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?Ul?.inn II ' li iijLiI i ll ll il i i.i ililli m I I Minni lilli THE KBOWKE COURIER. rT'" Bx^KBITH, 8MITH & CO H-o THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1879. Q3? For subscription, $1.50 f>or annum, strictly in advance; br six mont Iis, 75 cents. Q3* Advertisements insorted at cup dollar por square of one inch or loss for the first insertion, and filly cents for each subsequent in sertion. (Q* Obituary Notices oxcood ingiivo linos, Tributes of Respect, Communications of a personal character, when admissablo, and announcements of Candidates will bo charged for as advertise ments. 03d Job Printing noatly and cheaply oxecutod. O?r Necessity com pols us to adhere strictly to tho require ments of cash payments. On thc 12th instant tho President rc tinned t( thc Houso of RoproBontallvo8 tho "Act lo pm hlblt military Interferenoo with elections," wltl his objections to its approval. Tho veto mes sage will appear in our next issue. Religious Questions-Dancing. In th? April number of tho Southern Prcsby terian Rrview Dr. Adgcr publishes an nblo roplj to tho Kev. Dr. Dabnoy on tho question whothui dancing is a sin, and as such disciplinnblo bj the ohuroh-a practical question, which moro o: less divides all thc Protestant churches of lin country. Dr. Dabncy advocated in a prcviou artiolo tho afiirinativo of these questions am Dr. Adgcr presents tho negative sido in hi artiolo. Dr. Adger maintains that on a uumbc of questions of practical importance, but no fundamental, the ohuroh differs, ami that thi difference and a froo discussion is tho best guid to truth and correct conduct. Dr. Dabne; lays down and endeavors to maintain two pro positions: First, that dancing is sinful, an second, that it is an offenco to bo formally diB oiplincd. Dr. Adger controverts both thes propositions in their general scope. In dom this ho states distinotly that ho is no patron c your "dancing disciples," uor has ho ever bec a friend, admirer or apologist of tho amusrmot of donoing in any of its forms, but on tho con trary assorts that he is on tho record OB ON pressing very strong disapprobation of a forms of dancing between tho sexes, bul this i not bcoau80 ho regards all t'omis of dancln sinful and proper subjects of disciplino. Il maintains thcro is no specific warrnnl of (li word for those propositions. Ho says trul Ihero is a olear distinction between disapprobt lion and condemnation, and formal church dit ciplino based on judicial proceedings. Christian "may speak or writo againsl what i in his opinion, dangerous, nnd a pastor mi from Ibo pulpit reason and exhort, and a sossii may warn and remonstrate respecting whatcv In tho general aspects of tho word seems to improper and injurious. But when that cou comes to acts of technical discipline, tho warra of tho word is reasonably and rightfully r quired to bo muon moro explicit." He th draws a distinction between questionable ni sinful notions, or those which "arc disapprov on general grounds of Script ure, ns many po nous believe, and ether actions whose conder nation is either express in ?Scripture or ol necessarily dcducnblo therefrom." Tho latt aro oalled sinful nnd tho former qucstionabl and different minds will viow them differentl "Thoro is theatre going, card playing and nay reading and tobacco chewing or smoking, ai all usc, even tho most moderate, of any hind stimulating drink, nnd dinner parties and t suppers and fashionable dress and equipa; and tho wearing of n gold watch, diamond ri and other jewelry-yes, and wo may go f?rtl and say lifo insurance, and tho marriage of fi cousins, and proceeding nnolhcr step, thc uso instrumental music in public worship in Go house, and of church fairs with their many I accompaniments, and other like things I questionable with many and furnish ocoasit of oarncsldifferences of opinion amongst hone cousoionlious and intelligent Christians, w havo adopted tho word as their only rid Many of theso practices aro hold ns objccliona ns dancing in any of its forum, and tho wri truly sayB that noYol reading as prncliced tully as great an evil, high authority hov recently said that "no one systematically ro tho averago novelette of tho day and kc cither integrity or virtue, and that tit aro a million of mon