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Williams & Davis,-- Pro~rietorm1 A FamilyPap~6', bevotid to Scienico. Art, Inquiry, Industry and 'Literattlir,[em--30 o nuI dac VOL. IX. '0 WINNSBOROo So Cb WEDNESDAY MORNING,, AR8 84.[O 8 V'AIFIEtD liikALih IS PUBI8111SID W EI;KLY BY ,WILLIAMS, & DAVIS. Termsy.-Tuse 1[lanALD is publishel Wo in the Town of Winnsboro, at S3.011 - eriably in adva!nie. - All tt'ansient adve'ittenients to puad in advance. ,,Obituary Notices and Tributes $1 00 ajuare. Yll MO , tlilleN 50,1TIN' 110M., BY WILL 8. hAYS iloway, Davy ! light. an' thar'A no one home but me ; Tiar attil a mann a livin', sir, I'd soon like to Pee ; 'or Nencoe an' Lidtly's gone to see a sic m11an till the hill, l A it' Iliiranm.- gonce to git his grist 11-lason Tuirner's4 mill.,,. I wits ill town at', Duntliy. an' miy ben - and me agreed. I'o go to menetin'--ef you'll wait I'll tt you what I seed. The bells war t6ling' lively on lie baln Ani' folks wor in a hurry, like the ru':hi to a fair. The mjectin' -hcuse war built or clt: fie steeple pointed high. The winders they wer pminted all 1i . colors of (lice sky; Ani' rutinccc i l tlt! -teeple was P. gre lonig light 11in' rod I kinde-r thutcght. the meenhers lacked centience in' God. Thet big brIl sortcr hushel oislt' a.' thei it rung tome m110.ore, - An' people im ink cAIriages an' get out I hlie door The wimmen fixed thar diesses like Ihe . mcint to make a call, Thar faces showed they wnen't & thilikil ov the'r souls cit all, Wall. Davy, thar I st.ood an' IheIgOtht twais wicked, I suppose go to church to close ihar eyes, al . i iom to eye tlar clot les, I overheard old Misses Swell to Misst Stebbinis say, "My darter -Beeky's-dre-s. Varn't dohe bie woh't be hei'e to day." I stood Mhar hesit atin' like what sort c move to make I thought, that, I sh, uld go inside for ni salvation's sake ; I started Mieekly Iin tle house, I knew - -- warc't no harc, t. With thy oi broad-brim hat in han' ii jeans coat on mlly arm. I went along' bout, half way up th.) velvi car pet aisle. The men an' wimmin shut. thar gates, an - t hey bega. o huile; - I se'ed one open jest. a bit ; wont in at pulled it to, When Brown, tlhe banker, ,riz an' sai . This ere'sa rented pew." I got out of his' lbrented pen" nt' 8t down near the -door, txpedifn' for some man to say, "this en - Arented floor." A fine dreised stranger--he cfiE in--th members didn't wait, bid'-every feller-jumped at him, and oper . . .wido his gate. The person riz an' raised 113' hinds, wit . -. cold an haughty nir, *An'"everybody in the house stood u an' heard this-prayer. I don't knopiycew it is with them-somt ho* I always feel, .'m doin': God- injustice when I get te proud to kneel. Then all sot down ant' Rtared about, thei . at the parson's face, While le put on his specs an' sed, "Let' sing Amazin' Grace." An organ busteeal loose up stairs-th i mu.ic hit was gay, ...- k - 11ilt tickled them as eduld'nt sin', al them that had to pay. The Mfusic dit., the paraon ri:-the passed l-he li.tv round -next. An' whcent the deckines not them dowt1 lhe par,-on took is text. . IIe pcrenehod ahout:': two hoturs 'bout tic faith in God to keep - Thcu wimmiun' folks -ware -rnoddin', whil thar huishands were asleep One gal sed to anothcer, "11ev you see my bow to-day ?".. She'd nod her ihed anc' the~n fay backe Th'1le party lit, was gay " One' whispe~ed loud enough behcind h c * fan fur-m ii6t hear..; - ' "aThat bonnet Sofy 'Tag's got oni is on -. lcse hclst last year..: 'I'he parson qenit and then sot dlown-th *orgin plcayed again: .I thoccght ef that .wa~s stervin' Dod, tic *ttunos theytyplpyed wcas thin -' I've lheat-dc t-hcoc hand, at circusees' jet " play t he selsf..same air; - - The parson, whett th'orgin quit, dismis: ed 'em all with prayer. New,. Davy, of the angels seed what did; I belicve *. That' warn't" --one- aon'g 'em all, lct what hatfed in 'ther sleeve; For Goad don't sie on Christians wh Ihis blessins will sbus. ; - Hie hal,ta't. no use for organs, and IHe don l i'ornted pe ws. Io rlngs no bells to tell 