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Ex-Goy. j. L. Manning on Cumu.
lative Voting.

In the recent Tax-Payers' Conven-
yention, when the Committee on Gu
mulative Voting made their Report
Gov. Manning took high grounds
against the report and system pro-
posed, and moved to lay the report
on the table, supporting his motion
with the following very appropriate
remarks:
I suppose that no man is more lily
prepared to discuss this point than I
am this evening, but having strong
convictions, will d. so. The ques-
ton seems to me, sir, to consist in
this. Whether we, by this cumula-
tive voting, shall be confined to one
third the power to which we are en-
titled. 1, for one, am willing to bind
myself by no such obligation. The
history Of the world shows US that
the modifying influences Of intelli-
gence have their effects. This settle
ment of the question by the commit
tee prevents any further. discussion.
To think that the people who con-
trolled the government Of South Caro-
lima from the time when it first be-
came colony-to think that they
are to be confined to this one point, is
thought that seems to me is abhor-
rent to the mind of every enlightened
man. It is II sort Of declaration OF
weakness to the other element to ask
them to yield their influence to con-
troll one-third of the State. The true
interest, sir, of the people of South
Carolina is to enlighten the whole
representative mind in the State to
enact laws for the benefit of the
whole people. Whenever you restrict
the mind of the individual people;
you restrict the liberties of the land.
1t is by the homogeneous elements of
the whole State only that the State
can be formed. When you confne
the action of citizen by incorpora-
ton OF restrict it by other means, you
restrict the right Of will and the right
of action. The principles Of human
liberty are just as free, sir, as the air
of Gods heaven.
A compromised No, sir. There is
better voice to appeal to, and that
is the voice of the world. Give us
justice, sir, and equal laws, and you
will have citizens who will obey the
laws, I say for one, that of all the
law-abiding people Of the United
States, this has been the most, 1t is
the mal-administration Of the laws
that gives us all the trouble. There
is no qualification to the sentiments I
make. I will never compromise my
rights as whole for an integral part,
let others modify their sentiments as
they choose. Give us equal laws,
and we would have proper represen-
tation; then will we have justice
throughout the land, and every man
may sit down under his own vine and
fig tree.
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Decay OF the Latin Races.

