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VOL. vlU. MANr(; iAiE O ' Ny, s. c., VE DNESI)AY, DECEM BER1,186O1 TILlE E A. i.-E1.AL 14ve(r:Ll t1',-z r;. 'Z ku i 1 : sittIe red - --s ntis of 1114. iro-:U The third week of the !t"e.ien i the Legi.slature was full of importmt work. Below will be found a proceedings. The following new bills were intro duced: Bill amending the chart-r of the town of Chester: relating to the pay ment of witnesses in criinal cases in Lancaster countv; l.wng Pob e Judges to perform 0he dutic. of t4he supTervi1_Sor oW re git ration!!. B3ill to chr B h ank Of 13r-.: '1 ; amending the r.ority l -.i resolution to amend the on.t 'oi striking out Section 3 o Aii 2 il reference to homLestead to e. sale of seed cotton and unpuae, Eiut cotton in Abbeville county: bill to requi assignees to give 1onds; to enble the superintendent and directors of the peni tentiary to make e.intrazts for work in this State. On motion of Senator Murray a con current resolution was adopted and sent to the House fixing the time for electing a Judge to the Third Circuit at one o'clock on the 9th inst. The election was duly i.eld, and the H1on. T. B. Fraser, incumbent, was re-elect-d with out opposition. The Senate agreed to the House con current resolution as to the printing C the reports of the State Boar. of Health. sEcOXD MAL'ING. Bill to repeal the Act reguhting the admission of foreign suiety companmes; bill providing for the repair of t ie Bea fort Arsenal; House concuarretr resoli tion requesting Senators and Represen tatives to support the bill providing for agricultural experiment stations. When the House bill came up author izing the foremen of grand juries to ad minister oaths to witnesses, Senator Buist moved to strike out the enactingj clause. lie made a vigorons speech; against the prope 'tion as a dangerous iinovation. Senator Woodward said that the law was a necessity not a luxury. It c:ume high and there was complaint about it. It ought to be simplified, but he was afraid the legal gentiemen didnt want it to be simplitied. He knew that if he were a lawyer he would object - o making law matters easy of understanding. He believed that simplification ;'could go farther. All this tomfoolery in ihe long indictments about discharging oIe leaden bullet aforesaid, [laughter, o:. to be done away with. He was eM;ons to know how much the reading of this rigmarole had cost the State in her his tory. Senator Patterson thoag sere s good reason for the present pr-tice and that it should not be changed. On Senator Buist's motion t.e vote stood: Yeas-Bienmann, Buit, lemphill, Howell, Kennedy, McMuaster, Moise, Monroe, Patterson, Reynolds, Williams and Youmans-1:. Nays-iL'exander, Austin, Byrd, Erwin, Field, Iziar, Moody, Moore, Murray, Sligh, Smith, Smythe, Wingard, Woolw.rd and Wofford-13. The bill then passed without a di-i vision. The House bill reducing the salary of the Lieutenant Governor brought Sena tor McMaster to his feet. He moved to strike out the enacting words, but did not speak. Senator Woodward was in doubt and wanted information. Senator Patterson could see no reason made by the Lieutenant Governor for the extra salary of $1,000, which it was proposed to cut off. If there was to be reform anywhere it ought to begin here. Senator Field thought the saaries paid some of our State ofticers amounted to practical idolatry. The State was on the verge of famine and this useless ex penditure ought to be cut off. Senator Sligh agreed with these views. Senator McMaster said that he had made his motion on~he general p~roposi tion that salaries ought not to be re -duced. Salaries in this State were small enough already. The saliy of the office should be commensurate with its digni ty. Poor pay meant poor preach. If the saaies were cut down, it would bring into office a class of impecunious, one-horse men, or leave the offices to the rich. Senator Woodward dlid not object to a reduction of salaries, but he did not want this clean sweep. He was willing to reduce the salary to .$500, but not to cut it off. He proposed to sit down on those who had come here proposing to make the State rich by eutting oft a lit tie slice of salarv- here and little slices there. He would not give aid or com fort to these pretensions. Senator Howell avowed himself an economist and supported the bill. Senator Buist rallied Senator Wood ward on his position in this matter as contrasted with his vote against paying Mr. Miles for his services in the bond scrip cases. Senator Woodward retorted by saying that he had taken his position under the mistaken impression that this salary was one of Senator Buist's glorious institu tions of the past, which should be pre served inviolate. Understanding now that it was a post bellum law he with drew his opposition. Senator Moore showed that the Coni stitution required the Lieutenant Gov* ernor to act as Governor in case of tin latter's disability. The salary was e:i* dently designed to lit such an emergen cv should it arise. He tho ught besi' thlat the dignity of the ('illee reqiuirce some salary beyond the per dicnm. After further discussion Senator 3le Masters motion was lost by a vote of to 19, and the bill passed. The uirmna tive votes were cast by Senators