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The Press and Banner. [ By Hugh Wilson and H. T. Wardlim. js Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1880, j? i ?? ?? !t The "Injustice to Printers^ p We ask attention to some articles else-1 where in ttiis week's Prcxs and Banner! i V under the above heading. We like < a cutidid expression from our brethren, j even if ^-e disagree with them on thej , merits or demerit* of t<ie question being, * discussed. While the Kjlienter Hulleti'.ij ^ differs in opinion from ?s, that paper dis- T cusws the matter in a mannc/ becoming' an editor, *ad we are irlad to state that. | r its remarks are characterized by that (^ courtesy which should ever exist be- j tweeft the brethren <0? the press. j Tlie ICcyisfcv to correct in saying that | we were not "'aware that it saves not aj?' c?wt to tke tax paver whether the Re- j. rvorts M"C printed here or abroad at morei t r or hiss*0 This being true, it is nobody's j business vhere the Reporter pets his! . priming done. The remarks of the YeofKfw. about "the mother refusing to nour-; ish her child," Ac., led usoflfthe track, in j wo f*r as the tax payer is concerned. The j ^ Cftr-tder Bulletin'# words referring to tire; patriotism of the "South Carolina prln-i.( lers," wo heartily endorse, in so far as j ^ they do not reflect upon men of other J professions whom we believe to be as | patriotic as the printers. If that paper j means tn suy that other men who toil j P 'loiin 01M niirhUv in South Carolina forj^ ---o -j . , ftn honest living in other professions, are j not as patriotic as tho printers. then we | * disagree with our contemporary. shoemaker, tho tailor, the carpenter, 1 the blttcksmith, the lawyer, the doctor, 3 the merchant, or the farmer, as a class, 8 or as classes, tiro just as patriotic as the iR printers, and as deserving of eonsidera-1c Won from tho Democratic party, although J r they have not the same faciliflfcs for 1 blowing their own horns. I'' It is our rule to endeavor to merit cus-111 torn, on business principles, without! v claiming it for political reasons. Politics ^ and business cannot well be mixed. For |p iustance, we would not be at all surprised ,r if the editor of the Cktstw Bulletin is today wearing a Northern-made hat, ,n;a Northern-made coat, or a Northern-made j S pair of boots. If this is tho case, where j v is the consistency of his remarks? Wei*1 have no dou bt that there are neody shoo- Ja makers and deserving tailors in his own j 8 town who are idle because the editor oi li; the Bulletin and other gentlemen aooui j Chester buy Northern work. Does anybody blame the editor for wearing his Northern-made goods? We ccrtainly do not, and upon the same broad principle we blame nobody for sending l?is print- a ing to distant citios. whenever we are unable to compete with the city printer ^ either in quality of the work done, or tho price charged for it. Are the people to be made slaves to our own printers 0 who cannot compete with the Northern printers? Wo hope not While on this j subject it may not be amiss to /flvo a^ recent experience in Columbia print-1,j ing. Last week we were called on to do j a job of printing and binding. While we could have done tho printing in aj^ manner which would have been acceptabio to our customer, we could not do the g binding, oui would nave naa u> seuu u j to Columbia or elsewhere to have it; bound. To do this would have been ex-1 y pensive. Under* the circumstances, we j ^ seat the whole work to Columbia to be done. The result was a very nice job, . bat the bill read like this: j To printing and binding one check book, ?15 00 a o Express charges, 25 ?15 25 h r; The job in question was a check book of five hundred sheets, threo blanks to v each sheet. A gentleman in Abbeville ^ ? few weeks ago had ordered from a ^ printer in Charleston, two books of blank checks, two checks to tho sheet, ^ and two hundred and fifty sheets to the t| book, makingin all onetliousand blanks, for which he was charged $8.00. Every- "body knows that in proportion to the increase of copies printed the price per la IawaivwI nrirl TT uuuuiv-u 10 ftyl can j jyuciw, ?"u - ? body knows that it costs more to bind two books than one; but everybody does not know why the Colbmbia job cost so . much more in proportion to the work done than the Charleston job.' Docs the editor of the Register desire to know ^ where the Columbia job was printed? ? When our friend the Register is clothed in his right mind, and will explain the P reason why blank checks cost more in Columbia than in Charleston, we I I til will answer his unwarranted fling J ! at us about Massachusetts printing. His exhibition of temper is the best evi- * denee that he is conscious of being on the wrong side. Whether we are right or]* wrong, weshall always endeaver to avoid j the exhibition of temper, and shall never j. attribute bad motives to a brother editor I ' fa because he may be getting the bettor of ^ us in an argument. To do so is, iu our opinion, the weakest subterfuge. ? n The Convict Reports. This week we publish the very revolt- K ing details of the baa treatment of peni-lvtentiary convicta an contained in the reports of Superintendent Lipscomb and Surgeon Trezovant. Tlie.se outrages were committed in Edgelield county, but not by Edgefield people. Indeed 'it can very easily be proved that not a single t citizen * of Edgefield had anything what- r ever to do tritA this great crime. The inhabitants of the section where those out- a rages were committed, are among ourje purest and best, our most enlightened, j a Terrible wrong has been clearly done,) but the citizens of Edgefield are pro-;8 foundly free of all complicity.?Edgefield I d Advertiser. c This reminds us of a little story. An | k old woman living in a rural district was' r notoriously religious, and took a leading \ part in all the religious meetings that j t took place in the neighborhood, and 18 finally she succeeded in organizing a {j night prayer-meeting at the school house.; h On one occasion some of "tho boys" [ C however, not being religiously and de-!s voutly inclined, concluded to have some s fun, and made arrangements to have some mysterious apparition to present itself in the dimly lighted room at the heisrhth of tho religious excitemcnt. The crowd, supposing the Evil One had c come for them, immediately ran for the 1 doors and windows, but the old woman j * being more overcome with fear than the Ix rest, was unable to get away, but fell on J * the floor, and cried out, "OA, Mr. Devil, don't lake me. I had nothing at all to do: " with getting up this meeting." ? Extra Session of the Legislature. J In another column we give the ablo and a dignified opinion of the Supreme Court, as rendered by Chief Justice Willard, in ^ the Supply Bill case. The decision declares the act levying taxes invalid, ami an extra session of the Legislature will meet on the 10th of February. The News and Courier says that the Governor will issue his proclamation to-day, calling |' the Legislature together on that day. To f the Register and to the News and Courier ]" of vesterdav we are indebted for tho copy je of the decision. The document will well F repay a perusal, and we trust that even* ' subscriber to the Press and Banner will ^ read it. ' . t Is Life Worth LItIb^? 1 Before answering this question read what Canon Farrar has to sav on the sub- f ject in this -week's Press and Banner. J The Charleston Sunday Fetes is a real treasure. It tills a long needed want, i and should be in every household in the [ State, i * 1 Activity Among the Railroads. | rp For,tho past two weeks tho papers( lave been full of notices of Railroad peculations and changes. A great i1 hrough route from tho West to Savannah: inderouo management came very nearly | leing effected last week, and now North ^ Carolina is urging a through route toj Vilmington. In t?ic meantime Charles-! on has not been idF?\ and in ouropinion [C rill yet leftd her sister cities in progress i . nd enter} wise. The work on the jetties I hi * to be pushed forward to completion.!1," l canal from deep water to the rail- j in oads will bo dug, which, when finished, j Jj1 l ill give free wharfage to vessels. The eii legislature at its last session made an j ppropriation of ?15,(HR> to advance this se i-ork, and the opening of the canal will ,UJ >e commenced at once. j'h A codipany, or syndicate, has beeni.si! orincd in New York for the purpose of' ^ ?i Virnlitm Itnilrond. and j re: lUJUI!' IUC cuuui - , o put on water a line of steamers to ply j ictween Charleston and Mie European un narkots. The plan now is, for Charles- a( on to seek an outlet to the great West! ov hrough Columbia, Spartanburg, Ashe-j?j[ ille. Jcc. The whole lino to bo under . en ine management. ; wj This great activity among the Ilailroad tiagnates is an indication of the com-1 cu nencment of an unprecedented prosper- j(li^ Lv of the sections effected by the change, j ru tuilroad facilities are never diminished, nd a good move, once inaugurated, lasts *>c :ntil something bettor Is proposed. The ?,! eople have nothing to lose by these. ^11 hanges, but have everything to gain. io< Ve have the best evidence of the truth >f this assertion. The Greenville and sl> 'olumbia Railroad and the South Caro- fir' ina Railroads have never boon run so jj* dvantageously to tho public as at pre-j tin ent. Fast trains now take us to tho sea, [ ?!') nd bring us back without delay. Ac- j iI: i nn<! i?vonrsioii trains are I!!!' OUlilii'uaiivu ?...