The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, September 23, 1869, Image 2
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Thursday Morning, Sept. 83, 1869.
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Tit? ?lepnbllc o? Letters.
Thia ropublio is bounded by no geo?
graphical or national linea. Hp^?
tain rangea, no wide rivers, no atop
oceans, confine its boundarioa. Its ruler
is min cf, ita power thought, its citizens the
devotees every where of science, lUqrpiure
and the arts. r> The weapons it raes aro
thSSeof peace. Tho influonco it' wields
isgtfcrrwful but silent, deep and iefresh
iO$y K koowa ^o. political parties^ QI
th^rvphnliov te .fixe. tJnifetsity irv our
midst. It is dedicated to learning. If
the Board of Trastees are 'wtee^rr4hey
can rise to something of good sense and
generous action-they will not seek to
destroy this central seat- of learning.
Lot them bear in mind that this involves
a matter beyond their control. They
cannot make students attend the, Uni?
versity* Upon them, therefore, retie the
life or death of the University. If they
are wise, even ?rom a rodioal stond-point,
they will consult the- tastes ?nd senti?
ments of that class which tho University
mast attract, in order that it may live.
We shall see bow they will act in this
educational crisis.
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Ele ct o rot II? fu i'm.
In a truly representative government,
every popular election should accurately
represent the popular ohoico. Other?
wise, the D?mocratie form of govern?
ment becomes not only a farce, but a
positivo evil.,
.'In this rattier, a decided reform is de?
manded-in. this country. According to
tho waylin "which nominations are gene?
rally m a do, under the workings of the
party machinery employed, it is not un
frequently the case that unworthy or in?
competent men are foisted upon the
voters, who have to accept them as a
cholee of avila.. Too often is it the case
that a party fails to have its best repre?
sentatives in the field, and as a conse?
quence, it fails to excite the enthusiasm
and arouse the energies of its support
ors, as otherwise ii would do. Ano the i
consequence is, that incompetent men
ar? elevated to places of trust and re?
sponsibility, which they fail to fill eitboi
to the advantage of the party or to that
of the country.
We believe in free institutions, but nc
reflecting mind can fail to perceive thal
important and radical reforms are de
mauded in their workings in this conn
try. When parties come to put good
men forward, and look to the interests o:
the'whole country, we shall breathe mon
freely, and look with greater confident
to what the fntnre snail bring forth
Oertain it is that it is the serious duty ol
good citizens; to take7 our publio aflairi
out of the hands of corrupt demagogues
and placo them under the control o
wise, reliable, honest and effioient'dgents
No higher duty devolves upon good citi
zonBhip than this. The Baltimore Sun
as will be elsewhere seen, contains so mi
very discreet remarks upon this subject
which it gives Under the heading o
'.Primary Elections." Patriotic men o
all parties may well be profited by th
suggestions made. .
WHAT THU SOUTH IS DOING.-Th
Southern papers generally anticipate i
cotton crop of about 3,000,000 bales coi
ton, whioh, valued at $108 per bale, (sa;
455 pounds, at 25 cents,) will give $324,
000,000; also a oom crop of 285j000,00
bushels, valued at $230,000,000; and tb
sugar, wheat, tobacco and other crop
will yield $150,000,000 more, giving ii
all a product of not loss than 8704,000,
000, which, with a population Of no
over 11,000,000, will show an average c
$64 per head, whioh largely exceeds tba
of the Northern and Western Statet
The State of South Carolina will thi
year yield products worth $50?0G0,00C
whioh, with her population of not ove
670,000, will show an average of $74.G
per head. In any portion of tho Sout
fine lands under cultivation can b
bought at from $3 to $9 per nore,, whic
in a few years will be worth five lime
the purchase money. The climate is e>
ceedingly salubrious, and offers no ii
superable hindrance to the manual labe
of the white man, as is proved by th
fact that there are now no less tba
200,000 whites cultivating cotton wit
their own hands. And if white men fa
to famish the required amount of labe
and tho negro turns out badly, there
Koopmanohaap and his millions of Ch
nose to fall back upon.
