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"I I 4~. ~%L~ / WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAV MORNING. DECEMBER_31, 1879. VOL.3. NO. 64. THE AGE OF GOLD. -- -0 31110 F-1.114s (lt I LL IMA N'S LEW4(TUI BkFOlkRE1 THME' UI Uf,[,ION CLsfUII. T1i Proi t-iion and lt live'V avlis of E antiSilvr-A wricr'sGrenst M11111nr. |Frol (iIh New York liurtld.j There wvas a -(.leet, gatherilg of' gv thlinenl inl (lie roois of, tle Bulli Club, No. 19 West Tweity-forti street, last evoling, to listenl to loctilre b rfso ejii i im ii, of New I laveln, Conn,, on i 8,1ibject of "Ie Are of' Gold. T. ' speaker beglan with aI declaration (11 the original solrcs of liaHolonal weal are lounld inl the vaters, (lie soils, t forests anld the iites. It, requir only1%. i hanee at the eleinleis of' phy Cal ald lmilliall exi"sIcv, said lie, reminild Iu.-; how without value 1ro I rielt-M. gifts of' tnat Ue until develop, by human)labo. We sen. by wh-1 alinost. crieature power wealth sprin out. o barreii rocks and waste watei w Ihn ma's hand, gulided by ani i telligent purpose and a stronllg w qlua'riv.s the granIlit(- and 'ships the1 il otblvak New Englng hills aild lak or. 'ir,s thec, wasted force of' gravi illu1i. h wvaterfiill nl o h o lfrldell strioal o ind- the i Ilills and itheori( Prices wNer vIy uch hligher in t w in x1et ixeeI eniturv ofX o (11,a. The rea -ml for1 this iA iuml I1I.le val' ( :.ovu-1.thu ion o of old In ser'i wic nin i oltill com'ne, h1,11i gailerl d i-omle li p rtrs of,the a cient, world olut, l voil goneld.e o'the ('br-isianl ' ra, and v;pvvial froll Gl(', anlld the onseef ills ivi ill inichs of in and all 11 col mlerce aUtending ills dli!tributionl moneyy. Every sigonal addil ionl to t stock of,the preius miehals, brong ilt,t the channilels of, collimnru. h beolle Vblow(ld bI)% ilt advawon in t prices pnaid Chr 1.lbor, hand anid * (-,() mloditicis, :al, of' course, by, gretat i dustrial activity. We oien hear 11 stinemint that gobi and silver- a solected for1. c oinal1.(! t xt Iso of lthc intriln.I - Value. This ik a mi!l bew sltillr''I t I-v 1'o-al'! h view in,readed as mnaterial sut stne,thtese ilivl. eani suipply b) e ofmouil walW4. Iron ii a Ci.-' mo tion ' t1h v it silver or gold. I the cost (o01 ob ainin.."* m ilvk (he11( -M, "Okd fi-oi the ind so ill 1 1t whi.. 111a ios iout (bIIeI e idred tilies 'I l I , for -,Ilver as is the 1.abor relirel-d Pi tol c'xtractvingo anld reflning- a pulnild ro, and aiotetiit I tousand ori Iuit thousand times a's inel iFr gotd. wn.vr IS MrOxEY? wDTImk nlotes, ein-,que -, hills of, e: eballge, fotes f hand and oI hert (hi'll olf'el Awri a mIlos' conveli.I n-t subs tutle for ino%\ butthe aro mi lieylil, 11ny Inloie thanl the IllN oI, v chalge represeniting' t(111h vahte' il o of a cg of wvihat "or cotton are 11 et susanic-hngrprusnited by 11 palerl. COin cl'es to bev loner il ysinks into he rank of bullion, i 101 le)rcial olmmod(ity-, it' its, stail da be 01amperm--1- w%ithl 01r it4 wVVi1_-htI 1i Iis]d. This whe IeMtende- fo1 t.o his disnoIy when he alt'll)ptld frae it debased coinla e upon Ithe pu l)e enn in 1t,0. 1Ivby en 1in1 s0ver-ei-gn and shilln disa p-Mared frvoml view a,s (Iuivikly as.; A SIa tteil otIn coinls vanlishi dine ui Ui 11atit wa ,tm the fi nlood of i' ir 1 verni onnt0 w'e ares it'n lhe full ti otf the icessfule peimenilof tempt'ing tolimtt ai degreinted' sily I golnge Wetvi (cir bob;liv-nOl ot' the00 ofh year ('o wi m:me(lin e i' (it'ate of ilveri( bu lio,t hs i'C oinsl str fromll whih ow mordei' lthan~0C thr que ate ofi Wnhem shnbriitly(Ol Jlthn t'inl.' irasry El hleI in-phiO i. tsinllg to 18ak, ohe t, evIidenotl of Itaiine SSIlIS whinevefwe soul II O toaie upoevn athe Leiation nthenti to'11 ce vas,r the iina intiw and o laboa, wtihe.(Aplaus A iexi deres oeat nioi' lonefr ; E is1( ounedgless to di retoxsr' elv Ctll(1i theysukar tioneie Iti lue( pIlhise.)l'Schotih we( 'pay the si homte hitor ohe Eintrl of ne to inrtaeineot 0of til eiicsi tof .top brlethe, eeat. ilbeownii byss so (eirIiousatiary tht thee~ pae were~ not01 boldnd tois Oilrbt''te b an imterlIet nd no.pedeemai eno. ie or the8b purhe iof corne dur the dsvo vr oif pent, andy orap Proah'oslveretr ofn th Trenaiu ofhether s 1) on, atllion ori pla of benetiae t 100000 )opeiin olta11 cra or Silver prodiuctiol whielh lia! extended inl geogrpiica a rea every year sice that time, carry r in the totul product ol silver Ioiml IfI Unlited States to the close of the pres lit year probably beyond $350,000, ld i0i. 01' the gross product of' thq Coinslocik lode about 410 per eCut'. i gold, a fiaet niot. always rememberem wv'heln speaking of' it as a silver beat Ml thNEwN 3MINING FIELDS. I 'L.e, stiituits given to exploratioi by. the developiienlits ink the (Comstoci lode has opened III) a vast; arva o iol ninn e is, an whN%Iil(. thuts I'aI be ihie exc.S ot vutle in the output, o at silver lits but slightly exceeded iII it vitite ot'gold annuiiiiall y sent, into Cml lierce Iroli other n-gions. the ik .ovvir ote sneh deposits aus those