Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t ?? f_ ?_;_ ' ?SHERIDAN & SIMS, Proprietors. SUBSCRIPTION. (One Year.,.,....$1.00 Six Months..:...1.00 Ministers of the-Gospel.1.00 Advertisements. First Instortlon.:.$1.00 jEach Subsequent lusortlon-.GO Liberal contracts made for i month ' and over. I ???^ ? ?xm$tbm$ Nimmst JOB OFFICE IS ?PUttTA? BX> fTO tVO.MA, JUHDS OJ-* County Politics. J&ditor Orangeburg Democrat: Now thai tho great Republican party after oscillating from imperal isni to mobisrrj, has finally floundered into tho slough of theivery which en gulfed Colfax and holds in its tena cious iniro tlje distinguished 'Gar field, we may safely leave it to its self-cho sen suicide. Hnviqg out lived its mission ; having belied every promise, and hetyayed every honest trust which ftUViested it with extraordinary and dangerous powers, so nearly fatal to .our form of government, it will be remembered by its friends for its few splendid deeds; by its enemies for years of misrule, debauched public Service, licentious and partisan ad ministration ami vicious intermed dling'in the domestic affairs of the States. The self-saving power of popular government will cast it olf, and a healthy public sentiment will mould tho poli,C3' ofnew tho rule. But in local politics the issues are not so pronounced. While in Or angeburg tho helm is in the hands of so sagacious, experienced and astute leader as Mr. Dibble, 1 neither fear defeat, nor would presume to offer any plan of campaign, but think it wise that the people sbould have time to consider the means by which wo expect to win, so that they may real ly endorse it, and uot he compelled to adopt it at a rush. Stated a majori ty against us of one thousand, it is evident that some extraordinary method must be employed to over come that majority. Force or fraud may win a dear bought victory at the polls, entailing 3*ear after yeaifea repe tition of the same struggle, besides sowing broadcast poisonous seed, sure to germinate and produce deadly fruit. The writer of this utterly ab hors in particular the latter method, and recoils with moral shuikierings from a vision of the near fulureiwhioh confronts him as its inevitable results. Force, less debauchery in effect, and less disgusting in details, is neither necessary nor wise nor permanent. No nation can prosper where a part pf its citizens are denied justice, no matter under what pretext. The sense of wrong smoulders like hidden fire, a perpetual danger. It but. re mains then to win by inducements ot j real liberality, a ddlleult but pet ma-1 hent and auspicious victory. The mistaken aud mischievous policy of extending immunity to Republican criminals, or honorable positions to "Republican leaders of pronounced radicalism and equally pronounced Villainy has neither succeeded heieto fore nor will be tolerated now. We must not repeat this folly, but seek to win the ambitious young men ot the race, who aie shut out from pro motion both by their party's defeat and by the instructions of that party in the hands of their loaders unwill ing to abdicate. We must really and ifairly open the doors of preferment to the intelligent and aspiring of the ne groes) but in no case entertain any proposition from a white tadieal. We can really destroy honest radi calism, by which I mean that af the masses, only by removing as far as possible the real causes. Change of sentiment in the negro is often sud ?en and complete. Race prejudice, invincible as it is, is not the weap j on now of one side only ; it bands Ilm white in a discipline otherwise impos sible. Upon the disruption of the Republican pil'ty the negro must seek new alliliutions, und 1 sincerely believe we must now decide definitely what element among us shall control him. While our party is yet solid we may give direction to bis choice. On a real iunjorit3', won by liberality while in full power, we can build a permanent supremacy of the best ele ments of society. To win by fraud is to roll up the endless bill the fa bled stone of Lysephus, with infinite danger that its escape fror; our con trol and backward rush may htul to ruin the very civilization we so boast. The results of a different victory ore rich enough to enlist the best ef forts, command the most patient toil j aud couraue, and repay the largest j sacrifices. Years must clapso before they can be fully attained, but once secured, years will witness them ri pening their splendid tribute to our virtue and wisdom as a people. Tho details of this I propose to discuss hereafter. Democrat. The South Carolina Railroad. Among the many good things that may in truth be said of the present management of the South Carolina Railroad, may be mentioned the im proved facilities for traveling that the people of this locality now enjoy. Without going back into tho dead past, we will simply state the fact that we now enjoy quick railroad I communication