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IWCO?RIER. J????KBITH?> 8MITH & CO._ WALHALLA, S. C. : THURSDAY,"?AJGUST 2, ?877. (J3* For subscription, two dol lars por annuni,strictly iii ml vance; for six months, ono dollar. $3* Advortisonionts inserted at ono dollar per squaro of ono inch or loss tor tho first insertion, and fifty couts for each subsequent in sertion. (jg3* Obituary Notices execod ing?ivo linos, Tributos of Respect, Communications of a personal character, whon admissablo, and announcements of Candidates will bo chargod for as advertise ments. (13* Job Printing neatly and cheaply exocutod. (Kr Necessity compels us to ndhorc strictly to* the require monts of cash payments^ Lnrcouy, A negro man, whoso nomo wo did not learn, flamed a peck of corn to Hauser's Mill, on lust Saturday, und without Waiting for it to bo ground, took another bng with a half bushol, and started off. Iib Was overhauled und taken boforo a Trial Justice, whore he was allowed tho option of paying' twonty dollars or sponding thirty days in jail. It is said that ho has a good orop growing; end that his wife presented him recently with twiuf. Ho should, therefore, have been doubl V careful to maintain n good eh arne ter. For just such cases as this the whipping post nhould ho re-established. When ho is unable to pay thc fino, thero is no sonso in imprison ing him nt tho public expenso, whilo bis crop is lost for want of attention. Thirty' lashes would bo of much moro benefit than tho'fiuer or imprisonment.-Sumter True Southron. In this ease wo think tho nogro is more sinned against than sinning. Until our citi zens coaso taking such pretoxts for such un merciful treatment of thc negro is it ronsonablo to expect good feeling between tho races?' Wo trust that Gov. Hampton may not forgot his pledges to administer justice impartially. In tho namo of offended justice wo call upon him to rcmovo any officer who would inflict i-o severe n punish [neut ou a poor negro for so trilling offou80. Tho Trial Justtco by im prisoning a farmer for four weeks at this season makes him loso tho fruits of a whole your's labor and commits a greater crime against society than tho man who may attempt to steal a pock of meal. Wo protest against any such outragos by officers claiming to administer justico. Our neighbor's sugges tion about tho public whipping post is simply ro vol ting to tho sensibilities of a civilized pooplo. Wo hopo novor to soo again any Democratic paper advocate tho revival of this rollet of barbarism and hopo to soo tho time whon Trial Justices may bo afraid, ovon if disposed, to commit so groat a crimo as tho . taking of a laborer from his farm in tho busiest season for thirty days for stooling a pock of meal.-Abbeville Press and Banner. Tho abovo gives the views of two excellent weekly journals upon tho proper punishment of persons who purposely mistake tho prop erty of others for their own. We have always ngrood with tho True Southron in its view of tho correctivo and provontivo influence of the whipping post. Wo hove' always hold" that tho gallows and whipping post could not in jure any worthy citizon, while they would provo a torrar to tho dishonest and lawless. Whon wo consider tho number of larcenies committed in our section, wo aro lod to in quire how shall this increasing and unendura ble ovil bo suppressed? A month in jail is a month ot rost and good feeding to tho lazy rogue who is a post to society. A year in tho penitentiary has becomo a year of liberty with good school privilege*, so that arsons, burgla ries and laroonies of all grados have booomo of common ocourronco. in tho past ton days throe or fuur havo occurred in and around Walhalla and tho thing has boon increasing annually for a numbor of yoars. Whoa and where will it stop? Shall society suffer at tho hands of tho idlo and vicious, and not punish crime booauso tho only effective punishment ? "rovolting to tho sensibilities of a civilized people?" Tho prosont civilisation is becoming so sensitivo that soon tho highwayman, who lies in wait and slays tho innocent, cannot bo hanged, because it is rovolting to oboko a man to death. Why not whip for larceny ns well as hang for murder? Tho ono affects life, the other proporty, and tho objoot of punishment in all cases is to provont orimo. A man is hung that tho oxamp'o may torrify others