Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, January 30, 1879, Image 2

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TUU??DAY, JANUARY 30, 1879. THUM? : 03* For subscription, $1.50 por annum, strictly in advance; lor six months, 75 cents. jj^3? Advertisements inserted at Ono dollar per square of ono inch or less.for the first insertion, and ;fljfty cents for ouch subsequent in sertion. (Q2* Obituary Notices exceed ingfive linos, Tributes of Respect, Communications of a personal ?character, when admissablo, and announcements of Candidates will be charged for as advertise ments. 03" Job Printing noatly and cheaply executed. <Kr Necessity compols us to adhere strictly to the require monts of cash payments. Public Meeting. ? public mooting of citizens of tho County of Oooiieo will bo hold in tho Court House, at Walhalla, on Monday next, saloday, to tako into consideration tho action of the guano manu facturera in raising prices, &o. A general al tend au ec is requested. State Laws. An uofc to provont uojtf$ discrimination by common O0*r-t?flj8. n t* r,Wu enacted by tho Scnato and House of Representatives of tho Stato of South Garoliua, now met and silting iu Qonoral Assembly, and by tho authority of thc samo; SECTION 1. That railroad corporators, nud all Othor chartered companies acting ns com?, mon candors within tho limits of this Sttito, shall charge for tho handling and etorago of gobds, wares and othor property, and for the oarriago of 'freight and passongors, such rates only as aro reasonable. SEO. 2. That no ohargo for tho carriego of goods, merchandise or proporty, to or from any placo or station, shall bo doomed reason^ nblo within tho monning of this act which is In oxcess of tho usual and established charge made by tho samo corporation or combina tion of corporations for tho carriego of tho liko kind, class and quantity ot freight for any groator distance over their linc or lines in tho samo direction: Provided, That if such corporation or combination of corporations can show a greater nccossary expense to ittolf, or to themselves, for tho carriage of good?, merchandise or proporty ovor tho shorter dis tanootbnn that which is incurred for liko car.-, ringo over tho longer distuneo, a proper pro? portion o? such oxcoas of necessary expenso shall bo doomed n reasonable, additional charge. In tho construction of this section tho sum charged or received for tho trans portation of froights shall include all terminal charges, and tho road of a corporation shall include nil tho road in uso by such corpora tion, whothor owned or oporntcd undor a cono tract or lease. "But nothing in this section shall bo construed so ns to roqairo any corpo ration or combination of corporations to reg ulate thoir charges for shorter distances by tboir proportion of through freight boyond thoir lino or lines." SEC. 3. K railroad corporation or other chartered company doing business us com - mon carriers within tho limits of this State shall ohargo, demand or rocoivo from any person, company or corporation for thc haul ing, storage, loading or unloading or trans portation of freights, or for any othor service, a greater sum than it shall nt tho samo timo charge, demand or rcceivo from any othor person, company or corporation for a liko sorvioo, upon liko conditions, and undor tho samo circumstances; and all concessions of ratos, r?bales, drawbacks and contract for spooinl rates shall bo opon to and allowed nil por son B, companies and corporations nliko, at tho samo rato per ton per milo and by tho car load, upon like conditions and undor sim" ilar circumstances; and any discrimination which violates thc spirit and meaning of this scotion shall bo deemed unjust and unreas? onablo. SEC. 4. That any railroad corporation or Othor chartered company neting as common carriers within tho limits of this State, which shall for itsolf, or for itsolf and other oharr torod companies noting in combination with it, ohargo or rccoivo any sum which is unrea sonable within tho moaning of this act, shall forfeit and pay to tho person, company or