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TO THINE 0^ A3 THE ' NIGHT TH^ THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN- * BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1878. VOLUME XIII.--NO. 31. ?^rofessioneil O sur d.s. J. J. NORTON^ W. J. S'J'RIDLING NORTON & STRIBL?N&Y Attorneys xvt X?wtkr, WALHALLA, Si C. May 80, 1878 ' 23-41 WM. 0. KEITH. JOHN S. VEUNER. KEITH & VERNER, ATT OR NE YS AT LAW A ND Solicitors in Equity, Will practico ni the State Courts on tho Eighth J ml i ci ts? Cirouit ami in tho Uuitod .ShitOH Court- ? O?cc on Public Square, Walhalla, S O Jan G, 187? 8 tf s. MCGOWAN, U. A^-THOMPSON Abbeville, SC Walhalla.SC MCGOWAN & THOMPSON, ATTORNEYS AT LA W, Will givo prc nipt attention to all business oonlldod to thom in tho Stuto, County, and United States Courts. Office on Court House Square, Walhalla, S C .io junior par tn or, Mn. THOMPSON, will also practice in tho Courts of Piokcns, Green villo and Anderson. January, 1870 tf Ay cr's Cathartic Pills, For nil tho purpooos of n, jFnmtty Physio, nnd for oiuV?iK Cotttivcnona, Jnunciioo, Indiptealion, i'oul mormon, Breath, Hou'lftcho, Bryeipolos, Hhoumuttam, JT.ruptiovto mid Hkin IMaonnca, Bil ioutmosn, Dropsy, Tumors,Worma, Neuralgia? a? a Dlnnor Pill, lob Purifying tho Bloo-.t, Arc tho most ef fective and conge nial purgativo over discovered. They are mild, hut ef lbctual in their operation, moving tho bowels surely j?i ami without pain, j _ Although gent?o in their operation, /frx they arc still the _ j??l mofit thorough and :->.- searching cathar tic medicine that can he ehiployed : cleans ing tho stomach and bowels, and eyen tho blood. In small doses of one pill a..day, thoy stimuhtlo the digestivo organs and promote vigorous health. AYKK'S PILLS havo been known for moro than a quarter of a century, and have obtained a world-wide reputation for their virtues. They correct diseased action in thj? several assimilative organs of thc ??d. are io composed that obslrue Mnj. J.'n their range can rarely with Court for l>Jp-do them. Not only do thev wook. Ho fery-jlay , complaints of every' . , io formidable and dangerous married ma' l)IlVo bullied tho best of Tho-Boo* ' While they produce powor . .tts, tliev aro, at tho same time, tho l0?c ?F'Ana best physic for children. By ?^d1f aperient action they pi ipo much loss Mian Ino .common purgatives, and never , / djivc.paiii when tlie bowels are ?ot inflamed. >Th<H' reach thc vital fountains ofilia blood. <mdi strengthen tho system by freeing it from tho elements of* weakness. Adapted to .ill ages mid /onditions im all climates, containing neither calomel nor any deleterious drug, these l*jlls may' be taken with safety by anybody. Their sugar-bating preserves them over fresh, and niakes them pleasant to take; while being purely vegetable, no harm can arise from their use in .voy quantity. J PRP.i^imp ur fir. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., rr.wtlcal anil A 11 :?1 vt I cul CIIMIIIMK. ?OLD BV ALL DHlhHllSTS KV KUY WI I KKK. Y^^ ^ ^ ^ InMCTR. BOTTS ?WVVnM No. 12 N. Eighth St. \mJS?JsJSLzSi Qt, Loulo, Mo. Who btf htA jrrnlt?r oir*rVmoe In tho treatment of tho' ft?ii?l IroirWci of both ronlo nml fcinalo than HIT phyalcian rt th? WM!, Rive? tho ri nulli of hit lona ?mt BIICOOMOU practico lulili two now work., Jiiit imUlsIu?l, cntitU'U Tho PHYSIOLOGY OF MARRIAOB The PRIVATE M PD I CAL ADVISER Hooka t!i ot nroreally flni?V<? nari Pel Mr .lr orton In ?ll mai Mri DtrUlning to Mankood ?nd WOT.? afr oo<i. ?nd auppt* ??ntfonR flit? They nrubrautlMI, llii.lt r?l?