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, ,, VOL. VII. I W -?= The Truth Of History. The State. No one who has truly known Wade Hampton would believe that in the contest over the election of 1870, or at any other time, he did aught to incur just reproach; but there are many beyond the limits of this SState who have been led, by the reiteration of certain newspapers, to imagine J hat thoro was a bargain by which yhe Federal troops were withdrawn irom soutn uuroitna as the price of a surrender of Mr. Tilden's interests in the electoral college. We had this in mind when, in commenting upon a repetition of this story by a Charleston correspondent, we asked Gen. Hampton to write the true history of that time. Since then, the New York Sun has repeated the accusation. Gen Hampton, in the following jfletter and the statements attached to it, settles the question in the most decisive manner, lie says no more than sum es to vindicate himself? lie could say much more if he wish ed. The proofs are absolute, however, and will make him even more honored for his course in those trying days than he has ever been. To the Editor of 7'he State: Recently there appeared in your paper a letter signed Win. G. Hay lies, in which the writer uses the following language: ' Is it not a fact that Gen. Hampton, Gen. Gordon and others, actintj for Samuel ?/. Tildea, made a bar gain in Columbia, in which they (njreed with the Republican representative* that South Carolina's vote suouiu oe.couiitea lor Hayes, if lie, Hayes, through his present repre sen tat ires, would hind himself to withdraw the Federal soldiers from South Carolina and turn the State tover to the Democracy? Hampton knows his is true, and ho knows the bargain and the sale of the honest vote of South Carolina." Perhaps it would have been unnecessary to notice the charges made in the letter just quoted had not the New York Sun, in its issue of the 28th ult.' seen fit to announce what it calls, "Wade Hampton's Fmlogy of Fraud," "a bargain made beforehand between Hayes and Southern Democrats of the type of Wade Hampton,'' the political selfishness of certain Southern Democrats like Wade Hampton," and to assert that in the gubernatorial election of 187C the Republican candidate received a majority of 3,433 on the face of the returns. In view of this it is well to nail the false charges contained in Haynes' letter to the counter at once and forever. Fortunately for the truth of his tory and for myself, the most eouclu sive proofs to do this are at hand, and these shall bo produced. During the exciting time pending the decision as to the result of the presidential and gubernatorial elections, two distinguished Democrats, Hon. John B. Gordbn and Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, wero in Columbia at the request of the National Democratic Committee, to look after the intertJts of the.Democratic party, I sent Baylies' letter to both of them, and their replies are subjoined. After the testimony given by these gentlemen, it is not necessary for me to say anything in disproof of the false charges made against me; and I only add that Gen. Johnson gives my exact words in answer to the only proposition ever made to me by any lie publican represen tati ve. Allow me a few words showing the ignorance of the tSun as to the election laws of South Carolina. The vote for Governor at each election precinct is publicly counted, as soon as the polls close, bv the managers and their clerk at that precinct, *~\and they make and sign a statement )bf the result. The managers of election in their respective counties make out the returns of the election for Governor in duplicate, and file one conv with the clerk of the court of w the county. This is an open public record, required to be filed, us open public records are, in the office in which records intended for general public information are usually filed. They seal up the other copy and transmit it by mail to the seat of government, directed to the Secretary of State, who shall deliver it to the House of Representatives at the next session of the General Assembly; ) ^and the Speaker opens and publishes the returns in the presence of both Houses. The Board of State Canvassers have nothing whatever to do with the vote for Governor. They are not authorized to canvass the vote for Governor, and they did not assume tovdo bo. My majority 011 the face of the returns duly sent and received by tho Republican Secretary of State