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...... f. ..J-,. .... i irti-r i-i ! mm i ur. m j ,.... ,- y; - ' v iii - ? . ? ? j j . ., , , -, . ?^j. ? tn ^??J, T0 TNE ?W'N SElF ^ TR?E- AN? 'T MUST FOLLOW A3 THE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NI8HT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. HY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1877. VOLUME XII._NO. 49. jr-roiossioxieti marcia. WM 0. KKITII. JOHN S. VKHNER. KEITH & VERNER, ATT 0 UN E Y S A T // A W A Ni) Solicitors tn Equity, Will ornotioo m tlic Stnto Courts on iii o Eighth Judicial Circuit arid in tho United Stutos Court . Office on Public Square, Walhalla, S O Jan 6, 1870 8 if pr s p DENDY, vi TTOHNEY and ?OUHSJ2LOK al I,AW and lioUcflor in Equity, Will practice in tho Courts nf Lnw and Rrj ii ?ty in the Eighth Judicial Circuit. Ollieo in tho Court llouso, Walhalla, H C Nov 1, 1870 8 Ty McQOWAN, lt. A. T110MPKON AJIhoville. S C Walhalla, 8 0 MCGOWAN & THOMPSON, ?? T T 0 ll N E Y S A T J, A ir, Will give prompt attention to nil business confided to them in tho Stato, Count)', and United States Courts. Office on O?t?H House fyuare, Wtilholla, ?>' C Tho .junior partner. MR. THOMrsoN, will also practice in thc Courts of Piokens, Oreen villo and Anderson. January, 1S7? If ' J. NORTON, A T T O li NIB YAT L A ll', WALHALLA , S. 0. Adi busin oas for Picken? County lift with JAMES E. II AO OOO, ESQ., . PlOKKNS, 0. H., Witt ??E PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO October 20, 18?8 1 ? Jim W*H fiT? '3 not easily camel in Ihcso ij ? \\ ti ? H times, hut it can \n mndo in Bai l',vo? 'nontli.s hy nay ono of BUB 0JlKOP8.?*? i? -ny lari of tho fl H M co,,n-rv w'10 *8 wiling to work BUB st ca ?lily at tho cmphy monti lint we furnish. $(>G per week in youl own town. You need not bo away from homo over night. Von can give your whole (imo to Ibo work, or only your spare moments. Well a vj agonis who arc making over $20 per day. Ail who engage at once can make money fast, Ai tim present time money ennnot ho made Boonally and rapidly at any oilier business, it costs nothing lo try tho bimi ii eds. 'J'omis and $."> Outfit free. Ad dress "iii once tl.lliAbbKT & Co., Portland, Maine, '/lng 9, 1877 88-ly SINGER SEWINU MACHINES, I HAVE PURCHASED Twenty IV? a, olimos l\riTH !lho gooil will of die company for \ Y Ocgu?e County. 1 liopc former customers nvill recommend inc and Hit SINOI-.H lo those t-viah?o'g to buy. ^;'ico3 Reduced to $35 to $60, Aoeoviling to terms and styles. Orders left al Mrs. James Ocorgc's, Walhalla, will roach me. Needles and oil eui be bought lhere also. WM. B. TODD. Vu, P, 1877 88-:lm WM KITK. ?OKR '" II. P. EDMOND. p:riiW?Klt'& EDMOND, tE^iolimond. "Va/. \ \ AN til? ACTH R15RS Ol? PORTABLE ill m?d STATIONARY ENGINES. HOI M?HS of all kinds. (!l Kv'll LA ll SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, MILL (? HARING, SHAFTING, PULLEYS. ?fcc. Aincricim Turbine WATER WHEEL. Onmoroiijs SPECIAL STEAM PUMPS. Send for Catalogue. -i??a , November 2, 187G 51 ly Bi' 8, <u> v ns, F i*o ai ns ? p i A? m BS ?. &M El ??? S3 ARK NOW IN THOnOUOIl lt UPAI R, AND wo aro prepared lo wait ou customers. The Mills are in charge of G. N. AND J. B. COT II RAN, and they will be glad to seo nny and all of our former cnsloniers. Tho mills make Ibo very best ol' Kiour. and largo turn-outs from tho grain. Persons having wheat to grind will do well to giVo ttin trial. Satisfaction guaranteed. The reputation of these mills are well known in t)ie market. Any ono having wheat lo grind for the markol will And sucks for salo nt thc mills al cost. The mills nro about, five miles from Seneca City and about lineen miles from Walhalla, on Connorosft 'hvek. May ill-.1877 28 Cmos Til? .male od' MdN??h 4'atvotiaaa OC,ONEE COUNTY Hi/ Richard Laois, fist/ , Judge af Pfolialo. U' i.AI, Lucinda Morgan has made snit to mo to grant