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. .NO..41 1 4, VOL, XXLL. trs $.0FRX urs NEW~BERRY, S. C., WVEDNESDA 1, thlT()i BEl R.i ISY; . :- piisoaaiiJroito.NAl RANSOM AND TILLIMAN. IIE WHO CASTS MUD MUST EX P.CI' TO BE SPL3ASIIEO-Til+E DAVID AND GOLIA'I'II BUSI. NICSS. The Joynes M3Isumderstanling--1)lifir ent Opinions About the Importance of Truth -Reasons for )eclin lug Some Very Good Ad vice. To the Editor of the Nevs and C<m re : I have not been In a hurry to answer Capt. 'T'illman's latest pro. duction, because I did not care to cause an explosion somewhere be. tween Roper's and Ihamburg that might bring on another earthquake. In Capt. 'T'illman's present excited condition ai prompt reply would have been dangerous to the community in which lie lives, and I have some friends living in that section of the State whose welfare I regard. Keep cool, Captain. For about one year you have indulged in harsh criticism of other people, and you should not get angry now if a small dose of your own medicine, slightly diluted, is administered to you. Capt. Tillman has almost literally verified my prediction, that he would decline to discuss the questions lie himself raised, and give the read. ers of the News and Courier instead a column or two of Billinsgate. I missed the quantity. as lie had only about one column, but exhauh,ted himself in that effort and made up in quality. He boldly asserted, in his unwarranted and venomous at tack upon eme, that if I desired to defend the department of agriculture lie would guarantee to give mne "enough." lie did not say enough of what, but if lie meant, as I sus pected, enough of vulgarity lie has kept his word; but if lie meant enough of the discussion conceri'n the ie partment of agriculture lie ha!, as usual, failed to redeem his pledge. It will be impossible to 'ollow Capt. Tillman through this second tirade, and it would be entirely out of place to do so, as your reades have doubtless had "enough" of this sort of discussion. I may be pardone however, for noticing some of' his statements, but bef'ore doing so, beg to remind Capt. Tillman that lie has so far only made one specific charge against the department of agricul. ture, that in regard to the a ialyses of fertilizers, and the public know thi disposition of that matter. In this communication Capt. Till man says that I made an unprovoked attack upon hin and, almost in the same breath, declares that lie had previously iold inc that I was a "mercenary scribbler fighting for my clerkship." Dot s this not constitute a provocation ? IIe goes on to say that I did not deiny the "damning charges" that he made against my character. Is it, no provocation f'or a man to make "damning charges" that are untrue against another ? But lie says I (lid not even deny these "danming charges." Well, having impeached the credlibility of' t ie wit, ness, a denial of' his charges was rendered unnecessary. Blut Capt. Tfilliimn goes on to show to the people why lie could not ebhal lenge, use ni.ure's weap)ons, or1 en. gage in a street fight with me Lto pun. ishi me for iiy "insinuiatioiis" agai inst him. Constitutinug him iselfI judge, jury and defenidant, lie tries this qutestioni and r'endlers a decision in his own favor. "Physically," lie says, "I am not his equal."' Unfomrtunate ly for Capt. Tillman lie has placed himself in such a p)osition bef'ore the people of South Carolina that all of of his statements require pr'oof. This one is lhke uinto the others that have gone before and simiilar to those. that are to come hereaf'ter. 1But Capt. Tillman says that lie has also been assaulted b)y the meimber's of the board of' agriculture amid thme coin missioner. So far as I am aware only twvo members of' the bo:ird and the commissioner have ever noticed him. One of' t,hese members weighs about 250 p)ounds, thme other is ahout Capt. Tillmnan's size, and the 'om. missioner stands six f'eet two inches. Were these gentlemeni more than his equals "Iphysically ?"' I ami sure that 1 (do not know how Capt. Till. man can gratify his pulgilistic