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New and Important Laws. AN ACT TO PROHIBIT COUNTY TREAS URERS FROM CHARGING- COMMIS SIONS ON SCHOOL FUNDS PAID OUT BY THEM. Be it enacted by the Sena(e and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met ahd sit ting in Generl Assembly, and by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. That from and after the passage 6fti'ilsact, any county treasurer who .shall demand or receive any commissions for paying out the school funds paid out by him from the person charged with receiving them, or shall charge any person com missions on the same, the county treasurer so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fied not less than fifty dollars for each such offence, or be imprisoned for'a period not less than three months. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved Marefi 24, 1876. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE TRIAL JUSTICES TO GRANT NEW TRIALS. Be it enacted by the Senate. and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sit ving in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. That any trial justice cogt of this State shall have power to grant a new trial in any case tried in the said courts for reasons which new trials have usually been granted in the. courts of law of the United States: Provided, however, The case tried ehall only be heard and tried anew by the trial justice before whom the case shall first be tried. SEc. 2. That no motion for a new trial shall be heard unless made within five days from the rendering of the Judgment. SE6. 2. That the right of appeal -from the judgment shall exist for five .-days after the refusal of a motion for a new trial. Approved February 24, 1876. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 24, CHAP TER 129-, OP THE GENERAL STAT UTES$ RELATING TC OBSTRUCTING IVERS OR CREEKS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sit ting in General Assembly, and by the 'authority of the same: SEcTION 1. That Section 24, Chap ter. 129, .of the General Statutes of South Carolina be amended so as to read as follows: "Whoever shall cut -down, 'throw or fall, or cause to be cut down, thrown or fallen into any river or creek, or cut in this State any tim ber or tree, and shall leave the said tiniber or tree in such river, creek or eiit for the space of eight and forty h'our.g shall be deemed guilty of a terefbefore a trial justice or other proper- officer having jurisdiction in such eases, shall be fined not exceeding -twenty-five d.ollars, or imprisoned not exceeding ten days, the fine in such cases to be disposed of for the benefit of-The poor of the county where the offence was committed. Approved February 9, 1876. Oficial List or Patents Issued by the United States Patent Ollice, for.the week ending Friday, Apr. 28th, 1876. Reported for the HERALn by Louis. Bagger & Co., So )eitors of Patents, Washington, D. C. SOUTHERN STATES. 176,816. Rotary Engines; H. Bay hss, .Cleburne, Texas. 175,833. Burglar-Alarms; R. Har ison, Raleigh, N. C.. 175,854. Hot-Air Furnaces; L. Comstock, Richmond, Va. 175,913. Tobacco-Driers; W. Bow den-, Danville, Va. 175;924. Stalk-Pullers ; G. Butler, San Antonio, Texas. 175,958. Baling-Presses ; E. Ewen, New Orleans, La. 175,987. Earth-Augurs; S. Howard, Trenton, Tenn. 175,092. Fences; A. Ingalls, Fort Worth, Te'xas. 176202.Insect-Destroying Com pound; G.T. Johnson,. Pittsylvania : .H., Va. 176O07. Tobacco-Presses; J. Jones, Greensboro, N. C. *176,072: Combined Plows and Har rows; J. ~Scarborough, Fayetteville, Ala. * 176,099. Car-Couplings ; G. Utley, Edgefield, Tenn. DEATH OF MRs. MARY CARWILE. -With deepest pain and regret we announce the death of Mrs. Mary Carwile, the wife of our honored friend and fellow-citizen, Major Z. W. Car wile. This sad event occurred at Johnston-where Major Carwile has been living for two years past-on Thursday night last. Mrs. Carwile was a daughter of the late Col. Richard Griffin, of Cambridge, and a half sis * ter of the late Nathan L. Griffin, Esq., of Edgefield. We have never known such deep affection and untirin'g deyn tion to loved ones as we have seen in this Christian wife and mother. -She was as gentle as a 'morning Zephyr, was loving, kind and true. She lived a Christian's life and died a Chris tian's death. [Edgeield Advertiser, 4th inst. PErERSON's MAGAZIE.-We acknowledge receipt of the June number of thistlegant la dies magazine with much pleasure. Its ar rival always affords delight to the home cir ele, and is esteemed as an indispensable The frontispiece-a Darling Little Duck-is ebarming, while the fashion plates and pat terns are -many and varied. Send $2 to Chas. J. Peterson, 306 Chestnut Street, Phil na1nlhia, Pa. TIhe H ier alt TOOS, F, GRENEKER, EDITOR, NEWBERRY. S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1876. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect a Fam ily Newspaper, devoted to the material in terests of the people of this County and the State. It circulates extensively, and as an Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad vantages. for Terms, see first page. The Good Sense of the Con vention. We are gratified at the harmony which prevailed in the councils of the State Convention. Of course, there is always some spirit incarnate of dis cord and disorganization, who might well be spared; but ret him pass. Although there was a decided dif ference of opinion as to the best mode of redeeming the State, it was felt that the purpose was the same although the judgment might differ, and this conviction, no doubt, engen dered the feeling of harmony which pervaded the assembly. We think the Convention acted wisely in not pro posing a plan of organization, of de fining a course of action, of laying down a platform and nominating State officers. A good deal, no doubt, may be said on the other 4ide, and the delegates from this County vigorously advocated it. We have no fault to find with them for their action ; they acted conscientiously ; but still we think that the plan adopted by the majority of the Convention is prefer able for several reasons. In the first place it would have been a task of great difficulty to lay down a Demo cratic platform. ' The differences be tween the two great National Parties are hardly tangible ; we must confess our utter ignorance as to those differ ences in principle unless it be a some what stricter adherence by the Demo ratic than by the Republican party to what used to be called state rights. The financial question is the only live question which may properly divide parties, and that is a question which has no organic connexion with either party. The fight is one of names and come to the conclusion that corruption having been practised by the party in power adheres to it as an essential of the name, and we are anxious to get some other persons to whose name such odium does not attach. How ever that may be, it would be folly for the State of South Carolina, which probably will have no helping vote in the election of a Democratic President, to lay down a platform by which we should be placed in connexion with the National Democracy before that National Democracy has .decided upon a platform itself. It would be foolish and exceedingly presumptuous as well. In trying to set ourselves in relation with the National Democracy we might only establish a connexion we some beings of our own imagination. In the next place the nomination of candidates for State officers 'would be pefetly suicidal. It is impossible for us to upset this corrupt Govern ment unless we have the assistance of the better part of the Republican par ty. We have repeatedly said that that proposition is a m~atter of arith metic. Now we must wait until the Republican party have made their nomination. If that reform wing should form. a separate organiza tion respectable in character and num bers we can redeem the State with their help ; but they have to approach us as an organized body, and, of course, would be entitled to a proportionate share of the offices. Before their Convention, however, we are left in the dark as to their status, and hav ing nominated our officers they could not join us as an independent organi ation. On the other hand if the ma ority of the Republican party should make Chamberlain their standard bear er we would know that their profes dons of reform could not be trusted; hat they would act as they had done before; that no permanent good'could. be accomplished, however honest their tandard bearer might be., and however rigorous his efforts. We would then be obliged to fight the whole concern ooth and toe-mill. Nothing is lost by waiting; we will know exactly where he opposite party stands. If we should finid out that there is no help ~rom that quarter the timid would be emboldened,. the vacillating made Frm and the doubtful made confident. l'he course of the Convention was a wise one, and we have all confidence that the Executive Committee will ict in the same spirit. T~ RTTT~AT. flA'RAYThTTA'J fin. Mov .1vp~ti1v The Democratic State Conven tion. The Convention was called to order by Gen. Butler, Chairman of the State Executive Committee, on Thursday last, at 7 o'clock, P. M. One hundred and seventy-six delegates were present. The members of the State Executive Committee and the County Chairmen were invited to take seats on the floor. After some discussion as to the man ner of effecting a permanent organiza tion, the following officers were elect ed: Gen. J. B. Kershaw, President. Vice-Presidents-First, M. L. Bon. ham, of Edgefield ; second, Thomas Y. Simous, of Charleston; third, James A. Hoyt, of Andersen; fourth, J. McQueen, of