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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C.. THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOPER 21 1 MMT VOLUME XVI.-NO. 1.1 T?e Sew A tuertea-A Noble Letter. Whenever tho generous and lofty sen t i men ts which nnnnate the writer of the subjoined noble letter shall bo the rule of private thought and thc guido of pub lic action, the days of bitterness and un rest will bc numbered in thc laud : 89 ST. JAMI? PLACE, | BROOKLYN, N. Y., > December C, 1880. \ To the Editor of thc jvVir* and Courier : Will you kindly receive n friendly word from a Northerner and Republican, but one who loves the whole country betler than any part of it, and who will aban don the" Republican party whenever it ceases, in his judgment, to represent the interests of all the land. I am greatly impressed by thc manly and very sensible .vords with which your journal a.id many others at the South received the result of thc election. I wish I could tell you what an earnest re sponso they awakened in my own heart and in thousands of others at the North. We rejoiced nt tho manly words of tho Southern press accepting ibo situation. "Once more [you seemed to say] wc have been beaten-th s time without room for question as to tho fact. We confesa our disappointment ; wo believe the North bas made a mistake, and that thc era of peace and thorough reunion would have come sooner under Hancock. But wo accept thc result, and, with whatever misgivings, will honorably give the new mun n chance." What real obstacle is now left between us? Slavery, thc root of nil our aliena tions, is dead, never to revive. Different parts of the country will doubtless con tinue to differ for a time ut leant on economic questions ; but why should these give rise to bad blood between sec tions any more Ibu? between individ u?is? If the one side has had griev ances, real or fancied, so also bas the other. Wo Republicans ncknowledge now I be wrongs of thc carpet-bag regime, and if we realized them at thc time, {mut I arturc you that the great body of tu did not,) we were blinded to them by the re ports of outrages nt the South, which seemed, by the virtual restoration t?f slavery, to bo taking from us the only result of the war we had been so reluct antly drawn into, which could in any degree comp?nsale us for it. We were blinded and made too careless ns to the measures by which to right those wrongs. Our belief in those outrages was ns sin cere ts the South's present or recent be lief that the Republican party bate? the South. If the former was an error KO ?Iso is the latter. This is the key to tho winde trouble. Over and over again the South repeats the chaigc that the Republicans hutt* the South, und again and again we deuy it and disclaim any such feeling. East and West, wherever I have been, iu New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, I huve heard scarcely any but the kindest expressions towards the South -unless under sumo momentary excite ment created by such reports us I have referred to. Again und aguin have I heard the earnest longing expressed that thc South would only do what was best for its own interests-provide for the education of all its people, put all its people of whatever race or color on un equal footing before thc law, accept nil the umendmeuts, crush cveiy suggestion of repudiation and hold sacred the ballot? box ! No d'iubt this, in some of its de tails, was asking u good deal, and moro than we ot the North have yet achieved in every community. I mention it only to show that our attitude wns ono of kindly and not bitter feelinc Thc great body of the Republican party to-day stands ready to pour in capital, abiding immigrants, everything the South so much needs for its development, ns soon i.s it is convinced that these will be acceptable, and especially that those who thus chance their latitude will not be leaving behind them some of their most dearly prized possessions-thc right (within decent limits) of free speech on till subjects and of a pure ballot-box. What real difference or obstacle i? then: now between us? No doubt il would bc easy enough on both Hides tt: cull up exasperating things out ol' thc grave of the past; (two or threo word and memories are even now on the tip ol my pen ;) but why do it? Why not sci our faces bravely und manfully toward the future and let the dead past bury it: dead? Nc doubt thero will be roon enough, at the best, for forbearance or both sides, end generous allowance am interpretation. Old sores ure not hcalci in a day. New economic conditions uri notcuuformed lo in a day. Woof tin North must not bo uureusnnable. Wi wilt look on with sympathetic eyes (i you would rather do without our help while you work out, slowly, ns it need must be, but I doubt not succcssi'ulty, a Ind, tho trying problem slavery left yoi: Wo hear with astonishment of tin material progress you have ul ready inndi since the war, nod especially of the mu teriul and other improvements of tin blacks. If you could only believe wbu ' joy this gives us ! Not a selfish salisfau timi merely, though tba South's pros pcrity must, of course, benefit us; w rejoico for your joy. \Ve long to giv you a brother'- hand und say : As W could feel n sympathetic torrow for yoi over the saddes.c desolation of thc war not tho material ones, since wc bardi, knew, by comparison, what these wert but tho blood, und the tears, mid th brokcp household-so to-day you cann?! seo tho tokens of returning prnsperit and happiness, but thc news of it sha! fill our hearts, too, with gladness. Time is tho errent consoler after nil un tb? ir rout npnoniHukar OttT g?nS?? tion on either side, who felt the leve heat of the war nnd of reconstruclioi can never, perhaps, entirely forget, how ever sincerely wo may hayo forgiven, tb East. It is for tho neto generation, wb p,- > nothing, or next to nothing, of tb past or its bitterness, ami whose laces ai turned with n glad light toward tho ne and betler day-it is for these fres bunds to clasp from cither side and the young hearts to thrcb in happy unisoi in a noble effort for a New America, is little perhaps that we, older ones, cu do positively, save to discourage evei unkind-word or act. We must "learn i labor and to wait." U'e cannot hopo i SRO things in tho sumo way, the war i any of ita fruits, but we will not for th reason quarrel 11113 moro nor cease tl effort to see with euch other's eyes, tryii to bolicvo the best and not tho worst each. Let us be gentle, forbearing nt hopeful, cherishing that swrct charl which suffereth long and is kind and nnt easily provoked, which bcarotb 1 tilings, bclieveth all things good. Let bo patient lo wait, if the twilight linge still. It cannot long delay tho daw I see tho Coming ol a glad new day win a fairer America thun Washington Jefferson over conceived will b via i career. May we have