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COUNTY CONVENTION.
A meeting of tho Cennty Convention of tho
Democratic party will bo held in tlio Court
House, nt Walhalla, on tho third SATURDAY
in April next. Tho object of tho meeting ie
to elect officers for tho ensuing year, and
counsel together ns to the best menus of re
organizing and strengthening tho party. Tho
various clubs throughout tho County will hold
meetings on somo convenient day and elect
ono del?galo to tho County Convention for
ovory ton members on their rolls. A full
.ittcndanco is desired.
W. C. KEITH, County Chairman.
FOR C?OVB3KXOR.
In a few months thc Democracy of South
Carolina will have to decido as to who shall
bo their standard bearer during tho coming
campaign. Already tho notes of preparation
arc being sounded and in every County in thc
Stnto tho Deinoerutic hosts aro being organ
ized.
Oconoo will not bo laggard, and after thc
County Convention in April tho Democrncy of
tho tuountnins will bo found shoulder to
^boulder with their brethren of tho entire
State, ready todo battle for tho preservation
nnd triumph of Democratic principles, tho
fulfillment ot pledges undo in tho last cam
paign and tho successful completion of the
reform measures ?o happily inaugurated by
our noblu Governor Wade Hampton.
Events daily occurring show that tho Radi
cals, backed by unscrupulous partisans nt
"Washington, controlling tho patronngo of the
Administration and using thc public money
without "stint or measure," will endoavor to
orcato dissensions in our ranks, divide tho
party by ?0 called independent candidates and
hy insidious attacks upon our Executive and
his administ.-'ition, sow thc seeds of discontent
nnd discord.
It is, theroforo, important that in the selec
tion of our stnnda i'd boarer wo phould be
guided by an exulted patriotism, by an earnest
devotion to principie, ?nd by a cheerful
nccoptance of the nominee' of the Stato Con*
vention.
In the campaign of 1870 b.'lt fow supposed
thal (ho Democracy could or w.^ihl obtain so
signal a victory ns that which crowned their
efforts. That campaign was entered upon with
gloomy doubts and forebodings. Vito enemy,
by successive years of power, hn\t thoroughly
entrenched themselves in n position th.aught to
bo well nigh impregnable. In ncri' ly every
County thc County officiers acted with (i/o domi
nant part?' and formed a nucleus of organiza
tion which rcadcrcd them strong indeed. Th'O
negroes hud been cajoled ami threatened u.'i'il
they were lcd to believe that thc triumph .of
Democratic principles would bc a death-knell to
nil their hopes of liberty nnd prosperity. To
overcome their prejudices, to convince them
that thoir best and truest friends were* those
with whom they had always lived and who had
once been their owners, seemed a hopeless
tn3k.
Thc Democrailc Convention, with a unanimity
never before known, placed in nomination ns
enndidate for Governor General Wo do llnmpton
At a great sacrifico of personal interests he
consented to ncccpt tho nomination nnd inau
gurated a campaign which for fervor, enthusiasm
and brilljant results stands unequaled.
Tho name of Hampton, honored and lovod by
Carolinian;}, run as with an electric current
from heart to heart, calling forth thc lovo nnd
nffcclion of tho people and uniting all classes
and conditions into-ono grand victorious party.
Wada Hampton's wisdom, moderation nnd
patriotic odunsols wcro overywhore heeded,
his pledges of reform and g nd government
wore everywhere believed, and from tho moun
tains to tho seaboard the honest, sturdy
yeomanry of South Carolina rallied to his
support, and victory for thc first timo in many
long and weary years perched upon tho bun
nora of Democracy.
Hampton's administration SO far has been a
complete success. Tho pledges ma lo by bim
bavoboon nobly redeemed. If anything be
lacking it is tho fault of tardy legislation.
With a firm, dotorminod hand ho hus guided
tho ship of Stato through times of unusual
poril and danger. His wisc statesmanship
Jins given us penco and quiet throughout the
Stato. Our relations with tho Fedora! ii >vcrn
ment aro undisturbed. National and Stato
laws aro executed promptly and impartially.
Tho rights of tho colored man aro respected
rind enforced. Our State credit is being
strengthened. Our material prosperity in
Aroused, and tho people cheerful and happy
under tho rulo of honest homo go vorn?
mon (J<
The people owe a debt of gratitude to Govern
or Hampton, and wo know wo express tho
feelings of OVCry honest and patriotic Democrat
throughout (ho upcountry whon wo ask that
Wade Hampton should bc renominated. Ho is
tho choico of tho people. They expect his
nomination at thc hands of tho .^tato Conven
tion. They will bo satisfied with nothing less.
Let his endorsement bc li early, unanimous and
emphntic. Under bis lead victory is assured,
and the blessings of good government io'oured
to us.
M
I'ioditiout Literary Soolcly.