and certified by him, was 1,134 votes. Throughout the whole controversy, before the Board of State Canvassers and the courts, these two propositions wero held alike by the Repub CO> lican and Democratic candidates for Governor, and their counsel. The controversy was on other lines and ahout other issues. The truth of these propositions is known tc all who took part in the proceeding, and becomes patent to all on the slighest acquaintance with the history of tho proceedings, in ami out of tin* Supreme Court, with the Constitution of the State, or the reports of the trials. I hopo that tho Sun, however much we may differ in our estimates of the couduct of the candidates for the Presidency, will do me the justice to correct its mistakes, and to admit that 1 never entertained the idea of sacrificing the chosen leader of the Democratic party. The following letters, bearing on the matters charged against me, will throw additional light upon tliem. Yours very respectfully, \vadk hampton. washington, l>. o. To the Editor of The State: On my return from Georgia my attention was called to an article in your paper of recent date, under the heading, "Was Tilden Sacrificed?" Your statement was entirely true, that our correspondent "is greatly in error" in charging that Gen. Wade Hampton made a bargain to have the vote of South Carolina counted for Mr. Hayes in consideration of having the Federal soldiers withdrawn and the State government turned over to the Democrats. It is not only true thai (Jen. Hampton made no such bargain, but he made no bargain of any character, nor consented to anv arrangement looking to the possibility of sacrificing Mr. Tilden's right of claim to the vote of South Carolina. 1' wai my fortune to be in South Carolina duringa portion of the memorable campaign of 18?G, and to remain in Columbia at the request of the National Democratic Com mitteo and ot South Carolina Democrats, during the exciting scenes which followed, and I know of my own knowledge that (Jen. Hampton positively refused to entertain for an instant any such suggestion. The charge is without a shadow of foundation. I repeat, that no such bargain was made or contemplated, and no such suggestion entertained for a moment, either by Gen. Hampton or by any one or more of the Democratic counsellors as sembled at Columbia. It remains only to add that the whole story is an unmixed falsehood in all its parts and in every particular. llcspeet fully, J. B. Gounox. Baltimore, Md., Feb. 1. Gkn. Wade Hampton. Dear General: 1 recollect perfectly the facts about the proposition to swap the State vote for the State government. I telegraphed full accounts of everything that transpired every day to the Richmond State, Baltimore Gazette and New York Herald. 1 have those contemporaneous accounts before me now. .Judges Denny and Settle, who represented the Republican National Committee at Columbia, proposed to you, in the presence of Gordon and myself, that if you would say to the crowd that came to your headquarters every night that you believed Jlaycs had carried the State, then the State government should be turned over to you. You promptly replied that Gordon and .Johnson should go over the returns with an expert, Denny and Settle being along, and that you would announce the result as certified by all of us. To this Settle replied, laughing: "Oh, we have hal our game with that pack, and hive thrown them away.1' You then saiu; "I will not make such a declaration to be President of the United States." These were your exact words, and they can be founJ reported over my signature 111 the Richmond State of December 4, 1870. That day was a stirring day in Columbia. Yours truly, BllADLKY T. .foilNSON. Wo have been permitted to see another letter from Gen. Johnson to Gen. Hampton, recalling memories of those days, and take the liberty of making these extracts from it: "The morning the Rille Glut,s were ordered to Columbia yon had only to raise your band and Roger's garrison would havo been swept off the face of the earth. But you held them back, and I know no more remarkable illust ation of moral force than your control and their obedience?honorable to both. You had only to say, "There ?r...?, i.