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Tie Press and Banne IJjr Ilnsrli Wilson and II. T. Wardla Wednesday, Jan. 26,1881 t of TWolI Ta<ri't]?>r hi TTnitv. n Call halo the Amenities. b Tor sr-vcal months the Prcsx and Ti.tn lias noticed with r.'cret ore tslonal remarks some of the brethren of tlie tire s about e: i>!hor which seemed n little unkind, evei fully warranted by the fae's calling fortli si expressions. In our journalistic career have often dlftered from Individual tnenilj of the press on subjects discussed at vari< time?, hut *ve have endeavored to allow no feelings to cntc", and at present we cntorti none hut the klnje?t felines to every hroti of the prof.'ssion. Entertaining these foe!ii we regret tf. see anything like a spirit of t kindness exi<tini* hotwep-i nnv of our hre ron, the nrosenceof which n?u?t come from Imperfect un;lcstandinf, each of thoot!: With your permission then, centlcmen, >>hou!d he i?l:\r| to act as peace-maker hetw< yon. <^f course wo do nut know, nor pcrlu do>s the public know, any eood reason f<*>- < voting valuable space in excellent journal* the ahuso of a brother journalist. ( neighbor, l he Greenville yens, for In star th'in which the-e Is n >t a more sprighi wlile-awake. thoroughly energetic nowspa 1o t'e found anywhere, ilevotes nio-e Its time to the venting of personal feelii "than is usual anions brethren in the "art r servative," or profitable to the public. II oharzed among other things that the Ch>r ; >?i ,Vwj and 0>?rit iw the news Itoinf the Greeiiviiie .Yew withontuivinjrdue ere? "On the matter of credits we have never t>< very sensitive.and ihe Press emcf Hnnmr \\ never fall out with any contemporary t>ccai he may quietly make use of nr.yththi; Whl lie may fin'' in our columns. While thii true, wccon fess that It is flattering to on vanity to leoeive credit for whatever *>urs an exchange paper n:ay use, anil Is gratifying to know that a tiro ct rditor thinks any Item of sufllch interest to transfer it to his columns, wlictt lie gives us cro lit or not. A great primer li the Xeus and Cornier cannot afford to go < of its way to ignore, or to he impolite to a of its less pre'entious exchanger. Tor tl reason we hope that any seeming neel ^jor apparent slight by that paper to t Grvcnville Xewi was the result of overs!; or unintentional error of some kind. A then on the other hand, it seems scarcely to the dignity of so good a paper as the Ore to sDCiik of its biir contcinnor.i lis if it wore an old woman. Whatever em the Charleston. yews and Courier may h:i committed, :ird it Is not, denied that it 1 cunmit'eJ grave errors, that fact does not, our opinion, furnish sufficient itround lor injured editor, even though lie be the in humble of the rural publishers, to so forget the dignity of his high office us to tend tho public sense of prujarieiy, a to violnte the laws of politeness whl usually characterize the intercourse 1 . tween gentlemen. On other grounds w^uld also hope to see o:ir brethren observe loast the externals, or forms of courtesy, ev though anything else than good feeling shoi cxist> The public us a rule iiro not at ull 1 tcrested In personal piques, nnd the p mentation of such matters is wearisome to t readers of a journal which cNh'.blts too mm or too long-continued temper. Our friends In Charleston. Columbia a Greenville huvecacii had tilts nt each oth and we think the renders of these jouin are wlliiu^ to let the matter stand. We hope in time to see the exhibition temper and the use of 'strong" words entl ly abandoned by the South Caro'ina pre The exhibition of temper, and the use of ut words neither elevates or dignities a news) per, but it'detracts from tiic highest stanJs of Journalism. If our venerable a id learn . * mat"1, who, some timtui *- ? <raugnt us on the word "learn"?for wnlch Will accept our thanks?will observe the t:graphic account of the Prosperity atliiir in t Acusand Courier, and then read the account the same occurrence In his own paper, he w fully appreciate what wcaredriv ngnt,a will see why we copied hit* neighbor's versi rather than Ills own. Wc read bo'.li and c< icd the one containing the fewest objectior hie wonts. How a man with the scholarly talmnents and the refined taste ol the edit of the Ilrgbt- r can coni'escnd to draw f. < th i vocibulary of tiic street urchin, think of admitting into ills newspaper su words as "blac k devils," "fiends," ett\, isnx ihan wc are able to understand. It is ne< Qeas to say. even in describing the worst crimes, tli.it such words must grate 011 cj . polite. Such a use of these words being aviation of itood taste. their use cannot but offensive to tlie public. and we contend tl no editor hus a riuht, knowingly or willing Unwound tlie senslbi)itic3 of liis readers. 'Brethren, let us "with larger heart and kit 3ier hand,'' cultivate the amenities for tl .year of grace, 1SS1. With tlie hope that o friends in the City by the Sea, and those theCongaree. as well as those whose home iindor the shadow of the Blue Ridge. will j cept our oiler of friendship in the same kit Hy spirit which it is given, we propose a bui j>cr to the health and prosperity of the G>e> \-illc Newt, the Columbia RvyUtev, and t 4:h(irlvslon News and Courier. Let us be <;o humored,brethren; but if we can't be go humored, let us at least be courteous. ? ? The Crime at Prosperity. The details of the recent crime by two r groes against the person of a young lady I'ritfspcrlty, Newberry county, and the prom lynching of the porpetratbrs of thcilecd m; l>c lound In another column. It seems to that assaults upon females have become mo common throughout the whole country, an M'e believe, without exception, the offend ? has suffered at the hands of an outraged pu ~ ll? In IhluSfnKill Unorlulnthul mi nrlmli: of this class has escaped, aiid It mi<ht he wi for those contemplating the commission nich offences to bear this fact lit mind, crimes against the law, there aro usually sor extenuating circumstances, hut for such < fences no mitigating facts exist, and nop! for mercy will avail. Thecertain, speedy pu ishmcnt by the populace conies from two re nous: First, the enormity of thecrlme; h ond, the almost certainty that the prisoner taken into court will escape or break throu the meshes of the law. It is a fact, which presume no ir.telilgent man in South Caroll will deny, that the law has very little ten to those v ho contemplate and commit gm offences. The courts and Juries from a sick sentimentality, or from other consider.! tloi have about ceased to punish crime, and 1 people of South Carolina have for scve yearn, been compelled to take the law it their own hands. The first lynch Ins, we lleve,ever done in South Carolina, was in t case ot the Harmon murderers in l*7(i. Ev< year since then the citizens of th-Slate ha felt called upon to administer Justice, and I u fact that tluy have put more men todea than have all the courts and Juries of t State. Lynch law is not a safe law?but it our only protection when the courts oft State refuse to punish offenders iiRainst I person. The punishment for nssnuMina lady has never been deferroJ in South C? limit and wo presume it never will be. Thi a crime which Is sure of detection, and I pwful and deserved penalty can in no case tSCHpcd. Our Court. Court, under the new law*, will he linlden this place next Monday. Our Lecisla'ure i the Supreme Court have nltere I everythins this State several times since ihe war. incl Ins quite a number of changes in the tim< Ibo siftingsof the Court of General Sessl. and Common Pleas. The OrernvlWe Advert hns this to say on the subject of the rec changein (lie time of holding Court: "If fomemember will Introduce, at them session a bill entitled "An Act for the pro! tion of the Kluhth Circuit." which shall nii It an of'enee to infmducea bill Into eit! branch of the General Assembly tochangr In any way Inter fere with the time of hold our Courts. the puni-hmeiit of which shall disqualification from ever lioldlnsr n seat Hint august body known as the General , SHtnhly of South Carolina, lie will cntitlehj fdf to the gratitude of the Kljrbth Circi and we will advocate his re-election." The many changes of our important In and their unstiibPnvss have done as much demoralize our people as anything else, spirit of unrest, ami a great desire on the p of a large number of us to do soi thing extraordinary,seems to have taken i region of our people. Not satisfied w changing the statutes at lnr>;e, some po' clens evince n desire to gn further and more, tobren* up the organic'aw of the Si l.y calling a Constitutional Convention. We need now a rest from political exel merit, and a concentration of our energies I be material development of our state. 1 need more comfortable homes, and more w< tilled farms; and these desirable tilings ci pr>t be bad, If we are to l>e constantly Intra / it by fho politician, who is more anxious Ms own promotion than for his ccuntr good. ./?? Cotjrl beclns at Abbeville next Moudt Tin J rlnu r * 111 l.o j;Ii;d to tec ulou*. fnelit ti/i U >j( } ou. j An Act Which E.islaves Employees. ' An Act t'> make It a misdeincanorto entire or ? persuade a In)) >rcr to leave tin- employment i.f anotuiT, or (o cmp'oy a laborer undir tout met with another. "tt 1 it onaeted by ttic Senate and House of ! Representatives 01 the s?utc of South Car?*li[, i Hit. now met and sitting iti (iciK-ral Assembly ami hv the authority of tl>e s.ime. That any ~ rfNiti or persons wno shall entic.'or |?i-rj sii.ide hv any in- ans whatsoever. any tenant ,11(1 ] t :\.iu:s, lA>Kirur <>r labo ers. under coinnci with another, duly entered into between the two parties in the pres.-nceof one or more wit! ii?"-so.s, wht:her su<*li contracts bo verbal or in iter j writing, to violate sncn contract, or j-liall em!iv I J -1 any Itttton r or lab >rors, knowing him, * , siei or them 11 t>c under contract with nno:h1 cr, sh 11i be Ue nicd guitt.v of a misdemeanor, i Ifland upon c- nvicti'in thereof sin lhetln?nlnoi lc), ! less than twcniy-tive normo e than on-' hu idrcd dollars or b? imprisoned i;i the c unity w,,ijaii not les? tl.iri ten or more Ihc thiity days, ers | . I I'ho above U the lawto which reference was ms jjl made la<t week as being "a futile attempt to nil! 01 ntro' r'" Ip'"' " careful reading of the i law, however, we havoeoncludoii to withdraw (l or that ps rt of the a: tide which characterized it Jn j "as a futi'.c attempt to control labor." Wo ' ,. i believe, under thai law, the employer has abfr n ; solute power and ' control" over his "labor," 'and the hired man is iherebv roobedoi every i'*r. * vestige of I he rich is of a freeman, we i . I Heretofore it has been thepoiicv of ceir form >cn i i of government to extend the greatest protein ins I . | tion and the greatest privileges to the p eircr ' c'assof ourci: izens. Public lands have been : to ' - j given to actual settl es in fee simple or at a ' inpro until I n?il tl'iire- Hie homestead txeillin ioi?. ; - - ? ? ? jv | t!o-) in l.iml and personal property linr* boon poj[' iiiailc; and recently certain other induce 0|- men Is for immigrants to come amorist u>> hi>.Vo been nflerci l>\ t lie Slate in the v/.i voire,ri.. b:itts taxes; and the strong oorponuion , js that controls the Air I.ine Railroad at tills ^ i time hnx two agents In Italy fir tin: purpose . 