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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C.. THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOPER 21 1 MMT VOLUME XVI.-NO. 1.1 1 li K EVERTS Ot THE YEAH. A Hird'a-Eye Tlew of South Carolina lu 1880. JANUAKY. I. Gen. Grant's reception in Beaufort. 7. Congress reassembled. Capture of ? a whale in Charleston harbor. Enlarge- I uient of thc Weekly-Newt. 8. Transfer of Arsenal to H. C. C. In- I stitutc. Commissioners of Charleston j rilnp Canal appointed. 10. First ripo strawberries in Cliarlos ton. 12. Laying of corner stone of Holy Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church, j Charleston. 13. First frost of 1880 in Charleston.! Municipal election at Newberry and i Marion. 19. Mass meeting at Charleston in aid of Irish relief fund. 22. Fire at South Carolina Railroad car-sheds. Suicide of Preston D. Mood at Mantling. 21. Water turned into the Meeting street maine, Charleston. 26. End of the long drought in Cbar lestou. 27. Governor Simpson calls an extra session of tho Legislature, tho supply Act having beeu declared invalid by the Supreme Court. 29. Homo Insurance Company of Charleston winds up business. 81. Destructive tire at Chester. Meet ing in Charleston for the revival of the Blue Ridge Railroad project. FEI1RUAB.Y. 3. Meotiug of tho State Grange at Charleston. 4. Spring meeting of the South Caro lina Jockey Club at Charleston, Rob bery and outrage in Orangeburg County by n band of negroes. 5. Nine negroes accidentally burned to death near Columbia. 6. Gen. M. W. Gary serenaded at Charleston. First session of thc Reform ed Episcopal Convocation in Charleston. 10. Extra session of tho Legislature convened. 14. Wm. Purker and J. F. Marlin killed at the house of J. H. Shell, Lau rena County. 18. W. S. Rates convicted of the mur der of Stephen Rush at Barnwell. 19. Capers S. Bowers couvicted of the murder of Marion Sullivan at Barnwell. 20. Extra session of the Legislature adjourned. 2?. B?>2'nn'n? ?- ,ne King's Mountain Centennial celebration. 2G. Reese Conelly killed at Hampton by A. J. Gill. 28. Close of Revival services under Dr. Inskip, Trinity Church, Charles ton. 29. Suicide of J. L. Souther;, at Green ville. MABC1I. 1. Louis Kinder lynched at Waterloo for an outrage on n* lad j*. The Speer man tragedy at Silver street. Wm. Ste venson, killed ut Winnsboro.' Work commenced on thc South Jetty in Char leston Harbor. 3. Consolidation of the Augusta and Greenwood aud Augusta and Knoxville Railroad. 8. Burning of Joyner's Hotel, Colum bia. 10. Meeting of the State Democratic Executive Committee. 11. Capture of incendiaries at Green ville. 1G. Destructive fire at Branchville. 17. Formal opening ol'tho Cincinuati Southern Railroad. 20. County Board of Health organized at Wnlterboro. 21. Heavy frost, iu Pee Dee section. 28. Euster Sunday. 30. Cold snap in Charleston. Ther mometer 41 degrees. Amii.. 2. Opening of tho Barnwell and Black ville Railroad. 5. Work commenced at Eadley on the Atlantic and French Bre-ad Railroad. Tornado in Edgefield Couuty. 7. Sehulzentest at Aiken. ?. Amos Wooten hanged at Bennetts* ville for arson. Snow in thc eastern sec tion of ihe State. 11. Dedication of the now Catholic Church in Charleston. 12. Meeting of State Survivors' Asso ciation nt Charleston. Bloody Affray at EdgeBeld, (Blaud-Clisby.) Inaugura tion of the Mayor and Aldermeu elect of Columbia. 15. Salo of the Greenville and Colum bia Railroad. IC. W. S. Bates hanged at Barnwell fer murder. 18. Arrival of excursionists from Cin cinnati at Charlcfton. 20. Mccliug of tho South Carolina Medical Association at Columbia. 22. Alexander Williams hanged fit Lexington for murder. 25. George Caliabuckcr killed in the Lunatic Asylum by another inmate. 20. Sch?tzenfest nt Charleston. 27. Republican State Convention at Columbia. 29. Three laborers suffocated in a fire woll, Charleston. Destructive tornado at Columbia. 80. Judgo Press!*, decides that impris onment for the non-payment of the poll tax is unconstitutional. MAY. I. Confederate Monument at Darling ton unveiled. 5. State Convention of Colored Bap tists met nt Greenville. 0. Deu?CSi??>?? of thu new Catholic Chuich nt Aiken. II. Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor met at Charleston. Formal opeuinp; of thc now Opera Hoo^e, Spnrtunburg. 12. Episcopnl Diocesan Convention nt Charleston. Water first turned into the Reservoir of the Charleston Water-works Company. Election of Professors of thc Agricultural College at Columbia. 14 Thomas White executed at Spar tnnbnrgfor murder. 20. Meeting of the Presbyterian Gen eral Assembly nt Charleston. 25. " Attempted duel between Col. De Poss and Col. Cash stopped at Camden. Miss Lillie Glass burned to death at Cokesbury. 20. First stream of water thrown through the hydrants in Charleston. 28. Organization of the Charleston Amusement Association. 81. Levi Folk committed suicide nt Newbery. Killing of Thos. M. Blease at Edgefield. JUNE. L State Democratic Convention, Col umbia. Nomination of Johnson Hagood for Governor. 8. Ami-Duelling Society organizer" at Camden. First hose rod contest hel? in Charleston. 6. W. G. Lawton arrested in Charles ton for lobbing tho mail. 7. Sal?? of the Savannah and Charles ton Railroad. Sale of Bath Paper Mills. 8. James A. Garfield nominated for President by tho National Republican Convention at Chicaco. 9. Society for the Prevention of Cru elty to Animals reorganised in Chirles- ? ton. 12. Fire at the Etiwan "Phoapbate Works. l?. fireman's Tournament at Colum bia. . i 17. The State Press Association met at Greenville. 20. Bloody affray at Spsrtanburg; Jos. Vinicn killed by NV. H. Burnett. 22. Corner ?tone of the King's Moun tain monument laid. Regatta nt Char lexton. Meeting of the National Demo cratic Convention. 24. Gen. \V. S. Hancock nominated for President by the National Democratic Convention. 30. Unveiling of the Confederate monument at Newberry. JULY. 1. Defalcation of A. C. Laughlin, (Bills of tho Bank of the State) discov ered. Organization of the Municipal Gas Company, Charleston. ?. W. M. Shannon killed in a duel by E. I J. C. Cash. Cyclone nt Columbia ; portion of the Penitentiary blown down. 6. State Denial Association at Char leston. First train from Charleston to Wadcsboro* over the Cheraw and Sauls bury Railroad. 7. Hugh Ferguson appointed sheriff of Charleston County. Incendiary burning of tho store of J. W. Peoples near Lawtonville. 