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gSfiSSGS95EE?S The Pres3 and Banner. Bf llugrh Wilson and II. T. Wan! law. Wednesday, Feb. 15, 1882, Farm Tall:. As we have talked >o much polities of late, a'_d as all the ]>?>!iiit*^ that agitate the public ini: d dwindle into inMgnitleance to the general publie, when compared to the bread question, we propose for or;e \veek at l.-nst, to talk to the farmers on a subject, of which we believe they know more thun we div We p;irnpstlv wish for wiuvti uiey wilt ^uim, uunti^ uic uusuing season. As a good beginning is generally followed by satisfactory results, it is all-important that ev? ry fnrmer should start off right,?with an intelligent, fixed purpose?and then Work steadily to the end. Those who neglect tostudy their lands, but go to work blindly at random; without system, will in all probability realize the same results as does the man who neglects to begin his farm?work at the proper time, and afterward, when the sun is hot, loiters in the shade. Every farm should produce enough grain to feed the stock. If any have failed to sow oats, it is now not too late for them to sow "spring oats." If the land upon which corn is to be v. planted is subject to drought, let the farmer plant the grain in the furrow, and not on the ridge. The middle of the row should be made deeper, by tunning the second or third plow in Ihe same furrow. This will enable the planter to put the seed low enough to be benefitted by any moisture that may be in the land. Corn land should be thoroucrhlv nlowed before the seed 5s planted. When the ground is properly worked before planting, the work to he done afterward is light. It is Well to plant a portion of the corn tirop early, and the remainder late in the season, so that the crisis will not occur in July, when the usual drouth find excessive heat at that time of the year is very injurious and often fatal to the crop.' In planting bottom corn, the seed should be so?vn as thickly as \ve sow cotton seed. This will insure n good stand from first planting'and \vill be a great saving of time which is too often taken up in the unprofitable work of replanting the missing hills. The stalks which are not needed may be easily chopped when hoeing. In planting wet bottoms it may be necessary to ridge the-rows, but in ordinary land this is not necessary. Only such lands as are likely to sutler from excessive moisture need be hilled or ridged. With our forests cut down, and the masts gone, it is no longer profitable to produce our own meat, but we can at a trifli.n<r cost, make molasses enough the material prosperity Of all of our people, and if, in our efforts to call their attention to the various mat tern herein mentioned, we expose our own ignorance, we trust that some bettor Informed ltftder will write us up, in the same kindly spirit which prompts us to say what we do. Our object is accomplished if we can benefit any single farmer, by inducing him to do something which he otherwise would have neglected tx> do. The winter has been unusually unfavorable for all out-door work and whether the waste places have been cleared or not the time is at hand when our farmers should cast about in their minds as to the lands which they will cultivate and the crops ? At 11 I i,? JP?XJ - " ? ? forfourselves and every tenant on the farnV. Every farmer should have from one to five acres of this croi>. it is as sure a crop as we plant, and while it is partial to rich spots, yet satisfactory results may he had from planting it almost anywhere. It pays better on rich low lands, and if not worked at the proper time, it will wait the movement of the most dilatory planter. Every head of a family should make early arrangements for the planting of garden products. Irish potatoes and cahbage should be planted on rich low land, near the water?even if that fdace should be a mile from the dwellng. Irish potatoes, cabbages and peas in abundance are absolutely necessary on every lmlf-regulated farm. We would urge upou our planters the great necessity fcr hill-side ditches. The present system of farming, without hill-side ditches, will certainly ruin all our lands in a very few years?the uplands will be washed into gulleys and the low lands will be covered with mud. Of course, if there J- ln.wl- St IS a net wi IW?? iuuvto it o?iwu. v? wV <litched without delay. Almost any ?warnp land in this county may be sufficiently drained to make good crops, and no such lands should remain out of cultivation for the want of a ditch. x We know one farmer who dug a ditch through his neighbors' land for a mile, in order that he might drain his own. If there is a foot of bottom land of any kind on the farm which is not now in a cultivatable condition, it should receive immediate and prompt attention. Clear and ditch all,such land without delay. If bottom lands are still to be cleared, other large trees may be "belted" or "deadened," but under no circumstances leave a gum ot any size standing. If from wantof time, or for other reason, the trunk of the gum cannot be removed from the land, it is better to have the dead log on the ground, than to plant anything under the Imng gum tree which cannot be killtd under two or three years The top of the gum may be easily piled aud burnt, and the log will soon roCTlf left standing it will not die for tvw or three years after being cut uround, and when dead, the first wind will blow it down 011 the crop. Our farmers will soon decide whether they will use guanos for the next crop. This is a matter not to be carelessly disposed of. It may be that many planters have excellent fertili zers or rich soils on the banks of their i creeks, which may be made as valua-1 ble to them as the guano for which! they pay so high,and which they haul! so far, need only to be hauled to the high fields and put in th? drill or in! the hill. Examine your branch, I creek, or river bottoms and see wheth- \ er there is not somewnere on your plate a rich deposit of the creain of | the earth, which wouKI we!] repay the hauling. Of course every man should he able to judge of this matter for \ himself. If the farmer has a fertilizer; already on his place, where is the wis-! dom of buying guanos? Let fhe far-i mer plow out as dtep a furrow as pos-1 Bible and then put some of the rich soil, from the creek on his grain, in that furrow, and the probability is, that the result will be satisfactory. . As water makes the greater part of our crops, and is more essential to their growth than anything else, every far-j * mer should take a practical, common' sense, view of the matter. Many far-1 mers i 11 this county spend from twen-j ty to a hundred dollars a year for fer-; tiiizers, while they waste the greatest quantity of thut which is ten times asj valuable?water. A spring branch if; properly turned on the cultivated, fields is worth more than all the guano that may be brought on the place, and often with a very little labor the water which runs down the stream may be utilized with the most profitable reRults. The seasons are so dry that the planter may inakeariangements to irrigate his crop, with the perfect cer tainly that artificial watering win uc needed. When it is a fact that a good mule can be raised at about the cost of a cow, it is really astonishing to us that so few farmers raise their own stock. Every farmer who has a good brood mare should raise a colt every year. Any kind of a mule is now worth from $100 to $200, and a mule at two years oM.if well fed, will do fair work in the field. It Is not hard to see how any farmer can make money at selling a mule at these prices?or save money by not having to buy. Sheep and goats are profitable, if the farmer has any pasture at all, and no farm in Abbeville county is so small that it should not have on it a few I sheep. The wool will be needed, or if: it is uot needed it can be sold at a good price, and the mutton is a wholesome and cheap meat which should occa-l - sionalJy be on every man's table. The good house wife who has cared for and preserved a lot of fowls, should ; not sell them until after the laying season is past. Every hen will lay: eggs to twice her worth. At the close of the season she will sell for as much : as she would now bring. We have said nothingabout cotton in this article. We know it is useless; to urge our people to plant largely of, the staple. They wiil be sure to do! that any how. ]*t is the little things! that we are now talking about. { * "V Probable Sale of (lie (jreriivrooil and i Aufrusta Iii*iIroadv IVc ceo from our exchanges that it is1 nito likdy that the (ireenwood ami ' Augusta Kail road will s-?on pass into 1110 hands of the South Carolina Kail-j ; way Company. We are not informed] as u> ilie particulars of' the proposed I transfer. .In an oil-hand way, however, we would be willing to risk the {opinion that Augusta would be doing herself an injustice to sell the Augusta i a ltd Kno.wille ]{oad to any corpora! lion, but we would say that if it is to j ho sold at all, it would he better t< , have it go into the hands of the South , Coraliua Railway Company than to any other. Under its present management it will be merely a b'cal road, and run primarily in the interests of j the city of AuVusta, and those of our citizens who find it necessary k> give that road their business will in all probability have to pay higher for! thru* accommodations ,on it as a local! load than they would do after the consolidation when it becomes a part of the South Carolina Railway Com-] ipftny. By that consolidation a competing line will be opened to Charleston, which will no doubt cheapen the rates .if freight and travel to lhat city, I and otherwise be of advantage to thej ; public along the road, but whether it I will be of advantage to the city of Au-j , gusta is quite another matter. If Au' gusta is willing to sell the road to the |South Carolina Railway, we believe ! the people of Abbeville will be benei titteii. Augusta will look out for her own interest. While we say lhat the people generally will be benefitted, we think we! are safe in saying that those who have invested their money in the road are a' unit in their preference for Augusta's! holdihg control of the road. If the South Carolina Railway Company get i the Augusta and Knoxville Road, it j (may have the* effect of chilling thcj zeal and enterprise of the projectors ofi ! the road from Greenville to Laurens i and from Laurens to Greenwood.' i What would be the use of the road, I from Greenwood to Laurens, if the j j South Carolina Road held the road j from Greenwood to Augusta? The [people in every part of this section of ! the country are confidently expecting i the construction of various roads, and: !all of which are to be feeders to the Augusta and Knoxville, which wiili 'pour commerce into the city of Au-j gusttt. The road now being built to1 'Greenwood will be a great road, the ibusinessof which will be equal to that of any road in the State, if it is allowed to take the natural course. The iron is new laid to Troy, and j |only some eighteen miles remain to bej 'finished between that pointand Green-j i wood. Owing to the lateness of the; [completion of the road it will not get: nfnir iirnnnrfinn of this VPar's C101). 