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frlflB EE.OWEE ?Ot/lt Mi: flt, "?i K??'jF?i? SMITH & CO. TH?J^PAY, MAY 20, 1870. ??y* For sf(?5f?-i/ptioii, $1 .CO p?r annum, strictly in advance; for six months, 15 cents. ff?f* Advertisements inserted at one dollar per 9quap4 of one inch or less for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each subs?quent insertion. S&h Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, Tribubes of Respect, Communications of a per sonal character, when admissable, and Announce' menta of Candidates will be charged for as adver tisements. S??f- Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. Neeessity compels us to adhere strictly to tho requirements of Cash Payments, The Tempor?neo Crusade. A ll reforms seem to proceed by spasmodic efforts. As tho evita flowing from any cause bccooio insupportable efforts aro mudo to sup press or modify thom. Thoso efforts may fail ftom timo to timo, but thoy revivo and oiton finally succeed. This is peculiarly truo of tho tempor?neo movomont. It has boon up and down Binco our first recollection, at timos prosperous, then dying. Perhaps nt this timo thoro is a moro lively movement in this dirootlon in this State than over before. Wo published last wcok in this connection a peti tion to bo presented to tho lioxt Legislature, asking tho pnssago of a law similar To that known ,i>8 tho M cd ne law. In ndroeacy of 6omo restrictivo law a number of papers in this ??tate aro devoting a column to tho causo, and tho movement is assuming shape and form. Wo seo also that u meeting lins been held recently iu Chiokoring Hall, Now York, nt which speeches woro mudo by Dr. Crosby, O. Ii. Frothiugham, Potor Cooper, Mr. Thnrbor and Mr. Hadloy and others. This meeting was held under tho auspices of tho Businoss Men's Temperance Society, which looks to moderation rather than abstinence ns tho most practical remedy. Wo clip from the Now York Herald a statement of how tho socioty proposoo to work made by Mr. Henry Hadley, tho Secretary, ns follows; "Mr. Henry Hadley, thc Sccrotury, stated tho objects of tho society, and, after referring to tho torriblo effects of drunkenness and tho absolute necessity of something being dono to check tho uso of alcoholic stimulants, said that tho socioty boliovod in plcdgos. There were four pledges proposed. Tho white pledgo bound tho signor not to drink during businoss hours. Hy that modified engage ment tho man was not deprived of thc glass of wino nf an ovoning nt our social institu tion!?. Tho bluo pledge promised 'not to offer tho glass to another, nor to drink nt another's oxponso." Tho next pledgo was tho red, whito and bluo. It limits tho signer to drink nothing stronger than wino or beer, and thoso only at meals and in moderation. Tho English physicians, who had lately writton about alcohol, differed in many points, but all were unanimous in this, thai alcohol when it was taken ehould bo taken with meals. Ho suggested that total abstinence should bo tried for a specified term, and if not convinced nt tho expiration of that time; that it wns bettor to do without anything in tho simpo of intoxicating liquor, then ho urged tho adoption willi groat caro and determina tion, of ono of the moderation pledges, w hich would bo found host suited to their circum stances." Wo haye no idea that tho country is ready for any prohibitory law, and think tho friends of tempor?neo will moro likely accomplish good by soino such plcdgos as woro proposod in Now York. Whatever bo tho evils of intern? poranco, bo few men aro willing to givo np tho right of taking a drink out of businoss hours or nt meal timos. Maine is tho only State in tho Union which has a prohibitory law, and it is denied by many that it has accomplished good, liquor being still smuggled into tho State and used secretly. Facts, however, disprove this assertion. Tho pcoplo on all such questions control tho Legislature and if thoy did not favor tho law it would have been repealed. Tho Act was first passed in Maine in 1801 and ovory effort to repeal or modify it has been n failure. Neal Dow in defending its workings and results states that tho druggists for thrco years hayo been mnk> ing earnest efforts to so modify tho law as to permit them to sell liquors, hut on a vote on tho amendment tho bill was lost, receiving 21 votes out of a membership of 150. On a voto on a bill this year to exempt all malt liquors, cider and