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Oo Wednesday, January 29th, at Herbert's. On Thursday, January SUth, at Scarborough's Store. And At the Auditor's Office in Sutr ?er on all other days from January 1st to Feb. 20th, inclusive. As this ig the year for le'urning Real Estate, Tax-payers are requested to make full returns of all Real Estate owned on 1st January, 1890, and notices of any transfers. W. R. DELGAR, Pee. 4-Feb 20. Auditor ouniter Co. Bs H. HAGGARD. Avtkt*r-9f "Colonel Quarirch, V. C." "3/r. Meeson** "A Tale of Three Lion*? "Allan Quaterma?i? ~SAe," "Jess? etc. SYNOPSIS OF THE STORY. T"h?? story is supj>osed to be founded upon a manuscript found in the papers of Allan Quater main, which were given to the author as literary executor. La it Quatermain teUs the story of his marriage CQAPTEH L-Descri'>es Allau's first meeting:, when a child, wiro. Stella Carson, at a Christmas gathering. Stella's dress caught fire and Allan extinguished the flames. Stella** mother was Spasiisk. anti alie elojwd with a cousin, leaving Stella with ber fatlier. Squire Carson. He de? termined to leave England vi account of the dis? grace, and at alxMit the same time Allan's mother died and Allan's father took him to South Africa, where Mr. Quatermain became a missionary among the Kaffirs. When Allan was &) his father OOAPTER H.-Allon sold the effects and decided Cogoon a journey of trade and adventure. Among his men was a Kaffir nam?d Indaba-zimbi. a witch doctor Between him and another witch doctor there had two years before been a lightning con? test, which resulted in the death of his contestant CHAPTER III.-Details the start cf the expedi? tion. Quatermain describes his first elephant hunt. CHAPTER IV.-Quatermain discovered a large body of Zulus, and was surprised by two of their scouts. Acting upon the impulse of th? moment, he shot both of them and retreated. The Zulus had been following a party of Dutch Boers, con? sisting of seventeen or eighteen men, their women and children, and a large number of cattle, with which they were removing to the noitli. For safety s sake the cattle and some of the women and children were sent away, while Quatermain, the witch doctor and some of the Boers remained. The next morning, by a ruse. Quatermain and ladaba-zimbi were captured by thc Zulus. CHAPTER V. GASPED with wonder and rage. What did that scoundrel Inda? ba-zimbi mean? Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and wiiy, being seized, was I not instantly killed. They called me the "W hite Spirit.** Could it be that they were keeping me to make me into medicine? I hail heard of such things being done by Zulus and kindred tribes, and my blood ran cold at tiie thought. What an end! To be pounded up, made medicine of, and eaten ? However, I had little time for further reflection, for now the whole iinpi was pouring back from the Donga and river banks where it had hidden whiletheir ruse was carried out, and once more formed up on the side of the slope, I was taken Co the crest of the slope and placed in die center of the resrrve line in the espe- j cial charge of a huge Zulu named Bom- j byane, the same man who had come for- j ward as a herald. Tills brute seemed to regard me with an affectionate curiosity. Now and again he poked me in the rios with the handle of his assegai, as though to assure himself that I was solid, and several times he a~ked me to be so good is to prophesy how many Zulus would oe killed before the "Amaboona," as they called the Boers, were "eaten up.'* At first I took no notice of him be rond scowling, but presently, goaded into anger, I prophesied that ho would tx? dead in an hour! He only laughed aloud. "Oh! white spirit,*' he stiid, "is it so? Well, I've walked a long way from Zululand, and shall be glad of a rest." And he got it shortly, as will be seen. Now the Zulus began to sing again: We have caught the white spirit, my brother, my brother! [ron tongue whispered of him, he smelt bim out. my brother. Sow the 5l3boona are ours-they are already dead, my brother. So that treacherous villain Indaba zimbi had betrayed me. Suddenly the chief of the impi. a gray haired man named Sususa, held up his assegai, and instantly there was silence. Then he spoke to some indunas who stood near him. Instantly they ran to the right and left down the first line, saying a word to the captain of each company af? they passed him. Presently they were at the respective ends of the line, and sim titaneously held up their spears. As the*? did so, with an awful roar of "Bu lata Amaboona" ("Slay the Boers"), the entire line, numbering nearly a thousand men, bounded forward like a buck start? led from its form, and rushed down upon the little laager. It was a splen? did sight to see them, their assegais glit? tering in the sunlight as they rose and fell above their black shields, their war plumes bending back upon the breeze, and their fierce faces set intently on the foe, while the solid earth shook beneath the thunder of their rushing feet. 1 thought of my poor friends the Dutch? men, and trembled. What chance had they against so many? Now the Zulus, running in the shape of a bow so as to wrap the laager round on three sides, were within seventy yards. a>.d now from every wagon broke tongues of fire. Over rolled a number of the Umtetwa, but the rest cared little. On they rushed right up the laager, striving to force a way in. But the Boers plied them with voliey after vol? ley, and. [lacked as the Zulus were, the elephant guns loaded with slugs and small