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Year: 1877

If there is one thing that President
GRAHT'is moro remarkable for than an
other, It is his inconsistency. He Is re.
liable, only in one particular, and that is
If hs takes position to-day you can rely
upon it that tomorrow he will occupy a
contrary one. This trait was never more
forcibly brought to light than In his
vascillating policy toward the Louisiana
rival governments. In the first place
ihe President announced that ne
believed the NICHOLS goyernment
possessed the sympathy OK that
class of people who were able
to give sustensnce to IT. thereby
indicating that the PACKARD govern
ment, in his opinion, was not the choice
Of the people. In the next place un-
equivocally announces 70 KELLOGG that
he will not recognize either Of the con.
testants for the state executive, at least
until full investigation has been made
by the Congressional Committees. And
now be teleg.apbs to Gen. AueUR that
it was the policy of the Administra-
tion to refrain from q recognition
of either government, but for reasons
which he thinks satisfactory to himself
he believes that PAoKArD has been
properly elected, and if the necessity
arises 10 recognize him as Governor
Immediately PACKARD attempts to create
a necessity by issuing bis proclamation
of outlawry against NICHOLS and his
party, which he knew very we'll the latter
would pay no attention. NICHOLS fail
log to recognize PAcKAKD's authority
toj disband his Legislature will resist
any effort to force the execution Of PACK
ARDS edict, and bringing about colll-
sion, the intervention OF United States
troops will be demanded and thus PACK.
ARD secure an absolute recognition from
the Man on Horseback. The war feel.
ing which so lately was aroused through
out the country at the unconstitutional
interference of the Federal government
in State affairs, had well-nigh sub.
sided when it was announced that the
President intended to keep hands
of. But now when 1t is discovered
that his professed conservatism and as
sumed respect for constitutional obligs.
tions, was only snare and deluHon, the
feeling will again be revived, and inten.
sifed by the baseness OF the designs OF
conspirators in their attempt to lull the
public into tsncied security and quietude.
We want no war, we want peace, but
above all things we want constitutional
liberty at any and every cost,
and We intend to preserve 1t,
let the .conspirators do what
they may to cheat us out of it. General
NICHOLS announces his intention to
hold on 10 what he has secured, and
PACKARD not having strength to dis
lodge him from his position, there is no
force tv do it except the military power
of the government. Whether that will
again be invoked to strike down civil
liberty in State of the American Union
remains TO be seen.
Year: 1877

THE Legislature has not been able to
get in much work as yet. The commit
tees having been appointed on Saturday
it was necessary for them to meet and
organize for work, and then act and re-
port upon the business referred to them.
This will take several days, hence the
two houses as bodies will not be able to
do much work for awhile. The work is
going on, however, in the committee
rooms, where Il is being chopped ost
into shape for establishment when re-
p,ported back to the House and Senate.
Year: 1877

Mr.. CosNERY is the managing editor
of the New York Herald. He is quiet,
industrious and unassuming man.
While his name is not known to the
world, and he makes the great paper Q
power IN the earth, the real proprietor
and who so undeservedly bears the repu.
tation of its great enterprise, really has
nothing to do with the concern except
to spend the profits in riotlng and fast
living.
Year: 1877

IT Is now thought that BARRY SUI
LIvAs will lose the sight of both eyes
from the accident received while engaged
in the combat between Richard and Rich
mond in the final act Of "Richsrd the
Third" at Drury Lane in December.
Year: 1877

THAT respectable antiquarian, the
Oldest inhabitant, isterviewed US last
night and informed US that the food Of
1852 came In precisely Is the anticipated
one is now coming. The ice broke up on
the river, followed by long rain. That
food, while not SO great - the one IN
1882, was more destructive to property
in the city. The food Of 1861 is remem-
bered by our citizens rs very disastrous,
but the damage was not SO heavy
as in 1862. Thirty-ave feet
of water will food the cellars
on WAtsr and the lower part Of Main
street. Forty-three feet will submerge
the lower part OF the Island.


