Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SHERIDAN & SIMS, Proprietors. SUUSCUIl'TIOX. One Year.i.81.50 Six Months.1.00 Ministers of tho Gospel.1.00 AUVKHTISKMENTB. First Instcrtlon.$1.00 Kncli Subsequent Insertion.B0 Liberal contracts made lor 3 month jin'l over. I JOB OFFICE 18 1>REI?ARKD TO DO ALL KINDSOV J"ol) Printing North and South. In an article ou "industrial devel opment South," the New York Times says: "The North grows and prospers under the idea that we arc a nation, and that the States are bound togeth er by common interests and a com mon destiny. Tbe South worries it self over the maintenance of the sepe ratc sovereignty of States, and ne glects to apply itself to the work of industrial development, upon which the relative strength of sections de pends. In straining to preserve its political solidity it is in danger of keeping iteelf solid in its lack of en terprise, in its want of variety of in dustries, in the backwardness of its commercial appliances and in tbe slenderness of its population aud re sources." "The idea that we are a nation," has no more to do with the growth and prosperity of the North than with the current of the Mississippi or the temperature of the Gulf stream. Just as little has "tbe maintenance of tbe sovereignty of the Slates" to do with the lack of growth and prosperity in the South. Putting aside all other causes?some of which have been at work for a hundred years?the North notr only emerged victorious from the civil war, but owing to a peculiarly favorable combination of circum stances grew and prospered during that war. Tbe South, on the other band, was not only beaten in the end, but went down hill rapidly while the struggle continued. With empty treas ury and ruined credit, the flower of her population in a bloody grave and the working class utterly demoraliz cd by emancipation, she was thrown into the fliut mill of Republican re construction and literally ground to powder. Tbc grindin? process lasted ten 3'ears; and tbo wonder is, not so little is left, but that anything sur vived the terrible ordeal. Indomita ble energy and courage did survive, and by tbe aid of these the South is gradually recovering, and if let alone will at no distant day have a health ier growth and prosperity than ever before. The upward movement is slow, but sure, and when we consider '--the obstacles lo.be overcome it is simply marvelous. The leading organ of the party which supplemented the Sou' h's dis astrous war with something vastly worse?negro ." aud carpet-bag rule sufitained by bayonets?can haidly afford to taunt the victims of Rcpub-, lican policy and attribute their inferi ority in strength and wealth to politi cal ambition. All "tbe separate sov ereignty" tbe Southern States want i9 the right to manage their own af fairs in their own way, subject to the constitution and the laws. Rockel interests arc more powerful Lhau pol itics in that scclion, and the latter are entirely suboidinate to the form er. The Southern people are trying to work out industrial and financial salvation, aud if the Federal govetn ernmcnt will permit them to do this they will be quite content. Southern solidity "hath this extent?no more." Who'd Be a Czar? A writer in the Voltaire describes the terrors by wbich the Czar is haunted. At one time the Emperor of all the Russias was in the habit of wearing a coat of mail very delicate and simple, but, unable to endure tbe weight, he has abandoned the ark of safety. His uniforms, however, are now specially prepared, and arc said to be steeped in a particular wash which renders them bullet proof. The carriages and sledges used by the monarch are plated wilh iron, and such is the mysterious secrecy with which be is surrounded that even tbe most trusted policemen are ignorant half an hour beforehand of what di rection he is going. Tho cook is watched at his work by two special employees, and the kitchen door is guarded by two sentinels. Tho vi ands are tasted by experts, and only offered to the Czar when they are con vinced no poisoo in lurking in them. Fond as he is of a good cigar the Emperor is obliged, from similar mo tives of prudence, to forego tho pleas ures of smoking. Such is the life of the greatest autocrat in the world, who must now and then envy the lot even of the meanest of his subjects. Tim man who has not an cuemy in the world probably has not a friend either. He is the goody-goody man who is totally incapablo of creating any strong emotion, and if he is mar ried it is duo to the fact that the lady of his selection couldn't get anybody else. The Opening Campaign. The Democratic party never enter ed upon a Presidential campaign un der more favorable auspices than will attend our efforts this year. Our only dangers arise within our own ranks, and the