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THE VOICE 02* THE SSA.
Along tbe shell-wreathed, shining strand
The old and yoong went to and fro ;
The sinking sun Siled all the land
With evening's rich and ruddy glow.
The hot clouds in the amber west
Lit up the sea kissed shingly bars,
And weary ones who longed for rest
Waited the dawning of the stars.
There came the murmur of the sea
Along the soft sands of thejihore ;
'Twas laden with deep mystery,
And music strange was io its rear,
And, as the voices of tbe waves
Were born upon tbe listening ears.
They sang alike of songs and graves,
Of sunny hearts and sacred tears.
There passed a little blue-eyed boy,
As sank the sun on ocean's brim :
Naught but the sound of endless joy
Across the red waves came to him.
For his bright fancy chased the suo
O'er seas ofemerald and gold ;
And the sweet life he bad begun
Its first fair scenes bad now unrolled.
With merry heart a maiden came,
The shining, sunlit sands along ;
To her the sea- bore one dear name
Amid the burden of its song;
And the ten thousand glitterings
That stretched across the sunlit hay,
Seemed messengers on golden wings
From her true loved one far away.
There came a man of full fourscore
Into the twilight all alone ;
To him the sea broke on the shore
With solemn sway and sullen moan.
The voices of the bygone years
Came Faintly on its sad refrain ;
Yet when he called, 'mid rising^tears,
On friends, they answered not again.
Still sank the sun. Then rose the stars,
And looked down on the cold gray shore ; j
Still solemnly ibe morning bars
Wailed low their music as of yore.
And some with sad eyes met the night,
To pass its watches al! forlorn ;
And some there slept 'raid visions bright
Till dawned the fragrant, rosy morn.
I?II the Year Round. \
A STRANGES AT TES 30ABD. !
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A THANKSGIVING STOSY. j
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It snowed the uight before Thanks-1
giving that year. Through the even- j
ing there was a half-defined mist in the j
gray air that seemed like the all-per- '
vading chilliness taking form, and |
everybody who was going away, or who j
was to have company, went to bed with j
a dim foreboding of disappointment OD j
the morrow
*There is four inches of snow, at |
least,' said Farmer Draper, on Thanks- j
giving morning, as he came in from the j
big barn, stampiag his feet vigorously j
upon the stone floor of the back porch, j
'.Four inches, at least, and that isn't |
the worst of it, it is covered with a ?
crust as thin and sharp, almost, as win- j
dow glass. I declare here is a hole in ?
one of my rubber boots already.'
'I don't know what to. do about cook- j
ing the turkey,' said Mother Draper, ;
setting a large platter of steaming stew- ?
ed chicken upon the breakfast table. *I j
dfco't see how Aunt Catha?nie and the j
girls are to get down here to-day ; or :
Frank and his wife, or the hoys, either, j
for that matter.'
.'It is a bad morning for horses to
travel, to be sure,' said William, j
coming in from the barn just then, 'but j
Thanksgiving is. never postponed on ac- j
CMint of the weather, so I will tell you j
what I propose to do; I will tackle up j
the steers, all four yoke, and hitch
them to the long wood-sled and go for S
the company, it will be great fun, be
sides showing my good disposition by |
breaking a track for neighbors. You ;
can go. too. sis. if you have a mind to ; j
we will start right away 1 after break- I
fast.'
.It will be pretty cold/ said her !
mother
'And that ain't the worst of it.' put j
in her father. 'I expect she will be j
needed here about the chicken fixens. !
'Mother will get along until Aunt !
Catharine gets here; she is a whole j
team and a horse to let. Sc put on j
your water proof, old maid and come j
down and help me tackle. You need j
not be afraid of your beau getting here i
before you return, for certainly, if he ?
has to walk, he can't make great head- j
way this morning.'
Jennie, a bright, handsome, trim lit- \
tie body, being the oldest of the Drape?' ?
children, was always teasingly called j
the 'old maid' by her four brothers, j
who delighted in joking her about an i
expected lover who never came. 'Jen- j
nie's beau" was a sort of mythical scape- I
goat in the family to whom all imagi?
nable absurd blunders and mishaps !
were attributed.
So now she made some laughing rc- j
spouse, and when ber brother marshal
ed bis team, consisting of alternate j
yokes of red and white steers, two yokes ;
of each, she took her place upon a bun- ?
die of straw in the centre of the huge j
sled. j
'There, sis,' 6aid William, taking his j
seat upon the neap of tbe sled aud i
brandishing his long whip, 'you look j
like the genius of Thanksgiving going j
around on a tour of inspection among j
the brick ovens, and your team is ;
almost as fanciful as the reindeers of j
St. Nicholas.
