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71 i H . r i ' ESTABLISHED FOB THE DISSEMINATION OF DEMOCRATIC PBISCIPLES, AND TO EARN AN IIONEST LIVING BT THE SWEAT OP Ol'R BROW, WHOLE NO. 5431 EUGENE CITY, OR., SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1878. $2.50 per year IN ADVANCE fcbe. Eugene (City Guard. . . M. ALKXANDKR, W. H. ALEXANDER. ALEXANDER BROS., .OFFICE iu Underwood'i Brick Building, over Grain a Jewelry btore. OUR ONLT HATB3 OF ADVKKTI91NG, tdmrtiaemeuU iiuerted u follow. : ' tBt'iquut, 10 lines or lea., one insertion IS-, each uhjequent insertion 1 1. Cub required in ad ranee ' !linvi adrAtiaers will be ehargel at the following rates;. On. lunar. thie month. 00 aixmoniua All iob wo- POSTUFFICK. . Kfioe Hour. -From 7 ft. m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. r..m t:S0 til 1:30 n. m. Hail arrifo. from the south and learea (rolnir north 10 a. ra. Arrive, from the north an 1 leaves ruing jtb at US p. m. For tiiuialaw, Franklin and Long T ,m, cIum at .. on We Ine. lay. For Crawronie itu. Oainn Orfltik and Bruwu.ville at I r.M. Letter, will be ready for delivery half an hour after rival of train.. Letter, ahould be left tt the office rae hour before mail, depart. A. . PATTER80N, P. M, societies. Kcamc Lodoe No II. A. P. and A. 11 Meet trat and third We Ineaday. in eaoi month. Hfrjintn Bottk Lonoa No. 9 10. . I. Meet, every 1 uovlay evening. VVfC WlHAWHALA ENCiHrllKKT NO. H, meet on the Id and 4th We Ine. lay. in each month. A CARD. To all who are Buffering from the errors and indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, &.C, I will send a recii that will cure you, FREE OF CHAltGE. This great remedy was dis cover, d by a missionary in South America Send a self-addrescd letter tcthe Rev. Joseph T. ISVAN, Station T. liild - House New York. GEO. B. DORUIS, " ATTOfiNEY & COUNSELLOR at LAV 0:Bw ti v;;;.ri.-.!t- sea, F. .'v. J. C. Bolon, .4 if .JB mi St! HOLC i s hi i lr h'ii N. I.'. OFFICE -In I von. J. W. r.lTTERSOX, PHYSICIAN AN iSUUGF.ON, OCIee Ninth Mreet, opposite lite St. Chnrloa Hotel; ku1 at IIrs4id-u', KtJ(K.VJ'; CITY OKWtO.V. Dr J. O. Shields OFFERS HIS PROVUSIOXAL SEll vices to the citizens of Eugene City and urroundinir country. Sj.muI att-ntinn clven to all OBSrEfUICAL CASES and UTEii I.VE DISE ASES entraited to his care. Offloe at the St Charles Hotel Da JHKPH P GILL" CVNBE FOUXD A T HIS OVFICE or res idence when not professionally engaged. , O.Bce at the POST QFFICE DRUG STORE. Residence on Eighth street, opposite Presky terian Church. Purchasing Agent, II. LAKE. SAN FRANCISCO, CAT,. JEWELRY" ESTABLIS.MKNT. J. S. LUCXEY, DEALER IN JoJ Clocks, Watches, Chains, Jewelry, etc. Kcpiiiriii'4 Promptly Executed. t-All Work Warranted. J.S LU!KKY, Ellsworth 4 Co.'i brick, Willamette Street iOlBKK! LUJIBEH! I HAVE ESTABLISHED A LUMBER YARD On the comer of Eleventh and Willamette atreets, and keep constantly on hand lumber ol all kinds. Seasoned flooring and ruxtie,feno ing and fence posts. F. B. DUiN'N. jlyK-tf ,. 8 00 I If wa.1 1U 'umv ua rati - i I - AU now .warnv I a. wvwn vvaa iiKHVU MUU AUUbU. OPPOSITION IS THE LIFE OF TRADE! SLOAN BROTHERS . TTTTA DO WORK CHEAPER than any other Y shop in town. HORSES SHOD F0U $150. With new material, all round. Resetting old .hoes Cent. All warranted I (It aatlalaetloo. . Shop on Eighth st., oppjsit Ham pHrey's Stable DR. J0J1N IIERRBOLD, SURGICAL iSD lEdHMH DESTIST, HAS REMOVED TO ROSEBCRG, Ore gon, where he respectfully oilers his ser y ian to the citizenls of that place and viciuity ia all the branches of hi profession. Bonk and - Staiionerf Store. POST OFFICE BUILDING. EUGENE City, I have on hand and am eonsttntly receiving an aaaortment of the Best School and Miaoellaneona Bk, Stationery, Blank Books, Portfolios, Carda, WalleU, Blank.. Portmon aea, etc. etc A. S. PATTERSON. NEW STOCK OF II ITS -The Ht and bvgeki ever brought to EiKtne, at KUGKNE CITY BUSINESS. .DIRECTORY. ALEXANDER, J. B. -Justice of the Peace South tugene Precinct; office at Court House, ABRAMS, W. H. k BRO.