her Letters of Administration nf tho l?stale and Llfoct? of Maldon Morgan, deceased These aro, therefore, to cite ami admonish all and singular tho kindred and creditors of the Said Maldon Morgan, decoased, that they bo and appear, before me, in thc Court of Probate, lo be held at Walhalla, S C., on Sal imlay, 3d t)f November next, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in tho forenoon, lo shew cause, if any they lui v.c. why thc said administration Should not bc granted. Given uixlor my band, (bis Ibo Kith day of October, Anno Domini 1877. RICHARD LEWIS, Judge of Probate of Oconco Conni v. Cot 18, 1877 48<2t ? ITA IS horohy given (lint application will bo ni ado to tho Legislature, nt itu next ses sion, for tho ronowal of tho Olmrtor of tho Kcowoo and Tnoknsogoo Turnpike Compnny, extending from tho AVost end of tho Tunnol to tho North Carolina lino. WM. KOW LA NO. . Oct. 18, 1877 dK-lnV a m?, mu ic; o?r w<>?? fl ?B C'iroliu.t, OCONEK C O UNTV. Dy Richard Lewin, Esq., Judye of Probate. Angeline .Stubblefield, Thomas E. David, ot al,. Plain ti ITs, against James C. Davis, as Administrator and Heir, Mary Todd, ot al., Defendants-PKTITION AND SUMMONS IN PARTITION ANO iron RELIEF. To James C. Davis, as Administrator and Hoir, Mury Todd, Nancy Stubblefield, Jane Adams, Ellen Duvall, Isabella Pitts, Margaret J. Waters, Henry Morris, Eliza beth-, formerly Morris. Catharine Holt, Edward Morriu, Janies Morris, tho widow and two infant children of Dcvo Morris, deceased, lato of Chattanooga, Tennessee, whoso names ave unknown; tho child <>f Emily-. formerly Morris, ! deceased, late of Pine Log, Harlow County, Georgia, whoso name is unknown: Vt, E. Ward, Thomas W. Jenkins, Benjamin V. Jenkin*, Lucy J. Blackwell, Martha E. Blackwell and Harriet A. Davis, legal heirs and representatives of Thomas Davis, who died intestate-Greeting; YOU aro hereby required to appear at tho Court of Probate, to be holden ut Wal halla Court House, for Oconeo County, on thc 3d Monday in December, A. 1). 1877, to shew causo, if any you can, why tho Heal Ustulo of Tilomas Davis, deceased, situate in said County and State, on ChllUga Creek, ad joining lands of Janies Powers, C. P. Pool,, and others, containing 450 acres, shouhl not be divided or i^old, allotting tu tho said Ango lino Stubblefield anil Catharine Stu bbl cl''Jul Plaintiffs, and Mary Todd, Nancy St\l0hJe_! field, Jane Ad.uns, Ellen Duval), lobelia Pitts and James C. Davis, DfAend'Yuts' each one-twelfth thereof; and l>,0 regaining fonr twcliths as follows, to w?t. (ft 'piiomas E. Davis Galloway \\. Davfe, Janies ll. Davis and Margar**. J, Wa teri, each ouo.sixtcouih thereof; t0 Honry Morris, Elizabeth-. i0J'T.icrly Morris, Catharine Holt, Edward Morris, Jnmcs Morris, tho widow and two infant children of Dcvo Morris, deceased, collectively, if living, tho child ol' Emily -'?-, formerly Morris, deceased, euch 0110 twonlyoighth thereof; to '/, E. Ward, Thomas W. Jenkins, llonjiimiil 1}\ Jenkins, Huey J. Blackwell, Martha E. Blackwell and Harriet A. Davis, each ono twelfth thereof, and why such other relief as is demanded in thc Petition and Complaint, should not bo granted by this Court. Given under my hand and seal, this [L, S.] tho fourth day of October, A. D. 1877. RICH Alli) LEWIS, Judgo of Probate, Oconeo County, S. C. Vb the absent Defendants : Nancy Stubblefield, Ellen Duvall, Henry Morris, Elizabeth-, formerly Morris, Cuthurino Huit, Edward Morris, Janies Mor ris, widow and two infant children of Dove Morris, d.cciscd, child ol' Emily --, formerly Morris, deceased, 'A. E. Ward Thomas W. Jenkins, Benjamin P. Jenkins and Harriot A. Davis: Take notico that tho petition and summons herein, has been filed in tho ofiioo of tho Probate Judgo, at the Court Houso, in Walhalla, South Carolina, for the purposes sot forth in tho abovo sum mons and for relief. J. J. NOR TON, Plaintiff's