domestic wines, from thc prohibition of tho law, tho voto stood 17 in favor of such exemption out of a membership of 123. When tho Act waa firs? passed tho voto stood 18 for to 10 against it in tba Sonata, and in tho Houso 80 to 40, and now after 28 years exporienco of thc law and its workings, tho voto stood moro than six to ot.o against any modifications of tho restrictions. On tho contrary, in 1877 au Act additional was passed without a dissenting voto in oithor House of far greater stringency than any which preceded it. This, Mr. Dow con cludes, shows an ovorwholming public opin ion in tho Stato against tho liquor trafic. AV hilo this may bo true in Maine, such results could not be reached hero, and con t aili ly not at this time. A law not supported by public opinion could not bo enforced during ito existonco, and would bo repealed on tho first opportunity. Thoso who favor n prohibitory law must first cdticato tho public mind through tho press, tho Sabbath School and tho pulpit to sustain it. Wc now have a stringent license law, but it is not onforcod, nor is tho government law oboyed to any extont. It loads to litigation and to tho prost edition of our pooplo, without accomplishing any practical good. All must admit thc evils which cnn only bo modified or restrained through publie opinion, and a prohibitory law would now only work litigation and enmity among our pcoplo. Tho Hondorsonvillo, N. C., Courier Btatos that under a rcoont decision of tho Supreme Court of tho United States thoro is every probability that tho unpaid contractors of tho Spnrtanburg and Asheville ltnilroad will reoovor their olaims. Tho d?cision, in effect, is that tho olaims of operatives and contract ors of a railroad corporation aro Buporior to, and havo priority ovor thoso of tho mortgago bondholders. Thoro will, of courso, other points bo sprung, and n long and bitter fight ensue botwoon tho oontraorors and bondhol ders. Tho Inwyors will got rioh. In tho interim, thank Clod, wo havo a railroad. Wm. Lloyd Garrison, of Now York, tho old timo abolitionist, died on the 25tli instant. Commoncemont Exoroiaos. Th? commencement oxcroisos of A elgor College &Ud tho Walhalla Femnlo Collego will bo held cl u ing tho last week lu Juuo. It is just now ono month off. Tho studonts of tho colleges aro making diligent preparation in order to moko tho exorcises as interesting and inst rut livo as possible. Col. John P. Thomas, of Ibo Carolina Military Instituto, Charlotte North Carolina, and Presi dent Carlislo, of Welford College, Spartonburg, South Carolina, will deliver tho addresses for Adgor Collogo. Tho roputation of those gentle men ls such as to guarantco a rich literary troat, not only for tho college, but also for those who may bo so fortunato as to hear them. Ex-Governor Torry has kindly consented to address tho Literary Sooloty of tho Walhalla l'?mule College Ills presence, added to that of tho Other distinguished speakers, will attract o largor uudionco than hos over assembled in Walhalla on any such previous occasion. Gov. Perry's retuvo to his nativo couuty to address tho students of tho Female College, will bo met with a largo gathering. Ho hus always boon popular in tho county, and tho prospect of heav ing Ibo Governor once moro in his old homo will bo a source of great pleasure to our people, and they anticipate a rich entertainment from him who has so often edified thom with his great power as a public speaker. With such distinguished gontlcmon as Governor Perry, President Carlisle and Colonel Thomas in attendance upon tho commencements, wo fcol BUre that tho commencements of tho year 1879 will bo moro eatortalning and moro largely at tended than those of former years. The Railroad Ca8oa. Wo publish olsowhero telegraphic statements, thnt counsel in these cases had agreed on an adjustment, whioh, while it may not terminate litigation, gives just and neoded relief to hold ers of first mortgage bonds. Tho interest for July, 1878, and January, 1879, and also de tached coupons were ordered to bo paid by thc Receiver. Tho United Stales Court dcclinod to appoint a Receiver, or to interfere with tho liti gation pending in tho Hiato Courts over tho Orcenvillo and Columbia Road. Oca. Connor, as Receiver of this Road, and .Me. Fisher, as Receiver of tho South Carolina Road, will bo continued in ellice and bo permitted to put their respective roads in thorough repair, authority having been graatcd