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HE ADVERTISER. EugeSeld, S. C,? Feb.?21, 1878. JX3CES T. BACON 1 ??_ TKO?. J. ADA?S, j" B: i-IEESE, Corresponding Edhcr, >'he Ge&erct Result of the Bond Re pqrt.~?Crnr Position as Rejr&rds the Payment of thc Public Debt. > go into a detailed statement of the cts concerning the bonded indebtedness ot the State, as presented lately by the Bond Commission, would require too siuch space for a weekly paper, and we swist .content ourselves by giving our ?eaders the general result. The amount of bonds, stock and unpaid interest, au thorized to be funded arid scaled 50 per cant., under the provisions of -what, is known as the funding act, is $11,508, 838.41, Of this amount there has been surrendered and consolidated $8,7jg2, T'9.00, leaving a balance outstanding,"or unfunded, of S2.7l6,0?y.41. pf the $8,792, 779.00 tho commission .put down as good $4,737,852, or one-half ibis amount, fscal t ui, &388.?28; b.tdor fraudulent, $4.034. 93t*t or half, When the out '. wading bonds arc surrendered und con solidated, takit.g it for grunted that they ?rs all good, they will ??mount to $1,318, C29.70. This, added to that which is set down ns good, will make the total bond- " cd debt of the State, (eliminating tho ? frauds,) $3,725,955.70. But of ths amount put down-s.good, the commission says there is certain amount cf fraud in bei:ic- o: thb 'bends, amounting in some , to probably {io per cent., and in other? perhaps to not more than 5 per cent. J '.lhi*i fraud crept In by the consolidation of fraudulent bonds with good or valid bonds;, and if tho-per cent, of fraud is eliminated from these bonds tho.amount of thc dobt will be reduced to the estent Of probably ono hundred thousand dol lars. We are also informed that tho Com mi?siuur;rs?.?ltt?o\igh IUA ?i.tiiurizsii,. au der the joiiri resolution, to investigate ?.xy bnt consolidated bonds, hayo discov ' er ttl th ?i tl at least one hundred ihoiyonddollarsof tliooutstanaiug bonds fraudulent, which will still decrease the public debt to that amount. Of course .. those calculations are made upon the pre sumption that thc Legislature will voto t> exclude all tho fraudulent debt from tao settlement, which wc earnestly hope v- ill oe done, though there will evidently bL- a long and hot contest over the mat x tor. Tho hun tibold*.' rr have their repre sentatives oh the door, ion* they will not succumb uut?taey hav.c contested eyerj indipfJgrobnd over which a fight can buurade. Alt io the Advertiser, .were it in the Legisliiore it ?quid fight and voie j * K ito the aid, I ; that cid bright or bitter, ui-ihizi every '?pul h'ath^thcviostshad - -o/:y tarnt ?!'fi and about tt. Unto thc extreme cul -rcniv.nbcriity always Ute . wongu, the ?woerty, and, more than all, the BJ o UTS, of thc people of South Caro Una-: This is our--platforni, and wc in tend to light it out cn this linc. And we | Lope-indeed we *i cai most certain-that all the Representatives of EdgeOeld in the Legislature are. thoroughly, ai rap p:\-tri-ith v.s in oils ?Treat matter. -' mp... ? Tue War ia tbs East_England's ? Blood Getting Hot.-Her Fleet Within ihr. Dardanelles. The new3 from Europe is certainly se Er.i-L-nd i1* preparing for the j rei, r.ad hss sent her fleet to Constan plo. Russia has given notice that j ?lie will occupy Constantinople, and or d TH to teat effect har? been sect to the army. Engl'i'ud's blood is getting hot. She j is at last aroused to the righting point, *.id the Betr may look ont if it docs not vant to get Us paw into t he Lion's mouth. 1 v'hen the news was, heard that the Brit ish fleet had been orderod to Constanti nople, deafening; cheers went up in the j Ifouso of Commons. If war with the people ox England is really popular, Russia may yet have a lively timr around Constantinople. J P. S.-Since writing the above, later; telegrams briug nows of moro pad?c ioiport^ Then; is jt^bc a conference of] ??Mhe leading'pow/rTT .'iud ir. thc mean fernie thc^Rnsslau aijny and the English ^llt??Xaretor*?^ The latest! telegrams tx/o these : """Tngiand and raissw^nTT-mWill^ xespecuve military ?nd naval positions during the sessional' tho congress. No oihci- povcr will oater tho Dardanelles, lest it sh*uid cause complications. A Daily Hews Constantinople dispatch, dated Sunday, says the Russian advance j guard iuive not 'transgressed the lines settled by;the armistice. In coDscmence of tho withdrawal of tho British fleet to Mudania, the Russiaus v, ill not occupy ibo suburbs of Constantinople. The Kew Judgee-?Good, Puie and Able f?cu. A caucus of tho D?if-'oorulj'.' members of (ho Legislature wno held on tho night ur" ibo 12th iustnnt, and arter a careful c nivass o? thc candidates for thc several circrtltsthe following gentlemen, ali well titted for tho position, were unanimously jxominated: B. C. YTcssley, First Circuit ; ^'p^A^dricb, .Second Circuit; A.. J, S'aavr, Thi'HTCU'cuit;' J. H. Hudson, Fourth Circuit; T. J. Mockoy, Sixth Circuit; T. Thompson, Eighth Circuit. The above gentlemen .wero duly elect ed judges of their -several Circuits on Thursday last Judge Pressley is of Charleston ; Judgo Aldrich, of Barnwell ; Judge Shaw, of ? Mariou; Judge Hudson, cf Bennettsvilie, Marlboro County; Judge Mackey, of Chester; and Judge Thompson, of