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The Latest Achievement of South Car L* Sil olina Republicans. .ir. Of >; .? ?: ?/??.?,'? ? Fowling Black Rabble Again, .fob a Time, Hold-: the -'Public stbeets^FNPR?V?km ? i | M?BDER . ^GAIN TJnPUNISHED-infamou8 ! conduct of pabt of the police? The United States Troops Called Out?Wholesome Effect of their :" Appearance upon the Rioters? ,", The Casualties, &c. The-scenes which were witnessed in the streets -of Charleston last evening could only have occurred under a govern? ment such as had existed .here since 1868.1 The riot was the directconsequence of imbecility and want of responsibility on the part of those who are charged with ine,high duty of watching over,the pub-! lip,;peace. Imbecility because no ade? quate preparations were taken to prevent its occurrence, and want of responsibili? ty because no public officers not absolute? ly independent of their constituency ; would have dared to degrade the police force by using it for -the purposes to which that of this, city has lately been pnt. The police force, while it contains some excellent material, includes also some of the most bitter and notorious partisans in the Republican party. Many of them sympathize openly with the crowd of roughs and bullies comprising the Republican campaign clubs, and some of them are members and officers of these organizations. Only . , the day be? fore the riot three of the most obnoxious of the whole body were allowed to act, in citizen's clothes, as rallyers in the elec? tion in which the Mayor and Alderman Mackey were candidates, and these ral ilvers were taken back on the force on ?the following. day. While this sort of trifling with the peace and good order of 'the city goes on, it is useless for the city authorities to-expect to have, in any de g*ee, efficiency in the police or confidence om the community. .'.*? During'the entire forenoon of yester- .: day the bulletin board at the office of The Newa and .Courier was surrounded by a jcrowd of.- anxious citizens eagerly ^awaiting additional news about the'Na? tional and State elections. As each dis? patch came in and was bulletined, they would give a round of cheers, and when it finally became' tolerably . certain that. Hampton had carried the State, despite the negro repeating in Charleston, their enthusiasm was unbounded. In the meantime ' the ex-deputy sheriffs and Hunkidori bullies had assembled to the number of about 800 or 400 at the Court? house. They seemed to be despondent over the news, until about 3 o'clock, when Worthington, Mackey and Buttz gave oat a dispatch saving that Hayes and Wheeler were elected, and that Chamberlain had carried the State by 16,000 majority. .Then they fired up and seemed to be ready for a row. the outbreak. About half-past 3 o'clock there was a disturbance in Meeting street opposite the Charleston Hotel, caused by the insolence of a'negro, to a white man. A squad of policemen were at once dispatched to the scene and succeeded in restoring quiet. By this time the Courthouse mob had, so to say, become red-hot. They were evi? dently mad at the election returns which had been received at The News and Cou? rier office, and which their leaders knew meant "go home" for the carpet-baggers and baek seats for renegade Carolinians. About 4 o'clock, Mr. E. W. M. Mackey came down to Thet-News and Conrier bul? letin board and began to boast about the election of Hayes and Chamberlain. This provoked a discussion which finally led to a quarrel and ended in a riot. Mr. Mackey states'that the row was brought on by a white Democrat shooting at him. This is denied by a dozen witnesses, who say that while it is true that a white man did make at him, no shot was fired at; him, and that a young man fired his pis? tol accidentally in the air, the shot not gorrig near him. A negro immediately rushed down to the ex-deputy sheriffs at the Courthouse, nearly all of whom were armed, both with pistols and the blud? geons which they used so freely at the polls on Tuesday, and announced that Mackey had been shot. The crowd im? mediately raised a yell and rushed down Broad street in the direction of The News and Courier office. The whites stood their ground and received the attack firmly. Another shot was fired, aud then a dozen in Tapid succession. The black mob stampeded and retreated in the di? rection of Church street, where they were met by k squad of policemen who had been sent to the scene upon the first re? port The rioters emptied their revolv? ers while running, and then those who did not have their bludgeons with them tore down tree-boxes and paling fences arid armed themselves at once. The police force with their Winchester rifles for the most part discharged their duty as well as they could under the circum? stances. They brought in a number of prisoners and several of the wounded, but in order to do so they had to brand? ish their pistols and rifles. Very few of them fired. When the crowd reached the corner of Broad and Meeting streets the negroes were much excited. Some of them rushed to the places where they had their arras concealed. Others went home. A large number of the Hunkido? ri rowdies made a dash at the main en? trance of the Stationhouse and tried to force their way in, shouting "give us guns !" Chief Hendricks had taken the precau? tion, however, of stationing a couple of men at the door, who with their bayonets managed to keep the crowd back. In the meanwhile a pistol was fired by a negro at a white man, and this was the signal for a general volley. The few white, men who were in the vicinity, as I soon as the negroes began firing, drew I their revolvers and returned the fire. The j police were utterly..powerless to stop the j disturbance. Every negro fired his pistol i at every white man he saw, and after he '] had emptied his weapon retreated to re? load. It was in this fight that Mr. E. H. Walter was killed and Mr. Geo. H. Wal? ter, one of the oldest and most respectable merchants of Charleston, was painfully wounded. These gentlemen, father and sb'n'i Svere walking down Broad street quietly on their way to their place of business on Adger's north wharf, and had reached.the western end of the court? house, when .the row started afresh atthe corner of Broad and Meeting streets.? Ncjtf&er of them fired a shot; neither of tfiem\drew -a revolver, and it is not known that dither of them had a pistol on bis person They were both shot down in cold blo?d) because of, their faces being white. Mr. E. H. Walter was killed instantly, the ball passing through his Chest from left to right. Mr. George H, Walter, his father; was shot in the left breast near the shoulder. He was helped into the Stationhouse and a couple of .poliqcr?jCp followed with the dead body of hid- son. , The fusilade at the corner of Broad and Meeting streets was kept up folly ten minutes. In'the1 meantime the whites bad begun to rally. They all reported at once to the Stationhouse with their rifles, and by the tijnejtne United States troops, who were sent for, had arrived, tijere were about five hundred white citizens, who bad volunteered to act as special police, j Gen.