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1 ?Ht 1^-1..- H TM r V Til..?-- i TUE KI?OWKB COURIER. BY KEITH, SMITH & 00 THURSDAY, MAROU 28,1878. 03? Pot subscription, $1.50 ?>or annum, strictly in advance; br six months, 75 cents. ftjf0 Advertisements inserted at ono dollar per square of one inch br loss for tho first insertion, and fifty couts for ouch subsequent in sortion. Obituary Notices exceed ing fivo linos, Tributes of Respect, Communications of a personal charactor, whon admissablc, and announcements of Candidates will bo charged for as advertise ments. (Q* Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. O?r Necessity compols us to adhoro strictly to thc require ments of cash payments. COUNTY CONTENTION. A mooting of tho County Con volition of tho Domocratio party will bo hold in tho Court Boase, at Walhalla, on tho third SATURDAY in April next. Tho objoot of tho mooting is to elect officers for tho onsuing year, and oounsol togothor ns to tho host means of re organizing and strengthening tho party. Tho *? aricnia clubs throughout tho County will hold meetings .on somo convonient day and elect .ono delegate to tho County Convention for ovory ten -members on their rolls. A full attendance le desired. . yr. (CU KEITH, County Chairman. Vhe AtUaurnmoiit of (ho JLcgI?lu tlll'C. Tho LogisTatnro adjournod ot 9.30 o'clock JP. M., Friday evoning last. This is tho last ?session of the present Legislature beforo tho next election. When wo consider tho presont status of our government ns compared to what it was on the 28th day of Novomber, 1870, wo aro constrained to say thc Legislature has done woll. On the 28th of November, 1870 thoro was no government in tho Stato which tho wholo people acknowledged as the government of tho wholo people. Tho two partios of tho Stato woro almost equally divided and each gave its allegiance to tho candidato of their preference, and heneo there was confusion, disorder and anarchy. Tho Federal power was called in to aid tho revolutionary pro ? cecdings of tho Radicals mid tho civil authorU jtft-Was ignored and suppressed by tho force '''ibo bayonot. With this condition of jlio affairs tho Logislaturo assumed control fnd with tho sixty?threo mombors of the '"Wallaco Houso and a minority of tho Senators inaugurated Governor Hampton and elected a United Stntos Senator. Tho Wallace House passed also a tax resolution calling for volun tary tax from tho pcoplo to support tho Lilampton Government. Hampton having Mioon inaugurated assumed control of tho *oxo.jutivo power of thc State and by tho assist ance of tho voluntary tax contributed so patriotically by tho peoplo, was onabled to drivo out Chamberlain, though ho was au pi ported by tho strong oral of tho United States Army. By April, 1877, Oovornor Hampton .was recognized as tho lawful Oovornor by tho ? Stato Courts and tho Unitod States Govern -inent, and tho troops woro withdrawn from ?tho Stato capitol. Upon this recognition, "Chamberlain surrendorod tho oxocutivo offico ' to tho Governor and loft tho State. Immcdi . atoly after tho Governor ontorod his oflico tho .'Logislaturo was convoncd in ostra sossion. .On tho 24th of April, 1877, tho Legislature -convenod, tho Sonnte still hoing by a majority ?of its members Radical. Tho two Houses of tho ilonoral Assembly met on that day and recognized each othor. Lieutenant Governor Simpson took tho chair ns tho presiding offi cer of tito Senate, though tho Radicals had a .majority and woro dwposod to impedo and .obstruct tho full organization of tho Sonnte. Tho Legislature being organizod, tho work of .purifyinj?itsclf was begun by means of inves tigations. Thcso woro ordered and tho Radi? cal majority of tho Sonato was rodeoed beforo tho close (ff tho session. Tho IIouso purged itsolf by keeping out tho most offensivo of those who lind participated in tho revolution? nry proceedings of tho Mackey IIouso, and thus made room for mon of character and itt', fluence. .Thus Charleston, Ornngoburg, Fair li eld and 'Chesior, with othor counties, woro allowed representatives