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Agricultural Hall?The Kind of Ex? hibits to be Fouud In It?Great Britain, Japan, Holland and Brazil Described?Centennial Notes?Oar Correspondent Disappointed. Special Corretpondence of the Anderson Intelligencer. Philadelphia, June 15,1876. For the past four weeks we have been wandering about through the Main Hall, - crammed to repletion with all sorts of indescribable beauties and .wonders, ' gathered from the four quarters of the earth and the scattered islands of the sea. S Marvelous indeed are they?wonders such as few Of us can expect to see again ?but here is an exhibition of over three hundred buildings, many of them worlds in themselves, containing vast stores of wealth, and grand contributions of genius which must be seen Sat cannot be de? scribed. Buildings whose names afford not the slightest indication of the treas? ures they possess, or the uses to which they .are applied, and the character I here give, applies particularly to the Agricultural Department, a department too little appreciated and too little known, and .the ...treasures: of which-have been neglected by the great mass of Centen? nial visitors, many of whom pass whole days in the Main Hall and Art Gallery, admiring pitchers and vases, meerschaum pipes, silverware, statues and paintings ?things entirely beyond their reach, and which they can never hope to possess. The building itself, when seen from' the distance, looks like some old abbey, being in the form of a cross, and all of its cupolas, steeples and turrets are sur? mounted by crosses, which give it quite a religions and respectable appearance. .The building is about eight hundred and twenty-six feet on .each of its sides, and contains within its walls as mach of in? terest as any other building on the grounds. It is a positive relief to get away from the glittering gewgaws and things that surround yon in the Main Hall. There everything is suggestive of the most extravagant luxury, wealth and ease, the-surest index of a nation's ruin. The richest of silverware, the costliest of carpets, the rarest works of art, laces and jewels are around ,you on every side. Everything about yon tells of wealth and ostentation, but the moment yon step into Agricultural Hall you are in another world. Tour eyes are no longer tortured by visions of wealth away beyond your reach and unpleasantly reminding you of the multitude of grades above you, for while" there is wealth untold within this mighty building, you feel that it is among the possibilities, that part of it may one day be yours. Here are no jewels, no gold, no silver, no diamonds, ' - but .the square products of hard and hon? est top, the fundamental elements of indi-' vidual success and the primary sources of a nation's wealth and greatness. When most people think of Agricultu? ral Hall, who have not visited it, visions of huge purupkins, gigantic cabbages, enormous beets and extraordinary pota? toes immediately float before their dis ored imaginations, and you will be some what surprised to learn, no doubt, that there is not one of the articles I have named, to be found within the Agricul? tural Building, if I except a half dozen dishes of potatoes left there by some am? bitions amateur about two weeks ago. It is not only the products of agriculture in tne way of cereals and seeds, bat by what may seem a strange misnomer of classification, many things are so remote in their relationships, that it requires sometimes pretty acute knowledge of logic to observe its particular bearing on the business of agriculture. In one por? tion of the hall is a gigantic staffed giraffe. Two countrymen, the, other day, went up to examine him. One said, "Joe, I don't see what that thar critter has got to do with agriculture.'' "You don't," replied his friend, "Why any fool could see that that beast was an agricul? tural production. Now ain't grass an agricultural production, en don't he eat grass and yarbs and cocoannts, and ain't them agricultural productions; and ain't he staffed with hay, and ain't that an . agricultural production; in coarse it is." And so he walked away. Locke himself never arrived at as logical a sequence. As you eater the south door, you realize the difference between the building you are in, and all you have seen before. On the left-hand, as if guarding the portals, is the wine exhibit of Sohnlien of Rhiems. Monster bottles crown the gates, such as the Titans might have used millions of years before the present pigmy race was thought of. What mighty draughts these ponderous bottles suggest?down throats like rolling rivers, and into stomachs like boundless seas? they seem to tell of exbaustless plenty which laughs to scorn all thoughts of economy or thrift, and cries out, "Drink again, drink again, and keep on drinking till doomsday rings. You can never, never, drink me dry," and reminding you of the old drinking song, "Oh that a Dutchman's draught might be, Deep as the rolling Zurder Zee." That there may be no partiality in the way of drinks, while the left portal is guarded by Rhenish wine, the right is flanked by good old Irish whisky?where \ it stands a wholesome warning to all cru? saders, and a fountain of delight to all lovers of mountain dew. Usquabaugh and all those delectable compounds, against which Father Matthew launched the Anathema Marinatha. Passing un? scathed between this Scylia and Charyb dis, you find yourself confronted by a! number of cases suggestive of temperance and good cheer. You have eluded the god of wine, and the demon of whisky, and here you are gazing into cases of chocolate, and cocoa, and extract of coffee, and all sorts of pleasant drinks which che^r but not inebriate. But here is a case that demands something more than a passing notice?not because it is so pretentious, but because it represents a firm of whom I may say, as I said last week of Great Britain, with a alight dif? ference, of course?on whose pickles the sun never sets, and whose preserved meats are known around tho world. This is the case of Crosse and Blackwell, the great picklers and preservers of Lon? don. I say great, using the term in the sense that kings and queens are great, for they are kings, queens, emperors, autocrats in the universal empire of pickles and preserves. How dainty and how toothsome those bottles and packages look, and now, as the attendant opens the door to display some article of goods, catch the rich fragrance of the vinegar, which is equal in perfume to the rose of Sharon or the lily of the valley. It would be impossible