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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-07
SPIRIT OF THE STATE PRESS.

I OF THE STATE ThESS.
syVe had BETTER Wait"
From the Camden ~Jourhal.l
In material. the nominees of the Moses fac
tlon are equal, If not superior, to those Of the
Boilers, yet none Of them are such as any OF
us would voluntarily support tor any office OF
trust or profit. Who shall we vote for We
think we had better wait, and whichever side
offers US the best terms, provided lnere is q
rood chance for success, go with that SIDE.
cratic Stale committee as eminently wise ana
~propefin recommending q condition OF "mas-
terly inactivity on our part. Let the canvass
proceed, let the case on both sides De Iully
opened, let the frauds be exposed, ieG tne
popular pulse be calmly and wisely ielt, ana
then let the Democracy OF South Carollna act
az circumstances dictate.
A Confession OF Infamy.
From the Greenville Enterprise.l
These are the two tickets presented to the
neople of South Carolina !! I'm the Regular
Ticket there are four white men, TWO scala
wags and two carpet-baggers, and hVe coiored
men. .SOny the Boilers ticket, there are four
white men,, two carpet-baggers and TWO scala
wags. and only one q native of the State. The
Boilers nave proclaimed that the Regular
ticket are all rogues, and have swlndled and
ruined the State; but that If the white people
undertake to elect an honest set OF officials,
and take advantage of their separation from
The rognes, they will go back and Join the
rogues again ! Is this not q confession on
fhsfr part that they care nothing for the In
terests Of the State or for honesty and patrio-
tismi The man who proclaims such senli-
ments confesses his own lnfsmy, and
himself no better than q rogue. Can the
Dennocratic-Lib Republican Greeley party
support such candidates and such q party ?
II wei are TO be robbed and plundereo, IN the
mama of ali We hold sacred and dear, let us
have nothing to do in electing those who are
20 IN II
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Defeat.

he took her hand and looked at her;
Nd sound old that deep stiffness stir;
Even the weary wandering rain
Had ceased 10 beat upon the pane;
OnAbbouL the perfect mouth
A sIgh, more faint than the faint South,
lowered 9 nom nt's space, and then
Died into nothingneas again.
The words he spoke were brief and slow;
What could he Say she did not know?
What pulse Of that %impetuous soul
But owned her calm serene controlr
No need for him to test her heart
With cunning fence OF verbal art;
Only 10 ask and walt her will,
And, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. her still.
Perhaps abe wavered; az. perhaps
The shadow OF the cloud that wraps
The future from our questioning gaze
Let In some glimpse Of after days,
Some hint OF all she might possess
In that true spirits tenderness.
II but her weaker life might move
Unto the music OF his love.
Perhaps WAT knows? he onlV knew
The large gray eyes were dlm with dew;
saw on y on the mouths sweet bloom
The shadow Of reluctant doom;
Felt only one sad gentle word
And then through that deep stiffness heard
Once more the weary, wandering rain
Beat dull against the window pane.
barton GREY In Appleton's Journal.
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SILVER spRMas NHxR 0oAIA. 4IA., |
March 1877. |

