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Tht Death Of Mrs. General Bweli.

The Nashville B.nner, Of the 23d
inst, Contains the following
We are painad and shocked TO hoar
OF TITO death Of NJ s. Lizinka Ewell.
wife of General r. S. FEwell, of
h"ury. She died quite suddenly
yesterday, shortly after l2 O'Clock, at
her residence, near Spring Hill, of
pneumo.ia. In this city, her old
home, whero she had been educated
and lived from hor childhood, and
where she was universally beloved. the
news Of her death was received with
poignant sorrow. Sho wns lady of
the rlpest culture, and of rare litera.
ry tttalnmcnts. Sho was daughter
OF the late Judge Campbell, of this
city, aud We believe was born it st..
Petcrsburg, while her fathor WINS the
representative Of this Government at
the court of the Car. Whom Gene.
raj Ewcll was taken ill, the lamented
lady was in perfect health. After
havlng spent many anxious DAYS and
nights at her husbands bedside, sho
was stricken down with the same dis.
ease from which he was suffering. and
survived only three Of four DAYS.
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flasaOe With which weS sontsgd al
bay pQiSSaally {Nitnesssa maoS Jof
th4gva*a@ groR3 out oGathis i1djf..
forspss on Tho psst OF thsE commahi-
ty4o the Ydbiio sSod, I'D IN M ye%own %n
person had to battle with tho tempta.
tioh to drink.
Those, then, who have tho bublio
g6od Ut beaIt, Should feel Y tfeiiir fSii
ds,y dsS t9Is' ins!4A efifssotiysiJ@yot We
.sTo compound for sins NO arc INCLINED to.
Py a"@"R thaaeF Ss%'T hpI"'$4fo." :
This Is an easy process for 'biuutiSsy
'consoieGces WITH thoss as WIN aTS'sf ffoii.
hled, With bps q sphll quaphum ,pg that
troublesome faculty, but il will, not
a,isfy Nil. .!al"I I.'E S'T"'i5' MA ''
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Th: Hen j. B. Beck and The Southern
..-.... .........-.. States. ....

Mr Beck Of Kentucky, one of the
t'u'.i ,nc on tho actual condition
Il ,h, southern States, makos the
EXP Vi. statement of tho debt of
sc "inc Southern Suites, Alabama,
,A'S.u>as, Florida, &c. gia, Louisiana,
North Carolina, S,uth Carolina,
Zen. cs<cc. ami Texns, 'snmounting in
;gs'esatc TO the sum of $500, 900, 900
Mt Que d,llar t,r Confederate war
ii bt and nothing to show from
m'rEo ,hc States, for millions i'm.
J." cd bJ State and county"
In the nervous aud pointed Ian
kunse of The gentleman of Kentucky,
We present tho record of the Govern.
or, chief magistrates Of these devos
tod States:
"In North Carolina, Governor
Holden was successfully impoached
t,r high crimes and misdo M eanors !;
lc is now editor Of the Government
organ at Washington City. Governor
Bullock, of Georgia, resigned his po-
sition, and flod from the State to pre-
vent certain conviction for like often.
ces. Governor Smith, of Alabama,
retired in disgrace, proved to have
cih1ially plundercd his $500,0OO of
her bonds to the Alabama State by
illegal and corrupt issue of
and Chattanooga Railroad Company
Scott, If So 9TH Carolina, proved by
his own purtisaus to be public plum
dc1.r, who, if ho escapes impeaoh
mont, NUT buy Lis corrupt Legisla-
lure. Reed, Of Florida, wilfully
robbing his State BY illegally placing
millions of htr bonds in tho hands Of
such thief as Lttleiicld is shown to
'e. Clay ton, Of Arkansas, charged
by Radical ctlicials with all sorts OF
corruption, and indicted in Radical
court by Radical grand jury for
The most a'grant ofIe,c ccs. Warmotl
Ut Louisiana, if h. If that is said
nguiust him by his own party rrion DE-
he true, is worse than any OF them ;
BlownloH, while in Tennessee, made
IL pahdcmonium Of that State Davis
OF Texas, tJraniund usurpcr, who
is denounced by his people regardless,
OF party as Gend III human form
whose orders and acts are a disgrace
TO American civilization-thcse art
tho men placed by Congress ove1
seven million of people in nine once
Tree and independent States mel
who are lonthed and cxeorated by tn,
"c plo whose rights liberty and hon
IT II was their duty to protect ret
uui'vo justice is on their tract
me have been ovcrtaken the other
wi be. Hated and despised, theil
~ 'eiuge, if they can escape th
% ,ltentiary, scoms to be in the Sen
at: o1 the United States"
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.e4e @1issxA:1a1o-
4 From LPalsiqa.

