Show Correction Canards Washington 1L The Evening Star publishes a letter from a Sooth Carolina republican correcting the widely published pub-lished story that exCongressman Rainej colored is at work as a common laborer on tne streets of Charleston Rainey who is a man of fine education has not been in South Carolina since last fall and while there he was engaged in attending to his official duties as special agent of the treasury department He is now similarly engaged in New England The Stars correspondent adds The dispatch no doubt refers to exLieut Gov Ransier who was a member of the Fortythird Congress from Charleston ditrict After being defeated for every office in the republican party for which he came up from the lieutenantgover nrsbip to that of contractor for chimney chim-ney sweepings in the city of Charleston Kan tier threw his fortunes in with the democratic party and supported the Hampton and home rule ticket in 1876 This is his reward He his been appointed by the demccratic administration adminis-tration of Charleston to the position of a common laborer upon the public streets and daily may be seen plying that humble vocation Another which has obtained extensive circulation that the widow of John Brown of Harpers Ferry fame wag iast wek a seeker for assistnne at the Er eutivfl Mansion is today set at rest by the discovery that the Mrs Brown in i question is the widow of John P Brown who is not known to have been a martyr or anything else in particular except a government interpreter in some western regicn not yet specified 1 |