mass of the people havo al ways shown themselves true to the principles of the party. We have the prestige of success in the last election on a clear majority of 800,000 votos and havo done nothing to cstrango any of this pow<?r, whilo our noble self denial in allowing Ila3'es to steal his place rather than risk another rev olution has secured the gratitude of all peace-loving patriots. In all gov ernmental measures the Democrats have used their majority in Congress in a patriotic and non-sectional spir it and will go before the country with a clear record. The Southern Con gressmen have shown the North that they have nothing to fear from the South and there is no reason why we should not stand together as a unit in the election this fall. We have only to face the Radicals in the strength that they can exert as office holders. In this capacity they cover the whole face of the country from Maine to Texas, from Courthouse to deputy marshal. But on the evening of the second of November next their knell will be sounded, and the pat ronage of the nation will change hands. On the 4th of March the sceptre will pass from the hands of Radicalism and despotism and the country will return once move to con stitutional and republican principles. ?Kingstree Star. Let Mr- Blaine Pause. Seven hundred and thirty-eight votes, will be cast in the Republican National Convention?excluding the Territories, wnich will probably offset each other?or Jthrce hundred and seventy for a choice. Of these, Grant has already the fif ty -eight vote3 of Pennsylvania and the seventy of New York, if cast as instructed. Robesou's influence will probably contribute the eighteen of New Jersy, andiFilley, with hie gang in Missouri, will and thirty more, or one hundred add sevent3'-six in these four States alone. If Illinois follows as Logan swears she shall, the five will swell his vote to two hundred and sixteen, or more than two-thirds the number required. Out of the Southern States, with its two hun" tired and seventy-six votes, there will be no trouble to get the needed number, to say nothing of Vermont, which is at Edmunds' disposal or a half a dozen States in which the Grant managers arc as strong, as capable and as defiant as they are in New York and Pennsylvania. Mr. Blaine is the only popular candidate?the only man whom the Republican masses want, but he is being machined to death. He will be very foolish, as well as unpatri otic, if he walks into the trap which Conkling, cameron and Robcson have set for him at Chicago.?Carolina Review. Letters. The famous piece of advice, "Never write a letter and never burn one," has a new and detestable significance in our day. As the finest looking fruits often contain a worm at the core, in most polished society there arc few families who havo not some "skeletons in the closet" to hide, some secret to guard. An adroit and unprincipled person surprising one of these secrets holds in hie power the comfort and happiness of all the per sons interested, and who can say how many people to whom "money is no object" ere more willing to patter and bargain for secrecy than to boldly rid themselves of a sword of Damocles. Too True. If Washington had lived till last Sunday ho would have been 150 years old. But he is dead ; and the non partian unselfish patriotism and pol itical virtue and integrity that he so eminently represened are as dead as lie. The American people celebrate his birthday and pretend to honor and revere his name. It is a curious question, what position he would oc cupy to day, were he living, in Amer ican politics. Would ho stand any chance for the Presidency ? Possibly he would, if lie could "carry New York ;" otherwise not. This is the test of a man's "fitness" now. So much for partisan politics.?Netuber ry Herald. Immoral Young Men, A correspondent writing to tbe New York Times on the abovo sub ject, says: "Your correspondent, 'Bay Court,' has struck a chord which, I hope, will not cease to vibrate until people begin to realize the dreadful barrier which impurity builds to keep men and women from coming togeth er in the holy relation of husband and wife. Alas I it is only too true that the first use young men moke of their freedom from pareutal or other re straint, is to trample beneath their feet the white lily of cbastitj', and sow in its place tho 4 wild oats' of li centiousness ; in spite, too, of the sol emn warning that 'whatever a man soweth, that shall he reap.' And what a harvest some of them do reap 1 A mind so corrupted and reeking with impurity that it becomes a moral cesspool, whose filthy emanations poison every healthy young life that comes within its influence. Poisoned blood, which carries disease and de cay to every portion of the frame, and often entails untold suffering on inno cent vic'ims. All acknowledge and admire the dignity of virtue in a wo man. Indeed, it is considered by men of the loosest habits as indis pensable iu their wives, mothers, or sisters. But the precious jewel of virtue uever glows with greater beau ty than when it gleams untarnished in tbe crown of young manhood. A youth full of manly vigor, alive to all the pleasures of the world, not a stranger to temptation, yet with an eye clear and bright as a child's, through which a clean soul looks out of a chaste body, is, to me, one of the grandest sights upon earth. 