A Mr. Charles Thrapstow. You know of ;ors no such person, Belle?" Che j "I know of no Mr. Charles but Charles . ate j Tempest," said Isabel. rse. j "It is singular, too, that the initials of our j cir-' friends should be the same. May I ask if' you have given your portrait, taken by B bore, of Kensington?" "Upon my word," said Mrs. Maidino rising and sounding the bell, this is rati too much from a stranger. We don't ku your friend and we don't know you. Susi show this gentleman out." "But a gentleman," I cried, "with bl eyes, and yellow beard and moustache, a turned up nose?" "No more!" cried Mrs. Maidmont. "I I to repeat once more, we know nothing ab( him ?" What could I do under these circumstan< but take my leave ? In Susan, however found an unexpected ally. She had heard i parting words of description, and she turn to me as we were descending the stairs, a said, "Miss Isabel's young man is exactly li that." Haifa crown and a few blandishmei: which, under other circumstances, I -thi even my worthy spouse would have condor put rae in possession of the facts. Miss Maidraont was really going to married to-morrow morning at St. Spikenar Church to a Mr. Charles Tempest, a v( good looking young man, whom they had 1 known long, but who seemed to be very w off. My description of my friend tallied i actly with Susan's of the bridegroom ; but 1 coincidence might me merely accidental. "Had Miss Maidraont a photograph of 1 lover ?" I asked. She had, in her own room, it seem< Susan couldn't get at it now without suspicii but she promised to secure it and bring with her if I would meet her at nine o'clo at the corner of the street. I was punctual to my tryst; and at ni Susan made her appearance with a raoroc case containing an excellent likeness of r friend, Charles Thrapstow, massive pin wi topaz in it, and all. Now what was to be done? Should I go Mrs. Maidraont and tell her how she was < ceived in her daughter's lover? That wot have been the way best adapted to spare t feelings of the Maidmonts; but would bring back the five thousaud pounds? thought not. "Miss Maidmont,"I soliloquised, "will fi some way to warn her lover. Even robbing bauk may not embitter a girl against f sweetheart, and no doubt she's over neau ai ears in love with Charlie." No; I deterrain on a different plan. I arose early next morning, dressed mysi with care, put on a pair of pale primrc gloves, donned my newest beaver, and took cab to St. Spikenard's, Nottiug Hill. The bells were jingling merrily as I aligl ed at the church door; a small crowd had ready gathered on the pavement, drawn gether by the keen foresight of corning c citement, characteristic of the human speci "Friend of the bridegroom," I whispered the verger, and I was forthwith shown ir the vestry. The clergymau was there alreac aud shook hands with me in a vague kind way. "Not the bridegroom ?" he said, in a mi! interrogative manner. I told him that I was only one of his fricni and we stood looking at each other in a con: tose kind of way, till a little confusion at t vestry door broke the spell. "Herehe comes!" whispered someone ; a the next moment there appeared in the vesti looking pale and agitated, but very handson Mr. Charles Thrapstow. I had caught him by the arm aud led h into a corner before he recognized who I wi When he saw me I thought he would ha fainted. "Don't betray me," he whispered. I held out my hand with a significant g ture. "Five thousand !" I whispered in his ear. "You shall have it in five minutes." "Your minutes are long ones, Musi Charles," I said. With trembling fingers he took out a poc et-book, and handed me a roll of notes. "I meant it for you, Tom," he said. Perhaps he did, but we know the fate good intentions. It didn't take me long to count over the notes : there were exactly five thousa pounds. "Now," said I, "Master Charlie, take yot self off." "You promised," he urged, "not to betr }f me. "No more I will, if you go." "She's got ten thousand of her own," whispered. "Be oft'; or else?" "No I won't said Charlie, making up 1 mind with a desperate effort; "I'll not. I make a clean breast of it." At that moment there was a bit of a st and a general call for the bridegroom. T bride had just arrived, people said. ] pushed his way out to the carriage and wh pered a few words to Isabel, who fell back a faint. There was a great fuss and bust and then some one came and said there w an informality in the license, and that t wedding couldn't come off that day. I din't wait to see anything further, fc posted off to the bank, and got there just the board was assembling. I suppose soi of the directors had got wind of Thrapstoi failure, for the first thing I heard when I g into the board room was old Veuables gru bliug out: "How about those Damascus bonds, IVi Manager ?" I rode rough shod over old Venables, a tyrannized considerably over the board general that day, but I couldn't help thir iug how close a thing it was, and how vc near shipwreck I had been. As for Thrapstow, I presently heard th after all, he had arranged with his credito and made it up with Miss Maidraont. 