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TilE COMMON LAW. A LEAi%ED EA %os1io ' 01' 'I'IlIE 8UI. .1E4T li MIR. IIISHUP. The Weak 'lacs In our Connton La --The Difference Between Judges and Jurists How Many Law Hooks Aru Made Tihe Quostilon of Codification. (From the Columbia i)aily itecord.) At 6.45 last evenhig the mem+bers of the Bar Association assenblcd in the Synate Chamber at the State house. After disposing of some routine nusiness and electing two new members, Messrs. Paul IIemphill and T. E. McLurc of Ches ter, the Asscition repaired to the I tall of the house of ltepresentatives. The memi hers passed in by couples. the procession being headed by the lion. Wmn. 11. P'arker, the retiring President of the Association, and the distinguished orator of the occa sion, the Iiou. Joel Prentiss I ishop of Massachusetts. They were followed by other distinguished members of tie Bar. In a few minutes every chaiir in the llouse was oceupied, not a few of then by ladies. On the Speaker's platformt were the officers of the Association, prominent mem bers of the State and Federal jutdiciary and other honored guests. President Parker called the meeting to order and introduced Mr. Bishop. AIr. Bishcp is one of the most listingui hed writers on Cotmfont law II) the I.'nit(d States. Ills oration last evening is the first tl>at he has deliv'ered in forty years. This long absence from the hustings, how ever, has evidently not iupaired his power. The following is an inperfect synopsis of Mir. Ilshop'n Oratonu. _r. a''CiICnt and (ienlelmcn /' te .isso iettion liesponding to your kind invitation to nddress you, at a period of rest from your severe intellectual labors, I mnay seet tin grateful when I ask you to ac"onmpaniy the thoughts 1 am to express with your best and most earnest thinking. It would be superflIOUS to re<Itcst y11ou It her, is 1 might if you were of any other profcssion, to lay aside precotnet ions and look t the tIUestionts before us as for the first lime. But lie who has learn' i anl pact iceI tlie (Ommtton law is fatili,r willt the (Outses of fresh investigatlion, :Und wit ih reform ing his opinions whiever tn ulh re(tuires. The topic will be, 'Tie (Com+mon i aw ts a Systein t li5onin, lIt w nd1 WIy Essential to Good Uoverunnnt, What Its Perils, and flow Averted." The subject is too vast for a full trent iuntt. Buit I do) not forg't that I amn adn dressing gentlctnen tttnuslton(nl to thinking and reasoninig, Iherelore capable of sup, plyug for thmcnselves ty omissionts. Your fatiliatity with the conttnon law renders needless any etiuiung of it by me. But, looking at it. as a systen of re:tson. let mc set it for a totnintt 1b efure yoU he side the (ivil law. Mr. Bishop ten showed iow- II ih lItntonn law became a system of rcasonin;., ditler ing from ours in little else th:n it' fort nt its growtht unid developmeint. \s in the countries governed by the cotntnn 'iw, io in those gov'rnet y th e It tllm:ut. It statesmen and legislator.i wecre Ian; -ly' law yers: that is, they were personts :('tis tomed to re:soning upon legal, or govern mecntatl, things. In the encntomy of Innn life anI t'iu ci:ttion, we mve, as the fairet gifts o,f (tul. love, religion ttndl i:a=on. I nev:d not s.t iltlt tIe htst is th greatest. for it inltIls the otlhe twt. o \\'re rc:tan, pur atl perfect, pr'ail, all other gt nd dwells; and the plate vhence it is bantitl ed is, whenthetr ini this woratlu or the next, hull. "Let us reatsni itogether"ti is theI comnnitual f' Ilimt firoi 'inin hombot we avnd ni reasn prtot'eteed. Thert' is, fa1l5 r< stnling; bt nrue retsoniing~ enninluit 1;f to all lighlt, tnn al pro'tsper'ity, to all iltpinets';. \Vhile liomec wa:s 'ontlitled ' bynmen witn> we're itiistomlted fto reastningi shne grew~~ ainlitl )rspne''ed. unit alier' itnily years. tint' l ernal ongiing andit sitiniig Ittfor.ll'nes, flit samte whlich hnns wrtTg ght imltn'l.ne ifs Ithreatenis n)toidestirty it. prev~ilieid. d1 stin inn, whnomi it is tint fasiniti with InIs tt adoiirn, lintishted tihe workf onf tlnisifI. I laviin ecnlleted what lie ciho se tnt preiserv't o f the wr'itings ofi tilt julists, he 'ionsi'gnetd te remainider ton olliin. Th'le wor ~ldl presenlts not w aitn'xact pnaral Iti to thitis. Thecre is at little ishititt u IImn which the atngei tf tlIighnt as sine flw ov~er it drtoppedl a spark. Spnning .luIstiian's h'olly, site zrtn'edt trtesnn, ntained it thle tcommontti latw, andt rost' tin a potwer :ini glory which mtttnk thle ver'y briightt'st of lI oiant dreatus. ii i'r ntavies ruleI tihe seas, hner colionit's waitch te sun ini al1 ihtis itour,.es atronund tIne worild, lier' glttry thtrewi otg ill one tof hei' flighnts theist' Unitetd tates of oft late takein possessin iti ilf heri. Andit shenI thrneatents tin subist itie acts o f I1* i tili'ent lii ornal her' itommitil law otf r'ea:stn; atitn mtake it pnossilio alt-21 sluggard'is it'l fmools to practice at her' nat' anit pnreside it her courts. It site tdoes it., it reqiuires tno gift tnt pr'ophecy tin ftrest'ee11 Ihtt eriencompan:ss ing seats will weepn1 i upin th dt I iiipi ng rocks airoundi thait little islandIt a mornne miO.r'nl rt'luiern to heri ento inhetd enirie thain wans teer bnef ore sutnig ov~er' fleitn gietness!5 andi glory. .It youn tscend itihte higihest tower'mi or umn.tnt Silt'-peak, ini ini thie.I lludett vtic't ask tint enitthi why it mov)~es tln>n ifs itxis, it tcan itroinI the bentginniintg it luo(ve'd its it doenis intnw. G tio theti'fsihes aitul irdns, ai tit' FoXlltnwinig inlstiniet, orI conis'iet'w'. ntr wilnitever else we t'all it, ntmnl, wile li iml' as iall iiinu-t in sotciety, e- talisheis v'anil itistomths aitd usage's. .