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Year: 1877




about eight o'clock in the. evening,
lately, Supervisor Egan, of Franklin,
had his attention attracted by roaring
noise like the coming of heavy railway
train. There being no railway near
Franklin, he fancied that it must be
something in the nature of a tornado, so
great was the noise. He called his son,
who was equally puzzled. While they
were speculating on its probable cause
the sky was suddenly darkened by vast
swarm of flying insects. Far as the eye
could reach the air was full of them.
The swarm was moving in northwest
erly direction, the main portion at great
height, but stragglers flying within reach,
and occasionally dropping to the earth.
The width of the swarm could not be es-
timated, it being twilight. No place
could be seen above where they were not
Mr.. Egan picked up several of the fa-
tigued stragglers of this great army.
They are beetles little larger than the
potato beetle. Their color is dark brown,
with bright spots on the ends of their
wings. He says that they are not the
Colorado beetle, having stronger re-
semblance to what is commonly known
as the June bug. The swarm was about
twenty minutes in passing over the vii
lage of Franklin, and must have con-
tanned untold millions of insects. Mr..
Egan is of the opinion that unless they
changed their course they must have
struck the lake shore somewhere in the
neighborhood of Bay View.
Year: 1877

An Act to amend an act ertitled Gan act


supplementary to chapter Is, title 4, part


l, of the general statutes of South Car


olin> relating to tho militia, and for the


better organization and government Of


the same"


SECTION 1. BE 1t 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, That in addition to the body of
militia known as the 'National Guard" the
Governor, as Commander-iu- Chief, is here
by authorized to receive all such bodies of
citizen soldiery as may have rendered or
may hereafter tender their services to the
State, to constitute the Volunteer State
Troops, and to consist of such companies,
battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions
as may be organized by the authority of the
Commandcr-in-C Chief These troops to uni
form themselves, and to be subject to all
such regulations as may be prescribed by
the Commander-in-C Chief and issued from
the Office of the Adjutant and Inspector
General and published.


SEQ. 2. The Adjutant and Inspector
General shall appoint an Armorer, who
shall take charge of the State Armory in
Columbia, and keep in order all the arms
and munitions contained therein. His sal
airy shall be $3.50 per annum.


Sec. 3. The organization known as the
Fourth Brigade, South Carolina Militia,
consisting of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth
Regiments of Infantry, the First Regiment
of Rifles, and First Regiment Of Artillery,
with the Charleston Light Dragons and Ger
man dussars, shall be received and embodied
in the State Volunteer Troops. Officers Of
equal grade shall take rank in accordance
with the period Of time in which they shall
have served in any branch of the military
of the State. The field officers of the said
Fourth Brigade, and their successors, shall
be deemed in law the successors of the orig
inal field officers thereof, and shall be enti
tied to hold and joy all rights, franchises
and property which were of the said feld
officers thereof


SEC. 4. Immediately after the passage o.
this act, the Governor shall call in all arms
equipments, and munitions which are in the
hands Of any persons not authorized by Law
to hold the same, and shall require all com
manGs lawfully holding any such State prop
erty to file in the Office of the Adjutant ant
Inspector General full statement of sucf
property, with the authority under which
it is held, and the present condition there
of. The Governor shall have authority I,
permit the sale or exchange of any military
Year: 1877

An assistant of druggist recently put
up a prescription of dose Of castor oil for q
young lady. She innocently inquired how
it could be taken without tasting it. He
promised to explain to her, and, in the mean
time, offered her, courteously, glass Of
favored and scented seltzer water. After
she had finished it, he said, triumphantly,
"You see, n,ss, You have taken your oil and
you did not know it." The young lady
screamed out, at was for my mother ~
Year: 1877

