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**' 1 11 -1" IIHIIIIIHII IIMIU BS KBITS, SMITH & 00. WALHALLA, S. C.: THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1878. TERMS t ? \ For subscription, $1.50 ppr annum, strictly in advance, for six months, 75 cents. 03*" Advertisements inserted at one dollar per square of one inch 1 or less for tho first insertion, and fitly cents for each subsequent in sertion. 03* Obituary Notices exceed mgfive lines, Tributes of Respect, Communications of a personal character, when admissaUlo, and announcements of Candidates will bo charged for as advertise ments. 03* Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. Necessity compels us to . .udhoro strictly to the require ments of cash payments. BOUNTY INVENTION. ; A County Convention of tho Domoorotio Party 'Of Goonoo County io hereby called to meet in the Court House- at Walhalla on SATURDAY, tho 20th day of July, Instant, at ll o'clock A. M., for the purpose of electing delegates to tho Congressional and State Domooratio C onventions, to be held In Columbia on the let day of August next, and also for tho purposo of deciding tho plan of nominating County oandidatos for tho . next campaign. Eaoh Club will bo entitled to representation In tho County Convention as heretofore, to wit: Ono delegato for every ten enrolled members of the various Chiba in tho County. This 1B an important meeting, and may bo the last County Convention called beforo tho elec tion, and I trust every Club in tho County will bo fully represented. Tho Local Clubs will hold meetings to suit their own convenience and choose delegates to tho County Convention. W. C. KEITH, County Chairman Democratic Party. k -v* * Judge Kershaw has deliverod a writton opinion, rofueiogtha motion to romovo to tho Circuit Court of the United States tho case of tho State against Kano and othors for killing Amos Ladd, in Piokons County. Tho opin ion is lengthy and embraces na elaborate roviow of tho section of tho revenue laws under whioh tho motion is made, with abun dant authorities for tho refusal of tho motion. Tho question is ono of great public interest, and the dunstan of Judge Kershaw, besides being olear and conclusivo, is on tho sido of peace and order. The Oreen ville -AV te.? has information tbnt Attorney General Devons has telegraphed Mojor Karlo to appoal from the decision of Judge Kershaw; so thut the case will doubtless go the Suprome Court of the State and thonoo perhaps to the Supreme Court of tho United States for final arbitra ment. Tbe County Convention, Among other things, will consider tho propriety of voting at tho primary olection for persons to fill tho offices of County Auditor and Treasurer, and also of oleoting in tho Tarions townships of tho county ono Trial Justioo for each township. Tho eleotion of persons to such offices under tho law can only amount to u recommennation of tho Domo?' oratio party of the County ia favor of snob persons. This ought and will doubtless Goouro tho favorable action of tho next Gover nor, nod amounts to a virtual eleotion. Our people have long oontundod for tho right to eleot theeo officers, but havo beon denied it under the law. The spirit, if not the lottor of the constitution, confers the right, and itf exorcise is Domooratio. In view of tho diffi culties whioh might arise in somo of the lower countios, by tho election of incomp?tent mon, it might be bettor to lot tho law romain aa it is, but portait tho party in oaoh county to vote for and eloot a suitable person, sub* jeot io tho approval of tho Governor, who, in all proper oasos, would carry out tho will of the people. At all events, while tho law stands as it is, tho pooplo havo tho right to . recommend for appointment by voting for persons to fill theso offices. This praotioo has been oonsiderod and adopted in Anderson and perhaps other counties, and it will bo brought before our County Convontion by resolutions recommending if, passed by tho Walhalla Club. This suggestion proceeds, wo aro satined, from no opposition to tho persons now filling tho offices referred to. On tho contrary, these offices are filled by corapetont mon, and they havo faithfully discharged thoir duties, so far as wo eon loam. Tho assessment last year was made at less expenso,wo bolievo, than that of any eounty in tho State, and tho books of the Auditor are neatly kept and np with the business of tho office. Our Treasurer has had a hard row to boo by reason of broken payments, calculating interest, Ao., complica ting and doubling the work of tho office; yet he has kopt up his business and is accommo dating. Our Trial Justices aro oompotont and have discharged thoir du ties satisfactorily -as a general mle, so far as wo know. While this is truo, and portups tbeso offices could not be better filled, tho people have tho right to