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TIE WEEKLY Wm UHIOH TIMES. mi ^ gaot^d to ^jgrirulhir^, Sortiraltor^ gom^iit (fttonomg, Bp Jityrature,. folitu*, and the (Jurrent ^eics of the gag. XVIII.?New Series. * UNION C. H., SOUTH CARftmA, DECEMBER-2, 1887. , . NUMBER 47. ! 3 CArrcniMi Cafolifa.?There is an evident disposition in the North to look on South Caro-^ lill* the mightiest itronglloltl of Bourboniam in the country, and the fact that there ia a strong and growing independent party in that State, which, sooner or later, ia destined to hold the reins of power, will not be accepted in this region without some cogent proof. Suoh proof Hon. J. Oendrix Mcl?ane, the Independent candidate for Governor'ln"1882, an 1 perhaps the moat conspicuous leader of the new departure, submits in another column, to the Journal readers. The one thing whioh the 8001h Carolina Independents most keenly feel the need of is the generous and activo sympathy of the Republicans of the North, and in return for this they are willing to do all they eaa toward the election of a Republican President in 1888. Mr. Mctane maintains, and gives the figures on which his belief is based, that South Carolina on a free ballot'and fair cdunt will reject # the BousfcfiDB by an overwhelming vote. Witbodt Northern Republican assistance an' honest election is regarded as a sheer impossibility, so atroogly are the Bourbons eotrenched in poorer, but their reyy dtidscity is hastcoing their overthrow by alienating the beat elements of the ' Democratic party in the State. It is the wide-, aprtad and shameless corruption of Bourbon rule' io South Carolina which has made its defeat actually easier to accomplish there thatf in neighboring Slates, Tennessee. Georgia and North Carolina, for instansfaace^whose Democraf^administrations are far Jess objectionable. If the Beppblicans are to make an effort to break the Solid South next year, the State of Sobth Carolina, in the .light of Mr. MoLane's. experience, would surely seem to offer the greatest chances for success. One thing is well ; worth noting, and that is that the Independent movement, which Mr. MoLane represents, prioga from the soil of Soyth Carolina, and baa its strength among the best cltsses oflhe 1 State. It is no diversion of Northern adventu- 1 vers anxious to bo carried into offiee by the 1 negro vote. Mr. McLane in a few weeks re- 1 tl. , , . . J. i turua w uib huwb uwr a goon stay in new England. He baa suoeeeded in interesting in his eanre seTernl of the foremost Republi ' jtni of ihia section, and is preparing to begin 1 at an early dale a vigorous campaign. It is ' ore than possible that the Bourbon Gibraltar yaay be the first point in the solid South to ( yield. Sons St-kcimkm 9 Stobiks. ? Mr. MoLane Was asked, "What excuse do the Democrats ' offer for this wholesale fraud ?" He replied : "None at all, exoept that their party olaitns * that they must and will hold power in spite of 1 law or right. The Donrboa need to Mains that ' wealth and lnteWgenoe' should govern the 1 State; that ignorant negroes should not hold office nor rula in publio affairs. The Northern ^ people seemed satisfied with this exouse, and were willing to accept this Bourbon plea as ' somewhat of au exoneration for fraud in elec- ^ tions. But this was a false promise, a lie to begin with, a Bourbon deviee to deceive. The ' colored people never did clamor for office, and 1 as a race are now and always have been in * f?vor of good nud competent men filling the { offices. There was never n lime since they ( have been voters but when the best white men in the State could not have been elected to office by the help of colored voters if the whites had been wise and fair. In 1882, when the greatSit frauds that ever bad been known were committed, they were not committed against ignorant negroes, but more especially against native white men. In respect to the intellectual ability, social standing aod financial worth, the Indenendeut nominees would not suffer hv Comparison with the Democratic ticket. Had it b?en left to tbo educational qualification of tbe voters the number of votes for tbc Independent ticket would bave far surpassed the number of votes for tbe Democratic ticket. The vote gf tho most intelligent and wealthy man in the State is not any more secure under '. Bourbon management than is tho vote of tbe most ignorant and penniless negro.'' ''Do you think the Republicans could carry the Slate in '881" 'They can, and I speak advisodiy when I S iy that the Independents throughout the Stale think the same. South Carolina can be carried for tbe Kationnl Republican ticket next year easier than in any other State in the country. In voting for Congressmen