to describe the num? ber of articles exhibited in their ex? quisite case, or to speak in too high'com? mendation of their excellent arrange? ment It is a splendid exhibit worthy of the great house it represents, and especially fortunate in its representative, Mr. Bell, who ably sustains the credit and honor of the firm of Crosse and Blackwell. A little to the left, after run? ning the gauntlet of bottles, kegs and demijohns, we come to a very fine ex? hibit of varied industries from Japan, and here let me say, that two Nations loom up in this Exhibition in a manner that will give them a status before the world which they never occupied 'before, and of which the world never deemed them capable. The countries I particularly speak of are Brazil and Japan. Both of these empires have covered themselves with glory. What astonishes you most is the magnitude and splendor of their contri butions. Japan particular excels in the ornamental arm, and in the ability of turning the simplest things into articles of utility and taste. The Japanese have never used leather for shoes, and yet some of the finest tanning I have ever seen is to be found in their exhibition in Agricultural Hall. Tho leather is soft as silk and tough as iron. All kinds oft skins are tanned; not only the skins of animals, but the skins of fishes?the shark, in particular, furnishing a material which I imagine wouli be exceedingly wholesome for bath-gloves. I refer to those which bathers use to scrub them selves with. I will promise any one who will try the experiment a very lively sen? sation. I tried it, by way of experiment, on the end of my nose, and removed enough of the bark in half a second to make it look like a ripe strawberry. I can imagine a bather using a pair of those gloves in a manner that might make a I rocking-chair uncomfortable for two weeks at least. ? "Great people, these Japanesel" I mentally exclaimed, as I thought of it, and then fell to admiring the dainty little things made of bamboo, which is the all in all to the Japanese and Chinaman. "Wonderful bamboo I" I said to myself. It covers his head and his. feet; it furnishes his house, and it supplies every? thing in it. He weaves the fibre into cloths; it gives him the finest and silkiest of paper; the chopsticks he eats with are made of it; the coffin he finally reposes in is composed of it, and his spirit is wafted off to glory by burning little sticks of it; and if he was to be cremated, undoubtedly bamboo would be the mate? rial in which he would invest his final Urnings. Delicate little baskets,?things that look very much like plates,?chairs, sofas, divans, hats, walking-sticks, and a multitude of useful things, are composed of it. In the preservation of meats and fish, Japan does not appear to be quite as successful as the people of Cincinnati or Cape Cod. They have some dried cod? fish there. I don't know whether codfish thus preserved can be considered very healthy food. One thing is certain, it is exceedingly strong food. I would quietly remark to my country friends, when you go to examine the Japanese dried fish and meats, take along a bottle of Cologne, and if you are naturally inclined to in? temperance, I would suggest that a littleJ whisky might not be out of place?of] course under medical advice. Next to Japan comes Holland?square and solid as a Dutch galliot. Now, I confess I like the Dutch, but if you examine their exhibit here, a man would be inclined to think that the descendants of William the Silent and the great Von Tromp bad devoted the entire national energy to the business of drinking and smoking.? Drinks, drinks, drinks, schnapps, schnapps, schnapps, kirshwasser, dingle wein, obenfloto and tobacco?all the figures represented on her labels are men with bellies like bass drums, and all of them holding mugs of beer or bottles of gyi. Two figures are at the entrance to her exhibition?a man and a woman. The man sits astride a barrel of gin, and the woman has a big mug of beer; in fact it would seem as if drinking gin and beer was the exclusive business of Hoi ? land. A step further on, and we are within the exhibits of Brazil. You will recollect that in my hist two letters I spoke of the beauty of the Brazilian exhibits in the Main Hall; but all she has there?and she has much?fades into insignificance alongside of her agricultural exhibition. Nothing within the grounds will at all compare with it, if we except Great Britain and her colonies. Such stores of national wealth, I feel justified in saying, were never exhibited by a single nation since the world began. I will just men? tion a few of the staples she has on exhi? bition, and will include in them some articles she has in other departments, just for the sake of grouping them to? gether, that you may understand the sources of her wealth. She has gold, silver, diamonds, cotton, coffee, sugar, dyewoods, medicinal roots, tobacco, cocoa, silk, flax, jute and other textiles, fruits innumerable, wines of many quali? ties, wheat, ornamental woods of various kinds and of wondrous beauty; in fact, as you go through the numerous aisles, you feel that, with all her varied and I abundant blessings, the Brazilians ought to be, and doubtless are, a prosperous and happy people. During the week we have been favored with the presence of many of the greatest generals of the late war. Generals Sher? man, Sheridan, Hancock, and a host of others. The occasion of their coming being the reunion of the armies of the James and the Potomac, and also of the calvary corps. A grand ball wound up the festivities, which was largely attended by the elite of the city. Fifty thousand dollars was voted by the Council of the city of Philadelphia. to enable the Mayor to receive distin? guished guests from abroad?in other words to give them a blow-out. I was anxious to see the thing go. I will not state my reasons therefor, but just in the nick of time some miserable, parsimo? nious wretch served an injunction on his honor, and this got his honorable back up, and now he swears that he won't touch a penny of it, even if they were to shove it in his pocket, and he says they may injunct and be-blessed. I am disappointed, sadly disappointed. The row has at last culminated between the Centennial Commission and the Board of Finance, and the financiers have called to their aid some of the first I legal talent in the land. Their lawyers j have decided that the United States Cen? tennial Commission have nothing to do with the funds. That Gen. Hawley's ten thousand dollar salary is a myth, and that the host