Chesterfield; fifth, B. F. Perry, of Greenville; sixth, John son Hagood, of Barnwell. Messrs. Fox and Gaston were chosen permanent secretaries. Gen. Kershaw was then* conducted to the chair amidst hearty and lona continued applause. On taking the chair. he said that he was surprised afd gratified at the honor conferred upon him, for it was the most distin guished position that any man in South Carolina could occupy, to be the -president of the body of ostracized citizens whose voice should always be potent in shaping the destinies of the State. He would not attempt to fore shadow the action of the body. Thic was not the occasion on which hc should feel called on to announce the principles and measures whereby wc should move on to the triumph that awaits us. When the battle was sc far in the future he would not an nounce in advance the plan of cam paign,* nor until the enemy had re vealed the nature of his 'movementr and the organization of his forces. [Loud cheers.] Thus early did the wise Statesman from Kershaw sound the note of warn ing to the assembled patriots to attend only to the business for which the3 had been chosen, and his counselh finally prevailed. After Considerable debate, -during which different opin ions were brought out as to the pro priety of definitely pronouncing th( policy of the Convention for the com ing campaign, the following preambl( and resolutions of Gen. Hagood, as amended, were adopted. except th< third one : The Democratic Party of the State of South Carolina, having met in Con vention, after being without organiza tion for many years, will address itsel: exclusively to -the work of the rear gnization of the party, and of select ing delegates to the National Demo *Resolved, That the following shal be the order of business: First. The election of delegates t< the National Democratic Convention. to be held at St. Louis on the 27t1 day of June; that there shall be four teen delegates, two, from each Con gressional District, and four from th4 State at large, with an equal number of alternatives. Second. The next business shall b the election by ballot of the State Ex ecutive Committee, to consist of thir. teen members. Third. The Convention shall ther go into caucus. Messrs. Lipscomb and Pope of this County, vigorously participa'ted in the debate and were in favor of Gen. But ler's substitute "to have a comnmitte4 of fifteen appointed, to be known at the 'Committee on Business,'. whos< duty it shall be to propose a pia of action for this Convention, and that Hagood's and all other resolutions be referred to said Committee." Col. Haskell's motion to lay Gen. Butler': substitute on the table was carried by a vote of 98 to 48. The Conventior was shortly after adjourned until next day at 10 o'clock, A. M. A fter con vening at that hour a recess was taken. During the recess a secret caucus was held, (Col. Haskell in the chair,) in which the plans and policy of the Democratic party of* the State were fully discussed, but no definite plan o: action agreed upon. When the Convention reassembled it was resolved, on motion of Col. Si monton, to have a committee appoint ed by the President to whom all reso lutions were to be referred without debate. Messrs. O'Connor, Sheppard, Mc. Crady and Lipscomb offered resolutions proposing plans of organization and defining a course of action, and urging immediate and perfect organization of the Democratic party. Mr. Lartigue, on the contrary, offered resolutions deeming it inexpedient for this Con vention to adopt any specific plan of action until the meeting at St. Louis. Then Convention went into caucus, and the election of delegates to the National Convention was then gone into with the following result: For Delegates from the State at Large-Gen. John Bratton, of Fair field, 130 votes; Hon. W. D. Porter, of Charleston, 122; Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, of Abbeville, 116; Gen. J. D. Kennedy, of Kershaw, 113. Alternates-Gen. M. C. -Butler, of Edgefield, 112 votes ; ex-Gov. B. F. Perry, of Greenville, 108; Col. J. -A. Hoyt, of Anderson, 105; ex-Gov. M. L. Bonham, of Edgefield, 104. ~ Tef,4~L.T R Rinharr1qnn~ ning, of Clarendon; J. F. Izlar, of tl Orangebrg. Third District-S. McGowan, of ' Abbeville; W. B. Stanley, of Richland. n Alternates-1. W. Ball, of Laureus; m Sampson Pope, of Newberry. u Fourth District-J. H1. Evins, of I Spartanburg; B. F. Perry, of Green- ii ville. A lternates-W. H. Wallace, of p Union; Gabriel Cannon, of SDartan- 0: burg. Fifth District-J. C. Sheppard, of h Edgefield; William Elliott, of . ti Alternates-J. J. Fox, of Colleton; d Paul F. Hammond, of Aiken. p Governor Perry declined as alter- t] nate at large, and Col. William Wal- e lace, of Richland, was elected to fill the vacancy. v The Convention then proceeded to the election of