1 know such men. I also know men of that class which 'Bay Court' describes as having 'eyes of a dull, fatty ap pearanoc, and faces somewhat blase.' Men who are fa6t exchanging their manliness for beastliness, and who, compared with the others, would on ly inspire contempt and disgust, if they did not inspire pity ior their degradation." ? The PuzzIbt The 15 puzzle has been the sensa tion of the hour for some time past, and it seems as if tbe case is likely to be attended with serious results. Having other matters of more impor tance to engage our attention, we have given this nine days' wouder a wide berth, aud this is the ffrst, and will likely be the last time we shall notice it. Its main tendencies seem to be lunacy, suicide and homicide. We clip the following notice from the Augosta News; "It has come at last. After send ing men to the lunatic asylum, break ing up households, and breeding dis sension at the family hearthstone, 'fifteen' has now been tbe cause of what promises to be a murder. It happened in Philadelphia, where two mill hands were engaged in trying to straighten out the 13, 15, 14. Final ly one of them succeeded, but tbe other claimed that he had done it by trickery. Hot words followed and blows followed words, until one of the combatants seized a hammer and cracked his opponent's skull. And thus the list of casualties goes piling up and the puzzle still continues to be sold without a word of protest from a suffering and paralyzed world." A Party of Prineiple. Finally there has risen up in the country a party which ^s really 'a party of principle. We refer to the Young Republicans of Boston. They have boldly passed a resolution declaring that neither Grant nor Blainc is fit to be President. This is an encouraging sign of pro gress. Much as we might prefer Blaine's first term to Gian's third, yet the Young Republicans are entirely right; neitkar Blaine nor Grant is fit We are glad these Republicans arc young. With a long life before them, they may do much good. We only wish they were more numerous. ?N. Y. Sun. Among the men who refuse to pa tronize local papers is he who gives a second-hand pair of pantaloons or an old coat for charity's sake, and then makes it a point to let the editor know of it, so that his sheet may her ald it abroad and let the world know of his benevolence. This samo old dead weight on human progress and civization will toll you that advertis ing don't pay. The New Dangor of Courting. Young Smiffkins was somewhat surprised, but highly elated, when he received a polite invitation from old Scroggins to come up and take a crust?which meant dinner?and that too, when he had spent the vory even ing before in the sweet society of Mies Matilda Jane Scroggins. It is need less to say he was promptly on hand. "Matilda Jane," said the old gentle man, when dinner was over, "did you ever hear the phonograph in active operation?" "No, pa, but I shouid like to," answered the,maiden, who wished to humor her parent's scien tific weakness. "Well,.my dear, you shall. I bought one day before yes terday. You will find it under the sofa in tho front pur lor. I forgot to take it upstairs last night, when I left you and Smiffkins conversing on church festivals." Matilda Jane brought the machine, and the old man wound it up, remarking that he had set it just before going to bed. The family circle and one or two of Scroggins' cronies, who happened to be present, listened with a great deal of interest as it slowly revolved. "Thank God ! the old devil's gone at last!" exclaimed the phonograph, in tones that sounded amazingly like those of Smiffkins. "I thought the hateful old thing would sit up all night," continued the wonderful in vention, in a voice that was unmis takably that of Matilda Jane. "Well, in V own darling, we'll make up for lost time. Yum?yum !" ejaculated the revolving cylinder, with a pro nounced Smiffkins accent. "O, don't darling 1 youmnsn't! Yum?yum!" it proceeded, in the tones of Matilda Jane. After that the instrument grew incoherent and mixed up, as it were. A subdued osculatory sound, mingled with deep-drawn sighs and occasional whispered protests in the Matilda Jane voice were all that could be distinguished, till it sudden ly blurted out: "Well, I suppose old Scrog will be coming down-stairs with a club unless I clear .out." An other .silence broken yums?iyums, then in a softer voice the inexorable cylinder concluded: "There, you must go now. Good?yum?night? yum?yum. I'll make the old beast ask you to dinner to-morrow?yum? yum!" By this time Matilda Jane had fainted, and Smifikins' face look ed like green cheese, but old Scrog gins gazed upon them grimly, after the fashion of a graven image, and the rest of the company seemed to be rather amused than otherwise. Smiff kins bought a mountain tiowitzcr next day and went East to look for Edi son.?