It grew more and more fanciful mo- j
mentarily, but it soon began tj rain,
aud as the pelting drops froze as they ?
fell, the whole turn-out was transform
into an exhibition of ice newly frozen :
for the occasion from the Arctic region, j
After having been around rho square j
aud picked up all the Draper blood iu j
the township, they retraced their steps, ?
stopping at nearly every house for a !
mt. ' ?xchange ci greetings, 'Just to j
break the gloom that the storm had |
cast over everything,' William said. ;
But at every house it was noticeable j
that he threw out a few suggestive
words to the boys that set them think- j
ing there was uo fun quite so desirable ;
for Thanksgiving day as breaking
steers.
The merriment of the thorning was |
kept up through the day by the young j
people, while mother Draper and Aunt
Catharine moved mysteriously around j
and compared notes over dripping-pans, j
sauce-pans and pipkins in the kitchen.
pinner was to be early, so that the
two Draper boya who were employed j
upon the railroad that cut ip twain tbe j
BBB--BB- ? ^KTirsr^mryys^jsx^c^ar-t
broad acres of their father's farm, coi
be back at the statiou at train time
the afternoon.
Aunt Catharine's lovely daughtc
helped their pretty cousin Jennie to J
the table, of course, and they manag
slyly to have one plate and one chi
too many, and by a groat deal of tu
uouvering in seating the company, tl
plate and chair were left beside Jenn
tor the bmg-expected beau.
'He hasn't come yet, and that ist
the worst- of it-I hope he never wil
said Farmer Draper, looking affection
ately across the table at bis daughter ;
he bowed his head to ask the blcssinj
'I believe he is coming now, uncle
I really do,' exclaimed Louise the ni
mont the good farmed had re-opene
his eyes, and sure enough, as they loo]
ed out the Hodow they saw a stoutl;
built young mun bravely breasting tl
storm, yet showing a certain weariue:
as he walked along the slippery way.
The weather had changed again 1
this time, and the air was full of gre;
feathery flakes.
*He is coming ia !' 'No, he is goin
by T 'Yes he has decided to call !' ?
the young man, who was evidently
stranger, looked again at the polishe
windows that even on the outside ga\
a hint of warmth and good chet
within.
'Bow-wow-wow T barked Pincher!
the house dog, in a decidedly equivoci
welcome, especially when taking int
consideration his huge proportions an
savage air, and thy stranger was turt
ing away as-the piazza door opened an
John had "called out :
'Down, Pinchers, down ! Come in
come in. sir, out of the storm !'
'I tanks yer,' said the stranger, gfr
ing his hat and coat a shake, thus di
vesting them of their burden of snow
and following John directly into th
dining-room, with a graceful bow to th
company, seated himself by the fire.
We were expecting you,' said John
'We have the table set for you, as yo
may see. Sit right up.'
'Yes, yes/ assented Farmer Draper
'sit right up~you are cold and tired, c
course, but that isn't tho worst of it
you must be hungry, too. You cai
get warm and rested and filled at th
table.'
Louise to carry on thc joke, and t
treat Jennie's long-expect beau#witl
with due cordiality, pushed back th?
vacant chair, and Jennie, not to be out
dune, glanced up and seeing a comely
neatly dressed young mau at her elbow
gave him one of her sweet ?miles, mn
tinged him to the seat beside her ant
passed his plate io her father to bc help
ed.
The stranger evidently undersooc
very little of all the merry talk goioj
on around* the hoard, but he sat dowe
in the proffered chair, bowed his beac
for a moment as if invoking a siien:
blessing, and tuen proceeded with his
meal.
'You haf large family,' he said, pres?
ently, to the farmer, carefully studying
his words, 'and you b;if much meat,
looking around with evident astonish?
ment at the groaning table, for Mothei
Draper and Aunt Catharine held to tho
uid fashion that everything belonging
to the Thanksgiving dinner ir.ust.be on
the table before the family were seated
'We don't live like this right along,'
explained the farmer, 'and that isn't
thc worst of it-we don't want to.
This is 'Thanksgiving ' '
AW this to the disgust of William,
who was expo?tu?-ttiug : 'Oh, goodness,
father, why must you toil him that !
Why don't ycu make him believe that
this is only a picked up dinner V
The young petrie all joined in a laugh
at this, bu* the sim tiger repeated :
'Thanksgivirg ? Thank you! Thank
God ? ? see I I knovv. 1 hear about it.
I not know it to-day. Every door I
call 1 find good smells, like Christmas
at home.' No one say 'come in.' Her*
dog say 'W?^lt?T You say 'Wel?
come.' And the young mac looked
gratefully at Johu's smiling face, and
then went on with his dinner with a
hearty relish.
Where arc you going V asked one of
the boys, and after the question had
been framed in various ways, he said :
*To Canada. There haf I friends.
A mistake I made. I come to the
wrong town you call it ? I write letters.
