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... . TIIK HORRY HKRYI.D. [Kntorod at the Pont Oftloc at Conway as second-class matter.] s. o. rurusD.w, ja\. 20, - isst. i Editorial Notes. John Honch, the famous shinlniildor, is dead. lion. James Jackson, Chief Justice of Georgia, died January ldtli I age 07. J. A. Cununings, a prominent i incmher of the order of the Knights of Honor, ami editor of the K. of H. Reporter <1 January Oth. The New Jersey Legislature is havintr a wrnmde over the oroauiza o o D tion. Kaeh party wants to organize in tlio interest of it;* candidate for United States Senator. Gen. W. B. Ha/on, Chief Signal Officer U. S. A. died of diabetic coma, January 10th. Wonder what connection there can be between his death and this blizzard. Has the weather ^ot away from the bureau since his demise and kicking up such a fuss about it? T. J. Cluverius, the convicted murderer of Lillian Madison, was handed in Richmond on January Nth He has paid the just penalty of a most atrocious crime. Ho protested his innocence to the last, but in such a manner as to carry conviction of its truth to few thinking minds. (iKN. llAtJOOSi'S 1NTHKV1MW Gen. Ilaurood has been interviewed bv the ('oluinbia ('nrri?miniuli>iil of tlio ^Wim am? Courier, and tho (icnoral's opinion on tho "leaks" in the State and county finances given to tho public. Me lias occupied two ? ]>roininent and responsible offices? Comptroller-General and Governor ? in the State (ioverninent, and should be qualified from the knowledge obtained, to apeak with authority. The first leak he mentions is that through the Lunatic Asylum. He contends there are too many pauper patients supported by the State, lie argues that insanity is not relatively more frequent among the pauper classes than among those in better financial circumstances. Out of a total of about six hundred lunatics in the Asylum only about twenty-five are p?ving patients. This, lie thinks, is imposing too much upon tho State, that a larger proportion should be supposed from private sources. His remedy is to transfer the responsibity of supporting the insane from the State to the county governments. He thinks this plan would make the county officials charged with the duty of sending the insane to the Asylum more careful to examine into the ability of patients or their friends to pay the expenses of keeping in the asylum. This change might curtail the num ber of patients from some counties but would not effect the number from this county. Another leak discussed in the interview was found in the Penitentiary. We heartily endorse the General's position in this matter. lie claims that the Penitentiary, instead of lining a burden to taxpayers, should be a source of revenue to the State and be made to contribute to the lessening of taxation. The JVars j and Courier commenting upon thisj portion of Gen. Hagood's opinion,! excepts to the position- that the ob- i jeet of imprisonment in the Peniten- ; tiary is punishment, and in devising ways ai|d means for convict employ- ; ment, this fact should not be lost sight of. The Aretra and ('ourier overlooks an important fact in the j history of criminals, especially among j tiiM colored population of tiio South. | The crime of a large proportion of i the convicts in the Penitentiary is | larceny, and the severest punish- 1 ment that can be inflicted upon this cl2?s, as a general rule, is to have ! them profitably [employed, where .At 1 it 1 *uey kiiow irioy are prouucmg some- i tiling for the common weal. They do! not belong1 to that class of peopln who ( Jikc to contrihuto their mite to ensure i the prosperity ami advancement of a community, but if they can prey upon the heard earnings of the industrious class [of people and eke out a precarious living, they are satis fied. Convict labor should be made remunerative to tho State, if for no other purpose, as a means of punishment. There are improvements in the different counties that might be accomplished by convict labor, and bo of immense value to the people of the Counties. I forty could profitably employ 1()0 convicts n year, for a term of' f Nadirs, in Wmfntnir her swamp* The swamps in the low country i?r?