Abbe ville. Next week we will publish sketches of aU those gentlemen. Proceedings and* Advitc of the State Democratic Bex emolir? Committee Tho State Democratic Executive Com mittee bat: taken steps to secure speedy reorganization ; aud their advice, pub lished last week in tho Advertiser, should b i adhered to strictly. The organization li3t year was but t?mi?orary. It can be perfected now, so as to last as long as tho party lasts. Thc Committee recommends urgently the Kystom of pf ?nary elections.. \ -it-tS~ai5cr-iri?g5^t?d that although tho manner of nominating .should be agreed upon at once, tho elections themselves should not bo held until just before tho g noral election. Everything should bo . d'me without baste, decently and inor der, and tito whole summer is required to crystaUw) public opinion npou the merits of the candidatos proposed. Wo Want a fair, square expression of the will ftf thc people, and then wc want all io ?larch solidly to the polls to see that their nominees win. Cen. Gary's Vindication of Senator Butler and Himself. Tn the Senate on Mondaytho 11th, Gen. Gary^-ose to a question of privilege in reply to a malicious article lately pub lished in the New York Times, in which it was charged that ho and Senator But ler bad sold themselves to the bondhold ers and in the taxpayers' convention of 1871 induced such favorable action as tn certain State securities that tho specu lators mada money and tt?e Statu suffered jury-tn other words that' they worked "" two different teams, pulled with tho . people sud thou with tho speculators. 3en. Gary's refutation pf *o ?bul a ?lau er is conspicuous and complete. Itwill d entire on our lirst page. Ho . as associate counsel with in the ordiuary way! His the taxpayers' co? liberate. action State bonds, t MUI ? Condensed Report of Legis! at iv ?. Proceedings. *Pp The m ern be ra of. the General Assem bly have refused to reduce their .pay from $5, to $3 per day. The Sem te Committee, appointed to investigate Corbin, have submitted their report. They lind that ho bought his so ealied election to the U. S. Senate, and recommend that the Attorney-General institute agaiust him such proceedings as may be proper. tt Mr. R. B. Rhett, member from Char leston, moved recently in the House of Representatives that all of the testimony taken before the Investigating Commit tee be published. It waa intended to show by publishing the testimony, just who have been engaged in plundering the State. It was opposed, however, and killed upon the ground that it would re veal too much to parties against whom proceedings will bo instituted. Tb^ere are, nevertheless, some people who think the report ought to have been adopted, thai the people might know who the Democrats are that havo been too inti, mately" associated with the corrupt R3di culn. '. :-'??'..' -.?. Tho House bill td increase the numbor oT Trial Justices in the State from 324 3?-1 passoJ. thc third reading. This pr vides for 15 ? Trial Justices in Edg cdc County, as is now the case. The Legislacu re has reduced tho pay ol* witnesses in State cases in tho Circuit Coart to 50 cents per day and 5 cents per mil6 for all necessary travel one way, in case the Circuit Judge will certify to tho materiality of tho witness. The pay of witnesses in Trial Justices courts in Criminal cases has been abolished. Thc House judiciary committee re ported unfavorably on tho following Bill tu encourage tish raising and migra tory fish in the water courses of the State, rejected. Bili ,to make the ob taining of g . ods by fraud and deceit, criminal, rejected. It would have been w II bad this bill beon enacted. Bill to ?jw>via* ?ir a."sU>ii&ifru.i>ao?- o? fud Fifth' judicial Circuit, rejected. Bill to pr? vido foirthe arrangement and safe keep ing of public: records in the offices of j Cierks<>f Courts, Sheriltsand Registrars of Mesne Conveyance, rejected. In tbr- House a bill to provide for the appointment of a Commissioner of Im migration was killed by a vote of 48 to 2L Bill to pr?vido for tho use of con vict hibor on tho Blue Ridge ' Railroad passed, and was sutit to tho Senate. Bills to repeal an act to provide for tho pay ment of past duo school claims in tba several counties of this State, approved March 3,1ST4, rad bill to incorporate the Chicago and South Atlantic Railroad Company passed to a third readiug. Tho University Bill aDd the School Liw have been postponed in tlieSou'-to, for sonic leaton ur other. As regards the Report of tho Bond Commission, it has not given general satisfaction. Those who advocate tho payment of the consolidateddobt dislike the report, because it is adverso to cor uba bonds. Others dislike it, because the Commission mirrie no definite recom mendation. They gave the status of the bonds a*nd have left the onus of accept ing or rejecting with the General Assem bly. ' The Appropriation Bill has passed the House. This is ss moderate as possible ender the circumstances. The Phosphate question has caused quite an excitement in the House. Al though the dry bones on the coast may never live, i? is certain that the subject stirs np a lively debate amongst the mem bers. It is barely possible to arrange the whole mahler equitably, so that the Stare Tind thp corporators and the farm ers may all be protected in their varied interests. An election will bo held by this legis lature ibr three persons to codify the laws. This codification is required by the Con stitution every ton years. A number of | names of distinguished lawyers aro men. tioued as candidates. . Chief Justice Willard has written a !WB"' lv:t>""'" 1 -donate asking that a , rigid investigation bo n?">?r-?