Georgetown Enquirer : volume 04, number 51 - 09-24-1884

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GEOEGETOWN, S. C, SEPTEMBEK 24, 1884.
VOL. IY.—NO. 51
Ahout lien Butler. Alioo, lien nutlet' (mny his (Wholie less!) Awoke onu night IVom n |leep hottledncss, Anxi saw liy llio rich radiance of the moon, Which kdu'nii' nnd shimmered liku a silver
spoon, .,        . . % A Rtrnnscr writing on a golden slate, (Exceeding storo hud   Uen of spooiis and
plate;) And to the stranger In his tent he said: "Yuur little gamut"   Thu stranger turned
liin head And with n look all mndo of innocence, Ht*|>lli'tf:*'I write tliu niinics of Presidents." "And Is mine one?"   "Not if lhe court doth
know Itself," replied tho stranger.  Ben said "Oh!" And "Ah!" hut spoke ngain: Just name your
price    , t To write mo up as one that may lie Vice."
Tlic stronger up  nud vanished    Thc next
night Uo camo ngnin, nnd showed a wondrous sight Of names tlmt haply yet may till thc chair, Hut lui tho mnine of Huller wan not there! —y«o York World.
THE LOST LETTER.
They ure standing on tho veranda; lio in bidding hor good night.
'I mu going away. Miss Lagrange,' lio mys, looking earnestly into lior face aa ho speaks.
'Ilidooill, for 'long?'. There is no troiuuloilsiicss ol lono, nor heightened color.
Uo is disappointed;   ho  has hojicil
. lhat fho would show  spnio  reluctance
to pait wilh him.    'Six months or
* year, perhaps forever,' he adds, a lit¬
tlo bitterly ¦ She is startled, but she iii calm niul sinks back into her Feat.
ler than tho ]ielty slights ami sneers to which sin., is daily subjected in her uncle's house..
Sho takes a small room and  obtains sumo sowing; tho remuneration is veiy slight, but as nothing else offers she is glad to got   auything   by   wliicli  slio can earn enough to get food for herself and Harry.   But soon her rent falls duo and she has no means to meet it. She is wondering what  she sliall  do; she has just finished somo sowing for Mrs. Lawrence,   but   it   is  Saturday night, and 9 o'clock, too lato fin- her tn take it home,  so  she  abandons- the thought   df  dinner   to-morrow,    and thinks Monday morning she will give all her earnings to tlio landlord,'which will fnll short of what she owes, but may perhaps give hei- a  respite.   As she takes up Harry's liltlo torn  trou¬ sers, to moiid, her  eyes   fall   upon a neatly   tied   package,   marked "Mrs. Lawrence," and that name sends   her thoughts adrift, away   back to another Saturday when she had  watched and waited in vain, for the coming of one or that 'name.
Presently .he hears a man's step coining up stairs; her heart beats tast¬ er and sho holds her bieath as. it pans- c£ before the door; ir second passes and then comes a knock; ¦ she is timid about opening thc dour. She half rises, then The knock is
quiet when sho answers: 'We  will all bo sorry to loso yon.' ¦-'.'¦ 'Will you io sorry,' Miss Rose?' he questions, directly. •Why, nf course"; havo. wo not Veen
gooil friends^';;»,.-.,
tFrieiiilsi*yfis;, Wit4-woll, good niglit. May I oall again and say good-bye? I do uot; start until Monday.'
§nmothiug seemed to 'fill hor throat and ohoko hoi; -she docs hot nilsivcr.but turns uuiWcnly'~*auir"riiiis" down .the. ' ptcps.,' She pause's beforo a whilo rose bush growing beside tho walk, and. - picks one; when she returns to him. she lias regained her self-control
'Hero is arose for your button hole; what was it you said?' 'shall ymi came nnd bid ns good-bye'?' 'We should feel very much hurt if you did not.* She nays all this in an easy running tone . perfectly free lrom oiooliou.
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As she gives' liim the rose;' ho takes the hand that holds it.flmd kisses it twice, thou harries away. . 'Fool that I was to supposo that sho cared for ine,' he mutters, us ho strides down the sheet. 'What am 1 to do now?' he asks himself, as he un¬ locks hisdbor and outers his bachelor quarters! .'Will she, or will she not consent to become Mrs. Lawrence? that ia tho question.' ' nd flings himself in¬ to a chair and puts his boots ou the ta¬ ble. 'My scheme has worked far trom satisfactorily; nevertheless, if I fail, I will go away; anyway I can take a vacation and go and see mother.'..