1 j' -- - ' I I The cotton to a large extent lias been j J mortgaged at Abbeville, and it will bej j brought here for shipment, but iti the course of another year stores will be' i established along the line of the road, j and the crop of next year will greatly augment this year's business of this great iron highway. Columbia Free Schools. Columbia last week showed her sense in not voting away her money l for free schools. By some unaccountable means the belief has become prev1 alent that education in some way 'makes men moral. The truth is, j there was never a greater mistake, i Education has not one thing to do with a man's morals. Education only enables (he bad man to be worse, land the good man to be better. In ! other words, it only increases a man's ; influence, and whether that influence j j is exerted for good or evil, depends j entirely upon his character and his early convictions of right and wrong, j Only this and nothing more. In our M J! a opinion no vicious, evn ui^um-u ui^> should be educated. Only those with good moral principles should be sent to school at public expense. We believe it to be a fact that a minister, who died in Fairfield, was so impressed with the responsibility which education confers, directed the executor of his will not to educate his sons un-l less they developed evidences of be-1 coming good men. Adopted the Patent Outside. Our neighbor, the Medium has donned a patent outsi de, and is num- j bered among the most progressive newspapers of the State. The j j change will be found satisfactory to I its subscribers and profitable to its ; proprietor. We wish our neighbors: ; good luck and hope that they may j jfind patent outside all that we have ^ predicted for it. For our own part we j j are astonished "in this day and time," ! j that anybody will print both sides of j 'his paper. The editor who does not . adopt the plan, in our opinion,stands i- i-;- H,?iV oil greatly in own ji^ut, mats mi.i [The world moves, and it is useless for; country printers to try to prevent] j progress in their own high art. Success to the Medium. *??.?. Raising the Danger Signal. The Republicans are to have a meeting in Columbia, March 2. They will i then begin to lay plans for coinmen-i cing their mischb f. Let no dissatisfied Democrat lull himself into the be-1 lit-f that there is no danger. Although ; some changes are needed in our laws, j let no man deceive himself in the be-j lief that these desired changes can be effected by deserting to the camp of, the enemy. We cannot afford to go] back to the old days of extravagance I and incompetency in otllce. Our taxes1 >?re now only about half what they were under the old rule of Chamber-j lain & Co., and we are in a poor con-1 dition to double our taxes at this time.; <s> * The Weekly News. The Charleston ~<Vecl;h/ News, after 1 the 22nd of February, is to be enlarged , to an eight page paper. This will; make that paper the largest publica- j tior. in the State, and one which no family can well afford to do without. A large paper like this, with an immense deal of choice miseallr.neous j and news nmttter, is hound to have a large circulation, and we country printers will have to work with might j ! main, if we are iiot left out of sight in I the great race. Be that as it may, how- j ever, we wish the News the great sue- \ 1 cess which its energy, its nerve, and its business tact deserve. The Public Printing. We are glad to notice that the Register has been awaided the public i printing. For its ability and zeal in! I striking square out from the shoulder | for Democracy at a time when some-j thing was hazarded by the course, we. i think that paper was, by all the rules j of justice, entitled to it in the years; f hut. nre n.isfc. I The Keform Signal. This is tiie name of a new paper, the lirst number of which was print-1 ed last week in Columbia by Mr. J.: Hendrix McLano. That paper, we! believe, proposes to represent the : Oreenback party. Me. W. T. Branch, lost his pocket'book last week, containing $200 in-1 money. Find it auU return it to him.' j We have had more rains this week. ? Judge McGowak is at home. j{ IXUGRSOLL'S EARLY TRAINING Mrw Tahmigc Carrying the War Into I the Home and the Sepulchre of the Infidel's Parent. {Xrw VoTk \V6> l<L] "<?et out, you miserable pauper of the' universe, go crawl into some;rat hole or pvorlastinj; jictliiiiKiifss," sail! Mr. Tal mage yesterday morning, as lie portrayed the meanness of infidelity and denounced the "champion blasphemer of America." In li?\s pmver the preacher thanked (Jod "for the snow storm which had robed the earth with beauty, each mow llake a prophecy of wheat or corn," iiul he cried: "How amiable are thy tabernacle, O Lord ; 'but the small audijnce evidently felt anything but amiable, tbr the place was bitterly cold and full of draughts. Mr, Talmage, too, as lie looked round upon the empty benches, felt moody and asked God to "bless those to whom the weather had been an impedi?v.A%W t ?-* fK/.ii. ntfno/l.moo of llw? luttlCO n f God." The text was from Jeremiah xxxvi., 21: ''When Jehndi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the pcn-knilb ami east it into the lire that was on the hearth." Pointing the index finder or his right hand towards the eentre of the church, Mr. Talmago said: "There sits Jehoinkim in tiio Winter house, his feet to the tire blazing and crackling on the hearth. I lis private Secretary Joh udi is reading from a scroll containing God's word to Jeremiah. The King is displeased with the prophecy and he gets red in the face, tiicn snatches the precious scroll from the hands of his secretary, takes out his pen-knife and cuts and slashes it all to pieces. Jehoiakim thought ho could destroy God's word with a penknife. Ah, no! Jeremiah takes another) scroll and the prophecy is repeateil. All I tlie pen knives made in Sheffield and in i all the world are not sufficient to destroy God's word. Ingersoll has been trying to hack the word of Godtopieccs with his little pen-knife and ho slabs Moses, Joshua and all the prophets, and Christ and the God of the Bible. This book, bombarded by Ingersoll and which he would ent to pieces, has a circulation of 300,000,000 copies all over the land. Where one Bible dies 10,000 Bibles arc boi;n. Cut away, then, with j-our Ingersoll pen-knivc." Mr. Taltnage then referred to the infidel's knife of ridicule. "I like fun, said he, "and laughter at the right time, but some laughter is deathful and its rebound is despair." Then he told how the sea smiled and the forest treesclapped their hands, but with a frown of indignation he added : "It is not healthy to sniggle at eternity, to laugh at God "or smirk at the immortal soul." iJofci rin!? to the Snuvten Duvvil disas tor Mr. Tnhnncn said: "An intoxicated! man in fun pulled tlio brako-rope and stopped the train?for a joke! But an-I other train came,' down, crushing out of! mangled victims their immortal souls and sonding them speedily to God and judgment?only a joke," and Mr. Talrnage wrung his hands and wiped his eyes, repeating, "Only a foke. S'? Ingcrsoll would stop the long train of Biblos, of churches, of Christian influence, while coming down upon him is the train of eternity, rushing on, a thousand miles a minute, with more force than an avalaucho down tho Alps or any lightning express train that ever thundered across tho Continent. Of the blasphemy and outrage of infidelity I have already spoken ; let us look at its meanness. Ingersoll satirizes hisearly home. lie tolls bis hearers that his father was a bigot, a tyrant and a tool. Can anything be meaner than to assail the memory of a parent?to treat a lather with contempt and disturb tho mound on his grave?" Mr. Talmagc then held up a letter and said that there were two accounts of Ingersoll's father? one that he was a minister of a Presbyterian Church, a good man, who by oho sermon converted 2w0 souls to Christ; an excellent husband and an indulgent parent. This letter just received says that ho was abstemious to fault, allowing his children to sutler, never spoke a kind word to wife or cliil dren, and when at last Mrs. Ingersoll! died, other but gentler hands tended herl corpse, and that the husband coolly removed his hat and gloves and began to extol her virtues and panegyrize her con-, duct for the first timo. Which account was true ho did not know. "The champion blasphemer calls his father a bigot and a tyrant. What of his mother? Let's hear something of her. Where's