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ANDERSON" $C. H., S. C THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1,1872. It eduction in Price 5 The proprietors of the Anderson Intelligencer, grateful to the public for past favors, have conr eluded to reduce the price of subscription- to Two Dollars a Year, invariably in ad? vance, to take effect from, and after this date. We mean to do a strictly cash business in the matter of subscriptions, and our friends will confer a-favor in not asking credit, as we will be com pelled to refuse it Th* paper will be discontinued at the expiration- of the time paid for in every instance, as we cannot afford to send tho paper without the money. Anderson, JutyAMi, 1872. The Anderson Male High School will be resumed on the 12th instead of the 5th inst. Sad Accident. On. last Friday Mr. W. L. HellamE, living near Cen t revill c, accidentally shot himself whilst out bunting with his gnu. The circumstances, as we have heard them, are these: He was moving a pile of rails with one hand, and hold? ing the gun with the other, when the gun ex? ploded, lodging the contents in his right shoul? der. His wound is doing well, but it is feared he will be a permanent cripple. Mr. Hellams was a member of Orr's Regiment, and passed through many battles without a wound. State Reform. Under this caption some of the papers of the State are urging neutrality in relation to Fed? eral politics, and exhorting the people to con? centrated effort to secure reform in the State government We admit that reform at home, in our State affairs, is the great desideratum ; but how it is to be brought about is the great question to be solved. On the one hand, we are advised to go into the ranks of the Repub? lican party, and by our voice and example bring order out of confusion. This the patri? otic men of all political opinions might be willing to do, if they could see anything to be gained in that direction. If they could be as? sured that it would result in good, they could go over to the dominant party without making any sacrifice of principle; for if men pursue a certain line of action with pure motives?if j they do evil, or seeming evil, that good may come of it, then it cannot be said they have been guilty of moral wrong. But we remain to be convi nced that reform would follow by going over to Republicanism, and casting our votes with the party. New converts are not looked upon with favor; they are advised they cannot be trusted?they must be taken on trial, "and bring forth fruits, meet for repentance and in all honesty we must say that the party ?n this shows some prudence. The old mem? bers of the party?those who launched the ship of State upon the billowy deep?do not want any recruits, (except to vote,) lest mutiny may occur, and they be forced to give up the ship. Let us not deceive ourselves that reform is to be effected by joining the Republican ranks at this stage of the political contest. The Republican party must put the reform ball in motion?it must initiate the movement, and the Democrats as a unit will flock to the reform standard. Let the Republican party put forth as candidates for office men who are honest and capable, and who pledge themselves to an hon? est administration of the government, and in solid phalanx the Democratic party will sup? port them. In voting for Republicans who give an earnest of reform, we do not wish to be understood as relinquishing our political opin? ions, for in them we recognize truths that are as permanent as the everlasting hills and must endure to all generations. We maintain that true Democracy inculcates some wholesome truths, without which no government can have any great perpetuity. On the other hand, Na? tional Republicanism, which is but another I name for Federalism, clings to the doctrine of j centralization., which was regarded by Mr Jeffersou and other fathers of the Republic as exceedingly dangerous to republican institu? tions. However, to bring about financial re? form in South Carolina, we need not debate these questions. We ought to rise above old party lines and party prejudices to save the State from utter ruin. Republicans are re? sponsible for the financial wrong and misrule that now exists, and in vain would they deny it With this same party must commence re? form, for the Democracy is powerless, unless so far as its moral influence and censorship will go to initiate the movement. Whether they advocate the cause of Greeley or Grant, Dem? ocrats are powerless, so far as their own effort is concerned, to bring about reform. Being in the minority, they cannot elect State officers, and but few of the representatives in either branch of the Legislature. We must unite with liberal Republicans, if there are any such in the State, when they shall have instituted a j movement for reform. We are certainly more interested in this than in the Presidential elec? tion; but we arc satisfied that want of action in the Presidential election on the part of the Democracy of the State will not amount to anything, for if it does not declare for Grant, it is known that it is for Greeley ; and so far j as State reform is concerned, the Democrats had just as well openly declare their preference. There are men who will attempt to be anything as occasion may require; in other words, polit? ical sneaks, who belong to any and all parties. We say to Republicans and Democrats, that such men are not to be trusted. If they have ifo political opinions and preferences, they have not mind enough to fill any office, either county or State. If they have opinions