- ?? il. r~: ...V-J MIC Uinu I1CII11 HIIU tn? IlI'lMg on Sumter would have been repeated. * * I remember the great meeting before the Democratic headquarters at Columbia the day it was attempted to pack the State House with roughs. I remember how the wires were hot that night with orders to the clubs to report at once, and how bv 9 a. m. we had 2,600 old soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia on the spot, and by sundown there wore 5,000 of them?and then they 4Bo True to rWAY. s, T wore all brought up before the headquarters, and your speech was to this effect: "T am glad to see you all here, come to see the State Fair. There is very good stock out there, and I hope you will all go to see it, and be very particular to behave in an or ....,\ .... ........ i ^ ...... UVJ I j IIIIU <| II IV ( mil lll'l I. M.llll WMI nil to ieniembor that 1 have been elected Governor of South Carol inn, and by the God above I intend to btj Governor! Go home and rely on that, I'll send for yon whenever I want you.' "That speech, and the yell that responded to it, made you Governor add no huckstering for advantages, 110 trading for benefits, was part or cause of your success. Let South Carolina and South Carolinians remember until the last syllable of recorded time that manliness and courage bore tier through the ordeal ol 1870, ten thousand times more try ing than Cornwallis' or Tarleton'f raids or Sherman's dragomide. "No man or woman or child will ever blush for the means by whicl: the redemption of South Catolimi was achieved, but will always say with crest erect and face to heaven 'My blood was there?.my peoph took part in that heroic achievement.' With these glowing words, so tnu and so worthy to be remembered, wt can close tho record of how \Vad< Hampton won! TILLMAN'STOI'IOItS IN A FIX No 1 >isi>ons;ii-ies jit Which t< Slake flieii* 'l'lilrst Columbia, February 5.?Special The Prohibitionists and Good Tern plars are working on the freeholder! to avoid having dispensaries. The liquor men are disconcerted, and dc not kuow'exactly what to do. Tin scoie wf candidates who want tin appointment of State commissions are working the "wires" to get t in plum. Tlie religions papers ar( trying to prevent the signing of pe titions for dispensaries. The Prohi bitionists will in a few days issue j pronuncianumto defining ttieir position and outlining their plan of action for the future. The Administration is getting its coders ready to receive the 11101103 which it expects will begin to poui into them on about .Inly 1. 189J The prospective candidates for county dispensers have, it. is understood tried in vain to get petitions for dis pensaries sighed by a majority of tin freeholders in the county town ii which expect to "dispense" liquor The neighboring distillers are per haps getting their long distance road cart in condition for use after the 1st of July. It really is not such a long time before the day for the Evans dispen sary law to go into effect, and every one is curious to know what is being done about it. The State authori ties have to wait 'and see what the liqor men and teetotlers are doing. Notwithstanding the advice ol Governor Tillman to acept the situation and do the best they could with the dispensaries, the Prohibitionists are not inclined to sign the petitions. The liquor men are still looking atound, so it is said, and have no! vet mapped out their plan of action The selection of counsel is being left to the Charleston members ol the association, and whoever thev select will be acceptable to the othci dealers, as their interests are the largest. It is expected that counsel will be selected from Columbia Greenville, and perhaps other sec tions of the State. Governor Tillman has for the pas! few days been so busy with other matters that he has not had time tc think about the successor of hit Anderson appointee. The appointment will hardly be made for n month or so, unless Governor Tillman changes his mind. A Stampede ol Medical Students' St. Kouis, Feb. 7.?A sensation was createcFto-day by the announcement that the eight/ studonts atten. ding the college of I'hysioians and Surgeons, at the corner of Jefferson avenue and Gamble street, had left for home, on account of the sudden death of three students. The excitement was intensified by a reporl that the deaths were caused by what is feared is typhus fever. The dead are George Heron of Western Kentucky, died Friday; Fred H. White of San Antonio, Tex., died this mor ning and David 15. Brown of thif city, this afternoon. The students were attacked by symtorns which the physicians were unable to ascribe to either virulent scarlet fever, cere bro spinal memincitis or cerebral typhus, and in issuing the death certificates