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t THE NEWS AND HEKALD. TTONSBORO, S. C. WEDX1SDAY, JULY G, : : 1SS7. M. B. Z IG3H LJjE, ) y Editors. w. X. Xc&OXAZD.) J The trial in Columbia of Reuben Bright, one of the "Bethel Church .murders," resulted on Saturday last in a verdict of not guilty. Mr. Blaine is in London, has visited Mr. Gladstone, dined with Lord Randolph Churchill, and it is said that he is soon to visit the Queen. Mr. Edisox, the famous electrician, eats no meat other than beefsteak. Bovs who wish to become great inver. tors should bear this fact in mind. William E. Chandler, Senatorelect from New Hampshire, is a man not above medium size. He wears eye-glasses and is said to have a rather beligerent face. The library of Henry Ward Beecher, now iu the keeping of the American Art Association, contains very few novels. There is not even a copy of Mr. Beecher's "Norwood." The News and Courier has gotten aroud to the advocacy of a 'separate agricultural college. The editor of that journal must have had another conference with Capt. Tillman. Mrs. Cleveland's shoes worn in th^Adirondacks were a pair of number fives, for which she paid five dollars. At least sucn is me exceeuIngly important statement made by a "Washington shoe dealer. England is still holding on to Egypt and probably will be the next time she is heard from. The land of the Pharoahs is one of the keys to India, and for this reason alone is probably destined to fall into the hands of the all-conquering Briton. ? p i vrnm* It now turns out that Jefferson Davis did not write the letter on the flag incident, which a Chicago paper published and attributed to him. There are some densely populated countries in the world now, but America has more liars to the square mile than any other country on the globe. The reunion at Gettysburg of the survivors of Pickett's Division and of the Army of the Potomac came off July 2. The address of welcome, delivered by Col. A. H. McClure, of the Philadelphia Times, on behalf of the citizens of Philadelphia, a synopsis of which we publish in another column, is worthy of perusal. Mk. Ignatius Donnelly is trying to prove in the North American llevieic that Lord Bacon is the author of Shakespeare's plays. If there was any other man of that period other than the real author who could have written the plays it was Lord Bacon. The author of the "Novum Organon" was a man of universal genius. John Sherman Intimates that tue flag incident will be one of the issues in the next campaign. "The brains of Hayes's Cabinet" will have to give a better reason than can be found on an old flag, however valuable as a memento, why he should be given the Presidency which he once stole for another fellow or he will get left. "While dining at a hotel in New Haven during the recent Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument festivities, Governor Lounsburv, of Connecticut, was effered a glass of wine by a waiter. The Governor turned red and exclaimed, "You have given me the worst insult I ever received." Strange that men will get mad so easy; not a few in this part of the country would like to be "insulted" at every meal. It is said that Adjutant General Drum, the man who has drummed up so much fuss about the flags is of medium height, about sixty years of age, and not at all distinguished in appearance. He is an Englishman by birth. He entered the army away back in the fifties, is a strict disciplinarian, brusque in speech and manner, and is considered thoroughly honest, though extremely narrowminded. He believes lhat the newspapers are a nuisance. The course of the Greenville JSFews in the matter of the alleged uprising of the Laurens negroes deserves the highEst commendation. While other papers were engaged in disseminating wild, sensational and injurious rumors, that journal was occupied in investigating the reports with a view to ascertaining the real facts, aud was consequently the first to announce that the country had been humbugged with a groundless alarm. The time when a newspaper could grow popular by telling lies has about passed, although there are stiir a few correspondents who haye not yet found it out. m ? We are opposed to an agricultural college for a number of reasons, among others for this: that we think a farmer's son entitted to as much education as anybody else's son, and we have no idea that he will be able to get it in such an institution as it is proposed to establish and to be called ail agricultural collge. We gather from the advocates of-this measure that a large part of the business of this institution will be to learn the boys to love the farm. While merchants', doctors', lawyers' and mechanics' sons will be taught at the Sonth Carolina College in all the learning of the age, it is px-oposed to send the farmer's son off to study the chemistry of the stable, the phenomena of churning and hovr to love the farm. Bucklerfs Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Braises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Coras, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents pe oox. The Lancaster Beviexc urges with a good deal of force the psssage of a law requiring puulic officers, executors and administrators to give responsible guarantee companies instead of "personal bonds" as security for the faithful performance of their duties. The law as it now stands provides that such companies may be accepted in such cases as surety, but we understand our contemporary to argue that this form of security, so to speak, should be required to the exclusion of j all others. The suggestion is an iuterj esting one, and fairly merits the attention of our law-makers. The present practice of taking personal bonds has proved to be sadly inadequate in many instances, as there could conscqucntly be 110 great danger in trying something else just for a change. rn -v- .