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land for. the same reason3 For ten
long years in succession, one calamity
after another has been visited upon
our la"d, and still its vices are un>
checked. They are rather increasing
IN number, audacity and magnitude.
There is now perhaps more greed Of
gain, more profanity, moro drunken.
ness, more lewdness, moro lascivious
and .di sipating revclry, more vain
and @astefal adorhing Of the person,
more false aud frivolous convorsati, II
than ever befurc. And the world has
hetoaie 50 Wooded to its vices, that
he who opposes them calls down upUh
hte head rl!a 'cEr$a &C sJciaty, a,,t;
must Ec,ds, like Ii,jah tf Ola, abaH-
don the habitatirn> Of men and hide
himself away in the DEUS and
caves of tie earth. Reader stop and
ponder. Jehovah hhs not given up
the government Ot the world. Not
all the rebellion and wick. 6ncss IF
nhHted men, Hdr all the arguu.cuts Of
itffdclity 'cln take Him from his
throne. From his lofty habitatioii,
high as tic heavens above us, hear
the fearful u;tcrancr, "Wo dnto him
that striveth With his maker, rct the
pot>hcrd strive with the tolsherds
of the earth"
Wo have suffered long and have
su'f,iGd t.luGh. We are SUFFERING
still, and the prospect Of suffering is
before usS but who can endure if
Cod were to let 6o.e his fu'crscoro
Judgments upon us at oDce-t the
sword, the famine, the nuisome bea st
and the pestifcfice. His wrath is vet
siaJed IN measure. 80 my people,
hear yc the rod anu him who hath ap-
pointed it. Turn from your idols,
your Vile cup, your lcvclry and your
wckcduc.s." This is not the time 10
% merry but to W, cp--not the time
to dance, but to mourn-not the time
to put on gold and costly apparel, but
sacNcloth. Let every pbiianthropi>t
and every patrio. set his face like u
Hint again, The prevailing wickedness
of the land. Hear yc the word of
the Lord, "Whcn the land siunc,h
Against ME by trespa<sing previously,
then will | stretch out mino hand
nPon it, and Will Break tho staff of
the bread thereof, and will send fam
lhc upon it and will cut eff man and
beast from it, and though these three
men, Noah, Daniel and job we're in
i, they should deliver but their own
soris, by their righteousness"
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A eerilable Fire Eater;

They have in Caroline ootnty, Mas
rylnnd, a veritable flfe.eatst named
Cocker, q colothd Thin. The Rastern
jonrnal bays Of him:
"Coker, the negro fire.eatet from
Caroline oottnty, was in Easton, and
%us induced to give aH exhibition Of
his fire. brobf qualltibss of which 40
much has been said. tie Tapped bis
tongue sevetAl ,imSs on q red.hot
shovel, ribbed the same hot shovel on
the bottom. IF his foot, and thence
Into his m1uth, where he lot it re.
main Until It harHeued. There was a
legetdemaiti about lit was done in
the pteseifcS 4f number of gentle.;
mon Immediately around him, and by
whom lie Was olohely watched to pre.s
vent imposition. A physician exaw
mod his mouth, but could find no
evidence Of burns, or that the heat
had any effect upon him. It is Ger.
tainly wonderful, and an exa minatiou
OF his skin worthy the attention Of
scientific men,"
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Rapid 1sccupcratlOn.