Attorney, Walhalla, Oconeo County, S. C. Oct. ll, 1S77 47-0t THIS standard nvticlo is com pounded with tho greatest care. Its effects aro ns wonderful and as satisfactory as ever. It restores gray or faded hair to its youthful color. It removes all eruptions, itching and daiulnUl'. It gives thc head a cooling, soothing sensation of great comfort, and thc scalp by its uso becomes white and clean. By its tonic properties it restores Hie capillary glamis to their normal vigor, preventing baldness, and mak ing tho hair grow thick and strong. As a dressing, nothing has been found so effectuai or desirable. A. A. Hayes, M. IL, Slate As . sayer of Massachusetts, says, "Tho I constituents arc pure, and carefully j selected for excellent quality ; and I I consider it the BEST PREPARATION for its intended purposes." Price, Ono Dollar* FOR THE WHISKERS. This elegant preparation may bo relied on to change the color of tho beard from gray or any other un desirable shade, to brown or black, j at discretion. It is easily applied, I being in one preparation, mid quick" i ly and effectually produces a per manent color, which will neither rub nor wash off. Manufactured by R. P. HALL & CO., u * NASHUA, N. H. Mi ly ?ll Druggliti, end Costers In Ucdlclnw, For salo by DR. H. E. NORMAN. July 5, 1877 83-1 y NOTICE". ALU persons holding Bills, Accounts or De mands of any kind against tho County of Oconeo, S. C., which have not been before pro souled to the Board of County Commissioners at special meetings during tho year, aro hereby notified thal they aro required to deposit tho samo in my ollico, in the Court Houso In Wal halla, S. C., on or before tho first day of No. voiabcr next. J. W. STRIIHJNU, Clerk Board County Coiuiiiiiisioncis. Oct. i, 1877. -?0-C TKBH'? PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. TUB ARMY AND NAVY APPROPW ATI0N8 DISCUSSED-TUE INTERNATIONAL EX 1'OSITON IS PARIS AND THE PRISON CON GRESS IN STOCKHOLM - GENERAL TOPICS POSTPONED TO THIS HKUULAR 8K88ION. WAKIUNTON, October 10.-FELLOW i CITIZENS OF THE SENATE ANE HOUSE OF j REPRESENTATIVES: The adjournment of I thc lust Congress without making appropri I utiouB for tho support of tho nrmy for tho j prescut fiscal y'ar has rendered necessary a j suspension of payments to thc officers and meu ol'.sums duo them for services rendered after tho 30th day of June last. The army exists by virtue of statutes, whioh prescribo its numbers, regulato its organization and omploymcnt, mid which fix tho pay of its officers and men, and declaro their right to receive the ?arno at stated periods. Thoa? I statutes, however, do not authorize tho pay. j ment of troops iu tho abscuco of S^iecifio ap- ! propitious therefor. Tho. Constitution has wisely provided tho* .?no ,?onCy B\i0?\\ bo druwn from tho ^easury but in consc quenco ol qppro*(r?at?on3 tniH\G Dy \av/? and it has also '0ccn declared by stntuto that . ,no department of tho government shall cy*'l>cnd in any ono fiscal year a sum in ox cess of appropriations mado by Congress for that fisoal year." Wo have, therefore, an army in service, authorized by law and on titlod to bc paid, but no funds available for that purpose lt may also bo said, as au additional incentive to prompt action by Congress, that, siuce tho commencement of thc fiscal year, tho army, though without pay, has buen constantly and actively cm- ! ployed in arduous and daugerous service, in tho poi for mace of which both ofiioors and mon have ^wohorgoo their duty with fidelity and cu\ * jo, and without complaint. Tlicso circumstances, iu my judgmeut, constitute au extraordinary oooasion, io quiritig that Congress be eonvcued iu ad vuncoof tho timo proscribed by low for your meeting in regular session. Tho itnportanoo of speedy action upon this subjcot on thc part of Congress is so manifest that I venture to suggest tho propriety of making thc bocossary