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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. O, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1880. VOLUME XVI.?NO. 16. Music The following essay was read by Mrs. .Allen W. Clement at the late annual ^meeting of the Anderson County Singing 'Convention, and is published by request ?of the Convention: - Music is one of the seven liberal arts. ?|i science which teaches the properties, ?dependencies and relations of melodious sounds; or the art of producing harmony rand melody by the doe combination and arrangement of those sounds. This science, when employed in searching the principles of this combination and suc? cession, and the causes of the pleasure we receive from them, becomes very pro? found, and demands much patience, :sagacity and depth of thinking. It is, {generally supposed that the word "inu ?? sic" is derived from "musa," because.it ? is believed that the invention of this art is to be attributed to the Muses; but Diodorus derives it from an Egyptian ? name, intimating that Music Ivos first established as a science in Egypt, after the deluge, and that the first idea of mu? sical sound was recived from that pro . duced by the reeds growing on the banks of the Nile by the wind blowing into them. Others, again, imagine that the firnt idea of Music was received from the warbling of birds. However Ahis may really have been, it appears at least equally rational to attribute its origin to mankind, since musica' intonation, in the infancy of language, must often have been the natural result of passionate feel iog; and since, also, we find that wher? ever there is speech there is song. Of all arts Music is the most natural to man, and it is fair to'infer that each nation, even at an early period of its history, must have possessed it to a certain ex? tent;, differing only from that of other i lands according to climate and other cir? cumstances. Man is an instruraent.of Music; his every thought is expressed by tones. Fear, anger, joy and desire have ?ach a peculiar tone, understood by all human beings and comprehended by the brute. Man exercises his power in dif? ferent avocations.of life;.he uses it to Lighten a certain feeling of excitement, -or to allay the fury of his antagonist Before the introduction of letters Music was; indeed, it come forth from chaos with the spirit of God and moved upon the face of the waters. The very motion of the earth, while it was."without form and void," was musical; and as darkness rested npon it the voice of Jehovah broke .the awful stillness, and made the earth musical with created light. All nature then' as now aod ibrever, was full of Music. There is Music in the hum of the industrious bee, as it .wantons from flower to flower?Music so sweet and har? monious that it seems, as it were, the lullaby to the thousand meaner insects whose couches are made among the roses over which the bee rules with unbounded sway. There is Music in the grove strains of sweetest melody from a thou? sand tuneful throats. There is Music in the breeze at eventide as it posses, JEolian-like, over the face of the earth; in the loud roar of the storm, as it swells up and mingles with the louder notes of the sky breathed forth in thunder; in the ocean's moan, fearful Music. It comes upon' the soul like a ripple of evil on the lake of the mind stirring up fear, which, while it frights and appalls, sub? dues and conquers. The Music of the mighf,y deep is the mysterious workings of Deity; like the harp touched by fairy finger?, we listen and gaze on the mighty instrument, breathing its wild melody, while no visible -hand calls it forth. There is Music in the gentle stream, as it wends its way murmuring along through wood and wild. . There.is Music in the mountain torrent as it rushes down the Keep; harsh and unharm onions as it is, there are inducements to linger near and revel in its sound,, and as.they die away and melt, as it were,in the distance, leave ? a delicious feeling on the soul, which accompanies the recollection to render it even more pleasing. There is Music in the air ! Myriads of unseen-minstrels tune their varied instruments and fill all space with heavenly sounds. Romance, in its wildest dreams, never conceived ?^Jr^lterPfe.?i.f,80 mysterious as this?the pM&luy surpasses"^ e imaginary. The tongue cannot express the Music of the air?man is lost in the Bare contempla? tion of it. Who can write the language of Deity ? Who paint His glory t Who criticise His poetry? Eaith His Music stand, the elements and their creatures His instruments! The word "Music" was not always con? fined to the very limited signification which it now possesses. It originally embraced the entire circle of sciences, as well as elegant arts, comprehending everything wbich was poetically consid? ered to emanate from the influences of the nine Muses, and ranging from the language and accomplishments of Par? nassus through all the varieties aod de? partments of Hellenic learning. The ancient writers ou this science differ greatly as to its object and extent. In general they gave it a much wider lati? tude than it has since obtained. Under the name of Music the ancients compre? hended the melodious union of voices and instruments as we do, and they also included the dance, the arts of gesture, poetry and all sciences. Hermeo defines Music to be the general knowledge of -jirder; wbich was also the doctrine of Halo, who taught that everything in the universe was Music. Music, however, properly so-called, only concerns the due regulation and proportion of sounds. It is divided into two parts?the theoretical and the practical. Theoretical Music comprehends the knowledge of harmony and modulations, and the laws of that successive arrangement of sounds by wbich air, or melody, is produced. Prac? tical Music is tho art of bringing this knowledge and those laws into operation, by actually disposing of the sounds, both in combination and succession, so as to produce the desired effect, and this is the art of composition; but practical Music may, in fact, be said to extend still farther, and to include not only tho pro? duction of melodious and harmonious composition, but also its performance; aod to such a facility in execution and nicety of expression has this department of practical Music arrived at the present day, that its Professors, speaking in the aegregate, bold a respectable rank in the general list or artists, and are highly, as well as deservedly, esteemed by all lovers and patrons of musical taste and inge? nuity. At the present day we usually speak of Music with reference to its me? chanical character, in which sense it con? sists of melody, or the proper succession of single sounds and harmony, or the proper combination of simultaneous ?sounds. \* - a The