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Il Y KEITH, SMITH Ac CO. THURSDAY) OCTOBER 0, U379. |9> i'b>- subscription, $1.60 />er annum, Urictlyin advance; for ?ix months, 70 cents. Jty?$?* Advertisements interteil at one dollar per tquare of one inch or less for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion. 00^? Obituary Notices exceeding Jive lines, Trlbubet of Jiespcct, Communications of a per' tonal character, when admissablc, and Announce men ts of Candidates xviii be charged for as adver tisements. Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. JO?* Necessity compels us to adhere strictly io the requirements of Cash Payments, Public Meeting. A mealing of (ho citizens of Oooneo Courtly, living bolow a supposed lino, beginning ul Craven's Ford, on Kcowoo River, and running by Walhalla or Weal Union to Jarrett's llridgo, on Tugaloo Uiver, will bo hold ut Seneca City, on Saturday, October 11th, 1870, for tho pur-' poso of disoussing tho adoption of (ho stock or lenee luw lo ov near tho said supposed lino. AU frleuds of (ho n(ook or fence law arc spooially roquostcd to turn out. MANY CITIZENS, WALHALLA, S. C., September 30, 1879. Court Opcno'l at Walhalla on Monday, tho Olli instant, al 10 o'clook A, M., His Honor Judge Prossloy presiding. After, tho Qr amt Jury was empaneled His Honor sta(cd that ho deemed it unnecessary at (his, tho third tenn of their service, (o givo (hem any extended inulruclions. If they had hcrotoforo properly examined tlio public ollices, it was unnecessary lo do so again, unies (hey hud hoard or knew somo oauso wJiy soino par ticular oflico should bo looked into, in whioh event (hey would do so. Thc sanio was Imo of tho poor house, roads and bridges and oilier matters within their jurisdiction. It they had becu onco reported ou during their term Hint was sufficient, unless souic special reason exist otherwise. Trite bills wero found iu tho ease of Hie Slnlo vs. David Karney, for assault and battery with intent lo kill; Stato vs. Woolbauks, bastardy; Slato vs. Amcricus Moore, Riloy Moore, Jcry Mooro and Aiken Mooro, thc two last ns acces sories before the fact. To this (imo only a fow cases have been tried, lo wit: Thc Slato vs. O. W. Orccno, for assault with intent lo kill. Verdict not guilty. Keith & Vernor for tho defence. Tho Stale vs. David Hamey, for assault and bullery with intent to kill. Verdict not guilty. Mr. S. P, Dendy for thc defence. Tho Stato vs. Woolbanks, bastardy. Verdict guilty. No defence. Several cases wero nol pr?ssed and several continued by reason of thc absoncc of witnesses. Nothing was done in (ho case of tho State vs. Uobert Cobb, M.issiah Cobb, Henry Long and Robert Dunlap for murdor, and tho mutter lies over for a limo or it may bo forever. It ?8 thought an effort will bo made lo continuo tho case of tho Stato vs. tho Moores for murder. If this case he continued what promised to bc a long and tedious criminal court will have col lapsed with ono day's work. Tho motion for continuance will bo mrdo this (Wednesday) morning. His Honor is courlcous and patient on thc bondi ami in his charges clear and concise Our able Solicitor is ou baud with hit) usual promptness and ability. Gens. McGowan and Harrison and Capt. W. E. Karie arc present from oilier bars. On Wednosdity morning, at Hie mooting of tho Court, tho Moores, charged willi tho mur der of A. Rrycc, Jr., woro brought into Court, and having been arraigned on Monday, tho question wns asked them, Aro you ready to como to trial? When they nuswered they woro not. Gen. McGowan then read an affidavit, setting out that (wo of them hud been in confinement 37 days, ono of them 33 days and ono of (hem 18 days. Thal (hey wero all tho malo members of tho family and had been unable since their arrest to get up proper proof for Ihoii* defence. If allowed timo they claimed to bo ablo lo provo they were in Georgia at tho limo of tho hilling, and further they be lieved they could prove that Chattnga River was loo high to cross at ?ho lime staled. That tho affidavit was not made for delay, but in tho interest of justice. That they had sent to Georgia for witnesses, but (hoy had not arrived. Tho Solicitor opposed thc continuance, bul admitted lt was in tho discretion of thc Court, under the law, and objected further that thc affidavit failed to slnlo a material requirement, for a continuance, to wit, that due diligcnco hud boen used to got their witnesses; on thc contrary, no process had been put in tho hands of tho Sheriff until last Saturday. His Honer 6ta(cd that it was unpleasant to try a cnp'tal case, both lo tho Court and to tho jury, but it was n duty