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WWI. . '..'."??''Jl"".i - .' .M. J.. J"..'. . Vile KISOVT UK COUKIEK. -'? '- ?- ' ??1. , .-.- - BY KKITIf, 8,111X11 & co. fri 1 g?, JB> O? THUR8DAY, MARCH 16, 1882. (??i fhr subscription, $1/>U pey anntem, riet I Jin advance} for ?ix months, '?0 cent?. 49" Advertisements inserted at one dollar per tfuare of one inehor let? for th? flr?t insertion mid fifty cent? for each subsequent insertion. Mgr* Obituary Notices exceeding flo? line? Wribubt? of lit ?peet, Communication? ef a per' .?mil character, when admittable, and Announce ment? of Candidate* will be charged for as adver istments. t&T Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed nStV 2feee??lty compel? ut to adnere strictly to th? requirement? of Ca?hPayments. Court Proceedings Court at Walhalla convened OD Monday, tho 18th instant, ot 10 o'olook ?. M., his Honor Judge Aldrich presiding. After tho grand jury bad been sworn the Solioitor submitted tho following indictments to them: Tho Stato vs. Willis Glenn, grand lar oony. . Tho Stato vs. Isaao Reid, murder. Tho Stato vs. N. B. Cory, grand larceny. Tho Stato vs. John Norris, carrying con? ocalod weapons. The Stato vs. James Ilopkius, oarryiDg concealed weapons. Tho State vs. Wm. Stewart and Martha Young, for adultery. Tho Stato vs. Elias Cobb alias Elias Adams, for burglary and larceny. Tho Stato vs. J. N. Fitzgerald, James MoClollon ot al,, for riot. Tho Stato vs. I>aniel Maxwell, grand larceny from tho person. His Honor then charged the grand jury on their general duties and on tho present favorable condition of our country. Ho said truly while tho crops of tho past year hod not been as fruitful or profitable os wo could desire, still wo have much to bo grate ful for, in tho enjoyment of OD honest gov ernment, economically administered. Wo havo been trying to udmiuister tho laws and in this tho juries have rendered a ready and cheerful nsaistanoe. Under tho present law our juries aro men of intelligence, firmness and good character aud render verdict? according to their conscientious judgment undor tho law and tho evidenoc. Crime ought to have diminished undor tho present administration of tho law, but ho was sorry to soy it had not, but had rather increased. Within tho past four years, his Honor stated, it had been his painful duty to 3cntenco thirty-three men to oopital punishment. At Anderson last week he had scntcnocd thirteen persons to various periods of imprisonment ia tho penitentiary and about aa equal number at Abbeville a short time boforo. Some persons and some newspapers express regret at what is known as the negro exodus from this State. It may prove an inoouvonionoo iu some ?co tions, but it will not bo o permanent one. Their places aro likely to be supplied by a hotter population, nod what is now con ceived by many to bc an injury may provo a permanent benefit. Wo want an intelli gent, industrious and law abiding popula tion. With suoh a population and with a good soil and healthy olimate this Piedmont seotion moy beoomo in actuality, what it is now in tho opinion of many, the garden spot of South Carolina. Tho peoplo may look forward to inoroased prosperity, in tho developing of tho mineral deposits of the country and in the utilisation of tho many water powers in this seotion, tho only thing neocssary to thia being au increased popu lation of intelligent settlers. Your general duties aro both extensive and important. You have a general supervision of all oounty affairs and have the power to ex amine all public offices, look into tho manner of keeping tho books and records os to the disposition of pnblio funds ond oil matters pertaining to tho internal ooncorns of tho county. Tho County Commissioners have extensive powors, to levy loxes and disburso thom, and to seo to tho proper condition of tho roods and publio buildings. These oro all important matters to tho peoplo and you should examino into them, oloso'y scruti nizing their accounts. They oro entitled to a dork, but have no right to a sularicd attorney. In HO mo counties they have attorooys at a salary of 8300 to $4 00. This should not bo allowed. Special at tention should also bo paid to tho propor