and women in United States to day reading themselves I hull." After discussing some of tho Ot questionable practices, ho concludes that whole of tho argument to prove dancing ali only demonstrates it to bo questionable an practico which may fairly bo hold in disnpr. hat ion by the conscientious Biblo believer, writer scatters tho arguments drawn f classical antiquity and controverts tho idea Calvin favored discipline for dancing ns now understood and prnotiood in society. Ca know how "to point out (ho inconsiderate fur righteousness of oven good men," and lo condemn their excessive moroseness mid I loo rigorous severity. Ho could quote ? AuguBtino "how tho pious and placid sin mercifully correct, what they can in Ibo chu but bear patiently what thoy cannot con in lovo lamenting and mourning until dod ci roform and oorrcct, or nt tho harvest root the tares and scatter tho chati'." And in rc euee to drunkenness, so forcibly condenmo tho Bible, which in Africa was common ? impunity, Calvin approved tho doolnrnlloi August in in a council oalled to pr?vido a rom "In my opinion such things aro not rotnovoi rough, harsh and imperious mensuren, bul ? by teaching than commanding, moro by ada ishing than threatening." Tho writor holds disciplino is not lo bo oxoroised whon tho pi sentiment docs not sustain it ns wiso and g and avon then only where tho offeneo is tin of tho few. Preaching is thc remedy. D pline should never be ueod hastily, na it dangerous remedy in unskilled hands, a si onso of error often splitting a flourishing oli into faction". Dr. Adger after citing nulhoi Against discipline, defining tho powers of session and showing that tho ohuroh lin Opinions, and discussing certain Illings ? aro questionable, ns lifo insuranoo and moderato use of liquor, but not formally hlblted, alleges that the oliuroh cannot make laws, but eau only administer thom. ?'Wo," says bo, "aro not tho Lord's councillors, but his servants. Ho makes tho laws. Churoh rulers can only administer them. Tito ohuroh is not tkoreforo bound by vc hat the ?riso and good of tho anolont and modern world bas said about danoing or anything else, and tho ploa of Christian liberty is to bo assorted over and over again, whenever churches or ohuroh courts essay to invade that liberty in tho least degree." And whenever on mere opinion atty ohuroh under takes tho formal disciplino of any practice not clearly forblddon in tho Scriptures, it becomes a question whether lt is not the duty of tho humblest member to protest in "the interest of tho liberty and the purity and tho poaco of tho churoh." ' Tho ortiolo of Dr. Adger is too lengthy for our columns and tho oxtraots glvon but fcobly indi cate tho foroo of tho argumout. It should bo read by all who can obtain lt, not merely bo causc il is a full discussion of the much disputed question of tho immorality of danoing, but bc oauso of his clear and foroiblo exposition of ohuroh disciplino and tho caution with which it should bo cxeroiscd. We aro satisfied that in numerous eases efforts at disciplino for ques tionable acts have dono moro to injure tho progross of roligion than* almost any oilier causo, and this arliolo will toach tho over zealous "to curb tboir knook-down and drag out remedies for irregularities. Tho argument of Dr. Dabnoy on tho other sido of (ho question of danoing will bo found in tho samo Review with tho reply of Dr. Adger. Wo agreo with Dr. Adger and perhaps entertain a litllo more liberal views than ho expresses, as his entire argument looks only to tho Scriptural viow of tho matter. It has a physical and social aspect which, when properly restrained, renders dancing not only pleasant, but healthful and highly conducivo to graco of person. Southern Baptist Convention. Messes, li Dirons: This body of ropresonla live men of thc Baptist denomination South ol "Mason and Dixon's Lino," which met in it! thirty*fourth animal session in tho city of Al la uta on the 8th instant, was like tho Me th od i s Episcopal Churoh, South, tho result of tho dif ferenco of opinion between tho member: denominations, North and South, on thc subjeo of slavery, and was organized in Augusta, Ga. in 1845. Unlike similar bodies in other denominations it is neither legislative nor judicial, but s'nnpl; an advisory council, whose acts aro accopted o rejootcd by each individual church as it approve or disapproves them. Nor is this wrong, fo each church is independent of every other am enters into tho conference with tho express un dcrstandir.g that its liberty is in no wiso ct <. tailed by tho step. Again, thc body is a purely benevolent or qanizalion, its object being throofcld: 1. T devise means for scuding tho dospcl to th heathen in foreigu lands. 