*? ? __ _ un whenever there is demand. A vast I Ui> mprovement in the checking of baggage j ^ as been made. Cotton is promptly ship- (it . . . ed from our depots, and everything J y? rorks like clock work. In our opinion I feneral Conner has heretofore missed hisic-U ailing. He ought to havo been a Raiload man from the first. )in Charleston has much to hope for. It is I grand old city, and if Wilmington or ' avannah get any advantage of her, tliev rill have to be uncommonly active. We ail ave no objection to sister cities making sa'( 11 the progress they can, but wo feel a j reater interest in Charleston, and this tin ompetition for a through line, will reult in goad to all. fro _ __ m ; I in Republican Xewspapcrs. j Ul{ There seems to be a general flutter all: clt long the Republican lines in the South, nd a dozen Republican papers are soon [ is 3 be started. In Louisiana and North ("r Mil ,'arolina they are expected to start sever- in 1 papers, and in South Carolina similar "J' movements are spoken of by the press Tti f the State. Beaufort, Columbia 'liarleston, and Abbeville, are said to be I'll lie locations from which Republican paersaretobe issued in South Carolina. I. j 'his docs very well now, when the lead* ^ rs of that party can "snulf battle afar 0,1 1 J n<? ff," but the public will never be trou- wi led much with papers, advocating the upremacy of tho negro race in the si*1 onfh. Of course they have a perfect I ti" ight to issue such papers, but if started hey will soon perish for want of support. ^>i V'hile this is true, there is no denying the caj' ict, that the Republicans of the South d< > ro now more hopeful than they have ^ een since 1876, but it is equally certain cl<fiat they will be completely vanquished J1,,,' t the polls next Fall. The colored men 011 f the country have lost confidence in the y? len who have led and deceived them ! eretofore, and it will be impossible to ti.'i ally them against the whites with any J" pirit. Their evident restlessness, as ell as their present disposition to leave be country, shows plainly enon^b that hey have no hope of political prefer- ^ lent here. While on this subject we say, :iat wc believe it to be a crime to induce '|,J icse people to become wanderers in a mj trange land, without money and without iends. PCJ r far till lie 01(1 Court Honse in Greenville. ?1,! tin The pcoplo of Greenville are divided as > the propriety or impropriety of tear- " '> lg down the old Court House, and it <"' rould seem to us that some of the par-1 mt cs have some feeling about the matter. J jo rov. Perrv thinks it would bo first-class " pal vandalism" to destroy an excellent inn roperty of the County which is Wringig a good rent every year. On the oth- V r hand those favoring its demolition peak of it as an old "rookery," an ''tin- >"< ightlv building," and as being in the Voi rav of private enterprise in constructing ne buildings of modern architecture, in is far as we have observed the only real; uestion in the matter has been overlook-1 ???r d. As wo conceive it, the Court House i the property of the County. Every ( ix-payer is benefitted by its standing. Its f a portion of the citizens of the County esire its removal they should first pay ai 'nc xir price for it. Should the County Com- H1 * tiissioners wilfully destroy valuable St' iropertv, without consideration, they I hould be made liable on their official tonds. vv} lot ????. -I Auotlier Homicide in Oconee. ^ We learn from persons who cauie down ?{ he road yesterday that a man . by the VI lamq of Horn was killed at the hands of thi , young Parker, at VValhalla, on Friday vening last. The difficulty grew out of ros n attempt to settle some accounts in the A'V, aw rafll business. The instrument of Ft' leath was a pistol, as usual. The provo-! ation, if any is not known to us. Par- i er: colH l.-io uini.o lionn or. estcd in Charlotte, N. C. The seat of lhl ear appears to have been transferred to Co he foot of the mountains and Oconee *J'] eems to be.the Banner County of the d; eighth Circuit. It was to have heen , [J" toped that a bakers dozen charged in one | mi County, with capital oflencos would have J.JJ atislied the most ambitious, but this cores fourteen for Oconee. n,. m. '?' ac Mood's Suicide. In another column we givo an account j ?f the suicide of Preston I), Mood, son of j he ho Rev. H. M. Mood, of the Methodist! Conference of this State. Mr. Mood was! oil veil known in this County, and our poo- I Jjj )le will read of his death with regret. lei Various causes are assigned for the sad . ict, but to our ininds no satisfactory rea- j Ci ou lias yet been assigned. The allair of J ^ lonor in our opinion alforded no reason I ce or tho act. lie certainly was willing and j eady to light, but like any sensiblo and ; a mibitious man, he declined to fight in his!}1.? >wn State, where for fighting a duel, he Jfi' voiUd have been disfranchised. I (lI I Interesting: Statcineut of Facts. I ot I tn In another part of tho Press cinu Jian-i ter tlie reader will lind an interesting; n< correspondence between General Hagood ind Captain Daly, a Union officer, in ref- i th renco to what occurred between those 111 gentlemen on tho field of battle. In this' natter, from first to last, General I la? f ^' jood has acquitted himself in such a! nannoras to merit hoarty comnjenda-' ion from every gallant soldier and every I ligh-toned citizen. Read it. I KI We had th? pleasure of n call yesterday on rom Colonel W. A. Moore, of Cokwburv. Tlio hi ,'olonel Ik a correspondent of the IMln A'cw, be md keeps that pap?'r fully iniormcd ns to urrent matters in Abbeville county. ' ha ! n? Patronize your home shoemaker by giv- ou ng him a job. Head Mr Kur/.'s advertise* pi" iient and learn something to your ndvan-t ago. So truer man or better mechanic ever, ha iied. i pe ?i?IW?una ? wo Stories of Brave Men J? ' V I ll umbeii om:-(;ex. itaoood and JA federal iieuo. !?; Graphic Account of a Well-known In- } af Hin fll'M'trfl i\i Yi*t!fllV T'l V/?riJ ' V V-IVtVIll. VI UIV \ ?IM? 5JV Ul ? * 'I ? ?A SI raissje ami Touching Sequel. j c orrespondence of tlie Charleston News an<l .Jj Courier,.] ] J" Washington, January IS.?'Two ni<-mon?.- J l e inenlcnts dI the laic war, which excitcd i i ore of less attention at. the lime of their oc- j a rrciiec, have been recently recalled to recoi- t I'tion under circumstances that invest Ili?*n? ^ ilii a new interest. Msmy oi (Jen. Johnson , i ugoou's old soldiers will doubtless recall the J a rcumstances of the lirsf aitair, while some, > i.'inW'i'si?r(Jen. Kershaw's brigade can per-'t ips testify more in detail to the lads ol l he j i cond. I f [ 'or liie inforination of your other readers,; s iwever, il should he brie'iy stated thai on ; e Jlsl of August,i.iil,i Jell. Iiuvood's briuade 1] ill live others, were ordered to carry a a rongly entrenched Federal position on the ! v eldoii road, near the Veilow Tavern, a lew i t ties from J'otersburg, Virginia. For some! i uson only two brigades, of which Hen. Ha- t od's was one, went into action, and (jen.! |i itgood, at the head of his men, swept over j j; d beyond the lirst lineot entrenchments in j u . har^e that carried all before it. > f< \t the second line the.y weio confronted by n crwhelining numbers, and met by such a 11 ise and deadly lire that tiieir advance was n cckett, and further progress being niaiii- | >tly impossible, the command halted and deavored to maintain the unequal light o icrc it stood. IJcing wholly unsupported t iwcver, and it plainly appearing that the n ?ault had failed on this account, retreat be- t mc inevitable. s \t this critical moment a mounted olticer ii shed out of the Federal breastworks, and, > n liii^ down tlie Confederate ranks, coin- 1 itiult-d the men to throw down their urnis y d surrender themselves prisoners. A mini- t rof both officers unci tncti, deeming their n Ight h hopeless one, obeyed the order uljsl tncehaiiiciilly, and tlie olliccr had already taken the colors from the hands of a ensign, when (ien. Haj^ood, who was on ?t and at. some distance, discovered what is taking place, and recognizing the ncccs-' J y lor prompt action, ordered It is men to oot the olticer oil the spot. This order was t heard, or at any rate was not obeyed, and ing his pistol at the bold rider without ef:t, Gen. llagood advanced rapidly towards in, and demanded that lie should give up b colors oil the instant. The olliccr replied | j nt tbfl command Imd surrendered, and that i{] n. ilagood was himself a prisoner. Gen.| iKood replied that- niMia but himself hail!., y authority to surrender, that he did not | v Dpose to do so, and acaiu demanded the <] g to be civen to him,adding that the olliccr | r is "at, liberty to return to his own lines ifj( did so." "You have made a brave tight,], ineml," responded the brave nnd deter-1: ned Federal, "but. if you will look behind j u, you will see that you are lost." A single ! j, ^nce in the direction indicated revealed, to j v Ii.i^uuu uiu liiui u.ill uiu nn-iiiv iiiui ^ >sed In behind him, ami I lint his command : is surrounded. There was not a moment to j . lost. Gen. Hiu;ood presented his pistol d peremptorily demanded, "Will you surtider that llatj, sir, immediately?yes or ?" 'Ky tlie living God, No!" fairly shouted e uallniit hut latcd man,and with the word* I heav ily to the ground as the hall from lii.s ' versarv's pistol entered his side. <eizing the colors and spriniimtr into t!>ej idle from which the ollieer had fallen, Gen.. mood led the charge against the foe in his | ir, and his command I0114I1I its way back to ; i CV?nfederate lines. i Vs stated in the allidavit appended below, \ 11. Jlatfr?od learned a lew days afterwards, im Northern papers received through the, es, that the ollieer referred to was Capl.; liley, of Wen. Culler's stall'. . 'lie following papers have Just been filed in ! s United States Pension Ollice in tiii.s| y: i CofNcti. lii.fKK.s, Iowa. Aug. 7.1ST!). | Veil. llapooit: 1 am the person whom you 1 it on t.lte 21st day of August, lSiil, at what j known Willi usat the battle of the Globe i Yellow) Tavern, on the Weldon Hailroad. | ubtlessyou remember the circumstances..1 the many comments on the even: of your 1 ( oilng me, etc.. I have been repeatedly re- j rted as dead from the clteet-s of Die shot. 1 e last report v?f the event, together with an j jonnt of that buttle, that has been brouuli I ' my notice was one published in the weekly j iladelphia Enqnirn' of some week in June, | s. The article was by a Capt. Vounsr. of l.iiu , II federate service. In Cils publication' was reported as being shot dead at that i ic. i four address has been sent me by .Senator! rdon. What I want is this: That il you do j I. deem it inconsistent <^r improper, you ' II furnish me Willi a cenilicali; stating the . |( facts and circumstances of your tiring at,, tl wounding a Federal ollieer on the ocea-. n as above, and if yon ever heard the name i n ,1 t-i nil 1 il'sni'll l.tfiiC!" stJl!.- I11MII1 i lll'ol'lllu- .. II. ' j" Iy rank nt the time was that of Captain, d I was tlieti upon (Jen. Cutler's stall', who nmaudrtl tlie division with which yours ne in contact. nin making application for pension, and l1 >irc to use your eertiJieate in that way. ould you sec tit to favor me witli it, lie kind uugli toslgn and verify the same before the ' rk of one of your courts of record, who will. ^ Ix ills seal to the same. With the wound ! ilcted asahove.andoneafterwards received 11 the "est of March, l*ii.j, at Gravely Hum, I , I i almost totally disabled. The hall from f1 ur pistol entered my right.side ami pene- i .led to m v back hone, lrom which place it j s, after a lone time, extracted. Youreer-|v catc will he of great value to me. Should " 11 see tit to favor rue with it, please do so at : i ur very earliest convenience. j > 1 am very lespeelInily yours, e I>. it. Daii.ey. \ CEX. HAGOOD'S ItKl'LY. 0 Co I. I'M III A, S. C? August IS, ]ST9. pt. D. B. Hailcy. Cmim-il Jilujjfn, Iowa : (. 1 y IJKAU Mil-Your communication ofthc . i instant, requesting from me a sworn I teinent of the facts connecting you and self with the combat,011 the L'lst oi August, { I, upon the Weldon road, with the view of 'J .112 used by you in an application for a ^ tision, was received a few days ago. Inclosed you will tlnd an affidavit of the ' ts us 1 saw them, nml which in all imnor- .. it particulars I believe to be correct, it Is ute out troin memoranda taken at the ' ie. have never before given a detailed state- J int of the incident to anyone, nor have y of the publications upon the subject , anated. directly or Indirectly, from me. nt. Young, to whom you refer, was not a , niberof my brigade, audi do not. now!" oiled ever having met him. iI is account | V cised upon the general army rumorot the ... y. I made a very brief olliclai report of the , rt iny brigade took in the act ion, which ij; iy or nitty not now be in Washington!