The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, January 18, 1877, Image 4

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The Year w^^En#e4 T^^CAr.l^iC^Xri^ jnomurahio a* the l^tKe?iei^|r^>t?io? ifcreut Ameri? can Republic, Arid aLS^ydar of momen? tous political complications which threat? ened the stability tit the Republic and tested thenntegrity ami:patriotism of the. people. For the first time in our history* we are threatened Hvitli a conflict between the citizens of the country and the ser? vants they "have intrusted with, the ad? ministration uf. their affairs; and wo enter upou the second century of the Rp pubiic with this grave conflict undecided. The year has 6een darkened by the im? peachment of a Cabinet Minister for orib. .y. by universal btmincra reverses; by an Administration of low moral (jiftie aud reckless partisanship, and by fraiid' and trickery in canvassing the votes at our national election. At the same time the Centennial Exposition has exhibited the exhaustless resources of our national domain, and the industry, skill and in? ventiveness of the people. It was a splendid demonstration of the material growth, of a nation: which contrasted its bare century of existence with the thou? sand years oftbejr^ple'sw(ho competed with it ia the exhibition of the product* ofaktiL'1'.. Oar neigbboring republic of Mexico teaches us the. lesson, and affords us the warning, that no government is stable and no national prosperity safe, unless the law is kept supreme over individual am? bition and partisan intrigue?. President Lerdo, who was about to enter on his second term of office, after due!/election, has been driven from his capital by the revolutionary chieftain Diaz; and Igle sias, Lerdo's*contestant for the place, now opposes the usurpation of the soldier who has proclaimed himself dictator over the ten millions of Mexicans. To the .north of us the Dominion of Canada prospers ander a Democratic rep? resentative government, in all essential respects^ independent of the. control of the British throne. Canada is still, in population, less than one-tenth the size of the United States, but it bears the evi? dences of growth: in material strength and moral power. .In South America the only really suc? cessful and prosperous States are Brazil and Chili. Both have stable govern mentspjafcd are griowidg^hjp^^latioh, wealth and internal improvements: . Dom Pedrb'il Is a monarch of similar disin? terestedness and zeal, and his spirit ani? mates the administration of the empire, which-extendsaJarge^hospkality to for ^wflHWif Wf. T&eVcuiae of sjayeiy. iswtmlcM WiMn? -^ea?vjpd bjF wjaet laws, which give freedom |o all children born of slave parents, lease a the difficulty of the slave's purchase of his own free? dom, and ameliorate the condition of ex? isting servitude. The contest is contin? ued between the Emperor and the Romani Catholic clergy as to whether the Papal decrees shall be communicated to the people through the. State of the Bishops; btit'it is not'provocative of serious' trou? ble. Brazil is a well-ordered and healthy State, andjts .eleven motions., of innabi tants constitute'*- the--backOnse- oi- tue South American popuia;ion.~Cmii has maintained peace, and lS growing in riches and resources. g3Sg? Argeutiae Bepnblic is still sufferingwIro?u the con? sequences of-a sudden-end an undue in? crease of the currency. Europe is ? agitated by the fears of a war'between Russia and Turkey. Eng-/ land suffers commercially and financially by reason of the incertitude, of Continen? tal politics, but, though VigbTousiy as? sailed by the opposition, the Government of Lora Beaconsfield maintains itself. The year has witnessed go very marked .political changes in that kingdom. Its chief event, perhaps more significant in its appeal to the imagination than its practical consequences, has been the as? sumption by Queen Victoria of the title of Empress, of India. To-day, at Delhi and throughout India, she is to be pro? claimed the imperial mistress of the ancient people who already enjoyed a; proud civilization, had enriched their country with enduring monuments of art, had a highly developed religion, and had letters and sciences when her ances? tors were rude barbarians, incapable of an. abstract thought The gorgeous cere-., monies of this first of January at Delhi will make the day memorable, and the Oriental' imagination of the English statesman, who conceived the idea of adding to his sovereign's royal dignity the glamour of an imperial title, must be satisfied. In France the year has seen the further entrenchment of the republic in the con? fidence of the nation. It has become the symbol of conservatism, and, with Gam betta listening to the counsels of modera? tion and decrying extreme opinions and politics, it seems firmly seated. The elasticity of France in its recovery from a disastrous and humiliating war has been one of the most wonderful events of modern history. It is due to the energy, industry, thrift and ingenuity of the peo? ple, and a masterly management of the problems of national finance. We re? joice at the prosperity ot the French Re? public and the nation which has been the teacher of the world in matters of human rights and social emancipation?the fer? tile and much-tried land whence ideas were obtained which nourished the pur? pose of the founders of this republic. Germany has not so wisely reaped the material fruits of victory as France has used the lessons of adversity. The great indemnity she wrong from her conquered adversary has proved rather a source of evil than a help to real prosperity, by stimulating reckless speculation, and di? verting thought and enterprise from actual industry. But