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(This Train doe-! not eonneet with Train for Columbia at Brauchyflle.) tisavo Augusta , , 8 15am “ <t ^ikcn 9.11 am * “ .Montmorenci 0.20 am Windsor 9.41 a in “ Williston •> Lt.Olarif Elko 10.08 am “ Blackville 10.24am “ Lee’s UT.Ilnm “ Graham’s 10.45 am , “ Bamberg' 10.58 am “ Midway 110 5 am “ BranchTill* 11.30am Arrive Charleston 6.00p m moHT KxrnKss. Leave Charleston . 11.00 pm Arrive Augusta 9.20 am Lea re August a 8 45 a m Arrive Charleston 10.4t* p m Down Leave Blackville G.20 p m p Leave Blackville y 5.88 a in Connects with Trains at Brnnchvillt for Columbia ' » V rRRIGIlT ASti ACCO^MODATIOX. Leave'Charlcston 7.10 a m Arrive Augu-ua 6.45 p tfi Leave Augusta 4 .00 am Arrive Cbarleaton 5.20jLni W*tn I^htre Blackville 8.34 a m' Up Leave Blackville 2,38 p m Connects at Branchville with Train for Columbia. Down day passenger connects at Black- vine with Columbia accommodation train. Magnolia Passengrr Route. PORT ROYAL RAILROAD, 1 Avot'sTA, Ga., June 24, 1879. | The following p vssenger schedule will l>e operated on and after tnis dale : Bsldoc ’ 11 32 Down Italdoe 4 12 Up Allendale 10 00 Down Allendols * — 8 45 Up dailv rAssexern traim^ Going South. Leave Augusta 9 00 p m Arrive at Yemassee • 1 50 a tn Leave Yemassee 2 30 a m Arrive Savannah 0 35 a m Leave Savannah 4 10am Arrive Jacksonville 7 15 • in Arrive Charleston 8 00 a m Leave Yemassee 2 20 a m Arrive Beaufort 3 45 a in Arrive Port Royal , 4 00 a m - Arrive Augusta 6 36a m Leave YemoMee. > 2 00 a m "Arrive Yemassee ■— — 1 20 a m Leave Savannah 9 00pm Arrive Savannah 8 20 a m Leave Jacksonville 5 loam Lei re Charleston 8 30 p m Leave Beaufort 11 23 p ni Leave Port Loyal 11 00 p m Trains run through twt ween Augusta and Saveanah withou‘change, making close con nection at Savannah with A. AG. It. It. train' tor all points in Florida Baggage checked through. Turough tickers for sale at all ptiiict - pal ticket offices. RosKitr G. Fi.kmixo, Genenil Superintendent. J. B. Datatt, General Passenger Agent. fharlotte, Columbia & Augusta R. P, .. CUAN’GR OF SCHEDULE. tin tntAvmt, Cwwshh a A Aowsta U. R. \ Gssss al Passknckk Depakthknt. > CoOnniA, 8. C., June 1,1879. J The following passenger schedule will he operated on and after this date: Xo. 1—Night Kxprru, South. Leave h rlotte,... 12:45am Arrive o urnbla 5:30 a m -Leave ol umbta 5:% a in Arrive Auguata..' 9:25 am No. 2—Night Exprm, North. 1 ^ave Auguata 5:15 p m Arrive olurabU 1:30am Leave olumbia ’..... 2:30 a m Arrive harlotte 12:10am No. 3—Dag r<useng(r, South. Leave harlotte 2:12 p m Arrive olumbia 12:00 am Leave olumbia.. 1:00 a m Arrive Augusta 9:10 a m Xo. 4—Day Passenger, North. ]>ave Augusta, 6:50 am Arrive olum bia 10:45 am 1 leave olumbia. ...10:55 a m Arrive htirlottp 9:00 p m Thoao trains stop only at Fort Mill Krtck Hill, Chester, Wintsboro, Ridge way, LeeeyiUe, Batesburg, Ridge Spring, Johnston, Ttenton and Gran- iteville. All other stations will be re cognized as flag stations. ; T. D. KLINE, Sup’t. Joint R. Macmitrdo. Gen. Pas. AgenL Savannah and Charleston Railroad Co. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Jamcart 1, 1S79. The following Schcdule-is in effect at this date: Fast Mail, Daily. Leave Charleston » - «. - 7 15a.m. Arrive at Savanhllt - - - |1 00 p. m. Arrive Port Royal ’ - - - 4 17 p. m. . Arrive Jacksonville <* ,« - - 6 85 a. m. Arrive at Augusta - >• - - 5 30 p.m. lie-wc Savannah - - - - 3 lop. m. Arrive Charleston t - '~"v— 9 00 p. m* Jiiykl Train, Daily. , Leave Chariest on « » -8 10 p. m. ArnreSarannali • * - 6 40a. m. Lo t ve Savannah x « • - •'00 p. in. Arrive Charles ton - - ^ 8 00 a. m, Pall man oars on all Night Trains. C. 8. GADSDEN, Efcfr. snd Sapt. I. C. Berurog, G. F. indT. Ajgeat. 11., S. C. r HAIxIi- \r» M eoBStant wse bj public for over twentj’ years, aod la the beet preparation aver In vented for BE STORING Gray hair to its YOVTHrUI. 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To live for Dixie—harder part! To stay the hand—to still the heart— To seal the Ups, enshroud the past To have no future—all o’er cast— To knit life’s broken threads again, And keep her meraory pure from sttUn— This is to live for Dixie. 