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Year: 1868

Our gratitude is due to the Giver Of all
good for the bright promises of an abundant
harvest now visible throughout the State -
Permit me 10 express the hope that in all
your deliberations the spirit OF harmony
aud mutual forbearance. so necessary to the
dignity Of a legislative body, may be care.
fully pr. served, and that our new State,
through your wisdom and prudence, may
inscribe upon the opening pages OF its his
tory, a record unsullied 10y the petty war
fare Of local interests. and that every mem.
Der OF your booy will bear in mind that he
owes not merely q duty 10 the particular
locality that he represents, but that the
whole State OF South Carolina now calls
upon him for the unsel6sh service OF his
head and heart. Let Us hope that the era
Of good feeling may soon return TO the en-.
tire people Of the State, an1 that they will
coon regard themselves not simply as The
Inhabitants Of an isolated section, but as
citizens Of q great nation, whose ships may
float with safety upon every sea. and who
flag is The respected symbol Of power and
liberty in every land.
Year: 1868

Hold on to your tongue when you are
just about to swear, lie or speak harshly,
or use any improper word.


Hold On to yuur hand when you are
about to strike, steal, or do any wrong.


Hold on to your foot when you are on
the point of kicking, running away from
study, or pursuing the path of error,
shame or crime. ......... ....


Hold on to your temper when you are
angry, excited or imposed upon, or others
are angry about you.


Hold on to your yrtue-it is above all
price to you, in all times and places.


Hold on to your good character, for it
is, and ever will be, your best wealth.


Hold on to your good name at all times
for it is much more valuable to you than
gold, high places or fashionable attire.


Hold on to the truth, for it will serve
you we'll, and do you good throughout
eternity fas a ''it sH a4'a.i
Year: 1868

From the Louisville Courier-JOurnall


In Ap.ii las samples of sors hmm sugar
and sirup were exhibited to the members
Of the Board of Trade, which were so fno,
the sugar being equal, if not superior to
the best Orleans in market, and the sirup
so far superior to any that had been made
from sorghum, that some doubts were ex-
pressed Of the fact that they we're what
they were represented to be. The agent
of the Kentucky Sorgo Company, by whom
the sugar and sirup were manufactured,
invited an investigation of the process,
and accordingly committee of our buSi-
ness men was appointed to look into the
merits Of the new enterprise. In the face
of all these doubts, however, a company


was organized and cane mill aud sugar
house erected by Mr.. John Seabolt for
the company, on his farm, on the New
burg road, nine miles from the city. The
operations of the mill during the season
which has just closed, fully demonstrated
the fact beyond doubt that the finest
quality of sugar can be manufactured
from sorghum. al


We had the pleasure of witnessing the
interesting process of manufacturing SUI
gar from the sirup a day or two ago, and
we can add our testimony to that of hun
dreds Of others who have witnessed the
operation that it only requires the proper
care in preparing the sirnp to produce the
finest quality of sugar. The great ques-
ton is therefore settled, and hereafter we
may expect this new discovery to result in
the successful and extensive manufacture
of sugar in Kentucky, .a- a.
: We are told that the first great point
essential to the production Of good sirup
or sugar is the selection of good seed. The
great difficulty heretofore experienced in
removing the feculent matter from the
cane juice, which prevented granulatiou,
has been overcome by this new process.


ri We have used samples of the sugar that
we saw manufactured, and find it equal if
not superior to the finest Orleans sugar.
The sirup is perfectly transparent aud en-
tirely free from the disagroeable flavor SO
common to the ordinary sorghum molas>
ses.r We understand that the Louisville
Sorgo Company will engage extensively
in the manufacture of sirup and sugar
next year. e.-,s. .l ~.
Year: 1868

Several prominent Republicans had an
interview with Gen. Grant lately when tho
subject of universal suffrage was brought
up, aud the probability of the passage Of
law by Congress, at its next session, es-
tablSbing the principle throughout the
country, was discussed. The parties pres
ent say Grant expressed himself as favor.
able to it, and there is no doubt the
question will be brought forward as soon
as Congress meets. - -
Year: 1868