Horace Greeley calls attention, in
his speech ut Alexandria, Va, to the
rapidity with which the Southern
states have recovered from the cx.
haustion ofthe war, observing that it
is without a parallel in history and
that it took many more years for tue
country to recover from the first rev.
olution. This is all tric. But iii
in spite of political troubles, and no,
by virtue of political wisdom. If tho
question of negre suffrage had h,cu
lott to the States, capital from Eu-
rope and tho North would have NOV.
ed South in quadruplo quantities,
home manufactures would have, b,
this, been we'll ipaugurated, and a
t'de of immigration would have been
started by the demand for intelligent
labor. TO what, then, is our rooupe
ration due 7 In our judgment, TO
SCIENCE applied to the instruments
and methods Of agriculture alone.
Thirty years ago, tho productive pow
or of labor, because far less assst ca
ny science, was much less. And what
would be our progress, if scienoc
"cre only also applied ampng us to
mining, manufacturing, &c. I Owing
to this same cause, wo predict that in
five years France will havo complete.
ly recovered from the effects of the
war.
In this connection, it Is an interest
ing speculation. to what extent the
productive value of science promotes
good government and good morals.
we arc persuaded that tho iuhuepc.
OF science as a moral purifier of socie.
ty has never yet been fully allowed.
Theologians who hold certain views of
human dopravlty, are blinded BY
their creed to patent facts, 1t
would be sounder doctrine in them
not to deny, but rather to portray
them, and since science is surely the
product Of christianity, to claim all
progress through science as a vindioa.
tivn Of their faith.
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sSssz,l&ie5fS.--iN, ADVANCE.
A Most Successful Musical Invention
ManJ> With ndilhrr StringS nor Reeds.


sOqe,ofthc latest and most success.
ful inventions Of the day is piano
forte without's'rings or reeds. The
;patont bears tho date Of July, 1874,
and the .patentccs arc Cincinnatians,
M,ssTs. Aisens ani brewer, the
former dealer in pianos, and the
latter nn ingenious German Musician
and artisan. This invention has been
inlprogrcss of development for many
mouths. but only within few days
has perfect instrument been compile.
ted rand tested satisfactorily.
Tho action Of tho new instrument
Is the same as in other pianos it has
the usual number Of octavcs and ped.
ais. The tone oun be varied from
soft to loud, and is far superior in
richness and depth, and is rs clear
md sweet as can be imagined. The
peculiar feature Of the invention is
that, instead of strings stretched
across, q sounding board, small steel
tongues, each with a hook, or arm, on
either side, are attached to tho sound.
ing board. and stuck by hammers
"a w 'iopo VI NuC Luz
strpmcnt, only tho tongue and ham
mor arc worked pcrpcndicularly.
Que hook Of each tongue bcirg half
tho length of the other, yields tone
an ootavo higher, thus each stroke Of
the hammer produces two notes su
octave apart The vibration produc.
cd is full as continuous as that obtain
cdfrolu strings, and the tone is readi.
~ stopped hy tho application Of u
chock or damper. OF coarse, such an
instrument can never get out Of tune
and may DO moved with much less
danger Of injury than s,rngcd iustru-
ments. 1t will DO moro durable, also
from tho fact that the hammers strike
tho tongues in such manner as to
wear less than tlrosc striking .stni nings.
Its entirely practi ,able to,manu.
facturc instruments Of this new pat.
tern much cheaper than those of the
ordinary style, but it Will require
some time to bring many Of then.
into market, or meet tho demand for
thenb Mt any price, Ctncin uat'
Times.
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Ditihe Chastisciittns:

~, Effitor /:
ALLOW me to present your readers
soms subet though.e appropriate to
our sarrtuudiHgs, III out present
state justice is not strictly measutad
but to individuals: The proud ind
tebellions nrer sometimes permitted
to spread out, and indulge III carnality
without hinderanoe in this life: but
there arc other times wien the DiYihe
9ovcrnbr asaerts his sUveroignty, aud
Visits fiery indignation and wrath
upon people whose sins are enor.
nous. 1t was SO with the Inhabitants
Of Sodom aud Gomorrah. 1t, was so
with Israel under Ahab, and again
under Jehoiskim.i Now ifths Ruler
Of the Universe s6nt q sword upbt,
Israel under Jehoiakim's Wicked
rsign, because Of their foreytfulness Of
him, who can cay that He has not sont
g sword against our land for tie same
oause If He withheld rain from
the land in the days Of AhaB because of
their wickedhoss; who can say that Ho
does not withhold tho rain from our
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VWIMM$BOR0.
Wednesday Morning, Aug. 8. 1871.
work and Victory.

