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SECRET H1sroRY. BLESSED are the

SECRET H1sroRY.-''Blessed are the
peace-makers," OF whom little Johnny
Forney wants to be chief; and useful
also are the leaky, of whom he is surely
one. In his Washington Chronicle, Of
Sunday, he gives remarkable descrip-
ton OF the manner in which Grant was
nominated for the Presidency. He be-
gins by stating that in November, 1867.
Judge Carter and Senator Thayer sug-
gested to him to write can exhaustive
editorial" favoring a movement towards
such selection. Forney then goes on to
add:
II answered. that Gen. Grant was not
candidate for President, and did not
desire to be, and if printed anything
without authority there was little doubt
that some supcrserviceabie politician
would call upon him and ask him if he
had been made candidate with his
sanction. He will, Of conrse, reply that
he never saw the article till in print; 40
all our schemes, to make him President.
will gang aglee.' Then Rawlins took
the article to- Gen. Grant, and stayed
quite long time. When he returned,
he said: Gen. Grant is quite pleased
with this, your statement of his
political record. and surprised that
he proves to be so good Repub-
llcan. Upon this hint 1 printed it.
When Rawlins came back from Gen.
Grant with the editorial, he told us with
great emphasis, Gen. Grant does not
want to be President. He thinks the
Republican party may need him, aud he
believes as their candidate lie can be
elected and reelected But said Raw
lins. what is to become Of him after his
seoond Presidential term? What, in
deed! During his administration, ho ia
receiving FROM SIT. 600 TO $40. 900 q year
as General OF the armies OF the republic
10 go into the Presidency at 1926 100 a
year for eight years, is perhaps to gain
nore fame; but what is to become of
him at the end of his Presidency? He
is not politician; he does not aspire to
the place. Eight years from tho 4th Of
Alarch, 1869, he will be about fifty six
years old. OF course, he must spend
his salary as President England, with
her Wellington. her Wilson and her
other heroes on land and sen, has never
hcsitated to enrich and ennoble them
through all their posterity. Such q
policy is III accordance with the oharao-
ter of the Engliah Government; but in
our country. the man who fights for and
saved the republic would be beggar if
ne depended upon political Office. And
mark it, if Grant takes anything from
the rich, whose vast fortunes he has
saved, after he is President, lie will bo
accused as the willing recipient of
gifts"
It will thus be seen Grant intended to
run for President for the second term
when he Was working for the first.
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SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE,
s. c.. PRSITENTIARY.


COLUMBIA. March 2, 1872
In consequences Of the action OF one
part of tho General Assembly, on yes.
terday, whereby it is apparent that
wholly insufficient means will be allowed
tho institution for sustenance, the fol.
lowing employees are dismissed from
service. Tho work will be discontinued
and the convicts locked up.
@. j. STOLBRAND,
Superintendent.
Under the above order, we learn that
about forty employees principally
guards-were discharged yesterday, to
whom the sum Of $36 each was due.
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Lorick & Lowrance-Corn.
Cape Found.
Meeting Columbia Lodge.
Meeting GAIA Lodge.
Meeting Building and Loan Assccn.
Meeting Rchland Lodge.
Leon Brothers.
Il. Hopc-Notice.
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Here comes man asserting that he
has discovered specific for smallpox,
threatening to rob Jenner of his fame.
His name is DR.. Zuelzer, OF Berlin, and
his medicine bears the queer name of
Xylol. It is distilled from the oil of tar.
OF temperature of 140 degrees. and
must not be confounded with other
queer substances distilled from oil Of tar
at different degrees; among which we find
named: "Cels bensol at 81 degrees,
Touloul Mt 140 degrees, and Xyloden Mt
2l5 degrees" We warn oil tar boilers
in pursuit OF the treasure to avoid mis-
takes. If report speaks true, he las
already routed the horrid monster out
OF Berlin, and is now signing, Alcxan-
der like. for moro smallpox worlds to
conquer.
