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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.
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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
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Cash, nv ?l 23 in tratio.
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April :i. I ST O 20-2t
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milk equals four teaspoonsfuls of Hie
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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