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' $f,1f*ah <tfwd' Tmitem , \ ?M. ;! i i .< ??.: -Bnrr?jr: THe Legislature has postponed their'final action" otf??T??irj' ^i^riWt^tv>^ ^"iJfluij^ tu.At" It becomes1 jaider aad: inv?t&*te ^tHe^es^sea-shouTd' t i > *>l n i uciit~ to determine tte broad statement that tiro true' prirrcrpre' is ?b6!%&it& oFW&Bp^^tnatf money 'is 'a' species cf j propertyitmttstlie'irft' B?e) otfref 11 uds j of - ' sbooH be pxotnotod m-jtoifceedoin none can. deny * that Hs'lhde??adence. should. accepted role ,of po?Ucal^c?poccThia at is unnecessary to .iSS^?fifl?d jj^J ? the^^^aK^rfn^Ae special taxes in^osed'inS^a of :the banal' a* ifcokmn ?pen an equal"? with dry groo?a store*, eta--: Bot there "is another statement on . - * rii-a& ^'^[fl^foiry; ciiw^ Luat mousy- determines the value, of its ?'?! against;.- and' independent of, legislative restriction.. If, this be wholly UwgjjiSSfil)Bf jfer^t0 waste lime u- inevitable. There jlatect; ecommon. one de-' ' ??? be.nof the part of enactment; to the passage of the law at the.next 3 in ,^^j>h'eu *?'? fi ?g& told (aiid tihink truly) that the "hard, times," the depression in all business in aarv. inteUr^aotappii l*wa?: ^oix*ai*?s*n?*| rate of usury which enter into the vari? ous t^naactions-of lifo are. part of the ~" 't^gfeim. and opi i'tarifts raise impoverished condition are burdensome, tbo-^ate ?f interesJ must have an appre? ciable; ' as to borrow- money, or*to involve:bim * sei Wdeifc m^ neyer3bc^,anj ^naja; aa^bujp^fc -unaffected by -the pace of money. This is only partially; true, for a factor in the nri^^f^e^'^article^for which cash Is, paid-in- ^ store is the rate of interest. If . themoney lender is unwilling to let his money out at such rates'as' may be deter? mined by legislative:'erisctment, he Will ^?1*^^?#P%"" *?d ^he?eameT"^ domalndf actio Band investment enjoyed by every^'d^i^ej^z^^ ^nd^lh- this reposed in business undattaken .by those who'??yrir(tomfr~Jddg?enr; iir'ihe4 aasu mulation ?; aiid ''ma^ia^hiw'rdf; money; are introduced into a :country in the improveaaout are frequently at for thpir direction by reason of inferior andrardent. temperament. A. e-ttBhry icw years since was, tnat tne re - the ljortb? .where, it had aocuroula e South to build no it* weete duatH^ J^S^w;the' ultima^i'reaujt' musfcb^^r?^,^rest. It'is "die to ask if such results have followed their repeal;' jftht^|ptitl has hot cdtn?(;io any . appne^jablie^KS^::n?r is likely to;'be. reasou is obvious. Capital ia^oo^teMiio iTe>^M?f?r from > home. I lfl*I>ect one of e?r^tfre'ns^of' Awfcfl^'iw^ i(Jr ? bis money here where.he could look-after it than to send his money so New York , tofeanc Pforten. All pbpe'fty tt'eay1 titled V <h< jJro^ion ?n^ of government.. It is one of the purpo? ses for which it ia instituted among men, and in the fulfillment of this' obligation government wWIe?r9tlpio^i|if shdold de^:^..apac^'rj%a^J^'the^n welfare sad the best interest of the whole. A people-need protection not only against wrong, 'but ia sl^jidegree against .thetr: own' weV^'esa^ j the^ Necessities of .daily buaioess require the loan of money ; men, unwilling to look their involmentssqnare ' tjf^fSrfib6tvot for their helgbber 'to kno^ot t^em8:qr, ^[may.be,' 'influenced by a sanguiae, hopeful disposition, which finds:speculation very attractive, readily prt^Ii(6lJo gay '.4iigE;-; ja'tei' of interest ? and^wMe/eTerj.ona^ to obey his engagements, the courts of law should Dot-be used to collect beyODd a defl^Wmrnt:;: THe're'm % eomplatht of mm^^mm'. ^^.j? aote% real as t apparent. -No small, amount of money throtrgh the country to deposited in J^^^^^^^ry'cir^?^: Deterred , by.^pmestead . exemptions, it refuses to be used ; anticipating ? an op without benefit to the owner orcommu [ nity.. Some th ing of'life /aooi: .enterprise' ' ik business replace stagnation when .'money; 'issue^ circulate'.. through th^oonn^! It is agoodrule,-, "ip^?anieas^?nd finance,' as,in fte("natural ined Ives and the iufluences which surround .and '.impress. theraV.. Human. . lAws^can,. only modify. evils; they can Wer^wrrec][.theni. ^But however inade-; late the remedies^ the administration " nwrnment should be directed in the ^ ?^^tf?n^inrij as in. the case of] ?ime, the law falls far'short of the pa r m&naea1.1 So, in attempting to jet the 07ils which distract the buai yB''I?ferycr?rBe of mankind, an. effort : nja^wM'fie described as good'which aef .curWooly a sligh t su ccess.1 'The* indebt Sewi'of the country, the low prices of "'ji'rbd?cti?iiB, the very smalf returns to all investments through the ly generally, .'wnether in real 'estate^ ng, stock and'land, mercantile and .professional pursuits, call for a serious fifibrt to improve, if possible, the public ndition. And if anything can be done will' have the merit of being done for e 'many. ilf'tibe1. restiit, worked ?ut'be ""?ff in appreciating''the value of lands, stimulating industry and enterprise, ^[^pi&lai wifr be benefitted by the ?o^rijy tbat prevails. ' He is interest-' ed/In the relief pf the country from the depression under which it labors. The depression insures the, risk of invest? ments, which all deplore. It is unfortu? nate that any one interest, however re Sec table, should be able to subsidize for e: immediate benefit of the few, the property and labor of the great majority. The State of South Carolina is as favored ?in ^MffiifttSjpteffi "the'value of h?rgre?t staples, commercial and manufacturing fa^n^es,\as any of the States of the' Union. The people are distinguished for as much' manhood of character as any, a social culture superior to the aver? age] W^tf'Videly; Extended republic. An efficient administration of the gov? ernment in the promotion of the public welfare, and the popular needs secures for She State a great and prosperous fu ttjrei' "" " '' ::: "' ,: ' "" E.; Jj u USTJEI LAW. [j I ,V^i: i J ? j 3 :.???; it ' " ALa. Edxtoe.?As Borne interest is nifpsted by tho people in reference to o usnry bill that is be fore the I Legi sla and as.it has been discussed to some tent and objections brought against it, thai money is a commodity rnr meat, cotton,, land or labor, or