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r- CHARLES E. R. DRAYTOX, Manager. AIKEX S. C., TUESDAY. I lUARY 1, ! SS.. you mi; o.- .. - ■' ■X UMRER m. Save Your Rlonev and Shop By IVsail COXGISESSIOXAI. WOKK. j arc mentioned—the site of the present ! office, on East Bay street: thesfiinn! C.iarlc-ton Gets Her I’ost Oftice, IJut house, at Broad and Meeting streets; the Jetty Appenjuiai ion Postponed tire northeast corner of (Jueen itud feSJSsr.-'SiE: ga*gy?’x •Hi W vaj Meeting streets, and the square hound ed by King, (’li/lord, Arehdale and Be res ford streets. and in Great Danger. Xcws and Courier. Washington, January 20.—The j Charleston jetty biil, which glided so ; National Railroad Commissioners sniootlil.vand uninterruptedly through ‘ • the Senate last week, piloted hy Sen ator Hampton, is now hung up in the House committee ou rivers and har- bors, where il will probably slumber tieipation of the President signing the • throughout tlie remainder of the fires- • hite:-State commerce bill there is a | cut session ; committee take tlie position that they j hill. At Die White House it is said ; cannot letdown the bars and advocate ! that there are already on file fifty ap- ! the passage of a special measure, as in j plications, and as many more names L, ... , , , ’ , Iiave been suggested to the President i Die case of Die Charleston harbor hill, • (i i loetlv ;uh1 j n direetiv. Tiiese posi- j for they say that any deviation from tions are more desirable than Con- D»e regular course in such mutters ! JPcssional honors, as the salary is ^T,- will create jealousies and provoke the a^^.vear and traveling expenses. Gen. Itouham mul Gen. 3IcErady Mentioned from South Carolina. Xetca etnd Courier. Washington, January l:4.—In an- f great scrambleforappointment on fhe 1 lie rivei>and l ,flt i coniiiiiii-sion of live provided for in tlie —U. C*AJ;~2S.O- ~Q7 KING STBEr, CHAKLE8TON, S. - (Opposite Masonic Temple •(>: I ^ * Great rsvm WV3% \ IIN/IUS UtliPAK ATfONS ? Fli\X(i: AXD t.EKMAX Y. HY The Till: CONFEDBR VTK. VETBilAXA (Jrow !!»" Interest in the What t lie State of South Carolina has 'iar nmah Afftrnhig New*. Done for Th»*lr Support. The interest v hich Die South is ex-! SouDi Carolina furnished more citing at the North i- remarkable, soldiers to tlie annv or Die late Con- 'NO r AM HI l^C’.’sf. ■A h Countries Pushing Porward to ProuJier- The Export of Horses 'rom Germany to France Stopped. London, January 22.—Tlie rumors of war between France and Germany, A Journalist Who J>ic! Not'CiU j io- Handle a Gun. --i'" 1 t - ■ ii pi ’1 bo edittu* of the Ruatier, says the St. Is»ji* Whitt, having published an lal though it is no ^.’^aier than is just!- j federncy, in firofMirtion t«> her White ar'.iclo romawning Col Bvvrser which tied hy Die iucreas,ng indications of; iiopuiation, than any State in the i the latter seemed otfenuwl at, was Southern progress and prosperity. Confederation of seceding Stateet ; IkHii wiannijjfd to rc» Til-re is scarcely a newspaper o*' which F. however, only natural, con-1 ceive a. ijuillynge to n duel, signed hy prominence in any of the Northern > .sideringthe fact that sucesdon had its j the Cofonel, In wfiicli lie wasofFered cities which has not more or less to | birth in her honlers. S!ic lias also | ids enoice of weapumt well as local- her if^itey were communicated to tne * : V>'ti^eut tin* wonderful development : done less toward relieving pebnle of both countries* in the con-i , * ,a *' ' s uow going on in Die Southern 1 maimed and wounded soldiers tbap c ritrated, compact form in which any Southern State. - Several tilings have conlflbutey to o,GO Pieces of II jgrjr s A. A. Silver Plated Fiatware. &e.,^:e. : O: 5,000 pieces of Rogers A. A. SILVER-PLATED FLATWARE, bought at an immense reduction from regular prices, to close out certain pattern which they are not going to make again, and which I am Beiling at the following prices; common enemies of the river and har bor hill to more stubborn opposition to the general measure. Repmsonta- Dve Dibble has consulted Messrs. South Carolina is «<h fur behind the other thirty-seven States in present ing names eligible for these desirable positions, and Gen M. L. Bonham, of Coiumbia, and Gen. E. J. McCradv. they are pre-ented bv the London pr*-s every day, would per riy^e every peaceful industry on either side or ti:c Riiine. it is fprUiiuHe .probably 1 any Hmitbern State. This is, perhaps, owing to tlie fact that Die State was Is now enjoying, the chief of which, probably, is the fact that Die nntionai thft neithevdhe press of •Berlni nor of it i*} control ot Dio D^ut- 1'drls is so enterprising as that of j < . >or:ltl . c • A Dcmocratu-a'inuu- London. If the contmrv were true it | ,s 1 t o11 Is ni>t lively to do aiiytaing is difficult to see how an immediate ' ,I,ore to a( ^' u h ce t.ie interests of t.ie COlttiie-t OOHlll mtftft he stmiethiii- ... , ... . , *v , r i nude tiiat comes from, tlie two gtxrit j i. i.iii oi an airs ill e\ eiy ftOut fiet n- give Die S mtii tlie ‘•boom’’ which it longer under Die control of tlie curpet- tr.-fg regime than other States and that spp Jiow Mil ininiediate ; ‘ , l,e avoided. But there I Soi, . tl1 tl,u '' 11,0 Republican aumini<- thing in this nmccasir.gf 1 -* 1 *.? 0 * '• J ; I'imucs A peiwx'ftjf My Price. 