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toe report ol the ! to the conduct MKHMUH postponed till next HHHHHHHBii-- Envin, to raHj^^HBffH^^RH^HmristS,,. w^? ave es* BBHgn^Hpboiuaii^. to-uigut, to iii Columbia and to was adopted. HB^SHHj^H^BHrequire Circuit Juges to j 9B9BUHHnKts was wade the special ^nHHH^S^^Bonsideration of a joint BnnB|HBHKe a commission to in-; ^raB^HHKMj^^Bdebtedness of the State,1 KKBjflSBwBfflHtuvned. HHHn "SENATE. |KTCB9Ly, May 21, 187 T. SB^^HEBhSH met 7.3D p. in. ... l-.;il .....t. .rvtn.l !,, ito k/m nao hw fflEBe introduced a resolution to j ^HHhe phosphate matters. (HH motions for adjournment had ; Bj^B>r,evions]y, in consequence of sffiftness -of the gas light-, and i ^^B*featcd, but the majority had H^Pgusted with the light at last,! BHl to adjourn. Bf HOUSE. MB |^Huse met at 11 a. in. BBIplv bill was read a third time. : gflf resolution to raise a com mis- j [Kiveslignte the indebtedness of was read a second time, till t> p. m. when the House re d. \ Knowing were read a third time: j egatate zW public printing, or-1 m be ajut to 'the Senate with neuts; joint resolution to autho^j Be governor to effect a loan; bill' Bate the inspection and measure-! Pf timber; bill to reduce the par of I V Commissioners and their clerks;; [provide for the filling of vacancies i inty officers, (ordered to the SeDate ; intendments; joint resolution to in-' the Attorney General to inquire ertain facts connected with the iu-1 of the State in bonds of theGreeu- j BBH^Haud Columbia Railroad; joint reso-1 IBKHjlMi to require certain repairs to roof; H^^HHrence of the State House. QJBHBI to exempt certain school property BHHB^^Kalion; bill to exempt certain ; B&RflHBffi^^tfpperty from liens of jndgjOBH^^HB^^B^neud the code as to limiB5jgM|RHHBB^^uix'n sealed notes and i to liability Bfi9Bfl|RflEHRfl^^8BHPP^and $000 MB^H^DBHM^^Rueir homes just four session will embrace HgH|HHrcwecks. The two sessions will BHHjraBe make about seventy days. At X9HR|^LliHrs a day thev would get SBBHR^ftd this is enough. The LegislaSSBngjH^ properly been cutting down I^HDH and expenses, and in some they might weti cut them down they have done. They must same rule to themselves. The EflBSSBflfth cir receivingyl.200 will^1 pt do. the Leg-1 wilt fio what is right iu the GSBBh^B The most important view of this is that anything' like^selfish j BRS^BeV.' men iu official positions, tends B His!: the confidence of the people ; BfiBHBpjHpuhlic servants We want such ' ? restore 1. Don't strike a seri- j at it when we have an opportn-: I promote its restoration. InHj^H 9 m HHKariestos and the west. BSZK|H party of excursionists, consisting of j fflfflBBness mem and their families from the cities and States of the West, visHffiHl Charleston last week, and were hand BHH^Buelv entertaiued bv the Chamber of. and the citizens. The object j H^^^Ftbeir"WTsTf~w*ns to . consult with the j |B^^Rcrchants of Charleston, towards secur-' HHug a direct line of railroad connection ' HH^ between Charleston and the West, ein- j braciug the great valleys of the Missis-: Y sippf, Ohio and Tennessee Hi vers. This! Wp is the shortest route to the Atlantic from j P llio IVocf homir c?v linnrlrb.I ! shorter than that to New York. For I tifty years this scheme has been cfcer-, ished by business men and statesmen oi j -South Carolina and of the great West.! :>Ir. Calhoun urged its importance with great enthusiasm and earnestness The1 131ue Ridge Railroad was attempted to be ' built Ho connect these sections. That j lout'eh is been abandoned, but that by j As'icviJie, North Carolina, will be com-: pleled within the present year, and we _ ^^^hope that the predictions of business result may be speedily ruing the West Columbia instant, in Charleston, before Chief Justice Waite, of the Supreme Court of the United States, sitting as a Circuit Judge, with Judge Bond- the Circuit Judge foi this Circuit. The Court is thus composed of two judges. The United State? arc represented by D. T. Corbiti, his brother-in-law Stone, carpet-baggers,and Win. E. Earle, of Greenville, a scalawag The defendants, several of whom arc on trial at once, are represented bv Messrs. Leioy F. Youmaus, Theodore G Barker, of Charleston, James Aldrich A D. S. Henderson, of Aiken. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were consumed in the determination o: preliminary law points raised by the able counsel for the Jefeuse. On Friday*last the jury was completed and the evidence commenced. The jury stand six whites and six colored. Mr. George W. Williams, the well-known Charleston merchant is foreman of the jury. It looks like it will take a week or twe to try the case, and it is almost certain to go to tiie Supreme Court of the United States. Corbin has summoned a regiment oi negroes engaged in the Elleuton riots, and in the campaign last summer, whe are swearing whatever is thought necessary for conviction. Thus while South Carolina Democrats, veiling.their faces in shame and confusion, with loathiur* a'nd disgust, carpet-bagger Willard to tjie hig&est office in the State, Corbig^the carpet-bag Radical partisan, is allowed by the Government of the United States to continue a bitter political persecution, against men guilty of no crime, unless it be a crime to defend one's house and family from arson, murder and Worse crimes. We think the Legislature did wisely in passing the $270,0(10 appropriation, for the payment ot the interest on the bonded public debt, and iu raisiug a commission to investigate what bonds ought to be paid. This action was necessary to redeem the pledges of Governor Hampton aud the Democratic party, in the last election. The public faith ^ficredit ought to be preserved and sBj^bned. It is better to struggle |^9H?B^|^he public debt, than to r>.-i BflK?fi9H^HCM9^^TCnung H^BHp^PPRe- discussion of the pro IP^ofencc cr gack Jaw. We have no had an opportunity of seeing the bill j but it is noteto become law for an; i countv until it is submitted to the voter: * % j thereof. We will publish the bill s< soon as it-shall pass the Legislature. A ministerial crisis has just occtirrec i iu Franca. ]\Iarshal McMuhon, Presi ' dent of the French Republic, has change*, j his ministry, and ordered a recess fo: ] one mouth, of the Chamber of Deputies ! the; popular representative assembly o I France. The excitement in Paris anc | throughout -France is great, and then ; seems to be someduuger of revolutionary i^Jpjjges. Marshal McMahon declares 1j< ; intends to preserve peace with all nations ! But nevertheless, all*E urope watch wjtl 'extreme interest the actiohs of the government ayd people of France. Tin French Republic is considered an experiment* and the world outside of France at least, do not put much confidence ii its stability. Since our last issue no serious engage merit has occurred between the Russians and Turks. The Russians seem to be moving very slowly in both Europe ant Asia. They keep correspondents out oi their lines. They are said to have 450, 000 men on the liue of the Danube. On* report represents them as having crossed that river at one point, between Ren and Ibrail, and as having established themselves on the Turkish side. England and Austria are actively preparing for war. If they take part it will be against Russia. The slow movement o: the Russians in Europe, may be owing tc their fear of an attack on their rear by Austria. The election of Mr. Henry Mc-Iver, on Friday last, as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, gives South Carolina what she has not had on that Be neb since 18GS, a man worthy and qualified in every way to fill the important duties devolving upon.a member of that court. Maj. Meetze'and Dr. Muller have both been unwed in Columbia. Maj. Leaphart looks like a young man, and has been quite well. Neither of them have asked for leave of absence a day during the session. aud ~ Turkey, and the surrounding nations and ; ' provinces, is vastly important. The expected war has, at last, commenced in I - ' earnest, and extensive preparations are made for a successful issue. The cause and objects of this contest are exciting a ; deep interest in the world. Our news; papers are giving some attention to the subject, and the probable results of this war politically in Europe, and its com?L-<iin T't.P.. t <sf..*nc Tf k iiiurciui uuauii^ HI i?iv ?. may be interesting, at this time, to the] public community, to give some liistori-1 ' j " . . 