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STATE OFFICERS.
The following in a list of the State cfli
cers elected to serve forthe next two
years:
Governor?Franklin J. Moses, Jr.
Lieutcnant Govcrnor?R i c h a rd II
Gleaves, colored.
Attorney-General?Samuel W. Melton.
Secretary of State?Henry E. Hayne,'
colored.
State Treasurer? Francis L. Cardozo
colored.
Comptroller-General?S olomon L.
H?ge.
^Superintendent of Education?Justus
?.JUlson.
Adjutant Gcnerul?Henry W. Purvis
colored.
Member of Congress at large?R-. ^If.
Cain.
R? presentativc from First Congression
al District?Joseph IL'Rainey.
Representative from Second Congres
sional District?AlonzoJ. Ransicr.
Representative from Third Congrcs
gional District?R. B. Elliott.
Representative from Fourth Congrcs
aional District?Alex. S. Wallaco.
Solicitor for the first Judicial Circuits:
Charles W. Butts.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Senator?James L. Jamison.
Representatives?Samuel L. Duncan
John Dix, Henry Riley, J. Felder Meyers,
Abraham Donnelly.
Coroner?John L. Humbert.
Sheriff?Edward I. Cain.
Clerk of Court?George Ilolivcr.
Probate Judge?Augustus B. Knowl
ton.
School Commissioner?Francis IC Mc
Kiniay.
County Commissioners-r-John Robert
son, Edmund T. R. Smoke, Alexander
Brown.
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GOODNIGHT, ri KOl^O
i Good-night?go rest in dream-land bowers,
i Where visions bf love may ravish thy night;
I Where the vigils are kept by flitting Hours-*
I ^ p^od-pipht,^dear girl; good night.
When tha Morphcan god with gentle ?way,V *
8hall woo thee asleep, may his'gambols' light
Be as sod as the cheek where the lashes, lay?
Good-night, fair, and good-riight.
When the mid-night peal speaks its deep "All's
well" .JU.,S1
And thy partetl lips shall smile delight;
And thy sinless b^ost >vith dreams shall swell,
Goofl-hlght/ bwc?, a&d good-night.
The stars arc merry in yon far alcove-?
The moon is speeding her silvory flight.
And the Zephyrs are sighing a breath of love?
Good-night, they say, good night.
And I am alone, an(l Inc wick that glows
fallow uY the Tamp of hope. The blight ?
May within the flower?, but in all my dreams,
- Thou wilt live for ever, good night.
The T3rth?dda5F of LVe1-Oration of
, .-Gen. Wade Hampton. ,
The celebration of the birthday of
General Lee at Savannah was an .im
posing affair. ? The day was observed- a
a gcueral holiday. The volunteer* com
panies turned out in full force, and vv'tre
reviewed by Genends Hampton, Kcr
sbaw, Johnston, Ltwton and. Jackson.
The Johnston Light infantry escorted
General Wade Hampton to the theatre,
where the oratipn ,w?s ?to JTe iJelAdred.
Af(.er. tdioj applausey consequent upon bis
introduction had subsidcd/jcneral llamp
ton said :
Once again, and f r the last time, I
seem placed on duty in tho service of my
old commander, and the voice that sum
mons mo here, waking many of the
proudest though saddest emotions of my
heart, cemes from the tomb of hu\\ho,
though Vdead,;yct bpeaketh."
In reference ,to the history of the war
he paid :
Kot until the heat of passion; the mists
of prejudice and the venom of bate,
which have su deeply stained American
annais during the laid; decade, have sub
sided, can the true story of this last great
revolution be given to the world. Thon
will the impartial historian be called on
to tell with what heartfelt reluctance the
bonds, no longer fraternal, which bou?d
her to that Union she hau ao largely
aided to make, and threw off a govern
ment which her wisdom had mainly
formed, and which her patriotism and
her genius had so {'really illustrated.
