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THlE H E'O ALD0avr.w 18 PUBLISHED Advertisemnts Inserted at the rate of $1.60 EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, n b At Newberry 06 1a,r rediu lThios, F, & R. H. Gron~oke'll techIoIqsI oglclwu2 et Editors and Proprietors. Se n one o1 e k on e de $Specieale tract y.ep ith le dve InvaTiably in Advance. . ts t era edtio on abo ra U Tho apor IR sto ped at the expiration of -- Vol. VIII. WEDNESDAY MORNING, 1, 1 No. 1one i -or i -- y - --- - .. T r Ca OFFICIAL. Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the General As sembly of South Carolina Regular Session, 1871 and 1872, AN ACT T o AMEND AN ATU'T ENTITL ED Will '"AN ACT To RENEW AND AMEND TIlE 1e 1 IlARTER OF TIlE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT." SECT1oN 1. 1o it enacted by tho Senate aid IHutse of Represonia tives of the State of South Caroli na, now Iuet and sittingt in Geno. rail Assembly, and by tho authori ty of the same: That the said Town Council Shall have power to borrow lolley for the public use of the cor Jora tion, by issuiticg, from timo to tno1, ats occasionl may require, the bonds of said corporation, bearing inter est ait II rate njot exceedilr tol per contum per annum, to be paid semi-annually, for anl amount not to exceed the si n of two thous and (ollars ; and for the laym1eit of* tho interest, anld the ultimato redemption of tie principal, ac F. cording to tile terms of tile loan, tle said Corporation all, at adll times, be liable : Provided) That .ho private property of' tile inhab , itants of' said town slall be bound for tile redeiption of said loan in no other way than by the impo sition of' an annual tax, according to the provisions of this Aot. SEc. 2. 1hItt thie CorIorat. lim its of tle town of Mo1at leasant be), and the saM0 is lereby, OX. tended by continuing tile Eastern li10 of Bounlid.1ay-stieet Nor'th1 wardly to Shem11 Creek, from which point, the said c'evk, and the wa ters of Charleston barbor, shall be the boundar.y. SE!. 3. 'Plat the Town Council of' Mount Ileasant .hall have pow er to impose and collect an aniial tax upon tihe assessed property of' said town: Provided, No tax shall be imposed ian anay ono year to ex coed tile rate of fifty cents Oil onela hutndred dollas of such assessed property ; and that tlie monoy so raised shall be applied to the use of tho said town. 1'he said Town Council shall have the power to enforco tle paymient of all taxes levied by the said Town Council, to the salie exteit, and in the samec manne as is now, or1 here after shall be provided by la. for the collection of tihe general State taxes. SE. 4. All Acts and parts of Acts, inconsi-tent with the pro visions of' this Act, are hereby re peled. Approved alarch 12, 1872. AN ACT TO sVPPLY THEl, DEeI ENCY IN TiE APPROIPIIArioN FOa TIfE SUPiORT AND MAINTENANCE OF FEIEE si'laIOLS FOl TilE 1iSCALi YEAH, ENIN(lu KIToilEt I1, 1871. S;icrioN 1. lIn it enacted by tie Seniiate and11 Houtse of' I ?eptresenmta tivecs of the State of' South Ca(zaOo lia. tnow mtet aind sittingr ina Goe ral Asseambly, antd by the author'i ty of' tho samo: '.hat the stat of' sevenmty-five thoui dosa tlhu-Ol is (875,000() b e, anmd the s:nne is heraeby', fapopiatted to supply the dl2iienIcy inI tihe ap preuptriat ion for' th su)11ppor't antd malinitenace of' Fraee Coanon Schtools for' thle fiscal year' etading Octobetr 31, 1871. SEc. 2. T1hiat Ceh of' the sever'al countt ies of' thiis State shallih bei en titled to roccOivo fraomu said defi ci,encuy 1aopriaiiion such11 a1 811il of' mnony as is equal to the exaict deficiency existing in thle Freco School Fund 11(5of said count1 y, lot' thec fiseal yeart eniding (.ctober :31, 1871, and1( no mor'e. Sse. 3. Tht thle State Super'in tendenit of' .lAitucation), upon01 hiis r'e ceipt, of' aim official statemaentI, signled by the County Sebaool Corn mllisst) ion' and ( Con t.1 Treasurerca of' any County, antd shlowing tihe deficionecy existitng in time Fraee School lRunds(1 of' said Couanty, for' the fiscal year endcintg OJctober 31, 1871, shlalI, if' ime 1aove said state m1o1nt, issue ani ord(er' in f'avor of' lie Coun ty iTreasur aer of the Coun - ty afor'esaid, paylYIe from thao alp. 'r propr'iationimado by Setion 1 of' ry this Act, for aL suam of' moiney equal tot.o eleine shlown by tile ,a a1foresaid stalte tY.ont. uii . 