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THIS INSTITUlTON .il! begin on TUUHSDAY, tho lilli day of Sej.teinbcr nest. , Tuition per scssi - S?20 00 Hoard per monti), inoluding overy tbing except washing ami lights, $10 00 Instruoiiou thorough by a full corps of Pro? fessors. For pariloulai'3 address ?SB?V. J. 12. HKB BiE'',V5 Chairman of Faculty. WALHALLA, S. C., July ?I, 1870, 87- ly Wi \ TVT' S1 \ \ A limited num YT /Vii .1 .tilJ >.) ber of afitivo, encrgolic oahvassevs lo engage in a plcasai i and profitable hu iness. Good mon will find I h la a raro chance T? IVlo?va Mo:n.o'7. I Such will please ausy.'bv thi.- advoiiisomeiil I by loller, i rielo ling ijlainp for reply, 6tallug i what busii'icss i ??cy havo bron engaged In. None bill lh.MC who moan lue inc.-s noed apply. Address, Finlov, Harvey & Co , Atlanta, Ga March 1?, 1870, 17-1 y. j i'j 'i i i 111 i i ?.t\.-t,.\ ??. W?A ?IV l?i?M 'III?.'??"*? 'lt.fi? . .f ..; ?l-.Vl? na Xiim oil? fv>m i?i ii'ii? ?I ii"!i?J? Sw9Y> >'*? 'J?" ??? vi "a ^-'u mi pw wwi ? xr?is y-xfi :an?f?iS! ?!a ?HO? VU J" ?lWW?l?t<? ?'11 ?M? ^f!"1 M!'''?' P?1PW1 ?M? Luu wwViMll ?MI n? "?"'?'JSig i'"" .y'ii'.'-""" K(.lT*. i -au .ids ??SA<)M*10 WO???BB||11M ^*??5SJ ?i? 'ni >V*r 'uo.n^ioi H..11WIH.? juin mi?.; j-> HJJW? .iii'I.' ?? I M Suno.t wi Awnn^Mo v?""'"> ""M""^1 Mildil W Vi?)Un.. l |...,vi I [VU w av .ti 8?|.IHWi |0 U?t|n)!WH| VJ'I Iff ^?i?/iiwii??j( i-jj.-"'a??aiwi osisw (HH??IM?? ?ol ??3, li<T'.' Komarks of Cel. Livingston, of Oconcoj in tho Sonato, During tho Consideration of Clio Co lumbia Canal Bill. Mu. PRESIDENT: 1 havo read tho tcu li ing lr.oinorial of tho citizens of Columbio, which waa placed upon our desks, nod 1 have hoped that thia bill would bo so amended that I could give it my support. But, cir, amendment after amendment has been voted down, until it seems to me to be tho intention of its advocates to mako us n?tenles tolmies, accept nj] ol ita objection able provisions. Bolero (tating my objec tions to tl-.c section now undor consideration allow mo to disclaim having any of that ''petty jealousy" or being actuated by that sectional feeling to which thc Honorable Senator from Edge field hos alluded. The joint resolution ill reference to the Blue J?idgo Railroad, otto of tho grandest enterprise? ever undertaken by tho people of South Carolina, nod which our fathers confidently anticipated could bring into Out" Stato that "untold mino of wealth" of which wo havo beard 60 much during this debate, has becu voted down in thc House, although it asked no finch favors as arc sought by tho bill before us. There is now, sir, no measure before this Genera! Assembly, coming from my section of tho Stato, with which tho pussugo of this will in thc hast degrcoconflict, and 1 nm willing lo give to the patriotic people of Ibis eily, who havo passed, as if were, through thc fury furnace, ail thal 1 eau consistently with tuy oath ns a member of this body. When they link ino here to bo charitable, I cuu only reply that charily, benevolence and kindness are piivilogcs which belong to individuals. Representatives should bo controlled by motives of equality aud jus tice. Wc have nil voluntarily sworn lo protect and defend the Constitution of our State. That Constitution, sir, not only specifics in tho plainest language what property within her borders shall be exempted from taxation, but goes further and expressly declares that MO other property shall eec Oe. cxcnyytcJ, There is net a Senator upon this floor who dare risc from bis seat and tell ino that Section 10 of this bill, which proposes to exempt this valuublo property for a long term of years, after it has passed into thc hands of Not thom capitalists, is not clearly unconstitutional? The Senator from Lan caster says wo have evaded the Constitution, ?nd wo .should do FO ?gain ns an indocc ; JnVin. Kv capital come to our au: ipi., nco. Ho has been blessed with n linc imagination ?md hos drawn a magnificent picture (far surpassing Ihoso which .Messrs. Thompson and Nagle have brought down laic and placed in our Legislativo library) ol tho money and the people pouring into our Slate, upon Ibo completion of this gran 1 enterprise, but Senator.