nflrer property, and that the interest of money, is its hire, the same as the hire ! of labor or the rent of land, and being, a com modity like all things e lse, will seek , its level like water, and regulate its value' by' supply and demand. Which points I deem, to be untenable. Because money f is not a commodity only, artificially, and there must be a vast difference between a natural commodity and one made so by law. I . might say money is not a' com? modity -at all; it has no intrinsic value in it; it is made by law a matter of ex? change for the sake of convenience, and there is no more real intrinsic value in than in chips;: You can .make a And cook a meal's victuals with a et of chips, bnt could not with a t of money. Hence, the chips,1 or that the; God of nature has ,de a commodity, has intrinsic value in itj hut money has .not Consequently money, truly speaking, does not bear in? terest. No man borrows money for the use and real benefit of the money iteelf ; he borrows it to obtain the use and bene ? fit .of something else?some of nature's commodities?that he can enjoy in eat* irig, drinking, wearing and having pleas* .?are.: ':Let;..me:illustrate; Suppose yon borrow one dollar to purchase a bushel of com for. bread; you will pay en interest ?for what ? Is it for the sake of the money? Never. It is for the sake of >tbo bread. Well then it is the corn that bears, the interest, and it is the hire of tha .corn that you pay for, not the hire of the money, i You do not want the money; you cannot eat it.as bread - consequently the great difference between a natural 'commodity and one that is artificial, i made so by the force of law. . As it re Jjj qriires law to: make money a matter- of convenience to a commercial and agri? cultural people, an artificial exchange with an artificial .value, I think it should take law to prevent the abuse of it as sacb;' Because, money is power in any country, and only a small fraction of the population i are < capitalists. But that fraction of the population will rule all ?the -. balance in their industrial enter? prises by'the power of their money if not restrained by law, which fully corrobo? rate? with the great principal that under* lies all good governments, viz: that all power invested in man must have a healthy cheek put upon it by law; and it has always been necessary to legislate in order to keep the greater power from 'oppressing and usurping all power, as when the capitalist demands a high rate of interest he is making himself richer at [ the sacrifice, of the poorer, and at the sacrifice of the enterprise and industrial I pursuits of the country.- Let me ask how many active, enterprising men of our] State' that would engage in the useful j pursuit-of the land, develop the various resources of the, rcountry; give employ? ment to 'the people that!are now idle, 'which would feed their families' and make them comfortable, if money could be-obtained at a reasonable rate of in? terest?'.But the rate of interest is so 'high: that the enterprising men of our land ! are tied stock-still, and all indus? trial pursuits are at a Stand-still com? paratively. How can any man engage) in an enterprise -hat will not yield more than the interest of the money invested ? and those who attempt it are compelled to employ labor at so low a rate that it amounts ta oppression/upon that class of the. population, and:that is a very large class in our country, c? And fall that op? pression and. hardship upon that class is to put'more money in the pockets of the capitalist than it just and right,- making, the rich richer and fhe^poorpoorer. Again, the meicantile business is large? ly carried on wit j a borrowed capital at a very high rate of interest. Well, who pays that .interest ?? Not the merchant; but th e consumers of the goods?th e laboring class; and, Mr. Editor, as-the question effects . '.1 classes of the people,: certainly, then, : t i3 of vast importance, and should be well and thoroughly ven- i tilated by every body; and, as the bill is I laid over to the next session ofthe Legis? lature, I hopo the people will, wake up to the-, importance of the bill, that our Representatives may know, how to carry out the interest of their constituents, and make a strenno as effort to that end. 'As ? a clear proof that the bill is in the in- i terest of the mraes of the people, is, that: i the capitalists M the city of Charleston, looking to their own 'interest, sent ap a : commission to the Legislature in order to'! defeat the bill, and did effect a postpone- i ment of the bill, and are rejoicing in the 1 belief that it is dead. Now, it behooves US as an industrial class to be able to put the; bill through j the next session,: 1 therefore I hone ali will go to work to ihateud. *>. L.'N.' LETTER ;7B.OM NEW YORK. .i From an Occasional Correspondent. The grand carnival is now over, and I find time to w;ri.te you a short letter about'1 it, as I occup i c- i a seat on the grand stand J in Union Bqrt?.'ie daring the evening, in' the morning I found it convenient to visit a friend on Broadway, from whose win- ~ dow I saw the'"grand "advertising pa-' geant" pass up the street' It was an ad? vertising display, and nothing more: Wagons drawii by four, six, eight and ' ten, and twelvd horses, elaborately Thar-r 1 nessed up, could only have been done in New York. Herrings' Safe Co.,' Pond's';: Extract, Atlantic1 Tea Co.; Nichols, the. tailor in the Bowery, and who gave 'away pants along tho route, and elegant turn1.1 out) belonging <o the various departments in the city, all advertising mediums, of course, and many others too numerous to'' mention, comp?