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lewis m. orist, proprietor, ^.n |nbepenirenf cfamilj ftetospaper: Jfsr tbe ^romotian of % political, Social, ^gricaltaral anb (Jamattrtial Interests of % ^ont|. TERMS?$3.00 A YEAR, II? ADVMCE. - 1 ; . ' '. VOL. iii YORKVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, NOYEMBEB 1876. 44. Iv'^1 ^ $>totg fMer. MABEL'S AMBITION. BY "ALETHEA." "It is really too provoking," petulantly exclaimed Mabel Thornton, replacing a letter in its envelope, and heaving a deep sigh as she r did so. "What is too provoking V* asked her mother, looking up from her sewing into the dissatisfied face of her daughter. "Why that we are not in circumstances to warrant my accepting Katie Lee's invitation to spend a few weeks with her at her home in New York. In this letter she says they are point? to have 'splendid times,' and she knows I would enjoy myself. But it is uae. less to talk about it, for I can't go. I should need so many new dresses and other things." "I do not see thnt you will, daughter. You have just had some pretty ones made, both for street and house; while the tarleton you purchased for Sarah Mumford's wedding itae never beon worn but oooe, besides wbiph, you have a pretty white Swiss ; both of them will be suitable for evening parties." "What are you thinking of mother T'and Mabel Thornton accompanied her words with a derisive laugh. "Why the Lees are wealthy and live in style. Katie gives receptions twice a month, besides going out to all the most fashionable places of amusement whenever it suits her. No, no, mother, my clothes are sufficiently numerous and pretty for a country village such as this, but for a visit to New York City?pas du tout. Miss Lee would be ashamed to introduce me to her friends, I fear, after knowing the extent and value of my wardrobe. I doubt if Katie would have invited me at all, had I not led her to suppose we were better off than we really are. "You see, mother, that being at the same boarding school for two years together, we grew to like one another very much, and I was so fearful that I would lessen myself in her estimation, should she suspect that I was less rich than bhe supposed; that I made it appear that I was better offj as I said before." "And an mv daughter" reolied her mother, quietly, "ydu allowed your vanity to lead you into sio. h For you certainly led Miss Lee to suppose differently from the truth, and was obliged to continue in the deceptive character^ to the end, in order that she might not know that your father was a country merchant in a small way. If Miss Lee is one who values a person only for their money, the sooner you drop the acquaintance the better,, for she cannot be sincere nor lasting in her friendships." "O, I do not say that Katie is of that charaoter, but yon know it would not be pleasant for me to be seen continually, or nearly so, in two or three different dresses, only, during my visit, which she says must be for a month at least, and as much longer as I find it agreeable to stay. Oh I if I was only rich, I'd be the happiest girl alive !" "You may live to learn that money does not alfays bring happiness, Mabel, and instead of aspiring after the unattainable, it would be much more christianlike if you would show gratitude for blessings you do vv.., k.uro a nnmfnruhlp hnmp and OUJUJ J.UU UUTV W W*M?v* ; enough to afford you a reasonable share of amusement. Remember, my child, that 'Content men t iaJhet^er than Wealth.' " ^ "Well, mother, yon who have had your' good times, can preach and practice too; but I must say money would be the thing to make me more contented, aud I know," said the young girl, looking at her delicately shaped hand, "that wealth would become me. Mrs. Thornton made no answer to these remarks, and as her husband now entered the room, she commenced laying the cloth for supper. Mabel Thornton was what the world would call a splendid looking girl. Tall, with a form that the most carping could find no fault with, a face that was very attractive, bright dark eyes, and an exquisite little mouth, around which she could cause to linger the most fascinating smile when she chose. She knew that she was handsome, and as she remarked to her mother, "wealth would become her." Her small, pretty hand looked fitted only for fancy work, and her tiny foot wore with ease, a number one slipper. Yes, Ma? i 1 be) Thornton was handsome, butsei nan ana ambitious. . After the tea things had been removed, the young girl told her father of the invitation she had received, and of her regret in not being able to accept it. "Not accept it! indeed you shall," answered Mr. Thornton, looking at his daughter with a face aglow with pride and fondness. "You are 'wasting your beauty on the desert air,' remaining so long secluded in your native village. I have long wanted you to see something of city life, but did not know when I ever would be able to take you. Now if you had been a boy, you could have started off on your own hook sometime ago. If you fear the expense will be more than I can afford to incur, do not let that thought trouble you one bit, for," said be, laughing a happy laugh as he took a well filed wallet from inside bis coat, "I am eight hundred dollars richer tonight than I ever expected to be; and on top of that a bank in which I own stock has declared a very good dividend." All the while her father had been speaking Mabel's eyes were glisteniug with pleasure as she asked: "And how is it, papa, that you are eight hundred dollars better ott to-mgnt man you were this morning ?" . , "About a year ago/' replied Mr. Thornton, turning to bis wife who was silently awaiting the answer, "Ned Wilton borrowed a thousand dollars of me to give himself 4 start out West To tell the truth, I never thought be would succeed in the line of business he undertook, and felt almost oertain that my money was as good as gone; but it proved otherwise, for this morning be called at the store and paid me eight hundred down, and promises the rest in three months' time. So my daughter you may get what you need for this visit, and tell your friend when to expect you. That is if your mother consents." Mrs. Thornton expressed her willingness, and so in' little over a week's time, with the assistance of her mother and a fashionable dressmaker of the village, Mabel was got in readiness to start for New York. Her father's remark as she left the bouse, that "Mabel could equal any city girl for style," was true, for her traveling suit of gray alpaca, with bat and gloves to