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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-03-31

EO OuI GO"u oN
wears of age and in feeble health.
One of our citizens says that corn
and other truck raised from "jewan-
cred" land is what causes dlphtnerla
and other epidemic DISEASES.
The last issue of the Beaufort
Crescent is so full Of Gary that we are
left to wonder if the editor is not
bald-headed and grey.
A boy recently hanged himself be-
cause some one found fault with him.
He was certainly not born to be al
editor or Intepdant Of a small town.
When you visit Columbia, be sure
to call and see D. L. Sem, at Messrs
Lorick & Lowrauce's, or send blm
your orders.
We notice the following stuck upon
a window of Que Of our town mer-
chants:
"To trust is to bust.
To bust is he'll;
No trust, 30 bust,
No bust, no hell"
WANTED $4,000 pounds OF old iron,
brass, rags, books aud papers, for
which the highest market plce will
be paid. THOMAS "ARING
Mr.. JAS. c. Hope paid US Il Short
ensTsasaSt visit Last F.,day. He Is
an emerged dino successful f%nr'DeF' a
popular gentleman aud an earnest
supporter of the Primary system
We wish him well.
We learn that the closing exercises
OF Boynton Academy passed of on
Saturday with credit to the scholars
and teacher. An excellent dluner
was spread and then followed a cake
walk by the young folk over which
"big john" of6ciated.
Messrs. Kyzar aud Hendrix pUr-
chased the county rights OF the Hea-
cock fence for Abbev.lle, Laurens,
Newberry, Edse6eld and Lexington
and we learn are meeting with much
encouragement il the sale OF town
ship rights.
Our streets were lively on Sunday
with white and black, little and big
Easter egg peckers, aud the remains
of the fierce contests, in the way OF
broken shells, on the sidewalks are
almost an impeachment to the pedes-
TRAN.
The monotony Of our sanctum was
relieved by the beamiug c%ountenance
and cheerful spirit Of that universally
popular gentleman Col. William A.
Docan, the energetic travelling agent
of the Columbia Register. The Col.
is 8 whole team in himself aud doubt
less the prosperity of the Register Is
due in no small degree to bis indefat-
ieable work. The Register scarcely
needs any praise or commentator
from us; it is truly a leading paper OF
the State. 1t is always foremost III
the discussion of every question OF
Importance which relates to the i'm
mediate and pressing demands of the
hour and its voice is always heard
abating them with u Logic as conv'nc
ing and irresistible as its language Is
ornate and free from the impurities
of personality and invective. 1t is
ever true to the fundamental princl'
pies underlying our Democratic Re
publican form of government never
h~esitating to s:nite heartily and a
once corruption, d~ebauchery ana
demasoguery in either party 1t NJ
holds virtue and d]euonnceS wee l.
is the friend of constitutional i'nnnn
mites and privilesesof the people an"
is ever stretching out for the further
ance of benevolent anl charitable ob
iects. It is a grand paper and shou!f
have a generous support from the
people throughout tho State.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-03-31
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Divine service.
Rev. J. H. Bailey's appointments are for
each and every month, as follows:
1st and 81 Sundays at Sandy Run.
I'd at Lexington, Il \. NJ.
4tb at Providence, II A. NJ, Lexington
8 P. NJ.
METHODIST.
Rev. /. ". Rests appointments:
~ Shadows Al p. NJ, at Lexington G. H..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-07-23
The Letters of Acceptance.

The letters OF acceptance OF the nom
ination of President and Vice President,
by Gems. Garfield and Arthur, have
been received bv the public. The lead
ing papers and men of the Republican
party IN the country, speak in the most
favorable terms OF these documents.
They speak out plainly, fairly and
sguarely upon the important matters
now engaging the attention of the peO-
pie. These gentlemen have long fore
seen what, in all probability, were to
be the great issues to be met, discussed,
and decided; and now the country
knows the opinions of the men, whom
we nope will be allowed to take con-
trolling part in the consummation of
these great questions.
Gen. Neal Dow, of Portland, Ne,
has formally accepted the nomination
for the Presidency from the Prohibitory
party. He claims that the suppression
of the liquor traffic is one of the most
important things to be done in this or
any other country. He also claims that
his life has been largely devoted to the
accomplishment of this object; and
while he wishes the choice of a candi-
date had fallen upon some other man,
yet lac hopes this humble beginning
will have a triumphant end.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-07-23
Political Items.