express thoir preferences for these Officers through the ballot. They may eloot 'tho men now In office, and if so, we will havo .good officers, while if thoir preferences should fall upon others, no ono could complain. Wo believe farther that to vote for persons to fill these offices would greatly roi i ovo tho Exeou? Uve of the Stato in making appointments. Jn the numerous and conflicting recommenda tions of various persons great responsibility rests on him, In exercising tho appointing power, and very often dissatisfactions and sohlams in tho party spring up. Al! this would bo avoidod whoo the voto of tho Domo oratio party of the county or township made the recommendation. T.hosnbjoot is worthy of consideration and whatovor be tho action ??>( the Oenvenlion we will bo satisfied. HHpp ? Wulbutlu Dokuooratlo Club. Tho Walhalla Domooratio Club met In the1 Court House on Saturday, the 18th Instruit, and waa called to order by tho President at ll o'clock A. M. Tho object of tho meeting having beon stated by the President, a motion was made by Col. J. J. Norton and adopted by the Club that tho President of thia Olub be made chairman of tho delegation to the County Convention, and that | he appoint the remaining members of the dele gation from tho club Hst, after revising the same, by striking from It tho names of those persons who havo removed, and by giving others who wish to join an opportunity of enrolling their namoi. On motion, by Col. W. C. Koith, tho following resolutions wore unanimously adopted: Resolved Ul. That it is tho sense of this olub that tho'plan of nominating Candidates by pri mary eleotion, adopted in tho campaign of 1870, should be adhered to in tho present campaign. Resolved 2d. That In tho primary QICOIIOUB this fall, in addition to tho officers to bo filled by eleotion, as provided by law, tho Domooratio voters of the County shall vote for one porson for the office of Treasurer and one person for tho office of Auditor of tho County, and the porsons receiving tho highest number of votes for these offices rospcotively shall be tho nomi nees of tho Democratic partj of this County for said offioes, and shall bo recommended accord ingly to the next Governor for appointment. Resolved 3d. That at tho primary olection to bo held for tho Offioes hereinbefore referred to, the voters of eaoh of tho eight Townships shall cast thoir votes for ono person for Trial Juslico of their respective Townships, and the person receiving tho highest number of voles iu his Township for said offioe* shall bo entitled to a recommendation for such appoiutmont to tho next Governor as tho nominee of the Democratic party for said office. *? Resolved Ath. That a copy of these resolutions bo served by tho Secretory of this meeting on tho chairman of tho delegation from this club, and that he do lay tho eamo before tho County Convention for its consideration and action. The club then, on motion, adjourned without a day. ?. A. SMITH, President. W. J. STBIDMNO) Scorctary. Under Col. J. J. Norton's motion, I havo mndo tho following appointments as delegates to tho County Convention ou Saturday next, tho 20th instant: D. A. Smith, W. F. Erviu, J. J. Norton, S. Lqvinggood, D. Riemann, Jumes A. Doyle, A. Ivc8tcr, A. Dtcnncokc, S. P. Doody, lt. A. Thompson, J. D. Coppolmanu, N. Sullivan, J. G. Abbott, W. J. Stribliug, C. L. Reid, J. H. Koil, Jr., C. Wendolkou, John Joost, John M. Hendrix, A. 0. Kerr, John Kaufmann, W. C. L. Brandt, Zack Hall, J. N. Adams, . S. K. Dcndj, H. B. Schroder, H. S. VauDivicro, F. F. Sharp, Keith. D. A. SMITH, Prcsidcut. [From tho Augusta Chroniolo and Constitua tionnlist.] THE SAVANNAH VALLEY HAH ROAD. 2ViC Committee from Anderson and Abbeville Meet the Directors of thc Augusta, Knox ville and Greenwood Railroad. Tho oommitteo from Anderson and Abbo ville, composed of Mr. J. M. Latimcr, of Lowndesvillo, and Messrs. W. \V. Hum phreys, E. M. H?cker and H. F. Whitner, of Anderson, mot tho Dlreotorn of tho Augusta, Knoxville and Orconwood Railroad on Wednesday, at ?2 o'olock. Ooneral P. II. Bradley, of Qroonwood, who is superintend ing tho grading of tho Augusta and Green wood Railroad, was also proscnt. On motion, Maj. J. V. II. Allon was called to tho Chair and J. L. Maxwell requested to act as Soorotary. Tho chairman announced thc mooting ready fer business. Maj. Whitner, of tho Savannah River Val ley Railroad Committee, said so tar tho organ ization of that road was only provisional. Some timo ago thoy carno to tho conclusion that the road could only bo built by general taxation, and that was tho schemo contemn plated in tho charter. At tho first meeting of tho corporators it was resolved to giro tho people an opportunity to mnko privato sub scriptions. Under thc ?barter tho question of taxation had to bo submitted to tho pooplo and a vote would soon ho tnkon io