1 had a tongue that would wind around ar thing, if you only gave him time, and I v not much surprised at hearing that his w< ding day was fixed. He hasn't sent me invitation, and I don't suppose he will, anc certainly shall not thrust myself forward second time as an uninvited guest. Noted English Wits.?Whilst Lord N bury was arguing a point with the eouns and talking very loudly, an ass brayed fr< the street adjoining the court house, to I constant interruption of the chief justi "What noise is that," exclaimed hisLordsh "Oh ! ray lord," retorted Curran, "it is meri the echo of the court." "Curran," said a judge to him, whose v being a little awry caused some laughter court, "do you see anything ridiculous in t wig?" "Nothing but the head, my Ion was the reply. Curran was sometimes paid in his own co as on one occasion when he pressed Godv for his opinion of a speech he had just del ered. "iSince you will have my opinion," si Godwin, folding his arras and leaning ba in his chair, "I really never did hear anythi so bad as your prose except your poetry, i dear Curran !" Douglas Jerrold's wit was often exerted this kind of way, amusing enough to bystai ers, but very unpleasant to the butt. Thui member of his club hearing an air mention exclaimed, "That always carries me aw when I hear it." "Can nobody whistle it asked Jerrold. Again, when a man t( him he thought he should have died of lauj ter at some practical joke, Jerrold replii "I wish to heaven you had !" a remark si gested, perhaps, by Cowper's couplet? "He thought he should have died, he was so hi His peevish hearers almost wished be had." Iu Miscellaneous Reading. Z lit, ? - ? sem ler Correspondence of tlic New V<irk Times. ; jjq^ ow SOUTH CAROLINA. an, 'I SOCIAL AND OTHER INFLUENCES DISCUSSED? J | i SOME WHOLESOME ADVICE. 80C' n(] Charleston, Friday July 3, 1874. ; i In South Carolina society is divided into Lm i three distinct and separate classes. Of course, ^ov, jut1 within each of these there are minor differ- J jg a j ences of standing and position, but between ; j10I1 ces ' the native white, the Northern immigrant, or : ( I ! "carpet-bagger," and the colored population, i ' ny ! are drawn the great lines of social division, j | _ ied j Of the classes named, perhaps the Northern , maj nd ! white people occupy the most peculiar posi- j ejer ike ! tiou. Their social condition is, indeed, an } 0f . ; unnmalmis one. and so much influenced by ; iotf its, i political considerations that it is impossible to ; nk : treat of them as a class in society without, at j afjv ed, j the same time, taking note of their position in i gtft| I politics. Immediately after the war, a large jntc be i number of the Northern soldiers, who had , a(jn d's J been statioued in Charleston and Columbia, j an(] ;ry ! took up their residences in those places. The | yea lot i negroes, who looked upon these men as the j qq'q ell | immediate cause of their liberation from slave- j a pa 2X- j ry, very naturally took sides with them in the ua j ;he support of that party which had secured, and ; trj0 j which they knew would perpetuate their free- j gta ier dom. Many of these men and their families I 0f } | are still living here. Another large class of vaj, ?d. i Northern whites came to South Carolina, some jf j 3D, j of them with capital, many of them without, jjg it j hoping by honest industry to better their par ck j financial condition. With but very few ex- ' j ceptions, all these people have been treated mu, ,ne | alike by the Southern elemeut of the State, j are' :co i With little or no discrimination as to cliarac- jajj 11 y ! ter or condition, all have been and are sub- ancj ith j jected to a most rigid social ostracism. This mer ' statement is made upon the authority of al- pav{ to ! most every well-informed Northern man in gam le- ' the State. Many of the Southern people say t]-on ild ; that such is not the case. At the same time, j10n lie I they ask the question, "Would you have us I eve] it I bring vulgar people, whom we do not know,! ?jge I | to our dinner tables and into our families?" J raug j They claim that "refined" Northern people ! me^ nd are always welcome to them when properly | am( r a 1 introduced. But while making the claim, p09S 'er | they also demand the right to judge as to who ag t| nd ! the "refined" people are, and it must be said ed j f,1"t for most of the old Huguenots thatqual- f ! ification is only possessed by those who agree 3lf with them politically. This statement will j >se doubtless be contradicted, but it will