Tho Piedmont Lltorary Society of Adgor
Collcgo held its first publi? exercises lu tho
Baptist Church oa Friday evening, tho 16th
instaut. There was present a largo nssomblago
of tho best citizens of our community, both
ladles and gentlemen. Tho church was neatly
decorated with evergreens and In roar of tho
Btago were suspended paintings of Generals
Leo and. Hampton, tho leading military spirits
of thc lalo war in Ibo two branches of Infantry
and cavnlry respectively.
Tho exercises of tho evening wore opened with,
prayer by Dr. J. 1?. Smoltzor, When President
Jos. W. Sliclor, of Culhouu, Qoorgia, prefaocd
tho introduction of tho first speaker in a short
and graceful speech, commomling tho suoccssfid
clfort3 of our people in opening and sustniuing
tho Auger College. Ho ulludcd briefly to the
great importance of Southern education nt this
timo. Tho power and wealth of tho South,
formerly sustained by her peculiar institution,
had passed away, mid the pooplo must look to
education ns tho basis of futuro inllucnco and
development. While past generations may not
have felt the special need of a general dilfusion
of a high order of knowledge, it has now be
come our chief hope of future greatness, wealth
and power. Tho oxoroiscs of tho evening were
designed lo dediuato tho "Piedmont Literary
Society" in tho walks of eloquonco and learning
and its great object would bo to train its members
in these pursuits. Ho then introduced
W. J. Bti?RD, or OCOXBK COUNTY,
who interested tho uudionoo in a speech of
thirty minutes on thc 'pleasures of learning for
learning's sake 'flic present age is prc-onii
ucntly utilitarian. Science, art and literature
arc cultivated more with a view to profit than as
a source of pleasure flowing from thc develop
ment of tho spiritual nature of man, or a sonso
of duty to God to enlarge those faculties which
bear tho impress of deity. Few indeed nim nt
that high order of intellectual development
which, while il may provo useful in thc highest
degree in thc sordid aims of life, is still above
and beyond that in soul joy. On tho contrary,
thc pursuit of knowlcdgo to many is n drudge,
and is followed in limited spheres, bounded by
its power and tendency to pecuniary profit and
success in life. While this should not be over
looked, nil should aim ni knowlcdgo for (he
pleasures it afforded, in thc activity and devel
opment of thc mind, thc true man. The great
object ol' college training is to develop and
discipline (lie mind, so (hat on entering life it
mny become nn instrument, invaluable for the
great aims of practical life, mid nt thc same
time equally ready to gather happiness in thc
social and family circle. Thc speech was replete
willi sound sense mid was received with hearty
applause.
T!io debato upon thc question, "Is Ibo pen
mightier (han thc sword'.'" was then opened by
MU. TI10S. V. liOO'/.KU, or XKWIIKHllY COUNTY,
on thc affirmai i vo\ sido of tho question. He
handled his subject well, pointing to thc pen ns
thc adv?calo of peace, order, civilization mid
progrssa in nil (hal makes a people great and
happy. On thc contrary, tho sword was held up
ns nu instrument of destruction, a mnrk of
barbarism, n spring of civil and social sorrow
and ruin. The pen controlled tho sword, used
or withheld it nt pleasure, and when the ?minc
diate behests of thc pen were accomplished, it
resumed ils peaceful sway, encouraging all thal
mukes life dear to man. Hy thc pen Mohammed
inspired his followers and they became nn
irresistible avalanche of dosi ruction, establishing
a sovereignty which now embraces a largo pro
portion of tho inhabitants of tho world. Since
thc establishment of thc printing press tho
progress of each century in every brandi ol
useful knowledge has been equal lo that of live
cent m ies before printing was known.
On thc negative side of thc question
MU. w. W. PAX I Kt., OV ?.A?HBN8 COUNTY,
opened with thc antiquity ol' thc sword, ns an
instrument of protection no less than of dc
slruction. It is coeval with (ho fall of man,
and nt thc gate of Edon n flaming sword WAS
suspended >o pro'.cct thc garden from resistance
by sinful Adam. Thc liiblO abounds with
instances of its power lo correct wrong, lo
punish thc wicked and lo protect tho good.
When thc pen was powerless to stem thc tide of
p?viohammcdinn subjugation, tho sword was rc-?
Borted to, nod (o it wc owe (ho pro crv.it iou of
Christianity and all )!:.< moral influences nod
progressive spirit. Ho spoke of Koine, Greece,
.Napoleon nnd thc groat power established by
ll, cse people (brough tho instrumentality of thc
g wo.vd. When tho pen fails lo protect, when
p^shm overrides reason, then lo Ibo sword only
do w e .'ook for protection. Its voice will ho
heard a "id its mandates bo obeyed, when tho
ut teran. ?es of tho pea would fall still born.
Mr. Dani'-drf has tho elements ot' an orator and
with study nnd cultivation bc would bc assured
of n useful fuU'ro.
Tho maten! da ml delivery of nil (ho speeches
were exoollenti and in saying (his wo menu no
Mattery lo tho ind'viduals and no rpccial puff
lo thc institution.
Thc exercises wet o Interspersed with music
from a string hand, ni id wo must say this ?-ns
no unpleasant part of 'ho proceedings (o us.
