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WINNSBORO, S. ('. it Saturday, July 14, : :: : 1877. R. MEANS DAVfS, Editor, JNO. S. REYNOLDS, AssocIato Editor. -SENATroR GAImmiw CANNoN of Spa'r tanburg, and Representatives H1. A. Gaillard of Fairtield, and I. T. Hemphill of Abbeville. have been appointed ats a Committee to invest i gito the mlanag -ent of the penal and charhiu lu o institutions. 'Fle time for bakling the eesefion has inot yet beci decided. .THE Cot.UM 13.t.1: //X/ ) t ery }>rop Orly inquires who it was' that intro ducod into 'the L egis~nluro the { amendment applying the poll tax to old school claims instead, a; waIs intended, of devoting it to the t eolucatio'nal fund of this year. I Furthormnoro the Rey/s/er desires i to know whether the intirod neer of thoi!neo'ndmnent wa-s i tny ny con i crteslfd in the old claims. IT' IS SAID that the I nvt iat ing Committee, in Colmhunhia, :i youu ing its work: with diligemiece :ueal (nre: and that. whatver shreds of char f actor lally h%( 1h(';n left to cc rii iin leading ladieails will goon he com -.. c p~lotely strippedS fromt t 1omc. The1 ( lproceediligs art comluet I in se re , it wise precautfi'r i. While, of cours.:;(', much interest.is fell, in Ih1e resutl 1' 1 lthe nq1uui r, the pu1blic will be. con tent with secrecy, sihce t hey are assured that the comumittee is 1111m1r att wAork. A Desired Change. Nine tows 'hips in the ceny I will vote on the Jutee law on t.ike 15t ht of August The ailterttion of the law as it at prosenit exists we res garl as a matter-')f grave importt ance t.o the iliterial -int.oieists of Fairfield. -At prestnt, hundrteds of laborers are compolled eve wV inter to got out rails to repair feteing to keep-out a few heard of-stouk.: while the fact stares us in the face that, deRpito this labor, not one hlunidredtll t parteof -the fencing in -the -county meets the requirements of ltw. No moro redress can be had for damlage c dione to crops where tho fencing is s four feet eleven inches high than I where no fence exists at all. Whuy ' should the people thus live alu ays i in open disobodienc~e of the la:. when the remedy is so sml How'many acres of 'corn and ootton are destroyed every year by thle incursions of cattle amud other 1 stock ? How-nirmny m~ore huntidreds of acres would be sowed ini small' gr~ain overy' fall if I he dlanger of predatory cattle could he averted ? What greater rig'ht has A's stock toc feed on B's land than has R to wvalk quietly into A's house anld devourlc hlis prlovisions in) his patiiity ? 1'Te ' two are pitocisely on a par. In somen portions oif Fairlield time I clhanlgu hasl been made by. general I consent, and( .it works admiiralv. I 'Certain plantations are now almost valueless for want of timber. which would imedpbialtly o the aopetion Wfte chango behonthatnce ino-lu crti doublo thi fotrmer price. Ifs assruturd is ito coiu thke wta porsicy of makirnigd the ula mstop, Theosptonsibiliy of trongventon Who thae shpon ofa this right ca qetion wilaris in theae has .aection itoplases ;btlr to ha0tlth policyfo ofaie ony thosa topav onte noxrganizanrrelby the csttutsion, or h p'by arnd se acadion ate, rcadt sdepot .really uponer cirumancub. and :soud e isuderstooh gat ere, thbee nmineet frms bhe ineptio totside o the Dmci party dsle Old while we know that, the a(dVt tics of t he di I'eren I cand ida~t roH l )rel)atreCl to make the fiuilest )lCdg;(ii for' tilem), \(' aisk t hat thley !tt Illt1l))O, so t.Iliil t here call Ilt no( 4)ist ake Nvhat c ''(!r 0411 t]his sH iid. ). lt: ar1. sharpl d livided04, -I1d re1'gretI 1)) *O(. thlat stionig 'r'e(lili'.' !X1615,.1)( One pori bel iei ii I hat ;t eI11ingt I ('v01141 the (W11I~ali/.:)11)1 L. While the part'I loths a ri"I.t to 14n Its it. 1)10:!6('~, its 1.111 p)olia'v" 1- to O(:i4Ii l'Y 1)101r rll (i1 Ius 11(51 e(rtious. 