and Presidential electors we can provide against the whole frauds described in the Bourbon methods of carrying State and county elections. The United States statutes provide fcr the appointment of supervisors ftom each parly in Congressional elections. Thuu the Independents would have supervisors to look after their interests at tbe Clls and assure an honest vote- The Bourns, knowing this, have separated tbe State from tbe Federal election, and have tbue shown * that they know they cyinot hold tho State in a national contest if the Republicans of the North encourage tbe Independents to make a campaign. To get down to figures, I know that in that caso the vote would aland as follows: Tbe whole strength of the Bourbons doe* not exceed 60,000 of the 86,000 white voters, end this ie less than oDe fourth of tbo voting population. There are about 1'20,000 colored voter*, at least 100,000 of whom can safely he counted on to go with the white Independents. Allowing that 20,000 negroes and 10,000 whites do not vote, from various causes, yon see there would be an opposing vote of 100,000 negroes and 26,000 Independents as against 60,000 Ilourbon votes, which would make a clear majority of 76,000 for the Independents. 8uch an overwhelming majority cannot be counted out if the National Jtepublican parly stands by us. The Southern Bourbons dread the Northern eye as they dread nothing else, and if it ehould become known that the Rc|ubHcan party would demand fair play in Federal elections, their attitude would change from that of bulldozing to one uf fear. 1 have wilnesrtd some of the worst outlawry they have ever attempted in any election, hut have never seen the mob Ibat could not have been easily quelled by half n dozen brave men, wearing as a sign of authority only the miniature flag of the United States at their laprl, if it were known they were earnestly hacked by the Republican party of the North. Such a determined backing would, without qucsticn, secure the electoral vote of the Slate to the Republicans and also bring them several members of Congress."?Boston Jour. Ml, % J'. | / Six Iluxnueii Milk or .Fibb.? Memphis, November 21.-r-Fire at 'Covington, Tennessee, early this morning, burned E. E. Smith's family grocery store, Lcnthcrwood & Turner's general grocery shire, in rear of whioh was looated the ppslofBcc and (J. W.{Smith's lnwoffico. The looses were partially insured. Forest fires oontinue to rape in -this section, and the damage sustained is becoming serious. Several ginhouses in Criltendon County, Ark., ba*e been burned, also in the counties of Mississippi whioh borders the rirer. It was impossible to gather the definite details of loss. It is so widespread in its nature that estimates cannot bo given. Steamers oannot run at night owinf to the dense smoke that prevails from Vick burg, Miss., }o a poiat 160 milt* tbotfltat' phis, a total dliitanoa of 050 miles. Fires are burning everywhere within tbia territory, and there is no immediate prospect of rain. Travel by rail is also obstructed from these causes. Several trestles on the Kansas City road have been destroyed, aod communication with St. Louis is now made via Forest City, Ark. Never before in the history jof the country has there been such widespread conflagration, and the loss to farmers will be very heavy. A windftorm, which prevailed on ?>alurday.and Saturday night, must have been destructive to mady dwellings and outhouses of planters, especially in counties to the West of Memphis, in Arkansas, but owing to the secluded country and lack of telegraphic facilities it will be several days before tho trueRendition of affairs is learned. The same reports come from every quarter of fires and the loss that is being sustained. The only escape that is promised will come from rain, and in nearly all the churches prayers were offered yesterday that showers might fall and destruction cease. Tub PntLosoriir or Pbbttt Things.?Mary Norton Bradford, in Boston Globe-. Not long since a young matron or my acquaintance was displaying her first-born to a bachelor friend of baby's pspa. The little woman naturally relt pardonable pride, not ouly in the adorable infant himself, but in his manifold adorning*. Bat, while his admiration of the baby came I quite up to tho maternal standard, the young man'a appreciation of baby's wardrobe was leoidedly beolw par. In the youogster's colicky contortions a bit J if beautifully embroidered flannel petticoat I eras for a moment exposed to view. ' I The sandal visitor had hitherto preserved a , liscreet silence, although he.had kept up an ( twfnl thinking as he omiuoaegr eyed the dainty ace-trimmed garments ..of tho little god. But tow the doling mother's "Isn't he a