1 Your t hrilling powers shall last as lung— Enshrined within each Southern soul— As Time’s eternal ages roll ; Made holier by the ,test of years— Baptized wl<h our country's tears ' God and t he right for Dixie I June 13.1866. tears— i! —Fanny Downing. L In wfiiinf li (hit office am bnaiacn tl- wnyi gi ve your name tad Boat Office oddratf. > tl fttfifoe** letters and eommniiicationsto be p'lhhAhcl ihould be writUaon aeparats , ' •heets.and the object of t&th Clearly iadi- catwl by necessary note when required. • t. Article* for pob)lc*^«M#wM0 ten in a clear, legible hand, and on only one •ideef Iho page. . cf/Shges. ra mvmi reach us on Friday. able attltuile of a corporal, be said : “Lrepeat you, Holy Father, I am no free thinker, and I doaot like dia lect Iciahd and irieologiffis. I assure you tRat in spite of my ■ old Republi cans, I will go to maes.'' * He threw these last words abruptly At the Pope, as though swinging in- Ctedeffi Ipto his face, and then waited to «•« tlfc erepif, L thlnkfng that the some- wbffit Implouus * clreutMtances which TllE WEEKLY NEWS. 1880. For 1880. A MAMMOTH NEWSPAPER With the first Issue in January, 1880. The Weekly News, Charleston, S. O., will be enlarged by two addi tional pages. It will then be a great six page weekly. Nine long columq* oo each page! The length and width of the columns, and the style of typo, give thp Weekly News a larger quan tity of reading matter than any pajfver ever published in South Carolina. Nq~ Increase in the price—82 a year. 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The beating of drums apprised me of the sudden arrival of the Emperor- You know that just ns the flash of the cannon la seen before the report is heard, sb' we always saw him at the same lithe that we heard the 'signal of his approach, so quick were his move ments, and In such haste did he seem to be to live and to crowd his actions one upon another. When he entered the court-yard of a palace on horse back, his attendants could hardly keep up with him, and the guard could not take up arms to salute him be fore be had already dismounted and wainiscending the staircase. Oa this occasion I heard his footeteps at the same moment as the drums. I had but just time to throw myself into the alcove of a large unused state bed, that had a royal balustrade in front of It, and was, happily, more than h«J/ closed by curtains embroidered with bees. The Emperor was much agitat ed. He walked alone Into the room 9 with an air of impatient expectation; bestrode its length thrice in one in stant, and then Went to the window and began drumming a march on the panes. Another' carriage rolled Into the court-yard; he stopped bis devil’s tattoo, stamped his feet two or three times, as if Irritated at the sight of something done slowly and then went hastily U> the door aad opened It to the Pope. ’ Pius VII entered alone. Bonaparte hastened to shut the door behind him with the promptness of a gaoler. I felt much alarmed, I must own, at finding myself alone with twp such personages. I remained, however, silent and motionless, looking and lis tening with all my faculties. The Pope was tall; his face was long, sallow and expressive of suffering, but, at the same time, also of a saint ly nobleness and unlimited goodness. His black eyes were large and beauti ful. His lips were parted by a benevo lent smile, to which his prominent chin gave an expression of flnesaeat once vfiry intetttgent and very animat ed; a smile in which there was nothing ot political craft, but which was made up in Christian benevolence. A white skull-cap covered his long hair, which was black, but which had broad silver streaks In It. A long cape of red vel' vet was carelessly thrown over bis beat shoulders, and his grown trailed about his feet. He entered slowly,, with the calm and measured gait of an aged woman. With dow ncast eyes, be seated himself In one of the large Ro- inaa chairs, gilded and with richly carved arms, and waited for what the other Italian would say to him. What a SQene! What a scene! I see it still. It was not the genius ef the man that It showed me, but his character; and, if It did not display his intellectual greatness, at any rate it manifested what was in hie heart. Bonaparte was not then what he be came later; he had not yet the prorai- 1 nent stomach of a financier, the sickly, pufiy countenance, the gouty legs, all that Infirm corpulence which art has unfortunately seized upon to convert into a type, as we say nowadays, and which has left of him In the public eye an indescribable shape, both popular and grotesque, which might serve as the model of a child's toy, and which will one day transform him into some thing as fabulous and impossible as the shapeless Punchinello. He was not thus then;-but vigorous and sup ple, active, quick, slim, convulsive in bis gestures, graceful. In sonriTof his movements, studiously elegant In his manners) his chest fiat and receding Into his shoulders, his face thin and melancholy. He did not cease walking about the room when the Pope entered. He then began