shot did frightful execution. Only one man ever got on to a wagon, and as he did so 1 saw a Boer woman strike him on the head with an ax. Ile fell back, and slowly, amid howls of derision from the two lines on the bili side, the Zulus drew back. "Let us go, father!" shouted the sol? diers on the slope, among whom 1 was. to their chief, who had come up. "You lia ve sent out the little girls to fight, and they are frightened. Let us show them the v-ay." "No, no!" the chief Sususa answered, laughing. " Wait a minute and the little girls will grow to women, and women are good enough to fight against Boers!" The attacking Zulus heark the mockery of their fellows, and rushed forward again with a roar. But the Bo^rs in th? laager had found time to load, and they met with a warm reception. Reserving j their fire till tlio Zulus were packed likv j sheep in a kraal, they loosed into them with the roers, and the warriors fell in little heaps. But I saw that the blood of the Umtetwas wa3 up; they did not mean to be beaten back this time, and the end was near. See!- ?ix men had leapt on to the wagon, slain the man be? hind it and sprung into the laager. They were killed there, but others followed, and then I turned my head. But I could not shut my ears to*the cries of rage and death, and the terrible S'gee! S'gee! of the savages as they did their work of murder. Once only I looked up and saw poor Hans Botha standing on? a wagon smiting down men with, the butt of his rifle. Then assegais shot up to? wards him like tongues of steel, aa4' when I looked again he was gone. I turned sick with fear and rage. I alas! what could I do? They were dead now, and probably my own tn was coming, only my death would ? be so swift. The fight wa* ended, and the fr lines on the slope broke their order, a moved down to the laageF. Presen* we were there, and a dreadful sight was. Many of the attacking Zulus w< dead-quite fifty, I should say-and least a hundred and fifty were wound( some of them mortally. The chief, ? susa, gave an order, the dead men wt picked up and piled in a heap, wh those who were slightly hurt walked < to get some one to tie up their woun< But the more serious cases met with different treatment. The chief or o of his indunas considered each case, ai j if it was in any way bad, the man w taken up and thrown into the riv which ran near. None of them offer any objection, though one poor felic swam to shore again. He did not st there long, however, for they push him back ?nd drowned him by force. The strangest case of all was that the chief's own brother. He had be? captain of the line, and his ankle w smashed by a bullet. Sususa came up him. and having examined the woui rated him soundly for failing in the fir onslaught. Tlie poor fellow made the excuse th; it was not his fault, as the Boers had h him in the first rush. His brother a< milted the truth of this and talked him amicably. "Well," he said at length, offerir him a pinch of snuff, "you cannot wa.1 again.'" "No. chief," said the wounded ma] looking at his ankle. "And to-morrow we must walk far went on Sususa, "Yes, chief." .'Say, then, will you sit here on tl: veldt, or"-and he nodded towards ti: river. The man dropped his head on h breast for a minute as though in though Presently he lifted it and looked Susus straight in the face. "My ankle pains rae, my brother," h said: think I will go back to Zululanc for there is the only kraal I wish to se< even if I creep about it like a snake." "It is well, my brother," said the chiei "Rest softly." and having shaken hand with him, he gave an order to one of th indunas, and turned away. Then men came, and, supporting th wounded man, helped him down to th banks of the stream. Here, at his re quest, they tied a heavy 6tone round hi neck, and then threw him into a dee] pool. I saw the w^hole sad scene, an< the victim never even winced. It wa impossible not to admire the courage o the man, or to avoid being struck wit] the cold-blcnxled cruelty of his brother the chief. And yet the act was neces sary from his point of view. The mai must either die swiftly or he left to per ish of starvation, for no Zulu force wil encumber itself with wounded men Y??:irs of merciless warfare had so har dened these people that they looked on death as nothing, and were, to do them justice, as willing to meet it themselves as to in??ict it on others. When this very impi had been sent by the Zulu King Dingaan, it consisted of some nine thou? sand men. . Now it numbered about three: all the rest were dead. They, too, would probably soon be dead. What did it matter? They lived by war, to die in blood. It was their natural end. "Kill till you are killed." That is the motto of the Zulu soldier. It has the merit ol simplicity. Meanwhile the warriors were looting the wagons, including my own, having first thrown all the dead Boers into a heap. I looked at the heap: all of them were there, including the two stout fraus. poor flings. But I missed one body, that ci the Hans Botha's daughter, little Tota. A wild hope came into ray heart that she might have escaped: but no, it was not possible. I could only pray that she was already at rest. Just then the great Zulu, Borabyane. who had left my side to indulge in the congenial occupation of looting, came out of a wagon crying that he had got the "little white one." I looked: he was carrying the child Tota, gripping her frock in one of his huge black hands. He stalked up to where we were, and held the child before the chief. "Is it dead, father?" he said. Now, as I