darling I" jave him his opportunity, amJLJi^tbroke out kith "A mighty euta litUe rascal, but what do roa put so maeh fringe on him fori" * "Fringe?" innocently queried the unsuspecting matron. "Yea," all these folderojs an' fixin'a," and lie pointed a profuse finger at the pretty' petticoat. "What's the use of 'em? They don't io him any good. He'd bo just as warm and just as happy without'em." "But he wouldn't bo so pretty," triumphantly responded the little woman. "Besides," and here her voice grew lender, "besides, they do mo good." No mother so poor but she will manage to make or buy or beg some bit of beiuty for the nestling of her heart 1 Fingers unused to needlework with shape themselves to dainty stitches and evolve a thing of beauty from tho most unpromising materials. As well arraiun the Almiubty for tenderlr (luting % rosebud anil enshrining it in lis soft green nest of calyx, as blame a mother for beautifying the belongings of her baby ! Better than Bonds.?"I see that you bavo a new cashier," remarked the president of one bank to another. "Yes, we set hiui to work yesterday." "Had any experience ?" "Lots of it." "Under heavy bonds, I suppose? Our man is under 8150,000." "Well, no; we did not require big bonds." "Great havens, man, he'll run off in two weeks with the whole bank." "We have every confidence in hiut." "Well, you'll pay dearly eneough for it. He'll be in Canada inside of a month." "I think not. You see he has just run away from a Canadian bank with 8200,000. -I think ho is safe enough."?Minneapolis Journal. Black as Night at 3.30 P. M.?Cincinnati, Nov. 19?A strange atmoipherio phenomenon occurred at Msysville, Ky., nnd at Manohester, O., this afternoon. The sun all tbo morning looked like a ball of fire. At 3.CO P. M. a dense cloud suddenly lowered upon the two towns, and five minutes later it was as dark as night. People became frightened and business was entirely suspended. Many of the supcretitioue thought the end had come, and began praying. A number of merchants hastened home from their stores. Chickens went to ruust riuu tuwa wciu uuuic (U ue iniltcu. ID the millet of the confusion n heavy snow-storm set in, nod when daylight relumed, fifteen minutes Inter, the ground was white. The same phenomenon occurred at Washington -ikiurt House. Habncm'8 Buhned Elephant. ? Bridgeport, Conn., November 23.?Prof. Scguin and I)r. Godfrey dissected tho carcass of the elephant Alice, burned in Sunday's fire, nt Barn urn k Bailey's winter quarters. In the ttomach were found over 300 pennies, part of a pocket knife, four cano ferules, n pieco of lead pipe and some pebbles. Mr. Burnum has offered a rcnatd of $1,000' for information that will Jead to the capture of the incendiary. Wttr w* ark Thank fuu.?We io this country seldom appreciate the advantage# and blessings that surround us until' wa pause to tbink them over. No people io the world are more trulj favored. We .have a magnificent country, with a progress that is unexampled and a future that is immeasurable. We have wise laws justly administered, and we enjoy under tbes* laws a liberty which is the envy of both hemispheres. We have splendid institutions of learniog, and homes, and hospitals and asylums that are uoequaled in history. We have great churches and progressive denominations, that extend their evangeliking influences throughout the world. And, greater than all, we have more happy homes and a better daily life than can be found anywhere. ti.. i a?? -l 1- ? luiuuguuui iiib paai year uie people 01 the land have prospered. They have escaped serious disturbances of ovcry kind. No destructive epidemic has visited them. It has been a great year and a good year, Full of business booms, pleasant occasions, lively politics, extensive munificence, unusual happiness and a plenty of marriages. We have every reason to be truly and sincerely grateful, and to-morrow we should offer up to the Ruler of oil things a full share of (hanks for the goodness that has blessed and preserved us. We should romember that the favors which surround us came through the Divino mercy,. out of trouble an<T toil, and that our oational greatness is a hcritigo which we should xealously guard and generously appreciate. We have evils to oope with and remedy, but they aro small compared to tho blessings of this prosperous Union. The stronglunged alarmists who want to turn everything upside down, and sacrifice order and prosperity to fanatical theories, sometimes manage to mffke considerable noise, but it has no real 'effect unpon tho sturdy oomroon sense of tbe American people, who know full well that in all tho essentials of government and of eitisenahip they -are tbe most favored of all nations.?Baltimore American. Slaughter in thr Sugar Fields.? New^ Qrieanf,^ November 24.