Germany has con? solidated herself as a political entity, and holds a dominant place among European powers, i' ' ; Russia is in the turmoil of preparation for war, the people evidently desiring the conflict, and sanguine of success in con? quering a; union of die Slavonic races. Though Russia has the most* centralized and most imperial of governments, yet Russian society is active with the yeast of political and social radicalism, which will one day exhibit its ferment more, conspicuously. Italy grows more and more consolidated as a kingdom, the Liberal party maintaining its supremacy in the Parliament. Austria watches with keen interest the movements of Russia near her. borders,, .and willjeal ously resist any encroach men ts on her neighbor's part which- seem to threaten Austrian welfare. Turkey proposes rad? ical reforms?a responsible Government and House of Representatives, the equali ty of all before the law and a juster ad? ministration?but whether she can carry out such measures remains iu doubt, and Russia still menaces the integrity of the empire. Spain is, for the time, quiet at home, bo far as concerns revolutionary movements. Carl ism is smothered, at least temporarily, and Radical Republi? can demonstrations have been crushed. The Cuban war for independence still sorely taxes the kingdom, but the nation? al pride pi Spain is enlisted m the strug? gle, and yet it goes on, though hopeless. Denmark is in possession of the Radicals! who worry the King and make his crown a mere bauble. Sweden and Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland and Portugal pre? sent little in their year's history which calls for comment In Asia the barriers to foreign inter? course have been farther broken down during the year. China has again sent out diplomatic representatives to the Western nations. Japan iu making rapid advances toward an imitation of Western civilization. We must wait, to see whether the happiness of the people will be increased by the change. Africa has been disturbed by the war of the Egyptian Khedive with Abyssinia, which has so far been utterly xnnttaB SSeWSffiuft* tie cM oTfljfc Suez Can?l-is the great event. Stanley has kepti'-up-hie.explorations and Iiis war? fare on the blacks, but has nent us no in formation of anv account. The slave 'trade dies slowly, but it has received further blows during the year. Ii? Australia the people are preparing I or a world's fair,-and are exhibiting the fruits of great energy and enterprise. Looking the world over, we find it be gins the new year with better proiuise for the welfare of men than it begun the last. We have less thau a quarter orchis fflifi? teetith century left. May those who live to see the twentieth century take part in [a Mti 11 better-era fur'.the happiness of man. We have learned during this one that the form of government alone does not necessarily give freedom or bike from it, and that "the greatest] proGleuas of; social order and emancipation remain to be solved. There is plenty of work left to be done by our dewcendant?, and so it ?will be until the time when some future Scheiimaiin dig* up tlie obscure relics of oujjmjrfed ciyilzation. --New York Sun. other ^ay^lltcutn^gt tt^re^i^ * ef second marriages, and all were very de? cided in prono?ncing them wrong, and wanting iu love and respect to the mem? ories or their deceased partners. One of these Isdiee, who bad not been married more-than a year or two, after expressing her opposition in very strong terms, ap? pealed to a single gentleman who was present for his opinion on the subject.? He replied $f\ "I* am not only opposed, to second marriages, but to first marriages, also!" j This was something more than the yonng married lady asked for, and she expressed her astonishment at the single gentleman's social hetrodoxy 1 A heresy which the young gentleman thought many married persons had imbibed after trying both states 1 But they were too prudent to acknowledge it for fear of ex? communication. The idea of a bereaved widow or wid? ower, in the flower of life, spending his or her life brooding over their misfor? tunes and cherishing exclusively the memory of their loved one, will do for romance, but not for real life. Thea was' a gentleman, many years ago, who petitioned the Legislature of South Car? olina to have double tax refunded him, on the ground that Ue^was'so distressed at'tW-lowof-his wife-that he forgot to pay hiataxes! This appeal to the House produced quite a sensation. A member who had been twice married himself, moved that the prayer of the petitioner be granted, asrhe thought it likely the I poor fellow was thinking so much about getting married again that be did really forget to pay his taxfes! It is remarkable how many great men in - the world have married widows. Washington the greatest of all men, mar i ried a widow with two children; Napo? leon Bonaparte, tne most intellectual man that the world ever produced, like? wise married a widow older than himself, with two children; Mahomet, the great prophet' and founder of the religion of lue Easi, ma.ried an old widow. Ben '. jaiiiin Ifraukiin, the philosopher, patriot and {Statesman, married a widow, or nu tuner man'? wiie, and lie never knew which ^Andrew Jackson married another 'Utah's wife twice, before and after she v,as divorced from her husband. -Jeuer sou^niarricd a widow * Madison married a young, dashing widow-r-wne? ^he was ftdvauced as a bachelor-; the present Prime Minister of England married a {widow*older than himself; Lord Coke, the great embodiment of the common iaw^ married a widow, who was a great termagant; Sam Johnson, the leviathan of English literature, married an old widow; Aaron Burr, a man of the most fascinating