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Balca «^14i , . .. ...... v.' “ One Inch, on* insertion. . , . tf , “ “ Meh eubsoqoent iMenl«ii.60 Quarterly, eemi-nnnu*! or ymm\j < ma'leon liberal term*. cid? of (he pag*. 4. All changes ia reach us on Friday. tH-ftret insertion unieseotharwhoai^ t No coino»unicat»n will b* pubkinhrd n». fesSaccornpaiiied by the nameand lultlresr of *i.e writer, not necessarily for pubHeufenk tut os a guaranty of good faith. Address, TllJB PEOPl*,' > . _-v liaanweU C. H., 8. Ca Travelers’ Guide- SoutU Ca^9ti , l a Uajlrottd AX ISfitiPEXDtiXT FARMER. CHANGE OF SCHEDCtS. S'" V. ? ;■ • -a^vr- 1 ..in- <*» CnAlfctsTos, Waroh't, 18 T 8i''- trti and £fr<rf* Sunday, nfiitj titi South Carolina Ranrdad with 6c run ns follows: .iyr-J. roa aith sta, i i' . moijtinf rtChFtedjr'f " t.eaTi Cha’slestcn . . b 00 *. rr.. 7 flOp. fn. Arrir'e Augusta . . 6 00 p. tn. 6 65 a. m. Let sailors Sins of the mlgbty deep, L6t soldiers prafee their ari^ufut*, ‘ v • Bth iri my h< art this tdast I’ll keep— The ludependsnt iFarmer. r<-i- Vf hen first the rose in robe of green ‘tlnfoldferts critisou lining, Around his oottage poVbh is Seen ^ Idte hooey-eucale climbing. > When banks of bloom their sweetness yield To boee that gather Ubney, He drives his >ain across the held. When the sktes-uhe sort, and sunny. mfe.' ' V .-• ton odtOiHMa, '* i* i.r;**- • (Snnd iy siortiing eraupted),'’, 4 4,1 fi'ear* A&rfestSh'. '. 6 bo'a. m. 8 to p \a. Arrive at Columbia. Id 6dp. m. 7 45 a. a. ' f i-i* *^8«jid4y morning txocpted). . - ^ * 8 80 a. ipj. 7 40 p )n. Leave Columbia . ." 6 00 p. m. 8 t>' p. m. At. Charleston, 1'i M nf jlit and 0 46 a. ir.. Su in cat r v 1 Ite'T ral h, (Sundays ciceptod) Leave Summerville Leave Augusta . ITli Arrive etX'harTiatjn 4 2d p. m 7 $•) a m- i 4 *. Arrive «i Charleets^ Leave Cbarlestdn Arrive at SsinmeHlHs 7 a m 8 49 a m •3 15 pm 1 4 ‘25 p m Breakfast, binner.and Suppar at Bronchville ,r»C den 7\ain m Connects *t Kingsville daily (Bundays excep« ted', with day paasec^er irain W ahd from Cnarleston.* IttSSehgevs fV.o'Jh Chmden VbCo- lumbvA cen go through without detention on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and Vom Columbia to Camden bn Tuesdays, hursdaya and Saturdays by connection with day passenger Irain. Day and night trains conn*c( nt Augusta hith Georgia UAlirbSd'Bttd Central Kuiiroad. This route is ItiS quickest and most direct to Atlanta, NasbvV.le, lAtuisville, Cincinnati, Chicago, Si Louis aud other points in tha Northwest. * v- Night tralnjs'h r Attgusta connect closely with the fiki maij train via Macon and Au- gusla Rallrbatl for Macon, Columbus, Mont gomery. Nfcblle, New Orleans nhd Itblnt^fh the Southwest. (Thir'^ix.hp^rs to New Orleans. ' ’ mi , irv Day ti ains for Columbia Aohtlcca 'dosejy with ChefIdH^lta^lntad for nil p^r.'.ts N'-rth, making quick time ftcJ no delays. (Forty hours to New York . 1 , Tbctrainson the G^oftitle siid Colffrnliia and Spurt&hbdYg'nd<T C:iii>n Itailroads con nect cloSeljl" with 'Hi! train which (eaves Charleston at 5 t)U a m, and feturnve^ they connect in sHlck ntanacr wrfb\'Fi*e trAtn Vhico loaves Celiflfi'bia r ot- Clru’Twou a* "30 p m Lauren*fUilrbihl t. aiu con neols at Newberry 6nTuesdays, Thursdays^iid Niitutdajrs. Blue Riitge Railroad train, runs dai V,’ con* . jta;.*. isoai. .-i* .it ... h .neeQngVitV hp1ib>r4‘ovr*i trains. t,:v Green ville and C;1 mi Glo Rsiluxnl s. s. n. I’lCSXN' ■#4—vf* 8 SOLOMONS, Superintendent. G*nr-al Ticket Agcn*. —k > v* • - *- t Savannah aai ( baric:ltn KatlroaL'co. Tho blBOkbtfd cfuck^ behind th« plow, a clean sypui ThetjuaH pVpba louil and clearly, T08 orchard hldee behind Its bows The ho a*e he loves so dear! yp > 1 The grhy o’.d Wbn dcfehs Yh'ey unfold His aihfilesturB in measure, Store rich in hdap& of hoarded gold, A blwssed, pr»ciou*-treasure, o . * While yonder fn th9 porph there i tandu His wife, tire lovejy chahmer— The sweetest rose dn all h!s lauds— The Independent farmer. . , To him the spring cotjios ddnoLngly, ilh ‘ To himlhe summer blushes, The autumn smiles wtth yellow ray, With household angels round him. He trusts to Go I and loves his wife, Nor gt ief nor HI may h i)rm heri He’s nature's nobleman in life— The Independent Farmer. F1M1I Cl 1/ri K»V CM An Iifteremilng Ai*l|cfe From"# Iklsti lKW?