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I ?I ! Ty I The Press and Banner.! By HUGH WILSON & W. C. BENET?; " - ? - a< Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1879. e: ?. . ? The Comity Commissioners nn?l | ^ Tnr Pnrer." I r We ask attention to tlio reply of the y Chairman of the County Commissioners, I f( /* to tho questions propounded by "Tax i j. f Payer" in our last issue. Wo believe it j t'| is right that the people should under-' y W stand tho oflidal conduct of thoso who I ' wndortake the discharge of public duties, | ^ nnd for this reascn, gladly gave our|p] Commissioners an opportunity to sot! ? themselves right, by giving publicly toj^ the letter ot rax rayer, ana we wun mi less pleasure give publielj' in this week's J Press and Banner to the reply by the County Commissioners. All faithful y public officers aro ever willing to make a j full and clear exhibit of their t ran sac- j ~ ^ tions, and for this reason we know thatjsf the Commissioners will thank Tax Payer ! for his article. i ^ The letter of the Commissioner is full j and explicit. It seems that the public Lrhave been laboring under a mistake to n suppose that the old system of managing ^ county funds was unattended by ex- ^ pense. The treasurer before the war, it is stated, received a commission of fivo|0| percent. of all the monies that passedjy through his hands whilo the sub-treasu-1] rers each received ten dollars per annum, j The receipts from taxes for county ptir-i , poses during the next fiscal year will be over twenty thousand dollars. Five per cent, on this amount would make one thousand dollars, to say nothing of the ? salaries of sub-treasurers. This would be the cost of a very imperfect manage- ^ ment under the old system. Tho Commissloners, this vear, under tho new svsi di tern, have appropriated nine iiuuuiu?i dollars as their pay for the ensuing fiscal c( year. This entirely explodes tho hal- 01 luciuation as to the supposed economy of 1,1 the old system as well as the error as to;*"' tho presumed extravagance of the pres-js) ent system. i" Tho bridge at Winter Seat, was report-! ** cd to the Commissioners as needing somo , al new plank and new railing. They very 11 r properly let out tho contract under the1 w power given them in the law which au- 01 thorized them to make private contracts for jobs costing less than a hundred dollars. The wisdom of this provision of ^ the law may be seen at a glance. Sup? pose for instance, Commissioner Hester 1 who lives thirty miles distant had been 1 required to advertise for thirty days for, at the lowest bidder to do this work?the! advertisement would have cost five dol- j lars. Togo to tho place, make specifica-' 0 tions and let out contract, would require; ,re two days of his timo which with mileage]1,1 would cost tho county seven dollars?; ^ making a total cost of twelve dollars to cl! let out the smallest contract, besides tho delay of thirty days. In tho letting of the contract in question tho Commissioners agroed to give, including tho expenso of; e doing the work, one dollar and fifty cents m a hundred for all tho lumber that was s" necessarily used in making tho needed u repairs. The contractor for doing the work in question, filed a bill of fifty-seven dollars. At their last meeting nearly i al " T ( all tho bills presented wero acted upon : by the Commissioners, except this, which j of was leftover uni.i! tho Commissioners ^ should examine and receive the work. J And the account so stands to-day. In our opinion tho showing of tho: (Commissioners is all that could be de-j^ ?ired. They and the public owe Tax j. JRayer their thanks. fr sa 'MmipI Hovt Retires from the R?g- te ister. | (]( linsft Sunday's Register contains the j C< "Fare-rail" of Colonel Hoyt from the ar "department of that paper. Col- tL iffctyt is a clear thinker, a vigorous and an outspoken editor, on all '" 'matters of public concern, and wo regret to lose hita from the editorial corps of to our valued city daily. Ho gives no in-! li*' dicataon as to his future purpose, but. ar wherever he may go, or whatever he may j th undertake to do, may success attend him. We hope that he may soon he again in the editorial harness. Colonel Pope in bidding adiec to the retiring editor, has this si< to say: w. "The manly, Upright and unwavering ta course of Colonel Hoyt, as a journalist as f? well as a citizon, must command the ad-j miration, respect and confidence of all es men. The great ability he has exhibited ?? in the columns of the 'Anderson Intelligencer he founded, and in those of the t Register, has made him a man of mark for many years in the conduct of the pol- ?f icy of the State. His ringing words and es brave and outspoken policy in '76 con- 0. spicuously sustained the movement by . which the State was redeemed. Thothor- lc ough organization of the Anderson De'? mocracy in bis hands sorved as a rallying centre for the straightout movement of of the State, and as we recall the past, with nc all its doubt and dalliance, we feel wo can . . never fall to do honor to James A. Hoyt as one of Carolina's truest and best sons, co Sympathizing to the full in all of Colonel i nrtlitipal vifiws. and havinir stood ! T shoulder to shoulder with him through the memorable struggle of 1876, we now take leave of him with much regret. But 2 wherever the business engagements of th life may call such a man as our late co- fri worker, we feel there will be found a m true, a noble and a useful citizen, above ] reproach. And there, too, wo feel the j yn Register will always have a tried, a trust- "by od and a faithful friend." al1 ^ cd i j Famine and Pestilcncc. or . * ca * According to the New York Herald, to Ccara, a coast Province of Northern In Brazil in South America is suffering nil sl4 ' * the multiplied horrors of famine and be pestilencc. No such calamity has oc- j ? curred to any country in hundreds of j ' years. Our affliction of yellow fever i{\' amounts to nothing, with its ten thousand j ml victims, when compared to the five hun- ?* dred thousand inhabitants of South 't America who have been swept i from the face of the earth by famine and j ^ disease. Of the inhabitants of that afflict- y< ed country not one in twenty-five are ft reasonably well-off. Poor, improvident si and thriftless, they fall an easy prey to | ft| disease. Tho Government has made an o] honest effort to aid her subjects. She had j no outside credit, and, to raise money has 11 sold her iron-clad vessels, and, in addition, has issued her own paper money to tbo amount of thirty million dollars, which is being expended for the sufferinc: peasants. The fields have been parched? no grass is to be seen?tho cattle have dis- ? * appeared?the cats and dogs have been eaten. Starvation, black death and small j K pox bid fair to sweep the entire popula-1" lion from tnat secnon 01 me country. ?> w ' S( A Terrible Disaster to British Arms " *' in Soath Africa. The press despatches during the past * week give intelligence of a bloody defeat ft to the British arms near Tugola River in ? South Africa. It seems that on the 21st el of January last, a column, consisting of * .. about five hundred of the Twenty-fourth d infantry, six hundred native auxiliaries and a full battery were attacked by the ll forces of the Zulu King, numbering per- ? bape twenty thousand. The despatches ^ announce that the British force lost the ei . % whole of its valuable convoy, comprising ^ one hundred and two army wagons, bear- ct lng sixty thousand pounds of provisions; one thousand oxen, four hundred shot hi and shell, one thousand rifles, two hundred and fifty thousand rounds of ammu- sh nition, two guns and the colors of the ^ Twenty - fourth regiment. Forty-nine British officers were killed. ar Up to this time it is believed that not a "J single British soldier was left to tell the m tale of the horrors of a wholesale massaere. This Is a blow to English /oi ^ . prestige, to recover from which may cost much blood and treasure. ro mBmmmmmammmmmtamemmBaamamsmBmmmmmamuam The Thornwell Orphanage. Tho Rev. Mr. Jacobs is up and at us Sain. See his letter and read it for ourselves. Wo have nothing new to Id. All we ever wanted was a full and splicit showing to the public of the tanner in which tho contributed funds ero disbursed. The report of theTreasrcr seemed indeed vague and indefinite, or this reason we .asked for more light. \'e have no personal interest whatever >r or against tho institution. It was on: as publisher of the Ihc.vt and Banner lat wo made the enquiries. Wo thank rr. Jacobs for his invitation to go t<> linton, but it is not convenient to accept is hospitality. Let him get his treasur r to be specific hereafter, and wo nave o doubt all will work swimmingly 111 10 future. General Sherman's Letter. In another column may be found the iews of General Sherman as to the reuperative powers of the people of the outh, and of the advantages of climate, >il, minerals and water which this coun y presents to the immigrant. All that o has said of Georgia, he could with jual propriety have said of South C'arona. "We take it that General Sherman leant all that he said in our favor, as we elieve his prejudices are against us. The icts however were so plain, that even 11 r enemy admits the many inducements iir country presents to tho immigrant. Tc are ready to say amen to hi.s remarks liout "letting up on the carpet-bagger." ;ead the letter and you will be pleased t, the favorable report he makes. Aiken on the War Claims. In the House of Representatives last riday the subject of Southern War laims camo up for discussion and our nmcdiato Representative, Colonel I). * libnn InnL- a nrnmiiipnt nart ill the ebate. Wo print his speech in another >lumn, and give it our hearty endorseicnt. It expresses, we are sure, the feeligs and opinions of the peoplo of South arolina and of the South on the vexed ibjcct of war claims. Colonel Aiken is ghtin opposing the payment of those >gus claims made by thejso-called "loy" citizens, and ho is also right in deouncing tlie gigantic pension swindle liich will tako one hundred millions lit of the treasury. Fnithtul Oiliccr. Solicitor Cotliran's able and faithful ischarge of his duty to the State, when is personal feelings were enlisted for le accused, was beautifully exemplilied , our last Court in his prosccutton of e indictment against Captain Hrowne, one of his best friends. In the dislargo of that duty he commanded the spect of all who heard the trial, and 1pressed them with tho fact that he ould discharge his duty under any cirimstance. The Savannah Valley Railroad. The corporators of tho Savannah Valy Railroad will meet on the 6th of next onth at Lownde-jville to take into con[leration important matters connected ith the road. The Road is a most im>rtant ono to that section. Every iend should be present to give his aid id counsel in the matter. "Wo wish our Dwndesville friends tho largest measure success in the enterprise. Wo trust at their success may bo equal to their lblic spirit. Bridge Building. The article elsewhere in tho Prc.i9 and inner, taken from the Union Times is continuation of the article published om that paper two weeks ago on tho rac subject. The subject is ono that inrests every tax payer in the county, and jserves the special consideration of the aunty Commissioners. We shall have lother articlo from the same source on io same subject next week. William Hill, Esq. The