to suit the company they are in, they are too dishonest to be trusted. So in either case, they are not worthy of support. We are satisfied that po? litical reform will begin to pour in upon us ere the ides of March, 1873. If it come not by the election of State officers*, President Grant (so wys Judge Mackey) has promised to give us a republican form of government in South Caro? lina. We are not informed how the President proposes to bring about this great change, but suppose that he and Congress will commence anew the work of reconstruction ; or that the President will, by his majestic might, speak a new govcrnnicnt into existence in Republican South Carolina. The last view of the case is based upon the re-election of General Grant If, however, Mr. Greeley is elected, then we think the cause of reform more hopeful still, for then the moral atmosphere of Washington becoming pure, will be wafted bitherward, bringing peace, harmony and political safety to j all r^te? and conditions of men. I Editorial Correspondence. Rome, Ga., July 22,1872. After leaving Chattanooga last week, we came down, to Dalton on the morning train, expecting to. remain, in the latter town, only two or three hours. But we found that the trains on the Selma, Rome and Dalton Rail? road were quite irregular, in consequence of the recent freshet, which had washed away bridges and otherwise damaged the railroad, in? terrupting travel and causing persons to lie over at unexpected points. The rain still de? scended, and we looked forward to a gloomy day in Dalton. In this expectation, however, we were destined to meet with an agreeable disappointment. Of course, we sought an in? troduction to Mr. Whitman, editor of the "North Georgia Citizen," aud from him we received a cordial welcome to Dalton and a kind invitation to spend the time under his hospitable roof. His accomplished lady was educated at Anderson, and the hours flew swift? ly away in conversation, chiefly concerning the times when the Johnson Female University was in the height of its prosperity and useful? ness. In the afternoon, when the clouds broke off and the sun threw its radiance over earth, we strolled about the streets of Dalton, meet? ing occasionally with an acquaintance, until the time for our departure arrived. We were favorably impressed with Dalton, which is a town of twenty-five hundred inhabitants, con? taining many beautiful residences, broad ave? nues, and a full quota of churches and schools. Much of the town was destroyed in the Sher? man-Johnston Campaign, yet the present ap? pearance of things indicates rapid recuperation among the citizens. Three railroads are in successful operation, and a fourth in contem? plation. By the way, the Georgians are alive on the subject of railroads, and every town is project? ing some new link in the great system of rail? roads, which has done so much towards rebuild? ing the waste places and developing important interests. These people have thrown off the yoke imposed by Federal reconstruction, and being perfectly free to regulate local affairs, they are striving earnestly to regain their sta? tion as the Empire State of the South. Mate? rially and politically, there is no question that Georgia ranks foremost at this time among her struggling sisters, and not even Texas opens so inviting a field for immigrants, since to the many advantages of climate and soil claimed for the latter, the citizens of Georgia can point with pride to her well-regulated so? ciety and abundant resources of mineral wealth now being recognized for the first time. It may be considered that ours is a prejudiced view, yet the most flattering statements in fa? vor of Texas do not excel the prospects and advantages we have noted in every portion of North Georgia during our recent travels. Em? phatically, this is "a great and growing coun? try," and the people are unhappy unless there is substantial progress in every relation of life, not being content with mere existence and the dull plodding that makes one rusty and inac? tive. Hence, we have so frequently referred in these letters to projected lines of railway, ex? tensive mining operations, the coal and iron interests, public and private improvements of every character, added to the natural attractions of a fertile soil, delightful climate, pure water and an endless variety of beautiful scenery. To crown the picture, we have only to refer with pleasure to the proud, generous and inde? pendent people who inhabit this favored region* and whose energy and vim are apparent on every hand, permeating the whole list of prac? tical, useful and cultivated walks in life, ex? tending internal improvements, endowing schools and colleges, and aggregating capital to the permanent advantage of entire commu? nities. This brings us to remark that in no other lo? cality will the stranger be more forcibly im? pressed with the peculiar characteristics here? with enumerated than in this lovely city of Rome. We have been here several days, and it is our decided conviction that Rome posses? ses the prospect of a most flattering future, while its present prosperity is based upon a sound and solid foundation. The city contains between five and six thousand inhabitants, and there is an universal air of thrift and intelli? gence among the population. Railroad facili? ties are unsurpassed, and besides the Memphis Branch now in process of construction to the extensive coal fields of North Alabama, there is a good prospect of extending the Rome Rail? road (now running from Rome to Kingston) to the town of Gainesville, thus forming a