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^mkWkmmammmtamtmmmtit\umuin u i ?. nil. te loo w ? ii <;ou ie as: ss. It?V KBl'AwT s.n?Tii A co. T?IUUSDAV, JANUiftlY 22, 1880. i'<"* subscription, $1.50 ?jcr annum, ttrietlyin advance;-for six months, 1? cents. J>@r Advertisements inserted at one dollar per ?uititre of ona inch or less for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsct/ticnt insertion. 4??^% Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, 'l'ribules of Jiespcct, Communications of a ?icr. sono! character, tchen admhsabla, and Announce ~ tnents of Candidates tclll be charged for as adver* tisements. '* Job Printing neatly and cheap!;/ ex?cutai. $?jf Necessity compel? ?<i to adhere strictly to the requirements of CW? J'ayment ii, ANOTHER KOMICIPE, "Wo rogrot that wo- aro colled upon to chronicle nnothor homioido iu our county. On last Thursday John Barnes, nu old man and for a long timo a citizen of Whito Water Township, was killed near his hou6o by being stabbed with a knifo.'in u Hidden fracas, which, wo aro told, ho began by striking and ohoking Milton W. W. Nicholson. It seems that Barnes, who had been living ns a rontor, on tho lund :f W. J. Duffie, was about re moving to another State and had wagons ready to load his property. By previous arrangement, Clon. W. P, Ervin, ns surveyor, had geno to tho placo on that day with young Nicholson and his hither ns chain carriers, to run off a strip of tho land to W. F. Corbin, who had contracted for it from Duffie. By reason of eomo misunderstanding as to som*! of tho property, tho parties had concluded not to run thc laud that day, and had started home, when Barnes approached yoting Mil* .ton Nicholson and bogan to abuse his father, bo (Nicholson) saying and doing nothing, .Barnes then fetruek him onco or twico and caught him by tho throat. Nicholson tried to dofond him sol F, and in tho melee thc crowd gathered around tho parties and it was soon discovered that Barnos wns bleeding. Ile died in a short lime, thc femoral artery hav ing been out in two places. Tho evidence on tho inquest, we hear, is Conflicting and un satisfactory, and there is much difference of opinion ns to what person did I ti o cutting Milton W? W. Nicholson, a youth about eighteen years old, with whom Burnes was ongnged, hus boon arrested, or rather cunio forward and gave himself up and ia now lodged in jail at Wal halla. Young Nicholson and tho purtles who went with him to run thc hind wero perfectly sober, but, wc uro informed, that Barnos waa drinking. Wo forbear further comment, as the mutter will undergo judicial investigation. What wo most regret is tho rapid increase of crime in our county during tho past six months. There arc occasions, and it may bo tho killing of Barnes was euell, when it becomes necessary for a man to take thc life of his fellow mun to preserve his own life, or to prevent his suffering somo serious bodily bonn at the bauds of his assailant, but even this neccesity is to be regretted. In this connection wo feel it our duty to again call tho attention of our readers to tho fact that liquor was at tho bottom of this homioido, as it was in tho killing of Mrs. Compton, nour Fair LMuy, and if our people could real ize tho amount of taxes expended annually it. ho trial and punishment of crimes tracen-* bio to blockade whiskey, (hoy would not only nid thc revenue ofHcors in .11011* efforts to put down this ne'uiious traffic, but would, hy the forco of a healthy public opinion, crush it out, This could bo dc no by refuging to buy from those violators 0 ' tho law and ) y denouncing tho traffic on ail oecnsious. As to tho igor ?ase of Ot'imo iu our county, wo believe tho facts will icarus out in thoopin ion, that at no court since 1823, when Pich ona Was madon judicial district; havo tuero been so many capital felonies for trial at any court in ibo old district, or in cither of tho counties composing it now, nor havo there boen at any court so ninny pora ins charged with capital primes, Wo havo for tritt I in March throe eases of homioido end orte of arson, all punishable with death, several cases of grand larceny and assault and bat tery with intent lo kill. In ono of tho cases of homicide eight persona aro held either in jail or under bond; in another ease two per oons are charged, ono of winni, Osborne, escaped, and has not boon ro-arrcstcd, and in thc other caso, as yet, only one person has been arrested and is in jail, making oloveu men charged with murder, or accessories thereto. In tho case of arson, for burning tho ginhousc, &c-, of Mr. Karlo, near Town vi 1 le, two colored men