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That Census, Once More.
WASHINGTON. January

WASHINGTON, January ~.
Col. ButterGeld and his assistants have
completed their recount Of the population
Of South. Carolina, and the result of their
investigation has been q striking confir-
count. In the localities where the cen.
sus has been taken there is gain of $50
over the June count in total popula.
ton of about 81 500, living in Abbevillo,
Due. West Township, Laurens, Waterloo
Township, Fairfield Township, Number
Eight, Barnwel, Williston Township,
Lexington, Broad River Township,
Chesterfield, Steer Pen, Marc, Gains,
Williamsburg and johnson Township.
These were selected because their in
crease was so large rs to arouse suspi'
cions of crookedness. The inquiry
shows conclusively that the fault had
been in 1870, when the census was con-
Quoted by negro enumerators, who we're
very ignorant, and often by field hands
aud by incompetent officers. The Presi-
dent thought the remuneration would
satisfy everybody, and care was taken by
Gen. Walker to select such men as would
Be endorsed by the most radical Repub-
licana. Col. ButterGeld, the supervisor
of Vermont, and tour assistants were ac-.
cordingly selected, and United States
Marshal Wallace was allowed to desig-
nate the points TO be rocanvassed, he
having made, the charge of fraud and
urged the President to investigate it.
So thorough has this work been done
and.so carefully MAS it done last June
that the gain in seven townships is &C
counted for toa person, and the loss of
ton parsons in the eight townships is ex.
planned by the emigration of two fami.
lies. As Gen. Walker says: "I cannot
imagine that there will be further objec-
lions to the correctness of the South Car.
olina census. Col. .Butterfeld and his
assistapts,are al Northern men and Re-.
publicans, and you may be sure if the
ceusus-had been stuffed they would have
found it out. They went down there
with instructions to take an entirely new
census in the localities where there was
the greatest cause for suspicion. I think
the result of their labors will settle the
controversy about the correctness of the
South Carolina eenaus.
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South Carolina and Florida.

The translations of the cipher dis
patches disclose negotiations on the part
of certain near friends of Mr. Tilden,
after the election, to secure the electoral
vote;of the States of South Carslina and
Florida. These persons seem to have
that the electoral vote Of
those States, which they believed be.
longed to Mr.. Tilden, would be corruptly
declared for Mr.. Hayes, and to have re.
garded themselves as justified in endeav-
oring to defeat this corrupt and fraudu-
lent action by submitting to the payment
of moneys, which they were Informed
some members of the canvassing board
demanded, BY way of blackmail, as con-
sideration for withholding them from
this wrong, and to have thereupon en-.
tered into negotiations with those claim
ing to represent those boards to that end.
OF course such negotiations are from
their nature conducted secretly and cir.
cuitously.. The claim of Dunn, one of
the South Carolina canvassers, now q
fugitive from justice in that State, that
he entertained and communicated propo-
sitions from Hardy Solomon for the pur-
chase of that board merely as q means of
finding out and exposing the plans of
Democrats like Wharton, the Federal
marshal's claims that he suggested the
purchase by the Democrats from Wells
of the vote of Louisiana with the sole
view of exposing and preventing such
sale-are prstences not to be seriously re-
ceived. And we have little doubt that
there was reason to believe that the
boards of both Florida and South Caro-
lima were for sale, and there was ground
for regarding the electoral votes of those
States as actually and justly belonging
to Mr.. Tilden. Aud the effort to retain
them where they were thought to justly
belong has been forcibly impaired to the
action of those who buy their friends out
Of the hands of brigands, or pay ransom
to preserve their own.
But whether this be 80 or not, we do
not in any way justify or excuse their
action. They committed gross wrong,
dangerous to the candidates they desired
to serve aud an unqualified outrage upon
the great party to whic! they belonged.
So far as appears from tho testimony
before US, these negotiations were not
authorized by the Democratic National
Committee nor its Chairman nor any
person entitled to speak for them.
Neither has any witness testified that
these negotiations were authorized or
approved by the candidate for the Presi-
dency.
In the case of South Carolina the ne
gotiations proceeded SO far that this
Hardy Solomon, claiming to be the agent
of the Canvassing Board, came to Balti-
more to recsive the sum of $4,000 or
$4,000, to be deposited payable when
any part Of the vote Of that State was
counted for Tilden, and an application
being then made to MIR. Tilden, to ad-
vance the same, he at once declined and
refused to have anything to do with the
negotiations, whereby the same vas
broken up and defeatsd.-Report Of Con-
gressional Committee.
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The following is Gen. Logau's bill
in full, to place Ulysses S. Grant, late
General of the Army and ex-President
of the United States upon the retired list
of the army. Section !. Be it enacted
by the Senate and House of Representa-.
tives of the United States of America,
in Congress assembled, that in rec0gni;.
tion Of the eminent public services OF
Ulysses S. Grant, late General of the Ar
my and ex- President of the United States,
the President be and he is hereby author
lied toappoint him, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, to the retired
list with the rank and full pay ofa Gen
eral ofthe Army. Section 2. And be it
further enacted, that at any time when
the President shall consider that at an
emergency has arisen requiring the ser
vices of Gen. U. S. Grant on active duty
be is hereby authorized to assign him
any command commensurate with the
rank of General,
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The Kind Of Han Conklirg is.