<J.?nd In plain , lai.iruaRo, rn.Hy unilerltood. Tho two hook! rial.nu ? W PW't contain i?lu?Ma Ufbraaatloa for both mnrrlaland ' Jinki?, wUhnll Ibo P?C?nlImproveinrnU In nicilli-altroatinrnl ]&M what our homopapcraiay iThoknowlMlgolmpariwl to Dr. li? il?" new work? Minno way Of qiiotioimlilo char actor, bul I? ?ometbtnslkat ?rrry wa? ?tc.uU fcaovr. Th? Tooth, tho victim of carly Inillr. n lion | tho Ifan.nllK-rwlsa perfectly lienttliy inayliMmt with waning vigor Injheptlm? of Ufo. Rii.l tho Woman, lil V&ttoWjlTl FilT??'lII from tho ninny lill hw BO* 1? hofr? ?J I 1 I fk| ? M zAwt??&* cu. -^KiikinM Ixith in ono volume, SI i In cl'ith n>iaK^BP? THt> Zu ((lit, M ct?, caira. Sent unik r ooo!, otiQR BH H BM TUA r?c?iplofiiricolnmouoyorBt*ii'r* ?U.MJmJmim .*! [For tho Koowoo Courier. BEFORE. UY RT H KT, DASHWOOD, Boforo tho full of waxen pot?is-tho lovely flow or, Boforo tho barron fiolds all yellow-tho har vest hour, Boforo tlie little gravo all sunken-tho beauti ful child, Boforo tho scorching sun of Sutnmor-tho 6pring-timo mild. .Boforo tho clono of dusky cvouing-tho rosy sky, Boforo tho touch of Death's cold fingors-tho NonMit oyo, Boforo tho flight of tho drooping-songstor-tho thrilling song, Boforo tho full ot night's dark shadows-thc twilight long. Boforo tho fulling leaves of Autumn-tho bright green troos, Before tho blighting frost that grioves us-tho tinfoil leas, Boforo the mossy nest forsaken-tho twitter0 ing bird?, Boforo tho cruol wolf o'ortakos thom-tho peaceful herds. Boforo tho man, cold, oruel-hcartcd-tho Innocoot boy, Boforo life's burdon gets too heavy-a littlo .i?y. Boforo tho troubled, oaroworn woman-a fait young brido, Boforo tho storm sweeps o'er its bosom-thc peaceful tide. Boforo tho parting on earth forovor-thc Hwoot farewell, Before tho sound of tho falling sod-thc tolling boll, Before tho struggle, a moment's rest--'ti* not too long to wait Before thc dawn of tho heated day-Hcavon'i wido opon gate. UttVctt* of (lie Storm, ? ., i Tho cyolono which swept thoso portiuu! of Georgia nod South Carolina on Sunda* lust, brief acoouuts of whioh wcro given it thc telegraphic columns of tho Journal o, Commerce -yesterday, appoors to have beoi moro destructive than was at first antici pated. As fur as known, tho storm cnterot Columbia County, Georgia, about 8 o'olook from tho Southwest, traveling nearly in ? Northeasterly course, dossing thc Savanna! River and entering South Carolina, so hav passed through Grccnvillo os far East II Camden. The following details aro gath' orcd from tho Augusta papers: Passin onward through tho Reeves' settlement; I destroyed nearly every building, and up rooted most of tho trees. COMPLETELY BLOCKING THE HOADS, and rendering all traveling impossible cz cept to pedestrians. Crossing Hoadstn Creek, it struck tho plantation of Mr. Nev somo, dcmolisliod every bull Rog on til place, except his dwelling, and portiall unroofed that, destroyed ail his fcuoinj and uttorly ruined his crop. At this poii a destructivo hail storm commenced, au followed tho track of tho'tornado, extendin ever a somewhat wider area, and inflictin in eui en lah le damage to tho timber an growing crops. Leaving Mr. Newsome' thc tornado struck tho plantation of M ( JOIID Adams. On his place waa a sm;i f building used fora Sunday School, und 1 tho superintendence of Mr. Robert Meroe Tho scholars and teachers? hud just assoit bled, when tho storm in all its destruct! fury burst upou them, and in au insta tho hou30 was a completo wreck, BURYING Abb ITS INMATES in tho ruins: Two boys, ?god rospcotive seven and ten years, sons of Mya. Allon, widow lady of tho neighborhood, wo taken ont doid, having been instant killed. Mr. Joseph Walker, a young ni tn tho employ of Messrs. Neal & Fauco was, it is feared, fatally injured. A liti daughter of Mr. John Adams had hor hai badly crushed. Miss Celia Ailams w struck down by somo of tho falling timbe and rcccivod several vory sovoro bruis. Most of *ho injuries received by oth< woro of a trifling nature, and some fe incredible os it may seem, escaped oiitire unhurt. It is also reported^that a M Newman was killed ?oar