*Sci?i Francisco News-Ldler. A Boomer Ousted by Mistake. Rather an amusing incident recent ly occurred in the Treasury Depart mant, Washington, in which a Sher man "boomer" figured quite promi nently. Tho Chief of the Loan Divis ion, who is a naturalized citizen, is not at all up in the mysetries of American politics anil official wire working. Some weeks since he be came satisfied that a certain clerk on the roll of his office was not perform ing any duty, and he at once recom mended his name be droped. Thl* was done in the usual routine of the office without attracting the notice of the Secretary. In a few days, however, it became known that a Sherman "boomer" had been thrown out on the cold charity of the world, and there was a great commotion in the Treasu ry Department. In a very short time tho "boomer" was reinstated. H2 hailed from North Carolina and soon after his reinstatement went home and took port in the proceedings of the State Committee which resul ted in the selection of Shermen dele gates to the Chicago Convention. Rhyming. Longfellow did write: "The dart ing swallows soar and sing ;" and, as Mr. John Burroughs very truly ob serves, the swallow as a songster, is decidedly a second crop, one-homo, three-by-ninc bird. But is it to be remembered that Mr. John Burroughs has no sou) for poetry. Mr. Long fellow's swallow had to soar and sing in order to rhyme to spring. Mr. Longfellow might have made his darting swallows soar and swear, or soar and weep, or soar and howl; but he would have to invent a new seneon to get in his fourth line. What is the use of being a boss poet, anyway, if you can't muke a misera ble little mud-awallow work his epig lottis to fit your metre,?Puck. Mr. Hill's Female Pursuer. Washington, March 17.?Miss Jessie Raymond, tho young woman who alleges that Senator Hill, of Georgia, is the father of her child, was at the capitol to-day and created quite a scnsaliou. Miss Raymond, a few days ago, threatened that if Mr. Hill did not soon do something to relieve her distress she would go to the Senate chamber and confront him publicly in company with her child. In pursuance of this threat. Miss Raymond, a short time before Senate adjourned to-day, made her appear* ance at tbe capitol and took n posi tion at the stairway by which she ex pected Mr. Hill would emerge. In consequence, however, of the strict watch which Mr. Hill maintains over tbe movements of tbe woman she was discovered by some of his friends and information was couveyed to him of her presence. Mr. Hill's private secre tary accosted Miss Raymond, remon strated with her upon tbe folly of her conduct and endeavored to persuade her to leave the capitol. This she refused to do, and finally she was induced to enter one of tbe commit tee rooms upon the promise that Mr. Hill would be brought to her. The Senator was then informed of Miss. Raymond's whereabouts, and left the capitol without seeing her. Upon learning that Mr. Hill had departed, Miss Raymond became very much excited, and threatened to come again with her infant to tho capitol and to continue her visits until she succeeded in meeting the Senator.? Special to N. Y. Times. Take Your Choice, Young Man. There are more young American men in the penitentiaries in this coun try learning trades than there are out side of them. The principal cause of Ibis is that we are educating our young men for gentlemen?trying to make lawyei s, preachers, doctors and clerks out of material that nature in tended for blacksmiths, carpenters, Bailors, and other honest "hewers of wood and drawbrs' of water." It is a mistake, and a big one, to teach the lioys and girls to believe that to labor is disgraceful, and to do nothing for a living is more becoming in tbe soci ety in which they expect to move and have respect. Hang the society. It is rotten to the core to-day, and there arc many men's sons and daughters who are now being educated to play the pr.rts of "leading lady" and "walking gentleman" in the drama of life who will light out for a poor house or penitentiary before they have played their parts and the cur tain drops. Go to work. The Human Figure. Tho proportions of tbe