>"How do you, General, as a Fenton
man, regard Mr.. Conkling?" asked
George Alfred Gath of person whose
name is withheld.
"Hetis man who never originated
anything in his life never had any con-
victions upon any question of the hour ;
never made a speech on timely topic
unless it involved the patronage; reads
nothing goes nowhere !; just lives among
his political mspials; talks politics Of
personal sort, and bulldozas Presidents.
The word bulldozer applies to him more
than to any Of the Ku-Klux., BE has 3
supercilious, commanding way of extort-
ing from authority what gentleman
would request in equity and with mod.
esty. His talents are brilliant within
their limitations. Being selfish talents,
they reflect no luster upon his times; andif
he should die to-day he would have such
a funeral as Bill Twaed might have had
in the height of his power, only q much
smaller. The Assessors, Gaugers,
Weighers, Inspectors and various crea.
lures he had given something to would
walk as piece of formality to his grave; !;
but the historian would take up his long
Senatorial record to seek in vain for his
views on general questions. There would
be nothing found but series of assaults
on persons who might dispute his pat
ronage and defanses of his political men
ials when impeiled in Office. He has
never made speech in the State since
be has been in the Senate assisting any
general project of bene6cance, has done
nothing to improve the morals and in
telligence of bis fellow-ci citizens, and the
moral he will point will be the decay in
his period of the great party which had
revolutionized the country"
After this outbreak waited mo-
ment and said: "Is the Spragua question
giving Conkling any trouble"
: "Plenty of it," said the friend Of Fen.
ton. "What little has been published
give no insight into that scandal com.
pared to what there is in it. He did not
go to his daughters wedding in Utica
because he was so much infatuated at
Washington that he could not go away,
eve to pretend parental interest.
What does such man as that care about
public opinion? And I am told that
there is a certain doctor in Washington" I"
said this party, "who, if his jaws could
be unlocked, would tell tremendous
tale."
"Did not the Conkling element work
pretty we'll to elect GarfsldY"
"They never put their hands to the
plow," said the General, "till the public
had become 80 uumistakably for Garfield
that they we're afraid TO hold back.
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Jewish Strength in America.