-'ied the morning's proces-'1 sion of the so-c lied "Carnival." In no way could it compare with' those aiihuai celebrations in Paria and New Orleans. It has been pronounced a failure. The designs were good, but, on account of in? sufficient'light, it. was'a fizzle. It has bee'ri properly termed" the ''Ginger-bread Night Parade/1 TVSte^^^^^'r^' membered; palra &d,'000 for the privilege' of 'exercising jurisdiction for asingle ? night' in this metropolis, and to know that it was nota success must make hfm "feel disposed to will ? keg or two Of tiisV lager to dispel his dispendency. THE NIGHT "PBCJCESSJON. y Never was there such a crowd.in the streets of this city as was out last night?.. some chatting,,-and others flirting away - the time, all anxiously awaiting old Bex. . He came, he saw, but he did. not conquer , for. want of light. The procession formed at Manhattan Market, and march, ed down. Fifth Avenue. First, came a platoon of., police, then the 7131 regiment band, and j behind these a few heralds. Then ap? peared the standard bearer, on a black steed, and whose banner bore the inscrip? tion, " Wdcoine Bex."", j Behind j Rex marched the.Lord High Sheriffs and,yeo? manry of the guard in helmets and lochaberaxe; twenty Mamelukes with band of music, and some, "beef eaters," lead by a knight who carried the royal banner, then came, in sight; after, this came .the float,i do a which was a beauti? ful throne, the King seated upon the. same. The canopy was of.scarlet and, gold, and was drawn by six superb white steeds. In the rear came an advertise? ment of beverages,- the car being covered with placards, and an enormous cham-.. pagne bottle,.and on another car rested a huge ibeer cask, such as. is seldom seen .even in the "Vaterland." A miniature brewery paved, the way. Fiye iundred, torches and five po's were to be carried, on either side of the procession, but, they ? werje not there, and the millions of spec? tators who had waited so long,."expecting, ;to enjoy.the gr^andj sight, were left in to? tal darkness, and getting their "backs up" shouted light,, light! but,there, was. no light We doubt if any of your citizens; were .ever in a darker place, when . the. candle when out I givethefollowing tableaux, which- were ; represented: on floats: "Columbus Planting the Standard, on American Soil." "America ?s it was." .."The. Santa' Maria (Ship/;.. ""De Soto i disco vering the Mississippi." 'Tocohu? tas saying the life of Smith." "Hen-, drick Hudson entering North River."' "Penn's treaty with the Indians." "Bps ton Tea Ship." "Putnam's calls? '/Washington crossing the Delaware." "Washington at Valley Forge." "Cap? ture of Maj. Andre." "Perry on Lake Erie." "Battle of New Orleans." "Sol? dier's Dream;" and "Reconciliation of North and South." ,1 , . THE BALL, ... Having purohased'. a ticket during the day, which only cost a five dollar bill, I attended the ball at 11 p. m., and re? main ed until midnight. The hippodrome was boarded over, the entire circle oner' eighth of a mile, and the whole being magnificently decorated with flags of all nations, presented a truly beautiful scene. But there was a dullness about the whole affair which seemed to bespeak a bad prospect for -.fature Carnivals in this quarter of the globe*.; iCarnivate are en? tirely Frenchy, and as the Americans are not so "light headed" a people we don't know how to handle a Carnival. We don't think this detrimental to us, how? ever. -' ?" ? 8 ?'":'.-.'[ c The noble Rex sat upon his thro no as though he expected something to "tum up/tebut^bthing^toraedtip," I think, except a few short dresses, worn by the .dancers, when they endeavored to master the Can-can ; and this did not appear to -please' his; Majesty}- wrhfr nretireti at an ?early hour." .'???^h --v-?-? r,tJ*wi iii The music by Thomas-was fine, and thepublic did all tbrey ?ould-to make the 1 -affair ansnccessj but that the Carnival was a failure in every detail is admitted by all. We think that Mr. Yuengling, the brewer, paid a high price' for the whistle .when he paid $10,000 for the privilege of holding' the sceptre for a night only ; and to-day' his nape sinks into oblivion, or lather into the sewers to be mashed away with the beverages: he so willingly placed at; the free disposal of his many admir? ers. ? h?i ?6 ': f wra ? ? iEIfflB-T rTO,;?EViSNt r. i ": PARTY SPIRIT vs. THE PEOPLE. .' Mb. EditOE: That there will be party ' organizations in all governments and1 1 among all people as long probably as the world stands, there"can be little'doubt." But the counter proposition is' singularly true at the present time, that there is a constant tendency, especially among party hacks,- to substitute the success an d preponderance of party to the best inter? ests of the people 'as a whole:-- Hence, whenever' President Hayes inaugurated Southern policy, which recognizes practically t h e' g rea t" underlying political doctrine of our complex system of gov? ernment that tbe States are sovereign in the ? right of local1 self-government, -and that this doetrine shall' be held as 'sacred inj South - Carolina and Louisiana as in Massachusetts and Ohio; and' when ? in order to Bucces3fully carry out this policy he offers a Southern Democrat a place in the Cabinet, and tenders generally to Southern Democrats appointments to - office' at bis 'disposal, the hacks of his own party denounce him as a traitor to his party, and hound him for making a disgraceful surrender to the Southern Democracy. And,11 then, on the Demo? cratic side, he is violently denounced by the same genus of party hacks' for inau? gurating a Southern ' policy which' may, and probably will, - result in the disinte grkfioh of the Democratic party. Henco, President Hayes is subjected to a cross' fine, which, though-very annoying/ can*' not harm him in the - least in the estima? tion of the people, so long as he'keeps steadily in view- the great poter star of hia administration?the permanent pacifica? tion of the country, and the restoration to the States of the South equally with those of the North the great charter right of local self-government, and a complete ' subordiriation'of the military to the civil 1 trib?na?'