'em thcat, thc .abath'a. come once 41ot-e0 The attlcs heave no earriaiges to did've i * to ili doo , ; i . Such. Chcristians might as well look up G od, ut' sveecly smiloen An' say, ''I hotnd my Aoul dear Lord-I', comic'. Af~et':wlhle Oui Mtister ur! ini leaven, bavy, seen hears evetsythcing ; '' s. lIe lekes to eee -his chii'en kiioel, ai -loves to hear 'em sing - . For Whar- ie live. thce nigels sipit, a Ohristians gift their duesi ; Ills muslo costs. Ilim nothcing, auta Ie h nio rented pews. . * Thar- ain't no use o'fellin' 'long the ron -down to the grav~e Thar- is no way o'dodgln whcn you've g your soul to nave; Finb oh urchea, brgins, ear-l-ages, cloth rented pews ahi' eopelf "' bon't couint tht day-lie lays betwe yet' maker an' yerself. A Georgia girl allowed 800 m to kias her at ten cents a head, at * then went and gave the money to il poor withou6 spending a cent f glgeerine. A Pleasing Incident. A pleusing incident has- occurred which will do much towi.r. removing . sectional animosity, at least betweetu ek tho soldiers of the North and South, ill It appears that two Federal soldiere of Filpatrick's division were killed be in a skirnish it Lancaster county, in e 'bruary, 1865. They were buried by the rodside. Lately, however, their .bodies ,were exhumed by ex Cotafede3rates, and borne to tbe' rail road to be sent to Col. Iliach, of the 18th1 U. S.. Inatr'. tationetd ill Columbia. )udgeiickey Wrote a handsome letter to C.ol. Black, giving th.e detail, of the occurrence, and tl k inctives prunmpting ex-Confelerate t( tii to d) honor t. their fallou foe;. Their .reasolis are givei rt 1 '-he decoration.of Confedeiatt .graves in Madisou. Wis., by Unio.,' 1 soldiers in May last, at the suggestion of Gov. Washburne, of that State. y 2. The successful- rceom:Inendation' by Gov.. N6yes, of Ohio, that ihe Legislaturc of .that State should manke an appropriation .to surround the ' Confederata Cemetcry at Columbus, with a Suitable iron railing. 3. The ut terances and act ion of the t 5elXican wa' veterans li Washington in Janua'ry last. Judge Mackey mlentioti that the, entire part'iy who u*ndertook tinJ act' were e - on fede.r tte., a .d -S'1Pw of, them Al.exi'CanT war vetaias, ald that, they marcheil through it country Y marked by emitental chinmncys that are still block with the fires of internecine war.: The ietter conculudos with he. be - - lid' that.this ictioni will be ceniured o1y by thote who, dul ing the war., ( dovoted their. great mental energie., to the ascertaillnieit ..of the laiA of safe distances, as applied to projee. tiles.and. stood firmly by their homesi unatil thes3 hutoes wcrc.invtided." v Col. Black replied prsiniptly, that "this graceful and touching- act on the -part of the ex- Confederato soldiers of Lacaoter deserves 'to be-as it will be-noted and recorded side by ' -sido with tko acts of the "survivors of the Union army,1$ *hil-h4ou so polite. t ly and pleasaotly mer.tior-. Tkiesu events are born of the indmiraswn which gallant soldiers feel for each other, though on opposite sides they may have foUght ,0 d From oucl -man ifestations may we not (iscern the dawning of a now, a better era ; when the soldiers of the Union and of the Confederacy, with t olasped hands and united hearts, ehall enter upon the duties and exeriise e -the privileges which living in the sate land and -under ..the satne gov ernment imposen and permits ?" , - le returved thaiks in behalf of himself and those he represented. p .. The oflicers of tbe garrison ih Co.. lnibia are said to-bo perfect gentle men, and- a cordial.friendship exists between thern and the- good citizens of Colu-nbla. .- We trust that ere long the whole Union will be reedustruct 1 ed. The pdblishers of the "South," o f e which we have frequently made , men tiotj recently addressed a coninnnica. tion to the New York Herald contuin ing the following suggestion: Youi' y. knew, perhaps, that through the Sour h ars has beena especially ianifecsted of ,late ini South Carolina, , the people Searnestly desire an accession of white 1abdt- to render productive their vast , extent of.Idle lands. Here are fAvo wants, eachi immediaeto anid pressing. 