He then proceeded t? give a full and
complete account of General Lee's illua
; trioua career. Of the gallantry and
'Christian forbearance and patriotism of
General Lee's nature j he said :
"When standing by tho grave which
had just b?en closed ovdrj tiur dreat cap
tain, President Davis, Mpjlo ^ying/*a<;
noble tribute f to his memory, referred to
this part of his military career in the
following language: "When Virginia
joined the Confederacy, Kobert Lec, the
highest officer in tho little arniy of Vir
ginia, came to Richmond, and not paus
ing td inquire what won hi be his rank in
tho service of the. Confederacy,- went to
Western Virginia utider.tlU belief that
he was still an otficer of the State. He
came back carrying the heavy weight of
defeat, und unappreciated by tho people
whom he served, for they could not know
as I know, that if his plans and orders
bad been carried.out, the result would
have been victory rather than defeat.
You did not know, for I would not have
known it, had he not breathed it in my
ear, only at my earnest request, and
begging that nothing ho said about it.
* * * * * Yet through all .this,
with a magnanimity rarely equalled, he
?rtood in silence without defending him
self or allowing others to defend him,
for he was unwilling to defend any one
who was wearing a sword aud Btrikiug
blows for the Confederacy.
The great soldier who had hitherto
commanded with such signal ability the
army in Virginia-^Gencral Johnston?
(thundering applause) having been
severely wounded in the battle of Seven
Pines, an tho 31st of May, General Lee
was appointed to succeed :him, and as
sumed command on the 2nd of June.
From this time until the close of the war
tho hi?tory oi General Lee is the history
of the immortal army of Northern Vir
ginia?that noblest army that ever trod
this earth. To record the unparalleled
achievements of that army while direct
ed by the gonius of Lee,'would be a task
far tqo great t? come within the scope of
an address such as the present.
General Hampton reviewed at length
tho military achievements of General
Lee and of his gallaut soldiers, and, in
conclusion', said: . . a ,^
It has been my object not to embarrass
the narrative by any criticism of n:y own
hut to let the-great actions which marked
that cvrc6r through its whole progress
speak for themselves. From these ac
tions the verdict of history will; aller
all, be made up, and that verdict neither
the praise of his, friends nor the censure
of bis enemies will be able to influence.
We place him without one doubt before
that'abgus1. tri'.until, feeling assured tliut
his motives, his deeds, and bis virtues
will be judged by posterity as we, his
countrymen, judge them now..
"Ilia grandeur, bo derived from Heaven alone,
For he was great ere fortune made him t?o!
And Warn, like hunts that rise against the sun,
Made him but greater seem, not greater grow."
"His ashes in a peaceful nm shall rr
His name a great example innidu to show;
I? ow Strangely high endeavors, may he blcsacd,
Where piety and valor jointly go."
At tbo close of General Les'smilitary
service he retired quietly to private life,
and though the record left by him sis a
private citizen" is ns noble as any portion
7of his/whole, career, it was, unfortunately
for the South and for ibe world, all too
brief/ 4He lost-no time in vain regrets,
but set himself resolutely to fulfill the
duties that wore beforo him.
? ?fters of nesdstnneu poured in up<??j
him from all quarters, but though deeply
touched by this evidence of the love en?
tcrtoined for him, he refused them all,
saying, "My friends havo (dieted me
everything except work." He felt that
it was bis duty to work, and with him
"duty \vas thesublimcst word in our hin
I gunge." Surrounded by all that domes
"tic affection could give, or public vener
| ation bestow, it was the fond hope of our
j people that be would long be spared to
[ the South to teach her sons to follow bis
example and emulate bis virtues. But
he himself h it that the w ounds his heart
had received were mortal. When be
rallied from bis first attack and we were
cheered by the-hopc that his precious life
would be spared, a friend called to con
gratulate him on his convalescence, and
and to express the hope that bis health
would sood be fully restored. Shaking
his head gravely and placing his hand
upon his heart, bo replied: "No, the
trouble iahero." The trouble was, in
deed, there. For the sorrows, the affec
tions and the wrongs of the people whom
be loved so well, were snapping, one by
one, his heartstrings, and he fell at last
dying as truly for the South as if he had
fallen in her cause on the bloodiest field
be over won iu her defence. And thus
he passed away from the sceues ef his
labors and his glory to appear at the bar
of that great Judge, who alone can and
will decide whether the cause in which
be fougbt was right or wrong. But
though he is no longer with us, his ex
ample, his fame and his virtues are still
left to us, and bo thus is not dead.
