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JIio Southern Idiii: PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY p. b. Mcdowell. Devoted to the vindication of the truth ot outhern History, to the preservation of Southern Characteristics, to the develop nent of Southern Resources, under the hanged relations of the Labor Systeni, and kn t.h Hirs.n(ment of Southern Interests in Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing and the necnamo Ara. o TKKHS OF SOUTH KRK HOKB Ont copy, one year, in advance, $2.00 Wwm onnie. on vear. : : : lfl.00 rn nnniM aba vear. ! ! 20.00 The remittances in every case must be by ; 3hek, P, O. Order, or Registered Letter. To Advxbtiskrs. The Southern Some, hvinar nnw tha laroreat circulation of anv paper west of Raleigh, affords a fine adver- Using meuiuiu. icrms uwuciara CHARLOTTE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1878. F. BREVARD McDOWELL, Editob. B ETB VLICAJSS TIB ED Oi SUFFRAGE., NEGRO Tbe Rttiblici8 Lave rmtd atthe conclusion that they committed a great party blander, when they bestowed upon ' the colored population the riht of suf frage. We think so too nowWe were opposed to it at the time, buUthey passed it over oar protests and wfc intend to make them abide their actfon. They wriggle and twist and turn but we enjoy it, for tbe very instrument they Vised to wreak vengeance upon us, has rehponded to their own hurt In other words, they were excellent friends of the negro, as long as they could make a political slave of h jm, but since be has begun to assert his political freedom, tbey cry out for his disfranchisement at once. But it shall ne ver be. The negro has the constitu tional right to vote, and now the oppres sors and foes of tbe South shall not take it away from him The Republican programme for tbe next Presidential campaign is already larked out It is tbeir purpose to cajole some ignorant negroes and get them to petition Congress to take away tbeir righfto vote, on the ground that the " whites of tbe South' will not let them ex ercise that privilege. They hope by so doing to fire up and solidify the North; and tbey would willingly take away, if they could, tbe right of the negro to v'ote, in order to reduce the Southern repre sentation in Congress, and thus allow the Radical fanatics to control the House of Representatives. Page, of California, introduced a bill to free the fourteenth aod f:eet!ib , to. ndmenta to tbe constitution. The b:t recites that in tbe late election is h- lb Carolitia a large sun. her o male ens bel'!)gig tojor. Jitcai r,l-5 t, by Itw tntcte dbj it L tfth'.uimt tid Slue, aLd Ly a ctrceiui ?f.u ui . ,f prtBeioD, terrorism and fraud denied . oi tie rights fcecurtd to them under tbe constitution, and' tenets that after tbe 4ib '. of Match, 1879, tbe State of South Caroli na shall be entitled to two members of tbe HonBe of Rtpreeentatives on tbe ba- sis of tbe whole Lnnuber of white inhabi tants in said Slate. Tbe above resolution shows the animus ' of the Republican party, and it moreover proves that the author (Mr Page,) is a natural born fool. He hasn't the sense to dignify him sb a lunatic. He is a mere little pop-gun, and was fchooting off what he thought would ere long be tbe thun der of the big guns of bis party. WAR ON A LOTTER Y. B Frank Moore, agent of tbe Louisiana State Lottery, in New York, was arrested in tbat city, Saturday, as was also bis clerk, J P Watkins. Tbe complainant is Wm K Hallick, a broker, who charges tbat the prisoners have violated the State law in regard to lotteries. Mocre and Watkins waived an examination and were leieaaed on tbe promise of tbeir counsel " to produce them for trial. A number of ' residents of New Orleans have employed counsel Sto appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States to stop the issue of circulars of lottery schemes. This is done despite tbe fact that the business has been legalized by the State of Louisiana. Baltimore Sun. We would like to see every manager and agent of tbe lotteries throughout the country, brought to grief; for licensed lot teries are little better than legalized cheats, swindles and clap-traps, to take in the ignorant and too confiding. Tbey are institutions organized by men who fcr too hijW ply" an" honest "vocation tor a living and wish to make tbeir money by the credulity and weakness of others. Tiere is a great facination in lotteries to a large element of mankind and there is nothing so demoralizing to society and honest toiL Probably one out of a thou sand draws a prize and all the rest either - lose their money altogether, or get some little article of plated jewelry tbat turns black and smells brassy, after two week's use. We speak plainly on this subject for it is our duty as a public journalist to warn the people against each fraudulent concerns. There are thousands of dollars sent from this section of the State every year to fill tbe ooflers of - tricksters and - dishonest men; and the very ones who are taken in by lotteries, complain loudest about bard times. If a man is spoiling to get rid of bis