tho faith and tl courage to hasten and not stay ila coi ing. i Beggiog you to '-?dievo that these kit and hopeful expression? aro not mere an Individual utterance, but truly repi sent tho views and feelings of tho Nor everywlicTP, I remain, willi all go wishes, bulli for yourself personally a: ? Sf* for your fuir portion of our common laud, ; your friend and countryman, ll. I). CATXIX. j Mr. Catlin understands, ns few men j do, thc limits of thc possible. During; thc life-limo of those who were in the j thick of the fight which knit thc Union i together and rent the people asunder, there will, indeed, be room for forbear- ! ance on both sides. This generation 1 cannot, and should not, entirely forget j thc past, however completely the real or | fancied wrongs of North and South may he forgotten. We cannot hope to see things ns our former opponents see them. ! Nor can they put themselves completely j in our place. There munt be some fric tion and disiigrcement. Bul if wc dc termino to try to think the best of each other, and to put the best construction possible on thc nets of each other, a better understanding of each other will follow. This is one great family. The bond of union cannot be broken. For our happiness, for our safety, wc should strive to know und value each other, so that no superficial irritation, no cania! oirence, shnl blind U" to thc sterling qualities, the manliness, the fortitude und thc invincible love of liberty which are the heritage of tho whole people. And not alono as between North and South. The same charitableness is needed to cement thc union between the Slates themselves in their relations ns Slates. It is needed to prevent jarring and discord between one part of a Slate nnd another, and even between up town and down-town in thc cities. Hardest of course it is to look with indulgent eyes upon these nt whose hands we Bufilred sorely. But wc should remember that blood was poured out like water in the North as in the South. It was not in the South alone thut children were made orphans, thut wives were made widows, und that loving fathers und tender mothers wero robbed by war of the lusty sons who were the stay of their declining years. Exactly alike the North nun .South will perhaps never be. It is not necessary thal they should. They can be alike tn dilTcreuce, and one in dissim ilarity. No two members of a family are absolutely thc same in temperament and aim. Yet they live in harmony. So can it be with the family ot States, nnd willi thc families within tho States. It needs only thut such thoughts as our Brooklyn friend utters to-day shall be free to n>-?ert themselves. They exist more generally than is supposed. They nre stronger than we know. We hope it, and believe it ! Would that our "friend and country man" in Brooklyn could viast thc Soul!;, and bring with bim others of the tame stamp. They would then understand, even better than they now do, the per plexities which nave tunde us seem to embrace that which in ou,* souls we abhor. Would that Southern men, us Inrge minded and big-hearted as Mr. Catlin and his friends, could tarry awhile in the North mid enter into tho spirit of ?ts broad and busy life. They would then understand how it is that ihc more elevated and liberal the Northerner is, thc sterner is bis resolve never to deny the faith for which ho fought, and the less disposed is he to demand or insist that we of tho South shall be tulse to tho faith that was ours. The bravo and the true on either side respect most those who respect themselves. Wo thunk Mr. Catlin for his letter. We wish it could be read under every roof-tree from tho Canuda lino to the Gulf und from thu Atlantic to the Pacific coast. In thc South, we know, thou sands of hearts will beut in response to its ferv it prayer, und legioi who "wore thc grny" will stund ready, us they have stood these ten years or more, to do ns they ure done by, und give ungrudgingly confidence for confidence und trust for trust. From the stronger to thc wenker thc cverlure fitly comes. It is only nat ural that re bu li's should not be courted by lae South. The Southern States are in tho Union because tho victorious armies of the North put them there. Under the Constitution, ono Slate is equal to another. Thc American who fought witly|Lce is, under the law, the equal ot the American who fought with Grant. This ls tho theory, it is not the practice. Not until thu States in the South are in all things dealt with os other States are, not until Americans in the South uro spoken of und spoken to us other Americans are, can the Southern States, us a whole, feel the weight of their responsibilities, mid live up to them. As long as the white peoploof the South ure chili ned to tho benches ol the Na tional galley, as felons unworthy of trust, they cannot be expected to feel it a duly to maintain discipline among themselves. While they ure regnrded by the National Government as pardoned convicts or prisoners on parole, they cannot, willi their traditions und pride of nice, have thc public aspirations or public obliga tions which were theirs when they were recognized, in nil things, as free and equal citizens of the Republic.-Neus and Gmrier. THE CIIABLESTON JETTIES.-Charles ton is built Upon a nar row strip of lund, surrounded on all sides by deep waler, mid its possible extent of wharfage is practically unlimited. Thc sea is but .1 few miles away, and tho only thing that places the city at a disadvantage com pared with Northern ports is thc bar nt the mouth of Ihn hnrbor. which Mini's access to vessels drawing not over seven teen feet of waver. The two jetties which arc being constructed by tho gov ernment are expected to remove th's dif ficulty. The North jelly, which will bo 11,000 feet in length, hus been completed vu ? ucig?t. of noone seven lect tor two- j iii i rds of tiie distance, and tho South jetty,which will haven total length of 8, 000 feet, hus received tho first courses ot' : tone for nbout one-third that distance. The work is under the direction of Capt. J. C. Tost, United Slates army, who is hopeful that when completed it will give n channel at least twenty-six feet across the harbor. 