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:-. ' . . .. .. ' | ' ' ' ' ''''''' '"'^ '''' "'''r' ' ''' ~~*-~r^--*~r-; - rj*j ry - NIGHT THE DAY, frlfiU ??N0T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN ? v M BV KEITH, SMITH & CO. AV A LH ALL A, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1877. .'i }.i i . . frit">i >r .Mitf-i " ,?w.'.M ! S):!. VOLUME XII-NO. 29. LIM ? H?H*imd?Ji?i ^Professionell O eur d.s. WM 0. KEITH. JOHN 8. VERNER. KEITH &? VERNER, ATTORNEYS AT LA W AND Solicitors in Equity, Will practice in the Stato Courts on the Eighth Judicial Circuit and in the United States Court Offics on Public Square, Walhalla, 8 O Jan 0, 187o 8 tf s. MCGOWAN, H. A. THOMPSON Abbeville, S 0 Walhalla, S 0 MCGOWAN & THOMPSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Will give prompt attention to nil business oonfidod to them in tho State, County, and United States Courts. Oftice on Cmtrt House Square, Walhalla, S C " .te junior partner, MR. TUOMPSOK, will also practice in the Courts of Piokcns, Groen ville and Anderson. January, 1870 (f THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ooun.ty of* Ooonee. In the Court of Common Fleas. Sidney Davis and Warren H. Davis, Plain tiffs, against A. Corung, Surviving Ex eeutor of tho last Will and Testament of Samuel Knox, deceased, Mary Knox, his widow, Louisa Grisham, wife of W. S. Qrishum, Antoinette Nevill, wife of John C. Nevill, Fannie Hardy, wifo of John Hardy, Susan J. Wright, wife of John Wright, Leila Lee, wife of Jesse M. Lee, Isabella Knox, Thomas Kuox, Samuel Knox.JamcsT Koot, Fannie J. Wright, (tice Knox,) widow of William Knox, deceased, nod his eight children, to wit: Fletoher Knox, Tugnloo Knox, Lucy Cobb Knox, Smnuel Knox, Shoal Creen \ Knox, Matthew Knox, Janie llranoh Knox und Willie Joo Knox, heirs-at law of Samuel Knox, deceased, Defendants - Complaint for Specific Performance, Relief, dec. To the Defendants above named: XT OU ?rc hereby summoned and required X to answer tho oumpluiut in this action, which is filed in thc office of the Clerk of Common Pious, for thc said County, and to servos copy of your answer to tho said complaint on the subscriber at his office, on the public (square tn Walhalls, S. C., within twenty days utter tho service hereof, exclu sive of tho day of such service; ?nd if you tail to answer tho complaint wit Ino thc timo aforesaid, tho plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for tho reliof demanded in tho complaint. Dated January 1, 1878. S P. DENDY, g Plaip.tifiV Attorney. To tho absent Dcfccdbnts: A Comog, Surviving lixecutor of tho last Will und Testament of Samuel Knox, deceased. Mary Knox, his widow. Louisa Grishum, wifo of W. S. Grishum, Faunie Hurdy, wife of Joh P. Hardy, Susan J. Wright, wifo of Job i Wright, Leila Lee, wife of Jesse M. Leo, Thomas Knox, Isabella Knox, Samuel Knox, James T. Kuox taite notico that tho complaint ond summons in the above stated action was filed in the office of the Clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas for-Uconoo County, 8. C., o tho first day of January, 1878, for spcoitio performance, relief, &o. S. P DUN DY, Plaintiffs' Attorney. J^o. 8, 1878 7-6 SIIHICIFF'-S ?AB.Hi. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ooonee County. In the Court of Common Pleas. Sloan Y. Stribling t>*. Thomas M. Fredericks. ?--Complaint to Foreclose Mortgage. BY virtue nf a deoretal order made by hi* Honor Thompson ll Cooke, .lodge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, bean og date tho 2d day of March. 