[ .-pend ail my moneys. J go walking
now to Canada and Sod my friends, my
brother. Now how many miles?'
.'Too many for a fellow to walk this
slippery traveling.' said John.
'I say. Dick, old boy,' to his brother,
'what do you say to putting bim in the
caboose and giving him a lift?'
'All right,' said the good-natured
o' o
young freight conductor. It would be a
good deed for Thanksgiving Day. I
will transfer bim at the Essex Junction
to-morrow morning, if I don't go
through, and he will be iu the 'Domin?
ion' before he knows it.'
'Put him np a lunch, mother, enough
to last him out of the country, and
save your tears. Jen' he will undoubt?
edly return when he gets a better use
of our language. It would bc love?
making under difficulties at present.'
Jennie looked indignant, but thc in?
telligent young stranger, although ob?
servant and alert, was entirely oblivi?
ous of all personal allusions.
Mother Draper packed a strong, good
sized paper bag with lunch, saying,
with tears: 'There was never such
gO".: hearted boys as my boys,' and
Au-.: Catharine, who had a boy of her
own somewhere in thc far West, gave
the stranger a dollar as she bade him
good-bye.
The steer team was taken <n the
midst of another snow flurry, and as the
merry company went back through the
pretty sheltered neighborhood they
fouv.d an escort in tho way of a steer
team waiting in every door-yard-, so
that by the time they reached the little
village about liie raliway station the
Draper turn-out headed a deoiucdly
unique procession.
The stranger asked a great many not
very coherent questions. Tho boys
amused themselves by assuring hin)
that it was a demonstration in his
honor, it being the cm tom of thc town
to thus entertain foreigners. The girls
entered into the particulars and explain?
ed the real occasion of the display of
young bovines, and it would have been j
hard to find a more bewilderc* indi vid- ,
ual than was bowed into thc freight I
caboose by the smiling John, while all |
i thc boys, who were dancing around
i managing the half-broken steers, united
j in a hearty hurrah, and ail the giris on
? all the sleds waved their pocket-hand
i kerchiefs in adieu.
! 'What, you do with me?' the stran
I ger asked, looking around the snug,
! well-warnied little car.
'Cunadar,' replied Dick, iaiitataing
the traveler's pronunciation.
'No moneys !' and the young man
proceeded to torn his pockets inside
? out, whereupon Dick explained to the
I amusement of himself and comrades and
the increased bewilderment of thc
stranger, that he had a lien on the rail
road and all the stock until his next
month's wages were paid.
'He was sound asleep on one of the
bunks in the caboose when we reached
Essex,' said Dick, 'and I turned him
over to Ben Leet and told him to shove
him through into the Dominion and not
let the custom-house officers at St. Ar?
mands ciilect duty on ?he fragments of
mother's turkey and mince pie.'
Thanksgivings came and went, and
every year at the Draper homestead
they talked over that snowy Tbankgiv
iug when 'Jennie's beau' sat down to
the feast, and wondered who he was and
what became of him, and what kind of
an impression of a New England
Thanksgiving he carried away.
Last year at a conveutiou where there
were assembled in fellowship people
from all parts of the world, a French
gentleman said to a lady with whom he
was conversing :
'I have never been in the State but
once before, and then I had a curious
experience. 1 landed in New York
from a French ship with only a mere
smatteringof English. I wau ted togo
to my friends in Benford, Canada, but
through carelessness of officials I was
sent to Bedford, Massachusetts. I
found my mistake there aud was start?
ed for my proper desination, but my
rooney gave out, and being young and
strong and resolute, I determined not
to be discouraged but to make my way
on foot, it was late in the fall. I had
no trouble in obtaining food and shelter
at night and pushed on bravely until a
snow-storm overtook me. Oh, what a
day that was ! I called at many door,
but was not invited to enter. At lasts
when almost wearied out I reached a
house that was to me like an entrance
to heaven. I piuched myself to see if
I was still in the body. There was
warmth and a feast and laughter and
jest and song and little children and
ladies in bright dresses. I was wel?
come and a plate waited for me.
After the feast I was taken with all
the guests on a huge sled draw by oxen
to ilie station. O?ber similar teams
joined ours in the long, wide country
street. They escorted me to thc sta?
tion and into the cars and I was sent to
my friends free of charge.
When I recovered from my fatigue |
and wanted to write and thank my friends,
I knew not the town, the State, nor
the names even of my entertainers and i
preservers, as I may call them. I
know nothing of it at all no more than
a bab}', and now ? will ask you as I
have asked others ; do you know aught
of such a country festival, where long
strings of oxen are driven about the
streets carrying guests from house to
bouse, and where it is the custom to so
bountifully provide for any stranger
thai happens to-come in on that day r 1
wish I could know, tor ? never have
secu such a picture of happiness, con?
tent aud plentj- as the Lord led me to
look upon that afternoon. All these
years 1 have carried those people near
my heart and prayers that the Lord
would lead me again iu the ir midst.'