which neither can nor should try to shrink from. Further, ho was Bonsiblo no person should be forced to trial on suoii a charge without due preparation, bul tho law required moro than Ibo affidavit stated to seer.ro a continuance. It should stuf o where they were and who wero present with them, giving their names. Ho would not hold them responsible for not gotting their witnesses from Georgia. If (hoy oould provo an alibi and would nnino (ho witnesses, his decision might bo different. Tho affidavit was then supplemented so ns lo comply willi tho rulings of His Honor, and upon ils being read, His Honor, nfler duo consid?rai ion, ruled ns follows: Ho recognized fully tho duly of tho Stale to bring offenders to speedy trial, bul this was often ntlcuded with two dangers: 1st, The parties charged may bo innocont, and if forced to trial unprepared, conviction might result and tho ends of tho law would not bo mot, which only seeks to reach tho guilty. 2d. Tho parties ohargod might bo guilty, but if forced to trial after a statement that (hey wero not ready for trial, (hoy may bo acquilicd, (ho refusal of a continuance ope rating ns a powerful lever to movo tho sym pathies of tho jury in (hoir behalf. Under theso oircumslanees His Honor announced that ho would grant tho continuance and an order was passod accordingly. Tho Court of Sessions thon adjnurned. As thoro wero no ecntoncea lo bo passod Dookct. 0 was called and judgments entered in all oases of default. - "VVILO ANIMALS IN ALOBRIA.-Wild animals nro rapidly disnppoaring from Algeria. Tho French Oovornmont pnvs up to tho amount of ton dollars for every lion or panther thnt is killed, and about forty cont? for every jaokal. Last yoar rowurds were paid on 63 lions, 49 lionesses, 0 cubs, OHO panthers. 4ii you tig panthers, 1,072 hyenits, und 11,78Ijaokalo. in lssTim***^ I the Stock Law. MBSBRS. Kni-fotie: it will bo rotubujborod by many of your vendora that on (bo 27lh day of Soptomber last, tboro wno n meeting of tho oitizoim of Ooonco County, hold at Walhalla, for tho purpoBO of diaoussing tho nioriti) und doinoritB of tho ?took law. It seemed on that occasion that our mountain friends woro Boroly impressed with thoidoa that tho pooplo South of Walhalla woro trying to forco tho law upon tho whole county without any considera tion for tho good of thoso North ol thcro. For this reason thoy woro clamorous and would not liston to reasonable statements nor any thing ciao but/HM in favor of tho law Wi it now stands. Now thoy labored under a oonsido ablo mistako; bcoaueo tho pooplo assembled thcro to ascertain about what lino they could ogroo upon, in capo it was not tho will of tho pooplo to fonoo tho wholo county. Siuco thoy would not hear on that day, I desire through your columns to submit a fow ideas upon which tho wholo pooplo may think, possibly, j with profit to themselves. Wo huvo been roliably informed that it would take only thu teen miles of fonoing to incloso tho county, j which is plain, sinco it is boundnd on two sidos by largo rilera and on a third by Andora son County, which is fenced. Thor? aro individuals (armors in this county who keep up moro than this much fence, whilo it is a Oimmon thing for them to havo from two to six miles; which would mnko tho present fonoos of tho oounty worth about ?125,000 exclusivo o( tho valuo of tho limbor. Now 1 fool perfectly satisfied that loss than ouo-flftli of this amount will both endoso tho stock and tho county. Is it not onorinous, thou, t? think how much money and valuable timber wo aro foolishly wasting annually? ThofO very mountain pooplo who boast of thoir "virgin forests" aro now shipping timber to Europe. Why dooa Europo buy timbor? Dccauso hor foresta aro exhausted. Tho American supply can bo exhausted too, and wo nro pursuing tho vory way to do it. Tho American people havo novcr put upon thoir timber tho price it deserves. Just because timbor is destroyablo ia no roasou wo should destroy it. They ask: What will tho poor renters ol tho county do in caso tho law ia passed? I asl; who build tho fenoos now, if it ?B not thc renter? livery renter has cithor to repair thc fonces, cnolooing tho part ho cultivates, or pay Inrgor rent?. Tho land owner is not going to koop up tho fences, pay tho tnxes and bear all other burdens whilo tho renter is at no outlay. It will bo tho vory law for tho poor renter. As for tho charitable objects they will bo ohnritablo onoa still. Thoao poor people aro herc, they must havo a support, and, in any und every event, tho pooplo who own tho property must do it. Tho mere, passage of this law ia not going to lessen tho charity of our pc:?nlo, so, of