1877. I will ?oil. to tho highest bidder, before tho v'ourt lions?! dom in Walhall?, between the tegul ho?rs of sale on MONDAY, iho 4th du .? of February ne the. following d wilted pi'nporiy. *'iz: AH that piree or pl?. I ol lund -iiuaie. (vin . uiol being in ihe fount v und Stale ufioe-nid, ?II brunch'"-i f Martin's Crook waters of Seneca Uiver, ndjmning Rufus Casey and othorn. and containing one hundred acres, morn or less, lining tho same purchased hy mid defendant from F Ii, Lewis, TERMS-CASH. J: lt. ROBINS. Sheriff, Ooonee County. Jan 10, 1878 8-4 COUGH, COLD, Or Sore Throat REQUIRES Immediate Attention.. continuance for any Jcngth of lime, causes Irritation of the lunge, or ?onie chronic thront affection Negleot oftentimes results in some incurable tung disease. BROWN'S HUON - OU? A f. TROCHE8tiaveprovod their efflcoov, by a test for many years, and will almost invariably give immediate rollef. O'ui?ii? .voly BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROC HKS, and do not take any lb eworthless Imitations that may be offered ?ec. 0, 1877 S-4m VEG ETIN BJ An Excellent Itledicl?^* SPRINGFIELD, O., Fob. 2lkJ}77. Tili? is to certify that I hnvo USIVTVEOK TINK manufactured by II. R. Stevcnrp"Slon, Mass., for Rheumatism ami Ocncrn'fT'>8ira tion of tho Norviiu* System, with ?f ?MO- ' cess I rocammond VP.UKTINKRS antfcellent medicine for euch complaints. ;Q] Yours ?cry truly. ,tli C. W.VANDIJJIFT Mr. Vandngrift, of tho firm of "Idegrift A Huffman, ia a well-known busi ?man in this place, having ono of tho larg .atoros in Springfield, 0. Our Minister's Wifi,J LOUISVILLE, KY., FRI7JM18.7. MR. II. R. STBVBNP. |J Dear Sir-Throe years ago I j jjsufforing terribly with Inflammatory fjwmatisra, Our minister's wifo advised me-fVufke VEOK TINB. After taking ono boitl?0]i*Y|s entirely rolioved. This year, fooling 5fjf)ij(rn ?f the disoaso, 1 again oom moored tr .//->*. und nm hoing benefited greatly. It/ f Wrontly im proves my digestion Rcs),...inly, MM. ijy^LARD. 1011 Wost Jefferson Street.Li ff Safe and Sd,,t,i;' MR. U.R. STBVRNB. *< lu 187-yrur VEOETINB /'0fcJffioommondod to me; and, yielding to thL Ktfteions of a friend, I consented to try ' ?K* tho, timo I was so fieri og from goncrnr,'"j1"/1 v anu- ner vous prostration, eu perinAf by overwork and inegular habits, lt*ior?ijrful strength cuing and curative propci/0i.I Jun od to affect my debilitated system (ri ? Hiflret dose, and undor its persistent uso '"'ftj/'y recovered, gaining moro than us)""?! -Ith and good feeling. Since then I ? hesitated to givo VEOETINE my moJ\, MMnililiod indorse ment as being n safo, si J 'JM'mwerful agent in promoting health un '''''tail ing tho wasted system to new Rio and/v,''/0j. YKOETINE is the only medicino I up 'io?yiiR long as I live I never expect to Undf^{,wV. Yours truly, If] ?. CLARK, 120 Monterey StrJh jV-ghatiy\ Penn. Tho following le?0? ?ni Rev. W. G. Mansfield, formerly oj \i ?nf tho Methodist Episcopal Ohuroh, l?jtvVB*k, and nt prcsont settled in Lowell, m??^Vivinco every one who roads his letter ol ^wonderful curativo qualities of VEOKTiNE??-i|thorough cleanser and purifier of the bl it J H VOE PARK, jsQ., Feb. 15, 18713. MR. IL R. STF.VKN8. / j Dear Sir- About/.vflBOiirs ago my health failed through thc J't Jfmg ofl'ccts nf dys pepsia; nearly n yeyt'tfr I was ut tacked by typhoid-fever, in itu ?st S form. It settled in my buck, and tonk f"ltMfm nf a large deep seated abscess, wli V\MH fifteen months in gathering. 1 hud ( tijVirgicnl.operations by Hiebest skill in tho ute, but received no permanent cure. I iMfered great pain at limos, and wa? consintly weakened by a profuso discharge I so lost small pieces of bono at different time/ Mutiers mn on tliu Hbout seven yenrs. till May, 1874 when tv ff nd rccmnmendoil me to go to ymir oiKcc'el talk with you of tho virtuo of YeoETiNi? M did so, and by your kindness passed tjniiigh your manufactory, noting tho ingrowns. &o., by which your remedy is producer/ Rv what I ?nw lyi heard 1 gained some confidence in YEGC/NR. I commenced fjfc'og it soon after, bul felt worso