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THE KEOWEE COURIER. BY KEITH, SMITH & CO ~\V7LH??^ S.~C.Y -o THURSDAY, A PULL 1?, 1879. TH lt MW : fcf For subscription, $1.50 ber annum, strictly in advance; .?br six months, 75 cents. (J3"? Advortisonionts inserted at ono dollar per square of ono inch or iess for tho first insertion, nnd lilly cents for each subsequent in sertion. (H* Obituary Notices exceed ing live lines, Tributes of Respect, Communications of u personal character, when admissable, und ^announcements of Candidates will be charged for as advertise ments. (?3^ Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. O?r Necessity compels us to adhere strictly to the require ments of cash payments. Tho Cold Snap. Tho recent cM snap pervaded thc whole country. Thc loss to the "truck lunns" i" Charleston was $200,000. Tho fruit and ?nily vegetables everywhere have been killed. Thc loss to the country has been millions instead of tholisonds. Wo "still fondly cling" to thc obi fashioned blackberry for relief. Excursion to Charleston. Messrs. Dodo mond and Rock, Superintond dcnls of thc Oroonvillo and Columbia and Charleston Railroads, advertise tin excursion to Charleston, on Monday tho '21st instant. Tickets good to return Saturday 20lb. Tick ets from Walhalla $S.50. Charleston puts on a raro holiday suit in thojsprmgin tho way ol Howers. This alono will repay you for thc trip. From Washington The debate In the House of Representatives has been exciting, but nothing more. The talk about "resolution" is nonsense' The appropriation bill with the "political riders" to koop tho troops from tho polls, repeal thc jurors test crth, and to prevent marshals from interfering in elections, passed bi a majority of twenty-six. The bill goes to thc Senate, lt will pass that body, and Senator Huller is authority for saying that the President would approve it. Congress should adjourn at (he earliest practicable moment. - ? ?- -- Fay Your Dobts. Thc Supremo Court of tho United Slates has decided that any city, town, county, or corporation, making by subscription or other1 wiso n debt must not only pay the same, but must pay thc interest regularly. Unless this is dono, mandumu? will li? to compel thc per formance of thc contract. This is a blow nt repudiation, and must have a good effect upon tho country generally. Ilevetofore, il has been too much tho way to make dobts, and leavo to chance their payment. "Honesty is tho best policy.'' *Tho Cost of Phosphates. Thc discussion of the price and cost of fer tilisers this spring may yet bring forth fruit. It ha3 been shown that the phosphate rock purchased in Cliarloslun at from $7 to $8 per ton, is shipped to England and there manufac tured iuto a gool fortilUar and sold at per ton* lt costs as much as thc crude rock is worth here, to transport il to England, We presume thc phosphates can bo manufac tured hore ns cheaply mid economically as I hoy Ctiu be in England, and hence the necessity for a very great reduction in price. Unless the manufacturers ?il this Stale reduce thc price to a living rate, tho Legislature should at tho next session ma ic a trial at (ho business willi convict labor. If a gen I man is placed in charge of (his business, wo believe the price of good phosphates can bo brought down IQ ?>2? per ton, thereby saving to tho farmers and tax payers thousands of dollars, bet the trial Lc made. Congressional. WASIII.VOT N, April 3, 1870. Thc debute to-day was abler on both sides than yesterday. Mr. Knott opened In u temperate and argumentativo speech declar ing that tho interests of liberty demanded that thc ballot b)X should be free from even thc shadow of military supervision. Mr llouck, of Tonncssco, Republican, followed, saj-ing that tho President's overtures to thc South had boon badly received, and thal(hero had boon no fair or froo election in that region, except whore tho polia liad been pror tooted by tho military nrm of tho Rrosidcnt. Qoooral Grant had made a mistako in not giving sufficient protection of this kind. Ho did not want to hoar Democrats talk about tho constitution whilo thoy were violating tho lights nf voters. Mr. Robeson, of New