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ANDERSON, S C., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1881. VOLUME XVI.?NO. 46. resig '' it* fr our z^S^^^B^^^^^ oni^ resTji nations respectively of the -groat trusts w?^wbicI^New. York has honored us, i i^0i^.^;ao$ni^^pn > ' an&^ throngl uul? E^g^tea and .people of tb on kf^mSt?-ZeuW^step respectful '"yh~ ?? 4>'-vi::':. .;. ' o the Pj^dehtf^nt.to ironp ,;th?:n?;n?nationa p?t8on? -Voc':pnhlic;? jbfficea Jo Oi'te?fcliw^n?B<?S.; ia ^^^>?,tu^rp?rfc;ol New $?lb? pyj Qenar?r. Merest; an &*?&^geifi^ I??-: :j:hW held -by; Geaeiaf?a?fcig 7^ali^i'oi chart^ -dWairesvfo; Ta?1'^m??:'Jo SwitsK?d;: heli . Mr. l^;>fr^ guided'S^tary: of S&tev' Mr. Fish' rSad^ifli deferonw^oian^ ?la^.la*po^^ aeiao^naoi ^^^^l^nfy^Sc&eri are citi ^i^^T^ew Y?;;'Ilf ? proposed to. ^tf^^?^g? any allegedy ? 11 ? '~\os advantage J>y to the ep?bj&;fn> order: .. . ^w^icbllecftjr -ftt-t_. ' -1, 'df certain''aet8 I; in making the eld possible. r (thu? proposed ~eaa!s prompt of *lhe offic? *the re* iveaic - ) "?-' '.-??ae non?n*l^na': ssra?caoned every j advIw?^hia tasBsfetibtf.-: The move 1 m&S&wm We hat S^c^ jtbloXi^y^ftw houra heforo no -^?aoon to ^-n^^M^WT;ooimaef?^5 ? and; ha4 been reqoested -ts=^il&oldpa ?: -iBei^nd'snjgge?tion8 beaiing on the eub-. ?se?Sonsb^d/th* ocwwotr; arise, nn? ^? wMUd- n^&e. fitoaf the President of ^Jftfoea&n&s 'to^re^ve^them. Hearing ^P^e&e:1Kce President was equally sur ?%ris?d;;andU*^ been equally misled, we ^^^t^^^eflrn^felmw ^^^^ Mhei^^jjplent ?ome time with the Presi i'-Jaew?Mi thenn?rning; of the,day the nom '|4iuUi0,n6V?ire sent in^; no disclosure of J >'made to- him, and .thafchej. fifft ?new of' 6 the- niii?Vtet^by::he?y, following the j ? event. After earnestrea^?on andjson-. 'snltatfoo; we believed- the proceedings unwisV a^?-considered ::VwfoUj?|a&t&^ preeervation 7 and integrity of the pa bUc service and the pubuVexample to be set, or in relation ;of the Bepnblica'n:p|^v; ' ?rfc^c^commWfcror vCeV; ?T_fby^Hher of us:;- 5n-thefrj i&??^W&he&V- OnVtbe rcmt&fyT vw^tlto^fctj.tii^esi:dect irmfflM&r uu*sr >tiae ^sn^en and won& at least, -adopt less . "objecf?onabla .modes of te I ?mali or individaal service. rtbSibBowing pap? jil;aod jiuiting^er you* had authorized your ided also: .* VKe begVlaave to re mo^a&apnat ih'ech*^ in the Col iJ???rabip ?Ofew York by the. removal of Mr; Merritt and the appointment of j Mr. Bobertaon, The proposal was wholly vi saprise. We" heard of it only wh^u " several nominations involved in the p&n ^Sfeirtonnced Ji ^e Senate, i We hod -xu?fTii? days beforo this been informed "=feom you that a change in the customs - office at New Yorkvtsga nut cohtemplated vstid <inite ignorant ofa- purpose to take ^any; isctioo p?f?^ ^<?-'aftei^ltfLIW^^W.tOv?a? the ^^edo^Tjb^lve that the interest of i the reverse, and ws he^ r.. J^vantag^caa b^igaio: ^r^e Republican party or its j ^n?ples, believing that no individual claims or obligations which should be ;^inuidaued in suoh a mode. We earne&t Plyand reapectfully ask that the homina ? tfonpf Mr. Robertson be . withdrawn. Chestee A. Abthitb. J. C. Plaot. Thomas X. James. roscoe cjonklhtg. This pan^^msprdwpted-tb Mi Jaines; oh Mantin^'tee" "2p?i day " of rMafc?: ' Ve^ery -tJ?a^o)t><I^?^)?eary rreaiawiia-ot-the're' ^ nihiic. tod markedly the prceeht ?cotoi boni, had w^^v^x^noialnatfcns-i^rto? aerious represejctatioos, we did not j ^fond -'-such'-' snggestionu would be treated^o:aitin|t^'q^^?^tt <rf, ie ofthe nominating power., ressj especiallv written by ,1? an influeu J" teemed with Violent ^dehnncialion8;- of 'fte ?eaatora flfcooLJXfiW York for ^opposing Ifae^ad : ministration" and "dictatioz to thePres ?H ideht." Persons who visited the Esecu fir? Mansion -reported the1 President as - resentfol and impatient7 ofitesitation ^fo >0'adwi^<*^^ tb what he proposed. " W^B?9a4^. 'we iave mwle. no assault | ??WObJady-r iWi? ;have at all UmfcjMK,! ? V fo?ed ?to answer questions by tbe.^repre-. aentaiiyesof the press, or to make com f plaiht*:br 'cdmnaen? "or. denial-of many M truthless chareea^gajnst us_by^officjons with broker Senators and officials, we ' have said notbiog^nntiljiow on the sub r JeWWTiave^e, br? either, of;Os;; pro^ 'Emoted the 'dsaul?ck in'the Senate w 'border^ to^iavei^r -influence action on any iaMSh^.^ot haVo.^we io'stat ed; ^?tt^?fiWeiy after the aominations were made, Eepublhkn letters and telo . agtinst. tbir "propcsed cn?nges and conr >' de'tunlng item bn'm?ny gro^ads.' SeveraJ thoosands oj^eadingnaercanlile. firms, of NefVr^bVk,-.cbhetitnting^ we are inforaaed, a majority of every branch.of trade, sent us wfBo^stea^j;8ixty:;0 eighty ittblican jnembers .of- Assembly, 'Cqr 'memorial; n??^"ooJecfj|?nj* x^rnoMit)ns''iu Ooogress, State-onH ciate. 'bnsiness men, professional men, ^iil&^rcial;i ind^riafand politicalasso' ;?d*a?bns: are : among the remonstranfey. ?in% they^peakirom every section of the State. Besides the nominations , already ?-ref ?'V?F^-?o??if?evijral: citizens of New Ydik ifmtf for offices connected with These wero ail' reabpointments, most of them had been origlnaHy commi??oned hy Mr. 'Hayes. They were certified by ;Sdise< of^Coort and many other emi :;J<^^ei8Qns who attested the faithfal-; j nesa: and merits of .theft: services and recommended'their continuance: 'They "were nbt presented by us. We have not attempted to dictate nor have we' asked the nomination of one person to anj bffice'in.the State. Indeed; with the $olt exception of the* writtehire^nest settorth above; we have sever expressed an .opin? ion ta^heJBres?^^ in ^anyr'case unless I questioned In regard to it.' iiiSdme days ago the .Presidentabruptly withdrew in one and the same act the names of General > Wcodf?rd; and Mr; ! Tenny the two'Marshals;' ~ThiB unprece i/dentea proceedings, whether permissible by h$?'9t; not;., was gravely significant; The President had nominated these offi? cers after they had been weighed in the balance. " Their official records were before him and!baoV been; -foliyl scrotip nixed, and -approved." It ; must ie pre someri, thit.he 'thought the aomin^jflj^ fit to be made and that it was bis duly -to make . them. There is no allegation i that he discovered unfitness. in. them; J afterwards^- It could hardly, be that he had discbveriB^-!unfitness*in-al! of th'eni alike. What then was she meaning and' purpose of this peremptory- step?' It [wag . immediately stated/ as if l>y. au? thority and seems to be . admitted, that the purpose was to coerce Senat era to vote as. they would not vote Jf left free from executive interference with the de sig^bf Senators touching matters Com? mitted by the Constitution to the. Senate exclusively. It had been'suggested in iSdditioff'that by recalling thoso* nomina? tions and holding