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WINNSBORO, S. C. Thursday, December 13,; 1877. R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor, JNO. B. REYNOLDS, Associate Editor. TiHE MUNIIPAL election in Charles ton passed off quietly. The rogdlar Democratic ticket was elected by a majority of over three thousand. PLEVNA HAs FALLEN after a stubborn resistance. It was thokoy to the Turkish positions and Osman Patwha defended it with the utmost, heroism. The Russians had cut off communication with the place, and Osma.n, finding .lAis army .-on the brink of starvation, endoavorod to' cut through to Widdin. In the contest he was seriously woundod, and thereupon surrendered. The Turks are reported to havo been perishing from cold and hungor. This virtually terminatos the Russo Turkish war. Turkey gained the first victorios, but as was instanced in the caso of the Confodoracy, sho could not indefinitely prolong the strugglo against overwholming numbers and resources. Of course poaco will follow this victory. What the terms will be is a matter of speculation It is expected that Russia will demand only very favora blo conditions, and that England will be placed in an awkward dilemma. She will find it difficult. Patterson at His Old Game. Since Patterson made his speech in the Sonuto he appears to have become quite a lion, and to have loomed up prominently and appro priately as. the champion of anti Hayes Radicalism. To such an omi. nonce has he attnined that Proei dent Hayes requested the honor of an interview with him. Patterson accepted ; and during the course of the conversation, uttered as many misstatements as is usual for him to do. We will notice, however only. the following, contained in an ox., tract from a report of the interview iii the Philadelphia Timea : The President was frankly told that his course toward the South sinee his inauguration had destroyed the Republican party. Being pressed for his reasons for such a statomont, Mr. Patterson referred to the Log islature of South Carolina, which, from a good working majority of Republicans, had been reduced to such an extent that but one Repub lican remained, and he wvas about to resign. Mr. Patterson also said that since Wade Hampton had been placed in office by the President, not a Republican meetixig had been held in South Carolina, and, further than that, he challenged the Prosi-. dent to point to a single Republican meeting that had been held any-. whore in the South since lie has been President. "If you will point to a single meeting," said ho, "I will resign my seat in the Senate." The President said that lie had never thought of that before, and did not remember any such meeting. Patterson also called his attention to the fact that the negroes were very fond of p)ublie meetings and elections, but that now, through out the whole South, not a negro could be induced to go to either, for fear of his life. To these assertions we answer' briefly. The Republican party was dead lon'g before President Hayes was inaugurated. The death knell was sounded wvhen Chamberlain and Elliott walked arm iin arm into the Radical convention after damning each other a scoundrels and black mailers. Grant's bayonete propped up the decaying corpse for 'a fewv months. The voluntary contribu.. tion of the people to the "Hampton Government" buried Radicalism for ever, and South Carolina was free before the Federal baoesloft the State-house. bynt Patterson know that he was ut tering a falsehood when ho assorted that but one Republican remained in the State Legislature. There areo eight or ninos in the Senate, and twenty-five or thirty in the Houseb It is true these are almost exclusive Iy new men, who have no record. The older members, the burning and shining lights of the ,party, ~the g'uondumi associates and boon com panions of Honest John ni longer appear upon the legislative rolls, from the State treasury. Their aliseneo. arises from the fact that they havo records, that their records rook with venality, and cor ruption, and that the evidence of their crimos may be found in the public archives. They havo resigned from dread of that same omnipotent jury to which Honest John bolievos distance londs its enchantment. It has just occurred to us that in this swooping accusaation against the retired Radical Solons, we do an honorable membor of