?f the crfntittyi' r ;i ;*{ :,i ?i These are the great living"issues ef the ? day, and until these vitally important ' principles are fully re-established1 in the < adnn?stratfoh of the gbreihme^ other* minor questions must be pushed' aside. It makes but little difference to the peo? ple by' whose'instramenta?ty th'^ p?rtarit ?bjecta are' to' be attain ed.?': If Mr." Hay es" i s to be the i nstrumeht,1 be it SO, and God be praised. Like the pious old servant of God, in days gone by, when destitute of bread; she humbly be? sought the Lord to provide for her bodily wauts, and some wild boya passing hap? pening to hear the old lady's fervent sup pbcation immediately produced a loaf of bie^d^;^nBejEln;; bast it at the feet of the pi0U3 woman. With pious thankful? ness the old lady partook of this timely bounty, and on the following day, re? counting to some of her friends this wonderful answer to her prayer, was in? formed of the fact that the loaf was dashed at 'her by some wicked boys fori tl^eir *fun; 'resp'onded, "No matter/ the Lprft seint it if' the; devil brought it." So say-we in-reference to deliverance at the hands:of Mr. Hayes. However we may abhor the manner of hi*inaugura? tion, we will' thankfully* accept of tile great; boon of.political deliverance even' at his hands, i) And .so long as ho pur? sues the policy already inaugurated, the people, North and South, will' abundant? ly sustain him, notwithstanding the yelp in g of party hacks. The people have no -interest in any party-Organization except: i so far 'as- said organization may represent!' >3ome .By^ug,; vital; principleofgovernr . m'ent. Whenever any party organization ceases to represent some- living, vital principle of the'tinie^'''thenllie people have no further interest in thera, and tiiey must ineyitaby^Brish. . So is. it .with. the Republican party of to-day., They no longer represent any living issue of the day; hence, must step down and out. But to perpetuate their power have invoked and fanned with the fires' of sectional hatred the dreadful passions of the war. The people are weary and tired of'all such stuff, and . have spoken - at the ballot-box in thunder tones, we want peace, we wont permanent pacifica? tion', and- to attain this successfully we want the government restored to its orig? inal status, with" tho . rights ' of all the States fully gar an teed under the consti? tution, and no interference: by the gov? ernment at Washington with the: right of Ideal 6elf-g^vernment. ,jSo, .too,! in .reference to our noble Hampton. t Because that in1 the State administration he pursues a policy of p^ace'-and pacifi'catibp^y^n the races, si does -Mr. Hayes. in the national go v ernment a policy of peace and pacifica? tion between the different sections of our great' government;^ so' he," too, like his1' prototype, has been subjected to a cross fire from a fragment of.the Radical party, and a few, very few, of the Democratic pkrly p r; That; Go^Hampton' should -feel Jrtnn?'sa^^^ party, in this State to recognize'the claims ' of those honest Republicans who, along bide the Democrats, bore the burden and ?heat of .the terrible conflict7 for the''fe-' i demption of our beloved State by bestow lag upon them a fair proportion of the honors of the. victory, is not surprising. Indeed, when we consider the platform upon which Gov. Hampton and the. Democratic party made the. fight, and the public pledges which he as the rep? resentative of the 'party ttacfo all oVer. me^Byta^tte w.onwi be recreant fo.hK duty if he pursucd- any other policy:than the one he- has inaugurated. 11Let Gov. Hampton' Steadily pursue?" the course1 '.of j peajce and^^e^nciliation, with' no friends, to reward, no enemies to punish, keeping bnly in view the restoration of prosperity and ' good government to . the. people of j his once prostrate State^ and tie people, in the future, as in the past, with a devo? tion only equalled by his followers on the battle field, will support him to the end; 3 ? ?'? T. Hv'Rr-i ? ? .? ... THE i TEMPERANCE CAUSE. Ebenezee Division, No. 85. ' iJ^yEdii?r'.^We write" this fo inform you that this Division of the temperance army is 'still going forward, and taking in recraifa as it moves along. Dear brothers and sisters of the temperance army go on. Let us be faithful, and stimulate each other in this great cause. After the initiation, at our last meeting, stirring and impressive speeches were made by mem? bers of the Division, which were listened to with deep interest, Dr. Burt. Mitch ell, 'who is an earnest, efficient worker of the .Order, made a speech on the subject ?f. -degradation, delivering himself of s?n)e incontrovertible truths, which were received with considerable favor. Rev. Mr. Ervin spoke of the social evils of in? tern peranco with becoming interest. His words were pointed and forcible, and no doubt will be long remembered by those present. The last speaker 7'was Master Willie Keaton. whose noble, manly: efforts reflected much credit upon him? self. His speech'was delivered in an eloquent manner, and was received1 with considerable pleasure by his audience. The D:; vis ion has appointed two brothers to speak at the next meeting; Messrs. Dudley Reed and J. R. Penheb This is a good move, and will add much to the interest of the meetings. - Divisions gen? erally would do well to adopt this plan, at; least try it RUSTIOUS. -- rbj i,}, , Pat Hogs. '? Borne time ago we published a ; report of a New Jersey farmer, who had recent? ly killed a pen often fat hogs averaging over 600 pounds' each .net. This report came to: the eye? of the secretaiy of the'J State. Grange of New - Jersey; 'and' he, somewhat surprised at our wonder that | such a. thing could be done, writes to a friend" 'in 'South Carolina that such a thirig'fe h?tblng"new in Jersey.'?" We are'j permitted to make the following extract | fromJttis lettei : pn\l& ? "> . i ?'