course, that which is good for tho property owners ol our oounty ia good for Ibo poor within it? bor ders. I know of a farmer in this county who for merly milked from four to eight cows nnd did not get over a water lniekot lull of milk-hi? cows ran out. Ile now milks ono cow and she give* as much ns all tho others did-she does not run out. Now it ia plain that Ibis cow is immensely cheaper to keep than any six cattle. This ia not nu itlstanOO of thc profits arising from tho fencing of his cou ouly, but every bend of Iiis other stock is likewise fenced profitably. Thus wc soo that ns tho law now is it pays bettor to fonco thc stock. How much bettor would it pay, thou if wc did not havo to fence tho crops. What wo need ia hotter stock and not so much of it. It takes too much timo to provide provondot for them, ?nicas they woro more remunerar tlvc. As long ns our farmers work on thc plan they uro working, they can neither Farm nor rnipc stock profitably; because llioii itook is invariably a detriment lo the Tarni, and when thc farm deteriorates thc nock necessarily dues. I know again ol 'armers who4iavo largo bords of cattle and logs ealing other peoplo'u grasa from early ipring till lalo fall, and thou return homo te >p.t up their owner's hard corning* of a sunn nor, only to bo turned ont tho following ipring poorer than cor, and consequently usc that m"ch losa marketable. Who profit, then, I say, is it to keep surplus stool o mnko poojr people poorer? Tho limo spen n building tho present fences nnd providinj my and straw could bo profitably employ?* n enriching tho soil and planting peas millet, luccrti, clover nnd tho like, which pa] ?ood profits nt short outlays, Sonic of tin idvocnlcs of thc present law will claim tba ; ho litter nccumulntcd in tho cow stall i mfiiciont pay for all tho trouble of cow keep mg. Thia, I think, ii absurd, for if tho; ivcro to save every onnco of it, it would no bo oqUal to that which comes from tho field How far short will it full, then, whon half o it (for their sleek run out half tho timo) i sc.ttorcd everywhere? Thus wo seo that th aridia impoverished, booauso wo toko al iway and put back but little. I wiall also to try to show tho advocates c ibis law how far they aro morally wrong ot ho subject. Thoy say, or, ut least, they sane ion, that it is right for thc Block of ono part; 0 run on tho unoncloacd laud of anothoi Suppose ono thousand farmers ftom countie )olow Oonoo sand their cattle to tho motin nina of this county to fallon them. Wita ifould bo tho consoquoiioo? There would h it least count t?n thousand cutio boloogin o othor panics onting thc grass which ia th .eal taxable property of a few poor mei L'hoy havo dono acknowledged it to bo rigl md tho law justifies it and how ia thu matti 0 bo nionded? If thoy kill, or, in any wa; noloat or hurt this free slock they uro nine mblo heforo tho law. Now this niountai migo ia tho inhabitants'chief source of li vin; .nd when tho fnrmor from below eames au akos it from him what ia ho to do? Ho hi admitted it to bo morally right and tho la linkes it legally so. Thus ho must "grin un induro it," whilo ho ia hoing legally robbc f bia only means of nu honest livelihom >o it acema plain enough that it is wron or ton thousand cattle to run on tho unon hied land ol a party not owning them, t ia wrong for ten thousand it ia wrong fi no. Thus their immorality. Now whilo we agree with thc timo-honorc ld petitioner "That tho lands and tho intoral products, with tho cattle on a thom nd hills bolong to tho owner of thc universe, ot wo aro not willing to yiold tho right i xclusivo ownership, or, as !io would ha^ I, of monopoly of landon property. Respectfully yours, SCHNOOKS. * tnViiii liri ii" i i * i ii ?i i iiOi r'Vijftjyj i-ianfMnii r I _n> Tho Raiiroadjo Fair Play. Mess)*. Editors; t mudo U biiot mention af tbe above ontorpri?? in your columns ti abort timo Muco, not thinking ut tho tim? that Dur pcoplo would tnko hold of tho matter BO roudily; but thoy seoui now to bo wido awoke mid determined to push tho enterprise through nt as early a dato as possible Sub~ soriptiou Hots aro already ont and aliaros aro being rapidly taken up. Tho shnros aro put nt twenty dollar? caoh. Up to this dato, October 4th, ono bundrod and forty sharos havo boon tukon. A good many, in foot nearly all who havo Bubsoribod, proniiso, If nocossary, to doublo thoir subsoriptions. Thoro is ono man who has promised to take, BO I am informed, ono hundred and fifty BhurcB. Tho fuvorito route seoms to bo from Fuir Play to WostniiiiBtor, IIB Ibero will bo vory Halo grading. Tho road can bo built to Wosttnhistor for less than halt