I condition of tho public roads. They aro great publio conveniences, and while rail? roads havo done much to benefit and develop tho country, good publio roads oro indis* ponoablo to trade and travel ond to general progross. Your dutios aro too largo and intricate to be fully accomplished in one Hc&sion of oourt, so that tho law liss wisely provided for your serving a whole year. You should nooompl?sh what you oan at this form and thon you have tho power to np., point a committee to examino into tho fiovernl branches of your -'mies and then report at a futuro term of oourt. This will onablo you to divido tho duties of tho yonr, so that whilo oil look to tho general good, particular individuals will havo Byeoial ohargo of special offices and duties. His Honor briefly alluded to tho indiot . monts handed out and stated that tho hours of oourt would bo from 10 o'clock A. M. until 4 o'oiook P. M. This enables the jurors and witnesses generally to go and return each daytnd at tho somo time onoblef the oourt to do ,moro work than to adjourn for dinner and hold! later. On Monday tho OMB 6f tho Stato VB. Nehemiah Dunn and Elizabeth Shed, con - tinnod ovor from last oourt, ohnr^d with living in adultery, was tried, resulting in a vordiot of guilty. Tho Judge sentenced tho parties to pay a fi no of f 100 eaoh or be oonCncd lo If a State penitentiary for six months, and tho parties having paid tho fines roro dlsoharged. lo tho 0380 of tho State vs. William Glonn, for grand laroooy, tho dofondbnt entered a ploa of guilty. In tho oaBO of tho Stato vs. Daniel Mox* well, for grand larceny, stealing from the porson, the defendant entered a ploa of gullly. In tho oaso of tho Stato vs. James Hopkins, for currying ooocoalcd weapons, thc grand jury returned no bill and defend ant wos discharged. Ia tho oaso of tho Stato vs, N. B Cary, for grand larceny, a vol. pros, was entered. In tho Stato vs. John Norris, for carry ing concealed weapons, tho d?fendant entered o plea of guilty. In the Stato vs. Elias Cobb alias Elias Adams, oharged with burglary, tho defend ant, on being arraigned, catered a ploa of guilty. The Solicitor on Tuesday morning handed out'ono additional bill, to wit: Stato vs. II. A. H. Gibson, Jr., for forgery. In tho Seato vs. Isaac llcid, for rcurdcr, tho grand jury returned a true bill and tho oaso was bet for hearing ou Wednesday. In tho oaso of tho Stato vs. H. A. II. Gibson, Jr., for forgery, tho jury found o verdict of guilty. A true bill was rendered in tho oaso of tho Stato vs. J. N. Fitzgerald, James McClellan and Zack Kolloy, and tho oaso was continued by rcasou of ono of tho de fendants not having boon yet arrested. In tho caso of thc Stato vs. Isaac llcid, for murder, the defendant was allowed to plead guilty of manslaughter. ? Florida. Tho attoution of tho whole country tiftl boen oallcd, in tho recent past, to thc great efforts being mado by capitalists and others to develop thc latent resources and revivo thc dormant energies of Florida, tho "Laud of Flowers." The capitalists of tho country, inoludiog a wealthy Englteh company, aro engaged in building railroads, oonueoting tho remoto and now inaccessible and important seo lions of the State) and nlso, by tho im provement of tho coast, river aud lake transportation, so that in a few years su perior facilities of this kind will bo en joyed by tho pcoplo of tho State. Be sides, tho State has many miles of seacoast, lined with ompte harbors and inlets, for a trade of almost any proportion. lu ad dition lo these invaluable mcaus of com munication and transportation, .Mr. Biston and others, of Philadelphia, aro engaged in tho laudable work of draining souio of tho larger lakes and everglades, thus bring ing into market, for salo and cultivation, thousands of sores of thc finest luuds in tho country. Florida has long been known in history, having been discovered ia 1512. The United States obtained possession of the territory by purchase from Spain in 1821, mid it was admitted into tho Union as a State in 1845. Since that time, although tho area of Florida is larger than that ol Georgia, her population now ia only about 300,000, the whites out numbering tho ne groes by a small majority. It