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BY HOYT & CO. ANDERSON, 1 C, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1876. VOL. XI--NO. 40.
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Washington, D. C, April 13, 1876.
FEARFUL RESULT OF GRANTISM.
We have all become so accustomed to
the: vitiated political and social atmos?
phere we have been inhaling since Grant
has been at the head of government, that j
we have got to be indifferent to it. This
is, perhaps, the most fearful symptom of
the dangerous disease which now afflicts
J;he,A^rican. body oolitic. The time
ment could not hold his place a single
day, in the face of imputations upon his
honesty, unless they were met.and dis?
proved at once. 'And no man, in" 'those
?days," would Save dared to;wantonly and
loosely accuse an official of corruption.
"When' Andrew Jackson became Presi?
dent, it was discovered that Tobia Wat
kins,. 3rd Auditor of the Treasury for
-many years, had, by a systematic altera?
tion of accounts, succeeded in embezzling
$3,000 of Government money. He was
at 0Dce.iarrejt-ed -and (sent to prison Hie
any rtherman accused of felony."' instead
of the power of the Government being
used to defend him, it was used to con?
vict him. To this mode of dealing with
official criminals we must return. It is
becoming more certain, every day, that
the next Presidential contest will be
fought solely on the issue of an honest
Administration, anjivthat the party which
'neglects to "nominate & manv unrftistaka-.
bly identified with Administrative Re?
form will be defeated. Nor can any man
he elected who fails to carry the States of
Connecticut, New York and New Jersey.
All over the country, the Democrats are
discussing these questions with reference
to their bearing on the presidential nom?
ination, with great seriousness; involv?
ing, as they (the questions) do, the aban?
donment of all sectional differences in
order to attain success.
GRANT ON THE BAGGED EDGE.
The Washington organ of the White
House Ring, the National RepubHeart, is
very much disgusted at the disclosures
made by Col. Whitley, implicating Gen.
Babcock in the safe burglary plot, by
which an innocent man was. to have been
sent to State prison, and coolly remarks,
this morning, that the investigations now
going on are "irksome and monotonous."
It is to he hoped they will. become more
and more so for the scoundrels whom the
HepubBcan defends, until the investiga?
tions get to be "really unbearable, you
know." Grant is on the "ragged edge"
now. , These things are getting a little
too. cfosaj and it is,.rumored that he
begins to fear impeachment, unless he
takes steps to dear himself from all re-'
spousibility for the conduct of Babcock
and- Ported - These twio^/distmguishe^
warriors and statesmen have literally run I
the government. It is a fact well known
here that Girant is sometimes .drunk, or
stupefied with liquor, for days together,
and that, at such times, it has been his
habitvtorsigu.paper8~^u^ to^um by
Bab&O* Wmrter1..>wlSo& lowing
theirv contents, and to issue orders of
WhicBJhe did not know the purport^ at
the instigation of the above named
worthies. ? It can be proven:that persons
here have been offered, for certain sums
of money, appointments to various offices
which it was understood were to be/ob?
tained in this way, and in this way only,
from the President, while he was under
the influence of liquor.
SENATOR MORTON'S WILMINGTON PIL?
GRIMAGE.
It has been published extensively that
in compliance with a request from the
ex-Union-soldiera, and loyalists generally,
residing at Wilmington, North Carolina,
Senator Morton has consented to pro?
nounce the oration there on decoration
day, May 30 th. This ml state men t migbjt
as well be corrected at the outset. The
invitation in question came from Gen.
Allen l^th^rford^ho, was.recently, dis?
missed <#om h? (position as Third Audi?
tor of tfife TrekSuiy~ror gross careressWess',
or/something worse, in allowing a fraudu?
lent claim. For some time post, Ruther?
ford has been engaged in l,setting up the
pins'-' for his Mercurial Highness, the
Senator from Indiana, in order that the
latter may obtain the vote of^ the South?
ern delegates to the! Cincinnati conven?
tion^ .It.does not .appear, from Ruther
ford^ettfer^hatiie'writes/in behalf of
any b^y but Timselfi ;It;sIropiy 'spates
that he, Gen. K., would be pleased if the
Senator would consent to deliver the ora-1
tion on Decoration Day, but omits- to
mention that anyone else but himself has j
expressed the some desire. It is almost1
Tinireeesshry^ to say that - the invitation J
Was eagerly accepted, and that the Presi?
dential aspirant from Indiana will deliver I
such an oration as will be calculated to
intensify the affection which he imagines
is borne him by the colored people of the
South. He will never have a better
opportunity to air his famous blood
besmared under garment than at Wil?
mington, on the 30th prox.; and it if
safe to predict that he will improve it.
ABSENTEEISM IN CONGRESS.
An inspection of the various votes
taken in Congress shows that, usually at
least, one-third of the Representatives
and Senators are absent from their seats.
There are 292 members of the House
when every Congressional district is rep?
resented; which is not the case at pres?
ent, since several vacancies caused by
death remain unfilled. It is safe to say,
however, that at least 280 out of the 292
Representatives ought to be in their
seats, prepared to vote on every measure
before the House. The votes seldom
aggregate over 220; leaving 60 absent, or
not voting. In the Senate, a few days
since, the vote on Senator Morton's bill
to regulate the counting of the vote for
President and Vice President aggregated
only 58; fifteen members being absent,
or not voting. On the resolution to
admit Pinchback to a seat in the Senate,
only 61 Senators voted; showing the
number of absentees to be 12. Again,
only 46 Senators recorded their votes on
the bill
REDUCING THE SALARY OF THE PRESI?
DENT
after March 4 next; twenty-seven being
absent, or prefering not to vote. On
Monday last, the Senate refused to con?
sider its previous action, the vote stand?
ing, yeas 25, nays 81; so that now the
bill goes to the House, which will un?
doubtedly pass it. The matter was not
made a party question by the Senate.
Senator Thnrman voted in favor of the
redaction, while Senator Bayard voted
against it. When, subsequently, an aos.
quaintance alluded to his vote, Senator
Bayard said : "When the bill increasing
the President's salary was before the
Senate, several years ago, I voted for it,
?honestly believing that |$25,000 was in?
adequate to the social requirements of
the c position. Since then, I have not
changed my opinion; consequently, I
voted against the reduction." There is:
nothing of the demagogue about Mr.