The lamp post on the stone bridge
over the creek, on Main street, shows the
high water mark of the aoed Of 1852,
from which 1t can be readily understood
how much OF the city will be reached by
water ss high as the great food of 1852
Those of our citizens who are liable to be
damaged should profit by the lessons Of
the past, and do what is possible TO lessen
the damages Of the threatened flood. We
hope that we will not have such high
water, but the amount of snow in the
mountains and the rain Of yesterday and
last night give ground for app reheusion
Of danger.
Year: 1877

the warm room. A word to his
wife, and in few moments delic-
ious meal was spread before the
bewildered Dick, who, completely
overwhelmed by this sudden change
Of affairs, had no powor to speak.
AS the warmth penetrated his chill
ed frame, and the fragrance of the
choice food greeted him, a picture
OF his starving wife and little ones
in their dreary home rose before
him, and the tears fell unchecked.
In a moment Barton Moore's hand
was on his shoulder. "Take cour-
age, dear Dick; we will care for
them next" he said, diverting his
thought; and Dick, faint with long
fasting, needed no farther urging.
Meanwhile Mrs. Moore, whose
womanly heart needed no further
suggestions, was packing a large
basket with innumerable dainties
calculated to please an invalid's
palate, and in few moments more
the two men were walking side by
side down the frosty streets. Into
his old-time friends listening ear,
Barton Moore poured the story of
his penitence, and his new resolves
for the future; and as they clasped
hands in the moonlight, all the old
bitterness and hatred passed forev-
er by, and they felt that to them
Christ had indeed come, and hence
forth would rule and guide them.


And a Merry Christmas indeed
was that which followed. In a
pleasant sunny room, where flowers
bloomed, and warmth and frag-
rance cheered the heart, Jennie lay
upon sofa, drinking in the joy
and gladness of the blessed day,
while Dick, strong and manly as of
old, sat by her side and painted
bright pictures of the future, which
they would share together.


And the prophecy was fulfilled.
Love and care brought back the
rose to Jennie's cheek, the light to
her eye. There were dark places
in the future for their feet to tread,
but Barton Moore's helpful hand
assisted them over, and after few
years, Dick, leading man in his
profession. honored, happy and
wealthy, was able to repay che old
debt.


But there was one thing which
he never forgot. In the darkest
hour of his life, a friendly hand
bad saved him, and henceforth he
became the friend and helper of the
of the erring: tender and patient
with the weak and sinful, and when
in after years Barton Moore heard
for the first time the story of the
terrible temptation which had as
sailed poor Vagabond Dick on that
winters night, he was ready to
grant forgiveness for the dreamed
of deed, and to thank anew the
kind Providence which had soften
ed his heart and saved himself and
loved ones from dreadful fate.
Year: 1877

Joint Resolution to appoint COM


mission to investigate the sale Of


the Columbia Canal.


Section /. Be it resolved by tho
Senate and House of Representatives
Of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly +,
and by the authority of the same,
That commission, consisting of the
Attorney General and three members
of the General Assembly, two OF
whom to be appointed by the Speak
CT of the House of Representatives
and one by the President of the Sen
ate, be raised for the purpose Of in
veStiga'ing the salo of the Columbia
Canal and its appurtenances by a
commission of this State.


Sec. Q. That it shall he the duty of
eaid conirnission to inquire into the
manner If said sale, the consideration
received by the State therefor, and
whether or not the State is bound
theI eby; and also to inquire whether
the purchasers have duly complied
with the conditions of said sale, and
whether the title to said property
has not reverted to the State by reae
son of the noncompliance with the
conditions of said sale.


Sec. 3. That said commission shall
have power to call for persons and
papers, and to administer oaths to
witnesses before them; and that a
majority of the members of said com
mission shall have power to act in all
cascs.


Sec. 4. That said commission shall
conduct said investigation without
delay and report the result to the
Governor, to be by him transmitted
to'the General Assembly, and that,
until the meeting, of the General
Assembly, the Governor is author
lied to take such action on the report
as may be necessary to protect the
interest ofthe State and others.


Approved juno z, 1877.
Year: 1877

any planter any cotton, rice or other
agricultural produce for sale, and
shall sell the same and fail to pay
over the net proceeds thereof to the
planter on demand, or to apply the
same to his own use and benefit, or
shall fail to account for the same in q
satisfactory manner if unsold, he shall
be guilty offraud and embezzlement,
and, on conviction thereof, shall be
imprisoned in the penitentiary not
less than one year nor moro than five
years, at the discretion of the court.