0j. of inducing people to come from that land to ljt | this where homes and transportation are of* '! fcr' d at the lowest figures. ' 1 j j { In the face of Mi or. (nets It serins strange I that the host and most conservative Lcgi?laI ture that nas met in Columbia, since l>etno. ! cratic reconstruction, should have fallen Into s |s i . , i the error of passing a law. which, if it has any "?! clfect or force at all, must be exceedingly op.. !pressive 10 the laboring class. Jnoivopint(,.! ion, it sives the ctr.p'oycr entirely too mueh . n't' i'"W(T over liis hired man, and tbis power up" r |???? which no restraint wha'everls piacc I, will ! no doubt in many instances work great hard i?u ; nit 'h'1'Ps 10 ",e !;ll,o:'er. Tlie emplo.xcr is fully |1V i protected in any wrong he may choose to in. I .*s; rtict, bocausp he knows that none of liis nelglii'ct',,ors Ciin -'ve bircd nian employment. On ! the other hand, there is no 'protection" at all ,|j, f<-r the tiiied in;in ugainst tlic ill-treattuent lie nd' ,nil-v receive. Up j The moment a man consents to work foran-(I_ other, whether on the farm, in the shop, on the irv ; railroad, or elsewhere, it a|>p'j:r> to lis, under 01.g | that law that he ls:;s much hound, hand ami lYe i foot, as if he were In fact livid in bondage. No msj other man can employ him, even if he were jn ' forced away because of ill-treatment. Asa an matter of fact, could riot the Railroad corpo,)St | rations give public n >ticc of the names far' ?f tllc,r employees, and then inflict o!-J wrongs upon them because of their absolute i.j power over them ? Could not a farmer so Icli 1 l,ea.t his hiied man, that he could noti?tay [j0_ i with him and then when he was gone, could j he not forewarn tlie \ Ublic against glviug him ,lU : employment? en ! The law may be equitable and just, and in ll(1'exact accord with a high Sense of right, but n_ ; we confess our inability to see it in that way. j In our opinion, the net is so monstrous, that j the hl{ji?er courts would set it aside, bemuse of ', | its nearness to nomc laws which the constiluLib.' tion of tlio State and of the United states exn(] dcclare shall not be enacteiU or, i "* <rr> *" ?M The jlaildox Murderers. ! Wo have been asked many times what the ? | State authorities are doiti^ to discover the C. pei petrators of a most fi.ul deel committed ss)! on the 17th Novcmtier'l.ist, upon an Inollen' " ;sive family near DonaMsvil;e? the murder '! paj\(1 ltic husband and father. To noju>tlf these In v? v wvuu naj't: en ^i\t* n miiimucanswer, -Several times we havccallui " atteTIThJh to this mutter In tlie coluninsiif the lf> : Pressand //tinner, and have- felt disappointed at the ollicial neglect of this rase, but recenthe t ori,y wo have been in!oViue 1 on the best author, j j j itv. that the Governor has not yet b<en ofli. 1 daily notified of the crime in (lUestlon. We aresuiprlseu at this Information, beeiiuso. the .Aetol the General Assembly, approved Feb'f' ruary 17.1X73,) a;^e Ml1 of the statutes at large la*' provides that the Coroner shall forward a reat*;port "to the Governor within three days aft or i "the holding of an inquest by him, or, in ea*e , "of escape, within three days after notice o: ?'"j'such escape, which report shall embrace th? c'' i "name of the person killed, and thu name oi >rej "the person, if known, charged with commit!: "ling such homicide, together with u w;?j ?f OI "the evidence taken before the jury o:' inquest, lrs ' "and the verdict rt-ndered thereupon." ''""j As the holding of an iiujise^t is a duty l,c' which u Trial Justice is not often called upon 1:11 to perform, we ri produce the law thiit>:ov!y'jerno or should govern them, In tills purlieu-, i lur. id- < _ t lisi ,ur: Redistrictin^ the State. "? 1 By whatever rule Congress way adopt for is;iht> apportionment ol members to Congress, *c-1 under ihc n? w census, South Carolina will Ik d- the gainer, i:nd in the future we wili have six, "> j instead ol five inembers in the Home af Kcpj re?en:ati vc*. at Washington. The redlsiricthp ing of the Sta'.e by the Legislature to eouform ?d;to the new ord-rof things, is an important j ?d act, which shouhl begin to receive the atten-; I Hon 01 luc public, as well us consideration by the members of the General Assembly of the State. When v/. show the color line, the prosi pect Is noi bright lor a rest on polities. With 1C" i tliis great black majority in the body politic, nt i It will necessitate our bcin-c constantly on t:ie alert, and ever watehlul for the best in:erests, "J* j no: only of the white man, but of the whole u") people of the State. The colored people have 'ro j no separate interests from our own, and it is "Mas well to hope for the. better as to fear the er| worst. These can be no doubt that the.-e black " 'people contribute largely to the material ft'iweulih of the State, and at piesent, viewing ] the matter from a Democratic standpoint, their Influence for evil is scam ly felt. Tak'n ln',r this view of the matter It is possible that n<> tliis great mass of voters to watch our legisla1 tlve. judicial, and otlicial acts, may act upon ea our politician, both as a stimulant and as a re1,:* straint ? a stimulant to commendable acts, ' '*: and a restraint against doing the wrong. We fc"jask attention to an Interesting communica '* j uon on inis subject wiiieli inny l>c round un'^,l J iter the signature of "Statistics ' we: - ? na ror General Butler's Views and the Ker,ve! shaw Gazette. | In reference to the assertion alleged to huve been made by Senator Butler, tliat we have too many negroes in South Carolina, the Keishuw ' Gaze tic says; ito . Instead ol' an overplus of laborers, with cotDe"1 ton at li cent>, there is an urgent (teniaml lor he; land. tiiul a dceitlcl tendency towards an mlvamein wages. In*tci.doi lessening the nuiu| ber, oxeeft for the political view of it, we ive might fairly increase it. T a<; intlucnceoi ttie t Is i negro in the stiu^lc ol labor capital, (h I would be much nunc felt, if there were teut r ': of tliem; for tt.e demand would be greater in "c ! proportion to the scarcity; tnc h.U.iin^. and ; is consequent advance in wages, wouul result in t)1(.' a complete demoralization; and higher \Vuges 1 : privileges, ami indulgences, always result in ; bad work and insolence. Kvcn us l! is, with : a the number we have, it will be lound ju*-t at ro. tiiIk time a greater competition lor^outi lands than Is hcai'tliy or desi;u.bi<\ Imagine one-halt of the labor of K'-rshaw I he county taken oil to-morrow. What a row i would follow They are wanted where lin-y ; now are. aini win be Kepi iu> long as the mi: tm e Hi' I he case permits. j The immigrant, tiie white inun we need j here, is one Willi some capital; ever so Utile it may be, but enough t<> set up for himself, I wiih intelligence sullielent tli.it while lie at, Works lie tun direct the work of othois. linmil prove theinud*aud givea permanent vuiueto all ubuut him. ! in ud-j ;ofj The Labor Qnestlon. >ns ^.o thank "Fanner" for his Interest in a tv^r public muticr which concerns every citizen. * 1 While he holds views somewhat different j from our own, as to'the propriety of reducing the He'd force, wo admit that h.s portion is a ?ke R'ron8 one, and iiis remarks are well worthy her of thought. We are chid to note that he Is in ! or accord with us on the subject of retaining un'n7 i willing labor on the tarm. ltead ' Farmer's'' in I article. *?H llll-| Liit, Wc heard a f irnier wh'> lives outs de of the [ '-hog up' section i.f the county sa> recent.v that it w is iinposs.blo lor that section to comlVVS pete in jf.irii'iug witn the Section wiierc wo to have the advantages ol the sio-lc law, for j\ ; while they w*ie cutting and splitting rails, i buiiding new fences and lepairing old ones, arli we were bnnkIns up land and p.eparlng for ne-j tiiecrop, and would always b'- ahead of them icR-i until the stock luw was extended to their s?ctio i. 'l'liis is literally true. Vou l ad better apply lor the law, gentlemen.?I'ickam tieiiUiti-! ntl. ^ ^ ate New York, January 22.?The Alexandria ;obt:isk was placed ov?-r its pedestal in f.'en1 tral Park to day. betwen "i,0(l!>and 1 ',?KKtpcople llo-j witnessing the operation. Among those presto lent were: secretary ot the Navy (joll.Jitcre... . tn?y Kvarts, the members of the park com0 ; mission, Cohcctor Morritt and representatives fll- 'of the Masonic fraternity. A guard ol sailors ! and matinesfrom the navy-yard, ledb.v the marine band, formed a conton around the KS" monolith. A few iiiinutesaftcr noon i.ieulenfor ; aiit-CominanderGorringe gave the signal,and v'm ! tlie pillar wi.ft qiii<*kly raised f.om a horizoni tal to a perpi lidieular position amidst tlie eni thu*lasmof the spectators. There were no for; null ceremonies. ?y.i in.! Wo regret to announce that .Mr. W. T. Mo "j Doiiald lb qu.te tick. j A1KEX OIIJECTS AND EXCEPTS Reply to Stolhrand's Notice of C'< test?Proof of Fraud Demanded. Colonel lv Tjary, attorney for Hon. W.vatt Allien, In the contested clcull"it I .?w.- rv..... 11.,. Till I'll lYlllir sional District, left Abbeville yesterday, s1 ! Iris served tin' t'clluwiuganswcr upon J ! stolhrand. or Ills attorney J. F. llobbs. presume Site li rht will now commence In ( ! nest. I.et our people wateh tlie evidence I J may tin furm-lied t>y the enemies In ouro I community. Whatever these witnes es n swear will he fhre to come to light, and i j people should not rc-t until every man v i swe ;rs falsely ispunishel. Should dep marshal's idiiic to arres! o'ir citizens, tl ' should endeavor ioavoid b -inn left alone w I any on.? of them, for there is no telling ! wha: they may swear. In cases of this kl the vovernni' nt usually furnishes the i jder.ee, and then does the punishing. . wonder to us, wiiy a jury should cnivict a 1) dy upon the evidenec of paid wltno>j ' Ri-nd the account elsewhere of some rec i ti i'tls in Charleston Washington. P. .Tnmviry 2-, iss If, .7. Sr?)t.:i;:.\N'?. I scj., t n'uiiii>ia, S. i sir: Your notice of Contort "in the mat {of the election of Representative to the F i tv-Seventh '"on^r'-ss," served upon me --- > 1 I.- IT.till,u u-,i? 11111 v , Jlllll .? 1 nil II. .? U. . :od.and in n:p;y thereto I have lo say. tIi:i 1 objectand except to each ami all the uroui i of coniest >'.s therein set forth ? ! First, Heeau-o tin- allegations arc so vaf jiind gene'ai that. Ii:? v tiocome immater I and no evidence wnuM be competent in tli b< hi If. Second. No precincts b"lng named, i ' fiamis specified. nor name-, oi parties to i alleged aeneral frauds hem; mentioned. >:rounds fall from want of sulllcieiu parti llavlt.'