II S Leadville and inl Southern Utah, to i- gether with tle lar.g andi inlcieasilf to vohnnile ot'"ilver. parted frioil lead am ji. Copper ill other districts, point clear: to at growina lispropolHol ion mlavor o stiver I r ,dcttion. Evidently Aimcri at ca, both North, Souti and Centrat, i s estined to remain, Vor. ill we Can nov see, indefilitelh the largest produce of both gold nod silver. Im11portan !e riialielit additions have latelv bec l inade in the Black Hills and 'in th( 13 0(lic district. The lit ter was clearl s point.ed oil. by the speaker and ot ers Over iteen1 i years ago as at regrioll conlitai ning a systii of gold bearin 11ve4in~s of retariLkabl ricniess, huti -ihs waited) long belre it received (th lie a114ention wliuh it now alamply repays SThe -spvaker permiits hiiself to sa: that inl the 11et of tle splendid con' fir-111: i1onl ()I his predictiols aind wel imioded jud.Ilgeits at' Bodic is fon< Id a (*'ull, not to Say t riuIIphant, ref'uta. is Iou ot the calhilies of Which lie wa: ,l- [or years th!'. object. lit Oi a t'irner oceasion I had th, 1Y honior. of hI.N ing before the Bullioi ty Club the chliet' Vikets re.specting thi - gi at reserves ot' giold which are I -1h i in these banks of dep:).it, tile deel ie yiige pla.-ers of Calitoria. Sain lht. baniks thouim(gh1 they are, they will h:iion AS allI drnfts m1adc' uponl the(m, and, unll i like Imlost. linancial instiitutions, wil -pay beP!e the Inlor. thcir stock D -wakered. (lal:her. A femporar;1. ec k has; b'een~ i cin to the d nclop ir Vfromln u l" :ilative eniactIm,entI s" un '( d - iiw n 1 c%V tut t i on Ii0 i. I caIlio rni b- i.t is -ate to say that I hese ob rlkl ! :tutO:1.4 ii1t viel I to ( ho far iore impmrlanti ilnfen sks at. stako. At the uolclnion of* his address thi A Ispialer w.is wartily applauded, anll Wrolmarks werc ofl*br(ed by ProfesSol IsNoinbury, *,Ir. Sm-h-riec, and oilher:, h be t eil adjournilelint. A Gon 'lU)MITiHi:n-1N-L A'.w..-W~yl (1 11111ri-ed ille, ais a1 ice, dislike thi mlothers-inl-haw. Tho iother-inl-1avN is not responls il le for1. hier po11 ioll probably does not. adiliire it. Yet. sh< hs111 been the subject, of - coinless A u riv, myrimds of oim isive jests, and qlunitilies of' Sarcastic rhyllwes. InII( .al1 of Ihes has uter'1ed atn ellimlelit o bitt1rne.sS WVhiIh does not appear il the fribm-S Ilhat are hurtled ac the widow :uand Spinlstor. Malice is the iiispira dionl ol'the assaul1t, upon Ilhe mnollher in-law. Perhaps it is sa-va.-cry bilr ' 1 Senlsi of' detected guilt'-whiel i:is been hiidd11in I'voinl 1he too-colfidin' (i wil'o, but dle promptly by ith to penletratingf. eyvs ol* tho mlother-inl 0aw Sheo is nlot. bll(inde by 1tve Ibi the m1w an,. and( to perfeuct, clearnless () p-vision0 she( addb, anl expPrieneve wihel ii ias uiRa sea od SOll sigit, ill enlablin-1 c her to see the bolom. t hings. T bIe suire, there a'1re diversities of IothII eris-inl-hla ;t and1( it dloes happe some1 01 ti4 I nes that a wo''crth an.'md we''(ll-conduclt it ( man1.1 thidis hiimself' subject to; 11r11ealatilictioni. All t.he saints hav i _ The thorn'i in the tieshi someltimei '_ pioints the way to (celest iL joysq. i I k terrific 110 loier-in-law may1 be goot 1_01' dl'ililine. She shouldi be r'egar'd ed very (1 muci4h as5 an asetic hiri-clot: shiirt. But a goodl imotheri-ini-law is very~ti differenit peri'soni. She is~ realli ai w.ellh-spr'Iingt ofI pIlasure' to) a properl:'I 1combi11 et (4edsbai:id . She is ass'iduou01 ke ill takinlg care 0of th'i baby, anid thi ) ervicteableniess of1 her41 knowled'(l'coi (c4rn'ing tile mlost effecctivye methd 11(1 carying.i I~ thle infahnt thrlough cr'itic per4i'o'ls, the ef1'liey with wh Iichi sit diispenises par iegoi'ie, measures1'C Oil hed 1( minds of15 just men41 with Ii.en1ti ilimet ol'a(diriiatio an than (ilikfliness. Giv ethe 1mot1her-in-law. lier dlue. Cs TiiiiRY-EIG1'T (IRnAINS oF (COnN. n,~ nutisanice, and1( how.. to get rid of tIhe im- hives inl Libertv ycounty, tvhicre we v.is (ot 1Q41 ti hopst week, ai coloredQ wVomaI y ? w..ho pr1ofeCsses to talke t hem ofl'i by0som scre14't charm'l). A liltle1( nehe(w of' th writori, who had thiirty-eight of' ti .hlorny1 excresentlces on his hlandi oh calleItd on her' recenItly f'or' treaitmiein 11( Shle counted car'ef'ull'v the warits, an-i Id, secuinIg ani equail inu'mber of gri'nis c in te g'inl of('corn, caullsinig some of'th l'V largevr ones4 to bileedi. TIhese thirta ,d igh'grinsI of the "'tali of' Ilf''" wecr (>m1care4t'iIllyI preser'ivedI and4 cai'iied homn ilie by thle do4ctress8. who Iiinmd h< X- 1)t iein that11 his warits would drop1 (I inl inl 'ighlt days. On thle sevenith dai Int e4ver1y oneQ tell off', heaving thle skiin so *) a whalt did she) (1o with t he corn'l, an1 all what was it. t hat caused thle warts I (1 1id- 0o off. We canl voluch f'or the abov utilt Statemenit, Its wev have it. f'iomi the beu -hi- au1thiority'-pers'ons5 wit.h whom wV .he have been intimthe for year's-wh l in- were pr'Ceent ait the timc.-11runswic mi- ((Ga.) .Advertliser. 