1Cannot somiething be, done which shall supply both at the same time ,by bringing these wou!id-be employ. era and- emIployedl together ? To-day r wetstoipped into one. of the soup ehouses, where 'one day recently n.o feiwer than l,0l0 persons, of whomr 85were males, had .:reeived relief. We put the qIueation, "Would. you e Jike to go South 1t to the crowd. of mniserables whomi we there saw,~.and,' t a very large number anwered "Yes." It would wvant some oll'eetive agency in tho. different. States and in this city to carry out the .idea,. and the means of transportation are wanted. SWill any one volunteer to .help in any wvay to do:. thia.th-ing provided really good homaes and perinunent-em-. plo.ymnentsare guaranteel 1. ?- f so "se Swould like to hear from thcni. Ku Kinix Partionct . ~' Elijah Itardenr, who was conlvietml o of conspiracy on the 31 of Mlay, l8.72 -in .the United States (ijrcuit (b,urt., n held in Ch afleston and son t onezd to four year's imfprisonmnent ma t he Albany 1,%tlitenti ary and to pay a Sfine of $hi'0, has been pardoned by the P'resident, on the rommlinendla 'tion of many citizensm of h3ou-hI Caro lina, lle has observedi out two years e of his term of imaprisometnt. Our Coun ty CommissIoner of Imira7 In aecoodiance with the plan~ of the Taxpayers Convention, our De gation have 'unanimously ehoser Capt. Lewis Jones to be Commission mn er of limmigration for Edgeiol. ad County-a ch oice which, we are con 1e fident, will be profoundly acceptabl< or to the whole body~of our oltizona. Rdjefid& Aduertiser. Death of ex Prcsldwnt Fillmore. IUFFAO, N. Y., March 9.-Ex. Presidont Millard Fillmore died at his residence in this city, at ten t):inutes past 11, to-night. i1e was conscious up to the time of his death. At 8 o'clock, in reply to a question by his physician, he said nourishment was palatable. These were. hit last. words. II-is death was painless. ExECunvF MANSION, WASHINGTON, March 9.-It is with deep regret thiat the Presideit announces to the peo. p1l of the United States the death of Millard lillnore, one of his hnn. ored predIecssorA who died at Buffa. Io, New York. last evenin'g". The long continuedni and useful public eervioe and ciminent purity of, char, aeter of the deceased ex-Presidcnt, will be remembered b3yond the days of mourning in whjoh a natidn will be thrown by the event which is thus announced. As a mark of respect to his memory, it is ordered that thle Executive Mansion and the several Deprtments at .WVhingtoibe drap: ed in mourning until thbe closo of the day on which the funeral shall take place, and thit all business be sus. !ponded on the day of the fune L. I is further ordered, that the War and Navy Departments cause suitable milirary and naval honors to be paid ou the oceasion to the inemory of the eunent citizen, whose life is now lo-ue. (signed) U. S. GRANT-. Unc. A'unLsrA, G.., March.O.-TwO ne grocs, Peter Blair And\ Moses Sulli van, hid some angry words, during whioh Blair told Sullivan he was no ge.tlenan, The latterdemanded an apology, or setisfaction with shot-gude or pistols. Blair replied that be laad no apology, to make, but aecepted the c.hlenge, naming the tinie, place -end weapons. Thp. parties met a't Sand Bar Ferry, this morning, at 7 o'clock, accompanied by their see onds, two negroes, named Ralph Knight and William A.r.strong. I The grouind was stepped off, and i Colt's five-shooters placed in tlA , hundsi or i-: proine .d K;ight gaye the words of o ; Caigd: "Peter, are you ready T' Peter said, "Yes." "Moses, are you ready ?" Moset replied. "Yes." Then coln menced tno shooting, and both par ties tired away until the last barrel was discharged. The pistols were reloaded, and the principals resumed their positions.. The woids of com mand were repeated,. and the firing recommncnoe:, and continued until Blair fell to:the ground, shot throtugh both legs. 