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Year: 1874

The American Agriculturist says every
years experience is in favor Of drilling
wheat. It shows more and more that, ss
against sowing the seed broadcast, it is
economical in labor and seed, and gives
better crop. The difference in labor il
At least one dollar an acre, or the cost Of
two harrowings after sowing or one cul-
tivating. The difference in seed is a:
least half bushel, or fifty cents to ora
dollar An acre, and the difference in the
crop is fully one.fourth, or upon fsirly
good soil, six bushels or nine dollars per
Year: 1874

An instructive and rather amusing ar
ticle, will be found on our first page


under the title of Sunday Laws in Mas
sachusetts," showing the absurd laws
into which Puritan doctrine in times not
remote have been moulded in that State.
Some of these ridiculous statutes, are
now in force; but they are part of the
legacy which has come down from the
times when burning witches was consid-
cred the most solemn and sacred duty of
those who claimed to be the Lords an
nointed.


The anti-liquor laws of New England
are part and parcel of the same puritanic
faith-the assumption of the right of
government to control the consciences and
to regulate the tastes of people by legisla-
tive enactment. These laws like other pu
ritanic deliverances are, however, growing
obsolete and into disrepute. At the last
session of the Massachusetts Legislature
bill passed that body repeating the law
which the teetotallers had put in the stat
ute books, and which had been found to
work kdisadvantageously to the cause often
perance and morality, and substituting
a liberal license system in its place-but
it was vetoed by the Governor. The fact
Of the bill passing the Legislature, how
ever, is significant of the growth of a more
liberal and, enlightened sentiment in the
most bigoted and benighted portion of
the Union. The great wonder is that
intelligent people in this part of the
country, should permit their frenzy to
carry them into the worship of the broken
idols of puritanism. Why not go the
whole figure at once and adopt the
customs as well as the laws of the
puritans? Their nasal twang, their
cropt hair, their solemn visages and sad
colored garb?
Year: 1874

It has been the fate of the Southern
people to have a multitude of outside
counsellors, who profess to know more
about their condition, and what will
be beneficial for them, than they them
selves. The n. Y. World is among
these overwise and superserviceable cen
sors 1t now admonishes them to dis
miss sectional issues from their platform,
which is well enough, and to take care
to send to Congress Representatives who
are for Hard Money" as against paper
currency Hard money and no paper
q but what is redeemable in hard money
g at the will of the holder are unques-
:" tionably recognized by large majority


=" of the southern white people to be the
Z" only currency consistent with prosperl-
ty."-says the World. We would
like to know where its information was
obtained Certainly not from any pub
lie expression of the people, nor from
the acts of their genuine Representatives
in congress. How such a currency is to
| be obtained when there is not one-fourth
enough of the precious metals iD the
country to furnish circulating medium,
passeth the knowledge of any one except
the wiseacre who suggests the idea. But
it accords with the policy Of the bloated
bond-holders to have their securities re-
deeme with gold, or its equivalent "a pa
perredeemable in hard money"-and there
is where the World draws its inspirations.


Hard money" in a community con-
sisting largely of the debtor class, means
low prices, scarce money, and hard
times. But what care the lords Of the
money centres how cruelty the faces of
the toiling people are ground, if they can
succeed in forcing the government into
a policy which will enable them to accu-
mulate their dishonest gains?


The World assumes to be an orthodox
Democratic journal; but every we'll in
formed person knows that "hard money"
never was a part and parcel of either
the creed or the practice of the Demo
cratic party. The orthodoxy of the Indi-
ana Democracy will not be called in ques-
ton; and the other day in their State con-
vention they declared in favor of a
''greenback' currency and the payment
Of the national obligations in greenbacks.
In former times the Democratic party
broke down the National Bank because
it was centralizing institution; but
they built upon its ruins a system of
State Banks in accord with its favorite
theory that every community ought to
be the best judge of its own financial
policy.
Year: 1874

Matters are getting more promising
for all Southern States which are yet In
the gall and bitterness of corrupt and
oppressive government. The course Of
the Republican party in Congress in the
case of Louisiana, though not all that it
ought to have been, is significant. The
action of the President in the case of
Arkansas, wherein by quiet but very
emphatic move, he efectually extin-
guished the cunningly devised schemes of
Clayton q Co, TO perpetuate their power,
and made it possible for the real people
of the State, we mean the genuine
citizens Of both races, to take their gov
ernment in their own hands-speaks vol
umes of encouragement.


