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Q fl I i . Sffc It 1 >*= , fmvuT t, i#n. The Andirton IaMKcaaon on Um Usury QOMltOB. Our wtMncd cotsmpornrjr, of Anderson, opposes lbs rsslorstion oi tbs old ntury lew* of (tie Stats, and spsaks of tbe oonrsn of M onr city Mtkangti" with Approbation.' ft fctw explained tb? etiMi, contributing, In onr " jadparat, to the formation of opiniona by tho papers of large commercial citloo different on tbta question, and tho Inoome Tax, Ma. I from what it tho trwo intoroot of tho oonntay at larga.' Wo a? not surprised at .tho opinions of tho /stcf/iyoiM^ for wo wars, for a brief time, without 4oe calcnlation and redaction, and the experience of tlpe last foar or lea years, rather farorable to them ourselves ; and ware influenced by what we now see h nn absurdity We mean the idea that the repeal of the usary lews will bring any great amount of capital into the State. It can bring and has brought none for permanent inveetment, neither do wo believe thai it ever will, for conducive reasons. the manufacturing and permanent agricultural labor, and permanent mercantile pursuits, sannot afford to pay over seven per cent, and hope to make money. Very few can borrow at that and keep up. Neither is t tx possible, in oar opiuiou, for a repeal of the weury laws to drive capital out of tba State to its daman. Where will it ?? bit The Bute* all around at, have the Mm* law*. Will It no to (he great State of Mew York? There the lawa are more severe against usury than in South Carolina. According to the reasoning of these people, there ongbt to be no capital in Mew York or Baltimore, for, alas ! they have severe laws against usury ; it all ought, according to logic, to come to South Carolina. But it don't come. On the con* trary, our capital, with the glorious no usury law system, prevailing sinoe 1986, and the people are leaving the State, and will continue going to Georgia^and other Southwestern States, and even New York, where they have the usury laws in full force. And wo think it probable, if the people of this State do not rise in their might and cause the Legislature to restore the usury laws for their protection, in spite of our leading city exchanges, that moro and more popnlation and capital Will leave South Carolina. We have the consolation of thinking, that although our friend of the Intelligencer is against Lbo Bill of Mr. Wilkkr on the usury question, yet all the Andorson representation in the House and in the Senate, will give it their hearty support. We liavo reason to believe that they are men who have seriously reflected on the subject. Esquire Wilson was in the Senate when the Act of 1896 was passed, and opposed it, because ho wisely foresaw its injurious consequence. The x3>ndon Times. We at e Indebled to our friend Mr. J. fl. Marshal, for late numbers of the Timet, the most famous of all European newspapers. One is struck with the heading of the first column, " Births," then follows a long daily list of infantile accessions to the English population among'he gentry and nobility? next marriage notices, and then deaths. Now where is Iheol jection to publishing births in a newspaper 1 They interest every body and especially the wisest and beat, If our friends | will communicate to ua these little accessions to their-inmilies, as they occur, we \ ll cheerfully publish them, and try to Keep up with the Time*. The Ttmet is mostly occupied at present with its very able French correspondence, and the war. We were surprised to see whole columns ol French advertisements ; many of them are brief letters addressed to Wauiburn, United S'ates Minister at Paris, requesting him to give certain information to persons in that city of their famftee and iiiends, who are in Loudon or elsewhere. The Air-Line Railroad. We heard a gentleman of high character, officially connected with the Air-Line Railroad. say on Monday, that llie rond would be finished from Charlotte, N. C., to Greenville in 18 months from this lime. The contracts for grading the road are already taken. In the course of a few weeks the work will begin between Greenville nnd Spartanburg. The prospects of Greenville are encouraging. There will be steadily in creasing population and trade, and rising in tha value of lots and land in .tin entire vicinity and county. ?? Mount Zion Collegiate Institute, Winnaboro, 8. C. Our readers have no doubt observed the advertisement of this school, published last week. We learn thai it is established on a high order, all of the gentlemen connected therewith being eminently fitted by education, and high culture to make the institute desirable. Mr. O. A. Woodward, Principal, M a graduate of the University of Virginia ; M. M. Farrow, Associate-Principal, is grad uate of South Carolina Military Academy, and J. Glknn McCants, First Assistant, is graduate of University of South Carolina. They are highly recommended by several gentlemen of literary distinction. Terms per session, $160, tltia includes board, wash leg, fuel, lights, with tuition in all branches Tho Situation of Tteimo. Sinde the eurr-nder of Paria, the Proviaiona) Government has trdered the electiona for members of the Assembly, to ratify or reject the Prussian terms of peaee. It ie gen erally euppo?ed that, peace will be made. Thea>myoi