Ew QRLEAEs. ghSIsrysuso.-The
'4SasressiShs5 co"InMt tS CON Amencod
their investigation this morniyg in tho
United States cou4t Room in,fhe Gus.
tom house building. Governor War
meth Il hayiagg previously bssp eopsnlts
Cd, Ge stated 6o lad r no objootion ''ia;' G
tse &%sSis.teS usilgl :he court room.
lt the 'Governor| had objected the
Committee would have met elsewhere.
palS sione q tdesshasSHeep exaivinad,
and thateS JSHdnFeBdfch5a cSlored
.Caterite.ss His ate,aeptutook,aswida
range. The object of. the Committeo
seemsto be to hear a gcncrul state.
tneht from, one meh,ber of e.ch fac.
tion iii order to arrive at tbs poidts
that require their attention. The
etatement tele.raphed ho,te on the
| lltb, just as to how the Legislature
Is hlade up, citing Wheyland's case,
covers Bntch's settlement to-day re :
g:ardlhs some half doz.u mem bers.
l'urch' will be recalled to ,iiorrsow.
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,',.., .ui' -, coMMuNIcArEB.1
wisassoRo, Jan. 80, 1879.

m, EsJ,I.. h.@'4. = ',-3, =.
Your renarks ip to.days paper on
intemperanoe, esll up some sefle ctious
as applicable to our status on the
question hore in our meAiate com.
munity. w claim with some JUS.
tioe to be quiet, orderly and, moral
community. We have Eve churches, as
evidence Of this fact, and two wbiskey
shops TO ench church 70 insure the
devil fs,f play. Now, sif, there 10
no jewel of greater beauty than con-
sistenoys md 1 have no respect fol-
the private or public opinion which
tends to make . sham Of religion by
winking st abusos which, all admit are
Injurious to mankind. ~
There are msu' vain, Weak and
foolish enough, to boast that they op.
pose ell efforts at ouppressiue tho 70.
Sail traffic Of liquors on the ground that
they can take their daily and weekly
grog without becoming drunkstds,
and that tho latter ola.s will eet
arank anyhow. would say TO such
that have lived long enough to see q
number Of mon endowed with tho
same kind Of wisdom hope elessly ruined
BY this false view Of a areat av;l.--
There 10 no argument used in support
OF the liquor cratic bat can bo shown
false and ruinous If carried out: to its
legitimate deductions. rt ..or .r. r.,
These man-sraps, dead.falfs, or bar
rooms, are doing more 20 ruin aud do
grade our black population with many
Of the white, than any other evil in.
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oy blowing tbe glass in front Of their
HIeIPar meps ,inta sBsa9 @atsh.tss
y, the explosion oeohr5ed at As buts
tom oftho boiler, sxp6pdipg imlpriHs
SSip"lly upon the foYAd. ThS ash
box was thrown INTO ahe >sis and
lodged on the top of al adjs ceht treo.
Had the explosion ocourred Rfty yatdb
further, whom tho train would be
crossing " trestle, 3 most laAsntsd
tragedy might havs taken place. Il
certainly would have given way and
the train precipitated into tho river
Charleston Cotirter.
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ltefs.