The result of the first systematic Mt
tempt to ascertain the strength of Juda-
ism on this continent has just been
published. For many years past there
has been in the sect q growing demand
for some statistical information con-
cerning the Israelites in the United
States, not alone as an exhibit of ma
terial prosperity or status as religious
sect, but as means of enabling the diff
ferent churches TO act in concert in all
that concerned taem as children of the
Abrahamic faith. In 1876 the Board Of
Dele.a;e ofAmerican Israelites, with the
cooperation of the Union of American
Hebrew congregations, undertook the
task of securing the desired information,
the chief charge of the matter being
placed in the hands of Mr.. William b.
Hackenburg, of this city. Considerable
difficulty was experienced in obtaining
reliable figures, some of the congrega''
tions declining to respond, while in some
places, where neither congregations nor
Jewish societies existed, the committee
was compelled to rely upon their indi-
vidual effort.
Altogether, returns received from l 900
places show that in 1878 there were in
the United States 27S congregations,
with a membership of 12,54S, and that
the number of Israelites was 2SO, ,257.
Making allowance for the places not
heard from, the total Jewish population
is placed at 100000 souls. Of these
about 10000 are located in Pennsylvania.
The oldest congregation in the country is
the Shaaray Shomayim, ofLancaster. or
ganized in 1776, while the Rodef Sha-
lom, of Philadelphia, is the next oldest,
having been organized in 1880. The
richest congregation is the Temple
Emanuel, of New York, which, although
only established in 1S43, and having but
1852 members, owns real estate and other
property to the value of 100000. The
public institutions established by the
sect in the United States include five
hospitals, eleven orphan asylums and
homes, and six free schools. Its doc
trines are enunciated by seventeen news
papers and magazines. The 27S congrega-
ttions in America own between them prop
erty valued ats6,75O,0O0, and over $4,000
children attend the religious schools.
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- Bogus 500 gold pieces are now said
to be in circulation around Camden.
Dime pieces, made of lead, are also in
circulation.
= Mr.. Beecher says his congregation
worship him as though be were the
Trinity. He begs them to desist, and
assures them that his title is not q divine
one. All the same, Plymouth Church
will worship Mr.. Beecber, and, when it
gets chance, adore General Grant.
- Rufus Hatch, the rich and witty
Wall street broker, has written, so he says,
q letter to w. II. Vanderbilt advising
him 10 invest S5,000,000 in tenement
houses for the poor-of New York, leav-
ing the rent to accumulate. Mr.. Hatch
intimates that this benevolsnce may save
Mr.. Vanderbilt much future trouble.
- Joseph Smith, Jr., the head of the
Disciples Church. movemedt for the
construction of q church for their de-
nomination in Washington in honor Of
Geseral Garfield, the preacher President,
reports great progress. We dare say
there is paistake in the statement that
the church is sin honor of General Gar
field"
- Already new rival, which promises
to be more Or less formidable, is ceval-
oping in the shape oft the Mutual Union
Telegraph Company. 1t is Incorporated
under the laws of New York State, with
capital of fvo million dollars. The
Western Union will, when the time
comes, open its ponderous and marble
jaws to take the stranger in.
- The protective tariff last year taxed
the railroads of the United States $2l,.
700, 900 on steel rails. The steel rail
combination extract from consumers
of their product S2S a ton through the
operation of this lovely tariff Ger the
protection of American industry" The
shippers on rail routes have. to foot the
bill for the benefit of the steel rail ring
finally, for the tribute paid these protec-
ton citizens by the railroad companies
is charged in the freight tariffs. That is
protection"
= The movement in Texas to carve
three States out of the immense territory
covered by that name is favored by the
people of the State. There is nothing to
prevent this subdivision, as it is permitted
by the stipulations through which Texas
came into the Union, but with Republi-
can control of Congress the Senators
elected by the three States will have o
hard time getting their seats, of course
- The British temperance orators
state that during the last seven years
nearly S. 900, 100000 have been spent in
Great Britain on intoxicating liquors;
one-seyenth of Britain's grain il wasted
on the traffic, and 100000 people apply
yearly tor aid as paupers in consequence.
But the British people keep on spending
money on whiskey. The figures do not
frighten them.
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Total CROP. .........0 ,ooi ,VUu
Adding. $4,000 bales not sent from
plantations till after the beginning of
the present crop year, the total receipts
for the season will be 5,9S7, 900 bales.
The crop of 1S77-7S was 4,774,000, that
of 1889 5,074,0O0 bales, thatof- -1S79-S0
5,761, 1852 bales.
The statement shows, as compared
with the first four months of last season
an increase in receipts at Gulf ports of
47,367 bales, an increase at South At
lantic ports of 341 ,5S5 bales, decrease
at North Atlantic ports of 1886 bales,
an increase. at all ports of 312,0l7 bales,
a decrease in the, overland shipments of
56,lO5 bales, and a net increase Of
cotton in sight of 255, ,9l2 bales.
The New Orleans Democrat publishes
special reports of cotton receipts at inte-
rior towns throughout the States of
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas. These
reports show that there has been q gen.
eral falling off of receipts except in
Georgia, Florida, Southern Louisiana,
and Texas, as compared with 1879. The
towns in the Mississippi bottom all
report considerable decrease. In this
section much cotton, variously estimated
at from 10 to ID per cent, remains un-
picked in the fields, and there is no hope
of saving mere than half of it.. Much
of it is reported as:rotting in the fields.
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The Cotton Crop.