Jersey, followed, arguing that tho jurisdiction of th? United Stntos runs wherover tho United StOtOS have a duty lo perform, and us they had guaran lood to every oitlton cortain rights tho obli gation followed tho guarantee. Among these rights was that of froo and peaceable election of Congressmen nnd tho United States had ii right and duty to soo that thia was had. Mr. MoLaue, of Maryland, uskod; "Has tho Federal Government a right to keep tho poacc in tho Stnto??" Mr. Robdsou replied promptly. "It has.'' lio urged that this was not a military but a civil question, it is tho duty arid right of tho civil power lo summon soldiers to koop tho poaoo nt ibo polls. Thc remainder of his speech degenerated into rant and denuncia tion. Mr. Ulaokbum, of Kentucky. Ile is ono of the readiest nnd mon polished speakers in tho House. He began by slating that tho Constitution did not pinuit tho Federal power to n'e (robpt in the Stotts without the c;;ll nf HIM r*>-ft in'MiWhi.faTr ????ni in., ?ii? ? nuil H. tho Governor or Logislatu. :, and tho riots'; or disturbancos'trcro tioV*to bo '??t?c?n?itct?. II is next point was that moro than ti third of thc army legislation on tho stu*uto hook had been brought in ns riders to appropriation bill?, and mculionod rt humber of case!? where Republicans had dono this; pointed out that General Garfield had voted to impoaeh Prov ident Johnson for li is uso of tho voto powor, which now bo was urging President Hayes to uso, in holli oases to thwart tho will of Con gress. Ho wont pretty thoroughly over tho legislation in which Mr. Garfield in formor limos had n sliaro to show that ho bud often done what bo now denounced. Some paris of Mr. Blackburn's spoech was very bittor in language, but he stuck pretty closely to bis subject. Mr. Gibson, of Louisiana, followed in an ablo mid temperate 8pooch, making thc point (hut as Congress id to judgo of tho election of its members it bas a right to inuko tho laws regulating the elections, with which, be thought, tho Pi'osidout ought to interfere by veto. The President had no right to veto n bill, he thought, mcroly because it did not please bim. Finally Mr. Turner, of Kentucky, bogan to rend a speech, whereupon *.ho House ud journcd until this evening, when Messrs. Reagan, of Texas; Bright, of Tennessee, and Barber', of Illinois, made speeches. To-morrow General Hawley, Republican; Weaver, of Ohio, (?' reonbackcr, md Tucker, of Virginia, ure to ?peak, and General Gar field may reply to sonic of thc speakers who have alluded to bis opening speech. General Sherman tmduy sui in tho House near General Garfield, und Mr. Blnckburn created a sensation by addressing him, saying thal tho Representatives now in power would hot permit thc military arni to interioro with the liberties nf tho people. WASHINGTON) April 4.-To-day's de bate was worthy of tho bc>t days of the 1IOU3C. Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, opened. Mr. Weaver, ol lowi (0roen bucker), mude ail amusing speech, declar ing that thc Greenback party wanted no marshals to help them cirry elections They wanted to get done with this useless discussion and go to work helping the starving people by new currency legislation. Mr. .Iones, of Texas, and Mr. Wright, of Ponns) kania, followed aud then came G en crai Hawley, who made u forcible speech, made up in part of nh argument on ibo question and in part ol' horlalory remarks to thc Democrats. Ila followed the gen oral Republic ni fashion of denouncing tho riders ou the Appropriation bills as "revo lutionary," not guesting that General (Lit field would, before the session closed, sweep till that rubbish away anil bring up tho real question at issue. Alter General Hawley cuno Mr. Ran dolph Tucker. Mr. Tucker is an able lawyer, un eloquent nod polished speaker, am) a man who, a.s General Garfield later said of him, always gallantly and openly says precisely wbatj bc thinks. To-day Mr. Tacker, with a grace of manuel- and expression which delighted bot h sides, and wilban ?loquence which corned away his own .side, delivered bis mind and declared whit, if tho Democratic lip pin uso he re ceived is evidence, must bo regarded a.s the mini of a large part of thc Democratic Representatives. What ho said, in brief, Was that Congress IIUR (he constitutional power over the appropriations; that there is nothing in the constitution or the rules to prevent (he houses parsing the Army bill with its rider; That the legislation it ivas proposed lo repeal wis a griovniici; that when vicious legislation has passed thc 11 mise ii bound to say '?No muru money" until such legislation is repelled "ll there is no money appropriated for tin: anny by thc 80tl> ol' June the army dies. Then v.