-Plainiiu; mill, ash, door, blind and moulding manufactory. hio'hth street, east of mill race. Everything in our line furnished on short notice and rciuonnuie terms. , BENTLEY, J. W.-Private boardini ing house, 1 earl sts. southwest comer of Eleventh and BAUSCH, P.-Boot and shoe maker, Willam ette street, second door south of A. V. Peters BAKER, R. F -Wines, liquors, cigars and billiards Willamette stree one door north of St Charles Hotel BOLON, J. C-Su-vicalandMechanicalDen- COLEMAN, FRANK Wines, liquors, cigars wiiinniB, . uinmobw .farcer uetween Eighth and Ninth. CLEAVER, J. W. -General variety store and uK".uibunu luiiiiements, soumeasi corner ot v Ulamette and Seventh streets. vnaraijui, tu. t. uunstmth repairing promptly uone ami work warranted, .Eighth treti, ueiween Ulamette and Ulive. CHRISMAN, SCOTT-Truck, hack and ex- pressman. All orders promptly attended to. Office at express office. CRAIN BROS. -Dealer in Jewelry, Watch- o, viuiu. nun muBK'Hi instruments vv it lamette street, between Seventh and Einhth. CALLISON, R. G. Dealer in groceries, pro. vuiuns, country produce, canned goods, books, stationery, etc., southwest corner Willamette and 9th Sts. DORRIS, B. F.-Dealer In Stoves and Tin ware lllamette street, between Seventh and Eighth. DURANT, WM.-Meat Market beef, pork, veai aim mutton constantly on nand wil' lameue street, Detween Seventh and JSighth ESPEY, W. W. Carriage maker and black rnnth, iughtli street, between Willamette" and Ulive. ELLSWORTH 4 CO.-DrumHsts and dealers iu painw, ous, etc. Willamette street, twecn Eighth and Ninth. I' UiEXDLY. S. H. -Dealer in drv (rood.. ciot.ung ami general merchandine VVillam eUOKtreef, lietween Eighth and Ninth. r-U' O OFFICE-Newspaper, book and job .i i.r :n' onioB, corner lllamette and Eighth UANCE TOKE-Dealers in general mer- . : .ii.'.M. a.1( produce, comer tighth and t.i;LL, J. I I'liy icmrt. Sursroon and Dnur sr. iV,,t:!?ce. Willamette street, between r-.ov. ir.il .ill 1 I'.iglitli. H F.' ;.'! fiC.S, T. Dealer in eencral mer. rii. ii ii-t - nortliwcst corner Willaniette and .Mi'tii itroi'ts. i:V:.lA, !.-Variety Stow and dealer in f-mainj t-kins, Willamette street, between i-.'i,iiiii an.i j.imn. IIODES, C. Lner beer, liquors, cigars and a fine pi ;in.li.)l-.' table, Willamette street, be- nveen rjii;iiT-n nnl JMUtn. . . UE:nCT.E, E. T. -Barber and Fashionable ll.iii-;l.)re'-ser west side Willamette street, between Eighth and Ninth. HARRINGTON, FRANK-Barber, Hair-dres-er mid ba h rooms, east side Willamette st, seeond loor north of St Charles Hotel HORN, CHAS. M. -Gunsmith. Rifles and shot-guns, breech and muzzle loaders, for sale. Repairing done in the neatest style and war ranted. Shop on 9th street JAMES, B. H. Stoves, and manufacturer of Tin and Sheet-iron ware, Willamette street, between Eighth and Ninth. KINSEY, J. D.-Sash, blinds and door fac tory, window and door frames, mouldings, eta, glazing and glass cutting done to order. LYNCH, A. Groceries, provisions, fruits, veg etables, etc., Willamette street, first door south of Postoffice. LAKIN 4 ROONEY-Saddlery, harness, sad dle trees, whips, etc., Willamette street, be tween Eighth and Ninth. LUCKEY, J. S. -Watchmaker and Jeweler; keeps a fine stock of goods in his line, Willam ette street, in Ellsworth's drug store. McCLAREN, JAMES Choice, wines, liquors, and cigars Willamette street, between Eighth and Ninth. MELLER, JL Brewery Lager beer on tap and by the keg or barrel, corner of Ninth and Olive streets. McCLANAHAN, E. J. -Truck and Draying; all orders promptly attended to. Head quarters at Robinson 4 Church's. OSBURN 4 CO. Dealers in drugs, medicines. uueiuicnia, uiih, paiiiiH, etc lllamette St. , ojiposite S. Charles HoteL PERKINS, H. C. -County Surveyor and Civil engineer, itesuience on r nth s'reet PEFNINGTON, B. C.-Auctioneer and Com mission Merchant, comer seventh and High streets. POINDEXTER 4 RUSH-Horse shoeing and general jobbing blacksmiths, Eighth street, between Willamette and Olive.fc PRESTON, WM.