But strew his ashes to the wind.
Whose sword or voiee has served mankind,
And is he dead whose glorious njtnd
Lifts thine on high?
To live ui hearts we leave behind
Is not to die.
Is't death to fall for freedom's right ?
He's deadalouo that lacks her light,
And murder sullies in Heaven's sight
The sword he draws.
What can alono ennoble tight ?
A noble cause.
At the conclusion of the address, which
was enthusiastically applauded, three
rousing cheers for Gcnerel Hampton were
given.
Everybody sees tho cloud on the hori
zon, but who thinks o7the clear bluo sky
! above it.
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^What Is in a Piece of Wood.
how part with our "old violins"
with feelings dot unmingled with regret;
tho very sums of money given for them
bear witness to their strange indefinit val
ue Acd importauc?300 guineas is a com
mon price for a fine Stradiuarius. The
owner, of the"Messie" refused 600 gui
neas for that unique gem, whilst 800 and
cvoll 1,000 guineas have been offered by
sor?jo'whe could not get their favorites
for less.* Fiftueu hundred acres of land
in Cincinnati woro on ouj occasion given
for a Stabler; and as the city of Pits;
is now built upon that land, we may con
fidently any that this has turned out to
be the heaviest price ever paid for a vio
liu. - And what is it that we pay for?
A little wood, varnish, paint?a few shil
lings would buy all the materials; the
simplest mechanical knowledge is suffici
ent to cut up and put together the com.
em>u fiddle, which is n?*w sold for ten or
fifteen shillings' and looks to the novice
so much more desirable than the "Ales
isu," or "Pucclle," * though not unlike
them. Then what do we pay for ?, We
pay for what no money can produce nga
ain ; we pay for conditions that have pas
sed away ; we pay for the inspiration of
a matchless varkinan, and a subtle soul
infused into elements which teem beggar
ly, but have become priceless; wo pay
iut '.he concentrated experience of not
ovu life, but .nauy, put into a curve or a
fluting?for a few thin plates of wood fix
ed toguthcr with andnsiiuct that is dead,
but tnat ere it died made those slips of
wood almost a living organism?in sonic
tvspects more than a living organism, be
cause immortal. There is no reason, why
the violin should ever wear out. It
gf'6\Vi old with its perpetual yotttjjjjt ll
sitigs ovor the grave of many generations.
Timo, that sometimes robs it of a little
aniish, has no power .over its anointed
ab*ic?H need in'u r t>^ ini'.iui'K.I The
Joan Carlino viola is 3*20 years old. and
?tili almost without a somtch. The. hard
perennial uihstunce steeped in thosilicatc
like varnish, bus well-nigh turned to
stone, but without losing a single quality
of sweetness or resonance. The violin is
the only fossil that still lives, and lives
with a fulness of life and freshness that
contrasts mysteriously enough with the
failing, sickly, and withering generations
of mail J Even should mishaps bruise or
break its beauty it can be endlessly re
stored?it is never fit for death ; it sur
vives a thousand calamities; nay, even
when out up. dismembered, its several
parts scattered through a dozen work
shops and ill rough -?OO years, it lives on
with a kind, of metempsychosis in new
forms, and still clings strangely to its
individuality, so that men taking up a
patchwork violin, say, It is fine, the front
is poor, the head is tamo; but, then, see,
here is a Strndiuurius back. . thus, hu
man in power and pathos, and supoihu
man in its immortal lain ic, the violin
reigns the princo offnll instruments, and
iu the hands of Pagauini or a Joachim
the joy and wonder of tho civilized world.
[Eclectic Magazine.