human fig ure are six limes the length of the feet. Whether the form is slender or plump, the rule holds good ; any de viation from it is a departure from the highest beauty in proportion. Tbe Greeks made all th ir statues ac cording to this rule. Tin face, from the highest point cf UMj forehead, where the hair begins, to the chin, is one-tenth of the whole statute. The bund, from I he wrist to the the mid dle finger is tbe same. From the top of tbe chest to tbe highest point of the forehead is a seventh. If the face from the roots of tho chin, be di vided iuto three equal parts, the first division determines the place where the eyebrows meet, and tbe second the place of the nostrils. The height, from the feet to tbe top of the head, is the distance from the extremity of the fingers when the arms arc extend ed. The Jews. The generosity of the Hebrews of this county, in their liberal contribu tion for tho relief of the poor in Ire land, is every where attracting at tention, and eliciting well-merited ap proboticn. The prejudice against the Jewish race, for eighteen centuries or more, has subjected that people to every form of cruelty and oppression \ at tho hands of Christians. They have born their suffeings patient ly, however, and whenever allowed to remain in a country long enough to obtain a permanent risidence, have proved themselves enterprising, worthy and public-spirited citizens. Great men do not consider them selves above everybody else ; 'tis those ignorant little runts who wear stand up collars and sport canes, and who refuse to pay their wash bills, that think everyone beneath them. A Lady's Reason for not Danoing. 1. Dancing would lead me into crowded rooms and late hours, which are injurious to health and useful ness. 2. Dancing would lead me into very close contact with very perni cious company ; and evil communica tions corrupt good manners. 3. Dancing would require me to use and permit freedoms with the oth er gcx, of which I should be heartily ashamed, and which I believe to be wrong. 4. My parents and friends would be anxious about me if I were out late, keeping company with they know not whom. 5. Ministers and good people in general disapprove of dancing and 1 think it is not safe to set myself against them. If a thing be even doubtful, I wish to be on the safe side. G. Dancing has a bad name, and I mean to study things that are pure and lovely and of good report. 7. Dancing is generally accompa nied with drinking, and I see drink ing produces a great deal of evil. 8. I am told that dancing is a great temptation and snare to young men, and I do not wish to have anything to do with leading them astray. 9. Dancing unfits the mind for se rious reflection and prayer, and I mean to do nothing that will estrange me from my God and Saviour. 10. There are plenty of graceful exercises and cheerful amusements which have none of the objections connected with them that lie against dancing. Independetism. What does it mean? Professedly a freedom from the rules and re straints of organization, conventions and other such poPlical machinery. Practically, it is a scrub race for offi ce, with "every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost," as the rule governing the contest. The In dependents make great parade, over* lhf$r liberty of opinion and. Action untrammeled by party pledges, or by the actions of conventions or caucus sea. Independentism many be right as an abstract principle. If all men were good and pure, if all politicians were patriotic and wise, if there were no great issues at stake, and no vile, unprincipled office-seekers, greedy of position for the opportunities it would give them to plunder and steal and ruin people, if all these good things existed, and none of the evil, then Indepcndsntism would be right and proper. As it is, the case is far dif ferent.?Albany Nvws. A Politioat Court. The Supreme Court of the United States is as good in judicial gymnas tics as the Republican party is upon the political areua. In the celebrated Electoral Commission, whose deci sions enabled the Republican party to steal the Presidency, the Republi can Judges held that thero was no power to correct the errors committed by State authorities in the return of votes for the Presidency.. Now they hold that the Federal authorities have the right to largely control the elec tions themselves. This is very in consistent, but then the Court was fixing up what had been done in an election that was over, and now it is preparing for one which is to come. Shame upon such a judiciary.?An derson Intelligencer. A Curious Fanoy. A Russian nobleman lay on his death-bed. Oue of his curious fancies was to have his wife robe herself in her wedding-dress and stand by his bedside. It was a very natural bit of sentiment, and