first instruments of Music were &; the stringed order, undoubtedly; and such are spoken of before the deluge, about 550 years. After the deluge, or 1800 before Christ, both rocal and instru? mental Music are spoken of as things in common use. It is not denied that the earlier attempts at song were so limited in design and so feeble in -imagination as to excuse the Application in our time of the term barbarious to the Music of the days of Moses and Miriam, and even to sounds which accompanied the inspired language of the poet King. Music was then in its infancy. The rude instru? ments which Tubal Cain invented, and which in after ages were improved but still left rude, were circumscribed in their compass and harsh in their tones, although reason teaches that they must have been what is technically termed true in their mechanical formation. Ac? cording to the compass of these rough productions the multitude restrained their compositions. Instruments were con? sidered necessary to give effect to song; but as these auxiliaries could not express all the sounds of which the voice was capable, it was thought requisite that the voice should be made subservient to the instruments. The more extensive com? pass of the voice excited admiration, and stimulated the ^desire for imitation. Thus the voice was the means of improving the mechanical expressions of sound; and as instrumental mechanism pro? gressed, the human voice became libera? ted from the restrictions which former ignorance had imposed upon it, and a free course was afforded to its capabili? ties, in obedience to the excentricities of the imaginations. Every nation has always had, as it now has, its own pecu? liar and distinctive style of expressing emotion through the agency of the voice. Barbarous as the first development of musical ability may have been, they nevertheless expressed the peculiar and characteristic feeling of the people who employed them. With one nation the style was melancholy, with another pen? sive, with another light, with a fourth lively. Somo delighted to denote their ideas in the junction of lengthened and monotonous sounds, expressive of grief; others in short, changing accents, of care? lessness or indifference; and others in deep measured sounds of martial Music. These distinctions still exist in so marked a degree among different people as to entitle them to the appellation of na? tional musical characteristics. The first traces of Music are to be found in Egypt, where musical instru? ments, capable of much variety and ex? pression, existed at a time when other nations were in an uncivilized state. A positive proof of this is drawn from the figure of an instrument represented on an obelisk erected by Sesostris, at Heli opolis. This instrument, by means of its neck, was capable, with only two strings, if tuned fourths, of furnishing that series of sounds called by the ancients a hepta? chord ; and if tuned fifths, of producing an octave. Now, as Moses was skilled in all the learning of the Egyptians, it is probable that the Israelites, who inter? wove Music in all the religious ceremo? nies, borrowed much from that people. Transferring mere sounds from the mind to paper, without the assistance of any intermediate articulation, is a wonder only equalled by the act of writing words. The master mind which first conceived the possibility of recording his thoughts on and in a few parallel lines, by means of dots and scratches, was one who will have as great fame as Cadmus. Until five hundred years ago no composition for ] four parts had ever appeared. Counter? point did not exist. The makers of | melody were a distinct class from the harmonist. The barbarism of successive fifths were of frequent occurrence. The invention of printed Music, with mova? ble types, did not occur until the begin? ning of the sixteenth century. In this period arose those celebrated discussions and controversies concerning the funda? mental principles of Music. Arriving at the commencement of the seventeenth century, we find Music beginning to acquire more lightness and bouancy, and new combinations and varieties of meas? ure produced. At this period were pro? duced those difficult organ composition, which, even now, challenge the skill of the most expert performers of this instru? ment. No writer treated of the gamut of seven notes until one Lambert, in 1680. At the close of the seventeenth century Oratorios had begun to acquire importance; aud about the same time Gasparini, Cardicelli aud Clementi first formed the principles of fingering the harpsichord. In August, 1847, the first convention of composers and teachers was held at Leipsic. It had its rise in the mind of Franz Brendel, editor of a mu? sical paper, who tried to bring about a meeting of music teachers for discussion and action with respect to various abuses of the day. Through his exertions a committee was formed, and an invitation was extended not only to teachers, but to composers, organists and strong friends of | the cause. In consequence of this call about 120 persons, citbeir Professors in musical seminaries, music directors, or? ganists, members of orchestras, teachers of singing, piano, &c, or amateurs of J high standing, came together. Thus originated "Teacher's Conventions." Music is the air of earth; it is the at? mosphere of Heaven; the unbounded universe in one sleepless lyre, whose chords of love, and nope, and purity, and peace arc framed into a 'dreamy and mystic melody by the breath of the in? visible God. Every xchite Democrat ought to be able to control at least one colored vote, and control it he should. A Pugnacious Hawk.?A Georgia hawk recently made a bold attack upon a lady. Sbe was sitting in a room ad? joining the hall in her house in Vineville, when she heard a heavy thud, and the noise of falling glass outside the door. Bushing into the ball she found her little child there and perched upon some ob? ject near at hand a gigantic hawk. Up? on the appearance of the lady the bird made a swoop for her, and while she was using all endeavors to protect the child by covering its bead, fastened its talons in the lady's hair. After a serious strug? gle she succeeded in beating the bird off, when it retreated to a picture of Gen. Lee, upon which it perched. The lady ran to her room and called upon the servants to close the hall door. This was done and the hawk would have been a captive if he had not darted into a bedroom, sidled to the window and escaped. He was so large that whin he entered the door his wings struck the doorway on each side. "Don't Know Half Their Value." ?"They cured me of Ague, Biliousness and Kidney Complaint, its recommended. I had a half bottle left, which I used for my two little girls, who, the doctors and neighbors said, could not be cured. I would have lost both of them one night if I had not given them Hop Bitters. They did them so much good I continued their use until they were cured. That is why I say you do not know half the value of Hop Bitters, and do not recommend them high enough."