9. Daniel Washington hanged at Charleston for murder. ll. Escape of convicts from the stock ade of Cahill & Wiso near Charleston. Work commenced on a cotton factory at Rock Hill. 13. Isaac Boston, a colored desperado, shot and killed by a policeman in New berry. 27. Grouud broken for the erection of Lhe Agricultural Hall, Charleston. 28. Inter Stato shooting match at Hendersouville. Grand Division Sons if Temporalice met at Columbia. J. T. Robertson's residence at Abbeville do it roy ed by fire. AUGUST. 2. Democratic mass-meeting at Ben tietfavillo. 3. Meeting of Stato Grange and Stale Agricultural Society at Darlington, Opening of the Slate Normal Institute nt Spartnoburs. 5. Sixth Regiment Survivors' reunion it Blackville. Lexington Survivors Association. 6. Decision in South Carolina Rail road cases filed. 7. Survivors' reunion nt Wiunsboro.' 8. C. W. Harrell murdered in Marion bounty. 9. First hale of new Georgia cotton received at Charleston. 10. W. G. Beck commits suicide at Columbia. 11. Laying of the conicr-stono of the Agricultural Building at Cbarlcstou. 12. Concert in aid of the German Con federate Monument, Charleston. Bloody iffray in Union County ; Bullock killed jy his father. First bale of new crop south Carolina cotton received in Char cston. 14. John Warren killed by B. M. Riley it Brunson's. 19. Twelfth Regiment reunion, York rille. 20. Joe McGowan killed nt Trenton ny- Mobley. Destructive fire in Georgetown. 22. Drowning of F. P. Elford, Charles :on. Duruey aud Pru Grier lynched in I aurons County for an outrage. 26. Inter-Stato glass ball shooting natch at Spartanburg. SEPTEMBER. 1. Meeting of tho Republican State Convention in Columbia. Hon. T. B. leter entered upon tho office ot Governor. Isaac Hall killed at Aiken by Andrew 3Cott. 4. Steamship Charleston ran ashore on Charleston har. 7. State Democratic campaign opened it Columbia. Senator Tins. F. Bayard 'peaks. 8. Laying the corner-stono of the new M. E. Church Ht Branchville. Survivors if lost steamer Vera Cruz arrived in Charleston. 9. Quackenbush Flour Mills burned at Charleston. Tho Mark Lane, first foreign steamship of the cotton season of 1880, sailed from Charleston. 10. Thc steamer M. >:. Allison burned it Charleston. 14. Richland County Democratic pri maries. 23. Formal opening of the Wagener building, Charleston Water-worka trans ferred io thc Charleston Water Company. 24. Democratic primaries in Charles :on : Convention vs. primary plan. 25. Final decree in the South Carolina Railroad casu filed. 27. Detnocr.lic County Convention, Char'.e-.ion, nuopts lhe Convention plan >t nominating candidates. Pcm Gufiiu billed nt Abbeville by Chas. McClung. 28. Greenback State Convention nt Cheater. L. W. R. Blair nominated for Governor. OCTOHER. 1. Mrs. Fanny Eustcrling burned to ;leath at Georgetown. 4. Centennial celebration nt King': Mountain. Tho Clyde committee made tho first payment of purchase money foi Lhe Greenville and Columbia Railroad nuder Judge Hudson's order. 7. Laying the corner-stone of th< Cowpen's Monument at Spnrtanburg Destructive fire at Manning. Jnck Odei killed Ly F; Covington in Marlboro County. 10. Burning of tho old Calhoun rest lenee in Pickons County. 13. High School of Charleston reor gauized. 14. Charleston Couuty Democrats Nominating ^ Convention. Supremi Court decides in favor nf Chief Justice Simpson. Radical riot in Aiken. Lu theran Synod met at Leesville. 17. Destructivo colton fire nt Commer jial Wharves, Charleston. 20. W. P. Russell & Co's new rice mil "ipoued in Charleston. 25. Democratic torchlight procession Charleston. NOVEMBER. z. Election day. 4. Death of A. R. Laughlin, Inceudi iry fire in Hampton County, Isaac Col son murdered near Lawtonville. 5. Increase in capital stock of th Charleston Bagging Factory. 8. The county treasurer of Barnwel robbed. 10. Stato Fair opened in Columbia. 17. William Mattox murdered in Al beville County. 21. Rev. W. S. Bowmans farewell sei mon nt Wentworth 'Street Luthera Chnrch. 22. First entertainment of tho """liarle! ton Amusement Association. 23. Meeting uf the Legislature. Li ;lie* temperance appeal presented to tl; City Council tn Charleston. 25. Permanent organization of the ne Greenville and Columbia Railroad Con Eany. Eph Kelly killed by Major Jete inion countv. 26. Stitle Rftp.ist Convention at Can den. 28. Fast mail South establUhed. 30. Governor Hagood inaugurated. DECEMBER. 1. Air-o'.ing; of Electoral College i SJo.ith Ca'oiina. 2. Opera of Martha rer?rmol 1 Charleston amateur**, Civil service reform resolution adopted hy thc South Carolina Legislature. Judge Kershaw re-elected for the Fifth Circuit. 3. Anti-duelling bill introduced in the Senate. Ly les tragedy nt Maybiuton, Union County. 7. Industrial Exhibition of 1S80 open ? i r.t Cnnrleston. State Orango Patrons af Husbandry met at Charleston. Hum ing of the Leesville Institute, Leesville, S. C. 8. Race meeting nt the Washington course. Lynching of the murderers of Mrs. Thomas Keuncdy in Clarendon countv. 9. Walter R. Whildon killed on tho south Carolina Railroad train near Sum merville. 10. Heavy frost in Charleston; mercu i*y 4? below freezing point. 13. Tho bill to punish the carrying of concealed weapons passed by the House. 14. Grand Lodge A. F. M. of South Carolina met at Charleston. Contract iwarded for building quay of Charleston ?anal. 15. First National Bank of Charleston reduces its capital slock. Anuunl Con ference M. E. Church met at Marion. IC. Anti-Whiskey bill passes tho House. 18. The Democrat newspaper oflico at Crangeburg destroyed by ure. 19. The Rev. J. J. Monghatn ordained '.o the priesthood in Charleston. The Rev. L. K. Probst elected pastor Wenth ?vorth street Lutheran Church. 20. Comptroller General Coit resigns. Anti-Whiskey bill passes tho Senate. Destructive "firo at Bamberg. Henry McFall killed by Charles Ford, Barn well. 21. Meeting of the floating debt ?rcditora of tho Somit Carolina Railroad, Charleston. 22. Gen. John Bratton elected comp troller-general by the Legislature. 24. Adjournment of tho Legislature 25. James M. Timmous found dead sear Jncksonbnro.' 27. Frightful accident on the Air Linc Railroad ; ilvo persons killed. Tea furm ?elected at Summerville. 29. Centennial parade of Knighti Templar, Charleston. Severe irost nercury 19 degrees below freezing poin it Charleston. Lease for experimenta en farm signed. 