WINNSBORO, 8. (.
Tuesday, December '4, : 1877.
R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor,
JNO. S. REYNOLDS, Associato Editor.
PAM-a1SON SAYS that after stand
ing eight years of political cai
paigns in South Carolipa, it is
ridiculous for the Senate to try to
bulldozo him.
WHEN A VACANCY first occurred )n
the Supremo beleh of South Coro .
lina our eyes were turned to the
ion. W. D. Porter, of Challe<m
as the proper porson to fill it. He
was our eloice for Chief Justice
until be was withdrawn ; and as ho
will accept an Associate Justiceship
of course lie must be our choice for
that position. He has grown gray
in the service of the Stato and has
reached the highest round in his
profession. In him the "lucubratio
viginti annorum" of the English
law has been fulfilled. It is no
disparagement of tho claims of
others to say that he seems to us to
be peculiarly fitted to wear the
judicial mantle. We believe that
the Supreme Court is ono place in
which ago and venerability possess
peculiar merit.
A TELEGRAM received on SAturday
announced that General Butler had
bcon admitted into the Senate
after ia prolonged and heated con
test. It is true that our gratifica
tion was accompanied with indigna
tion that Kollegg, the Chamberlain
of Louisiana, had reaped the fruit
of the Roturning Board frauds and
had also slipped into the Senate
from that deoply wronged State.
But Louisiana can tak care of
herself. It is suflicient for us to
feel that for the first time since 1801
the Domocrats of South Carolina
have representation in the upper
branch of Congress. Patterson
will soon be pulled out, and another
Democratic Senator will sueee(I
him. The Senato now n,tdmi
thirty-nIne Repulicins, th'ity live
Democit,-:;, a1nd Judge lDavis, i-io
pondent Democrat There is Hill a
vacancy from Louisiana, which the
Democrats should have, and thi;
will iimak1u, the voting pretty close.
Sharon, of Nevada, will n A attend,
thusA dep)riving the Republicans3 of
0on0 vote.
Plain Talk to the Ratticals.
During the recent conte:st in the
Senate over~ the aminssion of Sena
tor Butler, the debato at different
times grew hot ; and the Republi
canf Senators heard sonmc plain talk.
One of the ha ppiest hits was made
by Senator Thurman, in answer t'.
the charge of Edmnunds that the
Decmocrats were afliiiating with a
moan (Patterson) against whlom most
damaging charges had been madtte.
Thurman denied tho truth of aniy
alliance, and showedl that Patterson,
months before there was any men
tion of an indictment, had promised
to vote for admitting Butler, and
continued:
"UJnder these circuamstancos, that
Senator, as was published in all the
newspapers, told his own constitui
ents in the capital of his own Stato
that lie would vote to scat Butler.
Very well. If 1 amn not mii:-aken,
it was also stated in the newspapers
two or three mouths ago that the
Senator from Florida would vote to
seat Butlor. Well, sir, this session
met. Was there any attemp)t to
seduce those gentlemen away by
honors conferred upon them ? Howv
comes it that the chairmanship of
one of the principal committees of
this body was given by the Republi
can party to this man under indict-~
nent for a penitentiary offense'?
There ho sits, this indicted indi
vidual, the chairman of your Com~
mittee on Tferritois, one of the
mnost impoertant committees in this
body, and holding it by the gift of
the Republican .. membors of the
Senate ; and hero -is the seat of the
Senator from Florida, also promoted
to a ohairnmanship. Wore there
any honors held ont to these gen.
tlemeon to induce them to - train in
thme Rtepublican ra~ without any
faltering in"their ~tps or wvayoring
whatsoever fher march i I
would not'ch~ i( a thing ; I
do not believo -1 b,u how easy
would it be to o b'o charge that
there was an indueement. held out
to ihese men who had declared
puirpose of voting for Butler, mitul
aftor that failed, a -Systetla of terror
ism that we now see is resorted t<
in i(s stead ?"