Wc have a sort of bclict' I '?at music is moro
potent than cither (ho pon or tho sword, for it is
thc voice of love, of adoration, of praise, and is
tho great nnd leadingdelightot' beaven, pleasing
angels no less than mon.
Tho Republicans hnvc carried Now Hamp
shiro by a reduced majority,
Gov. Hampton lins offered a reward of $200
for thc capturo of Redmond.
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Tho bill to divide Charleston County Jins
passed thc Senate, and it is thought that Hie
House will concur, although n similar bill was
defeated in that body fiomc limo ago.
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Tho Legislature lins finally ngrecd upon a
mcasuro with which Ibero will bo unanimous
concurrence among their constituents, lt is a
concurrent resolution lo adjourn sine die on
Fridav next.
Tho tax lovy has been reduced ono hnlf
mill, which bring? down tho lotnl to OJ milts,
exclusivo of spocial comity tnxos. This will
be welcome nows to tho pooplo, if thcro aro
no "deficiencies" to be paid hereafter.
Il will surprise (ho country lo know thal Hie
Supremo Court of Louisiana has ordered' Ibo
release of Anderson, ono of Ibo infamous re
turning board, who was so roconlly convicted of
fraud and forgery in tho election returns of
1870.
Tho Cherubic Kimpton lins /.alton unto him
self wings and flown beyond tho roach of a
gilt edged requisition from Governor Hampton.
Il is likely that Chamberlain, Scott, Dunn,
Lealio and WhUtcinoro would follow tho exam
ple of their financial tutor, if similar honors
were bestowed upon diem.
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Tho quostion is whothor tho re'jfonuo mon
oro after Rodmond, or Rodmo'fid hftor tho
rovonuo mon.
It is said that in tho mountains when ono
distiller hoars of tho rovonuo officers ho blows
a rams horn, and ho is answered all round,
and thon they clean out.
Tho Sonato has laid away in its little gravo
tho bill imposing a tax on traveling sidesmen,
which will bo gladly recoived by tho army
of drummers, ns they aro vulgarly tormod
not to mention hotel keepers und railroad
officials.
Tho first dollar coined at tho Philadelphia
mint under tho now law was sent to tho Presi
dent, tho eeooud to Secretary Sherman and thc
third to Dr, Linderman. Thrco largo coini'ig
?michinos nre uow hard al work slumping tko
new dollars, nud about 10,000 pieces will bo
turuod out in a day. Dips will soon bo shipped
lo Carson City and San Frunoisco.
A colored li ip!ist preacher in Richmond, Ya.,
struck out boldly for himself last Sunday in
the astronomical lino. II - knocked Galileo und
all other philosophers ot lie head, and proved
to his own satisfaction i id that of his congrega
tion thal tho theory n' ut tho earth revolving
around thc sun is nil .loiisenae.
'WALHALLA, S. C., 13th March, 1878.
To thc Stockholders bj Thc Walhalhi Jhmh:
GENTLEMEN; Whoroas, wo aro now ab<wt
to cleso Tho Walhalla Bank, whioh has run a
short, yet succossful career, I doom it pru
dent to mnko n brief statement as to receipts,
disbureomonts, net prolits, &o.
In presenting this report it ?3 a matter Of
profound gratification that, notwithstanding
thc unprecedented depression of trado during
tho hist three years, your Cushier is enabled
to furnish facts und ligures which provo tho
unabated stability of this corporation.
It would have been still moro gratifying to
havo exhibited a larger bala cc on the profit
sido of tlio ledger, but nevertheless it is a
matter of congratulation that during tho
varied troubles of the last thrco years, wheu
Bcarccly n day would puss without tho dis
closure of somo financial crash, thia corpora
tion has held its own, and to day is in a posi
tion to appeal for public confidenoo backed by
a financial history which is unstained. And
it is with peculiar pleasure thnt I am enabled
to stnto that during nil our transactions tho
bunk has not sustained the loss of ono dollar,
and our loans now on hand uro secured beyond
a doubt. My report is as follows;
Total receipts from com
moncouiont of business to
dato, ?1,801,330 85
Cl ross profits rcccivoj, $11,837 89
Amount taxes paid, $712 52
Amount expenses paid,2,051 00
Amount dividends poid, 0,250 00
Surplus fund on hand, 1,803 71
-. $11.837 89
Which makos the total net earnings of the
bunk $8,143.71, which is twclvo per cent, per
annum on the cnpitul stock.
Respectfully submitted,
W. C. ERVIN, Cashier.
R.U'Etos PAHISH, LOUISIANA.
Maren 2, 1ST?.
Editors Kcowee Courier:
I now purpose to write you a few items
about this country. 1 have found it to bo
much bettor than I expected it to be. There
is any quantity of land for sale here. Thou?
sand? of acres ns good or better than I ever
saw in South Carolina cnn ho bought from
ono to five dollars per acre, unimproved.