30. Jack Wright, colored, shot am .?lied at Wedgefield while resistinj irrest. Coldest weather knowu iu main -ears. Lowest temperature recorded it Charleston 9 degrees. 31. Sleet in Charleston. Some Oil nnu Viuegnr. The recent legislation in South Caro ina ou the subject of duelling, drinkini ind concealed weapons has attracted at ention in every part of thc country, am ew newspapers let the opportunity pas if giving the State a good word or c Tacking a joke at our expense, ll is in tructive, if it ia not alwnys pleasant, t ;uow thc way in which our actions ar tigarded by our neighbors, and we ?bal1 herefore, give our ruadcrs the benefit c he comments which aro most peculia ind striking, whether the papers tbs. mulish them are friendly or not. Three newspapers in Hartford come t bo front. The Post (Rep.) has a horr de suspieiou that thc ?uclusion of razo) imong the deadly weapons which sba lot bo carried concealed is intended l lisarm thc negroes. It nuively says : "Of course a shot-gun ia not usuall .uncoated about the person any nioi han a red shirt, which makes the poli cal cavalry of that Stale of service 1 he Democratic party when elections a: lending, and thc carrying of that dead reapou will probably be prohibited io eparate enactment when there shall 1 io further usn for it. We suspect th he present law is only a half way a empt to reform society. It is a prohit ion of the razor, the only weapon whit ho colored people have been able ccuro as a dwfeuce in shot-gun warfat n the old ?luve times the negroes hi inly this weapon to use when pursued 1 munda, and they came to accept it as tl inly righteous weapon they could ha o protect themselves. Because of i ;eneral use in tho South, it is nov/ CE ted hy many colored men in the cities he North, former slaves having mix villi the coiored population and made iso the fashion. Though a deadly wt ion, it is surprising how few deaths i ult fiom its employment in a rougb-ai unible. One shot-gun nt a colored b >r picnic would do more damage than 7 hole caso of razors. For a Kt ar ti Kiiiu South Carolina docs well, and, inally razors and shot guns are laid I hero will be a more agreeable state hinge where the palmetto grows." We should Uko to know who palrr iff on the Poil that story about too u if the razor in slavery times. The f s that the negroes had just as ma locket knives us they could buy or b ow, and were 'not dependent on raz br any other purpose than shavi ??cr wos the razor ever used as a wea* >f offence in the South until after ate war. Wo grant that ono ohot-*; night do more damage than a whole c if razors, but then, you know, a Na cou, with a doublo charge of cauis vould do more damago than a whole I if shot-gun!-, and yet cannon are nontioned in thc ia*?? relating to c sealed wcopons. Tho Courant (De akes n cheerful view of thc Biluati lt says : .'Tho South Cf.rclisa LegUisti vii ich has just adjourned, gave an ex; ilo of wiso and progressive Icgislat '.t passed a severe Act against duelli lilli *. JJ t?nnr n r. 111? 11 o M r, n r r\ r t\%a ???Cp!C t challenge to IOSH of suffrage, to d )ilily to hold uny office of honor or pi n the SlHto and to two years' imprl neut in thc Penitentiary, and the sh n a duel to death fur wilful mur This is good, but it is doubtless in rance of public opinion. Thc en .nod feeling was also marked by a < ng speech from a mulatto Senator I leaufort, in behalf of tho Republic hauk'ng tho Democrats for their im ?al and generous treatment." The Harilord Time* (Dem.) thinks Villi Duelling law "will go far tow ibolishiug the silly and wicked prai if duelling-absurdly regarded, in egiuo, as a highly 'chivalrous' me >f settling pernuna! differences." A he Concealed Weapons law it Bays : "Ir, is as sorely needed in Coloi Kane-is, Missouri, California, &c.. ai n the Seiah-and it is in the Sou ind it is greatly needed iu all quit The custom ol' permitting men, wi personal affrays draw concealed wea] o escapo tho proper consequence* ot >ffeuce, bas for long years led to Hurders, in the South and West espt y, than any ono would readily bel Carrying concealed weapons is essei y a cowardly practice, and ?9vere ,o punish it should not only bo eui jut relentlessly enforced. It is a ricinus part of a highly vicious A :an practice, which, originating ii necessities! of a rude border life, itrengthencd in the South by tho ;ut.ou of negro slavery, and in the t>y tbe preponderance of daring, i ;ering or reckless men, has grow ipread, through all of thu boasted tecnth century, until it has become not only u national reproach, but an unbear able evil. ?So far ns tho South Carolina 'chivalry' are concerned, they will evi dently meei with obstacles in tho further pursuit of their beloved pastime, if, as is probable, this bill becomes a law." The Posion Ad vert Uer (Hep.) refuses to bc comforted. Ii insists that thc whole social and political fabric in the South shall bc rebuilt in a day. This is its view : "The South Carolina Legislature is credited with some good work of late, imposing Btringent penalties fur duelling, exempting immigrants into the State from taxation fur three years, and the like. Now, if ihe Legislature would in good faith provide some way of punish' lng frauds upon the ballot box, it would go far to make South Carolina a com fortable Stale to live in. Hut DO emi grant who is worth having, if bo knows what lie is about, will ever choose to set tle permanently in a State where tissuo ballots are treated aa a good joke and falso counting is considered honest. Siuce the November election the Repub lican Executive Committee of that Stale have issued a statement of tho manner in which they were defrauded. Such a statement, or rather such a state ol' so ciety ns it reveals, will keep more people out*of thc State than exemption from taxation would call in for a generation." We assure our Boston friend that every immigrant who is qualified to vote can vote as often in South Cand?na as in any other Slate, and have his vote counted quite as accurately as in municipal elec tions at "thu Hub." Irregularities ut elections in tho South are the conse quence of fear ol* negro rule, and against that rule immigrants are u protection. We should be glad to have immigrants who could legally vote twice, and be counted four limes. The Quaker City is represented on our list by tho Jlccord (Rep.) and the Tima (Ind.) The former admits that wo are getting on, but is fearful lest its readert should believe