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i'HK KEOWfifi COtiKIER. By KEITH, jWWHtt ft CO. THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1880. Stf?" For subscription, $1.60 ;wr aimunt, ttfictty ir? advance; for ti* mont hi, 16 ?nf?. ItiaT* ?aVrfr?tttWWH?j in??rta? ai on? Jo//a r ?r S'fuare of on? {??A or Un for th? fir t? int cr (ton, ?nd fifty cent* fur each tubstquent insertion. tmr Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, Tribubet of Respect, Communications of a pst' sanol character, when adm i nable, and Announce ment* of Candidates will bs tluxrgedfor as adver tisements. Jfc?T Job Printing ntatty and cheaply executed. BB* Ne tessi ty compels tu to adhere strictly o tits requirements of Gash Payments, THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Ihr Governor; JOHNSON BAO GOD. For Lieutenant Governor: J. D. KENNEDY. For Comptroller Ceneral: j: a corr. For Secretary of State: R. M. SIMS' for Attorney General: LEROY F. TOUMANS. For Superintendent of Education: HUGHS. THOMPSON, For Adjutant and Inspector General; AUTHUR M. MAN1GAULT. For State Treasurer i JOHN PETER RICHARDSON. ?OII PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS: At Large-John I, Manning and Wm. Elliott. I\rst Distrkt-E. IT. Moise. Second District-C. H. Simonton. Third District-J. S. Murray. Fourth District-Cad, Jones. Fifth District-G. W. Croft. Excursion Rates Over the Rail roads for the Commencements. Next vrcek is commt nceir.ont week at Walhalla. We ?re authorized to slate that the Greenville .nd Columbia Railroad aud ita branohca trill tenue tlckote at excursion ratos for the occasion; ?lao persone com?ug on th? Air Liuo Road vt il! be passed free on their returu, on presentation of printed certificates that they wera iu attend ance upon the commencements ?nd that they paid full faro over this road in going. Democratic Convention. CINCINNATI, OHIO. Lxcureion Ticket? will bc Bold by tho Agenta of the Atlanta & C bario t to Air Line Rail nay as follows, to Cincinnati and returu; From Gainesville, - . - . $'jfj 80 Seneca City, . - - - 23 G5 Greenville, . . . . 25 GO ?}>avt*nburg, . . . - 27 20 Gaatonia, . - . 29 09 Charlolto, - ? ?. Cu 95 Tickita ?ill be sold to delegates and visitors to tho National Democratic Contention by either Cincinnati Southern Railway or via Louisville cud Cincinnati Short Linc. Oood to return within twenty daya from dato of salo. Salo to commence June 17th and close ou the 21st. Yt, J. HOUSTON, Ceneral Posseugcr and Ticket Ageut. ThVithT Tho Fourth of July it near at hand aud a number of our citizens from various parts of tho County have coooludod to have a sooial gathering in honor of tho oooosiou. It is certainly a day snored to tho memory of overy Amerioau citizen and though ita ob eorvanoe in thc South has boco much neglect ed in the past, yet no ono can think of thc day, big as it io with thc birth of our inde pendence, without fooling that it should bc observed, both aa a duty and as an incen tivo to the patriotism of tho rising genera tion. The anoionts of every oountry hon Ofod their heroes and celebrated spcoial <3ay? io their history, that their remora branoo might ever bo fresh and might iuoito their youth to honorable emulation of (he virtues of thoso whoso deeds were ool?bratfid or gave character to the day observed. Tho Fourth of July, by our etatuto law, has boen made a legal holiday, aud there aro fow States in our Union but observo aud oolcbrato it with the reading of the Doolaratioo of lodopondonoo and an oration suitable to the ocoasion. As it conics this year on Sunday it is proposed to have the oelobration on Saturday, tho 3d tot July, at tho Brewery Park iu Walhalla. AU our citizen* aro invited to attend, ladies ?l well as moo, and bring with them well filled baskets torofresh the innor mau. A good social gathering is always promotivo of good aud serves to produce plossuro ss well as profit to our people. Como ono, oome ill, and lot the old fourth again booorao a sooial as woll as a legal holiday. It is ex pected to havo, in addition to tho reading of the Doolaratioo of Independence, an Oration by John S. Vernor, Esq. Distin guished Speaker? from abroad will also be invited and no paiua will bo Aparod to make the day pleasant to all Tba committee of