-unwiuiub-| the charges made against him in that i body by Senator Gary, lio courts the .1 most scrutiniTing investigation. There is a clause in tho Bill now before ibo Legislature of South Carolina for the invention of f>rnnitytoauimals. which .vi,._, ir-, n~ntm~. iVr Wc observe in tho proceedings of. the .House on Monday the 11th, that a bill to increase the pay of County Commission ers of Barnwell from $2to $3 per day, passed to a third reading, after being amended so a3 to include the Counties of Fairfield, Aiken, Anderson, Richland, Edgofield, Spartanburg, Orangeburg, Suinter, Beaufort, Kershaw, Marlboro', Union, Laurens, Abbtvi^^f)arlington, Williamsburg, Lancaster,' Georgetown, Marion, Newberry and Clarendon. > A bill n-Juoiug the salary of Circuit Judgiin from S-'.SOO to $3,000, ha^ passed tho House and gone to the Seriatej where ; it will also pass. The members of the Senate of Virginia have reduced theil* salarios from ?5 40 to .f3.C0. Our Legislators would do well to follow the example set them in this re aspect. They ought to reduce the com pensation to three dollars per day. Every thing is as cheap now as it was before the war, aud thoro is no reason why the ser vices of a legislator should be worth more now than they were then : and^ besides, .tho State is not asab?o topsy now as sho waa then. Follow the gener al order of thc day, gentlemen, and come down bj three dollars instead of live. The bill spoken of above, to increase tho pay of County C? .n missioners in many Counties, was killod in the Sonate on Monday last. TbG re-ouactmont of tho Lion Law is still before tho Sonate. -. Tho Governor has vetoed the' Chain Gaug Law, and bis voto has been almost unanimously sustained. I'o limo has been fixed>upon for ad journment. Amias tho loug fight and w rangle over tho Bebt Question has not vet ?nrly begun, it is not improbable that tho session may be prolonged until the middle or even last of March. Gov. Hampton Reported to be Not A Candidate for the United State Senate. A spocial dispatch from Washington to the Journal of Commerce, dated Feb ruary 9th, runs as follows : " Politicians bero from South Carolina, say thafrGdv. Hamilton has given up all idea of succeeding Senator Patterson, whose term of service expires in March 1879. He will, they say, be a candidato for re-election for Governor, next fall, at the earnest solicitation of his party, in order tbat-he may carry out the change. and reforms in the government of the State, which he has inaugurated. Two gentlemen are mentioned .as Senator P-Aterson's successor, and it is thought that ono of thom will be elected. They tire non. W. D. Simpson, the present Lien tenant-Governor of the State, and Gen. Jas. Concfcr, the former Attorney General of tho State." The Paris Exposition. General P. M. B. Young has started on a tour to thc capital of every Southern State, to awaken thciuterestof the South in thc approaching international festival. His object is t0 8ecnrc spocimens of all sorta of products of the South, minerals, etc. livery other section of tho Union is alive upon the subject, whileanapathy exists in. tho South which is truly dis couraging. Our productions will,.eom pire favorably with any country gn the tfoTf?y'Atii? if ou??j>tt$>iV d? 'iftrt jSliQW simo interest du-the matter--tbis-section will go unrepresented. - ' J u?ge iron-haw is holding .Court ijlLau - hais this week. Judge Thomsot^iafces His Debut in Aiken, and Sentences McEvoy to be Hanged on he Fifteenth of March. "Judge Thomson, of Abbeville, who was elected to the circuit bench on Thursday the 14th, appeared promptly in Aiken on .Saturday the 16th, and opened Court. Judge Thompson's cir cuit is the 3:h, butin the rotation he is now presiding in the 2nd. The first case taken up was that of the State ts. Robert McEvoy, convicted? of the murder of Colonel J. J. Gregg. The rule of the Supremo Court dismissing bis appeal having been read to nam, he wak asked if he had anything further to say why he should not suffer the death penalty. Messrs. Myers and Lee, representing the.Jprisoner, asked that judgment be suspended, as they had the sworn affida vit of the prisoner that he was not pres entflfcthe Supreme CdThrt, either by at torney or in person, during the hearing of his appeal, and claimed that this was a privil?prto which he was eniitlcd. D. S. Henderson, Esq r representing the Statu, replied that" the prisoner was present both by attorney and in person Judge Thomson overruled the motion for suspension of judgment, and iu do ing su paid -a JM-iutiful compliment to thc ability anSbstice of the Supremo Court of South^Pdina. He then, after a.few touching and eloquent remarks to the prisoner, pronounced tho following sentence : " The prisouor herein having been con victed ol' murderm th? May term of the Court of General Sessions for Aiken county,1876, -and having been sentenced by his Honor Judge Maher