'SE. 4. Thiait, no par't of tile ap.) rf jropriation crea?ted by Sectionl 1 oss'1Y . his Act, shall bo dlisburlsed1 by cuarewth4 W ll6t.er of' the Stato SnuDoai nton piicng "tit Ed ucationi, at 01 slmallI the curtaiiin,l a 011 uri ton O ll p r mi;3 ay b, inay cuiro ,0 9 ty, aii ramlically3. aniy 0ot,bo purp) 'loso TIs Lecture114 shoh A i bV the t.orms1 of senlt. under sc ~ial, in a pta anyW aadaressa, postpa;id,1 a' ils Act shiall be nits, or' two po11st stumpsl~. Also. I)>r. ('alverwen's 1151 Ac t, an d shall price '25 cets. dli ately3. AdIJres.th publisher reb 1:3, 1872. t1?7 flo' E(11ce Ilox 41,55Ii Oi PORLA''E TPilE SU M 1k o i.r ;;e t ll o (.ea ctedv. by -::,.T the St ateo of' South L. iihi General Assembly, and by the au thority of the saie : That FranliDh J. Moses, Jr., Sam1ul Leo, '.. 1. Johnson, A. L. Singleton, J. N. Corbett, W. J. Androws, togethelr with such oth1 Or1 persoll or persOnls, its ale no%w, o1 may hereafter be, associated with them, shall be, and they are hereby, constituted and mado a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "The Sumter Academical Society," with power to sue and be sued, to plead and be imipleaded, to possess and hold, subject to former grants, eseheat ed and other property within tihe Countty of Sumter, to an namount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. SEc. 2. That all the property he-tofore vested in the Trustees of '"Tho SIuter Academical Socio ty," incorporated by an Act eniti tLIed "Ani Act to iicorJora1t0 CCr taiin Comxpanies and Societies," passed on the twentieth day of December, A. D., 1837, be, and tile same is hereby, vested in the in corporators named in this Act,anld such incorporators shall be doeied and held in law to be the proper and leral successors of such for Icr Trustees. SE!. 3. That the corporaLors of the said Sunter Acadenical Soci ety, n,uuned in the tirst, section of this Act be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered for the benefit of the Society herein incor poraLted, and for ino other purpose, to exchango the lot of laud which was conveyed by the late J. B. M iller, to certain Trusles for ed uicational pulr-poses, of' whoim F. J. Moses, S., is tho Survivor : Pro ridrd, That the condition of the exchange shall be, that a lot of tihe samle size, within the corpo rate limits of' the town of Sixlint-' shall be given, and a fram house of equal capacity of the A cadcmv lately destroyed by fire, complete ly friIlisied with desks and seats, shall be erected thereon, subject, to tlie acceptance of, tho afloremiuxen. tioned corporators. SEc. 4. This Act to be and to remain in full forice intil repealed. Approved March 13, 1872. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT) ENTIT LED "AN ACT To URANT, RENEW AND AMEND TS, CIHAaTER OF CERTAIN TOWNS AND VILLAES TIEREIN MENTIONED)." APPROVED MARCH! 9, 1871. SEcTION 1. Be it Cacted by the Senato and House of' Representa tives, of' the State of' South Carloli na, now Imet and sitting in (ene ral Assembly, and by the authori ty of' the same: That tle provision inl Section ninety-seven (97) o lthe said Act be, and the same is hereby, amiend ed so as to read as f wollows "That the owners of' lands Over which such strect or stl eets may pas shall be duly compensated by the said Town Council." Svc. 2. That in case the Coun ci! and land ow ners can not agree upon01 the amou nt of such comxpon sation, the same shall bo asecr tain ed by thro'o comminissionors, to be appointed, one by the Town~ Town' Counil, one by the land ow ner, and the L hirud by the Boaxd of' Counnty Commxuissioner's for OJr angebr')u'rg Cjounty : Proride(d, That ei their par'ty may appeal fr'on. such aLsssment to the Cion"t of' (Cm mcin Pleas, w ho shall su binit the issue of value to a jnry :And, pro xided, f'urther, that the assessmencixt agr'eed on, whether' by the afbroe saidl Coinimission ers or by the juriy, shall be xrecor'ded in thme office of Reg,ismter of Mesnoe Conv'eyance for the aforesaid county of Or'ango bur 1g. A lp proved( Mairch 13, 1872. AN ACT TO AMENU AN ACT ENTi' TLED "AN ACT 'To EsTiAJ1FIslI A coUNTY IFRoM PoRiTioNs' OF' TilE (C(lUNTlIEs 01' nmARiNwELL, ElsiE liUilo, T10 lE KNow'N As AlIKEN coUNTiY."' Si:c'iloN 1. Uc it cnactedl by the Satt and House of Reopreoenta tives of the State of' Souxth Caroli na, now met and sitting iin Gcne r-al Assembly, and by the author'i ty of' the same: Tlhat Section 5th, of an Act en titled "An) Act to establish :t new J udicial and Electioni County from por'tions of thme Counicis of' IIarn well, Edgefield, Lexi ngton an11d Or'angeburg, to be k no wn as A ikon Coun ty,'' be amendcedi by str'i k ing out all after' the word( ''the," in the secondl line, and i nsor'ting "Couin ties of' Aiken, Bar'nwell, Edgefield, Lex ingtoni and( O-rngobur ig, shall be as follows in the House of Roep r'esentatives: Aiken, four' memnbers; Bar'nwell, four'; 1Adgefieldl, five; Lexinigton, two; anid Or'angoburg, five." A pprnoved Mar'ch 12, 1872. Jo! NT RtElsolfETI'ON A UTiIORIZINil TI! E HT'ATiE ilEASUl tR To) P'AY TliIE iow o sMMllEL MNT WVhiereasi, Sum imerficldl Monti County, did during t0e last quart