\ t ter' they becoettn unitversal thet couti ialat juiial ttgi zanl(ce oft t.hm asn 2law1 t. Lxl ecially~ if tanke . idilcial cogniizance tnf reaistni, and tf' tte fiact 1 tat directly on i 1 nire'tly it is thei ighest gtuitde (f nain. It thusnx becomes lihe htighest guide ofn t'et nlurt, sino fiat onur law is denomitintated a "sy'stem inf re'ason." It, aincpts jmiliciail diecisiotns ins ciihlits inori in utile ('astes, hnetaus'e reaision itches tihe imnt pornitante of stabiiity indit in ifortmity. 'Tie pnrocess inf reasoniinug wa'is t hen iilfus Itratetd andm it vats sihowin tha2t thei liiw's lprt gress 'o)n sists in dliscerie~ts onf its list andI Itrue reason)is andii ini 'orrect ing1 tli initaios htwyercn reseinlets the scietilist ilni nt' kntowlttge ttf winit lway's e.xisnil. mni ft'e'pliysical worldii onf manll 'itnrgressin g. So it is ndter the cinimiontI aw. 'hnt law 3cr thiscover's, Ine 1by tinit, lte lws wa htitfi always existedl, thouttgh, ii ininy ihe. nevet bnefore untderstoodtt. pnertaining 'tthe i a nv erltnment of mnt ini Ctnniilti . Shituil iwit abol ntttish ur tont In ' lw of reatn byli Imergin of indicitientsioin. Is mIanyVC an lm' utrs ee toi do,tfg we 11 thouh nt'neitbroai wh' ie rest,ntney nt E rope lis' wh ltis.t hfiit rerie toh tat lawti fn ht hlichi fJunt Tie mo~~Isef 'nIdia tngtet ilneur hom n,t awt'itity mette atisnd t tapidly inIt'r'emi as stfcpie of judiil reisstn lowver itn word(gs arf oniJudg tay be inmtrred its byltilhe( restd thI inteverm ie figher tthit' evnes of iltthein lwel t ingu. mish tmm the ilaw titsf The col 11 i rns<un ent ta jery oneIionr Staes ino,i n annetriIt ias of the proincSes j urs ltolgv have caset iti hand was dwlt upn.yee Fr oth enou)igh to emnisize the( rulec, 11md ani eye' .single to the diseharge of imer ,bitis. They have not meant to play the juris while $wgrn to do the very different wotl of Judge. .We.inw, cpp t9 ti e weak p,ce eein ou common law-4he phte vich eeds to' t nendhd and strength.tned. I cnn stat only approxituitoly the number of a4 judged cases, in our books of reporjs. rough estimgte places them at half a ii lion. The nan does not live who coul thuso througlA ,with the. half of then and t),err neve' was a 'Inemory stron enough to stand up under the load; or, there was, it would crush out the reasot lug powers and reduce thle intellect I Idiocy. In every view, theiefore, we nec jurists. There are somne lawyers who clamore for codification. ''he suggestion was mad Ihat the guarrel over this <iuest ion of cod1 In ation be suspended until. ouri law has r (Ci veil su(h juridical culture as to inl'ort us, an<l enablo us to agree amnong ourselvec just what ln( how many are its clem entar 1niraiples, red Iecti to th i r smalII est r11 pottious. lie ur;ged Ancri(an a(lvorates of coilit' catiQn to 1prepttre antl putliSh Wintit the lrolosed for codes. 'I'hent the ft rthe <(lncstion of their legislative eniactmien would present i self at. the proper ti in But I am here r n:ilde( that we have in Ienne iurt hs .,f legal text-Ioks, and aa asked whether I teny thalt they pr( ( etl fron julists, I reply that they are vastly <litlc'ing' <ia(lities, au4 that no o i cih:(atIcriiationt (oul(l p,rope'1Y liy h tlapplic t: ; 'I. T' nunnner of m(kin' '31 ii td text b1(ks'' wa9s 1u113 tliscusse :nl it wal - shownu that the author 'usually ltirnlcti t!ht work of his plC es00SSOr, eclits I ii inpbliihes it, as entirely his own pnt the titon. This is the ''usual' legal aut ho: i4tntr4itl by practiring profcssion, 1tn how\t Ie befie atil fnllowei by Ite duI(tige '1'The noteworthy p: t't. of the niutter \v: thul wiie (t41 copyt ight laws, s exPile ted tulmninistered 1by courts smiling u rtt or , are s-I ideective us to scent ;1lmnu: woriless, not so ar'e the laws which ptunis c.hcating by false pretenses. 'I'he latte c ist in all u(r( States, atu Ith violhtcrs < fhen are slhut ip in the lenitentiaries, e: (1,1p\t wien the person cndhat (e lawyer: I o not know how you dlo things in Sttull 'uarolina , b,ut we in 3lssachuseiIs Itut it ur penitcntiry great. liwyers, geat sin ; t4s, pre'ilnts of intnu'use iuaratiin l'lt'1'ller m , 1n(1 ill 4nn' instanl'ce, 1' rceivt one of your honor<l io South (a olina gov('rnors. VIhly ('x(Ymit y'ttur'. httnorc au(lthor's? The only rueson I tau iulingie i. that the nten of )ur noble un<l4 g<ier iii l,'olession, leeining with 1Ihlibr'is that ''he 1.leasure is as great f being (eate(il s to 1htttt.' sc trn to make (ortn)hltint (f thint w4hu hav\' 44444 o thaemin the source of 51(1h lrofoun I(ttpl irn"sut" Anothien muel'hod of prto'ltucin 1.g 1a iext btik is for :un olcr 1nant to n tnlrl hi' wVerk with that (tf b( ys helping. It' this i. 4lom, not uUUlcr the false Iretense tlint th w\ Il.h- prI Idot"tstlt d ft tm Ih tat ensitil' amlh>r buiit"(ccetmpauie<i by nn honus IState ne. it tla Ittbli', th 're is no wrong in it: amnt iht' rt uit ntt\ III', in Stru (' ("itr( ttntsta; t(( :Indtl ,I4 'I i s, e\c'lltent. 