. j Third. Were I' po-sibleto prove anil e:-t I lisli the uener.d alienations made, there neither evidenc -n >r claim I hat the eo-itf jant was a ciiiiliilal'i for election to the For j Seventh Conuress ot the Uniled states. i And not waiving my exception* to vi sniil. notice of co t st. I hereby ex pies ! iViiy each and ail tin' cliages and a'h'g iii' j tiicr. ii! contained and ?el lortn, and do j(|Uireyon to prove the same. ' Prepared, as I am, to vindicate m.v right j a s -at in tin- Forty Seventh ' onari ss of i i'nited States as a metnuer from tlm 'l b j p.sti ic of tin; State oi .-oath i'arolina, I Jinto and chargeas a matter pertinent to i-sie ini.?ed liy yo't, that at v ai ions prc.'itl in the District persons of co.or desiring vote the I'emncruie ticket, upon which I \ 'a candidate, were debarred the privilege Sod'iin:; unless in seercs.v, or under the i ; lection of theireiiiplojvrs: that havinir vo j tiie Democratic lii-k-t t ;ey were proscrll i and nialtreaied by pai ties, b <th in d" and mate, of their own Met: tha' Hcpublh | voter*.on the day of ejection, took po-?e-s i of the polls tin I liehl them as lung as U : were ao!e to the exclusion of 1 etnoern ! volets; and that general intlmldntl >n oec j red at various precincts in :he Oistrle?. All of tlitse several and various nllozatl* I will be proven, and it will be shown tl 1 ii in i incsc-?:ci> uin ui i i-u uwi.i .< .......... Richland Conniy, pom iri.i, Newberry ?'o i.v, liivi'UWDiKl ami C'o!;c<i?my. Abbe v. Cou'ity, ai?'l I.e.\lturion ?" urt House. I further eh:ir:j? ami shall oiler to prove tl atevt ry precinct iit tin* L)istrictco!or<*d vo. tlt-sirlrij i? vote ilie Democratic ticket \v compelled nmlerduiTss to vole a ticket oil thun that <T I Iielr choice. lUfpCeifUly, Ac., D. WVATf A IKE> AX UNEXPECTED CONVICTION II FKAUDULENT VOTING. ; Mr. W. L. Webb, of (ieortretoivn, 1 Victim?The Testimony against II given by Negroes nutl (juvermm Detectives -A Verdict of Not tin ty in the Williamsburg Ca^es. i\"t(tttil Cute<CV\ I At the opening of tlie United States T irivt l ou;t on . Nitur.tay morning t.ie ju charged with thceiiseol tin; Called Slnti's I ? Umj.-di, \vln? was on rrl: ill on ii'ioriii.iii'di tor voting twic.' in V li;iiii?br.rtj Conn y curing tliv.* ia.-t Bene itivCiiuu, eaiae into Court tuul rendered n v U.cloi not guilty. 'the Assistant District. l?; i.i-y stated that tie \.oaid consent, l?y ajji nivni.toa low Hie same Jury to write a \ Uutoi not guilty nguinsi L. A ' ' ' j;, eh.irj wuli tiic .same oti'enee t to ti upon the same stale " Ij.tijs. mis was do uud tlie ' "jf, hi Loiisiucration of the I' W;,vt tnej.uy hadOcen out ti l n.^nt, then c i ini.s-i.vl tlieiu until .Monday morning, i "me Court then resumed the in nrinu of i Case of tlie 1; nitvd Slates against Mr. Win, j vVeUO, of (Jeoigetown, charged with voti iWent.?-one ballots at tlie .*>.im|>it poll. U.'eorg. towu county, on the day of the 1 I geheun fleet on. ] In tli(> case me woverinueni nr<i piu in i I ideuce an sitlida\it of t?. E. lierriot, a no: Kcpublicun candidate lor school coinlni<M< or iii thecounty, ami ih<w acting in ih.it paeity. This niiiilavit alicges tliat tin* tic nent saw .Mi. Wenb during the ur?,v sainii > about ten yards fiom ttio | oil fouling h.il t i t'i.ere \> as no i.negation liml lie w.iV f.jidi i the ba.lots lobelia r or thill the ballots so I ing lo.ued were the ones alleged to Have bi : vot-.M tuqi-tlicr. j it ib? n Kennedy, one of tin niaiia'^rs i elce.ioii a. the .*s<.mpii poll, a colored itepi | .icaa, leMiileil th->I when th- dofendautea i tip to vote the l>ailot box was full, iiikI ti ! when bepawed Ills b. Hot in the aj.ertitre j tne b>\ u coti.it not jiet in by reason of ' ! ballots in lie box. l'l.at hem.v by tiie uti i uai size ol' tiio b.illot Hint Something v 1 wrm.g, and ke.t Ills eye on it. as u siiil stu ! in tin-opening of the bo* until tne poll v j eiO>ed. as soon as the box wn.s opened I I same ballot was found on top anu found ' eon.am tut n:y-one tissue baoots. 11. T, Johnson. colored, testitied tothesai ' state ol laet>u? Kennedy. i W. If. N?1?oii, coloreit Jfepublican and n ; ing as Unit* d States marshal at the Sam I poll, t'f>nll?'d taat he bad seen Mr. Webb f>> j lug some tickets together. That. Mr. We I then caine uj? t<? the poll and oiteicJ to vu I ile (wiinctisj hnJ obji cted to his voting j cause he jaw the sin-til t ickets loided in J large one. Mr. Webb, ho*'ever, voted, a | the uckci stuck In the opening. On the cross examination the witness, af j being admonished that lie would be cout jdtcit'd. swore thai he had never te-tiiii d on pre\ ious examination that the drfeiidmit li 'polled the la t ticketduiiimtheday. Men l testified that four or live votes had been 1 posite.l after Mr. Webb vot-d. 'i he bunch i licit?ts had been found diuc'.ly on lop wli j the box was opened, | '1 lie poll iist which had been introduced ; the case by the ueleuee showed liial. J ,> ebb's name appeared as the .'1S!Mh on I list while the total vote cast tvs shown by I | same list wes VK. So that is votes were* n ! essarily cast after Mr. Webb voted and ; ! .N.-l-oa testified that- the bunch of tickets li been loun t idiecily on top, ami Kennedy t i tilled lliat the bunch had stuck In the h and was the last vote erst. i li. L>. liourne. white, testified that he | oue of the ni:-na:C!'s at the Sampil preci on the day oi the la--t election. He knew 1 d'.'endaiit, W?>bb, and saw him vote ah it oVlock hi the afternoon. H heard 'Oiiiei siy that more th in one ticket mid be- n vo lie l In n went to I In* box a iumisvii i iel- oi li el over some other ticket* sticking in I ; aperture. VVlion the box was opened found out buiicti of tickets ft lde<l together : tlie lop ami another l<iuicli was found rov e l up. The bu'.ieh on top c*<>111uii;c<t 21 tiel; | These ticket* hoi been hai.ile.l over toon< ! the United Stales supe: visors lor sale-lie lug. i on the cross examination the witness to fled thai the bunch ?>r twe?iy-onc tickets I beent ikeii out an>i only our of them 1 : been counted. He did not know whetiier ; Webb had voted more than oi;e ticket or n land c >ird not say whether the tickets foil i folded together were vimd l>y him. The v : ness was handed one of the tickets nil cued : liave been voted by Mr. Webb, itnd tc>li. j that it ctintaiuid the names of but two I). : ocrats, .John S. Kiciiardson and .1. Z. Me?.'< j nel. Tlie other names on th?s ticket were i Republican*. The witness further tcstit I that the defendant had been a Democrat sii j ISTii; that lie was a K"pnb!l<n:i previous I thai time; that sincc 1 >7*> lie had taken an a , ivc pal tin tile support of the Democratic j/ ' iv. Tlie witness lurther Mat-'d thai wiien .' Webb voted, lie, witness, I.a I licen standi ; by tlie lirepl..ee. mid that Mr. I'aul.anolhei ! tin- inana^i-rs. wit* standing c oti> the In : lie thoughl liic ? utside ticket had been i hi the Mix mill counted. . A. Kaabur^, Unite I >ttiles Deputy marsh ! KtaUM tlmt In* vt'd III-* wiiTantoi arrest >lr. W'eliti, in (ioor4?.-to\vn County, with 1>< uty .Marshal CitrUi-. That l;urk<*. it iippm was an "Id friend ol' Mi. Webb,:lie defenda I and asked him how he li.,d not into su:-l scrape. The liOiC'iiee ubjeeli'd to the brin^i 'ontoi an.vthinu li!?c a eonio-sinii from I p issuer wnile lie was nndei duress. Thow ii< k- stateii ihat he h; d warned tne deleudi no: to say anything avainst himself, but tl | he had inside! upon sayi':jj Ilia! he liail vi 1 ed the twenty-one* lielcrts untlcr a prcssi from the licnnti rats, who had ihniiii'ned | kill him and bum Ills house it' I.i* didn't il<> i Mr. K-.'lly. who the ilefeiida iiL t<iC conclusion of l-'iiiihlira's teMimoi stuicd thai he had ii<i quest loll > l??r the a nrss. wh-tso < har;u icr was fin Innately I wi II known to t.te Jury to need any cont (11 -i Ion of Ills lest linouy fie i. V. Kurke. Uiiib d Siatos deputy 111 ! shut, stated that he w? nl with F ialjur^ make the arrest of Mr. Webb. The morn I aft-r the arrest he had asked Webb how came to be in such a lis. Tip; defendant- s:i , h?* lived lnab.il n<'i/liboiiio <d. He said j would say hioieahoul itwlien lie it to tow 1 lie said that someoneci.se nivi- hi in t In- tisj tiekets. He had never asked the wltn I wtifth'T he had voiod the tissue tickets, a I had not heard him say lie hail voted them. I On the cross-examination the witness si the defendant ha I said lio was afraid of I neighbors, who were all white Democrats. Thd defence then opened its ease and tl examined the de:emiant, William I,. Wei who testitled that 1|.- had Voted but one !)< oeratie ticket. He Was handed tbe liekets li ned to have been vote<l by him. and Icj Hi d that the mimes upon them were all I publicunsexcept the name of .lohn s. ltii imlMin. He denied asabsolu ely false the t . Ilmony of Faa'iuru that he bad confessed j having voted more than one ticket, ami a j denied the t? stitnouy of Murke that lie li i stated that he wks afraid of his ueilbbi; Kaaburj bad come to liiui and said tl.at tin was soiiiethiiit: tobc unveiled In (ieoruet'e County, and that he ai one time havim; be :i i!i>nd Republican was in a posh ion to t all about it. His (allure to ylve the de>i ; Information to Kaaburjj was the probal cause for his maliciously fal-.o sweann.'. '(witness; was a nieni.'tcr of the Flenu.cra ; executive committee from Siunplt prcclu The cross-examination failed to brini; i anything further than a positive reiteraii j that he Inul voted but a single Pciiioera I tlckei on the day of the last vcneral electh i He denied over liavilli; stated to l-'aabui n tl ! he had been promised by Mr. Macusker, t 1 Democratie candidale lor school eonnuissii or, a school in Georgetown, and further still that lie had always hat/ a school in I neighborhood, where lie was the owner 3,7(H.Oacres of Inn I. Mr. Kelly, fo-the defence, stated that would not instil". the intelligence or Inlei'r of the jury by sa.vimj one word of ai'tiunu in a c iijc so clear and so couviticiin; of the lioceiici; <if the accused, lie contiden claimed a verdict of not guilty upon t ei'sr c* made out by the <Sovcrn incut. '!' assistant district-attorney followed wl an argument for the prosecution, and I jui-?- wea' then carefully clinrircd by Juil ' l'.i van niut retired or comultation. | The Jiny. sifter an absence ot some tin rendered a verdict "f .nly ?!'11 a recoi | nicadalion to the leniency of the Court. ! The Charleston Pulpit. >u-j ! FAITH THE KE\ TO THE STOK }x\ HOUSE OF GRACE. for res-1 mil Th;? First Sermon Prcaelied in Trini /'i iu i? riiuiviii iiv u?v_ A. * ?j Jit V"l" VH ?/J *??