aro in juil awaiting trial. Wo thua present tho remarkable con? ditton of a heretofore peaceable and orderly citizenship offering for trial at ono term of court thirteen persons charged with crimea punishahlo with death. Add to those thc minor crimes cognizable only by (?io Court of Sessions, and the largo number of misdemean ors tried by our Trial Justices, anti our people will seo tho main cause of our heavy county expenses tui'l the necessity for extra levies. While tliid is true, and while our good citizens desire to seo tho guilty punished and crime diminished, still wo should carefully guard against that feeling of indignation which might lead ns to convict persons on doubtful or insufficient proof. Lot tho law bo enforced, hut let its enforcement bo go verned only by those rules1, which at all times should govern us, that tho State must provo dourly nnd satisfactorily ovory olomont nocos eury to constitute tho orimo. Tims only can tho law bo efficacious for good and thus only can wo provont making tho law an instrument for justice and protection to all. In our short lifo wo havo often observed that suicides, crimes and even accidents I'O in shoals. They appear to bo contagious and j become, as it were, epidemic. Wo havo road that suicides onco becamo of such fro-? quoin occurronoo in Paria, by parsons jump ing inlo tho river S^ino from a high bridgo, that it becamo nect ..jary to 6tatiou a guard there to koop back the*o conrtora of death. At times this monia for suicido dovelopa itself to an alarming oxtont in somo of our Northern cities. Somo four or fivo years ago four eases of fntal ncoidonta in and within twonly miloo of Walhalla occurred in a low months, ono following nnoth?r, and sinco then wo huvo hoard of but ono or two cases. A year buck our cricainul docket was so light that thc business on it could bo disposod of lu n doy? whilo ot Piokous thoro was n good many criminal enies. For several courts crime in Piokous scorns to havo disappeared nnd tho criminal doekot could bo easily oloared in ono day of good worlc, whilo with usorimo bas constantly increased, until wo uro cursed with a llood of it, Wo hopo that wo bavo roached tho turning point, uud that crime for yours to como will diminish and tinnily disappear within tho borders of our county and even State. Somo will tay Ibo best proventutivo of orimo is tho conviction and punishment of persons ch uged with it. Wo know it is natural that tho mero chargo and arrest of a poi son for erimo moro or less prejudices our minds and leads us to tho opinion of guilt. This is not right, und wo all should guurd against such opinions. To convict nu inno cent man, or ono oren who may bo guilty, on insufficient ovidence, violates tho rules of criminal law, makes it an instrument of oppression instead of protection nnd brings tho law into disrepute, lt is a matter of history that thogrcat outlaws and brigands who mndo tho middle ages u period of murder and plunder and robbery, woro driven to that life by tho wrongs and opprOfsions (lowing from au unjust enforcement of tho law. The State holds every man to bo innocent until ho line been proved guilty, and tho proof cf guilt must bo clear and satisfactory beyond a reasonable doubt na to all tho clements of thc crime charged. This must bo adhered to whether erimo bo of frequent or raro occurcuco. Tho State is tho common mother of her citizens, i nd owes to nil equal and exact justice, whilo all owo to bor obodU coco and respect for her laws. Sho never wields thc sword of vengeance, but holds over nil tho shield of protection, until a parson has been proved guilty of violating her laws. 'JT H ES C?JT?IJ??SBIA. GANAR, The licyislcr, after copying und commenting favorably on our editorial of last week, athis other sound reasons for tho passage of tho Act and give:t many valuable statistics ns to tho development of thc manufacturing inter Otts of thc North. Among other things it says truly tho success of this groat enterprise ?ind tho introduction und investment of capital likely to follow it, will COtilributO moro than any other ono thing to thc completion ol' the 151ue Ridge R.ond and oilier Western connec tions. Wo givo below tho article from tho licyislcri Dosillos what han been so pertinently said by our contemporary wo would "mply ndd that ibo rebato allowed to thia gre it muDU ftict?fiiig enterprise is nut now l?gislation, lt was, us our contemporary hus so precis?la shown, simply applying to this enterprise that which already stood on the statute book und waa either constitutional and lawful or it wits hot. If not as to this enterprise, it was not