Harlem, Thc aro oil tho casualties to lifo and limb tl we havo been oblo to ascertain. At Borrelia, Mr. Henry Merry's crop v almost totally destroyed. At Mr. VV Rooney's pince, noar Harlem, tho sto swept ovcrything boforo it. Trees wi uprootod and colton and co,rn laid prostr in tho fiolds. At M(r. Ohvor's placo, ita Herzelia, window glass was broken by I hail, trees out 'to pieces and orops destroy* t ho somo thtf.ig occurred at Bast?n'*!, Ko floisoh's and Brook's. Coming ou down i road in a track about TllRKB MILES WIDE, tho storm swept everything boforo Trees wcro prostrotod, corn and oofton to pieces and tho ground strewn w boughs and loaves of tr.oos, clipped off tho hail, whioh is said to havo boon on mous. Somo parlies say thc stones wort largo us a roan's fist and crashed tnrot tho fields of oom liko minio balls, outt Iorgo stalks, an inoh in diameter, to ground, and strewing tho furrows with tl until tho fields looked as if tho reaper w hin scythe had passed along. Trees Vi uprooted and hurled with violcnoo aga lionnes and fonoos. At tho sixteen i post a freight our was BLOWN i'UOW Tin; TU A(;g. Tho hail stones, whioh OAino down thick un rain drops, penetrated into houses through tho panes pf glass, and one instanoo, that, we heard of, through blinds. It is said that at ono plac? n bu of hail stones Woro gathorcd from tho I of a room. Coming on down tho Georgia Railroad tho storm struck Slr. Thomas Wy nu's place, a half mile above Rcrzolia, and io a moment his large cotton gin mauu factory FELL BEFORE TUB WIND, burying beneath tho ruins a quantity of valuable mnohincry nud forty new gius. Ono end of tho building, which was a two story wooden structure, 100 feet lon^ by 40 foot wide, wus blown out and carried olear aoross tho crook, a distonoo of about twenty yards. Tho gins which had recently been completed, ivoro valued at ono hundred and fifty dollars each. After loaving Mr. Wynn's place tho storm wont in thc direction of Havannah River, which it crossed at tho Looks. Near thc hitter it swept over Mr. W. II. Howard's plantation Uko a besom of destruction. Nearly all tho cotton on two hundred acres was ruined. In some instances it was cut i down level with the ground; in olhors tho stalks woro stripped of leaves and sundi boughs and left standing hare and scared. A pino thicket was out to pieces tis if it had boen between two contending armies, many of tho trees bearing largo indentations where tho hugo hail stones hud struck. Corn was ?truck down to tho furrows. It seems that tho storm in its severity did not skip South Carolina. At Curryton, clovon miles from Ilnmburg, tho Hov. J. P. Moating, Dr. Hudson, Mrs. Johu Mealing nud II. ?.j Mouling were tho supposed greatest sufferers. Tho others aro bud enough. Hail utoncs as Iorgo ns a goose's ogg foll thiok os bullets. It beat through tho shingled' roofs of tho houses. -Pigs, chickens and even largo hogs wcro killed. Thcro arc somo horses missing. Corn and cotton aro ruined; Tho breadth, of thc storm was about a milo and n half. Thc holes mode ia Rome of tho shing'o roofs wcro largo enough to admit a man's head. An oyo witness from Curryton says thc I cntiro villago is badly destroyed, and bc hopes never pgntu IQ witness snob destruo tion. ; [From tho Anderson Iutolligcnoor.] Sheep Husbandry ia South Cn io! ina. MR. EDITOM I havo boen a "kcopor o sheep" nineo a stripling, and speak know. I ingly when I say I never know a sheep ti ..die in doht" to its owner, .Bavo when i wos filled by a dog. Sheep will subsis entirely on noxious weeds, herbs and sou gruss.es that no other domestic animal wi) cat. My sheep cat ubout three bushels o cotton seed, abd a small quantity of oa straw or hay, ouch, during tho winter, am iu somo instances I have grazed them ?Ol different Golds, and fed thom nothing fron tho born during tho whole year. Tho