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SOUTH CAROLTN1.
-=3djfioheI Troops Ordered to the Prosfrate
State The I;adicais Mast and WiN,
II IHey Cut,, P4Ie at the Point
Of the Bayonet.
BY The President Of the United States Of america,

BY the President Of the United States OF america,
Proclamation:
Whereas, 1t has been satisfactorily
shown to me that insurrection and do
mestic violence exist in several counties
OF the state of South Carolina, and that
certain combinations of men against the
law exist in many counties of said state,
known as " rifle clubs, - who ride up and
down, by day and night, in arms, muir
dering some peaceful citizens and in
timidating Others, which combination,
although forbidden by the laws of the
state can not be controlled or suppressed
by the ordinary course of justice; and
whereas, it is provided in the constitu-
ton of the United States that the United
States shall protect every state in this
znion, on the application of the legisla-
ture, or of the executive when the Iegis-
lature can not be convened, against do
me tic violence; and whereas, by laws in
pursuance of the above it IS provided in
the laws of the United States that in all
cases of insurrection in any state, or of
obstruction to laws thereof it shall be
lawful for the president of the United
States, on application of the legislature
of such state, or of the executive. when
the legislature can not be convened, to
call for the militia of any other state or
states, or to employ such part of the land
and naval forces as shall be judged neces-
sary for the purpose of suppressing such
insurrection or causing the laws to be
duly executed; and whereas, the Iegis-
lat,lre of said state is not now in session.
and can not be convened in time to meet
the present emergency. and the execu-
tive of said state, under section four of
article four of the constitution and laws
passed in pursuance thereof, has there
fore made due application to me in the
premises for such part of the military
force of the United States as may be
necessary and adequate to protect such
state and the citizens thereof against
domestic violence, and to enforce the due
execution of laws; and whereas, it is
required that whenever 1t may be neces-
sary in the judgmens of the president to
use the military force for the purpose
aforesaid, he shall forthwith, by proc
lamation, command such insurgents to
disperse and return peaceably TO then
respective homes within limited time
Now, therefore,
1, Ulysses s. Grant, president of the
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A BODERN INTENTION KEO I'm TO IN
ANCIEIsT ROM8E.

In ''book of curiosities," says the
London Times, we read: There was an
artifcer in Rome who made vessels of
glass of so tenacious temper that they
were as little liable to be broken as those
that are mado of gold and silver. When,
therefore, he had made a vial of the
purer sort, and such as he thought a
present worthy of Caesar alone, he was
admitted into the presence OF the then
Emperor Tiberius. The gift was praised,
the skillful hand OF the artist applauded,
and the donation of the giver accepted.
The artist, that he might enhance the
wonder of the spectators and promote
himself yet further in the favor of the
emperor, desired the vial out of Cesar S
hand, and threw it with such force
against the floor that the most solid
metal would have received some damage
or bruise thereby. Cesar was not only
amazed but affrighted by the act; but
the artist, taking up the vial from the
ground (Which was not broken, but only
bruised together, as if the substance ot
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was " "iAins $40" ~ me 0i'' - ,1'3 80,
PoinIeu nm ou' - my "0''' anu '''''' 80
nm " No NJ ".'s'
That is William Acton. ferhapS
you have heard the trouble ne IS likely
10 nave win Leoan 7t'riuft
sala ilaa he"ra'
l nope he may come out all right
the host added but am fearful. lie
mas got a nara ana heartieSs customer 10
SeaI with
smut my mouth and held my peace
'hllI LeoaIl '9arlurt called LOT MS nii"i
answer. / sad to HIM;
Mr.. Sariurt, / have been consider
ing al TINS time whether could under
'aAe your case win a clear conscience
whether should be helping the side OF
justice and right III helping you. had
cohc!uaed tnat could not do so before
. nau seen W iiiiA,'l acton 20 KNOW nlin'
LOT " man VINO hooiy rlsheo ms own lie
70 save 'he NE OF my ciiiu' nave noO
a. Se' "eeGp'e0 one oi your private us
nav g, Hi'I NOM -" NUN
ing "hlcn you coulo wish 10 Keep irem
the PuDllc' can not take your case
but tell you frankIy that II you prose
cute VIII defend William Acton.
50 did not mind Sarfurt's wrath. He
raved and swore and stamped and then
he went of and engaged two lawyers
from Herkimer to take Lis case. 1 callod
upon Acton snd told him l would defend
him, if be would accept my services. as
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THE aLoW1NG Circus 4GEsr.

