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Ijy E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23. 1882. VOLUME XVII. rWrllten for tho Anderdon IutelllReaccr.1 The Reffistratlon Lair. 9H . j AU malo Citizen? of the .W2rfWatw',u? thc age of twenty-one WM -nd upward?, uot laboring under ?KiiVbilUies of the Constitution with ^BBW , i,,i. of raco or color or iormer ? J: ":.,? who shall have been a rceident IOW.f. c/.to for one year, and in the ^Hff , v iu ffhich ho ollera to voto for Bixty K next preceding auy general election, Bil be entitled to vote: Provided, That K*r*on, while kept in any almshouse KL;vlutu or of unsound mind or cou ZBBEA in a?y puo'ic Prlson? or sha11 have * Bffn convicted of treason, murder, rob "??ff8 , tbe goods or chattels of another i? HBt or without violence, whether taken * flRm the person or otberwiso, or of duel a- Wm .ball be allowed to vote. 'i\ ?Bfilrc 9 All elector? of the State -shall KKWutercd as hereinafter provided, and I nerton shall bc allowed to vote at any Bctioa hereafter to bo held unless reg fSKred a? herein required. Bf KC 3. On or before the bret day ol Birch "er.:, und on or before the same jD: jn cvery secoud year thereafter, thc lt nKeruor shall appoint, by and with thc Klee and consent of tho Senate, if iu flg.inn sud if not iu session, subject tc H approval of the Senate at ita next Kiou and subicct removal by thc Kvernor, by aud with the advice and PL mt ?f the Senate, ono competenl BU disTeet person iu each county, whe WL\l bo a qualified voter thereof, and Bho shall hold his office at tho county Kt who shall bc known us tho super ?BEor of registration of such county, and Kose duty it shall bo to supervise th< I HEjitratio's of thc electors of such couti Hf ?y herein specified. The B^id super Kor of registration shall keep a record Balgi bis ollicial acta and proceedings B>e terra of his office shall bc for twe Kars from the date of bis appointment BHBin Hliall continue in office until hi;) sue BBK-nr is appointed and qualified, and lu Kail cot bc eligible to any other offict !i" jring thc term for which be is appoint ???. The Governor Bhall havo the au BB?ritv to appoint an assistant superviso ggf CMP. nf the inability of the superviso] H oct, who, when BO appointed, shal gave all the powers and be charged witt |HP duties of the supervisor, and abai nccive five dollars per diem when ac HBally employed. Ibo Governor shal [B8BBO appoint two assistant supervisors o Kction who shall serve without compon Ktion-who shall sit with the superviso S?HBa'l cases where the supervisor shal Wfuse to register the applicant. Hto1- Secretary cf State shall j" 7 the 1st. Maicli, Anno Domini 1882 Entise a sulficient number of rcgistratiot ooks and blanks to be prepared, so tba ;v. '?ere shall be two of the said booka fo Keb precinct in eacb county, whicl Kph shall be ruled in columns, witl ?Boper headings, so as to indicate th j^jgttne, age, occupation mid placo of rcsi HSoce of each elector, with a separat Blum o to the right sido of the page fo BBCU entries us may be necessary. .' ii ?SEC. 5. After the approval of this Act Wat supervisor of registration, in th Booths of May and June next, shal ^V'-; -'Mc a full and complete registration c Hi qualified voters in the fuifowing man Ber: ile shall give three weeks' notice c ^?pc times and places of registration b ijjlverti?inir. in one or moro couuty papen K hy post.og in a public place in euc --opting precinct, where no paper is pul U [shed in the county. The time for reg miration shall not be less than one nc gBoretnaD three days at each registratio ?rocinct. Immediately after closing th .?gistratioii at the precincLs, he sha B,eD his books at thc county scat, to coi Bct errori ,u registration, and to registt |p|lch electors as failed to register at the: .j-pective precincts, and who shall the |KDd there present ihetnejlvcs for tb: B1^03^: entering the names of sue Rioters in his book for their proper pr? Bods. At the conclusion of the regt Hption hereinbefore provided for tl Supervisor of registration shall revise tl i?\ht; and in case it bo made to appear t K[a satisfaction that there is a qualifie Hoter in a precinct who has failed to rei nfeter, he may, upon such evidence as 1 ?Bay !mn^ necessary, in his discrctio H|ermit tho name ot such voter to I ?glaced on said list, and to issue a certil ggate therefor. That for the purpose IgpgiBtration, each township us now la Saut and defined be, and is hereby, d Wared such precinct, and in the cities fflpolumbia and Charleston each wai gHnall be a ?egistration precinct. H ?SEC. 6. When the sa . registratic ?nail have been completed, the boo! HBbail bu closed, and not reopened f Registration, except for tho purposes at gH? hereiuaftcr mentioued, until after tl ES"1 general elections for Stato officei B^fter tho said next general election tl Egaid books ehall be reopened for registr Hon of such persons ns ehall thereafl ?ecome entitled to register on the fi? glonday in each month, to and until tl jH>rst Monday oT July, inclusive, pr Weding the following* general ulectio Wpon which last named dny the san ?all be closed and not reopened for re BUralion until !ifler tDP general ele HP?u; and ever after the said book ?ht Ve opened fer registration of such clectx ga the days above mentioned, until tl rsl day of July preceding a genet .eaton, when trio same shall be dos ? aforesaid until tho said general eic l(>n "ball have taken place. bEC. 7. Euch elector in the Stato sin * required, al thc time advertised 1 lls precinct as hereinbefore provided, Ppeur before the supervisor of registt Wii,au lhe ,),llce advertised, and mn adi before the said supervisor, whi thc said supervisor is hereby autht wa and required to ndminiater, that t sc? then and there to bo stated by bi J to his name, age, occupation and pin 4 res'dencc, and duration of residen a county and State, aro true, and thei P"n the said supervisor shall enter t ame, age, occupation and place of re ,c"ce ut thc elector in the approprit 0|urnn in his registration boo<-\ ) ?all niako and keep a list of the cc ^'ecl applications for registration whi >e rejects, and report the same for be ?g before the assistant supervisors bc "lore required. I nil 8" ^'ie supervisor of regiatrati nan determine as to tho legal qualifii ona of any applicant for registration "Wmary process, rcquring oath, e jnce, or both, if he deem proper, ai to revision by the assistant sup ?era and himself in all cases where refused to register tho applica r?ui tho decision of the supervisors fg'stration any applicant who is rejeci ?au havo tho right to a review ther / {ne Circuit Couru, provided ho g wee in writing to the supervisor uch review and tho ground tberoof wi d"ys after 100 dfty of reject! "a instituto hin proceedings within '?J? after the filing of such notice. SEC. 9. Any person coming of age, r scorning qualified as an