Bayard; and, when it is remembered
that he is a possible candidate for; the
Presidency, his action will appear all.the
more praiseworthy, as the honest convic?
tion of an honest man. And, by the:
way, speaking of.Mr. Bayard, who is al?
ways calm and unimpassioned in his
utterances, and who is studiously careful;
not to give an aifrbnt to his brother Sen
tors, it was something of a surpise to his
friends, when, goaded on'by "Hole-in
tbe-sky" BoutweU, the hot blood of in?
dignation mounted to his . face, and he
hurled back, as wickedly false, the impu?
tation that he had ever, in thought or
deed, been untrue to his country. Under
the circumstances, however, his indigna?
tion was wholly justifiable, and was so
regarded by the thronged galleries, which
loudly applauded his response to the
Massachusetts Senator.
Plant Cotton.
Plant plenty of cotton, of course; it
always brings the money, and with it you
will be enabled to nay for your guano
that valuable and indispensable article,
without which it would be very. foolish
for any man to try to make a crop. It is
more easily applied, and so' much better
than stable manure, and so little trouble
to procure. A ride to town or the depot,
and the simple signing of your name to a
slip, of paper will be the means of ob?
taining for you all you may desire. Stable
manure and cotton seed are too bulky,
and require so much more labor to apply,
that by many their use is utterly ignored,
and the fashionable, cheap,, valuable
and concentrated guano - has . taken the
place of these old-fashioned manures.
Plant largely of cotton. It sounds big
to talk about your crop of cotton. It
serves to make you interested in the
money market and the price of the staple
both in this country anp in Europe. It
seems to quicken the perceptive faculties,
and cause you to calculate how much
gnano you can buy for so much cotton,
for by. many this is the purpose for which
it is raised; or, it not; it is the only pur?
pose to which the money received for it
cah be applied.
Plant largely of cotton and neglect
your corn crop, because if you make cot?
ton you can purchase corn (on a credit,
and meat, too) but if you raise corn and
a plenty of it, you will have fat horses,
fat cattle, fat hogs, and money in hand,
and then you will be deprived of the
exquisite pleasure of asking for credit,
ana being sometimes refused. This
luxury will have to be dispensed -with.
And do you not desire this?of couse not,
for it is such a delightful feeling to owe
your factors, to be indebted to your
met chants, to know that almost every
man . yon meet has your note in his
pocket, past due, and to be button-holed
and dunned a dozen times a day; it adds
so much to a man's popularity; it is so
soothing to your nerves, so tranqui lizing
to your whole system; gives you such an
excellent appetite,^ and produces such
quietandrefreshing slumbers, that you
cannot afford to dispense with it. Being
in debt is such a glorious feeling, so con?
ducive to health aud happiness; that you
feel it to be your duty to yourself, to
your family, - and to your friends, to
owe, and to do this plant plenty of cot?
ton, for it will be sure to * eep you in
debt, and if this will make you con?
tented, you will be happy indeed. You
can, in-your leisure moments, sympathize
with your neighbor who has a smoke?
house full of bacon, of bis own raising;
a corn-crib-well filled with large ears of
the golden grain, who has plonty of
money and is troubled about seeking a
safe and' secure investment for his surplus.
Go and see him; you can relieve him of
his trouble; your plantation lies adjoining
his, and as a friend, assist him in invest?
ing his money by borrowing it, and give
him a mortgage on your place. What a
satisfaction this will be to you, to
know you have done your neighbor good,
and to know that in a few years he will
have control of all your premises, and
you be relieved entirely from the cares
and responsibilities of ownership. What
a joke it will be to tell how you have
succeeded in making your neighbor with
his corn and his meat pay the taxes now,
formerly paid by you. But then he de?
serves to be punished 'in this way, be?
cause he never was much of a planter:
he only made a few bales of cotton, and
was hardly known out of his district;
but you are a big planter?you
make your hundred bags, and are
known in Savannah as a gentleman
who is always in debt, whose cotton crop
never realizes a sufficient amount to pay
your expenses for the current year. This
is your reputation; do you enjoy it? If
you do, plant largely of cotton. If you
do not like the picture, change your
course, and try to live at home; make
your plantation self-sustaining; plant
corn, raise meat, and let your cotton crop
be restricted to a surplus only, first rais?
ing everything else you need in prefer?
ence to the snowy staple. When you do
this, then a change will come; you will
soon be your own master, and not be as
you are now, and as you have been for
years?the slave of the cotton factor and
the commission merchant. Take advice
while there is time; profit by the admo?
nition before it is too late, and plant
more corn.?Sandersvifle (Oa.) Messenger.
? A life insurance man dropped dead
in Rochester the other day. The worst
of it was that he hadn't previously
swapped policies with' an agent " of the
other branch'of the profession, absolutely
going off without any fire insurance.?
There is a big warning for insurance
men in this thing.
? Lighting struck a tree in Macon un?
der which a colored man had taken ref?
uge the other day, but the latter escaped
unhurt It requires the tact and diplo?
macy, of an able bodied mule to catch up
with* a negro.
From the Abbeville Medium.
PEN PICTURES OF THE PRESS.
--o
SAMUEL W. MAURICE.