1t is reported that an effort will bo
made upon the assembling OK Congress in
December to pass law amending tho
Constitution of the United States SO as
to establish universal suffrage throughout
the country. 1t is by some such measure
as this that the Radicals hope to force ne
gro suffrage upon the people of the North.
Unless this measure shall embrace some
DISTINGUISHING features, it will be the death
of Radicalism in the South. gs.-s5.
Year: 1868

1t is said that Gen. Grant will not re-
sign his commission as General until the
first of March. He is not officially the
President elect until declared 50 by the
electoral college, and does not propose to
release one bird until be gets firm hold
upon the other. ta.. ,.I sf +.
Year: 1868

SOME Cow The Editor of the Col
umbus Enquirer heard of farmer, the
other day, who was complaining to per-
son about his neighbours COW destroying
his fodder. He said she got into his field
the night before, and eat up fifteen dol
lars worth of fodder. She was only in
the field one night, and putting fodder at
one dollar per hundred pounds, the COW
eat up fifteen hundred pounds in one
night If she gives milk in proportion to
what she eats, she is certainly a valuable
COW
Year: 1868

To CURE SORE THRoAr.-Take the
whites of two eggs and beat them with
two spoonfuls of white sugar crate in a
little nutmeg, and add pint of lukewarm
water. Stir we'll and drink often. Re-
peat the prescription if necessary.
Year: 1868

EIA pun UOUhb.


Various surmises as to who perpetrsted this act
are offered. but up to last evening NO one had
been arrested and accused of II. The registry
woman, who herself lives In az adjoining house,
only separated by an alley way. That she did not
hear the noise necessarily made by the intruders
in lifting the window is perhaps strange. but does
not positively involve any completely on her part
The index book, although said TO be much oe-
spattered with ink, was lefs behind. and Is yet
available; but we would again impress 1t here
Year: 1868

DEBow's.-we are favored with an advance
copy of double issue of DeBow's Review, in-
cludiDg under one cover the June and May num-
bers, both of which are stored with the usual
amount and variety of reading matter, valuable,
interesting and appropriate to the time and the
situation
Year: 1868

With shout like an army victorious,


And wall for the gallant dead.
Septeu,ber has gone with hs kindrcsi,


And Its brother is reignihg instead;
His crown II high ON the mountain,


Where the scout of Winter has trod,
Trailing q mantle of snow-white ernino


Along the DARK brown sod.
There is q wall In the grand old forest;


\ cry, and may hap = shout,
And the leaves OF crimson and scarlet


lie scattered all about:
The brown-coated nuts are dropping


Down to the earth like hall,
And the stanhch old trees are bending


Beneath the northern gale.
Anon, and the blasts are stronger.


And the leaves of scarlet and rel
Have Lost their beauty forever,


And are lying wthered and dead:
And the snow crceps down from the mountain
In the train OF the most and the ice,
where busy fingers are writing


On the pane In strange device.
Year: 1868

The feudal theory, under which all real
estate was held in Great Britain, was that
the entire realm primarily belonged to the
sovereign, and might be parcelled out and
disposed of by him according to his pleas
ure. When William the Conqueror as
cended the English throne, he divided the
conquered land among his followers, to
be held by them subject to certain con-
ditions These conditions are known by
the name Of tenures, and, upon their
violation, the land became forfeited, and
returned to the sovereign. This practice
was followed until the time Of Charles ii
when tenures were dissolved, saving only
those requiring honorable service.


The conditions which accompanied the
royal grant Of land were of service, either
in person or by proxy. or of tribute in
money or produce. The most common
tenure was of military service, under
which the lord of the manor was obliged
to accompany his sovereign to the wars
at the head Of body of soldiers proper
tionate to the extent and value of the ter
ritory over which he was lord. This ten
ne was Of the most simple kind, and wa
based upon the equitable principle tina
the land proprietors should be at all time
ready to defend the land against the na
tons foes.
Year: 1868

aesh, and northern men have been the
hounds and slave hunters for their south
ern masters,


But that Almighty Being who presides
over the dostinies Of nations, and to whose
great and wise purposes all human events
must conform, had decreed il otherwise
He had ordained that slavery should die
in the house Of its friends and by its own
hands, and this war, forced upon us by
the South TO extend and perpetuate the
curse, should be the instrument Of its own
destruction and the means Of sweeping It
forever from the fsce Of the earth.