MY dear sill" said the press agent, as
we stopped in front Of a cage containing
a hyena. "the hyena is the meanest and
dirtiest of beasts, yet he is great Gu
riosity. Now you are not very well
posted in the show business, I'D so l
VIII tell you ali you neesf -zlts
hyena J : the fourth one ever captured
and cost the owner of this show $50, 000.
Twelve men were slain before the beast
was Gagged. 1t Is very hard to keep a
hyena alive in this climate, and we have
to feed him on solid tenderloin and milk"
As lIr Dumont paused for breath, we
took the opportunity 10 tell him that
there were four hyenas at our own loo
that the keepers up there hadn't very
much trouble in keeping them alive, and
that they oftencr got tough flank than
teuderloin.
For a moment the man Of much show
information looked at us in pityine
sort of way, then, with q slight sneer on
his face, remarked
'You have been deceived, sir. There
IS not an byena at your 100. Those
animals are only Hyeueses Doaaesficafcs,
or in other words. domesticated hyenas;
they are a cross between a cayote and a
wolf. People are often imposed upon,
but wen let that pass. Here, in this
next cage, is the only rhinocaros ever in
captivity. Old John Robinson secured
the hide of a rhinoceros and had it sewed
on over an ordinary 'mdley' cow. The
COW stood it tor ABOUT two months and
then died. Then Robinson had the hide
stuffed and got the credit of having
exhibited the first rhinoceros in this
country But, sir, ours is the first live
one ever imported, and it cost US $4,000
to get him"
"What has become of his horn" in
quired our young man, as he noticed
that the ''frst living rhinoceros ever
brought to this country" lacked that
prominent nasal aPpendage.
''Now that horn has a little history of
itself" answered the press agent. "Tom
that's what We call the beast-lost his
horn at Erie, Pennsylvania. You see we
got him in the show at Titusville, and
we had to keep him in a sheet iron cage
seven inches thick At times he would
get very bad, and one day he battered
out the end of his den with his horn. 1t
took eighty men to recapture him. Then
we gave him nine buckets OF chloroform,
and while he was sleeping we sawed off
his horn. Since then Tom seemed
brokenhearted, and is as docile as lamb"
When the cage containing what our
unsophisticated young man supposed
was an ordinary monkey of unusually
large size was reached, Mr. Dumont
proceeded to thus enlighten him:
"This mammoth beast, l dare say, you
have no idea of 1t is the great gorilla
of Africa, the strongest beast in the
world. His strength exceeds that of
fourteen men. He is a terribly vicious
brute, and since he has been in our pos
session has killed nine keepers and an
infant son OF the proprietor of this show.
This gorilla is supposed to be about
eighty-seven years of age, and we have
owned him for nineteen years ourselves.
He cost us originally, $35, ,7z9 81, but the
expenses of keeping him the past nine
teen years viii swell that amount great
ly. The proprietor of this show
wouldn't take 50, 600 600 for him to-day"
- Cincinnati Post.
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the glass had put on the temper of brassl
drew out an instrument from his bosom
and beat it out to its former figure. Jhl'
done, he imagined that he had conquered
the world, as believing that he had mei
tied an acquaintance with Cesar ane
raised the admiration of all the behoiders
but it fell out otherwise, for the emperor
inquired if any other person besides him
self was Privy TO the like tempering Of
glass VI hen he told him No. he conn
manded his attendants to strike off his
head, saying that should this artifce
come once to be known, gold and silver
would be of as little value as the dirt in
the street," Long after this-viz., IN
1610-we read that, among other rare
presents then sent from the sophy q
Persia to the king of Spain, were 81
mirrors of malleable glass, so exquisite
tempered that they could not be brokss
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: OF calculation were