the Bible she used to read ? We hear of his father's frigidity ; what about his mother's tenderness? Has Ingersoll's Christian tnothoi gone to the samo place j as his detested father? Was his mother! deluded at last? Was death to her a test! or a terror? Ingersoll is said to be a brave man. I dare him to take his mother's Bible and sit down and read the fourteenth chapter of John. Nothing there about Jonah and the whale; Joshna, sun and moon standing still, or how Eve was made. Ah! he's prave enough to bully perdition, scoff at the angels and sneer at God, but I dare him to lock himself in a with his old mother's Bible. I stand at the dcor of the sepulchre of that Christian mother and demand justice for her ?your mother, Ingersoll, in whoso bosom you were nourished, whose hands wero blistered for you. By the cradle that rocked you and by the birth pangs that launched you into time, 1 dare you. Infidelity," continued Mr. Talmage, "gives absolutely nothing for the treasure it^vonld take away. Ingersoll is like a hooting owl at midnight, raving on the verge of the grave. Infidels aro like a band of conspirators who would sweep away all medicine, and when a patient asked for a soothing draught give him a! lecture on the'absurdities of morphine' or the 'indecencies of anodyne." Lie down, patients in Bellcvue Hospital, we have found a Catholicon. Wo will give """ o fJnun nf wit n svrnn. a bottle of! ribaldry, a solution of pleasantry, a tincture of derison?tickle the skeleton of death with repartee. Infidelity is a roli (?ion of know-nothingism. Is there a God? Don't know? Is the soul immortol? Don't know ! Shall we meet each other there? Don't know!"' Here the preacher said in stentorian tones: "I know. Ingersoll would take away Jesus and give us nothing but a joke." The: champion blasphemer was the iconoclast of the graveyard, and robbed the dying of consolation to give them only a sneer and [ a grimace. Infidelity professed to care for the welfare of humanity, while it established no missions, schools, hospitals or colleges. It had no institution of learning but whose diploma was a disgrace. In the German University of Heidelberg the ruffianly students strangle and murder each other. Infidelity scrapes no lint for the wounded, it bakes no bread for the hungry, it gilds no grave for the dead. Life's Brightest Hour. Not long since, I met a gentleman who is assessed for one million. Silver was in his hair, care upon his brow, and he slightly*stooped beneath the burden of wealth. We were speaking of the period of his life when he had reached the most perfect enjoyment, or, rather, when he had found happiness to be nearest unalloyed. 'I'll tell yon,' said the millionaire, 'when was the happiest hour of my life. At rlip surf, of 0110 and twentv I had saved i &S00. I was earning &>Ol)ayear and my father did not take it from "me, only requiring that I should pay my board. At the age of twenty-two i secured a pretty cottage just outside of the city. I was able to pay two-thirds of the value down, and furnish it respectably. I was married on Sunday?a Sunday in June?at my father's house. My-wife had come to me poor in purse, but rich in the wealth of womanhood. The Sabbath and the Sabbath night we passed beneath my father's roof, and 011 Monday morning I went to my work, leaving mother and sister to J help in preparing my homo. "On Monday evening, when the labors of the day were done, I went not to thoj paternal shelter, but to my own house? |, my own home. The holy atmosphere of that house seems to surround mo even now in the memory. I opened the door of my cottage and entered." I laid my hat < r>n the little stand in tho hall, and passed i on to the kitchen?our kitchen and din-; I ing-room were all one then. I pushed I open the kitchen door and was in?heav- ? en ! Th-< table was set against tho wall? ' the evening meal was ready, prepared by i the hands of her who had come to bo my i helpmate in deed as well as in name?and I by the tea-table, with a throbbing and ex- | nnffunt lonk nnnn her lovelv and lovinir I i face, stood my wife, I could only clasp j the waiting angel to my bosom, thus showing to her the elastic burden of my heart. i "The years have passed?long, long; I years?and worldly wealth has llown upon me, and I am honored, envied,?but ? (is true as heaven, I would give all? i every dollar l'or the joy of that June even- i ing, in the long, long ago." i A New Principal for the High School , ?The Stock Law Approved?An Un-j fortuunte Accident. J I.VcM'i (tntl Oourfcr.] Pickens C'. II., February 7.?The board i, of trustees of Pickens High School have I, been so fortunate as to procure for the ] present year, for their preceptor, W, M.l( Mct'aslan, of Abbeville, and he opened i( yesterday under very favorable auspices, j { having about sixty pupils enrolled thejj first day, with a fair prospect for a largely ; | increased attendance very soon. He is a j graduate of Krskine College, and comes highly recommended by a large number I of the leading men of Abbeville, among j the number Judge Uothran, Gen. Hemp- [ hill and Judge McGowan, not only as an ; < instructor, but as a high-toned, honorable j i Christian gentleman. Hence his removal j i here is regarded by all of our people as a t valuable acquisition. jc The Stock law, which had been passed t for only about one-half of this country ( until the general law for the State was ! i snacted at the present session of the Gen- J i sral Assembly meets with general appro- ' 1 k-al by the citizens of all classes, condi- j lions and colors. i j A son ot Mr. Miles Singleton, a highly , i respected and esteemed citizen residing :s n the eastern part of this county, wasjc hrown from his horse on Sunday last, re- j t living a serious and dangerous wound ? lpon the forehead, and it is thought that a le will not live. | o THE USURY L/VTY. Speech of Dr. Gary in the Legislature, which Answers the I)emnu<l on us from the Edgefield Chronicle. "Because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not." / The time allot toil to me is too short to discuss in its entirety tho usury law. Tiie people ofSotith Carolina can compare the period when this law was not in existence with the past few years, since its enactment, and easily satisfy themselves that it is a wise measure. In the discussion of the bill we must not compare South Carolina with otlu-r State* ami thus draw incorrect conclusions. The people ofSouth Carolina are mainly niri'ipiilrnrifcta. mirl not ennciilntors ail(i manufacturers. There is one fact well established by political economists; that no agricultural people can or ought to pay cither a high rate of interest or bear li high rate of taxation, the greater portion of our wealth is in real estate,1 which in the aggregate does not yield a greater income annually than three per cent, of its value. In other words, we tax the income derived from real estate more than 37 percent, ontof every dollar which the owner gets for the use of his land. Now, if we superadd to this the privilege of charging any rate or interest which our necessities may compel us to accept, the ruin of the agricultural interests would bo well nigh completed. Money dees not, as has been stated, depend upon supply and demand, as other commodities, but upon the character of the security offered for its use. I have known banks in South Carolina, at a time when money was considced scarce and commanding 10 per ccnt., send it to New York to lie loaned at 4 per cent., thus proving the fallacy of the maxim that monoy was worth' what it would bring in the market. The demand of the repeal of the usury law does not come from the people of the borrower, but from the capitalist and lender. It hasoriginated with the gentleman from Darlington, a representative of the banking interests of the State?the money-lending interest. Not one petition or word had conic Irom the other classes. The speculators in stocks and other gambling operations could afford to give any rate of interest, but in our State we had to deal with a different class, and the working men?tho producers of real wealth?could not stand such rates, and the usury law was a true measure of protection for thom. The repoal of the law would but increase the power of the money-lenders to crush out the rising prosperity of tho working classes of tho State, and give encourarement to that spirit of speculation which, during tho period of its repeal before had strewn the State with the wrecked fortunes of its citizens. He felt sure that in view of the painful history of tho sad period, and the need of encouraging our peoplo in their struggle to emancipate themselves from the clutches of tho money lenders, the IIouso would not repeal this usury law. THE EXECUTION IN WINNSBORO. Rejoicing- in the Consoltations of Religion?Last Words of the Murderer ?He Insists that the Killing was Accidental-Talking With his Wife TW,vi!, lVsx?.lr uiiu min .ivi?vnii ii ii in Hi [ Xcws ami Courier.] WiNNsnoRO, February 10.?Jesse Rarb6r, convictcd of the murder of Mack Perry, was hung bore to-day. Ho rose early and seemed very cheerful, but declined to eat any breakfast, lie was visited by ditlerent persons, and was inclined to converse Iroely. For an hour before his execution he was in conversation with his spiritual adviser, tlio Rev. Mr. Pratt, of the Presbyterian Church. Ho was attended also by the Rev. Messrs. Chalmers, Griffiths and Connor. At 12 o'clock the sheriff went to his cell and told him his time had come. Led by an officer he walked out, and bade his fellow prisoners good-bye. He was then taken to the gallows, which had been erected in the jail building in a passage between the debtors' room. There were about sixty spectators, his wife and mother amoug them. lie conversed with tho lattor in one the rooms. A fervent prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr. Pratt, and