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The True Lion Law. An Act to secure landlords and persons making advances. Suction 1. lie it enacted by tlie Senalc anil House of Representatives of (lie Stale of South Carolina, now met and sitting in (Jeneral Assembly, anil by the authority of the same, 'I hat an act entitle! "An act to nmenil sections 56 anil 57, chapter 120 of the revised statutes, relative to liens on crops, npproved June 8, 1877, be and the same is hereby repealed. , Sue. '2. If any person or pfersons shulW0W' any advance or advances, either in money or supplies, to any person or persons who are employed or about to engage in the cultivation of tlio soil, the person or persons so making such advance or advances shall lie entitled to a lien on the crop which inay be made during the year upon the land in the cultivation of which the advances so made have been expended, in preference of all other liens existing or otherwise, to the extent of such advance oradvunces: /'rucidcit. An agreement in writing shall be entered into before such advance is made, to this effect, in which shall lie specified the amount ml vnuce'-i, or in which a innil sunn i>? nxe'i ucyond which llic advances, if made, from lime to time, during (lie year shall go. Skc. :J. If any person making such advances shall make an affidavit before the clerk of the coiiri of the County in which such crop is, that the person to whom such advances have been made is about to sell or dispose of his crop, or in any other way is about to defeat the lieu hereinbefore provided for, accompanied with a statement of the nine int then due. it shall ho lawfiU r*?-. the said crop, and after due notice, sell the same for cash and pay over the net proceeds thereof or so much thereof as may he necessary, in extinguishment of the amount then due : Provided, however. That if the person to whom such advances have been made shall within thirty days after such sale lias been made give notice in writing to the sheriff, accompanied with an llfHililvit Irk lli'iu nrtitikl f It'll lltrt niii.iniil r*l?i i itttti I is not justly ?hu\ Hint it then shall bo tho <l?ily of the sniiI Sheriff to hold the proceeds of such sale subject to the decision of tho court, upon an i.ssuo which shall be made up and set dawn *ror trial at the next succeeding term of the t'ourt of Common l'loas |'<?r the county in which Hie person to whom such advances have been made resides, in which the person who makes such advances shall be the actor. Sr.c. !. That the above sections shall be subjected to tho provisions of the 1'.Mowing sections of this act. Ski*. 5. That each landlord leasing lands for agricultural purposes shall have a prior and preferred lien for rent to the extent of one-third of all crop* ^aiuotl ??r? I*'to Utulit, *?* ! wilful tiblu in the same manner as liens for advances, which said lien for rent shall be valid without recording or tiling. Sue. 0. That every lien for advances and for rent, when the agreement is for more than onethird of the crop, shall be filed in the office of the Register of Mesne tfonveyance for the county in which the lienor resides, within thirty days from tho dale of the lien, and said lien for rent over one-third of the crop shall thereby be made valid ; and he shall keep an index of all such liens so filed, for each of which lie shall receive fifteen cents from the party tiling the same, and this shall be a sufficient record of the same. Sr.r. 7. That the first and third sections of this act shall he and icmain of force for one year from the ratification tlicrercof. Gov. Hampton's Tiiaiutkiis.?Columbia, Friday night, .March 1.?The debate on the Public Debt <|iicslioti to-day was somewhat more lively than hitherto, hui there is no intimation as yet when the vote will he reached. The feeling in favor of standing by the Coiisvdidation Act and the pledges of the Democratic party steadily gains ground. I know of three members of the House, whose views were heretofore claimed as doubtful- who lo-ihiv it,., ! iln.ii iiit'Mition of supporting (lie tic:. It i* certain thai, whatever .strength the opponents of the I'oiisolidation .settlement had, or may still have, is weakened l>y the extreme position taken ly tlie leaders on that side, and hy their outspoken detuincintion of Governor 11 a tit |>l <<n for being brave enough to stand by his pledges. I have heard expressions from members of the House whielt, if reported, would shock beyond measure the public sense of what is due to tin* great leader in t he campaign by which South Carolina was redeemed. 