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f m k*_ mm lewis m. grist, proprietor. J An fnbcpcnbtnf Jfamiljt ftctospaperi Jfnr % |) rant cif ion fff t|t political, Sfftial, Agricultural anb Ctmtmcrtial Interests erf % Sontjr. jTERMS?$3.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. I VOT. QO. YORKVILLE, S. O., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1874. NO. 42. > ?hc Jfotg Seller. ^ A NIGHT IN A LIFETIME. BY A VIRGINIA LAWYER. A fine summer day was drawing to a close as Mr. T., after dining with a brother-lawyer, mounted his horse to ride home. He had been entertained with the gentle and genial hospitality of the Old Dominion, and felt that agreeable stimulus of the animal spirits which follows the train of a moderate dinner among congenial friends. He had delayed the mornent of departure as long as possible, though the ride home was a long one, because he would have a full moon to light him on his way, and the air would be cooler after nightfall ; so that it was with none but the most agreeable emotions he bade adieu to his friends, loosed the bridle of his horse, and turned out into the road which led through the forest. To a native sense of the beauty and excellence of Nature, Mr. T. added that reflneraent of taste, which is the result of careful mental culture, and a buoyancy of feeling which excess had never dulled. He enjoyed the serene silence of evening in the forest? the varied lights and shades on rocks and trees and streams, and the peculiar air of the majestic repose which Nature wears in the recesses of the woodland solitudes. . The silence _ was interrupted only by the sound of his ^ horse's feet over the even road, and the occasional note of a bird, and the croak of a frog, a prelude of the evening's concert. The scent of the evening air was delicious and refreshing after the heat of the day. In short, so pleasurable were his emotions, that Mr. T. rode along at a very easy pace, and it was only when the rapid increase of the darkness warned him of the approach of night, that he began to urge his horse to a greater swiftness. Absorbed in pleasant thought and shut out by the loftiness of the trees from any but a very partial view of the sky, he had not observed a heavy battalion of clouds, which, after lying lazily along the horizon for some hours, now began to lift themselves toward the zenith, and emit an occasional angry flash?sure token of a coming storm. It was indeed approaching with a rapidity which mocked every effort he could nnssihlv make to reach a olace of shelter be ^ fore its outburst. He rode rapidly, but each flash of lightning was followed by a nearer and nearer peal of thunder, and soon the darkness became intense, the wind began to rise and the rain to descend so heavily that our traveler was glad to remember that he must now nearly have reached a large church, which stood on his homeward way, in the large, old-fashioned entrance to which he hoped to find a temporary shelter. With this view he urged his horse to the utmost speed, and so violent did the tempest become, so close and incessant were the flashes of lightning, so heavy the rain, and so numerous were the branches torn from the trees by the wind, that he began to feel no small anxiety to reach a place of safety. At length the lightning showed the old church near at hand. He rode up to it, dismounted, and placing his horse so as to protect him as much as possible from the storm, entered the deep and spacious doorway. As he leaned for support against the heavy folding door, to his surprise it yielded to the pressure; he opened it and entered the church, glad to find himself in so secure a situation. ir n._j ??_?i ?:?i? oot ^0^- ne Will Kt'U 11 LUC CCIILiai UIOIC auu ouu uvf>? in one of the pews near the middle of the church. It was not impossible for a man of the sensibility and unaffected piety of Mr. T. to find himself alone, in such a situation, and amidst such a manifestation of Almighty power as this furious tempest afforded, and not to feel some degree of solemnity and awe. He sat down, and gave way to the many solemn reflections called up by the scene and the hour, j He thought of the many who had once wor! shipped there.who were now lying in their last long sleep in the churchyard without, f Once, upon their beds of down, how slight an obstacle, how small a vexation had been sufficient to banish slumber. Now?all the ' artillery of heaven, all the pelting of the pitiI less storm, moved them not a jot. Imagina| tion called up many a form once as familiar as the pews and pillars of the old church ""? * f T? U? I. ? _ [ Known iroin lmaucy. hi uiuuginncsuu IVJ follow some of these into that strange realm. Wtl At this moment a slight noise, in a raoraeu tary lull of the tempest, made itself heard apparently behind and above him. It was not strange that at such a moment it sent a .thrill of inexplicable emotion through his frame. In a moment the feeling passed away, and he turned, resolved to see, if possible, by the illu1 mination of the next dash of lightning, what A had caused the noise which had startled him A It came, broad, fierce, red, and revealed tc H him in the choir a form, a something that had 9 life and motion, but shape so undefined, so hideous that, with involuntary terror, he covered his eyes with his hands. BK , The place, the hour, the darkness, inter ??*" ?* nlnwA flio li'rrlifninrr? rupieu UUIJ uy U1C giaic V/1 mo the sounds of the tempest without?the soli tude and this vague consciousness of unsus pected companionship, had, it must be con fessed, a powerful eifect on the mind of a man I naturally of the firmest courage, and nurtured in a seciety where cowardice is disgrace. A - thousand wild conjectures rushed through the mind in that first momentary but irresistible h onset of terror. Then his well tutored reason and his resolute will contrived to make themselves heard , over the tumult of undefined fears and crowd' ing fancies. And, at length, that most powerful of all ideas to soothe the mind, entered with its elevating and consoling train. The thought of the great Being to whom that place was dedicated?of His serene supremacy above all the woe and tumult ol earth, above all the forces of nature, and the 1 spirit of man himself, gave him a degree ol composure in his present situation, which, he i afterward owned, he should, without this aid, have wanted. iiT!.L - ?i i i? j i\v tin resioreu calmness, ne remuveu ins hands from his eyes and looked up once more, hoping he had been the subject of some strange delusion of the senses. No?there; another flash showed it nearer, plaiuer than before? during those brief moments it had descended the gallery stair with unheard lightness and