Mr. Fisher to extend tho tracks of his road to tho water and to build nil necessary wharves for thc accommodation of freights. Tho Actes and Courier calls this a happy rosult, and truly it is for tho interests of Charleston and all our pcoplo who trad o with that city, lt is tho duty of our people to trade with Charleston whenever it is to their interest, and wo fool sure this will bo done whenever they can get good bargains. Charleston has always labored under tho disadvantage of having to haul heavy freights nearly two milos before reaching tho railroad. This could not bo dono without charging drayage. If tho road bo ex tended to the water Charleston will bo able to sell heavy goods as low as New York, which will add to her prosperity in point of trade. With a through lino and thc completion of (ho Illuc Rid go Road, thc futuro of Charleston will bc bright, both in cotton buying and iu selling goods. Wo would like lo sec it restored to ils former prosperity as it is rich in history. - - Tho Bluo Ridgo Railroad. Tho following order was m ado in tho United States Court, at Charleston, in tho matter of tho Bluo Ridge Railroad: "That tho Greenville and Columbia Rail* road Company under its purchnso takes nothing moro than lt. K. Scott took under his purchase at tho salo of tho Bluo Ridge Railroad at auction; and that as R. K. Scott was trasteo for tho bondholders of tho said Blue Ridgo Railroad Company, so thc Green ville Columbia Railroad Company ia but tho trustee forsaid bondholders. Further ordorod that tho ease bo remanded to tho District Court with tho direction that any deed in conveyance mada ol tho said Bluo Ridge Railroad to thc Greenville and Columbia Rail road Company shall contain clauses and pro visions to this effect." Thc effect of this order, if wo understand what has been dono heretofore, is to loavo thc Blue Ridge Road still tho property of tho State, burdened only with any proper expenso incurred by tho trustee Tho bondholders aro likowiso remanded to their original con dition, burdened only with proper costs and Hayos' Voto. Tho veto of President Hayes appeared in | j our columns last week and shows clearly that tho objection to tho previous bill wasppecious rather than for tho good of tho country. Tho Radical party has always been fertile of ex cuses for its extra and unconstitutional meas ures and by thom has duped tho country Tho specious objections of tho President shows this clovon face lie fully approvos of tho freedom of elections, but as it may happen in tho courso of events, that tho military may bo ncodod to protect tho peace or to kcop down tho indians on election day, this bill takos away tho right to secure tho military ann. So says tho fraud, not for thc good of tho country, but for the party which looks to rotain powor. Tho timo hus arrived when this government should bo placed in tho hands of tho Demooraey, or of constitution oboying mon, und wo hold that all supportors of Hayes and his military supremacy laws uro cither dishonest or misguidod. Wo still say tho Domoornts should pass tho appropropria tion bills and adjourn, leaving tho futuro to tho people, who nlono ave interested and responsible in these matters. Wu say further that tho Democrats should protect tho i.oxt olootion from Fudornl intorforonoo in this Stato at any and every cost. Tho lifo and oxiatonco of tho country dopends upon tho success of tho Democratic party in tho noxt campaign. If it fails and tho noxt Prosidoitt should bc Grant then wo will havo an una d'lltoratod military despotism. This is bolter than our present condition, but who would tolerate it? Wo spoak not only for our county but, ns wo think, for our Stato' wdicn wo say that wo intend to cast a solid voto for tho noxt candidato of tho Domooraoy for President, whoever ho may bo, Hayes and his military to tho contrary notwithstanding. A destructive lire occurred in Brooklyn, N. Y., on Saturday last. Tho oil mills of Fowler, Crompton Sc Co., woro destroyed. Loss, $250,000 to $300,000. Tho store of Bartlett & Green, containing sugar, juto and other material.', was damaged to tho oxtont of $500,000. "-"? 11 ' ?IIUI?1CTJM???? , un?, i. ?mai .H.? , From Charleston. CUARLBBTON, May 23.