of Commissioners from the various States, ovho swooped down on the Centennial treasury "like a wolf on the fold," are not entitled to enough to pay their whisky bills, much less to roast chickens and eight dollars a day. How some of them will get back home mercy only knows. Here is a chance for the charitably inclined. Send in your sub? scriptions, gents, I'll take charge of them. The weather has been fine, and the at? tendance exceedingly good, and as the exhibits in the various departments are almost complete, I exclaim with Fitz jamss, "Come one, come all." BROADBRIM. PATRIOTIC SENTIMENTS. An Elqonent Appeal to the Love of Country and Pride of State. We make the following extract from the inaugural address of Lieutenant Governor j Riebard B. Hub bard, of Texas, delivered] on the 18th of April last: Recognizing, in its full force, the changed relation of these States, and of this State to the Federal Government, and remitting to the tribunal of history the causes which led in bitterness and strife to these changes; and believing as we do, that the political faith we espouse has been handed down from the fathers; that it recognizes in a broad and national spirit the Constitution as it is, fidelity to the Union, and obedience to its laws em? bracing alike 40,000,000 of people, na? tive or foreign born, rich or poor, as our common countrymen, wherever floats, on land or wave, the flag of our country; in this spirit to day we invite the earnest co-operation of all parties and of all ra? ces in our common purpose to . develope our resources, build up the shattered for? tunes, reclaim the waste places, and to prepare the way for the coming of that period in her history when Texas shall take her place the peer, if not peerless, among all the sisterhood of States. Our children will live to see that day, as their fathers even now catch a glimpse of its splendid dawning. We have but to be true to our vows upon her altars to real? ize this rich fruition ere this generation is "gathered to their fathers." Forty years ago scarcely fifty thousand .popula? tion, poor and friendless, constituted her houshold, while to-day nearly two million people are standing sentinel within her gates. Then she had no commerce; only now and then some strange sail of the sea found its way into her waters. Now she stands more than six hundred thou? sand bales of cotton to the world's "'mar? kets, and receives in return millions of treasure; she sends wheat and all the other cereals even to Kansas and Missouri and the great Northwest, and supplies in her cattle trade ten millions of meat-stuffs in value; she has now growing cities of the inland and marts on the sea, at whose wharves ships of foreign nations ride at anchor, and our own richly-laden argo? sies; wealth and enterprise have built and are building thousands of miles ox' railway connecting us with distant States; digging ship channels even now to inland ports through which ocean steamships will come and go. A taxable property of three hundred millions of value?a right royal heritage of eighty millions of public lands, with untold mineral wealth sleeping in their bosom, and a soil , as generous as ever'rewarded the husband man for hi: toil?with this and pictures such as these of our real life, why should we, on a day and a year like this, not re? joice at the splendid strikes we have thus far made, while only yet in the manhood of our years ? Such a heritage and such a prospect impose grave responsibilities upon each department of the Govern? ment. Material wealth alone consti? tutes but a small element of the great? ness of a State. Let us, therefore, con? tinue to iucalcu!ate,as a government, the widest dissemination of intelligence among the people, respect for public and private virtue, and faithful obedience to the laws. The executive, legislative and judicial departments of the State govern? ment are utterly powerless in ther exe? cution of the laws for the preservation of the public order and the punishment of crime unless fearlessly supported in their high places. Codes and courts, laws and law-makers, are but things of straw be? fore the breath of the mob unless ? sus? tained by the virtue and iron heroism of J a free people. Onions with Suoak.?"Wyncoop," in the New York Tribnne, says that the majority of people like onions as food, ana but for the perfume, many would eat them who now do not. That they are anti-scorbutic as well as antiseptic is also admitted, and this is the way I prepare them. A few moments before they are to be eaten, they should be sliced quite thin and sprinkled plentifully with sugar; the juice of the onion will dissolve the sugar, and you have a palatable relish which will not rise on the stomach or produce a heart-burn. A trial will afford proof. ? This kind of weather makes a man feel energetic and kindly, and he gets up betimes in the morning, eats a hearty breakfast, looks over his garden patch, takes his hoe and spade and?puts 'era in the shade and goes down town to see a THE C1HCINNA7II CONVENTION. First Day's Froceedings--Organization of the Convention--Speech of Gov. Hayes, of Ohio. Cincinnati, June 14. The National Republican Convention assembled to-day in the Exposition building. About five thousand persons were present. The Convention was called to order at 12 p. m., by Governor Morgan, of New York, who nominated Thomas F. Pomeroy for temporary chair? man. The chairman, addressing the Convention, gave an elaborate history of the achievements of the Republican party, and urged an adherence to honest money. The roll of the States was then called, omitting the States having con? testing delegations. A motion that when the Convention adjourn it be to 11 o'clock to-morrow, when the nominations shall begin with two speeches of ten or one of twenty minutes for each nomination, was re? ferred. .The Address of the Republican Re? form Club was read by G. W. Curtis. The allusion in the address to specie payments was cheered. A motion was adopted that all ad? dresses, resolutions and memorials he re? ferred without debate. Gen. Logan then addressed the Con? vention, lie said the attitude of the opponents of the Republican party showed that the time had come again when every patriot should buckle on his armor. The speeches made were of the usual character, with some strong points in favor of hard money and civil service re? form, which were applauded. The great? est demonstration was over Curtis and .his reform club resolutions. The allu? sions to the "late war' as "freeing four millions" and f ints of that kind