- "We do not seek large bone to make heavy weight. . I have seen within three miles of my house fifty-fiy? hogs 'of the' Jersey Red bred in one pen; every one of which were entirely blind, the fat hay in g!, closed. over, their eyes.;. and every one of them had to be assisted In getting .noon' '{tfeiir 'ftet'"'This ?p^h'averagec wnett'dressed 515 pounds at one and a half years old. As to the quality of the meat, I have no other.evidence than this: Jersey pork always commands in Phila del phia market 50' to' 75 cents per: 1001 pounds more - than any other - pork in market. . ' < -\i ? ?i\->-- rb w j^ou ? may ask for the secretof feed ingY There is ho, secret about it We get'them to eat. as much as possible, and 8' ve them just as much as they will1 eat uring the first eight or ten i months: 'the fcr^d is;principally slops made of bran, or 'round feed' (?Ed.) never hard grain". We^pnt with' the bran or round feed all the milk not'needed for house use: This is considered the best feed to promote , .growth, and you must have growth to get j weight. ' We never keep the ah oats too fat' just in good growing condition. When- we begin feeding to fatten we take ] away the slops,* and feed' grain,'(corn,) ground, moistened,' with pure water, which will, constitute all the drink necessary. Until penned to fatten, allow'] the'shoats good pasturage, clover lots are-1 the best. While fattening . enclose in good comfortable pens wito plenty of utter, and disturb as seldom as possible." ;Oiir friends "down in Jersey" have certainly; reduced the fattening process to a science, and if we would only imitate them a .little we would in a short while be eating bacon-and pork that cost us scarcely ah appreciable price. We saw a cotton farmer -a- few days ago buy a side of "Dri IS." and pay, or promise to pay 16c. per pound for it In our presence a I .aide of the. same meat was bought and paid for.at 11c per pound.' Visions of '.credit and shades of hens, When will !our farmers be free I? Ailen in- News caid I ?CburieTt. . . Making amd Saving Makube.?All, animals should be bedded with some, dry material that will absorb the liquid part of the hi an are, and among these there is' nothing better than sawdust, .which would be more valuable if dry, but if green it can be, used '.under cattle with almost as good results. 1 It is our practice, when obliged to use it in a green state, to scatter it under the fore feet of cattle, ahd by their lying and treading on it it vtH become; nearly xlryY and wheri' we clean' our stables push it back and replace it again with green. By this means we . are able to increase Our manure pile con? siderably, and I am almost inclined to think it is more valuable than clear ma? nure,1 for .after; hing . a month or two it will ferment slowly j and when applied to' crops will be fine and, in better'condition I to be taken up as plant food than stable manure m its' coarse-soggy condition. Another idea in using sawdust is that it decays slowly and its effects will be felt for ai.terniof years Ji orlonger, than' stable manure alone. ' Straw, dry'earth, leaves.' coal ashes, and in fact anything that will absorb' :the' li$rid?:BhoUld be used' irr'the Stable, to prevent the enormous waste ujafc is going On hi our dairies^ Where straw is used it would be much .better fjq ran it through a straw cutter, hot only on account of handling the manure; but it would absorb more Of. the" liquid; and if to heAused on crops ;:thei present seaSc^ could be worked into the soil much h ter.?Etmira Husbandman. ,n:!'\ . ?A youngster beingrequiredto write a composition upon some, portion.of the human body,selected that which unites Jlfe^d.to tue body :?'>? throatk?on; yeniejic to have, especially to roosters, and ministers.r The former eats the corn and crows with it; the .latter, preaches through his'n. and then ties it up. Thia is pretty, much all I can tell about the Wik." i '' . YOOG CAROLINA. Brief.Sketches of our TSexv Xaw Makers. CoiTupondanct. qf Chcrlt?on Jvumai of Cwimer ct. '.'CtotUMBia, May 20r 1877. | I have already given to the readers of the Journal. of. ? Commerce brief sketches j of the life and., career, of each" of tbe j leaders of tbe House b? "lfcepr^ntetives; 'By leaders,^ mean of cohrse thbse:whose official positions give them that pre-emi? nence. There are many other young men whose.intelligence and ability have, placed them already.frir in advance, ana who;are::destined; W take a; prominent! part in the future history of the Palmetto. State, and it is of these that I now desire to say something. hon. john j. hemphill,',: of Chester,' who was admitted to a seat j since the convening of the extra'session, j He' is the second son of Hon.' Jaines Hem phi 11, of Chester, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years a representa? tive from that county in .the State Senate. He is also the nephew of "the late Hon. John Hemphill, lor fifteen years Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, and also United States and Confederate J States Senator. Coming from such stock, young Hemphill has a bright political career before him; He contested the seat of John Lee, upon the ground that he held the office of. postmaster, and: snch votes as were cast for Lee were no votes, and he (Hemphill,) having re? ceived the highest number of legal votes, was'entitled to the seat. This was con trary to our former views, but Mr. Hemp? hill made a magnificent argument before the committee on privileges and elections, and' showed that the preponderance of law was on the side of seating him;: and the House seated him. Mr. Hemphill is only twenty-seven years of age, but has been a close student, and is a fine lawyer. He graduated with diet in et i on at th e South Carolina University.' He does not speak often j but when .he does it's always to the point He is.clear and.logical in argument, has a fine delivery, and always commands the attention of the House. He is unmarried, a strikingly handsome young man, and a native of Chester County. Mr. HemphiU's able argument on the appropriation bill last Veek is acknowledged ny all who heard iPtfl have been one of the most eloquent, el ear'and logical speeches of the session. hon. robert r. hemphill, his cousin, heads the delegation'from Ab? beville and is an acquisition to the brains of -the House. He is known as the "handsomest editor" .of the State.. Mr.. Hemphill is thirty-seven years bid and graduated at Erskine College, in Due West, Abbeville County, in 1866,' with the highest honors of his class. He went into the war in the 7th South Carolina Volunteers, as a private, and after, serv? ing one year,^ re-enlisted iri Orra Rifles, and fbr tne'last two yeiars Of the war was the Sergeant-Major of that regiment. He was wounded at Chancellors vi lie, Get? tysburg and Petersburg. After his re? turn he studied law under his uncle, Hon. James Hemphill, of Chester, and went to Texas, where he practiced his profession.