money, let him spend it for educating bis children and bringing some comforts to his overworked wife. It waa told old Adam tbat be must earn his laving by tbe moisture of bis brow, and very few of his children have ever succeeded in having the Divine injunction set aside, but still tbey try I England is whipping the Afghans at every point. It is expected the war will soon terminate. Thousands of tbe most prominent and intelligent persona throughout the land have testified to tbe true merits of Dr. Ball's Coagh Syrup. We advise auf- f ren to bio it Price 25 cent. ' Last Tuesday, was an eventful day in the life of Governor Hampton. His leg was amputated six inches below the knee. He was under the influence of chloroform and bore the operation finely. Daring tbe same day, he was elected United States, Senator, receiving an unanimous vote In tbe Senate and all but two in the House. The two who voted against him were Miller and Bimmons, darkies, from Beaufort, and they voted "'for Mackey of Charleston. A letter was read from Gov. Hampton, stating that he had not sought the office and would not decline it Tbe Governor's condition is very critical, and his friends fear the worst. His loss would be not only a State, but a national loss. Old Ben Butler is just spoiling for an investigation of tbe so-called election out rages, and is determined that the investi gations shall not b confined to the South ern Slates alone. He says he can show that 40 000 voters were bulldozed and dis franchised, in tbe sainted State of Massa chusetts alone. Revenge is sweet to old Ben and be wont Boon forget 'he defeat be. sustained. Show them up Ben, and we will take of! oor,ht and hurrah for you for tbe frrst Jim' ' prr-rrr s Isn't it ?.boat time let tLei Rueigb pa persto exic l3 rrtiuiiiiiiionw on .the Senatorial question? Tbe minds of all the Legislators are made up by this time, and we presume, taey cannot now be cbang ed. In the language of Mark Twain to his guide, when showing him the Egyptian mummies, "If you have any fresh corpses to show, trot them out, but .don't palm off things for new' that have been dead thousand years." The bloody shirt wavers and advocates of roonarchial government, were prepar ing to receive Grant in regal style on his return to this country; but be has dis appointed them, by concluding to take a tour through Asia at somebody else's ex pen se. Grant is partial to free lunches and free drinks, and be will be pretty apt to stay, abroad as long as such things hold out. Gen Robt Vance, of this State, has in troduced a bill in Congress to repeal tbe United States Electoral supervisors law We hope it will pass.- The Unfortunate Georgia Squabble- The parties are Gov (blquitt on the one side, and Senator Hill on the other J) rom tbe senator came tbe cbarge, in effect, that tbe Governor received a bribe of seven thousand dollars for endorsing certain doubtful bonds, namely, those of the Northeastern Railroad Company. The Senator was interested in the mat ter, and somehow or other failed to get file counsel let,.. It seems pretty clearly established thai G v Coiqcitt signed tbe bunds rt IcotantJy, aod that bis scruples er ovwo-v-m iy lAe arguments of ibis i.titfttti HitTvinrj, iv air jiurpov, woo-f-jn cot :Mmt?on of a te from tbe railroad 'n.iiipiny, tnX tiiirtrfi to set the Gover nor's signature. Tbe latter disclaims all knowledge of the Murphy contract, and of course denies receiving any part of tbe fee. Against Hill it is urged that he is animated only by tbe desire to get his own fee, and tbat be has agreed to drop tbe eutject 11 tbat s guaranteed him The whole thing is discussed in plain terms in tbe Georgia newspapers, and when they talk out in tbat way about matters effecting the pergonal integrity of such men as Colquitt and Hill, it is be cause it is impossible to longer ignore them. Governor Colquitt's friends are emphatic in expressions of faith in bim, and certainly he has the advantage of a spotless reputation and clean character. Tbe scandal has gone so far however, that either he or Senator Hill will have to go by the board, and Hill is a hard man to throw. Exchange. A large number of prominent Georgi ans have Bigned a letter in which they express abiding confidence in the upright ness and integrity of Governor Colquitt. What Congress is Doing- Washington, Dec, 9 After further private consultations the democratic Senators have concluded that an extend ed debate on the Blaine resolution of in vestigation is inevitable. The speech to be made by Mr Blaine when he calls the resolution up, has been prepared by bim with care. It will not be no fiercely de nunciatory and so exasperating as some have seemed to anticipate, for tbe simple reason tbat prepared speeches are, as a rule, conservatively worded, aa it were, and Mr Blaine, like most other men, says tbe ugliest tbirrgs only when warmed up in an impromptu debate. Several of tbe democratic Senators de. termined to day to prepare speeches on ttals BBbJwa-wbiotr- tJTT ,be of an " argu" mentativeand circumstantial character, argumentative as to lb relative . powers