'T'he parties then returned to the city immediately.. Sullivan fougljt at thesane place last. year, and Biair fou'ght aiother negro near Savannah some time ago. ThPle Simmons 81mi, ' The entit-e Republican press of New England is.ini open revolt against Grant's recent surroder to Butler. 'The Boston -Transoript interprets thc moaning of the administition in- the Simmnnns appointment to be "No merchant need -apply.' - . Ilarper's Weekly eloses an editI rial. on the Simmron's ease as follows: "A*n r.ttemnpt in the White House to4 Johnsonize the Republican party . failed, and an effort to' Butlcrize it will be equally'uscless." The Springfield Republican ohb. rerves that it is worth mention thrit the leading Republican paper in each of the three States, Conneticutn Pennsylvania and Maryland, recog iizes the gravity ofG the sitnation 1 created b~y the Grant-Butler alliance,1 and iat in sympathy wvith the protes ting Massachusetts Republicans. A Dish of Ilorrors. A-rrANra, aiirc . G.-The inarsihal of Lawrencoville, Ga., yesterday shot and killed a young man who was trying to eseapoe TIo day an :oh'l and prominent citizen, nanted Braswell, of Lothonia, Ga., committed :sdii-de by shaooting hit'self with a bird gdin. Ma's. P.etiuoa, rf Atlanta bnmrmt ted suicidc. to (lay, by takin~g mor She premised ' er little daughter fifty co'ts to take a ddse4 .who did si. The ph;.sician will save the girl. -B Fat A New York correspet~lent of the News and fiodrier, speaking of opera troubles, pithily says : "The bi g pirinIa ddonnds t'din the manager Iti th their aivarioer They gi ab all and leave- im .n- debt. Sotnebody said a good thing the oth er day in desweribing a great singer 1as a cross b'etwecn a nightingale arid a vulture." The delegates from Chester (Coun Ly met on the first Monday in March, instant, and Major Julius Mills was unanimously chosen as the County Commissioner of Immigration for Chester County. Major Mills -is therefore commended to the citizens of this county baving businese ' with the.Bureaw.,of Immigration.--Repor ter, It Is the "God-.41W" Who Owe the Printer. It is lets atrange than true. that nearly. all of the so-called "good men," that is, the healthy and weal thy men of the country, are they who are the tardiest in paying the prii tt r. The man of small micans ill mfost ini&ii ablySpays up and,:jgeops clear of.books-hv bes a feltov-feel. ing for th:ee who toil, and pays at once for what he gets. But the good man, he of whom everybody says, "oh ho's good for it vu know"-we lament to say is the lgeot inl pay. ing. . Why is itsso? th re asun Ihat thev think-that:tio c- three or five dollars is such D small 'anount to-them, thatit is a trille to the prin. t6r. Dear "good men "-you are laboring under a delusion. Add all of the small amounts togetther and it will make you think gtherwise. We rejoice to know thM -the country io full of "good men"---thoy . are the salt of the earth, but they won't save i paper from "busting," thesn panicy 0imaies. Open your pr)Uderous ist lhat clenches that old time worn pocket book, that you have carried in hose blue jeans breeches pockets for In, these many years and gi'vo as -h iealthy shove up the hill.--Pidnont Press. .'c heaWily ponour in the above ci-emark,, and say that it is the "good nen" on our books that keep us from inving plenty of money in our pock its. We have asked, plea ted, and )egged fOr what .is d'e us,-. but it is '.t of no avail. . Thank Heaven, there sill be a pettlemlient soieday-and hell --Cncord Sun. Our opinion is that both the "good1" Ld "'aad" 'in might pay up a. ele miore proMptly.: A Strange Case. The vaite-Waller polygamy case s certainly the most singuluir that ver came before the courts of Maine. 