them in his own hands ^'e/rPjresident migbt,in the event of the j failure of another nomination^ use them :to: compensate that failure. Ii,it can. be supposed that all- these public trusts are tow'Qt would i;a*any event bemadeper scnal peiquisiea, to be handled anddis- i posed not only to punish independence of Senatorial votes or action,, but to- liqui date personal obligations of any individual I however high in station, the conditions 'are; equally vicious and degrading; ;ahd j theiracceptance would.compeL represen? tative of States to fling- down. their oath and report for duty at the footstool of executive power; ? Flowing ? this strict ;4nd' aw^ping:: reiecutive act came; ominous 'avowals that dissent or failure to consent would be helii i *n?ct of. offense-,- exposing all Senators fromWhatever State ..to. executive dis pleasure. TThus we/fiifd ourselves conii fronted byithe question^fcttferWe'shaU surrender to the plain right and sworn of Senators' by consenting to' what lieve to be vicious and hurtful, or 'anradmmistraflfen wiricEt we' heipea to bringJn, and the success of which we earnestly wished for. Every reasou and ?.motive wluqh carx enter into the case .we I 'tnow. l^o theory adoptM by any 'party j requires such submission as is now exacted. Althon^h party service may be fairly considered in making selections of public offices, it can hardly be main? tained: that the Senate is Abound- to remove without cause' inciambentsmerely to.make places for those whom any indi? vidual, even the President or a member ofiys?&binet,^iabes.to;repay for being recreant to eraierij ^serviceable to Jumt Only" about, two "year?ag^. the,. Senate advised that General Merritt be appointed Collector at" New^Yor^/Ttis understood that among the Senators who so avised was Mr;' Wihdom, now Secretary of-.the Treasury.and head of the department whose' subordinate General Merritt .is. Another .Senator Jtnpwn ..to retary. of tho Interior. It is said: like the Postmaster General, irom our own State, these Cabinet officers were hot iritoi' rqnsuItation> touching - the removal bf^G^nerarMerritt^' but their sworn and official ,actions as Senators is none the less instructive. That the Secretary of the Treascry of the late administration, up to its expiration, less It is nowhere suggested that citizens had petitioned for his removal, or that any official delinquency on his part is the reason of it, In place of an experienced officer in the midst of his term, fixed by law, it is proposed to put a man who has'no training for the position, and- who. cannot be said to have any special fitness for its official duties. In.thei^Bdg?rato&Pre8ident Garfield, delivered on March 4, stand these words: !^he ejyfr service, can never be placed'] on a satis'fac}ory basis until ittis regula? ted by ;he law for the good of" the'servica itself, for the protection of those who are interested with' the appointing power against waste of time and obstruction to public business, caused by inordinate pressure for place, and of incumbents against intrigue and wrong. I shall, at the proper time, ask Congress to fix the term of minor offices of the. several ex? ecutive departments, and prescribe the [grounds upoifwhictincumbenfrshall be inted.!' How good the distinction maketf-'inajor offices a prey to ue'.', and wrong and shields minor officials- from, like-- havoo, and whether the coUectofsMp-orH^ should belong t? the exposed or to1 the protected class need not be decided her. f Assuni ing General Merritt to be an o.iicer of Average fitness and honesty it mightf -ne. reasonably argued that all Senators ?"should with-, alacrity ad vi. -meht by i Ptcbably iM$t be safrj-that all sHo?Td advise the selection in General Merritt's place Or a man , who without, superior fitness had rendered his country or even ; his party conspicuous and exalted ser? vice. The case in band does not belong j to either of those two classes. The voca? tion of Mr. Robertson and fair legisla? tive and professional experiences add surroundings' do; not denote superiority in the qualities, the knowledge, the busi? ness habits and the familiarity with the revenue laws and system of the United States which might make him more com? petent than General Merrittto'collectthe vast revenues and administer tbe vast business pertaining to.the port of New ; York. Certainly he cannot iiCthls^re spect beheld^ an exception to. the rules of right and consistency on which the constitution and laws have placed the .publw service. We know of no personal j ; or pqliticid- service rendered by Mr. Bob-; ! ertson so transcendent that;the collector ship of New York should be taken in the midst of a term- and given to him as a recompense. Mr. Eobert3on is repprted^by the New. Yorlc: JH&eMScto'i avO 'declared' thaV his nomination was.a f'reward"?-a "reward? for.his action as a delegate to the Nation? al Co vention. If Mr. Robertson in his action was influenced;bjr>aj sense of doty,' if he voted and acted'hisl honest con vie* tions, it is difficult to'sea what claim he has for any reward,, not to speak of so great ? reward. The actibtf of Tvhich' arf estimate is thus -invited is surmised to be:this: Robertson and--sixty-nine other., nfen accepted from, a State Convention a a certain trust.. They sought and ? ac? cepted the position of agents or delegates to the National Convention. The* State Convention declared a/ plainly stated judgment. and. policy to ,w observed ana supported by. tfcose whom it commissioned. To this declaration all; selected delegates: gave .implied consent, but several;of them in addition made a most specific, personal pledge and en gagement to exert themselves in fgood faith throughout to secure the nomina? tion of General. Grank- They made this pledge as a means of obtaining their own appointment as delegates and they did, as we both personally know, obtain their seats in the National Convention upon the faith of their personal state? ments of their earnestness and fidelity. The obligations thus assumed were un? derstood.:.to Jnvolye integrity,, as the obligation; of one who.receives.the proxy of a stockholder in a corporation on - the pledge and promise to yote as bis; princi? pal would vote. * W^et)bei*M^. Eobert8on wa^pr-wta-ript. himself bound;noli/only by honor and implication; but by ex? pressly giving his word, : becomes quite immateral in view of . the claims made for him. It is insisted that ho organized the vote, or^as-.