accomplishments, and who could have married any young lady, chose for his wife the widow of an Eng? lish officer. But this it enough. ' Milton, the prince of poets,1 is an ex? ception to great men marrying widows. He was married three times, and every I time he chose a maider. lady. He said there was. something indelicate in the idea'of marrying a widow. But why is it that widows have been so successful in capturing great men 7 It is because, having been married, they therefore un? derstand the art of fascinating gen tlemen better than inexperienced maiden ladies. Or, is it because great men have great heart* as well as great brains and are therefore more easily captured than or di nary men 7 The fact that a woman has been once married shows that she did hate charms enough to fascinate some one. This is more than all single ladies can prove. Adam Smith, in his Political Economy, or ''Wealth for Nations," says that a widow in America, with three or four children is sought after by the young farmer "?s a sort of fortune." He looks forward to the work of the children as a great help. If this was ever the case in the United States, it is very certain that the young men of the present day are more enterprising than the contempora? ries of Adam Smith were, for they prefer making their own fortunes. It may be said that the great men enumerated as marrying widows were governed by sordid motives more than love. Washington was too pure and good a man to hare been influenced by any consideration of wealth, although he married a lady possessed of five or six hundred slaves and valuable lands. Na? poleon married a Widow who had noth? ing. Franklin, Madison and Andrew Jackson did the same. Dr. Johnson's wife had nothing. Aaron Burr's wife had nothing. Mahomet, old Coke and D'lsreali did marry fortunes. It was said by a distinguished gentle? man, yet living, that no one ever truly loved but ooce. This is certainly not the orthodox opiuion of tingle gentlemen and ladies. They, very often, are in love half a dozen times before they are mar? ried !: There is more truth in the expres? sion of the fact, that a heart which once truly loves can never forget. It may love again and again, and still remember its first iove. : This is natoral. But that one love should exhaust a heart, is not the experience of the world, as second marriages conclusively show. s Young men may, sometimes, marry old widows, as did Mahomet, Johnson, Burr, D'lsreali, und others, enumerated above, but old men always prefer marrying young ladies. We once, heard an old gentleman, who bad married a young wife, say old men were great fools for marrying young' girls; We thought young girls who married old men were much greater fools, and would be very apt. to discover their folly iu after life, whilst waiting and nursing and taking care of their old husbands. A young' lady who first marries an old man, sel? dom does so again, in her second mar? riage. This is a mistake she never commits the second time.?Cor. Green? ville Enterprise and Mountaineer. -: 1 9\T 1 1 / - ? It may be counted as one of the curious things of life that people who need presents most get the least, and those who. need them least get the most. ? A Maryland jury lately declared that a man h -.d come to his death "by an unknown wagon." About ou a par with this is the Wisconsin verdict re? specting a man who had been crushed to death in a mill, when the jury remarked, 'no blame can be attached to the ma? chinery." ? We learn from the Baltimore Ga? zette that Sergeant Bates is now living at Saybrook. Illinois, With his wife and five children in great poverty, and is fre? quently dependent upon public charity for subsistence. His neighbors consider him a shiftless, no account fellow, and his flag-bearing achievements have earned for him the reputation of being & fool. Such is the vanity of humfe& &? GOTHAM'S SENSATION. The Bennett and Slay Engagement? Causes of the Estrangement between the Lovers. Special Correspondence of the Philadelphia Times. New York, January 5. The Bennett-May fiasco has not yet pawed into the oblivion of a nine-days' wonder. That friendly veil of forgetful net? for which the priest in his robes, the belle in her velvets and the beggar in his rags give equal thanks, has not yet fallen ?upon'it. The railway king, with his mil? lions'; lies dead, yet outside of Wall street the movements of the young mogul of the Herald excite far more interest titan the Vauderbilt funeral. The one is seau dal and appeals to the deepest interest of the public heart; the other is death, at which all men frown. The one effete the Stock Exchange; the other effects gay society. The one brings mourning weeds into a* family; the other brings disquiet and scandal into an otherwise happy home. The unfortunate Bennett-May affair is on every tongue. It forms the chief toj^ic of the club men; it-penneates the atrn^sphere^fr the Fiftf? Avenue re? ceptions, and it is tossed from lip to lip among the bootblacks in the Bowery. \\) There has been a vast amount of so? ciety gossip since the announcement was first made that Mr. Bennett had become hengaged to Miss Carrie May, daughter of '' Dr. William May, of this city. This transpired over a year ago, and during the intervening time all sorts of contra "ctory rumors have been afloat. The story, .that Mr. Bennett had ordered a valuable set of diamonds, including neck? lace and bracelets, from Tiffany's, for his fiance, and that the marriage was to have taken place last winter, was followed by the statement that it had been postponed on account of the determination of Mr. Bennett's only sister to enter a convent in the event of her brother's marriage. This bore some truth upon its face, as Miss