from suoh o Hence s and to put it beyond his powor to commit again mordor. Apart from1 tho example of his punishment, his imprisons mont for lifo would answer tho samo purpose; So in larceny, wo should have oxnmplo as well us imprisonment, for tho whipping post is not only a torror to tho roguo, but it is a powerful reformer ul tho morals. Wo well remembor how few larcenies wei o committed be foro tho war whon the "cross" was found in our jail yarda. Wc' boliovo we could count on our lingers nil tho whippings for laroonies that occurred in our county fur tsventyMivo yoars. Now it would tako a notch stick to keop tho tally of two yoars of convictions of laroonies. Why in this? ilooauso tho punishment is a faroo and oporatos to oneourago idleness and orimo. Whon rapo and arson and burglary WOl'O punished with death how sold mi wcro those crimos committed and bow few so called nooidontal burnings occurred. Wo do not think any person was ovor executed in this county for orson nnd only ono or two for oithor of tho othor crimes, and yet there have been a number of trials for all thoso offonoes nineo rooon? fltruotion, whilo a number of houso burnings omni ti undiscovered and unproscoiltod. Wo oliovo that soojoty has rigiits which' should io proteotod and that rogues and murderers, tho put themselves OUtsido thc palo of civil zed Booloty, must toko tho oonsequonoes, hellier they bo called barbarous or not. .'bloving is now tho greatest and most corn ion ovil of tho day, and it must bo stoppod y adequate punishmont or proporty ownors ill bo compollod to toko tho law into thoir vu bands, Only two nights ago ono of our * d neighbors had his smoko houso dug undor nd all his moat and lard stolon. Doo* tho Ight pro'wlor dosorfo special consideration al tho hands of hontiet, hard working pdop??? white or block? He would laugh at tho jail and penitentiary, regarding thom n kind of resting plaoo and boarding sohool combined, whore ho could oat and drink with only sUob labor as amounts to good exorcise Wo ard not wedded to tho whipping post ns a proven* tivo of luroony, but wo think it or somo other corporal punishment should bo infliotod on rogues. If they could bo worked, as thoy do 1? Goorgta, thia might answer, but no ono can bo blind to tho nooossity of somo sevoror punighmont than at present inflicted. Tho stealing of a cow or sfreop or hogs or other proporty of foss valuo than $20 oan only bo punished by imprisonment for thirty days or a- fino not ?bova $100. Tho fine is never paid and tho imprisonment is an oxponso to tho county and generally a relief if not rt pleasure 'ito the criminal. ?f wo had whipping or somo rovero punishment for tho sooond offonco in such cases it might answer, but whether civil ized or uncivilized, Democrat or Republican, wo bato crime and want to soo it so punished as to provent its repetition and to protect society by the example of ita punishment. -- -?y f ?-. , Tbc I, a fror Stritte. ' Thc great strike among tho railroad-labor" ors, which bogan at Martinsburg on tho Butti moro and Ohio Railroad, on tho 18th of July, sooms to have virtually spout itself. A short account of the spread and terrible work of this unprecedented move will bc fa if nd in' our col mn ns. Its origin was due to a reduc tion of ton per cont, on tho wages of certain classes of laborers on tire various roads North-, which went into effect on tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on tho 1st of" Ju ly. Wo believe' contemplated roduotions woro either proposed? or determined on at various timos on other roads. Tho strike bogan eighteen days after tho reduction of tho wagos, and tho rapidity of its spread, as woll as tbo wido aroa it covered, showed there had bcon during tho elghtoon days a planning and union among tho employees of a largo numbor of roads. Por years past wo have hoard of strikes among tho minoro, mechanics and othor laborers of the North, but thoy have provod mero tempo* rary suspensions of work whioh amounted to ^nothing, and in which tho laborers carno off second best, as they always must, but no ono ever dreamed of suoh a general and widosprond labor movement as tho ono which has just closed, Vt seems that thousands woro engaged in it, nnd that in tho outset tho citizens and soldier militia in tho neighborhoods of tho strikers sympathized with- tho movoment. This