Bourbaki, has retreated into Switzerland. It is raid that several thousand perirhed w:th hunger. Gambetta ia oppomd to the terms of peaee,but we think the war will eloee. Greenville Sixty Years Ago. We received the following from an old gentleman, who does oot give his name in full : " 1 stopped in Greenville in 1812 There wore at that time fnnr families living in the villnge. Jkrkmiah Clkvei.a?? kept a tavern and a store; there was one other WAei'incTOM Karle was elerk and postmas ter. 1 lie mail came once a week. John li. Jorca Kepi ooiMrri nun widow w icxlifpi ?lc?. There www one tin shop, one smith shop, wnd one lawyer. The doctor lived twelve mile# from town." On the mail route from Greenville to Colombia, W. N. Hoge and J. A, Crew# route agents, are removed, and John Shiell and Orlando C. Folger appointed in their plaee. I Trnooe Mad Komu Catholicism. >? *-h# U?t uf Ui? |?Nt Roroaq I Catholic piitn Ril Ml beeiKtoread to as* tarns a pseRlon*fafnriar to the m* , liykU4H # progresajtta ProM<?i?tjkliii JomBawIi, Italy, Bpain and Franc* bar* WI'ftvellning eompamilratf; tht latter mora slowly, ?d asaoant of tha infi del ity and ik'ptiolni toward* Roma of tlia ?doaa|o#ajaMM, Tb? only V'H almost, of Mlerty And peogreer hare'-baoo'eonfinbd la all Rowan Catholia kingdom to the seapUesProtaaianln eaa beliere in tha Christlan-reliflnn and eivll libariy also. Whilst In Rsannw Oat h?lUgo* annealsasaa v aduealal man eonfoandChrislninity with tha papaay and derpolinm, and banae ara infidels, and tha aommon propla am blind, fnnatieal loola of their leaders Pnther Ht act nth*, although a Roman Catholia priest, (yet exceptionally able, eloquent and enlightened, and till dlicountenanced by the Pope the moat power fnl and eloquent preacher of that denomination,) declared, long before the French and Prussian war. that the Prtieaiane weresnpe i rlor to the other nations on the continent, beceuee they were freely permitted to read the Bible, whilst his Komen Catholic fellow subjects ia France and the saqte sort of population in Aoatria and other Reman Catbolia kingdoms, were not allowed, or at laast discoaragvd by that Church and her priests from studying the Bible for them selves. We aae that our leading journals ol the Urge titles arc attributing German sue ces'ce over the French, to the difference in raee, this that apd the other, but the true seeret of the difference in nations, peoples and governments. history will demonstrate, is their religion and their forms of church government and discipline ; whgn men come to respect the authority of the Pfew Testa* >unt in ehurch matters more than trSdltioffb Wt inventions of men, then enlightened liberty will be secured in civil as well as relU gious affairs. ?i??? ?? -? ?. Oata and Pass from the Department of Agriculture. We have received from the DeDartmeflt of Agriculture at Washington, through our Senator, Hon. F. A. Sawyer, for distribution, siitecn packages of Oats and twelre of Peas, the latter of different varieties. These seeds have been imported from England and France, haring been grown expressly for the Department of Agricutture; and the object of the distribution is to disseminate new seeds and extend those that bare proved of sectional value. We hare sent packages to the following gentlemen, who are intelligent and practical farmers. It is expressly desired that they report the results of their experiments for publication: Wit, Goldsmith and W. T. Lotto. Oats. ' Dr. J. X. Sullivan. Oats. N. Donaldson. Oats and Peas. John H. Harrison. Oala. Dr. J. P. Hiluiousr. ?)aU. Rev. Jams* P. Bore*. Oats. J?,%rus C. Smith. Oala. Rev. C. B. Stswart." Oats and Peas. John R. IIarcison. Oata and Peas. ( CfiAS. Terry. Peas. , J as. P. Moork Oats and Pens. D. M. Prdxn. Peas. W. A. Hudson. Oata and Peas. Dr. W. A. Mooknt. Oats. J. H. Goodwin. Oats. \V. A. McDaniel. Outs. Sales of Sheriff for February. The assemhladge of people in the City on | sales-day was considerable. Nothing of any special interest transpired during the day, seyond the sales by the Sheriff. The land sold brought very good prices. The following tracts and parcels were sold by the Sheriff; Tract of Dr. W. A, Harrison, 65 sores, bought by R. M. Panax, for $ 170. Tract of same, 104f acres, bought by David Maddux, for $356. Tract of J L Smith. 217 acres, bought T. W. Glknm, for $625. Tract of E. O. Gilrkath, 981 acres, bought by J. II. Gilbratii. for $850. Interest of Jams* N. Tatlor In Estate of Prtrr Taylor, bought by Mra. L. M. Tatlob. for $100. Tract of Estate of David Barxett, acres, bought by Isaac Kcllet. for $300. Wilcox, Gibbs A Co'a. Guanos. We cull the attention of farmers and others to the advert ie? inenta of these gen tlemen, who make the guanno trade a specialty. The Phoenix Guao ie a natural guano that they import from the South Pacific Ocean, and their Manipulated Guano is a mixture of No. IP an and Phoenix; their Guano, Salt and Plaster Com pound, is also a mixture of No. 1 Peru visa and Phoenix, Land Plaster and Salt.? These articles ire sufficiently stimulating to give a plant an active growth. The effeot of these fertilizers is not spent in one year, but may be seen in after years. The prices have been reduced, and are now to be obtained cheaper than formerly. Those purchasing from agents in the eountry, pay Charleston