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Vol. VI. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1870. No. 29.
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Address of th e Executive
Committee of the Union
Reform Party, to the Vo
ters of South Carolina.
1ELLow-CTIZENS: It is made
our duty to set forth in this form
the claims of the Union Reform
party to your confidence and co
operation, and we ask of you as
our countrymen, children of the
State, our common mother, having
a common interest and common
destiny, a patient hearing and a
deliberate and dispassionate judg
ment.
The secession of the States and
the sectional war which followed
wrought a revolution in the prin
eiples of the government, and in
the rights, powers and relations
of the general and State govern
ments, partly changing their char
acter. The States were shorn of
their sovereign attributes, t h e
Union rendered indissoluble, and
the powers of the general govern
ment correspondingly enlarged.
Tihe people of South Carolina, and
those o f her sister Southern States
as well, accepted amnesty and
civil organization in 1865, thus
conditioned, and ratified their ad
hesion to the government thus
changed in its character, by the
:solemnity of an amended oath of
allegiance administered to the VQ
ters at the polls, and to all officers
upon their qualification. In 1867,
the Unitc4 States inaugurated
what is known as the policy of re
construction, which has resulted
in the restoration of South Caro
fina to the National Union, with a
constitution based upon the prin
ciple of universal suffrage. In
1SGS, the Democratic party ar
rayed itself against the whole poli
cy of reeonstruction, and declared
the legislation of Congress upon
that subjeet as "usurpations, and
unconstitutional, revolut i o n a r y
and void." Mainly upon this is
size, theC Presidential campaign
was foughit, and the people of the
United States by overwhelming~
majorities, sustained the policy of
r-econstruction. The fifteenth a
mendmnen t, to the constitution of
t hi c United States, engrafting
- therein as fundamental law, t.he
principle of universal suffrage,
has been proclaimed ratified by
the requisite number of States.
and! is recived and acquieseed in
as law in the practice of all the
States of the Union.
In the meantime, the people of
South Carolina tind themselves in
this condition. With universal
suffrage przevail ing, two raes comn
pose the people, entrusted with
th e fran ch ise. Circu ms tances an d
the machinations of selfish and
corrupt political adventurers have
creatted an antagonism between
the races, and( arrayed, practically,
the whole of the one race in po
litical hostility to the wvhole of the
other r'ace. "Nearly the entire
landed property and other capital
of the State are in the hands of
the wvhite race, and the ipower of
the govern ment is controlled by
the colored, which furnishes the
chief labor of the country. Prop
erty is the source of life to the
S State. From it the proprnetor and
the la borer atlik c derive sustenan ce.
When property is made produc
live, wealth is increased, labor en
hanced, employments multiplied,
the country prospers, and the peCo
ple are happy. To secure these
results, co-operation between labor
and capital is essential. The Ia
borer and the capitalist arc in ef
feect cop)artners, who divide among
them, in proper proportions, the
products of the joint business.
.Legislation, after securing the
mere personal rights of the citi
zen, has no other legitimate offce
than so to foster and conserve the
rights of property that the whole
people may prosper. It is evident,
therefore, that this antagonism of
races is unnatural, unwise, and
deplorably injurious and ruinous
in its consequences to both. Un
decr the industrious manipulations
of this unhappy antagonism by
the adventurers who created it,
the people are burthened and beg
gared, w hile they grow fat upon|
the means wrung from the hard-i
earned products of the capital andI
labor of the citizen. Not content,
however, with the exclusive en
joyment of multiplied salaried of
fiees, fixed at a rate of comupensa
tion uprecedented in extrava
g?ance, these wicked rulers have
plunged into the wildest, most
reek!ess and most corrupt pro0
Rigacy, peculation and fraud in
their deailings with the people's
money. Let the record speak :
T[a.es, year ending September
30. 1860, $591 ,799.58 year ending
October 31, 18GG, $419,6GS.73, not
incuding interest onl debt ; taxes,
yerending October 31, 1869,
81.G3.39.9;county tax for 1869,
iRetieet that this rapid increase
of taxation has been enforced upon
apeople struggling for the neces
-aries ofi life, with twvo-thirds of
thi property destroyed by war,
'i.h of w hat was Ie ft producing
h n annd all the aeccumie!ateri
income of the people probably not
attaining one-third the amount of
the year 1860.