omboldonod tho strikers and lcd thom to excesses-which thoy neither contemplated at the outset' nor can now approvo of, and which, whoa committed, not only lost' thom tho sympathy of tho' citizens, but united all classes against them*. Thoy became an un controllable mob of mixed ruffians and tramps, bent on plunder and rovenge. Life and" prop orty wore dostroyod and much ol both were uselessly sacrificed. Tu tho diffcront sections of the country affected by tho striko several hundred persons woro killed and- wounded, many being women and children. So, too, n largo amount of proporty, chiefly belonging to railroads, was destroyed. Thegroatos? lose of life and property occurred in Pittsburg, tho loss of proporty amounting to bcveial millions of dollars. Tho formidable character of tho movement can best bo realized when wo consider thal tho Governors of several Statos found it hnpos? Bible to presorvolifoand proporty without Fodo ral aid. The President of tho United States found it necessary to draw thc troops from the rebellious South to keep peace in the legal and lamb dike North. I-f such troubles* had oc curred hore they would lmvo been1 pcrvcrtod by Northern Radicals into* political troubles and would havo boen pronouncod' ominous signs of a now rebellion. Tho immediate dangor is said to bo about ovor now, though tho iicriko, in a mild form, is still spreading. Travol and transportation lins been ro opened on most of tho leading railroads and quiot and ordor is Doing restored, Though tho dangor is over there is much in tho past ton days whioh should load our people to conaidor bow in tho futuro to provent or put down snob combinations. A concerted movomont of laborers on our groat thoroughfares and in our loading oitios plunge? tho country in twonty four hours into a small civil war destroys voluablo property, susponds businoai and produces general injury to all clasaos ont avocations. Tho groatnoss aird partial suo coas of tho recent nvovenront will tend t produce n repetition on a larger sonic itt an; moment, and with thorough organization it suppression would not bo easy nor NV i thou much loss of lifo and proporty. Wo in th South will for many yoars bo oxompt fron such dangors, but wo'ctmnot foll to fiel th elle et of such movements in tho' SUppt'OSSio of business. "Coining to Grief.*1 Thora has boon a general shaking up nn dusting among tho Radical loaders of tho dar days of South' Carolina. Tho wbrk of tl: eotnmittoo appointed by tho Legislature ht not been without good- fruit, and soon tl whol'o orow will havo either boon arrested < hare fled to tho mountains of Hopsidam. A tho work goos on first ono and then another taken-witli n midden desire to visit Niagai Falls- orsomo noted' point in Yankoo lam and soared y a wook passes without tho at nouocoment that tho State has lost several < her valuable (?) citizens. Whilo this is tri of many, others less fortunato in getting ii formation of dangor or loss able* to leave tl State by reason of tho absonoo of pecuniar means, aro gathoring around Colombia ai taking quart oro with Sheriff Dent. Tl Whole co voy ba? boon flushod and tho woi of gathoring in suoh as havo not entire i geno daily progresses. * Kx-Govornor P. Mosos, S. J. Loo; ox^Spoakor and prose 1 Solioitor of* ono of the Ci rou its, A. O. Joni Clerk of tho IIOUSO Of Ho prosont at i vos, a Montgomery, for a long timo President % Um* of tho S?nato, havo nil boon arrested a lodged in Richland jail for want of br Josophlts Woodruff, Clerk of tho Sona . scontod dangor and) mndb his way fifi Charleston toa' von ? of bound7. North' before I warrant for his arrost wii9 properly in hat Wo SOO, however, that on his arri ral in Phi dolphin ho Was taken charge of and will brought book under a requisition from 'G. ;Hamptoii. Qloavos, or*Lioutonant Govorni lind ox-Prosidont of tho Sortato, fled his Trini Justice- oflico somo dttys ugo and is now In parts unknown, fl von II. M. lUyno, ox? Soorotary of Stato, whom wo bolit?vod would stand thoordonl, ia roportod to havoloft Marion and is supposed to bo socking hoalthior regions than South Carolina. Tho Work of ferreting out those .guilty in thd past frauds and stealing-} in tho Stato is progressing daily and many now and startling dovobp.aiotits aro yet lookod for. Muoh is oxpootod front 'dis-* closures which ex-Qivornor M >sos is likely to" moko, and