*he<l Scientist — l Tie IV«m k oi 1 ii. United Mtatee A'isk t'oiumisnlon. “Fish are so prbliQo,*’ f 073 the dis tinguished naturalist BufToo, ‘ that if the product of a pair of herring could be protected, in twenty yeais tbry would hU a space as large as the earth. autbcrl 1 in *ht«' calculation disregarded the uDlthoi#n ^owcl the vast ocean, where nitdre ia collecting and ' reserv- 1, ing the seed' of vitality, Which ia daily escaping from"‘Cultivated lands. At all events, 'MaltEiW prediction of the (iMtlny of the humAh rsce ls stayed, for a time, through the aid of eoienoe, 1 “FPear ,1 which shows Itself adequate tn the eit- re8U tn aa ustibn, In the aid of natuie. in tBe'pro'- diiction of human food. Beth Green, of New York, ia one of thfl pidheers in that branch of practical science, and justly honored for his emlrient nervices ip the art of taci'easing and cheapening the production of human'food. It was otir pleasure and satisfaction to se6 witbln'the last month duf dis tinguished friond, Professor JJaird, the eunnenfhaturallst, now ‘United States Commlso'.onei 1 <J| Fish and Fisheries. We learned frOEd lllm thkt he’ had In troduced new and moire Certain 1 prac tice in the art of artfdcial inouoatlop. of Qsh. Instead of dhlng the ordinary water of riion'lng streams, which al ways contains morfc or less sedimenta ry 'matter; which collected' upon the eggs and' destroyed their vitality, he now shbotitutes pure or filtered water. Thd eggs or spawn are placed in suita ble cdnetruciioBS, which are immersed in pure water, depending upon steam power to give agitation and aeration, thus vivifying and saving from de struction a larger* proportion of the At a late meeting of the Pandieton Democratic club the Hon : B. \Y. Simp son made a very excellent spfeech re viewing the work of the late legisla ture. Among other things ho said ? ’* I appear before you \o-day. l^r. for 4 mills. Now, tako the 4 miH8 from G 1-2 mills, and there l^t left 2 1-2 mills tax for State ’ purposes for which we were alone responsible, two and a to $300,000 ^to this half mills amouct add the $100,000'received froth* phoa- oyattJi po sel-i fish purpose—nSt expecting to again btj & cahdldate for iny ofidee. I have no motive? in what I am ibout^to say, other thah’td'iid vance the interest and maintain the Integrity of that Demo cratic part/' wiilch. defeated Radical ism, drove-ihe ravepous and vindictive thieves back to their homes, and es tablished In South Carolina ence more a pure and honest governniient. The press at^d many individuals have, without etiut, criticised the actions of the lust Legislature, and have foigot- ten when eriticiol^jg to tell of the real good actions pei formed, or to explain those acts which need explanation- Buchd course is ruinous to the paity and will surely work its disrupdo’u. Fair and honest criticisms are right and propef; but such as not to bring reproach upon tiio whole Democratic party, because the Legislature may have passed acts which you cannot approve.* Bather visit you* wrath up on the representatives who were in-, strumeutal iq passing the objectiona ble laws. If I have done wrong, or any pbate royalties, and we have $400,000. But only ^fOQ.OOO of this is cylleqted from the people. Again, we contract ed no debtpof any description. I think the nctiori of tho Legislature in the ft raattek of finances will oompare favor ably witjt any Legislature, ante-tielluiia 4r otherwise. Compare our work with Radical Legislatures and, pee what the Democratic party has done for the State. The amount saved ,to the tax payers annually by comparing the ex penses of "the Democratic, legislature with the.expense:; of Radical Legisla- tures’amounts to nearly $2,000,000. As large as thi^ amount may seem to i>e, I am ready^to ptove it if qe6essary. Suppose $3,000,003 were reduced J,o stiver { It would amount to, qbout twenty-six tons In Weight, apd it would take twenty-elk teams, each hauling 2,000 poundc, to carry the stealings of OKg, th» D by ih.-o!d« mfthod, c ; lber l ’ , your ^-ealatlve, bate f J- ■ . : done wrong, blame the party so doing, but for God’s sake blame not that po- was a vast impfoVemefit upon nature. 1 ProfrArfor Baird haa brought the I , , , , L , California aalmon, andTs introdu^hg UU ^ p “ rt \ to w ^ cb ^ a11 b & Dg > them Into our rivers #edeh ’empty Into I and ^? er wWe baoner we marfchwl the-Atlantic.