Total payments, current e x
penses, &e.,year ending September
30, 1860, 8549.251.09 ; year ending
October 31, 1866, $266.248.04 (ex
elusive of interest on debt not
paid); year ending October 31,
1869,81,103,372.20. Comptroller's
report page 77.
Bear in mind in this connection
that jurors, constables and many
other expenses paid by the State
in 1S60 are now paid by the coun
ties, and the public treasury thus
relieved of a very heavy amount;
and that an examination of the
conduct of the County Commis
sioners in many instances would
show the same profligacy in rais
ing and expending money, where
thousands have been extorted from
the people by false estimates and
assessments, and not one hour of
labor bestowed upon the public
highways, and scarce a dollar to
any county improvement.
Shall we look for a high motive
to justify such increase of taxation
upon a people so ground down by
poverty as ours? Shall we find
the public debt greatly reduced,
or the public assets greatly in
creased in the hands of these reek-!
less financiers ? Let us see:
Public debt, September 30, 1860,
$4,046,540.16; November27,1866,by
Governor Orr's message, principal
and interest, excluding war debt,
$5:205,227.74; or, by Comptroller's
report, excluding war debt, $4,
426,446.46; October 31, 186 9,
Comptroller's report, $6,1S3,349.
17.
For a people whose ability to
pay was so reduced, it would seem
that this was a sufficiently reckless
increase of debt to induce a call
for a strict accounting; but, as
usually is the case with defanlters,
the result is worse than their ex
parte showing. Items are excluded
from this account, properly be
longing to it, which present a fear
ful condition, and demonstrate
that, unless this wanton profligacy
and waste be checked, the people
of this State, white and colored,
are to be reduced to endless slave
ry or be relieved only by repudia
tion.
The Comptroller reports the
debt., October 31, 1869, $6,183,349.
17; ad d Blue Ridge Railroad
bonds, which the State is respon
sible for. and from which able,
disinterested and honest manage
mnent would scarce extricate her,
84,000,000; bonds issued to Land
Commission, $700,000; bonds is
sued to redeem bills of the Bank
of the State, $1.250,000; bonds
pawned by the Financial State
Agent, $2,700,000; total, $14,833,
349.17.
Now, what value have the peo
ple for all this expenditure ? Shall
we be pointedl to the fruits of the
Land Commission ? Where al-e
they ? Who knows of any benefit
to the poor and worthy in this
grieat "land t o t h e landless"
scheme? Who does not know,
spite of their efforts at conceal
ment, that the funds entrusted to
this Commission have been used
only to swell the ill-gotten gains
of the administration a ni d its
friends ? Within the observation
of almost every one, poor tr-acts of
land have been bought at immense
prices, and, so far as this commit
tee have been able to learn, with
no eye to the benefit of those
whom this scheme was p)rofessedly
intended to provide with land and
homes.
With the partial exposures al
ready made, the administration
par-ty (c-onsisting largely of indi
viduals holding four- or tive paying
offices each), acknowledge that
refor-m is needed, but insist that
they must carry on the reform;
that this v;olf must be the nursing|
mother of our lamb. If their re-|
pentance is sincere, they should|
pr-ay to be delivered from tempta
tion, not to be forced to hold
watch and ward over the tempting
treasury.
Let us see how the increased
receipts of the tr-easury have been'
and are to be cxncnded:
Salaries-1867, $50,000; 1870,
$167,800.
Contingent Fun ds-1867, $25,
000 ; 1870, $34,300.
Legislativ< Expenss-1 867,l
$43,000 ; 1870, $144,790.
Educational and Military-1867,
36,000 ; 1870, $125,000.
Extraordinary Expenses-1870,
140,000.
These are a few items from offi
cial sources. indicating the suffer
ings of our people, the faithlzasness
of the unjust stewards who have
gained control and disposition of~
the affairs of the State. But this
is not all. In many of the coun
ties tile county officers and county
funds are held by individuals ir
responsible and notoriously cor
rupt, and disposed of for the same
illegitimate purwposes. Add to
this that large monopilies are
passed1 the Legislature through
the medium of open and notor-ious
bribery: that franchises are sel
dom obtainedr but by private pur-1
ebane or for corrupt and fraudulent;
justice requiring legislation must
pay their passage ; that votes of
members of the Legislature are
bought and sold as merchandise;
that public officers prostitute their
positions and even the legislation
of the State to the purposes of
stock-jobbing a n d speculation ;
that so stupendous a fraud is per
petrated as that whereby the
Land Commission, aided by the
Advisory Board, of which the
Governor of the State is the offi
cial head, acquired $90,000 of the
public money in a single transac
tion ; add, above all, that the ad
ministration of the State has not
dragged to light and punishment
even one of this infamous band;
and say where, in all the catalogue
of iniquity which disgraces the
history of fallen humanity, can be
found a parallel to this picture
faintly but faithfully delineated ?