Samuel W. Maurice is, perhaps, one of
the most widely known men connected
with the South Carolina Press, and one
of the most deserving. He was born in
Williamsburg county, South Carolina,
on October 29, 1838, and is now in the
forty-third year of his age. He was the
youngest of fourteen children on the
paternal and of seven on the maternal
side, both father and mother having been
.twice, married. At the time of his birth
his father was sixty and his mother
?thirty-nine years of age. Their posses?
sions were small, and it required the
greatest exercise of economy to "make
both ends meet." Even in those old-;
fashioned days. when.there was a dignity
about labor, when the cut and texture of
a man's garments was not: taken as an in?
dication of merit, but when real worth
was the most valuable stock in trade, it
was something of a burden to fill the
months and cover the backs of so. nume?
rous a progeny. The country was Sparse-:
ly settled, the modes of travel primitive'
and burdensome, and the opportunities
for education limited. School houses,
were located at wide distances apart, and
it required the outlay of ? greater amount
of money than most families could afford
to put the youthful mind" uoje^r proper
cultivation. The subject of this sketch
was under, the restraint common to all,
and when fifteen years of age could bare?
ly wiite his name ; Tbut "merit will
mount," and making the most of his ad-'
vantages young Maurice studied hard,
read everything he could get his hands
on, and acquired a rich and varied fund
of information. We may be pardoned
just i here for saying that,' perhaps, the
greatest benefit bestowed upon the world
by the establishment of this "best gov?
ernment the.sun ever shone on" is the
principle that every man. is the architect
of his own fortune, and that wealth, posi?
tion and refinement do not depend upon
any accident of birth or station. The
greatest glory of this nation and her best
eritage to succeeding generations is the
long list of self-made men who have
risen out of poverty and obscurity, .and
given a quickening, undying impulse to
American civilization. But we digress.
When eighteen years of age, young
Maurice assumed the role of pedagogue
and wielded the birch with all the digni?
ty and grace common to that period. He
had a good school and taught with un?
varying success. His manner of teach?
ing was comprehensive and thorough,
and under his control and. guidance his
pupils made rapid progress. After teach?
ing for several years he relinquished his
school, and gathering together his sav?
ings, with a part of the money derived
from the sale of the old family home?
stead, he repaired to the University of
Virginia, Where he. matriculated as a
student of law, the means at his com?
mand not allowing him to take the regu?
lar collegiate course of study. This was
in October,' 1864. In Julj, 1855, after
nine months of the most assiduous appli?
cation, Mr. Maurice returned to his
home, and in the fall of 1856 entered the
law office of Messrs. DeSaussure & Son,
(H. A. and Wilmot G.) in Charleston,
S. C, to complete his study of the law,
and to prepare himself for admission to
practice. In May, 1857, he received a
most flattering certificate to stand his ex?
amination before the Court of Appeals.
This examination came off in May, and
through the -whole of it Mr. Maurice
Eassea with' the greatest credit, without
aving seen the questions to be pro?
pounded and without any private "gerry?
mandering." Maxcy Gregg, at that time
one of the foremost lawyers in this State,
and afterwards one of the most gallant
Senerols in the Confederate service,
irected the examination on pleading
and practice, which was rigid and exact?
ing, and, although it required considera?
ble nerve to stand before suoh a court as
that, Maurice passed through the ordeal
with flying colors, and was admitted to
practice law in the courts of this State.
Immediately after his admission to the
bar, Mr. Maurice went to Eingstree, the
county seat of Williamsburg county, and
there hung out his shingle. When he
landed at Kingstree his prospects were
not particularly bright or encouraging.
He was young and without experience.
He found some eight or ten lawyers of
established practice and reputation with
whom to contend, and had to make good
his claims to-public favor before he could
hope to. achieve, any lasting, success in his
chosen profession. Five dollars in
money, a heart full of "futures" and an
undying determination to succeed made
up the foundation upon which he estab?
lished himself! He took board at twenty
dollars per month, and in less than a
week got a ten dollar case, and thus
began his career. In the management of
this case the stronger points' of his
character were brought to the surface, his
ability was made manifest and the hit so
decided that his office began to be filled
with clients and his desk with briefs. In
partnership with Wilmot G. DeSaussure,
Esq., of Charleston, under the firm name
of DeSaussure & Maurice, he practiced
his profession until the breaking out of
the war, when he threw aside the peace?
ful toga of his profession and made com?
mon cause with his country against the
outrageous usurpations of the Federal
Government. He believed that the con?
stitution of the fathers had been rudely
trampled upon and violated, and with
Eatriotic devotion sustained the actiou of
is State in her formal act of secession.
On January 4, 1861, he entered the
service of the State as first lieutenant of
the "Wee Nee Volunteers," John G.
Pressly captain commanding, under Col?
onel Maxcy Gregg at Sullivan's Island,
in Charleston Harbor. He took part in
the siege of Fort Sumter, which was gar?
risoned by a company of United States
Regulars under command of Major Rob?
ert Anderson. After the capture of this
important fortification, Mr. Maurice re?
turned to his home and organized a com?
pany, of which he was unanimously
elected captain. This company was
known as the "Wee Nee Riflemen," and
did duty at Georgetown with what was
known as the Harl lee Legion. After the
disorganization of this command Mr.
Maurice applied for an appointment in
the Ordnance Department, and stood his
examination at Mobile, Alabama.?
There were fifty applications for appoint?
ments in this Department at that time,
and of the fifty applicants only eight got
through, and of this eight Mr. Maurice,
who stood second on the list. He was
assigned to duty at Mobile under Gen?
eral Buckner, with the rank of captain,
who assigned him to Colonel Smith at
Fort Gaines in the .Gulf of Mexico.
After serving there fir n??e months Cap?
tain Maurice was ordeiod to report to
General Beauregard at Charleston, who
assigned him to duty with General Clerg
man on Sullivan's Island, with whom he
served for four or five months. At the
end of this time he was transferred to
General Ripley, and finally to General
B. H. Robertson, at Green Pond, Adam's
Run, etc., with whom he served until the
capture of Charleston and close of the
war. Captain Maurice was a good sol?
dier and devoted to duty. He obeyed all
commands without complaining, and took
infinite nride in serving his country in
whatsoever capacity he was placed. He
was calm and collected under fire, kind
and considerate to his men, and always
at his post.
After the surrender he settled down to
the practice of his profession to which he
is devoted. He has had no partner in
his legal business since the war, and by
strict fidelity to the interests of his
clients, a cleariand comprehensive under?
standing of tne law, ready and gifted
eloquence, a firm adherence to the line
of duty, he has secured a large,, lucrative
and extended practice. Of the eight or
ten lawyers at the Kingstree bar when
Mr. Maurice first began practice, there is
not now a single one left. Three law?
yers, admitted to practice under the new
regime, alone contest the ground with
'him, and it is a fact worthy of mention
'that he has one side of almost every case
that comes into court. He bos been uni?
formly successful in all of his business
ventures, and has amassed quite a snug
little fortune by his patient and perse?
vering efforts. As an instance of the
prosperity that has attended him, we
may mention that even before the war,
when his profession was not* paying any
heavy dividends,, he planned and built a
house at a cost of four thousand- dollars
without-aid from any one, and that with
the subsequent improvements.the same
dwelling is < now worth more than five
thousand dollars.
