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m ?tllll i - ? \ TAOS. J. ADAMS, P?OP'it. S EDGEFIELD, S. C, TH ; APRIL 27, 1882: ? VOL. XL VI I.-NO. m LAMW OF ELLEN" OST THE DEATH OP LOVES T. yr. p. The tears thai from mine eyelids tiru! tbeir way, Can ill empress the feelings of my heart; Nor t?airtbese tears, though tbsy should j flow for aye, > Allay one pain, or ease me of one smart Ill-fated youth ! consigned to early grave, Ere manhood's bloom hail time to deck ! thy year?: AU unavailing now for me to lave The turf 'that ?ides thee with my burn- ; ing tea? ! in vnin they try to chide me of my wo?; i -Remembrance holds me ever to thy view: .. I The r sympathies but aw- Jhv'sonwftf'ri riow, ^.^d. wake tho anguish of my breast ? anew/ ?iach favorite Svione where we were wont i < to stray, Kath shady grove and 'ivy-mantled tree; - Has east its robe of lovely green away, j * And seems to mourn the loss of love Jc and the*. ' ^ t The e'reatn that rippled on with gladden-1? ing song. c Is hushed, .is .sympathetic of ray woe, j t i a a fi t c h o b ti P w G ti And ficarcety murmurs as it glides along; While ?very br?ese sighs thoughts of long ago. Eiri-L ha? no charms to bind coe rp it now: its joya arid sorrows have n-> part in I oys ? me, Since Death hasjaid his ' hand, upon thy brow, And chilled the_sp:rn. that, woke life in thee. The cheering, light of hope illumes my sou!, Ana tells me that 1 do not weep- in vain; .Short space of time with fleeting wing most roil, ? . - And then, united, we shall jove again. in Act To define the duties of Oounly Com * missioners, County Schooi Commie rioner.i and County Treasurers, in reference to the auditing, allowing and payment of claims, and to re j cc ^uire annual reports of all claims j rl IT' -audilcd, allowed arni" paid by them pt to bo made to the Court 02" General "Sessions. ^^Beit enacted hy the Senate and pHP^r1'17 """rv ~-??L?ntatives of the State authority of th e saBr?:-2^,-,gj ?. SECTIO? 1. That the Coting m?s*ioners of the severai counties ot said State shall keep in their several offices a "Gie book,'" in which all claims presented for their considera tion *hsL be filed by their clerk, de. ignaticg the date filed, by whom pri ested, and to whom said claim be long, and the character and amount ?of said claims. 'The said clerk sh-iil also number said claims in the order in which ihey are filed, audited and allowed, trom number one upwa/de. SECTION-. The County Commis lionera shall draw their checks upou the County Treasurers of their respective counties, in payment of :said claims, out of any funds in the treasury applicable to the payment thereof. Provided, That no such ^iheoks shall be drawn by thc County j Commissioners nut il they shall have been formally notified by the County Treasurer that lhere are sufficient funds in the County Treasury appli cable to the ^-71216n^ ?f 3UC-'* checks SE? ' 3 That County Commissioners i 1 and County Schcol Commissioners i f shall make an annual report of ail ?claims filed, audited ?nd allowed am. orderecTpaid by them during ea-'h fi?eal year, to the presiding Jod??i?t the fit st term of tho Court of General Sessions for each county which shall be he'd alter the first day of January in each year, which report shall be submitted by Judge to the Grand Jory for their examination, wi?h the assistance, if neceedary, of some com petent person to be appointed by the presiding Judge, at a compensation of ?ve ?ieliars per da/ ior each day so 6c#tged; Provided, That no pay shall be received under this Section for more than lour days. Alter ex aiainat;on the Grand Jury shall re port thereon to the presiding Judcre any matter growing out of, or ?er taining to, said annual report, which ? to them may seem worthy of the at- j tention of the Ccuit. The said re- \ port shall thereupon be filed by the Clerk of said Court) and kept as pa pers of sard court for inspection by any i?thm desirous of examining the aa toe. Sr^ 4. Thc C-'UD'y Treasurer of the M vtr*! count ie? of ?aid State ', Hhall not p>sy any c-i?itu?- against their ! respective counties upon onlers of; Condy Commissioners, except as' h*rMu?~ef re provid.d .ior, a-ul they .?hail make .sn annual report to the ! presiding Judge, ul tue first t^rm ol j tuc Court of ticii?rarSr-siji^ in i.'ieir j -rt-Pf-'<tfr>-C9on.Irs ythwu aha! i le] held fi'?s iiitT3r><ty In January iu e??