match, was very becoming, and fitted her to perfection ; besides as the village was but a couple of hours' ride from the neighboring ci^y, Miss Sims the dressmaker, had obtained from there the latest fashions, and felt quite proud of ber handiwork, as she bade her customer good-bye. With many charges to take good care of herself and write often, Mr. and Mrs. Thornton said farewell to their child, and saw her enter the car under the care of the conductor, with whom her father was acquainted. After a trip of nearly forty-eight hours, Mabel reached the end of her. route; and as she stepped upon the platform, her ears were saluted with the exclamationof/'There she is Russel," and almost at the same moment, Mist Thornton felt herself embraced by her friend Katie; who, after expressing her joy at seeiug her, said: "This is my brother Russel, Mabel, and | this young lady, Russel, is the orginal of the L picture you saw in my album?Miss Thorn ton?who I believe ha<> heard me speak quite frequently of you during our schooldays. "So often," replied Mabel, with her prettiest smile, while looking at the remarkably handsome young man beside her, "that I should almost have known him without an introduction." "Allow me to echo your words, Miss Thornton ; for this little sister of mine has mentioned you so often in the last few days that I feel more as if I was meeting an old acquaintance than a stranger," remarked Russell Lee, pleasantly, as he handed the ladies into the carriage whioh was waiting. . "I regret, Katie, that a previous engagement prevents me from accompanying you and your friend to the house. But you must excuse me for the present, and I will meet you later in the evening, if you do not retire too early, as it is not my intention to remain out until the 'wee sma' hours ayant the twa,'" and raising his hat with careless grace, Russell Lee left them, as the driver gs'bered up the reins preparatory to starting. The ride home was somewhat long, but our t > ? c j _] ?.Uit two JOUDg iaaies IOUUU pieukjr tv ima awut as they,passed through the crowded streets, which presented a strange spectacle to the happy Mabel, who had been leading such a quiet life in her native village. Once arrived at the honse, Miss Thornton soon divested herself of her traveling dress for one more suitable, and as she finished ber toilet she turned to her companion with the remark: "What a splendidly handsome man your brother is, Katie! A perfect Adonis; I've read of such, but have never had my ideal realized until now. You must be very proud of him V . , . "I assure you I am. And all the girls of our set are head over heels in love with him." "Which of them does he favor most ?" "None, Mabel. He laughs at them all." And linking her arm within that of her friend, Katie Lee led the way to the drawing-room, where they sat and chatted until nearly ten o'clock, when, as Russell Lee had not yet returned, they partook of some light refreshment, and as Mabel was fatigued, retired to their respective apartments. As Miss Thornton went to rest in the handsomely furnished room assigned to her, she determined within herself to exert her utmost powers of fascination to captivate Russell Lee. To become his wife and preside over an elegant mansion in Fifth Avenue, was now the height of her ambition. The Bret week of her visit had passed, and what, with attending Katie's reception the night after her arrival, and going to the opera the next, and to a concert the third, she felt considerably wearied when Saturday morning came, and therefore declined accompanying her friend on a shopping expedition; preferring to remain and write a letter home. Seating herself with her writing implements near a window which commanded a view of the street, into which she now and then gazed, by way of resting, (for she was not at ail fond of epistolary employment) she indited quite a lengthy letter, but said nothing of her hopes and ambitious projects; but, in answer to her mother's request that she would, if possible, endeavor to find the whereabouts of her aunt Conway, who had removed to New York, she replied: "I cannot make it practicable nor convenient, dear mother, to bother about hunting up poor relations. Should I come across Lena?which I think very unlikely?I will invite her to return and spend a time with me at my own home." Having ' sealed anfi directed her letter she placed it in the receptacle from which a servant was wont to take *? .1 J ?II them to mail; alter whicn, reeling ramer auu in the abseuce of her lively friend, she betook herself to the library, thinkingshe would there find some book to her liking with which to while away the time until Katie's return. Having made a selection, she was about retracing her steps when the door opened, and Russel Lee entered. "I hope I don't intrude, Miss Thornton," said he, walking up to where she was standing. "It cannot he called an intrusion, Mr. Lee," responded Mabel, raising her lovely smiling eye9 to his face, "when a gentleman seeks his own library. It is I who stand in the light of intruder. I knew not you were in the house." "I only came in a few moments ago, and finding everything so very quiet, wandered about like a lost spirit in search of a companion ghost; but not finding one, came hitherto seek food for my thoughts, by feeding on the thoughts of others. But as you are, fortunately, here, I prefer haviDg a game of chess or backgammon, if you consent to lay by 'Lallah Rook' for awhile ?" "I readily consent," answered Mabel, with oue of her rippling little laughs, which her companion mentally compared to 'music in the air;' "but it had better be backgammon, Mr. Lee, for I never played but one game of chess in my life, and it would be anything but pleasant for you to play with such a stupid partner, as I really do not remember the game." And with these words she seated herself at a small table while he produced the board. They played for nearly an hour with varied success, until Miss Thornton declaring herself tired, pushed the board aside and arose from her chair and seated herself in a very graceful attitude nearer the fire, remarking as she did so? "Mr. Lee, I am surprised that you have not onifl aHiah tn hftphftlornood. surrounded as vou I are by ao many of your sister's charming friends. Now there is that fascinating fairy, Miss Minnie May, who has cpmpletely captivated rae, one of her own sex, and if I was a man, I should be desperately smitten, I'm sure." "Yes," auswered Russel Lee, laughing and stroking the ends of his silky moustache, "I have arrived at the mature age of twenty-eight without having lost my heart. Cupid has frequently aimed his darts at it, but they have never penetrated. Perhaps it has ossified. However, if the right one does not soon appear, I fear there soon will be 'silver-threads among the goldenin fact I believe some have-?Hqne already." And pushing back his magn It light brown hair, he continued: "See, they are perceptible, are they not?" "Well, as yet they lie perdu to my vision," replied his companion, leaning towards him until her breath fanned his cheek. "But should they really put in an appearance, I would recommend 'Bachelors' hair dye.' " "You are inclined to be facetious, Miss Mabel. But, giving the word another sign!