2. To build up th cause of Christ in thc destitute places in ou own Southern lnnd and among tho Indians i thc West; 3. To provide a way whereby on ministers may bc educated for their lifo work "Tho work of thc convention is carried on b boards appointed nnhuallj." At thc convention in Atlanta (Kore were abot thrco hundred and sixty delegates present, rep rc8cnling Maryland, Virginia, North Carolim South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alnbatn Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Ker tacky, Missouri, Tcnncssoe and Indian Torritor besides visitor/) from tho North and clscwher and Hit? Revs. Crawford and Hartwell, Mil sionarics of tho Foreign Board in China, Bo Mr. David, Missionary to Afrioa, and Hov. M Taylor, who represents Southern Baptists in ll City of Rome. Tho meetings of tho body were harmonioti and, doubtless, productive of lasting goo Perhaps the most important question before wns, "Shall Southorn Baptists co-opcrato wi their brethren in tho North in tho work which tho two conventions are respectively d voted?" After a protracted discussion, in whl quite a number of the most prominent men pr sent partioipatcil, and not always, I am sorry say, in thc best Christinn spirit, it was decid that a consolidation of tho two conventions \> neither practicablo nor desirable, and that should bc left lo their respective boards lo i in concert wherever it seemed for thc interest tho cause that the)' should do so. Tho reports on mission work elicited spcccl from returned missionaries, which were both tcrcsting and instructive. Tho Hov. Mr. Taylor, of Home, gavo an i (ended account of the difficulties with which missionaries have had lo contend in (ho "Im] vial City" and Italy at largo, and showed t tho work in Catholic Italy, though progress very slowly, had gained a fino foothold. E' in Homo ho lins a locale in ono of (ho ni central parts of tho city with a mcmbcrshii about twenty. Hov. Mr. Crawford, of China, reminded convention (hat seventeen of its missionni hod died nt their posts, bravely ftghling ngai idolatry and superstition, Ilms ovcrwhclinin refuting tho vile ohargo made by eomo that missionaries of Foreign Board of South Baptist Convention aro not faithful to charge given thom to keep. Hov. Mr. David, ol Afrioa, gave an ? oouraging account of his work in Afr and declared tho peoplo, among whom went, to bo superior to tho Auiorioan wh in nil points of morality, except truth ncBss. They would Ho ia ninety-nine o out of ovcry hundred, and bo moro t apt to do so tho hundredth time; but Ht ing, murder, theft and licentiousness \ far less common among thom than nm tho whites hore. This is duo, said speaker, to tho fuot that tho jaw knows degrees in tho punishment of crime. I kill, I must die; if I mahn, I must maimed. Thoy rcquiro "un eye foran o; ito. Theft is punishable with doath. Tho people aro very superstitious; ofton exhibit tho most astonishing f In one town n lillie band prayed wit! (easing for eighteen long years that would send them a tendier in tho pine tho ono who hod loft thom, ond Boot cnoh year to tho scaoorst to set tho missionary had oomn, and tho ond of tho eighteenth year whole bnntl started out to meet man of Cod, and, hundreds of miles i from any scttlcmont, mot him (Mr. Di io thc depths of a forest. Tho scene an affecting one. Tho dclightod littlo limo and again embraced him and returned thank*, to God for having annn their prayore. His work was prospered in bis hands. Of course oolleotions woro "lifted" for each of tho objeots of the convention, and auiouotod io all to about 80,600 in cash and plodgcs. Any other oourso would bavo boon wholly unbaptistio. Perhaps the only other hom of interest to your roaders is tho resignation of Dr. 0- H. Toy, of tho chair of "Old Testa mont Inter pretation" in tho Southern Baptist Theo logical Seminary. It was a most unploasuut