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?- . THE NEWS AND HERALD. iW1NX3BOBO, s. c. 'WDDNK8DAY. ff?J>r*ary 27. : : : 18**. jSji; .2*. 3i. _ _. ?~. _ I'll IS. .4. DOUGLASS,) Hkxuy Waiip Beecher is expected to go to Knrope in the spring or early summer on a lecturing tonr. "Nothing is being done in Congress of importance or interest to the public. The Morrison bill will doubtless come ' tjp atan early day. Mus. Speaker Carlisle is said to have presidential aspirations for her .husband. She had better let well enough aione. Talk age says that if New York and Brooklyn cities were punished for their wickedness, the Hudson and East rivers would rise higher than the - ~ bridge towers. Senator Lamar pronouuces John g. L?>jran "a man of remarkable ability." Perhaps so, if to ignore the grammati-cal restraints of the language is the crucial test of ability and greatness. Secretary Lincoln's refusal to attend a banquet of the Harvard Alumni iu Washington because Professor Greener, colored, was excluded, is said ^ to be a bid for the colored vote. r - , Is it true that ex-Senator McDonald favors leaving the tai*iff question to solve itself, and has he committed the Democratic leaders to steer clear of the problem? If so, McDonald, roo, most ro! "Chinese" Gordon before leaving - Korosko, in the midst of discontented barbarians, sent tins message to a <!i-grnntled chief: "Meet me at Khartoum. If you want peace, I am for l?oace; if yon want war, I am ready." ^ * Some one writing of Wendell PhilHjjs says: "Less massive than Webster, k\' was more piquant and incisive; L-ss versatile than Clay, he was more classic and polished: less logical than < 'alhonn, he was m<>re magnetic and ^iWe~To<jMHFsays tfiaH^r^nciell Phil-1 !?;>.< was "an infernal machine ~seF~-te-^ ^^ m.iAc " Toombs and Phillips 'were 1 representative types of the two exi ."vine schools of politics in 1860-the ???ur a wild secessionist, the other a fanatical abolitionist. Blaine's friends claim that he will be placed again before the National 3v*pul>licau Convention ivr uie iiuuiuk*-< tii?n for the Presidency. It is said that his chances of securing- the coveted ^ , prize are higher than ever before. May but hardly true. The Augusta Chronicle says: "Noj ^?lace within our knowledge can approach Augusta in the number of ncTTuuiui, ciegsmr -anA-giinxfel woMien." Wholesale taffy this is, and tlie question is will tlie ladies of Angusta ?- -U~? 4-Ua Porhona nut) nor. ^\v.3liun nig uvov> ^ v>u?(r? , ]iaj>s not. The Secretary of the Navy has ac-j kiwwledged Capt. "\V. A. Kirkland's - t"?der of his services to take command j of the Greelv relief expedition, bat de- j dines the tender on the ground tliat j ?- uliiie the examination showed the | ' t amtam's physical condition to be geni-ralJy good, it is not so nearly perfect a- to make it judielous for him to undertake that serviee. The Captain safji'TS somewhat from rheumatism. Washikgtok Critic: The probable co>l of pensioning the survivors of the Mexican war was stated in the Critic vv*icrday. Jt is a mere bagatelle. Rut the question of cost has nothing to do with It. These brave men should 5m; pensioned. It is a matter of justice J v?--? si?id right, and, that being so, dollars j aud cents are not to be considered. A j jA?rtion of the surplus revenue cannot better applied, and it is a disgrace to this government that these brave1 wen have li&d to beg so long for what j are justly entitled to. The representative business men of * Chicago, St. Louis, Boston, Philadel?nhia. Cincinnati. Saratoga and other ' ' " ? '?- * ' r * *" cities are mow in "Washington prepared ; ! -> urge the claims of their respective 'cities for the Democratic National _ Convention before the National Committee, wbieh will meet in Washington in a few days. Well informed corre~ s pendents claim that the issne has been narrowed down to Chicago and St. Louis, with chances in favor of the former. -.**? "WiT-nrRSAv. nf thf>< IjOnisvillft ~ Courier-Journal, has prepared a bill which be will present to Congress?the i P object of which is to protect uewspa-) pcrs from having the news which they collect and pay for stolen by other papers which do not collect or pay for It. The proposed measure prohibits the use of this kind of news by other pspers for twei^y-foar boors after it appears. After that time it becomes eommon property. The object of this Mil is to prevent stealing news so extensirelv indnlcred in bv some Dar>ers which boast of their "enterprise." it. ^ .New Obleass celebrated Washington's birthday by the uhveiling- of a bronze statue of Gen. Robt. E. Lee, . which is said to be the largest bronze - * statue ever cast in New York. The ^ figure stands sixteen feet high on the plinth, aud weighs nearly 7,000 pounds. It was cast in six sections, the head alone weighing SOS pounds. It represents General Lee in an easy, natnral position, standing enect with folded artns, as though overlooking the field of battle. He is dressed in full service uniform, with cavalry boots, and the swcrd strapped at his fide measures " eight feet fcom iip to hilt. The stars, ^ording^o-Ms wish, are pteeed on the lapel of his coat instead of on the collar. The figure was modeled ii> 