attention of our readers is directed an intprestinir account of how Mr. Wil-| im Hill is likely to become the heir to i immense estate. There seems someing of romance in the story. ^ Is it Constitutional f Judge Kershaw at Orangeburg is conJering the constitutionality of tho act Inch makes tho failure to pay the poll x a misdemeanor and punishable by le or imprisonment. This is an interting question. Tho Columbia Register has made one ep forward, in publishing the decisions the Supreme Court. Xo moro interting matter could be published. The >inions, however seem of interminable ugth. ? > Our exchanges of late have been full "cipher telegrams." We have taken ? stock either in them, uncle Samuel or s naughty nephew. As far as wo are 1 Al .1 J nccrnuu ua-v tuv ucnu. he Stock Law In Chester?How it! Works. Mr. W. G. Austin, writes the following to e Union Times. The writer is, we presume, mi similarity of views related to our friend, r. Win. Austin, of Donnaldsville: Pkiend Stokes:?I made a llying visit to mr town, one day last week, and was met a number of your most excellent larmers I enquiring: how the "Fence-Law," workin Chester? My reply was this ; "Those who were most posed to it at ftrst are Its strongest advotcs now. They would he the very first to raise their voices against its repeal. There are farmers in Chester who make ore on the land where old, useless fences jod, than many of your red-hot anti-fence en make on their whole farms. We have tter stock and less litigation than you have, re not these advantages worth striving r? rhe time we used to spend In making mils id fences, we now employ in making ferizersand Improving our lands. Another Ivantage in favor of the fence-law system; in other words the no fence system, is; I'lie Freedmrn are well pleased with it. for is thev who build the fences. They now ; lild pasture fences, and pasture their stock ittiout a cent for pasturage!'' My advice to your anti-fence-law people Is lis: Go to work and try the system before 3U condemn it; give it a fair trial, and if au are not advocates of the system in less lan two years, then you may write tome and iy that I have told a falsehood. Thero Is not a man In Chester county, with ii ounce or intelligence that would have the Id system back again, for any consideration, ow Mr. Editor these facts go much farther >convince than the most elaborate arguicnt. Kespeetfully, W. O. AUSTIN. Chester, S. C., Feb. 6th 1879, A Classic Monument Gone. Farther back than our memory can carrv us icre stood, in what is now called "up town," umber, about ten by twelve, all under one xif. These were built for boarding rooms ml were occupied as such by the students of Irskine College foralongtime. And weliave o doubt to many of them they suggest pi ensnt associations. They have been the scene r many a lon?, hard struggle with the intriicles of the ancient classics and the modern fences. lUght. within those narrow walls, ith the light pouring In at a single small indow. the foundation has been laid of all lose attainments which In after years opend up the hoarded treasures of time, and hlch have made life a career of usefulness ud honor. There many have been trained >r those stern and trying conflicts, no shudw of ;which darkened the rosy horizon of outh. And tnere, too, it must be said, reviry often held her orgies, and night was lade hideous with sounds which are as indenibable as they areawakenlng. There, sadest of all. many were llrsttempted and Jlrst nned. There Is, to many, the grave of honr, virtue and truth, and fancy finds in these >ne retreat* the wreck of hopes the brightit, and prospects the fairest. But I began to ly that these cabins are at this writing being >rn down?summarily demolished. And for hat? Is It that out of the decaying mass lough material may be found to construct a irer building, which shall proserve and oxress the College traditions of a third of a intury ? Or Is 11 to roar a fitter home for the stless ghosts which have long reigned In iOoe dark abodes, and which with mystic eech mingle lnjitrange medley snatches of ayer and songs of praise with scraps of Hoer nud Cicero, rounded off with the weird louts and oaths of the bacchauul? Would at It were so! But?must I say It? Fareell, ye dear memories of "vanished days!" irewell, ye happy thoughts of battles fought id victories won ! Farewell, ye echoes of iclent song! Farewell, ye homes of scholandpoetf Steeped as ye ore In the melo> es of the muses, ye are to share the doom of eaner things. Upon your wulls, "Ichabod" written! To be plain, they are to be reconructed Into?staiiles.?O., in Associate liernied JPrcsbytertan.?A. classic monument >w! Well, that does get ahead of ns. Just a tie. When wo were n boy,and slept in that w, It was liicvereaily <ullod"Cli!ucL>;Row',i A Worthy Citizen in Luck in His Old I Age.?3Ir. Win. Hill Tails Iloir to a Fortune* 1 The renders of the Xcw Yovk Ifrra'tl will " doubtless remember having seen In tlint pa- v per of a recent date an account of "How n ? I grocer's wife became Heiress of two millions" l I which in brief stated that one half a century h jngoMIss Caroline 11111 the Daughter or one t Jas. Clarence Hill a clergyman of the church n of England eloped with her father's butler, tj Thomas Whllnn, a young Irishman who was h handsome and of manners and Intelligence 1 ! superior to what might, have been expected of h a butler, that the father was greatly enraged t> at first but as Is usual In a short while became ?'i reconciled and took them home to reside; t that in due course of time a son was born to v : them and named James for his grandfather; I that when the boy was In his teens they came n j to America and located in the city of New I York ; that in a short while after tills the to young man married Catharine Murphy who n had a sister named Alice who afterwards f< married a grocer In New York by the name * of Swift. In 18.>'5, the story goes, old Mr. II ill a died leaving a will by the terms of which Ills I f< entire property consisting of real estate val- P ued at upwards of four hundred thousand 'I pounds,Included in which is Hazel Court sit- I uated In Hertfordshire, England, one of the v most magnificent country seats In nil En- t gland, "to the oldest child of the oldest child j of Ills daughter Caroline and her husband Thomas Whllnn, at such time as the said old- 11 est child ?fcc should attain the age of twenty- M one years." James Whilan, helnc the oldest o child of Thomas and Caroline Whilan It followed that his oldest child if he should have tl one, would be the heir to the estate on its at-1 P tainine the age of twenty-one. The birth ofjP the child to whom should fall the greatest cs- P tnte In England was anxiously looked for. It proved to he a girl ami was named Cath-111 larnic.Aiin ? niinii. iunu >miu: * three other children but they all died early. Some fourteen years ago his wife died and j> Catharine Ann was taken and raised by her Jaunt Mrs. Alice Swift, The father James 11 Whllan dlod February 2fith 1S78, and a few d months ago Catharine Ann, tlie prospective * heiress died leaving a will In which she under- }' took to devise her entire property In this ? country and in England to her aunt Mrs. J1] Swift. Mrs. Swift was left the Executrix of J this will and by her it was offered for probate b in the Surrogate's otflce In the city of New J1 York a few days ago. The above In brief are " the facts upon which Mrs. Swift basesherex- J1 pectntlons of obtaining this vast fortune. It j appears however, from the account of this " matter as given by the/feraM, that accord- " int; to Mrs. Swift's own statementsand no one Jj: would likely know better than she. that the * girl was Just eighteen yearn old a short time j J1' before she died. Now as the terms of the will u were that the property was to go to the oldest Ji child of the oldest child of Thomas and Caro- f line Whllan when said oldest child attained '' the ace of twenty-one and as they never had J a child who attained that age it follows of " course that no "child of theirs ever bccamc " heir to It, consequently Mrs. Swift's claim is l' not worth the paper upon which it is written. a but we think from what follows that theclaim w of our old friend whoso name Is at the cap- " tlon of this, will be recognized by every one < ' who reads it. . In 1700, there lived in the South-Eastern por- * tlon of Eneland John James Hill whohad ac- " cumulated a handsome property In oast India 11 speculations. He had two children both " boys, named respectively John and James Clarence. r, John being of a daring restless disposition, ' Just tlie opposite of his broiher James, could ? 111 brook the restraints of home life, and being eager for adventures and excitement ran a away from home and went over to Ireland to " Join" the handful of patriotic, though rash young Irish spirits which was headed by the ' immortal ltobert Emmet In their noble J; though futile efforts to free their country from j1 the yoke of the English government. Fortu- '! nately however for him the rebellion so called, was suppressed about that time and before , he had had an opportunity to properly enroll i, under the banner of the "young Irishmen" ~and thus he escapcd the fate of Emmet and " many others. a For this act, his father, being a staunch loy- " allst, disinherited him and on his death left l< his entire property to his other son James 'A Clarence who became a clergyman of the 11 TT?i?vl(? rwl T#?lin Kaiiin /.lw^mn.1 " with the green flcldsand the hospitable treat-! a ment which he received at the hands of the a ever generous sons of the Emerald Isle, was | content to remain there and after sowing a |, few wild oats settled down in the north of| Ireland near the site where now Is to be found ? the beautiful city of Belfast. In the course of a few years he had established a thriving mercantile business In the little village of Ballymore. dealing largely In Irish linens. In 1S04 he married Jane Mafl'et and on the.1th of May 1805 a son was born to them who was called William after his grandfather Win, MafTettand who is none other than the Win. Hill who for the last fifty years has been a rnsldent of Abbeville county and who now re- A sides within two miles of this place. 11 Now as by the will of James Clarence Hill nl his entire property was to go to the oldest. w child of his daughter Caroline on said child P1 attaining the age of twentv-ono and os no such child ever attained said age the devsc lapses utid goes back or remains the property j" of the estate of James Clarence Hill subject ' to the disposition as fixed by the laws of England. John Hill the father of Wm. Hill of 11 this county being an only brother of James sc Clarence Hill it follows thatln theeventthcre }v are no living decendant# of James Clarence 11 Hill, he John Hill or his children would be- J* conic heirs to the property. It is a fact that l' there are no decendants of James Clarence c; II111 now living, and as John Hill his only IP1 brother(nnd he hail no sisters^ is dead liIs; *' children and his childrens children become 11 heirs to the property. Mr. Wm. Hill has two 81 living brothers and one sister but has two "I sisters dead who each left children now living 11 so that there will be six distributions Into ?| which this vast estate will be divided giving n; to each one sixty thousand pounds or three nj hundred thousand dollars, quite a snug sum ol these hard times. Mr. R. E. Hill a ssn of Mr. r.