elector, n Ppear before the supervisor of regist on on any day on which the books pened us aforesaid, aud take oath ai " ?gc and qualifications as hereinbcl i?itced' Hnd if tho supervisor find li Ruined, he shall enter his namo ui regiatratioD book of tho preel ?nerein he resides. Such person si ,av? the right of appeal as aforesaid, ewe ?io supervisor shall not find bira qualified: Provided, Thal in cuc a p?. son ?hall not be of age to qualify bini Is an elector on the day of'the desiTg of : tl e uooke of registration before any gen era election, but shall be of such age ?s ?ff JETS* b,.m ,M 8Uch c,ector bef?T thc said1 general election, and shall ap pear before the supervisor of registration S?r$! l? 1 tbcret,VD(J the supervisor shall find him qualified, be shall enter a?or3.U,,0n re8istration book as nf?E(,,-j0. na<ih cIector registered aa , aforesaid shall thereupon be furnished by ? the supervisor with a certificate, which I shall contain a statetr.rnt of his nee oe cupation and place of residence, aa en tered in the said registration book, and ? which cerff.cate shall be signed by tho said supervisor, and no person shall be allowed to vote at any other precinct tha.i f,he one for which he is registered nor unless he produces and exhibits t? the managers of election auch certificate : Provided, In case there shall bo no elec tion precinct within any township or parish, the supervisor shall designate iu the certificate at which of the neighbor ing precincts thc elector shall vote; and ! !D c?80 ??ere be more than one precinct in any township or parish, the supervisor shall likewise designate in the certificate at which of the said precincts the elector shall vote. The certificate of registra tion shall be of the following form : Registration Certificate, Number_ -- Couuty, -Township, Klee' tion Preciuct-. The bearer, ?8 a qualified voter in thc above precinct and resides at -, in - Town ship oi Parish, and is - years of agc and entitled to vote at said precinct. Registered on thc-dav of- A D. 188-. _:_1 Supervisor of Registration. SEC. ll. That every elector shall have the right to a renewal of his certificate without fee or charge, when the same be comes defaced by time or accident, upon his surrendering such certificate, so de faced, to the supervisor of registration. SEC. 12. In case of the removal of an elector troin one residence to another in the same precinct such elector shall notify tho supervisor of registration and shall surrender his certificate of registra tion to tho said supervisor of registration, who shall enter the fact upon che regis tration book, and shall give such elector a new certificate in accordance with such change of residence. SEC. 13. In case of the removal of an ejector from one precinct to another pre cinct in the same county, such elector shall notify the supervisor of registration end shall surrender his certificate of reg istration lo the said supervisor of regis tration, who shall, by the said elector. enter the fact upon the proper registra tion book, and shall give such elector a new certificat" for thc preciuct into windi he has removed. SEC. 14. In case of the removal of an elector from one county to another, such elector shall notify thc supervisor of reg istration of the county wherein he is registered, and shall surrender his certifi cate of registration ; and thc said super visor of registration shall thereupon enter the fact of such removal upon the regis tration book as aforesaid, and shall give such elector a certificate of transfer to the county to which such elector shall have removed, upon the presentation of which the supervisor of registration for such county shall cause such elector to bo registered in tho precinct of such county to which he shall have removed, sud shall furnish such elector with a cer tificate as hereinbefore provided. SEC. 15. No elector removing from one residence, precinct or county to another shall bc allowed to register or volo with Mit a transfer of registration as above provided. SEC. 1(5. The supervisor of registration shall, immediately preceding each elec tion, revise the registration of electors and mark of. the names of Btich electors is have died and such as have removed from ono residence, precinct or county tc motlier, without notifying him and ob taining a certificate of transferas herein before provided. SEC. 17. At each and every election ibo supervisor of registration shall fur iiish thc managers of election with on( )f the registration books for cadi pre :inct, for the care and custody of which he managers receiving the same shall b< responsible, and which they shall returr o tho supervisor of registration withit bree days after tho close of election md no elector shall be allowed to vote vhose name is not i cratered as herein jefore provided. SEC. 18. Tho supervisors of registration hall receive, for their compensation it he county of Charleston one thousand lullars, and in each other couuty in thii Hate five hundred dollars. Tho compen ation of the supervisors after the presen ?ear to be fixed by tho General Assembly lilli Arp ou Spring Work. We have been moving old fences am leaning up hedge rows. There wa onie old logs in tho fence row that ranted to r.'dl into a gully and I pnscc t one with a rail for an hour trying t< et it out o? its bed when one of thc dar ?es came along with his mule and a nlovy nd ho put his mule on one ?ide and hi low, on thc other and moved all in fiv ti nu tes without a bit of trouble. Bu *m a learning and I don't care who >a-n from. I've never seen anybody ye hat didcot know some things that I did nt and there is many an old farme .ho knows things that wise men Ilk rofessors in College? don t. Some folk o through A long life and observe httl r nothing au.*, most of the boys neve op to think but learn all they knot ?om books. Do Hie boys know th? .hen a horse crops grass ho oats back t im but a cow cats outward from her bt iiiso she has no front teeth in her uppc iw and has to gum it. Do they kno mt some kinds of snakes lay eggs an MHO don't, but give birth to their youi-j lo thoy know that a cane gets its fu rowth in a v-ear whether large or sinai ?d tho limb of a tree never gets an icher from thc ground no matter ho ich thc tree grows. The boys have see ,any a white horse, but did they ever BC white colt? Do they know that a he ?ne winds with the sun, but a bean fl? Iways winds the other way ? How do. bird fly without moving a feather < ripping a wing? How does a anal imb a tree or a brick wall ? What ie difference between a deer s track at hog's track and how often does a bu< icd his horns and what becomes lem? Which ought to be tho large ie throat of the chimney or thc funnt id ought it to bo wider at the top rawn in ? Books are a wonderful bel nt a man ought not to bo satisfied to , irough lifo and bo always on tho borre om other pcoplo's brains. Ho ought red out some things for himself, ai ave a little to posterity in payment I 1 that he has learned from others. We see in tho New York Spirit of i 'ima mention of the cure of Mr. Oeoi rake, 46 Fifth street, Indianapolis, In r a severe case of water rheumatism io use of St. Jacobs Oil.