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now, without consuming more lime than J am entitled to occupy, 19 the stationing by the President of armed soldiers at or near the places of .voting o? the day of election.? Upon this ground alono, if no other reasous had beeu urged by the contestant or showu by the evidence, the scat of the coutcstec should be declared vacant. If, as was alleged, insurrection and domestic violence existed in this -congressiAnal district, then it would have been impossible to have had any proceeding which could be dignified with the name of ab election, even with the active assistance of all the managers, supervisors aud deputy marshals, who surrounded tho polls, with tho soldiers to aid them. ir ,,,, e?pl, rrindirion of thincrs. then the presence of the troops, secured in violation of law by Governor Chamberlain, to insure the success of the republican ticket upon which ho and the contcstco were candidates, should nullify the elcctiou. 1V"e have already shown, however, by iucontcstiblo proof, which might l>c augmented by the testimony ot hundreds of other witnesses of both colore and of both parties, that 110 such coudition of things as the governor aud President affirmed iu their proclamations existed in South Carolina in the summer or fall of 1870, but on the contrary, that the courts were in the full tvnd unobstructed exercise of all their rightitil authority and that there was nowhere any armed body of white men which a constable, duly commissioned, could not have instantly dispersed or induced by a show of authority to submit to the demands r ?'> ' ' >?> itinf itn nnlv vcnl annrolletl U1 lUV- > V....- ~...J - ---- -J.J siou eutertained by auy ouc of even a violent breach of the peace arose solely from the imbecile and corrupt character of the State government and its inability or unwillingness to keep in subjoetiou the lawless militia it had organized and equipped. If there was any evidence whatever (which I utterly deny) that could have justified the governor ia calling upon the President for troops, I have never yet found auy one, except Governor Chamberlain himself, who (pretending to hatfc any personal knowledge of such facts) claimed that the Legislature could not have been convened and the requisition, if its members had thought it necessary, have been made upon the President in the manner prescribed by the Constitution. * * Blunted as our sense of the great wrong may be, by its frequent repetition, there is, 1 confidently believe, "virtue enough" left with the people to compel their public servants in the future to keep within tho prescribed limits of that Constitution which their official oath requires them to uphold and defend, l'ain would I believe that there is little danger of our again "seeing a Legislature of a sovereign State expelled from the halls of the capital at the point of the bayonet; or the members of a similar body in another State required to exhibit their credentials to a "corporal of the guard," who baeked by the power of the United States Army, thrusts aside asuffioicnt number of the choseu representatives of the people to give a legislative majority to a party whid had been defeated at the polls. Fain would I hope that never again will the blush of shame be brought to the check or an indignant sense of wrotig swell the heart of auy American citizen by being compelled to walk beneath the crossed bayonets of the soldier in order to exercise his boasted right of suffrage. Hut we must remember that iust in this way. bv one en cruachuicut after another upon the rights of the people, justified at first by specious pleas of necessity, do tyrants aud usurpers when unrebuked and allowed to continue their disregard of law finally rob the people of their liberties and find their way to absolute dominion ; that the most sacred right once lost have been recovered only throught revolutions and seas of blood; that it was after a struggle contiuucd for six centuries the Euglish people regained the rights which no one would have dared to call in question in the time of Saxon Edward the Confessor. We must never