con? necting link in a short line from New York to the Southwest. The Oostenaula and Etowa Rivers form a junction at the lower edge of the city, making the Coosa River, upon which steam boats are plying daily, with Rome as the head of navigation. Iron foundries and rolling mills are doing much to add wealth to the city, and the development of the iron and coal in* terests is daily increasing. Steam flouring mills, sufficient to prepare the immense wheat crop of this region for market, are seeking to give competition to the great flour centres of the West by extending their trade to other States. The city is manifestly enjoying a lu? crative mercantile business, the principal street being lined with stores of every kind and the merchants evidently prospering. The cotton trade of Rome amounts to ten or twelve thou? sand bales each season, while the shipments of flour and corn are of equal importance. Alto? gether, we are more than pleased with this thriving city, which not only has the name, but contains the attractions of a veritable, ac? tive and prosperous city. The streets aro broad and regular, the public buildings and private residences in keeping with the demands of its growth and prosperity, and the compact style of older and much larger cities steadily ob? served in every improvement. The location of Rome is striking and singular, situated as it is between two rivertof considerable importance, while the city rises upon a succession of hills far more numerous than those of her ancient prototype. The peculiarity of this location enhances the beauty of private dwellings, by giving diversity to tastes and impelling inge? nuity, besides inducing a resort to varied styles of architecture. There are many former South Carolinians in and around Rome, and almost every hour since we reached the city it has been our pleasure to meet with them. We have likewise called up? on the newspaper men, and formed the acquain? tance of Mr. H. W. Grady, of the Bail?/ Com? mercial, and Mr. Dwinell, of the Tri- Weekly Courier. Last, but not least, we have been introduced to Maj. Ohas. H. Smith, whose writings are known the world over as the quaint humor of "BUI Arp." He is a quiet, genial gentleman, and talks like other men of culti? vation and refinement J. A. H. Brown and Rice's Mills, Situated near Dorchester Church, in the neighborhood of Belton, better known as Rreazeale's Mills, have been recently refitted w?th comparatively new machinery, aud are now in excellent running order. Being in re? ceipt of a sack of flour from this mill, we know whereof we speak, when we affirm that it makes a superior article of flour. The proprietors are exceedingly clever and energetic gentlemen, and we feel assured they will give full satis? faction to all who will favor them with their patronage. Attention is called to the advertisement of Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, which gives notice of an address to be delivered by himself at thi3 place Thursday, the 22nd inst., on the subject of Agriculture, the State Agricultural Society, the Rural Carolinian, and particularly the Patrons of Husbandry. Col. Aiken is the most earnest and indefatigable laborer in be? half of Agricultural reform that can be found anywhere. The agricultural interest is the most important of all interests, and we urge the people to turn out and hear its ablest advo? cate. For the Anderson Intelligencer. What I Kno About Pharmin'. At Home, Anderson County, ) July 27,1872. J Mr. Editor : Bein* a plain pharmer, not acku8tomed to writin' fur the papers, I skasely kno how tu begin; but I want tu say sumthin, and it seems tu me that I will bust wide open if I don't. I spose this iz the way newly kon verted polyticians feel when about to speak, and so they say sumthin?if it is a lie?before they will bust. Mity pity they don't bust. I see from your paper that editurs have to put their names to sum of their articles?I spose to make people beleve them. At least, Mr. Editur, I seen your name to one peace, in big letters, sumthin about what a newspaper said, that a reporter said, that a polytician said, what you should have said about poly ticks.? Now, Mr. Editur, I think you are a good edi? tur, but that tale cum thru mity onsertin hands, and I don't think I would have ansered it. Ed? iturs is mity knoin' people, and I spose it was best. But mity fu pharmers beleve what poly? ticians or newspapers say about men, whether it's good or bad, fur most of us think they are paid to say it. It may be that we are all rong about it, but they git lots of money sumhow. I spose they say South Caliner is agwine to go fur Grant sertin, and it may be so; but if it is so, I don't see why the big men are making so many speeches to try to git niggers and us ignorant pharmers to vote fur Grant fur. It looks sorter crawfishy to me, and I blcvo they are afeerd Grant won't carry the State. Hope he won't be 'lected by South Caliner's vote, fur he's got most of the State fust pull; and what little's left Scott's agwine to take with him when he goes?provided, if he ever. goes. If I was the meanest nigger in the State, (I mean cullered white mau,) I would be above not votin fur Greeley, the man what made the nigger what he is. I heerd one new polytician say that Mr. Greeley didn't hav no ability; and that all he dun was to ware a white hat and sorry clothes, edit a good nusepaper, kno all about pharmin, go to mcetin on Sundays, be? have like a gentleman, git all the laws passed by Congress, &c., &c.; and yit he sed he wus nobody. I spose he thort we wus a set of fools, and I thort so too