from its ofwfts; still I persovered, and sonn felt it was bi fliting me in other respecte. Yet I did not seo \h results I desired till I had taken it fail! illy for a little moro than a year, when the Wffioulty in tho baok was cured; and for une month. I havo enjoyed the best of health. I have in thu time gained twenty-five pounds of flosh, icing heavier than over before in my lifo,.nd I was never more, ablo to norforin labor Joan now. Puring (ho pus few weeks I had a scrofu lous swelling nsi*rgo ns my fist gather on number part nf hy body. I took V BO RT lp faithfully, and it removed it level with i li J urfaoo in a nineth., I think I should nave hen cured of my main tronido * ' ncr if I hit inkon larger dines, alter having hccmnu ceu*tomed to its elf.'ois Let ,v>ur pairos troubled with scrofula or kidnov di ?CUM] inderstand that it takes time to core chriim diseases; and, if they will pal icm ly take'EOETINB. it will, in my judg ment, euro iben. With great obligations, I nm, yours vor truly, ' O! W. MANSFIELD. Pastor of tho detbodist Episcopal Church. yEGETI NE '. Prepared hy STEVENS, Boston, Mass. H. It V^getlnt is Sold by nil Druggist?. jPOXTTZ'S OELEBAATED Horso ind Pattie Powders. Xk li pre p?r ?lion, long and fur or My 1 koowa, WiU thoroughly w-lnvlgorata brok tn ?own ?od low ?plrited hon??, br itMDnthenlng ?nd ?l?MulAg Ui* e tomwli and Inteattaet. It lt a fur* prc rcn Ur? ?fail dl?ee?M , , . _ tn old en i ta Uih animal, inch aa LCM a rBT?#,nLANDBR8, YELLOW ' WATKR ?IIAVKS, COUGHS, ?IS. TKHPF.l, VV'.VKU.sj, KO UH D BR. L0S8 OlJjPPKTITK AND VITAL BNBROf,'IM. 1U ?M ImproTt? ?U? Wli4, loor*?*.? th? app?tit* vc? ?untoIh and Riedl/ ?kin-?nd iDiformi th? mlierabl? ikaUton lalo? P.M Jocking ?nd ipi ri tod hone. Ta keeper* of Cow? tab prepara tion If Invaluable. It I? a ?ur? prc ventlr??galnit Binderp???, FIollow Horn, etc. It bu be?n proven bj ?CtuM experiment to Increase- th? quanUty of milk ?nd ?ream twenty per oent. ?od make the butter firm ?nd ?weet. In fattening cattle, lt ?ut?, loosen Mi ?lr kid?, and ames Mt*. _ _ -JdlWWM of Swine, ?uch M Cough?, Cloon hi th i fa Itt. Liter, A?., thU ft r 11 ol? Mt? - - Ml/fjuclno. Hy pulling from one- jPaHI?fe . agapapcr to * puper In a barrel of d&BiSBS?Bl iwihtleibeTedliwvieii *lllb8?r?dl. ^tfiHVI > l?V the Bog Cholera, ^^^^ ?TTD E. EOUTZ, Proprietor . BAZiTIKOBS, Md. , 8,1877 JW ly NIGHT. CIIAEILOTTK Lt 8EAVER, IN IIAUPEll'8 FOR F KU nu A it Y . Night carno dowo o'or nil tho earth, Aud took tho tirod Day, And clasped dur tightly in her arms, And hore her faraway. Thc moon like some vnst light house seemed, Far up in tho Milky Wuy; The glistening stars, Uko tiny barks. At anchor round her lay. And Uko n single silver thread i That twines in some doik our], Tho river wound through treos and brakes, A gleaming band of pearl. I heard the soft low dip of oars, Liko a weary, slow heart throb; | j Aud tho wavelets lapped the bow of tho boat A low, half broken sob. And on that night, so long ago, A vision wondrous sweet Como to mo in its fullest joy, So perfect und complete. O golden dream! why did I wake To find it past aud gone? Tho dream was like a glorious day; Tho waking, cold gray dawn. 'Twero better far that I had died Believing it wuro true, 'Tworc better fur to sleep for ayo Beneath the sky so blue, Thau live when each long weary day Seems longer than before; When lifo is but a constant pain - A wound unhealed and SOTU. Tho river still flows murmuring on; The stars arc just us bright Af when thc vision cuuie to mo That restful Summer night. The same? Yes. I alono am changed, Oh, God! euch weary day I wish that I had died thc night Tho vision passed away.. Tho Nat Ional Park. In the Northwestern comer of the Ter ritory of Wyoming, bordering on Montana and idaho, lies a tract of country about fifty five by sixty-five miles in extent, pos sessing' a greater combination of remarkable features than any other known urea of like dime, sions undor the sun. It contains 8,578 square mites. Its elevation above tho sun level e. from 6,000 to 14,000 fcot. It lies mainly, but not entirely, on thc Eist side of tho main range of thc Hooky Mountains. Hy act o? Congress, approved M ireh 1. 