}^ ong the papers of tiic Confederate War )( ice. I * Vill you permit me to express the pleasure ! , en me by the receipt of your letter? the | owledge that your wound had not proved irtal. We were both, under dillerent c!r-: v nstances, endeavoring toduourduty, and nr gallant bearing made a profound lmpres- j n upon me. It. will be a matter of great' isfaction to me if 1 shall have contributed the least by the statement enclosed to your! - lining IV'-jiii the government the reeogni n of your services whiciithey so well <ie-j " ve. : I am, very respectfully, JohnsonIlAGOCl). i,1.! ; J ien. Ilago'id's affidavit, which by reason of si legal character and intent necessarily] iits the details of the conversation that oc- tl ;red during the ti^ht. together with other t ?' sideiits supplied in the liist portion of this n lclc, is as tol lows: j li ATK OF Soffit f'AltOI.INA, 1 i Hichi.and County. / 'Personally appeared before me, I>. B. Mil-' <, , Clerk ot the t.'ourt of Common l'leasoi tliei', unty and st.ileaforesuid, Johnson liagood, I j( 10, being duly sworn, deposctii and says as ; i, lows: j (|| 'hat lie, the deponent, is now Comptroller- j, ncral of the State of South Carolina, and t| s, during the lato civil war, in tiie service j. the Confederates, commanding a brigade j |, Hoke's division of the Arirty of Northern ; ti rginiu. j f. . hilt on the -1st of Aupu*!. bis brigade, i?n temporarily reporting to Major (Jcueral ihonc, was with five other brigades ordered nsf-iii 1 the Kederu! position on theWeldon . nl, near (Jlobe Tavern, a. few miles below v> tersburg. ,'liat when his brigade had reached the deral Intrench men ts and was struggling to rry them, it becameapparent that the asnit would fall, the oilier brigades not co-op-!11 ittng vigorously as directed. j''' L'liat the Federals pushed out u deployed 1 i? behind liim to cut of Ills retreat, anil at i!" c same time he saw anions his men a J J1 mnted Federal oftleer, who had apparently | J1 me through a sallyport. This othcer had j " .zed a regimental liag and demanded asm- < inter. Some oil leers and men had sun-en- |" red, but were not carried in; others refused ! " t just around hiui ceased lighting. Firing'" d ceased nowhere from the Federal line,];-1 d nowhere else from the Confederate line. 1 jponent ealjvd to the men to shoot th?oili-!? rand fall back in retreat. They either did j1! it in the noise of bultle hear the order, orl:l wildered l?y the surrender ol' pari of their [11 imber, lulled to obey. It was a critical mo-1 put demanding decision and immediate.}' tio::. In a Jew moments the disposition to,1' rrender would have spread, and the brigade ^ jiild have been lost. J>eponent approached e otllcer, demanding the colors, and thai he quid go hack intohisown lines, telling him f; was free to do so. 'l'ho ollicer decisively j fused, and the deponent shot him through v ebody. Mounting the horse from which the t fleer fell, deponent led his men acainst tlie' j, le In the rear, and succeeded In bringing oil'! j e larger part of liis command; I?e, louent I j, irned a few days afterward, from Northern : |, ipers received through the lines, that the j? llcer referred towns Capt. Dalley, of lien. i( nier's stall'. The attempt of this officer to secure the sur- f; tuler of a wnole brigade came very nejir sue- p eding. It was one of the must dashing b :its witnessed by deponent on either side c irlnv lln> wur. l'nrm flirtHinncn nf vfiMirfmr ii prize !'<>r tins Ficie he served, Cant. Dai ley T mldy staked his life, for lie wsis while in the m fedora te line in as much dancer from the ^ e of his own men ns from his enemy. ,, Deponent farther say* that he tnaUes this ,, lidavit at the request, received through the , ail, of D. l;. r'alley, of Council litutrs, Iowa, ] (l ho Informs him that he is the Copt, mi ley Lj ferred to; that he is disabled frotn this and ' her wounds, and is applying for n pension I am the United Strtes Government. j J, Deponent has m-ver known (.'apt. Dall y,' p ;cept on the battle HHd as deseribod; has: 7 > pecuniary interest whatever In the appli-1 p (ion uj nun mi n pension, anil compiles i ith the r?M|?n>st for :i statement of fuels 111),, e h >po, most sincerely entertained, that it j ay benefit a brave soldier. Johnson Haoood. S umber Two?The Nameless Coaled- ) 1 crate Private, who Lost his Life: II Giving Water to Wounded Federals, j J,1 riie hero of the sccotid incident was a Con | j1 1 urate soldier, a private in one of t.he com*! " ,iiicsofGon..T'.H.Kershaw'sbripade. 1 do not " low his name, anrl his story,solar as it '1 uld t?o related by my informant, was a brief) I1 ie. J'erhaps (Jen. Kershaw or some one of " s old comrades will supply his name and a Iter account, of iiis daring deed. i [ he facts as told to me were that during the ji ttleof KrcderieUsbure, and ufiertho Kedo- I, Is had been repulsed with frightful los<, in h e ofthetr attacks on Maryo's Heights, a ti ivate of his command appeared bciore Wen. d rshnwwitha number of canteens in his n mis. or slims from his shoulders, mid ask'd cl rmikbiou to go over the breastworks lor tiie l urposo of carrying thrm to thewounded 'eneinls, whose piteous cries for "water! rater! ' could l>o plainly heard ubove all Ihu loriiil din of the battle. The ground where hey lay in front of th?- works, was still swept iy the ineessant tire of the opposing forces, ii<l (ien. Kershaw naturally declined to allow lie man to expose himself to such seemingly eriain destruction. It was not. safe, indeed, 0 present, the slightest, target yvor the top ol he earthworks to the deadly hail thatwnf toured ufoil tlieiii. The bravo fellow replied imply that ne "could not. bear to bear tin 1 ies of the wounded men," und would tuk< he risk if i.llowcd todo so. Permission win minted wltli some reluctance, and in unothei noinent. the soldier was over the works'iimi iiisii/ engaged in (lis hazardous task of min storing to the sti tiering and frantic Federal.round liiin." Tue liiing was steadily sus ained on both sides while lie was thus c>|. aged, and scarcely a minute elapsed before ; iail in?i 11 tiie front nearly t'?re oil' one arm ml left it dangling uselessly al his side \u!liiiiu daunted by his own severe wound he iiohlclcllow kept steadily on his errand o iicrcy,and moved aboutamong hl? pro*traU L-lioiv-crealures disirinuting the water tho.> o inuch craved as lie went. The s'ngular spectacle seemed al last 1c lave attracted attention in the Kcderal rank? .nil several otticers eoiiid bo seen intent:} latching lit in tliroiijiii their Held glasses, :u h<'iiuli to satisfy iliemselves thai :hc\ wen ..., |...... lie work hit was perform In:;, and thr danye) ic was in, thc.v suddenly stopped the lirlm; in lis direction, which had indeed increasx ipon li!s Hrst appearance. The < 'onfederalef allowed their example,and in a few moment.* ilore a number of his comrades liad joineii lie brave mail in his sell-iniposed task. Win 11 t wasae<'oiii]ilished all returned to their own ines, and the batt le was renewed. The sequel is a sad one. The same eourn^o us spirit, prompted the brave fellow to at' enipt a likeellort in the haltleof the W i I d r less a litl le later, and he was shot down in h i; racks and instantly k il led, almost at. the out' et of h is al tempt, with the can teens vet in hi: lands. 1 am informed that an efl'ort will l>< nade to have a pension bestowed liy th< Tinted States government upon hlsheiplesl idow and orphans, and it is not aiilicipaU'* hat mueli objection will be made. Surylj one should be made. C. McK. THE FIItE AT THE RAILROAD. Venty-Xinc Passenger Coaches a:i<] Freight Cars Destroyed?The Losso nnd Insurance. and Ot>trier.] The ruins of the tire at the South faroliui latlroad yard were visited yesterday by !iuu Ireds of persons. The burnt district covcM n area of ground extendl'ic about 500 teei lortli and south and about 3ft i feet east am k'est, and so complete was the work of tin lames that not him; n mains tint the warpcc ails, charred cross-lies and tin: wrotiulil-iri.i rucks oftiieears. One of the tracks wai rft uninjured, however, and Hie early morn njr train reached the depot on schedule time The tire was discovered about one o'clock >y the niiiiit watchman at the upper gate irho says lie saw a liaht below which he look .1. tlrst tobethe head-ll^ht ofa locomotive 'poll cominjr lip a second time a few minute! uter lie discovered this error, and riifhec Iowij to the depot to jiivc the alarm. II.< nitclimnn below extended tho alarm, ain lie switching engine cuivie at once to tin ecnc of the lire; but so rapidly did tho (lr< ain ' headway that tlic whole yard was ir lames nnd tin; rails bent hy the time the en ine reached t he scene. About a dozen load <1 freight ears were pushed out of the way lowever, and saved. There were twelve passenger and two bai; age cars in the shed, all of which were ?!> tioved. Thc?* were estimated to be wortl bout each. Fifteen box cars and ter at cars were also destroyed, including t!vc ars loaded with marl. There was no insur nee on the cars. The live car-loads of mar re re insured in the London and J.ancashin lompatiy, .J. L. Honour, agent?amount not luted. The marl, it is thought, was wortl bout.StSH) a car-load. The ear shed was in ured for t">,?wu in tin: same agency. The ntal loss to ilie company will be about froir *),oii!i to J in,'.(Mi, only of which is coveret y insurance. J!nt this loss will be materialV reduced by the saving oJ the track and roil work of the burnt ears. The destruction of the passenger coaches rhiiea serious loss to the company, will 110 uierfere with ti e dispatch of the regtilai rains. About a half dozen coaches lying ir lie lower yard were saved, and these, wilt lie coaches out on the rovi, will be sulllcictr i? supply t he present needs of travel. A force of hands was put to work yesterday n repair tlie mal.i track, and the debris xvil e immediately cleared away. The origin o lie tire, as stated in the AVir.v can! Cmiri , esterday, is shrouded in mystery. Thoup losilion, however, is that a tire had been let" urnin^ in the stove of one of the coai'hes, >! Ise 1 hat some one had entered the coach am indled a lire with tho intention of sicopiu. here. The Receiver of the road thinks that _t!i< ict loss tothe company will note.'