first o May I sheared BOUIO sheep that ran all win ter without uny food, except that whio they gathered in tho woods, and theso sam sheep will now bring five dollars iu mutto and wool. Thc statistics of Georgia shows her pc cont, on investment in sheep husbandry t bo 63 upon an average, notwithstanding sh hus 2A dogs for oach sheep. South Curo lina has 4 dogs to cnoh sheep (by count' It is not necessary hero for mo to figui moro on thc profits of sheep husbandry, fi it is readily conceded by all intelligent far mers, who havo any experience in shoo raising, that asido from tho loss by dog their sheep yiold o largor profit on invest mont than any other interest on their farm Tho question just hero is, why is it that a farmers do not kocp sheep? Tho answer I this question is tho problem to, which th article is directed. When wo look upe that time-honored and world rcnownc animal, tho sheep, wo soo just behind hi tho yawning jaws of tho canino destruyo tho dogs of tho irresponsible, who aro u! Igwod by tho laws of South Carolina to ki as many sheep ns llb chooses, and tl owner of tho sheep has no compensation i redress save to kill tho dog if ho socs hi killing his sheep. . All our efforts to foster and' cnoourat sheep husbandry in our State must bo cpr parativeiy futilo in tho absence of laws proteot those who would engage in it) 1 until tho "lion and tho lamb shall Ho dov together itt peooo" dogs will kill shoe 'Tis truo wo havo a very insignificant ai poorly rnforood dog low in our State, whi< is mere mockery so far as protecting she? raising. Using tho language of Col. Polk, North Carolina: "It has over been an cnij ma to us why our Legislators ..ro so wea of this question of dog law. Wo oan on surmise that it is Uko unto a nightmare tho oross roads politician, and ho sees i advancement to himself if ho arrays bin self in. antagonism to his unwashed const tuonoyand his affdotions for yellow sho PUWp8,,> Will our coming ropresontativ make nu effort to protoot and enooura sheep husbandry, or will thoy continuo quietly tol?ralo tho dog nuisance uow prevalent? Tho honor and dignity of tho shophort vocation has ovor boon established, for Al tho martyred, tho brother of tho first bo of tho human rooo, "was a keopor of shoor Hy this we may infor that tho sheep I boon longer n domostio animal thau a other animal. Abraham and his doBocn ants, as woll as most of tho nnoiont pati arohs, woro either shophords or nhophen sons. Job had 14,000 Bhcop, and wo ni surmise that if there wore any dogs in 1 neighborhood his patience was tried by d< killing his . sheep. It is said of lUeh ?sho qamo with nor father's Hooks, for t kept them." Moses, tho future statcsm ' and lawgiver, drow water for tho sm \ i doughtors of Midlan to water their fathor's flock. King David, tho "boro,.poet and divino," 80 loved bis lambs, whoo n strip ling, that ho fought and killed both a lion and a boar that had taken ono lamb out of his flook. Tho wiso moo of tho Hast woro shepherds, "abiding in tho field, keeping watch over their flocks by night," when thc birth of tho Saviour wno unnounoed. With tho sacred writors they were tho cho sen symbol of purity ond gent?o virtues; tlicy wero tho viotims of propitiatory sacri lico,'and finally booamo tho typo of redemp tion to fullon man. Tho modern English poot, Bloomfield, in ono of his oharming postoruis, ci scribes tho olouds: "Spotless os Bnow, and cotfutlcss as they oro fair, Tho beautiful pcmblanoo of a flock at rest." Now, Mr. Editor, wo prcsuuio modern society in Christianized South Carolina is uot HO fur advanced that it can object to quoting n few parngraps from tho Holy Writ on thc dog. The first placo I remem ber of seeing tho dog mentioned in thc Hiblc is Exodus, 11:7-"Hut ogainst any of tho Children of Israel shall not a dog movo his tooguo ugainst man or beast." Again, in