-Ciucmn ',i qi; irtr PRESIDENT AUTHUR. Ul? Walk? bud Convocation. Ills Dally Habit., Political Characteristic? and Prospects; and UN Methods of Manage went of the Mel ropoUUn Machine. I Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer. NEW YORK, Mardi 29.-President Arthur has been described but little by tho Washington correspou-'enti, and therefore, falling in with a handful of his cronies laat night, I directed the con- | venation particularly to his appearance, behavior, table talk aud prospects. I ' began the conversation with Mr. Rufus Andrews, who claims some hand in in troducing Arthur to tho load politics of New York after thc close of the rebellion. , ?V e were soon after joined by Mr. I.yd ecker, who was the deputy collector of the port when Arthur was collector, and who resigned in consequence of thc re port of the Jay communion, though he is regarded herc as a superior typo of man, and a very accomplished customs oflicer. Not long afterwards there carno in three of the intimate lieutenants of Gen- ? eral Arthur in bringing out thu republi- j can vote of the city, all young men of the Irish stock, tho tallest of them, Putney Biglin, a native of Pennsylvania, and one of the eighteen children, who v:as in youth a celebrated oarsman-one of the Biglin brothers, scullers. Next \ was John J. O'Brien who is the presi-1 dent of the republican general committee , of this city, a young man, with a pale 1 face, black eyes aud a black mustache, who wears a white bow at his collar in imitation of Governor Cornell. Ho is the head of the famous bureau of this city which regulates registration, the polls, etc. ; and when recently several big professional men, like Colonel Charles Spencer, John D. Lawson and Joel Mason, wanted to bc made head of the general committee, President Arthur Btrodc forward, and by his pcrsonnl will made O'Brien the head of a machinery fully equnl to John Kelly's position at the head of Tammany hall. I should think O'Brien was about 30 years oid. The next member nf Ibo party "was Mike. Cregan, a thick-set mun, with n square head, who is clerk of one of the impor tant courts of thc citv. He had just come back from thc ?lot Springs, and afton figures in tho papers as a confidant jf Mr. Conkhng. Tho good nature of these three last named was apparent when they referred to some sketch I re :ently made in your columns not very :on)plimentary to them, and, dismissing \ny acrimony, joined In the conversation, ind made it a free talk. Rufus Andrews is a native of Ohio, ivestern reserve, and is a New York law ler, who cooperated with Conkiing many rears ago tc overthrow the Weed and Reward domination in this state. Secre ,ary Chase tnp.de him surveyor of the port. He regarded Horace Greeley as lis best friend ; and when Greeley was lominated for president in 1872 he went iver to thc coalition, and that took him nto the democratic party, in which he supported Hancock last year. "You liave been over to Washington,'' said I o Mr. Andrews; "did you ace the pres- , dent?" "Yes ; I found him to be the same nan ho waa when wc rnn things together lere. I felt a little und. . the influence <f his station, but in a few minutes I aw he was unchanged. He showed me lis new bedroom aud toilet facilities, vhieh he has recently put up in the vhite house, and I suppose it is the incst bedroom in tho world. I do not lelieve that any monarch sleeps so well is Arthur. He keeps up his old habita o a great extent, and while I was in Yashiugton he started out at S o'clock ti the morning to take a wnlk, and made Tom Murphy, Clint Wheeler and another ( riend go along. They walked around ho streets till half-past four in the mor ling. Arthur was always the last man o go to bed in any company, and his labit in New York was to stay up till he latest, generally going toward homo bout three o'clock in the morning, and hen he would sit down on his front step md talk as long ns anybody dared to ( tay. "I cnn tell you a curiou anecdote ibout that front step,''' said Andrews. 'Ono evening I went with him toward he Atnall hours of the morning, and we at down on the front step and talked a ;ood while about the drift of events and iolitical probabilities, and when I got ip to go away it was very late in the norning, and I ?aid :" 'Well, General, ood night. I hope I shall sec you in ho white house, president of tho United Itate*. The remnrk had faded from my lind till after he took the oath of office ?s president, and made his first visit to iew York. I went up to see him at tho fifth Avenue hotel in his room, and ns entered he took me aside and said : Andrews, do you remember a remak ou made on my front step one morning s we were parting-that you hoped I .otild be president of tho United States? Veil, I nm president. How strange !" "Does ho keep house on the principle f President Hayes V ' "Not he. Ho has a warm and cheery ideboard, to which his old friends step p and hear him say : "This is not a layes administraron." "Do you think, Mr. Andrews, that he ?ill bo renominated?" "1 do. He will beal Jim Blaine at very turn in the management of bim elf. Blaine does not begin to have the iolitical conning caution and force to other of Arthur. He has been under fed for years as a politician, and is at :iis moment the most level-headed and est instructed politician in the United tates. He has control of tho orgauiza on in the State of New York, as Mr. ran Buren had not when he was elected 'resident. In the city of Ne-v York ho i tho personal master of machinery rhich is rapidly winning this city from he democratic parly. Arthur had tho BUSO lo select the same material to beat 'ammany hall that Tammany contained -young" men, hnrd-Gsted, wise and enial, who would go right into the elec-1 ion districts nnd work from house to ouse factory to factory, finding out use il instrumentalities ; and consequently ame of the old banner districts of Wood nd Tweed have become banner republi an distric . He ?6 a wise man in his elations to business men nnd social life, s well as to the working politicians. Do you know that he received $350,000 j carry the state of Indiana, chiefly tirough the confidence in him the bank rs and leading republicans here hnd ? Ie did raise that amount. It was sent ut to Indiana by the cashier of the ?'irst National bank to pay it out, and Utbur left the republican committee rith many thousand dollars untouched t tue end of thc campaign." "What did the president say to you ersonally ?" "He Baid : 'Well, Andrews, where do ou belong just uo*? It bsa taken a earch warrant to fiad where you have ;ept yourself politically for some years ,ast.' Said I: 'Mr. President, lam an Arthur man.' 