surprise, but wo trust that it will provo ono of tho ?all things which work togother for good to those who love God," &o. Tho next mooting ot tho convention will most probably bo held in Columbus, Miss., beginning May 7th, 1880. On Sunday tho pulpits, both white and oolorod, of all denominations, except tho Episcopalian, wore filled by distinguished members of tho convention. The hospitality of tho Atlanta peoplo will not bo soon forgotten by those who enjoyed it, nor will tho influence of tho mooting itself soon cease to bo folt. , "OCCASIONAL." Editorial Brevities. Tho Montgomery, Ala., and Ku fun lu Rail road was sold at auction on tho 1st instant, for $2,120,000 cash. Col. A.. P. lintier is industriously stocking tho waters of South Carolina with fish. Thc State w ill owo him a dobt of gratitude. Tho South Americans are getting blood thirsty. Chili hes declared war against, Peru, and active preparations aro now going on for tho conflict in which Bolivia is nico n participant. Tho citizens of Lima, in Peru, aro enthusiastically tendering tboir money and their services to tho government. Tho French Government is resolved to provont tho Roman Catholic clorgy from in terfering with tho system of public education. Serious results mny follow, but in the end til-- ?/. iests will bo com polled to submit. North Carolina furnishes tho world with a largo proportion of medicinal remedies in tho way plant!.. Ono firm alono in Stntosville sold last year half a million dollars' worth of herbs gathered in tho Stnto. A wagon from tho mountains carno into Greenville thc other day, drawn by an ox and n mule. Tho load consisted of four horned sheep, a wild cat and two small hears. Ile found thc market rather dull for Ills barter and left for gomo point bolow. Tho desiro to return to tho whipping post is so strong in Kentucky that in some conni ties candidatos for tho legislature arc oom'' pollcd to pledge themselves to sustain tho mouS?ro or loso their chanco of election. Three men paid tho penalty of tboir crimes on tho gallows on tho 10th instant-ono in North Carolina for burglary and two in Ooorgiii for murder. A roligious nowspnper in London has rc covered damages in a libel suit, against, n man who spoke ovil of it. Make n noto of that, and bo careful how yon spook of news papers. lt's a poor rule that don't work botli ways. 'Tho appropriation made by Congress a short lime sinoo for tho purchase and distri* button of seed will not take effect until thc first of July, and our farmers can save them selves tho trouble of sending on for seed ns it is elated thut none will be obtainable before fall. Although lio United States Supremo Court lina declared polygamy a orimo against tho laws of tho land tho Mormon delegate to Congress recently in Salt Lake Oily, made a most elab?ralo defense of polygamy to thc largest congregation over assembled there. And yet ho is permitted to hold his scat in Congross. A resolution has been adopted by tho Penn sylvania Legislature authorizing tho appoint ment of a joint oommitUo to wolcomo Orant on his arrival in this country in tho namo of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, provided there shall bo no expenso to tho State. Thc father of Charley Ross has boon again disappointed in finding his long lost boy, Ho has visited over six hundrod lost ohiidron, nil of whom woro believed to ho Charley. Tho oaso will probably pass into history as tho most remarkable ot its kind on rocord. New York City has nearly 500 churohoa and chapels costing $40,000,000 to build, and $5.000,000 moro per annum to keop thom going. It has fifty-nino hospitals and asy lums (or tho sick, aged, blind, deal mid dumb, lunatics, inebriates, orphans and soldiors, which have cost $20,000,000 to build, and rcquiro $5,000,000 a year to sustain. Tho public school odificos bavo oost $0,000,000, and $ 1,000,000 a your to ope rate. Tho Holy Land is subject to famine as of old. Now, howovor, instead of sending to Egypt for corn, tho wants of tho peoplo are mot hy importations of flour and grain from Now York. As Joseph oolloctod corn in Egypt, in anticipation of sovon years of scanty hnrvos'ts, so oxports from tho bountiful crops of tho now world aro now storing at Jerusalem to moot impending famine. Tho American Medical Association recently in