to be hanged at Aiken on the 18th day of Juno, 1876, from.which judgment the said prisoner haviug appealed to the Supreme Court, on motions for a new trial, and in arrest of judgment, which motions having both been dismissed by the Supreme Court, and the case now coming up for re-sen tence of the prisoner, Robert McEvoy, it is considered by thc Court and pro nounced as the judgment of the law, and accordinfj-fito the sentence of John J. Ma iler, Circuit Judge, heretofore made as to tljfc pe?altv of death,, that tho said Kohert J)' Evoy-bo-taken- heneo to the" place Whence last he. came, there to bo kept ?n close and safe custody in tho said county jail until Fridaj-, loth day of March, 1878, and that on said Friday, be tween the hours of ten in the forenoon aud four in the afternoon, he be taken to the place of public execution in this county, and there be hanged by his neck until his body be dead, and may God have mercy on his soul " Thc Court room was literally packed, and in all thc vast multitude of people there was not ono whom he could cal* friend ; and yet not one whose heart did not fool deeply for him in his wretched condition. . n a a o e; si IS ai ii A tl si b n Ol ti A P o: te T a ii tl s I u b P' Ci ll g< al ri t? B fa O List of Grand Jurors for the Year 1878, ' am!, of Petit Jurors l'or thc March Term. drawl Jurors, F C W Posey? ThoS W Lewis, John Body, Wm Kadford, John Rainsford Dani ol Minor, 'Mingo Daniel5, J W L Bartley, Creswell M Williams, Arthur K Dear!, Jacob L Aull, John M Coleman, J S McKie, John H Miller, D C Bullock, Frank Y Drennan, John M Griffith, J M Dean. petit Jurors. Wm L Talbert, Wiley B Kemp, J W Reynolds, Jas M Harting, Mose Gossett? E W .Collier, Daniel B Holland, Wm Qoar?ey, Simpson H Crouch, Theophilus Guliedge, Dennis Haiestock*, M C Rey nolds, Dempsey Bussoy, Jas P Hardy, C W Kinara, Andrew Kemp* Felix Luke, Jr., John M Mathews, Phillip Pow, Isaac Ousts, Jr., Jas A Wron, T J Burnett, L D Hite, Samuel W Sample, And rev.- J Let", Ramsay Hargrove, Ambrose B G rice, E W Eidson, J E Watson, James McCain, W II Burney, Marshal Lott, J T Mitchell; D J Darrick, Moses Daven port, John T. Cheatkam. P. Colored. . The Late Meeting ol'the State Grange. The State Grange held a very harmo nious mooting in Columbia week before last. The delegations from tho subordi nate granges were pretty full and many matters of especial interest and importance lo the Order wer? satisfacto "^fyjtttended to. Edge-hold County was LSI. ForreA, ifotTJ.X'. H." it?uCn,1 all I ^ high aud zealous officials of oar Pomona Grange. A memorial was prosontcd to tho Legislature protesting against the re .uantuifent of tli e lien law. Tho Master's opening address represented the affairs of the Order in a very encouraging con dition. The Grange hos already done much to unite the efforts of the agricul tural people of the State. Much yet re mains to be done and we feel confident that the Patrons of Husbandry will never fall short of their full duty. Rt ri' th se ca bi ar sa fa, us in fl( of tb w ? nt sb ? hi L lil B ?SS* The Comptroller-General has is- p suod orders to thc various County Treas- ? urcrs iu the ii tate to toko -charge of all g forfeit co lauds and rent them out for the benefit of the State. ?Sf Wo needv:1rot look for a new na tional part}' for some years to come, but Q if the silver question is not settled at this h session of Congress, there will bo a tem- ii poi ary dislocation'of the present arrange- c mont which will present a curious spec tacle. Neither party will become dis tinctive^' the inflation or thehard money party, but it is-likoly that the bulk of the democratic party will bo on the inflation side of the line and the dominant ele ment of the republican party on the re sumption and hard money side.-New Orleans'Times, Dcm. -- Gen. Gary's speech on the Uni versity bill has evoked a great deal of favorably comment. It was' characteriz ed by force and much wisdom, aud al though we differ from him in toto in his conclusions, wo concur strongly in his opposition to including the South Caro lina College and tho Clafliu University Under one head, and tho granting of an equal endowment at present to each. Tho Rev Mr. Loomis, of Chester, who is a missionary sent from tho North for tho purpose of educating the colored people, in a letter to the Reporter con curs fuily with General Gary on this point, and shows that by endowing a college for the colored man above his reach, tho establishment of a good nor-1 ^ mal school which he does-TTWa^r^r? vented. The wisest plan is to give the colored people just such schools as they need, and not to waste money when it will do Uiem no good.-ITmnsooro News. , . d h c Ii V ll n a ii s a 1< C y V t a n u c t s d r o t h s t t TAXING THE DB?TMERS.