/! ?? VW Ucl Smith, .Sunday, January J), 1S8L jar,int [Smiditi/ .Vc-Mw.j ' I "Brlns yc nil the tithes into tliestornhoi " ! that there may be meat in m.v house, n i:<y i i?ro* o hip tio>v licifwiHi, siiitil thi! Lord our Hosts, ii I will not open jou t!ie windows 1'ei o i a i?l pour 0:1 o ii u hlcvsinii il.a'tin ' ",w j slnill not Oo room enough to reuc.ve It.' r.ty Mm. iii. p). , .v | Cioii ha- widely and graciously suspended ' 1 prohii'-t-d ti.esfings upon llu; exercise ol'uii ':,l| ri;e only condition of rued vim; is, "lieilevi toiVor arc the bio sinii* pronils.-d small-. \ ml | oiay p.xli;r.il tin- rpu;:ti 01 tlm heart's desire ..' Its utmost; \vc may lake in ihe whole ran fVI" of htiioan need anil human capability, a riiej r.iitii holds tin* key t > unlock the inflti ,1 v- j *t"fe house of grace to supply ail tli'Se. , * j purchase money is required of the guilty !iCS* i p;oeuro pardon and purity, but thesini| cut j condition olleicd toad Is, "Uelicvo and j eeive." i ThN is n wise provision. I! preserves Go * ) honor. He Is not. a snarlinsr civil turiiemm > i '"n pay. '"it a co 1111 a-Kiouat"Saviourdesl 11 [?er I to kivi; life and llbiriy to the sinning so ; i.'ould we pi?reha-e our salvation by aoyihi 'J.v j we e mid give or do, (iod would not be \vi 'v*illeis. It woual ariueimp. rieuUon and s ' ' | lishn-'ss in 11:in. We have taken from II nils 1 what lie loved and what was nccu-sary to 1 : happiness, and when Ho ispiid back ] I idealss??:ilslily over UN recovered goolsa ' d.! is salistlcil. Who would thus degrade 1 >eir ' < {<h{ ? The loviui; In art of our Father ioi ! to s?p character in lis restored lo parity a ''pr j righteousness. and charade;* is not 111 ablll I lie f I trim |M> fill lilll 111 hfdiftv t 111*. ,!"'i .\nyotliei condition of salvation orbiossi l'u* I wouid degrade us. Many men l<> >K upon I i Chris:i:;n ro itrion as de^radlnc in lis torn ; Tliey would like lobesaved. They would li enter u, on the experience spoken of Chri-lians, l>u; the conditions arc ilcxrudii !>' i If I,ey could claim It by rijrltt ? if they cot ! pur-ha^e if, I hey woi.hl accept it. I'.nr lo a >nr!ii I hey will not. Snppo-c wo could pun-ln S'.V pardon and Massing! How much is pard his worth? What reverence coil id Ihorc In* l'oi ,e* J law which would put a co me cisil value i | on iti violation ! How d"!ir ul in i tons wot i! !?< should Cod put su-.-h a value upon i l.io |'hii value of a hitman sual Ir beyond coinj rj' Itiion. Therefore! roil oilers to uivc Hal vat I . lo Hum. who ask oj" 111 in believing, the: such provision Is likewise ^melons. Ilr's ; brings salvation \> it,hl"> the rcceti of all. i may not lie ahlo touive or to do. hut all m vfts ! l>eli<*? o. King and peasant. rich and po 1 young and old, sh k and well, a!l may conn >ro- y;|h this simple rei|Uiionienl.,'l!clievoon t '< '[ Lord .Icmis Christ and thou shall ho save l?y this the world is made one -vide Hcthe*i ! and at our feet themoving wate s->f salvnti :an continually How, and we have only to step and lie healed. 10.v | !i may he n?kc>l why ilicn n,-c works rcn' l"_<: i od of us at ai V .May we not Just believe a :; o on as we lis? ? Why dons the text app1 to suspend the blessings promised upon wor Ills t>> I,a flnmi 9 f?iv.f hi-re :i c.io'.l matlV becol ''taI cnniuv-d. Even Lutli'-r condemned thoEr . tie of James. siiyliii it deserve;! to be Ituri I'1'" and w..s not. canonical. He thouvht. a ",c many sln"c have tl?o:i*_rht, that Paul a James contradict each other. lint they arc li:,t perfect harmony. 1'aul ulvcs the simple c ditlou of the Compel and c mtrasts It with t p'iari>aie. and hcallierti Ideas of expiation jrif.s and dc-ds. James eon.Icms thedoetrl : afterwards Known as Anilmonlunlsin, \rhl j taiii:lit t'iat sin Inhered In the Mesh, and ll ' j a man must do sinful works ns long s s lie 1 ed. ami that as Christ had kept the law 3 It him he was under noohliulou to net well. I piety wnsto lie wholly that.of the Spirit a ! uciof the conduct Paul declares faith to the com! i: loll of sal vat loll, it lid .lames dee ill I ho works to tie t he evidence of faith. And this is the relation between I If t\v ' Faith conditions blessings, works evldei 'lit faith. lil- We cannot sen faith. It cannot he hronj i within tin; bounds of measurement. Just i our stro'iK'h. We can not compute It nbsira i ly. The size of a man's arm may not uive )IS. I measure. Rut we may see strength in ex irv 1 <-l<e, in doing. We measure II by what It do v:s| So Willi failh. Wesceit In exercise; we me l:,'y Ure what It does and estimates its power, k'ii- ff we had not such means of estimating ,,..,1 we would ever be left in uueertuluty a? tr? n salvailoii, mid the wo.Id would be robbed \i- tl??* potverand Inlliienceof piety. :tv.. Our nature and our situation ^.lUlres v/o at our hands when faith N.'Vu as a power Od il'"* 80"l> 'lai ; Our outward life i? the expression of the Iif? ' "(M* uiuu^ui.s. y\. man > vuiiuuoi n*v uu ict Prc>it(11>ii of tils character. We may not |1}. alnc to read such cm.duct aright, anil when . do not WO sa.V we have been deedvo l ill I i?. . man. tlius iieknowledgins thnf fh?cotidt ? does interpret the clninrelor. Put faith. t.lu ina man's heart, Let liim !ov? f-iod ami I jJJ fellowmcn: le! Iiini fuel the impulsion o a->L nr.iJul principle, and you cannot help I ' i working, an 1 that working will hi; in fullci pv. i Minancc with the inner principle which it ,,.,j nates him. Oo J has made u.?so<*ial heinirs. Wetnutu i 'i. ty inlltienee one another. Had men makco i?)I <'rs '-ti I '>y bad exii'iipie: and good men ~r K'iod. not Ity keeping holy fcc-inss Willi . .J1 themselves and shutting up ri^ht thought" Ji their own minds, but living out thcexi'i , " slon of sucii holiness. so that men may t i and he inllueueed hy tliem. j The .Jews had Ivicksliddcti in heart, nn?l {)p manifested ItMvfln withholding tne till from <i id. lie exhorts them to return. To I,,,, so was to believe, and by believing I hey w< ., to SerUIV the b!es<in i of < Old. ,,< All the tithes were demanded. God eann nnd will n it lie satisfied with a partial s rsj vice, "Hring ye nil the tithes into the sto iMtise." The tithes icptvsentcd (Jod's J * i|iiliemenls of t he Jews. 'Ihey sliinil fort .J|R I same to u>. The call to its is for n full rem . .. tiou of uli to (iod. He has tee for lis 111 1 . work. Our service and our gifts are need j for ourselves and tor others, (Jod's house j to lie provided. Men, and especially t j yonng.iire huiiirry. The rushing tide of li p, 'the eaucr pursuit of wealth or fame or ph .r ure is lint the voicing of tne soul's bun.: ... Let them find "ine.-it in fiod's house.'' ]>oi /J make religion uulovei.t. Let men see llc . cheerfulness?let theni see i's bounty, a i ,.1 come and tie satislii d. j Wo may not thus live for selfish ends. ^ entiTiiir li?L le with (Joit. We I!.11iiioI do IIIIS j lisli isvis with a t-citish motive. Sen Ice mi . ; lit.* free ami unsciiish. But such service | b!os.?ed. <;od will p'Mir out McK?ii)KS tip ' * j such, 6'? lli'it there shall not be room enou j to receive tl cm. " ] May our fu t'i he treat vs oc r nred. M j our M-rvice t;> <iod hf full unil free; anil m we. us p.istur and people. realize tlie full ), ii cut of His promise 1.1 gracious blosii: this year. In I _ ? _ . dr. J ill? TIIE DIABOLICAL CRIME OF TV < '<; XECJIIOES. ytt. ^; A Young- Girl Waylaid, Abused a j Choked to Death by Laborers 11', 11 Iter FatIter's Farm ? Tlic Murdi '.''i'l er.s Arrested and Lynched. ? I [AVifs and Courier. ] > d-i rilo^l'KltlTY, S. ('., January 1W.?This win Ihe nHtf'shorliood is unm-e-.l and liurrltted liy t iio j niu.der o! .Miss B'-ssic Wcrts. on Moud 0:11 ii I tit I. near tills place. The erline is withi hi-i parallel in it? details aim th" people hi eis | Imvi- heen almost wild in (heir tlehTininnti ; id i to \ isit swift punishment on the perpetrat i p- The victim was Ihedauthler < !' Mr.-Wlllh I We.'ts, living two iniies Inmi this place. S -ti-i wa ? twentA-iwo viHrsoid. and us tieiiutifu) i.-id ! pers <n a- estimable in character, (in Motid uid j evening Uessio W'erts went to her broihe Ur.' house to pay a visit, and about dark set out ot.: her way home. When she was next seen s inci | was cold in death, having been I lie victim u . ii-' teniblc outrut'C. ,|<>! ....... led; Dave spearman ami S;tm I-'air who were i in-! rested and j'Ulia llto mianl house. liy Hi >n-j own c?m fes>lon their guilt was put i>eyo all i <|ue-tlon. l.a>i nl: hi a body of men broke |t il | to 11 e guard house, and took the nej.*roe< o ice iFalr made his escape, receiving some sliij to ! wound.*.. Spearman was taken to the phi ct-; where the crime was committed, tied toa ti :.ir- and shot lo death. This was about I oVio dr. i 'his morning. To-day Kulr wr.s recaptnr ngjaiid h ing' d one mile from tl Is place bj (if! Iar_';- crowd of enraged citizens, blacks as w i\, a> wl.llts participating in tin- execution, ei11 An imjuest has hceii held upon the hotly j Mis*, i.essie Wel ts, and the finding of ihcju ;vl. was that ' Kllzabelh Wei ls ejimc to her den on i hy choking and other violent outrages ? >p.; criminal so-siults upon her person, with t u\._ i most diiiiiolienl | urpo-cs." and that the mi nlj! Eli/.alj' tli Wert- "was killed by David Spu i a ; man and Sain Fair." 'i',7.' Furthjr Details of the Dreadful Crin jjj, | nnd its Punishment. ,Rt I Miss Bessie Werts left her father's housed ' thealtcrnoon of the ll'th Instant, to visit li lr'' hro'herwho lives a mile distant. Two color I tn? 11 name 1 David Spearman ami Sam Fa " i whci were working cm Mr. Werts's place, >: "t, ||,-r leave. Sam says thai Dave lo!<l him Hi ',>' ! lie intend* (I to meet hernsshe returned hoi that eveiiin*: and assault her. llosaid lieu t i uve ti"t in do it. 'J hey were ploughing i r;l* j ueihcr when t Ills e?ill<ii(Uy took place. Sim ly alter, Mr. Weris stopped Dave from ploug :ir' I inr and ptt1 hiin ai other work, which ui uni'orlumiiely, ne:?r the path fiat Miss lies' would have to ictuin on. lie smil Dave we J4! to the spring, whicn flic would have lo repa ''d i While there he .-an.' as a signal .'or Sum ,ie | come to his assistance, hut Norn says he won I not i?o. After supper he and Dave left .\ ut' I Worts to iro to a neighbor's house. When th I reached the sprint In- wanted to no the pit n(' | on which the dead boily ? u- afterwards four) I Ij.iVo told hint not to go that way as soini-hoi lil| I was up there. Tiny went a short distance ai '''s, so pa rat ?d. ' I understand that Dave confesses toheii 'J1' | behind a pine in ai the path that Miss Wei I,')- j woulil return. As she pa-se<l he cauirht "i !" J elinked her, and aecnnii llshed hi.- purpo II,"j lie then tied her to a bush and went to A . Werts's and attended to hisdutic- and ate t >upper, and then lie and Sum returnvd togct K''" : ei, ami after t he.v had both ahtwd the j o *"s~ (?rirl, they killed her. l,ast n'ght about l" i o'clock tlie coroner's court a<ljoui ned w itho isij! ? verdict. '1 rial Ju-tice A. 11. Wheeler had t iio iiriMincrs safely placed in the junrd horn 'is. li,. mirt others reninitied uetirsnniciimc un -f ** j the crowd had partially disposed and thee lvn ; cltruient lied abated. Then feeling they v/e 'c'fj i seenrehe went home and h l'i the key wit h t'1 i constable. Some time after 2 o'clock tli morning the guard house was broken op< 'J*' and the prisoners taken out. Dave was font deal thi.