ter of' the fiscal year, and the sala1 ry of such Auditor being unpaid therefore, Be it Rosolved by the Seiote and House of .Representative of' the State of South Carolina, nlow met and sitain'g in (eunera Assembly, anild by the authority of the same Tiat the State Trieasurer is hereby aut.horized anld requlired to pay to the widow of Summerfield Montgomery, the salary of such Auditor for the last quarter of the fiscal year, amointing to two hun dred and fifty dollars, alnd that Ier reccipt shall bo a fiull and slf ficient vouchier for the pay mient of said sum. Approved March 9, 1872. From theNew York Nutio. [Republican. Tibe Stateof the South. Thlo ildolent OXcutsc for ouri fiail-. ur to understand the condition of the South is that nobody ean very aeclrately comproedhe it Who has not beeml there to see for himself Witi regard to trouibles of a social clia'acter, this excuse is valid ; but thrlc are sole plail statistical facts I'ecetly bronht to light and published wiebd i t is our duty to recognize and coifiont. WO imu1st acktOWle(go that the Condition of' the Soultih fro) al most evory point of' view is ex trolmely wrcted. The proper.1ty of tle elevenl States in 18 t0, ex clusive of slaves, was valud at 2,728,825,00G. A t the eid of t he war their increased liabilit es ai loss, exclusive ofslaves, was vallud at $1,272,900,290, iearly one-half the assessed valueo of the ir proper ty at the begiiininin of the wa'. This, however, was only the State loss. Secretary Belknap fixes the rbel debt, on the 1st of' A pril, 1865, at, $2,315,297,823. This esti mate would make the total loss of the rebollions States by the war $5,2G2,303,554. This sum, it will be ,een, is about twv ice t he assessed value of' all Southern property in 1860, exclusive of' slaves. Five-cights of Southern property is gone, and the taxes upon tlh'e remaiilder are four times that upon the original property before the war. How iiuch of tle money Vrung from this impoverished co.untry is cxponded upon publiv improvements, it is diffict to tell; but it is likely that most. of it, and certain that much of it., goes to feed the vulgar and rapacious 1ro gues who rob and rule a people hol)leSS aind itterly exhausted. With the exception of Virginia and Telnnessee, the debts of' all the States have been increased since tle end of' tle war. The near neighborhood of those coi m1untities to the Ohio may have had some influence in driviNIg rogues fuirither South. Tli real reason, however, is the compara tive fnynesqs of the negroes. The debt of Alabama itn 1SO wias $5,000,000 ;under the rubI of the enilighi tonied and disiniterested econ omists who have uncdertakeni to rep)air ho" finances, that debt has been increased to $24,000, 000. In North C'arolinia (lhe new gov ornmenlflt was estabhlied in 1863. In 1860, the Stato debt was 81 1, t00,000 ; in 18G5. 820,000,000) ; in 1 868, 824,000,000) ; a nid i n 187 1, $34,000,000. Th us ihe inIcrease of' (lobt, since thle war hias been more than twice the inicrease duing the war, which looks as if war were a checaper' anid miore0 prtosperous con dlit ion t han pIeace. A t, any rat o, reconistrteotionl seemsI to be morally) a more disastrous pr'ocess than rebellion. (Guile is t he strength oft lie weak, and the carpet-bag gers have taught t.he Sonuthern poo plc to meet rogues with triekery. The Khu-lhux Conmmittee, comn mtin gu1ponitheir drieadfuilpav~erty at, the close of' tho war, says thant man i festly they must have at on1ce succum111bedl undler theiru loss of 85, 000,000,000 had it not, heel) for' the beniefactioncs ol (lie NorthI. It states that the l''reedmen O's Bur ieaui has spen)0t $1 3,000),000t u pon Son t hi ern)81 sulYeors of' both colors. This dioes nlot, seem a conlsider'able sum11 when we think that, the iicreased decbt, sinieo the wvar in Nor'th Car'olina has been $14,000, 000. Certaintly our' c harities ha~ve dono less good thani our1 carpet. bagger's have dlone dlamiago. The thieory, of' COurse', 1s that somo1 thing remains fr'om the einoos slims r'aised by taxationi, t hat they have been expjonded( up~on necodt in Nort.h CJarolinta, it wvas alleged, the lar'go subsidies given to rail r'oads would Coiurage imml iiigra-t tion). T1horoe has beon 11o immi gration, hioweer; the bonlds have been sold1 att ia dlisadvantage ;'om of tho money hlas been .stoleni, and a few of' thle rogues have boon in dhicted. It is impossible to say Ihow much of' the suims raisedl r main to the States. Tho car'pet baggers hiave hlad it pre.tty? much toeirown way. if' they eboso orb,there' w~as nothinfg to prio venlt them. (ivo men a chance to be tyran1lts or' scampsf', and thiero is no0 feari that some wvill not be fo>und who will avail thomnselvos of it. Ili'. in New Vom.kr mvhm.' we have