( j Wm. Hill will leave for England In the ear- r" ly spring to look after li is father's Interest. ?J tl The Thornwell Orphanage Again Mr. Jacobs Makes some Statements tl and Admissions. ^ Editor* Press mid Banner : ni Gentlemen: No man will demand with 0i more earnestness than I do that all charlta- st hie Institutions, depending upon the benevo- in lence of the public, should be thoroughly si open to the Inspection of tho public. So far in we agree. st On Saturday Inst, I accidentally saw a copy bi of your paper, containing your second notice nr of the Thorn well Orphanage, at. the house of ni a friend in Lanrensvllle. As I had time only U to rcnil It hurriedly and have 110 copy of the w paper. I may not give you all the information ti you desire. ol First, you wish to know my relation to tho si institution, and how much profit I derive at from It. From the funds contributed hy the a! general publiu to the support of the Orphans, p| 1 receive nothing. I rccelve >10 salary for my rl services, which occupy a full half of my time. Ti I return to the institution, in provisions and bi money, a full equivalent f ir the food con-i b( sinned hy myself and my little children, til That part paid in money, appears in the tv Treasurer's report. I do not occupy "a large p] nnrtof the building" with my family, but on- to ly a partof one room, for a litlleorpiian child qi Is accommodated in the same room with my- in self and little ones. The library of the instl- ti tution. Is also used by me as my olllcennd it study. But that I am very greatly benefitted b< by my residence in the institution, I very tc gratefully declare. I do not pay for the shelter given me. 1 do not pay for the preparation st of my food, the children aro very kind and (l) thoughtful of my wants, and take a great. v< pleasure in endeavoring to prove their att'cc- ni tion forme. 1 love them as I do my own, I sl minister to their wants and comforts. I livcjvj for them. It would be very unnatural If, ni they did not return some of this care, lint Ifj jt you mean that they black my boots and I jo wash my clothes, you have been misinform-1 Sr ed. These are not all the benefits I derive ju from my connection with the Orphanage, i ?i Perhaps" I ou;;hl to publish tliem, hut as they j ()f would appear rather Intangible to the general i n<. public, I will wait till you call for them. dl Yon next ask. hy what right funds given to j n support the children arc used to enrich the! to corporation. A proper question, but it doesjbi not apply, for the funds given for the support j ji of the children arc not used to enrich the cor- pi porntlon. The piazza was built by money j fe that was given to uuuu a piazza, mi wun ine S( kitchen. So with the other Improvements. I Q) The reception room for instance, was furnish- j cd, the large bell purchased and put up and t(1 the pump put in by money contributed by ; ijchurches and Indlvidtmls specially for those ; purposes. No money has been permanently 11| invested but such as was given with thutob-ji'l Ject In view. ht The third and only other query that I can w remember, in your editorial, is as to the rea- j son that It takes so much to support children y who work seven months in the year. Sim- f? ply, because the children do not work seven months in the year. Who could have given |j, you such erroneous Information ? The cliildren arc engaged in household duties four: 8| hours daily and are in school five hours dttif}/. , I There arc two boys who work In the printing j I office, and as you will see by the report, these (C ] two boys do contribute materially to their |jr own support; there were two boys In the gar- j w den. and their labors certainly did greatly re-1 duce the pro rata of cost. The other two boys (being quite small) and the fourteen girls, {,, were busy and industrious, but their work jr such as cooking, ironing, patching, making e, own clothing, bouse cleaning is not remuner- 0", ative, tho' necessary, and though itsaved servnnts iiire, adds nothing to the income of tlie ,,| institution. The children have done nobly. \v to do what they have, and tiiey deserve c, praise for it. |a You say in the close of your editorial that n, your only motive In your criticisms Is to in- Pf citc me to more economy. The motive is nl praiseworthy and Igive you credit for sineer- t| Itv, however much I may not justify your method. Hut, my friends, your labor fswhol-j ly unnecessary. Careful and scrutinizing!]!, men, belonging to every leading profession j tf! I and occupation constitute our otliclal hoard. j'(. ! They look Into matters closer than you have ai j done. They know very well how hard lo get, w a dollar Is. Their own pockets eoine to the jr rescue in tho hour of need, and their own hard-earned dollars go into the Orphan's ni treasury. I am only one out of many. You are right in saying, that there is a great ,t, deal that cannot be learned from either Mr. Cil Scott, or any letters on our last annual report. < , Kvidently,you have much yet to learn about i., our institution. Frankly and honestly, V( , friends, if you wish to become fully posted, Ks I there is a better way than that you are taking. c> Your Insinuations have greatly injured us. '.A This, trucly you did not Intend. J)o this, then. Come one, or both of you, to Clinton, r(, at the very earliest opportunity. Come <li- M) rectly to the Orphanage. You shall be enter- .1 tallied at my expense. Stay two or three days in the house. You shall have the fullest \ opportunity to examine everything fully. [J: uur minutes, leukur una hooks generally ?| shtill bo opened tf? your Inspection, ami so J, Khali the entire routine of our household. } This Invitation Is in good faith and good feel- JV lng. But should tills be Impossible for you then take another plan. If still you are" not v., satlslled, do not challenge our Integrity in your columns, (remember that "truth goes a j. foot, while error flies on wings,") but send us ? by return mall, a list of the points on which you wish further Information, and it shall be cheerfully and cordially given. And, then, when you ore satisfied that we are not T I m posters and knaves, but are doing a work Jl that you can approve, soy so. Respectfully yours, WM. T. JACOBS. Clinton, 8. C., Feb. II, 1879. w ? * O^ Savannah Valley Railroad. w A convention of tho corporators of the So- of vannah Valley Railroad Company, will bo held atLowndesvllleon Thursday the 6th day of March next. ItJs of the utmost importance that all the corporators bo preseui, as co business of vital Interest to the success of the nq 'enterprise will be considered by theconvcn- ik lion. JAMES M. LATIMER, n: Ffcb, lOtU 1879. cc leply to Tax-Tayer?Au Eye Opener. iUlitor* Press and Banner : In your Inst Issue there appears n commuIcatlon over the signature of "Tax Payer." rhleli ealls for some reply. The catechism f Tax Payer touches several Important queslons, and I will try and answer them, and I lope that. Tax Payer may pet the informaloii he asks lor. The County Commissioners re the servants of the Tax Payers and cerulnlyltls their duty to make a faithful exiblt of their doings and actings. The Counv Commissioners arc only men an<l are Male to make mistakes and a small mistake y them Is unusually magnified. Taxpayer sks, have the Commissioners the prcrogaIve of letting out ropairs on bridges priately? The law gives them (he right to do so, If the mount is less than one hundred dollars, but do notthink that, as a general rule, it is the est policy, for. If a commissioner were to lake a private contract and have work done nr one half the true value, there would he ome persons who would l>e ready to express willingness to have done the same work >r half the price promised, when those very ersons, If tliey could get a contract for three lines hip irue vmue woiuu reamiy accept n, j tltul that most men want high prices for the ,ork they do fur the public, as so many have ho bill to pay, It will bo hard on nobody, omctimes cases may arise when delay ould be disastrous, therefore, the law allow:iga private contract to be made would be iseand prudent, but these should be exceptinahlc eases. As to the second question, I would answer lint It Is not expedient or right to let out realrs or any other work without knowing recisely what is to be done and at what rice. And ns to the third question,! readily itdlitthatif wc could get back to ante helium ines it would he best, but Tux Payer certain-1 f understands the constitution will have to j e changed before we can Ret. the good old | lines he speaks about. In antebellum times; licre were twenty-six men charged with the utlcs now devolving upon three men. There ere sixteen commissioners of lloadsandj irldges, five Commissioners of the Poor and ; ve for I'ubllc Buildings. Tax Payer names ; iinie very good men that tilled the oftlcc of! ominlssloners of Roads and lirklges, and! lit might have named a score of others that | red it ably filled the same office. Tax Payer i > mistaken ns to the disbursements being indc without fee or reward. Two at least of lie present Commissioners held that posilon and know whereof they speak. There rere four sub roads with a Treasurer for! itch, and the General Hoard, also with a reasurer, who was a bonded officer, nnd reeived five percent, for relieving ami disurslng the funds of the county. The Hoard f Commissioners of the Poor also had a reasurer who received his per cent, for dlsursing the funds of that Board, and if Tax 'ayer will examine the old records lie will nd this to be the case while three men arc ow required to attend to all the duties that nenty-slx then performed. They have to uditnnd pass upon all the claims of Jurors, witnesses, Trial Justices and Constables, iilch in ante helium times were audited at oluinbia. And as tothepay that the County Commisloncrs get it is generally admitted that for lie work they are compelled to do, the pay is ot extravagant,and as to their Lieutenants, s Tax Payer calls the overseers of Roads, heir position is a responsible office, anu Uhout them it would be impossible for the bnimlsslonors to supervise ail the sections f rn.icls. nml hrlHtrp* As to the charge thnt Tax Payer makes bout the bridge at Winter Seat, Tax Payer lakes a grave charge and should have examled the facts before making the charge, hat matter is now being examined b.v the otnnilssioncr who lias charge of that secion. The whole inalter has to be investigaed before any money will be paid, and 111tead of eighty, the presented bill Is 11 fly even dollars and the plank valued at twenty ollars that was taken oil' is still the propcry of the county. The whole matter was a llsundcrsUindlngand not an intential error, s I suppose that Tax Payer knows the Comilssloncr who has charge of the portion of rrltorv spoken of. The bridge was reported s needing some repairs and the contract was lat Just so much as was actually necessary as to be done and we were to pay one dollar nd 11 fly cents per hundred for furnishing nd putting on the lumber. I hope Tax Payer will And the foregoing nswers and explanations satisfactory. If he i not, If he will call at the otllce, I will try to Ive hlin all the Information In my power. ONE OF TIIE COMMISSIONERS. Feb. 12, 1S7'J, ?o* Building Budges. Correspondent Union Time*. I built stone abutments en the piling woodn foundation plan on Fair Forest, near Gen. . Glenn's, a short distance above the County ne. The