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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION.J WINNSBORO. S. C., TIHURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1879 { YOL. 2. NO. 152 BEN BUTLER ON THE JEWS. -0 THlE GENERAL I1AS FAnLEN IN LOVE WYITIE TIEM. His Compliments to Their Origin and History--Honesty of the Men and Virtue of the Women C The Genera"s Speech a the Hebrew Fair in 130ston.] Mn. CHAIRMAN, LADIEs AND GEN TLEMEN-No devout, sincere Chris tian can doubt for a moment the wonderful character of the Hebrew race. Sprung from the loins of Abraham, they woro, as we are to night, by our Bible and yours, God's chosen people, and for them he be came legislator, guide and friend. He brought them into and out of Egypt by a series of miraclos, show ing that of thom he expected much in the economy of his universe; and when he thundered from Mount Sinai-amid the ligtnings of that dreadful and terrible yet glorious occasion to mankind-the best and and highest code of laws ever pro mulgated to man, they evinced their divine origin because in them were found two subjects treated of that have never been incorporated in any ancient code of laws. He gave to Moses the great command. "Take thou no usury of thy brother." He gavo to Moses that oversight and that knogledge that enabled him to embody in his code of laws better sanitary regulations than have been embodied in any code of laws since; and in all that remarkable career of the Jewish nation we see that he proposed that from that nation, His chosen people, should come the om anation of His plan of salvation to mankind ; and from that nation has come the religion which has cover ed the earth with civilization. [Prolonged applause.] His people have remained together in a most remarkable manner, not as a nation -for they, for a thousand years, have not existed as a nation-but there h is bon a s.>liditary of the people in the economy of the Jew ish race that has kept them to themselves, although scattered all over the world, amid the greatest and most terrible persecutions for many years-almost ages-that would have destroyed any other nation. The Hebrew nation is a nation distinguished for three charactor istics--the integrity, the thrift and the industry of her men, and the purity, chastity and domestic vir ture of her women. I Loud and prolonged applause.] I need pay no compliment where none is need ed- I speak from knowledge upon the subject. For forty years, save one, I have been conversant with the criminal courts of Massachn setts and many other States, and I have never yet had a Hebrew client as a criminal [storms of applauso)] but, you may say, that was because the Hebrews did not choose you as their lawyer [prolonged laughter and applause] ; but that is not the true answer, for I never yet saw a veritable Israelite in the prisoner's box for crime in my life [renewed applause] ; and, thinkiing of this matter, as I wvas coming here, I met a learned Judge of one of the high - est courts of the Commonwealth, * of more than forty years' experience at the bar and the bench, and I put the same question to him, and lie said lie bore witness with me to the same effect ; he neither at the bar * nor at the bench, had ever seen any Hebrew arraigned for crime. (Thunders of applause.] Another fact is that the Jewish race, having remained intact for so many years, must come from some preordination of the Al, mighty, that they should keep themselves to themselves to return * again and possess the promised land after more than forty years, and, perhaps, centuries of wander ing away from it; and that time, which had been the dream of the Hebrew philosopher, the topic and prophecy of the Hebrewv prophet, the hop e of the Hebrew statesmen, seems about to be fulfilled ; for, under the lead of the man who to day is the most powerful on the carth--a single man standing out tho' central figure of all Europe the man whose fame has pervaded oven the school-boy's mind, so. that it said that when a question was put to one of them, "'How is the map of Europe divided t'" he repli ed, "By Beaconsfield." [Shouts of -~ laughter, cries of "Good I Good I", and applause.] Under the lead of him, the greatest man no .living, and of your race, a protoctorat, over Jerusalem was establishedo with him at the head of it. Would it not scon that the dream, the thought, the hope of the Hebrew statesman, poet, philosopher and the prophet are about to be realiz ed ? And supremely over all, over nobles and kings and emperors, stand the family whose leave is re quired by kings and emporors, before they can go to war or before they can make peace. Their assent must be asked to the terms propos ed. No great route for commerce between