could well see. the child was not dead, but had been hidden away, and fainted with fear. The chief glanced at it carelessly, and said: "Find out with your kerrie." Acting on this hint the black devil held up the child. and was about to kil! it with his knobstick. This was more than I could bear. I sprang at him and struck him with all my force in the face, little caring if I was speared or not. He dropped Tota on the ground. "Oh!" he said, putting his hand to his nose, "the white spirit has a hard fist. Come, spirit, I will fight you for the child." The soldiers cheered and laughed. "Yes! yes!" they said, "let Borabyane fight the white spirit for the child. Let them fight with assegais." For a moment I hesitated. What chanco had I against this black giant: But I had promised poor Hans to save the child if I could, and what did it mat? ter? As well die now as later. How? ever, I had wit enough left to make a favor of it. and intimated to the chief through Indaba-zimbi that I was quite willing to condescend to kill Borabyane, on condition that if I did so the child*? life should be given to me. Indaba-zimbi interpreted my words, but I noticed that he would not look on me as he R[>oke, but covered his face with his hands and spoke of me as "the ghost" or the "son of the spirit." For some reason that 1 have never quite understood, tho chief consented to the duel. I fancy it wa? because he believed me to be more than mortal, and was anxious to see the lasi of Borabyane. "Let them fight," he said. "Give them assegais and no shields; the child shah be to him who conquers.*' " Yes! yes!" cried the soldiers. "Let j them fight. Don't be afraid. Bom byane: if he is-a spirit, he's a very small one." "I never was frightened of man 01 beast, and I ara ?ot g"ing to run away from a white ghost," answered the re? doubtable Borabyane; :us he examined thc blade of Ins great bangwanar stab? bing ass?-gai. Then t.b*?y made a ring round us. ga vt: me a similar assegai and wt us some ten paces apart, i kept ray face as calm af L could, and tried to- show no signs ot fear, though in ray heart! was terribly afraid. Humanly speaking, my doon: was on me. The giant warrior before rat j nad used the assegai from a child--I hac : no experienceof the weapon. Moreover, ! though I was quick and acta ve, he mus? have been at least twice a* strong as 1 was. However, there was-ao help for it. ao, setting my teetii> L grated the great spear, breathed a prayer, and waited. The giant 6t<>od awhile looking at me and, as he stood, Indaba-zimbi w*Uke< acttw? the ring behind me, mu*Jtm*Jr-r a he passed, "Keepcool, Macumozahn, an? wait for him.** As I had not the slig**$es3 intention o commencing the fray, I thought thi good advice. Heavens! how long that half minut* seemed! It happened many years ago but the whole scene rises up before ni* eyes as I write. There behind us wa? the bloodstained* fciager, and near it laj the piles of dead: round us was rani upon rank of plumed savages, standing in silence to wait the issue of the duel and in the center stood the gray haired chief and general, Sususa, in all hil war fe?wry, a cloak of leopard skin upoc his- simiUxers. At his feet: ia y the sense less- form of little Tota, to my left squat? ted Indaba-zimbi, nodding his whit? lock and muttering something-proba? bly spells: while in fn>tat was- my giant antagonist, his spear aloft and his plumes bending in the gentle breeze. I Then over all, over grassy slope, river and koppie, over the wagoo* of the laager, the piles of dvad, the dense ranks of the living, the swooning child, over all shone the bright impartial sun, look? ing down like the great indifferent eye of heaven upon the loveliness of nature and the cruelty of man. Down by the river grew thorn trees, and from them floated the sweet scent of the mimosa flower, and came the sound of cooing turtle doves. I never smell the one or hear the other without the scene flash? ing into my mind again, complete in its every detail. Suddenly, without a sound. Bombyane shook his assegai and rushed straight at me, I saw his huge form come; like a man in a dream, I saw the broad spear flash on high; now he was on rae. Then, prompted to it hy some providential im? pulse, I dropped to my knee, and quick as light stretched out my spear. He drove at me: the blade passed over my head. I felt a weight on my assegai; it was wrenched from my hand, his great limbs knocked against me. I glanced round. Bombyane was staggering along with head thrown back and outstretched arms from which his spear had fallen. His spear had fallen, but the blade of mine stood out between his shoulders-I had transfixed him. He stopped, swung round slowly as though to look at me, then with a sigh the giant sank down dead. For a moment there was silence: then a great cry rose-a cry of "Bombyane is dead. The white spirit has slain Bomb? yane. Kill the wizard, kill the ghost who lias slain Bombyane by witchcraft.** Instantly I was surrounded by fierce faces, and spears flashed before my eyes. I folded my arms and stood calmly wait? ing the end. In a moment it would have come, for the > arriors were mad at seeing their champion overthrown thus easily. But presently through the tumult I heard the high cracked voice of Indaba-zimbi. "Stand Lick, you fools!" it cried; "can a spirit then be killed?" "Spear him! spear him!" they roared in fury. "Let us 6ee if he is a spirit. How did a spirit slay Bombyane with an assegai? Spear him, rain maker, and we shall see." "Stand back,** cried Indaba zimbi again, "and I will show you if he can be killed. I will kill him myself, and call him back to life again before your eyes. Macumazahn, trust me." he whispered in my ear in the Sistitu tongue, which the Zulus did not understand. "Trust me: kneel on the grass before me, and when I strike at you with the spear, roll over like one dead; then, when you hear ray voice again, get up. Trust me-it is your only hope.