Although he has never held any civil
office but that of Magistrate, Mr.. Mau?
rice has taken a prominent part in the
Klitics of his county and State both be
?e and since the war. He has been
and Still is on the1 right side, and cher
' ishes deadly enmity to that class of poli
i ticians who Kave brought the people into
such deep and dire, distress.. His views
are ? strongly conservative, but his faith
in the foundation principles of democ?
racy none/the less marked. He is op?
posed to violence no less than fraud, has
accepted the situation" superinduced by
the' war and its.results, and is extremely
anxious that the Government should be
administered for the good of the whole
people. He was a member of the con?
vention of 1660 which met in Columbia,
after the Charleston convention, which
sent delegates to Baltimore to nominate
candidates;for President and Vice Presi?
dent, which latter convention nominated
Brecken ridge and Lane. He has also
been a member of all the Taxpayers'
conventions which have met in Columbia
since the war, and in all their delibera?
tions took an active and influential part.
He is a member of the State Tax Union,
and one of its executive committee. He
was appointed by the State Executive
Democratic Committee at its late meet?
ing in Columbia to organize the democ?
racy in Williamsburg county, and has
taken the. work in hand with vigorous
and zealous determination. His address
to the people of that county and his
earnest appeals ? through the columns of
his newspaper must carry weight with
them.
' Mr. Maurice has been a ' frequent con?
tributor to the . press of the State under
fictitious names, and has always exhi?
bited great fondness for such work. Of
these fugitive compositions he has col?
lected sufficient to make a volume of
more than one thousand pages. His let?
ters from Saratoga, Kingstree and Co?
lumbia, under the non de plume of "S. A.
M.," have always been very readable
productions. His closer union with the
press of the State 'occurred in October,
1374, when he purchased the office ana
good will of the Kingstree Star, and as
editor and sole proprietor of that paper
has ever since been closely identified with
the journalism of this State. He is a
ready, graceful and polished writer, a
fair critic, and devoted to the growth
and expansion of1 country journalism.
He readily supported the coll for a State
press convention lost year, and at the
organization of the . State Press Associa?
tion in May, 1875, was elected third Vice
President of that body, which office he
now fills, with zeal and ability.
Mr. Maurice is a married man. He
was married to Miss Louisa I. Nelson,
who was born- in- Charleston, raised! in
Kingstree and educated at Columbus,
Mississippi/on January 26, 1860. The
fruit of this marriage has been two chil?
dren?-a son born in July, 1861, who died
in 1862. and. a daughter born in 1863,
who still lives.
To sum up, Mr. Maurice is a pleasant,
perfect gentleman, of fully developed in?
tellect, genial disposition and consuming
love for country. In the social circle he
is the. attractive centre of many smiling
groups?sanspeur et saw reproehe.
. Disappearance of Georgia Lakes.
?A third lake in Lowndes county has
been emptied of its waters by subterra?
nean passages during the last six
months. What is the matter? The
Times has several times alluded to the
fact that Lowndes-county had within its
borders numbers of lakes from ten to five
huudred (and several beyond a thousand)
acres in size, and can it be that these
lakes are all connected with a grand un?
derground water course? It seems so.?
In September last one dried up or run
off, and left bushels upon bushels of .fish
in holes of water about upon the bottom
of the lake. In January another, about
five miles from this, did the same thing;
and now Grassy pond, a lake covering
about five hundred acres, just between
the two just mentioned, has left its mil?
lions of fishes out of water.' About three
weeks ago it was reported that the waters
of this lake were sinking below low water
mark, and every day or two we would
hear that it was still going down.
Last Friday a report spread all over
the country like wildfire that Grassy
pond was low enough to rake the fish out
with nets, and by sun down more than
one hundred people had collected at the
place, some bad dip nets, some cast nets,
and there was one seine in tbe party.?
The first haul with the seine caught
enough trout, jack, beam and speckled
perch to make a "mess" for every one
present. During the night all tbe water
disappeared .and there were millions of
fish left dead upon dry land. Saturday,
next day, the planters hitched up their
wagon and hauled load after load and
scattered tbera in their fields for manure,
and thousands were left at the mercy of
buzzards, hogs and other creatures of
prey. Such quantities of fish and such
destruction has never been known in tbe
history of Lowndes county. No one ever
dreamed that there was half that quanti?
ty of fish in Grassy pond, though it was
celebrated ibr its fine fishing grounds in
the spring of the year. The other two
lakes above mentioned did not run thus
completely dry, and the fish that were
not caught were saved by the water re?
turning in a few days from its hidden
retreat in the bosom of the earth. We
learn that Grassy pond is filling up
again, but it is too late to save tbe finny
tribe. These statements are not at all
exaggerated, and can be testified to by
several hundred people living in this
county, though it is marvellous to all.?
Valdosta [Oa.) Times.
? Rabbits have so increased in Ken?
tucky that hunting them down has be?
come an absolute necessity.
Hon. Montgomery Blair's Letter on the
Presidency.
Washington, March 18,1876.
Dear Sir : I have your letter request?
ing for publication the views expressed
by me in a recent conversation with re?
spect to the pending Presidential contest.
The sum of them was that we ought to
continue the contest as we began in 1872,
when we agreed to forego all other issues
save that of reform in the administration
of the government. The adversary then
struggled and still strives, with the help
of the Hon. Ben. Hill, to keep alive the
issues of the war for the purpose of pro?
longing abuses which, however great, go
unchecked while sectional strife holds the
public mind. We did not carry the elec?
tions in 1872, because we were" not fully
successful in making the issue of reform.
But wc made such a beginning that the
victory of our adversaries has proved a
barren one. We so far succeeded that a
show of investigation had to be made.