Lar McMaster, Moise, MI'ore, Rloynokib Smythe, Williams and Youmans. The special order for the 5th~ jnst. being the bill requiring: a tuiion charg of fifty dollars per collegiate year in thi South Carolina College, was discusset at some length. Senators Sligh, of New berry, Patterson, of Chester, and Mur ray, of Anderson, favored the bill, wh Senators Rhame, of Clarend'.n, Wood ward, of Fairfield, 31e3aster, of Ijich land, and Moise, of Sumter, opposed it Th bim w- farthe mTssanm on tli otli-Senators Edwards and Sligh favor ing it, and Senator Smythe olpsing it. Senator Howell noved to table the Ltion of t Edwards tr Sto indeli nLitely 'otponO the unfavorable report :r the commuittee. Yeas-Seators Bist, Bryd, iHowell, . cseMoise, .1oore7, _11ro, !odsZIh::me, Sinklvr, Smyt hie, WiK Wi ngrd, VooIdward and You +-'enators Alexauder, Austin, lll,'iraun. Black. Crews, Edwatrds, Erwin, .j, Hemphil. Kennedy. Mc Cal d Murray. Patterson, Sligh, Ih recormlleidatiol of the commit e\ was thden rejected without a division, tad :hc bili camne up on its merits. It wn:s apparent, from the known tenden eces of *ome of the Senators who np d bill that iT COUl1 be amened v-ea v aiv. heT bili itself is a bare re uiint ihat a taitlon fee of not le-s than shall be charged all staden!s. The minority of the cmnmittee report in it recomiendcd a minimum fec of s3:I. Speaki'n in advocaev of a reduction Senator feMastcr stated that the maxi mium feeU before the war was .-'0. le underst.od it to be the desire of the Sen ators on the other side to restore this rat . The recommendation of the committee was adpL)lted. Senator Moody, who had voted with the majority, then moved to amend by reducing the fec to S10. The .iJ0 fee was then voted, it being understood that the matriculation feeI .vouid be retained at its present fglire. This being done, Senator Murray said that he was not afraid to conmare his votes on the College question with those of any other Senator. Ho had always been In favor of the most liberal support of the institution. To prove his sincerity he offered an amendment to the follow ing effect: "The faculty may grant beneficiary scholaships without fees to competent and deserving youths who give satisfac tory proof of their own inability or that of their parents or guardians to pay the tuition fee. Every student accepting a beneficiary scholarship shall be bound to teachl two vears in the public sc;hools of hisL- county if thie county s--hool commis sione~rs slhl asinhmto a school. See tion 1,040 of the General Statues, limit ing the beneficiary scholarhip to one from e&h county, is repealed." After some discusson Senator Black moved to amend the Murray amend ment by providing that affidavits from the applicant, his parents or guardians and thei auditor, clerk and sheral' of his coun'y hc, required to prove inability to pay tuitioni fees. Snator Murray accented the amend mnt, as the ralv was the same as that in otrev for beneticiaries at the Citadel. After further debate Senator --rays plroqposition, as thus amended, was adoitedi bV the following vote: Yeas Senators Bell, Biemann, Black, Buist, Byrd, Crews, Edwards, Howell, Izlar, Kennedy. 'McCall, McMaster, Moise, 1Moore, Durray, Munroe, Patterson, Reynolds, Rhame, Sinkler, Sligh, Snith, Smythe, Talbott, Williams, Win gard, Woodward, Wofford and You- I mans-29. Nays-Senators Alexander, Austin, Erwin, Field, Heniphill and Moody-;. Senator Reynolds offered an amend ment that one b. oV from eac county unable to pay a tuition feo shall receive a scholarship of fifteen dollars a month. Senator Murray moved to table. Senator Buist offered an amendment providing that all tuition fees of the law department be placed at the disposition of the faculty for the remuneration of the Drofessor of law. Sinator Hemphill opposed this; but it was explained that the law professor was paid entirely by fees, and the amend ment was adopted. The bill then passed its second read ing without a division. General notice of amendment on the third reading was given. OTHER 3IEASCnEs. Among the bills unfavorably reported was the bill providing for the taxation of dogs and bitches. (Minority report: "While not concurring exactly with the above bill in the manner of levying a tax upon dogs, we are yet of opinion that a bill shoul pass prov iding in proper manner for taxing dogs, either by way of a license fee or by assessment under the law." Augustine T. Smythie, B. W. Edwards, E. B. Murray.) The joint resolution propesig an amendment to the Constitution, by striking out th3 provision for county commissioners, was passed under a eal of the roll. Thirty-f our Senators voted for it. Senator Kennedy, of Chester field, cast the only adverse vote. IThe bill to make Judges hold office for life was postponed till next session. A sim ilar disposal was made of the bill to make the term of the Probate Judge four years instead of two. The bill to ratify the census amend ment was passed-Senator Howell, of Colleton, casting the only negative vote. IThe Anderson county prohibition bill was passed and sent to the House. The House attended in the Senate, and a number of Acts were ratified. House of Rep resentat ive'. A resolution was introduced by D~r. Pope looking to an investigation of the pu~ic