-with- great success for two years.. He returned, married in 1870, and settled.in Abbeville, his native coun? ty. He has fine literary tastes and at? tainments?has the honorary title of A. M., and'.some years- back.delivered- ad-, dresses before New berry and Wofford Colleges at their commencements. He is one of the ^ice-Presidents of 'the State Press Association, and editor of one of the: very b est weekly newspapers in the South, .the' "Abbeville"Medium.":, He wields a trenchant pen and is master of rhetoric. He is a good orator arid'a ready debater;' has - 8el*possession and'" a perfect ioon>! mand of elegant English. He; is as true as steel,-and Abbeville may well be proud of her young representative. ^?'.'*' hon. j.'w^bay, ... A member from Greenville, was born'in* Edgefield'iri 1845, arid "was graduated" at Wofford College. During the -war, HA? though under age, he entered the famous Hampton Legion as a private,, but was subsequently made a captain in a. Georgia regiment. Mr. Gray mbved to'Green? ville in 1871, and after preparing himself for the bar, at once entered npon a grow ing and successful practice. He was elected to the present Legislature in the fall of 1876, and soon made his mark as a gentleman of rare discrimination and of careful thought He is an earnest worker both in the committee-room and on the floor of the House, rarely misses roll call, and is untiring in the discharge of the important and responsible interests in-' trusted to his keeping. . ij te? ?0CV ? the hon. b. w. simpson, one of the Representatives from Ander?* son County, was born at Pendleton, Sep? tember 11th, 1840.' He is the second son of Hon. R. F. Simpson,- who represented the third Congressional District: for a number of terms in the United States Congress, commanding the respect of all and the warm confidence of the Southern members, and who was succeeded by the late ex-Govenwr JJL. Orr. He gradu? ated at Wofford College, at twenty years of age, and immediately thereafter volun? teered into the Confederate service,; and remained in the service, though broken down in health, until the close of the war. In "1868 he'' married the second daughter of the late John Garlington, Esq., of Lanrens. : < , Since the close of the war he has de? voted himself to his profession (planting), and has always manifested a deep inter? est in everything tending to the advance? ment and elevation of his chosen profes? sion. That his services are appreciated is shown,by bis being selected to this his. second term by a largely increased ma? jority. Mr. Simpson is a hard worker, liberal in his views,- a staunch Democrat; and devoted supporter of Governor Hamp? ton. . - ..; , . His motto has always , been that the . white people of this State could accept no favors' from the-Radical 'party: without putting themselves npon a level with the individuals of that party, hence ho has been ever an advocate of the Straight out policy. Mr. S. was admitted to the bar at one of the recent terms of Ander? eon County. i\\ , j ' ? . . I . ? I ... The Game of LrjFE.?Man's life is a gante of cards. .- First .lt is "crrobage." JNext he'tries to ''go it alone," at'Wsorfr of "cut, shuffle and deal" pace. Then he gambols, "on the green." Then he raises ie "deuce" when his mother "takes.'a hand in." and, cbktrary to Hoyle/' beats' [the* little noker with her ifiv?7,:? ,jTheri with his "diamonds" he wins the "queen of hearts.?'. Tired of "playing a lone rh?nd," he. expresses a a es ire to "assist his fair "partner," "throws ??t His'cards," ( and the clergyman makes i a ten-dollar I bill out of him "oh a pair." i i"Sheiorders him up" to build fires; i Like a "knave" he joins the "clubs;", where he often gets, "high," which is "low too." If he ke^ps '/straight" he is oftentimes "flash;"' He j grows bid and "bluff,?' sees a "deal'' of .trouble; when at last he "shuffled' off his mortal coil-and "passes.in his checks," and he is "raked in" by. a "spade." Life's r,fitfal; ''game'' is ended, and he'awaits'the summons of Gabriel's, "trump" which eh.?l "order him up.": ? i MfSi ( i ?. Judge Wlllard's Election as Tiewed in .,! .. the North.. t ( .. iTheJeading. Northern newspapers do not mistake .the meaning or underrate the importance of the election, of, Judge Willardas'Chief Justice;1 ^fter' cpmplP menting Judge WiUaTd as anabl? Jurist and impartial judge, the -New-- York Herald says: "Some people say that there 13 to be but ooe. party in South Carolina' for some 'time to come. Well, if such men as Governor Hampton are at the head of it, and it elects such men as Judge Willard to prominent pi aces, Wo can .wait.'' And the New. York Evening. Post Bees in the election an indication: that: Governor* Hamptotf^ns gi vrng1 a practical shape to the promises which he made to President Hayes, and that he is succeeding in his efforts .to' establish an era of good feeling. He has had the sup? port of the ablest Democratic newspapers in the State; he now has the support of the Legislature,- and we think'that .he can be certain of the support of the peo? ple at large." From the Philadelphia Tones comes the declaration that '. the choice of Judge Wilte'rd-^"vindicates I Northern trust in Southern-honesty, and I gives the lie to the charges the bad faith so freely made against Governor Hamp? ton while a dead-lock in the-Legislature made it impossible to give an earnest of his patriotic purposes." - To wind up with, we give the philosophical .comments.of the judicions Springneld. Republican. It says: "There may very likely be better -material for a Chief Justice in South -Carolina than the new incumbent of office, but as the canvass h as bee e n m ade, his defeat .would have been a most dis? couraging event, while his election gives convincing proof that the Hampton leaven has indeed leavened the who! efa mp of South Carolina Democracy/';. Time, will soon convert those Democrats .to whom Judge Willard was distasteful, and who, for country's'sake and honor's sake, voted: for and elected biui 1?News and (Jourier. 'i -.' - ! ,-. .,, ?-.. -.. Bees?How They Pay! . White Plauts, N.;Y. . w ,> ,.. I ?..March) 20, ?877.