were tamely-received. -The orators made no special allusion to the individual candi? dates. In forming the committees the States and Territories with contesting delega? tions were omitted. - When Curtis read his address of June 6th, already published in the papers, the allusion to a return to specie payments* the broken promises of the President ana Congress, the - proposition to put the Elitical power of the country into the nds of the Democratic party, unless' the Convention, by its nominations, ex? presses a determination to reform things fenerally, were received, with applause. Fpon retiring from the platform, Mr. Curtis was followed to his seat by a storm of chee rs. A delegate from Missouri said: "I move that the document just read by the gentleman be referred to the committee on resolutions without debate." A delegate from Montana said: "I de? sire to amend that motion. I move that the address be adopted as the sense of this Convention." Cries of "No, no." The chairman. "It is referred to the committee on resolutions, without de? bate." Mr. Loring, from the committee on permanent organization, reported as fol? lows: For. president, Edward McPherson, of Pennsylvania, (the. late clerk of the House, and a Elaine man.) For secre? tary, .Irving M. Bean, of Mississippi. Also a long list of vice-presidents. Mr. McPherson on taking the chair made a brief speech. The committee on rules stated that they were not ready to report, and the Convention adjourned to 10 o'clock to-morrow.v?; Governor Hayes, la the Convention to? day, opened his speech as follows: "Mr. President and Gentlemen: I wish to believe as my gallant and eloquent' friend Logan has said, that the Republi? can party has but to nominate and go home and elect. I should be glad to be? lieve this, expressed in so strong language as any sanguine temperament could de? vise ; but I am not so sure it is precisely so. There has been growing up for some time' in the country a widespread and serious dissatisfaction. It is simple com? mon sense to recognize it. [Applause.] I An officer going into battle understand? ing his ground and the power of his enemies, [applause] is well on his way to victory. Now, gentlemen, when you have nominated your candidate and laid down your platform, if your platform ex? presses, defines and propounds sound Republican doctrines, and your candi? date be an able, honorable and true Re? publican, I shall go to work with all my heart and strength to elect him. But now is the time; this afternoon, this night, to-morrow, are precious hours for you to decide." The Rev. Highland Garnett said : "Mr. Preaideniir Try,^yoar^elrberB tions, to put in a Little p'lank that will S'vo securityrto the freedmen of the iuth, that the sufferings which they endure in consequence of the rascality and villainy Of the managers OflKe Freed man's Savings Bank shall be set aright. [Applause.] - Don't, forget- to see that you do it, and you will have the grati? tude, love and respect of that much in? jured people." Governor Hayes, of Ohio, in the course of his speech, said: "As to the candidate of this Convention, we of Ohio ask only this. We fight nobody. We assail no man's reputation. Who ever you nomi? nate we will try and help to elect him. ] Applause.] All we want is a man in the first place who is honest. [Cheers.] In the second place, we want a man' of comprehension enough to know what is right and what is wrong. [Applause.] And in the third place we want a man of intelligence, who is brave enough and strong enough to carry out his convic? tions. [Cheers.] Give us a man of great purity of private life and an unexception ' able public record, and count on Ohio next November. [Great cheering.] I enter into no particulars, but you know, all of you, there is not a man in this Convention who does not know, that you can so conduct yourselves within the next forty-eight hours that the three or four months work before us will be una? vailing." [Applause.] Second Day's Proceedings?Adoption of the Platform?Nomination of Candi? dates. Cincinnati, June 15. The committee on credentials had con? siderable discussion.before excluding the Spencer delegation, from Alabama. The vote was 24 to 17. Bristow's friends are rejoicing over this gain of twenty votes. The convention is engaged with commit? tee reports. No balloting till evening, possibly not till to-morrow. The com? mittee on rules are debating a proposal to reconsider the vote on the rule against changing votes once recorded. Half the seats in the spectators' por? tion of the hall are vacant. Geo. T. Hoar, of Massachusetts, pre? sented the memorial of the National Woman's Suffrage Association. It was moved and adopted that Mrs. Sayler J. Spencer be heard ten minutes. [Ap? plause.] At the conclusion of her speech, the committee on rules reported. The following rules were adopted: The I States will be called alphabetically, next [ Territories, and the District of Columbia. The Territories will have two votes. The votes of each delegation will be reported by its chairman. The report on creden tials shall be disposed of before the plat? form committee reports. The platform and resolutions shall be disposed of be? fore the nomination of candidates.? When any State has announced its vote, it shall so stand until the ballot is an? nounced, unless in case of numerical error. Ten minutes' speech allowed on each nomination. There was a minority report in the Alabama contest. The vote on the adop? tion of the minority report was yeas, 354; nays, 375. Hawley, of Connecticut, from the com? mittee on resolutions, reported. The re? port opened with congratulations on the part of the Republican party since, under Providence, it was called upon to purge the country of slavery and establish a government by the people for the people, and declared the United States is a national league, and the Republican party is the defender of popular govern? ment The report proceeded to state in detail the duties of the party in the pro? tection .of our citizens everywhere, to steady progress and to specie payment. [Applause.j Senators and Representa? tives should not dictate appointments; fitness and capacity to be passports to office and its maintenance; unfaithful officers to be swiftly punished; recom? mends a constitutional amendment against appropriations for schools under sectarian control; [great applause, and re-read in response to loud calls, and cheers renewed;] reaffirms opposition, to I further grants of lands for railroad pur? poses ; asserts the duty of the govern | ment to protect