and responsibilities of tbe State and fed eral governments, and circumstantial as to the actual facts alleged to have occur red in both Northern and Southern States during the pendency of tbe last campaign. These speeches, as also the speeches on tbe republican Bide, werepr -pared beforehand, of which it is now known there will be a number, will not likely be of a sensational character. But now that it has been settled, that debate is to be opened on both sides there will be occasions when a word will provoke an unguarded reply, and on tbe spur of tbe moment will spring up those heated and excited discussions for which the Senate has long been famous. Then suob men as Mr Blaine on one side and Mr Hill on the other side, will fay things which cut deep and rankle. It may be anticipated therefore, that the debate on this subject will be both lengthy and ex citinir, and the strong probability is, that it wilt be protracted beyond the holidays. Tbe republicans in the senate have no longer tbe power to force their obnoxious and partisan measures down the throats of the democrats at such time and in such Bbape as it suits them. The South ern democratic Senators desire, therefore, now that Mr Blaine has forced a consid eration of tbe subject, tbat it be ventila ted to the fullest extent.. A leading Sen ator of that section said to me to day : "I do cot think tbat it will be to our pol icy to undertake to defend anything wrong, if wrong has been committed. I do not think we will. But I aaa sure tbat when this debate is over tbe South will not have lost anything by it. Bait. Sun, TnrrRMAvr and lamak jjuujl. HORN'S WITH BLAINE. Blaine said.pending the resolution direc ting tbe investigation into me autgeu frauds and outrages in the rectnt elections, that it was offored by bim with a two fold purpose in view: First, to place on record in definite and authentic form the frauds and outrages by which some of tbe recent elections were carried by the Demo crats in the Southern States; seeond, to find if there be any method by which a repetition of these crimes against a free ballot may be prevented, "lu South Caro lina," he said, "there appeared to have been no election at all rather a series of skirmishes throughout tbe S Late, polling places being regarded as forts to be cap tured by one party and held against the other. We knaw a hundred and six con gressional representatives were chosen in the States formerly slave-holding, and that the Democrats elected a hundred and two of them. Tbat entire political power, thus founded on the numbers of "colored people, has been seized and appropriated to the Btrerjgth of the Democratic party." Blaine said the method of voting in tbe South gave the white man there double power to thewhite man North, and ar gued that tbe white men of the South do not bold this superior power by tbe name of law and justice, but in defiance thereof. "The war .waa fooght , in vain," he said, "unless equal: right for all classes be es tablished in ail Darts of tbtfTJnion." Udoo the condusioffOl JSiatDrtreinanwr'' Thurman submitted as an amendment to . . ... . . . Blaine's resolution tbat the corcmittee shall also inquire whether any citizen of any State bas "been dismissed or threaten ed with dismissal from employment or de privation of any rights or privileges by reason of his vote or intention to vote at the recent elections, or bas been otherwise interferred with, and to inquire whether in '7,8 money was raised by assessment Upon Federal employes for election pur poses, etc., and further whether such as sessments were or not in violation of law, and shall further inquire into the conduct of tbe United States supervisors of elec tions in tbe several States and as to the number of marshals, deputy marshals and others employed to take part in the con duct of said elections. Addressing the Senate thereon, Mr. Thurman said that now, in reply to Blaine, he would confine himself to a very few general observations, reserving the privi lege of speaking further should the debate become protracted. "The Senator from Maine," be said, "had two purposes in preparing hiB carefully elaborated speech not to vindicate the right of suffrage throughout this whole Union, but to in quire whether the Democracy of the South ern States bad violated the rights of American citizens, and then to find out what could be done with tbem. There were doubts as to the propriety of the resolution, inasmuch as no committee could in the time of this session make the proper investigation in a satisfactory or just manner. He wondered why this resolution was introduced unless it was to be made a string upon which to hang speeches to arouse sectional hatred in one portion of tbe Union against au almost defenceless people in another portion." Applause the i"s 1 Here the chair saiU iLut persons caus ing a disturbance would ba arrested; and Thurman. addiogthat he hoped no far-tber:nteTbpUou9wd-car;4.:r aia noi ry dujiutug nn.a iuc g,.ieiics cheered the perortL'.ion of my fr!ei;i from Maine, for I love eloquent tLn g bb much as anybody can, and I