fur listenin' at such a fool speak. If such men are smart, they don't keep company with Mr. Varacity, (mity good word,) that's the greatest of all. It always has been, when Mr. Varacity wus trod down, he got up agin, and he always will. Them that's tried both sides say Varacity's side is the best in the end. I spose thar's more reddy money on tother side. I see we've got lots o' candidates fur offis in our county. Offises must pay, or sum of these noble and worthy men are very self-sacrificin' fur the country's good. Sum of them, who've served the country one term, are willin' to serve agin. But I'm afeerd they wouldn't bo so willin' to serve the country if wars and rumors of wars wus to cum. I spose most of 'em want cuffy to vote for 'em, and the last devil of 'em says he was always a frend to cullured persons, and rite then hates 'em worse nor Ole Scratch. All they want is oms. Mr. Editer, thar's one thing I wanted to ax you about, and that is how smart the Radicals are about the niggers' edication. They open a school and then close it, and promise a heap and do mithin. Now, all this is to make be? leve and do nuthin. They don't intend fur the nigger to be edicated; fur if he wus, I tell you these-(call 'em what you plese, fur editurs don't publish cusb words,) would have to leave. Now, we don't mean all the candidates, fur thars some good ones; but ole Tray caught thunder fur bein' in bad cumpany. I've been lookiu' fur a long time to see who all was agwine to run fur the legislatur. Jf Mr. Scott stays at the head of things it don't make much difference. I spose them what wants to go are waitin' to see if they will be taken in the nomination wagin or have to foot it Hope they'll take the gravel train, slow freight and heavy load. The niggers about me are not agwine to vote for a man unless he makes sum promises. 1. To own up what he steals and keep it all. 2. Always to he absent at votin time. 3. To keep as nearly always drunk as his constitution will permit 4. As we can't shoot birdsln the summer, he must go fur appintin' sum one to drive the cussed whip pcrwills from the house so workiu' people can sleep. They want to kno their notions about these things afore they vote. Thar's no dout about the peeplo votin' fur Greeley in this cuutry, fur wc want peace and plenty. Now, Mr. Grant says we hav peace, but it must be the peace which passc? under? standing fur we can't understand it He Bays we hav plenty, and I spose he means plenty of abuse and taxes ; but noboddy loves these. Now, Mr. Editur, we want a peace we can comprehend and enjoy, and a plenty that will make us prosper. Mr. Greeley can do us good, and he's agwine to be President just as Bhore as you're an editur, and the cuntry will rejoice. The niggers, too, will vote fur him. They kno about the man what done most to make 'em voters, and jurors, and sich like, Gov. Orr, Judge Murry, DeKalb Wilkes, Mr. Murdock, &c, to the contrary notwithstandin'. Now, Mr. Editur, I must quit, and if you don't like my letter, jist thro it away; fur, as the feller said to hi3 sweethart, I writ it fur you. When you think of rae, say "three churs fur the men who can beat Grant and party, and unite with good peeple cverywhar on any fit men fur A CHANGE." For the Anderson Intelligencer. Erskine Male and Female Colleges. From the 4th to the 11th instant the com? mencement exercises of Erskine and the Fe? male College at Due West furnished to the thousands who had congregated there in the interest of these institutions one of the finest and most intellectual entertainments it has ever been my good fortune to hear. The kind? ness of the professors, the civility and gentility of the students toward all persons cannot fail to inspire the best wishes in behalf of these institutions by those who are lovers of learn? ing, true politeness, government and order. No parent or guardian need hesitate for a mo? ment to send his child or ward to these insti? tutions. To do so, is to have them well edu? cated in all the branches usually taught in Colleges, and what is of equal importance, well taught in good manners. I know of no institution where a young man or lady can be so well and thoroughly educated, not only in books, but in moral training, for less money than at Due West. We were delighted to meet with several stu? dents from Anderson County, among them C. C. Simpson, E. P. Clinkscales, M. B. Clink scales, R. A. Reid, H. G. Reed and Alexander E. Norris. Of these C. C. Simpson, R. A. Reid and R. P. Clinkscales graduated, and H. G. Reed, in the Freshman class, received the medal "for the best general scholarship." We wish the graduates from our county great success in life, and our well wishes are with the young men who still remain, and our regret is that more of our young men are not sent to this deserving institution. The Anniversary Address, delivered by Hon. John Y. Kilpatrick, from Selma, Ala., was indeed interesting aud instructive, and did much honor to the institution and the speaker. Our best wishes go home with him. The ad? dress delivered before the Female College by the Rev. Mr. Capers was profound and im? pressive. We were happy to meet with many of the old members of the Rifles. May God bless them. We also met the Chaplain of our old regiment, Rev. Mr. Sloan, who lives some twenty miles south of Abbeville C. H. We were glad to shake his hand, for in his bosom beats a true, warm and devoted heart. Pro? fessor William Hood has our thanks for his attention and kindness to us. M. -? ? ? For the Anderson Intelligencer. Mb. Editor : The writer had the pleasure of attending an