FREQUENCY OF SUICIDEs.-The number
of suicides in the United States during the
present year is said to be unprecedented in
this country. France and Germany, where
inidelity has been more prevalent than in al
most any other countries, seem abo 1t to yield
their unenviable distinction in this respect
to the United States. One Of the leading
causes is thought to be the hard times, and,
it is remarked, "fathers of families who
have been out Of work the whole winter,
and who have managed to support them
selves and their households on the little
savings Of years, in the hope of obtaining
employment in the spring, find their hopes
blighted, and in moment of despair seek
relief from the cares of the world in death"
There is nothing of heroic character or of
moral fortitude in such conduct 1t is
rather cowardice of the basest kind, be-
cause it deserts and leaves to deeper misery
the objects of mans highest concern for


the pusillanimous reason that he cannot bring
himself to share the fate of poverty and
ruin which he has been unable to avert
1t is, moreover, q crime against the Crea-
tor, who gave life, and will take it back
when Ho, in His infinite wisdom, deems it
best; a crime against the family of the su-
icide, which has right to his life and to
all that he can do for those of whom he is
the natural protector; and crime against
himself, for he has no more right to take
his own life than that OF any other man.
There are many things in the world hard to
bear, but whether they can be improved by
changing them ior Ills that We know not
| Of" is a problem which no one in his SEN
ses would like to solve by self.dcstruction.
Year: 1877

FAMINE AND DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA.
The accounts from California are very
dismal indeed in regard to the bad crop
prospects in that State, tho ruin wrought by
which is to be added to the bursting of the
silver mining bubble. Doubts are express
sed if the entire San Joaquin valley will
yield 100, 1000 bushels of wheat and barley,
which yielded last year about 10,O0O,00O
bushels. A California correspondent of the
New York Graphic writes under date of
May 18: Gail the news from the Pacific
coast is disastrous. will give it as my de-
liberate opinion that we will have famine
in this State before the season is over The
drought has killed all our crops, and nearly
destroyed all our cattle. This is the Sec
ond great drought since the settlement Of
California, and the memory of those two will
always be cloud upon the business horizon
of this wonderful State, for capitalists will not
invest money in ranches and cattle, and run
the risk of a burning season, when all their
possessions will be devoured and annihila-
ted by the sun and dust. fear you will
soon hear of more business disasters of a
most gigantic character from this coast
Things were really in an unwholesome state
when Ralston died, but the difficulty was
then avertcd only to end in greater calam-
ity and panic. 1t is fact that people who
were millionaires six months ago, are to-day
eager to secure situations as walters and
farm laborers. The drought alone nearly
ruined the State, but occurring simultane-
ously with the bursting of the mining bub-
BILE, it has proved more than the people of
the State can stand. Starvation literally
stares the whole farming population in the
face, and in few weeks more they will have
neither meat, fruit nor grain"
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, April 26.-A delegation,
white and black, of the Labor League of
the United States, called upon the Presi-
dent to-day and read an address request
ing him to embody in his message to Con-
gress recommendation for the appropri
alton of money for internal improvements
to give employment to idle labor also to
recommend the restoration of suffrage in
the District ofColumbia, and the payment
Of ten thousand working men defrauded
by contractors under the Board of Pub
lie Works. The President, in reply, said;
This speech is 80 voluminous, and the
topics are so numerous, that ! would not
undertake, in unconsidered, off hand SEN
tenCes, TO express opinions in regard to
some of the statements of facts which,
perhaps, deserve good deal of consider
alton. Certainly if there are twenty thou
sand men in this district out of employ
ment, or that number of men to whom
the government owes money, it to be
paid, and Congress would be very dereliCt
in its duty if is not DONE AS for the
general expression of good will you ex-
press, | appreciate it and return my
thanks very fully. Perhaps this is all l
desire to say on the subject without fur
ther consideration. The rights of all
citizens are precisely equal before the
law, and our courts and executive depart
ments must see that these rights are main
tanned with such assistance as Congress,
and, above all the people, are able to give
them. The right Of suffrage in this Dis
trict is not subject | have given any
consideration to. The fact is, that during
the administration of Washington Je1er-
son, Madison, and all the earlier Presi-
dents, suffrage was vested in the people
Of this district with reference to local af.
fairs, but none as to general officers.
There have been various changes from
that time to the present.


Here Chairman Hodnett, of the dele
cation, interposed a query as to what the
President thought Of that order of things
as an American principle.