have some times cheered it when I did not agree with it at all" Laughter. Continuing bis remarks he said : "This assault of the Senator from Maine is not an assault simply, however, upon the peo ple of the South. I said five months ago in a speech which I beg pardon for re peating here, that it did seem to me as clear as anything in American politics could be, that there was a deliberately formed purpose under the pretext tbat there was a solid South, to create a solid North, to ru'.e not only the solid South, but to rule one-half nearly, if not more, of the people of the North. I thought so then, I think so yet. I thought then and I think now that a purpose more unpatriotic, more unjust, more fraught with ruin to this country, never entered the brain of man. That is my be lief. Why, Mr President, of what is it tbat tbe Senator from Maine complains ? That there were not enough Republican -votes at the "South! Tbat is tbe amount of it, and how does be make that out ? He assumes without one ehidow of proof produced here that the negroes of the South were prevented from voting or forced to vote the Democratic ticket. He assumes, therefore, that owing to thote causes the negroes of tbe South are not represented by members of the House cf Republicans, who come from that section of the Union, or by Senators on this fljor who represent the Southern States. What right bas the Senator from Maine to say that the negroes of the South are not rep resented by the chosen representatives of the South and the Senators of the South? What right bas be to vote those negroes himself on one side and say that tbe men who bear the credentials of election here do not represent their constituents ? It is a bare assumption on bis part, that he has nc; right whatever tp m&kjB. I am &s. much in favor of respecting the rights of every man under the constitution, as is the Senator from Maine or any other Senator on this floor; but I do know tbat propriety, intelligence and( education will assert tbeir superiority everywhere on the face of this globe. Who was it that drew the color line between the whiles and negroes in the South ? Let me tell you, sir, that millions of tbe money of the people of the Uni ted States were expended by your agents, the freedman's bureau agents, in getting every colored man in tbe South into the loyal league and swearing him never to vote for a Democrat. That is where the color line began to be drawn. That institution which took charge of the negro at the ballot box, took charge of him in the cotton field, took cbarge of him everywhere, supervised every contract that be made allowed no contract to be made unless it bad tbe approval of the agents of the freedmau's bureau, and spent money and property called captured and abandon ed property," that was surrendered to it, and many millions of money directly ap- Eropriated out of the Treasury of tbe Foiled States it was that, the bureau and its agents, who first drew the color fine, and yet when the whites of the South, when the men owning tbe proper ty and having the intelligence apd the education at the South, saw their very sooial system menaced with destruction saw tbeir very households threatened with ruin under an inundation of barbar ism directed by the most unscrupulous of men, and when they naturally came to gether, when tbey naturally united as people menaced with danger ever will unite, then a cry is raised against tbe olio South.' i Ah, Mr. PresiddDt.it will not do. This system of legislation towards tbe South that began ten yars ago is reaping its fruits and it is not by additional penal laws tbat you can better the condition of this country. What does the Senator want more penal Uws for ? Let him look into the statute book on this very sub ject ; let bim read tbe statute in regard to enforcement of the rights of citizens to vote, and I defy him to find in the statute books ofany civilized country on this globe a body of laws so minute, so searching, and bristling all overwith penalties and fines and forfeitures as do these laws." Mr. Thurman thought the danger to this country was whether tbe longest puree should carry elections and this danger exists more in the North than in tbe South. Mr Lamar also addresed the Senate, saying be would have something to say upon the question of tbe adoption of tbe resolutions when tbey are ready for ac tion. At present he wished to remark upon a single point submitted by Blaine. He regretted tbat a "Statesman so dis tinguished jm looking upon - this recently dislocated member of this great Ameri can Empire, instead of regarding it anx iously for those great intervals tbat affect this great country through the long track of coming rs, should have con centrated his wr 'lie gaze apec its simple attitude of parretktionsbip ; c!iat POth- 4 -.