from p.tpor* whioh In h is recently turned ovor to Sonator Cochran, Chairman of th? Oommittco. Wo hope to seo tho whole thing thoroughly sifted und tho guilty oithor punished or driven from tho State. O ir peoplo have bown ?vbbj I an I oppressed fir years and wo aro t) d?iy p vir by re.tWn of tho stooling* of tho Radical Icudors, and th nigh to discover nod puuisli thc guilty pinion will not rostoroour plundered and Wit de J proporty, still it mty servo as a warning in thc future to' all regiros thait the day of retribution, though often delayed, will surely bom?, and , thus provont a repetition of tho wrongs wo novo suffered, Unidos, every step in this direction ia burying doopor ind deeper tho Inst vo'strgo" of ll.idio.tlUm an I negro nrio This result (iii mid bi do-tire 1 hy all nu 1 is bettor for all, b ith white uni o'doroL 1. endures honest an I c ?ui(> 'te n g iver.un-' it fur tho fut irre an I sultan* ii o .-cy p.?rs m th it tho rowards of h mest t iii will ni |jir;jM' bo appropriated to tho enrich neut uf r.ign'oi and rasoals. pr. ?int itzt?r. Dr. D ?all, cd*tor of tho Lutheran Viiitor, speaking of D.\ David. President nf (ho North Carolina Oui lego,- airVf I),-. S.tiol? ir, I'residont of Nowbevry Collegi?, ni.ikes tue fdlowing very jivn ichmf k<r tu rotation to tim Kitior gentleman: "Rev. J. I?. Smcluer, 1). ?., his fir a fVig CiOriod been kn ?WO to mir reider* ai the "rosideiit uf Newberry Cul lega: lir.st at New? borry during tho war, mid subsequently at Wal tia! la. Ho served thc College during the most trying periods of iu history, mid but for hU indcf-itigihlo and j?c'l d i.tying lab irs, wo donut believe tho instil tl I hill would ho in r.ftence lo tiny. Wo kn?w whereof ive aWrm, whon wc express tho opinion that tm other man in tho Chu roll w mid littvo performed ibo labors and submitted to thc inconvcniencici which he endured in behalf of the College in its most trying emergencies. * ll m ir to whom honor is due' "Dr. Smoltaor is also un able and mist acceptable preacher, and is known as such among uur mast prominent congregation i in tho South, We presume tho't'iotiir would consider ii c ill to the pastoral work ag tin in any part of our Church, North or South, A man of his/.cal and itbilil'os should not l>c allowed to rem lin long unemployed when thc need of lab .ror-.is so great in 'thc Melds white unto thc harvest.' It is onj lined up-ui tho Cliuroh by her l< nd, to 'Pray tho Lud uf the harvest that Ile wilt send forth laborers into his harvest;' hitit seems inuousi.st.mt in tho Church so to pray, whilst leaving unemployed those who ure qualified, and have proved themselves cllicicut and successful laborers.' TUG GltE.iT STK1KE. i ' r*4El.VXAr0M8, July 20.-Oovornor "Wil liams issued a proclamation nt noon to day commanding tho onforcomcnt of tho laws and calling upon tho sherill's of Ibo various coun ties tu USO theil* utmost endeavors to prevent .viownco' and proservo tho peace Judge 'Grosham. of tho United States Court, has i&mod orders to tho marshals to protect the property in charge of tho court. CifiCAOO', July 20.-For somo unknown reason, no further intelligence eau be obtained from thu scene of tho conflict, either by tele-' graph or through' messengers. Tho Hoard ol* Trude hus temporarily suspended their rulos, so that business ibero is virtually nt a standstill. At o'dO' a press reporter on tho ground telegraphs tunta largcc crowd of polico and mounted vigilants aro'conducting prisa* ne rs to thc station*. They tire crossing Ilnl stoatlstreet via'Kict. Many shots aro being tired hy tho rabble, mid serious trouble is ant rei pated before they got across tho viaduct. Tho* offleo' of tho Metropolitan Tolcgraph Cumpany noarost tho" scone Was' takon posses sion of by tho mob this foronoon-, which ac counts for dilatory and moagro reports. Tho next noarost ofneo was several blooks away, and is managed by a lady operator. Advices from Wost 12th stroot stato that thc mob is holding a small detach meat of polico in check. Ono policeman was soriously wounded with a stono. Tho Second Regiment has boon callod out to assist tho' polico. It was roportcd at 10 o'clock this morning that tho polico had a light with a mob on Now bcrry nvenuo. Piftoon of tho rioters wcro hurt. A squad of mounted votorohs with drawn sabres charged on tho 10th street mob. Ono hundred and