forget that 'despotism made possibie is certain.' The Governors ok South Carolina Since 1800.?1800, .John Drayton; 1802, James 11. llichardsou ; 1801, Paul Hamilton ; 180(J, Charles Pinckncy; 1808, John lirnvtA.. . iqio \fi.ii,...... . iuto Joseph Kllston; 1815, David 11. Williams; 181G, Andrew Pickens; 1818. John Gcddcs; 1820, Thomas Dennett; 1822, John L. Wilson; 1821, Richard I. Manning; 182G, John Taylor; 1S28, Stephen D. Miller; 1830, 'James Hamilton; 1832, Robert V. llaync ; 1831, George MeDuflio; 183G, Pierce M. Rutlcr; 1838, Patrick Noble; 1810. John P. Krchardson ; 18-12, James If. Hammond; 181-4, William Aiken; 18-lG, David Johnson; 1818, Whiteuiarsh R. Soabrook ; 1850, John A. Means; 1852, John L. Manning; 1854, James II. Adams , 1856, It. P. W. Allston ; 1858 William II. Gist; 18G0, P. W. Pickens; 18G2, M. L. Houhaui; 18G4, A. G. Magralh ; iHP.n T. < v-.- . idea u w o?. AWUV, (/uuibo J4> V/l ? y X UUU, XX. i\. OUUl I y 1870, Robert K. Scott ; 1H72 Franklin J. Moses, jr. ; 1871, Daniel II. Chamberlain j 1870, Wado Hampton ; 1878, Wade Hampton ; 1879, Wm. D. Simpson. The Farmers' Friends.?The swallow, swift and nighthawk, are the guardians of the atmosphere. They check the increase of insects that otherwise would overload it. Woodpeckers, and chickadees arc the guardians of the trunks of trees. Warblers and flycatchers protoct tho foliage. Rlackbirds, thrushes, crows and larks protect the surface of the soil ; snipe and woodcock pro- i tort the soil under tho surface. Each tribe has its respective duties to perform in the i economy of nature ; aud it is an undoubted i fact that if tho birds were all swept away from off tho earth, man could not live upon it, vegetation would wither aud die, and in- j sects would become so numerous that no living thing could withstand their a'tackp. HYMN, IIY JAMES 1). BlU'CE EVANS. Is there ft God? Can any soul deny The Author of Ills being ? Can a heart Breathe the rank Upas poisou of a doubt. Blasting the blossoms of Religion's tiee, Aud leave the breast a desert of despair ? Let him to ho daret, $ land forth ! Behold the earth, * That bud pluck'd by its Maker's holy hand From the bright garden of Eternity, Aud placed in living beauty on the lap Of Tiino: Doth it not breathe of Heaven's high King The denthlcss aroma? Hast thou e'er seen The wakening of the dreamy earth from sleep? When o'er the enstern hills mnjestic rose, As conscious of his loveliness, the Sun ? Doth ho not shine, a jewel bright and rare. Upon the hand of God?that Gem of light ? Host ever seen the king-storm wave his magic wand, Lashing the waves to fury, when the winds Enjoy a holiday of boisterous bliss, And, mounted on each billowy courser's back, To madness goad him??when the foamy nnne Erect and streaming, speaks the useless rage, And tells the great omnipotence of God ? And when at eve, upon some grassy knoll. The faint, sweet whisper of a vernal breeze Wafted the perfume from some violet bed, Did not its fragrance tell thee of a God ? Arc these not proofs enough ? Then wander forth Upon a cold autumnal, moonless night, And contcmplnto ihe heavens??vcry Rtar, Or great or small, enwoven in a wreath, flung in harmonious beauty round his brow, Kays forth the name of (Jod. Canst tell their count ? The utmost limit of thy fancy's strctcli Doth fail to nunibei-|ha)f hast done ? Then Know That all those myriad worlds God thouyht to life. And lie has strown them, as in sportive play, Upon the bosoin of unbounded space, To shadow forth His glory. Every sphere Doth hymn its music in bright rays of light, Until the blended harmony doth flow In ceaseless streams to till His sea of Praise ; While, seated on His throne, the ICiug of Heaven Doth ever bathe in music's holy waves. Down, down upon thy knees, thou soulless man ! And conscious that it needs a soul to feel The deathless presence of Almiahly God. Entreat Him to impart into thy frame One living spark of generous holy fire, To light the bcncon of thy hnppiuees ; And as thou prayest, stealing to thy heart, More pure and sweet than honied diamonds, Acalin, bright stream of heavenly bliss will blow, And flood thy soul with joy. ' 7'is (his, 'tis this? The holy rapture of a prayerful heart? Which, more than all, convinces of a God. None doubt who pray, and though full of t we sec The webs of supor.