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Postmaster-General,

Later ,advioes from st. Petersburg
would seem to Indicate that the Fish
Catacazy quarrel is not to blow over as
easily as expected. The more the Car
thinks OF it. the more annoyed and re-
sentful he grows, state of feeling which
is not at all improved by the rudeness
shown by General Grant to the Grand
Duke. Catacazy himself is ut work pre-
pairing an account of the affair, which
will embrace many damaging disclosures,
not only in relation to the quarrel itself,
but also as to tho general character of
American diplomacy. Altogether, af-
fairs between the two countries look
anything bus serene. A feeling Of Ills
trust and suspicion has been engendered
among the Russians by the stupid pre-
judioes and conduct of Mr.. Hamilton
Fish, that at some future day may cost
the country more than he was ever worth
to it,
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The New York Tribune com nepds ia
the notice Of American statesmen, II
who hesitate at universal amnesty seven
years after tho conclusion of the civil
war, the example of the Frcnch Assem-
bly,, which has just approved the grant
ing OF amnesty to Communists, with The
wounds of their bloody intestine contest
yet unhcnlcd.
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Nebraska, which already hos two Go
vernors, is threatened by the mem bers
of-its remarkable Legislature with q
third Governor, in the person of citi-
zen OF the cheerful name of Doom. 1t
is clear that Nebraska is doomed to have
plenty of Governors, MS long MS tho mum
ber OF political sconndrels in that State
remain undiminished; but we know OF
moro than one State that has reached it's
doom in one Governor.
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An ont house on The premises Of DIR.
Aiken, in Winnsboro, was destroyed hy
fire, on the night of tho 9th. a day or
two afterwards, the residence of MR..
Means took fire, but tho flames were OK
tinguishcd before any damage was done.
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ScnUnz AS a WIT 1t appears that
tho Missouri Senator is not only a grave
aud powerful debator, but also q genu-
inc wit whom tho occasion justifies it.
Poor Conkling, of New York. tho cocks
comb md pencock of the Senate, was
utterly crushed out by him several times
during the recent debate On one ocoa-
sion, replying to Schnrz, he spoke of
him rs having ''strutted in tho Senate;"
for which the latter begged pardon for
infringing on the peculiar privilege Of
his friend from New York" Poor
Conkling got another terrible rap over
the knucklcs. when hc conrscly and an
grily accused Mr.. Schurz of boasting of
his courage. The exnsperating Missou-
rian calmly replied, that "he had merely
said he wonld not qnail before n thou
sand men like Conkling, aud there WAS
certainly not much boastng in thut."
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TEMPERANCE AGrrATION--There was
lately rumor that the Emperor of Rus
sia had become disciple Of tectotalism,
which would be strange thing among
monarchs, and especially among mo.
narchs OF Russia. Tho temperance
movement, however, seems to be active
among portion of the people, and be-
ginning at the silver works OF Moscow
short time ago, has already gathered
considerable strength in different parts
of the empire. The members of tho
association pledge themselves to abstain
from what are called strong drinks. If
it be true that the Emperor has taken
similar position. his example may req
sonably be expected to have influence
with the people. who regard him with a
semi-religicus veneration. 1t is stated
than in England the publicans have
begun to mob the temperance meetings.
At Exeter, the rioters did their best, or
worst, to break up temperance assem-
bly,, aud. among other devices, hurled
bag of flour at the Bishop of Exeter and
Sir Wilfred Lawson, who were on the
platform. The Echo, of January 9th,
says: "The fight is not against the poor,
sodden, half-brute, ignorant creatures,
but against those who live by depraving
them-against the rich and influential
who sell them the poison that maddens
them" And the same journal adds:
"No better proof of the necessity of
some such measure rs the permissive
bill could be desired than the evidence
of that bag Of -four" Drinking habits
must. indeed, have become intolerable
in England, when such journal as the
Saturday Rerie,c sounds an alarm at s'the
increasing passion for stimulants,"
which, it says, is observable in modern
society, not only among the lower
classes, but among educated and cult
vated people," The physicians have
taken up the matter seriously. aud not
less than $50 of them, headed by the
presidents of two great medical colleges,
have published declaration Of the
dangers OF spirit and wine drinking.
Stranger than all, the Rsrie,o thinks that
q resort to "the American remedy of le-
gislative prohibition may be necessary"
If, however. prohibition does not sue
oeed any better in England than in those
American States in which it has been
adopted, it will prove an Intellectual
remedy.