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Followilng ai Traii. - One of the most, reninikablo feaL luriies of une1tivil ized life is. the p~owrr .91vlg''s shiow~ oh trau'kingr mvii alnd b)easts overi jiI)Imfll8 distancos. iTl iy ti'it"elers av 1;1nV li)kenl of tiiE1 st at31 of ('('Ptli wvell-knowna signs ;11( WQl e ve here('1'C~ IttIP 13 it. collect ji 11 of very''I ('to11i3011 sells(, h'~nts ontiIhe. suibject. .111i (countriesi like hilt 1)i ('v I P3('( ofI toot 'pr'int tite w!el13k on 101(18 and3( ptthls is :"t) .it )iIIite'"ate 1 or' l)y)olCNsly co(l 133541 : hut it iij 1t.l34'iwlN( ill thel \\V1 j ntI((:. \\'hel't. in-it lid' 1131a1 nor1 h: Iset ('11 eoiii'.'l his3 1 111(k. it l\:illi'lil.d \vien iii atte aire stolenl, if Il'Wl. Itu. lliits an t14 raced to itl v'i Iilg('. 1 le I eadsi II is h eld respon slil for 1111!e1, ii11le1 8 Il eal 4,1:>h" tilt 8;11110 I ic:tk gillg; ou1t. A wagon) 11tk in :t1e1 n e 1 ol ('l5 his )a itg' 11 ndi 13:3 -Aon epec 814ial, sayse 01ic 1' ('lih3113l'(hI S i tir (3'13ititlire~ \\i~ t d~overill rt.iiiiiilt inietlt :11et or31 if . 31r'3'55115 ha betnig (orl it I'e it3:358 n ill' 11 re ye hr't ai know ! :1I lilie hIti r 1 iler to 4 1 .( t cogize h iii Chit;1 t3.' h it'~~~,~ the 3'Oiieks hi It Il I481:' 111110 Sevin lt83VI's lu' (hi, c(het 11l int ' t). lt:'isl"i1 tlntes trahed )-1:13 t down rwilal ' i. ao ndieven he n-a s~g o3f th':e :i stone wioll b ta:'1 le h )al 'r: ik anrni I hi g (. t tide 10f Jras;ful Si\\v'' [lAr.M.Ii altilNt the) 1'Ki i11 o ilVC WilS I !i' tiiiSt itia Itt I li ' ( 1l~i h'ta io1 t\ill i ng it1 11 1 l tl d 111 Ii \\t I t gh fIR :t14i 1421 1-4 le. i' h e oad dor tii: e'; ltn 1iiit" rock i11111'ths I:;r". irth)~ \\il 1ave 33 the 01142(1 ofked her 11. ulit 1 )i t~ il tins) that.rea tiNs tih I Ititc'k :tilli whIv "1u. th~e .-1 lit1 It' i te' 11 1 hul 1 s n; ain: 1 I tssi !'II'I Iutli nd hriltdS l.1 (tn u1)'. "I' \ I i; f r the (l( siver (101132 VtlnI' e ig. oh lit li5 1873ith g'ti l h:it \;1sX due t 1873 w:as t nt the: l iiI" loll of the('3 dollar" )fi: the Iilliroltt c and : I)t\] i sh the 313 i lt t lhel hul -wik l)\- ii v''i' clol i\ s, 1t oWae oit hiflg hfl 1 ti h i lt l hi3'C i '11: 11 ft he W4'n( ttittp 01' toagker We)'!tl'igt (a01d1 i:tles. 1 T~~(' 1hei (1013de dola whic 3isii o Il .:03(1t wigh bt only 1 -~ (lthet ill' 1"'CI' is tIm iiliJel-4SIlty ond thel'-e 'l also 1igu"l it ther fu ae imlllt'is .m int Dily wotre~ thNei (1Vc\' :ilS :l it.;ll tilllV ('ilnu o be 'mtt TA:ANI" the~ mints' (t.i1n.er thi [ule 131 Ol:1.t \,131 iltithe1 labeet (of dt Al't.izt(,11il \ atius ohe'ce \\':1) It trick3 3ill,) )I t I I h lie: C~iY e - lu(n, till 0311 he !til i') of~ vIiilid BRIC-A-BRAC. A New York photographer shot himiself to get more sky-light. Most men love little women, and; little women love most men. "Sparo the rod and spoil the iouse" is the motto of the lightning rod agent. If the Tirks are ilriven from 3 Europe, will their old pro'lnCos'be ' known as ex-Cresconteios ? V Jutdge Hpoft'ord. the new Senator f r()m ILuisianlas, is the first Amherst graduate ever elected to the Senate. A quarrelsome gardener fired five I olnts at Stoddart, tho actor, but did 1 not make a hit. Stoddart could always miake a"h. T he daughter of one of the Sinuese twins haits just been dlivore. 