-The bill now before the legislature requiring drummers doing business in this S'ate to pay a li cense tax is meeting with very considera ble opposition from those to be most im mediately affected by it. It makes a dis tinction in favor of those Jiving in the State or those doing business for Carolina houses and is claimed by tho drummers to be altogether a Charleston, measure. The opponents of the measure are "organizing petitions," which are going down to the legislature by every train. We favor the passage of such a bill, but with various amendments. It .would increase tho pub lic revenue very materially and Kill out a let of poor hotels and generally disagreea ble people: We would amend by requir ing every'drum mer to pay a license tax for natives, $300 ; for foreigners, $500j or we Would have the legislature require thetiwfo publish their business cards in every County paper, published in ccuntios where they seil goods, at publishers' regu lar rates. - With this provision enforced by proper legislative enactmont we tue persuaded the general assembly might safely dismiss the matter. ' And in this view'of-the case we-are confident that we will be supported by the entire conserva li ve press oi" the Sta te.' A cl rn m mer who .vrill not advertise should ?qi be, allowed to db business at. d.\\.rr-Abbevil!e. Jtfe?i?m. Tie Liberian ship has .been.- bought in BdHro,'and ts now on ita way to Charles ton, For the Advertiser. The Legend of Ninety-Six. Travelling lately across the broad dc iain of ?Id Edgedeld^I came at last t knoll commanding a prospect so vas nd so picturesque as to suggest an ide f tho Elysian Fields. I callod a halt, a .?jual, to enjoy the scenery. It was quit nchanting and altogether lovely I - tood near one of the head springs c linety-Six Creek, which waters a valle; 3 exuberant in its crops asitisfamou i the early history of South Carolini .81 gazed upon field and forest, upoi ie soft skies and the sailing shadows, : semed to hear a whispering melody no ora of Earth br earthly things. For minent the Past seemed to consort anj immune with the Present, as lrieni dka to friend. But why is this streamlet called " 96 ?' .nd why do vre find streams in the up er part of this State called respectively u'e Mile, Six Mile, Twelve Mile, Sigh ?eu, Three-and Twenty and Six an( wonty? It is tho old, old story of ro lantic love. "While tho American Colo ies were yet under the fostering caro 9 10 Motlier Country, a garrison of Britisl oldiers was established on tho Kcowei tiver not far from tho Blue Ridge Moun lins, and about 96 miles from Cam ridge. As the neighboring Indians ap. earod to be.very quiet and quite friend r, the bold Britons became entirely toe ireless and confiding to comport witt ie character of soldier!,. The wily sava rs, taking advantage of thia state o ?fairs, for med a plot to murder the gar sou and burn the Block House, which, ad received the name of Fort George ut tho " Chieftain's Daughter," having .Hen in love with a handsome British fflcer on duty at this Fort, reported all ie sayings and doings of her cruel iusmen. The danger was imminent ad no 'time was to be lost. Betweer inset ano sunrise, the dusky damsel, the asa panther and swift as a reindef r lade the trip to Cambridge and made nown. tho pocil .to which Fort George as exposed, Reinforcements wert irwarded in time to frustrate thc plant I tho blood-thirsty Cherokees, and thus ie effusion of blood was prevented, and Bacepreserved along.the colonial bor 2rs. What finally became of the pale ice in uniform and the queen of the ila wood, I ..aro never been able to as n-taiu. But I have visited the site oi ort Geor-e, and amile below that point, crossed One Mile Creek, six miles be* nv, I forded Six Mile Creek, and so on, 11 I came to Ninety-Six Creek near old am bridge... And hence tho numerical mies given to those little streams. E. K. STATE NEUS. If Gov. Hamptou ?3 not rc-elecied, und 3 successor should conceive the idea of -orguniz ng the military Ly thc, appoint ent of a new set of officers, what a fear 1 lot of colonels and majors we will have South Carolina a couple of years hence. -Regisicr. Three score and ten of poor deluded ne oes who have the " Liberian fever" ar red per Greenville train last evening, on eir way to Charleston, where they go in arch of the " Exodus" ship, which is to rry them to the land which flows with lckwheat cakes and molasses-the former tide being grafted upon trees, and the echarme* fluid flowing in inexhaustible goon3 and rivers and running over the inks of the lakes which are to be fonnd all that land, which are annually over iwed by the Nile. The' party consisted men, women and children, and with ibj3 thev brought their little all-which as precious little. God help these poor iople, even if the scamps who - have de dtd them into Ibis scheme were sincere ?and we honestly believe that they ara )t. The fate of these poor creatures, lonld they ever reach the fever-infested iGres of Africa, must necessarily be a ird and cruol one.-Register. Laura Williams left tim place fer the unatic Asylum last night. , She is a Ltle girl five years old, the daughter of . F. Williams, a planter in the upp/?r Ktiou of this county, and is indeed a pit ed object. She was brought into "town 7 the Sheriff's deputy after nightfall, and. ?aced in the sheriff's office until u con ?yanc? could be procured to take"the "lin"' H i"1'" ? 1 j ? i * 1 ' tu ?iee ?r, and tm seemed te be^deeoly touched i the sight of the poor forlorn object, 'one of the family accompanied her, as if as this place, to see her orf safely, lough she was tenderly cared forby the ler^ll".