To BK PROVIDED FOB.-It seems to t
understood that Dr. Mackey must I
provided for. Tho "head and front" <
the radical party, turned ont of office i
Charleston, must elsewhere seoute tl
emoluments of office. "To the victo:
belong the spoils"-this is the radie,
doctrine-and shall not the greatest vi
tor of all in South Carolina-the laurele
leader-shall not bo got bis reward? C
coane ho will. Ana we fear that D
Mackey gives up natural and mechanic
philosophy in order that his patrons me
obtain for him that bettor philosophy <
Bacon-which has boen called the "ph
losophy of fruit." Dr. M. recedes fro
the University-not that he loves Cresj
less, but that he loves Home more. \\
shall look ont for his Borne.
Immigration Society ia preparing for a
large business, and will ondeavor to sup?
ply all who send in their orders in time.
Their plane aro ma tu rod .wind their agent
J&Ulfcrdu?iLl^ for j
the State, whoao oooiety it is. Many
orders could not oe filled tho past season,
simply beoaase they were giren too late
-when the soason for labor had opened
in the North 'and North-west: and it is
thou next to impossible to induce labor?
ers to florae South, wages in these ranr
kefe ruling at.so much higher rates than
aro usual with .us. From November ^to
March, w? go t all the laborers we oan
expect, and orders to be filled must oome
in early, as the probability is that tho
supply will net be equal to the demand.
For the terms upon which laborers are
procured by the Immigration Sooiety, I
would refer parties interested to the cir?
cular recently issued by them, which has
been published in many of-the papers of
the State--copies of which will ba fur?
nish od on 'application either to F. W.
Bruggerman, agent at Newberry, or to
the undersigned, at Pomaria, S. C.
T. S. BOINEST,
President Immigration Society of New?
berry;.* , j'..
BIr. Cai lyle on th. I nltfd SIBUB.
"As snre as the Lord reigns," says Mr.
Carlyle, "Ebb United States is rushing
down to hell with desperato velocity.
The scum and riff-raff of the world has
got possession of the country, and no?
thing can save it from the devil's clutches.
Not, perhaps, a hell burning with mote
rial fire and brimstone, but the wide,
weltering, fiery chaos of corruption in
high places, and the misrule of the peo?
ple." "Prophetic sounds, so .full of
woe."
Tho life, the spirit, tho genius, of pure
republican principles that this Govern?
ment was based on, and that our fathers
bequeathed us, has gone glimmering
through the dream of things that were.
The march of centralization is steady, but
certain and sure. In tho language of
Mr. Morrison, "like tho little stream
that glides down .the face of the mighty
rocks, gathering strength as it rolls
along, flowing and joining some wander?
ing current, it will become n torrent,
leaping to the plain,..whore? mighty in
its sudden increase, the cataract will tear
down the barriers of nature, and deso?
late the work of ages. Already the
satraps and hordes of Government and
State officials, in the name of the Go?
vernment and States, aro at the vitals of
the people, collecting revenues and taxes
according to the maximum standard of
their own interpretation, and muling
their returns in the minimum letter of
their warrants-political sardines, packed
in the most oleaginous places purposely
to absorb &11 they can, head and bruins
dispensed with. The sound of the morn?
ing reveille still can be heard, and tbe
glisten of the bayenent seen, while de?
tectives and constables, as thick us leaves
in Val ?ambrosia Yale, roam over States
that have been pronounced reconstructed,
and soizo whom they please, without the
shadow of a warrant."
Aye, we are recklessly speeding over
tlie national railway, without a single
brake on to check tho governmental en?
gine in ita mad career; sooner or later it
must plunge off the track, involving the
ruin and destruction of every republican
principle and of this once great and
magnificent republic. *
Compon ii dem anet Rectifiera.