- That fish, * ProfessorB. i lwt - f f 006 yfar tQ 8 . 0ch ft «'‘ orl * informs d^, to independent of the tem-i 0U8 k vlCt ° ry “ a ^7 fra ° ght Witb Logan, In his history of the upper perature - of the Bal . j *uch momentous results tn every man, part of South Carolina, describe# the | mOQ wh , ch cora6j fr6m t *. e 1q • womap ahd C^Ifd in this our native streams as so crowded with herring. Ma ,^ wUI Qot , Ive la th3 Watero i f ; Slatd. that tha water was scarce v: dble. Nat- J Southp - ca Hv ^ We a { j De ^ etl . I men uralists say that no herrings were ever mpn ot . ertlpion from found in cur streams, and that the. whrerirfer Thefl8hwa fe9e> _ u word shad should be subatituted lor ] alcoholi an( j the a( 4 how cibe such remarks to nothing but a that of bei ring.' Some forty, or l^; tbstit ^ n8 proda ci nfr f He tid also a bought. Consider what a tre- years ago, it was customary for wag ] 8hadtaUeu rrom the C hio, whefe, pre . “d overwhelming revolution on* to come from a distance of fbrty j vIrtI1H trt Drfif , (>iQ , : through whl«^ we. havh but recently passed.\Yheh‘ reconstruction was completed our CfonstlUitfon aud our laws wire overturned, and almost every vesllge of fundamental law ex- 1 ( isting before tfft war w«# Swept away, aud a new Ccnstltutioft abd new laws Instituted in their-stead* 'embodying i. r 'Y/e frequently hear It said by of intelligence 'thAt they , long to | see the Legislature return to the modes 3 preserved in I '-“7 3 , fat 00 before th « wat -- - hs- br more tolles tp the Seneca uhd other tributaries of the Savannah to lay in shad for provisions for the year. # WJ- llave-'kuowib.fge'of tin?* abundance o that 3sb witfiiu tho period mentioned. Now, for years,-ft is seldom tbafa'shad Is eeen on our tabb e J« be.'r become great a rari'y, that if they ‘nr* j shad taken from the Chio; where, pre- ‘ vlous to artificial production and i planting, no shad were known." The 1 j carp from the Danube, a superior edi- * l ie fl>.h, is now being procreated, and j is, or will soon be distributed' to our different rivers suitable for its penna nent existence; always provided that laws bo Instituted and enforced to prej so v , CIUNV^OF SjCUEDUL^ >7 Cm,- S. c.rA»ct. 5, On nn<t uher t^muiHy, .l.»r.c.'-v 7, l878, *bc trains en’ this Rfia'l vlll fi^ve D -jio'. : r Nort.liuas.era UnUruVI as f.4k •.» . > . L. Fmt Hail Daily. ’ * I«*aVe Ci’ftrlestcU - - - - Arrive if SaV*i;-ah’ - - -_ l^av* Savanna Ii - - - - Arriv* CuArleaton Vent ptlvate cupi lity from extinguish ing the fun and breed. * The fiivaunab is claimed by the Stale of Oeofgiu' to 'low w;;ter mark nearly on tho Carolina side; but the Savannah is under the jurisdiction of the United Slntrt’and cannot be turn- ! hHtml of our °PP outJt "8 tot •/» >■ a 15» ^ uo 6 00 p. m. W 00 p. in. m. xAttf^lKoiiaiiiin Trar:, Sxadayi Rjcrfftetl,:* b* .0. * . A ^ 1* 1. xJesvc t'larlesftlh Arrive at Augusta Arrive Port Koval Arrive SavounaU - Leave Savannah > hvave Augusta 4 Leave Port Rvyr.r' - o - - 6 p. m. - - • 1 50 p. m. - - - - 3 50 p. m. - - - 00 a. m. - » - 7 80 tv. m - * * - 10 20 * n>. Wf 'Arrive CbarlcsUu - -■ *<, <• 6,80p. n R'andnyi Ezc>$>ie4.“ «* a | . \ u.1 Leave Charleston ' - Arrive Port Rnvtl - Arrive SavariiUn Leave AavAnraj Leave August a' ' * Arriv* Charleston - '- 8 60 p . i ; • 6 46 a. m. - 7 25 a. ra. 10 (10 p. *. » 9 (F) p. m, w.'8' 45‘a:'th Fast tndif train ■»?!) Anly at Atlsrn*,' Bun,' TiraKSsiseY T?i ahkmville a.-nl j&ectebif. _Aceomtfo3hticn.'tr|iin wHT V^jp ^ajl ’sf^-' lions on tnis anS tnakes ttlcse cnnunYtfon for AUgusUAclVort ft'tfyal ami, all atatijns on the Port Ruyal Rafiroa<i.' E4*t mail mak'os ctJnnestion for poiqU in Flarlda and Georgia.* * CfR. GAD8BFN, anfl’Sup*.. 8. C. BoYurrox. 0. F. andT. Acant. (— 1 W-t— WILV'I^iTON,, COL^piA AM AUGUSTA RAILROAD. tj *• * -• ft,*- 1 GkXEKAL I’AsSt.-i-jKR DliPART?ir.Nr, '* * ’ * C^loiIbia, F.'0i, August '* 'The’follovhrfSchedule will be operated oti andaaert|is/>'. ^ - Kiyhi F.jfrm Train—Daily. ' .