situation had no hard foundation t a depth of some fifteen feet, the mire >undingsshowed the banks to be very soft, indynnd deep. The many bridge builders round that place, Frank West, Jas. Williams [r. Ilaro, MaJ. McDowell, Gen. Glenn, and ersons generally, strongly asserted that icscstone abutments, could not be made to and. extending as they do about two feet Ho the water's edge, resting on very deep. >ft sand. The June and other freshets have ot moved the abutments the eighth of an ich. The first cost of this Improved plan as no more than the old wooden nlan. while le future cost to rebuild the wood will not * tend one-fifth cost, to rebuild on the old Ian. The first leading want In bridge econoly Is stone and dirt abutments, to shorten ic bridge as much as practicable as above ild; nextto this Is stone piers, thelrdlstance [>art to vary as the varied circumstances of ic situation may demand. The IIowc Truss r the Lattice, or the I'tley bridge, can be lade to span from 50 to 1/10 feet. I have seen amy wagon bridges with 150 feet spans, the Iderones bullton the lattice plan, the more cent, built on the Howe truss plan, which. >r some reasons I like better than the Ully r the Lattice bridge, and advise Its adoption, .'here the situation calls forn span I'M) feet, le bottom cortls, especially, should be made inch larger; the braces, howover, not to be lcreased In size but little, as it would give icm an unnecessary weight on the long span, icy to be much longer, the top cord to be iunh higher on lone than ?hort spans, and inch less than the^bottoni cord In any length f span, as its functions require much less rength than the bottom cord. AVhen the iwercord Is 12 Inches square the top cord iouUI be about K by 10. The usual practice, rjwever, is 10 by l'J for the top. I Introduced iveral of the Ltly span bridges In Spartanurg County in 1S7.>(I, but In every Instance lecified the top cords, braces, needle beams id short sleepers to be much lighter than tly used In tills County, to dispense with hat I considered dead weight. Soon after ic freshet of Vj2, a Northern mini built a sort " self sustaining bridge at the Hurricane bonis, Pacolet River, using very long, heavy id very Hat running braces, rising only >out3j? feet in 'JO; soon after tills the sapie an was adopted at two other places on the ver,one close above, the other close below rough Shoals, and all three of them were refill anew on the same plan. It did badly in >th the first and second building, as soon as lework began to get a little old, and it took verity years to school these people, that the an was a very inferior one. I mention tills i show how long a time is frequently retired to teach a people what is worthless or iferlor. It is now entirely abolished, and ie once lovers of it can now look back upon and their blindness. I never did like It, H-ause the plan was contrary to the clear acliings of the science of mechanics. It is laid clown by an able author that the rength of a stick of timber is as the souare ' the depth, directly as the width, and in^rcnlv n? thr> lfiii'tli T nrosnmo thi? nnthnr leans tlieso laws of course only to apply to lort length sticks, as the wrir/ht of one -10 or feet would so largely enter Jntolt as- to latcrially change thoahove rule. Therefore, follows, according to my theory, that great, ngths, either In a sleeper or self-supporting tan, on the Howe truss, the Lattice, or ihe tly plan, that all dead weight should be disirded; that the dimensions and proportions ' the ulfl'erent parts should be such rise only : to perforin the respective functions of the trerent parts. The bottom cords of any of le truss spans perforins a dld'erent function i that of the top cords. The foot of the aces on the former strains them to make lem longer, while with the latter the braces ,ish to make them shorter. With this dlfrcnce, the bottom cords require to be inueli rongcr to ma tee them safe from giving down breaking. A very similar principle exist with regard i a sleeper -id or 50 feet long. My theory Is, lat a sleeper of great length will he stronger i have the top cduc not more than -I or5 iches thick and the bottom edae 8 or 10. lie ellect of weight on the under edge is to rainitapatt. where the break first begins, hileon the top edge It Is pressed together, iicrefore, with these quite different funeons, much less material is required to perrm the demands of the upper than the low edgc. Some may difler with me on this, it I am very sure I am correct. Igotout iy Trough Shoal bridge sleepers in this /ape in 'til. IJut, however, the old sleeper idge is in many places passing away, ami I ive mainly referred to it us above to call atntion, that a very similar principle applies i the Truss bridge, not to weight it (lown 1th disproportionate weights, A-e; If this > not attended to, with other defects in the aiming, with sorry workmanship, the ma..11(11.. li,r.,i-lAC r. I, t nn I,.,, 11111 II""' I.i' I < I ,1|, .... ..W..UVII uscls and they on bad foundations, themon, liml nearly as wclI be thrown in the river tlie lire. Hut, on the other hand, with one abutments, and in some places stone crs, with a Truss bridge on this, covered in. itli all parfMvell planned and the work well cecuted, would make a bridge that would st the county half a century; while the rst cost would little more than double the >st of the inferior, the latter being much lore subject to freshet damages, in connecon with its rapid delay, and much more ex>ses the trustle to accident. Hut some will ly, to invest so much In a bridge and it so iible to wash away, would not pay. In reply > this I beg to say that to no part of mechans have I devoted a higher degree of research id study, than Hydraulics, or, In other ords, the laws of water in motion, and can uthfuily say that I have never had a piece ' my work to give way by freshets, bridges, illl-dams, or mills, where the work w.is mens directed: when, too, much of It I have jiie at the most dlllleult places. In several uses my stone abutments, in Spartanburg aunty, "were damaged by the June freshet i but in every instance was owlnx to the iry defective work. Theothcr two Commlsoncrs requested me to examine plans and iccitlcatiouH of several bridges In their dislons, but, very strangely they saw Jit not i have me to examine the work, and they, ceived the most defective work ; oven went > far as to over-rule by majority the excejv on of sorry work or line bridges between us, hleli of course, gave way by the freshet, ftcr this, they and some of the bridge conacters combined and placed the fault in my ans, instead of bad work, and to my sur:lt?e they succeeded in moulding much opln>n to their very er-ronlous view. I mention ds to show how easy it is for men of limited cperlenceand opportunities In mechanics to s gulled with sorry work. I boldly challenge ly one to show, by competent Judges?the st nil I hv rights and stone masons in this or mrtanburg Counties?Unit tlic fuult of this eak stono work was in the plans. m ? ustice to Policy Holders.?A Good Law. Nashvilt.e, January 13.?Much sensation as produced among insurance men to-day ,'ertlic final passage of the bill requiring Inirnnce companies to pay the full amount ritten In policies in case of total destruction property. The Governor will sign It. o ? CoMPnoMiSEn.?Mr. Dock Jones, of this iunty, whose house was burned some time ;o.and upon which lie had an insurance 1 >licy for $3.">00, has nettlod with the compa- 1 / for 81,250?each party paying his own ibtfi. 1 : - ' ' ' ' * ' '- * - ' THE x\E? SOUTH. W; Interesting Letter from General Sher* . man, 111 which ho Discnnscs the Industrial and Agricultural Resources oT the South. St. AuOit?tixb,FLA,, February 4. 1870, .Zf Captain K. P. Howell, Kdltor Constitution, . Atlanta, Georgia?My Dear Sir: Yont most acceptable letter of February 1, reached mc hero yesterday nnd I avail myself of the first .. moment of leisure to reply, ' / My opportunities for studying the physical Dr?c features of Georgia have been evch larger L than you mention. In '33 '1 I went from An* n_ gnstu to Marietta in a sta^e (when Atlanta {: * had no existence) thence to Belfonte, Glabra- 1 ma, on horseback, returning afterwards nil the way on horseback to Augusta by a differ- " cut road ; again in IStH, I conducted as nil the world knows, a vast army from Chattanooga inl| to Atlanta and Savannah and Just, now have nnv passed over the same district In railway cars. .. ' Considering the history of this period of time *\V. (33 years), theduvelopmentof thecoudtry has vi'PW been great, but not comparable with Cailfor- w.,,r{ nla. Iowa, Wisconsin, or Kansas, in all which wnr States 1 have had similar chances for obscrva- ' tion. The reason why Georgia has not kept K|jV>, pace with the States I have named is beyond ?on, question that emigration would not go where fonr< slavery existed. Now that this cause Is rc- wlii< moved there Is no longer any reason why Jhe, Georgia, especially the northern part, should fur t not rapidly regain her promlncuce among j,;or the treat States of our union. I KNOW THAT NO SKOTION IS MORE FAVOB- Csno KD IS CLIMATE. HEALTH, SOIL, MINERALS, WATER, the ] and everything which man needs for his ma- upoi terlal wants, and to contribute to his physi- lug cal and Intellectual development. Your rail- troo| roads already finished, giving your people the \ cheap supplies, and the means of sending In dlsal every section their surplus products of the tion soil or of manufactures. You have immense ?No beds of Iron and coal, besides inexhaustible dtsU1 quantities of timber, oak, hickory, beech, take poplar, pine, etc., so necessary in modern fac- mall torles. and which arc becoming scarce in oth- emu er sections of our busy country. North Geor- stea< (.'In Is peculiarly adapted to fruit orchards to the i gardens and small farms and all you need light TO MAKE IT TEEM WITH PROSPERITY Is more people from that class of northern p'r0n farmers and manufacturers, nnd that other _\jr class of European emigrants, which has con- Rrr*aj verted the great, north-west from a wilder- Bpn(.' ness Into comfortable homes Tfor Its millions of contented people. I have crossed this con- chai tlncntmany times by almost every possible bill route and feel certain that at this tlmo wj,n NO SINGLE REGION HOLDS OUT AS STRONO Mlcl INDUCEMENTS FOR INDCSTRI- {J 1 OUS EMIGRANTS ,lmc as that, from Lynchburg, Virginia, to Hunts- this ville. Alabama, right and left, embracing the way: mountain ranges nnd Intervening valleys, es- Mi peclally East Tennessee, North Georgia and only Alabama. I hope that I will not give offense sach ill saying that the present population linn exac not done full Justice to tills naturally beautl- "sou fill and most favored recion of our eountry. of tl and lliat two or tlireemlllions of peoplecould to tl: lie diverted from tlic great west to this region this with profit and advantage to all concerned, frorr This whole region, though called "southern" natl Is In fact "northern"?viz : It is a wheat-grow- tent ing country, has a climate In no sense tropic- com al or southern, but was designed by nature out* for small farms and not for large plantations, livir In the region I have named. North Georgia arec forms a most Important part, ana your city, war Atlanta is its natural center or capital. It is Mi admirably situated, a thousand feet above the the < sea, healthy, with abundance of the purest will water, and with