-tition iu the heart, Vet better thus than for the soul oT man, Like a bright tree, so full of blossomed hopes, Io nourish in its breast tIre serpent Doubt. ? AN INFAMOUS MURDER. Ono of the uiost brutal and cold-blooded murders ever reported oeeurcd at Marshall early this morning. The prsncipal victim is a Not thorn actor. The members of the Warde-Harrymoro combination weut to the depot to take the train going North at 2 o'clock A. M.f on their wayout of the State after an engagement of several weeks in the principal cities. During the evening '-Diplomacy" had been rendered at the theatre. Maurice Darryuiore, Denjauiiu C. Porter j^nd Miss Josephine Raker went into rcspaqraut adjoining the waiting room to get refreshments. In the rear of this room is a saloon with a door open between. James Curric, a Texas Pacific Railroad detective, was seated alone in this saloon, where he could see the parties in the restaurant Shortly after the entrance of the above named pcrsous Currie call out: ' That's a high-toned you have with you." Rarrymorc replied: ''You arc mistaken there ; this is a lady under our protection. You must not insult her;" and added, touching Courrie's evident intoxication, ''We don't want to have any trouble with you." Curric rose to his feet ntid advancing, said, 4 W"ill you take it up?" Parrymorc answered: "No; wo don't want to take it up *t all. We arc both unarmed ; leave us alone." Currie walked nearer, and with the words. "I don't like to be talked to in this way," drew a six-shooter and tired, the ball passing through Uarrymore's left arm and through the upper part of his chest, coming out below the shoulder at the back.? At this Porter stepped up, and placing his hand on Carrie's shoulder, said : "Come, now,you've had enough of this." With an oath Curric threw the revolver down against Porter's body and fired again, the the ball in this instance going through Porter's abdomen and coming out at the back. A bystander then stepped forward and uurrie also nrcd at him, but unssed. 1'or? tcr sank to the floor iu an unconscious condition. lie lived only fifty minutes afterward. Barrytnoro's wouud is painful, but it is not considered dangerous. After the shooting Curiie drew a sccoud revolver, and with one at full cock iu each hand defied arrest. There had been no witness to the a 11 air except the bar-kccpcr and Miss Baker. A policeman?an old man, without arms ?entered soon after, when Currio put up his revolvers and quietly submitted to arrest. Excitement over the affair crew in intensity until tlio lynching of Currie by the enraged populace sceuicd probublo.? Even in Dallas the feeling runs high. It is regarded as the most dastardly murder that has taken place, even in Texas, for many years, and it is thought will hurt tho State very much. The Combination Company is still at Marshall. Porter's remains will be placed in a casket and sent North. C'urric has lived in Texas for several years. He was formcly a scout with General Custer. He has lived in Kansas, also, where lie killed two men. He was first engaged by tho. Texas Pacifio Company as n detective in working up the cnscs of tho Sam Pass gang of train robbers.? Lately he has acted as a private detoctive on the road. He is largo, powerfully built and a regular rough frontiersman. When in liquor he is quarrceomo and overbearing. L ^ <7 THErFINANCIAL SITUATIONTA? Vi'euw o/" Colonel William Johnston, o/" i Charlotte. Charlotte, N. C., March 17, 1879. Your favor ask iug uio to givo you my views on "the finuueiui situation of the country and its future prospeots" is received hasten .to briefly reply. Our couutry aT^Wse'nt is in a peculiar coudition. Owing to tho rapid contraction and forced resumption of specie payments, the entire couutry has passed for the last four years through an ordeal hitherto unkuown. Nearly all values have dimiuished, property has shruuk, labor has been depressed, and glooui and dcspoudcncy have hung like a pall over the laud. All industries have suffered except that of tho buuker and broker, who received their discounts. Tho industrious aud enterprising, who borrowed capital to creato uew enterprises, generally became tho victims of high interest and the shrinkage iu price of property. Hundreds of thousandsof honest men havo in a few years past been made thus to tread the road to bankruptcy. Capital had be conic turucd irom these courses uud hid itself iu secret places. This was the condition of thiugs 011 January 1st, when resumption took place, and to n great extent stillUrxists. 