ns to liny. And the only reason wo can soc of incorporating it In ibis charter or grant was lo have it within huntly i each of capitalists by its positivo assertion in tho very charter in tho benefits o? which they were invited lo partic?palo. Dut, still further, is it remembered how many millions ol dollars tho State tina bestowed by way of nutuul subscriptions and guarantees lo tho diff?rent railroads of tho State? Now for what purpose und upon what uuihority? Waa it not for ibo material welfare of thc citizens td llie Stale? And upon what au thority but precisely that by which Hie State conducts improvements of any sort within its limits', opeu?i constructs, grants or keeps, in repair roads? bridges nnd ferries, makes appropriations I? r schools und charitable institutions and ilocs oilier ucla nnd things which appertain nod belong pro rc nula to a free end ciyiliKod Stale? lt was in no narrow nnd local or individual Interest that ibo Siiito wai culled ii) un to givo, grant or remit ono cent to this enterprise. Now let us soe what tho State can possibly loso by tho rights and privileges conloired. If ino scheme comos to m ught there is not ii single right, priyilft'4 or ftniuehUo conferred which is not foi lei ted by tho {.'raotccs and tho Stats stand where it stn;.il bolero il nothing is done. But if lhere ii partial performance there is that much posltiio gain, lint if ibis great scheme ronches tuteces?, here is 10,000 water power licvolopod, which, with a low rental of ?on dolmrs per boise power, makes a rental iii ?Bk'iO.OOO por nm.um, requiring n capital ul $3,000,000 at i'no per cent, io yield so much. 80 ibo !.:;a:e receives 1,600 li ?rso power, which, nt ibo same rate, amounts lu $15,000 per annual, woieii corresponds to an investment of $300,000 at 5 per cent. Rut with success achieved tho proporty will bc worth twice this in routs, and tho State will therefore have power woitb $ii0 iter annum, or $30,000 water icnts, equal to an invest of ?000,000 tit ? per cent. So tho whole rents will amount to $300,000 per annum, correa" ponding lo an investment of SCO )i),00l). lint not only is thia Ibo ca e, tho rights nnd privileges granted on ibo Lexington shore mid eUowhoro Involve not less than 15,000 waler power, which add.? another SO.Cul).0U0 of caf.ital. To apprehend ibo capacities for development involved in ther e idle waters which bavo been rushing to waste for n hundred years? let us look at the laois ns presented by Lowell. The Merrimack Uiver Company leases 10.000 horse power. The Wumscit Power Company controls ?ind leasos 600 horse power on tho Concord Uiver. Tho capital invested in manufacturing is $10,000,000. Now, then, what capital does 10,000 horse power call for or permit, but half as much again or $24,000,000? in taking tho whole 'JO 000 horse power, does it not call lor and permit sonic three fold capital invested, or $ 18,000,000? So, too, wo lind the 10,000 water power ut Lowoll employ.-- as follows: Hands, females 10,000, inalc3 G.OOO, 10.OOO Number of looms, If),IMO Number of spindles, 078,521 Yards of coll?n goods mado per week, 2,000,000 if iuds of woolen goods mado per week, 00,000 Yards of carpeting made per week, 37,500 Shawls, 2,600 Dozens of hosiery, 15,800 Dales o? cotton ( 100 pounds) used pei-week, 1,060 Pounds of wool used per week, 152,500 Now carry this lo 10,000 boise power de veloped and prit to uso, und of course, other things being equal, we add 50 per cent, to these figures nnd have; Mauds employed, 21.000 Number td' looms, '2'2,7i;."> Number of spindles, S 1,017,781 Yards of cotton goods per week, 3,000.1)00 Yards ol' winden goods per week 00,000 Ym il-i of carpeting per week 60.250 Shawls per week, 4.250 Dozens of hosiery per week, 52,200 Bili?s of cotton (100 pounds) per week, 2.925 Pounds of wool por week, 228,700 And carried upon 00,000 horse power, wo have: (lauds employed, 48.001) Number of looms, 46,607 Numbor td' spindles, 2,0.55,003 Voids of Colton gooda made per week, ?,DSO,00o ? Yards wooloo gooda uuido por wook, 180.000 Yordu of car poling muko por wook, 112.600 Shawls inndo nor week, 7,600 Dozens of hosiery inndo por wook, 60,400 linios (400 pounds) cotton conaumcd per weok, 5.850 Pounds of wool oonsutnod por wook, 457.600 Now, what oou8umption of cotton does this cull for poe annum? Not loss tlmn 304,200 (400 pounds) halos, and spending tko foroo of tko power on coarso goods BO less than 400,000 balos will bo consumed, or, ut 10 couta por pouud, $10,000.000 of raw matoriul. So as to wool, wo (ind un annual consumption o? 22,790,000 pounds, which, at 40 cents average, is $9,110,000 raw material, lloro, then, is no loss (hun $25,000.000 in textiles. Taking two for ono to tho hands ongagod in tho families of tho employees, wo would havo a manufacturing population of 142,000, which, nt an avorogo of $5 per head per month, involves tho consumption of $710,000 worth of food per mouth, or $8,420,000 per annum. Add to this Oro wood, clothing, &c, and do wo not perceive 8omo $10,000,000 of trade springing into cxistonco around this great enterprise, whieh, Uko tho fruitful witters of tho Nile, would annually llovv over tho Stato and *.