lifty rioters woro Wounded and ten killed outright. Six policemen wcro wounded at 11.30 A. M. Two boys wcro killed at Halstond's viaduct. One policeman is roportcd killod. Tho mob has dispersed, and all is quiot in that vicinity now. Ab 1-1.40 o'clock tho artillery left their quarters for tho scene of conflict, which is now at tho corner of Hillstead and Kith street, and a few minutes after the booming of cannon showed that thc regulars had opened on tho mob with with grnpo and oanistor, A corres pondent nt tho scene confirms this. Tho slaughter will bo terrible. Tho Oovornor of Illinois this morning made formal application to tho President fur troops. CIHCAOO, July 27.-Tho known killed aro fifteen. No policeman hf fitfully hurt. ST. Lout?, July 27.-Tho ci tizona hoing finally armed, equipped and organized, havo commenced work. Twelve companies with broach loading guns, took various positions. Con. Noblo, with 400 mon under Capt. Silas Dont, marched to tho Union dopot, which tho rioters bavo virtually hold sinco Tuesday. Tho battalion disoolvod in companies, loaded guns and ohnrgod tho crowd with fixed bay onets, driving thom out of tho dopot nnd yards. An apparent leader was avrostod. Tho authorities announce that tho dopot will bo hold and* intorfbrenco with trains thoro provontcd Guards will bo furnished for all factories tho proprietors of whioh wish td resumo work. Tho executive committee of thc workingmon'a party is in session at Second and Riddlo streets, and a largo orowd SUV?/ rounds tho hall, but no ot Jor has boon issued'. The committoo bavo boon telegraphing'to tho leaders of tho organization in othor oitio3, asking for ndvioo. Many of tho largo busi ness housos romain olosod to day, but will open to-morrow. Tho President of thc Morohants' ExolmVigo has issued u notice that tho oxchango will resume business to-morrow, , Tho streets aro less orowdod, and thoro is a ^onorol impression thai thc worst is ovor. Tho Missouri Paoifln Road ha?o commoncod running freight trains both ways, and an? nounoo that tho road is open' for business, Tho St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern road has not yot dooidod whothor it it Will follow suit. A heavy rain during tho carly port of tho doy has had cbn.sidornbio to do with dis persing tho ardor of thc robb olomont. RAI,TI?JORP" July 27.-Vioo Prosidont Ring of tho Baltimore and Ohio Road, wrote a long lotter to tho oommittoo of strikers declining their propositions, but explaining tho reasons ttiorolor. Tho tottor oonoludos: "You will thu? soo thut tho resumption of tho run ni UK of (Yoi ght trains on tho Kulti morn nml Ohio Railroad is iv mutter lu which nil our citizens ofovory condition oro vitally interested." GALVESTON, July 27.-Tho omployeos of tho Texas Control Railroad at Corstcana struck Ot noon yesterday, Und no freight trains uro allowed to pass thut point. Tho strikers aro orderly hut determined. Many of them havo gono on tho special police force and express a. determination to protect lifo and proporty. At a eonferrjneo of train hands at Hearne last night an agreement was modo to provont tho passago of froight trains and thut nono'should bo permitted to interioro With railroad prop erty. PITTS?URO, July 28.-Colonel John Hamil ton, of tho first artillery, was severely injured byan accident nt Johnstown, caused by a misplaced switch. Tho first train that arrived in this city presented a formidable appoaranco. In front of tho two engines waa a gondola cur, on which was mounted a 0 it liog gun, defended by a detachment of Stnto Fenoiblos, Tho engineers and firemen on tho locomotives woro under a st ton g guard, tho soldiers having orders to shoot thom if tho co was tho slightest hesitation in discharging their duties. Upon their arrival hero thoy quietly disombarked and woro marched to tho Wost Pennsylvania Hospital grounds tfhoro they aro now encamped. ST. LOUIS, July 28.-A meeting of seventy one delegates of all trado unions nt Schiller's (.fall yesterday wits captured. Tho polioo, supported by tho military, cleared tho streets by a gallant charge. Ono of tho svenlyono who showed rcsistanco was clubbed into submission. Tho expedition, on return with prisoncrs, was loudly choorod. YYASIIINOTON, July 28.