-Dealerin Saddlery, Har ness, Carriage Trimmings, etc. Willamette street between Seventh and Eighth. REAM, J. 1L Undertaker and building con tractor, corner Willamette and Seventh streets. ;. ROSENBLATT 4 CO. Dry goods, clothing, groceries and general merchandise, southwest comer Willamette and Eighth streets. SHIELDS, J. C.-Physician and Surgeon north side Ninth street, first door east of St Charles Hotel , STEVENS, JLYRK-Pealer in tobacco, ci gars, nuts, candies, shot, powder, notions, etc. Willamette street STEINHEISER, 8. Dealer in groceries, pro visions, vegetables, fruits, etc Willamette street, betVeen Eighth and Ninth. THOMPSON 4 BEAN-Attoraeys-at-Law-Underwood't brick, Willamette street, up stairs. VAN HOUTEN, B. C. -Agent for the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, Willamette street at Express office. WINTER, J A. -Photographic artist, No. 79, Willamette street Pictures taken in the finet style of the art, at low rates. , WALTON, J. J.-Attorney-at-Law. Office Willamette Tstrjet, between Seventh and Eighth. WITTER, J. T. -Buckskin dressing. The hi.) est price paid for deer skins, Eighth st, at liridge. UXDEIiWOOD, J. R-Oeneral brokerage bn-imws snd agent for the Connecticut In surance f'oiojiany of Hartford Willamette strt, bsween Seventh and Eighth. 'I'KV in-THKTO HESDRICK3 BRAND 1 uihiUP. For sale only br T.6. BE5DRICES. GniCULTTRAL IMPLEMENTS tt L all kind at inside figures br T. G. HENDRICKS. USEni'Ra AND ?AN JUAN T.TM The EondholderV Proi'iU. From the Salem Mercury. In order to oliow the injustice of the claims of the bondlioldei s and the Republican party, which is run bv and in the interests of the bond holders, that'their bonds should bo I ttt 11 B I paid in gold aouoiii only, when in truth the word "gold" . does not ap pear on the lace ot any U. a. bond exinlance, we will give a few fuels in regard to the issue ot these bond and the immense profits which have been mide out ot them out otjhe necessities of our Government an the injustice of which was e.rnrts ed by lhaudeus Stevens when said: "We have had to vield, but we did not until we tound that the country must be lost or the banks be gratified; and we sought to av the country in spite of the enniditv oi us wealthy citizens." . . . .- . At the lime these bunds wero made silver dollars were legal tender for all debts, without regard to amount and although that dollar was after ward legislated out of existence, it is a part ot the coin ot the country, and the bonds are legally payable with it But we wll take a look at the facts in regard to tho issue and sale of these bonds, and what the Govern ruent actually received for them, and the usurious profits which the holders Dave already derived from them. in iBui ine uovcriimeni sold per cent. 5-20 bonds to the amount ot $(jU,'J81,45U and received for them only Greenbacks at their face, dollar for dollar, and yet at the time of their purchase these greenbacks were only worth 44,030,4y. Here was a clear profit on the purchase, to the bond holders, of $10,051,801. On this last amount, which, be it remembered, the Government did not rocievc, in terest has been paid amounting to $15,230,020 which added to its prin cipal, makes the sum of $33,308,421, tor wLicu not one dollar ever was paid. In 1663 the Government disposed of the same class of bonds $lGO,987,- 550, for which is received an equal amount in greenbacks. During that year the average price of gold was about $1 58 in currency, It will b een that these bonds cost lhtir pui chasers but $101,890,856. in ec-lfi. leaving tt profit to the buyers of 8381 090,090. The interest paid by the. Government on this amount which it did not receive, up to the begiuingol the last fiscal year was $40,095,422, which added to the fictitious principal makes $105,192,118 now in the pock els of the bondholders, without an2 consideration, for their very patriotic aid in assisting the Government whiuh thev so dearly loved. In 1804 the Government sold bonds amounting on their tace to $381, 292,250, for which it received green backs, which at that tune were enorra ously