prices, with expenses only added. Our Supplement. Tills week we issue a Supplement, from which our readers will have the opportu. nity of reading of the value of the Soluble Pacific Onano, and Compound Ajeid Phospate of Lime, of which Mr. J. N. Rosso*, of Charleston, is the selling agent for 9??oth Carolina. Jliese fertilisers are well known, end our farmers and planters will find in the eertifictes published, the practical expe rience of gentlemen in this and the adjoining States. Testimonials of this character contain information desired much by oar people. The prices of the almve fertilizers have been redused ten dollars per ton from last season, me Soluble Pacific Guano being now 966 caah or $60 November 1st, approv ed afouriij with seven per eent. interest; I the Compound Aoid Phosphate $86 caah or $40 November 1st, same term*. ? ? *? Express Agency. Mr. JcLlim C. 8arrn haa been anpolnted Agent Jt ihia place of th? Southern Expreea Company. The oflee will hereafter be at j Mr. Surra's old office on Ute pub lie square. I The location being eentaal, all) he found very ooavenaeut to our bialneas iben. Mr J Smith's business capacities insures a eonliu ' ued prompt aud eflloi.ot disoharge of the ! duties of the office. W. W. RobekT'o*, Esq., the County Tress surer for Greenville, reports that he has re. eeived about $3000 as taxes fjneo opening bis books. t 1 % TIM 8up?r|n^^d?pt^gf itt^Or??nTV> Churl^Kon Ntm of/riday l*t ib 110 VMti of tha now aptyrfotao no Sopor in. asi.i^kjLL^u*. who.hMp.ot entered *pon (ho dOtiao of *ogiaeer and gtnerol auperintendent of the Green vlIU and Colombia Railroad, la onaol tha;moat-azp?rioaord and iffiei.Dt railroad.*+n in tha United State*. P*A thirty yrart ho ha* boon eonnootad with rail* road* In Virginia, during thia llcno having had ohargo of tha R Ifli0|oodoaod PeUr* | hnrg, Choaapoako aad Obio, Virginia and I Teona**oo, Richmond and York River. and ?> n.????- *?_ ??J- ?. ? ...v?muu waufiii* nilirviQi, BIJ'l W Ij In the late war was sent Wsst by the Confederate Ouveraiaent to take charge of tlie Memphis sn?t Ohio Railroad and the road from .Rowling Oreen to Nashville, while General Albert Sidney Johnston was jo command at the former plaee. He returns d to 'Virginia after the fall of Fort Donaldson, to take charge of the Rloh mond and Danville line, which he be* raansgsd until his transfer to our own State. His thorough and praotleal knowledge in all the departments of engineering, construction, transportation, and machinery of railroads, has gircn Colonel Dodamead a dissrvedly high position 1n his profession* and ibere is no wonder that the Virginia paper* speak with regretful terms of the loss of aa officer so efficient, and a citiz-n so valuable. What is their loss however, is our gain, and we congratulate the Greenville and Columbia Radroad on their excellent olioioe." < ? Death of Judge W. P. Chilton. ."The Montgomery Jouroaf, of the 21st nit., aj'?:?It is our sad and painful duly to announce the death, at an early hour ; this morning, of our honored fellow citizen, Judge William P. Chllion. 8<veral weeks ago he met with an accident while enming down the stairway leading from the office of Lehman, Purr.A Co, which proJueed such internal injuries as csssrd his d-alh r?r inmost nan a century past Judge Uhtlton has been closely identibed with the public jnterea<s of our State, and endeared himself to our p*opl- by miny noble deeds of christian charity, and his able services as one of the Chief Justices of the Su| rente Court; and his death will he universally monrned by every good citizen of the State."' Judge Ciiiltom had heen for many years a very pious and consistent mom* cr of the Baptbl Church in ..Montgomery. At the time of his death he was Grand Muster of tne Grand Lodge of Alabama, lie was a native of Kentucky,, but liaa spent hi* man hood in Alabama. Ui? death will he deplored by many in every Southern Slate. Sad Occurrence. On Monday night last, Mr. Janri Htdk, an old citizen of ti l* County, was shot and arterwards etrrck on the head, by Mr. W*. 0. Loso, from the effects of-wliicli lie uiwi on Tuesday night. An inquest will be held to-day over the body, and we refrain from giving any further particulars until the verdict of the jnrv is rendered, when we will furnish n full statement. - 4-WW* ? Garden Seed*. Our near neighbors, Dre. IlAimtsoH <fc Jarmiall, have just received n large stock of Garden Seeds, to which they Invite the attention of the puhlie. A better selection can he made by calling before they are cul l?