--, did you ever hear ot' any railroad, canal or other i ntel ni iso advocated l<y talent omi sup ported by influence which was not made to tipper Cu paper ns thc very gate to mines of wealth and glittering success? In 1873 a Republican Legisla I uro parsed (be net which this Lili proposes lo follow, exempt ing fioin taxation ?ill property which should come into our Slate, to bo used or employed in manufactories, bul where the millions of capital and where the thousands of immigrants winch were to follow its pas'ioj o? But admitting that tho expecta tions of tho friends ?? t its measure will be j fully l'Gul?Kcd, pray, ti ll 1110, what bom lits will ?.coine to our .'Mate by all this iticrcauc I of tho public wealth, if it is not made to aid it? defraying thc expenses < f our govern ment? Cur people are certainly, just now, too poor :?:id loo much burdened with' Inr.a tion to be casting their bread upon the waiora. I havo no confidence, .--.ii. in ?my of tho schemes which have l ee n proposed by car Legislatures during thc past eight years to induce capital nod immigration lo come into our State, and if tho Constitution has beou violated for this purposo thou canst not say that 1 did it lt' the soil ol our State, her climate and her productions fail to make lier rich, she must be content, for awhile to remain pool'. I do not propose, Mr. President, lindel the motion which I baye made, lo disousf tho mortis of tho bill, generally, hut 1 wi u.sk ti.?- indulgence of tho Semite that I may notice very briefly one oilier proposi tion which it embraces and which, in Inj judgment, is exoCodingly object':,-uable, Thc Senator from Ncwboriy has shown yoi j that to cany out tho provisions of it in it; present shape you will have to take .sonn ?7?,000 Iront tho pockets of the lax-pnycr? of thc Stat?. If it be true, sir, that mono; in tho bands of individuals yields mon revenue than when controlled by corpora* li us where h thc wisdom, much less tin justice, in taking this largo suip cf moue; lo bo raised by taxation and investing i where it will yid ^ less revenue, if it doc not prove a lol?] loss? Tho whole f.ehemo of thia bill 1OO1:J to much lil'C robbing Poler to enrich Paul 1 have on ail occasions heretofore oppose such enos legislation nnd will continue t opposo it so long us 1 may bc:, member < this body. .Governments wer.; formed fe tho protection of life, liberty and propcrlj and not to be made the instrument by whio ene class of pooplo shall feed off tho otho Tho Democrat io party has now the posses sion of our Slate government, und if tine I Itsoli ami true lo the people, it must avoi this political sin so common iu our eloy au our country. You onuuot, Senators, grant all thio ni lo tho city of Columbia, unless you ai willing to grant corresponding advantage to tho pcoplo residing in other sections tho Slate, which will be committing ber I a general system of internai improvement to which our pcoplo uro opposed. Tho uuhown granite which is piled ?round this magnificent building, tho unfinished cuts ?ind embankments which are to bo seen in every section of our ?State, und io which lie buiiul the avails of labor, tho hopes and aspirations of former Legislatures wnrn us and our successor:! against entering upon any Bohemo of internal improvement to bo made from thc public treasury. Private capital is sagacious and will always search out with unerring judgment all thoso in vestments which will TJOVC remuuorotivc, and suoli us this passes by tho Stute should uvoid. Pass this measure, nud thc calendar of your General Assemblies in tho futuro will bo crowded with petitions oe-king tho same public charity. Already, sir, since this bill came from t li o House wo hear of Charleston seeking an oppropriaioti to con struct a canal through her city, of aid bring solicited l'or the Catawba Canal and other enterprises of n similar chin-actor and with c<|ual claims upon thc public treasury as the one we are now considering. Divest this bill of its verbiage and what docs it propose, ls it not sim ply that thc Stato of South Carolina shall construct this magniiiccut canal, affording 10,000 horso power in tho shape of water power and then turu it over in fcc simple to these Northen) capitalists, exempted from taxation for the long space of ten 3 ears, upon condition that they will give to thc State 1,500 boise power of thc water power so developed:* This, air, in my opinion, is tho naked, novel proposition submitted, and 1 ask you, Senators, if you can vote for-it, knowing, us you do, that thc convicts in your penitenliury can bc made a eourco of no inconsiderable rcvenuo to your Stator" Co home, if you will, to your constituents nud tell them that you wcro willing to give to thoso Northern strangers moro than you wcro willing to give to tho enterprising pcoplo of