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WINNSiOWiO, 8. C. Saturday, September 20, 1877. t. MEANS DAVIS, Editor, JNO. S. REYNOLDS, Aasocintc Et,Ior. Oiumo noTam her clection on the 9th of Oelober. A senaltorship is involved. Sevolal other1 States vote oil the sio day. TUE At(ojsvA Cleronieleft n lOopi stitutionalist favors thie retiil of the Capital of Georgia to Milldge - villo its ia iatter of ecoioiny. AN) Now they tell us that Meek Stephens weighs Imlore Ih:m hm ever did before, and is (n1joying c:g>ital health. Tm DF,'ocuis of Kingstree were (ofonted ill a milicipal ecwOoll the other day. That come.i.1romn Demno cratii' quarrelingamong thoiseve. GE-NsAL RI LPRICmeK 1efu1Sed to bu theO RjepulbIila Cand(ida't(' FOr goverCI-, nor of Now Jersey. Ie dlo1n:'t relish a political light gaiilst McClellan a1ny 1more thalnll he did a cavalry tilt wiith 1haipton. W()Itom of Wyoing haVe separalto polliig-places es.tablihel for their benefit. They don't fany' the rough and tumble political scrimnages that delight. the sti ner, MCCLI:LLAN AND' HANITrON wm1ld make a good "IMihary tichet" for the Doiocrats in 1880. 8onic :meht Colbillatiom lilly be needed to beat Grant. who will again loom up in, polities after his retalun from Europo. THE N.vrIoNA, government i. prosecuting ex-Senator Sawyer, of this State, for theft, 111 yet not, singlo Radicl patp Organ.1 hasl' raised the cry of "perseuion." Why is tbm thus ? If Sawyer fell from I graceo in the pure city of Washinl', ton, why is it improbalo tIIt Chamberlain, Pit terson, Parkor mo11t Whittemoro stole in the Corrupt atmosphero of Columbia? PRIESIMN'l KAV: is Splenqdi(ly vindienting the wisdil of the plicy uphold by the DIlmocrats sine the war. In tho teeth of all the ludial platforms, anid of' the howVi of elhice seeking spea~ikers, he hats l'ft then South to hierself. The fiauits of this conciliatory policy a'r(e a)hppaLV(i Southern people are hee'ong' fasit reconciled to thle National:1 go vernv mont, and poacee reigns everywhere. The bert part of it is that Iiino, Morton and the other headers lare being wvhipped into line, and Ladi.. cal conentions iare everywhere ne w atppr1oving tihe Soumthern policy. The country (could( have been at pec eight years ago it' thme North or 1p0o1)1 had voted the Dumno cratic ticket. Railroad Facilities. Should a nlarrow-gaulge r'ail road bo0 built from ChiestL,r, through F"airliold, to Columbia, along the ridge passing through thle middle of this county, comnpeling lines swould be estalishemd both north and aQuth, for the 1)001)1 of York, Chostpr iand Fairlield. The South Car'olina Rtailrcad wvould leaUd ii;reef. ly to Charleston, anld tihe Air Line road woulId giro ai thriough line to New York. With tis, and the present ronto, froights could be brought down to reOasonale rat es. T1he articles contr'ibuted to t his pa'per 1;y a civil engineer of ani knowledged abiIitiy and long Xexpei once indicate t,hat a narr'ow .gaunge road can bo bulilt from Chester to Columbia for not more than two / hundrod thousand dollars. The grading will b)e light, and not a pingle bridge will be required. The exporting of fifty thousand bales of cotton annually, and the cor resBponding imports, are all affVected by .this mease. Our business meni and farmprs should seriously thiink about it. THE ONLY religious daily in this country, the Witness, of New York, h3as just died. / oard4T of