be im- j * : a possible for any one to prove that it is incor- ^wi rect. Northern visitors to South Carolina are Car 3t- treated with great kindness, and with that _1 y\1 J s\r\ fA KnnnWn Itf tt mViisiVt tKo nntluDC flrP fOrtl til- UCiitaio uvoynmiiij jlsji nui^u nuv uuvnw . to- so justly celebrated. Let these visitors be- j 1Dfe ix- come settlers, however, and the doors of most ! faiu es. Southern houses in Charleston will be closed j Ject to against them. The Southern people, then, 'te^ ito niay be excused to a certain extent for the way j ^a.9 ly, in which they treat Northern families, but: ??j? of there is no excuse for the length to which this treatment is carried. Some of the natives, ft"'1 Id, who rely on something more than their an- ? cieut names for their position in society, have >T?U :1s, sense enough to discriminate between a vul- "a ia- gar and ambitious politician, who was educa- f he ted in some New York pot-house, and a gen- j J1 j tleman who, for his health or from business nd considerations, is obliged to live away from ! ^av( ry, his home. Such persons, if not on terms of | a?a ie, intimacy, are at least considerate and polite i to those worthy of attention. The great j ai,d im ! masses of the natives, however, make no dis- j as. J tincliou, aud, as already stated, treat all IN or- ; ,ve ; them people as if they were thieves and ras- : J cals. It may be here stated as somewhat re-1 .fln^ | raarkable that the very people who are loud- lu k es-1 est in their denunciations of "the vulgar j i1 i Yankees" are themselves so ignorant that they |ie 1 j would be put to shame by an ordinary school j lts? boy. Your correspondent has met several j . " ter : natives of this State with high-sounding names : |n?j who claimed to be descendants of long lines j lu * :k- ! of illustrious French ancestors, and who were 1t?"' ! ever ready to abuse "the Yankee scum," but t'1? ' who were unable to read with fluency. A | ^ie of; true Southern gentleman may be ready at all I mei ! times to reco&nize the merit and ability of his > P'e )Se | political opponent, but it is a mistake to sup- tlml nil ! Pose thut true gentlemen are more numerous sac' | here than in other parts of the world. j t".e ,r 1 ? ? 1 sai" jr- "tiie women ani> tiie parsons. , During and just after the wnr it was usual ; the a7 j to say that the South would never have at- j in t j tempted to secede were it not for "the women j broi j and the parsons." If this was true during j call "e ! the war, it is none the less true that to-day j den | certain ministers of the gospel are to be | mor . j blamed for the hard feeling that is still cher- j thin "8 j ished by a few of the people of South Caro-1 Am " liua. During conversations had with promi- I wer . ; nent native laymen all over the State there , he f Ir?; seemed to be a general desire to forget the ' exp j. j past. Many of the younger men went so far j by t . , as to applaud the action of the North duriug i in S Is" i the war, and all joined in wishing for an hou-! H 111 | est State government, no matter if it were ad- j Jud 'e? ' ministered by Northern or Southern office- 1 the as ! holders. Very different, however, were the j J. 'ie views expressed by a number of clergymen j can j with whom the writer had interviews. They ! idei: lUt were all most bitter in their denunciation of Stat as the Republican party, of the freodmen, of the at t ' Union soldiers, indeed, of everything and ev- j ney v 8 ery one who had ever beeu opposed to South- that em institutions. One gentleman, the miuister ! pres m* J of the leading Southern church in this city,! the ' swore, "with holy oaths," that the rascally | tax< 'r* negro could not long rule in South Carolina, assii and that the corrupt "carpet-bagger" would, i full -.1 LI 1.1 1 X* i * T' it necessary, De driven wun oioousneu uuiu pen ln the State. His language was so violent that The 'k" a Southern gentleman, who was present, felt the !I7 ; obliged, after the interview, to state that (so ; i "what the old gentleman said must not be i pro! !lt>, taken as the sentiments of our people; he had , the i many losses during the war." This may have p been true, but it seems none the less disgrace- 0f a 'y- ful that a minister of the gospel should give i ^ 'as ; himself up to the task of fanning into flame ; jpg, Jt*'; the spark that should long ago have been ex-, pU^ jalj ] tinguished forever. j cou u That the women of the State should mourn sati; deeply for dead husbands and sons is only ; lie i natural. They do speak regretfully of "the j mai or_ i days that are gone," but it is not true that i elec ,ej they regard the Northern people with hatred, j I h< ^ ' or that, if possible, they would have slavery* seci I | restored. The poverty of the Southern people I 'Jle o .1 !