1872, this tract wus withdrawn for ever from salo und set apart as a perma nent pleasure ground for tho umuscment und instruction of the people, under thc designation of tho Yellowstone National Purk. Tho grandeur und variety of its socnery, tho salubrity of its sum mer el i mate, ?nd tho hooith-giviug qualities of its ther mal waters will, within a tow years, moko it thc .Mecca of the tourist, pleasure seeker end invalid from al) parts of tho civilized world Among its innumerable attractions aro some of the grandest cataracts, cascades, canons and mountain summits on tho con tinent. Its spouting geysers, io numher and magnitude, exceed oil others known. Its numerous mud springs, sol l'a taras, fume roles and beautiful terraced hot springs are beyond description in the magnitude aud splendor of their decoration and action. Thc sources of tho Columbia, the Colorado and tho Missouri rivers aro all sud to Ho within this jj lea sn re ground of tho nations Its mountain summits uro covered with eternal snows, while many ot thc valleys ure made radiant with the. sparkle of lakes whose Waters are clear us crystal. The most m ignilicent ol' these lakes is tho Yellowstone, tho sourco of tho river, lying nearly in the central portion ot tho park. Its form is similar to that of tho human hand with tho palm to tho front und the fingers pointing downward. Tho altitudo of tho lake is 7,427 feet above tido water, and its present depth is about 800 foot. It is fed by tho snows on tho lofty mountains that flank it on all sides. The length of this beautiful sheet of water is about Li2 miles, aud tho width 10 to 15 miles. Pro! essor Haydon declares that there is nothing on the continent that equals it in tho brilliant hues of its waters and tho splendor of its surroundings. Tho oloar green shading of tho mountain slopes, with tho ultramarine tint of its thining surface, produce an effect upon t O observer which cnn neither be imagined nor adequately desoribod. Tho temperature is that of cold spring water. In tho early part of tho day its surfuco is usually calm, and its varied huo, from livid groen, shading off into a doep ultramarine, presents a picture of beauty that is dazzling to behold. During tho Inter hours a strong wiod sometimes arises, stirring the o tim luke into' all tho fury of au ocean storm. Tho amount of vegetation produced in tho dopths of Yellow stone Lake ie immense, vast ridges of it lining tho shores at ocrtain seasons after a high wind has swept over tho surface. The only fish found in tho lake and io tho neighboring streams is tho trout, whoso numbers oro said to bo inoonoeivable. Most of tho fishes in tho lake oro afflioted with tho presence in tho bodies of a peculiar intestinal worm which, for the time being, readers them unfit for usc. The presence of hot springs, with their cones rising above tho Hiirfaoo, is ? singular faot, the water within tho cones hoing almost boiling.