Bennett is a rigid Catholic and en? tirely devoted to her brother, and would have been jealous regarding any new ties that he might have formed. Close upon this rumor came one to the effect that the marriage was to have occurred last sum? mer; again, it was stated that Dr. May had refused his sanction to the union, on account of the young gentleman's habits, and that he had been put upon probation for six months or a year. Failing to work out his probation, the lover fell into divers and many disagreements with the head of the May household. On the occasion of one of his visits to his lady love he slapped her on the cheek?probably in play, probably as an eccentric means of displaying hin affec? tion. At any rate, the young lady's father took umbrage at the action, and 3uietly put Mr. Bennett out of the front oor. As soon as the paternal back was turned Miss May went down stairs and let her lover in through the basement window. Little incidents of this and si similar nature served to give spice to the engagement and to test the young lady's determination to cling to her eccentric suitor. This she has done faithfully through all the wild escapades that have marked Mr. Bennett's career during her association with him, always taking his part whenever her own family spoke or acted against him. It is stated on the best authority that Miss May really loves Mr. Bennett, and is deeply grieved at the phase that the affair has assumed, al? though up to to-day she has heard noth? ing of the meeting between her brother and Mr. Bennett, she being quite ill from the excitement of the past ten days, during which time the engagement has been broken off. A handsome trousseau had arrived from Europe, the wedding-day had been fixed for the 27th of December, and Mr. Bennett had positively engaged passage for himself and bride in the Russia, when, lo I the wedding-bubble burst, and the gay ety of a bridal is likely to be changed into the tragedy of a mortal combat. On Christmas Eve Mr. Bennett went to Dr. May's house, in West Nineteenth street, while he was considerably under the in? fluence of liquor, and, like many others of the same temperament, he has no con? trol of himself when in that condition. His manner and language towards Miss May's mother and members of the family was not particularly commendable. In fact, it was such as again to arouse Dr. May's ire and to lead hira to show his Sueat to the front door. Mr. Bennett's emonstrations in front of the house greatly incensed the May brothers when it reached their ears, and they swore vengeance against him. In the mean? while Dr. May wrote a note to Mr. Ben? nett positively refusing his consent to the marriage. It is asserted by society people, and it is believed by the May family, that Mr. Bennett was very willing to have the en? gagement annulled, having grown weary of it, but that he did not wish to break it off himself, preferring that this movement should come from the May family, and that this was the explanation of much of his annoying and singular conduct to members of the May household. It is so well known that Mr. Bennett's life has been a constant search for new pleasures that it would not seem incongruous to his character that such should have really been the case. But undoubtedly in the first instance he was attracted to Miss May and inspired by a feeling of deep interest when he offered her the Bennett hand and the Bennett fortune, which, in a pecuniary sense, was such a glittering target for women of the world, in which the millionaire editor moved. It does not follow that Bennett did not care for the pretty girl who had attracted his fancy, simply because he may have grown restless under fetters to which he was un? accustomed. Young men of society re? quire novel pastimes. Miss Carrie May is a very attractive woman, possessed of fascinating manners and sufficient beauty to have rendered her a belle, both in New York, and in Washington, of which city her father is a native. The family are extensively connected in Washington and in Balti? more. Miss Carrie May is slightly above medium height, of rather delicate physique. She appeared much smaller than she really was as she walked gayly along Fifth Avenue, by the side of her stalwart lover, or sat beside him as he drove his four-in-hand through the Park. She is very graceful in movement and stylish, though usually attired with sim? plicity on the street or the drive. She has been called rather cold and self-cen? tered, and many supposed that she cared more for the dazzling fortune that her lover possessed than she did for him alone, but surmises and suspicions unfold not Ac story of the human heart, and whether Miss May cares tor Mr. Bennett or not, or whether Mr Bennett cares for the girl whom he woo%.j and won or not, it is a sad termination of what in the be? ginning was belie ved to have been a love affair. Mr. Benr .Jtt's attentions to Miss May were most marked after the engage? ment was entere.' into. They were to? gether a great der.