EDITOR PHONIX : I'm in tronble, and
come for advise; others are in the same
fix, and the "club" have resolved, through
me, to make known our woes. The sub?
ject upon which our wits (!) have been
expended-and, we own, expended in
vain-is the recent order of one Mr. De?
lano, who seems to bo Grand Tycoon of
the anti-Maine liquor law, or something
of that sort, in which be confidently as?
serts that any one mixing drinks, or put?
ting water in whiskey, is a compounder
and rectifier, and liable to a tax of some
indefinite number of dollars and impri?
sonment ad libitum. So far as tho com?
pounding is concerned, I have been ac?
customed to have a mixture of brandy,
sugar, water and nutmeg regularly three
times a day for the last twenty-eight
years. I must surely have been a com?
pounder, but as for tho "rectifier," I
plead innocence. I have tried to "tread
the path of rectitude," os advised every
Sunday by iny'preacher, and don't know
but that path may lead to the peniten?
tiary, tho words aro so alike, and the
men who mako laws not being tho best
grammarians in the world. On this
point, I am in great doubt.
Tho grave question is this: I have
three ten gallon kegs fall, ono with good
whiskey, one brandy and ono mean whis?
key. Oan I put one gallon of water in
the good whiskey, and then toko of that
mixtur? thron gallons and add those to
the mean whiskey, and out of the mean
whiskey, mixed with tho three gallons of
good whiskey, mixed with tho one gal?
lon of water, take five gallons of water,
two gallons of brandy and three gallons
of bed-bug poison, mix those together,
and kill a dog at fifty yards-said dog
hoing given to nocturnal noises not con?
ducive to sleep or pleasant dreams? Can
I do this by paying tbe gentleman with
n Spanish name a compounder's license?
Can I? SUFFERER.
Railroad men are looking with aston?
ishment at a trank marked "llwortb,
Kansas."
least, imp^
bo the aim of party mt-ohinery tc* ob?
struct, defeat, restrict within the narrow?
est possible bounds, if not to exclude al?
together. In France, the freedom of
oleotions signified, until very lately, the
li bor ty of voting icu tu? candidate whom
the Government thought proper to no
minute. With us, it generally signifies
the li ber ty of voting for the candi da tes
whom the politicians seo proper to nomi?
nate. When the present French Empe?
ror thought it desirable that his title to
the purple should be confirmed by the
popular voiee, the ballots -were inscribed
"yes," or "no." Here, votors have gene?
rally the privilege of a choice between
two candidates. But the privilege ordi?
narily extends no fnrther. Neither can?
didate may be to the voter's liking; both
may be positively objectionable to him.
There is no alternative, however, bot
that of not voting at all, or of "throw?
ing away" his vote by casting it for some
third person who has no earthly chance
of boing elected. His freedom of elec?
tion is, therefore, narrowed down to a
choice of evils. This is the result of
that party despotism whioh practically
restricts tho popular choice to the candi?
dates put forward by the party conven?
tions. This, however, would not be so
bad if tho conventions themselves wore
free and untrammeled in their action: if
they were in fact the deliberative bodies
that in theory they aro supposed to be.
Like the electoral colleges, which, in the
Constitution of the United States, were
designed to bo deliberative assemblages,
but whose functions have grown to be
merely ministerial, tho nominating con?
ventions, made np for the most part of
pledged delegates, merely meet to record
tho result of the primary elections. It
has been doubted whether, under present
circumstances, tho electoral college might
not as well bo abolished. With much
greater reason may tho machinery of
party conventions, in many instance?,
especially of local offices, bo dispensed
with. If the peoplo voted direotly for
the candidates whom they wished nomi?
nated, instead of for delegates, there
would be far less room for manage?
ment and intrjgue. There would bo
no packing of conventions ii there were
no conventions held. As it is, votors
who attend the primary meetings of their
party usually find their ohoice as much
restricted as at tho more formal publiai
election subsequently held. Thctiokets,
with the delegates' names inscribed, are
prepared beforehand by the politicians,
who assume to forestall the action of the
party and to parcel out the offices to be
filled at their own good pleasure. The
people are merely called in to give to
what is douo the semblance of being
done by their consent. It is the politi?
cians, after all, and those of the smaller
and baser sort, who delight and take
pride in the successful manipulation of
ward meetings, who wield the power
whioh in theory belongs to the people.
