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Year: 1878

on forever. To fill the vacant places
of those who shall come back no
more, year after year my news
paper family has grown around me
till week after week I find lying on
my table representative journals
from every quarter Of the globe,
and from every English speaking
people on the face Of the earth. I
trust I properly estir ate the high
privilege of holding constant COM
munion with millions, whoso faces
I may never see and whose voices
I may never hear, and yet who
have to me as clear and distinct
personality, as ths,,little airy spirits
in the "Christmas Carol had to the
inspired prophet of the Bells.


Whatever may betide this jour-
ney, whether for veal or woe, it
would be worth all the trouble and
all the expense, and all the sacrifice
if it were only for the evidences Of
kindness, and friendship and love,
which my contemplated departure
has called forth. God-speeds and
good wishes have come up to me
from every quarter Of the land, and
even from over the sea have re-
ceived the kindliest greeting and
cheer from my coadjutors and
brethren of the press. If in my
prospective rest and recuperation
I shall find the panacea of which [
stand so much in need, the deyo-
ton of my life will scarcely repay
the favor it has been my good for
tune to experience. Trusting that
our separation may be brief, and
that l may soon be permitted to
hold communion with you again,
I respectfully bid you goodbye.


I am truly yours,


.BROADBRIM.
Year: 1878

They say the years since last we met
Have wrought sad change in thee;
That it were better to forget


Our youths found history.
And yet fain would clasp that hand,
Would meet those eyes once more,
One moment by thy side would stand,
AS have stood of ycre.
They say the very tones that thrllld
My heart and dimm'd my eyes,
Now by the cold worlds blightipg child
I scarce might recognize.
And yet long to hear thee speak,
Repeat some bygone strain,
Although the charm there should seek
Were listen d for in vain.
would not wish the years rolpd back,
Could such a choice be mine,
Nor falter in the onward track,


Though sever'd far from thine
But pilgrims may from hard-won height
Receding homes survey,
And give sigh to past delights,


Yet, sighing-turn away,
Year: 1878

AN ACT to prevent Public Officers


from using checks except upon


Funds actually to their credit,


or from paying the same.


SECTION /. Be 1t enacted by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives Of the State Of South Caro-
lima, now met and sitting in Gene
raj Assembly, and by the authori-
ty of the same: That the board
Of county commissioners shall
draw orders on the county treas.
urer for all accounts against the
county which they have allowed ;
but they shall draw no orders
until after the monthly report Of
the treasurer has been received by
them, and unless be has reported
the funds in the treasury to pay
the same; and the county COM
missioners shall inform the coun-
ty treasurer of the orders drawn,
in whose favor, the amount and
the order in which they are
drawn. A violation of this sec
tion shall be deemed a misde.
meanor, punishable, on conviction
thereof, in any court of competent
jurisdiction, by a fine and imprison-
ment, at the discretion of the
| court. 1t shall not be lawful for
any county treasurer to pay an
order of the board of county COM
missioners, unless drawn in con-
formity with this section; and it
is made the duty of the comp
troller-geDeral. In case of any
violation Of the provisions Of this
section which may come or be
brought to his notice, to report
the offender to the attorney-gene-
raj for prosecution, or to the Gov
vernon for dismissal, as the case
may be.


Sec. 2. It shall not be lawful for
any State Or county officer to'issne
any certificate Of Indebtedness
Provided, That this act shall not
apply to the issuing Of tickets to
jurors or witnesses for their at
tendance upon the Circuit Courts.
Sec. 3. It shall not be lawful
for ny State officer to draw a
Year: 1878

JOHN BRIGHT wrote lately note in which
occurred this passage: Ii children at school
can be made to understand how it is Just and
noble TO be humane even to what we term
inferior animals, it viii do much to give
them higher character ami tone through
life. There is nothing meaner than barbarous
and cruel treatment of the dumb creatures,
who cannot answer Us or resent the misery
which is so often needlessly inflicted upon
them
Year: 1878

ALD TYPE-590 pounds of OLD TYPE for
~ sale in lots to suit purchasers. This Type
is an excellent substitute for Babbit Metal
pronounced by those who have used it better
and can be sold at one-half the price. Apply
at the STATESMAN OFFICE.
Year: 1878

What is the cure for gossip? Simply
culture. There is great deal of gossip
that has no malignity in it. Good natured
people talk about their neighbors because,
and only because, they have nothing else
to talk about.