the party injustice. The ox-Hon. Thomas Keitt is not a corrtuptionist. He is moroly a bigamist. That he lan guishos in Newberry jail is duo to the slight.cireumotance that bigamy is not considered quite a proper amusoment to be indulged in by a member of the Legislature, outside of Utah Territory. We fail to see how Mr. Hayes is responsible for Koitt's bigainy, or how the prosenco of a Federal garrison in Columbia would have dotorrod Mr. Koitt from leading two dusky brides to the altar. That small point is ubmit ted to tho honorablo Sonator for olucidation. Mr. Patterson, to put it mildly, errs also in his assertion that the Ropublicans have hold no meetings and participated in no cloections since the withdrawal of the Federal troops from this State, and his error is still greater whon he assorts that Republicans foar murder at the hand of the fierce and rebellions ku-klux of South Carolina. In a recent contest for the Legislaturo in Orangeburg county, the Ro publican county convention, or the executive committoo, mot and nomi. nated one D. H. Straker for the position ; and fifteen hundred or two thousand Republicans voted for him. In Richland county, about the same time, the Republicans nominated and supported a Repub lican for the probate judgeship. Shortly aftor this, in Fairfield coun tv, the Republican Executivo Com.. mitte met.poral ,times to select a new chairman, and subsequently, in a contest for county officers, nomi.. nated and supportod a full set of candidates at the polls. In any numbot of other instances the Ro publicans have hold political moot, ings without suffering the slightest interruption or annoyance ri Democrats. No political terrorism exists in South Carolina. It has its being sololy in the fevered inmagina tion of such miseants as Patter son. President Hayes is much more silly than we take him to be if ho is beguiled with any such stuff as Pats terson retailed in his interview. And we trust that he will take the trouble to inquire into the trnth of Patterson's assertions, so that, find ing them to be utterly false, he may demand a fulfillment of the honora.. ble Senator's pr'omise to resign. As for Patterson, ho has a very bad case of political jaundice. His utterances are but the ravings of a man in his deepest chagrin that there are not yet "five more y.ears of good stealing in South Carolina." THE~ STATE LEGISLATURE. MoNDAy, December 10, 1877. SENATE. The Senate met at the usual hour, Mr.,Jotor, Prosdn r e. in the chair. sietPOtr. A number of bills, resolutions and memorials were submitted, read by title andi properly referred. Soveral committees made re ports on bills, which were laid over under the rules, Mr. Cochran moved that Messrs. Campbell and Gary be appointed in place of Messrs. WVhittemore and Swails on the committee appointed at the session of 1876--77 to revise the constitution and devise reforms, Mr. Gary declined, and nominat-' ed the Senator from Lancaster. The motion was adopted, and Messrs. Wylie and Campbell ap - pointed. Adjourned. HOUsE OF REPRmEsENTATIVEs. A number of bills and resohutions, of local or sp)ecial interest only, were introduced, read by title, and properly referred.. Mr. Qaillard, of Fairfield, intro-, duced ii bill to compel the Char . lotte. Columba nd/ Augma. nail road to comply with roquiromcntE of their charter. Mr. J. J. Homphill introduced v bill to amend the act relating to the fence law. Mr. Simonton introduced a bill tc incorporate the South Carolin Immigration Society; also a bill tc provide for the organization of ti Stato University. The usury law was then taken ul and discussed till the hour o adjournment. On motion of Mr. Verner, it wat decided to tako a voto on the usur] bill at 2 o'clock on Tuesday. Adjourned. TUESDAY, December 11, 1877. SENATE. Mr. T. B. Fraser was admittoi and sworn as Senator from Sumter Senator Butler preseited th< petition of certain citizens of Aikei county who have learned will infinite regret that certain othei citizens are ondeavoring to form i now county. "Your petitionr humbly protest that Aiken count3 is only four years old, of modiiii sizo. thinly settled, and should nol be mado a Gaul of under any con sideration." Wherefore they huibb: hog and entreat that the bill t< form the new county of Butler b dismiised. The committeo on public printihp reporte:1, recommending paymnen of