in tho Logislaturo, who rep resented truly tho interest of tho pcoplo A groat deal of timo was thus spont lu tho purification of tho Logislaturo itsolf from offooBivo characters to make room for mon whoso ability and charactor would add to the power of tho Assombly. This work being dene, tho Logislaturo directed itsolf to tho .purification of tho Judiciary. Tho Supremo fOourt was reorganized, Judgo Willard was ,made Chiof Justice, Hon. Henry Mcivor, ,Assooiato Justice, whilo Judgo Wright was impeached for drunkonnoss. At this sossion also Gen. J. B. Korshaw was elected Judgo of ?ho 6th Circuit to displaco Carpenter. Tho .act to rotate tho Circuit Judges was also passed, thus eradicating tho influonoo of tho " local judges and placing thom upon a higher plain and in a greater sphere. Having thus bogan tho work of purifying tho judiciary, at ?tho samo timo many othor important measures were adopted. Salaries wero reduced and taxation lowcrod. Tho taxes were roducod to ton mills, while under tho Chamberlain Govornmont tho lovy was 18 mills. Ovor ono million of dollars was Hms paved in tho first your AS compared with the expenditures of the Chamberlain Oovcrnmont, and this, too, during a session of tho Logislaturo whioh was surrounded by a mass of acoumulutod deficiencies, amounting to millions. With this largo floating dobt and tho Iorgo amount of interest duo on tho bondod dobt of tho Stato, it was woll that taxation could bo roduecd w low. Tho wolta of the work of ,,t>tt?*HU-?M M ll HUI I1 ?M*W*?i?WpMtW? fl thoVp^t sosslon wero feood, though thoro woro mnnyriYndrances iu tho woy, and though a groat dont wno loft undono for tho subsequent eoseion. On the 28th of Novorabor, 1877, tho Legis. I a turu mot again. Tho session, on account of tho largo amount of work to bo dono, was necessarily a long ono. Tho promises of reform of publio abusos and tho exposure of tho frauds of tho Radical Qovernmont woro to bo carried into effect. Ne Logisiaturo in South Carolina ever had so many great ques tions to donl with. Tho Commission ap pointed to investigate tho bonded and floating indobtcdnoss of tho Stnto made its report, which was oonsidorod, and a way for its settlement dovisod. Tho Committee on Public Frauds also mado its report, which wns also considered and ordered published. Tho UBury law was rO'Onnotod; tho oriminal law in respect to arson, burglary and rapo amended; tho many offensive laws upon tho statute books woro roponlnd; the limits of tho towns and villages in tho low country woro so cont meted as to toko thom cn ti roly out of the control of Radicals, and tho debts of these counties and towns woro so adjusted ns to inako them supportable by tho people. In deed, tho wholo govornmont by tho hand of tho Logisiaturo has boon revivified and thc departments of tho government have been 80 reinvigorated that their functions aro now exorcised in a way that has not bcon known in South Carolina for many years. With tho Democratic Oovornor and other Stato officors, with Domooratio Judges and tho laws which tho L?gislature has put in forco, thoro is nothing to provont our people from entering nt onoo upon a oarcor. of prosperity hereto fore unknown in tho Stoto. Taxation is low and is so ordered to bo collootod that our pcoplo in paying in two installments, in Juno and Ootobcr, will not feel it. The Stato tax is 6J mills and tho spocinl and ordinary county tax 31 mills, thus making tho wholo county and Stato tax for this yoar 10 mills. This tax is as low as our pooplo can hopo to have it under ns an expensive form of govern mont as wo now have. Under its sur roundings tho Legislature Ima dono well, and if tho work ie carried on ns il has boen bogun, our hard times will loavo us and our pcoplo yet tnko heart. Our poople can novor hopo to havo nohenp government undora Consti tution of tho presont form. Io a fow years, after another election or two is passed, a Stato Convention should bo called, and havo tho Constitution romodolcd. Tin. prosont form of government is too cxponsivo a ono for a poor people. Thc