80 fur, mer toOO.OOO have been appropriated for the work, and, if no delay occurs in futuro appropriations, the entire work cnn bo finished within thc next two years, and at a cost of something less than tho original esti mate of 91,800,000. TilE DIFFICULTIES OF AN li,DITOtt. The Loudon Sporting Times pithily stnte thc difbvulties under which editor:' labor : "If an editor omits anything be is lazy. If he speaks of things as they are propio Sci angry. If he glosses over or nam.tin own 1110 rough points bois bribed. If he culls things by their proper names ho i* unfit foriho position of an editor. If he does not furnish readers with jokes he is au idiot. If he docs he is a rattle head, lacking stability. If bo condemns the wrong ho is a good fellow but lacks diner*. lion. If be lets wrongs and injuries go unmentioned he is a coward. If ho ex posas n public man ho docs It to gratify spite, is tho tool of n clique, or belongs lo tho 'outs.' If ho indulges in personal ities he is a black guard. If lie does not his paper is dall and'iustpid." - Tho first American city to licht its ..treeis ?holly bv electricity ia Ogden, Utah. THE LAND OF S HOT-J UN'S. South Carolin? no Seen by a Western Jour nalist-Anotlier liudget of I.Irs. Wa maleo tho following extrada from n letter to ihr Chicago Tima written by a special correspondent from Columbia, under dato of December 8th : * * * Tho little hamlets along the line [of the South Carolina Railroad] nrc smothered, so to sprok, io pine tree.?, nod the tr?-velor in puzzled to explain how human beings can content theme'vos nil their liven in such .1 wildern Yet they do, and nppenr to think thnt they belong lo one of the choicest portions of thc uni vor.- e. lt is the land of shot guns. At every station men get on, armed with these weapons, and women look envious because it has not yet become fashinnn ble for them to carry them, lt ian coun try of small game, nnd this explains why the shot-?un is preferred before tho rifle. In fighting niggers it is Invaluable. Lc- j cause it terrorizes by ?ls noise, and is not ? quite ns fatul as the army firearm, ea pe- i chilly at anything approaching long I muge. Besides, it either kills outright, ! or wounds in auch n manner that thu ? victim does not loso a limb and become a burden tn the county. When buckshot is used, the effects nro very deadly, but that style of lend has not been popular since the rather too violent onslaught on the Scuegambinu militia nt Hnmburg. That escapade wau n little too rough for j decency, and ' rought too much scandal on men of blue blood and chivalric ante- ? cedcuts. But it wiped out thu obstinacy | of the negro, and to-day he is one of tho moat dociie beings, at least in South Car olina, that could be desired. Ile has recognized the logic of buckshot, and it has in many instances, converted him to Democratic principles. I bave no doubt that Forster, Chief Secretary of Ireland, borrowed his buckshot philanthropy, in | dealing with Parnell's followers at Dun gannon, aud n few other places, from "Hamburg" Butler'? fire-eaters. Where should humane and civilized England look for a high example of humanity and progress if not to tender hearted and Christian South Carolina? The Mayor of Charleston did not hes itato to say to me, in the spirit of a choice between two evils : "It is better lo count the nigger out than to kill him !" That is fine morality whereon to found "the supreme demands of our civiliza tion." I firmly believe that if South Carolina dared she would willingly turn nenjn her cunno!! on Fort Stimtcr - if ? there waa anything Federal there to fire j on-rainer man t** count the negro bal lot fairly and squarely. She alway a muet have something to kick about. It used to bc emancipation. It <s now negro suffrage. In that slumbers another civil war-desultory in character, mayhap-or else the connivance o? the national gov ernment nt the degradation aud oblitera tion of a Constitutional amendment which, whether or not it was wise in adopting nt first, represents, ss it stands, the will of a vast majority of the Ameri can nation. I can see no amicable way to solve thu difficulty. Either the gov ernment must consent to bo defied, or South Carolina and her sisters in offend ing must again be placed under the iron ' heel of Federal coercion. I do not believe, personally, thnt the I negro is fit to govern. 1 believe that I materially ana morally he is belter < fi" ; out of politics entirely, but, as ajournai- j ist, 1 slate the fae? as they present them- j selves. There is no freedom of suffrage io South Carolina for the colored voter, j and she does not Btaud alone in her re- I sistance tu the workings of the fifteenth amendment. Out of the mouths of her ! own public servants the Palmetto Stute j stands condemned, ns well ns bv the rc- j suit of her elections. Her miers must! feel that they are in power only by j trampling on the amended Constitution. And these people feel that they are wise and patriotic in cheating tho "nig ?;er" out of his vote. Thnt is tho mont mpelcss aspect of the case. "The South," in her own eyes, is always right, whether she fights for slavery or against j universal suffrage. When I, or any of i the Northern men, protest against the dishonesty of the transaction, the South erner shrugs his shoulders with a very grand nir of. disdain, nud answers: "You buy white votes at the North ; wo buy nigger votes ber ; where's thcdilfercnce ? Put yourselves in our place." Unfortunately, there is some truth and no poetry whatever in this kind of logic. It waa bitterly cold this afternoon when I called on the Governor of South Carolina at the State House. That tra ditionally thirsty personage was very busy, or, nt least, appeared to be so, but ho granted nie an audience with ns little delay as possible. Ushered into thc great ? man's presence, I had leisure to take him ! iu, or "bizp him up," to use an inelegni.t I terra. Governor Hagood is a man of middle age, with n handsome, somewhat I delicate face, and hair that has begun to bleach. There is nothing of the cavalier in his appearance. You can meet fifty men Gn thc main thoroughfare of any American city, any day in tue week, that might pass lor Govornor Hagood. Ho looked so dry and so weary that, remem bering the ancient peculiarities of 'bia predecessors, I was about to suggest "it ts a long time between drinks," but I re membered that I hud not yet been nleo.tWl Governor of North Carolina. Thc po tentate of the Palmetto State looked at inc sharply and said: "Ah, you have been makirg u tour through this country ?" "Yes." "Wes., 1 hopo you like it" he ?lid enreiuiiy. "I have come to talk with you about public matters ; that ir* my business here, Governor." "Really, if you came to talk s >o> i tics, I-" "Not nccnuarily politics," I inter rupted. llOh, very well then. I'll bo happy to afford you any information in my power otherwise." "How is tho State doing financially and commercially ?" "Really, 1 fear I must refer you to tho reports of tho Comptroller and the Com ; missioner of Agriculture. I am very busy. Beside?, you will Cad it all in my inaugural. We are going ahead fast, I have no doubt. We have increased won derfully in F*>ito of misfortunes. I have i been a planter all my life, and can say that the cotton crop has surpassed the i most sanguine expectations." "But the people at the North -?ay you I count out the niggers," said I despcr- j i ntcly. "The people at the Norlh misjudge tu. and the nigger," said the Governor, for getting his interdiction of politics. "The people of tho Noith forget that the nigger ia a ?nan, sir-yes, sir, a man," and tho Governor put in a solemn and philan thropic look, os though he had made a great discovery. "Pm not aware thnt Ibe North ever doubted the African's title to manhood,'' was the remark. "But they do-they did-they will. The." confider him a mere animal-with out nhl-dions, pi i m. i pi es. attachment?. Tb?ro aro negroes bore who knew roc ns nn infant and who love mo. Wo grew up on the same plantation." At this point tho Governor'? voice crew husky, nnd I thought he would break out with 'Way down upon do Swauneo ribber, Val, far away, but he recovered himself and proceeded: "These negroes-they love us, bound to us by so many ties. They know their interests are identical with ours. If they aro sick they come to us for aid. If they wnnt credit they come to us. They come to us for everything. Home of them vole the Democratic tiekct for PCItK LOVE OK L'A. ' From my County (Harnwell) Miers ts a colored Democratic Representative, und we have six or eight in tho House and two in the Senate." "Rut still, Governor, it is charged thut you count out the colored vole," I per sisted. He called tho colored janitor or order ly : "Tell Colonel Manning I want him." Tue Colonel, his private secretary, came, a young looking man of blonde comeliness, "Give this gentleman all tho docu ments be nerds,'' commanded ibo Gov ernor. "Now, sir," turning to me, "I should be happy to talk politics lo you, but business is pressing, and (with a pause) besides I was n candidate, and, to speak honestly, do not choose to be pi iced on the defensive.'' "Good-day, Governor, and thank-," said I. nnd I left thc pntcntatu in the hands of n legislative mob w ho were after bim for favors. # * * i? il V ? Apart from her cities, she does not know how to cook, wash, run a hotel, or diet her people so us to prevent them from having either the colic or the jaun dice, or both together. Her trains are seldom if ever on time. Her hotels-I speak of the country inn? and railroad atrocities-are a libel on civilization. Dyspepsia sits cntroned ut tho bends of their tables, und the traveler who reposes within their gates rides thc nightmare during the hours when an easy digestion of decently-cooked food would enable him lo sleep. It is odious. It is unbear able. No other people but the inhabi tants of "thc South" would tolerate such a state of things. Many of them know belter, but the devil of inertia is upon them, and they go with the crowd. The keepers nf country hotels ure not of the best class of the inhabitants, and know lillie ol' human comfort. Their houses ure us cold as barns; rats run riot i ll theil room?, Cock roadies ure thicker th MU blue flics in the dog days; the niggers lie in wait io blackmail thc traveler You cannot get a negro employed around a Southern hotel, in city or country, whr will wait upon you decently without be ing feed. This system has been import?e from England, and bas become a positiv? ubusc. Woe to the man who currie! much baggage while traveling South ward? He is sure to be swindled by tb* grinning sou of Africa, who smells hi victim out as accurately as a carrion crov does u dead horse. The fee system ha become an unbearable tux, and travcliui meu by the score have complained of i to me. My individual experience, alliei will, theirs, enables me to say that North ern travelers do not leave the South will a favorable impression. Thc nigger hu been so demoralized by bribery that h has become a thing of terror to the way fare/*. He fawns upon you for u feeunti he becomes absolutely disgusting. Th exceptions are so lew that I do not won de nt the failure ol'the fifteenth amendmeu to breathe n soul into ibis people. Th average Southern hotel nigger would, verily believe?, agree ? ; serve a limite apprenticeship to the devil for a quartei I may say for tho Soulhorn whites tho us n rule, I have not lound them eilbc mean or mercenary, excerpt ihe rural hot? keepers, and they, in many instances, ca beat thc sharpest kind of u "Yankee boarding-mistress all hollow. And thr would be all right if they only gave yo nny kind ot decent value for the moue; They charge, for example, half u dolli for u log fire in a country where to hu\ the wood out ol' their way is doing thoi a genuine service. I don't know thut ever wa? nccuscd of being miserly, care ns little for "the yellow dross" i most people, I believe, but ibero is limit to nil things, und I voice the indi] nntion of hundreds of Northern truve ers that I have met in the foregoing e: plosion. "More abuse of the South will, no doubt, be the comment of sue residents of Dixie ns may happen lo rei my remarks. A PLAIN DECLARATION.-There h been much lalk regarding Senator Hum ton's famous letter to John Sherron which lins been construed ns nn ini'itatii tou challenge by unthinking persons u acquainted with BUCII malters. The i Rev. bishop Howe nddressed n letter enquiry to the Senator on this suhjei anti the reply is published ns follows : DDSCAKSBY, Miss., Dee.0,1880: My DenrSir-Ymir kind letter was fi warded from Columbia, and reached i only yesterday. I um very much oblig to you for the interest you huve shown my behalf, and you were entirely rhj in thc construction you placed upon i note lo Mr. Sherman. Thut was writi ns I passed through Charlottesville, a I naturally cave my address. It ne? occurred to me for a moment thut it one would construe my language as g ing or inviting a challenge*. Mr. Sh man forgot thc propriety ?if his onie position, ns well ns of mine, when millie lite RcnndiiLma charge "g*;: me tn n public speech. I ended his ieotion io thc language that he wu? ported to have used in a courteous leti thus giving him an opportunity lo t claim or explain his utterance. In ply, he not only reiterated his charge, look tbat/ipporlunity to villi fy not only people whom I represented, but thnst thc whole Sou tk. T uld not condese* to nut icu his slandei>..ts attack upon South, mid I simply denounced bis cha connecting mc with ku klux as false, could do no K-.-s than this, for ibero ti cr was n falser charge made, nor bav ever known n grosser violation of per? al courtesy than thut of which was guilty. It has been my g fortune never to have bren invol in un affair of honor in any save as a peacemaker, and it ii source of deep gratification tome loki thut I have been instrumental in .