immigration; suggested resolution relative to inquiry into effect I of Mongolian immigration on moral and politirjal grounds; favored respectful con? sideration of woman's claims to partici? pation in government; reaffirmed duty of suppressing polygamy; duties to sol diers recognized; deprecates sectional strife; arraigned the Democratic party as the same m character and policy now j as when sympathized with and allied to treason, and accused it of being unworthy ' and incapable; Grant deserves the con? tinued gratitude of the people for his patriotism and services. The question was next stated to be on the financial resolution. Davis, of Texas, from the minority of the committee on resolutions, reported a substitute resolution, declaring distinctly there shall be no further postponement of specie resumption beyond the date already fixed by law for such resumption. He thought the resolution of the com? mittee too indefinite, and in effect only remitted the question involved to the domain of promise. Hawley replied that he thought that in declanng the principles to govern a J great party during four years, it was bet? ter to confine ourselves to defining the fundamental principles without.ticing to the details, but leaving the latter to be adjusted in accordance with events.? [Applause.] When he said resumption at the earliest practicable moment, he meant it. [Applause.] The substitute was voted down. The resolution reported was adopted, and the whole platform was also adopted. The chair announced that the nextj business was nominations. Motions to adjourn were voted down. Kellogg, of Connecticut, nominated Marshall Jewell, and briefly stated his | record. R. W. Thompson, of Indiana, nomi? nated Oliver P. Morton, gave a fine re? cord for him, and denied his physical un fitness for President. [Great applause.] Pinchback seconded the nomination. General Harlan nominated Bristow. [Great applause.] Judge Poland, of j Vermont, seconded the nomination.? { Richard H. Dana, of Massachusetts, also seconded the nomination. He knew no one so sure to carry Massachusetts. [Ap? plause and hisses.] Maine was called upon, when a scene of the wildest enthusiasm ensued; dele? gates and spectators rising to their feet and waving hats and fans, and cheering long and loud, dying away only to be re? newed, and closing with three cheers for Blaine. Mr. Ingersoll, of Illinois, took the platform. He said he, too, was satisfied with the loyalty of Mr. Bristow, but if I Massachusetts can't carry any nominee [ of this convention, he was not satisfied with the loyalty of Massachusetts. If I they can't carry it by 75,000, they had f better sell out Fanuiel Hall for a Demo? cratic hall [applause], and remove the ] monument from Bunker Hill. He urged that the demand now was for a President of political and statesman experience [applause]; a man of integrity; one who knows enough to know that the national; debt must be paid through the prosperity of the American people; that money must [ be made not by law but by labor. Noth? ing could be more effective and impressive than the speaker's statement of the re? quirements of the people and the Repub? lican party, growing out of the necessi? ties of the hour. Each sentence was forcibly epigrammatic, and elicited its round of applause, especially when he said the party demands a candidate of spotless purity, but does not demand that he shall present a certificate of character | from the Confederate Congress. Frye followed in support of the nomina? tion of Maine's idol son. Mr. Woodford, amid great applause, Sresented the honored name of Roscoe 'onkling. He said he was broad in cul? ture, eloquent in debate, wise in council, fearless in leadership, as true to the old Republican party as the needle to the pole ; he needs neither defense or eulo? gy ; he is a positive quantity in the body politic. After the nominations the convention adjourned until to-morrow. The convention hall cannot be lighted. A Southern Wedding.?The Char? lotte (N. C.) Observer of Friday hist, says: "Few more brilliant marriages j take place than the one witnessed last i I evening in this city at the residence of Gen. D. H. Hill, the bride's father.? The bride, Miss Eugenia Hill, was one of j the most cultivated and accomplished young ladies in this section of the State. Her cordial manner, modest demeanor, and natural kindness of heart had ren? dered her universally popular wherever knowD, and besides being connected with the largest and most influential family in the State, the wedding was attended with more than usual interest upon such occasions. The groom, Mr. Thomas J. Arnold, a nephew of the lamented Stone? wall Jackson, is a young lawyer of talent from West Virginia, and we not only congratulate him upon the prize he has secured, but the people of his State upon this new and charming addition to their society. One the daughter of the brave and daring Hill, the other the nephew of | the immortal Jackson, conspicuous offi? cers in the Confederate cause, it is not surprising that quite a number of admi? ring relatives and friends assembled to give their smiles and.encouragement to the happy couple upon this most impor? tant event of their lives 1" ? In these hard times, when borrowing is bo difficult, we'd like to know whether distance still keeps up its time-honored habit of leading enchantment to the view. ? The man who gets into prison will be more guarded in future. THE BATTLE OF FOBT MOULTRIE. June 38th, 1TT6. BY A SOUTH CAROLINIAN. That was a proud array of the British Navy, when the combined fleets or Sir Henry Clinton and Slir Peter Parker darkened the horizon, in the offing of Charleston harbor. Sullivan's Island is directly in the mouth of this harbor, and commands all the channels leading into it. Here a small fort of palmetto logs had been has? tily fitted up to check the advance of the fleet. Its garrison consisted of 400 men, mostly "backwoodsmen," under the com* mand of Col. Moultrie. Gen. Lee, but recently assigned to tho command of the Southern department, had inspected this fort, and advised Gev. Butledge to recall the garrison, "as it was nothing but a slaughter-pen !" Gov. Butledge prompt? ly replied that he would "sooner cut off his nght arm than sign any such order." j There were some of what we now call "sharp-shooters," under Col. Thompson, scattered over the Island, and screened by sand mounds, blown up by the wind, and by mystle bushes. These were to give their attention to any land attack.. The British sent a reconnoiteriug party in boats to Long Island, lying