arrangements will oo.v eist of W. J. Stribling, A. Zimmerman, J. C. Cary, A. Bobina, S. K. Cannon, A. B. Grant, R. E. Mason, Jonas Phillips and F. B. Doyle. Tho programme of tho day will appaar in our noxt issue. In Edgefield about forty names are announced fer the various offices to be filled in tho county, aud in Laurens over thirty candidates are an aouucud. Th? ball ls opening in all tb? conn ties, and we may expect a lively timo next fall Thomas Jefferson's heirs have agreed'to folio qoiab tbs burying ground at Monticello to tho Government; with tho understanding that Jefferson's greco? eblldron sba!) find a sepulture in the ?aw? ?&flvflftft* Start Early. Wo do not tooan bj this to ?tatt early to tho field ?rory morning, though thia ia important, but we mean start early to the preparation, end planting of tour crop. The early bird cat?nos the worm, U an old and true maxim, but that the early (armer oatohes tho teatone and a good crop io equally trae. How many men in this county are behiud two and three wooks by reason of late plant? ingt How many aro in the grass by roason of the same thing! And how many are now complaining that the ground, in ten days, has become too hard to plow beoeuee thoy failed ? to bed and properly plant their oropiiT Wo 1 are satisfied that Und rotated every third year, and properly broken and planted, will not get hard tn three mouths drought. We aro equally satU&ed that laud so pre pared will not get foul Ia half tho timo ot land broken and planted roughly in the spring. We hear from many aeotiono that the crops bavo been bari to tend and that many aro in thu grass, not from the weather surely,'and thoy will say not from tho failure to work them, but wo will say from tho failure to properly preparo the land. Land properly rotated and thoroughly broken and bedded in tho spring will not get hard in throe mouthe of drought, and yet we hear of persons in the abseooe of rain for ton days who say their land, and even bottom land, is too hard and cloddy to plow, ls it tho land or the farmer? We say the farmer. Start carly in the spring, break up your land thoroughly and then just before planting [ time pat in your manure, and bod tho land ! and tho crop is half made in labor and two thirds mudo in heavy work, lt ie now op. proeeivoly warm, and labor is harder anti moro exhausting than io the spring. Far mers who improved tho goldcu hours ol March, April and May, seo their crops clear and growing rapidly, while thone who at tb( last moment broke up thoir land in clods auc grass, and planted it iu early woods, find i hard and difficult to tend. Is not this true' If you want to suoocod mako your crop virtually beforo tho hot woather by thoroogl preparation of tho soil and early tilingo. Auothor drawback, especially to tho cori crop, is the bud Worm. We boar tho com plaint from every quarter, and yet we novo suffer from Its ravages. To avoid it, breal and plant your bottom corn vory early. W always plant bottom laud beforo upland an while we knov it will grow slowly, yet it i a sure growth. Worms do not trouble it au when warmer T/eather oomcs the stalk is to tough and i r.rdy for them. There aro bc two ways to avoid tbe bud worm, one is vor oarly planting, tho othor vory late plontinf Wo hear fatmors in tho spring say wo hov planted twenty or thirty acres of upland i ' corn, but wc always plant bottom land lirai Tho frost may nip it, but it will come out an grow. Wo venture tho assertion that ever farmer who planted his bottom laud ver oarly has a comparatively good stand an that all who prepared and planted thci cotton land well aro freo from grues, thci stock fat and thoir oropa aesurud. Roply to J. S- Vernor's Lotter. MKSBUS. EDITORS: Your issue of thc od iustai con (ai no two articles, one from Col. J. J. Norte .and tho other from Hon. J. 8. Vernor. To tl first gcullctunu mistaken judgment as to his iu tontiou will, I trust, be ample apology, and i tho latter I will confine my remarks. Thc letter contains so many incongruities is evident he has begged the question. I' begins by tho assertion that I suppose tho del? gates eleoted aro inimical lo Col. Aiken. Yfh aro tho facts? They were clcctod with roferoui to that view, and Mr. Verucr was thc first one mcntiou to mc that there was great