^:r, J th-: t.umW, ir.icter a:.d ;. loutit of Said Cut ms ptijJ bj" (hem cu orders cf County Commit" nonti? and County School Commis sioners, and to whom paid; which re port shall be submitted by said Jud?e to the grand jury for their examina tion, and shall be filed by the Clerk of said ?ourt and kept in his office I for public inspection. . j ' SEC. 5. Thai if aiter examination ! of said reports of County Commis sioners, County School-Commissioners and Treasurers, the grund jury shall find any discrepancies between, the reporte, or any irregularities therein, or any embezzlements of or extrav agancies in the expenditures of pub lic funds, they shall present the same j to the said Court, and orders shall j be taken thereon as shall meet the ! ends of justice. Sro. G. That said reports of County Commissioners, County School Com missioners and Treasurers' .shall be published at least two weeks before the siiting-of said Court by said offi c<*r? or their seven*! ^ oierks in aotne j newspaper published in said county. SEC. 7. That the County Commis sioners 01 the several counties of said 3cate ?hail, on or before the 15th day ii November" cf each year, make a report to .the Comptroller General of he humber, character and amount of daims audited; allowed and ordered J be paid by them for lue fiscal year j mdicg on the 31st of October pre- ! ?di; g said 15th day of November, to h >i by him submitted to the General ! j ?aee'mbiy for their information in his ( .anual report, and all claims against !} , county not presented during the ? isca! year in which they are con-' L racted or the next thereafter shall ie forever barred. They shall also lithe out in said report au estimate f the amount of.money which it will s necessary to raise by taxation in heir several counties for county pur oses for the current fiscal year, "hieb, shall also be embodied in the omptroller General's annual report i * ) tar General Assembly. . j SEC. 8. That any violations of t he j fci iregping Sections by the County {si ommissioners, County School Com- ! v, lisswners; and County Treasurers, ? d iii:! be deemed guilty ci a miede- [a : i ?r, and upon conviction thereof i the Court of General Sessions, the ir% h.) offending shall be sentenced f the presiding Judge before whom ?nvicted to jay a fine Of not less ian one hundred dollars, cr be im isoced iu the county .jail not less ? Ii ian one month. It shall also ie the ? ity of the several Circuit Solicitors ; prosecute arid violation of this Act. j SE.'. 9. Thaf this Act shall no? j 4 k-i effect uni st on and ????r ?-^i^l ? v 1 c r r D i " r r~P3r?u'l??iarus'rstvni .'? :rtriTHT Act bc nd the same are hereby repealed. Approved theJUb day of February L. D. 1832. Tue Augusta Masonic Theatre. The Evening News, in a recent no- d oe of the new j Masonic Theatre, n rhich. is in processor completion, and r .hioh is to be forma Hy opened next p eptember, says : ? "The house is abundantly lighted j ^ ?ith gas throughout. The theatre is j e ?rnished richly and io elegant .taste, i " either flashy, or gandy, but in that j c axurious and refined style which be- j ^ akens a lavish expenditure of money j4 nder the direction of a refined, cul- j F ivated and educate.! architect. The ; t cenery and frescoing being done by ; ' bo accomplished scenic artis', Eu- j ? ;ene Cramer. The stage, one of the J 1 aost complete in the country, is GO j v eet by 83 feet, G2 feet high fo the ! t ile door, tiie proscenium opening be- ; J ug 30x23. The stage ia fitted with ; our sets o: grooves with sufficient! igging and height to regulate drops. : Che curtain is to be artistically paint- j id with an eastern Moorish scene, j j vhich is ornamented with two rows ! ( >f grant! drapery;; Th? sc???ry coa- j ?isis of twenty-one complete sets with iumerous s^r, pieces. Ta?prompter'? itand is fitted with ali the necessary ?onvehieuc?s, and th-? stage, with the Hamlet iraiMU?-* other appointments, is a gem or^fjerfection. There are six large drying rooms with gis, mi.-roi*, stationary basia?, water and ali modc-rc improvements'."in each ioom/' The ^e?liodis?s North. CHICAGO, April 19.-'The Morning News publishes an opon letter from Rev. A. S. George pastor of the Cen tury Baptist Church, in thia city, to Rev. J. ?. McFerrin, publisher of the Nashville Christian Advocate? strongly counselling the action of ?he i Nashville Conf?re .ce of thu Methu- ; dist Church SJU'.II, iu May, looking ' to the two branches of the churches j North abd South, f T.i* latter closes _wi'h th.sso words: ''.May ibu O?d of Wail?} ?ud Anbury grant yon wis- ; dani and streng.!h according to yo' r d-.y, and may gracious provider.? e prrmit you to . behold, before ye ur sha^eoes down. 6ii.tr vh< ri.-di-.-d RjUSco j a' M '"h ' ?'-:u ri ?rgk.uic unity ?o rhij r#jrtih|.i;ic? ari i .