*i!! ie no money io support il, and it sha) aie before wo give money for it to pr?sid ?t our ballot loxes." General Garfield replied to Mr.Tucker it a brief and statesmanlike speech, and real I j broke the Democratic line, Ho evidently felt that the time Ind como lo slop tin mero stump speaking of the R?publicain and take up the real quos ion, and he I:HOM (hat Mr. Tucker had given him good oppor (unity. IL: begin, therefore, by swccpiitj away toe Republican rubbish about tin wrong of placing ridcr.i on ari appropria, lion bill. He said: "Tho Douse has tin constitutional light to J.Ut a rider on tin Anny bil!; it has the constitutional righ to pa83 the bill so loaded and send ii to th Semite; tho Semite has thc constitu? iona right to pass it also with the rider; it cai be constitutionally Kent lo tho President and he may in accordance w ith (he const i t nt ion, figu it, or he may veto it, ?nd whe he dies that, the constitution provides tba unless two-lbirds of both houses pass i over his veto it shall not be a law." Mi Tucker's grievance, be reminded him, wa a law now on thc statute book, not mi nc uf ibo President, but mi act ol' Hongres; and said he: "I sty that ii can be got ri id' only in tho mu ti uer prescribed by th constitution. In a free government th powers of all branches are limited by th constitution, und when thc gCUtlouitl speaks of letting the army die in ouse th President vetoes this bill he proposes I remedy whit he thinks a grievance not i tho manner prescribed hy the oonstitulloi and thal ia wrong anti not to be done. \\ sro hero to work under mid noi. con'rat y tho constitution." Ile then sajd: "lt' tl gontlotnOi of tho other side will offer repeal the whole of thc two statutes -sci lions 2,002 nod 5,628-1 tell ihem Ito frankly I ?ill go with them. I h;,ve ?ii favored tho retention of this legislation, bi I warn you that if th JSC sections si.ou new piss simply with the live words strut 3tit, as you ask that I hoy shall, you will I that do mach more than keep (hu (root from tho polls; you will deprive tl sivil power of the right to summon j pos at use thc army for any purpose wllutOVC you will mako it a penitentiary often00 f ?ny tinny ollicer, nt thc oill of the civ power, to put down a riot anywhere for m n.uso." Ho explained that the propost Demoerilio notion would make what r mniiicd of the Bia (Ute book tho latest slain anthe subj ct, and would thereby rope ?thor ?Intuios conflicting willi it, and lin nuke confusion. ?. iou will do an lill hem )f I ll i Og, In the sim po you have put th t is tho worst rider of nil. If whit yt low prop-ate was enacted you would 1er he govtr noient tv I thou t po-ver to enforce oui Ti?-.?k?iitho oflicois liable tu thc poni- I I tentiury." i General Gaifiold's speech was evidently i u surprise to both sides of the House, lt i brushed away tho K< public.m nonsense, but caused half u pauto un thc Democratic side. His frank ookuowlcdguicut that there could bo no objection to tho pluciug of a rider on tho Appropriation bill surprised his own side, his clear ond incisive demon? straiiun of Mr Tucker's fatally false posi tion embarrassed tho Democrats, and his discovery of tho effect of their proposition caused a consternation which produced imm?diate efleet. Mr. New, of Indiana, Democrat, roso td offer on amendment, the first SO for offered, to save tho objection modo by General Garfield, and, od bc said, to avoid miscon struction as to the purpose of the Demo crats. It is in those words: Provided that nothing contained in thc section shall bo held or deemod ito abridge tho effects of sections 2,002 and 692, Revised Statutes, in relation to thc duty