-Ex-United Statos District Attorney Corbin, who is l?oro as conned in tho railroad casos boforo Chief Justloo Waite, was hold to bali to day, nt tho instance of tho Attorney Oonoral of tho Stdio, in n civil suit ponding against bim for recovery of $24,000. Tho origin of tho suit io ne follow;: In 1875 tho State retained Corbin to proto? outo n claim against a phospbato mining company for phosphato royalty duo tho State. A judgment for $28,000 vrns reoorded and Corbin paid into the Stato Treasury 200 dol lars, retaining tho balance, which ho olaitned as counsel fees. Tho Stato proposes to allow him only $3,000 and exponaos, which was tho roward of a rofereo, ns his foo and tho prosont suit against him was instituted for $24,000. Corbin govo satisfactory bond to answer tho suit and abido tho process of tho Court. In tho matter of tho South Carolina UaiU road in tho United States Court to-day, tho following orders, consented to by all tho counsel, wc. o made: That tho holders of first mortgage bonds pledged ns collateral security for tho dobts of tho company prior to tho dato of tho second mortgage, Ootobor 1, 1878, ond continued in plcdgo for tho samo dobts or renewal or their extension, aro entitled lo hold them against tbs complainants as valid securities entitled to the benefits of tho first mortgage; that those holding first mortgage bonds will bo admitted to n sharo in tho dis* tribu? ion of funds by tho Heceivor by pay ment of interest, but that tho injunction ns to tho pledged or hypothecated bonds bo con tinued in order to preservo tho rights of tho com plain tunta, and tho amount received by thc defendant for interest shall bo credited upon tho evidences of indebtedness; that tho detached first mortgage coupons held by U. W. Williams and others, maturing July 1st, 1877, and January 1st, 1878, which woro bought by thom with (heir own money, whioh lins not been repaid, are valid securities and tho i nj u notion as to them is dissolved. Tho motion to dissolve thc injunction ns to tho Hypothecated second mortgage bondd is denied ind tho injunction is continued; that tho ltcccivcr pay out of tho funds in his posses sion $30,332 of tho first mortgage coupons luo July 1st, 1878, and January 1st, 1879, icld by O. W. Williams and others and tho 'omaining Uko amount on or boforo January 1st, 1880; that tho ltcccivcr pay forthwith tho merest duo July 1st, 1878, and Junu< ny 1st. 1879, on tho wholo of ho first mortgago bonds of tho company, tho loupons payable in London tobo paid through hiring Bros.; that thc ltcccivcr bo authorized o extend thc track of tho road to tho Cooper tiver and construct tho necessary wharf. In tho matter of thc Greenville and Colunv tia Railroad tho Court declines to appoint a tcccivcr, bidding that the proceedings in tho hate Court was instituted in good faith and Dr tho purpose of cstnblit liing tho priority of ho Stato's statutory lien over tho second iiortgngo bonds. In tho matter of tho Union Trust Company s. tho Port Royal Railroad, tho Court held lint tho mortgage given by thc road to tho .'rust Company was properly recorded under ho laws of Georgia, and is prior to tho judg ment held by tho Summerville and Augusta lailroad. Tho sale of tho Port Royal Rail oad waa confirmed and tho Heceivor dis* barged. Editorial Brevities. Georgia has a fino wheat crop this year. Thc reign of terror in Russia is daily moro orriblc. Thc electric light shinos on tho pictures in ho Paris Salon. Puris drinks moro than a hundred million [uni ts of beor a year. Pisagua, u South American town, was rc icntly destroyed by bombardment. Tho cars uro now running from Sptirtun )urg, S C., to IIendorsonville, N. C. Tho Episcopal Convention of South Caro? ina was held in Greenville last week Military meetings for drill arc prohibited n Missouri without a legal organisation. A pint of grated carrot root made into a poultice and bound to thc fetlock is said tu ?uro thc scratches in horses. Thc advance of tho wages of New York )rieklayors from $2.50 to $3 per day is ti lositivo feign of better times. Thc human hearts boats 70 limos per min ite, 4,500 times per hour, 100,800 por day, ind 20,817,200 times per year. Many farmers in Orangeburg County an plowing up their first planting of cotton ;onsci,ucnt upon tho ravages of tho cu worm. Tho jury in tho United States Court ol Richmond, Va., in tho "gold cases," found i verdict in faVor of tho defendants and ag lins thc Government. Thc Stato Troneuror of Georgia, Jobi Jones, Esq., has boen tuod on his ollioiul bond Tho verdict of tho jury was for $92,19.') ii favor of tho Stato. Ho was sued for #250,001 Georgia is ahead on ripe poaches. Th lirst shipment to ibo X