* at Newport last sum? mer, and they have been seen frequently at receptions quite recently. On the day when the meeting occurred between Mr. May and Mr. Bennett in front of the Union Club, another brother, also armed with a cowhide, was awaiting Mr. Bennett's advent at the Herald office. The brothers had decided that whoever caught him first should administer the flogging, the direct occasion of which, they assert, was the language used by Mr. Bennett to Miss May's mother most particularly. Here we have a man's troubles beginning with a prospoctivo mother-in-law. _ Mora. The wisdom of General Grant's course in keeping his mouth shut for so many years has never been so apparent as since he began to talk. ? If the editor should be out when you enter just drop into bis chair; he will be exceedingly glad to find the place so wtotuily filleo upon his return. Female Influence. Man, viewed as an intellectual and immortal being, has furnished the theme for many beautiful and very interesting compositions. When he is the subject, and discanted upon by any adequate composer, we hear or read with the most profound attention. Not less interesting and important is woman. She. has a separate and distinct influence upon society. Her sphere of action is different from that of man, still hers as well as his exhibits the woful effects. of our first parent's disobedience in the garden of Eden. Hence we find her influence sometimes injurious and sometimes beneficial. Poets, in the flights of their imagination, have often represented woman as a model of all ex? cellence, yet it must be admitted that they have rather shown us what she ought to be, than what she really is, for no woman has ever yet attained to that superlative degree of excellence which poets have painted. But whether her character be good or evil, it does not en? feeble her influence on society; for they over whom it is exerted are capable of being either the ministers-of -peace or of destruction. In all stages of human life, society has felt the influence of the "gen? tle sex>'r. Man's earliest associations are derived from the influence of his mother, who'supplied his wante, alleviated his woes, cheered his hopes, and removed his fears; but whose worth too often is not sufficiently appreciated by him until she is forever removed from him. These rare sweets are not ephemeral in their effects ? but malte- a deep and last? ing impression on society, and influence most of their actions. The individual' whose heart is capable of fine feeling can be placed in no situation in which woman may not be a welcome companion. Is he in prosperity? None can be so fit and acceptable a partaker with him as woman. Is he almost overwhelmed by the waves of adversity ? None can con? sole him and so effectually assuage his sorrows as wotrjan. Is he tossed on the stormy tide of ambition, and his soul al? most swallowed up by the foaming waves of passions ? Then comes to his assist? ance soothing woman, and under her in? fluence the winds and waves soon eeane their conflicts and all is calm. But time would fall were we to enu? merate all, or even a good part, of the situations in which woman proves a blessing to society. Happy would we be if we could stop with this view of the subject. Thus far have wc looked at the fair side of this fair subject. Look now to the blood-written catalogue of evils. And here, also, you will find .woman a conspicuous actress. If you, at one time, see an Egyptian princess drawing from the flag-covered ark the smiling though devoted Moses, who was afterwards to be the valiant leader of Isreal, yet by exam? ining a little farther down the table of time you will find a Miriam equally zeal? ous to bring the destructive frown, of Heaven upon her own people. If you point to the praiseworthy queen of Sheba, on her iong and difficult journey to hear the wisdom of Solomon, you must at the same time examine the character and conduct of that most execrable of women, Jezebel. Do you extol the ^mildness and salutary influence of the genial Ociavia over the bold, war-Jike Antho? ny : you must at the sametime execrate the conduct of queen Cleopatra. Do you with veneration mention the name of Elizabeth, queen of England, as the bul? wark of Protestant faith, and free insti? tutions : yet, you must acknowledge that she had a queen sister, who was as foul as Elizabeth was fair. But time would fail to follow down the contrast. Suffer a word of advice to be given to our female friends. Let us strive every succeeding day to exhibit some new ex? cellence of character, either in the per? fection of our acquirements, the amiable ness of our dispositions, the elegance of our manners, or the ardor of our piety; so that society may in all ages, with pro? priety, acknowledge the happy influence of woman. The Baby.?One of the sweetest of Emerson's writings is the following: "Who knows not the beautiful group of babe and mother, sacred in nature, sacred also in religious associations of half the globe ? Welcome to the parents is the puny little struggler, strong in his weakness, his little arms more irresisti? ble than the soldier's, his lips touched with persuasion which Chatham and Pericles in manhood had not. The small despot asks so little that all nature and reason is on bis side. His ignorance is more charming than all knowledge, and his little sins more bewitching than all virtue. All day, between his three or four sleeps, he coos like a pigeon house, sputters and crows, and puts on faces of importance; and when he fasts, the little Pharisee fails not to sound his trumpet before him. Out of blocks, thread spools, cards, and checkers, he will build his pyramid with the gravity of a Pal ladio. With an acoustic apparatus of whistle and rattle he explores the laws of sound. But chiefly, like his senior countrymen, the young American studies new and speedier modes of transportation. Mistrusting the cunning of his small legs, he wishes to ride on the neck and should? ers of all flesh. The small enchanter nothing can withstand; no seniority of age no gravity of character?uncles, aunts, cousins, grnndsires, grandmas?all fall an easy prey. He conforms to no? body, all conform to him, all caper and make mouths and babble and chirrup to him. On the strongest shoulder he rides, and pulls the hair of laurelled heads." A Texan Among the Hoosiers.? A Texnn visiting this point gathered around him some of our citizens on