pro pensities, unless by the ancient methi. od of lengthening or' shortein g ai man until lie has been enh i'ged or reduced to Capt. Tillmnan's diimen sions. liut I can assure him i that, i am not a warrior, "(doughity" or other.' Wise, and1 pce~C does not, d isturb) myi rest. I (10 not doubt Capt. TIillmanm's statement that undler some circum stances his answer would have been' a "challenge."' IIe is fond of' chal. longing, but when his challenges are accepted lie somehow or' other man. ages to make it, understood t,bat he dlidl not mean them. For instance: ie challenged ine to dlefend( the (de partmient of' agriculture. I thiought I accepted. IIe replies 1)y callin mna wrie name nd making raes .i mie. But, stop, what has become of Capt. Tillmuan's grand ref'ormation in all tis (iiscussionl ? For the past twe!Ve months or more he has been promising the farmers of South Caro. lina that he would lead them out of the wilder:ess, reduce their taxes, reorganize the State Covernment, and oust that "low and debased crowd" at Columbia. He would, in short, work a revolution. Oh, how are the mighty fallen !I The whole crusade has ended in a war on an insignificant clerk in one of the de partlnents, "a mercenary scribbler fighting for his potatoes." Verily, the monlltains has brought forth the 1110118('. Ie does manage to gasp, dramati cally, at the close of his letter that "from the mountains to the sea the clams are gatheriig andi will meet the oligarchy at Philippi." What clans, Captain ? and what oligarchy ? and what are the clans going to (10 with the oligarchy when they meet it ? and what do they want, to meet the oligachy for ? Ot'course, it is no use to ask C,1pt. 'Tilibtatl to be a little more definite right along here. If there were any use in doing so I would ask that favor at once. If this "merce nary seribbler" belongs to that oli garehy and the clans "from the mountains to the sea" arc going to meet that oligarchy at Philippi, with any felon L'.>s intent, this part of the olignrcly proposes to remain right here in Columbia. It is unreason able to ask him to go out of his way for such a purpose. But, perhaps, we are to understand from this ex. pressioi that Capt. Tillman, the Bri tus of this pay will meet the ghost of Ii re1formation at Philippi, and end the war by falling on his sword. Such an inglorious ending ! Though some have left their country for their counltry's good, in this manner, I am afraid, our iderii Brutus is not uich a patriot.. But the idea of a ?tos,es b!eing'r revealed as a Brutus )ropping all badinage, there are soeic things in Capt. Tillman's letter that deserve more serioui considera. tion. lie asks ii' I have forgotten writ.ing the Augusta Cih:'oniele a ru mor that C overnor Sheppard was not Capt. Tillhan's choice for Governor, and that he had written Col. Coker a letter offering to deliver the keys of the State 1 (lHlose to him if lie would endorse the farmers' movement. No, I have not forgotten the circunstan ces. Capt. 'l'illman does not deny writing such a lctter. I did not as sOrt it as a fact. I only repeated, as is customary with reporters, a rumor that I.ad very eneral circulation and credence. I did not criticise Capt. Tillman's reported action in the matter, nor charge nor intimate unworthy motives for such action, nor secek to convey any meaning not contained in the words quoted. IIe was at liberty to vote for whom he plcased, and lie could not have sup por"ted one more worthy to fill the highest position inl the State than the able, pure and courteous gentle man and statesman from I)arlington. I lave not forgotten, either, that wh len the breaOfk occur'red in the Con. venttion,. Capt. Tillhiman changed1 his vot e from Shep)pard( to Coker, al thmouigh on t,he call of' counties to re. cord the chan lges he~ anniuounced that theevere no ebiangres in the Edg~e field delegat ion. Thesioe were cir cumnst aneesC which gave a color to the r-umnor tbat lie favored CAol. Coker's canididacy. iIe must, discov'er some insinuiiation more in famous than this that I hiave made against