4r. Waller, Mrs. Holden. his sister, dr. West, a brother-in-law -of Val er, and Waller's sister;' Elizabeth dentified Mrs. Waite positively as IA wa&i,' WifO. IHiq dan 'htnr Iarrie, eleven years oa, anTn son seven years old, testified thatJ he was their moGner Un 1. ;tiles, of Pictou, also identitied her. nad several witnesses swore to her dontity, and photograp'ls of her hildren were produced and proved 1o have been in her possession. The I udietment in the case charges that I 2atharine Wailer, al ins Carrie Al. < .ent, alias Carrie M. Waite, on the 19th of May, 1862, marriid John W'allery? at Piotou, Nova-Seotia, and >n the 24th of April, 1873, while her unsband aller was still living,- no j livorce having been granted to either I party, and no separation of seven. years having pecurred, che was aiar- r -ied inl Portlanid to Y. Waite, felon. < ously, knowing and unlawfully com nitting the crime of polygamy.. The C lefendant i% abut thirty years old 8 )f slight figure and attraative appear. t inde. She denies ever having seen Waller, who claims to be her husband, Uso ever'having known thd-five chil Iren who appeared as witnesses. )uring the -entire trial Mrs. Walter Vaite has maintainddthe nost per eat ooneposure. Th'le evidenco is uvarwhelmningly against her, and if he is guilty, liar acting is wonderful. er last husband (W aite) still be: ieves liar innocent. The Liquior Fight. ;TIre lager-dealers of Brooklyn have ippea ledto the Supremec Court from he dlecisions giving thbe excise coin nissioners the right to revokce their icenses for selling hoer on Sundays. 'T-he ruimshops of Columbus, Ohio, ire iiw meeting the- attablis of .the ett icoat crusa'des -by hi !ively per. ormancae of Shuoo Fly" oil key ugles. . Tho fuemp lis Avalaticlic says die loutthern Seuntory who . re-m in host. reputation 'aie lilears. Gordon, af Georgia, and Merrimnan, of North Darolina. 110th, espe'.ially in the bishiaa debd~es. have becomne promi icnt, and their utterances are treated with the utmnost gespect. 'Tho iljhrnIond Dilspatch thinks that the D)emnocrats who vatiia Ior Simmnons nade oine of'- heir usual tistakosa. 'If tfi-b confirmation of BhInuis will 'hiavo the anticipated eff'ect of ruptuing the Radical sohi darity in'diasahusetts,-perhaps the Democrats did a wiso thing after all. The-Geneva -award of $15,000,000 was orade seventeon months ago, yet nothing has been done towards its distributiorn. A good many of the claimants fear they are doomed to the same fate as the claimants upon the Freneh spoliation fund, whieh has been in -the treasury for more than half a century. SGo it strong when you advertise. Business 'is like arehiteture--its best supporterB are. int eolumns, and -eapi. talsare among its greatestorn amenta. tions hecgislalivc lieit, CIL.U'nuA, 8. C., Mareb 7. 1n the House this morning the committee to viheim was referted th. Memorial of the Iax".ayers in refer. enceo to the assssment of pr'op'erty, reported by a bill, Whieb rides as fullows That the law (chiaiter 12) title 3, part I of the General Statue:-) be amended so as to read as follows : The jiidges i the Cil'niit Courts shatH, on or before the firit day of' July of every li'th year, ap point three intlligeit taxpjayin~g citi. reris in eaclh of the Counties - I their roe1ective circuits, who hiall form ai county board of ecqualiz t ioll of the valuo of real pronertv. t('hu.i lestoin City is xecpted.. froni this, ind i, provided with a Fuccial boari as at p-esent constituted. The county An liturs are directed to lay before the boards of equaliztv ion their returns ).freal property meifo by them, with the additions they siall have mad', thereto. The bo.irds diall then qtrali-e he value of the real estate o that each tract s'iall be entered on the tax list at its trod value. Any eorson who can notsecureo relief* from ,he board is given the right, to appeal o the comptroller gemiral, to whom thall be forwarded all the te'timii ony .lative to such illeged gritevanCe.. Phe Compet'sation of tle ilombewrs o; he board is fixed at three dollars per hieii foer the time actually omployed I J'ereon. t -. The question of adrurnment I-n' ignin disounced on a resolut ion intro lused by Curtis, to adjourn on Tih ur s i c lay thie 12tn. nubject to the call f the plessing officersof both louses. 