< nugh-y tn:^'ion. .?.ry in ;'? ? he earth, Thc Democrats have carried Chica [;t?? by 3 000, Cincinnati by 3,000, ; Cleveland by W J, *? dhn pririci r fmL ci titrs in ? ri-ii ui-t, M in ?.;>i it i, et? , and t*U? B.?toa Herald atys that tba Repnb!icaU.lcssei ia thc Western Il ea! elections ?re tc.u uniform and wide spread to be wa^Uy^ accounted for on local ?38U8I. Melton's Beautiful "Bosh." The indignation against Sam Mel ! ton all over the State is aa bitter as > it was againtt Corbin when he was ' seeking blood money through the I persecution ol' the so called Ku-Klux. i And it is right and just that it should ! be .so. Indeed. Melton deserves the hearty hate of the white people of the State more than Corbin did. For Corbin was ?.n adventurer, an alieu on our soil, a creature whose only ...,dsion here was "'te?'gather gear by any wile." If he was possessed of such a thing as a moral cr politi cal principle we may suppose that it drew its inspiration from the higher %hts cf Northern civilisation,,and ID?' ne was, therefore, by training j our enemy and our hater. Such is not the case with Melton. He was horn here, he grey? up among the people hi? ls peeking to stab to politi cal death, the encouragement h'e re ceived ro cheer him on in his early paths of ambition were all from these whom he would nov/ place politically under the heel of the African, his mother State, by whose inanificeuce his intellect was trained in its skill for assailing her now he represents as i bedraggled and beaded prostitute ind her eons as rejoicing in her shame ila poses before the country in a the itrical style, and in a dramatic way uakes himself the central figure reigned down with the responsibility hat his duty imposes upon him. Sam belton talking of duty in connection nth his present course ! The same luty that; impelled Arnold to nego iate the eurrendei ol" West Point for commission in the British army; beanie sense of duty that filled Ju ass heart as he piloted the rabble o Gethsemane for thirty pieces ol Iver. Bcsh-ail miserable bosh 'hat Melton says about his sense ol uty binding him ! But the theme is sad one. Wc will not pursue it ?rther. Ged, in his inscrutable wis om, permits such cases to occur, so <at we may be taught that brilliant ms and intellectual attainments ol ie highest order are no guarantee r-.ivst moral obliquity.-Chewer sporter: win taroifua Plzck and Unity. . The . prvss and people of South,, volina baie taken the right <vurse. I , ? *: \v?siV v ''?^ jiuiiy {jvniogjK jiey know th it Brewster is a hypo rite, masquerading nj the garb of a eformer, and bolstered up by the lower and good will of a corrupt ad liojsiration WOT king for its own per etuati p And they have reason to istrusfc iuat power. The years have .ot fl ad so fast, that they can not re aember the days when, for a political nrpose, Carolina was overrun by pier-, and aliens, her good citizens .-.'.?ged before veual courts, confront d by perjured witnesses, and thrown uto penitentiaries oa trumped up barges. Those were the days when ?rant was in the White Hou?e as he chief executive; to-day he is th j lower behind the throne, directing he enforce ment of his old policy. Ye say the people of our sister State ira pursuing the right course? They lave no favors to expect from a party vhich was kept in power in 1S7C by heft and perjury, nor from an ad ministration bern of assassination. Macon Telegraph and Messenger. Somsofthe Methodists in Bulti nore arc much exercised about the tction of the camp rae?tin.'r aseoci i ;ioi|?5 which persist iu keoping their 2ainp? on Sundays dining the sum mer. The Washingtou Grove Asso ciation fall under especial condemna tion in this respect. At the recent meeting of the Baltimore Conference one brother said ho hoped the Con ference would st..mp ont tba Wash ingtbn Grove Association for its sin in encouraging Sunday cars. An other brother said that he saw no more sin in riding to camp meeting on Sunday in a steam car than in a horse car or a private vehicle. Tnis brother was frowned upon by most of his associ?tes, among whom were quite a number ?ho habitually use tie street cars as a means of reach iag their churches. The Conference, after nilly debating the question, parsed a series of stringent resolu tions condemning Sunday cara, Sun da? camp meetings, and Sunday newspapers? LIQTJOB ts POLITIK-The bill which his passed both houses of the Ohio Legislature, and only awaits the concurrence of the House in a few trifling amendments to become a 'aw, in regard to closing drinking places O'i Sunday, is creating considerable excitement in ti;a cities of the Bock j efe State. The bill close? ?ll saloons and ?Iriiikiug placea on Sunday un d^i