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tintitf^ ? m m >. The Blue Ridge Railroad. Com mon ting on tho Ciao Ridge Railroad Bill, whioh hus passed the House, the Char* leaton Courier says : f The question now before the Legislature is not whether tho r31ue Didgo Road shall be built. As to this '?hero would bo no dissout. The "Hing" who havo now its control do not propdso to build, or ?construct tho Road. Tho best ovidonco is this : That in tho pro sentproposal t?oro is uot only no guarantee or plcdgo to this effect, but uot a siuglo word indicating that any of tho monoys asked from tho Stato pod tho pookcts of tho tax-payers, ahull bo applied either to tho construction, or completion of tho Road. It is, therefore, evident th?t this is v/ide of tho mark, and uo such purpose is contemplated. Othorwiso, it would havo been ututed. Tho measure proposed ts adroit and decep tive, ns all partial stutemouts of faots are. It nnnounoes that tho Stato has endorsed its guoruntco for four millions of bonds issued by tito Biuo Ridgo Ruil Roud Company nuder tho Act of September tho 16th, 1808, and that theso create a liubility ou tho State, which tho T.-ousury may bo required to meet at unforsocn and uuopportuno times. It is well known that the liability of tho Stato un der tho Act of September 15th, 18G8, has loog been doubted It is believed, indepen dent of etiler considera tiona, to bo invalid as tho terms oft tho Act havo no vcr been com plied with: Wo need quote? but | ono provi sion pf the Act of 1868, "provided that' tho sail bonds, pr any part thereof, shall not be unod unless upon tho express condition, that upon application to tho Congress of tho Un ited-, States, or to private capitalists, tho amount of three millions of dollars iu ourrouoy, ole so much of that sum as may bo necessary, shall bo furnished in exchange or upon the security of said bonds." And os to tho re maining one million dollars of bonds, "that so much of tho said issue as may bo necessary, not exceeding three hundred thousand dol lars, shall bo. applied to the redemption of the prosont bonded debt of tho company." Now, without discussing and waiving tho legality of this Act, wo know that neither the Congress of tho Uuited States or private cap italists have furnished three millions of dol lars in exchange or upon tho security of thu three millions dollars of bonds. "/Sb (hat the whole liability of the State, under the law, would be for t/ircc hundred thousand dollars an the remaining million, and this provided these ha carbeen applied to the payment of the bonded dahl of the company." If not so up pliod, then tho State is responsible for noth ing, and the whole four millions arc without authority, and mo hold in defiance of tho law and the Act, and uro without validity. And yot tho very application now made by tho Ring to the Legislature, as to its own laws, states that "these bunds and their cou pons aro now pledged in t!io oity of New York and elsewhere," mid aro held by Mr. Kitnp ton, tho Financial Agent, ns collateral soeur ity for ndvanoes mode by him to tho Bluo Ridgo Rail Road Company. The only au thority, as we havo shewn, is for their uso "to the extent of three hundred thousand dollars for the payment of thc boudod debt of tho State." This, therefore, if so used, which is not alleged or pretended, constitutes, even if tho Act be loga!, tho whole possible responsi bility of the State And now, upon tho falso assumption and pretence of the liability of the State, they usk, amid all tho financial disas ter, that there should-bo a further spoliation of ono million eight hundred thousand dollars, whioh, without any value, is not only to bo received in payment of tuxes and other dues to thc State. Thc proposition is so monstrous as to amount simply to tho red high hand. More than this, whilo tho tuxes are now pressing tho people to tho dust, and crush ing out every departmout of industry and hon esty, this measure proposes, for tho private enrichment of thc individuals who composo tho "Ring," an annual tax to bo levied of "throe mills on tho dollar, in addition to all Other tuxes, on tho assessed value of all taxa ble proporty iu tho State," for tho redemption of the nearly two millions of dollars thus pro posed to bc illegally, and by tho moro exer cise of despotic power, issued. But there is another and a dangerous fea ture The Legislature is not only asked tc add to thc publio debt und for tho benefit of thc Ring, ono million eight hundred thousand dol lars, when wo have now a debt under whioh wc