The Credit Mobilier fraud, which, though
well known before to all public men,
could not command public attention, now
absorbs it. Spoliation was checked. Jay
Cooke & Co., who had largely advanced
the money to carry the elections, could
not be reimbursed by Congressional in?
dorsement of the Northern Pacific bonds,
and therefore failed. The so-called in?
vestigating committees, organized not to
convict, were experts in finding out how
not to do it, and the departments helped
them assiduously; but the Independent
Press did the work so effectually that a
large Democratic majority was returned
to the present House of Representatives.
Unfortunately, this tide of success, which
assured the reformers of the government,
this year has been arrested and turned
back bv the intrusion into the canvass
lost fall of another issue, of which the
Radicals have eagerly and successfully
availed themselves. And their effort is
to hold on to that issue, and make the
Presidential election turn on the question
of resumption, upon which they have
won, instead of upon the question of re?
form, upon which they have lost the day.
If they succeed in this, the result will
invariably be unfortunate for us. Our
friends having been beaten on this issue
last fall in the States where anti-resump?
tion was strongest, our vote in New York,
even (withoutwhich success for us woulc
be hopeless,) having been largely affected
by the attitude of our friends, in those
States, no rational mind can fail to see
that such an issue would defeat us.
It is plain, from this brief statement
of the situation, that our success depends
upon our ability to reinstate the issue of
reform as the issue of the canvass; and
it is equally plain that this is not to be
done: by resolution, but by such action as
will not only proclaim it, but will of
itself verify it as the issue to all men.
The nomination of Tilden will of itself
force this issue, and make the election
turn upon it. . The friends of other can?
didates object to the nomination of a
citizen of New York and claim the nom?
ination for the West. But Jackson was
not selected because he was a citizen of
Tennessee, or Jefferson because he was a
citizen of Virginia, or Grant because he
was for a short time in Illinois. Selec?
tion on such ground has no political sig?
nificance, and ignores altogether the only
consideration upon which a candidate
ought to be selected, viz.: as the repre?
sentative of the idea sought to be ad?
vanced. My preference for Tilden is
only because his nomination would of
itself force on the issue of reform, which
is our sure card in the pending canvass.
I do not doubt that the other gentlemen
spoken of would prove vigorous reform?
ers, and I have no personal preference
for Tilden over any one of them; but
neither of them is so identified with
"reform" in the public mind as Tilden.
They have either not had the opportuni?
ty, or not availed themselves of it, to
manifest the resolute purpose he has
shown to purge the State of fraud and
jobbing. They have not joined hands
with political adversaries to overthrow
and arraign and convict as criminals the
master spirits of their own"party whilst
they seemed to be impregnably intrench?
ed in the control of its organization, and
have not by such conduct been lifted into
power by the support of large bodies of
political opponents, even against a repub?
lican whose integrity was not questioned,
but who had not manifested the same
zeal in the cause of reform. Nor have
they, after reaching power, so signalized
their administration oy unsparing war on
jobbery.
By this course Tilden has made him?
self, more than any other man of our
day, the representative man of the idea
to which the Democratic party so em?
phatically pledged itself in 1872, and his
nomination would be accepted, not only
by the Liberal Republicans, who then
acted with us, but by thousands who then
held back, as a sure guarantee that the
pledge would be faithfully redeemed;
and his war record and his financial views
would effectually prevent diversion by
false issues.
The active enmity which Tilden has
provoked in his own party serves only to
attest his fitness for the occasion. No
man ever drove more men out of the
Democratic party than Jackson; but no
man ever recruited it so rapidly from the
true men in the ranks of his opponents
at the same time. And this vitalizing
process must be renewed. The curse of
the Democratic party has been its Tweeds.
The strength of its opponents, who use
the government for class aggrandizement,
is derived from vast expenditure, by cor?
rupting the people in one form or another
with their own money, and by misleading
them with false issues. But Old Bullion
never said anything more true than that
"the Democratic party, to be strong,
must be clean."
Tilden is the type of the men who
were honored by the party in the days of
its strength; and his nomination being a
sure bond for a return to their policy,
will insure its return to power.
Yours truly,
MONTGOMERY BLAIR.
Samuel M. Shaw,
Editor Freeman's Jour., Cooperstown, N. Y.
An Amusing Incident.?A few days
since a well known lawyer of this city
was defending a client, charged with as?
sault and battery, in a Magistrate's Court.
The lawyer contended that the accused
on the occasion set forth in the affidavit
was really acting as a peacemaker, and
did not intend to violate the law. "May
it please the Court," said he, "my client
stands before you in the character of a
peacemaker. God himself, amid the
thunders and lightnings of Mount Sinai,
has said, "Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall see God.'" Here some oue
remarked that the quotation was wrong.
It was, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for
they shall be called the'childrcn of God."
The speaker listeucd and then continued,
"Yes/Your Honor, I was mistaken there.
God thundered from Mt. Sinai, 'Blessed
are peace-makers for they shall be called
the children of God.'" Just here some
one else suggested that the words were
spoken by the Saviour in his sermon on
the Mount, and not from Mount Sinai to
Moses hundreds of years before. The
lawyer was non-plussed for a moment,
but quickly replied, "Well, I knew it
was spoken Bomewhere."
Wanted to be an Editor.'
'''Have you had auy experience in the
business?" we asked of a verdant looking
youth who applied for an editorial -posi?
tion the other day.
"Havn't I though ?" he replied as he
shoved one foot under his chair to- hide
?the unskillful patching of a backswoods
cobbler. "I should say I'd had some ex?
perience?havn't I corresponded for six
weeks with the Pumpkinville Screamer t
Hain't that experience enough ?"
"That will do very well," we replied,
."but when we-take young men od our
editorial staff,. we generally put them
through an examination. . How much
are twelve times .one,?",,
"Twelve 1 why any little boy ought to
an?" '?'? '
"Hold on, please?don't be too fast?
who discovered America ?"
; "Kulumbus! Pshaw-,, them questions
are just as easy as?" * '
"Who was the first man ?"