with the rest of the ' world. Wo can go to or come from | Columbia any day in the week, ex cept Sunday; und trains on the j South Carolina roud make councc-| tion with tho trains ou the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta and Greenville & Columbia roads?so that persons leaving Camden for the mountains, or for the North, or coming from thOBC quarters to Camden, can do so Without having to stop over in Co lumbia. This is an improvement which tourists will note with pleas ure.?Camden Journal. Subscribe for. the Orangeburg Democrat. Gov Bonham'8 Speech. Wc have received a letter from ex Gov. Bonham, requesting us to pub lish in our columns his disclaimer of the words attributed to him on the occasion of Ute serenade at Beaufort, and contained in the Ncas and Cour ier of the 10th insL, from its Colum bia correspondent. '' That nlluding to the hospitalities extended to Gov ernor Simpson and his party by Com modore Pnttison and his officers aboard the New Hampshire, he sa'd, in substance, that ho had onco be longed to tho United States army, and was us proud of tho National flap as any ono who served under it. That if any one ought to have been hanged for trying to dissolve the Union he ought, for he did his best to effect that object ; but our efforts had failed ?the war is over. That that flag is the only flag wo have; it was his as well as theirs, and, under it, it is the duty of the hour and of us all to push forward the country to its great desti ny. And that if the News, in its own additional remarks, means that he felt or expressed any "repentance" "for not having been a Union soldi er," it is equally in error. That he endeavored lo do his duty, and has never felt and never expects to feel any regeet for the part he bore in the war between the iSLa.es." A friend's secret is ever his proper ty, even when confided lo another. The confidant should lock it up, even from his own thoughts. He should not be content with refraining from betraying it to others, he should also refrain from helraying it to himself. If a man consigns a casket containing treasure to tho care of another, he will justly feel that his confidence has been to a degree violated if he comes to know that the latter has been in Ihe habit of unlocking the casket ami poring over its Contents day aller day as if it were his own, and that, too, in an exposed position. So with the secret. Though couGdcd to a Qrieud, it still belongs to him by whom it was confided, who has his own reasons lor performing this act of friendship; and to have it continually before the mind is not only making, in one sense, another's properly one's own, hut it is exposed lo the danger of es caping at any unguarded moment in one form or another, sufliciently at least to give grounds to surmises which may closely bear upon the truth. What Gen. Sherman says of Hanocck. General Sherman was asked by a reporter what he thought of General Hancock's nomination. The General replied that he did not have anything to do with politics. "But if you will sit down," he added, "and write the best thing that can be put in language about General Hancock as an officer and a gentleman, I will sign it with out hesitation. The army ollieers on d'jty at the War Department do not deal much in politics, and talk but Iii tic about candidates and parties. They have, however, but one thing to say about Gen. Hancock?that he is one of the finest ollieers in the army and one of Ihe best men in the coun try. The Democratic nominee is popular among all the ollieers and men in the service." A Story of Hancock. An old Pennsylvania!! relates the following incident: When Wintield Scott Hancock was a lad of thirteen, lie applied to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Pennsyl vania, for appointment as page to that body. "What is your name my Hille fellow?" said the Speaker. "Winfield Scott Hancock," answered the stripling. "Ah !" exclaimed the Speaker, "did you sign the Declara tion of Independence?" "No, sir," said the boy, with proud independ ence, "but if I had been there I should have done so." It is needless to say he received the appointment, and by his steady adherence to duty, and in dependence of character, laid the foundation of his future career of use fulness and honor. A notable feature of the contest in the Kentucky Democratic State Con vention Thursday over tho unit rule was a very eloquent debate between two brothers, and also near relatives of the late John C. Breckinridge. Both are brilliant ,speakers. The audience and delegates arose, hand in hand, and roared as the brothers dealt or parried blows. The debate was closed, after a ringing speech by 11. J. Breckinridge, by his brother saying, "If that speech had been made by any other man living I should answer it, but it is the rule of my lifo never to pluck a laurel from the brow of a brother." There were 12G divorces granted in