- it has been sometimes stated j "he was the leader of j the- vote," That is to say that he invited, persuaded, induced others whom be knew had given their word and obtained their seat by so doing to violate their word: and. betray not only the Republicans:assembled; in the State :Convention, but the- Republi? cans of th 3ir district as well who \ had trustedin their honor. Whoever coun? sels, and procures another, to do a dishon? est or dishonorable act must share . with that other ? the - guili; and -should Bharp the odium justly attaching to it. We are therfore wholly unable, upon, whatever ground we put it, to see - justification for oursel.ved ? nhould we become parties . to using-public trusts which belong to .the people to require such service to such uBut.thp.appli.ances employed to effect these results set up new) standards of responsibility,,and invade, as we believe, tbe-truth8;and principles on which, sepa rate and , co-ordinate branches; of the government staud. A Senator has. his own Tespoiisibility. He is: amenable to his Slate aud to the body of which': he is a member. He is boond by his ? oath. to "advise and consent," on;his conscience anjl judgement .before God; i whatever or whoever elite may jcqoBtrain him.;:jjrle-js tip be exempt from executive menace or disfavor on - the. one-hand, or executiva | favor on the-other.- Long standing on the orders of4he House* of Commons : has been: a declaration that a member shall suffer expulsion who even' reports! the wishes of the executiie head of the government to influence1 the votes of members.. The* British Constitution is not more jealous then ours in this regard. To j^iye adnse;: and-honest, independent advice as tij an^ vice one way or the other it is no more an act of disrespect or treason to the nominating power'than the verdict of a juror or th(i decision of a Judge. The idea that the Senate is simply to find out what is wanted and then to, do it, we cannot believe safe or admissible, and thr.3 far no party has!.dared or descended to set such a. test of party?delity or alle? giance. In this - instance such promi? nence has been given to the subject and such distrust has been expressed of the correctness. of our positions, that we think it right and dutiful to submit the matter to the power to which we are alone bound and ever ready to bow. . TheTLegielature.i3 in. session. ' It is ?jtepUTO?nVhynibfjo^ abounds in sons quite as able as we to bear her message and commission in the Senate of the United States. With a profound sense of the , obligation,. we oweV #e;> witrPdevPtion' to the' Republi can party and its creed of liberty and right, with renewed attachment to the great State whose interest and honor are dear to UJ^w? ;held It re)speclful sad becoming to: make room for-those who may correct all errors and interpret aright all duties which, we have miscon? ceived. S$T;B j therefore: enclose/ onr; resignations, but hold fast our privilege as citizens and Republicans to stand for the constitutional right of all, and of all representatives, whether of the. States, the nation or the people. ' We have the honor to be, very respect? fully, your obedient sevanta, * RfJacoB CoNKLiyo, Thomas C. Platt. . To his Excellency Governor Cornell.' Registered. Pour young men, clerks and students, while on a summer: vacation: . tramp through Northern New England, engag? ed for a guide to a certain romantic forest waterfal^aboy named ForrestGraves! F?rt^Was' ji. finfej Cathie tic fellowj/who c^pi? tep'r.in ?be mountains, and bis i moral courage.was quite :'eqiw:tb.=vhia^phyakal. health and strength. / After he hud guided the young ?men' to the waterfall, and they;had satisfied them? selves with i^htrseeing; they invited him to lunch;ivith'themV. "Thank you, I have my own lunch;" and theo boy. wept:, .away by himselfl Laterf.' wnepp full justice. :had i bean .done, to their repast, and a flask .of. brandy had furnished eac d of the young men with a stimulating.1 c^Ujght, Graves was called'. urToumustcfrink\ with usj if you. will not .eat '^th/us," npjw/ saidrthe owner of tHe flask, and the most reckless of the party. "No,. sir, thank you," was the boy's courteous response. "But I shalL insist upon-it." "You can d*Wyo^#eese; and I shall do.as I please," The youpg.mansprang.tp his feet, and" with a. bo und stood - beside the boy, too much absorbed in his own purpose to heed the quivering.lips and flashing eyes of another. ; "Now you are-bound to try my brandy. I al ways-rule*",. r, ?^oueatftirulenie.? - - ? These, words, were: scarcely uttered when the fla&c was seized and hurled into a stream, where the clinking of glass betrayed "its"Utter destruction." Then! a clear, defiant tone-rang out:'.. "I did.it in iieIf4efenBe.: You had no, right to tempt nie. My father was once a rich and .honorable man, but died a miserable drunkard, any my mother came here to live to keep me away from liquor tili I should be old enough to take care! of myself. I have promised her .a hun-1 dred times I wouldn't taste it, and I'd die before I'd break my promise." "Bravely said. Forgive^ine; and let us shake hands.'? My mother would be a bappy woman if I was as brave as you. I wouldn't tempt you to. do wrong. I shall never forget you nor lhe.leaspn.you have taught mi;." .The most reckless was the most genor ous^atfrf fseeiHg1'hii--lrror apologize' frankly. ] How many boys need to be kept from strong'drink-; and: alas, how many men and women! Who dares-tempt them? Let it not be you and I.? Youth's Com panion. ?? A negro toy, aged eighteen, at Ho? mer's, La., who admitted that he had outraged a negro girl' aged eight, and afterwards . murdered her in the. most brutal manner, was taken from Bernville parish jail, at Sparta, on.Saturday night, 14th inst.j and shot- to death by .a party of fifty men, mostly colored. LETTES FROH DIXIE. Miss Frauds E. Willard, President of the National Temperance Union, Gives a Northern Journal an Account of her Lec? turing- Tour In the South. De ah Independent :?It is now about two months since I bad the good fortune to begin a Southern trip, ordained by our National Union,.at its annual meeting in Boston. Maryland and.', the District'of Columbia were, left behind soon after the presentation of Mrs. Hayes's Testimonial Portrait at the White House. Clear heads and hearts are busy in bothjlocalir ties, moving forward the home protection cause. My associate, Mrs. Georgia H?lse McLeod, of Baltimore, a native,of Flori? da, a life-lone teacher and whilom con? tributor to The Atlantic, had opened the way by means of letters to. the press and to leading ladies, further South Appeals had been made for money to help, defray expenses, for, if successful, this embassy of ?st ranger must be free from all pecu? niary taint. Letters of introduction, were kindly furnished by leading clergymen (South) of all denominations. Prayers were offered by our local unions from; one end of the. country to the other for success , of this effort, to plant the i "W. 0. T; U." in Southern soil, and without misgivings the attempt