depreciated, it tried by the goid standard gold being quoted at an average of 201 iu currency. The pur chasers therefore really paid but $189,097,030 less than half their face value. Inert was a clear pro fit to the capitalists who so gener icly invested in them the nice little profit of $191,504,014. On this amount without considera tion these bondholders bavo drawn $137,9-18,123 as interest. Add t(,1 this the principal, and these benevo lent Shylocks have made as clear gain for nothing the sum of $320, 544,325 on this year's transactions. In 18C5 the Government sold bonds to the amount of $279,740,150, on which it suffered a discount ot 871 532,000 at the hands of the capitalists. The interest already paid by the peo pie on this amount which the Govern ment never received, hut for which these honorable gentlemen demand onli gold, amounts to $47,221,159, making the operations of this year realize for the bondholders $118,743, 1'19, lor whic'i n it one cent was ever paid. In 180C the Government sold $124, 914,400 of its bonds, for which it re ceived depreciated greenbacks e(mva ent to $88,591,773 in gold. The pro fits to the holders were $30,332,027, and interest on this amount, winch the Government did not get, has been $23,979,533. Add the principal which was never paid to the Government, and the interest which hat been paid by ihe Government, and we find this year's profits to tho usurers amounts to $00,312,160, for which there was no consideration. In 1807 the Government sold of its bond $421,409,550. The purchases paid tor them in greetitxtcks, tbe gcM value of which would amount to $303,215,503. leaving a cl-ar profit to them of $118,554,047, The interest oo this profit, which has been paidj by the Government, amounts to- $70,, 952,428, and the speculator have in their pocketi from this year's trasno tions the immense sum of $189,2oG, 475, and for which they never gave one cent. In 1808 these bonds wereaold to the amount of $425 443,800. Their purchasers paid in greeubwk lorlpenT, the eold value of which was then t3l2.826.323. clearine tne aura of $112,017,477. Add the interest paid by the Government to this amount never punt to the Govcanment. amounting to $00,813,437, and we hnd that these traffickers in the nat lon'a n mil havtt r..nivw1 1 17.11(1 " , 111.1 AtVelin hMAU',, 1 I'. v. w, n,u prup.o a niuiicy, tor wuioii noi ino 8'igiuest equivolent was ever pJd. into the Uuited States treasury, In addition to tho foregoing 0 per cent, bonds the Government at differ- ma ine s igniesi equivoiem was ever cut, limes during ine years mentioned iNsucu una sold vrjo,i)'j,ooo ot bonds 1 I 1 Am. inn sr bearing 5 per cent, interest. They brought the Government $122,057,- 410 iu greenbacks, thus leaving to the purchasers a nei profit of $72,182,149. Interest already paid on this profit amount to $36,943,045, which added to the principal which the Govern ment did not get, amounts to $109, Now let us foot up these bond holders' profits and see what the gov eminent had to pay to these avari oioiia capitalists for their assistance in a time ot peril, when the best men of the nation were giving up their homes, their business, leaving thoir families to struggle as best the) might for a livelihood yea, giving their lives for what thev deemed a pa iotio duty and then let us ask ourselves if they should bo paid in trold. when nothincr of the kind was ever promised them, or at that lime expected by them. This is a labulat- ed statement of the bondholders' pro fits above specified : Year, Profits. Mi2 r. lKttf lmu 18(15 lrUUi I 82,aw,?l 'Wj .. Vt'ir,tf UV v USJ'Vl!) OU.lU.ll 18U7 189'. Hiui 173, 10,914 SiiS On account of 5 per cent bonds lOU.l'Alb'I Grand total , $l,W,7ul,C13 And this little sum is all the Shy. ocks have forced the people to pay . as a bonus for their assistance in sav- ing the country they professed to ove well. Nearly one-half ol the entire national debt I And yet they ave the impudence to olaira, and the lepublioan parly has tbe effrontery to oacK ineir Claims, mat tne wuoie .1 - t - a . L . 