This carnival of vice and cor
ruption flowing from that pande
monium of ruin and disgrace into
which the antagonism of races
has converted the government of
South Carolina, the question for
you to decide is: Shall these things
continue so to be? Is no effort to
be made to rescue from utter ruin
the vast materials of wealth and
prosperity yet remaining which
require only good government to
make you a great and happy peo
ple? Will you continue to be the
slaves, the bewers of wood and
drawers of water, of this abomi
nable faction of plunderers who
are sustained by your divisions?
If not, how then will you achieve
your emancipation ? It is evident
that one of two things must be
done. Either, first, universal suf
frage must be abolished, or, second,
the absolute and sharp antagonism
of the races must be so far re
moved as to to enable the good
people of both to combine for the
purposes o f good government.
Let us examine these alternatives
in their order.
First, shall we undertake to
abolish universal suffrage ? Where
is the hope of success? The prin
ciple of universal suffrage consti
tutes the basis of Democratic Re
pubbeanism throughout the world.
It is the corner-stone of all exist
ing government in the Southern
States. -The American Democracy
in 1S68 warned not against the
principle, but contended only for
the right of the States to control
it. T h e strongest Democratic
States of the Union have incorpo
rated it into their practice and
their laws. The American people
in the last Presidential election
by large majorities pledged them
selves to maintain it in the South.
The fifteenth amendment pro
hibiting its abridgement by the
United States or any of the States
has assumed the form of law, and
is sustained and enforced by the
general government with all its
power by the enactment of the
strongest legal sanections. The
Executive, the Judiciary, the peo
ple of the country, are well known
to be in harmony with the mecas
ure. No party has raised the
standard of revolution or repeal.
Where then shall the crusade
against a principle thus fortified
begin? Let hinm who will under
take the task. We push the ar
gument to his own concl.usion, and
meet him there.
Assume that the technical ex
ceptions to the fifteenth amend
ment should be sustained ; that
the Supreme Court of the United
States should declare the recon
struction acts unconstitutional and
void ; that the next President and
the Congr-ess to be elected with
him, representing any majority
possible of the American people,
should undertake to re.organize
these States to wrest the suffrage
from the colored race! Does any
man doubt that the 'whole coun
try would then blaze with the
fires of a civil war, fierce, bitter,
bloody and protracted ? What, in
that case, would be our condition?
Immigration shrinks from the
conception, reason recoils from its1
eontemlation, and horrified hu-1
manity revolts from the spectacle]
-a deluge of blood, succeeded by
wu unbroken reign of ruin and
csolation. We cannot teil what1
may be the purposes of the Ruleri
:>f the Universe concerning this
:nestion, but, as far as the light
of human reason may guide us, it<
seems evident that the world is<
to pass under the rule of the peo
p)le in some form of Democratic<
governmnent. That idea has been]
germinating to its developmenti
for at least three centuries, and
its march is still onward. Should
t re-action ever set in towards
ther forms of progress, it will be
w-hen this generation and its vex
itions temporary and accidental
ocal issues shall have passed away.i
Let no man deceive himself. The i
~hought of revolutionizing public
sentiment on this subject by mor-<
1l forces is the blindest and most I
mpotent fatuity. That of eradi-- 1
:ating it fronm our system by fore i
>f ar-ms would be more than mad- ,i
tessor folly-it woukl be wicked
mess. Either movement would be
zin wit hout hope an d terminate I
dc eninr Tis -airoes wouldt
be trampled out under the heel of
popular progress, but no more ar
rest its mach than afalling meteor
locks the wheels of the universe.
It follows that the other alterna
tive must be accepted. The abso
lute and sharp antagonism between
the races must be so far overcome as
to enable the good people of both to
combine for the purposes of good
government.