nth was niado froi Macon lust Tuesday night. They wer raised nt tho Willow Luke nursery nen Marsballvillo. Tho next session of tho South Carolin Annual Conforoncc of tho Methodist Episci pal Church, South, will meet in Cltarlcsto on tho 17th of December next. Biabo Wightman will presido. Tho Welford Col lego buildings aro undoi going repairs and improvement in view i tho approaching Commencement oxerciso and tho town of Sparttinburg is growing iril city proportions. According to the Boston Traveler the man aging partner of ono of tho largost cotb goods commission houses says that at no tin since 1S70 Imvo tho jobbers expressed i much confidence in tho futuro. It is very evident that tho railroad men ai not expecting tho world to como to an ci soon. Ono company has recently lensed tl road of another for tho term of 990 your It would have been taken for 999 but for i inoumbrnnoo alroady on tho proporty for nit yeats of tho period. >i ru.i" ' II ?.i.niinii i ' nm m ! Tho propriotu.* of tho Pullman oar inven tion reports that papor wheels havo run 400,000 milos under his oars without ropair, whilo tho avorago running power of an ordi nary wheol is from 55,000 to 00,000. It is stated that Mrs. Prooman, tho wifo of tho Pooassot (Mass.) Advontist who killod his child, now roaltaoB fully tho onormity of tko aot to which alto consented, nud constant ly bemoans tho doath of hor child. Sho takes scarcely any food, and is said to bo grioviog herself to death. American exports aro on the inorooeo. Tho United States last year shipped to Europe, $5,000,000 worth of hoof, and $25,000,000 worth of other oottle produots, $85,000,000 worth of bogs and their products, 100,000,000 bushels of oom, and 125,000.000 bushels of wheat, or an cquivulontin flour. Last Tuesday, May 20, Indopondonoo Pay in Charlotto, N. G., was appropriately colo* bruted in that grand old town. "Hurrah for tho Old North State," Tho first declaration of indopondonco ovor signed on this continent went forth from hor sons, in whom there has boen no dogenoraoy since 1775, tho your of tho Mooklcnburg Independence. An Episcopalian muk?s an appoal through tho columns of tho News and Courier for contributions to rcliovo tho Rev. E. E, Rol? linger, tho pastor of that church in Walter? boro, and who was rendered homolcss by tho roeont tornado which destroyed so largo a portion of it. Tho News and Courier will receive and forward your contributions. Sponkcr Randall tolls his friends that Congress will sit until tho 1st of July, and tho Speaker's friends say that ho encourages a prolonged session, and holds (hut tho army appropriation bill ought not to bo passod, and that thc struggle with tho President ought to bo made as pronounced and bittor ns possible Tho Speaker has n good donl of influence in tho House, which gives his opinions and wishes importance. An income tax appears foreordained. An attempt was made, a year ago, to pass an ?nome tax bil!, but failed on account of tho great amount of business boforo Congress. This bill was offered nguiu, tho othor day, but was not taken up, us it failed to got tho nccospary two-thirds volo. A largo majority of tho House, howovor, voted in favor of taking up tho bili, thus ensuring its passogo when it ootuo8 up jn tho regular ordor of business. >.? Tho Pickcns Sentinel of Inst week says: Oom is scarcer in this section at thia timo than wo havo known it for sovoral years, und nells readily at 75 cents oash, or ono dollar sn timo. Tho wheat crop in this section is promising, and if no disaster befalls it brend itufid may declino somewhat when tho crop s harvested. Tho aron sown is ns largo as ?sual. Good seasons of ruin havo fallon in his section, and cotton, corn and all kinds of rcgolalion have been greatly benefited thereby. Congressman Evins' Viows on the Situation. Mr. Evins, member of Congress from South Carolina, has given his views to a correspond? ?nt of tho New York Herald. Ho says: "Tho Democratic majority have dono all they jould to bccuro the repeal of tho odious laws in question, lt was in tho power of tho Proaident to defeat their cfiorts, and ho has exerted that power. Tho responsibility for tho failuro rests upon him and his party alone. Aa thc Democrats cannot pass tho measure in tho face of (heir opposition, wo ought now to accept d?font gracefully and pass thc appropriation bills at once without tho political riders. Wo ought oven to paso them lirst and then offer bills