'as id DA,N RicE As AN EVANGELIST.--Da 01 8':. Lois, on the 20th., that 'lie ha nobeen 4onlverted(, and wvould aut onc a enter the field as anl eva:.gclist. II 1(1 has1 had.a mlt iter'vhew with Mi'. Mood3 'e who is hoh111iIin imet ings thiere, an i"I wll~ priobaly begin his niew ei 'rci' by speakIng at Mr. Moody 1( meetings, anid then Reek such fields ofl'er the best pr'ospcCts of success I as8 his now w.ork. ul- -G. WV. Car'hotoi & Co. claIm I da5 to have sold1 the en11'iormos number < he~ 185',000 co 1' o theIr "Magie Motht ho naoso mk omo." / Fighting Over the Sueetion of sa Pastor for Ge it Iteformed 11rembyteriarnCachOt rageoim 8c1ee iII a 11ollso of Worship. A special dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa., dated December 22, says: '" ( people inl this cit.y Iro in Ia fever of ex Citeient, to-day, owing to i fistictifl light. Which took place inl the, First Presbyterianl uChurch hast Iighit. Soie Weeks ago tle Colgregationl Voted foi apastor, Rtev.Nevin Woodside receiv ing 167 votes, against 116 1or the other candidates. A majority of the trits- In tees Were bitterly o)pposed to Wood side anld cIlre(C that his selection wits the result of illegal votes. A majority l to o1'he con regationl were determinedl to vel that Wvo, Io side Should be their pslitoi- v especiall its tle call was sustained by file 1'resbytery. An appeal was takeii to thme Synod, and Since then there gaI have been bitter quitiarels alliong the w members of'the church. The Wood- Ji side facition achieved it triimph over On thleir enlemlies, and Out onle occasion,th notwVithstaldilg the existenlce of ati injuctioni restrainling Woodsido from ti, preaclihig untiil (he ap1pel was decid- fotI ed, gained admissioi to t(e church by strategy, and held t.he place all dtay. but id listenled to a sermlon by the pastor u in tihe evning. lst, nighit (he quar-it rel ciil ninated in a free oight. There p Wereo r1tunors(i during thirlday that scri- th ous trouble was brewig. BotCh fa- th tionls were preseit inl force, and there an was at hlfrge attenldanme Of otid(ers, but at-tracted by tihe prospect of a row. rl The troubl began early. Woodside wanted to pretch'11, but l'iis opponents had anlother elergymanl whloml ther-% co0 wished to prachl. Both pastors waxed e lhot aid excited. The spectators gave ber veit to thir feelings inl remarks dle- 1,i1 sigied( to encoura-c their favorites. i The trustv,s and Suidaiv-sclool teac-.i ers took sides aund shouted excitedlv. lde One of the pa1irsons essaIve-1 to m11otit ,'t the rostrill, wlen he ias seized by 1a his aittagonlists and rouighly hustlei oI roin the steps. This led to a gelneral c i fi-lit. It was thickest round t-he alta, th but, all over the church were heard w soutindis of blows. Maiy of tihe wo MUn sce'(11am1ed ald filited, but some of ai the stronger-minided etiottraged the combal-anits with cheers. Two 01 three " mal"les (ook adv-antagre Of thle conion-001 to settle old scores ami1ionig theilmselves. .For a. (Inar(er of a or t hl 111 ie hattle b .1rag'ed iriously . Ileads were freeiv pillebhd, eyes were blackmned, arnll ie brokenl and wonenl knotked down. 'I'le ells aid screatils were frigil l ''lhe police were called inl, and after S0ine dillilnitV, su4cceNe i ulellin hu the riot. Seviral arress were made. H The church this inlorning preselits a" Sorry appearance. Broken reinltints 44-as gdlwbs s(rew fthe. floor. M1in books (11d libles are scatLtered it all Th dirveliols, as, if they had lieen used as re m aiis, ai1.11are qu1iantity of hit r pins and banigs hae beml gait.hiei-ed uip. Tle utmiiiost indigilatioln prevailis it chiuircb eircles. The iniatIer will be d invesliglted by the Iresbytery, anld it ik expected there will be Som1e Clerical suspensiotis. The r1il pastors were ini the thickest of' (ie fray. be be -.Mark TFAwainl is- a heartiess satirist a as well as a s.irt. of wacg. Not lot m ig he vrote to tihe I llItford Courrent tit Imlaking mlouths at the I'ostimlast.rt (enieral for ilsistlng that the nlamile of' ' at Counmy should be used0 inl aiddress"ing- "o, a leter. The other dav 'Thoimas I. lo Kirby, IM.. Key's privi'te seeretl'. replied to AIlr. Clemnils person laillkv, upbraiding him inl wilat w'as intel(ed att to be a 1'i1i nny1 nianntier for tihe growl inl plk tle (C.ourani. Now \r. Clem.1en1s, ad- del dressilgl Kirby as '"m1y callow ,rienitd," dren'ettlies himi with inik andi( p)ours a kii - wilihl <iurt, of' it (down his thrioat. "'I - was tailkiing t.o lie dlog ntot to the tatil,"' says~ Atr. Clemecns ; "'ifl steppted on thlis tail it was not. to call (lie taill's atteni- ['Pi - tion (0 anythintg, bitt ontly to direct fthe iat.t,entioin of' the( imaini body' ot' thie ani ' mal. Yon perceive tht beCing a pri- do I ValeC secretary, I wats lalkinig to thte de patmilenit, nott to yon-Its irreCsplonsible, tan ine(xpen'tsive', inl.inceessary' aippiendage." to I Ir. Clemieu-a adds t,hat wvhen he intgs a bell his bausi ness isnl't. wi(t the hell, buIt tie with the owner o,f it. Mi'. Kirby is (lit Snot (lie boot, but the bootijack ; not the m tolasses, but the bhtag of the barrel ; sol n iot the lighining, but the lighitninig-rod. A *NovEL CAs.