appropriations for tho support qf tho army fer the current year, at its present maximum numerical Btrcngth of 20,000 men, leaving for futuro considera tion all questions relating to tho increase or decrease of the number of eulisted men. In thc event of a reduction of tho army by subsequent legislation during thc fisoal year tho excess of appropriation could not bo ex pended, nnd in thc event of its enlargement tho additional sum rcquirod for tho paymont i <?f( extra force could bo provided for in due time. It would bo unjust to tho troops now in service, ah? whoso pay is already largely in arrears, if payment to them should bo further postpoucd, until aftor Congress shall have considered all questions likely to ariso iu thc effort to fix a proper limit to tho strength of tho army. Estimates of appropriations for tho sup port of tho military establishment for tho fiscal year ending Juuc 30th, 1878, wcro transmitted to (Jougrcss by tho former Sec ret ary of the Treasury at tho opening of its session, in December lust. These estimates modified by tho prescut Secretary so as to coliform to the present requirements, arc uow renewed, aniountiug to $32.436,761, 98, and, having boen transmitted to both houses of Congress, arc submitted for your consideration. There is nlso required by tho Navy Department the sum of 82,003, 861.27. This sum is mado up of 81,446, 688.16 duo to officers and enlisted men for tho lust quarter of tho last fiscal year; 8311, 953 50 duo for advances mado by tho fiscal agent of thc government in London foi tho support of foreign service; 850,000 duo to Naval Hospital fund; 8150,000 due for ar rearages of poy to olfiecrs, and 84.5,219.58 for support of tho Marino Corps. There will also bo needed an appropriation of 8262, 585 22 to dofray unsettled oxponscs of thc United States Courts for tho fisoal year ending Juno 30th last, now duo to tho attorneys, clerks, commissioners and mar shals, and for rent of Court rooms, support of prisoners and other defioicnoies. A part of thc building of tho lutorior Department was destroyed by fire on tho 24th of Inst month. Sonic immediate repairs and tem porary structures havo in conscqucnco be O?OIO necessary, estimates for which will bo transmitted to Congress immediately, and appropriation ot the requisito funds is res pectfully recommended. I take this opportunity, also, to invito your attention to the propriety of adopting ot your present session, necessary legislation to cnablo thc people of tho United States to participate in the advantages of tho In tcrnatioual Exhibit loo of agriculture, indus try and fino oi ls, which is to bo held at Paris in 1878, and in whioh this government has been invited by tho govcruinent of Franoo to take part. This invitation was communicated in May, 1876, by thc Minis ter of Franco at this capitol, and a oopy thereof was submitted to tho proper com mittees of Congress at hs lust session, but no action was takon upon tho subject. Tho Department of Stato has received many letters from various parts of tho country, expressing a desire to participate in tho ex hibition, and numerous applications of a similar nature havo also boon mado nt tho United States legation in Paris. Tho De partment of ?Stale had also received offioial ndvico of a strong desiro on tho part pf tho French Government that tho United States should participate in this enterprise, and space has hitherto boon and still ia resewed in tho exhibition buildings for tho uso of exhibitors from tho United States, to tho exclusion of other parties who havo been ap plicants therofutf. lu order that our industries may bo prop erly represented nt the exhibition, on ?poro priution will bo needed for tho paymont of salaries and espouses of ooiuiutssiouors, for tho transportation of goods, and for other purposes in connection with the objeot in view, and as May next io tho (imo fixed for