-d from. See advertisement. The Lanrensviile Herald. In a neat and graceful salutatory, Mr. John W. Fl'rgitsom, announces that he has become editor of the Laurensville Herald ? The new editor soys journnlieim ia not entirely new to him ; and under his management we wish the Herald renewed suecersTue Abbeville Press thus notices the visit of the proprietcr and associate editor of the Enterprise. We appreciate and reciprocate the fTooo will of our eotemporarier: " Personal.? During ttie past wee^ we have had the pleasure of receiving a visit from Mr. J. C. Bailey, one of the proprietors of the Greenville Enterprise, sad were grat ified to hear of the prosperous condition o' Ilia esteemed journal. The Enterprise ia one of the boat conducted of the np-eoiint-y journal*, and ia nlvt^-s a welc mo viritont Long may it flourish." Bad Condition of the Boada. We hare been requested to call the attention of the proper authorities to the had and, in some sections of the County, almost impsasahle eonditon of the roads. This is reported from both above and below. ShortfiTa Office. Our nswly sleeted Sheriff, ("apt. ino. L Southern, having filed his official bond and received his commission, has entered upon the duties of the office, taking charga on Saturday last. Capt Southern will wake ao efficient and popular Sheriff. ' We hsve received a card of invitation to att cad the anniversary celebration, on Wednesday evening, February 22d, of the Cieeronisn Literary Society, of Roanoke College, Va , W. Armstrong Teen, of Vir? ginia, is President, Julius 1). Drroer of South Carolina, Orator, and R. Samuel Turk and J. E. Buchanan, of Virginia, Debaters. Efforts are being made for supplying the Presbyterian Church in this City with a new ntelodeon. The weather is cold and the eiouda look like they would as soon as not scatter down snow upon us. Progress is being made in the oonstrue* tion of the new bridge bolow KoUkk's old saw mill. Mr. J. 0. Smith sold on Monday last, a very large lot of articles needed in keeping house; from a cooking stove to a tin <cup, bringing fair prices. Mr. WiVk'afess introduced a bill to form a new county out of Anderson, Greenville* Laurens and Abbeville, with the court house at Uonsa Path. This makes the fifth o?<mi ,ty which it ie proposed to ereet by the present Legislature, as bills have been in trndllAPfl rtfOB Sntlsl v Ia Awoanlva I km ? lies of Pmd1*ton, Woodbury, 8t. George's and Coosawatchie?tbe three Test named in the low ooontry. # STATE MATTER& ? Charleston b shipping phosphates to Scotland. \ n n Hired Imve jjcentW reWored frt'Bi And -ra >n, goieg W?at. R??b?rt O'Neall killed Richard Renyan, In Coluohla, on 19th. ' * " i ?' The Baptist Chnrch In Bar* well h?s b?en presented by a lady of that towa w^h a nice carpet. ? "T r t Wtn. R Eerie Krtq., of Greenville, hat been nominated for the vacancy Caused by the resignation of Judga Yeraoo. The revenue that la expected to accrue to the State, during the present v?"f, from phosphate*, will be three hundred thousand dollars. _ 'l, '' The appointment of C. H. Baldwin. E*q* as Oour^ty Treaauref for Jliohland, WfH. 'ufh feel confident. My# the Columbia Phanfr. I gKe general satisfaction. Mr. Baldwin it a I competent business man. L. The Daily Republican aaya that the decision oi the Supreme Court in the rase of the Stale ex rel. Robert H. Adams, vs. J. S. Fillehrown, Trial Justice, sustains the constitutionality ot the Trial Justice law. ~~1~~" <' The barn and stables of A. G Mabciy of Newberry, containing all of his forage an<^ eight mules, were entirely destroyed by fire on Monday nighf. 23d ult., It was the work of an incendiary. Mr. Fletcher Walker, Deputy Sheriff of Fairfield, aocidently shot himself, a day or two ago, the bell taking effect in the thigh, making a painful though net dangerous, wound. Carele'rnesa was the ceu-e of the. accident. , Willy J??V?oo. colored girl, sentenced at the Inat silling of the Codrl at Winnshorn, to he hnwg to-mmrow, Friday 27th, instant, has b >en commuted by Governor Scott to four yeara hard labor in the Penitentiary.' A colored man naitt-d Powell, having mysteriously d aappcared from Ri lgeway, in this State, a search waa inn.la of ?! - | woods adjacent, and the body found murdered. Henry Houston has bc?n arrested m tbe guilty rutin, and lodged in j*i>, . ????? The Columbia Union rays; There is a prospect of a telegraph line, so niueh need ed, bring soon in opernlion along the lice of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Som*? of the poles have be*n sot on a sec lion from Columbia to Alston. Governor Scott has vetoed (he jidnt'reso lulinrf for the levying of an atdfifnnal tax of one mill on the dollnr for county purposes in Georgetown Connty. giving as his " fiaona theicfur, that Mis tax is already sufTieietitty IfeavyTtrinwr-* ? ' ti sina?'a Tlte down passenger train on the Green, ville and Columbia Uailrond was detained Tuesday, 2d inst., abottt two hours, in coirsequence of a run off near llonea Path, caused l y a losse rail. The mail and aecon.i passenger cars were thrown off but luckily nobody was hurt. I . The Marion Slur of the 1st Inst.,' say* that, " after one year's experience with one or Duty's Washing Machines in our family, we can nss-rt that it is even more valuable than the manufacturer represents it. Hot It ing but. a trial will satisfy one of its real worth.. No family who lini one* used it, would pntt with it. This is the experience of our family." FOR THE OREEXVILLK ENTERPRISE. Me**r*. Editor*?Will yon please glee the following n place in your paper : Charleston, S. C., Jan. SOth, 1871. W. T, Shumate, Esq., Greenville, S. C. JDrar Sir?I have yonr favor of 27th with policy of Mr. Viokerg, receipted. I enclose cheek of Morrig Franklin, President, on 10lh National Bnnk.N. Y.t No. 1045 for f4,94<i.? 00, favor of W. II Beere, endorse*! to your order. Please acknowledge by re'urn mail. Tiie above is an extract from a letter of Thomas Frost, E-q., General Agent of the New York Life Insurance C< mpany in this State, and is in reply to an application for