>, giving now life to all our industries an, dolling what would bo othcrwiso waste places by a thrift and energy which would make a garden of a desert? lb is true this cannot bo realized in a day, but this is tho living possibility awaiting ibo development of thc greatest ontcrpriso ever attempted North or South, with ovcrything to corres pond to it. Now, let us seo what proportion tho total capital of Lowell bears lo tho capital cm omployed in manufactures, Whilst wo lind tho latter Stated at $10,000,000, wo find tho total assessed valuation of howell for 1874 at $32,702,006. Now, thon, tho capital other* wiso than manufacturing capital is about equal to it. Whenever, thou, wo havo roached tho de velopment and uso of ibo 15.000 horsepower, with a capital of $24.000,000, wo would reach a lii'.o amount in assessed value o? property in the city of Columbia; and when tho development and uso of 00,000 hofso power is reached, with tho accrucl of $1>\000,000 manufacturing capital, wo would reach a like amount of assessed value in the city ef Columbia. Dut could ibis bo possibly Confined to Columbia, would not ibo i ti tl ii - euee bo felt all over tho State and send up tho value ol' property in all directions lo an extent it would not be safe here to say with out incurring thc charge of childish extrava gance. Just here, let us como to positive facts. Since this sohohlQ has been set afoot we havo heard pf property that was going a begging, at only a nominal price, without j.urdieseis, having been sought out and bought up at from tinco to lour prices. Une word moro as to tho ?Jluo Kidgo Kail, road and our other great Weston! connections. 1300:1 not every ono soo that with this great enterprise well afoot it will bring capital at once and as surely as thc sun rises for tho building ot these great arteries of trade, if we eau interest Northern capitul in this great and lucrativo scheme, will it not build tho l>!;-.e IlidgO, and build tho Spartanburg and Asheville and other ionics to the great West and muko eur cities by tho sea active marts where ships will congregate and a great trade grow up such ns ?hey never knew in tho past and never dreamed of in all their remotest anticipations? So far, (hen, from objecting to the rights-, privileges and rewards wo havo offered te Northern capitalists wo vhoiild rather be delighted if they will accept thom and como here mid grow richer than they even ever di earned of ?md talco their places among ns ns honored benefactor.", as many ol' thom have done and will continuo to tlo. If weare wise people we will meet them with a cheer ing welcome, and if wo aro a worthy people wo will givo them and their children alter thom all the respect and consideration which shall attach to thc; great monuments nf ibo enterprise lind inuniticencc which shall have changed the face of things in our old common* wealth and made her richer and greater for ali goner.liions by ton-fold (han ibo ever was in bel- palmiest days. Aro thoso tho words o( extravagance? Lot tis lodgo a comparison between Mustache.-. setts and South Carolina: SIASSACUUSF.TTS. Aero* in improved faun land, Wood lands, Other unimproved lands. Total, Cash valu? of lands, Value of lands per acre, SOUTH OAltOI.INAi Ai-i.'s in improved lunn laud, Wood lands Oilier unimnrovod lands, Cash value of lands, Vniuo of land nor aero, o.iy With our lando brought up to (ho Massa chusetts rate wo would have $517,000,000 of farm values against $45.000,000. Does not everybody know that it is tLe great mnnufao turing interests of Massachusetts alono (hat has given it its enormous form land values? Toko tho cotton manufactures of Massai chusotts alono and what expression have ihoy in tho economy of her industrio*? We find that they consumed in 1870, 320,035 bales of cotton (100 pounds), employed 43,612 hnnds and yielded au annual product of #59,403. 