1 have heard men denounce Governor Hampton as a woubl-hc dictator, who. hut for bis untiring ctlhrts and sacrifices, would not now be enjoying the right of freemen, much less of legislators. Hut this class of men, fortunately for the State, form but a small minority. and their utterances meet with as little sympathy from the majority as from the mass of constituent* whom they misrepresent. The denunciations of the Governor in the House have, so far, been confined to private conversations ; hut the sentiments of the leaders of the movement are well enough known to drive away from them many who might support the report of the Commission on the narrow ground of a supposed economy. Their eyes, however, have now been opened, and tliey see that the reopening of the Consolidation settlement means the overthrow of Hampton and the probable defeat of the Democratic party in tlie next campaign. Gen. Gary holds the unenviable position of mouthpiece for this faction in the Senate, and to-day delivered a speech in which a foul attack was made upon the Governor, lie declared, in substance. that Hampton bad violated the obliga nous ui i lie oince 01 novernor i>y trying lo iot>J>v his measures through the Legislature. liy the use of his personal influence, an<l ha<l thus established a precedent never before descended 10 by any (Sovernor of South Carolina. The verilict of the grateful people of the Stato, as between Governor Hampton an?l the senator who has chosen to arraign him in so shamful ami ungenerous a style, is a foregone contusion. m Peace not Certain Yet. The /)oih/e for u JIimso- 'Turkish Alliance. Onh/ n Hirer Intervene,i?l.'ln/ln n-l.i WnrhKe /'repartition*? 'The Conference I'rn/eel u Tniliire. I.ommiv, Fcbtuary ?*.?A dispatch from I'era savs: "The pretended struggle over pcjce conditions i> merely a cloak for llusso-Turkisli :i 1 - IJHIIll'. ?? I i I fmil.iuv illlilll^U JUOIl'Utorates over Turkey." The lines of the two armies at Sanstcfara are only separated l>y a small river. Othecru ami men fraternize. The situation is not regarded in London as improving. Kngland has ordered the manufacture of eight hundred torpedoes.- ? Wurlikc preparations arc causing great excitement ; in seine i|imrlers war is considered inevitable, unless Kuasia modifies her demands. The situation in llcrlin and Vienna also, is viewed us critical. It is believed the Conference project has failed. Loniiox, February i!S.?The Governmcut has announced in Parliament this afternoon that the condition in the Last at present was one of suspended hostilities. Government hoped that war was ended, but it was passible that hostili- ' ties might he tenewed. Sir Stafford N'orthcote said the terms of peace were unknown to the F.nglish Government, but if they proved to be j injurious to Fnglatid, the Government would i take proper steps to protect its rights. The members arc anxious to have the "codify | era step to the front and make themselves 1 known. Only d7 have reported thus tar. and it [ is impossible to proceed to business with less < fh.in ft hundred.?Rfphtn. - 1 1 ' I - . ' . 1 --i-J L <?hc (H'lrrhlL! ilnion tiniest' It. M. STOKES, Editor. "*'J Onion, fkiday. maiu;ii ?. is7?r TERMS Uf' 8UBSCUIJM10N. ' 1 Copy, oiiu yi-ur, m advanck, 2 C?|>it'4 oiiu your," " 3.7ft ft " ' " " " (t.V) JO " ' " " 15JJO 81.00 Obituary Notices of ten lines or less, inserted free. " " over ten lines, charged as Advertiseuientr. Fiesh Fish. Don't forget thai W. II. Davis 1ms tlie finest fresh Shad and other fish every Tuesday ntni Saturday morning. p * The Cotton Market. ^ The receipts have fallen oil" comTiderably llie past week. Only 50 bales have Ijoeti sold in this market, at somewhat lower prices. We quote . ?? Torrible Storm in Piokona. The Keowee Courier tells ot a ties! ructire storm of wind, bail, rain, tburidcr and lightning, which visited portions of that County on the 27th ult. It blow down residences, kitchens, stables, barns, corn cribs, fences, and made sad havoc with almost everything else in its track. We call llio attention of our readers to the I.icu Law which tve publish this week. It is the law as it passed the legislature. The law we published last week weeutfrom the Spartanburg HrruU, which is edited by the Clerk of the Senate, and we supposed if any one knew what law had been passed he was the man. No doubt those having charge of the paper while he is attending to the duties of his office, in Columbia, inserted the hill that was first introduced in the Legislature, and not the law as it was finally lDKsrtl # ? A Colorod Girl Badly Burnod. On Sunday morning last, as a colored girl in this town, named Carrie Anderson, nged about lt?, was sitting in front of the tire, reading, her clothes caught fire from a spark. She became frightened, rushed from the room and ran ncross an open passage to the room of a crippled old colored woman. The wind was baid, and ns.shc crossed the passage it fanned the fire to a roaring