Cnfy dQmnissionersi. stir en 'UBIC IHIGII SCHO0.8. A Potiicm~ o'i tho Sobjol. fr-on thm rutol,o Mount 21ln Ir"Aitiute. '.'ho f'ollowing petition will be pre sen1) ted to tihe Iegisla iture at the approachinlgl. session. The plper Was tlidrlwi, we lliierstainl, by Mr. c.n Jamin,1 R. Stu larl, Principll of Hu111norvil1e High Slchool, Georgia, 1naniously adopted by t,ho trus ioci of, Mount Zion I111situte, and imamimoulsly enldorfed by the' 3hmvit in Socie ty'. The pIition i; 'Is follows:i Wo, theo inersie, 11-ru-lovs of! Mlount Zion h] si tlle itf tl i1u , tli(n thi w11 11.1ib rs mf thie a ene r;, L Assmibhly to t(ie u d to the(! tunount of' teve htim'h edi al. i fty dolhiwrl to ble m.f, ap.r1 fromi lhe ('dilaiolinl fillid, to clnablu- us toi convcrc our -whool into a public high school for Fuairlficld count , Much atidl to bo paid ill iuarterly iltl : 1 t, andC l c ditioned1 u1p(l;n o previol.y cok-llti, by modato witioL n !,cees, .eveln 1111 ,red tim I i v i doihirs 'f the sutppot of thheeiooi. The \,1Ihe O' url buihiings ant otcll V)r ioper v tywhichwe w ihus cder for thle u4c ofth);t, ml 11 to ,tidl the i.-III)U 1, 11ii S i *V(u f 411 i ui1n I I fimporbolt~I iter<it ofus editiona in te1m1vrsh: condlition of "Iur cm-le,ectds fonur t hous and dolbrrls, the rntn of whilhll, at the r-ate of ten per ccnt. tiponl Its value, wvol!ll cover foulr liured ot of it -ee "hindred ii a ftifth dul!ar; wVe p0ije l. iv.'Q b -f S t,i" 1d, th:it second:ry eduedian t a che:t rte. i\ sni a 1 u ch and ast (!.Irtr lCy deI sird O th e pcol10 ofthe Stae 'ts free p,iu.u-y oducaion, the !here is, no d.tsm beliwee, tl, and tha,i the "lpoliy ol' "t:lto aid X1up-_L Jmt-( mied by m1loderatc Wuitin.0 fIes hw .d;ophd filr it!l the t co itics ) f tie 'itatc, p!0b1lc hI.Jih tschukls of a supri.o l-er v:.n h at oncve or iq*:nlize- ait ", very, mio.Ic"rat", esponse . '.11he "f,!tthwr c,f pop irll c-huication," asi hedii has.t well then tale hole Kno x ,S he Ioi (11 ofhi, :11)1 "ar - pist co wh h, werc-in the 1 higher i r:ih tes till' ht Il the,o both v ;i an"I oithmlaties wha e now call high s hools , 'te d 10te thft e 11p1U1n th e( pI';uw:p1 v;o adlvoente ; tuld ais the re,ult, thld.-e Sctch, or m y ha, W" Lions, umit il te Girt Cnu is begars 1n, cmaly inl this c(0ntiny, to dipm thic pahl, hatv b en the mlot 1mkiverl sly, hLi liost; thoughl o lly, an1d tilt alost heduJtlCuiL j0epl0 in tht he ;aroidysuece.ssul0 anld Lsplc-n. dll(gymnai :1, 11 ral schmoi upoll (hiis ri: alr piinl e Sta.( )il~ to i di~ , ritler t Imitl m chgisivc aiid untir-e upp rt. y ihc '-tatc. school, of tuh,anothersl llieeit, W1o b ..ibhihelio1i i (n seil 1 i 1e 11tlt, he woul a t Strol fit lcaili to te,ibut tat o Itle cllurlse of. study,)eibracitg wil taito,i the S O10)to Universith, undetihhei iguardianshiep andi cioto hif t 1rutee01 th e Statoy Ulnger sity.o Adwptiti onaiaii 114 tha he Irus Ifrom timea to ht)oe or contintuush and i'm(nfntly, hjs.s'i threoi'r, best pudgnen i t asm proman versliIt'y (iipvb ,i t , in t an hex:una spenthng11 t l hui t.ji~lC hefu phid, of thet scoto-or of theduwholf fund supplied in aiding public higl schools. For the frco primar; I'Chools being lopcl to a0l, the publi, high schools ieed not be a.tvldv( att all except by such as are perfect ly villiig to pay the very reasollabl and mnoderitte fee proposed for thei part,ial support. No force vill b( appliedl, but itprompt and