and power of tho President nf 'ho United .Stales under them to curry out Hectiou 4, article 1, of thc constitution of thc United States, which authorizes tho President to send troops upon thu application of tho Governor or Legislature of u State. The amendment was discussed, und Mr. |>ak< r, of Indiana, offered another amend ment in thc nature of an addition, in these words: And no person other than a civil ofliecr of tho United States or ol tho State, armed with any pun, shotgun, revolver or other firearm, or having in his hands; or upon his person uny dirk, bowie knife, club, bludgeon or other deadly wo?pon shall on tho day of uny general or special election held iu any Stute at which representatives in Congress arc to be voted for, or on thc days provided for tho registration of voters for thc election of such representatives, approaeh nearer than one-half mile to any such voting pl ice or places of disigualion in any State, and tiny person who shall violate tiny of the provisions aforesaid shall on conviction he fined not exceeding SVU0? . mid be imprisoned at hard labor not less j than three months uor more than (ince yours. As if the Dv'inotiMts had not received sufficient damage during the day they began Lo filibuster to prevent thc reception of ibis amendment, and for a while there was i brief squablilo'. Mr. Hiker, who hue u ^ool head, maintained his position, however. Ho reniai ked that his amendment was ??CrtlKit?o on several accounts, tl moog others because ho thought it in the interest of .'couomy. After a persistent attempt on he Democratic side to have it ruled out us ni*, of order, it wis left in doubt, nud the House adjourned until eleven to-morrow. If Mr, Randolph Tucker to d iy spoke ho sentiment of a iiinjoiily of the Demo srutS in the House in his declared intention hat in case nf a veto tho Army hill i-hall all, then it is certain that there will be o tplit in tho Democratic purl j if lhere isa .e:o. Tho extreme Demucr.ts represented >y Mr. Tucker wi I lind it impossible tu larry with them the whole of their side in uny Movement such as he announced, The lemoer.ils who have been dissatisfied with he rc jeni course bf ihoso who hive taken unit roi have, kipt silence out of II desire lo uake no needless trouble in. their, rinks. Int there aro more th.;n eiiough of them, OgOthcf with the U?p?bilOiilis. tu pn-s thc \rniy bill Without the objectionable logislt< iou in case pf ti veto, nud who arc quietly loto rmi neil to do so, anil will support no uch proposition ns Mr, 'ruckor's, tf he and hose with him should commit the f ?? 11 y of i Ung lo reduce his threat td prac!?CC, four correspondent speaks now of members f the House; but Dcmq??atio Sotritors are ven less InoMned to action such ns Mr. ueker to day i'iuvncj?od nn'd foretold. If bc extreme Dciiiocitit-' stand li" ni they will french their pally lo pieces bi-fore tie non t ti is ov:r. The prob-ibility, however,! s that they will have to ci va' ???? and that ! he whole of the proposed political legisla ion will be roi?i}(!!!v<l bcfoio it vets i.m i,i he Sonate. Thc exposure by General Garfield to-day f thc demure manner in which the l?der f tho Army bill wis arranged by the Iciuoortits will deservedly put the ninuagers f thc extremists to disgrace. The iiiiiii.'d lents so hastily offered from thc Democratic ide alter he sat down showed iheir surprime nd a ceri tin deiner.iii/, iii m. This an,end lent hus yet to be discussed in thu House, swell us NI r. Baker's, off'red ?ti the inter st of economy and, he might hive adihd, f a useful mid necessary reform, and the ? rhiile bill will bo el iboit.lely discussed and mended in the Sen ale. lt wi I go tu thc 'resident in a shape quite different from lint in which it was brought into (he House, nd there aro signs her.! thitt Hie moder te men of thc Democratic 3?do ute ut I.isl -andu little too lute, ns usual-Hiking up heir minds lo assert then solves. They egin tu try to steer their ship after the xtrcintsts have carried ii imo thc breakers. WASHINGTON, April b.