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"V - 4 "V lh: Press and Eaaaer.!' .V U 15 I<: VILLE , S5. C . >' ii1 " j; Wednesday, April 15, I&85. jr: ! ? r , v Tli6 Shipment of Vroe;;?>ts. j r The nutlioriVfesof the (V.tnrti?"a tun) Crocn* j" \l!!e Itn 11 road nre now revising the trci^lit " ?ha rues for this section of 11i<r c-un'.ry, I<? <ro Into effort on tho tir>? of May, ami sit \v lireh i v linn* it is lair to presume ll)at tin- laili'oad s varmi legitimate freight rates will In* com"!' tnonoed in earnest. Tiio ('. & company li ive hcon loth to accept the* gauntlet thrown J' down l>y the <!oor;:ia Central i1! their cut ini' charges ami have hojusi for an amicable nil-.' JaMmont. lint after two years of earnest effort. ' in that iliivctiim, 110 desirable re-lilt h is lievn ' nttaincd, ami we may now expect lively competition In the earryin? bnsines< of (his see- ! II011. The people will receive a temporary, gain ami the r* 11 roads will suffer for a time,! hwt when the C. A O. company arc put ujon j their metal, we presume they are l>otti as able) nml as willing to work for nothing as tli? t <!eor^ia Central can he. TI?o history of rail- a j-oail cuts in freights proves conclusively that e fciocompany can long continue to haul f"r loss (li:iTi cost or cirriage, ami that after suicidal rates P.rc adopted adjustments arc Koon made. If the C. & <5. had promptly rune to tlie determination to make ?tn virort to keep its business and satisfy its oM t iriends and customers by giving tliem as -rood t c terms as they could get elsewhere, tl:v diller- I1 ?nces between the companies would have,? long since been settled, and the commerce of! the county would not have been at all disturbed. i ' While a portion of our people seem to be!" crazy on the subject of building a railroad] from nowhere through Abbeville and Due;1' "West to nowhere, it is a notable fact that the j ' midday train from Hodges to Abbeville ha* ( l>cen discontinued because the business of the J1 jilace Is not sufficient to pay the running ex ! 1 penses oi wood and oil?the engineer. con-!v duetorand other employees on the train re- !) maining iiile at llodges every day from twelve until four o'clock. Another notable fact, which should not be !l forgotten by those persons who seem be it on * saddling a big debt 011 the people for a road " from Due West to Aiken may be fi rmed In s the present embarrassed condition of the ' Houtli Carolina Railroad which is so completely surrounded and hemmed in by powerful rivals as to practically exclude il from jfT-.rucipuuuii in i.u w".....iS ...v. rountry. A few yours a?o. nearly nil llio * freight for tills section of the country passed over the South Carolina road. Now nothing from Baltimore, Richmond, or Philadelphia, mid only one-fourth of the freight from New York comes by way of the South Carolina * road. The last annual exhibit of receipts ami ? expenditures of the South Carolina Railroad ? roine six weeks ago was any thing else than satisfactory, ami last week the report of the t| filling o!T of Si!,(XV> In the receipts for February, as compared with the correspondJug month of the previous year, is not encouraging to Its friends. The decrease in ? business lu accounted for in this way. The ? South Carolina road now gets nothing from ? the Columbia and Greenville road, except at tl such times as the Coast line are unable to furnish cars to come up our road to be loaded j, with freights. The Columbia and Greenville !> road has almost no rolling stock, but daily J' requisition is made on the superintendent of transportation fioni diflerent depots, and H the suprelntendcnt in Columbia gets the cars ^ front cilher the Co:ist line or the South Caro- ? Una road?(alwaysgiving preference to tue v Coast line)?and the road which furnishes the _ cars carries the freight from Columbia to Charleston. As lang as the Coast line has tlie cl cars to d > tho work the Sjuth Carolina road , will get no freights. li Very much the same condition of affairs '* now exists in Augusta. Nearly all the freights which the Georgia Central touches |s goes direct from thatcity over the Port Royal it road to Yamassee and thence to Charleston " ai over the Charleston and Savannah road. t| Thus cut off from any appreciable, si share In the business of either of its powerful " rivals, it seemsjetear to any man who takes a practical look at the matter that it Is only ,ia question of time when the South Carolina !' must yield to the Inevitable and full into the j.', hands of either the Clvdes or the Georgia t>? Central. Even admitting thai all the money jj| was in hand to build a road from Aiken the Jot> could not be finished before the change In a Jhe ownership of tho South Carolina roau will take place, cj If the above statements are not fact?, we u< should be pleased for some friend of the C., C. a. Jc C. I?. R. to show wherein we are mis- ,] taken, and we will be further obliged If iiecx- li' plains wherein the people are to be at all benefltted in any way l>y either the Immense debt which we are asked to assume or the signal failure which we are sure to realize in the effort to balid the road. T The Weather ami the C'rop^. "While tho weather during the Spring days ^ has b<cn favorable for the prosecution of all out door work, yet the temperature of the atmosphere and the coldness of the earth has not been such as to be promotive of the growth of vegetation. While we have had tor we liave liml almost 110 warm weather. The peach and j>!utn trees arc perhaps more \J susceptible to ttie effects of warm sunshine A than anything else that grows in this local- ?j Ity, yet the atmosphere hss been so constant- o: lyat ft low degree of temperature that the I" blossoms on these trees did not make their j J.J tippenruncc until a few clays ago, ami the for-1 !V vst trees arc now almost us barren of foliage ? as In mid winter. There was a. frost on Sat- " n rdny morn In?, ami Ice formed on Monday hj and Tuesday morning*. Yesterday afternoon J h the sun was wanner than on any previous | ^ day during the Spring, yet vegetation was u| not greatly encouraged to rapid growth. Last '< night t!ie air was sharp and crisp. In January and February natch rain fell, w but in March and April the rainfall has been j jl quite light. The public highways are in an unusually good condition, and, In con.se- o quencc of the favorable weather, nearly all I J1 the farming lands have been broken up and j ^ put In a flue condition for receiving tlie seed t<: sis soon as the atmospcre shall have model*- >' jited, and when the ground has boconie warm {I1 beneath the rays of the sun. The ditches w have been opened In the bottoms, and on j v*' bottcms and high land the bushes have Jj; been remarkably well removed from centre e! to circumference of the llcids. Many new- 1,1 grounds have been opened for the plow, and 'sj thejwhole appearance ol the farms lschcerlng j;i In ft high degree, despite the lateness of lie Spring weather. In sonic instances the corn crop lias been planted, and here and tiserr an occasional Held may be found planted In cotton. The more careful preparation of the jlands and the increased acreage in early planted upland corn Is a notable lact which augurs well for the future prosperity of our farmers. The oat crop Is much better than anybody expected It would be, and the wheat was LevHi er more promising. The acreage in barley Is j j n mere nothing. Our horses and mules l.ave pi become so accustomed to eating old shucks sn nnd dried leaves, or going to bed hungry that very few farmers care to Mother themselves si with a crop which Is only profitable to their hi animals. 11' The crop of mule and horse colts is perhaps si an average one as to to ihe number? the av- ti crnge number being perlitips about one-tenth '! as many as should be raiseu?but sir.ee our st people have such flne oppportuni tics for raising good colts it is confidently cxpectrd that the crop of mnles and horses will increase ct every year. I? The older citizens of Abbeville county have j ?(' not forgotten ihc memorable l'th of April, ai 18li?, when a heavy mow fell, covering the " ground to the depth ot severgl inches, and j jj Jurying beneath Its icy crystals Immense v eropsof corn and cotton and hearing down j " the large crops of wheat which had been 1}{; much advanced by the warm spring weather. The freeze which followed next day killed jV crops and vegetation of all kinds. At that s, lltiiA the forests worn clothod in srrpnn !o?vps. i tl and thousands of acres of corn nud cotton I'1 were ii|>, and niucli of the crops hiul been ! [| liood and thinned to a stnnd. The difference In the advanced condition of tho growing ; crops In 1S19 and in lss> is great. So far as we I,l. are inforti but little of the planted corn | Is up, and ?*one of the cotton seed has yet { germinated, except l'rimus Cuinminp's.' fl which got upjust In time to be killed by the Irost yesterday morning. j AbLcville Ix Rl^rPI on the I?omN. The Impression may prevail that Due \Ves? is hastening her election for railroad bonds in the hope that her action may Influence Abbeville's acl ion. If such Is the case disappointment will nodoitht follow. While Abbe-, I vllle would not be behind in any matter of j public Interest, yet the Prrxn and Jlnnncr is j -j fully persuaded that Abbeville Is not going te p clog and embarrass her prosperity by the is-;1' Kite of twentv year bonds for any purpose. If K that tax should be voted on this tow n some of ti our good people would have to pet out of 1 their comfortable houses for the reason that!p they would be unable to pay the taxes. Tut a a heavy tax on our dwellings and they would have almost no selling value. The profits ,s, ailslng from the rents of dwellings is small o with the least tax ; put a heavy tax on such 'J property, and, as a source of revenue, it will u be nearly or quite worthless. j li We have the good railroad which our fath- ' er'sbuilt, and when the reduction in freights s over it Is made on the flrst of May, we will t nerd no other road. It Is sufficient toanswer " every purpose, and Is equal t'j every erner-; \ (re 1 icy. It can bring more goods than we can j buy. It ciin takeaway more limn we can make. After the first of May It will serve tss; nt bottom charges. That Is good enough for the P>c*.s and Banner, anil r. majority of the people of Abbeville. ? I -j The Ijrtixgton Dispatch takes great Interest. ^ In national j>o!lt!o. It has not even a local f, jaiLvaU to i 1 'lajvin1 norsc than a?v \v!:lr!i woro I Svisl upon f'turuols. It may he that some of o.if readers rcmcm-l ;T to have heard that the Lord in olden ! lines tcavo notii'C to one of the ofi Itrypi that he desired him to Jet certain IsiiciiU'S deputi from the cr.'vjntry in peace,j ?d that Ih;? kins hardeurd his heart anil roiild not ivie.tse (hem from bondage. This! t'fiisal of his rcijui-st Ui>{ leased the Lord so nioli that lie sent f.o^s, loens's, atld sundry tlier plajrucs to thocouuiry in order Il:nl the ;.nj."s wicked h>art ml^lil lie subdued, and it i'as only after repeated plagues had hecn ent and hm? delays thai tIi?- release of these pople was secured. hut it U had oe<*urred to he Lord to jrive the israv'ites an opportunity j o vote I weai.v year ooims on un- iw.nn y t<? >ii<l in il?c eonsl ruction of a railroad! roin the kind's briek yard to a point on the oa>tv>f 11 UimI Sea, their deliverance would ih vp been speedy. Tin' mere threat l<? issue wenty year bonds l.ea'in.: seven per pent, inerest would no iloulil have brought old 'Haiaoli to terms at oinr. Xch freight ICalos. We arc reliably informed that *li6 atithoriiesof Hip Columbia and Oivenville Kail load re arranging a new scl.elale of Ireight harges, to take ofleet <m the first rxj" .May. "hi'se rates It is understood will fully meet lie reduction of rates heretofore made by the Borgia Central over the Augusta and Knox-! ille, and t!* _ tJieemvood, Laurens andSparanburg Uonds. If Ibis is so the day of our | lelive;anee is a?, hand, and the cry, ofdi.s-| limiiiattans in freight charges will be sloped, and we hope that we may never have uuse to complain in the future. There are JVi disabled ex-Con federate soliers living in the poor houses of North CarUna.?/-.'reA nipt:. North Carolin i spends annually thousands pon thousands of dollars for negro edueaion. and yet her own old soldiers?our own I indied?must go to the poor houses of that atriotie Stale. We have no excuse for turnup our baeks upon our needv old soldiers lIil!c pandering to the Northern sentiment y educating our political enemies. Oexi:i:.w. Ukantstill lingers between life ml death. The old soldier is almost gone, i.,. v.u <u ii w:i\*s honor him for his mil [nrv career, ami the South will always rr-j peet him for the magnanimity wi;h which i e treated us at the surrender. ??- c?|j HONOR TO A FORMER ABBEVILLIAN. >r. W. Wnrdlan of Augusta Eloole?J I'rcshlciit of the Southern I>ent:sl Awiorintion?He Heads an Iittpr?Htl:i; Paper In Xi'W t>rleiu?s. Dr. Win. 0. Wardiaw. of AnctHla, Ins boon con; icutMlsty honored in X.?w (aii-ans nnil has Wen lift <1 I'lftiiifiit ?f tlio f'o'itlieiii Dont.il Association iiicli has jn>t clofod its annual session. Tiic Next ifi tiiu' will l'o liol?l in Nashville. This compliucm t<> a:i Anxiisia man is IiIl'Ii anil rill deserved. Dr. Wardiaw lias a>su been jdaced on lie Executive Cmiiinittoo df tiio Association. Ho mik a |i onii::oiit jiait in the deliberations just closed mI ilolivoroil an address i?n dental livaloiie, boini: Miirtimn of tlio ciiiiimltioo on this important subject. The address *00111# to have created considerable slir nd aroused a !lo'd of c million's all of which are of radical interest in the care of Uio tooth. So imp.irint aial useful aro thes- hints tint woa|<]k'inl a synj>sis of IHs ad.lross and tli.- following comments from ho Now ('rloMis Pi.-iiyuiio: Dr. \V. Wardiaw mid a imricr on "Dentil IIt iene."' lit- spoke "f tin' futility of endeavoring to uroduce the practice of hygienic j>rinciplcs for the . i!**/It of futuresi-ner>i:imi!?. They were confronted y the piarticii [hi.si r i-f Maik Twain: ''Blnine po? lily ; what lias it done tor us, an) how K' The fast rent law in that of cleanliness, which K essential to le priservatioii of the fcelti. A tooth kept absolute clean will not decay. Capillary attraction and liape nml position of the teeth retain iillt.r.al limttcil, Itii other foreign sttbs';.nces, until the latter fcrmers lnl are made potent to decay tbvfto organs. When lie first tooth makes its appearance let the mother bein and rub the to<>th and gums with a soft cloth sevral times daily. The child learns the necessity of kaniiness early and ret tins the lesson and the prac -e. In the meantime the general system shoall be Hiked to and a vgorous constitution bniit up rnshin : the teeth should be done regularly, frequent.'