"Adam! why Mister, I know all?" '
"What was his other name'f
? "His other name ? why he didn't have
none."
"Yes, he did. You see that's' where
we've got you. His other name was Eb
epezer?Ebenezer Adam, Esq.J late of
[Paradise. Nobody knows this but
editors, and see to it that you don't tell
anybody?"
r He said he wouldn't. ?>-.???
? "How many bones are there in the
human body?"
"Wellj I forgot now, but I did'know
wunst."
"What! don't you know that ?' Why
there's 7,482,921,44* bones In'Sn ordinary
man. A man that snores has one bone
more than other people/"
"What bone is that?" |'[!:
' "The trombone." It:is situated some;
where in the nose. You'won't'forget
that, will you?" . 1
He said be wouldn't.
"How long would it lake a mudturtle
to cross the desert of Sahara with a small
orphan boy to touch him up behind with
a red-hot poker 1"
"Well, look here, Mister, if I had a
slate and pencil I could figger that out,
but dog my skin if I'm much on mental
rithmetic."
"Slate and pencil ! Did you ever see
a slate and. pencil about a sanctum?
Well, we'll let that question slip. Have
you got a good constitution ?"
"Putty tolerable." j
"How long do you suppose you could
live on raw corn and faith,, and.do the
work of a domesticated elephant ?"
"Lord! I don't believe I.could live,
mor'n'a week.""
"Well, that's about as long as you'd
want to live if you got an editorial posi?
tion on this paper. You appear .to be;
pretty well posted; we shall ask you one.
more question, and if you proye.equal to
it you can take off your coat and-sail
in." ...
.. "Let's have 'er s'quire. I.didnlt cor^
respond for the Pumpkinville Sei earner six
weeks for nothin'. l^et'er come?I'm on.
deck, I am." 1
"Well, sir, if two diametrical circles
with octagonal peripheries should collide
With a centrifugal idiosyncrasy, or,, to
put it plainer, we'll say a disenfranchised,
nonentity, what effect would the catastro?
phe exert on a crys tali zed cod fish sus?
pended by the tail from the homogeneous
rafters of the empyrean ?"
As the full force of. this ponderous
Eroblem broke upon bis bewildered brain,
e slowly dragged his inartistically
cobbled shoe from under, his.chair, and
started from the room. We heard him
descend the stairs, go out, and close the.
door. We then placidly resumed our
duties, regretting that so promising a
youth should have been weighed in tbe
balance and found wanting.?Franklin
Patriot.
The Rnbuh Gap Railroad.
Ever since 1836 meetings have been
held, companies organized and subscrip?
tions for stock started to build a railroad
from Kuoxville to the sea via Eabun Gap.
And yet the road is unbuilt. But the
agitation has never ceased, and such per?
sistency is sure to win^in the long rum
Only last week a Convention, composed
of Delegates from the four interested
States was held at Anderson in South
Carolina, to devise means for. building
the much-needed road. The first Con-,
vent ion of the present series was held
last January in Kuoxville. It adjourned
to meet in Slarcb at' Anderson,'and. now
it is to meet at Charleston May 25. The.
object of the next Con vention, is to arouse
tbe low country to the importance .of.
aiding the project. .....
Tbe Anderson Convention -was. well
attended, South Carolina and ?Tennessee
being strongly represented, i Rabuu
county in this State sent Messrs. Cannon,
Bleckley, Duncan and. R. A. Cannon.
Business reports from each State were
read, and a telegram, was received from
the Knoxville and Charleston railroad
company to the.effect that they .would
commence the survey of their road to the
State line this month, .and would surely
complete it if they could have a guaran?
tee of a connection at the Tennessee
line. ', t
All depends .upon what Charleston and
Charleston's railroad companies are wil?
ling to do towards promoting the enter-;
prise.. Charleston and-East Tennessee
are to be the chief beneficiaries. The
first wants cheap freights- to and fro n
the Northwest. She wants to. tap the
mountain regions of- Tennessee, that ex?
port just what the low country has to
import. East Tennessee-wants a new
market for her surplus agricultural: pro?
ducts and a competing through line to
the sea. These two sections .must build
the road, if it is built, at all, and both
seem to be fully awake to the importance
of pushing it.to completion. While they
have slumbered three routes have been
built through,or around tbe Blue Ridge,
and Charleston at least begins to see that
she must build the fourth or lag in the
race for commercial supremacy.
Georgia is also interested in the con?
struction of the Blue Ridge road, al?
though not to the extent that Tennessee
or South Carolina is. Its construction
would make the extension of the North?
eastern road to Clayton a necessity, and
an easy probability. This would give us
another route to Knoxville, to the coal
fields, and to the mineral and agricultu?
ral wealth of a section .that would deal
largely with us if an iron track were the
convenient connecting link.?Atlanta
Constitution.
? They were sitting together/ he and
she, and he was arduously thinking what
to say. Finally he burst out with: "In
this land of noble achievements and un?
dying glory, why is it that women do
not come more to the front; why is it
they do not climb the ladder of fame?"
"I suppose,"'said she, putting her finger
in her mouth, "it is all on account of
their pullbacks." And theu she sjghed
and he sighed side by side.
? Wc hope the next President of the
United States will have very few rela?
tives. In fact, if he should happen to
be a man who was picked upon a doorstep
it would be a tremendous point in his
favor.'
About Beds.
As we snuggle between the sheets, and
lay our heads on a soft pillow some cold
winter's night, it sometimes' seems as if
nothing but a luxurious couch of this
sort could be worth calling abed. Yet a
large part of the world enjoy no such-ar?
rangements for sleeping and could not
enjoy it if they had it. Oar own ances?
tors reposed in much less luxurious[ fash?
ion.- In Eastern countries people com?
monly spread a net on the flat roof of
their house,.and make that their bed.?
In Russia the top of the stove is the bed?
stead. In both cases the'sleepers do not
undress themselves.
i In ancient Egypt?as still in China
and Japan?wooden pillows were in
vogue, hollowed out to fit the shape of
the head.* But the ancient Egyptians,
while, on account of the beat and ver?
min, tbey preferred bard pillows, and are
said.tohave considered their comfort at
night in the .invention of.spring mat?
tresses. ' They were made bf slips of
bamboo crossed over each other," and
must have been as cool, if not'quite as
soft and yielding, as the webbing of twine
stretched.over a frame, on which the na?
tives of India rest.