Gossip is always personal confession
either of malice or inbecility, and the
young should not only shun it, but by
the most thorough culture relieve them-
selves from all temptation to indulge in
it. It is low, frivolous, and too often a
dirty business.
Year: 1878

The dying leaves fall fast,
Chestnut, Willow. Oak and Beech,
All brown and withered lie.
Now whirling in the cutting blast,
IS Now trodden under foot--they teach
That one and all must die.
This autumn Of the year
Comes sadlNhome to my poor heart,
Whose youthful hopes are fed.
The darkening days are drear.
Each love once mine / see depart
As withered leaves and dead.
But is 1t all decay?
All present loss ?-no gain remote?
Monotony Of pain9
All mol hear lay
The robin sings-how sweet the note,
pure unearthly strain.
And OF all flowers the first.
Beneath these leaves in spring shall blow
Sweet violets blue and white.
So all lost loves shall burst,
In springlike beauty, summer glow,
In Heaven upon our sight.


-Macmillidn's Magazine.
Year: 1878

Nothing more surely marks a gentle
man than his public manners. 1t is,
for instance, impossible not to feel that
a man who arrives at hotel late at
night, and goes noisily, talking and
laughing, along the corridor to his room,
finging his boots down heavily, and
slamming the door, though an upright
and excellent person, yet lacks the finer
qualities of the gentleman. The essence
of courtesy is moral. tits a sympathet-
ic regard for the feelings of others which
spares them unnecessary annoyance.
When it is, at bottom, humanity. So
when public man vituperates another,
however smart the abuse may be,
there is an instant perception of the
want of true gentlomanly feeling. How
ever polished the invective, it is moth
ing more than the style Of the steWs.
When Lord Beaconsfeld spoke of Mr..
Gladstone in the strain that we quoted
last month, it was instantly felt that he
had made mistake; and although he
might be, as his admirers assert, the
last unmingled representative of the
Sephardim, or those Hebrews who can
trace their pedigree unbroken through
interminable generations Of ancestors al
ways of gentle blood, he was yet not
quite gentleman. When a member
of public assembly had been berated
by an opponent with every kind of Of
fensive epithet, and was asked to reply,
he said, 'But there is no reply to slop
pail" If a guest disturbed from sleep
by the noisy conner that We mentioned
should open his door, and by way of re-
prisal, ''shy his boot-jack" at the door
of his noisy neighbor when he had fall
en- asleep. it might be what was called,
when ons scientific man spat in the face
of another who had questioned his as
sertion, "the wild justice of expec-
toration," but it would not be gentle
manly. t85 s


Perhaps, then. it is better sometimes
not to be gentlemanly ? That is undoubt-
edly the practical conclusion of those
who feel uncomfortable when they have
been covered with mud, until they. can
/ throw mud in return. But the self-re-
straint which good manners imposes is
always better than "letting yourself go. "
Mephistopheles is never good coun-
sellor. and largely because he is not a
gentleman. The real Sephardim may
not trace continues gentle blood through
interminable generations of ancestry.
But they do not slam their boots nor
their doors, nor hustle in late at con-
certs and talk during the performance.
nor occupy more seats in railroad car
than they pay for, nor keep their seats
in street car, compelling woman to
stand. They may, indeed, reproye and
rebuke. but without heat or personality,


like Thomas when he feared that the
music interrupted the conversation. or
like that true gentleman whom the older


Berkshire knew, and who said to the
young woman to whom he had given his
place in the car, and who asked him
what he was waiting for, "0nly to hear
you say. thank you, my dear. ."-Har-
per's Magazine.
Year: 1878

The riot Thursday night was, according to
to all accounts, an unprovoked and malig-
nant outbreak of mob of negroes. Up to
the hsur of writing no arrests have been
made, and from present appearance the
lswless set who bombsrded railway depot
and brutally assalted the superintendentlof
the line, ars to go scot free' "Importunity
to rioters," says Bentham, "is cruelty to
to the law abiding" The truth Of this
axiom ought to force itself upon the sense
of the Mayor and the Chief of Police; and
no means ought to be left unused to discover
and punish In severe and exemplary man
ner the rioters. The story told by some OF
the colored men will not bear criticism.
The position of Rosendaie Park and the
depot are such that It would be impossible
to fire at the picnicsrs from the depot, sven
Year: 1878