diusatisfai lion, and I fear before bc had an interview wi auy other delegate on thc door, and if tbe norn nation was not inimical to Col. Aiken, why d he mention it to mo if uot to retain my fav and also to pacify mc? Mr. V. says I compta thal Ibero was a disposition lo impose- ou tl farmer by thc election of delegates to thc vario conventions. He is mistaken thcro, nol in tl election, but in tho manner of doing il I coi plain. I wanted ourcouuty roproBcntcd, not 1 special men, but by principles, no matter whom thoy reside. That was thc idea express in my first card. And now 1 can justly coi plain about tho dolcgatco all being farmors, i account of the burden imposed upon them, v To pay their own expenses. That accounts i thc liberality of tho geutleman. I object rig herc to the definition Mr. Veri er gives of t word farmor, and am at a loss to know whore locate some parties. Ho makes merchants a othor professions all farmers. Wc are proud know our profession is lookiug up aud I pied my whole fraternity that wo will give all tl join our rank? tho benefit of our practical a open maimer of doing thiugo. Mr. Verucr says that I am prompted b; suepioion that an effort is being roado to dofi tho re election of Col. Aiken. He is corr thore. I trust Mr. V. will not deny that ho doing all in his power to defeat his re-eleoti aud attempting to put on tho people a you man of fine legal lore, without any lcgislat experiouce, and trusting wholly to the bri] career of his illustrious fathor tc give t power and influence iu the hallo of Congre All prudent and thinking men must admit t wo cannot afford to make a ohango now. II we, tho farmers, any assuranoo that any gen man, without national reputation, oan carry the principien and ideas advocated by our p sent incumbent to tho interest of tho fara We opine not. Our demands are so patent tho members of Congress that, savo tho pi of yielding a point, that any demand would aoecded if urgod and insisted upon. If Col. Aiken has mado blunders in ape making, cannot the same thing bo said of Vernor? Not long ago ho made a opceoh, recollect aright, diametrically opposite lo known views. That was imprudent, was it i It would be imprudent and impudent tor mi point out all the imprudent publio cpeoobos V. ban mado on different occasions. It is prudent to sit astride the fence. It is Imprm to depreciate the talents of the farmer. 1 imprudent to oppose their interest. It is prudent to send an Orr delegation from county, for it does not reprccont the viowi our people So you eco, Mr. V,, that thore several things imprudent in the world, and all are not centered upon our present Cong monal Representativo. The charges aro flimsy you hurl at him 1 doubt whether he reply or not, but I shall say to the people of county that Col. Aikon asks only that yon 1 him before you condemn him. it he bas (llocbftrgei hie trust faithfully, if ho ano t ?? ?> M, ,'";.,>, .j?.,.muli' deroliot in hie duties, if he hts squandered his i time and uot labored for your interest in season and out of season? say so candidly to him, and Le will cheerfully withdraw ia favor of ona who trill discharge tho task better. Col. Aiken knowe no fealty to aoy other party than tho Demooratio. You need not fear ?ny split io South Carolina polities from hiito. Ito ie a true De mo cr At, and etery pulsation of hie heart beat? only fer the good of his country. If you' consult your interest you will eco tlul tr? are not properly represented in th? Congressional Nominating Convention and in ordor to do eo must have another Convention of the various ol nba before tho nominativa is made. Now, Messrs. Editors, I have written this letter not in a captious manner, but merely lo correct several errors Mr. Vernor has allowed to creep into hie lottor and also to uet certaiu things to right that are detrimental to tho beat interests of our county, and with this article shall bid you adieu for tho present, Yours, &o.,' A. Natural Advantages of Oe? nee County, Editors Keowec Courier: Gi?Nti,EiiEN-Ploaee allow me, through the columna of your paper, to present to your readora a few ideas relative to tho natural advantages, particularly of ona favored spot of Ocouee County. A fow days pince, Mr. John V? Striming, of tbie county, was oallcd upon to measure aud