-. niorui ii'.'( tied to the | I tie tree he hi "t? concealed himself b-hind. Sam was found C'* iiotne, witli the marks of fourbalts, all slLl M,' .\n immense crowd of infuiiated eiti/.e ; went to his home ami biotiuht him back "'' Prosperity. Mr. Wheeler, the trial Jnsth ; and the jurors demanded the prh'iiier, but ti '"M crowd refused to pi ve him up. Ah the nc\ | spread the crowd Increased and became mo | infuriated, and rushed over Justice W heel -''.'I' and took sum to tin.' suhuibs of the town at ''"ij liamied him. Hotli colored and while poop 01 participated in the lynching. Mis s Werts w . jan amiable and pretty young lady, about 1,11 years old. n't In-'' Tiik Stock Law.?At the last session of t i lly Legislature, the stock law was extended he the entire counties of Marlboro and StunU In* j and to a j or ion of I'duetield, orangehm Hit | * leoliee Mild (Jreeil' ille (ill < ireonviile ci.linl ho t he lenet; wus put to the Noith Carolina 111 < |^e i In Oconee the law extends fiotn Hie Koi.mv [ river, whore the line fence of this county iroi i(>, ! to the i Ivor to Jai ret I's bridge on the Tugah ,nJ j f iver. Nothi-ir wa< d' lie with the law i i i'lcueiu county.?I'ickvns Saitiml. Tabernacle Sermon. E- ANTE-MORTEM GODLINESS* A Discourse by Ilcv. T* DeWitt Tal? tyj ma^s on Sunday Morning) January kc 2, I SSI. "l?o Illness Isprolitable unto :>11 things, h ivIng the promise of ttio tile that. nov IshiuI of | that which is to come."?Kt Timothy, iv., K. ,sr [ Theio is a gl.iomy ami passh c way of wait,,fl| iiiir for the events of the opening y? ar tocome upon us. ami there Nan heroic wi y of goln i out to incut them, strong in God a nl fearing ,r,. i noMiing. When Ih i? dy ol t'ataline was found on the battle! old It was f aind larln ad; Vance of all Ills troops aid aiuonu the enemy. ?ll J i nd the best way is not fur us to lie down ami |l,_ i lei the events of life irampletncr us, tint to L, " i go forth in a Christian spirit determined to ycI conquer. The papers are already made out, t)l|iind to-morrow some of you wilt enter in o in(. business l uitiicrships, nnd others ot you will ,,,j take higher po-ltions in thecoinniiTeial csil,. t:i l>H?h mci i t.s w here you are now engaged, and o.hcrs will enter upon n?w enterprises, an I 'l(( tie re will be in these cities ten thousand bus ,|e j incss changes. You are expecting prosperity, Lj. ami I ant determined, so lar as MiaveanyI thing to do witii it. tliat you slia 1 not lie disappointed, and. therefore. I propose, as f?od ?l.!m:iy belp me iliis morning, to project upon j your bearing a new element of success. You I wl.l linve In the tnisiness linn frugality, pa ] tlcni-c. Industry, perseverance, economy??i cil i v**strong business ilrm ; lint, then* need; to ! be otic memberiidii -d tn ght'er lliiin tiic:n a.I [m | mi.I not. a si.ent partner ?*iMier?l-hc one inti?> lls|ilu>:e(l by my text: "(joddue-s which is piofl{(, itahle unto all thing?, having the promise i?i il(l ihe life tl:at now is niidofthat which is to ,js conic." I suppose that .von lire nil willing to ltI. | a I in i t Hint godliness is important in Its eter,7,| nal relations, but perhaps some of j on say, llY '\\i 1 want is an opponnniiy to sav a prayer before I die,mul all w ill he weil." There area meat many people who suppose that, if they can linaiiy get out of this world into a r>e:ter |1S I world, tlicy will havcexhaustcd the i nt.readIj'p vantage of om holy reil-.-l >n. Tliey litis: nl,v thongh relUion wore fl men; rtod of reeognij lion which we arc to give the l.ord Jesus on ,l,j , our way up to a heavenly mansion; a- though s|. | it wore an ailinlssion tleliet. and of no U!<? exiso c 1" 1:'V|" In ftt the door o: heaven. And i there are thousands of people who have great . ? j admiration for a religion oi thcsliio'id, and a ,p_ I religion of the collin. and a religion of the ,j(j j he.irse, anil a n li. ioa of the cemetery, who lsi|have no appreciiiton lor a religion for the ' j latiiU, for the factory, for the warehouse, lor on ! !'ie J''w 'l|-i-'s shoo, for fie broker's ottlec. | Now, while 1 would nut throw any s.ur upon jt In post-mortem religion, I want this morn in.', ^11 | an.l the tirst .>nhhnlh of the new year, to euav logize tin; unte-niortvtn religion. A religion (H-. | lhat is of iiu u-e to you while you live will he ,jy j of no use to j on when you die. "Godliness is n,, | profitable nnt'1 idl thing-:, having ilie promise I.. j of the life that now is and of thai wh>ch l? to l|, | come.'' Ami I ha\eal ways noticed that when I the grace is very low in a man's hrart. hetaiUs "lJJ j a ureal deal in prayer meetings about deaths, and about coffins, nndabouturaves, and about .i_ churchyards. I havcnoilccd :Iv?t tliehea'thy ml Christian, the man who is living near toG'?d, . an.I is mi the straight roud to heaven, Is ftnl oi .j.?. ! Jubil nit ftalU>l'iicti<>n, and taiksahout the duiii* 'iesof thlslii'c, understanding well thin if God ,1k. hvlps him to liveriylit He will help him Indie led "Shi. nil N'"w. '? 'lie first place. I remark that gul'ln|. nrss is good fur t man's physical health. I do ... not mean to say it will restore a broken down const! iition. or drive rheumatism fio.u the " llmbii, or neuralgia from the temples, or pli uj. ' rlsy from tiieside, tint 1 do mean tosny tnatit gives one sneh hahits and puts one in sueli . eond.tlon as is most, favorable for physical , health. That I li?ll"ve. and that I know lv. Everybody knows tl:at buoyancy of s;iirit Iinr K""1' physical ail vail la if p. Gloom, unrest, dell,. .p'Ciion are at war with every pulsation of the . ? heart and with every respiration of the Inns*. lj'p It Sowers the vitality, It slackens thecircula r,.? lion, while exhilaration of spirit tours the wrv Italiu of hc iven through all the currents oflifo. Tlie sense of insecurity which s ?me.' jtimes boxers over an iiiircpcotiiit 1111111,0. j pounces upon him with the blasts nf ten thoii,? , sai d trumpets nf tenor is mod depleting and 's<?! most exhausti 11 ir, while the feelltus that all | thingsare wo: king together to my good now i.'iiki lor my ever osung wciia e is prouuitivo _ j'f |?h \'sl<-sil health: Von will observe ihai ??* {goii iuess induces industry, whic'i Is I lie foui.] d:i I ion of good lie 11 i 11. There is ho I w o; hy' jjlcne Ihnt will keep a lazy man. I'leuiisy will stub litm, cpy-ilpeliis will luirn him, ..-[jaundice will discolor him, gout will crippliV-1 iilin, iiiul the inteilii.cnt physcian will not procrl'ie untl.~c;>tIc, or fcbrltu ;e, or anodyne. .. ] luit saws, ami lianinifrs, ami yard-sticks, anil l" crow bars anil pickaxes. Xnere Is no such thing a* good physlcul condition without pos In-jitivc work of some kind. Although yoi * j.-h-.uild sleep upon down of swan, or ride in I p cairlair'-s of softest uptioMcry, or ?? ?? ^ . ...' I .vour t ?i>!e all the luxuries Unit were poured . I J'roiii tiie v. ine vats of Ispahan and shiraz.our ,h ! l't'""i,ui says, "Away to Hie bank .'away t?? . J the workshop! away to the factory! Do 'i;; som el fillip tiiat. wl.l enlist ail the energies of r | >our hotly, mind, and soul!" 'IMllgeiit in bus/ ! iiesH, fervent in prayer, serving the Lord." in-' ?IM,H Hie hare bael; of the Id er and the j drone comes the sharp lash of tlieapo?t!e as | he says. "If any man will not work, neither . shall lie eat." Oh! how important in this * | day, when so much is >ald aliout ana'omyaml J, * [ physiology and thcrcap Uties.and miiiic new tin I *'-vl0 iMOdlclne is ever and an'-n springing |J? upon the world, that you should unclcr.Mnnd " | that the h!:he?t school ot mellclr.C is the ,p"'-elioil of Chris!, which dec'a ? = that, "godliI ness is profitable unto all tiling, having t.lie 1.1 promise of the life that now is and of that | which is to come." So, if yon s'nrt out two II j men in the world with cipial physical henitii, ,t an I then one of them shall g I the religion oi : ' the Lord Josust 'In 1st In his heart, and theoth, I er shall noi get it, t lie one who becomes a sun '.'of the l.oril Almighty will live the longer. * ~I "With loin* life will I satisfy thee, and show ,.1* I then my s ilvation." '"* Again, I renta l: that godliness Is irond for , the intellect. I kiio* that some have sup, posed that just as soon at a in in enters luLi V. | the ('bri?llaii life Ins inte'lect go.-s Into a be. dwarding process. Sofnrfiom that, rel.-.lon ,?i wi" a I vi! new brilii>in<y o Hie intellect, new strength to the iinaginat on. new fo:ee lo the u ill, ami wi-bo'swing to the lntcllcetr.nl fac ' til ties, < hi l-tiantty is tie great, central tire ,' at which philosophy has lighted its hriihte^t '.V j torch. The religi'in of the I.ord Jesus Christ ' , i is the fountain out. of jrhk-h learn ill:.' lias ' (lipped its ch-areM. draught. The xlelleon ,, ! i?>?u:?'?i mi i.ii iimmjfii m>j iini^ ?iii?t> ii-iimi-i; which flow from uud'T ilie thr-me of God, clear as crystal. Kcli/ion has sriven u> w en'M j e:nv to jiocsy, woci-liisr In l'r. Young's Xfolit * Thou\ihts toachlnir Iti ('< wpcr's Tasks. I'.am"Jj | Ing in Charles Wesley's I inns, arid rr-shinu p 'I with arcli: n^olle >p'eud>r rhruuif!i Milton's I I'mndl-c I?S>. The iell::l>>n ol'.lesm ChrKt j:-;. has hnn? in s'udio, and in nailery of art.and j * in Vntic.ui; the best picture-, Titian's '"As lr" scmptloiiItaplmel's "Tr:i!J?ftsMirallon," li,s HmI,en s "Pescont from llic Cifoss," Claude's ,'HnrnlnR Iln^li,'' and AukcIo'r "I.ast .lud/ment." Kcililon lias made the be?t music >f the world? Iiayden's "Creallon,'' Handel's j.,. "Mes-iah," Mozart's "He julem." Is it pr?