_ .l.J-nkl, iUn ae_ 1 Pro I 01 1.1) IS DUllU IS UtJJHUI UUIU, UUU tuc IIC1UIV Si- ! * is j ' forts which the daughters of once wealthy ' tion J': houses are now making for the support of;gub widowed mothers are most commendable, j IV Many families are ever trying to "keep up ap- wor pearances," but to do so they must use the ut- dcu jjjs | most economy ; old family jewels and silver , can j ?'? have to be sold,and many, succumbing to the "W ' burden of taxation and the loss of their plan-, him :n ! tations, occasioned by the great change in the stre ' j system of labor, are turning their spacious dat< j? mansions into boarding-houses, or sending one. lj1j their daughters out to teach the children of thoi cj? i their former slaves. Wheuever such work is E n ! asked of them, the womcu of this State never ; refo ny refuse. The other evening your correspou-1 tion | dent visited the house of a lady whose hus-: for jn band, a distinguished Southern oiheer, was last J(jj killed duriug the war. Before the rebellion ; ft 3 a j the family was one of the richest in South verj ecj | Carolina, noted for its fine estates, expensive pay a- j horses, aud warm-hearted hospitality. Now had j the plantations are either worthless or have ; be a i been forfeited to the State for unpaid taxes,1 veni j and the noble old homestead in Charleston per 2^ ! has been converted into a boarding house. ' trou ' \ Two of the daughters of the family are teach- i peo| ers on small salaries in negro schools. Yet,1 pref wl. the noble old mother, when asked who she j men blamed for her trouble, replied : "Oh ! our ' and i people, decidedly. Slavery was a curse I mi iny land, and the South should have had co 3e enough to recognize the fact." ic? iV THI? CONDITION OF THE STATE CAN HE 1 IMPROVED. ! sy ?o the question, "How cau the political and rel al condition of South Carolina be improvmany prominent gentlemen, as they view s?' question from various stand-points, give ereut answers. All unite in the belief, ^ fever, that tlie first great need of the State better education of the masses. Good, ta< est and educated men, of no matter what ca ty or color, must be elected to office, immi- j tion must be encouraged, and, if possible, ; ^ lore amicable relation, at least in business i *01 ters, be established between the different j nents which go to make up the population . the State. The accomplishment of the 18 er result lies entirely with the white na- aP is. It is true that Northern thieves and 8U enturers have done much to corrupt the erte government, and lead the negro voters [? ) evil ways; it is true that a carpet-bag ! linistratien, pretending to be Republican, mi elected by Republican voters, in four J ?? rs increased the debt of the State $10,000,- ho , but, at the same time, it is none the less ar' ct that the white natives of South Caroli- ^.ei have done much to keep honest, indusus Northern people from settling in their *0) te, have checked immigration by the aid vhich waste lands could have been made eri liable and barren estates rendered fruitful, lie Palmetto State is to be redeemed from un present deplorable condition, men of all no ties must aid in the good work. The rerisible majority of the Republican party P? st see to it that none but competent men 8a< elected to office, that the outrageous legisve expenses be reduced, the taxes cut down, when collected devoted to the improve- UD it of the State, and not lavished upon the I ^ irites of a profligate Governor. At the e time, the intelligent and educated por- bei of the Democracy must join with the ho est men of the Republican party in what- j561 r reform they may undertake. The cry, itter a native thief than a carpet-bagger," r,? it be heard no more, and Southern gentle- eD( i must try not to forget that they have ^i vnrp tViom nativoc r\f nt.hpr Sf.ftt.PS who are lessed of the same fin e feelingsaud instincts y?' aemselves. er gr< "roui the C'Jiarlustoii News and Courier, Utli instant. Set' NATOR ROBERTSON INTERVIEWED. lie attitude of the Federal Government 8er ard the gang of thieves who rule South olina, and who are now striving to perpet; their power to rob her people under the vej as of law, is just now a matter of profound gQI rest to our citizens. With a view of obing trustworthy information on the sub- 0f , a reporter for the News and Courier vis- eg? United States Senator Robertson, who 0jj just returned from Washington, and is ^ urning for a day or two at the Pavilion taj ,el. We was courteously receivea, ana me 0f iwing conversation ensued : aj Leporter. I have called, senator, to obtain r views upon the feeling and prospect at j.rc shington in regard to affairs in this State. Ir. Robertson. As far as I have been able er udge, the sentiment in Washington, and, frc led, all over the North, is very much in trc ir of the honest people of the