Two Scenes.?A gentleman took his
son to a drunken row in a tavern, where
the inmates were fighting aud swearing,
and, said he, "Do you know what has
caused all this?"
"No sir."
His father, pointing to the decanters
sparkling with rum, Paid, "That's the
cnu?e; will you take a drink?"
The boy started back with horror, and
exclaimed, "No!"
Then he took his child to the cage of n
man with deli rum tremens. The boy
gazed upon him affrighted as tho drunk
ard raved and tore, and thinking the de
mons were aller him, cried "Leave me
alone! leave mo alone! I see 'em, they're
coming!"
"Do you know the cnuee of this, my
boy ?"
? "No, sir."
"This is caused by drink; will you have
some ?"
And he shrank with a shudder as he
refusod the cup.
Next they called at the miserable
hovel of a dmnkuid, where war squalid
poverty, and the drunken father heating
his wife, and with oaths, knocking down
his children.
"What has caused this?" said the
father.
The son was silent. When told it was
rum, he declared he would never touch a
drop in his life. But suppose that lad
should bo invited to a weddiug feast,
where with fruit and cake the wine-cup
is passed amid scenes of cheerfulness and
gayety, where'all the friends are respect
able, beloved, and kind to each other,
and be should be asked to drink, would
he refuse ? Or, suppose him walking out
with his father, on New Year's duy to call
upon bis young lady friends to enjoy the
festivity of the ushering in of the New
Year. With other things wine is banded
to him by n smiling girl. His noble
hearted father whom he loves, presses the
wine glass to Ria lips, and compliments
the young ladies upon the excellence of
quality ; what wonder if theson follow
his example.?Emblem Annual.
Influence of Alcohol.
Dr. ParkesJ F. R. S., ot the Netly Hos
pital, is pursuing his inquiries into effects
of diet and exercise on the bodily condi
tion, and on the elimination of certain
[products from the animal economy. His
last experiments were made on a soldier,
a Scotchman, powerfully built, and thir
ty years of age. The exercise was walk
ing and digging ; and any one wdio has
handled a spade knows, that to dig for
uiue hours a day is not easy work. The
experiments were continued during six
teen days, and were brought to a close
with trials of the effect of brandy. Aft
tcr driking four ounces of prandy, he fan
cied he could do a great deal of work;
but when he came to do it, he found he
was less capab'e than he thought.' After
a second do3e, his inability to work was
increased, and be bad palpitation of the
heart; and u thiril cfoab, tuL-.cn right hours
after tho first, completely neutralised his
working-power. He threw down bis spade
and being a good runner, tried to tnke
running exercise, but unable, though fail
ure of bieath; Dr. Parkes observes;
The man's own judgment at .tho end of
the trial was, that he would prefer to do
the work without the brandy ; and when
asked for his reasons, he mentioned " the
increased thirst, the heaviness in the even
ing, and the fluttering at the heart."
And, commenting on tho caso, the doctor
adds: 'As the effect of labor alone is to
augment the strength and frequency of
the heart's action, it would appear obvi
ously improper to act on the heart still
more by alcohol.'?Eci.ktic Magazine.
Pacific Bailroad.?To give some
idea of the material med on the Pacific
Railroad, it is stated that there were
about 300,000 tons of iron rails, 1,700,
000 fish-plates, 5,800,000 bolts, 6,126,375
cross-ties, 35,505.500 spikes, and an in
calculable amount of sawed lumber,
oonrds for buildings, timber for trestles,
etc. Estimating the cost of the road with
equipments complete by that of other
first-class roads, ($105,000 per mile,) we
have tho sum of $187,498,000 as the ap
proximate cost or value of tho work?
though it is cocceded that tho two roads
were constructed for less, and that a large
margin was secured by tho pioneers who
began and finished them. To operato
tho road there are now in use 333 loco
motives, 156 passenger-cars, 43 palace
sleeping-cars, 76 emigrant and second
class cars; dump and sectien cars, 430;
stock, coal, and iron cars, 725, fruit-cars,
32; and other cars, including tboso of the
officers, in all, 7769.