-etti ninny difficulties amicably, but I w merely to assure you thai yr.u du me ? justice in the view you took of my gunge, and to thunk you fur thc kind you nave shown. I hope, therefore, you will not misconstrue my meat when I tell you lhat, "my address" wil Washington after the 10th. With my best wishes, I am very pcctlully and truly yours. "WADE HAMI'TO Rt. Rev. Bishop ll owe. - Sarah Bernhardt ami her mann have adundan?, reason to be satisfied the financial result of her cnpagemei Now York. The total receipts du her four weeks' performances wei mund ngure* ?'J9,O00, making nu nve of about *t?,000, per wcik. A MF^HY HOURN SS. nit^Oratlou' Over th? Burial "or IJCUIO ?ratio I??pe?. Tho Republicans of Clarinda, Page cou ti tr, lorva, had a jollification meeting on Friday night, the Otb inst. Aller sev eral Republican orators had given vent to their feeling? with spread eagle Speel es, the crowd called loudly for Lou B. Cake?. Cake is a Democrat and lie look ed ton depressed to speak, but the crowd wouldn't be put ol?", so ho?mounted a box and made tho following unique speech : Fellow-citizens: A man usually at tend? hit? own funeral, but it is not ex pected that li? should talk a great deal, f Laughter.] I knew thc funeral cerenu. nv would go on without me,'so I conclu ded I had bettor bring in the body. [Laughter.] But it takes a great deal of grace to sustain a man who bolps furnish the corpso for an occasion like t"ii?. (Laughter.] Nobody but a Democrat could do it. (Applause.] It is certain that no one save the Democrats have had a chanco to try it for the.last twenty vea rs. ( Shouts of applause.! Disap pointment is the modern Democrat's birthright, and mourning bin normal con dition. They took out a patent on disas ter twenty years ago and it has never been infringed. The patent run out in 187?nnd they hove just got it renewed. Looking over tho landscape of the last twenty years I behold acres of busted hopes, cords nnd cordsof disgruntled am bitions, barrels and barrels of unavailing tears, oceans and oceans Strewn willi the wrecks of phantom shir.? ouce* burdened with Democratic delusions. [Great ap plause.] Disappointment is an anchor to the Democratic soul, both sure and stead fast. Loav s have their thoo to" fall, And Howers to wither at the north wind's breath. And stars to set; but all. Oh, Democrat, Thou hast all times fur thine own death I might say with Shylock, ''Sufferance -yea, su?er-auce is tho badge of our tribe." 1 could give you 329 reasons for ibis. ?Laughter.] A lawyer offered a Judge sixteen reasons why his client wa? not present in court. First, he was dead. The Judge told him that he mightomitlhe other fifteen. The first reason of lita 829 is, we lacked thc voters. You will allow me lo omit thc other 328. [Applausive consent.] But I could give you more than 32? reasons. Then 'Tis tlio3outh th >t eau Hunply, Solid comforts while wo die. In some States the Greenback party ?VI i through a crack in iii rr platform and crippled ti?, 1 Laughter. But Democ racy still lives. [Great applause.] It's like tho mule-it never dies. But unfor tunately, Uko the mule, while it lives it is forever throwing its riders. It bucked Greeley off and killed him in 1872. Tilden Bluck on lill he passed under the wire. [Applause.] But there was so much daylight between him and this Democratic quadruped the Judges counted him off, although he had his foot iu the stirrups, ibis year we got a splendid send off, and might have won, but tlic donkey was stricken down in In diana with (?) Lande..*. [Applause.] We close this chapter of history with the hope the story will not be continued in our next. [Cheers.] We accept de feat tbe more cheerfully because of the magnanimous manner with which you take Ibo victory. We tak? it every four years. It is a standing prescription. It might well be called the quadrennial ipe cac. [Groans.] It works up before the election and work down when the returns rome ia. We thank you for tho mag nanimous way in which you havo turned out to our funeral. [Applause.] We congratulate you on the magnificent and imposing character of the obsequies. [Herc the speaker's feelings overcame him, and he retired amid encouraging earthquakes and npplnusive avalanches.] The Negro Rule at tho Mouth. A. K. McClure, the editor of the Phil adelphia Times, writing to his paper from Columbia, says: "None know better than the masses of the colored voters of South Carolina thai their attempt at self-rulo has bcon n terri ble failure, anti they are now distrustful of all colored leaders, while they have nothing but curses for the desperate white adventurers who impoverished botbruces while assuming to elevate and benefi; the negro. It was this feeling that made the election of Hampton possible io 1876, and the sceptre ouco wrested from such a race will not soon be regained. They saw the State robbed of lands fir negro homes and the proneity stolen by those who claimed to ho tue friend of the negro. They saw taxes wrung from property tn educate thu negro, und large portion stolen outright and the schools made merely a mockery of education. Now they seo scventy-tivo thousand colored children in free schools, and nearly twelve hundred colored teachers instruct ing them under the benefic?enos of the State. They see, a'ao, au amendment of tiie constitution adopted making fixed and irrevocable appropriations for freu and equal education, and the Governor of thc State declaring for still grcator in crease in the facilities for instructing both whites and blacks. They see busi ness and confidence revive ; they have more labor and botter pay ; they are stead- f i!y incfviialiig iiteir friendly relations with thc whiles by leases of lands and many of I them are becoming small proprietors | since they have ceased no neglect indus try to fellow tho commands of selfish leaders, and a large proportion of the more i thrifty cia-:! nave openly taken their po litical stand with tho whithu tvh?j? . '.o? sands of others, especially in minority Counties, refuse to take any part in pol itic. They haven majority of from 20, OUO to 30.000 io tbeStato ou a strict color line division, but there will never bean other solid negro vole cast in this State. Superior intelligence and will must rule here as in all other places in tho world, and both whites and blacks understand it. There will bo unjustifiable methods here to repress such negro Counties as Beaufort and Charleston, and they will need thc correcting hand nf justice; bul until all the laws of human nature and of interest shall be reversed, tho white man will rule thc inferior race, and ho will do il belter in the South at this time than the negro can rule himself. This is not the sentimental view of the race issue in tho South, but it is thc truth." - Dr. Wilbur F. Sanford, of Long Island, sacrificed his life a few days ago in his efforts to save the life of a patient, n child suffering from diphtheria. The terrible disease had developed itself in tho throat of tho child in the most ma lignant form, and tho physician pro longed iu life several hour* by making nn opening in the windpipe, into which ho inserted a small rubber tube and with bis owii mouth drew out the poisonous fluid. The poison soon after inoculated Dr. Sanford's blood, and although bo had tho unremitting attention of tho best physicians, his death occurred a few days after. Although only thirty-six years of ag -, Dr. Sanfoid had attained