just to the north of Sullivan's and separated from it by a very narrow inlet, not more than twelve yards wide. They visited this inlet at low tide, and reported it favora? ble. Sir Henry then embarked with 2,500 men in his boats, and landed on the beach of Long Island, with much parade. But the tide had risen some six feet in the meantime, and when they reached the inlet, it was impassable. They made no effort to bridge this nar? row pass, either with their boats or other? wise, but promptly re-embarked for their ships. Col. Thompson's men peppered them pretty briskly with their deer-kill? ing rifles, and they may have thought that this, his whole force, was a mere skirmish line. While this was going on, the bombard? ment of the fort had begun most furious? ly. Those of us who are now grey-headed can well remember how our pulse quick? ened, and how our breath came thick and short when our sires described the inces? sant roar of those English guns of heavi? est calibre, from that lowering semi-circle of their choicest "men of war." Their curved line of battle was in "point-blank range" of the low sandy beach of Sulli? van s Island; and the elevation of Fort Moultrie was very little above the hulls of their own vessels. The garrison numbered 400 men, all told, the great majority of whom had never seen a cannon before they went there. It was a terribly hot day?this 28th of June, 1776?and they retained but little of their clothing. But while the balls were railing upon this devoted "pen," these grim countrymen were ply? ing their 26 guns without intermission. Col. Moultrie was leaning upon a spare palmetto log, hut a little above his force, watching the effects of his guns. He, too, wss in his shirt-sleeves, and gave* his orders, still holding his short tobacco-pipe between his teeth. One of the gunners, aiming his piece, as he would have aimed his rifle, made no allowance for the swell? ing of the breech, but ."drew a bead" along the upper surface. This ball struck the water a little more than half way, and ricocheting in a direct line, it struck one of the largest vessels "amid-ships" and for a time silence her guns. "That's the lick, boys I" exclaimed Moultrie, "send some more of those bouncing balls, they make the splinters fly!" But their ammunition began to fail, and he was compelled, reluctantly, to slacken his fire. The British, thinking this an evidence of the terrible effect of their incessant shower of balls, only poured in more rapid broad-sides. There was no retreat open for this little force, as Sullivan's Island was separated from the main land by a channel naviga-. ble for schooners; yet Moultrie had no thought of surrender. The fight could only be continued by his having a fresh supply of ammunition, and this could only be obtained from the city, some five miles distant. Without hesitation, he manned a boat with a volunteer crew, who rowed there and back in safety through the balls flying all around them; aud these brought a goodly supply. With a "yell," which the Confederates would have recognized as ancestral, they re? sumed then: rapid firing, and' kept their guns as hot as prudence would permit. They were getting hungry, too, for they had been called to their guns after a very early breakfast?the actual fight began at 11 a. m.?and now the sun was fast sinking behind the city; The tough, yet spongy, fibre of the famous palmetto logs, had really been strengthened by the well-aimed shots, but the constant jarring affected their nerves, as only they appre? ciate who have realized something like it. These eight hours of hard fighting had affected all their senses as they never had been before. Their ears were ring? ing from the constant and unaccustomed explosions; their eyes were almost bleared by the quick returning flashes of the guns; their olfactories oppressed with "villain? ous salt-petre," ana called for more oxy? gen ; and their taste was languished for the longed-for "bacon and greens." But their hearts were unshaken, and many a rough joke beguiled this long protracted trial of fortitude as well as of bravery. There was an interlude, enabling some of their number to fight the enemy, for a little while, on his own element. The British had detached three of their ves? sels to pass into the harbor, and, if possi? ble, to reach the rear of the Fort But they all stuck fast on the "middle ground," and soon their most earnest efforts was to return to the front. After much trouble, two of them succeeded in getting off, but the third was abandoned by her crew. Her flags were left flying, all her guns heavily shotted, but flam were seen beginning to burst out near h. stern. These old patriots could not stand the temptation, and, encouraged by the safe passage' of the powder boat to and from the city, they asked and obtained leave to pay her a flying visit. Soon three boats, well manned, boarded her. fired her guns at her own people, hauled down all the flags, and with these and such selected stores as their boats could accommodate, they made good their es? cape, before the bursting of her maga? zine. Their second supply of powder- was well nigh gone, when, to their inexpres? sible relief, they saw signs of the enemy's "hauling off." Their guns became sud? denly mute; they flung their canvass to the breeze, and grimly they turned their bows to the sea, and their sterns to the battered Fort. The last charge of pow? der was in one of the pieces, and the gunner was sighting, again and again at the flag-ship as she receded slowly in the distance, looking up imploringly for the word to fire. "Give them the parting kicil" rang from Moultrie's lips, and bang went the last charge of powder from the exulting old Fort! It may be apochryphal, but tradition pays that the last shot entered one of the stern lights of this flag-ship and took off the head of an officer who was bowing to a compli? mentary toast, just uttered by another, Over their glasses of brandy.. It is hardly possible to overestimate the influence of this Southern American victory on the whole revolution?r' strug? gle. If this combined fleet had succeed? ed in the capture of Charleston?which at that time held front rank with the other cities of the colonies?and had, so early in the contest, secured so important a foothold in the Southern colonies, there is no knowing the consequences which might have ensued. Tradition says that their watch-word for the day was "Die in your tracks," and these meant what they said. The three hundred at Thermopylae left as their epi? taph, "Tell it at Lacedaemon, that we died