This triumph of Prussia over France
has even broader significance than
appears to the unthinking obser-
Yer. 1t revolutionizes the leading in
Auence of Europe. 1t is the triumph
of the Teutop over the Latin, OF Pro-
testantism over Romanism, of the
new civilization over the old. The
Latin races, with their intriguing
priesthood, their ignorant, poor, and
superstiti0us people, monkeries and
relics and shams, are sinking to decay.
Italy, France, and Spain are all in
trouble, while Portugal is hardly
counted among the nations, SO insig-
nifcant and powerless has she become.
All are bankrupt, and neither seems
to hold within itself the power Of
recovery. France is a republic to
day, nominally; but those who know
France we'll, will be surprised if she
remain a rspqhlie for o year. The
whole head Of France is sick, and the
whole heart is faint. The Latin blood,
wherever it flows, seems to be weak
and corrupt. There are men of ideas
and pure life and noble aspiration in
all these countries; but what are
they, what can they do, against a
church,organization, hoary with ex-
perience and perfectly unltad in it's
object-that object being the pepetu-
alton Of its own power, at whatever
cost, against all the encroachments OF
freedom and free thought? Spain
knows, Italy knows, and poor France
will know within a twelve months.
Nothing but universal education
instituted, controlled, and directed
by the state-and Q ffrea Bible, With
free men to preaidR its truths, oan save
the whole Latin race from fatal de-
generation and decay. Without these
regenerating influences France will
follow Spain and Italy into power
lessness that will be alike her protec-
ton from national jealousy and her
degradation from the worlds respect.
Bound as these peoples are BY 50
@any chains, it is impossible tor them
to hold respectable footing in the
race of freer nations for power and
greatness. The Teuton blood with
its affiliations, is the blood Of the fu-
ture. The Teutonic languages are
the languages of the future: and
Protestant civilization, under various
forms and phases-moving through
variousmodes of progress is the clyili-
cation Of the future. Does any one
doubt it? Let him point to single
Catholic nation that is making pro-
gress to day, and to single Protest
ant nation that is notl-N. f. G.
Boz7nud. IN Scr1bners for May.
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THINGS WORTH FoRGErrINa.-
How much wiser we should be if we
could remember all the things worth
remembering that occur day by day
all around US. And how much bet
ter we should be if we could forget
all that is worth forgetting. It is al
:lltt most frigAtfal, and altogether humili-
ating to tMinlk how mqeh4 there is in
the common on-going of domestic anq N
social life which deserves nothing but
to be instantly and forever forgotten.
Yet it is equally amazing how large
a class seem to have no other busl-
ness but to repeat and perpetuate
these very things. That is the voca-
ton Of gossip-an order Of s'ciety
that pepp .trqtes more mischief than
ali the Se Combined ;plagpes Of Egypt
put together. Blessed is that man IA
q Or woman who can let drop all the
burs and thistles, instead of picking
them up and fastening them on to the
passenger. Would we let the vexlng
and malicious sayings die, how fast
the lacerated and scandal.ridden
world would get healed and tran,
quilized. Forget The gosslplngs and
chickering's, the backbitlnngs agd 7 7ll!2 s7lple2ak-
;nr ;nnendoes and remember only
the little CLEANS Of sunshine and poe,
try that can illuminate the humblest
life, if we only drive away and for
get the clouds engendered by things
that should never be remembered.
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A QUEER BIUNDER.-A suburban
friend, blest with eleven children,
and being a very domestic man and
very fond of them, told this story:
One afternoon, business being very
dull, he took the early train out to
his happy home, and went up stairs
to put 'the : children to bed.'1 Being
missed mi from the dressing room, his
wife went up stairs to see what was
going on. Upon opening the door,
she exclaimed" why, dear, what
for mercy's sake @aE you doing?'
Why" says he;S wiley, L am put
ting the children to bed, and hear
ing them say their little prayers.
" Yes, but this is not one of ours, "
says wifey, Sure enough,:he had one
Of the neaighhbor's children all Yn-
dressed, and he had to redress it and
send it home. After that he calls
the roll every morning andmght.
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HyMEN AND CoLoeNE.--Chicago
has had sensation in a double we'd
ding in high life, when Mr.. G: D. Cole
married Miss Ella Peters and Mr.. R.
A Peters married Miss Emma Cole,
a brother and sister marrying a sister
and brother. The usual floral mar,
riiiage bell, arches, etc, ornamented
the drawing-room in which the cere-
mnony was performed, with the some
what unusual decoration of 9! large
marble aquarium and q fountain, oi o9li
sau de cologne The reception, pti:H,. was Y q q
& 3 brilliancy at which Chicago is. still
aazzled.,ii 'The brides were both at.
tired alikai in beautiful and and styglEiaah3 tyglEa3
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Medical Card.


TIAyING located myself in Granite
willie, for the purpose of resuming the
practice Of my Profession, and feeling
tina. long and practical experience iusti-
lies me in ciaimingA share of public pat
ronaSe, now respectfully offer to the
ing country my professional services es
4 Physician. Calls upon me at all times
and all hours will meet with the prompt
est attention.
beg leave to refer to the following
we'll known gentlemen: DR.. w. D. Jen-
nings, A. y. Clover, Esq, Jas. L. Mathis,
Esq, julius Day, ESQ.,, Andrew Ramsay,
EsQ.,, W. F. Durisoe, Sr., Esq, j. a.
Bland. I;sq., DR.. JOHN Lake, Capt. Lewis
Jopcs. Gen. II. G.. NJ. Dunovant.
G. HORD M. d.
April II I'm 1G
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dresses of white corded silk, entrain
very long, with overskirts of point
applique lace. The waists were also
trimmed with points of lace. The
hair was worn in braids, and orna-
mented with clusters of orange bios
SONS, sprays from which fell to the
waists. The usual bridal veil, trail
ing with the dress, and jewel orna-
ments Of pearls and diamonds, COM
pleted the costume. The bridegrooms
wore the usual full dress of black,
and white waistcoats and gloves.
the bridesmaids were attired in white.
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From the Macon Telegraph.
The Lab0rer is Worthy Of Ills