This is what the Union Reform
party purposes to accomplish for
the State.. It has already been
demonstrated that this antagon
ism of races is as unnatural as it
is pernicious in its effects. Its I
flames are fed and fanned by in
cendiaries, who, demon-like, can
only live in its baleful fires. The
fuel upon which it feeds is the de
nial of the legal status of the col
ored race as citizens. Eliminate
this point from the politics of the.
day, and there remains no just
cause of difference between the
races. Their interests will then
be identified at all points: the peo
ple will be united; harmony and
peace will prevail ; the demagogue
and the trickster will be rendered
powerless; an economical, honest
and competent government will
revive industry and enterprise;
capital and immigration will flow
into our borders; employments
will be diversified; profits in
creased; wages made compensa
tive ; wealth will accumulate;
cities, towns and villages multi
ply; manufactures and the me
chanic arts, schools, colleges and
churches will attest a great, a
growing, a prosperous, an enlight
ened and happy Christian people;
and universal suffrage, no longer
a rod of oppression, will become a
staff of strength and support to a
great and glorious commonwealth.
The platform of this party,
while it is historically true, buries
the issues of the past, and deals
fairly, faithfully and wisely with
the vital, practical questians. of
the living present. It presents
the only possible basis of union to
the people of South Carolina, and
holds out to them for the first
time the olive branch of peace. It
proposes a fair trial, and in the
only form in which a fair trial
may be had, of the experiment of
universal suffrage, under the most
difficult of all circumstances. If
accepted by the people, the ex
periment will have proved the
triumphant success of a great
principle, and we will have do
monstrated our capacity to eman
cipate ourselves from the thral
dom of prcjudice, ignorance and
eorruption, and to exercise wisely
and well that great privilege of
the freeman-self-government.
But if rejected, ours is a sure pro
gress of ruin and decay, of vice
and corruption, and, in the end,
wlmost inevitably a violent ead
bloody solution of' the great pro
blem which we had not the wis
:lom and the virtue to determine
upon just, liberal and enlight
aned principles. May Almighty
God, who rr.2es and governs
the affairs of nations and of men,
guide you to right conclusions
>n these momentus issues! Where
such vital interests are at stake,
it matters little who bears the
standard of' the party, since our
motto is pro-eminently, "princi
pIes, not men; but we are most
fortunate in being able to present
to you as our candidates for Gov
mrnor and Lieutenant Governor
two gentlemen who combine and
represent most happily those ideas
>f harmony and union which con
~titute the enlarged catholicity,
~he sy mmetry and propriety of the
movement. The Hion. iR. B. Car
penter stands before you as a
sative of New England, train2d
tnd educated in Kentucky, a
prominent member of the Bar L:e
~ore the war, and a consistent and
arnest Union Republican through-1
>ut that memorable struggle, and
it the present moment. He'standIsi
efore you as a man who has laid
iside the judicial robe, which he<
ias gracefully and ably worn for 1
~he last two years, as the chamn
>ion of justice so faithfully and 1
~onorably administered r.s to sub- 1
lue all prejudice and elicit the I
mited plaudits of that august and<
mposing hicrachy of talent and<
~haracter, the Bar of Charleston,
nd of the people of that enlight- I
mned and venerable city, withcut I
listinction of' race or party. A 1
eadiQg Republican, he has hon-.
>rably borne the honors of his
>arty from the organization of
.he now State government to -.he 1
>resent time without fear and<
ithout reproach. Able, zealousr
nd competent. he has stood emi-t
lently as a chatmpion for the fame
nd honor of the Republican pir-<
,y, against the prejudice and cor- j
-uption which have degraded it in ii
south Carolina.
The Hion. M. C. Butler, our an
lidate for Lieutenant Govermor,
>ears a name honorable and dis
inguished in the annals of Aner- a
can history from the days of the 3
-evolution. A name that numterj ~
ts distinguished warriors and
tatesmen. its martyrs to the
anse of American freedom and
lie hnnr of the fla of the erun- j t
try, as well as to that of the "Lost
Cause," to which he attested the
sincerity of his devotion by giv
ing to it his labors, his fortunes
and his blood. Himself not the
least distinguished of his noble
race, young, liberal, enlight
ened and talented, blending most
happily the prestage of the past
with the progress of the present,
and the hope of the future, he is,
all things considered, a most fit
and proper representative man of
young Carolina. Placed before
the people as the unanimous nom
inee of the colored delegates in
the convention, and accepted by
that body with acclamation and
unanimity, he concentrates to
himself the confidence and esteem
of all the good people.