-Thc Army bill asscd thc House today with Mr. Ni w's lUOudiiieiit, and goes to the Senate on lond.iy morning. It ?111 lhere go ti a emmit ce, und cannot como Up fur d?bute cloro Tuesday, if then. In tho brief dis ?ssion to-day Mr Sparks tried lo show hat if the President vetoed the bill it rould bc ho who was try i og to cueree Coil ;ross. Mr. Mc In nc, of Maryland, held hut to keep (Ito peace Within the Stales Ms tho duty ol thu States and not of the federal government, Mr. Conger, (lepub ?030, made tl fonnil offer that if the Demo nits would strike out tho sixth section of he bill, that which (onhius ti e political >gislation, the Republicans would nid (hem n passing ut once ai d without debate the WO sections in which thc objectionable latter is found. Thc Democrats refused lita offer, the making which shows thut the chato has at last brought n little reason to he Republic in side. Mr. ('bittenden hid Ir Greeley's letter concerning Mr. '1'tldeii's [dations to Tweed's election frauds reid us i rt of lils speech, mid thc Democrats Sadily consented to ?ts being punted in Ito official record. Mr. S. S. Cox, of New Vork, lining ht icro was a ri coil l?s J fuss, a diving into noient history. He wished they could be llywcd to vote for the Appropriation bill uro and pimple an I without, riders, He a I ed that he hud in the Democratic emin ils fiVOrod tho repeal of (?ie obnoxious tonsures in un independent bill, but that 0 had been ovcirulgil, and that he had jquiosocd in the superior wisdom, bul not ?o superior experience, of others. Ile ixpcclcd thal if tho-President vetoed tho jill the ?Se?alo would scud to tho House cpeal bilis pure and bi tn plo, ond then here would be a chance of testing the sin 3crity of the llepublicaus. Various amendments were offered and voted down, a od on tho final passage of the bill, tho Grcenbuekfrs mostly vot d with tho Democrats. Thc House the.), to pre- j vent tho introduction of general legislation, adjourned till Tuesday, WASHINGTON, April 5.-Tho House j met ot II A. M. in contiuuauco of Friday's [ session, and immediately went into commit j tco of tho wholo on tho Army Appropria i lion bill. Sparks, of Illinois, called otten tcntion to an article in tho Chicago ln(cr~ OCCAII containing un account of an inter view with President Hayes by J>ivis, of Chicago, in which tho hitter give the us.su runce thafthe Picsidcnt would stand Iii inly ? by tho Republicans; that ho hud waited upon the President, as requested, and that there is no reason to believe that the Presi ? dent will disappoint ihe loynl people of thc country', for himself (Davis) he was '"en. listed foi the war." Spot ks went on so say that it seemed that tho President seemed 10 havo some spinal disease which rendered it necessary for the stalwart members ol' his party to try to cure it. Ho asked fair minded tuen to rend thc articles published in tho great metropolitan journal ol' the Northwest and say whether lhere was tint on elfort made thereto coerce the President into the oxtreme measures of the extreme members of the party; and yet, in spite of all ihut, the city of Chicago hud just ?iv on a Democratic majority of 4,823 lo Carter Harrison, [''our own Carter," bc called (lim,J and that was characterized by the i Uliiougo Inter-Ocean as a "victory for tho Democrats and howling rebids." l/iuulii oj;.] lu place of putting n ru til rod into thc Preside li t's backbone all the mar- ! row lind stiffness had been taken ont of thc Republicans. That Democratic victory tn I Jliicago was thc first popular response rom a Republican eily, and il was stJIliing 11 its character. "' Caswell, of Wisconsin, reminded Spirits hat on the same day Wisconsin had given i in increased Republican majority ol over i ODO. To that Urayg, or Wisconsin, rcs ! (lOndcd in a manner thal elicited loud ? ipphiuse hom ?he Democratic side. Then JllittOlldcil, of New Yolk, mule un i nt pas* ??ned speech, swearing al the Oreetibackers md idling the Democrats thal their present ?ol?ey WHS in favor of desperadoes and tull tote rd und blacklegs ut the polls. WASHINGTON, April 0.- Honst;.-The ilnotidmeut onVrod yesterday by New, nf udialla, (hat thc repeal shall not abridge or ir a Heel the righi and duty of th.