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VBHHHKHHHHiBnHinBHHH ^ VHHHHHHHHIHHHHHH \ YOL. 7. LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1877. ??am THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH [ IS PUBLISHED EVERY 'WEDNESDAY, By Godfrey M. Harmon, i LEXINGTON C. H., S. C. r j H. W. EICE and G. 31. HABMAN, Editors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy one year. S2.00 " " six months 1.00: " " throe months 50 i A GOOD ADVERTISING MEDIUM. I RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate ^ti one dollar per square of one inch space for i ?rst insertion, and fifty cents per square for 'each subseiuent insertion. Liberal contracts made with those wishing : to, advertise for three, six or twelve months. Carriage notices inserted free. Obituaries over ten lines charged for at regu- j lar advertising rates. Alt-ftemittancesand Subscriptions, together with all Business Letters for the Dispatch, .should be addressed to > . G. M. 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Patients su.Teri^foripa.reJrojp^'"Hi j the* en Hons diwace* of-fno-T.^ngs,"**ai?er [ / trying different remedies, spending thou/ sands of dollars in traveling and doctor- : I ing, have, by the use of a few bottles, j T entirely recovered their health. j j* "WON'T GO TO FLORIDA." New York. August 30,1872. DR. TUTTt Dear Sir .-?When in Aikon, last winter. I used your ! Expectorant f>?r my cough, and realized more benefit ; t. from it than anything 1 ever took. I am so well that j . ' X will not go to Florida next winter as I intended. \ -* Send me one dozen bottles, by express, for some friends. ALFRED CUSHIXG, 1 fM TTT?.? C'.ft.' J Boston, January 11,1874.. j t This certifies that I h^ve recommended the use of j "Dr. Tutt's Expectorant for diseases of the lungs j for the past two years, and to my knowledge many _ bottles have been used by my patients with the hap- i _ piest results. In two cases where it was thought confirmed consumption had taken place the Expectorant effected a cure. R. H. 8PR4.GXTE, SIR. " We can not speak too highly of Dr. Tutt'S Ex" pectorant, and for the sake of suffering humanity . S hope it may become more generally known."?Chris- i TJAX AbVOCATK. Sold l>y Druggists. Price SI.00 t Jan 31~ly j ^ Revue De La Mode, ;1 The Cheapest and. Best jc Fashion Journal. h GIVES over 1,C00 useful illustrations, 200 | <j Patterns, and 12 large highly Colored j. Steel ENGRAVINGS yearly. Published Monthly at S3.50 a year. Address. 11S. T. TAYLOR, !, 816 Broadway, New York, j ' THE GREAT j\ Conservative Paper ! t The Charleston News and Cou- j ^ rier, \ daily, tri-weekly, and weekly. | j PUBLISHED BY ! RIORDAN, DAWSON & CO. j t Office No. 19 Broad Street, i: CHARLESTON, S. C. ! The Daily News lor ?D3 year $10.00 ' Tri-weekly News for one year 5.00 , t Weekly News for one year 2.00 j r The Charleston News is the leading Demo- j J cratic Journal of this State, and has a large r circulation in the Southern States. Adver-I. tiding inserted at liberal rates. ' j k THE EDITOR. BY QUILBDRIVER. The editor who wHls to' please, Must humbly crawl upon his kn^es, And kiss the hand that beats; Or if he dare attempt to walk, Must toe the j^iark that others chalk, And cringe to all that meet him. Says one, your subjects are too grave? Too much morality you have? Too much about religion; Give me some witch or wizard tales, -1 - ? A J ?" Art/1 flrtrtlrtft HllU blip'SUUU gUUOltO, tVILJLL UUO UUU OUftiOO Or feathers like a pigeon. I love to read, another cries, Those monstrous fashionable lies? In other words, those, novels, Composed of kings and queens and lords, Of border wars and Gothic hordes, That used to live in hovels. No?no, cries one, we've had enough Of such confounded lovesick stuff, To craze the fair creation; > Give us some recent foreign news, Of Russians, Turks, the Greeks and Jews, Or iiny other nation. The man of drilled scholastic lore, Would like to see a little more In scraps of Greek or Latiu; The merchants rather have the price Of Southern indigo and rice, Or India silk or satin. Another cries, I want more fun, A witty anecdote or pun, A rebus or a riddle; Some long for missionary news, And some?of worldly, carnal views? Would rather