-Juldge U. S. Ilamt- w' ~ tmind, of' the Uite(cd States Circuit Cort,l Mempihhlis, htad ab novel case ki bef'or'e himu,.1J. C. Bhir'tmghami, of tde inidictetd Ior unlawf'uhl~ly oldiig two color1ed1 girls in slave'trv. it, seem.s ic - the abholitionl of slaver'y, anid eer sinice gi (lie war hats claimeid to ownu the girls ibecause lhe owned theli' tmot.her. T1hie' e cotnducet oft lBirmtinghamn excited the (10 - indigmnatioii of' his nigirhbors~ and at an ia t heir instigation thie Untited States lhi e grnd jur'y reecnttly found an inidict- to' e mnent againist hthn. .Judge Hlammiond (h<uashmed the inidictmenut, htolding' thtt O"' i, thle act ot' Congress, whtich says that .every perlsoni who kidnaps or' cries 1)0 claway anyv other per'son, witht intenit' ali I' thmat such~ other plersont be sold lito -involuintar'y servitude or' held as .a anl e slave, shall be punished by fine or -impi'sonmenOlt, could( not apiply to anty e onie htoldinmg otr prteteniding to hoIld in tin c slavery ini this country because of' otl r slavery haviug beeni abolished. There if could 1)0 no slaves hero, and theref'oire Is y no 0one could b)e held as a slave. Th'is, sh1 "t thme Judge said, is ani offens~e niot pro s vided for by any act of Congress amid :1 not punishable by an indilctmtenit in o the Federal courts. The deendant e was discharged. e Gener'al S. L,. Wloodf'ord wvent to th4 o Louisiana and told the Democracy that lui e the stchooi house must take thie place of Cc the shot gun.-1Boston Jiournal. This wi prioves thtat thie General 1s anl .1as. How be n does lie e'xpect a mnan is golig to take M a colhueon his shoulder anid go m i hito the wVtoods to shoot a coont? H11y ,sg99 e does lhe expectt a schioql house to blowt tri e 'the head oIr' a man w%ho d(in't kowv it tai Iwas loaded? How does lie ox pect th cSenatoi' Coniklng to blush and look wt -emlbar'rassed1 at tile metiont of a school st< s house? Oht, yes; it'o a clear' case.- Wi ,s Bloston P'ost, th Ann You Srcs?--1f so1 go to your O'4 nearest d1i-ti'iist:oi"tdro, andl buy a be o box of Dr'. (1ider's Liver Pillhs. 'They tu if swill cure, you. You can~, find( themn in he irgnmbo orel yD.W 'St CAMPUCON YN TH E BADDL , ting the M14nelaine Rcady to Pun Grant t the White l1ouso. From nit( 1hiladtelphia Tiies. ['he election of Senitior J. Donah mncronl to the Chalrmanlsilip of th< publicl National Co(lu,mitteo hl1 [Ich Ileanling fin it that is obviouls t( intellignit observers of politica onts. A cotiference with Geiierr alit at I litrrisbutrg, on Monday, wl lowed )y Senator Caneron liasten bitck to Washingtonl to mar111-sil th<4 ant went of the committee in-line t< ,e him the hlighest Command ofl th<( '(y; and tie Sherinan11 followei k position ill the rear of the Grani ratns for the promotion of thi ing Penisylvattia Senator. Thert rc earlest but fitful eilbrits to or tize the committeo, In fellowshil th Blaie, lIbut the result was I terl straggling along tl- Blaim I. until thle Cont(est Wils practicatlly tdoned. Tbe elortto concentratU oppositionl to Cuicrotn oil Mr Iliamyi E. Chalndler wias a iisven, e, as should have bein knownii bc. e it was beigun. Chandler hav hing of Zaich Chandl-r about hin the ist name and a lower gradi mscrupulous partisansip; and t 0 him command of the nationa izatiizifon would have been worst it a blunder. 1Ie is bright. versatik I hatndy to h)ave about a commt11ittee the clothes of the chief Would hanl i(ulously loose on liil. 'ie selection of Setinator Cameron as rmnindicates that thle Cominlp itest is to be oe of atn dewree o: peration necessary to assure flepub n succe.-s. lIe is tld man111 who wa t to tite front to revise tite vote o; dsiatn aid Florida pfter the clec a of Tilden, and iavo. those Statei ivered to Ilayes. .1d was then Sec ry of Wa, atid it was his assur e to the Southern Rteturning Boardh he protectionl of tim bayonet tha 'ire the 111isuperab ofstacles it way of the fraud, and Hayes re rded tile Cabitnet ofluer who hal ed him after defeal, by a dismnissa I a ithotilv ott Civil Service leform lator Camieron is doubtless quit( ling to repeat the Louisinta ltlam ridat business whIenlever aum, (1t101Vr liews"sary.) to slcceed inu 1880 w Ae hiazard little inl assumting thll woni't propose to repeat it to tak( Mtch ia political waterhattl as Ilayes W0o't stop For prayners wlhon IW 11ld cUi MWOSS lots anLid throuigl an1 1 of brtmbles to Carry thie election lie do'sN wit. to be sure hat whet )1O0S wointg il t.tht railber perilow y, he won't Com11O h1ome11 sleatred knows Grat, and ie is for Gralt (te reasotn that something bette it civil service platitudes will be h Itrd if Grant is pulled through ntay preler Sherima its a secom >ice, but le is tnot gifted int devotiot 4cconld choices int ayll thitig anld Cs ilily itt polilies. vith all[ the gen) ofices whiih have ptssed betwcet nePr10n aid Blainte, he doesn't sco nelilte to let Blikine get it a positiol cre.tile muemtory of'Cineinnati migh revived unpleatsa-nd y and 11ear1full ntged. Iteadilg tohe nialtiolnall (0111 Iee by its plaitly defined actions selection of so ale ond bold a par itm of Grat as Cameron, ott thi limt issue, tmeatts that C'atnt shall b< ninated and tihit no trick shall b4 t to comttpliss his election. TU T NoVi WITNiESS.