2iew . :%iOrleans by Mr. Alexander Boyle, and 'fj~ wort on tfee casting was began last . Juue* <?atfre cost has been de - - J'wed by subscriptions in the South, 1, C3& o? &Q Vw Ip K. V: / ^ * 1^ DeWitt Talmagk recently prcacfced upon the "Ohio floods and their Lessons". He said: "A cry of anguish has been heard across the continent, and no pulpit, which is not an iceberg, but must heed the cry and sympathize Wiui lue uisue&s. xuc jjuuc vi auimca is its rivers. The first lesson of the flood is the mercilessness of natural forces and the failure of natural religion. What is there of mercy or love in the Ohio flood? It has no more pity for the child struggling in its waters than for a drowning rat; no more pity for a devastated household than for the timbers of the bridge which is away. When the rivers flow in their natural channels they carry prosperity along with them; when thev overflow their banks they destroy and devastate. When the great rivers of national prosperity flow in their natural channels all is well. But to-day one-half of the United States is inuudated by monopolistic freshets. There are some men to-day who, like the floods, have been gathering together all they can of the wealth of the nation and are waiting for more. They are hoping that other fortunes will melt into (heirs, and they are crying to heaven and earth and hell, 'Give, give, give!' See how they swell! They take down all that misfortune throws in their way. They takc'down all the results of a Wall street flurry, all the results of a Chicago corner in grain, and they swallow and swallow ami swallow, and swell and swell and swell (laughter), and so the great | rivers of moral and financial damnation roll through the land." KBIFEB, THE SLAXDfiBEB. Ex-Speaker Iveifer is being sharply ! criticised by the press for his condacl | in reference to the charges preferred i by him against General Boynton, the Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. It will be remembered that th#? charges alluded to were made by Iveifer in the House i of Representatives, and that a commit| tec of that body was appointed to invpsiivMtft and renort their truth or " * O ? fcfalsity. The New York Herald is pnngent in its criticism upon that gentleman, says: Considering the nature of the charges made by ex-Speaker Keifer againsl General Bovnton, Washington corre spondent of the Cincinnati Commercial Mr. Kt>lff>r's course yesterday was, to say the leastpTjeCttU&r. His counsel first proposed that trSftertfi Boynton should prove that the charges had been made. This idea beinji ridiculed by the committee, in view 01 I whi?f \fiv TCpifor had said in the House anil in letters, the statement was made that for the ex-Speaker to prove iiis charges would involve the taking of s Treat deal of testimony in and oat ol Washington, and as some of the persons were in New York, New Jersey and Ohio they could not be immediate ly pr oduced. As the principal charge was that General Boynton ^ttemptec to bribe Mr. Keifer, the propositioi being made in a room where only thf ex-Speaker and the flrn'rasnnnripnf. wpi'f previa, uiB necessity for a mass oi testimony does not clearly appear. A letter was read from one' Mr, Keifer7; witnesses?name not given?who conk not appear because bis wife was sick The one thing possible, and for whict Mr. iioyuton expressed himself read} and anxious, was the cross-examina tion of Mr, Keifer himself, but thi< was avoided, "\fr. iveifhr shonhl nroninth* be taker iu hand by bis friends, if be has any. THEE OVEKFLOWS. Tuk overflow of the Ohio and iti tributaries is spreading rain, starya tion and desolation throughout tb? riyer valleys of tbe WesJ, and the inquiry ss to what must be done for the sufferers is looming up as a grayt problem for the solution by the govern went itself. These overflows are- now recurring at the spring-tide of even year, and season after season the) proye still more fearful and destructive of life and property. They are properly attributable to the rapid melting oi the shows npon the -vuntain peaks, where the sources of tuese great river* are found, The dense, dark forests heretofore covering the mountain summit*. of the Blue Bidge and Alleghanv have been, by money ^-grasping men, cut down and carried awav to the lumber markets of the country, anc thus the great storehouses of rivei food arc in this way thrown open?the sun unimpeded by the rich foliage of the forest, penetrates, warms aip and melts the mouulains of snow that would have remained pent up until the hut sun oi the summer could in due time teed the dry streams and quench the thirst ol the valleys. In view of the overflow! then and the causes above assigned, il would be well atid proper for the dif ferent State governments to buy up the mountain tops and see to it thai | the forests upon them remain untouch ed in fntnre by the axe of the woodman. This much is due the country al large, and it is especially due the dwellers npon the banks of these streams, The national government hai very properly voted funds for the relief of sufferers of this kind on more hanj cue occasion, but it is fair to con* elude that the money thus expended rorintr' in fi clmi-fr time hp cnflRr-ipnf. fm | the purchase of a remedy, so to speak. SIMPLE LAWS. The great hue and cry about the need j of simple laws accomplishes nothing more than to afford some Jittle amusement to that class of intelligent people who ean appreciate the impossibility of the demanded reform. That it would be better to have the laws simple enough for all to understand and appreciate nojie wiU deny. But in the nature of things it is impossible to so on/? of tlm coma fim(? Art VVUUVUCV UH1V4 uv vww v wv simplify the many necessary legisla* tive provisions, so as to bring them within the compuehenSien.and mastery of the bulk and mass of the people. The framework of the various acts of the General Assembly will, upon the most casual investigation, prove to be plain, simple a?4 intelligible, and pray what more can be demanded of the lawmakers, unless it be to give brain# for comprehension and appreciatiouT^anothe? discouraging impogsihilifv. Thn cnmmmi iajc. thasffttm/* law aud the great mass&f decisions bjr the xarious judicial tribunals tfcrpugh. out the country, make up a collection of legal learning to be mastered at the pmmcp nf flip mncentrated energies and labors of a lifetime. And yet quite a large class of people, who call themselves intelligent and thoughtful, affect to believe that the lawmakers and lawyers collude and conspire together for the enactment of laws beyond the intellectual range of the common people. It is true that law has its technicalities, which must necessarily be but jargon to the laymen, yet it %c frttririrr nA mA!*A tho 11 Will Hp iO ClOTIWg, llv IIIV?V V??W? Tl *?%*v fouud to be true of, medicine, of theologv and of the various mechanical arts and trades of the country . The complaint that we are compelled to listen to hired expounders of the Scriptures, or to be subjected to the financial embarrassment of paying for the professional advice of a physician in the hour of sickness, would be as well grounded as the now prevalent demand that the law of the land must bp made so simnle that its special study will be unnecessary, and an exposition of its manifold provisious within the grasp of the veriest fool , that "lives and moves and has his being"! The Newberry Herald in a thoughtful editorial upon this subject tays: _ ; A prominent public officer r bjb.this . State made a public address a fe^days ago, in which he criticIsed-Trdf^Ria* and lawmakers, because the laws are r not simple cuough for the people at i large to understand them. Such talk is absurd, and the man who uttered it ought to know better, jno government has ever devised a code of Jaws simple enough for the understanding of the people. So far as the letter of the law is concerned, that is simple enough; the words are so plain that the wayfaring man, though a fool, can run and read them ?but they will be mere ; words to him. Persons will always be I found ready to condemn the law, because they" regard it as proceeding ! directly from the devil or, what is worse in their mind, the lawyers. But I all countries have had their lawyers, . and we have not reached an era sufficiently Utopian to do without them. XOMLVITIXU COXtiRESSUEX. Mr. Stanvarne Wilson, of Spartanburg, has written a letter to the Spartan, suggesting the substitution of the primary plan for the convention in making nominations for members ' of Congress. There is no donbt of the [ great advantage of the primary over I the convention for nominations, and, as is well known, The News and ^ Herald has been a strong advocate of ; ? gyg^sa-jb"-r~gvon r years. The single question we now ' have a about U3ing this system for ' selecting the Democratic candidates ' for Congress, is as to its adaptability t to this class of nominations. The first f trouble that we see is that the different ' counties probably have very different . standards, in determining who are en! titled to vote in the primaries. In I Faii-field, before one can vote in the \ Democratic primary he must be a i regularly enrolled member of some recognized club, must have voted the Democratic ticket at the regular elecI tion next preceding the primary (unless under age or unavoidably prevented), and must pledge himself .to abide by and support all nominations .made by the Democratic party, whether for Federal, State or local officers. In i many counties some, perhaps all, of these requirements ju*e disregarded. Jn some counties a majority of ail the votes cast in the primary is necessary i to nominate, while in others a plnrali ty i* sufficient. Indeed, jn many pari ticulars the regulations arc varied in . the different counties, to meet t}ie ! yiews W me iiecessiuce ui uiu pan v. i Of course, in order to nominate j> Con gressman, there should be one set of pules in force in all the counties com posing the district; and this, it ap: pears to us, would be next to impossis blu. Another difficulty is that if a majorif ty be required to nominate, a second, , perhaps a third primary woqld be > Accessary. In sugIi third contest^ it is 5 doubtfal if there would be more votes cast than there would be in a nominatp ing convention. The people lifce the , primaries, but too many might surfeit. The adoption of the plurality rule I is of course oat of the question?as