Revenue Kaldci'g. Our town and county woro visited last wcok by tho United States Revenue officers on a raid for illicit distillers. Tho raiders consisted of a squad of twenty mon under tho command of Captains Langford, Jillson and Hoffman, who wore under tho guidonco of tho notorious Pat Kirkland. Wo loam, that on thoir route from Pickcns to this placo they discovered, captured and destroyod tho stills of ono Joseph Chapman, who livos in Picken? County, on Koowce Rivor. They found at this distillery about ono hundred gallons of whiskey with a largo quantity of mash, tho former was confiscated and tho latter de stroyed, Thomas McKinney, -. Chap man and ono Mosoly woro taken prisoners and brought to Walhalla, and after examination by United States Commiseienor Ladd wero released upon their own recognizance, thcro not being sufficient evidence to commit to jail. Duo of tho new features of this raid is that it has a portablo commissioner in this man Ladd for tho p< posos of trial, &c. Tho com iiissionors of tho counties of Pickcns and Dconeo woro ignored. On Friday night a squad of theso mon and lilieer? mndo a raid into North-Western por-, ion of Oconco County in tho Brass-Town jountry. Thc results of this raid wero very ?ood. They found and destroyod threo stills, ogothcr with a large quantity of mash. There ras also captured a small quantity of wills tey. Four mon, to wit, Jaoob Butts, Iko Pointer, W. K. Bryco and a negro man wero ;akon. Bryco, by carolcssnoss, was allowed ;o escape. Tho others were lodgod in jail at Walhalla. Tho conduct of theso revenue officers and non wad anything but becoming to thoso who iro enforcers of tho law, and who should bo templars by showing that they themselves wo ready to oboy tho law. Tho laws, both State and United States, must bo obeyed, and )ur pcoplo must bo mndo to learn this, but yet it is tho duty of tho Stnto and United States to seo to it that thoso who oxocuto tho law do so in conformity to tho law. It is said that botli boro and Pickons tho )fficcrs and men behaved in a way which was unbecoming. Tho contraband whiskey japtured by theso officers was freely drunk n broad day light in tho streets of Walhalla, Tho pooplo of Oconco County ??vo no sympathy for thoso who aro violators of tho law in tho illicit dis tilling: and trafficking of whiskey, and they lavo been and uro now anxious that thoso vho havo boon engaged at this business, not inly in this county but also and moro ospe ?ially thoso lawless characters who pass ?cgularly through from Georgia and North karolina and aro disturbers of tho poaco, ihould bo brought to a swift and speedy luniehmcnt; but yot is duo to tho unoffonding icoplo that they should bo protected against ho lawlessness of thosd who protond to bo ho guardians of tho law. Tho oharaotors of thoso tvho havo hcrotoforo icon tho executors of tho internal revenue aws havo beon euoh as to bring tho law teolf into disrepute. The law to bo rospoct'od oust bo exooutod, and that, too, by rospoet? ible mon whoso oharaotor and conduct is kbovo ropronoh. For tho last twolvo mo-./Tis ?. '? l! ,.,ie in llioit whiskey in this county has boen on tho noroaso. Those who distill in tho parts of Georgia and North Carolin?, a^j ace nt to our Jounty, mako their tours of trafilo through >ur County going South, and thus tho Counij 1 ms booomo a sort of thoroughfare for the msinofls. Our pooplo dosiro that it should bo itoppod, but it novor oan be dono by men of moh oharaotor as thoso who havo just visited he county. Our pcoplo ask that tho govern^ nont appoint suoh mon among us who oan ind will :onforco tho law properly, * Atlanta has resumed spooio payments, loki is paid on checks at ono of her banks. .b What tho People Say. MESSRS- EDITOR?: Long mid impatiently did we await the report of tho Investigating Como in it too appointed by the Legislature to oxam ino into and roport on tho conduct of affairs as managed under Radical rule. This report, after months of patient investigation, bas at last boon completed nnd made public. But is this all that is to bo done? Is