Sec'v Schurz made his first speech
Tuesday in the campaignin Indiana. He
will also speak in Ohio later in the can
Vass.
When Mr.. Tilden gets ready to
knock in the head of his barrel the
Democratic campaign will begin.
Prominent Democrats in Washington
are less confident of HancOck's success,
and admit that the enthusiasm for him
is dying out.
Senator COnkling announces his Dur-
pose to he in the thick OF the fight when
the campaign is fairly opened, and de
MES the stories of his dissatisfaction as
entirely without foundation.
In the Bradlaugh debate they say
that even the patient Gladstone got
MAD at the country gentry who fancy
that roaring ''Oh Oh - is argument I:
and John Bright told the members
that he didn't take much stock in their
protessed devotion to Christianity.
Ex-senator FentOn is confident that
the republicans can carry New York
this year. and believes that the fact
will become evident before the cam
paign is half over.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-07-23
General News.

Queen Victoria has conferred upOr
the Canadian academy of arts at Otta.
wa the title of Royal Canadian academy
of arts.
Mad Anthony Wayne's memorial
block house at Erie, Penn, has been
opened formally and delivered to the
keeping of the Grand army.
The I4-years-Old daughter of J. c.
Barket of Shanksville, Somerset cOup-
ty, Pa, has been kidnapped by show
men, some of whom have been arrest
ed, but the girl has not been found.
Mary Graham, a young cOlOred girl
who recently graduated from the Uni
versity of Michigan, has been appoint
ed teacher in Lincoln University
Jefferson City, Mo.
President Hayes does not sing, but
Mrs. Hayes is said to have a sweet
voice, which she uses in church. She
always walks to church, believing that
1t is wrong to ride.
All the Pittsburg pa glass fac
tories, ~ in number, employing $4,000
men and boys, have closed for the
summer.
A gang of counterfeiters now living
in jail in Erie County, Pa. have orga7
nized a Jail choir for Sunday morning
services.
Edmund Yates says that London
gust now is presenting a fac-simile of
the social conditions and incidents
which existed in Rome less than score
of centuries ago.
Ex-COngressman John B. Alley of
Lynn was thrown from a carriage at
Nahant last Friday and had his hip
broken. His injuries are considered
very serious.
Peter Cooper is sick and confined TO
his bed. As he is now in his Goth wear
his friends are apprehensive of a fatal
result.
A Constantinople dispatch reports
that some Christians have been mas
sacred at Adama in Asia Minor.
A eOlOred preacher of Cobb county.
GA, has novel way of collecting his
salary. When his members haven't
the money he puts them to work on
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-07-23

{ his farm until they work out their as
sessments.
A dispatch from Manitou says that
General Grant and party arrived there
on Saturday. At the depot in Colo
RADIO Springs they were met by large
and enthusiastic crowd. The party
did not stop but were at once drawn
to Manitou in carriages.
Many artesian wells have been sunk
in California, and they have given a
large supply of water at small expense.
A well near Stockton, at the depth of
976 feet, struck stream which flows
300, 900 gallons daily.
The remains of Chastine Cox, exc
cuted on Friday, were visited Monday
at the undeTtaker's by a large crowd.
! Upon the refusal of the Fifteenth Street
! COlOred Church trustees to have the
! funeral from there on Sunday, arrange
ments were made for services over the
body at 3 O'Clock, at the undertaker's.
1t is reported that Princess Louise
will sail from Canada to England the
3Ist. The physicians think she has
not completely recovered from the
effects of the Ottawa accident, and it
! is believed that it is Oh their recon-
mendatioD that she will try change OF
air.
The Russians were so faVoraDiy I'M
pressed with the history OF Mr.. BARKER,
! the Philadelphia Quaker, VINO supplied
/ the Government with cruisers snort
! time ago, that he has been again sent
for and accorded a private interview
with the Gar.
The Charleston NesrS and Courier is
doing a good work in waging war
against dnelling and MISUNDERSTANDING
1t rightly regards the inOrdinate con-
sumption of whisky, and the constant
resort to the knife and pistol to settle
disputes as the greatest curse of the
South in general and its own State il
particular
Mr.. Beecher preached his last sermon
for the Summer last Sunday at PIym-
outff Church.
There are now in the United States
900 miles of bridges. 0ne-third of
them are of stone and iron and two
thirds of wood, and these latter will
have to be rebuilt by our engineers
with more durable material.
Several towns in New Hampshire
were shaken yesterday by a small
earthquake.
The crops IN some parts of Virginia
and Pennsylvania were considerably
damaged 10y "A heavy rain, and hail
storm on Monday.
BENJAMIN d. Frost. a highly esteem
ed civil engineer, died suddenly at St.
Louis on Monday. The Hoosac Tun-
mel was constructed under his supeTvis-
ion.
SEVERE RAIN STORM IN BALTIMORE.
A fearful rain storm visited this
city and vicinity between midnight and
daylight Tuesday morning. The rain
fell IN torrents Tor more than two hours
accompanied by thunder and lightning.
Several sections of the city were mum
dated, and people fed from their hOus-
es on the line OF the covered streams
which pass through the city. The dam
age was considerable. and several plac-
es were struck by lightning. the results
OF which, however. were not serious.
A strange feature of the storm was the
destruction of hundreds of English
sparrOws, which are nesting III the pnb-
hc squares. The rain fall was $40
inches.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-07-23
Public Opinion.