Sec. 3. No person shall be convic
ted under the provisions Of the pre-
ceeding sections, if lie can show that
the cotton, corn, rice or other pro-
ducts received by him was destroyed
by accident, after due diligence on
his part, or that he was forcibly de-
prived Of the possession thereof.


Approved June Z, 1877.
Year: 1877

in the sales of produce. 80


ssection l. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State Of South Carolina. now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same,
Any person engaged in the business
Of buying cotton, corn, rice or such
commodities, either on his account or
for others, who shall buy such on
sale from a planter, commission mer-
chant, or any other person or persons,
tor cash, and shall fail or refuse to
pay for the same, and shall make
way with or dispose Of the same be-
fore he shall have paid therefor, shall
he deemed guilty of fraud and en-
bezzlement, and shall be liable, on
conviction, to be imprisoned in the
penitentiary for term not less than
one year nor more than five years. at
the discretion of the court.


Sec. Q. That if any factor or coln--
mission merchant shall receive from
Year: 1877


Governor to effect a loan.


Section /. Be it resolved by
the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives Of the State of South Car
olina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of
the same, That the Governor be ALL
thorized to borrow on the credit of
the State, the sum of 100000, if so
much be necessary, in anticipation of
the taxes to be collected under the
act to raise supplies for the current
fiscal year, on such terms as he deems
advisable.


Approved June 7, 1877.
Year: 1877




All intelligent travellers who have
visited Brazil speak in the most glowing
terms of the country. Professor Agassiz
regarded it as the most productive and
interesting country on the globe, and the
one in which it Is easiest 10 obtain q
livelihood. Some who have sailed up
the Amazon declare that a vessel can be
loaded with Brazil nuts at an expense
of only few pence per bushel. These
constitute valuble article of commerce,
while the oil extracted from them is
very desirable. All the tropical fruits
are produced in Brazil almost without
cultivation. The soil in many parts of
the country will produce twenty sue.
cessive crops of cotton, tobacco, or sugar
cane without application of manure. No
country in the world approaches the
land of Dom Pedro in the variety of its
forest productions. Professor Agassiz
states that he saw one hundred and seven
teen different kinds of valuable woods
that were cut from q piece of land not
half mile square. They represented
almost every variety of color, and many
of them were capable of receiving high
polish. One tree furnishes wax that is
used for candles; another pith that is
used for food, and another yields juice
which is used in the place of intoxica-
ting liquor. There is single variety of
palm from which the natives obtain food,
drink, clothing, bedding, cordage, fishing
tackle, medicine and the material they
manufacture into dwellings, weapons,
harpoons, and musical instruments.
Doubtless the day is not far distant when
the valuable woods of Brazil will be used
for various useful and ornamental pur.
poses.
Year: 1877

1t is always we'll to be charitable in
your judgment.


No honest work, however humble, can
disgrace an honest man.


You can preach better sermons with
your life than with your lips.


Do all the good you can in this world,
and make as little noise about 1T as pos
sible.


There are many who know their own
wisdom, but there are few that know
their own folly.


If you would pass for more than your
value, say little. 1t is easier to look wise
than talk wise.


The bread of life is love; the salt Of
life Is work; the sweetness of life,
poetry; the water of life, faith.


Take things as they are, and make the
best of them. That is the only true and
practical philosophy.


In the mOdesty Of fearful duty read
rs much as from the rafting tongue of
saucy and audacious eloquence.


Want of prudence is too frequently
the want of virtue nor Is there on earth
more powerful advocate for vice than
poverty.


