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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.
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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
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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?.