Dcut., 23:18-"Thou shalt not bring - * *. ortho prtco of a dog into tho houso of tho Lord thy Cod for . any vow: for oven both tlioso aro abomination unto tho Lord thy Cod." Phil. 3:2 "Dowuro of dogs, bowaro of ovil workers,, beware of tho ooueisiou/' Mat., ?7:0 . Give not that which is Holy unto tho dogs, neither onst yo your pearls before swinc/'&o. Hov., 22:15-"For without aro dogs, * * *, und whosoever lovoth and makcth a lie" Soo tho altitudo in which tho dog nod sheep aro held iu tho good book; tho dog is invariably tho tWe inccum of tho vilo aud wicked, while on tho othor hand, from Abel to tho lovely poem of "Mary and hor litllo" Iamb," tho shcop provos himself lo bo tho nt Qi dulci? ut?o mankind. South Carolina, look into tho mirror (tho Holy Writ) and seo your self. Farmer?, riso yo, ond ring aloud 'tho alarqfc bell, for Corborus (tho fabled neveu headed watchdog of tho gatos of hell) is now predominating in our lund. J. C. ?T1UBLING. ltlOMURN JU WISH PASSOVER. HY HEV. JOHN DUNDAR. As tho passover poriod has BO recently passed, a period beginning with tho ?Hth day of Nison, and corresponding with tho 20th of April, und extending to tho 28th, it may not be out of place for somo of us Quntiles to know u littlo moro than many do of tho modem obscrvonoo of this very ancient and impressive ordinanoo instituted by God and sigually blessed to^tsobsorvors. In endeavoring to gat hor up and givo a brief outliuo of tho modern observance of this ordinanoo, it may bc needful to premise that there is now no paschal lamb. In tho ogo following tho first institution uf tho passover, and after tho scttlcmout of tho de wa in tho holy In nd, tho paschal lamb could bo slnin only by thc priest, and in thc court of thc temple. It was then rcturnod to its owner, om ried homo and rousted, and thorcaftet oaten by himself aud his house-, hold. Souttor?d now, however, as tho Jews uro, into all lands, tho temple gone, and its priesthood broken up, this sacred ceremonial is simply au i m po- :bility, and henoo in tho observance thcro is now no paschal lamb. Io tho modern times, tho feast, is thoroforo simply "the fcaet of unleavened broad," and in tho observance of it is still seen tho wonted watchful strictness of tho "most strnitost scot." Tho wheat from which this bread is to bo modo, must, as soon as out, bo scrupulously protcotcd against any rain or moisture that might tend to engender fermentation. Hoing carefully threshed and winnowed, it is then ground under tho supervision of an appointed ofiioiul, at onco to propuro it in accordance with Rabbinical rulo, and to proscrvo it from admixturo or I adulteration. In modem times, this bread is bought rather than baked by tho Jewish familier-; sud in London, England, thcro is on extensivo establishment which supplies a groat deal of tho loreign as. well as all tho i homo domand. Tho bread in manufaoturod into very thin cakes, ranging from a litllo over or undor twelve inches in diameter. Eaoh coko weighs about two ounces, and is thickly perforated -with littlo holes; and cvory synngoguo socs to it that ull its poor havo a sullloiont supply. For n numbor of days preooding this festival, tho heusen of tho faithful, both rich and poor, uudorgo a thorough renova tion in scrubbing, soouring, polishing, otc, while pots and kottloe aro heated red-hot in ?rdbr to freo thom from cvory vestigo of leaven; and so scrupulous arc many families 1 in thin respect, that sets of kitchen utensils aro carefully kept solely for passover uses, and in consequence aro brought out only onoo a year, Aftor duo oarohos been taken to discover and dostroy cvory parti?lo of leaven, tho head of suoh household, aftor family prayer on tho ovoning preceding tho beginning of tho feast, is bound to moko diligent soaroh, with wax topor in hand, info ovory nook and oornor of his dwelling, lest, aftor all, tho loast parti?lo of loovon may have boon .undiscovered aud -not destroyed. Aa ho entern on this soaroh ho ultora tho ?ipUS ejaculation, "Mensed art thou, 0 lord, King of tho universo, who has tiouotl ?ied us with thy oommatidmontB and com manded US to remove tho leaven." During tho wliclo procos:} of aearoh, ho must uot titter a singlo word, but immediately there after ho makes tho solemn declaration, "All mapnor of loavc? that is in my posacasktu which X havo not econ nor removed sholl bc null and unaccounted ns tho dust of tho cnrth." Any Icnvon found in his research is carefully destroyed. Kv or y thing being iu readiness, tho festi val begins on tho evening of tho passover day. A sacred scrvico is held in tho syna gogue, on which thc families of tho t'ait'-ful uttend, arrayed in their best, ofter which, amid mutual congratulations nod hearty good wishes, all return to their respective homes. There iu caoh home is found the passover tablo set out With its snowy white covering, an emblem of purity, in accord ance with tho rules of thc feast. This tublo is equal to thc requirements of tho whoio household; for every fsraolito, irrespective of rank or position, must sit down to tho feast. In tho centre of tho table is sot a dish containing three extra large passover cukes carofully ooyorr 1 with a cloth. Around this aro set to r smaller dishes; tho first containing somo horso-radish and parsley, u memorial of thc bitter horbs that were wont to bc oaten with tho pasohal lamb; in thc second is u mixture of apples, almonds, raisins and cinnamon, ss a remind er of the brick making of Egypt; tho third contains some snit water, a memorial of the miraculous passage, c^f thc lied Sea; and in thc fourth is found n shank tone of a lamb, with u picoo of roasted flesh thereon, to commomorato tho pasohul lamb, and also an egg roasted hard to signify that tho lamb was roasted wholo. A silver wino oup is set for caoh ono ut tho tablo, while an empty chair and a wino oup is left for tho prophet Elijah, who is expeoted to appear as tho foreruunor ?f tho Messiah. Seated os, tiley thus aro at tho passover table, tho wholo household arrangements arc design - edly suob as to present in its sooial freedom and substantial comfort tho greatest possible contrast to thc bondage aud brick making of Egypt, aud from timo immemorial the customary tublo talk has been of tho cruel oppression nod miraculous deliverance of their forefathers. Tho formalities of tho feast begin by Ibo master of tho houso solemnly asking a blessing On themselves and what is sot boforo thom, and thou caoh ono at tho tablo partakes ti little of the wino. Ile thou washes his hands in a basin placed thcro for tho purpose, and thereafter taking somo parsloy and dipping it in viogar ho presents a small portion to caoh ono, aud nil in unison rovorontly say tho following graco ero they partake of it: "Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of tho universo, Croator of tho fruits of the earth." After this ho uncovers tho largo dish, takes out and breaks tho middle euko of the three in two, and placing one qf thc pieces between tho two wholo oakes, he oonocnls tho other under tho cushion on which ho reclines, in allusion to tho hurried march out of Egypt, whon "thc pcoplo took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading- troughs hoing bound up in ti cir olothos." Ila then takes tho shank bono of tho lamb and tho ogg off tho dish, and all at tho table, taking hold together of thc dish containing tho oakes, again in unison say, "Lo, this is tho bread of affliction which our forofathore ato iu tho laud of Egypt." Tho shank bono and tho egg aro again plaocd on thc tablo and tho wino again partaken of. Thc) all drink of tho cup four timos during th( evening, in token of tho four expression! employed by God iu connection with thc deliverance from Egypt. Those expression: aro: "I will bring you," "I will rid you,' "I will redeem you," "I will take you " Aftor uumorous prayers, psalms ant rabbinical sayings, whioh complete tho firs part of tho ceremony, thc master of tin house then takes the two wholo oakes ant tho brokon ono in his hands logothor, one breaking off a piooo from ono of tho whob oakes, ns well as from tho brokon ono, firs for himself and thou for caoh member o tho housohold, each partakes of tho tw pioccs together, but not boforo nil in unisoi iiovo said tho following blessing: "Blcssoi art thou, 0 Lord our God, King of th univorsc, who has sanctified us with th' commandments, and commandost us to en unleavened oakes." Then bo takes som lettuco, or tops of tho horso-raddish, am holding thom up before thc company as niorhorial of thc bitter bondage of Egypl each ODO paviakcs thereof after saying "Blessed art thou, O Lord, King of th universo, who hast sa notifie il us with th commandments, nnd commanded us to os bittor herbs." Thc remaining wholo oak is thereafter broken, and n pieco of it wit somo other bittor herbs dipped in a ro mixturo, in memory of tho bricks of Egypi is handed to oaoh ono at tho tablo; and b thom eaten as 0 me moria 1 of tho unlcavcnc brood and bitter horbs whioh woro com mantled to be eaton with tho posohal laml As tho remaining portion of tho hiddo coko bas to bo divided among all presen and a little picoo of it to bo kept by oac till thc following yoar ns n sort of protootii charin against all calamities, no littlo nppn rent consternation is manifested when tl master suddenly discovers that it hos myst riously disappeared from undor tho o us hu whero ho had concealed it. It WOS de si g odly spirited away as part of tho prococt inge; soon, however, it is again'found uu being disposed to its designed uso, nsauini griof speedily gives place Co assorted g!n< ucss. After partaking again of the passev oup, . prayer is offered, and Psalms ai hymns aro sung obie (ly relating to tl wished for speedy rebuilding of Jerusalot and tho ooromonioB of tho day end with hearty and harmonious nervino of song honor of tho templo ouoo tho glory ai rejoicing of Jerusalem. In connection with this ordinance, t question is still formally asked by ono the younger mouthers of tho family, "Wit moan yo by this service?" and tbo roply thereto, somewhat modified from that en joined by Moues, is no loss formally given. Thc following day thc corumonial is kopt up. Thc first two and last two of tho eight day? of tho observo nen aro, with somo looal variations, somcwhut similarly kopt. Tho f. (our intormcdiuto days form a kind of half holiday, in which kindly sooialtics oro ^i^. generously interchanged; but no work must ^.IflBfc bo douo and no leaven must bo scon during' ?||ffi tho whole of tho passovor observances. vv i WASHINPTON, Juno .8.-In thc Senate, Mr. Sponcor, of Alabama, submitted tho following: Resolved, That in order that all tho foots eonneotcd with tho Presidential olootion of 1876 and tho result thereof, which was finally reached, may bo mudo fully known to tho American people, a soled commit tee of eight Senators bo Appointed and instructed to inquiro into und investigate all charges of fraud, illegality, intimidation, violence and other obstacles to freo, and bouost suffrago oeourring at said election in tho States of South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana, and also into all similar charges which said com mittee may dcom of sufficient gravity, con cerning said election in Alabama, Missis sippi, Omgon or any other State; also into 1 all oiroum8tanocs which they may deem/ expedient to investigate connected with tho! Presidential doctoral count iu tho Forty fourth Congress; also into all tho circum stances of tho dissolution of tho Legisla ture and