.carefully and Intel! gently. A moiierately stiff rush stiould be used, and an effort made to I each rery tooth surface. A vertieal motion of the brush the best way. l!y closing the mouth with the brush i it the buccal surfaces i f the molars are best rcacht <1. lut few person# know how to brush within then chcs. ul neglect the l:ngtial surfaces of the lower Incisors. io favorite b c dity if tartar. The tooth pick nnd Ik thread should bo used in connection wild lit-ru.-li. The delicate <|U II pick is the only proper or.e. id h-* condemned the national soft wood hotel pick t Ineffective, deS'.iuctlve and abominable. lie obeted to tooih pa?tes slid tooth soaps, as they prevent le desired fiicion and soften the cuius, The chew- : IC of solid fo 'd cives healthy exercise to the teeth, ' ,ws nnd ussoctate pans. The use of chewing cum i? ' -i;e!lctal in a similar way. produces cleaning friction, i ?soiVesaridity and increases the How of saliva. To ' icco eiiewitu is not opposed to deiital Incline. An ;c- so ut' austind I'. MM I is lo In- giianli'i: agutlisi, iiavuc tcliS.'iicv to iii luco scorbutic 1 Dr. Wardiaw also rend a paper fivni Dr. B. F. Arnston on' llvgietio of tile tcctii." The imusiht of lildri-n should he ix.uiiincd oftoii.an?i sMille iiikI cilMturv t fiitinviit carried on. Fur din nfcs of the ; iiiih i?r. Arriturton paid lit- had obtained the best r.'ilis tVuin sulphuric acid. This treatment, with tiniilv u?e of a rightly sliaj o.| tooth liru?b from child- ' mmI to oM age is ail tliat is necessary tor a beitlihv i.uth. ('oh9litiili"tia) t:e>:<tni.iit, vojarcs advlsui! r disoasrd gums. etc.. should not he tolerated. These p'p<r> ]'roductd con?ii.cr:tc!i- di: elision. WO CONVICTS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE. Jio of iho <'oa?vlc1s from Charleston iiait our from York?The Scone of the Shooting the Wooded RiiiiIm ot the Cnunl?Desperate Dn*h of the Prisoner*?The Fatal ltesult L'n avoidable. (.Vet'-.? anil Pntricr.) foi.VMHlA, April '.'.?At "i.'!0 this evening ' onis lVttis ami William Henry alius John 1 rins, l)o:li colored convicts, met death while lulcavoritis: to escape from the force emrnged ' u the Columbia Catsal. They wero worldm: 1 a Cemetery Ilill just above the present up- ' er tei minus of the canal anil had severed ; telr shyokles, presumably with tools used in ! h Ic work. A picket line of guards is kept bout the exposed section of the hill, where * ork is being done. The river protects the titer side of the hill. One of these guards tw the men rushing through the underbrush \ the direction of a point of woods several urulred yards oil'. He tried to halt thctu but , iHcl ami took a long shot at them. The | jnviets ran between two oilier guard*, who i Iso ordered litem to halt, but could not tire | ir friir ot shooting each ot her. When, | owevcr. the negroes still running fast, , ad passed beyond the picket line and , ere in the open space, the guards j red. The distance wns considcra- , le. Some eight ritic shot were made, the ( ;st two bringing thecouvlcts to the ground. , ne was shot through the neck and the other < iroimli the tiaek. I'.otlt died almost lntant- : *. 1'fit is was froin York and had so r vet I two I j cars of a (en vacs' sentence for manslauith- , :r. He was about :W yeare old. Ilciny wr.s h ountier and came from Charleston about six ; lontlis ago to serve ilvo years for larceny of \ ve stock. Wlieti the hands were called In It | as found that Jaini'K I'riK-ltett. rew.itty con- j leled at the Uiehiand Court of hnusehrcak- ' nr. who was working near the others, had . i-arly succeeded In tiling o!l" 1:1s hall and ' lain.showing that he too had Intended a | ish for liberty. The nature of the ground ; id the work is a bar to the detection of | lacklebroakltnr, hut as an oitset to this the | tarda seem lo be good rilic shots. I ^ ( t GUARDING AGAINST THE CHOLERA. J i I lie State Hoard of Ilealiii I>l*en*sen tli?k Threatened Coining of the Asintic Kconryp and Takes Important Action iti the Matter. I (Xcus and Courier, Ajr.il 11.) s A longnnd interesting meettnirof the State J irnrd <?l Health was held yesterday morning. < r. C. It. Taber made a report concerning the I j ojeei of establishing a chair of hygiene and L il.itary science at the Medical College of # mtIt Carolina in I harlcston and the Stale!, Diversity tu Columbia at the expense of the; r [ate. The repot t showid that the project L ill met with hearty concurrence *>1' the lac-j j Hits of the two colleges. I?r. Orange Simons made his report on the L :ate 'nmr.mtine show ins: that all the?|uaran-1j ne stations were in good condition except M '? "??? ?? I ? I i It /*n Sunt li I sl;i litl llt?sil* ! eortctown, whkii had been destroyed b.v a ortn. A very protracted and !nt< resting dlsctts'in took phiee on the cholera <|Uc.s:ion. It j a< the general belief of the meeting that ac- j' irdlng to the most popular hypotheses con-] J ruing the generative ai.d contusions prop- j j Ucs ol' cholera, It would probably visit this ;1 ction ot the country at no very distant day, id Hint iliis was l aiticularly the case alone |' ie line oi the railronds and on the seaboard.; J was the general Impression that the State i' oanl of Health c.iiiiiot exercise too much j I igilince and care, nor the people attach too ( inch importaiiee to the urgency of taking i1 recant ions against a visitation troin this * arful scourge. | j As a result of the discussion the secretary ' nd treasurer of the Count of Health was in- \ I p.ieicd to inunedhiteiy make u tour of in-;1 >ec!ioii throughout the state, and to visit all]' ie local boards of Ilcalih with a view to hav- 1 is everything In complete rc:uliticss for deal- j ig with cholera in the event of its ititrodue on into this State. j I The meet ins was adjourned to nicrt in Chnr- ' ston (ill the first Tuesday in July n* XI, when 1 '> :ie board will make sin InspeelIon of the uaraiitine stations along the coast. :0T BOUND TO PAY TEE SALARIES OF 11 THE COMMISSIONERS. I | tulrro M itl?on|?r,on litNh'tsrN a Jury to Flml u Verdict in Favor of (lac Columbia aiii<l (.Irpcnvilli' Hr.ilroad Tor the Amount of their Contribution. (Xori and Owner.) fnr t'mi.ij \ l.rit ?sbort work was made ;i the Common I'le is Court this afternoon of lie law malum: I he railroads contribute to ho support of the railroad commissioners, 'he Columbia ar:<l (Jreenvitle i:al!ro;d had aid to the treasurer of Kichland County unler proles! 51 .(?' I.-IOas its share of the assess- : neiit for the payment of the expenses and ularios of the railroad commissioners, and it iow came into Court with a suit to recover lieamoimt with interest and costs. |i Col. John ('. Ha-kell represented tl.e ralload company and Attorney-General .Miles ppeari-d lor Treasurer Ulbbes. 'J'he facts TV re udniltteil and no evidencej . as taken. The plalntill'unrcd that the as.J fsstneiit was a tax and a double and unequal i.e, and therefore unconstitutional. The de[ niiant niaintained that it was in the nature fa license, and therefore legal. The aiicu-, neat was quite full, hut on this the decision tinged. Jiiiiu'e \Vith"ispoon charged the jury hat the assessment was a tax aiid not a lier.se, and thai i! was inc<|Uital'le and uneonuiution.il. and instructed tlietn to flnii for; lie ptaiiititr. Thejuiy actcrdinply rendered von!let for the lull amount claimed withill adow ins interest. The case will to up to he Supreme Court. j A Xciv Artfi-h' of t'.ncon. I.nurens isa dry town.and the thirsty people heres't'in to he put to many vam tjh-ks and ark ways to clu-v the law. A f.*w d iys ago box of bacon heiiiff shipped to I.anrcns over he<'olunibia and <>re<nvi:le liailroad was ( ( Mentally broken white being handled. In- railroad men wer? co>>sjdcrab!va.s;oni>h? d when six kegs rolled out. and ino:e so iIkn investigation eliriteU the tact that each f the vessel.-: tilled with a very fair quully of wlilsLey.- tHunit'.k A'cuv*. j THE CAROL! XAS LEADING.]] THIRTEEN NEW RAILROADS NOW PRO- j JECTEZ). j J A C'nll Pc^Ci'iplinn of flip Sevornl J,iiii's--< !itiriosSi?ri*s llri^lit dinners: for WrMtcrn Couneolhiii ? Opportunities for Immigration mnl lnvesCnieu!. Gkrknvii.i.k, s. C., April !. jyH'f.r .Vr? s fni'l Cititri' r: The condition of railro.'.d n (la I is in the Curolmas jnsl at pivsent is causiii}; considerable <iiitiit-iiI niiii'itd^l tlu-se N?ir!Iirrn capitalist* uhoare invested in Southern indnstriui development. So lit 11.* accurate informal inn has been aiv.-ii through tin* ;>t11?ii< press eonceiniliu what iias actually been done toward la:ii)?lilie new lines of railroad in Noith and Smith Carolina that a brief and reliable rr\r iii? will In- r-'ad with Interest. Ttnreare thirteen important lines now nild\<r ron-idcrwtlon by tin* Carolina*, all of wliieli have been ehait'Ted. They are ;l) the char c-Ion, ('nnitierland (?apand<"!i icairo; ("J) the Midland Kailroud ofSoolh Carolina; t".) the (freen wo?l. I .aureus and Spartanburg; 11) the S.aboard Air-I.inc extension; <.Vi the Shelby and I'.rnad lUver Railroad; (' ) Hip li n\er and Mount Holly; (7) the Greenville |, and Lauren*; (-) the Asliev!l!e and Spartanburg; (Hi the Onslow. Wilmington and Kast | Carolina: t Mi) the sh"lby and Spartanburg; | (II) the Western North Carolina extension; i (!the (iatl'aey city, Itniherfonlton and Marion Railroad. aiul (!"i; the l'almetto Railroad. J In addition to these there are semes of small I ' spurs," "branches" and "cuts-oil" to bebuilt; j one only Is of iruportaive?a new shorten! to] I-'nye!Seville, X. by ihe Seaboard Air-Line. i Work on I he Cape and Yadkin Valley Rail- : road from Greensboro' to Mount Airy, X. C.. has been so steadily carried on for the past >ear that this extension can hardly Im classed anion;; the new ro.ido now under consideration. 'i'lif ('iisnlirrlnnil <?n;> lhiilroad. The Charleston. Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railroad is designed to unite Charleston and the great West. The linn will run through Aiken, the famous health resort for eon-r.inpltvtj-s, ihencc to Edgefield, Greenville and through the Cumberland Gap of the Hluc Kidge Mountains to London. Kentucky,! where a \Vcs;ern connection will he establish- j 'IMw. I*. atL.t/.H "II/I ohl.tf i.l>.t*n/if At* <tf I li i C I road is (Sen. Jo! in soil llugood, c.\-(Soveni'?r of Son Hi Carolina, mid a man of pretit ability.! A iiK'Oliii'4 was held in Charleston recently Willi a view to raisins money to build the road, ami tiovernor Ilagood says 11) loirs are tcoi011 sniothly and that the road will surely be buiit. Ttie Louisville and Nashville t'ompai.y at one liino was believed to have bad thisenierprisn under consideration. lint after the resignation of l*re?ldent llafdwin, o! that company, all talk of building the road eeascd and the It. & N.. people concluded not to undertake the project. A flivmeial agent was sent to London, Knsrlaml, to secure f.>rc!jjn aid. but lie failed to Interest the phlegmatic beef-eaters in the Kehetne mid returned home, after two years of vain endeavor, without having accomplished anything. Over one hundred miles of tills road should be completed at an expense ol halt a million dollars, as most of the grading lias been done. The enterprise If taken in hand this year bids :air to yield n handsome return to the investors. a< the road will penetrate a rleli country and will have many valuable connections. At Aiken it will meet the South Carolina Kailway, al Greenville connection will bej lliaue wnii im; iiiniiiwu'i iiim imikiiic i-jo-i icin, m>d if the roail is surveyed in a direct line to London from tlic Cumberland Gap sin advantageous connection with the Kast Ten-j iiess-.T, Virginia and Georgia Railroad and ! Louisville ami Nashville s.vsietns will he cs-j lablisucd, giving South Carolina mi outlet, via the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, to the Mississippi ltlver. and via the Louisville and Nashville to i Incinnatl. The ntillnntl. The "Midland Railroad Company ot South Carolina" started?to use the expression of "Uncle Remus"?"wid de blowin' er detrumpits an' de hooiniu' ordedrmns," but lust now | the enthusiasm over the scheme seeins confined principally to Laurens. The road was I to extend from Greenville to Charleston l?y j way of Laurens, Newberry and Columbia. I The Greenville and Laurens people became I very enthusiastic for a time; bij* meetings were held and ad vuntoaeous nrosposals made, but. the money to put the engineers to work | was not forthcoming; the people in the "City by the Sea" did not come tothe front with the alacrity the up-country folks had hoped for, ami the great "Midland Kali road Company of j <onth Carolina" collapsed about February 15. .lust now an elt'ort Is making to revive the scheme. What success this effort will meet with remains to be seen. The line, as proposed by Mayor William A. Courtenay, of Charleston, would, no doubt, have paid well, and would have been of Incalculable advantage to Greenville as well as to Charleston. The road ; will bo built In time. Iteforc tnany more i years shall have elapsed It will have become j such a necessity that Its completion will prob-j ably be effected by Northern or Western speculators. (Jrocawoo:! anil NpnrtRiilnir^. The Greenwood. Laurens and Spartanburg Hail road is being pushed forward with nil possible sr.eod. and will nrnhnhlv be OOcll IOi <p:irtniihurgby the tlr<4 oi October Trains' r*rc now running from Augusta, Ga., to Lanrr>sif=, over tills lino. The Central Rail road of* Georgia dill a wive thing to litty this road.1 Ihcy now have a line direct from Savannah to the heart of South Carolina, and ean draw j r-otton to Savannah at cheaper rates than tliei Did Columbia and Greenville road can haul It.' to Charleston. As soon as the line is finished j to Spartanburg the Richmond nod Danvlllei Company will foe! the smart of competition, i The Central people are after the new Greenville atid Laurens road, and if they snecccd In getilng it the Columbia and Greenville will: have a hard row to hoe for a while. The first! trhln over the Greenwood, Lnurcns and Spar- j innburg road ran Into Laurens on the20th of February. The road will be und< r the charge! nf Capt. J. X. l!as?, of Augusta. Connections1 