prowlIogVhbout the arm chair, like a sportsman in search of game, and stopping suddenly In front ol the Pontiff, in the-etiff and iuimov* give the sudden avowel an extraor dinary value. The Pope cast down his eyes, and placed bis two hands over the eagles' heads that formed the arms of his chair. He seemed to say clearly by this attitude of a Roman statue i .u ”1 resign myself beforehand to lis ten to all the profane things it may please him to say to me.’' Bojiaparte walked ^ound the room and round the arm chair which stood In the middle, and I saw by the side glance that he cast bn the old Pontiff that ho was not pleased either with himself or with hi*/Adversary, and that he reproached himself with hav ing made an unskillful start In the conversation. He began, therefore, talking as he walked round and round, throwing furtlte but piercing glances in the mirror* of the apart ment, In which the f.vee of the Holy Father was reflected, looking at him in profile, when he passed near him, but never facing him, lest he should seem too anxious as to the effect of hie worda. . 1 ' “There Is one thing, Holy Father,” he said, "which pains me, and that is; that^you consent to the coronation In the same way that you did to the con cordat; as if you were forced to do it. You assume an airof martyrdom; you. look the picture of resignation; as if offering your sufferings to Heaven I But In truth that is not your position —you are not a prisoner, pardieu! you are as free as air 1" ( Pius VII smiled sadly and looked him in the face. He felt how prodigi ously exacting was this despot, to whom, as to all those of like nature, it was not enough to be obeyed unless it were done with an air of having ar dently desired what he commanded. "Yes," resumed Bonaparte with more energy, "you are free, certainly, you can return to Rome; the way is open) no one detains you.” ’'7 The Pope signed, and raised his right hand and bis eyes to Heaven without answering; then very alowly turned once more his withered face and began contemplating the gold cross that hung from his neck. Bonaparte continued moving round aad round more slowly. Hie voice be came soft, and bis smile extremely gracious. . ' "Holy Father, were It not for the seriousness of your character, I should say that you were somewhat ungrate ful. You do not seem ssfflcleotly to remember the good services that France has rendered you. The Con clave of Venice, wbleh elected you Pope, seems to me a little as though it had been inspired by my campaign in Italy, and by a word that I said about you. Austria did not treat you well then, and I was much distressed by it. Your Holiness was, I think, obliged to returil by sea to Rome for want of permission to pass through the Austrian territory.” He paused, awaiting the answer of his silent guest; but Pius VII bowed bis head almost imperceptibly, and remained as if in too great a state of dejection to listen even to wbat was being said. Bonaparte then pushed a chair with his feet near the arm-chair of the Pope. I trembled, for in com ing to get the chair his epaulette grazed the curtain of the alcove where I was hidden. "It was, Indeed,” he continued, "as a Catholic it distresses me. I have never bad time to study theology much, but I still have great faith in the power of the Church. She lias prodigious vitality, Holy Father. Vol taire, It is true, injured you a little; but I do not like him, and I Intend to 1st loose against him an old, unffcok ed Oratorian. You wllf Tbe “pleased, you’ll aee 1 In fact, wye eould do a great deal with the futur'e, if you only were willing Here he put on a most winning look of juvenile innocence. "I really do not know, I cannot see why, for my part, you should feel any repugnance to fixing up your See in Paris? I would let you, on my word, have the Tuilerk-s, if you wished it. You would find there your room of Monte-Covalio already waiting for you- As for me. I seldom stay there. Do you not see, padre, that Paris is the great capital of the world? I would do ail that you'dould desire. Besides, I am a much better fellow than is generally thought. Provided that war and thj toll Of politlce were left to me, you might manage the Church as you chose.’ I would be your soldier In all reepeots. Just see what a really f 0 ^ M "«uld harm'oof Oouiwils, 1 Ittas Coistantins and Charlomaguo. I Ifoujd open and close them. 1 woul<^ then put Into your hands the real keys of the world, and aa our Lord said: T am come with the sword,* I myself would bold fast to the sword; I would only bring It back to you that you might bless U after Moh victory. He bowfd slightly as he uttered these last words. The Pope, who, opto thlstlile/hkd remained as motionless OS an Egyptian aUtue^alsed-hla halLbent bead, smile; ed mournfully, lifted his eyes to hea ven, and said, after a quiet sigh, as confiding his thought to his Invisible guardian angel: ' "Cdmedlao!’