?B., Rochester, N. ? See other column.?American Rural xllE WAGENER BUILDING. A Landmark in the History of Charleston Trade. From the News and Courier. The history of the firm of F. W. Wage tier & Co., is a cheering illustration of what may he accomplished it. business in Charleston by indut-try, integrity, en? terprise and liberal ideas. The business was finst established in 1866, under the firm name of Wagener, Heath & Moa sees. In 1868 Mr. Heath withdrew from the firm, and it was then known as Wagener, Monsees & Co., until 1871, when Mr. Moonsees withdrew, and since that time the name has been F. W. Wag? ner & Co." the present copartners being Mr. F. W. Wagener and Mr. George A. Wagener. Commencing as a grocery house, that busini. j has been steadily increased un? til the foremost rank has been reached, aud to it has been added a large and steadily increasing business as factors in naval stores and cotton. Constantly increasing business has demanded larger and larger accommodations, and from time to time the enlargment of the origi? nal stand at the northwest corner of East Bay and Queen streets, the building of the large warehouse on Vendue Range for their cotton and naval stores, and now the erection of the present immense building at the southwest corner of East Bay and Queen streets, have been chron? icled in these columns. From the time the extensive foundations were laid the gradual growth of the imposing edifice, now known as the Wagener Building, has beecn watched with interest, and the announcement that the building would be occupied and the for? mal opening take place last night caused no little sensation. At the appointed hour the building was briliiantly illuminated and groups of well known business men might be seen collected in.various parts of the first floor commenting on the completion of this great enterprise, the largest building in Charleston or the South for business purposes, and ? one that will compare favorably in size and appearance with any grocery establishment in the North or West. Capt. Wagener could be seen first with one group, then with another, doing the honors of the occasion, and explaining the construction and arrange? ment of the office, store rooms, elevators, &c, &c. By eight o'clock several hun? dred persons had assembled among whom could be noted the leading merchants in all branches of business, as well as a number of lawyers and architects. The guests were then invited to the second floor, an immense ball, the full size of the building illuminated with gas and Chi? nese lanterns, where a long table was spread an.iply supplied with champagne and other good things both solid and liquid. Glasses being filled, Capt. F. W. Wagener on behalf of himself and partner welcomed his guests in a few suitable remarks, expressing his pleasure at so many bei. g present, and wishing that it were possible that ail Charleston could have been there. At the c.ose of Capt;. Wagener^s remarks he was loudly applauded, and then lor awhile nothing could be heard but the popping of corks and the clinking of glasses. After a short time, however, Mr. John H. Devereux, the well known architect and contractor, asked the at? tention of the company, and in a brief speech introduced Capt. S. Y. Tupper, as the preside nt of the Chamber of Com? merce and ex-officio the bead of the bu? siness interests of Charleston. Capt. Tupper thnn spoke as follows: Gentlemen?I am sure every citizen of Charleston here present must experience a glow of pride and satisfaction in con? templating this elegant structure. I claim to s;: are in that pride and satisfac? tion. The Wagener Building not only adds to the beauty and addornment of our city, but it is >n evidence of her growing prosperity. It is an evidence of what the will, the energy and patriotism of one man can accomplish. It is such men that build up great cities and give character, importance and confidence to a community. It is not the man who leads armies and wins victories in the field, who desolates his country, destroys the fruits of indus? try and slaughters his fellow-men that is the true heroin this world; but it is he that builds up and does not destroy, that establishes marts of commerce, encoura? ges industry, and gives employment to hundreds of our people, who is the real benefactor of the human race. These are the men to whom posterity should build mom:ments; and here is a struct? ure over <?ur heads, the largest of the class iu the whole country, which I hope will stand for centuries as a monument to its founder. May it be as enduring as the pyramids to encourage our youth in the sams paths of honesty, industry and perseverance that has characterized the life of C apt. Wagener. Capt. F. SV. Wageuer responded to the complimentary address of Capt. Tupper, saying that he ackuowledged that henad met with a greater share of business suc? cess than he had anticipated, but that he by no meats took all the credit to him? self, for that ever since he L .d been in bu? siness he he. d had the best assistance. He felt that both in years and in business he was a much younger man than many of tbe gentlemen who had honored him by their preseace on this occasion, and that under other circumstances he would feel that it was somewhat presumptuous in him to express the opinion that he was about to announce, but he felt that un? der the peculiar circumstances, his guests would excuse him. Charleston was not so poor a place as some thought, neither was it a poo; place to do business or to make money. The prosperity of the city was in the bands of her business men. What was wanted was for them to work in harmony, work together to bring trade to Charleston, and then when we get it here we can .light to see who shall get the biggest share of it. Heretofore our busi? ness men had satisfied themselves with struggling for the largest share of the trade which ue city already had, without endeavoring io enlarge that trade. Let that be so uo longer. But let us all work together to rmcrease the business of our city, aud he hoped that the time would come, and tb'it at no distant day, when this building, now conspicuous for its comparative greatness, would become insignificant femong the many other great buildings which our prosperity would create. These sentiments were received with a hearty and prolonged applause, which showed that ihey commanded the admi? ration and approval of the assembled merchants. E. Horry Frost, Esq., in a few well chosen words, next called out Mr. Geo. A. Wagener, the junior member of the firm, to whose valuable assistance in the