the opening of tho exhibition, if our oitizous arc to share tho advantages of tliis interna tional competition for tho trudo of other nutiooD, the uoeeesity of imm?diate motion is apparent. To enable tho "United Stated to co operate with thc International Exhibition which was held at Vienna ir? 1873, Congress then passed a joint resolution making an appro priation of #>00,00U, and authorizing the .Vresideut fco appoint a certain number of praoi?'oal artisans and noientifio men who should attend tho exhibition, and report I their proceedings and observations to him. i Ptovision was also made for the appointment of a number of honorary commissioners. I havo felt that prompt action by Congress, in accepting the invitation by tho govorn mont of France, is of so much interest to tho people of this oountry, so suitable to preserve thc cordial relations existiog between tho government of the two countrios, that tho subject might properly bo presented for attention at your prcsont session. Thc government of Sweden and Norway has addressed on official invitation lo this government to takopartiu the International Prison Congress to bc held at Stockholm next year. The problem whioh Congress proposes to study, how to diminish crime, is ono in winch all civilized nations hare an interest in common, and tho congress of stockholders seems lkely to provo tho most important convention ever hold for tho study of this grave question. Undor authority of a joint resolution of Congress, approved February lGth, 1875, a commissioner was appointed by my predecessor to ropresont tho United Stutes upon that oooasiou, aud tho Prison Congress having been, at the oarnest desiro of the Swedish Government, postponed until 1878, his commission was renewed by me. An appropriation of $8,000 was made in tho sundry civil service act of IS75 to meet the expensen of the commissioner. I recommend the re-op propriation of that sum for thc samo pur pose:-the former appropriation having been oovcrcd into the treasury, and being no longer available for this purpose, without further action by Congress. Tho subjcot it brought to your attention at this timo in view of oircumstanocs whioh rondor ii highly desirable that tho oommissionoi should prooood to tho disohargo of his im portant duties immediately. As several aots of Congress, providing foi detailed reports from different department of tho government, require their submisstor at the beginning of tho regular annual Bes sion, I defer until that timo any furthci reference to tho subjects of publio interest lt. B. HAYES President of tho United States. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 15,1877. TTiie Bluies of lliu Democrat!* I'ui'ly. At a meeting of tho State Dcmoorotl Convention, last August, tho State Exeou five Committee submitted a selie? of rule for tho government of tho Doinooratio part] I in South Carolina. These rules wen I adopted by the Convention, and go int' j force when the oampaign ot 1878 uti ttl ! open. Meantime it is provided that th present County Exccutivo Committee sha] continuo in ornoo until tho first mooting o tho County Conventions undor tho ne\ rules. In other respects tho rulcB BIIOI what was tho sonso of tho Stato Convention and will bo a valunblo guido to the part] Under theso rules tlioro oan bo bot! unity and uniformity of aotion in tho ncs canvass: ORGANIZATION OP PRECINCT AKO COUNT CLUBS OF TIIK DEMOCRATIC PARTY. A rt ?clo 1. Thcro shall be ono or mot Domoorutio Clubs organized in each olectio prcoinot, each of whioh olubs shall have distinct title, "Tho-Democratic Club, and shall clcot a President, ono or mm Vico Presidents, a Recording and a Corre: ponding Sccrotury, and a Treasurer, an shall havo the following working committee: of not lusa than throo members each, viz: ? Committeo on Registration, an Exccutiv Committee, and suoh other oommittcosns t each dub