% T\ l" ^ i juiii jL\onacni press, jjeuiucKuiu and Republican* has written Dr. McGlynn into wide notoriety. His faith in the philosophy of Ilenry George has made him more famous than [ George is himself, and it has put him 1 at war with the Pope. The question is pretty generally overlooked, but a principle of some importance is involved. The Pope has censured the Doctor for holding political opinions which were not approved at home, and hence aflirms the doctrine that u:c Church may supervise and control political thought and action. Nothing, it may be said, can be more opposed than this is to the genius of oar free institutions. AVe hold in this country to the doctrine of individual responsibility, and the vital principles of free thought, free speech and free action, and we pronounce any institution, foreign or domestic, which sets at nought these truths to be inimical to liberty and the highest progress of mankind. A v. o cjict tvru ?? ai ji iui n. Scarccly a season passes without our having fresh cause to regret that the editors of the Xew York Tribune and the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette did not discover their great military talent during the war. Both of these gentlemen wrote earnestly and volubly throughout the conflict. Both pointed out the mistakes of men who weakly supposed they could conduct a v.'ar by going to the front, and both hinted, as clearly as their modesty would permit, that they could manage the emergency much more ably. But, somehow, public opinion in those days was stupidly set against '"'tougue lash| ing" as a means of crushing the rebel lion, and so they shed their ink in vain. But it was a great pity. Things might have been quite different if they had been put in charge.?JV". Y. Star. Too 8>revions. A good deal of energy has been unnecessarily expended in criticising the Supreme Court for interpreting the phrase "as to her separate estate" in the Married Woman's Act to mean "for the benefit of her separate estate." The truth about the matter is that this is not true; it is at least not the whole truth. A full definition of the phrase, "as to her separate estate," gathered from the reasoning of the Court, is "which pertains to her separate estate," "in the management of her separate estate," "for the bene fit of her separate estate." It is plain that the words iu the last phrase are not used in their ordinary acceptation. The Court, for example, will not undertake to control the discretion of the wife when acting within the scope of her power. A contract which might be thought at the time of , its execution to be for the benefit of her separate estate might turn out to be quite otherwise, and yet if it be a contract in the scope of her power it would be valid and binding. The phrase "for the benefit of her separate estate" is not a full definition of the phrase "as to her separate estate." Prosperity at tiio South. It is easy to sec that the manufacture of cotton goods in the South is very profitable, and the present activity "in organizing new companies and the building of new mills all through that section is evidence tnat capitalists are fully aware of the fact, and are satisfied that manufacturing a staple at a profit of 10 to 25 per cent, above cost, with a yearly production of two to three times the 'amount of capital contributed, is as safe an investment as can be found, even in the growing and progressive South.?If. Y. Star. Heretofore the cotton has been sent to the mills, but things are beginning to change, and now the mills are coming to the cotton. This is natural; 1 facilities for the manufacture of cotton goods are as great at the South as at ttie North. Indeed, the - South would seem to have at least one advantage, growing out of the matter of freights. Within the next five years wc venture to say tbat a great many mills will be erected in the cotton growing States, with capital from the North?capital that is seeking investment at home at four per cent, interest ner annum. JL This money will go to live communities. It wili go where it can be "entertained." * "The Way of ike Transjjx'essor is Hard." The prompt conviction of Jacob Sharp, the bribe-taking alderman, ot New York, is creditable to that branch of the government which is entrusted with the administration of justice in that State. There were many circumstances in connection with the case which ordinarily induce juries to acquit. He was an old man, in feeble health and had hitherto borne a good character. Ilis guilt was, however, 1. - "J _ 1 1 - V _ I .? <*. 12 piu\un uuyuiiu an snauow 01 uouoc, and the jury in obedience to the mandate of the law, and the oath which they had taken, put every question of mere sympathy away and prononnccd the defendant guilty, as he was. They did nothing more than their duty; but in this day when juries so often fail to do tnis, the act deserves especial commendation. It gives additional proof that men are still capable of self-government, and that they will continue to uphold and enforce the majesty of the law. The notion that penitentiaries are built for the poor, the friendless and the out-cast has done infinite harm to this country. Mr. Sharp was a mil lionaire, an alclcnnau and a -man of high social position, but he broke the law and he must take, the consequences. "We commend the example of the Xew York jury to the consideration of our own tribunals. Oui Koys. The boy who killed a keeper on Randall's Island with a base ball bat explains that he was homesick and wanted to see his mother. His only complaint is that he was "bossed" by the keepers. He was committed for persistent disobedience to his parents. This seems to be one of those turbulent, unruly spirits that become terribly involved in crime without any apparent predisposition for crime. The boy is described as being bright, intelligent and comely. He alone of I the young conspirators had the courage to carry oat their plan of escape. 