*1 -4-09IKO .north. t *. < • j- tfRvVCoJtonrflk SVetrtVebie 4 /' n'Up.a Arrive at Wilmington . t Isom* -' >.j%*.sGoina soyiE., 2 40 a. tn. 6 82 A, m. ifcye Wilir/ington Leave Florence * .j ^ COp. JO 02 p, . r> JL 't. •a. Arrive al Columbia* * - A TC'' v 1 25 a. nv' read ThisT^nin is Fast ExprcES,*r?.ak’ng proug . flSJnnectlohs, all rail. North and‘j8ot»th, ft:;J waterline connection via Pqrtamfl'ullb 9«ly at Easto4lil , ,' ^ '04mfb?7'lliitjtotieviqe, .. ... — Eastovlii , l c idrenee, Marion, JVir .LLff, Whitevilleand Fletnitigton. ■ -J ' - , "Through Tlckfets erfld'and hag^a^e check tSllo all prinripal poihts. Pullman Bleepers Q|t3iiht twkftff. Y. •:«- ’ Through Frtight Tmin—Dally, txerpt Sun- . .day*.) ' *a» A 6 00 p. m. - - r i a. m. 4 30 12 00 m. OOINO NORTH, CehTrcbU . . . *. Trirence. . Y . * ►Jrriv*at Wilto.ngton. . a 4m»\ $WNO *OUTK. IAav*"WHailtrgton. . • • • 2 30 p.», -lAweFltStisase., . .5 x 2 85 a, tn. Atriv* at Columbia . . > 10 10 a. m. Local freight Train leave* Columbia Tum^ " rhursday and Saturday only, at 6 a. pi. I at Floreaoe at 8 80p.m.. A. POPE, O.r.AT. A. F. DSTDIE, 8upwiwirt|»L t protOttOtl tit nil, tln-y musLbe-purJhH^ 1 ed at 15.ilroad deputy, btuught from below on ice. We ari informed that the catch iu Stucca this seasoa Ida been nil. * ‘ Mlgra'oty 0->h asterfd rivers from the seas and seek spawning grounds iu the upper tributaries, whete the water la c«ol,Wapiti an*! well aerated j fish. Obstructions are placed in the The young I'Wh'^ho ahud requires liver, at diffi*rent points, by gill nets, three days to emetge from the egg) which stop the run of soon acquire vigor enough to descend FroVideh^, belong to to lire ass, wlrefe they disappear, re- \ other (tibutafies of the Savannah, turn thexmeuia’g‘season, mstincUvely | which tributaiies run through and be- to the identical spot where boto, 'ahd | long to‘lhe State of South Carolina, t ire results of the rsvolutioa. Besides this the entire colored population waa added to the’ body politic, rendering necessary an entirely new code.’ tVitb such laws, and with a Constitution framed by the bitter and malignant the' pur- •v XIIII PUIBMC flenooui. ' iv (s ^ • . 4T . “ « AM ImpocXHJit Circwlar from the Htute Mupcrlnfcmdcot oC Public PiTocntlom. • !> r— „< ; Tha following, circular has been sent to (he School Comqilssslonera of the several counties. M , \ Thp first .regular njeetlng of tbe State Board of examiners was held May 1st and 2d. The following* roao- iutioqf arc taken from tha minutes of the Board/ R“3olved, Thft in those localities Contract adrcrtiriagU payaM* SO daya of •t htrwia* nUpofehtf. . , --- The UcpuLlieon AlattifVsto. these radical rogues for one year. I think we have cause to rejoice acd de termine that never again in tbe future shall tbe affairs of the State full into radical bands. I will endeavor now to explain some of the acts of the Legislature, against which objections have been htiaed. The press ahd people clamored for the Legislature 1o adjourn. ‘There may have been more speaking than was necessary, but we were traveling 6ver an unknown track, we had no expe rience or precedents to guide us, and upon our actions depended the happi ness and welfare of all the people. It behooved tjn, then, to wa!’: with care and discretion. I will here state as hiy deliberate judgment, that if the Legislature could have remained in seselon five months longer. It would have been the best investment the State could bays made and befpre the * ‘ * 3' Y A* ed or obstructed in thr ebufed df its ‘ l ' 08B "° r J>«'petual sul jugaiion of waters, and is n natural highway toi t the ;?hite P*°P ,e ' could we do’ again gb tbrotiffh thb j^occas of re- plenisLiugtha ^ateru. If the streams are obstrftetsd by dams, wires, or oth er impediments, such “as saw dust irom saw miHs, wb-lcn are bblnthbn on oar'tftt'e&aM?. -the duel chtfira tha gills and kills tbe fish. Chemicals in solu tion, such as sulphate of iron and sul phate of copper, aristng’frotn (fhcom- posltlon of cuprifetVnls pjrrlfes, render the waters as barren of life as the DehdSe* V ' h> '(Fish are In vigorous health In this spring, when abimals’Hnerg4?frotn winter pbor In flesh, unhealthy and unsuitable foot! for m&h. “ ' <* ‘Thd CathoHo filefarchy, ever -ftatteh- ftil over thb Wfell belter of tbs' faith fill, shake the season of Lerit ono of fSjt ing,- And all anitnal food 'is prohibited and fish substituted. The sarbe' diet is prescribed for'Frldays and perhaps jotfrer fellgioue days; 'iThb obbervanco qdates bafck to -\he remote history 'of the churcbY Before the march of sci ence and civilisation (f6r they are co- itemporary, and the latter dependent upon and sUbtfeFVlent .ta thd former) •|had instalieid rapid