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illili KtBOWjBB COtlKMEK. ~?y SMITH & co. ri^r=s-r ^-^B^^^-^.C:-;.^-...^ .-grasar THURSDAY, JUNK 0, 1870. i^r subscription, $1.00 ;>?r annum, strictly in advance; for ?ix month?, lo ?on/4. M?T Advtrtitement? tu ter leJ at on? dollar per ?quart of on? inch or lt?? for tho fir it insertion, and fifty cent? for each subsequent insertion. MP* Obituary Notice? exceeding fio* Une?, 'JVibubes of Respect, Communication? of a per toned character, when admissible, and Announce - went? of Candidate? if ill b? charged for a? adver titement*. MT* Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. ttS* Neeettity compel? us to adhere strictly to the requirement? of Oath Payment?, Compliments Tendered to the Press. Major J ri tu OB Anacreon, Receiver of tho Spartauburg and Ashovillo Railroad, has tendered to tho members of the State Press Association, whioh moots ia Spartaoburg next week, an excursion over enid road to lleodersonvillo, N. 0. -Major W. J. Houston, General Passenger and Ticket Agent of tho Atlanta and Chars lotto Air Line Railway, has also tendered them an excursion over that road to any point the Association may designate. Mr. W. L. Lipscomb, proprietor of tho Limestone Springs Hotel, has invited them to pay a visit to that popular summer resort. i ?-. Through Trains. Tho through passengor echedulo from Charleston to Greenville and the termini of branches of tho Qroonvillo Road wont into operation last Monday. Undor it tho train will loavo Charleston at ? A. M. and arrive nt .Walhalla at 0 P. M., making tho through trip in 10 hours. This is a great improve > ment in the rato of travel on these roads and works an economy of both tinto and money. If wo mistake not Charleston will feel it to provo a great stimulus to tn do and will add much to its business. Undor tho old schedule wo were noarly as remoto from Charleston as from Now York, us tho trip to Now York is mode in thirty-two hours. Tho ohango speuks woll for tho Recoivers of theso roads and indicates their intontion to improvo both tho roadbeds and transit. In their laudablo efforts to this end they havo tho best wishes of the trading and traveling public. -- . -- Our Educational Facilities. Tho Qroonvillo News, in speaking of tho coming commencements of tho Furman Uni versity and Welford Collogo, says: "Mover <?i Ibo history of theso institutions has there been moro noed of wiso caotion in their management. Thc wisest mon of tho State of tho two denominations must composo their Boards of Trustees. It is not a subject in whioh Methodists and Baptists alono' aro interested. If it woro so, neither could ever hope to riso abovo tho common high school. But in view nf the probable political difficulties of satisfactorily reorganizing tho Stato Uni vorsity, tho pooplo will look to Wofibrd Col lege and Furman University for tho collegiate education of tho young men of tho Stato." Wo might well ask are theso tho only institutions in the Stato entitled to the dis? Unction of cottages? Aro thoy destined to draw into their folds all the young men of tho Stato seeking knowledge? If so, truly would their futuro bo bright, and wo truly wish it bright and successful in tho groat work in whioh they aro engaged, for in our rogard for tho oauso of education, wo feel for theso and all similar institutions ni desire to see thom prosper. But wo claim lhere aro othor institutions of equal merit, whore our young mon can bo educated. There ia Due West, which has stood firm through thc adversities and disasters of the lato war, and to-day, as for many past years, is dispensing knowledgo and morality through (lita and othor Staten. Thero is Nowbcrry College whioh, though for a time borne down undci tho pressuro of thc times, has, Pheonix liko risen from the ashes of its past, and to day if annually sending forth graduates to cn lighter and adorn the human intellect. And last, but by no means least, thero is Adgor Collogc whioh Uko Aphrodite from tho foam of thc sea, or like Minerva from tho brain of Jove, sprang into existence full fledged, sondinp forth tho first year of its opening graduates and is to-day stretching forth its arms une expanding its influence for good, wider ant wider. Our pcoplo justly foci a prido ii Adgor College. Thoy founded it and put i in operation. Its corps of professors comprUi ablo instructors and experienced disciplina riana. No higher evidence of this fact i needed than tho liborai paironago accorded ti it. Tn tho no- distant futuro wo trust it wil bo ablo to add to this proof, tho high charoo tor for scholarship and morality of its grada ates. Aa thoy paps from tts walls into tin arena of active lifo, we trust they will bi living testimonials of tho high order of iu struotion, moral and intellectual, impartoi nt Adgor College. Lot those, who