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(Times Hilitorial on the snbjcet.) T/ i s h-s irnoi is fair share of libel suits. It mzy be doubted whether a newspaper can'I t OUce a(-ressie. fearless, and indpende without beini. with more or less fr qcuen,y. sued fvr libel. In these da' s of aa~ overerowded le: profession with its natural outgr.wth of 1tp1 Ulative'' lawyers, a libel suit against newspaper IF not., ne Cesaily. a VCr expensive luxury for the plaitinff. 1 nine can, s out .ton su- suit e in 4;zfatutedi iV Lor th purp) e the pron who h s b1 a (ai - eager and ready for the opprtun to viidieatu- hisfns. It wI readily inferred t ht the .mjority newspaper libel suits never co trial. 'Thzat. a teast. h'-s ben the 0 p)erience of The Y7bM(-. TIse ren:arks are not 1ntendAd I ap!y to the libel suit which ws y,, terday ceosLd by : verdict against JT Times: for six eents danages. ". SUit in questior. Velon1ged to quit different eate"ry froI that W1: Which we hlae be-1n m1,ost fariilin. The pla-intiff had a grievance -fr whiel he mistook his remedy ; the dveFndant had. unwittingiv. caused pain i mortification to a most estimable al reputable gentleman, for which ampli satisfaction was not accorded him. 'o injury was inflieted whieb could be appraised in a court of justice ; o MisunDOerstanding existed which a frank interc!anc of views could n.t have removed. Mr. Ellis-n S. IKei of Newberry, S. C., commonly now as "Col" Keitt, sued im 77ae.\ fo S5.0,000 as a solotlum for the injnr1 done to his reputatiou by the puiblic tion of a dispatch stating that ( Keitt, of Newberry, S. C., had been arrested on a charge of bigamy. The Derson who had been arrested was one Thomas Keizt, of Newberry, a mulatto m1ember of the South Carolina Legi, lature. a former slave. born on the Keitt' plantation, and inherited as a chattel by E. S. Keitt, and whose right to be distinguished as "Colonel" happened tc be decidedly wore ques tionable than that of the plaintiff. 'The dispatch aud a subsequent para graph in which iis publication was justified, assumed the reputed blood relationship of the mulatto Keitt to his former masters. and though that assertion was not complained of as part of the alleged libel, it obviously fur' nished the animus of the prosecution. We may state now, as we would cheer fully have done at any time had the proofs been presented to us, that Thomas Keitt's assumed relationship to his former masters rested on mere casual gossip, and that his paternity is satisfactorily accounted for without connecting it with those whose name he adopted. We may add that the language of the dispatch was not such a-s to umake a clear enoug~h distinction between Ellison S. Keitt and Thoas K'eitt. and that, though it couldc by no uossibility have been held to a pply to the former by those who knew hm its nublication evidently expc.sed im to 'a somaewhat annoy'iug kind of' notoriety. of which we veryv sincerely regret havi:g been the occasio'n That the~ explanator'y 'paragraphi which was elicited by the letter from' (Co1. Keitt's ati;rnley (lid niot e nress anyx sucha rcgrU t was mnly d u4* i0 theo character of.t h;e dem:d mnade upon us and to the interpretationt which we put on the moctives which instigated the arrest aol subsc:ement conlviction or Thomas Keitt. Col. Keitt did not seek fromi us either ex planation or apology ; he demianded the name of the personi who had w'rittei the "private letter- from gouthi C2arolina" on which the dispatch was based. Unless in the case of w!ilul mnisizinf oation, a niewspaper is not justified in div'ulgin g for purposes ot prosecution the names of its niews g1athlerers. Tow:n'd our Souther-n friends we hold this obligation doubly bindinz, inasmuch as it would be very easy to~find Southern juries who would regard their connection with The To;i'. as in itself a crime. It hap pened, also, that about th;e same time we had rece threzttening dem~ands~ f'rom eei taim illicit distillers in North Carolina, and from -othecr Sc.uthcrn citizens who fancied themselves ag-1 grieved hr the strictures of our cor respondents, for the names of' these correspondents. Regarding all these demands as a part of a conmmon desir'e to bully and to silence T/w Thi. s, we tr-eated them with veCry scant cour'tesy. We are free to confess that we u1isapprehended the character of Col Keitt's request as completely as we believe he umistook the mode of eliciting~ a satisfactory expianation. Rightly or wrong~ly, too. the nirrest and very promnpt conviction of Thnomas Keitt was believed to