transit, the service YIn Catholic ■co'uottjes; for supplying 'fish to inland cities-was f.5 rapid as that which carried the mail, and on ,rge 6stafes fish ponds wfere coniraon or breeding and tearing fish, ndt only Tor tbe inmatfbs'of tbe chateau, but the' laborers as well. The requireteehtsof the bhurch were under the surveillance of 6iio phrish pnesti. ‘ i* Jt is questiouahle whether any Culti- ,Tated portion of the -earthM surface can be-mads to yield, on equal acre age-, as much food as water. It is known that tbe brain contains free; oneombiQed phospbords, which Is also common to fish.'Ond it fafts been terrrarked that thoso 1 'who forked the brain most generaily manif* ited a pro clivity for fish filet or brain food. • , Much' has beea-written and p?ho : itichtl on piaHctiUtafe, since th^discov- jerFof artlflciAl incubation of fish-eggs. The habitrof these prolific deninens of the 'sea anti fresh water have bean osely investigated; and the'art is 1 now and it would appear that all obstrug- lion's 1 preventing fish ascending ar^ contrary to natural law, aud should be abated as abuses ami nuisances. ; ,. , t.g. 0. BleiuurVti on Kpriug-. highway , ,.| The Constitution we were sworn to support, and yet it liung like a pull fish, which, byj^^.rt 1 ® paraljsed industries of the tb* Boneea and ' Stat ' p ’ aDc * l f jfh ^ we might it stood ever ready to vex na. The laws were purposely in such a tangle, there was not a lawyer in the State who could tell what the ‘law was. Besides, tire debts of the State'lVere in ouch confu sion it seemed hopeless to attempt to rectify them. The bouued debt, of which we knew nbtking, the floating debt, believed to he milHoas, the defi ciencies v of prefibds ’ ‘Legislatures/ which by the constitution we were Spring is generally one of th& four . w .. . seasons, and usually occurs durhig .the | . e . forepart of the year.' It is a great im provement on winter, and lovers, po ets and people hall It* with delight.* Iu the eptiug a young man’s fancy lightly throB 16 thoughts of going td' wotk-^very Jightly. 1 Spring unfolds her gloriobs and abundant stores and presents uft with everything but the mOfce} to buy thefoa with, and the^bn-" sequence la that a young fellow Lis to go to wotk or continue tb board with the old man.' The conteglous tind vi rulent sprihS' IftVet carries off more people, 'to bed, or lays them gently to’ sleeplu ths rihadh of the' mournful willow, or kny tftErer'hindy tree) than all thb other diseases of the season.' A decoction of peAch Sprout has -'been known to-allay it a little in boys—to be shaken while taken. The business-like bu&tblebee now goes along singing at his work, and be occasionally bumbles small barefooted boys who chase him for a butterfiy; ' r Now is the tltne when the precocWus boy leaves a vacancy at bis dhsk at school and goes 6ff dowtl tbe creek to study the beauties of nature and fish. .Now is the timo'when the Fnchant- ing rural landscape stTetcheo away so lovely and grand that the poorest'of us almost wishes ha owned whole acres of it. > ■* Now is the time when fhp go'od Wife is out in Uie yard wfth stin-bonnet'and old gloves 00, add broom in bancf, di recting b^bushahd how to rake up all his bid boots anti shoes, paper col lars and did tin tans, while he 'won ders (without pausing) why in the wortcMt is that she manages to do kutib a large amount of talking to such lit tle work as she doqs.' debt, amounting to many milfidhs, and tbe bills of tbe Bank of tha State, amounting (6 ii trfllllon or more, all were clamoring lor * recognition, and were so bound up With contracts ahd Supreme Cdurt decielone/obtilned un der Radical rule—but whfeh wad law, nevertheless—it seemed''Impossible to adjust them bo as to give satisfaction to ahy one. ! r Another result of the War I would cbll your-especial attention to^ Tho Radical party is the party of centrali zation, and so long as it remains in power this State cAnnot legislate inde pendently and as if there was no na tional government. In fact, our every act ia closely watched, and if we are not cftcumspect radical politicians at the North Will make use of our bfun- dera to inflame the minds 0! their peo ple so as to continue, in power the radi cal partyand so long as this is the cabw we can never be in truth a free and happy people. * Now, with these explanations, let us eomparb the legislature recently ad- jburned with the way thby did things in ante-bellum times. It took before the War from five to seveu'hundred thousand ddflars to tulAhe' State gov-* eminent.