The President-We'll not discuss. 1t
is enough to say that whatever you de-
sire upon that subject it is within the
power of Congress to grant. 1t is not
within the power ofthe Executive, wheth-
er it is the voice in the election of a
member of Congress or the President.
This, of course, is very large question.
1t is not for the President to lay down
rules for the decision of questions of this
sort to the people. 1t is safe to leave
them to the great body of the people. If
the people of the United States wish to
have suffrage in this district, l shall not
interfere with them and should not veto,
but would sign bill on that subject. If
there is nothing further in regard to this,
| again return my appreciation of your
kindness.
Year: 1877

Upon last Friday this beautiful woman
left Washington-where, at the Arlington
she has resided since last summer-for
her home in the West. Ofall who once
followed, flattered, sought and sued this
graceful and winning woman of fashion,
not one was near to say, in leaden tone,
farewell. We were not among those who
sought to bask in the sunshine of her
smiles in her hour of prosperity, or par.
took Of her generous and graceful hospi-
tality; and yet we never met her driving
out with her baby in her arms, or saw
her gliding quietly along the halls of the
Arlington, that we did not have heart.
ache. She had fallen from her high es-
tate through circumstances that rob the
event of all crime. She saw those near
and dear to her accepting presents in return
for political favor, precisely as the Presi
dent did continually and all about her
were Of the same sort.


When the exposure came the manner
in which she came to the front and at
tempted to shield her husband and her
dead sister by eliminating herself was
braYe, She failed, but the effort was
heroic and made noble woman of one
who, but little before, seemed only one
of many lovely women dispensing grace
ful hospi atty to a hea tless world.


The world swings on, and ere long the
Belknaps will be forgotten by the gay
throng in which they moved but if it is
any comfort we can say there are few
who, knowing her and knowing all the
circumstances attending the exposure,
who add to their love a deep, hearty,
honest admiration Washington Capital.
Year: 1877

NAVAL warfare now is very different
thing from the days of England's Nelson
and our own Hull. A complete revolu-
ton has been wrought, iron armor rem
dering these war vessels impervious to
ordinary guns. We find in an exchange
the following:


"The Duilio, built for the italian gov
ernment, and launched year ago, is con-
sidered the most powerful vessel now
afoat. Her hull is Of the best iron and
steel throughout; her armor of rolled iron
plates is twenty-five inches thick, and
extends to five feet below the water line;
her armament consists of four one hun
dred ton Armstrong guns, carrying pro-
jectiles weighing ton and a quarter; and
in addition she has powerful ram. The
cost of this mighty engine of war is al
most fabulous. Yet we have the testi-
mouy of one of the greatest authorities
on naval construction, whose attention
has been given for years to developing
the defensive and offensive powers of
iron clad vessels-Mr E. ]. Reed, M. p,
who until lately was the chief officer of
naval construction under the British gov
ernment-that Whitehead torpedo or
one of similar character, costing less
than $4,000, would sink this monster in
an instant, and that there is no proteC-
ton against such an assault.


"Mr. Reed read paper the other day
before the English Society of Arts, as a
continuation Of the paper read at the
same place twenty years before, which
secured his employment by the British
government of that day for the develop
ment of an iron clad navy. in his new
paper he says an entire change must be
made in the plan of armed vessels In
stead Of the overgrown and unwieldy
iron clads which are at present built,
there should be shorter, broader and
shallower ships that can turn easily and
quickly, that can be armored to the bot
tom, and will offer small surface for a
torpedo attack under water or shot at
tack above. The building of large iron
clads must be abandoned, and those that
are in existence must undergo radical
changes to render them less helpless in
the presence ofa torpedo attack.