cannot stagger, and to tax annually thc people of the Stato for its redemption, when the taxet now almost are equivalent to confiscation, uni this without tho slightest guarantee for cithci thc construction or completion of tho road but to confer upon tho Ring tho unheard o frauohisc of "constructing branohes to an; points or places iu tho Stato, aud to issu< bonds ana create mortgages to such utnoun and in such manner as tho Board of Director may direct." There is no stutemont as t what is to be dono with tho money to bo rait ed by theso indefinite nod unlimited morl gages. The measure proposod bristles with its ot paoity for fraud on every side. It is th boldest attempt yet made on tho Treasury c the State and tho pookots of tho pooplo. J it suoocods, tho purse and proporty of no mat howover humble, ls safe. These uro at th rosroy of every lobbyist and every "Ring. There ts an ond of ail security. To be Tumbled Overboard* On Saturday last, a most acrimonious d< bato took plaoo in the Stato Semite hetwee members of tho Radical party. On this tl senator from Richland is thus reported : Mr. Nash thought it was time to stop th sort of thing. . Theso fuctions must ocaso ho wa? a Republican; and spoko as one; they do not cease.if th ey do not stop,tho massa pf the people will rise in their might nn grind thom down, and if Robertson or Soot or any other fuotion endcaved to dissever tl Republican party, ho proposod to stop it, if Yft-? peqesssw! to walk over their dead bodic If right could, not be done without assailiti th. administration thon assail it; lotit j lown ; tho people will not uphold you unie you do right; if they not wrong it ts n their fault ; it is the fault of the mon wi load thom; theso factions hayo got to get Ol of tho way. If they don't settle them v -will aofitlQ.lUem ourselves. Wo will turob thom overboard, and take oharge of the Sta Go vcr o m out ourselves. Ho would say wh he ploased as a Republican, and if they dide Jiko it they may' lump it. He was here as Rcpuhlioaii representative from Richlai county until they send ?botter man in 1 placo A- kind ofrgopd natured ?perrina hero toi ? plano bet ween Messrs. Nash and Maxwell, whioh ti?3 former waa unusual; facet ions ai said some pretty good thiogs, among t! -ronny, that it wasn't tho thunder he w afraid of; it was the lightning that hurt. ral mwmmm* BY KEITH, HOYT & CO. TE R MS.-for Subscription, TWO VOL LARS per annum strictly in advance ; for six months, One Vollar. ?&~ Advertisements at $1 per square for ten ines or less for the first insertion, and 60 cents for each subsequent insertion. (fctf Obituary Not ices exceeding five lines, Trib utes of Respect, Communications of a personal character when admissable,and Announcements of Candidates, will be charged foras advertise' nents, Ei?B* Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed ????9* Necessity compels us to adhere strictly io he requirement of cash payment. WALHALLA, S. C.: Friday Morning, JFot*. 33, 18T2. ?W A Bill to charter tho ??Walhalla Fe malo College-" has passed the House of Rep resentatives. ??* J. J. MOCARTER, of tho book house of BRYAN & MCCARTER, of Columbia, died on the 17th instant, io tho seventy-second year of his age. Ho had boon in tito book business since 1821. ASST Tho delegates to tho Republican Con vention in Columbia, from Oconce County es published iu tho Union, oro A. BRYCE, Jr., and EDWARD HON EA. Pickcna County, S. D. GOODLETT. IKSju Dr. DOYLE hos introduced a joint re bolution in tho House, authorizing oortain persons to havo transcribed such records of ?'Pickens district," as relato to real estate in Oooneo County, for tho uso of tho pcoplo of Oconoe County. SSW Tho oommittoo appointed by the Legislature to desiro Ways nud Means to maintain tho Stato government, reports that $2,455,000 is necessary. To raise this sum and Couuty taxes, 26} mills will bo necessary. This will bo nour $50,000 for Oconce. How long oan wo stand it ? War with England Is now regarded a remote possibility. Tho difference betweoo tho two countries, though nomi nully great, aro of too little real signifi cance to justify or even furnish on.our part a decent pretext for war. Tho bili of damages cluiuiod by the United States is a legal absur dity, and exousablo only from Undo Sum's (ato blustering propensities. langland is ready and willing to abide any dcoision of the arbitrators as to tho nctuul loss and injury re sulting to tho United States from tho depre dations of tho Alabama and other Southern cruisers fitted out in British ports, but she justly