that it would tako to carry it to Seneca City. It is pro posed to raiso enough by subscription to grado tho road and put down tho cross-tics, which will requtro about twenty thousand dollar*, and then turn tho road ovor to somo corporation that will put down tho iron und furnish tho rolling stock. If tho pcoplo in and around Westminster will do thoir part thc road will ecrtaiuly bo built, und that, too, nt no disluiit day. lt would bo much moro convenient to Fair Play to havo tho road run to Seneca City, for thoro wo would have A much moro direct routo with Charleston, and Atlunta would not bo nt all inconvenienced. Tho pcoplo boro uro determined to have thc road, and if tho citizens of Seneca will como down handsomely, that ?B, if they will oflersuf liaient inducements in tho way of subscribing enough to make up thc dilrbronco between tho cost of grading tho two routes, eho can get another railroad, and ono, too, that will greatly tend to increase her trude and cnliarieo tho value of her property. It will tuko at least forty-live thousand dollars to grado tho road froul hero to Seneca, owing to thc unevenness DI' tho ronlo und tho branches und creeks that will havo to bo crossed. No doubt tiiC trftdo of the whole Fork will bo drawn in this lircction with ti good deal from tho Georgia side of Tugnloo Uiver. This is a fine farm ing country and only noods a rail road and smigrnls to develop its resources. Thcro aro immense tracts of forest lands and splendid bottom lands that would afford lucrative Miiployntont to thousands of persons. Tho building of thia railroad will open up a part jf Ooonco that is very little known to tho mtsido world, and, too, it is thc best portion of ibo county. A charter will soon bo applied For and stops taken to put tho whole maller n a moro business liko simpo, l?oth on this and tho Georgia side of Tuguloo Uiver, wc have tho incst water power in thc State; especially is bia tho caae with n small stream or rather neck about four niiloe from hore on tho Joorgia side, called Shoal Creek, on which here is already a largo factory for spinning bread in operation. At somo futuro timo I hull set forth moro nt length thc natural al ludions ot this part of Oconco County and he Fo?'k portion of our sister county, Auden ion, an?' also show thc advantage*, of having ? railroad i-t?nn?.Ug to Fair Play. Wo would iko to havo art expression on this mutter rom both Seneca M,3 Westminster nt ns ?arly a dato us possible. I ^("ihl surest hut a mooting ho hold on tho ??fs? Saturday n November at Oak way for tho purj.,o.,? 01 lisous?ing the subject and arranging il roO'c leiinito plan o? action, for if wc succeed wo mut have method. If th'13 limo will suit ?oncea and Westminster, wo would bc loused to hear from them. Fair Play and 110 surrounding country will do their duty nd ive shall see what will bo dono elsewhere. Ve shall also expect our friends on ibo Coor ia side to nid liberally in ibu building of Iiis road, ns it will perhaps bo tl grouter con? enlonco to them than any others, mid 1 doubt ot (lint tlicy will aid us. If wo OX poet to evelop tho resources of a county wo must ililli railroads und induce emigrants lo settle mong us. Tho South Union community 111 bo greatly benefited by this void, s well us Centre, and wo expect icm also to subscribe liberally. Tho nilding of thia road will greatly incro&so m value of the lands in this section, lhere* ire every funner is Interested in tito co. np Ic on of tho road nt an emly dato Wostmin? er, from tho causes 1 have already men? oned, i.s tho favorito point with our people, lld tho road will bo built to that place nlcss Seneca City will ofter good indued iCilt to run it I? that point. Under tho resent plan of ."untiing the road lo West? linster wo want ono thousand shares and icy can bo easily raised il wo uso proper icrgy. C. FAIR PI.AV, S. C., October .Ith, IS79. TELEGRAMS. NEW YOUR, Ootob?r 3 -The steamship encrai Worder, from Enropo, brought 39,000 ninds in twcnly^fruno pieces, ?nd the Adri? ie 30,000 pounds in tho faino coin. MONTURA*!, October 3.-Airs. Susan Killi ?dy Mears has boon found guilty'of Ibo ur dev of Mary Gallagher, and sentenced to ) hanged on Inc otb of December next. LON nov, October 0.-Sixty four thousand . und-, of bullion, withdrawn fron) tito Pank Fingland to-day, is for shipment lo Now erk. NBW HAVEN, October G.- Mrs. Uiekornnin id Mrs. Baldwin, pist?is, havo both died uni poison administered hy tho hitter .st to hoi' sister and afterwards to horsolf, ReniiAUrootl, October 0.-Tho British ship hilosophor, from Calcutta for Hosten, was recked. Only part of tho crew saved. It possiblo that a portion of Ibo cargo may ) rccovorcd. NEW YOUK, October G.