--Th^. teleA number of persons, however, arrived hore to-day from that place. Franklin, colored, 6nid to.have boen ono of the agitators, said: (>So far as I know two meo who constituted tbe outer guard of citizens were fired upon about daybreak this morning, and seriously wounded. The firing was done by colored strikers. As sopn as this occurred the citizens turned out and attacked tho strikers wherever they met them. I don't know, how many wefo killed, but heard the number was twenty-five. I left Thibadeauax for my own safety." Bob Smith,another arrival, said that after .the strikers had shot two outpipkets the Clay Knoblock Guards marched to the front. Citizens also hastily collected, many of them on horseback. General shooting then began and in a short timff tbe strikors disappeared, several of them beiog killed. There are two or three hundred citizens under arms and thcy are terribly in earnest. All agitators, without regard to color or nationality, wero notified to*}uit town within twenty-four hours, and most of them loft instantly. Damages for Killino a Man.?Tho Augusta Chrooiole of yesterday says: "Ad unusual suit has heen begun in Laurens, which grows out of tho kilting of Bishop by John D. Shcahan, sodie time since. An attachment hns bejn issued against the effects of Mr. Sbeahan, be being now in Augusta, in pursuance of a suit for $20,000. The action is brought by Tolliver Roberts, administrator on the estate of Rufus L. Bishop through S. M. Pilgrim, of Spartanburg, and Col. B. D. Cunningham, of the Laureqs Bar, attorneye, the attachment, issuiog because of Sheahnn's non-residence at the time the complaint was filed. This rcoponjng of this case and the procoediugs of this action at law will be watched with interest in Augusta, where Mr. Sheahaq is woll and favorably known. Lyncuino-in Maryland.?Frederick^ Md., November 23.?Jotfu H. Bigus, colorod, charged with a felonious assault on Mrs. Yeakle, ao aged white woman, on Friday list, was taken from jail at 1.30 o'clock this morning and hanged to a tree about a quarter of a mile from the prison^ Bigus declnred his innoccnoe and said that Joo Hall, another colored man, was the perpetrator of the assault. Tho sheriff denied admission to the masked lynohers, who battered down the doors and took their rictitn Horn his cell. When the plaoe of execution was reached liigus asked to be permitted to pray, whieh was granted htm. Aftor he had been drawn up to the limb of a tree three pistol shots wcro fired into bio body, a ' fi i Poos!?The affection of the avercrn legislator for tho average og is ouo of the mysteries of *T.43ie dog alluded fo is not a usoful or a hflghtiful object. He is genorally a canino cSty quilt, deriving from a mysterious lnqqatry, preserving and perpetuating the characteristics of every breed known Ukjfko catalogues. His mission is to frighUft sensitive horses, to prevent sboep-raislas.in K!? 1 1 iw_ t ?c,?..Uv?.vu?p ig ...Iii ?uc UOOU of failing friends of the family and to affilUtrwith cordiality born of a fellow-feeling, wi'.;i tramps, burglars and sneak thieves who invade the premises whereon he ranges. Ho is never retnrnod for taxation but always Vetorns, when he is fondly supposed to gone for good, in time for menl?. And it is a familiar fact that the scantier the meals tho more abundant the dog. Ife usually terminates his career in a blase, of glory by substituting acquired insanity for native imbecility, going mad and lavishly distributing tho virus of hydrophobia among his friends aud acquaintances and entire strangers nbng a route of tv^enty or thirty miles. Thousands of acres oi^ rolling, grass-clad hills-de in this State invite the sheep and promise the most ar.n cable and wholesome ofmCut, and wool to clotho the farmer and bis family and supply scores of busy factories. But the raveniug, growling, tearing, prowling, entirely useless and altogether wrenneu country cur, with lean 6ides and ' whetted fangs thrusts bis ugly carcass in ' the path of progress and frightens away ' wealth, health and happiness.? Charleston 1 Sun. \ 3 - ? i A (Question op Economy.?Rock Ilill, NoYCiuber 22, 1887.?To the Editor of ( the tyMrs and Courier: Enclosod I send I Jrou afcopy of a resolution in regard to the n agriciptural college, passed unanimously; on j yesterday^ut a convention of lhes farmers' t association of York Connty. Please insert and caljl attention to it. You will see that c our p ople de not altogether accord with c the T Uman idea of pusbiog this matter. ( Your teapcctfally. Iredell Jonb^s HBp^ed, While we do not enter any j erietts ^jeetUos to the ultimate building" ( of anlagrioultoral college, we belive