the prisoner was 6laced on the platform under the noose, [o spoke to the crowd, warning them of his fate and of their duty to "keep God in view. It pleases God for me to give up mylifeand lam ready. I want all of vou to pray fur me and meet me in heaven, t feel that the Lord is standing right over mo ready to take my soul. I know ho is able and willing. I have no fears, for I have no foes here. Jesus has forgiven all uiv sins. Jesus is my friend. He is my shepherd and I am going'to his fold. How long before tlie time of ;ny departure, Mr. Sheriff?" "The time is about up," said the sheriff. Mr. Pratt then asked him if ho still persisted in his story that the shooting was accidental, and lie said it was, and that Mack Perrv was awake when he shot him. The black cap was adjusted. The prisoner still murmuring to himself. The trap fell at thirty-live minutes past 12, and the neck was broken. In sixteen minutes the physicians pronounced life extinct. At the expiration of twenty-six minutes the body was cut down, pfaced in a coffin and delivered to the familv. Everything passed off very quietly. There was a small crowd in town, mostly negroes, but they were very orderly. The general opinion is .that Jesse deserved to die, and that he never told the truth about the killing. TIIE FIRST TRAIN TO MANNING. Glad Reception of the Iron Horse at the County Sent of Clarendon. [Clarendon Enterprise ] It was generally understood in the town that Friday afternoon a trial of the new trestle would bo made by tho passage of the train over it. So when the time at which tho train was expected arrived, a large crowd had alr#idy gathered to witness the spectacle. Nearly every profession and occupation in town had Its representatives; thero were lawyers, doctors, merchants, clerks, mechanics, jacks-ofall-trades and gentlemen of elegant leisure, the ubiquitous small boy was there also, and an agreeablesprinklingofladies relieved the appearance of tho the crowd of an otherwise too great masculinity. It was not yet time for tho train to come, so some seated themselves upon logs, others gathered in groups and passed the minutes pleasantly in chat. At length some one sees the train and instantly the crowd is upon the track, peering into the distance. Just before reaching the trestle, the engine stopped to catch breath for the new pull or to assure itself of the safety of the passage. A colored boy, thinking that it would come no further, in is anxiety to be among the first to gaze with curious wonder upon the great puftling monster at the other end of the trestle, started towards it; hardly had ho gotten half way when the t^ain once more moved onward. The boy saw his mistako off/ip in n niiimmit lie had lowered hio:self to ono of the upright timbers and slid down .vith more speed than dignity. Tlie rest of the tale is soon told. The train reached the bank ; the crowd gathered around and gazed at it with wonder and admiration, and that peculiar feeling ono accustomed to rural quietness would experience upon awakening and finding himself in the centre of a great metropolis. Starvation in Louisiana. New Orleans, February 10.?The Times Democrat publishes the proceedings of a meeting held at Columbia, Caldwell Parish, appealing for assistance for the people of Ouachita, Richland, Franklin, Caldwell, Winn, Grant and a portion of Jackson and Concordia Parishes. The preamble to the resolution sets forth that the unprecedented drought of last Sum-! mer and Fall caused a failure in the crops of corn, potatoes, peas, and even grass, and a very short crop of cotton has brought a state of almost universal destitution and want upon tho community of Caldwell and tho adjoining Parishes. That nineteen-twentieths of the people including both colors and all classes, have not a grain of corn to leed their starving lea as ; no bread, no credit, nowhere to i;o and nothing to go with. That hogs have been dying for two months because r>f the entire failure of mast and grain. Therefore, resolved that common humanity dictates (hat aid should be >iiv>ifiori nrnvfliit the nrobable stnrva tion of a large part of tho population of North Louisiana, and we deem that the destitution of a large portion of an important class of our fellow citizens challenges a motion and should commend the aid of tho government to avert the eminent calamity. t The resolutions further state thata large section of country is suffering from overHow and that stock and people are on the point of starvation. The Times-Democrat says editorially that tho condition of ui'airs was predicted in its columns some months ago, when it was found that the J people of that section were selling off] Lheir stock and cattle at a sacrifice, but! thinks the situation exaggerated, and [ suggests that tho people of Louisiana| should be called on before appealing to Hhers for assistance. Governor McEnery ias ordered an investigation. Cotton at Two and a Half Cents. The question has been asked me, can :otton bo made at 2 J cents per pound, to ivhieh I would reply, that the planter who I aises everything he uses and makes cot-1 on an absolutely surplus money crop, :an mako more money at 2i rents, than J he all'Colton planter can at 10 cents. I lo not think cotton raising can bo made ernunerative when it is a surplus crop nider 6 cents, and when it is not, at under 2 to 14 cents per pound. I believe the >rosent crop has cost 9 to 10 cents per >ound, and that the next will cost even ' nore, owing to the hi^h price of the neces- j aries used In its production, and I would ; arnestly call the attention of planters to! ho importance of planting largely of i ;rasses and grain this winter and spring, I b of the greatest value in the economies] f planting. J HONORS TO THE DEAD. ! Eulogies of Senator's Hampton and j Brttler In Memory of Hon. M. P. O'Connor. Eulogies were delivered in the j Senate last Thursday, in honor of South Carolina's fiend Congressman j M. F. O'Connor. We reproduce i what was Maid hy our own Senator's: A messacc from the House of Representatives, of Mr. John linllcy. it-s Chief Clerk, communicated to the Senate the tntelllproncu i of the death of Hon. Michael P. O'Connor, late a member of thu House from the State of Sott^i Carolina, and transmitted the resolu- j toffs of the House thereon. ( j The resolutions were read, as follows : Itexolvcil, Tlmt thld JI?U3i* hna heard with profound sorrow of the death oT lion. Miclti??-I I'. O'Connor, lute ? member of the lleuse from the titatc South Carn'lna. Ilesolvnl, That nr a tnark of respect to his mem I <>r? the oDicprA and members of tills Ilonmt wll a-i.n,* t lin ,imu,I I.-,,l,?. ? tnoinn'tii* for thirty da VS. Rewired. That *?*o|?y of these resolutions bo| | transmitted by Clerk of tiila House to tho liiniiiy u" tlie deceased. I licxolvrd, Thnt the Clerk be directed to corrrr. tint ! cate n copy ?r these proceedings to tins Senate: anil that. a* a-Wther mark <>f respect to the memory of tiio deceased. this House (In now adjourn. Mr. Butler. Mr. {'resident, 1 offer the following resolutions: Jlcaolred, That tho Senate lias received with pro-j found sorrow the nnnoineeinent of the death ol lion, i Michael I'. O'Conner, lata member ot the House of i I Representatives fiotn the State of South Carolina. licxolvrd. That the business of tho Senate be now | suspended that opportunity tniy be given tor fitting , tributes to the memory of the" deceased and to his eminent public and private virtues, and th.it us a further mark of respect the Senate at the conclusion of such remarks shall adjourn. The President, pro tempore. The question Is on tlie resolutions. Mr. Butler. Mr. President, tlie frequent recurrence of these sad occasions In tlio Congress of the United States, wlicn we are called ' upon by Mtlng ceremonies to pny n final trl-; bute to the memories of our brethren \vho| have died from among us. is calculated to re-1 mind tin with striking significance of the' slight tenure we have upon lift*. But a few i days have elapsed since we heard In this] Chamber the torching and affectionate tributes to two of the most distinguished and beloved of our number. One the late-lamenti cil Senator from Hiiode Island. (Genera! Hum-,' i side.') the embodiment of vigorous health, and ! yet he answered the cull of the grim iness-j engerns surely as did the groat Wisconsin Senator, (Carpenter,) who languished and suf- I fered and sunk under the wasting hand of dls-| ease. And again to-day, sir, we are confronted i with the dlsmnl reality that another of our brethren of the other Housi Is dead. Ills reputation and fatne was not so widespread and national as tne two renowned Senators, hut the hearts of neither of them, generous as they were, throobed wllh more fervid patriotism or warmed with more generous sympathies than did that of my late friend, M, P. O'Connor, He loved his country and his friends wllh unstinted devotion, and In turn received tliehomnge of their undivided confidence nnd respect. t The overtlowlng gencrnslty'and kindness of I enthusiastic Irish nature secured for him tho I warmest attachment of his friends, and his ardent devotion to the best interests of ills country and the requirements of duty commanded i,he admiration of all men. Mr. O'Connor was born In the old town of Beaufort, South Carolina, on the'29th September, 1S31, and died in Charleston on the 26th day of April, 1881, In the fiftieth yenr of hlsagc. He was educated and graduated at Saint John's CoUeue, Fordham, New York, and was by profession a iawyer, with his oflico In the city of Charleston. He represented that city for four terms in the Legislature of South Carolina, from 1858 to 1863, and was elected to the Forty-fifth aud Forty-sixth Congrms from the second Congressional district, and died while a member of the Forty-sixth Congress. In 1872 Mr. O'Connor was a delegate to the national