rHttA 6nLrn'A, February H. 4be
return OF the judges makes Grav,a
majority $50. McLure, the defeated
candidate, had a hearing before tho
Court Of Common Pleas for a new
count. No decision. ,
OSiAhA, February i.-Eastward
bouhd trains are at Cheyenue. Some
passengers were sixteen days from
ogden: AS they dug through,
tho drift closed ii behind
them, One passenger train ran into
another, hurting one. ... 1,.,-.,T'
ST. Louis, february The Gov.
ernor's veto of The bil paying bonds
IN currency meets I'D stroiig opposi4
ton: The Law d;l lot not auth horize
the words ''payablo, in coin"
PITrsbURG, February l.-Thos. p
Philips, dry goods, is reported as fail.
ed; with one hundred and thirty thoue-
collars Liabilities. Seventy thousand
ST. LOUIS, February 3.-Tho House
postponed the consideration Of the
G.overp,or's veto Of the. bill pnyine
bonds in ,greegsbacks, to Tuesday.
LoUIsv'iLE, Fcbuary, 3.-The Or.
phsnage of the Good Shepherd was
olrned, to-day inmates, saved, -
SALT LAKE, February "a masa
meeting of citizens adopted resolu
tons approving Of Judge MoKeen's
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s'Congressiosiai Gerf5 nan.
derinS.n

In another column wo publish all
extract from tho letter Of tho legisla-
tive correspondent Of tho Charleston
Courier, giving ,hs main features Of o
bill, introduced by Yooum Of Chester,
to redistrict the State, ....... ..,
Under the late census, this State is
eutitled to another representative in
Congress-, making, iu al, Ave.
AZ will be seen, tho bill shows
plainly that it is framed wholly in the
interest ofthe Radical party. and ar
ranges the Congressional Districts 90
as to secure n Radical mujority In
each one. ..... :. "'.' . : : ..
The intelligence and tho property
In this outraged State Is certainly
entitled to one representative in Con.
gres', and No look upon it as an infa.
NOUS proceeding that the Legislature
should ,consummatof at additional
piooe Of legislation that tends to do.
Ptive tho white people Of South Caro-
lima Of voice in the National Coun.
oil. We denouhce Is de- dathnabl,
political triokery. 80.
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Henry Clews & Co., of New York
nave written to the Atlanta Constitu-
tion explaining the connection which
they have had with Georgia's depart-
tea funds. Some clews which would
lead to the recovery of their money
would be much moro satisfying to the
bowling Georgians.- - Cowyier Journal,
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Wheat In 0rsSoh.7

x,Se9ator aNasmithnrslated to. ..us,
tho other day, remarkable pecu.
harity Of this climate. H8 says that
wheat may be sown in this stats at
any season of,the year, with perfeot
assurance Of a good Drop. He has
himself sown wheat, since his resi-
dence in Oregon, every month in tho
year, and had never failed to get A
rop.--RSrtland, Orsgon, Heratd. !.
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Alnnesty.

Amnesty still hangs Gre in the It.
8. Senate. Many prominent Radical
Senators have come out boldly in I'D.
vooaoy Of so just o measure. The two
Senators from this State are its spe-
oial champions, o circumstance we are
pleased to note: Sumner, as is CHAR.
aotoristic Of him, is trying very hard
to defeat it, however, BY taoking on
to it his Supplemental Civil Rights
bill, > WHICH is but. adding additions,
insult to the people of the South.
W. hope "Chawles'' will be disap.
pOl8tEd. :, - -. ~ iI.-..-.--
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Good