South, and inst the corrupt governments that prevail lie States of Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas South Carolina. There can be no mis- .. ing the public sentiment. It is thoroughly 1 ; of corruption, and clamorous for reform. i President himself is completely disgusted, ?e is very positive in insisting that the party .. iouth Carolina must purify itself, leporter. Did the President indicate what .Dli proposed doing to help the party to purify If? ;J? - -r* 1 "1 .1 till lr. Kobertsou. Tbe President can ao notnI said to hira that the mass of the people his State, black as well as white, the in- 01 igpnt and uneducated alike, believed that j3/* United States troops were kept here for * purpose of sustaining the State governit. President Grant replied that the peo- er had no right to believe any such thing; ?fa t the troops were not sent here for any . i purpose; they were only here to enforce laws of the general government. He also ^ I to me that he would infinitely rather see J"f State government pass into the hands of 5 Democratic party than to see it continued 001 be hands of the corrupt crew who have Light things to the present pass. Now I ( that a pretty squar~ thing for the Presi- ful t to say. He wouldn't have said it six , e< iths ago. It certainly shows what he ? iks of the condition of affairs in the State. ( 1 there is Judge Bond. You know what Pea e his sentiments toward the South when irst caine here. Well, two weeks ago he ^ ressed the same sentiments as those uttered ,1? he President?that the reign of corruption 1 outh Carolina ought to be stopped at once. leporter, But what do General Grant and ge Bond propose to do to help us to reform existing abuses? [r. Robertson. The general government tisi do nothing itself. Neither can the Pres- W it or Judge Bond. The people of the siv ;e?the voters?must redress their wrongs the he ballot-box. I have heard that Attor- the General Williams said, some time ago, vei ;, in the event of the continuance of the juc ient corrupt government in power, should sa} tax-payers of the State refuse to pay the it i }s, the United States would not lend its is dance to enforce their collection ; and I sue y believe that the President would not th< nit the United States troops to interfere, wa government must protect its citizens in bui enjoyment of all their rights, and will do am but I am confident that it will not give its th( lection and support to bad meu who rob wh people and squander the public funds. art Reporter. What do you think of the chance ve] , reform inside the party lines ? he Ir. Robertson. I told the President that -e were good and honest men in the Re- nei lican party in this State, who, if they m.c Id be elected, would fill the offices to the his 3faction of the people and administer pub- l?r lft'airs in an honest and straighttorward iner; but I don't think that they can be to ted. They don't possess the strength, and Pr( )nestly believe that none of them could ire the nomination. leporter. Is it true, as is stated, that the to sident will lend his influence to the elec- po; of ex-Assistant Treasurer Sawyer to the vei eruatorial chair ? ms Ir. Robertson. I don't think there is a Th d of truth in it. I know that the Presi- ad t has not signified his preference for any vei didate. He did say tome some time ago, no hy don't you elect Corbiu ?" But I told stu I didn't think that Corbin had the bui ngth. The administration has no caudi- the ;, and will not express a preference for any an< It only wants to see the government do -oughly reformed. fioi Reporter. If the President is so earnest for an; rm and appreciates the frightful corrup- in I which exists here, how do you account j iug his snubbing the taxpayers' committee an* spring? an* [r. Kobertson. I have heard that on the an* j morning of the day on which the tax- wo ers' committee called on him, the President pa| been shown a copy, or what purported to the i copy, of Gon. Gary's speech in the con- pie tion, and I suppose he was in a gruff tem- a p and gave them short answers. The real wh ble in our State, I think, is that the white elei ole have not individuality enough. They eco er to run in a groove and utter the senti- He its of other people, rather than lo speak ver act for themselves. The moment a young paf in comes out and marks out an independent1 n urse for himself, the finger of scorn and rid- j II jle is pointed at him. di Reporter. Do you think that Congress is in j is rnpathy with the President in his wish for j ss form in South Carolina ? j fc Mr. Robertson. Congress is, if possible, more | tj re about the corruption existing in the States j d< Louisiana and South Carolina than the | tc esident; and very naturally, for the reason j tl at all the blame for this state of affairs at-: tl ?hes to Congress. This