SILVER pRNs MAR OoALA, fLk, Ia
March l,lS!L LIZ
MrssRs. DowB, NOISE Z DAVIS: gE1sLss1S OK
XGUE PILLS as q certain cure, ana 9 oiese.aSS"
ali living In the mslarious districts Of the Soatns
and particularly In the everglades OF our sasa
AS i. OWENS. I'D.
K1NasrRsE, 8. u, December 81 1870.
Mr., B. r. NOISE, OHARLBsroN, 3. DYH n
I have used your FEVER AND AdUE y 49,
tnyy,a Pnes'A failed TO relieve my patients: I naIe
laSsa Irsonent calls in my drug store for them, ana
I always recommend shem, and with tne nalpssss
,esntl ~ moving that your, ."Fever and Aalsa
Piiisu nave relieved many under my sreasmsns
when other medicines that I have a 1kss
tailed 70 d. Us BRooKISGToN. I'D
NRscXTuRs, BARNwRIL DIST, S'o1Es
July Il, 1871. IL
Ne, B. F. Mo1sE-Dear Sir: II . reply 70 9, y yoar
9 ESyEP AND AGUE PILLS, that hive eeen Goio
nv ms. we would say as far as We NOV o tnSy
have given entire satisfaction. "esnsn Soasau'
to recommend them. n,r .sItS
Hon 4. 1. issISNTSh &sson.2
NHiR GgREN POND, S.-& U. kK3-
November II, 1slo. .ct1.
Nh; BEE B. E M own .eSs f ZEE ! sIes sla 81 z s,s ~
for them. Ihave used them y ia%ty ya11 s.
fectual; some Of the cases Insd taousns enfu sass
as they bavo lasted ever Two Yeas. r. IA
Vas more man single box required, ana lp ISo
case s has the disease returned, and IL Ia over tnl0s
| months ago since fused them. wuIuIjunnx
eo1sDa's DEror. n =. :; R: ssIs:. e z m 1sIn
MEssns. Dow1E,i NOISE d pAyIsGSa ishodns
1 moving in health almost as fast as l can, n.SSaD,,nos
pp rSSHsps aifrerent old chronic disesses IL an SoG ~
NOISES FEVER AND AGgE h pit hSss medicine T
. Saree. aver taSep. ana they have made 2 So%r SSs
nnge Of ennis and Faver on me, and my esso
oae 81 Inc "oio'i Yeur humble servant, ~g,f.
WILLIAM J: Hssnar.
Peedee railroad Bridge Meg apSns.
m,ov contain no arsenic or possgg esst deSrea
diensss Of any kind-.no taas. - ap nc eirsumsssaoes
injurious to sae . sysisms win perfect safety
to an infant. ,re che most obstinate cAee
They never fall 60 Ell s-.vS
when taken as , asss and Dealers everywhere.
Sold by DrusfHOWiE, NOISE d DAVHs.;sS
p,ourletors and wholesale grgksha
Nayso-tns6nao
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a Movements to Save Grant.

go
from the Anderson IntellIgencer.l
The truth Is apparent that this whole move
ment of the "Bolters" Ia Intended to save
.Grantin the Presidential campaign. II is az
3aoknoWledged fact that the miserable carlca'
lure upon q State government In South Caro-
lima, which has long since become "a DISGRACE
70 civilization" has been one OF the sorest ano
most deadly thorn5 in the Grant administra-
tiop, and 1t was necessary that this heavy load
should be removed. as 1t was pressing loWn
too hard upon the shoulders of The Northern
Republicans, who are justly held responsible
for the utter disgrace and failure OF recon.
etruction in South Carolina. This pretended
effort to Dust the thieves is made with a View
to deceive the Northern people, In our judg-
ment. and gainsay the popular belief that
General Grant is, in some measure, respon-
sible for UNFOLDING the plunderers IN
this State: AS ta = ! psoGt w saas ba .pls o SoVee 70
cIte the fact that nearly every Federal omclai
in sonth Carolina Joined with The "Bolters,"
although they were not delegates TO Inc Staoe
Reuubiic8r Convention, but were convenient
10 at hand 10 organize the "True RepuDll-
cans.n and set the ball In motion Walcn was
intended to relieve President Grant from tne
odium of supporting men hitherto connected
with the State government. Now, It ID prooa-
HE Chat General Grant will not openly espouse
the cause of the "Bolters," nor seek TO inter-
fera with the success Of the Moses party Out
.his adherents In the North will claim the credit
or nrgtng his movement OF reform, as we
are Constantly assured by the "Boltersn
themselves that they were implored TO purify
the party In this State, in order TO remove the
incnbus from their Northern friends IN
present campaign. A semolance OF pT-
rI6cafion viii answer the purpose as Well
and hence we find the declaration J
their mouths that any united action upon
The mart of Democrats will force them TO
abandon the struggle and once more am.lete
with robbers But, more than all, the TOM
ilinson ticket does not stand the ghost OF q
chsnce among the rank and 1le OF the Repuo-
ican party In South Carolina. at present,
ztha.colored people are thoroughly In accord
with the Noses wing, and this assures nine
tenthsT of the Radical vote. The signs OF any
DersIstent and determined opposition are
Already beginning to wane; the .'Bolters" are
nrebaring to surrender In small squads, ana
IL Wouldb e quite q relief to their feelings were
tue Democrats, To- furnish. the desired excuse
for their return to the camp OF the Phiistines.
Their condition is pitiful indeed, n unoer
other and different circumstances 1t might ex-
site our sympathy and coincidence. But we
are not prepared to offer a lachrymose enter
tainment at this time, cad are willing to
see them suffer for a while at least. "lrs none
OF our funerap this time.
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.yorr1Nas ABOUT THE STATE.
Judge Orr is holding court in Green