'You are sure about that mw, are you?' 'Yes, air, I am for Arthur.' 'All right, then,' ?aid bc; ire shall know wilt;o you are for tho atare.' " .n, ?. UM TMUli53DA^ "Mr. Andrews, UH you aro still, or were hut recently, a democrat, do you think thal Arthur can be elected if renomina ted?" "Yes, I think tho probabilities are that nay. The drift of business is in tho di rection of holding things 6teady, aud I think Arthur, before he passes through two years of his administration, will be very strong with the busuicss classes without much regard to party. That is what bc is bending his mind tn, and all his steps are taken carefully, slowly and thoughtfully. Ho told me that thc cap tivity of the white house waj tho only complaint he had to make. Said he: 'I am a prisoner here, and my old habits of social intercourse with my friends and making excursions arc cut off. But it is growing easier, as I am becoming fitted to it.' There never was his equal as a gentleman in personal intercourse in that while house, und I won't except General Washington." "Don't you think ho is playing into the hands of tho stalwart faction too much?" "Well, he means to be a stalwart, lin i? having that understood, and he will completely trample on this half-breed faction in the course of another year. Ile feels about them just as I do-that they arc not to be trusted in politics. Robertson, the Collector of thc Tort, Jimmy Husted and Chauucey Depew are the three representative half-breeds ; and any one of them, to attain an honor, will abandon his political friends. 1 had dealings with those men twenty years ago, and I always found them unreliable in a political necessity. I remember, in the struggle wo made in this Slate to make Daniel S. Dickinson Vice-President in place of Hannibal Hamlin, that those three half-breeds all promised mo their support, and when wo came to the vote in the convention I turned round and they had slipped out. Now, Judge Rob ertson is perfectly willing to abandon every vestige of his right? in the New York Custom House to be allowed to stay there. He ia not doing oue thing to help Blaine or to help himself. Ho is fixed, and there he wants to stay, and he will not be disturbed. He will only resign at his own desire. I anticipate, however, that he will resign, and that Steve French will become the Collector ; and I think Lydcckcr will become vite Surveyor." Joh Stuart's Last Fight. The baltic had evidently reached thc turning point and Stuart saw the desper ate character of his situation. It was difficult to uto his artillery in such a raelee of friend and foe, and his left wing was soon in utter disorder. The Federal attack had at last succeeded in breaking it to pieces ; the men were scattering in eveiy direction, and seeing Major Breath ed near him, Stuart shouted : "Breathed, take command of all the mounted men in thc road and hold it against whatever comes. If this road is lost, we are gone 1" Such an order was precisely suited to the tastes of a man like Breathed. I was intimately acqaiuted with him, and never knew a man who toole such sincere delight in desperate fighting. At Stuart'?, order Breathed saluted, and shouted to the men to follow him, charged tho Fed eral column, apparently careless whether he was followed or not. Ho was imme diately surrounded, and a hot sabre fight took place between himself nnd bis swarm of enemies. A sabre blow nearly cut him out of his saddle and he received a pistol shot in his side; but lie cut down one Federal officer, killed another with his revolver, and made his way out, his face streaming with blood. At this mo ment the artillery opened, but a determin ed ch?rge was made on the gun*., aud all the pieces were captured but one. The driver of this piece lashed his horses and rushed the gun eiftT towards thc Chicha hominy, followed by the cannoneers, cursing and shouting : "For God's sake, boys, let's go back ; they've got Breathed !" It would have been better for the gun to have been Raptured. As it WBB whirl ing on at wild speed it broke through the cavalry, throwing them into disorder, and before the linc was ;'formed, the en emy struck it, and the I in tile wns ended. Both thc southern wings were driven and there was no hope of continuing thc con test. Stuart was nearly in despair, aud was seen galloping about, shouting and waving his sabre in a desperate attempt to rally his men. But it was impossible. The field was n sceno of the wildest dis order. Federals and Confederates wero darting in every direction, and one of the former, as he darted hy Stuart, fired at him, and shot him through the body. The bullet entered his side, and passing through thc stomach, inflicted a mortal wound. In ita pawage it just grazed a small Bible which he nlways carried, the gift of his mother. He reeled in the sad dle and was caught by Captain Dorsey, of the First Virginia, and, as ho had closed his eyes, he seemed about to expire on the field. His immense vitality, how ever, f-ustained him, and endevoring tu rise erect again in his saddle, h .'exclaim ed to those around him : . "Go back and do your duty as I have ?lone mine, and our country will be safe !" -J. Esten Cool: in 'Philadelphia Times. HILARIOUS UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Rounding out we passed close to the par tially submerged town of Delta. An un broken sheet of water stretched across its >,ite and as far below as tho eyo could reach. Broken only nt interva's by clus ter? of stunted trees it appeared entirely deserted and presented a most woebegone appearance. Passing close-almost over the site of C J famous Grant Canal wc finally entered the broad channel of the 6tre4m, and soon Vicksburg was in the distance. Hardly were wc out of sight of its steeples when two dilapidated flatboats came floating down, each con taining a negro family and their scanty possessions in tho way of a few live stock, like modern Noahs in search of dry land. One of those homely and hastily improvised arks passed close by the boat. Two cows and three mules were seen hud dled together in tho stern, with n patri archal negro in close attendance, whUe two women and three children occupied the bow. Ono of them was picking away at a banjo despite the dismal surround ings. They were evidently hopeful un der difficulties and waved their aprons 'n liiiairous salute as wo swept by in plein sight of their rows of grinning ivories. Arkanta? City (hr. JV*. Y. Herald. - The town of Spartanburg will ex pend $20,000 for thc repair of the streets. - A big German colony is being es tablished on thc Cumberland plateau, in Tennessee. It is under the direction of Cyrus Clarke, a prominent Pennsylva nian of practical views. - In consequence of the great destitu tion caused by tho overflow of the Mis sissippi the idea of celebrating the bi centennial discovery of the mouth of that river has been