Every train leaving Wilmington carries
some of our citizens who desire to escape
the heat Of July and August. Many Of
these go to the seaside and of this class
Rehoboth Beach receives goodly number,
while the rest are about equally divided be-
tween Cape May, Ocean City, and Atlantic
City. AS summer resort Brandywipe
Springs is becoming quite noted, as It 10
very pleasant place to stay, and 10 mot far
from the city. A goodly number Of our
citizens are now stopping there. ,,
Year: 1878

If one were to believe the absurdity of such
an occupation of the building. The treat.
ment OF the unoffending young man Foster,
and the equally inofensive Superintendent
Chambers, stamp their assailsnts as cow
ardly brutes. We have no sympathy with
rioters. black or white, and would as
promptly disperse and punish the one, as
the other. Hence We feel that we are speak
Ing the sentiments of almost every citizen,
when We call upon the munich al authori4
ties at any cost to ferret out the rioters.
There Is nothing so fatal to good govern
ment a. disorder, and It's repression and
punishment 10 cheaply done at any price.
We may congratulate ourselves that the
furies of last night did not commit some act
Of terrible violence. 1t is the duty of the
municipal authorities to spsre no expense
to discover and capture the violato,s; they
will be very censurable II they do not.
Year: 1878

Last Thursday afternoon Q young lady
from Philadelphia lost very valuable silk
knit shawl along the Brandywine. The
person who found 1t can return It to the
police station, and IL will reach the owner,
Year: 1878

The bears In wheat in Chicago have come
to grief. The news has come in from
the West that the grain crops will not pan
out, and that wheat will command higher
than the railing prices. Farmers do not let
the millers get your wheat at the present
fiullres,
Year: 1878

election day black men would be called
ND and tax receipt put in their hands
and they told to answer to the name and
vote. In districts where the election
officers were Republicans these negroes
would obey instructions and get their
votes very readily. But in districts
where there were Democratic election
officers, they would often forget the
names the receipts bore, and when asked
their own would give one that was not on
the receipt.


Great difficulty was also experienced
by the collectors of taxes. The negroes
would not pay their taxes and were often
insolent and on several occasions were
arrested to get them to pay the tax.
Suits arose under the U. S. Enforcement
laws and it became dangerous for the
collectors to attempt to collect the tax.
One collector was required to pay $1,000
by the U. S. Court. Then 1t was that the
State passed a law which exempts the
collectors from calling for the poll tax,
or running all over their district seeking
for the negroes, who when found would
not pay until they were made. And now
every male citizen, white or black, who
goes and pays his tax before the ASSESS
ment lists are made up has right to
vote. But this does not suit tho Repub-
lican party leaders. They want to pay
the negro's tax by proxy, hold his re-
ceipt and vote him for their party on
election day. If it is despotic to require


a man to go forward and answer to his


name and pay 81 cents tax before he


votes, then Delaware may be termed


despotic; but not without.
Year: 1878

SENDING CRoPs FoRwARD.-The crop
correspondent of the New York Bulletin
at Chicago says the farmers are not GO
ing to ''hold back" for 81 on wheat this
season, but are gong to send forward at
whatever price they can get. The
farmers in this act on that experience
which has taught them that ga bird in
the hand is worth two in the bush"
Year: 1878

THE Republican papers of Delaware
say there are nearly 5000 Republican
voters in Delaware who refuse to pay a
small tax of "a cents in order to secure a
vote at the elections. 1t is needless to
add that the Republican papers conceal
the fact that they are principally ne
groes.
Year: 1878

people side with the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe folks, Offering
their moral support and their shot
guns, with men to use them, if
force shall be necessary to hold the
ground. Southern Colorado is ia
nous for belligerent railway claims
to prior right of way, and they are
always ready to fight. Perhaps
this last is stupendous bluff at
the Denver aud Rio Grande.
Year: 1878

Young MAN LIVING WITH PISTOL BALL, THE


SHELL AND FRAGMENT OF CLOTHING IN HIS


BODY.


According to popular impression, gun-shOt
wound in the abdomen is almost certain to prove fatal
There are several instances record which that


this is not necessarily the case one the most remark
able on Of Of the attendant circumstances
is of recent date.