*' Having no choice, I nodded my head in assent, though I had not the faintest idea of what he was about to do. The tumult lessened somewhat, and once more the warriors drew back. "Great white spirit-spirit of victory," said Indaba-zimbi, addressing me aloud, and covering his eyes with his hand, "hear me and forgive me. These chil? dren are blind with folly, and think thee mortal because thou hast dealt death upon a mortal who dared to stand against thee. Deign to kneel down before rae and let me pierce thy heart with this spear; then, when I call upon thee, arise unhurt." I knelt down, not because I wished to. but because I must. I had not overmuch faith in Indaba-zimbi. and thought it probable that he was in truth about to make an end of me. But really I was so worn with fears, and the horrors of the night and day had so shaken ray nerves, that I did not greatly care what befell nie. When I had been kneeling thus for about half a minute Indaba zimbi spoke. "People of the Umtetwa children of TChaka," he said, "draw back a little space, lest an evil fall on you, for now the air is thick with ghosts." They drew back a space, leaving us in a circle about twelve yards in diameter. "Look on him who kneels before you," went on Indaba-ziraba, "and listen to my words, to the words of the witch finder, the words of the rainmaker, Indaba-zimbi, whose fame is known to you. He seems to be a man, does he not? I tell, you, children of the Umtet? wa, he is no man. He is the spirit who gives victory to the white men; he it is W!K> gave them assegais that thunder and taught them how to slay. Why were the impis of Dingan rolled back at the Blood river? Because he was there Why did the Amaboona slay the people of Mosilikaaye- by the thousand? Be? cause he was tliere. And so I say to you that, had I not drawn him from the laager by my magic but three hours ago, rou woucM have !>een conquered-yes, you would' have been blown away like the dust before the wind; you? would have been burned up like the dry grass in- the- winter ?hen tho fire w awake among it. Aye, be? cause he hod but been- there many ot your bravest were slain in overcoming a few-a pi nie h of men who- could be counted on the-fingers. But because 1 loved you, because your chief Sususa ie my half brothes-for lund we not. one father?-I came to you, I warned you. Then you prayed me and I drew the spirit forth. But you were not satisfied! when the victory was yours, when the spirit of all you had takoruasked but one little thing-a white- child to-take away and sacrifice to himself, to make- the medicine of his magic of**" Here 1 could hardly restrain m y sel ft from interrupting, but thought better of it. "You said him nay: you said, 'Let him. fight with our bravest man, let bim fight j with Bombyane, the giant, for the child.' j And he deigned to slay Bombyane as you-j have seen, and now yoifcsay, 'Slay him; 1 he is MO spirit.' Now I willi show von if p.e is a spirit, for I will slay him before ; ? your eyes. and. call him to life again, j . But you have brought this upon- your? selves. Had you? believed, bad you-of fered no insult to the ?pirit. he woulO? have stayed with you, and you should have become unconquerable. Now Re will arise and leave you, and woe be*OD you if you try to stay him. Now all men," he weot on, "look for ? space upon this assegai that I hold up," and he lifted the bangwan of the deceased Bombyane high above his head, 89> that all the multitude could see it. Every eye was fixed upon the broad, bright spear. For a while lie- held it still, then* he moved it round and round in a cire$e, muttering as he did1 so, and still theil gaze ifollowed it. For my part, I follow? ed his movements with the greatest anxiety. That assegai had already been nearer my person than I found at all pleasant, and I had no desire to rjnake a further acquainta-nce with it. Nor, in? deed, was 1 sure that Indaba-zimbi was not really going to kill me. I could not understand his proceedings at all, and at the best I did not relish playing the corpus vile to his magical experiments. "Look! look! look!" he screamed. Then suddenly the great spear flashed down towards my breast. I felt nothing, but It seemed as- though it had passed through me. ?4Seel" roared the Zulus. "Indaba zimbi has speared him; the red assegai stands out behind his back." "Roll over, Macumazahn," Indaba zimbi hissed in my ear, "roll over and pretend to die-q-a?ck! quick !" I lost no time in following these strange instructions, but falling on my side, threw my arms wide, kicked my legs about, and died as artistically as I could. Presently I gave a stage shiver and lay still. "Seer said the Zulus, "he Is dead, the spirit is dead Look at the blood ripon the assegai!" "Stand back I stand back!" cried Inda? ba-zimbi, "or the ghost will haunt you. Ees, he is dead, and now I will call him back to fife again. Look!" and putting down his hand he plucked the spear from wherever it was fixed, and held it aloft "The spear is red, is it not? Watch, men, watch 1 it grows white!" "Yes, it grows white," they said. "Oh! it grows white." "It grows white because the blood re? turns to whence