•' ^slded, they paid no debts but contra cued miliiems of debts, both In bonds aucrstocks,and endorsements for railroads, all of Which’‘We now baverto pay. The !akt Legteiaturt lev ied 5 1*2 mills' for' state and school purposes. Two''mills'of thjs goes to the schools; and which the people or dained themselves. So the Legislature Was* not Vesponsibld for that. The consolidated debt is about tbe same as year Is out the reasons why will be seen. A good deal has bean said about our per diem ; that we reduced all oth er officers’pay but would not reduce our oWn. For the first regular ses- siqn, and the special session foilov.ing, we were entitled to $1,200, as the law then stood, but for both sessions we only took $-100 and one mileage. In stead of two. Eight here let me state u fact; Tire constitution and tbe laws both entitled the members to this amount, $1,200, and to every member cfesiring to claim It, it'Was a vested . 4 > > f right. To pay such aa amount was preposterous, but how to get aroubd doing so was the que3(iob.' f Waaaent as a sub-committee to confer with Governor Hampton, Lieutenant-Gov ernor Simpson, Speaker Wallace and Attorney-General C/onhct on the sub^ ject. They all admitted there wan no way out of the difficulty, but it was agreed to take the bull by the hotos and refuse to pay any but the $40o, and not to pay that^mless the mem bers would give lire State a clear re ceipt/ There Was another..difficulty. The Senate had a radical majority and odul^l defeat our appropriation biff If w»-tfla ttot-pa/them, and tbui defeat the Hampton government fn its foicipi- ency. After that libs pay was flrsd at $5 per day, and it Was 1 thought that the seselon would last thirty or forty days, which would entitle each mem.- ber to $150 or $200 instead of $60b, as was then the pa/ I do not regard $5 per day as too much. No farmer can ’e%valils work and home even for that attofiht. I am a pbor man, dependent like most olhels 6ppn my labor and attention for'a ; livelihood for tnyeelf and family, and I assure you my losses have been shch since j. have been a member that duty to'my wife and dhildrSn demand that I give up such a which the number of children desiring ! to attend school Iq less than .the mini mum number prescribed by tbs varl- pus boards of trusts^ for the estab-' lishment of schools, teacher^ should,; if possibly, be procured, the compen-! satldp in such cases to be less than, that usually allowed to the t gr|de of certificate held by the teacher, Resolved, That the various school; officers of this Htqte bo urged, tp se cure the services of the (noot compe tent teachers to instruot the colored children, and that this board heartily commends tbe white toacbers who have heretofore engaged In their In struction. *" ’ ■ & * Resolved, That this board has re- 1 ceived with gratification the encourag ing reports of the progress In educa tion made by the colored children In certain portions of the 8tate> especially iq Ohaclesian. I it ■ v» ** ■/ 0 y • , The following rules for the examin ation of applicants for the position of teacher In the public schools were adopted under the authority given to tho State Board of Esaminers in sub divisions 2 and 3 of seotion 5 of “An act to alter and amend tbe 'school law of South Carolina,” approved March 22d, 1878. . 1 , ‘ 1. All examinations before County Boards of Ex&miaera must be In writ ing, except examinations in reading, and must bo conducted on questions prepared by tbe State Superintendent of Education ; separate questions to be prepared for each of the throe grades. , • 2. Tbe number IQ to Jbe the mall- mum mark, and no applicant whoee average at an examination Is less than 8 on all branches to receive a cer tificate. 3. That at all examinations before dounty Boards*at leapt two members of the board must be present. r 4. That applicants before County Boards shall be examined in orthog raphy, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, English grammar, history of the United flutes and of this State. x j i- .» 