is only in tho last toa years that tlx culture of tho orango, banana, pine apple and other tropical fruits and vegetables; foi market, has assumed anythiog liko thc pro portions of mognitudo nod success that i has now attained. Tho soil of Florida it tho main is thin and sandy, and coverer generally with pine timber. There ?B sonn fino soil, known as hammock lund, nm oovored with oak, hickory, magnolia om other fine timber. On thc coast, railroads rivers ond lakes, tho lumber business is os suming large proportions and is used fo building purposes in thc Stato and for ex port to markets outside Formerly cotton was thc chief produo of Florida, tho "long ntoplo" growing an maturing perfectly, whilst tho short ntupl was grown more or less in the North-Eus tern part of tho State. Sugar cano wu also a staple crop. Some corn is grow nlso. Now, however, with negro labor i many plucea at from Bl to $1 25 per du; probably not much cotton and sugar cat I will bo grown in tho near future. Frui and vegetables nppcnr to betaking tho pim of cotton, sugar cano, &o. Tho present exoitoment in regard growing oranges ond other tropical frui ooo only bc properly understood by n vie to Florida, as wo havu hud tho pleasure < making recently. Largo numbers of pct p'e from oil tho StotcB, willi menos, edi cation, industry aud energy,uro going thc for tho purpose of prospecting nod ioves mcnt in lands, orange grovos, &o, Mai persons aro also visiting tho Stato in wir ter for pleasure, hunting, fishing, &o. i a consequence, good lands, favorably siti atod near railroads, rivers and lakes, a very high. Tho pine lands oro clio enough ond vory abundant. In fm homesteads can bo selected (rom tho lan of the Government at merely nominal rah Five years rosidenco on thom is ncocssai unless tho government prico of tho lan oro paid, whioh is generally from 81 25 85 per aero, the traots varying from 80 100 acres; Tho cities and towns along tho rive and railroads aro growing and improvii rapidly. Jacksonville is tho chief city thc State and bids fair to bo very Iorgo m prosperous. It is on tho St. Johns Bivi twenty (ivo miles from its mouth. Thoro aro a number of largo, Uno orango groves lo Florida, principally on Orange: Lake and et Palatka, Sandford, &o. Tbero are thousands of small groves and many aro hoing set out during the soason for euoh business, which is pretty mooh tho whole year. The seedling troc? will bear iq ten or twolve years and m ?he Jtho Soest bearers Tho budded treo will bear two or threo years and (hon become very profitable, es? pcoially whon budded on a sour or wild orango treo. Two hands can set out an aero of small trees in n day, tho largor trees taking moro timo and labor. Tho trees must bo kept olean and worked and fertil ized if planted in thin land. Orango County is said to bo tho poorest in the State, but ono of tho best for oranges and other tropical fruits. Tho orango treo is hardy and will flourish when it io n hundred years old. Tobacco, rico, oats and ryo grow weil. Tho strawberry flourishes and tho peach docs well there. Melons, potatoes and in faot all vegetables, may bo grown nltuost tho year round. Tho orango crop of the Stato sold in 1880 for $1,000,000 uud 810,000,OCO at that dato had bee? invested in orango groves. An extensivo orango grower io Putujon county bus kept, from tho beginning of his grove, an aoouroto ac count of tho expenditures and receipts to tho close of thc thirteenth year, ending io 1879: The number of trees were 800 and yielded 442,600 oranges, Belling for 86,590, ns against an expenditure, omitting cost of land, first cost of trees and iutercst on thc money, of 81,950. This gives receipts over expenditures of 85.G40. Tho trees aro set thirty feet apart generally, and cost from 25 couts to $8 each according to size. Florida is truly tho "Land of Flowers," and somebody might ttdd, of evergreens as well. Wo saw nt Mrs. Stewart's, nt Or ango Lake, ond other placea, tho most beau tiful roses in full bloom in tho open air. GcrnucuuiB atid other tender floWCrs were blooming in tho samo condition, it was one of thc most beautiful natural pictures that our eyes ever feasted upou We saw many thing? in Florida, an ac count of