To the support of this ticket,
men of Carolina, we most earnest
ly invite you, in the name of that
union and harmony which prom
ises to our stricken, bleeding, suf
fering people; so much of happi
ness and prosperity in a peaceful
future.
Adopted by the committee.
J. B. KEasuAW, Chairman.
E. W. SEIBEr.s, Secretary.
Columbia, July 6, 1870.
Marriage of Miss McHardy.
We copy the follo? ing notice of
a marriage which occurred on the
16th of June, at Chelmsford, Essex
Co., England, from an English pa
per. The father of the bride, we are
pleased to state, is a brother of
the estimable wife of Major Lam
bort Jones of Newberry, and the
friends of this family, and our
readers generally we think, will
be pleased to read the account
which tells how these interesting
affairs are conducted across the
water.
The marriage of Malvina, eldest
daughter of Admiral Mclardy,
chief-constable of the county of
Essex, with Staff-Surgeon Francis
Henry Blaxall, M. D., Royal Navy,
was solemnized yesterday at the
pretty little church of AU Saints,
Springfield. The universal pop
ularity of the bride's father, and
the esteem which Miss Mcllardy's
own kindly disposition has in
spired for her in the Parish, con
tributed, with the fashionable cha
racter of the wedding itself, to
rsndcr the event personally inter
esting to a large number of peo
ple, and the church and -church
yard became densely crowded a
long time before the ceremony
was appointed to take place. A
white ensign floated over the
ehurch tower, and merry wedding
peals wore rung at intervals du
ring the day. The bridegroom
arrived at the church gates about
eleven o'clock in a splendid car
riage drawn by a p air of greys,
and having alighted, proceeded to
a seat near the chancel screen,
where the first part of the ser-vie
was to be performed. After him
same in the same way several
Priends, and, ultimately, the brides
maids. These young ladies, six
n number, took up their position
neide the porch, and on the ar
rival ot the bride, with her father,
>nl whose arm she leant, they ac
>ompanied her to the entrace of
he chancel, where the Rev. A.
Pearson commenced to read the
pening passages of the Order.
P le rev, gentleman was accom
anied by his two curates (the
Recv. G. T. Dennis and the Rev.
[1. A. Lipscomb), and also by the
R~ev. C. J. Way, vicar of Bore
3am, the latter gentleman read
ng the concluding portions of the.
;ervice after the wedding party1
ad walked in procession to the
dtar. Mrs. Hlolgate presided at
he organ, and played enitablei
narches as the bride and her
naids proceeded up the aisle toi
he chancel, and when the whole<
arty, on the completion of the
cremony, went into the vestry1
o felicitate the happy pair and i
ritnoss the signing of the regis
er. As the party passed along
he churchyard path to re-enter
heir carriages flowvers were strew
d under their feet by a numberi
~f neatly-dressed girls connectedi
vith Springfield schools, who had
>rovided themselves with beauti
iful baskets and wreaths. The
pride was attired in a rich dress I
if white corded silk, trimmed
rith satin and fringe. She also]
i'ore a beautiful wreath of orangei
>lossom and stephanidis and an
*mbroidered tulle veil. The brides-:
naids, whose names we subjoin,t
ogether with those of thegrooms-t
flee, were white grenadine dress-t
s, elegantly trimmed with blue
atin ribbon, white bonnets, trim
ned with blue convolvuli, and I
'eils of white tulle :
BRIDEsXTAIDs. GRO0MSMEN. t
[iss Mary McHlardy, Capt. Vidal, R. X.,
[iss Way, Capt. McHardy, R. N.,
[lss Pearson, Capt. Lees,
[is3 Mary Pearsen, M1r. MalcolmxMcHardy, t
[iss Prescott, Capt. Way, R. N.,
[iss Pasco. Mr. Chas. McB~ardy.
On the arrival of the party from s
hureh at the residence of Admi
al 3McHardy at Springfield Court,
hur rartook of an elegantly serv-.'
ed breakfast, the following ladies
and gentlemen being present in
addition to the gallant Admiral
and Mrs. Melardy, the newly
married pair, and the bridesmaids
and groomsmen-viz., Admiral
and Mrs. Barnet, Capt. and Mrs.
Campbell, Capt. and Mrs. Hender
son, Mr. and Mrs. Coglan Mc
Hardy, the Rev. A. Pearson and
Mrs. Pearson, the Rev. C. J. Way
and Mrs. Way, the Rev. N. and
Miss Cream, Capt. and Mrs. Ban
nister, MIr. Beadel, Capt. Pasco,
Mrs. Mustard. Mrs. Blaxall, Dr.