to an emi nent rank in the medical profession, and his death under such circumstances is peculiarly distressing. EVICTING A WHOLE VILLAU P. How . Landlord in Donegal Uevcnit?il lb? Murder of ill? Bte ward. A Dublin correspondent of the St, James' Gazette says : In thc Daily Express summary of news ibero aro two consecutive pa.agruplis well worth noticing together: ''Laud meetings were also held in va rious other parts of tho country, nnd biota were thrown out ut them that if the prosecuting of the Laud Leagnos should end in imprisonment, tho peasantry would resort to assassination of landlords by way of repeal. "Mr. J. G. Adair went, 0:1 Saturday, from Mouutmcllick, Queens County, to his estate nt Graigue, to collect iii-? rents. He was accompanied by two armed constables, and it is stuted thal other constables we.d stationed at intervals along thc mal. Thc tenants demanded an abatement, which wit* refused, and then they paid in lull." Mr. Adair refused to giant au abate ment, and the rest was paul in full. Now, to enable you to under tami the signifi cance of lliis Inst paragraph, . will relate a little story. Mr. '.duir is 11 gentleman owning property .1 several Counties in Ireland. Just and honorable in his deal ings anu a keen man of business, he re fuses obedience to tho wishes of the Land League. And that bo bus courage is well known to his tenants, who do not forget under what circumstances hu evic ted nu entiro village. In 18f>8 Mr. Adair purchased the property of Glenvelgh, a lonely mountain tract in Donegal. Having restricted the liberty hitherto en joyed by the tenants of grazing their cat tle and sheep over thc mountains ns com monage, difficulties arose. A Scotch ste ward was cither murdered or grievously wounded (I forgot which) near the vil lage of Derry velgh. Thc people who did the wrong were known, but, ns is usual in such cases, no evidence wns forth.com :ng. Another steward, James Murray, was found with sufficient hardihood to lake thc place of the first, but he thought it advisable to carry a revolver. On the morning of tho 13lli of November, 1800, James Murray left his house. On the Mth his body was found cn the mountain, his bruins dashed out by a stone, lie-id e him was his revolver, tho stuck broken upon his skull. Unu barrel lind been discharged. The bullet bad slipped so far out of the next chamber that it would not revolve. Mr. Adair visited the sp it with the resident magistrate. Near the mp of the bare mountain could bo seen clea.ly murked in tho peat, un which no heather grew, ?ho tracks of men who had evidently approached Murray where he stood. The whole story was written on the mountain-side. Th .0 was the pince wbero the traci:? repeated themselves-titers tho men stood while Murray stuck his stick in the peal where it was found standing. He had evidently done so to free his right hand, with which ho took out his pistol nnd fired Piie r.bot-- probably over their head? to frighten them ; possibly with erring uim at ono or other. Then, his weapon fulling him, ho turned and fled with greut strides down tho mountain side1. Step by step tho tracks could bo clearly seen to the spot where bc slipped, und fell to rise no more, Step by step could also be traced-the booted pursuer on one side, the barefooted on tho other-to the spot where they broke his skull and battered his brains out as he lay. But moro than that; step by step Mr. Adair followed these traci:? until they mingled with foot marks in tho village of Derryveigh, and there and then he declared that if within one month the murderers of his steward were tint handed over to justice he would evict every man in thc village and would not leave one stone upon another. At this time the people of tho village were under notice to quit, aa a prelimina ry to squaring their farms, which were hitherto held in separate patches, und re instating each ouo ns tenant on a consol idated holding. But the threat was un availing; the murderers of Jumes Murruy dwelt safe in tho valley. Possibly the people thought the threat would never be carried out. But Mr. Adair wus as good ns his word. On the 8th, Otb and 10th of April, every tenant in Derryveigh bad to leave the place nnd tho houses were leveled. This was, indeed, a terri ble set of retribution-so terrible that nothing but extremo necessity could jus tify it. But no steward was murdered on tho property afterwards. Not a Good Joke After AIL Lifo in Leadville is full of excitement cen fora barber. Tho other day ft citi zen named I'lugg strolled into a barber's establishment where thcro were two chairs, both full, and fourteen men wait ing. If there is one thing that Plug despises it is wailing around while a lot of other fellows get shaved. Ho figured on how to avoid ti, and espying a triend in one of the chairs ho stepped up to him and spoke a few words in a low tone. Suddenly he became excited. Address ing his friend he cried : "You tbird roie mule-whacker, I'll hove your gore j" And the frh n I yelled back, "You greaser, PU shoot you full of holes I" "I eau cboot first," yelled thc Plug, drawing his revolver. "I'll let you see you can't," roared tho friend, leaping from the chair. By this time a scene of wild excitement was taking nineo in the shep. Thc w!;;;lc fourteen waiting customers were wildly struggling to get out before the shooting began. The man in Ibo other chair, without stoping to wipe tho lather from bis face or remove Ibo apron about him, j leaped frc-, thc windor, ?pou ino head j of a policeman, who at once arrested | him for a madman. One of ino barbers had bumped his head terribly and got bis mouth lull of dust, crawling under a sofa, mid the*oilier barber waa promptly con cealed behind a barrel in tho closet. As soon as the shop was cleared the two friend* censed threatening each other, put up their pistols and a hearty laugh coaxed the barbers to come out and shavo them. Plug tried to explain to the head barber that it was all a joke. But," said thc barber, "you're a fighting man." "No," said Plug, "I am a regular coward mid couldn't Tick a flea." "fhen, by tunket," yelled tho barber, "you've driven over *V> worth of trade away from mo and I'll take thc value out of your hide!" And he got several lusty blows on Plug before thc latte, could offer to settle. And, somehow, Plug doesn't think it was such a good joke after all. A SURPRWIXO REVOLUTION.