Hence follows most of the corruptions
which disgrace our politice, tho nomina?
tion of bad men for office, and the inevi?
table consequences which flow from hav?
ing bad, weak, or incompetent men in
office. How shall the evil be remedied?
Only by resolutely resisting and rebuk?
ing the attempts of "professionals" at
dictation.
These remarks aro go?oral, and apply
to all future timo. As long as the con?
vention system is resorted to, the only
possible chance of avoiding or even mo?
difying the evil results is foe every toter
to attend the primary meetings, as it is
both his interest and duty to do. Ho
will thus take part in making the tickets,
and not merely endorse when the prima?
ry .election comes (und which all should
attend) the action of oolf-constituted
managers by accepting, without a pro?
test, the candidates whom they may pre?
sent. If then he doesn't like the tickets
which he will find printed ready to hie
hand, let him make one to snit himself.
If he is opposed to pledged delegates,
lot bim vote for those who are un?
pledged. But the more practicable and
efficient mode appears to be that de?
scribed in the article headed -"Purifying
Nominations," which we published yes?
terday, from a Pennsylvania paper,
showing how successful has been the
system of "those belonging to a party
votiug at stated polls directly for the
candidates, instead of voting for dele?
gates in convention to nominate for
them the candidates.". In Crawford,
Lancaster and other Counties, full
tickets, entirely in accordance with the
wishes of the majority in regard to nu?
merous officers, had been seleoted to bc
voted for nt the subsequent formal elec?
tions, the person receiving the highest
number of votes for any given office
being accepted as tho candidate. The
people thus turning out, tho politicians
and all their jugglery go for naught, aud
in the cases referred to the nominations
aro said to be superior to any heretofore
known. Candidates thus nominated
must feel a direct responsibility to the
people, and not to tho politicians,
whom, under our present system, they
seem to be expected to serve more than
any one else.-Baltimore Sun.
The Columbia PUCBNIX states that Dr.
A. G. 'Mackey has declined the profes?
sorship in the South Carolina Universi?
ty, to which he was last week olooted
by the Board of Trustees. This is a
sensible move on the part of the Doctor,
and shows that he knows a thing or two,
even if ho is not specially proficient in
the scientifio branohes which he wac
chosen to expound.-Charleston Netos.
A dam having been built in Bock
Biver, Illinois, a moral paper near by
speaks of it as "our profane improve?
ment."
discussion about ni
?^.5) anc
paten
ndufted U
raaf tan at
tiro- lending f
in Kentucky, arrives at con
ftifinilar to those, reached by our?
selves. ' We are -well sustained. The |
?ourtar-^oumal} says:
"The Democratic party now stands
Where marjy tm?tbor party h?B-Stood' be?
fore it-u pon the i threshold of a pew
epoch. The elements which compose it
are various. The duties whioh oonfront
it are complicated. None of the ?dd is?
sues which were identified with its name |
can be said to be directly before the ooun
try. It always wan the party of internal j
peace. It was never anything but trna
tional party. Hence, its overthrow pro?
duced domestic war, and, being unsalted I
to war purposes, it could not regain its |
ascendancy so long as the war lasted.