estimato a water powor on Littlo Hirer, the property of Mr. 0. Jones. He invited me ' to go and aeeiat him. I, being at leisure, gladly aocoptod the invitation. We arrived at the houso of Mr. Jones in due time, und tbero wo beheld ono of the prettiest mountain views that eyes over saw. I was there led to concludo that if the gods favored ono spot of this earth moro than another, it uiuet have- been that particular spot. Mr. Jones has all tho comforts for which man oould wieh. In addition to that Buporb dwelling piuco, he bas cool water, pleasant breozos, rioh laude, o happy family I good company, and, in fine, everything to . ninko ono happy. "Wo havo boon told that I ho has ?oar four hundred ocrea of bottom louds of tho very best grades, aud over threo thousand acres of uplands, tho greater por thin of which would produce tho fiuoat of cottun. l?o told us that he had about forty acres in cotton this season, and would mato* nully increnso thc acreage after this, ns ho was fully satisfied that ho oould grow ootton to as fine un advantage there as anywhere in the couutry. All ho needs to make Tomassoe tho garden spot of tho county is tho labor. Ho ia a gentleman of great liberality and will offer men of industry and enterprise great advantages such ns that it would pay thom handsomely to cultivate bio lands. Aa far UH making money is concerned, 1 would rather rent Mr. JOUOB' luud at his ruten than to own aud cultivate poor lund of my own. We went immediately to tho waterfall. When wc arrived at an old residence, 60ine two hundred and fifty yards from thc shoals, tho surging of tho hoadlong white waters soon told well whore they were. Wo pro? cooded without ceremony to toking tho dnto for the calculations. Wo found tho height of tho natural fall to be fifty and one-half feet, which, with tho amount of wu tor then and whioh Mr. Stribling'e calculations show, will give out four huodrod horso powor. Tho stream muk?s this fidl in goiug oniy about ono hundred und Bovcnty-five yards. By us'mg it all at one time it will bc thochoapoBt lnrge water powor to improve that I ever saw. By transmitting thc power about ono hundred fcot tho machinery building, of what sort soovor it may bo, cnn bo placed entirely upon tho top of thc hill, whoro tho ground is aa lovel uud smooth as a yard. Thou there is a largo, gently sloping spot, suitable for a factory villago, which could bc mudo simply beautiful with but small outlay, and thc gardens be irrigated to perfection, and also a comploto firo cxtiugui&hcr bo had, by tho uso of a small stream affording one hundred and fifty to hundred cubio feet of water per minuto over a fall of from twenty to thirty foot, which o top ties in on tho East eidc of tho river falls. Cool watti* can be brought directly out of from one to half dozen springs right iuto tho buildings for drinking and other purpose. By going eomo two or three hundred yards farther down tho river aud using tho water again, there can bo had some twenty-five foot moro of full, tho power of whioh, added to (ho above, would mako it roach near B?Z hundred horso. Or by considerable espouse aud tho sacrifico of that most beautiful build? iug sito, uud taking ono not BO favored, it could bo used nil at once (about 75 or 7G fcot,) and uiado to givo out full six hundred horso power. Tho couutry around this place is tho nearoBt level of any country I ovor saw to ho so shoaly. Tho whole country through which tho manufacturer would havo to travol from that placo to market, about tea to fifteen milos, is comparatively smooth, with virgiu for OH to of avcrago timbers. Wo aro told that this etroam is a complete lino of shoals for tah or fcwolvo miles below thia place, aud in fact from its source to its mouth with ito every tributary it is a rolling, ripling mass of whito water. Ohl may Qod epeod the day when that wator shall not go idly by without paying its tributo, when tho sound of tho woodman's axe, of the carpenter's ham mer, tho mason's trowel and tho machin ia ta' whirabulUull to aloep tho now hocdloss wotore. Thon will como Oconoo's prosporous days and until thoa will her resources bo hidden. Whilo Littlo River poi haps affords moro powor thon any other stream in tho county, it is by no moans tho only ono affording fino water powers. Thoro