repealing tho obnoxious laws as a sep?ralo measure. This course would leave tho Republicans without excuse for their opposition, as wo would bo neting in manifest and perfect good faith, and they could not say that wo were holding back tho appropriations by way of threat, if they refused atlast to pass tho measures, wo could go before tho country and let the pcoplo dei oido upon thom. Wo would not allow our? selves, as Southern men, to bo diverted from what wo think is tho truo interest of tho people hy any pleas of party necessity on tho part of the Northern Democrats., Wo aro really tho majority of tho Democratic party in each branch of Congress, and will bc held responsible for thc legislation of Congress. Wo havo they right, thercforo, to dictato tho policy to ho pursued, Any attempt to ad journ without passing tho appropriation bills will bo considered revolutionary by tho country, and wo cannot afford to bo put in that position. Wo huvo been between tho upper and nether millstones long enough. Wo aro willing to ?'o tho voting and allow tho Northern Democrats to hold thc offices, but wo claim tho right to shopo tho policy of tho party for which wo must and will bo held responsible. What Conkling said in his recent speech is (ruo, that wo aro thc controlling power in both branches, and whilo it may bo very pleasant for Northorn politi cians, seeking their preferment, to kcop np sectional strife, our interests demand that wo shall havo a cessation of such strifo. Should wo adjourn without the moans of carrying on tho government, I bcliovo it would solidify tho North nu much ns did (ho firing upon Port Sumter in 18G1. Our Northern Demo, oratio friends inighl then find tho tide too strong for them, and loavo ns in thc lurch by seeking new alliances with tho National or Greenback party. Wo cannot afford to take tho risks which they can. Wo cannot afford to play cat to their monkey any longer. Il thero aro any chestnuts to bo hud they will got them; tho burnt paws aro ours every timo. They stand in n very different posi tion boforo tho country from ours. It if natural that thc Northern pcoplo should look upon us with distrust, coming ns wo do inti control of tho government so soon nftor thc war, and wo must leam to labor and tc wait." "Still Anothor Revolution." WAHIIINOTON, May 25.-Messrs. Coiiwaj and Turner, noting in tho interest of colorai emigration from tho South, huvo had an in torviow With tho President, to wllOIll tllOl made stntomonts that groat difficulties won hoing thrown in tho way of tho "exodus' movoment by tho plautors and their fri ond ulong the Mississippi, and asking tho Presi dent if violations of tho law protootiiij American citizens in their rights to (rave would not bo resented by tho gonoral govern mont. Tho Prosidont, wdio listonod atton t?voly to their statements, is reported bill) stantinlly ns expressing his approval of th colored emigration, and ni declaring thu roeistoncu to lawful business on a nations highway, such ns tho Mississippi, would b rebellion, und thoro would \o no doubt o government iiitorforunco in such nn even!. Tho Helton, Willinmston and Easloy Rail road has boon orguni/.od with Hon. R. I Bowon, of Piokons, as Prosidont. 1 OAKWAY LOCALS,_ Moy 20, 1870. Our aootlon lins boon vieitod by very hoavj washing rains, damaging crops und land vorj niuob. ' Last wook was a vory busy timo wi tb boort and plowors to got ahead of Gonorul Groon with bis ronowcd and rooruitod Jorcos. Ont wook of onorgotio and oonstant work bal oonfoundod tho doop rooted and thickly sol grass whioh was among tho cotton stalks If this weok koops fair no doubt tho indus trions farmer will get up with tho timos. Mr. J. D. Kay & Son aro going to put u( a saw mill on "Nubbin Hidgo" this summor and also aim to gin cotton during tho fall A saw mill is the forerunner of all improve ments to a section. Mad dogs havo boon about our "section.' Several havo boon killed and sovornl aro now kopt up, awaiting a development of tho dis ease Ownors of dogs should keop a shar? watch on thom. Tho assistant postmaster nt Westminster while lying ou his counter roading las week, was alarmed terribly by a spidci running into ono of his cars. Ho ran ovor tc Dr. Power and asked tho doctor if ho ooulc not hear tho racket o! tho spider in his ear Honry said it was Uko a thresher in bis bond Tho doctor soon got it out. Mr. Z. has i pro80rvcd in nloobol. O. C. WASHINGTON, May 24.-HOUSE.