abandoned. - The work at the Dorn gold mine in Abbeville county has been suspended. In former years this was one of the rich est gold mines in the South, but it seems thu it hus been exhaut ted. { MORNING, APill] A ROMANCE OE TWO GENERATIONS. A Seen? In the United htutcH Hcnaf? Cham ber In 1783. Fivm Jfarjx-r'i Magazine fur April, On the 23d of December, 1783, the floor or the Senate Chamber al Annnpo HB was filled to overflowing by stately danes and geutle maidens who had flocked to tho Capitol as if the weight of state questions had been for this one hour intrusted to their wise deliberations. Washington, tho mighty yet unambitious hero of the lime-, while still the idol of the public hearts, was on this day to lay down his laurels by resigning to Con gress his commission ns Commander in Chief of the brave little army whose triumph:; lu: had directed and whose Bufferings he had shared. Accompanied by his aides, Col. Benjamin Walker and Cul. David Humphreys, and the officers appointed as escort, Washington entered tho hull where the assembled Congress awaited him, every manly voico among the spectators cheering, aud every fem inine haukcrchief waving an enthusiasm of approval and welcome ; but the cheers were hushed into breathless sileuco by the Brat word* of the great hero's dig nified address, to which Gen. Mifllin, as President of the Senate, made an elo quent and appropriate reply. On Wash ington's, left stood the valiant soldier, Col. John Eager Howard, of Maryland, and facing Col. Howard, conspicuous among the foremost group of Senators, was Gen. Rend, of South Carolina, tho hero of this short legend of a bygone love. How little did cither ?if these young men, strangers to one another, dream of the day lo come when ii son and daughter of each were to become husband and wife to thc daughter and son of the other ! Many were thc men whoso names were already distinguished, or to become historic, who were present, either as members of Congress or spec tators of tho impressive scene, Madison, Jefferson, Monroe; Lee, of Virginia; Osgood, of Massachusetts ; Morris, of Pennsylvania ; McComb, of Delaware, and Gen. Otho Williams. Gens. Smith and Swan, of Maryinna. Tho well known Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, was accompanied by his two dnugluers, one of whom was afterward, as Airs. Catoir, mother to tho celebrated trio of American beauties who became respec tively Kndy Stafford, the Marchioness of Wellesley, and tho Duchess of Leeds. But absorbing as was thc attention given to Washington by the august as semblage of heroes and patriots, who recognized in him the greatest h<- o and patriot of uny, the young Carolinian's eyes wandered up to the gallery above, where Mrs. Washington with her young grandchildren at her knee '.vas seated in till the dignity and legitimate prido of the wife who crowns nersclf with her husband's glory. Grouped around her chair were the three Calvert sisters. Maryland's blood royal, the family of Lord Baltimore ; mid never was the fame of Maryland beauty better maintained than by thc contrasting loveliness of tho youngest. Miss Arinua Calvert, with tho more brilliant charms of her elder sis- , ters, who had boen espoused during all ? the perils of the war, both on the snmc evening, tho one by Washington's step Bon, Parke Custis, and the other b. Mr. George Stuart, of Maryland. It is told of these gentlemen that each received the announcement of the birth of a son -born on tbo same day, a year after tho marriages-while on the battlefield. But it was not the rich bloom or dark eyes of the beautiful young matrons which so riveted tho attention of tho young Southerner that even the sublimo presence of Washington was for a while forgotten. To his eyes the youngest sister was much the fairest; and he gazed up at the unconscious young girl until the friend at his elbow, Mr. James Monroe-too thorough a Virginian not to recognize the phenomena of a love at first sight-whispered her name in his ear, and tho offer to present bim h'"fbre the lady quitted Annapolis towu for her home in the country. The offer was gratefully accepted, and ere the winter was half over Miss Calvert wns affianced to her eager and enraptured young lover ; but not, alas ! with the entire conseut and npprobntion of her family and friends, and thence arose the cloud which darkened the horizon of this love legend. As usual, that passion youth defies, age coldly ignored. Tho Carolinian was wealthy, of prominent position and good birth, and of distinguished education; but the Indy was threatened with decline. She was also the youngest darling of tho household ; her sisters had married so well, yet remained in their midst, and her family grew more and moro reluctant that this compaiative stranger should bear away their tender and fragile flower to his far off Southern home to pine nway, and die perhaps, out of sight and hearing of those xhu had loved lier from her cradle, nnd the angered lover saw th? feeble henlth of his Indy love give way under thc conflict of duty with feel ing, until she became indeed seriously ill. But the pansionate Southerner was not to have the woman of his heart grauted to his wishes. Thc sensibility which could doom the gentle Ariana Calvert to an early death could not per mit her to sacrifice family affections to her own and her lover's happiness. What bitter tears nnd faltering words were exchanged in their parting none can toll ; but the miniatures, given once ns thc fair tokens of union, each still retained to be sorrowful consolation nnd reminder of a lifelong separation. ABU KS Fou SWEKT POTATORS.-A co r rr spondent says : "I notice the question is asked, which is the best fertilizer or mnn ure for sweet potatoes? From the ex perience I have bad in manuring tho sweet potato, I must say thal rotted ashes, when properly put on has precedence over nil others I have had any experience with. The plan that I adopted was lo open a deep furrow with a scooter pion* and put in p?onty of ashes. Bed on the ashes and n sure crop may be realized on the poorest koli. Cow-penning is good-BO aro cotton seed and stable manure ; but, after experimenting with tho nahes, they will bo abandoned, provided ashes can be had. I experimented on ns poor coil ns 1 had, nnd the result was as line a crop of [lOtatoes as I ever saw on any kind of and. Rotted Bahes is good for cotton also' and almost any kind of vegetation. I am convinced there is not a better fer tilizer made on any plantation than rot ted ashes. So every ono will find it greatly to his interest to take special care of it." - San Antonio, Texas, is to have a new church, on a cosmopolitan plan, in which every man can eutertain his own peculiar views in regard to religion. - The Department of Stato has re ceived a dispatch from Trescot announc ing tho death of Minister Hurlbut, from disease of thc heart, at Lima, March 27. - A