A ridiculous sight that of the Con-
federate Convention at Cincinnati
throwing out the Presidential hook
baited with a Union General for the
purpose of catching Union soldiers.
So far they have not had even nibble
to say nothing of bite.-[N. Y. Trib-
une.
Though there is nothing of conceal
ment or ambiguity in Gen. Garfeld's
letter, thoughtful readers in their in
teTpretatiOns of it will discover that
the writer possesses not only great
ability, but is practical, and in the
habit of bringing his common sense to
the solution of perplexed questions
ThurlOw Weed.
The professional politicians have al
ready deplOrably debased the whole
tone OF party discussion, and if journal
lists continue to follow in their wake.
making what should be an earnest con
test OF principles a wretched sauabble
for place, the degeneracy will be only
the more rapid and fatal-TNew York
Post.
temperate and thoughtful men, who
can vote easily now with one party
and now with the other as the public
SAFETY demands, are desirable citizens.
1hey Will vote with the party that
oy the personal character of its nomi-
nee gives the better guaranty of a qui-
ct, honest and impartial administIa-
ton, like that of President Hayes or
Luclus ROBINSON Thomas Beeeher.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-07-23

The country realizes that the demo-
cratic party. IN full possession OF the
government. with ample power to IN
crease the number of Judges OF the
supreme court. and through Its pFesi-
dent and Senate to pack the bench OF
that tribunal. would be quite capable
of working revolution in the consti-
tutiopal law of the Union, the extent
of which cannot be regarded without
dismav. Such a policy would be quite
in harmony with the course OF the dem
ocrats in numerous instances where
they have obtained power or approach
ed near to it New York Times.
Senator Hoar, who is admitted by all
to be the ablest man now in public life
in Massachusetts. has more than once
expressed the belief that we need. in
that sphere-and also IN the sphere of
law and courts-less of the purely log
ical intellect. and more of that form of
intellectual action which we term in
tuitive, and class as feminine. "A
large part of our success in public af-
fairs he once said. lilies in forming
correct opinions of the man with whom
we deal, and where is the man who
ed intellect. he will commonly find his
wife's impressions of character more
correct than his own qn- It. W. Hig-
ginson in Woman's journal.
In letter to the New York Tribune,
on Gen. Garfield's letter of acceptance,
Thurlow Weed says: ''This letter
proves in the language of Daniel Web
ster that his nomination was one fit to
be made His utteraBces are frank
and fearless. His views upon all ma
tiOnal questions are clearly and sue
cinctIy stated. His sentiments and
svmpathies are all in the right direc-
ton. This declaration of principles,
fortified as it is by a record which at
tests his capacity, integrity and tidel-
ity, insuIes a united, active and vlgor-
Gus republican canvass in favor OF Gar
field and Arthur.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-07-23
Our New York Letter.