in obedience to her laws,"' and suc? cessive generations, all down the centu? ries, have admired and extolled their devoted patriotism. These tour hundred were under the same inspiration; but because they were not killed, but gradu I ally drove back the combined fleets of j the "mistress of the seas," they have been allowed to sink to.the level of daring partisans, and must stand aside to listen to the paeans in honor of other exploits far less heroic in character, and mnch less imposing in results. South Carolina in the days of her pros? perity , should have imitated Massachu? setts, in erecting an enduring monument to mark the spot. Posterity looks upon a magnificent column, thirty feet square at the base, and two hundred and twenty feet high, all "Quincy granite," to mark the spot of the first Northern American battle in the war of the Revolution, while the very site of this, the first and greatest of Southern American victories, has well nigh disappeared from the map of the country. It required petitions to more than one Congress, before a break-water was constructed to stay the encroach? ments of old ocean on thifi historic Island; and then it was .built of rocks from Portland, Maine. In contrasting this battle with that of | Bunker Hill there are analogies and re? flections which may be edifying to the student of history. In the first place they were the first battles in their respective colonies, and both were fought before the Declaration of Independence. In both the fighting was done by natives of the soil, in repre? sentative colonies of the two sections ; for, even in these primitive days, men talked of the "North'erd" and "South' erd." At Bunker Hill it was first shown that the soldiers of Great Britain could be repulsed and killed, too. At Fort Moultne it was shown that her proud navy, her greatest boast, could be whipped ana driven back. Massachusetts could boast that her sons would "stand to their arms," when a royal army was marshalled against them, "with all the pomp and circumstance of j glorious war." South Carolina ceuld respond by point? ing to her sons standing to their guns, with the proudest fleet of all the world arrayed against them, and under one of the fiercest bombardments then on re? cord. Like th* "foolish virgins" about their oil, in both there was a deficiency of am? munition ; bat South Carolina had time to "send to those that had," and to cor? rect the fatal mistake. At very close range, Banker Hill wit? nessed the death of 226 British. At very long range, Fort Moultrie caused 225 dead bodies of the enemy to be consigned to old ocean. In those days of the "olden time," Massachusetts rejoiced over Fort Moul? trie, and South Carolina was proud of | Bunker Hill. . That generation of large hearted pa? triots has long since passed off the stage; but the scenes of their triumphs are with us, and we enjoy the rich fruits of all their toils and sacrifices and blood. The associations of this centennial year tend to a lasting revival of feelings and sentiments long smothered and well nigh extinct. Why will politicians persist in obstruc? ting any return to this primitive fraterni? ty? The centennial of this great battle is to be celebrated on the 28th of June, 1876. South Carolina and her metropo? lis, in their present desolation, will do their1 best; but neither of them is ins condition to exhibit much pageantry to the world. The hearts of their sons will be in it, and there only can any monu? ment to these .Revolutionary sires be found. In the hottest of the fight, Sergeant Jasper leaped down- from the parapet of the Fort, rescued the flag which had been shot own and nailed it to its staff,1 with the memorable words, "Beys, don't let us fight without a flag 1'? ' Sooth Carolina has invited her ancient ally, Massachusetts, to participate in the approaching celebration, and to claim her undivided share in the glorious mem? ories of the day. Pointing to the flag? staff on the identical spot where Jasper stood, she will say?and oh, that her words could resound through the length and breadth of this great Republic? "The 'old flag* is now safer and safe for? ever ! Let ns have peace 1" More Education Among Farmers. ?It is a fact shown before the British Parliament, that "while the rental of land in Ireland had doubled during the givious hundred years,- and that of gland tripled, the rental of Scotland had sextupled itself in the 'same time." This is attributed mainly to the vastly su? perior school system which Scotland has possessed, and the skill and enterprise it has fostered among the people. It is a fact that a truck-farmer within a dozen miles of any of our huge cities will get a clean profit of two or three hundred dollars from an acre, while - the average old-style farmer hardly gets that amount of profit from his hundred acres or more. These facts are worth studying by the large class who do not see the use of agricul? tural papers and teaching, etc., and think nuscle is the main thing in successful farming. The truck-farmer studies bis market, knows what .is wanted, learns how to raise it, when and where to sell it, believes in manure, buys it, believes in knowing all about his business, takes his paper, reads and thinks, don't kick at facts because they are printed, keeps his eyes open and drinks in knowledge from men and books. He keeps learning and succeeds in his business. There is still a large class of oar farming population completely stereotyped. Many take no agricultural paper, attend no fairs; far? mers'club, try no experiments, have no faith in improved tools and stock, and are hardly able to tell at the end of the year whether they lose or gain in their business. Success in cultivating the soil is already, and is to be more and more, dependent upon brains. Men who read and think most, plan most wisely and ex? ecute skillfully, will succeed best. We need all the help we can get from the teachings of science, from journals, from fairs and clubs as well as from the daily experience of the fields.?American Agri? culturist. ? An original poem is never too long. A considerable income in some newspa? per offices is derived from the sale ofj waste paper. ? The cheapest route to the Centenni? al?the dirt road. LEGAL ADVERTISING.?Wt are com peil ed lo require cash payments ior advertising ordered by Executors, Administrators and other fiduciaries, and herewith append the rates for the ordinary notices, which will only be inserted when the money comes with the order: Citationr, two insertions, - - - - $3.00 Estate Notices, three insertions, ? - 2.W Final Settlements, fire insertions ? ? 