be part of a scheme of the White Leag~ue D)e mocracv of South Carolina to obtain comnpiete egnitroli of the Legislature. That eensideration did not tend to iveO us any special tender1ness for the feelings of Mr. Ellison S. Kcitt Better acquaintance with that gen tlemancr has impressed us with the conviction that he is totally inc:apable of pursuing any object dy mean or underhand methods. ~iis demecanor onl the! witne~SS-standQ was that of an honorable a;nd uiprigh2t getlma~n. who was perfectly care~les what effect his testimny iut have . on his owI cas, but was ser Uui lusl carefu toavi any conicamen't i the' :ruth. le oftealee libl. andpc he tetiie w t u:a h it i.nto tlh.. athu man 4r inwi ch~ tn m lan Kei t had"d 1.j- di t1;i2hfuntIins ofCod IV ( ~ - ' - ~*. iesV..nt pros-a"n or the suit which was decided ye.sterday. For hiw, as fo.r his distinguished friends who tes tilied to his 'eharacter and hisexclu sive ehiimt to the designation of"Col." Keitt. thre is but on socety in South Carolina where "distinction can oriinate. or whose recognition can raise a mian (above unnoticed ob siurity. That society is, of course. all ;n side of the color line. A kind ma)-ster Mr. ElisnS. Keitt obviously waa just employer, a PUbiIC Spirited CItize1. anD( a culture-l zentleman hc undoubtediy is. But we should Sp) p him, to be izacain tble of IeCarfdinr SimneIro in loib!ie lie as anytin It anaut ri of dick ly as osie, an~d we ha -ve hadl '~~(:O?w IWIV ' , ' e L i zo 1ro h1(Ow11A k-eeniv he retdtepe nossibly be sp,ken of in teviDS T wie1 were al. applictible to himsel-f. Th1 mode,1 ratI wit 'I w'it- a -Northrn jiury has paisd th.! damag which he has sust"Id nc may contribute to bte educational pross of which Ih and men like im stand so muche: in need. Coul-A tlat process be aCccel rmted, we sh reg(,'J arc( d as o I t i most hopeful i1struimentalities fir th:e regenier:tio of th;e S,Uth the ii enec on public ffairs of iltn like Lil. Kcit t of Newbrry. call for conventions of North erni Setlers. CHARLOTTE. N. C., January 17. 1879. To Aortitern Born Resilenlits of the South and ex--Wembers of the Fed eral Arimy. Resident in the Soutth ern ' state-s : At the convention of the Northern settlers in the South. held in Char lotte, N. C., January 153. 1879. it was ur,aulimously resolved, that Northern born residents of the South, and ex members of the Fedral army, resident in the Southern Statcs, meet in Con vention at the county seats of their respective counties on the 15th day of February, 1879, to cozsider upon the preparation for the publication through the press of the United States and otherwise of a paper setting forth the soil, climate, prices, ease of making a living, and social treatment of the in dividual Northern wan in the South ern States; that these conventions be held regardless of party politics, and that the same he excluded as well as all vexed questions ; that reports of their proceedings be signed by the members attending, and the same sent to N. Dumnort, at Charlotte, N. C.; and further, that these several county conventions on February 15, 1879, se lect delegates to State conventious to be held at the capitals of their respec tive States to consider the same mat ters, March 1, 1879. which State con ventins shall also seiid reports of their proceedings as above, and shall also apnoint ten delegates from each of the Southern States~ to attend a general conveution to consider the same usat ters, to be holdeu at (Charlotte, N. C.. July 4, 1879, at noon, to which time this coureCUtion shall adjourn. Will the person coining within the purview of the above resolutions please convene in accordance with it ? N. 1WIONT, Presideut of the Convention. A Sich senatior. The exce~ssive corpulency of a cer. tain United States Senator has long be-n the butt of editorial wit and and spiev on1 luotS fromi th;e penis of Washingzton correspondents. Few per sens have suspected that bis obesity was a disease,~ and liable to prove fatal Yet this is the sad fact. Excessive int!ness is not only a arsease in itsUlit, but one liable to generate other and mor seiu ones. Chemistry has at las revealed a safe, sure, and reliable remed v for this abnormual condition of the system~ in Allan's Anti-Fat. 1)is tinuished chemists have oronounccd it not only harumless but very beneieial to the system, while remedying the disacsed condition. Sold by druggists. Court convenes here on the 8d Monday ini February next. Judge A. P. Aldrich. of Barnwell will preside. We have no doubt that he will give the greatest satisfactionr