-hot Trout have been caught by persons standing upon tiloso cones and oooked in the hot 14 wa tor without bel?g removed from th? t hook, as declared by tho United States Soologist, Professor P. V. Haydoo. But tho most wonderful objeotsof iutercst io this rogion aro tho eataraots aud canons >f tho Yellowstone, with tho spouting geysers in the valley of tho Piro Hole River. Noither language nor the painter's genius iud skill aro adequate to describo cither, rho lower falls aro moro than 390 feet high. l'Ile walls of tho grand canon aro some 2,500 feet tn depth, and aro colored by hues io various and brilliant that human art Jospairs of any attorn pt to reproduce them. "Tho wealth of ?red and yellow, brown and orango, pink and green, blaok, gray and white fascinates and bewilders every be holder," aooordiug to Professor Marshal, ''scorning to reproduce before his admiring gaze all tho ravished splendors of a very gorgeous sunset, whoso charms, no longer svancscont, ara hero not painted but dyed through and through these mighty cliffs, md made as eternal ns tho everlasting mountains they buttress." The geysers arc sven mor? grand and magnificent, beoauso accompanied by muoh of the pomp and-oir oumstatioo of elemental war tn tho spouting of immense columns of hot water to the height of 90 to 250 feet or more, in tho shooting up of vast volumes of steam to an occasional altitude of 1,000 or 1,500 feet, ind in tho rumbling sound and vibrating motions that accompany tho earthquake shook. . Thoro arc three known geyser basins, but two of which have, however, been explored. These aro in tho valley of tho Fire Hole already referred to, and lio to tho Westward of Yellowetono Lake, from which they aro reached by a tolerably well worn trail. Some of tho orifices of tho geyser cones are twenty feet in diameter, iud during an eruption a column of hot water, filling this orifice, rushes outward ind upward with terrific force, and to iltitudes varying from 15 to 275 foot in ionic oases. Tho cones, rims tud basins formed by tho deposits from tho springs and geysers aro among tho most magnificent of their attractions. Many of thom hsvo all tho beauty of finish and brilliancy of color ing of the finest porcelain, while tho waters within the rims and basins of many of tho springs are so pcrfeotly transparent that tho 'mallest objects may be seen at tho dopth of forty or fifty feet. Our'purpose in referring to tho park was not so much to attempt a description of its really indescribable woodcrs, os to call attention to the work of vandalism already inaugurated within it by tourists ?nd visi tors. M ?i ny of tho magnificent structure* built up by the notion of the bot springs and geysers arc being disfigured and de stroyed by trophy hunters and others, actu ated, too often it is to be feared, by a pure love of destruction. This shameless raid upon the varied glories of tho "wonderland" should at once bc stopped by the strong arm of tho law Congress ought promptly to takesuoh action as will protect and pre serve thc decorations that Nature for'ages priBt has treasured up among these "over lasting hills." and in the radiant valleys of thc upper Yellowstone. A resolution was passed at tho reoent meeting of the Ameri can Association for tho Advancement of Science, calling upon our National authori ties to not in this matter. It is a subject of quito ns much interest to cduoators as to mon of science, inasmuch as tho park may bo justly regarded as a vast milieu m whose unlimited resources aro cnp-iblo of illustra ting Almost every objoot of thought or subject of study within the rango of oreated existences. Lot our cduoators and friends of education, therefore, add their voices and votes to those of tho scientists in tho effort to preservo from desecration, and for tho high purposes of instruction, the grandest heritage of natural sublimity, beauty and utility ever bestowed upon man. [The Educational Weekly. Three munder*. General A. Af. Pleasonton, in Philadelphia Weekly Times. Three serious btundors deprived the Army ol tho Potomac of the best fruits of their labors. Tho first of these was tho ahango of commanders a few duys before Ibo battle. This delayed the movements of tho army and was near losing us tho position it Gettysburg. It was singular that a government that claimed "never