- Hunt, commanding the United States troops, had a conference with Chief j Hendricks, and a squad of colored police? men, were sent out to quell the disturb? ance, while the rest were kept under arms in front of the main Stationhouse. About 5 o'clock Company E, of the 5th Artillery, Maj. Kenzie, and Company B, of the First Aatillery, Maj. R. T. Frank, arrived at the Stationhouse. The citizen police were ordered to fall in the rear, of the soldiers. The negroes by this time had all disappeared, except in certain localities. In the beud of King street, near Market street, about 200 of them had assembled with their muskets, and no white faces being in sight amused themselves with firing in the air and smashing the windows of the stores. A part of the same crowd occupied Robb's lot, firing upon and clubbing white men who chanced to pass. FIRING OX THE BOYS IN BLUE. Private Remke, of Company E, Fifth United States Artillery, while walking down King street to join his company, was fired upon by the crowd, and narrow? ly escaped with his life. Several gentle? men were shot at on their way down town, and several of them were wouuded and beaten. The character of the negroes who took part in the riot can best be illustrated by an incident which occurred in the Guardhouse. A negro man named Marcus Green was wounded in the leg. He was also drunk. Upon being laid upon the floor, and while the surgeon was attending to the wound, the savage would rise up in a sitting posture and exclaim : "Lemme kill one more before I die.? Lemme shoot one white man more." He was painfully but not seriously wounded. The mob who had thronged the Court house,.and who were mainly instrumental in getting up the riot and continuing it, retreated up Broad street and procured their arms in an incredibly short space of time. Buttz and Worthington were in Buttz's house in Broad street, and were seen to pass out rifles to the mob. THE LIST OF CASUALTIES. As far as couid be ascertained last night, the list of casualties footed up one killed and about twenty-five wounded. The names of these are as follows: WHITES. Mr. E. H. Walter, shot through the breast; dead. Mr. Geo. H. Walter, through the left breast; dangerously wounded. Dr. C. C. Patrick, slight wound in the head. Mr.-Williams, shot in the groin; wound painful, but not mortal. Mr. John Burns, wounded in the face; seriously. Mr. Houston, badly beaten, and right arm dislocated. Mr. F. J. McGarey, wounded in the head; slightly. Capt. F. W. Dawson, shot in the right leg; flesh wound. Mr. J. C. Patterson, wounded iu the jaw; slightly. Dr. J. D. Geddings was knocked down with a club and badly beaten. Mr. Foster Black was struck in the chest with a rock. Mr. George Tucker was badly injured. He received a pistol shot in the leg, another in the thigh and one in his right arm. Mr. John Esdorn was shot in the leg. A number of other gentlemen were wounded, but none mortally. COLORED. Cicero Gibbes, a colored Democrat, from James Island, was mortally woun? ded, the ball having penetrated his abdo? men. A. Washington, shot in the knee. John Chestnut, shot in the stomach, supposed to be mortal. Private Delaire, of the police, wounded in the right arm, slightly. Private F. Brennan, wounded in the arm, slightly. Marcus Green, wounded in both legs, dangerously. Abram Branch, wounded in the left cheek. James Dray ton, shot in the back of the head, slight. Private Thompson, shot in the right leg. Felix Drayton, shot in the leg. Policeman Henry Carrol, flesn wound, in the head. At a late hour last evening most of the wounded colored men were conveyed to the hospital. THE ACTION OF THE POLICE. I Dr. Cassimir Patrick gives the follow? ing statement in connection with the riot, ! and is willing to make an affidavit of the facts: "I was standing opposite the News I and Courier office when the row com? menced. After the firing had ceased temporarily in Broad street, I heard shots in Meeting street and went up there, and at the time I reached the corner of Meet? ing and Broad streets, there were no white men in that immediate vicinity. While I stood by the lamppost at the northeast corner of Broad and Meeting streets I saw three negro policemen go behind the first pillar of the Stationhouse and fire at me with rifles at least six times in rapid succession. I was doing nothing at the. time but quietly standing at the corner. As soon as I found beyond a doubt that they were firing at me, I. drew my revolver and returned the fire and the policemen ran into the Stationhouse.? Immediately after this I was struck on the head with a brick, and turned to a colored man standing near by and asked if he had hit me. He replied that he did not, and that he had nothing to do with the row. A gentleman then came up and told me that a colored man had lifted the sash* in the City Hall and had hit me with a rock and then slammed the window again. I then went over to Capt. Hendricks and told him that his negro police had fired upon me several times. Capt. Hendricks said : 'I have seen their firing into the whites, but I had nothing to do with it, and they have had no or? ders to fire upon any one.' Capt. Hen? dricks appeared very much annoyed, and I am confident that he was not in the slightest degree to blame for the infa? mous conduct of the negro policemen re? ferred to. This statement is corrobora? ted by several other witnesses, and yet it is but justice to say that many members of the force?the old members?behaved with commendable courage and coolness. WHO KILLED MR. WALTER? It seems to be the general impression that Mr. Walker was killed by a police? man. Chief Hendricks states that he saw Policeman Beckett and another col? ored member of the force firing in the direction of Mr. Walter, near the Court? house, but that they fired their pistols and not their rifles. Another gentleman, who was standing in Meeting street, ana saw Mr. Walter fall, states and is pre? pared to swear that he saw several police men fire in the direction of Mr. Walter. Mr. Walter was shot near the Courthouse, and as he fell was carried by Mr. C. F. Hard and Mr. Houston to the doorstep in Meeting street, at the corner of Court? house Square, where his body was laid. When it was brought to the Stationhouse life was extinct. It is due to Sergt. Brown, of the police force, to state that he did his duty fearlessly, firing into the negro mob who started the riot. Mr. E. W. Walter makes the following statement relative to the shooting of Mr. E. H. Walter, his brother: While return? ing from dinner, in company