13^it tho indications are bright? cnltrg, aud the pro3pcct is decidedly more cheering. There is uo doubt but that the bottom has beeu reached. When contraction ceased and paper and gold cauic together to be of equal value, it was mauifest that the crisis had been reached and that the dowu grade of depression and ruin was about to terminate. Tho country is now at the bottom iu a trausitive state, aud as soon as confidence is restored will commence to assume a renewed prosperity. It is now on a rigid economy, which will greatly help the revival of prosperity. Confidence in (inaucc is a plaut of slow growth, (jive it time. It is gradually coming. Resumption of specie payments is ^ mcce.ic, With a balance of ?300,000,000 of gold or its equivalent iu favor of our couutry iu its foreign trade, it could not be otherwise. Hut few want specie; the miser cannot uow hoard it with any profit. The farmer, merchant ami mechanic prefer the greenbacks, because they will purcliuso as much property, pay as much debt, und is jnore convenient to handle. The importer alone requires specie, and the supply is more than ample for him. Again, wo are rapidly gaining specie from foreign countries, owing to the large excess of our exports over our imports. This bnlaucc of trade in our favor has to pe paid in specie or United States bonds. The European stock of bonds is said to bo nearly exhausted, more than three-fouiths of them having been repurchased in this country. Then wo may expect our foreign trade to yield us annually large amounts of gold. Again, the gold and silver mined nnnually in this country amounts to about 875,000,000, and is increasing. You will recollect that the price of property in any country is governed or regulated by the amount of the circulating medium. On the 31st of December last, the currency iu circulation in the United States, consisting of legal tenders, hank notes and fractional currency, was less than 8700,000,000. On the 1st of Januart, the day after, when resumption took place, nearly 8300,000,000 of gold and silver were added to this amount, making th i circulating medium near 81,000,000,000. Of this gold anc silver there were nearly 8130.000,000 iu the Unitod States Treasury, over 830,000.000 held by the banks, and 8100,000,000 hoaided und bid iu boxes, trunks, safes, banks, &e.? These sums, in the treasury, banks, and housded amounts to nearly 8300,000,000, or <10 per centum additional to the then currency, were not in circulation until resumption or uutil paper bccamo as good as gold. That in the treasury was locked up fur resuuipticu and that held otherwise was used as an articlo of merchandise. It commanded a premium nud was bought and sold as a horse or cow or any other merchantable commodity. Now, it is no better than pnpet money, nnd will, from necessity, perform its functions as currency iu the commerce of the nation. It can be used iu no other way, except by a few ignorant misers who may hoard. Thus we see the nation has more currency to-day fhau it his had for years past. This ' fact, with the large amounts of gold and silver being mined nnd imported to pay tho balance of trade, has already had unsensible ofleet id making money easier and reducing the rates of interest on loans. Further evidence*of tlio easy money market is in tho large sales 6f governinet bonds at loss rates of interest, and of an advance of bonds and slock generally, over tho entire country. Tho Federal government has authorized the issue of treasury certificates of small