is especially the ! w se with the Republican members who have i is carry the load. It has been suggested that j w q President might lend his influence for re-1 ic in by a redistribution of the Federal pat- j ci uage in the State ; but you see at once that ( ai there are bad appointments the President I v< not to blame. The congressmen control J pi pointments, and the President cannot be i is * * " ?? -1 J _ P I ppoced to be familiar witn ine recoru ui evp mail whom he is called upon to appoint office. I have said to the President, and I y< lieve I can say now, with truth, that the se iss of the white people of the State care ra thing about politics. All they want is an m nest, capable local government, and they as e prepared to support any honest, corape- ai it Republican who may run for the office, w ioufess, however, that I do not see any hope tfc : real reform in the near future. lo Reporter. Will you be a candidate for Gov- b< ior? N Mr. Robertson. I could not consent to run ai der any circumstances. My health would pi t permit it, even if I desired it. is Reporter. Under these circumstances what ig licy do you think the conservative voters be ould adopt? w Mr. Robertson. I believe the best policy for m 5 conservative voters to adopt is to vote for he honest man, no matter who is nominated. lave heard since I have been here that many w the white voters intend to vote for Moses, se r>?nse thev think that the struererle will be a peless one, any how, and that it will be [ 3t to perpetuate the present administration power?for the reason that it is so noto- m usly corrupt that it must soon come to an 0E 3. This is a mistaken policy. If you do th s, how can you go to the General Govern- sh :nt and ask it to depose the very men whom I< u have yourselves helped to put into pow- g? ? Such a policy, besides, would tend in a tri ;at measure to check the current of public f?' itiment at the North, which is now very th ich incensed against the corruptionists in ,n s and several other Southern States. This re itiment meaDS something; the course of the ac :w York Times aud of Harper's Weekly, two ac publican journals, which were formerly th ry bitter against the white people of the co nth, is significant. Their denunciation of m( j frauds perpetrated here under the cloak ^ Republicanism has had a most wholesome JQ jet. But if the white people of South Car- >t. a should take any such suicidal course as th it to which I have referred, it would cer- ve nly go a great way toward turning the tide 7? popular sentiment against them, and undo It r.Lr- L__ U?? hp me gUUU I/LIUL UU3 UCCLI UUUC. Reporter. Is it true that the United States wl >ops are to be withdrawn from the State? Mr. Robertson. I have heard that the Fedil troops have been, or are to be, withdrawn of >m Louisiana; but I don't know that the & iops are to be withdrawn from this State. iQ Reporter. You seem to think that the er ming election will result in no change for j better? What will the President do in it event ? ?a Mr. Robertson. If the present, offioials are "< elected, or if there is not a decided change 8? the better in their successors, I firmly be- 811 ve that the President will refuse to recogthe government by withholding the aid m will require in the enforcement and collec- W( n of taxes, in which case it is bound to fall ar rough. I am confident that the general ca verument, while it will protect all of its izens in the enjoyment of their rights, will I'' tlend its assistance to a set of men who rob 1 no/\nlo on/1 annondpp tlif? nilhlip mnnP.VS. - W -1"-?? r -j - Before closing the interview Senator Rob- . son stated that during the last days of the Ja sion he had introduced an amendment to i river and harbor appropriation bill pro- a ling for an appropriation of 8100,000 for W1 arleston bar and harbor. That it had been f? erred to the committee of commerce, but it Senator Chandler, the chairman of the amittee, had said that the estimate of the ist survey only asked for $18,000, and that P' j committee could only recommend that w' n. The 8100,000 amendment might have ca jn carried in the Senate, but it would have or 2n lost in the committee of conference of F1. ; two houses, aud under these circumstan- J?1 i he thought it best to take the $18,000. He 3 no doubt that Congress will reimburse the ^ y the money it is expending in deepening '{j 5 bar, provided Gen. Gilmore, who has irgeof the department, recommends the plicatioD. | ~ ? lv ABOUT ADVERTISING. 