' The Israelites used sheep and goat?
skins stuffed for pillows, and in early
times the same for bedding, but their
bedsteads at a later period, at least,, must
have been very" costly. The prophet
Amos speaks of couches of ivory.
Among the Assyrians, and afterwards
among the Romans,.couches of gold and
sUver were pos5essed by, the rich. The
reason for this splendor was partly that
tbe beds were not kept in separate rooms;
but in tbe same room* occupied by day,
and wfereiused'fbr sitting- on; ami reclining
on at meals. At Roman feasts the guests
all reelineti,-an4 sometrrhea each1 peteon
occupied a separate coach. ? :* <<? :--!?>
. The Anglo-Saxon -ancestors.were not
at all refined in their sleeping arrange?
ments. Their beds consisted of wooden
boxes, filled with a bag of straw. In an
old illustrated manuscript there is a pic?
ture of a king going to bed. He has a
crown on his head (a very uncomfortable
night cap,) but has no nightdress. .
. King Henry VIII, of England, is said
to have slept upon a straw-bed, while his
servants lay upon rushes strewn on the
floor of the royal kitchen. The-king's
bed was not what we should .call luxu?
rious; but do much . ceremony was .used
fn going to it that seven chamberlains
were employed in undressing the royal
personage; turning down the bed clothes,
etc., eta. One i ndispensable practice was
to thrust a sword.into the straw to see
that no person was concealed in it.
When feather beds came into use in
England they were regarded as articles of
great value, and it seems comical to us
to find them so often mentioned in wills.
The person to whom a feather-bed was
bequeathed did not usually receive any-,
thing' else; His comfort by night was
provided for, if not his welfare by day.'
-It may be .mentioned in conclusion
with beds, that a. strange superstition
was once common in the South of Eng-,
land, in a belief that a person cannot die
while lying on pigeon's feathers. A dy?
ing person-has often- been removed from
a, feather-bed to the bare, floor/ ander the
notion that, the death-struggle was pro?
longed owing to the presence in ' the bed
of a few pigeon feathers. - In'-England
it is still customary, to surround tbe bed
with curtains. Americans have adopted
the more sensible French fashion of al?
lowing a free circulation of air about the
sleeper.?Baltimore Sunday- .Telegraph...
Tbue Love Gone out of " Fashion.
?The country never possessed so many
beautiful marriageable *yoimg women as
it does at the present time.. And why .'do
we "not have '.more ' marriages? We
answer, because marriage for love is the
exception arid hot the rulc^ The young
people of this age have j^c-ne fashiotTand
money mad. It the' dandy bank ,clerk
who pays one half of his iricomeYbrlward
arid tne other half for clothes cannot im?
prove his condition he will not many. The
shop girl who earns good wages and can?
not be distinguished by tier dress from
the banker's daughter certairily will; riot
plunge irit? matrimony unless. she '.'can
better her Condition in life. If a ma"ri is
fortunate.enough to possess'money,,it
matters'riot how old or ngly'he' iri?y .be,',
hundreds of intelligent, fiands'oine young
women can be found only'too. willnfg, .to
become his wife. Love, is an affejr con
sideratibri.' "They marry'to be 'supported
and dressed extravagantly; How. often
do'we tfear tne"" remark'.*' ""Better.'to be
an' ?ld*m?ti's d?rling'than' a poo? iron's.'
slave.,r ? Alas I too many'of them are/not'
satisfledlobe'darn^gsr Wey .will! per?
sist' fn lovirig other men after 'they are'
married: ^ :: "?' ': ?
Ttcanript be denied th?Ya great' ritim
berof the" unmarried men'*a?e adveritu
rers looking for wives who can keep them'
without working for a living."' The pehce
and contentmeut of.a happy home are
not takeh "info consideration. TQi'ey'&re
willing to suffer a hell upon eartn ifthey
can he kept iii idlerie^'. j jlf our young
people'do riot'abandon fliis extraVag?nce
of dr?ss arid greed for money :dur' c'puh- ?
try will be filled with old ^bachelors and
old maids. We must have hwre genuine
courtships'arid marriages''to ' have ' pros
peri ty aim happiness' in this world. "Too
many marry for money/only to be" disap?
pointed and unhappy.^ the test of their
liy^.-^?Wany'Argus.
Too Much Noise eob the Si^e.?
After a, meet ridiculous and extrava?
gant plea by a young lawyer, in. a trivial
case, an.older lawyer, who .had a .way - of
saying.quaint things, remarked, in open?
ing the opposing side of the case, that this
young friend's elaborate plea reminded
him of the experience ..of a /neighbor of
his who was once engaged in .breaking a
colly and the story- he told -of it was-'in
substance, like this: -
- The colt breaker made his young, son
hide in the bush, while he himself was to
mount the animal and put him at biff top
speed to the hiding place, and., then the
boy was to rush suddenly. out- and shout
'?Boo!" the idea being to prove how well
tiie colt would stand the scare.
Everything was done according to pro?
gramme, but the result was-altogether too
much of. a scare for the colt, who kicked
up his heels and put down his head and
the old man was thrown over it far into
the road on - his head.
Clearing - the dust from his loosened
teeth he made for the boy with the switch
he had cut to. drive the colt, and:with
rage began to dress the astonished young
man down, shouting, "What did you
do that for ?? What did you. do that
for?.'?- > ... . -
.'?But, ..father," said the crying boy,
"you told me to holler "boo!"'
"Yes," said the old man, "but, dang'it,
it was altogether too big a 'boo- for so
small a colt."
? It was in a New Jersey Sunday
school. This Superintendent approached
a youth of- color who Was present for the
first time,, and inquired his name' for the
purpose of placing it on the" roll. The
ood man tried in vdin to preserve his
ignity when the answer was'returned,
"Well, massa calls me Captain, bat my
maiden name is Moses."
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, Earn Your Own Living.