The whole number Cf votes in the
electoral college is three hundred and
sixty-nine, making one hundred and
eighty-fve necessary for a choice. So
that upon their basis of calculation the
democracy had four more votes than were
required for success. The result of last
Tuesdays election has added Indiana 20
the column, making fifteen more votes,
or two hundred and four in all. The
elections which have been held during the
year have renewed the assurance that
Connecticut, Delaware, Oregon, West
Virginia, Arkansas, Alabama, Texas and
Georgia viii cast their votes for Tilden
and Hendricks The marked change
shown in the German vote by the result
in Ohio also places Wisconsin, Illinois
and Michigan among the probable demo
cratic states, with forty-six more votes.
The democracy are morally certain ef
one, if not two, of these three states, and
the third must be set down as doubtful.
Florida is believed to be democratic, so
is also South Carolina on an honest vote.
This leaves as certain or probable for Mr.
HAYES the following states.
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Hayes the following states

Even If we cOncede to the republicans
the states Of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
South Carolina and Florida, which CON-
bind have ffty-one electoral votes,
they Will still lack thirty-two votes of an
election. The democracy could also lose
Louisiana, Mississippi, California and
Nevada and.still have one hundred and
ninety-one electoral votes, or SIX more
than are necessary. There is a possibility
that the republicans may carry Nevada
but scarcely a possibility of their carry
ing Louisiana, Mississippi or California
At the best, with the present outlook, the
republicans cannot reasonably expect
more than one hundred and seventy-eight
votes. Concedlng them all that are
certain and all that can be properly class-
ified as doubtful, Mr.. Hayes will obtain
but one hundred and sixty-one votes. and
the recent elections have made it morally
certain that he is m re likely to fall ten
votes short of that number, than to ex-
ceed it.
The democracy thus start on home
stretch with a decided advantage in
their favor. The strength of all the real
issues is with them; the opportunity is
theirs, all that is required is to take ad-
vantage Of the present position and
maufully improve their opportunity.
1t will be fatal, however, to take any
thing for granted, for our opponents will
grow more desperate as their chances of
SUCCESS lessen. They are preparing to
make superhuman efforts to carry New
Yorlr, without which their case is abso-
lutely hopeless. The empire state is safe
and by handsome majority unless the
democracy of New York fail to do their
duty, and throw away on local issues the
hope and honor of the nation now confded
to their keeping.
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PREsIONTTION.

The l,,is. fair lays are q led with p ace
ike Tranquil dreams jhs days 60 10y
Er,ro morn. through u0uu- until the sun
sinks lowly down the western SKY
The crickets by the roadside chiTp,
The songs of birds are ie" anu i2lAt
And through the deep ana ares uii'"
I hear the katydid' complaint
Though every garden is aiiame
Tffb trfrhter iiowers than bloom iu Nay
Yet DER the earth there SLOWLY steals
The FIRST iores ha3oTiug oi decay.
Art tbo,,..,t the meadows We; are green.
The hills steep heishts show shades of t''
And from the swaying maple oouSh
SAW one dead leaf u9lter down.
The brook lies shrunken mid rhc reeds
The thistle seed floats idly by
\ solemn hush the valley nils,
and crceps across the noontide Say
From dawn tiI dusk the hours grow less,
The light is brieieF iu its star,
FOR morn Is tardv and thG ni-ht
Iucroaches Gu tEe realm Cl day.
., soon DER solitary Hsl3s
Shall fan the white shr1uIs % gIc snow
Through silent forests ley blasts
FROM orff tfas- ssz'eti7 's''sf- shall tsi,s's
Net nature through Unc0uuted yc'rz
shalt WORK clrth's miracles anew,
Nor miss q song, nor lose tint,
Nor leave She skies less deeply blue
Alas for those to whose tired besrt
Lies first sweet summer time is o 6l.
That aeetisE season iivcd and lost
30 waiting future shall restore.
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United States, do hereby make proclama-
ton and command all persons engaged
in said unlawful and insurrectionary pro-
ceedings to disperse and retire peaceably
to their respective abodes within three
| days from the date hereof, and hereafter
abandon said combinations, and submit
themselves to the laws and constituted
authorities of said state, and invoke the
aid and co operation Of all good citizens
thereof to uphold the laws and preserve
the public peace. In witness whereof
have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the United States to be
affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
seventeenth day of October, in the year
of our Lord, 1876, and of the indepen-
dence of the United States one hundred
and one
BY the President;
Z. S. GRASr
JOHN s. CADwALLADER, acting secretary
Of state.
ORDER TO GENERAL SHERMAN.
The following order was issued this
evening in pursuance of the action taken
at the cabinet meeting to-day for the
protection of the public peace in South
Carolina
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WAsmSsToN CITY, Oct. n. 1876
General W. 7. sherman, commanding United States
army:
Sir-In view Of the existing condition
of affairs in South Carolina there is
possibility that the proclamation Of the
president Of this date may be disregarded.
To provide against such contingency
you win Immediately order all the avail
able force in the military division of the
Atlantic to report to General Ruger,
commanding at Columbia, South Caro-
lima, and instruct that officer to station
his troops in such localities that they
may be most speedily and enectually
used in case of resistance TO the authority
of the United States. 1t is hoped that a
collision may be avoided, but you viii
instruct General Ruger to let it be known
that 1t is the fixed purpose ofthe govern
ment to carry out the spirit of the proc
lamation and to sustain it by the mill
tary force of the general government,
supplemented, if necessary, by the militia
for the various states. Very respectfully, |
your obedient slryant
y. :. CAMERON,
Secretary of War
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THE NEW YORK WORLDs FT0 URYSt
ONNOFEABER.
New York World.