the facts were submitted to the health department. In the case of the student White the health commissioners issued a certificate oi scarlet fever. It is believed th< disease was contracted in the dissecting room. Hall's llair Renewer enjoys th< confidence and potronage of people all over the civilized tvorld who us< it to restore and keep the hair a nat urnl color. Your Word, Your Work, and III! HSDAY FK , FA I liU RIO or Till: whisky' , TRUST, ? , 'I'ln* A trail's of the Circuit t'on > wrn in Hml Shape. There probably will be but few mourner? because of the financial j disaster which has befallen the Wilis ! ky Trust, the full story of which is i told elsewhere in the llerald today. This impudent and audacious ' corporation has for several years dominated the trade in distilled spir; its throughout the country, wiolding its power in a mostarbritary manner. It was the product of the largest share of such good and by its ingeni iottsly contmcd rebate system man aged to get the entire trade tit its mercy. While owing the most of the large distilleries in the West, it " adroitly managed to secure control of the output of those, West or East, , which it did not own, so that it exercised an absolute monopoly of the I products of all such establishments i and was enabled to lix prices at its t own will, regardles of the ordinary , laws of commerce. , It is popular error to assume that ? the product of still is available only ' for drinking purposes. From one3 duarter to one-third of the Whiskey i Trust's output is pure alcohol, requir? cd for medicial purposes, in the me ehanic arts and otherwise than in the manufacture of intoxicating bever ages. This fact was brought out } (dearly last week in ti e vigorous protest made to Congress by the ; drug trade taction of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation i against the passage of the Scott hill , to increase the tax on distilled spir> its. In the protest it was alleged ? that at least one half of the total } production of cologne spirits, high [ wines and alcohol is consumed in the > arts and manufactures, while alcohol i enters into the manufacture of almost every article in the pharmacist\s eat alnguo.. t But the Whiskey Trust, in the rui.se of a public benefactor seeking to relieve tfie assumed necessities of the Treasury, caused to be introduced , in Congress a b; 11 to increase the tax r on distilled spirits from ninety cents . to one dollar and twenty-live cents a gallon. Meantime, calculating that it had the. passage of this blil as sured, it proceeded to accumulate ' its products bycoroding its producing , capacity to the utmost ami buying , up all the outsidcs supplies it could command at the same arbitarily ad' vancing prices with a view to check ing consumption, so that it niiglit j have an enormous stock 011 hand when the Scott bill should pass, the , effect of which would be to add ' thirty five cents to the value of every gallon of such goods 011 which the , ninety cents tax had been paid. It. [ is estimated in our review of this , operation that the Trust now controls about ninety million gallons p of these goods, their profit on which by reason of the increase of the tax I would have been thirty one and a half million dollars. There was 011 hand in the country J - ? J on the 1st of October last in the r neighborhood of oi.e hundred and !. sixty-five million gallons of diatiled spirits of all kinds, the amount of ^ which has since been increased by : the extraordinary productions of the | Trust to probably two hundred mi 1 ? . lion gallons, or a supply equal to , two years' consumption. Should I there be probability of the passage of the bill increasing the tax all of . these goods remaining in bond would be quickly withdrawn while the h ninety cent rate continued, so that the holders of them would realize , the benefits while the government . would receive no relief from the higher tax until these should be k consumed. Thus, while pleading the necessities of the federal Treasury as a reason for the legislation projected, the manipulators, and . especially the managers of the Trust were scheming to monopolize all the r profits, leaving the Treasury no better off than before. The story of this gigantic specu[ lation reads like a romance, lint unlike the romances of literature, the end is disappointment and disaster, i The Trust emerges from it sorely . wounded and crippled* It is today on the verge of bankruptcy, with a - treasury seven