< hiI'vjhlo that a rclljiliiti which builds such Indestructible monuments, and whlc'i lilts Its ensign on the highest promontories of worldly I duwer, can have ;uiy elici t on a man's Intel* l| let but elcvati .11 and en arjietncnt? Now, I '"I; coiiunend uodlin-ss as t ie best nienti I dis, cipline-lifttcr than bel cs |pttre.? lo i'Uil'y j the taste- b-t'er I ban nia .hematics to harne-'S T* . theiiilnd to ail intricacy and elaboration,bctj t r than !o?'ic to mars I ai the Intellectual forces lor ousel and vict uy. It will po with 1 liMali Miller and show hi rn the footprints of I the Creator in the r<d sandstone. It will jro lie' with tlu; botanist ami show lilin co'esti >1 ?!ohe! rles encamped under the curtain of a water' ' 1 ' ' till erf Mm OCtfiilWUIlOl' fill fill' U.V H "HI HIV nit i u: Pat heights where (Jod shepherds tin* great ;ri' dock of worids that wamlc!'on thehilNot lieaon ! vc:i. answering His volet its lie calls them by rs. their mimes. nil Again ] remark that g( dUncs Is prnf.tablc lit-1 for one's disposition. Lt nl Asticy, before: be In I went Intoii l'i eat I m I tie. was beard loollertbis ay i pr.tycr: "(>, Lord ! I slia! be very busy today; r's If .1 forget thee, forget rue not." Willi such a on Christian diMio-dtion as Ibat a man Is ind? lie pendent of ail circumstances. Our pJety \*J'l f a I nave a tinge of our naurul temperament. It a mail lit; cross, sotir unit 'relfui naturally, afed terhe becomes a Christian be wl;| always ir- li'ivelo be armed against the rebelli in of i-ir I those evil inclinaiions; bur religion lins tarnml cd the wildest nature; It has turned fretful* in-j ni'-s Into giaMtude, despondency Into cood lit. j cheer, and tho-e who were hard and nncov;lit I ernablc. and uncompromising have been ice ms?de pliable and conciliatory. flood rcsolti cc' tioii. reformatory effort will not ellect tiie el; | c.huice. It tillers a niiubti :;r arm and a n dv hied ! ier hand to bend evil ha>dts than the hand a i that, bent the lone bow of Ulysses, and It lakes ell a strong' r lasso than ever held the bullalo on I the prairie. A man cannot an forth with any of. human weapons and c? ntend sucecs l'uily ry against these Titian* armed with uptorii ilb i mountain, but you have known men unto nd 1 whose spirit the influence of the gospel of lie | Christ came until their disposition wasentirctid j Iv changed, so it was wit i two merchants In ii-1 New York. They were very antagonistic. ' They had tlone al! they ejuld to injure each |other. '1 hey wereinthesi inclineot bivlne^s ne Oncol the merchants win. converted to (hid. i!a\ lug been converted, h asked the Lord to teach hi in how to bear himself toward that I > it Kin ess antagonist, and he was Impressed n with the fact mat it was h s duty, when aeusiel" i lomer a*ki ti for cei tain kinds of cowls \\ hlcli | lie had not, tint \vhlch he l:new bis opponent r; j bad, to recommend him o go to that >t'-re. ! 1 suppose that is about tl e hardest thing a n* man could do; but, being thoroughly eonvcrt'?? ed to Hod. he resolved to do that very tiling. J1" and being asked lor a ceitaln kind ot goods lo*: i. iii.-li in. hjul mil. hn said! "Von iro to such ! u si ore and you will gt it." After awhile 1 .! merchant No. 2 found ilir.* <? customers com\s;iing. so sent : and in* foil id. also, that mer' '!' chant No. 1 had been brought to Hod, and lie 1. j .soncht thesiniic religion. Now they are good s.s* friends and g? od ueLhboi?, the grace of <?nd [V; entirely changing tlieir d .^-positions. "Oh!" | sa.\SMimc one, "1 have a rc ugh. Jugged. Impcti iK.us nature, uikI religion ;an't do anything ,rv | for me." Do you know that Martin Luther i jand Kobert Newton and K chard Baxter were , impetuous, all consuming natures, yet the grace of <jod turned into tl c might leal useful1 iiiess? A inauufuclurcr cares but very little : for a stream that slowly runs through (he n? meadow, but alongthe torrent that leaps from ' } ttie rock and rushes with n.ad energy through _ the \al!ey and out toward the sea, along that je. i river you will tind llutte.ing shuttles, and \r" grinding mill,and flashing ivftter-wheel. And lls a natuie tlie swifte-t.lhe most rugged and the ii o.-t ii?:nieinio(j?? that K the nature (Jod "f tun a into greatest use illness. Oh, how many f \? ho have been pugnacious, mid hard to please,j V and Irascible, and more bothered about the "" mote in their n< lglibor's eye than about the !? beam, like Bhip-ttmhcr. in their own eye, have 111 lieen entirely i li ibgedby tlieciaeeol U>>d,and x" have found out that godliness is profitable for i re the life that now is and for the life which is to come." ; . Again I remark that religion Is good for ft; *'} man's worldly business. 1 know the general "j theory is, the more business the less religion, ;ul the more religion the less business. Not mi, , thought Doctor Haws. in his biography of a " ( liristlau merchant, when lie.'ays "lie grew ',s in grace the last six years of his iil'eniore than , at any time during Ids life; duiing those six years he had more business crowding him than ai any oilier time." In other words, the lVS more woldly business a man has. I he more opn* pnrtuuity to serve tiod. Does religion exhlla- J ,'1' rat'' or retaid business? Is the practical ijiies-j , lion for you lo discuss, lioes it linn* like mortgage over the farm? Is It a laid debt on ' '1*1 the ledger? /sit a hen against the estate? Does it crowd he door through ivhlch_ custo- j J mers come tor broadcloths and silks? Now, religion will hinder your business If it be a bad io business, or if it beagood l u-lness wrongly lo conducted. If you tell lies behind the coiin r, ter, if you use false weights and measure.-, if you | lit Mind in sugar, and beet-Juice inviniv egar, and lard lo butler, and sell for one tiling i that which is another thing, thin, religion will interfere with that bu-incss; but a lawcs tul business, lawfullycondie-ied. uid llnil the jo religion of the 1 old J?sus( hi ist itsmiL-hiiest in uii;.il.ni>. He ig.oli wil. give all equipoise of , spirit, It will keep you l'rotu ebullitions oi'j 1 I temper?and youknOvv many lino blVsln'c sei have bi en b own 10 atoms by ft id temper, i will keep you ironi worrimeiit about IVe>|Ui:n los : it will keep you imlustrl m- and prompt it will keep you Imrk from sijuundcilnK tint from duo!; ntlon ; it will g.vc you a kindues: of i.pirit wlneh wi.l be eu- l.y ?ilsllnj4uishc j iro:u tiiut m>'re store courie.-y which shake: hands violent y with you-, asking about tlx liod.h of your lumly when tnere Is noanxleij to lui ,w whe:her your child is well or slek bul tin- anxiety Is 10 know how many dozei e?it:V> I: pocket-handkerchiefs you will tuki inndnn. easli down. It wld niv Dure you fo , t.iu practical ditties of wary-day life. I d< > not mean to say thai- religion will make its tl ! naiiuinily rlen, tint 1 do say it will give us 1 will assure us ol a comfortable sustenance a the star;,a comtort able subsist once all I lie wuj tarnish, and It will lie p ns to til reel th> bank to in.mil.e Hit: tralllc, toco.idnct all our bnsi I ness mutters, ami lo make ihu most ln>luiiitl ] caul uliiilr of our lile j matter of vast nni?oi ' lanee, glorified by Christian principle. Ii ! New Vorlc elly tiiere was a nierebaiit hard It bis dc.iiin.s with Ills lellows, who hud writtei 'over Ins countiiU-i'O'>111 door, "No com pre im.se." Then, when some oierchnnt got in i i ert?is and wmt down?no f.uilt of his, but t | conjunction of evil eireunist'inees?and all tli ' olnvr merchants were wil lug to compromls j?they Would t.ike seven-live cents on thetlo ! lar, ?.r tlf y cents, or twenty cents?coining t j tins man list of all, lie said : '"No coinpn. ni.se; 1 II take one hundred cents on tlied i , liir. audi can a (lord lo wait." Well, lb ; wlic.-l turned, mid ai'tertiwblle that mu:i wa ; in a crisis of buMm-ss, and be sent out hi j agents tieoinpromise, ami the agents stid l in r.-mint: "Will you tike tif y cents on tli dmlar?' "No," "Will you taKeiniyihinix? "We'll taku one hundred cents on the i.'olln I No io;npromise." And tue man who w.o ! tliiit inscription over Ills counting-room dim ! ciic i in dOM iiinion. Oil, wc want more of tli kindness of the Gospel and the spirit of lov in our business enterprises. How man j youiij; men Inivu found toe religion ol Je-u lOni-a ii practical help! How many th-renr | In this house to uay who could le-tlly oui. < their own experience that uo illness Is proiil; l>le I'm* the life that now Is! There wvre time 1 in their i>?sine.-R cuicer when they went hei j for in !|> and there for help mi l u<oi no help ui ; til 1.11fey knelt before the Lord crylna for Hi ; U-silvi ralice ami the I o d rescued them, i I i a bank not far from our great mctropoll; i nil olllc-r i ouI.I not b tlaneo ills ac oun.s. II I lint worke t at them day after day, night aft< i nUht, ami he was sick ni. b uiiio de.tthas result. He knew he had not lalcen oneia | tiling from that b ink, but somehow, for som reuK-.n inscnitalile then, t!ie acc >un: wouldn't balance. The time rolled on, an t lie morn In ? ol the day when the books shoul pass under tho inspection of theoiher otlicei arrived, and hr tell himself in awlnl perilconscious ot his own integrity but unable t I ii.o.o tbatlinteirritv. That moruim: he w< r ici h-hank eaily, iind.he klic.t belore(Jod H'. tulil the wholestory of Ins mental anguisl and he said;" O Lord 1 ha> c done riyiit., hft'.'e preserved my in'o-'rlty, hut lieic I ai aOoutto ho overiho>vn uniess Thou should: coine to m.v rescue. Lord, deliver met'* An for one b'iur he continued the prayer befit God, aiid thou he ro?e. and ho went to an <>l hotter that lie ha I forgot t'-n :i II about. II opened It and tliere lay a sheet of fl|(ur< which he oli!.v needed to add to another tin o:' tlfjnres-;oiiie line of tlgurcs he bail forgo ten and knew not where lie had laid theinnnd the accounts were balanced iwidthcLo: do.lvered him. You are an Inlldel If you <1 not believe it. Thel.od d livered blm. G?i ans wered his praver as He will answer yoi pr i.vcr, oh, inan aif business, in every cri* when you come to Him . Now, if this tie si then I am persuaded, as,run are, of the fin that Ine viisr majority ofi.'liristanH do not fu l.v lest the value of their religion. They at llkija farmer In 'nllt'ornia with fifteen thot suitd acres <>l'good wheal land culturlng old u quarter of anucr-, w hy do y?m not go lorl ami make the religion ot Jesus Christ n pra tial atlalr every day of you life ami a tills ye;ir. beginning now. and to-morrn morning putt 11iu Into pr o tiea! etleet thin liol religion, aud demonstrating in your lifetli. cotll'iieMs Is profituMe hereafter? How Ca you get utoni! m Ithout this rcligon ? Is vni | physical health so good you !?? not want Hi (ti\ Iiii' tonic ? Is your intnil >o elc?r, so vi? so comprehensive tiint you do not wan!. t!i :ivln?. inspiration ? 