This blow reccived additional
force, from the fact that Pattorsor
was under in dietment at the tiuo
the Senate Iet ; anId these hono.
wero heaped upon him by the lie
publicans with tho knowle.1go of the
existeneo of tho indictment.
Patterson mado a good spef-ii
for himself. showing the logic of his
position, that if Htapton is Gov
ernor, Butler is Senator. lio also
revealed that Sonator Edmunds h.id
kicked out of party traces in voting
against Pinchback, and quoted
IMnds' speech agItiast him. le
wound up by remarling that after
he had passed through eight years
of Political campaigns in South
Carolina it was rathor ridiculous
for the Senate to try and bulldoze
him. IO didn't scare worth a cent.
Conover, of Florida, said : I
understand that the Supreme Court
of South Carolina has decidod that
the Legislature which ejected Mr.
Blutle- was the legal Legislatire of
the State. Can we go back of that
decision '? I think not. It has
been recently decided by a tribun:a
the like of which never sat on earth,
that the Senate and Hous1e of Rep
resentatives combined could not go
behind the decision of a returning,
board of a State, eveii in case of
ictuall frauid. to det,onlline who were
the duly elected electo;"s of Louisi
ann, and that this iesulls from the
right of a State to regulate her own
affairs. How then can wo now go
behind the decision of the Supreme
Court of the State as to which of
the two bodies is the rightful
Legislature of that State? 1There
may be cunning reasons satisfactory
to lawyers, SomeI mysterious logiC
so deep in the law as to be beyoInt
oonunon Compreheision, why, to
elect a Republican President, wv
can hold ourselves concluded by the
decision of a State 101uinL611g board,
and at the samiv time, to prevent
Democratic Senat(r from t:Iki
his seat, wo cia go behind
decision of the SIpnme Curt .
the State. Such adroit.ness my I.
familiar to the profession, bu,t 'ay,
men ciannot ho expe 'tod to undlr
stand it, nor can plain, honest men
he expeted to be governed by it.
I could not vote to disregCard th
-!ecision of the Supreme Court of
Sonth Carolina with,ut fee!ing Ih-it
I was voting against Ite lgitilu:t1ny
of tile Presidont, aid I am not
willing to cast i he li!htest shad"w
u1ponl 1' e title by which Prelident
iayes exercises the fulncti"n os
the executive oflico. I have rlways
been a Republican:; I amn one
to dayv, unless it is impossible for
me to voto my c~onvic'tions onl a
and s, ii no a Riep~hubim. I1 believ'e
at man may be bioth an hionest hmn
and a Ropulicani ; if not, the
former is p)rofrable to the litter.
TJhe Chair annonr.ced that Mr.
Arthur C. M[oor'e, of (blumbi , had
been aIppoinlted assist. . 'lei k of
the Senate, and Mr'. Moore came
forward aind wais sworn in.
Mriu. Kinisler presented a petition
to prlohiblit the s lo of intoxicating
liquors at country stores.
A number of bills wt-rio intro
(duced, reaid by tith-, and prope.rly
re ferr'ed.
On motion or General Garyv, the
President of tho Senato was an~i
thorized and directed to extend the
priivilegos of the floor of the Sona:to
to General TIrimzble, of Maryhmnd,
who wats presenhlt.
The Senato concurrent resolution
to meet in joint assembly on F:iduy,
November 30, to eleet Judge North
rep's Successor, wasi amended to.
read December 5, passed and
sent to the House for concurrence.
Adjourned.
HOUsE OF IIIEPRESENTrATiVES.
The House received and passeBd to
a socond1 reading a concurrent resios
lution to extend the time for the
'ualo of dolinquon t lands.
A number of bills wore intro..
dluced, read by title, and properly
ref erred.
Mr. MecKown introduced a bill to
restore all lanlda forfeited for taxes
to their owners. Recad by title and
referred to ways and means comn
mittee..