* broad ami flat, covering a largo area of territory, but (Im drainage is insufficient. If the "runs" of those swamps! wore deepened and widened say ten feet deep and twenty feet wide! they woubl thoroutrhlv drain (lie 7 ? swamps ami all contiguous territory j and thereby enhance the value of the1 lands 50 or 100 per cent. This is a feasible undertaking, and the advau- i (aires accruing would overbalance ! the costs of the work. The third place (Jen. Hagood selects for reformation is the country ; governments, lie makes a diagnosis of the disease and prescribes for : , I . . I II III i! ill -in Til I \Vi( V , lllll II IS <|OI|l)|ful if ho i'iim lii.il iwiv legislative apothooarv to coin poll ml his proscription. I |i? s not definite enough, everybody is i willing to admit that tlio eount\ governments aro ouniliroiis ami ox-I pensive, hut how can tho ollioos ho! adjiistod so as to incur the least ox- | pense and aoouro tho jrroatost efficiency? We hone some method can ho devised hy which tho (lonersI s i elephant can ho relieved of tho further duty of drawing a hull-tonouod plow. tin; TAinrr ifiortnoi >io\ i:\ M I'INT. A tariff reform ineotino was hold | in Now Vork, tho other dav, under the auspices of tho Free Trade t.'luh of Now York. ('apt F. W . I )aws.in, editor of the .Yrir.-t k/i</ ('oitriir, Fx-Lieut-(tovornor I )<?r- j sheimor and llonrv (iooroo made I si loi'ohos. ('ii|?t. I )awson remarked: "The whole people of tho South do not roali/.o that what is keening theui poor is the enormous hurden of taxation. The poor farmer of the South, who is dependent almost i entirely upon his lahor for existence, is powerless to lix the price of pro- j duct, because it is sell km 1 in t lie larcre markets liere and abroad, and when it comes back in the shape of a sheet , for his bed, a dross for his wife, or a j spool of thread, la* limls that it has doubled its value, because lie is not i in position to weave or manufacture it himself." It can scarcely be credited that poor farmers pay from d() to 1(1 per cent for money. It is a continual stpieeze with them and something must be done to relievo this strained condition of finances. The Southern people can see no necessity for tin- ! due haste in paying the national j debt. Turn tlx* hundred million, | annually paid on that debt, into South Carolina, and "we could got ; along in spitoofcyclones,earth*juakes j and other little annoyances." The argument of the protectionists is fallacious. "If a little protection makes us sick, little more protection will make us well." kk( )f what earthlv use to the general community was the reduction of the internal tax on liquors and tobacco ? We want no more taxes. With these two exceptions import duties are just as high as ever. If eleanlinessis next to (iodliness, why should you pay as much for three cakes of soap as you ought to get live cakes for? Why should you pay $1.7f> instead of $1 for stockings for your family, if it were not for enormous taxes levied on imported goods? Compnro the taxes on the greater part of our imports with that on liquors and tobacco and you v?i 11 perceive a threat difference. Why liquor or tobacco arc not by any means necessities of life, as any man who can reguluto himself well knows. And in relation to the tax on commodities, if put to the vote of these ladies present, who have honored us with their presence, I think I can guess very closely what would be the result." ('apt. Dawson talked to the point using plain language to convoy his ideas. We need such talks as a means to educate the people to a proper appreciation of the burden of taxation, and and once they under stan it is an easy matter to get tiiem : to act. Marriage Urease Needed. Why it is that the South Carolina Legislature refuses to pass a marriage license law, is beyond the comi f prehension of anyone. You cannot i meet one intelligent man in twenty i who will deny the neeossity of such a j law, and yet when the assembled wisdom of the State gets together in i Columbia, they laugh at any man i who proposes such a thing. There is a case now pending in our court that j shows the necessity of such a law. In 1801 ft transfer of land was made ! and about tho same time the man j making the transfer was married. A j third partv bought the land afterwards. A claim is now set up by the widow for dower. Tho whole matter depends on tho date of her marriage. The preacher has no record of it and witnesses to the ceremony cannot testify to the day. # - Acts I'uss.a! at the Las' Session ??r she ! it i lire. tilk i?i: \ \vi v. or .n iim s. 1A11 Art to amend S ret ions tti < I I ?