-In tho I summer of 1868 Governor Joseph E.1 Brown was a candidate before the Geor gia Legislature for U. S. Senate, and af ter a prolonged aud bitter contest was defeated, tho Democrats aud Conserva tives opposing him. Tho result was re ceived with cheers, and at night many storesand residences were illuminated in honor of tho occasion. Impromptu meet ing* were held, era eloquent speaker? harangued the crowds. Twelve years bara elapsed, f ad the lucky ex-Governor, thea baffled, defeated and disappointed, is again a candidate before a Democratic LegL?siurc for a high position and ia chosen over a gallant soldier, a brilliant orator, Uwyer and ?tatc;man. Such are tho surprising revolutions and vaacillat log changes in pt Wie sentiment. Beating ul* Wife. Tlie ?tory was ali iver town. Every boily was talking about it. It was too bad, they raid. What was too bad? Why thc now minister bad been heating Ins wife! Was it possible? Yes; there could be no doubt about it. Mrs. S., who lives next door, heard r. shriek about ten o'clock last night-a woman's shriek-from a chamber in the (.arsonnge. Hbo looked across, and through the curtain she could ace that a man and a woman wero running about the room in gicat excitement. Ho war* dourishii;g a stick and striking with it. The blows could be plainly heard. And as he struck, she screamed. Mrs. S. could hardly sleep that night, she was so vxclted by what she had seen. She was up early next morning. She hurried through her breakfast, and then started out-to seo tho poor nbused min ister's wife, and comfort her? Nota bit of it. She went to elder A's, found the family at the table, and told the news, 'i lien she footed on to Elder B's and Deacon C's, and over hnlf tho town. Tim half that she had not time to call on soon heard it from thc other hnlf, and be fore noon there was .1 grent excitement in Ballvllle. The church officers discussed the mat ter with heavy heurts. Such disgraceful conduct could not bo endured. Some thing must be done. But what ? Call at once on the minister and his wife and inquire into the matter? Oh, no; that would not be dignified and official. Be sides, lhere could bc no doubt about it. Did not Mrs. S. see tho beating with her own eyes? So they called a meeting of thc session, and summoned tho minister and his wife. He to answer to a chnrge of unministerial conduct, and she to tes tify in the case. They came, greatly puzzled and sur prised. The caRO was gravely stated hy die senior elder, when tho culprit and witness burst into a laugh. Checking themselves, when they saw how Berious and sad the session looked, they ex plained. Tho minister's wife, though an excel lent woman who loved everybody, and especially her husband, did not love rats. But the house having been vacant for ;<ome time, tho rats hud taken possession. When they went to their chamber, u huge io lent rat ran under tho bed. Tho wife screamed. Tho husband caught up a stick and tried to kill the intruder. Every time he struck nt and miss sj the rat thc lady screamed again.. How eon ld she help :t? Il was an ezciiiug scene, and must have looked very funny to their neighbors who wero watching through thc curtained window. They laughed heartily when it was nil over and thc rat dead ; and they could not help laughing whenever they thought about it. The session were in a fix. They were down on Mrs. S. for making fools ol them. They asked her, "Why didn't you go over to tho minister's, and make sure about the matter before you reported it?" And abo retorted, "Why didn't you go und inquire into it before you called a i meeting?" And all the town that talked i yesterday about how the minister abused his wife, is talking to-day nbout what an i awful gossip Mrs.S. is, und how she fool ed the ciders of our church. I am mortified and disgusted. Is there any way to cure thcBO mischief making gossips? Would it be right to hang them ? It seems to me that passage in the third chapter of James about thc tongue ought to bc printed in big letters on a card, and hung up in all of our churches. Don't you think so?-7Vie Occident. "Luck" in Agriculture. In ul! agricultural commuuities we find a certain class of men who aro uusuc ful in all they undertake. Their lands areas good ns their neighbor's, they have the same markets, tho samo facilities for nbtuioing supplies, tho ramo sun shines , upon them, and tho same rain refreshes, . but they havo no luck. Of course the npology, as it may be called, for nos success caunot be accep ted. Thoie is a reason for their continu ous failure. Luck ia a word applicable only to gurr.es of chance, where reason has no place or where the want of it pre dominates. If we invest?gate the subject, wo inva riably find thut these t'j-feicr;; tillers of the s ?il are men U? !itt? 6 stability of char acter. They aro men who do not think, who donut study. They are weather cocks, who change with every changing wind. They cannot "stick" to a plan long enough fur its development. They plautncrop, and ftil to cultivate it. They do not consider whether a certain crop is suited to a given portion of land or not. They apply fertilizers, (if they uso them nt all,) without regard to their adapta bility to tho soil to bo enriched or the crop to be grown. In gambling parlance^ "they go it blind." Aaa necessary consequence, such men aro "unlucky"-a word synonymous, with unsuccessful, in their opinion. But there is no luck aboutit. Anybody could have foretold what would result from such ac tion. Tho cons?quences follow the cause with unerring certainty. The earth brings forth liberally when properly dealt with, but sha refuses accustomed yield to tho idle, shiftless, and ignorant. It is in accordance with thc eternal fitness ol things that thrift should follow iud latry and intelligence ; that poverty be the result of idleness and ignorance. In this progressive ago tho man who is not fully alive to everything ino? ;>eri;s.r.z to his vocation, no matter what it may be, soon Cn:'.:--, himself far behind his fellows in every way. il iio neglects to improve Iiis stock by judicious crossing, he awakes, somo day. to realizo that his scrub herd and flock are next to worthless, while his neighbor's aro eagerly sought for ut remunerativo prices. If houses thc antiquated tools of the Inst century, La finds that he, cannot grow cotton, cane, corn, or anything else, at a profit, while his neighbor, who uses ali the im provements of the age, gets rich at tho samo business. We have too many "unlucky" tillers of the soil. Wo have too few progressive There should be n general movement looking to a reformation in this direction. Books and papera should be multiplied nnd studied, and the character of tho soil nod tho requirements of the several crone also. The most ignorant man can do much by using his reason and experience if he will only concentrate them upon the subject to be treated. Much, very much, may bc done without tho aid of modern helps-as books and papers ; but tho man who persistently ignores theao has a "hard road to travel." - Mr. Robert Barton, one of tr "j Pa cific coast millionaires, hrs picked up bed and baggage and lett San Francisco in disguet. Ho announces that ho is going to dispose ol every dollar?' worth of prop ty owned by him in California and "take the money to some placo where rkh men are not made the target for Sand-lot dcm agigues and legislative robbers." He proposes to lake np his residence in New York. - aita iliru.ht that tho prosecution of the Irish Ltni Leaguers will cost over' A Book:.Agent Tulles a .