The democracy began this campaign
at the commencement of the present year
with confident hope OF success on the
basis of a reasonable belief that they
could elect their presidential ticket with
out either Indiana or Ohio. The results
Of the elections thus far held have vindi
Gated their claims and added Indiana to
the list. The states which made up this
basis Of calculation were;
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A BOYS THEoLoGY.-Among many
amusing anecdotes which appear in the
journals and letters of DR.. Norman
Macleod, there Is one which he calls a
specimen of a boys theology. 1t IS as
follows: J.-"Mamma says that good
angels keep good boys" Aunt" Shall
l ave tire candle burning? Are you
frightened j. Yes-no--yes; leave
it burning" Aunt" What are you
frightened for q j." Rats" Aunt
Think, dear, about the good angels. T"
j." Can the angels kill rats %
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= Apd some with thanhtee lQYc aro iilcd
stfst Nt-It.e Tsis' .fn1s a. r,-H y at
Ono ray 81 Goes gO0t iiitisy gi1u
The fark roan ~ heir rfrlf

The impression which the Seward
statue gives an impartial observer is that
Of a man one part head, three parts body
and six parts legs. If Mr.. Seward
friends respect his memory, they will
have that statue permanently enveloped
in a sheet from the knees down.-Brook-
lyn argus.
Nothing makes a young man 50
happy as to get around to the postofice
after it is closed and see letter in his
box; to have his heart whisper that it
is from her; to dream sweet and tender
fancies, hallowed with loves sacredness,
all night, and to come down in the
morning and find it bill Of 81 so for
his last years underclothes.
WHAT gAPPEyED WHEN THK DEACON DEALr.
lie shrieks: 4" The game stands SIX and siX,
And dad has got the dealH'
They swamed upon the tavern sio0p
They peeped Co. at the crack:
They saw the deacon shuttle then
The stranger cat the puck
And The deacon .rin. he WiHked al him,
And dealt ana turned Tie lackl
Funny monkey" said Mrs. Par
tington, as she saw him patiently hitting
"but he sets as if he had plumbago in the
back, and ] could wish there wuz moro
hair on his reprehensible tail. cannot
yet believe, neither, that they're our pos
terity."
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a clergyman nroaehin. . .

"a clergyman, preaching sermon of
death' concluded with the following oh
servation: :" But even death, my breth-
fen, so well deserved by mankind for
their siiis, the wisdom of Providence has.
~ ~ PateFnal kindness, put at the end
OF DIR existence; for only think what
lite would DC worth if death were at the
beginning.
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THE Raribou silver mine, in Colorado,
which was once sold to Dutch company
for s., S,090 COO has been purchased by
congressman ChafEee tor 100000, includ-
ing mills and reduction works that cost
iouble that amount.
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NorHING can exceed the cruel but in
teresting war among the pianos at the
centennial, except it be the other cruel
war among the sewing machines. The
washing machines and wringers are also
throwing out strong skirmish lines.
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THE folly Of Irritation is shown up in
the recent death Of a beautiful woman
in England, the sister-in-law of a peer
holding Office at court A royal visit
had been paid to the country residence
OF this peer, and at the close the lady
ran Oft with her husbands friend. a
gallant captain in the army. She re-
mained away with her captain for a year
and never returned to her old home, but
when the mutual tire-of-each-othe came
-as it always does in such cases-and
The shame and social taboo became i'm
pressed on her, she went to a small town
iiftcen miles from her late residence
lived in poor, comfortless, spiritless lodg-
ings, and expiated her fault with lone
y miserable death. This occurred \
month ago, and now the family is salts
fed from the evidence of detectives that
she was morally innocent of wrong and
that the escapade was merely INDUCED
N to annoy her husband. As usual the
woman suffered, and the lover-the gal
lat captain-retains his commission in
the guards, and will go on woman-killing
with increased eclat. The woman. how
ever, i in her grave, and there is a bar
siniste on the scutcheon of the old
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CRAVE AND GA,-