The election Of General Wagner as
Mayor of Charleston by majority of
TIT, and Of tho entire citizens ticket,
is signal instance Of the value of'earn-
est work. Charleston for some time,
has shown signs of returning life.
The organization of her riflo clubs
last winter and spring proved that tho
spirit of dependency and supinen css
had passed away, and been succeeded
by the spirit Of cEecrfulncss and
work. Aud hero is victory as the
first fruits Of tho change. Let not
the lesson be lost upon tho State.
let the young men in every County
associate together IN RIFE c4.uHs, or
ia some other practical form calcula-
ted to unite them aud keep their
scorn Of misrulc and their self reliant
spirit fully alive, and the future Of
the State will brighten from day to
day, until our redemption is cons
pletc. 1t is association and lnion
that gives strength, and encourages
activity. We do not favor political
clubs. They don't interest sufficient
ly. Let our young men unite in or
CARNATIONS whose pcrposes, per sc,
create i healthy and who lesor,e inter. .
est. Rifle clubs and shooting mat che :,
for example, ever excite not only in
tcrest, but earnest enthusiasm. W.
should have them all over the State.
If We arc to bo ruled by negroes For MS
many years as some think, but viii, Ii
We do not believe, lot us the more
earnestly keep up tho split of manly
self-rclianco by associa.ing together,
until the State Hovcrnment pas, cd
out Of the hands Of thieves.
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Trial Of the Traction En'silIc.

Tho work Of erecting the wonderful
Traction Engine, TO which allusion
has beon made scvcral times in the
column Of the News, was compile tod
on Saturday afternoon, ard large
number Of curious and Interested
spectators were present at tho whalf
Of the empire Steamship Company to
witness the first trial of the machine,
among them several machmists
Steam was raised in short time,
sufficient to put tho engine in motion,
and it was moved of in manner as.
tonishing to ALL Though not "thing
Of beauty" it is not so uncomely in
its appearance as one would think
from an inspection of ito various parts
the apparent easc and gracefulucss Of
its motions are not much inferior to
those of an ordinary railroad engine
The position Of the driver is on the
scat, in front with all tho levers ne eos.
sary for working tho engine within
convenient roach. n whcc! in front,
which is controlled by the driver with
perfect ease, regulates the turnings OF
lHc engine, "hlct nrc greatly faclllta.
ted by tho fact that the side wheels
may be worked backwards or forwards
like tho wheels Of double crginc
steamboat, 80 that it can DO turned
around almost In its own length.
Every ono who witnessed tho test on
Saturday expressed the opinion that
1t was success, and it is IS confident
ly believed that those who are con.
tcmplating its u,c will not be dsap-
pointed. Crowds Of persons visited
the wharf yesterday to look at this
Innovation npon tho present facilities
for road travel; they wore arriving
and departing the whole day. We
trust our citizcns will have an oppor.
tunity of seeing it run through the
city to tho Central Railroad depot
Surannah Nc,ps.
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From Tennessee.