>f tli" (leicmI S'atntcs. in I relation to J tirios. Si:? iion I. That Section of the (Jener.il Statutes of tiiis State he, iiihI the same is herel>\\ aineniled so that the sai<l S"etion a< amended shall read as follows: "Section '.Vidti. The hoard oT jnr\ eoininisioners of eaeli eountv shall once in evei \ year, diirinj* the month of .lannarv, prepare a list of suel in habitants of their respective counties, not absolutely exempt, as they may think well oiialilied to serve as ju-1 rors. heiii"" nersmis of ir....l rs I K character, of sound judoimmt and free from all I *?? ;11 exceptions, which IIM shall include not less than one j from every twenty voters, nor more than one from every ten voters, of their respecti\< counties, t<? lie selected without reo-ard t i whether ' such persons reside within seven miles or more than seven miles from tlie ( 'ourthouse; except that in tin* * county of ()ranoel?uro the said list shall lie prepared durino the month ' of I )ecemher: I 'rovided, that in th<* i eountv of ('harleston the number 'of | names to he placed on the list of in- . | (militants hereinbefore required shall i not lie less than one thousand, the, name of each of which persons shall I he placed in the jury box for the laid,/ county in the manner provided for in the first paragraph of the Section ( next hereafter ensuino-.*' Sue. 2. That Section 2,221 of the J' (ieneral Statutes of this State lie, and ' the same is hereby amended so that i the said section as amended shall j rea< I as f<>1 lows: i "Section i. ( If tlie list so pre- ' pared tlie hoard of jurv commission-! ers shall cause tlie names to l>o writ I ten each one on a separate paper or ? ballot and shall fold up said pieces of ( of paper or ballots so as to resemble ( each other as much as possible, so that the name written thereon shall 1 not be visible oil the outside, and ' shall place tlieiu in a box to be furnished them by the county romuiis- j . sinners of their county for that pur-j pose, and by said board of jury coin- | missioners to be kept. At the same ' time they shall place in a separate 1 and special apartment in tie* jury box, to be known as the tales box.' the names of one hundred and fifty | persons, cpialilied by law to serve as j jurors, who reside within sev? n miles 1 of the courthouse, from which shall t be drawn jurors to supp'.v dclicieu- i eies arisine from any cause or emerneiiey d urine- the sitt injjf of I lie i 'ourt; i Provided, that in the ('ount\ of j Uiehland the number of names to lie | placed in the separate apartment ( shall be two hundred, and in the ('onnty of ('harleston six hundred: "Provided, further, that in the t'oun 1 ty of Chester the number of names ( to be placed in the seperate apart ( nient shall be fifty, who reside within live miles of the courthouse." Sue. d. This Act shall take effect from and immediately after its approval. i Til K KTKA I.INO OK Mia e\S AND I'KI'IIS I An Act to punish the Stealinir of Melons or limits. ; 1 Section I. That whoever shall steal ! faot : the premises of another any melons or fruits, whether severed from the freehold or not, shall be ; deemed tmiltv of a misdemeanor ami j oil conviction thereof, shall be punished 1?v imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by a line of not more than fifty dollars. ltK.I'A I lis ok ii |<; || \y a VS. An Act to amend Section 018 of the (ioneral Statutes of South Carolina, relating to the Repairs of Highways. Suction I. That Section OlSoftlioj tieneral Statutes of South Carolina, relating to the Repairs of 11iofh- I In t o ways. Suction 1. That Section 018 of the Cencral Statutes of South Car-| 1 olinn h", at tit 1 the same is herehv, [ amended so as to rem 1: Section 018. I'he count\ conunis- j sioners shall take charge of and sunerintend the repairs of the highways i m the county; the