Improved lauds ure selling from five to twenty
live dollars per acre; such as could not be
bought In your Stnto for less than fifty or
seventy-five dollars per acre. This is a beau
tiful level country, and health and society ns
good as any of thc Western State*. We have
good preaching nearly every Sunday, with
good order and attention to tho same. Tho
peach trees nie now in full bloom, and havo
been for some time past. Some of the farm
ers here arc done planting corn, and have
commenced planting their crops of sugar
cane. 1 think that fri 1 persons moving West
would do well to como and look at this country
before settling elsewhere. I havo - bought me
a tract of hind containing three hundred and
sixty-four acres for thrco hundred dollars.
If I had such a farm in South Carolina I
could easily sell it for two thousand dollars.
I have seen hero what is known as Louisiana
Rescue Grass. It is rust proof and resembles
oats very much, and it yields from sixty to
ono hundred bushels per acre on common
lund, and I think it would bo suited to tho
climate and soil of South Carolina, and would
do well if introduced thorc. I havo sent to
my brother, T. ?. A., a small quantity of thc
seed.
I found a curiosity boro in what is known
as a breathing woll about &ovontyd}vo foot
deep, and nt times blows hurd enough to blow
your hat off your hoad if yon were standing
over it. It sends out at tho top pebbles as
largo as buck shot.
This country is not entiroly dostltuto of
other attractions, for ibero nro ninny pretty
young ladies hore as well as in other countries,
and tho morals of society aro excellent.
A. L. ARMSTRONG.
An Invitation to bo I?rcscnt<
ANnr.nsoN C. II., March 1.3, 1R7B.
EditorsKcowcc Courier; Permit mo through
your journal to cr.lond an invitation to tho
military companies Ooonoo County to par
tic?palo hi tho military parado and roviow,
"'/.pointed ior Anderson, on the 27th of March
i ne Un t.
Tho Coinmnndor-in-Chief, Govornor Hamp-,
ton, Adjutant and Inspector (lor.eral Moise
and other distinguished visitors will bo prosont
on tho occasion! .
W. W. HUMPHREYS,
Brig. Gen. 11th Brigudo3d Division Cavalry
A fellow in North Carolina hos married
his stepmother. Thcro's no rooord of any
fellow in that or any other Stnto having
married his mother-in-law, however.
"My dear boy," said n mother to hor son
os ho handed round his plato for moro
turkey, "ibis is tho fourth timo you'vo boon
helped." "I know, mother;" replied tho
boy, "but that turkey pockod at mo ouco,
and I want lo get squire with him." Ile
got his Itu key.
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[From tho Atlanta Daily Constitution.]
THE ?ANCE OF ?GATH.
Gus JOHNSON EXFIATSS THE ATROCITIES OF
HIS Lin: Af HOME YESTERDAY*.
Ko M v.,V> A., March 15.-Thursday afternoon
Johnson
CURSED UIS WIFE
and sister, who woro crying in his coll, nnd
told thom to leave. Ho did not want thom
oryiog around him. If they wantod to cry
they ought to
00 TO GOV. 00I.QUITT.
Then it might do somo good. Tho sanio nftor
noon Sherill" Porkcrson and other Atlanta
mon called, mid ho entertained thom for an
hour by
PUTTING ON A BEAVER
that Whit Anderson gtivo him, and mimicking
old Whit in a plousant wuv, in his many pe
culiarities. Whoo Sherill' l'erkcr?on left ho
asked bini to bring John Hawkins and a
bottlo of whiskey down to thc jail that night
and they would havo a good timo. This
morning ho spout with two Cathollo priest'',
ono from Atlanta and tho other from halton.
When they wantod him to lcavo tho jilli for
thc gallows, ho
HEEUSED TO STIR,
saying that thoy would havo to enrry him if
thoy did not give him some more morphine
Thc doctor attending gavo him quinine instead
and ho then consented to g >. After hu argu
ment of some length and a good deal of spirit
ho permitted tho sherill* to placo
TI1K ROPB A?>UT UH NECK.
Ile left tho jail smoking a cigar and conversed
freely with ibo sherill'all tho way from tho
jail to tho gibbet. After roaching thc gallows
ho asked for
SOMETHING T) DRINK,
and tho priest that was officiating gave him a
bottle of holy water. Jolinsdu aftor tasting
threw it
U N O Ii It Tili". d ALLOWS
with a curso, faying that he thought it was
gin. After somo persuasion tho sh 01 i fi" gavo
him a drink of whiskey. On refusing him a
second drink ho sent for Judge Underwood
and asked as his last request that ho would
?IVE HIM MOUE WHISKEY.
Tho judge, after some hesitancy, complied
with his request.
1T0HINU FOU A SENSATION.