it would always give the nomination to s the county having the largest number s of Democratic voters. The same obs jection lies to the selection of the two J or the three highest in the first primaF rv. This would enable the two or the s three largest counties to crowd out the f weaker ones, though the aggregate i vote in those weaker ones might ext ceed that of the two or the three highest. ? The Greenville 2fews suggests the t following plan: Let the primary elections be held, free to . all Democratic voters to vote directly for . candidates. Let the one who receives the [ greatest number of votes be rthe nominee, provided that his number is not tess than ' one-third of the total number cast. If > nnhndv receives sn manv. let each countv ' executive committee select delegates to a i Congressional Convention, allowing each . candidate onedel^gate f0f eyery 50Q votes I and fraction of ihat number e$ceedipg 200 . that he may liare received In his county. Then let the delegates meet, select by bal' lot three names from the list' of candidates voted for and submit those names to the people for a second election, h?, Vho re ceives the largest vote being declared the ; nominee. < This scheme contemplates, iii the ! first place, the selection of a candidate by a minority. This we think far more objectionable than a nomination by a convention, and far less likely to erabody the popular will. In the next place, it is suggested that the county executive comjnittees respectively Ghoose delegates to a nominating convention. Such delegates, we think, ahould, in every instance^ be chosen by the clubs themselves or by a convention composed of delegates chosen by the clubs. Finallv. the Dlan of fchft Netcs looks to a choice by a plurality vote?which, as we have already said, seems to ns no more certain to express the people's preference thau a convention. The uyeafje?t graptipablo approach to a primary would be tp have the delegates to the nominating convention ejects^ in each connty by the Demoprajtjc motel's directlv, instead .of *" *" % v ! choosing tliein through a county con| vcntion. And this, it would certainly | a|/^ai 5 U VUI\I UVWIUJMW*! muv n?v* V j j than do the county conventions as atj ! present constituted. The primary system is certainly the right one. But it is well-nigh impossible to extend its advantages beyond the several county organizations. The next best plan is to exercise such care in the selection of the delegates to the nominating convention that they will all be free from improper considerations and that their decision shall in | deed be the will of the people themselves. Let the different counties look well to the choice of their delegations, and there will be no need to trouble ourselves about a primary. TEXT BOOKS. Messrs. Editors: My attention has just been called to the communication of "A Teacher" in your weekly paper of the -3rd of January, in which it is said: "The Appletons agree, if the Board (i. e., the County Board of Examiners) recommend (virtually adopt) their books, that they will be so favorable unto us as to sign a contract to let " ? 1? .4 uieir uooks rcuium at uinuuuuiuij' prices for five years." This is a mistake. The Appletons have never agreed, have never proposed, to do ; ajj^jint^j^hiug. .They, do contract to ", rurmst^fieir books at -introductdiw and exchange prices for ninety (9u) days from the opening of the schools, and they guarantee that the retail prices of their books aluill not be increased during the period of th& adoption. A copy of this contract was left with the County School Commissioner, and can be seen at any time by any of your readers who may be interested. 4 "A Teacher" has much to say in well-merited praise of the gentlemen who compose our State Board of Examiners. From this no one of our readers can rtisscur. as 10 me action of the State Board -in adopting four sets of Headers there may be much difference of opinion. Many think that the purpose of a State adoption is to fcccnre uniformity of text-books in the schools of the State; and they be-, lieve that this uniformity cannot be secured by the adoption of so many different book?. "A Teacher" says: "A publishing house is sending an a^ent to the different County Boards of Examiners asking for an adoption of its books. If other houses have made a similar at~j tempt, we arc not a wave of it." Does not he know that thre* agents, repre-. i houses, appeardoes he confine ii is attc 11 tioTr^Q^o^ house and one agent of that lumse?" - Was "A Teacher" ever a book agent? If so, does he still keep a warm place in his lipsirf. for tlifi house lie renresent? ed; docs he still cherish hostile feelings for rival houses? Can "A TeabherJ" who has such a high regard for the "wise selection" of our State Board explain why a certain school, in' which he is supposed to have great influence, has recently thrown out certain books which were adopted by the State Board, and is using in their s?ead books published by a certain hoiise, but which were not adopted by. the State Board? In T>eliair or tive ainvrmrt Boards of Examiners of our .State, allow me to use the words which "A Teacher" uses in speaking of our State Board, that they are bodies "whose integrity none can question, whose competency none can doubt." Can we ii<it cofAlv- tan re in their hands the in terests of our public schools? Can we not trust them to protect the teachers and patrons from the dark ways and vain tricks of book agents?active and retired? Can we not do so, at any rat??, until?which God grant may never be the case -tour State is Makoueized, Enquirer. February 6rh, 1884. THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY. The Next Convention to Meet In the City of Chicago. Washington Feb. 22.?The following cull waj presented by the Executive Committee and agreed uporir The National Democratic Committee having met in the city of Washington on the 22d day of February, 1884, has appointed Tuesday, the *8th day of July next, at noon, as the time, "and ehosen the citv of Chicaco as the nlace of holding the National Democratic Convention. Each State is entitled to representation therein equal to doable the number of Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States. The Democrats of each organized Territory and the District of Colombia arc invited to send two delegates subject to the decision of the Convention as to their admission. All Democratic conservative citizens of the United States, irrespective of past political associations and differences, who can unite with us in the effort for a pure ecomical and constitutional Government are cordially invited to join in sending delegates to the Convention. . The call was signed by all of the *V\ A IVt r\ *?r? A 1 Alt A 1 r^AtVV AnttA A ijjcijjucio \jl tiiu Lsciuuwraui; Committee. The next meeting of I he committee will ho held at the Palmer House, in Chicago, July 7th. ' ' : A LOOK WITHIN. ' ' _ . * ' To Investigate tho Star Route Trial Expenditures. Washington, February 18.?The committee on expenditures in the Department of Justice to-day determined to begin on March 3d and continue from day to day until completed an examination into the manner in which the Star Route prosecutions have been and are being conducted and into conduct, efficiency and good faith of all officials' or persons in the employ or pay of the United States in connection with these proceeutions. Toe "committee will also investigate whether or not guilty parties have been duly proseon ten. ' . All the participants in the trials on the part of the Government or individuals will be called to give testimony, the investigation beginning with the appointment of MacVeagh as Attorney uenerat aim jaraes as rostmaster-brencral. The examination, it is believed by the members of the Committee, will continue throughout two months. How to Make Casey.?This book gives fulldirections for making all kinds of plain and' fancy candy. The recipes for making caramels, chocolate drops, French mixed and all other kinds of candies conJ^iivd ii) fhis book are the pame ^s used by the leading city confectioners. Any one can hayc these candies at hoine at less, than one-third the usual cost. Sent postpaid to anyone sending at once the names of fifteen married ladies and 30 cents in postal note or 18 two cent stamps. Address, ROCHESTER PUBLISHING CO., 32, 33 and 33^, Osburn Block, Rochester, N. T. * ?A vounor Iadv clerkiiiff in a store J in Charlotte was seized by a negro man j the ptpep night, while going home, [ along a wejl lighted street. She escap? | ed from the black brnte, bat she was ? neatly prostrated by the nervous shock she received. v Under the Daisies. I have just been learning the lesson of ' life, The sweet, sad lesson of locing. And all that it teaches for pleasure or pain Been slowly, sadly proving. And all that is left of the glittering dream, And its thousand glittering phases, Is a handful of dust and a coffin lid? A coffin under the daisies. And so I am glad that we lived as we did Through the summer of life together, And one of us tired and lay down to rest, E'er the coming of winter weather. For the sadness of love is its growing cold, Yet 'tis one of its surest phases, Ca T fVionV nur /.lrv/1 rtrtfli o hroolrinry liikOrf uv i buuiiA, vivu niiti 4* ui\_uuin0 iivmi*) For the coftui under the daisies. And thus forever throughout the world Is love a sorrow proving, There are many sorrowful things iu life But the saddest of all is loving. Life often divides far wider than decth, And fortune a strong wall raises, But better far than two hearts estranged, Is a coffin under the daisies. CROOKED DEPUTIES Inspector Ball in Gives Farther Insight Into the Crookedness of South Carolina Marshals and Deputies. Washington, Feb. 21.?Ralph Bal * . j. i. n \. ~ ?> i.i nil in nis testimony io-uay ueiuru uie committee investigating expendtures in the Department of Justice, said that there were more than sixty deputy marshals in South Carolina. He said he examined the accounts of more than thirty of them and found that two-thirds of these had made false and fraudulent statements. He also testi^ -> iL.i u - i-- J ? 