'syi ur wolilly business > ! u-i-il established thut vo'i liavcnoosi* lor ttn I re.iiiioti wliicli li is bt-oii tlie lit-lp atid tlo!i i erauec of lens of thousands of men In erin j of worldly trouble? And If what I have sal ! t Ms morn i in; is true, then you see what fatal blunder 1 f is when a man adjourns I i-fe's expiration tItc uses of reiiglon. A ma who postpones religion to llfty years of hl' nets religion llfty years too iat*. lit" may c< Into tlie klmrdom of fiod by fln:it icpeiitatic but wh;i lean coinpettS'ite him lor a whole Hi lime un.tll'Vlaled and uncomforted ? Yn went religion to-day in the training of tin child. You wilt want religion to-morrow I dealing with that western customer. Y< wauled religion yesterday to eurb your ten IR-r. Is your arm stromr enouuh to beat yol Way tiiron-b the llo>ds? Can you, witli-a eing in -used in the mail of (iod's elerm help go forth (timid the ns?nu!t of all hell sharp-shooters? Can you walk alone aero these crumbling graves and amid these gapli earthnuaUes? Can you waterlogged and ma shlveied, out li ve;the gale? Oh how many the have been, who, po>tponing the religion Jesus Christ, have j>!uni:ed into mistakes the l ev :r eould correct although they lived llfl years titter. and, like serpents crushed undi c-iri wheels, dragging t'n-lr tnanled bodies ni I der the rocks to die. so these men have fail; | mule* the wheel of awlul calamity, cruslu i heie, il is! roved forever, while a vast mill tit in ; 'ii ">i uri * iui\i: liiiwn me iu:i(;m{i 01 ,ji*m < hrls: Into every-lay Ufe, and tlrst, In pra llctil lui-l'invf iilTiirs ami secondly, on tl tbntie ofhea verity triumph, have illustrate while ungcl* looked 011 and u universe ii| proved, thi- glorious truth that "godliness I profitable unto all things. having the proml: J of tIn* liIV* which now Is an I of that which j to come." The Rife'ltl to Sue a City* {Cti?T\nl'e Obtcrrer.) A decision recently rendered by the S prc;ne Court ftt Washington.g ics to settle jnueslion utiout wtileli there has been a cm , deil of controversy In thep-ist.. It checks tl practice of reporting to circuit courts f. r t' collection of clt^j?ml county debts, and d tines very clearl^^fcoiospiiiisihility of muni { i t>aI corporal ioiffl^^BMssevtc* more tt<an o I <lln>iry Interest oi' Charlotte jn I now In view of v^^^^^^ous that will rif | In connection wnlm^^Kndlng -nil of tl I city > f Charlotte foj^HHF, though It has i I di' eet hi'arir g on t In'Wi', so tarn* the netii j ileclslon is concerned. The ease Ju-<t decich {went up from Memphis, and Is described > Mcrriwether against (Jariott. The h-aditi ' pnpo-lilons established are Biun:iiarl/.ed i j follows: I 1. The property which a city holds for pnbl | use. such as ]uih|lc bti'ldin.s, streets. park I wharves, lire-i nuines. and the like?wha'evi lit hohls for adininlstraii'in of government j cannot be seized hy creditors. It wi.uld brli government to an end to allow sh>'ritl*s I ' sHze.-tnd sell the means hy which it is admli j i-tes eil. I'tivate property of individuals llviti I within n dry ca'inot tie seized t-> pay c!t j debt-'. The law of one or two of th:* states u i lows i ills to l??done, tint pucIi Is n>>t the gene al la>v of the tand. The proper way for eon pelling inhabitants of a elly io eon'ribute t want the payment of Its debts K by aji.s: an equal taxation of all?not hy seizing the cnili properly of a few. .*{. The levy and collect!'. n of n inx to pay city's d; ht is wholly s.ibjeei to the ditci-iloti1 the Lc-jNature of the state. Thetax c:'nm he collected through a receiver appointed by c >111*1. In colli lavenllon of the !< : i.-lative wil ii the present instance It wa perfectly li wfi for the Legislature of Tennessee to repeal tl charter of Mem; hi> and to preset Ibe tt ne mode for the collection of taxes. At'ierlLdl s", I lie now mode was the only one to pursu Those who deal with cities or counties dos on the implied iin ie standinjr that the f<egi lature iin altar the municipal arrungemenl I if il sees tit. | The history of the ease is not without inte: i e-t. This is condensed from a engthy !-titt< mentor the case in the Xr-c York T.i'mnv. I is generally known that the city of Mcmph | being unatile to meet its obligations Inctirrc I hy issulti!; bonds lor railroads, stict lniprov< incuts, wa'ei* woiks. Ac , heenne insoiven I The liohleis of her bonds bri.light suit.?sc> jc tii of litem in the Pedeial Courts; and tlies courts coinmenced proceedings to compel ;h I lew of larger laxes. Wlt.il taxes uncollcctiH debts maiming, numerous stills commence land more threatened, credit pone, nnil tli ' properly of citlzeris over nurdened, tlit- tise.condition of the city whs nearly hoj elcs The State Interfered in her behall; and, .|u: j two years ago repealed the city charter, ti> .1 charge of the public property ol rli?* city, am h rewribed a new system lor collect lng inxt i ami applying I hem 10 the discharge of in ! city d"i>is. The day before this c avtmcnt| ami probably In hop.* to forestall it-(Sarrel and other hoideifi of city bonds brought Mil in the United States Circuit Const, upon Hi ] theory that .hec'ty corporation held rs i r<>| erty and Its rijht to collect taxes in trust f<i the benefit of city creditors; that ii had m i lected l's duly a-ti u>t? "; and that the Ciretil Court might and fhonhl compel the duly t be performed, 't he i Iren'tCourl appointed i receiver, and directed liim 10 take jffs-cssio of all assets of the oily of Memphis (ult some specified exceptions of street*, pub; 1 squares, hospitals,pro; e t.v of Ihe (lieand pi I lice departments, etc..) n|.<o of all the >ale.< ! books, papers,olliee furniture,etc., inthepul | lie otllcc.s and lo collect I axes due to the citj I ns well as rentsaml other mone.xs. Tiie valh; j Ity of this order vas Ihe pi Incipul matter ii I question belorethe Supreme "Court, and 111 1 #!/*< I vl.tn iv tulvorso t<? \ L. The Propagation of Fisli. I ivlerxon Iiitrltir/rnccr. ] Messrs. T. U. I.? ??, H. K. Craytoti and F. Ii ; Murruy have ach received .some(tin-man Cari from the Department of Agriculture In till j State, which they propose trying to propagate the former In hi-mill pond and the I wo latte lit) privatt- ponds near their residence*. Thi I tlsh is ti new ktml. which is utliT.cting a jsrea 1 deal <.f ntleutlon Just now. A recent ttriicl ! upon the mibjeet says: "l'rolessur Hiiird, of tlie United Slates Flsl ' Commission, looks for important results fron i the introduction of the carp, whic h oceupie ! the sMiue po-ition among tish us poultry doe ; among birds and as slice]) and do timott! j mammals. Carp readily consume corn.kitcli , en refuse, cabbage leaves, squashes and ntel Ions. The same amount of vegetable matte I fed to carp will make twice as much tlesh ai j wncn siven to chickens or swine; besides. I I is equally palatable. several Improved raeei of carp from Huncary and 1 ohemia hav< i been introtlueed here by the cnuiniR'-ion ITbey have Increased very rapidly and wlthir a year over .'{.txfl persons with private pond: have been supplied.- Among the specimens collected by the Smithsonian institution Is i carp which was sent to Texas last April, a1 Which timett was 4 inches in length, it was biought back Ueceniber 1, n seas in IngiJO inches in length and weighing live pounds. A slit greater growth Is represented by three sped mensot the same original size, sent to tJeorpia also in last April, which, when caught ii lew weeks ugo, measured 2i, 28 and 23 incite* respectively." Evansvu.i.k, Ind., January 3!.?Reporti from southern pans of thls>t..te, Iliinol- and contiguous tinitoiy say there will bean inmost i nt ire failure ot the win at crop, owing to 1 ile planting and the early and hard winter a large port ion of the wheat land beluga mass of ice and seed frozen out. Kcports say thai not over a fifth of crop can be made under the ino-t favorable circumstances. A. B. C. LINDSAY, DENTI8T, Practical and Opera-live, n A VINO attended .the I.eetures of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery otters his professional service* to lie public a* n lientist and Oral surgeon, ('ali> through ti-'M-i'iiiitry attended to. All work warrantand charges reasonable. itesldenee 5 miles east of Calhoun Mills, South Carolina. Juue Iti, lttO, ! Questions for Examination. s flilM SJLKlfcS? HUM (jiUAl't. ? HISTORY. 1. Give an account of Sir Walter Rai loigh, and of his connection with tlio care ly history of North America. r 2. Give a brief account of Henry Ilud' son and his discoveries. , What nations claimed America by i right of discovery ? >' 4. What was the chief cause of the war * in America between the French and En1 glish? What part diii the Indians take? - Name some of the military leaders on i each side. 1 ?. 1 Jcscrihe tho battle of Cowpens. * 0. What were the names of the two ? great political parties formed in the Uni[i ted .States after the adopton of the Ibnstie tntion, and what wore the distinctive e principles of each? 7. What was the cause of the Nullification controversy, and what was the rei juiIt? e s. What wa< the Missouri Comprom* ise ? ?. Give a brief account of the Morc inons. 10. How are United States Senators and * Members of the Holise of Represenla? Lives elected, and for what time? I GEOGRAPHY. J, I 1. fletweert what parallels and inerid(' I Iansdo tint United States chiefly lie? )f 2. Through v.hat countries does the y J Equator pass ? ? { 8. In wlmt direction do the great mounI tain chain* of tho New World pass? is 4. Name the countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea. K* 5. Name tho divisions of Geography, * and detinc each. 'a (>. How many and what motions has i- the earth? What tiino is required folic I each ? What is- the ellect of civil ? s. 7. Prove that the eartli rotates from j West to East, s <s. What is climate ? Upon what does - tho climate of a place chiefly depend ? ? ?J. What are the four leading coininet!i cial einporiiuns of the United States ? , jO, Trace a water route from San Fran1 eisco to Liverpool. 'i ARITHMETIC. (. I. Define multiple, common multiple, i and least common multiple. Find the least common multiple of three nuuihers that are prime to each other; find ihe least common multiple of four uiiiu burs that are not prime to each other. d | 2. Itediice 3 5-7 of l^U-lti divided by 11 18 of 5-17 to li decimal. "r 3. Wli.il is the length of a line reaching is from the top ol a tree 60 feet high to a i?,! point on the plain So feet from the t=ee? if 4. What is tho dilference uetweeu 100 H with 15 percent, added and 115 ?v ' ' 15 J. I per cent, subtracted ? lv 5. Bniglitcloth.it Scents a yard an i h Isold it at IS. cents. What per cent, is I gained ? ti. Ily what number must 1J be multi |y f pucu iiiiii iiit- pmunci >u;ui i?? 1 ; ii | 7. Divi.ii! .-qunre nut of t>4 x i(>) by ? 1 square root o! 4, and multiply by 111. s. How imli.y eords of wo >d ean be put tN into a shed -1 fuel square and Uleet liiuli? is Divide one millionth by one bill'<> lontli. 10. If ?:>00 Kiiin in 1 year and 0 months, in what time will $ewU?ain fclo'J.E! w t? (J RAM MA It. " Correet errors in the following extract: l'I "When in foar.su of human evvents ii i liccointiH nessary lor one people to uisJi'jolvothe polittii-al bands whiten has con;l ected them Willi aniiother totisiimeamon^ n the pov ers of the earth the seperate and a equal station too which the laws of nan* lir e and natures god entitled them a dosent respect for tre oppinion* of inan;|i kind require that tlwv should declair th? 's causes whiteh impels them to the aepperasion." Five will bo allowed for correct writhe ing of the foregoing extract and live for ni correct answers to the following ques y tions: v 1. What kind of a sentence is this cx^ tract ? n 'i. Parse humane. d 3. Parse becomes. 4. Pars** station. 5. Parse rcnpcct. it: it, !' Before beginning llie examiniltion I hn<l no inforniation(as to what questions j. would lie asked, and since the exatninalion began I iiavo hild Ho assistance what* even : BARGAINS ! It! I e-j -GREAT REDUCTION IXipSUGAnS, jr* 7 S| Men's and Boy's Fine M I CLOTHING, ' ? AND OTHER ARTICLES. I Winter Calicoes 7 Cts. o b, w, barnwel. n I fw. i.isji), tr r SEAL & MiLWAINE i i ITAVKaMtho RrndcK or Jtugglt'* fr?