to swap horses while crossing a stream" should have lone SO in tho most important crisis of tho war The second blunder was tho neglect )f tho Government to send 50 OOO of tho T0,000 men around Washington, by tho #ay of tho Baltimore and Ohio Railway, to tho South of tho Potomac, to oppose tho Hessing of Leeo. With the Army of tho Potomac in his rear, and 50,000 mon lo >pposo his crossing, tho war in Virginia would have ended in 1863 instead of 1865. rite third blunder was tho refusal of Geno 'al Meado to follow tho enemy after tho 'cpulso on tho 8d of July. This lost tho inny all the advantages for which they had oiled and struggled for many long and Ycary days; but it oould not dotraot from he glorious distinction and honor of the gallant soldiers who had humbled the best ind proudest army tho South ever put into ho field. Tho eampsign of Gettysburg was tho icst oanipaign of tho war on tho Northern lido. It was oonduotod on the truest prin .i pl cs of war, as established by the greatest ousters, vi?: to scparato tho oootny from his >nsf) while soouring your own bise of opera (obs. That the results of tho campaign lid not include the surrender of Leo's iroay wes duo to tho notion sod inaction of ho Government nt Washington, ?nd is another illustration of tho tuatohloss equi poise- of great minds disturbed by unparalelled conditions,so graphically described by Ooo. Longstreet in his instnnoo of Qoneral Leo at Gettysburg. While our Southern frieuds ero discussing their campaign of Gettysburg , I would call their attootiou to a notablo eiroumstenco, via: that in tho oampaign of General Grant from Cul pepper to llioh mond Goneral Loo pursued tho samo strategy and samo tactics adopted by tho Army of tho Potomao in the oampaign of Gettysburg. While General Grant is opon to tho severest criticism, io a military point of view, for operating on on exterior lino aud leaving his adversary seouro in his communications and basis of supplies (precisely tho blunder commit tod by Lee in his Gettysburg campaign ) Leo's reputation ns a General rests on tho splondid defonso of Richmond which ho conducted in tho years 1864 and 1865. Tho immense loss of lifo in General Grant's oampaign against Richmond was duo to his violation of the principles of war. Tho two oom . paigos aro good illustrations that neither Governments or Generals oan diarogard tho fundamental principles of war without suffering immense saor??ccs and with uncertain results of sucocss. The General Assembly. COLUMBIA, January 24, 1878. Io tho Senate, a bill for tho protection of landlords leasing lands for agricultural par posos was read a second timo. Tho above bill makes rent a first lien on crops. Bill to grant aid to the State Agricultu ral and Mechanical Society was taken up for consideration. Mr. McCutchca moved to amend by ad ding tho proviso that thc appropriation shall not bo used to pay any past debt of such society, which was adopted. Mr. Canoon moved to strike out tho word "annual," because, ho said, tho Legislature could decide each y oar whether tho associa tioo deserved State aid. Mr. Lipscomb suid that tho uncertainty of such aid would detract from its use fulness. Mr. Cannon's amendment was not adopted. Mr. Maxwell moved to striko outr tho cnactiog olauso of tho bill. Mr. Gary opposed this motion. Ile said agriculture was the basia of all tho prospeiity of this State; that tho agriculturists pay nineteen-twentieth* of tho taxe* of tho Stute; that State aid had been granted to all other kinds of corporations; that suoh associations as this one was ot great benefit to tho farmcas in advancing agriculture and of advantage to tho whole State by uniting all tho people, by bringing them togcher at our fairs. Ho thought 82,000 a yoar would bo very well expended in its aid. The fair was in the nature