conduct of ih5 affairs his senior had just before gracef'lly alluded. Mr. Geoit A. Wagener responded promptly, but with characteristic modes? ty explaining that speaking was not his forte, but if there was any work to be done he was there. Nevertheless, he joined heartily in the welcome extended to the guests of the house, and hoped that all the gentlemen present would enjoy themselves to their heart's con I tent. I 'Collector Baldwin and Receiver Fisher j were next called, hut hoth excused them j selves as not being blessed with the gift j of eloquence, only congratulating ? Messrs. Wagener & Co. on the auspicious j occasion which had called the company ; together. Acting Mayor Follin was now loudly called for, but just as he was about to speak strains of music were heard and the familiar notes of Dixie came floating on the air. Nearer and nearer came the music, and shortly was heard the regular tramp of soldiers, and directly th* Ger? man Artillery in full uniform and large force, followed by the German Fire Com? pany also in uniform, entered the hall. The Artillery, under command of Lieut. James Simons, marched round to the south side of the hall and faced to the front, their line extending the entire length of the building. The company presented sa'ures to Capt. Wagener, after which Lieut. Simons on their behalf delivered in German congratulatory address remarkable for its simplicity, earnestness and beautiful expression. Lieut. Simons said that Capt. Wagener might for a moment be suprised at being interrupted in tbe midst of a festive occasion by tho tread of armed men, but wheu he recognized the uniform of his own command he would realize that his comrades had seized the present opportunity to con? gratulate him on his business' success. There were in the ranks of the Artillery those who had served under him in the war, and who recollected how he had returned to Charleston when all was ruin and desolation, and, throwing aside his old uniform coat worn threadbare in the service, had gone to work 'to rebuild his fortunes aud those of the city. They had watched his success with interest,, and felt a share of pride in his achievements. They had noticed how as his business increased larger and larger buildings be? came too small for tbe demands of his trade until now he had built and erected the largest business establishment, not only in Charleston, but in the whole country, and they wished him good luck. Capt. J. H. Stemmerman, of the Ger? man Fire Company, then also addressed Capt; Wageuer, congratulating him on behalf of his company. Capt. Stemmer? man spoke with wamth and feeling, and evidently expressed the sentiments of his heart. Three cheers were then given forCarpt. Wagener, and he replied in an earnest and affecting speech in German to the con? gratulations of his comrades. The Artillery and Firemen were then invited to take their place at the table, and their glasses being uled Acting Mayor Follin was again called on and addressed Capt. Wagener and his assem? bled guests in a few brief and stirring sentences. Capt. Follin said that he could but imperfectly convey the con? gratulations which the absent Mayor and Board of Aldermen would be proud to tender to a man who had done so much to promote the interest: and improve the appearance of the city over which it was their honor to presiJe. Major Augustine T. Smythe was next called on, and made a happy contribu? tion to the stream of congratulation and complement of which Capt. Wagener was the recipient in the course of tbe even? ing. Alderman ?iTcrhardt being called on, responded as foilows: Capt. Wagencr and Gentlemen?As you have honored me by invitation to this ir.omeutous celebration, and called me up for a sentiment suiting the occa? sion, allow me to say a few words on the position of our German fellow-citizens in this community. For near fcrty years their industry, enterprise, perseverance and consequent success has been the so? licitude as well as the pride of your hum? ble servant. Forty years ago already Gen. John A. Wagener and Capt. J?r? gen Wagener, senior brothers of the bead of this house., were contemporaries and coworkers with him in the social and moral advancement of their German fel? low-citizens. The "Unity of the Ger? mans" was the topic of an address he heard Capt. J?rgen Wngencr, the father of the junior of this house, deliver at a reunion of prominent Germans just thir? ty-six years ago. That unity attained upon all topics of main interest has beeu and is now, doing its good work 1 Our German adopted citizen kuows his business. He builds or buys a house, and pays for it; or he hires one and pays the rent the first thing. He or his family eat no meal and wear no clothes until they are paid for. He is the formost at the tax offices and does not rest until he has his tax receipts in his pocket. He does not mix or meddle much with politics, but in timesi of trouble that try men's souls you find him only on that side where there is tbe most justice and equity. For these principles he is ready to sacrifice and has sacrificed even his life's blood. I ask you then, fellow citizens, are we Germans good and true citizens,'or not? Yes, my friends, we are ! and the city, aye, the whole country says yes, when it calls tbe German into nositions of high honor and trust, if not of emolument, pay and reward! Let me, then, in conclusion, offer the following sentiment: "Our German citizens, honest and true, faithful and patriotic, may they maintain forever that honorable position they have attained, socially, morally and politically, under the leadership of good and true men from the Fatherland, the honored dead as well as those still work? ing and rising." Major A. Melchere, Messrs. Bollmann, Wulbern, Pieper, Stelling, Kerrigan and others also made brief speeches, and amid much wit and good humor the cel? ebration was kept up until a late hour, the closing ceremony being the singing of "Die Wacth amRheui" by thcSvhole com? pany in chorus. Don't be satisfied with less than 4,000 majority for the Democratic nominees on Tuesday in this County. Building Materials.?One thousand and fifty laths will cover seventy yards of surface, and eleven pounds of nails put them on. Eight bushels of good lime, fifteen bushels sand, and one bushel hair makes enough good mortar to plaster one hun? dred square yards. A cord of stone, three bushels lime, and a cubic yard of Band will lay one hundred cubic feet of wall. One thousand shingles laid four iuches to the weather will cover one hundred square feet of surface, and five-pounds of nails will fasten them on. One-fifth more flooring and siding is needed than the number of square feet of surface, because of the lap in the sid? ing and matching of tho floor. Five courses of brick will lay one foot iu height ou a chimney ; six brick in a course will make a flue four inches wide and twelve inches long; eight bricks in a course make a flue eight inches wide and sirtrrui tiirhea^ong. u^-^ Be at tk m they are opened and Ml.wwr^aiir pvloted. TALMAGE ON THE MORMONS. Ho Wants the Seventh Commandment Thundered hy Big Bore Cannon. "Mormouisin" was Dr. Tal mage's top? ic. "Sodom and Salt Lake City are sy nonimus," said ths preacher; "you can hardly think of one without thinking of the other; both near an offensive, fishless dead sea; both famous capitals of the most accursed impurity; both doomed. This summer I had an opportunity to inspect this iniquity. In regard to the alleged subsidence of Mormonism, I tell you that 750 Mormons arrived at Salt Lake City just before I got there. Ten thousand were added last year, and there will be more than that this year. They have 300 missionaries in Sweeden, Nor? way, Russia, Germany, England, Ire? land and Scotland. Many Scotch Pres? byterians were recently brought there. Emigrants are deluded by false promi? ses of gain, and when they get to - Utah they are taxed until the blood comes. There is no escape for them but in the grave. Mormonism is one great pro? longed cruelty. I was showu a cellar where a mother and her two sons were butchered because they bad revealed the secrets of Mormonism. The Mor? mons have a peculiar phraseology by death. They say : "He was put out of the way." "They met with a bad acci? dent." "They were used up." ''They were cut off just under their ears." [Laughter.] ^hese outrages are stopped because a regiment of United States sol? diers is now overlooking the city, ready to destroy it if it dares to repeat sucb atrocities. I charge Mormonism with being a great blasphemy. Brigham Young declared in one of his sermons that Christ himself was a practical poly gamist; that Mary and Martha wefe Christ's plural wives. Bringham Young said in the same sermon that when Christ turned water into wine it was the occa? sion of one of his own marriages. I charge upon Mormonism that" it is dis? loyal to the United States Government. Mormonism would like to see this Gov? ernment perish to-day. I charge upon Mormonism that it is organized filth. It is built on polygamy. There is a man in Salt Lake City who has three wives, mother, daughter, and granddaughter. It was related to me that when a* man takes a new wife there his house is en? larged, but no house was ever large enough to hold two women married to the same man. [Great laughter.] Think of a system that teaches that the more wives a man has the higher will be his seat in heaven! Think of a system that commends a man for living in marriage at the same time with three sisters 1 "I tell you it is one great surging licentiousness, the seraglio of the repub? lic, the centre of corruption, hell en? throned. It is a power in Anierican politics. Ic receives $1,000,000 a year, with which it can influence national leg? islation. In the last Congress the mat? ter was referred to a committee, and one of the members of that committee said: "Why do you make all this fuss about polygamy? The Mormons make a reli? gion of having four or five wives. All that is practiced by members of Congress without any religion." [Sensation/] I would not interfere with any man's re? ligion. The Mormons might believe that Joseph Smith was God or that Brig ham Young was the second person in the Trinity. You have no right to interfere with such beliefs. But Mormonism is riot only antagonistic to Christianity but to Christian morals. Christianity stands side by side with infidelity in availing that which antagonizes good morals. "The tendency of Mormonism is as a foe to free institutions. I tell you that Mormonism will never be destroyed until it is destroyed by the United Stales Gov? ernment. Why did they not let General Johnston with his 2,500 troops destroy it in 1857? There never has been moral courage in the United Siates to clean out this national stable. [Applause.] We have all gone to look at it. Grant, Thompson and Hayes .went and looked at it. The Mormons receive everybody graciously. They bow you in and bow you out. If there could be a transmigra? tion of souls I should hope that the soul of Andrew Jackson would get into the body of some of our Presidents, who would make proclamation that at such a day and hour each Mormon shall have no more than one wife, or shall go to jail or leave the country. [Applause.] If the Mormons would not submit I would send out troops, and let them make the Mor? mon Tabernacle their headquarters, and with cannon of the biggest bore thunder into them the Seventh Commandment. [Applause.] Arbitration by all means, if that will do; a proclamation, if that will do. But I am sure that the bullets and cannon would be necessary at the back of it all. The United States Government cannot survive the existence of a com? munity in its midst founded on a desola? ted, destroyed, imbrutted womanhood. I call the attention of the American Con? gress to this subject. The hour has come. This tbiug has got to be done. Let some mau come forth and speak the word in the name of God, and he will make bis political fortune. Instead of exhuming the entombed mummy of a negro sla? very in these presidential elections why not bring up this live question of Mor? monism? "Now I ask you, as the jury who have considered the evidence against Mormon? ism, what shall the sentence be ? It must not be simply incarceration ; it must not be slight censure. It must be the death and extinction of the abomination. But where and when shall the execution take place ? The scaffold should stretch from the Rocky Mountains to the Sierra Neva? da. Upon the grave shall be erected a stone with inscription: 'Here lies Mor? monism?the outlaw, the liberrine, the murderer, the hero of the Mountain Meadow massacre. Born Feb. 2, 1827.' Died 1872." [Great Applause.] "If the gentlemen who report this bill will put in a section, that all who partici? pated in the rebellion shall be FOREVER excluded from the right of elective franchise, then I will sag the proposition will be just and one we can stand upon as a matter of principle. ANYTHING ? just which excludes from privilege and power ALL those infamous men who participated in the rebellion.?Garfield's speech on Recon? struction. ? Shriner's Indian Vermifuge will de? stroy and expel worms. It. is reliable. It is cheap. Only 25 cents a bottle. ? The Supreme Court of Massachu? setts has just affirmed the principle as? serted in old State decisions, that a man traveling on Sunday, except to and from church, cannot recover damages from in? juries received on the highway) owing to defective bridges or roads. ? This is the season of the year when the darkey leans over the warehouse counter and says to the bookkeeper; "Boss, I wish you'd work er