granite, limestone, sand- this stone,and clay convenient to build a second gest London. In 18fit my army, composed of near thin a hundred thousand men, all accustomed to that northern climate, were grouped about Atlan- or if ta from June to November without tents, and dam were as vigorous, healthy and strong as had though they were in Ohio or New York, In- in di deed the wlioiccountry fromtheTcnnessec to Just, the Ocniulgce Is Mt cuucl FAMOUS FOR IIFAI.TH, PURE WATER, ABUNPANT TIMBER that am! with a large proportion of good soli, es- cd aj peclaliy in the valleys, all you need Is more Mr people of the right sort. Therefore I shall be- gent lieve and maintain that North Ueorgiais now prcs In a condition to invite emigration froin the upoi northern .Slfttes of our Union and from Eti- ant I rope, and all parties concerned should adver- hefoi tise widely the great Inducements your re- tried glon holds out to the industrious and frugal cvld of all lands. Agents should bo appointed in j Jury New York to advise, and othersat Knoxville, or ot Chattanooga, Home, Atlanta, etc.. to receive ami Immigrants and to point out to them on aril- to ('< val where cheap lands may lie had with rea- "fit I sonablc credit: where companies may open la coal and iron mines: where mills may be cnot erected to grind wheat and corn, spin cotton, for i and to manufacture the thousand and one e'ou things you now buy from abroad, and morei dam especially to make known that you arc pre- one, pared to weleomeand patronize men whowill vote settle in your region and form a part of your go b; community. Your growth and development to w since the war have been good, very good?bet- i sclvt ter than I was prepared to sec; but comp-ire durl It with San Francisco, Denver, rortland, Or- thos egon, Leavenworth, Chicago, St. I/Oiiis, or|('d^<; hundreds of places I could mention, less fa-1 vorcd In climate nnd'location than Atlanta.! > ni< These cities have been notoriously open to the! the whole world, and all men felt perfectly at ted " liberty to go there. men Personally, I would not like to check the in " flow of emigration westward because of the fl.au vast natural Importance of that region, but 1 Unit do believe that every patriot should do what senti he can to benefit every part of our whole are country, and I am sure that good will result such from turning a part of nut this gkeat tide of human j.ife nnd energy southward along the valleys of wboi the Allegany mountains, especially of East of vl Tenncsei*, Northern (teorcia and Alabama, Trea ami If I can aid you In Ibis work I assureyou was that I will do so with Infinite pleasure, lam shou satisfied, from my recent visit, that northern j then professional men, manufacturers, mechanics whei and fanners may conic to Atlanta, Rome and wenl Chattanooga Willi a certainly of fair dealing flnuji and fair encouragement. Though I was per- Sout sonally regarded the bcte-nolr of the late war votci In your region, the author of all your woes, Justyet I admit that I havejust passed over the our* very ground desolated by the civil war, and erly have received everywhere w?uI nothing hut kind, c0u11te0u3 tke.yt- as 3IEKT t'h<"< from the highest to the lowest, nnd I hoard of not no violence to otheis for opinions' sake, men Some Union men spoke to mo of soelal ostra- the eism. but I saw nothing of it, and even If It' for tl docs exist it must disappear with the present j llvlt generation. Our whole framework of gov* unit eminent and history Is founded on the pcrso-: I cla nal and political equality of citizens; and I in tl philosophy teaches that social distinctions j any can only rest on personal merit and corres- In tli ponding Intelligence,and ll' any part of a ling! community clings to distinctions founded 011 to-dn past conditions, It will grow less and lessl little with time, and finally disappear. Any at-1 say t tempt to build up an aristocracy or a privi- claln Icucd class at the South, 011 the fact that their then fathers or grandfathers once owned slaves, plait will result in a ridiculous failure and subjcct Mr the authors to the laughter of mankind. 1 the ?l refer to this subject incidentally becauseotli- to tli crs have argued the case with me, but wheth- as m er attempted else where in the .South, I 11111 Hon certain It will not be attempted in (teorgia. thlm Kxcuse me if I ask you as an editor to I11 tl let ur somewhat on the favohite iiob11 v of "CAiti'ET-nAGGEiLS." from I know that you personally apply the term j listei only to political adventurers, but your read- j his p ersconstrueltotlierwise. 1 nave resided inithefi San Francisco, Leavenworth and St. Louis,1 theS' and of the men who have built up these great, j to b cities, I assert that not one in IIfly was a na-1 not t live of the place. All, or substantially all, lo si were carpet-baggers, I.e., immigrants from draw all parts of the world, many of them from the dlslci South. Our supreme court, congress, and our chan most prominent and (Intellectual men, now a grc hall from localities of their own adoption, pens not of their birth. Lot the emigrant to Cicor- tticp gin feel and realize that his business and so- thog cial positron result from his own industry, ltno his merits and his virtues, and not form the Mr accidental piaceof ids birth, and soon great will 1 advantages of climate, soil minerals, timber, what etc., will fill up your country, and make At- thee lantH one of the most prosperous, beautiful by cl and attractive cities, not alone of the South, or tli but of the whole continent, an end which I of th desire quite as much you. wanl Uur nation has passed Its Infancy with the why usual diseases peculiar to that period of life, * pled and now I11 its second century, It enters 011 Its j slder <>f iinmliruiit Tti this von. a. vonnpor I ed th man, have more at stake than I. I best of you! estly to look ahead and not behind, and to eneour- be ft age by word and example every ell'ort to and) make G core la the contented home of three Mr or four millions of industrious and virtuous Mas.* people. no n For your personal courtesy to mo on my re- posli cent visit I give you hearty thanks, and will, to n on my return to Washington, be most happy I lnv to hear from you further on this and kindred state subjects. Respectfully, your friend, was' W. X. SHERMAN. from the c YELLOW FEVER. {{Jf,,* into The Disease Still Existing in New Or- ^ Icnns and Vicksburg?Danger from favoi Removing Last Summer's Victims? JYi VA Trade Paralized- Mr St. Louis, February 12.?s. R. Ilcwett, of f No. 55 Maiden lane, New York, arrived here vfr to-day,after a tour through the portions of the South said to bo infested with yellow fe- = ver. He con tlrms tiie reports of yellow fever prevailing in certain sections. In New Or- V5J Ivans there wore several deaths during his ** stay, and In Vieksburg ho witnessed the fu- , ? , nerwIs of four people who had fallen victims to the dreadful tropical scourge, Mr. Hewett " Is of opinion that the change of seasons lias L"? 1 not thoroughly eradicated the disease and ' that it will show Its saffron head again early ?I' in the spring. Physicians in Mississippi and Tennessee contended that the exhuming and jArtn removal of bodies is the cause of the reap- ^ pearanceof the disease, and if steps are not taken by the authorities to stop tlds the fever will occur again with its old time tnallg- , nity. The bodies removed are mostly those 'V. of those of the wealthy and respectable class ,, who remained in the plague stricken distrlcts to care for worldly possessions: while other members of the family lied tothe North yr,. and waited until they could return with safe- ? * 4,. M.inu rxC IhncA vl/.fitnu U'i'lP hlll'ioil l?V .9 the side of the paupers In the potter's Kielif, ro^r. and relatives have been wailing until the , weather would permit of their removal for interment In the family graveyards. ' ' . The work of Removal has been repulsive and sickening, the bodies being in partially : decomposed slate, and in many Instances tlie imv0 eolllns highly ollensive. The removals are ' ..., sometimes made at night, but gnive diggers ' can be seen at almost any time during the . S( day engaged In this repulsive business. He- }*. , ? moving bodies has grown to bo lucrative since the weather became a few degrees cool- V'.... er. As mitoh as S'20 Is paid for taking up a j' . victim, and an undertaker will sometimes make three or four removals in.one day. The t(,ro| employment Is not contined to undertakers. ' Negroes can be found who will remove a body J.,,,,,] for a smaller consideration by half. Under- tpre.i takers, in many instances, prefer not to contract for removals and express their disllkeof the business. If the weather does not grow ' f colder soon some measures will have to be adopted to stop removals, and as a matter of to Inl faesty for the future, some steps should be ta- Air. ken. posetJ by tli the r A Pnmphlet Free. theft The Murray Hill Publishing Company, 129 again East 28thSt., New York City, will send by IndO| mall a large pamphlet entitled Kvidencls of ercati I)r. Foote's Success as a writer and practlllon- was i Kr af medicine, and a catalogue of all their st i tut publications?reading enough for several tion, weeks?if you will hut enclose ono letter the pi stump to their address, tUli 1 ar Claims iii Confess. 8* O in u beli gen Interesting Debate in Which Hon. mu POHI D. W, Aiken Took a Part. Jf* eblll to pay John J. Armstrong, of Vlr- Uor n, 81,(HO for the rent of a wharf In Alcxan- j,'or during the war, was discussed at length hav Conger, of Michigan, started oft' in opr>o- app m to the bill, contending that if its prln- cow ? was a correct one the troops that inarchcross Long lJridge oOtfht to have been fine eded by army wagons loaded with specie pL.n eet the enemy and pay the owners of tfoe icrty Which was to be ascd fcrr war pnr- ,tru s what they demand for their property. |n t .Slicllcy, of Alabama, had nosympathy that rally with these war claims. There were ed r Confederates presenting such claims, tliel c Were not In Alabama twenty war 0lln ns, and he certainly would not v<rte for K!iyt Alabama Claim wherein loyalty was set thai ed. . Butler, of Massachusetts, expressed his cxt, son war claims, 80 long as such claims g0t>| ? presented for damages done during the MO t< so long would there be misunderstand- uini between the sections of the Union, Both Iin(j < desired that "bygones should Ue by- |etl^ 's," und that all about the war should be tarj itten. There was one thing, however, (lpp; :h could not be forgotten, and that was huv ralor and patriotism of those who foualit W(ir he Union in the hour of its direst peril. j would the bravery, earnestness, (he ,naii it say), loyalty, to the cause whlcii they fort used of those who foil eh t on the other ?r?i bo forgotten. He was willing that the 8 ks should 1)0 put on the Mime ground that sou 'athers of the Republic had put them tlon ) In the war of the Revolution,by assnm- uCp their debts for raising and recruiting you j>s, and after that let no claim arise out ty I var, except the claims of maimed and stat Jlcdsoldiers; and with that detcrmlna- thei on the part of the people of the country sem irtii and South?the time would not be far #5; j tntwhen feeling of brotherhood would ba'in into charge of the Government the lou ned and disabled soldiers of the South- atid triny, remembering their courage, their jn r Jfastncss and their gallantry, forgetting thoi mistaken Judgment which made them (n10 . upon the side they did. enli White, of Pensyivania, opposed the bill brat war claim for the use of and damages to of o erty in an insurrectionary Stato. stoo . Conger here spoke at length and spirit g0r, nst paying the rebel claim. For want of tliot e we cannot publish It. rani Aiken, of South Carolina Raid : Mr. W)ic rman, before the vote is taken oti this u I would like to say a word In reply to mei t fell from the IIds of the gentlemen from i k llgan, fMr. Conger.) I wish to say to him Geo had he waited one moment he would had > had a reply expressing. I think the sen- Wh( nt? of at least the southern members on RCCC side of the Hall. The gentleman isal- ftnd s too fast. ..hell . Chairman, speaking now for myself Wer , I will say that the gentleman from Mas- abw usetU?