of a great agricultural school and would im provo those whose pa rents have never been able to send them to college. Ho alluded to tho social ad van tages that aocruo from these annual fairs, and said that there tho beautiful bello and tho handsome beau oro in the habit of meeting, and there matrimonial ailiaocos wore formed which wcro for the advantage of the State; that though he bad not yet been abli to draw a prize from tho lottery of matrimony, it was not from any fault of his. Ho said the South Carolina Club was an outgrowth of tho fair, and it had dono inoro to restore cur ancient refinement than anything else. Mr. Kinslcr oleo favored thc passogo of thc bill. Ho said thc u&rioultunil associa tion had boon unable to carry on its opera tions os it desired, on account of the hard times and now it asked for tho small pittance of $2,500 a year, und bo hoped thc Legis laturo would not rofsc it. Mr. Bowen said that if this bill should pass the oouutry ogrioultural associations would expect a Uko appropriation for their benefit. Mr. Wylio movod to commit tho bill to tho Judioiary Commitco. Mr. Gary said ho was surprised to soc tho bill opposed by a Sonate composod so large ly of agriculturists. For somo reason the legal- profession had boon loft out of thc legislation toa largo extent, and o clamor had beon raised against them by dema gogues for selfish ends. But tho legal pro fession had always boon tho friond of tho agricultural iotorests. Tho men who led tho people in tho last war, tho legal profes sion, wero, and arc, tho friends of tito true interests of their Stato, and they havo the advantage of being acquainted with tho law of the hind. Ile said that thom novcr was known before now that suoh a provision was incorporated in tho Stato constitution as the ono to levy a two mill tox annually to Support publio sohools Mr. llewen said that tho Domooratio par ty hod plodgod themselves to thc two mill tex. Mr. Maxwell said that tho pledge as to that tax was not made by tho D?mocratie party, bm by tho central commute. Ho had voted against it, and did not consider tho party was bound by this pledgo mado by tho cen tral oommitteo. Ile was of tho opinion that many people voted for that amondment without knowing that it was on thoir tiok ots. Tho motton to recommit was then rejec ted. On striking out tho enacting olauso, Mr. Gary oallod . tho yoas and nays whioh resulted as follow?: Yeas-Mos rs Bowen, Buok, Cannon, Carter, Coker, Counts, Ciittendon, Donos n, Howard, Jeter, Livingstone, Maxwoll, MoCalf, Todd, Wylio. Nays-Messrs. Bird, Butler, Evaon, FruHor, Gary, Kiuele, Lipscomb, Manning, MoUutchon, Myers, Toft, Williams. So tbr>'?ill was rejected. y \ to impose sn additional tax and - otooribo a mode for collecting the some on all persons liocnsod to soil wines, ardent spirits, malt liquors, and mixtures thereof, within tho limits of (his etato, was then taken up, and Mr. Howard moved to strike out tho enaotiug clause. On tho question of rejection tho bill Mr. Livingstone oallcd tho yeas and nays, which resulted as follows: Y oas-Messrs. Bird, Buok, Butler, Cannon, Carter, Coker, Duncan, Evans, tfrascr, Gary, Howaod, Joter, Kinder, Lipscomb, Manning, Maxwell, Myers, Todd, Williams. Nays-Messrs Bowon, Counts Crittenden, Livingstone, McCall, MoUutohon. COLUMBIA, January 25, 1878. The bill to provide for tho organization of tho State University being tho spooial order for 12.80 P. M. was taken up and discussed Until adjournment. Gen. ll ll. Hemphill opened tho discus sion with a written address, in which he opposed tho bill strenuously, and moved to strike out the enacting clause. His argu ment was that tho State already had moro educational institutions than sho could support; that Nowborry College, Erskine Collego, Furman University, dre, woro in stitutions