with Messrs. C. F. Hard, Capt G. H. Walter, E. H. Walter and W. J. McCormack, we were attacked in Meeting street, opposite the City Park, by a mob of negroes, who commenced firing upon the party. The fire was returned by us in self-defence, and the firing from the mob continued until a squad of negro police came out, and from the northeast corner of Meeting and Broad streets, opened fire upon the party with Winchester rifles. The gen? tlemen then took refuge behind tree boxes, and a black policeman got behind a tree box and deliberately took aim and fired at Mr. E. H. Walter, killing him almost immediately. The same negro policeman again fired upon Mr. E. W. Walter and Mr. C. F. Hard, several of the balls buryiug themselves in the tree box behind which tbey stood. Capt. George H. Walter was shot through the left breast by the negro mob, who still kept up their firing. The firing from the negro police continued until Capt. Hen dricks arrived, and under his protection the dead body of Mr. E. H. Walter and the rest of the party were conveyed to the Stationhouse. end of the riot. The riot was over before 6 o'clock. The negroes had entirely dispersed from the streets, the wounded had been sent to the hospital, and the assemblage of armed white citizens had the effect of re? storing the peace. The Federal troops were marched back to their quarters, and the streets were quiet. A detail of a half dozen mounted citizens was made to assist the police in patrolling the streets; but after the appearance of the Federal troops thftre was no further disturbance. incidents and accidents. Between 7 and 8 o'clock last night, a citizen was on his way home, and when near the corner of Franklin and Queen streets was waylaid by six negroes, who held him, rifled his pockets, took their contents, and under the pretence of find? ing no firearms, allowed him to proceed homeward. The gentleman had no weapon with which to protect himself, having loaned his pistol to a friend du? ring the day. Such an outrage shows the necessity of a vigilant patrol being kept on the streets, at least during the present excitable times. During the riot Mr. E. W. M. Mackey was surrounded by a number of citizens who told him that he need fear no harm from the Democrats, that they would stand between him and harm. This seemed to give offence to the negroes, who started to make a fuss. Mr. Charles H. Cleapor, one of the gentlemen who offered Mr. Mackey protection, received a pistol shot through his hat. A number of the Democrats accompanied Mr. Mackey as far as they could. An infuriated negro who was acting in a very obstreperous manner on Anson street near Society, and declaring his in? tention to hurt some white man with the baton he carried, attracted several young men to the corner of Society street last night, one of whom in defence of himself fired two shots at the bully, striking him in the side and leg. Mr. John O'Neill was arrested, during the riot, by Lieut. Fordham, charged with firing the first pistol shot. Mr. A. B. Haight was standing by the side of Mr. Walter when he was shot, and immediately after he fell the negroes rushed upon him and cut him with a razor in several parts of his body. His clothing was literally .cut to shreds. Mr. Haight says that he is ready to make affidavit that he saw Policeman Gole run? ning down Broad street towards the row, with a gun on his shoulder, calling upon the negroes to follow him, and crying out: "We'll kill the d-n Democrats." the latest. One of the News and Courier reporters made the rounds of the city last night be? tween the hours of 11 o'clock and half past 12 this morning. His route in? cluded East Bay to Calhoun, thence through Washington street to Chapel, up America and around Hampstead Mall, thence westward across King and through Spring streets to Rutledge Avenue, and down the same to Calhoun, coming east to Pitt, down the same to Beaufain, and thence eastward to King utreet, across which he passed and continued through Hasel to Meeting streets. The entire route was gone over without his having met with a single negro until arriving at the Pavillion Hotel, opposite which, stood a noisy negro (partially drunk) who in reply to a well known citizen's advice to go home responded that "he knew what he was out for; would go home when he pleased," and that he could change his "figure" very quickly if any white man thought that he could scare him. How well he counted upon the forbearance of the whites it may be men? tioned that, while he was making his "little speech," there stood opposite him six or seven gentlemM. Assuming a beligerent attitude, trUf poor fool at? tempted to draw into dispute with him the gentlemen standing upon the oppo? site corner. Whereupon two white po? licemen, who had been watching his pranks, crossed over to where he stood, and ordered him to leave or accompany them to the Guardhouse. At this junc? ture he was joined by another negro, who proposed to him a walk down Hasel street eastward. They both then started off, muttering something to the effect that they could get some of the "boys," &c. The colored women in parts of the city, even very distant from the scene of the disturbance, were, as usual, in an ex? ceedingly excited state of mind, and in? dulged in obscene and imflammatory language. They paraded up and down the streets, swearing vengeance against the whites. United States Marshal R. M. Wallace, and the Enforcement Act.?The Enforcement Acts are at worst two edged weapons; they are as easily turned against those who take them up, as against those whom they are em? ployed. It should therefore be the duty of every citizen at this time, to take special notice of all the acts performed by United States Marshal R. M. Wallace and his employees of every kind. Has he all the powers which he proposes to exercise? If he exercises powers which he has not, or exercises powers which he has, but not in the statutory way, he be? comes liable to the penalties of the laws, and every citizen aggrieved, is entitled to the remedies given. Let every citizen, therefore, carefully watch all of his acts and those of his employees, and be pre? pared with witnesses as to such acts as may be doubtful. The engineer may be hoisted with his own petaru. It is time for the citizens to resort to those weapons which hitherto have been used against them. The Constitutionali? ty of the Enforcement Acts themselves have been pronounced against by the Supreme Court' of the United States. Any act by Marshal Wallace under them is Unlawful, arid, therefore, acting with? out any law, he lays himself open to serious results. Watch all his acts.? Journal of Commerce, ? A bad young man is poor material for making a good old man. FOURTH OF MARCH. The Reason Why Governor Tilden Cannot be Inaugurated on That Day. "If Tildnn is elected to be the next President of