lt came," said Indabav zimbL "Now, great spirit, hear mes Thou art dead, the breath- bas gone oat of thy mouth. Yet hear me and arise. Awake, white spirit, awake and show thy power. Awake! arise unhurt!" I began to respond cheerfully to this imposing invocation. "Not so fast, Macumaaaha?" whispered Indaba-zimbi. I took the hint, and first held up my arm, then lifted my head and let it fall again. "He lives! by the head of TChaka, he lives!" roared the soldiers, stricken with mortal fear. Then slowly and with the greatest dig? nity I gradually arose, stretched my arms, yawned like one awaking from heavy sleep, turned, and looked upon them unconcernedly. As I did so, I no? ticed that old Indaba-zimbi was almost fainting from exhaustion. Beads of per? spiration stood upon his brow, his limbs trembled and his breast heaved. As for the Zulus, they waited for no more. With a howl of terror the whole regiment turned and fled across the rise, BO that presently we were left alone with the dead and the swooning child. "How on earth did you do that, Indaba zimbi?" I asked in amaze. "Don't ask me, Macumazahn," he gasped. "You white men are very clever, but you don't quite know everything There are men in the world who can make people believe they see things which they do not see. Let us be going while we may, for when these Umtetwas have got over their fright they will come back to loot the wagons, and then per? haps they will begin to ask questions that I can't answer." And here I may as well state that 1 never got any further information on this matter from old Indaba-zimbi But I have my theory, aod here it is for whatever it may be worth, i believe that Indaba-zimbi mesmerized the whole crowd of wdookers, mal .ng them believe that they saw the assegai in my heart and the blood upon the blade: T*he-reader , may smile and say "Impossible," but 1 would ask him how the Indian jugglers do their tricks unless it is by mesmerism. The spectators seem to see the boy gc under the basket and there pierced with daggers; they seem to see-women iras , trance supported in mid air upon* the i point of a single sword. In themselves these things are not possible; they vio? late the laws of nature, and therefore must be illusion. And 6o, through the glamor thrown upon them by Indaba zimbi's will, tho Zulu impi seemed'to see me transfixed with an assegai that never. ' touched me. At least, that is my theory: if any one lias a better, let him adopt it. The explanation lies between.illusion and magic of a most imposing character, and I prefer to accept the first alternative. [TO BB C0NT?NUKD J Bis Marter*? jr*?*. Entertaining are* some an*vx?bt"os toIU'; ->f Gonella, jester to Borso, Duke of Fer? rara, in the Fifteenth century. As Go? nella was on his way to mass, three blind beggars implored an.alms of him. "Herer | is a florin for you," said? the jester; "di- j ride it among yous." He gave nothing, : md passed on. The beggars invoked j' blessings on him. each supposing that 1 )neof his fellows was in? possession of . Lhe coin. When they wished to divide 1 the gift, not ono of them-would allow 1 ?hat he held it, and they mutually ac- M raised each other of cheating, amt from i words proceeded to Wows, v Gonella \{ ivatched the fray with great complacen- ( "ry, and, when the beggars were all- | bruised and bleeding, he went on to ?.burch with a clear and calm conscience: ?be Duke of Ferrara fell iii, and thedoc1 1 tors declared that only a sudden fright ' would restore him to health. He was? 1 too great a man for any one to play tricks on. except his fool. Gonella was 1 with him in a l>oat. and cleverly pushed I the duke into the water. Aid had boen previously provided, and the prince was | drawn ashore and put to !>ed. Tlie fright and the bath and the bed , stired' tlve invalid, but he waa so enraged with (ionclla that he exiled the man who ? was both a fool and a physician, (io nella returned' rn a cart tilled with Pa iua-nsoH; an evasion of the edict of ban- * ishment said to have been practiced by . tnany a jester. The duke ordered him ( to l>e beheaded, but saying privately < tliat he would only repay fright with , fright, he directed elie executioner not | to uso the ax, but to li t Call a single Jrnpof blood on the culprit's-neck. G*> nella was led to the scaffold: all the J usual1 gloomy preparations were lonnie. J He was blindfolded aud made to lay his i bead on- the block. The executioner, < from a vial, \vt fall a drop of water on \ donella's neck. Then amid shouts anti ( laughter, the jester, silent now, was bid- ( len to rise and thank the duke for his "leniency. But Gonella never moved: he was (lead-killed by his master's jest. -San Francisco ArgorauL ' Read tbe "Eleciropoise," on tue fourth page. 41 Something About Judge A driel*. Incidente and Fa?*? Connecte witL His Long and cTsefui Life. Abbeville Pretra*d Banner. Judge Aldrich has always beeo i ac ti te, self-assertive citizen, witto gel tlemaoly instincts, and a heart ?ve flowing with kindness to all mankrtt Open and frank, generous and hones he has eyer had a host of friends. 1 his struggling youth be had the sympi thy and kindly offices of those who sto( high with their fellow?, and they wei ever ready te gire him a helping ban io the work of making what the worl calls "a self-made men.