MEMrrI1s, August 5.-The Ku Klux
trial before the United States Com.
missToner-, lin which four mon were
arraigned for the murder of a man
named Garrst. who vas taken from
Jail IN Salisbury, fvhhessoe, last
June-teru'inated last evening in the
discharge of the prisoners, the Com:
missioner being satisfied that the
prosecution, on the part Of the prin..
cipnl witnesses, was malicious, and
their testimony untrue. Two Of the
witnesses wero arrested for perjury
and com mittcd to .iail.
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At presant, whom, sunstrokc is i'm
miuent, it is Of Importance to know
what IS and. what should be done
in >caso of an attack. Sunstroke
Is sudden prostration duo to
long exposure to great heat. especial.
ly when one is $, much fatigued or
exhausted. Take tho patient at dice
to "a cool and shady place, but don't
carry him far to house or hospital.
hoscn the clothes thoroughly about
his neck and waist, Lay him down
with the heau 'littl, raised. kfply
wet cloths to the head, mustard or
tnrpcntinc to the calves Of the legs
aud solcs of tue feet. Give u little
weak whiskcy aud water if he can
swallow. Meanwhile let some 60 for
the doc or. srs.O %.
General E*cll, late of the our
army, owns three thousand nine hun.
drcd acres of land in Maury County
Tennessee, QUO thousand two hundred
Of which are under cultivation. lie
has one thousand two hundrcd sheep,
SouthdoWns, Cotswolds and half.
hluods, and four hundred head of cat.
tic. lilo wo'ks a dairy with fifty
cows, averaging each pound of but.
ter per day. His entire butter pro-
duct is bought by ono hotel.
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MoSrGoMEny Co., Va, July 3lst.
Il. Editor
At recent decoration ,f the
graves of "our fallen braves" Who
are buried near the White Sulphur
Springs, Montgomery County, Va.
found the Names Of four soldiers,
from my native State-f send them to
you for publication, thinking some
poor wifs's or mothers heart might
he relieved Of part of its burden, BY
knowing thatthe resting place of il,
Io'sd Que, is still cared for, by the
noble women, who SO faithfully at.
'endnd the wounded aid d, Ing during
our unsuccessful struggle fvr iuae.
pendencc.
Phrase request the papers thrnushs
oat ths State to cory the list dfnan Cd
given below.
j. B. lIArthy, Company i. Pslu.e,-
to- Sharp Sht oters.
W. Wiley, Company i, OH South
Carolina Regiment.
S. Scott, Uompsuy II, Hampton lie,
gioh. =, 7n,,, :,
S. W. EIamcr, Company X, 9th
South Carolina Regiment.
And oblige;
A CARULINIAN
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met IN tho State 'f66r. many years. Our
bump'of rSserehoe'for "the WISDOM
tho assembled wisdom of the State"
was not large enough, to ropress the
statement Of our, CONVICTION that an i.
other huge blundcr had been commit.
ted. Time now steadily devolopes
tho fact, that the convention, in ut
tempting to use this keen sct of car.
pet baggers, was simply most skilfully )
'u-ed ny them; and 1T would not
much surprise US. us one of its results,
II some of tlat convention .jDEu the
thieves boforo The expiration Of IN
other year. If there was NJ inteu-
tion to fight out Of the filth hat'pol~
lutes the State by tcpudis,ion. scaling,
or some other form OF practical resiet.
ance to taxation tlats little less than
lsp5liatidu aud ctiiii,cati.n, there was
nothing for tho tax.pa, crs' c,nven
'tlon to do except tu adjourn, fter
passing resolutions exposing anu de-
'nouncing the government, and thus
keeping up the spirit Of resistance and
indignation, until better oppnr;uni.
Ity for 'eotiou might come. Wo AFRO
for "nu'rSing our wrath, to keep it
warm," and BY no means flvor submis.
sion to outrage and wrong, upon rite
plea that there is no remedy. So
much the worse, ifthcre DO, Indeed, no
remedy for, then, let us hate the in.
justice done US sstill the more. ifHhere
Is no hope of time of redress for
our Iegradatfon, then lot us the more
Gcrce'ly hate the authors and the vile
toob of that degradation, aud let DO
day ever como when We shall not hate
chem. But ".he wisdom Of tho
State" thought 1t Gcss to %hircv ssh
aud conciliate, aud Treasurer Parker,
now that there is no use for any furth.
er cloak, treats the Com mittute of tho
Convention, and through it, the Con.
vention itself, with tho contempt that
has all along been felt secretly by
himself and all Of his rarty for it's
pretonsioNs but worthless procec dings.
Fear, fear alone IS The principle out
cf which somewhat has been, aud may
yet be extortcd from those hdventur-
Qua plundcrers. They will shrink
from no measure Of injustice '(for they
are bold, brassy sct) that sclf,inter.
est dictates, except those (which they
fear may exaAerste the people into
effectuai measures Of resistance.
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From PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELriIIA, Augdst ga spe-
c'ai to the Evening Telcgtam; from
Atlantic City, says! hbout thirt 3
pe'sona; after eating corn starch pud.
ding at dinner at. tho Alhambra
Hotel yesterday, showed 5isns of hay.
ing been poisoned. II issntposed ar
sen'o was put in tho corn starch bv A
discharged domeetic: ra ~ !
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From Louisiana.