ropels any claims for consequential damages. Thc latter is subject to no ascer tainment, und it is beyond human perception to say whether any real damage resulted con sequentially. England should pay tho high est estimated actual loss. This is all law or justico can demand, and wo hardly believe any demand for moro will bo sustained by thc reflecting pcoplo of oither section of this Government. It is a principle of law that a claim of in. feront ?al damages resulting from n tort cannot bo rcpovcrod. In such cases the highest prico is allowed for actual losses, in duding what is oullcd smart money. Tho time and circumstances of tho injury are brought out in evidence toincreaso the recov ery, but tho verdict is thc nctuul damage sus tuined in person, property, or reputntion, as proved to tho jury. Tho claim for conse quential damages put in by the United States is about a thousand million of dollars, while thc claim for actual loss by destruction of property is less than thirty millions of dollars. If tho former claim bo not withdrawn, it will very probably be ignored by tho board of settlement. In any cvont, little else than a I war of words is apprehended. Orana Chapter At tho roccnt meeting of tho Grand Royal Aroh Chapter, in Charleston,, tho following officers wero elected for tho onsuing Masonic year : Jomes A. Hoyt, Anderson, G. H. P. Jumes Birnie, Greenville, D. Q. II. P. K. W. Loyd, Florenco, G ll. W. H, D. Gaillard, Pondloton, G. S. Rev. John M. Carlisle, Charleston, R. lt. I A. G. Chaplain. C. Frank Jackson, Columbia, G. Troasuror. AnguHtino T. Smythe,. Charleston, G. I Sccretuiy. B. 2. Ilcrudon. Cokesbury, G. C. H. Harris Covington, Bcnucttsvillo, G. lt. A. O. IJ. F. Meyer, Charleston, G. Sontinel. Comp? Augustine T. Smythe wus el-etcd unanimously chairman of tho Committee on Foreign Correspondence, und Comps. Harris Covington and Wilmot G. DoSiussnro were appointed the remainder of tho committco. The annual assembly of thc Grand Counoil of Royal and Select Musters of the Stute of South Carolina was held yesterday uftornoon, at Holmes' Lye um. Jumes Birnio, M. P. G M., delivered tho annul address, refiting to cryptic masonry in tho State and tho United States. After tho transaction of business, an election was hold for officers for tho ensuing year, with tire following result : Jumes Birnio, Grconvillo, M. P G. M. E. W. Llr. td, Florenco, % J. D G. M. G. T. Borg, Columbia, P C. W. G- F. Jnokson, Columbio, G. T. A. Linditrom, Charleston, G. R. Zimmerman Davis, Charleston, G. C. of G. W< H, Girardoou, Sutntor, 0. C. of C. O. M. Miller, Laurens, G. M. . L. F. Meyer, Cluulcston, G. 8, The Grand Counoil meets ?gain in Charles leeton on tho Wednesday following the second Monday.io February next. - John H, James bought 400 moro shares of the South Carolina Railroad, whioh ho found "hawking nbout the streets of Char leston," and tho News thinks if this thing is not stopped, tho road will soon bc in tho bands of the enemy. The Legislature Aftor a session of eighty fivo days, this body is beginning to think of adjourning, an event expected to toko place about the let of I March. This is uo pleasant thought to many of the members, who havo found legislating a profitable business, aud especially as the prosont is tho last tenn of the House. In discussing the donate resolutions of adjourn* ment on the 16th inst., MODLK'Y offered a substitute, which was passed to the effect, that this lenora! Assembly adjourn on the 26th, subject to a oall of a majority of tho members of both Houses, to bo signified in writing to tilt Clerks of tho respectivo Houses, provided tho members shalt draw no pay during tho adjournment. This tho Sen ato luid ou tho tablo and the day of adjourn* mont is not yet fixed. Without doubt there much is utfioished business on ibo calender, but without doubt it is better so and would be so uftcr a session of twelve mouths. Tho body as to legislation hus neither beginning, middle nor end. Bills are introduced aud printed to tho last day of tho session, aud uow at the close measures nearly concerning the fiuaucial interests of tho Stute aro being brought for ward und pressed to n passage. Lust woek a Bill was prepared and intro duced at the instanco of WESLEY, of No';| York, trustee of tho Union Trust Company^ entitled a bill to consolidate tho debt of tho State, and to pr?vido for tho payment of tho sumo. Tho Charleston News furnishes tho following summary of this measure : Tho preamble recites that, by virtue of certain specified acts, Stuto bonds to tho amount of $5,511,000 havo boon issued and sold, aud bonds to the amount of 83,773,000 have been issued and pledged for loans, mak ing with tho auto war bonds an aggregate of j $15,767,908 08 ; that most of these bonds have been sold at prices far below their par valuo, and that tho holders of several millions of bonds have petitioned for the consolidation of tho debt. Tho bill provides in Section 1, that tho financial board issue $10,000,000 of | registered stook, having twenty years to ruu, and bearing interest ut six per cent., payable quarterly, to bo delivered to cither thc Union Trust Company, tho United States Trust Company, tho Farmers' Loan and Trust'Com pany, thc Manhattan Company, tho Nutionol Bank of Commerce, or tho American Ex change Nutioual Bauk, all of New York, to be disposed of in funding and retiring the j 1 pr?sent debt of thc Stuto, us afterwards pro vided. Section 2 provides for a tux of four mills on the dollar, or such other tux us will produco at leuat $720,000 per annum, to bc remitted to tho bunk or trust company desig- r natcd for these puiposes, and used for tho < c:cation of a sinking fund Section 3 pro vides that thc now stock skull be sigued by the Governor and treasurer, und countersign ed by thc president, secretary or enshier of 1 thc bond or trust company. Section 4 ap- I points Messrs. James L. Orr, John B. Palmer i und L. 1). (milds, with two citizens of Now p York to bc selected by teem, a board of com- j missioners to sit in New York to investigate and pass upon tho validity of bonds offered 1 in exchange tor the new stock, and requires s them to certify their decision upon each bon re presented, provided that tho holder of tin bond signify in writing his intention of ex . changing it for thc new stock Section 5 ( requires tho institution designated as above to dclivci to tho holders of Stato bonds certi fied as above, upon tho presentation and cm * collation of (he s imo, registered stock flt the I rate of seventy live per cent, of thc car value , of such bonds. Section fl provides tint bonds hy put boosted us security for loans may bo ex changed for stock nt thu rate of seventy fivo ( Der cont, of the pur value of thc bonds, the 1 loins being paid off ut tho same time with new stock nt eighty cents on tho dollui. Seotion 7 extends the operations of the act to the exchange of ante war bonds nt tho same rate as above speoitied. Section 9 pro vides tbut the funds raised by tho tax tibovo prescribed shall bc appropriated, first, to tho payment of interest on the new stuck ; sec ond, *.o the payment of interest on such bonds as may nut be exchanged ; third, to the rc j tiroment of portions of thc debt of tho State. Section ll provides that no moro bonds of tho State shall bo issued unless approved by two-thirds voto of the qualified voters of the Stato. ut u general election. Sec'ion 12 ap propriates tho sum of 810,000 to defray tho expenses of carrying this act into effect. Section 13 repeals tho various nets providing for tho issuo of bonds, und all other uots in consistent with this ono. Tho Bill to raise supplies and mako appro priations for tho current year has not yet been passed. Tho bill introduced by the Committee of | Ways and Moans made no provisions for thc payment of the interest on thu purdie debt, and n substituto bus been introduced, tho first section of which reads au follows : SUCTION 1. That to defray tho current expenses of the Stato for tho fiscal your end ing tho thirty first day of October, ono thous and eight hundred and seventy two, the Stato auditor is herby authorized and requir ed to levy a tax of six mill a on thc dollur of | tho assessed value of all taxable property in the State; and he is hereby further author ized und required to lovy a tax of four mills on tho dollar of thc assessed valuo of ali tho taxublo property of tho State, to pay tho in terest on the public debt; and in addition to thc aforesaid tuxes, the Stato auditor shall levy a further tux of five mills on tho dollar of tho assessed value of nil tho taxable pro porty in tho Stute, to moot the. deficiencies in the rcvonuo for thc fiscal year ending on tho thirty first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy one. Tho remaining sections provide for a coun ty tax of two and n half mills on tho dollar, and that the taxes are payable in U. S. Treas ury notes, notes of tho national banks, gold and silver coin. The Bill to divide the State into five Con* gressiooal Districts has not passed. Tho House bill under consideration makes the 4th Distriot ns follows : Fairfield, Newberry, Laurena, Audosson, Picken*, Oconeo and Abboville. In the Homo, while discussing the Bill of j Nehemias, providing for the payment of a salary $1000, to the members of the General A6sombly, instead of a per diom, Mobley, colored, of Union County, upon an amend ment proposing to substitute 8500 for $1000; mm_m? i ,i , II . 