denominations, bearing low interest , as well as the State of Georgia, which will be used as currency, though not intended for that purpose. Other States may do likewise. The great want of the country npw is confidence, which will gradually bo restored, but requires tinio. It* is based on the fidelity and integrity of contracts betwccu man aud man. Anotbor year with another crop, it is believed, will do much to res/ofd confidence, add to the volume of currency, and increase the value of personal and rcr.1 estate?so long and sndly depressed. Indeed, the signs of the times indicato thr t there is opening to the country nu.e^gf prosperity such as, it Los not enjo^frin sixteen yoars. Very rcsDcctfullv. \\tm. Johnston. A Dutch saloonist, when asked why ho hung a beer uiug in front?of bis place, replied : "Dou't dot constitution of the United States say 'Hang out your banners on dose outside walls?' So 1 puts mine flag on de front wall of mine shtorc."?Syracuse Timet. How MtOH Sued per Acre.?Tho quantity of seed per aero required for difforcot crops is rs follows : Wheat per acre, broadcast, otio and threoauarters to two bushels ; wheat per aero, rilled, one and one-half bushels. Rye, broadcast, one and three quarter bushels; rye, drilled, ono and one quarter bushels. Bnrlcy, broadcast, two to two and onohalf bushels ; barley, drilled, one and threequarters to two bushels. Oats, broadcast, two to three bushels; oats, drilled, two bushels. Timothy, one and one-half to two gallons. lied clover, when sown with timothy, two and one-half to thrco gallons; red clover, when sown without timothy, three to four gallons. Herds grass, fifteen to twenty pounds. Blue grass, twenty-one to twenty-eight 1 pounus, Luccrno, drilled, ten pounds. Millet, three-quarters toono bushel. Corn, iu hill, one to ouo and one-half gallons. Sorghum, two to three quarts. Buckwheat, one bushel. Arx is not Gold that G nrrEns.-Capt. Davi8, a jeweller of Rock Ilill, S. C-, was' the victim of a bold aud barefaced swindle one day last week. A uian from Rutherford County, N. C., sold him sonic sixty pennyweights or more of what he called and what had every appearance of being gold dust, for which Davis paid hiui 811. It was not until the counterfeit gold dust was sent to the assay office in Charlotte that the fraud was detected, when it turned out to be brass, pure and unodultcrated. The swindler, a young man of respectable parentage, whoso name is L. II. Smart, went to Charlotte and was there committed to jail, where he is still kept awaiting further developments It was disclosed ;c the trial that the uiau and two others had, for several months, been buying brass filings from a gunsmith, in Charlotte and selling the stuff in various parts of the Carliuas as gold dust. How to Measure without a Measure.?A box twenty inches square and sixteen and ouc-half inches deep will hold ouc barrel (three bushels). A box fifteen inches nhd fourteen anu one eighth inches deep will hold half a barrel (one and one-half bushels'). A box seventeen inches by jven inches and nino inches deep will h.id ouo-lhird of a barrel (ono bushel). A box ten inches by twelve inches and niue inches deep will hold one-sixth of a barrel (one-half of a bushel). A box eight inches by eight inches and uino inches deep will hold one peek. A box eight inches by eight inches and four and three-sixteenth iuchcs deep will hold oue gallon dry measure. The Nation publishes an editorial on "The Last Trace of War." It must have belonged to the harness of au artillery mule, though it can be of no possible use without auothcr trace.? Syracuse Standard. A wag in New York seeing a uvtu drive ta/ack into a card through the letter t iu the word ''Bos-ton," excitedly exclaimed : "Why, what are you about '! don't you know that laying tax an tea in llostun once raised a thundering muss there 1" Death bod repentance u>ay be all right, said Elder Suiuggius; hut people are not likely to seintilluto in Heaven who sin till luto ou earth.?Huston Traveler. ! The dying man called his servant, and said, "Sam. I'm dying. I'm going on a long journey." . "N^bber mind, uiassa ; it's all the way down hill." A sign beforo a Boston grocery reads as follows: "Wooden pails, six cents each.? Notice?We did not steal these pails, but we think the man wo bought them from did." B. F. KAWJLJS, DEALER. IN GROCERIES, HARDWARE, DRUGS, &C. NO. 1, EAST UNION. LOO WOOD, MADDER, COl'ERAS, ROSIN n, FOR COUGH AND CONSUMPTION Wild Cherry and Tar, Cod Liver Oil?Pur?, Cod Liver Oil wit It Wild Cherry and Lime? tastes good. Cod Liver Oil with Lime, FRUITS! FRUITS! ORANGES, Jl AI SINS, CURRANTS, ALMdNDS. COCO A NUTS, French Candies, a full AHMortnient, Don't forget to call at No 1, East Union. Deo 13 60 tf OILS, iiinoxiEiis, KEROSENE. HARNESS, MACHINE, SWEET, CASTOR, AND TURPENTINE, 8oM Cheap b, l|. F? HAWLKI. Not. 15 46 If PAINTS AND VARNISHES. PAINT BRUSHES, DRUGS AND MKDICINE8, CIOAHS, SNUJ'P, CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCOS A FINE LOT OF CROCKERY, JUST IN. TINWARE, WOODENWARE, HARDWARE, JUGS, JARS AC. For aal? rery low hj B. Y. llAH LS. 4 S. W. Porter's NEW STOCK! LOW PRICES, AY O QUICK SALES. FOR CASH ONLY. THE CHEAPEST DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, GENT'S HATS,, READY-MADE CLOTHING, B00T8 AND 8H0ES, 1JL in> W AUK ?AND? GROCERRIES, % Can be had at S. W. Porter's Cheap Store,?for CASH ONLY. l'lease don't ask for credit, as it is very unpleasant to rlfhse it; but I sell too cheap to allow a day's credit to my best friends. S. W. POUTER. Sept 27 39 tf UNION HOTEL Reopened and Furnished Throughout with NEW FU11N1TUKE. :o: THE Subscriber has the pleasure of announcing to the public thnt he has leased the Union Hotel and fitted it up with aew Furniture A and every other convenience for the comfort of the traveling public. THE TABLE shall be provided with the best of everything and served in the best style, to suit the tastes of all. Attentive and obliging Servants will be found at all hours to respond to the calls of tlio patrons of tho house. A First! CInsN Burr in the basement, where gentlemen can always lind the choicest of all kinds of malt and spirituous liquors, served in all styles. Having determined to make tho Union Hotel equal to any Hotel in the Slate, in nil rospccts, 1 hope to receive the patronage of the public. 11. J. THOMPSON. Spartanburg Ilerald and Carolina Sj>arlan copy three months. * *)ec G 49 tf Fine Brands of Chewing Tobacco: LUCY IIINTON', GOLDEN PIPPEX, PIG TAIL TWIST, FIXE CUT, TIE TAG XAVY, NICKEL, ELBA AND QUID PRO QUO, For Sale by B. F. BAWLS. No. l.Kast Union. Pec 20 51 tf Trusses, Trusses. A LARGE assortment, for Sale Cheap, by B. F. BAWLS. Dec '20 51 tf Greenville and Columbia B. B. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. fitafM Passenger Trains run daily, Sundays excepted, connecting with Night Trains on Sauth Cn' olina Iluilroad up and down. On and a(K?MONDAY, May 29th, the following will be the schedule: CP. Leave Columbia at 7.45 a m Leave Alston 9.80 a m l.eavc Newberry 10.50 a m Leave Cokesbury 2.17 p ni Leave Belton 4.00 pm Arrive at Greenville 6.85 p m nn?rv I.cave Greenville at 8.05 a m Leave Helton 9.55 a m Leave Cokesbury 11.88 a m Leave Newberry ?... 2.40 p ra Leave Alston 4.20 p nr. Arrive at Columbia 6.65 p m ANDERSON BRANCH AND BLUE RIDGE DIVISION. now. up. Leave Wnll?alla....6.16 a m Arrive 7.15 p m Leave Perryville...7.00 a m Arrivo ti.40 p m Leave Pendleton...7.60 a m Arrive C.00 p m Leave Anderson...8.60 a m Arrive 6.00 p m Arrive at Bolton...9.40 a m Leave 4.00 p m ? THOMAS DODAMEAD, General Superintendent. jabkz noiTOK, Jr., Ueneral Ticket Agent. June ft. 1876. 28 if Pioneer Paper Manufacturing Company. MANUFACTURERS of Book, News and wrapping PAPER. John W Nlehaloon, Agent, Athens, G& For snmpleof News, see this sheet. Not 22 45 tf FAMILY GROCERIES. IiAMS AND MIDDLINGS, MACKEREL, RICE, FLOUR, LARD. , ^ CORN MEAL AND MOLASSES. A Sold cheaper than *?. c . rv A T? IjB, at No. 1, East Union. Not 16 40 If ?DAVID JOHNSON, JR., ATTORNEY AND COUNftBLLER, Will practice in tho Supreme and Circuit Court* of tha State, also in United State* Court* for (be District of South Carolina. Deo Id 60 6m Oltl Pnpcra for Hale. ^ JjJNQUIRE at this office. ^ . V a