this al) that is go ino; to bo dono? If so, six dollars per day to eaoh uiouibor of this oommitteo is high pay simply for tho satisfaction of having a systematic roport mado of tho stealing bf a set of men who aro pormiltod to roam nt.largo and bask in the sunshine of wealth wrung from an opprossod and outraged pooplo. Thoy havo not only had tho good fortuno to onjoy ton yoars of lucrativo stealing in South Carolina, but havo now, it appears, tho sweet consolation of knowing thoy will bo left to onjoy itunmo lostod. If n portion sneaks on your promises at nigh t and.steals a horno therefrom,at early morn j ou aro apprized of the fact and sot out in pur* suit of thc thief whom, perh a ps, y ou havo alrea dy suspicioned; soon ho is ovortakon, but strnngo to say you simply look tho thief in tho fnco to mako sure of his identity, and thon ro turo homo satisfied, bcoauso you have found out ioho stole your horse. But this is not golfing tho horso back, nor is it meting out just punish" mont to the offondor. Wcro you to permit him to koop tho horso for tho purpose of going off nt a distanoo with tho promise bo would never come back and tako another, would not better tho caso much. Whethor this bo a truo analogy to tho caso under consideration romains for tho candid reader to decide; but wo feel sure that if these infamous scoundrels who havo robbod us nt Columbia aro to bo allowed to go at largo and onjoy their stolon prey nt leisure, it will over bo a stinging injustico to tho honest and patriotic voters who rallied around the Hamp ton banner in 1870 to overthrow a systom of government which, in point of corruption, is almost without a parallel in history. O t?mpora, O mores! Can it be that tho timo has como in American history when crimes tho most heinous aro no longer thought to dosorvo punishment! lluvo our hearts booomo SO tender and our sensibilities so acute that wo cannot bonr to seo merited punish ment meted out to tho guilty? Is public opinion so liberal ns not to brand with ever lasting infamy mon wdio havo deceived, out raged, betrayed and robbod us? Has "thc strong arm of tho law" becomo so weakened by tho brazen impudence of rogues us to bo no longer available in bringing to punishment tho criminal? Do somo- of our "good Demo crats" hosituto to Bound dooper this pool of stagnant waters for fear they will soo their own imago reflected from its filmy bosom? Justice should not bc strangled. She should bo permitted to rise in her glorious majesty and lot full her flaming sword upon tho hoads of tho guilty wherever found and: by whotovor nnmo called. "Lot justico bo dono, though tho heavens fall." Such a course may bo thought impolitic by our lenders, but if wo aro to shrink from duly to gain thc good will of those who opposo us, or for foar wo may loso our aBc?ndency, lot ? us no longer boast of having "broken down tho strongholds of Radicalism"-compromise don't mean victory. Tho Democratic Logislaturo of South Carolina has wrought a glorious chango in tho conduct of tho Stato Qovornmcnt; but this "work of roform" has not, by any means, been completed. Perhaps our legislators will tell uS' they "have not had timo to complete tho work of reform." Timo was no matter of importance 1 when they consumed two weeks of this "valu- I ?ble commodity" in discussing ibo question of pay of members of tho General Assembly. Anothor great barrier in tho way of reform, ' sf which our legislators complain, is tho lack i if a now Constitution. Whilo this is truo | tis passing strnngo that our Legislature has never sprung tho question of a convention. P. B. DOYLE. ?< Wednesday, tho 20th, tho day appointed .