meeting of the citizens of Coosa whatchie township, Hampton county, ou the ll th, adopted the following resolu tion : Resolved, That we will continue to plant our crops under a fence and let our Stock run at large, as heretofore, and re quest our neighbors to do the same. J ia. 1882. Talk In Washington. WASHINGTON, April 2. The general comment here is that Ar thur has gotten pretty hard up when ho comes to Teller and Chandler for his Cabinet. They will complete the worst combination any President over sat in the muidlo of. Tender-footed, old-maidish KrcUnghuvsen, with his milk-and-water foreign policy ; bland old Folger, with everything negative except a look out for what is to come after thc treasury port folio; Hob Lincoln, living on his father's fame, and vindictive Brewster, will lind in the ?tupid Teller and the frisky Bill Chandler no influence to disturb tho peaceful mediocrity of their high council. In Kirkwood the most highly respected man of the present Cabinet goes out. Mr. Hunt's probable departure is also regretted partly because he is personally liked ami because of ?ns well known preference fur remaining. There are some hints that don't knock nmah down, and Hunt will resign. Teller will be promoted to strengthen him at home where the other faction is crowding him. His present term expires in 18811, and he want? another. By gi vinthe remainder of his present term to secure some per manent home influence, and by tho pres tige and patronage of the Interior De partment he may come back in '83 to make, for another six years, tho answer easy to the conundrum, "Who is the boro of the Senate?" Chandler aud his friends are advertising his public ser vices to prove his fitness for tho manage ment of our mythical navy. One amus ing' thing about these circulars is that, though tliey luxuriate in rhetoric like a circus poster, they omit all mention of Willie's heroic services in Florida. Though ho stands confessed tho cham pion ballot box juggler of the age, his achievements in this linc arc modestly eliminated from thejistof his virtues. THU SOUTH CAHOMSA SQUAUULK. Wo have promise of some lively talk when Senator M. C. Butler returns from South Carolina. Before bc left ho offer* ercd a resolution asking that Attorney General Brewster furnish tho Senate a copy of his correspondence in reference to the prosecutions begun to-day against certain citizens of South Carolina for alleged violations of the election laws. A few days ago the correspondence wa? transmitted to the Senate, but Bullo, had gone, and Genernl Hampton wanted to wait until his colleague could come back boforo a concerted arraignment of Brews- I ter should begin. Butler and Hampton aro both indignant at the charges made against their constituency iii tho Attor ney-General's instructions lo the Phila delphia lawyer ho has sent to aid in tho prosecutions. They propose to say some thing in reply. Dun" Voorhccs lins taken up thc causo too, and is printed for a speech in his best vein of satire. Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, is also booked fori a raid on thc new Attorney-General. Others may come in on tho attack, and there will be tis much, probably, to bo said on thc other side. Ibis discussion, wherever tho responsibility for its origin may lie, will be unfortunate. IL will necessarily take a sectional tinge, and revive thc bitter feelings that a year ago were rampant in thc determined dead j lock. Among tho most disagreeable probabilities looms the grim visngo of Dawe? contorted in tho ngony of a four hours' harangue on "a freo ballot and a fair count." Mahono might furnish his assailants with ono of his spasmodic efforts if he could protect his friends from the same infliction. F,verybody has grown weary of thc old crimination nnd i recrimination such a discussion is bound to bring about. As the cases will not amount lo much in the courts, why not let the thing show itself up as a farce and pay no attention to Benny Brewster's splenetic epistles. Some Dem?crata from South Carolina say they are very glad this thing has happened. It has solidi fied every element in the Democratic party ot the State and hushed thc rising clamor for a "new departure." An inju dicious agitation by Southern men in the Senate would not enhance this benefit, and might mote than offset it by inju rious impressions in the North. TtlK NKW JUSTICE. Judge Blatchford was sworn in to-day and took his seat next to Stanley Mat thews, on the extreme left of the Chief Justice. A great many people pop in to look at the august Court a moment, bul thc crowd was much larger than usual to day owing to curiosity to seo tho new man. He is a dry looking old gentleman, about thc most commonplace figure in thc illustrious niue. Ho sat reading, seemingly os uuconcerned ns if ho had been there ten years. The Court had eight Judges presont, something that has not happened for a longtime. Mr. Har lan alone was absent, and he was nt work on tho Circuit. A year ago the;o was difficulty in getting a quorum. The Court is changing very fast. It seems only a few days ago when Judgo Words waa appointed and thc Atlanta bar was wining him over the honor. Yet Justices Matthews, Gray and Blatchford all have como siuce. Judgo Wordt has moved up a tilo on the right, giving the end seat to Bachelor Gray with his enormous bald head. Thu guido who takes green vis itors with plenty of money through ibu vast area ol marble under tho roof of the capital always dilates on tho historic ! memories of thc court room. It was the ! old Senate chamber where most of the school-boy speeches of the day were forged, und where ninny of the anecdotes of thc great men of tho nute bellum days did not occur. Thc place must bavo been uncomfortably close and small for the Senate, for in the famous picture of Clay addressing his peers his tall form seems to go half way to tho lillie gallery, and his long anns give him tho appear ance of patting his distinguished friends in any part of the house on the head in his easy style of oratory. Tho glory of the old" room has departed so far as' tho general public is concerned. Business and curiosity alone attract to it now. Nobody expects to be entertained, for the speeches made there are the perfection of refined dullness. Tho orators aro gener ally conversational in manner and tho greal Judges not infrequently look sleepy. The marble busts of dead Chief Justices around the wall, tho thick carpet, the heavy red cushioned benches, and tho pompous old negroes who swing ?he noiseless doors tor your entrance and oxit-all aid in tho general elTect of sol emn quiet, and your first impulse when you get outside is to yawn and shake your??If to the friskiness of ordinary r.iort.ility.