-A severo norther t in on September 18 on tho coast cf Toe iso.), Mexico, continuing six days, during Itiob twolvo foreign vessels worn lost. Two llora woro drowned-all tho othom wcro ved. hov HON, Octohor G-Tho Russian press ikea a fresh outburst of hostility against lglund and Germany. Tho St, Petersburg wocc Vrcmya says: "Sooner or hitor a war lifo to the death with England is inevitable. io question now to ho considered is whloh tho most availablo routo to lliudooslan?" issjBiste&?sjgjS??S? '' 1* 1 ""' f 1 i??"Wij'i->?.viM"??'?? ADRIAN, MIOU., Ootobor 3.-At tho county ruh- yesterday, ?bout 2,000 porsohs ttesmblod on tho grand stand to witnOso tho ru?es, whoa tho oentro of tho stand gave way and tho mass of pooplo were precipitated in tho river in tho roar, und upon tho ground in front. Six wore killed and a largo number, moro or loss sevoroly wounded. OOMJMDIA, Ootobcr 3.-Sinco tho decision in tho great bond oaso was rondorod tho Stato Treasurer has reeoived ono thousand and ono letters (moro ov less) from bondholders, in quiring about tho status of their bonds- AB that official, who has but ono arm, nnd his bnrd'worked olerks hnvo ns muoh ns they can possibly attond to ordinarily, it is hardly to bo expeoted that replies can bo sont to thoso applicants for information. BOSTON, October C.-Tho groatost interost contros in to-morrow's Domocratio Convention. Tho fnct that lion. John Quiney Adams, who hud been Rcloctod as President of tho Con vention, has been roplaccd by Lcvcrctt Sul tonstnll, is construed by many to menu that ?Mr. Adams will bo nominated for Oovcmor. CHESTER, S. C., October G.-Strieker Brothers' corr?alo factory was burned hiRt night about 7 o'clock. Tho Uro is supposed to hnvo been incendiary. Loss on tho stock $1,500; insurnnco $500; loss on buil ding $500; no insurance. Tho night waa calm and tho flames easily con trolled. Tho firemen, whito and colored, deserve great praiso for their efforts in saving property. Ooi.u.MMA, Ootobor C -Tho Stuto Board of Equalization met in tho Senate chamber tooday. Twenty-tiro counties wore rc pro scnted. Eleven aro yet to send delegates. No bnsir.csH of importance waa transacted, and thc board adjourned until to-morrow. It will bo in session for several days. The OovornOl' has respited Jeff David, cor.? damned t.> ho hung on thelOth of this month, Until tho fJth of January. NORFOLK, N. Y., Ootobor 3.-Forest fires aro raging llorooly lu this vicinity, destroying farm houses, barns and lunn property. Many of thc roads ure impassable on account of tho Hames. Tho loss cannot ho estimated, nor can it bo known how muoh dam ago will bo done, ns thc wind has been blowing strong for tho lust tweutyofour hours. There is no indication of rain, and the loss to tho sui" rounding country will be rory heavy. DETROIT, October 3.-Advices from Adrian give thc total number of persons killed and since died from tho injuries received in thc accident nt thc fair grounds yesterday ns six teen. Seventy-ll vo mero aro severely in jured, some of whom cannot recover. Thc nrehitcot of thc grand stand is blamed for the O.isuully. Tho structure was unusually light, lo admit ppnee underneath for thc exhibition of wagons nnd carriages. Th? timbers were .simply spiked instead of being mortised ami braced. INDIANAPOLIS, October 3.-At tho fait grounds yesterday, after tho President hud lininhod his speech, Qonoral Sherman ira? called for, and In thc eourso of his remarks ho referred to tho slaughter nt Milk Uiver and said: ''Wo must punish theso Indian: and avengo the dead. It will ho dono, hot? withstanding Congress has given us so few men. booau.io of hard times, which uro now n.?at.*' He spoko of tho smallness of thc m y Qm! urged his listonors lo uso their in 1uenoo w?Ml tlioir Congressmen to havo tlx army strort?,t?VCk?cd'_ WASHINGTON, Oo.'obV? G.-Undcr thc pro visions of tho circular ?.f t> Secretary of tin Treasury, of September li ?li, (ouohing th. ihipmont of gold coin to partly i??*lr*nR." herc has been 6cnt out from tho mint tju imount of $171,050. In addition to tll?.*i *h? tub-treasuries arc all supplied with gold iui.e .re paying it out freely for current obligations md treasurers' checks for culled bonds rc leomed uro being paid by tho Assistant I'reasnror in New York in gold, through tho dearing house. "WASHINGTON, Ootobcr 3.