piyment of the amount for which our late Sheriff, Austin B. Vickera, Esq., had his life Insured in sabl Company. Tlie alacrity with which the call was responded to. is in the highest degree commendable to the Cornany, and the whole transaction most forcibly illustrates the noble and beneficeut woYkinge of life insurance companies. Very Respectfully, WM.T. SHUM ATE, Adra'r. Tar. bill now proposed hy the recenstrwetlon committee relieves niinois. who entered the Confederate army, from the test ostlu A LONci debate was had in regard to the public lands in the Souther u States, on the 17th inst. A drunken man, who was found sitting on the side of the railroad track, near Augusta, but too late to e}op the train, wae knocked off by the cow-catcher, not seriously hurt. CllA?mtstnj?, peb. 0. Cotton dull?middling 14^; receipts 2, 086; sales 600 { stock 86.720. Baltimork, Feb 6. Cotton dull Rnd heavy?middling 16; reeipts 1,820 bales; sales 46"; slock 1.226 ? Flour quiet and weak. Wheat unchanged Corn higher? Southern white 87; yellow Southern 90. Pork dssier, at 20.00. Bacon easier?shoulders 10^. Whisky dull, at 96. AreuaTA, Feb 6. Cotton In fair demand, hnt prices easy, at 14 for full style New York middling; sales 918 bales ; receipts 1.080. Nsw Yoa*. Fob. . * Cotton quiet and w,eaV. with sales of 6,? . 000 bales, at Tkf Cold ll|($lft. # lis *;.poou feh. 6 Cotton closed baavv ? unlands OrlfA*? M1C? 12.000} balra aix-niU Jon anH exi?"*t t/iOO} ?h4f>p?? from Hivanaafc or <?tarle?ton, January to April, 7| for middling up)?n<f?. " Mam iicn, on 4Kb Frbrrory, by Roy. A. AeVrr. Mr T J. OARRtSOW and MU? BITSAN C TARRANT dnnRhtor of W. W. TARRANT. Raq.. ?4I of <Gi.e?wv>4le Ooanly. Printer'* fr# r revived. Mam*ird, on lat February. 1871. by R?t. T)r Itnia#, Mr. J n. SOflOFIFLD to Mr?, KATE JONES, nil of GreentiU^, B. 0, Col^h J, 8. C. lRm*rj '4tl |ll. M?4?r?. Mlitort?] ,Jh* lifted to frlS you ;}Mt WMk.ictuM tbflegisjatiro proofiMBiogai ^ the wm| preceding, wen* uestUuK; of nny" reaalta of general Intereat. On Wodneaday, the Uth alt., the bill do* daring martial lay, waa finally dlapooed <jf? oolyaJitoen-oHag for it. vTb^UaUw of the I Vis' dohsunred iif n "efrovtf to 'mite, a I committee of thirty-one?qns from each Coun' ty?to whom sbffuld be referred all matter* tonohiqg the furnishing of the hall of tbe House of. . Representstivta apd .cunujultco rooms. Tbe carpets, curtains, s?b>, obandaliers, desks, chairs, spittoons, Ac!, *ro all of the moat oxpenslve character.) The eost of the spittoons is rarioasly estimated at from $8 to $15 ; the oarpet is said, to bare cost $19,000. Taking all together, 1 presume it is one of the finest famished legislative balls in Amorioa. The committee rooms, too, are furnished on a scale 'of equal tnagtiiflccnco and splendor. I hate not bad the honor of sitting In any of tbbso, being denied a plaoe on any of the working committees. To giro you an idoa however, of what constitutes the radical idea of a furnished room, I give you the items of one as reported by tbe Sorgont-at-Arms : Two sofaf, 1 dozen chairs,, 1J doaen goblets, 1 bureau, 2 waehstands, 2 dosen towels, washbasins and pitchers, combos and brashes, tables and bat-racks, spittobns, Ac., and all at a very high prloe. The old furnhuro also is missing, and, as yet, unaccounted for. The objett aimed at in raising so largo a committee, was to make it large enongh to Inolnde Democrats, and too largo to bo manipulated by the parties intarestcd. The members in trusted in suppressing tbe investigation, mado a bold and vigorous r??li)?n?? ?i )!>? and after a days discussion and parliamentary tuanecuvering, Hie reaoltitton was adopted by ahont three (o one. A reconsideration was obtained, and another day consumed. All motions to lay on the table and to postpone, were lost by a like majority. Sunday intervenes, and en Monday, a change of opinion : ^UwnM*. A vote ts taken, and the resolution loft by a decided majority. This is one instance showing how oar money goes> and bow investigation and exposure arc evaded. A second instance of the snrao kind occurs in reference to the appropriation to pay the per diem end milage of tho members of the Qenerel Assembly end attacbce, and inoU dental expenses. Just before the recess, one bundrod and thirty-flve thousand dollars was appropriated for this purpose. A fow member* failiag to get their pay before going home, on their return, presented their certificates and were informed that the fund was exhausted.? This was a mutter of greaf astonishment, as the appropriation was mount to cover the costs of the entire session. Aboat ninety thousand dollars has been expended in tho way of incidentals and otherwise. A joint committee was appointed to look into tbo matter and report. With what results, we shall Mb'. A joint reselution is now before the Senate for an appropriation of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ssdditiohu), to pay tbo pef diem and incidental expenses. The greater part of Monday was takon up in the funeral obsequies of tbe Hon. WaOc Pcrrin, membcw elect from Laurens, who was KlllfcU 1U iuc uionro ?, ?? rJt three months ago. His remains wero brought into the ball of tbe IIouso of Representatives, and his funeral sermon pronounced by a colored Bishop of the Methodlet Church, whoso nnthe I hare forgotten. The Spenker assigned him a place amongst the martyrs of history?on the list with Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, Randolph and others. Alter tho sermon, the procession moved up mnin-st., and tbenco to his final resting place. On Tucaduy, after tbo morning's business, eulogies wore pronounced, the usnal resolutions were i?ossed, aqd the House adjourned. 