'I was one of the giris at that notable
feast,'said ^he lady, and she entered
into the necessary explanation to the
surprise and delight of the now well-to
do^ intelligent, demonstrative French
gentleman. ,. -_i
Farmer Draper said the otber^ay 05 \
he met this uiece in a railway luain^
'Yes. Louise, that youug tramp, as we
called him. you know turned out to be
our owu little old maid's beau after all.
Things do happen strangely sometimes.
You musn't fail to come to the wedding
Thanksgiving. He has furnished sat?
isfactory credentials, and Dick b.-is
taken a run up to Montreal where he is
ia business, and there seems to be no
reason woy they shouldn't be married.
But Jenny dont kuow a word of his
lingo, and I tell her that isn't the worst
of it-I shivuldu't waut to, for now Ixe
caa do all his scolding in French and
she can take it all for love sallies.
The Legislature.
The Senate was opened at ll o'clock
A. M. Monday, with prayer by Hov.
E. A. Bolles. A fair number of
Senators were present at the opening
hour, and business was commenced and
carried on in a manner that indicates
that thc Senaie, led hy the excellent
and expeditious President, is determined^
to do hard work in a short time, there?
by saving themselves time and the
I State a largo expenditure of money.
i Upon cxa:i: i cation the caU-ndar was \
j found to contain seventy-one bills and j
?joinI resolutions to be considered by
spacial orders, general orders and third
readings.
Thc items on thc calendar were dis?
posed of without eliciting a ripple of
interest or debute until the report (ma- j
jority favorable, with amendment, mi- j
Lori ty unfavorable,) of Committee on ;
the Penitentiary ou bill to amend an ?
Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the j
more speedy development of thc Coluin- \
bia (..ina!.' was called.
After some spicy speeches, and a '
number of motions and roll calls, tho '
report of the Committee, recommending [
the appropriation cf ?17,500, for the j
comp!? ?i-?!) of thc Canal, was adopted {
by n vote of 17 to G.
The report (favorable) of Com mi I tee ?
on Finance on Joint. Resolution (House) ;
appropriating funds for thc construction ?
and erection of a sarcophagus for thc :
remains of John C. Calhoun, created a j
sUght debate between Messrs. J. B. \
Moore and Smythe. j
The calendar was completed and j
Senate adjourned at 3 12 P. M.
The House met at 12 M.
There was a noticeable absence of?
members. There was very little, j
in fact no wdrk done on tho calendar, j
The day was takeu up with the third I
reading of bills, introduction of bills, j
resolutions, &c. This being the ls
doy for thc introduction of bills, thc
was a considerable nun;ber introduce
A good number ot bills were report
by tte various committees.
Mr. Talbert-A current resol uti
fixing Saturday, the 22ud inst... for t
adjourning sine die of the Goner
Assembly.
Mr. Hutson, on behalf of the Cot
ruitiee on Education, made au un favor
ble report on the bill in reference to tl
compulsory attendance of children
school.
A hill, with amendments, to rech a rt'
the town of Sumter, passed to a thii
reading without opposition.
Mr. Malloocy moved to lay the bi
to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquo
within the County of Barnwell on tl
table.
After some discussion, the bill w;
passed to the third reading.
The Senate met. at ll o'clock Tue:
day, and was upened with prayer b
Rev. Ii. 0. Judd.
Reports were received from sever;
standing committees.
.The billson the calendar were cot
sidered without causing any discussio
until the bill to amend an Act entitle
'An Act to amend an Act entitled *A
Act to provide a general railroad la
for the management and regulation (
railroads in this State and for the ar.
pointmeutofa Rilroad Comraissione
and to prescribe his powers and duties
so as to give the Railroad Coinmissiorj
ers of this State power and authority t
compel railroad corporations to furnis
first class and second class cars for th
accommodation of passengers and to fi
rates for the same, was taken up.
MT. Callison moved to strike out th
enacting words of the bill. %>
Mr. T. J. Moore hoped that Mr
Callison's motion would not prevail, a
he thought that the bill was a verrou
cessary one. The enacting words wer
not stricken out aud the bill was ordere*
for a third reading
The report (favorable, with amend
ment.) of Committee on Charitable lu
stitutions on bill to alter and ameni
Chapter XLTV of the General Statute
of the State, and to provide the mode ii
which indigent persons consigned t<
the Lunatic Asylum shall be support?e
(pending question being motiou of Mr
Howell to strike out enacting clause"
caused lively debate among some of th*
Senators. The bili provided that th(
Boards of County Commissioners shail
from and after the first day of Novem?
ber, 1884 assume the expenses of al
such patients as may hereafter be sem
from their Counties to the asylum a;
they may find, after making the exami?
nation provided for in Section 1601 o
the General Statutes of this State, to b(
properly entitled to admission as benefi
ciary patients therein : and io this enc
they shall, on the first day of November.