three members of the tl State Executive Committee from each h Congressional District, with the fol lowing result : a . First District-W. W. Harllee, J. . A. Law, T. B. Fraser. Second District-T. Y. Simons, J. F. Izlar, James Connor. Third District-A. C. Haskell, J. N. Lipscomb, John B. Moore. . I Fourth District-W. L. DePass, T. j Stobo Farrow, B. H. Massey. Fifth District-A. C. Izard, G. D. Tillman, T. J. Counts. The committee to whom were refer- I the resolutions of Messrs. O'Connor, Lipscomb, Keitt, Sheppard and Lar- ij tigue made the following report : That the committee deem it inex- a pedient to take any action upon the resolutions submitted to them for con sideration, but recommend that this Convention urge on the respective o counties the utmost vigor and zeal in b perfecting a thorough and compact or ganization of the Democratic party, with a view of consolidating every r possible strength until the time comes for the nomination of a State ticket. I We further recommend that the State Executive Committee take such C action at once as will pr.omote the purpose indicated in the foregoing. t, Gen. Gary offered the following resolutions as a substitute for the re port of the committee: p Resolved, That the platform of the $_ National Democratic party be adopted I as the platform of the Democratic 3 party of South Carolina. Resolved, That the Democratic par ty of South Carolina, when they make nominations for State officers, put a I straight-out ticket in the field. ti Resolved, That the county conven tions where the Democrats are in a minority make such nominations as they may deem expedient, and be gov erned by the cirqeamstances surround- t ing them.' FGen. Gary urged that these three resolutions would dispose of all the important questions before the con- t vention, and that-the expression . of o sentiment, by the members indicated a out fight. Gen. Kennedy made an eloquent 0 Sdefense of the report of the committee, and said while he admired the chivalry a of those who favored a vigorous straight-out campaign, he was opposed to precipitating action .at once upon the people, of South Carolina, when n cool, calm and deliberate judgment b was necessary. We should wait until b~ the National Democratic party had adopted their platform. While every Dem.ocrat in the State would be ready r for action when the long roll of the b~ party was beat, for the present he ad- 5 vised caution and prudence. Col. Ball sustained the - resolutions c offered by Gen. Gary. The Democracy e were organized for the first time since b reconstruction, and they were ready a, now to take action. Gen. Butler deprecated an inclina tion on the part of members to avoid a discussion 'of Democracy. -He dis- i, cussed the standing of the Demiocracy b in 1868, 1870 and 1872, and said. while the reconstruction acts may have ~ been uncorLstitutional and revolution- k ary, they were not null and void, as p evidenced by the platform of the Na-n tional Democracy in 1872. He favored the adoption of a platformn. He depre-h cated the introduction of the name of d Gov. Chamberlain. He called on the young and old to work morn; noon andA night. Ex-Governor Manning made an elo- S quent and effective speech, in which ei he favored straight-out action. He S intended to use all his powers to achieve a a Democratic victory in Clarendon at the next election.s Colonel Cothran, of Abbeville, favor- a ed the adoption of the committee's ri report, and the postponement of action h: until the assembling of a State Con vention in the future. Who would lose by delay ? Is there danger of L Democrats joining the Republican w party ? This is an inopportune time to join that party while it is on the E run. The time for Democrats to be come Republicans has passed. Some ti have joined it to their everlasting dis- lis grace. They can never recover from di the shame it has brought upon them t in South Carolina. It will cling as a heritage to them, their children, and a' their children's children. .He con cluded by saying that with the help. of God the Democrats intended to carry the State at the next election. ~ Mr. Murray, of Anderson, said the mi people of tihe State were far in advance nm of their leaders; that the leaders only g were afraid of action. If we are Dem ocrats, let us put our principles before t the world and stand by them. Let us Li henceforth sacrifice no principle, but fo earnestly maintain what we believe to g be right. Colonel Lipscomb, of Newberry, opoe h eoto h omte,y opdthe retofrtom he Comittonee. Thenresnlualles forome disiveountion- in veon carte ofo testae dCsivenation in Heoe the al of the State Eetio te Comite tol o thSatte ExCu-o iveto homild tak sh tatieo- as ven t hou~. ld take suc acion~8? as k ie campaigns in which the Democrats ere asked to vote for Carpenter, omlinson and Green. He