Mon? day, and entertained them with some of his experiences iti the Lone Star State. One incident told by him is worthy a place in our columns, and is as follows: "You'd hardly believe now what I'm going to tell. In Texas, we use raw-hide straps or thongs, for traces and in wet weather they do stretch most amazingly. Why, in wet weather at home I've hitched up two horses and drove down the hill from my house into the creek bottom for a sled load of wood. I have loaded the wood, and many times driven back home and unhitched the horses and the sled would not be in sight." "How did you get your wood home then?" asked an inquisitive by-stander. "Oh, I just tied the ends of "the traces together and threw them over a post, went knocking about my work and waited iill the sun sinned out.' Sometimes it would be more than two hours before that sled load of wood would get home, but you'd see her crawling up the hill at last, gradually approaching as the raw-hide traces shrunk up into their- ;proper lengths. Yes, Texas is a great country, you bet."?Greencastle (Ind.) Star. Josh Billings' Aphorisms?The grate fight iz fuat for bread, then butter on the bread, and then sugar on the but? ter. Bo raersifull to all the dum animals; no man can git to Heaven on a sore backed horse. The grate mistake that most people make iz, they think more ov their cun? ning than they do ov their honesty. The grate sekret ov popularity iz to make every one satisfied with himself first, and afterwards satisfied with yu. The unhappiness of this life seems principally to konsist in gitting every? thing we kan and wanting everything we hain't got. I hav finally cum to the konklushun that the best epitaff any man kan hav, for all praktikal purposes, is a good bank ackount. Paupers suffer less thau mizersdo?the man who don't kno whare he iz going to git hiz next dinner, suffe..- less than the one who iz anxious to kno how much it iz a goiug to ko*ft him. mi ? in ii in?? ? "n?JJf.i. ? V". " ? A Bold and Decided Stand. The following is an extract front the charge of Judge Mackey to ~ the Chester grand jury: A condition uf affairs exist in this State without a parallel. Two separate organizations claim to be the lawful gbvc enwment; two bodies claim to be, the Legislature. TJhere can be but one Gov? ernor, one House and one Senate at.-oue and the same^vme.,. A body of merf as? sembled rft'the state House, guarded by the military:-force of the United States government, and claiming to be the law? ful Legislature of the State, although the Supreme Court of South Carolina had declared this body a mob, and although the Supreme Court of the United States had declared that the judgment of the highest judicial tribunal of a State with respect to questions of this kind is bind? ing even upon the Supremo Court of the United States! The presiding Judge of this court, therefore, decides that no act or pretend? ed act of this so-called Legislature shall be obeyed or have any force, in Chester County, or anywhere \vitbiu the limits of theSixth Circuit. Nocommission issued by D. H. Chamberlain, the pretended Governor of South Carolina, will be recognized. Any person who may at? tempt to read any such pretended coin mission in this court will be promptly arrested and committed to jail for'con? tempt of court. All officers holding over under the law, without regard to com? mission, must await the decision of some competent tribunal. One of these gov? ernments must be recognized. The dan? ger to the citizens lies not irr recognizing the one or the other, but in recognizing neither. Recognition of one or the other is essential to the maintenance of order. Prisoners committed to jail by the sen? tence of this court cannot be released under any pretended warrant of pardon issuecLby D. H. Chamberlain. The opinion of the presiding Judge of this court is asked as to whether, if a cit? izen pays the ten per cent, tax called'-for by Governor Hampton, such payment will be good as an offset when a tax bilT has- been passed. In the judgment of this court it will. The constitutional House of Representatives has passed a resolution callingtupon the tax payers for twe'nty-nVe^per'ce'ht. of the taxes paid last year. Governor Hampton asks for the early payment of ten per cent, for the relief of the charitable and penal institutions of the State. This is a vol? untary tax; the cull for it reposes upon the patriotism of the citizens. No exe? cution can he issued against properly to compel the payment of this ten per cent. The citizen is not confronted by penal? ties. But a greater danger threatens? the danger that civilization itself may be expunged and that the bold conspirators against the welfare of the State may be encouraged to carry out their plots. This court will not permit the tax at? tempted to be imposed by Chamberlain's so-called Legislature to be collected. The Supreme Court having decided upon the illegality of the so-called House of Representatives, the circuit courts are relieved from all the responsibility in the premises, and have but to yield obe? dience to the judgment of this the high? est tribunal in the State. The Ashtabnla Disaster. The accident on the Lake Shore Rail? road near Ashtabula entails the greatest loss of life of any railroad accident that ever took place in ibis country, and per? haps in the world. Of the 174 passen? gers ou the train, at least 100 have been killed and reduced to almost indistin? guishable ash. The Angola accident on the same road only sacrificed about 70 lives, and the Norwalk disaster in the early days of railroading, which has al? ways remained the unsurpassed New England standard of railroad horrors, only about 39. All these supremities of havoc have been associated