LVavy p?nait-.i?a and pain o? , ^?3???3?L The bili -.va-; champion ; ed by the Republicans, whilst it wa: ; strongly opposed by the Democrats i Ti is conceded that should it becom< a law ir will have a disastrous eifec . on the Republican party in the cities I and that with this and the Pond li ! qoor bill the Republicans oan hardh hope to carry Ohio at the Octobe election. The Introduction of the Baptist Denomination In America, ?11 Baptists will be interested, io the following, clipped from the Bap tist Weekly, of New York City: Robert Dodge, a descendant ol j Tristram Lodge, one of the first set i tiers of Block Island, has just cora j pleted after much labor, an interest ing history of hifl ancestors, Tristram Dodge, and his descendants in Amer ica, with historical and descriptive accounts of Block Island and Cow Neck, Long Island, their original set tlements." Tristram Dodge cArae from Eng land, and first settled Block Island, April 1061. Ili?-jran?eons -were-of j the earlier settlers of Cow Neck, Long Island, aad, -with his son, ot New London, Conn., was the founder of the very numerous Dodge family, of the Middle and'-Northwestern, States. The book gives from original and contemporary entries his history,.to gether with a complete record of the pubiic service of the distinguished members o? the families of the de scendants. The history of Block Is land and Cow Neck are here first written from the origina! sources.. It also gives the first history of the es tablishment of the Baptist denomina tion in England, its persecution and introduction into thia CG un fry through this family. . The work will be an acquisition to every library, and to scholars and historians it will be indispensable. Theauthor, Robert Dodge, Esq., of] the New York Bar, No ll Wall St., s now inviting subscriptions, and viii print the book in o.uantities suf ficient only to fill those advance sub icriptioii6. 1 vol. about 300 pp., >rice $3 per copy. The worii is now lompleted, and will be printed when in adequate subscription is received. Doctoring People Now a Days? "They don't doctor folks now, as ay physician learnt me," said Mrs 'arlington, sagely tapping her snuff ox, by the side pf a friend lying in ispoeed;'hcr gesture waa very ex ressive, and the profundity of a .hole Med. Fae. beamed from her iiectac?e?. She to-L a pinch of 'nrewcH'.-j subtle JJaccaboy in her j . nnd shut the:box, and ItVid it I .Tht;7^^^^?c,r^e^r'lor&8 now ie they used to. My doctor used to tell me-and he never lost any of his patients but once, and that waa an M man of ninety seven, whose days were shortened because he hadn't strength to swallow-be used to tell ene-and I've been with him thous ands o? times with sick folks-he used to tell me, first said he/give them apecac to clear the stomach; I hen give 'em purgatory to clear the bowels: then put a blister on the neck if the bead aches; and have em blooded if there is a tendernoss of blood to the head; and put hot poul tices on the foot after soaking 'em in hot, water. There want none of your Homerpathics, nor Hydropathics, nor no other pathic then, and what was done might be sure it would either kill or cure." She inhaled the dust with great unction, and the patient who lay making squares and dia montis out of the roses on the room paper, thanked Heaven and took courge. > HYDROPHOBIA.-About six weeks ngo a six-year old non of Mr. W. W Spence, of thin county, was bitten by a dog. The wound healed up and the chi id appeared to be in usual health until Tuesday, the 11th in stant, when symptoms of hydropho bia were observed. Dr*. ICeitt and Ruff were sent for, and aa soon aa they saw the child pronounced the C4*e hydrophobia. The sight of wa ter threw the child into convulsions, and chlorol and morphine were pow erW to produce ease or quiet. His: suffering* were terrible to witneee. He lingered until Thursdry in great agony 3nd died. The dog that bit the child exhibited no signs of being mad. lt belonged on th? place and the child was playing with it when bitten. The dog wan not killed un about f week before the child died. -Newberry Herald. WoiTlN's WISDOM.-"She insists .bat it is morn importance, that ber ; family shall be kept in foll health, ! th'tn that >-he .uhc-uld have ail the j fashionable drffses and styles of tie i timfts. She therefore sees to it. that ! e*ch member of her family u t-unplj ; ed with enough Hop Bit tor-, at thc : first appeamnce ul any sytoptom-i cl any ill health, to preven?a fit. pf "sick; j lusa with ita attendant expense, ear( m..I anxiety. All women should ri \ ert-i^h ibeir wisdom in thi? way." "NVw Hawn palladium: Ex-Governor Daniel K. Camber beriain has been very eick for aevera weeks from a nervous trouble brough j on by overwork. At one time it w. f.