Mr. Gaillard, of Fairfield, intro
duced a bill to amend the charter of
tbo Charlotto and South Carolina
Rilroadl, and to produce conformni
ity betwveen the charters granted
the road by the States of North and
South Carolina. Read by title aund
referred to the judiciary committee.
Mr. Gaillardi also, introduced a
bill to 'amend the act to proven,t ex
tortion in railroads.' Read by title
and referred.
Mr. Orr-, frnom t''o e i m i n
pivie;e -md elet-Wo V-Yn owl i
rvsolu: i.m tha : a T!o . . Jo ii. ti,
of it, I mC'.1.ev oi th us,
had been dc,;e!d in lcvootllpt of
1.hw Hfous,, w u1!-.l r-oflisc-1 1. a v'ny.r
Ims 4': h 1 )is F,e:akt bI decv - rcod
VACRIlt, alld !, nOw i.m!. o.'Ier1 .1
immdia(t:y. The rOt.Jlition wais
lai over un;d1r (0 r' .
'Mr. Orr als;i Inese a report
'';.m tho S;me cuanlloitti-o th-a.,t
,miis R"'ith. of Newboi ry, a mn Iml
br of tIe House, as iovid to be
srVing a setileno inl jail for biga.
my, to the greAt shame111 of the
Hr.11o. No reommenda tion aci
p:a;i : t-.o rkport, and it was laid
ovor.
The House bill providing the
dent,h punlity for rape, ar-son and
biur-glary, calo up1), 'n received its
seond ro:uling Vells, of Rich
laid, moved to strike oit the enmmet
inqg vlhiu%o. Lost.
.Mr. Gray ioved to i-t-iiitely
postpono tie bill, anld tho aves and
noe'lov were catled for. The motitn
to idefilitely postpolnc Was lost by
a voto of 80 to 20.
'iover-ai bills. of privato or local
iwporb,anvo only, wocro then pastiod.
Adjourned.
SATUMAA, Doc-omber 1, 1877.
SE.N
A numbev ol' piiosIom d1if
rint Colultit.1, noneO of them of
i)nor. iftev.4, woc submiti.ted
A inuathbr of bills wyere.( int rodued,
read by title, and properly refforrod
Adjoi-urne0d.
HorstE ov R ;-:sAitzs.
A concirrent ewolu.i0ii was re
ecived f1011 tiA l at that both
hous"es elicc at 1 o'clock, "'e.inesday
Decemilber 5, injn.l eeby for.
t,he pml pw-ae a i-li
jnl.ge to 1 V
y 1,-asione
i-op. .
by l t res NC ctiby
A muaor of bilis and 1csoltion..
wurc ilu;,v,bic.1, road by title, anud
Mr. Lilrdpreosont01 an extract
from !he pn. *nmen t. of tho gr.,nd
jary of Fairfield county, rolating to
Tihe n'porl. of the can"aitAce Oil
!rvlg. :n -m, Oln rov.u,
ti".- i :t,i..i to ,u i ts in te a :m
of Tiuo .m.s Ke:- '.o, m o:n os
to expel l?.,Ti : L.: t w a 1. n :t'
e illed. 'IThe re~ .ort. set forth th
f..et I;t. I !.o s-a .b'id. h..d been
eeniei '' bi : , .:av at i: t
...:n...?3 i1.) isOx. i e S t' n '
serv'in oult alsi so:'.''nce in thle j.1
ment31 and. other docueni H1t$ cuon
ne-:'tc.d; wih the ca:eto r ead3, aml
.he gasittioni of the' iop1ion or'
coj in oft theO resoilIdonf putt by
1:0 8p:: skir. The Iu~ roll w-$ caitlbo
n i I ho lOb. wans as8 fi.w: 3:<
113; nays (.. Hie was heef
3.n1 iIiously oxpelled. fr'om the
Mi~r. Y. J. Pope asiked that he be
perittd t rer.:u fomvoiting' onl
thot quesHtion, as8 he0 uh.mA :1ct.0ll the'
counl 35 of KIitt.