2so one for a moment will believe that murder was in the heart of the lad, who fell asleep while waiting for the chance to knock over the keeper. It is not for us to judge the parents, who must now suffer for the reckless act of their child. Perhaps they had neither the time nor opportunity to enforce that home authority or exert that home influence which is the very foundation of true manhood. But we never hear nor read of a father or mother who trusts a child into a public institution, whether charitable or corrective, without a pang of regret for the opportunities wasted; without a sense of horror that another young life is beiEg forced to accept a support that is degrading and to succumb to a discipline which out to have.been exercised at home. This was a country boy, not a, city loafer. Ilis father is a well-to-do Snrelv there ouirht to have been some pare influence at work to save him. It is a very bad case.? JSr. Y. Star. That Presentment Again. The action of the Abbeville grand jury in presenting the Supreme Court and arraigning other institutions raises a point of interest to persons of a speculative turn of mind. It shows that there is a general and deep-seated dissatisfaction with the existing order of things. We know that their grievance against the Supreme Court is purely imaginary, and we understand, too, that their demand that the law be simplified to the comprehension of the average intelligence is as vain as the cry of the human heart after the infinite. Nor are we less firmly persuaded th:.t this grand jury in their extraordinary presentment have failed to interpet the phenomena under consideration?the general unrest, which the late Mr. Carlyle would probably have called "the deep dumb want of i the people." ? rtn _ r> x ; x jLile eupreine i;oun, is uut blc for the present status of affairs; nor is it attributable to a want of simplicity in the laws. We believe the phenomena to be a natural but unconscious expression of a want of political opposition. In a popular form of government an opposition is a necessity; indeed, it is the result of a natural law. Many men will tremble at the thought of this, but the facts had just as well be looked squarely in the face, the forces of disintegration may be seen at work in more places than one. "Wise and Patriotic. The speech of Major Brawlev, of Charleston, at the recent commencement exercises et Erskine College, deserves a careful perusal. It is a statesmanlike document, and the young men wno neara it wni ao wen to remember liis words. Touching 011 the relations of the white and colored races, Major Brawley said: Oar duty and safety require us to reconcile ourselves as best we may to present conditions, and to determine how far the negro can be made fit to exercise wisely the responsible duties of citizenship; whether education, and if so, what kind of education can best clothe him with that power. Years of discipline and study and experience will be required to determine this question, but mean while the superior intelligence and capacity for government of the white race has reached a temporary solution af the problem, by assuming and retaining a practically absolute control of affairs. During the lull which leaves this possession undisputed, we should apply ourselves with energetic spirit to the task of preparing for our successors some sound solution. We are civilized to little purpose if wc grudge to any portion of the human race equal opportunities of civilization. "We should, i by good government, educate the col| ored race into capacity for better govi eminent. Wc should teach them i whatever we have learned of wisdom ; and virtue, and it will be an imperish able title to glory for us if \?e so rule : rnt.> thf>m n? tn mn.lrft them r.n.nable of j all the privileges of citizenship. We ' must conquer our own prejudices.' It | is scarcely to be - expected that this generation, which has known the i negro as a slave with the ignorance ! and vices of a thousand years of slavc j ry, and of a barbarism infinitely lower, ] should accept with alacrity the doc. trine of political ahd civil equality. The most hopeful and tolerant may be doubtful of the experiment, but let no ignominious pride in preconceived opinions deter us from giving it a fair trial. For the present there is one paramount duty which presses upon us with overwhelming ;force, and that is, that justice should be the governing principie'in all our relations"with that "weaker race, and it is a duty which specially devolves upon the educated, conservative men of the State that they should stand as a bulwark against the injustice and oppression which prejudice, ignorance and power is always prone to inflict upon the weak, i and which inevitably produces a hiss| ing discord and strife that will blight i and paralyze all our efforts towards improvement. Monaster's Sure Cure for Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, And all diseases of the pulmonary organs. Try it McMaster, Brice and Ketchin. * Barrett's Imperial Cologne Cannot be surpassed for Fragrance, elej gauce and durability. j' Mcilastcr, Brice &Ketchir. Codifying the Body of the Law. Mr. G. A. Douglass, foreman of the grand jury of Abbeville county, publishes a letter in the last issue of the Medium explaining the recent extraordinary presentment of the body of which he is the official. head. Assuming to speak for the grand jury as such he says: In reply to your comments on our last presentment, we, the grand jury, have this to say: You