About this ti.no Mr, I/iwroiicc, n street
preaching evangelist, spoke to Gas about thc
importance of thinking seriously on religious
matters. This raised thc temper of tho Catho
lic priest, who told him to go about his busi
ness, that Mr. Johnson had made his selec
tion, and bad asked him to ollieiato as miius"
ter, and that ho would not have any IntoiTer
enco. Thc evangelist, pointing te tho follow
lng words: "Tho blood of Jesus Christ, God's
Son, oleansctli From all sin," printed in largo
loiter;?, and posted conspicuously n'bo'vo the
heads of Cio crowd, said: "Air. Johnson,
that is tho text," and retired. When
Johnson was taken from tho wagon in
which he rode from thc jail, ho ascended the
scaffold with
A DUUNKEN SWAGGER,
and a cigar between his lips. Ho then nsked
that thc cover bo li'tcd from tho box that
contained bis coffin so that tic could seo
WHAT SORT OP COFFIN
bc was going to bo buried in. This hoing
done, ho smiled and said, "All riglitl"
IN 1113 CONFESSION
bespoke in high terms of Pei leerson and Whit
Anderson, anil tho sherill* ami deputy, at
Rome. Ile acknowledged killing four men,
said bc was sorry for it; that Ito lind friends
in the crowd who had
COME TO RESCUE HIM,
but ho hoped that they would not attempt it;
that ho Wantod Sherill' Jenkins to bang him,
il ho was bong; that bo had no hard feelings
towards him, Ile acknowledged killing
Squire Foster, nnd said that bc had pani thc
solicitor general twenty-tivo dulhiTS to aol.
pros. I he cute. Ile
STAUTE!? TO TELL
who was with him at thc time, but ono of bis
friends on tho scaffold persuaded him not lo.
Closing, bc said:
"I hope everybody hn3 hoard mc. People
arc as thick hero as
FT lt All's IN A HAYSTACK'.
I wish somebody would count them, if it
would not take loo long."
All the lime ho was talking bo hud a cruoi?
fix in his bund. When bis hands were tied
ho asked for it again, nnd hold it until the
trap fell. In adjusting tho noose about his
neck he asked thc sherill* to
LET HIM TIE IT;
that ho had nerve enough.
Finding that bc would only drop five feet
he insisted that they should lengthen the
rope, stating that ho did not want to be
strangled to death. Tho drop hoing made
seven feet, ho asked tho attending doctor If
that fall was certain to break bis neck. Up
to tho moment of bis death ho thought ol
bodily comforts, taking
FOUR FIVE DRINKS,
smoking two cigars, and1 taking several chews
of tobacco between thc timo of leaving the
jail and his execution. Ho made
NO I'ROFESSION OF RELIGION,
and took no interest whatever in tho religions
services and liio talk of tho priest?. He
bogged them not to put tho black cap over
bis head. At ono and three-quarters o'clock
TUE THAI* FELL,
and ho diod in about scvontecn minutes of
strangulation.
HIS LAST WORDS
were to tho sheriff; just before thc trap foll;
"Jim. ore you going to do it?"
"Yes."
"All right'"
.Fifteen thousand people* woi'O presont.
There was no disturbance.
Ile suffered death lor tho murder of Daniel
Alford,
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A startling cvont that occurred on Wed-,
nosdliy night laot, in tho Methodist Episcopal
Church, nt Letter's Ford, Indiana, is regarded
by many people in that State ns a direct
interposition of Divino Providoiico for tho
punishment of the scoffer. A revival had
been in progross in thc church for two weeks,
lilias Bidingor, a married man. about twenty*'
fiyo yours (J age, and Hubert King bad boon
disturbing ibo meetings by making sport of
Vnoso who loil tho services. On Wednesday
night about soventy-five porsnns were present.
During tho exercise Bidingor and King bogan
to croate a disturbance. Mr. Jones, tho min-,
istor, wont to expostulate with them, laid Ins
hand upon Bidinger's shoulder and urged him
to chango his way of lifo. Bidingor repliod
with nn oath that ho would novcr chango his
ways. A few moments afterward, whilo
Michael Shadlo, a mom bor of tho congrega
tion, was loading in prayor, lightening
Hashed'in to tho church, extinguished nil thc
lights, killed Bidingor and prostrated King
upon tho floor. King, as soon ns ho returned
to consciousness, called upon tho spectators
to pray for him, and declared himself con
verted. Tho occurrcnco resulted in swelling
greatly tho ranks ol' sinners socking salvation
into that church.
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'oung man was nrrostod in n Now Jor
8cy >wn a few days ago on tho ohargo of
of carrying concealed weapons. On smirch
ing his person a'bowio knifo was found in
each boot leg, a seven shooter in his hip
pt ket, a slung shot in bis ins'nlo cont pocket,
a cavalry sword slid down his baok, a "billy"
in each coat tail pocket, and a dagger Up
each cont alcove. That was all. Ho was
discharged when ho explained that ho
was on his way to Princoton Collcgo to
oritor the Freshman Class, and liad m?roly
taken some precaution to protect himself from
tho nttaokS of tho Sophomores.'
All Act
IN RELATION TO FORFEITED LANDS AND THE
UEDEM I'TION or TUE SAUE, AND TO LANDS
NOT UEKETOFOKE PLACED ON TUB TAX DU
1'LICATB.