The Republican party was the offspring I
of the war-essentially a war party-and |
it is, consequently, unsuited to tho re?
quirements of pence. The war being
ended, its usefulness expired, and but for
the inflamed passions of the country, its
power would have ended with its useful?
ness. That whioh kept those passions
alive, and through them kept tho war
party alive, is passing away. It was no?
thing mere nor less than tho violent ef?
fort of the Democratic party to re-orgon?
ize itself upon a lino of baitlo on which
it had been signally defeated. It is for?
tunate perhaps that it was defeated, for
it could not have changed the complex?
ion of the Senate soon uuough to render
its administration of the government ef?
ficient, and it is therefore not responsi?
ble for the financial condition of the
country, nor the reconstruction of the
South. Before it re-enters the field as a
contestant for the suffrages of tho whole
people, all tho issues growing out of the
war, and most likely the greater number
of the issues growing out of reconstruc?
tion, will be settled. We shall begin to
experience their ill effects. For these
ill effects the Republicans will bo respon?
sible. The new issues thus brought
about will certainly not bo negro suf?
frage, nor uegro testimony; and if we
should keep on deluding our minds with
these, as the old-line WhigB deluded
themselves with banks and protective
tariffs, wo shall find ourselves unfitted
for the situation which wo should be able
to control. Mr. John Quincy Adams is
right. Mr. Pendleton is right. The
Wisconsin Democrats are right. Tho
Southern States will bc right enough by
the time wo get to them. Let us put our
own house in order as we proceed, so
that, when tho time comes for national
union and communion, Kentucky may
be united; and thus united, may take
her plaoo in tho procession, not to fol?
low, but to lead.
"We propose to accept nothing that
we can avoid.. But we clo propose, by a
cool and silent observance of events, to
so preserve our relation to the nationality
of the party, that We shall be able to use
everything that we may find useful to its
needs. We do not regard the fifteenth
amendment as an accomplished fact; but
negro suffrage in the Southern States is
an accomplished fact, and our Southern
friends are doing just as we should do in
their situation. If the-fifteenth amend?
ment is not ratified, it will be an issue in
the next Presidential campaign, and the
Democratic party will make it ring the
death-bell of radicalism. But, if it is
ratified, the Democratic party will fight
its consequences, not its existence; and
other issues, relating to finance and trade,
will occupy the .position of fore-figures.
"No man oan prediot certainly six
months, mach less three years, ahead;
but we can discuss these possibilities
frankly and confidently, for they are al?
ready being discussed all over the South.
It is worse than folly to blind ourselves
to the present situation of affairs. If we
would avert the dangers of contention
among ourselves, and "third parties,"
and "new parties," we must meet them.
Every line that we have written has been
directed to the unity of the Democratic
organization, taking a broad, national
view of it, and it is matter of pride with
us that the Democratic press of the whole
country, excepting only our weak bro?
thers of tho Democratic press of Ken?
tucky, not alone approve what we have
said," but Use it as Democratic arguments
addressed to the people of regions which
are supposed to be hardly so Democratic
as Kentucky."
VALUABLE INVENTION.-A Bristol, Ten?
nessee, man has invented a machine for
pressing brick, which does four times
the work, can be built for half the mo?
ney, and does the work better than any
machine now known.
The Camden Jo'unml suggests tho cre?
ation of another bureau-a bureau to
take the census of tho census-takers and
assessors, and to ascertain how muoh
they oost. A good idea.
Michigan has the latest idea in tho way
of a minorai spring. Its water is "hea?
vily ohargod with electricity," and gives
u deposit of gold.
BE BEAUTTF?L.-If you desire beauty
yon should use Hagan's Magnolia Balm.
It gives a soft, refined, satin-like tex?
ture to the Complexion, removes Rough?
ness, Redness, Blotches, Sunburn, Tan,
.tc, and adds a tinge of Pearly Bloom to
the plainest features. It brings the
Bloom of Yonth to the fading cheek and
changes the rustic Country Qirl into a
Fashionable City Belle.
In the use of the Magnolia Balm lies
the true secret of Beauty. No Lady need
complain of her Complexion who will
invest 75 cents in this delightful artiole.
Lyon's Kathairon is the best hair
dressing in use. S4J13
riooal Xtems.
Wjpwwo CABDS, ANJO- ENy?LOI?B8.-A
lot ? -wfeding cafds (jad envelope*, ?f
.lates sI?les, bas jfwtt be4fe -Mceivea;
ybifih wftl be pridtefl m ima^tio? of eft
^vtqg?tod at l*B(L.tl^P-9?kO-t^tb ^e
cost. Gall and see specimens at PHONIX
office.