-ar?d that one side of his body wooli be entirely paralyzed. Ha is mool 1 better now, and will sail for Europe 1 where he will spend the summe: about May 1.-New York Times. to be the ""pol I w ing thr.? th on Saturdoj compulsion lenee.'-. ' T B ma the jury H were disc to law) erf) ot aek-ovby t ed on S--.tur to inquire the jury ha colored ju juror? had signed the would'-ti Suppo?e,:th ed in such . ing the ttoo verdict-w and Dawes they . not World of A Judge t ' The Verdit in the Acton Case. ! if tiie VerrtJlct were Acquittal, aun thc DfrseiittKig jurors were Colored t ', Our dis] ??"tobe? -show that -Judge Bond ira^ ??nee inore exhibited him . self in ii S ont h Carolina .election case aeareckl j6fl ;ind shameless-partisan. ! Yesterday ,morning when the verdict j against'th \ c?tate . election inspector for ref ?sir g t0 allow a Federal super visor io scathe retorna was about ,wo of the jurors on their assent, say signed the verdict e jory-rodea under of personal vio retorted Judge your signatures, and Jlowed to separate and ;ed." It might occur in inquiring mind to _..rors were'in court yes terday JionS^g while the verdict was wording, ifgj they had'been discbarg _jyening; ' and perhaps ether Judge Bond, if acquitted and if two instead of two white ?red to him that they b under compulsion, >d on the verdict ? Jnd#e Bond had insiat 'irenmstances upon hold olored jurors to their would Senators Hoar sdone, and what would said V- New. York* [day. [king a V?rdlet*-C?ro)ind? Impeachment; the Supreme Court of na, as well as that of the ot the United Stotts; un for .dpnbt in this mat? position has been taken on J, that "it is too late," :e the publication of the jurors arise in open Court j and solemnly fay that .ent concurrence arose from nsion of the character ct rendered, or attempt endered, and that they by fear of bodily pain ?th their misapp ehen fcnor and force of tho eo , and that the verdict they . intended to ren rlgf- in or out of South '% Pontius Pilate sat ce a verdict and ?Qrrrtne jnrors clerk held, was Would it be corn Bond or h ny othtr er for the jury, as of re ict which they disowned rt ? Would it be compe a prisoner at{he bar to in the face of auch a sol ion on the part of those empanels to truly say? liberty of the citizen less .is life ? For what "does udge sit but to protect the the citizen? And shall aking a verdict for a ju? eir solemn protest, pro minent against these free the land and turn the i'tr8-on these men upon a [e verdict? Why, if ever ?ood ground for impeach dispatch, *vould be orie. If Judge TOrrectly reported by the ll we have to say is : Judge 'e, this man cannot be per .0 this thing. The liberty citizen is too solemn snd A LondJhiD? t0 be 1 Robert Dafc*_* entist andl'die*ch ^ (^grlefi "bfrwin, the well known sci fuithcr, is dead. He was ewsbury, February 12th, after preliminary -studies .vee at Christ's College, in 1831. In the autumn year he volunteered as exploring | to accorapAny Captain world, h jbe ship Boagief on his voyage wa expedition aroun(l the urnes, ot ? 1830 ft narrative of the an Seconal, publiahed ?Q three voi ural hi?torllich the third, containing c# or no Jud mitted to of the free] to) dear a winds.-R 1309, andi took bi? i Cambridge! : of, the sam<| j naturalist, Fitzroy, iu exploring tributed b j waB follow j among wh ? Specie?;" o!' the discoveries iii nata ^ and geology, was ctn Mr. Darwin. The work led bv a number of otheiB, ! tempt_to 4ch ;,as tha "0ri,in of tbe ' of hfe ?" jocrwins work is an afr tinuoU8 d?ccouht for the diversities i tervent,0Dlnr globe by means of cou I the o?S,Dkeloriraent without the in \ treme cm f gpeciftl et?fa9 Cats at ;?,olOftical jot. eaoh 8[)ecieB( t.be ex \ mly ?.f ^ludon of which is the phy j Darwin s ?,.e;at:ou6hlp &ud conimu ! b-v B0Uie ?!,in of all living beings. I the ase, wv" , , ? , .3, ''bounced ai"T ha-.e been adopted '. -- thc mof-t tcientiftc men of TUE ?jfcrie hy other* they nra de j ? T'on.-r?P? Unfounded and absurd. ' The ????