sE@E- -
Judge Orr is holding court in Green
Vile.
"A colored mar named Furman simon
killed another colored man George NC
aFarIane, near Society Hill, on the l1th nlumo.
Mr.. John B. Jenkins, an old elllzsn OF
Fairfield County, died suddenly on sat ;n tss
Indian war in Florida many years ago, ana
was also a soldier In the Confederate war.
The Horny News says: ION Wednesday,
the 28th ultimo, the turpenti6e still OF MT. ..
". Holiday, at Galivant's Ferry, together
with about nine hundred barrels OF rosln ana
crude stuff, was consumed by IRE. Inc n[e
was occasioned by a leak In the still. MI:
Holiday informs us that the loss Will De ABOUT
$1,000.
On sales-dsy in G~reenvllle the Lester,s
Factory was sold by the sheriff Tor $40. oUU,
and the purchaser failing to comply with the
terms of sale, Ii was again offered, aud knock
ed down to Mrs. Carrie Lester at $lo,4O0.
Thetland of Peter Taylor, deceased, sold lor
partition, was purchased by Captain w. =.
Earle for $l840.
Rev. Sewell Thomason, a minister Of the
Methodist Church, residing fifteen miles below
Gresnyille, on the Laurens Road, died on Mon
dav morning last. he retired the night before
MA death In his usual health. He was aged
ahont sixty wears, and had been 10 the Work OF
the ministry a considerable time. Mr.: Inom-
asonleaves q large and estiuaole family.
-On Monday night last. the Wilmington
Columbia and Augusta freight train, gong
west, ran over Nj. Henry Lawson, near Iin.
monsviIle, mutilating his body, IN q sn0cklns
manner and cutting his head entlrely on.
Mr.. Lawson was known to have oeen orinh-
ine. LIQUOR during the day in TimmonsVile
and it Is supposed he was 80 intoxicated lnat
he must have lain down on the road ana meC
his sad fate In that condition. He leaves d
wife and four children.
The Chester reporter learns that lately
Iohn Henry Toole, of Rock Hill, IN YORK
Comfy, commenced an action against MAJOR
IeWis Merrill, commandant OF the Oniteo
States forces at Yorkville, laying his damages
a. Ave thousand dollars, for false imprison'
ment. Toole ia the colored barber at iorE,
Vile. and. as be alleges, was captured iast tall
nv a marty of MerrilPs Dragons, and by thaC
ofacar held in the jail forty.two days, ne oelng
entirely Innocent of any lnfraction OF the Jaw.
The suit is brought by 8. P. Hamilton, ESQ
az the attorney for the plaintiff. IL ~ IneeDG-
ed that the suit shall be pressed Win 81 pos III
.sie vIgor. and to test che question Wnetner an
Innocent man may be incarcerated aaa nape
no redress from the law. The case not impUs-
dbly may find its way to the supreme Ooui'
OF the. United st ates.
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MARYLAND STEAM SUGAR REFINING COMPANY.

As Agent for the MARYLAND STEAM SUGAR REFINERY OF BALTIMORE ~ III 6egp souEsHt
low 80 AmberD msi in barrels which, oGr at manuIauren prices freight ad aded. my ohani
in mics helm Vreporudd myb BY telegraph thus giving the radeth the advnage0 E ,-,
Al aol Agent for the cAebrateib brands OF Family Flour Manufactured 10y esSS. AVIS
EMaONs, oft Louis, which lean recommend in every resmSt pat p IN MIstss ns P Saa a ~
FFssnmy Also several OF the betM NILS In Virginia Georgia ant Tennessee
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tim q o. MeTs. Williams Bhe i 20. New York. . -..un, - $50 u.u
ast the SPECIAL AGENT FOR THE STATE OF DUPONTS GUNPOWDEh VIII sWsys kep Mh
scs oSanS ind at Maaazine Thu long experience OF Mesrs Dupont nthe manuacuMeo OF Gun.
nwdT mks U uuuocepary ITO sy more than NtIg guarantee heq uahyoL very package fce
SLOW MS any oter PoVderi n 1.-THE market Fersons odrngp easen name DUPONT.
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Nh NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