doubt w have a living institution, attend our com nvencomont in Juno nnd thoy will go nwa determined to send their sons hero, whor learning can bo obtained without dangc of malarial diseases, and where knowlcdg oan bo had without thc necessity of exponsiv dross and habits, and without cxposuro t tho temptations to vice and dissipation foun in tho more imposing colleges of largo cities Tho salaries of our professors largely de pen on tho patronage of tho college, and this fa< is a stimulus to strive for tho highest merit i instruction and disciplino. Of oourso wo fool both a porsonal and loot interest in Adger College, but wo fool like wiso ? porsonal intorost in Furman, Woffon Due West and Nowborry, and in all offort tvhothor through eohools or colleges, to pf mote the education of tho youth of tho conn tr Wo wish them all God-speod in their nob work, whether their location he hore, or eve in this State, or olen whore in tho broad wor of humanity.' Wisdom, knowlodgo is tl pillar of strength in a republican govert ment. It is tho only defonso against dom; gogiem- and its attendant evils. Furtho moro, it is tho hopo of the churches and .morality. Ignoranoo, on tho contrary, is t! parent of vice and orimo, a blighting ourso a natfon, filling its jails and penitentiari with criminals ?nd its almshouses and as V M ' luuis with it? unfortunate offspring- What b?guot- uui?ug, iiiuii, vinni ??u? o' cur pvcfc? .ors and toftolier?, who bring light out dark? noaa, virtuo Out of uian'? naturally depraved heart, order out of confusion, and civil liberty and solf-government out of oppression and dospotlsm. Such is the God given Work of the toachci','whcthur ha sit in tho ohalr of the professor or common Instructor, whether in tho sanctum of tho editor or In tho snored desk. Our section bas felt tho pulso of knowledge, boating through the votos and arteries of Newberry und Adgor Oollogos, and tho rosult has been increased knowledge and prosperity. Wo are not the ettmo people, and, in ten years, through tho influences of Adgor (Judiego on the young mon, and of tho fomalo college on the young women, tho futuro fathers and mothers in our land, wo expect to soo a population which in wealth and intelligence will bo an honor to tho State and throngh whoso inlluoneo tho vnluo of tho property of this oounty will bo moro than doublod. The Up-Country-Its Future. Tho upper countios of South' Carolina aro destined to booomo lenders in wealth, in pop ulation and in intelligence in tho State. During tho ante-war history of South Caro lina woalth, political influcnoo and educated thought were, to n great degree, confined to tho seaboard and adjoining countios. Tho Logislaturo was largely controlled by tho parish system, and colleges, if any, in tho uppor part of tho Stato, woro weak und desti* tuto of patronage. Our agriculture, as ? oonscquenco of tho absence of genoral intelli gence, was rough and uuromunorative, tho loading idea of our slave owners hoing tho growth of slaves. Tho homes of our people were lacking in many comforts, and destitute of nil those luxuries und refinements which wore common below. No attention was paid to beautifying our homos tr to tho cultivation of a taste for anything above tho most com mon necessities of farm life. Below all these evidences of a wealthy, icfincd and cultivated people could bo seen on all hands. A change is taking place in this rospcob every year, and the up country is movinoJft&ward in tito walks of wealth and rc?ncmen^V^sJt may ho, und we hopo such will bo tho case, that lower Carolina will loso none of its past prestige for educated thought and refined taste; but one thing is certain, Upper Carolina is destined yet to eclipse tho brightest days of tho sea coast in all that makes lifo pleasant and happy. Look for a moment nt tho educa tional facilities of tho country above Col um biai Wo have ilvo denominational colleges fur tho males, to wit; Duo West, in Abbeville County, Woflbrd, in Spartnnburg County, Adgcr, in Oconoo County, Forman University, in Creon ville County, and Newberry College, In Newberry County. Wo then have a good female college nt Walhalla, ono at Orconville, ono at Reid ville, ono at Williann ton, and one at Duo Weat. Thcso centers of learning cati" not fail to make a lasting impress on the people of the Piedmont region. In fact, among us, who ?nn rcoogni/.o tho people of to-day in those of 1800, whether wc look at their houses and yards, their farms, their churches or the'general information pcrviid ing nil classes? Tho ' schoolmaster has been abroad in the land, and wc sec on nil hands tho fruits of skilled labor and educated thought. Now wo have a soil capable of thc highest improvement and a' climate genial and salubrious. Wo have pure and health restoring water, plenty of timber, watcivpow* ors and minorai