2n0 sets Teaspoon* 2b 12b sets Tablespoons 2 bO IbOsets Table Forks 2 b<) 7b “ Dessert Forks 2 2b 7b •* Dessert .Spoons 2 2b ItOSmip Ladles, each 2 00 100 Oyster Ladies 1 bO 100 Gravy Ladles 00 ICO Fish Knives 2 CO 100 Fake Knives 2 00 ICO Pie Knives 2 00 Regular Price. $2 00 4 00 T00 f'ri nib Scrapers 2b0 Sugar Slielis bOO Bn! ter Ku i ves loo i’ieklc Forks 100 ()yster Forks 2b0 Salt Spoons ;2b0 Mustard Spoons bOO Nut Picks b()0 Fruit Knives bOdoz t’hie k’ves.doz ■ Regular Price. Willis and Blanchard, the chairman !' > 1 fC, ' :ir,eston * are mentioned among and assistant chairman of tlie com- • 1 ie . ll . u,ue *' ous nppiieants. Georgia niitlec, witii a view to reaching some definite understanding on Die subject, tin co.n^ j j Urn | s j ies ,jj e 0 f ex-Gov. J. M. ) 4 00, IbOdi)/, T’ide K’ves 2 00 3 7b ddie above Goods are the very best quality of Silver, plated on Niekle Silver, ami are perfect in every respect, ami only sold at these Low Prices in order to close tlie entire lot out quickly. Every piece is warranted to wear from live to ten years constant use in any family, if properly used. hut thus far it appears Dial no satis* 4 b 11 factory terms can he agreed upon. 1 001 The situation is anything but en- 1 00 couraging to Die friends of the jetty 1 00 biil, and Senator Butler expresses 1 00 himself very emphatically and unmis- 50 fakabiy upon Die conduct <>f the House 7b ! for its manner of dealing with an im- 3b | porlant question. Says he: “Here is bO | a most peculiar stale of affairs. A b 00 | Renuidican Senate goes to work and j lasses a to aid Die hnith, at present member of the Slat* Railroad Gommisi-ion, and Wongre-s j man Hummoml. Tlie President lias j tiot yet intimated to any one, so far as i is known, what he proposes to do with this measure. There is another vein j desirable feature about tiiese positions which tlie lawyers who want them | are not losing sight of. It is tiiat o* ! equipment lor an extensive practice, i Altera man lias served on this eom- j.mission awhile lie gets into the swim of Die law ami knows the praetiee and continental nations that have a feud I centuries old tiiat has to tie washed j out by blood. One can almost hear! Die sound of constant preparation on • both sides. There is an endless din of incipient strife. The French Chamber is to g.ant whin ut debate nearly .^O,- 1 government tl 000,ttX) for the armaments for the,.-.. , army, one feature of which is a new j' s e *‘ii.l f"r muc.i o| the time there repr aliugritie. A'hn li'pui>!i'jue. Fr“■<- 1 u as V( * r - V deling between the Capital will go only where tliere is peace and eoutentineut, because peace is required for the prosecution of important enterprises. While Die Republicans were in control of the •ere-existed more or less dissatisfiction in all the Southern on- \ peonie of' 01 ,: »'v amt Knows the practice :imt j procedure perfectly, ami his services Charleston to improve their harbor i ... , , , , , - , and buiid up tlieir commerce, which 1 " 11 * demanded oy the ra:.road eoni- luis . uilereu bv Die reesnt eartiiqtmke. j ! ,u,uc * s at bl - k< -“ s - . i,i(MV are going to I lie bill is sent to Die House ami re- ! lu ‘ :i n b*'>.V suits growing out ot CT/ Send for Catalogue, living jirices of Watches, Jewelry and other ( ^ L ‘* pilverware, and buy where you get 11 r- best value for the Cash Money. JftfOn KJcELREE* Proprietor. ferreii to a committee, and- the latter tlie violations and evasions of tlib the officials who were m.nnhnined in power by means of federal bayonets, it was known years «g<> that the i^olUh possessed great agrieuitural resources, and tiiat sjveral of tlie Soutiieni Stales were rich in t imber, iron .yguM quai. Spec- e/;.bv. e cues out this week ami asks ifi s?. 1 "! it is hot too late to make tlie change, ft says: “Why so much precipitation? Is tite house on lire? We are asked, indeed, how, if we have war in two, three or four months, can we hold our own against Die enemy if our troop.-, are not provided with Die repeating rifle? This argument supports <n:r vie,£. It would lie a hundred Dines bet tic for u'k to enter on the campaign wiDSdlio Gras rifle, with which our,. , , - - ,, /- me fire familiar, than to u-,e a repeat- ! ! nf:> , i ,0 ' ver a kimliy fee ing Lille, the adoption of which would j the Northern am. Sout nece/sitabe a total aUcration of our! - M . 11 ptHipre at once became apparent ta -ties. ns not lie misuml i-.-fooii. Witii Diis kindfv feeling there came a mm mi t i:. ter I ere S885. Riew Goods. Fall Trade. ISOS Window Shades and Lace Curtains, Wilton, Velvet, Brussels, 3-ply Di- •s of every ami Natiier Mat- witii taeir regular river and harbor bill. ” Blanchard, when asked what the cornu ittee proposes to do witii the iiiii, ret died tiiat t Ik* committee w mini ii;’.r^ii\• he aide to take favorable ae- grain Carpets, lleartii Rugs. Boor Mats, Art Carpet, Window Mimics of size and (’olor, e-minaciiig all the New Style -. Cocoa, Caton tings, Fhmr Oil Ciotlis and Limdaums. Lace Curtains. Wit Ebony and Bra < 'ornices Si '.dow Coruii » s ami Poles, New Walnut, Cherry, Ash ; ti»I i on the jetty idii as a .at* D-’U ■ate ; meas.ire, nor could it iKidertnkt * to in- ere: ise the amount in tin? rivi r : uid ! liar bnr Idii for (Jin [irlesfoii liar lioi ‘ to $390 00. Mis plan is t<> smoth er Die ! Bui Icr »> i 11 ia t! i o csiminiUee rot on. [and \> hen the rive ■r aiid harh u* idii there will he suits in the lower court? in abundance'. The Mexican Pension I5ii!. Congre-s has at last passed a bill to pension Hie veterans of the Mexican war, and it now remains only for the ; s;gn,aujx* of tlie President make it i a law, which ho w ill •prubaidv ,-ign 'iiish.” On tlie other side they are talking with equal seriousness. The German i ulators made investnie (Ms in Die iron j iialf-ilo/.en or more Aejs iiave been ami coal lands, hilt there v as no! passed it.’proj>riating speeitie sums marked movement Li heliaif of indus- ranging from $25 to $20) to maimed or tidal enterprises. (disabled Confederate soldiers, each When Die Democracy part? came | .Vet, being, however, a specific appro.