all the rascals and all the pitlnderers within a radius cf fivo miles, we know how long we have been in bringiig the Ring to bay. The carpet-baggers have an im iense extent of' country to rifle; they do not buy tihe Legislatuies, they constitute them ; they enact their own registration acts and vote their own stupplies. Tle por sons they rob are not of that apat,betic and well-to-do Class too indilYer-ent to go to the polls, bit. people who could not go if' they would. All accounts agree as to the wides4pread misery and penury. In 3Mii,issippi, a large planter testified that it took all his cotton for the year 1871 to pay hi., taxes. It is South Carolina, however, that enjoys the uniioviable omi nCeIC of being the worst-robbed State of, the whole eleven. I n the single c ounty of' Kersihaw, pos e5C51i a1 It popilat ioln ofony13' 11,000, there were 3,t;00 tax-execitionls issted. The taxattion during 1870, $23i5,047. was more than the wI hole t axat ion on double the property for live years befonre theo War. In or'der to chan11ge the fiscal year, they proposed to loul b)e thi, and, in 1871, to IV,y i tax of 84,730,094; whether thi is law was executOd we do not kn1ow, but the fact rem11ainls tha t it wa.s ('1nacted. Peculation and coi1rrup tioln are as unversal as poverlty and distrosts. In 1860), South (Carolinla paid for offices and Sa1a ries, $123,800, inl 1871, t he State 0XpeIded on these 8581,(40. In1 two years, 81,208.577.67 linve been paid out for whicb no Vouchers are to be foid in the Treasury. .\ecording to the miiority report of' the Ku Klux Comilitce, the disbursenicits exceed the appiro J)priatiolns by U170,683. This report, thouil spoiled by sole rather low allusions to "'ebo ny legislator,," "men and bro t hers," &(:." brigs to light some amu111silng fiacts. Money Voted, with which to fit ill) coniti(tee rooms, has been expended on private apartmenits of the colored m1eIbrCIs of' the Legislatures. Their rooms were furl-nished with Brussels carpets, sofas, mirirors, &c. A bout seventy.five imported porcelainl spittoonvi, bought for the South Carolina State House, likewise adorned their private apartments. This fact seemed to affect, the Democratic minority of the committee even more pro f'ounlly than the vast robberies anC excessivO taxat.ions. They remarik, with rgged, Spart16i simplicity, that they themselves, in "the splendid k'_!apital of' tle Nation," had never had anything but "an article of common, plain, brown carthenlwarc, of, domestic In tin IuI facti Ie." 'Ihlis strikillg dis parity between fortune and desert does not excite Ill us anly flecling ot'illdiigniationl igailst th 11n9egroes. Einer-ging firom1 a long.! night of' sLaVer1y and cruel bondage, w1ho ecan grud ge them their fauntastic leaso of' liberty andI luuy ? Dlid i10t grav'er coinsider'ations check uIs, our1 hutmor' wouild be to v'ote themll St ate bar'beirs and the most ItIitlihtfCuI of' orie ntal bath s. We Isuisp ect, the truthf to be that in the (list ribiution of' spoils the poor1 A fricain gets thle gilt and1( plush, thie porcelain spittoo ns, the bar' harlie uipholst.cry, wi'leI thle aistuntor (Cancnsiani clinzgs to the solider anid moro10duirablo advaiitages. Th'le negroes by themselves woul be but, little to be feared ; yet ini thie hands of' the carpet-baggers, thiay hav'e beein the unwitt,iig in strumenwts3 of' most of' thle hairm hat has been done. The swin dIIirs conh n( iot have so gt, the contirol of' thiin gs without thle help of the negirocs. Thei y have made linmericallyv the largest part of the coinvenitionls anid Ljogisl atu res in Hou t hi Cartolina.i Ti he conv ~enitioni of 18438, whiebcl direw up a State ~oni stituitioni, wais !ompose05d of' sev.en ty-two negroes and1( f'orty-tiino whi lte mien. 'fhis conven tioii mado pisio n 81 foi' .a levy of'62,230,950 upon01 the State, which would ne cessitate taxation at the rate of six per cent. ; yct, but, thirteon of' the .seveni ty-two neogrioes p)aid taxes. Ini the Legislature of' 1869 there were twelve black and twvonty whbite Senators; eight of thle twelve black Seiiators paid no taxes. In the .10ouso thorio were eighty-six black aind thirity-seven whiit.o mem' bors ; sixty-eight of' tho eighty-six black meimber's paid nto taxes. As things are at pr'esen)t thor'o seems to bo no limit to the power of the carpet-baggers to p)1 luner the Sout,h as they choose. The only ray of' hope is ini the passage of' an act, of uniiversali amnesty. We Ihave given the negr'o the ballot t.o priotcCt himi agai nst his old1 miater'; wo need now to give the wite citiz.en the vote to priotect him aigai nst the carplet bagger. Seven years have gone over uis siince the close of' the war', and,. in steadh of occup~ying this precious season w ih endeavors to ire-estaib lishi prosperity and to sow the seedls of' a peace wth ichi, inl aniotheri grenerntioin won,d innpn in to oo will and forgetfiiness, wo lave avorted our. 0yes from the whole problem, refused to listen to the complaints of' mon i whoso hands we have tied, aid F31iion back up on the lazy belief' that inl soi way this great country is bound to go throll-11. The 1un1coliscioils sylogism working inl the indolent Noritiern mind scoms to bo Things arO no doubt, very bad how bad, wo haven't the time or ilinlitioln to ascertain. 