which would doubtless interest our readers. Jf we can Gue tho limo, wc may refer to them hereafter. A Fatal Accident. News reaohed our town on Tuesday morning that another fatal accident hus oc curred on tho Columbia and Greenville Railroad, which resulted in tho death of Mr. Robert ?VI. Warren, a height conduc tor on the said roud. Tho ticcidcnt ooeur-t red ou Tuesday morning, as wo learn, be tween Relton and Columbia. It is staled that tho traiu had stopped for tho object of tnkincr on wood and Mr. Warren had gotten off his train for the purpose of mak ing hid report as to thc amount of wood taken up and to deposit tus report in a box on the wood ruck. On returning to tho train bo got upon tho top of one of thc freight cars nod io walking across from ono our to another he slipped and fell between tho curs to thc ground, tho cars passing over his body, causing his death almost instantly. Mr. Warren was quito o young man and was well known lo our peon pie, having been recently tho depot ugent at Walhalla. His death will bo a sad blow to his widowed mother. Our tenderest sympathies go out to thc bereaved family in their t illiotiou. Death of Aloxandor Bryce, Sr. Colonel Alexander Bryce died at Iiis resi - dence near Rich Mountain, in this county, tm Wednesday, tho 8th inutunt, nt tho advanced nco of about 80 y en rs Ho had for several years been in declining health and nothing but an iron constitution could havo sustained him to his grout ugo. In his carly years bo lived in the neighborhood of M tidily Springs, and (hough poor and uneducated, it was said no man ever exceeded, if equaled, his popu larity in his neighborhood. During his long lifo ho boro tho reputation of an honest man. His groot fault wits aspiration to of fice and in not ti few instances it Was grati fied by tho voles of his people. In tho militia ho roso step by step by election from the odiro of Corporal to that of Colonel, with tho brevet of Brigadier General as Senior Colonel. In 1852 he was elected to thc ofiico of Sheriff of Piokonn District, which ho hold four yours. In 1808 ho wa? elected and becumo a member of tho Republican Convention to frame a constitu tion mid from that timo affiliated with thc Republican party of tho county. Ho was dofented both for ibo Senate and liouso after ibat, onco by n small majority. Roth beforo and kltice reconstruction bo filled tho ellice of Magi--ti ato and Trial Justice, thc latter lintier tho Republican Administration. Whatever faults ho muy havo hud wore nf tho head and not of tho heart, und all who knew bim will admit ho lived nnd died an honest man, ono (ruo to his friend.-', and kind to his enemies. May ho rest in poacc. Adger College. Tho first cxeroiso of commencement week will bo tho Raccalaurcato aci'inon on Sunday, Juno 1 Bi li. Tho sermon will bo delivered by tho Hov. \V. M. Onmn, D.D., President of Bra? kino College. President drier stands in tho first rank of tho scholars ami theologians of our country. AH a speaker ho is logioal, luoid and eloquent. We anticipate a riob treat on next commencement Sunday. Tho sermon will bo delivered beforo both senior olassos-Ibat of Adgcr College and die Walhalla Fomalo Col lege. [Jackson (Mich.) Daily Patriot.] Wo learn from Messrs. Munro & Ilumphroy that St. Jacobs Oil ia regarded ns (ho very best selling liniment over sold and in giving tho highest satisfaction, lt has effected many good- cures. ALGER COLLEGE. Anniversary of the Carolina So ciety -A feast of Reason. Messrs. KIUTOHS : Tho minimi meetings of pabilo debato hold by tho Literary Sooletlcs of Adgor ?ollege aro always looked forward to with great interest by tho frlouds and patrons of the Collogo Thc80 exercises oro part of n stu dent's life, which curry with thom many happy and pleasant reminiscences, upon the student's being thrown out from homo into aotive lifo aud a busy world. Thoso occasions aro parlioularly interesting to tho observer of things, nb from them bo cun measurably prejudge tho comlug young men of tho Stato and country. Capabili ties will manifest themselves upon these occa sions, which oilier wiso would never be known therefore tho student should accept with great responsibility these opportunities to