Good.?"I was to ask you. Hannah,
whether it was really truo that you wero
engaged to he married to the deacon's
son, young Timothy TJpham. I said I'd
ask you the very nea^timo I seen you.
I told Jerusha that I didn't know my
self whether it was true or not. What
shall I say when I see her?" "You
tell Jerusha," was tho reply of the hand
some, blushing, buxom Yankeo damsel,
"that you did ask Hannah, and that slio
told you it was none of your business
whether it was true or not-"
Intelligent Hon for Juries.
A Bill fur a new jury law has bear
introduced in Illinois State Legislature,
which provides, among other things,, that
uo jury shnlhbo Considered- incompetent
to servo because be has formed an opin
ion in a criminal ease,.founded on rumor
ot newspaper reports, providing lie catv
answer in tho affirmative the following;
questions: If, notwithstanding tho opin
ion he has formed, ho can render an im?
partial verdict according to the evidence;
and law as it may be given to him by the
Court? "Whether, from what he bad
heard or read of the cose, he could conr
scientiously say if the accused ia guilty
or otherwise ? Whether what he has
heard or read of the case will affect his
mind in deciding it after he has bcardi
the evidence? Whether he has any pre
judice in his mind, from what he has.
heard or read, against the criminal ?.'
Whether he could decide the casi a*
fairly and impartially, from the evidence,,
ns if he had not heard or read anything,
about it ?.. As every intelligent nvm of
the present day is a newspaper reader,,
he must necessarily become acqndlnted;
with the outlines of every case upon
which ha maybe called upon to> net as ai
juror, in advance of the trial m court..
When such men arc held to be incompe
tent as jurors, the result is that the least
qualified members of a.community have
thrown upon them a duty which they aro
unfit to discharge, and this is to the man
ifest injury of a cause of justice.?
Charleston Courier.
A Mean Thief.?The Columbia Caro
linian learns from a gentleman, who. ar
rived in that city ou ; Wednesday even
ing, that a few moments before the train
left Alston, a negro vevy adroitly dppro*
printed a valise belonging to tb.o Rev.
Mr. Boyce. Just at the moment the
theft was discovered the negro was ob*
served oh theother side ef the river mak
ing cracks for parts unknown. lie'was
soon captured, however, and the property
was restored to Mr. Boyce, at whoso re
quest the negro was allowed to go, with
only a gentle reminder that such conduct,
was dangerous to the perpetrator.
An old lady in the country had a dan
dy from the city to dine with her'on a.
certain occasion. For the desert theco
was an enormous apple pio.L'?%ft?iriflfltttr,"'
said the gentleman, "how do you manage
to handle such a pie?" "Easy enough,"'
was the quiet reply; "we make the crust
up in a wheelbarrow, wheel it under an
apple tree, and then shake the fruit down.
, into it."
Tho Charlotte Observer chronicles the*
sale of the King's Mountain gold mines
to Messrs. Crosby, Pond & Co., who have
invented a process of desulphurizing gold
ore, by which 97 per cent, of tho gold is
obtained, where, by the old process only
20 per cent, could be got*
Josb.Billings says that if he can have
plenty of mackerel for breakfast he can
generally manage to make the other two.
meals out of water.
Three tilings to. govern?temper^,
tongue and conduct*'
Three things to admire?intellectual'
power, dignity and gracefulness.
"For a dead opportunity thero is no.
resurrection." Opportunities in Jouro.^
alism included..
A Lcavcnwoxth editor sat down in a*
reserved seat already occupied by a
hornet. Ho stands up when scizzoring
ois editorials now,
A man has no more right to say an
uncivil 'hing than tu act one; no more,
right to say a rude thing to another than,
to knock him down.
If you have nothing else to do, go fish
ing. It is the haziest empioymeut you
can have?that is, if you don't cr.ro about
catching any fish.
Tho art of saying appropriate words irx
a kindly way is one that never goes out.
of fashion, never ceases to please, and ia,
in reach of '.he humbhnt.