And strictly in the line of the same
policy, are the no less decisive expressions
of the President and tue leading organs
of Republican opinion in the North on
the subject of the South Carolina infamy


Prominent among the journals which have
repudiated and denounced it, and which
are supporters Of the Administration, are
the n. Y. Times, the Philadelphia
Press, the Rochester Express, the lndi-
ana Journal and others Of distinction.
These Republican papers freely declare
that the misrule in South Carolina is a
disgrace to the country, and that the
robbers who have fortified themselves in
that State, must be routed and driven out.
In this connection, we desire especially
to refer to a report of an interview between
the President and Senator Robertson,
furnished by the latter to the press. Our
copy in taken from the n. 7. Times,
which fully credits and endorses it. Ac-
cording to this Republican authority the
President declares his intense disgust
with the way in which affairs are man.
aged in that State, and that he wou
prefer that her government would pass
into Democratic hands than that they
should not be reformed. So pointed were
the remarks of the President that Senator
Robertson draws the deduction that he
would refuse to recognise the existing
government by withholding the aid it
will require in the enforcement and col
lection of taxes. The n. Y. Times, in
copying these strong expressions of the
President significantly adds that g it is
q quite certain that if the Republican
" party will not reform the abuses some
" other party will receive the necessary
d" commission.


We have noted these indications as the
more significant because they show that
a change in opinion has been effected
touching the wrongs Of the misruled
States in quarters where they are most
likely to exert wholesome influence.
Year: 1874

1t ought to serve as a lesson to our
friends who have vainly essayed to
break up the immense liquor manufacture
Of the country, by passing laws to destroy
the business of single class engaged in
its sale, the saloon keepers, they have
taken up, at the last moment, with a
scheme which has been efectually ex-
ploded whenever it has been most thor
oughly tried. For example, in Connec-
ticut, the congenial home of all the forms
of puritanism that have descended to the
present enlightened age from a remote
period of political and religious intoler-
ance and bigotry. Abandoning ante
license laws as utter failures in the way
of suppressing drunkenness, the people
Of 'steady habits" have adopted plan for
regulating what they cannot break down,
which has the merit of novelty if nothing
else. They no longer undertake to say
to one class, you shall not sell spirits by
the retail, any more than they do to an
other, you shall not tempt the gay and
giddy to sinful displays with gewgaws
and fanciful ornaments and superfuous
finerY-but they have enacted laws pre-
scrlbing that if people choose to keep
saloon, they shall be restricted to liquor
selling exclusively, and shall not keep their
saloons as an adjunct to the grocery, the
drug-shop or the eating-house.


Commenting on this law, the Philadel-
phia Ledger says;


1t has generally been supposed that it
was desirable to have restaurants attached
to taverns; and, indeed, the Swedish city
of Gottenburg prohibits the sale of liquor
in any place except where food can also
be obtained. This was the principal upon
which the best of Pennsylvania license
laws was founded. The liquor business
of Gottenburg is in the hanGs Of char
tered company, which is required to sell
liquor at cost, the idea being that under
such regulation liquor will not be adul-
terated, and the dealers will have no
motive for urging its sale. There is
certainly room for a wide diversity of
opinion on the subject of how to most
etfectually prevent the immoderate use of |
liquor, and none of the experiments made |
are given trial long and fair enough to |
furnish reliable data as to their success
Year: 1874

From the Wilmington n. c. journal.