your own State? (io home, ii' you con, and tell them that this Democratic Legislature was in favor of tho class legislation embraced in this bill. Go home, if you dare, ond tell them that you could not evade the Constitution of your State, to extend thc benefits of tho homestead exemption to tho middle and poorer classes of your people, but you did evado it to exempt this property after it had passed into tho possession of these Yankee capitalists from taxation. I cannot, Mr. President, support this bill in its pres ent shape. [From tho Atlanta Constitution,] '?lie Outlook of Tho NoW Yoar. Tho year that has just finished will be to thc present generation a red-letter one; for it brought 1.0 :?? end ihc long aud weary period of enforced economy and restricted business that followed the panic of 1873, and put every branch of industry nt work. Agriculture was encouraged in thc West and South by good crops und remuuerutivo prices, thc facturier, received moro orders than they could lill, the railroads were blocked with freight thc mines were pushed lo a greater extent than ever, and all othor interests wore quickened towards tho end of thc old year iu li way that was full of promi?io. Tho new year came in just when all our industries were ahead with n wonderful momentum; mid tho most skep tical cannot now discover any reason why tho present degree of prosperity throughout (he country should not be ut least maintain cd. Of course with thc revival of business came o tendency lo rush into speculative venturers nnd wild-cat schemes; but the indications now are that danger ia perhaps passed, and that the greater and better part of our ?-copio will content themselves with ?he sure profits of legitimate business. Nor will such profits be by any means in significant in any I. ra nell of trade, if we h ive another year of good crops. Our prosperity rcstJ of course on crops of tho country--all veal prosperity in business in this world does, lt was not John Sher man or any other man, or any particular scheme or oct of scheinen, that made tho past year a happy one; it was the Wealth created by tho producers of the South and and West under the blessings of a kind Providence-a wealth that was turned to good ACCOUt ii) the payment of debts until tho couutry found itself in J 870 once more on its feet. Tho extent of this is so great that it render:, ('no nut ?otis of the world tri bul a ry to us, especially ii' any disaster, however slight, ovcrtaltoa their food crops. In 1878 our agricultural productions amounted to?1,488,570,866. This sum is almost inconceivable, bul great ns it is it waa exceeded in 1870 to thc extent of nearly 8110,000,000, according to the latest estimate nf thc national ngiicullural department. To the exportable portion of this tm m?ese aggregate t! : South contrib uted '..'li per cent, although this section Contains less than 20 per cent of the entire population, [fis estimated that the bal? unco of trade in 1870 was at least 8100, 000,000, in favor of tho cotton States. This is a solid basis indeed upon which to expect not only u continuance ol' the pres ent degree of prosperity in tho South, but a hand:.onie additional development. There ii, however, one danger ahead-and only one. Thc present high prices of cotton may induce ovci planting of that Staple, and a corresponding neglect of food crops that would cast a wet blanket upon all our prospects, Such n course would bc equal ly dangerous whether the season was a good or a poor one. If a good ono, tho orup would bo no largo that it " would ?brow prices below tho cost of production; if n poor one, thc planter would not bo nblo to make cuds meet, especially if meat and broads!uO's should rule high. If our peo ple will, however, make every ell'orl to pro duce llu ir 0WU hnnl. ?ind wi?l Maintain tho economy of tho past few years, thcro is no reason to apprehend troublo of a business naturo for n long timo to como. Un tho other hand, thcro ?3 every reason to bolicvo that wc would in that caso enter upon a prosperity moro substantial and moro satis factory than tho South has ever known, which is saying a good deal. Acts of tho Legislature. An oct to further amend tho Criminal Law. Be it enacted by tho Se?alo and llouso of Representatives of tho Stato of South Carolina, now met nod sitting io Qcucral Assembly, aud by authority of tho flauioi That hcrcaftor every person who sholl break and enter, or who shall break with tho intent to enter, in tho day timo any dwell ing house or other