153 and | !iid nut $33.712.990 wages. All this was tho foundation ol kindred industries, so that iii whole manufacturing product amounted to $112,703.211, and ?ts total pro perly valuation to $2,104,398,548, whilst South Carolina's total manufacturing pro. ducts is stated at $9.858,951, and tho total property valuation at $180,000,000. Dot why muko (hut which is so plain plainer? .bet thoso who havo curs to hear, hear. Tho Supply Act. Tho Cl over nor, upon being notified of tho clerical errer in enrolling tho Supply Act, concluded the question nf tho validity of tho Act was ono for tho courts, and that until a docisjen was made upon thc question, no extraordinary occasion existed for re-cone vening the Legislature, Under his direction* tho Comptroller (louerai refused to oilier lino County Auditors to levy 4>{ mills for Sfato purposes, and thereupon tho Attorney (lenci ral Hied proceedings in thc nature of a man damus to compel thc levy by tho Comptroller according to tho face of the Act. Tho caso was argued beforo tho Supremo Court last Monday by tho Attorney Gcnoral on behalf i of tho Slate and Mr, llhctt for tho Comptroller Glenora!, As yo1 'he decision lins not been rendered, or at least has not roached ua. ljnt from tho questions propounded during tho argument by tho several Justices to tho at tor h Oj s, wo conclude that tho court will hohl tho 1st Section of (ho Act to bo void and with it tho whole Act fails, ns it is (ho^feotlor so far as the Stato is concerned. Wo there? foro believe that under tho decision of tho court, it will become necessary to rcasscmblo tho Legislature atan expenso greater perhaps limn the ono-fonrth mill will realize, What-* over tho decision may bo it will bo ? ,w, and Out willoh way it will, must bc obeyed. Tito question is one of importance as a precedent and thc expenso incident to an extra session, now that thc point io made, should not ami 1,730.221 700,714 2,730.283 8110,432.764 .12 70 3,010.539 0.443,851 2,050,890 12,105 'JS'.) $14,808.703 ' ' I I ? iniii iHIM? ?.??rill nh lin II i " ' ??' - ? will not hnvo n feather's weight with (ho - con i t. Our wnnt of spaco forbids nu ox* tondod account of tho ai-gu monts pro and con. Wo 600 that sumo mention of a proposition I to hold tho .State Convention during tho ostra session has been made, in oaso nn extra 1 eossion bo called. Tho reasons given aro that < many of tho representatives to tho Legisla ture will doubtless bo delegates to tho Stttto Convention, whoo it is hold, and to convono it during tho extra session would savo expense, and further that tho nominations should bo oarllor in tho year than horctoforo mid give moro (?mo for discussion and campaigning. Wo uiffor in this. Oood crops aro what wo need, and farm work and polities aro inoom? pntiblc. Lot us have our nominations after crops aro laid hy, and until then let us all follow diligently our several avocations. Our Farming Intoroats. Wo aro an agricultural community, and with proper management Ibero is no moro pleasant or independent avocation In lifo than fanning. Tho farmer oatt make Iii? own bread and moat, and, if necessary, clothing for himself and family, and bo alono can enjoy all tho comforts , and necessaries of lifo without money and with out price Our State is well adapted lo agri- , culture. Wo havo a mild and healthy climate . Our soil, if not naturally rich, still isBUfliclcntly fertile tO yield ii liberal harvest with proper tilingo, while by judicious cultivation and fer tilisation it may be developed lo tho highest degree of productiveness. From tho mountains to tho seaboard wo can grow two of tho greatest staples of tho world, cotton and rice, while corn, wheat, oats, ryo, sorghum and almost every ariiclo of food which can bo grown in any of thc zones can bc grown profitably in our Stale, tropical fruits and spices only excepted. Nor aro wo less favored ht tho maller of raising stock of all kinds. With such opportunities wc should bo a happy and prosperous peoplo and J each year should witness our growth in wealth. ls Ibis, however, tho case? During thc fourteen ] years since the close of tho war our people havo | greatly improved in thc mallei" of tillage of their i hinds and have generally harvested larger and ' moro profitable crops than before thc war, but 1 havo they increased in wealth? Aro they not . moro generally involved iii debt now (hail they . were ten years ago? Wo hardly think a negativo o answer could be given to this question. Why ( then is (his tho caso ami what is the causo of 1 our failure? General extravagance of coarse is 1 ono cause, but (hero arc oilier causes which ^ 'should not exist. Wo do not moko our bread . atld meal tit home. Ton upon lon of meat und | Hour are shipped annually lo this county and s sold lo our farmers, consuming all their surplus crop in purchasing what they should grow to 1 sell.' Our brooms and rakes, our boo handles Jj and axo bandies and plows and plow stocks, our wagons and nearly every implement used on (ho ? farm, many of which could be made at home in 1 idle limes or on rainy days, aie bought from thc C North and help lo exhaust our country of money. ' Our fertilisers, w hich last but a year and willoh j cost heavily, aro bought instead of being made -j iii (ho barnyard and stable. Our leaders will remember (lint during last year we obtained in- < formn(ion from ?guano agents, showing that il ? would require twelve hundred bales of colton to 1 pay for ibo commercial fertilizers u.