-p-it tuai. ptiscuiar. partisan - xeaiuro whicb affects tbe wsewDdency of this po- nK liiicil party or .ne other organizations that are uckno?;) to the-(constitution and outside of the laws of this land. But, sir, the gentleman's remaks were direct ed exclusively ig (hose parties, and with no intent whatever to utter a bitter re tort, I cannot but regret that one of such resolute purpose, of suoh tenacious and such daring ambition, and such great abilities, enould have so narrowed his mind as to give to party what was meant for mankind." Defying positively Blaine's assertions that tbe South has ; a ' disproportionate power in this governmeut, the Senator said that before the vote was over he would show that no negro vote bad been suppressed in the South. "I will demon strate tbat this ! political phenomenon, which is the subject of so much discus sion and misrepresentation, is a phenom enon that would occur in any fair society, and that it bas been brought about by the agencies which intelligence and vir tue and society and the other agencies of civilization always bring upon the classes that are ignorant and debased." For the Southern Home. Complaint of a Far zner's Wife- Diar Mb. EfciroB : I am in one of my "moods" to-da, or as one of my friends very elegantly expresses it, a "state of mind " I am a farmer's wife and we take the Southern 1ome, and I really don't know what I would do if it should cease to pay its weekly visits. Now as I run my eyes up and dpwn the columns of the Home, I see pliity of advice to farmers, "the culture of Potatoes," "the use of fertili zers,1' &o , but not a word of encourage- "o "farnjers' wva8." I fnl dissatisfied. '"! i am a hittn ashamed etjoy so rjiur com for la that a greut many otjutirs df; .iut. I believe the cause Y ou rwVUl? " bc a7l!lVmnV-and J you also know ;i:U we women bave to cnakf sausage pot it. up, render lrd and fix it awai and do a thousand otner things, tbe coc ing and cleaning up, bed- making, sweet g, dusting, ironing, wash- ing, &o. WelJ find myself wishing for a dozen hands, bereas I have only two. and nature has bestowed very insignifi cant ones at tbat. Ohl what a good time our mothers i nd grandmothers had ! to say to one eemnt "do this,' and it was done, and to mother, . "do that," and it was done. A! a?, for the degeneraey of the present time ! I look ahead and I see jio better, I look back and wonder how I have lived&nd wonder what I live for, just to eat land wear and go to church Sabbath days and see farmers and tbeir wives; and if e talk at all.it is sure to be about work. I wouldn't mind it, if a wo man could see some one some time that would or could talk about something more interesting. I believe we almost forget we have a soul 1 Now if we could step out and soe a neighbor as my city sisters do, or if our husbands could take us to a cc .: -r; or something of tbe kind, as you ci'.'v people do, life would be worth fomethir oat we evyy nothing of the kind O u hutfhs.udd ome in and tbey are too t iei to 'iiucu; and all a little woman like iajo'f c .u do these long nights is to sit and kmi,and there is noth ing mo-e uiofictono.ie in life. ' I .must quit, b o I am not hlf done. Wont some of the Home readdrs write something en couraging to ns .and suggest something interestifg? Very respectfully, A Farmer's Wife. Evasions in Tbuperancs Towns Tom Evans, of the Raiville Times, thus spiri tualizes on a "dy" town : Greensboro is not exactly tbef dry town that the tem per acce people "onH bare i. A tnsn can get dog bit tV re if he wis! o'aly ex pose his leg in a irk alley or behind the tJOtfnw .-KUvV1mi:f'-S a flu said to tWir vocation sjpfiog a ihiiuty broth er"on the fch iu':t ni takin? bim aside for a kiss ui thc.bouls fit St cants a short. About Nee a week Wee' a week a ' wagon of blockade is saliilput in aa appearance, and under the ccfrer of night tbe gallon jugs and demjohis are filled and stored away; and the nei day a man needn't be surprised to see a negro wink tbe fore finger with, "Boaej lemme see you a min ute." There is potbing so enterprising as a negro skirmisher in a dry town. Who doesn't remember' old Kirby at Chapel Hill ? He kept tie boys supplied even while some of the faculty might have been panting for taste and wondering where it came from. Now in Smyth county, Virginia, ftoey don't issue any li quor license at all; if a man wants a drink he sees an old shot sitting out, walks up and puts in fifty eents and a pint bottle, stands around ani whistles a little, then goes to the shoe end finds his fifty cents gone and a bottle of whisky ( in its place. Alas, alas. It won't do in Greensboro fur a man even to drop his wife's band box on the street . . . Many of Mj J A Le land's friends, among our readeri, are probably aware of the fact that he has preserved the his tory of the Ku -Klax persecutions in South Carolina, in the form of a book. Having himself ben arrested, at the in stance of Joe Crews, and long kept in prison, and subjected to gross indignities, be is fully acquainted, through personal experience, with the trials of those dark days. And while the memory of them was still fresh, be wrote out a spirited and graphio history of them, which, however, has not M yet been pablish ed. Spartanburg Herald. 