1 i i ', , i , BBWW declared that first o?ase mon could not be had for $500. Tho special committco to whom was refer red tho bill, with its substitutes, to make ap propriations and raise supplies for the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1871, sub mitted the following report : That they have had an extended interview with the State Treasurer and Comptroller General, who were present by request of tho oommittoo. Your committco find that them is n doQoienoy in previous years, on account of tho failure to levy cud eollcct tho toxos, amounting, to 9950,000, now due and unpaid. Tho dolinquonoy of tho oolloction of taxes for the psst three yours amounts io the aggre gate to ubout $1,200,000. Your committee is satisfied that the iuw for the collection of taxes is inadequate, and should be so amended as to insure tho prompt collection of tho sume. The failure to lovy and collect a sutlloiont amount iu tho past is tho causo of tho pre sent (mancini embarrassment of the State. Tho ueglcot also, of the Legislature, in past years, to provide annually for deficiency in revenue, ns prosoribod by tho Constitution, rendors it now necessary to greatly iuorouso the ruto of taxation. Your committee find tho dobt, as stated by tho treasurer, for which n rcveuuo to pay tho interest should be provided to amount to 511,994,908 98. Tho Comptroller Gonerul fully concurs in this statement. The amount necessary to pay thc interest ott tho same at' tho rato of six per cent, per annum is &719,G95.54, if paid in curronoy which your committee recommend ; if in gold tho pro luium will have to be added, thereby increas ing the amount. Your Committee havo estimated tho cxpou jes of tho State for tho fisool year, onding Oc tober 81, 1872, includiug tho abovo to be &2.455.000. Your committco recommend the adoption )f the first section of thc substitute, with this uuendmcnt iii tho seventh lino after thc ivords "Public' debt" insert "which sholl be >aid in United States ourroncy, or national junk notes." Respectfully submitted, JAS N. HAYNE, Chuirman. The War on Charleston. Our city by tho sea is much agitated about lortuin efforts on tho part of tho Georgia Cen ral Railroad to lease thc South Curoltna road. Che movement is regarded os a strike against ho interests of Charleston and in favor of Sa rannah, and as such has stirred up the clo '.uenoo of tho merchants and business tuen of he former oity. Messrs. DESAUSSUKE, L1ATHEU8 and TRENIIOLM, in speeches, held t to bo n duty and commercial necessity to re ata in South Carolina tho direction of out diief railroad. This is patriotic hngunge iud pleasant to hoar : but words ^without leeds uro like faith without, works, dead. While "our folks" talked, Mr. JOHN II. FAMES, of Georgia interest, workod, and, says he News, bought up four hundred shares ii: ho road. Though Charleston, wo hope viii be successful in this little war, there u i silent, persistent and more destructivo in luenoc at work to injure her trade nnd pros )crily. This is the exorbitant freights ex ictod by tho roads over which her trade must >as? For several yours our merchants buvi aborcd to reduce tho tariff on goods to some bing liko a par with thc freights on tin Georgia roads. Such a course they believet ind argued would conduce to thc profits 0 he roads no less limn to their own trade am lusincss. Not only have the heavy tariffs 01 .oods driven tho merchants of the udjoininj lounties of North Carolina und Georgia toot iering their goods to Athens-a much farthe joiut than Wnlhulhi-but some of the cili tens of Oconco even have been hauling thci iroducc to Athens und buying their groceric ?herc, lu this way much up-freight, ns we is tho produce which would bc brought t diip down, finds -transit over thc Guorgi roads. So too much trade is lost to Charlo, ton in the same way. Thero was onco a til in Walhalla of hauling to and from Athens 1 % mutter of economy. Would Savanuuh su For this from thc Georgia roads ? Chorlcsti hus wealth, talent and influence, will she toi g?r suffer it? When you have choked 01 tho ring of Georgiu, bring your artillery boar in advocacy of low freights, and wo tho mountains will work hand in hand wi you. Suffer tho present system of freights continue, and in twelve months, when t Air-Lino road is available, a mountain nw chnti t will bo a st ra tiger in Charleston. Tri we aro poor now and our trade of trifling\i port-nice, but tho time will bo when it will worth seeking. You oan get, retain aod i creuso it. Will you do it ? WASHINGTON, February 19.