- ICxecu ive to respond to a call nf a Stile Legist i ure or Governors wus ngreed to by a vote d' 85 to d, the Republicans refraining from oling on tither side. Lowe, of Alabama, moved to strikeout cotton 6, from the bill, ami Conger, of .Holligan, su?ucsied to the oilier side nf he House that it that were doue his side rould aid them in passing immediately I ithoul debate a separate bill repealing i n icely tho uo culled objectionable ?v?tions of he sis tut os jMuM ilion, of Oliio, speaking for him idf, repudiated tho proposition; 'l i e Meuse Committee on Huies, who avo iiad limier eou-ideraliou a proposition o incienso tho fuiembitship <,l several nf he most i tn poi ti II t alundum co tn in i i tees of hu I louse, met this morning ind author ?ti',' Blackburn to report io ihn House in ivor ol increasing the Committee on Klee ions from eleven, as at thu hist Congress t) fi ft con j lilt Ways and Moans Committee rom eleven to Ihivteeiij Appropriations, rom eleven to fifteen; Com mer cu from levon,to fifteen; dud ?cia ry, fruin eleven t<i liirtoen; Agriculture, from eleven tofifieeii. nd living tho membership ol the Commit* .e on Kn foiled Dills ut RC ve ti instead ol ?nc us at tin; last session. A propos! I ion J increase tho Printing Committee wis OlKtldt'l'cd, t ut it was found thut thc law v'u] Dui i..iinh? iv hip of that e.-nu ltlt'0 os li ree, in coiifot'tnity willi a !:!:0 ro'ii'li'il tee f thc Senate, thc two tu net j lintly, wi cd, y so doini:, mensures referred t i theui ?.iii o beter facilitated. Thc eommppe .. .!.? 0 action on the pi np iso I distribution of ie several annual appropriation hills niuo lg lie coin (nit tees hiv?:.g like subjects in hurgo, but it is v. rc proba de thal when ie question ?d' ii.rii'-i-ii g ibo (Vininiilce nu ippropriutliiii'i i- lui I li"' mi i! .. ll uso s me introvorsy ?iii mise, and that llnise favor ig ti division id' (he work nf ni-,.?.'pi i.iii o?* ill propose to commit t'> the Military C mi lillee lim appropriations for the anny an'! II branches nf millitury service, i > thc Niivtll oiiimitteo ilie appropriations for tin- naval U'vico, IO the Oom mit tee on Commerce the ppropi ialions rehuing tn navigation. A?. In the eonrso nf debate, t'x, of \'e\v Yo-fk, a?( d I hat he had in thc Democratic cnn ells tvored the repeal ? !' thc ubnixi ms measures 1 nu independent bill, but (hat he had been vermied and that he had acquiesced in thu ipeflor wisdom, hut not the superior os peri iee, ol' (libers. Ile ex pee! cd I hut il lin? resident vetoed the hill the Sonnte would .nd to Ibo llotn?i repeal bills, puio nnd niple, and tildi there would be a cha nco of *iiiig the sincerity of ibo Hepiihlioiiii side, he ..llordei Hollian" hist .rv nf Kansas was dived in speeches |,v Aiken, nf Snub andina, and ll.i-l.ell of Kan-a-, Aflei' several cmendrurnis had been tillered ul reject cd the I'nminittoc ari-e and ic Hied tho hill to the llouso. Ail unimpor nt amendments were agreed to with.nu vision, Cameron, of illinois, asked Sparks to allow io II.<use iih opportunity to haie a yea und . ay vote on the repealing sections. MuMtl III objected. The bill then passed hy a vo'o ' yeas I 18; nays 122-a strict party voto, he Greenbuckcrs voted as follows: lu Ibo lirmiit iv?-[Do Lu Matyr. Poid, Gillett, mes of Texas, Luid, Linie, of Alabama, Jircjl, Stevenson, Weaver, Yokum. In the egulive-Harlow and I'nrsytho. The result as received with applame on tho. Democratic dc. The negroes of Louisiana, Mississippi nnd imo of the other State? aro emigrating to ansas and olsowhoVo West. Wo can spnro 1,000 velors from Son I ll Carolina and 10,000 ich from Mississippi and Louisiana.. i Hicimial sessions of Siato Legislatures | m t i i> il e to gmw in favor. In the New York ! ssemhly on Tnosday last tho (.'