-lint fow despatches received nt tho War Department. All show an improved condition of affairs throughout tho country, and there seems a firm bel i d'thut tho disorders aro at an end. Tho Cabinet mot ns usual. Oonoral Sohoflold was prosont by invitation. General Sheridan reached St. Paul th:s afternoon and procooded imme diately to Chicago. Ho will reach thoro to morrrow. Tho iron-clad Wyandotte is found unseaworthy. Gonoral Hancock announces ull quiet in Pennsylvania, except In some mining districts, such as Scranton. Hancock concludes: "Possibly coal mines may require similar treatment io that of tho rai I ronda." Ho officially reports tho afluir ut Johnstown und tho taking of fifty prisoners. Governor Carroll telegraphs tho Secretary of War that he docs not bclcivo ho will havo to call for tho troops held subject to his order. Tho week closos with a comfortable fooling. Tho Fcdoral District Court of Pennsylvania has takon notion with regard to tho roads in tho hands of receivers, which will squelch tho striko in tho. Lehigh Valloy. Tho Sunday demonstrations in St. Louis, Chicago, Sun Francisco und Louisville havo boon discon tinned. li ALTIMORE, July 2G ,-Tho grand jury m ad o twenty-one presentments for rioting in tho cuso of tho four nai tica charged with hoing tho originators of tho riot und assault on tho Sixth Regiment on Fridav night lust. Hail was fixed ut !??3,000. Neither party gave bail. Of tho eixty-throo partios held for tho nation of tho grund jury, twenty gavo bau in *.">,000. Of tho sovenly parlies held for a lurthor hearing, twenty gavo bail in ?1,000. The court thou adjourned. Thc South and Ute S tv! ko. WASHINGTON, July 25.-Tho Ca bi not hus hold daily sessions since Friday lust, and will continue to do so until tho necessity hus passed. Tho President and tho Cabinet members all cxprcis tho opinion that it will not bo wiso to relax in tho least tho vigilant wutoli over tho rioters until uti opposition to tho railroad operations shall co.uo. Today thoro was also brought before tho Cabinet tho subject of tho anticipated Indian outbreaks in Alaska, in consequence of tho withdrawal of tho Federal troops. It is believed that tho reports of this mutter havo boen much exugge ruted in thc lutorost of partios who irish tho troops kopt in Alaska for their private gain, butas a measure of precaution orders were issued that two of tho rovonuo ootters now on tho 1'aeilic coast shall bo despatched to Silk il to restore ordor should tho Indiana make any host i lo demonstrations. A member of tho Cabinet, aftor tho meeting thia afternoon, said Hie good effects of Pros i dont Hayes'Sjuthorn pdiey hud boon re markably exemplified. Ho said if thc Presi dent hud concluded to uphold Packard and Chamberlain it would havo nccessi tated tho retention of a considerable number of troops in both Louisiana and South Caro lina. In consequence of tho disturbance in tho North ut this limo tho President would havo no alternative bat to remove tho troops. Their removal would have been followed by a popular uprising against Packard nnd Chain bernini, und ino Spectacle would then have boon prosontcd of thc government having to cope with a rebellion in tho North and a re> hellion in tho South. As it was, tho govern ment, for tho first limo sinco tho wur found itself entirely rclievod from any fours ns to publio tranquillity in tho South. Thc President himself feels vory muoh cheered by this reflection nnd by tho evidences Whioh havo so frooly como from tho South of ?ta activo sympathy with his efforts to pro servo tho poaeooftho country. Tho whirli gig of limo brings about some strange things. If, ns is happily not now anticipated, Hie President should bo forced to call for vol un toora, thoro is no question boro that tho quota of tho South' would ba mudo up in un incredi bly short timo, and Southern soldiers would bc found aiding in putting down a robollion on Northorn soil. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 25.-Tho Domoorntio Stato Convontion mot to-day. Tho ntlon dunco wits vory largo. A temporary organi sation was effected, tho usual committees woro announced, and tho' convention adjourned until 1.30 P. M. In tho afternoon lt. M. Bishop, of Hamilton County, was nominated for Oovornor on tho sixth ballot, and Joley W. Fitch for Lieuten ant Govornor. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 20.