blaze, which had reached above the girl's bead when she got to the old woman's room, and before it could he extinguished, nearly all her clothes were burned oft". She is dreadfully burned and is suft'ering great agony; but it is hoped her injuries will not prove fatal. Speights' Daily Newspaper. \N e have received the first number of n paper published at Greenville, under the above heading. It is a racy, newsy ami well gotten up paper, as any paper must be that Si'kiuiits has anything to do with. Greenville owes much to Speights, lie, more than any other man or set of men, has given prominence to the 'Mountain t'iiy" and helped to build it up. There's 110 mistaking bis political opinions. In the campaign of 1H7C?. the Greenville AVira. of which lie was then ivlitor, was the most fearless and influential straight-out paper in the Staje.? uracilMliU IllUSI jriYW r?rr.Hiii I.I w mu ia juau; iluc hint?ii handsome patronage to his AV?\?I'-'V-r. ? A Fatal Difficulty. A difficulty occurred last Friday. on Col. Unfit. IValy, Sr's. nlnntuti >ii, between Mr. ilofit Clark, t'nl. llcaty's .Manager, an>l (lilvs Thompson, a colored man, i;i which the latter was shot ami instantly killed. The ilifliculty occurred, according to l!ie testiuiuiiy of a colored man, named Sambo llealy, at the Coroner's inquest, and who was the only witness present, as follows : Sautfio and l'lark were plowing together in the morning, w hen Clark sent him t > Thompson to exchange his mule for a faster one which Thompson was driving. Thompson refused to exchange, and went to Colonel lleaty making statements injurious to Clark. At dinner they met at the horse lot, where the I'rucus occurred. Clark called Thompson to account for the alleged lies he had told Colonel lleaty, which lie denied with oaths. Clark told hint lie would not submit to any cursing at all. Thompson said he was cursing Sambo. At this juncture, so Sambo says, Clark drew his pistol and shot Thompson twice. That Sauibo's story is not the whole truth, wo have every reason to believe, for wc understand that Clark was so badly cut in tlie abdomen and other pints of his body, that he cannot fie moved from his bed, and Doctors are attending him. We, however, have not heard any statement of the it flair from Clark. ? TiikTax Uvr.?The Colombia correspondent of the Charleston Xcirs ami 1'oiirirr, gives us the following insight into the next tax levy : The committee on ways and means have been working very hard for the past week in order to got tlio supply bill ready lor presentation, btit tlio eoiiliiiuoiis presentation of now claims lias prevented tliciu from settling definitely upon the exact figures. Tlie bill will, however, in. all | robability bo presented to morrow or oil Monday, i.i order to gel it under way by the time the Public Debt matter is settled.? The lax levy will not he less than seven mills, including the two mills ed neat ion al tax, and unless new claims come in before its presentation the levy will not exceed seven and a quarter mills. This will include the interest on the publie debt; and the estiinate is made on the basis of the entire lebt, as adjusted under the Consolidation Act, leaving a margin for what maybe fundI .....I.... >I...i .... I.-......... ....... .....i . I...; .1 for the co] loci ion of (lie tax. The tax will lie col loci cd in two instalments, the first in May, noil the second in October, and tlie usual penally for delinquents will be attached. WiTtinitA w vi. or Ki.in'.its.?-Cumberland, Mn.t March 1.- The Methodist Conference assembled here In-day. The following law questions, in case of the withdrawal of an elder from the Methodist Kpiseopul Church, wore derided : Mocs his authority to exercise all functions of his ollice cease ? It does. Mow shall a withdrawn Khler resume his membership in the Methodist episcopal Church? My admission on trial. My what method shall an lilder who has withdrawn from our Church he restored to his former ministerial functions? My a vote of an sfinnnf frtfiftiYnce, rr*f*rinp? his parchment*. * The Courtl'ro^^Uy at the appointed time, 1?is lion. Juds<n^B). Kershaw opened the Murcli term ot Court rjjHbis County, lust Mouday morning. Solicuj(r Hall wus also at his post, having arrived hetfrtho Saturday befbre, and prepared such coses us lie, could possibly get ready, in order that no time should be lost. The Jo^s wore,impanelled, with J. K. Mcug us Foreman of the Grand Jury. !fhe Judge delivered one of the finest charges to the Grand Jhry we have listened to in many years. In iheloiitsct he stated tluu ho thought it was only tieCessnry to charge the jury upon (their general duties ut tlmt time, as lie would .irtAke special charges to them us cases were sent to t'leut. IIis remarks upon the causes of crime and