** And nov at the close of a well-spent life, fte r< tires with a hearty wel-ldone from tho? who knew bim best. Alfred Proctor Aldrich was born i Charleston, Jane 4, 1814. His fatht not being a mao- of means did not gi* bis son a collegiate education. H educational advantages were derive from the common school of Charlestot which was taught by Doctor Mackej the father of the well known T. J Mackey, of this State. From bis early boyhood be detei mined to study law, and so informe bis father when he was about 17 year of age. His father did not approve c the course, for the reason that he ba not a collegiate education. The man i the boy asserted itself when he replied "Some of our most distinguished law yers have not had the advantages of college education, and i do not see wh I cannot succeed as well as they." II read law with Chancellor Duncan, wh gave him the use of bis library, on con dition that he copy such papers as b would gire him. In May, 1835, he filed his petition t the Appeal Court for admission to th Bar. He was told by his friends tba he could not be examined then, as h was not yet 21 years of age-that tb* only mao who had been examined ant admitted before be was 21 years of age was Robert Y. Hayne. The word) which were intended to discourage hin from making tbe application, gave th< strongest reasons why he should apply and furnished one more evidence of the manhood which be possessed. He said "That is a precedent. Mr. Hayne wat not more distinguished then than I au now. IC they admitted him then, why not admit me now?** He was examined, and the Clerk of the Court of Appeah was directed to administer thc oath at soon as he was 21 years of age. For a while he had an office io Charleston, but soon afterward Mr Bellinger, of Barnwell, expressed a de? sire to form a partnership with a youog lawyer. Mr. Aldrich was recommended, and that is the way he became a citizen of Barnwell, and in whom was found the elements of usefulness and honor that afterward reflected credit upon the county of his adoption. In 1838 Pierce M. Butler, Governor of South Carolina, appointed Mt. Al? drich Commissioner ia Sq ai ty, and the partnership between bim and Mr. Bel? linger was dissolved. In 1852 be voluntarily resigned the office of Commissioner in Equity, and continued the practice of his profession. He was afterward elected to the Legis? lature, and in that body, as in every other position he ever assumed, he was an active worker, and always oom manded the highest respect of bis fel? lows. Among other work he introduced in the Legislature the Stay Law, and afterwards carried it to the Appeal Court on a qoestioo of constitutionality. One seotion, that staying the collection of debts, was held to be unconstitu? tional, but the other section which pro vided that the statute of limitations should not run, was deemed constitu? tional. He was chairman of the Com? mittee oo Foreign Relations, and two years later, he succeed James Simons, Sr., as Speaker of the House, and con tinned ito hold that position until ^860, when he was elected Circuit Judge, and served the Stare in that capacity until he was removed from the french by the military orders of General Canhy, com? mander of the department of South Carolina and Georgia "?pe?era"? Can by issued an order re? quiring al''the Judges to place negroes on the jurie?. The first Court which Judge Aldrich held affer the issue of this order was at Ed ge field, wheo be read the order to the grand jury, and ?tated that be couirl not and would not r*bey it. The ..charge7' was reported in the newspapers at the time, and Gen? eral Can by sent Mfajor Walker, and his Adjutant, Capt Heise, down to Sam well to know if he was correctly re? ported. Wpon his answering affirma? tively, the adjutant who was a courteous gentlemao, alighting from bis buggy, said : "Judge, when I was commissioned ? in the United States Army, after grad? uating at Weet Point, ? little expected that I wotiid be called to perform this most unpleasant duty. But I am obliged to obey orders, and it is Gen? eral Canby's order, that you be removed from the Bench '* The Judge replied, "Pam vevy happy to state. Lieutenant, that you have per? formed a very unpleasant duty in a very pleasant manner." The J^udge. proceeding on his way to the Court House, with-his gowo under bis arm, the Lieutenant said : '.JHidge, you- are not going to the j [Jourt. are yow?" "Yes F am going to tell the people why I do not perform my judicial duties, ind I invite you? to come with me, and bear what I have to say.** The Lieutenant politely declined to iccept the invitation, but asked the fudge to take a seat io bis buggy to the [yourt House, which was some h?!rVrt.ile listant. The Judge then as politely Inclined the invitation to a seat in the ; ouggy and proceeded, walking. Upon taking his seat on thc Bench, .he Clerk was directed to call all the uirors, grand and petit, without swear ng them. When they were seated, the Judge stated the order by which he was ( removed, and said to the jurors, "Gen? eral Canhy did Bot appoint me to this office, nor has he any right to remove rne, though I must yield to force, yielding to that force which I' cannot resist I: will yet sit on this Bench, a karolina J*acr?.e, whose ermine is un? stapled.. Mr. S her i ff, let tue (Dour!; J : stand adjourned, while justice is stifled.'' His courageous, honest and manly ac fi cm ra resisting bis deposition from civil office by the military power of the United States govern meot so impressed General Can-by with a feeling of respect that be ordered ? pay certificate to be sent to him for one year's service after the historic event, which wHl send the Dames of the Jud?e and the Greoera'l down in the books of history. -Judge Aldrich practiced law io Barn? well