bridges shall iio j repaired under their supervision, and , the expense of the same shall he paid out of the money in the treasury raised and appropriated for th's pur- ! pose; and all the work on hiidgesj given out bv the counts commission-i ers, when the amount shall exceed the sum of t< u dollars, shall be done i by contract; when the amount shall exceed the sum of one hundred dol-I lars the county commissioners are I hereby required to advertise the same in at least one of the county; said proposal shall in all such cases i be accompanied by two or more sufficient sureties; when the amount is less than one hundred dollars and is 1 over ten dollars, the county coinmis: sioners aao hereby required to advertise the same by posting a notice in ....i:.. ..i../. r ..I.:,.i. Illlff |MI III till*" UI \> un u l?o at the plnco whero tlio work is to | lio done; said notices to l>o posted ten (10) days prior to day on which work is to l>o let} and the county 1 commissioners shall have the right to reject any or all l>ids if in their judgment the interest of the county so requires." Kxposure to rough weather, getting wet living in (lump localities, are favorable to the contraction of diseases of the kidneys i and bladder. As a preventive, and for the' 1 cure of all kidney and liver trouble, use that valuable remedy, I)r. ). il. McLean's Liver and Kidney liahn. $1.00 per hottlo j - ? Sick headache, wind on the stomach, billiousness, nausea, are promptly and agreeably banished by Dr. .i. II. McLean's Little Liver and Kidney Pellets, 'ja ets. a vial. . t .i ( HANCIO rou THI:.II;TTII?> Tin* Senate Committee FavorReport Senator Roller's Hill. The Senate eotnnicree committer met to-(la\ and eonsidered favorably Si-nator lluiler's bill providing n I i b e r a 1 appropriation for comp!etin?r the work on the Charleston .Jetties. The eonunitte adopted an amendment reducing the amount from x">t)(),<)()!) to &!>!)( ),0()0, which tliev think is ample, in addilion to the unexpended balance on hand. Senator Human reported the bill with the amendment to the Senate to-day, and Senator Hampton asked unanimous consent For the ini mediate consideration of the hill, 'ating thai ii was a matter of great im|?ortnnee to ( 'liartoston, and prompt action was necessary to allow the I louse to eonsider if also. Senator iCdmnnds said that, although lie Favored the improvement if the ('harlostnn harbor, it was a matter heretofore provided for in the river and harbor bill, and. therefore, lie would have to object to it* prosMil eonsideration until he had an opportunity to look into the subject \ single objection carried it over. Senator (iormnn then asked pernission to print in the A'? w/'i/ ;i let er on the subject from Col. < ?i I more, he engineer ollicer in charge of the ivork, the substance of which has iron previously printed in these dis ntchoH. Senator Hampton consulted Mr. I )ihble, and they have agreed to ao ept the committee'a aimmdment educing the amount to ijfJMMUMM) or the .Jetties and also to be satisied with &!{()(),000 for the public niihlings. The Senate to-day passed a bill to iav M. t '. Mordeeai StJn.OOl for ser ires rendered in currying I nited "dates until front ( 'harlestoi to lluvanna, < 'aha, via Savannah and Key U i's!, from ( JeUther IS51I, to .Inly, I SI 10. This hill was introducer! in lie Senate h\ Senator Hampton, and toon Ins motion favorable action was lakcn Nt-day. ICCI.I t'.VI NO rnXiiltKSS of CLAIMS. I'lte passage to-day of the hill providing for the trial of claims against the I nited Slides b\ the ( 'otirt of Claims and i:i cases of less value than $|0,000, oivin^ concurrent jurisdiction to District and Circuit. Courts of the I nited States, is ealulaled to remove a general e.omplaint iininiii; ('oncrcssiitpu that they ire reouired to devote too much of their time, which .should he employed on other matters of leeialatiou, in looUino- after private claims upon the (ioverumcut for relief. At the present writino- there are several thousand private claims pending before the Senate and llonse for amounts between $50 and $1,000, and the number is daily increasing. ( )f course this class of claims, although apparently insignificant, are very dear to