("institutional ' iiendnient in favor of such sessions wits do ited mid il waa mdorod t<) a third rc i ling j a lar^D i uto. Teacher's Union of Oco?oo. In accordance willi n resolution passed ni ft meeting on the 1st Saturday In January, 187'J, the Union bold ita fourth mooting nt Westmin ster ou Saturday, ibo 5th of April. Holli Ibo President and Vice President being nbscnl, Mr. S. V- Stribling wns requested lo take tito chair.. Thc roll wns culled und tt.c chairman nn noun:?d that ?hero wns n quorum present, but thc President nn<l Vico President hoing absent, thc union would transact only snob business ns wns actually nee ssnry, and that Mr. Charles Petty wimbi address I lie Union and Mr. W.?J. Heard would read au essay. The chairman introduced Mr. Petty, who delivered au ad.liv.ss of much foruo mid one calculated to do much goo 1. Mr. W. J. Heard next read an essay on "Nor mal .Schools." Dr. J. P. Smellier noi being present, thc Secretary was instructed to request him lo de liver his address nt tho next meeting ol' ibo Union. Thc Secretary was ulso instruct ed to reqncbl Prof. C. W. Mooro lo read nu essay before lite Union al ils next meeting, subj col lo bc loll lo Iiichoice. On n motion from Mr. W. J. Hoard the Union determined lo hold ils next meeting at Seneca Cily en th? 3d Saturday in June, 1S7H, nt 1) o'clock A. M. S. 1'. STRIllhINO, Chairman, w. 1'. CALHOUN, Secretary. I For thc Koowoo Courier | Tuo.M.OO HOM?:, April 5, 1870. I.md: on lilia pict ure and then on ll,at. A few days agu in "random thoughts" I holed the pleasantness of Ibo weather and Hie flattering prospects resulting therefrom; but the alluring Coquetry of March followed by thc fickleness ol' April, has given a death knell lo our hopes of a frail crop Ibo pr?sent year and the Northen) blast seem lo bc singing a requiem lo Hs d -misc. Two year-- ago, thc latter part of Ap'?I, thc momt nins looked like pyramids ol' while thnn dcr-hoads, lou tho wind was (rom Hie South had the icy breath was driven beyond Hie Blue Kidgc and we escaped the blighting i fio et if frosts. Last week (he mountains wove again white with snow, bul ibo will I boin.: from lite North, sank t!n> mercury down lo 21 degrees on Thurs day morning un I not only has (he fruit crop suitor od. bul many early vegetables and (he forest also. Peas were in bloom, strawberries were hall' grown, cora largo enough lo receive the first working, have all moro or loss been injured, ?'heat on I nits in places have thc appearance.of having been swinged with lire, bat Hies.1 cropi being backward, will liol, I think, bc seriously injured. If ihc wind had remained from the South we no doubt would have os itt ped tu? t. Al this p'irliculor juncture a "it?lid South" would have been desired nimocphcrioally ns it is politic.illy. Hut every picture has n bright side; if wc hid hive hal a large fruit crop, much ol' its luscious juice would have been converti-1 into vile poison. Persons willi largo or old (rees especially wlic.o cultivated cr.M .-. ure to bc grown may also (alie advantage by culling back their fruit (rec mid make'Hie trees more stocky mid eon? venient for gathering frail ?md ere ito new brauchte, un i improve (heir fruit hereafter, Vnd again, necessity is said to bc the mother of Invention. Strawberries might bj largely cultivated together i\vi(h other small fruits for e.iily mc while grapes would come in (luring ibo bili moni hs, .ill of which coull be hermeti cally sealed or preserved in their own inspis sated joice for winier use, and Ihey aro never destroyed by frost. Many persons would be surprised to soo tho extraordinary yield of a sm ill h i'd of strawberries well cultivated. It our laidos were suppled with mon- fruit-, and farin?cea, or loss llesh meals, with thc eschew ing ol' lohne ., alcoholic beverages or irritating condiments, wo certainly would bc improved, menially, morally and physically,. Sub-acid hiiiis aro II 1 w ti y s g rn I cf ul to nur mt si a tory pl?iitiuv, and nul Only prove to bc healthful bul nlso heightens th.on. Tho lu i I '! .... maula h is in some degree sub ? : le l '.. mc I. iv killed I licit* do^s, which weil UippOSt I IO Il"!yc rabi l symptoms. Hi spool fully yours. NO M ATT lt WHO. ? OLD m HELI?BLE. % SP?. ?.VNt'onu's Livnu IKVIOORATO? S JS is a Standard Family Homcdy for ?* % g diseases of the Ld vcr, Stomach ?fS*??*% * ?J und Bowels.-lt is Purely * ?J Vegetable.-It never ?? (Jil) H ? $ Debilitates-lt ?rt ^{oj | ?J > I If il li?l^f*^*nn(1 y t'^oIp",)lio,| J fi S? V?"*" tov '?wo than 35 years, S S BE*** Avit'' unl>weedont?d results. S S V1* SEND FOR CIRCULAR.S |S, T,W.SANFORD, M.D., ^S?So?