-1 fication, I will quote Barnaby's Raven and 'never say dye.' I feel such a responsibility, having a single sister to look after," added he laughing, "I have concluded to remain single. At any rate until she is off my hands. Next May will be five years since I was left her sole guardian and tutor, and ever since then, also, An* kAitfio.lropnor T f?fin ttUUt i^UJUia uao UCVU MKAl IIVUOV avv|/vt I ? -W ?? call her nothing else, for the old lady never goes into society, preferring to continue in a ' quiet style of living; and it is very seldom she will consent to sit with us when company is about." The room was now entered by Katie, as rosy and cold looking as possible. "I hope I t have not disturbed your tdte&tdte," said she, i merrily, advancing to the fire, while her broth, er handed her a chair ; "but do you know, folks, that it is snowing ?" i "Glorious news." answered her brother. I walking over to the window. "By day after ; to-morrow, if tt keeps on, we will have splendid sleighing. Do you like sleigh-rides, Miss I Mabel r ) "Above all others, Mr. Lee." "Well, Hero will be in fine trim ; so I will take you, while Katie and Charlie Grayson can go together. I have a new cutter, and 1 you will be the first lady to grace it." "Thanks, I shall appreciate the honor, I assure you." J By Monday, the ground was in fine condition for sleighing, and Mabel was in the seventh heaven of delight as she sat beside the 1 one whose wife she hoped some day to be. 1 She received his thoughtful attentions for her comfort, as so many proofs that his heart was again touched. She had in truth a most bewitchingly sweet laugh, of which she was aware, and as it rose above the music of Hero's 1 silver bells, her escort observed that it could be likened to 'Fairy bells' that come tinkling o'er the water?a compliment uttered by the speaker with as little thought as gentlemen generally pay compliments to those for whom they have no special feeling, excepting as a 1 pleasant companion for the time being. And as such Russell Lee regarded bis sister's friend. But Mabel chose to interpret it in another way. The holidays were passed in a round of gaiety, and although Russell Lee had been courteously attentive and polite, and had, on one occasion, when she was confined to her bed with a severe cold, sent her some choice fruit, and hot-house flowers, yet he never be- . trayed any particular love for her. "But," Mabel would say to herself, "that may only be his way. He may be waiting until I leave to declare himself." A month bad already flown, surely. Time had not clipped his wings nor stayed his hourglass in her favor, so quickly had it passed, and she was nothing loth to extend her visit to another week, at Katie's sincere expressed i wish. It was on a morning near the last half of this extra week that, upon going into the sitting-room, she was met by a young lady, who, ' when Mabel entered, exclaimed with surprise 1 as she advanced and kissed her: j "Why, Cousin Mabel, I little thought. I ' should see you here ?" ( "I am equally surprised to meet you, Lena. You are not a resident of this neighborhood < are you ?" 1 A qiiet smile wreathed the pretty mouth of Lena Conway, as she glanced at her own ' plaiu delaine and compared it with her cousin's stylish merino wrapper. But she replied: ? "No, Mabel, I reside a good number of streets ' from aristocratic Fifth Avenue, and teach 1 French and music in Madam LavilleVAcademy. For the last three months I have been 1 giving private instruction in French to Miss . Lee. I have been absent for the last few ~ weeks, owing to sickness, or we would have 1 met sooner. Oh! Mabel, I am glad you are { acquainted here; for, without exception, Miss ' Katie and her brother are. the best people living." "Her brother!" remarked Mabel Thornton, in a tone of astonishment "What cause 1 have you to mention him?" and, althofngh she 1 gave a little laugh, as she spoke, she feared in ' her mind that her cousin's soft brown eyes 1 had done more execution than had her own bright dark ones upon the heart of the hand- : some Russell Lee. And yet it was not like- ' ly, thought she, that he would bestow a single . thought upon a person, who, no matter how ' pretty and pleasing, was so far out of his cir- 1 cle of life, and who had to earn her own live lihood. , "I cannot lei) you now, Mabel," was Lena's 1 reply, "aJlth^fJVfr Thca doro for roa and iraine. Tlaait not been for his kind attentions to Brother Willie, who you know has been a cripple from his birth, the poor child would ! have passed many dull hours. He sends him 1 books, flowers and fruits; and one night, I think the tenth of the month, yes that was ' the date, for it was Willie's birthday, the child was taken with violent spasms, and Mr. Lee happening in to see him, remained all 1 night and tended him as kindly as if he bad been his own brother." "Really it was very kind in him, Lena," j replied Mabel, rather superciliously, "but how did you first make their acquaintance? You know Miss Lee aud I were former schoolmates and friends?" "Quite accidentally, Mabel. Upon our coming here to reside, I advertised for a situation as governess. Miss Lee answered it in person, and made arrangements for melo come at certain hours and instruct her in 1 French. Subsequently she procured me a teachership in the Academy." "That is all very natural,.Lena, but that does not coucern the brother; is he your punil also ?" And the tone and accomDaovincr laugh were rather sarcastic. Lena Conway now began to have an insight into her cousin's character, but appearing not to notice it, she replied pleasantly: ' "Certainly not; but one morning Miss Katie proposed that I should bring Willie here some day that he might enjoy the books, pictures and flowers, of which he is very fond. Mr. Lee, being at home at the time, entertained