We learn that an 'Irisbman, who
had oeen employ ed at the CemetaYy,
IN this place, some time since, went to
Washington for tho paa pose of draw
ing his pay. Aftor resolving it, the
aymaster discovering . sabre, soar
on his face, remarked, "Youn wore in
the army during tho war;" "Yes,"
eaid he. "What command were you
N r. said tho Paymasters sIn General
Fitzhugh Lees commando said he.
odd you have tho audaoity to apply
at Federal Cemetery for work wien
you were in the, Rebel Army p'--
"Yes.,, replied the Irishman, .s1help.
cd to kill the. .1sssts; and I thought L
bsa a'right TO help'to bury th6m.--
CulpeRper Observer. ~ l.
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Market Reports

New YonK, Feb..| 3-Eveni~g.-
Cotton quiet and frni u'plands 22a;
{ Orleans 2s8 sales 1000 bales. Gold
hrs .f.
rCHARLEsroN,, February 3.--Cotton
steady and firm-middlipg 2l4; re-
ceipts l,l56 ; sales 500 bales.
lhvERPooD, Fob. 3.-Evcning--
Cotton opened strong and closed firm
,,-rnplands llb; Orleans ll8 , sales
$4,000. s.... . ..aF aey ..,,
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accident on the Savannah and CharleRton
Railroad.

a few minutes after the train for
Char lcston had separated from the
me for Savannah, at Saltkehatobie
station, about nosn, ye.terIay, the
h,iler of the latter exploded, and Sc.
IL nsly, but it is hoped not fatally,
,piuring the epg;, eer and fireman.
y't fearfully lacersting their faces
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NorA QataiAs, we will nSt pndsfs.
lgtketSp $s @sNo are unsoqSs Ssintss
||Hith Qgdb; ;ofthat State. 81 III
Tta 9rSahas upon which 1bb9W
5e'aitea big Ssst sse, in substance, tbsx,
a. Goa Vsnoo> xas disqualified from
holding ofloa, tie votes cast for him
were blank and veid, but that the
volts, hs tAbBost received, - were s;sr ! lss.:' g.
gal and q .fee.es,3of !ia> U.heg 1woras,l
he received all tho legal votes cast.
3 We think, tbi9 srsuqsnt, yntepable,
Rsesusa AabSts didf not seoeive.
majority .e.fx the votes. ,csat- by4a. quo
rum, inasmuch ps BY. ,tbr"w,ny out
those members who voted for y.nce,
and few Radioalet Who ajd %, ya.o
for Abbott, thsre was no quorum par.
tioipntihg in the election. %Conse-
quently,' arcosdihg to AGbottstheory,
there was tio election at all. u. g.. ID
Nevertheless, the shining il xh,s of
taaicalisth, with Morton at their
head, have decided to 20 outside rf
law and justice, and receive anpthor
unfortunate oarPet-Cagker into their
Congressional fold. Susli an, net is
in direct violation Of = constitutional
rights and civil liberty, and will TO-
coil at no distant day upon tho 'beade }
Of its dastafdiy perpetrators, wbJ
seehi bent Upon humilintiug ,he South
until. thore shall bs no life left In het
people. z ! ... 49, 4 h .'.lr1i'ra |
We dsnounce Dnrt a pforcedihg ad
an unmitigated outrage, churaSterisi
ito only Of tho blind fanatisism and
corrupt partisanism that stand forth
as the beacon lights ofthat mn jority in
CohBfess who have time aud again
violated both tho spirit and letter of
the Conatitu,ion, and who are estub-
fishing a rocord that will blacken
their character for all time to come
before the just nations Of the world.
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4 sharp Dentist.

.Wo clip the following item fro m
the New York Times ofSunday ,ri
Ella Breen, d young Irish woman
who recently arrived in this country;
yesterday oausedth tho arreet of a den.
tist named JiS: jBugiotti, with whose
family she had lived as domestic at
No. 3O7 Sixth aAvenue. The dentist
furnished Ella with set of teeth for
$25, tho amount to ba deducted from
hcr wages. A fortnight ago Ella left
her employer, but on Friday last she
oalled ON bims and was asked how her
toeth We're getting along. She OPEN
ed her month to lot tho dentist 3a M
inc, when he removed the teeth and
refused to replace them. Houoe tho
arrest. .. .ily y.,a'Iu,.n. 30
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BOYS, Read!