was made. Many good .and thoughtful people had predicted that this would prove ''a fool's errand" number two. A letter from one leading Southern city had .declared that the triple disadvantage of (1) sending a woman/ (2) a temperance woman I (3) a Northern temperance woman I stamped, the embassy a failure' from the start. (But, please observe, this letter was from a Northern man.)' But, bleas-God and: their kind hearts, the Southern people have received me as a sister beloved1 for the work's sake. Already some .of the chief towns have been vi sited in:. every. Southern state save Texas h Arkansas, and Tennessee (from all of which except the. first earnest invitations have: come and" engagements are already made for their acceptance).;. And. what is the report? Just th e same that it would have -bfSn* ? an equal. :numberNbf .Northern states had been visited?viz., the utmost kind? ness from the friends of temperance, cor? dial co-opei-ation from the most; liberal minded of the clergy, and independent of the press, and on the part of women a sisterly welcome that crowns Frienship's casket full of choicest jewels.;^ Indeed^,1 th? Sou th is far more like the North than in my ignorance, I had supposed, "They're just like bur folks" was my'con^ staut mental, ejaculation, the almost eu tire absence of a foreign population lend? ing color to the home-like illusion;: It had been said that the opposition to hear? ing ladies speak was deep' and- resolute; Thais-not, so. Churches were1 opened as a;role,: no less freely than at the North. Ministers of different denominations con? ducted the devotional exercises, ?nd-the audiences were large and to the last de Sreesympathetic and kind. When mem ers were called for and papers ci rcu! a ted with the pledge for men and women, the response was much more general than with us. It is true that on the Sabbath pastors do not yield their pulpits; pre taring an afternoon hour for the temper? ance meettng; it is also true that, as a rule, we have spoken from the chancel, and in a single iuatance no pastor was.' present; but this has sometimesiha;. pened at the North, end Sunday is with ministers a busy day. It had been said that the expectation: of securing associated effort on the tem? perance line from Southern women, was quite Utopian; but, instead of this, they have been uniformly earnest and respon? sive, beyond what is usual at the North! True, they have given immediate notice that they could not speak in public, which is the smallest part of the work.; but, at the same time, have entered with the utmost intelligence and heartiness into qur plans for securing, pledges, S. 8. and juvenile societies, the circulation of leaflets, lending out of temperance books, Slanning forpublic meetings, to be ad ressed. by gentlemen, etc. , ? )? But when I have noticed the marvelous facility of utterance, the varied vocabu? lary, the. delicacy of appreciation, and rare insight of these ladies,-I; have felt, that in it all ..was a prophecy, of such achievement in the art of public as well ! as private persuasion as would dim the laurels of. their Northern sisters, if a j sacred emulation did: not rescue.us.. I could name women in all the,chief cities of the South' who are no less worthy.to be the leaders of a people than was De? borah of old. They feel the stirrings of benignant. power; the mother heart in them reaches out with a wide blessing , for humanity.. Vir Even from their point of view? cou* cerning which we have freely spoken? the war. was not an unmixed evil. It helped' to individualize each woman's' character; it taught the stern, but royal lesson of self-help; and, with the spirited gentleness andidocility which are a sure sign of the, highest breeding, many of these women, who had hardly ever wait'? ed,upon themselves;in. the? smallest par? ticular, took up difficult .tasks, to which they brought no training, but in which theyi have grandly succeeded. Some are teachers, some journalists, some artists, aud not.a few take, boarders or Wp hotels... Thetunwritten annals of their heroism, often whispered in my ear by friends, have dignified my estimate of. human nature.. Nor do I find the bitter? ness. toward the; North;. which was de? clared'.to be so characteristic of the wo? men who loved "The Lost Cause." They approached this whole question of the war from a standpoint altogether differ? ent from our own. They believed in. the inalienable right of a State to secede from the Union. They bad never been taught, as we had, from pulpit, press, and plat? form, to spell nation with a big N. But, whatever may have been the case in earlier years, sober sticond thought has softened:either them or us?or-both, per? haps; so that we can agree to ''press for? ward to the things that are before:" with hands clasped in loving sympathy. It j had been said, "Yon must not speak for j the colored people;" but in almost every ' city we have done so, with the free con? sent of the Southern friends under whose auspices we came. It is true that social j ostracism of the noble men and women who came Sooth to teach and preach to the freedmen is not yel; at an end; but j its features are greatly modified, and the larger towns and more enlightened of those "to the manner torn" exhibit least of this narrow spirit and character. Prejudice (pre-judgment) is not a sec tional growth. Both North and South, it is the parasite of a certain class of mind. Its objects differ, but its animus is everywhere the same. Of Southern manhood it is needless' to say more than that the ?uppositions of a lifetime as to their courtesy was realized. "Sir Charles Grandison" has been my host, and "Col. Newcome" has introduced me to my. audience?leading me gently1 forward, as is the custom here, and say? ing more kind things than I shall merit in a thousand years. Gov. Colquitt, of Georgia, welcomed me in his own (Meth dist) .Church one Sabbath evening asT, Was never welcomed anywhere, aDd Elli? son Capers,' rector of the Episcopal ?Church, GreenvilleS. 0.; Bishop Wight <Tr>.. ' ? ? , 1 . ! 