Richardson, Mr. Pattisson, the
Rev. G. T. Dennis, the Rev. I. A.
Lipscomb, Miss Barnes, Miss Ar
cher, and Miss Bell. The bride
and Bridegroom left Chelmsford
for Dover, en route for Switzerland,
by 3.12 train. The wedding pre
sents, which were very numerous
and elegant, included one gift of
peculiar interest, both because of
its own character and of the
source from whence it emanated.
This was an excellent photograph
of Admiral Mcllardy, colored in
oil, the graceful otferina of the
superintendents and officers in
charge of petty sessional divisions
throughout the country. The
officers and men at Springfield
court decorated the premises with
great taste and profusion, several
splendid flags being displayed,
and an arch of evergreens and
flowers, with the monogram of
the happy pair in the centre,
spanning the gateway.
BLAxALL--MolIAanDY.-1th inst.
at the prrish church, Spring
field, by the Rev. A. Pearson,
assisted by the Rev. Charles
Way, Dr. Francis Henry Blax
all, Stafl-Surgeon, R. N., and In
spector under the Privy Coun
cil Office, to Malvina, eldest
daughter of Admiral McHardy.
Woman and Laughter.
Alexander Dumas, the younger,
declares that women do not like
comedy. It seems that women
hate to laugh. "No woman wishes
to laugh in public. A laugh do
pootises her and contorts her vis
age. There is a frankness in a
hearty laugh which jars with her
diplomatic genius. A woman
throws away her best arm when
she laughs. The tear is what she
triumphs in. A humid eye is al
ways interesting, whereas an open
mouth never is. It is simply an
abomination. People who think
that a pretty girl is never so pret
ty as when eyes and lips laugh to
gether are thus corrected. The
expression of mirth does not re
veal pearly teeth: it contorts vis
ages.' Shakespeare, who loved to
depict lively girls, and gives a
succession of smiles to Rosalind,
Viola, Celia, BeatrieA, was clearly
wrong; Mariana was the true
model. The true wooer is he who
howls, the true wooed she who
weeps-net occasionally, but ev
erlastingly. 'A humid eye is al
ways interesting.' Is this the
wild idealism of a young man who
regards women as the denizens of
inother sphere ? No, it is the do
iberate dictum of a middle-aged
man, who should have found out
by this time that the other sex
ire not all ethe-real, niot all senti
rnent, but have certain practical
.luties in life with which a per
petually humid eye would be apt
:e interfere. Tears over the break
ast table would seem depressing
;o the English mind. An hysteri
sal fit when the dlress-mnaker sends
n her bill, or when the green
;rocer calls for orders, would be
ipt to discompose the Briton.
But the Frenchman loves it. 'The
ear is what she triumphs in.' "
"'For twenty actresses" adds
Dumas, 'who can draw tears, there
s hardly one who can excite to
aughter. The laughter of ah ac
ress is seldom communicable, be
;ausc it is a surface thing. It is
Lt war with the female organiza
ion. A comical woman does not
cally belong to her sex, and other
omenn dlislike her. Nevertheless,i
~lory to the laughter-loving femalei
vho is not so much a bearded man
ncognito as an excellent comapan
enable garcon.' We take it that
he reason an actress' laugh is
arely communicable is that an<
Letress seldom laughs naturally.
oun seldom hear an irrepressible1
augh on the stage; it is generally I
forced, hollow,noisy caehination.
f actresses wept as unnaturally,
heir tears would be equally un-t
ymnpathetic. As a rule, the best
.ctresses manage sorrow better I
han mirth, and thus convey the
ender emotions more readily to
lie audience."
Since the story has been told of I
owv Judge Breckenridge marriedt
girl whom he saw jump over a l
en rail fence with a pail on her e
ead, all the girls in Orange coun- i
y-, New York, are said to spend (
heir time in watching the road, e
nd, whenever they see a carriage (
pproaching with a man in it, they
eize their pails and go for a fence.r
Alexander HI. Stephens now weighs
6 pounds. r
Southern Memories.
A cotemporary very reasonably
asks the question. "Will it ever
become burdensome or annoying t<
the people of the South to read or
to hear of the Southern Confed
eracy-its glories, its triumphs, its
defeats ?"