1ut ii is n t a jurist' 1' 'er' 14444ui. law school 4ins l'et w\ihh our tibles? iaV'esity, statme of the prn hcs,t:' w hcrcot have pro<lutect1 b:,oks wh i('1 ha44' < t" tpi 'I Il he fir.:t phla(e in ou r cste4n Ins iw e p t 1('t the whlc>1 'line oif t xl htookf aWay, ant- < 44 h lrchi l , that none, whethu '1444 by 44 its I'ounr lofessutrs or othters :' ' 14 to be sei ust by I)rsus ignorant of th1 :ts in fu-trlirg 4a kn.a:owlewdge i .it. '1hi ihiat i 'iis Sonietiines inaccurtately termer it talhiltg of the 1aw by cases. Au(1 1h; bri(f cxitlana'inns of th' reason tf th th4 ' ' lem'onstrate thla , while ht' 1111'ver \erityil' doeS not cho(1se t 1. 1r1onole t wors144 the ('1ommon4i414 14his utter lack ' 1m i 4 4 4 i t b e. l i v it t o4. ' 4 4 ( h a v e I i n ,n e,1 5 4 4 '( ( 4 ,1444 4'144writings are111 "1riginal sourem('it4 r4 l'4'e Nwton the4 1141 w 141'f4 grav1itat1ion ha4 his 4)rganon4. A aljIinI4ge<f (case4 is th4 414'e \ nel 1the 51444we4 "s of4 apples1, am141 4h '-I >ri'u ing: '444Iterings 4of the 1r4it, 41o4 4un the soil4 4of reason4 11hat govern'I1s- the S1:le 44t34441 aspivation414 444' lainess44 , pre'vait - 44 1 i4- 444 t14nient of44 reaion which.'4 '4144practi 44:44 h 44 t4C'hefr, 4-1t hithet iso)n11144n 444:1144rs ofIs ske iilizl ('1 world.4 1('I44'J44 444444)l 4S ) gov intal ath-ir travel% in4 14h e 44'importefoh e (44444 o 4Teers 4(f4 govert4 44r44n 4en 444 Ant there1.44 i.15 no possibl e w1 'n'which, hi44 skilenn b1 444 o well4.'4' m'1ir In th l\ 44h4e1r walkr f~~~ govern~ineh incumbents 40f 444443' are44 11r4-4' h4i(en ri 14h>wn 4the144 riturIon 11lla 14ns ' bmi oil t4n 4 . 4 an iIgewer jufic" will4 be gth 44 w444411 no;bint44 111u era jist ice44 ina n444444'.' n Ie4' iubs, thilt the hIloi mbnirahl1 wrong44~: that( the( 1law1, from4a whie 144 'n 14 ticl thus~I~* procee.'5 -441 hu libe put1 (4ow'n1 4(1 b) 4inie: 4444( 114n41 government'I4, whieb(1 eC I f 44444i4ie4nti4n 4'uc'certis4 14) 41h( ('tnt 1444 4I-.nss4~i44iting 44444 4'ontinon01 h4iw, what:4 144 11h44144 4444 wIe 444ly 444on1 4f44 4144 fu4ur,' 144 the4 h44444 ('4 bettr4 thlinIg, 1 tur 41ro Ihis picture of4 tiespir.4 1f I welr' 44<hlressin4g a4 less in4telliger 444444i4444 1 Iinightl urge u~~l4 you1 act'ion i prevent(44 441 enornious.441 Ihratne dangot~4 I 1lut it is unnace-ssaryv I sh~ouhi s4ay 44noi-e 4 1 h4a14e 1thus4 hiid( be4fore'0 you1 thel 44no)4t ill J'>rtnt444 4 lubject cor1411erted4 with the11 futtur d14n1 ien1ci4s w1ithi y(our Iwn mor 1 14e fruitfil 4441l'4vahn4ble r'efil'tionis. TlI44utk4inag ft' aud4ience for 11heir kind ii du lgene', .\a'. lli.p re'5unie1d 1hi4 444 4.44 4 \h conclusion'3 (of' .\['44 . l ii's o 444 -narie 4)t44n, 44 Ired re4ou1io ( t4m4444kim4 444r"'44. m 1 request4-ing that4 4h4 furnIishI a4(4) thereo44 444or~ ibient44ion.4 This r'esoldo4r4144 Ini the" 1fique finII. A 44cr 44h' address'4- 14he 4(4l4cmbes 44 ofl 140444te ,.eom44)ie 1t4 participsate in4 the 441 4444444 by3 Pres.4-iden4t Par1kerI m4144 .4ir. hopi4444, mare.hed4'4 into( fIhe ele4gant41 41ining 44444, where44 a4 kingly44 feast 44114141d Ithem.44 4344 44hat is pecul44iar 14) 414' .lerome44 44144 its on'4ial .\4lnager4, .14 444 W4~illis. :onclusion4. of which4 -41( ofm 444e speich mak-4444 no4st- interesting post- )pr(diulia e4fort1s 114444 144 ha'ver' b)een.4 4)ur goodi4 ftuneil to) listenl 4). 1444) 44othin13g. bult lJ(4iek4 11f,4tin 'e evets 4' reprodu11cin4g in) el144444. Th'e followl b. are4 the 'ToAsTs AN I 1l.lesi4NsI .:s '1u Gue'(icst"'-Tohs014ted1 ,by IInr ('4v . 4414ng, (If (Charlesten,* aiu4( resp4m4eto 114 .4 e'xceed(41ing1l-happy44 style 143 Mr.4 Ilishiop. "The4( ;oth Carolilna Iar(4 Assoeb1('1tion"4 y3 A t4orne4y GJeneral Earle'IC and1 re'sponded44 4.1) by resi.dent. Parker. '"booth Carolinti"-jly J.- 8. Verner, of t Oconoc, and reponded to by Governor .Johu k Peter Richardson in that eloquent vein that is his Own petiuliar inherent quality. r ''The Judiciarv of the U; nited States' e By Attorney General Miles and res;olled e to by ,Jidge Bond in an avalhcne of irre I- listib>le wit. ''I'ite U tnited Sttes'--- Hly MI. KnIOX Liv I- ingston andu repoinde<d to~ by I (tin. L. F. d1 YoUmans11, who hlad beenc flotilited Ionly live I; minutes lefore he was enlled upon. The result was a perfect 1100(1 of CltiIuencv. f "'Th Circuit .Judges" ad "T1he Sn l- preine Court of the State"'--liy Solicitor 0 .Jaines L. Orr and responled to bty .JudIgc :t IiIudson tnd 1 Justice \eUowan. '"The tr"---By Geo. \W. ('rot( :ti te i p ini I to by Speak(:r Sium ls. e '"The Other Inferior Cotrts' -lv e(I(n I- eral 17.har and r('Spondedi to b,y 11(1n. 1.::. \lek issik. nt It has bcen (r ltleasuirc to mingle in iiany festive gaL t rin gs, 1b t. i1he enttiliin y' int'nt laist evt'ningi supercathied to Ilhe trdi I nary ("bau'nls of corlVivi:at iltir tu st :ti 1r8(1Ive" fealtres nlever' pru sldit(1l b folr. I- We trus t t(hit the Soul;h (':u-olin:l l;:tr A. y' sociationl lima)y live to telt:btii:it hblu ted"t r Illo'e anliycrsaries, it Iirst I)y- 'rocceeihig,. iThe South airolin luir A'iaiation :n vened in the Court, ll us l iht. It wast lihe third l nasilt t tleeting, ii iing i2 ttt f-getheer a nuilxber of j'cntilmen wh:o fitlyv represented he highe-t inlUice't :ul lenrn imtg of the State. At fl te'lue s al irii titi t Niy tttr; a- io r+ll (all, et.. Pre ident WV n. 11. Iiil f :r, of AlI'kbh ille, dielive i"'i his wh'.tlr' lon I'The Ci i( i e ! i i i-gi;laltion \ithi in tl i:s tte , in tild 1) ' tiates :id in C'll( ress dI trin r thu la ist e:it. It wi as :ul adti r:t -l tti i(r: t tin, talk, w ith ili th:tt th(": t'ds .i: tilly, tndl that ti subjtct v.: .