-Correspondence Afania (-'an ni Hut ion. - California's pasture lauds, vineyards and wheat fields are now more profitable than ber gold mines. The yield from her rn'ocs is becoming less every year, while from the other sources it is beccm j ing greater. - George Scoville, the Chicago lawyer who defended Guitcau,. now speaks of that person as "an ungrateful brute and thc champion liar," supplementing thc observation with : "Also tho meanest man I ever knew." Mrs. Scoville docs not share her husband's opinion of her brother. VOLTJ1 Thc Wightman Professorship. A meeting of tho bretliern und friends ; of the Into Bishop Wightman WAS held i in this city Ima week to consider the ? proposition of Mr. C. H. Muckenfuss, j which WHS .,iade through tho Southern j Christian Advocate of flic 18th instant, : ''that tho Church in SouthCarolina unite '?? with the Church nt large in erecting thc monument proposed" te the memory of i Bishop \V" ''and in addition concur in I : rearing p. more enduring one than that of ? j marble," tho endowment of a professor ship in Wodbrd College, to be called tho 1 Whightmnn Professorship. Tho sugges- i j tion was favorably entertained, ana thc j amount which was proposed to be raised for the purpose, $40,'i00, regarded as reasonable, lt waa concluded thnt an appeal for this sum be made to the alumni of Wollbrd College, to tho friends j ami admirera of thc eiecensed Bishop, and to the members of our Church in ?South Carolina. It WAS determined that the Coramitteo who have charge of the duty of obtaining funds for the erection ot the monument bc not interfo'od with in their work, aa it is no doubt tho wish of tho entire Church to rear a monument over the gravo of our beloved Bishop, who lies in Magnolia Cemetery. A Committee hns been appointed, whose duty it shall be, meanwhile, lo make suitable appeal' and exertions in behalf of tho fund to endow tho profes sorship. Thc two claims upon our Meth odism aro not lon many, nor will they prove onerous. The Committee appoint ed for tho latter purpose are : C. H. Muckenfuss, Chairman ; E. J. Mevnar die, W. K. Blake, II. H. Newton, S. B. Jones, L. B. Haynes, W. A. Hogers. The undersigned having been requested to preparo nm. publish this circular, set ting forth the facts above Btated, esteems it both an honor and a privilege to do so. He does not deem it necessary that au argument should ho made to convince the readers of this address of (he eminent propriety of the suggestion that a monu ment, ofji literary nnd religious character, be reared to tho memory of Bishop Wightman, which in the durability of ita influence upon the mind and bean, shall sur vivo the "Pyramids of brass, Thal all the fond nrlillecrs did think I in mortal workmanship. " This action will strengthen an honored and esteemed institution of tho Church nnd widen its field of usefulness in the culture of mind and the impartation of knowledge. "My pruise," says England's most philosophic thinker, "shall be ded icated to mind itself." The honor wc propose to confer, we would dedicate to the milld. "Tho mind Is tho luau, nmi tho knowledge of thc mind. A man i* but what he Knowcth." Thus we sock lo produce worthy effects, and to endow lifo with ils highest distinctions and purest pleasures. Thc thought of endowing, in this way, c. Methodist College, is a happy one, by reason of the fact that it will bo a most filling memorial of thc worth of a Meth odist Bishop, who bad been himself de voted to learning ; had spent a largo part of his lifetime as an educator of youth ; and had filled with eminent ability every station in tho Church to which ne lind been called. Wc feel confident tl.it tho unanimous voico of our Southern Churidi will en dorse the propriety of conferring upon Wofl'ord College the contemplated honor, ns u grateful tribute to tho memory of its lind president, lo whom, more than to nny other mau, that institution is indebted for its original Organization, i's cxhnustlcss vitality, and its continued success. "There ho ?lid a great work," remarks Ur. Summers, "for which he deserves and will receive a perpetual memorial." This memorial wo now prinosc ti ac.'ord to him ; nnd one which will outlast the trophic? snatched from butilo-fields, nnd preserved in hall i of splendor, for the udmira'ion nnd homage of posterity; tr until j 'hat it u. ?y provo "a rich atore- I house for tho Creator, and the relief of man's estate." Another reason for this endowment is, Bishop Wighlman's conspicuo? connec tion with South Carolina Methodism. Ho was boru and educated in this city, and in this Stale he performed tho duties of his early ministry. Here he was the as sociate of Capers, Andrew, Dunwoody, Olin, Pierce, when theso sainted servants of God were identified, in nil their self sacrifices, noble gifts and matchless power, with Carolina Methodism. And, after tho lap>e of year?;, and a brilliant career of usefulness, when bc wus ele vated to the Episcopate, bc sought his home again in his native city, wliere he might rccnll the tender associations of early life; be re-united with bi? own people, and lie, in sweet repone, beneath Iiis own cherished soil. Over his grave, where the flower does not scorn the mound, nor the dew-drop forget to kiss tho turf, nor "Vhe beam or moonlight shun the narrow bcd. Where the weary pilgrim rests his bead," under tho extended arms of the wide spreading live oaks, centuries old, draped with gray and funeral moss, we would have thc maible shalt to rise, whilst the garland, woven by the ("burch nt Iorgo, in honor of i anet i lied learning, we would put upon his bend in Wofl'ord College. Bishop Wightman'sprominent position in tho general connection, und tho influ ence he exerted in the councils of the Church, and for the promotion of all her interests, by reason of his deep piety and spotless character, his learning and clo quenc, his mature judgment, his high appreciation of Methodism and devotion to its principles and aims, must be felt wherever his reputation extends, and yield fruitful harvest? of good. We, therefore, feel perfect freedom in inviting all Methodists especially, and the friends of our . hurch generally, tn signify their sympa..iy with tho sacred and generous enterprise indicated in this paper, by responding to ??ur appeals at an early day, and guarantee the success which should crown our efforts. By all means, the object should be accomplished within the present year. It will, there fore, bc necessary that the gentlemen who have been named as the Committee to raise i ii mi -, should go to work at onco with zeal and determination, and adopt every legitimate method of ensuring a completo final triumph. Before the flow ers of this summer uroco upon the grave of our honored dead, we would have the monument designate the apot ; nnd before the commencement of Woflbrd College, after the next occurs, we hope to secure the recognition, within its classic walls, of a memorial pillnr which will transmit to posterity a name, thc mausoleum of royally could net perpetuate so grateful ly and fo tenue i)y. E. J. MEYN.IKDIE, Pastor Bethel Church. C!,nrteston, S. C., March 20. - A Barren county, Ky., maro gave birth to a mule nnd horse colt at ono time list week. - C. L. Bowen, of Hartwell, Ga., has a rooster that was 21 years old (nat April. Ho tcok it with him from South Car olina. ?E XVII.