"As the naval strength of Russia on
the Black Sea is made up mainly of tor
pedoes and war ships Of the type sug-
gested by Mr.. Reed, whilst the Turkish
naval force is Of the heavy iron clad or
der, the first serious encounter between
the two navies will be awaited with keen
anxiety by the Governments Of other
nations"
Year: 1877

To day it was asserted by journalist,
just from New Orleans, that the entire
programme of last November, to March
inclusive was in writing, and would be
published in a short time by a New York
paper, the publisher of which had agreed
to pay the parties large sum for the
copy Of the erpose, the said publisher to
hold the original papers until the indig-
nant denials were made by the accused
parties, and then the originals to be pro-
duced. Be this as it may, it is certainly
evident that a scheme is on foot looking
to the development of facts, already well
suspected, that will make as interesting
reading as Tweed's confession. In the
mean time the strength ofSenator Blaine
and his allies in the Senate is growing
stronger each and every day, especially
as the Executive develops his decided
preference for few of the Western and
Northwestern States, for as yet he has
ignored the Middle and Eastern States
completely.-Phild. North American.
Year: 1877

A Salt Lake City dispatch says: "In
the Tabernacle, Sunday, Brigham Young
at an unexpected moment arose and
broke forth in an address to saints and
sinners, which gave the latter to under
stand that if they wanted blood they
could have plenty Of it, and indeed that
they were likely to have more of It let
out oftheir veins than they could spare,
at an early period"


Many discreet Gentiles are quietly ar
ranging for the removal of their families
at the first sign of an outbreak.


The Nauvoo Legion are drilling in
meeting houses, Earns, stables and cor.
rails in Salt Lake City and minor towns,
Breech-loading rifles have been shipped
in great numbers during the last fort
night from the East to this place.
Year: 1877

Columbia, May lowing to the refusal
of the Senate, which is Republican, to go
into an election for Chief Justice until
the House has admitted all the members
of the late Mackey House, a complete
deadlock, go far as that matter is con-
cerned, has resulted.


A resolution was introduced in the Sem
ate to-day providing for an investigation
of Associate Justice Willard, who is now
the most promising candidate for Chief
Justice. This move is looked upon sole
ly as an attempt to throw shadow upon
his record, which may affect certain men,
bers of the Legislature.
Year: 1877

A TURKISH merchant in Rutschuk, just
before the outbreak of hostilities, said
ut seems that not only the Russians, but
also the rest of the nations, want to drive
us out of Europe to Asia in order to
get possession of lands which have been
ours for centuries. 1t is possible this may
be brought about, but it is as certain as il
is natural that we shall resist it. To this
end we have bent all our energies at
whatever sacrifice; we will spend the last
man and the last dollar to prevent the
outrage. To protect ourselves touches
the highest interests of mankind, it con-
Germs our faith, the soil that nourishes
us, the roof over our heads, the care and
love of our wives and the happiness and
future of our children. Inspired by this
thought we will fight, and, if we must,
we will fall and enter the paradise of our
fathers. But if the Franks think that
they can make laughing stocks of us, and
put off their onslaught till they are in a
better position to attack us, they are very
much mistaken. We cannot stand for
ever on the banks Of the Danube expect
ing their hostilities and we will not. We
will have either an honorable and last
ing peace or fierce and decisive war,
and one of the two we know how to ex-
tort by force"
Year: 1877

THATseverely intellectual fraud, Sena-
tor Edmunds, of Vermont, announces to
a deeply uninterested community his be-
lief that the election of Mr.. Belford IRE
publican) to the Forty-fifth Congress last
October was valid and regular" and
that "the Democratic attempt to hold an
other election in November was entirely
nugatory." Our impression is to the
contrary. We have also an impression
that the next House is the Judge of the
qualifications of its members. We are
further informed, and do verify believe,
that we are the eight and not the seven
in the next house. And though we are
not so informed, yet we do verify be.
lieve that no honest man in the United
States is prepared to take Mr.. Edmunds's
opinion with regard to any case involv-
ing the value of yellow dog until Mr..
Edmunds has said how he will decide
upon it in the event of his appearing,,as a
judge World.
Year: 1877

TIE world over 1t is admitted fact that
the Singer Sevirg Machine is tho popular of the
many candidates whose claims have been presented to
the public in the last twenty years. This is not an
opinion, a fact wei established any fact can
be, for hand the cures which prove that in


given humber Of years ,he Singer ComFan has sold
machine than cold by three four of the
leading opposition companies combined. Enormous
however, as have heretofore been tie sales of the
Singer COMPANY it has always been source Of regret
the piceA tarsed for their machines thocgh
greater those Of Others above the of
many poor people to whoa they would have proved an
iGestmabe blessing. Now, however, even this occa-
sion for regret is removed Singer Company have
recently ade tremendous reductions in the prices of
all machines. which may be estimated by the fact,
which give merely in Illustration that the SO
chimes have been reduced 10 $40.