TOO MUCH ACQUISITIVENESS-P
IMPROYEMENTs-THE CLERICAL HE
GIRA-THE ORANGE WITHOUT THE
GREEE-PoLICE BRUTALITY.
NEW YORK, July 10, 1880.
To the Editor of the CaIedonian:
Lead us not into temptation" should
be the prayer of an honorable trio of
New York business men who have come
to grief through the malady of the itch
ing palm. The circumstances were
something like this :: BraytOn, Ives &
Co. had occasion TO make a loan of
$4,000. They offered for security
SS7 900 in railroad stocks, and the in
evitable small boy was dispatched with
an envelope containing that amount
How the package changed hands is not
yet quite clear, but it was lost on Wall
street, and was found eventually,
through the agency of detectives in the
hand of Mr.. Edward NJ. Patchell, a
young business man who, presumably,
had never before laid himself open to a
criminal charge. But he was not the
only person implicated. He had two
friends, Mr.. Lawrence R. jerome, Jr.,
and MIR. William McGibbon, both hon
Orable gentlemen, and the latter well
known on the Rialto. They too were
found to have known the mystery of
the missing stocks, and they had pass
ed them from hand to hand while the
detectives were following up their va
riOus clues. OF course when the secret
was finally discovered, and the bonds
were found in the hands of Mr.. Patch
ell, it was very evident that they were
only being kept until a favorable OPP
portunity appeared for their return to
Brayton. Ives & Co.; but the over sus-
piciOus Justice Duffy, before whom the
case was brought, conld not understand
why an interval of some days was nee
essary to make a restitution which
might have been made In a few min
utes- In default of bail, therefore, two
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-07-23
Two Hard Cases.

We have two defiant, stubborn cases
in this country, that have completely
fioored the government. We refer to
the Indian question, and the Iawiess-
ness in the South. We have had wars
with foreign nations and vanguished
them. We have had serious disputes
with other powers and amicabiy set
tied them. We have had upon our
hands gigantic civil war and conquer
ed it. We have had politics the most
complicated and exciting. and come
out all right. But we have upon OuI
national body two fostering sores, that
all the dOctOring, and surgery, and
nursing, have as yet failed to cure.
We have made special Indian laws,
appointed numberless agents, kept a
standing frontier army, spent millions
of dollars. and lost thousands of prec-
iOus lives, simply to keep peace with
the Indian and we have not accom-
plished the object yet. On the other
manu- NO udNC as SOnuiuO OdiOdilSll W
encounter in the Southern people to-
day, as ever existed in the bOrdes who
swarmed over the rugged wilds of an
cient Scandinavia. The impulses of
these people are simply ferOcious.
Their temperaments are heated with a
ire that consumes their reason and
their prosperity. Spain in her darkest
days could hardly match the brutality
of the Chisholm affair. The ferOeity
of Capt. Kidd could hardly equal the
Dixon murder. The wars of pirates
could not excel in savagery the mas
sacre headed by Butler in South Caro-
lima. And the old public sentiment
exists there to day the same as it ever
has-of hate, and defiance and blood
shed. Like the good old dame, their
wrath is being constantly nursed to
keep 1t warm. And what is unques-
tiOnably humiliating, the government
seems entirely powerless to regulate
these two hard cases. They look as
hopeless now as they ever have. The
Indian is being gradually exterminated,
and Southern impudence and cruelty
yet bear sway in spite of all this coun-
try can do.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-07-23
Late News

Sllas HurlbuTt, 50 years old, of Ian
caster, n. H, mysteriously disappeared
three weeks ago. His coat and hat
have been found, but no trace of the
missing man.
James Devlne. a fireman on the Yer
mont Central Railroad. was run over
Monday morning at White River june
ton. losing one foot and being other
wise seriously injured. His residence
is Westfield, Vi.
Steamer DessOuk. with the Egyption
Obelisk on board, WAS signaled off Fire
Island at o'clock D. NJ. Monday. and
is now in the lower bay. She will not
come up TO the city until Tuesday.
William Whitcher. s. wears old. of
BOscawen, was arTaigned in the Police
Court at Concord this morning on a
complaint of attempted rape on Mary
L. Dearborn, ii years old. He furnish
ed $1,000 bonds for appearance at the
supreme court.
There WAS fire involving a loss of
over S300,00O Monday night in the
block fronting First avenue. between
Twenty and Thirtieth streets, n.
Y. owned by Herman kohler, brewer.
The mother of Chastine Cox. the
murderer. arrived from the South Sun
day, but the funeral had taken place
Saturday. She visited evergreen Gem
etery To view her sons grave. and much
sympathy WAS Shown her.
Jacob Brinkerhoff died at Mansfield,
o., Saturday, aged 20. He was author
of the original draft of the famous VIII
mot provisO, was Judge of the supreme
C curt of Ohio from 1856 to 1871, and
one of the most prominent Republicans
OF the state.
Mrs. Mary Forbes was killed at East
New \ FORK Sunday night by an engine
on the Long Island road while trying to
cross the track, and it is said that those
killed by the ears in that vicinity aver
age one a day.
1t was reported Tuesday, that a man
had been taken sick at Memphis, Tenn.
with all the symptoms of yellow fever.
but the health authorities there DENY 1t
and say that the city is remarkably
healthy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-07-23
The Fasting Doctor.