to lawyers, litiaets and juror-s, as he was ajde under the old regliui-, v.hen nore but a lawyeri of great le:arig and courtesy ouldl wear thle ermine. This Court will be crowded with sessions business, so much so that the eases on the civil side will have to meet with their usual disposal, un.satisfactory as it may be-coutinued. There are five nurer eassa to be tried, besides eleven parties who ar-e at present confined in jail, charged with rape, burglary, grand larceny, and assault and battery with intent to kill; and numerous par ties are out on bail, charged with al most every SpecieS of crime. The dock ets in this County have rever been - cleared since the war, and' we only have five week~s in a year to try our business, four of which ar-e devoted to trying criminal business, consisting mostly of nasty little cases that Tri;rl Justices mnight dispose of. Since 1878 ledar3 Nos. 2, ~3 and 5. have never een called in this County for the pur p.se of trial. It is an outrage Gin mitrs and a mockery of j-atice that :his state of affairs is permitted to go mn. When parties go to la,now, it with the exneetation that their chi! ren will wind up the suit comn. i :ed. Special te-ru.s will not be granted :o us, and the oaly remd we0 '- see is : c-harnge the ('ojn:t I ittou of theC Snte. a boli-h tU.e > uvp rm ( ''ourt, naeeeeu -rut insea of eigh oda1~ ientei of is t -uneme O Ciut stblishe~ O a (CutofXrr .'' rtom osd~i. r i- of the leve -ldgs as. corwas edo h lvr 5 dts si ~ e forec tihe we :-. - ;i:Irce.ntIU j''!rald D R. hARITE2tl LiVER~F FILLS pro ~nr-" :1(-fiviiA,- in tli~ Li!iarr or~ti~ T he iHier ald. THO. F. GREN EKER, E W. iI1. WVALLACE, F1111 Florida~~~ ist aeaCtiimio of IiinSeCotion. Sen - Michigan, has b e 1en p 1pnte Miist 1 e to Loluisiaa is to have. a Considin1 '.na Convention: it wNill mleet the 21st of April. McMahon, PresidoM of tihe rentch Reptiblic has resigned, and Monsieur Grevy has been elected in h is place South C"arolina on't haie as moaY IeS in the next Senate as other States, but she will have as muech Re c braihs as aey. Theu CohumblA daily Phavu has snispen,led temporarily. promising to rise again fron its ashes when times become more propitions. The House has passed the bill making it a misdemeanor for any master of a vessel to bring more than fifteen Chinese to the United States at one trip. Gov. Hampton has abandoned his intended trip to Florida. He is improving slowly, and fears the fatigue of the journey might coun terbalance any benefit to be denycd. Senator Bayard, at this timE, is the most probable Democratic Pres iental candidate for 1880). MontI - gmery Blair thinks that the n xt President will be either (iranit or Tilan. >ales of Georgia R. R. G per cent. bonds, to the amount of 84O, 000, were made in Augusta, January 27th, at par. On the same day 107 was bid for Graniteville (S. C.)Face tory stock. . The case of Ger.. G4. W. Custis Lee, son of R. E. Lee, against the United Sttes for the reet>very of the Arlinigton~ estato, confiscated in 1865 by the U. S. Aovernmnent, was ended last week at Alexndria by a judment in favor of Gen. Lee. One of the colored witnesses, a preacher, before the Teller Commit tee, in Charleston, being asked where was his home, answered "'In Heaven." From the manner in which lhe lied about the "red shirt diierats." we opine that he has lost his titles. The State debts of this country amont to $345,197,000. Massa chsetts, Virginia. Alabama, North Carolina, New York, Tennessee, Pennslvsnia and Louisiana owe over 820,000.000 each ; West Vi ginia. Missouri, Georgia and Ark nsas owe over $10,000,000 each. The lower House of Congress has been D)em:ocratic for nearly four ears. The Senate is still Republi can )y a majority of only two. Af ter the 4th of March it, too, will be Democratic. With both Houses of Congress, if the Democrats can't run the machine so as to get a fair showing in 1880 they had better stCp downl and qu it. The annual circular of Dunn, Barlow & Co., shows that during~ ;he year 1878 there were 10,478 ~ailures in the United States, ag -regating $324,000,000. In 1877 here were 8.907 failures, aggrega ing $284,000,000. The year just iosed has b)een more disastrous to usiness thamg even the p)anic yecar There is a joint resolution before longress to prevent the payment< f damages to) any person for I >ropety- destroyed (during the war, c miess the party dou1aged was att .11 times '-loyal" to the Federal overnment. Another provision ' f the resoltion~ is to restrain for- ' ve the p)aymfent of any bounty, t rant, or indemnity of any kind for ( nx ~s1vtcP v~~ndere(l 01 iflill.iV ~ 1 WPrk and Wait. It is the desire of everybody to be -Iiebl. or at least independent. How.