3.00 TO CORRESPONDENTS.?In order to receive attention, communications must bo accompanied by the true name and address of the writer. 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They tell us that the House has forfeited public confidence, and proved by its deeds that the majority in it ought at the next election to be swept away, and the benches it occupies filled by men "who were true to the country in its hour of peril," and who, when the hour of peril passed, robbed it upon the right band and the left; who turned every one of its departments into a den of infamy; used its highest offices for the purpose of making money; plunged the whole country into financial panic, from which it has not yet recovered; turned by its vicious legislation millions of men into the streets to beg; filled the workhonses and jails, and brought dis? grace and shame upon republican insti? tutions at home and abroad. The men who did all this, so-called independent journals like the Tribune are asking the country to again place in power and give to them again the opportunity to contin? ue their work of destruction, and drag the Nation to still lower depths of finan? cial and political ruin. Let us see what the present House has and has not done: First It has not elected a Speaker like Schuyler Colfax, who used hin nigh office to enrich himself; who was bribed and bought by every band of adventurers and swindlers who came to Washington du? ring his term of office; who was caught in the credit mobilier iniquity; who was detected in stationery frauds in the House and exposed as a broker, receiving regu? lar commissions from a New York paper establishment. It has not elected a Speaker like James 6. Blaine, who used his position to influence legislation in favor" of railroad subsidies; who acted as the agent of a fire-arms company; who sold rulings and legislation for so much cash down in the shape of railroad bonds. Second. Since it met last December it has not been devising ways and means, day after day, to get money out of the treasury. On the contrary, it has cut down the extravagant estimates of the departments, and if the Senate will pass its bills, has reduced the running expen? ses of tne government nearly forty mil? lions of dollars per annum. Instead of making places for the creatures of the administration, creating offices formen to live in idleness at the expanse of the sorely-taxed people, it has abolished every office that was not absolutely nec? essary, and, so far as it could do so, stopped the leaks in the public treasury. Third. It has not legislated a ft cedman's bank into existence, and placed it in the power of a lot of men to steal the earn? ings and savings of the poor colored men of the South amounting to millions of dollars. On the contrary, it has taken the robbers and swindlers who did that infamous work-by the throat, exposed their rascality and directed the officers of the government to send their names be? fore the grand juries. Fourth. It has gone into President Grant's Cabinet and dragged out of it one of his trusted advisers, who abused his high place; who robbed the dead veterans of the war; who aided in cheat? ing the living soldiers on the plains; who demanded money for every appointment he made, and brought him to trial for his many crimes! Fifth. It has shown how the funds of the so-called department of justice have been used for the purpose of controlling elections in the South and in the North; how the President put his hand into the public treasury and took out money to aid in his own re-election. It has ex? posed the villainy of Willisms, the ras? cality of Davenport and the general cor-' ruption of that entire branch of the public service. Sixth. It has stretched its hand across the water to London and saved the honor of the country by collaring the minister and embaasador extraordinary, who was using his influence as our representative to ''null" a worthless mining stock and rob the English people. It compelled the President to accept his resignation and send Robert C. Schenck into an ob? scurity from which he will never again come. Seventh. It has shattered the District of Columbia ring into a thousand atoms; indicted Babcock for complicity with safe burglars; made Harringtoa a fugi? tive from justice, and exposed the rotten? ness and corruption of the present com? missioners. Eighth. It has instituted a rigid scruti? ny into the management of the Navy Department, exposed the corrupt opera? tions of the Cattells and other plunder-, era, and before the investigation closes will expose whatever is rotten and cor? rupt in the service. Ninth. It has laid bare the straw-bid system in the Postoffice Department, and Ero red that the country has been annual / robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars for carrying letters which were never written over routes that never had an existence. Tenth. It has exposed the infamies of the Indian ring, shown how the Indians are driven on the war path that army contractors may be enriched and the treasury bled. Eleventh. It has substituted silver for the wretched fractional currency as a step toward specie payment; matured a tariff bill which, if the Senate would agree to it, would do more to start our idle mills and furnaces and factories, and restore prosperity to all classes than any measure which could be devised. It has taken the control of our Indian affairs out of the hands of the thieves who had charge of them so long, and placed them where they belong?in the War Depart? ment It has re-organized the army and closed a thousand avenues of fraud and' corruption in every department Twelfth. It has taken Jas. G. Blaine, Speaker of the last Congress, the fore? most corruptionist of the legislative de? partment of the government, and the leading Republican candidate for the Presidency, and proven him to be a lob? byist, a trafficker in legislation, the asso? ciate and business partner of men who have been growing rich at the expense of the people. These are some of the rascalities and acts of corruption the present House has exposed; - the reforms it has instituted; the bad men it has punished; the great services it has performed for the country; ' Done nothing f No House for a quarter of a century nas done one-tenth, as much or deserves better at the hands of the people.?Baltimore Gazette. "4X$i:--:? ? "Thdy cm&ti?te," said Artemus Ward of the Puritans,' "that they might worship in their own way and prevent other people worshipping in therein." ,