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we fnil to appreciate the logic which
attributes oil. the inhuman cruelties prnc-
ticed by man upon his brother in this
country to the influence of the old in
stitution OF slavery. It is an impudent,
pharisaical assumption upon the part of
Northern zealots in the highest degree
unjust and libelous. IN journal now
before us. we find q horrible case of
cruelty recently inflicted upon boy by
three laborers at the Susquehauna depot,
Pennsylvania, attributed to the 'crack
OF the overseer's whip" which has had
just about as much to do with the bows
case, as it has with that of any brutal
English laborer, who beats his wife in
the brick fields. We protest against The
mass OF obloquy cast upon TINT old in
stitution, which had many humane and
redeeming qualities. The slave popula-
tion, with all its wrongs and abuses, was
yet always better taken care of, less i'm
posed upon, and far happier than the
lower laboring classes of England nro
to-day. They were always strangers to
suffering and poverty; they never lacked
medical attention or proper shelter, and
in many other respects their condition
was paradise to that of tho poorer
Glasses of the New England States.
Contrary to tho belief sought to be in
culcated, the ''crack of The overseer's
whip" was seldom heard. kindness and
confidence being ever recognized rs the
most efficient rule. There are sins
enough resting upon the old institution
without its being nsed as scape-goat
for oil Northern crimes and inhumani-
ties. Cruelty and wrong belong exclu-
sively to no section or people, and tho
conduct OF our cousins in tho late war
show them experienced graduates in
what they are ever SO anxious to preach
against. The New Orleans Times de-
clares that they should have more cha
rity, and in order to encourage them to.
ward its cultivation, we would suggest
III an incontrovertible fact, that the whirl
OF the cotton spindle has been more fer.
tile OF inhuman cruelty, has blasted
more lives. and filed moro graves, than
ever did the "crack of tho ovcrseer's
whip"
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Population of the State of Texas. SlS,-
go, namely: native born 75G. lCS. TO-
reign born G2,4I1.
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Tho Labor Reform Party.

The first step in the great Presidential
contest which comes off this foil, has
been taken by the Labor Reform party.
At their convention, at Columbus, Ohio,
Judge David Davis.noi the Supreme
Court, was nominated for President,
and Joel Parker, of New Jersey, for
Vice. President of the United States
Judge Davis is olassed as among the
liberal Republioans, aud Joel Parker is
q lifelong Democrat, and man of dis.
tinguished ability and great popularity.
OF itself. the Labor Reform party could
effect nothing in a raoe,for the Presi.
denoy. With them only hs competitors.
Grant could. doubtless, walk over the
course without SO puch exertion as
even humping the ashes from his placid
segar, or regular Demooratip nominees
might glide in to the White House at on
easy pace. But if tho other auti. Grant
elements the liberal Republicans and
the Democrats-coalesoe with the Colum.
bus Convention, the sluggish Ulysses
will have to shake off hie lethargy and
come down to his work in earnest. Even
then. his chances for re- election must be
calculated among the remote possibili.
ties at best.
Judge Davis aud Joel Parker are un-
exceptionable men to Conservatives and
Democrats throughout the country. The
platform is not 80 free from objection.
It proscribes tho hsathen Chinee, and
favors protective tariff, both of which
do not accord with the sentiments of
the Southern Democracy, at any rate.
These faults, however, are Offset in o
great measure by the advocacy of com.
plete amnesty. equality of rights and
privileges, and thorough civil service
reform. The candidates and the priuci.
ples announced Mike manifest the fact
that the party is intended mainly as
compromise between Republicanism and
Democracy. It is Republicanism divest.
ed of it's military aud centralizing fea-
lures. that render it specially hateful,
and Democracy robbed of its allegiance
to free trade. We of the South will be
content to foregc that much, in order to
secure substantial and genuine return
to constitutional and economical govern
ment. Judge Davis is said to be in sym
patty with Gratz Brown. Schurz. Trum-
bull. Greeley, Fenton, Cameron and the
leading reform Republicans, and it is
not improbable that his nomination at
Columbus is but the forerunner OF
similar honor designed for him at Gin
oinnati. Woe is Grant, if these surmises
prove correct.