.eedd ii?ViC< r ?au,ti:u. An Injustice to Pritilcrs. ' fan it be true that the south Carolina Stv ireine ('ourt iteports are to.be printed at tin Cortli? The Ucpubiicans never thought < .oing that,and certainly the Democrats wil iot dosonth Carolina printers that injustice v'e are not interested. It isoulj t he pr.nci ile involved that we consider. Kacii eiasi I workingmcn 111 South Carolina needs a: he work it can get. li the mother reiuses t, iiim-isli tier eiiild. wiiai can sue exnect lion I. V"?Olitihiliii: Yot'liiiiit. "Tins laik Hi piiironixing home industry i*lion it rcliiif.s in wui'K at as low rates a uoredistant enterprises. is ail waste breath 'hose having In charge (lie printing of tin iupreme Court lleporis owe il to ihu iax-pay r.s to have the work done as low as pos^Mde Vhelher it is done in Columbia or Massacht; ells makes no dill'erenee to tlio public-r^lt* vvitlc !' rr.i null JIttinur. We eannoi agree alto;;?ther with the 7-Vr.v ml Jtdiinrr. We do not. tliink it right or Jus ostarve hoinc Democratic printers bi-e.iUM hey cannot adord to work as cheaply at 'aukee pqlishers. We believe it is right ant iropertha't the State ollii'ials should econo uize the ail'airs of t heir oiliees to i lie best a J antagcof the tax-payers, but it tnust lie ro uemhered that the printers of Columbia ant ther towns in the State contribute their cjuo a of tuxes to support these same ollieials 'hey tire Democrats, as a rule, ami they laboi uore than any other class of people lor tin uecess of their party. Take Hie Co uml/It (rt/inlrr, for example. K.very body I;now: nut paper lias been tireless in the interest o ur home .Democracy. When the State oil' ials and every other class are asleep in theii arm beds, its sleepless editors are workinj y tlie midnight lamp in defense of Pemocra y. To the printers of the stale every tuai urns for a defense ol' our home government hey are expected to light the iJemoeratii allies, when everybody else in the State cat eep their mouths shut and nothing i liouglU of it; yet, when a little work is to hi iven out. the publishersisorth?Iheeli.s.s win lander and denounce and degrade the South rn people as no other people on (iod's earti ver were before?are preferred to do tin 'ork. The ollieials had hettergoslow in thi: latter else il might, occur that, if Vunkit riliters are to be fed by them and hotucprin rs starved, when they next come before tin eopie I hey wiil have to look in sonic otliei ireetioii for voters. This may be a smu1 ling to some people, but it is a big thing ( n'M 'A'lioin i.heir ifovcrnmeiil ollieials thro-! lit of ?";i!?!?>>'itii-l?I, because ? Yankee isabh > underbid them afcwccntsordoilars. Priii rsiiri: like every other body?only human hey cannot In; expected to lick the hand tlm miles them.?V/u dvr Jlultrtin. The j'rrxs anil 1S> inner is iioi.awnre. perhaps ia! it saves not a cent to tile tax-payer wlieth i- the reports hit printed here or abroad a jure or less. 'ineStatu makes an approprhv OM of O-'M) for one hUiidri d copies ot eaei oh.me, ami tin; Ucporlcroblain.s thesnmcoi ic picsentation oi the copies. We heartily agree with our Chester con tern orary in its well-timed ami manly remark! bout. Carolina printers. .V truer set of inei i their Stat.) and people never drew tin realii of life than they arc ; and if the Hem i:ralie party or a iJctnoernlic ollieiat mean; > ignore them in bestowing; public patronage icy only want to know the reason why crimps the J'rixs me/ Jiiinncr would rathci ave the reports printed in Massaehusct! an Columbia any way. If so.it would bt ist as well to say so. Any man who Is wisci an his day and generation, may be wise 01 uite otherwihe.?ltvgistir. -V 0 <0?- ? Icucral ZVIaiii^rault lor Adjutant (?on oral. The Abbeville 1'rcss and Thinner, one of out lost highly esteemed and able eoiitempora' les. endorses our nomination of Genera! A, I. Manicault for the Adjutant ami Inspeelo: ciioruluhip, ami |>?ysa very iiumtKoiiKi, but 1st, tribute to him as a soldier and a iieullelan. The remarks of oureoiilenijiorary will efonnd in another column, (ieneral .Mauinult deserves all the praise that the j'rrw ml Ilunner has bestowed upon him, and it is, ideed, grratifyinjr to us to see that our wuri.v Representative and honored fellow eitii*n is being; properly appreciated In our sis r counties. We hope to see siill others ?>l urcontemporaries coim- out in lavomi ?renral Miini^iiiill fitr the position of Adjutant ml Inspector Ocucral, l'or his l:ime is iii>: cir umscriticd by the narrow limits of tn-orge wn County, l>u! lie is known throughout ihr iillrcSlaie; and wherever known, his sterna; <1 u:Hilies are recognized. ? O'roryvtuwii Ymc* (mil (,'omcl. <?? Sow Simcixo oats.?We arc .surprised at out irniers nut paying more attention In thooal rop than they ilu. It Is t;>c cheapest food foi rork animals that can ho raised,"and nt : line when the corn erih r<*?|Hir?*s i 11? l<> iiinl<<- iI la>t through the work season ii cities corn has been decided to lie ton heal lis: for horses and mules that arc work<V ard durim; the summer, and oats have yen rally been substituted, as bein-' much hcnltl L-r, a in! we see no reason why the same rea on should not apply to work animals mi tli< irm. A erop of outs fallowed hyacrop o oas, the latter to be turned under in the fall it improve I he land and prepare it for a wheal rop, lias been found the mo<t profitable ami iidieious system of rotation ever adopted ry the plan this year.? l.'niun Times. Hon fiovEKNoit,?A correspondent of tin ibbevilie I'rr.in and Jhtmirr in most compli lenlary terms suggests t he name of Kx-< iovrnor Perry, of (Jreenville, for (iovernor o he State. We endorse this nomination inosi ully and cordially. There is no one ill the tate who could fill the plneo witli more aceptabilily than he would, for mine are niori atriotle or possess executive abilities to n renter decree, "< 1. 1'. II.," while speaking in i|{Il terms of our distinguished fellow-eitien, is mistaken as to his "hoary-veuerahh leksand care-worn, wrinkled features." The orrespondcnl must, not have met, the Oovrnor recently.? (jrccnviltc b'iiUrj>riza ami loitiiliiiiicrr. An:t'sta andTC.vox vft.i.kIIatf.ffo,\11.?The uh-committee of the Augusta and Knoxvilir tail mail will start out in a day or two tn nake a second canvass for subscriptions tn lie road. The Importance of this enterprise lithe city of Augnstn Is apparent toourcltiens, and every effort, should he made to cornicle the road on the fleorgla side, and tc ulid the brlilire across the Savannah. We iiii.rKtjimi ilmi,u small additional snbs'Tip ion will (Irtish (lw work on this side, Our eople should subserlbe liberally. Tlio road ill brlnt; :i In ret; amount of now business to , npusla.? Cfironiclcand fimihicl. Ckj'kj.tv to Convicts.?The conitniljeenpointed under nn act of the Into session of Hie . L'islalure to investijjnli! (lie trejiiinenl ol ire<l eon viols on (he < ir^emvood and .\ writsi Railroad, held tlieir lirst nieelinsr yesleruy, and ntade some preliminary nrrnnwic*.ils foru'oin^ earnestly to work in the disiinrge of the duties assigned them.?Columbia 'cowan. WMWWMWWWWWBBI IM?IW ' liltfJI'mW flJ Is Life Worth Living ? !? ' i: O fo: if , THE CRUCIAL QUESTION THAT l w: SKEPTICS A HE ASKING. j r| >' A Sermon Preached in Wcsl minster j0I : Abbey by Canon I'arrar. . | j' So we Thy people and sheep of Thy pasture! will give I'll eo thanks forever; we will show ] I forth Thv praise to ali generations. I'.salin, ixxix. IS. j <' Is this life worth living? life. I mean regard j -; cJ hy itself: lift; <>n this earth, lite apart from i (iod; life?your life, my life, human lite in sren | i crai?considered under its purely earthly a>-; !; peels ami relationship? J,et, us, it must he . iiindi'oiuilel.v. it iim.v he mistaken!v. It, n111-L1 Iii! quite superficially, yet, let us, with perfect' I hom-sty, glance at this this aftiTiiooii. And] : li'l us in no \v!>e exaggerate; lei no personal | ' ciriinistaitces, lot no melancholy tempera-j nii'iit, u<? pressure of immediate passing trials? . > bias our vcrdiei. hot us, so far as we may -* look at It steadily, and look at it as si whole. It is not all darkness :it has 1 i.v crimson giowsand golden sun?ets. It is not all clouds and even those we have have their silver tin . inns .It is not all winter ;lt has its summer- A days 011 which it is a luxury io breathe the i; breath of life. Life has its way wneti all isglo-| l i'ious. Then the woods arc vocal. the winds ' breathe music, the very breeze hath mirth in < it. Ask tiie little child Willi Its round I cheeks, ami its bright eyes, and llaxen curls, II with the lender love and care which enfold i and encircle it, and Ktnoot.il lis path the | whole day Ion;,'. Ask the hapby boy tingling with joy to the finger tips as he roams ! through the fields, li; generous friendships, In _( strong health, ill.freedom from all cares, in ?)' >. the contidence of all happiness, with his willl,| | as free sis the wind's will, when all the days I (j( "are long. Ask happy lovers, when ail the I j, ! j days are bright, and they are all In all to each i 0j other . and in their gaze a lovelier emerald j,,, j; tiHires the grass! Ask brave soldiers on the;^ ' field of victory; ask some of tho great think- i ni ' ers when some new truth dawns njicm j them; ask the father and the mother when j J,, j cares do not press,and tho little ones are all i Ic i i 11 bed, and they sit together by the fireMde i ^ Iquietly the evenijig through; and at such j times perhaps they will all be ready to an-Lj. |!swer that life is worth living; and though |vj j darkness comes alike to till, yet we all have),., I i such periods?call them Intervals, at least? ;l] j between storm and storm, Interspaeesof sun- * light between the breadths of the gloom, 1111 HI over every one of us the night at last I sweeps down ! al ij Yes. niy brethren, let. us acknowledge, let i j.; - us cherish, let u? be grateful for, as far as we i,< i i may, without selfishness, multiply these lint-1 j I nral pleasures, these intiocentand siniploand j II holy joys ! Let usadmit too, that God is very, I I very good to lis; and that the lesser evils of| IJ our lives are often only in anticipation, or of; M . i our own making, notof Clod's, 'flic Christian 1 j)( ~ j is no pessimist, to encourage in himself a>jt [ view of life needlessly discouraging; no as- j it . colic, thinking that God cares for pain and, ; ! soriviw lor sorrow's sake; no optimist dwell, j s, .! lug In tiie groves of my rile. Yet, If I ask if; jj ? I tlw.ea i.iJui'n.l oi-n cf i'i kii ir A??/I!I?1I . i weave tlie* warp orthc woof of life, 1 tiunk 11 t), 1 know whiit ymir answer must lie. ] 'c( I l.fi us Km lit lli.it (-111 Id hood, keen as am its ^ 111 tic trials, can hardly lie otherwise than Imp-1 j| py, and that its tears a re dried as soon as the i , dew uiion the rose. Let us grunt tbovi hood?although st. Awiustine says that the|ri ; hoy's snir.:rin-s, while they last, are as keen I ^ as those of men are?is happier, happier cer-1 w i tainly si nee theday when Arnold iniritied and j C1 enno'ded the schools of England; since theiw i day when Shelly lontlied ami scorned thej j^ j treatiiient lie received at Kton; or the gentlci ] l.'owper dwelt here at West minster. i ff ! And sometimes also life?lite has saddest i j Dicinor.cs, aiid we a re too often forgetful of J; the inevitable iiicon;;ruily between fruit and!c. ! .seed; and when swiftly and imperceptibly 1 ;j' j boyhood passes into youth, and youth merges I Into the m uioood which is upon us, and the j | golden piles loses silently behind us, and we j w ; step forth into the thorny wilderness; when < ; the splendid vision has faded Into the white;., light of noon-day; when the brilliant ideals ^ i ( ami the enthusiasms of communities havei 11 been smirched and dimmed; when not one sin-; pie ray of enchantment rests for one instant 'w I | over the black hills of thebarren i>ath of life?