3ir. Whipper has introduced rCJoluHons providing for tho mnlntalnancc of the family Pf tbe deceased, atld tbe erection of a monument to his memory. There seems to be a mania to create new counties. The House Was engaged both Wednesday and Thursday, without reaching a decision, in the discussion of a bill to erect a new county to bo known by the nameof Woodbury?the court house to be located at Aiken, composed of sections taken from Edgefield, Jiarnwcll, Orangeburg ami Lexington. Tbeao re all large eountiea, and penplo in the vicinity of Aiken are compelled to go fifty and ixty milca to attend to bussiness connected with the Courts. I hopo tho bill will puss, but ita claims aro doubtful. Mr. Perry pro? poses to make a new county to be called Pendleton, by taking from Anderson, Piekens and Oconee. A third is talked of, having Homepath for the county seat, composed of sections taken from Anderson, Abbeville, Laurens and Greenville?the fourth to bo made up by tak< ing territory chiefly from Beaufort.' As the session begins to dravf, towards a close, great railroad schomes begin to loom un. Mr. Tim. ITurley proposes tbnt the'Legislature shall transfer the aid granted the Bluo Kidge Railroad in 1848, vis., (the endorsement of four millions of bonds,) to the Greenville A Columbia Railroad Company, ana wnn inn to pay mo debts of the Bluo 11 id go Cpmpany, to extend lh? Greenville k Columbia Railroad to Asberille ; the Spartanhnrg A Union Railroad to Rutherfordton, and build a road from Abbeville to Washington, Go. Enough, however, haa transpired to show that the Greenville k Coiumhia Railroad Company will oak tin aid of the State to the amount of 4 or i millions, iadepeadant and irrespective of the securities In the possession of the Blue Ridge Company. No doubt a ring is already formed to carry tbo measure through, and it may embrace other roads.? They may get np an omnibus railroad bill, it mature not how mueh is asked for, it can be carried through. There came up yesterday majority and tnU nority reports from the Committee on privileges and election, in relation to the contested ease from Chesterfield. Messrs. Krone and llough, the Reform members, were futnistred cert 'float es of election by the Board of Mtato Canvassers, and held the irseata until yesterday, when they were ensted by almost a strictly party vflte, upon tire alleged ground that intimidation had been employed. Messrs Hough and Evans wgn their election by over fonr hundred votes, and are as Justly entitled to their Seats as any roeuilrers on tba floor.? It is said that Littleleld and Singleton who lane meir scars, were neenea fo aeenre the requisite majority to override the Governor'* veto of certain railroad measures now on the tapia. The plausibility of thie conjecture Is strengthened by the fhet, that while the eaae was under dissuasion, certain oflleinic and large stoek holders of the Oreenvillo A Columbia Hailroad, ware very busy on the floor, taking a very deep Interest in it. If the rights and interests of individuals, and whole communities are thus sacrificed contrary to all law and Justice, merely to'subserve the wild Mfeaipe* of corporations, what may we not look for 1 Minefield la a Carpet-bagger, and made bla drat appearance in ?heaterfl*|d last July as a Ruts constable. He wee on hand, apd after swearing him In, the Iloogs adjojprned till Monday at 14 o'clock, e>, Vouye, xftspnctfpll/, W. eve ?? Foxcw da Leon, ?rva of the early Spanish explorers of this continent, is said to have discovered the "Fountain of Life"In Florida, This may ha a historical myth, hwt we are eertkla that all snfTerere ftom miae rustic complaints, dyspepsia, etc.. And reli-t and cure In the nee of tha " OLD CAROLINA BITTKRft," the great Southern tonic, i ? Ot *>' . * ! fi "Thmb i? nothing *o dangerous a? the %r?n| jpf cotton Hfnw." ft*"' " ,HI'k ?|hal^h*D M?y iW?r frnii DyVwpid*, Indjjgqfiion tid Mil of iApp??<, do not welh?,nMmi It UkingStliaE R B1Tfky, th? gy^tybulhtrl^roiii^ JF I SOUTHERN SECURITIES, IN 9HARLKSTON, 8. 0. ?' ^cirnect ed"-Sleekly hy - J j Filial 5CHEBH8 B?t)k>r and Broker. No. it l*ro?d StrtH FEBRUARY 3d. 1871. Sltit* ft e 4 ? V it i e ??8?uth C?roltn?, ?@85; do new,?-@65p do, regUt'd stock, ?@70. (V?jf .?M*nViV,?Aagnsta. 0*. Bomk, 878 f Charleston, 8. 0. Stock, ? @ kO { tyrlestoa, 8. C.. Fire Lean Bonds, ? @W) Columhin, 5?. 0. Bonds, ? (3) 80. RailmnH ftontft? Blue KMje, (tr>t mortgage!??60 | Charleston and Rarannab, ?@ 83 i Charlotte Columbia ind AntutU,?@85: Cheraw and Darlington.?@82 ; Or??ti?lllt and Colombia, (lit mntt) ? #3); do, (State guarantee) ?(fi) 65 f Northeastern, Jst mortgage,?@92 : Northeastern. 2d mort., ?(5?78; Savannah and Charleston, (1st mort) ?(a)78 ; do, (State guarantee^-@69 j South Carolina, ?(S)7'i ; do, ?@69 ^Spartanburg and Union, Rnitraart Stock??Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta.?@40 i Greenville ami Columbia,?@2: Northeastern,?