Democratic convention held in the city of Baltimore, and again . epresented his party In tho national convention at Sain? Louis In 1X76. Ife was highly gifted as an orator nnd public speaker. In the courso of the proceedings of the Baltimore convention, he made one of those Impassioned bursts of eloquence that electrifies an audience and lakes it captive. He lighted a spark that swept through the convention wllh Irresistible enthusiasm, and acquired In this national arena a reputation as a public speaker that had hitherto been local, hut none the less duly appreciated by inose who were aecusiomeu 10 neur mm. ma style of oratory was peculiarly atlracllve and captivating. With a clear, ringing voice under perfect control, his style was a chaste and classical ns the moH finished elocutionist and his How of langunge hh easy and unhesitating as an unobstiueted stream. Equipped with the-e hlghquaHtles, coupled with a ripe scholarship and well-stored in 1 nd, he was a ready and effective speaker and only awaited a titling opportunity In the other branch of the national Legislature to have llltisiratd his greatpowers as a pari I am en tary debater. In 1870 Mr. O'Conor was made president of that ancient order of glorious memories and associations, the Hibernian Society of Irishmen, of Charleston. Hear what one of that Society says of him, Hon. A. G. Mugrnth, who was himself a paragon of perfect speech with a brilliant lntellret. In presenting the tribute of respect to the late president, at a meeting of the Hibernian Soclery, May 3, 1881, Judjjc Magrath said: ** His heart was as open ? d cheering ns the I'gfct ??f day. Ills 8> mpathv with his race was attuned to a pc'rfect harmony. jnfferini: whatever f?rm it took, was resistless In Its nppeal; and oppression, however ! imposing in its force, was controntea r>y nnn, wno i never quailed before It. And when it grew In its pro. ' portions anil threatened communities, bis p|>1rlt I rose equal to the magnitude of the occn.-ion ; nnd a ! cnoroui heart Inspired the burning words that clused ' his passionate eloquence to stir the most sluggish to sympathy with him. No one born In the land of his forefathers more rcI jolc'd In all that was glorious In Its past; or in more ! touching pathos mourned what Is sad and depressl'-g In lis present fortunes. Tli'se walls have echoed his denunciations of Its wrones, nnd tho d> ninnd fur its riirhts. But of these there is no record. They were" like the flash of the lijhtnlng* brilliant, dazzling, Startling; not to be forgotten, yet riot to be recallrtl. IStit for his own State, his own cltr, Ills own home, bis own friends, every generous and Indis'iani passion I in him was stirred to its deepest d"pth* in the suffir | ing he saw nnd shared. When In giving expression to | his feeling when thehenrtnnd tliebrnin, with intense | ty that could not be surpass- d In their union, rose into the grand diapason of oratory, he stood to champion her cause ; no mo e devoted Ron could be found I within her limits. He spoke as men do whose words ring true to the honest passion which piotupts their utterance ; nnd they who speak forg-t themselves in kinship wall those whoso wrongs only arc remembered. He occupied n commanding position In that galaxy of distinguished lawyers at the Charleston bar?one of Ihe ablest, I (hlnk. In the whole country?and held his own hucccssfully In Intc lectnul contests with the brightest luminaries of his professional brethren. His entry into active political life was attended by one of the must vexations and bitter contests ever known in the political history of tills country, and yet ins mo>t unsympathetic political antagonist will concede that throughout the long and trying ordeal lie oore inmseu wun lK-cumtnir mouerauon ana deqorum, and with tlie self-respect anil bearing of ii dignified gentleman. Upon taking I his scat In the Forty-sixth Congress lie was i assigned to some of the Important 'committees, and devoted himself with ! unassuming but faithful earnestness to his duties. Watching the interests of his immediate constituency mid section with singular i fidelity, talcing broad, liberal views of all | matters presented to (Jongress for conslderaI tlon, he never permitted Ills duty lo his Slate to narrow his views 011 national questions. I Such, Mr. President, Is a brief record of Ills outward public career. It is us honorable as ! any man's He was for many years In the open light of | the public gaze, in times of great temptation ; and excitement, but no whisper ever tainted | his character; no breath of suspicion ever I Impaired the strt ngih of his public life, and : 110 word of reproach wascver uttered against his private worth. He literally "died in harness," discharging his high dutj with a fidel ity that was as sacred to him as his life, and I an ability that reflects lustre upon his name. ! This, sir, Is a feeble, not over-drawn encoml j um, that I bestow upon a dead friend with slncf-re regatr for his memory. I Hut there was an inner circle in Mr. O'Con I ncr's life: the family, the home, friends, ! where he was as simple and unselfish In his jaffections as a guileless child. Itisalmost i forbidden to enter that sacred circle upon a public occasion, but my contribution to those i memorial ceremonies, however otherwise im; perfect, would be 1 icomplcte without allusion i to that phase or his lite where the undis! guised tenderness of a manly heart and unrestrained indulgence in his pure nil'ections j dispensed so much happiness and pleasure to those who clung to him with such ardent deI votion. That circle is broken forever. I What power can measure the intensity of the anguish that wrung the hearts or those who had been made glad and happy by his pienerous affections? Certainly no human power. Let us then draw tenderly and reverently the veil of mourning over the sacred niyslery, and lay upon his green grave the homage of our unati'ccted sorrow. lie lies beneath the soil of the State ho loved so well und served so faithfully. It was there he wished to be buried and rest forever, where the ceaseless moaning of the stately pine and the rustling breez--1 through the evergreen magnolia, mingling' "h the restless murmur of the nelghborl ig w. >-es and sighing *rtnds of his beloved sunny land, might sing his requiem forever ill tho perfect harmonies of nature's faultless symphonies. Mr. Hampton.?Mr. President, twice within the past few days have we been railed upon to do honor to tiie memory of colleagues who have been summoned to answer that great, final roll-call on high, to which nil mankind must respond. Laying aside the ordinary [. routine of t uslness; pausing for a time amid i the rush of active lireand the clash or conflict | ing opinions; forgetting even all politisai dif-1 ferences, we met, on those solemn occasions, I pn the broad ground of a common humanity, consecrated to us by a common aMictlon, Hliodc Island and Wisconsin, mourning the death of two illustrious citizens who had rep-1 resented them in tills Chamber, called then j upon the great sisterhood of.States for that sympathy which sorrow such as theirs demands, and which should always be freely given. We all know how generously, how tenderly this was extended. To-day South Carolina, deploring the loss of a gifted and devoted son, turns In her bereavement to her sister States Tor the same synipnthy. i The resolutions which have been presented by my colleague tell of the death of Hon. M. 1'. O'Connor, late a Representative from my State lu the other branch of Congress, ami the touching tributes which have been paid to his | memory leaves me nothing to say Unit could add to the high and deserved estimation in j which lie mis held. Feeling this I should remain silent were it not that as a represents- ; tlvc on this floor of the State which honored j lilm and which beloved so ardently, It becomes n>e to bear testimony to his signal pub- j; lie services and to his eminent private vlr- n tues. As a Senator from South Carolina it is | j my duty to do litis, but a much higher duty,]' one very near my heart, demunds this at my I < hands, lie was a valued and trusted friend. J i The warm friendship I entertained for him |] sprung up In long by-gone years; it grew 11 stronger as time rolled on, and it was terml-1 j nuted only by hlsdeath. I feel his loss, there-)' fore, not only as a public calamity but as a se-! ] vere personal bereavemedt. Few men in our|( State had a wider circle of earnest, devoted j ( friends than himself, and I know of no trlbuto i ( to him which could be more honorable, more < touching or more tender than tho general ( sense of personal loss felt at his death by all j ot them. Warm-hearted, generous, kind, ami | lovable, he drew his friends close to *11111, and j they loved him for his virtues while they ad-,; mired him for his talents. j } Hp vas no ordinary man either In character > or Intellect, for while the one secured fur if him the esteem of those who knew him, tho if other won for him a wide and well-earned ?. reputation. The warm Irish blood that llow-tl; ed in his veins gave to his nature its lmpul- j?. slve generosity and lent to his persuasive ^ tcngue no small portion of that marvelous el- 1. rxjUuiiee which seems to be the birthright of'!, the countrymen of Hurke, of Sheridan, of ^ Curran, of (i rat tan. and of O'Connell. But J. with all these rare gifts of uature, of intellect,1 mid of education, he was not titled for the '[ rough conflict of political strife, and I have no -i doubt his life was cut short by the anxieties, ' >| the responsibilities, and the vexatious at lend inn a public career. He was so conscientious j In the discharge of all liis duties, so laborious | In tlie performance of them, so sensitive in [ Ills nature thai his health nave way under (lie severe strain to which it was subjected by his! public duties. Broken in health, bravely i >tr u tii; 11 ii^t to the last In the Interest of I be 7 people who had honored hint, he tell at his 1 post of duty with ills harness on, and his last, S liis dying efl'orts were given to the State he a tad served well, and to the people who loved ft ind trusted him. His death was a severe loss ! :o that State, au Irreparable oac to hi* family, J auta gain to him, for he had so lived thnt ho traH Well prepared tu give ?n account of the Jecds done in the flesh. He lived lone enough to achieve nil honorable, en vlablo reputation, j mil long enough to realize that? The paths of glory lead but to th? grave. ( When he was laid at rest in the bosom of his < mother earth, under the shadows of the muz- I nollas of his native land, a friend who knew I liim well wrote thus of him: I For hint wlm lice In peace with restful hands this ' inurnliif.'