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The REMOVAL OF PoL11lcAL DIsAB1L1-
TIES The Washington correspondent
of the New York Times writes as follows.
under date of 26th ultimo:
The House. today, manifested deter
mination to do away with any necessity
for general amnesty bill by removing
political disabilities by means of special
bills. Mr.. Whitley, of Georgia, offered
q bill relieving several hundreds in his
Congressional District, and having signi-
fed his willingness to accept similar bills
rs amendments, they were hurried in by
the Representatives of every Southern
State to the number of nearly fifty. A
rough estimate puts the number of
names presented at 1000. When this
thing had been going on until the clerk g
desk was piled nearly half foot deep,
Mr.. Eldridge suggested an amendment
removing disabilities from all the rest of
mankind. 1t was understood that no
names we're sent up save those of per-
sons who had applied for amnesty. but
MIR. Conger was in tribulation lest jeff.
Davis name had been smuggled into the
list, and Mr.. Maynard insisted, with q
pertinacity which became ludicrous, that
all the names should be read. Hnving
passed this wholesome bill, and being in
mood for it. the House. at the request
OF Mr.. Young. took up and pnssod a
special amnesty bill, which came from
the Senate last session, aud which re-
moves disabilities from 1924 persons.
A few more Mondays of equally expedi.
tions work and there will bo nobody left
to be benefited by the amnesty bill, which
is hanging fire in the Senate.
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THE RAIhRoAD.-We had the pleasure,
yesterday, of meeting. in our town, Mr..
II. Il. Peake, accompanied by Mr.. J. o.
Meredith, who came on tour OF inspec-
tion of tho Laurcns Railroad. MIR.
Peake speaks very favorably as to tho
early rebuilding and completion of our
road, and is of opinion that it can be put
in running order by July, if the work be
commenced at once. or within reasona-
bly, short time. Mr. Peake will make n
report Mt once to President Magrath, in
regard to tho road, when the work will,
doubtless, commence ns soon rs hands
can be procured; which will, doubtless,
require but little time, rs wo have heard
OF u number who arc holding themselves
III readiness to 60 to work. MIR. Peake
has lnrgo experience in railroading, hay
ing been General Superintendent of the
South Carolina Railroad for some four
teen or fifteen years, and withal prac
tical machinist and engineer; in short,
he is II raiiread msn in every sense of the
word. LuurcnSriNc Herald.
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HEAVY TuEFr.-Mr. Lewis Robert
son, IN attentive and economical citi.
zen OF this place, a few days since sus
tanned heavy loss by theft, amounting
to $500 in currency. The circu instances
OF the case are rs follows: A small negro
girl in the employment of Mr.. Robert
son was furnished with key. by M old
negro woman, named Betsy Kennedy.
which unlocked the trunk where the
money was deposited. The money was
kept ia belt made for the purpose, and
contained S5,O In the same trunk
with the belt. was sack of specie con-
thinning 50. 0D0-Sl, 400 gold and 5000
in silver. The girl gave rs a reason for
not taking more, thmt her aunt, old Bet.
sey, had instructed her to take only n
little Mt time. Tho key was borrowed
by the old woman of neighbor negro,
and has been identified. Tho parties
are now under arrest and the case will
undergo legal Investigation.
LaurenSrWe Ihruld.
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Congressman James Brooks, in one OF
his recent letters of travel, exults in hav-
ing made l, 420 miles in India in sixty.
two honrs, from the Bay OF Bengal and
the Ganges to the Sua of Arabia. "And
We slept by the way good deal" says
he. "Wo wasted much time at many,
many stations; but our speed, while
going, was thirty miles, and sometimes
forty miles tho hour, over first class rail-
roads. better built than any wo have in
America, costing three dollars per mile
to our one; over frightfully flooding
rivers; through terrible mounta IL passes
but then again on long, level plains,
MS smooth ms our prairies; and with cul-
tivation more beautiful. If possible, than
many parts of the Connecticut River
Valley.
A gentleman travelling in Tennessee c
just after the close of tho war, overheard
the following conversation between two
women OF that country, who had been to
town, and were returning home on tho
cars: "Whnt have you in TINT pnper?"
Soda" "Sodal what's sodn?" "Why
don't you know what soda is? that ere
stuff that you put in biscuits that mako
EN- git up and hump themselves"
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grades. A+t@r admission, there is to be a pro-
D~Al!on&iy term 0t six months, then a re-eXam-
nation, and in the event Of a favorable result
OF this REORGANIZATION, a confirmation of the
original appointment. This is the broad basis
OF the rules, which will be found elsewhere.