those interested in them, and (hero is no disposition to overlook any that a c valid, but there is a general feeline that there should be tribunals outside of ('uncross authorized to consider and decide till claims for amounts less than $10,000, and tints relieve ('uncross from much annoy anee ami unnecessary labor. A 1IOI.IMI1 \ <; CSKI.KSS < TSTOM IIOISKS. The House commi'to on ways ami means to-day ordered a favorable report on Representative Bockinridoo's hill to abolish nnnoeessnrv customs districts and ports. As acted upon by the committee the bill omits altogether the administrative features of the customs service, and deals directly with the abolition of unnecessary districts and oHices. It provides that places of unnecessary officials shall be tilled by the requisite number of denudes. It is estimated 1 bud a savinjr of viva),000 wiii j?0 effected under the provisions of the bill, and the service of one hundred employees dispensed with. Sixty customs districts ore abolished: in Virginia Alexandria, Cherry Stone, Petersburg; Rappahannock, Richmond. North Carolina Albemarle, Beaufort, I'amlico. South Carolina (ieoroetown. (ieoroia At I a u t a, Brunswick, St. Mrry's. FloridaFernandia, St. Aueustine, St. Marks, Mississippi Natchez, Viekshuro. Tennessee (Miatanoooa. A Kentucky Solomon. 1 .oi tsvn.i.K, January I). The most ludicrous ease ever tried in n Kentucky court \Vns decided in Hopkins County vesterkay. In November last Kd Allender tried to chastise his son Joseph, who was 18 years old. Joseph (led to the house of .1. II. I )ntnn a nil 1 lu>r.) f*?ll in 1/*%*/* *citl? Dame's daughter. Old inr,n Allendor tried to ^et possession of his son, who refused to return to him, by suin^ <mt a writ of hub<'<nt corpwt. In the meantime younir Allender and i the oirl went to Springfield, Tenn., tl and were married. The boy's father V , ha<l a writ served on the j/irl's father, w and the case was taken into court, in Allender wanted the marrriaoe an- a* 1 nulled and the custody of his hoy tfi , t(iven to him. The court room was \) crowded and the evidence was intcn- T soly amusing. The Judge's decis- hi ion read: pi "The youno man Joseph is foand ii | fruiltv of matrimony and sentenced i c< to live with his new wife iintil sepa- w rated by death. Kd Alhmder, tin* iti plaintiff, is sentimced to lose the e: work of the Imy from this time ami It forever." ei ?>i ! .1 M ) IV I > * i I'Uli I lll'i lil'i.X IV ^ |, ' t( When' Ilu^ood Thinks < '. They May he Found. I had a talk on economy the other evenino- with Kx-Hovernor Ilaifooil. lit; had come up from linrnwoll on a matter of private business and had a |. J few idle minutes at the (Irand ('entral t' Hotel. ( )f course in South Carolina ' this year all economic discussion lutein ^ with a reference to the achievements j^ i of our'- Reform Legislature." Ours ^ ac I did. r ICH (ion. 1 laoootl said; "Then; is no n 7 (JJJ room for retrenchment in the exe- . i i i d( native department. ! was in the comp- ^ | trollor oenerals of lice four years and I know every salary, from 'Hill' Rose's ' t * I j f | up. Von miirht scrape -s|(> from his * pay and a proportionate amount from the salaries of the clerks and State jj officers, and ini<flit reduce the ex- j ' ... ' S<I penses a thousand dollars in tins way, lint it would impair the service. I'll tell you, as a newspaper man, that there is room for reform in two de part incuts. Tin leaks are in tin; Lu- f" natie Asylum and the; Ronitentiary. | -Do you know how many patients there are ill the Asylum? About <SO0, I suppose. When I was t iovernor I I know there wero over (100, and, as i well as I can recollect, all hut twenty-ij live were supported hy the State. . j Such a proportion is ridiculous. Any . i . i i I an one e:in sen that iiaimcrs ilmi I have a I monopoly of lunacy. Il is evident | 'that (hern are a orout many people in j'j J (lie Asylum who have no rioht to bo ! , ! there at the expense of the State. I jthouoht over the matter very care-I . 