[Mr. Butler] uttered my sentlmfuts thei tly. I am opposed to all these so-called )1Cn thern war claims." Koran examination clai lem I refer the gentleman from Michigan con ie Record containing a speech made on j}| floor during last session by tliegentleman i |Ui i Indianapolis,(Mr. Hannn.] An exuml- t|en on of that speech will show that one- g0ir h of all these claims presented here have fiUS] e from republicans, and that forty-nine soil if four hundred of the claimants are men mm ig north of Washington city. Yet they Wit til scheduled under tlio title of "southern to g claims." sen i . Chairman, no man who was true to noj, ;onfederacy, whether he bore arm* or not injt ever be found presenting a claim upon inn floor agnInst the Government for damn- tha uslained during the war. There Is some- (a|, g left within the breast of a confederate >1 tells him lie would compromise his hon- 0iJj, lie were to come and u.-ik payment for a\j ages done during that conflict, after lie ||cv risked not only his property but Ills life Wai sfensc of what he believed to be rlghtand a Sfl . Ilanna: If so, why was it, at the last Jjfj( on, when we proposed to amend the Con- ma| ition so as to bar these claims forever, f,)rt sixty-one southern Representatives vot- wj|| ;alnst the adoption of that amendment? pas, .Aiken: In reply to that I will say the wo'j lemau must remember that every claim ncs, entcd here as a southern wur clalmcomes ,,u'e 1 the prima facie evidence that the claims a loyal citizen; and, sir. this is nocourt ter'( re which questious of that kind can t>e (j0? I. If it were, 1 venture the assertion that t|)e encc could be brought to convince the jiav that the claimant was loyal at some time jnjq her to the Confederate States. Hence I * jf opposed to bringing any southern claim h,,, ingress from the simple fact that we can- wj1( lave both sides of the question tested. frot, m glad to know that there Is liberality i,a(| igh 011 the other side of the House to vote }Py, reimbursement to eleemosynary, reli- j[,a| s, or educational Institutions that were fort aged In the .South during the war. For the niv lndenendence will not allow me to | ,ir.c. even for them. I think that wo should {^jj ick to first principles: that we should go ] , 'ork and rebuild such Institutions our- wj,f s. We risked everything of that kind |jH|, ng the war. We have no favors to nsk of son! 0 who whipped us. We have aeknowl- y,,,) d that we were overpowered, and wc are I um| ng to come back and do our best for the I cipj >n. Sir, I do honestly believe that to-day [ , 1'reasury of the Government of the L'ni- wo, (tales would be safer in the hands of the c[?j who defended the confederacy than it. is L|lst| ic hands of the men who now control it. | snJ-[, ghteron the republican side.] I believe 't|t.n if the Southern States had been repre:d hero in is"I and 1S72and 1S7:1 they represented to-day. there would be no lnw ery as tluit SKW,000,'en) had bf on taken of the Treasury to pay "southern war ),|m us," i*ios r, sir. Judtrinc these claimants by the few COIll in I have met In my State, a grander set jj lialns never drew a dollar out of the c0,l( sury than theioyal men to whom money {^sc paid when wo were not here to say they rocL, Id not be paid, sir, my little State was |s represented by men?I do not know ,mtl rc they arc now; God knows. They Jvan U I suppose, where tliey came from, w|,a :liter and applause}?who were never wm ii Carolinians, and yet they sat here and CI)III 1 for the claims of men who never had a ,.U(M litle to a dollar then in the Treasury. If |'|S|{ <tates all over the South had been prop- j,as represented, not a dollar of that money ot',g d have been paid. I said In the outset, I have spoken my sentiments. Whether I am speaking u of any other southern man here I do t|icr know, but I believe thevnrothe senti- lo j ts of my entire State, I care not what jj, prejudices of the people abroad may be cjJn, lat Stale because of its rebellious proc- j| les heretofore, we are to-day strong and 5*11 rd in tlie defence of this Government. w{|j im as their representative to lie as firm >f ne defense of Mils Union and its Hag a* mini coming from I lie most loyal State w.e 1 e Union, 1 cure not whether It be In New *['; 1 and or in the Northwest. We nre here , iy. those of lis who truly represent tl..*t 1'1C i State, to protect the Treasury, ami I t,,e' he best way to protect It, so far as these us nre concerned, Is to drive every one of 11 \v i from the Hulls of Congress. lap- r ! se.J .Kelfer: I do not rise at this laic hour of J lay for the purpose of going generally In- ', equectlon of war claims. We can hailt: any speeches as we choose on t at?jues- I1'"1 ; and it seems to mccacli succecdlmrday question Is up wc get some new views. l"e lis we are either taking better or worse Pcut nd than we have held to in the past. let me say, it I understood the gentleman 11 Massachusetts rightly (and I tried to Jf'Kj n to him carefully) we arc to understand t'lei osltlon to be this: that notwithstanding 1,1 nctu loyal claimant may come herefrom J1.1"1 outh with a meritorious claim he is not |"c e paid, and a disloyal claimant is also |{,c 0 be paid; and that if we will enter in^nie sort of arrangement of that kind, ing no distinctions between loyalty and on 1 yalty on tills floor, there may be such a uuU ?e of sentiment In the North that before ?uti at while the country will be prepared to }l)llJ Ion the confederate soldier. If that is 11 osltlon of Ihcgcntlenuin, nnd if it Is not 2A ! entleman Is certainly entitlod to correct 11,11 w? .Butler: I never require, If my friend . allow me, necessity lor the corrcctlon of 1 as 1 I have said. I repent that, whenever was Hiestion of the depletion of the Treasury {nL',r alms of anybody is put, I think the pity ',ns. c humanity of the North will take care a^ul e maimed men of the war; nnd If you J,',? : to know, I say that I sec no more reason tu"t a confederate soldier, maimed and crip- UP": in the honest discharge of what lie con- . ed to be his duty, should not be pension- ?IOM i ?i?,i.? i,??. her illl wll) til-wiiicuvmic oumici hiiv 1IU.I- I . believed he wns doing his duty should , ? ut into a republican Cabinet. [Laughter arbi ipplause.j Inww . Keifer: I invited tiic gentleman from J-'01" taehusotts, in order that there siiould he "CV i Is take about his position, to restate his ne" tion ; and I was successful In getting him n,cr rotate it. We all understand him now. fvcl ited the distinguished gentleman to re- 1,10 his case, although in the tirst place it 8ecJ' very well stated. Now,as the gentleman P.iir' Massachusetts is In favor of pensioning l"c on federate soldier, he is tiierefore, accord- 11 o his reasoning, taking the an thesis of all teu' id to say in favor of putting a confederate ?C'V a republican Cabinet. . liutler: I have never said that. . Keifer: Ilut that must follow. lie is in ,M f of both, as he puts them exactly on a when he is in favor of one, he must be vor of the other. . Ilutler* No, sir. 111 . Keifer: I siiould he at least If I were in P'''s rof pensioning tlie rebel soldier. ?'?" .liutler: iUit I have not said so. Will c"'" ;eiitlcinnn allow me? Ql . Keifer: Oh, yes; I always try to be po- niei 0 the gentleman. c*1"1 . Butler: I have not said I am now in fa- tiio.* if It, nor do I think the country has yet weri ! up to it: but when we have withdrawn rcl" luses of dltlloulty, so that nobody from coin forth will object to a confederate soldier "out ; in the Cabinet, then I say humanity wl,| bring- it, I; . Keifer: The 'gentleman has already Part d his proposition. The gentleman 1111- ,lrra ,ltes by fair Inference to say the present fo inistration is only a short step in ade of him; he has not yet come to the time a coi 1 lie Is In favor of putting confederates wan the Cabinet and pensioning confederate cxln era. but he thinks he will soon reach a ^ where lie will favor both. dun , Hutlcr, of Massachusetts: Neither oue wtir he other now. | puri , Keifer: Not yet; lint I10 thinks lie Is sent nearly there; "almost persuaded." lu:n a-, Mr. Chairman I do not want to mis. test, isentanybody ; I have been one of those I rclie this floor from the beginning who have ; upoi ted steadily, persistently, and as nearly | ring ould, consistently, upon making a dls- mcai Ion bet ween loyal ami disloyal claimants I pose r, and so far only, as loval claimants! I" come here and and presented claims man proved forsuppllesfurnished totiic army [ mon vlilch were used by thearmy. All otlie'r | time es of claims loruamages growing out, on :eneral ravages of war, and all other who is of a kindred character we alike strike I *'>' ri, whether presented by the loyal or dis- time men. ltut I want to enter my protest edas i here against the Idea of voting money tiotli >ulId, to reconstruct, and to carry on ed- m onal institutions where treason has been ral 1 ily fostered and where it may yet be fos- I In the future. The gentleman from vutif ixchusetts favors the payment of such He is, I believe. j couli Aiken: Will thegontlcman allow me J,"?!1 erupt him? ' " Kelfer: 1 will In a moment. I am opI to an Institution of learning, destroyed ' ic accidents of war, being rebuilt out of ? , )Ubllo Treasury In which tho doctrine ,, . lndamental doctrine, Uiught In it was ,i,.' st that principle of the Declaration of }! ... jendence whlcli held that "all men were ''. A sd equal," and where also the doctrine j ,' uculcated to all the students of the in- {JJ-j , ion that slavery was a divine Instltu- Hjf' and wherein was indorsed and taught ?! rlnclple which I once before (muted on J loorand fouutl iii the couMtltutlou of the' ifedoratc States. I refer to the clause p Iting any law ever being made that woi .nyway impair llio right to hold hum iks us slaves, Now.I will yield to 1 tleman from South Carolina, [Mr. Alke r. Aiken: I would ask the geutlem 3uestlon: On his reasoning, If he Is < to giving appropriations or help to I utlons which nave sent abroad men w >red the rebellion In this government, li he conscientiously vote for appropr Is to West Point 7 How can he dofe thern instltutlonsutwhichSouthern 111 cgraduatcd 7 Why vote for West Pol roprlutions when the leading men of I federate army all graduated there 7 r. Kelfer : The gentleman has put a vc question, a very refined one. If It lis cd in the past iliat students who camc North from the South where they h nkinat the foun tain head and been taut he cradle thedoutrlne of State rights, a ; slavery was a divine institution, utter i northern Institution, then went back r own people and still In