said where Dw is the Judge vho- Democrats 'ere called on to support in 1870, oder the name of the Union Reform ,epublicau party? He has gone back ,to the worst wine of the Radical irty. and is feeling the elbow touch Whipper, Mo s and Elliott. General Connor opposed the reso itions as a fetter upon the bands of ie people, and recommended that the elegates go home and urge upon the. eople organization for action, and iat the plan of campaign be develop I at a future Convention. General Kennedy called the pre ious question on the report. The yeas and' nays were called, when ie report of the Committee.on Reso itions was adopted by 70 to 42. After passing the usual compliment ry resolutions the Convention ad )urned. Editorial Review. Treasurer Yoeum has been cleared, illy put back in the penitentiary and udge Mackey feels no better. It is suggested that the South is en tled to a cardinal, and that Bishop ynch is the man for the office. Morton was instrumental in unearth ig the $63,000-transaction of Blaine. ow they are after Morton for the nall sum of $25,000 in crooked ioney. Mr. Beecher las expressed the pi6ion that "the Lord will protect is own." This is why, says the rraphic, that he wears a lightning )d over his chimney. The great agony is over and Mr. ,ewis J. Radeliffe has been elected ief of the Columbia police. We arn that the choice is very satisfac iry to the good people of the city. We learn that last week there took lace at Stephen's Roman Catholic hurch, New York, the funeral of arney Williams, the late dugilist. [any of the profession attended. That sort of a thing is a dugilist ? Gov. Tilden will be supported at St. ,ouis by the New York delegation in e following terms : The nomination f Samuel J. Tilden to the office of resident would insure the vote of ew York, and would be approved aroughout the Union. The last night of April in Melford, a., was the coldest for the season of ae year within the memory of the ldest inhabitant. Thermometer 27, nd ice one and a half inches thick. r snow two inches deep. How quickly people are forgotten d how well this world can wag on ithout any particular one of us. V!. M. Tweed has been gone for six ionths, nobody knows-where and no ody seems to care even to ask about im, not even Boss Kelly. Col. James A. Hoyt very properly afuses to be a candidate for the Legis ture on the ground that it would npair his journalistic usefulness. The >nfidence of the people in the opinions pressed by an editor is not increased y his becoming a candidate. Our eighbor has wisely declined. Bismiarck is .quietly swallowing up l the little principalities that are ly ig loose about. The Prussian Chain er ot Deputies have passed the bill horporating Luxemburg with the ingdom of Prussia. Negotiations are ending to buy Saxe-Coburg. If Bis arek has sometimes neuralgic spells is stomach is still in a healthy con ition. Maj. Win. Stone, for some years .ssistant District Attorney for this ate, has been appointed by the Gov nor Attorney-General in the place of .W. Melton, resigned. The NYews rzd Courier says of him that he is nall in person, pleasant in manners, hard student and an able and up ght member of the bar. He will re plenty of work to do. The new Catholic Church of Our dy of Perpetual Help at Savannah as dedicated last week with great snp and imposing ceremonies, per rmed by quite an array of ecclesias al magnates. The sermon was de ered by Bishop Lynch. The cathe. al is said to be a magnificent struc re, and correspondingly ornamented d finished in the interior. There are four hundred religious arnals in the United States. The, ethodists have forty-seven, the largest Lmber; then come the Catholics, who Lmber forty-one; the Baptists, thirty -e; the Presbyterians, twenty-nine; e Episcopalians, twenty-one; the itherans, fourteen; German Re emed, fourteen; Jews, nine; Con egationalists, eight. The whole bar of Charleston, with ry few exceptions, have signed a ter directed to Judge Reed, request ;him to hold on. to his office and intain his right to the whole term four years' from the time of his etion. They pledge themselves to ~tain his claim in every way they Some citizens of Horry met at Con wayboro last week and resolved: 1. That the only remedy is organized resistance to the payment of any more taxes than are necessary for an honest and economical government of the State. 