4.xamiii. nation of* such pieasant matters, if a duIIIy att all, is a disagrecablo er1. AfIer all1, the rebels have made their own bed, and they must lio in it." Perhaps their sufferings are on1ly3 the just puli ishimenit, of' their crimes ; but at aN rate, there can bo no reason for givinrg over thu Criminals into tLie hands of tihe carpt-iagogers. What services have theso per sorns rendered the Cointry that, we( shiouldt grant thlom the mionIop)o ly of 'robbiigi rebcls ? It would be better to levy tributo c-monoy, and get, som1e n0atioinal adVaitage from11 the morciloss exactions iflicted upoln tihe Soithern peoplo. Let Its i'.ke lup or minds on way or the othor-do VO or (10 we not piropotc furtJher to punish the reel States flor their rebel lion ? I' wO do, let us at 01nce PIOCoCd to dOvisu some1 inl telligent, imean1tis For that puilposo. If' wo do niot, let us make hasto to protect society from the rava ges of' ignoirce and rapacity, or give sociotY the ilean111s to )rotect itself. We thought it worth for year's of war to retainir the Sou1th ern States inl t.he Union ; now we harNdly deem it worth aln act of Congress to preserve them. Judge Bryan and Mr. Mlls. In the proceedings of the U. States CoUrt, on the 8th inst.anrt, Mr. Thos. S. Mills, of' Chester,who was closely questioned by Majors Merrill and Corbinl, and excused as a hjror by Jud(l.'ge Bond, ad dressed the Cour:t inl his own be half, begging to be excused from s0rving as a jror under any cir V11um1.staances, elicited the following r1em1iar'k.s foi Judgo 1r1yan : ".1 think it necessary to give my judgment of the matter, irre spective of' tire wish of tire Juror. I am satisfied, from the oath talc eli, arid fromi tie evident, candor and highr clharact,cr of tihe juror, that he has not, in any way or sha1e, 111 aY complicity with or symp,athy for the Ku Klux. Tihe ground of exclusion is inldicated in tihe oath. le must have known of the comlibination Or conspiiracy, to aVe aCtCed Or co-oI)erated withi or advised them. His conduct at Chester scem"s to me to have been in tire interest of' peace and not oppression ; to avoid Strif and Iot to make war'; to promote tire pniblic good anld tie interests of' those Ve'y Color-ed people and not (t injure or oppress theim ; anld I say this fromr a sense of diuty with onut tire in ten tion of' or desirie to insist inpon iris servinrg as a jur ior. If'all t he intelligent mren <of' tihe State are to be excided on these grounrds, they are uinjurstly excilu died f'rorr tire jrrry box, arid tire citizen will not be scered in tire righrts to whrichr lhe is enititled. If' I courld perceiveo any t end(ency to a symp)athry with tire organriza tion in tihoii jr'or, I would lbe tire firtst to r'eject him r. The Court of Claims. AN J.\PoRT'IAN 'i' ielsoi(N or iEr Tire Unriited States Surpremoi Couir't, a short t imou sinrce, deliv ered a (decisiorn in whrich tire fol lowirrg passage occurs: "We hravo recently helid, in tire c'ase of' tire Unritedl States vs. K loin, that. p)airdon, granitedl irpen condi toons, blots onut tire offence, if' pr'oof' is miade of' cormpl1iarrce with tihe condi(itionrs; arid that tire persons so pardorned is entiitted t.o tire re stor'ation of Lire pr'oceeds of' cap tur'ed or abandoned )pfrerty, if' suli t be broirghrt witin 'two years af'ter tire supp)Irecssionr of' the r'ebei l ioir.' Thre pr'oclarmation of' tire 25thi of I )ecermber grarnted pridorn servationi. Tis was a pirblie act of wich arl Ol or'ts of thre Uniited States aroe bound to take niot.ice, aird to whiiici all courits areoei riud to give eff'ect. Thre claim of' tire potitionrer was p)r'efeirred witini t.wo years. TIro Cou r't of' Clh ris, thorr'of'ore, crried in riot givinrg tire pretitionrr' tiher enlit of' tire pro "it,s jrudgmnet mrust he r'ev'ersed, withi dir'ectionrs to prioceed in corr fonrmity with tis opinion."' Tis is tire decisiorr under whrichr tire Courrt of' Clauim.' has dlecidled favorably upon a rrimber' of claims frorm tire Sonuth na 'oor'ted ini tire telegr'ams of' yesterdtay. A ni at. ternpJt w~as made by the Serrate to flair k this decision by liminirg tire ~juriisdlictionr of tire Cour'tof'iaimirs, hut it seems to hrave filied. One of' those tirhigs ire fe'llow can find oirt--a good linifhrl( ante. 1i a ri.. The Geneva Board. A Frank and Open Statement 0 1aets.