^BArTi?T CORVES. [l% Greenville News .ays : it tees ha ving charge of of j reparation ,f r tbe Ibis vet) Life* ?nd talent re efficiently performing ssigned them. They are eipt of notioeB from all i j citizens arjrn gtalflBj of ^)ftgftti,8 ex. li I houses to j be i0t altendance. Our j dou * generally opening their delegates; and there iQWbe a generen? hoppi af. will be oredita inseting 0 ! ed body,1 . the dutii r Aiken's Reputation as a Sanitary Resort- mother Hotel Wanted. ! ? Northern gentleman, while in -our cilice the other dayv?uted that in hin opinion lhere was room!" in j Aiken for several iiotels aa large as j the Highland Path, and that proba j bly the next one built would be ar? i ranged to accommodate one thousand j guests. We were glad to hear him j speak so enthusiastically of cur cli mate, of our town MI d th*- kind negs and hospitality ol' our ? people, and glad to hear Aiken's future prospects pictured in such glowing color?, . It is true that a good climate, free from malarial inilueuoes and suffi ciently dry and -.bracing-..tb restore health to the enfeebled invalid, is an absolute essential, but yet it \s an un questionable fact that- the - hotel ac commodation of a health resort is such an important ?actor in its pros- j perity, that any attempt to increase what we now have should be encour aged in every way possible! The more hotels we. have the more peo ple will come here. What we want is a first class hot8l,capable of accom modating at least five hundred guests in enmptuous etyle, with a first class man at its head, . Our northern friend stated that j there would not be the slightest dif ficulty in raising the necessary capi tal. He predicted., however, that less than live years would elapse be fore important additions would be made to the hotel accommodations of Aiken. The reputation of Aiken as a na tional sanitary resort is annually on the increase. Its superiority, over Florida is self evident from the fact that many of those who leave hero in a convalescent condition, return de bilitated from .malarial-^ fever. The hotel accommodations of- Florida are ample and of the rao?t sumptuous or der. Let the same facilities be es tablished in Aiken, and alie will dis Unce all competitors.-Aiken Re corder. Terning Colored .fleihodfct BHh ops out of First tiass Toadies Withih the last, few months Bishops Cain and Payne, of the A. M. -E. Church, have been ejected -frotn first class coaches on Southern railroads, Uipiisfh 4Wv-haJi,Tir<jhased audjieid UrM .Cl ?WI I'CK-vfl ^^'Jxivv. 'colored EftUc?poi used to live in South Carolina.' He will ba remembered as Rev. R. H. Cain, pastor, congressman and so forth. He and his wife were put cut of a Texas railroad coach. The B:shop went to the courts claim ing$25000 damages and got a vir diet for $4,80, and that, too, before, a U.S. District Court. The other caw, that of Bishop Payne, occurred in. Florida. Of this the Hon, Woflhrl Tucker, wi.o live? in Florida, writes to the Christian Qbaarver, the organ ol'ibo A. M. E. Church : A man who had cbaractei enough and talent enough to preside with grace and dignity over t-he Methodist Ecumenical Council in London, when c tiled lo do so, as one of a list ol eminent men who took part aa chair man ii sur-h Presidency; a mau who had learning enough to submit, a written dissertation frr the instruc tion of that body; a man whose mor ai character is unspotted, and has de voted a long life to the good of his race, as messenger of the Lord Jesus, was, in my humble judgment, good enough to ride ?n any car on (hat railway. Certainly; but the case, so it seems to us, turna on not whether he waa a great Bidiop or not, but on whether or not the road sold him a privilege whidi it did not allow him -Chris tian Advocate. The U'ork of Time an?! Men. No political change in South Caro lina that is not based on reason and conscience, as well as public interest, is worth having or could be of any benefit to the State. We admit there are signs ol political disintegration, and it was probable that two years hence, there would have been a hard struggle between the Democrats and the allied Republicans and Indepen de nts. There is uo such prospect now. The paitisan prosecutions have done their work, and have solidified the Democracy. In a week the soft ening and healing effects ol thi fonr years ol' President Hayes, and the ! few peaceful raonlha that President j Garfield lived have been dissipated, I and are as if they had never existed j -News and Courier. ' Th?; Newberry Herald says that ; the town council is considering the j question pf providing a fire engine ! for that ?dace. And why not so pro-1 vide? Newb-rry eau alford to put. on ! "city air*v' lisv.ag ah opera house, ; ten btu rooms and a bread wagon.- ! LVutsi.i-ydtf Herald. Ves, and Laurens might hava had i and opera house too if uhp had go* a ! license ou ali the Newberry Input r. j her people drank lat year-New j berry Herald Northern an I R publican civilist iion is gradually gaining ground io" Bourbon South Carolina. The Treas urer of Newberry county has just disspueared, leaving a deficiency of | $8,000 for his bondsmen to make good.