-Tho Supremo 3ourt meets hero about the middle of this nontb for its October term, with a very irowded docket. Tho business of tho court s moro than three years behind, and tho ludgoa uro overwhelmed with work. No lases can now bo heard on an appeal from n ower court in less than two years' timu. A ?root many different plans havo been pro tosod to remedy this difficulty, and undoubte dly Congress, ut the next session, will be gain called upon to consider thc subject. )no of tho plana is that proposed by Senator )avid Davis, of Illinois, himself u long time ndgo ol tho Court. His plan proposes nn litormediatO oourt to bo known ?M the Court of Appeals; and this plan undoubtedly is favored ry ibo J ndgo* of tho Court who wero a long imo Mi-. Davis'associates. Tho Justices bo? ?evo that by tho creation of thia iutormediiito wurt a hugo class of canos which aro now ppealed to thc Sn promo Court would rccoivo lieu- final settlement in tho intermediato ppolhito court, and that thus moro prompt ecisions would bo Recured, while the Sn remo Court itself could bo reserved for tho ions important mises. Tho justices of tho hi promo Court mo among tho hardest forked persons in the government servioo, ?king their regular Washington duties and ircuit duties togothor. They do not have von thc ordinary thirty days' leave which is ikeu by a government clerk. ST. LOUIS, October 1-Pref. John Wisc indo nu ascension in his hugo balloon, Path/ nder, from Dilldoll Purk, on Sunday evening atondiug to remain in tho air us long as th< ustailiing power of tho balloon held out 'ho ascension was mudo solely in tho interest f science, particularly moloarology. A .riidc broozo wiis blowing when lin listenings wero cut looso, which carried Hu lallooh In u Northerly dirootion for porhftpi Wo miles, nt an elevation of from 1,200 U ,500 feet. -It then turned duo Bast ami ailed away out of sight, 1'iof. Wise ox? OOtod to On tor what ho calls a pormanun ?UBtorn wind current at an oloyation of nbou ,500 to 2,000 foot, which ho desired to kcor ) if possible and make observations; and tc fleet this moro surely, his ballast consistci nly of a t bree-qnni tor inch rope, 1,800 fee mg, which trailed from tho balloon. Wher tho gas is exhausted tho balloon was to do? soond, and tho ond of tbo ropo dragging on the ground was to roliovo tho balloon of port of its weight and hold it steady in tho cur rent. Mr. Gcorgo Burr, toiler of tho St. Louis National Hank, who has mudo tinco ascensions and takes much intorost lo tho subject of air navigation, accompanied Prof. Wise. No tidings huvo yot been recoived of tho whereabouts of Prof. Wiso and his com panion, and thc opinion is growing very strong that thoy havo mot tho samo fato as Donald son and Grimwood, who oscendod from Chi? oago two or thrco years ago. Tho balloon was now and had mado only a few ascensions. Tho last wits at Sterling, DI., on tho 10th ultimo, whon John Wiso, Jr., n grandson of Prof. Wiso, readied an allitudo of over throe milos and mado a voyogo of oightoon milos. Prof. Wiso is 71 years of ugo, and ballooning with him lias bcon a lifo study. Ho has mado 462 successful voyugos. Tho Boom in Pricos. Wo huvo alroady given a gonoral idea of tho tremendous ndvuneo of stocks and bonds at tho North, amounting in tho grand aggre gate to muoh moro than $100.000,000. Wo again rofor to tho Financial Chronicle which, on last Saturday, compares tho ruling ratos of September 23d with those of August 20th for somo leading articles of production. Tho risc is startling. Extra Stato flour lins ad vanced from is l 35 to $5 25 between tho two dates, or moro than 20 per cent.j No. 2 winter wheat, from ol IOJ to $1 30, cqunl to 17 per cont.; corn, No. 2 mixed, from 45? couts to 55 couts, equal lo 20 per cont; Western moss pork, from $8 75 to $0 15, or 4} por cent.; lard, from ?S 82J to G 57A, equal to 13 per cont.; creamcvy butler, from 17 to 20 cont-, equal to 53 per cent.; cheese, from 5? to 10 couts, equal to 82 per cent.; pig iron, from $22 to $27, equal to 23 per cent, and so on through tho whole lino of articles. Tho Chronicle says that Ibero is no prospective HOAreity in any ol I ll OSO ai tides except wheat, fir which tho loreign demand is urgent, mid pig iron, and tim scarcity in tho latter for Immcdinto dolivory "arisos largely from speculative onuses and thrcatons to rc3ult in exocssivo speculation." Tho advances in tho prices of pork, bacon and lard, again, aro in tho face of a favorablo prospect for a large killing this fall. Thcro is a surplus of 200. 