the United States, I'll bet ?100 that he is not sworn in on the 4th of March." This was the remark drop? ped by a Republican in discussing Presi? dential probabilities with a Democrat, whereat the latter replied, "Great God, does your party mean revolution in addi? tion to its other usurpations of law?" "Oh, no; not at all. Tilden, if elected, will not be inaugurated President on the 4th of March, and for the very good rea? son that it falls on Sunday." Such is the fact. The official term of General Grant as President expires at 12 o'clock noon on Sunday, the 4th of March, and from that time until the day following, when either Governor Hayes or Gov Goveror Tilden can take" the oath, the acting Vice-President, Senator T. W. Ferry, of Michigan, will be the Presi? dent of the United States. That the next President will no.t be sworn in on Sunday has already been settled by historical pre? cedent. The Constitution provides that the President and Vice-President of the United States shall hold their offices du? ring the term of four years, but no pro? vision was made by the framers of that instrument when the four years' term should commence. By act of Congress, passed September 13,1788?the Constitu? tion at that time having been ratified by a sufficient number of States?the time set lor the inauguration of the first Presi? dent of the United States, and the com? mencement of the working of the new Coustitution, was the first Wednesday in March, 1789, that being the 5th of March. In fact, however, the inauguration of President Washington did not take place until Wednesday, April 30, eight weeks after the designated time. In more than one history it has been erroneously stated that the Constitution went into ef? fect and the inauguration took place on the 4th of March, that being neither the day appointed, nor the actual day of either event. Before the second term of President Washington the day for com? mencing the term of office was changed. The act of March 1, 1792, provided that the term of four years for which a Presi? dent and Vice-President shall be elected, shall, in all cases, commence the 4th day of March next succeeding the day on which the votes of the electors shall have been given. The 4th of March, 1793, on which by law the second term of Presi? dent Washington commenced, fell on Sunday. There is no record stating ex? actly the day on which Washington took the oath of office, but from his known character, and from the course of after proceedings in similar cases, there is little doubt his second inauguration was on Monday, March 5. The next occurrence of the 4th of March in Presidential year falling on Sunday was in 1821, when President Monroe commenced his second term. The inauguration was on Monday, the 5th. The National Intelligencer of March 6, describes the scene, and said the oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Marshall. The proceedings took place in the House of Representa? tives. The third occurrence of this kiud was in 1849, when President Tyler was inaugurated. In this instance, also, the ceremonies took place on Monday, the 5th of March. Next year the President elect will, therefore, be inaugurated on Monday the 5th of March, instead of Sunday, the 4th. There is no special law bearing on the subject, but the pro? ceedings follow the general rule that for legal purposes Sunday is a dies non, and Saturday, the 3d of March, therefore only ends when Monday begins. This rule is followed in Congressional proceedings where it has happened that Saturday's sitting has been prolonged until Monday, the records showing no evidences of part of the proceedings having taken place on Sunday. Every seventh Presidential term the 4th of March, on which the term should commence, falls upon Sun? day. Unless there should be a change in the duration of the term the coin? cidence will not occur again until the year 1905.? Washington Star. The Hampton Family of South Carolina. To the Editor of the New York Sun: Sir: The old General, grandfather of the present Gen. Wade Hampton?a General in the Revolutionary War, as in the War of 1S12?was one of the wealthi? est planters in all the South, having sugar plantations in South Carolina. But he was also a man of strong passions and prejudices. His only surviving son by a first marriage was Col. Wade Hamp? ton, who had married a wealthy lady, and was the father of a large family, of which the present Gen. Wade Hampton was one. A disagreement occurred be? tween old Gen. Hampton and his second wife, the mother of three daughters, and in his anger he left them homeless and unprovided for, and went to Louisiana. Col. Wade Hampton, not having the fear of his father's wrath before him?as most sons might have had?at once resolved upon the course to which his instincts pointed. He purchased for his step? mother and half-sisters the finest dwell? ing in Columbia, furnished the establish? ment with servants, equipages, and every luxury, and through twelve years main? tained them in every comfort to which they had been accustomed. At the death of the old General it was discovered that he had devised his whole estate, amount? ing to more than 81,600,000, to his son alone, but, with the unbounded generosi? ty of that son's nature, he divided his inheritance, share and share alike, equal? ly with his step-mother and sisters, and would consent to reserve for himself only such a portion as the others received. Nor was Mrs. Hampton undeserving or unmindful of the step-son's devoted sacri? fices. On an occasion, in 1838, while Col. Hampton was absent in Louisiana, the notes of a friend for whom he was en? dorser at the bank, were protested for $42,000. So soon as word of this event reached her she promptly sent a check to the bank for the full amount, accompanied by only the simple directions that Col. Hampton should be spared all knowledge of the annoying circumstance. L. Getting Rich.?Nothing is easier than to grow rich. It is only to trust nobody, to befriend none, to get every? thing and save all you can get, to stint ourselves and everybody belonging to us, to be the friend of no man and have no man for your friend, to heap interest upon interest, cent upon cent; to be mean, miserable and despised, for some twenty or thirty years, and riches will come as sure as a disease and disappoint? ment. And when pretty nearly enough wealth is collected by a disregard of all the charities of the human heart and at the expense of every enjoyment save that of wallowing in filthy meanness, death comes to finish the work; the body is buried in a hole, the heirs dance over it and the spirit goes?where? ?There is nothing more truly insinua? ting and deferential than the waggle of a little dog's tail in the presence of a big dog with a bone. THE EDITOR'S WASTE BASKET. An Expert's Valuation of Advisory and Indignant Letters. Undoubtedly