-NO. 39. (JOT. Torry on lite State Conni, lt nilen. From the Grtcncillo Enterpritt. Mr. Editor-I propose to submit 30tao reasons why the people of South Caro lina should call a Convention for tho purpose of adopting a new State Con stitution. Every people in a Republic have a right to form their own Constitu tion and organize their own form of Government. They may do this as often as it shall seem proper to them. The first ; Constitution of South Cai olin?, adopted immediately after the Declaration of American Independence was thrown aside and i.?other formed during tho Revolu tionary Wnr. A third was made after the ratification of the Constitution of the United States. Again, u fourth was 1 formed after the close of our civil war, and when the State wat reconstructed by Congress, the negroes, carpet-baggers and scalawags met in Convttilion and formed the present one. This .vus dono when almost all the intelligent property holders and prominent citizens of tho i State were disfranchised, and not allowed to vote for delegates lo thc Convention. Since that time, circumstances have changed, and now the Government of tho Stat? is in the possession, once more, of the white race. Is it right, is it prop er, is it patriotic or honorable. that wo should continue to live under a Consti tution formed by rogues and scoundrels, and which wo had no ngency whatever in mnking? All the other Southern States, aller the overthrow of tho "Indi ca! regime, have adopted new Constitu tions. South Carolina should do the same. Honor and se* f-respect, as well as patriotism and wisdom require that wo should discard and trumpfe in thc dust this badgee of negro carpet bag scal awag rule. 'Ibis alone should appeal lo tho pride of every one for a change, no matter how good tho present Constitution may he. Hut there ure many more defects in it, some ?if which I will now proceed to point out : In tho first place, the decla ration of rights authorizes the Legisla ture lo confer on any petty officer "tho power ot suspending the laws, or the ex ecution of the laws !" This is a most dangerous feature in thc Constitution ; and I Hupposo was intended by tho Rad ical Convention to defend their usurpa tion, protect their crimjjials, and thwart thc Democrats in bringing some of them to the gallows or sending thom to tho penitentiary. Again, this declaration of rights em powers tho Legislature "to subject per sons to martial law, and to pains and penalties by virtue of that law !" Thin provision is so much nt war with civil liberty and Republican institutions, that it may be pronounced monstrous and diabolical. Tho twenty-eighth section of this de claration of rights authorizes tho Legis lature "to keen up a standing army io iime of peace, contrary to the Consti tution ot the United States, and for tho oxpress purpose of protecting their in famous oppressions nod oxactious over the property-holders of the State. Judges aro "forbidden to charge tho juries on matters of fact?," when it is important in many cases for tho 'presid iug Judge to give his vietvs af the facts, leaving the jury to find as they may think proper. 1 be Legislature is forbidden lo pass any Ihw denying the rights of suffrage to criminals convicted of perjury, rape, larceny, burglary, arson, nod mnny other infamous offences ! The Radical party foresaw that thousands of their followers would be convicted of these offences und they did not wish to loso their votes. It is a shame, and a disgrace to the State, that criminals should be allowed to voto tor members of the Legislature, Govcr uor, members of Congress and Presiden tial electors. There is also a provision in this Con stitution, that no or e shall bo deprived of the right of s nib -.ge, on account of any conviction of uny iufamous crime whilst he was n slave ! The Constitution guards, likewise, against disfranchising any ono because, ho had not paid his poll lax or other taxes for tho education of his children ! Section IO of Arliclo 10 in thc present Constitution declares thal all schools and colleges in the Statu sunpoilod in the whole or in part by public funds, shall bo open to nil pupil? without re gard to race or color ! It is true this amalgamation feature of tho Constitu tion hus never been attempted to bo en forced, but it may be, and will give trouble. For nearly two hundred years from the first settiemcnt of South Carolina up to tho reconstruction of the State, no divorco wits ever granted by tho legisla ture or tho courts. Thc present Consti tution provides for the separation of man and wife by divorce. The evil conso quencos of such n law may bo seen in some of thc Northern States where there is one divorco in every ten marriages ! The Constitution provides that repre sentation in ti e Legislature shall bo ap portioned among the several cou nth: ; lu proportion to their population, ignoring property entirely ! Governments are or ganized to protect persons and property and both should bo represented, ns was tho caso in all thc Constitutions of South Caroline previous to our civil war. Unless property is represented it may be destroyed or oppressively taxed by non property holders. A new Constitution for the Stato should disfranchise all convicted crimi nals as unworthy of sharing in the gov ernment of a Republic which is founded on the virtue and intelligence of the people. And, women, owning property to the amount of five hundred or a thousand dollars, in their own right, and paying taxes fer the samo for the sup port of tho government, should, m justice, be allowed to vote and represent ner property. Such n provision would secure a majority of white voters in the State, and remove all apprehension of our having to live under such a govern ment as we did ten years ugo. Tho Governor should be elected for four year? instead of two, as provided for in the present Constitution. He should have, with the advice aud consent of the Senate, the appointment of most of the State officers, cs is provided for the President in thc Constitution of tho United States. H. F. PEIIBY. - Some three hundred pxpers aro now published in Texas. - Crop prospects in Northern Texas Are reported unusually good. - Dr. Talmage will lecture io Charles ton on the 14th Of April. -. There are eighty cotton and woolen 1 mills in North Carolina. j - If you would know a bad husband ; look at his wife's countennncc. - There are 1,000 ?tisane people In Texan, and only 3o0 in the asylum. ?- Sixty steamboats on the Mississippi River and its tributaries now employ tho electric light. - Among tho bridal gifts nt a wedding in Beaumont, Texa?, was a brand new I crisp $1,000. bill.