disorder in any community were forcible Shd appropriate. Idleness, lie said, was generally the bottom of all crimes. Drunkenness foil wed, and' t licit the carrying of concealed weupVu* generally ended the career of the idler and dku nkardj" cither in the Penitentiary or on tiie gallons. It was idleness and drunkenuoess tilled our Poor*Houses, for the suport of which the people wefe so heavily taxed, while the carrying of conceded weapons?so disreputable in his younger dhys?emboldened turbulent men, erased with whiskey, to commit acts of violence up?u tUoir fallow men sod disturb the peuce and harmony of Communities. So long as these pernicious practices were indulged in, so long will the capitalists and worthy citizens of other sections shun this delightful und prolific portion of our country. .He made a strong appeal to the people of ullmplascs to put these practices down by a uniteJEcondcuiuatiou of them. He also instructed thSGrand Jury to look into the mutter of Free Schools and make such suggestions as they beloved would make thu Free School system mofc cfiicicut and popular among all classes. It was no disgrace for nny one to seud a child to a School supported from thu taxes of the people, lu Charleston and other Cft ies, children of tho most respcetublc families were educated in I lie free Schools. It was the duty of all to take nu interest in the Free Schools of our State; and he hoped to sec the time when a Free Sehool of high grade was est*bhuL?^in<Tcry County. * 1 -- " "The Judge captivated all who heard his charge, while his ability, dignity and purity of character, impresses all with profound respect for him us a man and reverence for the otliec he so effectually fills. No time has been wasted in the court.? Through the tact and industry of the Solicitor the work of the Grand Jury was completed ou Tuesday at noon, and they were discharged. The fallowing cases were disposed of: The Stale vs. Douglas Wallace and I'rincu Wallace,?Grand Larceny?Stealing Cotton? Verdict, Guilty. Sentence?Dougiurs, three years, i'riuce two years, at hard labor, in the Penitentiary. ' " vs. Kissa Glenn, Victoria Glenn, Jacob Glenn and Peter Glenn.? Unlawful entry upon land alter notice. Verdict, Guilty as to Kissa, Victoria and Jacob ; nut guilty us to Peter. Senteuce, one week in County Jail. vs. Wade Hampton. Poisoning Horses. Mistrial. For the Times. To "Vox Populi." In your communication to the Timks last week, speaking to the present Grand Jury, you say : ' Our t>e 'pie are n<>t prepared to see anything like the following, which appeared in the pro SIMM mem <>i me nisi iiraim jury : The roads ami Bridges are not in as good condition as we wouKl like to tiiid them ; yet, it poll inquiry we tiii'l lliat the overseers and hands have rendered the services tor the nuinhcr of days in each year required by the law.' No, (lentlemon, you cannot afford to stultify yourselves so far as to embody anything so false in your Presentment. It is your duty to rentier a fair and clear record, one which will bear the scrutiny of the honest citizen?not one smirched by the dirty hand of favoritism." Now, sir, as a member of "the last Grand Jury," 1 consider your remarks not only uncalled for. hut very offensive, and 1 must ask of you to explain what you mean by the hist paragraph. I cannot believe you really considered the force of the words you used, when you implied that the members of the last Grand Jury srtiu'.f'd themselves and told a falsehood in their Presentment. Do you mean to .?</// that our Presentment was smirched, as you call it, by favoritism towards any individual? If you really mean what you say, 1, fur one,?and I believe I can safely say the same of all tlio rest of the Grand Jurors ?must tell you that all the false hood uiul uticlcannesa lie at your own door.? From your own statement I am satisfied thntyuii have not formed your opinion of our action, in the "impenetrable secrecy of the Jury room," from any member of that body. No juryman of that panel would so far violate the sacred oath he took, as to divulge the secrets of the jury room ; and 1 am certain not one of ihcni would so grossly misrepresent and insult his fellow jurors, as to say they stultified themselves by making a false Presentment, "smirched by the dirty hands of favoritism." IIayks Witiioi't a I * \ it tv. ? The Washington correspondent of the New York Tunc* says it must be stated as a fact beyond dispute or question that Mr. Hayes lias less influence with Congress than any one of a score or more of senators ar.il represcnattves. lie has, in Washington, at least, no party, lie is utterly without a personal following. It is no exaggeration to saythat the present occupant of the White House has less power in the nation than had any of the men who have gone before him. If it was in.... i.i i .. .1... r i....