in the com so of an hour the beautiful woman stood by his side arrayed in the garments ot twenty years ago. "Ah," he sighed, "you look so beautiful in that dress that 1 hoped when tho angel came he might take n fancy to you, and carry yon oil instead of mo." Tim fact is that Gen. Grant is the first choice of a largo majority of the Republican voters of tho coun try, and tho second choice of a ma jority of tho supporters of each of the other candidates. Every day makes this truth clearer, and long before the Chicago Convention meets it will be apparent to everybody, and no name but his will bo heard in connection with the nomination for President.?St. Louis Globe Dem ocrat. A Sad Story of a Wrecked Lifo. Tho most thrilling and sadly ang gestive temperance lecture is tho sight of a once nobte, talented man, left in ruins by intoxicating drink. A Washington paper tells of a ragged beggar, well known in tbe streets of that city, who once held an important command in the army., having bees promoted, for personal bravery,'from a cavalry lieutenant to nearly the highest rank in military service. One night recently, when he had been too successful in begging liquor to sate his craving, and while lying helplessly drunk in the rear part of a Third Btreet saloon, some men thought to play a joke on him by stealing his shirt, and proceeded to strip him. Underneath his shirt, and suspended by a string from his neck, was a small canvas beg, which the men opened and found it contained his commis sion as bievet major-general, two con gratulatory letter?one from General Grant and one from President Lin coln?a beautiful little curl of hair ?a "chesnut shadow" that doubtless one day crept over the brow of some love one. When these things were discovered, even tho half-drunken men who found them felt a respect for tbe man's former greatness^ and pity for his fallen condition, and quietly relumed tbe bag and its con tents to where ibey found them,.and replaced the sleeper's clothes upon him. When a reporter tried to inter view the man, and endeavored to learn something of his life in tbj past few yearn, he declined to communi cate anything. He cried like a child when told how his right name anil former position were ascertained1, and with tears trickling down his cheeks, said: "For God's sake, sir, don't publish my degradation, or my name at least, if you are determined to say something about it. It is enough that I know myself how low I have become. Will you promise that much? It will do no good, but will do my frieuds a great deal of harm, as fortunately, they think I died in South America" where T went ?t 'the close of tho war." Intemperance and tbe gaming-table he said, had wrought bis ruin. Death. What a sad word. How sad our hearts wheu we stand in the presence of death and look on tbe still, white face, the closed eyes that will not open again on earth, tbe silent lips which will speak no more in loving tones, and the cold, useless hands crossed upon the breast that will no more minister to our comfort. As we look on the casket which but a little while since was full of life, we know that the jewel it held has been removed to a fairer and better land. Death seals tho lips, closes the eyes and shuts tho ears to all earthly things, but only to open them to fairer scenes. Thank God the soul will live forever; death cannot harm it. Death opene wide the gate to endless joys: tbe fadeless crown will be placed on tbe forehead and the lips will rejoice in loud Alleluias around the great white throne. Those whose lives are pure, will not fear when the death angle comes. God has promised never to forsake those who love aud serve Him. He will go through tbe valley of the soadow of death with all who have kept their lamps trimmed and burning. Render, is your lamp ready to receive Him? M. E. Who Can be Eleoted. Tho Presidential campaign seems already to have reduced itself to a few easy and simple proportions. Sherman is the only roan that carry Ohio ; Hcndricks is the only man that can carry Indiana ; Horatio Seymour i9 the only man that carry Now York; Tilden is the only man that can carry Kentucky; Grant is the only man that carry Illinois ; Maine is the only man that can carry Pennsylvania; Bayard is the onlj man that can car ry Delaware ; Thurman is tho only man that can carry West Virginia; ex-Governor English is the only man that can Connecticut; McClellan, Randolph and Parker are the only men that cau carry New Jersey; Judge Settle is the only man that can carry North Carolina; Judge Field is tho only man than can carry Cali fornia, and Geccral Ben Butler is the only man that can carry Massachu setts. Any one giving the situation as thus presented a moment's atten tion can easily see who will be elect* cd President.?Philadefyhi* Times,