hear a fiddle. rhe critic, too, of classic skill, Must dip in gall his gander quill, And scrawl against the paper; 3f all the literary fools, Bred in our colleges and schools, He cuts the silliest caper. Another cries. I want to see jumblecLup variety? Variety in all things; 1 miscellaneous, hodge-podge print, Composed, I only give the hint, Of multifarious small things? ! want some marriage news, says Miss, !t constitutes my highest bliss, To hear of weddings plenty; ?or in a time of general rain sone suffer from a drought, 'tis plain; At least not one in twenty. ' want to hear of death, says one, )f people totally undone, By losses, fire or fever; Lnother answers, full as wise, fd rather have the fall and rise Of raccoon skins and beaver. lome signify a secret wish tor now and then a savory dish nofities to suit them: r Jut here we rest with perfect ease, ^or should they swear the moon was cheese, We never should dispute them. )r grave or humorous, wild or tame, jofty or low, 'tis all the same, Too haughty or too humble; imd evgry editorial wight las naught to do but what is right, And let the grumbler grumble. Oppression in Turkey. A lecturer on the "Eastern Qouestion" ays that in 1709 the Turks first came j uto contact with the Russians under | 5eter the Great, and since then, owing J o the jealousies of other nations, the j Eastern question has been a political | >ne. In 1829 the nation which had j vrested Constantinople from Christen- j torn and penetrated to Vienna was | nought before a court of justice and j tound over to keep the peace. She was I ;ept in order by a foreign police. Five j tundred years have shown that the j Turks cannot be amalgamated with any j lation not professing their own religion. | The Bulgarians and the Hungarians! vere originally peoples just as distinct, \ >ut have shown themselves capable of j leing molded and mollified. In -so speak- j ng the lecturer did not refer to tile. Turks who speak French and dress in he latest fashion, but to the mass. The Turkish women are illiterate, and have 10 home circle. Turkey must not be udged by what is*>ceu in Constantinople, j There, before the foreign ambassadors and ministers, they do not show their I hand. The country is the place in which j to judge of Turkish rule, and there the-: | Christian bows down in terror. The J bankers and merchants and productive population of Turkey iu Europe are i Christians. Christians till the ground j and Turks collect the profit. For all ^oppression in the interior there is no | redress. Occasionally the magistrate 'deigns to say iu explanation of sortf? | enormity greater than usual that it was j "by mistake," but that is all. The out: < ! cry in Europe after the .Bulgarian atrocities caused the government to hang a i few unimportant wretches, but those really to blame, who were the high generals of the army, have been promoted i for their work. In regard to what should i become of the Turks in case of a Christ i tian conquest, the lecturer said: "Let them stay and let European Turkey be 1 governed by the people who inhabit it i Turks can live among Christians without oppression. Christians cannot live sov among Turks." ? ! ' } i Social Wine Drinking. ^ ? -V tt/tn y* * \ ] i At an Episcopal convention-a discus-, j sion on Temperance brought up thewinev ( | question. A part of the clergy advocated ^ | its entire disuse, and a part took the j other side. At length an influential cleri I gyman rose and made an argument in . i favor of wine, denouncing the radical re| formers for attempting to banish this j | token of hospitality from us. When he ; had resumed his seat, a layman, trembliug with emotion, rose, and asked if it was allowable for him to speak. The . chair having signified that he would be ' heard, he said: "Mr. Moderator, it is not my purpose in rising, to answer to the learned argu- ^ ment you have just listened to. My ob- ^ jection is more humble, and I hope more' ^ practical. 