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Thursday Morning, June 17th, 1869. The extra mealing, of the- Prayer Meeting Convention-will be held at Belton on the first Sat? urday-, and Sunday in July next, and not in Au? gust, as was stated last week. The error occurred through inadvertence on the part of the'gentle? man sending the notice. -? TBZ KTNGSTREE STAB. We are gratified to note the re-appearance of our WilliamsbuTg cotemporary, and congratulate friend Logan upon his entrance once again into the editorial fraternity. May the tide be propi? tious in wafting him onward to prosperity and re? munerative success. peb80hal. We were gratified with & visit on yesterday from Mr. F. A. Db Fontaihb, who.is traveling in the interest of the XIX Century, presenting the claims of this meritorious monthly to our people. He will call upon the merchants and businessmen generally to-day, and we bespeak for him a gener? ous reception and many accessions to his list of subscribers. COOL abb DELICIOUS. The sparkling fountain kept by "the nice little man in the nice little store" is one of the institu? tions of our town. Tickets are sold exceedingly cheap, as will be seen on reference to the scale of prices elsewhere. We commend Mr. Hub baud and his Soda Fountain to the public-, and at the same time desire U thank hint?well, we have got i few tickets left ??' DECLINES. . We are reliably informed that Mr. Gb^lgxW. Hammond, who was chosen for Coroner at the re? cent election without opposition,' has declined to accept tho office, and notified the Governor to that effect. Owing to circumstances which have arisen since the election, requiring his absence from home a good portion of the lime, he has felt constrained to take this step. We presume that a new election will be ordered. THE TOWNSHIP TAX. The Charleston News learns that the State Au? ditor has issued a circular instructing County Au? ditors not to furnish Selectmen with lists of prop? erty in their respective townships. Inasmuch as the County Commissioners are authorized and will probably assess a tax of three mills on the dollar, he decides that no further tax can be levied, the said three mills ou the dollar being the utmost tax allowed by law for all county purposes. working the eoads. The County Commissioners of Union have been instructed that the Selectmen of the County are not authorized the present year to take charge of the roads. The Board gives notice that the pres? ent road organization will be continued until fur? ther notice, and directs overseers to call out the hands, work the roads, repair the bridges, and re? turn all defaulters who refuse or neglect to per? form their duty. Are the roads in Anderson te be worked under this or any other system ? THE NATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. This body recently in session at Albany, by a vote of 56 to 28, laid on the table a resolution for abolishing all distinctions of race or color in the craft. This means, says the New York Herald, the distinction of c:lor is to be enforced as an ob? jection to the black man, and as it is with the printers so it will bo with all the other Trades Unions?they will all be arrayed against negro equality in their workshops, and the Administra? tion will hear from them before long at the polls. FURNITURE. Persons in wast of any article of good, sub? stantial and elegant Furniture will find that Mr. G. F. Tolly can accommodate them on the most reasonable terms. Eis arrangements are such that the costliest suites and most complete setts can be procured in a short time, at a small advance on New York cost. He has on hand quite a variety of desirable articles, which will be sold low for cash. We cordially recommend Mr. Tollt to the favor of our citizens, and respectfully urge them to give him a call. CHANGS OF SCHEDULE. It will be observed that the accommodation train on the Blue Ridge Railroad will hereafter leave Walhalla on Monday at 11 o'clock a. m., one hour after arrival, in time to connect with the Green? ville train ; and that on Friday it will leave at 1.30 p. ca., thus affording passengers from this rnd of the Road an opportunity of spending seve l-*' honrs at Walhalla or any other point they de? sire. On Mondays, therefore, our neighbors from above can spend the day with us, and wo can re? turn the compliment on Fridays. ENROLLMENT OF THE MILITIA. ? In accordance with orders received from Got. Scott, the Adjutant General of the State has in? structed the census takers to enroll all citizens be? tween the ages of eighteen end forty-five years. There are two classes of the militia, one embrac thos9 between eightoon and thirty years, and the ather those between thirty and forty-fire years? There is to bo no exception whatever in the enroll meat, and all who desire exemption are required to apply to the Adjutant General's office, Colum? bia. HON. a. H. STEPHENS. In an able letter published in the National Intel? ligencer, Mr. Alexander II. Stephens, of Georgia^ says: 4'We are drifting to consolidation and em? pire, and will land there at no distant period as cortainly as the sun will set this day, unless the people of the several States awake