New ORLEANS, August IA Sc
,ious trouble is apprehended from
bi,tor feeling existing between the
two wings Of the Republican party
when the convention meetD on the
9th.
A policeman was fatally stabbed
while walking about last night. A
desperate named GcreraDd was NOR.
tally wounded by Sheriff Houston; 4
stray shot hit n negro. Gercreud
killed one man in 1868, and one in
1869. Houston was Jailed.
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aufEsl Reports:

NEW Yonx, Aug. g. Rycning,-
Cotton, easier !; upIfnda l9f sales
sOA bales. Cold l'24.
Ch.nLFsroA, August 9.-Coti"A
ddllE;m'a"h"gs 10; receipts 285 !;
sales 80 bales.
LrvERrooL, Aug. g. Evening-
Cotton opened du,et and closed ste ady
--uplands 8; Orleans 81 sules ibiI:
600 bales.
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From the iycs. Indies.

BosToN, August 1.-The steam or
Delta, from Bermuda, saws there was
q fire at Point Pitrc, Guadaloupe.
Nearly the whole town was burned.
Thirty thousand people Are witbuu.
shelter. The suBlr, ready for ship
ping, was destroyed. The town was
rebuilt entirely of wood after the
destruction by earthquake in 1898.
The fire was supposed iucendi.ry.
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From New York.

NE~ YoaK, August 5.-Mayor Hall
and the Comptral'sr, Connolly, have
called &pon the Chamber Of Commerco
for the appointment df committee to
investigate tho city nccounts and
fnahc,s
Senator Abbott, Of North Carolina,
,elegrlphs: "We carried the State
.gai"st contention by full 10000, I'd
$4,000 ma5ofity.
ELm'hA, August s. \ colotea
man, "isfaking q mulatto for a negro
of whom ne was jealous, shot thd
mulatto dealt.
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Treasurer Parker Viewed Abr0ad

Both at home and abroad Trcasur.
Of Parker Is considered as having pu,
himsclf on the summit of unblushinp
ctfrontery. The New York World
says:
"At this very moment tho tax pay.
ers Of South Carolina, q State which
has been saddlca since tho war by
Radical misrulc with debt which
our fathers would have Thought. an
enormous debt to be carried by the
whole Union, are Indignantly protest.
ing against tho deliberate insoleuce
with which the State Treasurer, Par
kcr, has refused to ALLOW any exami.
nation to be made Of the accounts Of
tho Commonwealth. While the Tax.
payers Convention Of South Carolina
was in session last May, the Radical
state government promised to submit
AZ the State accounts to tho public.
fhc Convention has adjourned, and
now, to the request Of committee o,
the taxpayers for tho fulfllment of
the pledge, the Radical State Treas.
nrer lnsolently replies that shis books
nave been examined enough . and
although the Radical Governor Scott.
himself has been forced to admit that
some Irregularities have occurred,
What those irregularities are the tax.
payers are loft to guess"
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From California.