Boys, boys, if you look into tho
carly life Of truly helpful men-those
who make life easief aud .obler to
those who came after them-you will
almost invariably find that they lived
purely in the days of, thoir youth.
In early life, the bfain though
abounding in ,vigor, is sdnsitivs aud
Very susceptible TO injury--and this
70 such q degree TINT a comparatively
briefapa moderate indulgence in vi.
ctous pleasures appears to lower tho
tone and impair both the delicaov
and efficiency Off the, brain for life;
This Is simply the truth of science.
Poor rniudedness, absent mi nd adn ess,
lack Of application, Incidence, shift,
lcssuess and a hundred other "symp-
TOMS" indicate "bad habits" Oh,
tho beauty and benefit of purity i
On, the foulness and calamity Of VIZ
cious ind hl.r.l,.' '...t.ns
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Is Il Mar I

The intimation. has more than once
been thrown out that the United
States Govern nj ent was Preparing for
War. .'
Some havo ipresd med that var With
Dpain is anticipate We take it
that it is war with England, if any.
We learh that ut the Geneva confer.
ence; tho English Government has
been impressed with the exhBrbitn.t t
demands upon it BY the Amer;ca h
Government; i'll the matter ofIthe
Alatama claims. An. Englisli,usn II
steaking to us said thht Euglsud
would uever cohsent to the demands
t't1de upon her, III.
lfthe United States Govefnthent is
preparing for war, it ia war With Eng
land that is anticipated Caroliniun.
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in the general judgment: Honestly
elected If local government be, as
it undoubtedly is, the most vital princi-
pie of our institutions, much advance
will be made toward establishing it by
enabling the people to pass upon ques.
tions 80 nearly affecting their we'll being
dispassionately through their local rep
resentetives. The precipitance which
would force che controlling declaration
on the tax or tariff through the Presi-
Dental candidacy is only o disguised
form of Capitalization involving hazard
Gus reaches of executive influence A
conclusion will be much more impartial
[ ly determined, and with less disturbance
I to trade and finance, by appealing to the
most truthful and diversified local ex-
. precision.
. ''Industrial issues can be likewise
i, e,nancipated from the power of great
a monopolies, and each representative
held to fidelity towards his immediate
. constituents. These are the most pro.
mineDt features of that general concert
o Of action which proposes to replace the
present administration by one more in
n sympathy with the aspirations OF the
. masses OF our countrymen. OF course,
!, such, concert cannot be obtained BY
thrusting every minor or past difference
into the foreground, and it will be TO,
9 the people to determine whether these
objects are Of such magnitude and pre-
q Gent urgency as to justify them in defer
u ring adjustments until the country ehal
: be first restored to free suffrage, unin
u iaenoed by official dictation, and our
70 becomes in fact free republic, released
a from apprehensions of central domino
le ton. Without referring in detail to va
* rious other propositions embraced in tn
resolutions of the convention, but see
ID ing how they all contemp plated restora
is tion OF power to the people, peace t.
D. the nation, and purity to the Govern
ie ment; that they condemn the attempt t
ss establish an ascendancy of military owe
r civil rule, and affirm with explioitnes
the maintenance of equal freedom Of a
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Fiji is becoming civilized. It is nego-
tiating q national loan.