printing, with a view of ascertain mg if sonie of the reports could not be shortened or omitted. The objeetive points of the resolution are the State Iboard of h'ealth reports and the doeu menit entitled "Reports and resolutions." The first on the general orders of the day was a bill to amend the charter of the town of Summerville. It may be antionied, by the way, that the town of *namerv ille seems to require more chartering than a dozen ordinary cities. mere has never been a time in the past ten or twelve years that the House Cal enchr has~ be-n free from the presence *n it of s.ome bili looking to the charter ug or ame~nding, or' extending, or doing sonething for that delightful, but much egsae suburb. -Abill to amend the ilshm laws so as to nelirease* the number of days in the week on whU~ic persons might operate in the rivers and bays evoked quite a spirited discuission and biroughit forth speeches i-efrm several new members. The bill - was championed by Mr. L. P. Miller, o: G;eorgetownm, and was hotly opposed by - Messrs. Bighamn, of Marion, (YBrien, 01 - Colleton, Pope, of Newberry, ani Jvnsmo arlborne who suceedled ii A, bill lowing the coniy commis Sioners oi renviIle and Colleton to borlow oney w ith whijich to pay jurors. w hool t .-h;,:.s wa tse afteri 2: iendo on thet quest"ionl of the te j iner-. During11, ths .zbIte it. was 0nu 1m!yd that lmollee could not Ie borruwed ..in renille fo les than 11 per cemt. 'sil were introducd looki1 to elec tion's in Abbeville and ircenville coun ties on thi question of prohibition. A petition was received from citizens of Darlington aid Marion couities, pray. ing for the formation of the new county of Florence. The warS and mncom -~r mittee reporled a bill to appropriate .S.1,000 to aid in rbuilding the State MedicA! Collerae of Charleston. 'll't1a na the law lix'ing the com pen.dion of :veounty commliissioners Of Bau'oit ; Lix t1be elr die.m of meni bers Of thc General Assenlyi;v bill to amiend the Act to provide for the settle- I inent ofthe coiisolidated State d1ebt; bill to provide for payment out tf the sink ing fund of tlie valid interest on certain bonds and stocks; bill to amenid the criminal law; bill to amend Section 919 of the General Statutes, relating to physieins. apothecarics and dentists; Mr. Norton, bill to devolve upon certain State officers the duties of directors of the penitentiary and lnatic asyhun. Bill to amend Section 1,'94 of the General Statutes, relating to game birds; to amend the stock law; to prohibit slieriirs and constables from charging or receiving pay milcage except for the number of nile; actunly traveled. Mr. Irby, of Laurens, int roduced a bill to stay all executions in this State till November, 187. Dr. Pope's bill to reduce the costs of attorneys, Vc., received a second read ing. A bill introduced by Mr. Gary, of Edgefield, requiring the clerk of the Supreme Court to tansmit copies of de cisions to the Circuit Courts in all the counties was defeated. The bill to fix the salaries of county school commissioner:; evoked general discussion. As it came from the con mittee th bill provided a salary of $200i and mileage (rive cents) for eaci county school commissioner, except in Charles ton where the salary was fixed at $000. Mr. Graham, of Williamsburg, moved to strike from the bill the passage re lating to mileage. Tabled-ycas 50, I uavs 37. Mcr. Lesesne, of Charleston, moved to I strike out the passage fixing the salary of the commissioner for Charleston county at 0100, and to make the salary the same as those in other counties. He explaiiied that the official in Charleston had no more to -o than those in otlir counties, and there was, therefore, no reaoii why e should receive aiiy grca er salary. Adlopted. Mr. O'Drien, of Colleton, moved tIt the mileage be restricted to 8100 at the outside. Adopted after a short discus Sion. Mr. Rutland, of Fairliehl, moved to incrcase the salaries to -10o. He re garded the bill as a death-blow to the common school system of the State. How could competent and efficient com inissioners be secured at a salary of $200 per annum? He was perfectly willing ti economize the public funds, but this, . he feared, was pruning too closely. The K amendment was voted down. Mr. Boyle voiced the sentiment of the Berkeley delegation when he asked for an amendment making an excep-, tion in favor of Berkeley county, whose commissioner he wanted to have $400 slary without mileage, but the Honse wud have none of it, and the amendment was voted down. Mr. Jordan, of Aiken, moved to strike out the enacting words of the bill. Mr. Lesesne, of Charleston, said that in reporting the bill the committee had no aim or intention to strike at or cripple the system. The office of school com missioner was more an office of honor. than of profit. The committee was of the opinion that a salary of S200 per on num and mileage would be abundant pay. Mr. Evans, of Chesterfield, said that his school commisioner had been con tent to work for $130 a year, and was doing faithful and eflicient work at that price. Mr. Boozer, of Edgefield, was wi'ling to increase tihe pay to $300 and mileage, but, this being impractisable, he would support the bill. Dr. Pope said that if the hill passed it would save enough