1reen, of lleagifort, moved as a sub tiuto to adjourn sine die on Fri. lay, the 13th. Mr. bleetze urged he adoption of the motion to take trecoss-ferthe reason that the bonl iolders of the State, who were Cv. lentL!y not dispo.sl to accept the ertna of the sca ling bill, probal v in Iended to apply to the Supreme Court .or a miandamIs to co1ipel the coMp. :roller general to levy a tax to pay lie interest on the bonds of the State. Julets the Legiflature 4nmnld bo iateu togetner io raxpaytrs woulli )O "erfecdy at the ')wer * tho u &umiors., A 1im1 ...u'Cy Ias in avor of a recess because there was 1 langer of the general government miildra wing th1 United caies troops rom the State, and giving the tax. myers a chance to clean out the ings. This argiianctt sceemed to lim onclusive. O reii withde..rw his sob. titute, and the original resolution ffered by Curtis was adtntedl andl ent to the .Senate, where it was mended so as- to fix the diy of ad riurnment on Satiurday, the 14th, and hon concourred in. The.' appropriation -measure * was earohdd to-day when the bill rooniv d its flial reading in the House, and ?as ordered to be enrolled for ratili. ation. -- The following is a cond.ii--] tatement of the various app. opi:t" ions, inoluding in the aggregate Ialaries, contingeiis, &o. 2'2,10ti 'nblic irast ittions, I S , 75n uhlic Sehool, , 3111,04 .egislative rxpenses including primt ing, I 9.t00 lotal, . . 1 S ,IJ;I, 15 This includes overything in the egular appropriation bill, but it will >o rememibored -that there lhavo been overal1 inldependpn1 aippro.piation' blbh isassed, whioh wi.1 I;;well the aggregate ppropriattionse made by this U enaral Xssemblly toia munch l aruer amiount. I'hie-followiig is a oarefuf est imaute of here independen t aptpropriat inohs; omec have al r.ad-/ become laws, and he others are in a fair ei ay to dlo so: tar.<dy Solotcn's bank $ 12.3.000 de'u~rellIi itond otherois, 6t'i Ei'' * t a liner', ,:. ! ',000 aoodrumit's tr i chi. imzn. 15i,0( 0 )ihcr claims (ostimraned) 200.000 idd regular ajpt pi-'e~tiohs $1 .,031,150, Which will take a taK..of ten mills, iitsed upon the ASnessment of 1873, to nee'Ct. liis t1ra ho ifembn oris seai-co y dare 1ee/', 'n view of' the fact that~ hey sill have to mieet their 'contiditu noy on the atnopi dur,.Ing the cobmieg iallI, and the conequence- ia that Ii nancial ruin.staires the Stato govern menit inIth'e'flace in whatever di ree Un't; it turn., f At a-late hour ofthe session some n~rothotion was caused by the receipt of a message from t he governior, enolos. inig the following tart letter from Purvis, the adjutant and inspoetor general of the State: OFF'ICp. A DJiT. AND) INSP'. Or.N., CoLUMnIA, S. U., Mcli. 6th, 1874. j His Excelleur'y, 1F. J. Moses, .Jr., Govy etnor' and C'ommnander'-inChief, Co lumbia, S. C: Sin-I have the honor to render to you herewith my resignation as adju tant and inspeetor gonoral of this State. Trho recent appropriation made Sby the General Assembly of this State is totally Inadequate to meet the requirements of this department. I, thereford, respectfully decline to hold any ineoure position ; it is eon sidered bp me as an insult. which I ,,hull nt take Cr aiow to be givon without resentment on my part ; this is tie only means left by which I can resent it. I am, sir, very. res:)cotfnlly, your Excelleney's obed oetn servant, it. W. l'UV1IS, Adjt.-ind Insp. General, S, C. On Iotmia of Hiamilton, of Peau. fort, the tiovernior was requestt'd to awcept the reiglten, Ilurley raIM el th-t the committee on military a I irs an 1 judiciary bo instructed to report , a hi1 to provide for an -elec. t ion to lii tie vateaAy occasioned by I'mivis' rwignatiov, bit a debate en. --d, atld the liouso adjourned with. mut coiming to a vote.