-DarlingOm Neus. On the Gili instant, W. RiBurgess, Sr., inriff o? Clarendon county, committed licide in Manning, by blowing ont his rains with a pistol. lie had been drink lg to excess previously. Those who arc 1 the habit ot drinking hard should take arning. As tho Bill erecting the new county of lampton, out of the upper portion cf ?eautort, only awaits the signature of the overnor to become a law, it may be re arded a fixed fact. There will hereafter e thirty-three counties and thirty-four mators. At the annual communication of the irand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, eld in Charleston, on the 12th and loth istanis, the following named officers were [ec ted : Comp W G DeSaussure, M E Gr H 'riest. . ? Comp F F Gary, R E Deputy Gr H 'riest. Comp J Adger Smyth, R E Gr King. Cornu R C Watts, R E Gr Seri bo. Comp C E Chichester, Rt Rev Gr Chap lin. Gbmp C T Jackson, EGr Treasurer. Comp J E Burke, E Gr Secretary. Comp Thos R Robertson, Gr C of Host. Comp G D Bryan, Gr R A Captain.. Comp L. F Mey^r, Gr Sentinel. "Our Native Young Governor" bas as umed a new role and is now the properly ccredited special South Carolina corres ondeiit of the Kew York Sun and he ?uc ecds as well in lying as he did in stealing. Iis letters are a startling" exposure of the oings of the Radical rings during his rolligate reign and a vicious blow is auned. t the head of every Democrat who came t any time within hailing distance of the iratical crew. The pnWlic will now un erstand where the Sun got its-thunder gainst the. Hampton government. It as for months brought the most bitterly ilse charges against Hampton and bis apporter: and now at last it turns out bat it has a self-confessed perjurer and hieX?ran.aIly_a?4.tJjat^Mppfes ls the au hor of all these slanders.- Abbeville jife 'him. . . , Gone tu Meet His Fate. Robert MeEvoy, who killed Captain ames Gregg, was tried, convicted of mur er in the first degree and sentenced to.be lanced, aDd who has been'confined ic our ounty jail for some lime past, left Co ombia for Aiken Monday night, wkor* he rill be resentenced, the Supreme Court aving refused to grant his motion for a lew trial. Wo visited McEvoy in his cclK t. the county jail. He is a young man a thf prime of life, about li years of ge, of decidedly prepossessing appear nce. He uses a crutch, having lost one" ?g by being run over on the Charlotte, !olnmbia and Augusta Railroad some ears ago. When we first entered he was ery reticent and it was with reluctance' hat he consented to converse at all He verrcd that thc newspapers had always lisrepresented him, and ho did not want 0 have anvthing to do with reporters. Of ourso he insists 'that he was justified in akiug the life of Captain Gregg, and aa erted that the killing was done in self lefonse. He recounted the incidents con iected with the shooting, but, as he told is nothing that is not already known to he public, wo refrain from reproducing iis conversation. Tho condemned man cems to be perfectly resigned to his fate, hough he hopes to escape the penalty of he law, in some way, which he did not liiclose. ; It is probable that' be relies ipon 'Executive* clemency. As McEvoy. s a modern Jack Sheppard, slippery as an el. it may be welMor-tho officers who nive him in;charga.lo. hold -him fast, or ie may give' them the slip ns ho ta.s re latedly done before,-H'e^isi?f, ' _ _ _ _ . J; Senator Bmler r.. TJuited States Senate . cepted the invitation rU. versary addr^a before- liv ties of Erskine College the third of July, nex; ?was extended to the dii by the Enpheiniaa Sc remembered that Ger guest of Hon. Wm. commencement exerci? . : that his manly bearing i many lasting'friends ai ?...>?, era of the Dus West in v /-have changed for the ? Gen. Butler was then ged edge between viet* . a and despair-now he i lh> able spokesman pf fbi ? ate chamber at Wash . -..c: any man oh the con l?cut. may expect a grand ( ?. : T. the commencement p? writing to tho Com. Senator Butler says : UNITED STATES S WASHINGTON, Messrs: John B. Bor and J. H. \7Uliav . GENTLEMEN ^ I an letter of thc 12th in deliver the Annivfra. Euphei$j&n aud Phil Erskine College .at t:-. July ,3rd; 1876. ,1 kio? tov prevent my accep ? : and shall- therefore b . : self that honor. ** Pe: and the Societits rej ? this distinguished co . know that my dutie ' i the time to .prepare a 1 feel a deep interest :: remember very ara*' and Hospitality of .yt .:. : <.. . ; casion ot ray visit I perhaps^be'able to hear soothing said, tually beneficial. I have th? i r ,V< ) fy ...ur r-n! uv, vw I lull SEN ATO p. BCTLEJ . -Very recently, tl-?: made some iharga 1er and General IE tor, of South Carol lated, if undenied, and official charact ed gentlemen. Thi cocted in malice ab terous plausibility were simply revar dress; but calgara ?ossesses '-. novelty nrtless. We are from bis seat in ti f lina, has, with cai denounced the a exploded the who!, ostensible object ' is to strike a deat. 1er t?nd General . real motive, we aj . . these gentlemen, administration in i: . bring into disrepiv cw .va ?J .ty. inioiigcg .-?II- !V 2 ii ? )' . ft***? Or. Gary has .prompt! stu oj Jacious charges a. . .. > is . . General Butler. We cons: . ' k -:? haustive and com i g?ged in an unv : .'it seeks to perpetn.v j . . . ..n outlet tounjustifij'. ... .-.. ern men, espech ' . . th? South like Step d Hampton have d< ... :?:.u >i h for the true pac . ? s>. The American j . ir verdict of conder . a turers who once ai. ? in South Carolina.' fhe.Ntn . es cannot reverse that verdict by ix.