. it hail been belter poihn[>i? had ho n>ver j known the vieian'cuilfa and res pott Mbilities of pulltlcul j llfr. It was till loss to li.m. Tile gain was to Ills pso- j |ile nn<l the Slate. So imiat It be too often In such Limes as thes- with men most worthy of public trust J Doubtless. Mr. President, It would have been bettor for lilm had he held aloof from the rude | arena of poll I leal warfare, keeping the even ? tenor of his way alon.; the quieter and hap- < pier paths of private i I fit; but we who are left j lire belter for the example of his life and that i uf his death. The one shows us the duty of Is the patriot, the other teaches the sublime faith of the Christian. They both should lni- j press on us the great lesson that? j 'Tis nut the whole of life to live, 1 Hor ull of death to die. 1 The resolutions were agreed to unanimous- ' ly; and (at three o'clock and twonty-niue niln-:. utes p. m.) the Senate udjourncd. 1 Acts Passed and Ratified at the Late ! Session. j The following Acts and Joint Resolutions among others were passed at the session of I he , ! General Assembly which ended on Thursday:; An Act to charter the Spartanburg, Ander- j son and Atlanta Railroad Company. An Act to regulate the distribution of books by the clerk b of the Courts of thisHtatc to the, trial Justices. An Act to amend Chapter XCVII of title5,1 I lit' vjrrut-i a 1 mHUiii'.i ruiuiin^ id nit assignments of Insolvent debtors. An Art to prohibit the wile of spirituous or Intoxicating liquors within the incorporate limits of Lancaster. I<anea.sicr county. An Act to provide for the establishment of ft B'perate school district In the countv of I^cx-j hiU'.on, and providing for tiiu levy, collcctlon 1 nud appropriation of school taxes therein. An Act ceding the Jurisdiction of the State i of South Carolina to the United States of| America over such lands as may herpqulred! for deepening, widening and straightening \ Mosquito Creek and Winyuh 15ny and Suntce River, so as to facilitate cummcrce. An Act to amend "An Act to incorporate the Kutherfiirdton and Spartanburg Hallroad," approved June H. 1877, by reducing the sbares to fifty dollars per share ami author-, I zing citics, towns and counties to subscribe, to cnpital stock of said company. An Act to empower the City Council ofj Spartanburg to Issue ho ds for the purpose of: repairing and improving the streets of said ; city, to provide for the Interest accruing j thereon and for the payment of said bonds. | An Act to amend the criminal law so as to, provide for the better control of convicts com- j rnlttcd to the Penitentiary and punish persons harboring or employing escaped convicts.' An Act to perpetuate testimony in relation ! to deeds, releases, records, other papers and | documents lost or destroyed. An Act to authorize the board of school; trustees of school district No. ], Court House Township, in Chester county, to sell and con-: vey property belonging to said school district, I and to use the proceeds for the benefit of the school district. An Act to incorporate the Columbia Street Railway Company. An Act to provide a general Railroad law. An Act to incorporate the South Carolina Pacific Railroad Company. An Act to raise supplies and make appropriations for the fiscal yeur commencing November 1, 1881. * An acl 10 provmc lor me consolidation ana revision of the General Statutes of South Carolina. An Act to enable persons whose crops arc seized under the provisions of the various Acts of the General Assembly, knowu as the "Lien : law," to recover post'Csslon of the same, upon entering Into bond In accordance with the [ provisions of law now of force In repaid to actions for the claim and delivery of personal property. An Act to authorize and empower certain townships In Abbevllleand Edgefield counties to sell certificates of stock held by said townships In the Augusta and Knoxvlllo llallrond Company, and Invest the proceeds of thesame in certificates of stock In the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad Company. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to charter the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg llallrond Compt ny. and to repeal an Act entitled an Act to charter the Greenwood, Laureos and Spartanburg Railroad Company," approved Febuary 20, 18S0, by adding thereto Sections 17, IS, 19,20, 21. An Acl to authorize the Canal Commission to transfer nnit deliver t-o the board of directors of South Carolina Penitentiary the property known as the Columbia Canal, with the lands held therewith i^nd Its appurtenances, and to develop the same. An Act to amend the charter of the Greenville and Laurens Railroad Company. ! Joint Resolution to prohibit, on and after I the 1st Jairtiar.v, 18J-3. the payment of Interest on the Green Con sol bonds and stock of the Stale until they shall have been converted Into Hrown Consol bends and stock. An Act to re-enact an Act entitled "An Act to facilitate the completion of the niue Ridge i Railroad." approved Febuary 20,18S0, and to extend the time therein granted for the completion of said railroad. An Act to charter tbo Aiken and Atlantic Scacoast Rallrord Company. Am In n I I a ni ^ rwl ^ nlimxlin V, T?,1 rro. field, Trenton and Aiken Railroad ftnmpuny to pay and settle the bnlanee due by then?to the state for convict hire in certificates of stock In said railroad. Joint Resolution to authorize nnd require the commissioners ? f ihc sinking fund to pay to Mrs. Eliza B. tirlflln STT.i for the renunciation of her dower in cerlnln lands bought by the Stale In Kdgctield county. An Act to incorporate the Heaufort Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children An Act to provide a local option law for incorporated cities, towns and villages or this State. An Act to Incorporate the Farmers' Manufacturing Company of Chester,8. C. An Act to provide for the recording: of chattel mortgages on real estate In separate sets of hooks, and to provide for the separate Indexing of the same. An Act. to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate the costs of plaintiff's and defendant's attorneys, and Iho costs and fees of clerks, prolmtc judges, sheriff's. trial Justices, and other -jflicers herein mentioned," approved Febuary 20,1S81. Joint Resolution to authorize nnd direct the State treasurer to fund the State treasurer's due bill issued to Thomas C. (lower in accordance with the Act of the Legislature of South Carolina, approved 22d Match, ltfTS, forSNM. 10-100, Into deficiency bonds or stock for &V2.0S. An Act to incorporate the city of Anderson. An Act to declarc the law In regard to the partition real estate. An Act toumeud Sections 4."> and 40 of an Act entitled "An Act to alter nnd amend the School law of South Carolina," approved March 22, J87.?. An Act to define the ddtlcs of county commissioners, county school commissioners and county treasurers In reference to the auditing, allowing and payment of clunns, nnd to iconlrn arm mil ronnrlji of nil clnitns nudlted. al lowed and paid by them, to be made to the Court of General Sessions. An Act to constitute the county commissioners ol Greenville county commissioners of health and drainage, and to define their powers .Hid duties therein. All Act to provide for the Issue of deflcency bonds or stock to Joshua La Hi uce and Ann T. Kogartle, in satisfaction of the guarantee of the (State on certain bonds of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad Company, held by them respectl veiy. An Act to authorize the town of Sumter to Issue certain bonds. A .Joint Resolution authorizing tho State superintendent of education to sell such miscellaneous school books as are now In the State Library, for the benefit of the free school fund of the State, and requiring him to make an itemized statcmentof such sale to the next General Assembly. An Act to provide for the payment of the expenses of persons appointed by the Governor to sit upon the Supreme Court in case any of the Justices thereof be disqualified by reason of any of the causes stated in the fitli Section of Article IV of the Constitution the State. Joint Resolution toamend Sections, Article VIII, of the Constitution of the State respecting the disqualifications of electors. An Act to provide for the payment of water used In the public Institutions of the State located in Columbia. An Act to make It a misdemeanor to allow records to be taken from certain pubiieofTlces, or to take such recordsj therefrom, and to proscribe a penalty for the same. An Actio prevent the sale of spirituous or Intoxicating liquors In the town of Yorkvllle, iu iurK cuuni}'. An Act to incorporate the Spartanburg and Shelby Itallroad Company. An Act toallo*v school trusties free passa/e over all ferries and bridges when on official business. An Act to prohibit fishing witlwnets, traps or similar devlcer within certain distances of the dam across Savannah lllver, mar Augusta, tin. An Act toauthorlze the county commissioners ol the several counties In the State to sell the county fences, when the same have he- j come useless. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An A of i to provide for the establishment of n new school district In the town of Union, in the county of Union, and the town of Johnston's in the county of Edgefield, and to authorize tii'2 levy and collection of a special school tax therein," approved December 21,IK7H, so far as : relates to the school district at Johnston's und atl'ccts the levying of an additional tax. An Act to prohibit the sale of spirituous or Intoxicating liquors within the limitsoi the ' town of Prosperity, South Carolina. An Act to provide for the eslabllsment of a new township and school district in Kiigetleld j county, and to authorize the levy and collection of a local tax therein. An Act tf> prohibit, the sale or ardent spirits 1 within the town of Gaffney City. In .Spartan- i burs county, and the town of Westminster, i in Oconeecountv. I, An Act to limit the time within which I claims against the State or against any eouu- J ty shall'be valid and payable. ^ MARKET REPORTS. Abbeville C. II., s. C., Cotton?Middling...10}^ to lO&Staius 8 to 10 Bacon, Hams lb. lt>% Bacon, Sides Ih. 12 Bacon, Shoulders lb. JO Lard lb. 15 . ["orn bu. 1 00 ' t'eas bu. * 1 00 I [)ats bu. 1 00 Klour cwt. 5 00 5 50 Koddsr cwt. (H) 1 1)0 h.i /ai I i ?v Irish Potatoes bn. 1 50 Rico lb. 10 Butter lb. 20 BSK8 doz. \ixA r I'urkeys pr. 1 oO Lieese pr. 75 7hlckens each M 25 , Beeswax lb. 15 20 . Ueef lb. 8 |t Pork lb. 8 10 , ral low lb. (1 7 r Hale Rope, Manilla Ib. 1"' J .'uiullcs, Sperm lb. i't 30 kindles, Adamantine lb. 15 20 i. 'Iieese lb. 20 !oflee, Rio lb. 18 25 | .'oflee, Java lb. 35 JO I lay cut. 1(H) Ibta, Dry lb. 10 12 1ldes, Green "lb. 5 fi dolasses, Cuba pal. 40 -15 klolasses, New Orleans ; gal. 50 75 S'ails Ib. 5 )il, Kerosene pal. 20 )il, Machinery pal. 75 ibot bait 2 51) salt saeic 1 .'(5 ; ioaj) lb. 5 10 j iupar, ('rushed lb. 12 [ inpar, Powdered lb. 1214' . Iupar, f While lb. 11 12)4 I inpar, Rrowu lb. !) la 1 * ilareli..! lb. t; 8 "en, Green lb. 75 1 00 '! 'ea, Mack lb. fin 75 ''1 "obaeeo, chewlnp lb. 10 75 'olmeco, smoking lb. 05 75 t/Z 'inegar, cider pal. 40 lit) !v 'low Points lb. 10 jjj |g Bedsteads in in LTAPE of hard tnupln wood.nt tlie followVJl I'ifi prices?SZ'ii, ?- >", t.01, Si.iki, li $5.00 nml $<i.00 each. Each Bed is as low s they can be bought in Charleston without eight. Two hundred 011 hand. J. D. CHALMERS. Feb. 1, 1882, U ???mmmmmm The News and Courier.?1882. a The Newt and Courier, In the New Year, I ,vill have no other object than tohelpthepeo- I >lc of South Carolina to manage their own af- I airs in their own way. To this end It will en- I louruge the expression of intelligent opinion 1 m subjects of general Interest, and strive to le the means of laying before the whole State .he views of those who have something sensijle to s;ty, and know how to soy It. The News ind Courier will not be a passive spectator of ivents. It will utter its opinions frankly and Veely, b<H, holding that what. Is wise and true r i:is nothing to fear from analysis and Ulseuf- | !lon, It will never seek to strengthen Its own 1 position by suppressing the opinions of thoso who honestly differ from It. 'l'lic News and Gnu icr, will) one exception, is the only newsprper in the South Atlantic Elates which receives the whole of the Southjrn dlspiithes of the New York Associated I'resx, and this service will be supplemented "1 by special dispatches from every part of the J State and the United States. , Recognizing the importance of giving the c people the earliest and mostncc'uraie intelli-, {ence In State and Nnllonul atl'alrs, The News T uul Courier will assign one of the most trusted H uid most capable members of its St ill to per- 4 manentduty at Columbia, and has stationed it Washington the gentlemen who earned ;<>lden opinions while on duty at the State L'npllal. This will be a year of ferment and possibly of change in South Carolina, and what the people require Is to have all the ne\vn, without fear or favor, and no matter whom It helps or hurts. The Resident Correspondent of the News und Lburicnil Columbia will give our readers Information concerning men and things which can be obtained in no olher newspaper. In like manner, the ltcldent Correspondent of the A'tics and\ Courier at Washington, having no other newspaper to nerve and being nobody's henchman,' will be In position to report Impartially the progress ol events and the nets of public men. The great cllort of the New* ami Courier will be to jtet the most news, and to get It first nnd In the bestshnpe. The purpose Is to make It a newspaper that no businessmnn.no planter or farmer, no person interested In public affairs can afford to do without. The Hitnthi)/ A'euwwill retain Its social nnd literary character, in connection with all the | news of the day. and the discussion of home subjectsof local Import anduppllcation will be continued. Hereafter none or the news published In theSvhduy Xciva will be published in the AVum and Cuuritr. The Tri-Weekly edition of the News and Courier will be Issued as before, giving the reader the news contained In the Xewx and Courier, with slight exceptions, at one-half the price. The Weekly Ntnos will be greatly Improved. The Chess column and the Agricultural department will be continued. Puzzles and Problems for young and old will be n perina- , nent lenture, beginning with the New Year and in n few weeks we ehall begin the publication of "Ten Terrible Tales" by an English author of established reputation. Arrangements have been made likewise for a Serial Story by a .South Carolina author whose works T have attained great popularity In Northern . periodicals. J There Is not anywhere in the South a better 1 advertising medium than the Neu<? and Cnur- j ter, nnd in South Carolina it has ihe ndvertl?- ( ing fit-Id, outside of the enfluential weekly press In the country, virtually to itself. It goes into every part of South Carolina nnd of the United suites, nnd has reached a commanding position with the reading public 1 The terms of the A'eiwr and Courier ure 08 fritlows 1 THE NEWS AND COURIER One year 810 00 Six months .. 500 Three months 3 U0 THE SUNDAY NEWS. One year 2 00 Six month* 1 00 THE NEWS AND COURIER TRI-WEEKLY* One year 5 00 Six months 2 50 Three months 1 60 THE WEEKLY NEWS. One year 2 00 Six months 1 00 THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS." Rules and Regulations for Conducting tae Public Schools for Abbeville Connfy for the Year 1882. 1. The Fnbl 1c Schools for white and colored pupils respectively, slmll be located by the School Trustees of the respective School Districts as conveniently as possible, so that nil lie cmiureu cmiuuu iu uiu 1 uuuu nciiuui fund can punctually attend. The County Hoard recommends that the Trustees place the Public Schools as far as practicable from the boundary line of the County and School Districts, so its to prevent the transference of pupils of one County and School District to another. 2. The pay of Teachers.In Public Schools shall be according to grade of Certificate. First Grade, Twenty-Four Dollars; Second Grade, Eighteen Dollars; Third Grade, Twelve Dollars. 3. The Public Schools shall be continued as long as the Public School fund will warrant. 4. The Public Schools shall opcu ou Mon day, 10th January, 1882. 5. The minimum average nunibcrof pupils In actual attendance, that shall entitle a Teacher to full pay In the rural School DIs- , trlctsshall bo fifteen; for Incorporate towns and villages, twenty. In cases where the number fa'Is below the minimum the Trus- | tecs will pay a per capita share of the pay: , The Trustees and Teachers will remember that the Scholastic age of children Is from six to sixteen. , C^upils transferred from one School Dls- ; tricttoanother by the consent of tlieTiustees : of both School Districts will be pnld for by the School Fund of the District to which they i belong, per capltaaccordlng to the number of J pupils attending the School. , 7. All Trachefs shall be required'to enter . Into contract, signed by them, and all or a , majority of Ihe Trustees, before receiving pay ] from the Public School Fund. S. The School Trustees of the respective C?l...?1 nioli.|..(j <1>I11 l?/\M n monllnir nf (Viulr Board several days before the opening of Ihrlr schools, nt which time and place, they shall designate their Schools and elect their Tencnere. f). TlieSchool Trustees will promptly notify i the Teachers of their respective Pcliool J)1h- 1 trlcts when the Schools are to close, and re- j port the Mime to the School Commlislouer. E. COWAN, I M. L. BONHAM, Jr. , K. X. PRATT, Examining Board. Dec. 23, 1KS1, Sanitary Regulations. A lbkviTjT.e, S. C. Jan. 14th, 1832. I The Hoard of Health appointed by the Council of the town of Abbeville, S. make the following general recomondations : 1. That hogs kept penned up in the town, must bo put upon a lloor pen at least 18 inches above the ground with in- , dined lloor and every effort, by use of lime, <tc., made to keep the same clean, and free from smell. 2. That cattle must be k?ept in stables or in dry lots, and must not bo allowed to stand in* the lanes and nlley-ways between premises. i 2. That all privies must be well cleaned twice a month and the contents burricd over G inches below the surface, and lime or other recognized disenfectants bo used freely. 4. That all otal from stock butchered, must be taken outside the corporate Jim its 01 mu town, unu ini ucimi ishick or luwmi must bo reported at once to the marshal I] and the same removed without delay, i J The ofal from fowls killed for eating, i must bo hurried or taken out of town. r 5. That all dirty water and slops of ev c cry kind must be emptied in sewers or * in such a manner and such a distance < from dwellings and places of business I that they will not accumulate and create ' muddy stinking slop holes. ({. That the public well be cleaned four times a year. 7. That physicians bo requested ta so to it, that all excreta from'sick persons alllictod with typhoid fever or diphtheria, bo deeply buried, and all vessels used , by tho same are rcoomtnoiuU'd to be well J disenfectcd by carbolic acid or chlori-j nated limo or soda, and soiled linens i * burned or thoroughly disinfected. 8. That greatest cleanliness and caution should be adopted by all, in accordance with the above recommendations, to prevent the spread of typhoid fever now in our town. 9. That all persons are renuested to report nuisances to this board so as to have them abated. 10. That all low wet places, in yards and lots where water stands and vegetable < ?nd animal tilth accum initiates, must be; i properly and etllccntly drained at once, I and all such accummulations must be I prevented in future. I That in every instance after cleaning, 1 lime must bo freely used. " JACOB MILLER, Chairman. II. T. TUSTEN, J. G. EDWARDS, E. H. McBKIDE, M. D. MOVED rHE FURNITURE STORE OF J. P. CIIAL- 1 .ME Its is now no longer up-stairs. We occupy hnlf of I)r. E. PAHKKR'S store, -a ["here all of our best jroods can be seen. On 1 he corner store nt th?' Pcndy Corner, we 1 lave It tilled with COTTAGE IJEPSTEAPS, j HAIRS, TAUI.ES, SOFAS, BUREAUS, FRAMES, MOULDINGS, Ac. i i Cull and see us. We will sell yon coods at i Ity prices and upon their merits. Just what! _ hey are. I JRespectfully, J.D.Chalmers. J Feb. 1,1682, tf | PUBLIC NOTICE! j ? ( An?Kvn.i.K C. IT.. Jan. "r>, 1SA2. j I "VWIXG to tin; prevalence of snnill pox at. * / d liferent points in the South,and us a rccau t ton against, its existence in this com-: iunity every citizen both white ami colored, vlng within the incorporate limits of Abbe- j ille, is hereby earnestly requested and ad- _ ised to be at once vaccinated. Notice is giv- D 11 that the purest vaccine virus has been or- i( ered through l)r. Fraser. President of the late Hoard of Health and is dally expected. | k will upon arrival be distributed amongst ie physicians of the town and arrangements ! mile with them to vaccinate every subject at; ie smallest fee possible. a I trust, all w ilt foot the Importance of heed- H ig this notice. R" J. W. PERRIN, , Intendant. Fob. 1,18Sl.tr j ( -AND- * rEHrLETHI, a AVE now in store a complete line of / all kinds of GOODS. We cull spo- ^ ial attention to our large stock 2* ''ancy Ml Disstie Bry Dumb,Flannels, Woolens, Jeans, Gents Underwear, CLOTHING, \ mhits tin us uuuiu iiiiu oiiuLcy HATS AND CAPS, ' t MNINGIAffi & TEMPLETOH. Nov. 16, 1881, tf { LUMBER ATYOURDCCR. | [HAVE completed my arrangements r to furnish all kinds of LUMBER to o the public at short notice. My estabishment is on the old Hughes place. I inve a new and splendid engine and itnjroved circular saw. The best sawyer in l his section, J JAMES E. DUNN, ias charge and is always at his post. , PRICES LOW-GIVE US A TRIAL. R. A. EICHEY. j Nov. 16, 1881, tf UNPflRftLLELED , SUCCESS of the ^ MeSeiifclm The white sewing machine, the , besMn the World. It has an oscillating 0 Self-thread Ins; Shutfle. a Self-setting needle. ? It Is adjustable In all lt? wearing naris and ( made from the best of material. Its bobins a San be filled without removing work or attachments. It Is so simple in construction .. and light running that a child can use If. It K will do the greatest range of work. It has the most complete set of useful attachments. It Is far In advance of any other sewing machine. It has been thoroughly tested tor four years in Abbeville county. It Is warranted for five years. Rememher no machine is genuine or war- J ranted only those sold by our authorized dealers. And those pretending to sell our Ma- , chines. Needles or Attachments outside of our Agents are frauds. Mr. J. L. Simpson Is our only authorized dealer for the Counties of Abbeville and Laurens, and no Machines are warranted except tho*esold by him i>r those whom he may associate with him in the business. Respectfully, WHITE SEWING MACHINE CO,' CLEVELAND, OHIO. the ladles, and those persons who wish to buy Hewing Machanes, are fespcetfully invited to call at Mr. Harn well's, where they will tlnd the only genuine, warranted and cheapest Machines, samples of the the Machine's work, needles and attachments. Oil 10 cents per bottle. All persons desiring to communicate with me on (lie subject, will address me at Abbe- ? v",c a c J, L, SIMPSON, July 13, 1881. ly. oanary bird seed. u e. parker. Jan. 4,1881, 2t PAIjIJ -ANDWINTER j d IIIUIIIYJ DRY GOODS, i DRESS GOODS, LADIES SHOES, md everything for the ladles. A large and torn plete 8tock can now be found at bottom )ilces, at the EMPORIUM OF FASHIONS. I Oct. 10,1881, tf THE BEST TEING , ?EVER OFFEREDFor the Price! i u THE BEST "HBO BUTTON KID GLOVE _ Sept. 21,1881, tf I* I AVE A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED j 1 stock of __ DRY GOODS, ' F< -AND- :j ,A Xli \J \J LJ JLtAU kji > ' ' tor ! tin ?and the newest styles of? . Jjjj1 EADY-MABE CLOTHING,1,, BOOTS, SEOES, '35 tin lats and Caps, | WIIICII THEY SELL CI1EAI\ ) )ct 0, issu, tr j nuiHal Have In store and to arrive, a ^Bj iarge and Varied Stock J| OF H DRY GOODS, H STAPLE and FANfcY NOTIONS, Hjfl GROCERIES, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, gg 1 ND mnny other articles, nil of which will I be sold ax close for ('ASH, and upon ns OOD TERMS us nny house In Abbeville. RB lve us a look and wc will give you. a bar- MB IBH t?,\Vc will ship yonr Cotton orbuy MB WM. n. PARKER W. C. McGOWAN. Hj 'AEKER & McGOWAN i ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, H AHOL?lLiLE>, t. 11.? 9. v. 8? 17 ILL practice also In the Circuit Court* 01 HM 1\ the United Stiites for South Carolina* BUM Jan 7. IH3S0. tf 9H DtTH. D. WILSON, I ??? iB DENTISTRY, 9 Abbeville, C. H., S. C. H Ofllce; Upstairs over the Post Office.*?* Hg j. Knox & Co. I -AGENTS I-OR? E9 MR. TOM YOUNG'S I !UBE CORN WHISKEY I rHE best and purest CORN WHIS-V R KEY brought to this market. flM Juno 22,1881, tf H| S. H. McBKIDE, M. 0. I ABBEVILLE, S. C. B \\ ILL give prompt nttentlon to all prao* BB tlce In town. Ofllce at Drug Store. Mfl August 3,1881, 12m KM DAVID H HTAGHLL, -A-ttorney at Law, ABBEVILLE, S. C. IFILL prnctlcc In all the Courts of the Af Slnto. Jan 21,18S?. If The Best Engine in the World! fHE ECLIPSE! W.R. WALTON, agent AUGUSTA, 6A. AI,SO AGENT FOll TIIE Geiser Gram Separator, Saw Mills, and all kinds of Machinery. Refer* to Dr. .T. A. Olherl, R. C, Wall, and Lllen Monigne. of Abbeville. May II, I.Ssl.Om Barber Stop, ("'HE undersigned respectfully Inform* the public that he ha* recently removed bis 'onsorlal Emporium to the hall above Norwood Brother's store, where he Is prepared to ccommodate his customers, and the publio enorally In hair cutting, shampooing, sh?vni, dyeing, in the best style, and at reason,l>le prices. Terms per month for hair-cutting, sham >oolug and shaving, ouly 81.00. Respectfully, Bichard Gantt. BARGAINS !~~ BARGAINS!! LVE OFFER EXTRA BARGAINS IN ALL ** kinds of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES, &C. ?ry us and you will buy your goods cheatf. . QUARLES & CO. - Oct. 19,1881, lm H. G. SCDDDAY, * I Attorney and Counselor at Law, M ANDERSON, S. C. H 3FFERS Ms professional services to the clt- H Izens of Abbeville. Fartle* desiring to HO consult with ! iin, may do so at each session BB f the Court for thejUouniy,or by letlerat An- Dfl ersnn C H. Bfl June 15.1W1. tf _ W MUSIC SCHOOL I JROF. ANTON BERG will open his school of Music In Abbeville, October 1st. Intrnctlon on the Piano, Organ And Violin as rell as Vocal Music. Solo and in class, thor- H uglily tausht. Terms: Instrumental Muste HI wenty dollars persession of five months. For M inferences and further information, apply to HP ;. H. Gary, Esq.. attorney at law. Sept. 21,1381, tf HH "preserve" m TOUR BOOKS, topinfelQ Wpwsoppc anil Nta m UUUU1UIUD, uunujiujfuiu UUU uiuuiu MH State, Comity and Railroad Officers S aDd business men generally, snp- M plied with blank books made to B any pattern. S i LL families lmve OLD BOOKS PERIOD- 91 V ICALS, NEWSPAPERS, MUSIC. .10., KM liicli they desire to transmit to tbeir postery, should H [AVE THEM REBOUND. Bl 'lilch will preserve them and will make Dfl lem look almost as well as new. H Old Books.&c.. should not only be rebound, ill the current literature of the present riny M lould be put iu a durable form for preserva011 as well. This can be done in the shortest possible BB me, with the best material, in the most NH uulsonie and durable style, and at a price U9 liicli cannot be duplicated anywhere, by E. E. STOKES, I Station eh, Book Binder and Blank h9| book manufacturer, No. 155 Main Street, O OLUMBIA s. C imini, u mill!, I WE WILL FURNISH H 'ine or Hard lumber H IL T SHORT notice and try to please customers in orvery bill we nil for 9H cm. Mill situated one mile from As- ^H| try Church, near the Promised Land. ftjjB J. C. FOSTER & BRO. I Nov. fl, 1S34, 3m gg JL.CLARK, I )R THE GOOD OF THE CRAFT H HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE MY IX whole attention to my Shop. Ishallgivo MR BOOD ATTENTION. If any person wishto have his WATCHES HIMPAIRED Hfl in? them In. I have all the tools and ma ials to do it up in the best of style and at aHB . lowest rates possible. If you want your n-k repaired brim? it yi and it will be done Prffi lit. It you want your BaiH JEWELRY MENDED tnglton. If you want your SEM'INCi MACHINE MENDED H8B is Is tlie place to get it done in thebest of ler. You can hnveany jrtecemade new, or BBHQ old one repaired. If you want your gttn or HH to) repaired this is the place to have it Ko lie. All these articles will be repaired la HH l?est of order at the Lowest Prices. HH Jive nte a trial and satisfy yourselves^ Ml K.MS CASH. JOHN L CLARE.