^ ?i- , i.? ,i.?i U'lHH IJ UJ I in: UMiirui j VM IIM VI laiuviav unit tlie oflicc of President should, toall intents nn<l purposes, morcly a clerical one, tlien Mr. Mayes is indeed the first Chief Magistrate who lias i ever fully appreciated the insignificance of the duties which belong to the position. lloMicinK at Black vii.t.K.?Blackville, S. February 1!>.? Mr. Julius Weishauin, aged about 'J- years, was killed by (I. \V. Cain, two miles from here last night, near midnight. Cause J said to he intimacy with Cain's sister. Cain surrendered immediately to the authorities. The Coroner is now investigating the affair. WtsiiisTiTos, 1>. C. Feb. 'j:?.?Thomas I'. Cheney, superintendent of New Kngland Postal Service, is under complicated charges including certification jf vouchers for services never rendered. And thai is in the "loiF' State of Maine. Mot like nr>diM!i?m in South Carolina. The Bond QuestionMR. SIIAND'SSI'VECU. * The discussion Upon lite question of paying tlichon Is of the State, in accordance With thcprovisions of tlie Act passed by the Radical Legislature in 187.}, cotiiiiiotily known as the cotisoli* daiion Act, which required all S'ate Upuds? old and new?to be funded at fifty cents on the dollar, is getting quite excited in the legislature. The Act then passed was called "An Act to reduce the Volume of the public debt," ami embraced all outstanding bonds. Under that Act nearly the whole of the Bondholders funded the bunds iti their possession, and nccepted "consolidation" bonds for half their amount.? At the last session of the Legislature a Commission was created to investigate the bonded debt of the State, mid that commission reported to the present session that a number of fraudulent or unlawful bonds had been funded, and left it for tlio legislature to decide whether, after the State debt had been reduced ~>0 edits on the dollar, it should bo further reduced by refusing to pay the funded bonds tainted with fraud. Wc confess our ignorance upon the matter until a full discussion the wliolo subject, by the members of legislature, brought all the point* betoro us ; but wo were strongly inclined) to believe that it would not be repudiation to refuse to pay bonds issued in fraud, sold to innocent purchasers, even with the great Seal of the State upon them, and afterwards funded by those purchasers at ouc-Lu'.f their original face value. The political plea is raised, that the Itadical Legislatures and officials who perpetrated those frauds were not the true representatives of the Tax payers of the State; but. that pica cannot be allowed. They nevertheless occupied the relation of lawful agents of the State ami the State was bound for all their contracts as strongly as a business firm is bound for the contracts of it-recognized Agent or Agents. In either case, if the Agents make bad contracts in I lie name and under the seal of the parties for whom they act, (hose contracts are good in law and morals against the latter, and refusal to pay i...... n ,i; I1IVIII IO I IVil. ?N(r true StmttT%'arolinian will~uWftc to'*Scfi the fair name of his dear ohl abused State dishonored l>y the stain of repudiation, in any form. Our agents ? for such, most assuredly the Radical Legislature and officials were?vile and treacherous as they acted?used the great seal of the State of South Carolina under which to practice most infamous ami oppressive frauds upon the people who nloue could pay the taxes, hut wo cannot believe, now that the honest taxpayers have control of the State government, they will disgrace the Stato by dishonoring her signet?the grout seal. We look upon it in two lights, viz; a debt of honornml a debt which the State is bound to pay. In order that our readers may mate readily understand the matter, we append the following synopsis of a very able speech delivered before ihe Legislature, by their Representative, R. \V. Sluiml, Ksij. : Mr. Shatid, of Union, followed Mr. Hemphill is; a masterly speech iu favor of the consolidation act. After a short introduction to the subject, Mr. Sliao I proceeded by reciting numerous facts and statistics to show that it would save the State several millions of dollars by adhering n the settlement eifeatcd by the consolidation act. lie said this compromise was made to prevent the State from going into voluntary bankruptcy. lie said he hcid that a State could go into banruptcy ; then went on locxplaiu why the creditors of the State had consented to make such a compromise as would ensure thom fifty cents on each dollar of the bonds which tliey held tis obligations against the State. So long as a man is solvent he pays all undisputed debts, hut when a man is insolvent it is then that lie has to make compromises with his creditors. It is only in this way that he can regain his solvency. Mr. Shu ml read resolutions which were adopted at a public meeting at Union in ISO'.), in which the people of that county declared to the world that it was their determination not to pay any debts made by the Radical State government. He commented on these resolutions at great length. I am informed, lie said, that a very i:irgu [in?