money to the sehool fund in each county to rn one addi tional school 10 months in the year, and that the school comm-iioner would be the best paid otlicer in the county. Mr. Ansel, of Greenville, called the previous question, under the .operation. of which the motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill was voted down, and the bill was ordered to be en gr-ossed. The bill to regulate the sale of spirit nious liquors by physicians' prescriptions was indefinitely postponed. The judicial tenure offoflice constitu tional amendment has been continued until the session of 1887. The bill to repeal the lien law was taken up (the committee having reported it. unfavorably.) It was stated by one of the friends of the bill that, in the eivent of the pending motion to strike out the enacting words being lost, they intended to amend it so as to provide that it should The aiseassion wcas opened by MIr. J. Frost Walker, a thr iving farmer of Rich land. He thought tha't when the priority lien law was passed at the last session it woul end this int'ermiaable discussion. It appeared to hita t the farm *rs of South Carolina were. hard to satisfy-. 'The priority lien law Luad given the farmers 2 bond on his tenjant whichl was even stonger than Shyiock's bond. Hf be ieethtthe principal motiv> of those whaosoughit additional legislation was toc force labor. rs to work for them for .stipu hat.ed wages. Mir. B3rice, of F'airni.hlI, explained whyV the commit tee had reported then bil! un favorably. The condition of thc- farmers in the State was such that the committe' thought it best to lcet it severely alone. Dr. Thomas, of Union, confessed that hewas satisfied with the priority lien law passed by the last Legislature, which gave: the land-owner the first lien and the laborer tihe ?eond. Evc-rybody ought to be satisfied with the law as it is. t411tion to the fact that the agricultural i committee of the House. composed of 13 farmers renres:nting all the agricul tural interests in the State, had unani Smouslv agreed that this was not the time to repeal this law. The previous question was called and the bill was killed by a vote of 85 to 27. THE TiEAUTY mEFRlE FrND. When Mr. Haskell's bill to create a treasurv reserve fund, the provisions of which have already been published, was taken up, Dr. Pope moved to strike out the enaeting words. Mr. Haskell explained the object of the bill, and earnestly urged the House to consider well what it was about to do. He warned tliem against doing anything that would tend to injure the credit of fhe state. .Dr. 'one said that the bill had been introducedl at the instance cf the comp troler gen.ral to put the money beyond the co:r. of the Hrouse. he didn't propose t use the whole of this money. Ht didi't think that more than . 75,000 of it w, uld nave to be us-:d on the basis of a fear mill taxr There wvas a good ma thigs that the Legislature intend ed to cat dowr, and a good many things that they wouldn't be called upon to pro vide !v. it was -, very singular thing that thc gentlemen had been using the fund for years, and now, when they found t e the House was turning its at tention to it, they sought to block the game. Ar. .i:sel opposed the bill on very diferet *rounds. He thought it would, impair i m eredit of the State to divert the variou:s funds named in the bill. Mr. W. . Wilson, Jr., of York, was in favor oi the bill. He called attention to the fact that the two opponents of the bill who had spoken had opposed it on entirely opposite grounds, one because the bill allowed the treasury to use the funds, and the other because it did not dLo so. He explained that under the pro posed bill it was only intended to use mueh of the funds as were applicable to general purposes. The debate was continued at length by Messrs. Hutson, Ficken, Pope and Has kell, and a vote on the motion to strike .ut the enacting clause was finally reached, with the following result on the bill: Yeas , nays 7:. The reading of the bill was then re mumed. Another disen.ssion arose, how >ver, on an amendment offered 1b Mr. Parker, of Abbeville, proposing to strike >ut the provision allowing the use of the und for the payment of general appro priations and of salaries, an amendment wvhich would have prevented the use of he fund to ride over a scarcity of money n the State treasurv. The amendment was tabled. however, and the bill ordered :o be engrossed for a third reading. LL: HOR:ZNTAL, P.';PiTIo SAL.I'Y BILL. When the 1ill R11'ered by Dr. Tloma , )f Union, to provide for a horizoutal re inction of the salarie., of the State )illers was reached, Dr. Thomas reada ;pcech prepared for the occasion, At he close of his remarks the House, vithout a division and without any urther discussion, killed the bill. SUNDAY TRANS. The bill in rdation to the running of iunday triins being taken up, Mr. tewart, of York, moved to striKe out he enacting clause, and supported the nbtion in a short speech. He could not inder-tand why raiLroads should be al owed to lbor seven aava in the week vhen citizens were not.' His piincipal >bjection was that the paswage of the bill ,vould tend to promote the growth of sims in the State-such as Communism ma Anarchism, and would break down ~he p)eace and sanctity of the Sabbath. 