Ho gets up discontentedly and paces tho room. 'Ily J ovei Ihave itl I'll writo to hor.',
Miss L'.ioranoe:—I cannot seo you ngain without tolling you all that is in my heart. 'Tis useless for 1110 to eay good-byo without saying more. Use¬ less? Nay impossible! Yon can guess what I moan. If you wish mo to call again send mo one word, "como" nud I will be with you Saturday night, If you cannot say moro than good-bye ••¦ tlo not reply to this, and yon will nev¬ er bo troubled again by
E. Lawiuehcb. 'Thore, that will settle it.   I'll go and put it in lhe office to night.'
Saturday comes aud goes but brings no answer to Eugene Lawrence, wait¬ ing und watching for ouo word. He builds high hopes iu (ho morning and fcela suro of success. But it is with an exceedingly heavy heart that ho rocs tlio suu gn down, still ho does not relinquish all hope, for there may bo soino delay. . So ho waits as patiently
* as lie can unlil Monday, which wears Itself into night, without bringing him tho welcome message Ho waits one moro dayi hoping against hopo, hut to Uo purpose.   Thon lie wearily pucks
':..- liis belongings and lcavos town.
Aud IIobo? Longingly sho waits for .«,the good-byo visit, and wonders.much 'iitrlien ho conies' not. ,ii',)1-
¦   " 'Time passes, and intho early sum¬ mer Mrs,, Lagrange, Itoso's mother; "dies,;leaving Rost) and Mer, littlo broth¬ er Harry, to lho oaro of an undo in a distant city.*  After tho funeral, Bose . • Btavts fov her uhcIo'b, not  knowing 1   what  olso   to   do, biit   feeling   sure .   that slio will uot long remain dopondont- ¦   Horfatliorbtls been dead many yearsi
• imd it is  his  brother, to whom she is going
Mr. I^g'rarigo receives thoni coldly,
arid very soon makes thom feel their
dependence.    Ruse's is a sonsititive,-
.  liig\i  strung toiiiporam'ent,   arid   slio
llunks sho conld onduro uny thing bet-
repeated. Shall slid open tho door? Who can it be? The landlord per¬ haps. With this thought sho liscs jnst as the knock is again repeated. With a trembling haud and scared faco she opens the door.        _..'.'.
Her- nerves aro unstrung and she almost screams aloud;-as sho beholds Eugone Lawrence. ' '•'.'''.'¦"¦
'Ihave come for some sewing of my. mother's,' ho begins, .stepping across tho threshold; tho light is in his faco, and ho has not recognized hoi-. *
She closes tho door'without turning around, trying to keep her face from him, biit as sho has oaten nolhing. since thn day before, her step is rather uncer¬ tain arid she staggcra forward as her hand leaves tho knob; he springs to¬ ward hor-ttlld Catolicti lior arm.	
'Rose "Lagrange! Is it possiblo?' ho I exclaims in consternation
shall go to my mother to-night, I will not leavo you again aloi-.o. Oh, that you should como to this through me. Pool that I was not to have spo¬ ken when I saw you, not to have trust¬ ed to luck?'
Sho smiled at his vehemence. 'Do jou know, darling, it was all a ruse, my going away?   I told yon that to see if you cared, and I thought yon didn't.'
'Did you think I would let you see, ill did care?'
•And you missed me?' 'It almost broko my heart.' 'Oh, what an idiot I havo been.' 'I am strong now,' she 6ays, releas¬ ing herself from his embrace.
'And you will go wilh me?' he ques¬ tions.
'Yes,' she answers confidently. 'But wait, I will wake Harry, wo must take him.'
'I snppose so,' ho returns, laughing, 'the Iitllo, heathen, keeping that let¬ ter, hidden away in his pocket for over a, year.'
When Ihey are goiiig homo they question Harry about .'tlio letter, but lio remembers nothing of it. After much thinking he doos recall one morn¬ ing when the postman gave him a let¬ ter to take into the house and he pul il into his pocket nnd forgot it.
•It wc had not been so poor,' says Roso laughingly, .'those oht clothes woiild'have been thrown away lon; ago and the leiter with them.'—A r kansaw Traveler.