little calki lat'n for me. Dis bale er cotton weigb'd 509 pound. I picked outG04 pounds of seed cotton, Aleck he picked GIG, and Mose put in 304. De bag fotch fifty-one dollars'n ten cents. How much is dere comin' to me, 'lowin' as how we all pays our ehere of gicnin' and de baggin' ?" which putting to A SAD SCENE. ' A Child Dying In its Mother's Arms While Its Father Is Doing Tried for Murder. Persons who were present in the court house last Thursday morning just a3 the case of the State vs. James Robinson and James Lucas, charged with murder, was called, witnessed one of the saddest scenes that ever occurred in this county. The morning in question had been set for the trial of the above-named prisoners?Ja?. Robinson being charged in the indict? ment with the murder of Moses Lucas on the 9th of August last, and James Lucas as the accomplice. Robinson's wife had come to town to be present at the trial. She brought her fuur children along, the youngest of whom was an in? fant. This little thing had been quite ill for some time but the mother did not think it was dangerously so. On the day stated Mrs. Robinson was present in the courtroom, and at her side sat her three little bare-footed children and her pale faced, sad looking husband, whilst in her arms, wrapped in a red woolen shawl, she held close up to her bo3om the frail body of her infant?its face as pale as chalk and its eyes "set" its if in death. The woman herself, weighted down with sorrow and distress?for her infant was dying in her arms and her husband was about to be tried for his life presented a sad, sad spectable to those who looked upon her tear-stained face, as she sat nursing her dying baby. The while the Court was unaware of the scene in its presence. Tbe Judge turned over the leaves of the calendar tnd called the case of "The State against James Robinson and James Lucas? indictment, murder." The poor mother looked up agonizingly and heaved the deepest sigh we ever heard, and her lit? tle children, seated, at her side, sobbed audibly. It was a moment of extreme sadness. Colonel Wylie, flushed with emotion, arose and in tones husky and faltering, stated that he bad a sad duty to perform?to ask the indulgence of the Court for a while, a3 the infant child of one of the prisoners was thought to be dying in its mother's arms in the court? room. The Judge leaned from his chair, and resting his face in his hands, looked at the mother. We heard not a word, for we had tnrned our head and walked off; but tbe prisoner-father, pale and wan, with his little three-year old girl in his arms and his three other children at his side?led the way from the court-room, followed by the Btricken wife with her infant. They were accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Hunter. They returned to the jail, where the child was giveu every attention, but at nine o'clock that night the flickering spark of the frail lit? tle life went out and the baby passed from the harro./ing scenes by which it had been surrounded that day. The case had been called after the recess that morniDg and the prisoner having plead "not guilty" to the arraign? ment, the empanneling of a jury was be? gun. Mrs. Robinson left hei dying baby to the kind attention of others and was present in the courtroom during the evening. After adjournment she returned to her infant and gave it every attention possible, but to no avail. Upon the opening of the court the next morning Mrs. Robinson and her three children were in their places?the mother had left the dead body of her infant in the keeping of friends at the jail to be present upouthe scenes of the day?another and strong proof of wo? man's devotion in the hour of distress. The beretved woman sat as near to her husband as possible all the morning, her face swollen with grief and her stricken heart heaving the deepest sighs. At the hour of adjournment for dinner the re? cess was prolonged and the father and mother, followed by a few sympathizing friends, accompanied the dead body of their baby to the village cemetery and saw it laid away, Bafe from the sorrows and troubles incident to a life here. Our heart never went out in deeper sympa? thy than to this wofully afflicted mother and wife, and we certainly hope that God will pity her in her sorrow and that the worin will treat her most kindly.?Lan? caster Review. It is clearly the right of the victorious government to indict, try, convict and hang every rebel in the South for the bloody con? spiracy agavist the Republic. * * * I believe, sir, the time has come when we must lay the heavy hand of military authority upon these rebel communities and hold them in its grasp.?James A. Garfield. Toe Seven Bibles of the World.? The seven Bibles of the world are the Koran of the Mohammedans, the Eddas of the Scandinavians, the Try Pitikes of tho Buddhists, the Five Kings of the Chinese, the three Wedas of the Hindoos, the Zendavcsta, and the Scriptures of Chris? tians. The Koran is the moat recent of these seven Bibles, and not older than the seventh century of our era. It is a compound of quotations from the Old and New Testaments, the Talmud, and the Gospel of St. Barnabas. The Eddas of the Scandinavians were first published in the fourteenth century. The Pitikes of the Buddhists contain sublime morals aud pure aspirations, but their author lived and died in the sixth century be? fore Christ. There is nothing of excel? lence in those sacred books not found in the Bible. The sacred writings of the Chinese are called the Five Kings, "king" meaning web of cloth or the warp that keeps the threads in their place. They contain the best sayings of the best sages on the ethic-political duties of life. These sayings cannot be traced to a period higher than the eleventh century B. C. The three Vedas arc tbe most ancient books of the Hindoos, and it is the opin? ion of Max Muller, Wilson, Johnson and Whitney that they are not older than eleven centuries ?. C. The Zcnt davesta of the Peraiars is the grandest, of all the sacred books next to our Bible Zoroaster, whose sayingsjt contains was born in the twelfth century B. C. Moses lived and wrote his Pentateuch fifteen centuries B. C, and, therefore, has a clear margin of 300 years older than the most ancient of the other sacred writings. Anderson County should give at least 4,000 majority for the Democratic ticket. It can be done if the proper efforts arc made. In Accord.?"Rather hot isn't it?" said a Sunday school teacher to one of his "heathen Chinee" pupils, the other day, by the way of salutation. The wash man looked up at the teacher with a face illuminated by a cherubic smile and em? phasized an afiirmativo nod with : "Yes, damee hotee! Damee hotee "?A Wicked Exchange. ? There has been a severe snow storm in the Northwest. The snow fell twelve feet deep, destroying