* el- I priation for an individual named. No it- general pension Act has - ever been passed. At the recent session, which closed on December 2i, an Act was passed enlarging Die provisions- oi what is known as the Artificial Limb Act, and extending iis benefits to persons who have resided in the State for ten years, whether they were natives or not. This is about all tiiat .lias evef tieeii done for the maimed soldiers of the Sta.eV A—^—Mga-- TIAI I’ldRA NCR ItEGlMRNT. she w as nrotiabiy Die worst-plutuiered Mate in the Mouth umder Unit plun dering r^rrllire. Moon after the wav, when Die first LegisjaDfre*m it. under Governor OrldniHl before the enRaii; eki ement of Die Mucks, an Aqt was rtfu^t*'**i'ivoVi(ffng>r ihe furnishing of iW'uhnm&nffmfr i-tm ii^s wdio liad lost a leg or an arm ii. the from saying it by a knowltnlxe of Oie service. Under this Act disabled soldiers received from $100 to (200 each, the necessary funds la*ing ap propriated dlivtially. It is to the credit of the carpet-bag Government that tills appropriation, about $10,000 annually, was never withheld. When tlie Government reverted to Die whites hy the revolution of lS7f5, an attempt was mafic to provide puu- sbuis fjir the disabled soldiers, but the State avfiis too piKii,' {md the one- artue 1 and one-leggi^t •Confederate soldfers in * the Leghdftlure were aiways the most slrenous ih opposing Di i measure. Every year since 18J6 and Pole Turcoman Curtains and Draperies. I pholstery Goods. Raw Milks in a variGy of ! .,. ten Fringes in all Color.-. Hair Cloths, Cane and Gimp and But tonus. Wail Papers, Borders and to tie • hi Decorations. Just pened For A” V’P ft -so r J ILA* Ww w> s«' e:i i .-ie ► : a Carolina Senators wiii he ealied upoiiJ° IU to do tlieir wi.rk over again and iiave j an amendment to Di * general anpro- concuui to i he fu!lowing pension of $S a to all surviving men, ineiuding w a print ion biil adopted to the piovisious of Die Idii wiiieli the senate lias already passed. Oil Paintings, Engravingand Chromes. Brooms, Dustcu-s Baskets, Door . , r t 7? U ?r r XV ; ,; '. 1 > hel ‘ Htlii)S f ,r l^m-s ami Window, to keep CMidniittee, and the House eon ereo out eolu, and ait sold at i.o’,vest Prices. -injeet will go before a confe F“ tr+ d = l-,-j \ a a gi pp itl m* »-.lB -—*.*» ii . 'i - a .. mA *. v •-> y ^ Chronicle Building, 714 Broad .Street, Augusta, Ga. T- wiil probably accept tiu* Senate amendment appropriating$300,003 for Ciiarlestoit hari.or. Senator Bo tier says if the jetty biil fails tlie Democratic Jlonse siiouid alone he held res. ion sib ie for it. The without delay summary of : he biil: It provides that a mouth shall be paid til •era an i enlisted marines, militia and j military and naval services of the i . .iit>*»l .'-hates, who bcin r duly enlist- ! • b- actualiy served sixty days w ith Die | army or n ivy of the Uniteil States in i Mexico or on tie* eoa-ts or frontiet thereof, or on route thereto in the w:u witii ihat nation, or who were aetuaii', engaged in tiattle in said war and honorably discharged, and to such, other officers and soldiers and sailors as may iiave been personally •named in any resolution of Congress for any HAN0.TlIiiJLiXNERTT±fih* Proclaim It From tlie IIojiso Tops, *• H ^ ^ tc.'. C>* \t '/ river not -• i #wi»i and harbor committee should j S '' :a; . ll: .* p "vice In said war, and the ot take it for y ranted that a niaioritv i "'f ' v ‘ i 1 ” wnlou’s of such, othce; s ann m 1 tTWT’ins’J. dX* WI1 r ;; need to tiie special hill. 'Ihc matter! ' now s h.ve not ri'inarried : Provuleii, tu m. - Li S t W w -Ji t ii u vv a posed totnespeci- .... ......... , should be reported from the commit#- - 1 mt over -V strch oliii. at sail Ik oinpnre these prices v iththfseof Die house ; tl -* culled chenp goods, and se< lio.v i down them, takes the shade, and the man with factory prim - is he is lest sight ot. .1 nut --top for one moment, ponder on yem' orders, for ;• uni are el tea per than they steads ut $2.00, $_Vj0. .<:!.!)*), $ !.•"/>, .; 1.0 I (5.00," M til nut lieudstead at -pS Ot), $0 !-0, aiui soon. * • ;.u $0 50. A Poplar Bureau, 1 M. top, 12x20 glass, 37 .;0. b* M. top, i i i glass, $8 50. A 20x30 glass $12 00. A P. 1 ir Dresser, marble lop V? ash .Stands, open, $1 25. f 1 50, $2. W ash M anils, enclose# Stands, combination drawers and commode, $4 of), Wood <'l yoy with so il v. n flic ]OOJ man eft so far 1). Iiind that rcileef, rea.d and send l. dii: ikd- tec, and the members of Die Hons t-ii mid be given a chance to express their opinions upon it. There nothing manly or straight forward j tlieir preposition t*> ! object of Die bill through tli 1 ot .*< cmdcrence committee. or widow who is or accomplish lean :ute stood un i.oldiv and told D:t*countrv tli w ill ever be ,03 $7.0), am , J .OOii u ished, 40c. Wood Rocker 50c. Large Arm Boston 1 up. A buenu, 12xf.O gh.s A Popi.r Burex 'esser wood I8:;2i glass, $5 50. Wash , nicely tin- • i Leytheught< Lad earned Congressional iiragLiuent, ami Du ir as uuitier was generai!y ;i’ip . a Democratic Hon e i.as l.ar: :e Arm tune Mciit il! mccly fiui'hcd $1 25. ( iiiii ren’.s Dancy Rockers, Roeki rs. (lot). Fivcspindie Ciiest Chairs, (mo. R-ekers. $225. Cradles, i 50 to $250. Cane Meat 1 C.liaiis, 72 1 .,c. Folding Cribs, $8 00. Children's lice Carp! t R eke 200,42 50. $3 00and up to the Ik t. *10 00 Side Boanis, ail prices V'd 0) to (50 0). Louu;*e W. An «leg mt Red Lotnq 90, Hall RicSts, < Suits, hair cloth, waimit frame. $.0 00. Rarim* Sui Irani*, $3tl.75 Sofas ami odd ciiairs ;>!1 pia.