swiftness, and was soon on the same floor with himself. By this time the violence of the storm was somewhat abated. The flashes of lightning came at longer intervals. He had to wait some seconds, straining his eyes upon the darkness. The lightning came at last?dazzling and white?it showed nearer yet. Still undistinguishable, vague?a tangled mass ol dark draperies and elf-like locks and white gleams of face and hands?human, and yel not?what was this, thus wild in form, thus stately in its approaches? Could it be indeed a being from another world ? He lis tened, with ear strained to its utmost capacity but there was no sound, except that of the storm without. To leave the church and encounter all the fury of the elements without, now appeared t< him as a blessed relief. But, to do so, he must pass this unearthly figure. Anothe: flash of lightning, which showed his fearfu companion so near as to be almost withii reach, quickened his lingering resolution. With a sudden summons of all his remain ing courage, he rushed from the spot ou whicl he had hitherto stood rooted, ran with his ut ' most speed down the long aisle, and gave a i j long gasp of relief as he felt the damp night- i air, aud heard the door shut behind him. t To untie the bridle of his horse was the f : work of a moment; he sprang into the sad- j t die?at that very moment he heard the church j t \ door shut violently?the horse gave a wild 1 i leap?but a wilder one had landed the fearful ; 1 form safe behind the rider, and his waist was t J clutched by arms which held it like an iron ! c ! vice. 11 The horse, seeming to share the terror of ( l its rider, reared and plunged, and then started t j forward at his greatest speed. He instinc- s I tively took the right road toward home, and j! I went at such a rate as promised soon to ter- j C rainate this terrible journey. ! With the strength of desperation, Mr. T. i tried to undo the rigid clasp about his J i Tooiof Knf fpplintr nf hands, cold as ice, i and bony as those of a skeleton, was such an | additional touch of horror be dared not re* j peat the attempt. He spoke and adjured his companion to tell his name and his nature, but there was no an- j ^ j swer, no movement, not even, as it seemed to | I him, the drawing of the breath; and thus they c ! sped with wild swiftness through the dark for-1' j est path, illuminated only by the fitful light- j j ninS- . J He could never afterward give any clear account of his sensations during a ride which ( ; naturally seemed to him interminable. That i t I he retained his reason and his life under the ( j long continued stress of such mortal terror, ^ ! was a matter of surprise to himself and his j I friends. 4 It was over at last. Home was at hand. i He saw its friendly lights, and with a sense of ^ ! relief and thankfulness, never before expe- ^ | rienced, he stopped at' his own gate. It was , j opened by a faithful servant, who had sat up | with the auxious wife of Mr. T. to await his ; return. But the frightened horse did not give Peter ; time for an exclamation of surprise at seeing ! his master thus accompanied?he shot past; ; the gate, flew across the lawn, and only ! j stopped finally at the hall door, with a shock J j so sudden, as almost unseated both his riders, i The next day it was discovered that the I companion of Mr. T.'s night ride was au inI sane woman who had escaped from her keep' ers, and, after hiding in the woods, had taken ! refuge from the storm in the church just bej fore he entered it. j A CONFEDERATE STORY. j j At a recent political gathering in Tuscum-: | bia, Alabama, General Cullen A. Battle related the following touching story in the course of his speech : During the winter of 1863-64 it was my j fortune to be president of one of the courtsI mnrh'ol nf thp ?rmv of Northern Virginia. One bleak December rooming, while the snow j1 covered the ground and the winds howled j 1 around our camp, I left ray bivouac fire to at- j tend the session of the court. Winding for i miles along uncertain paths, I at length ar- j rived at the court-ground at Round Oak church. Day after day it had been our duty j to try the gallant soldiers of that array, charged with violations of military law ; but never j had I on any previous occasion been greeted 1 by such anxious spectators as on that morning ' awaited the opening of the court. Case after ' case was disposed of, and at length the case of j "The Confederate States vs. Edward Cooper" I was called?charge, desertion. A low murj raur rose spontaneously from the battle-scarred ' spectators, as a young artilleryman rose from j the prisoners' bench, and, in response to the question, "Guilty or not guilty?" answered,' "Not guilty." . ^ | The ,,udge advocate was proceeding to open the prosecution, when the court, observing ' - - ?"?J?a u.. o ' mat me prisoner was uuuuenueu uj iuuiioci, : interposed, and inquired of the accused, "Who I is your counsel?" He replied, "I have no ! counsel." Supposing that it was his purpose to represent himself before the court, the judge i advocate was instructed to proceed. Every charge and specification against the prisoner was sustained. The prisoner was then told to I introduce his witnesses. He replied, "I have no witnesses." Astonished at the calmness with which he seemed to he submitting to what he regarded as inevitable fate, I said to him, "Have you no defense ? Is it possible' that you abandoned your comrades aud deserted your colors in the presence of the eue- ! my without any reason ?" He replied, "There j *i . -ii :i i WtlS a reason, out It Will not avau me ueiure i 1 a military court." I said : "Perhaps you are | mistaken ; you are charged with the highest j ' crime known to military law, and it is your j duty to make known the causes that influ-1 ; enced your actions." For the first time his I ' manly form trembled, and his blue eyes swam ! in tears. Approaching the president of the i 1 ! court, he presented a letter, saying, as he did ' so, "There, general, is what did it." I opened ' the letter, and in a moment my eyes filled with tears. It was passed from one to anoth- j | er of the court until all had seen it, and those ' stern warriors who had passed with Stonewall 1 Jackson through a hundred battles wept like little children. Soon as I sufficiently recov- j ered my self-possession, I read the letter as the 1 ' | defense of the prisoner. It was in . these words: My Dear Edwaud?I have always been proud of you, and since your connection with the Con. federate army I have been prouder of you than i ever before. I would not have you do anything i 1 I wrong for the world ; but, before (iod, Edward, j 1 unless you come home we must die! Last night I I T -1... UHln n.nini. f I I a wiw