-Tho platform opposos subsidies,, favors tho preservation of tho publio lands for actual settlors and school purposes, declares tho destruction of industry and tho pauperization of labor tho result of fraudulent and vicious legislation by tho Re publican party, demands tho i m media to repeal of thc resumption not and tho remonetization of silver, assorts groonbacks to bo tho boat currency wo over had, and declares against fnrthor contraction. G. Wo congratulate tho country upon tho acceptance by tho prosent administration of tho constitutional and pacific policy of local Belf-govornmont in tho States South, solong advooatod by tho Democratic party, whioh hos brought peaco and harmony to that section of tho Union. Mr. J. C. Hess Was in, Columbia Wednos-1 day, foprosohting tho National Immigration Korean, of Philadelphia. This buroau, undor tho management of Mr. Leo Crandall, is established, ns ita circular states, "to fus tor and encourage immigration to nil tho States that do'siro it." Mr. Crandall ha? obtained tho uso of Maohinory Hall, in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, and will thoro exhibit froo of charge all specimens of thc rosourcos of the various 'Stales and Territorios, togothor with works of ort, statistics, laws, rnlos of taxation, and descriptions of land for salo whioh may bo sent him. Wo hopo tho Stato of South Carolina ?viii bo well represented. Mr. IIoss has consulted with Governor Hamp tor? as to tho appointment of a Stato ag'ont in this intorost and ho will' o'ttohd' tho suin'mor mooting at Anderson on' August 8, to c'onsu'm' mute his arrangements for South Carolina. [Gohnn'jia lioyiiltf. CDMM???SM IN KlCHMONn, VA.-TllO llioll mond (Ya.) papers stato that tho stirring scones in Maryland %and Pennsylvania have aroused intonso intorost in that city, but there aro no indications of any disposition among tho employ?es of tho sovdral railroads enter ing thoro to join tho strike. Thousands of | mon in that city nro out of employment, timi many oxpross sympathy with tho causo of the samo class in tho North. Very few attempt to excuso lawless measures for ameliorating their condition. Julian Wright, director gone? ral of tho Workingmen's Union of V irginirt, who was lately Prosidont o? tho Richmond Typo graphical Union, .declines ho glories in thc doings of tho strikers and is in thorough sympathy with thom. Ho says ho is an out and out communist, and boliovos in tho equal distribution of property. In this respect ho doe* not probably represent tbo working mon of Richmond. Gives IT Ut?.-Tho Now York Tribune naya tho Prosidont gives np tho light foran admin istration Speaker. It Bays: Thcro never was any reasonable prospect that tho Southern Democrats in tho South would break away from their party to voto for an administration candidato for Speaker, and a lotter on another pago shows that tho President has abandoned tho idea. Tho oleo tion of a poinoorntio supportor of Hayes, in dolhmco of tho caucus, if necessary, or. as tho samo l?ttor suggests, tho elcotion of General Hanks by n bolt of half n dozon Democrats, would bo moro easily accomplished, but both uro sufficiently iinprobftblo to lcavo Mr. Han" dall still first in tho affections of tho bettors. FORTRESS MONROE, July 20.-Extract from Key's letter to tho postal convention regret ting that tho turbuhinoo North kept him away: "You may say to the convention for mo that I am profoundly gratified at tho orderly and amicable condition of affairs in tho South under tho excitement so gcnoral over many of tho States of tho Union. 1 nm not astonished nt tho peaceful condition of tho South, nnd should bo surprised if it wore otherwise" Tho proceeding? wcro harmonious, Dixio fol lowing Yankee Doodle. Tho Southorn gold mines aro rising again to prominence; tho product of North Caro lina for thc fiscal your 1K75-G amounting to $10,3:15,000, that of Georgia to $7.379.000, and that of South Carolina to $1,381,000-n total of $10,090.000. Tho product of tho yoar just oloscd is supposed to bo much groator. Eleven stumping mills aro now run ning near Dahlonega, Ga., and Huston capital is tho dominant interest. Labor is 76 cents n day, and wood $1 a cord. Sonator Ohristinncv, of Michigan, an nounces in a published lettor his belief that tho President bas nothing to four from tho opposition clements in his own party. Ile thinks tho test of his policy will bo not tho provontion of nil abusos and lawlessness in tho