DR.. Dewitt Talmadge quantity bu
truthfully remarks that the too fire
quent absence of force and fire il
the pulpit is the lack Of beet-steak tt
the poor minister.
The salaries of seven-eighths Of the
clergy of all denominations are utter
Ily inadequate to the decent support
Of their families. What more eff
fective damper of the energies of man
than hunger and the pinchings o1
poverty?
And in majority of instances the
servant of God, from his first expert
ence in the meagre commons or cheap
boarding house of the seminary, is
subject through life to a hard and
scanty regimen, little better than
prison fare, With a salary Of four
or five hundred dollars, eked out by
the odds and ends of surprise par
ties, and ofttimes paid en- kind in
stead of cash, after the shoddy ward
robe, fuel, medicines and other ex--
penses of the family have been pro-
cured, what remains to purchase
fresh meats, good tea and coffee and
the other necessaries of life? Hence
we have known faithful ministers to
go days without tasting meat, and
frequently see them toiling in the
garden or field to raise pulse and len
ills to supplement their daily meals.
And yet these men Of God are ex-
pected to- lead in all objects of chari
ty, and present a decent appearance
in society, despite thepaucity of their
means.
Now aside from Christian obliga-
tion, and consideration purely in the
light of business transaction, this
is all wrong, and smacks strongly of
injustice to most worthy and useful
class of the community.
That congregation which expects
moral and mental pabulum, and
beaten oil in the sanctuary, must
be willing to pay for it. Is any man
fitted for intellectual labor, when his
thoughts are prey to worldly cares
and anxieties, and the wants of the
body are ever pressing upon his at
tention But how can it be other
wise in the case of the over-worked
and poorly paid pastor.
The writer can cite certain church
in Southwest Georgia, which gave
$3.50 for melodeon, and raised but
fifty for its starving minister. Is not
this a burlesque upon philanthropy?
The secular press, and all honest
men, are equally bound to cooperate
in upholding the claims OF our faith
full clergy, to at least moderate sup
port, for their manifold labQrs in the
pulpit, at the death bed, aaid the
ravages of the pestilence, and where
ever else suffering humanity calls for
their presence.
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A revival preacher says that the

A revival preacher says that the
toughest customer he ever came across
in the pursuit OF his calling Was a
rough old fellow in q valley of the
Green Mountains, who approached
him at the close as an evening wact-
ing will! 9 very long face, ani. asked
s5ayeB "Did I understand you TO
say that hell was lake OF fire and
brimstone?" Yes" said the di-
vine, thinking he had al lastsocceed-
ed in making all impression on the
hitherto obdurato heart, AMI going on
to enlarge upoa the horrors Of the
place al torment. Nonsense non
aaAse!T interrupted the listener; 1
don't believe q word of it; von pile
it on too thick; ~ man wouldn't live
a minute in such a place. They
will be prepared for il" said the
minister, imprcssively. "0h pre-
pared fer it, will they ?" exclaimed
the anxious listener. frightening up.
cid as sooE be there as anywhere
else, then" and off he walked, per-
fectly satisfied, and as gay as q lark.
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not proud, and married him, and went
to his camp on the banks of the
sylvan stream, where he trapped fol
muskrats. She stayed one night and
came home with a black eye, and,had
to send for a bottle of hair restora-
tive. 1t seemed the noble red man
got drunk and punched her in the
eye, while his old squaw went among
her hair: This girl don't want any
more Indian if she knows her own
heart.
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.I4rierson,s Ten Rules.

L. Never put off till tomorrow
what you can do to-day.
9. Never trouble another for what
you can do yourself.
8. Never spend your money before
you have it.
4. Never buy what you do not
want because it is cheap.
5. Pride costs us more than hun
ger, thirst, and cold.
6. We seldom repent Of having
eaten too little.
7. Nothing is troublesome that we
do willingly.
s. How much pain the evils have
cost us that have never happened.
8. Take things always by The
smooth handle.
10, When angry, count ten before
you speak; if very angry, count 6
hundred.
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Personnel of the Taxpayers Con.
VeltiOl.