aiuusni uv iibtiu xjuuig o a v?uiv\i ' ; and said: "What's the matter, Eddie?" and he > i said: "Oh! mamma, I'm so hungry." And Lucy, ! | Edward, your darling Lucy, she never complains, j but she isgrowing thinncrand thinner every day. And before God, Edward, unless you comehomo " j we mustdie. Youn Mary. I Turning to the prisoner, I asked: "What I did you do when you received this letter?" | He replied : "I made application for furlough, 1 , and it was rejected; again I made application I and it was rejected; a third time I made api plication, and it was rejected, and that night, J as I wandered backward and forward in the camp, thinking of my home, with the mild ' j eyes of Lucy looking up to me, and the burn- ! ing words of Mary sinking in my brain, I was i .1 r% * n i ? _ _ l _i; i_.. A T no longer me ^onieneraie soiuier, uul i .was j the father of Lucy and the husband of Mary, ! and I would have passed those lines if every > I gun in the battery bad fired upon me. I ?i went to my home. Mary ran out to meet me,, ' her angel arms embraced me; and she whis' pered, 'Oh ! Edward, I am so happy ! J am so glad you got your furlough!' Che must i have felt me shudder, for she turned pale as i death, and catching her breath at every word, i she said, 'Have you come without your fur-! i lough ? Oh ! Edward, Edward, go back ! go i back ! Let me and my children go down to; gether to the grave, but Oh ! for heaven's sake, ; save the honor of our name!' And here I am, '! gentlemen, not brought here by military pow er, but in obedience to the command of Mary, I! to abide the sentence of your court." M Every officer of that court-martial felt the J !! force of the prisoner's words. Before them i' stood, in beatific vision, the eloquent pleader i for a husband's and father's wrongs; but they J had been trained by their great leader, ltob-; ert E. Lee. to tread the path of duty, though ? the lightning's Hash scorched the ground beJ neath their feet, and each in his turn pronounced the verdict?guilty. Fortunately i for humanity, fortunately for the Confedera) cy, the proceedings of the court were reviewed i by the commanding general, and upon the r record was written: 11 Headquarters, A. N. V. ) The finding of the court is approved. The ' prisoner is pardoned and will report to his company. II. E. Lke, General. 1 During the second battle of Cold Harbor, 1 when shot and shell were falling "like tor ents from the mountain cloud," my attention ! vas directed to the fact that one of our bat-; eries was being silenced by the concentrated I ire of the enemy. When I reached the bat- j ery every gun but one had been dismantled, ind by it stood a solitary Confederate soldier, vith the blood streaming from his side. As le recognized me he elevated his voice above | he roar of battle and said : "General, I have )ne shell left. Tell me, have I saved the ! lonor of Mary and Lucy ?" I raised my hat. j 3nce more a Confederate shell went crashing ! hrough the ranks of the enemy, and the hero [ ank by his gun to rise no more. jftUsceUancous leading, j EX-GOVERNOR PERRY'S VIEWS. The Hod. B. F. Perry, who has been elected i delegate to the State Conservative Conven,ion, fearing that his health will not allow him ,o attend, has written a letter to express his news as to the proper course for the Conservatives in the present crisis. He says : The only issue now before the people of south Carolina is one of reform in our State government. It is simply a question of hon;sty and roguery. All good men, whether Republicans or Democrats, white or colored, should unite in trying to rescue the State from he hands of the rogues, swindlers and corrupt neu who have had control of it for seven or ;ight years past, and have utterly destroyed ;he credit and honor of the State. In the seection of candidates for governor and lieuenant-governor, we should only inquire vhether they are honest and capable. It mature not what may be their color or race? whether thev are Democrats or Republicans. There is now, in fact, no difference of politics jetween the two great parties in South Caroina, so far as the State government is concerned. In selecting candidates for governor and ieutenaut-governor, it is all important that ,ve should nominate honest and trustworthy neii, capable of discharging the responsible luties of their respective offices. And next ;o this, we should throw aside all personal considerations, and nominate the most availaale candidates. Acting on these principles, I ;hink the Democratic party cannot do better ban to nominate Judge Green for governor, ind Maj. Delany for lieutenant-governor. They are both Republicans, and the latter is i colored man. Judge Green is known to the people of South Carolina as an honest man ind upright judge, having had no connection ivith the fraudulent bonds, land commission, ichool fund, Blue Ridge Railroad scrip, or che bogus pay certificates. In other words, ie has had nothing to do with the monstrous trauds which have been practiced on the and whioli have hrnncrht her to bank ruptcy and dishonor. I have observed, with some particularity, ;he conree of Maj. Delany during seven or sight years past, and must say he has exhibi:ed, in his speeches and addresses, more wisiom and prudence, more honor and patriotism, :han any other Republican in South Carolina, white or black. I say this deliberately and ifter mature reflection. He has, over and 3ver again, expressed to his race, whilst addressing them, my own views, feelings and sentiments. The other day he said, in a public speech on reform, that he wished a platform large enough for both of us to stand on. [ can assure him that this political platform need not to be very broad, for I am very near to him in politics. Gen. Kershaw is my personal friend, and there is no man in South Carolina for whose honor, wisdom, patriotism and purity I have a higher regard. And I know him too well to suppose that he would permit for a moment his own advancement to stand between him and the interests of his State. He has already publicly declared that if Judge Green is nominated by the Republicans and is likely to secure a strong support from that party, the Democratic or Conservative party should unite on him. I do not intend to charge Mr. Chamberlain with all the frauds which have been practiced by his party in South Carolina. He is a man of talents and acquirements, and may be honest for aught I know ; butthis is certain that 1 1 r_l| r I.1 lie wtto IX iiieiiiuer ui an tue iiauuuieut uutiiuo, and must have known the frauds they practiced if he was not concerned in them, and yet he never disclosed them or exposed the other members of these various boards. He is now warmly supported by the very men who committed these frauds. Can we hope for reform from such a candidate, surrounded by thieves, swindlers and corrupt men? The support of Judge Green and Major Delany by the Democratic party will show to the world that we do not regard party or color where the candidates are honest and capable, and that we are anxious, by every honorable means, to conciliate the colored people and Republican party. The Tax-Union Convention, representing the whole Democratic party nf Smith Carolina nledtred themselves to sun " ? 7 i o? r port a Republican candidate for Governor, if he was honest and capable, and not connected in any way with the frauds which have been perpetrated on the State. That Judge Green declared himself in favor of the civil rights bill is nothing more than what might have been expected from every Republican in South Carolina. I do not regard it as an objection to him. We already have the civil rights bill as a law of South Carolina, and, so far as its passage in Congress is concerned, we have no interest one way or the other. But let us avoid all side issues and look only to the redemption of the State from roguery, high taxes and crushing oppression, dishonesty and bankruptcy, corrupt officials and prodigal expenditures of the public money. Let every white man make it a point of honor to turn out at the election and vote for the nominees. He who stays at home or refuses to vote is wanting in patriotism or wisdom, one or the other, or both, and deserves to live all his life the subject of thieves, robbers and plunderers. Gen. Kershaw will be the candidate of all honest men in his district for Congress, and can be elected. Let him he unanimously nominated ny acclamation as soon as the Convention meets. B. F. PERRY. Greenville, S. C., September 25, 1874. A Horrible Story.?A recent number of the Athens (Tenn.) Post relates a story in reference to a man named Jones of Smoky mountain, who for some years past has been doing an ilicit business in whisky manufacturing. He had been hunted from place to place until finally he located securely in a mountain recess four miles from his residence, visiting his family once a fortnight. Overstaying the time of his periodical vist, his wife, with some .of his neighbors, visited the secret locality of his distillery. On reaching the building the door was found bolted and 110 sign of Jones or any one be seen. But upon attempting to force an entrance they were greeted with those peculiar notes of waring which the ear of the east Tennessee mountaineer never fails to recognize. The door was at once broken down, and a sight met them that caused all to start with fright and horror. The form of the distiller lay upon the floor, with eyes starting from their sockets, the features horribly distorted, and body swollen to twice its usual proportions, while the whole interior of the building was alive with rattlesnakes, some in coil and ready for battle, but the large proportion stupid and inert, as though they had been imbibing liberally of the illicit fruit of the still. As it was impossible to rescue the. body of Jones without in curring fearful risk, it was determined to re- ' close the entrance and apertures, and fire the building, which was done. REVIVING THE TRADITIONS OF YOUTH. , Women are queer animals, said Squills, i I've been married near onto twenty years, and | I don't know any more about them now than j I did when I first went into the businesss. The other night was cool and pleasant, and I said: "How would you like to woo the zephyrs on 1 the bridge, Betsy, my beautiful, ray own ?" j I had made a nice little thing on a corner 1 in dried apples, said Squills, and I thought j I'd do the thing handsome regardless of expense, you know, and ice-cream the old lady j coming back. We went. Of course she was tickled to death with the bridge, and I let on I I knew all about the height and width and material and cost, and we got on splendidly. Going over ancf coming back we passed a good many couples on the seats. They sat kinder close together, as if they were on speaking doi/1 Qs*uil1a runaf nf fhptYl ici iiia f iu auuivf omu ^uiiio) U?wuh W* ?? ?.. were sitting up to one another like sick kittens with their hands together. It was a case of two souls but with a single thought from first to last, and Mrs. Squills couldn't understand it at all. I saw the old lady was staggered, but I never let on. So at last we came to the middle of the bridge and I said "Betsy, my dear, let us sit down a spell." Down we sat, said Squills, and there was a young fellow and his girl at the other end of the pier seat. It was the same old quadrille. Sarah Jane had her fin in John's fist, and his' other arm was around Sarah Jane's waist, and "eyes spoke love to eyes which spake again," and all that sort of thing, and they were as happy as a couple of clams. Betsy looked at them out of the corner of her larboard optic, and I could see her mouth and nose twitching as if she didn't like it, but she never said beans. That's Betsy's way when she thinks she's disgusted. Somehow, said Squills, something came over me. Perhaps it was the moon, perhaps it was the cigar, or the river, or the bridge, or perhaps it was John and Sarah Jane at the other side of the pier; anyhow it was something, and I hitched up nearer to Betsy. The old lady was busy thinking about something or other, and didn't notice me. Then I took her hand in mine?fondly, you know?just like I used to do it, twenty years ago. I pawed it over considerably and squeezed it, and then I reached for the other side of her hundred and sixty pounds. Perhaps it came across ray mind that I had known that waist when it was smaller, but big or little, I gave it a equeeze just for a flyer. "Mr. Squills J" I looked up, said Squills, and she had both eyes glaring on me like a railroad head light on a dark night. "What are you doing, Mr. Squills ?". "Nothing, ray dear," said I; "I was only reviving the traditions of my youth." "Reviving what, sir ?" "Traditions, ray dear. Young love's dream, you know." "And right in the glare of the gaslight, too. Unhand me, Mr. Squills!" She rose with the dignity of a Siddon, said Squills, and walked off. Of course I had to follow, but she vouch-safed never a word to yours truly, until I led the way into Freund's and asked her whether she'd take strawberry or lemon in hers. She was very quiet all the way home, but by degrees something?perhaps it was the cream?mollified her and she was herself again. Just as I was about to fall asleep, said Squills, she, kind soul, said "Are you asleep, Squills ? I only wanted to tell you that 1 wasn't much cross to-night, only you took me so by surprise; and Squills, dear, next time you want to revive the traditions