* Bonaparte bounded from his chair with the gesture of a wounded leopard. He was in a rage, a white rage. He walked up and down, at first without speaking, biting his lips until they bled. He no longer circled round and round bis prey with keen glances and crafty step; die stalked to and fro, erect and haughtily, and rudely strik ing bis feet on the ground, so as to make his spur ring. The floor shook; the curtains trembled as trees do at the approach of thunder. I thought that something great and terrible was about to happen; my very hair seemed to weigh heavily on me, and I put my hand up to It without koowtag wbat I did. I looked at the Pope. He never moved; only tightened bis grasp on the eagle’s head that formed the arms of his chair, • The shell broke at last. ‘Comedian 1 II Ah! I will give you comedies that will make you weep like women and children. Comedian 1 Ah I you are quite oai of yoor reok- oningif you think that insolent com posure can be passed off on me T My theatre la the world I The part that I play is that of director and author 1 My actors, they are all of you. Kings, Popes, people; and the wire that I pul* to set you going Is fear) Comedian ! Ah ! one must be made of different stuff from you to dare either to ap plaud or to hiss me! Signor Cbiar- monte, do you know that you would be nothing but a poor cure, if Icboosi? you and your tiara I Why, Francs would laugh lu your face if I did not keep a grave countenance In saluting you I "Four years ago only, no one would have dared to speak out loud of Christ- Who, then, If yon please, would have spoken of the Poper comedian! Ah I gentlemen, you make yourselves at home with us very quickly. You are in a bad temper becaise I hate not been fool enough to do as Louts XIV did, and sign the disapproval of Galilean liberties 1 But I am not to be played upon In that way. It Is I who bold you In my hand. It Is i who carry yon from South to North like puppets. It Is I who hold you of some account, because you represent an old idea which I Wish to revive; aad you have not wit enough to per ceive that and to act as If you did not perceive It. No I One must tell you everything. Things must be put under your nose for tfni to sffe them. Anfl you think you are needs#; and you lift up your head and you parade youtself in jour women’s robss. Hut. understand that you In nowise overawe me; and that’If £ou continue, I wilj treat your robe as Charles XII did that of the Grand Vizier. I will tear it to tatters with my spar I” Ho paused. I did not dare to breathe. No longer hearing his thundering voice I put my head for ward to see If the poor old man was dead of fright. There was the same calm in bis attitude, the same calm on bis face. A second time helllted bis eyes to heaven, and, after another deep sigh, he smiled with bitterness and ejaculated: "Tragedian !” Bonaparte, at this moment, was st the other end ot the room leaning against a marble mantelpiece as high as himself. He darted off like a flash, running toward . the old man. I thought he was going to kill him. But he stopped Short, took from the table a vase of Sevres china, on which the Castle of St. Angelo and the Capitol were painted, and throwing It on the andirons and the marble, ground it beneath his feet; then suddenly seated himself and retpained profoundly silent, formidable though motionless. 1 was relieved. I felt that reflection had come back to him and that his intelligence had regelned ascendency over his boiling blood. He appeared sad; his voice was hollow and melan choly, and from hls;fi»t word I realiz ed that this Proteus, mastered by two words, waff Showing forth bis very self. "Miserable llfel” he began. Then be fell Into a reverie; tore the border of his hat and remained a minute longer In silence. Then, as If waking op and speaking to himsslfj ‘ It Is true! Tragedian or oomedtan i It is all act ing and costuming with me for a long time past! How wearisome I How trivial I Assuming first one attitude, then another. Turning one’s full face to this party, one’s profile to that, ac cording to their views. .Appearing what they like one to be, and divining their iipbeetle dreams I Balancing them all betwixt hope ant/ fear 1 daz zling them by reports, aad bulleUks, by the prestige ot distance and the prestige of names. Being the master of them all, and then not knowing what to do witn them. That Is the whole of it, ma fotf And, after all to be si bored as I am, it is too much f For, In truth,” continued be, crossing his legs and leaning back tn his arm-chair, |I am urrlbiy borsd, so dtaui asi, repose I am ready to die of ennui. I cannot bunt for three days at Fon tainebleau without perishing of wear- loees. But I must keep moving on ward myself and make others move on, too. Hang me, though, If I know whither 1 1 am layiog myself bafft be fore yofofT "I have plane sufficient for the lives of forty Emperors. I make one every morning, nod ong ntery evening. 