aro quito a numbor of oxtra fino powers upon Connorosa and Chan ga Creeks, and upon almost avery small stroam in tho oounty there aro powors. With all thiejetaring us boldly i? the fuco, togotber with our fertile lands und mineral roaources, why cannot our pooplo oomo to tho front with their liberality and hold out im. ducoroents to capitalists from abroad nod thoroby make our country blossom as tho rose! Thone who dosire to roam may go to the great farming Wost or to tho goldon California, btrt Oooneo Oounty and tho other upper oountios in the Carolinas and Georgia, with all thoir natural advantages, appear to mo nt least to he as favored Spots as thia conntfy affords. Labor is cheap, living easy, climate mild and healthful, atmosphere bracing and freo from malaria and poison, summers pleasant, winken not bard, water wheals never freos?, oou work throe hundred days in tho year und tho poople ore social, and peaceable. All these things combined make it one of the greatest sections of country on tho globo. What do wo need to develop this country? It is not tbe tramps and loafers of other climes thet we need, for wo have enough of thom already, but we wont tho aotWe, indus" triouH, euergotio laboring man and capitalist who or?ate wealth whorover they go. Let us onoouroge and hold out induoements to tins kind of immigration and the places that rtre now but waste will bo laden with mannen of whito cotton, and wo will' bovo prosperity within our wulla. Fearing thnt I bare already trespassed too much upon your valuable epac?, I am, yours truly. P. Debate in tho Senate, June ll? Between Sonators Hill, Hamp ton and Butler. Tho Scnoto thon took up the Kellogg* Spofford resolution, and Senator McDonald spoke in support thereof. At tho oonolusion of McDonald's re marks, Senator Hill obtained the floor, and after revicwiug the replies to his argument on the 11th and 12th of May, said he would havo some plain words with gentle men on his Bide of tho ohambor who had argued against tho resolutions to unseat Kellogg. Thoir attitude, ho said, was singular, and not logioal. Thc Republioaus bolievod the Packard Legislature to be ktgal, and therefore believed Kellogg legal ly entitled to a seat. Tho Demoorats who opposod tho resolutions admitted the ille gality of the Paokard Legislature, yet held that Kellogg was entitled to a seat. lintier remarked he did not arguo that Kellogg was clootod, but that thc Senate having, within its jurisdiction, declared Kellogg entitled to his sost, no future Sco~ ate had jurisdiction to reverso that action, He thought that if Mr. Hill submitted tc tho decision of tho Electoral Commission, though he believed it wrong, and to tlx decision of tho Supremo Court in thc States' rights oases, which he boliovcd tc bo wrong, he could uot consistently oritioisi his (Butler's) position iu this matter. Mr. Hill went on to arguo that tho plait diotato of the Constitution, that Scuaton must bo chosen by tho Lcgiuluturo of tin State, could not bo evaded. If tho Seuato (rom South Carolina did uot believe tin Packard Legislature to bc legal ho coule not believe that that diotato had bcei obeyed. Butler said ho acted according to hi own construction of tho Constitution, uo that of thc Senator from Georgia or an; other Senator. If th?.', matter now cam up for tho first (imo bc would voto agains Kellogg, but ho was arguing on tho oas now before tho Senate, and uot on tho cos which was beforo it throe years ago. Hill, resuming Ina remarks, said thai when the caso was rc-opened tho Demo cratio majority in ono day voted down si: resolutions which doolarcd or assumed tba tho ou8o was settled. Butler said that th ene votes woro iuoou elusivo. These wero on amondmont offered by the opposition to kill the r?solu tiou. Hill rejoined that if the S?cate though tho oaso rcs adjud?cala it should havo vote for thoao amendments} tho Honorablo junie Sontor from South Carolina had vote against them every time. Hampton explained that bo had bcci opposed to rc opening tho ease, but on th assuranco that it was not to bo rc openci that the committeo was merely to tako at ditional testimony for thc information i tba Scuato, he consented to vote for i He did uot thiok it was authorized I make such a report as it did. Mr. Hill, resumiug, said