his charac ter to justify his chiarge.that I was "riep)eatinig lying rumors calculated to dlo hita an injury." ('alt. Till mani asks why I shiould go out, of' miy way to dlefend Prof. ~Joynies, oir give my op)iiion as to which Iof t.hemi I)0 beievedl. Theli mat t.er didl not concern me, lie says, and "was a sumi: thiing at best." I shall endeavor' 1t explain this to his sat isfaction. CAol. Butler and Prof. Joynes had biothi deiiied Capt. TillIman's state mentr. lIe cointinued0( to repeat it. A s ani (emlloyee of' t,he depIar'tmlent of agrieiilture, and11 inaturally f'eeling a dee int er'est, ini its suiccess, I saidl in thme A ugumsta Ch'lronicle that so long as C apt . Tfillman used this statement, as lie was doinRg, to pr'ove extr'Laa gancie ini the expeniditur-es of' the deC parf.iient., lie was makin use115 of an are umeat that was untifair and untrue. Itwas a mat ter' that camne priop)erly undel~r my iiotiee as a eoirrespond(ent, andI would1 pr'obab ly have 1been no(tice e'(Ii'ven if' I hiadI had noi conna ec tioii with the dep~art umenit of' agricul tutre. If' Capt. Tiillmian hiad said then t hat Priof. Joyiies w~as mistaken, and putt t he matter where lhe iiow seeks to put, it', as a question of veraci ty 1betweent Pr~uof. ,Joyines and him iself', I mnight not have expi'essed any othe o11 pinl11 ion about it. Buht lie fai led, fori abo)(ut a month, to take any not.ice of' it whatever, and1( con t tnuted to redpeat the staitement ait Laurens, Newberi'y and probably elsewher'e. I could not ituderstand how any man with a proper)C regard course. IIe was certainly repeating i an untrue statement that benefited < himself and injured others. As Prof. Joynes could have had no rea- t son, so far as I could see, for'making such a statement to Capt. Tillman, t and knowing myself that it had no t foundation in fact, and that Capt. t Tillman did have an object to serve c in making it, it did not require much time for me to decide whom I shouid i believe. What did Capt. Tillman do when t he found that these denials were tracing him down ? Instead of con- I fining himself to a simple explana- I tion of the matter, he denounced both t Prof. Joynes and myself, saying of me, that I was a cleric that had sold c his principles for an insignificant i public position; that I had repeated ( lying rumors concerning him, and i had prostituted my position as a N journalist. There was not one word t of truth in any of these allegations, I and he has thus, in order to relieve - himself from the position in which he r found himself by his first mnisrepre- t sentation, been guilty of making three others of a similar character. I Capt. Tillman may consider it a t "small matter" to use a statement, i without foundation, for the purpose c of abusing men who adminster pub- c lic trusts and disburse public funds, f but I was not "graduated in that I school of gentility," however high it a may stand in his estimation. s The "Columbia Ring" has been a the watchword of every disappointed y politician in South Carolina for many t years. T1he cry has p)alled on th~er people of the State, and the men who make use of it have been re- C buked so often that it is unnecessary t to notice this charge of the existence i of a mythical band, that has been ' such a nightmare to those politicians c whose pretended claims for political 'l preferment have been so often ig nored. It is another of Capt. Till- f man's sweeping, glittering generali- t Lies, that he is so fond of using in t his "slashing articles" for the papers. j Jn his exasperation Capt. Tillman I has so far departed from his usual c rule as to make one more specific charge. While I have had no dis cussion with him regarding the gen i eral expenses of the State Govern ment, I have taken the pains to see I how far this charge can be sustained. t I find that it must go the way of all I others. IIe said that the taxes for t State purposes were $320,000 more in 1885 than in 1880. and adds that he is relying on the comptroller gen eral's report to sustain his assertion. t I have obtained