Europe and Asia can be opened without the consent of that family who have amassed money, not for the sake of money alone for their accilmmulation are past all dreams of avarice-but they are the accumulations of power wldch has made them greater than all. Need I call the namo of the family of the Rothschilds to show the most pow erful family on earth belonging to the race of people I see before me ? [Prolonged applause.] What, then, is the destiny for you and yours, wherever may roani ? For what you are reserved belongs to the future. It is in the womb of time and can be known only to your groat Law Giver, He who, in His providence, has preserved your people for some wise purpose, un known to mAnkind, and is only to be guessed from the great results that have already come from His chosen people. These thoughts crowd upon me and I have to give them utterance. They may well present themselves to your mind, and I cannot see how any man of your race can fool otherwise than that he is the equal of the princes and the nobles of the earth Lgreat applause]; and hero in America you have that equality with all other men and the opportunity of making yoursolves what you are-a leading power in the State and the country-for the power of your people is felt and known here, and the highest offices in the Unitod States Senate and House of Representatives have been filled by repreentatives of your people, few in comparison with the others though you may be; and when I remember what may be in st ore for you, do I not do well to call these matters of the past to your minds, so that every one of these young men here may feel that he has a place to fill in the world-which requires all the in. dustry, all the intelligence and all the good conduct possible, to make himself the equal of those of his people who have gone before him? [Prolonged applause.] And I have not failed if I have inspired that proper and high ambition that should make any one of your chil dren look upon the groat eftrts of his people, and endeavor to follow their good example, whether in the charity of a Monteflore, in the statesmanship of a Beaconsfield, or in the acquired wealth and power of the Rothehilds, their excellence, so great and so illustrious, that while each may hope, in some d gree, to equal, none can hope to exce!. [Immense applause.] Mr. Chairman and fellow citizens: Allow me, then, with high respect for your people, with strong feel ings of good will to each personally for your kindness and attention, to bid y ou each and all a fair good night, TAX RETURNs.-At the last seso sion of the Legislature an act was passed which further prescribed the manner of valuing lands for taxa.. tion. It defines the terms "selling price" to be "selling p rice on the usual terms of similar lands in their township at sales for partition n der orders of court." This, there fore, is the rule of valuation, sub.. ject, however, to the provision of thme constitution that such regula.. tions "shall secure a just valuation." In some instances, the selling price of lands for partition, under order of court, might not, by any means, be a safe or reliable standard. In deed, it is likely that many classes of real estate in their respective counties have not been partitioned by order of court at any recent time.-Register. "Will it do no harm?7" This is the question Qften asked, and the answer is. "it cannot," for Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup is an innocent remedy, warranted to contain neither opium, morphia, or anything injurious. Price 25 cents ,a bottle.* A youth of about twenty winters exhibited the respect for age preva lent among the youth of this coun try by the following remark: "There's my old father now, he's most seventy years old,, and, knows nearly as nmuohas .1o." j Bn.RIC-A.-nnlac. What did billet doux Music of the Futur--Proinis sory notes. "Change cars for '79," is tho way the Boston P1ost puts it. "Give him the rest of it in a pail'' is the latest slang among the g.un mns. A photographer belongs to the tin-typo of humanity. A correspondent asks, "Does Darwin's descent of man throw any light on Adam's fall " "The worst aches will hioal.'" Confucious. The best heels wit acho.