balance of $1,300 due the Re publican Printing Company or printing of last session, before tih( money in the treasury be applied i the paymont of the claimn of Calvc & Patton. The bill wast so amend c(I anid passed. The following bills and resolu tions, were then taken up and pass od: To require the secretary o State to report, at the next session on the operations of the land com mission; to incorporate tito Soutl Carolina Emnigration Association; t( incorporate the Waltorboro' Rail road and Tramway Co.; to transfe a part of EdgeIild to Newberr; county, and to ropoal Section 17 Chapter 88, Title III, Part II, o the General StAutes. Adjourned. HouSE OF RF.PREENTATIVES. After the presentation of a num bor of bills, resolutions and peti. tions, and the reception of soverni favorablo reports from comittee upon sundry measures, the consid oration of the usury bill was re sumed. The Speaker announced tit i was 12 o'clock, the hour fixed f'or i vote on tile question of striking on the enacting clause. Mr.Simnonton moved to ro.conside the vote whereby the House ro solved to vote on the question a 12 o'clock. Andrewvs, of Sumter, moved t' lay the motion to reconsider on th< table, which wvas agreed to. Tfhe vote was then taken on th<~ motion to strike out the enacting clause, and resulted as folloms Yeas, 17 ; nays, 70 ; exoused fron] voting, in consequence of having "paired," '1; not voting, 28. Mr. Brico, of Fairfield, vote< "nay" ; Mr. G*aillard veto "aye." Mr. Youmans called the previoni question upon tile passage of th< bill, and the call was sustained. Mr. Ficken called attention to thi fact that a large number of momr b)ors were absent, and appealed t< the other side to withdraw thei call for tile provious9 question. Thi appeal wvas unheeded. Mr. Memminger demanded tha the bill be read by sections undos the rules Th'is~ demand was ac ceded to, the Speaker stating, how ever, that the operation of the pr'o vious question debarred the intro duction of amendments. The bill was then read thi second time and passed without division. The bill to require all able--bodiet male prisoners in jail under sen ?ence to labor upon tho roads an< upon the streets of the cities an< towns of this State, was taken ulj and passed with amendments; also large number of incorporation bill: of merely local interest. The concurrent resolution t< adjourn during the holidays wa: amended so as to make the adjourn mont from the 20th of Decombe' un)til the 16th of January. Ai amendment was offered that mom. hors shoukd receive no por dien, or mileage during tile recess. Th< resolution, as amended, was thon adopted. The special order, the considers, tion of ai bill to establish a depart mont of agriculture, mining and manufacturing in this State, wan taken up and ameonded so as tc make the pay of the commisionm of the department $1,000, instad of $1,500. It was then passed. The bill to utilize convict laboi was then taken up. Mr. ,Orr moved to. amend so thai contractors hiring convicts should be required to pay to the Stat $30' for each of such convicts allo qjtc escape. Mr. Hemaphill movedl to limit thb pnnaltins by making hon $10nao each year of the escaping convict's timo romaining unserved, but the wholo not'to exceed $300, and not to be oxacted unless two months shall pass without recapture. The amendments were adopted and the bill passed. Mr. Haskell then called up tho bill to roiniburso the county of Richland for expenses incurred in tho trials of persons tried for crimes commit, ted whilo such personu wero 81tate oflicials. Mr. Aldrich moved to amond hy inserting a provision that tho ex pensos should only be paid by the State when the iorsons convicted are now residents of Riciand. The amendmiiont was rojoeted, and the bill passed. Adjourned. HfYMEN E L I M1AlitI It) on the 9til Ist., at the resklence of tho o1leatiig eleig.vni, by Rtev. T. W. Erwin, 3llt. .IIIN ,. YONI1', to MISS NANNiE M. litICB, hotlh of alir11tHi coolily. True Br otherhood Lodge, No. 344, Knights of Honor. ' l rjljjt". ,j l(et 4In of tIti l.or.e will ho I h I-il nh"sule ll:t 11 1 l'riday evenliig, t!e 1-th 11 , at luck. E. 8. CII.