state, that much of the presentment is based on a misapprehension ot the law. This is the truth, though you must have unintentionally stated it, as you say a little further on, that the law Fs not so abstruse. Now what we recommended is that the laws be so amended, and that future laws be so constructed that they will be not only apprehensible but comprehensible to all men. Now on principles of strict construction he doubtless sets the Legislature an impossible task. Interpreting ; his suggestion, literally he might, | with as much reason, ask that body to do the same thiug for the Organon of Bacon or the poetry of Spakespeare. But when it is considered charitably there is a good deal in the recommendation. The laws of this State consist of the General Statutes, including the Code of Civil Procedure and the great body of the common law which is evidenced by judicial decisions. This "common law," as it is called, is not unsettled and chaotic as those who know nothing about it charge. All lawyers are entirely at agreement as to its leading principles. Courts are troubled with it no more nowadays than with the construction of statutes. But there is this serious difficulty which grows daily greater and greater. This law is scattered through hundreds of volumes. It is inaccessible to the people. If there be one behest of justice, however, which is plainer than all others it is this: that he who is to obey a law ought to have the means of knowing what it is. This is the chief argument of the - - /? - j advocates 01 coaiucauon, auu we think it is unanswerable. To the masses the law is now a sealed book. It ought to be opened. It is not enough to reply that the masses would know no more if it were embodied in a Code. Suffice it to say that all would then have the opportunity of knowing. This question of codification is now agitating the legal profession, as well as other intelligent thinkers throughout the United State*. It must sooner or later come up here. It seems to us that this is an opportune lime in which to tackle it. "We are free to say in the most unreserved terras that we are in favor ;of it- The people of Georgia have tried it, and they like it. For more than twenty years they have lived under a Code and nothing could now indnce them to abolish it. Why should we not nrofit bv their experi cnce? A TRIP TO TEXAS. NUMBER SEVEN. Messrs. Editors: We left our readers:, if any we have, in our last letter as we were escorting oar lady friend on a shopping tonr. It was Satarday evening and the zrowd seemed immense. These Western towns are all built around an open square, iu the centre of which stands the Court House, if the county seat. This is not the case with Waco, the rural population being so numerous as to require the entire square, the court houee stands 011 a street near by. This open square was full of wagons loaded with corn, oats, hay, cotton, wood, etc., which was offered for sale. We enfawsrl nno nf tVir> TftrffOSf flrr OT>r>^S IV1.U14. ViiW J Cw establishments, which is owned and run by Sanger Bros., aud is a model store.* The office is immediately in the centre of the lowest story, and is raised up say ten feet above the level of the iloor. The clerks, of which there are qnite a number of both male and female, have each his or her separate department or line of goods. Should yon make a purchase the bill, with the goods unrolled, aud the money is placed in a little basket which goes running like a thing of life to the office. Here the bill is checked of by the goods themselves, which are then made into a ouudle, and with the change, if any, returned by this same handy basket to the clerk who made the sale. Your purchases are then consigned to one of the deliv ery wagons and left at your place of residence. An elevator goes continually up and down, which if you like carries you to the second and third stories, each of which contains piles upon piles of goods. The proprietor seemed to take a pride ia showing his immense stock, and accompanied us through its length and breadth, explaining the modus operandi of "his basket system, which he said was much better than cash boys, as they were always in place and did not lose any time "talking to the girls. Our lady companion selected a carpet, which was made and put down in her | parlor 0111*1115 my stay; sne Ji?viug jiu trouble only giving size of room. It was our privilege to share our bed one night with a veritable cowboy. He had neither hoofs nor horns, but was simply a South Carolina boy, who had gone West to better his co'ndition, and hearing of our arrival came in to see me. We found him a nice, clever gentleman, being a brother of one of the professors in the South Carolina College, and a former student of Davidson College, N. C. He gave it as his opinion that minding cows beat a cittou farm ont of sight. By invitation we dined with the family of Dr. Sears, who is a Virginian by birth; and full of fun and old Virginia hospitality. Taking a seat at his table, he turned and inquired, "Well V., what part of the chicken will you take?" I modestly answered I was not very choice, any part would suit me; when he replied, "I suppose you intend to eat a whole -?? * ?? -j 1'an i\aa 1 n ?? UUtJ LLIJU UUIl b UUIC >v U&1& V uu uvgiu. This old gentleman is one of the strong successful men of the country; enjoys a practice which pays about five thousand dollars annually, by charitable and benevolent gifts, and the entertainment of his friends. From him we learned that this was the easiest country on women in the world; that they did notjhave enough to do to keep them out of mischief. "Tell your wife," said he, "That mine has not made a calico dres3 for herself in thirty years." A Mr. Williams, having a place to sell, came in for us and gave us a