vohmutar) dliplicntion of the amliouit COltriblu ted by the Stat-O will un'doubtedl result. Thils for public schoo) purposes tho educational fund o rhe State will, to the extent of tin high school tuition--fees for eacl plpil, he illcreased_1 and (1pli cated with cheviful alaerity b% Chat portion of tihle people for tl' l'imeo being' imlmedliately beneditted, it a i(nissin to ly a double L. nponl them, on into tho t-reasiu3r, rcnl l h1w other ats tlitioln-fos, will h-< g'raf tully aCepted W, a )enfienlI Ion. We hus, geillcii of tll( Ocnondl Asw!mbly, andl the present and fiture patronis of otr swhool while seeminlgly pot.itionling aid are roally offerin;g aid to the ecdiwa. tional system of h State, of whelicl plblie high Schools should form all essent ial part, 11'espectfully sibmitied by d.UES If. IcN, Tr. T. R'mirsoS, 11sv. W. L.uv, F. Grum 8. U. Cd.OWNEY, Trugle("s M1. Zion Instituto. A Fir'o in tho Patent Om, e. Shorfly before 0oon1 Ont M.Konday thw 2it hi inst , a fire broke out i tHIC conservatory ab'vo tho Mlodue roomI: Of tho Patent Mfileo biihilng, at Vashinigtoni. imAl at 12:30 thi (nIiro lppl portion of the wesI wig of the building froliting o Nin th it re(A, was in Ilnmtes, and the fire crep)in' along betweel th< cvil;'a1d the roof towards th< ioIli wingr :mld the in;i building o 1 stnciot. The .l:unes for a long timle defied all eft'orts to vxtinguisil ii. andt(] besides the local engines thin lire dcparha111wnt of Alexandria tnd k-4orgetowii came over ; an s Overal engines were brought from 1"'dtiaore by train, At the rato of i 1ile andI half it litte. Aftei s'eeal hours the fhu)ues worc cx LI I.uiShe(3. A lar,go munbor of rejected model:i and ohl doemnonts were destroyed ; aid a largo por tion of the re8t of the building was much-11 injurcd by water, whll.Il flooded it several inches il depth. Th--is is the most scriulis conj1ilagra L)!n thlat has ovcurired in the public buildings silcev 183G. Its origil Ii supposcd to hav" bc-ln spolitanle, Ois Comlbuos' i(n of cheicivals. The -amfe to the building is variously ;1tinuaI.,11 frmn 8300.000 to ,500, 000, whi!e, that resulting from tht 1os of models and other valuables ('0coneC,d w.ith the aI'lt(Int O(lie I prow' is at most incahlulablo. Iran m nts 1 .'I have already b1e- 1 nude it to conIstut at temponrary ro0o to the buildling and the debrisi~ i now b ing remIIoved preparait1ltory tc its cosattruction. D)oct,or and Musician. A corre1'sponfdent of the Concordti (N. Hi.) .Melit>r), isays: phyiiani in t1ha6 cityv, ivho wa1s at ten1d inig at sick mu Lsiciani d uring ermfvatles-;cnce, suig'st.edl to th<c it ter' t hat it wVould bet aigreealehl t(. hearl a lit tle miusic during his visits. 'VT miiuibm fell ini with the sug gest ion and1( frequeuntly regaled th<( dloctor wvith thme concord of swvee1 sounds5. Timo1 sped raipidly away,3' and the day aruived for the present a, tion of thalt little bill for meodical] abl.out 6100t. TJheo bill wats p)resenit ed, but the wvorthiy phIysiciani 'wa sutrpr'ised and dlisgulstod by th< preslentation of the following counter chalrges, wvhichi he wmu ultinm Itely coumpolled to allow: For p)layin)g "Olft in the Stilig Night," six variations, teni dlolars s>ilo, 'Sweet Hiome," three vari:. tionts, live dollars ; "Germanuu Walt z,' one variation, two dollars ; "Yanke< "'Sweet Holme," three variaLtionis, iiv< dollars ; so1o, "Laist Rose5( of Sum,' merl," six