At the Washington-Lee University,
Lexington, Virginia, says the Savan,
nah Advertiser, a student is each day de-
tailed to watch beside the tomb of Gener-
al Lee. Every morning one of the stu
dent is posted at The tomb in the memo
rial room Of the chapel, built under the
supervision of Lee He is styled
watcher" and his duty is to remain there
during the day and receive visitors, show
ing them the proper courtesy and atten-
ton. As there are nearly three hundred
and fifty students no one is on duty more
than once year.


Thus the entire Southern people,
through their representatives in the Uni
versity, are watching at the tomb Of Lee,
and their sons improved in manner and
bearing by the sacred duty they per-
form, and their minds and hearts
benefited by thoughts of the noble dead.
Year: 1874

THE CLARION for a long time ha


occupied the position as leading jour


nal of the State, in opposition to radica


misrule, to plundering interlopers, to taz


confscation, to ignorant and dishones


office holders, and as friend to peace


and order, and the advocate Of the prop


ty-holding, intelligent element of the


State. II occupies that position now.
| We have long been in the habit OF looking


to it for sage and reliable advice; we have
| looked to its ways as ways of peace and
| safety; We have esteemed it as above the


petty chickering's and jeaIousies of the hour.
| But since it has condescended to engage
with hearty enthusiasm in the contest
between Gov. Ames and his Lieutenant
in the appointment Of Chancellors for the
several districts of the State, we are very
much prone to question the wisdom of its
ways, ETC. Corinth Subsoiler


If we have merited the good opinion of
our cotemporary in the past, we have done
nothing to forfeit it in the matter referred
to. We have not "entered into the con-
test between" the function aries mentioned
further than to claim for the constitution
and laws the obedience OF the agents
entrusted with their execution, without
reference to the persons concerned in the
dispute. They all belong to the same
party-the Governor-the Lt.-Governor
and the contestants for the Chancellor
ships. To us there is no party in the case.
In our view, Ames and Davis-Chrstian
and Dennis-Reynolds and Barton-are
all the same The question is, what does
the Constitution require in the appoint
ment of Chancellors? 1t demands that
they shall be appointed by the Governor,
with the advice and consent ofthe Senate,
and yet we find number of persons
claiming to be Chancellors who have not
been confirmed by the Senate, and that
this strange condition has been brought
about by the refusal of the Executive to
obey the law which imposed upon him
the duty of filling the offices when the
vacancies were 'tabout to occur" Acting
Governor Davis has simply recognized
and given effect to the law which prescribes
that the incumbent shall remain in office
until his successor shall have been only
qualified. In approving his action
we are simply standing up for the consti-
tuition and laws-nothing more.
Year: 1874

Hon. j. F. H. Claiborne Moderator
in the Pilot makes an earnest appeal for
Gen Grant for third term. He argues
that his candidacy will present a common
ground on which the friends of peace
and good will between the sections can
meet; and that the South especially
would find in him a strong support
But Mr.. Claiborne is too close an observ-
er not to see that majority of the
leaders of Gen. Grants own party do not
look with favor upon the proposition /;
and if the rank and file think differently,
they have not spoken yet.
Year: 1874

BosroN, July 28.-At an adjourned
inauest this afternoon into the murder OF
Katie Curran by the boy PomerOy, the
surgeon made the autopsy stated that the
body of the girl was mutilated in the
most shocking and horrible manner by
some sharp instrument. The laborer
who found the remains, testified they were
only partly covered with ashes and that
the head was completely separated from
the body. The testimony of the officers
who examined the cellar soon after the
girl was missed, was to the effect that they
thoroughly examined the ash heap, but
failed to discover anything.
Year: 1874

The Republican Convention in the
Fourth congressional district of Louisiana
has nominated Gen. Grant for reelection
to the presidency in 1876. The first
formal declaration in his favor, however,
was made by the Republican club of this
CITY
Year: 1874

No CATERPILLARs.- meeting OF
CAPITAL Grange on Saturday last, in which
there was a full representation Of plant
ers from western Rankin and Kinds
counties, inquiry was instituted, whether
this cotton pest had made its appearance,
and the invariable answer was that it had
NOT
Year: 1874