of your youth, please don't do it under a gas-lamp." "That's the kind of a woman she is," said Squills. LOUISIANA DIFFICULTIES. The committees of conference representing the Central Committee of the Republican and Democratic parties, after having been in constant session for upwards of seven hours, arrived at a conclusion on the night of the 28th ultimo. The agreement entered into is that the Democrats shall do everything in their power to aid in the maintenance of law and order and support the legally-constituted authorities. It is further agreed that the advisory board shall consist of five members, two to be chosen from the Democrats, two from the Republicans, and one none-partisan, who is named in the person of Banzano, Superintendent of the Mint. The board of State canvassers, about which there has been so much discussion, it is agreed, shall consist of five members, two of whom shall be Democrats and three Republicans. I The Democrats tried to induce the Repub| licans to promise that they would not prosej cute those engaged in the riots. This, howi ever, they refused to do. The compromise is signed by the chairmen I of both committees, and is as follows: The undersigned announce the following as | the result of the conference between the com! mittees of the two political parties of the State i of Louisiana: First. The committee representing the Conj servative people's party pledge themselves to : cause all violence and intimidation, if any exj ists, to cease throughout the State, and to asi sist the constituted authorities in maintaining ; peace and insuring a strictly fair and impar| tial registration and election ; also, to discounI tenance acts and threats of personal violence, j and all improper influences to control the will I of electors, and render assistance and use eve{ ry effort to subject to the penalties of the law i all persons who may commit acts of violence | or intimidation, or conspire to do the same, in ] order to guarantee a fair registration and . election. j Second. There is hereby constituted and established an advisory committee, composed of five members, namely : Messrs. Albert Yoorhies and E. A. Burke, selected by the representatives of the Conservative people's party, and Messrs. S. B. Packard and B. J. Joubert, selected by the representatives of the Republican party, and of an umpire, namely, Dr. ; M. F. Bouzauo, who has been jointly selected, j This advisory committee is to supervise and carry on the registration throughout the State , on behalf of all parties, to the fjjll extent of suggesting changes in registration officers, and j the manner of conducting and carrying on the registration. Governor Kellogg, in the interest of a fair and impartial registration of his own accord, pledging himself to act upon the I f 1 r\P fl>A A rltfioAPtT PnflU I 11(1 Vice 2111(1 SUggtSUUiis UI Iruv AiMigu^ ' mittee so long 21s such advice and suggestions are in consonance with, and permitted by, the I existing laws of the State. I Third. It is agreed that two persons shall he named by the representatives of the Conservative people's party, who shall be elected according to law, to fill the two vacancies which shall be created by resignation in the returning board within twenty days. Prayer: Bp:fore Battle.?Whether it is true or not that the Welsh are a quarrelsome people, we cannot undertake to say : (the following laughable anecdote, however, would seem in some measure to countenance the conclusion (and Shakspeare, we believe, almost invariably represents his Welsh char. acters as touching to a degree) that there is a modicum of truth in the charge. But to the story. A Scotch peddler, without the remotest intention on his part of getting into a j quarrel or fight with any man, had put up I (with his pack) for the night, at a country ale-house bordering on Wales, where, as the fates would have it, found a motley assemblage in the kitchen of the inn, of not the most desirable individuals ; and, among the rest, a Welshman, whose aim, from the very first, it seemed to be to get into hot water with poor j Sawney. The latter, sagaciously appreciating the true character of his tormentor, and determined to get rid of him in the quietest way possible, told him that he "did not want to fight." This only excited to a still higher j pitch the bravado of the Welshman, and he j told the Scotchman that he would "make him j fight." "Well," says Sawny, "if I must fight; let me say my prayers before I fight," which i the Welshman conceeding, the Scotchman ; fell upon his knees, imploring his Maker to I pardon him for "the two men he had already | killed, aud for the one that was about to die." The Scotchman slowly rose from his knees, j but not before the Welshman had made a pre- j cipitate retreat from the room. THE FIRST THOUSAND HOLLARS. The following extract we take from the New j York Independent, and commend it to the | careful consideration of boys and young men : "The hrst thousand aonars mai a young man, after going out into the world for himself, earns and saves, will generally settle the question of business life with him. There j may be exceptions to this statement; yet, for a rule, we think it will hold true. The first condition is that the young man actually earns the thousand dollars in question. He does not inherit this sum. It does not come to him by a streak of good luck, as the result of a fortunate venture in the purchase and sale of a hundred shares of stock. It is the fruit of personal industry. He gives his time and labor for it. While he is thus earning and saving it, he must earn two or three, or perhaps four times as much to pay his current expenses. He is consequently held sternly to the task of industry for a considerable period. The direct consequence to him is steady, continuous and solid discipline in the habits of ludustry?in patient, persistent, forecasting and self-denying effort, breaking up all thetendeucies to indolence and frivolity, and making him an earnest and watch-1 ful economist of time. He not only learns how to work, but he also acquires the love of work ; and moreover, he learns the value of the sura which he has thus saved out of his earnings. He has toiled for it; he has observed its slow increase from time to time; and in his estimate it represents so many years of practical labor. His ideas of life are shaped by his own experience. These natural effects of earning the first thousand dollars, we hold r. itc norV larero hpnpfit.q. Thev are iust the I w ....b J _ qualities of mind and body which are likely to secure business success in after years. They constitute the best practical education which man can have as a worker in this working world. They are gained in season