examination and exhibition at the School-house of Mr. Thos. N. McMullen in Hart County, Ga., on Thursday, the 25th i inst. Arriving at the Accademy at a late hour^ 1 did not hear but little of the examinatiou exercises; but from what I did hear, am pre? pared ? to say that it was highly creditable to both teacher and students. After the examin? ation closed, at about one o'clock, a recess was taken, when the contents of baskets were spread out in the cool shades, and dinner an? nounced, much to the satisfaction of all pres? ent, if I can judge from the readiness with which they gathered around the plentiful feast. Soon after dinner the exhibition commenced? speeches, compositions and dialogues being the order of the evening. These exercises were highly creditable to the School, satisfactory to the patrons, and interesting to the audience. A short and appropriate valedictory address closed the exercises of the day. Our Georgia neighbors are always hospitable and fully alive to educational and other enter? prises. The beauty and wit of Hart was well represented at the exhibition on the 25th. The County of Hart, as you all know, was named in honor of the Revolutionary heroine, Mrs. Nancy Hart, whose name will be as enduring as old Savannah herself. The poet Anacreon said "every liviug creature had some weapon of defence," and alas! woman has beauty as her weapon. The ladies of Hart are par ex? cellence in this regard, at least so thought a CAROLINIAN. A Miraculous Escape.?One of the most wonderful escapes from sudden and seemingly inevitable death of which we have ever heard is referred to in a recent issue of the New York Times. It occurred on the Hudson River Rail? way, one night last week, and the person was one James Carter, of Houghsonrille, New York, who was walking up the road on the down track by night, about a mile south of the New Hamburg station. On his back he had a trunk. Suddenly a train hove in sight, thun? dering down the track on which Carter was walking. It was an extra freight train, and moving very fast. To see the red glare and to hear the crashiug advance of the engine was the work of one moment; in the next Carter had leaped for safety upon the other track. As he jumped upon the track, the Pacific express came rushing along upon it at his back, run? ning at forty miles an hour. The engineer saw Carter, shut off steam, and whistled "down brakes." But it was too late. The speed of the locomotive was hardly slackened when it struck the poor fellow, and' he and his trunk were flung twenty feet in the air. When he fell, it was on the fore-part of the engine, his clothes catching in what is called the draw bar, his body not striking any part of the locomotive at all. When discovered, he was laying across the iron bars of the "cow? catcher," with his head down and his feet up, the head being within two or three inches of the rails. The train dashed furiously on, Car? ter continuing to hang in his perilous position uutil it reached New Hamburg. He had been seen by the firemen in the meantime, and one of them had crawled down the engine and seized his clothes, clasping with the other arm the flag-staff. At New Hampshire the train stopped and he was taken off. He was insen? sible, but soon revived with simple remedies, and was found to be absolutely unhurt. There was not even a scratch or abrasion of the skin. An Artificial Man.?Paris journals tell of an unfortunate, but artificial man, who late? ly arrived in that city, and who reminds one of that lively sketch of Edgar A. Poe's, en? titled General A. B. D. C. Smith. The poor man was a fireman for a steam engine, and two years ago was horribly mutilated by the explo? sion of the boiler. Saved by the skill of an English charlatan, the victim is thus furnished with at prcHent: One wooden arm and two wooden legs, a glass eye, a nose made from the skin of the forehead, a silver jaw, a palate com? posed of a bit of caoutchouc, aud a stomach consisting of a sort of truss. As this man is a legitimate curiosity, and being without re? sources, he has resolved to place himself in the hands of an exhibitor, who will make with him the tour of all the capitals of Europe. ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE. I ? A tliree-ton sea lion has been killed on the coast of California. ? Every Democratic journal on the Pacific coast has accepted the Cincinnati ticket. ? Edwin Forrest, the eminent American tragedian, has been dangerously ill for some time past, but is now in a fair way to recover. ? Matthew Finley, of Council Bluffs, gave a debtor two fearful thrashings and paid three fines, in the effort to collect a small bill. ? A Pekin (111.) woman became so enraged in a dispute about a borrowed umbrella, that she went into convulsions and died. ? An inquisitive Iudianian placed an ob? struction on a railway track in order to see how high a locomotive would jump when going at full speed. ? Seventeen hundred gallons of whiskey were destroyed by lightning, in an Indiana town the other day, but it was a pretty even tussle betweeu the two. ? Since the street sales of newspapers have been permitted in Paris, the aggregate circula? tion of daily papers in that city has increased 100,000. ? Mrs. C. H. Ballou, of Saranac, Michigan, weighs 678 pounds, and a child of E. Simmons, of the same place, one year old, weighs 2\ pounds. ? The despondent looking man who sudden? ly started, on seeing new apples for sale, and cried, "Now, my children shall have bread," was a doctor. ? A chicken hatching apparatus, worked by steam, is in operation at Elgin, 111. The first