-Columbia Cor. It Sa (Ii 'ourier. '!C $,000. The lit-lo Senato Grab of $156,000 net with a wa r mn reception in the louse Wediesday- It was volo. tielly attacked by Iolmes and My. r., and doended by Greene. Sperry ad letter fron R. Finnegan (ia .14er!: inl Fine's alooi,) indignantly libelaimain g any knowledge off a war. ant of $410 purporting to be given in ias a clerk, and - demanding that t should be destroyed in his pres. miee. G)reen, who as acting chair. iian of th comnitteo fathcred the >ill, denied the genuinenessof linno. ;an's letter. Grcone claimed that perry had been bribed to pass M. 1. Berry's bill. Bowley opposed ho bill, as requiring heavy tax:ation. N C!:tted not to benvo been at the mi)'ln ttee meeting (of which hie "e hairmnan,) but was r. mplussed at the etitoi how the commixitte coula avc gotten the bi!l withouit his oon ivanee. Attempt" waro made to ou!ghi himia downa while speaking. I lurley said that the Men who vero on tle floor to-day trying to r--101 11 V-oreo the vey nien who did get thc *2,500, and if the books of that bank ould be examined, he believed they vould prove it. He hoped that the lain' would not pasi. And beforo I onelaido, I will say that thoffan who 0ct the $2,500 from the'South Caro n a Iin k a n ild Tramt. (n~i.ilj'n,y So *1. ory man who, on tja .floor this .iog, aS noon trying to 'make a haea) reputation, so that he can be eturned to the next General Assem ly i he hoped the people of that ounty would never send him back. Smith, of Spnrtanburg, mado a troig appeal to the representatives f the people-not as Democrats or 'epublicians--not to vote for any li aI claim, which is covered all ver with fraud and corruptivi'. 1i e tiled upon tl:o m--).'r ti *i. gaiis t lie claim, and to vindicate liemtselIves. A f'er a long debate, the enacting lauso was stricken out. But the miat or is not dead yet. So little self espect havo the legistaure that they lultify their record day after day jr the smallest bribe. Wo are happy to see tha, the teg ,lature has resolved to adjourn, to joet on the tle written call of a mjority of the inaimrs. Tho soon r it, goes home, tle better. ligwehtt' Disrovery of $97,000,000 of Virii iS hilc Bonds. iTo~ Committee of the General ssemzably, ap~poinated to investigate lie tallegedl deftaletation by WV. D.. 'cleanta, ltate Seretary of the lloard i 4 Comm iissioniejs of thae State Sinak nig Fund, to-.-diay die.overed (lie normvouar amnoufl t of $~97,000O,000 ol ~tato houads stowed carelessly aaway ii an old wooden p ress ina the base ntent of the (Capittal buildird.-TIhese ondaaa wecre printedl anid signed bty he S3u:te TIretasurer uander the fund. tng aact,of l'?4, to be issued~ to hold rs of old bonds, as the latter w-ere Iron'ght in t~o be funded. Tlhe ruou ~eedinag 1.-gi.lature of 1872 d'sap >irovedl of the funding act, and a, ,ended its operat ion when a'>out inlf of tho Stato debt bad been fu .d vd, and hene the largo amount now 'ond in (lie Tr~aeasuarer's oflice which i.d never beena eencoeled or destroy ad. Tlhe whole amount of. thae Stiate lnht Is about $45i,t000,000,but more ,bant double that amount ha.1 to be )rintecd and signed to meet- the doe. nands of holders of all classes of bonds. What is strange about it is thiat., although theso bonds were mar ketablo all over thin world. and were lying in an insecure plae, none of themi haid been stolen, although op portunities to take them withouat any ebtance of detection occurredl every day almiost. A resolutioti was at on ce passed to b'tuild proper vaults in whieh to deposit the Stato funds and papers. Th'le Daily Newa says Gladstone has announced his intention to re linquish theo leadershIp of the op. position, but it is hoped he may be induced to modlfy It to retirement dluring thai present session of ParlIa. ment. Ile will como to a definite doe ision in a few days. An inimigration convention Is t< be held in Raleigh, N. C., ori :thi 1 7th~ of next nmnth, at which the fair mors of tie Old North State will dis eua thie question of~ supplying thesm solves with white E~uronoan labor. Dutler and Dawes. When biliously incliied, 'iBen ]ut. )er is in the habit of alluding to one of-his colleagues as follows : "The d-d fool, Dawes." "The d -d old Texas steer that is eternally breaking lit-o soniebody else'i corn fiold." "The 6ld gray..whiskered rat that is trying his best to scuttle th ship in mid-ocean by gnawing through tho bull." "Tho cowardly old deserter who tricsto make peo.. pie believo in bt's patriotism, etc.. etc." .. . . nrloria. Miss Nellie's