i\re made at Spartanburg with the Atlanta' nnd Charlotte Air-Line, at Laurens with the J Newberry branch ot the Columbia and Green-! vi.'le road, at Green wood with the the main j line of the Columbia and Greenville, aud with the Augusta and KuoxvUlo line. The Seaboard Air-Line. TheScnboard Alr-T.i:iecstenslon Isascheme with which South C>trollnlans are not as yet very familiar. The "Seaboard Air-Line" comprises several roads under the control of Col. I. M. Robinson of Raltimore, the northern i terminals being Richmond and Norfolk, Va. It Is proposed to build a new line directly ilirouan rsoutn v.arouna. oy way ?n t t>r Alston, to Atlanta?thus giving the Robin-1 >on system an all-rail through route from Atlanta to Richmond that will be a *:rcat denl diortor than the Piedmont Air-Line. The money to build this road has already been I inbseribed, but Col. Robinson. tiefore he went to Europe, told the writer that 110 work ivould be done until the railroad commission law of South Carolina Is either repealed or| intended. It would cost to build and equip: he road about six millions of dollars. Shelby and Broad Itlvor. Trobably the most Important line now un-! ler consideration Is the Shelby and liroad < Itiver Railroad, which Is bt-lnjr "promoted"'; jy the Hon. John ("?. Iilaclc. state Senator' rroin York county. This road will run from lite Cranberry Iron Mines, 011 the East Ten-1 ucssee, Virginia and Georgia Railway io Mor-1 ;anton, N. I'.,thence toshelby and from there 1 >y way of lilacU's Station to Alston. If pos- i >ible the Hue will be extended from Alston to [ J range bur;;, where connection will be made; with tlie South Carolina Railway. Several! nlhusiastic meetings have been held lately | (long the proposed route, and four or fivej owns have pledged large sums of money to lid the enterprise. The country to be penetrated Is second to r.one in the fertility of lt.s ioiland its adaption to the profitable growth >f cotton ami cereals. The connection with he East Tennessee system would he of bene- ]' It to South Carolina. At Morganton tlie* 1 A'cstet n Koi'th Carolina ltallroad is stopped, 1 ni'i at Shelby the Carolina Central?with i rt'ilmington and Norfolk as termini?will of-1 'or an advantageous connection. At lilaek's], Station the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Llnci Itoad wiil bo crossed, and at Alston the Co-i uinbla and Greenville is met. Should tlie j! inefrom Alston to Orangeburg bebuiitthej, lisianee will he much shorter than the pres- ! Mit route by Columbia. It is Senator Hindi's j, lesion to make Charleston the principal east-;1 ;rn terminal ol the road with u view to forc-i ?C the Richmond and Danville people to ; onus. This road will undoubtedly be built, j J Dkvci' nnsl Mom?( Ifolly. 1 The Denver and Mount Holly llnad ia not a 11 .*ery lorn; one, but it promises well, and near- JI y all the money necessary to build It has been 11 luhsertbed. The line will l>e purely local, and 11 vlll help Charlotte considerably. It will run 11 hroti^h Catawba county, N. C? past the! I fountain Island Cotton .Mills and to Mount.!' lolly, whene.', perhaps, it will some day lie 1 I xtended. It wnl a tied llio We.-tern North-1 'arclitsa Ualiroad Company's business some- (1 vhat, beins in direct competition with that * o'id in Catawba county. The farmers and j t storekeepers who now have to haul freight j wenty or thirty miles by wagon hail with lie- t Ight the coming of this new thoroughfare,! I mil have subscribed liberally. The enter-11 nise Is in tin; hands of the leading citizens of,1 lenver, X. C. < Cireciiviflo ntitl I.aurons. j The fJreenvillo and Laurens Itoad has hoen ! he subject of so much newspaper discussion hat if all the it'-nis that have been written: ibout it were clipped out and pasted in a con-! inuous Hue they would probably exceed thcj' cngth of the road it*elf. At present no one] leoins to know wluit i'resident Mauldln and ?..I .1.. ..-111. II... I Tl.n I trading is :>11 done and tlie track is ready for hi- tics and Iron. Tin-Central Railroad Coin>any ol tieorgla will probably possession ?f tlic propony eventually, u consummation , nost devoutly to be wished, as this would bo- . ore (.irtcnvillt; a cotnpelition against the! Richmond and ]>anville system, and would j i orce tlie Columbia and (ireeti vllle to cut its ' rices considerably below the present enor-1 nous lluures. With a fond 10 Spartanburg], iml one to CJreenvllle the (ieorgla Central people hope to drain all the freight by way of' Augusta, l'ort lioyal or Savannah, Hut as : competition builds up a town the up-country ! ?eople should use every endeavor to get the i. Georgia Central people to take the (Jretuvillc :, ?nd Laurens ltoad. j I Ashevilie and K]inrti:nbnr;. The Ashcville and Spartanburg Kailroad. i iluring tlie last few years, has become almost;1 is famous as l)iel?*n's celebrated chancery ;1 suit <il Jarmlyce vs..Jari!ilyce,butnt last worn !1 lias been bejun and the rojtd will protiably be 1 linished belorc the 1st of September next. A j force of neirly two hundred eon vh-ts. under thi-supervision i;f Chief Kngineer James W. > Wilson, began work on the track between 1 Hendersonviileand Ashevllle about March 1, and tlie completion of the work will be ejected as rapidly i-s possible. Nearly all tlie track was graded six or seven years ago, since which time It has been neglected. The rains have played havoc with it in many places, and it wi I taken good dee.l of work to put it ' in shape again. The building of the trestles. Major Wilson tell me, will occupy some time, one of those structures, as designed, being several hundred feet long. It will cost SIS.inhi tii build it. When finished tlie Ashevllle and i Spartanburg route will lie the short line from I i Charleston >o the mountains and the summer ' i resorts of Western North Carolina. Thesuni-j mer travel will be very large, but the grades are so heavy that tlie road Is almost useless as < a freight line, since a big engine can scarcely i pull three loaded cars over the mountains. Wilmington and East Carolina. i Tlie Onslow. Wilmington and Kast Carolina | Hall road Is another North Carolina venture I, that bids fair to be successful, although as yet < matters are in such shape as to make It Inadvisable to more than mention the fact that the road will be built by North Carolinians, aided by a powerful New York syndicate. SCciby mm S??nrini?i>urjr. TIic Shelby andSpartanbmg Itaiirorul, when 1 built, will !>o exactly forty-two miles long. It; will connect the Central Kail rod ol (ieorgiu? ] tin.' now* tJreen wood, Laurens and Spartan-j burg route?Willi t lie Carolina Central lit Slid-' by. P.y these mean* i!ie Georgia Central will j pet where ithas long desired to go, to Charlotte, and will make lliat a competitive point 1 as against the Tied mont Air-Line. An exam- 1 ination of the map will show that Spartan- ; burg end Shelby will be Immeasurably tienellttei! by the building of thl? road, work upon which will be commenecd this spring if the necessary fends can be raised, Carolina nnd j (Scorein cereals can then be shipped to tl:o ! big (louring mills at Wilmington at such 11 j low cvstlur truuspurlatku tluit Hourcuu bo' m na-lo there touell at n cheaper jirlcc than Is [inld at lU'o'iMil for Western llour. V/cslorn North ('nrolinn. The Stale LosWIatum of North Carolina has J nassod a liill autlioilxin^ I ho extension of Ihu ? i-?li-r n .Mil i u \ iirun nil i\;u u tmu t w ,'i w i j m iv, , N.C. This fuel is of liiiii e importance tliiiti tine would hi. ilrst Imagine, IVir when ihe Kiclimohd ;iiiil Danville people imcc trot ns far j Murphy it is |nelly safe to say it. will not be a > car before tliey build lo ?*ilh< r Chatlunooga or knoxvllic. A connection by way of the Marietta and North Georgia Ilailrond is also talked of. With a line lo Chattanooga lllc Uichinouil and I>anv11le could attack lis most bitter enemy, the I'.ast Tennessee, Vtrirliiiaaiid fteorgiii It-dlnnd. The Murphy ex- ( tension will )>:iss tlironuli sonic of ilic llnest i limber, liiinrral and agricultural hind-in the "(Ud Nori Ii Stale," aivl speculators use already on the ground buying timber lands and mar ble quarries, (iiitriify Cil.v nml Marion. The (Intiney City, Untlierfotdlon nml Marlon ltailroad has been surve'yed and one of liie directors tells me that work Is to begin before ilie l-'ilh of April, t.'hiel Knalneer , Ilum*eur ha* completed Ills surveys met says the work will not be expensive. The line ' will extend from (ialTney City, on the Piedmont Alr-I.lne, bv way of Hniberfordton to Marion, N. and theuee lo eonnect with the Norfolk and Western lUeul if possible. It. 1 will drain a rich country, and the peoploof ' the several counties throuuh which the line will pass ha ve voted han.lsoine sums of money to :i] I the scheme. At Murion the Western North Carolina Hallway is crossed and beyond there t he rich mica and magnetite eouti- I try of North Carolina is crossed. The I'nimrlto icniivoaa Is to extend from ("liersuv. via Camden and Columbia, to Ausustu. The fad that such a road \vou'*.l pay, if properly managed. Is apparent at ilist blush. The people of C.imdcn i?nd Kershaw county are trying to ral.->e money to lullM 11. at once, but as yet mo>t of tl)C work has Keen doltc 011 paper. The Oarolinns I.eailliif;. With thirteen new railroads, nearly nil of Which are in prosperous state of advanemcnt, the C'.iroiinas I'd ay Justly claim to lend In the "Xew South,-' so lar as energy is Concerned. The opportunities now presented for emigration hither arc excellent, and already many foreigners are availing themselves of the ad-1 vantages otic red. All along the lines of these new roads lands can tie bol?ght for a mere song, lands that in one or two decadcs will treble In value. Just as the farms along the] South Carolina ituiiway, (-omeof which were sold for S3 an ncre in lsiio,) have in the last twenty years more thru quadrupled In Vnute. Gradually public attention Is being called to the opportunities for money making offered by the South, and not far distant Is the day \\ hen the bills and sunny slopes of the CarolInns shall rival in cultivation and beauty the fertile sections of the North and West. CilAS. H. WEI.LS. WILL THE WAR HELP AMERICA ? Views of Xew York 3Ierchr*nlH?"A Good Tiling; for L's," Sajn Cyrus Field, (Xcw York Tl'orW.) William T.ano Hooker, the consul-general of Great Brltian in New York, said: "Should war come England would blockade the li?iItlcnn.l Black Sea ports anil Russia's exports ot grain u'ould be cut olt. In such nil event the United Slates would secure more trade Thl^couulry would l>e more available to sunply ccrlnin articles than any other, especially breads! nils." "As regards dollars and cents, any war in Europe would be a good thing lot us," said Cyrus W. Elcld. "But of course wo all deplore war, and would hnte to sec One between i great nations like England and Russia. I was in India four years ago and was surnrlsed to s-c what inagiiitlcent native soldiers tlicy had in the northern and mountain regions. They are tine large fellows, and could carry war far into Russia and cripple that country so that the people would not have much liinc to devote to agriculture. In the event of a war the cotton supply of India would be cut otr and also the grain of Russia. A great demand tor our grhtn would tie created and shipments of brendstnirs from the United States largely Increased. That would make business for railroads, and their earnings would be swelled from transporting grain from the West. Larger inlerest would be paid on stocks and bonds nnd the stock market become more active. All sorts ol soeurilics'would he alleetcd and more money put in circulation." "In a commercial point of view we would grain by the misfortunes of England and Russia." said Mr. Levi M. Bates, of Bates, Reed | Cooley. "If there should he a war the dc-j maud will be greater and prices higher. Such j a condition of allairs would be bcnellelal to the whole country, and all branches of trade become more active." F. B. Tliurbcr said : "Trade in provisions would undoubtedly be improved, although England can to a certain extent depend on her colonics. It {does not seem improbable to me that England's shipping interests would be disturbed. Neither would It be strange should war drive many ships that now float British colors under the American ling and we will be benefited." J\ v. (,'iarKc. president, m uie i noma* mm Company, said: "Tlic Iron trade docs not have competition front abroad. Wecould not; export iron In the event nf war. The ?lnty on ' Impcrtatlons of iron Is Sii.72. That difference j explains why the Iron trade would not bei benefited. Tl;c manufacture oftite munitions! of war would be helped. Spelter Is used in j eartridges;, und we make the finest in thei world."' John F. Black, of the Cotlon Exchange: "The rumors of war have depressed the eot-! ton market. If there should be war, u lilcli 11 doubt, wc shall feel a depression at first, buti a prolonged struggle would be benefiel.il." * | John l'.loodgood said: "If a war takes place ; there will be a large demand from Europe for! everything we have. If there is a demand for money on the oilier side I he Mocks will come back to us, but wc will bo able to receive, them, and an era of great speculation will be | inaugurated." Washington E. Connor sale: "A war between Kngland and Russia would eventually be of great benefit to this country. Russia and Indlaarethe two great graln-i>roduejng countries on the other side. The first effect might be disappointing, for the first thing that the lighting countries would require would he money. A war now between civilized nations Is not to be quickly over. If it should be prolonged there is no question t'.iut i a (struggle between England and Russia! would send money here. The majority of the1 p'-opie. I find, do not look for war. There can J be bluffing between nutionsi as well us in j poker." Alexander F. Orr, of David I lows it Co., I said: "The immediate effect on this country! would be,of course, lo stimulate the prices; of breadstuff# and provisions, hut the ultimate results would not be as treat as many would suppose. One thing must Im remetn-' be red : Our interests are so closely identified' with those of England that I believe any be-1 rir.no iinnhies In Kneland would he likely to! injuriously alfVct us Id the end." j. H. Ilcrrick, president of the Produce Ex-j clinn^'c, said: "Should war actually result It < Is likely fo cause a European coalition with' England. Italy and Austria on one sldo arid , with Turkey as an unknown factor. The; Utissln ports would ho blockaded, from which ihe Hinonnt of grain Imported Is not unlni- j portant. and the larger drain upon this country for hotli grain and provisions could not : fall to be profitable to our agricultural and) commercial Interests." Henry (Mews said: "The only first-class na-' tlon not likely to he Involved In this threat-! ened runlet Is America, and hence the only: one during the conflict likely to he henellted , thereby. War In Europe will certainly set In motion nil our numerous factories now Idle! nnd encourage trade, transportation anil production of every descrptlon." CLEVELAND AND HIS PARTY. The IMssnHsfnotioii of (lie Profession, nl I'ollfleiiius?Aifegod 31 titterings i from (lie West ami (lie Far South. | Washington, April 9.?The Star publishes j the following: "Democratic members of Congress are still zrumhlingabout the policy of ihe Adminis-i iralion, and predicting many evils if the of-' Hccrsare not turned over pretty soon. The; Virginia delegation has decided that Ma- [ hone's friends must be put out of all the of- ' (ices they hold in the state at once or the! Democratic p. rty will he In a had way at the next elect ion there, and they will have a hard time to hold 011 to the management of .State i! lairs. I "The Ohio men are even mnr? cut up, and [lie result of the municipal elections adds to their discomtlture. Some of the members from the fur south are complaining too,' though they say that what they want is not ; to have patronage thrown Into their own sec- , 1? "? I....... It .?