Itwas necessary that the army and ths
people should pass through this terrible
ordeal Of fire and blood, TO wean them
from their idols. and prepare their minds
for the glorious doctrines of this new
iispensation, and TO discipline them
for the work they were destined after
wards 10 accomplish. The sacrlhees have
been great, but the victory is sure and
eternity alone will unfold the glorious re-
suits.
Year: 1868

THE PRosrEcrs-The prospect for the
early completion of the railroad bridge re-
pairs is not very hattering. A gentleman
who came over from Davenport this morn
ing, informs us that switch track is being
constructed BY the company, running from
the depot to the river, so that freight and
passengers can be transferred to steamers al
the loot of the bridge. This indicates rath
er an extended resort to ferrying. tbs sale
that the two spans next to the Iowa shore
viii have to be entirely rebuilt, and probably
two of the piers.
Year: 1868

TIE demand for the Argus containing our
account of the flood was as unprecedented
as the food. Every COPY was sold in very
short time after publication, and when they
were all sold people offered rs cents and
even so cents for single copy-but could
n not get them.
Year: 1868

The late food at Rock River seems not
to have been confined to this particular To-
cslity, but extended above Sterling, doing
much damage to the farms lying along the
bottoms. At the Meredosia it spread across
the country to the Mississippi, and contrib
u.ed not little to the deluge with which we
were visited.
Year: 1868

uAVE PROVED, FROM THE MOST AMPLE
IL experience, an entire success: Simple,
Prompt, Efficient and Reliable. They are the
only Medicines perfectly adapted to popular use,
so simple that mistakes cannot be made in us
ing them; so harmless as to be free from dan ger,
and SO efficient as to be always reliable. They
have raised the highest commentator from al,
and wil always render satisfaction
Year: 1868

j. Q. ADAMS ON REcoNsTRucrIoN.- In his
letter Of acceptance, John Quincy Adams,
Democratic Nominee for Governor in Massa.
chusetts, says:


will not argue the unconstitutionality of
reconstruction. The almost unanimous cis-
inclination Of the Republicans in Congress To
allow it to undergo the scrutiny Of the Su.
preme Court would seem to contrm the re-
ported statement Of the lamented Mr. Stevens.
that "only two id fools in the party beliey-
ed the Reconstruction Acts to be constitu1
tional." Even if they were so, should still
deem them unwise. The Union they impose
is, to my eyes, no more like true union of
hearts and hands than o galvanized corpse
resembles a healthy man. l think that
neither the instincts nor the destiny of this
people will allow any permanent domination
to the African race III any State in the Union.
But the Republican party is irrevocably
pledged to this idea. They have staked their
existence as q party on its triumph; to this
idea they have sacrificed their constitutional
obligations in the past. and for if they must
find fresh offerings in the future. The blacks
must have lands and arms and standing
army TO maintain them in their false position.
They are clamoring for them now, and the
United States must furnish them. The path
upon which Congress has entered permits ne
halt, and retreat is ruin. In my opinion We
must begin anew, taking the Constitution for
our guide and natural laws for our limita-
tions. 1t is true that the Democratic party
in success may violate the pledges of adversi.
ty, and again subvert the organic law. The
teachings and the practice of Radicalisn.
have destroyed much of the old reverence for
the precious legacy of our ancestors. We
may dread lest they should do this thing. but
we do most certainly know that the Republican
party has already done it at least it is a
chance, last chance of salvation. If that
fails us-if we must submit to the whims Of
majority without appeal-it matters but
little to me whether it rejoices in the name
OF Republican OF delights in the title of Dem
ocrat. II party in the nation may con-
stltute itself the sole arbiter Of the constitu-
honaiity OF Its own measures, then secession
was illegal only because it was not the act Of
majority. The battle is between Congress
and the Constitution. For my part am for
the Constitution.
Year: 1868

PERTINENT s--Reconstruction,
says cotemporary, is avowedly outside the
Constitution. All we propose is to bring it
within. 1t there is anything left of it after
that process, let that much stand.


If the Radicals want peace, what are they
running their candidate on his military mer-
It's for?


If the Radicals want equal rights, why one
currency for capital and another for labor?


If the Radicals want impartial suffrage,
what does their platform say one suffrage
North and another South for?


Is it impartial suffrage to enfranchise the
black ran aud disfranchise the white man +?


If the negroes can vote of themselves, why
paw the Bureau to teach them?