him while I was occupied with my pupil. Since then he calls at the house once in awhile, and either reads to Willie or takes him to ride. The child is quite fond of him." "How very romantic!" was Miss Thornton's answer, while a contemptuous smile rested on ber lips. "But please do not let them know that we are related, for I think I am in a fair way of winning Mr. Lee's affections, which I shall fail to do if they become aware of my connection with those who work for their own support. They may befriend you, but I warn you against letting your gratitude deepen into love. I would not see you disposed to love where you could meet with no return." "He would make a splendid husband, Mabel, for he is high principled and possesses a 1- 1 ~ L .1 '? m/vatltn tkft IahO O tfHI A UUUlt: UCttI t| nuu IB nuiiujr l>uc iuid ui u wuw woman. "As regards love, Lena, that may come after marriage; I wish to have ray ambition gratified first. And I believe I was destined to preside over just such an establishment as this. Just think how Lottie Mason, Jessie Bolton, and the rest of the girls down home, would envy me, should they hear that their friend, Mabel Thornton, was engaged to the wealthy Mr. Lee, of New York." At this moment steps were heard approaching, and agaiD cautioning her cousin to say nothing regarding their relationship, Mabel left the room by a side door, as Miss Lee entered by another. "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise," runs the old adage ; and this bliss was enjoyed by Miss Thornton,, who was totally i unaware that during the conversation with her cousin, Kussel Lee sat^in an adjoining room and had been an ear witness to what I-"'! onl/J Pni" nf Infcrmnfiitn in IJttU UCCU oaiu. X Vi 1VHI UI nuvnu^wu .M the library, he had come hither to overlook some accouuts, and as the voices ceased, a curious smile passed over his face as he said to himself: "It is well I was already in love with the brown-eyed Lena before I saw the darker-eyed Mahel, whose musical laugh and innocent winning way would certainly have misled me. As it is, the Misses Mason and Bolton will be spared the sin of envy." i And Mabel, as she entered her room, thus raentully soliloquised: "I do wonder if it is really an interest in Willie only, that Russel Lee feels. So his engagement upon the nigbt of myiarrival, whichi was the tenth, was to see that child, Or was it ??? But no, I won't believfijfchatJ J?M?oipg to sav," And, taking a rose from a vase, she commenced pulling it to pieces, leaf by leaf. "He loves, he loves me not," she continued saying, as she slowly plucked them off one by one, But at the last "he loves- me not," she petulantly exclaimed: "Pshaw! what a goose I was to try such nonsense, as though a flower could tell a person's fate." That evening as she sat awaiting the ap- pearance of Miss Lee, with whom she was going out to spend an evening, she heard her voice in the library saying: "Indeed, Russel, I am very glad to hear it, ii and will be much pleased to receive her for a t Bister-in-law. I have often wished you would & find somebody to love better than vour sis- p ter," said she, laughing, "and have frequent- a ly wondered how yon could associate among c the beautiful girls with such perfect indiffer- \ ence; for you have caused more than one to ( lose their hearts." e "Katie, I had long made up my mind that ii I would, when I sought a wife, look more at p the young lady's moral worth than her beauty d or position. As for the beautiful girls you e Bpeak of, I've studied them well, and know t that if thev have lost their hearts at all, it is 1 over ray money and not myself. Should I t Eroclaim myself a beggar to-morrow, their v earta would soon return to them and be in a readiness for the next golden bait. But with c the girl I have ebosen I have every reason to a know that the reverse ia the ease; for she is a v true woman." r *i" "I believe she is, Russel, and I congratulate g you on your choice." With these words the r young lady quitted the room and joined her 2 friend Mabel. ii The next morning was cold and wet, making t it too disagreeable for out-door pleasures, and o not being a reception day, no callers were ex- I pected. Katie was practising her music in a the parlor, while Mabel chose to remain by e the library fire looking over some choice engravings. Presently she was joined by her t! young host, who after presenting her with a p beautiful white camelia said? t "Miss Thorton, you may be surprised, per- 1 haps, that after my telling you that I expected a to remain a bachelor through life, to hear ii that Cupid has at last taken true aim at my ti heart, and I am just as much in love as man fi can well be." tl "Indeed 1" responded Mabel, calmly, with * one of her sweet, winning smiles. "How long ii since did the shaft penetrate ?" k "For some weeks I have had an aching in hkat urrinn " ronlioH hflp cnmnanion. laUffhinff. b IV6,WM? 1 V o c "And you were so naughty as to say that 8 pou had not felt the tender passion yet." t! And the dark eyes of Mabel Thornton were fi raised with a look of reproof. e "That was because I was not quite sure of C the symptoms then." ti "Pray tell me who is the favored lady, Mr. p Lee. Have I ever met her," and as she spoke )he placed the camelia among the black tresses ti if her hair, which was, as she knew, very be- p coming. I "I am pretty sure you have, Miss Mabel." g The serious look upon his face, coupled u with the conversation sne had heard the day n previous, caused his listener to feel certain li that she must be the person alluded to, so with ft m a dec ted indifference she ran over several tl names, looking very coquettish all the while, e "It is nether of those, Miss Thornton," was f) Russel Lee*6 reply, when she concluded; "but g Miss Lena Conway." o "What, your sister's teacher!" exclaimed a Mabel surprised, but adroitly hiding her vex- t! ation, disappointment and rage. \ "And why not my sister's teacher ?" said y young Lee, quietly, and looking, as Mabel C thought, handsomer than ever. v and pbaitlou gener^^Bou^rt wiv^fror^thoee^ i< who occupied the same station in life as them- n selves. Lena Conway has neither wealth nor * position." * tl "Nevertheless, a young lady who proved il such a good daughter and sister, eould scarce- J ly fail of making a good wife." "True, Cousin Lena is a very lovable person," replied Mabel, quite ready now to ac- ], knowledge the relationship. a "Ah ! is she a relative of yours ? Then in y gaining a charming w:fe, I shall add a cousin t to my list of