The Acting Governor of Mississippi
telegraphed the Secretary of War yester-
day he would forward at once a full
statement of the difficulties which in his
opinion, necessitated the demand for
United States troops made by him on
Tuesday. A large number of promi-
nent citizens of Vicksburg, including the
mayor of the city and the postmaster,
have united in protesting against the
action of Governor Davis in making a
demand for Federal troops. They claim
that there is nothing to justify such de-
mand. The protest was received by the
Secretary of War Yesterday morning.
and at once forwarded to the President.
at Paterson, n. j. The President tele
graphed his approval of the action of
the Secretary of War in sending troops
to Vicksburg, and requested that all
dispatches on the subject he forwarded
TO him at Long Branch, and also author
lied the Secretary of War to use his
discretion in the matter. The Secretary
yesterday morning, on the receipt of the
protest against the action of Governor
Davis, at once directed General Sher-
man to countermand the order issued
yesterday directing General Mcdowell
to send troops to Vicksburg, consequent
ly Governor Davis will be left for the
present to settle the disturbance as best
he can until his statement, sent by mail.
is received W ashington Chronicle.


The foregoing expresses, in condensed
form all the facts, relating to the sending
Of troops to Vicksburg, with the exception
Of subsequent statement that Attorney
General Williams has decided that such
IN occasion as would authorize the en-
alignment of military force under the
constitution, does not exist in that COM
nuRity.


Who is the lazfest man The furni-
Year: 1874

than fly to those we know not Of" This


seems to be the general sentiment, de-


moralizlng and unsatisfactory though it


he, and in proof that the Southern people


are gradually preparing for overtures


from Grant to make them unanimous in


his support for third term or for sue


cesson of terms | quote again from the
Dispatch of to-day:


We tell them all this, that there is a
question of the welfare of the country


that will override all their little schemes.
A people who have been trodden into the
dust, country that has been pilIaged
and oppressed by party and personal
stratagems and robberies Of public treas
ure may well hail with JOY a man who
rises above party and devotes his will and
influence to the good OF his country. IF
such man appears in the political arena
the South will most heartily vote for him
tor many terms, and from its experience
will dread a change which may give them
bad ruler. The risk is too great. Yes, if
1t extended to his continuation in Office
during his life


There is great deal to be apprehended
from such expressions as the above, and
if General Grant will respond bv planting
himself squarely on the side of honesty.
reform and good government in the States
South-which are now ruled by the
negroes and their corrupt leaders this
section will be unit for his third or
tenth term. That he has for his object
the Cancellation of the Southern people
and the cultivation of both political and
and friendly social relations with them |
can easily be inferred from his recent visit |
to his relatives in West Virginia, in the
capital of which State he received grand |
ovation.
Year: 1874

In only nineteen Of the thirty-two coun-
ties in South Carolina, one hundred and
forty six square miles Of land have been
sold for State and county taxes, and five
hundred and and thirty-seven square
miles of land have been forfeited to the
State at tax sales during the year"
Year: 1874

One cannot be polite and wcll-mannered
without kind feelings and a good heart. All
the rules for etiquette, all the hand-books
and Guides to Society in the world are
worthless, if you have nothing within your
soul which teaches you to do unto others as
you would have them do unto you.


You may learn to bow and to shake hands
according to the best rules Of department; /;
you may pay calls at exactly the right time,
and understand the corners of your visiting
cards thoroughly; but if you have spite in
your heart, and envy in your soul, you will
never be truly well-mannercd.


If you desire to boast, to be conspicuous,
to monopolize attention, to hurt the feelings
of innocent people, and to SOW disscntion
between friends, you cannot make n lady or
a gentleman of yourself by any number Of
airs and graces.