5 v- . for teachers’ 5. That applicanU State certificates must appear before the State Board of Examiners at tbe plosely Investigated; and tbe’artts'dow The Attorney-General has decided become one of national and tndmdasl -that a»f unexpended school fund importance. Malthus wrote and pre dicted that the exuberance of map’s J I product ion would, at aome future, sur- • 1 past the possible supply of food. That the county must be apportioned out to tbe respective districts to which it be longs. It'oannot he used to pay off old claims lu a lump. the ante-bellum debt, And it will take $360,000 to pay interest onTt, if found to be just and Idgal. 'This Is 3 mills but wot quits this amount was levied—say 2 mills—for Interest on A debt which was not of our contraction. These two Items for which the Legis lature was not responsible amount to regular meetings which will beheld in Columbia during the first wee^ in May and tile first week In September of each year; and tb^t, In addition fb, the branches 0/ study mentioned in tbe foregoing rules,, said applicants must be examined in.a'.gebra, natural philos ophy and physiology. / In accordance with Rule 1, schoo domrnlasidners will b/j, famished with application to this office. These c|ues lions will be sent in sealed envelppes which should be opened on t^e dajr o ' « The Republican Congressional OotOr inlttee have Issued the following ad-* dress to the voters 9^ me Uuited States. . / - 1 v - *» ' a *! *rr « ■ 0. Ihe Democratio Hodsa ,of Repre sentatives has to-day, by a party vote, adopted a resolution, which, 4 undsr’ tbe prptenceoraoinvpstigatioiv'U tp lay the foundation for a revolutionary expulsion of fhe President from his office. . This is the culmination of a plot which has been 00 foot from Uhp day tbat|[ayes aud Wheeler were con stitutional! 9 4 , declared . elected, tt made Its first public.apgpurunce la tbe resolution of the last Demoratlc House adopted at tbe close of Abe session, de claring thqt TUden sad Hendrix werp elected. TUden and Hendrix suhee- quebtly made similar declarations themselves. A (ew timid member? lave lonn Jheld back, and some «t them, aftte*bqt D $ oopreed to the ilmJ vote, stUl^retepd that, they will haft as soon as their ptyrtlal and Due-sided 'nvestlgatlon/shall have ended. Ia other words, they Intend, after hear- og Suborned evidence,_to bilng lu m verdict that Hayes, is A Usurper, sod that bb shall not remain In office. These men have no control fu tbp Democratic .partythey dared not even follow Alexander H. Stephens na revolt acalost caucus dictation U) the extent of showing some semhlanow of fair play. They will be. Impotent in the future as'they_ have 'beQa jn thp pas^L Moreover, it is difficult .to bee \tevo la hi* sincerity, in view of tbu public avowal of that party that Us purpose is, if possible, to displace tbq President. It is a taattej. of history that th$ resolution just adopted was objected to. The Speaker of the House Was consulted in advance os to whether h<! would rule that it was a privilege^ question. The party managers were anxious to conceal their, purposes, if possible. f In this Ihsy were defeated by the Speaker, who would net role it a question of privilege,^nless it dear* ly usaallecj tho title of tftj, Wesldent. The resolution being offered, be rvad a carefully prepared opinion deciding it to be a question of highest privilege because It Involved tbs question of tho validity of Hayes’ title. Here are. his'very words: “A higher privilege then tbe one herein involved and broad ly and directly pfesentod au to ihd rightful occupancy of the chief execu- tlvo chair of the government* And tha connection of high government officiolg with tbe frauda alleged, the efiair is unable to concelv$. , The' chair finds enumerated among the questions of- privilege set down in the msanal tha following: ‘Election of FreehlenC The preamble and resolution embrace questions of privilege of- the bighee$ character, and the chair recognises the right of the gentleman from fisw. York to offer the same. M tTpon this the Republicans commenc ed a struggle against the revolution* ary scheme which, after five dpya du- rt^loo, termipaied iq the* success of the oqueplratora. The .Republicans qffered to favor the fullest investiga- tlonslq alleged "frauds “by whichever party charged to h%ve been commit* ted,- bht, tbq Democracy pursued ltd " , , r 4/ U ft, mwm examination iu, thg presence of the ooerse shaojfleeely