1 fully when I was (Jovornor, and eame to the eonelusion that the only way to eompcl those to nay who wore aide i _ j to pay was to make the support of ' I beneficiaries a eharoe a?ainst tho counties instead of the State. This i would make the oflieers whose duty it is t . eoinniit patients to the .Asylum 'J. vers careful as to whom they sent!, as henelieiurio.H. If they are solicited | to send as a free patient one who is, not an object of Stale charity they ^1* .v i 11 be apt to remember that for J J' ! every person obliged by sueli action * l i 'til' several taxpayers will lie offended., They will have to account for their actions to the |n??>|>lo | ^ of their own communities. As it is ^ I now, the cost to the county is not directly known; the county which , scuds many free patients fares as j well as that which sends few, and j there is no local responsibility. I I made a recommendation of this kind j to the Legislature, but the rhniiifc , T '"il i wasn t made. Some reuulatioiis wore enacted,but i t lie \ have proved worthless. S was! jthouoht to be callous,hard-hearted, a jl|" j regular (iradorind, but something of | the kind will have tv> be done before j. j the abuse of the State's charity can j bo reformed. There has been ob- j.^ jjeetion to the plan becauso of the , I alleered dii'cultv in inakiiio the lew ?lJ n # O " ' I a\ for the different. counties, l>ut all that 1 is necessary is that the apportionment I of cost. l)o made l>y tlio comptroller j general and the levy for each conn- j ty embodied in the 'supply bill.* Pi "Now, as to the Penitentiary: For an ten years we have had from (MR) to i to1,00 eor.victs under sentence, and yet he in only one veer did the State re- tie j ceive any piolit from their labor, nit llefore the war your peoj)lo and my Ai I people used to pay from $800 tojan $l,!;lH) for such hands, support them in* j and their dependent families coin- tin fortably, and not only made a fine j an liyintT out of the investment, but ao- an cumulate wealth. Yet these con- ! lie I victs are in a state of slavery even , soi i more absolute, and are disciplined wl i with greater care and exactness. ; nu I There must be something wrong uri ' when tliev cannot be made to earn at ; least their own living. If it wore { hit not for the stigma which would at- an tacli to convict ownership I would be in< ) willing to lease the whole Peniteni- j I j tentiary. I could make my fortune i rai ] out of it. Why, I would pay now , f.*(U\ o. *l'm e .. , ? ./v v\/ i i ?.? it ) i ui it;i t?ttn > it in to work on my plantation in liarn-JIb well, and feed thorn besides. That is he: what we are paying for froe labor,! hoi with the risk of its leaving lis at any an i time." j mi "What is the remedy,General?" fai "Let the superintendant be author- liv i/ed to make contracts for work all soi lover the State. Put him in position ab where he earn l?i?l fur the i/mdiiw. <>f IM - -?' , * f~ "* j ft railroad or any other jol> of that of kind. 1 le can establish camps whor- oil ever the work is to he done, and lit, have the convicts under the control of ye officers of the Penitentiary, ensuing1 an them proper care and treatmentj pri There is nothing to prevent the es- ! mi ! taolishment of a dozen branches an i of the Penitertiary in / different ed parts of the State. if there! lin is work to he done in t^olleton, or in j Pickens, let safo stockades he .built no | for the convicts, a/d put them to pri work there." / J tin Then you think/ that the Asylum and the Penitentiary offer the only ] held for any considerable reform. me "Yes, in the Stato Government. ,m( I Hut our county expenses are alto- j gether too groat. In Radical days' l the State levy used to he as high as I i ten or twelve iritis. Wo have cut I ^ ?? i m mm mm nit down to four u ltd a quarter mills ot the levy for ordinary purposes liieli used to I?<? about three mills i the worst days liadicalism, is just i high no.v. Why can't we reduce 10 county as well as the State levy? ?'o have too many county officers, ho work is divided between a mini r of men who are generally poorly lid instead of being committed to few well salaried officers, who >uld better perform it. Mat our bole county system is cumbrous id nnsuited to the State. It is too k pensive .'or a sparse population. reminds me," continued the Cten"al, with a half smile and a humoris trillkle of the eye, "of a mail's living an elephant to draw a bull>none plow. Xow I must oet a ,*ar." \. 