Senators fret South Carolina had selected him as a mar for their irony and spleen. Ho was, how over, thoir friend, aud whou friends diff?re plain words should bo used. Whou But lor'o aud S potior d's cases came before th Committee on Privileges and Elections, th Democratic members had moro diffioult; with Butler's than with Spofford's. Spof ford's title was better than Butlor's, bi tho Scnato decided rn favor of thc Legis hituro that clcotcd Butler, thorcforo thc aoted favorably in this oaso. Hill confessed ho was disappointed, il had not thought when he voted to adm Butler that ho was aiding to admit tb strength whioh would bc used to keep o\ a mau with a better title. Referring to tit denial by Butler that South Carolina ha done nothing to oppress Louisiana, Hi quoted an article from the Charleston jV?n and Courier to tho effeot thnt Kellogg w? not elected, but that it should not bc for gotten "'our own gallaut Butler" was soatc on thc consideration that Kellogg shou] also bc scated, and Demoorats were in dui bouud to stand by the arrangomcnt; ah tho artiole endorsiog Butler's argumci against unseating Kellogg. Hill said I thought these supportod all ho had previ ously said on thc subject. Referring Senator Hampton's recent spcooh, Hi wondered why tho Senator had spoken i his own bravery during the war, and wi he had contrasted it with the spirit oortain others who, ho said, had been "i soft places," "I am bravo onough now, "neither to boast of my own aohicvemon nor to deprooioto those of the Senator fro South Carolina. It did not require tl war to make me a Union man. I am, ov havo boon, ono from oonviotion. I fe under no obligation, thorcforo, to yield oi jot of tho equal rights and privileges of tl Southorn States under tho Constitution ordor to appcaso Northern wrath or to she to tho Northern poopio that I have be brought to a oondition of oubniission ai subservient loyalty." Roplying, Butler said, if tho Senat from Georgia had votod for his (Bntlor1 admission, while in doubt as to his eleetic it had not increased his respcot for t Senator from Georgia. If there was t slightest doubt in tho Senator's mind co corning Iiis title, let him make a motion vacate thc seat, and ho (Butler) would jc him in domaudiug un investigation. 1 proposod to hold his seat by no such els trap ss that. Ho has mado, and now mai no reflection upon Mr. Hill's war rcoo but tho Senator had no excuse for attaoki South Carolina whilo protending to dofc it against slurs which ho (Butlor) ii never mado. Furthermore, Butlor said was glad to loam that tho Senator fn Goorgia was a Union man. If thc Son did not learn tbat faot it was not booai tho Senator did net toll thom often- onouj But there wero fonr yearn during which did not hoar so much of it. Porhaps I Senator had thou thought it prudoafc oonceal his rca) oouviotiooo. Hampton said that whoro tho Sooator from Georgia, months ago, wont out of his way to waru tho Senator? from South Caro lin? and to impute improper motives to them, hu felt justified in repelling tho aeouaatiou. If Hill had risen then to say I hia language was miaoonooivod, he (Hamp ton) would have hastened to acknowledge ho had been mistaken. Hampton went on to tay that Hill had given nearly all par ties tho benefit of his ability, sud ought not to be displeased that ho (Hampton) claimed tho right to hold an independent opinion. Conoludiog, ho said that though tho 8cuator from Georgia had found fault with him for quoting poetry in bis former apoeoh, ho would venturo to quoto another bit that might interest him more: "Stiff io opinion, always wrong; Evcty th jog' by turns, and nothing long." Tnt Cri?oAao NOMINATION-How IT CAMS ASCVT.