1 UfcU UlUi nc iiuu cAacmucu liuu vuiuiai conduct of United States Marshal Blythe, of tnat State, and found that he had ignored the instructions of the Department and the laws enacted by Congress for the guidance of marshals and disbursing offices, that he was personally responsible for reporting only about one-fifth of the amount of fees and commissions earned in civil cases, that he had frequently transmitted to the Treasury Department to be allowed in his favor receipts and vouchers from witnesses of the United States and jailors in charge of prisoners without having paid to such creditors of the United States the full amount specified in such receipts or vouchers, and had made untrue statements in explanation of the reasons why he did not pay their claims, that he had applied money in trusted to him for purposes other than those provided in the act making the appropriation, that he had rendered to the Department weekly itemized reports of 1 lie disbursements which did not show all the payments made aud the weekly statement or the public funds in which he reported fictitious balances, and that he had knowingly presented to the Treasury Department for approval accounts for fees and expenses of deputy marshals containing false and fraudulent items and had given as 'an excuse that he did not examiue the accounts when he made oath as to their , correctness. Balliu also testified that twenty-seven deputy marshals had rendered false, fraudulent and fictitious accounted services rendered by them^J?iie f0j. lwwin- uig r,. ITIllllI|)* TJi^aiiils^aUi^^ O. Kimbrell, John A. btevenson, Alfred Harris, J. J. Pearson, Wm. M. Mattag-, Wm, Bridges, A. G. Smith, C. A. Carson, J. K. Sage, C. W. Cuminiiigs, Jcs. "-Turner, M. S. Alexander, W. F. Gray, \V. V. Holden, Wrc. Kennedy, R. E. Evans, T. R. Fisher, W. C. Fisher, R. J. Sprattley, M. L. Case, R. M. Casey, J. 13. Dill, T.J. Barrister, W. D. Good. THE MEXICAN VETERANS. proceedings In the House of Represents, tlyes, pn the Bill to Give Them ponaiopg, - w A-sntxiiTOK. Kehriiarv 18.?ill the House this morning the rules weir suspended and a resolution was adopted providing, for night sessions on Friday evenings for the consideration of pension hills. Three motions tc adjourn were voted down. The j>eiisiou committee was called, and Mr. Hewitt, of Alabama, rnnveri to sns pend the rules and adopt a resolution making the Mexican pension bill the spacial order for the 21st inst. On this motion many Republicans re\ fraiued from voting, thus leaving the House without a quorum. A call ol the House was ordered and the sergeant-at-arms was ordered to take the absentees into custody and bring them before the bar of the House. The House, at 10 p. in., was still filibustering, no business being trans ncieu, At 1.45 a. in. the House was still engaged calling the roll and bringing in absent members, with every prospect that daylight will find it similarly employed. Washington, February 19.?The House remained in session all night, and at 8.15 this morning, the Democrats having secured a quorum and further proceeding under the call having been dispensed with, the question recurred on seconding the motion made by Mr. Hewitt, of Alabama, to suspend the rules and adopt a resolution making the Mexican pension bill the special order for the 21st inst., which was seconded, 165 to 1, The House was in no mood for a thirty minutes' debate by the rules, and Mr. Warren, of Ohio, simply expressed opposition to the bill because he thought it would be unwise to change the ground of pensions from disability to service, ino rosomtion was adopted?yeas 175, nays So. The announcement' of the result was received with applause 011 the Democratic side, and the House, at 8.55, adjourned. A GREAT FLOOD IX CALIFORNIA. Hundreds of allies of Railroad Track Washed Away. San Francisco, February 20.?A <rreat storm on Sunday night caused a aam in Los Angeles River to burst, producing the most disastrous flood ever experienced. The lower;part of the city was completely inundated and forty buildings were swept away, Hundreds of families were obliged to abandon their homes and soek shelter ou the hills. The loss amounts to $150,000. From Los Angeles io Mo - J x _ C I J.' J *1.. jave, a instance 01 one nunarea nines, hardly a mile of the Southern Pacific Railroad track remains in place, and east to San Francisco, eighty miles, the devastation is equally great. The California Southern Road from Colton to San Diego is also washed out in mauy places. Travel in all directions is suspended. It will probably be two months before communications can be properly established. Reports received irom towns in the southern portion of the San Joaquin Valley announce the heaviest floods ever known in that section. Ttp Housewife, A popular domestic journal for American homes, will be sent for &ne year free to every lady who will spnd qt o$$e the names and address of 10 married ladies, "and 30 cents in one cent stamps for postage. Best paper for either yonng or old housekeepers m existence. This oner is made only to secure names to whom to send sample copies, as we know every lady who once sees The Housewife will subscribe for it. Regular price $1.00 per year. Address, The Housewife, Rochester, N. Y. * ?A special from .Clintonville, Wis., sav9 that St Joseph's Catholic church and school at Kenosha was burned at three o'clock 011 Saturday morning. Seventy pijpijs and si^c sisters escape^ in their 'night clothes, d, ijnraber of narrow escapes feeing