Vermont last year, the Hbcllant being the husband in but 35 cases. The number of marriages in tho Slate during tho year was 2708.?New York Times. When any Southern State shows a social condition like that, you can howl of your superior Northern civil ization as much as you please. It's a matter of tasle, but we prefer a lit tle more shot-gun ami duelling with I a little less domestic immortality, if w( : have to have one of the two.?Green inviolable. Flowers. Who would wish to live without flowers? Where would the poet fly for images of beauty if they were to perish? Are they not the emblems of l? vi in089 and innocence?the living types of all that is pleasing and graceful? We compare young lips to Lho rose, and the white brow to tho lily ; the winning,eye gathers its glow from the violet; the sweet voice is like a breeze kissing its way through flowers. We hang delicate blossoms on the ringlets of the bride, and strew her path with fragrant bells as 6hc leaveo tho chinch. Wc place them around the face of the dead, and they become symbols of our affections. They come upon us in spring like the recollection of a dream, which hovers about us in sloep, people with shad owy beauti#6 and purple delights, fancy broidercd. Sweet flowers that bring before our eyes scenes of child hood?rface8 remembered in youth? the mossy bank of the wayside where we so often sat for many hours drinking in the beauty of the prim rose with our eyes?the sheltered glen, darkly green, filled with the pcrlutuc of violets, that, in thfpr in tense blue, sIjouc like another sky spread on the earth?the laughter ol merry voices, the sweet song of the maiden, the downcast eyes, the spreading blush, the kiss ashaired of its own sound?are all brought back to memory by a flower. The Rads in Greenville. The Radicals of Greenville had a meeting Tuesday night in the court house in that city. The meeting was well attended by negroes, but only about six white Radicals were pres ent. David Speir, white, was elected chairman, and E. M. Bray ton, white, secretary. The object of lho meeting was to hear a speech from Wilson Cook, colored, a delegate to Chicago. The orator claimed that South Caro lina would give 25,000 majority for General Garfield, and said that the Republihans wore disgusted with Hampton's failure to reform Ihe gov ernment. He gushed awhile for Gar field, and claimed that the flannel for red shirts had given out and there would be no bull-dozing here. He was followed by Speir, who denour.cd the Democratic policy of the Slate, and urged lho Radicals to nominate a ticket. A resolution censuring Elli ott for treaceery as a delegate to Chicago was unanimously adopted. Suicide of a Libertine's Son, A young man named Carl C. Ber ger, who committed suicide in .Phila delphia Wednesday by taking lauda num, left a letter written in German, of which Ihe following is a transla tion : "The Fortunes of Love.?Born in 1813, of a deceived mother, the j victim of a noble libertine, the child I was not provided for. In the thirly | seventh year of my life, tried with no ! prospect in view but to always be ser vant to e ther people, I am tired of it. As a child I have already suffered from the same disease, to which there is something now added that crushes me entirely. I thought myself con verted to God and a Christian. I am not such, but lost forever. Farewell, you friends, he not angry with me ; 'tis better.to die than he a double man." A Woman's Devotion. A touching instance of woman's devotion was shown in the New York Court of General Sessions Wednes day. Young Smith, the Columbia College graduate, who was convicted of forgery and sentenced lo five years' imprisonment, has been accompanied throughout the trial by the young lady to Whom he is engaged to be married. When she beard lho sen tecce she sank sobbing into a chair, but soon rallied aud endeavored to cheer her lover, promising to marry him when he came out of prison. The balloting at, Cincinnati yester day was Sj' suprise to everyone. In some respects it was a pleasant sur prise. Not only were the two candi dates who led all others by nearly a hundred votes, two of the ablest and purest men in the party, but it should ever bo remembered lo the credit of the Democracy that they are among the very few candidates before the convention in whose interest no "bar'l" has ever been tapped and no machine ever oiled. Ol course, it was expected that Messrs. Bayard, Hancock and Payne would be in the lead, but it was generally believed that Mr. Tilden's substitute would have a much larger vote than that he received. Speaking of ballots, the largest number ever taken in a national con vention in plmnai nrr n onn/lwlntn {V... I " o ~ ?