wealth, tn a word, the hand of nature has been lavish iii giving us that is needed to mako a people wealthy and contented. As tho influence of educa-? tion gradually spreads, oo will bo our dovel? opinent, nnd with so ninny centers of Infor*1 mation for both mules and females, wo trust not without reason, that our futuro is bright and promising. Wo can remember when there was not n college graduate in this county, and now wo havo a number of such, many of them engaged in imparting know ledgo to others. Wc can remember when tho education of our daughters was confined to tho rudiments of thc English language, obtainns bio in our then common schools, whilo now Tory manyare being taught in Latin. French, Herman, tho higher mathematics and philoson phy, as well as instructed in music, painting, drawing nnd tho fino urta generally. It may bo that nil our people cannot yet avail them selves of these advantages for their children, still all will bo benefited by contact with-tho educated, not to say by a belter 'order of teachers in tho common schools, lt is as impossible for peoplo to minglo with an ed ii? catcd community and not bo benefited by such contact as for n person to stand near a lire and not draw warm I li from it. Wo cnn romombcr when a few small factories in Uppor Carolina and one at Granitovillo com prised tho entire cotton manufacturing interest of South Carolina, while now tho city and county of Greenville, ns well ns other counties havo n number of largo facto rios, while evenamong ns wo have tho nude uj in tho email factory near "\l cstminsfci'. Who then cnn question, in tho face of these facts, our groat progross for tho past ten years, in knowledge, in development and in all tho appliances of wealth? This progress has boen made in tho face of tho greatest political ?ind pecuniary difficulties, under tho untoward circumstances of heavy taxation and corrupt government. Now that wo havo low taxation and good government, and now that a start has been made, wo safely count on tho pro gress of thc next ten years being two or more fold greater than tho past ten years havo produced. Lot us all, thon, take heart, as wo havo scon the worst of our troubles, and tho futuro promises well. Tho Weather and Crops. Tho past ton days havo hoon exceedingly warm for May and withal very dry, insomuch that garden vegetables havo boon greatly injured. Field crops havo been rather bono fited, as it afforded'n: much needed opportunity to kill grass, thin out cotton and put tho crops in thorough growing order. This has bcon gonornlly dono throughout the county and a good season now would provo a stimu lus to tho crops of nil kinds. Tho1 dry spoil has perhaps shorten ed spring onts and pre vented'thoir filling ns well ns they might otherwise havo dono, but tho benefit moro than counterbalances such injury. In fact, we oan hardly remember a more favorable ?pi?inp; than this, an, though wo had a frost or ' tv?o dcciruc?TO to ff'H, h.*? h?'f'r? o?hftrwtK<? ! free from tho heavy rains oammon to this season. Tho soil is therefore as soft amt spongy ns when firft broken up, and nil that is needed for tho growth of tho orops is to koop tho grass down,' Our orop prospects nro genorolly oonsidorbd favorable, though, wheat in many sections has beeb ruined by tust. This in generally Imo of whunt planted in lowland, and in somo oases upland wheat is greatly injured. Oats sown in tho fall aro of good height, woll filled and freo from r'ist, being ready on riot? land for - harvesting. Spring oats, too, uro good, though on poor laud they aro low. Tho great orop of tho county is cotton, which is planted ovor a largor aroa than ever boforo. In faot, noarly all tho upland around and below Walhalla' ls planted in cotton, pnd a failuro of this crop for any cause would almost ruin o(ir people. Apart from their heavy guano debts, very many look to their cotton crop fur bread, moat and groceries. Our lowlands ure gene rally given to corn growing, und, with lavern seasons, tho county will make a surplus of oom, though it will not bo distributed in the production. On the whole, tho prospeot.js favorable. ? Congress-Tho Country. For weeks Congress lifts leen In session without accomplishing any positivo good or preventing nay positivo evil, it was con vened in ext ru session from n sort of necessity, growing out of a failure of ihc proviens Congress to make mell appropriations as wore required for the diflbidit branches of tho government. This hus nut jot been accomplished und tho body is nt n t'cud-lock in th? nuttier ol' legislation, by reason of tho differences between tho controlling majority in Congress and thc Prcsidont. Tho military appropriation bill was past ed with ii rider prohibiting military intcrfcronoo with elections, but tho hill was vetoed ns heretofore staled. A bill was then