Fiji is becoming civilized. It is nego-
tiating national loan.
A Pennsylvania poet describes dew as
"the perspiration of the moon"
Douglas Jerrold said, "Eve ate the
apple that she might indulge in Dress"
A Chicago lady, seventy-two years old,
is the mother Of baby aged ten days.
The Chinese, with good denl of sar-
easm, call ceremony the smoke of friend
ship.
John Gull, the Oldest convict in the
Ohio State penitentiary, has been in
prison since 1885.
The California ladies. finding Dolly
Warden stale, are holding "Joe Willet''
parties. Willet end there?
A bar-keeper at Lynohburg, Va., ad-
vertises that gentlemen wishing drinks
m 1st bring or lers from their wives.
In Selma, Alabama, rose geraniur,
has buen successfully grated with a
japonica cutting, and the former now
bears full grown flower of the latter.
A Swede, in Iowa. being in love, in
debt and in drink, has got out OF his
complicated difficulties by shooting him
self.
Keep on good terms with your baker
A Hoboken bread merchant recently
poisoned his hot rolls. and two of his
customers we're soon rolling in agony.
A pair of twins, born in Lowndes
County, Miss, the other day-a boy and
girl-were nomed respectively Horace
Greeley and Dolly Warden.
Your colors are berutiful." said a
deeply ronged lady to portrait painter.
Eyes" answered he, 'your ladyship and
deal at the same shop"
In st. Louis saw-mill, last week Mr..
John Bruner was go imprudent as to bo-
come party to little game in which
the circular saw took hand.
A Texas lawyer has been found, forty
three years old, who never drank drol
of ardent spirits or malt liquors, mol
swore an oath. nor belonged to church
Nextl
Podology is the latest ology. It il
the science of being able to tell per
sons character and disposition by th'
bones of the leg and feet. It is no
likely to come generally in vogue.
The tree of the 'Night of Terrors.
at Mexico, souvenir of the night whel
Cortes captured the city, which has beel
carefully preserved all this time, was re
Gently burned by an incendiary.
A lady occupied the pulpit and 81
young ladies passed the contribution
, boxes in the staid and sober old Stat
Street Methodist church, in Troy, oI
Sunday evening.
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DESTRUCTIVE F1RE.--We regret to
learn of considerable destruction OF
property by the fire fiend on the planta-
tion OF Oapt. r. q. Clowney. last Fri
day. A small negro girl struck match
in the corn crib, which was soon in
flames, the fire extending to the stables
and carriage house. The crib was burnt
up, together with about 200 bushels OF
corn, also the stable, carriage house,
carriage and harness. Loss estimated et
1000 to 81 200. No insurance. \
IVinnsboro NeDs.
SUICIDE OF VIRGINIA LADY.-On the
23d ultimore. Elizabeth Rebecca Homan,
da lighter of the late Col. Michael Ho-
man, OF Rockingham County, Va, re-
siding near Broadway Station. on the
Orange, Alexandria and Manassas rail-
road, aged thirty-three years, committed
suicide by drowning herself in the river,
near her residence. The Harrisonburg
Register says Miss Haman had been de-
pressed for some time, and was ''siok Of
the disappointments and treaohery Of
life."
An old Scotch lady was told that her
minister used notes. She disbelieved it;
wherenpon her informant said, "Go into
the gallery and see for yourself" She
did so, and saw the written sermon.
after, the preacher had concluded his
reading on the last page of his manu-
script, he said, with flourish OF his
arm: "Bnt, my hearers. I will not on.
large upon this inviting theme; when
the old lady cried ont from her lofty
seat: ,'Ye oanna,, 70 Gamma. for your
papers give oot."
A DANNY Scot, who had accepted the
office Of elder. because some wag had
made him believe that the remuneration
was sixpence each Sunday and boil o
meal on New Years Day, officially car
ried round the iadle each Sunday afte
service. When the year had elapsed. b.
tolaimed the meal, bnt was told that he ha,
been hoaxed. ''It may be sac wi tn
meal" he replied, ooolIy, 'but tool
care o the saxpence myself"
> A pick-pocket, who had been ducke
! for his malpractice, accounted to hi
, brethren for the arrangement Of his ap
dearance, by coolly tbserving that Ii
. had not been able to change his dres
a since his return from celebrated water
ing place