The question has more than
once occurred to us, and we some
times fear that, with a large class
of our people, the records of the
grand struggle for Southern in
dependence have become weari
some.
We are all, more or less. yield
ing to the influences which are
operating to bury the memories
along with the animosites of the
past. The age is decidedly mater.
ialistic, and we are hurried.a long so
rapidly as it were upon an iron
track that of the old landmarks are
fading away in the distance. The
stories of Southern valor and de
votion seem to be growing com
mon-place and tedious ; a soldier
with an armless sleeve dangling by
his side, or a wooden leg to sup
ply a lost limb, excites but little
interest; an appeal for charity
does not receive more attention
because it may come from a widow
and children who were left with
out support when an enemy's bul
let pierced a gray jacket, or when
lingering disease consumed the
life of a husband and father in
some hospital, away from home
and perhaps frieuds.
And this disposition to ignore
so much that should be cherished
does not proceed from any excess
of loyalty to the powers that be,
but on account of sheer indifference
and that forgetfulness which is so
ungrateful, and it is becoming more
obvious every year. Our memories
are not cherished with the same
fondness that they were when fresh.
and, with but too many, the
affections which were born of the
war lie buried far deeper than the
heroes who fell in battle or died in
hospitals. This is seen by the
small number of persons who gen
erally engage in the floral decora
tions of the graves of our fallen
soldiers. It is painfully evident
in the unsightly condition of neg
lected cemeteries where hundreds
lie buried. But some complain
that it is a waste of money to de
vote it to the erection of monu
ments and the walling of cem
eteries. For this reason th.e bleach
ed bones of the fallen have whiten
ed plowed up battle-fields, and then
moulderod to dust and mingled with
the common earth. But such men
have always pleaded against such
"useless" expenditures since the
day when the woman poured pre
cious ointment on the Saviour's
head and a disciple rebuked her
for a waste of what might have
been sold and brought money into
the treasury.
Let it be borne in mind that the
South contended for a principle
which is itsolf Eternal, and although
the arms which so long and so
gloriously upLold it have been
::onquered, yet this controlling
principle is an imperishable treas
ure which is beyond surrendering.
rand no earthly power can retrench
the smallest fraction from it. Then.
ught we not to esteem it no less
a privilege than a duty to hold in
rateful remembrance those who
reeley gave up life itself in defend
ng what we yet believe to be
-ight ? And besides, right or
~vrong, we should delight to honor
~he memory of every soldier be
~anse be was actuated by pure
actives. And, if that time shonld
~ver come when we of the South
hould cease to cherish these memo
'ies.we shall then show onrselves
unworthy to be calledecitizens under
tny government, for he who de
~erts a living comrade or forgets a
allen one, is fit only for treason.
(Piedmont Intelligencer.
3eneral H am pt on and the
state Survivors' Association.
We would call the general at
ention of the people of the State
.0 the following circular of General
Tampton in reference to the pre
ervation of thoe tatistics of the
ate war:
The State Survivors' Association
lesires to collect, preserve and
>ublish the persohial history of the
roops furnished by South Caro
ina to the Confederate service.
['ho Association desires first to
niblish the names of all entitled
o a place upon thbat glorious roll,
.nd next, as far as possible, the
Listory of e'ach and every one so
*nrolled.
Taking up the work commenced
yv Professor Rivers during the
rar, the Executive Committee
ropose to go on with it-to ob
ain and perfect the rolls of com
anies, the records of regiments
.nd the histor-y of brigades, for
mmediate publication, Also to
olleet the rolls of the general and
taff departments, to wift: General'
flicers, adjutant, medical, quarter
aaster and commissary depart
rients, enzgineer and signal corps,
te., ete,
The first step in this work is to
ADVERTISJNC RATES.
Adverement inserted at the raeofsz
ler sqoare- -OD IAlC-for Srac inseam, a
s1 for each sub Qrfn r serut,
column adetse Dobe
nadverdseentl ten percenton
deso meetng, obituariesad
p r, ame rates per EquarM as
per lionts
PLdve lclci. u
ber of insertion load column 2 0eno
and charged a
Special cnatracts fnde tas.
tkser", with beral dedtos of.
JaaB PaIArzMw
Done with Nestness and Diapatch.
Terms CAh.
rolls. Few it may be of the ot
iginals remain, but as the com
panics were each formed in dis..
tinct neigh borhood, it is believed
that rolls very nearfy eorrect can
now be made by the survivors from
memory, if they will oniy.seriously
undertake the work.