that the millcnium has come in South Cand?na. So :.i nays : "South Carolina is for going ahead in thc line ol' Northern precedents. Tilt Anti-Whiskey bill recently referred to ir these co* nm ns has passed both houses o! tho Legislature, and is now a law. Tin sale of ul 1 kinds of intoxicating liquors including malt liquors and w ines, isabso Ul tu ly prohibited outside of the incorpo rated cities, towns und villages. Whet it is considered that the points thus ex cepted are exceedingly Sew in compnri son with simitar municipalities al tin North, the widespread extent and cotise quent harshness of Ihe prohibition wil be perceived. If thc new utatuto is rig idly enforced it will operate as a ver; efiectual blockade upon the rurul dram drinkers. The Legislature of the Ham Stute bas also passed an Act to punisl the carrying nboiil tho person of con cealcd deadly weapons. Among lb weapons enumerated are pistols, dirkt daggers, slung shots, metal knuckles am razors, ll must not bc taken for graute from all this that thc millcnium is abou to be instituted in South Carolina, for i is one thing to make laws and anothc and a harder thing to enforce them." From the Times comes tho ndmissio that "the world is moving" (which is gratifying fact) and that South Carolin "is moving with it," (which is anotlu gratifying fact,) and that wo really ai making substantial and liberal progr?s Thus: "There is substantial and liberal pr< gross in South Carolina. Her State ai ministration that cost three millions < more under former carpet-lng rule no costs about cue lentil ol' ?bat amour] and twelve hundred colored teachers a now teaching colored schools at the co of ihe State. A stringent license lu has just been enacted prohibiting tho sa of liquors outside of incorporated chi and towns; another imposes severe pe allies for carrying concealed weapon another inflicts thc severest penalti upon thc duellist ; another tillers ?peel exemption from taxes to actual settle and a iiw ol' a former session exemi factories started in thc State from i taxation formten years. The world mov< anti the Palmetto State is moving wi it." As might be expected, the New Yo Tribune sneers at tho good work, a: hints that it is discouutcnaticed by t people. This is what it says : .*A great moral revival ia going on South Carolina. The Legislature is ti cling with the evils of dram-drinkii duelling and carrying concealed weapo all nt once. Perhaps it is too much expect that it will tako hold of bt dozing and ballot box-stuiiiug. O fashioned South Carolinians arc airer accusing it of shaking thc pillar.) of cicty." The Chicago Time* (Ind.) is dispoi to be facetious about thc razor clat 11 says : "Il is true, aa every barber will U-sti that razors are 'usually used for the ilicliou of personal injury ;' but whel they are deadly weapons or not depei somewhat on circumstances. They often so in the South, it is well kno< and thc South Carolina Legislature n have done well in including them in law for the special benefit of the colo population. Hut it will bc difficult practice lo decide when a razor i 'desd'.y wetipon' and when it i" a !f instrument of torture." The Nation is cynical and cold-blom as Usual, and is conspicuously inaccttr beside-, in ^peaking o? S?ulu Caro and Mississippi as standing in the si scalo as Albania and Corsica. Law! ness is incidental in ibu South: in countries tho Nation names it is the r Crime is punished here; il is not r ished lhere. Trado and agricull flourish hfcre ; they arc dead and dy there. We lear thal the Nation is n intent on saying something smart t in sticking to thc facts. Nothing i be gained by speaking of Souther who violate the law as "brigands' "assassins" while men in the North West who commit worse crimes, more of them, attract, no Cention pass unnoticed. When tho Nation ti tho people in the South ns it treah ncople in ila own neighborhood, we i be satisfied. Thc Nation anya : "Tho South Carolina Legislature been doing some excellent work, of its Acts provides very Btringent pt tics for duelling, which will bc very < live il juries can be gol to enforce l! Another exempts immigrants from I tion for three years alter their ari Wc would recommend, however, in i lion to this, and as a supplement tue provision of a good pension ft persons maimed in personal dillicul and aid for iheir wives or childrt aged and inflrm parents, in caso of death. If a community enjoys or I ates savage fights ou its streets and ! ways, it ought in core mon decent pay something for tho tun. If it ex men on pain ol' disgrace to cut and those who otfeud them, it ought to vide for tho disabled and for tho fut of the f?llen, just as it provide? lt wounded and thc families of the whom it forces into thc army in til war. In shoeing and cubbing, I Carolina and Mn i simd now stat the samo scalo as Albania and Ct Montenegro and Sicily have, wo believe, risen ubove ther* in self-restraint and rea- ec: for law. The Albanian, however, has the adrantago in manliness, as he carries his weapons in t large belt on his stomach, in full view of everybody, so that any oue who does not care for dis cussion with him can keep out of his way. In South Caroliua and Mississippi, on the other hand, one may nuy day get into a dispute with a gentleman who in dress and other externals has tho air of a minister of thc Gospul, but i:as con cealed in his pockets behind his back the full outfit of a brigand and assassin of { the worst type." Tho South Carolina Legislature value the good opinion of tho people o? other States, as a matter of course, but they did not try to curry favor with anybody. Seeing that evils existed which might be reacted by law they grappled with them, and if they do not succeed in their aims, at the first effort, thev will try again. One thing is certain. No ono in South Carolina will mock nt Northern reform ers iu the way that so many of them mock at us. Whenever wc BOO them bones'Jy striving to correct ubuscs aud repress crime we give them hearty sup port and sympathy. This is a more American way of feeling and acting, wo fancy, than that which is pursued by papers of the class at tho head of which the Nation Blands.