passed ns u separate measure to prevent militaryintcr ferenco willi elections, which met thcRumo fate. Tho legislan yo appropriation bill with u rider hus nineo been passed, but was vetoed, and so from differences between tho execu tive and legislativo branches of tho govern ment, no ono of tho measures of publie interest, which led to thc call of tho extra sossion, has hoon neted upon successfully. There seems to bo an irreconcilable differ ence between thc President and the Demo cratic majority in Congress on these political measures und neither party seems willing tb yield, or, ns they term it, buck down. This is neither wiso nor patriotic, for it is not meet (lie army should bo disbanded, 01 thc judicial department of thc government bo starved out to please tho w hint ?if any mun or party? Tho Democrats having done all llioy could properly do to remedy evita and redress grievances, ?md Unding themselves thwarted by a partisan Prcsidont, should, in the lan< guago of Senator lintier, "pass the appropri ation bills, pure abd simple, und go homo." They can dolid moie, and they should cer tainly do no less. When they go farther lin n this by continuing thc present fruitless fight, or by adjourning without action on mensures of vital necessity to rho operation of thc government, they, ns Senator Duller says, get upon the confines of revolution. Thc country is not ready for revolution cither at tho hands of tho President or of Congress, and thc people will hold those responsible for tho present unrest wdio persist in a fruitless strife. Thc political grievances, attempted to bc reformed by the riders, aro now fully before tho country, and if tho Democrats will act on tho sensible views of Senator Datier, tho people nt the next election will decide them. To them tho issues properly bolong and hy them they should nnd will bo decided dinnlly, and by passing tho bills for supporl of tho government and going home tho Dcm ocra ts will linvo tho vnntngo ground in 1880 Wo aro en Hs fled the pooplo of tho Sou tl dosiro Congress to net thus, for while tlx reforms asked nro reasonable, just und ir keeping with free government, yet the ques tion just now is ono moro of theoretical than practical importance. Wo soo no militar] here, nor dowe feel its influence, nnd thong! "it was used nftor onr last election improperly as we think, yet this may never occur again At all events, there is virtuo nnd firmncs enough among our people to hold rcsponsibh any party or man. who presumes to uso tin military for thc overthrow of civil liberty am constitutions) government. However this may turn out in tho futur thc appropriation bills should he pnsscd nm Congress should adjourn. Tho country want rest not turmoil, penco not strife, nnd tites can never come while tho mails of ench da; show tho prcsont jarring between tho twe oo-ovdinate bronchos of government. Ti mn be tho Democrats aie right, and we boliov ?they aro. lt may bc thc President is Wrong and wc believe ho is. Granting theso n facts, shall tho ruling majority prolong lin struggle, or adjourn willmot voting prope support to tho government, either uf wide looks like, nnd may lend, to r?volution? W say no, Thc people nt the next elcotioi without revolution or danger of rovrdutidi will, by their votc3, declare tho right and I them it should, bo left. Wo publish elsowhcro tho views of Senat* Duller on this und other matter.s now exei* ing thc country, und commend the conservativo tono to tho attention of on readers, A Sad Disaster. ?,tr. if. il. Lawrence, living about two mil from Pair l'loy, had ids houso accidental burne I oa lust Tuesday night, 27(li of Mn The firo originated in his cook room, which w attached to his dwelling. On leaving tho roc fot' thc night it appears Hint (ho lire was ii properly looked after, mid when Mr. I.nwrcn ntftkc ho found tho Oro pouring from tho wi dows of thc cook rootil, and seeing I lint (he fi had such hendwny, ho did not try lo put it 01 but went lo work to save ns much an possit from tho Humes, Ile succeeded in paving 1 bacon, which Was Iii ft room ndjbinlng the co room, but his flour, cooking utensils u crockerywnro were nil destroyed. The hom hold furniture was nlso saved, and only a sm lot of wenring nppnrcl was lost. Thus ono tho best ko?scs in tho community lins bc swept nwny. Mt*. Lawrence ls a now ooir among ii*, having moved hcroslnco Inst Janna Tho whole community is in sympathy willi h in his lons and regret exceedingly that ho li mot witii BO sad a disaster so soon after movi I among us. o ... ........ I School Teaching. E?i.7 business pursuit hw bess rsrotettattscd and plana brought into uso by T>ldoh time ond labor aro saved, except sohool teaching. While 1 long and rapid strides aro bolng toado toward improvement by our best teacher.), socio of whom huvo already rooohod the highes} degree of perfection attalnuhlo In this most . difficult and import.mt branch of human undertakings, yet some of our be.1t educated leach era aro still in tho background, from tho simple, reason that they foll to roaliso tho magnitude- of their duties and profit by experience and tho well timed observations of their moro Practical fel low laborero, Booming to ignoro tho foot that a school oould bo conducted on any pion belter than (heir own dull, Blow and monotonous stylo. To Bitch I would say open your oyes and nt tho somo time bc liberal enough not to condemn what you hnvo never seen tried. There oro several ways of doing things, I. c., fast ond slow.-casy, hard, &o., and various ways lo ex pedito recitations and lessen tho duties of tho school room, as regards both leuohor and pupils, and this saving of time on tho ono limul and lessoning duties on tho other, on tho pnrt of those concerned, is of untold advantage. Tho question, "Kow is this to bo accomplished?" is to bo answered, lt is evident io n thinking mind that a student generally knows wlieua question is asked him whether or not ho oatt givo a corrscl answer, and when a word is given out whether he can spoil il correctly. For instance, ask (ho boy nt tho head of tho class n question which ho cannot answer Correctly, neither the three boys next below him, nil of Whom know in nn instant (hat they cannot, while thc fifth boy knows lt mid can give n correct answer, but tho tendier not knowing this fact repeats thc question lo each boy la turn, all of whom, niter considerable hesitation, stammer out an unintel ligible answer, which disturbs thc nerves of thc teacher and makes inroads upon Iiis time. Although tho fifth boy can give n correct a fis wer, but tho teacher, not having lils attention, is obliged lo repeat thc question before he can gel lum even to belch forth. So let thc recitation continue until filially il will end, and leave thc teacher in a splendid frame of mind for making hostile threats, unless ho is blessed with an ex traordinary amount of patience. Now conk not considerablo timo ?mvo been saved by tilt (cacher allowing thal fifth boy tohavo Indloatet his knowledge of (he answer by raining hi: hand or otherwise, thus obviating thc necessity of tho teacher having to repeal tlie question s< often and listen to the unpardonable blunders o so many boys? In thc samo manner the (cache could toll all who missed the question by observ ing ihoso failing lo indicnto (heir ability t answer. All know dial school hours nppea long and (ho recitations dull, monotonous am lacking in interest, even lo thc best of students To increase thc interest taken by thc (cache and students in their daily recitations lighten tho cures and difficulties of tho teacher and pro moles thu advancement of ' students in thc stun proportion. To elfeci (his instituto a plan o criticism by which each student will bo allowc lo criticise 'he other. When a stanza has beet tend, n quoslion asked, or a sentence analyzed or problem solved on thc blackboard, and in Iii analysis or solution an ciror lins been committee let the teacher call on thc class for criticism mid allow each member to oder whatever crili oism ho thinks fit, bul many of (hom may b unjust and not Bbs!nilled by the teacher, I which case thc student will bo demented ll Sams' as if ho had missed Iiis own question, r well as frowned upon by thc criticised, nil < which will make him more cautious nftcrwavi get better acquainted with .his next lesson, tin he may Hie better discriminate between trui and error. When the class is through and thci yet. remains somo error uncorrected, let tl teacher then call Ibo attention of thc class to and demerit each member. A student always taken down more from a correction fro a fellow student than by his teacher, and f that reason students will luke a great dolig when they ran offer a just ono on their follow Thc result of all ibis will bc that tho studen will study harder, tako greater pains to preve making errors, (bc duties of Ihc teacher lessen and tho degree of scholarship of students ii crcacd in a like proportion. These suggtslio aro thrown out merely for tho benefit of thc who I bink they could profil by (hem, not frc self vanity, lt is of Ibo hist importance ll: teachers should look well to tho selection text books, for more depends on thal than ono first thoughl would suppose. Those selected the Stale Hoard, with the exception of t grammar, aro as good as could bo desirt Them is, too, a slight deficiency in (lie arillm tic, but than cannot bo supplied by Davies* any other work as niilo-dutcd. 