.. II is said thht the ivory Of Fn.,.,
costs the lives Of fifty thousand elenS.n,.
every year.
"A Philadelphia woman, it is said
swore that her husbands conduct was
enough to frrigate an angelD ~.
Once in while you can find a wo-
man who doesn't intend to 90 TO the
centennial, but hundreds who can't 90
like to hug khe idea and make some one
else feel bad.
The man who introduces an i'm.
proved hustle il sure 20 strike a richer
bonanza than he who invents a "boss "
washing machine Every woman must
have the best hustle, but they can worry
along with an old-iashioned washing
machine.
"A Welsh.widow, az she was turning
away from her dead husbands open
grave, received a whispered offer Of mar
riage; but she softly replied that she
had already accepted another offer as she
was going into the church.
A Minnesota firm has adopted new
method of doing business NO books are
kept. When a customer desit credit,
he goes TO the desk and borrows the
money, for which he gives his notes pay
able with interest. lie then buys his
goods and pays for them.
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POLAR EXPEDITION AND SYHMES
THEORY
Louisville Courier-Journsl.

The recent news from England is that
the steamer Pandora that was sent north
about the first of last July to bring the
news from the exploring expedition that
went out last year under Capt. Mares
had got as far north as Upper Navic,
which lies beyond Disco, and is the resi-
dence of the governor of Greenland, and
the last point north from whence there
is communication this way, and she re-
ports no news from Capt. Mares, but
would steam on northward as the sea
was clear of ice, and would reach Smith
Sound in a few days, at which point
Capt. Mares was to leave report of his
discoveries up to that time. He is to
remain year longer, and the Pandora
is to bring home some news from him,
and she may be expected home in few
days, and if Capt. Mares is fortunate
enough to reach the open Polar sea, as
the Swedish expedition did last year,
and runs into warm and genial climate,
and can report the finding of rich
country abounding in rich land, large
rivers, and splendid forests of timber, as
the Swedes report, thenFthe "Symmes
theory" will be proven beyond doubt,
and the country of "Symmzonia'' will
become a fixed fact Who is not anx-
ious TO hear the news from Capt. Mares
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Providence either made a terrible
mistake, or disguised good purpose IN
a most impenetrable mystery, when he
made the man who chews toothpick on
tho street.
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."Phil, my jewell" said Pat, "Fm
mighty sorry you can't dine with me to-
day." "Arrah, and why can't 1 dine
with We Y'' said the astonished Phil
Because, my DEAR" returned Pat, 81
haven't asked We as yet"
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THE streets are full of them. The
hotels bulge out with them. They jos
tleyou en- the payement--hc and his
son and two ladies in waterproof=.
They have an aspect Of desperate enter
prise. They sit on their trunks in halls,
and bang your head with their bundles
They come through every crown waving
their umbrellas aloft Ike sabers I'm
patience clusters around their brows
and expectation sits upon their chin,
speculation Is in their eyes. and their
noses point to Philadelphia ike a needle
70 the pole.-Ee,e York Graphic.
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ACCORDING to the revised statutes OF
Illinois, any person who wages money or
valuables OF any nature on the result Of
an election, shall be liable to pay a fine
Of one thousand dollars and undergo IN
imprisonment in tie county jail for a Pc
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Some murmur when their SKY IS clear
And wholly bright 10 view.
II one small -IH-ck Il dark appear
In their grclt beavena Of blue;
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"My dear sill" said the press agent a.
we stopped in front Of a cage containing
hyena. 'the hyena is the meanest and
dirtiest Of beasts, yet he is great Gu
riosity Now YOU are not very well