batch of eggs was cooked by turning on too big a head of steam. ? It is estimated that the population of the country fifty years hence will reach 160, 000,000, while in 100 years it will exceed the population of the whole continent of Europe. ? Chief Justice Chase's health has suffered much from a recent attack of chills at Narra gansett Pier, where he is passing the summer with his eldest daughter and her husband. ? The newly married man, not a hundred miles from the Riverdale Church, who chased the "spotted cat" from his hen roost, the other night, has buried his clothes. ? Always be sure that a dog is mad before you kill him. The best way to make sure of the fact is to let him bite a few people and see whether they have the hydrophobia. ? A Bloomington baggage-master found a pocket-book the other day containing $80, and returned it to the owner, who magnanimously refused to receive all but $79 of tho money. ? Two daughters of Robert Hicks, of North Carolina, were graduated on the same day, en? gaged and married on the same day and by the same minister, and professed religion and were baptized on the same day. ? A young lady in a Peoria Church became sea-sick on Sunday last from the effect pro? duced by the continuous swaying of fans all around her. She had to be taken from the building. ? There is a man in Randolph County, Mo., who has a foot so large that his shoes are 17J inches long and 17 inches around the instep. An ordinary pair of summer shoes for him, weigh 5 pounds. ? Montreal young ladies do not wear wat teans or polonaises or long trains, and ten yards will make a dress iu that savage land. It is j hard to make them believe that it takes 176 yards to make a dress elsewhere. ? The report that there was but one daugh? ter still living of any of the siguers of the Declaration of Independence turns out tu he untrue. Two daughters of Elbridge Gerry are still living in New Haven,-Connecticut. ? A girl at Osage, Iowa, whose ears are grown up, has no method of hearing except through her mouth. When a young man is talking she keeps saying "Yes," for fear lest he might propose to her and she not hear it. ? A man named Randall, of Brandon, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, had a busy week of it. He had three teeth pulled, his wife had a baby, his bees swarmed, and he had a camp meeting in the woods on the butt end of his farm. ? It is taking an unfair advantage of fish for a lazy angler to throw aside his hook and line and take to nitro-glycerining the harmless fel? lows. But the Kentuckians do it sometimes, and one pound of it hoisted eighty-six at one explosion?big fish and little fish all went the same height in the air. ? The convict Francois, Governor of La Ro quette prison, now under sentence of death as an accomplice in the murder of the Archbishop of Paris and other hostages, was married in Versailles prison a fortnight ago. The object of the ceremony was to legitimatize a child by retrospection, which French law, like Scotch law, allows. ? A Pennsylvania paper states that a table spoonful of quicksilver was lately found in an old grave in York county, supposed to have been taken by the dead man during life, in the form of blue-mass as medicine. This is a tough story to believe, but they must have practiced medicine with heavy doses iu that neighbor? hood, some years ago. ? Attention to agriculture in South Africa is following the discovery of the diamond fields, just as it followed the discovery of gold in Cal? ifornia. It is now stated that the new district which England has just annexed is unrivalled in the richness of the soil and of which only a very small portion has hitherto been cultivated by the Butch settlers. ? A warning to careless parents is given in a singular accident at Jersey City. A child was sent to draw a bucket of water. The little girl could just reach up to the lattice-work sur? rounding the well, ana having filled the buck? et, drew it to the curb, and put her head through the lattice. The handle slipped, and the revolving windlass struck her on tne head, and scattered her brains at every revolution. ? A New York gentleman has a couple of blooded mares between whom a strong affection formerly existed. Recently, however, while being driven together, one of them made an awkward step and cut the other on the ankle. On being unharnessed the injured attacked the other with great fury, and now their owner hardly dares let them come within sight of each other. ? Here is a paragraph from a foreign jour? nal which goes to explain the effectiveness of the German army : "Sixty young officers have been dismissed from the Prussian army. They had obtained their commissions during the war for bravery in the field, and without having passed the ordinary examinations. They are now cashiered for not having succeeded since in acquiring the necessary qualifications for passing." ? A German adulteration has been recently reported which deserves to rank with the in? vention of wooden nutmegs. Some green Rio coffee, when prepared in t)ie usual way, yielded a decoction of such peculiar taste that a close examination was instituted, which showed that more than one-fonrth of* the beans, though re? sembling the coffee bean externally, swelled up when moistened. They were formed of bread, pressed into form, and colored. ? According to the Avenir of Rennes, at oue of the recent fairs held at Chateauneufsur Cher, a farmer sold an ox to a butcher, who paid him the price agreed in bank bills. The animal with a single stroke of the tongue licked up the bank notes from the hand of his owner and