-ojining the mouth piece of Chamberlain and his gang.-Augusta Chronicle & Constitution alist. Tho report of the bor.d!c(>Dunissioti.'wa3 made on Thursday. On Fridavmorning the Charleston J~ f " i i the report in ful. ed' from Colum enormous expec six columns in t This is enlerpris OBIr DIED, on the ? a short and pair *? First obr flo' Our hopes, andt Theso are dead, ' Dust claims dust N THE Democra tee of Ed ^e fi at Ed pel iel d C. li in March next, .estly requested t as business of in. their attention. Feb. 1?, 1878. State of s< EDGEFI1 In Tn BY L. Charlton . bate in said tv To John A. Crook? . John Corley, En Shealy, Sarah Gi day, Defendants. 'You are hereby tho Court of Prob > Edj?efield C. H., f?. ou the 10th day o show cause, if an; Real Estate, descri Rebecca Crooker ai i bytheir Guardian Jones, this day file sistlng of one Hon: tho Town of Edg Acres, more or lest of Mrs. Lncy Tomi f< man and others, sr.' ! .. the proceeds divide Crooker, Williaui ( . Emma Polatty, 0] Green and'Nancy Fi. er and Benjamin C . the statute of distri in such cases made . " Give under ray H.\:. office at Edg?field C lGtb, 1878. L. CHARL. Feb. 18, 1878. ? Not ^VTOTICEis herel JJN Timmerman, Dorn, decTd., has an, . Judge of Probato O? : County of-Edgefield as such Administrai;.. It is ordered that t A. D. 1878, be fixed ra tition and final settle _. L. CH; Feb. 18,1878. PROOLA? STATE OF 30TJTL ExKCDTtv: ConuMi WHEREAS, informr col ved at this Doparti clous murder was co field County on or at ; December, A. D. 1877 YANCY HARDY, U FIELD, and that tho M FIELD has fled.from Now, therefore, I Governor of the Stat' ! in order thajt justice: tho majesty of tho-' hereby offer a rowan: ONE II UNDHI . for the apprehension a - |ail of this Stato ol . WINFIELD. In testimony wher set my hand and cai . !~-) ol' the Stat? t . ! L.s. V1 umbia,.tjiis -j T, A., j?, n . hundred and second, j pendenceof theUnit j; ; WAPEHA^-.: - By the Governor j JU, M? SIMS, Sec , WILL BE CONTINUED UNTIL THE 6th Day of April ! I HE GREATEST BARGAINS ever offered in Edg?field, can be ob rained from these Counters. ;? *' Eemember, when the Cash is not paid, regular prices will be charged. Feb. 19,1878. - ; lylO J. M. WISE. S. H. MANGET. IS1 ? IAI6I?, Ag'is., T?EaSTTOlNr, s. c. _,: P^? have on>hand and are receiving daily, GROCERIES-at lowest prices, SYRUP, MOLASSES, MEAL, FLpUR, &c., all the very "best goods ' BOLOGNA SAUSAGES, BEEF TONGUES-, . [County. The largest stock of SHOES, at the. lowest'prices, of any house in the S/ DDLES, BRIDLFS; SADDLE BLANKETS; * Full stock of HARDWARE, CROCKERY WARE arid TIN WARE. IF ix r xx i t "UL ar ? ! Persons wanting Furniture will saye freight by buying from- ns. A full ripply always on,hand. . -. ... Guano! We are Agents for the celebrated DELEON Fertilizer. Persons wanting First-Class Fertilizer will do well to call ori'us before purfhasingPsewhefe. ( WISE & MARGET, Ag'ts., ?b, 12, 1878. 3m9]~' ' ? ->~--TRENTON,-^. GEJYER?L GIMJYO ?GEJYCY. O. M. STONE & CO., Augusta, Ga., OFFER the following First-Class Fertilizers, prepare^ by Messrs. BALDWIN* Co., from Pure Animal Bone: ? DeLeon'g Complete Coito * ?rtilizer ! 'ANALYSIS FOR l^/?. Moisture,.:~.13.09 ) , Insoluble Phosphoric Acid.. 7.20 j A large portion of the insoluble be Available Phosphoric Acid.11.65 Ung derived from bone wiUbe found Ammonia.2.00 J available. Total BonePhosphate........i.....40.G8 J Georgia State Grange Fertilizer! \ ANALYSIS; Moisture.10.56' Insoluble Phosphoric Acia............;. 2.10 Available Phosphoric Acid...........13.25 Ammonia.3.05 GEORGIA GRANGES DISSOLVED BONES, PUKE GROUND BONE, ACID PHOSPHATE and PANKIN'S.PATENT PHOSPHATE for Com posting. x We represent manufacturera who keep their different brands of Fertilizers up to the very highest standard. Freight paid to Planter's Depot Cotton received at Planter's Depot. Send for complete Circulars, Prices, <tc. [Feb. 12, ly9 T.W.HENRY BEGS to inform his friends that he has begun business on his own account in the Store lately, occupied by A. C. Force, No. 258 Broad St., Augusta, Ga., where he will always keep on hand a FlrsfcOlass Stock of DOMESTIC BOOTS and SHOES, for Plantation use, and ? superior Stock of Ladies', Gentlemen's and Misses .SHOES, BOOTS, SLIPPERS, etc., which he will sell at the lowest living prices, for cash. ?^Pusitively. NO SHODDY WORK dealt in. . It gives me pleasure to be able to refer to the following named gentlemen Gen. M. C. BUTLER, $dr. JOE. MERIWETHER, Col. Ai P. BUTLER, Mr. JA-S. FRASER, 1 Mr. B. R. TILLMAN, Mr. SAM'L. HUGHES, Dr. HUGH SHAW, Col. ROB'T. HUGHES, Drs. MCKEE., Augusta, Ga., Nov. .7, 1877. 6m47 NEW WATCH MAKER AND JEWELER! XJLAS just fitted up and oponad a new Shop at Cbeaiham's Cornor, Vhere he ii prepared to do ali kinds of CLOCK- WATCH autf JEWELRY work at low price? -and guarantees the best of work.* t ?&r Refers, by permission, to Capt. Clint. Ward.-93^ JFeb. 1^ 1878. ly! The Big Guano Establishment OP EDGEFIELD CO., S- CL At Johnston, S. C., is the Agent for j BAHAMA SOLUBLE GUANO, Manufactured by Walton, Wkann & Co., Vilmington, Del. \ * WILCOX, GIBBS & CO'S. MANIPULATED GUANO. W. L. BRADLEY'S STANDARD FERTILIZERS, Medal awarded at Phila. R D SEA FOWL.GUANO, BRADLEY'S A M 310 M AT ED DISSOLVED IONES, C. C. COB'S SUPER-PHOSPHATE.