for life's purposes, at the opening period, just when they are wanted, when foolish notions are most likely to mislead an inexperienced brain, and when, too, there is a full opportunity for ex pansion and development in later years. i\Ien have but one life to live; and hence, they start, from opening manhood but once. And the manner in which they start, the purposes which they have in view, and the habits they form, will ordinarily determine the entire sequel of their career on earth. To succeed, men must have the elements of success in themselves. One great reason why there are so many useless, inefficient and poverty-stricken men on earth?or, rather, boys seeming to be men?consists in the simple fact that they did not start right. A prominent reason why the children of the rich so frequently amount to nothing, may be found in luxury, ease and indolence which marked the commencement of their lives. It is the law of God that we should be workers on earth; and no one so well consults the best development of his being as when he conforms his practice to this law. The workers in some suitable sphere are the only really strong men in this world." Japanese Fa*ns.?A few items in regard to the manufacture of Japanese fans may not be out of place. They are nearly all manufactured, we are told, in the interior of Japan, where labor is very cheap, and the wages paid is equivalent to from two or three cents of our money per day. But living is cheap in proportion, which makes a difference to the laj borers. The bamboo sticks are cut by men in the I ;.i.irTloc tu,n inints hpincr rennired for each fan. .1 ""g *?? -> o ""i One end i8 split in a dexterous manner by women, into from fifty to seventy-five arms or ribs, tbe other end forming the handle. Boys and girls then take the sticks and spread out the ribs, securing them a little above the joint by a fiue thread woven between the ribs. Then they are ready to be covered, this work being also done by women and children. The paper with which they are coveted is made of the bark of the root of the mulberry tree, which contains a long silky fibre that admirably adapts it to this use. The bark is carefully peeled from the root, manipulated tenderly by hand, and as soon as the rough outer surface is worked off the fibres are soaked ! in a vat some days, and then the pulpy mass is rolled and dried on wires, somewhat like our paper is made. The paper, when dry, is taken to the printing room, where by some lithographic process peculiar to the Japanese, the figures are all printed on it?sometimes as many as sixty stones (one for every distinct shade of color) being used. When this process is completed, the paper is pasted on the frame of the fan by j women and children, the work of boxing for 1 aliinmpnt hpinc done bv men. j D J In the interior, where the business is most j largely carried on, the entire population of I villages are employed at fan making, and inl tercourse with foreigners is interdicted. Some i communities make one kind of fan, and some j another ; but never interfere with each other. ; The varieties of paintings and subjects are al; most endless, birds and flowers finding a good j showing. The work of fan making gives employment to thousands of Japanese. For several years, up to the last year, from 800,000 to 1,000,000 common flat fans were imported yearly into the United States, principally to New York; but since then the amouuthas been more than quadrupled. ' What He Would Have Given.?Dr. H. was preaching on the crucifixion and in the j course of his discourse had so worked upon the sympathies of his auditors that many were in tears. After dwelling on the cruelty of that mode of punishment, the doctor spoke of j of the malefactor crucified at the Saviour's right hand, who was so blessed as to receive ; pardou. "Brothers and sisters," said he, "who among us would not give all he possesses today to be thus favored ? I would give ten j thousand worlds if I could have been that j thief. Yes," continued he, after a moment's I pause, as if to reflect, "I would give eleven j thousand !" The effect upon the audience of this additional bid may be imagined. ? -? , AST A story is told of a San Francisco woman who was in the habit of receiving frequent castigationsat the hands of her husband, i and who, one day read the Bible story of Samson and Delilah. When next her coni sort was prone in sleep she sheared him so , completely that every spear of hairdisappeared from face and head. Housing from his slumber like a giant refreshed, he speedily comprehended the situation, and reached for her. Such a caressing as she then received she never dreamed of before. She did not ! even have the usual grip on him. He was j fined, but she declared her utter disbelief in I those Bible yarns. Independent iUpubUcMO 11 GREEN AND DELAXEY, ? On bein^ introduced to the Independent! ? Republican Convention in Charleston, after I v the nominations had been made, Judge Green, j t the nominee for Governor, spoke as follows: c " Gentlemen of the Independent Convention: r To have been chosen by you, unanimously, to '} be your standard-bearer in the contest in which we are about to engage, fills my heart c with mingled feelings of pride and gratitude. v I cheerfully acknowledge the position assigned c me, and return to you, for the honor, my sin- 1 ?1 1.? T iinminrlfnl r\f thfi fliffi- t L'tJIt: Luauxta. x aui uw uumimi.%.. culties which lie in our path. We are about 8 to beard the lion in his den. We intend, if we succeed, to drive from place and power those who have disgraced themselves and the people they represent. By reason of the plunder they have taken from the public treasury, and the political power they possess, our task is a formidable one, and I expect, in this contest, that every honest Republican will do his duty. It is true, gentlemen, that I am weak in body, but, battling in a cause like this, I feel that I can appeal with confidence for strength to that Great Being who loveth justice and hateth iniquity. "You are all aware, gentlemen, that no matter what ability, what integrity, what industry I may bring to the Executive Department if elected, my efforts must, to a certain extent, prove without fruit, unless I have the hearty cooperation of the legislative branch of the government. Be it your duty, then, when you.return to your homes, to endeavor to impress upon your people the necessity of sending, as their representatives, men who can appreciate the high trust given to them, and who are competent to execute it; not men that loiter around the State House, and idly spend their time, in the hope that the public s plunderers will start some scheme which, t 1 *1 ' "1 L - infA ntnn r wnue lb muy pub a lew uuuma Iiav unu . pockets, gives license to our enemies to rob us 1 of thousands. 