ride behind his two pretty ponies of about eight miles into the country. "We found his corn crib with plenty of corn but unlocked, and his smoke house had the key sticking in the lock. His place of sis hundred and fortyacres was worked entirely by negroes. ; We drove by the tenant houses and saw tbe women and children idling j about, the men only being at work. Accosting one of these men we asked: "Well Uncle, how long have you been ! h'ere?' He replied, "About ten years." Again the question, *'Been here that long and not rich yet:" "No sir," he rpnlieH. UT aicnt. .ind if von is cominc here 'specting to git rich" you is gwine to miss it." Once more the question, , "Have you not good land, and do you not get half of all you make?" The answer was "Yes sir; T gits half I : make, and that only ^ me half i enough to eat" Mrs. W. gave us a ! nice sapper and breakfast which she ; prepared herself, prefering as she said to do her own work rather than worry with the trifling women on their place. Here we saw the conntry school house, which was a trame building about 30x50. The teacher was a young man a boarder with this family. From him we learned that a first grade certificate was worth ?75 a month, a1 second grade $50, a third grade $30. Length of public school term i?ix months. Average attendance at his school forty. The farm was improved with cheap tenant houses, the dwelling n Af f*Ani? vAAme our? i L1UU9C) Ot WlUlgg Vi 1VUL ivuiuoj uuu the price asked was twenty dollars per acre. Yie are under promise to friend Taylor to take a trip \*ith him, and so hurry back to town merely to get c;it of one baggy into another, and ride some ten miles in the opposite direction. This trip takes us'in a southeast direction across the Tehuacano bottoms, which are heavily covered with timber, affording a fine* range for cattle in winter, an abundant supply of fire wood and a good hiding place for thieves and robber bands, which once were here so plentifully as to give it the name of the country of the Modocs. Here it was that the present Governor of the State captured the noted Sam Bass and his gang, for. which feat he was elected" sheriff of the county, and no doubt contributed to his present high elevation. Our road Jay obliquely wacro3s this bottom extending for some two miles, and though firm and smooth now, becomes in wet weather waxev indeed. Out of the bottom we strike what is called cross timber or the post oaks, which grows only on poor land, but burns equal to the best hickory of our country, beyond which comes the prairie again, covered over with grass and small scraggy trees called mosquit, which are about the same distance apart as fruit trees in an orchard, which it very much resembles, These trees bear a long bean, of which hnrsAS anri rafilp arfi vprv fond, and which is said to be as good feed as oats. Our road was smooth enough but on either hand the surface was rough indeed to ride over in a buggy, giving you an up and down motion, which, though not very pleasant, is perhaps a good aid to digestion. This is called hog wallow land, and is a sure guide to the inexperienced lo point out the richest land in this country. We drive to the ranch of Messrs. HoIIoway & Ilarris, who are the fortunate owners of three thousand acres of this rich land, one hundred of which is in cultivation, the remainder being devoted to the raising of fine horses, of which these gentlemen, being Kentuckians, are very fond. The ranch is well improved with a nice house, large barns, cow sheds, stock scales?, and divided into several pastures, each of which is provided with a large pond or tank, to furnish an ample water supply. The white #ash brush had been freely applied, and everywhere looked as clean and neat as a new pin. Driving through his barn yard we go on to one of these water tanks near by, where we alight and quench our thirst for the first time from a Texas water tauk. This water had been standing all winter, bat was cool and clear and had a good taste. It was provided with a cup from which to drink, and posted "No Fishing Allowed." We dine from our lunch basket, light our cigars and loll to our hearts content on the green sward, without the fear of snakes, horned frogs, stinging lizzards or tarantulas, before onr eyes, returning to our home before dark, which scte; in after sundown, very much quicker thau with us. But enough for this: time. ____ J*v* Mr. Davis on His Alleged Letter to Col. Howe. New Orleans, June 27.?The follawing note frem Mr. Davis appears in the Picayune: Beacvoik, Miss., Juuc 24. To the Managing Editor of the New Orleans Picayune : Dear Sir?In your issue of this morning there is copied from the Chicago Inter-Ocean what purports to be a letter writteu by me to Co3. Poceen Howe, of Danville, 111., from Beauvoir, Miss., June 20. The letter above docnrihed is? a barefaced forsrerv. the author of which' did not qualify himself for the fraudulent purpose by learning- from persons in the neighborhood of Danville, from which place it appears ho wrote, such facts as might have enabled him to make his fiction less palpably incredible. Please give this a place in your next issue and send a marked copy to the Inter-Ocean that the imposition practiced upon it may be exposed where it was put in circulation. Very respectfully, Jeffersoh Davis. are. davis's positiox. Mr. Davis stated in an informal conversation with a representative of the Picayune, and not for publication, that the views expressed in this spnri ous letter arc precisely the reverse of those actually entertained by him. xne troops in Ul? UIUUII aiuiy tvcic all mustered into the Federal service. The States, as such, had no troops in the war, and, consequently, all military stores and trophies captured became the property of the .General