connections," responded Russel ? Lee, pretending to ignore his knowledge of the n fact. "I consider myself quite fortuuate." Q His good fortune made Mabel none the less a chagrined, however; but she had to console herself as best she could, and a few days after y returned home, her hopes and projects unful- a filled; and when an invitation reached her a Bix months' later, to attend her cousin's nup- j( tials, she gave some excuse which sounded reasonable, and remained away. r Three years after, she made a chance ac- g quaintance of an extremely wealthy, childless j widower, whom she married in spite of her Q parents' opposition. Thus her ambition for riches was gratified. But she grew to feel ^ that there was a void in her life; her heart ^ hungered for something more than gold; she g: became tired*of feeding it on husks, and yearned for the love and kind attentions which go t so far in making a wife's happiness. And when her mother's words: "That riches do jj not always constitute happiness," occurred to her, as they often did, she echoed them in her n own heart. q Is This a Free Government??Within I( forty-eight hours this question has become a D grave one. In recent years, and in years of ^ peace, we have seen that the national admin- u istration can point its bayonet at the mem- ? here of a State Legislature and expel them ? from their seats. We have Been that the ar- 8 ray can remove a Governor duly elected and install one who is not We have seen the 8 sword, and not the suffrage, the sceptre of r power in a portion of this land labeled "free." P But no such sweeping assault upon civil law 81 and constitutional liberty has ever emanated v under our broad national seal as that shame- a lessly made in the proclamation of the Pres- u ident on the 17th instant, and its surround- D ing administrative acts. The infamy of the order of Taft, the willing tool of an usurp- c ing administration, long known and widely v respected though he has been in our midst, it was believed this desperate and daring ad- * ministration dared not outdo. But that was only the beginning. It now appears if this " proclamation be proper, that the army of the " national government, at the bidding of the a Executive, may wipe out States, cast out ' their courts as baubles to be thrown away, or '' * ? ' 4ntAMma rtro I If Atrap trample mem uijuci luui aa nut iuo, t??i? vtBi their authority like a lord over his domain, brush aside, like cobwebs, every local officer " within their borders, stalk with despotic * tread over their constitutions and their laws, ? while the pleading States may hold in their j> right hands, in front of the bayonets, the con- ? stitution of the fathers with its sacred war- a ranty-deed of their rights, in vain. If the v possibility of all this is to become an estab- 0 lisbed precedent, and by the suffrages of the r< American people, let the hope of free gov- a ernraeut perish, for there is an end of consti- D tutional liberty on this continent.? Cineinnaii Enquirer. ? Color in Massachusetts.?While Sena- * tor Boutwell and Gen. Butler and Mr. Blaine are howling themselves hoarse in denuncia- c tion of the establishment of color lines in the n South, they might, with some profit to tbem- c selves, take a squint at what is going on right a under their own eyes at home. Only the oth- I er day, at Lynn, Massachusetts, a colored Hayes and Wheeler club were deqied the h place which belonged them in thd Republican t procession, and then excluded from partlci- a patlon in a oollation provided for the occasion, it solely on acoount of their oolor, ? ? n 1ST The Courts have decided that if a wo- v man lends money to ber husband she oannot a get it back. This decision will not be new to v many wives. ' n 8"ifc" jfatto. : THE NORTH AND NEGRO SUFFRAGE. < [H. V. Redfleld In Cincinnati Commercial.] 1 We are told that it is always probable that < mprobable things will happen. Certain it is bat I bear whisperings in the South, and not ? o very soft, either, to the effect that thejiext arty to disturb politics and distribute patron- 1 ge will arise in the North, and have for its 1 orner stone the disfranchisement of the blacks. Vade Hampton, the king white man of South Carolina, says that it will require the united < fiort of the South to maintain negro suffrage ' d the future! He predicts that a powerful ' arty will arise in the North, demanding the j lisfranchisement of the negroes, because their i nfrancbisement is giving such political power 1 o the South that she will soon control the ' X.% 1 MAfiA.nma Wo Uinl/o fktfl mill ka 1 idblliuai I^VTOiUUJOUVi JUIV vutuno vui? ***** wv he next great battle, and that the Southern rhite men must defend black suffrage with > .11 their might, for if it is lost, the South will ut no figure at all in the National governsent, having, bat about eighty-five electoral dies. j ~?;~T" Behold what great power negro suffrage has ;iven the South I It has increased their repesentation so largely that, with the aid of few York, Connecticut and California, for stance, they can control legislation, elect he President and administer the government aachine as they may see fit. The rest of the Jnited States can whistle. The solid South ad the three States named, will be the govrnment in sfll that the term implies.* The North will not relish this. Indeed, here are signs that they do not relish the roepect now, and hence the very great effort o hold New York to the Republican party., 'he far-seeing men in the South, or those who re esteemed as far-seeing, declare that noth3g can prevent the South from having a conrolling voice in the government but the disranchisement of the blacks. And tbev argue ?u:. ?:n nfl?f nraiit ml action Kink I T J Oil IllllO Vflll wy VUO UVAV glWMV UUWWkVM if Miwu ? rill agitate the country, the North contend- i jg for black disfranchisement, in erder to t eep the South from running the government. 