from the comnptrol ler's oflice statements showing the t expenditures for various purposes for the fiscal years 1879-80 and 1884-85, from which it appears that these ex- t penditures for 1879-80 amounted to $791,700.85 and for 1884-85 to $,83,915.90,* the difference being 1 $92,215.05. The increase is due to the improvements on the State House, ' the appropriations to the University and Citadel, and the election ex- ( penses. Capt. Tillman, therefore, t only made a mistake of $228,785 05 in $320,000. Capt. Tilbinan hams so far imaude two I speciflc charges. One against the y department of agriculture and one against the State Government. Specification No. 1. The South Carolina College offered to make I analyses of fertilizers for the depart ment at a cost of five dehlars each.t Capt. Tillmnan's witness, Prof. .Joynes. Charge disproved by his own witness. Specification No. 2. The ( axes for State purposes5 were *320,000 more in 1885 thanm in 1880. Capt. T1ill- t man's witness, rep)orts of the compll- I troller general. Charge dlisproved by his own witness. Captain, we are wvaiting with interest for Specifi cation No. 3, but as you have laeent more than one year formnulating thie t two mentioned, we may not look for another soon.t We "Swashbucklers," we "(Oligar chiy," we "Hessians," we "Merce. nary scribblers," we "Potato fight- I ers,"' we-ecall us anything, Captain, I only give us specific charges in ordler I that we may have an opportunity of' showing you up in your own truet colors. A wordl to the peole of South Carolina: Ias this man suggested one practical remnedy for any of the burdens of taxation that may possi. b)ly exist? Will not the execution of any of the plans he has p)roposed entail aditional taxation ? le has p)ossibly succeded in estranging one p)art of the p)eople from another, and creating dissensions that time will hardly remove; lie has dlenouneed the Government, the professional and the business men, andl told the farm ers, in effect, that they and all the farmers they have sent to rep)resenlt: them in, the General Assembly have been, and1 are, a lot of helpless idiots,j unable to care for themselves. HIe' has found but one man in all this broad land able to redeem the State from this p)itiable condition, and that individual is himself. It is for thme p)eop)le to say whether this man shallI continue to characterize the Gnoen-ml neut thoy have installed as "imbe sile," and pursuie i :a c c<ur:se ot' rotundle ss denunciation. 'le men(i1 hey lmve elected to oliice :Ire but the cervants, :aid subject, o ramoval': ait he will of the people. ;o lo)n,; :a>. hey are allowed to r'inai in olilee hey are entitled to the contilenee >f their conititucnts. It* t!'v do not :omnand this con!bln(e the renedy t s safe, sure and speedy, a1 hn)Ioull >c applied untlinchin'':Iy. !int il' hey are in olice by thie, free choice } >l' the people, wh(oever' pref'ers ul. ot1nded ebarges' agaillSt them! :!mh()l )c rcbukel by t.hos:e who put tLhin: here. I have been advised that I shbil lose this coininun iicaitio by1 hvIi dein. ng to have further cont rovers)\.y w : .apt. Tilhnn. I :inl tobi that his nilttence is great aimoilg' the fairmiers, vho believe that he Ibs chmpined11(I heir cause, and that any critic''.ni (,I liln is resented aS : per"sonal 'eit, , mnd that. furt her COnltr/)\e"r\'. wx! ml' serve to in r1'ea e' 'i= mi )'la: i y' and give him great'. r ilov l""ty. Fair play is a jew('! i1,,' IIt as always had a Conlfiui'iSU 'ht't in lie diadem of Sbouth C-*icna. T::e cople who own the soil of is 'r: t Id Comim)nionwealith, the dle l ':a:ts1 f thoie i'en who mlade her nu:tlie'. aious in peace and -w':r, h'lave' :in erited alt the virtues of th11,r )!e .necstors, who were not th' men t, trike before they l:':ar'i. I :ave :. .hiding Iaith that no 11:n, h!1e v er ;rcat his powec"rs or Versn1a m:y''ti ii: e, can so C!luu,' thei I1 cake themin ri cldem 'n . ellow-eitizelis hiee:u:s'' : ' ourage of isl (scni 1ine has passed ii South (-ar . L ever exi.s:tt'cd, w!':n o' ur' pic'e' Pulld blindly follow :iy'' ', no natter how grea:'t h:.s rt:ie .'e days': of hier"o worsh!ip nr- .,v""r, nid hav\ing. the ful1i.t, fa :n::. '1 ,' deuce in the :bili t i.' *'' pop 0 distin'uish the re'al ro th' ide'' lie I'ightcL f'romn t writ, o: usticc at all ii: n t h.: w n '. nen, I feel that I cin conde"nc line the :cuh ice so ki nl md trust the fsct, .alr':a,ly'cd v .. md those to co:h.''ra" . he justice of my! ' pI ;it- .' 