1 1 I amount that which they did pay to tho Goernmont and that which did noi inusi do paid in goi i, noining oui goia i nnd inoy a.y we win Suiure our national credil" if we do not comply with tt cir injut demand! T mm 1 11 I 1 . ll I iNow, Messrs. bondholders, you win get all you were prooiised, and no more. The Government will soon be n the hands ot tnose who win see . M . , .,,1 tha4 you get your full "pound of tlesD, Din iney win aiso see inui, you do not get one grain more, ine peo hqvu vKrlita ad urull aa VAIl. , , , I Doctors. A doctor named Royston had sued Peter Bennett lor his bill, long over due for attending the wife ot the lat-1 ter. Stephens was on the Uennett side, and Toombs, men senator oi tho U. S., was for Dr. Iloyston. The Doctor proved his number ot visits, their value, according to local custom, aud his own authority to do medical practice, Mr Stephens told his client that .the physician had ma ;e out his I cast, anu as mere was nomiiix wnere T 1 . 1 I. I with to rebut or onset the claim, the only thing left to do was to pay it. "No," said l'eter; "1 hired you lo speak to my case, an . now speak." Mr. Stephens told him there was nothing to say; he had looked on to see that it was maou out, auu it was. Peter was obstiuale, and Stephens at last told him to make a speech .... - . ii himsilf, if be thought one could be made. "I will, said Peter liennett, ' it Hobby Toombs won t be loo bard on me." Senator Toombs promised that he wouldn't, and Peter began : "Gentlemen oftM Jury: xou and I is plain farmeis.and it we don't stick together these ere doctors and law- yers will git the advantage of us. I aiu l no doctor nor lawyer, and 1 ain't no objections to them in their proper place; but they aiu'l farmers, . . a ! . .. i Sua at OllilCIJjcU UI bUUJUiJa I "Now this man Koyston was a new doctor, and I went lor him to come an' to doctor mv wife's sore leg. And he come an' put some salve truck onto it. and some rags, bin never done one bit of good, gentlemen of te jury. I don't believe he's no doc tor, no way. There is doctors as is uoo tors, sure enough, bnt tint man don l earn bis money : and it you tend tor him, as Mrs. Adkinson did, tor a ne- irrohoT as was worth IHW tie mat kills bun ana wauii pay lor it. "1 don t, thundered ine doctor. "Did you care him f asked Peter, with the alow accents of a judge with the black cap on. The doctor wat silent, and Peter proceeded with bjt speech : "At I was sayin', gentlemen of the jury, we farmers when we aell our cotton, haa got to give tally for tbe money we ask, and doctors ain't too good to be pnt to the same rule. And I don't believe this Sim lloystou is no doctor, no how." Tbe physician again put ia hit oar, with "Look at my diploma if you think I am no doctor." "Ilia diuloma 1" evdnimo,! ibn fledued orator wiih creat contemnt - Ilia Hi, ,!.. r uii-, .....;. I LI.- i i . i f . a u.g wum lor unman bnt'epSKin, an i. 11 . i - I . ii uon i make no doctor of the shee las first wore it, nor does it of th as first wore it, nor dot man as now wears it. A paper has more In it, an out to ye that ho ain't no good news and I'll pin no ilni-tnr at all" The man of medicine was now in i i ..... nu y, aim screamed out, "Ask my pa tieius ii i am not a doctor." "I asked my wife, retorted Peter, a"d she said as how she thought you W88J "Ask my other patients " said Dr, uoysion, blue with rage. i his seemed to be the straw that broke the oamel'a back, for Peter re I pilot with look nod touo of uuutter labl sadness : "That's a hard savin', gentlemen o the jury, and one that requires me to Ul or to nave powers, as I vii beam tl'H ceased to bo exercised since the Apostles. Does he expect me to bring the Angol Gabriel down to lot his horn before his time and cry alo,,J : 'Awake ye dead, and tell this court and jury your opinion of Uoys ton's practice Ami to goto the lonely church yard and rap on tho si kit tomb and Bay to urn, as is at last '' om physio and doctor's bills, 'Git P here, you, and state if you died a natural death or was hurried