~IVIT. AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WA ,Nn a. the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Institute,
raw. Ny. Instructions very practical. Aavaa'
sasss nnsurpassed In this county. GrsaaasS
Obtain excellent positions. He0Pena, SSPPHn.nvsd
Gourse o1 study and full particulars, sIG ~
Prof. ORAs, DR0WHH, Director. aasl 1
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22

An item is now pervading the
American press describing the won
derfnl doings of "Herr Holtum. the
Prussian Hercules" now exhibit
ing in England. A cannon is drawn
into the hall where he exhibits by two
horses; he takes his stand twenty or
thirty feet from the muzzle; it is fired.
The concussion shakes the building ;
cloud of smoke envelopes the per-
former; when it clears away he is
found unhurt, holding the marked
cannon ball in his hands. 1t would
seem at first that this heroic perform
er should be engaged as catcher by q
professional baseball club, but his
feat is, unfortunately for his reputa-
ton, neither novel nor difficult. 1t
was certainly perform in England in
1916, rnd this is the modus operandi {:
About two ounces ofpowder are plac-
ed in the gun; then the ball is ram
med home; then the balance of the
charge put in. When the gun is fir
ed all the powder is sgnited, and the
flash, smoke and report are orthodox,
but the ball only receives propulsion
from the small quantity of pow
der behind it, and is thrown but few
feet. So accurately could the force be
estimated that, at an experiment in
England in 1846, a twelve pound ball
was thrown against board fence so
as to leave slight dent on 1t without
knocking It down-Chicago PosE,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22

but If ever any one made strong try
to call on God for assistance did
then. / could feel my mothers soft
hand on my head.
"George," said she to my brother,
his forehead don't feel very cold
How strange it is"
Then Georges hand was put on my
forehead, and could feel him place
his hand on my breast.
They seemed to think that / might
not be dead.
Pretty soon a neighbor came in, and
there was good deal of talking that
l couldn't understand. Then 1 was
lifted out of the coffin and placed in
bed. / was rubbed all over with a
coarse towel.
Still couldn't stir or open my eyes.
Then my mother came to give one
last look. I could feel her near me
just as she used to be when L was boy,
and her hand smoothed my hair in the
old way that seemed to take me back
to the time when I wasn't so bad as /
am now.
tried with all the force / could to
speak. made one strong effort to
rouse myself and finally broke the
spell and looked up.
My mother tainted; but help soon
came, and after taking some medicine
and doctors stuff, was able to think
freely and breathe again.
In little while was well again
with the exception of an ugly scar on
the back of my neck.
The doctors said had a narrow es-
cape. My spinal cord, they Said, had
been struck by the branch of the tree,
and was as good as dead. 1t was
more than miracle that I was ever
brought to. They had good deal to
say about paralyzing my nervous sys-
tenn and stopping the circulation, and
all that; but, at any rate, got well.
Boys, haven't sworn an oath since
then. l don't feel like it.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22
Sunday Morning.

How many pleasant breakfast tables
it looks down upon. No need to hur-
ry away to Office, or store, or counting
room. Fathers come Ieisurely down
in dressing gown and slippers, and sip
their coffee without danger of choking.
They have time to round and see how
tall the children have grown, and that
nothing in this world is so beautiful
as rosy baby fresh from slumher.
Mother, too, has the old girlish smile
that comes not often on a week day,
for if it does, father has not time to
notice it, and that, perhaps after all,
is the reason it comes so seldom. 1t
is pleasant, after eggs and coffee, to
sit comfortably down by the fire, the
center of ring of happy faces, and
hear the church bells chime. Time
enough yet to go, for this is the first
bell.
Church bells are not, to my ear, San
impertience." One is free agent,
am free to go, which l like to do you
are free to stay, if you prefer; though
may think you make a mistake. /
don't say that should go every Sun
|day to hear man who was always
binding doctrines together like bum
dies of dry sticks, and thrusting them
at his yawning hearers. l want to
hear sermon that any poor soul who
struggles into church, from any by
lane or alley, can understand and car
ry home with him to his cellar or
garret; not sermon that comes on
chariot wheels, but on foot, and with
warm, life like grasp for eve-y hon
est-aye, and dishonest-hand in the
assembly, defaulter or Magdelen for
who bade you slam Heavens gate in
their faces?
want human sermon. / don't
care what Melchisedke, or Zerubbable
or Kerenhappuk did, ages ago ; l want
to know what I am to do, and want
somebody besides theological book
worm to tell me-somebody who is
sometimes tempted and tried, and is
not too dignified to own it; somebody
like me, VINO is always SHINING and
repenting; somebody who is glad and
sorry, and cries, laughs, and eats and
drinks, and wants to fight when they
are trodden on-aud don'ti That's
the minister for me. / don't want
spiritual abstraction, with stony eyes
and petrified fingers, and no blood to
battle with. What credit. is it to be
proper? How can he understand me !?
Were there only such ministers in the
pulpit, wouldn't go to church either,
because my impatient feet would only
beat tattoo on the pew floor till SER
vice was over; but thank God there
are, and while they preach shall go
and hear them, and come home better
and happier for having done it.
So pray you don't abolish my
Sunday, whatever you may do with
yours. Don't take away my blessed
Sunday breakfast, when we all have
time to love another. Don't take
away the Sabbath bells, which 1 SO
love to hear. Don't take away my
human minister, whose God is no ty-
rant, and is better pleased to see us go
smiling home from church, than bow
ing our heads like bulrush, and
groaning back to our dinners, till all
you anti-Sabbatarian are made to
abolish Sunday-and no wonder.
FHNNY FERN.
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Discovery of Coal.