session at Atlanta, Qn,, favor tho requisi tion of attending throe courses of lectures preparatory to graduation ns a physician. This will bear bard on many a worthy poor man, but if it will prevent the graduation of mon who aro not proporly educated in tho duties and responsibilities of tho profession tho public will have no ground of complaint. Tho subscriptions to tho Ronner bale, in this city, says tho Augusta Chronicle, amount to nearly three hundrod dollars. Tho stun will ho sent to tho family of tho late Lieuten ant Bonnor, and tho balo will ho forwarded to tho Charleston Cotton Exohnnge, whoro it Will 1)0 milled or sold for tho benefit of tho Bonnor fuud and re-donated. aaa The latest old thing whioh every fushioim hie London lady thinks sho must huvo, if sho is to romain anybody at all, is an old watoh. It is not for the hands,'or faoo, or works that those aro prised, but for tho ease. Tboso aro takon off thoir bingos nnd oonvorted into stoppers for tho glass bottles on tho dressing tablo. Tho Now York Herald's Washington epo oial says that "tho appropriation bills will bo passod at this session in regular order, with" out tho ridors, if that is mudo nooessary by vot?os, and if this is noe dono by tho Demo crats as a body, it will bo done by Domoorntio and Republican votos together. It follows that tho cry of 'revolution' nood not bo hooded by nuybody. lt is an evidence that tho Republicans would like to carry tho next election on a falso issue and that is all." Tlio Vanderbilt train party trnvolod from New York "out Wost," 3,714 milos in 02 hours, 45 minutes, tho nvorugo rato of speed hoing 41 milos an hour. Tho Centennial transcontinental train ran 3,317 miles, fruin Jorsoy City to Oakland, in 82 hours, 47 min utos, on ono continuous trip, or nearly tho samo avorngo. Mr. Vanderbilt passed over tho samo road botwoon Chicago and Omaha, and boat tho Centennial fast train by 23 minutos. Who says n train cannot go across tho continont in 80 hour??" Wo oxtract tho following favorable o'otlco of Dr. T. 0. C. Pahnostock, fruin nn nrtiolo on tho dental art and tho uso of nitrous oxido gus in tooth extracting published in tho Cincin? nati Merchant and Farmer. Dr. Fnhncstock, a few years ugo purchased tho Wbitnor farm near Walhalla nod is now a citizen of this county. Ho is activo, energetic und progres? B?VO us a farmer, and is highly pleased with this country, which ho proposes to make his home. Of his high character nnd standing in his profession in thc city of Cincinnati tho following netieC amply testifies. Ho has made numerous friends here, nnd wo wish many such worthy persons would como and settle among us: "We visited, a few days since, tho dental rooms of Dr. Fnhncstoek, northw est corner of Seventh and Race. Tho doctor is now on a visit to his plantation in South Caro lina, and Dr. Weldon is in charge. Dr. Weldon IIUR been with Dr. Fuhnestock about four years, nnd during that timo he has administered tho gas to all classes and ages of pooplo vto tho young and robust, tho aged and tho invalid. The names of 41,000 persons aro recorded in the Doctor's hooks as having takon thc gas at his ellice while having teeth extracted, and in every case thc result was satisfactory tu thc patient and thc opera tor. Dr Full nos tock lias boen practicing in this city about ten years. Ile hus for tho last four or live year mudo a specialty of tooth extract ing, and has probably given thc gas to more people than any other dentist in Ohio- It is tho experience of such men that convinces ai that in tho hands of a curclul operator there it not thc least danger to ho apprehended from it? usc. Tho only real danger in its uso lies in using gas not strictly puro. Those dentists whosodcuiund for thc gas is very limited, and who procure (ho article from Philadelphia or New York, cannot, of course bo suro of its strength and purity. Dr. Fahnestock manufactures tho gas he usos, and always hus it fresh and puro. Although making a prominent specialty of extracting, Dr. F. luisa high reputation in his profession, and ibero is probably no better practical den tist in tho city than Dr. Weldon. With him supplying a new set of teeth is not a more mechanical operation, but an art. Thc con? tour of tho features, thc complexion, and cvon tho stature aro studied and consulted deter mining tho shape and size of tho tooth fur? nibbed, and tho work turned out by tho Doctor is characterized by its fidelity to nature. All varieties of dental work aro performed at his rooms, from tho moderate priced rubber to ilie more expensive and bciiutilul continuous gum work. Few mon in thc profession in this city Aro more respected and esteemed than Dr. FahncHtock nnd Dr, Weldon, and few enjoy a larger or moro lucrativo practice among our best families. -- - - . . As* OI.O DRGD.