IMMIGRATION.-We call speciul atten?
tion to the communication of the Rev.
Mr. 'Boiuost. We have already pab
l?sh?d the circular to which reference is
made. We commend the subject to all
who desire to proonre a reliable class of
laborers, and a class, too, Who will make
ap for the State a citizenship good and
substantial. F. W. Brnggeman, Esq., is
the general agent of the Newberry Im?
migration Society, and all orders for
laborers mast be given before October
20th, proximo.
CRUMBS.-For the first time in more
than six months, there was a failure of
the Northern,.mail-a mis-connection at
Greensboro being tho cause. We are in?
debted to E. Hope, Esq.-who came by
tho old "Bay Line"-for copies of New
York papers of the 20th.
Mr. Barry, of tho "Curolina House,"
has furnished the PHONIX. with a sam?
ple of cobblers compounded from native
Scuppernong wino, manufactured in
North Carolina. Verdict-excellent.
Tho Western Union Telegraph Com?
pany have determined to materially re
; duce their tolls from and after the 1st of
Octobor. This company is also matur?
ing other plans for increasing the utility
of the telegraph to the public-one of
which is the sending of messages which
do not require immediate despatch at a
greatly reduced rate.
A car load of colored excursionists
from Columbia arrived in Augusta Mon?
day afternoon, and Rpent next day in free
and easy circulation among their friends,
viewing the attractions of Augusta, and
monopolizing the street cars.
Samuel P. Matthews has been appoint?
ed by Governor Scott Land Surveyor for
Williamsburg County.
Tba Charleston Courier complains
about the irregular delivery of the
PI?ONIX. The fault is beyond this office,
as tho paper is regularly mailed.
Dr. Joseph A. Jones has declined tho
position of Professor of Chemistry in
the University, as we are informed.
A GOLDEN WEDDING.-To-day, Sep?
tember 23, is the fiftieth anniversary of
tho marriage of the Bev. N. Talley, of
tho Methodist Episcopal Church, and
Miss Amy Anna Potter. This venerated
couple have been spared to soo several of
their sons arrive not only at the age of
manhood, but to bo distinguished orna?
ments to the professions which they had
selected. There will bea family gathering
to-day-several generations being present
to celebrate that uncommon event-a
golden wedding. And, in this connec?
tion, we cannot avoid publishing Burns'
touching, appropriate and much admired
"John Anderson, my Jo," with aa addi?
tional verse by a gentleman, who, though
ho seldom courted the muse, wielded a
moat graceful pen when the spirit moved
him. It was long felt by the admirers
of "John Anderson" that something was
wanting to finish it; this want is supplied
in the last verse, and so exquisitely beau?
tiful, and so akin to the original, that it
seems to be Barns' own creation:
"John Anderson, my Jo, John,
When wo were first acquont,
Your locks were like the raven,
Your bonnio brow was brent;
But now your brow is bald, John,
Your locks are like tho snow,
But blessings on your frosty pow,
John Anderson, my Jo.
"John Anderson, my Jo, John,
We clamb tho hill thegither,
And mouy a canty day, John,
Wo'vo had wi ano anither;
Now wo maun totter down, John,
But hand in hand we'll go,
And sleep thogithor at tho foot,
John Anderson, my Jo.
"John Anderson, my Jo, John,
When wo havo slopt thegither,
Tho sleep that a' maun sleep, John,
We'll wake wi auo anither,
And in that better world, John,
Nao sorrow shall wo know
Nor fear wo o'er shall part again,
John Anderson, my Jo."
HOTEL. A um VALS-September 22-Co?
lumbia Hotel.-A. M. Kirkland, South
Carolina; W. M. Beckham, Gilbert Gar?
ner, Bichland; Mrs. R. Manning, W. S.
Manning, Manchester; J. S. Richardson,
Sumter; James Pagan, Chester; J. C.