and Augusta, Ga., from that time until 1876, when the Hampton cam? paign was inaugurated in which be took an active part ae one of the campaign speakers, .going' ?io many counties in every part of the State, urging* the peo? ple to make a supreme effort to regain their rights, and redeem the State from the hands of the carpet-bagger, the scalawag, and the negro. The Legislature ia February, 1877, aa if to make true hrV words of proph? ecy, recalled Judge Aldrich to the Bench, from which he now retires with the well-done of his fellow-countrymen His nephew, James Aldrich, of Aiken, will take bis place, whose high charac ter, accurate learning, and firmness, eminently qualify him tn receive the ermine from his distinguished uncle. T?ie Soutb Carolina Farmers. The Farmers' Association of South Carolina have issued a proclamation which is ioterestiog from several points of view. This proclamation sets forth the fact that the Democratic party of South Carolina has been deeply agitated for four years past by the efforts that ht.ve been made at the primaries and in the conventions to secure retrenchment and reform and a recognition- of the rights and needs of the masses. Sicee April, 1866, there have been four Farmers' conventions held in South Carolina, all largely attended by the agriculturists of the State, and at each of these, so the present proclamation says, the demands of the people for greater ecooomy io the State govern? ment, greater efficiency in its officials and a fuller recognition of the necessity for cheaper and more practical educa? tion have been pressed upon the atten? tion of the legislators. The proclamation goes on to say that all serious efforts at reform have been crippled and prevented by the peculiar situation which requires the efforts of all white men to preserve white supremacy, and, with it, the very civilization of the State. Under these circumstances, as the farmers have submitted to- the edicts of the party heretofore, they pro? pose to carry ce- their fight within the party lines, and they pledge themselves to maintain the party organization In? tact. This fact gives significance to the movement, and lends importance to the complaints which the proclamation form? ulates. One of these complaints con? cern.; the working of the railroad com? mission of/South' Carolina'. .'The peo? ple demanded,'1 says the proclamation, 4'that the railroad commissioners should have something to do betides draw their salaries aad spend them. We want protection against the greed7 of the gigantic corporations owned at the North which regard South Corolioa as a lemon to be squeezed and care nothing for the welfare of our towns, our State, our people. The railroad laws made the commisssion a power to defeud the people against imposition. The same ] Legislature which enacted the commis? sion, having been bamboozled or de? bauched at the very next, session left ir only as a sinecure with fat salaries and no power. We have just seen the same disgraceful farce repeated.'' This is a very serious complaint, in? deed, especially at this time, when it is absolutely necessary that the people should be fortified in some degree ' against the results of the remarkable railroad development that has taken place io the South. Railroad develop? ment, as we have frequently remarked in these columns, is a vital necessity of the South. Vt is equally necessary that the public should be protected against the results of unwise and selfish railway management. If the Democrats of South Carolina-will look over into Geor? gia they witt-see the effects of a wisely couceived railroad law justly and impar? tially administered they will see the j! results of a railroad comnweMoo perfect h io all its parts standing as an impartial arbitrator between the rights* and inter? ests of rile roads and the rights and in? terests of the people. There is no- reason why the demo? crats of South Carolina should'not give to the people the wonderful benefits of a railroad law as perfect as that under which the transportation Hoes of Geor? gia operate. A railroad commission was an experiment io Georgia io 1878, but for fen years it b28 protected the public without injury to the railroads, and it became long ago a definite part of the machinery of the State" There is DO reason why South Carolina should not follow the example of Georgia io this matter. The address of the Farmers' Asso? ciation calls for a convention- of Demo- ' jrats that sympathize with the views set forth to meet at Columbia on Thurs- , day, March 27)h to nominate a ticke; for every State officer from Governor iown, to be put in the field for ratifica? tion- or rejection by the nert' Demo- , jratic State Convention, and the farm- j ers pledge themselves to abide the re- ! ?ult, whether it is for them or against j them. This seems to be reasonable enough, ?nd yet some unforeseen cootroversy, some unexpected incid?nt or episode may have a tendency to divida the dem? ocratic party, or to render its councils inharmonious. AMI the reforms that arc necessary to the welfare of the peo- ! pie can be made by the Democrats them- j selves, and the party ought to basten to ! make them whenever and wherever they j ire found ccee?sary. We need not j warn ?South Carolinians against the j danger of Democratic division. They j bave had-a taste of Republican rule that . jught to last them for a centHry.