^es. Ni>. 0 C ware, *c 75. 7 Step 20 pieces ware, .GO 30. J rattan Rockers, $4 00 to 00 7<), l .>0 $5 50 :,<j 50 to s2>00. Parlor s, piiisb and walnut lop Stoves, 20 pieces No. S Step Stoves, 2(1 ion m • this matter was generally apm .u ieil. * u op- | top : porRinit y to do. a jn-t ami commend- ; ••qpi :il)le act, but :i few gentlemen v. ii > j are intt. e-^:*d as to the tide «-f tin* j ; river and harbor bill bloc!; Die way j ' :ind refuse to report tlie bili io ‘■.he | | House. As tlie matter stands'to-duv there is j I iu> certainty that !i river and harbor! i bill will iie passed at the presen* sea- i-ion, and in tiiat event Charleston wiii bo left out iu tlie cold entirely. ! Hepburn, of Iowa, Ander-on. of Kjiii- | sas, :*.n*l several other Representatives | i ■r, enlisted map ni.ty become 52 years of age, or wli<> is or inuv ixfconie subject to any disilniity or denend- 5 j eney e<iuivalent t > S'>uie ( ause pre- t j, 0 j scrllK-iI or recognized hy the pei:sioii : laws of Die United States as sufimieti! \ R**’4ul)- ' rL ‘ a ' 011 fur Die allow:i'*ce of a pension, ' ' sliaiWie cntitle l to the iieneiiis of tliis act; hut it shall not lie !k*M to ihclude any i or mi not within the rule of age ndeiicv iiereiu >!e- is;i'iili: v iiedium • i t mi i — v * * ‘*e * *-*ie 1 or tii.--abiiity or detii'iidmicy .i t-. * ’ u c; fined, or wiio \v iiiii* in n t\ v i»* ;t i g wed in or tiidin reiieiliuii agaius United States. Revised Statute ii relates to this tier this art. icurred such d aimer volnuie.r.ly en- t or iib.-l t in jr the late Die :;u.iio. ity of tiie Meelion 471 i5 of the is re*]call'd, so far as ict or pensioners un- t* iirmer Che ran' Til! man. ■trier. pieces ware, $i t 0<j. No G Inditinohi fiat t >p, an i 20 pii ces ware, . 12 50. No. 7 Iiidianola fl:it top, ami 20 pieces w;u e id *.•). No. S Indiunoia ti;st top, ami i 20 pieces wmc, (IGO ). No. (i Mamie Range, $18 00. No. 7 Mamie Range. I $15 00. And tliousaiids <>f otlier jirtieies that <* tnnot be mentioned here. Bot- toia prices to dealeis. Mend fur my illustrated Catalogue. 1< PA DG O F*1 ii*Gf p * ak G & >Ji Wc g, 1 "I f-TT'V M # 9 -i-J ..e M’e are not among those who have eondeinned all of Mr. Tilliiian's propo- sitimis indiscriminately, but have wtio are radically opposed to river | thought some of them were wise ami and harbor bills on general principles, | ought to lie adopted. We are, how- nroiiabiy beeausa they have no ini-i ever, most decidedly opposed-to tin* portant rivers or low hors in tlieir re- | eiibrt vvbic’n be se-ms now to lie mak- sneciive districts, have declared in tiie ! ing to hol<l members of the Legisla- ilotise that tliey wiii not permit the ture responsible to Die farmers for river and harbor bid to pass if tliey ! their neti-m on these measures. If we can I;:id means under Die rules to pre- are to liav#- class Icgialatiaii or class vent it. I distinctions in our political organiza- th 110 and 1112 BROAD STREET, A DC DSTA, GA ! Tims it 1 bill is in I river and | report the will lie seen tiiat til * jetty i precarious position, 'idle harbor eommutec will not bill to the House, ami there sooner we know it the bot- if tin* farmers wish to live ess- ESSi 1 I * - r, 1 y_/jA i l 3Q/ In ! its no : pronrip.tit>n , l 4 V — MANUFACTURERS GF iuarantte tiiat tiie general ap- bili wiii lie passed this r-*-i-:-^u# i, ,i t • even ii it does no a - s ur- am*e can be given that tlieamounl for Ciiarieston wiii he increased in accord - ance w itii the jirovisLuis of Die Butler bili. I n the ]louse tliere is a general seni i- iik nt in favor of assisting Cimrlcs ton, ! know and perhaps the committee on rivers and harbors consider it good policy, from tlieir standpoint, to keep a mer itorious provi.doii in* tlie bill to strengthen some of the other items ■■'Licit <i« not commend themselves to ame favor as the | t ion's, the ; ter; and ^ without till other callings or prof ions, the sooner they undertake it- ind j tind theirerror the belter. Tiie coun- i mv cannot a fiord to trifle with these insane tiieories for :i very long time. It should be settled at once wdieiher tiie various avocations of men are virtually dependent on (.ach other, or whether they can each set up a gov ernment lor itself. For our part we tiiat for many long years tin lawyers have voted theinsc ’ves into poverty rather than seem to be seek ing their own advantage. I.et who I'dlcnv Vhic Liuifcer, Uccrs, ash, Eliiuls, |timiiouse with u. w ' I Ciiarieston harbor improvement. i trow Tin* cnaklkston po,sr oprici: j lui.i, \v.\ 5 s.\ viiD—fnoiiAiim: sin:. i Congress, bv a unanimous vote in will talk dshedt a otherw ise, t his is an estab- Fointt*!* -—DEALERS IN- Wsn- :/ 'Xi & £ v/aro, both iuni-es , has declared that (' ton - hall iu ivo a n e i *p l eft? eo li 1 ■ hoa • *1 to - co-j not mor > a ) * 0 ID. Kilt i the •bill only retjui Pre idt lit S F i 2 nature to mai: law N net of t h cSou!h C; troiiu g re.-- mien : Uiti« •inute a Pres • An odd feature of tin* recent annul! report of the B ard of Vi<ilois to W<- t Point was its cla.