1 ; cal account of these warring nations, and I o! the origin, progress and present status j , of these parties, and from this draw some ! f conclusions, relative to the cause and ob-' ?! jects of this ominous war. I find in Dr. Cummings "Signs of the, > Times, past, present and future," consid. erable material suited to my purpose. I _ I use some of his statements as a text, and . place my comments on them. He considers our age significant, and that the , passing events are fuffilling of prophecies, (: specially uttered by Daniel and by St. I Johu the Revelator. Dr. Cummings was a minister of an independent Church in pj London, was a profuse writer, and made i plausible hits as an interpreter of propb(1 ecy; but does not claim plenary iuspira: tion, in giving the world his views. He ' I wrote bis "Signs of the Times, in the; ! early part of 1850, and says, the year 11854 reflects on every page the scenesJ , foreshadowed 2,000 tears ago. cHe 1JW down a fundamental {(left in his applftP1^ . tion of prophecies to the occurring facts] | of their fulfillment; viz: "That God has] invariably given signs and warnings in j His word of every great and startling I epoch of His providential government; even giving precise dates, numbers and exact cycles. To prove this, he gives the chronoligical cause of Xoali and the flood; and of the captivity of the Israel- j ites and their deliverance from Egypt, embracing 4?0 years; and such like in stancies of the Jews, set forth previously in prophetic language, wherein a day! ' represents a year. The prophetic period i i of 1260 years referred to in the Scriptures, lie savs, denotes the dmaiion of j the great Apostacv, from Apostolical Christianity, which overcast the horizon 1 of the West. * j The language of Daniel, VII, 25, he j applies to the persecuting power of the Romish Kierarcli, and that it began r'<Tt Vy when Iustiuian, the Emperor, iu 532, >,ive the Pope spiritual jurisdiction, .j and civt-power; and armed it with aui thority, vith the sword, to enforce the ' rescripts aid laws of this pretended au-1 thority. H? states that the two dates, j ^ 532 and 123t bring us down to 1792, i when successive judgmeuks beg in to fall upon the Western Apostuey and the 1. Papal power. From that uate to this -: (say, about 1*52, when this book was 1; written) the Papal nations of Europe v. have been scourged, and Romanism , wasted down to a shell. TJus statement, f we think, is rather strong, and admitting I it be mainly tine, the C.itkolic world will i not allow themselves to believe it. ! We advance now to another date, bors dering more closely on the object, I had ; in view, in preparing some items of geni/eral iaform.itiqu for thu lliCL. jaotw . lar educator of the masses of the people. ;! Another prophecy of Daniel, our author | applies to the duration of the Mohametan ,1 power, which, at the time rf his writing. i: occupied the attention of many persons in relation of Eastern questions; and I add stiil more so now. This duration of "; power he puts at 2.300 years. It began ? 430 years before the birth of Christ, s. which era was the noon tide glory of the i Persian Empire, under the splendid I progress of Xerxes. Daniel is made to look along the line of centuries, to the ' epoch o? initial decay, and to predict, ' that from the date 2,300 years, its deII cadence would begin. This advancing ' period is to land us to 1S20, A. 1) , when the warring power of Mahomet.mism be> gan to take place, speedily. There seems J i to be slight discrepence in the sum total . of these dates. The facts of decadence i are given thus; in 1820, "the Annual 1 I Register," an English periodical states ; that the Ottoman Empire had reached ,; its strength, but, in the summer of the > same year, Ali Pacha revolted against the t] Sultan. In the fall the Greek insurrec ! fion broke out; the Danubnan rrovinces I revolted from the Turkish Em v. ire; and, ; in Morea, the (Jreeks destroyed ail army of 30.000 Turks. In 1827, the combined fleets of Britain, France and Russia, dei stroyed the Turco-Egyptian fleets, at the | battle of Xarvarino. In 1828, the Rus i si.ans crossed the Belcan and entered i i Adrianople, but, Constantinople was] ; saved by the influence of Western Am-i bas^adors. Servia, Wnllnchia, and Mo!