-r some so called philoso pheis an( wiseaci es may prate about the advantages of poverty, there are no a(vantages in it. What ad vantage can there be in having the mind constantly harassed with the petty cares and troubles of daily living: to be forever confronted with the prospect of dependence and want: to have the qnestion ever reenri-g to the ind till it fills all its waking- thoug-hts. "What shall I eat, and wherewithal Sh;l I be clothed ? Tlis it is to be poor. and can any1bodv think such a state desirable ? No sensible person be lieves su.i absurdity. No; that man is fortunate and his position is to be envied whose mind is lifted above the grovelinr consideration of bread and meat. It is not a hardsbip for one to be compelled to work for his living, if he gets a a decent living, but to toil and sweat from year's end to year's end and find that it takes the last far thing to keep the soul and body to gether, that there is nothing laid up for a rainy day, and nothing to leave the ba-irns should death or disease come-is discouraging to the stoutest and bravest hearts. But it will never do to give up. Do what you can. If you can't get ten dollars a day for your work, take what you can get, if it be only a a quarter. Better work for any thing, however simall, than to be idle for nothing. And whatever you do do it to the best of your ability. Poor pay, poor work is a bad doctrine. If your position be ever so humble discharge its duties with the same scrupulous exactness and fidelity as if you held a post of the most distinguished honor and largest profit. If faithful there you will be called up higher. The man who acts well his part, who performs the present duty consci entiously and thoroughly, is bound to raise. The world always need such men. Many of the wealthiest men that ever lived began life on the lowest round of the ladder. Instead of wasting their time in fatile attempts to leap suddenly to the top they r-ose slowly and gradu ally by successive steps. Another lesson to be kept ever in mind is contained in the adage, "Poor folks should have poor folks' ways." One of the great evils of the times is that so many live be yond their means. This is striking ly the case with the rising genera tion. They think they must begin where their fathers left off. They think that to be respectable they must live in style. thioughr to do so they live beyond thecir means. E~conomy appears to them as mean and little. This is a great mista~ke. Nothing is more respc-tatble than to keep out of debt. BJetter is a threadbare coat and r-ustyv hat paid for than the finest beaver and broad cotht on a cre dit. "Live within your income," was Thomas Jefifer son's favorite maxim, and he de-, clar-ed it worth all others. One can never be independent who fails to observe this maxim. There is nothing more burdensome to a sen sitive mind than the idea of owing money and not being able to pay it. Don't buy a thing unless you see where the money is coming from to pay for it. Economy, pa tince, industry and fidelity will bring their rewvards. Learn to la bor and to wait, and though you tay never become rich you will be ome inidependent. Fortune al- ] says helps those who help them selves.( The Teller Committee, after get- ~ in]g as much testimony on the Re :ublican side and as little on the ~ Democratic as they conveniently ~ aould. left Charleston on the 30th ~ lt,. for Washington. The testi- ~ ?ony of J. B. Ca4mpbell, E: W. M. ~ \Iackey and Marshall R. M. Wal- r ace will be taken there. The Com. nittee is composed as follows: Re- ~ >ublicans, Senators Teller, of Col- ~ rado, Kirkwood, of Iowa, and . ameron, of Pennsylvania-Demo- t riats, Senators McDonald, of Indi- a ma, and Randolph, of New Jer-sev 3 to 2 committee. Cobi s.B l- t< l'atterson says he intends to vote (J o keep Butler in his seat. He ays that when the Butler Corbin ase comes up in the Senate he pro- I o:es to go for Hayes with gloves di. Hayes, he says, has destroyed~ le Republican par-ty, Co vr fFoid,i stogt C-l ooer tofke ulrt in, thought,r ilotls eso to satle i haigf hc-ed tast epusions sandm f heetoRpbicn'tn at aobnhsn hne Itrbins ruore thace Bb,o n a rumoral thnf En.no of s ione of tre Evidence before the Teler Vog ;mittee in Charles tou. Thom.:- ;. 