>m the e* j 1 1 cheap st to in**lii-ni. wliic.i will t,e so.d ;(>: ui tin- iu\w>i tiuiine. ? j l)rc. 8. IS-0, If 1 I Will Iluyo n Limited Supply of Su> e jirncr :i| ACID PHOSPHATE II 8-' /"lOMMlXED WITH POTASH, FOIt '} coinpo.^tin^ with COTTON SEED Pl I which I am olFenni; on liberal terms lor ? Cash, Or oil Credit Till Next t j >! Fall Payable in Cotton. >r! Anil it is Kim ran toed to contain 9 to 1 f"! I'cr Cent. Soluble mid Available ': Phosphoric Acid. 3 to 4 Per C'eut. n I'otlisll. hi By tli*' addition of COTTON SKED to i '? furnish AMMONIA, you will have aj cj complete ^fertilizer, adapted to all soils and crops at a low cost. As the supply Is limited engagements should be made ut onco. \ A. W. JONES. S Jan. 1!), 1881, tf t .. ! PROPOSALS s i -FOR GRADING? jj'Savaunah Valley Railroad. :l ? i SEALED proposals arc Invited for the grad-! Iiiir <?T twenty miles of theSavannah Vul- ' < ley Railroad, commencing at Anderson 11.. i * S. us h whole, or in soetions of not less j i tlinn one mlieln length. The Hoard of 1)1 ret- | t tors reserve the right to reject any bid. lilds i will he addressed to John E. Breazeale. Socre- j <. tar.v, Ai:doson,S. niilll January i7th. 1881. j I; By order of the Board of Directors. j JAMES M. LATIMER, ij President. ,! Anderson 0. II., S. C., Jun. 15th,'1881. J ; Bridge to Let. ' |' PlfE b'uildlngof the bridge over IJillf River j : I at, SKARLES' MIM? will he let to the. I lowest responsible bidder on January 27, l.ssj, I Specifications made known on day of letting, i W T. COWAN, County Commissioner. ' i Dec. 22, 1SS0, 41. SPECIAL NjOTICE. HI-'A lHJl'ARTKRS for Sewing Machines.1 V'lie > ly In-.i jvi - t. a:.d We . have :ii In: bines ill stoel; and lie re t" nri i v<\ Needle-, (JiI and Attachments constantly on [ ban.I. R. .M. ilADDO.N & CO. | Nov. 3, lsst), tf To Let. ON So.May In February the recovorln? of 11><- I'oor House Chnpcl wlil be let to the lowest responsible bJdilf!-. By order or tl.3 Hoard, T. P. COTHRAN, C. R C. C. .Tnn.inry 5, 1881. GREENWOOD FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL Exercises wm Open January 17,1881. CI I. ASSES GRADED. All colleclatcbranehj e< tauchl,Includinglanguagesand music. Hoard at reasonable rates. MISS M. R. BRIGHT, Principal. J;.n. 5.1861. 3t I Wotice. 'PIIE County Commissioners have dlstrlbu I ted iho townships among tlieznselvv* ni follows: TO W. T. COWAN. I,onc Cane, Diamond Hill, Donnatdsville Abbeville, CokcsbUry and Due West. TO W. R. McRINNEY, Nlncty?Slx, Greenwood, Smithvllle, Whlti Hull and Indian Hill. TO J. T. BASKIN, Lowniesvlllc, Magnolia, Culhouns, Ceda Sprinyaand Bordeaux. Jan. 5, 1S8I, tf , j Geo. F. ?, Wenck, M.D Physician and Surgeon, AND PUOPIMKTOU OF DR. WENCK'S APOTHLCARY, Oct 6 1S.-0. NINE'l T-HX. 8. C" WM. H. PARKER W. C. McGOWAN. PARKER &~McGOWAB ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, Ai BEVILLE, C. II., S. C. UILL practice al?> In tlie Circuit Courts c iho United flutes Tor .South Curoliua* Jan 7, l&SU. II' NEW GOODST At, tlui Mdhvaiue Corner nAVE rweived n superb stock of gfxids i e\eiy vnrlety ami fv?.ry quality. A11 i Wiintor co?.U bargains . hoitui call at once. iipet2D, lViOt State of South Carolina Aku.n;n. VjU UliL_y Ul AUUCV1UC. IN THE FEODATE COURT. In the matter or the Estate of J. It. Nlckle Minor. Petition for Settlement and Discharge. WOTICE Is hereby erlven that.I. II. Nlckle as ouurdl hi for R. .1. Nicklex, minor, In ! II led his petition in this Court, praying fc ; settlement and disclaim-. ! It Is ordered. That Friday the 11th of Fel j rtrnry nextt he tlxe I lor t he fettlemcnt of th *aui o-late and discharging the guardian, t prayed for. J. FULLER LYON, J. Pro. A. C. Jan. 12, 1S31, 4t GREENWOOD MALE HIGH SCHOOL 1'1'HE nextsewlohof thl?5Cbool will bcgi I on Monday, .hum iry 17, l&l; j TERMS( moderate. | Ei ard can be obtained at rea?onnb)e mte j For further particulars apply to J. F. DARGAN, Principal, UltEKSWOOD, S. Ci i January 12, 1881; ^t < IlllE! FURNITOBET Robert Jones | Kiuety-Six, S, C, OFFERS to the put-lie a complete and f Icct stock of furniture of the very be malce. Wiping to discontinue busl!ie>? i , this plnec, I will closeout my slock at roc bo'toin figure*. Give me a cull and lie cm vlnced. ROBERT JONES. January 1?, ISSI. Dr. H. D. WILSON, 0<? DENT1ST R Y, Abbeville, C. H., S. C ' Cj-Ofilre; Upstairs ovor the Post Oflice.~5. | Change in the Tims of Hold ing Court. C'LKRK'S OFFltfr, AHBKVIIXK, S< Ci, J:lft. 11, 1>SI. j To all whom it may conccrri: j The Court of fier.ernl S>'*slon8and Conimm Picas for Abbo.ille county will commence ??i l the.llst January, Instant, Instead of ihc firs ! Monday In February a? heretofore. All pnr j ties Interested will take duo nolice and gov ern themselves accordingly. M. ti. ZEICLEK. C, C. P. A Ci.- S. January 1'.', 1881,3t FRESH ARRIVALS. JELLIES, Marmalades. Mince Meat, <S?\,<!fcc at Mcdonald & co's. Jan. 12, MSI, tr J BARGAINS IS CLOTHING AND PRESS GOODS, I at MCDONALD & COP. | Jan. 12, 1881, tf J ANNUAL RETURNS TO PROBATE COURT! Administrators. f.xecators.nnd other? will take notice that the law ha* bcei: amended, and now requires the Probate Judp< si.all issue rules against fiduciaries who fall t< make their returns during January or Febfuary, annually. J. FULLER LYON, Jan. 12, IS8I, J Probate Judge. SAVANNAH VALLEY H. R. Til HE! Tkeasukkk's Office, AniiKVil.LK, January II. MSI. THE following circn'arfrom Hie comptroller (ieneml In published for the bcnellt of the few Tax Payers in Abbeville County who have not paid the Savannah Valley Kallroad J. W. PERRIN Treasurer Abbeville County/ Executive Department, Office ok Comitkollkk-Geskkai,. CoI.UMMA, S. ('., Jail.8, IS^I. J. W. I'ekkik, Esq.. Treasurer, Abbeville,s.t\ I>i:ak Stu?The following eoncurrent resolution Is sent yon for your uuidance, towft: "He*o\w'l, by (lie House of Keprcsen tut Ives of the State of South Carolina. theSenate concurring: Thai, the Comptroller General be, and he Is hereby authorized ui.d directed to extend the time for the collection of tuxes voted as subscription to the Savannah Valley Kuiiroud Compiny, In certain townships of Abbeville County without penalty until the tlrst day of February, ixxi." Very tespectfully, JOHN BRATTON, Comptroller General. Jan. 12, 1881, tf j J. S. COTIIKAS. I,. \V. I'EUIUN, T. P. COTIIKAN. Coilinui. Piirrin& Cotliran A t.tornpvs nt Lmw, T i(AB]3i;VILJ.E, S. C. Jan. 11, l.v", tl ^1 JOHN Mill, CONGAEEE man unno m hum j, Co umbia. S. C. Agent for CHAPMAN'S PERPETUAL EVAPORATOR/ ; rpHESfc WORKS WERE ESTAHLISIIED ^ i 1 In 1847 by Messrs. (too. Sinclair bnd Jurnn Anderson and purchased by me in the year IK*!, and from that time till now carried on successfully by myself. My friends and customer* will bear witness ol the large and ?tu? pendous Jot* executed by me. It van at my < works where the Inject and almost only Job of Its cliiBs ever executed in this city wasdone, viz.: the making of the pipes for the City NVaier Works in tho year li3i. In the branch * of HELL FOUNDING, I can say that I have , made thp largest bells ever cast In the State, such as the bell for the City Hall in Columbia. My stock of patterns for ARCHITECT* RAL WORK. COLUMNS tor Store rronU, fif liirneand various, and in RAILINGS for BaW conies, Gardens and Cemeteries I bav^the r lamest variety and most modern pattern*; many of these are patented and I have purchased the right for this State. In the machine line I can furnish my pntrons with STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS i of an> slzeatid description. My CIRCULAR SAW MILLS have carried off the prize at every State Fair held in this city, und in their construction I have token pains to combine simplicity with the most useful modern lm* provements, and may flatter myself that my CIRCULAR SAW ItflLLS And favor with every sawyer who understands his business. The many orders 1 am steadily receiving for SUGAR CANE MILLS prove that the public appreciate the mills of my make, and so It la with my GEARING for HORSE POWERS, r GIN WHEELS, GRIST MILLS and other [ MACHINERY. I have the manufacturing right of many . PATENTS, such as castings for ROCK COT4 r TON AND HAY PltEi?S and three or four different FEED CUTfERS aud other lniple* - c. ments. S3 I will be pleased to send my circular* to any applicant, together with price list <>r estimate. My prices are moderate, and I assure the public that tlicy are lower even than those of . Noithern inanufaitnrcrs, and that my worlc will eoniiiari? favmnhlv with that of ?nv nth cr milker. Address John Alexander, * Conoauee Irox Wokjcs, Columbia, B.C. Slate of South Carolina. County of Abbeville. COURT OP COMMON l'LEAS* ? *n * ','r Andrew B. Wardlaw, John G. Edward*, as ,f Ward law & Edwards, n I PlalnllJIs, COPY SUMMONS* against (FOR HELIIiF.) < Thomas Grant Perrln, ) (Complaint not Served) ! MaryN. Peirln, Lewis Perrln, James H. Tcrrlu and John G. Edwards as Administrator Defendants. J ft is TO THE DEFENDANTS, TbOmns Grant ' >r Pei rln, Mary; N. Perrln. Lewis Pen Id, James H. Perrln, John G. Edwards, aa Ad? 3- minlttralor: is vuu Aivft nbiuui uia rc? .. 1 f|Uircd to answer the compl'ilnt In thU action, wliich I* filed In die office or the Cleric of Common Pieiis, for the said County, ami to serve a copy of yoiir answer to the sulil coYni - pla'nt on ihc subscribers at their office, Ab* opvillo ('. H.. wlthlu twenty day* after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such . wrvico; and If you fall to answer the com- > plaint within (he time aforexuld, the plaintltr In i his action will apply to the Conrt for the relief demanded In the complaint. l'ARKER & McGOWAN, Plaintiff's Attorney.ti Patcd, January 4, 1x81. M. G. ZEIGLER, C. C. P. (L.S.) '* TO THE ABSENT DEFENDANTS Mnry N/ Pcrrln, Lewl^ Perrln( James H. Pcrrln, TAKE NOTICE, That the Sammons of which the iiliove Is a cony, with the f'onK plaint, has this dity been filed In theolfk-eof tl.e Clerk of thet ourtol Common Pleas fur I Abbeville County. ' PARKER & McGOWAN. Plaintiff's Attorney, Januarys, 1S81, 6t, mm en, Have a large and well selected btock of -DRY GOODS, * -AND.GROCERIES, t ?BftU the newest styid or? ?. EADY-MABE CLOTHING, | BOOTS, SHOES, Hats and Caps, 1 WHICH THEY SELL CIIEAP. 1 j Oct ?, 1.-80. tf J | FRESH ORANGES" -FROM* i?? A araii i nn ULUN '5 UKlihAKU, -AT?. PARKER. Dec. i, isai, tf SYRUP OF THE Hypopiiosphate lime and soda. EDWIN PARK Ell. j Dec. 1, 1880, tf j. I . MlLLklt. J. C. MILLLlt. j A HIEW FIRM. I1ILL1R10TB I 1*7TT T ADI^IT On First January N xt, 1881. A Splendid New Stock of ! General Merchandise. Dcc. 20, I8S0. tf _ Fluoolil .Iiinmica Hum Snrrannrlllii Hitlers' or Plantation 'l'onlc, uuamiijcwl to be Iho Pe*t I 1'ottiit Apt elisor ar<i \Vlioiesoni3 Stimulant ami Itlaod 1'urifler in the World. j .Syv.k, EL'WIN PAKKEK. ~ --a*n - *"r ' ??V- Tr i