Government, and subject to the control of and at the disposition of Congress. Confederate flags had from time to time been returned to the Southern States by Northern Legislatures and various military associations. There was in reality no authority under law for these acts of courtesy, but the matter was not considered of material importance, and the question was never raised until the issue ot the recent orders by Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Davis declared that he had resisted all attempts of newspaper men to interview him on this subject and would have remained sile .t, but for this remarkable and unique swindle, which he denounced over and over in general and-in detail as false in every respect. Human Sacrifice in India. A strange stgry of human sacrifice comes from the Madra presidency. A woman was supposed to be possessed with a devil. Her father consulted an excrcist, who said that a human sacrifice was necessary. Accordingly one night her fatner, the exorcist, and five or six others met, and after some religious ceremonies set for the elected victim. He came without suspecting treaehery, and was plied with drink till he was senseless, when nis neaa was cut off, and nis blood, i-.ixed with rice, was offered to some deity. The body was then backed so as to 'deceive the police and thrown into a tank. The murderers having been arrested, have made a fall confession. ?London Globe. Col. McClure's Speech at Gettysburg. (Dispatch to the News and Courier.) After the more than fraternal greeting so eloquently expressed by the representatives of "the survivors of tne J Philadelphia brigade and of Fickett's j division, it is an easy task to speak for the City of Brotherly Love and for the Keystone State of the Federal arch in heartv sympathy with the peace aHd brotherhood which mark this notable reunion. The battle fought on this spot was the bloodiest of the many sanguinary conflicts of our civil war. The ignorant, inconsiderate and dishonest say that it was a causeless war, that it was precipitated by babbling'demagogues. But no such cause could have ; called millions of the most intelligent, peace-loving and generous people of the world to four years ot fraternal war. There were agitators and demagogues who hastened the war, as there are agitators and demagogues who have hindered peace since the war ended. But there were irreconcilable theories left unsettled in the foundation of the Government, which ripened in intensity and enlarged in interest until a peaceful solution was 110 longer possible. A less heroic people could have avoided our civil war, but the bravest and noblest of all the peoples of the earth had only the choice between a dismembership of the Union, or its jarring pillars ccincnted by the arbitrament" of the sword. Every shotted gun hoarsely thundered the faith of the warriors who employed it in tne Harvest or aeatn. .Every cnurcn of every belief in the North and South sent up fervent prayers to the same God for the triumph of their respective flags, and in like manner catled for thanksgiving and praise when victory came to either. Every pulpit appealed to ths patriotism of the people in the name of the Ruler of nations to sustain the cause of its section as a holy duty, and from every battle-field came heartfelt thanks from victors and an abiding faith in supplication from the vanquished, all from the same altar to the same Jehovah. Both could not triumph, and at Appomattox came the judgment of the final Arbiter tnat the National Union shall be indissoluble and that national sovereignty shall be omnipitent within the limitations of its own fundamental law. And from Appomattox, came the promise, not only of peace but of brotherhood. It came to the North and the South from the great Captain of the conflict. Ilero and victor in war, be was no less hero and victor in peace. Of the shattered legions of Lee, not one left that historic field an enemy of Grant. He did more than conquer an army, he conquered and gathered, as the greenest laurels of his victory, the love of Confederate warriors and the respect of the South for, the Union against which its sons had so valiantly battled. When presented to the nation as a cendidate for the highest civil trust of the world, his battle-cry, that answered those who revelled in th eturbulence of hate, was: "Let up have peace.'-" Thus came peace and brotherhood under the inspiration of the victor of victors in our bloody civil strife, and his dying testament came from Saratoga's shaded mount, bequeathing fraternal love and national unity to the blue and the grey. Well may civilians welcome in hearty reunion the now silvered and furrowed survivors of the deadly conflict on Cemetery Hill, when such illustrious teaching and example command it, and I greet you in the name of the great North, new inseparably interwoven with the great South, in sympathy, in interest aud in fellowship. Our Government is stronger at home and mightier abroad to-day because of the wounds of the civil war, and our children and our chilren's children will turn to its i sacrifices, its sorrows and its irrevocable judgmcnts'tCs the ymnal yiwrttiiteei that "a Government of the people, by the people aud for the people shall not perish from the earth." Killed by a Minister. The Rev. -George Pittard is pastor of the North Folk Methodist church, Reidsville, N. C. lie is popular with a large congregation, and teacher in a boys' school durisg the week. As he was crossing the lawn a few days ago, during recess, the boys were playing base ball, and a ball thrown by the centre fielder struck Mr. Pittard in the face, bruising him severely. The boy at once ran forward, begged pardon and said the occurence was entirely accidental. The minister, infuriated by the