10osberry. Deptty -. iar at Jope ngine House, \:r . on j:eetion day : Was at te vl7s all da-jv_evervthing- con :ieI in a fai- aud orderlN aly m i m-r. T5 or 100 tickets were found fo'led d ble while counting these m destroved. There was one Lket wich iad thirteen tickets Mk in it; it was a Republican f and the thirteen insid of i, LI(; same. Saw t fne tiekets in the I .i-S of seve-ral R:.pblie:ms that .-' S;.Wmu colore;l m2en vote a: .D1eocrt ie: t1iket. Em.Rils,coh.. of "3ar.nwell: "As wi( do publi,kin party (idn't vote at the last election be 'se Demo-ratie kuldux took him out and lishe h iii the night be for the ee on-some white, some (olored. Fred Nix, col., iRepublican, of Brlwell: Flynn. col., preacher has been stopped from preaching since the election because he voted the Democratic ticket. Wilson Wil liams, colored preacher, has been turned out of his church by his congregation for the same reason. Thos. H1. Moses, colored, teacher at Blackville, Barnwell County: Most o-' the colored people in his section are Democrats. L. T. Izlar,white, resides at Black ville: 800 to 1,000 colored people of his County enrolled in Democratic clubs in 1876; more in 1878. Edward Perry, white printer, of Charleston: Presented his account book showing he had printed 78, 000 Republican tickets for E. W. M. Mackey, 10,000 of which were on tissue paper. James Cainoi, a town marshal at Orangeburg: Saw 200 or 300 colored men vote the Democratic ticket there on election day. W. L. Daggett, superintendent of the Newvs and Courier Job office: prinited Democratic tickets for sev eral Counties for the last election, several styles, among them a small tissue ticket-printed the tissue tickets of his own volition-object was to give the colored Democrats an opportunity to vote without being detected and mobbed by their own ace. No member of -either State or County Committee had ever con ferred with himi about the style of the tissue tickets. Siephen Haynes, colored, Presi dent of a colored Democratic Club in Charleston: 150 names on roll; al voted Democratic ticker in last keetion. His life frequently threat eued by the negroes for voting the Deocratie ticket. Should judge that 2.,00 coloredl people voted the Democratic ticket in Charleston ati ast election. S. J. L. Matthiews, white Demo 2rat: Was manager of 2nd ward pll1 on electionl day; 6 Democratic issue tickets and 18 Republican issue tickets were found in the box. R. M. Smith, colored, of Charles on: Thinks 3,500 of the 6,000 col red voters in Charleston County voted the Democratic ticket at the ate election. Republicans had no lecent ticket a man could vote E dward Perry. printer, of Charles on, testified before thme Teller Comn-1 nittee that he pinted 5.009 tissue ;ickets for E. W. M. Mackey just efore the late election. P'ension Law as it now stands. Congress has passed and Hayes ms approved the bill amending the aw granting pensions for the later var. By the original act the party ntitled to a pension for services, eath of relatives, &c., had to file is claim within five years after the ight to the pension accrued. This estriction the amendment removes,t nd gives "back pay" to all whot eglected to file their claims withint e time required. This amend- i aent was twice passed by a Demo- j ratic House and twice defeated by t Republican Senate. This fact ; hows very conclusively that South- v rers have no ill feeling toward t be Northern soldiers, who fought f, s the Southern soldiers did, for d that they considered right. t It is estimated that this amend- b int will drain the U. S. Treasury e >the tune of upwards of 850,000,- o Stnte News. Abbeville County is having her ' no fences built at the rate of from 105 to 8160 per mile. Nine additions to the peniten vr nte2t i. rmOag-~ Faronkth 2Sthcmr was. shot rande Frak Leekindtorf was thot andl uT, ve at Lddington nai th youth uof, xteH. AddisofWn.J Harth, . ot ofr A Woian-s Invention. After the completion of the New York Metropolitan Elevated Rail rond great compia:nt was made by those living along thf road of the distracting noise it ImadIe at all hours of the day and night. Peti tiois were plesented 4o gran:1 ju ries begging them to present the road as a nuisatnce, anld many plhysicians declared that the inces sant noise was very injurious to the iezlth of those living near the ra:i. 