mako him self a name ard plnco. The writer of this nrt?olo is glad to say thal tho young speakers on this occasion havo ia his judgment carved in embryo a future nome thal will entitle them to high places in their State and nation. Ia person and manners they reminded us of Pope's courtly Dean, the embodi ment of neatness with speech too refined to mention Hades to cars polit a. Their verbal selections, rhetorical beauties and logical deduc tions showed moro thorough acquaintance with progress in philology, higher syntactical biroo lure and right conclusions than we usually hear from students on suoh occasions. The force of logic was manifestly evident Upbn a mere postu lato assuming a proposition for debate, much less upon tho higher grounds of bitter questions in joint debate. I.ogio, rhetoric and tho classics havo been drawn on prclly heavily by thoso young speakers to their great credit. Wo imagino that this anniversary bas devlopcd (ho fact, t li at the order of scholarship in Adgor College is partaking more of thc classical and less ol thc utilitarian nod common plnco. Our observation induces us to Ibo belief Hint tho coming commencement exorcises will show that the precept graduating olttSS is more thorough and iiocomplibhed in tho maiu (ban any class heretofore gone forth from the wails of Adger College. Tills difference of culture and stand ard of scholarship are decidedly marked and easily seen by the thinking men who attend thoso exercises. Unquestionably this higher excellence is attributable directly to a more thorough acquaintance with thc ancient lan guages and their philosophical and beautifying influences. Wc hope that thc classics are being taucht moro, more extensively in Adger Collogo limn ever before-tlie good fruits of which arc proofs abundant tn prove tho wisdom of tho course. The mimi must have classical (raining lo renell its full capabilities, ami without which thc edifice remains unfinished. In fact, works of Ibo anti-classical agc should bo taught in thc schools us well ns those of the silver and golden nges to give thc building its complete ness. Pcrsius maintains tho du -ma of thc Stoics, "that none bul thc philosopher is a free Dian," and ITO further add that his freedom consists in his wisdom, hence Ibo great plea for higher education. Willi ibis object in view, tho | j Professors of Adger College arc making a spool ally of tho classics. Thc German Universities have come to thc same conclusion mid have raised their standard in the classics, arguing, after an experience of ten years, that lhere cnn bc but ono path thal loads in tho righi direction; j all olhcrs must lead tho student only further , astray. America just now lins gone crazy on thc subject of free und quick education, whi ch wc fear will militaie rory much against solid, | I sound and classical training. Wo arc pained lo soc that thc American bent of mind looks more lo the ad caplandum vulgus than to solid mid substantial scholarship. With those remarks wo now como up lo tho I ( question of debate, viz: "Were thc whites just i- | ( dable in driving Ibo Indians fruin thc land ?" Presiding ofliccr-Mr. Warren P. Castles, of Chester. Aflirmntivc-Mr. H. T. Jayncs, of Oco nee. Negalivo--Mr. .lohn I?. Davies, of York. ) Orator-Mr. Snm'l l\. Riley, of Oconoo. Thoso I young gentlemen were fnvorcd with select musio ' by Ibo young ladies mid gentlemen of Walhalla, which no doubt (he eloquent disputants appro ciated wory highly. Tho students as a body seemed to be delighted with tho large and intel ligent audience given them by Walhalla and vicinity. ..crytbing tended to make thc even ing pleasant ni 1 consequently thc exorcises proved decidedly satisfactory. Mr. Jayncs held most forcibly (hut thc whiles were justified and absolved from guilt by Iho fruits of their industry and their cons?quent christianizing influences by their occupation of tho country. He claimed that thc savage was ns wild as thc beasts he hunted, mid his right of possession as uuraal and moveable as ibo streams in which he fished. The mere chase of tho buffalo on the prai rio and rude construction of his wigwam luvest ed him with no right of ownership under any law on or above carib. Tho