-Charleston Xetcs and Courier. TE It MULE WORK OE THE FLAMES. A Human Holoraunt lu New York-Nina Person* Kurnell to Death lu MutSlson Street. At 8.10, on the morning of the 4th instant, a lire broke out in a tenement house in tho rear of James Doyle's liquor store, at Madison street, in New York, in which niuo persons perished. It started at the bottom of the stairs that furnished the only mode of exit for the tenements of the live story building, barring outsido fire escapes, and in less lhan live minutes swept through the stairway to the roof, cutting off tho e-cupo of u score of per sons. The suddenly imperilled tenants made a rush for the roof, but thc scuttle wa* firmly hooked and would not yield. Tho ascending flames drove them back in their rooms aud a scene of tho wildest confusion ensued. Men uud wemen threw their children from 'he windows and jumped after them through the Hames that swept across tho yard and caught ihoir clothing. When the firemen mas tered the raging clement, the dead bodies of nine persons who had been burned were taken out. Several were injured in making their escapo aud were sent to Chambers Street li orbital. The scene of tho dreadful holocaust, lhe Uko of which has nut occurred in New York ??nco tho tenement houso fire in Common t-treet moro than a year ugo, and the dreadful Turner Hall calamity about the uamo time, r approached through a narrow alley, I.ardly wide enough to ul low the passage of a portly mun, between two tall tenements, No. 85 und ?33 Madison street. In trout of No. 3D is James Doyle's liquor Blore. Its back door opens directly upon tho nar row hallway iu the rear tenement, where - start was given to this morning's fire. Plumbers were busy at the footTof the blairs thawing out frozen water pipes, and for thia purpose used gasoline apparatus. By some menus it was upset and tho in flammable material ran oui. Tuera wes a blinding Hash as of an explosion, that blew in tho door of tho saloon, and in nu instant black smoke welled up tho long stairway, impelled by the draught setting towards the open windows in tho top story. The fire finding *er through the open doors and windows of the untenan ted ground floor of the house, had seized upon tho shutters, wintlow frames and wooden flours of tho balconies outside, licking iheui up like so much tissue paper and reaching upward toward the floors, where frightened men and women hud dled together, afraid to venture out upon the fireescapo that Heemed to lead into thu very jaws of death. Eight families occupied the house, two on each floor. Ou tue second floor thc Egans aud Mill dunns had the first alarm and escaped through the windows. Mrs. Mary Egan, widow, and her four grown children, Margaret, Thomas, Joseph mid John, reached tho ground in safety by a quick jump. Mrs. Muldoon, who is over eighty years old, was less fortunato, seizing her two grand children, Annie, aged 10 ; aud Kute, aged 7 ; she spraog from tho fire escape, but iu the full sprained or broke her leg, aud she crawled away with diffi culty. On tho floor above, Mr. Egan, who lived alone, escaped with his neighbors. Tho McKuna family likewise by jump ing; Jame?, aged 0 ; Hugh, aged 4, and baby ; were thrown through the window by Charles, their eldest brother, a lad of 15. The mother, Mrs. Kuna, was sweep ing in the yard when the lire broke out ; she rushed to tho r.tairwuy, but waa met by a solid sheet of Hame and realizing . be danger of her children, roused them by shouting before they know of the npproach ot the deadly visitor. "Jump, Churles, und throw them down," the the agonized mother cried, aud stretched out ber arms to receive them, as three little heads looked over the window sill beside their brother. The lad measured thc distance wiih his eyes, lt was more th?Q Iv* cu ly ie ci, und he nil rn uk from the venture with a dread of instant death. But the smoko was already filling tho room and pouring through the window. Thc children now cried and stretched their bauds towards their mother. The baby's call, "Mama I Mama !" was heard above tho roar of mo uro aud clamor of t ho Ht ri'nlu. Th? mothar ftripil ; "Charlie for God's sake, jurcp 1" and thc boy flung tho baby into ber urnn'. The other chil dren followed-himself leming tust, nit reaching thc ground in safety. On tho fourth Hour lived the Cassidy family and tho Egans, another family but of the same name os those on tho first floor, and in the filth aud topmost story M TB. Ellen Sheridan was at breakfast with her tour children. The men, as in all the other lamilics, had gone io their work. At tho first alarm Mru. Sheridan ran to tho door, and, seeing the hallway effectually block ed, turned to tho window. The flan'w there met her aleo, and in despair she rushed for the scuttle on the roof. It was firmly hooked, and her strength, desperate as she was, did not auffico to open. Returning'to her room she closed thu door on thc advancing fire, but too late-tho rooms were tilled with smoke, growing more dense every moment, in which 'lie woman and her children croped about, vainly seeking tho window. They were lound dead, evidently* choked before Ibo flames reached them. The Cassidy family had attempted to escape by tho roof, also, and failing had reached thc wiudowa nod flung themselves out ouly two of them, Charles and Thomas, boys of six and eight years, were left. They were suffocated, and when fouud their clothes were burned. Of tho Egan family all wero saved. A little girl of two years escaped by throwing herself into the yard, but Mary Egan waa badly injured io the fall and was taken to the hosp'tal. The whole was over in let. time by far than it takes to tell it. Thc yard was filled with writhing bodies of scorched and injured women, aud police and firemen quickly removed these, and made heroic efforts to gain tho upper floors, whoneo issued cries of those yet imprisoned. They vrero beaten back each time. Officer Thomas Darrett reached thc second floor on a fire-CdCiipo nod assisted in lite icscue of two chil dren, before he"himself was compelled to jump for bis life. In ..half an hour al! was over. The house stood scorched, blackened mid dripping from roof to cellar with torrents of water that had flooded it. The damage to thc house was estimated at $3,000. The building is the property of Mrs. Hagan, a wealthy resi dent of au uptown street, mid was a fair type of hundreds of structures in New York, in which the poor are huddled without sufficient means of escape in case of Aro. Another victim of tho fire was found (his afternoon in thc person of a babe of Mrs. Cassidy. Tho little ono WAH clasped to its mother's breast, wrapped in a blanket. Tho ten bodies were