'i11 alla cannot dti !rt l>;. ..:11) I': iml and his; meth:l l i!'"O I il ;I;;;!; o the freso - o e C pervert a (er1n' i -c l O'f i!i w\'1 seekcin;r nto an attack Fi")e rictiltura i . 1 -m . omnetim:es led ,:tv.y byt p :s 1 m t ationll, b , time.i t :'i - md1(1 '!en'l that, inci i h,c i hie people will t': unabli 1lli: t'ords sie!; nou;h to xpai t hi oit,emipt For a miin 'ho. ;' 'I nisled them). lelievin: t!hi:, 1: m i'illiing. .0 forgc t 'c y1 'p. r"sonal elin:,s in this ni!1't1e m t dIIscun" "ilh CaptL. Tlilbnlan a1ti\ .uIjt,,' withi vhiebh I am) famiiliar" t': .i! ro.. f any interest to th.e i-' of .:h )arolina. I dlciine. Iowi\\'everr, to andy words furtll r with him 'r to roversy. ih e'op oi' n 'wt :nowi ini this Co:metiocn, whiic I Vhiey have ar:ight, to hk:my~ wvc 'iher of uis e'nn tel! c o ! ~ mmb'lle parlt. ini thi' diir -o n.i iso been aciviscid 1.t!m I :in il)epartmlient of1 agriu!ture wi i >f' agtricult.ure andcth !' mmc as.'c ni reply' to this~ I have. icn liat the (iIlit''rs of the dc n imye alrieady sai al th eCeCssary' ini t.hics maittr lonl i'ses, aiil that *hc c'' lie State ha:ve the ri i. to ': 'I heir emplohyeesc oni ti.' witu '' - t neceplt this~ pcosit 'in. i to u' c o def'endo wh'ere iefcec 'i non ary, bcul, onyi as; a .ubor'ni ' o' lhe G.overnmencit, exprc c'- i nlgness tc 'oimmuh.':iti'' V ' 11n for' the pubiie' good ui nay~ bce posse('nd.'c 'I h linkihc encn dto wvjithout Icc'd VAUGH'NSVILL1 ii'll X l': iIis'jI'- c : - tho(uigi hI' Ii :tif a rop '- :c I c ' if a c'op . eIht Ultccl (''wili'r ;. 'r'' ;i \c' - w'hoc own inn, cla .c recnc li ot'i' ly (111 1 ',cc I ---I.3c - ' lie Count x'on 'wieici br- -.'r jiti i rl i l 'ro-s lc illc t'c w Th is the wvihleI thu u.ci I. iig. thet hcu' po e: fic ::'''' <bc -h aui:lir icc (c'c' licc-l j-cil c x c io hiHilli iiy a iscc ii \\ c' ''Jc ar'ty by"i Ii' crg -on cic ici n: AliI.s ,izz'ie t-.lter <.cf .\.. hc ere ' 1visit. iili h i' liii.' \c 'i I - I , 1c. Wv h:t have the people of the State lon. , that, they, in their poverty and n their distress, should assume lia )ilit v for the loan of money to re .tore property to the people of Char esto?' '' The human heart every hb'ro goes out in tender sympathy ( the distressed, but why should the tate of South Carolina undertake to xtort. from one distressed class of ier citizens the money with which to nab,le another set to live in aflluence? po>or man is a poor man, no matter 1,ether he lives in the city of Char i t,n or in the County of Abbeville, nd there is no law Uased on justice I hu11manity w"hich would levy trib. t( f rom the poor man in Abbeville i) enrich the unfortunate man in iIarle.ston1. 'he New :lin( ('Courier says: ". heavy lo o:i Of 7 or 8 per cent. ,I Im :t u<ling blow to bear when -!hh'd, to h iIrdet of State and inuni Il taxatilin. What is really needed t h, ahilit y 4o borrow, on absolutely el CurIty', tIce or four million dol : at a: ra( ('f inte"rest. not exceeding ('I!:tritstoin gentlen;en cannot afford pay 7 or S per cenlt. for money I ;,w"lant it at four per cent.! Did ny ian in the country ever get i:rlston money at anything like hat rate? We think not. Country 'ile inmst pay them ten per cent. rte ":"st, and ship cotton to them, so hit i the losses sustained inl ship. int to (hiarleston, iistead of selling :a mo(re dl<esirahlc market, is taken .siieration, the money will b ietry merchant or country miner' something like 20 or 25 per il. o the um' of lnoney for a r:1 itnal part .e1 the year. i (h::trhetin was( disposed to act -" the 'ood of the State," why floes :>t el:-Oi e IOw to raise ionc'y for nreople at the same rate cent.'