If you are kind and good, and wish pso-
pie well, and prefer to say pleasant things
when you can, you will be polite without
trying to be, and only silly people will criti-
else any hearty form of welcome, any effort
to make them comfortable, that may occur


of course you may learn much by observa-
ton and by associatng with cultivated peo-
ple but true politeneSs can never be learnt
by one whose heart is not il the right place,
Year: 1874

Economy is an excellent thing That is,
it is very comfortable to be able to say to
ones self, 81 will do without this, that, or
the other luxury, rather than run the risk
of being bcggar in my old age" or even to
find it possible to live without what is usual
ly deemed necessity, rather than to run in
to debt. But exaggerated economy, or
rather mca,tncSs, is something which must
render its posscssor wrctchcd, and something,
too, which is often found in people who are
too selfish to forbid themselves anything
they desire. They coyct rich food and tinc
dress, case and idlcness, but they bcgrudgc
to those who minister to their wants. their
well-camcd price, and always forget that
"thc laborcr is worthy of his hire"


From the lips Of such people you hear
nothing but complaints. Every one is over
reaching them. The drcss-makcr has sent
in irightful bill ; the cook has no right to
such wages the abominablc landlord thinks
norcnt is too much for his house; it is impos-
siblc to have anything done without being
cheated. In fine, they want all that people
have to sell, and have within their souls a
miserly desire to get it for nothing. Al
ways accusing other people of their own
vice, they salvc their conscience, and when
they do get something for nothing, fancy
themselves happy. But it is only fancy.
They can never know the pleasant warmth
that fills the heart when a generous action
has been done at its prompting. Never can
they feel the pleasant independence that
follows liberal and ungrudging payment of
those to whose toll or trouble one is in
dcbtcd.


Life is a constant battle to thcm and
many a spcndthrilt is happier than those
who forget that they have no right to ccono.
mi1c at the expense of other people and
whoever Willingly takes the money of
another to add to his own purse is, at least
at heart. tibet
Year: 1874

Good friend, don't crowd so very tight,
There's room enough for two:
Keen in your mind that have right
To live as well Us you.
You rich and strong, poor and weak,
But think you presume,
When only this poor boon ask
A little elbow room?
IT'S such as you, the rich and strong,
II you but have the will,
Could give the weak lit along,
And help him up the hill.
But no--you jostle, crowd and drive,
You storm, and fret and fume;
Are you the only man alive


In want of elbow room?
But thus it is on lfe's round path,
Self seems the God OF all;
The strong will crush the weak to death.
The big levour the email.
Far better be n rich mans hound
A valet. scrf or groom
That struggles mid the mass around,
When we've no elbow room.
Up heart, my boy! don't mind the shock;
Up heart and push along!
Your skin will grow rough with knocks,
Your limbs with labor strong;
And there's hand unseen to aid,
a star to light the gloom.
Up heart, my boy, nor be afraid,
Strike out for elbow room.
And when you see amid the thronS
A fellow toilcr slip,
just give him rs you pass along,


a brave and kindly grip,
Let noble deeds, though poor you be,
Your path in life ilmmc,
And with true Christian charity,


Give others elbow room.
Year: 1874

A certain doctor, struck with the large
number Of boys under fifteen years of age
whom he observed smoking, was led to in
quirc into the effect the habit had upon the
general health. lie took for his purpose
thirtyeight boys, aged from nine to fifteen,
and carefully examined them. In twenty
seven Of them he discovered injurious traces
Of the habit. In twenty-five there were
disorders of the circulation and digestion,
palpitation Of the heart, and more or less
marked taste for drink IN twelve there
was frequent bleeding Of the nose; they had
disturbed sleep; and twelve had slight
liberation Of the mucous membrane of the
mouth, which disappeared ON cea>ing from
the use Of tobacco for some days. The
doctor treated them all for weakness, but
with little effect until the smoking was dis
continued, when health and strength were
soon restored Now, this is no sold
woman's talc,' as these facts are given on
the authority Of the British Medical
Journal
Year: 1874

Amount new issue outstanding. 80 ,577 50


From the above statement it appears
that there have been burned and can
celed Sl05, SOS 10 more of old issue than
was ever issued. SuppOsing this to have
been new issue burned and cancelled as
old issue, the amount Of new issue now
outstanding is 81, ,569,7I 10. The reso-
luton does not authorize the committee
to consider the liability of the State as
to the new Torbet issue They therefore
express no opinion in relation to it.