1 have hen teachers say they prefer lo teach these antc.dal and obsolete text books, rather than pul pare to Ibo expense of buying new onesl Now tl excuso willi me is not well taken by any mea because I cannot imagino nmoii? (he lisl of I acqtiainlnnce.s n pnrcnt whoso interests aro t so mingled with those of his children ns liol desire their advancement to knowledge to bo rapid as tho most improved text hooks mid struct ion from n first clars teacher would peru What parent will stand on thc cost, of a bi when months mid perhaps years of study by children will bo saved by having il? In th obi booka they will lenrri things that they \ bc compelled to unlearn when they como to sti thc new. I have spoken that which 1 do kn which is trudi, and will, like tho sun shining some polished surface, reflect ils own image. ANON -? . ?. - .-. From Washington. WASHINGTON, May 31.-Tho two advia committocn of thc House and Senate Dct eratic caucuses heida joint meeting to d und l eached a substantially unanimous i un nient na to thc cour?o of notion (lint shrink adopted by tho dominant pm'ty with rog to (?io appropriation bills. After a very intcrchnngo ol viows and nu cspccinlly mit examination of tho President's veto inossr in connection with sundry existing ttnt prohibiting interference by tho army \ clcolionn, it wan decided lo recommend immediate passage of a bill making tho n appropriations for tho support of tho n throughout tho fiscal year, but oontninin proviso that no portion of tho money thc npproprintcd shall he used for tho pay, tr pni'tntion, equipment, or subsistence of troups used for polico purposes to koop p nt polia. It waa further decided to rec mond tho passage of thc legislativo, OXCOi and judicial appropriation bill in substnnt tho samo terms ns last year's bill, and fut same amounts, except that they shall bo i minutely specified, and OXCOpt also th shall not moko nny provision for tho pn supervisors or deputy marshals of oleoti 'tho now bill will, howover, contain n ol providing that no officer shall ho nppoii or obligation incurred, for any object which a sp?cifie appropriation s?mil not boon toado hy dongles?. This clause i rendy on tho statute hook, with tho oxoo| of tho words "or obligation inburrod," (hero is nlso n law existing which pro! tho diversion of ony appropriation to aoy other purpose than that for willoh it has boon npacitioniiy made. Thu oouiml.toOi ftgrcsd to roooromend tho passugo of n soparate moas uro embodying thoso so?lions of ibo vetoed bills which provide for nmondmonts of tho lim c?ncornlng tho method of drawing juries, and for tho total abolition of tho jurors* test oath. In viow of tho fact that the President, in his veto mcssngo, makes no eommout on theeo, it is believed that be will promptly approve- thom when presonted io au indepond' ont bill. It was also nrguod to-day, in behalf of the adoption of tho programmo abovo outlined, that tho Prciidont cannot justifiably withhold his signature from an appropriation: bill morely becauso it omits to mako provision fora particular object, and that in tho antici pated ovont in his approving tho prosent bills,' the Dcmoornts will havo accomplished for tho next year exactly what they would have accomplished for an indefinito poriod of limo by former bills, and what they may continuo to" accomplish by similar legislation as long as thoy romain in power. Tho joint meeting was adjourned until Monday, by which timo tho recommendations ngroed upon will havo been promulgated in appropriate phraseology by a sub-committee, consisting of Sonutors Thurman, 'Eaton, Vance nnd Bailey, and Representatives Chal mers, Springer, ?wing and Boogan, and sub mitted for final approval preparatory to their presentation to tho joint caucus of the Demo cratic members of both Houses, which will probably bo hold on Monday evening. In response to objections raised by a few of tiioso who participated in tho mooting that thc adoption of this policy would bo con sumed ns backing down on tho part of tho Democracy, its advocates mude the point that, although there havo been individual uttorancos in favor of withholding supplies in thc cvont of a failure to secure tho onnctmont of tho political clauses originally embodied in tho appropriation bills, it is not true that any such stand has over boon tnkon by authority of tho party. On tho contrary tho question whether such stand should bo taken has never been acted ripon by n Democratic of eithor branch of Congress or by a caucus committee until this afternoon. TUB GKEAT CACSE or DHI'RESSION.-In view of tho unhappy condition of allai rs in Croat BtStain a national cnuous was hold to investigate tho sanio with respect to discover ing its primo causo. Tho result of this investigation will bo of ei,ual interest to America as to tho (Jolted Kingdom; for our habits, ns our language, ure alike, and tho same social mistakes of lifo aro common to both nations. After careful inquiry and search, tho positivo fact was ascertained that a useless luxurious condition of action was tho activo agent that tripped up thc heel* of industry, and alcohol was the sa mo. It was found to ho an astounding fact that during thc pnst lour years tho amount of money expended iii Croat Britain for intoxi? j eating drink amounted ~to no lees than two | billion seven hundred and soventy-eight mil- | lion ono hundred and sixty thousand dollars. 