'At your service,' she returns, tiy- ing to speak lightly, but sinking wear ily in a chair. ,'
'Has it como to this?', ho asks, look¬ ing around tlio room.¦
•I om not ashamed to work,' she says proudly. - |
'No, no! no! ashamed to! ,0b, but that you should bo obliged I Will you toll mo about yoursolf and how yon camo here?'
'Be seated, pleaso. If you euro to hear, I will tell you,' and sho. rosnmos hor 'mending involuntarily. 'There is not much to tell,' alio begins. She has beeu sewing a button on Harry'B trousers; souiethiug drops ont of the pocket nud falls on tho floor, and a she discovers a hole in his pocket she empties it, in order to mend it. Sho takes out some twino, marbles, an old key, nails and many other traps, and nt tho very bottem, a |bit of crumpled, dirly paper. Sho lays them oii tha table, and resumes her sewing aud her story.'.'
:,,H,». picks it np-. mechanically and absently smooths it out. It is a let¬ ter scaled and stamped. Suddenly he bccoines«\varo that lis is reading' the name of "Miss Roso Lagrange," in liis own handwriting, . He hastily tears it open nnd reads his own letter to her written over a year ago. . She iB surprised ut. his behavior. 'Mr. Lawreuco, you forgot yourself !' she says.
'Will yon be kind enough to read that letter,' ho exclaims, excitedly; 'it is ovident it never reachod you.'
Sho takes it wondcringly, - reads it slowly, then looks wouderiugly into his eager faco.
'Do you understand?' ho a6ks im¬ ploringly.
'Hardly,' she returns; then roads it over,-a light seems to break upon her, for tho tell-tale color rushes into lier face tind betruys her..
'Had you received it when it was duo, what would you havo said?' 'Come,'she Whispers. 'My darling! my   darling!'   ho  ex¬ claims, catching her iu his arms.. She falls limp upon his breast. 'What havo 1 dono! Have I killod her?' he cries, in alarm.
'No,' sho answers faintly.    'I am ouly faint and weak, it will pass pres¬ ently.' 'What is il! what is tlio mutter?' 'Nothing, nothing1. I have had noth¬ ing to eat since . yesterday, and  havo been working all day, arid I nm a little dizzy.'tli'ai is all.' 'Groat Heavens! that i6 enough! yon
Pitying' the Piper. As a result of the.repeal. of the lien law, in Georgia, a year or two:ago; the condition already of affairs in that Slate is foreshadowed as" follows in a recent Atlanta dispatch: The' United States Courts are beginning to take a now class of cases, namely, suits of big money-lending companies against farmers..who havo boirowed money on long time. At tho last term there were several ol these cases heard and judgments , rendered, for the amounts claimed. In none of thein so fur havo .iTefniisuK-.lwm.hiaile. The prospect is thai |his torm of Court will sec a slill greater -numbor of these suits, but the number will be limited for a short time to come, as mauy debts havo not. begun to fall .due and will not for two or three years. Jn the last fow days several new suits have, been | filed in lho United States Conrt. The Freehold Laud and Mortgago Com pany of London sues Walter A. Base¬ ly. Jr., of Greene county, for $2,700. This indebtedness was created in Juno,
A SCOKOIIING REPLY.
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Ohio Repnblicans ask Help of Senator Morrill.
ArousT-., Me., September 5.—The late Senator Lot M. Morrill, of Maine, represented the purest and best meth¬ ods in politics, as his successor, James G. Blaine, represents the worst.   Tho clear facts of Blaine's ten  years' lead¬ ership of the party in Maine leave, no doubt on that point.     When  Senator Morrill   resigned   tho   Senatorship to accept   the treasury   portfolio  nnder Grant, as will ho remembered,  Mr. Blaine was   appointed his  successor Senator   Morrill  died   hero   eighteen months ago.    His widow,  who is  the daughter of the lalo Mr. Vance, who in his day was ono of tin. most -promi¬ nent     citizens      of    this    sectiou, lives in n~ pleasant  home on Winthrop street, this city.    She* is a  lady evi dently of great force of leharactcr and was the valued associate, confidant nnd helpmate   of hor distinguished   hus¬ band, buth in the Executive Mansion of this  State and  duriug tho many years ofhis residence at Washington as Senator aud secretary of tho treas¬ ury, ii
Mrs. .Morrill was recontly surprised to receive from Ohio an official letter directed to her late husband. Open¬ ing it she found it to be a very impor¬ tunate appeal to Senator Morrill to visit Ohiu, and to lend his aid iu sav¬ ing the Stato to Mr. Blaiue. Mrs Mnnill turned tlio sheet over and wrote ou its back an indignant reply and mailed it forthwith to the gcntlo- meu who had signed tlie appeal. '
Tho TZdi-aM.eorrespdndcnt called on Mi-slMoriiU'at her residence this even¬ ing. She is-still in deep mourning, und consented to receive the visit with' great reluctance, bin. she said that the exigency created by Mr. Blaine's noni- iuatidn is so iriiportnnt' that slid; was convinced all private feelings shonld lie subordinate tn it. As her husband had been one of the most distinguished, loyal anil upright members of the Re¬ publican party, as he had assisted in its.foniKlliou^Jiad beea of *i«-fiint. Governor* t.lncio.1 - In tliir, State and held its traditions and its principles faithfully until his last conscious mo¬ ment, she knew that if alive to-day he would feel that it was disgraced by the nomination of Mr. Blaiue as its. cawli date for President, and , that it had let go of all that made its existence neces¬ sary to the country.