- I Atlanta Constitution. DO NOT SUFFER AI*V LONG-ER. Knowing that a cnngb can be cheoked in a> Jay, and the first stages of consumption broken in a week, wo hareby guarantee Br. Acker's Knglinh Cough Remedy, and will refund* ihe money tn all who buy, take it as per direction?, Kiddo uot'find our statement correct. b A Note of Warning. The ?SreeavilJe News, io a dottble Feaded leading editor-id, decies "the' wisdom of the recent action of the Ex? ecutive Committee of the farmers"4 movement, as announced by the mani? festo of Chaircran Shell,and advisee4 "repudiation or amendment of that action by the friends of the movement.*** ? The News then goes on to-say :. "The Executive Committee has the right to cal!:a convention of the body of which it ie the active force and to* recommend certaiti action. Sui it has4 no right or power to enforce- obedience to its recommendations or fuggest?ons: The convention will be, when it meets, a so ve re i--ta, body sod cao take such? actioo as it may dee ar proper. "Our advice to the people iir to-elect' delegates to the convention instructed' to* opp'ose the nomination of a State ticket or any ?criba further than thc preparation and publication of a clear, distinct platform of principles- aud- de? mands "The signs of the times indicate r??aP any ticket put up io Sfarch will be' doomed* to* defeat at the Democrat io: convention in August. We can agree: oo principles, but will split on men. The farmers* movement is not so thor? oughly organized that it can concentrate and bold its strength for any ticket it may present during a campaign of four months. A ticket made in March would have arrayed against it the strength of every ambitious mao in the State whose Dame was not on it. The press of the State is unanimously' against nomination by the March con? vention and a ticket nominated theo? would face the hostility of the newspa? pers, including many Vr'V'jh have here tofore beeb the staunch- friends of toe farmers* movement. "With the course of legislative audi executive action the farmer? intend to insist upon clearly outlined, it wiH be easy to elect to the Democratic State ConveDtion- delegates pledged to sup ?port no man for any office who will not publicly commit himself to that action and a caucus the oight before the con? vention can choose from the available; men those for whom the delegates io sympathy with= the farmers will vote.. That will do away with slates or the suspicion of them and make the results a? oearly the crpressioo of the will of the people as it is possible to obtain in any convention. "The farmers of the State' Kaw the; control of affairs in their hands if they will use their power wisely. They are .organized and united. They cao take* 'possession of the party machinery, aot?i have the right to do it, because they* compose1 seveu-teotus- of fbe partyV strength. They will make a disastpous mistake if they waste their strength" By uselessly promoting divisioos among themselves and challenging, hostility and opposition. "Their duty aod' interest is to give' their power fer measures; not for- meo*"' Some Important Discussions^ Rapid progress is being made the world over ia all that effects the masses. :Fo nothing is this more eminently true* than in the condition of the farmers,. Agricultura4! problems- were' oever studied as earnestly or as successfully as they have been within the !?*? few' years. Happilu the farmers* hardest problems seem to Be solved-. Organiza? tion has lifted them out of their des? pondency and put them-OD- a- moraine dependent foundation. At first they were oo the defeostve: They were orgaoized for protectioo,. almost for self preservation. Now they are on the aggressive, aod som* of the most interesting problems beiwjr* discussed aod solved experimentally to? day are in the line of innovation* stsd aggression; They are* braocbiog out? ioto new enterprises', and, as a rule, with success. Maoufacturing and- merchaudisirare two fields they have recently iovaded' io Georgia, aod there are indications that they will eveotua'ly be their owe baokers. An interesting phase*of rtieir manufacturing experiments was des? cribed in full last week. Yesterday/ we printed two interesting articles on: "Cooperative Stores'* and "Finance for Farmers-," with the views of Col. L. F. Livingston aod treasurer Earde man. The facts- presented in these' articles will be a revelation to most of our readers-, and every patriotic citizen must be enthused hy the brightening outlook and' mago intent' possibilities of the great body of citizens wbo make* up three-fourths of our population. Atlanta Constitution. m -- Receiver Daniel il. Chamberlain, of the South Carolioa Railroad, has? created a big law suit by tendering; to? the county treasurers of several coun? ties some of the old green bonds of the State, for taxies due by the road in< different couoties. Receiver Chamber? lain Had'a represeotative io each couoty in which- taxes were due, and:every ten? der was made the same day amounting to between the sums- of ?15;000 and g?O.OOO; The treasurers in the [seve? ral counties-, except Berkeley, refused tc receive trie bonds for taxes,, aod a* lawsuit will follow. mmm * I mt-mt I Tine FIRST SYMPTOMS OF DKA?TST, Tired feeling, dull headache, pains in .jarrot??' parts cf the body, sinking at the pir of tiae* stomach, loss ?>f appetite, feveri-hness. pimples* nr sores, are all positive evidence of poisoned blood. No inaner how if becomes poisoned ic? m rna be purified to avoid' leath. Dr. Acker's English Ms>od Kliiir has verer failed' to re? move scrofulous or syphilitic poisons. Sold' under positive guarantee, by J. 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