-ProsecItinl-E .)rney: "Mr. Parks, state, if yot ase, whether yOu have kitowti 'I '-ndalt, to follow anw professionl?" 'I Ie's beett professor ever sittee I'v l'rofeissor of whIat?" 'Of religioin." 'Youi don't undetrstanid me, Mr r'ks. Whait does8 he do?" '(tceneralvly ht heo pleases." 'TIelilIthe *inry, M%!r. Paurks, wvhat thi entdantt follows." b(ent ittmen of te jury, the defenId tollowis the crowd w'hona ther go ii '.Mr. Par'ks, thmis kind of prevatica nt will ntot) d otee. SNow state hov 'I sa1w him1 latst ntight support hinm f. again st a lampi ptost." 'May it pleaso5 y'our hotnor', thil.wit is hans shown a dispositiont to trifi lh the court.." htdge: "Mtr. Parks, state if yol owv athlittg iabout it, whta th 'Occupa)ti.on, dIidl you say ?" Joutnsel: "Yes, what is his occupi 'if I aintt mistaken, he occupies 3rose-e atnined: 'fMa'. Parks, I utn estand yoti to say thtat the defendi I s a ptofessor' of ' roligiott. Doe prtactlce cor'respOtt(d with htis pre ston ?" 'I tnever-hoard of atny correspotnd 30 01r letters passing botwcett thtem. 'You said somhintug about his proc tsity for dirinking.' Dosedrn 'No, I think ho drinks as easy a y tnatn I ever saw ." 'Otno more question, Mr. Parks mn have known the defotndatnt a lon to; whtat ate his habits-looso o erwisoe?" 'The one he's got ott now, I thitn1 ather tight under the armse, and to, >rt waisted for the fashion." 'Yout can tako your seat, Mr SENATFop YANCE PANCING AJLL NIGH'J afi'. James R. Uatndall, pleasauitl niembered thtoughuout the South a author of "Marylanid, My Mary ad," Is clerkh of the Con< ressionsc mnmittee to investigate lKe IIogg, ani itcsconcering a tipl of (te mew r's of the commaittee to the moutht c saissihpi. After theo speahking namn itu.alj)blodges.of A'ood fellowship Il feral var[ous flubiile, and, then ''t tietoo."" Mr. Ill it ot join il s latter atmusoetnt, butt Mr. Vanic s the hero of' it. WVhoimr hQ woulI p out of shteer wearintesd,'some lad mid schad word that he, must tak floor again, and hto alwvays con od with the r'eqies$., Abotyt elal ilook I made,muy Wvay back, toh at; buit the festivities did ' nota en til about fAur dolco6k . tt . iyhic ur' I was ar'oused by o-half t at I i 4 , bli14 LAMT OF THE LEGISLATURR. 4 Proper Courtentem-An Interix iuPion for RE froshikents-A Retrompect-Politiai Nott -Mhristinas Eve at tho 1,apital. [ LCO1terONDENCR OF TUR NHWH AND 11RSA.D CoLUMBIA S. C., Dlec. 24, 1879. Both branches of the General Asson bly adjourned sie duc to-day shortlI after mid-day, and most of the ion hers are already far on their wit homaICI-ards. The closing sceesWCr iot esi)ecially intterestiiar, the ratillev tion of Acts being to only maltter 0 buineps that received at.tention. i both the Se:nte and the Hlouse res,1 lutions of thaink.3 were voted to th preilding oiicers, to n hich appropri ate responses wore. made. Taft, th Republican sonator 1rom Charleuton offered the resolutions in the Senate accominiled by reniiks creditaile tA him. Willialms, colored Republica seiitor from Georgetowi, compli mented President Jeter on his fair am Impartial rulings, and expressed hi i appreciation of the consideration wit] which the Republican senators had al ways been treated. In othcer words ther was a general Interchange of good feel ing, and for the time being both thl color and party lines were forgotten These pleasanit episodes were occasion ally varied by the drawing of pay-cer certificates, which seems to be always in order, and very seldom overlooked Governor Simpson held a receptioi in his oilce last night which wa alt tended by the members, State oflicer and attachi6s, and a few prominent citi zeus. The popping of champagni corks was very spirited, and the spark ling wine drew out a great (eal of eO quence that had hitherto laid dormant All business In the State House wa susrended during these convivialities an , good thie generally was spen by all present. It was unaimiousli voted that our Governor knows as wel how to entertain his friends as to rut the goverimenit, and he 'certainly un derstands the latter business. Judg ing froml the enlcomliumls that we heart passed upon him by every one, lie I universally beloved, and stands veri high in the afMection of the people o the State. Always faithful to the pub lie t rusts hitherto confided to him, it i cotti dentlv believed that lie will adom the the hcad of the Judiciary with fres justre. in reviewig thle work of the sessloi just ClO.;d, I think it safe to say thai the late General Assonibly has boo more conspicuous for What It omittc( to (10, than for anything it actually ac eoiplished. Amongst the few nia's ures passed that are o a publiclarae ter may be mentioned: Acts th pro