it wisest g not tft begin its construction now. It is an oxpejriment in several of our bister States, and Bis not been proved successful beyond quealbn. Tbo debt of the Stato is now on the increase and the bonds will have to be ( renewed in a few years. Wo believe it 1 would be wise not to involve the State in ^ new enterprises, but keep.its finances in a ; healthy condition, so as to ronow the bonds I at as low rate as possible. We further be- 1 lieva that this undertaking now would be 1 inconsistent with our effort to reduce ( taxation. f - Reached the Limit.?A Detroit ped- c dlerof tin ware took out some egg-beaters < on his last trio, and as the price was only < fifteen cents each, and tbey worked on a ^ new prinoiple, he calouhted on big sales. His first experience will answer fur all others. lie drove up to a firm-house in , the western part of Wayne County and j took a beater in to exhibit. The people ? liked it exceedingly well, but the old farmer * said: ' "Young man, I want to sec your patent." j "I have none. . t "Then your written authority to mako sale i." 1 "Don't need any." , ' "Then you must give me a bond, with ( 4 so sureties, in the suut of 31,000, that ( yon will stand bctweca mo and any trou- I ble." ; i '.' But I can't do that." ] "Then I can't buy. I'vo just had t> pay , royalty on a drive woll, damages for using , an infringement o i a patont gate, and have a lawsuit about a hayfork ond another ??ver a windmill, and we don't oven buy a dishpan without a bond that it don't in- 1 fringe on somebody's patent bath tub."? Detroit Eree Prat." Yet HeLovbs Her.?Moo finds any abiannl af fanU wilfi o wnmnn rot orArlra t^oth and nail to got her. lie colls her sfctravagant, jet yearns to pay her bills. Spa's bearlloss, bat ho devotei months to (fading the spot where that heart should I t. She's fickle, yet ho struggles for a place I bar affections. She's timid, bat ho, ! oble creature, has courage far two. She's i fraud, bat a darling. She's a goose, bnt a uok., She's snippy, and sweet. In fact, lie's a chameleon in tho very latest style of pots and dots and feathers and fixings. I he's lithe and graceful, and dainty and sar?and changcablo as tho wiod. Yet la's a moat desirable article of the bonscold furnishing, and thcro arc mighty few lea who want to get along without her, hamoleon?in a bustle?though she be. WllEltK 1'UOIIHITION PllOHlBITS.? Athens, Ga., Nov. 21.?At thia time, when w there is so much interest manifested in the m Sght which is being waged in Atlanta betwecn the advocates of prohibition and its 8J; >pponents, it may not provo uninteresting ^ to call attention to the operation of tho law rc o this city, whero a strict prohibitory 1 aw rc las been in force for several years. tb Athons is a city almost as largo as Co- su ninbia, and claims a population of 10,000 cc lonls and a per capita wealth greater than jD my other-Southern city. Prohibition has tb proved a signal success and an almost un- co nixed blesaiog to this thriving community. When the question was first agitated and ho matter under discussion, the usual plea St *ns uiadc that the business interests would to luffer, that the trade of the town would >e ruined, and that there would be an attcn- , til lant train of evils far greater than the curse bu >f the gilded 6?loon. Not such, however, has 0< . 861 >een its effects. The unfolding of time has ttterly disproved these dire prcditions. The 011 xado of the place has steadily increased, ftn in til this year it is confidently oxpected tri hat the cotton receipts will amount to an lundred thousand bales; and of courso all nil branohen of trade will and does keep pace with the development of the cotton busi- ^ less. fy The beneficent results of tho working of his law is most marked among the labor- av ng classes. A member of a promioeni firm, bu loing a large business on the. instalment rc >lan with this class of bread winners, in- tic bruied me that the immediate effect of W( irohibition on their business was to increase ag dieir monthly receipts from the same source gc] LOO per cent. Does not this speak vol- on imcs? ln The law is effective, but it is not claiin:d that liquor cannot be obtained. Doubt- ;8 ?ss those who want it very badly can find P" omc means of getting it, but most likely it tb s very risky business sclliog.it in the pr re own. * But the great point gained is that the inluoements, the allurements, invitalioos to or Irink, have been removed. There is no PJ nanner of doubt lbat*lbcrc is far leu liquor to rc^umed than before the era of probibi- t0 ris-ifin aw, that tb* matter is looked upon uaiw id judicata for all time and bos ceased to be ^ t theme for argument. 