1 once knew a latter in mod- ^ erate circumstances who was at much in- ^ convenience to educate a beloved son at ( college. Here this son became dissipa ted, but after he graduated and re- j turned to his father, the influence of ' i home, acting upon a generous nature, J ( actually reformed him. The father was ovei^oyed at the prospect that his cherished hopes of other days were still to be realized. Several years passed, when the young! t man, having completed his professional, study, and being about to leave his father for the purpose of establishing himself in business, he was invited to ? s dine with a neighboring clergyman distinguisbed for his hospitality and social qualities. At this dinner wine was intro- j. duced, and offered to this young man, and refused, pressed on him, and again ^ refused. This was repeated, and the r young man was ridiculed for his abstinence. He was strong to overcome api petite, but couldtnot resist ridicule; b?f|j drank, and fell; and from that moment; ^ became a confirmed druukard, and long] since has found a drunkard's grave. Mr. Moderator," continued the old ^ man, with streaming eyes, "I am that j father; and it was at the table of the clergyman who has just taken his seat, ^ that his token of hospitality ruined the ^ T 1 11 L _ son l snan never cease iu uuuuiu. Legislative Proceedings. SENATE. Tuesday, May 15,1877. The House sent to the Senate; bill to * incorporate the town of Batesburg, in r the County of Lexington; bill to amend ; sectipns 55 and 56, chapter 120, of the * revised statutes, relative to liens on crops; ^ bill to prevent Clerks of Probate Courts 51 from practicing as attorneys in sucn j * couats; bill to regulate the levy and * appropriation of taxes. s The House returned, with concurrence, r Senate concurrent resolution to meet in * joint assembly on Thursday, May 17, 8 1877, for the purpose of electing seven trustees of the University of South Caro- ( lina. . 1 Keport (favorable) of Committee on ( the Judiciary on bill to declare and 1 punish fraud in the sale of produce. I On motion of Mr. Jeter, section 2 was amended in line 2 by striking out the ? word "or," and inserting in line 3 after i the word "merchant" the words "or any t other person or persons." 11 On motion of Mr. Meetze, section 2 j was further amended, by inserting after 11 the word "buying" the words "corn, rice ! or other products;" also section 3 in I line 2, by inserting after the word "cot- j ton" the words "cdrn, lice or other ' products." Postponed. Bill to incorporate the town of Batesbarg, in Lexington County, was taken p for a third reading, and, on motion of Mr. Meetze, was ordered to lie on the table. Several bills were introduced and the various committees made reports. The Senate then proceeded to the hall of the House of Kepresentatives, and went into joint assembly, and after returning to its chamber, adjourned. HOUSE. Mr. Sheppard inOTxInced a bill to authorize the Governor to appoint an additional inspector of flour in Charleston. Mr. Muller presented the report of the Treasurer of Lexington County as to sales of forfeited lands. Sundry bills introduced. .Mr. Peake, from the Committee on State House and Grounds, reported that fteroof of the State House was in bad ^fBtion^and reconunend that ^it be tvpai#d ;Wha;t the contract be Jiven to H. A. Kelley; that the committee find that the work can be done and warranted for $100; that the upper plastering is in bad condition, and recommend that it be repaired after the roof; that the State House fence should be repaired by the penitentiary convicts, and that $200 be ippropriated to buy materials. The report was recommitted, with instructions to prepare a bill. Mr. Petty, from the Committee on Education, reported that they had visited the Orphan Asylum, and found there five resident officers and nine laborers, which ;ost the State about $210 per month; that there are in the institution seventeen girls and thirty-seven* boys; that the house and grounds are well kept, :he children making reasonable progress, ind the committee perceived no lavish jxpenditure of money there; they recomnend that a few of the larger children be et out according to law, and that th' r ' lumber of officers aDd laborers be c laced. " J The appropriation bill was then taken J ip. Some amendments offered, wUch ere- s ited debate, pending which tfoihour for I he special order arrived, which was the < ilection of a Chief Justice. ^ The Senate came into tlie hall in pro:ession, and