varliationis, tent dollars solo, "Ar kana T51 .ravolor," six varia tionsi-, ton dlollarls ; six solo bur' lesXquie vaiations on "P~op (Goe tI< Weoasel," teni dollarts; "Sweet Allen,' fifty cents ; "Mloney Musk," hift cents ; "Nowv Centutry Hlornipe,' ii fty cents; "Fisher's Hornupipe,' fift.y cents ; "G4ormnan WValtz," with one variation, four dlollars. Total sixty-cigh t dollars. Couv'r a'r INEwm:nIau'-T.he New berry .I/credd of the 10)th inst., ii spe(alking~ of the recont court atL tha place, thiua alludes toth pridn judige :e )'w(il "Thug sfferinmg from indispo iiio, JdeMackey o(ccup)iod tI Ibenich for' twelve sulCCe.ssivo dauy Sunday celudcd of conrso, givin; the closeOst anfd muost earnest aitton tiont to the~ trials in overy oast small alnd great, and deciding dhis puitedl poinlts of law with a readlinos and fai.rness that gavo satisfactioi to all, and won. for himi the respec and admiration of tIho bar an< eiLizona gnner11ly" THULOW, the famous Lore Chain.. cllor of England, who was called the War-arton of t1ho Woolsack, "was born in an Fitublo Norfoll porsontg ;" yet, becUs0 his fault and meannesses woro many, his comparatively huinblo birth formi 110 exception to the law wIhich Rakes 1 coitemplato with interest tll amazing riso of one who, Whatover may hav booln his faults, was a man of vigorous influence and powerful intellect. Johnson, tho acknowl. edged convorsational monarch ol his tiic, thus expressed himsolf L Boswell when speaking of Lord Tiurlow as a conversationalist: "Sir, I would prepare myself for i man in England but Lord Thurlow. Wlien I am1 to mot him I should wish to know a day before." Tin, J o' Biucri Cm,."-The coif cap is still worn in undiminishec Iolportions by judgs whle they Pass tentonce of death, and i, generally known as tho "black cap. In old time the jusIice, On 1iakinA ready to pronoinco the awful wordk which colisigledi a fellow-creature te a horrible death, was wont to draw up the flat, square, dark cap, thait someotiies 1 hung at th uapo of lis neck or the upper part of hi6 siouler. Having recoverod cth whiiteiess of his coif, and partially coicealed hiis forehcad vnii* brow with the sablo cloth, lio proceeded to utter the dread senteneo witl solemn composure and firmness. At prosent the black cap is assueinc to strike terror into the hearts ol the Vulg. ; formerly it was plled over the eyes, to hide the eiotiol o' the j-dge.-J((t/a rson's B;ot, <ibout L<iycrs. "Oi, You say this gentleman wa about fifty-five." said Canning toll pert younl.g woliall inl the witnes. box, "Iaind I sup)ose, now, yo consider yourself to be it pretty good judge of people's ages, oh i Ah, just so. Well, now, how ohl should you take mno to bo?' "Jdigby your appenrance, sir," replied the witness, "I should take you1 to be about sixty ; by your questions I should suppose you were about sixteen." "WHAT is THE annual corn crop ol Kentucky ?" asked a foreign tourist of a Kentuckian. "I can't exactly -ay," replied the Kentuckian, "but I know it's enough to make all th( whiskey we want, besides what ii wasted for brevad." THESPIAN HALL. --ONE EVENINO ONLY. SATURDAY, Soptomber - - 29, cHAks. it. rATTkr, -Manager. The m1ost Finished Entertainment 01 Ame1riVca. The Marvellous Living Wonder in coniedy SQL SMVITH RUSSELL, Andl his Grxeat Concert Company, Jo:.:s (. L am.um, Musical Director, Co'mpfrisinug tho following artists: Mis: Is. WVi ly, Sopr.ino, Al iss Auuna H ol. bro~ok, C'on tral11to, .AlIiss Annie L'Estelle, P ianist. M iss Hleni .