white man from thc analogy of (he past had thc right lo enter these landa and develop them by his industry, The Indian had expended no lalor upon thc country, ci (her iu opening it up or developing i'.s wonderful resources. Rut lite white man by bis progressive thought and industry had revo lutionized this magnificent country nnd made it thc home of tho freeman and Ibo Christian. Ks rivers and oceans wore laden with tho frails of bis bunds, mid ibo bosom of Ibo country lorn open by ibo plowshare, mid fifty millions of peo ple, worshipping ut will before thc altars ol thc real Qod. Mr. Davies billcrly held tho ground, and made some fine llighls of oratory in defense of tho poor red man's rights to tho, country, a right given him by his Maker. To justify Hie wrong of the white man because of tho ignorance of lite poor Indian would bo lo supplant Hie wisdom of tho Maker by (lionet of tho white man. Ile claimed (hero is a divinity intended by putting the Indian on this garden spot of thc world, und Hint ho felt it wits tho height of unoivilization to drive him from his berilngo by deceptive menus. His birth placo, wigwam, canoe, bow and arrow, his traditional education mid wild big heart wcro wisely designed; but alas! tho "ends justifying tho moans" of his extermina tion aro held forth os right by a cranky civili zation. Mr. Riley most handsomely closed Ibo exer cises of thc evening in au elegant and well con ceived oration upon "Moral rectitude-ibo baso lino of action." His language was ornato and reflected highly in his behalf as n student of tho prettier languages, viz: thc classics. His mau neiism was vory fair mid bis delivery rather above Hie student's'standard. Wo were delight ed willi his many references, calling forth tho beauties of the ancient, languages willi their precepts and examples. His baso lino of action embraced tho laws of etiquette, tho rulo of cir ouinslanco8. self control and guido of net ion. His pretty specoh will long be remembered by tho h.ie'.ligotit audience of Walhalla mid vioinity, Pianos an Over lOO IMIetg-niJ -TO BE i Manufacturer's NOW is yours, If you can't pay all ca ment plans. One price lowest. Catalogues ire JJ Or McSmith Music ll As regards (ho victor in this debato wo nie nt. sen (o nnme him, ns flowers brid applauses onine down equally upon tho elTorts of each. Young Indies nud swccldioaris know thc arts ?uni piny tho wiles with college boys on snob occasions with these m st li ut io flower tributes mid lovely smiles. To Hiern we Icavo (bo question. The Pr?sident won muob applause by Ids easy manners und happy introduction of thc iliflcrent speakers mid Ihe gi noe ful ense with which bc dismissed thc grent nudlcnoe. Tho Professors of Adgcr Collego uro proud of their Mountain Collego and arc working hi earnest to make it tho pride of Upper ? iroUllil, Wo regard this anniversary a grand BUCCOSS uni hopo il will prove highly beneficial to the Collego. lUu'OUTBK. j --???-- I Tho Quarterly Conforonco of Son- ? Dca Circuit at Friendship Church- j .SKNECACITY, S. C., March 14, 1882. Tho first. Quarterly Conference for Seneca ?ircuil was hold at Friendship Church, Maroh Uth, 1882, Ur. Saml. ll. Jones presiding. Preacher in charge reported bis work in good condition spiritually. Receipts for Presiding Elder and Pi-'-nohcr in llinrgo were $03.10. an increase of $20.60 over irs! quarter last year. Seneca City paid . . . $41.76 i Hook Springs paid . . . l-'S.OO . Picketts paid . . . I fi.00 Friendship p.lid . . . )?.:j-> Fairview psid . . . 8 00 Toi al.$0:1.10 On Sunday al ll o'clock Dr. .Joneii preached ror us an exceptionally lino sermon (rom 2nd diopter Phillipiaus, pari of 12tb and all of 13tl) perso, "Work out your own sal vol ion with fear md trembling; for it is Cod that, workelh in >ou, holli to will and to do of his own good dcasuro." Ile showed first, the importance of salvation is arising from ibo worth of tho soul: our neces lary concern for it as mon of oool, sober, settled tense, ami that it inuit bc wrought out. willi j ear and I rc in bl lng, clearly implying Ibo liol of nan in this work; and then by a few well chosen cxis. bo wrought out in simple, yet bold and earless logic, man's part in ibo work