2. - We won't bother our readers with any more. If taxpayers' conventions have not cured our people of the above chimera, then they simply deserve to have another one. The Schuetzenfest, the Mardi Gras of Charleston, the festival of the people, was a great success this year. Although the weather was at the beginning rather unpropitious, it seemed to have but very little effect upon the buoyancy of the crowd, who were determined upon en joyment. Several new' features had been 'added by our inventive German citizens. Teams from Savannah, Co lumbia and Charleston contested for the price of marksmanship. The Schuet zenfest is destined to be the great Volksfest of Charleston. "Over one thousand colored people in Greenville, having signed a pledge to drink no intoxicating liquors be tween January and May, 1876, there will be a grand procession of the bro therhood on the 1st of May." So says an exchange. Why, how ever, they should sign a pledge not to drink between January and May, and then commence drinking again in May when the warm weather sets in, we cannot explain. Perhaps the corres pondent wished to say that between January and May over one thousand colored people signed the pledge not to drink. Sometimes words will get jumbled up. The Annual Celebration of the Cal houn Literary Society of Wofford College, at Spartanburg, will take place on the 26th of June next. The subject for debate is, "Should there be a compulsory system of education ?" Now, there is a practical theme; we are all interested in it and the young scholars may properly exercise their industry in accumulating facts and their reasoning powers in drawing their conclusions. We are glad to hear that Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots are allowed one short spell of rest. Wofford College is an honor to our State arnd is ever striving to keep in the front rank of similar institutions of learning. Persons contemplating a visit to the Centennial Fair will be glad to learn that with a view of facilitating rapid transit a Pittsburg man has invented an apparaths for taking passengers on aind puLtTyrnierof withonut-atopping the train, at way stations. The can didate for a ride to Philadelphia is placed upon a platform, where he waits like a mail bag to be taken in. As the train approaches a machine like the top of a table, working on an elbow like joint, reaches out suddenly, strikes the awaiting traveler in the middle; he falls forward on the table, and be fore he is aware of it the conductor is holding him by the collar, while the train clerk goes A'rorugh his clothes for his ticket or cash fare. By the time the traveler has recovered his breath he is fifty miles on his journey, and the porter of the parlor car has blackened his boots and dusted his clothes. Political Three Card Monte Players.. A Washington letter says: "The intelligence from Massachusetts of the election of' the Bristow delegates to the Cincinnati Convention is a sore disappointment to Mr. Blaine, who had counted on more strength in New England than he has yet developed. It is understood than Senators Morton and~ Conkling are also somewhat dis gusted at the rapid rise in Bristow stock of late. It was said to-night by friends of both Mr. Blaine and Mr. Conkling that although these two gen tlemen have not spoken to each other for ten years, either would prefer the success of the other to that of Gen. Bristow, and will so work at the Con vention." Oh,how natural! Behold two political professionals who have been juggling for years, and in tricking the public have occassionally tricked each other until they fell out. Now that a straight forward man steps up who shows to the world that it requires nothing but good judgment, pluck and honesty to carry on the government, who is about to get .ahead of them without any underground work, complicated ma hinery, wire-pulling or trickery, of course, not only their interest but like wise their profesional honor is at stake and the aristocra.cy of jugglers must combine to keep the vulgar parvenu out. We wish the Centennial wave would sweep the whole brood of these political three card monte players reublican and democratic-from the face of this continent to the Fiji slands. It is time for us to get out f the gambling~ stage of civilization. THE CAROLINIA TEACHER for May is ac nowledged. Its contents are as varied as interesting, and must prove beneficial to teachers. It contains besides an excellent sortrait of Governor Chamberlain. M. A. arren, Editor and Proprietor, Columbia, . C .,ers 7 cnts; to enachers, 50 cts. Lunatic Asylum. 