-Seual Davis is convalescing. Thero will bo no minority report in fal of Abbott, who olaims the Senatorial si from South Carolina. I It is reiterated by t oommittoo that they will report of seati Ransom. Kailey hus boen confirmed os collector rovenuo for thc first district of Texas, a Charles Halo ns Assis.ant Secretary of Stu The Committee on .Vays and Moans dec ded to day that thc income tax for the curr year shall bo collected os heretofore. 'J Commissioner of Internal Rovenue is distril ting tho necessary blanks SENATE-Tho majority and minority ] Klux reports wore presented and ords printed. The majority roport, in oonneot with tho extension und suspension of habeas corpus, reooinuiends exceptional g oral amnesty. The question of selling arms to Franco resumed. Sonato adjourned. HOUSE.--A civil rights bill, similar Senator Sumner's, went over to next Mont A resolution instructing tho Committee Ways and Mcuns, to report a bill abolish tho duties on salt and eon), failed of a t thirds vote, yoas 108 nays 88. A bill abolishing the duty on tea andoo was passed by a vote of one hundred fifty-three to one hundred and thirty-six. Tho Ku Klux Committee havo repor The minority report w*s passed, but not eoived by a vote of 60 to 180, not t.wo -1hi beoause it contained phrases disrespectful th? President ; but afterwards, noon do tions that it should bo pruned of its ol sensivo and unparliamentary phrases, it reoeived without division. The House f adjourned. Tho Impeachment of Governor Roed Still another of tho oarpot-bog Governor? who have boen eueuged in robbing tho South has como to grief, tho victim in this oaso be* iog Harrison Reed, of Florida. The Legis lature of that State, it is said, has voted un animously to impeach Governor Reed, on the recommendation of tho Railway Committee, for beiog concerned in gross frauds in con nection with tho issuing of bonds for tho con struction of railroads-a favorito Bohemo of plunder with tho carpet bog gentry. There is a long story relating to tho particular out rage which hus brought Governor Recd into difficulty. AB far back as 1808, so the tale runs, ono Swetson joined with Governor Bul look, who lately decamped from Gcorgiu, in projecting a railroad in North Carolina. For tho construction of this road tho Legislature of thut Stuto, under pressuro from another Govornor, who subsequently Was impeached and deposed from office, authorized tho issue of -$7,000,000 in bonds- Swetson carried the bouda North, raised $500,000 on thom, and leaving tho now railroad to take caro of itself, ran off with his plunder to Florida There he fell into thc bunds of shrewder rascals than himself, and was stripped of the most of his booty; whereupon, with tho assistance of Governor Reed, he repented the game which hud been so successful in North Carolina, and tho Legislature way induced to issue 95,000,000 iii bouda fur building a certain railroad in Florida. Of this sum $125,000 was expended on tho railroad, while tho re ma'ndor wont iuto tho pockets of Swotson and his confederates. Thus two States were made to poy $11,875,000 in order to get $125,000 oxpeuded ca u single railroad in ono of them. II is successor, Lieutenant Govornor Samuel T. Day, isa Virginian by birth, and although a Republican in politics, is reputed to bo hon est. He will at once tuke the oath of office us acting Governor. When thc present Con stitution was framed in 1808, a clause was inserted by thu Radicals, then smarting un der the Johnson impeachment fiasco, that impeachment should constitute u disability disqualifying from tho performance of public duties. Tho Gght is entirely in tho Radical ranks, between the carpet bag ring from the North-which luis plundered tho State already of millions, and is uow Bohemiog to squeeze thc last dollar from tho State before it goes iuto bankruptcy-and tho Republicans per mnntly settled there mid identified with tho interests of the Slate. Tho" passage of tho impeachment resolution is looked upon ns a stunning blow to thc "ring" and ns u victory which will probably result ia the complete overthrow of tho corruptionists. There is but little doubt of conviction. Of course thc acts complained of can bo dearly proved, and arc