- w i and we arc men, yea, we are men who must, .j,; work,and heside us arc the women who must j, tj Weep?brothers, how is it with us then? . >; r' 1 will not take any of the great. crimes of * i ideas I hey lire somet imesrevealciI tints when j i! the lielit of ilay lulls lor us ii|iun some suhurt hriii vilia or small farm. Clerjiy men especial-' |', | ly known these arc ion comiiioii; ami 1 feel s( "[ that thereare .some here on whose hosom is; j,> I i lying like leail the awful burden of some un-j ri f, discovered sin. :-ti!i I will not take these j great crimes intoaeeounl. for sin t ricn to creep ; (| - upon lis all, silent ami tr?','ie ami stealthy as' I ' a .scrjicnt-;; Ming, oi to bound upon us uitli I' j irresistible force with a timer's leap; ami al* 'j-, 1 , liiou^h there must be some here v.'lm have ( f'struek iviili that poison or seized by Hint lijrer! y i leap, I will not take the ease of one Mich Into j... ; shame unutterable, who h;.s eome to a felon "s i sj ) er.il; or that one who has liveil honoarbly be-; 'v< i fore men but has be.-n tempted by fatal men ; to take crooked ways,ami comes loplcad with , j treiimious voice against a sentence which, to .j him, is tiie ji^oiiy of ilesitli; I will not take!., the to i common eavol a man who wakes to}'. . thecinsci!.iisness that he is under the fatal ^ I spell of iJriialteiuicss or any oilier such sin. j(i i Which hi ns can ,.|iy he is quitcsafe froiu such ,, sill as this? ] will mil lake those ^rcal crii:f.s | (> 1 or medical tragedies of lite. Who has not j, < s known a case in which a man has been sud-!iS I dimly i^v.iten down to earth, Inuiscdnud beat-' , irii under tin* .shock of some wholly incxplba- J j lilc and ijiiiei. iniolcralde eatasti ophe?. j iias. 11.it seen?certainly 1 have? families J i hrightand happy,but tiiisir whole hnppiiiessJ , ^ shattered, aye, in a inoi.n nl, by the crash of j t doom? Who shall say, '] am sale fiom Michj\j j ruin as this?" ? . 1 inn I will only lake ihc coniii'.on case of li'o; '?its daily fevers, its liuecs-iiry triais. cur 1 sorrows are qui led liferent sorrows; but. which . of us here, lie herieli6rpoor.be lie noble or! I iiisicmtieani, be lie senator or shop-buy, ir. ex-' Jl v euip; from thoiii? Take pain; is there one of. [ us ncrc who tins not known t,l 1 < ihrobhini; : j hcad. tlie. aehin;; liervi:, the sleepless 11 i :11 s V1 I Take h-iilth; are tucie not some here \\lmt I rarely .'t:io<V what perfect health is? Take . i reputation; btivc you not been in anguish | . I when eritei and untrue taints iiave been said j . of you, and not the less cruel and none the j' fesspainlul if true? Takehouseholds; istheiel . 1 no housvhoUis whose,'yra\e?aieseiittereil larj *! and wide V Is there no liitner who has seen [' r j dust spi ink led over Hit head ?>i* ])i> bright, I j happy child? id there no mother who has J ti ( seen the rose of her tainily suddenly \vitl??*r j y s iiinl fauo from view? 1* Uicrc unfalher w hose ; " f, lue lii.s been darkened nt it stroke? .\n until) " . whose friends have been taken from lnni in a i I inoiiH.nl, and their loss marked l>y graves-, A r ] toili's ' ??'o parent whose suns wrung their t Ij hearts b> lolly ami ingratitude, or who have,' 'i , ill some J'>r land, :i prodigal who will coim-il iioine no more? And of all the hundreds who | ' j'ate Ihsuumg to the voice of u weak follow- j11 i sinner like himself, are tin-re not some, i ' J hapsa great many, whose lives sec:* todwin- ]' , die as lile goes on, on whom no morning I' , dawns but it dawns with heavy cares as they . think Willi a sltfh of the dreary routine beiorc a , i lliein, oj the iiisullicient means, of the debts < ,! which hang like a mill-stoiid round their c ^ nocks, ol the enill burden of povety V And 11 3 j are Iherenot some who are looking* forward ; r; almost with agony for the day of death?not > ' , i for them.sel v-es at ail, but because they think ':i f, how they must leave their dear ones, left sor-'" [ rowi'lii, ami littiesoiis itini daiighiers, unpro*!'. ,, leeted and unprovided for left to the cold pity '' , and {trudgitiK charily of a fro-iy world? I a-11' ?I deed, many of us could say with the poet by j J1 the shore: .! "Alas, I have no hope, 110 rest, nor peace with-! 1 ll in, Xorcaiin of mir.;' nor pacing health, nor-'j , j contemplation kind | - j To nw that cup lialh been dealt in far other > t j measure." All ! my hrclhcren. I liave not ti:nn to sn.v ! t ' 1 anything 1'K? w< rut. A man may bearup! t 1 bravely?lie may l>e a man?n?alnst sorrow; In: may think ii nojjreat matter whether heili ' be happy or unha|)py; and ii lllo hehiitcraud i tl s not sweet, lie may tind it still to be bornc;|e ' and 11'he be a true ('hrUHon lie may say, "I! .J ! have received iliccross; I have received it at 's 'I'liy hands ami i will bear it even to the;T ' den III." Hut when to these sorrows m? is ad-id ! ileil; when calamity meets an accusing eon- I1 I science; when a mail lias a sense of wasted . ii opportunities!, the shame of forsaken ideas, li ] lno stin^ of evil memories. the plague of jiol- n \ iixtotl and polluting thoughts; when lie knows j .\ ' | and feels at the best that in this or that act "or I o phase of his life he was unloving, or ignoble | U I or uncandid, and not what he ought to have! I becti, not what (Jod would have mul nim lot be?is there no sorrow or anguish in thoughts | like these apart, from all tliedet per or darker errors? A senes of duties unfulfilled, of days i and opportunities unused, of a flections trilled ! ' with, of lit;liL turned to darkness! Oh ! when ! r, wilii our souls "the treacherous dealers deal;., , very treacherously"?and we have been the!,, 1 most treacherous dealt* s to ourselves?does 11| lilVst-eiii worlii living then, or must we iiol|t| ' all say: ,, "Alas for earl h, if this were all, rt And nought beyond, (I earth !" I' p So, then when I look at life I say: ri "I,cad, lead me on, my hope. !"' el Hut if you ask ine wiictherllfe without fiod ] ^ f in the world and no hope beyond the grave is!;i wort! i living, I answer, "No;" and not I only, | ! I ul ah the best and wisest of mankind. Afk I .! all the kings and tiueeiisiask all the poets and j . scholar.-; asi; nil the warriers and statesmen ? whose dust you arc I reading upon. H as Kliz- >! . . ebetli, was .spencer, was ('hat ham, was even!, i Newton happy? Over the volumes of human j history is written "Vanity of vanities!" ami i {.' tin; keiic11 of lamentation, mourning and j . woe; and t he very Scriptures are the record of j human sorrows, i K' 1 am well aware that there are those who j !] Would roll lis til our lllimail ll'Mies; Willi woiijii .. 1 take our l.oril mil of tlit*><>|>llIcixT:im! nut tell j ' t:s wlirri! they had l;iiil llini; who would I "J" change our (io:l into :i stream of perplexing)!:. " tcndeuccs; who would turn our <?od into nn " ' empty face with no eye-socket, from which j .. " no eye of love and mercy over beamed over:^ ' us. *l!ut If they wimi Io take our line gold j "j from us. wedonot waul thclrdross or linfoil! ' in its place; nor lor diamonds will we take ' I imitations, in kIass and paste! We some of I us, will dim; to duty though it be lost of sancf lion.-, and lo virlure iIk ii^Iishe have lost her d ' oracle: hut we do not need sham gods or mock J jj j eternities. Ami as for the world, if Atheism, a j n uii. il will go on its way picking and steal-1 ,|< ; ling, chambering ami slandering, till the pit j jj swallow ll up! Tills is what iit openly pro-iic, claimed liy the Herman eorypheus of Athe-j !* ism, hy i lie eM i net ion, the annihilation of tin: j ] ', ,j human race! ? ({ :'i Itnt (if you will listen to me foronemoment. Jss I more)liow, when touched hy ones ray out of' \ 1 (toil's lltel'lllly, does Mils grotto of icicles in , \\ i the Valley ol the shadow of Heath melt into] ,\ i mud ami not h'ngness. Ilow does I his glaring j \\ lieu re of the ('olossus wit h the head of Athe-j c| ism crumble Into inipoience when struck hy i w i t he Stone of Hivine Truth! If there he nolji I (iotl. no heavens unscr u; if there he no atone-: s tj ment for Intolerahle wrongs; if pra.vlmr na-j j lions lilt up their hands In vain; if hollow j "chocs area'l theanwer which follows ('hrist's ' 1 words upon the cross, then life is a lnake-he- j 1 ' Move which nnthingeaii save from iutoiera-' ni I Sic weariness. l!ut let one sound from (toil's u: II voice thrill through the deafened ears; let iir 'I but one ray flash upon the Minded eyes, one ui hand hold tons one green and healing leaf "ii | from the Tree of (.ife.aml how all is charged ! ( , 11 How can we then thank (!od ?for our crea- ' . 1 fion, preservation,andall thehlessings ol'lhis IHre!'' liow can we I hen say. with bursts of ' exultation, "Tliou, () (lod, art. our Father, J" j our Savior, our treat ami merciful (>ml; anil [ ' i (vcihat are Thy people, ;iml I lit* sheep of '1 hy I pasture,shall ?:ivcThee thanks forever,"' so { i tin I, if our thoughts haveeonie to lis this at; tcriiooii clothed in a cloud, let them depart I meirclod with n rainhow! That rainbow may in spem hut ft watery thin?, hut still ii issutli- to flfdit In this life to arch lie spruy of the fi< storm! Sorrows? Wo shall all have sorrows: ra| hut if we exercise due faith, we shall lliul th< tlioin but morel.*s in <llsvriii^p. Sins? Ah ! \es;. ".\ j wo have nil committed sins,mil shall fall into lis* cm again. Hut wo have n Savior; am e trust Him and seek Him, they shall rgi vien and cast away! Is life worth living? Ask the Atheist; he tells you his real thought, that thoi ill be the one of the English poet: "Count all the joys that thou hast seen; Counlall the tears from augtiiuh keen; And know,whatever thou hast seen, "i'uere better never to have boon; with the t ireelc poet, that the best tliini lis not to have been born; and the t istthlmr, to pass away as soon as posvl at ask the Christian, andlio will say: " !'e Is hilinitely worth living, and deal ran infinitely worth dying; for 'Form vc is Christ, and to die Is s;ain.' To live ive faith lit (!