-silierdion, by o(**u- pation, of 0,n01 fatliers of e;uididates il# tanner a stew- *!lt COR. HALE A CENTRE ST.. ft. £3 HU, AFCFST l,* r i JOBBERS OF- rs> Nos. 22J, 228 A 2-3) MEETING ST iothina, - CHARI.ESTON, S. C ‘"^n ) veto, l»ut as a pn cautionary nn asinv j Senator II; nipton and Representative I>ibhl * v. iil prui abiy call upon the i President ami explain its provisions las soon as the engfossed bill is laid A, GA. , be lore hint. Yesterday, after consideration of tiie hill had been objected to in tiie morn ing hour, Senators J iampton and Lu:- ler set lo work to devise some plan by I w hich prompt action could he ob tained, notwithstanding the single ; objection, and just before the hour of adjournment Senator Mahoiie. repre senting Die committeeon public build ings, ealied tin* atrention of the Senate to the fact tiiat Die sundry civil appro priation bill is in rapid process of p-.eparation for leport lo the Senate, ai d might be presented within a day or two. He added that there were bills on tiie shins should ite per, a prison wa w horn everybody ha< hea urd, two policemen, Duvu barbers, four itakers, twelve ID', rymen, eiglil- et*ii laboicr-. fortv-two imtej keeper-. i fi 5*6 it lain g fho.Tu i! h > y* f ox po r! G‘*-’. '1 hg NaWnutl deer of h'BLii**'. i he ~N / f , i j rtiol ycstelvi.ty Says: “-Vi'e are p >.4hiuely inforftiert that !hestaf'erum: irtiont the’ imp -Liing issue of r d :0*< eToi bU^iiug Mi the .wriher expo it oi iiori.es it true; amt t F.en fat it i- dm* to the fuel tlulb the! ^ t:t /' \H'' j 1 -''. 1 .' 1 ' imve lately been bu\ingiiorses I Ah U' N, ___ _ . vi Jiiecount:-.y, jin i u,rj;txl that Georgia '■' ' ' * * '* “ ■ -a'ry sietMWo Is? ere., It i?' jiTeffi* in ably e wno to say tMindfeils of peo- visited t!,y fafr got t'fieir first t: L country to an extraordinary and isisplahms extent. Tiie ncwls ^ eomeif hqiii Berlin tlint 8,0 0 liorses arrival at ff.rmiuirg early tliis week from Denimirk eu.route for France.'’ Tb^re lias been an enonnoua in- j crea-^ }« flh^ Germhu fnree-i on Die j Frendj(i iron tier, the f-Hce having been raigBf from 43,0.K) to 00,0:)!). This has | been fo*?, by a corrosnonding increase • , ., . , . . ;iTV" l 'vr!rrr' ! now a speoui.itive tever that may de- j privy many a one of small means of every dollar which lie possesses, bu! Jt» Membership 1,2208 Strong on tlio :;*ht »>f its Inatiguralfon. VoitK, Jan. 25—sl'lio inaugu- of tiie first total iibstinenee iiuent of New York, 1,200 strong, : place to-night at the Academy of.Music. Tliere w:us a notable ab sence of public men. Go!. F. I). Grant had been asked to protide but sent a letter of regret, as did Gov. Hill, Gen’s Sheridan and Schofield. Leon. Abbott, Mayor Hewitt, ex- ity- ... He did U’>t aiu^wer In; mai), aa was requeued‘to, bur tft<? eWStfing issue of his paper contained Ihi* fnttowing: ‘•lUaflors of the Rustler will re member that lit <un last issue, Ww described Gql- Bowsyr ao a man win* would not hesitate to rob'hi# father’s grave to get the tiding fWiH’lns teetli. We said Dds in oar oWu innocent way, ami merely, in tUo light of u 11 “Had We itfi.fflirt1g of the kflnd wo would lime befio deterred rlodgi Oiet that Jlowner's father, bad no fill ing in his teeth, On I esq they were padded w ith zinc, us that gentleman dleii at the county poor farm, and was buried in a dry goods box. >•• “We were surprised llqd any one could inuigiue for'a monient that we .-•houId distort Die facts seriously. AVo know that the Colonel hs an* ex pert at thinning*; oqt hen roosts wfien the midnigh? bells ivre tolling, but we give him credit fur more sense than to dissect a grave for tha pufpose of securing a few fragments of zinc. “In regard to Die duel, we must say that such a proceeding is not com patible with our moral training. We were ralwd in Die elevatihg and en nobling irtmosphero of » H*. Louis JMiardiug. house,.and. we hiHX? never kimp’u a harshernotc than the tinkle of a dinner heir, and have never struggled with anything tougher than a buckw heat euke. "A man who has wnlUed tbo paths of peace ail ids life is-iigturally averse to tak1ng t qp a"slLj>(gun when the snows of lif.'.v Avlnters‘hare whitened ins hair. The Colonel was reared iu the michtt of powder audrtihell, as he worked for twenty years as porter In a'powder magazine, and consequently he knows more abouFthut business than We d >. < < -• ; ’ “ Wu may l>e accused of cowardice, bat take the chances. People may snei*r and look at us with cold, ciiilling glances, and, perhaps, spurn us on’irely; hilt wo Would sooner be spurned mitll Dve cows pootp home. winter hfrtJvens ami a hoik' in our liospui big enqugh to put a gate post ip* , Xi.&Sm ' L sl first eomprt Iien-lve .Idea of the great i varied n sources of the MouDi fiom it. i and were induceil ii.y wiiat they saw I ! there r> make investments in tiie- Toe un ievelnpod wealth joP* the ^ or «’! JV A "‘ t!n « au hut foreign. He c o’m mir a neutiid zone of from twenty to one hundred miles. They are almost face to face. Tim French War Ofiiee is particularly ae.ive in strengthening Die frontier force. Three nights ago six batteries of thirty-six gVir.s and a fail eoinpiem*. ntofmen passed around R.uison tin* w ;iy towards Die Rhine. The French have been buying large quantities -f lumber in Alsace lor nniluiiig tcm; or.try baccaifxs f o’ the army at Contlali: - , :v strong s'rate ;i ; lism and Anarchy, \vliii*li he sffid wore not •American lint fort h isTearceiv touchetVyeL Ppuiiiiii ^wled the purpose and plan of the .. s *ji iMfrest as, it „ oX -1 regunent, ami said there wero.ew voc; - Jr. the m;: d n sr fr.