Mr'. Or's resolultion declainug
vacanLt the seat of T. B. Johnston,
of Smtor, wats next put.
Mr. Ferriter' askd0 thiat the0 con
sidera'ition of the rosoluitioni he post
M~r. Orr ins8isted' on its immelldiaLto
consHideraltion). Hie said thalt Johnl
ston had not only failed t.o purge
halinself of his conltemnpt when he
had a oppor'tunfity, but hlad made
aL very' jisulting spch0l, and1( ho
t.houg~hIt it would b)e a dIisgrace to
tile House to allow him1 to retain his~
seaLt. Thie r'esolutioni was adopted,
and the seat of T. B. Johuson de
clared vaant.
It costs $375,00 annuailly to
keep the tr'ees,. shirubs, and seats
upon the boulevards{l anid in the
public sqjuaries anld gardlens of Pa.ris
in order. It is estiu't.ted that the
treos in the atveniu" ain.i boulovards
of Paris n)umiber 8%:200 ; those in
the ceImteiti, 10,).i0)0 : and( those
in the squar:e8 and1 '01 ot yards or
Ivarlionls builJ ings, 8,300(U.
.A1t the incent c (ountly fair of
.MIs'e. Ouit,.of neQar a4 dozen1 compa1
nies1 of 'imtry, only two conltestd
for the pi ize of 825i oil'er'ed for the
best drilled company ini the county.
Th'eso twno wore the Bamberg
oGuar'ds flad the (5entennial Guards,
of Gi.hamu's S.tation. The prise was
borne off by the I3amzberg Guaards.
SOUIH CA OT,NA NEI.11.
The Abbeovillo Pesan-l Banner
n1)in::Nos ILom. F. A. C niiir for
Syeakor of Jia ouse urf Rtqwosonl
Dr. GirilMo, oP lwrece, haa been
"oiiper i, loll . tho
lun:tic UdhDU. ER J. d. U"lnmor
Unma,n; l:,o bein prov:-lent in
C n:i:. t !mt p) -rtims ham-1 recoived
adlvim-s Ltha-t in caswu Svn:ao>r Buitlor
is setod Corbin will b real)poinfted
disti ict attorney. Tho imitors can
not bo tricod to a reliable source.
D.i-hngton is infested with a
band of black dosporadues, escupod
convicts from the ponitontiary.
Tim feoling in that county against
S1priinttndont Palrmo, for his
apparnit Carele.8sness, is very
strong".
Theo* tatx polls in Pickons county
this year are 1,973, ::inst 1,438
lar,-t. The wggregaItte assass9ed
vailn of propew ty is less thanl it wIs
l-a-t yo.ar, Simply b)eC.auso Pooplo
will un lcrestimato thoir taxable
proPer-ty.
'1ii commission appointed to in
vest-igate the bona,fd a indebtedness
of Edgeiold county has concliud1ed
its labors and mado a repoiort, which
is highly satisfactovy to tho t.txpay
ers of tho comuty. The report
141hOWS the totAl amou1t of claims
against tho county to bo $55,010.56,
claims dis llowe. $36,845.30, and
Claims. alowd.18,19>.20. T:1i8
atimoillt, it is Ciaiied, Call easilv be
p i- :.I by a Lx of 82. mills for two
sLCCessiv Ve Irs.
It now appoart that the chances
of Haskell, Bmnhai and Porter, for
tho 'oprom1neilo .Belch, are about equal.
It is thought that the fact of Gen
0ral C<mner's resignation, and the
pIobablo filing of his placo by
Colonel Youmans, of Columbia,
itnds to hipI) Porter, tho fooling
preailing timt the low-country
h1ould iave i.Ctino share inl th O 11CiO.
'Ihe chancves of the three 'cnitloluln
n-aixi aro s.) nearly equal, and the
argtrimia. in their favor nio so
) :,i bahnced, that the least thing
:a,-y ta, n tho soale onu w-.ay or the
1:;,r. Fur the Speakership, Shop
Irm1 still apparently has the advan
.l. Thlero is a rumor that Orr
u.:y retire in faVOr of Simonton, but
t is hardly credited.