sn 111 ci ont to scud.Recd to the State penitentiary, much less oust him from thc Governorship ; but tho facts bavo little influence on n question like this, while money uud politics have much. Tho Senate is com posed of cloven Dem?crata abd thirteen Re publicans, making seventeen votes necessary for conviction. The eleven Domoornts, ol course, will vote solid Three of tho Repub licans ure pledged tu vote for conviction, leav ing only two vole* to got, and two decent Republicans undecided. It is generally be lieved that thc ring members of tho Senate will make a scapegoat of the Governor and whitewash themselves by voting for bis Attachment. - Thc Columbia Phoenix says : General Wade Hampton ind General Butler left for Washington on ycstcrdiy morning. It is said that thc object of their visit is to denounce tho vile calumny of Edmunds, of Vermont, who, in u recent speech in the. Semite, charged that they and General Kershaw wero leaders nf thc Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina General Kershaw, wc uro infirmed, will join Generals Hampton ?nd Butler iu Washington. - Tho New? says; A delegation from the City of Greenville is now in Charleston to consult with tho directors of the South Caro lina Railroad Company us to tho extension of railroad connection to Ashville, North Carolina. - Tho Ku Klux trials havo commenced at .Jackson, Mississippi. TUB HISTORY or A NATIONAL R KM ROY. ...Hero is Ihe history of the morl eelobrated tonio of tho age in n nutshell. In 1800 it was announced thal a certain combination of vegetable ingredients, with u pure diffusive stimulant, was working wonders in thc cure of chronic dyspepsia, nervous debility, liver oomplnint, periodical fevers, rheumatism and constitutional weakness. The unpretending name given to tho speoifio was PLANTATION RITTKUB. The statement attracted the attention of invalids everywhere. Tho now remedy received a fair trial, and the resells moro than confirmed ?ll that had been said in its praise. Thenceforward it was a grand success. The business columns of I lie press spread tho glorious nows fur and wide, and tho martyrs to in ??gesti?n, biliousness, physical prostration and premature docay. ns if by com mon consent, sought relief from the new vegetable re storative. They found what they sought. Prom that time to (be present tho in?rense in tho de mand for Plantation bitters has boon ono of the striking ovonta in this age BPf>" For Coughs, BronohUis and Consumption, in its early ni age?, nothing equals Dr. Pierce's ? Golden Medical Discovery. i ?????? n.? ?i um III i- lim.??.MW II.III i ! ??lsA J\? EB OIA? CHARLESTON, February 19.-Cotton firm middling 22; receipts 906 bolos ; sales 200 ; stock 26.050, Aua URTA; February 19.-Cotton quiet and firm -middling 21) ; receipts20C bales; eales 450. NEW YORK, Fobrunry 19-7 R M.-Cotton quiet and steady ; patos 2,387 bulos-uplands 22f; Orlorns 28*. Flour in fair domnnd. Wheat ?toady. Corn heavy, at 72@72J. Gold 10|. South Carolinas duli and lower-South Carolinas old 52 ; new 32}. LIVERPOOL, Fobrunry 19-Evening_Sixteen / morienn arrivals since Saturday, with upward of 30,000 bales of ootlon. Cotton closed firm uplands Hi; Orlenos 11J@U? soles 15,000 'bales ; speculation and export 7,000. jra yjt^jg IST i .A. M A KUI I'd), at tho residence of J. M. Reinhardt, ort Thursday, January Uth, 1872, by A.. W. Sharp, Esq., Mr. DANI.a. ROPKIITSOM to Mles ELISABETH KIMO -, all of Cherokee County, Qa. Br tho some, and same day, at the rotldenoe of J. II lin (ter worth, Mr. A RH KKK Y fl no ii S to Mis? E. A. BUTTERWORTH ; all of Cherokee Co., Qa. OM Thursday evening, 1st of February, 1872, by ev. H. N. Hays, Mr. Jesse PHILLIPS to Miss BOSNIA HOPKIN? ; both of Goonoo. Oil Tuesday morning, 6tli of February, I&72, by, the same, Mr. WM. WOOLRNIOHV, of Goonoo oounty, to Misa Rufa Reste, of Anderson- county * On Wednirfday evening, Uth of Fobruany, 1872, by the same, Mr. THOMAR Mooee, ot Coonee county, to Mit? MART CAMrnun., of Anderdon oe. Speoieui N otioes. Willimill* Clltipter, Wo. 38, it. A. MT. A REGULAR CONVOCATION of Walha!, la Oluiptor, No. 28. lt.-. A.'. M.\. will Ito held nt their Hall, in Walhalla, on MONDAY, tho 4th day of March, noxt, nt candlelight. Companions will bo puuOtuul in thoir atton dance. By order tho Chapter : , 8. V. PENDY, Soo'y. Ullin llttlge Lodge, No. 02, A. 1\ IV. A. A RECULAR COMMUNICATION jf "f m,,e 11 Ve Lodge, No. 02. A.-, F.\ /\r\ M.'