< for a mooting of tho County Lodge of thc \ I. O. O. T. at Soneoa City, being a model of 1 loveliness, tho pic nie carno off and was libe? 1 .ally attended. Tho bono and sinow of Sonoea's vicinity were present in small num bera, notwithstanding tho day hoing a glori ous' opportunity for fnrmors to "strike." . But no ono present, who gave attention to tho spocch of Dr. Smoltzor, will rcgrot a small sacrifico of time. A fow prominent points of tho Doctor's speech wo annex, as thoy aro calculated to jorry conviction to tho tipplor and stimulate dio enorgios of thbso who aro engaged in tdvanoing the causo of tempor?neo. Ho interrogated bis hearers thus* ls intern .mrnnco an evil? Ho then weighed the selling of intoxicating liquors in othical ^alances. Tho principal points by which ho diowod this was wanting wore theso': 1st. No one has a right to engag? in'any !' business that necessarily excites tho evil pas dons of man. ' 2d. No ono basa right to wcakon tho re straints of others. 3d. No ono should receiver, recompenso io ?ny business without giving an equivalent. 1 4th. I'] very employment in which wc engage 1 should tend to tho wolfaro of others. 5th. It is tho duty of every citizen to pro tect tho liberties of his country and promoto tho causo of education. Ho closed by pronouncing tho remedy for tho ovils of intompernnao: to> bo moral and legal suasion, - -4> .- -; Tho Columbia Jlcysticr says tho impression lins gono abroad that tho Logislaturo re quested tho Governor to order tho discontinu? aneo of nil prosecutions against Radicals who aro implicated in publie frauds, based upon tho facts contained in tho roports of tho Ina ves ligating Committee This is an erroneous conclusion. The authority was givon tho < dovornor to ordor nol. prov, in suoh oasos i ns ho nih?b?*W. .,T lltQUlKtt) . .<, uot ' l>" Immcd;rov.iornl amnesty, continua?'-- " '* ,ndioftt<>8 the purposoof ino ouncrnl Assombly, when it says: "Whilo ulhoring steadfastly to tho determination that the loaders in tho system of plundor whoroby i tho resources of tho State wore drained shall 1)0 brought, to well .merited punishniont.it is lot desired-that vengoanco should bo visited jpon thoso who woro but tho instruments of i ho master spirits." Tho loadors aro ex-? I >rossly oxcoptod from this amnosty, and-thcr'o i toed bo no uneasiness in rogart! to that class. 1 ^ --1 LAWS OF OEIVCIlAIi INTEREST* Thu following oro (ruo copies of nets and joint resolution which havo roooived the np* proval of tho QOvornor; Joint Resolution to pr?vido for tho payment of tho commissioners appointod) uudor an not entitled "An act to invostigato and neoortain tho notunl bona fide indebtedness of tho various counties in this Stato, and to rogulato tho mannor of paying tho same," approved Juno ll, 1877. Be it resovled by tho Sonuto and II0U8O of Ilopro8ontativos of tho Stnto of South Carolina, now mot and sitting in Gonorr.l Assombly, and by tho authority of tho samo, That tho county treasurers of thc several counties in this Stato aro horoby authorized nod directed to pay to tho commissioners appointed under tho Act ontitlcd "An not to investigate and ascertain tho actual bona fide indebtedness of tho various counties in this Stato, and to rogulato tho manner of paying tho samo," npprovod Juno ll, 1877, tho amount to which thoy may bo respectively ontitlcd, under Section 3 of said act, together with tho oxpouscs if any whioh they havo incurred for clerical assistance; said dorks to bc paid two dollars por day each, to bo paid out of any funds colloctod for past indebted ness, or any other not otherwise appropriated, and when in any county there is no fund to pay past indebtedness, thou tho accounts of said commission shall bo paid out of county taxes for tho fiscal year 1877, upon orders drawn upon tho enid county treasurers by tho oounty commissioners of tho several counties. Approved March 1, 1878. An Act to amend an act ontitlcd "An net to reduce nil acts and parts of acts in relation to County Commissioner,!, their powers and duties, into otto act and to amend tho samo. SEOTION 1. Bc it enacted by tho Senate and Houso of Representatives of thc State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Genoral Assombly, and by tho authority of tho sumo, That Section 22 of un not entitled An net to reduce nil acts and parts of acts in rolation to county commissioners, their powers and duties, into ono not and to ?intend tho same," approved April 13, 1K75, bo and tho