1 ' ? j man and Stevens, of Charleston; Drs. Vedder.of theHdgenOt, and ChamblisB, of the Baptist Church there; Dr. Hay good, of Emory College; Col. Price WilliamB, of Mobile; Mrs. Judge Sharkley, of Jackson, Miss,; and a host of others' have lent their influence and aid with a cordiality never tobe forgot? ten, 9 The temperance question will win in the South earlier than with us, if we are not On - the^alert. They ?re not handi? capped with- a foreign ' population. The corbred 'people are/'.well; disposed and teadbable. P Their legislatures have out? ranked ours in the gains of the last ses? sion.' MihisterB'?re'more odtBpoken and th(B'pre8?'i:less timidly mindful; of'? "our German-friends." The .'trip 1 have de? scribed will extend over two months, and forty towns or-more in fourteen states; leaving a;"\V". C.T. U. in every place .where none had yet been organized. Another time I wiBh to; write of Sidney Lanier, Joel Chandler Harris (author of ."Uncle Remus")-Randall (author of "My Mary? land"),1 Mrs. SallieF. Chaplin (author of a Secession novel), Mrs; Augusta Evans Wilson (author of "Beulah"), ; Father Ryan ''(author, of the "The Sword of Lee"), Geo: CX Cable, Atticui Hay good, and other gifted Southerners. : If ? this BketcH seems rose-colored, remember that "we only! know ,what we have lived." If it flaubtsnotthe. rubjr' flag, reflect that it was not. written by a UnitedSfates 'senator. ?" Surely; thtrday hastens'when,' jqinedj'in" the splendid; :fight against' a1 common foe wbich, is' the; ecourge;of all our "homes, the daughters' of the'Ndrth and South will smiling Bay, each to:the-othery What tfierr"the son's wil joyfully repeat, tcW?fc a?'tky Ja?ltt,lX lovcthtt'ttiU,":-. Mtmtgowefy, Ala., Jpr? 21st, 1881. ' ? ' ?ttffl;-?tt? ' . . ' A St. Louis doctor factory recently turned out a dozen female doctors. As lon^ a^tne female doctors . were confined to' one er two'in the whole Country,' and those 'were only experimental, we .held our.peace and.did not .Complain, but ppw Ithat tfie colleges'are engaged in. prodiaj; cing TemaTe doctors asa business we muBt protest, andmJbo'doing will' give: a few reas'ohs.why female' doctors will not prove, a paying branch1 ofIndustry! j ;Tn;the first; place' if they' doctor, any .bpdy!;it-;in?8t; be .women,! and.'..three fourths'0F:ih'e;womeu,wou!d rather have ]aj*^|6 ?.'doctor. Suppose ?hose colleges turn c ut female doctors until there are as many 'of them 'as' tnere; are ma le doctors, what haye they got to. practice on ?' A man] if there was uothiW 'tho matter with him, might call in a female doctor, but if he'was sick as. a horse (if a man is sick he is sick as a Horde), the last thing he would have would-be a female doctor. And why? Because when a man has a female fumbling around him ho wants to feel well' He don't want to feel bilious or feverish, with his mouth tasting like1 cheese and his eyes bloodshot when the female1 isi looking' over him' and taking' account of Btock. Of course theae female doctors "are all young;and good' looking, and if one of. them came into a sick room where a man was ? in i hed^ and' he -had chills and was cold as a wedge, arid she should sit up close .to the-side of - the bed and take hold' of his nand,'i&k' rlulae would run up to 150, and she wociid prescribe for a fever when he;had; chillblains.1 f Oh,'1 you' ejin't* foot uj on female doctors. "A man who has been sick and had male doctors knows just how much be would: like to have a female'' doctor come tripping in and throw her fur-lined cloak ever ? a chair, take i off her I hat'! and' gloves and- throw them on a lounge, and como up to. the bed ? with^-?ipftjr of marine blue eyes; with a twickle in the corner, and look at him in the wild,: changeable eyes, and ask him'to ran out his tongue.. ' Suppose he knew his tongue was coat? ed so it looked like the yellow Turkish towel; do-you suppose he would Want to run out- over- five or" ' six! inches of ?the lower part cf it, and let that female doc? tor put her fingei' on it to see how.furred it was ? i! Not much. He would put that tongue up into his!cheek and wouldn't let her.see it for $5 cents admission.1 We have all'seen doctors put their hands un? der the bed clothes and feel of a man's feet'-to see if they were cold. If a female doctor were to do that it would give a man cramp in the legs. A male doctor can put his hattd on.a man's stomach and liver and lungs; and1 ask him if he feels1 any pain there; but if a female doctor should do the same thing it would make a man sick, and he would want to get np and kick himself for employing a female doctor. Oh, there is no use'talking; it would kill a, man. ~"*^;.!j . .... Now. suppose a mau has heart disease, and a female, doctor should want to listen to thepeafihg-of His heart. She would lather; loft'ear on, his'Ieffc breast, sjAi her eyes and.rdsebud'mouth.TvouId be looking right in ^Mp.face^ :and- her, .wu'vy hair would be scattered all around there, get? ting tangled in the buttons of his.shirt. Don't yqu: suppose his heart' would get in about twenty extra beats to the minute ? Ybu bet! '.And she wo?ldsmile?we;will. bet $20 she would smile?and show her pearly teeth, and the ripe lips would' be working as though she were counting the beats, and he would think she.was trying, to' whisper to him, and?' ' Well, what would he be doing all this time ? If he was not dead yet, which would be a wonder, his left hand would brush the hair away from her.temple and kind of stay there to keep the hair away, and his right hand would get sort of nervous and move round to the back of her head, and when she had' counted 'the beats a' few minutes and was raising her head he would draw the head up to him and kiss her once for luck, if he was as bilious as. a Jersey swamp angel, and. have her charge it in the'bill.' And then a reac? tion would set in, and he would be as weak as a cat, and she would have to fan him and rub' his head until he got dyer, being nervous, and then , make outhis prescription after he got asleep. No ! all of a man's symptoms change when a female doctor 1b practicing on him, and Bhe would Uli him.?Pec#* Sun. ? The discipline of the military or? ganizations that attended the Gp!vestra Mardi Grass was veiy rigid, and was mun-' taiped during their stay in Galve'iton. One of the privates, somehow or other, got under the influence of Btt?ng bevera? ges, and was parading Galveston avenue when he; saw Ijis spperipr. officer, ap? proaching. The soldier fled into an alley and hid behind jmjash barrel. The officer passed on, but. next day he called the soldier to. appear 'before him, and asked: "How did I come to see you hiding behind an ash "barrel?" "How did you come to see me ? You happened. to see me because ! was bigger than the barrel. H5F the barrel had been bigger you would never'bad Been .me." "When you get home I will have you court mar tialed, sir, and shot. : Yes, sir, shot to death with musketry." "If you dp,. Til be darned if I don't resign and bust up the' epmpany. Now you just draw out your mUBketry." ? Johnuy, who has been soaked by the rain the day before: "I told you .the rain would make mo grow; these clothes are too small for me." THE NEGRO REPUBLIC. Some Plain and Startling Statements About Affairs in Liberia. ?' From the Cincinnati Commercial. Mr. George R. Stetson of Boston, bss written some queer chapter's about .the Republic of Liberia, on the West coast of Africa. It was founded by philanthrop? ists