1t requires great deal of poetry to
gild the pill of poverty, and then 1t will
pass. current only in theory; the reality
Is dead failure.
Limit your wants; the must is hard,
and vet solely by this must can we show
how il is with us In our inner man. 10
live according to caprice requires no
| macmillan mowers
Year: 1877

SouTHrNaToN (Conn. Sentinel: There
is man in this town between fifty and
sixty years of age who has worked
for his father until the present day
never had dollar in his pocket; never
went to church, wedding or funeral
never was on car; never to a party
never spoke to girl except to ask where
her mother was; never had a holiday
and yet had his poll-tax abated this year
on account Of poverty, while his fathers
estate is estimated at from thirty thou
sand to fifty thousand dollars.
Year: 1877

A PAIR OF INPOSTORS.-At er26 street a few
weeks ago. a one-legged soldier took board
whose name was Brook field, but he gave II as
" DIR. Williams, saying he was employed i'm
the Post Office department. He occupied one
OF the best rooms and made himself perfectly
at home. but. when payday came. decamped
without paying his board bill. He had scarcely
departed before No. came in the person of
an impOstor who gave his name rs Maddox
He was more moderate in his demands; took
the attic. and was TO pay S25 per month for
rooms and board. He also left yesterday, in a
lofty way. for he went out of the garret win
window was encountered by two servants. to
whom he told the story that he had been cali
ing on a friend in the house, and so made his
escape. The family are now minus his board
bill. No doubt the young rascal will try his
game elsewhere. 1t will be we'll for boarding
house Keepers to beware of these impostors.


BURNING OF RIVER SrEAMER.-Captain
FoXwe'l, OF the schooner Father and Son.
which arrived IN Georgetown, yesterday from
st. Maly's river. reports the burning opposite
Fort Washington yesterday MORNING. OF the
s.ern-wheei steamer Prince William. from
Quanticc, bound for Washington, laden with
hoop poles and lumber. The captain SAYS the
fire issued first from the stern. The crew
seemed to have become panic stricken at once
and no effort was made to save the burning
vessel. The crew became so excited that they
cut their life boat loose and allowed it To float
away from the steamer. In q very few min
utes the greater portion of the vessel was I'm
flames. when she was run ashore ON the Mary
land side, abandoned and allowed to burn 70
the waters edge. The steamer, together With
her cargo, Is total loss.
Year: 1877

FORT WALSH. Northwest Territory. Nov.
2'-Sitting Bills camp is continually rein
forced by acces>ions of Sioux from Montana
and Dakota Sixty lodges oi them came over
only few days ago, and Major Walsh, hear
ing the news. Went Immediately To Sitting
Bull camp and held council with the new
chiefs. They said that Crazy Horse told them
when dying I shall be dead i'm a few min
utes and Will then go TO the white mother ;
country. l want you to follow me- The
whole nation said that the chiefs. was reused
by these dying words of Crazy Horse and they
resolved To move north. They were forty
eight days on the journey. Major Walsh is of
the opinion that The dying request of Crazy
Horse viii induce The whole Sioux nation AT
present on the United States side of the line 10
cross TO the Canadian side
Year: 1877

OF all the public conveyances that
have been constructed since the days of
the ark, commend us to an omnibus. In
stages there is no change, no variety.
After the first twelve hours or so peO-
pie get cross and sleepy; and when you
have seen man in his night cap, you
lose all respect for him. Then on
smooth roads people frequently get
prosy, and tell long stories. Again,
there is the whole train of evils conse-
quent on change of the eoachman.


Now you meet with none of these
Affections in an omnibus. The passen-
gers change like the figures in kaleid-
escope, and though not so glittering,
are far more amusing. We believe there
is not an instance on record of a mans
having gone to sleep in one of these
vehicles. As TO long stories, who would
venture to tell one in an omnibusg and
even if he did, nobody could hear what
he was talking about.


Yes, after mature reflection, we are
decidedly of opinion that of all known
vehicles, from the glass coach, in which
we were taken to be christened, TO that
sonbre caravan In which we must one
day make our last earthly journey,
there Is nothing like an omnibus.
Year: 1877

Delicacy of feeling is trait of
character almost more lovely and en-
gaging than any other. 1t is a quality
whose hidden principle exists in a
greater or less degree i'm every mind,
though it is often thrown into the shade
by the working of the fiercer passions,
in the rude encounters of life. Mans
mind, as manifested in his daily con-
verse with the outward world, seems TO
be made of ''sterner stuff and east in
rougher moulds, but delicacy is no
mark of weakness. for it is essentially
consistent with the stoutest courage
and the 'sublimest energy. 1t is in
every respect a manly quality, and
throws over the whole intellectual and
moral character kindlier hue If true
delicacy exist i'm heart. it will gush
spontaneously from it, and never can
the cold cant of hypocritical formality
be mistaken for the warm welcome of
the soul. Power, mental or physical,
never appears so great as in the hands
of those who seem unconscious of its
possession. True intellectual greatness
gathers an additional charm when ac-
compnied by real delicacy of feeling.
Kindness may enter where the sword
cannot penetrate, and ''soft answer"
and winning department, springing
from delicate feelings and a generous
heart, have always proved irresistible.
Breathing nothing but harmony and
love, "a ministering angel to man
kind, it goes to and fro in the earth,
uniting everywhere more firmly and
strongly the bonds of social union.
Year: 1877