-Greenville News. Munificent Bequest. The Jehu H. Slater Fun?!-A Milliou Dellars ii>r the Education ol' Colored Peuple. Ai.r.Ai?V, A'piil 12 -Assembly mari Patterson to-day introduced a bill "to |inuoi porate the Trustees of the .fohn T. SUter Fund." The bill names Ruthei ford B. Hayes, Ohio; Morrison R. Waite-, District ol' Columbia:; Wm. ? E. Doiiga, Kew York ; Phillip Brooks, Ma Hrfchttsetts; Daniel C. Gilmore, Maryland; John A. Stewart, New York; Alfred H. Cohpuitr., Georgia; J Morris E. Jessup, New York; James IP. Biyoe, Kentucky; and Wm. A. I Slater, .Connecticut, as the inco'rpora ! tors of the fund td be called tue' "John T. Slater Fund." Rutherford B. Hr?yee is named as First President. The fund is to consist of one million dollars. Mr. Slater ie a wealthy gentleman ol' Norwich, Connecticut. In a letter to the Board of Trustees, Mr. Slater' writeB a? follows : "The' general object which I desire to have exclusively peeled is the uplifting of the lately emancipated population ol' the Southern Slates aud their pos terity, by' couferring on them the I blessing of Christi tn education. The disabilities formerly suffered by this people and their singular patience ! and fidelity in the great crisis of the nation, establish a just claim on the sympathy and good will of humane and patriotic men. I caunot but feel the compassion tiiat i.s due, in view of iheir prevailing ignorance, and which exists through no fault of their own." ... .' Mr. ?later purposely leaves the trustees the largest liberty in making, such changes iu methods otlapplying", lite lund as may from time to time seem wise. He suggests tua.r, the ed- i ucatiou o?. teachers for the colored race may be..~the wises, purpose to which the fund can be put. If after thirty three yeans three fain t h.s. -if the trustees ?bail X v any; rea on agree that there is. no further use for tbe.| fund in the form it is ito.v instituted, he HU'.homes them to apply the capi tal to the"establishment and subsidiz ing existing institution* of high edn Cition, so OH to make ihem moro tree ly a?.-.'-eaible to poDr.color-d -.tik'en s j Under the present .institution of the fund he specially wishes that neither the principal nor income be expende.it j io. U.'.-l ^^^I^^M^^^I^.. p at p O ? e > tive investment for income. An Allegory, ....._ -?- I A lawyer, an enthusiastic admirei of the late Thomas J. Crittenden, o? Kentucky, contributes to the Spring field Republican an anecdote illus trating his extraordinary power over ajuiy: Mr. Crittenden was engaged in de fending a man who bad been* indicter for a capitil mi'-mee. Alibi-au elah ovate and poweiiul defense he closed his effort by the following .?triking an?! beautiful allegory: "When God, in His eternal conn sel, conceived the thought of man's creation, He called to Him the three ministers who waitj constantly upon His throne-Justice, Tnill?Hr.d Mer cy-an?! thus addressed them: "Shall we make man ?" "Then said Justice, '0 God ' make him not. for he will trample upon Thy laws.' Truth made answer also, '0 God ! moke bira not; for he will pollute Thy sanctuaries.' "But Mercy dropping upon her kusee, and looking up through her tears, exclaimed, '0 God ! make him; ] will watch over him aud surround him with my ctre through all the dark paths which he may have to tread.' The:: God made man, and said to him, '0 mani thou art the (diild of Mercy; go and deal with thy brother..' " The juiy, when he Opjshed was in tears, and against evidence, and what must have beeu their owiuonvioiiot.;; brought in a speedy verdict. of not guilty. Anderson Intelligencer : The pros pect for the fcitnation of an indepen dent; party in South Carolina is grow ing beautifully less every day. Our people fully realize the fact that there are but two parties iu South Caroli-I na, and that all efforts to divide the Democracy are in the direct interest of the Republican party. Any man j other than a .fanatic is obliged to see that it ia a political impossibility to. defeat a majority party by dividing ? up the minority. ' CiN'.'iNNAU, April lO.-Mte. S. J. Gray, colored, wifeo! Rev. S. J Gray of L?xingtou, Ky.; who, through her hiifibaud, sued the Cincinnati South ern Railroad Company for refusing her admittance to the ladies' car on o fi;tstylxjfkliehet last August, and pM> ed the damages at $50,000? WhB awarded J, verdict ol one thousand dolhtrs in the United Stat a Clint this morning. -' .--. -i-<BU- f- ?. ? J-un e 0'Urion, aged 1$ w^rti m idigued in the Jefferson Market po lice Court, in New York, oa Tuesday, on a i lurga of hiving robbed a gu-fit's room in the StnidcYant House of $3,000, while employed there as chambermaid, fell dead from shame and mortification, after denying the charge. Phrases About Woman, Wi inkles disfigure a. woman-. Ifflf than ii! n.