in the United States, some fifty years, ago.' It' was' to be a speck of para? dise for freed slaves from America. Good people were to send them there, set them up in a republic on their own hook, and then put the whole Dark Continent into'a ferment of Christiah civilization. In the period of their enthusiasm, the American Colonization Society spent mil? lions of money on the freedmen's para? dise. As far Sack as 1859 they sent 10, 000 American negroes there at an expense of $180 per head! About half of them went to a paradies by a shorter route than even the Colonization Society dreamed of. They died. In beating the American bush for emi? grants to Liberia, tuneful agents harped much on the extraordinary richness of African soil. It bad only to be tickled with a wooden hoe to smile back a luxuri? ant harvest.' Fruits, grain, and vegeta? bles, all that made glad the humau stom? ach, grew in unlimited profusion. This, was one side of the story. The silver: tongued agents told that side. The other part was that every foreigner who touches', the coast of Liberia, thong*, - remain no longer than^ week, isstnekeu down with a horrible'miasmatic sickness called the "acclimating fever." ' The blistering, sun, alternating, with heavy rains, and the rank vegetation from that very soil whose richness the agents exalted, are the cause of the terrible malaria. Ague gets the better of civilization. It kills every white man who remians there a- few years. ' I The savage African - aborigines do. not appear1 to suffer from the. malaria; Like. the1 Florida In'dianB,^ who are proof against mosquito bites, they appear to 'be!, soaked so' full of poison that .it does not hurt them. But the American-born ne? gro suffers nearly as much as the white mahl The mortality of the fever may be judged from some facts given by Mr. Stetson. On one occasion a coasting vessel made a trip to the delta of the. Niger. ; She had a crew of fifty-five per? sons. Of these, .twenty-ifive diedi~ Another vessel was sent to the same place with a crew of twenty men. Tenf of them died; within four weeks. It will be remembered that a . passion for emigration to Liberia suddenly seized' the colored people of Georgia and; the Carolinas three years ago, They sailed, thither by hundreds.. ' One sh ip, the Azof"; loot 256 emigrants from Charleston at one load. It wasfine fun?the starting.. All. shared the devout belief that they' were going direct to the promise land, but all their hopes turned to the bitterest disappointment. The disgusted pilgrims died off like sheep in a Colorado blizzard. In many c?sesof negroes emigrating to Liberia from."America'[ whole families died; not one being left alive. One fam? ily of ten persons from Georgia sailed in tbeAzor. Three died on shipboard and. two at Monrovia. The other five begged; mony and fled back to Georgia before the; acclimating fever took them, too. Many others of the colonists who sailed within a few years to Africa are sending .for money to bring, thenr home.'.' Liberia, the'country of fertile soil and beautiful landscape, is so sickly that; the very' horses and mules die tbat are taken there. Concerning other aspects of life in the model negro' Republic?educational, in? dustrial, social, and political?the testi? mony is no less emphatic The term "lazy African" is probably only1 under? stood in its truest sense in Africa; . Under the achorching sun the laziness strikes in. The climate effects even the industrious freedman . from America. In time he, too, giyes up the .struggle and ceases to work, ? ? ? ? 'He, turns to politics air an easier way of getting a living. He. seeks "them 'ere'' offices" with enthusiasm. Thus'he. at leastj shows his capacity for the highest civilization. Liberian elections are quite as loud md lively and as frequent as in the great "modafe"'Republic of the Uni? ted States, which the little African one was patterned after. Liberian exports have been steadily declining for a number" of years.: A bare subsistence is not hard to obtain among the naked aborigines. What is the good of working when one is not obliged to do it? It is not agreeable to record the fact that slavery exists throughout'-the* negro Republic: Its horrors down South never surpassed the like'horrors among these Liberians, whose slaves are of their own and kindred. In-other respects the Africans who rule Liberia have shown their ability to acquire a high civilization?the very; highest indeed. They have got a bonded' debt. It is so large a one that there is no prospect whatever they will ever'pay.'j it? Moreover,-it is all owned in London,; every penny!.' Putting the two facts to-." gether, and connecting them by a link of reasoning with a well-known peculiarity of the noble British nature, it is'not hard to make a prophecy concerning the future of this, the one black Republic on tlie face of the earth. Some very singular facts have been de? veloped in the history of Liberia. Nor body was more enthusiastic in the cause of African colonization from this country than the churches and the religious com? munity. ? Missionaries went there by the hundred j labored among the black sav? ages, and deid martyrs to their Christian devotion. Who does not remember for years "Afric's sunny fountians" as the objective points ? of missionary work in America?; What has come of all this work, of the sacrifice of all these unselfish lives ? Christians everywhere expected the Christianization of all Africa as confident? ly as the Second Advontists looked for the end of the world. The happy result never followed. One of the wild negro tribes that joined the Liberian Govern? ment was Mohammedan in religion. There are forty wild negro tribes in the v> hole country. Instead of these naked heathens coming under the gentle in? fluence of the Bible, the one Mohamme? dan tribe among them is converting them to the faith of the Turk with amazing rapidity. There is-actually a prospect that at no distant day a majority of the inhabitants of Libera will be followers of the crescent and the Koran. Such is stated to be the present condi? tion of Liberia, Instead or civilizing the native negroes, there real])* seems rather to be danger tbat the civilized negroes who went; there will relapse into barba? rism. They are the merest handful ampng so many. They suffer horribly from the climate, and are growing poorer and poorer. Meantime an insiduous British influence grows stronger and stronger, English men-of-war cruise along their coast and lie at anchor in their ports. English goods go into their country in larger and larger quantities every year, and they are inveigled more and more into debt to Great Britain. The certain end does not seem many years off. Under the circumstances, Mr. Stetson, of