., will .eheld on SATURDAY. Mareil 2d. at 7 o'clock. I*. M. Brethren will take duo notice, und govern themselves no* cordi ugly. Dy order of tho Lodge . WM. KO It BK It, Sec'y. 5 rom Dun to IBeerglielm. From Charleston to Dahlonega, from tho seaboard to tho mountains,can bo seen a mark-, od improvement in.tho td j lo of building? in the last live years. Villages and farm houses all present a moro olegnnt nnd comfortable ap poar.vnco. Tho reason is well known. It is because in that period tho whoto country hns loathod tn patronizo'that celebrated rtianufao* turer of Doors, Sashes and Blinds, Mr. P. P, T?ALE. Charleston, S. 0. 8 I N K 1 N G H li O W IJ If , Diseases (hat progress rapidly to a crisis oro* not tho only ones lo bc dreaded. Canker or dry rot docs not blast ft (reo as suddenly ns a slroko of lightening, but unless arrested it destroys lt as certainly ; and ia like manner chronic debility, although it docs not kill with tho swiftness of yellow fever, is as suro to sap the springs of lifo eventually tu any acute disease, if not checked by invigorating medication. There is something in expressibly touching in thc !*pectnclc of prematuro decay. I.angoiir, pallor, emaciation, depression of spirits, and n distaste for exertion, are its or* dinary symptoms, and they should bo promptly met by tonie treatment. The best invigorant and exhilerant that can be administered in a case of this kind is Hosteller's Stomach Billers. Tho Stimulating principle of tho preparation rouses tho dormant, energies of tho system, and tho strengthening and regulating properties give a permanent and healthful impulso to tito vital forces tims brought into play. Tho failing nppo tito is re-awakened, thc process of digestion and assimilation are quickened, tho quality of the blood is improved, tho secretions becomo moro natural, an 1 every organ thal contributes to tho nourishment of tho body undergoes salutary change. By these moans the repair of thc physi cal structure is effected and its health and vigor rcslorcit In no class of diseases has tho benefi cent operation of tho Bitters been moro marked and striking than in those characterized by gen eral debility and nervous prostration. Ladies affected with these ailments fold in this mosU wholesome of all ionics and correctives thc safest and surest means of relict. It is strong to rest ow and powerless to injure. Such is thc uniform tes timony of "clouds of witnesses." NEW STORE! NEW GOODS S * - AT WALHALLA, ?j r A Ar o L n M i: n a ii A ,Y rr. fT^Hr, undersigned respectfully informs hor X friends, (ilpl the public generally, I lint she has resumed her ol I business, at the atoro fof* morly occupied by Mr. J. ll. Oldham ; and bat? just received A LAUGK AND WELL SELECTED STOCK G- O ODS, which consists of everything suitablo for this market. I fool positive that I can pienso my old cus tomer? and the public gonorully, in Goods a? well as in Prices. B?TA? Bt sure and givo mo a call. . MUS. II. KN RE. Fob. 10), 1871 v IG 4 AUDITOR'S OITICE, ) OCONEE COUNTY, February 20, 1872. j NOTICE ia hereby given unto all whom it may concern, that Thomas Hutchins, has paid into tho County Treasury of thi? County, thirty-seven dollars eleven cent? nnd throe mills for tho redemption of Four Hundred and Sixty acres of Land, offered for salo On the socond Tuesday of June 1871, as his proporty to satisfy demands against tho samo Thomas Hutchins, for taxes, cost and penalties fur the yoar 1870, nnd forfeited to tho Stato for want of bidders on tho 2d of Juno 1871. . L. B JOHNSON, County Auditor. Fobrunry 23, 1872 17 2 DISSOLUTION. """" rFlIIE undorsignod hereby givo notice that X tho Copartnership nf CAK-THB SC Y?aNXR has been mutually dissolved ; nod call upon all interested td make settlements nfc once with thoir succoescrs, Messrs. VE It N ER & C A RTER. J. C. CARTER, J. 1). VERNER. February 23 1872 17 2 For $ale. IHIE HOUSE on tho Northwest eornor of" 1 College nnd Main Sta. For terms, npply on tho premises. Feb.-uary.23. ?872 17 3?, , JYOTWE.. 7 ALL poisons jwho h&v &A\!rl?QWbodjb?i.bulhK ing tho Baptist Church, at Walhalla, are reqnostod to Qoroe ?brAvord,! and' pay thoir sub scriptions t'.> the undersigned nt tho Court, House. .U. W. STR1RLINO, Seo. and Troas. Building Com.. Feb. 10,1872' 10 8. i "Isinglass.'' THE highest prico paid in oash for M IO Ai and MINERALS, goneraHy bf Wt fy, THOMPSON, Minerajloeist-^negooioAo.r for th,fn sale of Mines, Mineral Lauds, Ad. Attendance in..Walhalla the first six dayMty. each month--nt other timos um'ortain. Mica,, will, howovor, always be tenon in and pnjd for. by. his Aconts, WALLER. WATSON. & CO.,, and D. BIBM ANN, Walhalla. Dee 8, 1871 7 , . 3>m*