vide for the settlement of the Stati debt; in accordance with the decisioi of (he Supreme Court; to amend th Const.itution with reference to thi Il16m1estead ito establish a Bureau o Agriculture; and to provide with anrti ficial lega all Confederate soldiers Oh< lost an arm or a leg during the lat, war. There may be a few others, tha you will no doubt call attention to il course of time, but most of the time 0 the session has been consuimed in in corporating chllrcelio, ferries, trai roads, and other local enterprises, wit an occasional bill to change the nam of John Smith to Thoas Brown an make him the heir of some meniber o the numerous Brown family. As re mrarked in a revious letter there is toI much special legislation, too muce valuable time frittered away on loen matters iln which the general pub1lli haive 1no interest, too much(I '"gassing, aiud by far' too nmuchi '"buncombe speech-making. What the remedy is it is not nay province to suggest, bu even a ''bird's eye" view of the lat Sbody would conIvince any observe that great hnp]rovemenlt could be mad in the mIemb)ersh)ip of most of th -counties. It is a very nice thing ni doubt to sit quiet ly, dlay in and "da -out, answer at roll call, vote, and drm~ $5i per day, but it is a luxury that thi ta-paer havc to pny for without commensurate return for thle ox pond! ture. Less thtan one-third of hot houses wvere good, fadihful w ~orker and tihe "drones" werevecry numerom it was noticeable that this lattt class wecre very clamorous f'or a fim -adjournment before the hiolidatys, I the face of the fact thait the pub'lic it terests would suffer thereby. lir such is modern legislation, and suchi wvill always be until thme 1)eop)1 ope -theilr eyes, aind take a 1peep behind thi scelnes. I have tried to catch the drift of'put lic opinion with reference to tihe n)Oi -State ticket, and I wll1 proceed to giv your readers the benefit of what I hav gaierd For Governor Genera -Johnson Ingood1 seems to be the onl man seriously thought of, and bh noninationi next summuer is, I thik, foregone conclusion). General Joh .D. Kennedy is, to all ap)pearnIees, saf for the second placef For Comptrol er, FairfIeld's favorito son, Gencri Brattonm, Is most frequently spoken 01 and It Is believed lhe can secure (.h nomination If lie will aceept it. Ma Colt of Chera~w is said to be a candl Sdate for the same officee. For Trea: urer the present incumbent, Captal Leaphart, appears to have 11o opos tlonu of any consequence. For Secre tary of State the two leading candi -dates are Col. Sims the present incumr i bent and Senator Howard of Marlor a opinion being much divided as to -thi - resp)ective chanices of the two gentk I men. For Attorney-General I hav I heard of three name.s mentioned, Co - Youmans, the present Inenmbent, Co f Cothran of Abb>evillIe, Solicitor of th: & Eighth Circuit and Senator Withei Sspooni of' York. For Snperintendat 0 of' FAlucatlon Major Thompson, wh - has administered 'the offie so ably an t satisfactorIly under01 the new regim< B will have a "walk-over." For Adji I tanmt and1 [tnslector' General three gem i tliuman h: vi been put forward by tihe 0 Mrends, General MaMiganIt of Geor~ tow q. Capt. Will pones -of Colubiba t and Major T. A. fuguenin of C)harlei o toll, withi'speculatons iVdely dIhveru I.ia to who willl wint the t'abe.' In additiuon-to the list as gifeti phbon ithere are sa poato be uovorad ethI "hegging". To name these would1ro quirU a mIIlamoth sheet. A hot campaign is aliticipated next siWiler ald autuII, ajid some trou ble is f'eared ill tie lower counties. 1 Fairfield is not put down as doubt - 11, and her people are counted on to . rally m1anfuly wlen (e . tucsinl is V sounded. ! h1ople Sho will not disap point her fiem s tlroughout the State. Columbia i11 OW ill f1i holiday V dress, aid the Sigins of Christmas fes 1) tivitie8 are umiltfilkible. Already Ihe atir is led with the di.scordant E-sounids of, hundeis of till horns, and , tle Vrowds that are surging il 1111d Out 'e thle toy stores beokenl m11anly happy surprises for thie litt le folk s. It wouh i C s'em that unearlv the entirm populat.ion - 1 ouituponl (ie streets eljoying the 1 beaulifull disphays of goods *an1d wlres and also the balimv December weat-her. IThe bright, smiles'and ripplilg laugh ter 0f coquettish 1aidels tur1 mily head COIJJACtlOINCtely, b .11 tho vision iS oo; lost to view, and I once again awake to thle Stern realitics of life. A Imorrn Christmas to all the good people inl old Fairficd, BomvA ut. LRT US H.