*"-" President was at Charleston in 18G0, when the Democrats had fifty-seven ballots without choice. In the Whig 'National Convention of 1852 there j were lifty-three ballots. Gen. Winlield Scott was the nominee, and in the same year it took forty-nine ballots to nominate his successful competitor, General Franklin l'icrce, whose name' was not presented until tho thirty-j filth ballot, Lincoln was chosen on' the third ballot in 18G0 aud on the flrst in in 1864. General Giant was unanimously nominated on the lirst ballot in 1868 and again in 1872. The Republican Dilemma. Since tho Credit Mobilier and De Golyer scandals have been illuminat ed so vividly by the Democratic aud independent press it has been sug gested that Mr. Garlield should cith er withdraw from the ticket or else that tho National Committee should declare his nomination null and pro ceed in whatever manner it could to meet the emergency thus thrown upon the party by the grave charges I against the nomineo. We do not know what the powers of the Nation ? al Committee in 3uch a case would be, but at first sight it appears to us that it would have no right to net upon any such suggestion as that made, and if it should act would have no power to make that action effective. Any change in tho candidate now, not based on the voluntary retirement of Mr. Garneld, would undoubtedly result in a fatal split in the party, and bring about a worse defeat than that which it would be tho object of a change to avoid. But bow the lie publican party will deal with such a serious problem, if the course of events shall render its consideration a necessity, is a question for it nlonc. It has nominated its candidate, und if it now finds that its candidate does not suit it, it must do as- everybody else who makes a bad bargain does? repudiate the bargain if it can do so with safety, or else "griu and bear it" and fight for a hhcccrs which if won will secure to it the material if not the moral fruits of victory. Of course it will strike many a good Republican as the sheerest non sense for bis party to think of such u thing as choosing another candidate in place of Mr. Gar?eld at t: is time of the day, and we agree with all who bold that opinion, but it cannot be denied that there is a strong though quiet feeling within the parly that a grave mistake was made at Chicago and that an oppoitunity to remedy that mistake would he one of the choicest blessings that could befall the party. So aide and well-inform ed u journal as the Rochester Herald says that it begins to look very much as though the ticket would not be able to hold together through the campaign, and it declares that in view of the damaging exposure of Gen.Garfield's record "many thought ful Republicans are already inquiring whether their party, can carry the load through this campaign." The Herald expresses tPTe^pinion that in the plain facts of General Garfield's record there is weight enough to sink the ticket beyond redemption in a few weeks unless a satisfactory ex planation is given, and this view it believes is a reflection of the secret thoughts of inany of the most experi enced and discerning Republicau leaders .pf the country. The Herald quotes as evidence of the damaging nature of Mr. Garfield's record the decision of the court in one of the suits growing out of the De Golyer contract, which distinctly de clares that "tin; said plaintiff and said Garlield and said board of public works then well knew that it was not the arguments of said Garlield as a lawyer, but bis influence as a member of Congress having power over the appropriations to be made, that the plaintiff had sought and obtained and paid for, and therefore the contract was illegal, against public policy and void." Nevertheless wo do not believe that General Garlield will be even asked to withdraw much less forcibly dis placed from the head of the Republi can ticket. Even admitting the worst construction that can possibly be put upon his connection with tho Credit Mobilier and Do Golyer jobs, and al lowing all tbe charges against him to stand as though proven to every-one, still the Republican party must stand by its candidate, simply because it dare not aggravate the blunder made at Chicago, if blunder it was, by an attempt to commit tbe folly of swap ping horses in tbe middle of such a dangerous political stream as that in which it is now struggling.?Bocry Evening. The Way to the White House. Garfield's way to tbe White House lies over the De Golyer pavement.? New Orleans Picayune. True ; but look nt the "good in tentions." That is another pavement, which leadelh to a warm climate, bo, after all said and done many a mun has walked to tho While House over the De Golyer track. Nor should it be forgotten that General Garfield's nomination bus given universal satisfaction. His friends are pleased aud his enemies delighted with it. If Hancock can't cook his goose, then let him run the tow-boat, and welcome.? Columbia Register. Republicans everywhere are be coming more dissatisfied every day with the result of tbe Chicago Con vention. They und that they have