8r to To a business man the question of adverng turns upon a single point: Will it pay t ith the great share of liberal and progrese men, who are enterprising and thrifty in sir business, this query has been settled in gr s most practical way. They are found ad- ~r rtising in every way which their shrewd Igraent approves as profitable. Some men y r, I have been in trade here twenty years ; cjj s time I was well known among men. What e(j the use of advertising my business? To ]) ;h men we feel like saying, when they put nc ;ir question to you in a triumphant sort of nc y : "Are you more sagacious and a better gt] 3iness man than A.T.Stewart? His name 0f i his trade are household words throughout jt } land. Hundreds of thousands know them uj ere thousands know you. Yet Mr. Stew- aE ; is a constant, systematic and extensive ad- 8U rtiser. He does not feel he is so well known pr need cease telling the people that .he still pc ves and deals in merchandise." If a man's a? ighbors never changed ; if the world never >ved, why, then a business man would hold ry i trade, if he was an honest dealer. But so ^ ig as our people come and go, like the w] bing and flowing tide, a man, who has need j^ be known, has need also to proclaim his pj ^sence; therefore he has need of, or would [jj d a profit in advertising. re If a man says,7 agree that it is profitable p] advertise, the next question is still more im- ag rtant to him, which is, how to make his in- ca Jtment with the largest profit. Herein wi iny liberal advertisers make a great mistake. m( ey seem to reckon that if they put out an W( vertisemcnt and a dollar in money it is not it y material where the two go. They have ba method in the business; they have not by died the matter as they have others in their co flV. I mo *Kot r /1a nAf finrl nil f tulmrn MliCOS auano f HIOJ UV uvw uum wuh ?? v jjj, sy can put a dollar with the largest profit cj( 1 the surest and safest returns. Why not th this in advertising as in buying and selling au ur, groceries, dry goods, stoves, tinware or tei y other commodity ? There is a vast deal the time and manner and place in advertis- t No shrewd man would advertise Bibles lai i hymn books in the Police Gazette, laces thi 1 fine linen in the Coal Circular, or jewelry ac< i fancy goods in the Iron Age. That uldn't pay. If a man is to advertise in a xn\ ser, he wants to know several things: Is an i paper read, by whom and how many peo- ac; ? It is material what class of people read eff iaper, as well as how many. Many a man pn o wants to advertise fails to see this point th< arly, and, therefore, misapprehends the sci nomical or profitable aspects of the case, ski says the Daily Beggar will take my adtisement for so much. Very well, if that P >er gets it, the price is dear, ror the obvious a f jason that no equivalent is rendered lor it. f a man says to a dry goods dealer "What 0 you ask for broadcloth ?" and the answer six dollars, the inquirer proves nothing by lying, "It is too much ; I can buy cloth for iur and a half dollars." What is the qualir ? That is the test. Very likely the six ollar cloth is the cheapest. A lady goes in> a store and wishes to see silks; they are iree, four or ten dollars a yard. "I can buy lera cheaper," she says. Is it any reason hy the seller should reduce his price ? There likely to be a great difference in value, as ell as price, between dealers. It is just so 1 advertising. The paper which has a large rculation, and is popular as a family paper, ad is read very largely, is cheaper for an adartiser at double or triple the price than a iper which has not half the circulation, and almost worthless at any price. ? ? The Folly of Pretence.?If God made au half a fool, it is better that you should :em to be half a fool than that you should ake believe that you are wise. All anials are williner to seem what they are. An <3 is always willing to be thought an ass; ad he honors God in it. An owl is always illing to be thought an owl; and he fulfills se functions given to him, even if he does ok wiser than he is. And a man should } willing to be just what God made him. ot that he should not desire to increase, to lgment, his talents ; not that be should not it his money out at interest; but a man who ignorant had better admit himself to be norant. A man who is not a genius had itter not think himself to be a genius. A man ho is poor had better think he is poor. A an who is unskilled had better admit that } is unskilled. Whatever you are, while you rive for greater excellence, stand on that hich is true and right, and do not make yourIf out to be more than you are. Do not atmpt to put on guises and pretences, in the tin hope of winning praise. A man talks to me such a way that I see through him in a moent. He is trying to make an impression i me about himself, or about this, that, or e other thing; and the moment the door is utl say, "What a fool he was to think that jould not see through him!" And yet I i straight to my neighbor's and try the same ick; and when I am gone he says, "What a ol!" And he goes to his neighbor and does e same thing! Your character in the cornunity is a thing