- Wc huvo received tho following neto from a well known lady living in the Ruckhciid neighborhood: "In your lust issue of thc News and Herald, I notice an account of nh 'old deed,' in pos session of thc Sherill' of Newberry. I have roqUOSted Major T. W. Woodward to hand you a deed which came into my possession during my first visit North after tho war. It was given me by a gentleman who had mar? ried a Southern lady, and it had been discov ered among sumo papers in the printing ollico in Fitchburg, Muss. Tho supposition was that it had been appropriated by some of our Northern Irionds when they visited us several years ago. I imagino it will provo as great a curiosity as tho ono Mr. Wheeler has or. exhibition-this deed having boon also granted by 'His Excellency M m. Moultrie, F,sq.' If thc figure that grucos ono side ol tho seal is tho Goddoss of Liberty, the surc dofacing touch of timo has certainly im paired her bounty as woll as bor drapery. Whilst visiting around I was shown., ns a trophy of war, a broken .wine-glass and china soup plato marked with tho initial 'II' supposed to have been once tho property of OX'Qovornor Hampton. Rut, 'tis said, nil is fair in love ond war. Wc should endeavor not to revivo old griovancos, but 'lol tho doad pnst bury its doad.' " Tho (ieeil is from Governor Moultrio to Hugh Middleton and Edward Prince, is dated October G, 1791, and conveys a li act of ono thousand nero*, ".situate in tho District of Washington. Pcndloton County, on tho South side of tho road that loads from Washington District Court IIouso to Ninety Six District Court Ilonso." Tho seal is of WAX, four indies in diameter, and shows many signs of its ago,- Winnsboro News and Herald. -? ?-' So for as is known no genuino oaso of hy drophobia has ovVr yet been cured in this country. A correspondent of thc Now York Herald assorts that a discovery of a euro for tho fearful malady has boen mndo in Russin, this remedy hoing puro oxygon. A littlo Russian girl was recently attacked by tho d'Moaso and tho physicians thereupon mndo her inhalo three cubic foot of oxygon. In tho ooui'80 of an hour and a half all tho symp? toms disappeared and thc child remained calm. On tho noxt day but ono tho malady returned in all its distrensing characteristics. A fresh inhalation of oxygon wne tried, and nt tho ond of forty-five minutos tho attack subsided and never returned, AtmusTA, OA., May 9.-Two nogrocs, Tom Jonos alias Satter Whim, and Hoary McSocd lilias Cantello, woro hanged ?to-day ot Appling, Columbia County, .lunes killed a nogross in 1870 on ncoount of jealousy. McSocd killed bis son in November Inst because ho believed him guilty of stealing from bim. Jones claimed innocence, wliilo MoSood acknowledged bis crime. Ono of Hoe's hand presses for salo at this nflico cheap. Siao of bod of press 22x28. The Exodus. I am opposod to this exodus, because it is on untimely oonpossion to tba ?doa that col ored people nud whito pooplo oaunot live togothor in ponco and proeporily unloss tho whites aro a majority and control tho loglela? tion and hold tho otil?os of tho State I am opposed to Ibis exodus, bcoauso it will pour upon tho pooplo of Kansas and othor North? orn States a multitude of doludod, hungry, homeless, naked and dest\tuto pooplo, to bo supported in a largo moasuro by alms. I am opposod to this oxodus, booauso it will entibio our political adversaries to moko sucoossful appeals to popular prejudice (as in tho onso of tho Chinos.;), on tho ground thoso pooplo, so ignorant and helpless, havo beon im portod for tho purpose of making tho North solid by outvoting intolligont Northorn oitl* iions. I nm opposed to this exodus, booauso "rolling stonos gatbor no moss;" and I agroo with Kinorson that tho mon who piado Homo or any othor locality worth going to BOO stayed tboro. Thorc is, in my judgmont, nc part of tho United States, whoro an industri ous and intelligent colored mun cnn servo his race moro wisoly and efficiently thou upon tho soil whoro he was horn and reared, and is known. I nm opposed to this exodus, hoi causo I seo in it a tondouoy to oonvort colored laboring men into trnvoling tramps, first going North bcCauBO they aro persecuted,and thou returning South because they have been dccoivcd.nnd disappointed in their expecta tions, which will excito against our whole race an increased moasuro of popular con' tempt and scorn. 