1 If I should be elected, I will give you an i administration governed and controlled by t law. The light by which I shall guide my I feet shall be shed by the Constitution and the i laws passed in pursuance thereof. Aud final- I ly, gentlemen, if success shall crown our glo- ' rious cause, and should victory perch upon I our banners, I, here and now, pledge myself I that all the administrative ability that I pos- i sess shall be devoted to the task of raising up i again the prostrate form of our dear old moth- i er State, of binding up with tenderness her i wounds and bruises, and of wiping from her i brow the shame and sorrow which have been put upon it by the acts of wicked, cruel men, some of whom, be it said to their eternal shame, are children of the soil of South Carolina. It shall be the lofty aim of my administration to bring back the roses of health and beauty to her cheek, and to restore to her her ancient name and fame?to rehabilitate her in that garb of honor which was once our pride and glory. And in the performance of this act of filial duty, I shall earnestly invoke the aid of all who truly love and honor South Carolina. Major Delaney, the candidate for Lieutenant Governor, being introduced as "the honest exemplar of the honest colored men of South Carolina," addressed the Convention in the following speech: "This is one of the most extraordinary occasions of my life. I have not words to express my gratitude to you for this manifestation of your regard and confidence in nominating me for the second office in the gift of the people of South Carolina. I have but little to say to you now, for you have already heard me frequently upon the various phases of our relations to each other; but this much I will say to you, that I have entered into this great movement with no other design than, if, elected, to second, to the utmost extent, the integrity of the Chief Magistrate of the State. I will go further than this; I will pledge all of the intelligence, all of the powers of intellect that I possess, all of the integrity of character, to bring about between the two peoples in this State, black and white, those relations thatshall tend to the promotion of each other's mutual welfare. I shall not act (in the sense in which it is understood) as a party man. I shall know no other party than that which shall have for its object the interest of the whole people, black and white, of the State of South Carolina. I shall strive to correct, so far as my own race is concerned, one or two errors in the Republican party as it formerly existed. We are now standiug upon a new platform, so far as party acts are concerned. In our party, there were three points of consideration : 1st. We were formed as a Republican party in contradistinction to the Democratic party; next, we were taught first , and foremost an antagonism to the Democratic party, which, as a whole party, was all right. Next, we had factions in our own party, which was all wrong; and next, one part of our party was taught as a fundamental principle that they must staud in direct hostility to one portion of the people which formed the community in which they lived. I shall endeavor to correct this. It is my province to say that, because, when I look upon my race, I see that it has all aud everything to lose in a contest such as might be brought about by antagonism of races. This being true, I have but one more remark to make. I do not intend to lower my standard of manhood in regard to the claim of my race one single step. I do not intend to recede from the rights that have been given us by the beneficence of a just Congress of the nation one single hair's breadth; but I do intend, in demanding all this, to demand the same equal rights and justice to every citizen, black and white, of the State of South Carolina. And upon this line I will fight it out, if it takes all winter. The Charleston News and Courier publishes the subjoined sketch of the candidates: JUDGE JOHN T. GREEN, of Sumter, the candidate of the Independent j Republican party for Governor of the State, is the son of the Rev. Henry D. Green, of Mechanicsville, Sumter county, S. C., a local Methodist preacher, a successful planter, and a man held in the highest esteem by all classes of the community in which he lived. Judge Green was born in Mechanicsville, on October 13, 1827. At an early age he entered the South Carolina College, where he remained for three years. He subsequently entered the law office of Mr. F. J. Moses, Sr., the present chief iustice of the State, and, after a thor a/ * i ough course of study, was admitted to the bar j iu 1849, when he had just passed his twenty- j first year. In 1852, Judge Green was elected j, to the State Legislature on the cooperation . ticket, and, being reelected, served for six sue-1 cessive years. Being again put forward in 1 | 1858, he declined to be a candidate, and con- (j tiuued to practice his profession in Sumter !, | until 1864, when he was again elected a mem- \ \ , ber of the Legislature. There having been ! j ; some irregularity in the preceding election, a ! j new one was held in 1865, and Judge Green ! was once more nominated and elected. In I ( j the following year, 1866, Judge Green ran i, j against the Hon. John M. Frierson for State ; Senator from Sumter county, and was beaten 1 ] by^ixty-six votes. During the war and for j, some years afterward, Judge Green was iu 1 j delicate health, and, as he took no part in the struggle, he was regarded as a Union man. In 1866 he was appointed president of the I 'rovost Court in Sumter, composed of F. J. 91 closes, Jr., T. J. Coghlan and himself. This iost he held until the civil authority was re- B^ tored in the State, and by the fairness and ustice of his administration, gained the repect and esteem of all classes of the coramulity. When the reconstruction government H raa organized he was unanimously elected by he General Assembly judge of the third julicial circuit, and was unanimously reelected ipon the expiration of his terra of office. H fudge Green is a Republican in good stand- H ng, and his learning, impartiality and square B lealing on the beneh*and in private life, have fl yon for him the confidence and respect of all B lasses and parties. Even his bitterest oppo- B tents in the State Republican Convention did B lot dare to say a word against his personal B ind official character. They praised him ex- fl ravagantly?while declaring, very properly, H hat he was not a fit man to be the candidate fl if the Carpet-Bag Ring in South Carolina. B n appearance the Judge is tall and spare, B -:?l J--t- U.nn.n tiair anrl rnddv rnmnlexion. vibii uaiiv uiunu uuu muv? ???