-' held by Province ^^J^^^J^KTColony. Rev. Walsh, PPH^Wonsal at Constantinople in 1831,' says "within the last 20 years this city I lost more than half its population.? I Within the period mentioned 300,000 have been prematurely swept away, in tbis one city of Europe, from various causes. Two fires occured, dning Rev. Walsh's residence there, destroying 15,-1 000 houses." Our author gives these facts to support the application he makes of the prophetic words of Duuiel "the drying up of the river Euphrates." This symbolical language is to denote the gradual evaporation, or dying out of - - i__ i on a Manometauism, ?o uegiu surety m xo&v. 13at whilst this power, enabled by the crescent wastes and withers, the Russian ' 1 Eagle may not have the masque of St. Sophia, for his eyre, an itinerant court j of justice. The Turks may cease to be, Mahometan; but, they may become i Christians as a nation. The nine mil- j i lion of Eastern Christians may rise up j I from the power of the Crescent, aud betome a mighty Dynasty, in place of Ma-. : hotnetanism, aud prove a noble obstruc- j ! tion to Russian ambition. It is notice-; : able iu this author, that with the feelings j ! of the ruling class of England he has j I prejudices against the Rusian Empire, j ! He evidently wishes that Russia have no I credit for helping to diminish Mahome-j ! tanism. The echoes of history by the I J ; j tleets of the ambitious Antscrat, and the cijiel destruction of the Turkish period j r < 4 |predicted, as indicated by the pouting ^ tout of the sixth vial commenced in 1820, j a^ren the great Euphrates commenced to 1 S^nried and.is Nqssqredly taking place, and the final destruction of the ['Turkish Empire may be looked for every day as it has been since 1850. I fear1 fl>Q TVWnr line tint, hit the richt time for i K.ki\y ",w """ ~ C the end of the Turkish Empire. Turkey,! in a naval and military point of view, is ; stronger now than she was in 1820, aud for years afterwards. We will wait aud 1 watch the issue of the present gigantic war. The Doctor seems to have great j sympathy for the Jews, and thinks the{ time is near at hand for their return . to i Palestine, (lie happy home of their early I ancestry. The Doctor opines, that upon the breaking up of the Turkish power,; there would follow a general European ! war. He enumerates events to prove i hh> opinion on this point, but we will1 omit giving them here. The fill of the! great hail stones, at the opening of the ! seventh vial of the Apocalypse, he says,1 presages are invasir n of the North. The : largest) one, probably represents the I Russiau Czar, the Antocrat of all the Russias. This Great Empire seems to j refer slightly in some prophecies, and I j may be destined to send to the West aud \ i South of Europe, especially on the Pa- j | pal States .an overwhelming deluge of savage barbarians as the agents to exe-j ; cufe the judgments of God, on the guilty i 1 nations of Europe. Russia is destined ! j to play a mighty part in the last acts of1 i the world's drama and yet, not the less: guilty herself. Ezekiel points to this i portentious Empire, with no spirit of laudation. * The Doctor seemed to have I !Russia 011 the brain, and in reference to! | her, he has allowed his imagination to | | become excited. More anon. J. C. H. Local and Special. t'~ I? " ' > * * I "^o Court. See notice. i Hot aud dry Crops suffering for rain. 1 lvnights of Jericho meet to-night. The Sunday School pic-nic has been I I postponed two weeks longer. ! 'Communication from ''Youngster" j crowded out this week. ! Hard money?the money you try to j collect. Fact. j * * See notice elsewhere, of the dissolution of the firm of Lewie, Lewie & Griffith. ! t t t j Judge T. II. Cooke presides over the j court this week at Orangeburg. Mr. H. M. Gross is still very ill at his ; residence. A first-das sewing machine for sale 0111 j liberal terms. Apply at this office. ? W. D. Love comes out iu a new adver- j I tiseuicnfc. liead it. j Preaching in the Lutheran Chyrch | next Sunday in the aft< rnoon at 3 o'clock. Judge Wright will probably not bo ! impeached. Maj. D. T. Barr was iu the A'illage on [Saturday on business. J ICSiUgilO XlUJtO li HO IVUVIW wt vuv solicitorsKip of the Treasury to Chamberlain: The legislature will not adjourn before the lirst of June. It may continue all ne.