/? <vli..r,. If IIUU JNI1 III'UIUI l%? t "Ml IV' u<? ? ?; If H" .v ivlll i.o the most linoii. They want the Stales, that are naturally Democratic, l.mt have been lield by Kemiblican palronaue. ami those like Illinois and Michigan, which are 'missionary i states,'to be brought ov> r to the party byunlimited vr.trona'ic. "A Democratic member of Congress said to' 1 Slrir reporter Shat lie l'elt that there was mcj use in trying to conceal ihc fact that the party politicians were altogether nt variancej, rt'ith Cleveland. md that It would have it*! licet oil the State elections, lie thought the , \dnilnistrallon and House would Ik* together] next winter on the taritl'and hind eraiit for-! j feittire questions, and other questions relat- < ng to railroads, but that if the l're-ident tri- i 3d to force the suspension of silver coinage!: :he Democrats in the House would rebel j igainst the Administration." ThMr RccortN Unntfd. | [ Columbia liy f/istcr. ] Colonel Jatnes X. I.ipscomh has received an uteres!ing letter from Washington, frcm LVhieh tte li'rrjixlrr is permitted to make extract*. The letter opens by saying: "When inr own people regained control of the State t) lKTCi a larsre number of carpct-bax and seaia-j ?'iiu thieves who had been tilling State olllces ! ?ame hero, and many of them are now in! rovcrnment employ, drawing Rood salaries." | ( I'he writer asks Colonel Lipscomb for the re:o?d of these people, and thinks lie can get: 'otnc of them dismissed, to make room tori real South Carolinians who have passed the 1 u-ivil service exaininallen, Inn cannot be appointed because the State's quota is /nil ; and , it Is only full because these fellows, who have; ao claim to the name ofSouth Carolinian, are ! lio|ilin<{ the places. The names of Sam. I,ee,' VVorthinuton, Nci'gle and otlicrs are given as ( samples of those who boM positions asa por-1 Lion of this State's quota. 'I'he writer con-; ( i;ludc.s: "1 have not lived in South Carolina 1 dnee IW7, but her wcllare and that, of her sons (and daughters) is as dem* to me as if I j had never iefl there.'' "if the /'iclx concern-j( lug the past history of these nie'n are known, they cannot hold their places one minute." - ?p i ijt?N GOV. HOADLEY IN DAITGZR. .V riot to Assassinate lli:u Dhcov* ercil. i (.1 ugitifn Chronictc.) Ct.evKT.ANt>. o., April 10.?A special frotn'i Doslmclvlon .-ays that Hit' Itrnwrrtsiic Standrirr/of that place has private Information or;, ii plot to assassinate (inv. Hoadley, It says , that last Monday the (iovernnr received', through the mall a slron;* wooden box from ' DtuM-nd of which huns a strlnir. ami that his , suspicion hcing nrou-ed he paused the coverj of the box to he removed, when a carefully nrramjcd Infernal machinc loaded with sluts lind spikes was disclosed to view, the string) being so adjusted that lo have pulled II wonjd j1 have causei! an explosion. It Is said that the' mithorlties are at wo:k on the case and IhatT for that reason the facts have not before been ] \ made l>ut>lle. , Scions ami Squashes. \ practical irarilcner innkfs the following ptnti'mont: i 1 'I.ii-t year, a test of n fnipu-nt prim Ice onion:; ::ro?'- , I i-rs of mi-Ions and s<|na.?lie*. I pinched tin- ends of i Ilie lona main sle'ots of tin- inelots, (quashes nml I ( uctimbcro, and left tiomo to rnn r.t their own will. I < One Mprnh |'I -til sent out a singles stem reaching I more than forty feet, but did not hear Miy fruit An- ( nil..':- nlniit u';ts l.lnclinl until it funned a conuuft' ] mass i?l ^itermiiuliiii; si<lc-?hoots eltrlit feet square, ' I iiinl It bice six'.ci-ii Miuaehos. The | regent yr r h i mr.fik-liiclon plat.r tbus (-Inched In, covered the ff.ncc ! allotted t? It anil It sent twenty-three specimens of l fruit: the most of them ivcr>-pinchcd off. Tbc j?lnch- I iiri cause* irwnv hilcr.il bnui'lie.s, which Kilter pro- ' I iluce the feiti-il" or fe rtile blooms, wliilo the ntiin vim * produce only the lur.lo blo.-'sonis. The diir-r- ! i-nce in favor of the vicM of an nere o| melons (rented | l-y this iilncbiug proKcSi tuay easily biuouiit to 100 ! J bancls." | THE IMPENDING WAR, A RUSSIA'S STRENGTH COMPARBD WITH "Wj ENGLAND'S. \n American ?fltcer'* VlcVrn?Reek- \ ( ICHSIIOiS Ol' (lio ItllHSlHHS?Xo -Villi I- I Ism in t!i? KnnKH?-l'lie Al^naiiH ; not Money-Proof. (Xcw York Commercial Advertiser.) 1 A eaptnln ??f the United Stairs army, now i >ti leave ol jili.-ciico, who was a volunteer aide- | le-camp on Gen. Skobeletrsniatf during the recent liusso-Turklsh war, sal-l lasl. night in ivlalioii to the prospects of an English wai mil tlie methods of the Uusslan soldiery: "Next to (Jcrntiiny, Russia Is the only fou In Europe I hat England thinks worthy of crossing bayonets ?ith. If war Is declared, It wilt . ho the tlist time that the entire resources of A the t wo empires linve been drawn upon lode- the IVi.it each other. In the Crimea, although the r0!l( tiuuros were ordered out, England spent her . force in wtackingoneof thesiioiigc.vt/orl.ress- 11 l'n In tlie world. If hostilities are begun in rom AfghanNtun, the Russian and English armies nil)| will niei-t almost for the lirst time upon a Held of battle. The a tragi: It; will be the great- Ulcst since WalcrloiK The resources of the two low countries are enormous and evenly matched. to ( Kussht can use vast hordes of warlike barbarians, who think nothing ot their lives tint c, everything of plunder. She can bearso heav- jj,',,, ily ujmj'i the conlines of Turkey through lUilgiirla that the I'oi te will be obliged ton Id his ,|10' lornter foe in order to save himself. She has now the virtual command of the Caucasus, j.-,!,, and from those mountains can get warriors a'nij" more than a match for the sleepy Sepoys of ,|lll0 India in tlie hll;? of Afghanistan. W|t| T!ie KpirU of Peter tlie Orent. Coil I Know, irnm con versa! ions u nn luissian oflleers, that, (lie old legem! In reference to the s?n, testumoniary Insiruction* of J'eter the cSrt-nt mlll Is lully believed by the soldiery, whether It is e|t|,, the policy of the Government or not. When ?r t, Pclcr d'.cd, n French hanger-on of his court a.Mj published what wits alleged to tic Instructions th,. to tlio Czar's successors, u> make the military ?j)u| resources of the empire Illimitable, and then j, to spread lis confines to the AI bin tic, eiihcr (?.v) by force or by diplomacy, and lo iho Indian tj,|r Ocean by the .same means. This sentiment, mw which supports-tlic policy of aggrandizement, uf s is fin: very tlilntr to make good soldiers. It Is ll(iVl foolish to suppose that Russians have no na- ;?r? trlotlsm. In skirmishing bef >rc I'levnti their ,hiS most trilling succcsscs were the signals for if- jrCt Joieinn of the most jubilant kind. When tiie ?,Cf city fell the enthusiasm of the troops could n,ct scarcely lie restrained, yet (tint victory was t|?, scarcely flattering. Enxlmiil Practically Vntrlctl. *tuc 'Tor forty years England has had 110 wars ";j save with savages, anil even with these peo- c?'n cessftil. In a war with Russia she will have t[,|9 to ili) with an arniy disciplined and equipped niter I ho most approved theories of military tow science. She will have to do with an empire stoc whose resources are inexhaustible, whose j,_, government Is supreme, anil which puts no value on hitman life. Russia, in'ght lose 100,- ci?, OiK) men In a series of battles without nrous- g,li(; Injt popular Indignation in a manner to affect ,v ( the Czar. I.et England lose that number of *l)(] men, and the regnnnt pajfy would be overthrown, and the probabilities of the war bo- g(?c Ing stopped would be strong. j,.*, Russia Wants a European War. P"'1 chTI "Should a war he declared, there is scarce a : >* iloutit that It would become European. Eng- wild land has never had a war with a neighbor lit t> which she stood alone. Her ambassador* *ii?n have always succeeded in embroiling other ed t powers. It Is Jlusslit's policy to compel France ii)V to auger Ocrin.iny. Russia has always been Cmi Jealous of Austria, and by making her an en- arm einy she might. If she won, gel Hungary as cm well as Poland. It Is to Russia's interest, as regardsag?rnndl/.eincnt, to haven European ri-ct war. It Is England's policy ol defence to cul- nur tl vale allies. ^n, "The Ru-sinn army Is, with the exception (.|,<( of that oi'Oerinnny. the bestln Europe. I say vlil tills advisedly, having spent four years In In* c*.t specting the second-class powers. The war nils' bureau of Uusslaiiot-s not know what defeat (.?gi is. I mean that a succession of defeats would Con only load to greater exertions on , the part of m.r the Government. The Grand Dukes are nil Dir" trained soldiers, and two of them arc callable of command. Immediately under them are nml men who have won the praise of SkobelcfTon ti<>r many Ileitis, men willing to sacrifice life In s order to seeuro an additional decoration or cm regiment. A reward for bravery is almost, al- yen ways given to Russian oflleers, and they are qua I ho bravest. In the world. On the field ol bat- tno lie they manifest both the phlegm ol Gcr- |i g mans and the dash of Frenchmen. They lead and their men in charges, they are athletic, anil, nju by reason of their training In post duty In SI- s bcrla and along the 15alllc and Black seas, nre mi l inured to fatigue. con The RocUlessnoHS of Slaves. [j,'," "The men are equally brave, but they have Jc-V Tlii. v.inIt nntl lilt. 3tll consists of koIUI soldiers, who can resist a J "j cavalry charge by means of their weight, Jr' and who arc accustomed !o lighting In a run- I- cod country like Afghanistan as well as on plains. The vast extent of the empire etui- l*ul bles ii to draw Into its armies men accustom- 8J,!! oil lo every decree of heat anil cold. A slavish feeling lingers more In the army than among cu>< the peasantry. The strict regime of the srildlers, the almost despotic power of the olll- a,J' cers, together with the fact that the latter are' usually noblemen, nil go to make the private soldiers subservient to the last degree. When rec sent to storm a redoubt, they do it or die, be- p cause, as they argue, "If we don't, I van Alex- ",n androvieh will be displeased, and we shall re- |C(,'> celve the knout.' They donotknowthe value; Ti'1 of life. ,1U1 "Tl'.e Russian soldier knows no home ties. [ all<l His world is his company. If his company, I l,r" of which be Is mi Integral part. Is sent on dtl-1l''" ty, he understands that he must, do as bisj'i* commander tells him, even though it were to I * kill himself. lie is not a reasoning being. t"'! He is like a slave. If, on the oilier hand, lie co'' Is defeated, he has none of the power of recu-1t,m peration possessed hy the volunteer soldier, j * ?! I have seen an officer cut a mm down in his saddle for forgetting to salute lit in. 'l ite men ,c?0 do not iove their commanders, but they obey ">w them. ,n''| re* I No XihllisRi in tlie Rnnlot. i.iil "It Is a mistake lo believe that Nihlttsm pervades the mnks of the nrmy. The strug- j gle for liberty Is confined to the intelligent;, classes. Sotherels 1.0chancetliitthe army /{ will rebel. Russia has a great part- ot h"retnpire ahvnys in a slato ol siege. I refer to 'Si-!/.', berln. There, are't housands of men there who | would seize the rtrst opportunity atlordcd by i a weakening of their guard to take arnis . . against the Government, Rut, mind you,; that revolt would only be aval list the Gov- J*,. eminent? not against the country. England ]. J, could not utilize such a revolt. Russia Is g practically as independent of J Kuroj e, so far' as food is concerned, as tills country is. Kng-!, land is hv no means Independent. She must.' make demands upon the resources of the cu- f,n' tire wot Id to support her soldiery. ^j" Afclianu not Money-Proof. c??a vlii! ' The loyalty nf the Afghans will depend on on whether Russia Is willing to pay the Ameer |lnv more money than England. These Orientals t1>,i can be bought like sheep, nnd although the , ti0r Afghans are the best of them, they are not mm money-proof. The advantage of England la'pay the contiguous prsltlon of India to the dla-j .? pitted country. She can throw a force (if 50,-1 tatr 0:0 men into Afghanistan within two weeks.} tlm Russia would find it almost ltiipos>lt>lo to do. or i so unless she is massing an army on tlie fron- j t?