the most entertaining parts of editorial correspondence are the indignant and the instructive letters. Horwiath, Billingsgate and bad grammar deliberately written out, sealed, stamped, posted, aud arriving in due course of mail cool and still, are very ludicrous. Thestaleness of champagne that has been opened for some days is a type of the let? ter of wrath and fury when it reaches the editorial haud. And if anger could ever be reasonable, the furious gentleman or lady would count twenty-five with Tatty coram before cominittimg indignation to ink and paper. He does not mean to be ridiculous, but he makes himself so, and no peals of laughter in the busy sanctum are ever more sincere and ringing than those which greet the missive of the in? dignant correspondent. Of course honest and simple correc? tions of statement are of the utmo.st use, and ire in the highest degree valued by every sensible editor. When the con? ductor of the London Times was asked how he knew the movement of public opinion, which his paper so accurately represented, he answered that he knew it by his correspondence. That was, per? haps, as good an explanation as he could give of what is really inexplicable. For an editor apprehends instinctively, by a tact which is not to be learned, so that, like the poet, he is born, not made. Great volleys of epistolary censure are, therefore, not necessary to teach him that he has done something which displeases. He knows that he will do so before he begins only because he has counted the cost. If the editorial object be to reflect public opinion, the letters will represent only the scattering readers who disagree, and whose approval he expects and has already "discounted." If the object be to oppose a strong public opinion, he knows equally that there will be vehe? ment and general protests and that, also, he has already weighed. If, indeed, the editor be not an editor, but simply an occupant of the editorial chair, then he is utterly at sea. Two letters or twenty equally confuse and confound him. He has no idea, and can have none, whether they represent the crochets of twenty people of public opinion. The editorial sagacity is that which assures its posses? sor of action and reaction in public sen? timent, although he cannot point out to you the detailed sources of his knowledge, lu a political "campaign" he apprehends the movement for or against a candidate or party, and knows that, to-day, the chances are doubtful which yesterday were favorable. To write little letters of indignation to such a man is like swear? ing at the north star. It is mere waste. The other kind of remonstrances is the didactic. This unusually concerns the character of the feast which the editor provides for his readers, or consists of ju? dicious hints as to his management of his own business. "The Father of a Family" wishes to know why the editor admits a story which he is constrained to say is far from the-standard which he conceives the editor of a publication of such lofty pretentious should constantly regard; aud he is sorry to say that lie, the parent, is considering whether it be not his duty to decline to receive the work any longer. This is unquestiona? bly an interesting consideration to the parent, but he should remember that editors are very busy men, and should therefore refrain from troubling them with his menial processes. If the lather of a family would but reflect for a mo? ment, he would perhaps suspect, what is the precise truth, that for every such letter of reproof, an editor receives an? other of commendation, and if he should undertake to govern his conduct by them, the result would be pitiful. Indeed, the same disposition must be made of the didactic letters as of the indignant, and they must be dropped in the limbo of entire uselessness. What the individual A suggests, the individual B ridicules, and that which arouses the ire of C, re? joices the heart of D. The editor, there? fore, is the only person who can intelli? gently and properly reply, in the fabled words of an eminent philanthropist whose charitable attention was asked in a single case of suffering: "I am too busy with humanity to have time for individuals." The object of this brief discourse is to save the time of worthy people who are about committing indignation to paper, or who kindly design to teach somebody else how to manage his business. The text is to be found in an editor's waste basket.?Mr. Curtis in tlie November Har? per's. A Story, With a Moral. A gentleman of middle age, who had always been a farmer, had cleared up and improved one of the best farms in Maine, erected near and convenient buildings, reared a family, and was en? joying the blessings with which he. was surrounded, became possessed with the idea of selling his farm. Friends told him he could live so much easier to go into the village,* where he could have a nice house, a garden, keep a cow, and, if he chose, a horse, and live like a gentleman on the interest of his money, that he advertised his farm for sale. He found no want of purchasers, and the farm was soon disposed of for a handsome sum. Then the stock, fann? ing tools, etc., were sold, and the place that he wrought with his own hands, the buildings he had built for his own con? venience, and, according to his own no? tions, the spot where he had raised his family, and around which clustered so many associations, passed into the hands of strangers. For a time the gentleman did not locate, as he desired to look around, find a place to suit him, and see where he could be happy for the re? mainder of his days. At last he found a place that suited him, purchased it, and settled down to life again. But things did not go right. He missed his old farm and house, the silent but delighted company of cattle, sheep, and other do? mestic animals, the scenes where he had passed so many happy years, and the society of his old neighbors, tried and true. He grew discontented, and was well nigh sick. His wife and daughters, also, were not pleased with their new home; it was half a mile from town, with a little land, and was what many would have called a desirable place. Having remained long enough in his new place?he could not be said to have lived at ail?to become satisfied he should never be contented, he resolved to have the old farm back again. He went to the old man who owned it, paid him five hundred dollars more than what he got, took possession again of his familiar fields and groves, and, having learned a wholesome lesson from his transaction, is now at work again upon his old farm, a happier, wiser and bctt'.