1 It is plain, very plain, that the blacks will I e made subservient to the whites in every s outhern State, and that so far from enabling ? be North to hold the government, this en- t ranchisement is having precisely the opposite e Sect, giving the South so large a number of ( /'ongressmen and electoral votes that this sec-, i ion-will virtually hereafter be the ruling i ower at Washington. ] Look at Georgia. The white population of i hat State is but little in excess of double the 1 opulation of Cincinnati, yet Georgia has nine )emocratic Congressmen, two Democratic j lenators and eleven electoral votes 1 A pop- y lation but little above'twice that of Cincinati has all these, and throws them in a solid i amp, in the interests of the solid South. So ( jr as the blacks of the State are concerned, t hey have no more voice in the National gov- t rnment than so many black stumps. The ict that every Senator and member of Con- t ress from Georgia is a Democrat?and not j nly a Democrat, but a Southern Democrat? < Georgia-born Democrat?is evidence that j he blacks of that State are without voice at < Vasbington. For all practicable purposes, ? ou bad as well give every black stump in ' Jeorgia tbe right to vote as every negro. Tbe ; whites find it as easy to control one as the | tbei, aud cuuwjuumitiljf mo ycrfbctty well sat-'pj ified with negro suffrage, as it gives them \ ine Congressmen and eleven electoral votes, j rhich they throw in a solid chunk. In fact, j hey are beginning to love negro suffrage, for ; will as surely give the South control of the rational government as the years roll round. ANOTHER CHEERFUL EXAMPLE. Look at South, Carolina. The white popu- j Jtion of that State is now almost precisely tbe i sme as Cincinnati. Yet this white minority ] rill surely control the blacks hereafter, and < brow the seven electoral votes with the solid < iouth. They will yet have all the CoDgress- i sen and both Senators. It is but a question i f time. The wealth, intelligence, property 1 nd moral force of a State will as surely con- I rol it, as the sun shines when this agency is 1 rithout opposition, except from the negroes? i race that have never been able to stand out i gainst the whites in any particular for any ( angtn or time. < Disfranchise the blacks and rednce the rep- ] esentation down to the white population, and < loutb Carolina would have two Congressmen 1 istead of five, and four electoral votes instead i f seveu. And Georgia would have five Con- e resamen instead of nine, and seven electoral < otea instead of eleven. And Alabama would ( ave four Congressmen instead of eight, and < iz electoral votes instead of ten. 1 The South might be "solid" then without f he least fear that they could ever control the c overnment or have a voice in its affairs mounting to dictation. c The South sees this now, and they would t iot give op negro suffrage if they could, j 'hey will cling to it as they did to slavery, ( ir it will give them a larger voice in govern- < lent than ever slavery did. Nor will it in- ( arfere with the regulation of their "domestic e oncerns," for they have internal and ezter- 2 al control of the concerns of every Southern ] Itate but two, and these will come under their t way in time, and probably in a very abort e ime. It seems strange to me that any one nowing the history of the negro race in Afica and America, would suppose that a black arty, no matter what the majority, could tand out for any length of time against a rhite party. Nature has ordained otherwise, nd when a joint resolution of Congress is set p against a law of nature, we find to our lortification that the legs of the joint resoution (so to speak) are too weak for equal ombat. In other words* nature has the adantage. It is true that there is a solid South, and bat this solid South will eventually dictate be policy of the government. But I do not elieve with some that great disaster will fol>w this, or that the debt will be paid, or any ttempt made in that direction, or any of the esults of the war lost. So far as negro sufrage is concerned, and that it is justly psBeraed a result of the war, you may be sure be South will never interfere with that. It ^ ???"? ?<-> Ka no ikao Kaofi fnnnH nnt. and fla 1 np|rau? KV WW, MO ?UVJ u?v< V ??< ?%. w~wy ?? ? ? re are finding out, the very thing they want- ^ d. The stone which they tried to reject, has v ecorae the chief of the corner. There will t e an uproar against black suffrage some years t ence, but it will not come from the South. g Vithout black suffrage the solid South would E nly. control itself. But with the enlarged t epresentation which black suffrage gives, they 8 re in a fair way to control the whole govern- e lent Give yourself no fear about this "re- t nit of the war"?-negro suffrage?for the f outh will never disturb it They have got 8 x> good a thing. j THAT GEN. WADE HAMPTON BAYS ABOUT IT. c Recently, Wade Hampton, the Democratic t andidate for Governor of South Carolina, 1 lade a speech to the blacks of Darlington p ounty. This is a very heavy black county, c bout two to one, but we are told it will go d >emoc ratio. c Please read what General Hampton said in p is speech there to the blacks., It is right to n he point Spewing of the fact that be was n n early advocate .of negro suffrage, beoause r ; would give the South much power, he says: e "Why did I recommend that700 be per- 1 iltted to vote? There are 800,000 colored r otera in the South. They add to the power pi nd strength of the South. We have more t otera in the Presidential contest, and we have 1< lore Representatives in Congress. Why t iboctld we want to cut off one-third of oar rotes? Of coarse, we should desire to keep :hem. We know that if ther time has not jome, that it will come and mast come, when blacks and whites in the Southern States will jome together." That is, all vote the Democratic ticket, ind make a solid Sooth. He continues: "We would be, indeed, fools to desire, with 300,000 colored votes and 1,600,000 white rotes, to cut off one-third of our strength, rhe North saw it, and hence the Mortons and Andrews opposed the move to allow the colored people votes. I was the first man in the South who advocated that measure, and I bsvA never cone back on it. You will til bave to come together, and I have been waiting for the time, and it ia not far distant now, when all the colored people will be ready to jine the cavalry.'" [Applause and laughter.