samo ia hereby, amended by striking out tho word "Scptombor," in tho fourth lino thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof tho word "No1 vcmbor." Approved March 12, 1878. An Aot to amend tho law rospecting tho pun iBhment for crime. Bc it enacted by thc Senate nud Houso of Representatives of tho Stutc of South Carolina, now mot and sitting in General Assombly, and by tho authority of tho samo, That in evory caso in which impris onment is provided na tho punishment in wholo or in part for any crimo, euch impris onmenb' email bo either in tho penitentiary with or without hard' labor, or in tho oounty jail with or without hard labor, at tho dis. crofton of tho Circuit Judgo pronouncing tho ion te ncc. Approved March 12, 1S78. An Act to amend an oct entitled "An act to empower tlib Judges of tiib Probate Courts of their respective counties to issue executions," approved January 31, 1872. Be it enacted by the Senate and House jf Representatives of thc Stato of South dardina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and- by tho authority of tho tame, That Section 1 be amended by adding it close of Section tho following words: "And .hoy uro'furthermore authorized and empow ered* to issue executions to enforce a decree )f tho Probate Judge of any other county: Provided, A transcript of such degree shall bo luly lilod in tup offico of tho Probate Judgo, who may be required to issue snob execution, ind also filed in thc of?co of tho clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas for tho county iii ivhioh tho OXOCUtion is obtained." Approved March 12, 1878. Joint Resolution instructing tho County Treasurers'in this stato to payout on tho order of tho county school commissioners of their respectivo counties tho unexpended balances in,their hands to tho credit of tho school fund. Bc it resolved by tho Senate and Houso of Representatives of tho Stato of South Carolina, now met und sitting in General Assembly, arid by tho authority' of thc same, That tho several county treasurers in this Stato bo, arid thoy aro horoby, instructed to pay out on tho order of tho county school oommissionors of their respectivo counties nil unexpended balances in their hands of sums appropriated for' school purposes: Provided, that thc said school commissioners shall draw their orders in such manner as to rcquiro said unexpended balancos to bo paid out pro rata on all school claims whenovor said balances tiro insufficient for tho payment in full of all Buch achoo! claims. Approved Mardi 12, 1878. The wholo Domooratio press of South Ca* ralina; and of tho United StatoB, is in favor of Hampton for anothor torm. Tho Genoral Confcronoo of tho Methodist Church South will bo hold in Atlanta on tho Wednesday in May, Tho bondholders of tho South Carolina Railroad, at a mooting hold in Charleston, adopted a ropurt in favor of oonvorting tho second mortgage and non-mortgago bonds into consolidated bonds nt fifty and forty por oont. Tho Air Lino shops aro to be located in Atlanta. Thc alto is near' tho point whoro Wheat Htreot Bridge crosses tho Air Lino road! Tho Atlanta" Constitution says tho work on the shops' will bogin vory soon. Tho Now York Sun saysOov. Wado Hampton's requisition on tho Governor of Connecticut for Ibo body of Kimpton was only a lino shot. A r?quisition on Gov. Robinson for thc body of Daniel II.' Chamberlain would hit I lie bull's eye/ maj ?IL -<uT-.r?jt>fc j?Tv?T.??Tniu?rTicjjtJ' |- Deputy CoUootor 0. P. Kirkland returned to Qroenvillo on Sunday night, aftor a very suc cessful raid on illicit distillers ?nd thc moon shiners of Pickons and Goonoo Counties. He captured and destroyed ten distilleries, about 1,000 gallons of sweet mash, 300 gallons of mountain dow and twenty odd prisoners, among whom is tho notoriojs Aloxnndor Pryoo, Jr., of post ofQoo notoriety at Walhalla, and who, it will bo remembered, Judgo Cooko sont to tho Penitentiary for holding tho Auditor's duplicates. Tho revenuo officers oamo near coming up willi Redmond. Ho wns hemmed in al Walhalla, but through thc aid of his numerous friends bo was spirited away. Wo copy tho above from Speights' Daily, of Greenville, purporting to como from ono G. P. Kirkland. Il contains several false statements. 