@1.1; 8avannah and Charleston, ' ?@60 ; 8outh Carolina Railroad Company Shares, ? @ 40 ; South Carolina Railroad and Rank.Shares, ? @ 40. Exchange. d'e?Now York Sight, ono-hnlTo(T. Gold, $1.16 (to $1.12; 8ilver. $1.06@? South Carolina Dank IUDt, Bank of Charleston ?@? Bank of damden.... '40@? Bank of Georgetown...../..; a 4@?i Bank of South Carolioa. R@ ? Bank of Chester "@? Bank ofHntnhurg 7@?' Bank of Newberry -1@? Rank of State of 8, C, priop to 1861 S5@ Rnnk of State of 8 C. issue l8B1-62.....22@-? Plhnteral and Mechanics' Bank of Charleston....'. ?@ ? People's Bank of Charleston.(it) ? TTnUm R,nli of CkarlcO-n ?.....' .-^-(7??? Southwestern R. R. Bank of Char loston. (old) , ' ?(?> ? Southwestern R. R. Bank of Charleston; (new)..,,,...,.., ?@? State Bank of Charleston b@? Farmers' and l?xchnngo Bank of Chariesfon ...i 2@? Exchange Bank of Columbia 0@? Commercial Rank of Columbia 7@ ? Merchant's Rank of Cheraw 3@? Planters' Bank of Fnirficld 3@? State of South Carolina Bills Receive hfo ? 05@? City*of Charleston Chapgo BiQa....k...9ft@? Bills marked thus [ } are b^ng redocmcd at the Bank Counters of eneh. Unanswerable ArgumentsEstablished facts arc silent argument* which neither pen nor longtt* ran slink*-, and it is upon established faols that thn repntatlon of EOSTETTBR'S STOMACH BITTERS. ns a health-preserving elixir. And a wh"l<?nirif And powerful rernedv. is based. When witnesses come forward in crowds, year after year, And reiterate the ?jme statement* In mixtion to lh? hen*fi. nifil effectA of n medicine tipern th*tn**lre*. diahclief in ils efficacy is literally iwpo**ilt/e The" ere lent ials of tht# unequalled tonic and alterative, extending over ? period of nesrly twenty years, include indivi?ltinIs of every class. And pi:(Ualsof ???w ArtOTf IrKxn the mn't prevalent among th e corn plaints which afflicts and ImrsiSthit hn mail laniily Kilher a TlHiltrtnde nl people, rirangeis to ?-nch oilier, have annuity heen set/ed wiih nn insnne and Motiveless de?irr lo deceive the pnldic, or lio?t-*tt?r's Bitters, for no less tlvrn a fit|h of a century, have heen affording such relief lo sufferers fmtn indigestion, fever and ague. blfirftisftcs*. general di bllily, and nervous disorders, as no other preparation ltu? ever imparted ? To day, while the eye* of the render are upon three line*, lens nl thousand* of porsoe s o! hoth sixes are relying Upon the Bitters a* a sure defence sgaim-t the ailments which the present season eng-ndcts, and their confidence ia not misplaced. The local J potions which interested dealers sometime* endeavor to foist upon the rick in its stead, are everywhere meeting the Pile that is due to fraud and inr| ostnre, while the demand lor tlie gnat vegrtnble ?| ecific isc-r.?tant? ly increasing. 87~d Porta from which commerce whs driven during the hot months hv their terrible f.-vera are visited 101 tlte year with iinnnnilv now Many localities in the Bornn and Wegt kept tenantless l*y their delePrlons miasm* are now filling up with populations under the protection of Ayer'a Ague Cure. Their afflicting Ctiills nnd Pever are so ef. lecinally cttted t>v this tentedy thai lite dis ease no longer turns emigration aside or dettroji ll?e settler if he ventures upon its infected district*.? Gazelle, Independence, Mo 87-4 Economy and Comfort in Bcildiso ? These cnn only he studied and sc-nred by paying proper attention to the J!ni'bitty o| a huilting. There are many houses in om eountry whose window*, wilhot glass, and heavy wooden shutters, cost more than sash and venetiana, and whose gloomy wooden ceilings are more expensive than white waahed plaster oo lath*. If yotl are going to hpild, and wish your house to he comfortable at small rost, yon should not f?i' to write for a plan and rsiimat* ot finishing to Mr, P. P. Tenia, Charleston, S. 0? the largest manufnet urer of doors, sa?h?s, blinds, mutl Idings, ?fcc., in the Sonther'n States. 87-*4 REDUCTION OF PRICES. HHVING h?en enabled to charter ships lite past year at less freight than heretofore, we ere now giving planters the benefit of this advantage, by offering to llrem | PMENIX GUANO, Wil?w,0|hlii & Cn's MA NLP UL A TED G V A NO. GUANO SALT AND PLASTER COMPO UND, At Reduced Pi ieea. The go>>d merits of these Fertilisers are too well known by plan; me tinooghout the Bouth, to need further mention. a jlcox, c.ibbs a ro.. ImpoiUrs and Peab rs lh Guanos, 148 Bay-Street, Savannah, Oa? 241 Broeb-Street, Augu?t?, G?., 161 East Bay. Charleston, S, 0. a m, r ru DAVID & 8TBADLEY Agents. firemvilU, S. C Read what on# of rnanf thousand plaolthink oi Wilco*, Gibtx h Co.'# Manipulated Guano, GKFFNVIf.T.F M. C? F#b. 8, 1871. 3f*?*r*. Wilcox, Utbb? 4k Co 1 AT your request, I bit# von my expe rieno# with the W lloox, Oibh# ? Co ' MANIPUU/TKI) UUAJIO. I culii?at-<! a fivo a?re fllld Ual year. whiflh was notori ous'.y poor, and by using on# bag (200 lbs.l to lli# acre, I gathered Thr##-and-a~H #1' HftW <>f Cotton. Without Omno, I omiM not )>** ejtpe.cUd to here jvnilse<J two bul#?. I tliink U a No. on? Fertilizer, Uj!>pcctfufly, HAMIIKL 8TRADLEY. F?b 8 99 8 I A? FytMT to Health a*p llArnrtras.? r)y?priy?U ntyVinlybut it panrWra hA|Jknr?aflrr<>m# th* family. A DvtA'lIt la (ti <>nH unmp|ff hiai'fl', bot hynnAra tllSkroufd bun imhappv. PK.1 rUfn VE#TAUK LlYlfft PILLS it ? Notice. THE SOUTHERN FXPRES8 OFFICE bap h??n removed from Q. A C. R. K. J)?pot i? of .lullu* C. Smith. Mr Ju. litis 0. 