ol' salva ion. Having established with thc most over vhelming evidence, and on a basis so powerfully apport cd by ibo simplest logic nod plainest tllt'USCOlogy man's free agency, be proceeded to haw ibo clearest, most definitely eui and well letincd line between man's purl and Coil's part n Ibis great work Hint we bavo ever board. Ile ised that clause of his text "which workelh in is both io will ami todo of Ills good pleasure," villi masterly olfori, allowing thal thc work ol Hod in us was not lo constrain us lo becoino Jhl-istinns against our will and Independen I of mr efforts, but to will, and after un bad oxer liscd Ibo pow<-r of volition, "to do His good deasure," making salvation only possible by ann's co operation with Cod. Ho seemed al lome with bis subject and gave us one ol'the inest discourses on tho frec-llgonoy ol man and be sovereignty ol God that WO haye ever beard. S. I Washington Clitic] Saved by oil. Mrs. StiMinn i Asmus, No. ll, Bitrtlott I drcct, Baltimore Md., had for twenty two ' ?onr? been u bufferer from sores nod pains in lier limbs. She tried ninny remedies with* )Ut nny favorable results. Happening to boar of St. Jacobs Oil, sboconolnded at last to I ry it. The result WHH wonderful. Tho ROVO hciiled, tho pains vanished and she is , now well u'j;aiii. PANAMA. Mn rel) 13. - Advices from Costa 1 limn stute that tho towns of Alnjuelu, San Hmiioii, (1 recia and Ilcredin, in South America, have been destroyed by nn earth" , au uko. In Alnjuelu alono so vera I thousand lives wcro lost. Those nliro uro homeless. I Bi.AOKVir.TiK, March 18-Bud Mims ' wns killed ut Hair's Mill, ucar Elko, in this county on Saturday by Iiis nephew, both while. Tho deceased quarreled with his nephew and ass nilled him with ti knife, when tho latter struck him a blow with n slick on tho side of thc bend, frap! tho ef fects of which ho died ina very short time. A OOOD HOUSEWIFE.-A good house wifo, when she is giving ber house its spring renovnting, should bear in mind thut tho denr inmates of her liousu uro moro precious tliff 11 tunny houses, and that their systems need cleansing by purifying tho blood, voL'ulatirig the stomach und bowels to prevent und euro tho discuses arising from sprint; mnlnriu and miasma, and shu must know that lhere is nothing (hut will do it Fo perfectly nod surely ns Hop Bitters, thc purest and best of medicines.- Concord. (AT. IL) Patriot. - .-? . *. ATLANTA, March 10.-Tho Attornoy-Clon? oral's decision an to tho validity of Western mid Atlantic loaso bonds is based on thc fact that tho railroad companies bud no right to endorso under their chatter except by Unani mous consent of ibo stockholders. President Wild loy of the Ocntrnl Uiilroud holds (hut his rond is not bound by tho signature, nod protests bavo boen made by tho stockholders of each road. Tho shares in the louse uro held by various parties and the total amount of value in about ono million dollars. About $000,000 of income bonds bnscd on Ibo carun ings of tho Icoso aro yet outstanding. Tho lessees will contest the Altorney-dcneral'u decision in tho Courts. Tho Anderson Intelligencer says that Capt J. C. S tri hiing! ol' Pendleton, has au I neil ba tar, and is succeeding vory well in hatching ogg? without thc uso of hons. i cl Organs? aoexit Instruments SOLD AT Factory Prices. , TIME TO BTjy. sh, try our easy install to all, and that the very e. Address , E. NOXtltYCE, [ouse, Greenville, S. C. I ?Fiom tho Saluda Argos.] I 4 'Tho City in the Sky." OOONEE, Liku I'EOPLB AND HEU. INDUS? TRIES-TUB COMING BANNER COUNTY. WALHALLA, S. C., March 4. Messrs. Editors'. "Sumo timo ugaio" sccs flt this lovely afternoon to report something of tho mountains and their sub limities. To Iivo daily upon tho mountain peak, and drink from thc gurgling springs and babbling rivulets earth's coldest waters, is a high privilege allowed poor,sinful man. Many readers of your "popular piipor" have novcr scon tho majestic mountain, much less drink of its limpid waters. To sue!? an ono, or ones, wo say, "como to our mountain homo" and icol thc unfelt ond unknown inspiration of heaven's own won? deis, and in your prolound nmuzemont for ever lay II si io your personal fiignifieamjo and ever