-r contented, if not a richer man. Its moral to farmers and others is, that when they get discontented and sell out, they should be sure they are nble to buy back their old homes and business, when they find they have not bettered them? selves by the change. ? The defects of great men are the consolation of the dances. THE MAN WHO SHOT F1SK. Edward S. Stokes, the Dandy Fel? on at Liberty?How He Talk?. . Edward S. Stokes, after nearly six years of imprisonment, was released Saturday morning at 8 o'clock. The New York World says: '?=???"? Since Stokes has been in prison he has paid in lawyers' fees and other expenses nearly $300,000. He says openly that had he been willing to pay $2,50C 'rthe privilege, he would not have been ?. ^fted from Sing Sing prison to Auburn. While in Sing Sing, Stokes regularly fed the offi? cials and lived, in the language of his fellow convicts "like a bird." what money will do. He has no hesitation in saying now that any one with money or political in? fluence can do about as he pleases in either Sing Sing or Auburn prison.? When he was hurried, handcuffed and ironed to "Jimmy the Kid," a notorious thief, to Auburn, he was not given a coat or waistcoat. When he reached the Erison he was shaking with the ague. He egged to be takeu to the hospital, and Warden Durston ordered him to a cold bath. Then Stokes was attacked with catarrhal fever. He W3s approached by one of the officials while helpless in his cell and told that if he paid $500 he could get into the hospital. Stokes doubted, and asked for time to consider the propo? sition. When he was ordered to cigar shop No. 2, which is called by some the bindery and by others the "bummers' retreat," he met Woodford, the incendiary, and George Clayton, the burglar, and spoke to them of the hospital. Woodford said : "I can get in there for five dollars." "So can I," echoed Clayton. Stokes handed each of them.a five dollar bank note, and told them to start for the hospital. With? in an hour both were registered on the sick list, and the deputy physician had the ten dollars in his pocket. Dr. Hoxie, the chief physician, spoke to the warden. They had learned that Stokes paid the money. Then they took him into the hospital, and he remained there up to the time of his release. He never did five minutes' work for the State while in Au? burn, and never ate a mouthful of prison food. He paid for all that he received, and had plenty of good food. "I might have lived cheaper at Delmouico's," said Stokes to the World reporter, "but there is no use growling about it now. Within the past few days I have met convicts who, with tears in their eyes, whispered to me: "Stokes, when you get out, tell 'em what they do to us here." I know what they do. the "paralyzing jacket." ' the most inhuman of all punishments within my knowledge, is ruining men forever. A convict laced in a canvas jacket until, in fact, he is paralyzed, and then he is unfit for work, thrown into a cell to die. But the officials are very careful to inquire concerning the man they punish. If he has money or friends, he is all right; but God help the friend? less and the penniless man. Governor Tilden ought to acquaint himself with these facts, and then take some action. I am satisfied that a fair, upright Governor, who investigated either Sing Sing or Au? burn prison, would turn out the rapacious and wicked officials." stokes and party, consisting of his brother and Col. Nutt man, Joseph Colgate, the World reporter, and another newspaper representative, took a smoking car to Syracuse, and there entered a drawing-room car and went to Albany, where dinner was served in the Delavan House. On his way to this city the platforms at the stations were crowd? ed by persons who wanted to see Stokes. Women stared at him as though for dear life, aud one aged/emale lady presented him with a card on which was printed "Come to Jesus." Stokes ordered two bottles of champaign at Utica, and the party drank his health. He said that he was not afraid of any personal attack upon him in this city. He took rooms at the Hoffman House last night. He in? tends to call upon Commodore Vander bilt,this morning. He says: "No man on earth has been so good to me as the old Commodore has been." This week' Stokes will visit the Centennial; then he will return to execute his $250,000 suit against Jay Gould. He means to go in? to business at once, having purchased a patent asphaltum pavement, which he says is something that no city cau do without. '_ Mystery of Dreams.?It is re'ated that a man fell asleep as the clock tolled the first stroke of twelve. He awakened ere the echo of the twelfth stroke had died away, having in the interval dreamed that he'had committed the crime, was de-: tected after five years, tried and con? demned; the choke of finding the halter about his neck aroused him to his con? sciousness, when he discovered that all these events had happened in ah infin? itesimal fragment of time. Mohammed, wishing to illustrate the wonders of sleep, told how a certain man, being a sheik, found himself, for his pride, made a poor fisherman ; that he lived as one for fifty years, bringing up a family and working hard; and how, upon waking up from his long dream, so short a time had he been asleep that the narrow necked gourd bottle filled with water, which he Knew he overturned as he fell asleep, had not time in which to enipty itself. How fast! the soul travels when the body is asleep! Often when we awake we shrink from going back into the dull routine of a sordid existence, regretting the pleasanter life of dreamland. How is it that some? times, when we go into a place, we have seen it before? Is it possible that when one has been asleep the soul has floated away, seen the place, and has that mom ory of it which so surprises us? In a word, how far dual is the life of man, how far not? Mr. Scott's Flying Machine.?The inventor of the flying machine, Mr. Ralph Scott, who didn't fly from Dover to Calais, as he said he would, is in Ber? lin showing his invention to Bismarck and "Von Moltke. The whole arrange? ment consists of a small, rather , deep wooden gondola, in the middle of which the machinery is fixed, which is to be put in motion by means of a wheel, simi? lar to a ship's steering wheel. The pres? sure of the spring, when the wheel is in motion, is to be like 3,000 pounds in an upward, and equal to 1,500 pounds in a downward direction. At each end of the gondola is a seat for a passenger,.and at one end a second wheel for steering the apparatus, which altogether weighs 300 pounds. Mr. Scott asserts that with this machine ho will travel through the air at the rate of seventy miles an hour in clear weather, and in a storm and against a head wind forty miles. He says that he has himself already made trial trips on a small scale with it, and that for upward, downward and forward motion, as well as standing still in mid-air, and in all weathers, he has found the machiae a thorough success. The principle may be applied, he says, with the shine effect to machines of any size or strength. ? Three may keep counsel?if