ESTABLlkiIlED IN 1850.
Cloc.ks Pnd Jewelry re
pairA, and qatinfaction guaranteed
All whlo have left watchles u. .,
* ~ia 1Ius~It1 1e1un get them, or I will
s - t..-m for costs in thirty dayi.
of thte rm-)-d A1semby of. I his
to, 1)proved June11( 71bh, 18'i7,
it is i.oreby orderetI that anl oleotion
be hld 'n said townsh;lip, on Tues,8
d.y th 11t day of Decemiber next.
It is further ordered that snid elec
tin h 1o condneted at Horebi Chutrch
in said towniship, and by the follow
ing manatiigers, Viz :3. W Robin
son), WV. RI. Rabb, J. B. Robinson.
TIhose in fa'vor of changing the
present Fenco Law, will use0 the
folloingtV balilot :"In favor of al-~
t(a ing the iFonoo L~aw." Trhose
oppJ.ed will 1use the followving halI
aot :'Again--t alLt ing the Fence
Law." All the laws applicable to
general (-leetionhs in this Stato will
govern tis election. T1he mana
gersl 21rO requiired1 to make coi-lined
return of said election to the under'
s'gned as5 soon its theO result of the
samoi) slhll htv' been ascertained.
J'. A. HLINNAN T,.
R. E. E LLISO(N, SR'
C. Rt. MEANS,
County Commissioners for Fair
fiold County.
nov 10-1awtd
Bsis haps
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its sturpassing merit places it bevond atn com.
petIIon, a(I- mankes it the cheni).A. not with
Htintig the large lucemet.s offered by
sCelers of noisy, hard-running, troublesome, twe.
threadu, tenion.i machines.
Oly .llnchil in the WrI vitL]
Auot,omaltic, Featiures, and
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Write by Postal Card for. Price List, List
of Offios, &o.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF FAIMFIELD.
In the court of Probate.
To Minuie Lylo, Mattio Siuith,
Wil i:UI Staih, Dl) zys Lylo4, Vic
toria Lyles, Firanik Lyles, William
Lyles, Charlotto E. .Edurington,
Frnmees H M1-cKeown, John T.
McKoowin, Dollie B. Ederington,
Ewugenia Ederington, Hory M.
Edorington, Barilla Rt. Edering
ton, Francis H. Ederington,
Carolint J. 1lorington, afay C.
Ederington, Piecious N. WalP,
Joseph B Wall and Wiun SmitI,
Greetinug:
Y OU are hereby reqniz ed to appoar
at the Court of Probato, to bo
holden at. Fuirfield Court -ouse,
for Fairfield County, on the twonty~
fourth day of January, A. D. 1878,to
show cause, if auy you can, why the
real estate of Lucy. Ederiigton
dt-VeMSod, describel in the Ietition
of Mary A. Lyles, Wiot in ray offiche,
tioold not bo diviled or sod,
tdoitiing to each of the heir- -at, law
of the said Lucy E,Ae'rigton, de
c.ts0d, the sharo of said r1.:'A to
to whih he or mo iwy bt )n
under the laws of sid StL..- in sCh
CasO made and alprovided.
Given unler my hLnd 1d lc-d this
ninth day of Novemh-.. A. D. 1T377.
0 . R.. T Ii S ION,
To the deron1mts, Minnio Lylcn,
MIAttieSuih Wil'sala uit bil, David
Lyls, Victorite Lyies, Franlk Ly,h-s,
William Lylos, Charlotio E. E<or
itgton, Frances H McKeoown, John
T. MeReown, Dollie B. Edorington,
EUn tgeni:" Ederington, Henry 41.
Eder in;;- n, B-rili R. Ederington,
Francis 1. Ederington, Carolina J.
Ederington, Maky C. Edorington,
Precious N. Wall, Joseph B. Vall
and Winn Smith.