<ul here, and to die is to be \ im forever hereafter! Death Is the hloli they who live call life; we sleep, iu lifted The Mountain Barrici WAV THROlTill 15V THE FRE> liROAII VALLEY. tltlrcss of Col. 31c(ihpc, the Tonne.1 Railroad Kincr, to the Directors fli(> Western North Carolina R road Aslicrille the Key to Railroad Systems of the East the West. At the recent meeting of the board o sctorsof the Western North Carolina I iad Company, lield in Italeigh. in additlu ic proposition made hy the NuwjYork es, and which it is understood the bi ellncd to recommend, Col. McGbee, pi int, vice-president and managing dire " seven or eight hundred miles of ralln i Tennessee.Including ttie road from 15rI i Memphis, was present with other get icn connected with his line of roads, ani ressed their gratllleatiou at the progres.1 ig made upon the road and their read! assist In the completion of the road d ie French Uroad. Col. McGhco said: When your road rea ie Tennessee line, the line from 8allsl in Knoxvllle and Ashcvlllegives a dl into to Chattanooga, Nashville, Mem id She Southwest, and also to Srlma, M jmery and New Orleans, and to mo lose points It will a!!ord the shortest r( When the connection between Knox id Louisville is made, your road and ast Tennes-ee, Virginia and Georgia 1 mil becomes a portion of a line cornice (XX),no!) of population on the Eastern Al c slope with the West. When your line is completed, being Irect .short lino to the West, It can hav iccessful competitor,and asour road i i?come a component part in this great is easy to account tor the interest wo fe s completion. In consequence of this Uiterest, It was lived, at a recent meetingof the boar ireciorsof the Kast Tennessee, Virginia eoivia Railroad, to annoint. Cant.. .In mpies, Mr. R. II Richards and myself >mmilloc, with instructions to visit Ral C.. and get reliable info.imutlon us to utc ill. which your company would beab nch tin; Tennessee State line at I'alnt I! As you are aware, our branch road Is juuliig within lour miles of the latter p he unfinished portion of this bninch wi illinir at any time to construct, whei mipletion will in any way facilitate or aid your company in the great work w i to be undertaken. A road now roaches north from Knox >rt.y miles in the direction of the Ohio r nd a branch of the Louisville, Nashville rout Southern road extends l l.j miles sc ist from the city of Louisville, leaving o nlslied road to connect the Ohio river 1 le Valley of Tennessee seventy-six mil A glance at a railway map shows the ay system of North Carolina, Vim icorgia and South Carolina, converging oiut near Ashevllle, and extending to ariotis parts of those respective St .oolvinc westward upon the map you wll ?rvc that no direct connection eau be i: ith the Ureal West so ilirect as over the hich you are now engaged in construe he Apalachiun chain of mountains, lyii (Joes on die western borders of theStat forth Carolina, Virginia and Georgia, Is ouctratod by a line of railway hct\ i.vi.chhurg and Atlanta, a distance of nc M : iie?. At no point in this distance c e so cheaply passed as on the line you I . iecied where the entire chain is cut by Vouch I!road river, down which your UltS. When it Is taken Into consideration ic Western Slates are consumers of e rticle exported by North Carolina, Virir outh Carolina and Georgia, and when ittlier considered that these States are I r.iisnmers of all the productions of the < i cst, the importance of lurnishimr a d til COUIlCCtioll bl'l WCCI1 tilCSC tWOSCCt ndependent upon each other, must Mi lk ho reflect upon I: as u matter of great itii to tlm people ofthe on 11 re State. As 1 mil informed you have now overt l?c physical iliIIi(*t31ticst wlslrh were in nth < : t t or A sue vi lie, ni:d will have our road early in toe spring to thutp ^'e sire lo re for the purpose of siscTisii eiinitely :it what time we may ex peel umpaiiy io construe; the remaining poi f tli.* road to Paiui Hock, ami to assure lint the Louisville. Nasnvillc ami ( ontli' i ii, ami ivist Tennessee, Virginia ieorgia Kailroads will connncncc the Li?ii|*tion of the link* between Loulsvili s to have a coiittniio>:s line from the eit hicago, via Louisville, to the Southeast iiitic Stales whenever you shall have our last rail between Ashcvllleami 1 lock. THE CHARLESTON CANAL. [ossrs. Dolby & Jiangs Io liny f the Penitent istry till llie (Jranil.) the Jetties, and Hie South Cam Railroad to Transport it to the tcr?.s Eii jo. A'rir.r ami Courier. The negotiations which have been pen r some Mine bet ween ihe Mate anil M< lolby ?V I fangs, the contractors for hull lie.Jetties, were brought to n consumm: esterihiy by th<* aereptauce ol the huiliii lie teiins proposed hy the suh-coinmitu lie heard ol liireciois of the Soutli Can vnileiitiary. Hy this eon tract Messrs. 1) : linns* agree to buy ail the rock nccdei he Construction of the Jetties from the J uurry m ar i liel'ciiitentiary, paying the iicsum'o' i") cents a ton. delivered on'fc he ears. They are also to build a track ccting tl:e.'South Catolinn liullroad will "e1111* nriary. The work of constructing rack will he commenced at once amlilnl n a few days. Tlie closing of Mils contract renders a ble I lie appropriation ol' Slo, Wit), made b; et of the recent Legislature, to aid in mist ruction of the Charleston Can a leans of which It is proposed to brine ailroad direct to the water. The Canal n parj already been constructed by na nil vei.v little work will enable the cont rs to have their granite delivered direct he cars to the lighters. The point sel< ir ilicpurpose, and at which the granite robabiy be delivered, is at the foot of iions stives, which is a short distance a ,inc street, w here a deep creek from As liver runs to within J.iMifect of llie trac he South Carolina liallroad. A road-bet Iready been constructed from the trai lie water's edge, and the laying of the ross-t ies and "rails will be a matter of a ay's work only. A conference will be held to-day bet he contractors and the railroad otlicials lie canal commissioners, to'liseuss the nd agree upon the terms. Mr. Bangs, as been in Columbia for several days, hat their was already quarried sitllii raiiite to lay from to I.iiOij .feet ol etty, and that this was ready forshlpme oori as ihe railroad was ready to receiv he state Js to furnish t?;is of rock ay loaded on the cars at the quarry in 'e'niter.tiary enclosure, and theSoutli Ci a Itailronil is at ihe water, where it cm 'atisi'ercd to the lighters. The filial arra ictus will t>e concluded in a day or two, Ir. Hangs isconlident that the first shi pi fgraulto will be receive in Charlestoi ic loth of l-'cbuary. More Itailronil Consolidation. f Chronicle and ficntinclA The I'nion Pacific and Kansas Pacific 1 ?ads, according lo the New York Time* > licat 0111:0consolidated under one mar lent. giving Jay ffould a milled Unci u* Missouri river WoM.ns bo already In 10 Ti>I<m1o niiil WnlKtsh cousoliil.-itinnilirr from tlio Missouri river Kast. If port is correct, and deconsolidation <il Hion and Kansas Pacific has longappc robablo, Jay Mould will control an nnii inted lino of miles, I.GS4 I11 tlio twe lllc roads, and 1,-JKS in the earlierconso on of tlio Wabash and Kansas, St. Louis ortbern;-01:0 Ion-.' lino running West 1 oledo, crossing botb tlio Mississippi [issouri. IncInding St. Rous and Chic ansas ('ity and < luiaha.and ending at (>: nd I'oiiver. As ibis great system of r us been for fome months practically tti lcsameniaiiajtomeiit.the results of the c illation of the I'nion and Pacific arc less urtant than they would otherwise bo; 10 announcement brings forcibly before ?un try the greatest railroad power of the' ivornlng a great central system, which si n tbo eastern slope of Ibe great Missis* 11 ley and extends across it. lo the He [ouninins. The principal effect of the lidalion of the two Pacific roads under lanageniont will be seen in the greater 1th which Irsinsronlinental freight cat rung from the roads crossing Iowa f inalia and centering at ('hlcago, to the 1; mthern route controlled by (Jould, February Court. diiANii .Triiv.?F. M. Mitchell. W. E I prson, Jno r I'ougliiss. Samuel Agncv Kennedy. Richard Peyton, Jno R Matti ndrcw SIepheii^on, Thomas If Klugli, 1 wlan, William Magill, Jno A lievlin, diee.S A .Mcintosh, A M Krwili. .1110 ' rs 111, I! Hoii 11 Allen, William Riley. Pivrrr Jrisv.?J M Uraliain, Alex Coin Kdwards, A T Mcllwaln, W S Richard: W Connor, K ! ' Power, William Mr unuel Kvans, J 11 Wideman, T I< Mooi Crawford, I*'. II Hooker. J R Wilson, '1 r I. Ilri'iiimn fieo W I.omax Hunter, <> ?? W Spuer. J O M Hranyati, 'nkeilcld, Andrew McNeill, M A Ca: ins Lynch, 'I' ('Stewart, George White, ar<l Itfonnh. Thomas A Cater. .1 O lleniin 11ius K IMilJose, Merry I>easoti. M LLatii 1' lirooUs, \V a Chamberlain, 11 A Iladi M Kills. Tho National Republican Convention eel In Chicago, on the :>d of Juno to ti< ilea ticket tor President and Vice-Pr ... MM... I...MIn<r llt.i / AiU'nni I..I1 In III. I IK- > ? ? " ................ ... >!m -< ic-u. Grant's home?encouragcs lOOHUTS." r 11! : Air I.ine Itallroad lias paid two y< hack taxes without llie penalty, as | ded In the act. ofllic last Legislature. Fi Is there will he about SI.'ilKl, to he applloi e past indebtedness ?f (lie county. A is is done. I he county debt will he <i too, as it was about in all.?Kvn mirr. Dii'itTHKitiA Is prevailing to some e.\l (ireenville. and It heliooves every par watch mo little ones well and keep 111 an undue exposure. The disease is fearfi I'ici in its work, and too often u< Is bey? c ei>ntrol of the most intelligent physic) . stitch in time,-' etc.? Uicct~'Mc A ill :r. i be The Supply Act Invalid. and ,ght AN EXTRA SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE CALLED. ; 0) The Supreme Conrt, on the Issues PreJ?** sentcd Declare the First and Second OIC ! _ Yes, Sections of the Supply Act Invalid, e to JndyreMctto'.ran Dissenting. sMth The .Supremo Court rendered its decisvcil ion yesterday in tlio case of tho mandaid It mus against the Comptroller General to compel hi in to levy a tax under the tax bill fit' last session. The opinion of the ('mirt was delivered l?.v .Chief Justice 1 jWillard. The judgment of the Conrt j dismisses the petition for mandamus and refuses to order tho Comptroller Gcnoral iCH 1to Procec(l to 'ovv any tax under that act. After tho Chief Justice had read his opinion, Associate Justice Mclversaid: ssee * concur in the result expressed in that opinion, but inasmuch as this is a matter of of very great importance, it has been ail- j thought best that each member of the it Court should express his views in a sepaP rate opinion. I will, therefore, proceed and to read my views frrrn tho rough draft of an opinion, which will be more fully prer .. pared hereafter and tiled. Judge Mclver then read his views, in to which coincided in general with those of * par- the Chief Justice, and will be published osinl hereafter when the opinion is filed, " tor Associate Justice MuGowan said: I imds concur in part with tho opinion delivered Is to I by tlid Chief Justice, and dissent from jtlc- part, and will express my views as fol' ex* lows: newt 'Tiiclge MoGowan then read hfs views own from notes which he held, and iv?ts will publish his opinion when tiled* hercchcs after. Hiri' The points of his dissent were as foiirect . r phis out- If the provision for the 4j mills State st of levy and the provision for the levy of iut<\ ?3^)1)0 for the Charleston military are deV|!J? dared null, will the remainder of the act Ltnll- 'aw ' ?r W>'1 ",e whole of the section tln>;! containing those provisions be destroyed? tlan- The intention of the Legislature wis to levy a tax of 41 mills, and to make no e no f?r t'ie Charleston military. Tho s to ;u't as it passed tho House will express line, i the intention of the Legislature. A limb el in : may be amputated without destroying | the whole body. One-quarter of a mill j rf,*( I in tlie4} mills is bad. If that quarter of and i a mill had beoti added by a separate eneoph j actment it could be stricken out and !,s leave the remainder valid. IJutthe addiC[fi ' l'?n wus not in,u^e il sePftrate sentence lc to but simply chanuing the arithmetical :ock. | expression "four and a half" to " four now j and three-quarters." I do not understand lace. I that four and three-quarters is an indivinj "'2 iblc unity, but is only a different manner f0r. of expressing the aggregate of four and a hlch half and one-quarter, which were once distinct and separate, and by being added yllle toircthcr make n different form of ?r>n- ' , antj | tom-e. I can sco no insuperablo diillculty 1 >uth-1 in declaring four and a half mills law and 1 fun- the remaining onejfouith of a mill inivith valid. I am of opinion that tlio inandarail ">us should be issued. Inla* following is the opinion of Chief at a Justico Willard and the judgment of the 1 the Court: i'oi>- Supreme Court, November Term, 1879. , mule Tho State ex rel. the Attorney General , line vs. J. Ilagood, Comptroller (General. , >'"a8 OPINION BY WILLARD, C. J. icsof The relator asks for a writ of manda- 1 "", mus to compel the performance of certain ;arjy[duties imposed bylaw upon theCompun it! troller General where an act has been have | passed directing the imposition of a genoral tax, looking to the enforcement of isueh law. that! No question is raised as to tho propriety j vi ryjof the remedy in the event that it shall i Inisi.! ho held that authority exists for the j ?8i performance of the duties sought to bo' in-at i enfoiced. ? | jreci, I The single question propounded is,; ions, | whether the act entitled ''An act to raise | all i supplies and make appropriations for con'j tho liscal year commencing 1st Novem-j omc i l,ur? 1*~V authority for proceedings on ; your I the part of the executive olHcers to levy; i'Milt i and collect a tax for State purposes? "int. j it appears by the pleadings and also by | I the journals of the General Assembly, j Ption ; that the act as passed by two houses di> you [reeled a tax of lour and one-half mills, j I V.nt tli-it fluitint ou nnd riiihlS<uhnH iwiil, (ijracts the imposition of a tax of lour and > c "o' three-quarters mills. . J y ,,cj It cannot be questioned that thoi At- amount of the tax is a mater'al part ofj hi id ; the act, and that it cannot be enforced 1111- j : i less that amount is ascertained to have \ been fixed by the act. It is obvious that j the Legislature did not intend to leave j tlio amount of the tax to he ascertained I I bv ihn executive <>dicers of the^ovorn-J 'rom | uicnt. if such a delegation of authority in! for permissible; but that it was intended thate { | the amount of the levy slumkl be ascer-; i lained hv the law itself. We must, Wa-j therefore^ enquire whether the act itself I has ascertained the amount of (ax to bej J levied in a conclusive and binding form., It cannot be questioned that, indepeud-1 illnff | ently of constitutional authority vested ?? ? j in this court, enabling it to look into the! ,i'"E actual proceedings of the bodies compos-j ' r.silf! i"? tlio General Assembly to ascertain j cc ofj the fact of compliance with some eonsts>11 nit J tutioiial requirement on which the validi-j | ty of the law depends, the evidence af-i state 'orded by the certificates of the presiding' rotor officers, the great seal affixed to it, and loanl theapnroval of the Governor must po recon garded as conclusive evidence of the ac'Vi'n 111)11 l'ie legislative bodv. Such was aliwl! 'he law of England, from .vhichour ideas j of the force and effect of statutes were de- i vatl- j rived, and it has become embodied in our j >' "" | jurisprudence. It is there only when we I i can point to constitutional authority fori the the purpose that we can demand other] I ha? evidence of the authenticity of an act, i tuie, than that which is afforded by the custo- i met- msirv modes of authentication. cukI Section 21, articled, of the constitution) "will of this State provides as follows: "No Sim- j bill shall have the force of law until it hove shall have been read three times and on] ;,':e-v,j three several davs in each house, has had i Cuus I tlio groat seal of State affixed to it, and | u to! has been signed in tlio.Senate House hv the the President of the Senate and the Speali- [ . few j er of the House of Representatives." Iti ween! '"annot bo denied that the existence of J and | each one of these requisites is essential to I plan j the validity of an act?State vs. Piatt, 2| who; s. C'., 150. * It is not enough that the great j seal shall bcaflixed, that the presiding ofr the i flcfirs 01 l'10 two houses shall affix their ntasj signatures, but, in addition to this, the e It. j bill must have had its three readings on Pel" three several days in each house. roll- It is not to be disputed that the courts be |ar0 competent to ascertain and declare ef,iiro ! fectively whether the constitutional conaml ! ditions, on which the force of an act deuent peiuls, exist. To perform this duty it is 1 J necessary to aseertain the existence of the fact of the three readings, and, applying ! the rules that govern all judicial proceedings, such inquiry must be mado in ac- i cordance with the rules of evidence that i R .. ! belong to the subject according to its na-! r arc tare. In the present ciise if we come to I i'iil'c- ; tl\e conclusion that tlio act as published is I Horn j not- identical with the bill from which it i us in | originated wo are relieved from all intri- J j "uVlK i cilt0 questions as to the imlitro of the I. (hp | proof's available for such an inquiry ; for [ juvii | the facts admitted upon the pleadings and j Her-; tlie journals of the houses read with the < [ 'j'1* original bill, sustaining that statement of I and ' 'a(-'ls? s'low tliat the act as rati tied was not i i'om | read three times in each house on three < and I several da vs. If such was the case, then s """". the constitution demands, in express i ! terms, the force of law to such bill, and i 1 'bo act as ratified stands as though it nov- < 0111-1 er existed in the form of a bill before the s fin- two houses and is not effective as a law. J 1)1,11 If such be found to bo the ease our com- ' (l!iv ' Potency and duty so to declare is maularte Host. . . . , ippl I '1 ho question then arises whether want i ] wky of identity between a ratified act and the) con" bill in which it claims to have originated i , wise' 's ,aUl' to SU(''1 ratification. Stating this i iJ(. question in this broad manner places it roni beyond a doubt. If the Legislative 1 nore bodies enact one law and tlio presiding L olllcers and the custodian of the great ] 'j seal publish another of a totally differ- tl ent nature, to allow force to such publiT cation would defeat all the objects in- " .. ? tended jv the constitution. It would be L son,! placing the homage duo to the great seal j t u M i before the constitution, and all the prac-| t J jMtical safeguards devised by the expo-;'' rienco of popular government for tlio j ? unn, protection of the people; it would bo j (_' son' i giving a legal stone, though ornamented | ore, j with the arms of the State, for tlio con- j I ! stilutional bread of ellicient protection. I Kir.tmiiv nf lnw are often convenient! '.I K when dynastic Interests are to bo upheld ii son. against the reason that commends pop- i i Ed* ular rights, but have no place in inter- '' m>r ' I'reting the great instrument from which ion!ia" governmental power springs and by ' which its eflieaev is to be tested. Of I :i ...... ..11* <!,? ?nfV.mtn.vls rtf liKa,._ ~ j ?> Hill' iltilll ill U *111 HID oll.vS..n.v.i> I _ I ty and property, carefully studied the j J provisions, giving form to Legislative] ,.s|J I procedure, it" tho custodian of the great| riii- seal and tho presiding officers of the two j ''is i houses of tho General Assembly can, by | t jail arbitrary act, divide between them-| mrs. selves public property and public pow-j !>ro", er? That sucn efficacy should bo as-: ' cribed to the great seal in England is ft(.r! easily understood, for tho imposition ofj iver that seal was considered as a personal act' w j of the sovereign, who, according to legal " 1 ideas, could not do wrong, but that such cnJ a doctrine 'could have advocacy in a: o'l'n'.government that professes to be one of ,11 v laws and not of personal authority is not >n?t readily accounted for. j The Attorney-General has placed tho' * j case of the relators on ground that al-1 ows full force to the considerations that lave just been stated; but whether he . ias distinguished the case successfully 'roin one in which the ratified act is toally different from the bill as passed renains to bo examined. It would follow, from what has been ilready stated, the act as ratified must, 0 have the force of law, be substantially dentical with the bill that received its icveral readings in the Louses. What hen is the test of such identity? Many :asesmaybe supposed that would giva iso to nice questions as to what deviaions affect the question of identity and . vhat do not, but the present case is free roin any such identity. It is the highest | >rerogativeof the legislative body toim>ose taxes and prescribe limit# to the jurden of taxation. The value and imjortance of this prerogative is expressed jy the cost in blood and treasure of the stablishment of the authority of the louse of Commons of Great Britain as , he constitutional means of expressing ho popular will. The quantity that the jeopie shall be taxed is of the very life md essence of an act raising supplies 'or the maintenance of the government. ^t was not the abstract right of imposing axes that was the matter of contest beween Charles I and the House of Comnons, but to what extent and in what nannersuch taxes should be imposed. Vt this day the vital question involved n every supply bill is, How much shall lie peopte be taxed ? To say, then, that 1 bill authorizing taxation to a specified imount, and an act fixing a different imount are identical is to hold that the imount of the tax is an immaterial part >i mo oui, ana toconiraaici doid puunu ustory and reason. It follows that the till in*the present case that authorized a ax of four and a half mills was not idonieal with the act before us that assumes o impose a tax of four and three-quarers mills, and the act as it stands cannot jave the force of law for want of the equisite readings in the two houses of ;he General Assembly. It was contended, however, that the quarter mill may be rejected as something superadded to the amount of the tax di ected by the bill as passed, which, not laving been a part of the bill, may be reccted from the ratified act, leaving the imount of four and a half mills as valid uid capable of enforcement. We have not been pointed to Jiny authority for :Ijus disintegrating the provisions of a law and rejecting part and retaining the residue. The State vs. Piatt (2 S. C. 150,) is an authority for rejecting some independent provision of an act that may be severed from the other provisions of an ict without affecting their efficacy, where inch independent part has failed to reseive constitutional enactment;, but it rloes not go to the extent of holding (hat the words of an act may be changed to Bxnress the real intention of the Leeisla ture that lias been imperfectly pressed in the ratified act. It is contended that tho declaration of an intent to impose a tax of four and one-half mills is embraced within the direction to levy a tax nf four and three-qnartere mills, and that nil that is necessary is to rejeet 'the excess. This argument Is placed on the ground that a numerical statement is In its nature severable into its parts so that a portion of the sum stated may be good mid another portion bad. It is true that the subject or a numerical statement mav be regarded as in its nature divisible wltb reference to a known unit, but the verbal statement of that sum is not for that reason necessarily divisible. The one is a question of arithmetic and the other of logic. It cannot be claimed that the court can restate the language of an act to make it agree with some possible conclusion as to its intention as affecting the subject matter of the act. The language declaring an intent of an act is as in neb beyond our power as the subject to which that declaration relates, and it would violate the principles of law- to change the phraseology of a statute to make it conform to the assumed purpose of the lawgiver in smoother way than as warranted by the rules of construction. It is not contended and cannot bo claimed that the present difficulty can be overcome in conformity with the principles of construction. The proposition is, in its real nature, that we should reform the lan_ - n -.1 - x- -J..