A correspondent Of the New York
Herald, writing from Columbia, un-
der date of the Sth instant, furnishes
that journal with the following Per-
sonnel of the Taxpayers Conven-
ton:
Each county in the thirty-two sends
two or more delegates. Some Of the
counties send as many as four; and
Charleston County, the richest in the
State, sends eight, who are as follows :
VIM. B. Smith, President Of the
Union Bank of Charleston, a white
man; George Shrewsbury, colored
Colonel Thomas Y. Simons, editor of
the Charleston Courier; Myron Fox,
editor of the Charleston Republican,
a Radical, who cultivates the style of
Horace Greeley, and wears his cloth-
ing in exactly the same fashion, bar
ring the stockings, which are worn
INSIDE or LQe SnOeS.
GEORGE A. TRENHOLM.
the former Secretary of the Treasury
of the Confederate Government, whose
family, through speculation, it is said,
was at one time worth eighty million
dollars, and who, it is also said, now
owns one-sixth Of the city of Charles
ton-a smooth-faced, white-haired old
gentleman; Col. Richard Lathers, a
South Carolinian, who was resident
of New York for twenty-five years,
and President of the great Western
Insurance Company Henry Gourdin,
we'll known and highly respected
merchant, and w. D. Porter, a very
eminent lawyer Of Charleston. Alb
beville County sends Armistead Burt,
formerly a Senator of the United
States under the old dispensation.
Barnwell sends General Johnson Ha-
good, of Longstreet's old corps. l
heard General Hagood to-day pay a
most graceful and kind tribute to a
young officer whom many a Northern
household mourned. 1 refer to Colo
mel Bob Shaw, of the Fifty-fourth
Massachusetts,. He said Colonel Shaw
was a perfect gamecock, who feared
nothing. Beaufort sends General E..
B. G. Cash, C. S. A; Colonel A. NJ.
Lowry, Major Mcqueen and General
Evans. Clarendon County sends j.
L. Manning, formerly Governor of
the State. J. P. Richardson and 9TH
ers. Edgefeld County stands first in
its representatives, and sends General
M. C. Butler, fine looking man, a
former General in the Confed-
crate army, who lost a leg at Brandy
Station in "a cavalry fight /; NJ. L. Bon
ham, an Ex-Governor of South Caro-
liiYa, and General in the Confederate
States army, who commanded the
centre at the first Manassas General
Martin W. Gary, tall, gallant-look-
ing soldier, a blonde, with a freckled
face and eyes that mean shooting,
who, after the council of Lees Off
GERS at Appomatoz, refused to surren-
render, and cut his way through the
Union lines with 400 men-alf these
gentlemen own property, and are
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LApY's ADVERTISEMENT Want
ed, one hundred and fifty young men,
more or less, of all shapes and sizes,
from the tall, graceful dandy with
hair sufficient On his upper lip to
stuff a BARRIERS cushion, down to the
little bow-legged, freckled.face, car
rot-headed upstart. The object is to
form gaping corps, to be in atten-
dance at the church doors at the
close of divine service each Sabbath
evening, to stare at the ladies as they
leave church, and to make delicate
and gentlemanly remarks on their
persoas PEI aRd] dress, All who wish to
enter the a above q corps will appear on n
the steps Of the various church doors
next Sunday evening, when they
will be duly inspected, their names,
personal appearance, and quality Of
brains registered in a book for that
purpose. To prevent a general rush,
we will state that no one will be en-
Istedwhopossesses intellectual capac-
iity above that Of q yell-bred donkey
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MEN OF HIGH CHARACTER.

may stop to state Greenville coun-
ty sends Ex-Governor B. F. Perry, an
old Union man, who is now said to be
the worst reconstructed man in the
State. Kershaw county SENDS Major
General ]. B. Kershaw, an eagle,Rysa
looking man, formerly commanding
division under Longstreet, O very
conservative and influential man, a
type gamecock of South Carolina, as
he is called. Kershaw also sends
General James Chestnut, formerly a
United States Senator ante-bellum, a
gentleman sf a quiet and philosophi-
cal turn of mind, whose name is gen.
orally mentioned tonight along with
General Martin w. Gary, General
Butler and w. D. Porter, for Chair
man of the Convention. General
Kennedy also comes from Kershaw
and was wounded in every battle du-
ring the war in which he was engaged
and is remarkable for his calm fair
mind, Marion county sends W. D.
johnson, an .eH-Chanceilor of South
Carolina, man of great Judicial
learning. From Marlboro, G. W.
Dudley is delegated. an old, staunch
Union man, who was defeated by bal
lot box stufing as candidate for Con-
gress lately, his successful opponent
being a negro. Spartanburg county
sends Lieptenant-Governor Gabriel
Cannon, a plain, solid headed gentle
man, with fund of common sense
and o turn for a Joke. Union county
sends General Wallace. q praying
brigadier of Lqngstreet's corps, said
to resemble Hayelock--sword in one
hand and a copy of Watts HYMNS
in the other-that's his style, and ex-
Governor Gist, very undemonstra-
tive gentleman; and to conclude,
/ York county sends General E. M
Law, who commanded an Alabama
! brigade in the Confederate service.
This gentleman aasRl is q young, progress;
siXe and conservative %, delegate and
will make his mark.
To be brief I will sum up the Con.
vention as follows 1t is composed
altogether of taxpayers apd gentle,
men Of high social standing, and its
like has not been seen in this State
since 1860. 1t is. true that out 81
about seyenty-fxe delegates
not 4oRB Be THAN !7F:.H n.y. WERE UNION
NEn 4.e
originally, but they are honest as 8
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R e a d! r e a d