1 ed from her lushalnuiud, Nathaniel I olejack, by a North (Carolkm1 court. ;arry SulJ~ixan had his eyeball tUI open, nillt irom: it there was ilken an eyelash, wl ich had een 10( thrust:t inl at the( p~oint of the) sword. { Why is the B>:ink of Fritoco like the Mohamie(dan religion ? Be causle it's somiethiing to wvhich you and I don't owe assent. In Romge, GCeC'rgia, the oiieir daiy, sevce b'rot helrs, naued Hill, were indicted for coulnterfeiting. Romo sat On her sen'ii Hills, as nsual. Mr. Statisojn, of Alton, is weak, i hil. not meal. When he found it nt ess(arv to elope withI a young I girl, lie left. his wife twenty -clts to live on. A counsl'h b)eing questioned by a judge to know "for whom he was ('oncerned," replied "I aiml con ee'ed, ity lord, for the pl-intifi', but, I aiml employed by the defend aint." Za('l ChadImr thinks a news p:tper needs 11ore cash lencofrage lent thai i - 1117del farm. .Cte is re ported to have sun1k 810R,000 ill the .Detroit .l'(o.:-C iucinnati ( C'om wercit1. Miss Ileeker : the great agitator of woumal stfirage in Englt.nd, and o Of her strong pointts is that in Bri.tain there are two and a half million spinsters who are worth . 75'),000. 1.oF prevent hy~drophlobia :1n1 dogs, D:. V A. Halmh.ond some1 time ago publicly advocated in this cotntry t ie suggestion, iirst made abroad, o filing oft' the sharp points of the c mine teeth. Rwr. Geo M uauley, of Scotland, is about to publish a series of ser mn ms on Slhaokespeare, the object of w icl is to rove that Shakespeare waxs an orthiodox Trinitarian and probably at Presbyterian. When President monroo first visited Newport the Quaker magis trate he:d out. his halld with the greet.iu. "How does1 thee da1o JmsWe alre glado to see thee." And MrIXI. M~ onroe resplondled gniute as simplly. W. II. Khemble, of Pennsylvania, tells how Schiurz wax paid $1,500( for s[ecebes in that State, aind says bidesh0 that Carl never stoppedJ to ask, when taking the money, whether oilie-hohiers cont'dbuted to it ol niot. he Rev. F"athier DomY Marie-Mochi Iioussineegl. prior of Mhougoeres, *has bee ) l 1eiemd Generilal of the Car thuisianis, and the mystic secret rec~ji for the imnulfacture of tile liquecur knownvi as 'Chartreuse has Rill P~osey, of Tjexas, three years ago( (quitte'd an honest life) ando be (e11me 2n oitulaw. Hie k pt onl ilntil twenty1' nline inditments1 15were found against~ himn, and escaping from 1)nson1 wasM pursuled, but resisting arrest ied u1 ith twenty-nine bullets i I lis body. E ing L< 0: old IL., of Bielgium, who arrived at, Liego with the maem.. horsx oif his Cabinet ando the leaders of the opositionl in thle one train sid:1 "I may say flhat I have arrived hore with all the political force and virtuo of theo ountry." [Laughter and cheers.] ( A daughuter of the JKarl of Gains-.' borough, who. marrded a yo'nmg Inishman who was engaged to teach her musie5, is now livinlg with her I husban211d at Northl Conwvay, New I Honli~pShire, whiere her Ilsband I phIayN the organ inl the little Episco-- i pal chlapel every Sunday. Lieut. Francis V. Greene. great- - grandlson of Nathaniel Greene of revolutionary fame, hias lbon ap- I p)olinted military attachol of the Unted States Logation at St. Fetersburg. Ho is to make observa tions of tile Russian mode of war fare, and to 'remain at St. Petors burg until thle close of tile existing Turco Russian struggle, and at the termination of th11 conflict to re. port the result of his observations. Tns SAY that Dr. Mary Walker positively declines to marry for fear her husband might borrow her black nafntal fr a flre-n. p-ara MURAD, THE DEPosED.