-:arnt'dlt trentl t ai p irs (ntc(l wit I hI-ati i lN f1c i' is evitden(cI i y it ihl attetiio1 of Ills l':ti:i il. i t he oI nctis I I th i bir< ti. ,t Jttt ' reniitiss lIiitho wayts imnv t l It :: ta: il the rstntim te it f li Si t. t Etil: .iE\ l llili llIl' iNt i t ii ). I ithe 'kl tion of nlew lllult e tint lII i onihis, the ftollowinug g;(ltieitwnI weVre' mlan: b inhull I :uSit Un:ninimoyI t t i i t: 1 . li t etii , t\. i;t l:in , (h -t rli,.!; I. l- lItit ttu", til nInt rg: ?. . I;ytlit, (, reellville; ,ui t (h:ir\- I: u-.:l , j\I{cct:: i ( Ieorgi I.V11 itte , i' II . ithtII. I. h.h - l;aru , (lI: :alllnt I \\-. \i" !t ,t, I . (', tl l uy. ,wil til i,la. T I i .l. i n .\ t ( _ ( -i t.. 'f It fl ollow il. Lcntltlnlt.l w ' t b t i :' (.t a :iil ('t t lilI, ai tI i eI (' iill ut i . 'r n t'i llttt tits lit (llit eu', I l ir t ht l ISlilig y :ti: i st ' ll )iI-li i, ( I. : itbll Ih n t: S - oltt , I)i . 5. ) leIntli ti n: Thihti, ,l. I.'. { i e;mtll I'tI. i rli, i lit. lI iv inr;!it lt itit, ioll iT. hillit t: iixth, t 1-. Spetlccr tilvtn' I, '-. J.,il,tlimes; Ei lih, I. G.1. \Vel ls. ' i it I(-utt , f the i ec tary was tic(gtt'eti u ti>i t lts lttt)rntingu. Col..1. Q. NOtrMhatl1.'Trc:a.urt-r, in:ulc the( foli 'ti_ r p lt : Ilihant o;it lit S i bI llttr 1. , i :i i :' .: . I. It ili tiltn sint" . l lt tl, .ii' ilt : . TI i ll d ttiun t fttr II' ear ( t11 , 1)iig ()tiir lt^ . I ' w -i .-GI I i",, l ':liit . l ain- it il I it s;tlury of .h "1; .. )It ,rs. W\ hitn(!r, A\lba(v andl Alit1 !) , il wl' al p ointed an uudiiting ( ,tn.ith Tlt- ('otn)it le on Ititie t i.t nt i I t that ey had sct( I ir i i ja I- I , ii it 1" t ."-* i- I iS ;- iI-II 'Tloi:.a; .\. ('oolty's : l on i ; itt o tlu (i t ,tl' It, h it; iii thIt unI, i. t i n ii - a in sti(tuti).. Ii f Ititl ti I elit- I :.li . ta;t IN I M:j. S. P. lihaniltont, ('hairmntut f titt tt ntlial (-onuntitt . t, n ir:l a Iii t "t d Irltml ry otte h D 'e i u ti. t.. i \il i resI t it iat of it-i it t i"j .tilt t" t:l its, 'i:.it a li . ; I : i t u le t 10h t'cloc this o ria nitI -0k in iii 1he 1(ar5 o iiithelu di - t h the South Carolina Bar's delinition of Lega Ethics." AMB NDM.'NT. The following amendment to Article 4 of the Constitution was adopted: '''Ie ex-presidhents. shall constitute a standing colinttee, with power to re port at any tln aunf such suggestions as they may think will further the ends and aims of the AssocGation. The senior ex-preshlent shill be chairman of this corn tulittee." ''Ie following was olerecd and adopted as an addition t the by-laws: I ea <e of the leatil or resignation of the Presl(leit, the Vice lPreshlents shall be notitied Iin umedliately by the Secretary to meet at (olumbiiii on a day fixed by him, and thuev shall select one of their number to act na IPresiilet during the unexpired teii " 'T'he ('onu niitte on AIangements an in nic-ed tha t Iev had arnuged for the anuitI dinner anid thliut the Association wPouilI pn)ccc( to the ilotel .1 eromne imme diatel uf'cr Mr. li'lhop's oration tonight. nltcheiult' "f the General Cotuneil Mr. Ienet o'thi tled the following uominations for olli+"cr. of the A'ociattion: .1. .1. M1hier, Prsit lent. Fir.:t Vice Ptesident, Edwar Mc(rady, .r.: H i'i,(l, .dates 11. Mlore: third, Jos. II. E:ile; fourth, it. W. Boyd; tlfth, W. A. CI'k; sixth, Giles.J. Patterson; seventb, I ),vid itI. I)uncan; eighth, B. F. Whitner. Sti rctar'y, W. C. Benet; Treasurer, J. ( \larshnll. iLoc:tl C)1111(1 ls: First 'ir(uit-Edward 31'Gn'lyttv, .Jr., Isaac llayne, 'T. M. 1taysor. S( "nil-1. W. Moore, W. P. Murphy, I; h rt Aldrich. 'Iinl- -.loseph II. Earle, John S. Wil 'Snu, ''this. JI. G4uillard.l 1'n ii - -t. V. 1?)yd, C. A. Woods, 1H. 1'. ('aston. 1'i ftI - V. A. Clark, .1. C. Sheppard, J. '1'. hay. Sixth --Gile.: .1. 1atterson, W. B. WYil "rn, .11.., Chai:. A. I)ouglass. 'ev(nIth-II). H. Unncmli, Y. J. Pope, I)avI .v ltll 'nm. l-lihth-1 1'. WVhitner, L. W. P'errin, J1. WV. f>trib lini.. I-:xccumt ive ('on miitt((: I Ienry E. Young, of (har'lestol: George W. Croft, of Aiken .ln'st I. Orr, of Ureenville: the Secretary ati the TIrea:surer, c'.r u//fewo. T Iiis rep lrt was utltnian~ntusly adopted and thr A ii tion adjournted to meet at the hal :t t l ue(' IIoU5C of Itepresentatives at 6.4. '!Nl e"tnig to heart the aidilress of Hon. .aI I 'ttiik liisloi onl '''I'he Cointon I.ltw at i -'V-.ltent of i:e;s(,ninfr, how and wt i-ntiil to Gnioi Government. what its I'cmil.s :itl Iow avemrtec." i T. Il t i ' ElllTOliIt IA\ Il:loucwry ol Iiie '51i,Ning Iis,ci1 in the Monntains ist TeXN. Otie luiitiitril :ind1 fifty miles east of Fl l' so, via the 'lexas and Pacitie Railway, :uit it t.wty\-live miles of the road, is the innv Iiini:tg camp naeied Carrizo, where t lit il t silver andI( coppermintes ill Texas hte' ' c.1IV 1 be( discovered. Illc(lmmei :;tt i i rth -f (':arrizo lies that faious oi't',:ai nolc c:alled the U)iabolo or I )t i . Ianlit ain. towcriug over a thousand Ic. t :.h:.ve the surrouinding plain. Near ti'- :umnmil, which is composed of lime -1 :: ". toii' i o und nmerous ('aves and1( tuni ni . ", bh e'iixteni for a distance of ten mil:, i s)me of them Penetrate the in m i t Ioally :>l) fiet. Ini1(llan tradition .a' i : - ii. tleit' U:t ''CS s ithe aloces of i' t or hvifs, ail the extremely super \ -A; " .ve the hiiunted Diabulo M -i Viide berlh. l'ntil very re. t'n I:,k, tt'rrible and1( fr'owvning n'I'l im h:rn explored by white .:cn. (Ie, cowb)y not caring to ..edh ht I,r f .a(. e the super a oa an uide 111 -(emed tIo siurroumndl the pl e.ul dwi...