01 Dr J. F. Ensor, Superintendent of e: the State Latatic Asylum, will accept te our thanks for a copy of the Fifty- c third Annual Report of this institu- e tiU for the fiscal year 1874-75. The l( report is highly interesting and shows g that the institution, under the care of tj its superintendent,. has been well A managed, and is in as good condition o as its financial means will admit. There is complaint made in the regents' report that more room is needed, par ticularly in the female department, and in consequence many applications for admission have to be rejected. An annual levy of $50,000 is suggested, to cover various deficiencies and com plete the new asylum, and it should by all means be granted. This is a charity which the State should feel a paramountduty. We regret to notice in the Superintendent's report the pioba bility of his severing his connection a with the institution by reason of i the difficulties experienced id sustain iug it for two-thirds of the year with. C T out necessary funds for that purpose, T 01 and it is hoped that Dr. Ensor will not P be forced to this alternative. This is e another proof of the rottenness of the State Government, which does not make suitable provision for the sup port of that unfortunate class who should be its special care. The report generally is highly interesting and will repay perusal. k L NEWBERRY BAPTIsT CHURCH, . Newberry, S. C., May 6, 1876. ? At a meeting of the Church, held this day for the purpose of receiving the report of. a Committee appointed at the request of the Rev. F. W. Eason, their pastor, for the purpose of investi gating certain rumors affecting his character, the Committee submitted the a following report, which was -unani- a mously adopted: - NEWBERRY, S. C., May 6th, 1876. se To the Newberry Baptist Chwrch: a DEAR BRETHREN-The Committee a appointed to investigate the charges a affecting the Christian character of our pp,stor, the Rev. Frederick W. Eason, c would most respectfully report, that a we have examined with very great care " all the witnesses whose names have a come to our knowledge, and that after a a most thorough and patient investiga tion into all the testimony, we have a come to the unanimous conclusion that a such charges are all unfounded and a6 most unjust. We submit the testimony a taken before us, and ask that this Corn a mittee be now discharged. Y. J. POPE, -Chairman, a JOHN F. SPEARMAN, Secretary. JOHN R. LEAVELL, a W. T. WRIGHT,a JNO. B. CARWILE, - JewMAMINTOSH, . ROBT. Y. LEA'VELL. Published by order of the Church. Y. J. POPE, Church Clerk. Our Washington Letter. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2, 1876. REAL T. EFORB. U. S. Senator Francis Kernan, of aj New York, hras followed the example of Horatio Seymour in giving expres- i1 sion to his views. Both agree that the paramount issue of the coming struggle will be reform; and while Mr. Seymour says that "the Republican party has lost the confidence of the country, and the Democratic party has not gained it," Mr. Kernan says that "the man to be selected as a candidate must be a plat form in hMmself. The people don't care about resolutions. The resolutions of all parties are good enough. For ex ample, Governor Tilden is. a platform, e4 in the matter of reform, better than a - hundred sets of resolutions." The Sen ator thought Tilden -would be foun~dL very strong with the p~eople, and espe ially with that great mass of unbiased persons who care little for party lines, and only want good government. Mr. Kernan added that he thought BRISTOW had very great strength among the dis affected Republican element; and, in this remark, the Senator hit off the real atitude of the Secretary of the Treasu- f ry as a candidate. Bristow's strength st lies excluisiveTy among that class of Re publicans who have more objections to the personnel of Grant's administration than to its principles, who want a new deal of officers, and imagine that Bris tow has advertised himself sufficiently [ in his war with the Whiskey Ring to win the Presidency, and that as he ap pears to antagonize Grant's wishes in that matter-to a certain extent, he must, perforce, be Grant's enemy, and the enemy of his friends and appointees. I apprehend that all who think thus would find themselves egregriously mis aken were their preferences selected. . THE IMPEACHMENT. The question of the punishment or scape of ,the individual scamp, Bel kap, is of'small account; but the de-. ision of the Senate on the principle in-G olved in his case is of the highest im ortance. For, if-the Senate shall de ide that they cannot legally try him, hey will affirm, virtually, that any pub. ie officer may commit a high crime, oldly acknowledge his guilt, and then scape all punishment by promptly ten- A I ering his resignation to a drunken, go lundering, or corrupt but friendly Pesident only too willing to accept it, o shield.a friend and protege from im peachment. HE PUBLIC MONEY SPENT BY GRANT, I though his tool Dnr,- to carry Ata itrage of law, without the President7s cpress order. Even Whitley, the de ctive, (and therefore necessarily a de ,iver and liar, if not a thief,) who bad iarge of the fund for discoverin auds, and was williag to go any ngths to serve his master, would not iye this money to Davenport. without ie express orders, in writing, of the ,ttorney-General; and they fell back a Grant for orders. .Mew 9 .isceManeow. EW CLOT1NQ. pring and Summer Cloth JOUN WOTT & CO19 OPPOSITE P0ST OFFCE. 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