\N IlI.I R, deo 1:1-r tnerer. Wininsboro Lodge, No. 11, A. F. 31. T jHE regular monthlly vommun ienation ofillis Lodge will 1w held this ev.nin at 7 o'clou':. Ufieers will le elected( to SIrve lor the enstwing Niasonicyluar. Bretlirei imst omeic prepireoi io pay des. W.1. N. CIIANDLA-At. le 1icetry. Prepare for Christmas. rI, ~I I proprietor of O LT 11 IIOUSE bes r- to iliorm1 hli, cutars n h is teilst )Illul's all itile public general.that. ho has th Ilargest and best stock of goodh in his lin in town, conlsisting of Otard. Dupuy & Co.'s, (ognac Brandy, Pure old Jamiti ittim. oh( Pear Iloihld (Jinl, Lynelhburg lyt Whiskey, Lincoln ollni.v Ryo "' hiskey, Oild Vilgilia XXX Ryo Whiskey. Old h7ntnt,11-ky 1ourbonl, Blythewood Pure Pe-tch oranly, N.C. PaIcl andt Applo lranidy N. (. weet Mash tCorn Whliski, "iono Motain Sour MAlsi Corn Whiskey. ALSO, G. H1. MuN1 & Co.'s. Clin1n1fine. Winos, Ales, Portor andl Lager B;eer. Pom and Jerry, Itot Scotch 0c. Fresh O. strs Anld IViesh N. U. Pork Sau1sage always ou hand. Rt'specti'llly, de 13 J. D. MeCAt LEY. Columbia Business Cards. 1 ----- = = == = = --- = = =-== KCADQUARtTIAist- For chivapest G,ro. 1 cries andl 1hard1wart.. ill Clutmia, to be follild lit the old rcliable house of 1A) K K &LOWANCE. IX'S, Portraits, Photographs, Stere Iosoes,m, &. All old pictures t copied. Art Gallery luilding. 124.1 Main Street, Colijbia, S. (1 Visitors are cordially inlvitedl to oall and exainltio. liIAliLES EI1AS, Iormierl y of Caienlicl, ' has moved tof Columbia, an I op(.ned41 b at 'rge stock, of Dry Goods and Notions, Boots, Shoes, Trinks and Valises. Satis faio,n -uarainti-vd. jICCKJLING'S (GALL ERY--Opposi te the'heeler Illom--e. Porjtraitsi, Photographls, A mb,rotypes anid Ferroty pes fi nished inl tile latest style of the art Old pietiurt S copied and enlarged to aniy size. W. A. REW.KLING, Proprietor. ]j-TERCKTS & D)AVIS, impor10ters and1( Si!lver and11 P!ated Ware, I louse Fr rnish elry repaired. C'olnumbia, S. C. oct 27--y AUGUSTA HLUTEL, Corncr of Broad and Washington Streets9, AUI4AUST'A, G A. ITAS been thloroulghly renovated, re mJ fodeleud and newly furnaishied. It is locaitedl ini tlio eintre of Imsiness. T'elegraphi (OllCic inl thIe 11otel b)li ng. E]xpress Oflico inl the Raol1I block. Post Oflico only one blz,ck off. All other p~ub lio conlveniences close at. hand1(. yp'" TIhe Oflico of tihe Hotel will be 01pen dluring the nuight, andii guests will be - received or called at any houar. W. W. AlOOlm1', Proprietor. Rates of Board, $2.00 per day out -20-xly___ A Fine Opportunity. F[13HE uindersigneod offers for sale1 or -1. rent the une store b~ulding flow ocou pied y B.Sugenheuier & Co., and knw s Catheart's Old Stand." This is one of (ho very' best business standsll in Winnsbo~o--teng centrally loented and builing hIas recently been put in first rate conditiona----repainteod aind othierwvise overhaulod. On tihe samo lolt, is a1 com.. fortablo dwelIlig-honso5 and warehouso 1 whiech ill be disposed of along with the store buiilding. Thie storo has always attracted (one of the best trades inl tihe county, andi is altogethior one of the most d1esirable in Wininboro, Tierms very accommo dating. .D. SUGENUEIER. ALSO, Alogg with thestoro abov-o mentioned, vill bo sold, if desired, the stock of goods in it. nov 8-txmn B. SUGENHIEMER & CO J. CLENDINING, Boot anfd s1io0 Manitactlror WVINN8J1ORO, 8. CJ. I 1 THE uniderniignied re spectfully annloulnces to tihe public of Fairfield flhat ho a hasmoved his Rhoot and 81h00ehlaufactory to one door belowv Mr. (..Muller's. I am11 prepared to mlan ufactuir 1l styles of' work in a sulbstantiail and . orkmanliko manner, out of the v'ery best materials, and at prices full a low as the same goods can be m1anheuf d for at the North or elsewhere. I keep nstantly (on Ihand a good Stock of 1M0 and Upp<rN Loather, Shge Findings &o., which will be solat reasonable gri<4s. Repairing ;'pi1 attended to. .i'etmsastrictl Cash. ~ ried Hides bought. oct 12 J. (LENDINING. NEWKS ANU HERALII WEEKLY EDITION, I 1 UBLISHIED EVERY W1.EIEDAY AT W I N N.B ') R9, S. 0. BY TIE WINNSOILO PUBL8HING CO IT CONTAIN A 1UMNIARY OF TUB LEADING EV'INTS OF TILE DAY. State News, Comnty N6ws, Political News, Etc. THE EDITORIAL DPART1ENT RECEIVEA SPECIAL ATTENTION. Til,E LOAL COLUXN is well filled with town and county nowr. The imu of the Publishelrs is to hisio a FIr-CLASS FAMILY NEWSPAPER. ---o Terms of Subscription, payable invaria-. bly ill advance: One copy, on year, ----- $3.00 One copy, six months, - - - - $IGC. 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