1 have an Indefatigable Imagfnaton; bat I shall not have time to carry out a couple of them before I shall be worn out, body and soul; for our poor lamp does not burn iong. And v frankly, even if all my plans were carried oat t I would not swear that the world would be any the • happier 1 for It, though it would be grander, and a majestic unity would dignify it. I am no philosopher, and t only know of one person who had common sense, and that is your Flossnttna secretary. 1 understand nothing of certain theories. Life is too short for standing still So soon as I have thought, I execute. When I am gone the world will find enough explanations of my doings to Ufc- -t * distress M On that score we can shake bands.” And, drawing pfcar he abruptly held out bis white band to meet the timid; emaciated kgnd of the good Pope; who, perhaps touched by tbs good humor of jhts las! Impulse of the Em- perpf, j>erbapS!^t» account of if secret reversion to his own dte'ttttf and to' the sad future i^^tlng ■ gently gave him the tipi pf ble . trembling fingers the air of a grandmother making ft child whom she bad the scolding too har<*. But he shook his bead sadly, and i saw a tear fall froii . bis beautiful eyes, «od flow rapidly over Ms wither*! dad jfvfd cheek. It. seemed to me like a lost farewell ©f dying Christianity, as It abandomed th^ earth to selfishness and chances. Bonaparte east a fa hive gfsf&ff at the tear drawn from this poor heart and I oven surprised on on* side of bb motfth a tfulctt movement (hat resembled a smile of triumph, At that momeut bis powerful ftafdre seemed to me fees noble, lees refined^ than that.Of hjff adversary, and f blushed behind my curtains at the thought of my past entbusidl£ M sadness I had never felt before came over me oh dfrfooverlog bow the high est political greatness could demean Itself in condescending to cold blooded artifices of vanity, to pitifol lrap< and to the baseness of a common mao eff the world, t saw that be had not really noughtWO Obtain anything fro^ his prisoner, but that he had secretly rejofeed at his own self-posstseloo during this interview, affecting sur prise at {fas emotion of the old mam exalt my lustre, If I succeed, and to cadfed by fatigue and fear and weak- dwindle it down, If I fall. The para- ^ows. doxee are there already; they abound In France. 1 silence them during my lifetime, buf, afterwards, you may look to It Never mind, my business Is to succeed, and I understand doing that, I act out my Iliad, and that every day. Here he rose gayly and with alacrity. He was ^uite natural at that moment; be had no idea of drawing his own portrait, as he did afterward In bis dialogue at St. Helena. He had no thought of transforming himself Into an ideal personage, so ss to fulfil the fleest philosophical conception. He showed himself as he was. He drew near the Holy Father, who bad made no movement, and began walking In -fiowt of i/iuj. Ttiuii, WYWUag ttifnaen he uttered the following words, op, half -laughingly and half ironically, mixing the trlval and the grandiose^ as was bis habit, and speaking with the inconceivable volubility that ex emplified hb rapid and facile genius, divining, everything without studying "Birth Is everything,’ said he; "those who come Into the world poor and naked are always desperate, and thle leade either to action or to suicide, according to difference of character. When, like me. they have the courage to put their hand to everything, fol t they play the devil; After all, we must live. We must find our place and make our nest. For myself, I have made mine like a cannon ball So much the worse for thoee who were In front of met Some are eon- tent with little, others sever have enough. What is a man to dol Every one eats according to his appetite; I was very hungry 1 Why, at Toulouse, Holy Father, I had not enough to buy a pair of epaulettes. Instead of these. I had on my shoulders my motbsri and I know not bow many brothers, At present they are all placed suitably enough. I hope. Josephine married me from pity, and now #e afe going to crown her under the nose of Baguldsau her notary, who said I had nothing but my cloak and sword. And he was not groog, ma fol! 