8in?th, h>< been uppnintfd A(?nt., W J. C BOSS WELL. Route Ajtent. : Oftenville, 8.1. 187!. S8^4 9 1 * ' * ' PlHMp linking. JAMKS WILSON, PUMP MAKERf w?pwlfally intorinx the public that bo is prepared to attend to all work in hi* lino, promptly and tflirienll/. A largo exporionoe enables him to goanintee satisfaction. Prion. tliirty-Avo rente por foot, lli* post ofico addresada Urtenrillo. R. 0. Work warranted for twelve months. Fob 8 38 1 Notice. ALL ra.1 ics in M,led he account io tlis Estate I.I WILLIAM MICHEL, da< oenco.l. will plea?e cull at the i.rtioe of I ho Probate Judge, and s-ttle tliem n? the Estate mast be -oill-.l up nl.niioe. February.?th. 1871. 88-1 JUST RECEIVED. i AT Harrison & TBar^liall's, A LARGE ASSORTMENT or Fresh Garden Seeds. RED CLOVER AND ORCHARD GRAQG. SUPERIOR ONION SETTS. NOIMI1KUN M:isr. l'O I A TOES F? >Ii SEKl). sfss-mr sr mr A LARGE CONSIGNMENT . OF Vinegar Bitters, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Fe*. ? 38 2 The State of South Carolina. GREENVILLE COUNTY. Iii-Conrt troitiinoit Pica*. Ltnna A. (inurllrU, r?. John IK. Onnninyham/ Exec ill or?Equity $!Hr?Jlill fur lirlirf, <fc. BY virfoo of flto Decretal Order of his Honor Judge Orr, mode in tho nbovo ease* I w'HI roll lo tlie highest bidder, on Sah adnT in March next, the Land* of that Into \?. F. Piuxcb. follow* : Tract No. 1.?Containing Ninety (90) Acre*, more or lo**. situated in the junction of Muah Creek and Tyier River, adjoining lands of Kcrv 5. T. Dill, Merare, Perry and Shuuinte nml other*. On this Tract tbcte are tweutyfieo Aarea nf tin^ lloMo^ comfortable Cottago with Six Hwimt and all necessary Outbuilding*. Tract No. 2?Containing Three Hundred' (.'IPO) Acrei, nvoro or leaa, adjoining lands of Mrs. Ptiuct). Perry and Shnmnfe nnd "nthorS, situated on the east aid* <>4 Tyger River? *omo Twenty Acre* of Hot torn, with some improvement*. The nhovc Land* arc valuable* Term?Ca*h. l'urcbnsbcrs to pay lor aUunpa and papers. J. L. S0UTI1KRN. S. O. C. Sheriff'* Office, February Tth, 1871. Feb 8 .78 4 The Slate of South Carolina GREENVlI.Lfc COUNTY. Iii Court Common Pica*. W. /* Trmhohn, AnSgnet, 77/onto* Stent ? tWplaint to Forelot Nor gage, Jet. BY virtue ol the Decretal Order of J ltd Oir, I will sell, at Greenville (1 if., ot> Safendny in March vert, to the highest I.I.I.I.., tbJ ... A I J :i-i s. I I VIII |iv urr mill IJI'V ??CP^T ' ?C?1 I'4 Hit* I pleading*, lit unto within the incorporate limit* of tl>e Cil}' oTGreenville, op the Rotherford. road. one mile fi?m C. II. Tl>c loteontatus Three Acres,' more or lev*. thw Hon** 1* a commodious one. in good repair, wiili seven rooms, the out building* arc in good condHwn. It is one of tlie most desir. able residences in tlie City. 'Icrrus?()? *?1? a I f c??h, the halnnee on a credit of six month*, with hor.d and good personal sectuity and a mortgage of (he premises. 1'uichaser !o pnv lor stamps and papers, J. L SOUTIIFRN, S O. C. Sheriff's Office, p. hr.iary 7th 1871 88-4 Tlfo Stato of South Carolina. OR RENVILLE COUNTV* In fonrl Common Plena. ' r. A. anil A. ifcIter, Fjrefutor*, r?. Itroot*, Srrtiffi ?{ Qibnon.?-Compltiinl for Money I I)cm ?>?(/, BY virtue of the Order of His Honor Judge Orr, made in the above case, T will sell I on Halesday In March next, to the highest bidder, at Oroenvilla Court House, the House and Lot on which tho Defendant, A. 8. Scruggs, now liycs. Tho Lot ronturns OnoHalf Acre, mora or less,, situated in the tncorporste limits of the City rff Greenville, hound, ed by Pendleton Street, Donaldson Street and lot of Mi?* Mnllndn Mellon. On tho Lot ia m I eonifortnhls Cottage and Outbuilding*. Terms?Cash. Purchaser to pay for stamp* and papers. J. L. flOUTIfEItN, fl. Q. C. 8herifTa Office, February 7ih, 1871. Feb 8 38 4 Tho State of South Carolina* GKF.ENVILLK COUNTY. ? Sheriff*! Salet." BY vlptne of sundry Wrltaof Fieri Foetal, t? me directed. I wilt ?e||. before (bo Court U'm-a door, on Salrmfn# fn March next, between the hour* of 10 o'tilpcfc In the lorrnoon and 8 oVlnek In the afiern< on. One Tract of Land, enntelning Thirty .two Acre*, more or lets, adjoining lands of Jo? *eph McKmnev, Jacob Ponder and other*, Levied on aa tlit property of L. T). McMa. kin, at lihe silt of I)r, W. A. M??oney. . . , A tan, , One otlior Tract* of Land, contain .,n* Seventeen A?re?. more or le?s, adjoining land* of A. J. Ponder and other* Levied on aa t lie proper'y 0> L. D. MoMoMn, at U>4 suit of Dr. \V. A. ilopwej, *MO, " OneT'aet of Land containing Six hnnv dred end fattr Aeraa. more or lees, adjoining land* of II. Thoinaeon, Wilson Baker ao4 John Fold ft\ otlieis. Levied on 4a the Ircjwtty ot flhartea TVrrv. at the snit of L. e.ihetdv v*. Gaston and Charles Terrj. Homestead to he ret < tf before day of sals. atao, ; , All thai Treat ol Land, aontalnlng Tea* hundred and forty Anrr*? more or leas ad* joining landy tf Mrs. .0 W. Turpin, J. W iV.'om*n and II fi l.ynoh and others. Lew' ied on aa the property of Joseph Oreen, at ihs suit of J. lin II. Qoodgin. Terms rfh. Purchasers lo pay for stamp* srd ptpers. J. L. BOUTHKRN. t. O. C. Sheriff'sX'lhce, February 7t|># 1??L Fe b 8 88 * Children erv fur tVioaaaa'i CrvstaliawA | Worm ^pdjj ?{ ; j r > ? . . ... #