"When Garfield was nominated," siad Mrs. Morrill, "ho said to me.sndly and seriously, "My dear, tho Republi¬ can candidate will be elected this time; hut, unless .new  methods are used iu
in mourning for him, hut, lis much as' I mourn his death, I thank my Father in Heaven that Ho called him home beforo the party he loved so well and did so much for had so disgraced itself as to nominate so wicked and corrupt a man for the highest office within the gift of the American people as I know and my husband knew James G. Blaine to be. If ho wore alive he wonld not suppoit Mv. Blaino or any snch man, even at the bidding of his parly. Charlotte Morrill.
"My husband," continued Mrs. Morrill, "was visited by Mr. Blaiue at lho beginning of tho Congressional in¬ vestigation into the Little Rock Rail¬ road bonds. Mr. Blaine, as he did to Mulligan, importuned my husband with tears and entreaties to use his in¬ fluence to savo liim. When ray hns band resigned to go into the Cabinet it was generally understood, and my husband so understood, that Governor Chamberlain would lio appointed to fill the vacancy. Instead, and to the surprise of every one, Governor Con- uor appointed Mr. Blaino, theu a Rep¬ resentative in Congress and uuder charges in that body, to the vacancy." As Mrs. Morrill intimated, the ap¬ pointment of Mr. Bluino to tho vacancy was evidently to savo him from the further investigation and the inevita¬ ble incriminating verdict of the com¬ mittee. Governor Connor liml his re¬ ward. Ho is now pension agent for this State, tho best office next to the col factorship.
1882, at which time the defendant hoi- rowed $2,500 and gave his noto for the Ithe party nnd new and better men be- principal and, interest.   This   money como its leaders, ho will ho tho last was payablo atthe Corhin Bank of ouo.   You will livo to seo a Democrat New York, and by the terms ofthe elected four years hence.   I will not.'
agreement the notes were to bodcclarcd duo at tho pleasure of the holder in case the interest was uot paid within thirty days after it  was due.   The notes hove interest coupons attached, liko tho coupons on bonds.   It seems that iu this particular caso the $200 iuterest   becamo due   Novomhor 15, 1883, and was not paid.    The debt to tho company is Secured by a mortgage on 520 acres of land in Greene county. As the company is a  foreign, corpora¬ tion it has the privilege of bringing the suit in tho United States Court, which it has dono.   Tho  above suits make tho beginning of an  era of untold mis- cry for the peoplo pf the State.   About three yoars ago thoso companies set up business in Georgia, advertising most extravagant inducements tomake farm¬ ers borrow money.   Thus on $3,000 worth of propeity perhaps $1,000 could be borrowed.   From this $1,000 would be deducted $200 hy  tho agont   for commissions, etc., and upon the nomi¬ nal $1,000 8per cont. interest had to be paid, aud the money had to bring five year's iuterest, no matter  whether tho borrower wanted it so long or not.Tho real intorest paid is 14 per cent.  Hav¬ ing got tho money and lost it, the bor¬ rowers now .fiud ...themselves in the hands of the sharks, who will merci¬ lessly push them to tbo wall in the Federal Court, to attend which many of tho victims will have to travel 100 miles.   Thus.withiu another few years thero will bo   witnessed a  wholesale eviction of farmers, with scenes rival¬ ing some of the stories coming from Ireland.—Yorkville Enquirer.