---Standardguanbteed equal f not superior to any ottered. SOLUBLE NAVASSA GUANO, an established favorite wherever^uown. NA VAS SA ACID PHOSPHATE. \ Also tho celebrated WANDO GUANO and ACID. ; isa-Cotton Option for all at 13c, delivered at I' niter's nearest Eepot?-"r2^ W. G. KERNAGH?1Y, Feb. 6,1878., 2m8] JOHNSTON S. C. ' EDWARD MURPHY, Sole tfroprietoi Feb. 5, 1878. |2ni8 COMMERCIAL BAMK, Of ^UGrUST^. GA, FAID VP CAPITAL, $300,000. af?; T. WBEJLESS, Prea't. J. C. $\ZRGO, CUhicr. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO COLLECTIONS! I?terior Merchants and Planters having no ?ecure place for deputing oney, can remit to us by Express or-drf fts. We will issue certifi?es of posit, or place funds to the credit of persons who may desirej* WeT-[Feb. 6,1878. w.et t8 FROM 1492 ?O 1878 ! -:o: Sh-ooting1 CSretlleiry \ i In Rear of the Bonanza. MCET??SOI . " '.. -, .! ''?-.:>-v..--''^.;rv'^--,*T''\:J*;'" *' ."; ? AS on hand the Best Stock of LIQUORS, WINES, etc.,.-ever brouit - Edgefield; . JINCINNATI BEER, on draught, SEVEN YEAR OLD RYE WHISKEY, FRENCH BRANDY, for Medicinal purposes, CHAMPAGNE APPLE CIDER, jad in fact he can give you anything in the way of a DRINK known R. S. ANDERSON, G. S. S. C., Jan. 60,1878. tf20 ^.TJCSrXJSTjSL HOTEL, Corner Broad S? Washington Hts., *lugifsta, Ga., t . AS been thoroughly Renovated,tR?mod??ed', and''NeWly Furhishe'd/The' '-ce of the'Hotel wilt be open duri ng^thrhight, ' ?nd':??es't's "will be^re &d, or' called at any 'hour; " ' RA:TES ^ BOARB,v$!&00 g?er day. i Wir. H. WABBEN. W JNO. W. WALLACK. J 1 COTTON FOTS ANO GUANO : . . . ,Y 155 and:m--'ReynoWx St., Augusta, Ga. ? J-_:o:-1 E offer again this seajonto the Plantera of Edgefield County, the fol lowing V CELEBl?- ! K n ^ OBER S $A A^pSPHO PERUVIAN, OBER S ^MmiATED SUPER-PHOS. LIME. W. W. & CO'S, icp) PHOSPHATE for compostg. ---AND THE COTTON FOOD ! WITH or WITOUT CJTTON OPTION, at prices defying. competition. conridq?ng'Verit. nfc ? *** EVERY BRAND GUiEANTEED UP TQ STANDARD. For Circulars, giving 'dialysis, Prices, Certificates, etc., apply to our Ageata or to ourselves at jngusta, Ga. ARREN, WALLACE & 00. Feb. 5,1878,. 3 2m8 ii MUI, D. SMYT 25$ Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS? ' At Low-r Prices than eve? before sold in Augusta, and as loy/ as they can be bought in New York or elsewhere. Write for Price List. Goods carefully packed for transportation. E. D. SMYTHE &?0., Jan. 30,1878. Sm7] 258 Broad St., Augusta, ??a. BEST QUALITY HARDWARE and AGRICUL TURAL IMPJiBMEOS, MOWERS . and REAPERS. THRESH ERS, . STEAM ENGINES! LOWEST PRICES! 243 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA GRANGE WAREHOUSE REMOVED TO No. 1 Warren Bilocfr, Augusta, Ga. THE PLANTERS UNION AGENCY Continues the COTTON COMMISSION BUSINESS as heretoiore. Commission 'for SeiU?g Cotton....7..... 50c. per Bale; Stora^er Day or Month....:'........... .v.-.. ..^..perBai^, %t&S ?** mens ron GOODS PUOM^TLT Fm,z.kp. ' 1ST We haVe secured the services of Mr. A. G. LATASTE as-Bookkeeper) and GEO. C. ROBINSON as Scalesman. _Jll?l?L^fflM^^B Feb. 6,1878. 3m8] F. V. BURDKL?>: Suy't. NEW PROCESS FLOUR ! ?r. F*M ?s? HM. .?JV. WHOLESALE GROCERS, PROPRIETORS CRESCENT FLOUR MILLS, APG-PST?, CV-^L. Standard ?TnDds Flour : 4,FANCV FAMILY, DOUBLE EXTRA, EXTRA FAMILY, SUPERFINE Oar Flour made by the new process has no equal. We ,have cocsfcantly on hand fresh ground BOLTED MEAL, PEARL GRITS. STOCK MEAL, WHEAT BRAN, FINE FEED, WHEATEN GRITS, GRAHAM FLOUR. Send for Price List and New Process Circular. -, (ly8 IW STO?! AT l\To. 1, Fairview St. Has just opened a Select Stock of DI?Y GOODS and NOTIONS, SHOES and BOOTS, ? BACON, LARD, HAMS, FLOUR, MEAL, RICE, SUGAR, MOLASSES, COFFEE, TEA,' SOAP, STARCH, CANNED GOODS, HARDWARE, TIN WARE, Chewing and Smoking TOBACCO, CIGARS, ?ic., &c., TOGETHER WITH A CHOICE LOT OF LIQUORS, "WINES, BEER, CIDER, And everything else in the way of a good drink. ! TAYLOR'S EXCELSIOR YEAST P0WDERS."?a tSF"l invite my friends to call and price my Goods before purchasing elsewhere. Feb. 6,1*78. 1 yS) . B. ?. HI GHES. AUGUSTA, GA. IS Btitl Mannfactoring complete stocks of One and Tw HORSE WAGONS, and iadetermined not to be undersold. Also SPRING WAGONS and HARNESS jf all kinds. For Prices apply by letter, or In person, to J. ll. LOW REY, Proprietor, Corner Campbell and Ellis Slieets^-AcausTA, GA. ^^30,000 Feet Hard Lumber Wanted. / Feb. 6, us TWEEDYS' MONUMENTAL MII^INERY"'^ FANCY GOODS ESTABLISHMENT ? Urge and Select Stock of Fashionable Millinery Alweys on Iiand. - TlHE Large-it Stock of ZEPHYR Sooth of tho Potomac, nt 15 cts. por ounce. ?L GERMANTOWN WOOL, in all colors. at"12* cts. per ounce. Mail Orders, I er ounce extra, fnr Postage. Sewing Machino NEEDLES, OLL SHUTTLES an LTTACHMENTS for all Machines; Piice of NEEDLES: ? for 25 conts, 30 * Bi- All m*U ordors prepaid- CELLULOID, CORAL andPLATED GOLD?f.B: LRY in gre?tv varley. SILVER PERFORATED CARD BOARD 50 cents eet-BLACK; WHITE abd COLORED, 10 cents a Sheet. ?SCRAP PICTURE cents. An endless varie'ty of MOTTOES^. MOT-EO FRAMES i> ocnte oach an i enormous Stock of NOTIONS too numerous to mention. A. J.^WlEE?lt,- ' orS?;:tm- - Sm?) Oposit? Centr?t Motet/AUGWSTAj ^^