--Tho Great Arbitation Synopsis of I he CounteI-C8ase a The folIlowing is a sylnopsis 0 thle counter Statement presolnter at Geneva on tho part of' Grew Britain : Part, first begins by nllnoulnlicilnp thiat to tile Amlierican impuitittior of hostilo motives and inisincer neutraiity no reply whatover wil be offered. England distinct.ly re fusos to enter into a discussion o thoso insilnuationls,because it w6ud bo inconsistent with her serlre. Spect, irrelevent. to the mai itss< and tend to inlfliimle Coltl-oversy 1nlan1,1d's govolrning4 desire is tu fulil, evell exceed hier. inturiali tionaill dilties. Nor. will anyii relo relce be m1ade1 to the cilims foi indirect (ama111ges, as correspon doco wvitl regri'd to them is pond ing between ngland and thoUni ted States. Eugland aissumos that the claillis are limited to losses by the Alabamia, Floridila, (Georgihl and Shenandoalh, but does not ob joet, of' the introductioi ol nine other rebel cruisers added to tho list. None of these vessols had previously been mentioned. No atwird is possible for the dopredt-a tions of' the Boston and Sallie which are in) the list not menl1 tioled elsewhilero inl the catse of the Unit.ed States, alnd w 'e3 prjo bably ilndvertently included. The board of arbitrat,ors is reminded that its coiclusioi must be formedl on proofs,not illogations, and that the evidenco must bo slited. Th stacmeits of A mer1110ican:1i consul lre cedible when Imde inl regard to faclets within their personal knowiiedgo ; but they arc unrelia ble ihen l ling with rumors. The consuls of the American Gov. crinment, zealous to indiscretioi shared tiio irritability generated Iy tho w Iir, ad elroneous Views OlullghOUt, th 8'tirugglo COlOreUd their r eports. *E'nlgland rejects it ovidenco the paperl.8 ca1ptir-Od oil the Ros-imoid, their authors bo ing uk1illown. ParL second dealsa with thoAmo. rican argument, disputes the pro positions t hlt t leltrul power iF bound, lit the request of at beligo ran11t, to ollforce tho mIlunicipai laws and add to thom if they ar insiflicieit. It admits that, repa ration is duo fior apiPpreciable iiijlI rY resuiting from Ia clear' viola tion of' interniational duty, but i6 unable to attach distinct ieaiin, to somne of the twelve propost tions of the American enso, and demiirs to the exceptionally rigo r011s 1pplicitioln made of' thesc proposition.s to Englid. It urge that,t at the time of' th Conlf'ode r.atI wiar tile mr01.o 81110 aili deiv ery of a vessol a1dhapted for wiar, t< ia bcligerint was not iL violation o the treaty. Nevertlldess, on thi: poiit. it accepts tho rules of th( 'I'lcity of Wa-shingtotl, not iitL 11h0 ovor-strainod constiructin pu1 upjor. themli by theO United StaLtes but1, ac(cordinig to thirI ob)vious pur p)ort. It r'ogrets thaIt the Uniitet States should1( str'ain thlo initer'pre taition) of theOso rles10 to the uitt.r 11n0st, instead of atcceptinhg them i) IL fair and reaonabIiLIlo sense. I arigues5 tht E'nglanid wvas bonum t,o r'eceiv,e tihe A ilbama as sil< wonuld a vessel of' wiar of' any) sov' Orign 1)power~~, and1( coniciludes bj quoting from Ortlan1, tile emi no011t Frienchel anlthorPity Oil illter1 nlatonlial law, to sho0w thait thi pin ipleiis for' wichi the Unite<I States c01ntend w'Oro neilver beOr<1' seiiouisly asseritedl orI rOcogn)izet( inliI Europe 0or A mlCeic. Parti third tr'eats of tile pr'ceC (lent s aLdvanlced ini the Amiiericol case0, atnd reies there'to) wi tI OthlerIS such as th1eiiI f )iluter'inig attcks of' Lopez on Cubha, an< Wialk 10'onl Mexico and1 Centr'a A 111eri ca, and1( thie Fe ni an r'aids 01 Caniadau. I [istory onis su1 81bjee is the0 histor'y of' unlaIwful Ieiltel' prIises or'iginlatinlg inl A mieica, am11 with A mor01ican1 cit,izen:s. TJ he A me.. r'ican pr1iitelrs haIveJ fr'om LimiO t< tim harrassodl1150( En gland, Spain Por'tugal , Mexico, Cenitral Amei ca, CuIbaL andl Canada. ParLit fourlth consider's theO va ius complaints1)1 madLIo of' traifIic ii muitiions of' war' withi thio South blockado(1( ri'n11rg by Bitishl sh1ips ParLlt fifth gives theo hiistor'y o the cruises of the Sumter an< Nashlviille, anId comlplalins of' beOini gard'( to whiichl t.ilo solo dhiflicl tj is to treat, them as8 sr'iouIs. ParL sixth gives an ac'coiint o to show(li thiat the( I imo( I whie 0Ilpsed beOtweenl Mr. Adam111's apl p)iltioni andIl the Alabama's deC parlturie wais too shiort to jus5tif) the charigo of' negl igence, aml claims11 that, in) thiis reCspctL, EnIg land can11not he chlarged withi any faihlurei of' duiity. Part soveInth is devoted to til< hlistor'y of' the Shenandoah ant Georgia. P.ar't eigh)th relates to other1'vos sels, andc r'onudIaLtos