11. T. an GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. ae re; Cot.umdia, S. 0., November 22.?Tb? an Sovcrnor'a message, sent in to-day, first de akes up the State debt, which he states in he aggregate amounts to $6,400,000, of q0 vhich $277,000 is estimated ns valid bonds an ssued between 1868 and 1872 and anteicllum bonds not consolidated under the \ct 1873. There is cvory reason to believe re hat a large portion of theso havo been de- ml troyed and that tho Stats will never be sei sailed upon to redeem thorn. The Governor regards the recommendsion of the Comptroller that a limit be put wt in the lime when these bonds may be ex- to sbangcu as wise and commeuds it to the lousideration of the Legislature, us the ^ vhole State debt must be readjusted io t0 1893, tbe date of its maturity. m< THE SINKING FUVU COMMISSION'S WORK. The sinking fund commission during the pear has purchased nud cancelled $32,517. ?' >0 of deficiencies; decreasing the debt that imount. There is now outstanding $420, ,b 138 of deficiency bonds and stock which an will come due July 1, 1888, for which pro- iu vision must be made this session, $20,000 is now in hacd, leaving four huudrcd thou MtUVi ?V WW UIC?< ()(] To provide for iliu payment of these it is na reeouiendcd that authority be given the Qovernor and such others as utay be desig- ,r| nntcd to give notice, through the papers of pi Lite principal money markets of the world, th that South Car diua desires to issue bouds of for this sum, and ask for proposals for a loan |Jj to be secured by the State, in all respects ^ similar t> tho lirown consol bouds, except in rato of interest und dato of maturity. Thcro is no teason, he says, why tho loan 0f should not bo tukon at four or four and one- ti< half percent. to COMISU BKLIEV TOB TAXPAYERS. |? This adjustment would immediately effect th a saving of ?8,000 its the interest aocount, $ti and would bo but i>. oretasle of the relief taxpayers will feel w no the wljole Stale debt is refuoded in a li c- manner in 1893. If by maintaining the credit of tho State by 01 nromntlv mcotimr her liabilities we succeed iD .ultimately pi icing the entire debt at 4 n percent., the annual budget will show a ai dccreaso interest charges of $120,000. * FOIIIKITKU LANDS. Regarding forfeited lands the Governor 0 says the burdens of taxation should fall j* equally on all, but regrets that such is not 1 the case in South Ciroliua. As is seen by reference to tho list, the lands forlcited for w non-pajuaent of taxos at the'end of the c; fiscal yeir 1880 wcte 954,237 acres; the '' forfeited land list during iho year coding j v October 31, 1887, shows new forfeitures D incurred, bringing up tho total to 1,054, p 282 acres, and though 42,298 aores were ? sold or redeemed and 94 131 were stricken j' off as erroneous entries during the past 1 year, there still remains a net acreage of ? 914,853. Though^his is apparently a de-' a crease of 39,383, it is not due to taxes be- p ing more promptly paid; but to the activi of the land department. A law that ill abate this great growing evil is contended to the moat earnest consideration tho Legislature. The legislation on this ibjcct during the last decade is reviewed, towing tho effect temporizing legislation id had in contributing to tho undetirablu suit refarred to. The Governor therefore, commends legislation that will secure to ie purchaser of forfeited lands good and ifficicot title, and if this bo impractiible. that a law be passed authorising tho immissioncr.* of tho fund to bring actior, me courts or 'be several oouotic* where e forfeited lands are located, for the taxes, ists and penalties now due the State, ;ainst tho owners thereof, and by judgent regularly obtained, as for debt due, 11 the same to satisfy tho judgment, tho ale to preserve its priority of lien for said xcs over and abovo nil other judgments. tiib public schools. In regard to the public schools it is stated ere is an apparent decrease of enrollment, I this is due to the closing of the schools in mrgeiown county under an Act of the Asmbly and to an error of the last return from >rkcley County. There ia, however, throught the State a gradual and constant increase in e number enrolled and the average attendee. Longer terms and more thoroughly tined teachers are demanded. There should a general Act providing for local taxation to * ppleracnt the school fund, where the comtnuly desires schools of a higher grade. the sot'th carolina college. The South Carolina College is sgid to he in an couraging condition and it is sated as a grotiing fact that though the law requiring tui>e became bperntive this fall, yet the numr of matriculates already reached 100, the eragc to this time in the past fivo years being 1102. In