government in tho State of Louisi ana known as tho Packard government and tho establishment of tho Legislature known as tho Nicholls government, and so ascertain . whether or not suoh dissolution of tho government and tho establishment of tho other wus in oonscquenoo of ouy nota or transactions occurring prior to Mardi 4, 1S77, and through what persons or ogonoios, if any, euob result was accomplished; and that said committee have power to appoint sub-committees, to omply dorks and sten ogrophers, administer oaths, send for persons and papers, examino witnesses, sit during tho reoess, with all tho powers of a J full oom ur it too of tho Senate, and that the S oxponsos thereof bo paid from tho oontin- | gont funds of tho Senate * 3? Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, said; "Lot that lay over and bo printed." t?'A Mr. Sponocr gavo notice that ho would *mt call tho resolution up overy day until a vote > vrpon it should be roaohed. COLUMWA, Juuo 4-Thbv owhat / famous property ia this city kuo\ / tl,' y-J Preston mansion, has passed into session of Mr. W. E. Dodge, of New^f^?s. Tho prioo poid was 815,000, an nmounV bolow its notuol value. Only thoo or f&v* years ago it was sold to F. J. Moues f\ 845,000, and even this sum was oousidoreor a low prioo at that timo. Tho brioks alone, * ' ", in tho great wall which surrounds tho grounds, would, it is said, bring moro 9 ino noy, if soldat prosont prioos, than tho amount paid for tho wholo property. I mention, as a further illustration of the deprooiation in valuo of real estate- in Co lumbia, that anothor houso and lot, in As sembly stroot, immediately in tho roar of thc Columbia Hotel, rind upon whioh Niles & Ot. Parkor oxpondod 80,000 in improvo- tg?? monta alono, after having paid 84,000 for gk ', its purohaso in tho first instanoo, was ro oontly put up for salo, and failed to bring Wm. 81,800, tho oinouDt of tho mortgage uudor '\w whioh it wns sold. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens has written a letter to tho Chairman of tho Democratic r/?. Bxeoutivo Committee of tho Eighth Con- . grcssionol District of Goorgia, in whioh bo . says ho shall neither seek nor declino a nomination at tho hands of tho convention soon to meet; "but if," ho says, "tho con vention shall . rcpudiato mo as an unfit representativo of Demooretio principles,^.-J and sholl attempt to rulo mo out of thc? I Dcmooratio porty because of anything con/ \ neotcd with my rcoont publio cots or sontiv monts, thou I say to you and to thc/; plainly and distinotly, that X shall roo^^BH thoir cdiot as but a brutcm fuhncn, issV by an irresponsible faction of triokstcm . and tho qjestion whethor 1 or thoy Jj sound in tbo faith of the fothers sholl C left for tho truo Domooracy of tho distr? to Bottlo at tho polls." . mt^ '1 Uocont experiments at tho ogrioultuB ' deportment nt Washington with toa loavosW^ grown in tho district show that ten of ung high grade eon readily bo produced La thinS country. Tho States of Dolcwuro^?janry-T^ land, North Carolina, South Carolina^ VirnH ginin, Kentucky, West Virginio, Ocorr?O Alaborau, TonncRsco, Missouri nnd .xrkoVH sos aro tiro toa regions of tho United StatcsH Commissioner Lo Duo is vory anxious to goM pcoplo into tho business, and tho ogricultufl ral department is abundantly supplied with? young toa plants for distribution. Tho? troublo is that too mniiy pooplo "-^ofW tho business to moko it profitabjfl^ A disputo ?bout prooodonoJBBK: h between a bishop and judge, J altorootioii, tho lottor thong/ ^' his opponont by quoting thj\ ? flj? sago: "For on thoso hongj^','-? /_ , firophets." "Do you n_RHE lp/;t ?wyer in triumph, "thojjp;^,-, Vu ?age of Scripturo wo aftNft \. " Votvt "1 graut you/' said tho ? Mr. Alfred G. Tronbolm, cl^ -''^''m died in Greenville Ho had life '.-.. ?vW health for yyiuo time. \ > td? .