> ? tier, as I helieve she Is doing. The snpervls-: j0,| Inn of the Government over the malts pre-! tho vents tiie outside World from knowing any.ti.M more of Russia tlmn she Is willing to let- II. | suU Tills will he a potent nnxllllary to Russia nnd J c?n her people will not object, first, because they j Cm have no power, and secondly, because they ay, have become accustomed to martial law. Tho ami world has no Idea of the capacity of Russia ns I h?n a warlike power. j -.h,. "I thtnklhnt unless England truckles, which I ,|ri( she will not *do, war will tie declared. Tliei,|,,] Russian (Jovernnient Is anxious fur It in order t RUC: to protect itself, should war be declared herjgtn subjects will have other things toito than con-1 tr i spire against the Czar. They will be forced ! noil Into tlie field, forced to fight for him. If ltus-i coi sin can cause England to declare war, she will s do so aud conserve Iter best Interests.'' mn( ? ? iho On n Ilicyclc Around the World. Thomas Stevens, who rode a bicycle from'one San Franc'sco to Iloston. expects to extend; *t>e< his journey so as to complete the entire circle! tics of the earth. lie started yesterday for Liver-1 mat pool. About May 1 lie will mount his wheel1 ty, I with a change of clothing, a rubber coat, and j at>p writing materials securely fastened to lhei"N' thing, and make for Dover. Having sailed; l>av across the channel, he will "wheel" It from ; aim Calais to l'tiriM. From there he will go, as; nip described in lils own words, ' through France; "hi and Germany to Vienna, through Austria | the and Tut key, and via the valley the of Dan-; hit ube to Constantinople, cross over to Scutari.} tinn In Asiatic Turkey, touching at Erzcroum and; tow nt her points in persla. I expect to reach Te-j.?ai'l heran, the capital of Persia.some time in fall., wri I shall probably winter at that city or at Rok-i tow ltaro, Turkestan. I hope to resume my Jour-1 like ney parly In the spring. I shall wheel into! tors llit' Chinese empire, ami attempt to go through, s:ilt tlit* empire t'?'? llin valley of llie Yang-Tsc-1Pre Kinm: to Shanghai. I may be obliged to ma- ?i"i? Icrially chango this course, for we have 110 tic* authentic p 11 file or the definite experiences of j slul travellers lo work out. the probable reception ; Cmi of the natives or many unforeseen ditllciiltle.s. tonAfter crossing the ('lilnesecmpliv I shall pro-' cjijiI reed lo Japan, anil there sliall en<l iny wheel ] visi ride, having made the entire land Journey! ?1 around the globe on a bicycle. I shall takc!?n:d steamer for San Francisco, and probably stop | hoii iivr one steamer at the Sandwich Islands- I; com anticipate that the trip will require about 'dec eighteen month*, out of which one year will the be spent on the road. The wheeling distance 1 mar will bo nearly 10,turn miles which, added to j Citj !mVm? miles In America, will make the total! g, distance on the wheel 1 miles.?Greenville' s|ml A'ews. tl.t-i ig* ty c Tivenij-Six Year* Old. sort [Abbeville Hfcasengcr.] Our neighbor the Pre* 1 ami linnnrr complc- us 11 ted lis twenty-sixth year, under the manage-1 en n ment of its present proprietor, last week. In I payi the Southern Siaics there l.s no abler weekly j tl-r paper than the Pre,is and JUxnner. Very /re- j bv t iiuentiy In our Journalistic duties we feci call-! ciai| ed upon to express dWerent senllments from 1 Uer those set forth in the columns of our con tern- j jnir] porary. Hut this does not prevent our enter-' ?hal talnlng and expressing the warmest feeling;On of admiration for the ability and excellence ] city of that paper. Wo venture to assert that no||>i-o[ weekly paper anywhere publishes a greater juatl variety of entertaining and instructive mat-; city ter and news than the Press ami liminer. lis On editor Is a forcible, feat less and frank writer. I of 1 lis mechanical "make-up" is superior to that j s>i of any Journal In the state, anil its intlucucu j ij.,ii Is not second to that of any paper within the 1 raili limits of lis circulation. | vi<l< It attorils us much pleasure to spenk kindly j r?m nf our neighbor from whom we have received i niin various acts of kindness, and we heartily say ! vote long inay it live to be an honor to Journalism j mis and to our county. j situ Twdit.v-Sixtli Anniversary. I liavi , , ... _ . ., 1 to U| i j*rtmviwiur jjcruiu.} I?H1*| Mr. Hugh Wilson, the able Hdltor of the land Abbeville press ami Jlmnur, lins been connect-1 man l-?I with Mint excellent paper twenty-six years. | Ami Mr. Wilson Is one of the best as ho Is one ol'lnai the most, successful newspaper men In tliel'-Siil Klate. He U one of I lie very few who have ' sloii made money since the war by publishing a; t?t newspaper. A number of others, ami nearly towi nil, have made a liberal support ; but Mr Wil-' ami son. by clo*e al tent ion, hard work and Rood : tnwi management, has perhaps been more success- ns It lul than any other publisher. now * ? ??. sam Harper's Magazine for May. An nrtlele of very great Interest to every . t<?wi farmer Is promised for the May number of votv Ilurprr'x Miujozinr, on "Jersey Cattle in J i>hip America," by Hark Comstoek. Portraits are the i iilveil, from direct photographs, of a nuintier I |?wr nf the most notable butler-producing cows of I hnvi llils stock, one of which, "Alnhea," owned by | ,(iici L'ol. 15. M. Hoe. produced under unforced tests I iiver twenty-nine pounds of butler a week ; j >l)n, while her granddaughter, "Kurotns," owned sb !.? M e A 1) lla 1*11 mr ni'iiilnrMil l*n 11 linnilt'iul i iJ IV " l',w,,uv 1 u v" ?? ? ? ? , 9il|II und seven ty-eight pounds of butler in eleven j C|,.,r inuiitlis iukI live clays. The writer, who is I the , i?ne of tlie best Authorities oil this subject,! iwi,.. sives tin Interesting sketch of the menus Ink- ore fii in the Channel islands to keep the breed pure, the laws having for a hundred years | Iax i back excluded all foreign entile except such j j,y i is were imported for nieul, which hud to lie | .,mv slaughtered at the port of arrival; and his the) remarks on the present stale of the stock and u-hii Its prices in this conn try are of practical val- hc.M ue. duo, A i.aimjk pie-nic for the enjoyment of nlliLyil I In- young folks is spoken of to lake place 0111 city May Oth. j buoli LITERARY CURIOSITY. S i hr ILK INTO MY PARLOR, SAID THE 8PIDER TO THE FLY." "" l'" 11, i. tin 'omproiionnivc Tinw v.Iiieli Congol-; liInli'K C'crluln Ritili-otul t'ompn* tl< iticm, Aiilliorlrrs n Xrw Survey, ] |!V Permits n Change of llonte, nnd Oircfi Leave to I,ynch the Proper- o'1 ty ol Certain People, while Other more Favored CiJIzens ore IiCffal- lir Iy Exempt from K:ieh Dire Calamity n* that, of the Conization of; n8(] Private Property for the Benefit in of a Itnilroai! Corporation. | n Act. to authorize Ilie consolidation of j Atlantic nnd French Uroad Valley Itali-ijjJ 1 Company and the Kdyefleld, Trenton: a Aiken Itaiiroad Company, nnd other mil-1 A i companies herein named, under the no of the French Iiroad and Atlantic Rail-! th , Company, and W nllow Counties, cities, I c-i ns, and townships interested to subscribe! jj lie capital stock thereof. | C? xtiok 1. Be it cnnclcil by the Senate nnd > csis of Uepresrntntl v< ? of flit' btnte of South Cni'ii- i J] , iiinv met anil fitting In T?onei"il AsseiiiMy.nnd iiy ! m authority m t?;l?i5e, 'I lint the Athftitlft nnd j c icIi Uroad Valley I In llrond Company nnd the j y etlelil, Tri-ntou and Aiki-li kallrond loinpany lie, I a they lire hereby. million/ d to merge and c insoH- j c< their capital, stocks, lVnindiises, nnd properties, | gl i those id encli other. under the general cor|M?rate i nt e of "Tho Flinch Uroad and Atlantic Hull way j a i|mny." | ti :o. 2. That for the pnrpose of effecting s ild enn-! C Intioo, nil persons* corporations, townships, nnd I liclpiiiitleA iioldlni; >hnre? of tho ciipltnl btock of i" i?r of said CMinpniiic? fll'.H 1 ini*ct either In person I v <1(1 ly nnthoiirwl representatives at such tune | bi place ns shall be appointed l>y tlio Presidents of Cl s iid two cirniniiilrs, due notice of which lueetlrg I be published In one or more newspapers publishn each of ihe Counties of Pickens, Anderson. Ah- 1-1 lie, Kdgefleld, Aiken, nhtf Charleston, for at Ien>t h' ly "lays previous to tlU? tlinc appointed (or Mid tin?. And It shall his thb du'v of the Presidents h niil two companies to appoint said meeting and "I frilse tile time and 11 ice of the same, as herelnhe- " provided for, immediately .".Iter ihe approval of; A Act; and In case of'he death. Inability, r.r nee- ? of either or both of said Presidents, then said ting shall bearipoli-ted by a majority 'of the 1)1- d ors of eitl.tr of said companies or boiii of them. In C place of th. Ir Presidents, as the case may require. " E\ 3. That nt said meeting nay number of the ? kholdersor ihelr representatives reiiregentin: a J irlty of the cnpital stoiSk now owned In each of companies shall bo biitllclent to bind each or mid .i ipanies to authorize, t-fleet, and noliHiinmatc their foildation into ouu couipany as provided for bv Act. 0 rc. 4. That In said meeting, nny city, town, nsiilp, <>r County holding shares of tlio capital . :k of either of said companies may be represented lot less than three not more than live delegates, i shall be chosen and appointed by the Town Connif any city or town holding share* of the capital :k of either of said companies; and by the CotinJommlsaioners of any Cotin'y holding shares of I capital ftock; and by the majority of the taxera of any t?wnshlp holding share# of said capital :k present nt a meeting called for taid purpose by ^ ten tax-payers residing In such township by n ' ilin no'ice, in writing, |i*s;ed, at least flfleet, days ire said tneetinir. lit three public places in such nsblp, specifying lite tluie, place, and o'Jcct oi I meeting. r.r, 5 That np'rt (be corMinitnnllon or comple i ni snm l*wihuijh;iui?ii 111 mhi uit'cuni: ns is provMj'or by this Act, llie stii-l meeting shall proceed to ct a complete organisation of tlie said 'oiiftoliilated ii|i.iii,V l>y the election of ? Hoard of Directors from me tlie stnckhoMt-fa In said consolidated Company, slating of a number not exceeding twenty, to he rtnliiid by eald m> eting. And raid Hoard of Dlo:s chnll forthwith proceed to delect from their nhera President of said cm o.'dnti d Company, t this Board of Directors shall also, ns soon as thi'y :t a President of sit id consolidated Coin|>nny, proe for the eketion or appointment of all otli- r liveiry and proper oIHccrs of said Company, and make itch mien, regulation.", mid by-laws as may he nec: try to transact the business of paid consolidated npany, which said rules, regulations, and by-laws j bo changed, from tlmo to lline, by saW yii'ihl -of eclors oft clicumsiances may require and they Inn.y in proper: Provided, That said rules; reguhit ons, by-laws, shall nol be repugnant tti the Coustllut and laws of this Suite or of the United State*. i:c. (i. Thai the president and Direc'rtrs of said solldated Company shall hold ilulr ofliiv 'or one r and until their successors shall be electi d and ,lili d; and ibu first Iioard of Directors may in ir by-laws prescribe the time and manner of holdtheir Mlbseijuent annual elections for President i Directors of said Company, subject to the npp'ovf the st"ckholders, at tt?< ir next animal meeting. kc. 7. That tiio tald consolidated Company hi-, tlu-y are hereby, authorized and empowered lo struct,maintain, and operate a railroad extending ii a point at or neir the pluce where the present of suivey of the Atlantic and French liroad ValItailroad n-'-fffS the boundary line between the trsofSunih Carolina and North Carolina, rin kens Court House, Knsley Station, Willlamston. J ton, Due West, Abbeville Court House, Troy, .-elMd Court House, and 'fronton, to Aiken, or ie other eonv. nlelit noliit on the South Catolina I Iread, and thence to l harleston, Port Itnyal, or ' 10 other convenient point on the Atlantic const in -l Slate of South Carolina: Provided, Thai mid | \m!idatvd Cumpuny arc hereby authorized and 1 powered to cliaii'ji, modify, or vary said route ' 7ve provided fur herein, as the cxiycncirs of fu- i csuiveyi and the economy of conn/ruction ( y rewire: Provided, Thai name general di- ' lion be observed. 1 kc. s. Said consolidated Company is hereby an- s rized ami empowered to accept, purchase, hold, and 4 vey. any property, either real or personal, necessa- 1 For tlie purpor t of said railroad; aioi they arc alto ' horlzed to make contracts, iiuo ami ho sued, have 1 I use a common sen), and do all oilier lawful f.ets 1 perly incident to and connected tvllh said corpora- ( i, and neccMury fur the conirel and transaction of business. ' r.?: 9. t hat In all conventions of the s'ockholdcrs ' edd consolidated Company, after the same ha* been 1 xolidated us Is provided lor In this Act, such cily. ' ii. township.or county. ns m.iv subscribe in the j It*I stock thereof mny be represented by not less J n three nor m-Te tlir.n five delegates, who shall be 1 sen by a majority ?f the taxpayers of such oily, 1 n, township, or county, who may be present at a ' cting called for th.it purpose by any ten taxnayers ' iillnj: in such cily, town, township, or county, by n J die notice. In writing posted at least fifteen days J ure the time of said meeting. in three public phio-s j nch city, town, township, or county, and published J i news|?per published In such city. town, or coun- J if any tin re be, for the same lenirili of time, sped- ' ic the time, place, anil object of syi'l meeting. i:c 10. That the capital stock of said consolidated ' utiany may be one million of dollars, in shares of ' i hundred dollars each, with the |?Vivilesf?j of in- ' jsinu the ea;dtnl stoc'< to such an amount ns may " found necessary to carry out the intention an>l pures nf till* Ac, salil ninonnt not In exceed live (ft) linns nf dollars. nnd the shares shall be trunsferoin such manner as tho by-laws may direct. re. 11. That Tor the purpose or lai-ln;: the capital :k of said company. It fahnll bu luurlul to op-n >ks for private subscriptions at snub times nml ' res nnd under th? direction of such persons ns the ( ird of Directors of said company m?y appoint, and |e t said subscriptions to the capital stock of Mild " ipany may be made In money, bonds, material, pro- J ons, mid wo:k, nt such rates as may be agreed tip- ' with said company; and tlio saitl company shall 1 e jMiwer to Issue bonds on such terms ami cnndl- f is ?nd for such purposes and uses of said corpora- ' i at I tie said company may deem necessary, and to ' rtgnce Its property Allil franchises to tectlie the ' 1114-tit or said bonds. rc. 12. That In addition to tho provisions con- * led In the pr-cedini: Section for private subscript !l l. It sbull and may lie lawful for any ci/y. town, f Counfu Interested In the construction of raid road itbsurlb'-to its capital s'ock such n S'iiii as a mil ' tv of their voters votlnc nt such election uiay nu- f rlie the County Commissioners or pro|ter outhorlof sneh city, town, or County to subscribe, which .