>| .To the Hon. A Wt/att Mien.' ....-.'. tV..,.. j You ask for information on the bee question. ??>? ????? ? ?*> it Keeping bees is a very important in? dustry in .the Northern States, and has just commenced in California. . Why not in South Carolina? Because of King Cotton! North-Carolina sold last year nearly $2,000,000 worth of honey and wax. Why not South Carolina, who has Hamp? ton for Governor ?.. Because of another, King?Cotton. How to winter bees? This is the rock that we Yankees split on. The-most successful apiarists winter', in a cellar. My bees were: put* in a cel? lar last November, andwi 11 not be put , ont until the middle of April. In your climate wintering would be the least as' It is our greatest drawback. ? ? How to handle bees ? . But say you I i shall bo stung to death.. No.one need be j stung.. At first you had perhaps- better protect your face and hands till time and experience show that fear is in vain; then you-will have no use for snch useless en? cumbrances, j . - j, , What is the most improved bee gum? Bee gums here were' things of fifty years; ago. South'Carolina is not quite fifty ?years behind the age. No person who ?reads, thinks and studies?and success in. agriculture or any other science -can ibe .promised to no other?will besatiafied to use the old style- box hive ; it waald be going back to. making kings, emperors and,1 chevaliers the basis of good govern-: : ment. To be sure of success the apiarist must be able to inspect the whole inte? rior of the hive at his pleasure, must be able to exchange combs from-onebive to another, regulate the movement of the bees by destroying queen cells, by, giv.-. ingor with holding, drohe comb,, by ex-'. . tr?cting' the ' honey,: by 'Sfitroduchig 'queens, and other manipulations whicfi' -are <only ? practical I with m? vable comb, frames. ,tt - . ,. t . JrrtAi -.->-- sodb . Will i^pay,.to raise beesiTj.A friend here fromeigtrW colonies scitd1 tHfsr year,: over five tons of honey, for5 w&ich he re? ceived $1,000. Increase of bees forty col? onies, which is selling at $18. per. colony.} The Michigan College Apiary reports for ,1877, from nine^chlohfes^'a profit iff $216.33; $24.05 per colony.1 Mrs. Adam Grimm, reports having sold over, seven hundred swarms of bees,this summer, 1876, realizing for them nearly $6,000. T. ,have been at Mr. Salsbury's, Hamilton County, Ind., on a visit. He has three hundred colonies of as fine Italian bees, as I. ever saw. Ha demonstrates ono; thing, which my own experience corrob? orates, that bees will pay. . He has 6,000 E>u n ds of comb honey; has sold a' 1 arge t of bees and queens. The proceeds of bis apiary this year will be $1,500. Mr. J. S. Harbison, of California, sold.to one New. York house,' H. K'Thurber fr Co.? ten car loads of California honey, 2OO',0OO pounds, from his six apiaries.. I could show you: one hundred others: that are successful apiarists. I would suggest to. your correspondent to get the Manual of the Apiary by A. J. Cook. Address Mich igan State Agricultural College || price 80 :ceptsi,, . . . ? .; Chas. J, Qotsby. k ?'?" Useful FACT&?The. tincture 'of. iodine may be decolorized by adding to it a little hyposulphite of sodium and:a little water.; The sodium makes;.-the liquid as clear as water, and of course stainless. In this form it is used by la? dies to remove pimples oh the face.'''JL u ? Doctors hate lately- discovered -that: it is dangerous to .give combined doses of chlorate of potassium,? and .iodide of .po? tassium, though either can be taken alone in1 reasonable doses "with perfect' safety. These two salts, though they will not combine- in. sol u tion outeide of the body,, have been known to combine within the body, forming iodate of potas? sium, a fatal poison. ' ;i fv ' Neither salt nor salty food, should'be? take n jnst before nor. just after taking & j dose of calomel, far there would.,be a liability to a chemical decomposition and recombination which would change the calomel into corrosive sublimate. Com? mon salt-is chloride of mercury, and cal? omel is subchloride of mercury and con? tains just' half as much chlorine in pro* portion to its mercury as corrosive subli? mate does. The salt would ? be apt to give enough chlorine to the calomel, if both were taken together, to transform . this common medicine into a deadly poi -' A?evere-cold in the head with inflam-' mation-of Oi?'hit passages, will som* times :be ispe^yvbeiwlBtrtihyMv^mti injectionsnp'the nostrils' of-a saturated aolut?oh ofhromideof potasrium;;- \?)h Mmrtard plasters shcrald be moistened ' with , water instead of whiskey or vi negar, becanae spirits and acids prevent Jetmen . tation, and tue plasters' ere notas'efcW the without-fernftnt&tiou^as with; ? ? ?>:>?? . If your' hollow toottr aohef^ fffl' ihe cavity with- a mixture' ^collodion and ; carbolic acid. Take about five drops of eacb'-.ahd stir them = together; Slid wheh the - mixtu re has h ardened* in to a -jelly, (which will be in about a minute,) press it into a^a^^wl^^mgi with a stick, or with a match* using the hliadeno.^ . \ ^fi4r;'Vrtf%fl?wfi?fi ? "T V. iftlff ? VI f Tri x_v.-?. j>- ? j???? ? '"; ? LSG?L'?DVSETISiyO.?'We are compelled to require cash payment* for adrertUlpg ordered by Ex^tors, A<hninistratars and other fidacOrfe* and herewith append the rates for the ordinary notices, which will only be inserted when the money comeo. with the order; - wm |atetl<nttr7rwilaWtlonf,'-V- - _ ? ?. ? tS.00 Estate Notices, three Insertion!, - . 2M F^i^to^nts^nTninsertions- - ? TL9f siteDOUV^o^mu^^wn^Tinusf'^oeaecompanief" by the true name and address of the writer, Re? jected manuscript! will not be returned, un 1 ess the necessary stamps are furnished to repay the post age thereon. "T,,:>- ' ? ' ;49?:We are not responsible for the yiewsand opinions of oar correspondents. All communications should be addressed to "Bd i tprs Intelligencer," and all cheers, drafts, money orders, Ac, should be made payable to the order Of . . E. B. MUBEAY A CO., . Anderson, B.C. Stick to Tour Business. When any-one undertakes a hew busi? ness, it is apt for a while, to prove to be unprofitable and .unsatisfactory. For this reason many men are continually changing from one occupation .to another, and never succeed! at anything.' ? iBy changing his occupation, a man not only loses time and money, but throws awayexperierice."