-Tho pos route hill was passed, and the Warnor elive bill taken un and passed by a vote of 114 ti 97. Tho following is a summary of its pro visions: It fixes tho silver dollar at-112. grains; autlioriv.es owners of (liver bullion ti oposit tho samo at any mint to bo formet into bars or standard dollars; makes ohargo for coining such bullion tho difference botwoci its market valno in Now York and tho loga fonder vnluo of tho coin, makes subsidian silver coin oxohangcnblo nt tho treasury fo logal teador money to tho amount of twenty dollars, makes standard silver dollars lega tondor in nil payments nt thoir nominal valuo requires tho treasury to pay out silver colt without discrimination, tho same ns gob coin, in liquidation of all kinds of coin obli gations against tho government, authorize: tho issue of certificates to depositors of gold oi silver coin or bullion, also authorizes th? issuo of certificates representing coin in thc treasury in payment of interest on tho public debt, both classes of cortifioatcs to bo rccoiva bio in payment of dulios on imports, oorlifi oates for bullion deposited aro to bo for it; nverngo market value in coin of Uko mota during tho preceding wcok in New York anc San I" runoisoo, gold and silver bullion depo sited is to bc coined tc Ibo full capacity of thc mints in connection with other coinage, nnc if tho bullion elepnsited for coinage docs no amount to $20,000,000 per month tho treasury is to perchase sufficient silver bullion to eur to that amount. Thc net is not to bo con strued as authorizing tho coinngo of silvci except into tho silver dollar. Tho llouso adjourned until Tuesday. The whe at crop in tho upper part of thc State promise? an abundant yiold. Ono of tho South Carolina cmigrnnts ti Liberia baa returned. He says neurly one half of thoso who wont out aro anxious to ge back. Two brothors, Thompson and Joseph Moy r?H, assaulted Burroughs, tho town marshal of Kingston, Ga., and wcro shot by him anc killed. Tho General Assembly of tho l'rosbytoriat Church, South, bas adjourned. Thc ncx meeting of tho Assembly will bo held ii Charleston. D. T, Corbin, Esq , states that if ho is no confirmed ns Chiol .Justice of Utah, which hi docs not expect, ho will muko Charleston hi homo. Thc Orccnvillo daily News is in favor of tb "fonco law" and is urging its views throng! tho columns of that journal. Tho "fenc law" party is ovidently gaining ground in th Stato. Tho Supremo Court has granted a now tria to Alfred McNinoh, of Laurens, recent) convicted of murder, and an effort will b m ado for a chango or vcr.uo to Abbevillo o Edgcficld. Charleston has abolished tho tax of fiv dollars a day on drummers, having iona that tho indirect loss to tho community wu groator than thc profits accruing from imp?t to thc city treasury. Tho Govert or has appointed Mr. II. I Alexander, Treasurer, and Mr. J. N. Georgi Auditor, of Ota,neo County. Both thos appointments aro in accordance with tb recommendation by tho pooplo nt tho primar election, hold October 18th, 1878. Tho Orconvillo and Columbia Railroad in better condition than it has boon for man years, and constant improvements aro bein made Tho employcos aro hoing paid rogi larly, and ovorything is in smooth workin order. Tho Wilmington Review says that thirtj sovon bales of pino straw, (long leaf) labelle as pino straw, wcro shipped heneo to No York on tho steamship Bonefactor. It is tl second shipment of tho kind mado from th; port, tho first having been mado two wool ago. Tho t?pa aro usod for various purpose principally for making mattresses and pap< stock, and au oil of considerable medic virtue distilled from thom. A DANQKKOUK Toni'on.-Torpor or io activity of thc kidneys is seriously dangci ous to thoso organs, since it is tho precode of diseases whioh destroy their substan> and endanger lifo. This sluggishness mi bc ovcrootno by stimulating them, not c ccssivcly, but moderately, nn effeot produce by llostettcr's Stomach Ritters, a gonor invigorantnnd alterativo, possessing diurcl properties of no common order. Tho ii pctus whioh this ndmirablo modioino giv to their ovaouativo funotion counteracts ai tondonoy to congestion whioh may exist thoir tissues. Roth thoy and their nssooio organ, tho bladder, aro invigorated as wi as gontly stimulated by tho Ritters, whii oxorts a kindred influonoo upon thc stoi ooh, livor and bowels, and by strongthonii tho system, enables it to withstnnd malar! opidomio8, to whioh whon exposed it mig otherwise suooumb. CALCUTTA, May 20.