and reokleaely, and, Qounty Board of Examiners... Each applicant should be required to state in voting, at the close of the examina tion, that' no assietance has been re- ceived from any source whhtever. These precautions should te observe^ to prevent applcaots from QbtaiolQg copies of the questions tjefora the ex amination, and also from receiving assistance after the examination be gins. The gieat want ia our public schools Is for better teachers. Until Hfe. Bo It will be with others. A leg- . ^ . lalatlve life Is not now A holiday Ureas training schools for teachers can be ectablisbed, the State Board and county etil.ed all inquiry jnto, tbe attempts at bilbery in ; Oregon, South Carolina Ahd Louisiana, and, mjerder and. in several qt \hp States. .'}Te r.[:iend:r.ent or debate Was allowed, it once was; and as for the hi uof, there is not much in putting one’s self up as a target fer every malicious Shaft. Instead, however, of not re ducing our own pay, we did reduce it more than that of any officer in the , .. . * Pretty and Touching Mule Story.— A car load of mules en route to Caji- forAia from the far^East were unloaded here last Wednesday for a rdst. One of them sighted Lhu green sagebrush and rushed.buogrlly toward^ it for a luscious feed.' He nipped off a mouth ful of tbe fragrant buffh, chewed it a moment, spit it out, bit himself and kicked to see If be was dreaming, took Another bite, and then, with quivering lip, and the tears coursing in torrents down his cheats, he liftetl'up bis voice and brayed a bray of undisguised emo tion. A peculiar brand upon tfip ani mal was recognized by^ the IndiAns as one used by their Ancestors' hundreds of years ago, And h>s deep emotion was bo doubt caused by finding him self once more amid tbe scenes wherein be bad wblied away the joyous, inno cent hours of his childhood—Echo (Nevada) Post. The spring musqulto, tooting hie trombone and carrying a cross-cut saw cut bias has arrived, board must be relied on toeecurecom petent instruction, and for this reason great care should be exercised in the examinations/ /( I would, especially urge that no perspn he granted a cer- tlfiicatp who, la addition to other re quirements, has not the high moral qualifications which should be possess ed by every one who la entrusted with the important work of teaching the youth of our State. , , The SchpoHaw gives tq the fiftate Board of Examiners authority to se lect a uniform series of text books,’ (p be used In tbe public schopjs. ./Jpa books* will be selected at tha qert meeting, which will be. held duping the first weck ln September, ahd it ia hoped that by the beginning, of the next school year there wiH be in use ih ail counties of the State books well adapted to the aaatetanoe of teachers and the Instruction of pu pils. Hugh 8. Thompson, State Superintendent Education. The Inexorable previous quectlon was applied fnd gnforcjd. L ^ ^ This Acheme.Jt,pursued, and It 4« now fully inaugurated, can only hava the effect of fur^fr paralialng bust* ness of all kinds, pr^entlng the res toration of confidence which seemed, promising^, casting a gloom over every household and bringing our nation io-1 *t,o reproaoh beforfe the clyilixed wortd, Tfie peice of the country is' the first consideration of patriots. : The new effort of the Democracy to inaugurate, anarchy and Mexicbanize the goyera- men by throwing doubts upen iha lt||ili macy of the title of tpe Frqslfi$at, . i* . in keeping with tho recorjJ of .tha# par-, ty, one wing of Which,rebelled against the governtcen:* whfie^tke otfter gave Them ntd and oomfort. We pall, theretorq, upon ah wfio op- poped the rebellion of 1361, WRhotlt^ distinction of party, to rally i the support of Jaw, order and government, and tq overwhelm wii -defeat the reckless agfttntoH gain political power, yrould a4d to present diatress .of the 00 shaking the founda^ona. of the ernm , *ut they failed in 1 a fo war tc destroy. By of the commute* *v Emm Hal*,. G»o. C; Onlhe 20th 1 Mark. Twain told a newspaper re porter that he was going abroad in or der to find a quiet place to write, where be would not be distorted once a day. It is singular that it never occurred to him to remain at home ted secure disk in a store that don't Norristown Herald, an Aetronoml —a.total eeJtpee < be. visible -/State*. “ Tn The wm mM ■ M ■■■.;#'ff'