We recommend visit to the Company's elegant
rooms Canal street. OF Cbartres, to all who
desire information concerning the Singer Machines.
There they will meet the less courteous than liberal
agent Mr.. 8. E. Rundle who will offer such terms
will enable all to Singer who desire to do
Year: 1877

The new looks can be used in the classes with
the old Primary and Intermediate; and while they
little half the cost of the Old Series
their text exuaily full and reliable. The beauty
the maps unsurpassed, and their fulness and
accuracy exceed even that of the old series.
Year: 1877

PERFORMANCES tonight and tomorrow night by Don Severo Murillo and troupe at the corral of Redondo and Frank. HandbiIls can be had at the saloon. This entertainment is very highly spoken of by those who have attended it, and this op. portunity of witnessing it should not be lost
Year: 1877

We learn from the Silver Queen mine that the ore becomes richer as the shaft deepens and the vein continues widening Machinery shortly expected and railroad facilities will soon make the fortunes of the proprietOrs.
Year: 1877

THE Colorado Hotel now runs a fine ambulance to the s. P R. k. depot. The proprietor is dOidg all in his power for the pleasure and comfort of his guests. His endeavors are appreciated by those who patronize him aud they have been many for the past few weeks. His bath room has proved card that attracted the dusty traveller.
Year: 1877

kind, and differs from it only in degree.
She evidently had a good husband, as
men 60; that is, be felt that he possessed
personal ownership in her, and so long
as she remained sound Gn his estima-
tion) she was entitled to food and shell
ter at his hands, if she would work for
it; but he had only to be led to believe
that his property was not the genuine
article to cause him to cast it from him.
Had he considered her as an individual,
as well as a wife, her disgrace, whether
merited or not, would have entitled her
to her own earnings, and thus saved her
from degradation. On the other hand,
John Smith possesses the absolute power
over your earnings that enables him to
confscate them for liquor and gam
bling debts. He does not mean to dis
card you if he can help it, because he
appreciates the fable about the golden
egg"


"Aunt Judy, it's all wrong"


"I know it, child. Men would not be
willing to endure the man power for a
single day which they enforce upon
womanhood continually without a
thought that woman, whom they con-
slider as property, can be wronged by
their laws"


"Yonder comes your stranger auntie.
Well see a perfect match when you and
he are one"


'Nousenser' replied the good woman,
yet she did not scruple to smooth her
glistening locks and steal an admiring
glance into the little mirror as the gen.
tleman ordered his customary pie.


ITO be continued.l
Year: 1877

To the thoughtful, the moral cOnse-
queuces Of tension and hurry are very
saddeniug; to the physicians their re-
suits are a matter of profound concern;
their grave evils come under his daily
observation. No evolution of force can
take place with undue rapidity without
damage to the machine in which the
transformation is effected. Express
railway stock has much shorter term
of use than that reserved for slower
traffic. The law is inverseiy proper
toned. 1t is therefore no matter of sur
prise that the human nervous system is
no exception to the law. The higher
salUbrity of rural over urban life is not
a ~ atter of fresh air and exercise. Rural
life invGves leisure and pause in work,
which are very essential to the main
teuauce of the nervous system in a state
of due nutrition. Unremitting spasms
soon cease altogether.


The tension of life produces weakness
at the very place where strength is most
needed. The damage done to the health
of the most valuable part of the com
munity, the best trained thinkers, most
useful workers, is incaiculable. Work
and worry, though not proportional, are
closely connected, and an excess of the
former soon entails an increase in the
latter beyond the limits which the
nervous system can bear with impunity
especially the condition under which
the work has to be done. The machiu.
cry for organizing the work of com.


munity had to be rigid and infieXible
and in the strain involved in bringing {
changing organism into harmony witt
a machine, the former must inevitably
/ suffer.-LOHdOn Lancet.