--Thc Weedington corres pondence of tho New York Herald tells some secrets iu regard to bow Blaine's and Sherman's fricuds wont to Garfiold in tho Chicago Convention in ordor te defeat Grant and third termism, instead of going to Edmunds or Washburne. Tho faot is that Blaine and Sherman havo boon from tho brut inexorably opposed to tho third torm movement. Apart from any patriotic motives actuating them, tbis was quito nat ural, sinoo by consenting to it, they proba bly would destroy forever tho cha?aos of cither for a nomination. Acoordingly thoy dotcrmined, if it was noccssary, to yield their own immediato aspirations in favor of somo third person, in order to defeat Graut. But io solooting this candidato they wanted in addition, to robuko thc third term and ita supporters, and put a lasting stigma upon such ? a violation as the traditions of thc republic. Honco they fixed up Garfiold, a knowu sympathizer with their views, and discarded both Edmunds and Wasbburue, tho latter ol whom had expressed a wish to see Grant elected, white tho former was understood to havo no objeotions to tho principle of thc third torm. On Sunday when bo began to have doubts of his nom ination, Blaine approached an iutitnate friend of Sherman aud talked tho mottler over freely with him. It was decided that Grant's nomination would not profit him sud would ruin tho party. Blaine was wil ling to sacrifico bis ambition in order to prevent this, and bo was assured that Sherman's views were iu accordance with bis. Out of this cou fer cu co grew all tho subsequent movements which resulted in tho defeat of Grant, tho discarding of Wash horne and Edmunds, as representa? tives of thc third term principio, and thc nomination of Garfield, li was agreed that Sherman might try to get a rally to his support, but not iu such a way as to increase Grant's chances and imperil the nnti-third term movomcnt. All tho final action of those opposed to Grunt proceeded out of this conference, in which Blaine may bc truly said to hsvc mad? by far thc greater sacrifioe. BILLS OF THU HANK O?* THE STATK - 'Yesterday 3396,000 of bills of thu Hank of tho State wore presented ot thc idlien of Mr. Commissioner Coit, to bc funded un - der tbs act of thc Legislature. Up to this time there has been nearly $000,000 of these bills presented. This is an immense saving to tho State, and ia. tho result of the ablo conduct of tho case before tho Supreme Court of tho United States by Attorney General You tua os, involving tho validity of tho teudcr of thcac bills for taxes, whoro ho was opposed by such counsel as 2>. H. Chamberlain and R08COO Conkling. Tho Cour?, nfter two arguments, decided thc case in favor of tho Stato. Jo this connection it moy bc well to correct a misapprehension os to thc power of thc Comptroller Genet a) to remit penal ties. Many persons had tcii'.'ored bank bills in payment of taxes, and Voder thc sot of thc Legislature penalties attached, thc Courts having deoided against tho bill holders. Somo of those who havo so ten . dered bills for taxes suppose that tho Comptroller Genera! can release them from payment of the penalties. Such, howovor, is not tho caso. No powor short of tho Legislature eau remit these penalties, and wo trust that tho next Legislature will promptly make somo provision to do so. [Columbia Jxeffi$Urf June TS. THE WAR UPON WHISKEY AND PIS TOLS.-Tho grand jury of Clarendon County in their presentment made on Tues day last say: "Tho grand jury is deeply impressed with tho importance of legisla tion for tho suppression of oarrying con cealed weapons, and tho indisorituinuto usc and sale of intoxicating liquors-two mon strous ovils which threaten tho peaoo aud good order of our Couuty and Stato at large; and believing them to bo tho prolific source of a largo majority of tho broils end blood shed now disgracing our civilization, would therefore recommend that no license bc issued by tho County Commissioners, and that thoso already issued bc at onoe revoked and that our representatives bo requested to usc their inf!uenoo in tho passago of rmol stringent laws as will abato tho evil ol oarrying concealed weapons." GALVESTON. Juno 14-A spoolal from For1 Davis says: Lieut. Mills arrived hore yestor? day from Ystota with a dotaohmont ot Puo bla scouts. Ho reports having disoovercd t frosh Indian trail which ho followed unti night, and camped ou tho trail at Viojo Pas? At daylight on the 11th tho camp was attack ed by hostiles, and Simoon, an old Puobh guido, was killed. Tho Indians were flanket and routod. Lient. Rood with a dctachmon of troops is now following tho trail. 