South, but tho reduction of the wholo amount, lie boliovca tho great mass ol' the Republican party sustains tho Prosidont, and sccs no obstacles to his ultimate triumph, savo tho improbable ono of un increase of lawless ness in tho South. Cardo'/.o is said to bo in Philadelphia. Ile was one of thoso who succeeded in giving bond. It is expected that tbo disclosures mado by ox-Qovornor Moses will lead to tho arrest of Chamberlain. It is rumored in Columbia that Whittemore will return unwillingly from bis Massachu setts homo. A horsa in Charleston on tho slrcet rail* road foll dead in Gio truces on Saturday from tho effects of tho hot attn. Josephus Woodruff, Clerk of tho Senate, was brought to Columbia on Monday night in charge of Lieutenant Chapman. It is thought he will bo able to givo bail. Tho Journal of Commerce reports sis casos of sunstroke in Charleston on last Saturday, flvo of which wore fatal. Others aro rcportod but no dolinito information ab mt thom. Y. J. Popo bas boon elected a momber of thc Legislature in placa of Thomas, cxcludud, la9t full. This adds nnothor to tho largo Democratic majority in tho House. A negro boy, 12 years old, killed a negro girl 7 years old with ti pine knot near Aiken on the 20th of July. I Io endeavored to bide tho body, but on being discovered bc confessed and is now in jail. Hon. Goorgo l?uist, a prominent citizen of Charleston, died in that city on tho 2Sth of | July, in tho 73d year of his ago. Ho fillod acceptably tim oilioo of Ordinary of Chin lea ton County for twenty-two years. Tho groat railroad striko is still on tho wane, and freight and passcngor trains aro running on most of tho roads. Tho striko amounted to a small war, both in tho loss of life and property. Y. J. P. Owons, tho ox-Senator from Lau rens, cannot bo found. Thora was a rumor in Charleston on tho 3-lst July that ho bud boon captured near tho Canada lino. Url to tho 27th of July six Governors of States have called on, tho Prosidont for Podo ral nsistanoo to put down dom os tie insurroc tion. Thrco othor Governors havo issued proclamations to tho rioters to disperso and havo called out tho militia. In Indiana, where thoro has boon n. groat deal of trouble, tho G ivernor is censured for his inaction find indilforonco. Tho littlo striko at Martinsburg in loss than ton days sproad ovor ton States, including among thom Now York, Pcunsyl vania, Ohio and Illinois, being tho four most populous States. Now Advortisomonts. THU exorcises of this Institution will bo opened at Walhalla, South Carolina, on THURS DAY, tho Gili day of September next, with a corps of competent professors. Tuition, in advanco, $20 in Collegiate; $10 in Preparatory, and $0 and $0 in tho Primary Departments per session of ftvo months. Hoard, including everything except lights and washing, $10 per month, payable monthly in advanco. Location noted for health, pleasant ollmato nuil good watov. For particulars address J. J. NORTON, Chairman of Stockholder?. Aug2,<W7 8T Aug 2, 1877 87-1j* ATLANTA MEDICAL COLLEGES THE Twentieth Anuuitl Course! of Lecture's4 will oommonoo October loth, 1877, nnl closed March 1st, 1878. FACULTY-J. G. Westmoreland. W. P. West moreland, W. A. Love, V. IL Tallofcrro, John? Thud. Johnson, A. W. Calhoun, J. IL Logan, J. T. Hanks; Dcnfunslrator of Anatomy, C. W.' Nulling. Send for announcement, giving full informa tion. JOHN THAD. JOHNSON, Doon. Aug 2, 1877 07-2in LOST, ON tho road between Walhalla and Fair Play, on tho 'iOtli of July, n lot of Land' Deeds, s?tno of which lind been recorded and others not. All tho deeds arc conveyances of lands lying in or near lo Fair Play lo L. L. Jarriu-d. Any person finding thom will confer a great favor by* leaving them with (derk Slribling, nt Walhalla, or with W. J. Slribling, nt Westminster, or by sending thom by a safo hand lo tho undersigned? at Fair Play. L. L. JAllltAllD. Aug 2, 1877 87-lt PENDLETON FACTORY GARDS, Under superintendence of J?en. V. Wilson, Aro In first rale order for OAIIDINO WOOL. JB?gr All Wool loft lu ohargo of C. L. RKID Si Co., at Walhalla, will bo attended to for tho* parties. AUGUSTUS J. SITTON, Chairman of Committee. July 20, 1877 8G-2t' Soiling Off at Cost! T 1 UK DRUOS, MEDICI NBS, &o., belonging to* MlO linn of H. S. James, Agent & Co., will bo sold nt Cost ron? Cash. 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