Abbovillo. The idea was to grado tho road and then turn it over to some other corporation to equip and run. Thoy expected to do tho work of gra ding with conviot labor. It was perfectly feasible to grade tho road from Andorson to Dom's Minos for $50,000. This ho boliovcd oould bo raised in two or threo years, without taxation. Tho pcoplo of his county woro afraid of dobt. Thoy ncodod competition for thoir own salvation, but moro than this ho believed tho building of this road would bo the greatest impetus that could bo given to tho Bluo Ridgo Railroad. That road was now in operation to tho foot of the Bluo Ridgo Mountains, Walhalla, a distunco of thirty miloB beyond Andorson, and moro than ono? half of tho grading from thoro to tho Georgia lino lias boon completed. Tho entire lino has boon surveyed from Andorson to Knox" ville. Mr. H?cker said thoy had como because they bolievod tho citizens of Augusta woro greatly intorosted in tho proposed ontorpriso, Thoy would got much trado that did not now como hero. Abbovillo mado 30,000 bales of cotton and Andorson County 25,000, tho groator portion of whioh would como to Au gusta ii this road was built. But not only this, Thoy beliovod that if this road was built the Bluo Ridgo Railroad would bo oom* pleted and a connection established with tho groat Northwost. Truo, Augusta now had a oonnoctton with tho Northwest, but Atlanta had tho advantage of being tho distributing point betwoon Augusta and tho Northwest This would not bo tho caso with tho now route. Thoro would bo no intermediate dis tributing point. If the poople of Augusta were willing to.do so niuoh for tho Augusta and Greenwood Railroad, would thoy not bo willing to ?ld tho now enterprise, whioh would inoroa?o thoir trade so much? Tho fathers of the pooplo of Anderson and Abbovillo traded with Augusta, and that pooplo doored to como awn ?*""! ""."??: '?>.:*?: ""???-[ .J... bftok hero. What thoy wanted to know was, what were tho people of Augusta willing to do aftor Anderson and Abbeville bad Ironed and orossMiod the road? Col. Latlmer said thoy had intimations that after they bad graded the road they would havo tho assistance of somo corporation in Augusta to iron the road. Thoy oould grado tho road with tho interest of tho amount they propoBod to raiso by taxation, vis.: $265,000 in Abbovillo and Andorson' in three yours, and they would like to know what encour* ngeuient the peoplo of Augusta could givo them after this wns done. Mr. Whooless said that on behalf of tho Augusta and Qrconwood Railroad and tho oitizons of Augusta they wore very glad to moot this representation. While they could not in thoir oorporato oapaoity gunrantoc tho oomplotion of tho road, thoy felt satisfied thut, with good crops, ovorybody would be willing to ad vaneo a little money to advance thoir in - torost8. Ho moved that a oommitteo of throe bo appointed to draft resolutions oxprossivo^of tho gund wishes of tho Augusta nud Green wood Railroad for tho now enterprise. Mr. W. 0. Sibloy eeoondod tho motion. Tho namo of tho uow mud brought to his mind a contemplated road of tho sumo name when ho was about twenty years of ugo. If tho Augusta and Greenwood Railroad was completed it would cortainly bo to their inter" cst to aid in tho oomplotion of the Savannah River Volloy Railroad. General Bradley said ho know tho country through which tho proposod road was to run. and tho pun novcr shone upon a fairer and moro fortilo land than tho valley of tho Sa vannah. This road was tho first lovo of Au gusta. Tho pooplo of Anderson and Abbo villo don't ask for any money. They will grade and trostlo tho road, and if this is dono it will bo completed. This onco dono tho rnuto to tho Weet will bo an assured fact. Ho was ofton asked why ho took suoh an in terest in Augusta. Ho would reply because ho wanted to bo neighbor to a groat city, lie wanted a markot for h?B produce, from o strawberry to a bnlo of cotton. flo know very woll that beforo thirty y cava Augusta would uso in manufacturing every bato.ot cotton that would bo brought boro. Thc factories in Augusta nnd vicinity wcro manu factoring moro cotton lo day than tho windi United States did in 1832. Augusta, willi hor groot wator powor, ought to have 100,00!" moro pcoplo than sho had now. Railroad! would pay if oonductod on propor principles They ought to encourage tho now ontcrpriso Tho longer they made tho road tho more oredit they would havo. Thoy would have t( bond tho rond to iron it, and they would Ont it far onsir to borrow money on a long root than on a short ono. Ho didn't think thej woro in any danger in tolling thoir friends t< go homo nud say to their pcoplo go ahead, nm thoro would bo no troublo about tho comple tion of tho road Mr. Whccloss' motion was adopted and tin chairman appointed Messrs. Whoeloss, Siblej and Vordcry as tho committee Tho Directors of tho Augusta, Knoxvill and Greenwood llnilroud and tho committc of tho Savannah Valley Railroad mot at th Commercial Bank Thursday morning, pursU ant tn adjourumont. Eugeno F. Vordcry Esq., Irom tho committee appointed Wodnes day to draft resolutions, mado tho followinj report: Whereas, thc counties of Anderson nm Abbovillo, S. C, recently appointed delegate to visit Augusta and confer with tho manage mont of tho Augusta and Knoxville Rail rna Company, for tho purpose of usccrtainin their views rolativo to tho contemplated rail road from Anderson to Dom's Minos, on th Greenwood branch of tho Augusta and Kno> ville Railroad; aud whorcas tho Board of Dira tors of said Augusta and Knoxville Bv?lroa Company havo met in conference with sui delegation and learned their plans, and bein fully satisfied that tho pcoplo of Andcrso nud Abbeville aro truly in comest in rcfci onco to tho construction of unid mad; then foro, ho it Resolved, That it is tho sonso of this boat that tho building of said railroad will bo i tho grontcst benefit and advantage to thc eil of Augusto, and moro particularly to our ow immediate enterprise lie it J ur thev resolved, Thnt upon thc con pletion by tho peoplo of Andorson and Abb ville Counties of tho grading of said roi from tho town of Anderson to Dom's Mino that tho management of tho Augusta nr Knoxville Railroad Company pledgo then solves to render every aid and nssisinnco thoir power to have snid road equipped f oporntion. Resolved, further. That wo rccognizo in tl delegation referred to gentlemen of high ii tclligencc and of unmistakable businc qualifications, nm] gentlemen with whom rn board will always ho glad to confer tvs to o respectivo railroad interests. W. T. WHEE LESS, W.E. JACKSON, E. E. VERDE&Y. Oommitteo. The resolutions were adopted und order spreud on tho minutos. On motion thc meeting adjourned. --? . - THE TREATY <5E BERLIN. BERLIN, July 13 -Tho Congress hold last sitting to day. All the plcnipotcntinri und other members wcro present in full dre: and ut tho opening of tho Congress. T proceedings commenced at half past 2 a onded at 4 o'clock P. M. Tho treaty w signed by all thc plenipotentiaries nlphabci cally. Tho secretaries woro in atiendan provioufly nt 1 o'clook in tho nftornoon, affix tho plenipotentiaries' seals to each cor Aftor tho signatures lind been affixed Amin sy warmly eulogized Bismarck's prosidom und Bismarck thanked (ho plonipotcntiar for thoir indulgence. Tho proceedings terr natcd with a grand court dinner this cvoni at tho Whitehall Palnco, THE PROVISIONS OF THE TRF.ATV. BERLIN, July 14.-Tho following is I substance of tho nrtiolcs of tho treaty: 1st. Bulgarin is constituted an autonon Principality under tho suzerainty of tho Si tan, with a Christian government and a r tional militia. 2d. Tho Principality is limited on tho Sot by tho Balkans. 3d. Tho Prince shall bo elected by I population and confirmed by tho Porto n Powors. No momhorof a reigning Europe dynasty shall bo Princo. Whon a vaoar occurs a now Princo shall bo oloctod uni tho samo conditions. 4th. A plan of government will bo p pared by an assembly of nobles, to bo cc voked at Tirnova boforo tho election o Princo. Tho rights of Turks, Roumanie Greeks and others, will bo takon acoount in whatever relatos to tho erection of govcrnmont. 6tb. Tho basis of tho publio low of B garie is to bo that distinctions of roligii boliofs aro not to cxoludo any ono from pol cal rights, publio employment, or busin ontcrpriso. 6th. Until tho permanent organization effected Bulgaria shall bo govornod by a p vincinl organization, directed by Russ Qommissionor8, assietod by tho delegated c BUIS of tho Powors. 7th. The organic government is to bo SOtt within nine months. 8th. Tho treaties of oommorco botwoon Porto and otbor Powors regarding Bulgn romain. Otb. The tributo td the Porto shall bo f dod by tho signatory Powors at tho ond ho first year of the now organization; Bul da, bearing a portion of thodobt of tho 'lui sh Empire , / I ? " ?o'lh. Tho Principality carries out tho ex isting railway ooutiootion hotwoon Austro Hungary, Sorvia and tho Porto. 1 Ith. The Ottoman army ovaouatos Bul garia. All fortresses to be destroyed within a year, and now ones are not to be oreotod. l2th. Mussulmans who roinoved from tho Principality can retain thoir real proporty by allowing it to bo administered by third par? ties. 13th. There is formed. South of the Bal kan?, tho provinco of Eastern Houmelia, under tho Sultan, having administrativo au tonomy and a Christian governor general. 14th. This article fixing tho limits is mis si nfc. 15th. Tho Sultan may fortify tho frontiers and koop troops thorc, but must omploy no irregulars nor quarter troops on tho Inhold* tauts. Internal ?rdor shall bo preserved by a nativo gondnrmerio and local malitia, in tho composition of which acoount>uhall bo taken of tho religion of tho inhabitants where they aro H tat io n ed. 10th. An European commission sholl do tormino iu thrco years tho powers of tho government; also the judicial, financial and administrativo requirements of tho province. 