^I j *"OHWOIST WILL tv.u, vol) ITS IlKH TATION. S NOTICE. WALHALLA, H. C., April 8, 187??. pilH Treasurer of Ibo town of Walhalla will 1 have his hooks rtpOn for tho collect ion of axes for ihe fiscal yinr 1871), on thc Isl day of May. J?70, and all (axes uol paid nu or bsforo Ibo Isl day ol'.lune. 18711, will have Ihc penally nf 20 per conl. added. Thc levy is "fifteen :eiiis on every ono hundred dollars ?onli of real and polhill il properly. Hy order of tho Council, C. li, WATSON, Hork. April IO, Ifc/i) yj.j J. E. HENDRIX & SON, / li i DH A LHUS IN \i Hardware, Iron, Steel, Cutlery, etc. Shoes, Hats, Dry Goods. Paints, Oils & Painter'?* Sundries. AG KN TS 1-0 ll Stewart bowing Machine,' liowc Sewing Machine I Davis Vertical F??? Sowirig j Al ac Urn e. j IC von are wanting (o' h dy a MA CHIME yon should not iail to give us a cn ll, as wo are oiVeritrg bargains. K ospo^t fully, J. E. Hendrix & Son. April 10, 1ST0 21 Sheriil's Sales. nV virtue of ex?cution? lo rno directed I 1) vi ill Sell, on MON DAY, ?nie dny in Moy, IST'.l, at tire (".omi lionne ?loor in Wal hulla, between thc legal bonis of sale, thc following describer! properly, lo wit; All ll??! piece, pai etd or ti net of land silunto within tiie corporate limits of thc town of Walhalla, nm! known in the plan of said town, a H OIK-half nf lot No. -I I adjoining the lots of I). Pieman n, A. Fi."chesser and (ranting; ?ill .Main street. Said lot containing one-? (mirth of an nero. Sold nt the property of John Ansel at tho stilt of t\ Ansel. A I.SO, One Tract of hind sit?alo in ?COII?P. County, on the public rend lending; from Wu I lia lin, S. C. to Clayton. GIL, odjiiiningvlands O? \X. ll. hand, Klias Dead and others, containing ?HH> flore.*, moro or h>'3. Lex ted on ns tho- prajjcrty of Wm. 'i'oy aV the snit of ti. JJ': Johnson, A:?m, Ono Tract of land on waters nf Tosnwny (Meek, cOntuininz 280 ames, moro or less, adjoining lands of 0 I?, Poole,. Wm il. Mooro am) other:*. [. ?yied on it? tho property of il. A (Jilmcr, at t ie mit of O.ionoo Ominiv. TKlvMS OP SALK-CASH. JAM KS ll. HOBING, S h er i If Coonee County. April IO, 1870 21-41 ?STATIN OB ?MJUU CAHOLIN/L v OlLVITY ofi,v oco^iii?., POP li r COMMON PLEAS. Elisabeth Counts, plaintiff V against I didi tl Hyde, ns exeeut ,r ',,t ) the Inst will ol' M.irj A { Sco?gins, dncoo'.od, Surah r SunTmbna. A ll vile, wife of.John Hyde ? ?iml W. I*, ^coggins, defeat I dants. j To John iiydc. ns Executor of tho Inst wH?l e.? Mary A'. Sc'iggins, deceived, Sarah A. Hyde, wile of John Hyde,und W. Ii. Scog ??'ins, defendants-. "VT O H are hereby summoned nnd required JL to nnswer the complaint in this notion, a copv o( whloh i* lih d in tho olGco of the Clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas, for tho County ? d'Oconoo amt to serve a copy of your answer . ll the subscribers nt their ellice in the town of Walhalla, 8. 0., within twenty days nftcr tho service of this summons on you, oxolur sive of Ibo dny of service. If you fail to' nnswer tin; norn plaint within that timo tho Plaintiff will tnko judgment against you for tho relief demanded in tho complaint. KEITH & YF.HNEK, Plaintiff's Attorneys s \ J. W. STK111LIN0, 0. C. V. To W. ll. Scojigins, one of thc Defendants herein - ri'Viko notice that tho summons of wh?jh tho 1 foregoing is a copy, and tho complaint herein ?eic filed, in tho nllloo of tho Clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas for tho c unty o Ocmee, in the S:nte aforcsnid. on tho Ith dav nf April. 1870. A pi il Nb, IST'J. KHif ?I Sc v un Nick, Plni ii t i IPs Atlornoys. Apiil ll), l?>7?) 21-? WANT ED! 5,000 Bundles Fodder, Por which wo will pay SI per hundred io cash, or $120 in trude. 1). Pl I', .MANN & SONT. April 3, 1870 20-2t Administi ator's Sal?, i) 1)V vi ri HO of an maier lo mc dircoled by Hichard bowis, Judge of Probat ? for Oconoo County, South Carolina, I will sill io I lie highest bidder, nt ibo former resldoeco of Mnry l?. Liddell, deceased, the personal properly belong* lng (otho estate of said deceased,on SATUIIDAY, Ibo 10th day ol' April instant, ?il ll o'clock A M., tho sumo consisting of-? 1 Cow nm) Calf, 1 Yearling, Household a.ul Kitchen Furniture. TH It M.-i CASH. .10IIN T. f.tUDKbft, Administrator. April :t, ;-'.;:i '?0 2t