1 This is but four millions less than tho sum i total of tho foreign trndo of tho country. In '.830 ibero were but 50.0'JO public houses in langland, to day there aro 200,000-an ovi* dcriCO of thc ontcrpriso of tho day. If tho amount of money foolishly expended in intoxicating drinks was deployed in the regular lino of trade, it would vastly increase , business, and sond a flowing current through tho now sluggish and stagnant pends of trade. ^ Luxury in its best shape is bad; in its worst as in this, destructive, demoralizing and to bo abominated. Few mon who habitually drink will deny that their bar oxpenses are largely in excess" of tho entire cost of supporting a family. And eui bono? Except false stimulus, that ? reacts in inattention to bu si noss, chronic dys? pepsin and continued iU -health. Wo aro not total abstinence nor puritanical, but it is tho businoss of all mon, mid thu olfico of sensible pcoplo, to decry useless and injurious oxoese. And certainly nono in tho records of folly exceeds thc absurd and injin rious usc of intoxicants. '[ Washington Capitol. LlTTl.RFIl.0 0.\rTUUBD.--M. S. Littlcfiehl. of North Carolina, who was recently arrested in Florida, is badly "wanted" in tho old North State. Ile is arrested upon nn indict ment for swindling the State of North Caroi lina ont of many million dollars in State bonds which had been voted hy tho Legisla? turo to aid in building tho Western North Carolina Railroad. It is alleged in tho in dictment that Littlefichl and SwOpson, who wore officers of thc rond, had, by misrepre sentation, obtained possession of these bonds, and instead of applying them according to law, had nogotiutod ihcm and divided tho proceeds. I ? 111 e li eh 1 figured quite extensive? l ?V in North Carolina during tho flush days of Radical rulo, and has since thon managed to i elude all attempts to capturo him. A special officer is in Jacksonville, whero ho was arrested, with a requisition from the Covornor of North Carolina. Tho Raleigh News, alluding to Che arrest, says: "Exactly what Cen. Littleficld ts wanted for is not known outside of official circles. Ono rumor says he is to bc tried on tho chnrgo in tho indictment; another says ho is to be used ns | n State's witness against O. W. Swepson. However this may bo, it is quito certain that Littleficld's nrrest and Gov. Jnrvis's porsevor- | ance in thc matter has created no little nlnrm in certain circles hereabout, mut thcro is an undercurrent of anxiety and uneasiness that will probably bo noticeable until somothing definite is done, or until it is ascertained that Gen. Littlclicld will remain dumb." ST. LOUIS, May 31.-An Atkinson, Knnsas, dispatch says that a terrible rain and wind storm visited Frankfort', Marshal County, Kansas, last evening, lasting over two hours. T. B. Taylor's warchouso wns torn to pieces, arid several small houses, stores and stables moro or less damaged. Tho houses of Mossrs. Fox, Cater and Vaughn, thrco milos from town, woro blown down, and tho inmates considerably injured. Fox's hnuso and its contents woro blown into the river. A mes senger justin from Irving says that tho storm nt that point blow down fifteen houses, killed eight persons nnd woundod about, twonty-flve, and that several ure missing. Tho residences of James S. Waldon, Mr. Armstrong, J. Wells, Mr. Thomson and twclvo others woro totally demolished. Tho Presbyterian Church, Public, School building nnd Irving olovaloi' wcro completely destroyed. Tho East span of tho railroad bridge orossing BIuo Uiver wa? blown down. A committee willi funds, provisions and lumber was left nt Chisnn, on tho Contral Brandi Railroad, this afternoon, to supply tho wanta of tho suffer ers, and another committee is soliciting addi tional aid. - --.? ? - Wo would liko to know how it is (hat somo pcoplo who havo novor taken n nowspaper oan always toll what it contains and how it stands on ovory question of public conso quenco. They tell Its jokes, eritioiso its opinions and roviow its conreo with very ovidontsatisfaction nnd niuo limen out of ten misrepresent its motives and do murder to the truth. This sort of pooplo aro nlwayB to bo ehunnod, for thoy vrill stab you if thoy oan. They oan ho confided in by no ono and dOSOrVO no mnii's confidence. [Abbeville Medium. -? -. Blank Lions, Doods, Mortgages au l Executions for salo nt this ofBoe. Goo. Joo Hooker, in conversation with a Oluoinuuti Enquirer roportor Saturday*, milli; ?.Gun. Juo Juu?St?Q "33 thc bc?? sol dior tho South had. Goo. Loo was great bocauso of Iii? nioo sonso of honor? When ho invaded Ponusylvania, Leo paid for everything bo got. Ho poid in Cou fodorato money, but that was what ho was paid in, and he bad no other. But he paid it out, and even whon he passod through those towns in Pennsylvania he put guards around their stores and protceted theil* goods, allowing nothing to bo taken. Even clothes und boots and shoes, which thoy needed so muoh, wero not allowed to bo taken. This was not so muoh great gener alship as it was chivalry, but it mado tho man who did it a groot figure In the ooo test?" Pi TTS ii uno, Juno 2.