Boston, considers it high time some bod; publicly and emphatically give the numerous American negroes who think of migrating to Liberia the advice Punch gave those about to marry?Don't. Weary. Women. Nothing-is more reprehensible and i thoroughly wrong than the idea that a woman fulfils her duty by doing an amount of work that is far beyond her strength. She not only does not fulfil her duty, but she most signally fails in it, and the failure is truly, deplorable. There can be no sadder sight than that of a broken down, over worked wife and mother?a woman who is tired all of her life through. If the work of the house? hold cannot be accomplised by order, system and moderate work, without the necessity of wearying, heart-breaking toil ?toil-that is never ended and never be | gun, without making a life a treadmill of labor, then for the sake of humanity' let the work go: Better to live in the ? midst of disorder than that order should be purchased at so high a price?the cost of health, strength, happiness,, all that makes existence endurable. . The woman that spends her life in un? necessary labor is. by this very labor,, (unfitted for the highest duties. She [should betbe haven of rest to which both husband and children turn for peace and' refreshment. She should be the careful, {intelligent adviser and. guide of the one, ;the tender confidant and helpmate of the other. How is it possible for a woman 'exhausted in body, as a natural const-1 quince in . mind also, to,, perform cither of these offices? No, it is not im? possible. The constant strain is too great, 'nature gives way to- it. She loses health and spirits and hopefulness, and morel than all, her youth, the last thing a wo? man should allow to slip from her ; ] for, no matter how old she is in years, I she should be young in heart and. feeling,] for the youth of age is sometimes more attractive than youth itself. 1 j To tjhe overworked .woman this green old'age is out of the question ; old age comes on her, sere and yellow, before its time. Her' disposition is ruined, her temper is soured, her very nature is changed by the burden which, too heavy to carry, is dragged about as long as; .wearied feet and tired hands can do their pact. Even her affections are blunted, and she becomes merely a machine?a woman without , the time to be womanly, a mother without the time to train and. guide her children as only a mother can, a wife without the time to sympathize with and cheer her husband, a woman so over worked during the day that when night comes her sole thought and most intense longing is for the rest and sleep that very probably^ will not come; but even if it should, that she is too tired to enjoy. 'Better by far let everyting go unfinished to live, as best she can, than to entail on- herself and family the curse of overwork.?The Housekeeper. Babies in Bags.-AH the old nurses in town are laughing at a certain new mother, because she ties down her babies long clothes when she sends him out on the street on a cold or windy day; but the idea is as sensibleias it is original. The long clothes of a young baby, no matter how carefully it is handled, have a ten? dency to crawl up to the little chin, of get into a buuch under the little arms, causing much discomfort and leaving the tender little feet bare and cold. Now a string or a pretty ribbon, that can always be bid by a cloak, tied around the long skirts just below the little feet, prevents the baby from getting into a bungling, bundle, keeps the: dainty skirts smooth and gracefully arranged, and the' little, biie from taking cold. Why not put the baby in a bag. at once, and be done with it? Well, why. not? We are sure that the helpless little creatures would feel far more comfortable tied up in bags than they do how done up in the awk? ward bundles known as "baby clothes." The "bag" should be roomy, of course with a drawstring at the top and another at the bottom. No embroidery, no ruffles, and no sleeve? Yes, just as much em? broidery and just as many ruffles as yon. please, but no sleeves, unless the bag is made to open. behjnd.^. The fashion of dislocating a baby's Bboulder by bending back the little arm, to force it into the sleeve of a garment made to open in front is both' useless and cruel. No wonder the little things scream and kick when they are being drossed. Talk about a Dress Reform Association for women 1 It is reform in baby clothes that is most needed, and if a fash io n able mo th e r co ul d be found brave enough to tie up her baby in dainty bags during the Winter months',, all the mothers in tho land would rise up and call her a silly. goose. But they would follow the fashion I There would be another advantage in dressing ba? bies in bags, which wise mammas would not be slow to discover?nursing would be made easy for papa. Men . do make so many excuses when they are asked to "hold baby a minute ?' but the most pre? valent'excuse of all, "Oh, I'll get his clothes all mussed up," would be out of order if they would carry the baby in a bag. The baby could not "get out of it;" neither could papa.?New Orleans Pica? yune,' .. , . *. ' '. . A Beautiful Sentiment.?Thefollow ing may have been.in print before, but it is nevertheless beautiful and worthy of I reproduction: A map without some sort of religion is, at beat, a poor reprobate, the football of destiny ; with no tie linking him, to in? finity, and to the wonderous eternity that is: within him ; but a woman without it is even worse?a flame without heat, a rainbow without color, a flower without perfume.. - " A man may in some sort tie his frail hopes and hours with weak, shifting, proud tackle) to his business of the world; but a woman without that anchor which they call faith is a drift and a wreck. A man may clumsily continue a kind of respon? sibility or motive, but can find no basis in any other: system of right action than that, of spiritual faith. A man may craze his thoughts and his brains to such heri? tage as fame and reputation may stretch before him; but a. woman?where can she put her hope in storms, if not in heaven ? And that sweot truthfulness?that abid? ing love,, that endearing hope, mellow? ing every scene of life, lighting ihem with the pleasant radiance; when the world's cold storms break like an army with smoking cannon?what can bestow it all but a holy soul-tie to what is stronger than an army with cannon? . Who that has enjoyed the love of a God-loving i mother but will echo the thought with energy and hallow it with a tear ? ? The alarming statement is now made, on the authority of a New York] physician of more than forty years'] Eractice, that for the first time in the. istoryofthat city true spotted typhus fever, which, only originates where great filth abodnds, has made its appearance without being traced to importation in j the shape of ship fever. This is an an? nouncement which is well calculated to intensify' the excitement regarding the terrible filth of tho streets of the me? tropolis, j News and Gossip. ? Crop prospects over the. whole of Texas are reported most promising. ? Locusts have made their appearance, in Howard county, Arkansas, by the million. ? The prospect is good for harvesting the largest crop of oats ever produced in Chester county. ? Robert Lincoln, Secretary of War, is being put in training as a presidential candidate for 1884. ? Arkansas is crowded with men buy? ing up tbe timber lands. Thousands of acres are sold weekly. ? Tbe acreage in cotton in Kershaw county is said to be the largest ever known to have been planted. ? The wool trade in Corpus Christi, Texas, in twenty-three years bas grown j from 0,000 to 700,000 pounds. j .