- iin of the iintrialter. l: i e il-iniry Ill s-ilver' there, hiow e e t i iare- voi-t liesome~ minterS havc im a iy explred on ng iiave. a:.- II at if in, wa1 Yls the lirst whjitt mm lt iitir the-- -'-alledl lubitationi of V. m\ith tallowt auntIe atnd prospet SIt k, i. -entainl thei cave a hiundredtt hat f didnt ventitie fuirthier. 'Thei -a I th-' I wern itre nu(imelroums evi 'in I f linni- hat1 itionti. Stonie it ln ntt. L, fl'ielets andit pottery in ex onen in InI w%e e catteredl here andl - I t I. ( aitsses of bears rndi ''''i-- ia wl- lyimig near ia heap1 I i i 1 - ru li :tf sm 1:3' dcii on -b <-imo-r tihet ithl his pilos b - ni ii n lg iln at pileIlf diit, *-it-1 lit irtiln. l-irst, the skull, - 1,- il- tebiri' v:'eie hronight to light. I uit it th Inoiitimejil hi.- eandtle thirimrnd la Ot, : t: it her1 inonei vedl lby the stange i Xih i wht a it waved thriouigh tine amwfuil It h of I hi 4llioniy ol Otave, which is n.i the thile itf the muouintain lioni and -u- it br ilns bl;as~ts,( mmermetreiatedl in t : It I n i in w tuhi the skull amli nii IX a: ti'l- ihn! of ani oirdinairy man I te hn is P.. TheIi tt' hi lare eniormnons nii - -tI-r' i iulelt het b iill armouid, and ini a a:n!: n 11 wie reigireat i(sumer whlen Ii e ,Ii' and titi ii -f :tange Ithing aboumt it h01 ntiad lif trtmmiiatinig abru'iptly, ias 11 it<n-iry m'W 1n, i it is pro'longed for 'i'- rt t-n in:cht-is bteytind, describiing a InX.-uenv I ifte ie it Wihmile the nmin - ' I de ible. At it'- j-mieturime with tIhe a . ii urIs four :inlitne-hallt Iit ii h itii narrows raily toward-c uii l. ' i tiabi- if' the tail hats dlii sum'nt:n Itdemonlistrate~f b1ey'ond i d':N n, t hit, the lcing-toughlt man wai I t ii hi: bce fo 'timdt in thet my Xstceri I 1 .1n-Iir t 67(t all oiffers' for his sfriange find, tiit heitl It citlosly guardedlct ini his cabliin, ii ih m~Il' itg09 cniouits visitor to; see his odld u- i iid I i-uer 6itund t till timies;. it shldc Pn lilt by sietlle men:iicz, ani cxaimined, at I I'lap the i 'I)arw~X'iinin thnelry' wsill bc b ity het tlttim Ielli'spnt ctori the meinclof~ '-'Iii to i H ('ariiztt andlt furtheru explore tilt' ;-etmi iii envernc''is of the I)iaboitlos. iu i m ,' iin, i.oke'. I i '.*n It w .tiV'Shiort yourml coat is, neii t <t y to,'his fienduc Browtn, XXIIVIlta led i: "Ye-; but it will tic til i'itttbttr- I get anthtter." Somte ititiwh fo r meicines thti -ot I i hlpi1 themi, Itiat,neCw clothtis iubi um3 Ilrn-il levers, weakness of lihe innt a' Ii tis-s of bthi~t andt lingeing ri in t h - o i e It f- t' magi- influene Ulos i i inn OrganiN, A - of itthe bet maiuke. $25 ea-ih aind lhmei No(0 vemb,ler I , iat lpot cash prices o n ii tao .iO c'ash iiid blahincei No nimbe r I, at t,pott cash prices on an )ran t-ci et)liv(iredc, freighit fre, at yomn til ltfri;t botht wiays if niot satisfactory. WVrite fo rchiua. * Columbia, S. 0. cit .olnanti;i -let withI hits fathenrs'. Now,' he h,alt htten rich hie'd hail a ib-d to him 1 am siltin all aoi In my little, ion y The fire is burning a hearth And my heart is ful of gloom. The rain is pouring down without In ceaselt sS. drenching shower, And silence ho:ds the tnastery, This dreary, midnight Iour. I am thinking of the nast tonight 8o full of li ght a.ul lode, Of visions rising to the view, To dazzle but to fade To cheer the heart with transient gleams Of hopes too pure for earth, Then glide away, like rainbow hues, And perish e'en in birth. I am thinking of a form tonight Which loved me long ago; An ye of sweetest, clearest hue That Hoav'n could e'en bestow; Of clustering hair anti coral lips, And teeth as pure as pearl; Of mode4 blush anit love-lit smile 'ure, teoder- hearted girl. We may not ever meet again. 'is better so to ho, For love like mine could not but end In sole idolatry. 'T-e sweet. to know, wlhatever woo May wring this heart fur thee, That thou at least m1y live in peace And sutrer none for me. And yet if IIcav'n one boon wouttl grant To mno of bliss untold, Sweeter tItan all the sweets of searth Anti Ileaven a thousati.f'old, 'lh it bgpI woulId he but once again Thy 0rn and face to see; To hold thy little hand in mino And hear thee speak to mae. Farewell ! It may not. cannot he, The will of Uodt be done, An ti sweetest benedictions fall On thee, beloved one. Above the leep blue vault above, Close Iby Uod's shining throne, I'll tinet theo with thy crown antid harp Anti call thee mine alone. W. It. u. 1HOW JEFF. I)AV'IS WAS AJiiCSTED. A Curieus Story that the Nobles of Ann Is to., are Wont to 'lll. ANNISTON, ALA., Nov. 26.