—Senator Bayard says that the is¬ suo of reform is the paramount ques¬ tion and it is the ouly ono that will grow in popular interest till the day of election. The first'great need ot this country is honesty in the' administra¬ tion of the government."
My husband," continued Mrs.. Morrill "died of his devotion to tho party of which ho thus so sadly spoke. It is unquestioned that tho breaking down of his health dated from his, perhaps, too faithful performance ofhis duties in the treasury department."        \
To a qnestion of tho Ilerald cor¬ respondent as to the Ohio letter, Mrs. Morrill said:
"Somo six weeks ago I received a letter from Columbus, Ohio,- on a sheet with printed head representing some political organization. I was so surprised and indignant at its contents that I iliil not particularly notice whether it was from a State committee or somo political club, hut it was sign¬ ed by a Mr. Brown as chairman, and a Mr. 'Ogdcn, as secretary. It wns, as well as 1 can remember it, about as follows:
"'Sonator Lot M. Morrill: Dear Sir—Tho situation in Ohio is a criti cal one. .The party is in troublo on account of the attacks on * Mr. Blaine as tho candidate of the party. Yonr well known character as.a pure' and upright statesman, aud coming fiom Blaine's own State, you couhl refute the charges as no ono else can. We hope you will come to ns in this emer¬ gency, and make as many speeches as possible.'" '*'."'
"I was indignant and amazed that any' Republican sho-ild bo ignorant that my husband • was dead. I was more indignant that he should be nsk¬ ed to assist iu making Mr. Blaiue President. I at once sat down and wrote oh the back bf the sheet this re¬ ply, as near as I can remember it. I am now sorry that I did not keep cop¬ ies of both the letter and of my an¬ swer:
"To Brown, Chairman, Columbus, Ohio:—I am surprised aud shocked to receive snch a communication. 1 thought every citizen of this country knew niy husband was at rest.   I am
A President's Beautiful Widow. Riglit in the heart of Nashville stands a large, old-iashioned homo- stead of dull-red brick, its roof project¬ ing ovor the broad piaaza,snpporteil by great fluted pillars, and its general as¬ pect convoying an impression of severe stateliness iii pleasing variance wilh lho distorted wonld-bo fashionablo ar¬ chitecture in the samo neighborhood. A long lawn strctchos iu front of the house, aud its pleasant green monoto¬ ny is unbroken by a plain and massive tomb of while marble, whicli carries its own best, epitaph in the simple in¬ scription of James K. Polk. -A ring .iit thebcll broUKht to the door a good-natured colored girl, who took .our ca.jjA.td tho venerable and vMioratod widow of Presidont Polk.
A woman like Mrs. Polk is a reve¬ lation to the-beauties of old age.. Gen¬ tle benevolence, broad-reaching char ty, ripe experience and a cultivation of mind that oxtends beyond lotters to minkind shine through her conversa¬ tion, aud a ready memory, keen wit and a store of reminiscences illumine it.
Sixty years ago, at the timo of her marriage, Mrs. Polk was considered re¬ markable for her beauty, and twenty years after when she presided at the White House it was so fresh and un¬ impaired as to attract great admira¬ tion, and bo noted in.tho public works and private journals of distinguished foreigners.
Time, of conrse, has stolen the vivid coloring and curved outlines of youth, but he has not robbed her of the up¬ right figure and dignifiod carriage, and has loft brightness iu her eyes and vi¬ vacity in her voice, besides lending an added charm to her faultless manner.
Crowned with eighty years of honor she rose to receive iis, and I am not ashamed to say that something liko dimness camo over my eyes at the sight of this bravo widow who, for nearly half a century, has lived happy in tho thought that every day as it pas ses brings her one lio'aro'r hei- beloved husband. We all havo onr little joko about widows, but it dies on tho lips when you seo ono who, like Mrs. Polk, exemplifies  the beanty ol fidelity.
From tho library of tho dead Presi¬ dent she can gaze upon the' tomb that marks his resting placo, and in that Same library remain his hat, gloves and cano, just wliero ho laid thein when he camo homo for tho last thno. The hook ho was rending lies open on tho tablo and thd papers oftho day beside it.
In society, amt fond of it, Mrs. Polk has yet never accepted an invitation since her husband's death, though with graceful hospitality and tact sho has received on the first day of each year the Tennessee Legislature, wbich ad¬ journs in a body to call upon hor- and whicli, I ant told, is the highest compliment ever paid by State author¬ ities to a lady—an 1 the civic, judicial and ecclesiastical bodies make it a point to pay their respects to' her,— "Cress," in Cincinnati Enquirer.