11, ij. -V- * Itel'oi'iii and ICxt ra vaganeo. A reform in the rioht direction is 'utilised in tin* bill which has been vorabl y reported to tin* I louse, ohibitin<r the ipnointmcnt of Con essional committees to attend funals at the pubic expense' and limine' the expense in such eases to tin* tual cost of burial. No better reason ii be <riven for ('oneressional exirsions and picnics on account of the >ath of a member of ('on?fress than o i a of the death of anv other iblie oftie<*r or employee,and if < 'on essinen desire to ma ifest real res*et and rejrard for each other they lould do this on the floor of the otise and Senate, where it means inethin<_r and costs nothing, and nuhl tend to make themselves more sjieeteiI generally, here is no reform, however, but st the contrary, in tin* bill authoring the appointment of clerks to e members of the House of Hepsentatives who are not chairmen of immittees. This is following in the uke of the Senate, which has an j my of "snatchecs," as they used to! * called, in the South ( 'arolina Loir- | lature, in the days of irood stealing j id bad <roverninent. ICverv Senator s his private secretary, at a bio! larv, and now the members of the ouse of Kepresentatives, who are i ways jealous of Senatorial privileges d advantages, want to provide fori eir own sots and nephews in the 1 mo wa\ . ('onoressinan have so many letters write; tliev are so popular; there e so ma11v demands on their lime I d attention they must have sec taries or clerks to keep np with the iliticul procession. That is their view it. of course. Hut the popular view that this is a proposition to spend >re of the hard-earned money of the ople; more of the proceeds of taxa m; more of the dollars and cents at onedit to lie in .the pockets of use who hold no ofliee and want me. No, no. no! Instead of extending e area of patronage and pay, cut olT e clerks of the aristocratic Senate, d in order to prevent Senators and Miresentative : from having too many Iters to write, extend the field of eration of tin* civil service law. op their correspondence with officer ekers, and the ('onoressuien will vo to attend to their proper business write notes to each other to keep 'ployed and oet rid of the liberal nmint of stationery which they allow anise! ves. It is of no use economize on the nerals of deceased member in order meet the additi.>101! expenses of the iiio members in providing soft ices for their voting friends. 1 irs (m<l (''onriot. Aimointing Witli Oil. fading, I'a., .lanuary (h -Very odd (I novel scenes wero witnessed here night at a public healing meeting Id 1?y the Union Christian Convenn in Faith Chanel of the Monno0 Brethren. Rev. Dr. Thomas iderson, during the day, publicly nounced that all tho siek in Readr} who could possibly venture out "ougli the snow storm, should come d he publicly healed by faith. In swer to this a largo number of buyers lilled the chapel. Dr. Ander1 emphatically proclaimed that ion the Lord said anything He ant it, and he quoted this Seriptil passage: "Is any sick miioiiif you? Let u call for the elders of the Church d let them pray over liiin, annointr him with oil in the name of the rd, and the prayer of faith shall se him up." Rev. F. i.. Haas of Philadelphia ted tin- fmlli cure meeting. said: "Wo place the hand on the ad in this way and imnointthe peri with oil in tho name of the Lord d pray over him. Wo can quote inv passages of Scripture to show th cures and we can also point to ing examples. Last week a peri in Wilmington was cured of an cess of the heart. A woman in liladelpliia who bad a complication j diseases nine years, and was treatby nine doctors without any bono, was cured instantaneously four , ? ; i w i ars ago, and she is now as stout (1 hearty as any woman living. Wo a veil over her an hour and ten nutes, when the power came down d struck heron the head, and passthrough her body and all her lbs and healed her immediately." Quite a number were publicly anintod with oil to-night and were ayod over, and the clergymen shy i meeting was very successful. h\ir Ix-tter than the luirsli treatment of dicinox which horribly gripe the patient I destroy the coating of the stomach . ,J. II. McLeans ('lull and Fever euro. Id at 50 cents a bottle, Subscribe to Thk IIkrai.d. fe m , t *n JiU / " V There arc many accidents and discuses j whcli affect Stock and cause serious In on vcniciifc and loss to the farmer and in his work, which may 1m quickly rcntidicd hv the ice of Dr. !. M. McLean s \ oleanic Oil Liniment. The Passage of Mm* Mniasriiln. ted Mexican Pension iiill, Wasiii no ion, January 17.