up some I I'V UOClOr8 l lie S.IJ'B ISlt HIS patlCU tS. and, gentlemen of the jury, they're M Where is Mrs. Jieasley's man iSam ? Go nsk the worms in the grave yard where he lies. Mrs, I eake s woman Sarah was attended by him, and her funeral was appointed and he had the corpse ready. Where's till 1 as belonged to Air Mitchell In Ulorv. exoressin' his oninion of liova r ton's uoctorin'. Where's that p.iI baby of Harry Stephens? She are whe.e doctors cease from troublin and the infant are at rest. "Gentlemen of the jury, ho has et chickens euoiiL'h at mv house to miv for his salve, and I furnished the ra!?B- Land 1 don't suiidoho he c haiws for . r making of her worse and even he don't pretend to charge for miring ber, audi am humbly thankful that ue never give her anything for her innards, as he did for his other na- t,t.t8 for Bomethin' made urn all die ..... mighty suddin" Hero the applause made the speak L - r sit down iu crreat confusion, and .O--------- -J jn ebite of a logical restutement of the case by Senator Toombe, the jjoct0r lost and Peter won IUS lIUIIlll I IIU11U IMCf HID UlUlli The stories of amides and trappers of the Adirondack region, New York, have proved rich mines to Mr. Mur ray. One ot the most powerful ot the narratives is that of an old trap per depicting his experience in pro tectiug a dead body from the beasts of prey by night : "Well, Henry, 1 took my stand by the fool of the bier, and kept my death-watch, rifle in hand, steady as a sentry on duty, save when I stirred . I n - I! 1 . 3 - . I . ine ure or ngnicu a pine-Knot, ror the animals was oneasv, as they always is when a corpse is. round, and l needed the pine knots more than unce, and some of tho varmints got the tech of lead and the smell ot pow er that night. I tell ye, for they was mil oi ine'r aeviimeius, iiid muuo me and the hound as wak-mill as it we was surrouned by inimies. "Did you really have to kill any thing ?" I asked speaking for the first time in an hour; for tho old trapper had told his story with such natural ness of inton lion and gesture that he had held me spell bound by his narra'ive for no one could hear him tell the strange tales lio was telling and not be carried along by the move merit of it and now that ho was evidently reaching the climax, I fear led 1 should miss some detail ot hi experience, , which, being omitted, would mar the narrralion, so, hoping n IiaIjI Ii I Itt I jll'A nIA l- t l A I'lmi a tu uuiu inn uituiaiiv u vu iiiv nuu ui actuBl occurrence, 1 said : "Uul you have to kill anything, that night r" "Well, vis, I did," he replied, "I bored a hole through a dog-woli over ttue mi "e beach, aner i nad oorne Lip onifral howlin' as long as a Murtal eild; and I dropped a cat mm iriT ad ceuar mere, aner me audTue hound bad stood the stare ol her eyes ten minus or more; and about two in the monun a litter ot oanthert crawled in on as ontu the bush seemed alive with 'em and I lifted the scalp of the biggest of the drove, arter he had got within forty feel of the corpse, and paid no more attention to biands I pitched at him than if they were tufts of sod; so, with t pine not all afire in one hand to show the sights, I drove the lead in between his infernal eyes in a style that taught 'em all manners for the rest of the watch. Yis, Ilenrv. we had a solemn and lively time ot u, for sartin. that night, and at tunes a looked as if there would be no funeral tbe next day; leastways, none that , ... mountains to yelp as if the upper world was inhabited with cats and wolves and panthers; and then they would suddenly become auiot. and the world round about was nothin' but silence, with the moon shinin' through it; and tho dead man's fact was white as the moon and still aa the air, for his troubles was over, and the marks of them passed from his teaturo when his breath went away. And so me and tho hound kept our watch by ti.e dead 'til the sun riz in the east and the hour had come fof the funeral. A Carnival of Swindling. No clothes-line or hen-roost in g New England back-yard was ever