two be away. Women and Wine. Of the worst foes that woman has ever had to encounter wine stands at the head. The appetite for strong drink in man has spoiled the lives of more women-r-ruined more hopes for them, scattered more for? tunes for them, brought them more sor? row, shame and hardships?than any other evil that lives. The country num? bers tens of thousands, nay, huudreds of thousands of women who are widows to? day and sit in hopeless weeds because their husbands have been slain by strong drink. There are hundreds'of thousands of homes scattered all over the land in which women live lives of torture, going through all the changes of suffering that lie between the extremes of fear and des? pair, because those whom they love like wine better than thoy do the women they have sworn to love. There are women by thousands who dread to hear at the door the step that once thrilled them with pleasure, for that step has learned to reel under the influence of seductive poison. There are women groaning with pain, while we write these words, from bruises and brutalities inflicted by husbands made mad by strong drink. There can be no exaggeration of any statement made in regard to this matter, because no human imagination can create any? thing worse than the truth, and no pen is capable of portraying the truth. The sorrows and the horrors of a wife with a drunken husband, of a mother with a drunken son, are as near the realization of hell as can be reached in this world at least. The shame, the indignation, the sorrow, the sense of disgrace for herself and her children, the poverty (and not unfrequently the beggary,) the fear and the violence, the lingering, life long struggle and despair of countless women with drunken husbands are enough to make all women curse wine, and engage unitedly to oppose it everywhere as the worst enemy of their sex. ?: Women, there are some things you can do, and this is one: You may make drinking unpopular and disgraceful among the young. You can utterly dis? countenance all drinking in your own house, and you can hold in suspicion every young man who touches the cup. You know that no young man who drinks can safely be trusted with the happiness of any woman, and he is as unnt as a man can be for a woman's society. Have it understood that every young man who drinks is socially proscribed. Bring up your children to regard drinking as not ?nly dangerous but disgraceful. Place temptations in no man's way. If men will make beasts.of themselves, let them do it in other society than yours. If your mercenary husbands treat their customers from private stores kept in their counting-rooms shame them into decency by your regard for the honor of your home. Recognize the living, terri? ble fact that wine has always been, and is to-day, the curse of your sex; that it dries up your prosperity ; that it endan? gers your safety; that it can only bring you evil. If social customs compel you to present wine at your feasts, rebel against it, and make a social custom in the interest of virtue and purity. The matter is very much in your hands. The women of the country, in what is called polite society, can do more to make the nation temperate than all the legislators and tumultuous reformers that are strug? gling and blundering in their efforts to this end._ Been to the Races. Friday night, about half an bourbe fore midnight, a very respectable De? troiter, living on Duflield street, was heard feeling all over the front door to find the knob. His wife suddenly pulled the door open and confronted him, and in a fife-like voice inquired: "Isn't this a nice state of affairs?you not home since this morning!" "Softly, darling, softly," he replied, trying to take her hand, "I've zhust got back from the races." "What races?" she demanded. "H-o-r-s-e races," he slowly replied. "Had a big time and made five hundred dollars. Coin' to get you fourteen silk dresses." ??''! "Well, you should have sent me word," she replied, as she huug up his bat. The promise of the dresses acted like magic on her imagination. "Yes, but didn't have time," he re? plied. "Fellar come 'long in buggy, 'noff I went. Ju ever see a horse race, Mary ?" "No, I never did." "Well, she's bigthing, tell you. Never seen such magniferous sight in my life. Now jus'r 'magine, I am a h-o-r-s-e, and you are the string." "I won't do it?I'm no string," she ex? claimed. "Well, all right. Sposen both of us are horses, then." "I won't do that either. I never saw you look ancl talk as you do to-night. I believe you have been drinking." "Sah's so, Mary, drank sixty-four glasses lemonade. Well, all the horses got away in fine style. Noble sight, I tell you. I bet five hundred dollars on the head horse." "That was sharp iu you," she replied,' mentally planning to have four blue, five brown, and five green silks. "You bet it was," he went on. Well, the head horse kept ahead, an' I won five hundred dollars." "Half of which, my ducky, dear, you intend to give to me." "Noz hardly, my dear." "Why ?" "You don't understand er rules, of er race course, my darling," he replied. "Er rules is if you win five hundred dol? lars on the first race, you lose it all and two hundred more on the next race." "And do you mean that you are two hundred dollars out of pocket?" she squeaked. "Zas was I mean, my darling." "Don't darling me, you old drunkard I" she howled and'the'policeman across the way says that the hat rack went over, the door was kicked shut, ^nd, amid the growls and howls, he could hear a voice crying out: "Lez up on me, darling; lez go my hair! I gave the fe'r my note for the two hun'der'd dollars, and he can't get a cent?"?Detroit Free Press. Gite Your Child a Paper:?A child beginning to read is delighted with a newspaper, because he reads of names and things which arc familiar, and he will progress accordingly. A newspaper in one year is worth a quarter's schooling to a child. Every father must consider that information 'is connected with ad? vancement. The mother of a family, being one of its heads and having a more immediate charge of children, should herself be instructed. A. mind occupied becomes fortified against the ills of life, and:is braced for emergency. Children amused by reading 'or ? study, are, of course, more considerate-and easily gov? erned. How many thonghtless young men have spent their earnings in a tavern or grog-shop, who onght to have' ofee'n reading! How many parents who have not spent twenty dollars for books or papers for their families^ would have iven thousands to reclaim a son pi aughtcr who' had ighbrantly, thought? lessly, fallen into temptation from wanl of wise counsel, or from lack of some? thing to occupy the mind.!?Selected. 