swallowed them. The seller, therefore, re? fused to deliver the ox, alleging that the buyer ought to bear the loss of the swallowed bills.? The case, according to the Avenir, is yet to be decided. ? In St Paul, a young man treated his sweetheart to the circus, and accidentally got separated from her. After searching distract? edly for half an hour, he discovered his adored imbibing lemonade with a rival. Jerking off his coat, he was soon engaged with his hated enemy in a rough and tumble fight The dam? sel looked coolly on as they gouged each oth? er's eyes, and finally remarked: "Fight it out, you chaps; I am going with the feller who'll take me to the thow to-night." A Card. Mr. Editor : Tho position taken in ray remarks at An? derson on July Cth, lias induced several gentlemen of this County, heretofore friendly to me, in a spirit of fairness that I profoundly respect, to ask of me a personal expla? nation of my motives iu mentioning "social equality be? tween the various races in the United States," and a defi? nition of my own idea of its connection with the princi? ples and aims of the Republican party. In my hastily framed remarks on the 6th, I advanced this proposition, which is the ODe, no doubt, referred to: "The black citi? zen of the United .States has a right to claim exact equality with the white, both politically and socially." I did not say I favored further civil laws to accomplish this end. And I don't. I did not favor the passage ol the Civil Rights Bill in this State. It was a measure only ex? cused by the contemptible manner in which our colored representatives were treated on the South Carolina Rai)-, road, and by other public carriers, based on the ancient proposition that "a negro lias no rights which a white man is hound to respect." Neither did 1 say that white people were bound tu mingle or mix with colo'red people any more thau their mu.ual Tastes and consciences happened to ap? prove. Thai . as nothing to do with social equality, or any other kind of equality. But when they do associate with, them, I think they ought to do it with consideration and respect. If it be true that the white man is the superior of the black, as regards the gifts bestowed by God, or by education, or both, it is no less true that he holds those gifts in trust for the advantage of his weaker brethren. Christ the Lord was the superior of all men, and both bis life und precept* teach us?"He that would be great among you shall become your minister." "Minister" means ser? vant. "Servant" is the true translation of both Greek and Syriac. The service you can render the colored man is the only claim to Iiis special recognition of your superiority that he or the history of these times, when written, -fill ever yield you. 'Tho proof of the pudding is the eating," and the only social distinctions likely to hold out through this century will be based upon the value of men to their fellows. And if you hold a different doctrine to that just written, and have respect for caste, I cannot see that yon are doing more or less than I am?exercUing your taste. It doesn't involve putting your thumbs under your arms, and swaggering out the idea, "Behold the great Caucasian." When Washington was reproved in Philadelphia for rais? ing his hat to a black man he passed in the street, he ob? served, "Would you have me exhibit a poorer sample of good manners than a negro ?" That's a social pride worthy of emulation. When you deny to a colored man. as such, the consideration or the respect you give the white, you are making a social distinction that invites a contempt for yourself. It is not necessary for you to eat with hfin, or to sleep with him, if you don't want to. But it's no in? dictable offense to do it. On general principles, I favor the opinion that the intimate mingling of the races, for years at any rate, would result in more evil than good. In fact, the essential difference between my own views and those held by most South Carolinians who differ with me at all, may be summed up thus: I think the colored man ought to bo treated with reserve, and with considerate respect, as an equal fellow-man. They think he ought to be treat? ed with familiarity, coupled with sufficient condescension to remind him that he's hopelessly a nigger. Equality don't mean mixing. Where a railroad has equal provision for colored people and white, the former don't exhibit any disposition to intrude on the latter. And at the same time, if a white man and his friend, who> happens to he black, should desire to travel together. I suppose the colored people will for some time yet be polite enough to permit them equal privileges in their car. But in the whole matter of civil rights, as at present legally defined, there is no wrong principle ; and if any portion of either class object to its application in the exceptional casts that occur, I think they ought to move to a more con? genial climate, and permit peace to reign here. To such, the war has been as the nap of Sip Van Winkle. We havo moved out of their century. What bearing has this upon politics ? Just this: Now that the colored man is a voter, it is very essential that he should have access to the opinions of his fellow-citizens, in order that he may be able to judge correctly of the is? sues he controls. He must have confidence also in his Identity of interest with those he admits into his counsel. If any'man regards hint as a usurper of civil rights, ho will distrust him. If the general tendency of society is to ostracise him, he will, like other outlaws, hold communion with his friends. The man