18S4, and on the first days of May anc
November of each succeeding veai
thereafter, forward to the Treasurer o:
thc Board of Regents the sum of?67.5C
for each and every such boneficiarv
patient in the asylum from their re?
spective Counties, the sume to be in
full for six month:;' expenses in ad?
vance of each such beneficiary patient.
A long discussion endued and the bill
was finaHy passed. The Calendar was
not finished, for the Senators were
on usually talkative. Adjourned at
S.14.
The roll of the House was called at
10 A. M. and the clerk announced that
a quorcm was not present.
Mr. McKissick moved that the Ser?
geant at-Armt be instructed tc send
out messengers to require the attend?
ance of members cf the House. Agreed
to.
There wus very little done on the
calendar this morning. Most of the
time was taken up with routine business,
reports of committses and debates on
.same of the bills that were being read
i rf^gond time.
^^BtBterii! to repeal tho lien law was
taken up and motions, roll calls and
speeches fellowed io rich profusion.
The bill v/as finally passed to the third
reading by a vote of G to 4-i.
The bill to require certain persons
sentenced to imprisonment in County
jails to work on the public roa<Is or
streets, was parsed to a third reading,
with slight amendments.
Thc joint resolution to provide for
the appointment, by the Governor, cf a
commission to consider and report a
plan to simplify the mode of assessing
aud collecting the taxes of thc State
and Counties was taken up next
Mr. Murray's amendment (that the
commission be composed of two Auditors
and one Treasurer) was agrGed to and
the bill passed to a third reading.
The Senate met at ll o'clock
Wednesday and proceeded with business.
A large'number of important reports
from standing committees were receiv?
ed.
The calendar, which contained over
seveuty bills, joint resolutions, &c.
was begun.
The bill to exempt the County of
Williamsburg from the operations of thc
stock law, and to .authorize thc County
Commissioners to fence the same, eau:-:ed
a ripple of interest to all present.
Mr. Byrd, of Williamsburg County,
pb-ad earnestly for the passage of the
bill, as he said, such a law was necessa?
ry to promote the progress and general
well-being of thc residents of his Couu
The bill was amended so as to include
Georgetown County, and was then
passed by a vote of 19 to 13.
The bill to amend thc Militia laws of
the State, caused some debate It was
amended so as to make an appropriation
ci ??10,000, to defray the actual expen?
ses of the Militia, and in that shane
was passed to tile ?hird reading.
The bill to regulate thc granting of
divorces vas called un and briefly dis?
cussed. lt was ordered for a third
rc. ding by a vote of 14 to j.'j.
Thc House was called to order at 10
A. M. There were six special orders
on tiie Calendar for to-day, all of which
are important bills.
Tho following are among the bills
read thc third time in the House Mid
sent to the Senate : to prohibit the sale [
of spirituous and malt liquors within ]
the County of Barnwell; to provide 1er !
the appointment by the Governor of a j
Commission to consider and report a !
I ian to simplify the mode of assessing
and collecting the taxes of the State i
! and Counties: LJ repeal the Lien Law ;
to prohibit the i>aie of unsound meats,
i sociate Justice was recommitted,
! The bill providing for another As
I on motion of Mr. RIeCrady. It re
: quires a two-thirds vote to pass a bill of
this nature. A similar bill was killed
in the Senate yesterday.
A long discussion ensued upon thc
question of forming the County of Salu?
da. Tho bil! was finally defeated by a
vote of 8*2 to 28. The bills in reference
ro the new Counties of Ninety-six aud
Dorchester, were indefinitely postponed.
What Our Editors Say.
The Voies of the Party.
Times Bemocr-Jt.
The Democracy, through ita repre?
sentatives in Congress, has declared
that the tarin'shall be made lite con?
trolling issue in I8S4. This course was
opposed to the best of our ability as
long as it was loyal for us to do so,
but now, after the party has spoken,
wc bow to the will of thc majority,
and earnestly hopo that the action
taken may result for the best interest
of thc great p*rty to which we belong
as well as for the material prosperity
of the countrv at large. We have no
apologies to make for the past, nor
any advice to offer for the future.
We believe we were right in advoca?
ting the course wo did, we believe
so yet, and we wil! continue lo believe
so until the election next November
shall prove us wrong by the election
of a Democratic President. To accom?
plish this we ?mist heal all differences
tn our ranks, and march against the
Republican strongholds in one solid
phalanx. Under the lead of those
who elected Mr. Carlisle, we are
ready to follow, let it bring victory
or defeat.
Greenville News.
Let thc legislature stand by the
Railroad Commission and refuse tobe
bulldozed or cajoled from its work.