the roananai bility of1 (Gr-01at Britain for their f aIt nIinth treats of' tle recep. tioni of rebel cruisers in British I' ports, and seeks to defrend the con. duac of' Gi'reaL B>ritain by compair. f in, it with thai of' other Iations. I 'art tenth, uafter irecapitulating th0 facts and arguments of* the preceding parts, declares the claim lor interest on th l daitmages fo July 1st, 1873, Iunteniable. The a losses which tho arbitrators maty Itako into accontt, aro, at the ut -:1most, those directly arising frm Sthe Captuir0 and dchtrlction of' ships and propertv. Af'ter ( escribintg thil situtioni anxiety and ilnsecurl-ity in1 whichl neutrals woild be placed inl time of war, shouild the loei ciIes pro senlted ini the Aibricail caso as to their duties previll, th Counter CasO coienludes with tho expres sion of a hope that a frank, open statement of the iets will effee. tually removo overv iniisudor. standing bet,ween natIons allied by i-11anume1crablo ties. ('oM mEFx-rs ort-ru '.Ia1:s The Tiies describs the Iril-sh couniltea, case as Couched in a gravu i and slatesmanilike spirit,while the e Amorican caso reads like aia advo catu's spuecb to a jury in at trial of' assatII aid battery. -England'm reply is lik the Iteralnce of' a - judge. The daily telegraph says : "Thlo c A mericas, sttdying with unpar- 11 tiality otur counter case, will liid 1 reason to fearI not only For their 1i indirect clainls, bit Cor' sonlicthinag I m1ore. .installce 1poit inlst.anco ol t over-st,atient aiad inconsistenlev is brought against them until tirll C great Fabric of laborious ingenity trembles to its fioundationi." c Gov. Palmar's Lotter. (Gove-n 11o h M. J A t Palner, of' I llinaois, has writtenl it letter inl ex planation of his declininlir to pea' Imiit his name to be tased hZi're the regillar Iepublicanl State Conven tiona For re-numinationl. Tlat Cona venationi, lhe says,vill be controlled to socro tho re-nomialittion and Clection of' President G'rant, aid "I do not believePresidentra should be renoini ated by tle r.o publican party, aid will not say so. * * * * * As all whV(o alO familiar with mlay opilions kIow, I believe thaaIt aill r'ef'orms aid improvellents inl tihe direc tion indicated imuast, beginl ill tle Stato ; and tle first step towaId stcess must, be to w%ina back to the goverinient of' ,hl Stat,es, the cuallidence Iniad afectiona of tlIa people. No mali Ieed expect rC formls in tile admilis'rationl of' tl -Pederal G"overn meint nitil the peo plo assume ilite governm111elt of the State, and ellforce lionobt,y and good goveriienlt. Tho Presidont anid Congress are too remnoto Iom1 the pe)pIO to pay any 0egroo of' atteintioni to thiara wishies; they aaust be i mpr)essed by thlo aactiona and11( examlaple of' the Stato. - ith these viows I canot, de fond or justify3 the opiniond aictedl -aupon lby Geneal Gratnt, whnca hao -ordaeared four coimpantties of' in fantry') inito thais S tate to ntt as pol1ice, anad L,hata dictatLed hais 1iaproval of' thIae acts of' i Geeral Shertidiaa iin rago to il itary r'iil, w hereby a -)peaceablo cit izena of the Stato was untlawvfully killed. These lawless a nd dantgoous assumipt ions of' au thaor c ann('11 iotI ho def'end(1ed or apologized fora by me, whili o Ithe obliga'tionas of an oatha to saupot t,he conastitutfiona and enaf'oarce t,he laws of' i,bo Si,ato recst uplon mot. Jf thie p)owerscl ai med anda( acted u iponi by the Pr'aesidenota i i nees t i sttaces (axist in him a, thao State of' IlIIliniois is buat, a(C dea ondency of' thae governiiment at \\ ashlinagtona, atnd thae lives r'nd Ii berties of' moI peo. p)0liae su1bject to the will of the PrI'iesidentat. 'To defeind these acts of' the Pr'esidna, ito . conacdo that - the po )wer a'11 climted1 Oxists. Such aL concessiona by thae governaor' woul d bo a cimot agiais the peo ple0 of' thae State. Nor could 1, if'a cand(1iduice foi' (Governori0, say3 to the people( t hiat Proa'sidenit (Grat hlaas the iniclinaitioan anid ability to eon forco oconm n efrsi h governaamen t, nor1 will I suabm it may jaudgannant oun thaese poinits to a Cola' v'entLion tha,tV will be noinatted by. lais appoimitees andI( pattitzanis. CoinmentLing ona thais lettor' the New Y'ork 'l'ribaanae stays: "GUovern'ioirI'i Pahter might haivo enteed the Repaublican Conaven rtion, ireceaved thae inminationa, and(1 a viritually uinaanimoaus eolcton, wtit,bout anty comnpr'omiso of' hais dignity 01' his~ posiiion) ats a Ropuib lic-an. T1hae accessiona of' thais dlis Linguishaed R~epublhIicani Icador' toa LI,ho ai berial ranks unader' the cir.. cumsitanices is a subject for sincero coni gr'aitulation." ___ Is "borrowed tr'oublo" similar in its naituroe to sigh-lent gr'iOf. T1he mant who couldn't fInd his match went to bed in the