-til re - Dn pu v. ' Woman is nu idol that man -wor ships until he throw? it dow/n. Women love always; when earth ! slip? from 'fhera they take 'refuge in \ .1 '??tl* I heaven. . The whisper of a beautiful woman-* cm be heard further than the loudest call of duty. There is no torture that a. woman 4 would not suffer ho enhance her beauty. -~ . Of all things that man possesses, woinen alone take^pleasure in being possessed.-Malherbe. Before promieing a woman to love only her, one should have seen them all, or should see only her.-Dupuy. We meet in society.mat-.y beautiful . and attractive women v.'Lom we think would make excellent wives-lor our friends. We censure the inconstancy, of wo-, Ii men when we are . the victims; we i lind it very charming when we are.. the objects.-D?snoyera. Woman among savages is a beast ot burden; in Asia she is a piece ol' furniture; in Europe she is a spoiled child.-Senac de Milhan. The. highest mark of esteem a We rnau can give a man is to s*k hi* * friendship; and' thc moat signal proof of her indifference is to offer him hers. It is not easy to be a widow;'oner must r?assume all the modesty of* girlhood, without being allowed to ' feign its ignorance.:- Madame de Gir ardiu,' ./ff* "~a-?*. Men are so fearful of wounding a woman's vanity that th?-y rarely re j merabev that she:may by some poesi I bility pofisess a grain of common ?sense.-Miss Braddon. I! At twenty, man is less a lover of woman than ot women; he is more iii leve with the sex than with the.indi vidual, howe\er charming j-he may ba.-R?tif de la Bretonne. Women of the world never us? harsh expressions wh. n condemning-; their rivais. Like the' savage^ they buri elegant arrows, qrnamens*d . wit h feathers of purple and aaure, but . with'poisoned, pointe.-From the Pa- . lisian.' - _^ ti fO ...?t>. Senator Butler is in favor of redw ing the area of the counties; and sug gests that if an extra session of the Legislature should be called to re-dis tri'ct the State, the matter of smaller counties might be considered at that session also. He says: In my opinion veryjnany counties of the State are too large. Ever' ?ince 1870 I have favored a division o! the larger counties, and I now think that great good would result to all parties from a judicious subdi vision of many of them. My obser vation has been that the smaller counties are better governed,- the roads schools bridges, and the poor are better looked after and taken care of and that the. people are more ready to discbarge their public du ties. Besides that, it would multiply, churches school-houses and centres. There is btu one objection to these subdivisions, the expense of erecting public buildings, and 1 believe in all cases the people to be benefited by the change would readily undergo the additional expense. Mr. Wm. E Jacksou, the veteran . president of the Augusta factory? said : "Fairly managed, cotton facto?, ries in Augusta will pay belter and surer dividends than any business I know of. Wo have a clear and in disputable advantage of one cent per pound over the New England milla. No matter how close they may work, lit y cannot wipe out ti i ff< i?-v. ? -consequently, as long as New Eng* land can turn a wheel; we can pree ner and pay dividends, Thia lute been shown so clearly that we csa command all tbs capital we want." American cheese occupies a prom inent place in the English markets* People in this country do not seem to properly appreciate th 3 value of cheese as a food. Milk is known a* a high quality of food. lu making cheese we simply coagulate the nu tritions portions of the milk. One ounce of cheese contai us nutritive qualities about equal with a pint bf milk, and one pint of the latter is reckoned as equivalent in nourish ment to a mutton chop. In the bright autumal days the temptation to comfortable exposure yields its truite tu a moot pernicious cough and irritation of the throat* ? Dr. lin!l's Cough Syrup stands onri* . vtiled ai a remedy for throat and . um/ d!?e<.?e. i-? cents a bottle. Akanta ?>>w eau irnwoH fortune Out?. iu A,inn flji?j?iil im'. Kur foll ptvrtiou lai*? ito-.iiu.-.i ri. O. Uidauut & Co, 1? !B?relny,Mreta, New York, nov 17-iv. ?1 Kcrinivm ?' i'cniii/ers : \ . 1 have on hand for sale tho following ' g ian??: Pciiathico, Acid Phosphate,. Di? s ?Ived Hones, Kanni or German Pottmb w j Thanking my friends for past favors ami' begging a continuance of the same, ! Respectiuliy, J.D. ROPER, I Feblo?tf Trenton, tiC,