may neem expedient. Art. 2. The meetings of tho Clubs ehoul bo frequent, after opening of tho canvass and some member of tho Club or invito< speaker deliver an address at caoh meeting pruotioable. Art. 8. Tho President shall havo powc to cull an extra mectiog of tho Club; un .members of tho Club shall consti tute a quorum for thc trausnotion of busi ness. Art. 4. Tho Clubs in each county sha bo held together and operate under tho coi trol of a County Exnoutivo Commitlci whioh shall consist of ono member from cae Club, to bo nominated by tho rcspootiv Clubs and elected by tho County Convootio and suoh other mcmbors as tho Conventie may add. y Tho Exccutivo Committeo, whon olcotd shall appoint its own officers and fill a vacancies which moy aviso when tho Coi volition is not in session. Tho tenure < office of tho Exooutivo Committeo shall I until thc next general campaign, unie soonor removed or suspended by tho Conni Convention. The pr?tent County Executive Commi tees shall continue in office until thc fit meeting of thc County Conventions und* this oryu n hat ion, Art. 5. County Doinoorotio Conventions sholl bo composed of | dclogatos cloded by the flOTcral locid Clubs-ono delcgato for ?Tory Club, nnd nu additional delegate for every twenty-five (25) enrolled members with tho right to each County Convention to enlarge- or diminish tho representation according to circumstances. This Conven tion shall bo oolled together by the chair man of tho Executive Committeo, under such rules os each county may adopt; and when assembled shall be called to order by thc chairman of the Executive Committee, and shall proceed to elect, from among tho members, a President, one or moro Vice presidents, a Seoretary and Treasurer. The Convention ?hall prooccd to business, und when thc samo is transaotcd it shall adjourn sine die. Art. 6. Tho mode and manner of nomi nating candidates for county offices or for delegates to the Stato Judicial and Congres sional Conventions, shall bo regulated in eooh county by tho rcspeotivo County Con ventions, Art. 7. The State Convention shall be composed of delegates from each County in tho numerical proportion to which that County is entitled iu both brauobes of tho General Assembly. Art. 8. The offiocrs shall be a Presi dent, ono Vice Prcsidout from each Con gressional District, two Secretaries and a Treasurer. Art. 9. Tho Stato Exccutivo Committoo sholl be composed of three from each Con gressional District. The delegates from tho Counties comprising the Congressional Dis trict to nominate the candidato from that district, and thc Convention shall then pro ceed to an election. Art. 10. Thc Exocutivo Committee shall elect its own Chuirman and other officers, and shall meet at tho call of the Chairman or any Uve members, at such times aud places as be or they may appoint. ' . Art. ll. Tho Executive Oommittee shall have power, by the vote of thc majority of the wholo committee, to call a Convention of thc Democratic party of tho State, nt such time and place as it may designate; and is charged with tho execu ion and di rection of the policy of the party in thc Stato, subject only to this Constitution, tho principles doolam! io the platform, and suoh instructions, by resolutions or otherwise, os tbo State Convention may from timo to time adopt; sud shall oontiuuo in ofJioo for two years from tho timo cf olootion, or until tho assembling of tho next Stato Convention for thu nomination of a Stato tioket, unloss superseded by tho notion of tho Stato Con vention. Aud if any vaoauoy bo occa sioned by death, removal or other oauso, tho oomtuitteo shall have power to fill tho vaoancy. Art. 12. When the Stato Democratic Convention assembles, it shall bo oalled to order! by thc Chairman of tho State Exccu tivo Committeo, shall cleot a temporary President, and shall proceed immediately to tho election of permanent offiocrs und thc transaction of business. Tho Convention, when it baa concluded its business, sholl adjourn sin* die. And whon a Convention is called by the Exooutivo Committeo, suoh Convention shall bo oomposed of newly elected delegates. Art-13. This organization shall not go into force until tho Stato campaign of 1878. Patterson iu Court. WABIIINOTON, October 17.