-Murad, de.J broned Sultan, lives a gloomy man, n a palace'on Soraglio Point. Hi1 nothor 'is constaintly iby his side. lho tastes his teolhefore it touches is lips, and she awllvws no one to -p1roach him uiil she knows 1io bject of their visit. His beautiful laughter Blanche, the Circassian, vhon 'ho had reared 'up to an European educdtin 'in the fatniily of 1is private physician, is with hinn lso. As soon as he was called to ,he throne ho had a part of the mnron fittod up for her exchisive use n a Style ol 'the most luxurious ;plentlor and expense. Her apart.. iint, whoso embellishirnents cost icarly 100,000 francs, wits just iiishctlo as Murl1 was ferced to bhdicate. J. W. IoL MESi has ingir'ed a )onth, which is so'itont.rivedl that it vill floiat 111)011 the surface of the vator and -emit a very .powerful ight for about an hour. By its use n war the npproach of a hostile levit (luring the nihit might be dise dosed, and in time of peace it could ) employed with advaititago in -etoring crows of vessels 'strandell n tl darkness, or in occasionally varning ships approaching too near t dangerous dtnd low-lying'coast. Mit. TIDEN siays lo liafl 'no such nC O1110 as the -go'vernnolit 'claims he nad, and that he paid all the tax the aw required. Re admits that he weglected to .mike returns some rears, Itnt ho paid t1ib ponalty'thore (Jr 'BLHOS. R1 ROI3~f(TSON, 1Attorne at tarW AiND TRIAL JUSTICE. M. ti'imisiness en htut tn 'ite in 'ithor 'epacity will rettih'eylronipt atten ilon th'n Wa1i ~shingtoni -dt'eet, -One dot'r past-of Wiunsboro hotel. II. A G ^11.;..00. J\o. S. RIrxo R.ne. ,qATELED a& =~TOLDS, AT'OiI, bN EYS AT LA W N'(. 3 1,AW Jr RANGE. A. M. MACKEY, .el; .1 _ il Counsellor at Law, Noa. J-, LxtsnAGE Winnsboro, S. ". T* Special attention pail to the speedy ollection of claims. Will practice in 1R f the courts of this State and the Uniitea tates. TAX ItETUimNS. COUNTY Ai'rn'on's OFFioE, FAInFIEL) COUNTY. Winnsboro, 8. C., July 1.1. 187.7. O N and auter this date, Iith instant, until t be 31st of August proxio)o, t ., 'Uiee will be opeied *for returns of all iixable property, is required Iy hw. for ,lie liscal year 187.7. All pers..ouns hetv.n the ages nf _.w bIC and1 sixty yeua areC liablei to ai .PoL'm raix, and~ mtust mamke returns acecordirengly. After thme 31st of August proximo, a penality of 1ifty por vent. wvili . be.addod 'to beo taxable property' of nil persctns -failing :t imake returns wvithin the .proscribed Blunk ret urns can be had oni application it this olhece. I. N. WI'DHERS, july 12 -txtd Cosnty Auditor. INOTIC.Em 0OFFICE OF Sciiooi, CoMMIsSIoNER, WsNonBoI, S. 'C., July 7, 1877,. LL pesonsholding teaehers' pag .certiticattesiss~ued pria' to October 1st, .873, are requested to present the same o~ the undersigned for registration, vithin'twenty days from the date of this otico. WILLARD RTCHARDSON, J.mne90.xw .C. F. C. J. CLENDINING, Btoot an~d Shloe Mannfacturer, WIJNNSBORO, S. (i. 8lpetfully annI~ounfces to the citiz(ens of Faiulled thamt he has( remloved his B3oot andi hoc Manufactory' to -11no door below Mr. Muller's. I am prepared to manufacturo 1l st1ile's of w'ork -in a substantial aTd orkmualike manner, out of tho v'ery best iateruds, and at prices fully a low as tho amne goods ea'n be nmanufacturedl for at the forth or (lsew hemo. I keep connutantly on and 1a good Stock of Sole aind UJIppe dnather, Shoe Fi-nd'i'ngs ke., which Will be old1 nit reasonamblo prices. Reopairing r1ompitlyV at tended to. T'erras ri'tly'Cash. *S..t D iecd liidesR bought. oct 12 -J. 0LENrnNING. -F Ot"TT E * 40ORSE AND CATTL.E POWDERS, 11 0nr orProvontDias TURNIP SEED. A fresh supply of all varieties of Tut L. nip Sood, at the D rug Storo of july 3 MoMASTER &BRI(CE. Fans ! Fans ! FansR! large atook of Fanes Jut.