placed iu coffins and removed from the station j houso to the Morgue. Timothy Harring ton, ono of tho plumbers, through whose carelessness it is charged thc fire had it? origin, when questioned by Corouci Heur*.nn, explained that he was using s gasoline, lamp to thaw out thc pipes With him was a boy named McGloan, t green hand, who had worked for hin only since tho previous day. Ho heit the lamp, the contents of which wert exceedingly inflammable. Ho had beet warned several times, but heedlessly tipped the iamp and some of tho oil rat out. It flashed at once. In hts flicht Harrington's hands wero burned. Tin boy, McGloan, disappeared. The polio are looking fer him, and at the order o Coroner Sherman, took Harrington tt the Houso of Detention, where ho wil I i held sta a witness pending iuquiry His employer, Mr. Patten, was taken ti the station by a policeman nt twoo'clocl and examined by the Cormier. An in quest will be held next week. MIOURESS IN THE SOUTH. Thc Views of a I'hllailcliililu Jounmlln After Observation. Col. A. K. McCiure.of thc Philadelphl Tinten, Ind., bas recently traveled throug! the South on a professional tour of itt succlion, and thus narrates '..is imprci Bions : "Prosperity South means prosperit North, und tiie South is prospering not us she ne^er prospered before-. Iii crops are tho largest in all her biston and alie is beginning to quiver with ne life and energy, eocml, political and it dustrinl. "The 'Old aouih,"' Mr Mt Clure remarked, "was described by Sent tor Chestnut, of South Carolina, in memorable speech in tho Senate befoi the war, in which he said : "There aro two classes in thc Suutl Tho3e who rule, who have mudo her i histrions in Statesmanship, and the servi classes, who have mado ber prospcroi beyond anything in thc world, while yo of the North," he added, "aro mado u of close listed fanners, greasy mechftut and mercenary traders." "That," said Colonel McClure, "wi tho old South. Senator Chestnut's pi turo was accurately painted, true to tl life." "As a companion picture to tho 01 painted by Mr. Chestnut, we have it thc equally forcible, clearcut and el quent words of General Joe Urow 'Tho world,' ho says substantial! 'moves, and we mus.t move with it. L bor ia wealth.' " "That," Mr. McClure went on to si? "is tho policy of the South to day. T old ruliug classes have become workci the old acivile classes arc working bell lhan they worked in tho days of slavci and tho 'close fisted farmers and t greasy mechanics' of the North and Ei and West aro everywhere wclcomi This is the great social mid industr revolution walch thc lato war acco plished. In th days when tho plan waa king the South had no need for th classes. Aud they did not go thc The civilization amid which they gi up was the very converse of the civili lion then in the South. In the ono sect Inbor waa honorable, in thc other it t dishonorable. To bo a workn was to bc a serf. All this has bi changed. Thc pursuit of comme and trade which in the past carried a cia! stigma with it, is now tho patin to distinction. In fact the South is deavoring to convert itself as rapidly possible into a nation of mercenary t tiers, close-ti s ted farmers and gre mechanics. Thc KI'tlc aud clatter of faetory nro beginning to bo heard over the South. Tho South to-day se to mo to present tho most magnifie field for industry and investment in world. She has raised 500,000,000 b of cotton, this year, and there can bc doubt that the annual production, so from diminishing, will grow every ; larger and larger. The great prob before her now is to convert it into manufactured article instead of sent tho raw material a thcusand miles t made in cloth. That problem slit working out and with the most profit results. It is almost impossible to turo tho prosperity ol' the South ? that day shall come. She will bo ri than ever India waa. Just consider advantages she possesses. Thc clii can not be surpassed. Labor is cher and, owing to her climatic superior!! always must bo cheaper in thc S than in the North. Then there are unrivalled water facilities. The stn that now run idly to the sea oro car of running all tho spindles of New ] Sand and of Old E?g'?L?j from one e the yest to the other without a singl terruption. In ten years, I firml; lievo, tho South will convert at ber doors ono half her cotton crop intot and in a quarter of a century she wi the gratest manufacturing centro ir world in this particular line. Tho ont condition of attairs is an aoomal is against all the lawsoftrado, and impossible that it should last. Ci always seeks thc most profitablo fie which it can operate-the field in v it can find tho largest returns, except in some rare instances thcie oppression of the black man in thc' to-day. He is paid fair wages ni bas all tho work ho cares to do. work, however, is altogether in the Ho is not a success-ul least tho pi generation is not a success-in the ry. He has not tho steady npplii that is needed around machinery, next generation may bo belter in tl spect, but I have no hope for the p one. Hence it is that in nearly a Southern factories tho persons emj are white. It ls a curious fact th abolition of slavery has had as g beneficia1 effect upon the 'poor ubi it lian had upon tho blacks. Their ditiou nos i inproved wonderfully, at few years they promise to become white men everywhere ought to b lightened, intelligent and self-rcsp There is, however, ono great evil as tho nrgio is concerned, and it almost impossible to flod a way to r or roinovc it. The negro is mere cheated by a class of people who rule, have gone dorn there fri I-Turi'u-? mean the small trader make advance* in provisions, clothing, seed, liquors, tobacco, &C>, while tho crops are ripening." "Tbc negro, politically, is on tho look out for himself. In a national election ho is a Republican, hut ns soon ns he gets a mule and a halo of cotton ho -.vants to keep them, and ho has seen from bitter experience that tho way to loso them, to bave them stolen from him is to rcstoro negro ascendancy in the management of Southern Stato...politics. Ho docs not want to be robbed, taxed out of existence, and robbery and pillage on tho grcntcst scale ever witnessou is tho record that black Republican rulo in the South has left behind it. As a rulo the negro is now free to voto in the South ern States. Four black Democrats sit in the Stntc Le?islnluro of South Caroli na from the City of Charleston. Han New