0 UR P UNISHMENTS FOR CRIME. While Governor of New York, I learned that the suffering for crime, as a rule, fell not upon the offender, but upon his fami ly" When I look over our penal laws, tbeir titles, to my mind, read between their lines, "Acts to punish wives and children of those who violate their terms. 1 was constantly appealed to, to pardon convicts for these reasons, and in some cases by the wives ot those who made the complaints upon which the wrong-doer was convicted. W hen th;s was told to them, tbeir answer was, that whilw that was true, yet when the husbands were in jail, where tbey were fed and warmed, their wives and children were left to starve and freeze for want of support. There is no perfect way of dealing with crime, but there is no worse way than the system .of this State. Some years ago a leading lawyer of New York travelled through Egypt. He met the chief of a wandering tribe of tbe desert, and, among other things, he told this wild ruler of our laws, and tbe ways we deilt with crime. Be was heard with astonishment, and for the first time he himself was struck with their absurdities. After his return he used to say that he was never so thor oughly ashamed of bis country as when he was telling his simple-minded auditor wbat laws we bad upon these subjects, and how they were enforced. ... WniU w may not frame perfect sys tems, mncb can be done to make a better Btae ofthttge-- to simplify justice,' and to break up the tendeucy to disorderly con duct and. to vagrancy. We can not hope to make any marked improvement in our jails. Each county must have one, and its population will determine tbe charac ter of its p'ace of confinement. Those in cnarge of them will be frequently chang ed, and save in the large cities the num ber and character of tbe inmates will not admit of classification, etc Tbe first change should be one tbat will allow our judges to impose punish ments other man sending tbe offenders to theBe common schools of vice. As nothing can be worse than our pres ent laws, there can be no barm in trying new plans. We must have jails, as there are cabes when the safety of society makes it necessary to lock men up. But, as a rule, other restraints can be used which will check, not teach, crime. Our laws only allow two punishments to be iLllicted for minor offenses fines or imprisonment and these must be imposed without re gard to age, sex, condition, or circumstan ces The law demands These, it matters not what moral or material mischief they may do. As a rule, fines inflict distress on families and friends, while jails are a gateway to a course of wickedness which leads to the State prisons. For these reasons no punishments are inflicted until the offenders have grown into hardened criminals who excite no sympathy. There is no power to deal in a right way with tbe first step in crime, with acts of min gled error and wrong doing. It has been my duty to look into a great number of such cases, and I have given much thought and study to our statutes with regard to them. Next to moral and re ligious influences, we must rely upon tbe wisdom of our laws with regard to youth ful offenders. It is comparatively an easy uat'n? to deal w:t.h grave erirog. Tixk tirst step towaid reform is to give magistrates a right, within certain limits, to dire at euc ripunu5baii iny ebail V-e are ie; fitted to refjred -wtS-cTovrsf Tbey have all the facts before them, and best ktiow what is just and right in each case. Ibid will juul give tbem undse powers, but it will take away pretexts for not doing their duty. Now, they must fine, imprison, or discharge. In many cases either of these courses is unsuitable, and many wrong-doers go free, for to en force law would only make things worse. This state of things is full of evil. If magistrates could bind them out to do work, or direct the minors to be chas tised by parents or guardians or suitable persons, many would be saved from tbe moral leprosy which infects our jails. Such or like punishments would be in flicted, and there would, be no excuse for letting offenders escape. Magistrates should have in addition to their present powers the same right of control over vagrants, disorderly persons, and habitual offenders which parents or guardians have over their children or wards. The fact that they belong to these classes should be judicially decided after a certain number of convictions. When tbey are thus enrolled in these classes, they should have no right to vote at any election. As our law6 now stand, notorious offenders who do no honest work, who can only live in immoral ways, are held to be innocent persons, when they are arrested, until the formal, tech nical, and sometimes expensive proofs are furnished that they are guilty of practices which there is a moral certainty tbey in dulge in. This is right when they are ac cused of grave crimes. But there is no hardship in patting Bach persons into that state of wardship in which tbe law places all persons who are under the age of twenty-oue years, or who are afflicted with disordered minds. Should disorderly morals be more leniently dealt with than disordered intellects ? There is no danger in giving magis trates tbe power