... Jt'takes (several years otj experience to become skilful at any? thing, and the slrilfulness acquired in'one occupation is not of much use in an? other. ral|, a*v '^M&Mi ?> ?' ? Skill, is^mpro rea?^?y.acqrijredin.eariy.. life than in after years ; and ? greater dejgree of perfection can be attained in the occupation first "began,' than in one undertaken after the'energies of the mind have been wasted on fruitless schemes, and . the enthusiasm of early manhood subdued by disappointment.'.' Many people are dissatisfied with their present occupation, and think that most any other would be better/ and that ? they cancharige for . ariotlier with ease, and after' the'' change,' speedily' become wealthy and famous. But this is a de? lusion. If it has settled upon you, shake it off, and look straight ahead on the road upon which, yqu.Eaye.staited out .When a man gets into a new! business, he generally finds it is not what he ex? pected it to be, and he becomes dissatis? fied and restless,; and puts down a 'new departure' on the programme of coming events, and carefully saves up his ambi? tion with a view to expending it some time in the future on some kind of labor for which he has ;a, greater affinity. He expects to do somethinggrand by and by, but he does not deem it necessary to do .much now. I, Many a man who has been too uneasy to let; well-enough alone, has. by frequent changes, frittered away his fortune, and blighted every hope, and consumed his lifetime in learning hut one thing, and that is, how not to do it. . : Men by switching off onto a new and untried,track do riot get ahead any faster, but always, always fall behind. Do not look around for another occu? pation, but learn more of the one you now have, and try,,to make.it more pleas? ant and profitable.,.?:,??. ?>) I WimitB: Sorts'of Faragrapns. ./ ! i. *.;.'l'.">i'. '. ? A California newspaper says that the new and,.elegant jail , at Bed wood City "is now open to the public.'* ': ? In Arkansas: neckties are cheap. .The crowd puts one round your neck, slings it over, a tree, and it doesn't cost you anything. ? Happy is the deaf man, for he can hear no evil of himself. And the dumb man too, for he can speak no evil of any one'"* '. V ' :; "? *" . V ,' f-^Bai'd the little pet of the household, tth, her last birth-day, ^Tfs a lovely dolL dear grandpa and grandma: but?but I have been hoping, it would be twins." ? A "New York.paper tells us about a "draw-back on sugar.'* ' "ThaVsnothing. Theresas been a fearful' *'pull-baekw' on lasses all the summer. ? "Is -that .clock..right over, there.?" asked a yjsitor the Other day., "Bight over"there?" said'the'boy, "taint, no? where else." ? -'-??'= . " "??'* ? A young lady committed suicide obi; West bemuse her bustle dropped on the street. Her death caused a considera 'ble bustle in the town. ' ' . . ' ' ? The foolish' man will ask a woman if her haby is;not a trifle .crosseyed; but the wise man. will take , the cars to the ..; next town "and"make Bis inquiries '"by . postal card. , '..' . --i^.A>vWfeconsin 'constable levied on "the undivided half* ofia: gray mule. He wasn't particular which end he took j and it was thirteen days before He opened his eyes and recognized his wife.' "? f? The New Hampsh^maii who mar? ried five wives and tried to defend his action on the ground that Solomon, had,, a ttionsand, discovered that times had changed- somewhati ? He got a fifteen 'year sentence.: . : < :. ' When the. first Kassian battery un-, Iimbered'arid'opened on a Turkish outr postr wMgrawarid canister, the crafty Turks immediately exclaimed, ''Czar grapes 1" ^and deftly ran away^pretend Tne" iCmiahnatf Commercial says: .'^y^is^thafc-' editors nevef OTinmifr ' suicide?"The Burlington Haxckeye has investigated this. subject a little, and thinks it is. because the druggists won't Bell s*trycuqjhe oh long time. ". ? \~ - ^nmt'miM'w journalist:who, noting the presentation of a - cup ;to a brother editor rematked: .??.-. *%e needs no cnjp^He^.caa, any vessel' co n tamfn g liquor whether the nefck:rtk%im?mMxtik or*p!ckle ' at 'the sptoco#ja keg,'orthe2btitt*gofa barreL;?-vV.r::i ,-. ?? -'id r iai$3a3& bfj? newspaper the next issue the editor stated the fact, and wound up the paragraph by asking: "Will our indignant , subscriber please let! us know at what stable he can. be found?" :'; ?M?,' i-i Wife (who has httome an amateur painter)---"What ?yoiL-^iriink of; this ., sketch -teax?' Husbwd^WeU.the,, drawing of it involved no breach otVthe . second wmmandmentfor it 'ia'not; the likeness of anything, that is in, heaven above, or in the earth 'beneath,^* ?n the ?fash glowed like molten carbuncles.^ A plain man, without any poetry in his soul, would have remarked that the logs glowed like a read-headed woman in a potato patch, a ? "Dennis, darlint, what is it;you are doing V ?Whist.fBiddy,: rse trjrii? an it" "Jlurther? what is itr ? 3- fill?_o TTM.' ?'ill ... hat is it, did you say? Whj^ it's giving hot water to the chickens, I am. so: that they'll be after laying boiled . The filling up of the Suez canal, ., which was aritidpated by so many engin? eers as well as' by the great mass of un? professional critics, ia an ?event which ? fbrtunately does iiot seem very near real- siii ization. It appears that, last year, be? tween the two seas, only 52,700 cubic metres of stuff were iremoved, and the tanal ^waV^riav^teH^wIffi^nu?W^y steamers*.4 drawing; as! much as twenty seven feet^ and over four hundred feet in length. The.bed of salt which forms the bottom of the Bitter lakes is/gradually dissorving. -so that: this portiOT of the canal is- found to bo steadily improved, and thus, with the increase: of yegetation along the banks of the canal, there is a pijospj?ct of. tpXproaacaoA in si not re moto fhture of- a fertile and populous tract Of country out of asandy waste. It > is, in a word, onb of the most colossal and successful engineering enterprises of j 00 Lr^s? od b?ii