much stock and property in Missouri, Minnesota, Dacota, and on the Lukes. ? Dr. Tanner has at last met his match, and more than his match. A calf in Holt County, Missouri, got entangled in a pile of rails, and remained in that position for a period of forty-one days, without food or water. It came out all rijht. [ A FRENCHWOMAN'S ECONOMY. She Tells how Ju'lne Persons can be Fed Well on SIC a Week. "I cannot give you exactly the English for it. I suppose the word overlap would come near my meaning," said Madame. "I do not believe that a rechauffe is always as good a dish as when the plat is freshly cooked, but still there are some kinds of ragouts which improve much by the re cooking. I even tell you when it happens that things are better when rewarmed? say my dish is thin and not concentrated enough. That sometimes happens to the best of cooks. Then if you make a re? chauffe and do it well,you improve things. Now you translate rechauffe; what it means? Not twice cooked, but sorae thitig warmed up again. Great differ? ence, you perceive, octween subjecting food to a violent heat and a gentle warm? ing. Do I make use of such'' Of course I cannot afford to waste anything. But that is not the?what I call it? Yes, the overlap, come in that scheme-rcate gory?what you will. Now, I wilL ex? plain. Yesterday some fishing friends send us large blue-fish; too much to eat one all one day, but it has been boiled. More than half remain. What shall I do ? Why, make a fish pate for break? fast. Oh! it is easy enough. Thefish, it was taken off carefully, not broken. I make a crust, put in fish, with an oyster or two, a very little anchovy sauce, some palsy, little mace, small piece butter, aud it comes to table hot'and brown, and we think it very nice. I do not call that a twice-warmed dish, forit was new. Now, to-day we shall have for dinner, with some other things, small fillet of beef and a smoke tonge. Very certatuly, though we shall have two or three people to dine, much of the fillet and some little of the smoke tongue will be left over. I al? ready have in mind some idea what shall be done with the remains to-morrow, for a goid housekeeper, and that means an economical one, always looks ahead. I shall cut up what is left over of the meat, and miuce the tongue fine, and the cook will fry a chopped onion, and add a little pepper and salt with a little stock, and then we'll make some paste as for a pie, and we will have rissoles, which will be very good. You make rissoles by cutting the piece dough in small square, putting a small tablespoonful of your farcie in each. You turn over ends, like pincush? ion, and if you want you paint each one with a leet'l egg and you bake. Would you have these rissoles so that you shall "fall in love with them? Have some friend to send you some truffle, and chop in piece not big jer than my thumb. You laugh at my enthusiasm. You know what happen to me? This very summer I spent some weeks in a hotel with my family, and things cooked very bad, and waste?waste had enough to ruin the pro? prietor. I see the cook throw away every day six, eight feet of sheep from leg of mutton. One day I ask the landlord "why he have them throw away?" and he laugh and say "they were not good." I tell him, "Wait, you see. Will you tell the cook to let me show him how "to cook them, and if good will you eat them, and he agree and I get them. Of course you know that I make pied de mouton a la poulelte out of them. It is very simple. You clean the foot and barboil until ten? der ; you keep the stock and boil it down; you make white sauce with much parsely and give a dash of lemon to it last. I happen to find an intelligent boy in that hotel kitchen who do what I say, while the head cook looks on sulky. The land? lord eat, and was satisfied that I kuow about what I talk. When I first come to New York, and did not know how mark? ets are manage, I say to my bonne, 'You goto market and buy me half a dozen sheep's feet,' and she say, 'No; I asharae to do that. The butcher man he will take me for beggar.'" "Would you mind giving me the cost of your food ?" "By no means, Mademoiselle. We are seven in family; with two servants, that makes nine; with one guest almost every day. I cannot afibrd for grocer, market man, bread and milk more than $15 a week, aud should my bills ever be more I retrench. I do not include wine, hot tea and coffee?coffee twice a day is al? ways served. Ah 1 my butter is not used so extravagant as in American families. Why, when you use meat for breakfast, do you want butter? Perhaps nine-tenths, of the butter I use will go to the prepara? tion of vegetables. I think two pounds of butter is all we use. I think we eat much more bread than in an American family. Where my economy comes, I think, is in overlooking what my cook does. Now, you make calculations how many times we bave portions of food du? ring the week; breakfast, luncheon, din? ner?that makes that 189 time couvcrts are laid. Divide that by $15 in a week and see how little it comes to, and yet we do not stint, for, if I remember, I told you once that I believed if man or wo? man or child work they must eat good food, enough of it, ana, surlout, that it must be well cooked. It is not so diffi? cult after all when you make up your mind that it must be done. If 1 do not do it I should like to know how I dress my children myself. You think it very small? Why, know a French menage in New York?family one more than mine ?that live well, quite well, on $12 a week and I could do it if it were necessary."? New York Times. Hie main effort of the Radicals at this election will-be directed to the Electoral and Congressional nominees. Be sure to change as man;/ of their votes as possible. ? In a short trip to the country, in the direction of Tugaloo River, we found the the people busy and in good humor. Good crops set well on everybody and make many pleasant faces. Truly this season the sayiug, the laborer is worth of bis hire, is being verified in a bounteous harvest. Both cotton and corn are good and while a large part of the cotton crop has found its way to market, there isstill a great deal ungathcred. People are be? ginning to gather corn and the yield promises well. We doubt if in many years people have worked better than this fall or have kept nearer up with their crops. On the road we constantly met wagons coming to market with fifty or one hundred dollars in cotton on them, while on all sides hands were busy gath? ering the fleecy staple. If our people were out of debt and had a year of sup? plies on hand their future prosperity would be easy and certain. As it is this crop with economy will enable the most to bridge over next year without incurr? ing much debt, and with another good crop they will hnvo smooth sailing.? Walhalla Courier. Stoibrand is