over habitual offenders wh nareata.and guardians base, over SiT ? . if of i . them work, of binding thetu oat, and of locking tnem op; and, in the. case of children, having them chaatis-d rather than sent to jails. There is no reason to fear tbat this pun ishment will be used too often or too harshly. It would rarely be applied, but should not be made illegal, as it would give magistrstes great oontrol, and would do much to put an end to the bravado and swagger of disorderly boys which are so much admired by their weak or youth ful companions. Horatio Seymour, in Harper's Magazine for December. Nevr Bendering of an Old Song. "What is bouio without a mother?'' says the old and popular ballad. Traly what is home without her, if she be a bright sunny-faced woman, healthful hopeful, happy, always looking on the" bright aide of life, tbe beloved companion of her children, sending her husband out into the world every morning with a cheerful word of encouragement, and meeting him at night with a welcoming kiss. A home is indeed made desolate by tbe loss oi each a wife and mother. Many a mother is not this "bright and shining borne light, less because of her disposition, because weakness and dis ease have deranged body and brain, mak ing her irritable, peevish and faultfinding even to those whom she best loves. Dr Pierce'a Favorite Prescription is a never failing remedy for female diseases. Hun dreds of happy homes owe their bright ness and attractiveness to this remedy which transformed their wives and m thers from despondent, feeble invalids in. to healthful, bopeful women. South Carolina News- In an altercate ?CTkLZ tbe streets of Laurens, Willi. K.lgoje was shot several times and killed by Al fred Mc Winch country. Mr John irDy participation in the affray. The Committee of ways and means of tbe South Carolina General A-wmWy bas unanimously reported . M"" which was recently presented to reopen the public debt settlement. The honorary degree of D D has been conferred on Bev J B Mack of tho Pres byterian church of Columbia, by-Aust.n College in Texas. Tbe Lancaster Ledger learns that Mr James Plyler of tbat county was recent ly thrown from bis horse and killed. Col W S Mullins.a prominent citizen of Marion, is dead. He was a native of Fayette vi He, N C. The South Carolina Legislature has passed a bill regulating marriage and di vorce which: strengthens the marriage bands and renders divorce the next thing to an impossibility' The Minnesota legislative committee of inquiry in the charges of cruelty at the State Lunatic Asylum, have .found the charges sustained in two cases, in which the death of te patients was indirectly eMeeofte:ue1, one man being stran gled by forcinj food down Ins throat, and one beir&agfaUfrtq deathr!'. a hot bath; John Batti Mrs Myors, assistants in the hospital, are held responsible for thme acts. T.,re are also deficiencies of $4 0UU in the accounts of R v AH Kerr, Treasurer of tbe hospital board. Something- for the New Year- The world renowned success of Hostetter's Bitters and their continued popularity for a quarter of a cen tury as a stomachic, is scarcely more wonderful than the welcome that greets the annual appearance of Hostetter's Almandb, This valuable medical treaties is published by Hostetter & Smith, Pittsburg. Pa, un der their own immediate supervision, employing 80 hands in that department. Ten cylinder printing presses, 8 folding machines, five job presses, &c. are running about eleven months in the year on this work, and the issue of same for 1879 will not be less than ten millions, printed in the English, German, French, Welsh, Norwegian, Swedish, Holland, Bohemian nd Spanish languages. Refer to a copy of it for valua ble and interesting reading concerning health, afid numerous testimonials as to the efficiency of Hostet- ter"s Bitter's, amusement, varied information, astro nomical calculations and chronological items, etc, which can be depended on for correctness. The Al mac for 1879 can be obtained free of cost, from drug gists and general country dealers in ail parts of the country. Id this city, Sunday evening, Decem ber 8th, at tbe residence of the bride, by the Rev A A Boshamer, Mr O F Good win, of 11 . k Hill, S C, and Mrs S J Gal loway. In Gaston county, December 3d, by Rev J J Kennedy, Mr M Li Huffstetler and Miss Violet E Ford. In Fort Mill, S C, od the 21st ult, bp Re? B G Covington, Mr David Epps and Miss Addie Wilson. On ibe26th ult, by Rev G A Trenholm, Mr Robert A Lit timer, of York county, and Miss A E Ford, of Chester county, S O. . . In York county, on the 26th ult, by Rev W W Ratchford, Mr Van Hill, and la Salisbury, On the 2nd inst, Mr Bru- aer trrabara M(H Ada Holmes. Slough. In Cabarrus oountv. on the 5th inet. by tbe Key Dr Presslev, Mr Thomas B Crocker and Miss Josephine Steele. Married at Christ Church, in Raleicb. Mr Samuel T Ashe, of Wadesboro, and Miss Meta Devereux, daughter of Mai John Devereux. In this city, Mr W H Peonies and Miss Hattie Smith, Rev Dr A W Miller officia ting. In York county S C, on the 27th ult. by the Rev R E Cooper, Mr J H Mat