--O'Leary. Despise not small things; the largest corn is always found on the smallest too. A clock records timo with its bands, but a regiment marks time with its feet. Time's "inaudible and noiseless foot" is shod in a boot made on the last of the year.. The way to mako six cents go farthost-buy a stamp and put it on a foreign letter. "Get the behind me, satin," as the actress said when she kicked the train of her dross out of the way. Never play euchro with a one armed man. Ho always holds a "lone hand," you know, A Paducah (Ky.) papor says money is so scarce in that place that even the change in the weather is hailed with plearure. It is vulgar to call a man "bow legge.d." Just sponk of him as a parenthetical pedestrian. A New Haven editor announced that he had seen "a pure white swallow," and the Louisville Cou rier Tournal suggosts that it was one of Holland gin. "Rather than touch another drop of liquor," said a zealons convert at a temperance meeting at Alton, Ill.. the other night, "I would take a razor and blow out my brains." The proprietor of a building sito in Wisconsin advertises his-land for sale in this wise : "The Town of Poggis and surrounding country is the most beautiful which nature ever made. The scenery is celestial; also two wagons and a yoke of stoors. We can dimly percoivo coming up the steep of time, the (lay when tho professor of pugilism in our college faculties will sit at the right band of the Presidents and look down upon professors of theology and meta physics. In the near future the customer will say unto the bar-keeper, "Gim me a cocktail with plenty of glucoso and citric acid, and not much me thyllated spirits," and having tasted will say, "Not quite so swoot as I usually take it-a little more mu riate of tin, please." Wiggins says: "They have a good deal to say about this 'new game of lacrosse.' Newv game ?I Fudge I It's old as the hills. I used to play it when I wvas a little chap no larger than a pint o' cider. He re fers to the time when he used to la reoseo the knee of his nearest ma ternal relative and get a beaten. "Is this a fair 7" said a stranger, stopping in front of a place where a festival was in progress, and address, ing a citizen. "Well," replied the citizen, "they call it a fair, but they take everybody in." He probably had invested in a ticket in an oyster soup lottery, and had drawn a blank. Fitz Hugh Ludlow, in his narr'a tive of travel in "The Heart of the Continent," tells of an. ceccentric genius who improved on the old yarn to the effect that "thie weather would have been colder if the ther mometer had been longer," by say ing he had been where "it was so cold that the thermometer got down off the nail." LIVES ARE OFTEN LOST B Y the use of oheap Kerosene. Got one of our safety Lamps in which even the most dangerous eillis safe. $20,000 Saved Yearly to Fairfield, When onr farmers learn to purohaso Chemicals and~ make their own fertilizera. Call and got a beok telling how it can be done. dee 18 MMATER & BRICE . BOOTS AND SHOES. rI HE largest stoelk of the above ever L offered by him. Great inducements to cash oestom. eatIT 17.. anna SCHOOL EXAMINATION. J E final examination for tesohers in . this county will bo held on Saturday, 5tih of January. Applicants will pro. sont theuselVe' at Mount Zion Institute at 10 o'elock, a. mi. JOIN IOYD, R1. MEAN8 DAWfS. T, . It RMitTSO, jantl--xlaw County lxamiinCrs. PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. T have thin (lay associatod with m0, 3n L the conduct of my business, Mr. X M. U U Y',aind the businoss wtll horeafter will be con d ucted under the firm name of F. EFi)ER & ('0. All part.ies; indebted to the old concern will please coet forward and settle, either by cash or n.>tn, as I do not wish to carry old accoits into the now boolk itlim January 1st, 1879. F. ELDEl. SCHOOL NOTICE. A LL parties who have been engaged in A teaching since November must hand in sworn reports to the School Commis sioner'u oflco (with tho Auditor's ofico) by t oAnt of Jintwiry, in order that tho attendance in each may he known. The attendance must be increased to the lunits. A. J. Lamar, D. F. BIoulwarc and Lowis Groo 1 -ve been appointed trustees for District No. 4. They will moot and qualify. All lino schools must be agroed upon beforehand by the respective trustees, to avoid trouble in regulating pay of teach era. All certificates issued in excess of appropriation are by law void. JOHN BOYD, R. MEANS DAVIS, T. R. RORElTSON, jan 14-xlit County Examiners. SALE BY JUDGE OF PROBATE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. William D. Woodward as Administratorof the Estate of Mary Lathan, Decoased, against Samuel Lathan, Robort Lathan, Alex. La than and Others. IN pursuance of an order mado in the abovo stated case, 1 will offor for sale before the court-houso door in Winnaboro, on the first Monday in February next, within the legal hours of salo, to the highest hidder, at ulicio auction,the following-described property, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, lying and situato in the county of Ftirtiold, on the waters of Roocky 'rook, containing ONMi HUNDRED A.ND sEVENTY-TwO ACBMS, more or loss, and bounded as follows ; On the .north by lands belonging to the estate of John McoKeown, on the east by lands of Joffer son [lemphill, on the south by lands of .uamdel Laathlan, and on the west by lands of William Morrison and James Brown. TERMs oF SALE; One-half of the purchao money to be paid in cash, and the balance on a credit af twelve months, with interest from day of sale, to be secure'l by the bond of the pI rehaiser and a mortgago of the promises, the purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. J. R. BOYLES, Office of Probate Judgo, J. P. F. C. Winnsboro, 8. 