The Executive Comni-ttee"oftho
State ask that you wili make out
from the original rolls, or from
memory ofyour comrades and your
selt, rolls of your company or staff
department, upon the blank forms
furnished herewith; andwhencom
pleted, transmit the same to Col
onel Edward McCrady, J.. -Chair
man Executive Committee State
Survivor's Association, at Charles
ton.
I appeal earnestly to all wh-were
in our service to co-operate with
the Assciation in the object it has
in view, as it is a matter of great -
historical importance, andsfeuld
be one of pride that the' name of
every man given by eur State to
the Confederate service- should be
enrolled and preserved. eterai
of the Southern States are' now
preparing similar rolls, ndM wil9
be a subject of emulation among
all toascertain whicof themgave
most freely to our cause.
If the information now sotight
by the Association is given gene
rally by those who are able tor di+'
so, our State, it is believed, wiil
show a record surpassed in hoeow
and brilliancy by none other.
Asking the cordial assistaneee
all who desire to vindicate- 14
honor, and to perpetuate the fme
of our State.
I am, very respectfully,
WADE HAMPTON, P'res'
Servivors' Association' ,.
A Dog Story.
Commodore Scudder, of tie.
ted States Navy, had a dodfbs
nosed pointer dog of whih h.
bragged a good deal, and fo+*hici
he would have refused a age
sum than was ever offered ib
Idog since the creation of the Wor'li.
But he is dead now-not C~to&
dore Scudder, but the dog. tiko'
the famous hound Gelert. he diet*
a martyr to his high sense- of hioni.
or. The Commodore told me thes
story :
'-I went out hunting gM fie
one day," he said," and took thes
dog along. We hadn't much leek
at first, but after awhile&Buster
that was the dog's name-stood
and pointed at a covey of the
finest birds I ever saw in all my
bdrn days. They were squattegg
down in the low grass, a dentte
yards off, in plain sight, and 11
determined to fire at them as-tl1sy
lay. I lifted my gun, took de!ib&
erate aim, and would have kitiA,
a dozen at least; but before i att
pull the trigger a courier def1id
up with a dispatch which hen1Ii
required immediate attentiou .
"I reserved my fire and read the
dispatch. It was an ordei frtrft.
the Navy Department to proceedi.
without a mon;ent's delay, to Iii
adelphia, to take command' of's
squadron which was abouti tb- sariY
to the Mcditerancan. I- *as so
much excited, you uid'dtend,.
that I laid down my gu'n'fight on,
the spot, and I went oft- leav?nge
Buster gere pointing at those
birds like they were N:orth Stanb
and he was a marineP's eorhpse,.
so to speak. I forgot all' about
him; but he was a faiitil' dog
Buster was-and, like aalian
ca, he wouldn't have left even as
burning ship without ifi orders..
"Well, I went to the~ Mediter
ranean, and cruised afound for
three years. having s first rate,
time. When I retured- zt; tLe
end of the cruise, it occured:tt me,
as I stepped ashore in Philadt4 hi.-,
to go out and see how ttdgs were
at the pla2e where I *ent gun
ning. John and I weilt-and the
first thing I came ticrass wtas my
gun, lying there with the barrtI
covered with rirst and' broken
clean off the rotteti sde:l.. But
what was my surprisd, di> on going
a fe.w paces furtidr, .t find:the
skelton of that heroic, double.nosed
pointer, standing up just where I
had. leftthe dog thred jdsirs hefore l'
He had never budged an inch, Mr.
Quill, not a silaglve solitary i,
that double-nosed.phinter hadn't ,
but he had stood there and pointed
at those birds. until )'llad' pcrish.
ed in his~ track's !- Well: sir, after
shedding a tear over my departed
friend, I went a fewv ytrds ahead,
and-there wctre the deldetons of thoe
partridge.s! 1 regard t his as the
most extraordinary eireumstances
tha~t eve th nder' my observa
tion .hut if ainy man presumes to
doubt rn word, i'll ehoot him on
the spot-I will, by George .rW
rt was queer, that story of Secd
der's about his dog, but it would
hardly be safe to say what I think
about it.-John QusilL
Somebody has said that ''We
ought always to believe less than
we are told." Tis may be a safe
maxim for gerreral -use, but when
a woman- intrusts you, in con.
fidence, of course, with her age,
you may always believe a great