fixed definitely, and your putation generally will be what your charter is. Men see through your shams. They rtoll w/-m rohftf. thev UUIliLUUUatC JUU, auu will JV?I J ink you want them to; they call you a peack or an eagle or any other bird, as the case ay be, to please you ; but they laugh as soon/ your back is turned; for they know what u are. If you are a jack-daw, they know And these weaknesses, these dishonesties, ese corrupting pretences, after all, win but ry little. It is false coin that you give, and >u get false change as well as false goods, is far the best thing for one to attempt to i real, and to be willing to appear at just tiat he is worth.?H. W. Beecher. How Mules Came Into Fashion.?Few ' the farmers of this country are aware what depth of gratitude they owe George Washgton for the introduction of mules into genal use for farm purposes. Previous to 1783, there were very few, and loseofsuch an inferior order as to prejudice rmers against them as unfit to compete with )rses in work upon the road or farm. Conquently there were no jacks, and no dispotion to increase the stock; but Washington jcame convinced that the introduction of ules generally among southern planters Duld prove to them a great blessing, as they ' i? . i ?j ? i i e less iiaoie to oe injured umu uurses uy ,reless servants. As soon as it became known abroad that the ustrious Washington desired to stock his ount Vernon estate with mules, the king of min sent him a jack and two jennets, from e royal stables, and Lafayette sent another ck and two jennets from the island of Malta. The first was a gray color, 16 hands high, tavily made, and of sluggish nature. He is named the Royal Gift. The other was lied the Knight of Malta; he was about as gh?lithe, fiery, even to ferocity. The two different sets of animals gave him e most favorable opportunity of making imovements by cross-breeding, the result of hich was the favorite jack, Compound, be,use he partook of the best point in both the iginals. The General bred his blooded ares to tbese jacks, even taking those from 9 family coach for that purpose, and proiced such superb mules that the country is all agog to breed some of the sort, and ey soon became quite common. This was e origin of improved mules in the United ates. There are now some of the third and urth generation of Knight of Malta and oyal Gift to be found in Virginia, and the eat benefit arising? from their introduction the country are to be seen upon every culrated acre in the southern States. ???? Sensible.?We commend the following to e attention of those who delight so much in owling and throwing obtacles in the way of ogress: "Talk up your town," says an exchange, es, talk it up. If it has good schools, good lurches, newspapers, clean streets, ornamentwith beautiful shade trees?talk it up. on't grumble if any thing and every thing is it up to your ideas?especially if you do ithing to help make the place. Don't tell rangers that it is the worst place you know to help bring up a child, unless you know is worse than other places of the same popation. Give encouragement to every useful id creditable enterprise in your midst, for as re as effect follows cause, so sure will enterise and merit repay every citizen. We canit live to ourselves, and we cannot discour;e any movement in behalf of a place withit inflicting upon ourselves a personal inju. If you see a needed improvement, deand it, and talk it up vigorously until the bole community is impregnated with the ea?until a storm of public sentiment cometes the work ; but if you can't get everying that is needed, remember that in that spect it is just like thousands of other aces in the land. Keep talking, encour;ing, but not grumbling. Don't stop beuse some poor mummy, out of whom has thered all public spirit and love of advanceent, moans out of bis sepulchral whine, "it j'nt pay." Show to your Jive fellows tnat will pay, and leave to the mummy his era,lmed and swaddled dust and stupidity, and and by you will see the result of your urage and talk, in universal improvement, creased facilities for business, cultivated so>ty, and a broad, liberal, generous spirit at pervades and vivifies, and makes pleast and beautiful every place where it en's. 4^-4 5?" Apples have been found to contain a ger amount of phosphorous or brain food m any other fruit or vegetable, and on this count they are very important to sedentary in, who work their brains more than their iscles. They also contain the acids which 3 needed especially for sedentary men, the tion of whose liver is sluggish, to eliminate ete matters, which if retained in the system educe inaction of the brain, and indeed of 3 whole system, causing jaundice, sleepiness, irvy, and troublesome diseases of the n. Never scare off* a fly with a club when 'eather will do as well.