? The distressedv1 coun as ii;ueh dese'rvilig of con 'i' ron the S;tate, as are the o) twniers of' Cha:ilestA)on. Th'le ias wel aid the countryman an mitonen'y to the city own F i'':,l e.,tate. W ill anybody hh titt:.? Ther:-e are hundreds in Al,'viiie c inty over h hnie ten per 'ent. 1iortgages. S .ew- :tn(1 Courier say a b.alf ._ i of Suh("I p)eole? No; Iv.-rd. c"xcept to further embar h hi: s; ierciv for the rea , t: h:'t the Charlc:t-on man imay be : 1"' to borro' money at. I'our per :+ .\ or man is a poor 1 man, no !a1 ": w l tn I he lives in Charleston " on (":t'..ar's llead. The oln is en 1 I ll ) nom)r'e 'Oidi(le'ation than I (thert, auni the State of South 'na w il have lost something of r ini' of justice When she assumes ! bihi uI oine set of her citizens at he ha::in:i of' another. It remains to li ea t1her1.our represent.at.ives I (e ':'r the property of their rn ;ulenL t enrich the people of t 1,n.- (>"e iWle Press am l Blan 21 iuiI lx I ra Seuloni. rear1, Sheppaird had best move uini uimkinig then call for anm :m ri--onei ofi thle L.egislature to it in :neion the h-gail mhieyre in ' ive hielp to Chiarleqt.on. T (re-tnvihhe News, we believe, m'l the hontor of fIrst suggesting the ch ma of ri'euf1 thait seems t.o be now .Ir:l favor id. Th'lat scheme is Sl'oiemnt hy the State of n- o tie mituimnt necessary to re e iiy yo that the money may i~ at or -1 per cent., the - ake i a lien on the property u, - core her againmst loss on r' e ment](ii.. aiilld ie re'iiembiei'ed tbat, the iiione of t.remiendous impoJr Ther' muc ihst lie ani amendImnent etnuatitiut ion and( i f that amend1 o' to lbe miop)ltedh at the polls8 in mheriilii ~titist he drawn so as to :R!e theS itt enmtirely saf'e and1 so aoltie o i h'av anl opent dooir for 'ud in theii utre. At thme same althe o:,ihitioni mustbheso5 in. ah:y ini accordan111ce wi th law ud so h' 0 a that, capitalists wil '[i ni ixeuw' for doubting the sc l',--r th - extra: sessioni is called rnor(~l( -Lhoubt he sure that its a' he eeue, amnd that riI-I t:e )iaie !'f ho el f lacing r ~~uidge thu- cost, of the r nit it wil eciure relief' h't' ton. bunt I hey have no wteI tin h'aiiures orm ex. a vt to bile put biefore the extra 1o oui il'ht to bie prieparedC( no0w andI naih- ii one is nunle. Thenui the 'py-.--ntave's and seniators canl go al(eun; with eleari undtterstand-l nI' of' th sentIiIiment and sense of lh i 'Iwad regalrdling th one 01 subhject I he. oid(lt eredh andi there willI be not .n-'er of having'. ani aimendmnent 2o ai byi thle legislature ~in Octo ''r va;h' downi by tihe people in No. (lmihiir ---(Gru,en'i//v NAvx Our Graded Schools. Among the many attractions of Co. lunbia there is none greater 'than that offered by her graded schools. All the children of residents have an opportunity to obtain instruction in all the common school branches of education, free of charge, in these in stitutions. The teachers, the meth ods, and all the appliances are first class in every respect, and there is no school, public or private, any. where in the world, that can offer better advantages than the Graded Schools of this city. Even the poor. est child in the city thus has an op. portunity of getting an education, such an opportunity as in many other places the money of the rich cannot purchase. Every head of a family who does not reside in Colum bia, and who has no equally good school within reach of his present residence, would do well to move to Dolumbia simply in order to educate lis children. The benefits they would thus gain would be of greater worth to them than any number of lollars he might save or make. It is to be hoped that before long he school fund will be suflicient to muthorize the trustees to furnish the )upils with all their text books, so is to relieve them even of his charge. - Colunbica Record. Raking U'la Old 1s1ues. During the earthqnake calamity was thotit as impropituous a season as could tave been selected by the Abbeville lPress and Banner to rake up the ashes >f the past and kindle the ires of see ionalism between the mountain and the eaboard ; and yet it did so, and with a legree of venom