that treats him with respect is the man that ho naturally leans to; and he feels, as I know, that white men must respect his manhood in order to have power to elevate it. I'm not going to say what particular ambition I cherish. When I was six years old, or thereabout, I intended to ultimate as President. It wouldn't be modest to announce myself a candidate yeL however, even for the next showing after Grant. But If I can be of any service in drawing the lines of principle which He between opposed parties in South Carolina, and thus assist in bringing about that harmony of action and pur? pose between parties, separated, as they are, solely by a distinction of class growing out of the false aud unnatural social system founded upon human slavery, and which ought to have been buried with it, I shall have made such a use of my not very transcendant talents as God will not utterly condemn, and my fellow-men ought to be thankful for. Because, either must a principle of social law, per? fectly impartial, and recognizing all that enlightened Ke publlcauisni demands, now be adopted as the standard of public opinion in South Carolina, or issues really past, and which can have no part in the progress of to-day, will stick, like the mud of Georgia clay banks, to our wheels of Stat*. and all theOrr-ses or the South and North together won't be able to pull us out of the slough of despond. Respectfully, WM. N. MURDOCH. Forney on the Columbia Ring.?The first ami guiltiest of the seceding States, South Carolina has been the most unfortunate and worst punished of them all: but the punish? ment has been greater than she deserved. Since the war closed and the military government was superseded by the civil authority, she has been at the ra^rcy of a more rapacious gang of thieves than the Tammany of Tweed. A cor? rupt Ring have wantonly wasted and appropri? ated the revenues of the State, and, while its people of all classes are to-day the most im? poverished in the country, these men are among the wealthiest. The extent of their stealings reaches millions of dollars and covers a period of many years. The crudest feature of the whole unfortunate affair is that the tax-payers have no redress.? The colored people are in a great majority and are completely under the control of these ras? cals. Their votes perpetuate this infamous rule, and have embittered thousands of white men in the State disposed to be fair to the col? ored men. The consequence has been the Ku Elux and a vain attempt at the restoration of the white minority through assassination and intimidation of the blacks. We deplore, but do not apologize for, this condition of affairs, the end of which we can? not see. It has made the name of Republican? ism synonymous for plunder in South Carolina, and ii ought to be a warning for us of Penn? sylvania not to elect to offices of honor and trust incompetent or dishonest men. The whole of South Carolina's troubles since the war date from the election and re-election of men simply because they were Republicans, and not be? cause they were honest and fit.?Philadelphia Press. Grant's Attempt to Bribe Schurz.?A special dispatch to the New York Herald, dated Raleigh, N. C, July 24th, says: Mr. Schurz left St. Louis last night and is now on his was to fulfill his speaking engage? ments in North Carolina. The overtures mentioned in his speech were made to him by General Pleasanton, while Commissiouer of Internal Revenue. He met Pleasanton in New York, where the latter told him, in an interview sought by Pleasanton, that if he would support the St. Domingo scheme all the patronage of the Administration in Missouri would be transferred from Drake to himself. More than that, he could have any foreign patronage he desired. Schurz asked him if he came accredited from the President, and Pleasanton answered that he did, fully. Schurz declined to consider it, but when he got back to Missouri, seeing that the question of the annexation of St. Domingo was likely to become a serious point of difference, he wrote to Pleasanton, asking him to state more fully the overtures made verbally in New York. Pleasanton answered the letter quite explicitly, and it is this which can be produced. At that time Pleasanton was in high feather with the Administration, and fully possessed its confi? dence. The letter will be made public in North Carolina, as Schurz has it with him. Rebet. Archives not Sor.n by ''Gen." George A. Pickett.? To the Editor of the Tribune?Si r : Your Washington correspou dent, in his letter of the 23a ult.. makes a statement calculated to wound the feelings of one who, with other Southern Democrats, has joined hands with the Liberal Republican par? ty, in the hope that, with honest Horace Gree ley as a leader, we may be able to drive the thieves and money-changers from the national temple. Alluding to the recent sale of the Confederate State papers, recently exhumed in Canada, your correspondent states that the 75,000 pieces of silver were paid by Mr. Secre? tary Boutwell to Gen. Pickett. Now, there was but one Gen. Pickett in the Confederate service, and that was George A. Pickett, now in Richmond; and he is not of the sort who can be hired to dig up fresh fuel to light the expiring flames of sectional animosity. H. G. Skinner. ? rutting nitro-glycerine at the wrong man's f door-step is the result of an intended practical joke at North Adams, Mass., last week. The I rascals wanted to frighten a State constable, I but he happened to have changed his boarding house. Re-tilt: The wrong man scared, and I the front of the house severely damaged.