- VE PR AC R. - Wa4o Hmulton to the Old Union Veterana of 'Ittsburg. - A Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch, of a re cent date, say: The sItatemlent thal. SenatorWade Hllallo has been iln vited to deliver i lecture for tie Grand - Army o p the Republio in this city has - beel idlenied heire and elsewliere, and, to set at r-eat aill rtuimois, the lecture comillitteo to-day -.tave 1 pllptoll's let tor ofneceptanca for puiblient-lon. The letter is dated Columbia, South Caro - Hina, and the pith of' it is as follows: s "1Owinv to the physisal dgis lity un - de' whuich I labor at present I have been forced to decline ill invitations to deliver public addresses, but the in - vitatiol you ex(tCld is so cordial and - significant that I shiall try to iatke all exception inl its faivor. It seeis to mile that no Surer Imode to restore hia11o11ny between the two sections o' the coun try so lately contending inl arms can be found than to brimar the old soldiers of the two armies intofinicidly consul tatioll. Brave inenl are apit to be. gen Crous, and if' those wIhlo once O)poSed each Other ill )lttle couild now meet its citizeiis oft a common country, actu ated by tie desire of r.Cstoriing 1111 Monly and cultivatiig peace amtiong all classes, we should sooln see the bitter sectional feelings which politiCials lre Vo.tering for their own Selfish endq, latid it rest forever. Your invitationl has this enld inl view, as I understaid it. anid I shall gliadly co-operate with you in1 this laudable object. It will t not be ill imly power to deliver an ad dress just now, but I shall be happy to 1 do so at sOmlie future time Which Vill . suit you." - BAYAI ON FINANCE.-1 Con1lectiol - with t0e memorial ofihe business men of New York in favor of the bill for 1 withdrawing the legal teilder quality froiml greelbacks, (he World plublslishes tile following extract fron a let-ter re r cently received by J. S. Moore from - Senator Bayard: - "It is not hostility to the South that makcs the North solid. It, is the apprellellsiol lest unl t wise ald ridieilouls admilistrationl of I finances shonlid injulre Nordhiern1 prop f erty a)d invest ments. No instrllnellt. is so dangerous as legal telider paper - curreticy, the redemability of wiich a may be endangered. I to not care hall' so much for party -success in this conlnection, althoutgh1 L value it Imost ' highly, is .1 do for tih great service it would be to our whole country and the gellerations to succeed us." .Junan MACKEY .-Ye"sferday was tile e last day1~ otf the Cour't of' Comanon Pleas t or' Rlic'hlnd cou nty, Juldg Mackey a hin~ig conclutded thle buIsmelss of tile termiw aifler sittinlg upon01 tile bench0 for twenmtv-six days)'5. Ini that tilme four' or e five hltmdred causes0 have been1 dhisp)osed r of, and no0w, fo)r the list time in matny e .vears, are tihe Oclendars of the Comn moni Pleas compartIative0ly clearied of' litigious matter'. It' kinidness of deC v meanorill, earnelstness iln tile dlischargfe y, ot'mlost 0loerous duItics, amid genuinle e ability inl the decisions maide by his .the eilel1mts of a Judge, ever'y one0 h should be sCatisfled1 that Judge Mackey wears the erumi no.-R?egi.ster. r-No] living n, it may be remnark ed, can.3 take an iterest ill politics, and aIst thle samel1 time loouk out for1 a1 mule;1 for' of' all pract ical topuics the 11nule is the mos0t parau ntOi and111 ab1sorbling, m'ad i rquires all the nlatur'al and1( ac Squlired imntellect of' the average coloredt w an to deovote himnsehtf to the sub,ject wihany degree of personal safety or .prolit. t -In a ster'iio tract of country bc 0 tweenl Darit-es-Sailam and Ny3swasswva 0 th10eclophants attachled to the Belgian ii clophant exped(ition1 mia.rched uninlter y ruplteidly without food for fomrty-two a hIonrIs anmd without water' for' thirty-fivye a hours, each anlimlal carrlyinmg at fthe II time burdens weighing twelve huni e dred weight. l LI -An E~dinbur'g womnan, whose hus1 r, band had1( beateni her 92() times inl fouri c years, had him arrested-- and he. was p. sent to jail for three days. Thle pun1 I- ishmIenlt was too lighlt. The brute - should have b)eenl senit to jail for a n wvhole week. Th'le nextL thing we -know he'll kill his wIfe, and then he'll -get locked up for a mionthi. - DEATIl OF WADE IIAMP'TON, JTu.-A , telegram wvas received imn this city yes e day miorinug annlouInclng the death of' -Mij. Wade IIamlptonl Jr., in Wash I. Senator WVade flamipton. I..is remains I. will be brought to this city for inter e ment ini the f'amily burial ground. -- olumbia .Register, 24th. o -The tusk that Cety wayo sonlt over u Egad as a herakt of pea ce, hs seva on ee lngamnd nearly three foet in - circumferenlce at the bic end. It wais a very appropi late e.ublem of peace, r It we should sc4 ai muan coming at us w iith a tusk like that, we'd go in for bpeace oni any teirms, and pay the hall ront "ourselyes." -Knowledge is the iIght bower, and !and one of.Llho. sll9wiest - cards in- the pk,et in the. ame .of life, check irto ltil joer atI10 oftentImes the )JIt1(-A-5CAtie -Are book-wornis good for bait? -A fine sight-the sight of a rifle. -Nobody's child-Joshua, the sol of Niun. -A Press ngent-the young man who throws his arm arounil his girl's waist. --A fat 'nan in summer is like one groping in darkness; he feels his weigh. -A boy's whistle is often sucked In. -Fogs are mist before they are gone. -Attacinnent. notice-notice of a rmarriaoge engngemont. -People Who give tone to society rarely give anything else. -6"Jolhl ! John I" shouted