'he officers of the road tried every means they conld think of to Waden the sound, but without suc (ess; they employed Falison. the I wondertnl inventor, to devise some coutrivance for the pitpose-he failed. A few weeks ago a lady of New York, Mrs. Walton. succeeded in invening an apParatus that so cures the desired object. Her in. vention is to pack sand, tar and cotton around the rails. By this means the noise is so reduced as to cease to be annoying. The Rail road Company has paid her $10,000 for her invention. Cipher. The Potter Committee is investi gating the cipher telegrams. These telegramis were sent about the time of the counting of the vote for Presidential Electors in 1876. Each party has frequently charged the other with trying to buy electors at that time, and telegrams concern ing such bargains were sent in cipheis to escape detction. The Repuiicans have all along charged Tilden with trying to get the Presi dency in this way, and it was on his account that the ciphers were in vestigated. Nothing so far dis covered has connected him in the slightest degree with any such bar gaining. A significant fact has been brought to light, which is that Zach Chandler and other prominent Re publicans who took special interest in the election and sent many tele grams in ciphers, were permitted by Orton, late President of the Western Union Co.. to look through the telegrams and withdraw what ever they pleased of them before they came into t.he hands of the Committee. Mr. Orton was a Re publican in politics. Drift Wood. Dr. Linderman, Director of the Mint, is dead. $386,047.49 have been p)aid by the insurance companies for the 10,000 bales of cotton burned in Charleston, January 1st. A Kentucky clergyman in his prayer said, "O,Lord, Thou hast seen by the morning papers how the Sabbath was desecrated yesterday." It is said by the New York Sun that the b)ody of A. T. Stewart has been recovered by the payment of %0000 down and "no questions tsked. The dlistre'ss among the English Iabor- classes is greater than it has been for thirty years. Seven thous md miners are idle in the single County of Durham. Hon. Judah P. Benjamin, Seere ary of War under the Southern onfederacy, went to London when he Confederacy collapsed. He is aid to be making $150,000 annual y practicing law. FOR THE HERA LD. Our Washington Letter. WASHING TON, ID. C., January 28, 1879. Complaint is made, and with ap >arent justice, that ncither House is ow endeavoring to push legislation s in the early days of the session. till, there will not probably be need f an extra session. if the Dcmo rtic lHouse shall accept every extra agant amendment to the appropria ion bills which may be suggested by he Senate, there will certainly be no. eed of such a session. This they dia a the West Point and Diplotn;itie ills, and are doing in the Post Offiee ill. The result of acq1uiescence 6n thet art of the House, if not checked, rill be to force the next Congress be first IDomoeratic in both branches r 25 years-to impose further bur ens on the people. It w1ll be the rst Democratic Congress which will r ecompelled to put taxes on tea and C rffee, imipose any incomre tax, and do ther unpalatable thit.gs. The only ay to prevent this was and is to sue- F tin the House Comnaittee in the am- a e sums it deems proper for each IDe- n artmient to) receive, or, a.<might oftena roperly be: done. vote eveni less sums. t The cipher telegramis investigationn esedyoee ihapsil t ofpdstngused w aith alpos.itbil astshow by ofigices Rfdicals. U. ;legrahuCo. tha vfine of7 the WM . ti c enrlTnrtlgahdt ert-C rof the Interio~r Chandler, from In- d na, to appoint two Indian Agents, doubt it. The telegrams were not in cipher. The proposition was too gross to be made openly or openly accepted. Tyner's explanation is that the tele grauis uwe in a cipher previously agreed otl, and that the appf.-inti:ent of two "Indian Agents" meant that Secretary Chandler, who was also Chair:ian of the Republican General Coinmittee, would furnish 5. 000 for the Indiana Republicans. Whatever the true inwardness of these despatelies may be, the Co.n tuittee made one important discovery yesterdbay, which was that Hayes has rewarded with office the niau who stole fromi tlie Senate Con.