So Watts the World. Junk-dealer (to pin and needle ven- iler).—There's that Jenny gone nnd mar ried a jail-burred, and her father's that mad that ho wont spake to ay ther of thiin. Suro wluiy should ha nioind? soys I. Thira paupers is nearly jail- burrds thirasolves; it's littlo difference I can see belwane 'em.
Footman (to housemaid).—Now think of a junk-dealer h'ohjecting be canso liis darter's been and married to a pauper! It's li'nll in tho mud to¬ gether they h'are, thinks I.
Shop-girl (to clerk).—The airs tho servants give themselves. Jano Bryan wont look at that fine junk dealer, and he's a handsomo fellow, too, and earns as ranch as sho does. Ho owns his shop at any rate, and sho works for a mistress; ho is plonty good enough for her, I'm snre.
Petty Tradesman (reading his pa¬ per).—Tut, tut, what foolish prido is creeping in among the lower classes. Here is a case of a girl disowned by her family, becanso sho married a coachman. And sho was only a shop¬ girl, serving customers at Macy's. Well, well, what is tho world coming to?
Eminent lawyer (to friend).— Now, really, the bigotry nl some poo¬ plo is perfectly astonishing. Brown is in business for himself in a small way, after having been u clerk for twenty years. And now lio actually refuses to givo his daughter to young Smith, his
book-keeper. Says his position unfits him to look at hor. Ambition will ho tho min of this Country.
Young English Baronet (to'ditto).— Aw, yas, I b'lieve pwofessional men do object to their daughters maliii-ying mon in business. Cahnt Seowhy m'solf. If yo don't b'long to the liobility, y'. know, ye b'long to lho middle clahs- scs, and I sh'd fahncy it wouldn't make much ditfewence who yo mah- wied; pwowided it wasn't in the lowei clahsses.
Princess of Royal Blood (to anolhor Princess of Royal Blood).—I really do not seo why Lady Hauteur should ob¬ ject to hor son's marrying that pretty American girl. To bo Biiro she is a commoner, but he is only a baronet; not even a lord. Now it was quito another thing wheu tho Princes Louise married a subject. That shocked me, I will confess, nud yet I am not so vory conservative.
Chorus of Angels in Heavon.— Lord, all men nro equal in thy sight. How long, O Lord, how long before pride, ambition and envy vanish from tho earth? Poor sinno'rs all, forgive tlieni, Lord, and send us to minister to them, we beseech the.—Century Brica-Brac.
Unllali Smalls. Robort Smalls, iho "convict Oongress- man,"was questioned by a correspondent recently relative to tho question of a Democrat opposing hiin iii tho " hhiok district."   "Itis in uiy opinion," aaya this imp of rascality, "a falso rumor designed to frighten me,  bnt it don't scare me worth n cont.   I am going to be iny own successor in this district; and don't yon forget it,   Suppose the Democrats are such  fools as to place ii nominee oi   their   paity in the field against mo,  what do   you suppose it woulil amount  to?   My  constituents' would oloct me or  raiso hell; thnt's all nbout it.   You whilo folks may cxpoct to seo tho devil   stirred up if you at¬ tempt to deprivo mo of iny placo.  Thore* is another thing, too, you may at well moko up your minds to divido aomo of tho offices with ns.   Wo moan to mako a fight this yenr.   Wo count on carry¬ ing tho State  for Blaino and Logan,* Wo are going to boat Olevolaiul nut of his boots.   Besides wo   mean  to run ai fr.ll Stato ticket."   Tlio longer this' brazen rascal lives tho moro apparent becomes tho mistako Hampton made in pardoning liim.   Ho should  have beou' have been sent to thd peiintontiary and made to atono for his rascality iiwIeaTf " of being allowed to Haunt his insolonco' in the   faco of respectablo     peoplo.' It' is a pity that   tho  black people of their District cau't get somo ono else besides a   convicted thief to  roposohl thom.   Why not try Bruce Williams? Ho would bo a great  improvement on'
tho "Gtillali statesman."—OrangeburiJ Times and Democrat.
Political Points.
Mrl Blaino has nt hist been placed above suspicion. This is tlio.wtiy it is' dono: ,     ,
'.'"' Mr. Blaine;
Suspicion.  '    .
"Both parties sbem to bo scared,at Bntler," says an Ohio paper. VorJ- likely. Butler is ugly enough lo scare a dozen parlies.