- li -rtl.. 01 me xiaiuic ui nivu it uiuunuv under the constitution. and that cannot be done consistently >\ich the principles of law tliat bind the court. It is to bo regretted that this court has no power to obviate the inconveniences that must ari-.o from the conclusions that have been stated; but assumption by the court of authority for that purpose would tend to inflict a permanent injury upon the balance of authority established between the Legislature and the courts, while the inconveniences that result from adhering to a clear and simple line of duty will be temporary at the most. The ratified act docs not appear to have received the constitutional sanction oi tho Genor.il Assembly, artd cannot be inferred in the manner claimed by the relators. The motion should be dismissed. I concur in the result, but, will express my views in a separate opinion, which will her after be tiled. Henry McIver, A. J. I dissent from tho result reached in this case and will express my views in an opinion to be tiled hereafter. S. McGowan, A. J. In t/ic Supreme Court.?November Term, 1879. The Stare of Sonth Carolina ex rcL tho Attorney General vs. Johnson Hagood, Comptroller General. This was an application for a mandamus to compel the Comptroller General to notify each County Auditor in the .State of the rate percentutn of the tax authorized by law to be levied for various State purposes and to prepare and transmit to each County Auditor the necessary forms and instructions to carry into effect tho provisions of the act to raise supplies, <fcc., approved 24th December, 1>j71). The return of the Comptroller Ghnoral, which is not traversed, and which must, therefore, bo taken to be. true, raises two legal questions: 1st, as to the validity of the first section of tho act fixing the amount to bo levied for goner- j ..I n.i'l ?.! no tl.a ra_ I til ouuu aiiUf ^u, tvo iv wu ? m lidity i>t the provision in tho second section for the military organizations in the county of Charleston. A majority of the court having reached the conclusion that the error in the first snotion is fatal to the validity of that section, and tho court having unanimously replied the conclusion that so much of tho second section as makes provision for the Charleston military organizations is without the force of law, it is ordered that the motion for mandamus be refused. A. J. WlLIARD, C. J. January 26, 1879. The Extra Session. In accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court, Governor Simpson will issue his proclamation to-morrow convening the General Assembly in extra session on February 10th next. The Hon. T. B. Jeter, president of the Senate, will at once issue writs of election to fill the vacancies existimr In the Sen ute from Aiken and Horry Counties by reason of tho resignation of Hon. A. P. Butler and tho death of Hon. Wm. L. Buck. There is little or no excitement here ovor the decision of tho Supreme Court to-day. The prompt action of tho Governor is commended by all classes, the iliief apprehension heing that the seadon will be prolonged beyond tho time necessary to correct the defects of the Supply Act. W. H. McK. State of South Carolina. Abbeville County. Probate Court?Citation for Letters of Administration. J. Fuller Lyon, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS,M.G. Zeiclcr, C. C. P. has made suit to me. to grant him Letters of Aa* nlnistrutlon of the Estate anil effects of \ C. McBrldu late ot Abbeville County, 1 leeeased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all ,nd singular the kindred and creditors of the aid T. C. McKrlde, deceased, that they be nd appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, . o be liold at Abbeville C. IL, on Tuesday, he 2d day of March, 18S0, after publication lereoi, ai 11 o ciock in ine iorenoon. 10 snow aituc. it' any thev Imve, why the said Admin- I ?l ration should not b?? gruutcd. I iiVKN under my hand und seal, this 19th day J of January, in theyearor our Lord one j/S. thousand eigh% hundred and eighty and In the 101th year of American lndcy pendence, j Published on the 21?t day of January, 18S0, 11 the Abbeville Press and Manner and on the ourt House door for the time required by J. FULLER LYON, J Judge of Probate, < Jnn 21.18S0, J ! 1 . lobertscm, Taylor k Co, -SUCCESSORS TOiEQ. W, WILLIAMS & CO, Cotton Factors, Wholesale Groccrs, j J -AND- -j' iENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS' 1 and 3 Hayne Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Will give all business their most careful'] ttontion. I Consignments of Cotton Solicited.- < Jnly 23, 1870, tfm .'"I i Coroplaiat for Relief* Lewis W. Perrln, as Administrator of E?tate of T. C. Perrln, dee'd, vs. J. E. Perrln, and other*. DY order of Court the creditors of tbe estate u of Thomas C. Perrln, deceased, are re julred on or before the 23d dny of JANUARY next, to present and prove their demands tgalnstsald estate before me at my office at Abbeville C. H., 8. 0. On that day a reference will be held under uud in obedience to mid order. < 1 EDWARD NOBLE, Referee. December 23, 1870.5t State of South Carolina. County of Abbeville. F. M. Pope vs. Robert Hackett/ v'.,' j Foreclosure of Mortgage. V . . HI 1MIE covenants of the mortgage In this case being broken, I hereby declare the mortage foreclosed; and by virtue of the power Df Kale therein contained, will sell at Abbeville Court House, on Kalcdny in February, A. D. 1880, tbc premises described In Uie MUd mortgoge. * .. Eighty-Seven and One-Half Acres, more or less, bounded by the lands of Tbos. L. Moore, Newton Williams and others. TE11M8 CASH. F. M. POPE, MORTGAGEE Dec. 29tb 1879,11 NEW HI :o: WE respoctfaIly announce to otnr friends that we are now receiving a fine as* sortment of ALL KINDS OF GOODS, at the McILWAlNE CORNER. Will be prepared to furnish goods on liberal terms to prompt paying parties. ' " ' QUAELES & CO. R.P.QUARLES. M.T.QUARLE8. Dec 31, 1879, tf ROSENBERG . RETURNED, a I.': . a AND NOW HAS as food a STOCK of *11 kinds of goods as ever fame to Abbeville His stock now being complete in all of its departments, he taken the liberty of asking every 4>ne to come and Inspect his GOODS and be convinced where - BIT HUH CANBEHAD. * The largest and best selected stock of IKeady-Made * CLOTHING, THIS SIDE CHARLESTON. / ; at prices that can't be beaten In the State. f ' Boots & Shorn BY THE THOUSANDS and at IXJ^V LOW PKICES. Entire satisfaction guamiteed. P.ROSENBERG, Sept. 10,1879, ^tf j statem smrra r mm MAUAU Vi MUV AM JAAYAJk County of Abbevitte. I>* TUB PROBATE OOCHT. "Wardlnw & Edwards, against George Rlchey an Administrator. Complaint forsule of land to pay debt. I WILL SELL omgnleday In Feoruary next, at public outcr^wlthln tbe leiial hoars/ for payment of debts, the following described real estate: All that lot or parcel of land containing ONE ACRE, more or less, with a blacksmith shop thereon, , . bounded by \V. II. Brooks, Mrs. 8. E. Cheat* ' ham and others. I Sold as the property of John Barnett, de- ' ? ccaacd. TERMS?CASH, Purchaser to pay fof pa pers. J. FULLER LYON, . J. Pro. A. C. January 5,1879. State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. IN THE PROBATE COURT. In re estate of John Barrett, deceased. Petition foi* Settlement and Discharge "V OTICE 1s hereby given tliatGeorge Ricbey li as Administrator of the estate of John Barrett, deceased, has filed bis petition in this Conrt prnylng for tbe appointment of ft day lor settling the said estate, and dlscbafg11 nc him from.blft trust: Tt lu nFitnrml Thot Thnnulav diivnr ! February next, be flxed for the settlement, i and discharge as prayed for. and that all persons having clalmsnpalnst thcsald eatate will present them to the Administrator. or Die the name In tlils Court on or before the day at settlement. J. FULLER LYON, .T. Pro. A. C. Probate Court, Dec 30th 1879. For Division. WE will sell at public outcry at Abbeville Court House, on Saleday In January next, all that tract of Uyid situated In Abbe" vllle county, on waters of Turkey Creek, cod* talnlng TWO HUNDRED ACRES, more or less, bounded by lands of* C. L.8mltta Alexander Agnew, Johnston and others. Sule made for the purpose of division. ^ TERMS made known on day of sale. Charles Smith, . D, C- Hart. Dec. 17,1879, tf Sale of the Fair House. THE undersigned will sell at public outcry# at Abbeville Court House, on Saleday in January next, the bouse and lot known as THE FAIK HOUSE, situated on Main Street )n the town of AbbeUlle adjoining lots of C. V. Hammond and Mrs. D, F, Jones, Sold for payment of debts held by them and for others. Terms half-cash, balance on twelve months credit, with bond and mortgage. Purchaser to pay for papers THOMAS THOMSON. J. TOW-NES ROBERTSON, fliis property may bo treated for at private sale, till day of sale. Dec/17,1879/ tf Notice. JUStf RECEIVED : 1000 yards Bleached LONG cloth, Dress goods suitable for th? Reason, Black CASHMERE^ black ALPaO CAS, R. M. Haddon & Go. January 21,1880. Millinery! Millinery!! rk rV/v.An T o/Kno U.tc. ri/vn/v.. I K mwii-o ii?w, *' ivncio, viuouiouMf U Cults and Collars, Veilings, Corset*, &c.? ust received and for sale, at R< M. Haddon &Co's. Ja?narj'21, 1880/ Sewing Machines!! Sewing Machines !!! 2INGER, Light Running "Domestic," Im0 proted "Weed," Sewlnr Machine Needles, 311, oDd Attachments, All tue above to bo found at R. M. Haddon & Co's. January 21, 1880, Notice. 'Kill? rebuilding of bridge ort' Wilson's Creek 1 near John Bnsklns will bC let to the low?st bidder on Saturday the 2b>t 6f February text. Plan mid Kueelflcutlous wlM be giveii m the day of letting. b S. J. HESTER. County commissioner. Jan 21.18S0, tf J QUNNINUHAM A TEMPLETOj^ Have on hand a splf-ndid assortment of L'loaks, Shawls, Felt SUirls, and Dres* ioods. * December 17, 1670.