SECTION 1. De il enacted by tho Sonnto nod
House of Representativos of tho StiUo of
South Carolina, now mot nnd sitting in
Gonornl Assombly, and by tho authority of
tho some: Thnt tho Comptroller Oonornl is
hereby authorized nnd instructed to cause to
bo placed upon tho tax duplicates for tho
tlsoal year 1877 ntl lands forfeited to tho
Stato prior to tho 15th Docombor, 1870, for
thc non-payment of taxes, and tho title to
which remains in tho Stato; tho said lands to
ho entered in tho namo of tho owners ns
w.hoao property thoy woro forfeited nnd
charged without costs or penalties, with tho
simple tnxos ol" thc flloal yours 1870and 1877.
SEC. 2. That tho Comptroller Gonornl sholl
Uko wiso causo to bo placed upon tin) tax
dupliontc* for tho fiscal year 1877 all lands
forfoitod for mm .payment of tho tOXOS of the
Usent year 1870, tho said lands to bo cntorod
in tho names of tho ownors as whoso property
they woro forfeited, and ulso all lands not
horotoforo placed on tho tux duplicates, and
charged without costs und penalties, with tho
el m plo taxos of tho fiscal years 1870 and 1877.
SEC. 3. That upon tho payment of tho
taxes so charged, on or boforo thc 31st Octo
ber, 1878, by tho original owner, or nny
person claiming undor or through bini, or
having an interest therein, tho said lands bo
and aro by tho operation of this net redeemed,
and shall rover', to the person having tho logal
title, subject to the claims of third parties
having an intorcst thorcin in tho same
manner as if no forfeiture had taken placo.
SEC. 4. That in caso tho said parties in
interest iib)ve mentioned do not redeem tho
said lands on or before tho 31st day of October,
1878, as heroin providod. they bo again placed
on tho Forfeited Land Record and charged
willi tho original taxes, costs lind penalties
now borne against them, together with such
others ns may aceruo, nnd'that it shall bo thc
duty of tho County Auditors respectively, ou
or after tho 1st day of November, 1878, to
givo public notice once a wock for three
weeks, in ono newspaper of tho Coito ty in
which tho lands arc situated, or, if thero bc
no newspaper in tho County, in ono nows
papcr which has tho largest circulation in
said County, that thc lands forfeited to thc
State for tho non-payment of taxes, and not
redeemed as herein provided for, will bo
odored for salo nt public auction on tho first
.Monday ?n December, 1^78, and days follow*.
Wig; and it shall bo tho duty of tho County
Treasurer ol oneil County to attend and con
duct such salo: Provided, That such lands
shall not bc sold at a prico less than thc aggro
gate of taxes, costs, penalties, expenses of
sale and making out title doods to such lands,
and that tho terms of salo shall bo one-third
cash and tho balance in two annual install
ments, with interest from date. If, however,
any person elects to pay tho full amount of
purchase money at once ho can do so without
interest.
Sr.c. 5. Tho Auditor's charge for publica
tion of sales of forfoitod lands and other lauds
under this act shall bo ono dollar for each
tract or parcel offered for sale; and when tho
real estate ottered for sale shu'l not bo sold
for want of bidders, and tho tillo thereto
remains in thc State, tho Stato Treasurer shall
pay, upon warrants of tho Comptroller GctiO'
ral, such charges for publication out of thc
taxes of tho fiscal yoar in which tho real
estate was ottered for salo.
SEC. G. That tho County Treasurers bc,
and they aro hereby, authorized and required
to receive bills of the Dank of tho Stato
which' have been proved, stamped or found
genuine, for tho rc.lcm; 'ion and purchase of
forfeited lund's und tho taxes on lands not
hcrctoforo on tho tax d iplicittoa herein pro
vided for; nod tho said '. Mis, when received,
shall bc marked or stamper "cancelled," and
ibo same bc attested- by the signature of tho
County Troajuror and tho person paying thc
sumo.
SEO. 7. That tho County Treasurers bo, nnd
they arc hereby, allowed, in addition to thc
compensation and fo;s as provided by law,
ono per cent, on all collections mado upon
sales of forfeited lands heroin provided for.
Src?, 8. That ?ill acts and parts of acts
inconsistent or conflicting ? ?th tho provisions
of this act be, and thc sumo arc hereby, re
pealed: Provided, That, no,person or persons
who havo tendered bills of tho Dank of the
State or coupons, taken from consolidation
bonds, in payment of his, her or their taxes
shall bo entitled to thc benefits and provisions
of this not, unless such tender bc withdrawn.
Approved 1st day of March, 1878.
Tho. Abbeville Democracy.
AnUEVll.t.B, March M - A largo and en
thusiastic meeting of dolegatos from local
clubs convened in tho court house this day.
Sixteen out of nineteen clubs woro ropro
Routed. Three additional clubs reported'and
woro enrolled.
Col..J. S. Colhvan. formor President, called
the meeting to order and addressed thc con
vention, declining a rc election. Con. S.