-cd in this j county, and Unit il" drought:; or Hoods should ? cul shoit Ibo crop the people would be left in a , deplorable condition. Has not this substantially i happened? Tho bad crop year so cut off the >? yield that in a number of instances farmers ^ failed to make enough colton to pay for thc ( forlilizer.a used, while (hoir debts fur supplies (, are left hanging over (hom with no means to ! meet these just demands. Suppose our people t during the winter mel.tbs would linn their at tention lo making manure by littering their Io's r. and hauling in muck, woods earth, ?S:e, would '/ they nol have a better, cheaper and more penna. ;i neut fertilizer, and in a few years would nol their lands become permanently curiche !? Wc | aro liOw about to enter on another crop season, j and while wc nd ill i I tho necessity of baying some commercial fertilizers for a few years, yet our people should buy less and less each y ca nad strive every wiutei by savin'; and limiting . t manure lo dispenso with them in a few years altogether or nearly so. Let us all set to work , 10 improve our condition by making our own \ corn, wheat and bacon and by annually lin- i proving our lan 1 willi home made manures. If \ all our people will turn their idle time and the ' winier months to such work wc will lind our ' condition greatly improved in a few years, both ? in the increased value of our lands and in tho ^ 0?oar profit realized from (hem. I _. _ 1 Clomont Attachment-Hossian l, Fly-Turnor Osborne-Warrori 1 Cunningham, Colored, tho Ab- \ hovillo Houso Burner-A, D.,1 i Dawson, alias Ralph Cokoston, I : alias Ralph Mitchell, Colored, ? Forgor of School Claims- 1 (Thom ar' Technicality Follors ? of tho Minstrol Colorod Band.) 1 PAIR PLAY, S. C., January 15th, 1SS0. 1 Messrs. Editors: Wo arc still nlivo in our j little "burg," and like most other pendo find j enough to keep us grumbling, and as this is i un incurable malady tho best plan is to let ' it alone The latest talk hero is about getting up a ( joint (dock company of somo kind to purchase 11 Clement Attachment, though how it will turn ont is hard to predict. Should tho friends ol' this enterprise succeed, they would \ do this community and themselves no little Borvico. Men from all sections speak fa vorn? j , lily of this machine and no doubt it is a goo ! j i thing for tho South, if they could bc intro- ? 1 doced generally throughout tho country, Wo could then keep at homo a great deal of money that is r.ow being placed in tho pockets of Northern manufacturers. This is not tho only enterprise spoken of by any means, for tho railroad question is still being discussed. Tho friends of ibis rond will lake active measures about it during tho summer months. This rond is a 1)0003" ! sity and tho people seo tho importance of it, and I think will build it. We have tho means among us and tho only troublo will bo in getting thoso that aro able to contrihnto liberally to take hold of the mailor and push it with a vim. Tho road can bo b'lilt fora moro song ned wo will bo cutting our own throats nut to build it. Tho furmors havo gone to work in earned, and judging from their talk thoy will sow n largo number of acres in cotton, lo muko up in part for tho loss sustained last your. They will harvest a good crop of grain this EAGLEAN PE JU OOLUM3 I T H AS N IO Itu ll* to Pound, C ?O Itali* lo Pound, 'il PACKED IN CASES OF 20,30, y?'?T rao?!