made a fearful mistake, and that the consequence is almost certain to be their overwhehnning defeat in November. Asa Congressman, Gar field could very easily keep the dark spots on his character hidden from the public, but now that he is before the people as a candidate for tbe high est, office in their gift these dark i spots are being brought to the light I and they tell rather a bad talo on the I Ohio Statesman. The Country Newspaper "Devil.4' This is what T. fi. Willson, dayi editor of the New York World, hut who has been in his time editor-in chief of a country newspaper aud therefore knows whereof he speaks, says about the "devil" of a country uewspuper oflioe : He is the "boss" of the country olllce, accountable to no man for his short coinings. Upon his shoulders rests the dignity of the profession, as well as the proper man agement of the paper. Tho editor may unbend and go a fishing "with the boys," hut tho devil never docs. The editor may take a hand at a game of baseball, he may oven go to tbe olllco with shoes unblaekencd, but the devil never docs. To keep up the general average of tidiness the devil not only blackens his shoes, but his face as well; and this, gentlemen, is the reason why the devil is grimy in feature; not, ns commonly snppos edj because he is under-clean. Upou tho light and elastic shoulders of the "devil" depend the whole internal economy of tho otllce. He is every where?when be is not wanted, and never where he is?at home. Woe to tbe editor whose copy is not on time ! Woe to the compositor whose "stick" is thrown down carelessly in the wrong place! Woe to the luckless foreman who does not measure his steps ! Better for all and each that thev had not been born. I have studied the devil in his placo" of pow er and in the sanctity?if such a word may be permitted?of his home, and in both places it needs a long spoon to cat with him. Don't Lend Ycur Paper. The greatest obstacle a Southern newspaper has to encounter, in our opinion, results from the pernicious habit of lending out the paper to friends and neighbors. |n nine cases out of ten th'j borrower would be come a subscriber if he were unable to get the news at his neighbor's ex pense. It is a haid struggle at best to sustain a newspaper in this section with a small aud scattering popula tion to get at, and those who persist in accommodating the borrowers are dealing the moat deadly blow to the efforts of the newspaper men to gtve them a good paper. It would be a good idea if the subscription to news papers were accompanied by a stipu lation to the effect that the paper should only ho used by the subscri ber and h>s family. Take almost any newspaper and it will be fouud that everybody in the locality is a reader, hut consult the publisher's books and they are apt to sigutfy quite the reverse. Satisfied. Information from all parts of the country, North, South, East and West is to the effect that their is great satisfaction at tho result of the work of the Cincinnati Convention. Han cock and English are considered a good team, and there is perfect con fidence that they will win tho race. Among those who sen', telegrams con gratulating Hancock on his nomi nation were S. J. Tilden, of New York, Senator Wallace, of Pennsly vania, Gen. Joseph E. Johnson, of Virginia, and Senator Randolph, of New Jersey, Senator Bayard en dorses the nomination heartily, and also sent a congratulatory telegram to Hancock. The outlook is indeed cheering, even prominent Republicans admitting that the ticket is a good one. TlIE Boston Jleridd warns the Re publicans that they cannot afford to be merry 'over the defection of such men as Lyraan Trumbull, of Illinois, who presided over the Democratic S'.ate Convention recently held at Springfield, and who was nominated by that Convention as candidate for Governor. Lyman Trumbull was one of the pillars of tbe Republican party ill the days of Suinner, Chase, Doug las, and other departed intellectual giants brought to the front of public affairs by the conflict that produced the parly of which they were the leaders. He is a typo of the men who bring strength to any party with which they act, and if the Republicans can stand making fun over such a loss to themselves, we suppose the Democrats can. Puck, a comic paper published in New York, says the following arc the editorial remarks of tho London Times on tlu Chicago Convention : "The Republican, or Locofoco Party in the United States, havo nominated Chester A. Garforlh, Esqro., of Ohio, Illinois, us their candidate for the Presidency, to rcplaco Mr. Rutherford B. IIawes, who has been impeached for habitual inebriety. This nomina tion is conceded to be a severed blow to tbe prospects of the \Vhig, or Dem ocratic Party, who now bold the ad ministration, of affairs, and who are under the leadership of Mr. W. G. Tilden, the Governor of Gramercy Territory, which lies at the confluence of