A review of the cotton crop and its
that has just been issued by
the Rradstreet Agency estimates the
number Of acres planted iu cotton
this season at, 16,500,000 This is an
increase. of S,00O,O00 over last year.
Since November the weather has been
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Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and
Tennessee rains, snow, .sleet and very
cold weather have retarded picking and
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the fields have been submerged, and
the crop is still unpicked. The indica-
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stone rs the name OF his camp.
Nevada is declining. 1t is q rotten
borough, With 62,265 population. In
1s77 the. value of the mining property
was assessed at s26,728725; in 1878 at
$l7, ,405, ,681; in 1879 at Sc, 6,496, ,432, and
in 1880 it had aunk to So, ,456, ,707-show.
ing decline of $29 100000 in four years.
As the mines constitute almost the whole
taxable wealth of the State, this rapid
destruction Of their values leaves the
State Treasury in distressed condition.
Last year the total tax receipts were
Sl51 ,244, and the expenditures $2l1 1864
showing deficit of s6O,O19. There is
in the treasury only $3.50, surplus left
from former years of prosperity, and how
tho cost of the State government is to be
met tho Governors message does not in.
dicate.
- In the Gland of steady habits," and
notably in Connecticut, the people are
getting rather reckless. The local in
debtednaas foot5 up SIT 1856, ,999.29. The
quiet town of Hatford has debt of over
100000. and the State Controllers re-
ports shows great increasc of all the
debts.
- The local Indebtedness of New Yo-k
cities, towns and counties, according to tie
Controllers recent statement, amounts
to over S250OOO,00 The tax this year
amounts to s9,232, ,542.3S, and the aggre-
gate equalized valuation of real and per-
sonal property to s2,G37,S69, ,23S.
= Boston has 57,7OS children of the
pupil ags of whom $3.50 attended the
public shoots last year. The number Of
shoots is POP; number of teachers 1889,
and tho expense for running the schools
for the year was S1,779,2l7.27.
- Sitting Bull, the famous Indian
chief, is said 10 be in destitute condition,
desiring to come in and surrender, but
having no horses with which to move his
camp.
= Langley Manufacturing Company
has declared FIVE per cent. dividend out
of the profits of the lastsix months, max
eleven per cent. paid by this company to
its stockholders for the year 1880.
The Es.ex County IN. j. grand
Jury recommend the re.establishment of
the whipping-post for wife. .beaters, who
are increasing as fines and imprisonment
have not the desired effect.
= The Louisiana sugar crop will
probably reach total Of $4,000 hogs
heads, the reports showing an increase
of 81 per cent. over last year. The
December freeze did little damage.
- We see it stated that Senator Brown
gave 5000 worth of coal t, the poor of
Atlanta. Senator Brown did noble
thing.
= Mrs. Glen, poor woman in Phila-
delphia, has been notified that ber father
died recently in Australia, leaving her
$l,5O0,0O0.
= The colored people in Greenville
County are said to own 100000 worth
of property.
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1881.
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MARBLE YARD.

A LII persons wanting ToMBsToNEs
II will do we'll to call on me, as have
on hand all grades of Marble, and work all
the new designs. warrant my work to
give satisfaction. Prices to suit the times.
am prepared to take care Of the County
travel and regular boarding at reasonable
rates at the Benson House. Meals 25 cents.
Lodging 25 cents.
THOS. NJ. WHITE.
Feb 26, 1880 33
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1881.
HARPER'S WEEKLY,
ILLUSTRATED.

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discussions of the questions of the day; as
we'll as by its llustrations-which are pre-
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The weight of its influence will always
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ment and refinement.