|iuni?ju ?m iiiu ihiii<i* which I'uinc under llie provisions of tlie consolidation act are lielil by people in South Carolina. Mr. Coit here interrupted him by saying that lie ili'l think such was really the fact. Mr Shan I said he bad been so informed. lie continmd by saying that i!;c members who ha<l spoken on the opposite side had failed tooccupy debatable grounds. It is no use for gentlemen to get up hero ami tell us about the frauds which were committed during thedays of Radical misrule. No one will Icny these, but we are bound by the consolidation Adjust tho same as if there was an honest govern::.out in tho State at that time. At this junction, Mr. Pope nske 1 leave of Mr. Shand to be allowed to make a motion to take a recess. Mr. Shand consented and the motion was put and agreed to. Satchdav, March P.. Mr. Shand said that when he closed yesterday, he was showing how perfectly well our people knew of all the frauds recalled to mind in the report of the bond commission. Knowing these frauds the Legislature had directed her olticials to receive those irregulai bonds and issue in exchange therefor consolidation bonds at the rale of tiliy cents on the dollar. And the question at issue is, whether the consolidation bonds under these circumstances bind us in honor and hi law. Upon this ground alone can there be any useful debate. Look at section 1 of the act to reduce the volume of the public debt. It enumerates by description and by figures, the bonds which the Slate officers are to receive in exchange for consolidation bonds, and the (General Assembly then knew of all the frauds. For instance, the bond commission show how !>2,OIHt.OOIl of bonds were issued under act of All gust lSt.H, while only one was authorized. 5> "? "?<M" K? were withdrawn, leaving S1,lo(),0(K) outstanding. Coventor Moses, in his message which recommended the passage of the cousolidalion act, mentions the same thing, ami shows that of Ihe ^ 1,1 ">(',I <>! , liml heen changed into conversion bonds, leaving !?I,1U7,tttut outstanding in I heir original form. Section I of the act directs tins 5>'JV?,"00 (included with others) to he innded. 'I he commission may say that the Legislature ought not to have directed this over issue of bonds to he funded, hut they do not and cannot say (hat the Legislature did not. And yet the frauds complained of were known as well then as now. It is a prineiplc of law and common sense that it is often a fraud to allege fraud. This Legislature, in its endeavor to purge fraud, may coiiin.it as deep and as dark a fraud as South Carolina ha? e*er porpetrated. I? if not a fraud to evade * debt because its consideration was fraudulent, when the diameter ot' that consid* erntion wns l'ul'.y known to us at the time the debt wns coutraeled ? To apply it to individuals?.for it is to be hoped that we will not force our mother State to take position in the courts and before t'.ie country which we would shrink from as dishonorable in an individual?suppose my brother should forgo a note of $100 upon ine, and upon presentation 1 should pronounce it a forgery, but took it up and gave in exchange therefor my own note for $50, would it be honorable in ine to plead the original forgery as an excuse for not paying the note? And yet our Legislature proposes to plead fraud in the original bonds for which the consolidated bonds were issued, when that fraud was known to them at the time that the issue was made and her ollicials were ordered to receive them. This surely would be a fraud committed by us. Following out tlie line of argument, going to show a necessity in December, 187H, for a compromise, it was a further necessity to make these bonds A legally himlingcontraet enforceable in the courts, for the State's faith and credit wero very low. If it be possible for a Stale to make such n con tract, it is possible that this is so made, for this effect was to give them currency through thfi power to enforce payment in the cottrtSj and iu-' dependent of the Legislature. The first section validates all the irregular and fraudulent bondsr if any validation can be effectual ; for it orders tlicin to be received and new bonds issued there* for. If fraud is so permeating that the Legislating nMK7:i CQilULiiQt validate t hose fraudulent > NMM00^MM1rf^|fnnature cannot, an.I if thftl I.cgislfttbre