made. The loss k not stated. " " * v A MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY. Three Hen Slain lo a Ficht Over Mica Mine by Two Antagonists. [ From the Charlotte Ohercer.] Mr. H. S. Toms, proprietor of the Rutherford Hotel, whs in the city on Friday, and from him we gained information of a bloody tragedy lately enacted near Bakersville, in Mitcheil county, in which three men were killed outright by two neighbors with whom they had involved in a difficulty. The affair occurred 011 last Saturday eventng, but Mr. Toms had been unable to ascertain the full particulars. What he tells, however, is authentic and can be vouched for. It seems that near Bakersville is a mica mine, and its possession was disputed by a man named Ed Ray together with another white man on one side, while three other men, whose names were not learned, claimed possession on other side. Ray and his companion endeav oreu iu ui'ive uie uiuei ujlcc men a>vav. Quarrels aud fisticuffs eusned for "a few days, when the trouble assumed a mor? serious aspect and the men appeared against each other well armed and ready for bloody work. On the fight being precipitated Ray and hie companion shot the three men down, killing them almost instantly. The two murderers immediately fled the neighborhood, and have not since been heard from. Our informant states that Ray is charged with the murder, at different times previous to this last affair, of ten men. He is represented to be a coldblooded, heartless, desperate character, which one reasonably suppose to be the case if he is guilty of the amount oi crime charged to his hands. The three men killed were all respectable citizens of Mitchell county. Considering the magnitude of this tragedy, the sensation which it has, to all appearauccs, is remarkably small, and the news has traveled slowlv to the outside world. Probable Mcrdeu in Cheraw.? On Saturday afternoon W. B.Cash, a son of Col. E. B. Cash, went to Che. raw, and after remaining about two hours walked up to the peace officer, who was sitting on a dry goods box at , the corner of C. A. Brock's store. Passing him a few paces, Cash wheeled . round and fired three shots in quick cn<^oacinn frntn a fhirti'^icrht. <y?Hhrp Smith & Wesson shooter, the first hitteng a bystander, Mr. James Coward, and shooting him though the lungs, the . second shot took effect in the marihal's left lung, and as he tell Cash fired another shot, but missed. Dr. G Kollock, who was called in, pronounced both wounds dangerous, though not necessarily fatal. Immediately after firing the shots Cash jumped on his horse, which was near, and made his escape. At last accounts he had not beeu arrested. The difficulty arose out of the attempt of the marshal ot . Cheraw to arrest Cash, on the night of the 16th inst., for disorderly conduct. f --A. CKIL2 croup should ' have a dose of Piso's Cure. * B. B. B. Tills is tne concentrated jiiooa runner niai saves flme and money by its use?because il cures Blood Poisons In the quickest time on record. It cures Scrofula, in thirty days; the , kidneys relieved with one bottle, Heredltarj Taint of children" removtd with one bottle ? Skin Diseases and Eruptions cured with tw< bottles. Syphilis of all stages cured undei sixty days. Each bottle proves Its wonderful ' value. Large bottles $1. Druggists sell It. , $1.60 spent for Eankocine will cure any case o: G. and G. within forty-eight hours, wlthou! i loss ot time, change of diet or any interna remedy. * III >?M????MW? "DUTT^nm?" iJJLVLi' i BLOODED DULL, No. 52, bred by R Peters, of Calhoun, Ga., drop pet May, 1879, sire tlie thoroughbred Jersey .|_i>uu "Alfonso!'jeaaster NqT:j013, dam No 48 Alderuey cow, bredby R. Peters, sn? sired by "Kail Road", a Jersey b'ull Xo 1808, her (lam No. so, Alderuey cow, pur chased by R. Peters in Pennsylvania, sh< sired by an imported bull, her dam ai .Aldernev cow. Calves insured for $5 0< each. Cash down or ' 'no go,'' HAYS & RUTLAND Jan 12tx6m* RESTAURANT! i /T) FliESH OYSTERS ^ ' EVERYDAY. I BEG TO ANNOUNCE TO THI public that I have taken charge of th< I store one door north of that of Messrs. W R. Doty & Co., where I shall conduct a FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT All the delicacies in season will be kepi on liand, and will be served in the besi > style, , I will al?o keep on a yuod stock 01 . Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco, Pipes, Cannec I Goods, Etc. TIIE PUBLIC PATRONAGE IS RE , QUESTED. i irovtvf.rynr rat.tit. 1 Jan 24-fi3m : BliilffllE HAS REMOVED HIS BAR ROOM TO RIDGEWAY, S. C? Where he will always keep oil hand a finft ftssnrfmpnf. nf Hnnnrs. innlndintf ? ? "O XXXX GIBSON RYE, OLD CROW WHISKEY, SWEET MASH CORN, N. C. CORN WHISKEY. Together with all grades of Wine, Gin. etc., etc. All goods sold at COLUMBIA AND CHARLOTTE PRICES. . LAGER BEER AT $1.00 per Dozen, ni?tw.rp *ru,T<TTF.n SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Jan 8ONCE MORE. Now that the cotton is abou t a and fanners are not as busy as they will be in the spring, we suggest that they bring in their gins to be repaired in order to avoid hurry and disappointment wlieu Wethppw tliisaiit a? a iqggestiop, and you must biame yourselves if you don't get'your gin vvften you ^hnt it. cr. :m:, zed Laliott, (xEEMAN K AINIT AND OTHER ZFEKTILXZiH^S ! TONS GENUINE GERMAN KAINIT, direct importation, and all other Fertilizers for sale by '113MANX BULNVINK^E, ?erf'$ Wharf, Charleston. S. 0, Dec 25-^3t^ ' /-* C. BART c cl: .a. L s s 1 THE LARGEST IMPORTERS 0? FOREIGN ] FOR SALE A WELL SELEC Apples. Oranges, R Lemons, Raisins, Potatoes, Cabbages, And Everything Else that a First-*. Should Hai tST COUNTRY ORDERS FILLED D/if 01 vi;n REHE9IB] ?ne ouyeroionrno J. L. Mimnaugh, for the Northern to purchase our ? STOCK, and in a f we will be receiv; attractions, which take much pleasure iug those who mi us with a call. . Respectfully, J. L. MIMNA a great mum ai7.