pain, knocked him down, stamped on hirn and dragged him about until the boys united and drove the preacher away. The lad, who was in a terrible condition, was ton/Wlv rirriprl tr. t.hfi dnrmitorv bv his fellow-stndeuts. Tbe minister called to the boys later and upbraided them for not dragging their schoolmate from him sooner, and said he had no idea what he was doing, that his temper for the time half crazed him. The ooy has since died and Mr. Pittard has fled. How a Colored Boy Bccaaie Rich. The holder of one-tenth of ticket 23,899 the second capital prize in the April drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery of $50,000?has received his $3,000, and our readers would perhaps like to know that Clifford J. Tweedy iJ a likely colored boy, twenty-two years of age, raised by Mr. Henry T. Peay, and getting $8 per month. He deposited $4,000 in the Georgia Railroad Bank and divided a portion of the rest amongst his poor colored relations. 3fe did not forget Mr. Peay, to whom he gave fifty dollars. lie said that he had a ticket regularly for the last fifteen months and it was the fifteenth dollar t*at did the, wnrV.?Aumiata 'Ga.} Chronicle, April30. ?It is stated that Sara Sinai I, the Southern evangelist, looks like Senator John James lngalls; but people should not be prejudiced against Mr. Small on that acconnt. When Mr. Small begins to talk as badly as Senator lngalls does it will be time for moral congregations to refuse to listen to him.? Ex. * *4kiHG nmiffim runubn Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A man-el of purity, strength and wholesomeness. Hore economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Hold only in cam. Royal Baking Powdek Co., 106 Wall St., N. Y. Sold by Monaster, Brice & Ketchia, Grocers. MchSfxly WHAT AiLS THE NATION 7 51ie Aierage Length of Life Decreasing?Not Pestilence? Kot Famine?All oar own Fault. % Moderx Cooking and Mod- i ern Living have brought it ] on. It comes upon us una- < wares. The patients Lave pains about the chest and sides, and. sometimes in the back They feel dull and sleepy; the mouth has a bad taste, especially in the -morning. A sort of sticky slime collects about the teeth. The appetite is poor. There is a- feeling like a heavy load on the stomach: sometimes a faint, all-gone sensation at the pit of the stomach which food does not satisfy. The eyes are sunken, the hands j and feet become cola and leei clammy. After a while a cough sets in, afc first dry, but after a few months it is attended with a greenish colored expectoration. The patient feels tired all the while, and sleep does not seem to afford any rest. After a time he becomes nervous, irritable and gloomy, and has evil forebodings. There is a giddiness, a sort of whirling sensation in the head when rising up suddenly. . The bowels become costive; the skin is dry and hot at times; the blood becomes thick and starmant: the whites of the eyes become tinged with yellow; the kidney secretions becomes scanty and Jjigh col' ored, depositing a sediment after standing. There is frequently a spitting up of the food, sometimes with a sour taste and sometimes with a sweetish taste; this is frequently attended with palpitation of the heart and Asthmatic symptoms; the vision becomes impaired, with spots before the eyes; there is a feeling of great prostration and weakness. All of these symptoms are in turn present. It is thought that nearly one-half of our population has this disease in j. oine of its varied forms. {Shaker .Extract ot Hoots (oeiI gel's Syrup) changes the fer| rnents of the Digestive organs so | as to convert the food we eat into I a form that will give nourishj ment to the feeble body, and i good health is the consequence. The -effect-of?this Tpfflpdg_js__ simply marvelous. Millions upon millions of bottles have been sold in this country, and the testimonials in favor of its curative powers are overwhelming. Hundreds of socalled diseases under various names are the result of indigestion, and when this one trouble is removed the other diseases vanish, for they are but symptoms of the real malady. Testimonials from thousands of people speaking highly of its curative properties prove this beyond a doubt Sold by South Carolina Railway Company. COMMENCING SUNDAY, JUNE, 13, Kj 1887, at 6.10 A. 31., Passenger Trains will run as follows, "Eastern time:" TO AND FROM CHARLESTON. east (daily). Depart Columbia.. 6.50 a. m. 5.33 p.m.. . Dne Charleston 10.35 a. m. 9.45 p. m. west (daily). Depart Charleston. 7.00 a. m. 8.00 p. m. Due Columbia 10.45 a. m. 9.45 p. m. TO AND FROM CA3IDEN. east (daily except sunday.) a. m. a. m. p* m. p. m. , Depart Columbia...6.50 7.45 5.00 5.33 p. m. p. m. p. m. p, m. Due Camdeu 12.52 12.52 7.42 7.42 west (daily sunday excepted.) a. m. a. m. p. m. p. m. Depart Camden 7.45 7.45 3.30 3.30 a. m. a-, m. p. m. p m. ime uoiamDia iv.zo iu.*o <.ou *.**> TO AND FROM AUGUSTA. < EAST (DAILY). ; Depart Columbia.. 6.50 a. m. 5.33 p. m. Due Augcsta 11.40 a. ra. 10.25 p. m. WEST (DAILY). Depart Augusta... 6.10 a. m. 4.40 p. m. 1 Due Columbia 10.45 a. m. 9.55 p. m. CONNECTIONS Made at Uniou "Depot, Columbia, with Columbia & Greenville Railroad by train arriving at 10.45 A. M, and departing at 5. 