with bridges, and it is a singular fact that it was reserved for the eraof-Sron bridges to suffer from the ac? tual collapse of the structure. The bridge at Ashtabula was of the Howe truss pattern, one hundred and fifty feet in span ; the stream was small, with only two or three feet of water, but the ravine was apparently quite deep. When the great western express over the Boston and Albany, New York Cen? tral and Lake Shore lines struck this bridge at a low rate of speed, near nine o'clock on Friday night, eleven cars and an engine went down, leaving one engine standing on the verge of the chasm. Those who could crawl out at once were saved, but fire wrought a fearful doom ou those who were pinioned or helplessly wounded. It is almost vain to speculate about causes and responsibilities; until the coroners jury shall furnish some data. Amid such a wreck of matter it seems well-nigh impossible to find the original lesson to which the disaster was due. Inferiority of material will still show it? self, if it exists, and faults of construc? tion may have been so abundant and palpable as to survive the general ruin, and appear now as evidence against the builders. We fear, however, that so clear a verdict will not be possible. The effect of cold weather on iron sub? ject to strains is not yet very satisfacto? rily understood. The popular idea that cold renders the metals brittle has been scientifically disproved, but our worst ac? cidents from breakage continue to distin? guish the winter months. The effect of low temperature must be studied in two respects?to ascertain whether it weakens the molecular co hesiou of the metal, and whether the contraction dislocates joints and parts so [ as to weaken the mechanical structure. In the former case, the molecular debili? tation of the iron, if it takes place, would be accepted as a new and hitherto unestablished fact. In the latter case, the failure to provide for the well-known exigencies of contraction and expansion would be a clear default of mechanical skill. The great line of through travel which has met with this terrible interruption cannot afford to rest content with any but the must searching investigation into its causes. - Experience is a hard school, and experience so terrible as this should be questioned sharp that it may carry commensurate instruction. ? A venerable divine, who had been dining out the night before, went into a barber's shop one morning to be shaved. He saw that the barber had been getting more drink than was good for him, for it made his hand shake very much, and, naturally a little indignant, he began to give him a little moral advice bv saying, "Bad thing, drink." "Yes," said the barber, "it makes the skin remarkably tender." ? "What's in that satchel?" said a New York police justice to a blear-eyed prisoner brought up before him the other, day. "That," said the victim, "contains the returns from all the States, including Dade County,-Florida, and the 'bull? dozed' parishes of Louisiana, and they show that I am President elect of the United States." "Two months," said the justice, and the prisoner was escorted out. ? This plan has been adopted in Sa? lem, Oregon: "When any person he comes iutcmperatcly given to the use of intoxicatiug liquor, a certain number of citizens may petition to havo him de? clared a drunkard. The petition is di? rected to the city recorder, who gives no? tice by publication in some daily paper that the person named in the petition has been declared a 'common drunkard.' After such notice it is unlawful for any one 'to give or sell to such person, or as? sist him in getting any wine, spirituous or malt liquor.' ?' The Cuttle for the Fanner. Every farmer must keep some cattle, and the cost of keeping good cattle is not greater than sorry ones; yet the profit of the former is greater than the latter. In cattle are three things that make them profitable to the farmer. First, their milk and butter qualities ; secondly, size for beef and work oxen ; thirdly, a hardy, healthy stock, suited to the climate. In a country like ours where milk and but? ter enter so largely into the consumption of every family, it is astonishing that so little attention is given to milk cows, and while farmers have milk and butter in summer, they let their cows go dry and have neither milk or butter in winter. From neglect they havo degenerated, until many of them are worthless for milk and butter; they do not pay for feeding and should not. he kept. " The sooner slaughtered the better, but a good cow for milk and butter will not only pay for feeding, but, will give a hand? some profit in the surplus butter and milk for market or for use in the family. The fanner who raises corn, wheat and hay, as well as cotton, can keep a good cow very cheap by feeding equal quanti? ties of corn-meal and wheat bran and cotton seed, and with a good supply of hay or fodder, is all that is necessary ex? cept the spring and Limmer pasture. Many years ago a farmer, in speaking of good milk cows, remarked, "I tell you, sir, if you want a good milk cow you must put food in her mouth," and many years has convinced me that good feeding makes good cows for milk and butter. Some cows arc worthless for milk, and every farmer should keep only such cows as are good milkers in quantity and quality, as the.e is a great difference in quality as quantity. Two gallons of milk from a good butter cow will turn out at least one pound of rich, nice butter, when it will take three gallons of ordinary milk to make one pound. Therefore be careiul to keep only such cows as give good, rich milk and plenty of it. Most farmers keep^ too many milk cows, when a smaller number well kept, will be-much more