some cases cc ed In their early views, the geutlem i my reasoning would have us destr i Institution or never rebuild It If destr* My reason lug does not go to any su >nt as that. But I do not object to t tleman unking the question. lie refers j West Point. We hope and expect n< tonly loyal sentiments, true patrlotls that this ltepublic is a nation not a m< ue, will be taught at West Point to ml caueis, anu nence i am wining 10 v< roprlatlons to carry it on. Southern m e learned much by the lesson of t have some other suggestions I desire te. It has been very common on this flr hose who take great pains always to < : the payment of the claim of a loyal m ay thatthere were no loyal men doi Lh during the war. I want to cull att< to the fact that the records of the W artment, and I say iito the credit of t thcrn States, will show that above sev< thousand white men frtnn the seced es entered the Union Army. I h?regl n to you by States. The number of m t from those .States is as follows: Vincln North Carolina, 3,575; Georgia, 152; A 1a, 2,-171; Florida, 1,230; Mississippi, ft Islana, 5,:I57: Texas, 2,444 ; Arkansas, 8,6 Tennessee, 27,6-'l7, mnklnga total of 52,7 iddltion to this number about twen isand white troops from these Stai stly from Tennessee and Alabama) w< sted as refugees In organizations not c; ed in the foregoing, makinga grand to ver seventy thousand white loyalists w d by the Government In Its hour of d.n And even this does not Include seve jsand whose actual presence swelled t ks ol the Army of the Republic, t >sc real numbers cannot be known, is to be presumed that some of the lo; i .South uld not go Into the Union Am now instances of men from Mlsslssip rgla, and otherSouthern States for I tin occasion to examine Into their hlsto ) stood out against their States when tli :ded, against their friends, their brothc fought the dtwtrlne of secession and i 1 the Hag of the Union to the end, and w e trampled Into the dust In every conce j way during the war. We prohlbl in, and rightfully perhaps, from coml 2 or going to the courts and having tli ms adjusted and paid because they do J slstsolcly of claims lor supplies. ut I am not here to go into that questli ivo another purpose In view. When gi nen have suddenly become convertec iu new uociriue wc uiu uaiuui plclous and cast about for the r why. I witnessed some of 1 le gentlemen seuted here n< hln the last ten days allowing a 1 0 through this Hous by unanimous c< L, reported by the gentleman from I *, [Mr. Kden.j the chulrin;in of the Co tec on War Claims, appropriating hal lion of dollars for just that class or clal t gentlemen are constantly, when a sp claim comes up, declaiming against. r. l-'inley: Why did not the gentlcm 2Ct? r. Keller: I did not object because I ed It was right. Hut gentlemen w it to make cheap capital when they hs pccial case to deal with, and a loyal ma 1 Is up and not the case of a disloyal in; rise to oppose that bill. Their object is <e capital before the country. I will st her that within the next two weeks th I he another bill of the same charai *ed by this House appropriating overSJ "or claims mostly from the States of T *eo und Kentucky of loyal men for si is furnished the army during the war, b m claims examined by the t^uarterm s Department and the department of I umlssury of Subsistence, and allowed proper accounting oltlccrs. It Is said 0 voted away to tills class of elalma ,IXK),U00. Well, now, was that right S we will go.back a little further to e when the war raged, even to the per ;n the first army crossed Into Vlrgl n Ohio, led by McClellan, and when some gold in thp army chests, we pj il and disloyal men alike for the suppl L we took. When the United Slates \ unate enough to have money In many campaigns, for good reasons and wisep js, perhaps, loyal anil disloyal alike w 1 for supplies for the army. it when we got through tho war. r n we had conic to the end of It, wc est ed a principle that cut oft" all disloyal p ('claims, even for supplies; but wc si ; we would pay loyal men for suppl we have continued to act upon that pr r? nn In flip nrrv<i?-nf. fimr* viint to say further, In conclusion, thai ild not surrender at any time tlie J ins of loyal men, North or South, In on , by so doing it might have some ctl'oct eninjc the hearts of the people, as the g< tan from Massachusetts hopes, to I ?t of pensioning confederate soldiers, r. Bright: I desire to move that the co Ice rise, but the gentleman from K? cy [Mr. Blackburn] asks rnc to yield ,and I will do so on condition that at I e of lils remarks he will move that I imlttcc rise. r. Blackburn : I will do so. I have icrn III this bill, but I desire to entci lalmer. If It be true that the ghost of t nt struggle will not down, and (hat tlx 3 pabulum upon which certain stalwj lots can feed except we resuscitate II t the gentleman from Ohio to tell i it It Is in the shape of a southern cla i which he is accustomed to of'rlght t itry has there ever been offered here * it It was predicated upon precedent osti wl by his own party ? Who Is there tl ever asked an American Congress to p dollar upon any southern claim that v to pass Into the pocket of one who as cm )iu?l precedent had proven his own loy j you and his disloyalty to us? Wh< e here or elsewhere that has ever ask lave a confederate soldier pensioned? r. Ktlfcr: The gentleman from Mas *etts did so. r. Butler: I was there and not hero, r. Keller: The gentleman from Kentuc agree with me In that. r. Blackburn : Wo will see" how closf vlll run together. Whols It that has a: 'ongress to pension confederate soldier o Is It that has ever undertaken to elevj confederate soldlcr;lnto the councils country as an otllcer of the Cabinet? not theSouth. It was not the dcmocra as the hybrid administration that L . loped this capacity. r. Foster: Who is trying to elevate o hem Into the Speakership of this ltoiu r. Blackburn: 1 trustthe gentleman iY< ) wilt exhibit the taste to do tin igbti'r,] i, Mr. Chairman, that Is notour purpose gentlemen may contain their souls :e. Go on anil build up our education llutloiis. ic gentleman from Ohio need not itched because of the dogmas taught South in the days of its prosperity, answer to the question rruiu the gent i from South Carolina I will reply that Military Academy at West Point prior war the very same objection was ma . Is'brought against this institution. lint me to a man that has ever shed lusl he American arms, who was not a gri tof that institution before the war bro and who was not taught all of the Com on from Uawle's Commentaries?assuri le most advanced advocalc of the rig! secession ever published In this lai t was the horn-book of our national Act it it was not to discuss these matters tl: ked the attention of the committee; simply in my own right as an hum! nber and that element In this House th to day been dragged into the discuss! nst its will, and which never thrusts Its n the attention of the House to call i Ion to the injustice of these attacks ma n the .South. ic Houtti does not asic me paying 01 j?t s to her crippled soliliers. Site stak nil upon her convictions, and she lost n thequesllon was referred to that stro (ran tent of battle, and from then un , as she never will In the future, has s plained or will she complain. She be; losses, and she slinply protests that It her kind, nor generous, nor manly, r ciful to drag her here when she Is maki y ell'ort to restore her shattered for tut rderto make her the foot-ball of men w i to havo more at heart the seeking lisan purposes than the advancement common good. low renew the motion tlint the comm ise, In accordance with my promise to t Llcman from Tennnssee, L.Mr. Bright.] r. Kcagan : I hope the gentleman w d to me for a few moments. r. Bright: 1 am willing to yield for ttlme to the gentleman from Texas, r Iteagan : Mr. Chairman. I have nc\ rred a word uj>on this lloor about tl ter, and I simply want to express the s e I have felt at the line which the disci has Uiken every time this questi es up. icstious come up here In regard to the p: it of loyal clamants in the .South, 1 li e up before the.South was represented <e who represent her here now. Th e voted for by republicans and passed b, tblicnn Congress. Yet whenever a ela; es up in the interest of what is called hern ini>n a debate springs up upon ch it seems to me is prompted by no hi; letter, or worthier purpose than a mi istui advantage which may be gained igiiing members here from the .South b the country as urging southern claims iw, I protest against the injustice of su urse, against the want of fairness; t tof candor, the want of Justice which bits. The very men who are here chat *lth advocating southern claims have n ng the whole period since the close of t until,now, presented a claim for such ?ose. None of the confederates are pi Ing claims here. And are we who ha to have been on that side during the co to witness here the passage of bills f f of persons who predicate their elait i loyalty to the Federal (iovcrnment d the war, to be denounced as urging sin sures for a sectional or for a partisan pi irrr>n wii.li what was said by the gentl from Smith Carolina [Mr. "AikenJ a fe icntsago. Those ill ttie Smith at tin embraced but few loyal men, as they a ed. I venture to say that most of tlio come heie with claims and prov# no t parte statements their loyalty nt son and of their own motion were recogni anient confederates. I confess that I ? lavcuny faith in the loyalty of that chu en who now seek money from the Fed ieasury because of the loyalty for wliic not able, from my experience and obsc in, to give 1 hem credit. nee It Is that I would that some meat 1 be adopted either wholly to exclude a claims from consideration here, or eli some general law should be passed refe them to some tribunal where their me ould be considered and determined upci ithing i)csides mere ex parte statement eslre to say a word to my friends over o side of the House. It seems to me tin ey could have blundered on this subjei have done so by seeming to allow their sto be placed in the attitude of adyoc.t lalnis with which they have 110 syinpi itnd allowing our friends on the otlx to denounce them for taking nione tlic Treasury and giving to souther That is all I have to soy. i ro- Air Line Railroad' Ynei. Pickent Sentinel tbo The decision of the Supreme Cburt of the n.l United States, declaring the Air Line Italian road In this State, liable to taxation, will add op. very much to the financial prosperity of In- this County. When the Company suall nave ho paid its back taxes, the County will have a ow very snog little sura with which tocommcnce ia_ the retirement of her bonds, provided the nd County Commissioners apply the money for ien this purpose, which of course, we presume Int they will do. The assessment of the Road he In this County amounts to $201,000, and the taxes due the State and County each year, ry beginning with 1871, and Including 1878, are ip. as follows: to State County Total iad 1874, $2,51"; 90 82,602 80 85^J8 72 jht 18'5 2,244 00 1,224 00 3 408 00 nd 1876 1,428 00 3,774 00 bfUYi 00 )J. 1877 1)18 00 2,103 00 3,III 00 to 1878 5W 00 2,224 00 2,805 00 iin Total 87,(W6 82 812027 80 $19,824 72 oy The constitutional 2 mills school tax Is Injv eluded In the County tax for 1877 and for 1878. ich The penalty of 20 per cunt, is udded to both lie State and County lax for 1874. We do not al- know whether the penalty will attach pend:)\v 1"S the decision In the Supreme Court or not, m, but are of opinion that it will, and if so, the >re penalty for 1K75,1876 and 1877, must be added, ill- which will change the figures as follows: 20 ,te per cent penalty on State tax for those years; en $918, making a total for State of $8,614.92; |l0 same penalty on Comity tax for same years, 51,438.20, making a total for County of $13,568.00 to and a grand total for State and County of >or 122.180.92. JP- 11 1 ?? an >vu Having had ten years experience as a liquor ;n- pealer.and being familiar with all the brands, nr besides having a practical knowledge of what he Is choice, he is fully able to supply all who mi- wish a pure article either as a beverage or for ed medicinal purposes, of anything they dcjrtre ve in his line of goods, which consist of the en following: In, Rye Whiskey, Port Wine, la- Bourbon Whiskey, Madeira Wine, 1 ; Corn, (sweet and sour Sherry Wine, ??'