hundred thousand [ dollars short of the demands upon it; a rebate fund of two million dollar* , head in trust for its customers, alienated and lost; its storehouses t crammed with goods which must bo , disposed of on a surfeited market. , ami but four million dollars of man, nfacttiring property to show for tliirty-live million dollars of capital I it has cost. Hut if the result shall be either the absolute extinction of [ the iniquitous Organisation, or the , withdrawal from its commercial i support, the public will he the gain' er and no tears will bo shed.? N. V. 5 Ilerahl. ?? Don't waste ttme, money, and health, trying every new medicine ? you may see advertised in the papers. . If the cause of your trouble is in the j blood, liver, stomach, or kidneys, . -take Ayer's Sarsaparilla at once, ar.d be sure of a cure. Take no other. ifour Country." BKU A.KY 1<>, 1! lie Kc|?t Ills Word. Ii A man who is constitutionally a incapable of telling the truth is a <' diflieult subject to manage. He re >' jiiires such drastic treatment as ' Colonel Cockrill, the managing ed h itor of the New York World, once '11 administered to a man who r.evor n toid the truth when a lie would an 8wer. Cockerill was then editor of 0 a struggling weekly in a Western c town, and one morning a follow n walked into the oHice. saying. ' If ? you'll send mo your paper, I'll bring sl you a load of wood next week." 11 The editor suggested that he would 1 prefer to seo the wood lirst. P .? -iMl t II ? ? ? vmi, unit it ue nu right, stiid the " subscriber''' u.Ilist you send mo ^ your paper, and--." 8i ' See here. How am 1 to know ?' thatTyou are going to keep your 0 word?" ,fKasj enough. If that load of '' wood ain't here by next Saturday '' you'll know that I'm dead. If I'm ? living I'll bring it myself, or I'll ' send it, one or to'ther" ) "All right, I send the paper, and 11 take the wood." 81 The paper was sent. A week P passed and no wood came* Anothor a< week went by, and still no wood. ^ The editor wrote a glowing obi- 11 tuary, of his delinquent subscriber. Cl lie paid a touching ouolgj to) his ' manliness and integrity. He said that his word was his bond and that in all his dealings he "J was teliability and honesty person- 's ifted. There was not a degree of '' praise and exaltation that the editor (' did not use upon tin* subject. 11 The next morning Kditor Cockorill 81 looked through the olllec window 111 saw the "corpse" approaching, with lire in his eve and a copy of the "pa 01 per in his hand. The editor suddenly w became busy. The door opened. In walked Mr. Delinquent. " "Say there!' he exclaimed. The editor turned and started in (' aina/.etneni* "What!" said he. "You alive? I thought you were dead Dot me congratulate you." 4*Of course I'm alive. What do *' you mean by this infernal article in ei your'paper?" 3" "(Mi unit? said the editor bland ly, That? Why you told mo that if the load of wood you promised was not here in a week, you'd he dead, ( and I took v?n for a man of your word" The lire faded out '.lie delinquent's eye, and going closer to the desk he said. "See here, young fellow its no use tyring to get a head of yon . I will bring that wood next Monday it it rains brimstone and pitchforks." And for one once in his life lie kept his word. ? Kx. Whore Licorice Grows. On the bat>ks of the Tigris and the Kuphrates the licorice plant is ehielly grown. These great rivers How through llat, treeless prairies of uncultivated and nearly uninhabited land. For throe months of the year hot winds blow and tuo temperature reaches 104 degrees, says the Boston Traveler. For six months of the year tho climate is moderate and salubrious, and for three months bleak and wintry, the thermometer going down to HO degrees at night. The licorice plain is small shrub with light foliage, growing to about jj three feat lugh where its roots can h reach the water. It grows without * any cultivation. No lands are leased for the purpose and no objection is made to its being cultivated. It t grows on red-earth soil and also on v light, almost sandy, where the wood 8 is best, provided it has plenty of c water and the ground is not more than fifty yards fiont the actual river < or stream. . 