-Jefferson Davis has had a good many narrow es capes, but one of them has never been told in print, and the chief actor in the af'air has never cared to talk about it. Somewhere along in the fifties the Nobles, an English family residing in Pennsylvania, decided to move south ward. They selected Rome, Ga., as their objective point, and started on their journey after making the necessary disposition of their goods. The Nobles had some family jewels and about $4,000 in cash. How to carry these valuables safely bothered then not a little, but they packed the money and jewels in an old-fashioned English hand chest and took thom along. The travel ers landed at Charleston and took the next train for their destination.. Some extra fare was demanded, and in paying it they had to open the chest and expose their treasure. Sharp eyes wore on the watch, and the glitter of the content8 of the chest attracted attention. As a matter of precaution the chest was confided to Miss Mary Noble, who eat in a secluded section of the car with her back to the door. At Branchville S. C., two gentlemen boarded the train. One was a young, wiry man, and the other was tall and slender, past the meridian of life, and of distinguished appearance, When Augusta was reached the two strangers went on to Atlanta, and the Nobles discovered that their precious chest was missing. The conductor was clamorously appealed to, and ho instant ly gave it as his opinion that "the one eyed man had stolen it." "He's a bad looking fellow," s.tid the conductor. The chest had evidently been sntched out at the roar window of the car, as tho susp)eted man took his dleparturo at a nmoment when Miss Noble's attention was fixed in some other direction. After a consultation it was decided that Mrs. Noble and Miss Mary should proceed to Atlanta and cause .the o rrest of the supposed thief, while Mr. Noble and the others remained in Augusta awaiting, not very confidently, the re suilt. Mrs. Noble succeeded in tracing the twvo men to their stop)ping pla1ce in At lanta, and identified them as soon as she saw them. At her request they were arrested and curried to police headquar ters, where the astonishing discovery was made that the "one-eyed mani" was P'resident Pierce's Secretary of WVar, Jefferson D)avis, and his companion was his private secretary. Mr. Diavis wvas in a good humor, and of course the two gentlemen were at once released with many apologies. Before leaving, Mr. Davis told Mrs. Noble and her daughter that lhe regretted their loss, and he tendered them a twen ty dollar gold piece as an evideiuco of his sympathy. Mrs. Noble declined to ae. cept the gift, but Miss Mary spoke up and said: "Yes, take it. T1hat is some of our money that the old rascal took." Mr. Davis smiled and pressed the mioney upon Mrs. Noble, wno finally took it, andi carried it to her htusband in Augusta. After the election of Mr. Davis to the Presidency of the Southern Con federa cy, Mr. Noble, then a prosperous con tractor, visited him at Montgomery awd talked1 with him about inanufacturing caunon. Mr. D)avis asked him several questions andl then referred to the loss of the chest. Hie introduced Mr. Noble to Mrs. Davis and told the story of the arrest. Mrs. D)avis laughed heartily over the in cident, and with her husband took quite an interest in the Nobles from that time. Noble went to work and made hun dreds of cannon for the Confederacy. Later he foutnded and built up the fllumrishiing city of Anniston, Alabama. In the midst of his p)rospoerity lie is still devoted to the "one-eyed man" who was once supposed to be the author of his greatest misfortune. Tlhe I lrginaia Iebt. I ~t ii.\NDI, IDec. (.-ovemior' L ee, ini lisa mtessage to thle Gleaeral Assemibly to ty, in view of the recent dlecisioni by the L'naited St ales Supreme Courit, dleehiring lie Act of M1ay I12, 1887, constittiomati andI val id, andI re vers3ing the dletisin of J1 idge I land in regard to the eleven th rin eridhtent of thle Federal C onst itution, u recomnta e as the passag~e of a joinit resohi. utionsispetuling thle legal IproS eiiedins agin~tilst thiose whoii hiive tend( ered ioaponts in paymet (If taixe.s, as lie was as-iured b y aiuthlorit y that sucli nection wotuld (letidet ly beniefit, tiltlpaties conc.iernled, l ie t houaght thtat when the bonidhaolders considIered thits decision theay wot he willin tg Iio acep t suchl offer ats tie State can make, bassi upron thle su rphits to lie aippliedI toI Ihe pay menttt of the interest or pri ncipal of what thle State considers her iust dleb t. Thle fo Irmter 1proprietor (if D r. Stage's Cai tatrlh Itmedfy , for years mtade a sittndinh oiffer in aill At mei an neawsapers o(5(f p. t reward for ta (ase of cat arah Ihat lie i,itmd nott (tile. ITht prmesen! proptietors have re inewedl this offer. All thle drutggists sell thlis Itemedy, together with thec' "Douchle," andi all othier111 aplbmetecs ad vised to be used1 in uteenecti ith It. No ctafrrh p)11att is lnger ab'leto say "I1 ctannol lie icured. You get $500 in case (of failure. A Somnerville giril sah, . sIte neve mi 5issed a triaint in itll het life. SIte has got to, thei st.ati ii fre<iaent ly, shae satys, just as