3Ir. Norton, of MIarion, said if this bill wais passed the Legislature should ilso pass a law allowing the farmers to Jrive their ploughs on the Sabbath. MIr. Gary, of Abbev-ille, spoke at length upon the 4th commandment and' mioral culture generally. 3Mr. Lawton, of Hampton, and MIr. Kershaw, of Darlington, spoke in favor of the bill, pointing out that by permit ting the running of Sunday trainis dur ing certain months in the year the Leg islature was really legislating for the benefit of farmers, viz., those who raised fruits, melons and truck produce. M1r. Stanland spoke of the moral aspect of the question. He said if some of these nmembers would go to Florence sonmc Sunday, where a dozen trains are' locked up, and see how the employees observed the Sabbath, they would soon acknowledge that they would be better ofil'morally if they were hard at work. MIr. Kershaw arose to say that lhe had lived at Florence Mr eight years, and to his knowledge the employees of the rail road at Florence were all members of the church. He supported the hill be cause it was in the interest of the truck farmers. MIr. B rowning, of Berkeley, put in a plea for the truck farmersof lower South Catrolina, showing that the p~resent lawv entailed great losses uponm them. The bill, he reminded the House, applied only to fruit and truck trains. This discussion threatened to become interminable, when a member called the previous- question, which limited the debate to an hour. MIr. Archer, of Spartanburg, delivered an address on the happiness of the en joymednt of thle Sabbath. Hie remiinded the House (f the prophecy of the Prophet Jeremiah, who predicted the destruction of .Jerusalem in case the Jews did not observe the Sabbath. The bill was finally passed in the fol lowing shape: "It shal: be lawful, .Vc., to run on Stun day dur ig the months of April, 3May, June Jul and August, trains laden ex clusiveiy wih fruits and vegetables, and on said' day in any and every month their rulr 1i trains, and such construe tion trai. aa be rendered necessary by extraordinary emer~gencies other than * hose incid'nt to freight or passenger trilc." The ili wa- aftzerwards read a third time' a 'ent to thle Senate. The bili to provide for a reassessment of property in Charlesion, Colleton and B e"'leycunties, called forth a long de Ibate. 'Ir. Wisls:, of York, first moved to *rk u the eni'intg claus., hait af terwards withdrew this motion. lHe theni mve t~io make the bill apply to the who'ie Stat e. The amendment wastabldi. Theiu bill was tinally passed to its third reading. The .(ote in the .Joint Assembly, held 1onl thte 9th inst., for -noeinutendent of t he peicltenitiary wasas fo~!nws Thos. . J. P. Blackwell, of I'dge'ent, 1: J. i. Kinsler, of Richland, 15; N. C. Robert son, of I-airfield, 4. Col. Lipscomb wa: accordingly declared elected Thie vote for directors of the penitentiary was as follows: N. W. Brooker, of E(1_0.1d. 113; C. W. McFadden, of Chester, 1 1; Tohn G. Guign'ard, of Aiken. T9; II. A. 11cetze, of Lexington, 7:; George Shields, of Columbia. 44. The irst three were declared elected. REMOVAL OF PROF. WOOlDRO 17-% The ttoard ol Director, of the The-oigciaL Seuinarv of Ctoluntbia Carry Out the Order of the Synod. (From the News artd Cour!o.) CoLUMBIA, December S.-Pursuant to the instructions of the four Synods, the board of directors of the Theological Seminary met at 10 o'clock this m3orning in the Seminary chapel. There were four absentees. The following members were present: P:'. Wm. Adams, the Rev. Janes Stacy, tRe Rev. J. W. Rogan, the Rev. J. C. McMullen, the Rev. J. G. Law, Dr. H. E. Shepherd, _1r. W. C. Sibley, Col. George W. Scott and Dr. W. T. Thomapson. Dr. Stacy was elected. president and 31r. Law secretary. The following resolution was adoptel: "Whereas, the four Synods controlling' this Seminary have instructed this board to request the Rev. James Woodrow, D. D., for his resignation as professor of natural science in connection with leve- i lation: "lResolved, That a committee consist ing of the .ev. 'Messrs. Rogan and Thompson be appointed to wait on Dr. Woodrow and mwake the said request, and said conm:ittee shall present Dr. Woodrow with a copy of this resolu tion." At 12 o'clock the board took a recess until 2 p. m. At that hour the commit tee presented the following note from Dr. Woodrow: "In reply to the request which you have just handed me for my resignation as professor of natural science in con nection with levelation, I beg leave to say that I respectfully decline acceding to it." This note was sigr.ed with Dr. Wood row's full title as Perkins profess ir. The board then unanniiously adopted a preamble, reciting the above facts, and: the following resolution: "lesolved, In accordanee with the instructions received from the four con trolling Synods of the Theological Sem nary, that the Rev. James Woodro', D. D., be, and he is hereby, removcd from the chair of natural science in con ection with Revelation, and that the ecretary be directed to comnmumicate his action to Dr. Woodrow." The board then went into an cl-'tion for professor of didactic and po-imic theology. The Rev. Dr. J. L. Girar Jean was elected. Taking a recess at G . ii. the board waited on Dr. Girarden a