bo more humble nod worthy eitizms. Nature ha* most kindly bo lutilbd all Ooo ooo with picturesque sights and wondors equal, if uot suporior, to any sconcry in America. From our window wo take ia view tho Hluo Ridge chain of mountains, amphitheatre and rovolving, aa it were, around "tho city in tho sky"-Walhalla. Tho peaks and water sheds with their shades and shadows ?rc pcrfeotly grand, and to inhale into our lungs their curing zephyrs let down from the jcthorial zone, is earthly celestial. Footie genius must va cate her supremo empire when looking out upon these mountains, and let unbridled fancy generalizo at liberty in wild ecstasy. Wo imagine the Troubadour singing to his) cuita persuading, by his ooohantlng touoli tho mountain nymph from her silvan nbodo wheo looking on our own Rino Ridge ohain. Again permit us to say, with tho ?id of our glasses, wo imagino that upon tho "Whito Side'' wo can see the bird of Jovo making ready to scoop up.m its prey, or scatter thom us did tho racing winds tho fl.'et of ?l?Sncas. From our own window wo also seo tho little cascades fallin ? from cliff to cliff, mak ing all nature merry with song as they go down to from our Soneos and Cheoheo. So many beauties are to ho imagined, seen and admired from this window that wo forbear to speak more, and leave you lost in fancy us regards the wonders from the remaining windows and doors. In short, if you can afford to risk an edit ir ut this window un der such inspirations come up and furnish your readers the other untold wonders aud sooncry. OCONKK, COUNTY. Our county is made up of hills and dalos -the hills being io tho ascendant-but must fortunately covered with valuable woods and gallant mountaineers, No doubt the minerals are very abundant-especially iron, silver and copper, but undeveloped os yet. Soma English capitalists aro now hero looking for investments, and boforc long wc hopo to report progress in way of open ing up our water power and minerals. Coonee is destined tri become tho "banner county'' of South Carolina, and wo odviso nil monicd men lo como up now and scouro investments whilst property is easy. TH? IK II A 0 ITA N'F9, Ry tho unacquainted, our people would bc called mountaineers, oouveying tho im pression of a people in a primitivo stato, Out what a miserai ic blunder und mistake. Thc shrewdest inen und tho prettiest women in thc State live here, und wc date any ono toc?me up here aud deny it. Our people aro generally tuen of worth and character, but very sensitivo upon many issues, PENCE LAW. Tho "fence law" rather threw from equipoise the itmiob'.'.ity of some of our otherwise good an.il substantial fellow citi zens, and whi't will become of their Demo? , cracy is ju'.t now tho question. The law, us a measure, is upheld by tho majority of tho people in the comity, but thero is a l?ir?e minority bitterly opposed toit, nod no doubt will curry their griovunccs to tho ballot box this fall. TUB UNIVERSITY. Tho appropriation to tho University is considered wise and is eliciting no criticism from any corner in tho county. They aro-' idivo to enterpris i nnd progress Our peo ple uro a wal o of tho fact that tho "Stato lux'' is loas this year than last, notwith?' standing tho university, citadel, and mili tia appropriations, heneo their friendship to thesosovernl desirable enterprises. Ab-' bevillo bus fallen to ibo rear in wny of county indebtedness, whilst our county has paid cash as tho machinery run. WALHALLA. To oloso this hurried communication, wo are glad to say thut Walhalla is just now finishing a new church, several privuto resi dences, and painting over generally Tho surveyors of thc Clydo Company aro now in the town running thu Rino Ridgo through tho heurt of tho I piuco, Wo aro much eluted with the carly coaip'otion of tho road. ADO Blt COLLEGE, This institution is fuller than ever boforo, and soon tho snoietics will'havo thoir anni versaries, to which thc people look with muoh interest. Tho speakers of said oe oasion aro great favorites-thoir pleasing address and fwio oratorical powers hoing so well known. Can't you como up? Abbe ville is well represented in Adger Collogo, MS you wi!) seo hy examining tho catalogue. SOME TIME ACAIN.