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, 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.
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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.
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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.
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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*.
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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.
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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
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...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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Baptist Chnrch In Bar* well h?s b?en
presented by a lady of that towa w^h a
nice carpet.
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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.
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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>, .
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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.
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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?.
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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 *
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