1st. Thcro woro not twenty prlsonors taken; only four were captured in thia county, viz: Jacob Putts, Iko Pointer, Clayton Wind and W. K, Bryce. Tho latter was allowed to escape. 2d. Alox. Pryoo, Jr., was not taken; but upon (ho contrary, Commissioner Ladd and others spent a night or two at Pryco's, enjoying his line whiskey and sugar, &o. Sd. Tho revenuo officers did como near Redmond, but ho was not "Bpirilod away by bis numerous friends," but allowed to escapo through want of courage on tho part of tho ofiioers who wcro after him. Our peoplo havo no sympathy for Redmond and his outlaws. W. K. Pryco bas sinco como iu, and wc learn went beforo Commissioner Ladd mid lins been rolcascd nnd is nt work on Iiis farm. A DISGRACE TO HUMANITY AND THE SOUTH. -Thc telegraph reports at Pensacola a flond* ?sh outrage upon a child of 5 yours which resulted in tho death of tho littfo innocont. Most righteously nnd properly a crowd gath ered, and tho miscreant was mudo nt once to expiate with his lifo a crime 80 diabolical Tho dispatch says, howevor, that tho "Sheriff and posso (ired: on tho mob, killing ono and wounding fivo dangerously," Unless tho onrngod peoplo woro guilty of other disturb ances, and tho officers wcro trying to keep tho ponoo, that Sherill*should havo boon strung up by tho sido of tho monster whoso death ho hud avenged by shooting down thoso who wcro but performing a holy duty to their families. Wo havo often enid, but would nguiu repeat, that crimes of thc nature above recorded can only bc effectually prevented hy inflicting condign nnd instantaneous punish ment upon thc beads of tho offenders. The tardy law fulls fur short of reaching the evil in such cases. Tho sanctity and safety of ono's holploss wife and daughters can only be protected in tho scattered condition of South? ern society, whero thc head of tho family is often called away from homo, by tho direst and most summitry vengcunco upon thc wrotch who attempts to outrngo their persons and honor. When it comos to defending and preserving thc snored relations of tho family, every man, tcrriblo as it seems, must bo ti law unto himself. [Macon Telegraph and Messenger. COLUMIIIA, March' 22.-Tho following dis** pntch was roooivod by tho Governor to-day from Judgo T. J. Mnckoy, who is now hold ing court at Pickons: DICKENS C. IL, March 22. 5fb Governor Wade Hampton: Tho sheriff's posso havo returned. They did not encounter Redmond's band. They dispersed as tho posso advanced, and ho fled across the Blue, Ridgo Mountains into North Carolina. Redmond is a citizen of that State. Ile bas noVer resided" in Pickens, and bas houses on: tho west sido of tho Toxnway River, in Ooonoe County. Profound ponoo und good order now prevail throughout Pick? on*. T. J. MAOKL?y,;Presiding Judge. In nnswor to this dispatch, Governor Hump ton replied nu follows; Dispatch received. Much gratified ot information. WADE HAMPTON', Governor. Tun SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.-Tho sixth session of tho International Sunday School Convention will bo held in Atlanta April tho 17th, 18th and 19th. About five hundred delegates uro expected, besides numerous visitors. Tho faro on tho Air Lino Railroad will bo reduced, and visitors can obtain board at SI per day in Atlanta. Every Sunday School toachor that can sparo tho timo and money ought to go to this conven tion. A rare opportunity will be afforded tho pastors and touchers along tho Air Lino to soo in Council thc most distinguished Sunday School mon and women of tho day. Wc would suggest to the young of both sexes that it is a favorable time and occasion for a pleasant trip to Atlanta. AN' ASTONISHING PACT.-A larc proportion of tho American people aro today (lying from tho effects of dyspepsia or disordered liver. Tho result of thoso diseases upon the misses of intelligent and vnluablc peoplo is most alarming, mateo lifo actually a burden instead of a pleasant cxistonco of enjoyment nnd usefulness as it ought to bo. There is no good reason for this, if you will only (brow aside pr?judice and skepticism, tako tho ndvie.o of druggists and your fri nd s. try ono bottle of Green's August Plower. Your speedy rolief is certain. Milliono of bottles of this medi cino havo boen givon away to try its virtues, with satisfactory results in every case Yon can buy a samplo bottlo for 10 cents to' try. Threo doses will relievo tho worst case. Posi tively sold by all druggists on thc Western Continont. MITES.-Thcro is a Sunday School naur Grecnvillo whioh is composed of tho right kind of material. Tho touchers and pupils havo adopted the rulo of ovoi*y Sunday bring ing if they havo no contribution in money to thoko, ono or moro eggs, which arc given to tho school, and nil aro placed tngotbor and afterwards brought to tho city and sold, tho proceeds togo into tho treasury.-Enterprise. PENMANSHIP, PEN-DRAWING AND BOOK-KEEPING, ALL persons desiring to improvo them selves in tho scioncon of Penmanship, Pond rawing nnd Book-Keeping, will find it to their bett interest to Qftll on T. M. G AL BUIN at Bicmnr.n's llotol, whero ho will tench tb.oso branches for tho next month. SPECIAL ATTENTION given to Young Ladios. Hand writing improved fifty por cont, in ton lossons or no charge. Mar. 28, 1878 19'2* United States Internal Rovonuo, COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, Mnroh 10, 1878. NOTICE is hcroby givon thal tho following properly having been seized for violation of (bo Internal Huvenuo Laws, bonds for tho oosl of action must bo filed in this ofliuo within thirty days from date lioroof, or tho samo will bo for feited lo tho United Stales, to wit: Ono Yoko Oxen, Ono Ox Wngon, Lol Whiskey, Soizod ns tho proporty of JAMES MOORE 00(1 TAYLOR BURTON. E. M. PR AYTON, Collector Internal Rovonuo, MILKS N. CHAPMAN, Donuly Collector. Much 28, 1878 10-3t Removal ! .o:o REMOVAL! I HAVE JUST REMOVED MY ENTIRE stock of Cr O O ll $ from tho Storo io tho Holol Building toto tho Storo formerly oooupicd by WALLER, WATSON & CO., . Main Street, where I will bo glad to seo all my friends and customers. Goods down at thc lowost prices fe cash. A largo and beau (i ful H tock of seasonable SPRING GOODS to nrrivo in a few days. Keep everything in store thal you need. If you don't seo what you want, ask for it. Remember I nm going to sell Goods iu accordance with tho times. Book out for my Spring announcement, which will appear shortly. Come and SOO mc nud remember my new placo of business. Yours respect fully, II. I>. A.. HIEIVIANrV. March 23, 1878 10 ly DST BE SOLO INTENDING to chango business, wo aro determined to sell tho stock of goods now on band in tho shortest timo possible To do . this wc aro daily offering our full and season aldo STOCK OF GOODS At prices that defy compotition. , Oivo ns a call, examino our good9 and prices and you will purchase "Wo have just received o caso of SPRING CALICOES, Best qualities, and neat patterns nt G cents a yard. Hamburg Edging?, Hibbens, Laces and Fancy Goods generally 1151} ILO W DOST. Hamburg Edgings from 5 cents up. Canton Flannel, 10 conts. Woollen Flannels, 15 cents up. Punts Goods of all kinds at an ?inmenso suer i nco. Host Green Teas, 70 cents. FLORIDA TROUT In ono half barrels, cheaper and better than bacon, J. M. SIAIGIISF &OJS Mar. 28, 187S 19 FOE THE CAMPAIGN! Hampton and Homo Rulo! 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Friends of tho Canso of Honest Home Rulo in all tho Countios aro invited to nid us in swelling our Campaign Subscription Lists, which ought to include every intelligent voter in tho Siato. RIORDAN & DAWSON, Propriotors, Charleston, S. C. ?ITMTIW^GRANGERS. rrHIE rognlar qunrtorly meoting . o? tho . I Goonoo Pomona Orango. No. 0, will bo . hold at Masonio Hall, SATURDAY, tho Gib day of April, nt 1 j A. M. Tho members aro ( rcqnontcd to bc in attondanoo, as business of groat importance will bo transaotod. J. W. SI1ELOR, Mastor. G. WANNER, Socrotary.' Mar. 21, 1878 18-?