*c». o**i^h*-r®-**h*-* fm o as of mil lint. the le:id- t!ie exi-L uco of such a fever is gsio.I i evidene;* tiiat Die stories of what may I be expected of tlie iron and coni re- ! gions are iiar tly equal to the truth. Tliere will lie many disappointed! J on .'s, douhi!’ • , among tlmse who are | takiin; - in town -s.tes, but tiieir , xv jt|i cotton seed, until Die s^ed is n.-aupmtmvxt ought n .t and, doubt-, „. e |j potted, so much the better; scat- V-’ 111)1 ‘ eK ' <1 i <;oi’‘hdonce in Die | ter ti> e manure broadcast an inch Suns resources. 1 rom present in- ' “Tiiere isn’t .mueh glory Ih being spurned, lint \W’d rather be spurned . . .. . ,,ii and be iilile to oat tfcvee square meals Jt.dgn Davis, O. W. C hilds, of Phi a- j a ^ tiiail , t) fi u ve our nanu s ^ Ip.iia, -A- *1. Du x’l, of I hii.un t- , ijernlded.hy paid. obiluary notices iv. u ''i r t V " ?r. 11 a i ' Js .''* v ’ while we lay out Ih tiie inolst night I).-. Jolin Hall, Robert Lincoln, ij r t j ie silvery moon-liglit ieil: y . .R.au, and James G. j streaming through an aperture in tur {Dine, Jr. Rev. Henry ^ ul ’ li I avatem f j.-echeryspoke mainly against Ho *i:'.- *?jf (,iie.Colonel will meet ns in our own .back yard and leavq his guns at home, we will endeuvor to wear a holjB in the ground with Iiim, as we iiave always been used to wrastling aivu -)>*Hm«>Uv|f sa*vd (vnrt otherlTeall 1 *” eX'-u-fwk, bfft unfdinii dH it%« na hold a gnr and stand-the chance of being filled with jsiwfier and gravel, we must firmly, hut respectfully, de cline.” men. so Hoiy to Raise Irish Potatoes. - A writer in Die Home and Farm gives the following directions for suc cessfully raising Irish potatoes: “Take a plat of land tiiat is not too thirsty nor too low; haul on well rotted sta- i iile manur *; if it should be composted The Friend of the Editor. From the Texas Siftings. Rome supposed friends of a news- ‘ * * - - -r' ■d cause it may th is support the military ,lu d Cross attending the army, whk h, it ad.is, will perhaps mod it very soon, and will, of course, call for it iu tiie event of a struggle for tlie Fathor- iand. On Jlie same da; new s of tie.* arrest of . o mt n came tb.o I.y- as to make the ground very rich, or A Weil Timed Qu« ry. tins i.laii won’t do. Mark oft the rows , r . 7 . twelve inches apart and tliree inches Matnung Junes. deep; drop the potatoes on© foot apart i The Sumpter Advance with the i i rows and cover them w'Di the loose pertinent query “!s It Dead?” says: idirt that was dug out; let them be Tiiere was to be a meeting of Du - I ons supposed to bu German spies, who Sumpter County Agrieuitural Assoeia- had gone tiiere to get details of the|tion here on the 13th inst, hut tliere military foreeDiere, am! get one of the ! were so few present that it failed. Is new French repeating rifles, uith its | the Association dead? If so, it is to cartridge and new explosive, known as Melinite. This is Die tenor of tlie news tiiat comes over tiie wires fronTthe conti nent everv day. Yesterday ail the European bourse:-; were down in con sequence of Die uncertainty of the sit nation. Tlie atmosphere is thick an laden wirh tiiese warlike ni- Tln be ve ry m is eh regretted for if there ever was a time when the farmers of the county needed each other's help in Die way of counsel, advice and com parison of experiments, that time is paper iiave peculiar ideas as to what kind of items a paper requires. Not ,, , .1,1. . . long since»gentleman came into Die thick over the land; be sure to mage s . u £ t u m of a Texas paper and said to- you miss a heap of live the street all day. I’ll once in a while and post you. “All right, fetch on your items, but remember wo want news.” Next day be came up, beaming all over. “I’ve got a live item for you. You know that infernal, bow-legged gorilla of a brother-in-law of mine, who was in business here with me?” “I believe I remember such a per son,” said Die editor wearily. “Well, I’ve just got news from Nes braska, where lie is living, tiiat he is going to run for Die Legislature. Now, just give him a blast. Lift him now , iieavii mor tessi ui is very great, and . about ground won’t get dry, but will retain its moisture during a drought and the - Tlie remarks of the Adeanec apply j potatoes keep green and grow in our 1 ! with equal force to Die Clarendon | dryest weather in the spring. When Agrieuitiii’al So. iety. Last Summer | some of tiie potatoes get iai covered about two inches deep, leav ing the ground level. When tiie po tatoes begin to come up well haul in pine straw, cam* fodder or leaves will answer, ami cover the lied and pota toes one foot deep witii the straw; do tliis just after a rain, while Die ground is wet, and by putting straw from j ouYo’nDs Loot8‘.'"l>ouTspare him"on twelve to fifteen inches thick f I ni y acc .( )U ,,t ” The editor shook his head and the news gatherer retired. enough the time of the Rriinaay j to use, remove tlie straw down to tlie Die situation i ; so paipfuily uncertain j campaign, the organization seemed Io roots and take out tin* largest ones tiiat it is almost worse than war itself, blossom ami flourish, spreading its and let the small ones remain, if the especially when every sensible man ! branches-into evey Town.- liip, envel-j vines arc not .injured they will grow knows that there would not be. in •.■ny oping all farmers in its luxuriant until every potato will lie large enough event, the p .