Tiffany Coz IN Union square and a Of Frederick =
Cozzens author Of he "-pdTrowgrass PaJers" went in
the early part Of August spend his vacation ut Lake
George On Sunday August IS he went with party OF
fendsu Prospect Noun tain about two miles from Fort
William Henry Hotel at the head Of the lake. When
nearly a the top, he slipped and fell forward, exploding
in his fall " the cartridges in pistol which
carried IN the breast pocket OF his coat the ball ana
shell and piece OF the clothing passing into the abdon
cavity midway between the lower ribs and the edge
the peyis and few inches 10 the night OF the Eedan
line His friends very anxious and being ineXpe
rienced fearful OF immediate death so, instead of
LAYING him down. and sending for medical assistance till
srecner could be procured, they at once picked MIN
up and one OF the salwar OF their number carried


i'm ON his back TO the foot Of the mountain and the
hotel arriving there with the aud The wounded
man in sn almost equal state OF exhaustion. DR.. Adam
son resident physician, called n and subsequently
Dr. Waterman guest Of the hotel and the two physi-
clans having cared for the wounded and mnst red
10 his wants, anticipated natal Issue.


News of his injury having reached Tiffany & Co., a
member Of the Arm requested DIR. NJ. H. Henry, Sur
eeon in Chief Of the Emgrant Hospitals TO consult
with Drs. Adam'on and Waterman ana II NECESSARY
accdrnt Dr. Henry In consult alton with The .d-
ing physciani and On August 20. eight day t' toe
Year: 1878

THE EXPENSES OF THE BALL IN HONOR OF THE


ENGLISH OFFICERS TO BE PAID BY sUBsCRTP-


TON IL NOT BY The CITY-THE FEELING ABOUT


THE MATTER.


PROM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRfBUNE. !


NEWPORT, r. l., Oct. 2.-The unfortunate
position which Newport has been placed by the action
OF six taxpayers keeny regretted and II IL un-
derstood that at least OF the number s heartily
sorry FOR having led uO the trap by shrewd poll
ticIan


The whole trouble had It's birth in political feud OF
long standing and tho persons who have been Insru
mental in securing temporary injunction are not men
who are known outside OF their own wards Some OF
them have made wuat hte OF this worlds goods which
they now possess from the summer residents who, as
THE TRIBUNE readers know, pay large proportion O
the taxes.


Itis Justly claimed by the citizens that, being water
ing place Newport should show some appreciation for
she patronage which she receives from the outside
world The Summer visitors left nothing undone during


tile visit OF the English visitors that would tend to their
comfort and it will be remembered that they took the
Admiral and his officers Rocky Point and gave them


grand banquet OF their expense. 1t Is estimated
that the sum OF 100000 left here by the English
men, for they bought all OF their supplies IRON the local
business men, aad in many other ways they benefited
the place They allowed thousands OF visitors 70 come
on board OF their vessels and every day officers and
sailors were detailed them every part OF the



sections gland TO the ships, aud 1t must be
admitted that these visitors, too. lett considerable
money in the place


Itisnot believed that the Judge will sustain the in
junction II he does the total amount OF the bill will he
raised by subscription by gentlemen and ladies who
Will not LOOK and innocent persons suffer The


matter may he put 10 vote OF the taxpayers. 10 which
CAGE the petitioners for the injunction would nave AN
oppur unity that they are In hopeless minority
and they would then realize the sentiment OF tire COM
munltV ID regard TO their contemplate conduct.


The local paper flooded with communications de-
uouuciuE the taxpayers who have dsgraced the city,
but they are compelled 10 suppress them they
mil of personalities and aim to show the moral stand
ing OF the men IN Lhe community. THE lRIBCNEs edl-
o al remarks haze all been repubshed ana their tone
~ u kee ping with the sentiment Of all the well wishers
OF the place.