Where do the complaints about the j
law come from ? Anderson and Lau?
rens and the raihoad offices as far as
we can see. The people of the State
are receiving the benefits of the law
and will receive more every year.
Mr. Clyde's syndicate is busy
building railroads in Georgia where
there is a commission like o ur's.
The Central Railroad is pushing new
lilies into our own S'ate.
What is the use of bringing capital
hore anyhow if it is to crush tho com?
mercial lifo out of us ?
The Clyde Syndicate is a huge ty?
rannical and remorse?ese corporation
with which no power in South Caro?
lina except the power of the State
itself is is abie to cope. It is better
fur that Syndicate or any oilier re?
presentative of foreign capital to bo
in the power of thc Railroad Commis?
sion than for the pi opie io bo left
powerless within the grasp of a piti?
less foreign coloration. The Cum
mission is the only tribunal to which i
wo can appeal against the Syndicate, J
and we know by hard experience that |
appeal to thc Syndicate itself is use?
less. The people through their
chosen officers now have that great
tyrant by the throat. If we relax
our hold the conditions will be re?
versed. We had best bc without
capital and railroads il they, can not
come except as our absolute ruasteis
and owners.
Tho Great Farce in Columbia.
j?r.-ihaw Ciizt'Je.
If the great and wise framers of oar
constitution could wake up from their
graves and could look to day at what
is transpiring- in Columbia, we imag?
ine that they would drop a tear over
declaration ii: Independence, and
weep at our dengeneracy as a liberty
loving peopie. Tin's great and fair
land arresting her innocent citizens,
packing her juries, spitting upon all
law and decency, and making justice
veil her face in shame. If the great
founders of this country could have
stood in Columbia last week and seen,
how every vestige of right and law
was subrogated to the prejudices and
passions of the vile men who threw
ont their venom like water in a mighty
storm, they could indeed be pardoned
and pitied if they asked to return
again to the shadows of death.
Ignorance there superseded intel
led ; vice played high revel over vir?
tue, aad the long past doings of the
star chamber came vp in glittering
colors. It was a sight seldom if evet
before witnessed in our courts, and
one which heaven forbid shall again
occur. These ?'? ings should make us
draw closer ami warmer to those who
have been dragged to this mockery
of a trial, and every throb and beat ol'
our heart should be with them in this
their trying hour, ^he great soul of
our peopie should tum out at such ex?
hibitions of ruthless wrongs, and wc,
as wee look on at the scenes now
being enacted in our capital, s':. aid
move every nerve and feeling of our I
nature to wipe away ??e dreadful j
counterfeit of justice and mocker- of j
Palmetto Vet- n.
Editors, as aolas^, should be the
most generous, liberal and tolerant
people in the world, as no olherelass,
calling ur profession has more sins to
be covered by thc mantle ot charily.
They should allow the largvst latitude
to every mail's opinion, and bo ex-1
eccdingiy lenient and indulgent to- ?
wards t: se who may disagree with i
them, especially if the dissenting i
party be one of thc tourth Estate, lt
would be painful ti? contemplate wha?
stale, Hat, monotonous and drowsy !
staii; of ab. ii rs would exist in the field j
of politics and everywhere else, if !
each editor should espouse the same j
cause ?nd hold tho same principles. ?
It has very neatly come to that now,
as fir as the State is concerned. Wc j
may have a few side issues and con-1
trorersies arising out of personal pre- j
ference and local considerations which ?
is barely sufficient to break the mo- j
uotony of brotherly ?ove and disturb!
the dull calm of political repose.
Voting for Clever Fellows.
Unlm Tunes.
One of the greatest, if not the !
greatest, political errors committed !
I by a majority ot'thc voters at every
election against an efficient, a satis?
factory and economic administration
of our government affairs, is in voting
for what they are prone to cai! ?clev?
er fellows.' In a maj >rity of cases,
these 'clever fellows' are failures in
any business position they may occu?
py
There are many sorts of 'clever fel?
lows' who capture the votes of very
clever voters : There is the hail fel
?ow-well-met Candidate. Ile is al?
ways ready for a fox hunt, a horse
race, a game of cards, a frolic of any
kind, carries a 'tickler' with him, and
has more fun and perhaps more whis?
key in him than business, but he is
such a 'clever fellow' tiiat his friends
say they 'can't help voting for him,' !
although he may be totally unfitted j
for the.office he is a candidate for.
Uis being a 'clever fellow' 'fills thc
bill' for any office and he is elected ;
but upon assuming the duties of
offiec it is often discovered that he
cannot iii! thc- office, and his official
business is transacted in a very in- !
competent manner, to the detriment, j
and perhaps loss to individuals a3
well as the county ur State. Or, if
he is competent, this 'clever fellow'
does not, perhaps cannot forego the
temptations to indulge :u his former
genial practices, and ?ic neglects the
duties of his office or leaves them to
be performed by some irresponsible
party. In either case it is found,
when too late to remedy, that he is
not the right man in the right place,
and the whole people are made to
suffer great inconvenience and fre?
quently considerable financial loss by
the election of a 'clever fellow.'