1 am opposed to tide exodus because 1 boliovo that tho conditions of existonce in tho Suuthorn States aro stead ily improving, and that tho colored man will ultimately realizo tho fullest mensuro o: liborly und equality accordod and sccurod in any section of our common country. [Fred Douglass's heller. WASHINGTON, May 9.-Tho Schate passet with amendment tho House bill providing payment of tho tunney hcrotnforo nppropri atcd to James B. Buds and bis nsoociutcs foi tho construction ot ibo jotties and otho works at Soul ll Puss, Mississippi. Tho consideration of tho bill prohibiting military interference at elections was thet resumed. Senator Edmunds Fpoko on tin bill. Before taking tho voto, considerable excitement was munifostod. Senators Biala and Chandler both fpoko. Thc latter mad a bitter speech, saying in thc course, of hi remarks that be nnd bis party bcliovcd tim twelve Senators on tho Dom.?oratio side beb their seals fraudulently, and yet it was pro pm-ed to oust Kellogg who was justly entitle, to his Scuutbrship. Tho bill was afterward passed by II vote of 33 to 23. Senator Williams, ol Kentucky, introduce, a joint resolution to muka the iipproprintioi of March 31, 1877, of $375.000 for tho pay incut ol' iinte-hellum Southern mail contine tors practically available, it being tied np h a treasury niling t.? await tho presentation o nil such claims und thc determination nf th percentage that should be paid to each claim ant. lt proposes to direct ibo Secretary t tho Troil8Ury IC proceed to pay contractors 0 their legal representatives such sums as lb Post Otlice Department certifies may prov to ho due them respectively, provide that no payment shall bo made to any con tractor without fatlsbtotory proof thai bo lin not alro.idy been paid by thc Confedera! States. Tho Rev. A. Webster, writing frot Drongehurg of tho probability of nn oxudt ?f thu colored population from ibis Stat says: Since thc project luis been discussed hoi af Keeking homes in tho West, on him ?pened by Government for settlement, ll feeling in favor of emigration bas increase and la now only held in cheek hy Hmso wi are looked np lo for leadership in this liinvi ment nnd who wait for further developmon here, nnd for trustworthy information in ri Peroneo to tho most promising fields for thc lui ure settlement, and tho formation of do nile plans, mid tho certainty of menus I roaching their place of destination. T colored pooplo only wait for definite plans bc formed, nnd ibo starting of tho forwn movement, then thousands would forihwi take their chances for bornes and a futuro the great West. When they once fully mn up their minds lo go tboy will not be dctcrn whatever Ibo personal sacrifices may be thom. They aro euro they havo nothing loso hore by their removal, und tho chane uro in their favor elsewhere. Ho montions aa a causo for this ledi amongst them, (heir ienrs as to their foti treatment when tho protection of tho stro arm Ol tho National government is tah away from them. Ho declares that tho it of immigration to tho Wost, BO fur fr being a newspaper fiction, ns somo woi have tho country believe, or merely a tcni| rnry fright among ignorant blacks, ns otb would have it, is a delib?rale purpose on I part of many intelligent negroes throughi South Carolina, A DANQKUOUS TORPOR.