A Republican journal announces that Mr. Blaine is himself again. It would bo bettor for his party if Mr. Blaino wero somoboby else.
Mr. Keinble nbjectod to Mr. Blaino because, when bought, ho demanded to bo paid twico. If somo mon had their way, a Congressman would never make a cent.
. Gen. Logan said in ono of his vory singular speeches the otlior day: "Tho Democratic party represent tho English interest as against lho Amoticuii intor¬ ost." How so largo a lio got out froni" under so big a mnstaoho without bo- coming ontauglod, Gen'. Logan aud the1 good Lord only kuoiva.
—Cleveland received an ovation last week in Elmira, N. Y., when! he ad¬ dressed 15,000 peoplo ou the Fair grounds.
Biver and Harbor Improvements;
Tho annual report of tho engiricor in charge of tho South Catolina rivor improvements has beou submitted to the chief of enginoois. It contains the following items of interest to onr read¬ ers :
WATEREE RIVER.'
Tlio work consisted in the removal from tho river bod of sunken logs.trees, and snags, aud also tho removal ol trees overhanging the channel.
This work was between tho bridge ot Camden aud tho junction of this river with tho Ooiigareo, a distance of 90 miles. Of this, the 45 miles from Camden down was effectually cleared, and a channel sixty feet wido and four feet deep secured; a little work was al¬ so doue in tho twelvo miles of rivor immediately abovo thd junction with tho Congaree.
In tho prosecution of this work 1,- 383 logs and snags woro takeu from tho bod of the liver and 2,725 over¬ hanging trees removed from tho banks. As soon as the funds aro available it is proposed to icsniho tho work of clear¬ ing the rivor of obstructions. Amount required for the completion of tho ex¬ isting project, $26,000.
BASTEE RIVER. .
Work has beon conducted under the' existing project of widening the outlet of said river into Wiiiyah Bay via Mosquito Creek.
It would seem that owing to the character of this "soil somo portions of the cut will need eventually to bo* He etted in ordor that the sides may bo made to stand permanently and the depth of water bo maintained.
The commoice of this river is car¬ ried ou by four steamers and a num¬ ber of small sailing crafts.
It is proposed to expend future ap¬ propriations in continuing the work, as heretofore, under the approved projoct Amount required for completion of $47,427.40.-
Blaiuo's Shower of Gold. Speaking of Blaino's $10,000 checks reminds mo lhat ho has nlways mado money easily.   A venerablo citizon of Boston told mo not long ago how ho was the means of pulling $57,000 into' Mr. Blaiuo's pocket without Mr. Blaino over having invested or risked a cont The gentleman reforrod fo is Mr. J. M, S. Williams,   who   was  tho loading inan in tho Iowu Falls und Sioux City Bailway.   Tho road wus built through the usual instrumentality of a construc¬ tion company and   it   did   not   diffor ftom the ordinary construction com¬ pany  of  tho   poriod.     It was very profitable indeed.   Mr. Williams   al¬ lowed   his friend,   ox-Governor Ab¬ ner Coburn, ol Maino, to tako atock in tho   construction    company    to   tho amount of $228,000. Mr. Coburn wont in  hall   for    himself  and    half  for- Blaino,  ho supplying all   the   hloticy> required.   By tha timo  ho Had' got' $114,000 invostod ho had $'228,000  to his credit.   His profits- within ni short period wore oiiehundied' per cent',", and'- Mr. Blaino received' as   a   gift' from, Messrs. Williams and Oobuvu the sum, > of $01,000:—Washington Capital.'.
—South Carolina hor had 95"gay»- otnors.- Tlio first was William Saylo, of Englanl, under the proprietary gov¬ ernment of 1670. Undor the temporary republican government of 1710, Aithni- Middleton, of Charleston, was Govorn¬ or.- Tho last Govornor undor tho Roy¬ al Government, was William' Camp¬ bell, of Charleston in 1775; who* was- succeeded by John Rutledge;- ofChar- ldBt'ou', thd first nnder thd' new rofcub- licnn rulo; Demooratio' rnlo wns in¬ augurated a hundred years later with- Wado Hampton in tho governor's ohair. Cliarleston County furnished 39 gov- ornois.-
Tho difference between a man and tv cariiel is very- great. The cornol will work seven days without drinking and a man will drink sovon dnys without workiug.—CojiMJuffKj Chestnut*,
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