\t week. MaMMBaaagaa'iiiwMifuriiMif i T Mr. Revmond and Mr. Schoenburg's! ? i pupils have a joint pic nic at Mr. Jacob; Harman's next Friday. Sheriff Drafts returned yesterday after completing the jury service for May term and found that there was to be no court. ; Dull is no name for our Village now-a- i days. The beef wagon occasionally ere- j ates a small crowd for the time being. The time is not far distant when the ^ boys and girls will make old field plums; and June apples suffer. If you owe anything at this office, v o ^ | please call or send and pay up. We 1 ~n I..,* ;0 ,i?0 U^UU iXl I llJai is viud 1*0. No Opium ! Xo Morphia or other dun- i gerous drug is contained in Or. Bull's j Baby Syrup, for the relief of Colic,' Teething, etc.* Price 25 cents. ? Mr. Rice, our Senior Editor, was in Columbia nearly all of last \^iek attending court, and is again absent this week, i consequently his department is short. j See the advertisement of Messrs. j McCreery & Co., Columbia. Call at once j and secure some of the numerous bar- j i gains. This is no humbug. Cramptou's Imperial Soap, the best; made is for sale at P. A. Hendrix's. Try ; it and you will use no other. Messrs. Jones, Davis & Boukuigbts,; of Columbia, are selling goods low down, j They are daily in receipt of something. new and tastv. Call and be convinced. | j The Baptists of Columbia spent the j day yesterday, at Meetze's mill near the j Village, ?ud enjoyed ,a pic-nic dinner.' Several of the ladies aud gentlemen vis-! ited our quiet little town. "We hope they j returned pleased with their trip. We note from our exchages in almost! every part of the State, the departure of j the once leading lights of Radicalism.! Where they expect to go, the devil only j knows. It will be seen by the notice given by ' Mr. Assmann that there will be no court! here next week. This action has been taken in consequence of the necessary j absence of Maj. Meetze in the Senate,' who is engaged iu pretty well all the cases before the court. Judge Carpenter j promises to hold an extra term during! the summer, at any time which the Bur may suggest. Those interested will, govern themselves accordingly. ?.? ? There has been another battle between : the Russians and Turks at Ardabun, in i which it is reported that the Russians were comj elled to retreat and leave the held with a loss of 300 killed and a large number wounded, while the Russian bulletin of tlie 17th claims the capture of Ardahan with sixty-guns and immense stores. Loss fifty-one killed and one hundred and eighty-five wounded. The Second Quarterly Conference of the Lexiugton aDtl Lexington Fork circuits will be held in the Methodist Church at this place, commencing on the first of June, next Friday week, and continuing until Sunday. Some pf the ablest divines will be present and excellent sermons are promised. Governor Hampton has issued a proclamation inviting all to join in humble prayer and thanksgiviug to Almighty Cod for his innumerable mercies-~an<T blessings, and to-morrow, Thursday, is fixed as the day. Surely our people have cause to observe this day. Let itr be appropriated by all. Service in the Lutheran Church at 10 o'clock, a. m. The sheriff informs us that on his travels through the different portions of the county, the wheat and oat crogs are fiue and promising. Cotton up to a good stand. Somo have chopped through. Some complaint as to stand of corn, other wise an abundant yield is promised. Everybody bard at work. Mr. W. D. Love, has, in addition to his large and well selected stock, just received a choice and fresu lot of goods which he offers at prices to suit these hard times. Mr. G. A. Swygert, of the Fork is with him, and is always pleased to see his Lexington friends and send them away happy, which he is sure to do every time. One of the Dispatch borrowers was served right the other evening. As when he made his usual call to read it, a member of the family swore he should not and that he would tirst throw it in the tire and burn it up, and so he did. j Served him right, for he is able to pay for his own readiug. There is too much borrowing of newspapers by such frauds. Let all such remember that their reading cost something, and that they are nothing but pests to the honest people who pay their way in this world. These are the first to say, that a paper is "no count." Clear thought and vigorous action depend upon that perfect condition of system resulting from pure blood. "When symptoms provocative of dullness and inactivity present themselves, then use at once Dr. Bull's Blood Mixture. \ Mr. Jacob Gross died at his residence near this Village, on Saturday last and was buried in the family burying ground on Sunday. Mr. Gross