-An agreement of last year between tho iron manufacturers and thoir puddlers of fi Yo dollars a ! ton for puds diing expired on Saturday, and the miltown' era and thoir cm ploy ces having failed to come to terms far the ensuing year, was suspended this morning ?nd all tho iron mills in this vicinity, and a serious lookout ls throntenod. TI?Q amalgamated association to which th? puddlers belong, Inoludds boilers, heaters, rollers, catohorsnnd he?pors, and if tho lodk out continues nearly fifty thousand mt?n and boys will bo thrown out of employment; TUB LEXINGTON DEFALCATION.-Tho bonds? mon of D. I. Ilondrix.'ox-Treasuror of Lex ington County, hold a mooting at Summit on Wednesday, and determined to mako good tho deficiency. Tho bondsmen, eight or ton in number, appointed a committee of two from among thc mselves to act in conjunction with tho Auditor in investigating tho books td ascertain tho actual deficiency. It is probablo that Hendrix has loft noarly enough in money and property to idomnify his surlties; _,*4-. N ST. Louts, Jnrio 2.-No additional particu lars have boon rcceivod with rogard to tho disastrous cyclone in Marshal County, Kan sas, but telegrams from other points in that State and Missouri report great damngo to property by the samo storm. At Brookville, Kansas and Kirksvillo, Missouri, sovcral pcoplo were killed, and in tho latter town twenty houses w?ro demolished and many damaged. A REWARD OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS WILL bo p.itd by tho officers of tho Methodist? Episcopal Church, South, Walhalla, South Carolina, for information, with proof to convict, tho person or persons win? broke into tho church Inst year, and again last week, stealing a num ber of articles belonging to (ho congregation und damaging Ibo building. Apply to J. I?. MICK LEK, J. II. HI.Kill. WESLEY PITCHFORD, J. J. NEVILLE, juno 6, 1870 20 2t roux i?, ii?nNs ?- -? ?KO. w. HAYS, ST?VJSS & WW WARB. A LARGE STOCK .-OF1 COOKING STOVES, w IIICII WE SELL UNDER A QU AR? anice. Prices ra utting from $12 up to $40. We keep EVERYTHING in the Tinware linc. Hoofing Sf Guttering Made a specialty. Hoofing dono at from $G to $7 por square Guttering dono nt 12J cents per foot. County jobs dono at short notice Wo aro prepared to do all kinds of work in thc Stovo and Tin Line. All work and waro warranted. An examination of stock and orders so licited. Thankful for past favors, wo oro Uospccfnlly. Hums fy Hays. June 5, 1879 20-ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ooonee County, Iii the Court ol* Probate? Lucinda A Marlin, ns Executrix, nnd Cynthia? Marlin, ns Executrix, of tho inst will and) leslnmcnt of Shields Ii Martin, deceased. Plaintiffs, ngninst Francis M Martin, Dickson hi Martin, Robert A Martin, Elizabeth A Harvey, Emily Harris Lucretia R Cain, Adnlino Ilnrdin, Harriett M Martin, Mary E Marlin, Martha L Lumpkin and tho hcirs-nt law of John 0 Marlin, deceased, (names un known,) Defendants-PETITION AND COM PLAINT TO PROVE WIM. IN DOB Pbnsior LAW~ TO thc Defendants obovo named YOD, nnd cnoh of you, aro hereby summoned and rcqu'trod lo answer tho petition and complair.l. in this notion, whioh is fd ni in- I ho ?frico of tho Judge of PVobnto, nt Walhalla, in Ibo County and Stato aforesaid, and servo a copy of your answer cn tho subscriber, ot his oflioo in tho Court Ilouso, nt Walhalla, in said County nnd Stale, within twenty days aftor th? servios of this summons on you, oxolusivo of tho day of service. If you fall to answer tho peti tion nnd complaint within tho limo aforesaid, tho Plaintiffs will apply to tho court for tho ro licf therein demanded. N. B. CARY, Plaintiffs' Attorney. j L. 8. j RICHARD LEWIS, J. p. To tho Defendants nbovo named, who are non-residents of this Stato, (names unknown:) Take notioe, that tho position and complaint heroin is filed in tho office of tho Judge of Pro b?lo in Walhalla, South Carolina, for tho uses and purposes therein mentioned, ?nd if you fail to answer tho complaint within the timo Afore said, tho Plaintiffs will apply ?o tho coflH for the relief demanded in the oomplnlnt. N. B. CARY, Plaintiffs' Attornoy, Walhalla, Oconee County, South Carolina. Walhalla, 8, C., May 22d, 1879. 27.61