-nittee room the 1leged Democratie ciphe- telegrams. Thi. is an important but not surpris in- discoverv. as Havcs has tried to reform all branches (if the civil ser vice. from the Supreme Court down Wards, by the appointnw)t of inen who intrigued, stole, forged or couilitteed perjury inl the atte-mpt to m~ake him iDI'resident. So nu.h i:unorance is shown in usually well informed papers abiout the ' -rrears of pension law" that I give againii the principal section of it: "That all pensious which iave been granted undie-r the generil laws rega lating pensio;s, or may hereafter be gfraited in cons iuence of death from a1C aus which oriainlated in the U. S. service durin- the cont'nuaaee :S tclie late war of the rebellion or in conse quence of wounds, injuries or disease received or contracted itd said service during said war of the ebellion, shall commen e from date of ;death, or dis charge from said service of the person on whose account the claims have been or shall hereafter be granted, or from the termination of the right of the party having prior titie to. such pen Another section repeals the law which formerly forbade the comple tion, if not completed within five years of date of filing in Pension Of fiee, of any claim not sustained by record evidence. Another sectiotk prohibits the employieut of attorneys in claims for arrears under the bill. Notwithstandiig this last section, pa pers like the New York Evening Post and Baltimore Sun say it is a bill for the relief of Washington claim agents, and these claim agents expect to 'Zet half the money. They cannot get a cent of it. They could and would be prevented from further practice before the public offices. Your correspon dent never advocated the bill, and, be fore its passage, called attention to the enormous aniount involved, but it is plain to any one that the bill was care fully drawn with a view of putting all the mioney, much or little, without expense, in the hanrds of the pensioners. In favor of the bill it may be said, also, that the money will receive a more general distribution than would be possible in any other way, and will, nearly all of it, go to men, wo men and children who are both poor and deserving. SOLON. N. IH. Caini, of Fayette C. HI., Ala. Says : "1 gave DR. BARTER'S FEvER AND AGUE SPECIFIC to umy little daughter, who was a mere skeleton from the effects of ague, she is now well and a new child. My wife suffered eight mouths from Chills and Fever; nothing did her any good un til she commenced using DR. HAR n:R's FEVER AND AGUE SPECIFIC. which cured her at once. For sale by all Druggists. Dowie & Moise, Wholesale Agents, Charles. ton, S. C. FoR THE HERALD. A bout the Line Fence. Mr.ssRs ElnsToas-A brief statemnent of facts in regard to the letting out of con tacts to build thet fence on the line be tween this and Lexi.igton (ounties would, perhaps, be interesting to most of your tax paying readers. The line was found to be sixteen and one fourth miles long and ex tending its entire ength through well tim bered plantations. On Thursday last, at Pomnaria, the Gomn missioners proceeded, according to their idvertisemnent, to let out contracts to b-sild ~he fence from uey's Ferry on Broad Ri ver as far as the Little Mountain pJlantation ~f F. HI. Dominick. The line was divided :n1o two sections, each pl.ntation being :alle'd a section, and bee eknhro ~hese sections are not all equal. The following wefe the lowest bids and ~ere awarded e'outraets commencing at luey's Feiv :y r. V. Wicker, * miles $ 140 )r. L. H. ,Jiobbs, 1 " 1 5 ). A. Diigkert, 1* 295 (. S. Chapmian, " 55 )r. Jas. K. Chapman, 1* 225 lenry M. Mayer, t " 75. leo.'A. Bundrick, f 45' kobin Epting, 11-20 " So I. P. Summers, 0 57 C . WV. Motits, j " 125 C . D. Sheely, t " 84 Total, 7 11.12 $1,346 It will be seen from this that the cost to >ild this portion of the fence was about I ;168 per mile. The next day at F. H. a )ominick's, a strong petition was presented rom nearly every person living on the line ietween this point and Saluda River ask. - ig that the felice be built along or near be Columbia road to Mrs. Mary E. War er's, and thence down- another road (the ork, I believe,) to Buffalo Creek, and hence to Saluda River. All parties hay ag fences on this line very generousl~ greed to keep them in repair for one year REE OF AI-L COST to the county, a'Id where ew fences arnd g:ates had to be erected, the eighbors willingly agreed to do this at bout cost. The County Commnis.-iotners were given >understand that the dirtect line was cot anted anid would not perhaps be secure if ut, that fires in this section were corn on. that nto one would build it for less an $2011, and that parties through wvhose - -usi asdwudnete ul ecs1 ordsel imber. wunde ethsser buil fnirs iorntiber. lider this sate o anairs ie "Compmis inews a re to andi tl (eyc oae Cmiofionsae htd pad foriftyeverc oderasum ofi te hnred and offtefivce er allars, mkn h ntinsi.nreloetvo the fenie e Our Tenure of Life Depends in great measure upon our regard or or neglect of the law. of health. If we iolate them we cannot expect to "make old bones." But that the span of existence al otte(i to a naturally delicate constitution, or )lie