-crlption shall be made in seven or six per cent. a poo bonds, payable in such instalments ns the . uitr Commissioners or proper autiioriiieit of sueh 1 r, town, towiixhip, or Q>uii/i/ shall d terminr, n to be received by said company at par; said !l ds to be n.ade paynblo twenty years after the date ' reof. nnd to be of the denomination of one bun1 dollars, live hundred dollars, and ono thousmd s Inrs: I*roritlcd That the fui.ds realized on any ' li bonds shall be expended excluslvelj in the con J ictioii nnd (MimpVUon of said railroad ill the Coiinn which the same ts subscribed : J'rovUlnl, 'Hint Iiiiu herein contained shall apply to Anderson nity. j ko. 13. That for the purpose of determining the :i milt of Siiid subscriptions, it shall be the duty of f County Commissioners for each of the Counties 'UL'h which said railroad will pass, ns is herein- c ve provided for. upon the written application of * hundred qiialiiieii voters lu any of said Comities v Jifylosr the amount to be subscribed by the Conn- 1 . respectively, where sueli written applications are 11 le. to submit to the ipinlilled electors of each I'min Ill uirir ir-|OT?nr Moniin-a ?,,,.vo| Mention Is made, the question of dubscrlf.tiou*' or| ' > Subscription," the said County Commissioners j J lng tln>', by a resolution of their Bo?rd, fixed tbo mnt projmseil to bo subscribed, according to the I' lest of the petition submitted to thein. notice of;* eh re*"liilion ehall be given by the Chairman of j * Board in one or more of the newspapers published i Ito Comity for iorty days next previous to the dee- 1 ; and the proper corporate author! t'rs of any city.! s n. or township In any Coti'ily nlons the line of j J1 railroad, ns is herein provided f-r, upon the (ten petition of titty voter* in any .itch city, |'' n, or tnwn.iliip. shall. In like manner and after: notice,submit the question loth* qualified dec- I i in said city. town, or township, raid declare the re-! V ns is lu-reln directed in cases of Cotmly eiectini s: ] ' >rittnl. That so much of the provisions of S-c-1 r s 12 ami 1;! ns authorizes cities, towns, or Conn- J to .?ub-Tribe to the capital stock of suid railroad) I not apply to Abbeville, I'ickcns, nml Kdgclli'lil i " nii'-s; hn/ this profhion n'ntll nut prrrciU any 11 nship in said Oouidies from snbscribiiii: to the It'll siock of said company according to tbo pro- oiis of section Hi. n rc. 14. It shall be tho duty of the managers to " ;c returns and meet nt their rc'pocllve court jtses or council chambers, ns the ease may be, and i [i lit the votes and declare the result, ns in other l _ tions. which result may be certified ill writing by [ J' Chairman of each Board of Manapers to the Chair-1 ' i of tli* B?ar<l of County Commissioners, or to the or Town Council, us the caee may In*. 5i\ 15. In case tlio majority of the bollots cast. ^ I have written or printed thereon "Subscription," 1 the County Commissioners In nil ca?es of Conn- j a lection* shall bo authorized ami required to sub-1 (j lie to the capital stork of paid Company in behalf! aid County the sum which may have bicn fixed 9I named in the resolution of said Board, published I s f irrsdd, which subscription shall be made in sev- | ? ir six per cert, bonds as aforesaid with Interest, M| nblo annually; but in all subscriptions timdo nn-1 ? the direction of a Cotinty election ns nnthorizeil i |(, his Act. It shall be so expressed in the bonds ami I (ions Issued In tmymeitt of such subscription, tin- [ 'j' Section l'i <>t this Act; and all tax levies for the 1 ? |i"se of raislnc funds to pay said bonds or coupons j 1 he made only upon the taxable property in such ! nty; and if a mnjoritv of the balhts cast In any j tj or (own election shall be for subscription, the l >er corporate authorities of such city or town ar.-1 Ri lorlzed and reiptired to subsci Ine i:i behalf of such u or town in iiki; manner, and to like exti-nt, as the J u nty Commissioners are herein ro<|ulreil In all cases ; 'ouiity subscription*. j ^ '.c. lti" Any township through which the 9-;id : j. r.iad runs in any County alon^r the iine of said ; t| oad, except Anderson ifountv, as Is herein pr-<- i 0, 'd for, intiy subscribe to the capital stock ot said ] n' ipmiv such fnm or'siims in money a-* it may deti r-1 e. Upon the written appilcalb n of flf'y qualified j ? rs lii any of sahi townships to the County Com- [ (j iouers of the County in which said township is ! u, ate. In the same manner as is provided for Colin-j in this Act, said County Commissioners shall' p [ power toorderan elcciioii in such township, and 11| I'point managers at each pri'clnct therein for thatj c, > He, and sai<l election shall be held and conducted a( tlio result ascertained and declared In the same j v; ncr as Is herein provided for a County election. ,,| I if a majority of th.' ballots cast at said election r| ny township sliall have written or printed thereon n) t)jcrli?tloii," then the Board of County Commis- , v| ers shall be authorized ami required to subscribe he capital stock of said Company In behalf of such ! t| iship the sum or sums voted upon, and to assess c collect upon the real ami personal property of any ' w uship so subscribing stieli sum or sums of money j may have determined upon in such manner as Is provided by law for the collection of taxes in the ^ '* manner ami subject to the same provisions and j.,, iction* ns arc herein provided for County suli- , (|, itions: j'rovitlerf. That the tax pay rs in those ?j iishlps In Anderson County, which have nlieudy (I subscriptions by taxation, anil in those town- ^ sin Abbeville County, who have subscribed tin >tock <>( said road, on condi'lon that they b.> al- ! d credit on any taxation voted thereafter, shall i credit on nny subscription or nssi HMiieiit vofctf er this Art to the extent of any taxes levied, as tli in piovided, or for stock In said consolidated com- Kl ' C" :c 17. That for the payment of the Inh rest on tr bonds the Connty Auditor or other otticer dis- th L'in;r audi duties, or the oily or town Treasurer, ns W! :nse may lie, shall be authorized and reipilrol to I" i.i annually <l|on the properly of ?udi cby. town. ? :< unity, audi percentii'ii as may he necessary to pay i* interest, whleh shall bo known ami styled iti the tr >ooks us said Unilroml tax, whleh shall be collected in iie Treasurer nn ler the same rccubtlnns as are ? l ided hy 'aw for the collection of taxes in any of en bounties, cities, or towns so f ubseribinir, mid nt :h shall be paid over by the said Treasnri r to tin! ? ers id' s.iid twinds as the said interest shall become |" on presentation of the coupon", which faid con- th i shall be reported to the County Commissioners s; tie said Treasurer or to the town council of any p< or town, where they are coupons from bonds of as city or tuwu; and all said cuupuus sk.ll be cuu-. ?t Inl by Hie County TreottircVs as goon at they aro lil liy tliem. rc. 13. Thnt the said Railroad Company shall vu every right. prlvlU jro, nn?l power necC-Mary for i! purpose of orqiilrins Mich land* or rl*his of wiy tliiiv mni? rrnnirn fur flit* lorntinn np Aiirmtriirlliin <if f s.ild railroad, or far the e>ectlon oi'location of dels, warehouses, Ktilions unit other necessary esinbhinents, or for extending or alterin? the same; ami i) said company shall huvc the benefit of every proiw or pt-oceeiiinjf, and be subject 10 alj the rcntrloins provided or Imposed In Sections TO to SC. both elusive, of Chapter LX11I. of General Statutes ol Is State. Skg. 19. That said compnry is ntithorijed to pnrase. lease, or consolidate with any railroad company iw existing, or which may hereafter exist, nnder tin tva of this State or any other State, with which It! le may connect. Sferx 20. That the consolidated company bp, and II hereby, empowered and authorized to Hx tht nount ot Its capital stock, and to divide tho satm to shares of one hundred dollars each, and makt lea repnlatlnsr the Issuance and transfer of the cer Icales of Sli^V. Smt, 21. That the Savannah Vtillpy Railroad Com,ny be. and the saine is hereby, authorized and em Hvered b> consolidate and unite with tiie Kdp'fleld ken am! Trenton Kallroad Cotnpahy. or with thi tinntic and French Proud Valley Railroad Company both ?f them, upon the t-rms which may be agreei ion between the'companies consolid.itiiiir.iind tinde e same conditions m hereinbefore prescribed for thi itu'olidaliiin of thp Atlantic and French ltroad Val v Unllrnnil and the Kli 'i*fU'ld. Aikeh. And Trontoi allrooil Companies. Sb?. 2i. That Hie Anderson and Easloy Rnllroai impany be, and the sam? Is hereby, authorized t >nsoliil?tit mwl unite with the Atlantic and Frencl road Vid'ey Uailroad Company upon the iisnw term ill Conditions as nrc hereinbefore prescribed for til nsolldatlon of the snld Atlantic and 1'rench Rroiv alley l'allroad Company and tho said Kdjcfleld lUeit, and Tlviitoh Itnilron'l Company; and If snc itisolldatlon Is effected, the consolidated Coin pan lull have the right to Construct, maintain, and oper e. as it partol their line, a nllroad from the town ( mlerson to the town of Abbeville, mi oh consolldn on with the sild Anderson and Een>ley liailroo "ir.pany shtll embrace nil of the oharteretl privilege ' the said romptiny to Ka?ley and shall forfeit sue rlvllejr^s aliovo that point. Sec. 23. That nothiffc In this Act contained sb.i ; constrncd to exempt the property of said rnllroa nnpnnv from taxation for State and Connly pnrtiosei fro. 24. That for the purposes of this Act nil Hi miuhlps In the Counties ulunp the line of said rat! nil. asnereln provided for, shall be, and they ar i?r> by, declared to bo bodies corporate and politic. Snr. 25. That so much of all Acts and parts of Acl en to fore enacted for the purpose of chartern;relth?" [ the companies hereby authoilzed to bo consolidate! r Incorporating the Mine, so far as they nrc in cor let with this Act, or inconsistent with It, be, and tb tme are hereby, repealed. ?xfl. 2<i. That the O'linlirx of A ikfn and A n rrtOH. an(t Jntlimi/fill Township in Abbnvlll hurt)}/, are excepted from the provisions of this Ac i far as it permits the submission to the voters of th Ymntj/. or any Twvnship, or town thereof, ill itcstlon of suDscription to the capital stock of th ad. Src. 27. That tl:l? Act shall be a pn'.llc Act, an tvl t.:ke effect "n and after Its passage. In the Si-nnte Ilousr, the thirtieth day of Jannar; ne thousand eight hundred and eiphty-tvra t n Vl'VVVtlV nf I In, S.-nnte. j. C. fcHKlTAKI), Speaker llnUw of ltfjircgenti Vl'Si Aiiprorcd Jannarr Klst, A. D. 1SS2. JOHJJdON llAGOOO, Goremor, Codicil to the above. * knottier Lnw which wnn Cnncted f the IScqnest of Komcbotly F,h than our own People ?A Plni Overriding- of Ihc Constitntioiia Shallow oast over the Li<i;al fifa: U* of the whole Or^niii7,ati?u Those two Laws Form one of tb Greatest Curiosities now on Fxh bition in any Statute Dook of an Ntnto. An Act to Authorize Counties, Township titles and Towns Interested In the Constru Ion ol the Carolina, Cumberland Gup an *ltir.ago liallway Company to SubscHbo 1 he Capital Stoeb of Said Company: Whereas under the authority of "An Act I nthorl/.c the consolidation of the Atlunt mil Froneli llrond Valley Hull road Com pan ind the Kdgeftcld, Trenton and Aiken Con mny," approved 31st January, 1S>:2, the sal yiii|.iinies have consollduted under the go ;ral corporate naiiifi of llie "French Biosi md Atlantic Hallway Company,"' which eon >any, under the nineteenth Section of ?a Vet, entered Into an agreement, for consolid Ion with connecting lines of other rnlirosi om panics, under the name of Ihc "Carolln Cumberland Oup and Chicago Hallway Con amy." SKCrrion I; Jin it enacted by the Senate an louse of Representatives of the Htate i South Carolina, now met anil sitting In Ge >ral Assembly, and by the authority of.tl lame. That for the purpose of aiding tn nil ng the capital stork of the said "Carolin Cumberland (Jap and Chicago Railway Con any," in addition to private subscriptions, hall and may be Idwful for any Count; Township, city or town In any Count hrouch which thesaid railway runs,or whic s Interested In Its construction, to snbscrll o the capital mock of wild company sue um or sums in bonds or money as a inajorli f their qualified voters nmy authorize tl Jointty Commissioners of such County or tl nnnieipal authorities of such city or town 1 uihsciidc, anything contained in the chart' if such municipal corporations to theoontri y notwithstanding. If such subscription 1 my County, city or town be In bonds, tl iald subscription shall be mada in seven pi rent, bonds, payable In twenty annual Insta nenis alter the date thereof, to be received I lie said company at par, and to bcof the d lominatlon of one hundred dollars, five hu Ired dollars and one thousand dollars, lute >st to bo raid annually. Ste. U. That f.ir the payment of the Intcre >n ?