was iu his 77th year of age. He was, and has been for the last fifty years, a consistent member of St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, and leaves us to mourn his loss, without a blemish upon his character, as naught could be said against him in hi's quiet, peaceable and inoffensive life. The services were performed by Rev. J. H. Bailey assisted by Rev. C D. Roweil. Re cue de la Mode for June has been received. This illusti*ated Fashion*' Journal is published in Paris monthly,and received here in advance of the' French edition. It contains from 60 to 70 beautiful styles, from the leading dessinateurs of Paris, and a fine colored plate each month, and each copy also contains illustrations of elegantly trimmed hats, and new forms for the milliners. ^ A certain number of these journals are imported fqv Milliners, and contain a colored bat plate. Those wishing it must order the milliners' copy. Subscription price one year $3.50; Single copies, 35 cents. New Music. We have received from the publisher, a new song and chorus entitled, "No more the bugle's stirring blast." Words by Samuel N. Mitchell, Music by Chas. E; Prior. . This piece is arranged to bq * sungSther as solo and chorous, or as a quartette?and was written expressly for Memorial Day, May 30th 1877.* The music has a graceful and flowing melody, expressive of the sentiment of the words. Price 30cts. Address, W. W. Whitney, publisher, Toledo, Oh. Mrs. Beecher's Confirmation. If success may be considered a criterion of merit, the Home Cook Book can properly be considered one of the most meritorious works published of late years. It has been wonderfully successful. Edi ^ tiou after edition has been issued, (20,000 copies) and still the demand seems to be unsatisfied. It consists - of 304 handsomely printed pages, and contains one thousand or more practical, comtuonsensc recipes which have been tried, tested and found to be "just the thing." Contributed by ladies of influence and good judgment, in Chicago and other cities ? and towns, with permission to use name. , We know of no lady of our acquaintance, who would publicly endorse a recipe, unless it was the very best she kuew. There ; could be no better guide book for that I portion of woman's kingdom which re, lates to the cuisine than the Home Cook : Book. It is on sale at all bookstores; i pi'ipe $1 50. A '"Pocket Edition" will be j sent, free, by publisher, on receipt of a two cent stamp. The following lettei ! from Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, con ; firms our good opinion: J. Fred Waggoner, Pub'r., Chicago. ? 1 Dear Sir:?As I am not keeping bouse, ' I have not an opportunity to examine the Home Cook Book as I like to examine everything I recommend. But almost by instinct an old housekeeper can form a : tolerably accnate judgment of all that is : usually found in cook books, and if you iAyill accept of^tn instinctive, estimate jof I the merits of your work, I can truthfully \ say that I am greatly pleased with it. I > ! like the recipes; most of them are familiar, some slightly different from the old, well . . i- i 1 j r 41.a :ti j estaonsnea recipes, ;iuu a iuum iuc? ?m i be improved by the change. But much : that is more important tban recipes is I found in it, with wbieb I bave been greatly j pleased and instructed. I refer to rnle; for "Dinner Etiquette," "Social ObservI ances," "Table Talk," "Bills of Fare," etc. and many other things, brought together J very skillfully and calculated to be of ; great, service to housekeepers, young and J old. liespectfullv yours, Mks. H. W. Beecher. J Mandarin, Fla., March 3d, 1377. t , . m m m ' Ex-President Grant and family have i gone to Europe. Chamberlain is back iu Columbia after j a trip up North. I i The renewal of patents being denied, ' the prices of sewing machines bave fallen 33 per cent. A machine that sold for $75 and $80 two weeks ago, can now be bought for $43 and $50. / I 1,?L! nnanfiil ;1 lnu* nfficp in LI cJ I LI UUi JU1U u *- wv? .. . New York. Nothing of old '\Soap Grease" Whittemore jet It is supposed be has gone, (if not, he will go,) the way "Ward's hogs went?hell wards. The Orangeburg News and Times has changed hands. It now belongs to tho Hook and Ladder Company of that place. , . The Floral fair at Orangeburg ou tho ] 7th, was largely attended and is pronounce! a success.