- The House to-day passed the pension hill as it came from tii ate hy an overwhelming majorit>^N|f There* seems to he no doubt that the President will approve the hill. It provides that a pension of month shall he paid to all surviving j ollicers and enlisted men, includingmarines, militia and volunteers of the 1 military and naval services of the 1 'niteu States, who being duly en; listed, actually served sixty day^ with the arinv or navy of the I 'nittu^ : States in Moxieo <ir on the coasts i frontier thereof or en route thereto in the war with that nation, or who I were actually enquired in battle in | said war and wore honorably discharged, and to such other officers | and soldiers and sailors its may ha\e been personally named in any resolution of Congress for any specific servico in said war, and the surviving i widows of such officers and enlisted men: Provided, that such widows have not remarried: Provided, that j overv snelt officer, enlisted mnn^/?r widow, who is or may become .02 years of a?^e, or who is or niav become subject to any disability or dependency eipiivnlent to some anse prescribed or recognized by tlie pension law of the I nited States as suffieient reason for the allowance of a | pension, shall bo entitled to tne benefits of this Act: but it shall not be held to include anv person not within the rule of aoc or disability or deI pendency herein defined, or who incurred such disability while in any manner voluntarily unpaired in or aitliiio or abettino the late rebellion against the authorities of the I nited States. Section I,Tiff of tha Revised Statutes is repealed, so far as it relates to this Ai t or to pensioners un lor this Act. mr INFORMATION ^r Sltlcs, Had Jilood, \/f ndlyest Ion,Dyspepsia, Mai aria,Const! pat Ion,{Kidney Troubles. - *?VOLINA CORDIAL CURES RHEUMATISM, Ilnd Wood nnd Kidney Troubles, by cleansing tho Mood ofnll Its impurities, strengthening nil parts of the body. -h?YOLINA CORDIAL CURES SICK-HEADACHE, Nenrnlgln, Palna in the T.imbs, Hack nnd hides, by toning the nerves nnd strengthening the muscles. ?VOLIHA CORDIAL CURES DYSPEPSIA, Indigestion nnd Constipnlton, by nldtng the naslinII at log of tho Food through the proper net ion of tho stoiunch ; It creates n healthy appeiite. ?VOLINA CORDIAL CURES NERVOUSNESS, Depression of spirits nml 'Weakness, by enlivening nnd toning the system. -h?VOLINA CORDIAL CURES OVERWORKED nnd Delicate Women. Puny nnd Sickly Children. It is delightful nnd nutritious us n general Tonic. Vollnn Almaime mid blarysMWi for JHH7. A handsome, complete scSffigo; J nnd useful Hook, telling how to (THK DISKASKS nt 1IO.MK in n pleasant, natural way. Mailed on receipt of a 2c. postage stamp. Address VOLINA DRUC &. CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, MO., U. S. * STACKHOUSE 1U mis i'-KONT AGAIN. I Wish to inform the People of Horry that 1 hove opened a SALE, LIVKIIY, AM) FEED STABLE opposite JORDAN ?fc 10VA N'S store, una door South of the RAII.ROAJ), where I keep on hand, at all times, HSS&MSIS, 0L h " 1 C K ? 11 V M L i> II I C K () II J WAGONS, CiOM'MIU'S AND HAY DOC' XT' yOl.UMBVS AND 1IAYDOO IV BUGGIES, o and a full line of I1ARNKSS, and sell them at the I.OW'KST I'OSSIRI.K prises. All sales iruaranteed as rei?re??.?>?<.< ?.? your money refunded, ('onto and Wine. J. STACKIIOUSE> * Marion S. (': November 1, IH.XO. 1 y m W U/ Y I A I ii\;v 1\ ijliYl Fjil 100l5Am{KLS h()ck limk # ' v On hand which \vc oiTer at tS>0 |>r. barrel, \\ m. I,. lircK & Co., J liucksvillo, S. C. ^ ? C. ?j t lE^ota/tces, A largo lot of Knrly lb?so Pota ^ * tons, for SKK1), call on ' Wm. 0. Ih;< k & Co., Bncksvillo, S. C. Jos. T. Walsh, | Robert II. Scarborough, Marion S. C. f Convrfcj s. *' WALSH & SCARBOROUGH, Attorneys at Law. MKk Conway, S, C. THOS. F. GILLESPIE J|^BH at