Mc-Qowun was elected. President by acclama
tion. Resolutions were ottered compliment
ary to Col. Cothrnn, tho retiring President,
and adopted by a unanimous vising voto.
Tho following resolutions, ottered by \V. K.
Blake, Esq., w?iro adopted unanimously aud
with gre?/* enthusiasm.
Jteiolvcd, That wo endorse tho policy pur
sued by Gov. Hampton ns eminently wiso;
that conservatism, tho distinguishing feature
of thc administration, io pure Democracy,
and bc who disregards it would rob tho party
of it.4 vital principle.
Respired, That in Governor Hampton wc
rccogni/.c a man of win ni n century produces
but ono, reared by Providence for u special
nu mose, our redemption, and to whom wc
look as tho oiiiy man in South Carolina who
can unify tho Democratic party.
Resolved, That for this purposo it ia thc
duty of thc party tn nominate Hampton, and
it is his duty to tho State and to his people to
bear thc D?mocratie standard once moro, that
wc may preservo our unity.
Re meed, That should Governor Hampton
refuse to serve tho Stain in tho capacity of
Chief Magistrate, it will bo hazarding tho
safety of tho State, nnd upon him who alono
can avert it will rest thc responsibility of hor
rolapso into n condition utterly intolerable.
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Muhl on Dlfttlllerlos.
Deputy collectors Gillison, Kirkland, Hoff
man and twenty-ono men-tho rovenuo forco,
mado a raid on Friday last, nbovo Pickens
Court House, io tho direction of Redmond's
tramping ground, on Crow Crook. They saw
i nothing of Redmond, but captured six illicit
j distillers and dostroyed a quantity of mash,
I beor and twenty-ii'vo gallons of whiskey,
carrying their prisoners to Pickoasjail Friday
night. On Saturday morning, Sheri fl' Maul
don and a posso of twentyrono men mado a
raid through Saspafras Gap, recapturing tho
two Stnncils, that had been rolcnflcd by Red
mond and party. Tho rcvonuo forco and tho
sheriffs pos?e woro nil nt Pickens, Saturday
night, and a portion of both forces guarded
tho jail nil night, fearing an attack from
Redmond and party, but they saw nothing of
him. Thoro is ono other prisoner nt largo,
that was roloased, but tho sheriff thinks ho
will endeavor to catch bini. So far ns Red
mond is concerned they crin find no trace of
him.-Speights*- Daily News,
A North Carolina man has invented and
paton tod <yi machine for picking ootton,
which isClaimed to do tho work of ono
hundred laborers in thc field.'
The Public lieut Seulement,
South Carolina is sotting a good example
to hor s?8tor Sbuthorn Statos in her earnest
efforts to pny tho interest on tho Stato dobt.
It' thoroovor was a onso whoro un attompt at
repudiation would sccmjustiflablo, hors is tho
ouse. Coming out o? tho war broken in spirit
and bankrupt lu fortuno, hor pooplo woro at
onco pounced upon by tjio worst sot of politL
oal advonturors that over in?iotod thoinsolvos
upon a Commonwealth. How thoy farod
under tho rulo of thc oarpot baggor and his
npt pupils is now known to all tho world. A
year or moro ago tho Hampton government
carno into power, npparontly to adminis
ter upon an insolvent oslnto. Oov. Hampton
has labored night and day to convince tho
pooplo that honesty is above every thing, and
in tho faco of obstacles that cannot bo tovcru
estimated, hos suocoodod in eroating a public
Boutimont that appreciates tho vital impor
tun?e of maintaining tho credit of tho Stato.
For this manly courso ho and all who fol
lowed his lend have been villified by doma?
goguos, nnd for a long whilo it was doubtful
whethor tho worso causo would not bo success
ful. Tho telegraph brings tho nows, how
ever, that tho Governor and his frionds-tho
debt paying party-have triumphod. Tho
oom premiso is all tliat could bo expected
under tho circumstances, for it evinces an
honest purposo an I pr?vidos fo.r tho, legal
inquiry that every honest creditor is willing
to encounter. Somo of tho Southern States
that wcro so swift to follow South Carolina
ecventoon years ag), would do hotter t>
follow in ber footsteps now. 4
[Philadelphia Times'.
l'eiislontt.
A bill has just boon passed by Congross
which goes intoopcralion at onco, granting
pensions to all Burviving officers and enlisted
and drafted, mon, without regard to color,
including Militia and Voluntoors, of tho
Military and Naval ecrvioo of thc United
States, who eorved lor fourteen days in tho
wnr with Great Britain of 1812, or who wcro
in any engagement, and wore honorably dis>
charged, and tho surviving widows of suolv
officers and enlisted and draftod men. Tho
loss or luck of a certificato of discharge wilt
not deprive the nppliount undor this act from
its benefits, provided other proof can bo mado
fur service This bill also places on tho
Pension Rolls any widow of a Revolutionary
soldior who served fourteen days, or was in
any engagement, and it justly, after long
delay, restores to tho Pension Rills all sol
diers .heretofore' receiving pensions, who
fought in tho war against Groat Britain of
1812, or in any of tho Indian wars, but who
by an act of Congress wcro dropped from tho
Pension Roll for taking up arms against tho
Gavcrninont, "or in any mintier encouraging
tho rebels." It also provides for tho widows
of such soldiers whose names had not been
placed on tho rolls as provided for in tho bill,
putting in a obtint for tho pension, for which
their husbands had been out oil'. This is it,
just law, and ono that will strengthen tho
friends of free government. All persons in
terested in any wny in this law, will have n
copy sont to them by addressing Col. N. WY
Fitzgerald, United Stntes Claim Attorney,
B.JX 583, Washington, I). C.