the fihm er's wii!, ",the butter won't come. Run, quick and get me another snec of hair." -It's not slrprising that Adam fell. lIe hat'd Eve constaift ly about hium talk ing about a ulnude dress, and"I she hald one every (1. -in discnsSioll with Ia tempelranco lecturer, a toper asked: If water rots vout bools, what elfict must, it llave upon1 the coat of your stoimach? "Yes. Mr. Ihrkeeper; I am not liko the re:. w io, vle thev OW *ftl Ifloll y, never Show themselves any more; I relmain faithful to y(ou. GIv's 'noth er bottle ! -Professor-"Now, I ask you, as a prlctical miner, what spade (10 'ou think is the very uest.?" Third-year man (scorn frull i-' "Why, the ace, of c)mr -c. (Sensation.) -An exchange has an article on "How to rilln t lewspaper." This should be rOad only by the editors, as every other person ill the. world knows just how i lewspaper ought to be run. -"Money does cverything for a man," said one old gentleian, poim pously. "Yes," rePlied the o 'her one, "but money won't do as much for il 1111111 as s01110 Ienwill do for mon.ey." -Mr. Thomas thinks it is one of the min-st touching thiigs in life to hear a Western ho, Sining to its youngest, "There's a litter in the mire, baby minle, baby mine11." -9. hat was an observing fellow. if he was about six years ol(, vho satid, "Papa, I wish. you'd quarantine against Tom Jones colin' here every. night to see Jeni. t's got to be to'o eldeme-ic." -Thie Boston Post has invented a new Iun1 forl the use of the didi't know-it-was-loaded people. IThe Post explains that "it lets the charge out; at the breech." -Sairlatoga is gradually gaining on Niagarai as a resort for bridal parties. It really looks as it' Niagara would( soon be left cntirelv to the 1fidianls and the hack drivers, wvho have killed it - for the rest of the world. -"Say, Bill, do you know what an angel Is?'' "Scasel. ; I neve-oeed 0110 gin4wine." "Well, do you reckon they hang O1 till forever?' ''Not iiuclh, I don't. Why, dad says the old womanI was an anger when he mar ied her, iut she's got. over it. I guess a'"gels don't keep in this climate, any way." -A London gent, walking in Dub lin ir the first time, grot into easy Col versatiol with It. native, and Ch1afred him considerably, winding up with this smart observation: ''Now, tell me, Patt, where vou would be if' the devil got his dites?" Pat replied vith feigned sip1Plicity, "Sure, then, I'd be aIlonle, yer. I onuor.'' -F'om hearing older members of the fami ly, Charley' had got in the Of cotirse he was corrected, anid told to ailwatys say '-Mr. Brownu." Not long afterwanrd a kit tenl was added to the househol, and( chiristenmed "Tomi." But Charlie had1(1not forgot tenl his les a ni. ' N' 1n), !". he ci-ed ; ''00 mut -TUhe podometer muay become a ter ror to husbanidh, when all the ladies find out the su1cc2ss of ai shirewd Bostonu wvife, who qjuie!tly attached one of these tell-tales to her husband whein ho startedl to ''go downm to the offile. and post ump the hooks." GOn his return aho dilscoveredl that hue had1( donieI fifteen' miles of' walking--around a billiard table. iIe '-lost" the faithful reporter the next d1ay'. ~ --A Yor'kshire trainer' revealed his method of meeting a conlmingal stormi. I1ls 1)1hu1, he sid, wias to keelp silence anid nod Is acquaiescence to (eerythinig 110 mattr what was said by his sponse. ''Yes," remaifrked 0110 ot' his frienuds, ''but then she has it -illiheu' owii way." ''Just so,"reipled the Tv'ke, with suat isf'action ; ''and: nothinag 'annoys her so) nuch. There is niothing women hale like a walk-over'," -A recent issue of the Louisville Post contained the statement that all the hmous In Elktonm had beent drunk the week 'before.. Thereupon a mra,tority of thme Post's Elkton suberihbe's (isconi tinued the p)aper', and not.ifIed the cdi tot' of their intontioni to commence libel suits. The11 unifotuniato main c11ameiot in a two~ column leader next -day asser'ting- that lie was willing to - take his oath on a stack of' bibles that ho only meant four'-legged hogs, and that brandie<d ce'rries thr'own inlto an alley had led to their downfall. -Trhe Bnrlington llawkceyc say that thie patent almanacs,, mortised fo' the publIishier's mne, have already begun to pour dowun for 1880, Anud. imt the de signs~ are ne0W and very different fronm those of last y'ear. Thie pletur'e of the - boy skatig fn his bar'e feet, with one little brother on Is back and six mnore on hils 10(d, beIng put on the Jamnarv' instead of'on the Deccomber page, andl then the pieturo' at' Christmuas Eve comes along about the end ol D)ecem ber' instead of in the middle of August as was the case lat year. .In fact, the almnaua is enutirely.rearranged. -The people have ben so much Im posed upon by worthless Blood Purlit ere, that we are glad to bQ able to recommend a preparation whicoh 'can be depiendedt on as coitaling invalna ble mnedicinal virtubs, at$I 'is Wvorthy of' the publliC coufddo, #'sE" 8ii aapailIa.ctresh. Whent aliyvhii c cure, th.G disease, ,t,ha, r'equir a fr ' ye tuodein