Another 'clever fellow' is a quiet,
easy-going, smiling, pleasant talking,
moral individual, whose harmless do
and say-nothing course has made him
no enemies, while his poverty or busi?
ness failures-either or both caused
by want of energy or business quali?
fications-have aroused great svmoa
th}' for him, and he is such a poor
cleverfailure in everything else that
his friends must fain put him up for
some office ; and he goes before the
people claiming their suffrage wholly
upon the ground that lie is a poor,
unfortunate 'clever fellow.'' The in?
terests of the people, the danger of
electing an inefficient officer who, by
his want of energy and business qual?
ifications, may entail upon the county
serious inconvenience and loss, is
completely lost sight of, and this
'clever ?eilow' is elected.
'You cari?eit make a silk purse out
of a sow's ear,'" and the same? deii
c?neles of character which made him
poor and a iailure in conducting his
own r.3*airs, characterize his conduct
ion oft he- business of his office, and lie
turns out to be a failure in that, too,
with t?iis difference, however, the
people are made the sufferers. Ile
louses nothing, for he had nothing
when he went in office, and he is
such a clever fellow that no one can
accuse him of criminal wrong, so he
goes out cf office as he went in, a
poor 'clever fellow.'
On the other hand, ^uf np a man
for a responsible office who has no
other claim to it than that of being a
man of energy, strict integrity arid
tine business qualifications-one who
relies solely upon his merits and fit?
ness for position-and in niue cases
out of ten the people will elect a
'clever fellow,' such as we have de?
scribed, in preference.
Under such circumstances men
competent to fill the county offices
particularly are not willing to put
their names before the people, as it
would only appear like courting de?
feat.
We grant that the .best qualified
men in the county con ld not satisfy a
large portion of the people, in sc;ne
of tjje offices ; but until the people de?
termine to change their present course
and elect men to office who are not
only competent to fill them, but will
perform their duties fearlessly, for
the good of the county and with
honor to their own characters, they
cannot expect to have the public
affairs of the county satisfactorily ad?
ministered. We must elect the be???
men to fill the oiliees, and not the
'clever fellows.'
Aristocratic Senator.
Morning Star.
Senater Buticr has two hobbies.
Ile is opposed to taxing whiskey and
tobacco, two superlative luxi ies, and
he is in favor of increasing the taxes
by ??6,000-a fortune iii itselt-that
he and seventy-live other Senators
shall have the services ot a clerk to
answer their letters. The people
ought to pay their board, washing
and boot-blacking. They furnish
them with stationary and many luxu?
ries, and why not give them a hand?
some young clerk to dance attend?
ance, write to the newspapers for
them, 'do cort ' blow their trumpets
and maire the?;i>eives useful m ti: ?ny
ways, A - Jvi. i Friday* for each
Senator is now the lalest thing fa?
vored by any aristocratic Democrat.
Of course the 326 members of the
House must have a tho:*saud dollar
clerk each, so ? '*2(>.00-several more
fortunes-must be expended annually
to relieve indolent members of a task
they are paid already, $5.000 a year
to perform. It will bo interesting to
sec how the Senators will vote. But?
ler is lor lessening the chances of
running the Government in two ways :
Ile goes for wiping out MO millions
of liquor and other raxes whilst pro?
posing to increase tho expenditures.
Carlisle is consistent. His ?oeoches
are in harmony with the D?mocratie re?
cord. r 1870 tiu Democrats in Nation?
al Convention asscmbL-.i soi forth a
declaration of principle. Samuel ?3.
Tilden, of New York, vas nominated
for thc Presidency and was elected by
more than a quarter of a million majo?
rity, ile was placed upon a platfonn
that advocated Tari:! Reform. It will
be in order to reproduced the Tari!:
plank of 1876, as it viii refresh the
memories of our read- Here it is.
Rend and save it :
'We denounce the present Tariff.
I levied upon nearly 4,000 articles, as a
masterpiece of injustice, inequality and
false pretense, lt yields a^?adling,
? not a yearly rising revenue. It has
! impoverished ran ?nj industrie* to iib
? sidize a fetv. it prohibits imports that
. might purchase ?ho products of Ameri?
can labor, lt lias degraded American
. commerce from the first to an inferior
j rank on the high seas, lt has cut: down
1 the sales of American manufactures at
j home and abroad, aud depleted the re?
turns of American agriculture-an i??