Ttake notice that the summons in.
this action, of which the foregoing
iH a copy, was filed in the offic0 of
the Judgo of Pt-ohate for Ftii field
colntv, at Winisboro, in the Sta:to
of South Gwolina, on tho ninth day
of November, A. D. 1877.
GAILLARD & REYNOLDS,
Petitioneu's Attornoys,
nov 13-flaw6w Wmin;boro, S. 0
One hundred thousand dollars' worth oc
Morehandide!
9clected wIth a view of supplying the wants or
all tle pe0ple VISMtin CollulLa during tihe
Fair, consistling 0
DR1Y GOODS I
Carpets, Oil Cloths, Wall Paper, Window
Shaucs. Ladies', Gents' and Chil
dren.a's Fine Shoes.
Jones,.
Davis Wt
ofrer in an their var Iousi (dpatm ents an ex..
CraorrlUittry colio'alion or tle lait.cal noveiles in
DRIY GOODs FANCY GOODS AND SilOEs.
we call special attention to otr rmnso
.st ock of D)re.ss I 00os.
In ''t-r llo-.iery' department you will fit
r.veryit intg YOtt wriJ. t. moderate prices. Wa
1:1.11 always~ (:t hand- a compnhlPte as~sortmei~nt ot
dat.A' .'tmis's klt b'love also a sttper.b ar
.l of IwII-bit on KIdu. Glive's, till colors, for
'ne :'nlar a1 pair.
*,uri 11'ph1oery depa)rtmentt is stoeked with-a
Mist , It?'st 20U1.ings. Coco :, Mntings, Win
dlow whltes atnd i .n's eu ttmat.
si".;c-'s vI.lIng (' olhambla will nhtri th's
~nneI laioh cIty, and wi' e.t end ai cordial intvite
liIon hto everty oneo to pay" i,a v.It,
order fromt ihe cit to t' y ir gods or samiples.
prompt1;ly ttemnlelItt t We pre'it.3 freigt on all
ctash odrs or v"on I)otiara ad ntt, ril
JONES, DAVIS3 & BOU1ENGHTS,
(sutcc!t;ira to nt. 1'. iver & cYo.,>
COO ~T..JM 33.fi,. c.
Oct 9-31.3
Mounat Zion (Jollegiate Instittito
a.. T'l'. fall .so:siion of th is w.:ll
The course- otfi rst I ietion
branches. Special attion 'tM iil be34 paid
to Otoutnti,m, re.tilin;, spe-lling~ andt vr~t..
ing.1 Pu tils will re- iive i .tt care.ful1
drill in the rui jji nt hibich is *.wntiatl
to steutrintg a tnrout.;h e 1ne;ation. lilack-..
boarttd (xcreiS-s wiV1l tert" liptel as at
muethodi of insitrnttiIOI. The C' i.'g
btuiling is commoioo,. and v.on trnintly a
loedted. 'The P'rmtci pal .-p " wt h th'e
Slato, to scouro a liberal pt.ronuai.:', by
meahns of whtjih the instt-it. tay be' re
stored1toits formr opu1)larit y and1( useftul
'TERfs :
Classical depart ment, p)Or session
of twenty wooks, - - $30.00.
Intermnodiauto, - - - - 25. tia
P'iiary. - - - - - 2.0
P'ay'sont to be made quartorly in ad
vancO,
R. M. DAVIS, Principal
aug_14 -thtf Winnsboro, S. .
Just Received,
A\PLEB, Orange., Pears, Rlalsins
adOnionsu, just in aa, l'w f or
cash.
We e ill keep on htandi during the sea
son a ohoice stook of the abovo fruits.
ALBO,
Blutter, Eggs,Soda Bisonits, Ginger Breoth,,
Spicos. Starcb, Grist, Meat, OtO, always
fresh at
3. Es OATHCART & BRO.'S.
2QdoznEnglish Tooth Brushi, irn.
ortd o rd r. Fo s L t he ru