Do you know how sharks are caught
out i'm California? At Anaheim Land
ing, in that State, they make business
of shark-catching, for about four
months every year, beginning in May.
Sometimes one person will catch from
one TO fifteen in day. This is the
way they do it. Large stakes are
driven into the sand at intervals along
the beach. To these stakes one end of
a large rope is tied; on the other end is
strong iron hook, baited with fish.
This Is thrown into the water. and
when, tempted by the bait, the shark is
caught on the hook, he is drawn upon
the shore and killed. There is some
times a very exciting struggle during
the latter operation. The sharks are
generally from six to seven feet in
length, and weigh about one hundred
and fifty pounds. OF course a fish of
this kind is possessed of considerable
strength, and it is not often that one
man can manage the caught monster,
and it occasionally requires the united
strength of four men TO place the victim
on terra firma. Three kinds of shark
are caught at the landing. The leopard
shark $50 named because of its spotted
appearance) aud the fiat shark are
worthless, except for their fins, which
are sold to Cinnamon. The MongOlians
make delicious soup from shark fins,
and it is also said that they make ex-
cellent combs from the same material.
Each oil-yielding shark yields about
two gallons of oil, which is sold at re-
tail at fifty cents per gallon.
Year: 1877




DIR. J. c. Draper, of New York, main
tains that all living things, whether
animal or plant, absorb oxygen and
give out carbonic acid; and that the
life of the plant is one of continuous
drinking in of oxygen gas. Having
grown plants similarly nourished in
the dark and i'm sunlight: he found that
all the parts were produced in both
cases almost at the same time. and that
the slightly slower evolution of the
series grown in the dark was marked
by a slightly smaller weight, while the
same plant measured by night and by
day grow slightly faster in darkness
than in sunlight. The roots of plants
grow under both circumstances throw
out the same kind of matter. There
fore. as the evolution and weight and
root-secretions agree, he urges that the
carbOnic acid has been, in both cases.
thrown off as consequence of growth.
and has never been absorbed by the
roots, and then given out as a vapor
from the leaves.-.Selected.
Year: 1877

have traced the present to him, and
bribed my maid to search my trunks. I
loved him. / never loved any man but
him. Why should tell you any more ?
You can guess it all. And he had left
me for that schoolgirl he meant to
marry. 1 always carry dagger about
me; it is fashion learned In Italy.
Going up stairs alone at night, passed
his door. 1t had blown open. l saw
him lying upon lounge, and he had
her portrait in his hand, and pressed it
to his mouth and kissed it, and l went
mad, and flew into the room and stabbed
him. You have the story. don't
think you'll try to hang me. Though,
poor boy l never should have married
you; you were not rich enough"


She stopped her head and kissed the
hand that l had pressed against my
breast to still its tumultuous beating,
and then she lifted up her voice, and
said, 81 am ready"


never saw Maria Vassar again. She
was condemned to death, but the sem
tence was commuted to imprisonment
for life
Year: 1877

In the days of Sir Matthew Hale,
men who could read might, by law,
become priests. On one occasion a man
who could not read desired to be Or
dained, and he took his place before his
examiner, with a copy of the Lord s
prayer in his hand, and friend who
could read at his back. Prompter COM
menced whispering to him-Our Father
who art in Heaven-"Our Father who
art in Heaven" he repeated, in loud,
confident voice; the prompter contin-
ued-Hallowed be thy name -" Hal
lowed be thy name" His thumb was
now over the next sentence, and the
prompter gently requested him to take
it away, when ''Take away your
thumb" rang through the room, and
this was clearly illustrative of the
learning of that time.