profitable. Then the fiirraer wants, size for beef and work oxen, for every farmer should keep at least one good yoke for farm purposes. He also needs a hardy stock, easily kept, and suited to the cli? mate. To gain these desirable qualities take our best common {or grade) cows cross them with the Jersey or other rich milk stock, and for size cross with best milk stock of the Durham or Short horns. You must rememher that there is not only a great difference between our common or grade cows, but a great difference in the milk and butter qualities as well as size among these improved breeds. And you should look well to the sires from which you breed, because many of them are bred for sale without reference to these qualities. Unless the dams and sires from which they are bred are of the I best stock, they will not be much better than scrubs. It is said by experienced breeders, that our common or grade pro? duce all the best qualities of the males to which they are bred. Therefore, look at all-these things and you will soon have the best farm cattle.?Soutliern Fanner. j ?????????^^ncm WETHE Purifies Hie Blood, Renovates and Invigorates the Whole System, ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ARE Alterative, Tonic, Solvent and Diuretic. Veoftixb Is made excloslvely from the j-.mes of carefully selected barks, roots and iitsi Us, and so strongly concentrated, that it will effectually eradicate from the system every taint of Scrofuln, Scrofulous Uoraor, Ta. mors, Cnnccr, Cancerous Humor, ICrynipelns, Suit Bbcnm, Syphilitic Dixeaars, Canker, Fniutness at the Miomnch, and all diseases that arise from im? pure blood. Sciatica, Inflammatory and i lliroaic Rheumatism, Neuralgia, ?Joni and fSpianl Complaints, can only bo effectually cured through the blood. For Ulcers and Era pi ire Diseases of the M(;in, Pnstules, Pimples, Blotches, Rail*, Tetter, Scald-head and Ring-* worm. Veoetixe has never failed to effect a permanent euro. For Pains in the Rack, Kidney Com* pinints. Dropsy. Femnle Weakness, l.cncorrhom, arising from internal ulcera tion, and uterine diseases and General De? bility, Veqetixk acts directly upon the causes of these coniliteiiits. it invigorates and strengthens the whole system, acts upon the ro cretive organs, allays iuilammation, cures ulcer atiou and regulates the bowels. For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual C'ostireaess, Pnlpitaiiou of the Heart, Headache, Piles. Nervousness und Ueurral Prostration of the Nervous System, no medicine Lns given sucb per? fect satisfaction as the Veoetixe. it purities the blood, cleanses all of the organs, and pos? sesses a controlling power over the nervous sys? tem. The remarkable cures effected by Veoetixe have induced many physicians and apothecaries whom we know to prescribe and use it in their own families. In fact, Veoetixe is the best remedy yet discovered for the above diseases, and is the only reliable BLOOD PUB1F1EB yet placed before the public. prefaced by H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. What is Vegetine? It Is a compound extracted from barks, roots and herbs. It is Nature's Remedy, it is per? fectly ha rni less from my bad effect upon the sys? tem, it is nourishing ind strengthening. It acts directly upon the blod. It quiets the nervous system, it gives you pod, sweet sleep at night. I t is a great panacea !or our aged fathers and mothers, for it gives then strength, quiets their nerves and gives tbem Sature's sweet sleep, as has been proved by many an aged person. It is the great Blood Purin er. It is a soothing remedy for our children. It bat relieved and cured thousands. It is very pleasant to take; every child likes it. it relieves tod cures all diseases originating from Impure blood. Try the V ege tixe. Give it a fair trial fot your complaints; thon you will say to your frltnd, neighbor and acquaintance, " Try it; it bascured me." Veoetixe for the complaint for which it is recommended, is having a largersale throughout the United States than auy othe- ono medicine. Why? Vegetine will Cure these Com? plaints, Cannot be Excelled. Chablestowx, Mass., Mardi 10,1869. Mr. H. H. Stevens : Dear Sir?Tils is to cer? tify that I have usod your " Blood Pnparation " In my family for several years, and iiink that, for Scrofula or Cankerous Humors, or Rheum? atic Affections, it cannot be excelled ; and, as a blood purllier and spring medicine, it is the best thing 1 have ever used; and 1 have usetalmost everything. I can cheerfully recommeni it to any one in need of such a medicine. Yours respectfully, MRS. A. A. DINSMORB, _ 19 Russell Sticet. Gives Health, Strength and Appetite. My daughter baa received great benefit from the use or the Veoetixe. Her declining health was a source of great anxiety to all of ber friends. A few bottles of the VEOETIXE res? tored her health, strength and appetite. N. H. TILDEN, Insurance and Real Estate Agent, No. 49 Sears Building, Boston, Mass. Prepared by It, R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass, VE8ET1NE IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Dissolution. THE firm of J. N. Sutherland it Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All indebted to the firm will make payment to J. N. Sutherland, who is authorized to settle up the business of the firm. J. N. SUTHERLAND, H. J. ARMSTRONG, W. F. SUTHERLAND. Belton, S. C.'Nov. 'JO, 187G. The undersigned, having purchased the entire stock of General Merchandize of J. N. Sutherland & Co. have formed a co? partnership, and will continue to sell Goods low for cash at the old stand, under the firm name and style of Sutherland & Arm? strong. J. N. SUTHERLAND, W. C. ARMSTRONG. 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