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"The American people," said an Eng? lish writer on our politics, "is perpetual? ly voting for some election or other." Somebody, it might be added, has to bear the expense of these perpetual elections. Just what the expense is, in a general canvass like that which is now drawing to a close, it is difficult to estimate with any approach to accuracy; for there are no statistics extant upon the subject, and the politicians who plan and conduct campaigns are naturally reticent upon such matters. It is plain, however, that there must be a heavy outlay of money. The printing and distribution of cam aign documents, the rental of public alls, the pay of stump speakers, the purchase of banners, torches, uniforms and other paraphernalia; the expense of postage and telegraphing?all these are necessary outlays, and when the extent to which they are carried throughout the country is borne in mind it becomes very apparent that the aggregate must be enormous. A paragraph has lately been going the rounds of the press, to the ef? fect that the strenuous campaign in In? diana preparatory to the recent State election consumed ?10,000,000. This is, of course, wild exaggeration, based upon a mere random guess. - Am estimate that seems to us not far from the truth places the average cost of a Presidential election at about ?1,500,000 for each of the great opposing parties, or a total of $3,000,000. Accepting this as within the bounds of probability it would seem that the ex? pense of putting Mr. Tilden or Mr. Hayes into the White House is fifteen times greater than the whole amount of salary paid to the incumbent during his term of four years. Calling the population of the country about 40,000,000, this would be equivalent to a tax of seven and one-half cents a head for every man, woman and child in the United States. The mainten? ance of the court of France for the first year of the second empire was less than two cents per head of the population. It appears that the cost of making a Presi? dent may be greater than that of keeping a prince. The expenses of our elections, however, are borne mainly by voluntary contribu? tion. The burden falls chiefly on wealthy partisans who expect to share in some way the benefits ensuing from the election of their candidate. It takes the form of a tax only in the case of office? holders who are assessed for election ex? penses by the party in power, a custom that often falls heavily upon department clerks and minor officials. The burden n touches the people remotely, and indi? rectly, if at all, while in reality they de? rive an actual and immediate benefit. The various devices by which their sym? pathy and support are solicited serve to awaken a more active interest in public affairs, and the masses thereby acquire the rudiments or political education, in? stead of remaining in apathy and ignor? ance of the condition of the country and the administration of the government. Great as the costs of our elections may be, they cannot be lamented as an un? mitigated burden upon the people.?New York Herald. Difflcnlt Lotc-Making. The boy who sells fruit and confection? ery off the train is usually a very vigo? rous sort of a boy, with an eye strictly to business, and with no romantic thoughts running through his brain. One of them came near ruining the happiness of two young souls for life, the other day. A young man sat on the seat with a pretty girl, and thought the passengers couldVt distinguish their conversation from the noise made by the cars, it was pretty evident that what was being said was of great interest to the young couple. He was saying: "Katie, darling, I have long been wishing for an opportu? nity to tell you of my great love for-?" "Peanuts ?" inquired the fruit and con? fectionery boy, thrusting his basket in front of the pair. "No!" exclaimed the young man in an annoyed tone, and waving his hand to one side. "As I was saying, Katie," he continj ued after the boy had passed on, "I have long wanted to tell you of my regard for you. You are everything to me, and always in my absence my thoughts are constantly dwelling upon?" "Nice candy?prize in every "box," in? terrupted the boy, totally ignorant of the interesting conversation he was injuring. The young man shook his head, while the girl looked mad enough to bite a hair-pin in two. When the boy had left, the young man resumed. "I do not think you are entirely insen? sible to my regard, and;I feel certain that you in some degree reciprocate. Tell me, darling, if I have a right to think that you are fond of?" "Nice fresh figs?ten cents a"?the boy saw by the countenance of the pair that he could make no sale;-and moved ahead with the basket. The young man finish 1 ed with his eyes the sentence he had commenced, and waited for an answer. It came, murmured in his'ear that no other person might learn its import: "Oh, Charlie, you've no idea how happy you make "me by your avowal. You know that I care for you only, and that my regard for you is as lasting as?" "Maple candy?very nice," said the bov, displaying a tempting array of the delicacy. "Clear out 1" ejaculated the young man, between his teeth, in a savage tone, and as.the boy cleared out, he turned to his sweet heart for the continuation of her answer. "As lasting as eternity. I have always cared more for you than any body else. All our folks think you are just splendid, and mother says you are as good as?" "Pop-corn?fresh this morning:" ? The young man rose hastily and; lifted the boy several feet down the aisle, cud the girl fell to crying in her handker? chief. The young man resumed his seat, and sat in moody silence until the train stopped at his station, when, in company with the young lady, he alighted, while the boy, after nursing the place where he was kicked for a few minutes, went on with his business in utter ignorance of the fact that he had perhaps broken up a most interesting and happy courtship., How They Married in 76.?A hun? dred years ago a Virginia belle was not to be won without foolscap and red tape. This was the certificate that the bride had to sign before her lover could get a mar? riage license: "The bearer hereof hps my permission to procure from the au? thorities the necessary credential, which shall duly, and honorably merit my at? tention in the support of my .affections, to continue through the end of all things, which shall, reflect every ray of honor to so resplendant an element or sentiment of my. right mind, and which shall, hence? forth be strictly adhered to in the proper form, at my instance and his importunity, in: the making valid of all things pertain? ing to the stream of my desire to become his partner.in the vigor of my youth, in the morning of my affections, properly directed to momentous obligations of conjugal embraces in endless felicity. In. witness to the above, I. have here? unto," etc. . ?:!<> ? ? Corn in Grayson county, Texas, is said to be selling at ten cents per bushel.