-Tho oasc of tho State of South Carolina vs. John. J. Patterson was oolled today before Judge Humphreys, of tho District Court. Cen. James Conner, Attorney General of tho State, and Mr. Jam s Lowndes appeared for tho Stato of South Carolina, and Messrs. Shellubargcr, Cook and Pothana for Sonator Putterson. Tho dofonoo of Sonator Patter son, as stated in tho pleadings, rests ou tbo following grounds: First, that Hampton is not Governor; socood, that thero was no legal oourt, no legal grand jury, and no duly cleot ed .Judge; third, that Chief Justice Willard, who ordered the special terni, was not the legal Chief Justioe) fourth, that tho Gonoral Assembly which appointed tho committeo ol investigation was illegal; fifth, thatCliiof Justice Willard, Judgo Kershaw and tho grand jury conspired against the rights and liberty of Putterson, and that the indictments were tho results of tho conspi racy; sixth, that he was not a fugitivo from justice; seventh, thut tho Constitution only allowod a State to demand a fugitivo from a Stato, and that tho Distriot of Columbia not being a Stato tho Constitution did not apply, and tho act of Congress author izing tho Chief Justice to surrender fugi tives was unconstitutional and void. No exemption on tho ground of Senatorial privileges wus claimed on aeoount of tho indictments being statutory, whioh to koa tho ease out of thc constitutional exemption After tho pupers were read, Cen. Connor requested tho instruction of tho Court aa to who would bo entitled to tho opening mid reply. After argument by Messrs. Sheila barber, Cook and Conner, thc Court decided that the State of South Carolina was notor nnd entitled to thc opening and reply. The Court furthor stated that in view of tho importance of tho case it would require full argument, which tho engagements of tho Court would not permit this week. Attor noy General Conn- r stated that his official engagements would prevent his attendance next week. Tho caso wan fixed for tho 31st. Sho nogleots her heart who studies hor glass. lt is no uso running; lg sd out betimes is Ibo main point. Thc ?iain Yid?! of 1877. TUE LAROEgT CllOI' THAT THE COUNTRY HAS YET PRODUCED. Tho grain crop of tho United States thia autumn is n vast inoronso over that of any preceding year in tho history of tho couu try. It amounts in tho two principal ?cro ula, wheat and com, to 325,000,000 buohola of the former, and 1,280,000,000 of tho latter, according to tho cureful estimate of Mr. Walker, tho statistician of tho New York Produco Exchange. Tho movement of this enormous crop has just begun to bc lott, as up to tho past eight weeks tho exportations v/oro of last year's crop; but tho sudden increase ulready noted gives good promise of a golden future. During thc brief period mootioned our exports of wheat from the ports of New York, Mon treal, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans ?ind Portland havo aggregated ll,? 525,188 bushels, against nu exportation from the same ports during a corresponding period of last year of 3,038,951 bushels, showingand increase of 7,580,237 bushels, There lias also been an increase of 708,231 bushels in thc exportation of rye during thc same time, and in peas nu iucrcasc of 81, 409 bushels. In oom nlono has thoro been a falling oft' to tho cxtcut of 1,033,054 in that tinto. Tho following table presents tho incroaso of production and exportation in tho two leading ccrculd iu thc past ten years. "WU HAT. Years. Crops.) Exports-by crop 1808 22-1.030,000 years, September