} Do you see the point ? He has certainly made it very plain. Speaking of the feet that he was the very Srst white man in South Carolina to advocate negro suffrage, he says: "I made the proposition at several public" meetings in Colombia, and I took the ground that they had been made citizens, and that they should not be excluded from the right to rote. And I recommended then, (and at that time none but whites had the right to vote,) I whom your leaders tell you am a rebel, that I ira an unreconstructed fire-eater, they will tell you the Lorcf only knows what about me, ind yet I repeat that I was the first man in South Carolina who recommended that the right to vote should be given to the colored people. [Applause.] Go to Nash, Ed "yards md others, and ask them if what I have told rou is not true. When I was taking that 1 ground in South Carolina, Governor Morton, 1 rour choice for the Presidency, tho man who, 1 ? -*? UlAAiln oUimI nnJ ^inrm mfn fllfl VftVlUg LUC LflUUUJf 0JU11 L AUU mw IIUU rery graves of our dead, made speeches at he North, in which he said your people were lot fit to vote, and recommended that the c ranchise should not be granted them for 1 wenty years. I have the speech of Governor 1 Morton, and any of you can see it if you wish. 5 My speeches were also published, and you can s lee them if you desire. Governor Andrew, t ilso another of your Republican friends, took t he same ground- as Morton, and I have his ? ipeech also. These are facts that eannot be 4 lisputed. They are printed documents and i ire now among the archives of Massachusetts I ind of Congress. These are the men who c jrofess now to be your warmest friends?these j nen who would have put their feet upon your iberties for all time." i He was in favor of black suffrage, because s t would give the South a preponderating t veight in National affairs. i At the same time, Morton, in Indiana, i nade a very clear and argumentative speech \ igainst negro suffrage, copies of which Hamp- i ion reads to his black auditors, and distributes t imong them for their edification. I It is now in order for some reformer, who < ihinks the South is occupying too jnnch spaoe 1 n affairs, to start a party having for its car- | linal principle the graceful taking of the ne- i jro out of politics by way of a counter-acting i constitutional amendment. But you may be J ? T1 <1/1am ma'Tahimam orill af<kwf oiiaK a novfv 1 lure UU X1AUGI1 iOlUl UIQi fTiiiaiiHivnuvu w ? They have got too good a thing of it. If the Democracy capture the Nation, it will be through the preponderatiug weight which ne;ro suffrage h?a!given the1 solid Sooth, They' virtually have a gift of the representation arising from eight hundred thousand votes to be?in with. This, of itself, is a fair start toward Washington. THE PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION. We urge the Democrats of South Carolina to the utmost self-restraint, to absolute peace and non-resistance, no matter under , what provocation. The real situation in South Carolina begins to be understood in the North, ind the language of the President's proclamation will not change opinion here. It is very well understood by people who care to know, that there is no insurrection in the state, no "domestic violence," no "combinations against law," no disorder whatever which the Governor, if he chose to do so, could sot easily and summarily put down. What iffort has Governor Chamberlain made to pat lown "insurrection" or "domestic violence7" 1 Sone at all. If such a state of things has i jxiated, as General Grant is made in his pro?- ? amation to pretend, the Governor has had c ibundant time to call the Legislature togeth- c jr; bat he has not done so.1 'He should have * sailed out the State militia; but he has not * lone so. In short there are no proofs of .the 1 ixistence of an "insurrection" in South Caro> ^ ina, or of "domestic violence," or of any ef- F ort of the Governor to find or suppress ? iither. " t There is a good deal of vague talk of "rifle 0 dubs." Suppose Governor Tilden should en- 0 oil all tbe roughs and all the illiterate and 8 guorant population of the State, and none 6 >thers, in tbe militia; should arm them with state arms; and suppose then, in the midst >f an exciting political campaign, he should udd^nly order all the remainder of the citi;ens?the whole of the substantial and intel- t igent class?to disarm, and, if they hesita- ( aH nrrtar whnlefiale arrests bv Federal, mat- t ihals and call on the President for troops? t vhat would be said of such a proceeding? t ifet that is precisely what Governor Cham- I >erlain has done ana what the President abets t lira in. Fortunately, so far, the members of t he "rifle clubs" have quietly submitted to ar- c est. In fact, the whole plan of the Demo- a iratic canvass necessitates peace and order t in their side ; and this is so certain and evi- a lent that the call of Chamberlain for troops fa >as clearly no other object than the hope to fa tir up riot and violence. We trust that the c Democrats will be on their guard and give a >ot the least occasion by their own conduct t or the success of this base seheme. And we d igain advise the colored men of South Caro- <3 ina to vote for General Hampton. He has iromised them equal justice, absolute security t ind fair play, and they may depend on his a vord. C The President's proclamation, made for no t rne cause, misstating the clear and well un- 1 leretood facts in almost every paragraph, or* v lering the dispersion of an ioBarrection which e loes not exist, on pleas which are notoriously p rithout foundation, and threatening to send u o the State not only the regular army but d he militia of the States, is surely too grave ( ,nd dangerous an abuse of power to pass un* 1< totioed by Northern voters. The olanse of o he constitution, under which the President e heltera himself and Governor Chamberlain, fi vidently supposes the Governor of a State a o have attempted to put down disorders be- e ore he is entitled to call for Federal help. It a up poses the emergency to be so serious that i| te would call the Legislator* together for o! onsultation before he appeals .to Washing- tl on, if possible; and for this Mr. Chamber- 1 sin has had abundance of tim*. It sop 1? loses at least actual and notonoos illegal'^ ombinations too powerful for him to pht g own ; but there is not the least proof of any U ombinatioa whatever, except one of the ret- U lectable people of the Stateto defeat Gover* h or Chamberlsfin at the polls. Thereean be b in plea even of resistance on the part of the b; ifie club^ wbicb are for the nort pfi, ifaot ntirely, legal and chartered organizations, "heir members have submitted quietly to ar- ' est, wherevertheyhave been cAildd oh. -The -ei lain and disagreeable truth seems to be that b he President of the United States has been n empt O Carolina for p i h,e purpose of coercing the people to re-elect lim. It is impossible to belieye that so serious ind dangerous a misuse of power for partisan rarpoees will go unnoticed by the voters of he Northern States. Such acts, unites they ire promptly condemned by the people, besome precedents; and if the people of the United States should, by their neglect, allow mch a precedent as this to