'imperial mantle, crown,, mbit dose It all dignify? Do they belong to me? Costume, an actor's ooetume, which I shall put on for an hour, aod of which I shall then have had enough. After that I sba) 1 don my uniform and mount my horse. Always oh horseback; never in my arm-chair; is that a life to envy?^ tell you, Holy Fa*ther, there are only two classes of men io the world—thoee who possess and those who earn. The former lie down; the latter move about. As I took Id the meaning of this fully early in life, 1 shall go far; that Is all Thgre are only two men who made their way, beginning at the ago of forty—Orotnwell and Jeon Jacques. If to one you had given a farm, and to the othef twelve hundred francs and his servant girl, they would neither have commanded, nor preached,- nor written. There afe workmen in build ing. In Coloring, In moulding,- In making forms ana phrases. I am a workman In battles. Tbat Is my trade. At thlrty^flve I had manufac tured eighteen of wbat are called vic tories. My work must be paid for;, and a throne Is not paying me ypo deaf. Besides, I shall always work. You n ill see more wonderful things yet) you will see alt dynasties dating from mine, upstart and elected through’ The Elect like ^ou, Holy Puthcf*, and chdfeffn fronf rtw crowd V He bad Wished to have the last word, and he went out, without fipeaki-u- log dgSfn. aff abruptly aa be had en tered. I dltl net eee whether bff saluted the Pope, dad I do not think he did, As soon as the Enfpero^ had left the apaftEtyen}, two priests entered and carried off the Holy Father, sup porting him under eltheif arm, tremb ling and agitated. i remained tfnltl hfafrtfn the alcove where I bad listened to this conver sation. My thoughts were confused, aod terror at such a scene Was act the dominating Mae. I was dejected by what I bad witnessed, and realizing to what base calculations personal am- wuuu Vuuiu cftKtv genius descend, t detested this passion which had stig matized beneath my eyes the most powerful of rulers, who will perhaps glfo bfS nams io hts centufy, inas much as he afrested its progress (of the I’paoeof two years; I felt that it wak folly to devote one’s self to a bamaa being, since despotic authority cad only corrupt our feeble hearts. fke&ast * The last legislature has passed Into' history as the weakest and moat ex- traragr.ot body tbal has assembled la Columbia for many yevra. Its crown ing distinction wsa that it got through Its sessions (not Its work) quick. From the first day it assembled to the final adjourameuf, through both regular and extra ffeeeioos, there was A con tinual how i all along the line for a! short session. The tlmft was consumed la devising and furthering new schemes for the improvement of the people. In addition to the current expenses of the governmeht, $1*1,- 000 was voted td life agricultural col lege, $‘200,000 io work and $10000,000 la water power to the Columbia Canal; $15,000 to the Charleston Canal; Iff,000 oo the Blair eslate in Ifork county Was given up: thousands of dollars of back taxes qn the Blue Ridge Hoad were remitted; the Catawba Canal waff given away; the tax bin improperly passed at an expense to the State of twenty thousand dollars fa round numbers and so from the opening to the close of lu career the legislature of 1879—’80 so stumbled along. Com pared with such a body, the Wallace House stahdff out like a mar ef the first magnitude. If an/ single mea sure passed by the late leghtature baa added a fraction in the sum of human happinffsa or In nay way alleviated the condition of fhe State wff <*o hot know what It was. The legislation has not only been iU-adviaed but U, has been so crude that it wll^taie years to cor rect the error made in many of the acts passed. The aOt under Which the railroad tax case at the Ifftff term off the court in thfs comity Was found Upon legal Investigation to be contra dictory in almost CVery ofte of its sec tions and so with a number of other aetff that afe cow the law of the land. In tfah new fee Mil regulating the costs of public officers there has been it marked increase of costs fa somd cases and a reduction tn others below a living limit. All of these errors have been <he result of a desire to make fair weather with the votlnff masSeS and to gain the applause of so unthinking preffs.—f Abbetille Medium. Virginia soon got enough of thff famous Moffett Bell Punch law. Her Legislature has repealed the law, and she collects her li^pior tax new tu thff usual way—by ieeenser - ,4- m v l . rfr