* mw, SOLD BY .A. I ?SrASK FOR "EAGLE & PUEN January 8, J8iiO 3umn>or, provided tho Hessian Hy, whioh lins mndo its nppoi i herc, und tho other ills that tho small grain crop is heir to, docs not injure it. Tho fly so far has dono but vory little damage, not enough to bo noticed, and it is to bo hoped that the weather will bo suffi ciently cold from this limo on to destroy it. A subscription list is being blinded mound hero for tho purpose of raising money to bo offered as u reward for Turner Osborne, tho murderer of Mrs. Compton. Over ii hundred dollars will bo raised. Turner Osborno is still nt largo, and no pains should bo spared to securo his recapture. Tho Go vernor has been requested to olfor ii reward for him, but up to tho present time thoro has been Uo responso from him to tho request. lt is reported that u negro, named Warren Dunningham, who hud to loavo Abbeville for house burning, is quartered somewhere in tho fork nf Tu gu loo and So n ecu Hivers. Osborne is reported us quartered sotnowhero also in ?ho same neighborhood. I am informell that i reward of ono hundred dollars is o fibred for tho arrest of Cunningham, .Some of our jitizons Inno been ill BOiiroll of him. They oiooeoded in getting iii sight ol ll negro whom hay supposed to bo Cunningham, but ho tiati?god to m?ko good his escape. Efforts ire still hoing made to find his, ns well as )sboriio's, hiding place. Doth lords should ?0 caged and made to pay tho debt they owe ho laws of tho .Slate and society. Warren hinninghuni is n bright mulatto. lu making ils Occupe from his captors in Abbeville, he vas shot, thc ball lairing oli'eot ju$t ll bo vc the oft eur, milking only ii flesh wound. This our is not visible when ho hits bis hat en. There is another bad character in our nidst named A. D. Dawson, alias Ralph kikeston, alias Ital ph Mitchell, colored. Phis follow, w ho seem I lo be so fond of ?ames, hails from Anderson County, und ho H ?i behool teacher hy profession. Ho has ?nen endeavoring to make a corner in school lu i ms. Dawson, or as he is knowti here, ditched, forged school claims on Hopewell .'owliship for $20.81. His claim, ns staled u the warrant, was signed by the School 'r?steos m d approved by the Conitnisftjo > r f Oennoo. Alter fixing up matters io h? > >wn satisfaction, Mitoholl sold his claim ip a lr. A. H. t'ord, who has ?Kid the warrant ?siiod lor him before Trial Justice I'M wi n J, 'ingot). Mitchell baa boen selling ba iks icio qu'.tc extensively, and this circumstance ad some of our merchants to look into ibo natter, which resulted in tho warrant aluno mined boin tr sont hero to Trial Justice .James iou born. When tho special constable, Mr. I. II. Pullen, went to aries*: him. Mitchell Hind i ni poi taut boniness io anothor1 diioe ion, and loft bis rnpils io (uko euro of I.hopi* ches. Ho has boon (etching selie I near 'air I.May for about a month, and hud Very lourly rsi s ty pupils. As (his is a variety IcHor, ? will hep; von t i rive my oom pl i mon M te (hem (cchnuuiliti/ ellcr.i'ofi/teMindrel Colored limul ojjiou'v own, and say te them that I will see thom md go (on bettor. 0. ooRiiEsroNnGNci: OF TIM; KEOWES C t'ittr.u. j [i???TER FROM CHARLESTON. (JlIAItMiSTOX, S. C., January ld, 1880. MBSSIIS. I?DIT.IUS? Car now city nd ni i lite ration works well, Rot rech men c and vigor cern tn bo tho oidoi" of tho day. Unucees iury ollie.es have been abolished and slops aro >oing taken te step up all lenka. A great leal of money has Leen wasted on streets in >ast years ned our streets are yet in a t?rri do condition, but ?roi I (hi i?i arc looki i for Vom this administration. They havo deter nincd to collect all taxes und licenses strictly, io that they can have us mach money as posj ,iblo with which tu carry out their purposes, ind to this end council has passed stringent awi, which ure so fur oportiting successfully, ho returns (or license:! being very large. tVhothor tho vigor now shown will last joy ond tho fi cst blush of ofiico, 61 course nay bo questioned, but we hopo it will ?lo so. Dur council, though not comp.?sod of tho best nen wo have, is probably as good as eau ?vcr bo expected under our institutions, and Mr. Courtenay, tho Mayor, is a mun of good louse and lon;; business training, who may ?M relied oil to Iteap things up to tho mark so ar ai ho can. Our waler works uro not yet in opon.tion, md a serious matter connected with them ms lately been brought Strongly to the lublio attention. Dr. Manning .Simons, of his city, says that thc manner in w hich tho opes have been laid obstructs the drainage d' ibo city, and moreover exposes lim waler aipes lo ibo inllucnco of sewugo gases and >ewago matter to such extent, Unit boforo wo know w hero wo arc, wo rd) al I (?nd all tho liseuses arising from theso two omisos pro. ral ont among our population. There i* no [loutit of tho force ol' Dr, Simons' words of warning. Tho water pipes puss through a hu ire number of drains, and Dr, bi muns called attention to it several months ugo, but tho old council took no of?oolivo provonlivo measures. Now so much piping baa l een laid that it will bo very cxponsivo and dilli ault to correct tho evil. Public opinion, bow? arer, is aroused and something is likely to bo [lone. Col. Cole's Weilern combination of rail* roads, looking to .Savannah us tho port of tho West has brought out Iron) tho Ne ton und Courier ?i series of leaders on tho s ti bj oct of Chm lesion's rolclion io thc combination und what Charleston must do te save horrell", and (ho editor linds, us one result <.!' his deli hera? tiona, that tho cumbil) nt i Ul, so fur Irom des s troy in g Charleston, ?s a great opportunity fer her, if ri.o will i nly usc Tho Combi? nation, by its stl'Ongth and extont, can inter fere so ni'jeh with thu business of competing roads lurtber Wi st, which han not aa yet a patt of c :? 