more completely cleared by after dark thieye than was the Treasury of doomed South Carolina by the mot oy assembly of legislators and offi cials that held sway in that State in the palmy carpet bag limes. It was the wildot revelry of thieves, small and great, that ever lighted on a de- otod community. And all tho while it was going on the Federal Govern ment held the hands of the people, -that this congress ot knaves might tax their property out ot their pos session and drive them from homes . already well-nigh dismantled. A sec lion ot the oflicial report of this un paralleled carnival of swindlers and thieves, the lloston Post says, has been so read before tho render of that journal, whoso details challenge un iversal unbeliot. It does not seem possible that such a Walpurgis Night of riotous plundering and lawless egislation be passed by any State in this Union of ours without the knowl- dge and consent of tho General Government in whose power that Slate lay prostrate and helpless. To thrm that the system at Washington known at Grautism remained uncon' scious ottms five years' deliberate wrecking of the resources of South Carolina would be to ask intelligent leopie to believe that it was not in fact cognizant of its own business. What was dono iu South Carolina was but the outbreak of the spirit which' was simultaneously working uder cover ot more seemly profess- ions at Washington. Tbe sale ot lost-tradohhip by the Secretary of War was ot the same piece of work with the ordering of wipes and liquors aud carpet! and luxuries by the legisla tive mob that reigned at Columbia two hundred thousand dollars for furniture of which there is less than twenty thosand dollars' worth to how. figures thrust in front of items of charges till tens were trans formed into hundreds. Kooms all over town furnished in a style ofOri ental luxury and lavishness at the hargo ot the Treasury which groan- g tax payers were ordered to till, he State Senate ordered $3,483 orth of wints and liquors within three days. A bar-room recrularly kept open at the Slate House from 8 clock in the morning until 2 and 4 lock on the forowmg morning: and this lastiug for six yearsSunday not excepted. Costly cigars grabbed ud carried ofl by the pocket full. and champagne toted away in the same capacious receptacle Legisla tive expenses Btretched, as a term, to include refreshments for Committee . rooms, groceries, clocks, horses, car riages, dry goods, carpets, furniture, and miscellaneous merchandise. Nov law and other books, regardless of price, fur. ished to the members to Ip them to while away tbe time, title the children ot their taxed coc stiluents were kept out of school by the thousands fur tho want ot books. Gold pens at ten dollars apiece, from ve to ten pocket-knives to every member during each session, call- bells at twelve dollars, the amount raised lo one hundred and twelve. alches for Senators, private tel- grams, and forty-six hundred and fifty-eight yards of costly carpets in single session, when but thirteen undrcd yards were needed to car' et both the legislative chambers and all the Committee-rooms. Here s list, or the mere hint and out- ine ot one, to whose thonglitfcl io- icction we invite the legislators now at our own Stale House. May we expect a letter of sympathy for these scoundrelly swindlers and thieves from Secretary Sherman, bidding them pay no attention to this report ot the men who are such consummate rascals as to expose thein ? A phrenological Journal savs tl.at nless young men in electing a wife ay strict attention to the shape of he fair one's chin they are ant tt me ami iuu nouna would atlind, on less we mado one for ourselves; but we stood to our post, and between the brands and the lead and the help of the Lord we brought the body through safe 'til sunriso. "Hut it was mighty solemn watch- in' by the body, all by myself, in tho depths of the woods here that sight; for at times the animils would make the air roar aiTd scream, and the be led by the uo.-e. bw aala Wy T. G. EZhVSdCHS. i '