<?id bonds voted by any County* theCou ,y Commissioners slmll issue lli'jtr wairai llrectcd to llie County Auditor rciiuirlr tiin to levy and assess such per centum up< Iwt tnvuMii nmhnrlv in qhI/1 (YimitV HQ inti >c necessary to pay said Interest, which kIiii ie known am) styled in the lux hook.s as sa ail road tax, and he shall enter the same n >n the tux duplicate to he turned over lo tl I'rcasurer, which sh??ll he his warrant for ei ect I in: the wild t-ix, wlileh shall be collect! iy the said Treasurer of such County uud lie same regulations as are now provided I nw for the collection of Slate and Coutil oxen therein, and which shall ho paid ovi >y the said Treasurer of the (.'ounty so votir inch subscription to the holders of said bom is the said Interest shall bccomc due. In ca if the Issuing of bond" by municipal corpor ions In payment lor stock in said r.ill?vi< nibscrlbed hy such corporations, the corpo ite authorities of such municipalities shn innually levy and collect, in the same nia ler as ordinary corporation taxes are eollec ;d, an amount sufficient to meet the Intere jo such homlsas the same becomes due. Sko. 9. Thnt in addition 10 tbe levy above pruvidi iip t? nic-t U.e Interest on the bonds of such (.'mint ritv er town, there shall be levied nn.l collected f noli County, city or town. In ininn'T nfort-said, i iinonnl eniiitl to one-twentieth of tbe par value inch bonds, which shall be annually applied totvun he payment of llie principal of the Mine, which a iiihI payment shall be endorsed by the Treasurer he County, city or town, ns the case may be, on tl iack of such 1 Kinds, who Miall td*o take from the hoi rs thereof a receipt, which shall be the voucher uch Treasurer. J Tlmi If fhp Kiih?mInlIons hn inndt> tn mo iy, then the Hoard of Cmin'y CoitimlS'-loners shall 1 uthorizcd ami required to subscribe 10 thn capil lurk of said company in behalf ol said Cminty i r?wnshl|i. and ttio municipal authorities or am Itles ami towns so Mibscrltiing in behalf of am Ities or towns, such Hum or mi ins of money ns nil lave been voted at the cleceion lielil for Mich pnrpoji Src. ft. TIvji for the purpose of determining tl mount of said subscriptions. It shall ho the iluty he Com;tv Commissioner!! for each of tic Counil litereS'i'il in sueli subscriptions, nml of the municlp mtlioriile.H of rnch cities ami towns, upon the wrliu judication of a majority of the owners of real est'' if such Counties or Township*, or of such c:tles < owns, specifying the amount to be subscribed urli County, Township, city or town respective i here such written applications arc made, to auhm he question of "subscription" or "no subscription" he voters of such County,Towi ship, cltv or tow ml they shall have power to order an cb Cllon spe< ylns the time, place and purpose ol the electlo 'lie County Commissioners, 01 municipal anthorliii s the case may be, shall appoint three Managers aeh election precinct in such County, Township, ill ir town, who slnll, without compensation, hold ar onduct said election, at which election Ihc ballo hall have written or piintcd thereon cither tl rords 'subscription*1 or "iio biilsTiptlon," the sa Jounty Commissioners, by a resolution of the H>ar ml the said municipal authorities ol such cities i owns bavins first determined tho amount propom i) be subscribed, according lo the request :if the pet Ions submitted to them, notice uf which elcctb hr.ll be (.'Ivet) by the Chairman of the Board of Con v Commissioners of any Crnnly. or by the mtinlc a! authorities of any town or city, in one or more lie newspapers published In such Counties, cities uwns, for three weekly Insertions next previous itch election: Prwuieri, That in tho Counties ibboville. Aiken and i'iekens tin*-qnestiori of su cription or no subscription shall in no case be su lilted to to the County at large. bwt only to sm iiwnsaml Township* therein where a majority ?f il wm-rs of real estate comply with the provisions < Ills ISiil. fee. C. It shall be the duty of the Manners 1 lake returns and meet at their respective Cou louses or Council Chambers, .is the case may be, at ount the votes and declare the result ns in other elei ions, wnich result may he certified In wilting by tl lhairman of each Hoard of Manugi-rs to the i'hai tan of the Hoard of County Commissioners, or to tl ity or Town Council, ns the case may be. <k.c. 7. At the llrst meeting of the Hoird of Cour v Commissioners, er of the City or Town Council, < t some special meeting held by said County Con ilsslonersor City or Town Council, next after sue lection, the Said returns shall be ttL'Riegited sepi jtely, and if a majoi ity of the voters cast ia sai Entity, Townsliip, city or town respectively i ither of them, shall have written or printed thereu subscription," then the Chairman of the IV-ard < ouuty Commissioners, and the corperate authorith r siu-li city or town, shall be authorized ami require r subscribe to the capital stock of said company I ehalf of said County, or Township, oty or town, tli iiiii or sums w hich may have been determined n lid named in the resolution of ilie said Hoard i oiinty Commissioners, or City or Town Councl'. Sr.c.'S. That for the payment of any money snl jriptiotis voted under this Act, the County Commii oners of tile respective Counties shall levy a tax U| h the taxable property o| such Counties or Towt [lips Mifflcieiii to pay such subscriptions ' r rach ii 1 aliment as it may become due, which tax shell t vied and assessed by the County Commtssioiiei nd Comity Auditor and collected by the Count 'reasurer In the same manner it) which other Stat nd County tax is collected: Provided, fioirrrci hat the said tax may be levied and assessed at iccla 1 meeting of the County Commissioners, if th me of the annual meeting has parsed. Tlie corporate authorities of any city or town a .I.-... 11.i.i.. ?i,,ill in like manner ti-vv nnil assess a ta pnn the taxable properly of said city or town sill iriftit In pay sueh subscription, or each Inttalhncr s it becomes due, I" be collected as other municlpi i\ea nre collected, at the tlrst annual collection i.\es next nfiir such subscription, and nnnniilt lemifter till ill! the lustnlliiiciits are palil. All in?r l's collected mi account of any subrcriptlon In mone m'er this Act, shall, sis soon after collection ns pract tble, be tiirnoil over by tile County Treasurer or (.'it r Town Treasurer ns aforesaid to the Treasurer i ic Said company or their legally authorised agent, lyr Sf.c. 0. Tint, for the purposes of this Act, nil th utilities and the Tow nships In said Counties, nlmi le line of the railroad, or which are Interested In it instruction us herein provided for, shall be, and the e hereby declared to be, bodies politic and c'Tpoi .0, and vested with the necessary powers to c.irr lit the provisions of this Act, mid shall have nil th ::hts and be M|b|ect te all the liabilitfrs in respect t ty rit'hts or causes ol action growing out of the pro Isions of this Act. The County Cnnimisslnncr.s of the respective Conn es are declared to t o the corporate agents of th ountias or Townships so Incorporated ami itliIn the litnitsof the said Counties Src. III. In all conventions of the stockholders c ed company, siten cities towns, Counties or Town lips as m:iy subscribe to the capital Mock shall In presented by not less than three nor more tnmi ftvi leiiutes, to be appointed by the corporate atllhoi Itic siieli cities or towns or the County Commissioner tile respective Coiinti.s or Towtithips in sue! IIUIHIC'S lor iu?l |??l? Tree ri;in(ln;'. The b!nck walnut tree la said to bo one of the inns' rlfty trees, as wt It m the must rcimmoral I re, nut vlnp tin? most CitIhIii and curly returns of any tha ,n be I'ltiiiU'il. Htid It li i* tit'fri known tn ].r<?.ttice t nr.k two foci In ciiciimforcrcc in twelve ) cars fron o seed. It will, therefore, be ?een that I lie biacl .limit, from the grout intrinsic value of the wooil utilises lln> quickest return:'. boshh s bi inir the tnosi .-ily obtainable of any tree that can bo planted. Ii ilouMv useful?first as an early and excel'ent shadi co. snd secondly. lis Olio of I ho most va'il ible womli the whole realm of nature's forest productions, tc v nothing of the nut crop which would lo foilhluill'.'. (>nc 1 undrod nere? of land Seedod to wah it trees, If they nach maturity In tifieon yenrs mild be more remunerative tlnn many of tho crop; oduoid by Ii1 too ii years of Incessant toll. 11 1 <! ? * oso troos might bo planted Mid would thiive on mts which are r>al'y valticli,.?5. for agricultural pur aii'l wl.ilo iii tin- ciMir-c tn ciouiii Vt<>uhi iM-rvt Vdlimblf alib t-. nirr'ciiltiiri* a? ?iull.rcAKs, ai.J In lur rvsjfcu.? S>jutlicrii Lumberman. * . 'r;:%%ggaam , " - ' " * <v?. 'i i i - Oar Fault* Wear Our Vlrlnci Auoclate Reformed PtttbyUrVin. nmolna of iood men arc not nnfrwjuently fonnd Jn tlie nelxl)t?irbo..(l of thfir mutt, isiinqiil^litnc virtue*. 1 The weak pbwwnre cur- full/ watched, but tlie aironif placeaare li-fi union: ded becnuM- tltey aruftnmr. ?inl just there tlio tempter maltea lila flefceat tumult ami rulers tlie "City fortlfloi!^' It Is wall to fcno* onr elem.-nu of ptrengtb ami to put co:.fl !en?i In thew: but thus contt lonce should not lend to a relaxation of wutchfii'iivKa. fatan U a vigilant adreratry : when ' ever h? seei a sentinel tilled away, or sleeping ?t Ms po*r, he lm|it-ov.s the oppor.unliv. The greatest saints liave falldtl Jnst where they seemed s'rongest. . Petc^ the Apostle, wns charactcilz"d above all the > other iiiodpien ior slficeilty nnd coiirnge. Ho could nut disguise hla feeling*. Hie characur w.-?s transt parent. Von could read lilm at a glance. Cunning mid dutdicity wore foreign to his nato.c. Ho always . uttered the sentiments of his heflrr, even tin njh bis words seemed rash and Irreverent at times ai.d expos cd him to the sharp rebukes of Ills Mxaler. Nor was Peter a coward. The declaration uThoui;b - I should die with thee, jet will 1 not deny thee; I am - ready to go with thee both t<> prison and death; I will , lay down my life for thy sane;" was no sudden burst 9 of enthusiastic demotion to bis master, ltcamo fr in , the Inner sanctuary of his heart It revealed the true I luwirdness of h!s character. r Upon the <luy of Pentecost and before the Je?lsh b Council, Peter stepped boldly to the frontand contlnu od revilute nnd uxlM'ti.linz until the la?t. And Vet a Peter's twofold sin was deceit aud cowcrrlicc. The mail, whose characteristic was honesty, atteinps to 1 practice deception. The man, who was ready to lay it down his life for his muster, denies with tho emphasis li of an oath that he ever knew the Man. s 8oof many other holy men of old. Abraham vras e called the "father of the f.ithfnl'1 anil vet he failed d ' mo?t signally In faith. Job was rt'nt irkable for his It I patience! and yet that Very grace gave way under re h ! peated trials. I it < .v.. .1? .u V | Moses was "mef K mwivo nil inr mrn m:? -non u|??> - the earth" and yet at Merllmh lit* meekness pave if place tu Irritability. Hn Inst stlf control and by smltk Inp tlio rockj contrary in God's command, displaced a il Vfhillctlv?r spirit strangely out of hurinony will) his * timi .1 deportment. The man of pentle, humble and h qnift temper bwamo vlnlj and angrily scolded the people fur their innrtnurinss. II So oIm) of Jacob. The preat nnd peculiar excellence d of Ids character was the religious fslth and Intensity !. of feeling with wli:eb be cherished the Divine prome ise made to his fathers. uln thee nnd In thy s?*ed I- shrill itll the families ol the earth be blessed." Dot In e this was exhibited the frailty of Jacob and frtin It proceeded bis fo'.ly and :1ns. s Jlmv Important und solemn the lesson ednveyed by r these examples! I. The holiest motives and soundest prlnciplep of i- cbris'ian life and character require constant watc'ifng. 0 r>>t I ho cliilJ of Ood beware?lest when he thinks himself distinguished fur Somb great principle or - smce, he full In that very thing* e Not only pnnrd the weak plac.'S. bnt also post a t, wary *entln> I at the point of poeat? st strength and e K"cnrliy. "Lrt blin tlwt imnkein ne iwuucw, ?? if heed l?-at be foil." ie | , |p ,1 A Poultry Honac. In thp fall of lfril I built a hen honso 14 by r, 20; Willi n g'x:d slono foundation 18 Inches thick anil 1* Inches above ground, on which was placed the frump, 8 feel high boarded up ?- urnl down, battened and painted, with two large win down and a door. The roosts were In the south end. In (lie centre of the north end I built a large okl-fashioned tiro-place, with crane. That season I hud cut down quite h nnmber of old apple trees, very large and tough; to get them off them off the ground we sawed them Into chunk.* 2J^ feet long, ilrew and corded them up by the hen house. That winter was a cold one, no, alter it KPttlnglhrccorfourdo7.cn hens onl of several barns and from under tho straw stack Installed them In their new quarters, the first n cold night we built np a good, roaring tire. u ;t was so Jolly and comfortable we had a not tlon to roost with tho heiiR that night, but finally thought it best not to bo too close a listener to their conversion (wo kncW they e would notgo to sleep that night) upon the l Innovation of old-tlmc hen roosting and warming. Well, we kept that thing up all wins' ter whenever cold enough, and It was Just fun to go out In tho morning, rake open the coals, Say on a.big log. and watch the lions come s, down from their perches and sianO nro>in?l c. the lire, then lie down on one side, and stretch . out their leg* and wing four or five at nllm*. Th^ water and food did not freeze that wlntt-r, to and we hnd any amount of eggs and a great deal oj pleasure, lint the old apple troes and .. chunks were limited, and I found, w lth three j" Ares In the house to provide wood for. the ex5 traoneat the hen house was a good deal ot * a task, and I regret to say, that we have not | j been as faithful since, nor have wo had the ' same pleasure anil profit. j But this I can say. If one will attend to it an i ni?' ?"?e nrst winter, and hn? the wood and U lime to cut it, n good fire-place In a good lion a. bonne 13a pood thing. Willi thegmund floor ld swept clean and the litter put In tho bin n where the dropping* are, and a largo kettle i- . V?? "Il cnine, it innkM a good place to boll potatoes for the pigs, heat w.iter for 1(l scalding, maklngsonp wiihIi, and oiling liar0j noss In cold weather, nnd If your hensare well n. brought ii11 thev will not obket to the lu,e ttuslon.?Ohio Farmer. a, "What .Unites the Bad Time*." } The New York Sun hnd a notable editorial it under the caption of "What Makes the Bad >'t Times ? 'In reply ton correspondent Who aty tributes the depression to the withdrawal ol >'? national hank notes from circulation. The ,u Sen shows that money was never so cheap as 'h now, and that, as tho depression extends y throughout Europe as Well as the United ? States. It cannot be attributed to n gold stand[c aril or to tarlfl lawsi nor to anything in the w condition of our (shipping and ocean transer portal Ion, "for it exists In England, where there Is an unprecedented cxteusl'in of the >.v merchant marine, Just as severely, and even ,e moro 8<>, than In this country, where foi p1 many years our merchant marine has been gradually declining. Nor yet is It cfltised by >i' failure of the crops, nr by Wars df famine in ? any part of tlie wtfrld. The crops have goner n* cr.illy been good for several ycurs, ond nr ir* wars or famines of any account have existed yet Weniay say in a ccneiul way that the de"l presslon is the result of over-production? n" that Is t-o say, of spending money and !aboi I,1 in ways that are not. profitable, and that give 'S no return." The Shin concludes as follows: "Vet., while this ereat cotlapos Is indisputable y and irresistible, wo may well be contented over the fm ttliat it Is not so dcstrocilVe as 11 might be, and that business Is quite as good and thr situation of the country quite as en,r eouraglng as we ought to expect. There are many workers out of employment, nnd hard'? lyany enterprise Is making much money; ,>rl yet most |?ople are celling enough to eat ond ? to wear, and aro living alon* in happiness 'y with reasonable economy. Tho country li er rich ami sound at the core, nnd when all the Inflated and delusive concerns are settled up and cleared away we shall find that we are a s0 gioat deal better otMhan the philosophers ol calamity and despair have imagined. |jj Plannlnjc Ahead. n. Tlie man who succeed* in any business Is one who [. carefully exercises forethoucbt In re?ard fo fa tare S( operation*. lie looks ah'ad, as far m fflay l>o determined beforehand, sees thr result liki-ly t? be at,>,) tsined l?y a certain course of action. This I# true of Vi all business silcccsafuHy carried on. \VI?e calc'ila[,r latora court up the cost of operations nh?iit to be ?nin tered upon nnd shape th<-lr course accordingly, takof Ine in ii!l the h? artr.p nnd probable future effects ol tlrt conilneenctes which may nflVct the main resnlM. n- The business Tannine calls for ss much forethought nf and ptannirjr as nny In which roan can been engnred. i,,. Tne farmer who hns ilscn to forehanded ne?s In tlliln.