\lrz, Mc-zizo Soprano, r. L. M1. .1auckarud, 'eori, M\r. Walt.e Pound, Uacritonie. Andl thio iniitable All t Late Mu.sical NoveIties of the da' w.1ill be Ta Sentedo. .I'oors openz ati 7; Concert cotumenuces a'. 8. HeaS;its cani be secu red in ad vance at tral chiarge. sep)t 25u i3 Tu's. W.' BIieowN, Agent. GRA~ND SPRING OPENING, t y Giiiod ls, 1l,Wi'cy gbods, Hog and a beatify rti aidfll~ Inpecton laoa A largo lot of Ladies' C'ollarettIes,Fihmuu the Lad ies and pubic generially solicite'd We will endeavor to pleausoe ihe most fas tidiomus. Alli we askis thiait you call, and - see for yo urselves, ando givo us a trial. New Sprinug P.rints. C'enitoinnial St,rip,es, D[ress (Goods,WhVlite GoOds4,Dres. Imaprov crs, Corsets Hloieiry, Gloves, Notionis Cilothing, Hats., ShOes, &e. Agent,t fur uttoricko's reliablo pape - p)aIt('rns. Laduies', Alissed' and Cide no0w pautternsH in store. GROCERY DEPARTMENT, JIust illld up with fro- h Groceries, Con footionaries and evcriyt.hing usually foun<i nl a first clasis huouse of the kind. A lot of Furnilturo, Lat,hs, Shingles, &c Lumber lowv for Cash. Youca fid ll J.O.:BOAG. o1'o a fn l you wanit by callini apr 1. 0. Bo HERE THEY rJOE! D.WN THEY COME Ij T E undersigned are daily receiving one of the largest Stocks ever brought to Winnsboro. BOOTS AND SHOES bought direct from tho manufaoturc.,. HATS AND CAPS, a large variety. A splendid line of CLOTHING to arrive, DRY GOODS of ovory description---particularly staplo good.s. Notions in profusion. We pledge ourselves to soll any line of GOODS as choap as they can bo bought in Columbia. Call and sea us before buying, We will save you money. LADD BROS. sept 20 Wines, Liquors, Tobacco, &o INE Palo Sherry Wine, fine N. C. -FS'uppernong Wine, fine old Porto Port Wine, fine imported Claret Wine, For table uso ALSO, Fine articlo dry Scuppernong Wine, Otard's & Co. genuine Cogine l1randy, pure N. C. Apple Branly, ehvico Stono Mountain (Georg!ia) Corn Whaiskey, puro. N. (O, Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey, My Cabmuet Ryve---the best whiskey in town, and a fall stock of all other good Liquors. Also, the celebrated Indian Palo Alo, fresh Lager and Sweet Sparkling Cider on drtaught. The largest and( bost selected stock oifHavana Cigars and Cigarettes ini townt, Bliackwe.ll's genuine Smoking T1o.. hac, Messina Oranges and Lemons for sale low for cashi by .june 12 'F. WV. HIAINICIlT. Just Received! Just Rece1ved 1 2 1 Barrol Fresh Soda Crackers. 1 " " Ginger Snaps. 1 " " Lemon Crackers. 2 Boxes Robinson's Scottish Oat Meal. ALSO, Sugars, (Coffcos, Lard, Bacon, Flour, Etc. JUST ARRIVED. 1 Tierce Nowv Rico. 1 " Canivassed Hams, Cheap. ALSO, Fre'sh Cream Cheese, --AT J. F. McMYaster & Co. sep)t 20 MORRIS' HOTEL Thave just finished painting, papering 1antd thoroughly renovatin mny HIotel fromi top to bottom, and new have it in first class order and anm prepared to en tertain my guests with much mere eon vienco anti comfort than eretofore. -Ofilco on first fleer and openin on maini street, with dinning room ant sample room adjoining. Every effort will be made to make my guests comfortable. , Hotel located next door to F' Elder';; .'argo grocery and dry goad atores, and in th.e central and business portion of town. Charges to anilt the times. A.'A. MORIS, april-26-tf Propriet'or.