'J The wood, after once being dug o up, grows better afterwards. The s time of collecting is generally dur- ^ ing the winter, but it is possible all j the year round. The root when dug j, is full of water and must he allowed t to dry, a process which takes the ^ best part of a year, It is then sawed I or cut into small pieces to a foot long. 1 The good and sound pieces tiro ' kept and the rotten ones are used 1 for firewood. It is then taken in nn* J, tive river cants to Ibissorah, whence a it is shipped in pre?seu hales to Lon- J don, and again from there to Anier- ^ ica, where it is used largely in the " manufacture of tobacco. c The black licorice sticks sold in 1 drug stores come mostly from Spain c and are made of pure juice, mixed 11 with a little starch, which prevents e it from melting in hot weather. n The word "licorice" is of Greek ori ' gin and means "sweet root." Washington'* birthday recurs on \ Wednesday next for the one hun- c dred and sixty first time. He died in December, 1700. On the 22d of i February, 1800, his birthday was commemorated in a solemn manner, 1 393. y religi us exercises and memorial ddresses, and has been fittingly { elvbrated ever since. We give our oung readers some incidents in the fe of this great man, to illustrate is religious character. The day i fter lie took cotntnand of tlte army n order was issued in which we find he following injunction: " The (Jenral requires and expects of all others and soldiers, not engaged on ctnal duty, a punctual attendance n divine service, to implore biosings of Heaven upon the means sed for our safety and defense.*' it the end of the war, ho aocotnanied his resignation of his comtand of the armies of the United tales by an address, in which he j lys: "I consider it au indispensable! uty to close ill s solemn act of my ( (Ticiiil life by commending the in iterosts of our dearest country to l\e protection *>f Almighty God, and lose who have the superintendence f them to his holy keeping." On lie 30th of April. 1780, General Washington hucatno President Wash igton. In his inaugural address he iid: uIt would ho peculiarly improer to otnit in this, my lirst olliciul tit, my fervent supplication to that dniighty Heing who ruies over the 11 iverse, who presides in the conn iIs of the nations, and whose provi ential aids can supply every human efect," etc. And at the close of, le address he repaired to the church nd publicly worshiped God as the ing of kings and Lord of lords. ) his subsequent address to the overnors of the different States, he lado eight distinct references to a tperintending Providence. These o the last words of that address: It remains then to ho my ii tin I and ily request that your Kxoellonoy ill communicate these sentiments > your Legislature at their next leetinir. :liuI licit tho.v mnv I?a J " fV " l'i 1 as the legacy of one who has mi mly wished, on all occasions, to 0 useful to his country, and who, iren in tho shade of retirement, will ot fail to implore the l)ivine hi nounion upon it I now tnaUo it toy truest prayer that (lod would have on and the State over which you reside in his holy protection: that c would incline tho hearts of tho itizens to cultivate a spirit of suborination; .... and finally that he ould most graciously ho pleased to is pose us all to do justice, to love lorcv, and to demean ourselves with liat charity, humility, and paeific Miiper of mind which were the char cteristies of the Divine Author of ur blessed religion, without an umhlc imitation of whose example 1 these things wo can never hope > he a happy nation." Dr. Deems ivs: "All that is part of his pu?>lio fe. Hut it is a long and consistent ourse of behaviour; so long and onsistont that it would be very dif. cult to conceive how any ma i of ny character could maintain it if he ad not a private character of deep ml unaffected piety. There cannot he as much evidence 3 this point as to invariably saying (race'at t'ae table, constant attend uce at church and most devout ehavior there, and the holding of raver in camp; and yet we have diat is quite conclusive. His aid, Jol. Temple, has often been heard i say that on sudden and unpexontnil v-iaita 11/ul. i .w. ?. .m.vw iiivv ?? noillll^luii h 111*11' uee, ho has moro than once found im on his knees at his devotions." l most interesting incident in the fo of the great ( 'Onimander in chief as been related as follows: "While tationod with the nnnv tit \ral!ey 'orge, he was, fi'ef|uently observed i visit a secluded grove. This exited the curiosity of a Mr. Potts, of ho denomination of 'Friends,' who fatch his movements at one of these essions of retirement, till he pereived that ho was on his knees and ngaged in prayer Mr. Potts then e'urncd and said to his family,! ()m niUMc in !o /' (he was with tin* 1'ories), assigning his reason for this j pinion." (Jen Knox, who was pccially devoted to the person of Vashington as his commander, and iad special knowledge of his habits localise ho always had free access to im, was also a witness to his visits j o the grove at Valley Forge, and .new that they won.' for the purpose of uninterrupted prayer. 