33 P. M. Also, with C. C. & A Railroad by same train to and from all points on both roads. Passengers take Breakfast and Supper at Branchvnle and Columbia Depot. At Pregnalls to and from all points on f Eutawville Raiiroad. At Charleston with steamers for New York, Jacksonville and points on St. John's River on Tuesdays 1 and Saturdays: with Charleston and Savannah Railroad to and from Savannah and points in Florida daily. At Augusta with Georgia and Central Railroads to and from all points West and South. At Blackville to and from points on Barnwell Railroad. Through tickets can be purchased to all points South and West by applying to d UNION DEPOT, Agent, Columbia, S. C. ' JOHN B. PECK, General Manager. TV /"I L T T T5VT / > V. A , Lf. Vy. , \jrCU. ? <cb&o. *JO iiVAgw ^ Charleston, S. C. < NOTICE. ( TX7"E hereby give notice that we will J i VV make application to the Legislature . , at its next session for a charter for "The | Camak, Ga., & Wadesboro, N. C., Rail road;" the said Railroad to run in the general direction of these two points, and to pass through Alston, S. C., the Fairfield * Granite Region, Winnsboro ar:d the Great Catawba Falls. G. IL McMASTER, J.M. BEATY, JOHN BRATTON, JAMES JONES, Wif. S. HALL, D. L. GLENN, W. N. 2IASON, T. W. WOODWARD, ( R M. HUEY, ] W. W. KETCHIN. Aplfx3m t mam CAPITAL PRIZE, $1*50,000. " We do hereby certify that we supervise the arrangements for all the Monthly and Semi-Annual Drawings of The Louisiana State Lottery Company. and in person manage and control the Drawings themselves, and that the name are conducted with hemesty, fairness and in good faith toward aiU parties, and we authorize the Company to use this certificate, with the facsimiles of our signatures attached, in its advertisements." Commissioners. We the undersigned Banks and Bankers will pay all Prizes drawn in The Louisiana State Lotteries which may be presented at our counters. J. H. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisiana, Nat. Bk. PIERRE lAXACX, Pres. State Nat. Bk. A. BAIDWDf, Pres.New Orleans Nat. Ilk. CARL KOHN, Pres. Union National Bk. rf . UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION! U OVEK HALF A MILLION DISTRIBUTED. Louisiana Stats Lottery Company. r ^ ^ /i ? or*o nr V? 4-K/% jLiJCUipuiaceu. m A wo IUX. vy wc Legislature for Educational and Charitable pmioses?with a capital of $1,000,000?to which a reserve fund of over $550,000 has since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise was made a part of the present State Constitution adopted December 2nd, A. D. 1879. The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed by the people of any State. It never scales or postpone8. Its Grand Single Number Drawings take place Monthly, and the Semi-Annnal Drawings regularly very six (June and December). ASP1LEXDID OPPOKTIAIITV TO WIX A FORTUNE. SEVENTH GKiND DRAWING, CLASS G, IN THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY, JULY 12,1887?306th Monthly Drawing. CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000. iSyXOTICE.?Tickets areTENDOL LAKS O.N.LY. Halves, $5. Fifths, 12. Tenths, SI. LIST OF FRIZES. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF $150,000. .$150,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OP 50,000.. 50,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 20,000.. 20,000 2 LARGE PRIZES OF 10,000.. 20,000 4 LARGE PRIZES OP ' 5,000.. 20,000 20 PRIZES OF 1,000.. 20,000 50 do 500.. 25,000 100 do 300.. 30,000 200 do 200.. 40,000 500 do 100.. 50,000 1,000 do 50.. 50,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 100 Approxi't'n Prizes of $300.. $30,000 100 do do 200.. 20,000 100 do do 100.. 10,000 2,179 Prizes, amounting to $535,000 Application for rates to clubs should be nude only to the office of the Company In NewOrleans. For further information write clearly, giving ftill address. POSTAL NOTES, Express Money Oraers. or New York Exchange in ordinary letter. Currency by Express (at oar expense} addressed M. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La., or 3C. A. DAUPHIN. Washington, D. C. Address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANE, New Orleaas, La. REMEMBER and Early, no are in charge or the drawings, is a guaraaiee 01 absolute fairness and Integrity, tliat "he cliances arc all equal, and that no one can possibly divine what numbers will rirAw ^ Prize ?EH?XB?B that the payment of all Prizes is <? l AKA.XTEKD BY FOUR XATIOML BAXKS of New Orleans, and the Tickets are signed by the President ot an Institution, whose chartered rights are recognized 1b lfce highest Courts, therefore, beware of any imitations or anonymous schemes. THE WINXSBOBO BAR. H. A. GAXLLABlj ? -A^WEY-AT-LAW, WINNSBORO, S. C. Office in building of WinnsboroNational Bank. A. S. DOUGLASS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. No. 6 Law Range, TV I NX SB OR O, S. C. Practices in the State and United StatM Courts. __ O. W. BUCHANAN. J. IL VAEBOBOUGH. BUCHANAN ?fc YABBOBOUGH, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, ^ No. 7 Law Range, WINNSBORO, S. C. Practices in all United States and Stat* Courts. Special attention to corporation and insurance law. w. l. Mcdonald,: attorney and counsellor at law, WI^SBORO, S. C. Office up stairs in The News and Hj?- 4 axd building. ft "nt. outsat? w f! rtow OBEAJR & RXON, attorneys and counsellors at law, Nos. 7 and 9 East Washington bL WISXSBORO, ?. C. Offices same as occupied bj the lata Cel James H Rion. J ?. McDonald, C. A. Docclam Solicitor Sixth Circuit McDONALD & DOUGLASS, attorneys and counsellors at law, Nos. 3 and 4 Law Rang*, WINNSBORO, S. C.' Practices in all the State and United States Courts. E. B. Ragsdale. G. W. Ramdale . RAGSDALE & RAGSDALE, attorneys and counsellors at law, No. 2 Law Range, WIXNSBORO, S. C. JAS. GLENN McCANTS, attokney-at-law, No. 1 LAW RANGE, WIS NSBORO, S. C. EST Practices in the State and UniUi states Conrts. 4c ADVERTISERS can learn the exact cost of any proposed line of advertising in American papers by addressing Geo. P. Rowel! & Co., Newspaper Advertising Dww?, 1Q Spruoe St, New York. ?bnd lOcts. for 109-Page PwpM?t, ICE TICKETS. 212% ft Tickets for $1.00. 115 ft Tickets for $1.00. 1110 lb Tickets for $2.00,. Ice House open from c a. w. to 8 p. m. luring the week, and on Sundays from L2 m. to 1 p. 11L F, W. HA.BENICHT, Proprietor. .:.I