which, if patronized properly, would afford education to all. Tho Stato was (ar too poor, he said, to establish a - Stato University to bo ruo on the high toned principles of beforo the war. Bettor build up the common school systom before thc Stato attempted to establish an nristo oratio institution. Mr. Simonton showed the House that the bil] did not. seek on appropriation this year, but was intended only to complote an organization by which tho State could get control of the Claflin University by simply making it a part of the University of South Carolina. In conclusion Mr. Simonton submitted an amendment, which deterred tho oponing of tho U; 'itution until tho Legislature saw fit to sanction it. Mr. Vcnici- followed with a strong speeoh in favor of tho bill, taking tho ground that if a beginning was novor tnado nothing oould ovor be exp cried to bo realized. Hs thought that 810,000 would bo amply suffi oient to appropriate for tho use of tho in? Btitution for tho first year of its oponing, and that that amount could easily be takon from the poll tax fund. Mr. Robert Aldrich followed in an able speech in favor of the bill. Mr. Connor, of Abbeville, spoko earn estly in opposition to tho bill, holding that there was no immediate need for tho OStsb l'shmeni of tho University, and urging tho postponement of the matter until tho State was bettor able to stand thc expenso. Mr. J. J. Hemphill said that the opening speech of Mr. R. ll. I Ic m phd I was tho surest evidence to him that a higher grado of education was necessary in tho State. Ho thought an .appropriation, small as it would necessarily be, would bo the very best investment that any father in the Stato oould muke who desired his sun to take u respecta ble i tand among his fellow-citizens. Denomi national col leges,such as had been enumerated by tho gentlemen from Abbeville, wore fino iostitutions in their way, but thoy did not meet tho needs of the entire Stute. They were institutions mainly for tho grinding out of preachort', and whilo he had tho highest respect for tho clerical profession, yet he was confident that men who were educated in denominational colleges never oould shako off their influence Ho denounced tho assertion that the collego would bo an aristocratic institution ss a miserable pretence, indicativo of a wonk and indefensible side of the question. Mr. Simpson, of Anderson, strongly op? posed the bill, on tho ground that it was not nt present necessary, and that tho Stato could not afford tho expense. Ho said ho would be willing to sell thc proporty to any company that desired to run an instituto of tho kind proposed, but was not willimr to uso the State money to support it. Mr. Haskell favored tho bill, and Mr. Hood, of Abbeville, had just risen lo speak, whoo tho IIouso adjourned. Io Northern China, people of all ages aro dying of actual starvation by thousands. Tho fatnioo extends over a district which inoludcs at least 5,000 villages, nod lt is said.that nt least, 500 dio daily. Houses aro pulled down in ovcry village to soil tho timber und thatch in order to got food. Those who oan get husks and dry loaves, ordinarily used for ordinary fuol, orooonsid ero well off. Tho people nt Shausi sro living on tho corpses of their fellow beings who dio of Mn rv.it io v.. Aud thu siioug aro killing tho woak for tho sake of obtaining their flesh for food. Somo of tho North Carolina papers com plain that Govornor Vanoo is pardoning too many criminals. Tho tobaooo orop of last year was 440, 000,000. Tho last ootton orop is estimated si 4,750,000 bales. An anaohronistio pun: Adam was married on his wedding Eve. Why ought a lady's home-dross to Inst a long while? Booause she. never wears ii oak. Tho hair of a young lady io Vermont turned whito in a single night. Hbo fell into a flour bnrrol.