corporation paying such overcharge twice tho amount BO charged in excess of ronsonnblo rates, to bo rooovorod by action in tho propor oourts of this State; Provided, That tho notion bo commenced within ono year from .tho accrual of tho right of notion. Approved D?ccmbor 24, 1878. An aot to require all dorks of Courts, Sher iffs and Trial Justices to make monthly re ports of nil license!!, lines and ponnltios -collooted by thom to tho Auditor and Treas, uror of their sovornl counties. De it enacted by tho Scnato and Houao of Itoprosontativcs of tho Stato of South (Jnrolina now mot nud sitting in General Assembly and by tho authority of tho same: SECTION 1. That all clerks of courts, sheriffs -and trial justioos bo, and they aro horcby, ro quircd, on tho first Wodnosday in o very month Or within ten days thereafter, to make, <in writing, to tho respectivo auditors and ?treasurers of their several counties, a full and accurate statement of nil moneys collected by thom on account or liconsos, finos, ponai-, t?os or forfeitures during tho past month, and in dofnult tboroof, upon conviction thereof, shall ho liable to fino not exceeding ono hun dred dollars or imprisonment in tho common jail not oxceoding two months,.or both at tho discretion of Ibo court. SEO, 2, That all not? and parts of nota inoonsietont with this act bo und tho t.amo arc hcroby, repealed. Approvod Uoocmbor "?3, 1878, h?u ( i' ?Vi a i ViiiiVii iiii-I?I Ii ni iti ii Nows Items. Tho bliudstaggors aro fatal atuoug tho horsos of Anderson county. Thore is not a lawyor iu oithor houso of tho Dolnwaro Logisiaturo. VYours squooziogly," is a now woy thoy havo of signing love lottere. Gov. llaiunton will shortly tnako a visit to Florida, whoro bo will sook ploasuro. Tho anti-polygamy law will unmarry 50, 000 women. Eightysono oolorod und six whito prisouors aro con li ned in tho O luirlos ton jail. Weok boforo last noarly 25,000 rabbit skins wore sold in Greensboro, N. O. Thoso who raised thoir own mont and broad last your uro UOW independent of tho price of cotton and turpontino. Ki ch gold discoveries havo recently been made in Newport, Tonnoseoo. Tho quartz is said to bo equal to any foo nd in California for richness in tho precious motal. At Tallahassee, last Tuosday, tho Florida Legislature elootod Wilkinson Call, Domocrat, 09 Senator to suceood Conovor, Republican. An oxohango says South Carolina will havo moro brains than logs in tho Sonnto. In writing fo?- tho press, or even n sim plo lotter, do not put on rhotorioal airs; bo natu ral. Col. J. B. Pock takos chorgo ns Gonoral Superintendent nf tho South Carolina Rail road and its branches. , ?."*'. Tho House of RcprebO^jrQ^vogof South Car olino is oomprJ?U of 3.t iawyer8> 71 farmers, aniMo'b? other occupations. Tho following ordor was rccontly loft on tho slato of a Now Hompshiro doctor; "Doo, cum up to thc houso, tho old man has got snoix in his butos again, aud raisin' kain." Nothing, perhaps, strikes tho oar moro pleasantly thou n pretty woman's charming voico, OXCCpt, perhaps, ber charming hand. Tho bronzo bust of Wm. Gilmoro Simms, tho historical novelist and historian of South Carolina, is tobo orectcd at Whito Point Gar don, Charleston. Tho rccont decidion of Chiof Justico Waite gives tho power to Attornoy Gonoral You mans to moko a motion nt once which will bring Small's easo boforo thc Coult on its morita. Four colored students havo ontcrod tho Protestant Episcopal Divinity School at West Philadelphia, who expect to ongngo in mis* sionury work in Africa. It is stated that tho French export annually 1,000,000 of oggs, valuod at ?12,500,000, besides supplying thoir homo market. Dr. Linderman, Diroctor of tho Mint, puts tho gold product of Georgia in I878,at $100, ooo. Tho report of tho Howard Association of Now Orleans shows $380,000 cxpondod, moro than 30,000 casos of fovor carod for and and 00,000 destitute persons veliovcd. Most ol'this ?inmenso labor was performed without pay. Tho oleotion of Vcot from Missouri and Vaneo from North Carolina, to tho Senate of tho United Slates is a notable addition tu thc intellectual strength of that body. Hov. Mr. Spurgeon will not murry a porson sf his congregation to ouo who is not apro-i lessor of religion. Bishop Knvanangh, of tho Mothodist Epis copal Church, South, celebrated his 77th t)irth?day last Tuceday. Thc Oharlottcsvill (Va.) woollen mills mows net earnings for thc past olovon months )f $5,134, upon n capital stock of $00,000. Thomas Jefferson's gravo will not lunch longer bc left in its present uncared for con dition. Tho construction of tho monument provided by Congress will bo begun iu early spring. According to iiio last consus, Now Jersey lias less malarial disoasos than any other State in tho Union, averaging under 100 in 10,000 deaths, while some other States nvor ?go 09 high ns 1,400. Tho Abbovillo papora aro discussing tho feasibility of building an Assooiato Reformed (Jliarch in their town. Tho "dry ticket" won in tho rccont muni cipal election in tho town of Grconwood. Ab bovillo County, Tho Supremo Court of Pennsylvania bas sustained tho decision of tho lowor Court of Allcghony County, that tho omploymont of "waiter girls" in liquor saloons is unlawful. Colby University, nt Watcrvillo, Mo., has 155 students, 22 seniors, 26 junior, 45 sopho mores and 02 froshmon. An offort is hoing mado to incroa*o tho ondowmcnt from $200,? 000 to $300,000. Bishop Simpson's lectures boforo tho Yalo theological students aro considered among tho ablest that have boon dolivercd in tho Lyman Beecher courso. Tho Mothodist press aro reprinting them extensively. A now Cunardor, tho G Mia, was launchod from tho yard of Messrs. Thompson, at Duh muir, Scotland, on tho 12th ult. Sho is tho forty? first sicamor built by this firm for tho Cunard lino. A boy with a patoli on his knee can not bo hired to go on un errand to tho noxt houso, but ho will follow a band all ovor town and novor real i zo that ho is not dressed in broad' doth. After a clergyman had united n happy pair, not long ago, an nwlul silence ensued, which was broken by an impatient youth, who oxolaimod: "Don't be so unspoakably happy." Govornor Colquitt, of Georgia, luis ordorcd an oleotion to fill tho vacancy occasioned by tho death of Hon. Julian Hnrtridgo to bo hold on tho 10th of Fobrunry noxt. Tho largost Sunday School in tho world is probably at Stookport, Chcstor County, Em gland, with a population of only 53,014. Tho school building cost ?100,000, and has hotwoon eighty and ninety teaching rooms. Sinoo tho institution was oponed $,085 teaoln Q|S havo been employed a??d 00,704 scholars rogletorod. t UH m)* jil JLL'.'"l? *S??"1 l'<l!lL1'lltJ/Ji!^a??'JLUXJi j|^?ll ? Tho Hov. Mr. Spurgeon oolobrates tho 25th anniversary of his murringo. His frionds wished to proscrit bim w'qh a purso of $25,> OOO, but ho doolinos it und it will bo givon to oharitios. His health is rory poor. Tho memhors of his ohuroh aro moro than 5,000 in number. A notod sharper, wishing to ingratiate himself with a clergyman, said: "Parson, I should iiko to hoar you preach moro than I can tell you." "Well," rospondod tho cler gyman, "if you had boon whoro you ought to havo boon last Sunday, you would havo hoard mo." "Whoro was thatT" asked tho sharpor. "In tho county jail," was tho roply. In viow of tho intorforonoo of Fcdornl officers with State elections, tho Legislature of Alabama now in session proposes to rot urn to tito plan of choosing Presidential Electors by tho Legislature If this can bo effected in overy Southern Stnto tho Radicals will bo Hanked and tho country saved. Judgo Hudson dcoidod nt tho Ornngoburg Court last wook that defondants in misde meanors ns well as in folonios aro entitled to havo a jury impannelod from tho entiro array, as in tho practice in capital cases, except, of ocurso, that in misdemeanors defondants havo only Gvo peremptory challenges. Three yours ago, with nn endowment in bonds of $200,000, Furman University, r>t Orconvillo, S.C., was opened witlufptjjj tuition to all who might sook admittance. But tho bondholders.bnvo nyt paid up woU, ftnd tho ^t?sicos arc in debt to tho faculty $12,000. Hard times. Tho Secretary of Stato has throe ngonto traveling over tho Stato constantly making collections from tho settlors on tho lands pur chased by tho famous Land Commission. Thoy aro paying up with moderate prompt ness. A baptist preacher in North Carolina has road tho last fifteen yoars by torch lights. Last year besidos raitdng with his own hands two bales of cotton, fifty bushels of corn and 200 bushols of potatoes, ho travolcd 2,000 milos, preached 120 sermons and received for his ministerial services $120. Tho planters of Mississippi aro taking advontngo of thc cold snap for slaughtering hogs and curing meat, and to their credit it is said most of them hnvo now on hand n sufficient quantity to supply them dering thc curront year. For tho Southern plantors this is tho truo road to independence. A petition for tho pardon of tho corrupt Carduzo, Treasurer of South Carolina, undoi Chamberlain, is to bo presented to Acting Govornor Simpson. Governor Simpson will not both wrongly and unwisely if ho show? any clo oe en cy to such a criminal. A cano brake in Union County bas beor appropriated as a roosting place by thc robins and ns many as 3,000 havo boen killed in ont night, torches and long polos being thc outli of tho sportsmon. 185 is reported ns tht highest number taken by ono man. All account* from Washington ropreson that Hon. A. II. Stephens has nearly if no wholly recoverod fron? tho effects of his rccon painful accidont. Ho is regularly in his sea and paya closo/ attention to his dutios a chairman of tho Committoo on Goinago. Tho King of Siam has a body-guard o femalo warriors. It is com posed of '100 girls ohoscn from amongst tho strongest and mos handsome of all tho ladies of tho land. A tho ugo of thirteen they enter tho service, ant remain in it until they uro twenty-fivr, whet tho puss into tho reserve Their weapon i the lance* Governor Robinson, of Now York, said ii his message; "The laws which wo enact di not oxprcsn our will; they ara the voice o tho people. Tho monoy which wo hamil bolong to thom, not to us. Wo can only tak it from them for tho legitimate purposo o government. More than this is robbery Official generosity is uliicial crime" A preacher in Kontucky tho other Sunda becoming exasperated paused in his discours to say? "Ladies, if you will givo mo you CIOBC attention I will koop n lookout on tim door, and if anything WOrsO that a ma enters I will warn you in tiino to moko you escape" Tho salary of General Bonham, tho Rail road Commissioner of South Carolina, twenty-ono hundred dollars a yoar, wit twelvo hundred for tho biro of a clerk. Tl ttot also gives him nu office at tho capital i tho Stato. Tho Bolary is raised by an asses! ment on the gross earnings of tho railroads tho Stato. Abbovillo ?VtfM and Banner: Tho conn fences havo boon lot out by townships prices ranging from $105 to $1G0 per mil Total length of fonco 34| milos; total co $4,431, to pay which a tax of three fourths ono mill is lovicd on all tho proporty in t county, which will raiso about $3,000, leavii abalance tobo provided for by futuro logis tion. Sinoo tho announcement of tho dooision Supremo Court in tho Roynolds caso thoro i no signs in Utah of n chango of scntimont regard to polygamy. Tho Congross tl passed and tho court that unstained tho lt aro denounced by all Mormon editors a pronohoro, and thoro is n determination adhere to polygamy almost universally < prcssod. Thoro it no monoy in tho Stato Troasu at Columbia, S. C., oxcopt what has boon j thoro to bo paid as interest on tho public dc All tho appropriations Diado by tho last L islaturo nra exhausted, and tho various sa ried oflicoi , of tho Stato will havo to wait their next months' salaries till tho taxosoo in in April or May, or borrow monoy at i or ono and a quarter por cont, a month nt banks. Hon. Goorgo Gi Vost, of Missouri, drossod tho Legislature of that Stato n hoing elected United Statos Senator, assailed tho Republican party as a party centralization und force, and pledged binn nu a Southern Domourat, to tho ciipportol constitutional amendments, and espcoiall; tho protection of tho colored pooplo. declared h i m sel t' against granting any pons bounty or pay to ojc-Oonfcdoratos, or recognition of Confederate debts, and in fr of tho horiost payment of tho untionul dcb : ?,, ...j,,*,.. '.? .KU Tho farmers ?11 ovor thc State ore enlisting in tho guano war. The phosphate companies will ovidontly havo to yield ia roduoing the prioe of fertilizers or koop thom in thoir waro* housoa. . Tho Washington correspondent of tho Baltimoro ?Sun says that Jouopb H. Sloss, nominated for United States Marshal for tho Northolm District of Alabama, was a former Democratic mombor of Congress from that Stato. Tho proaon t marshal ia, of ooureo, a Republican, and his proposed displacement by H Democrat would seem tobo proof that tho Administration has not doterminod, ns has lately boon assorted, to hereafter appoint Republicans only to ofQco iu tho South* The report of P. E. QrifJin, Suporintondout of tho State Lunatic Asylum, shows that at tho beginning of tho past year there woro iu thc institution 306 pationts, of whom 103 woro malos) und 143 fornidos. Of these 40 havo recovered ond 52 havo died. There uro now in thc institution 331 pationts, 251 now patients having been admitted during tho year. Of thoso uow in tho institution 124 aro whito males, 106 whito fornidos, 51 co lored males and 5U colored females. At tho sixty-second anniversary mooting of tho American Colonization Sociaty, hold in Washington cn Tuesday night, tho Secretary .'W??i'hia annual roport, showing that 15,000 negroes woro sent to Liboria in 1878. There was $16,000 in tho treasury on January 1 last year, nil of which was expended exoopt $300. At this rato it will not take long to accomplish tho completo exodus of thc negroes from American soil, Mrs. Woll.< and Mrs. William?, of Utah, woro tho other day beforo tho Judicial Com mittee of Congi ess praying that tho rocont decision of tho Supremo Court shall not kc enforced upon thoso now living in bigamy, as tho surrender of all but ono wife would drivo tho others with their children into ti stato of destitution. Lot tho law bo enforcod, and this blot upon civilization bo removed ni once Tho bigamists havo all tho while known their lives wera illegal and scandalous Mrs Mary J. Jacobs, wifo of Rev. W. P Jacobs, und Matron of Thornwcll Orphanage died at tho Orphanage, Clinton, S. C., on tin loth inst. Ry this sad event tho Orphanngi has met with what ycems to bo ni) irroparabh lops. Mrs. Jacobs was eminently fitted fo: tho position hbo occupied. She c?-opcrntci fully with her husband in his work of ber,iii cence, identifying herself with all tho inter ests of the institution, and as far ns it ia possiblo for any ono to bo, was a mother t tho orphan. She died in the midst of he usefulness, in thc 35th year of lier age. "Ho sun has gino down while it was yet day;' but whilo "hbo rests from her labors, ho works do follow her."-La wellsville Herald Our1 Son a tor Ratler has propnrod n pctitioi of the Washington Street Methodist Chu roll o Columbia, asking compensation for proport; destroyed by U. S. soldiers during the war He has also introduced a bill nppropriatin $500,000 for tho continuation of tho improvo ment of Charleston Harbor. Thc News awl Courier announces that th commissions of tho aidcsxdo^canip of tho Oo vernor expire upon tho resignation of th Governor. What effcot tho disbanding of s largo an army of military men during a porio of profound pcaco will havo, wo omi onl surmise by tho experience of history. It hu usually been an exigency resorted to with th most cautious regard for tho publia sufotj regardless of thc individual preservation ( tho ouf/joing veterans. Darwin's theory < tho 8uTV?vai of tho fittest generally r?senos few from oblivion. Now that resumption has thrown gold or of the list of spocnlativo commodities, th Now York brokors scorn tolitf-vo pitched upo mining stocks as a substitute. A reguln Mining Exchange has grown into iJourishin existence within a year or PO, and tho c'.'tizer of New York and Roston havo largely shar " with tho San Franciscana in tho ups an dov.-ns of fortuno occasioned by thc fluctua tiona of Nevada shares. That mining spocu lotion at New York is to bo nursed into por manonoy is indicated by tho launching of "Bullion Club," which had its first publi dinnor last week, ovor which prosidod Bray ton Ivos, tho President of tho regular Stoc Board. Tho dub proposes to fit up attractiv quartern, in which shall bo gathered tho moi completo statistics and information rcgnrdin ovory prominent mino and mining camp i tho country, thorcby establishing confident in mining industry, and protection to inves ors. Among tho many pooplo on whom tl Khedive's bankruptcy has borno moro hard than upon that magnificent personage bimst aro tho American officors who wont out Egypt at thc closo of tho civil war to tal commissions in his sorvico. Thcro woro for or fifty of them, at ono timo, all on tho gen ral staff, and a gorgeous general staff tin mado. Usually they had not much to < except to go on exploring expeditions up tl Nile, though whon thoir sorvicos hororoquir in action they showed thomsolvos good sc diors and not a fow of thora lost thoir li vt Altogothor ten of tho nuinbor havo died frc various oausos, and tho..rost havo all cot homo except Gon. Stono, who still romains chief of tho general staff, although, ns thc no longor is auy gonoral staff, his comma is not an imposing ono. Scuno of thoso m havo had a very curious experionoo, and t wdiolo story of Ismail Pasha's promising I unsuccessful attempt to create a Paris on t Nilo is ono of tho most entertaining outsi of tho Arabian Nights. Facts Worth Remembering. Whon it is 12 M. at Washington, D. it is 11.48 A. M. at Chnrloston, S. C., n 5.08 P. M., at London, England. Tho longest river in tho world is tho M souri, which is 4,100 milos. Tho widest its mouth is tho Amazon, in South Amuri 150 milos. The distance by water from Charleston, C., to Now York City is 750 milos; by ri road 874 milos. Tho longoet bridgo in tho world spans River Tay, on tho lino of tho North Bril Railway. It is 10,142 foetid length and < $2,250,000. Tho largest cotton mills in tho world at Narva, Russia, on tho Gulf of Einlu olghty-ono milos from St. Petersburg-ooo company thoro owniug 400,000 spindles. Tho Iargost In tho United States aro tho Harmony, of Oahoos, N. T. which bare 275, 000 spindles. 1 Tho population of tho United States in 1870 was 38,500,000 -being an inereaso in seventy y oars of 33,500,000, and in ten years of 7,100, 000. Thero aro 38 States in tho Amoriooa Union, and oight Territories, besides Alaska and the Indian Torritory, whioh bas not yot boon or ganised. Pennsylvania has tho largest number of Sunday Sohools of any Stato in tho Union 7,000. Paris has tho lorgost library in tho world 3,000,000 volumos, 150,000 manuscripts, 300, 000 atlases aud maps, and 1,300,000 engrav ings. Kansas is about in tho centro of tho United States. Tho English languago is eomputod to bo spoken by over oighty millions of people Tho Boston Record was tho titlo of tho first roligious nowspapor in tho Unitod States and was established in 1815. Now York is tho most donsoly populated city in tho world, having a population of 42,830 to tho squaro milo. Noxt follows Paris, thon Pokin, London, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago. Charleston, S. C., hus nbout one-twontioth tho population of Now York city. Tho population of the world, according to tho latest accounts, is 2,350,000,000, of which tho United States has nearly 30,000,000, made up of nil nationalities and shades of complex ion. During tho lifo of tho American Republic thoro have boon 19 difforcnt Proeidonts, 7 of which sor v cd a second tor m. I Fron tut Newborry Herald.] Hov- John G. Law. And must tho farewell bo spoken? Parting always givos such pain, Yot take from mo this parting tokon Bear it with theo o'er the main. 'Tis thus wo fool as with sad heart and tear dimmed eyes wo say good-byo to our beloved evangelist, Hov. John G. Law, and homownrd turn with bis tender benediction lingering in our car. For ono happy loDg to bo romom borod wook it has beon our high privilogo to sit under tho ministration of this gifted man, and listen ns he told in his own immaculate style the oldon story, uvoi new, of des us nnd his cross. Tho deep solemnity and unwaver ing attention of his congregation boro unmis? tnkublo evidenco of tho nigh appreciation which his profound scholorship, high-toned Christian bearing and dovotod piety merited and received, Novor hnvo wo soon moro entire consecration to tho work; ceaseless and untiring aro his labors in tho Master's sor vico. Uay after day, night after night, ho stands pleading with tho wandoring sheep of "Isreal" to como baok into tho fold; pleading with nil the boldness of a Potor, tho acnl of a Paul and tho rapture of a John. Gilding all ho touches with thc magic wan 1 of genius, liko unto a golden burp swept by skillful hands, making sweet music in tho Christian's soul which time nor tide cannot efface. Truly ho is a man who has few equals and no supe riors, a crown jowol in tho South Carolina Prospytcry, and wo trust tho day is not far distant when wc shall have tho unqualified pleasure of welcoming him again to our vil lage, once moro to sit nt Gamaliel's loot and learn of him tho "law and tho prophets." Till that auspicious day tho prayor which rises in our hearts nnd to our lips is that his lifo may bo long, useful aud happy, that tho beloved Master whoso he ia and whom bo serves may crown bis every effort with perfect success and his h?rtest of souls bo abundant. Then when looped from the mooringa and laying down tho chart and compass of life ho drifts out with tho tido, may ho near tho star gemmcd diadem of eternity and have a glori ous anchorage Just beyond, whore tho stroots all goldon, Await tho weary feet, Whero tho angols' glad hallelujahs Wayworn pilgrims groot. Williamston, S. C. MAGGIE Colored M, E. Church, South. Tho following aro tho appointments for Grocn 1 pille District nt thc recent session of the South I Carolina Conference, held in Greenville, Bishop Jesse T. Peck, of New York, presiding: A C Dutton, P B, post offioo Greenville, South Carolina. Greenville-I E Lowery. Greonvillo Cirouii-S A King', St. Marks-Qcorgo Gray. Goldun Grove-C T Hopkins. Welford-N Scott, Cherokee-G W Beckham. Spartanburg-F E McDonald. Spartanburg Circuit-W F Parker; ono to bo supplied. Gaffney-A G Towusoml. Yorkvillc-Supplied by York Circuit-J R Rosomond aud A MoLcoa. (.'hester Circuit-G F MoElwco. Saluda-S B Dorrough. Macedonia-J W Jonkins. WalhaUa-^York Goodlet. Seneca-B Roborlson. Tugaloo-Supplied by-r. Anderson-J R Bookham. Mount Sinai-lt A fletcher. Williams ton-Supplied by Perry Thompson. Ninoty-Six, Edgofiold and Grconwood-^S Green and S Fair. Abbovillc-Supplied by E Carlile WASHINGTON, January 25.-Tho Prosidont has signed tho arrears of pension bill. Commissioner Kaum received a dispatoh from Collcotor Young, at Haloigh, N. C., that tho revenue officers relumed irom Chatham captured Shaffnor's illicit distillery. Thir teen boor stands, a thousand gallons of boor, twenty gallons of singlings, &o., woro des-, troyed. Tho still was saved. A dispatch from Agent Atkinson, at Lynch, burg. Va., says that deputy Collootor Austin, ina raid along tho Virginia and Wost Vir ginia linc, captured Avo distilleries and mado several arresta. Tho Wost Virginia party oapturod two distilleries. In McDowell County, tho party was fired on and two nar? nowly escaped. BALTIMORE, January 27.-Io tho United States Circuit Court, tho jury rendered a verdict of guilty against Justice J. Gudo and Walter Tuokor, judges of olootion at tho lato Congressional olootion in the 14th ward. They wero found guilty of hindering tho Unitod States supervisor in tho disohnrgo of his dutios by refusing to admit a ppooial dep uty United States marshal to tho polling room, and with studing tho ballot box. Ito-, mantled for sentence. Tho trndo of Anderson is holding up finely. Much moro cotton is hoing received now than for tho samo poriod of last y oar, nnd a groator area of conntry is buying and soiling at this market. On Tuesday of this wook six wag? ons woro noticed from Uart County, Ga>, and sovoral (rom Abbovillo County, on tho square with cotton far sale. MERIDIAN, MISS., January 25.-Thar? WM a fatal shooting y os to relay In Way no County, Mississippi, growing out of a misunderstand ing between throe negroes-Riley, Thomas ana Dennis Alozandor, and tbroo white mon, Prossloy, Thomas and Waltor Onmbliu-alt brothers-about tho possession of some land. Both partios wero armed. Yostorday, near Red Bluff, the Oamblin brothors wore ambus caded by tho nogroos, who flrod upon thom, wounding Pros. Oamblin and fatally injuring Thomas Oamblin, who has slnoo died. The Garahlins returned tito tiro, killing Riloy and Tom Aloxandor on tho spot; Donnie cscapod. WASHINGTON, January 27.-Tho Democrats aro holding n oauous to-night. Tho Pottor Committoo to-day oommenood tho investigation of oipber telegrams. Among tho witnossos wore Olaronoo Olary, attornoy for tho Western Union Telegraph Company; Captain Whitney, the manager of tho Washn ington omeo, and Jnmes O. Groone, eon of President Greene, of tho Telegraph Company. Tho Inttor testified to destroying a trunk full of tolograms whioh wore sent from Washing ton to Now York. Witness' impression was that tlioy referral to tho Balo of political offi cer. Ho undorstood that it was in connection, with tho election. RICHMOND, VA., January 24.-East Hano ver Presbytery, to day, by a vote of fifteen to six, removed tho scntonco of suspension from tho Rov. Dr. E. T. Baird, lato soorotary of tho - Presbyterian Board of Publication, who was 8uspondod last yonr for allogod irregularities, in conncctio.i with tho funds of tho concern, and rostered bim to tho omeo of tho Oospol ministry. WASHINGTON, January 27.-Tho Sonato Judioiary Committoo authorized Edmonds to roport for passage, with somo suggostod chati-? gos, (whioh will not change tho gonoral purr* port,) tho House joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit tho pay mont of claims of disloyal persons for prop? - orty injured or dostroyod in tho lato war. NEW YORK, January 24.-Tho jury in thoe suit of Ellison S. Keitt. of Nowborry 0. EL,, S. C.. against tho Now York 2 'ivies for $50,? OOO dam ages for au alleged libel, this even?., ing rondered a vordiot for tho plaintiff for six : cents. Thora aro 512 postoffices in South Carolina,. Married, on Thursday ovoning, tho 23d inst., , nt tho rcsideuoo of tho brido's father, J. W. Hollcuian, Esq., by Rev. J. lt. Riley, Mu. JOHN C. C. Roaos, of Piokcns County, and Miss JULIA D. HOLLEMAN, of Oconeo County. ***Tho happy oouplo will acoept our thanks for thc nice cako sent us. Wo wish them many long years of happiness and prosperity togolhor. 003VTM13R.OIA.IJ. WALHALLA, January 29.-Cotton firm good middling 8?}; middling 8}; strict low . middling 8; low middling 7 J. LIVERPOOL, January 27.-Cotton in mod erato inquiry but freely supplied-middling uplands 5 5-lG; middling Orleans 5 9-16; sales 8.000. NEW York, January 27.-Cotton stoady; sales GG3; middling uplands 9 7? 10; middling Orleans 9 9-10; not reooipts 3.153. CHARLESTON, January 27.-Cotton steady; -middling 9$; low middling 9J, good ordi-* nary 8J, not rccoipts 4,504. jTcT MICKLER, WEST UNION, THE LEADER IN LOW PRICES.] STARTLING But nevertheless true, that tho Subscriber is now selling to his customers his Stock of Goods, Bought since tho Fall Trade opened. It is useless to talk about othors soiling at lower prices and choapor goods. Facts aro stubborn things, and any person visiting WEST UNION Can soon find out by watching tho crowdj where to go for the " Best Bargains In every class of DRY GOODS, NOTION'S, CLOT JUNO, SHOES, HARDWARES HATS, GROCERIES, &c. K Any argument to tho contrary, is easily answered, in fact totally DESTROYED, By looking into tho facts. A tre mendous assortment of WASH POPLINS, ALPACAS, SUITINGS, CASHMERES, d)o. Also, Largo Stock of LADIES' AND MISSES' HOSE, GLOVES, FURS, UNDER VESTS, SHOES, HATS, (Both trimmed and untrimmed.) RIBBONS, EMBROIDERY, . And a Full Lino of PLANTATION GOODS. DOMESTICS AND GROCERIES? Just make a bill? and by com paring prices, &o, .bo convinced of tho abovo statomonts. JOHN C. MICKLER, WIEST UNION, S. C. Doo.20,1878 O-amo