SAN FnASc csco, August s.
Abraham Ken"i"g; the Old President
o. Arizona, was murdered at Camf
VOID hy he Apache M"jave Indians
WHOM he h,d fed for six months, be-
cau,a lie refused to furnish them With
AMMUNITION:
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From Delawar;o;

WiLMINoroN, Dat, August IA
freight train and peuch train collidsd
on the Wilmington and Reodipp road
The engineer aud several brakemeti
were hurt. The trains woro badly
wrecked, 'ia
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letter from Tho Mountains
ALENANDEn's \ July yG, Isl

ALESANDER's July yG, 1871.
Kr. Etittoy!
we found the good people OF Ruth
erford under great deal of excite
mcnt, in consequence OF the many ar.
'cSts made BY sho troops stationed at
that place. -Four to six arc brought
in daily, suspected Of either being
Ku Klux or abcttor. to that
mysterious body. One of the chiefs
of the organization had gone over to
tho Radical party : bought by some
paltry Office: and has become a terror
to every one III the whole eounty.-
Arrests were made without any re-
gard TO law or order; no warrant be.
ing required to enter mans house
aud carrying him OF 10 Jail. Nearly
every young man Of the place is how
All exile from his family. The most
If them hiding about in the Woods
But amidst all the excitement, there
was some life in the old land vet
Oar genial hoat, Ait. Carrier, got up
quite q number of the fair sex, and
with music and small talk, ws passed
very"ploasaut evening.
In consequence Of tho lameness of
one Of our horses, we .wero detained
in Rutherford runtil 4 p. ~, 2lst.
Gained at Mrs. t.ynch's, an old favors
ite stopping place. The next day we
came in full view Of CHIMNEY Rock.
This is a bold rock, standing out pro.
mincntly from the aide Of the noun,
tain, and about 700 feet above the
road. But unfortunately the nearer
you approach, the more the resem.
olapce ceases. About ono ihilo Of
you get the bc>tlopk, and at this dis.
tance ytu acknowledged it rightly
named. We are frequently remin6sd
Of the opching ]ihcy in Pleasures of
Hope, iu looking at The big wonders
of the 'nohn.aips, "'Tis dietanee lends
enohantthent to the vieH." About
one mile from this p6lHs, Harrie',
(bettcr known as Wilsoh's) are the
bottomless pools. We. didh't hase
time to give them a look. Not far
beyond Harris we comm need the al
cent of Hickory Nut Gap. About
half way up VIC caught sight Of a very
picturesque waterfall, The direct
fall 's not over 100 fest, yet .boiug
about 500 feet above the road, it is
one of tho best sights of this sight
seeing country. At the Top IF H,ck.
ory Nut Gap, we had Gns, grand
view of the Blue Ridge aud tho
s"annana Mountaius--a range which
seems to bo hemmed in on all sides by
the Blue Ridge. About'a half milo
beyond the gap wo stopped all night
at nee's (formorly sbervipsy. Ger
We wore forced to lbave oar lame
hs9rse here and hire another.
,On'tbe 9ad vS.josgeds along pleas,
autly to Ashville. Along ther road
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From lnaianh.

BuRrhSGrok, IND, August 5.-A
negro entercd ihc residence of Ger
man, uam.d Laizier, for the purpose
OF stealing, bat finding tho Gcrman's
daughter asleep, attempted h darker
crime. Tho girls screams brought
her father'to the room, when the ne:
gro shot him through tho heart and
escaped.
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Exactly SO.

Our readers may perhaps rem cm-
Der that we disclaimed any sympathy
in May last, with tho proceedings of
the Taxpayers Copyontionr-the mer,
est white washing concern that has
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From Georgia.

SAVANNAH, Adgast 6.-Sanders,
Goodwin y Miller received to-day tho
first ia le # new cotton. 1t was raised
By P.O. Chaddock, Of Jefferson couh:
ty Florida.
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From Tennessee.

MEt,r,,ts, August l:--McGec, who
was arrested, charged with counter
feiting, has Sealed the Memphis jail
walls And escaped: