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The Press and Banner. | fty Hnjh TTlhon and H. T. Wardlaw. J i Wednesday, May 24, 1882. Iho Blue Ridge Scrip. "Elsewhere In the Press and Runner, may be found Judge Hond's* decision j <ou the Illue RMgo "S&rip, which re-| news and bring* to life an old debt! which the Radicals had repudiatvd in their readjustment -cf 1h*e public finances before their .overthrow. Thatj our readers ftiay see the most favora-' ble side of a bad matter we also copy! nn pdihorin] from ihp Xrw.i and Cou-! rt'or in reference loihat decision and the facts involved. The Xcw* nn<(\ Courier throws hack the enrtain that' ve may see the fraud that was palm-j ed ofF on us, in the good old days of' radical stealing. W? would be slad to take as hopeful a view of the matter j does our able contemporary, but in -our humble judgment, we difler in opinion from that journal. rJha Xc.ck ami Courier shows very] 'plainly and indisputably that the pco-j pie of the State have been badly treated by those entrusted with the trans-j action of the public financial business,) but that paper cannot by any fine rea-j soning or flower of speech get around i the fact that the State is not without j 'obligation to Wesley and Williams, and that we are certainly morally bound by the acts of our agents who were acting within the law. We can-i not help believing that the United States Court will sustain Judge Bonds'} decision, and that we w ill be compelled to pay Williams and Wesley. Ourj Legislators may involve us to the! amount of millions, but they cannot j extricate us by merely answering to! their names at the call of the roll. i This decision of Jutlije Bond's, if! ? * sustained, will necessitate the payment i of a large debt, of which we thought! we had escaped the payment by liadN; cal repudiation, but it seems that thej ghost of this debt will not down at; our bidding, and that the judicial department of the Government will, compel us to levy the taxes to pay a; large amount for which we received! 110 i>ene!it. This added to tut r already acknowledged heavy debt, will bear heavily upon the tax-payers, while it furnishes one more proof conclusive of the absolute necessity for electing ( honest men to office. Every subscriber to the Press and i 33unncr should read the decision of. Judge Bond and the editorial of thej Sews and Courier, and then take a most solemn oath that such rascality, as is there exposed, shall never blur the good name of South Carolina. The Savannah Valley Railroad. * 1 ?? J ? iK/v /wVm1 rjqewnvre me i ii.c-1 w<?v. , may bo found a brief account of the j recent action of ihe Augusta and! Knoxville Railroad Directors in con-' *racli;>g to contribute twenty-five, thousand dollars to the Savannah Valley Railroad, and ten thousand dollars, to the Greenwood and Laurens exten-; sion of the Augusta and Knoxvillej Railroad. With the twenty-five thou-' sand dollars to the Savannah Valley! Railroad by the town of Anderson, j the subscription of a like amount by j the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad, j we think the grading of this road isan assured fact. We hope that thej work may be vigorously pushed from j the lower end of the line, and that before a great while at least a porton of the iron may be laid above McCorTfthp Dirrctors of this road | persevere, our people will realize the, dream of our forefathers, and the In-! estimable blessings which an iron, highway secures, will be vouchsafed! to us. Augusta is a progressive city, I and wc have no doubt that her citizens' will do their full share in constructing; a road which will do them as much! good as it will do us. The contribution of twenty-five, thousand dollars is more important on j< account of the obligations and eondi-j; tions which it imposes, than for!; the amount of money involved, |i * ' J 4 ?Ua far?t r\f(j r\f t li p j Ji is evident uiui me , Augusta and Knoxville Railroad voice not only their own sentiments, but those of the whole people of Augusta when they set up a bar which is in- i tended to forever prevent the S?van-i nah YaMey Railroad from going to' Charleston. This step although tin-11 necessary, for Charleston d<*s not care to have the rond if it should cost any-!, thing, shows the determination to J' have the advantages which such al thoroughfare is sure to win. Augusta j lias been a good friend to our enter- ! prises, and she is entitled to our kind-. Jy consideration, as well as the hand-! ling of our cotton. The Registration Law. Last year, during the sowing-time, j < "we urged our people to sow oats, tur-J nips, aud wheat. For this we were abused by various members of the11 press, who charged that sueh advice Vas insulting. Now.it seems that I some of these same newspapers arei very prolific in their advise ubout the j necessity of registering. For our own j .part, we do not propose to hound ouri people on that subject. Each man i may judge for himself, whether he! j desires to preserve his citizenship, i Those who do not register, know very i well that they will have no part or!! parcel in selecting our officers, orsav-j; ing the country from the bands of tlie * spoiler. We have heard it said that' it was possible that the Legislature j J might repeal the Registration act at;. - * . ? .1 i the extra session, out we ueneve nun,, such cannot be the case. Theeonsti-l1 tution provides for a registration law,' and now that we have such a law we: believe that we will ever have one of; eomekind. j This week we re-pub!ish a greatert portion of the law which is now of so j much geueral interest. A movement to restrict the sale of Whiskey in Abbeville will soon be set on foot. So it is said. There have been about sixty-fivei reapers sold to citizens of this county during this season. The stores in Abbeville are now shut every afternoon promptly at six O'CLOCK. The sale of corn from date forward j will be a bo 114 cue-tenth of former, sales. The frame timbers of Mrs. Smith's dwelling are being put 011 the ground, j Tiie Press Association of South: Caiolina meets at Marion, June 7th. Miss Clark of Augusta is on a Visit To friends in Abbeville. Mr. T. C. Seal, will go to his Hard j Labor farm next Saturday. Nearly all our lawyers have been in! Columbia for several days. ? * 1 1 , Tilk work on lm\ Ijvoii s ii?miniiii<r residence is progressing. Mr. David Mokkaii of Mt. Car-.i mell is quite sick. jl Tub streets are deserted after six i o'clock. |j Seriously Cut With a Knife. jl Yesterday afternoon, after the adjourn-'! tnent of the Convention, a Moody trade- j' gy oceurred "n our streets, in which ! Trial Justice W. P. Allen was seriously j< out in the right arm with n knifo by Mr. 1 Julian Mobley. Mr. Mobley was imine- ! diatcly arrested by Town Marshall John J | Paid, mid this morning he whs brought J! before the Town Council, and as the mat- J ter will doubtless uo before the Courts for j' . * investigation we refrain from any further ij comments at this time. j,. Latkk.?'The Town Council have de-11 cided that they have no jurisdiction in ,1 the case and will therefore send the case , up to tho court of scssious?Edgrfeld , tw otu'etr. 1 The Revenue Bond Scrip! A SIVEEl'IXfJ DECREE SUSTAINING THE WHOLE ISSUE. jTmlge Bond, in the Circuit Court, j Decides the So*ip to he Valid, and, Proposes to Enforce Its Receipt for i I Tnxcs and Compel the Levying of a! Tax for its I'aytnentv I The following highly important decree was 1 filed In the United States Circuit Court on Wednesday: Tho United Stato? of AYnertfn. South Caro Una J?Si\rIor?john 1'. southern n??' n;hers, assignees of the Hlue Kidjie Knilroad Ii-r-Ocnerii', et al. Amos l\ Wii'iianis vs. 1 ho same. These causes come on to he hoard before the Hon. Hugh I.. Bond. Circuit .Ittdge in ami for the Knurtli Circuit, ftifd the Hon. George S.: I'lstrid .T'liiljco in and for the restrict..; of South Carolina, holh holding a Circuit Court :n tl.o City of Charleston, in said eir-.j cnit and distriot.'and having In on In Sly heard j on the pleadings and proofs, a hriof of which 1 whs duly hied with theolcrfc of thi* Court at ;! the the time of v\id tnaring; and after hearing lVmns MeMaboti, l\s<i? .lames II Kion, ! and Thomas S. Cavander. fcsq.. of counsel for | the complainant, and Kdward l?. Wesley. ' K-i| . of New York having appeared in open , court nndcnwn'ftl to ln-coine a party com-1j plainant with vsid Amos'IX. \Vil:4#ins, aud having produced and I exhibited to tire Court ' the revenue bond scrip referred to in the;' plcadingsin thisac'ion to wit il,(H">.i>T?: nnd j the complainant. Am?s 1>. Williams, ha v I up j produced the revenue bond scrip In his po? >' sesjon. to wltfift'i.Wl. ready then and thereto1, he dealt with as this Court*should direct ; nnd 1; after hear ins; the Hon. I.eroy K. Yeotn-'iis, at-,, torn ey-gen oral of thoKtateofSonth Carolina. j' and c. (t. Memniiiii!er, Ksq., associate eoun-j! scl with the attorney-general in opposition.!' atiddue deliheration being nmtle in the pre-j mises. the said Court doth find tl?o following j facts and conclusions of law, to wit: As mat tor of fact: I. That the l egislature ot the Statoof South | Carolina, on the -d tiny of .March. 1K72. passed j in due form an act In which, anione other, tfcinss. after reciting that the State of South', arolina had before that time endorsed their ' Kinrnnty of si.Otnt.olit of bonds of the IlJn?~ j Kidtre Kail road Company, that most <>f said; bond* were tinder pledge in Wall street, in i the City of New York, and that said Slate i. might be called upon at Inopportune times to ! pr?.\ the same, the said T.eiMslaturo did pro-! vide that the state teasnrer of south Carolina should devise the forrr. of a certltioa'c to l??- j, issued. to lie styled Kevenuc P.ond Serip,j' which scrip would entitle the holder to have t he same received in payment of tax;>s levied i by the State except the special tax levied to' pay the interest on the public debt. The sai<l i net did further provide that the State tro-isn-|' ror should issue of said serip not more than Sl,S!ni,<*X) in all. and the said serip should only 1 bo issued in proportion to the amount of bonds ; of said Issue redeemed and returned to tliej said state in asuier for cancellation. II. That uuderand pursuant to said Act the I said State treasurer dl\j<h:\ise tlii"1 form of and j did issue sa?d scrip, and in company with tliCi president of the Blue Hidgo Hailroad Coin-' pauy. in the hitter part of March. Is7'.\ oamo! to the City of New York and saw Kdward It.! Wesley. Ls(|? a banker in Wail street, and! Amos 1). Williams, Ksq., the complainant heroin, a member of the Stock nxcbanRe. the j latter of whom hud before that time purchns* oil Hi open marKci in wan sircri iour hum-i drcd ?nd wvwipcii thousand dollars of said j bond* tMiurnnlofd by the Slate. Hie former pfl whom owned none of said bonds. III. That relying upon the faith of the pro-l visions of said Aet of 2d Starch, 1*72. and on | tlie representation of the troasnrer of South : Carolina and of the president of the Klue j Rid>;e Ralroad Company, I tie eoinplainant, j Amos D. Wll!inins. wasinduecd to surrender four hundred and seventeen tnousand of said | bonds of the B^ue Kidirc Railroad Company' and to take In payment therefore one hundred and si.xty-tive thousand dollars of "aid Reve-j iiueteowd script and said Edward B. Wesley j was also Induced bv said representation ofi said State treasurer and of said president of1 the Bine Hidse Company to advance In each I in ihet'it.voi New York, throe hundred and! forty-four thousand nine hundred a ml twenty-1 five dollars in the latter part of March, 1S7*.', I ninl he received as securlry for such advances) revenue bond scrip to the amount of $1,003,003. Tliat with the money thus advanced the I president of the Blue Kidire Railroad Com-| pany was enabled to redeem $2,912,000 of bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company then j lyine under pledge in Wall street, in the City [ of New York, having the guaranty of the State of South Carolina thereon : and this re- I dcinf lion enabbd the said president of the] JJIlir IkllllMMU ? wil>|>nuj l.r V...... ....I , to that extent the provisions of the net of: Mjircli 2<1, I^TJ; and thereby the complainant, Amos I). William*, was const it uted n bona i ftdc holder of one hundred anil sixty-five thousand dollars of said revenue bond scrip, ( subject to tiie lien of said Kd ward 1$. Wesley, , foMhe sum of three hundretl and forty-four j, thousand and nine hundred and twenty-five j dollars, with Interest thereon from March. , 1S72, upon the payment of which sum and the 1 dK-barceof which lien equity of said revenue , bond scrip Is in the assignees In bankruptcy i of said Blue Hide Railroad Company. IV. That on the faith of said revenue bond . scrip, in addition to the surrender and can- i ce'lation of the aforesaid amount of bonds, the Blue Kidge Itaiiroad Company promised to l c surrendered to the aforesaid State I, treasurer the remainder of the aforesaid S4.-1, OOO.cOO of bonds, with the exception of ubout l, JI.IMKI. V. That the Legislature of South Carolina, , on they'd day of October, 1S7."?. passed an act I, wherein and whereby they repealed the.'i fourth section of.the Act of .March, 1S72, and | ( whcreitvnnd whereby they expressly forbade I. the comptroller-general of tiie State of South I] Carolina to levy the tax for the redemption of | said bond scrip. jc VI. Tnat on ihe 22d day of December, 1ST.'!, ] j the Legislature of said State of South Caro-I, lina passed an Act wherein tl:cy forbade any J, State or county officer to accept payment of:, taxes in said revenue bond scrip. VII. That since the passage of said two Acts j, the State officers of south Carolina have to- j | tallv refused to levy the tax provided lo be' lov|o<l under and by provisions of the Aet of; j March 2d. 1K72, and have also refused to tukei, the necessary steps for such purpose al-|, though due demand before the commence-L ment of the suit has hern made on such state | officers by and on behalf of the said com- L pluinant and the said Edward B. Wesley. | VIII. That since the passage of said two last mentioned Acts the said State officers j have refused to receive fioni the assignees In j bankruptcy of said corporation the said rev- j enue bond scrip in payment of the taxes, ex-p cept special tax levied to pay Interest on the j < public debt, due tne state by said corporation j ] tind said assignees in bankruptcy, although |] said revenue bond scrip has been duly ten-:; tiered to said State officers In payment of ij said taxes bv said Blue Hidce Umlroad Com- . puny and said assignees in banktuptcy. As matter of law: . I. That the Act of the Legislature of the < State of South Carolina passed on the 2d March. 1^72, was a lawful and constitutional Act under ttie Constitution of the l'nited states, and the revenue bond scrip therein' directed to be Issued by a lawful exercNe of | authority on the part of said Legislature, and j, the said revenue bond scrip is?so far as the i, nnsent holders of the scrip, to wit, Edward j ( B. Wesley and Amos p. Williams, and such j | other parties and corporations us appear by L the proofs on tile in this cau^e to have law- < fully acquired the same are concerned?law-1 ( tul and constitutional securities in the hands j, r?f tile holders thereof, ami are not bills ot j , credit within the provisions of the Coustitu- j Uon of the United States. ( II. That the said Aet of March, 1S72. was a]| valid and binding contract between theStatCjf ot souIh (aroiino and tiie different owners < nnd holders of said revenue bond scrip, and 1 j hound the State of South Carolina and then different State officers thereof to do and per- ] j lorm the duties cast upon tiiem by said Act, | lo be performed in such manner as is by the said statute provided and directed. Iil. Ihiit, relying upon the faith of the pro- ? visions of the said Act of 'M March, 1872, and i on the representations of the State treasurer; of South Carolina and alco of the president | i>f the Blue Ridee Bailroad Company, thej complainant, Amos I) Williams, was Induced 1' to surrender S-IIT.OOO of Innids of the Blue < Ridge Railio-.'d Company. and to trke in pay- ? ment thenfoie one bundled and sixty-flveh thousand dollars of said revenue bond scrip. I > and said Edward 11. Wesley was also induct il ! c by said representations to advance in cash, t In the City of New York. In the latter part of M Maicli, 1-S72, $-'514,9-5, and lie; received as secu-1' rity for sncli advances revenue bond scrip to i the amount of jl'CiVO'X). That with the t money thus advanced the president of the I Blue Itidt- Iluilroad Company was enabled to * redeem fi.GO.'jO'J) of bonds oi Blue Kidge Hail-U roud Company, then being uiuier pledge in | Wnll street, in the City of New York, having'f the guaranty of the state of South Carolina ] thereon. That the redemption enabled theM president of the Blue Bulge lt?llroad Com- t [iany to carry out to that e.xtent the provis-] ions of the Act of the 2d Maich, 18*72. That j' Ihe said Amos I>. William* was constituted a 11 liona flde.holder of Sliio.OOO of said revenue'1 tion?l scrip, and the Buleltldge Railroad Com-' t pHoy were constituted bona fide holders of * jl.Oul.n 0 of said revenue bond serin, subject to I the lien of said Kdwaid B. Wesley, for the i in of KMu.lCi. with interest thereon from c Marcn 1S72, i-pon the payment of which sum ( ind the discharge of which lien the equitable ?! r\f euW mvuniio hnnH tinrln in fl the assignees lti bankruptcy of saiiT Blue ? Kitlce Railroad Company. I\ . That tlie Act oi ihe 22d of October, 1R73, | :>/ the Legislature of ihe state of South C'aro-, lina wherein ihev repealed the fourth section jf ihe Act of the 2d March. 1*72, and wherein 1 they expressly forbade the comptroller-ten- j ?ral of ttie Slate of South Carolina to levy ihe lax provided for the redemption of tlic said r revenue bond scrip ; and also the provisions >f the Act of the Legislature of the Slate of^outh Carolina pavsed December 22, 1873.' wherein the said Legislature forbade any ; State or county officer to receive said revenue j i>ond scrip in payinentof such taxes as afore-j *;tid. were each and every one of tlieni passed I In violation <?f the contract entered Into by f ;ind between Ihe complainants and the State i)i' South Carolina, and were and are respectively unconstitutional and void. 1. Jt u therefore ordered. That It be referred j lojas. K. Ha'irood, Eso., clerk of this court, us special master, to take pioof of th*? claims j of ail pai ties other than the said Amos I).] Williams and Edward B Wesley iwhose, c'aims are hereby adjusted anil established)! holding < r claiming to bold any of snidi revenue bond scrip bona fldc and for value,! who may, on contributing pro rata to the ex- | neiise of such reference and this action, prove i their claims. Amttliut i-aid special master do1 ascertain anil report the total outstanding ; > amount of such ti? asuiy certificates of indebt-1t edness. j c 2. That for the pupose of defending itself!' the Stale of South Carolina may, at Its option ' and in sum manner as it may be advised to i beproper.be allowed, upon the application | < of the attormy-general of said State on Its be- J half, to he made a parly to these pr< cecdlngs. 1< 3. That upon the ascertainment of the i 1 amount of said treasury certificates of Indebt- t edness outstanding, proper process do issue 1 out and under the seal of this Court against J the state treasurer of ihe State of South Caro-!? Una for the time being and his successor In I * office, compelling and requiring htm and 1t them to perform tiie duties enjoined upon the ] f incumbent of that oftice by the -Itti Scction of ]*< the A<-t of I'd March. ls~2, to wit, to redeem ; > the said treasury certificates ot Indebtedness. / and compelling and tequirlng him and them ! t to receive the same in payment of all taxes i aril <tltf*r dues to the Slate,except the special ! * tax levied to p:<v interest on the public debt. ! i That proper process do issue out of and under 1 the sealol'this court against thecoinptioll r- t tencrel of the State ot South Cnro ii a for the I time being and hi* successors in office, com- ; f pellinp and re?|iiirlni: him and them to p r-1 ^ form the dulies enjoined upon thai officer'.I by the dltleient sections of the Act of March . < I, is"2, and compelling and requiring hint # from time to lime to prepare and trans-!' mit to the feveral county auditors all such 11 loi nis una iiiKirtivimnp a.-^ nn.jr .-i lawful fir levying and ouiillecllne in theH ante manner as the annual tuxes I hp taxis e inquired by the 4fh Seel Ion of the Act of g March 2,1871. And that proper process ilo is- j <t:c out of and under tin* senl of this Court !r onipt Mr.piind requiring tliediflercnt county j > treasurers of the Slate of South (urolinn for I li ihc tmie beina and i heir successor in office to s rcceive such treasury certificates of Indebted-1 r: ness in payment of all taxes due tiie Stale of ] F *c.uth Carolina,exccpt the special tax levied ic to pay the intetesl on the public debt. And If In all cases where a tender of said tteasury (S ;ertlticates of Indebtedness Is n>ade and tlie .o jj.me reiused, an injunction may issue re-It training the county treasurer so refusing ? Trot" sellinK propei tv. or In any manner en- e forcing payment of said taxes. u 4. Any party tojthese suits may apply at the h foot of his dtcree for mriher orders in the r' premises. HUUII L. BOND,C.J. <i May 15,1882, :1 TIie Revenue Bond Scrip Swindle. f AYWW OH'I The decree of the Circuit Court of the United S1hI?-?! published to-day ftfllrms tlie validity r>f what 1* known as tlie Revenue Bo:.d Scrip which, to tlie amount of SI.S00.JRH). was I-.sued under the Act of Assembly of March 2, | In exchanco for W.oOO.OOO <?f bonds of tho Blue Rld^e Railroad, guaranteed by the State j under the Act of September IS, 1*63. The ex-; change was effected, and llifr bonds were st:rrendered and cane* lied. The release of the B!ne Kld^e Railroad bonds from hypothecation, bo as t<> cfleet the exchange. was accinnpiished tnnlnly i?y means of loan of Srtl4,Wi made by Mr. E. VV. Wesley, of New York, who tlren received $1.0tV5,((00 of the Revenue Bond ^'cripns collateral security* Mr. Atnos D. Williams surrendered to the company $417,-' DOOof bonds and received Sltlo.iKHi of the scrip. j Proceedings were taken in tlie Supreme Court which brought up the whole question of the constitutionality of the Act of March, 1ST-.'. The Supreme Court decided that the Revenue Bond Scrip, being certificate;, of Indebtedness p.>?:?e ?ntMir>, i.s>iii'd ! > the suite in Its sovereign capacity, w itii t he faith of thestate pledged for their ultimate redemption, and intended to circulate as nioneV, nre bills of credit which, by the Constitution of the I'mte<| x:tiit's, ji siate is Inhibited from issuing, and are, iherefoio, mill and void. The litigation continued,titod the Supreme Oonrt r<f the l*uited States rendered a decision igiingt the holders of the scrip. This decision, liriwever, did not touch the merits of the rase, and fresh proceedings were begun in the t'nileil states Circuit Court with the refill now announced. The conclusions of law readied by the Clr-1 suit Court will be reviewed by the Supreme j Court of the I'niled Slates, as we take It for > 2rant"d Ihat the State otllcers will appeal! from the Circuit Court's deeKJon. There is no Impropriety, therrforc, in stating the grounds! r>f opposition to what is asked for by the; holders of the scrip Atlorney-tJeneral You-' mahsand Mr. Memminger, who represent the ilefemlents, contended that the suit was really j gainst the State of South Carolina, as the i state is ineontt?stably the prii.cipal party affected. This von Id take from the United St'ite* Court all further Jurisdiction, as a State run not be sued bv Iiuii viduels without the Stale's consent. 'i'lie next point was as to the consideration of the contract desired to be enforced. This was shown to he the delivery to the State Treasurer of ceriain bonds of the Biue Kidge Kailiom) Company, guuranteed by the State, which were to be issued for the purpose of constructing the road. But, in the Act authorizing the guaranty of these bonds by the State, it i? provhtvd that the bonds shall "not be used" unlr** Congress or private capitalists shall furnish three millions of dollars or so much tts may be necessary, in exchange or upon the security of the bonds. This protected the bonds from being Issued til an under-rate. Finding Ibis difficulty In the way the promoters of the scheme Ihinduced the Legislature to pass nn Act to promote the consolidation of the Greenville mid Columbia Hailroad Company and the Blue Kidge Hailroad Company, in which was Inserted a section repealing tins provision, i This rfpeal.lt is contend^ never took effect. It ? as part ami parcel of a plan to consolidate two railroad companies, neither of which ever accepted the Act, which thus boot me a dead letter. The failure of the matn object carried with it all the details. We arrive at Il.e lesult itien that tlie State hud placed in the hands of tlie Glue Ridge Gallroad Company certain bouds. with the State's guaranty, for the purpose of constructing the railroad, with a condition attached that they should n??t be used until dollar for dollar could be had for them. These bonds could not, it is maintained, create a liability ngnlivst the State until they were Issued in pursuance of the condition, and never having been so Issued there was no liability whatever that could create a consideration for the redelivery of them back to the State. The promise which the.State is charged with having made Is to Issue nearly two million dollars of scrip. In the amounts and form usual to hank notes, which are to be accepted for all tuxes and dues to the State, i'hls would be contrary to public policy for If one State may tie flooded with debased currency so may every State. It was also urged that the Ueuenue Gond Pcrip was obnoxious 10 all the objections Incident to bills of credit. It was clearly intended to be used as a circulating medium. Another objection made by the defendants was that the Act of March, IS7M, mated a debt in disregard of the Constitution of the State, which provides that public debts shall ouly he contracted lor the purpose of defraying extraordinary expenditures, and that such debt shall be in the form of bonds, not less than ?50 in amount, bearing Interest and 'payable within twenty years. The scrip did not cover a debt then existing. Aguaniutj is not a debt or an expenditure, and the scrip, in no single particular conformed to the requirements of the Constitu > ? J.. . V, mm. jni'ii* ?fri! eu u i;,l'ul>un> iuvi.i?i?, for resist inn (he claims or ihecomptainantand wo do not doubt that the Supreme Court will sustain the view taken by the Supreme Court or this stale anii will reverse the Circuit Court's derision. Mr. Wesley. 110 doubt, acted in Rood faith, and hasa sound equitable claim against the state for the amount of money he advanced. The Justice of a demand for what was honestly lent is not de led. The State, too. was relieved of r ouasi-lliibillty by the cancellation of the Ulne nidge Railroad bonds. The holders of bonds who took the scrip in exchange uro in whose condition than if they hud retained the bonds. But, as the Supreme Court said. "If the Issue of the Revenue Fond Scrip " by/he Trosurer involves the Slate In some "obligation to the h Idors. which good faith " requires it to meet, the duty rests with the " Legislature, not the Courts, to measure Its " extent, and declare the mode In which it "shall be fulfilled.'' The power proposed to be exercised by the United States Court In the present case Is enormous. Not only are the State and County officers to levy a tax for the payment of the scrip, but It they ret\ise to receive It for laxes, when tendered, they are to be restrained from selling the property taxed and from taking any other steps to eniorce the collection of taxes due upon It If this can be done the Stat<*ls as much subject to the United states Court as a private debtor Is. Thequestlon Is of the gravest Importance, and needs lobe presor ted with all the learning that the state can command. No inducement thereto Is lacking. There Is no telling where this ?,.U I .. r?.i n/in m lie? onl Inlnnntl An will <top, IT ft be not arrested by the Supreme Court. Tne door once opened, when shall it tie closed? Then, again, fraud taints this whole Blue Ridge Railroad bond business. It Is a Radical Job all the way through. The Act of March, 1872, was too much for even Govcrner Scott to swallow,.and the Act became a law without his approval. Three series of the Revenue Bond Scrip were Issued, *nd no one can tell how much is outstanding. Patterson was the originator of the swindle, mid the Joint Committee of Frauds publish In their report a letter of Patterson, dated March 4.1872, directing the State Treasurer to pay K. B. KllU?tt?114,250 In Blue Ridge (Revenue Hond) Scrip, i.n condition that $42,875 of It shall be used "for paying the expenses of " passing through the (House of Representa' lives'' two other financial bills In Which Patterson was Interested. If they Ipassed, H. EI. Kimpton. the tinuncial agent, should be paid S42.S57 In scrip, and he should have besides $74,414 of scrip, -provided he shall pay ' the sum ofgrio.roo, the proceeds or saiu scrip. 'atTOccntson the dollar li> paying the ex' pcnscsalready incurred In 'passing through 1 ihe Senate the hill known as 'a bill to re' lieve the State of nil liability on account of ' guaranty of Blue Ridge Railroad bonds, S c,' passed March 2. lsT".', which said expenses 'said Kimpton has contracted to pay." When the validity of the scrip was attacted, >n account or u quarrel among .lie thieves, md the question was before the Supreme 'ourt. Patterson wasfoundathls postattempting to bribe F. J. Moses 'afterwards Governor) to obtain a favorable decision of the .'ourt. And when the bill repealing the Act if March, 1S72, was passed, Maxwell (colored,) lie Chairman of (he Ktate committee on enoiled bills, was bribed to wlthold or destroy .lie iccord, which was done, and the Act fall d for that session. ?outh Carolina cannot be leld liable for a debt contracted in this a?-hion. The Courts will not enforce it. Mr. Melton, when Attorney General, declared In us report to the Legislature that the Blue itldge scrip was"conceived in sin and brought orth 'in Iniquity.'" For once, we agree with ilin. Itidge Bond's Revenue Bond Scrip Decree. [Otilttmbui Rr(jitter.} Judge Bond's decree sustaining the revenue ;crlp swindle, owing its paternity to Republl a\n rule In South Carolina, afterward* contemned by the Republican thieves themselves *ho quarrelled by the wayside, and wax priv lounced by a Republican Supreme Court unconstitutional and void, need excite nobody's ittention any further than to show wbut n .villful, vindictive man on the bench may do. I'liedecree outrages every established precelcnt <>f I ho Jurisdiction of the United States Courts in I lie premises and defiantly pulls In o Court by the ears by the shallowest legal ihuftlea free State t?f the Union in the teeth )f Article II. providing that: "The Judiciiil power of the United States ihollnotbe construed to extend to any suit n law or equity commcticed or prosecuted ignlnst one of the United States by citizens of mother State," &c. With the plain fact, ns recited by Judge 3ond himself, that it was South Carolina's contract that bound under an Act which tin* ; ?egislaiuie had repeated and iiad further for>id<len the slate otliclals to resucct or obey, nut which the state Court of the last resort ] r.ul pronounced unconstitutional and void,It s plain to see that the entertainment of this use by the United States Court agninst south Carolina's otliclals was only whipping the levil n.und the stump to make her a defendmt against her will in the teeth of the plainest inhibition of the Federal Constitution. This whole swindle.condemned even by the )rescnt United states District Attorney Mel on "as born in sin and conceived in iniquly."' cannot find comfort in the Supreme ;ourt of the Unltcil Stales. That Court, parti an as U is, durcs not sustain as law uie enornlty of the ISond deciee from first to last, ['his Is so nKirl iijj- ait outrage, so hold a piece of usurpation, by w hich a United states Circuit ,'ourt n>ay take tlie executive officers of a roe SUite by the throat and throttle her In all lie funetlonsof a freeState covet nnient. that t is the last hair on the camel's haek which he Supreme Court of the United States will lnd H cannot carry. We know that for years this Court ha* been atlnti out the heart of our free federative , ystem of government silently and sunly, nit this is a <a.^e that cannot be confined to he court house. It Is one on w hich we can ;oand must tjo to the people of the country, ! villi a'l Its accompanying enormities, It i ecks with filth and iraud irom beginning to \ nil, and those who were parlircjMt critinnU ran not be allowed to creep Into the United states Courts and bolsittr up a villainy that iad already suffered defeat in the State Lejj- 1 stature ami defeat in the Supreme Court of ,he state, where the constltuitonality of t he \cl of Match, 1872, on which the contract set ipanalust the Slate rested, had bi en finally idjudicatcd against the claimants. This de;lsion as to the violation of the State Const!- i utlon by the Act set the whole matter tit > e?t. 1 he moment that decree of th?' Sti>ri me Court ot the Stale was tendered the Act * ?r tsT-^ stood as if it had never been enacted. 11 neves was a law of Soutli Carolina. If ncv-11 r In w lor one. It was never n law lor any one. f the Supreme Court of the State lind full nu- i horlty In the premises to so declare, which i lone will deny,and sodedared,co histaiitelhv \ct perished as a thing that had never had I in existence at all. and the very urounduork I if the tlaimnnts'suits, either In law or eq-M illy, sunk beneath their feet, Wav lug tliein I nit a visage of io<>thold. The A"t had died 11 he cienth ami had no legal existence left. This I 111/it lie to. utiles* the Supreme Court had not' i ull and fluid jurisdiction in the premises, and I here is miescapaliom It. Tne Aci was pro-!1 lounced ultra tfrM.and by that expunged. 11 v.pcd nut.destroyed,-as a thinu that had 11 ie\er hud or taken effect. (See Poller on I )warris and every other recognized authorl-1' y on tlie point.) |1 Tliis being the case."all the doctors In lown j i ciuld not mend | oor Nlddy Noddy's gown.'' i Villi all this before lis, we cannot believe 11 iudge I'.ond s Judicial enormity in the name < I it u decree of a court will be confirmed i ibove. And if It Is it should not ami will 1 lot be obeyed. Revolution, wild, reckless, 11 latefnl, arrogant usurpation In I lie courts, i an only l?e r?s!slcd by revolution out of I loors; and there can be no belter and strong- i t case on which tosi.y: "Thus tar shall thou 1 ,o iiml no I'm thet !" i We have neither the space nor time Just f low to review this matter in detail heie We i nay ilo so lii ri'iiltcr. AII we wish to say now s s, that Jud?e liotnl'sdcere?- is not woitli the t nap of a linger, aim, eomt or no court, will r lever be executed in South Carolina. It Is so s ilain and neinousan otl'ence against thegood i otnliy the Constitution of the United stntts i arefutly sets uj) between Ihe Federal and i Hate governments as to had directly and t onclusively t<? I tic niter ami complete de- 'I hroneiiieni of our Stale Koverniiicnts. with t II their le?M-lalive, their judicial and their I xeeutive departments confronted utid spit. 'I ,) on. No Governor of South Carolina worth t Is salt would permit that drcrre to be en- <1 reed, conic what may. And so we say: Try I . soon as you please. This whole Doud n a:' i i I a too vttcrly utter to hold wator. r Opening The Campaign. THE STATE CONVENTION TO MEET 1 ON AUGUST 1. Harmonious Session of 1 lie State Democratic Committee?Encouraging- Re- ' ports Received?Slaking: Ready lor a Vigorous Canvass. fj. C IT. in Xcw.i and Courier.] r Columbia. Miiy 1!).--The .State Democratic ' Executive Committee met nt 10 o'clock this morning unil Anally adjourned nt 12 o'clock, after transacting the business for wiilrh it. Imd . been called together. The meeting of the i committee was one of the fullest unil host . that has ever been held, and in till it* dellber- r atlons the utmost harmony and good feeling prevailed. The political situation in South Carolina was thoroughly discussed nt the , meeting hist night and this morning, and such . steps have been taken for the conduct of the c npppiai-hlng campaign as will almost inovlta- , biv lead to a grand and sweeping Democratic c "I. .llliniiiwidiraiin me HUMIIIJ I ^ boding* as to the operations of the reglslra-i, lion law in the different sectionsor the stale, I ? the report# which have hern received by va-L rious members of the committee nreof a de-1 f chledly encouraging nature. If the Demo- j cratlc "authorities In ench of the counties will [^ do their duty and stir the people up to a prop-1 s er appreciation of the great Imporlatice of . registration It Is believed tlmi the Democratic I, majorities will be larger than ever at the next j j election. The most Important matter of public inter-', est decided by the commit tec vn? the pasfage i, of a resolution dlrectingthechalrinan to issue!, a call for the meeting of thcState Convention,;, to nominate state officers. In this city, on the j first day of Augusts In accordance with these j instructions Gen. Jas. F. Izlar has to-day Is- , sued the following call: I Rooms ok the Statk Df.mockatic) , Executive Committke, > , Coi.VMniA. S. c.. May ill, 1*82. I , A Convention of the Democratic party of | South Carolina will assemble at Columbia on . Tuesday, the 1st of August proximo, at 12j, oVloek M.. In the hall of the House of Itepre- , senUitlves, to nominate candidates for State I. officers and to transact such other business as | j the Convention may deem proper. Each , county Is entitled by the Constitution of the j party to as many delegates as It has represcn- , tatlves in both branches of the General Assembly. I The county chalrmenof thesevernl counties , In the Slate will take such steps a* are neces- , sary to carry out this cull, and for the election , of delegates to this Convention. By order of , the committee. Jamks F. Izlar, Chairman. Taii v P Ttinxi tc Ir (kOi<rof)iPV It Ir now understood that the Governor will call the Legislature together In extra session about the 1st of July for the purpose of redisricting the Kinte. It Is not known how long tlie session will last nor what other matters of legislation may be forced upon It. It will not be possible to get through In less than six days, and some persons think that the sessio may continue for as many as twenty days. The majority of the members to whom I have spoken are I n favor, however, of rod I strict lug the State and adjourning at once without attempting to make more new lows or Improve upon the old ouch. It Is hoped that the wenthcr will bcliot enough to make the perspiring statesmen hasten to discharge their duties and go home. The next meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee will beheld during the extra session of the Legislature, troon the call of the chairman, when the work of the campaign will be planned nnd when the members of the committee can have the counsels of leading men from thedlflerent seel Ions of the State. It is the general opinion that the campaign will be conducted with ureat zeal, and that the active work will begin not later than the 1st of September. The Assessment of Property. The Comptroller-General has issued a circular to County Auditors instructing them as to their duties In the assessment of property. Under the law a new assessment of real pro|> crty Is required to be made in 1882and In every fourth year thereafter: at the same time the assessment ot personal property Is marie. By the Act of Febuary 9, iSftJ, tnc poll tax applies only to persons between the nges of 21 and 50 years; taxes are made the unquestionable first lien: all property returned delinquent will be first oflered for lease, rud three lnte!li gent anddlscreetfreeholdersin em.-h township I of a county are to be appointed a township hoard of rrsfhsorr tn iikkprr thp^rnhip of hii/.Ii property and report to the Auditor, putting their valuation at the usual letting price on the usual termsof similar lands In their township at sales for partition under order of Court. If dlsfatlsfled with their assessment theowi.ers have the right o( appeal to the! county board of equullut'lon. There has been no change in the method of assessing personal properly. In G'enteral. Senator Hampton will arrive In Columbia to-morrow evening. He will be ut the greatcelcbiatlon In Charlotte, and will run down home on a visit to his family. District Attorney Melton returned to his home in Columbia yesterday; Mr. Dallas Sunders has gone buck to Phllndelphla; Mr. Ker Is lying-in ; Mr. Benjamin Harris Brewster is In Washington ; and all of the Kouth CrtrolIna political prisoners are at their respective homes doing their duty as good citizen*. There are one hundred an J twenty convicts at work on the f'nnnl unci the ontnrnrlvn lv getting aiong as rapidly as possible. r THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS. A Flattering Attendance of the Intel* lect and Beantj of the Gate City? Traditional Roundheads from Sonth Carolina?Honorable Mention of Dr. Girardeau. (Atlanta Constitution, 19.) The scene In the Frst Prcsbyterlnn Church yesterday mornlnit wr? or unusual lnteie~t The day without was light and cheery. In consequence of which a lar.'C number of ladle* were in attendance. Within the 1'iilldIne It* pleasing proportions and beautiful architecture attracted the favorable attention of all who were present, 't he pew* ar? arranged from the pulpit nmphlMu-airlcal y In a seml-clrcle toward the rear. Filled a* all these seats were with the distinguished eentlemen who have been called together by the general Presbyterian Assembly. of sober face and grnve demeanor, brightened here and there by the presence of eletranlly dressed ladle*. whose gay colors were In contrast with the cleilcal black, the scene as viewed frnm flip frv*t. r?f thp nnlnlt. trno 1 ntnrowfIr>rr and pleasing, In locking ov*r the sen of face* thus presented to the eye mlghthe noted many whose napies nre famous throughout the country, nnd a'I of whom a-e honored ?t the Presbyterian fireside. Judging the commissioners by Stntes, those from South Oiiro linn, perlinpR, more tnan any other, filled the popular Idea of the trim, close-bearded or elenn-shnven Presbyterian?the men whom we picture In our mind's eye ivncn rending of the days of trlnI In Scotland when resoluteness of will was a necessary to maintain as wnshenrts fever to cultivate the exercise of religions thought and freedom. The Virginians aresomewhnt less rigorous in appearance, nnd a trifle Inclined toword cosmopolitanism. The Georgians we all know, and knowing Ihcm an Idea may be formed of JAIabnmo, nnd, lo some extent, of Mississippi and Arkansas. An Intellectual body of men are the representatives of .Missouri, headed by th?> retiring moderator, and the eentlemen from Kentucky give out the impression of good Ilvine?siyh, for Instance, as mlpht he expected from Rowling Green. Pari* or Lexington. Reaching out to the great State of Texas we find an able, athletic, brawny set of men whose strong constltutlonscan give sufficient sutjport loa fertlleand vigorous Intellect, and representing a Pre?-bylerlanlsm that has hart tostruegte with the vicissitudes of frontl'-r life. Beginning with the representatives of the states bordering the Atlantic, the black frock coat, the old style tie. the close-fitting vest, recall the universal eostnmo of the minister of fifty years wro. ah me eye wanners away noni the , coast the style lost its uniformity, and occasionally n coat, ? vest and even a tie ol mixed or varied hue tells that Its wearer comes from , the Inlandand prefers comfort of clothing to the unities ot uniform. Prominent among the gentlemen who attracted attention was < Dr. Girardeau, of South Carolina, distinguish- j ed for his talents, his works aud his personal magnetism. Delegates from the Synod of South Caro- ; linn: T. R. English, J. L. Harris, J. L. Gir- i ardean. W. G Vardell, Thomaii H. Law, II. C. I)uRose. I,. S. McLaurin. Robert Bradley. ] John McSween, R P. Davis, J R. Cunning- i ham. The moderator announced th( first business i to be the election of officers. Dr. Hryson, of i Huntsvllle Alabama, placed In nomination for moderator the name of the Rev. R. K. Knioot. D. D.. of Austin, Texas. He clalmcd that Texas had not yet been honored by a ] scat In the chair; that the State was an i empire In its resources ; that Dr. Smooi, was ( the pastor at the capital ol this vast State; i that his talents and capabilities well com- ! mend him to the position. The nomination i was seconded, and there bel^g no other noml- | nation Dr. fimoot was elected by acclamation, i Dr. Karris. In resigning the chair, inadea few ; remarks, which were suitably responded to by Moderator Smoot. I B. H. HILL. Georgia's Groat Orator in the Valley of the Shadow of Death. As the people of Abbevllln county have always felt much Interest In the Hon. H if. Iltll, thefollowlng parauraph from the pen of J. It R.. In the Atiffxuta Chronicle will be read with painful Interest: It Is sad toJ think that the eloquent Gcorilan will nevermore appear In the Chamber nnd electrify the country. What you may learn of his condition before tills reaches you, I do not know ; but what I shall state about { U Is the exact trutti ana rrom i tie highest hu- ; thorlty On the 12th of May, Mr. Jilll was ' confined to his bed and constantly under tlfe J Influence of morphine, His sufferings are J modified only t>y that drug. Ills face Ik par- ' ilally decayed. The decay of the bone Is ntIrltiuied to excessive Inflammation hy one 1 physician. Others ascribe It to the ravage of 11 lancer. The latter opinion Ih no doubt the ic correct one. Mr. Hill's utterance Is ro Indls- c tlnet Hint even those most accustomed to liltn ' inn with the utmost difficulty comprehend M what he says. It was pioposed that, he use a |1 *laio, but this was so repugnant to him that I he seldom ciuld be Induced to avail himself I' i)f It. The trouble of making himself under- c stood Is the only thing that fretf. him. When 1 lie was told of Governor Wai.hburn's np- 8 proachlnc death, Mr. Hill sind; "I envy " lilm t"?Very little of the Kureka wnlcr is used hy the senator. He evidently believes f thai It has not now I he power to heal him. ir It ever hud. Mrs. Thomson, Ity this time, c must have reached hcrfiither's bedside and Mj may raise hlssplrlts; as he Is very proud and ;11 rood of her, as she Is of him. Next to his * ivlfe, who mirseshlm night and day. Senator 11 1(111 craved the presence and ministering of IP lis daughter. The melancholy prospect Is!11 that theic will he a rnpid change lor the,*-' tvotse, and that tlie mighty spirit of iiejamnii j'! H III.1 wl!l very Roon lea* e Its mortal tal-er-1 1 untie. Of lateyenrs, I have had sueh Intimate! ' ( lutions with him, and beheld so ninny of ?> listriuniphs In the Senate, thsit It Is w|ih!? nexpressihle m?irow that I wrlle of tils f< mgulshand link his mime with thai of death. ? hi Ik last days was the most glorious, and he "j *111 always be remembered, not only as I he l' 11fist elooucnt man ever known here since tl Henry Cray, hut an a Senator of the first order Q vho wan extinguished In the very zenith of ri lis carter. Not a few persons believe that he vould he in his seat to-day and. though Niif- ,'1 ( ring, still full of power and usefulness, had w le never submitUd to what may he called *>1 urglcal hatchery. Great ax I)r. Gross Is, he n nay be said to have a hobby on the subject '> if the knife?h hobby not so completely " bared by his professional brethren. I re- Q nember very well asking a surgeon who is. o n my opinion, at least the equal of Dr.Gross P vhal he thonght of Mr. Hill's determination ^ o?ubmlt to the mutiliHon of his tongue. " he answer was: "The more the knlle cuts ( he greater will be the ravage of the disease, If t will do no good ; but hasten the calamity." bi 'hat was prophetic; It was not the wisdom l* liat comes after the event. But what was one seemed, to Mr. Hill himself, the best. I It wasa mistake, no rectification Is possible K) ow. short ol the Intervention of superuatu- ?' *1 aid. A Sad Affair. tARSH WORDS WHICH PROVOKE c HARSHER EPITHETS AN!) HARDER BLOWS. r i While Man in Attempting to Kill a * Negro Shoots His own Brother to i Death. j t rrue Inwardness of the Itcccut!^ Homicide at Athens. h The Jury in the case or Echols and Johnson,' J he negroes churned with attacking Walter , iountree.? student nt Athens,On., brought, ti a verdict of guilty of assault with Intent to i. nurdcr, and the Judge sentenced the prison- , irs to ten years In the peniteniiary. c The counsel for prisoners asked that Iheir *( vitnesses bo sworn and kent out of hearing t lie testimony of others, will eh request was "j ;railieu. iiiccwunsci men uuviiiicii in miu'ti ho witnesses sworn, but asked that they be en I. out. Then the witnesses for tlie State ver? called and sworn and sentoui. Tin- tlrst witness for the State was ,1, \V. Twiggs, wlio, mid Hint he knew the two defend nits, and vas present at the difficulty between thein tnd Walter J. Ilountree, was sitting on Dr. ilamlllon's stone steps on the evenltur of the i th of April, saw defendantscomlngdown the i itreet, Walter Ilountree said he wished he had j its pistol, prisoners passed by without saying i myth In j.'; witness got np In company with lip ley and Rountree and started down town; prisoners passed by them at Dr. IluniilcuU's; hen we passed them at Mine. Sosnowskl's jreen; there were seven negroes standing I .ear the sidewalk; as we parsed by Echols j nuttereil something about hot giving a d?d )it of sidewalk; as tlicy pulsed by Walter Ilountree .stopped them and asked If that was ivhat they said was that they wouldn't irlvc 11 in a d? il bit of sidewalk: didn't hear the "ep'y; Walter Ilotiniree railed the negro a 1?<* liar and kicked him; prisoners replied irery abusively and angrily; Johnson put his j land behind Iiltn, on pistol pocket, ii* II tun-; ree kieke-t htm and cursed; be ihew his pis-i ol; then Then Bartow Ilountree drew his pis-1 :ol; li'irlw"fired and thru Johnson ttnai>pc<l his ; nli-tol In the direction of Ilountree; then the legro tlrccJ towards Walter, ant) he was al- ( nnsl lwhliiil me- Frank Johnson was about! ten feet from Walter when he flic I: Johnson . II red three times; whs near enough to kill ! Walter In his opinion; (counsel objected to I last question ahont distance ami opinion.) It ( ivas Walter Rountree that ho fired : t; nt llrst , ?hot lie was coming from the negroes, coming J towards me; (counsel for defendant objected to witness'opinion again ) Walter Rountree , tiad only a small pocket knife in vest pockel;; Bartow Rountree and Johnson fired slmul-i lant>ously at each oiher ; this was the second shot he. Johnson, had Hied; Johnson turned ?nd ran down the sidewalk, when the negro mid Bartow Rountree tired simultaneously, Walter Rouhtrce's hands were on my shoulJers; he exclaimed: "My L'od, I am shot!" And 1 felt l?hn shudder; then .Bartow Rountree exclaimed, "My God. I have killed uiy brother!" Bartow Rountree was standing about ten feel from Walter Rountree, in a dinconal line. Ripley was stamlinii In n diagonal line between Walter and Bartow. Kiank Johnson and Echols were utandlng lacing i Walter Rountree,about two feet from him; Wulier was standing near me (this was the position before the parties ever shot.) When Walter exclaimed, "My God, I am shot!"' he was standing with his face to-wards Johnson, i was in front of Walter, facing tlie prisoners, and between Walter Rountree and them. When Johnson snapped and fired the first 11 iiie, Walter was standing with his back towards him, and It was the shot fired at Waller Rountree; Echols was standing near Johnson ?ii tim u-liii.>> Kohnls was with Johnson every time we siiw him that evening. When Johnson snapped and fired the first time, Walter was moving towards mc with his hack towards the prisoner. The negroes came on, and Waltera*ked them If they meant what they had said for him, when lie parsed them, and they muttered something. Bartow liad come up by this time, and Walter asked Hartow If he was prepared, and he answered: "Yes, by God, I am!" and then Walter cursed Johnson and kicked him. Johnson drew his pistol before Bartow drew his. Bartow fired twice l<cfore Johnson ran, and he fired three times white he was running. Then T. J. Klpley was called, who corroborated the former statements of young Twiitgs In all the most Important testimony, only went a little fart Iter about t he shooting or the occurrence, ami said that Walter and Echols had some Words about a former difficulty, and said that Walter said "if you had run against me as you done Urover, i would have knocked you down." Sjnopsis of the Registration And Election Bill, Section 1. Every maleeltlzen of fholTi.Itcd States, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, not laboring under the disabilities named In the Constitution, without distlctlon of race or color or former condition, who shall | have been resident of the state lor one year, and in the county In which he oiler to vote for sixtv davs next nreceitlng any general! election, shall be entitled to vole: Provided.| That no perron, while kept In im alms house i or asylum, or or unsound mlnd.orconllued in any puhllc prison, or who shall hyvebefn convicted of treason, murder, robbery of the uoo-ls j or chattels of another with or without vit>lence, whether taken from the person or otherwise, or of dueling, shall heallowed lo vote, | Skc. 2. All electors of the .State shall bo rcg- j lstercda? hereinafter provided: and no person shall bo allowed to vote fli any election I hereafter to be held unless registered as here-. In required. Sec. m. On or before the first day of March | next, and on or before Ihcsaine day in every j second year then-alter, the novernor shall ap- \ point, by and with thejulvlce and consent of, the Senate.4f In session, and If not In session, i subject to the approval of the senate at Its, next session, and subject to the removal by t he (governor, by and with the ad v he and consent I of cite Senate, one com peieu I and dhcrect pt*r-J son In each county who shall be a <iu- litled voter tin reof, and whoshml hold I.Is office at { the county seat, who shall be known as I he j Supervisor of IW'Istiation nt such county, and j whose duty it sliull he lo suj crvlse the reulsIratlon of such county a? here In specified.) Tlie-aidSupervisoi of llc-istrallon shall ke< p a record of all his ollldia! acts and p:oceed-| Inys. The term of bis olllce shall be for two! years fioin the date of his appointment; he! shall continue In office until his successor' shall he ani.nin ied and shall mialifv.and liel shall not be eligible to any other ollicc during | the term for whit h he Is appointed The Governor shall have the authority to! appoint a 1'epuiy Supervisor In case of the In- j ability of the Supervisor to act; who when so appointed shall have all the powers and be1 charged with thedutiesof theSupcrvlKor.and | shall receive live pollars per divni when actually employed 1 he Governor shall also appoint l*.vo Assistant Supervisors of Election who*hnll serve without corn pension, who shall sit with thc| Supervisor ot Election In the determination j ot all oases of contested registration In which j the Supervisor shall refuse to register the applicant; the three Supervisors of Registration snail sit for ns many days, bei'lnnlng on the second Tuesday In July. a> mo.y be necessary to hear and ilctcrmine all oucesln which registration may be refused any applicant lit such j county. Skc. 4. The Secretary of State shall, by the; 1st March. Anno Dumini 1*82. cause a sutll clent number of registration booksaud blanks! to be prepared so th.it there shall be two ot j sal<1 books for each precinct In caclt county,! which books shall be rulid In columns, with I proper bi ndings, so as to Indicate the name, j aire, occupation, and place of residence of each i elector, with a separate column on the right, side of the pa?e tor such entries as may be j necessary. Skc. 5. After the approval of this Act, thei Supervisor of Re-.'lstrailon, in the months of! May and June next, shall make a lull and; complete registration of all <|n:ililied voters, In the following manner: Hesltall give three weeks' notice of the timesand places of regis-] tration, by advertising In one or more county. papers, or by posting in a public pl^ce in each I voting precinct, where no paper Is published i In the county.. The time for regi stmt ion shall ] not be less than one nor more than two days at each registration precinct. Immediately after he hhall open his books at the county seat, to rot reel errors in registration, and toi register such electors as failed to register at | their respective precinct*, and who *halUthen mid there present themselves for that purpose, entering tne names of such voters In his book I for their proper preclncis. /"it the conclusloiy of the registration hereinafter provided {>/, | Ihc Supervisor of Resist ration shall revlse/iu-; list; and In case It be made to appear U^hls; satisfaction that there is c. quail lied vout Inj a precinct who has failed lo register. he n\iy. I upon sucli evidence as ho may think neces-j wry, In his discretion, permit the nan eofj men voter to l>e placed on the mid list, and Is-1 ?uea certificate therefor. That for the pur-, r.ose of registration each township as now! laid out and detined be ami Is hereby declared i :i registration precinct, and In those counties | In which there are no such townships, that I he parish as formerly known and detined be 1 und Is heieby dechirid such prcclnct and In | the cities oi Columbia and Oharletton each; ward shall be a registration precinct. Sec. tl. When the snid registration shall | luive bi'en completed, tlie books shall be [dosed, and not re-opened lor re^is' ration, except for the purposes and as herein mentioned until after the next juncial election fori State o nicer*. After the said nexi- Keneral | election the said books sls.ill be rc-opemd for registration of such persons as shall thereafter become entitled to register on the llrst Monday In each month, to and until the llrst. Monday of July, inclusive, proceeding the following general election, tipon which last Honied day the same shall he closed and not re-opened for registration, until after the said jeneral election, and ever after the said book shail be opened for regl*tratlon of such electors, on the day above mentioned, until tlie first day of .Inly, proceeding a general elcc lion, when the same shun t>c cioseu a* aiore<ald, until the said general election shall have taken place. 8ec. 7. Kach elector In tlic SUite shall be rered, at tlu* time advertised for his precinct ; is herein before provided, to appear before the Supervisor of Registration at the plnee advertised, i.nd make oath before the said Supervl> or Is hereby authorized and required toad- i minister, that the (act then and there to be 1 stated by hlin as to his name, age, occupation mil place of resdence. and duration of rest- ; lence In the county and Stat'- are true, and : hereupon the ftuld Mipervlsoj shall enier the larne, age, occupation, and place of residence i i) the elector in the appropriate column In his eglstratton book, lie shall make and keep a, istof the contested applications for reglstra- i Ions which he rijects, and repott the same [ I or hearing before the Assistant Supervisors as 11 lerebefore required. !i nkc, S. The Supervisor of Registration shall < letertnliieas to the legal qua II Ilea I ions of any I ippliomt for registration by summary pro-1 ii'ss. required oitth, evldcec, or both. It he; I Icem proper, subject to revision by the Assls-11 ant Supervisors and hinis< If In all eases 11 vhcre lie has refused to register an applicant. j s 'rotn the decision of the Supi-rvlaors of Keg-i' nirutloii, any applicant who Is rejected, shall, < lavu the right to a review thereof t?y the Or- ! 1 utt Court, piovldcd lie give notice In writ-It Ini: to the Supervisor of ins application lor ....i 1 ;..i .i ... _ urn ICl V'W, IIIIU llit (?1 WIIIIU- UIK.IVVI, ......... | Ive days from the date of IiIh rejection, and j j oinmencc his pioccedlnus within ten days roiii the service ?(' said notice. Skc. St. Any person, coining ol nge, nnd be-| 01111112 quail lied ns an elector, may appear hern* the Supervisor of Registration, on any j lay on which the books are opened as afore- I aid, and take oath as to nisageand qualillcn-j I Ions as hereinbefore provided, and if the 8u-1 j ervlsor find him qualified, lie shall enter his! ninie upon the rcglstiatinn book of the pre- c met wherein he resides; such person shall ave the t ljiht to appeal as aforesaid. In case n lie Supervisor shall not lind him qualified ; f 'rovided. That In case a person siiall not be ' / f a?e to qualify hin? as an elector on the day ' * f the closing of t lie books of registration he-1J >re any general elcelIon, but shall be of such J1) s will qualify liltii as such elector before thej t nld ueuenil election, and sluill appear before lie Supervisor of Keglstratiou, and take oath '. Iiereto, and tlie Supervisor siiall llnd liiinlj1 ualitied, he shall enter his name upon the 1 fglstiation book as aforesaid. j s Skc. 10. Knell elector registered as nforesaid j hall thereupon he funlshed uy the Supervl-1 >r with a certificate. which shall contain a ! f. utoment of hi* age, occupation, una place of I1 sidenco, as entered In tlie salii registration ' o ook, rtncl which certificate shall be signed by j n icsald Supervisor; unci no person shall bo t] llowed to voteatnny other pi eel net tliiui tlioi lie for whleli lie Is registered, nor unless ho| roduces mid exhibits to the Managers of i * ' lection such eertllienlo: Provided. In ease v tere shall be no election precinct within any h nvnship or parish, the Supervisor shall des- i. :nate in the certificate at which of the neigh-: urlng precincts theclector shall vote; and if , iere be more tl an one precinct In any town- 11.1 iln or parish, the Supervisor shall likewise p signate in the certificate at which of the j ild precincts the elector shall vote. Tho cer- 1, flcate ot registration sliuU bo of the follow -1 ig form. l.' "Registration Certificate Xo. ?. Co. Township, Election Precinct 'lie heurer, Is a qualified voter In the bore precinct and resides at . In ] 'ownshlp, and Is years of age and ntillcd to vote nt said precinct. Registered on the ? day of A. I)., 18 ?. Supervisor of Registration." Pep. 11. That ev?ry elector shall havea|< ight to the renewal of his certificate without ( he or charge, when the same becomes defaced . iy time or accident, upon his surrendering, inch certificate, so defaced, to the Supervisor j if Registration. 1 rkc. 12. In case of the removal of an elec-1 or from one residence roannther in the same ; ircelnct. such elector shall notify the Superisorof Registration, nnd shall snrrerdcr his 'ertlticate of teeistration to the said Super- 1 rlsorof Registration, who shall enter the fact ! mon the registration book, and shall give , inch elector a new certificate in accordance villi such change of residence. Skc. 1.1. In case of the removal ofaneiPC-l or from one precinct to another precinct in i he same county, such elcctor shnll notify the: Supervisor of Registration and shall surrenler his ccrtiticale of registration to the said Supervisor of Registration, who shall enter the fact upon the proper registration book, ind shall give such elcctor a new certificate 'or the precinct into which he has removed. Skc. i i. In case of the removal of an elecor from one county to another, snch elector iliall notify the supervisor of Registration of _ ... ? . - ... ... i_._ .1 1 ru..i1 lie roimij wnerein ne is rc^isi-ei'm. mm uirrender his certificate of reals! ration; and ho kiiid Supervisor of Registration shnll hereupon enter the fact of such removal np>n the registration hook its aforesaid, and hall give such elector n certificate of trnnsfer ;o the county to which such elector shall nive removed, upon the presentation oft ivhlclt the Supervisor of Registration forsuoh j onnty shall cause such elector to he register-' ?d In the precinct of such county to which he ihall have removed, and shall furnish nit'h' 'lector with a certificate as hereinbefore pro-i lidod. sec. 1"?. No elector removing from one resilence. precinct, parish, ward, or county, to mother shsill lie ailowd to register or vote ivlthout a transfer of registration as above provided. SEC. III. The Supervisor of Resist rat Ion diall, Immediately preceding each election, revise the registration of electors and mark >(T the names of such electors as have died Kid such as have removed from one residence precinct, parish, Wiird, or county, to another, without notify I lis hi in and obtaining a certificate of transfer as hereinbefore provided. Sec. 17. At on eh and every election thffSnpervlsor of Registration shall tarnish the managers of election with one of tlie registration hooks for each precinct, for the care and custody of which the managers reeelvine the ?ame shall be responsible, and which ih?y shall return to theSup-rvlsor of Registration within three davs after the close <if election; nnd no elector shall be allowed to vole whose name Is not registered as hereinbefore provided. Skc. If. The Supervisor of Registration shall receive from the State Treasury for their compensation In the county of i'hnrlc-ton one thousand do lars, and In each other county In this State five hundred dollars. The compensation for Supervisors in every subsequent year after the present shall be fixed by the General Assembly from time to time ax may be deemed proper. * * * * Sec. 21. The polls KlmU ho opened at. such voting places as shall be designated at 7 o'clock In the forenoon, and close at <> o'clock in the nfternoon of the day of election, and shall he Kept, open (Hiring tnese nours vimout Intermission nr adjournment; and I hp inanngcrs shall administer to each person offering to vote an oath tnal he N qualified to vote at this election, according to the Constitution of this State, and that he has not voted during this election. * ? * * Sec. 27. All" bar-rooms, saloons and other place* for the sale of liquor bv retnll shall he closed at 0 o'clock of the evening preccdim* the day of such election, and remain closed until fl o cloc'\ In the morning of the day thereafter, and during the time afore>aid the sale of intoxicating liquors is prohibited. Any person duly convicted before any competent court-of a violation of thi< section shall he punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or by Imprisonment not exccedinir six months or by both such fine and Imprisonment In the discretion of I he court. Sec. in The voting shall he by ballot, which ballot shall be of plain white paper, o: two and a half Inches wide by five Inches longclearand even cut without ornainen t.designation, mutilation, s.\ mbol, or mark of any kind whatsoever, except the name or names of the person or persons voted for, and the office to which such person or persons arc Intended to be chosen, which name or names and office or offices shall be written or print ed or pm tly written or partly printed thereon In black Ink ; and tueh ballot .shall be so folded as to conceal the name or names thereon, and so folded shall he deposited In a box to be constructed, kept and disposed of as hereafter provided; ant* no ballot of any other description found In any e'ectlon box shall b>- counted. Sr.r. 29. There shnll be separate and distinct. ballots for the following offices, to wit: I, Governor and lieutenant Governor; 2, other State offices; 3, Circuit. Solicitor; 4.StatiSenator; 5, Members of the House of Representatives; 0. County officers; 7, Representatives In Congress; 8, Presidential electors; on which shall he the names of the person or persons voted for as such officers, respectively and the office for which they are voted: Provided. that w henever a vote Is to be taken on any special questions, a box shall he provided and properly lahclled for that purpose, and the ballots therefore shall be depoUed therein. Sfr. ."V) The commissioners of election shall provide for each election precinct a strflclcnt aupi ly of boxes to meet the requirements ol the forcRoinsr section. An openint shall be made In the ltd of each box not larirer than sufficient for a single ballot to b> Inserted therein at one time, through which each ballot received proper to he placed In such box shall be Inserted by the person votinir. ami by noother. Each box shall be pro vlded with a sufficient lock, and each no\ shall tie publicly opened and Inspected t - snow hum It i? empij aim >rcurr, mm mcm-ii Jtist before the opening (if the polls and 'he kev returned to the manai:eiB. and shall not l?o opened during the election. Each l>ox shall be lai'd'ed in rlainand distinct mtii'iu letters, with the office or officer voted for. and the managers, on the demand of the voter shall la- required to read to him the mimes on the hoxcs,and no vote for any office othe: than that for which sueh liox shaM he di signaled and labelled shall lie count'd. At ouch precinct a spin e or enclosure, such as tin managers of election shall deem III and sufficient, shall be ralnd otf or otherwise provided. with an openlmrat one end or sice for the entrance of ihevoter.and an opening at I he other for his exit as a polling place Iswhich to hold the election for the Stale, circuit and county officers. A similar hut sepa rate and distinct space or enclosure shall lie railed otT or otherwise provided as a po'ilnr place for tl.e election of Congressmen and Presidential e'eetors at such distunce from the polllmr place for.State officers as the Commissioners of ( lection for each county shall de'einiine and appoint foreacii ^lectcln precinct. Ill t one voter shall be allowed toentei any polling place at atime.and no one except the managers .-hall be allowed lo speak to the vo'et while In the polling place casting hi> vote. Registration. [Cheater Jteporter.] We regret to soe the.nppareni apathy and indifference of the white voters-,of t hestcr county In the niatler of registration. We say apparent ap ithv. because we know their intelligence too well to suppose for a moment that they arr- really Indifferent In a matter 01 so villi moment. iney kiiuw iiiui unu"j the law they will not be n'lnued to voto tin Ic-x their names appear on the registration bonks; ?tnd they know furthermore tliiu unless they vot>' the govern ment of j lie* count r> nnil of the State will be recommitted to the name hands from which, by almost stiperhurnnn efl'ort, they took It. In ISTti. Knowing this ns they do, It Is Impns-ible to snpposi that their neglect lo register prompt 1> In their respective precincts springs fn>m any settled purpose not to qualify themselves a> voters Sy registration. Theirseeming npg ect In this matter arises In our Judgment from that general love of procrastinat on that governs human conduct. They have read the law, they know its provisions, know that they can register any time before the 1st 01 July, and being busy at this time with their crops, they put otl' attending to this all Important duty to a more convenient season. We have no fears about the final result. Chester has never yet been found wanting when public duty called, and die will not be found wanting In this crisis of the Stale's history. She will register very nearly her full white vote nnd will be prepared in November to cast It solid for honest government nnd Cuu casian rule. We would however, take the liberty or suggesting to our friends that delays ate always dangerous; that they mlglu be'prevented by sickness or some other cause from coming to town lo register during the month of June; that they will surely be busied then with harvesting, and that it rnluht be more inconvenient for them to come here then than it would be to meet the supervisor while he Is In their neighborhood; and would urge upon them to turn out at once and place their names upon the book. It will take but a f?w linnrs of time nt, the most. It costs nothing. (the statement circulated by the enemies of the Democratic party that a fee of fifty eents Is required I eing wholly tnlsc.)>uid will put tlie qualified voter Iii condition to exercise his franchise unquestioned. 'J here are some we know who declare their purpose to be not to re-jl^ter. They say that they are natives of ilie county, that Uiey i have voted ever since they reached the Inwtul ago, and that they do not propose to degrade themselves now by carrying a certificate to the polls to show their right to vote. Those who feel this way would he Justified In so feellnjr, and In acting in accordance with th?-lr feelings,Ir registration was confined to nny particular class,and they were Included In that class. Hut sucb Is not the case. The law Is universal In its application. It Includes all?the high, the low, the rleb, the poor, the white, the black, alike. Governor Hampton, Governor llagood, Chief Justice Simpson must have their names in the registration books, otherwise they must stand aside and see tlie affairs of state settled without their having a voice In determining the result. Surely no uood citizen, who will tlve the question calm and unprejudiced consideration, can hesitate as to where Ills duly lies. The exercise of the right ol sntfraire Is not a privilege only, it Is one of the ilutlps of citizenship, and he who falls to vote when the state needs tne voice of all her Intelligent citizens to guide iter affairs is derelict in the Juty he owes to his State. Others that we know say they will not register be cause they think the law Is a bad one. j fJrant that, they are correct in their Judy-i ment, how can they ever secure Its repeal un-l less tit cy register and elect representatives to! the legislature who will repeal it. The logic | :>f the si I nation demands ol this class particu-1 Inrly that they should register. I-astly, the unai.inilty with which the rdaeks are registering all over theState shows [.hat the Itadlcal party Is preparing for a desperate struggle next, fall to recapture the "tnto Government. A remembrance of the i jack dtiys that preceded 1S7U ought to be Mionyh to nerve every white man's heart to enve nothlngln his power undone to prevent >uch a dire calamity. Election of Prof. E. L. Palton to a' Chnir in the University of Soutli j Carolina. [A**ocirtte Reformed Presbyterian.] Last week the Board of Directors of the j Jniversity cf this State held a meeting to j ill the chairs provided l'or by the action if the last Legislature. i Some friends of Prof. Patton, without uggestion from him, placed his name be-! iire the Board tor the Protessorship of I Vncient Languages. lie was chosen to' he position. We feel sure the Directors | lave dotje the very best thing possible l< r| ho University, so*far as the Chair of An-' ient Languges is concerned. Prof. Pat-j. on is eminentiv qualified for the posi-i ion. By taste and life-long habit ho is a cholar, and what is more, he is a teacher.: 10 possesses in an unusual degree too . owur of enlisting the interest of the pu- , 11 in his studies, and hence of calling f lit all his powers and capacities. The 1 rogress of the young men in his depart-' nent is the very best proof of this. But what we "have said, and much more liat wo might say, increases our regret in i iewof his loss, 'for wo understand that; o will accept the position to which he has! een called. If it would avail anything, e would protest earnestly and vigorousf against his resignation of his present' i lace. j1 Erskine College will feel his loss deep-) j. The College session in the Universi-1 y begins early io September, , S. & S. M. Stranger?What do the letters S. &S. M. mean? Citizen?Smitli tfe Son, Merchants. Stranger?What do they keep? Citizen? Everything yon, vonr wife, laughters and hovs wear, bpsides every:li 1 nir that is known as House Furnishing IrOOfls. 1 Strangor?Do they do much of a busi- j ness ? | Citizen?Why, my dear sir, they do one ; if the largest. They carry more liHes of [looils tha i any other house in town? j Imvins a Groeerv Store, a Dry Goods Storo and a Millinery Department, all complete. i Straneer -TTow are their prices ? ! Citizen?They guarantee them as low as any. Stranger?Do thev keep Readv-Made Clothing? Citizen?Yes, a large and handsome assortment, also of hats both straw and felt and everything in the Gents Furnishing Department. Stranger?Then that is thp place to get my wants supplied?at Smith <ft Son. Fresh Groceries. !! I Plain and Mixed Pickles 1 Chow Chow, Canned Corn, i Canned Okra and TomaCannedPeachei, |atSmUh&Son* | Cannnod Pine Apples, Dried Apples, Dried Peaches, Dried Cherries. J Stationery. Lot I or P:iprr, N??:c ''npor. T.eiral i "ap Paper, FonN Cup Piiper, Fa'.'/yEox Paper, USmith 4 Son. Kn vHopos, Riit>hfr Knisers, steH Krn*ers, Paper Clasps, <fcc. Silk Parasol". Alpaca Parasols, Umbrella*. at Smith A Son. Sun Umbrellas. Uuygy Umbrellas. Priile of the Kitchen SoRp."l The Superior Polishing Ho-tp, ^at SmlthASon. For Scouring and Polishing.J lJusiness Notices. New and heautiful spring di\.... goods, brocades, silk*, black goods, parasols, fans, gloves and hosiery, nun's veilings, muslins, India lawns,"mulls, <fec., now opened at the Emporium of EasliRns. Foil the largest Mtwk and jrroiitest variety of dress silks, black and colored watered salens, brocade silks and all the novelties in dress trimming at lowest prices cai! on It. M. Haddon A Co. We have just received another lot of rllOftft lwillltiffll tt hlto low* 4 Daca," French muslins and other desirable white and cream wash goods for summer wear, R. M. Haddou A Co. Thk largest and most attractive stock >f millinery ever offered in Abbeville, at prices to suit the times. When you come to town, don't fail to see our stock. R. M. liaddon <ft Co. Thk largest stock and best assortme.it of ladies goods "exclusively" in the upcountry can now he found at R. M. Had-! :|on A Co., old aland next door to the pout office. Ladies Underwear. ? Look at our stock of ladies underwear, bought direct from the manufactories and will be sold very cheap, by R. M. Haddon & Co. That elegant trimmed hat I have, c.vne from the Emporium of Fashions, next dour to hotel. Tboy have largest assortment and lowest prices. Don't forget to look at th'>-<e beautiful ladies and Mioses low quarter, Ia?*e and button shoes, just opened at the Emporium of Fashions. Zephyr worsted, all colors, 10 cents an ounce, also card board, mottoes. Ac. can now be found at the Emporium of rasmons. Just recfivod, n fresh "case of bats and bonnets, silks, flowers and ribbons, in beautiful styles, at the Emporium of Fashions. Patterns! patterns!?A want l^nir telt ran now lie supplied. Rotleric A Po's patterns for sale by R. M. Maddon A Co. Black cashmeres, bnntiries, nuns veilings, Ac., can not be beat. Rest value for money, at the Emporium of Fashions. Just received.?10 pieces black cashmore. The best 50c. cashmere in the market can be found at It. M. Iladdon A Co. , Sum MBit Silks!?The largest stock of summer silks we have ever offered, with trimming to match. R. M. Haddon A Co. For the best assorlment of millinery roods of all descriptions and at lowest ;irices, call on R. M. Haddon & Co. Ladies Shoes! For a good shoe and a rood tit try our custom made shoes. None better. R. M. Iladdon A Co. For the lamest stock and greatest varietyof silk rinses, laces Ac., fordre.sses 'all ??n R. M. Ilrtddon A Co. Lawn Tunis, Searsucers A Dunhorton muslins, (or summer dresses, just received by R. M. Iladdon A Co. For the best assortment of dress trood> md dress trimmings to match, call on R. M. Haddon A Co. For wlte goods of a'l the newest fabrics, both foreign and domestic, call on R. M. Iladdon A Co. For "Notemrham Lace" for curtains in white and Ecru, call on R. M. Had ilon it (<>. For ladies neck wear, tins, fisnhues, ruttlinurs, collars Ac., call 011 R. M. H addon it Co. Foil the latest styles and lowest prices in millinery, call or seiul to R. M. Haddon A Co. Lacks, lacks, in heantifnl assortment and styles at the Emporium of Fashions. Precious Coffee P<it. try it and ho convinced that it is the hest. Smith A Son. Get your crockery, glassware, house furnishing goods, Ac., at Smith A Son. Pic nic hats, every variety, very cheap, at the Ernporium'of Fashions. One of the largest and best assortment if millinery goods in the up-country at Smith A Son. Elko a nt line of straw poods, for ladies and Misses at Smith A Son. BUY'your underwear at Smith A Son. THE B3ST THING ?EVER OFFERED? For the Price! THREE BUTTON KID GLOVE. Sept. 21,18S1, tf ? MAT VI iiAJUJ iUK BfliiJii. I have for sale a valuable tract of land containing 31# AGUES, it lies on Norris's Creek In one mile of Abbeville, formerly known ?s tbe "John II. Wilson place." It contains 10!) Af'RKS OF \VOODI<AN I) and the balance. Including 00 Al'RKS OF HH'H HOTTOMS, is in a tine coniiltion for cultivation. It will t>e divided In tr-iets to suit tlie purchasers, 3) At.'HKS and the dwelling and out houses being reserved lor my own use. Perfect titles and a bargain. W. O. DUX DAS. April, 19,1S82, 3m. New fill! STORE TIT "D n.i. n iu uiaw; ABBEVILLE, S.O.i HAS opened n new stock of FURNITURE over the Htore of A. M. Hill <t Son, and ' will he pleased to receive a call from his fiends. Ills stock consists of every variety ! >f FURNITURE usually kept In a first-class < itore. All of wlilcn Is offered at prices to suit j ;he times. I1 Feb.*}. 1881, tf Notice. ANY person having demands asalnst the estate of GF.N. JAMES tflM.AM. will iresent them to the Executor, and those Inlebted to tne estate will please pay up. ! I R. C. GILLAM, Executor, j1 Greeuwood, May 10,1SS2, 3t Tlie News and Courier.?1988. 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Mates which receives the whole of the South-' >rn dispathes of the New York Associated | 'ress. and this service wll he supplemented I iy special dispatches from every part of the I Mate and the United states. Recognizing ?he Importance of divine Ihe people the earliest and mo*t accurate Infelllt>-n<-e In suite and National affairs. The A'eir$ ind Onurh-r will assign one of the most trusted iinl most capable members of Its Stafl to permanent duty at Columbia, and h"s stationed it Washington the irenllemen who earned rolden opinions while on duty at the State Capital. This will t"?ayear of ferment and possibly of change in South Carolina, and what the people require Is to have all the news, without fear or favor, and no matter whom It helps or hurt*. The Resident Correspondent of the yews and Oxtrirrnl Polum-1 t>la will clvc our renders Information concerning men and things which can be obtained In no other newspaper. In like manner, the Ite-ldent Correspondent of the y<no* nnd CYwHcr at Washington, having no other newspuncr to serve und being nobody's ht-nchman, will be In position to report impartially the progress of events and the apt"of public men. The vreat etfoft of the Xeirx rind Courier will lie to get t he most news, and l? get It flrHt and In the best shiipe. The purpose Is t<> make It a newspaper that no business man, no planter or farmer, no person Interested In public affairs can aft'ord to do without. The Sunday JVcw* will retain Its social and literary character. fn connection with all the news or the day. and the discussion of home subjects of local Import and application will be continued. Heroiflcr none of ihe news ptllv lishcd In the8undny Xcics will be published In ll.e .Vfiw and Qowrirr. The 7Yl-Weekly e'litlon of Ihe Newx and (y>urirr will be Issued as hefoe, giving the render the news contained l? the Xew and Onurier. with slight exceptions, ut one-half the prlee. The W'-ekly Xern will he greatly Improved. The ("he>s column and the Agricultural department will be continued. Puzzles and Problems for young and old will be a "permanent feature, bezlnnlni: with the New Yesir and In a few weeks weehall t>egln th?? publication of "Ten Terrible Tales" by at) English author of established reputation. Arrancemenis have been made likewise for a Serial Story by a South Carolina author who*e works have attained great popularity In Northern periodicals. There is not anywhere In the Rohih a better advertising medium than the .V?r? and Courier. and in Sonth Carolina It has ihe advertising fl'-ld, outside of the enfluentlal weekly! press In the country, virtually to Itself. It eocs Into every part of South Carolina and of the United suite*. und Iijs reached n commanding position with the reading public. The terms of the Ncwa und Courier are ns follows: THE NEWS AND COURIER One year 810 00 Si x months .. 500 Three months 3 00 THE SUNDAY NEWS. One year 2 00 ot.\ iiHJiiMia..... l w the nkvts and courier tri-weekly* One year 6 00 Six month* - 2 li0 Three months 1 50 the weekly news, One year .. .... 2 00 Six months - 1 00 " PRTESTERVE YOUR BOOKS, Periofticals, newspapers and Music State, County and Railroad Officers and business men generally, supplied with blank books made to any pattern. 1 LI. families have OLD ROOKS PERIOD\ ICALH, NEWSPAPERS, MUSIC. -A, which they desire to trausmit to their i>osterity, should HAVE THEM REBOUND. Which will preserve them and will make them look almost as well its new. Old Rooks.tCc., (should not only he rebound, but the current literature of the present day should be put in n durable form for preservation as well. This can he done In the shortest possible time, with the best material, in the most handsome and durable style, and at a price which cunnot be duplicated anywhere, by ?. R. STOKES, Stationer, Rook Binder and Blank Book Manufacturer, No. 155 Main Street, COLUMB t A. C Notice. J'O Teachers and Pupils of Abbeville County indiscriminately. A premium of five dollars will lie paid for the best e>?iy on "cochin.' and School Discipline, and to any pupil of Mm- aire of sixteen and under, a premium of throe dollar* will be 1 aid for toe lust essuy on Education vice Ignorance. To lie iianded in by rtuleday in July next. E. COWAN, School Commissioner. May 17,1882, tf The State of South Carolina, Office of thk Comptroi.lkr-Generai,, ) Columbia, S. C.. April 1, 18&2. j I CERTIFY THAT A. M. AIKEN, OF Greenwood,agent of the LIVERPOOL A LONDON & OLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, incorporated by the State (as above) lias complied with the requisitions of the Act of the General Assembly, entitled an "Act to regulate the auencies of Insurance Companies not Incorporated In the State of South Carolina," and I hereby licence the said A. M. AIKEN, agent aforesaid, to tike risks and transact all business of Insurance in this State, In the County of Abbeville, for and In behalf ot aaid Company. Expires March .list, ISftl. (Signed) JOHN* BRATTON, Cotnptroller-Generul. May 17,18X2. tf 3 AKERY anl CONFECTIONERY. PETER MAGLIANA nAS re-opened the BAKERY nnd CONFECTIONERY STORE nt the old P<*t Otliee In New Oileiins, where ho will be ?lad to furnish the public with all the best good* In his line. May .1,1882, ? The State of South Carolina, Office of the Comptroller General ) Columbia, 8. 0.. April 1,1882. / I CERTIFY THAT BENJ. S. BARNWELL, of Abbeville, asent of LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, of London. LANASIIIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, of Manchester, England, ROCHESTER GERMAN INSURANCE COMPANY, of Rochester, New York, HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, of New York, [CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, I of New York, Incorporated by the state (as above) has compiled with the requisitions of the Act of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act to regulate the Agencies of Insurance Companies not Incorporated In the State of South Carolina," and I hereby license the said BENJ. S. BAItNWELL, Agent aforesaid, to take risks and transact all business of Insurance In this State,In the County of Abbeville, for and In behalf of said Companies. Expires March 31st, 1883, (Signed) JOHN BRATTON, Comptroller General. May 3,1SS2, tf 10,000 POUNDS OF WOOL! \\rANTED, 10.000 pounds of WOOL, for *? whlrh the highest market price will be paid In cash. QUARLES & CO, April 26, lS82,4t The State of South Carolina, Office of thk Comitrollf.r-Genkral, ) Columbia, S. C, April 1,1SS2. j CERTIFY THAT E. M. LIPSCOMB, of Ninety-Six, Agent of GERMANIV INSURANCE COMPANY, of New York, MANHATTAN* INSURANCE COMPANY, o New York, ROCHESTER GERMAN INSURANCE COMPANY, of Rochester, New York, WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY; of Toronto, Canada, ncorporatcd by the State (ns above.) has com plied with the requisitions of the Act of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act to rcguate the Agencies of Insurance Companies jot Incorporated in the State of South Carolna,"and I hereby license the said E. M. L.IPSCOMB, Agent aforesaid, to take risks ind transact all business of Insurance In this state. In the County of Abbeville, for and In j, >ehalf of said Companies. Expires In March 31,1S83. (Signed) JOHN BRATTON, 1 Comptroller-GeDeral. May 10,18S2, tf To Arrive This Week. r A DIES NECK WEAR, In all the latest I t spring styles. Mother Hubbard Collars n Lace. Linen and Silk, Sailor Collars, I.ace 'oints, Rtiftllngs, ic. R. M. HADDON A CO. 1 March 1,18S2, tf THE ELECTOR! ABBEVILLE COUNT! Are hereby notified th j the books for the Registration of will be opened In eacb township, a^^Hj lows: fflj Bordeaux, McKettricks Mill, May Calhoun's, Mt. Carmel. May 10. Magnolia, Monterey, May 11. H Lowndesville, Lowndesville, May 12S Diamond Hill, Antrevilfer, May 13.. B Abbeville, Abbeville C. H., May 15 aH (Vdar Springs, Frnziervillc, May 17. Indian Hill, Troy, May 18. White Hall, White Hall; May 19. SmitliVille, Evans' Mills, May 20. Cokesbury, Hodjtes, May 23. Long Cane, Douglass Mill, May 24. Due West, Due West, May 25. Donaldsville, Donaldsville, May 20. Greenwood, Greenwood, May 20. Ninety-Six, Ninety-Six, May 30. Office will be open from 8 A. M. to M. and from 1 P. M. to 5 P. M. GEO. H. WADDELL, Supervisor Registration Abbeville C< April 12, 1882, 3t BARBER SH01 HICHARD GANTT. 1* now prepared t< . all work la hie department Id the i mnnnernndai reasonable charges. Monl customers fhavln?, hair ratlin* nnd )) fK.'olnu'Sl per month. Ranors honed and n the best condition for Zi rents each. Sh>>p under the Preu and Banner office. March 15,1882, tf H. G. SCUDDAY, Attorney and Counselor at Lai ANDERSON, S. C OFFERS his profcMlonal service* to Isens of Abbeville. Parties drtlrln^B consul i with him, may do so at each of the Court for the County,or by letter at^l derson C H. Hgn Jane 13.1881, tf M speake&br| -AGENTS FOR THE FAMOUS- H Eclipse Traction And Porfl table Engines! H Tnrc WAYNESBORO ECLIPSE SF.Pjfl TOR. SAW MILLS.COTTON GINSfl no. THE AMERICAN FRUIT DRYErTH ties wUliiug the above, address SPEAKE & BEO.. H Kinard's T. 0., S. (B March 29.1882,12m '. W| A LARGE lot of new Chromos 22 z 2^H 24 x 30.) on exhibition and lor sni^H ! f 1.15 each Ht QB April 30. 1MJ. * Bi 1 w * r>f<r\Ti rv ? vnp mttipd tI^X m l* 11 11 11 Act to raise supplies for the fiscal Hj commencing November l*t, 1881 ^B proved February 9tb, 1882. Noti^B hereby given that the Treanurer'^B tioe of Alibeville County, will be <^H for the collection of taxes Bh MONDAY, MAT 1, 18| and will remain open until JunaB The rate per ccntum of taxes Hj follows: am State purposes. mifl[ County current 3 '^B Deficiencies 1} 'Hj Schools 2 ' Total 11] rnifl Poll Tax $1. - M "The taxes shall be collected inHl installments, viz: The first inHj ment shall be due and payable ^B the first day of May to the first iltKl June, 1882, and tlie second installi^fl shall be due and payt ble from th|H teenth day of September to the tli^B first day of October, 1882." A penalty of five per centum at^B es to the first installment if notHHj by the tlrst day or June, issz. n Tax-payers can pay all in they desire to do so. fig Taxes are payable in the folIo^H kind of funds and no other: and silver coin, United States Cu^H cy, National Bank Note*, and Cou^H which shall become payable di^H the year 1882, on the valid Consol^H ed Bonds of this State, know^H "Brown Bonds," also Jury CertiflHS and tlu per diem of State witnes^H the Circuit Courts will be reccivtiflH Cour.ty Taxes not including Taxes. MR J. W. PERBIN, County Treasure Treasurer's Office, April 5, 1882,41 cunningham "| ?and? m templetA -HAVE RECEIVED THEIR- Iflj fini*5nir MVVVH ?and arc prepared to serve the publ^M| [DRY GOOll CROCKERY, I GROCERIES HATS, I CAPS, BOOTS AM SHI April 5,1882, tf BH j l.clabkI FOR THE GOOD OF THE cfll I HAVE CONCLUDED TO I whole attontloii to my Shop. I shaHB It GOOD ATTENTION. If any personHfll e* to have his H99 WATCHES REPAIRED flB Bring thom In. I have all the tools ar^^^| terlals to do It up In the best of style the lowest rates possible. If you want^^^H clock repaired bring It In and it will right. If you want your |B| JEWELRY MENDED DR Urlng Hon. If you want your nHH SEWING MACHINE MENDEIj^BH This Is the place to get It done In thcl^HH order. Von can have any piece made n^BSB the old one repaired. If you wantyour^H^H pistol repaired till* Ik the place to h^^H] done. All these articles will be repalHBH tne best of order at the Lowest Prices. (ilve me a trial and satisfy your.siSHfl TERMS CASH. |U JOHN L CLAES House for Sale. BB A GOOD I.OT AND DWELLING the business part of the town Is lor sale. Apply at the iYc.tj and Jirn^^^B rtcc. (May 3,