We mentioned last week the fact
that Dr.. Tanner, of Minnesota, had
come to New York to go through a
process of fasting, which operation was
to be in the interest of science. We
believe true science is a great revela-
tor OF the mysteries of this world, and
that it opens TO mankind a vast amount
of knowledge. But many men who
claim to work in the interest of science,
know as little what they are about as
the verlest schOol-bOy in the street.
They act like the city born lady, who
upon being asked for the loan of her
husbands plOw, inquired if the cart
would not do inst as well. For aught
we know, Doctor Tanner may be a
profoundly austere man, and that he
has really discovered some wonderful
principle in nature not hitherto known.
But 1t looks to us as though he is an
enthusiast of the most foolish kind.
That he has great will-pOwer, energy,
and faith in his undertaking there is
no doubt. But suppOsing by some mir
acle he should succeed in his task of
tasting forty days, what then How
has science been helped by this hazard
GUS operation What has been dem
Onstrated beyond the fact that one man
III ten thousand dared TO try this feat
and barely accomplished it7 Are we
to infer from this, that A, B, and c.
are going into the starvation business
TO prove it is not necessary for one to
be a giuttOn Perhaps DR.. Tanner
thought We might sometime have a
tamine IN the land, and he would dem
onstrate beforehand that food was not
an actual necessity, if only people
could think so. We once read of
religious enthusiast, who sat on the ton
OF a high monument for thirty years TO
prove to the world how he loved God
he would have proved this sooner. if
he had gone to work and helped his
fellow men. And we think the same of
DIR. Tanner. He has undertaken an
outrageous thing-a sin against him
self and his God and instead of hu-
manity being benefited thereby, it re-
ceives a curse through such foolish
practices.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-07-23
Northern and Southern Democracy.

1t is notorious fact known 10y every
candid thinker. that the Southern Dem
Ocrats have ever led their northern
brethren about by the nose. The Wig
orous old ST. Dustin with his black
smith pinchers could not have done
this more etfectualIy. The very mo-
meuU that northern Democrats have
undertaken to DrOach new plans. or in
any way to assert their rights regarding
national policy, up have stepped the
bulldogs of the South and grOwled
them back into obedience. The only
northern man who ever dared to kick
over the traces was Stephen a. Doug
lass, and ne was so gentle about it,
that for wears the South cared nothing
at all about him. He turned out a
troublesome brother however, and to
him is probably due the action of en-
tering the wedge that caused disrup-
ton in the party. The Democracy
can never be Democracy unless ruled
by the South. Many men in the
party in the North to-day, would hum
bly crawl upon their hands and knees
to please or conciliate their southern
brethren. There is no sham about
tbis-it is as true as the gospel itself.
Northern Democrats ought to feel
ashamed to bend, and bow, and curl so
much at southern dictatiOn. They are
more than the equals of southern men
except in will power, and this they
ought to speedily obtain. Democrats
in some way ought to break this spell,
this serDent-like charm that the
South has over them. The situation in
principle is no different TO day from
what it always was. Let Hancock be
elected. and it will not be him who
will lead the people, it will not be
northern Democracy that will guide the
Ship. bat the old South, with its old
aristOcracy and arrogance intensified.
The South is longing for revenge, and
there is no way to get it only through
an administration directed by its own
policy. They care not one cent Tor
their northern allies, only as they shall
be served bv them. If Hancock should
be elected. mark our words for it,
northern Democrats will be as badly
as the Republicans.