| There is no man in his section of the State fl vho wields so extended an influence over, and fl s so thoroughly popular with blacks and fl vhites alike. He is thoroughly alive to the fl mportance of the arduous campaign into fl vhich he has embarked, and while confldent fl if success, will himself spare no effort in the fl jood cause of reforming and purifying the fl state government. fl MARTIN R. DELANY, I he candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, is a fl ull blooded negro. He was born in Charles- fl on, Jefferson county, Va., in 1812, of a free fl nother and a slave father who subsequently fl jurchased his own freedom, and in 1822 re- fl noved with his wife and children to Chambers- fl >urg, a small town in Pennsylvania, where he H altered the common school and pursued his fl itudies for about seven years. In 183J, De- fl any, at the age of nineteen years, went to fl Pittsburg, Pa., where he received a thorough B icieutific education, mainly by private instruc- fl ion, the higher schools and colleges not being fl it that time open to the blacks. During this H ;ime he was also compelled to work for his fl iviug. He was among the very first of his fl -ace in bis adopted city to commence the es- fl ablishment of moral and literary societies for fl ;he advancement of the black race, and he H refers now with pardonable pride to the fact fl ihat he was the originator of the first colored fl Total Abstinence Society established in Pitts- fl burg. This was in 1834. In 1836 Delany H began the study of medicine under the guid- fl ance of a distinguished physician, but his stu- fl dies were interrupted for some time owing to fl the fact that there were at that time no medi- I cal colleges opened to the blacks except such fl of them as were destined for Liberia. In fl 1843 he established.in Pittsburg a weekly pa- fl /Janitor] tn tViA plAvation of the colored fl pvi uvivuvu vw vww ? __ _ race, and continued to edit it during the administration of President Polk and until the close of the Mexican war. In December, 1847, he formed a copartnership with the famous Fred Douglass in a printing establishment at Rochester, New York, from which was issued the North Star, for several years the leading anti-slavery organ ir Western New York. In 1849 Delany with- .ew from the partnership and returned to Pittsburg, where he resumed the study of medicine. Having passed through the medical school of Harvard University in 1856 he moved to Canada, where he practiced successfully as a physician aud surgeon for several years. In May, 1859, he organized a party of scientific black men under the name of the Niger Valley Exploring Expedition, and with them sailed from New York on the bark Mendi for the coast of Africa. A year was spent in exploring the unknown regions of Africa, and in April, 1860, Delany arrived in England, where he was received by the scientific men, among whom were the leading members and fellows of the Royal Geographical and Ethnological Societies. The report of his explorations were read by himself before the Royal Geographical Society, at Burlington House, London, in the presence of the Rt. Hon. Lord Ashburton, Earls DeGrey and Ripon, and Sir Roderick Murchison. In July, 1860, he was made a member of the International Statistical Congress by Royal commission, and at the same time a member of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science of England. He then went to Scotland, and after spending some time there sailed for the United States, where he arrived in April, 1861, a few days before the assault on Fort Sumter. He lectured exclusively at the North before the educated classes on the subject of his travels and explorations, a work on which he had previously published in pamphlet form both in England and this country. He took an active part in the war, aiding materially in the raising of troops in the several States. In 1864 he was commissioned major of volunteers by the Governor of Ohio, and in February, 1865, he received the full commission of major in the United States army, and Was assigned to duty in Charleston. From Charleston he was transferred to Hilton Head and placed in command of the sea islands and a Dortion of the main land, with the additional * j title of sub-assistant commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau. He was also entrusted with the duties and office of disburser of the claims of discharged colored soldiers, and received a special commission as inspector on the staff of Gen. Sickles, commanding the department of the South. His career in the army lasted for four years and he was among the last of the vounteer officers mustered out. While fulfilling the duties of commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau, Major Delany gained the respect of both blacks and whites, by the faithful discharge of his duties in the delicate position in which he was placed, as a kind of arbitrator between the planters and their field hands. He saw at once the importance of inculcating into his race the necestity for a faithful performance of their contracts with the land owners, and while vigilant in the protection of their rights, he always kept them up to their contracts. In 1870 he was made an aide-de-camp, with the rank of lieutenantcolonel, on the staff of Gov. Scott, but resigned the position in consequence of the frauds and corruption which characterized the administration of public affairs. He has never held office in the State. The present subordinate position which he holds in the Customhouse was tendered him as a personal favor by the collector. Paqh tvstra-n op Credit.?People who can buy for cash always buy cheaper than those who buy on credit. They buy also more closely, and select more carefully. Purchases which are paid for when they are made are limited more exactly to the purchaser's wants. There is nothing like having to couut the money out, when the article is bought, to make people economical. The amount of indebtness incurred is not much considered when the pay-day is far off. Persons who do all their business on a cash basis know just where they stand and what they can afford; consequently they find few jccasions for regretting in a turn of times, that they have indulged in this luxury or that, which they would have foregone had they seen what was coming. Real wants are few and can be gratified for 2ash ; at all events they should be limited to what can be paid for in cash. How much of anxiety, how many sleepless bours, how many heart burnings, disappointments, and regrets would be avoided if this rule were always strictly adhered to. Jtetr The left side of the body is more liable ;o disease than the right.