0., January 14, 1879. j jan 14-x2tl NEW GOODS! CHEAP GOODS! GOOD GOODS MESSRS. 3. F. McMASTER & OO AVE now in store and arc receiving .1wookly new, cheap and good goods, Clothing. Boots and Shoes, Hasts, 'i'runku, and Valisen, Satchels, Umbrellas, &e., &e., &e., &c., &c., &o., &c,, &c., &c., &o. A full stock of Gents Furnishing Goods. Complete line of Ladies' Misses' and Childrens' hosiery andl Gloves. Weo have marked down t2 the very lowest figures our stock of Gloves, in which we are offering great bargains. Linen and ilemnstitced Hun dkerchiefs, in great profusion at very low prices. In Boots and Shoes, we are prepared to offer special inducements. Blankets ! Blankets ! GROCERY DEPARTMENT. New Buck wheat Flour, Fresh Buckwheat Flour, BleganutNew Crop New Orleans Molasses, the genuine Simon pure article, Sugar, Coffee, Lt:ni, Syrups, Soap, Starch, Candles, Canned Goods &e. Full stock of Woodenware. Our constant aiim Is to keep up the reputation already gained. We invite the public to call to-day and overy day and takce a look at our stook whielk will always be shown with plea. uw. nov 96 NORTHERN APPLES. CHOICE Rod Kings & Baldwin's, '.J$2.00. por bushel. nox 28 U. 0. DAB1ORTES. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. 4LL4 persona indebted to the under., ..CS.-igned or tolH. L. Elliott & 00, mt6 come forward and settle and save troul, jan T-Im - UMMileGA &fi -THE BEST SEWING MACHINE EVER PRODUCED, Whether for fan ily use or manufacturing, is the double-thread, look-stitch light-running 2TEVW ~DA.-V'~~. It will last a lifotimo-very Machino .warranted. rfiH E Vertical Food is the greatest ad . vanco nindo in sowing mechanism since the invention of sowing machines. We invito a careful examination of it, believing no one can fail to recognize tho fact that it is the most perfect Sowing Machino made, combining simplicity strongth, diurability, and economy. We do not hesitate to claim for the IMPROVED DAVIS, in addition to itR superior principles, more absolut , perfection of workmanehip and more completo adjustability than portains to any competing machine now in the market. Among tho various im provements is the Improved Shuttle, Milled Shank Noodle, Adjustablo Noodle Plato, Ne ' Patent Thread Controller and AutoiatiNlobbin Winder. Every Mt. chino is on good substantial rollers, for which there is no extra ohargo. For tucking, cording, braiding, quilting, ruffling, fringing, embroidoring, shoe fitting, tailoring, drees-making, and family use, THE DAVIS HAS NO EQUAL. Referenes to those who have the Im proved Davis Maohino in use in Fair fiold county: Mrs. William MqNall Mr-. William 1). Aiken. Mrs. A. W. Ladd. Mrs. J. C. Rowe. Mrs Dr. T. T. Robertson. Mrs. Dr W. K. Turner. Mrs. J. W. Bolick. Mrs. William Stevenson. Miss Margaret Aikon. Mrs. A. P. Miller. Mrs. Eliza Williams. Mrs. James Q. Davis. Mrs. Robert Crawford. Miss J. Harvey, and others. Just think of it-a machine selling for $60 a short time ago you can now pur chase for $30, froi J. 0. BOAG, Agent for Fairfield County. Also agent for two other first-class machinos-the New American, and the uiproved Wood. Call on J. 0. BOAG, and get the best Family Sowing Machines made. DRY GOODS. Great reduction in priocs of Dress Goods, Shoes, Hate, Clothing, &ac. Always a full and complete line of Framily Groeries, Tobaoo, Cigars, Con f0ctionarios, Fruits Ac., as cheap as the Dheapest. Lumber and Furniture for sale low for cash by jan 11 J. O. BOAG. O UR HOUSE ! STILL AHEAD ! ' E summer having com' and gone, I am now preparod to furnish in the p~laco of cooling beverages, all kinds of winter drinks, such as Tomi and Jerry, liot Scotch, Egg Flip, &oc ALSO, Wines, Liquors, Lago'r Bloor, Sweet Cider and Cigars. The best in town, EGGS! EGGS!I EGGS !. EGGS!I 5,OOO Dozen Eggs, just received for the Christ mas Holidays. Call and you can got all the Eggs you want. RESTAURANT. Meals can be had all hours at my roe taurant. Fresh Oysters, Fish and Sau.. sauge always on hand. -GIVE ME A GALL. dec 19 JNO. D. M~OARLEY. JFOR SALE ! One light TwoH~orse Wagon. One heavy Two-'Horse Wogon. One One-Horse Wagon, One Top B3uggy. One Open B~uggy, second hand. Prices of all work 1'educed, ov28 DESPORTES3 & MONTS