th trat wvas going ouit. bautshte always deeidled rIght away I ttat that was noit t he traait shte handlIi'enilooklng fur. Muna, the Hear Bred. Mr. Cole, df Bitlis, a m onary of the American Board, in Easter Turkey, in describing a journey from . arpoot to Bitlis, says: "We traveled for fir days'through a region where had newly fallen a remark able depoEit of neavenly bread, as the natives sometimes call it-manna. There were extensive forests of scrubby oaks and most of the deposit was on the leaves. Thousands of the poor peas ants, men, wonlen and children, were out upon the plains gathering the sweet I substance. Somo of them plunge into kettles of boiling water the newly cut branehes of thr oaks, which washes off the deposit until the water becomes so s sweet as to remind the Yankee of a veritable sugarin2 off in the old Granite i State as he takes sips of it. Other corn- c panios of natives may be seen vigorously beating with sticks the branches, that, from having been spread on the ground, have so dried that the glistening crys tals fall readily upon the carpet spread to receive them. The crystals are sepa rated from the pieces of loaves by a sieve, and thou the manna is pressed into cakes for use. The manna is in k groat demand among the Oriental Chris- I tians. As we were traveling through a rather dry region, the article came in ! t play for our plain repasts." I ow Brtgh's nIlsa e Iriina ed John Bright was horn in 1811. IIe made a tour of the Iloly Laund at the age of twen ty-four, but <!i<l not decide to pur lhas.t it, f owing to the existence of a Ilaw in the titlc. lie next began to invent things. On hl.i return from the Orient he discovered that t what, was most needed in both Europ e and A A merica was a good reliable lisease tor the use of the better classes. The poor and t humble were well supplied, but the rich, G the aristocratic and patrician statesmen, corned heads and porkists of the two lands languished for a good reliable disease that , poor people could nat obtali. So he began to sit up at night and peI feet Bright's dis F case. lie gained the prize at the Paris ex hibition, and l honorable lmcntion at the great centennial celebration:at Pliiladelphila for "meritorious and (efIective disease for the better classes.'' Since that time he has ben gratified to intice that the very best people, both in his land and in this, a'e handling Bright's dis":se. It I as becn kept (alt of the poor, and to die from this i uncut has been regarded as a proud dis tinction.-Uill 1qe in t1e Boston (lobe. Sernly, 'Trulh IN Stranger Ihan Fleilon. Wm. C. lIeaton of South Carolina, while at a hotel in 1'hiladelphila in 18(f5. was robbed of a valuable gold watch. lie sc!t t.ist In Olasshoro, N.' ., and oti Tuesday, the twenty-second anniversary of tle rob. bcry, found a package oc the Iloor of ia shed adjoining his house. Tnside was a eostly Itohl watch and a card bearitng the following inscription "In this b',x vou will 1in<i a gld watclh to be recognizel as t a substitute for the one taken from your room in Philadelphia in 1805.'' Now in the parlor meet the pair When the golden (lay is done, Two forms with but one rocking chair ''wo hearts that beat as one. A TONGUE IN KNOTS. I contracted malaria in the swamps of Lonisiana while working for the tale graph comlpany, and uisedoevery kind of medteine I could hear of without relief. I at last succeeded in breaking the fever, but it cost me over $100.00, and then my systetm was p)rostrate d and saturated with imiaanal poison and I became almost helpless. I finally came here, my mouth so tilled with sores that I could ~scarcely eat, and my tongue rawv and ti led with little knots. Various remedies were re sorted to without fifet. I bought two bottles of 13. B. B. itnd it has cured and1 strengthened me. All Sores of my mouth are healed and my tongue entire ly clear of knots and soreness, and I feel hike a newv man. Jackson, TPenn., April 20, .18813. A. F. BurirroN. 1 STIFF? JOINTS. C A MOsI nlEMAnKAiu ease: 01 .S(ioygg ~ AND RiiWUMATIsM. I have a little boy twelve years old whose knees have been drawn almost double and his joints are perfectly stify, and he has been in this condition three g years, unable to walk. Dutring that time I the medical board of Lonidon county ex-3 amined him and pronounced the disease scrofula and p)rescribed, but no benefitt ever derived. I1 then used a much ad- t vertised prieparation without benefit. '1hree weeks ago he became perfectly sI helpless and sttffered (1read fully. .A friend wvho had usled 1B. 13. B. adi vised1 its use. IIe has used one0 bottle andi all pain has ceased and lie can now walk. T1his has been a most wonderful action, ias his compllaint had ballied every thing. I shall continue to use it on him. Miis. EMnA (alitits. Unitia, Tenn., March 2, 1886. c WEB3B CITIY, AltK,, BLOOD. IIaving tested .1. 