intended, Mr. Sar toris, is at the Arlington in \'ash ington. lle is blond parts his hair in the iniddlb and looks 'inwtnsely English. The other night, in com pany with the President, he attend ed the Illinois Sociable. The Pres ident -was quite communicutivo about tLe prospeetive relationship. The Graphio thinks that stiffrago has failed. In view of the condition of South Carolina, Alabama, Arkan. saa, Mississippi and Louisana, there is soino reason for the existence of siuh a fecling. With the success of tl'o Domocratio party in 1876, how - over we trust it will be shown that even twelve years of Radical ruln have not given the coup do grace to self government. - Chronicle and1 &dincl., - - -- . .-.~ l)isgraceful Scenes. The General Assembly of South Carolina is on the eve of closing its arduous duties. () Its protractol sessions (extra and regulai) have been eventful in measures as varied as the contents ,of Pandora's box jmay kouulg o quesotinauto f.'ar.otcr, .i many more of useless expense, oUU but few fruitful with good to the State.. There have been soones, too, ..tral presented the humorous and ridiculous character of the Solons - but "the last scone of all, whmioh olosesthis strangO OvOntful history," Wal enle -hnniiesfll nnd indecorous proceedings at the session last even ing. A bill to amond the Act relativp to the pay o'f members witsbeing ds. cussed, when a colored member from Orangeburg -- Abrumin Dannerly who was, apparentli)Yvery mucieht un der the influence of liguor, obtained the floor, and used such irnpropper language as to force the &Spcn*'a r repeatedly to call him to' order. This excited Dannerly's 'ro, ant. in creased his foul and h:arthm language'; whei atie Sueaker was compelled te orde.- the Sergeant-at-Arms to re move the offend ing momber. That oflicer being absent, Assi.stant Simons attempted to perform that duty, but wip resisted-Dannerly even drawing a weapon. Here aro.e a Fcene of confusioti. llenry Riley, anotiat colored member, from Orangeburg, wentto the assi'stance of Dannierly, an1d L row at once ensued. Memtbers crod, d around, desks and chairs wero upset, oaths and loud foul mouthed expressions were to b heard, and finally a muscular iimm her pushedt forward, seized one of the offendt ing me mblers, an I bore h i mn by umain fo, ce out or t he hill. Quiet was then restored1. .Rce~edutions of eeni sure and cxp'ubrion were thon, intro duced, the offendors wero brought be fore thfe br of thme louse, aind finally expelled-Riiley by a vote of 60 -1 4 1, and Dannerly 71 to 1 8. Mr. Crittenden,' one of the Conservativa members, attempted to excuse Dn nerly, on thme SoorO of intoxiation stating that he wus usually a very qhuiet and peaceable man, but, than the whiskey demon had possess 'n of him. Trho louse, however, felt that the indignity was too great, and acted as above recordedJ ./ /,rnix. WViaI iDuca ILiiti menI We undetstand froini a gentlomari just from Chx ippoll's Depot, in this County, that tliroe boxes of guns and two boxes of cartridlges arrived at that point on Tfhursday list, directed to "Capt. A. Butler," who commtandd a eomnpany of militia just across the Saluda river in Edgeliold County. We are at a loss to know why thti' distribution of arms and Atmmunition. Is it for the purpose of bringing on a conflictof races?. The simple distribution of arms might mean nothing, but when thef are accomnpaniodi with baill tiartridge we must confess it looks .as if some thing more than mere drill was in. tended.-Sewberryj HIraLd.. A beautiful rn d neatlyf 'iressect young lady from thd 'riital district, after looking at several pairs of 14t vender-coolfed gloves in at Frbnti street store I4tely, adionf'abod' thd clerk by ankitig him *hich pair h'd thought the "I avonderes" A iseoond-banded furnitdr'e dierler on Michigen avenue, Detriot, h~ung out a oard inscribed, "iluggy I for sale I" and inadveteutly hung it en Ssood-hand bedstdad on the~ side walk, where it attraeted much 'atten-. - ton. This fable 'shows that'punmd tuation should ho taught in the pub lio schoolsi