house, thc breaking and entering of which if done in tho night limo would by law constitute burglary, with intent to commit n felony or other criuio of a lesser grade, shall bc held guilty of a felony und bo punishable, at tho discretion of tho court, by imprisonment in tho county jail or Penitentiary for u term not execoding ono year. Approved December 23, 1879. An net to amend Sections 8 aud 9 of an oct to nnictid Chapter XLV of Titlo XI, Part 1, of thc General Statutes, relating to tho repairs of Highways and Dridgcs, in Charleston County. SECTION 1, Bc it enacted by tho Sonato and House of Representatives of tho Stnto of South Carolina, now met uud sitting in General Assembly, and bj tho authority of thc same: That Section 8 of an act entitled "An net to auicud Chapter XLV of Title Xl, Part 1, of tho General Statutes," relating to tho repairs of highways and bridgos, bo amended so fur as tho county of Charleston ts concerned by adding after tho word "years," in thc second lino of said section, tho words "aud persons owning or using vehicles drawn by horses, mules or other draught animate. SKC. 2. That Section 7 of 6aid act bo amended byndding after thc words "county trcacuicr," in thc second linc thereof, tho words "orto thc road superintendent, to bo by him delivered to thc county treas-1 urcr: Provided, That this amendment shall bc operativo only so for os James, John's, Ldisio and Wadmalaw Islands utid St. Audrcws's Puribh, in Charleston County, ure concerned. Approved Dcccmbor 23, 1879. Conservatism. It in evident to our minds that What is most needed iu politics, ns in every thing eise, is a wholesome and common-senso conservatism. Radicalism, in either di rection, is dangerous nnd always tends furtherest from truth. There is no moro souse in flying to extremes in politics, thou iu setting ourselves in thc physioal world among tho glaciers of tho frigid zones or upon tho burning deserts of tho equator. Thc temperate regions, either in tho in tellectual or material universe, aro tho most acceptable. Extremista may do very well to burrah, by, but they aro never eafo to follow. Their words generally attract and givo tho author u cort of ephemeral reputation, but possets no other virtue. When wo are ready to oct, wo tock moro solid council. Meteoric displays duEzlo nnd amuse, but calm, practical sonso lights tho pathway to truth. Give us firmness, tempered with moderation. Such is tho conservatism which saves thc country and blesses map? kind. FERNANDINA, FLA.., December 6.-Yes* tcrdoy General Grant was cscortod by a committee headed by General W, S. M. Davis, (ex Confederate) to th* city hull. General Davis delivered tho spceoh of wel come on bclnlf of the pcoplo of thc State In reply General Grant said: "It affords mo great pleasure to visit this, Slate, which I do for tho ftrfrt timo, I om grcutly pleased with tho littlo I have Been of it thus far and with thc cordiality of its citizens who have welcomed mc most warmly. I nm glad to seo you all. lu my tour of tho world 1 have scon that which strengthened my love of my country and every scotion of it' from Florida to Maine Thc freedom and liberly which you enjoy hero cannot: bo realised by thc people of tho old world." Referring to tho report whioh ho mado in 1800, hu said bo believed then that tho Bouth acted in good faith, but bc saw thoa and sccs now that they wore misled ood drawn into tho course which produced tho results now so grcoty regretted by oil. . It was not however their fault. Conoludiug lie enid: "Wo arc now a united pcoplo and no ono desires that wo continuo so or wity do moro for thc accomplishment ol thn? result than myself." Three cheers wcr.o given by tho crowd for Grant, and three for Sheridan. Rev. J. M. Royd furnishes tho Xctcbcrry Herald with tho following stutistiottl and liuaiicial report of thc South Carolina Methodist Conference: Number of mcm bors, 44,004; local preachers, l-l 1 j children baptized, 1,855; adults, 1,300; number of churches; 508; valuo of some, $503,154; par sonages, 90; valuo, $95,325; college and high Behool property belonging to tho conforenco, $92,210; Sunday schools, 497; volumes in library, 17,770; poid .on pastors' solnrics, $07,324.77; paid on presiding cldors', $8,-? 900; for domestio mission, $5,095.70; foreign missions, $2,004.94; sn pei nu nat cd ministers, widows and orphans, $4,8GS.50; education, $2,000; Bishops. $747; minutes, $3,03.77, building churches, kc , $19,871.04, awe) for oilier b.cucvolcnt enterprises, $7,282. *