speaking of the agricultural department, ference is mndc to the laboratory and the Id work carried on, and the Governor says, the character and extent of its experimental >rk this department is not* surpassed by any ;ricultura> collrge in 'the country. Favorable considcratidh is bespoke for the , IPTT1A for ihfl rnnrtrnntvallnn nf lha ineliiiition ft unirersiiy basis,* lo be submitted by the istees of the college. CITADEL ACADEMY. Of Ibe Soulb Carolina Military Academy it said, Ibe school is fulfilling id each of its dexlments the important service oommitied to and enjoys the approval of iboaa charged by e State with its oversight. The usual approbation fur the maintenance of the academy is commended. CLAFLIM COLLEGE. Of Claflin College It is said a marked inease and improvement in attendance is rented, and the Stale farm attached Is suooesiliy conducted and contributes a large shore its economical oonduet. Attention is oaUed the inadequate salaries of the professors. mmeuded fir the introduction Of a better tier supply sod electrio lights ; also tha usual Dual appropriation. DEPABTMKCT Of AOSIOOLmii / The department of agriculture Is said to bd complishing great good for the State. Its ports show the Increase and value in crops, d that the proportion of fertilisers, showing ficicncy in essential ingredients is decreasing; d other matters theroin are referred Le aa owing the value of the department. The ivertier comuiouds it 10 the cootinutd support d encouragement of the Legislature. EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS. In relation to the experimental stations, after viewmg what litis been done toward the esdishmeot of the two authorized at the last ision, allusion is made to the. necessity laid on the General Assembly of deciding what ititulions shall receive the benefits under the it of Congress. The suggestion is made tether the assignment of a portion of the sum be contributed by the general Government the agricultural department of the South rolina College, to be exclusively used in agiultural experiments, would not greatly add the value of the work of the two experiintal stations. TltB PENITENTIARY Concerning the penitentiary, reference is tde to the partial de; traction of the crops on s farms by freshe'tv and caterpillars, as rearing it impossible to return to the treasury e loan of S'25,0()0 advanced lest session, end extension is, therefore asked. The instition hns been mora than self-susteiniog ring the year, and has a clear profit of $3,0 to ?4.000. The board reoommeuds an apopriation direct from the treasury of $100,<), if so much be necessary, for the maintained of the institution during the ensuing or, with the promivo that all moneys collecil by them bo turned over to the State casurcr. Tlio board also believes the best an for the employment of convicts is to make cm do Agricultural labor after the expiration the present leases and contracts. With is in view, negotiations are being tnade for e purchase ot a tract of 4,500 acres in xinglon County. A REFORMATORY RECOMMENDED. Attention is called to the grave importance . the establishment of a reformatory iastilu>n for youthful criminals. Allusion is made the great saving resulting from (he law r dog it the duty of the superintendent of e Penitentiary to transport all convioU to c prison from the different counties. Only !,200 was used of the appropriation of $5,000. THE COLUMBIA CANAI.. Of the canal the message has the followiog : l'he question of what to do with this property f the Slate is one that demands your earnest >nsideraiion, on account of its great value om a business poiDt of view and because of , io undoubted impetus its speedy completion ad utilization for manufacturing purposes ould instantly give to similar developments f the numerous and mngoifioent water powers iroughout the whole upper portion of South arolina. The total cost up to the 31st of ctobcr, 1880, sinee which practically nothing as been expended upon the work, was $130,1)5,68?$53,180 71 cash, $77,574 07 estimo>d value ,of convict' labor?$5,130 of whioh ns contributed by Columbia. Erery cent unc from the surplus earnings of the Ponitcnary, so thai not ono mill of tax has eeer een lefied or collected for the purpose of deeloping to completion an enterprise of such lAgniiiulc and importance to the industrial roeperity of the St ile. The estimated cost of omplciiug the canal, which is conducted as eretoforc, is $42,600 in cash, and $127,220 in ibor, total $100,026. So far ns dollars and ents, therefore, are concerned, it become* imply n question whether it he true wisdom .id polity to throw away ?130,000 alieady exended by the final abandonment of the works." (Contludrd on Sfcoml """"' I '