York or Pennsylvania ever done a.? much for their colored population i There are black policemen in New Or leans swinging their clubs around thc heads nf the ex-planters and slave own prs of Louisiana more frequentlj than they (the ex-planters) would perhaps care to tell. I never saw a a colored policeman in New York. Its Republi can Legislature, which regulates tin police forco of that city, has never provi tied for the appointment of a coloree policemen there, and I feel certain thai j if Mr. Sloklev, Republican Mayor ol Republican Philadelphia, were tontlemp' to place ono on Chestnut Btrect then would be a good Bized rebellion in tin party ranks. That there aro some dis tricts in the South where a different or der of things prevails I admit-as, fo inMnnce, in como parts of Missirsippi but, as a rule, the negro in tho South to day is ns free, and a good deal freer, a we saw in tho late election, to vote pr?t ty much ns ho pleases, ns they aro ii Pennsylvania. And ho votes for his owi interests-first, last and all tho time Negro rulo and while Republican rul meau to him plunder, a war of races unrest, strife and tho suspension of nearl; nil industry. Those who have some 1 ?ttl property or a . : hundred dollars ii bank do not want to have it stolen fron them, and they volo for those who the; know will protect it." "Tho way lo make thc South Repub lican in to do it without their knowing il Let Garfield give it decent, respectabl officials-I do not enre, and the Soul does not enre. whether they be hinch c white, Republicans or Democrats-an he will have taken tho first great step i this direction. Ail that they v .ut in th South is honest, fair government. Th South wants her affairs, Federal and Stat to be honestly administered. If Genen Garfield will do all ho can in tliiB dircc tion, he will insensibly win supportci for his administration there, and ?fever h should tret into a conflict with the ^ cs treme Radical wing or any other part they will sustain and hold up his bauds. A New Year's Evo Tragedy. A correspondent of the Chnrlesto Rewa ami Courier, writing from Florene S. C., under dute of December 31, sayi On last Saturday night a traveller pn sented himself at Schroeder's Hotel i this placo and called for lodgings, wit tho request that he should not be calli up iu the morning fur breakfast, ns 1 was very tired and wanted uleop. L was evidently a German Jew, aged b tween 45 and 50 years, of low siatur dark hair, gray whiskers, small bani and feet; wore dark business suit clothes, low shoes, cloth leggin.", gn woolen socks, and stiff brim "black fi hat. He came on the train from Charit ton ; was seen at tho depot in that ci and on the train by tho stewardess. Ho told thc night porter of Sctirocde that he lind not slept for four nights nt wanted it lato breakfast. Ho was call by tho hall-boy at 10 a. m. for break fa but refused to get up or eat, and said wanted to sleep until dinner. He v -ailed up by the snme boy ut dinner,a again refused to get up, but told thc b to call him ut ti o'clock p. m. for supp The proprietor of tho hotel saw h about G o'clock p. m., and waB told tl he wanted to sleep, that bo could i eat, but that he (Mr. S.) could send li a cup of coffee, which WOB seut. then gave tho boy twenty-five cents get him somo whiskey, and told him t! he had been on un awful drunk for th or four days aud wauted to sleep. 'J porter tried to awaken him on Wcdn day morning nt 2 o'clock, but could r> * in the roora. The porter again tr 10 enter the room about 10 o'clock a. Wednesday morning and again called 11 o'clock, but did not report it to proprietor until nbout half-past 1 o'clc when tho proprietor was informed him that tho man was standing ii corner of thc room dead. An en n anee was effected through window, and the horrible reality c firmed, for thc poor mau had hung h self, ns stated, with a handkerchief t wooden peg about GJ fee: from the fl There were no contortions of the b or limbs, and Ins limbs were not confii The nearly filled flask of whiskey wa tho inantlepiece within reach of c. rr/se. Mr. g. cut the handkerchief had the body put on tho bed, but too to restons life. i-. - i-ij _ . . --.ii iiujiicak trna nciu y va iv lu ny it uoon, and the jury found in tho poe of the unknown man two watches a ladies' gold hunting case made by 1 mond, nt i.ocle ; tho other a silver h ing case. There was also found ir pockets two dollars and thirty-five ci some rosin, a blank book with sci leavea erased, anti ni numil red lea pocketbook. Thc corpse was buriei day by the town. There was no mai name on any of his clothes-not a of writing or letters to traco who ho but several gentlemen who saw the cc said they thought ho was n rosin di by the name of Fulcher. A HAPPY COUXTIIY ron CHILD -"I never saw thc people take so i delight in their children," writes Bird in her new hook on tho Japa "carrying them about or holding Landa in walking, watching and ont Into their gnuics, supplying them .-tautly with toys, taking them to pi and festivals, and never being conte bc without them. Both fathers mothers take a pride in their chil It is most amusing, about sir morning, to seo twelve or fourteen sitting on a low wall, cacti with a or two in his arms, intuiting and pl with it, and showing off its physiqu intelligence. At night, after the 1 aro shut up, looking through thc fringe of ropo or rattan which coi the sliding door, you see'.he naked bending Bis ugly, kindly faco o gentle-looking baby ; and the m who more often than not hasdropp kimono from her shoulders, enfi t'vo children destitute of clothing i arms. Tho children, though To ideas too gentle and formal, aro vei possessing io looks and behavior, are little men and women, ratho children, and their old fashioned a ance is aided by their dress, which same as that of adults." ' Tito Liquor Law. AK ACT to further regulate the Salo of Intoxicating Liquors in thia State. lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tho State cf South Carolina, now met And sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the ?ame : SECTION 1. That from and after the pansage of this Act, no Ucenso for tho sai? of spirituous or intoxicating liquors shall be granted in South Carolina out side of tho incorporated cities, towns and villiages of this State-, aud it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell such liquors without a license so to do. SEC. 2. No license for the sale of in