* his acres Is one who counted the cost and made closn 0f calculations on all masters that appertain to the farm. No man wi.l meet with satlsfylns success on the n. farm who does not think beforehand what Is best to h,. do and tllo In-st way to do It. More failures occur1mi Gdlnn s bocan#? Indifferent snee-ss Is attained where lir nothing but tho grossest tdnnderlns could make a rh failure?'rom this can*e of miscalculation or no ealrb cul itlon ns regards future results of present opera,y tlon?, than from nny other. i,.. Funning Is 'not a haphazard buslnc?s, subject to ^e' luck snd iterations of nature In gvlng good or poor ol seasons. Work without thought, without plan, has r* been the blunder of many who guide the plow. ,| liaising crop* without knowledge as to the co*t, ii and stock without a thought as to Its adaptability to tc the location and maiket and Its reqn'-rementa|l.n sum nr im r pastnres ami winter feeding, are at beat but (dinIn shod practices, and would seem to n-qulre bat ltttl* ly reflection on tlie pnit o( those pursuing such a coarje it to enable them to vc It.?/?/-. to ^ ? II. DoillMtic. j|"| Bnltermrk. so eenerallv regarded ?* a wuste pro' dnce, has latterly born coming somewhat Into vnjjtie not only aaa nutriment, hill ns a therapeutic wnt. t_ and In nn edltorl.-.l article tlio Canadian IsinccU *1 Mime time ajro highly extolled Its vlrtne*. Butter(s milk may be'rouchly described as milk whlci has u, Inst most of Its fat ard a small perccniase of Its l,j e??i ln, and whl< h hns become, sour by fermentation. ,1 Lorn? eNprrlenco has demonstrated it to bt) an ajent of superior dis'gtlMllty. It is, Indeed, a true m'lk >(j peptone, that la. milk tilreadv partially dlcestMl, the 'j. coagulation of the coagiilnM* portion being loose ,n and flaky, and not of thut Arm Indigestible natnre which is the cesult of tho action *f tint castric juice / npon the sweet cow's milk. It resembles koutnls* ()'f In lis natnre, and with the exception of that article, or It Is the most grateful, refreshing and digestible of i? Ih" prodncis of milk. It l? a decided laxative to the 0f bowels, a fuct that mnst be borne In mind In the treatment of typhoid fever, aid which may be tnrned j,. to udvsntago In tin* treatment of habitual eonstlpa,|, j lion. It Is a diuretic and may be prescribed with *dje vuntnee In woine kidney tronMes. Owing to It* acid?f I'y combined with its laxative properties It is believed to exercise a general Itnpresalon on the lircr. ... It Is wrll adapted to many cases where It I* cns'om rt cry to recommend lime water and milk. It Is l(| Invaluable In fho treatment of diabetes, cither ex s_ clustvely or alternating with skimmed milk. In u, some eases of gastri* nicer and cancer of the stomach it is the onTy food that can bo retained.?Ex. 10 m 1 * When! Flour. ,r The price of wheat flonr has not fallen In tho sane proportion as that of wheat, and the consumer pays I, I almost as much for flour now, a? he did when wheat j. I was fifty percent, higher. The reasons for this are that ~t the Inrge mill owners belong to a combination, that ,r! limits the supply of the whitest flour and fixes ,n | the prlc.*. And the ptthlle on the other hand ignorant?fj ly p!#y Into thi'lr hands, by desiring to us* only tho j whitest "patent" flour. It Is not to h# denied thai ,] the flour demanded hy most consumers at ffi 50 per ? barrel, mad- hy the patent process In the large roller |u mills. I? whiter tliao thu old fashioned bolted flour, ? tint 11 Is not as nutritious, as palatable or really as ,,| whnlrsomo It Is ditllrn't for the small Independent ml'ls to do work at a p'oflI, and give ns the wbolesomo product of wheat, when they have competitor* In a great com, blnallon. controlling vast capital; and also have to oppose the Ignorance of consumers, in favor of tho whitest flour. Niue persons ou'of ten who buy flotirfrom w tre shop* call for the whitest, ignoring .s I the fact that this quality is made by carefully re.. 'jeetlns the most nutritious portion of the wheat. J. Dyspepsia, and various forms of Indigestion are ,. more prevalent In'he United States than anvwhero ,[ else ; and this Is largely owing to the over refining of e our food.?Aiken Recorder. " lMnnt Corn. ? The outlook for war between England and Russia Is : such th-t farmers might well consider the effect it i will have npon the markets of tho world. Kngland is f a grout manufacturing country. Two-thirds of the I 1~ i. *1.id .Iimlni i. ?nnn nt her mills afid ; C"ir.|,l ? *,; at "thcr Kuropean towns. ' j llow. ami ti> what extent a war hot woe n those powl_ ers will effect the cotton market cannot with any "| definite priclMnn he foretold. hut It I* a fact thnt so VI far, a* the war cloud loom* tip the cotton market is ip di-preM. il. while breadstuff's advance. With these I facts before tli.-ni It Is well tli it the farmer* be sure to t do tlmt which they should do ordinarily: plant corn ? ! enough for home consumption and a II'tic to spare to * your unfortunate, or misguided neighbor. Where ' . wheat hns been killed by the cold a coml crop of corn. by applying a little manure, ean be made. If oat? " have been killed It I* not too late to low spring oat*. ? J A surplus of "hog ni'd hominy" even If the war should ! blow orer, could be better carried by the country than I a surplus of cotton. Our farmer* for a long time have ~ j been erroneously Impressed with the idea that money _ ' could not be made on a farm cxeept l'y plaining cotton. There Is just as much money in planting corn and small grain or more money than by planting cot*" i ton. Then this small grain crop can be raised at a j. mere nominal rosf. We say plant more corn and .' small grain.?Exchange. [.j Stirring TIuios. * I (Watchman ami Southron.) j Abbeville Is havlnur stirring tlinc over the railroad question. I.nst week the I'mm r>ml Ttnnnrr Issued two or three extras pouring hot shot Into the railroaclltp?. Hugh Wilson . cannot oppose anything without opposing It all over, ami It Is needless to say that ho made 1 It warm for those who were endeavoring to ' cot up a petition for the necessary taxation. 1 Tlti' Mctf -nurr came out with an extra nlso 1 but on the other side of the question, and thei : town Is shaken lolls deepest foundation on * the subject of railroads. i The Wasliingloii Monument Struck ; by tiling. (O)lumhlrt Krgt.wr.) Washington, April ! .? While a heavy storm was passing over the clly Into jester1 ilny afternoon the Washington Monurnont was struck three times hy lfiriitr?Iii*r. without 1 catisinu the least (l-imaso. Colonel Casey e: . amined tIn*iiInini 11 i?im lip this morning*with a powerful telescope ami found It. as sharp 1 anil bright as when it was placodou the sum, uiit some months since. The Printer. ITow Mttie ye k*l, H Te womto Mil mon, Bf eocrtfty called-VeotU rttika," Ot bow mnth y?u owe To Lh? ni'b'e typo And hla ?rmy of foMeis and fMdmt The poet mar '? Of his lyrical Of hi* innwt, liir l?rt*. ?"' hit lint, nb [ h?*M *inr anwll, If bo wnridr?i at ??re Hoot for the cbiuoMdMM! The writor of Action, Wliotc beouU ill dlcilon^ Brgnlles the tun* evening* of Winter, HI* uilnd wobM be left Like ? reaket Ixrrft Of IU key?if not picked bj the prioter^^^M tl,? tnn That trtnj? in jour tUtw Tlie wonderful atory of *( *, HHH Woo Id.?nre, he dumb H Asa cUin, or a mommy, If nobody made up bla psgtat * Then n bono dnth read, 1 t.eg hiin take h?*d To the W*on the?o atani omrey him, VH: Suw tktjwkMw H Wl>at a lieaaurr y<<o owe To the printer, be cerula?lo p?y blm t Tired Eye*. Atl ocnliHt snya: People spenk a'-oat^BK eye* being fniUncd, meaning tnai u?e nnM or seeing portion of the brain, is failgoe^^^^H such I* not tbo ense, an toe retlnu ever gets tlred? The fatigue in in the unit outer muxcle* Htt%ch?d to theJeyeba^^^^H the muscle of accommodation, whlrh^^^HS rounds the lens of the eye. When n Ject is to be looked nt thtomuMcto reluxe^H^Hj allows the lenr to thicken, Im-renslng fructive power. The inner and outer to which I referred are nscd in coverin^^^BH eye on the object to be looked at, t'.ie One being eaptWIiilly ax?d when a nenr in to be looked at. It is In the three mentioned that the futieao is felt, and^H^^H Is secured temporally by closing I he irnzlngat fur-distant objects. The dlcationol ?train Is n redne?s of the aHM^H the eyelid, betokening a congealed the Inner surface, accompanied wiih ^^B^l puln. Re?t Is not the proper retnedjr^B^^B latl^ued eye, but tne use of glawrs oMH clent power to render unnecessary wo nufl^^H fort to Mccommodate the eye to vl?ioo? catlcr Review. Carp in the BsMs. (Columbia ReguUer.) A cnlorcd men called at tbo Departm?|H^^H Agrleultnre bringing with him a carp weighed five and a half poand*. was cauuht In Saluda ltlver, near the site, and proved to be valuable to the d^B|B mentfor lts*pawn. The streams In arc nijmny unniumi ihucu mi the breakage nnil overflow of pondft, probably uccoauU for tbo rarp In Tha object of plowing It not merrlv to toll, bat lo pulverise It OM ground U llko when plowed wet, and Will nut break ip ami millow; brPCo U might'aa well t>e planted plowInif at mil. Sward ground wtil lw partlai^^H^H vrrlzrd by tbo elements evolved by tbo UrcolH tloo of tbo grass ro?ts In tbo soil. It wouid be a (rood thine for AbbertIl?^^H| If a Penn*yi vnnlft Oil Train e?nld l.hrnni?li Ihn iMrn and bunted. If It I^^IH tiike fire. It would give them light. If nothing else It wouM "pour oil ou the bled vnten."j*Picke)u JSent*ncL jlTp| CONGAREE flj Coumbia. S. C. Agnt for HH CHAPMAN'SH PERPETUAL E7AFQRH ' . ' IHH I^HESR W0UK9 WEBB ESTABLISAS^^fl 1317 bjr Mrurr. Geo. Sinclair and Jatne^^^K 1 drrsoii and purchased by me In tbe year ' fmm thai time til) 'now carried on anceeeeQi^^^H ' myself. My friend* and customer* will bear I of the large and *tni>rn<Iou? job* executed by . 'I was #t my works where the largest tad alaxjct^^^H , job of lu class ever cxocutrd In this dty fM^B| ' vlzj the making of tbe td pea for the City 1. Works In the rear 1828. la tbe branch of i FOUNDING, I can lay that I bare wad* tbe I^^^B . belli ever east In the State, such aa the bail . | City Hull In Colombia. I My itock of patterns for AKCHITECTt^^^H ;!W0HK COLUMNS for Store front*, to hrge^^H ' Varions, and In RAILINGS for Bateonlea, ' and CelnetrHe* I hare the largest Tartotjr and [! modern tiatterns: many at thvw are patented ! have purbbasod tberijrnt for thto (tats. " J In the machine line 1 can farnLb my patron* . STEAM ENGINES and BO ILEUS of ant 'description. My CIKCULAK SAW MlLLa carried off the prlae at tr< 17 Bute Fair held ii^BI 1' city, and in their construction I hare taken pai^^D 1 combine simplicity with tbe moat otefot modri^H^H : proveinents, and miy flatter myself that my |i LA It SAW MILLS And favor with eTery sawyet^^H I understands hia huslues*. ,! The many oideralmn iteadllr rerclrlaf !' O Alt CANE MILLS provu thai ib? publicappn^^HH . the mill* of my make, and ao It fa with a* ' ING for HOUSE 1'OWKK*. OlS WHlkELs. OU | i MILLS and other MAClIJJfkKY. , I I hnve the manufacturing rlcht ?t many PATK^^H (nclt as CMtlny* for K(X:K COTTOjf AMH^^B r l'UE>S and three or four d:ff<.n;Dt PEKU anil other Impleinenta. I will be pleaded t?a?nd roy drcaUra to any cant, tnjintlirr with price Hit or eatloiate. Jiv tiro moderate, and 1 asaare the puhlle that tlkrj^HM 1 lover than ibote of Nortbrrn manufacture*, >n<I^^H| ' my work will cum par* favorably with that ut ann^^H er uiaker. Addiva* H John Alexander,! Conoakee Iuon Works, Columbia, lifliil I 111 JL U VA?V . ? ARE flM now prepared to exhibit an elegant sUv^Hfl SPRING & SUMMtl GOODS.! All department* are lull, and pmon^^H want of any article, have only to call fo^^H and he supplied. M In regard to prices, a great many poods nowsold below the cost of production. " Satisfaction guaranteed. Let every one and see for himself. WHITE BROTHERS.! LAW CARM WE hnrc this day formed n partnership the practice of law under the Ann of CASON & BONHAM. Mr. Bonhnm retired from the Master'* office and will vote IiIk whole attention to the practlco. *irOfflce O'Neill Range. MH SAM'L C. CASOJf, M. L. BONHAM, jfl January 23, 1883. tf WM. II. PARKER W. C. McGOWAt^H PARKER & McGOWAM ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORSB ABBEVILLE, C. H., 8. C. H| WILL prncMcc also In the Circuit Conrt^^D tho United Statesfor South Carollna^^l Jan 7.1330. tf Marshall P. DeBruhfl Attorney at Law, I ABBEVILLE C. H. 8. C. . H| medicait "card: DR. L. T. HIIXH HAVING sold bin Interest In the drngstor^H will devote bis entire attention toll^H Practice or bis Profession. jU In Stock and to Arrive! H 25,000 ponnds Bacon, H 1,000 bushels of Corn, HI 200 barrels cf Floor, fl GO barrel* or Molasses^H PARTIES IN* NEED OF THESE GOOK^B M ill do well to examine our stock. BH W. Jnp| Smith Ar. Son. H Jan. 14, ISM. Drs. Mabry & Hill. WE have this day formed a copartnershl] in the PRACTICE OF MEDICINE li all Its brunches. In cases where the atten I Hon of both of us may bo needed no extn charge will be mado. T. J. MABRY. M. D. L. T. HILL. M. D. Moach 12,4SS4.tr j w. sign; ABBEVILLE, S. C. J?EErs on hand a fullassortmentof IKON CASES, FINE BURIAL CASKETS, COFFINS, from the cheapest to the best. Hearse wll attend funerals, when desired. He will also Contract for the Erection of BuildingsHo Is ngont for the snle of Snsh, Poors minds, Mouldings, Stalr-rn I lings', Floorings and every thing pertaining to liouse building A lull 7, b&O.tt . _ . - ? ! '