The place to find something PURE
and GENUINE in the way of
CHI A MPAGNE !. WINES and
BRANDIES, is at the Drug Store of
MARKERT & CLISBY.
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From Peters Musical Monthly,
I,m Still a Sriend to You.
SET TO MUSIC BY WILL S. HAYS.

All! years have ccme and gone, dear Tom
The past seems like dream,
Since you and together met,
Down by the winding stream;
When hand in hand we promised, Tom
To each we would be true;
Old Time has made no change in me,
Pm still friend to you.
How often have I wept, dear Tom,
When thinking DER the joys,
The happy scenes Of long ago,
When you and were boys;
But now rm told you're very poor,
And your days in life are few,
It gives me joy to meet you, Tom
I'm still friend to you.
Old friendship often withers, Tom,
Whene er a man grows poor,
The rich and proud forget "old friends" f"
And know them then no more.
But keep that honest heart of yours,
Well make old friendship new;
care not what the world may say,
I'm still friend to you.
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"B1a ING1N."- An Iowa girl who
read Cooper's novels to such an ex-
tent that she found it impossible to
enjoy herself without marryingan In
dian, found one recently that was
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We will also state that we have
few gallons of that GOOD OLD RYE
and CORN still on hand.
MARKERT & CLISBY.
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If you want a PURE ARTICLE of
SHERRY or MADEIRA WINE, 60
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TIE HoSIELIEsT MAN

by their respective lady friends. Then
at meeting of the departmEnt they
resolved no5 to. aocept the presents;
and q little sheet there had an edito-
rial headed "Cheek of Tim Hurley"
telling the Fire Department they had
better be sure where Mr.. Hurley got
his money before they accepted pres
ents from him. They are so poor,
proud and id mean, all Of them,
if a Northern man MH.lrte9a MTe,H.re9a dollar in
q war tASt has enterprise, and be-
cause they are too lazy to go to work
and earn their living, yhy, then, of
course, he steals it. Says the Qua
ker, II won't kill the dog, because ]
am man Of peace; but I'll give him
a bad name, and then. every one will
fling stones at him and bree!; his
head" That's their: gaam!qse. gaamqsee.
What Il, you think of this Con-
ventifo5ni, H. Mr.. Hurley" I asked.
"Of this convention? Why, its
all id nonsense and waste of time.
We are now getting signatures to call
a Republican convention to meet here
in Columbia next weekt to have a talk (;
but nothing can be done without a
constitutional conygSti0n, and let
both parties Dc represented. Talk
about cumulative voting; why what
the HI does it mean? Talk to a
nigger about such thing and he'd
tell you that you were crazy. Be-
sides,
THE NIGER IS NOT A ID FOOL
to let the majority go out of his
hands. There are good and liberal
men in the convention, although some
of them that call themselves taxpay-
ers are bankrupt and haven't got the
first red cent. There's General But
Ter, Governor Porter and Tom Y.
Simons; they are liberal men enough,
Then there Magrath, Campbell, Gov
ernor Orr and General MCGOWAN,
who understand the negroes and can
get along with them; but it's no use
talking to the negroes about cumu-
lativel voting. They won't trust these
men; won't trustthe convention Ker-
shaw is a good man, too, but the
trouble here with the old class is that
they are not tolerant Of the North
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Gs> There are two classes ofmen whose
word is as good as their bond-those
whose word is good and those whose
bond is goodfor nothing.
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II yon wish superior article Of
SHERRY for Cooking purposes, very
cheap, call at the Drug Store of
MARKERT & CLISBY.
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If you wish PURE COGNAC
BRANDY for Medical purposes, go to
lIARKERT & CLISBYS.
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CHORUS.

I'm still friend to you, dear Tom,
Alas! there are but few
Have ever been as true and kind
AsI have been to you.