thews to Miss Ida Simril. In Monroe, on the 4th inst. bv Rev J E King, Mr C L McManus to Miss Mag gie C Hough. Id Iredell countv.on the 20th nit. bv Rev Joseph Wheeler, Air Nelson T Summers to Miss U E King. Ilefj. In this city, December 10, at the resi dence of J L Brothers, Mrs Mary WaLi, aged about 63 years. In this city, on tbe 7th icst, of paraly sis, MisB Sallie Sytnons. In Providence township, on the night of the 6th inst, Mtb Dunn, wife of Mr James R Dunn, aged 32 years. At her residence in this city, on Tues day morning at 5 o.clock, Mrs B B Thorn burg, wife of J L Thorn burg. At Davidson College, on the 3d inst Mrs M L Henderson. ' In Salisbury, Dec 1st, 1878, James Mortimer, youngest son of J J and M A Bruner, aged about 11 years. Jin Statesville, little "Ida, daughter of Mr and Mrs Nat Tunstall. A CCORDTNO to the command of Joshua TT oi Oi .though, repudiated by the Jasper Philosophy" of ih Nbw. ia now standing still, at the Old Piace, ou Trade w ' opposite the Market House, plus Hornet Fire Engine Hall, where the light of reason illumiuates the surrounding at mosphere which invests all things with uie glow of inspiration, and the world no longer seems "A fleeting show, for man's illusion given. " K11" e honor the name of aGallieo. TfZl un- F"ltou nd Moore, whose drscov wnr rt i0D'.8imuch for e natural h-i i Vin the aid affirded man in his mate rial labors, what should be the reward of mm who fearlessly announces o the world fWt ?fterK uia abilily to demonstrate the of w f, haa 1U etore a lare fre9n 8tck . fetionaries of every descriptiou. i r V,lo'8 ln variety, including Toy (iuna oniCn rth,OV? an1 Charil oftbe "llSS heart' Ze?U basket8 nd dolls with their nearts, wuh fine apples in kind remem- KneV ' Oid,M0t Eve y epeculS. -11 pea and other fnniv nttinLo r- a t, una "oueraam, bucaeta ami bas- irum rotsdam, Sardines from Fish VVOOden Mnntra frrw U and Unnhoi-u ... -vr . . i.. . i . . . . Dam, f ?Krt. a11 Jkinds of Uroceiies, including EaUo bl)lce8' SuK-, Coffee, Mince Thankful for past patronage, I hone for a connection of the same. P C. S. HOLTON. ARfltVAR W h2fnrnd greater variety this fall than ever nefore. and at. m ,x. thr .n ' . "ave boutfbt a much . hiMor .....w ,.flfv; - f vucu " u juaiaiy US 111 k7,Jg.?reateriijducimeuti Wholeaaie buyers, than ever ottere-J them in this mar- V.ur stock is the most complete; our thHute! e8t Hr prie th lowt novl ' KYLE A HAMMOND. NEW ADVERTISE TTrr a j Tl ' ANTEDA good man roTrr---- torv in tha llninn . 7 eei7 Stit- dress La Belle Manteo. mVKJwT !?. W vwj f.I.'&Uf,'1, VV A IV I H I I -a. UIHI 1 1 r-r-v. . for the best sellin hmmohoM nAhe &dini top profits, jwrite at once to SvVa iLty z unnion nace. New York. iuanWactn TS Wa will tlflT A crania a c.l - expenses, or allow a large comm . iuo Per and wonderful invention. ni urnnilorfiil in.,... ..."""iUDtn Aiiure 38, wunoui aeiay. VV I YV If II i ANOnVKH t T u eiy prevent inis terrible disease 7? . . . . . -"-w Ajl , I VI L- v- many tn iiiiio vases in ten. Inform . tCZ r. H t nr gor, i A GRBAT OFFEK FOK Holiday i We will during the HOLIDAY a; j ' -l ANO AND ORGANS, new m&iJiSSK elass makers including WATfiRs-WVi cash, than ever before offered ?-Werricsw Snnare and ITnriirht Pi.nn. .-V . tem V? the Best Made, warranted for six ik wanteu. juiusiraiea uatalofftipjt ii.tt14 Halp Price HORACE WaTKRh lactiTrera ana dealers. AO East nth St, N y a BENSON'S CAPCINE P0EU8 a!? wr-Mk-n There is no comparison betw, clx afcees. sw,ni Hi pertivea. Any Physician in your own loJ" firm the above statement.. For Laiu IUti i!? tism, Female Weakness, Stubborn and v Colds and Coughs, diseased KiaueytWWnm.i.' affections or tne neart, and all ills for ml? w plasters are used, it is simply the btst knoi " Ask for Benson's Capcine Purous Pima other. Sold by all Dru. gists. New York. , , ' .v'8 . 'o c l Head Shot OCT The Boss Pocket Burglar Alarm Which docs tbebnsines every time ud CLOSED. A FACT.-The chiaust and most effectinii. euard aBainit Tramps. Thieves mad lars, eTer invented. No Cunily safe withonta?' Sample, with box of 75 caps, by mail postjwiT One aent sold 30 gross in six days in Rockfoit? at retail. Agents wanted everywhere. CatalomTC Address. WESTERN SUPPLY CO A o8 LaSalle StQiSa Please state what paper you saw this adr. ia7 EXCELSIOR OIL CLOTH APRS MADI n ASSOKTID COUSi. Sample Ladies' sa,b nail, 65 cents. Sample Chad's da,)! mail, 30 cents. can and do mass 3.0 PER Dill Selling these gonfc, 3"Send (or Catslota if you want somediiis can make money 01 FiSt THE Specie Pocket Cast N onpariel Patented I NICKl fa ten tea oiarcn 5, 1S70. NICKEL FLATKD. ZrvrJaoiv wiBti It tsl h SELLS it SIGS? Holds mil denominations of Coins to the amount of six doLars. Sample by mail, postpaid,.. 35 cts. Catalogvb pkkb I Address WESTERN SUPPLY CO. (P. O. Drawer J3S-) 208 USalleSt, Cnoua c 1 nova 1879. THE FOUR REVIEWS AND BLACKWOOD. Authorized Reprints, of , The Edinburgh Review, ( Whig). 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The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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