Lieutenant-Governor Simp- c on took the chair and. called the joint ^ assembly to order. The Clerk read the esolution under which the joint assem- t >ly had convened. The Lieutenant-Governor said that ive minutes would be allowed for ?ach ? lomination, and five minutes for .sach 1 econd to a nomination. Judge A. J. Willard, and Hon. W. D. i i. mt no?rynai:edi wb?n. on motion j he nominations were closed. < The vote was then taken viva voce, and esulted as follows: A. J. Willard, 86; S. 1 JcGowan, 39; W. D. Porter, 2; J. B. i Kershaw, 2; W. H. Wallace, 1. ( The Lieutenant Governor then declared j L J. Willard elected Chief Justice, and he Senate withdrew. ? The House then adjourned. < SENATE. Wednesday, May 16, 1877. j Mr. Swails, from the Committee on "nviieges ana xjiecuous, to wuum nu < eferred the contested case of Lipscomb , s. Corwin, submitted a report of the ac- | ion of the committee relative to the < aking of evidence, with the request that, is the parties to the contest have mu- j ually agreed to have said evidence taken ( >efore a referee, to be named by themielves, and the committee granted the ( equest, that the action thus taken by i he committee be approved by the Sen- j ite. Agreed to. , The report (favorable) of Committee >n Education on bill to amend an act!' ncorporating the University of South Carolina, and to establish the Normal Jniversity of South Carolina, was post- ] >oned to the next regular session. A bill to amend an act entitled "An ict to amend an act to provide for the edemption of forfeited land upon cerain conditions therein mentioned," was ( Dassed and sent to the House. A bill to declare and punish fraud in I die sale of produce was ordered to third i reading. HOUSE. The House met at 11 a. m. Prayer by Rev. A. Rude. Mr. Muller introduced o resolution that the House hereafter hold night sessions, commencing at 3 o'clock. Adopted. Mr. Orr introduced a resolution that the two Houses meet on Friday at 1 o'clock to elect an Associate Justice, j Adopted. Mr. Austin introduced a resolution that all standing committees be instructed to report on all bills and joint resolutions in the order in wtacli tney are reierred. Adopted. Messrs. H. A. Gaillard and T. S. Bruce, members newly elected from Fairfield, appeared and were sworn in. The Committee 011 Ways and Means, reported favorably on the following: Bill to regulate the disbursement of undrawn balances in State treasury; bill to limit! the liability of endorsers; also, reported unfavorably on the following, which were rejected; bill to reduce and fix the salaries of certain officers; bill to provide for the election of County Commissioners, Aqditors and Treasurers. ? ' i * MrJtKmphill, from the Conknittee on , County Offices and Officers, reported favorably on a SeifSite bill to regulate the appointment of county offices. The appropriation bill was then taken up on which Messrs. Aldricb, Simpson and Hood debated at length," pending which the House adjourned. SENATE. 1 Tunoonir \Tnv 17 1877 The committed on the judiciary, to whom was referred bill. (Honso) to abolish the office of official stenographer, recommended that it do pass, with an amendment. Mr. Meyers introduced a bill to amend an act entitled "An act to amend section 2, chapter 25, of the generaf statutes ofl! South Carolina, relative to Trial Ju^AS Concurrent resolution the houses Friday iccasioned by the iustice Willard to the position o^^PHB Iustice was agreed lo. Bill to amend an act entitled " An act iupplementary to chapter;"TL5, title 4, )art 1/ of the general statutes of South g Carolina, relating to the militia," &c., j. vas ordered to a third reading. Bill (House) to incorporate the town )f Batesburg, in the county of Lexington ^ vas ordered to a third reading. After the joint assembly at 2.35 p. m., he Senate adjourned. HOUSE. ,j Mr. Simpson introduced a bill, to pre- j ^ >cribe the mode of proving bills of the j Bank of the State tendered for taxes. '. # i i Mr. Peake, from the committee os . State House ami Grounds, submitted a , # v r # f i oifct lesolution referring to/the repairs )f the State House, roof and fence. ' I Mr. Sheppard, from the Comnjjttee of! ^ Ways and Heans, reported favorably on i bill to amend an