The objections on legal grounds which have
been made to the project have been on two
grounds. They are, first, that the power of
removal by the President cannot be curtailcd
bythlS SyStemit isnot; and thesecond, that room
must be left for the discretion of the appointing
power, which is provided fol by a rule that the
names of three applicants in the order of excel
lence, determined by the competitive examina-
lions, Shall be certified by the proper officers
TO the appointer.'
Tho condition of the Prince of Wales is much
more favorable than when ] wrote per " Aquid-
neck" but still it would appear that he is not
entirely out Of danger. The following Tele-
grams dated at London give the very latest
accounts of his health =
LONDON, Dec. 22-2 z. M.-Ihe noon
bulletin from Sandringham, to-day, reports that
the Prince Of Wales was a little less quiet last
night, but that his condition is unchanged.
4 p. M-The "Pall Mall Gazette" las 4
special telegram from Windsor which repre-
SCENTS that the reports whicn have been received
at Windsor Castle from Sandringham to-day
are not quite so favorable, that the pulse of
the Prince of Wales is higher, and that there
Is considerable anxiety at the Castle.
Dec. 80 5 A. NJ, The alarming special
dispatch which was published in the "PalI Mall
Gazette" yesterday relative to the Prince of
Wales, Iras no foundation. The Prince contin-
uoS to progress toward recovery, and there IS
no increase in his fever.
z p. M.-Ihe noon bulletin from Sandring-
ham to-day announces that the Prince Of Wales
passed a quiet night. The progress of con
Valesenco is slow and gradual"
The New Cabinet at Madrid seems to have
been formed with one exception the following
are the present appointees
MADRID, Dec. 22.-Senor Sagasta has sue
ceeded in completing The formation Of his Cabi-
net. With one exception the name of the Min
listers are the same as announced yesterday.
Admiral Topetc and Stnor Angulo after some
deliberation, decided to accept their portfolios.
Senior Groizard finally and peremtorily decin-
cd the Ministry Of Justice, and Senior Colme-
mares, who held the same Office in the last Ca
binet was rendered the appointment, and ac-
cepted it, The Ministers, with Senior Segasta
at their head, then waited ON the King, and in
his presence took their oaths of office. The
Ministry now stands as follows
Sagasta, President of the Council and Minis
ter of the Interior.
MaIcampo, Minister of the Marine.
Dc Bias, Minister of Foreign Affuirs.
Candan, Minister of Public Works.
Topete, Minister of the Colonies.
Angulo, Minister of Finance.
Gamindes. Minister of War.
Colmena< IS, Minister of Justice.
The new Government, it is rumOured, will
not onp5se the elevation of Ruiz Gorilla TO the
Presidency of the Cortes."
1t is said that at Washington a strong effort
is being made to involve the United States in a
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members of fbe Rioht. T6nir annnaranoo croa
fed no sensation in tba hodv 1 In b0a KIN
introdnond in the AosomhIn nroriIiaa cn ~
release of the Communist nrispnnrs wSo bold M
rank. The Prisoners B,iliorav RastorI and
Henri Rochpf,rt. now nndarnoinr oon6nn,on+
in Fort Bovqrd. in nfIrsnancn ~ IA santannnn f
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= u'Pu,"''I" OF Ffenc' lfolts.ahts had an
l"le''ie" 'o-"ay WIN PRESIDENT Ihiof3, who re
ceIlto 'neIn WIN aIaol,Iiy ana promised that
'eII6'ou9 efuaI.y ShoQId De maintained.
BRUSSELS me queen OF me beIGIa1lS IS
P'o"o0"cou e"'e''le
December p.
~ IHTERSGURG.-Ihe messenger, an Off
claI organ OF Inc government, announces for the
nFSI L,4e me removal OF Minister Catacacy
from NaShlngt0n, owing, ii says, to personal
difficulties which might prejudice the good re-
latlons existing between Russia and the United
States. Ihe same official authority in an ari-
Gle on the present aspect Of Europe, says the
oiher towers should see no danger to themselves
III inc lflehashlP OF 3ussla ana Germany. Their
common interests suilco TO explain their mutual
esteem. put no 0Cate should so lar count on
A'UoSl" loIot"'@nco as 10 Chlhk oI ABSORBING
allOln6f. AN imperial UkaSo makes compulsory