The gentleman who is said 10 be at the bottom OF the
movement and VINO member OF the City Govern


ent received tickets 70 the ball. he subsequently
called upon tho chairman on inyttttns aud asked for
f0ur more which given him These tickets were all
used The person whose part OF ne expenses OF the Da
is less than ten cents nshed with ticket by an
Alderman 4t no little trouble He tthe petitioner
wanted the ticket for visitor at his house. Those who
will nave TO pay the greater portion OF the p In case
the Injunction IL not made permanent, are the persons
VINO are the oudcs denOuncing the action OF the con
testing taxpayers.
Year: 1878

10td1 sd0uo 01 III PI0P W., 1o0,110


An IMPROVEMENT. The stairs
leading from the wharf in the rear of
the Centennial Saloon has beer sup
piled with a slide. This will be
hailed as a blessing by the many
craft which land there for supplies,
as it will save time and labor in load
ing.


THE YACHT CLUB.-Dr. Sparkling
informs us that at least thirteen fast
sailors can be mustered to compete
for the grand prize in the coming
yacht race on the Fourth Of July.
Year: 1878

The New Orleans Times puts in
the following pretty good one: IF
the Greenbackers are so resolutely
bent on a cheap circulating medium.
why don't they adopt Confederate
money! 1t may not be very loyal
sort of cash, but it is cheap"
Year: 1878

Among the numerous useful and Wo q
men Of whom the epidemic has depr 8
our city, we regret especially him wi
name heads this paragraph. A native
Virginia, and leading merchant in on
of the principal cities of that state j
proved his confidence in the destini .
New Orleans, by removing his for d
his enterprise and his family to this I
Immediately after the close of the
He had connected with his business


leading tobacco house, cotton plantin
the adjacent state of Mississippi.
Irby had been usually in the habii
spending the summer, with other meml
Of his family, in Virginia. Il has
but few weeks since he told the WI


"my business has been so much injG


by my annual absence from the city, Ia
l am determined to remain and livr
die here" Not only did he fall a vic
to this determination, bat his wife


Virginia r. Irby and one son have perisi
likewise. The personal character of
Irby, the estimable qualities of his
and family have endeared them to


who knew them, while the sad news
be received in his native State and amo


his numerous friends and relations, "
a shock which the consultations o,
Christian hope can alone alleviate.
Year: 1878

We are glad to see that Secretary Sher-
man has made an inquiry into the condi-
ton Of affairs in this city, and hope he
will be able to see his way clear to bring
the aid of his powerful official position
to the relief of the destitute people. The
following telegraphic correspondence took
place on Friday: ...


WASHINGTON, Oct, A, 1873.
Collector of Customs, New Orleans:


Report by telegram actual condition Of
suffering and want from yellow fever
the extent of relief on hand and its suffi-
ciency-the nature and extent of relief iu
dispensable. Write also fully.


JOHN SHERMAN, Secretary.
Year: 1878

The proposition Of Pacific coast poll
ticians to open war upon the Chinese
treaty has brought up new point in
the discussion, namely: How far the
positions assumed by Secretary Eyarts,
in his letter regarding the conference
of local laws of New Foundland-with
the fishery provisions of the treaty ap-
ply to the local laws of California,
which are hostile to the Chinese and in
violation of the rights and protection
conferred by the treaty. The Pacific
coast men are not particularly pleased
with the logic Of Mr. Evarts' position
as applied to their case.
Year: 1878

and for interfering with United States
marshals on election day. The bills
would not have been found but for the
emphatic charge of District Judge
Bryan, that the jury must take notice
of the acts of men who deliberately in
terfered with United States officers
while in the discharge Of their duty.
Year: 1878

THE council of state of England is
considering the propriety Of imposing
q tariff on cotton from the United
States. Evidently the intention is to
favor Indian cotton. Well, India
needs much money about this time.
Year: 1878

Mr.. WHEELER, the quiet vice presi-
dent, will emerge from his hermitage
next Monday. But it is positively in
delicate to say that he will have to be
identified before being allowed to call
the senate to order.
Year: 1878

In 1868 the U. s. Government
engineers made an estimate that
it would cost about 81, 100000 to
improve the navigation of the
Mississippi at the rapids oppo-
site Rock Island. They were
completed in 1877, at a cost Of
over 1000, 900 showing how
expensive every thing of that
kind is that is taken in hand by
the United States. The great
expense incurred is caused by
the thoroughness and complete
ness that characterlzes every
piece of work done by govern
ment engineers thoroughness
and superior quality which dou-
bles the cost, but generally
makes it SO durable that it lasts
twice as long as the work of or
ninary civil engineers.


In an Eastern exchange we
find the following statistics of
the material used and the cost: