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JW KE?WRK COURIER. BY KBITBtj SMITH & Co" n?mJi?L?7A, s. cl THURSDAY, APIUL 3, 1879. ?3? For subscription, $1.50 por annum, strictly in advance; for six mouths, 75 couts. Advertisements inserted at ono dollar por squaro of ono inch or loss Tor tho first insertion, and lilly cents tor oach subsequent in sertion. (Q3* Obituary Notices exceed ing live linos, Tributes of Rospoct, Communications of a personal character, when admissable, and announcements of Candidates will bc charged for as advertis? monts. f^T* Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. 03* Necessity compels us to adhere strictly to the require ments of cash payments. Tho Baptist Courier HUH bocu removed lo Greenville. Col. James A. Hoyt, a gentleman of much experience in nowspnper life, is Hie proprietor. Dr. J. C. Hillen ia tho editor and Kcvs. J. A. Chombliss and A. VY. Lamar associate editors. Kev. Wm. II. Strickland has control of thc "mission de partment." Mrs. M. G. Harley has control of tho "hearth and homo department." The pried ol' tho Baptist Courier is $'2 a year, lt would bo n work of supcrogatlon on our part to recom mend this journal to the Jlnptists. Wo think, howevor, wo can safely say to thoso in our county lo subscribe first to the KKOWKK COURIER and tlieu to tho Baptist Courier. - - - Homestead Decision. Some weeks ago wc alluded to the luet that several appeal* hud gono to tho Supremo Court touching tho power of tho Legislature to extend tho exomption of tho property oin debtor beyond tho amount and quality pro? Bcribed hy tho Constitution, and expressed (ho opinion that thc words of tho Constitution woro restrictive and could be neither extended nor diminished. In our issuo of the 20th ultimo wo pub lished tho opinion ul thc Supreme Court in tho caso of Duncan against Barrett, being a rulo on thc Sheriff for refusing to enforco an execution against seed cotton or corn, tho defendant being an agricultural laborer und elaiming tho property ns exempt under Sec? tion 9 of tho Act of March 13th, 1872. Tho obtuse referred to roads as follows: "That one-third of the annual products of agricultural laborers, mechanics, artisans mid tradesmen of every description, without regard to valuation, character or condition of pro ducts or earnings, shull bo exempt from aU tachmont, lovy and sale, excoptto enforco thc payment of tuxes." * _ _ ?J^>*Q?P&6Vl>n to say* " "To flcouro tli o full enjoyment of said homo' stead exemption, to tho person entitled thcro to, or tho head ot any family, tho personal proporty of such person of tho following chan racier, to wit: household furniture, bods and bedding, family library, arms, carts, wagons, farming implements, tools, neut cuttle, work ivnimnla, swine, gents and sheep, not to ex ceed in valuo in tho oggrognto tho sum ol five hundred dollurn, shall bo subject to tho liko exemption us said homestead, mid thcro sholl bo exempt in addition thereto all neces sary wearing apparel." Thc question, says thc court, is, whether tho attempt to add to tho list of articles, ex empted "one-third of tho annual products of agricultural laborers," is in accordance with tho Constitution; in other word*, wltcthor Ibo constitutional onactment is restrictive? Without resorting to tho technical rules of construction, tliat an enumeration is exclusivo of all property not mentioned, tho court held that tho exemption of thc property of tl debtor from tho chinns of his creditors hus never boon regarded ns a legit?mala exorciso of legislativo power. While, in tho absence of constitutional provision, tho Legislature might ns to futuro debts exempt property to any oxtont and of every description, but as tho spirit of tho laws was supposed to opposo euch legislation, tho words of tho Constitution arc held to limit this power to thc amount und dosoription of tho property mentioned. Tho discharge of thc rulo hy tho Circuit Judge was sot aside and thc caso rcmandod for fur thor proceedings. Whilo in strictness this decision is con fined to exemptions of tho products of ngrin 0'4itural laborers, its spirit and scope go much farthor and overturn tho ideas heretofore entertained as to proporty exempt from levy und sale. When u homestead is once set oft' its products of every description, without regard to their valuo, aro exempt. Until it is set off no article of personalty, not mentioned in the Constitution, acorns to bo oxompt, thus making corn, cotton, wheat and all other grains liable to levy and sale, when not grown on tho homestead, and in logul parlance no land seems to ho a homestead until it has boen regularly sot off and assigned. Other important questions will yet nriso for decision under tho homestead. VOY in stance, is any porson, though ho ho tho head of n family, cntitlod to an exemption of per sonal proporty of tho kind enumerated ?n tho Constitution, unless ho owns a homestoad? Tho constitutional exemption of real and personal proporty seems to bo puiool of ono common echomo and interwoven with nnd dependent on each other, for tho very words as to porscnaUy exempted aro, "to scouro tho full onjoymfent of said homostoud," &c. Can n person, then, who has no homestead claim liny exemption of personalty? Again, bas lite owner of a homestead, regularly sot off, tho right to claim ns exempt tiny product grown on lands he may rom? Tho spirit of the last decision looks toa edict confinement of nil exemptions within tho letter of thc Constitution, and to deny nil power to on-? largo or diminish it by legislation. Puy your subscription lo KERWEE Courtrcrt. Congressional. WASHINGTON, Mardi 28.-HOUSE.-After (lie adoption of two or throe amendments of no 'particular goneral intorest, Tucker, of Virginia, offered an amendment ropoaling section 1,218 of tho rovised statutes. Thia ie tho section which prohibits tho appointment to tho army of any person who served in any capacity in tho military, naval or civil service of tho Confederate States. Congor mado a point of order against tho amondment. Tucker argued that tho amondment was germano. Ho trusted that tho amendment would meet with universal approbation on both sidos, and that tho stigma which rested on a ' very largo class pt tho pooplo of tho Southern States would bo, ns a matter of justice, wiped out from tho statute book?. After somo discussion between Messrs. Tucker and Conger tho latter stated that his party friends desired to meet tho issue In n manly way, and therefore ho withdrew his point cf ??dor, Sparks, of Illinois, ronowed it. Tho Chairman sustained tho point on tho ground that tho amendment was not in tho direction of economy and changod tho existing law. An amendment to amend tho act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors of tho war ol IS 12 was ruled out of order. MoOook, of Now York, moved to striko out tho sootion prohibiting promotions or appoint monts in tho army beyond tho rank of captain except in tho engineer corps. In the discus sion which followed somo sharp remarks wcro interchanged bctwoon Sparks, of Illinois, and Conger, of Michigan, as to tho sorvicos ron-' dcrcd by them respectively during tho late war, Sparks stating that, like tho gontlcman from Michigan, ho had been a littlo too cow ardly to light un either side. Congor replied that ho had sorvc.d as a member of tho Stato Military Hoard ol Michigan. After debate tho amendment to st.'iko out was defeated. Thc consideration of tho bill having been oncludcd, with tho exception of seel Inn G, repealing thc sections allowing thc military to preserve thc peace at thc polls, that erection was read. Upon this there commenced a long and interesting debato, tho Republicans insisting that tho section changed existing laws and did not retrench expenditures. Thc Democrats contended, as ono of their members argued, that tho power to make rules and regulations for tho army und navy waa a fundamental power of Congress, ned bo had never heard that power questioned. Tho debato ts regarded as tho preliminary skirmish to a long battle between both sides in tho House. Mr. Carl j ?)o j of Kentucky, made tho load ing arguments on tho Democratic sido to-day, insisting that troops should not bo allowed at tho polls, and was argued with by Roboeon, Fry o and other Republicans. Lato in tho afternoon, Stephens, of Ooorgin, obtainod thc tloor and will addross the House to-morrow. WASHINGTON, Mardi 29.- House-At 12.40 thc House went into committco of tho whole on tho army appropriation bill and thc discussion was resumed, Stephens, of Gcoigia, opening it. Ho argued in favor of thc relc finTnialcdJ his-" tfis?chT rio rn tho theory that thc rules of ono House governed tho succeeding llonso unless readopted. There was no question in bis mind bat that thc pondi ng section was germane and was in Hie direction of retrenching expenditures. Re trenchment was not only possible and proba ble but certain. Ho discussed the laws of 1793 and 1807 and argued that they did not apply tb tho uso of troops in civil cases, but in cases of invasion and insurrection. In civil cases troops wcro furnished on thc call of thc marshal as a posse comilalus, but euch provision as authorized thc presence of troops at i?olls never existed on tho statute book until IS?3, and all tho chango of legislation proposed by tho section in question was a repeal of that law. Public sentiment North and South was against thc employment of iynobs at tho polls. There was no need for such a thing. Tho ountry had got along without it for tlircOrQuarlora of a century There would bo no har?] dono, ?hc:cfore, by tho repeal of the law. Mr. Stophena spjVo j for over twenty minutes in a dca!* voice, and attracted great attention. After argument by Recd, of Maine, against thc section and in support of tho point ol' order, tho chairman mado a decision over ruling the point of order, and holding that tho section was germano and would retrench expenditures. An appoal was taken and tho decision sustained by a vote of 125 to 107. A general discussion was then opened by C?arlield, his argument being that no voto would bo taken to-day. Garfield made a vory strong spcoch against tho policy of tho Democratic party in Congress, declaring it to bo utterly ievolutionary and tending to tho subversion of tho government. Ho showed how, by tho abstention of tho majority in cither House from tho porformnnoo of their legislative duties, tho government could bo brokon, and declared that this was tho first limo in Amorioan history and tho first tinn in two contarlos in Koglnnd that it had been proposed or insisted upon that th oso volun tary po770rs should bo used for tho destruction of tho government, and yet that waa tho pro gramme announced to tho Amorioan pooplo to-day. If thc ponding proposition was tho simplest and most ino?ensivo, still, when it was demanded as a matter of coercion, it had to bo rosistcd. It was not against tho proposition itsolf, but ngainst tho Democratic methods, that ho ?poko, and what was law, on tho ropoal of which tho Domocrats now insisted at tho very peril of tho national life. It was tho law proposod by Democratic Sena tor Powol, of Kentucky, reported against by a Republican committco and passed in both houses by a majority of Domocratic votes, tho majority of Republican votes being ngainst it. He nnmod ns voting for it Senators Hendricks, of Indiana, Davis, of Kentucky, Johnson, of Maryland, and McDowell, of California, and among tho Domoorntio Roprosontativos, Ran dall, of Pennsylvania, Wood, of Now York, nnd Pondloton, of Ohio. Tho speech creates great excitement. WASIIINOTON, March 29, 1879.-Thoro is a rapidly increasing nnd intense political excitement here, bot it is mainly shown by tho He; ubi ic ms, many of whom aro very bitter indcod, nnd denounce thoir oppononts *Jfw*?t?im?mui mm IPW.I...W wmmm i wu i^ln miami 11 without measure. It wuS to b?\oxpootcd, thcroforc, that the gall?nos would b^ crowded this morning to liston to tao debut?. Their occupants took u lively and sometimes noisy iutorcst in what passed, Gon. Garfield hoing soveral times applauded. After Mr. stephens* had spoken, and tho point of ordor wns settled, Gon. Garfield mado what was acknowledged by both Democrats and Republicans to boa powerful speech. Indeed, tho Republican members thought it so cllbotivo thoy subscribed fordQQ.QOU copies of it nt onco for circulation through kid) couti? try. Nevertheless, it must bo sitid that Gon. Oct -field's effort was not an argument, but a hnrranguo. It did not discuss" tho merits of tho question nt issue, except incidentally, but dealt largely in denunciation. Ho asserted that tho purposo of tho Democrats was to forco tho Executive to opprovo of measures to which ho is opposed or of starving tho govern mont. Hut Gen. Garfield cannot bo supposed to know either tho President's mind or tho intentions of tho Democrats, and for nil ho knows tho President may bo ready to approve tho bill and tho Democrats may intend to withdraw tho legislation if ho Objects and votOCS. When, therefore, ho denounced thc Democrats as revolutionary ho Was not argu ing but haranguing. Whor. ho asserted that tho Democrats thon: sol vos had voled in 18G"> for tho measure thoy wcro now repealing he wac corrected by Mr. Wood and othors, who explained that tho Democrats thou supported this ns a choice between this ulidia worse proposition, and it scorns that Mr. Garfield was herc lcd by his fervor boyond tho clear region of facts, lie recalled tho oil slnvo catching timos bo (bro tho war, ho recalled tho days of 1801, tho results of tho war, and tho folly and Iniquity of tho men w ho forced tho war. In fact bc ' mado it ugly" for tho South and thc Democrats, Mc marlo au ex tremely cl?eolivo campaign speech, u rory damaging publie document for the De noorat1, and one which must have made them regret, as thoy sat and listened to bim, their fully in forcing an extra session. But ho did not uso an argument from beginning to cud, and left the right Ol" wrong ol' tho question precisely where it stood before ho bogan, On tho winde he did wisely for his party and himself, for it is very well remembered that on tho last night of thc last session, loss than a month ugo, Gen. Garlie'd declared himself content to give up tho V0fjr*tnii4rtn' he is now so vigorously lighting for, lind that which ho now declares ro vol ut nth a ry, tho appending political l?gislation on appropria tion bills, has been dot c and defended by Republicans when (hey had thc majority. In one of those instances they deliberately sent an appropriation bill thus burdened willi political legislation to the President with the threat thal if ho vetoed it they would let tho bill l'ail, and thc President signed il under compulsion, "lest by withholding his signa ture tho necessary appropriation bo defeated," that is to say, that which they now?impute without ground to tho Democrats, ami which is undoubtedly revolutionary, they did in President Johnson's day. Mr. MacMahon and Mr. Wood followed General Garfield. They refuted some of his statements, but they could not meet his argu ments, for ho had not used any; and on the _,,. .. . - .. -'J' **.-?..?-?1 -TTItll him. Ile had for listeners Secretaries llvarts and Sherman, Senator Oonkltng and other prominent Republicans, and he oortninly gavo tho Democrats reason to rogi'OI their stupidity in insisting upon legislation of no importance and putting themselves in what many of them now sec is a fatally compromised position. At tho close Mr. M wing, Having in mind tho morning hour on Monday, which Is the one hour in thc week when general business can bo introduced, innocently moved to adi journ, Ile thought it a good way to secure a chance to introduce his Inflation hill; but Mr. Sparks, Democrat, at once ex po.*pd Mr. Ewing's purposo and moved to adjourn until Tuesday, by which means thc morning In ur is avoided, and this motion receive.1 such Inn mediate and preponderant support from De mocrats and Republicans that nd enough men were found even to demand tho yeas and nays on it, and *J tho week closed. WASHINGTON-, March 31.--SKNATK-Mr, Harris culled up tho bill authorizing lin Secrv'.ary of the Treasury to contract willi John G im.,'T fyi"tno construction of a re frig crating ship for tho J?:?!':fcction of vessels and cargoes, to bo used a? ??ok quarantines as may bo designated by Hie National Hoard of Health, and appropriating $200.000 foi that purposo. Considerable discussion fol lowed, after which the bill was postponed till tO-morrOW, Without further business ol importance, the Se?alo adjourned. FIRE IN GREENVILLE. GHEI:NVIU.I:, S. C., March 31. - A fire alarm last ni^ht dovclopod liro in tho dry goods store of E, B. Dickson & Co., directly opposito tho Commercial Hotel, corner ol Main and Washington streets, in tho Maiildin block-tho best block in the city. Tho y xor? (ions of tho lifomon and ibo assistance rrfn< tiered by tho colored population saved us from a terrible conflagration. Tho habitues ol'thc Commercial Hotel, comprising men from Atlanta, Baltimoro, Philadelphia and Now York aided greatly in saving tho goods Ol McMahon, Morgan & Davis, who occupied adjoining floor.!. Dick-on it Co. were insured for $1 1,000 in ibo following companion Hart ford, $2,000; Home, New York, $2,000; Lon don and Lancashire, $2,000; Scottish Com moroial,$2,000; llnmburgand Hrumoii $1,000; Manhattan, $1,000; Westchester, $1 000; Weston, $1,000; Gorman Amen?.in $1,000; London, Liverpool and Globo, $1,000, McMahan, Morgan & Davis wore utih par tially insurod, but saved half of their goods Walters' drug store and T, W. Davis' estab lishments woro saved by lim strenuous exer tions of tho firemen and oifhtons. Tho city Ol < I leon ville luis miraculously escaped a terrible conflagration. Dr. MnUldlll, our Mayor, yyh( owed tho block burned, wns two-thirds insured, and is able to stund tho loss. Dr Norwood, dentist, lost $1,000. Mr. Hroadaway photographer, lost $1,000. CINCINNATI, Mardi 31.-A special dis patch to tho Muquir?' says that on Prida* ovening, six miles North of Docatur, III., f wagon, containing a man named Robinson his two daughters, and Mrs. Janos Nye, wa: struck by lightning, instantly killing Robin son and his daughter, Kate, aged ?G years nud throwing Mrs. Nyo to tho ground in an unconscious condition. I A In a Cirolo-How History Repeats Itself. Tho Now York Times of Monday has u really ?nterosting historical article, nod though couched in sarcastic luuguago, it is nono the loss readable and significant. Tho fact is rconllud that tho Thirty-sixth Congress was tho Inst time, up to the 4th of March this yenr, tlmt tho Domocritio party controlled tho Sonnte, and, if wo nro to credit tho Times, tho South controlled tho Democratic party in nu almost unanimous fashion. Wo nro re minded by our ingonious contemporary that nt that timo John C. Breokonridgo, of Ken tucky, waa President of tho Senate: Asbury Dickens, of North Carolina, was Secretary. 'Ibero woro thon twonty? two standing com mittees of tho Sonnto, of which sixtoon had for cbainnoa Senators from tho South, only six-and these of tho least importance-being roserved for Northern Democrats. In thoso days, J. 51. Mason, of Virginia^ was Chair man of tho Co m ni Itt 00 ou Foroign Relations. Iiis fumilinrity with international law wno useful to him when ho was plucked off tho deck of Ibo Trent, a year or two aftorward. Another Virginian, it. M. T. Hunter, then hud tho Chairmanship of thc next important committee, that ol finance. Alabama fur nished thc Chairman of tho Com mit too on Ca m ul oreo-C. C. Clay, Jr. Tho Chairman of tho Military Committco was Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi. Florida had tho Navy, Mallory being Chairman of that committee. At thc hea<l of thc Judiciary Commit too was Jamos A. Bayard, of Dolli ir nro. The illus trious J miali P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, wns Chairman pf the Oomtnittoo on Private Land Claims, and "l? il>" Tobhibs, of Georgia, pre sided over tho Claims of Revolutionary Pen sioners. Alfred Iverson, of Ooorgiu, was Chairman ol' ibo Committee on Claims, ned David L. Ynleo, of Florida, not wholly unknown ti) (anio, was Chairman of tho CouiuiitlOO oh Post Olliecs and Post Hoads, livery one of tho important c immi ttccs was given to Southern D.Minorats, oven (hat of thc District of Columbia being in thc Chair ma:.ship of Albert. 0. Brown of Mississippi. l'Ile very memory of ibis record fills the iVcw York paper with hilo and venom, and Northern Democrats arc sneeringly reminded of (bo (act that they had buck scats (beti, iilthoriglt New Jersey, Indiana. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, California, Oreg m and Miur.c soto, Ouch sent one or more Democratic Sena tors to Washington. But what fills the Times willi astonishment und indignation is that, aller eighteen years-and such years!-thc South MHI ibo Democracy turn up in tho .Senate pretty much as they were in thc olden time. It is deftly shown (bat the Committee on Privilege* und Elections, now considered one of thc mist important in the Senate, was mit then constituted. Delaware furnishes the chairman ol' ibat committee; and Delaware, instead of Virginia takes tho Committee on Finance, Messrs, Saulsbury and Bayard being respectfully at tho hoad of tho two commit ices un med. Texas, instead of Floro ida, has thc Post Oilicc Committee, Senator Muxoy hoi ii (fi Chairman, Virginia, now as then, "never lires." Johnston and Withers, of that State, have the Committees on Agri Lamar, Hook, ll.-ref-ni, Butler, and other Southrons, nie Ol,airmen ol* Committees of to-day "Thorp is," Kaya the Tines grimly, "tho same poverty of material among North ern Democrats which was so appnr cut in tho last Senate, which the Demo, emla bail tho privilege of co nt roi lr ing. Out of (ht? thirty-four Chairmanships in lim Senate, only nine uro filled by Northern Democrats. Th roo minor places have been given to Republican--, it should be said I'Mmuud* is Chairman of tho Oommiiloo on Privaie hand Claims, Anthony of Rev.ilu ijonnry Claims, ?nd Con kling nf Kn grossed Bills. We must suppose that ibo Northern Democrats enjoy ibis smt (lf thing. They always dui nppoar lo like it." Wc d.' ion wonder timi a Mannell Hopubli? can paper viows this return of tho South to the Union ami to power willi enormous dis gust. That, after so many years of war and reconstruction, tho hated und smitten South should form ibo chief factor of n great and triumphant party is ba. ! enough, in lt ediva I eyes; hut that this crushed, mutilated and despised South should riso again in power and majesty, anti oven control legislation that is, to l'amical Republicans, gall and wormwood, the sting that surpasses in hiller, noss doath itself, That history should repeat itself is wonderful i?docU; it is almost mi ra o < ulous. Wo bow lo tho ?"Ol'.'linga of it sopor? natural Providence with reverent awe, whilo the New York 'limes has malediction in its heart and desperation in its speech. Of course, these contrasts, mado by riopuu.'ionil pa poi's, are fur the sinister purposo of inflam ing the Northern Republican mir.tl, disturb' ing the Northern Democratic self-respect, and creating tho general impression that tho "Rebels have nguiu captured tho Capitol," and are roaily once moro to plunge the coun try into civil war. Rut this is all false, and the Times knows it. The South has cause now to love ibo Union ami to maintain il. Wo know lim!, in trying to destroy us, our enemies have built us up. Wo propose to remain nt Inline in thc Uni MI, and not only heep the po.iee, but keep also tho prodigious benefits accruing to us. Wo admit that a return of tho South to power, after eighteen years, is not a pleasant prospect to Radical editors or politicians, but it must be endured, even by I hom. A moro pacific, patriotic ami loyal set of mon never existed than tho Snuthorn Senators, ami if they have a foro most placo in tho councils of tho "nation," it is boca il Sp I hey dosei'VO il by their individual talent and numerical strength nnd their Northern collo iguos have roison td ho proud of them and ta yield a proper sharo of pat ronage and responsibility. This trust is sacred, ft is joalously guurdod. It will novor bo betrayed.- C/ironieie and Senf incl. PAULS, Mureil 31.-Tho great point of tho Senatorial Committee's report against the return of tho Legislature to Paris is thc argument drawn from the policy of tho United States, which tho report points out has enjoyed for n century perfect security from mob inlcrfercncc with tho Lcgislattiro by placing thom at a distance from largo towns. Blank Lions,Doods, Mortgages and Executions tor sale at thu oilice. T II g it I o o II o ?I o - lt u II <1 o ni M' li o II g li t w . M Aiton 29, 1879. M i,ss UH. KuiToua: A ferr random thoughts from Tugaloo Homo can bo Inserted in your valuable Couuisit if you deem them of note worthy importanoo. flan ti ng corn mid proparing laud for tho fleecy staple is tlio order of tho day, and judg ing from tho nice and thoroughness of tito pre paration in this locality, a larger yield will bo tho result tho present season, other circum stances being equal, than any previous year. Thc severo freezes of tho early part of winter and tho light showers of tho latter part of tho season renders tho soil most friable, with no complaint of hard pan or cloddy laud. Tho present month has bocu one of (ho most delightful Marches that has been for a number of years. Indeed tho Idea of March have failed to make their appearance, and but two days moro remain for them lo make us a visit. Sweet balmy spring is coming on in apace. Tho indications of tho mercury often rises to cighly degrees and threatens to dispel tho ruthless touch of Jack frost. The fruit crop nevtr was moro abundant in prospective view. Many of our selected and highly prized varieties have conmioiiood bloom. >ng. Tho plaintivo notes of Hie whippornill is again heard. livery day adds a new noto of some migratory bird and soon wo will have a full chorus of sweetest warbling. Under these fuvornblo indications every body in general should rejoice willi reverential adora tion to the kimi giver of every good ami perfect giit, and thc fanner in particular should only usc a judicious quantity of commercial fertilizers willi a diversity of crops with the view of no surplus, bul bc sure lo make enough for hume use amt all of the available balance in the great money crop, will kill bankruptcy and home steading too dead to skin, nay deader (han any repeal, Whether cotton goes down to live centaur rises lo I wei VC. Hydrophobia has again made ?ts appearance in Hie form of a rabbi dog, which is known to have traveled six miles in less Minn twelve hours and hilo scores of dogs in this section Oa Thursday las! Mr. T. H. Keese came in con tact with it in his plantation among his hands and his children, mid having no gun and not having lime lo repair lo thc house for one, suc ceeded in killing Ihc raby by throwing stones, bul narrowly escaping being bitten by adroitly rc Ireaiing from the pursuing rabid animal, I hope every body will keep a sharp loo.? after their stock, and especially their dog-s, for in a few days, if Ibis case proves to be a genuine case ol' hydrophobia, this .section will have a season of terror not known ol' heretofore. A bed ridden negro boy, just across the river, while handling a pistol shot oil' one of his lingers, but in I his case thc offender received thc offence If justice was meted out us truly on all who carry such weapons it would be more elfoclual than penalties by law. Very respectfully, NO M A TT H lt WIK). From Washington WASHINGTON, March 28.-A caucus of Grccubackers and soli money Democrats was held to-night. About thirty wero present, prominent among whom wero Messrs. Kelly, Heagnn, Springer, Ewing, Lowe, Mureil, .... ??. ....i.?i, UHU imiuri*? i no. ocnate re ferred particularly to the linnnolol policy of tho government. Resolutions wero passed asking for the passage of bills to increase, the oui lingo of silver to the full capacity of our mints, multo is-ne certificates receivable for nil public dues and ibo purchase ot silver bullion tit market rates, to reissue greenbacks now held for tim redemption ot' fractional currency or hereafter retired for the payment of the arrears of pensions ami in extinguish ment nf tho hoi.ded debt: for providing for ?ho substitution of legal tenders for rational bank notus; to stop all increase of ibo national debt, and to provide for a lux on incomes o? over $2,001). Mr. Wright, of Pennsylvania, presided over the caucus. WASHINGTON, March 25.-Tho report ol i he Hoard of Inquiry in Ibo eas? of Gen. Fil/. Jehu Dorter has been received by the Sect olary of War, and sent to tho President for action thereupon. It is slated that thc reput is a pnrtiul, though not un entire, vindication of Gen. Foi ter. Tm: ViKOINlA DF.UT SITTI.KMKNT.-Tho conditions of the proposed set tlement of Virginia's debt, bru Hy stated, are these: The Fun ling Association of ibo United Statos nf America, limited and its associates, represent ???8,000,000 of thc total debt of $31,000,000. Tho plan for funding the bebt is to issuo registered and coupon bonds, dated January 1, 1879, the principal payable in 1919, with iotorost nt 3 percent, for ten years, 4 per cent, for thc next twenty years, 5 per cent, fir tho last ten years, payable nt Richmond, Xew York or /jondou on January and July 1 in each year uni'.H tho principal is redeemed. Tho Stato has lin.' option to redeem ?ny or all of tho bmids by p'VV'ug thc principal and accrued ?merest at any time after tho expiration of ton years from January 1, 1879. Thu cou pons will bo rcoolvabio at maturity fur all laxes, debts, duos and demands of tho Stato. The holder of registered bonds if jil be enti tled to reccivo a certif?calo for i.itorcst, and this oortilioato will bo good for laxos or other demands due tho Stale. Thc bonds, coupons and certificates uro non-taxable. Tho law will bc binding if, on or boforo May l.tho Council of Foreign Rondholders and thc Funding Association lila their assent with tho Governor, and they may present for funding at loasi $8.000,001) of the outstanding obliga tions of tho Slate on or boforo January 1, 1880. Evory six mool hs thorcaf'or they may fund $5,000,000 until tho wholo dobt of $31, 000,000 is funded. In tho year 1885 and annually thereafter until all tho new bouda aro issued, there will bc oolleotcd a tax of 2 couts on the $100 of thc assessed valuation of all property for a sinking fund. [lialeiyh Observer ? SAVANNAH, GA., March 31.-Thc storm yesterday did considerable dnmngo in hilling hum County. A son of ex-Gongrcssiiian ltuwlio was killed by a fulling tree. Railroad agonts aro sproading oil sorts of ridiculous roports about tho attractiveness of Kansas ?I) order to indtlCO tho negroes to emigrate thoro. Thoy aro creating a perfect furor among tho doludcd darkies of many parts of tho South. KNOCKING WABHINOTON DJWN.-'At tho timo (.ion. Washington was stationed nt Alex" andria, Vn., ns a colonel o? n British; regiment before tho war of tho Revolution, an oltorca tion took place in tho court houso yard be tween him and Wm. Puyno, in which Payno knocked Washington down. Great excite, mont prevailed, as Payno was known to bo Arm, and Washington was beloved by all. A night's reflection, however snthficd Washing! ton that ho was thc nggrosscr and in tho wrong, and in tito morning bc, like a truo and magnanimous hero, sought an interview with Payno, which resulted in an apology from Washington and a warm und lasting friendship between the two, founded on mutual osteem. During tho Revolutionary war, while Washington was on a visit to his family, William Payne, with hts son DeVall, went to pay his respects to tho great American chief. General Washington mot him sonio distanco from tho house, took him by tho hand and lcd him iuto tho pre.-enco of Mrs. Washing ton, to whom ho introduced Mr. Payno ns follows: "My dear, here is tho littlo man whom you havo so frequently heard mo speak nf, who cuco had thc courage to knock mo down in the court house yard in Alexandrin higas lain."-Collins' Jlislor;/ of Kentucky ? OLD AND RELIABLE. \ JD?. SANKOUD'S Lavin: INVIGOHATOU S Sin n St utilard Family Remedy for ?r* % jj disensos of the hiver, Stomach ^"2 \ *J anil Bowels.-It is Purely ?jSSm/ Bin \ ?jj Vegetable,"- lt never M g ? 5Ton io. ?V-, f 0Hl wP\.N , W t ^\\V V6' v .A tifa WEI + i i m* yM?K*-1 i ?r\BlaHS&^ iu u,-v Poetice S I i^ lP^ nnd by tho publie, | \ lo? SJ^?or moro than 35 years, % i>i?3<?** with unprecedented results. % $ ?t.'v'* SE KD FOR CIRCULAR.; gS, T. W. SANFORD, M.D,, NBWYOBKot?5fi % KW IIIIVIKIIST u H.t. i Kl.I, var ITS ItKIU'TATIOX. % rn 0?WUU ISiinUles Fodder, For which wo will pay ?>l per hundred in Cash, nv ?l 23 in tratio. D. ll I KAI ANN & SON. April :i. I ST O 20-2t USB THElaffin CC ?CC A'.'D BETTER THAN ANY SALERATUS. Ono teaspoonful of this Soda used willi sour milk equals four teaspoonsfuls of Hie best Raking Powder, saving twenty limes its OOS t. See package for valuable Information. If i ti0 teaspoonful is too largo anti docs not produce good results nt lust, usc lesa afterwards, April ?, 1870 20 Ot A d 1 n i 11 ist rato r's S ale. 1)Y viii 110 of an order to mo directed by Richard Lewis, Judge of l'inhale for Oconco County, South Carolina, I will sell to thc highest bidder, nt Ibo former residence of Mary E. Liddell, deceased, the personal properly belong ing (ollie estate of said deceased,on SATURDAY,, Ibo IOtil day of April instant, at ll o'clock A M., tho name consisting of 1 Cow and Calf, 1 Yearling, Household and Kitchen Furniture. TB ll MS CASH. JOHN T. LIDDELL, Adrainist rotor. April 3, 1879 20-21 Final Settlement, 'THll undersigned p?tillons lo tho l'robnlo L Court (or a final settlement of tho ostato of Janies Mooro, minor, oe. Monday, tho otb day of May. 1870, at ll o'clock A. M., and fora final discharge from said guardianship. HUN RY M YUKS, Guardian. April 0, 1870 20-lt Final Discharge. Vj OTIC H is hereby K'IVCII that Susan M. Maul? IN den, Executrix of tho Hst at 0 of Rev. T. H. MauLlcn, deceased, hath applied ?0 Richard Lewis, JudgO of Probate for Oconco County, for a final dischargo as executrix, lt is ordered that the 2'.llh day ol' April, 1879, bo Axed for hearing of petition and a final settlement of said estate. RICHARD LEWIS, .fudge of Probate Coonee County. March 27, 1?7'.? l<Mt