There was a time not so long ago when
it was considered a disgrace for one who
had the feelings and culture of a gentle?
man to earn his own living. But a new
spirit has arisen. Prophets have spoken
their words of praise in honor of work,
aod their voices have abashed into silence
and flippant scorn. "The modern majes?
ty consists in work," says Mr. Carlyle.
"What a man can'do is his highest orna?
ment, and he always consults his dignity
by doing it." .
No doubt in the . bard stress of duty it
is difficult to believe that labor is both
honorable, and, in every good sense, help?
ful. ' When we see people born into lux?
ury and ease, commanding, by a word,
advantages, which, after life long efforts,
we cannot compass, it is not surprising if
a feeling of dissatisfaction should, un?
consciously, creep into the heart, and a
dim conviction spring up that somehow
justice is at fault. Yet, if we took a
larger view we should speedily perceive
that all the advantages are not on their
side. In a complaining mood we may
speak of our "unfortunate lot," which
compels us to drudge on through the
dreary days, never spending a penny
which we had not first earned; but a
wiser outlook would often teach us con?
tentment. Now in laboring even in the
humblest occupations, we are not only
obeying a Divine law. and adding to the
welfare of the world, out we are increas?
ing our own capacity as men and women,
developing qualities that are born by a
wrestling with hardship. It is true that
some persons* in spite of their wealth and
circumstances of comfort, do. display a
nobility of spirit; a strength of virtuous
manhood and womanhood unsurpassed in
apy sphere of-life; but it id because .they
are not content to remain idle, but throw
their energies into some-service for hu?
manity which evokes and trains those,
very qualities which distinguish them,
and that always does enlist the admira?
tion of the world. All honor toi such 1 Yet
the temptation is to many, should I be
uncharitable if I said to most, all the 1
other way ? To be satisfied with those
surroundings in which they are'born, to
let themselves be ministered unto and do
no ministering, to put forth no particular
exertion for any desired object, every one
can see what will: become of ? life like
that. It cannot be developed into any?
thing true and noble, *it must remain
dwarfed, stunted and selfish. But those
who are cast upon their resources, those
who have to think, to labor with hands
or brains, or both, or those who find
every step onward a conflict, and every
step backward a loss, are in a position to
acquire some of the grandest virtues that
can adorn human character. Independ?
ence, seif-sacrifice, calm endurance, pa?
tient waiting?these are the natural fruits
of a life of labor, and they are worth
more than all the wealth on which men's
hearts set their ambition. Remember,
too, that it is not the kind of work that a
man does that is honorable, butthe spirit
which be carries into it, the way ic which
be does it. . It is noc tho work that makes
the man honorable or not but .the man
that imparts character to the work. The
day' 'laborer "carrying his hod honestly
and industriously, giving a fair day's
work for his wages, has a more honorable
occupation than the stock exchange
swindler, who "bears" the market and
speculates to the people's ruin. Tbe
worker is everything, not, may be, in the
estimation of society, but in an essential
reality of things which exist behind these
temporary arrangements and condition of
human affairs.
An" Essay on Fish.?Fish, according .
to the Detroit Free Press, may be divided
into classes?codfish and fresh fish.
The propriety of dividing them into
classes will be at once .apparent when we
reflect that they are usually found in
schools. ... 1 -i
The mackerel is not exactly a codfish,
but he comes so much nearer being a cod?
fish than a fresh fish, that he is for the
present classed with the former.
The jelly fish is, perhaps, the best un?
derstood of all the finny tribe, because,
being translucent, it is easy to see t hrough
him.
The greatest number of fish are eaten
on Friday, and the next greatest number
on Saturday, because those that are' left
over are warmed up for Saturday's break?
fast
The herring is not absolutely a fish;
he is a suggestion of departed fish. But
the strongest suggestions of departed fish
are smelt.. The herring sustains the
same relation to the finny tribe as the
Egyptian mummy to the human race.
Fish are caught by' measure and sold
by weight?that is, they are caught by
the gill and sold by the pound. 'r But they
are sometimes, caught by weight?wait
till you get a bite.
The mermaid and fishwoman may also
be mentioned in this connection. The
former is a good illustration.of, what is
meant by the ideal, and the latter as' fitly
represents the real; ' "'
Many hind - animals are reproduced in
the sea. Thus we have the dog-fish, the
cat-fish, sea-lions and sea-horses, but no
sea-mules. None of the above have hind
legs, and any manner of mule without
hind legs would be a conspicuous failure.
. The codfish is the great source of all
salt The saline qualities of. codfish
permeate aud percolate the vasty deep,
and make the ocean as salt as himself.
Weighed in his own scales he is ' found
wanting?wanting considerable freshen?
ing. He is by nature quite social, his
Erincipal recreation being balls?fish
alls. ' " "'.'?'"* "
The codfish was worshipped- by the
Greeks; but he is only half as well treat?
ed by the inhabitants of Cape Cod?he is
simply, shipped. Hence the difference
between the Greeks and the inhabitants
of Cape Cod. ?
There are many interesting rumors
about fish . which might be mentioned,
but the foregoing facts may be considered
as ol-fish-al.
A Most Singular Centennial
Year.?This Centennial year has been
phenomenal in many remarkable partic?
ulars. The season has been of the most
unusual character. The warmest winter
known for a century. The most terrific
storms of wind, tornadoes, hurricanes, and
typhoons, in all quarters.of the globe.
The most wonderful rain falls within the
memory of living man; causing the over?
flow of rivers throughout ail Europe, at?
tended by the destruction of even whole
cities along the Danube, and immense loss
of human life. Ami now comes a snow
storm of unexampled extent, covering
nearly all of both the American and Eu?
ropean continents, involving indeed near?
ly all the northern hemisphere, in its
white winding sheet; and which, if
sudden thaw ensues, must again swell the
rivers of the globe to dangerous dimen?
sions. What yet remains for the year to
bring forth beyond our great Centennial
exposition and the Presidential election
time alone can reveal.?Cxntinnaii (SStar.
? Somebody wants to know who in?
vented whiskey. His name appears to
have been forgotten. ? This country is
prone to neglect some of its brightest and
greatest men.