I dustry followed by balfour people, lt
! costs the people fire timcs+more han it
j 'produces to the Tr* rs*iry, obstructs the
j processes of production and wastes the
J fruits of labor It promotes fraud,
j fosters smuggling, enriches dishonest
officials and bankrupts honest mer?
chants. We demand that all custom?
house taxation shall be 0)dy for revenue?
-Morning Star.
j Ashes From the Alaskan Vol?
cano.
A scientific gentleman of California
attributes the peculiar sunsets, which
were noficed on the PaciSo slcpe loDg
before their appearance hereabouts, to
the late volcanic eruption in Alaska.
Ile says that ashes from that eruption
have been carried all over Japan and
beyond, aud similar coloring of the skies
has been observed there. During the
eruption tu Java similar coloring was
exhibited in different parts of the world,
and a- far east as Panama. The beau
I ty of many of the Italian sunsets are
held to be due to ashes from volcanoes
and to dust from the desert. Our own
sunsets, therefore, are supposed to have
been caused by the particles of ashes
coming from the Alaskan volcano.
These are carried in the upper current
of the air, and form, as it were, a can?
opy. In the ordinary position the sun?
light passes through this stratum, with?
out producing a visible effect, but when
the light is below the stratum, as at
sunrise or sunset, and the ravs strike
the under surface of the ash laden cur?
rent, the solid particles form an extend?
ed re?ee'ing surface. The sunlight is
thus throwu back upon thc earth, and
causes the beautiful sunsets which have
beeu much admired.-Greenville News.
Took Exceptions.
At the Art Loan lae other day a fat
man with his hands under his coat?
tails stood before a painting, when
one or two ladies who were criticising
a landscape near Ly exclaimed.
'What exquisite harmony V
'And how perfect in detail !' added
the other.
Tito man uttered a grunt of dissat?
isfaction and turned around.
'Observo the coloring,' continued
tho first lady.
Tho fat man removed his spectacles
and felt of his nose.
'And what a charming perspect?
ive V added the other.
'Yes-exactly-exactly !' growled
j the man as he pocketed his glasses
! and started for thc door,
j 'If I can't come in here without
i being ridiculed and burlesqued I'll
stay out! No true lady would make
fan of a strange gentleman this way
never !'-Detr oil Post.
There Was Cae.
The census-taker waa doing ont? of
the interior towns, as is the case II
those places, about every year, and at?
one house he interviewed the proprietor.
After certain inquiries he saia :
"Have you a wife T
'Yes,'
'First one?'
'No, the last one, out of four.'
'Any children V ?fc
.A few:*
. 'How many V
'Thirteen.'
'Any idiots ?
.Well, let me see'-scratching his
head, in a thoughtful atti: ade-'I guess
there's one. That's me. Put it down
in the book that way, anyhow, on gen?
eral principles '
He Went Tco Far.
The editor of the Wolfville Haick
had just written : 'The following from
the Hat County Blade bits the nail
squarely on the head,* when a gentle?
man entered and remarked :
.Can you tell me the extent of there
cent iain V
'Its general, I think,' the editor re?
plied.
'Ah !' said the gentleman, 'I had of?
ten heard of titles in Arkansaw, but
really didn't think you went so far.'
Thc . .::'or looked at the visitor long
and searchingly. 'What do you mean V*
lie at length asked.
.Why, calling the rain genera?, yoe
know.
It is said that an old spittoon lying
in the alley has human hair plastered
on it.-Arkansaw Traveler.
I In Doubt Which Weights to
Swallow First.
hi. Bulieroy of Paterson prescribed
i some quinine for a patient the other
day, aud the druggist made up thc
powders by v nighing them. In a fit of
j absentmindedness h rolled up iu a pa
j per the little wcigliis of the scales, and
j gave them to the mcsseuger. The next
! day the Doctor cai ted to see the patient,
! a German woman, und asked bow she
j was getting along.
j I vas got ak - g bretty goot,* she re
i plied, 'aber 1 ton'd kuow how much to
take py dot funny medicines. Dose
bills pe two. dree sizes, und I cau'd
know py mcselluf vich I sbail take furst.
j I took dree or four leedle voes first.'
The Doctor asked to have the medi
; eines shown to him, and was astonic-bed
j to see the apothecary's weights.
! 'Are these what you took T he
I asked.
; 'Oh, yah ! Didn't ? dolt you I dook
i dree or four? Und dem make me veel
! a crate d? al bosser already .*
?'he woman had actually swallowed
i the four smallest weights, and so strong
j was her imagination that she. recovered
! health at once, and soon was at her
**ork eg ?in.
Spurgeon, in a recent sermon on 'A
-ure Foundation,' pithily remarked,
j 'That if men got a firm grip of Biblical
; tiuth now-a-days they were termed
: bigots, and he ft lt almost, inclined to
I start a new denomination, to be called
; Bigots, for they did need such a rac
! the w.?rld at the present time-people
t who did believe something.'