-Torpor or i activity of the kidneys is seriously dungi otis to thoso organs, since it is tho precodi of diseases which destroy I hoir substui mid endanger lifo. Tb is sluggishness ii bc ovcrcomo by stimulating them, not oessivoly, but moderately, an efFcot produ< by Ilostctter's Stomach Hitters, ti gent invigorant nnd nltcrativo, possessing diurt properties of no common order. Tho petus which this admirable medicine gi to their evueuotivo function counteracts i tendency to congestion which may cxisl their tissues. Both they and their ossoci organ, tho bladder, oro invigorotcd as ^ as gently stimulated by tho Bitters, wli exerts a kindred influence upon thc 6b neb, liver ond bowels, and by strengthen tho system, enables it to withstand mala epidemics, to which whon exposed it mi otherwise sucoumb. Have You tho Buckoyo? It is a well established tact, that Tab Buckeye Pile Ointment will.euro, if used nco ing lo directions. ThovKsculus Hippocastii or Horso Chestnut, commonly known us Buckoyo, has bcon highly cslcomod for II years, owing lo tho faot that it possesses vii lying in Ibo biller principle called Usc which can bo utilized for tho euro of Pilos affoclod willi that terrible disenso, uso Tal Buokoyo Pilo Ointment and bo rcliovod. 1 50 cents, For salo by Norman & Bro., drugg Moxico ai4 United States, Owing lo their warm nnd delightful clim their inhabitants grow sallow from torpid bi Indigestion and all disoasos arising from n ordered Stomach and Bowols. 'J'boy ehou course at (di limes keep tho liver active, ni our roadcrs wo roooinmond Tablor's Portail Vegotoblo Liver l'owdor. Takon In limo, il often eavo monoy and much suffering. Pri ceuts. For ??lo hy Norman k Tiro., drugi Important Notice f WAI.IIAI.LA, S. ?., May 12th,. 18fD. With a viow to prcsorvo tho hcftltl/ of>'tho town, tho Town Council nt its regular maot lng, in May, passed Iho following rcsolotlp?;.', "Resolved, That all oitiitons of tho Towaof.f Walhalla owning Hool Ketato aro horob^/ requirod to havo thoir promises, and cspeoiallt/y their privies, cleansed on orboforo tho 2?th of,' May, 1870. All persons falling to comply with this resolution ahull bo subjcot to a fine iu tho discretion of tho Council." C. E. WATSON, Clerk of Council. NASHTH-LK May, 9.-In tho National Ocr lured Convention to-day I'inohbaok, Chairman of tho committoo on nn address, mndo a report declaring that although fiftcon yoars havo elapsed nineo emancipation, obstacles havo been constantly thrown in tho way to obstruct and rotard tho progrosa of tho oo lorcd race; many griovanoes aro recited, all of which aro attributed to nn alleged spirit of intolerance in tho South. Tho report ls quito longlhy, and rofors generally lo tho diaudvan tngos surrounding tho colored oitizens in tho South by tho non-onforcomont of tho laws. -? Blank Liena, Deeds, Mortgages aud Erooulions for anio al this office. OLD AND RELIADLE. DR. SANFORD'S LIVER INVIQORATOR S is a Standard Family Itomedy for *, ' disonses of tho Livor, Stoninoh ??!g?$ < ? and Uowols.-It is Furoly *"?fl ' flLrft ' ! Vogotablo.- It novcr^^STir fl ]T?i? Dobi?to^toB-It ^B<^^^^^^^^"^^ j ^SS^fr AI Hi-' ? ? ?3 1 or S^*^ my praotioe % i Hfl H ?V^" ft,u* 1)y t,ll? i)ublio> ?gRpS for moro than J55 years, ?SP***1* w^n ""precedented rcBults. ?!V^ SEND FOR CIRCULAR. ?J Si TI WI SANFORD) MiDi, HBW?OltKOIl!/ 5 AST nm'UOlST WILL T F.M? YOU ITS REFUTATION. J. H. PITCHFORD, -/\_~ttc?x-xxoy ?-?V.-tTXjr?"T7^7". OFFICE ON COURT HOUSE SQUARE,',, WALHALLA, S. C. ?I/"ILL giro prompt attention to colico li lions und all other business confided to, him. Maj 15, 1879 2G-ly TAX NOTICE, Treasurer's Office, May 12, 1879. r i Mite hooks Ihr the collection of tho first .1 installment of tuxes for tho fiscal year 1878 are now opened and will bo kept opon nt this office until further notice. lt. S. I'OKCIIElt, Treasurer Oconee County. May 25, 1879 20-lt. HUERAI! HURRAH? For WEST UNION, GREAT"CASH AND BARTE11_ST0RE. luvest Your Dollars and; Dimes here willi .T. P. lill CK I, ICK. a M lie Old Ml a nd, whore you casi Procure Hie QUANTITY OF GOODS. AND THE BEST VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY, I am Just Rocoiving a Now Stock of Gooda from Charleston and Now York, which wore Bought for Cash at Re markably Low Prices, Consisting of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE. CROCKERY, FARMING IMPLEMENTS, SHOES, AND HATS, &C. I nl-jo koop a small stock of DKUOS on hand, nil of which will bo sold nt astonishingly low ligures for C ash or Darier. Tho highest market prico puid for all kinds of Country Produce. I ive Hundred JiSushels or Corn Wauled, Which ?viii he paid lor in cash or goods at cash pri?es. Heaped tu I ly, J. P. JUICMJLER. Moy 15, 1879 26 ly