- The British India Bleu Navigation Company's steamer, Ava, oollid with another vessel and was sunk. Sixfy-f of tho orow and four passengers woro drowuc Tho Ava was an iron-screw steamer of 2,0 (ons, built at Dumbarton in 1878. Souators Bullor an I Hampton hoYoboth boon ?lok with tho "grip," willoh seems to be pro vailing ia Washington with tho same fury with wliioh it raged lu this Stalo several months ago. __- ~? ? -. Mr. W. W. Corcoran. of Washington, has beonongngod in moro boncfioonoo. Ho bas givon $1,000 toward tho completion of tho Loo mnusoloum, at Loxlngton, Va. A Aro in Loxington Ky., last Wednesday night dostroyod $200,000 worth of proporty, including the Pheonix Hotel, tho residenoo of (Jen. Loslio Combs and other buildings. J. H. PITCHFORD, jfiLttornoy-jA.t-Ijaw. OFFICE ON COURT HOUSE SQUARE, WALHALLA, S. C. WILL givo prompt attention to collec tions and nil other business confided to bim. May 15,1870 26-ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Oooneo Oounty, Iii thc Court ol' Probate. Lucinda A Martin, ns Executrix, and Cynthia' Marlin, as Executrix, of tho last will and* testament of Shields 13 Martin, decoaseri, Plaintiffs, against Franois M Martin, Dickson M Martin, Robert A Martin, Elizabeth .A' Harvey, tinily Harris, Lucretia lt Cain, Adaline Hardin, Harriett M Martin, Mary E Martin, Martha L Lumpkin aud tho heirs-at law of John C Martin, dcocascd, (names un known,) Defendants-PKTITION ANO COM PLAINT TO PIIOVK WILT, IN DUB Poa? OF LAW. TO thc Defendants abovo named ?OTJ, and each of you, aro hereby summoned and required to answor tho petition and complaint in this action, which is (Hod in tho oflico of tho Judgo of Probate, at Walhalla, in1 tho County amt State aforesaid, mid servo n copy of your answer cn tho subscriber, at his1 oflioo in tho Court House, at Walhalla, in said County and State, within twenty days after thor service of Ibis summons on you, exclusive of tho day of service. If you fail to answer tho peti tion and complaint within tho limo aforesaid, tho Plaintiffs will apply to tho court for tho re lief therein demanded. N. H. CARY, Plaintiffs' Attorney. j L^S. J RICHARD LEWIS, J. P. To tho Defendants abovo named, who aro" non-residents of this State, (names unknown:) Take notice, (hat thc petition and complaint' heroin is tiled in tho office of the Judge of Pro bate in Walhalla, South Carolina, for thc usos and purposes therein mentioned, and if yon fail lo answor tho complaint within (ho limo afore Haid, tho Plaintiffs will apply to (ho coart fof tho relief demanded in the complaint. N. li. CARY, Plaintiffs' Attornoy, Walhalla, Oconce County, South Carolina. Walhall n, S. C., May 22d, 1870. 27-Ot STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIN Av CO? i\ TV OF OCO ft IC E. COLI UT COMMON PLEAS. Joseph J. Norton, as surviving cxcouior, Plulntiff, against V ?netta Alexander', widow, and Frank P. Alexander, Rosa A. Schroder, Thomas K. Aloxandor, children, Emma Alexander, grandchild, und Mariah L. Sharpe, as legatees nnd div?seos nndor* thc will of said deconsed, Elijah Alexander, Jr., nnd Jesso W. Norris, ns creditors of Enid deceased, and Morris Miller, ns admin* jstrntor of W. K. Alexander, dcccenscd, dc* fondants-SUMMONS. To thc Defendants herein: YOU and each bf yon nrc hereby sum moned and required to nmwor tho com plaint in this action, a copy of which is here by served on you and to sorvo tv copy cf your answer on (bo subscribers nt (heir oflioo! on tho public f.qnaro in Walhalla, S. C., within twenty days lifter the service of this summons; on you, exclusivo of tho day of sorvico. It you fail to answer tho complaint ns aforesaid tho plaintiff will apply to tho court for thc relief demanded in tho complaint. Walhalla, S. C., March 15th, 1879. W. C. KEITH & S. 1\ DENDY, Plaint!ITs* Attorneys* m J. W. ST RI BLI NO, C. C. P To Frank P. Aloxandor, Defendant herein:' rptAKE notion that thc summons, of which) I thc above is a copy, and tho complaint herein wcro tiled in the oflico of (ho (Merk of (ho Court of Common Pleas forOconeo County in tho State of South Carolina, oil tho 19th day of March. 1879. W. C. KEITH & S. P. DENDY, Plaintiff's Attorneys. May 22, 1879 27-Ot JOHN l>. 1IUUNS ^ -j (1KO. Vf. HAYS. STOWE'S & WM WAHI. STOVES, STOVES, STOVES. TIN WAKE TIN WARE: TIN WAKE! CHEAP FOR CASH, CHEAP FOR CASH, CHEAP FOR CASH! BURNS & HAYS. April 17, 1870 22-ly