the Swanco and Salt Sivcrs." "Goon morning, Mrs. MeC?rty," sez I. "Good morning," sez she. "Have you any Ash?" sez I. "Yes," sez she. "They 8re rotten," sez I. "You'ie a liar," sez she, and at it wo wint, and tho only whole nose left in the house was tho nose on tho ould lay kettle. Brutal Putrage In Macon. Three blackguards entered the Na tional Hotel in Macon, Georgia, last Sunday afternoon, the 20th, and de manded of Mr. Wolihin, the tempora ry managing clerk, an old gentleman, a room for themselves and three wo men. The clerk refused to accomo datc them, whereupon one of the par ty applied an opprobrious ?piUieA to tho old gentleman and was promptly knocked down. One of the fellow's friends thcu attempted to attack the clork, but a bystander who had ob served the affair knocked him down and kicked him into the street. By this lime the ollieers of the law made their appearance and arrested the parties, but before they were taken away Gibson, the man who had been floored by the clerk, drew a knife and indicted what ih believed io be a mor tal wound ou Mr. Wolihin. The clll zeus are very much excited at the outrage. It is a pity the clerk had not been iu possession of a weapon and shot down Ihe fellow who made the insulting demand ; it would have been just what he deserved, aud if tho clerk dies tho law should make short work of Ike perpetrators of the outrage. Eating Crow. The origin .of the phrase "eating crow" is appropriately revived in these convention days. An old far moron the Hudson, below Albany, took summer boarders to eke out the profits of his farm. He sold the best of his farm products, however, and often palmed off on his boarders "store" articles bought at a lower price. To their murmurs lie replied : "I kin eat any thing, I kin cat a crow." This remark was repeated as often that one of the guests finally shot a crow and got tho cock to pre pare it for dinner. Fearful, however, that the farmer might have stomach for even such a dish, the bird was liberally seasoned while cooking with scotch snuff. The farmer was rather taken back when tho dish was placed before him, but had loo much pluck to give in beaten without a trial, and attacked the bird, with Ihe remark: "I kin do it." At the second bite he repeated "I kin eat crow," and as he suddenly suspended the operation of cutting the third mouthful aud began a retreat toward the door, he added, "but dang me if I hanker arler it!" Wife Whipping. We frequently read of men whip ping their wives severely and some times brutally. It is strange that this crime is not mote severely pun ished. A man who is so hrutish, so low, so lost in degradation as to slrike any woman, much less the partner of his bosom, ought to be tied to a stake and the lash applied vigor ously until he roars and yells like the | dog ho is. Fines or imprisonment will not do him any good. He has no sense of shame. He is a brute and deserves to be treated as such. Deliver us from the sight of that man who imagines that he owns his wife I Yel there at e such, and some of them oven profess to be respectable, but they arc beasts. We are no advo cate for the general use of the whip ping post /or crime, but it ought to be established for such shocking cases aa these. Justice demands it. Don't Rob Their Nests. As this is the season when the young mocking birds arc hatched, and as some thoughtlesu. persons may have a desire to take them from their nests, it would be well to note the law ou the subject. Sec. 2-. of- a.n act entitled, "an act preservation, of for the certaiu insectivorous and oilier birds therein named," provides that "no person or persons shall destroy or rob the nests of any of the said birds (mocking bird, nonpariel ect.,) under a penalty of ten dollars for each, of fence," said fine be recovered before a Trial Justice and to be paid one half to the informer and the other half to the County Commissioners for the bsneflt of the poor. A word to the wise is sufficient. Shot Himselt. The fhooter sometimes gets shot; in fact it is very often the case that the carrying or careless handling of eoncculed weapons results in wound ing the owner. The Sumter True Southron says : "Mr. Julian Moses, who has been home on a visit for the past two week, hail lho misfortune to shoot himself a few days ago, inflic ting a painful, though not dangerous wound. Ho was putting a pistol in hi;, pocket, when it discharged, stri king him on tho back part of the thigh, and ranging downwards. He is doing very well." The failure of the Radicals to re cognize the rights of the negro loa place upon their Presidential ticket aud their persistent refusal to elect a colored man lo either ihe House of! Representatives of the United States or Senate from any State North? Fast or West, is conc'usive evidence of the insincerity of their professions of tho friendship and love ibr the col ored race. While Urn South has made them "hewers of wood and drawers of water," the Radicals have degrad ed. then> and served their own pur poses by making them mere, cat's paws. Where aro tbeir forty acres and a mule? Tho Effibot ?f a Rumor. Tho rumor started In New York late Monday evening that Mr. Hayes was dead got arouud among the de partments soon after they opened yes terday. It naturally created consid erable excitement, especially as its j origin and credibility was uncertain. Still the report gained great credence,. and a hunt was instituted in the lower rooms of tho Treasury building for the black material used to drape the out side pillars of the building on tho death of an official. Before .it was gotten up, however, the report was denied. A little after 9 o'clock a foaming horse came dashing up to the front porch of the White House, and one oi the proprietors of one of the evening papers, ucccmpanicd by a re porter hastily alighted from tbe car riage and plunged into the White House, '^-hey wanted to get a confir mation of the report. ' A foW miuutea after the pair came out of Ihe house in a listless sort of a way^hnd drove slowly off. At the White House nothing was known Of the mailer, but in the absence of Private Secretary Rogers, it was deemed best to.notify the, State Department as in case the report' was true, the person entitled to take Mr. Hayes' place would be communicated with through this source. Secretary Evarts was ao* cordiogly notified. A question be ing raised as to whether Mr. Tilden or Mr. Wheeler was entitled to tbe place, the matter was referred to the Attorney-General who rendered a verbal decision that Mr. Wheeler was the proper person to call to the Presi dential chair. Secretary Evarts was just about lo write out a dispatch, when ho suddenly remembered that Mr. Wheeler had charged him, under no circumstances to send for him du ring the fishing season. The Secreta ry was in a quandary, but he finally concluded that this was one of the oc casions when private inerest must be sser ificed to the general good, arid be had just completed the third foolscap sheet of the first sentence of a dis patch to Mr. Wheeler, when the tele gram came in that Mr. Hayes was seen walking on the streets of Colum bus. Mr. Evarts gazed sadly npon the uncompleted structure of his sen tence, but brightened up when he thought of the fall campaign, and laid his manuscript away in a private drawer for use as a slump speech..?. Washington Jp?fti Hiranv Tho village of Jliraro, ()., where Garfield was born, is now in a dread ful state of demoralization. Young and old men are already packing their trunks preparatory to the expecled exodus to Washington. An inter viewer lias anal}zed the population of Hiram, O., with the following r.e-i suit: First Fellow-Townsman of the Presidential Candidate?Garfield aud me were boys together. I expect a postofllce. Second Folio w-Towny?Garfield' and me sucked eggs toge'.lier. Ex poet a Custom- Honse. Third F. T.?I learnt Jimmy to do his sums. Revenue Tax Collector ship. Fourth F. T.?I allers said Jim was a brick. Indian Ageut. Fifth F. T.?I cut Jim's wood when he cooked his own victuals. Mjuis, ter to Belgium. Sixth F. T.?I taught Jimmy Gar field to cook his flap-jacks. Minister to Spain. Hiram is ruined for any fur the:', useful occupation. Bright Prospects of the Democracy-. The New York Sun, says: Tho feeling is rapidly spreading that if the Democrats do not carry the next Presidential election, it will be* their own fault?nnd there is evidently Sa general resolve, that they will not commit sucb. a fault. Wo believe now U.u;.t great care will be taken in the select ion of a candidate, and that the candidate, whoever he may bet will receive the hearty and almost unanimous support of the party. Beyond the disagreement in refer-, ence to candidates, beyond the differ ence on the third term question, thero seems to be a feeling in the ranks of,' ihe Republicans, that their party has survived its usefulness and might aa. well be disbanded. Tim prospects ou the Democracy are brightening. Bowen Dead. Christopher Columbus Bornen, Sheriff of Charleston County, died in New York, on Tuesday, of a compli cation of diseases, for which ho has vainly sought relief for many months. It will bo remembered that in our Now York letter, before the assem bling of the Chicago Convention, *ftt was announced that Bpw?n would, visit. ChicsgOj f>11hough warned, -b^t his physicians that he would dp.so at the risk of his life Who and what ho was everybody in South Carolina knows. Sentiment is useless. Hu man nature is human nature, and to all white men and many colored ones the news of his death is welcome.. He has done us great wrongs. -Hp is. dead. The le.-s. said. the. bftUer.?u Qreenvill Neioa Tun beautiful young lady graduate may, in subsequent years, forget the tit le of her essay, but she will always, remember how he sweet pekay was, made and trimmed.