000 tierces of lard this scacon against 50.000 tierces ns the average for previous years, and it is claimed that there aro 2,000.000 maro hogs this your, weighing somewhat heavier than tho average of n year ago. Tho Chroni cle says: "In calling attention lo this wide spread movement we have no dosiro to dis? courage tho incroasing confidence, or to see chocked tho general activity willoh has been developed, nor do wc expect or wish to prevent speculation, for to nn extent it is desirable, and furthermore it will always grow out of tho conditions which now exist. Dat it is very undesirable that it should he carried so far as to out short hy high prices tho foreign demand for any of our pro* dliotions. There is certainly groat danger of this. During tho past six months the very result wo aro fearing has happened in our cotton goods trade-prices have been run up so that shipments had to ho stopped in some directions. * * * If wc shut down the gates and infuso to lot ont our surplus now whilo th oro is aohanoo, wo must not complain of the disastrous fl md from which we may puffer later on." Tho editor of tho Ballimore Sun, whe.se wisdom and caution are proverbial, alluding to th?3 rapid advance in prices which has attended thc exhilarated, not to say inflated feeling of tho stock boards and extended itself so that it now pervades all business circles and affect* o very branch of trade, explains that part of this advance is no doubt simply a roturn to living rates for produc?is, but part is also speculative, and tho danger of this is two fold; prices may nd vaneo too i-.MnuVy und so cheek consumption, thus produoVnf5 ft ^,ufc ftm' another tumblo in values, or u10 ?tironluH of high priooH nm.? give too much onc.'^^Kement lo producers, and in this way again lo>>'1 lo orop Production, glut and collapse. Either o' 11,080 "?wits would bo disastrous in tho extremo. Wo trust that there shall bo a safe pa->..\!-? of. tho commercial argosy botvvoon the Soy I ?a of speculation and tho Charybdis of over pro? duetion, Wo also trust and boliovo that tho South will mightily oxperienco much of tho activity and profit now so visible in all souroos of trade nt thc Hast and West. [Aiif/usla Chronicle and Conslilulionalial. Bhi kwell ,t Co.. Du Hmm, N. C., havo thc largest tobacco factory iii thc world, It i s easier to tia a knot in a cow's burn than to make your wife boliovo that ovory oilier night is lodge night. Tho contract for tim grading of ibo Gaines* ville and Dahlonega Railroad liinboon let ont. Tho work will ho rapidly pushed to comple tion. Dr. Scars, tho distributing iigent of ibo Peabody fund, |>ns tendered to tho colored people of Georgia fourtcon freo scholarships in tho Atlanta University. CHARLESTON, October 0.-Cotton som o Armor-middling 9:}; low middling 0?: good ordinary 0?. LIVERPOOL, Ootobor 0.-Codon firmer middling uplands ?^d? middling Orleans GJd. NKW YORK, Oe tabor C.--C ton firmer -middling uplands 10$; middling Orleans IO.]. WALHALLA, S. C., October 8.-Cotton firm-good middling 9|; middling 0; ordi nary 8 :] Married. September Ifi, 187'.). by Hov, H. t, Bisk, Mr. William Johnston to Miss Jane Good win, all e.' Goonoo county. Married, at I ho residence of Hon, Edmund llcrndon, ?oploinbcr 10, 187ft, by liev. R, ],. Sisk, Mr. Samuel Hubbard, of Georgia, to Miss Issafpiena Hendon, ol' Oooncc cornily. . ALL PERSOlNS INDEBTED to Moses Cantrell, deceased, nro 1 requested to ninkc immcdinto payment to my attorney, J. J, Norton, Esq., and those haying demands against said deceased will present tho samo proporly attested to my said attorney. JOHN T. CA NTH i;I.I,, - . Admhiislrnlor. Oct 0, 1870 . ?J7.4? \ 4. A Riobmond (Ky.) .1? OH ti tain ^rcaolior ro portod to tho oonforcnoo $18.?0 and twenty sovon pairs of sooks no tho 3um total of his yoar'e salary for pronohing tho Oospol. ALL perseus Indoblcd lo Wesley Pitohford hy note, account or othvvwiso ure hereby notified thal they must make payment of tho same lo tho undersigned on or before tho loth day of No vember next. After which dalo all unsettled demands will bo placed In tho hands of an officer for collection. Take duo notice, soltlo and savo costs. S. P. DUN DY, ABsiguoe for Creditors. Oct 0,1870 _47-Ct MO RTG AGE K'S SALE BY virtue of 0 power of attorney contained in a mortgago executed and delivered to mo by P. A. Lewis, lo seouro tho payment of lils noto or obligation, bearing dato tho 11th day of February, 187'.), I will sell at public outcry, lo tho highest'bidder, ut tho Court IIOIIBO at Wal halla, on saledny in NOVEMBER NI1XT, All Hint Ticce, Parcel or Lot of Land, situate, lyiug and being in Ooonoo County, in Ibo Stnto of South Carolin:?, containing forty-five (45) nero??, moro or less, adjoining lands of Mrs. Lucy Lobby, Dr. T. lt. Lewis and Edward Dul're, and lying near Seneca Cily, tho saino being moro fully described in said mortgage. Tho procceda of salo to be applied lo tho costs of salo and tho remainder lo tho amount duo on said note. A. W. THOMPSON, Mortgagee. Oct!), 1879 '17--H ?State of South Carolina. ?0M?IE! ??y^TVu J};/ Richard Lewis, Ks</., Judge of Probate. I If ll int K AS, J. L. Ward has made suit to mo lo il grant him Letters of Administration of thc l?state and Efloots of Harriett Ward, de ceased These are, therefore, to cito ami admonish all and singular tho kindred and creditors of tho said Harriett Ward, deccised, that they be, and appear, before mo, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Walhalla, S C., on Saturday, 25lh of October, instant, after publication hereof, at 11 O'Clock in thc forenoon, to shew canso, if any they have, why ttte said administration should not bo granted. Given itudcrtnj hand and seal. th?3 (ho Otb day f October, Anno Domini 1879. PJC ll AU I) LI:WIS, Judgo of Probate of Oooncc County. Oct 9, 1870 -J7-2t W??BLE REAL ESTATE FOR S?LE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Oconee Ootni-ty. Elizabeth Counts against John Hyde, ns Executor of thc lust will und testament of olary Ann Sooggilis, deceased, Sarah H. Hyde, wife of lohn Hyde, and W. ll. Soog? nins, Defendants. \~pY virtuo of a doom lal order made in tho abovo stated case, Oil the 20th day of June, 1879, I will soil by public auction at the Court liousoin Walhalla, in tho county and State aforesaid, on tho lirst Monday in November, 1879, within thc legal hours of salo, tho following Real Estate: A TH ACT Ol' LAND, containing ono hundred and twenty-ono and ono-hnlt" acres, more or less, being two-thirds of tho real estate ol said Mary Ann Soogn'ms, deceased, adjoining lands of John Dowls; Sarah A. II vile and oilier?. TERMS OF SALK- One-third cash, tho remaining two-thirds on a credit of twolvo months from day of sale, tho nanni to bo so* cured by bend ami mortgage of tho promises, purchaser lo pay extra for all papers and recording mortgage. J. li. RORINS. Sheriff Ooonoo County* Oct. 9, 1870 d7-4t. VAL?5LB rROP^llTY F?R^ SALE, Slate of South Carolina. 4:0 U N T? <?51? A W 3D E gftiSOW.. IN THE COURT QP COMMON PLEA$ lllizabelh Rosers. Plaint! ft, 1 , , . against j ^0,PhViU for Sarah lvo^ers, 1 . ari it ion a??d iiuih Rogers and ollie's' j Salo of bn.id and. .Jofondnnls. I To ^onurin Sales.. \\* V'.Villi cf nu order to mo directed in Mic abovo slated eave from Jiidgo ?1.Q. Pressley ?'rosiding .Judge, bearing date 25lll of Sept om-. ber. 1ST!). I will sell at Walhalla, S. C., on -ale 'hiy in November next at public auction, Lho I.Ollowing described pr..nerty as Hie real estate ol Mrs. Ann Hogers, deceased: Triol No. 1. containing (125) one hundred ami twenty-five acres, moro or less, i.ilnnto ia Oeo?'OO County, adj./ming hindu of Mary K. Out/, <',':" il cy dogers and ol hers. " Tract iV>. ~. coiilainlrtg (90) mnefy ncrcs, moro or less, sitit.llo in Ooonoo County, adjoin ing Iniuls of T. t; Mn??eo und others. Tract No. ?I, oonloining (96) ilincty-flvo acres, more or less, slliiato in Oconoo County, adjoin ing Tracts Nos. 1, 2 and 1 end T. C. Marlee. Tract No. d, containing (1 lt.) ono hundred and forty six acres, moro or less, sit?alo in. Ooonoo County, adjoining lands of Mary E. Out*, T. C. Magee and others. Tcrins o?* Salo : Ouodhlrd cash and Ibo remaining l\vo (hirds on a credit of iwelve months willi i 111 creal from day ol' sale; tho purchaser to glvo bond and morl gogo to secure pay men I of thc same, and that purchasers have leave to anticipate pay ment. Purchasers to nov exlra for papers. W. W. HUMIMIKKVS, Master for Anderson County, 8. C. Ool 187? . Al Ai Valuable Property lor Salo ! STATE SOUWiiAHOLINA, 4.yOlllt?lW ?fi* A.BS<it'.j'?!lOMt IV THE COURT OV COMMON PLEAS, Mary M. 1 sholl, Plaintiff,') against I Complaint for Nancy M. Cleveland, \ Partition of ?Mary B. alonn, ct al., | Land, Confirma Defendaiits. j Hon of Salo, ?0. ]>Y virtue of an oidor to mo directed in tho. _y above stated caso from Judgo A, P. Aldrich, Presiding Judgo, bearing dato of Nth Juno, 1870, J will ?oil at Walhalla, S. C., uti saioday in Novombor next, at publio unction, the following doscribod property, to wit; ALL Hint Piece. Parcel or Tract of laud, containing ono li ti nd red and sixty (100) acres, moro or less, situated in thc County of Oenee, on tho waters of tho (Jjg I'envordam, Crook, adjoining lundi of Jack on 11 nm, ct ul., and known an tn et No. 8 of the Real Estate ol' Hov. Samuel (sholl, deceased, TERMS OP SALK: One-third cam and (ho remaining two - thirds on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, to bo scoured by 0, mortgage of thc promises with leavo to anti? ci pat ed payment nt any lime. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W.W. HUMPHREYS, Master for Anderson County, S. C. October 9, 1879 ' 47?4t