that is only character stic of a nature whose ill-will is rather purred on than repressed by the un iappy condition of its victim. Our contemporary, in its issue of the 19th ultimo, engaged in a tilt with the olumbia Register, because of the lat er's opinion of the use of convict labor in building railroads, and the issuing of t State loan to rebilld Charleston, and ,herein exhibited an amount of animos t.y to the seaboard, and, especially to mtr poor, stricken city, whilh is irrele mant and mean to an exceptional dc ;re. On the subject of the loan the Press mad Bannersays: "Again, the Register has been urging he pledging of the credit of the State Lor the purpose of raising money with xhiclh to rebuild the city of Charleston. P'his proposition can never be carried )ut, except by a vote of the people and he people will never vote for it." If such a question were put to the vote of the people of the State, we doubt tot, that it would receive the hearty ;upporl, save in the instance of the Press tud Ba.unr, whose objection would tand out in bold relief, as the one bit Lcr, malevolent spirit of the hour. It rurther says "In fact, It would, we believe, be difll ;ult to cite one single friendly act of egislation for the up-country to which ,harleston has not been solidly opposed. We think all the legislation, as well as il the political acts which have been iroughtt about by Charleston's influence, ins been either with aln eye single to bhe interests of Charleston, or with a iew to repressing or retarding the pro ress of the up-country." To credit Charleston with auh a son .lment, is to go wide of the mark. The ~plrit here has1 been to look to the gen ra'tl goodl, and1 not merely to tis muIII lipality. There arc very large interests o be looked aIfter here, and if in any rop)osit.ion emanating hience, some1 per ona1l imnterest las not been subserved, t muilst lie alscribedt to the doctrine that 11e greater numbier mulst always be eon ildiered ini preference to the lesser. Charleston Is the metrop)olis of the 3tate ; she hlas its every Interest at ucart, andl in all she does niever falls to emembIler that Carolina is not confinedl 0 11er geographical limits. Pe rsuinug its vind ictiveness, the Press 11nd Bannecr hlypocritically says: "WeV would not seemf to strike at Ch.arlestou ini the hour of her calamit,y. We deely symplathlise with her ini hcr inlsfortunie, and we arc sorry indeedI, hat tile people of Abbeville have riot given mnore substantial evidence of heir symlpathy for the people of tihe ~trickenl city, hut for all tis, we cannolCt et the Rfesister take advantage of the ccaLsionl to maike wvar upon0! thle up-coun And yet It dIoes strike at her, perhaps rom11 tile (dark, where it supposes that 10 one will see it dleliver the blow. 4uich sympiathly only excites contempt. l'o applly foul eilthets to people andI lien tell thiemi that you ar'e sorry for ibem is a species of duplicity that cannot 10 tolerated. Our cruel contemp)orary ugamn says: "If we have done1 Charleston any Sronig we shall be only too glad to ~iange our ninud, and11 to make all need( Iul re paration."' WVhy, you have (1011 the city the rossest, wrong ! Nothing is worse thani 0 impu)lte senlthnenCIts and acts where hey do0 not belon1g. Th'ils has been done y I lhe Press anid Banner, with a spirit ha.t w~ouldh protYer' one hlandl and stab withl the othier. TLhue Pries and1( Banner may rest as mured thlat lhe wiho kieks a wounded lioni 'sommnits rather anl act of cowardice than bravery. / C;harleslon Is in sack cloth and ashes, and1 is no0w a subject of sympathy rathler han mnalice', but as thlere was one Judas lscariiot amlonig the ap)ostles and always r>ne black sheep in every flock, so in tile press of South Carolina has1 beeni found rme journal capable of doing a base act. -Chaurlest1on sS'nday 18patch. "11cer features are nlot regular, yet what an alttratilve faceI she1 lIIasI" It is 11Cr beautiful hair. Once it was thln, grayish antd fadling. A few bjottlesofIParker's Hair Balsam wrought th e transformation., It will (10 asith fb~or