a Radical carpet-bagger and unprincipled demagogue, while D. Wyatt Aikcn is a native Carolinian and an honorable gentleman. ? According to recent surveys of the Great Salt Lake, its greatest length is 93 miles, while its greatest width is 43 miles. The present evaporation is about one inch per day, and the influx through the many rivers entering the lake is a little more. As soon as the snow in the hills give out the lake will begin to fall, THE NUMBER SEVEN'. Its Peculiarities and Curiosities. Seven is a holy number. There were seven days in the week, and the seventh is the Sabbath, or day of rest. There are seven spirits before the throne of God; seven divisions in the Lord's Prayer; sevcu ages in the life of man, and we are commanded to forgive offenses seventy times seven. Every seventh year was Sabbatical, and seven times seven years brought round the Jewish jubilee. Then we have the seven churchesjof Asia, seven candlesticks, seven stars, seven trumpets, seven horns; the lamb had seven eyes; Pharaoh in his dream saw seven kine and seven cars of corn, typifying the seven years of plenty, and seven years of famine, etc. Nor is this confined to sacred history, and it will be interesting to enumerate some things to which this mystic number was given. Soven bodies in alchemy?The sun is gold, the moon silver, Mars iron, Mercu? ry quicksilver, Saturn lead, Jupiter tin, and Venus copper. The seven-hilled city?Ancient Rome, it being Duilt upon seven hills. The seven mortal sins?Pride, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, avarice and sloth. The seven virtues? Faith, hope, chari? ty, prudence, fortitude and temperance. The first three are called the holy vir? tues. The Seven champions of Christendom ?St. George for England, St. Andrew for Scotland, St. Patrick for Ireland, St. David for Wales, St. Denys for France, St. James for Spain, and St. Anthony for Italy. The seven senses of mail?According to E^clesiastes. they are seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, feeling, and, in addi? tion, are given understanding and^speech. The first five are common to all the ani? mate creation; man alone is supposed to be raised above the brute by possessing the two latter. The seven sisters?This is a. window in the north transept of York Cathedral, England, and so called because it bas seven tall lancets (high and narnnvopen ings). The seveu sleepers?According,,to 'the legend, were seven noble youths of Epbe sus, who fled in the Decian persecution to a cave in Mouut Celion, the mouth of which became blocked with stones. Af? ter 230 years they were discovered and awoke, but died within a few days and were taken in altirge coffiu to Marseilles. "Visitors are still shown in St. Vietus Church the stone coffin. It was an an? cient superstition that when the sleepers turned on their sides it indicated great disaster to Christendom. The seven wise men of Greece?Seven Greek philoshopbers of the sixth century B. C, noted for their maxims. Biu3?His maxim was, "Most men are bad." Cbilo?"Consider the end." Cleobus?"Avoid extremes." Periander?"Nothing is impossible to industry." Pittecus?"Know thy opportunity." Solon?"Know thyself." Thales?"Suretyship is the forerunner of ruin." The seven wonders of the world (an? cient)?The pyramids of Egypt, the hang? ing gardens of Babylon, tbe tomb of Mansolis, the temple of Diana at Ephe sus, the temple of Rhodes, the statue of Leas by Phidias, the Pharos of Egypt, or the palace of Cyrus cemented with gold. The seven wonders of the world (mod? ern)?The coliseum at Rome, the cata coms at Alexandria, the great wall of China, Stonehenge, the leaning tower of Pisa, the porcelain tower of Nankin, the mosque of St. Sophia in Constantino? ple. The seven wonden of North America ?Falls of Niagara, the great lakes, the canyons of the Colorado. Yosemite val? ley," the big trees of California, Yellow? stone Park, Great Salt Lake. Seven years' war?The war maintained by Frederick II. of Prussia against Aus? tria, Russia and France. The seven dials, London?A column railed in, which formerly stood at the ancient limits of St. Giles, and seven dials were affixed to it, facing the sev? en streets which radiated from that cen? ter. The seven churches of Asia?Ephesua, Smyrna, Pergamus, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea. The seven spirits that stand before the throne of God?Micheal, Gabriel, Lamael, Raphael, Zachariel, Arael Ori phiel. Seven times Christ spoke upon the cross?"Father, forgive them, they know not what they do." "To-day thou shalt be with me in paradise." "Woman, behold thy son !" "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ?" "I thirst." "It is finished." "Father, into Tby hands I commend my spirit." /give rag support to this military bill. It is severe. It was written with a steel pen made out of a bayonet, and bayonets have done us good service hitherto. All I ask is that Congress shall place civil government before these people of the rebel States and a cordon of bayonets behind them.?James A. Garfieid. Southern Trade?Cincinnati Does Not Want It. Cincinnati, October 13. To the Editor of the Courier- Journal: I suppose that you are aware by this time that the business men of Cincinnati voted yesterday. Now, sir, do you suppose that we propose to get down on our knees and beg for Southern trade? If you do, the vote of yesterday doesn't show it. Now, as far as Southern trade is concerned, it is not worth going after; all the goods that are sold in that section of the coun? try are sold by Southern men who come to Cincinnati, beg situations, work cheap (like the Chinee); they make two or three trips, and during those trips enough bad debts to break up an ordinary house. I am sure Cincinnati can do without your Southern trade; so, if you want it, why take it, and make less noise. Eight bills out of ten sold South are usually settled at about fifty cents on the dollar. Con? sequently, in selling them goods it is necessary to enlarge our profits to get even. So far as our Southern Railroad is concerned, it is paid for and no thanks to the South. If you want the custom of the long-haired Southerners, why just call your Southern bulldozing statesmen from Cincinnati, and I assure you if they want any goods in Cincinnati they will have to come after them. Of course any business house wants trade, but we prefer to trade with decent people, and not those who carry shot-guns in their boots. So far as the ?ayings of the Commercial and Gazette go they are sustained by tbo citizens hero by a large majority. If that be treason to the South, make the most of it. A Merchant in Cincinnati. The only way to have good government in South Carolina is to keep the Democrats in power, and this can onlg be done by persis? tent and unceasing effort on the part qf the Democracy,