body, acquainting lhim with Lis -lection and urging his acceptance of the professorship. Dr. Gira'deau re plied, expressing his appreciation of the onfidence reposed in hlnm by his bret en, and stating that he woild consider the matter and give his reply at the arliest practicable noment. At 8 p. m. the board reassembled at Wright's Hotel and spent about two ours considering the intercsts of the Seminary. It was decided to postpone urtler elections of prefessors until the irst Wednesd:y in February, when the >oard will meet in Augusta. The chairs -emaining to be filled are as follows: 11) Biblical literature and exegesis of Scripture; (2) pastoral theology; 0) the Perkins professorship of natural scienee n connection with Revelation. The members of the board express' hemselves as hopeful of the future of he Seminary, which they expect to re >pen next September. Noct a Drulanu Nation. lReally atnd truly we arc not a d-nken iation." There is'sadly too much drink ng, and there is ant infinity of crime and overty resulting from it, but it is cer mi that we drink less per capita than ur fathers did, and it is also cetrtain hat the mode and matter of drinking .as undergone a great change in the last wenty-tive years, and is still undergoing hange. Fashion makes custom, and it s no longer the custom to drink rum, s our N~ew England ancestors did, r whisky, as our Southern ancestors id. Wine and beer are now the staple rinks of those who contsume intox -ants. We also drink slowly, and, therefore, more decorously than we used to do. And because we drink mor sowly we also drink less. We are no a leisurely people. We cannot sit an our over two or three glasses of beer, s an Englishman or' German does, er ver a half pint of very thin wine, asa Frenehmnan or Spantiard does. And therefore we are not likely to becomea nation of slow guzzlers. It cannot now be said, nor is it probable that it can ever be truthfully said, of the American as it is of the English constitution, that "it floats in beer." We do not pity a drunken man as the European pieople: do, or, if in sucht a case. Some pity lives, That pity half despises, hldf forgives 'Tis mixed with shame, 'tis not from grief exempt, And savors very largely of contempt. We lo'ok upon drmiknness a mis fortune. We regard it as a major or a minor crime, accot'ding to the mnagitude or minitude of its cvil conisequtene. The vice of druuikenness in Amuerica i in a sure and not very slow pero'e - diminution. We a'e thin-skinned lki impiaticut of ridicule and inituoleant contempt, and the tone (It ma.eC' society is that of ridicnle and contempt towardt drunkards. Two of the strong st indications of the growtht of temiper anee senit tients have been made mai fust during the t rcent asembtly of th Knights ofi La'bor at 1ichmomnd.T first was when G;rtnd 31a4ster 'ow~ ; y charged th" delegtes th.at they el abstain fromn mtagmg~ teemselves ri:.m l us or c'ontemptbl hit h a ig front viti.Ilons. The seon was whin the whlt bodyu of KnightsI 'rom its nwl' ekceted otieurs. Phihm thronists an3 r"Lo"rmer" can: take fresh cou~ge from these ceerinig manife.sta tions.--Chicag'o Inter-Oceani. In olen times the St-outehe reekonsd t,. vaue of a inP'In in cow . No'voada.s v reckon in ho'', and ih: h e:;i a the mow re li i-:alue~d. ONir I.ITTLE' L:;AK. An ;:Im II of wn i:n Counity Covernl u~et--H--n ninVmContv Paper. (I I e.. < '4r the Y :ad Cou:-ier.) In the pgrogrss of the debate in the t1ouse whicb-1, by the way, was its first indulg'ence in that not seductive bat oImewhat expensive legislative luxury, a good cal wa said about county ex penses. It will be remembered that the sub!ject of discossion was the Aldrich bill to change the tenure of office of grand juries. It was advanced in suport of the bill that the grand juries by being made perpetial would be able to exer cise a closer scrutiny over the expendi tures of county funds. The opponents of the bill pointed out, with much force, that the continuance of men in ollice so long might render them more easily sub ject to the fihnences of a powerful com bination of oorrupt ollicials or criminals. This brought out eulogies from quite a number of members upon the oflicials of their respective counties, each asserting that a nobler, purer, more intelligent, upright, patriotic, self-denying lot of citizens, in the words of the "3likado," "never did exist." All of which is doubtless very true. Nevertheless it is admitted on all sides that one of the most pressing questions which confronts this Legislature is the question of re form in county affairs. It was pointed out in this correspondence on Monday last that in the county of Abbeville, as shown by the Press and Banner, the ex penses for six years of Democratic rule were 815,000 in excess of those of six years of the radical rule of plunder. The statement was the subject of a breakfast table conversation at the Grand Central Hotel yesterday, at which a distinguished member from Abbeville assisted. I asked him if the- figures of the Press and Banner were true, and he replied that he had no doubt they were. The only cause he was able to assign for it was that the people were too axious to make a living out of minor offices which they sought. ".Anv stealing or dishonesty?" I