The following is a brief and relia-
BILE history of the discovery and intro
duction of coal in America: Btu
minous coal was mined near where
the city of Richmond, Virginia, now
stands, as early af 100. 1t was extern
sively used in Pennsylvania in 1775,
and Richmond foundry employed it
in making shot and shell during the
revolution. 1t was sent to Boston,
Philadelphia and New York in 1779.
Obediah Gore and his brother, black
smiths, from Connecticut, were the
first to make use of anthracite coal in
the Wyoming (Pa.) Valley in 1798.
Judge Jesse Fell, of Wilkesbarre, was
the first to apply it to household uses.
Philip Ginter, a hunter in the Mauch
Chuch region, discovered the Lehigh
coal in 1891. Mines were opened in
1898, but it was ten years later before
coal was shipped to Philadelphia. The
Schuylkill coal was first sent to Phila-
delphia in 1872.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22

Buddhism, we are told with some
show of exultation in religious news
papers, is to be suppressed in Japan,
the temples of the faith are to revert
to the Government, and its priests
turned into soldiers or laborers. The
most important question is, what is
Japan to have to supply the place of
the prohibited faith? Not Christiani-
ty, for this reform, as it is called, is
not made, as we understand, in the in
terests of Christianity at all. Any ma
tive religion which may succeed to it,
for instance Taouism, is probably more
materiallstic than Buddhism proper !;
for this, whatever may be its corrup-
tions in Japan, is essentially ideal, de-
nying the world of the senses as un-
real; and its mythology is one of per-
sonified ideas. The Buddhist wor-
ship is homage rendered to ideas, use
full as discipline, and it is supposed to
be only reflex in its effects. For this
in its influence upon the Japanese,
putting Christianity out of the ques-
tion, only merely moral or a merely
material faith can be substituted and
what the actual gain of the change
may be is simply conjectural. There
is no evidence that the political au-
thorities would not be equally jealous
of Christianity, if, through the num-
Der of its converts, it should become
important. UnQuestionably the Bud
dhism of Japan is in condition of
monkish degeneracy, with an over
grown, indolent, and sensual priest
hood, fond of temporal power, and
thus obnoxious to the reformers. But
those who suppose that these, in con-
sequence of their hostility to the an
cient faith, will become Baptists or
Congregationalists or Episcopaiians,
are reckoning, we suspect, rather loose
lV
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-22
An Electrified Room.

The Worcester (Mass.) Spy says:
A singular electrical phenomena is
manifest at dwelling on Pleasant st.
In passing around the room and rub
bing the feet on the carpet a person
becomes highly charged with elec-
tricity upon touching the register or
any good conductor brilliant spark
of large size is developed. The gas
can be readily lighted by first turning
it on, and then rubbing the feet on the
carpet and holding one finger over the
jet. A spark often darts from the
feet when passing over certain places
in the floor, producing painful sem
sation. The electricity is only devel-
oped by rubbing the feet on carpet
underlaid with MANILA paper. When
three or four persons take hold of
hands and walk around they all be-
come powerfully charged, and the first
one touching conductor would not
care to repeat the experiment. What
peculiar arrangement in a house is
necessary to produce this phenome-
non, and its influence upon the health
of its inmates. being constantly charg-
ed with electricity, is a question for
the scientist.