4 Peter Piper Picked a Peek of 'ioklcd Peppers," was a line of al 1 iterative nonsense, that the children ised to say. Nowaday s (le y can iracticeon the Perfect, Painless,Powerful Proj crties of Pierce's Pleas ait Purgative 1V* 1 lets. It will im 1 iress a fact, which will be useful to aiow. 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It hears dato of June 28, 1828. Mr. Ileardsloy haw held the olTice without interruption ever since, and still does business at the old stand. He was in his nineteenth,year when he re coiveu Ins appointment, and is, therefore, nearly 8 A years of age. In a letter two years ago to a gentleman at present connected with the Times, Mr. Heardsley stated that he had been able to make his own quarterly returns with only two or three interruptions during all this long period. He has mailed letters of some of the families of his neighborhood for five generations. In the letter referred to he stated that the revenue from the office for many years did not exceed $15 or $'30, hut after tho coming of the railroad it has risen to $50 or $00. All of his life Mr. Heardsley has kept a small country store of North Lansing, more popularly known as Heardsley's Corners, and ho has amassed an independent competence. In politics ho has always been a I)onioorat, though never guilty of ' pernicious activity," and in the great conflict he was an ardent and liberal uwar Democrat." The sixty fifth anniversary <>f his appointment will occur in June next. II is unbroken service is the longest in the history of American o Hi ice holding. He and his wife (still living) celebrate I their golden wedding anniversary nearly 15 years ago The New York Geographical Society offered him a largo prioo for his comIII I-. >. i n n it' li nit it a ? j If) im> i i?j < J. I K.. t nil ' >i?yii H I IV. I I 11/ " ?I O I v ' ) I ' i O Wl1 i) WMU ho refused. ?? lOloctrif IJilt or*. This remody is becoming so well known and f-o popular as to nooil special mention. All who have use I Electric Hitters sing the saine song of praise. -A jmrer medicine does not exist and it is guaranteed to all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of 1 lie Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Bheutii and other alt'cctions caused by impure blood ? Will drive Malar al fevers For cure of IIoadache, Constipation and lndigeg tion try Electric Bitters?Mil tire satisfaction guaranteed, or monoy refunded.? Price oOcts, and $1.00 per bottle at E. Norton's Drugstore. Mr. Tilden did not get tno Presidency because lie was unwilling to risk a fight for it, not because any Democrats in South Carolina. Florida or Louisina sacrificed him. Abrani S. Hewitt oneo said: <ll >pent three days in framing a letter for Mr. Tilden, saying to the American peoplo that he believed himself to be the President elect, and that on the 4th day of March, 1877, he would go to Washington to be inaugurated. This lcttor 1 took to Mr. Tilden, ami I did everything I could to get him to sign it, but lie refused to do so. David Dudley Field and myself spent a great while with Mr. Tilden, hoping to have him yield and sign the letter. He threw the Presidency away by bis refusal. 1 still have . the letter, with Mr. Tilden's writing on the subject, giving his reason for not signing it. It will all be made puoncsome clay. * I believe that it was Mr. Tikluii himself who was lurking in the courage necessary for the trying situation < f th it timc^ D Should he in I'lvrrj Ilotise.fr .J. 15. Wilson, 371 Cluy St. Shur||L burg, I'm, -ays he. will not be without Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumptoin, Coughs and Colds, tl at it cured his wife who was threatened witli I'nomoniu after an ataek of uLa Grippe," when various other remedies and several physicians had done her no good, llohoft Barber, of Cooksport, I'a., claims Dr. King's New Discovery has done him more good than anything tie over used for l.ung Trouble. Nothing like it. Try it. Free Trial Bottles at K? Norton's Drugstore. Largo buttles 50e. and $1.00. 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