Derby, Dr. Rockford, Aiken; R. D.
Brown, North Carolina; W. D. Kennody,
Charleston; H. B. Fant, Greenville.
National Hotel.-J. W. Harrison, An?
derson ; Miss Webins, J. C. Carter, J. R.
Chambors, Walhalla; W. C. Humphreys,
Greenville; W. A. Mooro, Cokesbury; C.
W. Rawlinson, Richland; J. Kerplukor,
Redville C. H.; John Mickle, Guilph,
Canada; James Tremble, Gilbert Gar?
ner, Ringville; Jos. Batos, Clarkson's;
S. F. Yance, W. M. Richardson, S. C.;
T. 0. Hooper, Che ter; R. H. Brown,
Webster, N. C.
Nicker son House.-D. B. Wheeler,
Newberry; Mrs. L. R. McAboy, Miss
Mc Ahoy, Jos. B; D. Weeds, Petersburg;
Wm. D. Aiken, Winesboro; Edward
Thomas, Ridgeway; A. Baxter Springs,
York; Edward Hope, Colombie; J. H.
Averill, Charleston; Thomas Stone,
Greenville: Mrs. Wicker, Montezuma,
Ga. ; Mrs. Darbey, Oglethorpe Ga, j Mrs.
J. \V. Hopkins and two children, Fay?
etteville, N, C. ; J. H. Sinclair, S. C.
Central Hotel-J. W. Ly los, Thomas
Blair, Thomas McGill, James McGill, A.
McOil., Fairfield; W. F. Parker, Wal?
halla, J. P. Elkin, Alston.
MinfMf urn
We ?r? i?4#h>d\t? #e?rs. *
McCartor for ft copy of this entertaining
'magazine. They keep it for sale.
UKiyHB8iTX_op SOOTH CAROLINA.-AS
we intimated in the PH<Btbx,' of tba
21st instant, wo are happy to learn that
Dr. A. G. Mackey has promptly de?
clined tho position to which.bewa* elect?
ed in the University of South Oarolinn.
The radical Board of Trastees who se
: lected him to fill a scientific chair have
been thwarted by the shrewdness of an
? old politician, who does not. intend to bo
placed upon a shelf to monia'- in their
keeping. In an act of weakness, they
I concluded to make him a philosopher o?
physics and astronomy, and thus rid
themselves of one who desiree position
and power in their political ranks. The
newly chosen professor was sufficiently
sharp to understand thia friendly movo
ment and to know that tho education of
thc political arena, with its shifting
sands, was not adapted for fixed facts de?
duced in the laboratory of science. In
the former, his power and foreo and
qualities are acknowledged; in tho latter,
he is a cipher, no matter how high the
appointees, jealous o? his political in?
fluence, might indnoo him to belier? that
they scientifically . graded him. Thc
Trustees of the Univor^y h?vo received
a well deserved blow from their political
leader, by his refusal to accept position
outside- of qualification; and coming
from bini, tho Nestor of their party,
as he is called, they have had shewn
an example of plain policy. Let the
Trustees take this hint for their own
reputation and go outsido of politics for
educational qualifications, as they have
dono in the election of Dr. Joseph Jones
to a branch of science, in which he has
a European reputation; as they did also
in selecting Mr. Hart to tho chair of
mathematics. Let them fill the vacant
chairs with like men, and the institution
will sustain its former scientific reputa?
tion. Let the State know at once through
their action that the University is. not
controlled by political prejudice; that it
will rest as it bas hitherto upon literary
and scientific merits, and its halls will be
filled in tho approaching session with
sons and wards of thos'o who revere the
institution and Will neyer desert it unless
it unless dishonored by these charged
with its guardianship.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is
j called to the following advertisements,
j published the first time this morning:
Bricklayers and Carpenters Wanted.
D. C. Peixotto & Son-Auction.
Miss Lory-Dancing.
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Tbs Simmons' Regulator has been
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The number of certificates from the
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