--LLiity of avoiding a folds, ft wa a grand thing—a regular to use. Tlie potatoes grow just in the conflict that fate has ret down to be ! haven for Hie candidate, who w ithin top of the ground aufi are very easily inevitable. j the shelter of its friendly embrace gathered.” I lustily halloed the wonderful proper- j —— i ties of this offspring of a progressive; Furman's Comixist. iage. Tiie agricultural association Ni;\v Youk, January 21. — The I was to banish all the poverty and its Health Commissioners held a special i unpleasant eonsequenoa s from tlie meeting to-day to discuss the danger j land. Liens, mortgages, and all prescript ion list, negating Die old, Small l J in New York. The Southern Cultivator gives tiie following formula for a famous lertil- langer , land. 1 of a .-mail-pox epidemic. Drs. Day i smm eviF !n*a«Ld it and Jones, the sanitary superintend-! New and ire di laws cut a:i«i his assistant, and Dr. Taylor, i budding with go! ! ; b’iiief of Die Bun an of < imtagiou - be prndai o 1. l-a Diseases, each n presen-kai that with ’ now a dozen centr<*s of infeetioii on hand, ami mmdi cold weather yt i in store, more help was neces-arv in Dr. i’aylar’s bureau to ward oft - tiie (Lin ger. The board R short of funtis, end it was stated thni, bei.u’e im*re mon.y v.*ji dt-inanded a larniul tleclaration I rieilt m< were to n a!uio.-t praxes oi r the bt.-iter day. ofljer of t iie a< ; an i !»» oppi To be ram- won • I small- i:ive to lie made in «*{fm*t liuit •x wasetndemic in . e \v inny < ic - . 2G3 nhvsielang, 4-55 lawyer; . 1 K*ft on* ’! in* , cliants I iie t• ■ ' t ;ei?t t>i Di’—elas-i,:cation se*u11.- to b ■ to -!ms\ the f.iliaer eu the notion j tiiat army officers iiave a The board tiioiu lit sm-h a-statement would cost the city $ 1,00 l.f)3) worth of trade, and it was resolved to increase ih** v ie i.luting force by using about $7i,0 now on hand from the sale of ain; ‘■27 iurmcr ; and i lanfers. i vii u and adiiitional doet >rs were ap- ptdnteit at once. There have been six eases reported to-lav. i* 1 ii monopoly of the cadetships, am perhaps to prove Dial a ik3 pr< went :n**i m i i.. tiris. barbing r of not be eiirotle t a 1 c.ali* n w..s in an i s onward mnreh meant to pi<- i under foot. V e.i tiie ILdinasy eleefion at ki-i came to :iu toi l, an l witii it, il a:>[)eurs, tiie Ciareiuion Agi icuilui .a! A-s.'.ciation. We cannot recall a m ctin / iu sever il m mtiis p*i>‘. Tin* J imr.< } ! ist summer, joined tin* chorus conducted agrieuitural association, and lament.', now the »• irel ess ness ami i idifn ivn ••* di-played hr tin; farmer- « xt Ring Die lieiielits of a pioperly in allowing tlieir orgnuzaDon t«i < oi I a *. We a ’ r;*c th*il tlie farmers Next day ho came up again. “My little item was crowded out;.at least I didn’t see it in the paper. I brought you some more news,” and he handed in an item about a cat, us follows: “A Remarkable Animal.—The fam ily cat of mu worthy and distinguished fellow-townsman, Smith, who keeps the boss grocery store of Ward 13 (beer always on tap), yesterday became Die mo!her of live singularly marked kit tens. This is not tiie first time tliis uuljeard-of event has taken place. We understand Mr. Smith is being favorably spoken of as a candidate for alderman.” The editor groans In his spirit as lie ’ights a cigar with the effort. It is not ^ [ long before he hears that Smith is going around saying that lie has made izer in Die cotton States: Tlie materials of Furman’s compost are barnyard manure, cotton seed, acid phosphate ami kuinit. The pro portions are 39 bushels each of the,- - ..... . . # tii; : t wo, 1 ,*0 nonnd-t of phosphate and ! l * ,e R ,H * but it is not »n- 290 I. mti.R <j kninii. These may he | dependent enough to suit the nubile, intimately mixed at first, or put in Many readers will say Duit this nkornute Rivers of cotton seed, phos phate ami kainit, and manure, and so • >n; tiie whole to be well moi-t *iied ami tii • mixing, in Die lalter ease, effected !>v cutting down the mass ! sketch is overdrawn, but thousands of j editors ail over the country will lift I up their ciear through from top t> bottom. You eon! I add to a heap from time to j time, using always Die same proper i t;*i!i', but il is usu il to m ike up all of [ a given heap at one time. Iftliuheupj is made in pens, as it should lie, witii j parpeiidicufar sides and at least feet high, and Die compos» covered on right bands to testify that they are personally acquainted with the guilty party. A New Political Party. News and Courier, > w 11: i a layer of rich eartli six of occupations is drawn u; on the other hand, in the civil oecoi- | pations lo which graduates Iiave de voted thcmst lves we find a much it IF joy Life, tiuiv bnuUniil u: several public building If!-; ti»r which prov be made in the sundry civil bill of the nrcseiU se> I P * f > i U W a a Lj* a Ls a 9; 1 !'. RO A i) MTi t E F/f. AUG U ST A, G A. Sole Aa;e2it Ibi* Edwin (’. Burt (eleBratetl Shoos. Remember This Ladies i 'i'll s cxi -i a. >!anation vam t v ! ’• Eut,| V.’hat a mily h-autiful world w i live in! Nature gives us grandeur of I mountains, glens and oceans, and . . j tliousan is of means of enjoyment, variety, am. look in vain tor rev« r - ; \y e ea;i fie-ire no better when in pnr- lons nc^ jiarenlal <><*cu|>ations oi • j, ] u t povr often tlo tlie van- iitiiLifi, uiitciiCi, iiiHi ; j<) r jj v of ’’Go|’ic* fi*cl triviisur it —‘J- * I disheartened, discouragetl and w Convicts Should lit* Alntle Kc-1 ,>ut vvitil “H -asi*, wiien tliere i. > oe- i easion for tiii- feeling, as everv -uf- i ferer can tasil.*’ obtain satisfactory j proof that Crct u } s August Ftou'er v. iii j make them free from di*ea>t? as wi<eu • ii »rn. Dyspepsia and liveree. uplaini ; are tiie direct eau.