11, ns to ni uko it necessary to these roads themselves to connect w ith a port, and a consideration of Charleston's lip 'graphical situation, together with the linus already built and in contemplation loading Irom this State, point to her us the- pert which, with proper effort un ber purl, they will seel;, ll (hose views are coirect, western capital must now be interested in Charleston, porn haps moro t linn ever bofei'o, ?ind if our CU pi" talists can bo stirred up lo show aonio pluck and enterprise, wo should socoro tho long covotcd prize of Western connections. Spec ulations on railroads uro a deep subject, but D PHENIX F BOT 3 TT S, GhA.. mw? m no ?TOIEK MOLL. O E QUAL. Mic Po asad PacKagos. ?Wo Pou ai (3 Paj>er MOXC?L 50, 100 OR 500 POUNDS EACH. iuXu JOBBERS. IX." USE NO OTHER.-'SN' S.ly Mr. Dawson is so unto a thinker that rnucli f'oroo ntteiuis his utterances. Tho now year shows several business changes in well known linns. Mr. J. O. IL Oluusscn, who, in addition to his steam baking business, has, within tho Inst your, established an ?inmenso brewery boro, has associated with himself his two ?ons and thoy contemplate a still further extension of their business. Mr. Orsamus A. Bowen, formorly of tb*" firm of Jas. Adgor & Co. has gono to To xas to plnnt, und this move necessitated his with? drawul from tho linn of Kavenol, Bowen & Co., w ho \s '1 continuo to conduct thoir largo insurance business under Ibo firm namo of Daniel Davonel & Co. They htwe thongenoy of tho Doynl Insnr.'.nco Company, of Liver pool, the Travellers, of .'lartford. Conn., and other sound and well conducted English and American Companion, so that thoy can placo risks in tho safest .md least speculative oatnb< llshments, ?md aro securing an increasing* business for themselves Mr. Howell's loss from our community ls to bo regretted. We Imvo McCullough ut tho Auadomy of Music this week in several grand tragedios, and bo draws well. This is also tho height cf tho season in fashionable society, nnd largo bull? como oft* ono after another in quick succession. Ae soon as Lent begins, these balls will coaso, as tho I'ifiiseopallans aro very numerous nnd inlluetiti.il here. ll. E. II. Lids for tho transportation of tho mails in South Carolina und other Southern .States, constituting the Southern Division, aro to bo opened Oil Wednesday morning, the 2 1st instant. WEl? SlotMil c-?2 VOtDgt hOUCCl. Tho liver regulated, thc bowels put in proper order; tho blood enriched and puri ! lied, ?nd the nervcui system rendered tran quil and vigorous by 11 ? i ? inestimable tomi j ly medicino and safeguard against disease, which i ', moreover, tt moat agreeable and effective nppetlxer, und :t cordial peculiarly adapted to tho wandi of tho aged and in (inn. I'or salo by nil Druggists aud Dealers generally. "riJLMi/S WANTEIT TO LEARN TO FAINT 'IM10SI? ?cnutiful CONYHX MINIATUItKS in 1 till, COMMIS, which nie pronounced by nil the niosl hcautiful Pictures they linvu ever seen. Any person of ordinary Intelligence can learn thc ail in two days time, fall and seo Ibo samples on exhibition nt 111 KM ANN'S HOTEL and learn prices (rom thc Artist, /til PS. T. O. BD OW?. January 22, 1880 10-U c. L. imm & co. II AVE NOW FOU SALE A FULL SUP^ ply of D. M. FEU HY'S Frosh Garden Seeds,, -ALSO AVERY'S CELEBRATED PLOWS AND' ADJUSTABLE PLOW-STOCKS Cf AUDEN PLO W'S, STEEL nOUS, QUA J.) Ii!' S Cebhratcd HOE, AXES AN/r PA mi TOOLS GEN HALLY. THE VARIETY -OF 85H2I5 MVt?V ZPltOOI? OATS* -ALSO-. WEED'S IMPROVED SEWING MACHINES. WITH ATTACHMENTS. /Y'.' Tm: UOAD o_ WILL DE IXT v 7 N Till: HOAD OL WILL DE ill STOP.H in a few days, tho boat variotics of i NORTHERN AND WESTERN IRISH PO TATOES, FOR SEED. - *_.OUU STOCK OF J)l'y GOOKS, NOTIONS HOOTS, SH 0 NS, IIA TS, VU O OK MR V- WA RE -AND-. GENERAL MERCHANDISE is kept full, ?nd will bo sold ns low as sirn'm luv goods can bo bought tuiywhoro by retail. Cull and CXuruiilO for yourselves. Respectfully, 0. L. BE1D & CO. Jan.'.:.!, 18W0 IQ*.