11ST THE ! SASH, DOORS 35 PEU CENT. DISCOUM "BUILDERS* ST LONGLEY i mi Send for Prices JBefo Juno 17, 1880" Townville Correspondence. June 15. Weafhor prophets predict a drought. Gen. Ayer, of Aodoreoo, preached afine sermon in tito Baptist Churob on the first Sunda; instant. Mr. John C. Harris, of this place, bas seton aores of surprisingly fine ootton. It may be added that cotton generally is tory good. Wheat is turning out badly, not more than an average of four bushels from one sowa being realized. Mrs. Addis, a tory aged and respooted lady, formerly rosiding in Ooonee, died last week in Anderson County and was interred on tho 14th instant at Westminster. A colored man, who was "standing" for a oom thief on tho Capt. John Maxwell plnoo, tho other night, fired on a negro who had filled a sack and making off, and though he es caped, it is thought tho shot toole offeot on him. Mr. J. A. Gaines is building an addition to his residenoo in town. Tho Oooneeans in thia soot iou are solid for Col. Aiken's rc-oleotion to Congress. Capt. F. L. Sitton returned home last week from an oxtended health trip throughout the Northern States. Ho comos homo somewhat improvod. D, Tho supply bill, as it passed tho New York Legislature, had in it 216 ?tom-, amounting to $1,575,273, but Gov. Cornell has votocd 130 of tho ?tens, aggregating f948.037.58. The bill hcoomos a law with only Bovonty noven items, involving $027,237. Tho New York World comroonds tho Govornor for thus checking many wasteful expenditures. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Tho following aro tho arrivals at Biomann's Hotel from June 9th to June 10tb: J. W. Trobrldgo, Anderson; Mrs. LCWIB Maller and children, C. W. Wicking, wife and two old ld ron, Charleston; D'. B. Oos:??, Atlanta; A. M. Johnson amt A. C. Stotron, Vermony W, L. Love, John lt cid, J. h. Robinson, W. N. Allman and K. Elias, Frankliu, N. C.; Mrs. M. A. Davis, Indiaua; .T. A. belaud, Laurens; J. L. M aulden, Charlotte; F. W. L?eas nnd C. P. Jarrett, Georgia; Judgo J. A. Willard and wife and Mrs. Weed, Columbia; C. J. Biokham, wife and daughter, Mro. J. G. Malworth and servant, Now Orleans; J. Kahn and J. A. Hirsohburg, Allanta. Ne io A dvcrtisemen ts. BEEF!! BEEF!! BEEF!! npIIE undersigned dosiros to inform tbe J_ peoplo of Walhalla and tho public gene rally that ho is prepared to furnish WOOW BISEF nt the lowest price". Stand at tho MARKET HOUSE, on Mnino Street. I intend doing a CASH business and I hope by fair dealings and good bargains to merit a nharo of tho patronage of tho publio. Respectfully. A. P. CRISP. Juuo 17, 1880 31-1 m SHERIFFS _ SALES, I>Y virlrte of sundry executions to mc directed ) ? will sell, on thc FIRST MONDAY ia July, 1880, at tho Court House door in Wal halla, bctwecu tho legal hours of sale, Ihe fol fowing described property, to wit: One Rouble Scated niiggy.. Levied on ns tho property of Wosloy Pitch-? ford, at tho suit of Steffens & Worner and othorn. TERMS OF SALTC-CASH. AtSO, Ou Tuesday after ea-lodav in July, 1880, I will sell One Steam Saw illili anti Fixtures, No?r Westminster. Loviod on ns thc property of W. J. Uunoieutt, ut tho ouit of Elisabeth Barker. TERMS-0ASH. Purchaser to pay extra for bill of salo. JAMES H. ROBINS, Sheriff Ooonco County. Juno 17, 1880 31 State South Carolina. COUNTY OF OCONEI?. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS'. James C. Kl lord, plaintiff, "1 against ! Summons Clarissa S Ellerd, nee f for Shirley, dofondaut. J ltoliof. To the abovo named Dofondaut; "Y7"OU aro heroby summoned and requirod JL to answer the complaint in tho above stated action, which ia ivied in tho Clerk's ollico for said county, and to servo a. copy of your answer on tho subsoribor at his ollico on tho publio square in Walhalla, in said Stato, within twenty days aftor tho sorvioo of this summons on you, oxolosivo of tho day of eorvico, and upon your failure to do so, tho plaintiff will apply to tho Court for tho relict demanded in tho complaint. Juno 14tb, 1880. J. J. NORTON, Walhalla, S.C. Plaintiff's Attomoy* isl J. W. STRIBLING, C.C. P. To tho Dofondaut above named: PLEASE take notioo that tho complaint in, the abovo stated action was filed iu tho ofliooof tho Clork of tho Court of Common. Picas, on tho 14th day of Juno, 1880,- andi that tho object of said aotion is to declaro tho marriago contract botwoon plaintiff and dc~ fondant null and voidt Jv J. NORTON, Plaintiffs attornoy. Juno 17, 1880 81-?t ^RIOE OP AND BLINDS ! FROM CHICAGO PRICES, PPLY HOUSE." : ROBINSON, e Ordering EUlsciohcrc* 31-6?.