-es < f seventy-five upon this ebb- ■ ■ >vv t ' e . ,,t * s “' !l maiadies as bilio-is- nee l each orln rs way of canil; !*!, a -on of exp •rime i Diis Dm**. Tin a-so.-ia 1 ion in ! .i as-.s. an iiviee, ami c is'' pivemin Pi'-j-ctors !iis count v r ■organ;/: • it an 1 not emies tii** Conspicuous dubbing ii iie* twin I*, irnarv election. allow ‘in the Hiipfi- •ntiy a" (if the shouhl its en- oprioriimity of j brother of the inches thick, tiiere is no necessity fur a ro -f, rain, unless very excessive, will not more than keep the mass a- moist : s it should- 'file compost •honii! be put up at least three wei before it is p> be applied; it is usinilR i done six to eight weeks in advance. The South’s Good Example. The Land and Labor party, organ- .. i .; i/.e*l l»y Mr. Henry George in New I(,m York just previous to the last munici pal election, is evidently spreading it-eif. A lodge or club lias recently been organized iu Ciiarieston, com posed o; a few white men and a great man.v color* tl men. The organizer is G i said to in* Mr. Benjamin Adams, who, is |lie secretary ol the club. Thegeu- ilfinan who gave tlie information to a reporter for Die News and Courier states also tiiat Mr. \V. P. Russell is i Die president of the club, which has : about 4'X) members, most of them I a muncrative. From the Horrg Herald. Tlie crime of a large proportion of the convicts in Die penitentiary i- larceny, and the severest punishment that can be inflicted up i the death of th Rt, Rev ie*-’, I). 1)., tiie Protestant Cnttrch has sustained had the desired j as a general rule, is to have* them a t and no objection was raised profitably employed, where tliey know avoid delay l ness of the iieai t,and ot iLirce do-es of August Flower will its wonderful effect. 10cents. Try it. indigestion,.sick headucMt*, (•i-.s- nervou < prostration, dizzi the Senate bill ft*r tliey are protiueing sometliing ft>r tlie ! 1,1 1 , ML ‘ I lead, paipitaion m tie | Cliai ieston was laid aside and tin* common weal. They do not belong neait.aiul otnerdtsiressing symptoms. • i louse bill was passed, the subslitu- ! to that class of people who like to con- j Do i being made upon the motion of tribute their mite to injure tlie pms-; .Senator Harris, win*, in ihe morning, peiity and advaiiceinenf of a com- c h:*.d objected to tiie I il be ing eon-id- j inanity, but if they can prey upon the jered. As soon as the bill lias t he hard e irnings of the industrious class Pro-‘ulent’s approval tiie supei vising of people and eke out a preearit us liv- areliiteet oi tlie* Treasury will'take ing, tney are satisfied. Convict labor : proper step- to secure an available should lie made remunerative to tiie | site iu Cbarlt sum lor Die location oi | State, if for no other purpose, as ajiine of business, 1 the new building. Already four sites 1 means of punishment. I Ior.it io Enisco- i severe . M ini * idea of ibe labors of 111 • *:* ed Bisiiop max lie gained from follt/wing le-umc of his official ; I i. tin tw**ut . -seven \eais ol liis ■eopate. Iu that tim»* lie perform- 78,092 ea.ilira: iti -its ami 159,0C0 P et ion. Tiie I’ofton/.V-/ro/*'/» »ys t lia! it uoultl Ih* well to cut down . lie iu baptism *, of wooni Is .‘{58 w*-Ve adtiits. H<* eou-ecrate ! i :7 ciiutehes, an.l laid over i0) oorncr-sfones. He «n*M.*t:m*d 459 d» aeons and 3'>i prif-t-, and insti- : tuteil 47 i;?ctos. i'.i-ii q> Putter, at},, Mumpie t | le lime of his death, was Si years of i-onie oflhe goveniment $100.0/0 0 0 a :l :4»** .year, mainly l»y reducing the import avm*— (duties. Tli»*se on ir.ni, steel, texiile Some of the largest siles'of the. S*> far three Georgians leave been laRies and edibles, it says, will liear famous Peterkin eotton s *d are now ! menlhmed f.»r places in tlie Inter-, i **«»iisidcrable reduelitm wilhoiit im- i»eing made l>y Mr. Daniel <’ro-Iand : • M»a!** Conpiierce Coniuiisslon—'Jen. i pairing Die jirineiplt? <*f prot«»«*iioii. n tn evidence *»f It is |>o *uiarity in tiiat |»A. it. l,a\vtoii aii*l Col. .lulut ."ere veu, ! in* port duty of 19 or 2) per cent. being and a gra! i ying I of SavaiiiKiii,m i cx-Uov. S.uitli, «jf • as trutva projection as arc 40, 00 and 1 Columbus. ‘ 8) per ecct. !■ ro.n. t,i< t i.rl J aund ft er. | C o]ort*<l men. It is proposed to extend Of ali tin* me ii! ers of Die United Du; movement hy the organization of Stale , M •nate fr >in ti*e Moutliem 1 a club in each ward of the city, il a Mt a tes th re i- lull one, Brown, of j siiftieient nunslicr of men e-ui be per- < ienrgia, wlei makes any pretensions ‘ suade.i to join Du? rnoveineut. tn oeiog a wealthy m m. i’ll? M >uth i J) elects nn n of brain.-, as its ivprtvn-ta- ■ live nn*u, ami not money l.ags 'iiie Out of 8,000 iloui ing mills In Gr^at S >.i}ii lias set n g >'* l example in tliis Bril.tin,only 0 090,0J0sacks out of ;b- uiatler f u Die North i*» f.fiiow. ; .80,0 )0,000 sacks of d.»ur made in t»i m • is uiude by Engli-h machinery.. *i he T ,. • • , , • .i . rest of Die machinery is American Disetissioii is kniH'kmg the sjs»fs out I (; .. rni * M . American ma. b ■ -y nt the* <>.•■ N<*v. England idea ot I' 10 '! I . l .,| ;c , rs , U f C . increasing their sah ; J’ uiilliiig maeliinerv rapipjy.iu Grea, Britain'.' - feature of prosperity to note. The Abbeville messenger says: TR friends ef CongresHiuan Aiken are oo? ■ h ipefu! ef his recovery as Coy \ ai one time. His long ‘nod**?- iieoi is telling on iiiut v e,cy pt:*.*ep- . ibly, and his general health it u u« gco'i as il was. m* *: + V ■ ^