17th. All international nrrongomonts up-? plionblo to Houmelia shull bo continued in force, and ?usuro religious liberty. 18th. Tho Russinn army in Bulgaria and Roumolitt shall not exceed 50,000 mon, and shall begin to lonvo tho oity in nine months. Three mouths arc allowed to com' pletO tho evacuation. Tho independence of Montenogro and Sor via is recognized. .Servia hours a sbaro ol tho Turkish debt proportionate to tho territory acquired. .(loumania's independence is conditioned OH tho ground of religious liberty. Rouinania returns to Russia that part o: Bessarabia takon under tho treaty of Par?a. Montenegro's independence also insure! religious liberty. LoNnuN, July 13.-Tho treaty of poaci contains sixty clauses, aud is reported to bi tho longest over known. A Berlin despatel says that during tho discussion relativo to th) boundaries of tho Baja/.id Valley, the Rus sians suddonly claimed tho Pass of Sewin Tho claim was disallowed. At Saturday's sitting of tho Congress Bis marok moved that a supplementary confer cuco bo held next autumn either nt Con stniitinoplo or Berlin: but Lord Salisbur declared his inability to nccedo to any propo sal interfering with tho immediate submissioi of tho papers to the English Parliament, am tho motion wus thrown nut. Tho Government is busy with thc details o tho military and civil establishments in th Island of Cyprus. Tho appointment of i postmaster nod othor officials for tho govern' munt of tho island is announced. Sir Uarnc Wolscly has already under consideration i scheme of a financial company foi introduoin, railways on tho island. Arrangements ar hoing made for laying n new submarine cabl to Alexandria, which will givo difVct comme ideation with England. Among tho scheme brought to tho surface by thc English ocoupr lion of Cyprus ia that of an Euphrates Valle Railway. Tho Duko of Sutherland an others uro in activo communication with lb Govornmont on Ibo subject, and it is state that it within a reasonable timo it appeal that thc Anglo^Turkish Convention is succ?s: ful, it is possible that tho Government will I asked to give its guarantee for thc propose railway. BERLIN, July l l-Bismarck, in closing tl Congrcas on Saturday, declarod that lie di not hesitate to affirm that this Congress d< sorvod well of Europe. Tho plenipotentiary would havo tho consciousness of having, : lar ns possible, restored and ossurod peac Ile entertained tho firm hope that tho Euri penn understanding now reached would r< main durable, und that (ho cordial rclatioi established among tho plenipotentiaries won consolidnto good relations between thc governments. Bismnruk incidentally r marked that his health was such that he lu scarcely hoped to preside over tho Congre until its conclusion. The ?tl ti wc lc SIiowls II m pro vernen Tho work of catting a channel through d ledges of rock in thc bed of tho TentiOSSi Uiver between Bainbridge und florence, distance of six miles, ia progressing favori bly. There aro in thc six milos only oig hundred .'cot of rock to be cut through. Tl width of thc cut ia one hundred and fifty fct Tho surveys of thc govornmont enginec have established the fact that tho rock in tl bed of thc river is not of indefinito depth has generally been assumed, but that it vari from two to six feet in thickness, lying < gravel or mud, which will bo removed by t current after tho rock is blasted out. T pinn adopted by tho engineer in charge is drill holes entirely through tho ledge, which to sink cartridges of dynamite, th break tho rook into piceos which can bo lift by tho derricks. It ia estimated that further appropriation by Congress $5?0,O00 will s?dico for tho comploti of tho work within tho next two years, th extending tho Mississippi navigation Knoxville. Aa soon ns thc work at Muscio Shoals finished, tho work of connecting tho Tonne seo and Ooosa Rivers should be begun. T distance is short, and the cost of such a wo hears no proportion to tho benefits that would conloi' upon tho people of Alaban A still less costly canal would then cxto tho Tenncssco Uiver to tho Ockmulgoc a thc coast of Goorgia< This would givo t people of Georgia, South Carolina and Flori cheap transportation, which is nil they nc to insure them prosperity and indopondom It would open ffp (ho iron beds of Not Georgia, and givo South Georgia ( products that she needs at (bo lowest possil cost. Lot no ono imagino that, wo aro diseussi an impossible or au improbable soli?me. 1 surveys of tho govornmont havedomonstral that it is in ovcry respect a feasible solicit and wc may bo auro that tho heavy cxpem turoj at Muscio Shoals will bo made to b< fruit by a linking of thc wotors of tho Tc nosseo with thoso of tho seaboard. Suol waler way is greatly needed, and concert m lion on tho part of tho southoast can n wiil l'eu re it. Its oost would bo but a part offset to (ho immense expenditures of 1 general government in tho Northum Hiatos [Atlanta Constitution HONKA PATH, S. C., July 13-Not sit the meinorablo days of 1870 lias thoro bc suoh a largo meeting hold hero ns that toiduy. Thorp waa a union pic-nic of I Grangers mid tho linnea Path Demoern Club in tho largo grovo just below tho rt road depot, which was nttonded by botw< 2,000 and 3,000 persons. Many eolorod poo could bo seen in tho audience, who tool groat interest in tho speedie/!. Bosi Andorson, Abbovillo, Laurons and Grconv Counties wore well roproscntod. Speeo woro mudo by Prof. Win. Hood, of Duo Wi Col. E. M. Rocker, Hon. James L. ( Hon. lt. Wi Simpson, Hon. B. E. Crayt Col. E. B. Murray and othors, all nf wh ably discussed ibo political situation i pointed out tho duty of the hour. Old And son is determined not to bo outdone in majority for Hu in pion in tho approach election, and will sond her best men to Logislatnro. Even nt this early day public onthusinsm is almost unbounded thu section. No division is thought oi will bo toloratod boro. Lot tho othor ooun of tho Stnto follow Andorson, and all will well. - Columbia Register, . Gov. Hav'. anft, of Ponorylvanln, lins eigi forty-two death warrants during his admin [ration. \ Tr?a TBNNESSI?K ?)?<?T-Gbvornor Potter, of TonnosBoo, btw addressod to a eltilten of tb nt State on open ldttor rovlowing the growth of the publie dobt, and stating that its amount on the 1st of January last had roached the mngnlfloont proportion of $28,? ,212,006. Ile says in conclusion: "I nm olenrin tho bolief that our financial condition is the great barrior to prosperity. It has dostroyed State* and municipal aud Borinusly affected individual credit abroad, and has broken down nil confidence at homo. Tho banks and individuals who hold monoy look their vaults and rofuso all accommoda tions to tho horrovrors, under tho bolief that whoo public obligations aro disregarded, a scheme will bo devised by whtoh individual contracts will bo ignored and avoided with tho samo facility. This want of oonfidonoo hus looked up millions of cu r roney, which, if it could bo placed in circulation would go vory far toward tho relief of tho pooplo of Tonnes? seo. Tho holder of cvon idloand unemployed money Osteoms it now as moro valuable than any spcoios of property, and ho cannot bo expected to chango his opinion so long as tho tenure of property is made doubtful by a disregard of obligations. Public opinion is fixed upon ono point-not to exceed an addi tional lovy of 30 cunts, making the State tax 40 cents. This lins boon thc plcdgo of tho Domocraoy for tho past four yearn. Tho special report of tho Comptroller, mado in Decembor. 1877, shows that according to tho prosont assessment, tho tax on property and tnorolmnts, ot 30 coots, will yield a not rcvo noe of $714.040; add to this tho cash inoomo $70.500 dorived from tho lease of tho peniten tiary, with the revenue from railroad, tele graph and sleeping oar companion, wo have an ampio margin, inside of which a settle" mont can bo mado easily and ncooptably to all concerned. Of course this will ho burden some to tho taxpayer, but wo owo tho debt, nnd debts aro always troublesome and never paid conveniently. It is well enough for tho peoplo to understand that whatever settle ment is made monoy will ho required to moot tho undertaking, nnd this monoy will have to como from the pockets of tho tax pavorsof tho State." RBPODMCAN PARTY FA bbl NC TO PIECKS. The Republican porty had no loadors. Wudo, Chase nnd Giddings, Slovens and Cameron, Seward nnd Greeley, Lincoln, Sumner, Stnn ton. Andrew, Wilson, Halo and Fossondon, Palfrey nnd Adams were equals, no ono claimed Ibo precedence Tho cement of thc party was a principle; not any idolatry, Uko that which made tho Whig cling to nnd echo Webster cod Clay* Thc men who oronlod thc Republican party were mon nf convictions. They sought, moro oe loss directly, but in dea l carnoM, tn limit and kill slavery. Tho men whom tho Ivopuhlicnn party has created uro not mo? of convictions. They seek only to n ie for party or personal ends tho power Coy have inherited. Lacking its bid cement-a groat purpose - thc party is fulling to pieces, like boulders from n wall without mortar. Its mnnngors have boen so dull nnd timid in using their grout victory, they hnvo so wasted their op? nortuhities, that they have Buffered the Southern question-thoir whole capital-1.> fall prematurely into abeyance. On their own theory I hoy stand to-day with no raison d'etre, no oxcuso for thoir existence. Thoir strong h lay in a publie opinion well in furmed n* to Southern pur poso mid the nature ol'Southern civilization, nod watchful of tho possible reaction from its sore defeat. Tho events of tho ton yenrs boforo tho war were what taught nnd trained that opinion. .Rut a generation has come upon tho stage since. Thc active young men, tho van of party movement, were then in their cradles. They knew nothing of thosa CV on ts as they took placo nod tho history of them is ?nt y ot written. We have heard more than ono man twenty-five years old, ask, with natural igno rance, "Was there ftvernmobin Ruston, nnd what was it about?"-Wendell Phillipa* OVPRVS.-Cyprus, tho island-which Turkoy bas just ceded to Great Britain, ir. roturn for n guarantee of protection-of Turkish domin ions in Asia on tho part o? thc latter, ami to which n British (bree has already sailed, is tho most eastern of tho Mediterranean islands, lying midway between Asin Minor and Syria. Its length is ubout 148 miles, nnd width, except in tho northeast extremity, where it narrows to fifteen milos, about forty milos. Its area is about 4,500 squaro milos, and prosont population 110,001), the majority of whom nie Greeks, though lhere is alargo number of Turks, it hus been under tKo rul* of tho Turks for moro than Ih??b hundred yours, having boon taken by them from tho Venetians. Under tho Vendions tho island nt ono had time a population of 1,000,000, and attained great splendor and prosperity, but has greatly declined under tho Turks, though of lalo years ita prosperity has somewhat in creased. lt has groat natural rosourcos, nnd if thoso wore developed by nn enterprising people, it might regain much of its old-Mimo lame. British rulo will undoubtedly huvo a beneficent cftoot, though tho probability that thc British interost in it will bo confined to military occupation and nominal possession will limit thc benefits. Tho island is very advantageously situated for tho pur poso for which it has boon turned over to ibo Rritish -to servo ns u buso of supplies in tho event of Grout Bi itain being called upon to main tain tho defensive treaty formod with Turkey. As such it serves for a prcssont solution of tho problem of what shall bo dono with thc Indian troops which wore brought to Malta, They will bc available for a garrison. GKRMANS IN TKXAS.-Tho Gcrmnns aro settling in such great numbers in Texas that they will ultimately become ono of tho load ing elements nf tho popolniion of that State. Thoy profer to found colonies of thoir own, Mint thoy may keep up tho customs of tho .Fatherland. Industry, good order and nn unwonted degroo of prosperity prevail in tho German districts. Tho vino is extensively cultivated, nnd tho farms aro as notable for thoir prodnctivonoss and thrifty appearance as thoso of Berks and Lancastor. A Gorman colony has recently onolosed 00,000 ooros in Taylor County, Texas, in tho midst of which thoy hnvo laid out a town. Tho residents nf the'latter aro doe tors, merchants, blacksmiths nnd a sprinkling of all trades and professions. In tho vicinity of Charleston nnd some of tho other .Southern cities tho Gormans have since tho war bought up a groat doal of land at cheap ratos, and aro making monoy in tho raising of vegetables and fruits for tho North orn market. A Hartford mun wont homo to dinner, and saw part of tho washing still left in tho tubs? Hurrying to tho yard ho SOW his wife braced against tho fenco holding to tho end of a brokon clothes lino to keep tho newly washod garments from tho ground. "Here, I've been holding this lino for over nn hour, sir," sho snapped. "But why didn't you call somo oner" ho inquired, "there's that now family noxt door-tho woman would havo come over in ono minute." But tho wife snid, "Woman noxt door, yon big idiot, youl Hasn't sho boon pcoking around for two weeks to soo my wash, and d ye think I'd give her a chanco to find outwhotnor tho sleeves of my nightgown woro picood down with unbleached cotton? You don't know anything, sir, and you make trnoks for a pioco of ropo, sir." Although 'Fronoh is tho language of diplo macy ,*thoro was moro English than Fronoh spoken at tho Berlin Congress, Prince Bis? marok, Herr von Bulow, Count Andraesy, Count Sohouvaloff and M. Waddington speak' Kngish fluently. Of tho sovontcon plooipo-' tontinrioe, only soven speak French well, ITnrvoy Torry,, a member of tho Columbia . bar, who waa ruled for contempt, iu pub Hahiog io tho Daily Aduertiser, (N. 0.,) a libolous cuti?lo, reflecting upon tho ohar ootor of Judge Shaw, waa ordered by Judgo Aldrich, who doliverod his opioiod io the on so last Saturday at Columbia, td pay a fino of $500 in thirty days or be iui prisoned in the oouoty jail ais months. Mr. Pockins was a Boston widower, having lost two wives. Miss Carlton was a spitltualv istio medium% She wont into a tranco, and tho spirits of tho two dead wives, speaking through her, ?aid that ?ho and Perkins ought to marry, Of oourso Mies Carlton was as tounded, after coming to horself. on bein* told of tho oommunientiou sho had dolivorod. but sho was willing to oboy. The ccromony was performed tho uoxt day. ST LOUIS, July 15.-No abatement id the intensity of tho heat. The mercury is nt 08 end in sonic instances 102 dogroes ia tho business streets. Every person not compelled to bo out keens in deere. Thirty sunstrokes or prostration from heat, reported to-day, and niuo deaths from those causes. NEW YORK. July 13.-Dr. Carver, to-day,, accomplished tho, feat of ' breaking with* the rifle 5.500 glass balls thrown from tho hand at distances ranging from ton to twenty foot,' in oight hours nine and a half minutes. WASHINGTON, July 13.-Oollootor Clarke,' of tho third Georgia district, reports seised during tho past lineal year 1G0 distilleries, over 1,000 ga'lous illioit spirits, 100,000 " ' gallons mash, and 1,500 gallons, wine: AUOUSTA, July 12.-Tho People's Savings Institution of Charleston has taken out an it; lach me nt against the property of tho South Carolina Railroad in Augusta, based on a ?ndgmont obtained against tho company for $7,000. Tho mail ond etogo lino from Fort Worth, Texas, to Yoma, Arizona, was oponod Saturday, lt is 1,500 miles in length, tho longest stn go. line tn tho world. j A horse owned hy a Nushvillo man awol-' lowed a spider tho other day, nod diod' instantly. Tho only medical college for negroes is in Nashville, lt hus an ampio endowtnont. Concert by thc Dixie Cornel Hand at tho1 Brewery P^irk on Friday night at 8? P". Mv v Bo just, but trust not every one. Tho Spartnuburg Daily says that R. P. Scruggs, ono of tho revenuo officers accused of the murder of Amos I,add, lina been released on bend. QuiXOY, II.?., July 1?-There woro scvon I sunstrokes hero yesterday. Fivo of thom were j fatal. For School Commissioner, xar Tin?: FRIENDS OF ISAAC WICKLIFFE respectfully oonoonoo bimi a candidate for Sohoot Commissioner of i Oeouce County, eubjcot to the action of tho i-pcoplo in-the primary olectio>. j For tlie Legislature. ?Cir TUB MANY FRIENDS OF JOHN 8. YKItNKtt, Esq, respectfully nominate him us n oandidnfo for re olootion to tho Legislature, nt tho ensuing cleotionj sublet, however, to the notion of the peo ple in the p-.mnavy election. FOR CONGRESS. Thc friends of Coi.. D'. WYATT A?KI?N re?, spcclfully announce him a cnndidnto for re?? election le Congress from tho Third SoiiUk Cnrolinn - Distvict, nt-Ibo ensuing eleotion, SUD" jeet, howovcr, to tho docision of tho Congres sional Cou vont ion. , SENECA MALE AND FEMALE MUK SCHOOL. 'PUR Fall Term will bo resumed Joly 20tli> I Personal attention to ouch pupil in regard te Instruction nud bohnvior; discipline compulsory, but rational; music on piano by a ooinpetont in* slruotrcss; thorough instruction and (minina; in iv word, ono of tho bost preparatory schools in tho up country. , Charges moderate; board $8 per* month; and a reasonable satisfaction will be plcdgod in every particular. J. II. CARLISLE, Prlnolpaf. Seneca City, S. C., July 18th, JS78. 86-1 '{MIK heirs nt law of John Dalton, deceased/ 1 ofter nt private sajo tho TRACT OP LAND whereon said John Dallon diod, situate two' miles South of Air Lino Railroad and four miles south-West from Scnoca City, on Connerosef Creek, containing two hundred and oighty-flvo' uer cs, moro or less. For further information!1 nddrcss tho undersigned at Soncca City, 8. G. ROBERT II. DALTON. July 18, 1878 85 3t* STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, , Ooon.ee County. IN- THE COURT OV COMMON PLEAS. Melissa Lay, Plaintiff, *| against I Complaint' Oottlob Wanner and for Q. W. Fihingcr, Defendants, J Belief. TO thc Dofcndanls herein YOU nnd oaoh of you aro hcroby summoned' and required to answer tho complaint in this' notion, whioh is ftlod In tho offico of the Clerk' of tho Court of Common Pions for said County,, and te Borve a copy of your nnswer tho Bald . complaint on the subscribers at tho uffloe of Norton & Slribllng, on tho publio sqnnro, in Walhallai S. C., within twenty days after tbjr sorvico hereof, oxoluslvo of tho day of service If yon fail to answor tho complaint, within the limo oforiBttld, tho plaintiff will apply to tho"' court for tho relief demanded in t lie complaint. NORTON & 8TRI?L1N0, AND KEITH & VURNER, Plaintiff's Attorneys. WnlhalTa, July 13, 1878. J. W. STRIBLING, C. C. 1*. Bl TO the absent dofendnnt, 0. W. Flhingor You will take notloo that the complaint and also tho summons in this action, of whioh tho above ls a copy, was filed in tho ofHoo of tho Clork of tho Court of Common Pleas for Ooonco County, in tho State Of South Carolina, ott tho' 18th day of July, 1878. NORTON & 8TRIBLIN0, AND " . . .?vy y;? KEITH' & VERNER, ' Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1878 f 86-0t \.