in quired. No, he didn't think so. While it was true the salaries of some of the olliees were small, the position afforded opportunities of making money which very few men could resist. This remark was made not in reference to Abbeville county alone but to all the counties in the State. A case in point occurred here auring the early .art of this week. Looking over the register of the hotel on Tues day morning I found the names of six or seven prominent citizens of George town. Thinking that they might have come to the capiral on some legislative buins, and not being able to find any of them, I asked Representative MIiller, of Georgetown county, "what was up?" and was told that the object of their visit was to biing a half dozen or more convicts to the penitentiary. This %ill, perhaps, explain why it costs from $3u to 8~10 ach to transport convicts to the peni tetiary. I was further told by Mr. Miller'that some of the distinguished ditizens alluded to were rabid reformers, Ind during the recent canvass had ad Vcated the abolition of the Citadel and College, the reduction of the salaries of State officials and other measures of re orm. Another cause of expense in the coun dies is to be seen in Charleston. Coroner DeVeaux, who was here on Wednesday tast, had a hearing before the Charleston lelegation on the subject of the pro Iosed 'cri-. ntal" or "perpendicular" reduction of salaries. The coroner pro rssed his willingness to submit to a rea sonable reduction, but stated that he ould iot make a living (it will be borne in mind that this is an dfIce the duties of which requires the entire time and ttention of the incumbent) unlkss ar rngements were made to pay him his salary. In other words, it transpired tht the officials of the county arc sub jected to the necessity of discounting their certificates of pay at from 10 to 30 pr cent. it was learned that a hal dozen prominent merchants are engaged in the businers, all of whom have made snug sum's. I asked a member from Charleston if this was actually true, and en gouing thtit was, and that it had beginofryears,soeoth merchants referred to having made fortunes. It would appear that there might be room for reform in this direc tion. Thus far the only measure which promises practical reform in the direc tion of county expenses that yet appeair on the House Calendar is a bill to change the plan of transporting convicts to the penitentiary. The bill, in accord ance with the recommendation of Gov. erior Sheppard, devolves this duty on the superintendent of the penitentiary.; One o4 the strongest '4 feminine in .tiets is to spank. Th'e littie girl of six spanks her~ doll, even while the sym pathietic tears roll dowvn her cheeks. She keePs up the practice when grown to oung ladyhoed upon her little brothers nd sisters, if she is fortunate enough to have any, and from then on her children and grandchildren-or somebody else's hidren and gran~dch ildrenl-receive the bhneits, in a'matured formi, of an art iarned in infancy, until she goes hence to a b.etter lando, and even then, perhaps), a wide field for the exercise of her pw ers is bef ore her amoug the little angels in! h1e:ven. Onec day last week a youngj man samdiering about the National mi~una saw two very pretty girls ex amining~ a large terra-cotta vase which stoo'd i ou e co'ner of the room de otdto ex-'ibits of that ware. In the d?! f h vase several unelothed arhis wer reresente-d as playing,1 wi!e one little- ceru~b, with a ehubb'y anddmpled form, ws leaning over the ed. evide?tn't atmpting to reach his ea:npanion::, atnd inn~ocentl. offiga tr. he on g ldie stod efo:re the Uen u~ or son tiu in app~larent ad mi in o 10 the w ork mans.hip), whzensad a ul a temit s'e1eed to strike one of tid. Sir .ake cutiiuly around tot asp bserved, and, seeing no ne' er u th wri.ws hid behinida eno on~ els-e w'as in sight, she ..e hpiy, t.ook the glove from oiT . riiht ind, rased that member and amiin-red to the: little clay image a mosrt thorolugh spanking. If it were a fair sample of her skill in that direction, her future children are entitled to heart ielt pity.-oledlo Blade. , a h.av. ben isered in New Zealand. AN ARTIST WARNED. An Imitation of United States Currency That Must Not be Repeated. The secret service offleers made a seizure in Theodore Stewart's saloon in New York recently of a small painting by William H. Harnett, the well known artist, representing the face of a United States 85 note. The work was done so well that it took close examination with a glass to show that a note had not been pasted down on a piece of wood, as even the mucilage which apparently had been used was imitated. rThe law pro hibiting the counterfeiting and imita tion of money was felt to have been violated by this neat piece of artistic painting, but the law officers of the Treasury Department could not say that talent such as that exhibited in this case should be promoted, because of the sub ject selected to portray. Neither could they allow the matter to pass without calling attention to the dangers of imita tions so skillfully made that they re quired but a groundwork of paper in stead of a smooth surfaced wood to en able them to pass for money. It was not supposed that any jury would convict the artist of a