become establishsd, it would hang as a menace over every slection and would surely soon be misused in i manner to create a general civil disoord. No one pretends to doubt that the people of South Carolina have for many years suffered from public robbery and grave maladminisiration at the hands' of men who used the igjorant negro vote to maintain themselves in power. At last, there, as in Arkansas and in Alabama, even the negroes, or at least the more intelligent part of them, .have become seary of misrule;'at the same time, as in those other States, the Republican party has tecome divided, and one /action array* itself igainst the pasty candidate. By this split the Democrats reasonably hope to profit and to cany the State: 'X hey *re>log their ?nost efforts to do eo, and they deserve, the lympathy of every opponent of .bad. governcent in the North. But in this emergency, irben natural causes save the friends of bonis ty a chance, the Federal power is invoked, ind successfully, to step in to save Ctoverncr Chamberlain from a defeat which he deserves, md which the public good demands. Surely hat is not free or constitutional government What would the people of New York have laid if, when Tweed and his ring were about o be overturned, these had been able to sumnon Federal troops and Federal marshals to wlp them, and had procured a Presidential >roclamation ordering thb: opponents of the ing to disperse 1?New York Herald: LETTER FROM GOVERNOR TILDEN. New York, October 26?Governor Tilfen, the Democratic nominee for President, ias addressed to the Hon. Abram Si Hewitt a etter, declaring bis position in regard to Southern claims. He quotes the fourteenth amendment of the constitution, and , points'to he fact that it has been repeatedly approved >y the Democratic State committees of the fontb, and was adopted as part of the plat'orm of the Democratic National Convention, rhieh declared it to be universally respected is a final settlement. Governor Tilden, after dting his own public declarations on the subeci previously made, says: ' Should I be elected President, the provisoes of tbe fourteenth amendment will; ho far is depends on me, be maintained, executed md enforced in perfect and absolute good aitb. No rebel debt will be parted or paid; 10 claim for loss or e ma nci pa u o n of any slave will be allowed; no claim for anyloseordamtge incurred by disloyal persons, arising from he late war, whether oovered by the foureenth amendment or not, will be recognised >r paid. The oottoo tax will not be reftnded. - - - U ft fll [ shall deem it my doty to veto every dm inoviding for the assumption or payment, of my such debts, losses, damages, chums, or for refunding any soch tax. The danger to the National treasury is not from claimants who tided the rebellion, hat from claims of perions residing in the Southern States, ov. bavng property in these States, who were or pretn hfl, I?r ftp fha fl?ira nl ?iHing their claims, now pretend to have been loy- ""s. il to the government of the Union. Soch slaims, even of loyal persons, when they arise 'rem acts caused by the operations of war, lave been disallowed by the public law of :ivilised nations, condemned by theadiodieaions of the Supreme Court of the United States, and only find any status by force of ipecific legislation of Congress. These claims lave become stid^^nd are. often teiuted. with 'raud; they are nearly always owned in whole >r in part by olaim agents, by speculators or obbyiats, who have no equity against texpayira or the public. n They should in all eases be crutioizea with zealous pare. The calamities o individuals which were inflicted by the late rar are, for the most part, irreparable. The pvernment cannot recall to life the millions of >ur youth who went to an untimely grave, nor lompeneate the suffering and sorrow of fheir datives or friends. It cannot readjust.between odividuals the burdens of taxation hitherto Kirne or of debts incurred by sustaining the, fovernment, which are yet to be paid. It annot apportion anew among our citizens the hanges or loeses incident to military operaions, or resulting in every variety of jbrm rem its measures for maintaining its own exisence. It has no safe general tale bat to let ygones be bygones, to turn from the dead last to a new and a better future, and, on that tasis, to assure peace, reconciliation and fra !i? t?-i ??11 aioniae anil veooo VUHiy UtUWWU Oil OWUVUO| uiooggo nuu f www f oar people, to the end that all the springs f oar proa active industries may be quickened ,nd it new prosperity created, in which the vils of the past shall be forgotten. SA1TCEL J. TiLDEN. CAMERON'S'WARDS 15 ARMS. .... i It is unfortonate for the Preaidentand for he party he represents, that the news of the >ainhoy massacre came upon the very day of he issuance of his proclamation disbanding he Democratic elate and disarming the white >opulation of South Carolina. In the- long ist of sanguinary incidents that have marked he history of the South since reconstruction, here have been few in which either party ould be held blameless. The rape prejudice ,nd hot temper of the whites have often been he bottom of the trouble.^ In other cases, as t Colfax, Vickebarg and Hamburg, there tave been honest doubts as to the respondtility for bloodshed. But as to Cain hoy, acording to present full adyices from partisan nd non-partisan sources, there can be none whatever. Neither charity nor mendacity can aafce the negroes appear in this case as murlered innocents. Details serve only to blaoken the.case of he negroes. The massacre does not prove, s Democratic organs may claim, that all the nlr>r?d nnnnlfl of South Carolina are blood* birsty wretches, who should be exterminated. Inch less does it show, aa Republican organs rill insist, that they are persecuted innocents, ceding the strong arm of the government for irotection. But it does show that the evil v afloences set in motion by Don Cameron's orer and father Taft's opinion and Governor Jhamberlain's proclamation, are having their jgical effect upon the mind of .the .ignorant egro. He is strong in the assurance of govrn ment sanction in whatever he may, do in irtherance of the Republican cause, and once* st upon those whom he is made to believe his nemy, is hot careful as to the choioe of his eapon or mode of ^ttack.It shows, too, that is as cruel to place the whites of South Carlinaat.themercjoffbe,blacks as to place le blacks bound in the hendeof the whites, he remedies presented by the Republican ee*on Bw??t**ii tot p?id;?nd the poor