If the Radicals mean to economize, why
didn't they begin three years ago?


If reconstruction is success, why isn't
the army withdrawn ?


If the Radicals want peace what are they
arming the negroes for?
Year: 1868

1t has been asked-What will the Demo-
cracy do if we help to place them in power ?
The question is 50 well and appropriately
answered and satisfactorily summed up by
Gen. W. A. German, of Minnesota, in a late
speech, that We feel bound to insert the an
swer here:


1t the Democracy get power in the Govern
ment, they Will reduce the tariff tax on your
tea, and what yon drink and wear.
They will restore the u aion, and turn over
all the Southern States expenses to be paid
by the South alone. "A


We will turn out and abolish ten thousand
Abolition Freedmen Bureau otfce-hoders.
and save millions of dollars to the people s
pockets.


We will bid the South support themselves
and go to raising cotton and sugar, and we
will raise the produce TO feed them


We will pay the public debt in the same
currency we pay you and the same you pay
each other, aid by SO doing save millions
more in the pockets of the people.


1t we pay the rich in gold, we will pay you
In gold. 1t we pay you in paper money, we
will pay boundholders in paper money.


We will enact laws to enable you to buy
your goods where you can buy the cheapest.
and sell where you can get the best price.
We will protect labor from the encroach-
ment OF capital.


We will leave each State to govern itself.
limited only by the Federal Constitution.
We will reduce the army in the South and
send them to the plains to protect the from
tier and new routes to the Far West
We will restore commerce, peace and good
will between the North and the South.


We will reduce taxes. both State and ma
tional.


We will lessen the number of office-holders
and release you from the taxation to support
| them.


| We will enact Jaws inside the Constitution
We will restore peace at home and abroad.
| We will inaugurate day of moderation.
order and good will, instead of hate and III
will as now taught by Jacobin politicians.


We will give equal rights to all and every
one. and grant exclusive privileges to no one.
We will substitute calm statesmanship for
mad Jacobinism.


We will make pets OF negroes no longer at
the expenses of the white man, nor force
suffrage upon them at the expense and against
the will OF those who have created and main
ia nei the Government.
Year: 1868

HONOR AMONG THIEvEs.-A gentleman
went with friend to the opera, ami arrived
before the doors were open. While waiting
in the crowd, standing behind his friend. be
amused himself by picking the pocket of the
latter. abstracting therefrom handkerchief.
Hardly had he done so when he was tapped
on the shoulder, and on turning round, saw
gentlemanly individual. who handed him
his own snuff-box with polite bow, observ-
ing that he never knowingly operated on a
brother professional, and was very sorry that
be had made such Il mistake"
Year: 1868

The Corn CROP.-Mr. Z. Ireland, the Assessor,
Informs us that he has already assessed over 1000
acres of corn. 1t is known that in the William
crops. In California, with the exception of a
strip of land at the lower part of the State,
they are unable to grow corn. In this Valley,
corn is uniformly found to do well, and judging
from the experience of last year will pay better
fact, we presume, that our farmers have so gems
orally turned their attention to the cultivation
of corn
Year: 1868

PLANTING TREEs.-We are gratfed to notice
that the residents of the town are so generally
planting trees in front of their premises. In
many instances the fronts of entire blocks are
thus ornamented Let the work be kept up un-
til there is not single lot within the city limits
without its proper allotment of shade trees.
Experience shows that trees planted here uni.
formly do WELL and require little or no attention.
Such being the fact, there is no excuse for the
failure to plant trees, and the man who thus
neglects to ornament his premises, may fairly
be regarded as lacking in taste, and destitute Of
refinement. By all means plant trees, and in a
few years we shall have a second New Haven on
the Pacific coast
Year: 1868

The whites in the South need have no


fear of the consequences of negro in
surreotion. They have used the bullet


once, and if God, in his Omnipotence,
points to that remedy, let them again
drop the ballot for the bullet and bright
bayonet. Christ forbid that such dis
asters may ceme upon us; the South is
not threatening to renew the war, but
the men who did the hardest fighting
for the Union are Democrats, and, if
the unhappy occasion should arrive they
will resume arms for the honor Of their
country and the rights of Constitution
al government. We deprecate the very
suggestion of such calamity; yet, to
what better result can the reckless
course of the Radical party leadf and,
if we are forced to choose between des'
potism and another war for our nation
ality, the patriotic people of the South,
and true Americans everywhere-will
not shrink from the dangerous problem.
Year: 1868