-Baudlnc* House Keeper. Yesterday morning a man with! tho* aspect of a book ?gent walked swiftly ra Magazine stree.'unlil La cam? opposite 1 house where a /ad-lieaded woman with u long nose and ber'sleeTcsjroHed* up^ wo* washing the windows. "is inls a boarding neurie, madam,?'? be said, gently, as ho leaned Jil? 'vlbows on the fence and looked over ni the yard. "Yes sir !" ri plied the woman. "Can I obtain desirable hoard here s a reasonrblo.rnle?" "Ye- sir; there ia no bettcr?house'in the ci ?" "Can I seo the luudlady ?" "I am the lady, sir." "Ah ! indeed. I havo often heard of tho beauty and industry of tho?womcnol . New Orleans, hut now I have au occular demonstration of the fact." "Do you wish to secure board here?" in<"iired tho woman, blushing and look* ic" pleaded. "Well, I reckou I do. Have you any old maids iuUhe house who wear gimlet curls and have pet parrots that talk all night and worry tho life out of people? Aro there any babies here who are always having the colic and howling enough to make a man run crazy? Madam, I am very particular wbci I board, us tho last Clace I slopped at > iy room was situated et ween that of a young woman who had n pair of twin babies and a musician who played on the flute and walked with a crutch, and when tho babies became . quiet on one side the infernal cuss on tho other would either he thumping over the floor or playing on tho flute, until at lsst I could stand it no longer. Are any of the-e boarding-house pests stopping with you?" "No, sir ; none bat quiet, single men board here." "Ah, that is surely a finerecommenda- ; lion, but do you set a fine table?" "Yes, of course I do," replied thc wo- , man, gettii r angry, "what ehe do you want to km. ?" "What prompted me to ask you the question was the fact that every board ing-house falls into tho error of giving its boarders tough liver for breakfast, which is something I detest Wheu a man gels up in thc morning bo doesn't feel Uko trying to ont a spring mattress, conse quently I mude it a point to hunt up & house where tho boarders are not BO cursed. A man cnn stand codfish balls very well, but human nature, madam, is for from being equal to tough Hv?r ihres times a day. If you recollect, I said be fore. I am very particular where I board. Madam, ara you a mnrried woman?" "Yes, I am, and I'm tired of answering your questions. If you don't want boara hero junt get away," aud the excited land I ad y Blushed the soap-suds over the win dow pane?, and mada her brush fly like a ?in saw. Tho mun still leaned- on the lenca and gazed at her steadily. "Madam, I seo you havo a temp?., he remarked, when sue turned around to see if he hhd gone ; "and a temper, when it is not controlled, often creates a great deal of misery and no end of divorco suits. I'vo no doubt that v, .'..cn irritated hy household duties and cares, that you nilen give your husband a sound rebuk ing, and if he is a prematurely bald headed man, its your own fault; yet you ure nnt to blame for that which nature endowed you with. But this trouble can bo obviated. I have here, madam," and be dived into a square shaped box, "a valuable work entitled, 'Home Mndo Hr.ppy, or Tho Domestic Guide.' This excellent volume I will sell you for tho sum of fifty cents. As I previously re marked, you cannot be blamed for "your temper. Every red-beaded woman with a long nose and a brown wnrt under her left eye, has a sour temper, but if you will only follow the suggestions laid down in tho book, your homo will be a paradise, and "If you don'tileave iie;e,|k'you impu dent nuppv. I'll rall the police. I want you to--" "Bear iu mind, madam, that no matter how ugly you are, a good disposition makes any woman angelic, and-" "Ain't you going to leave, you despi cable villain, you bandy-legged-" "Although you are shaped Uko a lop sided triangle and have freckles on your face as large as a ginger snap--" The next instant a shriek was heard and the book agent was stretched flat on tho pavement with a bucket of eoap-suds on the top of him and a small dog snap ping et Im heols.-New Orleans Times. - Senator Hampton is not expected in Washington unlit after ttoholidays as ho is in Mississippi settling up the estate of bis son, who died recently. - The correspondent of the Philadel phia Ledger, writing from New York on the iOth instant, says that the ousting of Kelly was tho Joint work of Samuel J. Tilden and Roscoe Conkling. - Four colored vagrants woro put up and their services sola for a limited timo i by public auction near Li berty, .Va., on the 14th instant, under an old vagrant: act. Tho men brought four dollars apiece. - Yellow Jack may provo to havo been tho best friend Memphis ever had. That tho city is new ono of tue best drained on the continent is the opinion of many sanitarians. Thia thorough sanitary rev olution will decrease tho mortality rate, mid the city may get tho reputation of being not oniy tho cleanest but. the healthiest inutile country. - Mr ft J. Fd!, Irr.riiigruiioii Agent representing North Carolina in England, writes to the Raleigh Neics-Obsenxr on the 20Li? ult. ; "On ine liih of jjeccmber a ship sails which will bring to North Carolina fromjthirty to forty souls, all of the solid, practical, working farmer class. Some from Lincolnshire, strong, hardy, intelligent men and women, who know how to work, and know also a good p deal of the refinements of life." - Lord Lansdowno, n prominent Eng lish nobleman, bas achieved unenviable notoriety in connection with Irish affairs. It has come out that he exercised tho most completa feudal supervision over his tenants. His despotism forbade mar riage; it forbade bis tenants to harbor peasants who set at defiance his claims to nay when they should mate; it punished these under him who even sheltered in an outhouse an unhappy couple. Ho i pleaded that in thus wieldit- a master ship which was, if not \\\&\., beyond all that law ever contemplates, ho was be nevolent. He waa preventing improvi dent matchee, which aro tho curso ot Ireland, and providing against tho settle ment of too many peoplo on estate? which cannot bear additional barden. But it comes out that whllo thus taking caro that the tenancies shall not bo over burdened, additional.weight upon thom, In the shape of increased rents, has been his object. Three times in a quarter of a century have his rent? beeu raised--. once by $5 per; cent. at * -??-P? and thu I ai the very time when ho was trying/ ai, I ho says, to prevent poverty by.preventing..-. utiduo multiplication. Furthermore, lt. appears that no has re-let tojhls tenastr ' at 5 per cont, tho money loaned atjtt pt r ccut. by thc government to landwg*-' for the improvement of their land* ,Ho . tuns make? raoavty oct of a b*novwm?<rS.