-PTa "RTTTl VXJ o $WORTH OF CLOTI , 949VV NEW YORK COST. [ o 0A LARGE LOT OF JACKETS, CL HALF FBI ' DPwiSS GOCUS AN. ! jlt ca ; GREAT BARGANS IN B4 BLANKETS, QUILTS I ?^GJBDLESS Ol These goods must be sold to make room fo think we are only gassing, when we offer to sacri can afford it. We bought this stock of $8,000 at \ and see and price the goods, and you will surely Respectfully. ; A. WIL: l 11 y A \V m>A\V*V oiwl P TT < anil -wiii be to see their friemls ami custom* t save you money. '"if FILL AIT i --AT: J L. SAM I 1 } 1 have just returned froiu the Northern marke I purchased 0110 of the handsomest stocks of DEI | I invite my customers, and friends to call and e purchases, feeling that I can suit the tastes of tl Li DIES' DKESS GOODS in all the new stj Alpacas, Cashmeres, Ginghams, Shirtings, ?Doi of PIECE GOODS is complete, and at low figur . Our Goods will satisfy the most critical dem ' These Goods only need to be seen to be apprecia IFIR/ITsTTS! IE It 3 Ladies are cordially invited to call and inspeci never has been such a handsome and extensive < placed on our counters. All standard and reliat isfactory, and the only difficulty the purchaser n ? tiou from such an immense variety of desirable ] t ICTOTIOISrS! 2S f Novelties in Nottingham Yalencienne and Lir I and White Ties, and all styles of Laces. Also,; Silk Handkerchiefs, re?.l Torchon Lace (Spanish . in Pink and Blue Mud, suitable for ladies' neck GIVE ME A CALL. Perfect satisfaction gu Polite attendants -eady to serve all visitors. IT STANDS AT 1 * ... WANTED. ' COTTON SEED! COTTON SEED!! I will pay (15c.) Ijfteeia merits cash per Bushel for" lO.OQQ Bushels SOUND DKY T\ COTTON SEED, delivered to me at this < place before the first of next November. Will excliange Cotton Seed Meal for Cotton Seed. If J. B. FRAZIER, Buc Octl7-x3m Strothers, S.C, WANTED. S Pea< Sue< Min ?. Rais Pot? COTTON SEED! COTTON SEED!! Evai I will pay (15c.) fifteen cents cash per Bushel for 10,000 Bushels SOUND DKTf COTTON SEED, delivered tQ me at this place before the first (if next November WiU exchange Cotfop Seed Me$l for Cotton Seed, J. U. tKVSBY, i Sept 19x3m * " Shelton, S. C. Vv' . ' - >/- " mmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmmmmammmtatmmmmrn 1 * m & CO., I O 1-T, S. C., rKUlTo UN THE SOUTH, OFFEK )TEi> STOCK OF wsnss, Cocoannts, * Dried Figs, Onions, Peanuts, Nuts, tass Wholesale Fruit Store re. WITH DISPATCH. J& " ySjS ^ . BR, . :* . use, Mr. -M has left % '* .*J markets JPRINU \ ^ ew days . !nor iiatt " e "v"' - .j .. we will in showtv favor UGH. SALE AT THE , .DING, 4 _ j UNG OAJSA CM HHH r cost. w r SPBING STOCK. The public may ifice tnese goods at snch prices. We fifty-five cents on the dollar. Come be convinced. ? 5IMPSOX lmve cmu*e of the store, ft lyraf] jrc nii'o II^Arn o ?n/? 4-V*a*T mil 'iO. V?I?V VMVU* U. VtUi <U1U Wl^T W 121 1 A. WILLIFORD & CO. flTETMf I I T T? T J JCi 1j o. J / M ts, where I have carefully selected and F GOODS ever brought to this market xaxnine my goods before making their A be most fastidious. rles and colors, Changeable Worsteds, nestics, Flannels, etc., etc. Oar stock ands, and prices favor the purchaser. ted. -FKJLCISS TO SUIT TitiS TlMJfiS. 'RIISTTS i t our mammoth line of PEDfTS. There fl collection of new and desirable shade* tie brands. Prices will be entirely sateed experience will be to maKe a selecpatterns. rcTioiNRf ten Fichus, novelties iu Cream, Black & b^itiful line of Ladies'and. Gents' ) in Cream and Black. A good article wear. aranteed. No trouble co show goods L. SAMTJELS; I tee head. THE LIGHT-RUNNING " v 'domestic;' 1 That it is the acknowledged Leader in le Trade is a fact that cannot he disited. * ANY IMITATE IT-NONE EQUAL IT! he Largest Armed, The Lightest Running, > The most Beautiful Woodwork. AND IT IS WABBA2TTKD To be made of the best material. To do any and all kinds of work. '* To be complete in every respect For Sale by , , J. M. BEATY & CO., % Winnsboro, S. C. Agents wanted in unoccupied texritc7. Address J OMESTIC SEWING MACHINE CO., Richmond, Virginia. v % * . |8a '. ... ^ , R. FiENNIKEN' ~iM as j list received a supply of Self-Rising ^ ^ kwheat Flour and New Orleans Moaij I a. t m ki? za, vm viuvcrmueiifc Java uouee, ned Goods, consisting of Salmon, Bart-- - - 1 5ears, Tomatoes, Okra and Tomatoes, uhes, Pineapples, 'Marrow Squash, J| jotash, Sardines, Chfljr-Chow and ed Pickles, Mustard and Pepper, sins, Citron and Currants, Koyal Baking ders, Macaroni and Cheese, and porated Vegetables for Soup. ; j|