violation of law should the case be put to trial, so the Solicitor of the Treasury advised the Secretary that while under the circum stances of the case he should not dvise prosecution, yet he would suggest "that the development and exercise of a talent so capable of mischief should not be en couraged in a direction which might lead to embarrassment and discomfiture." This means that the artist will be warned to let imitation of United States money alone hereafter and to exercise his genius in some other direction un less he wants to gpt into trouble. The picture will be returned to its owner. A Growing People. In round numbers the population of the United States increases at the rate 1,000,000 a year. The census of 1880 showed a population of over 50,000,000 and close estimates based on local cen suses give in 1886 56,000,000. Of this increase about one-third is from abroad. Two natives reach the stage of action for one foreign resident. The ratio of native increase must in the future be greater, as the native element is constantly growing larger while the foreign is about station ary. The immigration for last year was a little larger than that of 1884 and this year promises to exceed the last; but both years show a decrease on several preceding years. Many thoughtful per sons are apprehensive of future trouble through this rapid increase of population, so largely drawn from foreign sources. The spectacle of from 300,000 to 400,000 foreigners being absorbed annually into our industrial force is one, they think, which cannot be continued without in time producing a serious disturbance. It should be borne in mind that when a foreigner comes to this country and be comes a part of its laboring force, he be comes also a part of its consuming force. In many cases he does work in this coun try which in his absence would be done in Europe. Until the population ap proaches the limit of our producing capacity, the foreigner may as well work ere as in Europe. We now export grains and meats which are consumed in Europe, nd the product of the consumer's labor is sent to us. When the laborer comes over and works in this country, he con sumes more of our agricultural products than -vhen he is in Europe and he only dds to the consuming force. In time the foreign immigration will decrease in actual numbers, as it is already decreas ing relatively. The number of born Americans is every year larger, and will increase for years; but the inducements for foreigners to come here will grow les and less. The immigration question is therefore largely one of the imagination, so long as it is confined to the Caucasian race. ,Tlhe politicians who are disturbed over it live a quarter of a century too late. This country has passed success fully through the danger they now think they see in the future. Whatever peril ther-e may may have been in that ques tion when the 'nation was young and the native population small has now passed away.-San Francisco Call. The Power to Prohibit. When a legislature says that on cer tain conditions a man shall be authorized to sell intoxicating liquors, and that un less he meets those conditions he sall not have the right to do it, the legisla ture by that act assumes the right to prohibit the sale of liquors; for if its prescribed conditions are such that no one will accept them, prohibition be comes a fact, if the law is enforced; and whether it is enforced or not, the legis lature has recognized the principle and has assumed prohibitory power. It does the same when it enacts that no person shall sell intoxicating drinks as a bever age from 12 o'clock midnight until six o'clock in the morning. If for the pub lic good, and because the public interest is promoted by it, a law can be made to close the saloons a part of the time, for the same reason a law could be made to close them all the time. If to promote this public good it is right to restrict the business, it is right, for the public good, to annihilate business. This is what law is for, and it is not only its legitunate function, it is its solemn duty as well to abate nuisances, to put an end to crime, andi at all possible po1int to protect so ciety. There is no more reason to question the right of the government to forbid the sale of intoxicating liquors as beverages than to question its right to forbid arson and murder. It has as much right to close saloons as it has to close gambling dens and houses of pros titution. Having the right to piohibit . for an hour, it has the right to prohibit fprever. Legislation which already ex ists assumes all the constitutional power necessary to make prohibition a fact, and what we need now is not more legis lative function, but a public opinion which will demand the necessary legisla tion and the enforcement of the law. The voter is the power behind the throne in this country. The lawmaker listens for the voice of his constituents, and the executive olficer does the same thing, and if the voice is suiliciently imperative it is regarded. A mere whisper is not enough, but when it thunders it is usual ly obeyed.-Western Christian Advocate. !r liaine tried to enjoy himself at 3Mr. Arthur's funeral, but it was not thought he had asnuih fun as 3Mr. Arthur's friends had at Mr. ilnin's funeral