toxicating liquors shall be grauted by any municipal authorities in any city,town, orvillugein this State, except unon thc payment by the person applying for the same to thc treasurer of tho county in which Buch city, tonn or villisgo is situ ated, the sum of ono hundred dollars, In addition to tho licence charged bv such city, town or village, for tho uso of such county, to bo applied to the ordinary ex ftenses of the county : Provided, that all icenscs for the sale of intoxicating liquors granted w ithin the limits of the City of Charleston the said sum of one hundred dollars shall be poid by the parties obtaining such licenses to the treasurer of the said City of Charleston, for tho uso of tho said eily, instead of to the treasurer of the County of Charleston ; Provided, however, that the amount now emerged by tho said City Council of Charleston for a licenso for the salo of intoxicating liquors shall not bo reduced in consequence of the foregoing provis sion, but that thc aggregate of the license fees charged under this Act, and under the ordinances of suid city for tho Bale of intoxicating HquorB within tho limita of thc . --.id city shall not at any time be lesa then two hundred dollara. SEC. 3. That hereafter the salo of all wines, fruit prepared with spirituous liquors, bitters or other beverages of which spirituous liquors form an ingredi ent, be, and tho samo is hereby, prohibi ted within Mte limits of ibis Stato, except in the incorporate limits of cities, towns and villages, where they shall ouly bo sol J under thc same term as intoxicating liquors as provided for in Section 2 hereof. SF.C. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction thereof, be hued in a sum of not less than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for a term of not less than six months, or both fined and imprisoned, in tho discretion of the Court trying tho Ouse. SEC. 5. This Act shall not take c?'ect as to any licenees already granted in tiny county, city, town or village, uutil such licenses now granted shall expire. SEC. f>. Nothing in this Act contained shall bo construed to authorize tho issuing of any license for thc sale of intoxicating liquors, in any city, town or villiage, within this State, whero the salo of such liquors is now or may hereafter bo prohibited, either under Act of the Gen eral Assembly or by ordinanco of the re spective municipal authorities of said city, town or village. The Anti-Duelling Law. AN ACT to amend Chapter CXXVIII of tho General Statutes, entitled "Of Of fences against tho Person," to declare the Law in regard to Homicide In Duelling and to provide fer the pun ishment of the same. Whereas, great uncertainty has here tofore existed in this State in tho admin istration of tho law in regard to duelling ; und whereas, it is therefore proper and expedient that the law in regara to the same should bo plainly declared, that it may bc known in the future : lie it enacted by the Senate and Houso of Representatives of tho State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, nnd by tho authority of tho same : SECTION 1. That Section seven (7) of tho ooo hundred and twenty-eighth Chapter of the General Statutes, entitled "Of offences against tho pcrsou," be, and thc same is hereby amended, so as to read as follows : "SECTION 7. Whoever shall challenge another to light ht sword, pistol, rapics, or any other deadly weap on, or who shall accept any such chal lenge, shall tor every such offence, on conviction thereof, bo deprived of the right of suflrugoaud be disabled forever from holding any office of profit or hon orin this State, and Bhnil be imprison ed in tho Penitentiary fora term not ex ceeding two years, at the discretion of the Court. And incaseany person shall kill another in any duel with a deadly weapon, cr shall inflict a wound or wounds upon any person in. auy duel so as tho person or per sons so wounded shall thereof die within tho space of six months the next following, that such person so killing ' another or so wounding any person or persons whereby such person or nersons so wounded shall die as aforesaid, being thereof convicted, shall suffer death as in the coso of wilful murder." SEC 2. That Section 8 of tho said Chapter of the General Statutes be, and the samo is hereby amended, so as to read aa follows: "SECTION 8. Whoever shall willingly or knowingly carry or deliver any such challenge, tn writing or verbal ly, deliver any messageintendcu or os pur porting to bo such chaliange, or who shall be present at tho lighting of any duel as a second or aid or give coun tenance thereto, sholl, for every such offence, on conviction thereof, be for ever disabled from holding any office of Ero:'t or honor in this State, and shall o imprisoned in the Penitentiaiy for a tera not exceeding two years, at the dis cretion of tho Court, a od shall be, fined in a sum not less than five hundred dollars nor moro than one thousand dollars." ? SEC. 3. That from and after the passage of this Act all members elected to the General Assembly, and all officers now required to tako and subscribe the oath perscribed in Art. IL Section 30 of the Constitution of tho State, shall in addi tion thereto, take the following oath, be fore entering upon tho duties of their respectivo offices, to bo administered in like manner as the oath now required : "I do solemnly swear (or affirm as the case may br?,) that I have not, since tho first day of January, A. D. 1881, engaged in a duel within qr without the State, either aa principal or second, or been Kresent thcest as a party thereto in be alf of cither of tho princip?is in such duel, and that I will not, during the term of office to which I have boen elected, (or appointed, as the sase may be,) er* gage in a duel as principal, or aid and abet in such a duel as second, or as a party thereto in behalf of either principal or othorwise." To which shall be added in. the case of all officers charged with tho preservation of the peace, the following: "And I will, to the extent of my ability, enforcer tho penalties prescribed by law against duel ling, and will not fail to bring to justico all persons offending against the Bald law that may come within my view or knowledge." " SEC. 4. That this Act shall not effect indictments now pending for offences under the law as it noir exists, or indict ments that ma/ bo b.ought for offences committed MOT? tho pftswgeofthjj Act.