-Almost every county in Tennessee has taken steps for the improvement of tbe public roads, under the new law. 1 ' ?The negroes of west Tennessee have again taken tbe Kansas fever, and are ?leaving by tbe hundreds almost daily. : ? The Petersburg fVa.) Butter-dish factory gives employment to forty-one bands and turns out 25,000 dishes every day. ? The end of tbe Texas and Pacific railway track has been pushed over thir? ty miles to the westward of the Colorado (river. ? ? A Delaware editor, who is 'also a physician, offers as an inducement to new subscribers to vaccinate every one who [will take his paper. ir^L There are 840,000 orange trees in Putnam county, Florida, and about 40, 000 are now bearing, tbe product from . which last season was 6,500,000. j ? The new Czar leads a very simple life. He rises early and breakfasts with his family, and. then puts on his boiler-' iron overcoat and, takes a walk in the jback yard. 1 ? Scene at the White House: Eater messenger?" Conkling. has. resigned I" Enter second-messenger?"Platteas re? signed I" President Garfield?" Well, I am resigned." ? An agricultural paper advises farm? ers to "never milk while the cow is eat? ing." But it is while the cow is drinking, evidently, that the city milkman gener? ally does bis milking. ? Redmond, who is confined in tbe Asheville (N. C.) jail, is still suffering very much from his wounds. Three , balls that the physicians could not ex? tract are still troubling him. ' ? It is said that if red oak bark is kept in the chicken trough at all times it is . a .sure cure for chicken cholera. As the disease in very prevalent at present its efficacy can be easily tested. ? It is reported that three of the sub-*" scribers to the Grant testimonial fund, namely, Mr. Thomas Barbour, Mr. John Hoev and Mr. E. S. San ford, have thus . far declined to pay up and that the fund is thus $15,000 short of the promised $250,000. ? After the evidence was in, a Gal veston Judge asked the accused, who was charged with*stealing a watch, if he had anything more to ofler. "I did-have an old watch to offer you, Judge, but my lawyer borrowed it and hasn't brought it back yet." ? A gentleman recently provoked a one-armed organ grinder by asking him if he was a survivor of the late war. "Why, you fool!" exclaimed the irate musician, "don't you see that I sur? vived? Do I act as though I was killed in the war?" ? If any person will invent a machine for implicating a California jury that will return'a verdict of murder in tbe first degree where the victim is worth $100,000 we will guarantee tbat . the in? ventor, is likely to go down to posterity without ever ueeiug the machine put to a test. ? Recently a number of Italian work? men were repairing the track near the Manhattan Beach Hotel, when a' few drops of rain fell, attended with a single flash Of lightning. The men at the time were walking along with their shovels over their shoulders. At the flash the last one in the line fell dead, and the one in advance shrieked with fear and rolled . over. He was scorched and stunned, but not seriously hurt ? Judge Robertson is a man above the medium size, with a full head of grayish-white hair, and a large tuft of goatee upon his chin. He has bluish, eyes, regular features, and is a man of considerate, attentive, respectful and re? markable power of thinking on his feet. He does not carry a soul'crammed with hostilities. Tbe great mass of questions tbat may arise before him, he will have to decide as they present themselves to his reason. ? Stammering, according to M. A. Cheruin, generally originates in a sud? den nervous shoes which the victim of the affection has received in childhood; sometimes it is a habit which has been acquired by tbe practice of imitating other persons who stammer, or by con? stant association with stammering mem? bers of 'the family. Professor Cbervin resorts to singing, or the use of the ca? dence for preventing stammering, and has been very successful. Whipping has sometimes been resorted to. ? When a jury was being impaneled to try a liquor case at Troy, Kansas, last week, the attorney for the prosecution promptly objected to a certain juryman. "What in the world did you challenge that man for?" asked one who was inter? ested in .the prosecution. "Why," re? plied the lawyer, "a man with such a face and nose will never bring in a verdict against a man for selling whiskey." "Well," replied.the other, "you have put off one of tbe strictest chucch members and most radical temperance men in the county!" ? A remarkable case of abstinence from food is reported at Battle Creek, Mich. Last October, Mrs. Henry In? gram had some teeth pulled, and this brought on nausea at the stomach and inability to retain food. The woman is is still alive, having eaten or drank noth? ing since October. She is nourished by being bathed in beef tea, milk, etc, which acts by absorption, tbe quantity absorbed from these baths being nearly a quart a day. She feels a sort of hunger, which is soon Allayed by a bath, after which she feels as if she bad eaten. A bath of water will quench her thirst. Her stomach is said to be totally paral? yzed. ? The President, as has been men? tioned, is determined to use to the ut? most all lawful means at his command to suppress the institution of polygamy in Utah Territory. Oue of the moat im? portant aims in this connection will be to stop the continued large immigration of Mormon proselytes from Europe.? Tbe Mormon apostles and agents are constantly at work among certain classes of the peasantry of Europe, and it is through recruits drawn from thence that tbe Mormons arts principally able to keep up their strength. The Secretary of State, by request of the President, will take this subject into consideration, with a view to ascertain whether some method cannot be devised to remedy the evil.