AN AWFUL HOLOCAUST.-At Tientsin, oh'
tho 7th of January, a terrible calamity oo
curred. A liro bioko out nt 10 o'clock in tho
morning, at ono of ibo relief yardsostabliihod
outside of the city wall for tho benefit of tho
fumino refugees. A strong northeast wind
was blowing nt tho lime and scarcely an hour
passed' before all tho sheds wore burned, and
between 2,800 and ?5,000 women and children
were sufl'<o.ucd or burned to death. As ooi
reet un estimate as I can get gives tho nnmbor.
of inmates ns 3,000, of whom only a litllo
over 100 escaped. Tho location of this soup
kitchen was unfortunate. On tho cast side,
was tho city ditch; on a part of tho south and
wost Hides was un ieo pit, whilo houses lined
tho remaining sides. In addition, it was.
surrounded by a strong fenco of kaoliang
stalks plastered with mud, in which there
was only one gato, and it is said that on tho
bursting forth of tho flames tho gatekcopor
looked thc gate and ran away. Many of tho
Chinoso showed much courage in trying to
render assistance, ns testified by nu oyo wit
ness, who. punning lust ut that time, hastened
t> do what ho could in tearing down tho fence
and rendering other services. Ile ppoukV'Op
the scene nt that limo a's terrible beyond'
description. Tho scene presented after tho
Br? had dune its work, wns ghastly mid boni-"
ble, and the pict uro of it rises before my
mind as ono that can nover bo effaced. Tho
contortions of tho features, thc positions of
tho bodies; bunds, limbs, mouth nod eyes,
thc same as when tho Humo and smoko over
took them, reminded ono of tho descriptions
of Pompeii. Had the gato boen left open
probably many more might bavo mado their,
escape, but so rapidly did tho flamea' spread
through thc pint sheds, and in the straw nnd
mats spread on tho ground as n protection,
against dampness, that beforo nn oponing
could bo mado in tho frnco, low ovon woro
left to linger on in squaring. How the flro
origirtlitod no one seems to know-a sparky
possibly, from tho range where, nt the time,'
tho millet was cooliing.-Hony Kona Mail.
Collego deviltry ?& too rampant; a'hd~oollogo'
riots aro altogether too frequent. Within a;
few months Ibero have leen riotous disturb-.
aue.es in fi ve diflorC.'?'- institutions, ?hose ab'
Princeton and Dartmouth imperiling thelivey
of the participants. Roys yet in their teen?
have fired pistol bullets at ono another and
cracked ono another's noses and licud* with
clubs. The President of Dartmouth College7
congratulated tho frosh mon on their narrow
escapo from being murderers. . . ,
Theso rioters must, not go unpunished:.bb~
causo they hnppon to bo enrolled on tho booka
of un educational institution. Outbreaks 1 i ko
those of which thoy aro guilty would not for
an instant bo tolerated muong other citizens.
Tho six students in Princeton and tho five in
Hanover who uro under arrost for pounding
fellow studonts aro no less guilty than is tho
man who knocks down his neighbor in our
streets.
Those are cases far tho Grand Jury, not foe
collego faculties.-N. Y. Sim.
Tli'cro seems to bo a law of periodicity
governing thc reourrenco of mild winters.,'
Tho most notable mild winters for tho( last?,
eighty years hav? been in tho dooodos.of
1790, ?803, 1828, 1888, 1818, 1858,1808
and 1878._
ATTENTION, GRANtlKRS.
rilli fl regular quarterly mooting of tho
X Goonoo Pomona Orango, No. 0, will bo
hold nt Musonio Hall, SATURDAY, tho 0th
day of April, nt ll A. M. Tho montbors aro
requested to bein ntiondti'v % as business of
irrbat importance will bo laotod.
J. W. SHELOR, MaBtor.r
G; WANNKO', Secretary.
Mar. 21, 1878 _18-1
NOTIGE,
j AA Cords of fresh pooled Tan Bark and
Lv/U 500 good beef hides abd skins
wan tod, at my Tunnory, for ni) joh a fair prioo
will bo given in oxohnngo of Leather, Shoos
and Boots of tho host quality, or in settlement
of accounts duo me. I nlso ronow my propo
sition to receive and tan good hoof hides, on
shares. Bring, or send in, your hides nt
onco, so ns to got your leather ontly in tho
full. T. UAH PER, Sonoott City.
March 21 j li?7S 18