dark. Thela word 'humor' can't be translateda into any othier langunge. mont of the Disease Kn'own by this Name. Wo regarid C,ho fol1lowinl" infor nation, hand1ed us by atl'id'n of great respectability, 11ow rosidig n Greenville, as too im*1portalt to )O withhold from the public. Wo lopo th papers will givo it circ :tion ; it iay bo the moan off 1aving many valuablolives. Know ig tho 801i-co whonco it conties, vo caln colitidontly ask for it tho nost serious atteu tion. Tlio ladv vo refer to, (Mrs. Lj. T. DoG.,) tales in a note, that "the romedy %*411 slt to tolio by my estoomod viol)d anidlI relative, Dr. J. J. Rob '1son,o,f Wash ington, Georgia, a1 inin of gveat inltelligence and abil tv :" "I'lh diseaso called Caro Spinal Vt11 ill (je is, is ilproporly named, J1d il6nce) tho improper creatmlonit a lilly casos. It is not infiamma on l tho membrancs of the spino0 lid brain, but, a m1ero volous col esLiti of 1(th 8pinal .dmarrow ind r1ainl. I hlavo Imlado sover1al post 1ortei examilations, anda foun id th te case in every inst ance. Tho .ymllptolms aro very ike those of 11flafinmation of lhe membratnes, I. d hilt., bit treated ats stlcl, CvCry 11w40 Will provo fatal. I havo ha'd vor ia iuildrod Caseicti ; tho fIle-st oll ca0sos had died whon I was alled in 0;suil tation. Frinding 11 tlieso had been treatod by do lotion and had die)d, I. at, oncu Imdo nll examination of, two of he bollis, anld deelded to claingo ho pin of treatiment, and it roved a SUCcess in nearly Overy aso. Wh'l tihe case is first takenl, at ncoo shave tbe back of th head, Ild in t,hC m11ot rLpid man r pN ible, raike a blisL,v ftom L,bo back Stie lead to thlie und of t,ho spine; 1t seVere cases I saturato flannel ,-ithi turpoentillo anld apply it anid nill a1 h1t iroln over it until it, blis vis, or rill on the turpentinm and ot. it, on fire, or any other way to rT11hice a Ih ad bliet as soonl as 1ossible ; then givo quinino inl tell rail (loses Initil forty or sixty ratuns aro takenl-give ten grains very two or I hreo hours ; let tho matielt drinlk freely of peppor toa, Ald also tako a tablespooiflul or wo of whiskoy ovory R)Ior o' fivo oU1rS, and givo lim toll grlain' of ho bromlido of' potass overy six 10111. 'e1su doses ae for adults. 1, tho caS is a tnegr'o, it will re [Iniru Iore stimulilants than a whito ,el'so, and especially of' red pep ler tea. If, the case is takenl inl time, this 1rvatmllent, will (tr.o nearly every m1e, buit if' neglected fCol tin hour. >r two, it ialy fail. I 811 1 catson >led :ul the3 died an hour after ; >t).crs wer-0 purged and died -with ymptolmis of cholera ; others had 3veOIy ap1war-allco of tetans or ockjaw,. Phe symptomls and namlo ,iven tlio discaso mislead tho plhy. I-mn1 m ls trea1 ment. 'To sum i up: Ulist'r the back of' ,o head and wlholo spine in to ntost expedlitions tmannter possible, 11n( kelp it, sorto ; givo ful I ldoses -asionailly whItiskey3, anud keep thio tatitint unider the influentco of' br'o nido1 of1 po)tass. If' the boweols ar1o Ilisposed to act, do not, hesitate to gi ve an opiate to (check them ; or I' thert' is aniy 11e11to pain nIot, 10 ioved by3 thio bro mide of pottws, i'vl opiat es to r'elievoe it, and( (do tot b)e afratid of' themi, f'or they of'. ~en seemt to make1( a stupid comio AlsO patiet1 rouso uip.i Avoid a/l lepletCIing, or dceressing r'eme(die." ((hrenvri//e En erpise. A Discovery about Corn. In this thinmkinog and( Obser'vanlt igo nowy ideas1 andL discover'ies aro ~onstanltly being mtado. An inltelligent, anid reClialel far tier, who hats f'or imanty yeCars. been milS disCcvered an1 imptaneo'uIi andtl v'ahlue in r'eplanited corn, wvhilch is liutoL a niovelty anid wor'thiy of' pub l icationt. WeO have ailwiays though t toplanited Cortn was of littlo conise pien'Ice ; Ito rel'anuts, wihether it is coced1 (or nt,-t-or' rathor lie planits w'.O wook1s after' the cr'op is plIant adl, abJout ov~erfy fif'teenthi row each w'ay. lHe saiys :.If thu weoatheor acomeos drty duinlg thto fillinug jimo the silk and tassol bot,thbo 30mno (d1y and1( dead. Iln obis colt litioni, if' it should becomno season 11b1c, tho sill: ri'vosC anld renews', )lt the tassel do00s not reCover. flhn f'or want, of' 1po110n the niow uilk is unable to fill theo office for ,vhiichi it was designed. Theo >olloni from theo replanltod corn is honi ready to stiupply thio silkc, and lio filling is completed. HIe says ecarly all thie abortivo ear's, so ~ommion ini the corn Crop, areo aused by thte wanrt ofl pollon1, and hat ho has knowni cars to doublo heir siz,o in tho second filling. A Western editor thus winds up (Idefinlition of' eternity :"Why, ny friends, af'ter' millions anid mil ions of years had rolled away ini stornity, it would bo a lihndred ,housand yoara to bheakfast ime."