1t is said that some of the tribes of
the Indians at the West are to be re-
moved at once to their reservations,
and that peace is anticipated from these
movements. This is the old story. The
Indians will 60; but they will continue
to kill travellers, as they always have
done, because their is too slight pro-
lection from the scattered companies of
troops stationed on the frontiers. To
open the West cheaply and effectively,
there should be great increase OF force
at all the Indian forts. General Sher-
man will give his views on this subject
at no distant day. What will he say
of matters on the Upper Missouri =
Exchange.


This all sounds very plausible, but it
"wont hold water" To rid the North
west of these warlike, nomadic tribes,
(whoss number is greatly underestima-
ted, y that swarm over it, would require
as great an army as Bonaparte led
against Moscow, and, perhaps, result as
disastrously. The experiment has been
tried by the Government time and
again, and the consequences have al
ways been unnecessary loss of life, i'm
mense outlays of money, and, finally,
humiliating defeat. The millions and
millions of leagues of sandy arid soil
composing q great part of the North
west seem peculiarly adapted for the
home of the Indian race. Most Of this
land is certaialy unfit for tillage and
little of it could be made available for
grazing purposes save to the buffalo,
antelope and wild game accustomed to
browse upon the scanty heritage.


Our cavalry move laboriously over
these rough aud barren wastes, COM
pelled to pack rations for themselves
and forage for the cattle. The Indian
warrior, master of the wiriest horse
manship in the world, mounts his
tough and tireless mustang pony, scours
over the plain all day, living rudely,
upon a hunters fare, and grazing his
horse at night upon the open plain,
which is all the food these hardy ami
mails require. The prairie Indians are
superbly mounted, and, when too hotly
pressed, fly to those inaccessible can
ons in the bluffs, where it is impossi-
BILE for regular cavalry to pursue them
1t was lately proposed by some one
high in authority, to resign to the saw
ages this worthless Northwest, upon
which so much life and treasure has
been wasted through Radical misrule.
Let these useless tracts of desert be
given up to the Indians; it is not worth
the expense and trouble of warfare and
must always be an unpopular contest
with the people. But il has been the
source of an excuse for numerous Law
ish expenditures upon which Republi-
can parasites and plunderers might live.
Year: 1868

FIGURES can't lie-though the Radi
Gals willard figures prove that the
national debt has increased twenty
three millions of dollars since the first
of May, 1868. Had all the July interest,
the bonds of 1949, and all the Alaska
purchase money been brought into the
account, the increase of debt, or what
is the same thing, the lessened resources
of the Treasury, would have been seven
teen millions more. This must count
in the next months exhibit, and we
doubtless shall see q still further aug
,mentation of the public debt. Had
these amounts been paid in August as
due, the net amount of gold in the
Treasury, belonging to the Government,
would have been under fifty millions of
dollars. New, business men of all par
tios arc interested in stopping the in
crease of the public debt, and providing
means for it's gradual liquidation. This
cannot be done while the Radicals are
in power. They continue to pile up in
debtcdness, even in time of peace.
During June and July thirteen millions
of dollars were added to the uast weight
now resting upon the business and labor
of the country. How can a counter
movement be effectedi BY reducing
expenses. That is plain business
proposition which will not be denied.
But the Radicals do not look in that
direction. They keep large standing
army in time of peace, they feed negroes
at cost of fifteen millions per year;
they maintain costly government, ac-
cumulate debt, and dismiss all protests
with the declaration that national
debt is q national blessing" If people
are tired of debt and taxation they must
drive the Radicals from power. A change
will commence from that point and no
] other.
Year: 1868

In this country, at the present time,
taxation by the Federal Government
alone, independent of State, county, and
municipal taxes, amounts to fully four
teen dollars a head-man, woman, and
child-for the whole population. Take
the case of laboring man with family
of FIVE or six children, aud it will be
seen that he pays about q hundred
dollars o year, which, on an average,
would be about seventh or an eighth
of his earnings. Five days he works for
himself and family. The proceeds OF
the sixth are clutched by the Govern
ment. Yet werkingmen are asked to
endorse this system Of the Radical
party.