? mash.) Mulaga Wine, ?. CrjstalnzcdCorn, Catawba Wine. jty N. E. Rum, Scuppernong Wine, Centennial Rum, Claret Wine, Jrc Old Crow Whiskey, Lincoln County Wlis'y ,n* Scotch and Irish Whiskey, fine lmpotrea i"1 Gin, Champagne, French Brandy. ho The above goods will be sold in quantities in; o suit purchasers, at prices from two to ten ral dollars a gallon. be Partfes desiring Christmas supplies will do >ut wen to give me a call. ral A. BEQUEST. pi! McCords Colic Mixture. ryt r ui iiuisus, utuivg hdu vauic. icy The undersigned have been appointed sole rs. anents for the sale of "McCOSDSCOLIC MIXJp TURE,"an Infallible cure;for colic In horses ho mules or cattle. This preparation was pats'v tented June 30, lHtt), and in the short time tea which has elapsed since has attained a repuI'lJ? tatlon unequaled by any patented medicine elr on the globe. We have In our possession tesaot tlmonllus from numerous persons who have used It: I have had two occasions to use McCords an- Colic Mixture In cases that seemed desperate. I to The success In curing was apparently mnglolly al. it is administered without trouble or deea lay, Is speedy in action, and I think is so Talthe uable that every person who manages horses jw. or mules should keed it at hand. D. L. WARDLAW. I saw Mr. McCord use his medicine on a "i* mare that had been travelling;, and was seizin* ed with cramp colic. The animal was drop' a ping down f.equently and in great pain. In s a siiort time after the medicine was given?in ?c- ten minutes, at the farthest,?the animal was easier, and In an hour I saw the animal liar>an nessed and driven off, and learned subsequently she performed the Journey and had Ve* no more colic. THOMAS THOMSON. I have had one occasion to use McCord's n'? Colio Mixture. It was very effective and I an, think Is an excellent medicine. > to 6. McGOWAN. "'!! For Sale at Abbevillaby W. T. PF.NNKY. DR. E. PARKER, en- For sale by T. Baker, Lowndeevllie, up- Dr. E. H. Edwards, Due West. 'IIS- ^. 1 AN ORDINANCE nts To Raise Supplies for the Town of (,^ Abbeville for the year of 1878-9. nin we He It ordained by the Town Council of Abild bcvlile and by the authority of the same, that les the following taxes be levied and assessed for vas the uses and purposes of the said town for of the fiscal year commonelug October I, 1878 nr- and ending October 1,1870. erL' I. On every Hundred Dollar* of the cash val, ue of all Real and personal estate within the ,} Incorporate limits of the suld town of Abbeville the sum of ten cents. II. On each Dog the sum of one dollar. m,8 III. On each billiard table or Ten Pin Alley " kept for hire or pay, the sum of twenty dol. J lars on first table or alley and fifteen dollars on each table or alley more than one. Jcr IV. For each license to retail and sell snirltId nous liquors thesum of one hundredana fifty en- dollars (fl'jO.OO) for the year commencing JanLlie uary 1,1879 end December 31, IK79, to be paid in advance, and for Apothecaries license the rn- sum of fifty dollars (SjO.OO; to be pirld in ad:n vance. to y That all males liable to road duty, shall I'.'JJ be required to work on t he roads or street* llie within the incorporate llmltsof the town five dnys, under the direction of the Council. The . , Commutation for such load duty or lax, to bo . " the cum of two dollar*, from each person thus liable, to be paid at the time of pay incut of j other taxes. > j VI. For licenses to Itinerant Peddlars or nC Itinerant Auctioneers.not more than twentyim Ave dollars nor Ichh than one dollar per day. he VII. For Exhibitions of Circus nnd other sx- shows not more than twenty-tivce dollars nor ?b- lees tnan tlve dollars per day. >at vill. For licenses to keeper or keepers of a llvery*stablo the sum of twenty-flve dollars shall be paid annually. aj. IX. That all persons keeping for blre or for , ls drayageany vehicles drawn by two or more C(j animals shall pay the sum of ten dollars annually, and for any vehicle kept for hire ' Sft_ drawn by a single animal shall pay the sum ' of tlve dollars annually. X. That all the taxes levied and assessed ky under this ordinance shall be paid by the first day of April, 1871). (ly XI. That all ordinances or parts of ordlnan<k ecs conflicting with the foregoing be and are s? hereby repealed. Ratified In regular meeting of Council, this . I'' the 'J4th day of January, 1879. cy II. T. TUSTEN, ia? Intendant, I ne T. P. QUARLES, c? Secretary Town Council. )in I SALE OF TOM LOT. ial | T>Y vlrfue of the power contained in n cer >e ; JJ tain Mortgage deed executed by James II. ,n ! Perrln to me I will expose to sale at public I outcry In front of the Court House at Abbe,.c" j vllle on Sale day In March nextall that lot or ln ' parcel of land lying on the Pendleton Road *:? j ln the town of Abbeville, containing Utf THREE (3) ACRES ( ter' more or less, bounded Xorth by tho lot of the id-j late Mrs. Suciin Dellruhl, West by lands of ke j It. H. Wardlaw, South by the lot of Mrs. Eu- ( ill-1 gcnla Robertson and East by the Peudleton Ml- Road. its I TERMS.?CASH. J I T.TPWTfl PTTT7PTV wl- . Mortgagee. IKT otio?. )lc at on , elf 1 nt- \I7 ILL be let to the lowest bidder on the . de t I 1-th of March next, the rebuilding; of the bridge at Hurdett's Mill. Specifications n- given 011 the day. Contractor will be required ed to give bond and security for the faithful peril formance of the work. The traveling public ! ng are notified that we consider the old bridge til unsafe and persons crossing do so at their he own risk. irs By order of the Board. Is G. M. MATT1SON, ior Chairman of Board, ng Feb 5, 1879, 4t les ' ' State of South Carolina, he County of Abbeville. Ill In Probate Court. a'fu the matter of the Estato of Drusilla i Franklin, deceased. EE Petition for Settlement and Discharge. ur- vrOTICE Is hereby given that J. J. Cooper us- and W. F. Smith, administrators of the o? estate of Drucllla Franklin, deceased, have 1 applied to this court for a discharge from iy-1 the said administratorship. < L-v 1 if u <ir<ii>rpii Hint the 5tn of March be fixed by ! as the day for the settlement of the estate | eyjuntl discharge of administrators. All per- < )'a sons having claims against the estate which I"11 have not been paid by the administrators a will present them on that day. It (L. H.) J. FULLER LYON, J. I'ro. A. C. re Feb. 4, 1879. by C- | r ; /BOATS' COTTON?5 cent* a Spool. Ch i O I'. ItOSENBEUG. J Ije: Jan. 29. 1879. J Si COATS' SPOOL COTTON,. I P- 5 CENTS SPOOL. I ns R. M. HADDON & CO. a ?- Jan, 29. 1879. t WAGONS, .! ?Buggies and Harness. ie T HAVK Just received a car lond of thecel/. 1 ebrated MILBUUN WAGONS?all sizes In|?and SPUING WAGONS of various sizes. Also, Single ami IMublo BUGGIES, Wagon e-|and Buggy HARNESSnil of which will be :h ! sold at the LOWEST PRICES. '*! J. W. ROBERTSON, 1S I Oct. 2, 187 8, 3m. " : ~ ^ ? w a ahtith/v jMli IBM, HI p| M. HAPDON i CO., hnvo now In slore i-I |i, the STKWART 8INGKR. REMINti- 1c t- TON AND WKKU MACHINES, at lower tl l"; prices tliun a flrst-class Machine was ever ,r! offered in thl? market. Save 20 per cent hy y ; buying your machines, needles, attachments u i nd oil R. M. HADDON & CO. idi, i l . V.- . > /"J" :.* > \ \ .... -U -r Successor to GOODWIN & CARTER, Greenville, 8. C. J ;.(nu m *7. ' * ' HAS ON HAND ' -y A Large Stock of |p| GROCERIES, AND COUNTRY PRODUCE AT THE "... TiAWAst Priftfifl. MV WW WW# v mm m awiv* .: ' '\ ; Orders will receive prompt attention and. b? fllled at " - : ' jj i *,. v lowest wit PRICES. On day of arrival. Send for Prices J. A. Goodwin ? Mr. George 6. Allen, ? *' "; OF COKESBURY, ' ' -*u^| V requests his friends to give blm a call. Jan. 8,1870, 3m. Try home frst. CV'^ CONGAREE Hitolumbia, S. C. mi unit, PROPRIETOR. REDUCED PRICES: ???? ?# ? n a wn MTTTfl V JSiJ&'JL'll/AJb llAAXt iUJUiiOi List of IPrices 2 Rollers, 10 tncheft diameter, S3S 00 3 " 12 " " ...... 45 to 2 " 14 " " '56.00 /%V 8 " 10 ? ..... ?WL 3 " 12 " " 70 ftO 53 14 " " 80 00 j. A.bore prlcescomplete with Frame ' Wlthe? Frame, 910 les* on eaeb Kill HORIZONTAL?3 Boiler Hill for Steam or Water f ow- 5," er, $150. Send Your Mrs : ; ; Cane Mills AND Syrup Ketilet o D. B. SMITH, Agent. Abbey)U? CS.SC Public Schools . SCHOOL BOOKS, ADOPTED by the South Carolina Stat* Board of Education, and to bd used In the Public Schools of Abbeville County: Introductory. Ex. Reynold's Primary Reader, or Pictorial Primer ficta 4ota Reynolds' First Reader, 15cta lets Reynolds' Second Reader, 26cti 12cU Reynolds' Third Reader, 42cU 20cU Reynolds' Fourth Reader, ........ SOcU 42cts Reynolds' Fifth Render 6ocls 38cts Reynolds' CopyBooks, Nos. 1,2,3,4 and .5, per dozen fl^O Maury's Manual or Geography, $1.20 80ot? Maury's Physical Geography 51.50 fl.00 Robinson's Progressive Table Book 13ct8 9ct? Robinson's Progressive Primary Arithmetic ....... ? 15cU llcta Robinson's Progressive Intellectual Arithmetic 24cta ISctt Robinson's RudlmenU of Written Arithmetic,. .. ctcu mcim Robinson's Progressive Practical Arithmetic ....... 82ots 60cta Robinson's New Elementary Algebra 90c ts &5cts 3wlnton's Primary U.S.History48cU 35cta 3wlnton's Condensed U.S.History 75ct? 55cta Swiuton's Outlines of History HJO 88cts Swinton's Word Primer, ... 13ots 8c<a Swlnton's Word-Book orSpeller,... 15cte nets Swinton's Word-Analysis, Wets 18ct* Webster's Primary Dictionary....... 43cts Webster's Common School Dictionary f 67048 Webster's High School Dictionary, Olcta Webster's Academic Dictionary,... S1A5 L'athcart's Llterao* Reader 96ct* The Exchange Price is that at which one of these books is sold where a book of similar' mule In use is given up by the pupil. DAVID CRAWFORD, School Commissioner A. C. January 29, 1S79,3tIt "TAN YARD. 1^11 E undersigned now have In successful operation, a good tan yard, at Donaldsrille, where hides of every description will )e bought. For dry bides we pay 12 cents; or green hides, 6 cents, In barter. HAWTHORN & HODGES. Jan. 31, lni878 11ICKVHEAT! BUCKWHEAT!! FLF-RISING BUCKWHEAT FOR SALE AT /'unningham & Templeton's. January 29. 1879. SALUTATORY. W. JOEL SMITH & SON. Jan 8,1R7!), tf Sheriff's Sale. John Knox rs. S. S. Martin. Warrant on Agricultural Lien. I )Y virtue of a Warrant to me directed In J tho above case. I will sell at Abbeville ourt House on SALEDAY In MARCH next, itliln the legal hours of gale, the following ersonal Property, to wit: TWO BALES OF COTTON, :vlcd on as the property of S. 8. Martin at \ le suit of John Kuox. TERMS CASH. J J. F. C. DuPRE, y a* c m Abbeville C. H.. S. C., * * . 1UU Feb, 187?, ffi