which has been shaken by disease may be naterially lenghithened, is a fact of which .vc have daily proof. The vivifyimg and res torative influence of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters upon a failing physique affords a striking illutration of the power ofjadicions medication to strengthen the hold on life. Restored digestion, complete assimilation, renewed appetite, sound renose, these are among the benefits confe-.,- upon the de lebilitated by that sur:reme renovant. With a circulation enrie.:d, a frame invigorated andl a nervous system tranquilized, the in valid, after a course of the Bittenr, feels that his life tenure is no longer the precarious thing that it was-that he may yet enjoy a "gren old age." Grange Department. At the meeting of Newberry Pomona Grange, No. 4,. held on the 10th January nst., it was resolved to hold its meetings at :ie different Subordinate Grange Halls with in its jurisdiction, when invited; and that tuhe Sub. Grange inviting Pomona to meet with it, should at the time of making the in vitation, designate some subject of gene interest to the Order for discussion meeting to be held in response to s ta tion. Under this resolution an in itation w received and accepted from Belnont Gran No. 54, to hold a call meeting at their Ha Ln Friday, the 14th day of Felbary next, at 11 o clock, A. M. ISbt-Does it pay to ne Commercial Fertilizers. Also an invitation was received and ac cepted to hold the next regular meeting, to wit: On Friday after Sale-day in April next, at 11 o'clock, A. M., at tha Hall of Domi nick Grange, No. 204. Subject to be fur ni6hed to the Secretary in time to be pub li.hed in Grange Column of the Newberry HERALD. The Delegates are urgently requested to at ten., for it is believed the order will be im proved and built up by this system of rotary meetmngs. J. S. HAIR, W. M. JAMES F. KiGom. Secretary. BELMONT GRANGE HALL, January 18th, 1879. The Following Dlaces are design..ted for - time entertainmnt of the delegates~of New berry Pomona Grange, at the meeting to be held at Belmont Grange Hall, on the 14th Feb., 1879, and we hope each and all will at tend the meeting and accept our hospitality: Maybinton Grange.............2..A New ChapeL ...............J. S. Floyd Beth ~Eden...... .........J. B. Floyd Dominick..................W. W. Waldrop St. Mathew's.................A. P. Davis Odell's......... ........ .......T. M . Neel Ebenezer......C. D. Barton and G. W. Sena Pomaria........................Jesse Senu Wells......................Jonathan Werts Bush River.............J. P. Williams St. Luke's...................Jas. Speer Betbel.................W. P.Johnson Cannon's Creek...............J. G. Sen High Point......... ........Win. Reid Liberty Hall. .D. S. Johnson and C. S. Cleland Sympaitby...............E. C. Longshore Mount Zion...............L. C. Johnson H. D. BOOZER, Master Belmont Grange. J. FLOYD, Secretary. All members of the Order of Patrons of Hu.sbandry are invited to be with us, and afl :leegates to Pomona Grange are urgently re juested to attend the meeting of Newberry Pomona Grange, to be holden at Belmont Grange Hall, on 14th February, 1879. Let no delegate stay away because their Sub. Grange is not in good working order, but :ome out and take your proper n'.car, and assist in builing i .-ad Vrpetuating our Drder. All are equally interested. J. 8. HIAIR, Master N. P. G. JAMEs F. KILGORE, Secretary. .71ew .deertisements. Open! Open!I I'he Large and Well Assorted Stock of DRY GOODS, 300TS, SHOES, HATS, &c Formierly offered by Jones & Satterwhite, And lately by A. C. JO1ES, Is NOW OPEN, and will be sold t4ireat Bargains ! L. K. VANCE, Assignee of K.'C. JONES. Feb 5 It NOTICE. The copartnership heretofote existing be ween J. JE. Brown, J. C. Wilson and JQis i. Kibler, tinder the firm name of BROWN, VILSON & CO., has been dissolved by ran cal consent. All persons indebted to said firtm are re nested to settle at once and thus save ost. J. E. BROWN. J. C. WILSON4. JULIA A. KIBLER. We will continue the GROCERY and 'ROVISION BUSINESS tinder the Sim ame of BROW N & KIBLER. J. E. BROWN. JULIA A. KIBLER. Feb 5, 6-3t. NOTICE. THE WELL KNOWN Is now offered for sale 'or 500 lbs. Middling Cotton, DELIVERED AT TIS PLACE. r. C. WILSON, Agt. Feb. 5, 6;-3t. ood's Hlousehold Magazine, 'ol. 16) for 1879, enlarged to 100 pages, ntains the cream of the world's literature ranged ini twenty departments, for the tertainment,. instruction, and profit of erv reader. Yearly, $i.00); samnplecopy, cet.. Orer from nensdealers or di