cannot, then th? value which the public will put upon the bondd named in schedule 5 will depend upon the public confidence in the accuracy of the commission. If not validated in 1878,and the possibility of errors in schedule 5, with the right of the Legislature to disregard validations, will affect the market value of the whole lot. After paying a high compliment to the commission and their work, lie said they were still mortals, and might err. As the Supreme Court of the United States say the bonds on their face i rpart a compliance .with thctcrmsof the act, t tic purchaser is bound to 1 ink no further. Otherwise they could not sell in Chicago or New Yo:k or London, only in Columbia mid Lexington and Sumter. He said ho did not intend to cover the whole ground ; he only meant to enforce certain views of his own, not yet fully presented, and he would conclude with a few remarks about the demand of the people. The people were like their representatives ; first ideas upon every subject arc crude. The true test is, not what do the people now think, but what will they justify upon mature deliberation if the people demand what is wrtiftg'in itself the Legislature should not listen. Had the Legislature in 18(17 listened to the voice of the majority of the people, they would have passed an act repudiating every debt in South Carolina, so that everybody would start fresh and even. Hut it was wrong, just as now a refusal to stand by the consolidation net would he uimn/. n.wl ll.? I I..I... .1:1 . I 1 K. f> VII^, iitci IIV liVKioiuiiire ui<i 1101 ncu'i. J uday the people will say she did right. The slrongest argument that we have read in favor of throwing out those bonds funded under the Act of 1S73, supposed to be tainted with fraud, is that tho consolidation Act was based upon repudiation, for by it "the fraudulent dollars, which were worth nothing and without consideration, were made worth fifty cents; the good dollars, which every consideration of honor and political wisdom required us to pay in full, were scaled to the time of fifty cents." Presentment of the Grand Jury. Mahcii Tkkm, 1H7H. Tub Statu of Sm tii Carolina ^ Coi'STY or Union. i Ti the Hon. J II. KR IIS IIA IK, Presiding Judge : The (Irani Jury would respectfully report as follows : We example I the Public Buildings And find* tin: *f a 11. iu had condition?needing repairs generally ? and we would recommend that the necessary repairs he made, and of a substantial nature. Tho Court House is in very good condition. tub im iu.tr omens The Sheriff's, Clerk's, Probate Judge's, Auditor's, County Commissioners' School Commissioner's and Treasurer's Offices, seem to he neatly and well kept. The books and Papers are in good condition. The Probate Judge's needs anew desk and wo recommend that the same be furnished by the County Commissi oners. tilt: POOR IIOISF. We find the Poor Mouse in good condition. Tho inmates arc carefully and properly provided for, and the Superinlcdent seems to manage the Farm well, and to discharge the duties belong* ing to his position trial jt'sticks TIlC following Trial -I n?il -l im/iu T I.iln* Jasper (i'lbbcs, T. J. Orr, S. S. Stokes, ('. 15.. Hobo, T. M. Liltlejolin, Thomas Comer, It. It. Foster ami I>. Johnson, Jr., have produced tlieii>boohs for examination, anil we arc glad to no-* lice a docided improvement in their olliccs. I.ICKSSKS The (iraml Jury have considered the application for License of J. II. Sims, for retailing Spiritous Liquors, ami recommend thai the same be granted him, upon his entering into. DoikI, &c., as is required by law. We havo agreed to fix the License Fee at two hundred dollars per year. ("Of STY VINASCKS In regard to the Finances of the County, we find that the Treasurer has been prompt in his * Collections, urn! that the same has been applied by the County Commissioners to the various purposes for which it was levied. We are informed by the County Commissioners that tbo debt of the County is about That they have applied to the Legislature for relief in regard totho payment of (ho .same. They are of opinion that they can greatly reduce the debt during the present year l?i m in vfiu.i w Tlic Grand Jury have been Informed tlint a large scope of country lying In Pinckney and Sinliic Townships is about seven and a half miles from nay of the l'lildic Schools. There arc Inil very few \ilijte children in this section - not siilliciotit to make a School and we would respectfully call the attention of the School Commissioner to the above fact, and ask that the matter have his attention. We herewith file the Kcjiort of the School Conimissiner an I call the attention of the Court . thereto. lilt: tin\ns j The lloads are in had condition, and we would t siigeeM to the (>mifiii?ioners of the County