13. B. and found it to be0 all that is claimed for it, I commend 1: it to any and every one sun'ering from t blood poison. It has (dono me more 1: good for less muoney anld in a shorter s sp)aco of time than any blood purifier .1 il ever used. I owe the comfort of my c life to its use, for I have been troubled v with ia severe form of blood >oison for 5 ii or i years and found( 110 rehof equal to I that given by the use of B. B. B. o W. C. Mc(*aUnEr. Webb City, Ark., May 3, 1886. All who1 dtesire futl infoimatton about the cause, sail cure of 110i'o oiis, scrofuila aind scrofutous sWulliings, I:leers, sores, tRheuma. lisi, K iney c omplatis, (tarrh'l, (etc., cLan secr by nual, frte, at cop)y our 32 pa-a oiltus. I ratedl 150lk oif wondercis, ti lled with t$he most wonde(trful andmi staitltiin proof ever before knowna. Adduress,l IcOo) nSaiLM Atlanta, (ia. SH OW_CA8E.WALLAS ES. DESKS, OFFICE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. Amk for- sIlustratedt Pamphlet. TERRY sa10w VANE co., Naahyliuri, 'ena. PITTS CARtMINAT'IVE! TEWTILING CIII L D)REN. An inIstant relief for colic of inlfants. Otures D)ysentory, D)iarrho>a, Chleira InIfanrtumn or any dliseases of the stomach andt bowels. M\ akes the critical pe ied of Tieething safe and easy. Is a safe and pleasant t')nie. For sale by all drug.gisis, andh for wholesale by l[owano, Wirmc.n FAR LVES FOE O for Enagineers, Aarchtet' o and bridg nhiien ; for1 yui erf,Fame aa Mrhanics.1 * . i'Teecuopic ,,ig.ht in heal iid (t S~f A ~ M'hiit, tdegrto,<i bl e ex tension grai - - 4 ivalids' Hotel and Surgoal.lustitiit Staff of Eighteon gsperleneed ea4 Man. ' ful Physleiaaa and Mugreo*se ALL. CHRONIC DISEASES A SPEIAL.TY.- - attents treated hero or at their home. Msny eated at home, through correpondence, iccessfully as if here in person. Come aut ~o us, or send toni centa ini stamps for pW invalids' Ouide"Book," which gives all pqruO liue. Address: Woitr.'S DIBPRIdAx YW hi>K AL A dSOCIATION, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N. For "worn-out," "run-down," debilitate Thool teachers, milliners, semunstresses, hou e'opera, and overwvorked women ge eraU r. Piereo'se Favorite Prescription is t bee f all restorative tonics. It is inot a "Cure-al. ut adiiraly fulfills a singleness of purpose deng a most potent Specific for all thoe bhronio Weaknesses and Diseases peculiar to moinen. 7he treatment of many thoueauiO f such eases, at the Invnlids' Hotel and ?al Institute lins afforded a large expe noe a adapting remedies for their cure, and Dr. Pierce's Favorite Presoriptiui the result of this vst experience. or iutorntal congestion; iilakmmatlon md ulceration, it is a Specifie. it s a powerful general, as\w ell as uterine, t4nie <d nrvinc, and imparts vigor and strength o the whole system. It cures wveansms tomnach, indigestion, bloating, weak baRk iervou prostration, cx au t ion, debility ani leeplesiiess, i either sex. Favorite Preeurip ion is sold by drug ists under our poetie uarantcc. Seco wrapi7cr around bottle. PRICE $1.00, FR Send 10 cents in statnps for Dr. Pierce's largS Creatlso on Diseases of WVoin 1160 pages, apor-covered). Address, WORLD B DIer ARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 003 Main Stre luffalo, N. Y. Wc wg LITTLE " t e cn" LIVER ANTI-BILIOUS and CATIIART10. BICK HCADACHE, BIlions Iloadache,, Dizzinese Constipa-_ a ulliousAttacka, )romnptiy cured by Dr. Piercec's Pleasanat Piirgattvo Pellets. 20 *. o .. .,. 1g Druggists. PRIVATE BOAIDINO. ON THE FllRSL' OF OCTOBER, the imdersigned oponed a IlSI' CLASS I30A1WING IIOUSE n Charlest->n, for the accommodation of i )oth Transieut and Permanent Boarders. The Building, located on the northeast iorner of Wontwolth and Glebe streets, s conveniently near the business portion )f King street, yet free from the noise )f the thoroughfares. It is within easy each from the Academy of Music and 'rom Churches of all the different de lominatioin. TIhe house has~ been thoroughly re >alired1, and fitted up in good style with uew furniture and fixtures. TFerms renabOuule(. For further information addrcss or Miss S. S. EDWARDB, rti Charleston, S. C. Bilder's Liver PILLS. The justly celebrated SOUTHERN EGE'TAILE PILL having been used a a household remedy for the past half entury, in all the Southern and WVestern tates, for the cure of D)yspopsia, Bl Diusness, Malaria andt all diseases of the IVERI, have, by their WONDERFUL CURES, ained the supremacy over all other ~ILLS on the market. After one trial on will join the cry for "GILDER'S 'ILLS" with the ten million people of he United States who are now using hem. If your merchant hia not got them, end 25 cents in stamps to G. BARRETT & co.. AUG USTA, GA. I1L\lIlIiE FI1'L\ A LI' I NSTI ITJTE. Th'le current session of this Institute loses January 21st, 1888, when the ~pring Session begins,- which ends June th, 1888. .The p)resent -session1 is one of the most 'rosperous in the history of the Insti ute. There is room for only a few more ocarding p)upilsl. The health of the shiool, the accomnmodations of its board 2g department, and the eficiency of its orps of teachers are unsurpassed any rhere in the South. The first of January a very convenient time for entering. 'uils are charged only from date of atrance. R1ev. WM. 1R. ATKINSON, Charlotte, N. PIrincipal. OA6 roIJR AOTHE IS A L.INIMENT PERFECTLY H ARML ES.AND SHOULD E USED A FCW MONTHIS,DEFORE CONFINEMENTE SEND FOR BOOK TO MOTWE RS a ~3RA#IflREULToR G LAT AA.GAI DITCING,D ANINS, 4. Caianea& nie w ha iiEi lv ojli g thirsate , rlpo , gral ti Ire an oItr fr radin iteiro n target, bexpre ,ao. a wlfiti orth (sa withorer Ittions wI