to 1809 2G0.146,9UO September, Hour rc IS70 230,884,700 duced to bushels and 1871 280,722,100 couuted in Septom 1872 2-19,997.100 ber, 1870, to 1873 281,254,700 S> \ 1871 50,094,599 187-1 309,7 02,700 Sep. 1872 39.2S9.040 1875 292,130,000 Sep. 1873 57,215,295 1870 280,000,1)00 Sep. 1874 91,383,389 1S77* 325,000,000 Sop. 1875 75,959,150 - Sep. 1870 09,535,193 - Sep. 1877 54,000,000 i *Eatiinatod, not yet figured up closely. CORN. Yoara. Crops. Exports from, tho I 1808 900,527,000 United Slates ports: 18G9 814,320,000 1871 22,117,843 I 1870 1,091,255,000 1872 44,908,033 1871 991,898,000 1873 30,514,077 i 1872 1,092,719,000 1874 34,433,000 1873 932,274,000 1875 28.900,325 1874 844,148,50?ll87G 07,279,474 1875 l,820,0G9,000|l877* 05,000.000 l?76 1,300,000,000, 1877* 1,280,000,0001 ?Kslimnlcd. . To arrivo at thc amount ri' tyorn Kori' abroad, it is proper to count in th t .' goes in tho compressed form of pork. Ouy / . annual hog produot exportation is r-bout 4,000,000 hogs. As it takes about four teen bushels of corn to fatten eaoh hog, that1 will be equivalent to about 50,000,000 bushels more of corn to bo added to tho ex? ports annually, ns sont in tho form of ani mal food. Wc also send a grout doal bar relled up in tho shape r>f whiskey. Corn meal is included in tho estimate, reduced to bushels. v The receipts of wheat nt Western lako and river porta, Chicago, Milwaukoo, Toledo, Dotroit, Montreal, St. Louis, Peoria, and Duluth, during tho four weeks ending Oc tober 6, from tho now crop, were 13,099, 875 bushels, against 7,157,597 for tho cor responding period of last year, showing aa iccrcaso of 5,941,778 bushels. Tho ship, ments from thoso ports in that timo were, 11,024,053 bushels, an iucreuso of 4,800,- t G80 bushels over thc corresponding period of thc yoar before. California has been this year an exception to tho rest of tho country, lier crops havo fallen off. Bc tivocn July 1 and September 24 of this yenr,hor oxporta of wheat wero 4 ,011,000 bushels less than duriug a corresponding period of 1870. ' That tho alarm occasionally expressed* over thc probability of other seaboard cities taking away our grain trade hus not been altogether baseless, seems pretty well do moiiBtnated by comparison of thc figures of their receipts and ours, during tho period of aotivity in movement, of crops to tho sea board last year and this, between May 1 andi September 1. Lnst year the receipts of) flour and grain nt Posion, Philadelphia and/ Ha)tim?te during that timo amounted to/ 34,748,903 bushels; nt Now York to buq 88,057,108. This year, during tho corn?> v? ponding time, thoso ports received 23,212, 381 bushels, und New York 81,323,815 bushels. Front that shewing it appears thal, while both have suffered a decrease, New York's rcocipts havo filien off only 7,333,S53 bushels, while those of tho other ports named havo declined 11,580,012. i Tho records of receipts show that tho water ; routes bringing grain und Hour to this port ii, have hold their own within 34,000 bushels, 'i and that tho fulling oil' has boen in tho re- j? eeipts by rail. Tho increase in England's importation of ?j breadsiufis from this country in tho. year fl ending August 81, 1877, amounted to J almost us much as the nvcrogo of her im- M portations duriug tho ten years preceding, fl Of corn alone sho took out 33,000,000 J bushels. 11er total importations waa abouti 80,000,000 UsholS, of which G0,000,00o1| I wero from this country, und 20,000,000 *l from Southeastern Europe. Tho importa lion of coi n into Germany, Franco and tho United Kingdom promises to inerooio largely, as of late yent? n general tednorioy to resort to it ns food for ?took, inst oed of oats and cut feed has been manifest. lt is found to be one t li ii d cheaper in En i glnnd than the m Murial hitherto employed for that usc. Germany'*supply ??Jj, how ever, bo drawn unduly from Hungary.