act to supplement ( jhapter 15, general statutes, relating to ;he militia. A minority report was made on the same bill, recommending amendment. f Also reported on message of the Governor as to salaries of professors'in University, and recommended that no appropriation be made this session. On motion of Mr. Sheppard, the vote jn the bill to reduce and fix the salaries ( }f certain officers, was reconsidered, and the bill and report postponed till next session. The consideration of the appropria- 1 don bill was resumed, and Mr. Hood continued his argument. A motion, by Mr. xoumans, was idcpted, limiting the speeches on this 1 section to fifteen minutes each, and fixing the time for voting at 10 o'clock to- 1 night. Mr. Hood resumed his argument and ] was followed by Mr. R. R. Hemphill. The Senate came in, and the joint as- i sembly proceeded to elect seven trustees ' for the South Carolina University. * ThS following gentlemeif were elected: 1 Rev. E. J. Meynardie, 11 \\\ Boyd, Esq., Hon. B. F. Perry, Col. F. W.*McMaster, 1 Hon. C. H. Simonton, Col. J. D. Blan- < ding, Col. J. H. Rion. SENATE. Friday, May 18, 1877. Hon. William W&lk^H^HH^H appeared at the Presidenf^^^^^^^^^H^Hfl were read, the oath^^^^^H^^^^H aud he took his The report (favorable) tee on the judiciary on the relative to tho election Judges was mode the' speciajH^Sfl^^^^H Wednesday 1 p. m. Resolution (by 31 r. Corwin the Senate adjourn it stand ad^HHHHI^^B meet on Monday next, at 7.30 adopted. A bill to prohibit the uhaH^^^^H^H absence of certain officers from ordered to a third reading. Report (favorable) of committa^B^^^^B trenchments on bill to reduce price of dieting prisoners, was orB^HBB^HH a third reading. s^H The Honse met at 11 a. m. Rev. B. Woodfin. Mr. Myers moved to reconsidefl|^^^^Bj vote whereby the bill to reduce the salaries of certain officers was <9 H red till neet session, andto jolaoe th^Hfl^BB on' the calendar. Agreed >o. Bill to forther reduce and fix the ber and regnlate the pay of attache^H^^HB the General Assembly passed its t^^B^HH reading, and was sent to the Senate amendments. flB^K^B A bill to make appropriations to salaries and mileage of members, salaries of employees of General Asse^^^^^H bly, was amended and ordered to be e^HH grossed. Hj^BM The discussion of the appropriatfl^^^B bill was resumed, and after furtlu^^^^^BB bate the fifth section, whicl^^Jfi^Hj^^B ? ? uuuer cuusiueiauuu ilu lmended and passedu^B^^^^^H^^^^^^I the suni^^^^BBEB^B^mE^^^^E thereof ommission^BH^Hfl^^^^^^^^H^^^^H he present sessio^SH^^^^^flHj^^^^H embly, and until saidcu^DB^HH^^^H^H lave determined the samen^H^^^^^^^M On passing the whole bill to a tflSj^^^Hj eading, the vote was ayes 79, nays The House then took a recess huh Upon the House reassembling a., the tax bill was taken up for a seSH^H [eading. Section 1 was passed, levy fug 7* or State parposcs. Sectio'nV^aif takerT^ I evies?. mills for county parposes^^^^HH wis amended by adding a proviso lotbiDg herein contained shall pr^D|H^^H ;he levy of special county taxes low authorized by special acts in Pic^H^^fl^H Sumter, Richland and Orangeburg. II jection as amended was then passed^^H|^^| Section 3, as to the deposit of collected and the publication of moni^H^^^H statements, was passed. Section 4, which forbids the collectil^H^R ){any other tax except as specified foH^^H .he fiscal year, was amended so as to exH|^^| jept the taxes to meet the interest and^^^^J retire bonds issued by the several conn-HH^| ties in aid of railroads, and passed. Section 5, relating to poll tax and pro-^^^^H riding a punishment for non-payment by || 5ne of $5 or thirty days' imprisonment, - 1^ :vas passeu. Section 6, prescribing the kind of money in which the taxes shall be paid, . V tvas passed. Section 7, providing that the taxes ) may be paid in installments, and prescribing penalties for non-payment, was passed. Section 8, 9 and the subsequent sections, as to the forms and manner of collecting taxes, were passed, and the bill ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. - : < i The Senate then came in, and the iouses went into an election for Associate Justice. Mr. Henry McIver,tof Cheraw, was unanimously elected, receiving 129 The announcement of