lo a proper ap? preciation of the danger, and save themselves from tho impending catastrophe by arresting tho pres? ent tendency of public affairs. This hey can properly do only at the ballot box. All friends tf | constitutional liberty in ercry section and State must unite in this grand effort." DEATH OF WM. E. HUNTT. The Columbia Phoenix announces the death of Wm. R. Huntt, Esq., in that city on Friday last. Mr. Huntt was for many years employed as clerk in the office of the Secretary of Stale, and by his admirable business qualities so recommended him? self to the Legislature of Soutii Carolina that he was elected first to the office of Surveyor-Goneral, and afterwards to that of Secretary of Slate. Daring-the period of fifteen years in which he was engaged in the Stats Department, he also filled (he post of Deputy Comptrol/or-General. Mr. Huntt had acquired in his term of service a large and varied experience. He died a victim to consump? tion, at the nge of thirty five. The Stute has sus? tained in bis denth the loss >f a good and valuable THE CINCINNATI SOUTHERN RAILROAD, We published last week the result of the delib? erations in, the City Council of Cincinnati, in fix? ing the Southern terminus of their projected trunk line at Chattanooga. It seems that the motive actuating the authorities of Cincinnati is far more favorable than at first supposed from the- telegram indicating their action, and that they determined to occupy a common line which would not ignore, but permit and encourage, connection with Knox v-illeand other points, and '-that the value of such connection would speedily attract public and pri? vate capital to complete them." Hence, we feel confident that the Blue Ridge Railroad connection is still anxiously hoped for by the people of Ohio, and certainly of Kentucky, and it only remains to complete the road to Rnoxville, when other influ? ences will urge its progress to the main Sputhern trunk line, about twenty miles beyond. We ap? pend the report in full of the Railroad Commute, which was unanimously adopted: To the Honorable City Council of Cincinnati : Your oommittee, to whom was referred the Fer? guson railway law, respectfully report that tho importance of the proposed railway, the great in? terests aSected thereby, the largo sum authorized to be expended in prosecuting the enterprise, have received a careful investigation. We are of opin? ion that the immediate construction of a line of railroad from Cincinnati to a central point in the South is highly essential to the interests of the city, and that said railway should be constructed so as to make it as nearly as possible an air line, and terminate at a point where- the greatest num? ber of trunk lines of railways concentrate; that said railway should be built as speedily as consis? tent with the magnitude of the enterprise. We recommend that the name of said railway be . the Cincinnati Southern railway, that the southern ' terminus be at the city of Chattanooga, in the State of Tennessee. We have selected Chattanooga as the Southern terminus, believing the line of railway as nearly direct to that city. If possible i it will fully realize the expectations and demands ' of the enterprise and harmonize the largest num? ber of local and general interests. The claims of Knoxville and of Nashville, and of the Decatur routes, are in no manner to be ig? nored. On the contrary, railway connection with those cities should receive prompt encouragement from our citizens. In naming the terminus and thus indicating the direction of the Southern rail? way, it is with the belief that the grand interme? diate line to Chattanooga will not only strike the key to the largest system of railways m the South, but will also secure the connecting roads to Knox? ville and Nashville, Tenn., and Decatur, Ala., and that the value of such connections will attract pub? lic and private capital to speedily complete them. In these opinions the committee from the Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce unanimously concur, and we extend our sincere acknowledg? ments for their assistance in obtaining informa? tion that has led us to the foregoing conclusions. Saturday, June 25, is the day recommended to submit to the people the vote for or against the road. It will have no opposition worth mention? ing.* Trustees to build the road will then be ap? pointed. The Attorney General of the State wil1 at once bring the constitutionality of the Fergu? son law before tho Supreme Court on a writ of quo warranto. The XIX Century Publishing Company at Charleston have brought out a gem in the way of magazine literature. Sketches of the War and Running the Blockade are decidedly entertaining, while the Old Lawyer's Story is truly affecting and pathetic in its narrative. Read the June number, and you will certainly subscribe. Only ?3.50 per year. Address, F. 0. Da Fontaine, Business Manager, or call upon 0. W. Fant, at the Post Office. HOMICIDE IN MISSISSIPPI. A difficulty occurred at Jackson, Miss., on the 8th inst., belwsen Col. E. M. Yeugeh, a promi? nent citizen of that place, and Col. Josepb 0. , Cbakz, the acting Mayor of Jackson, ard com [mandant of the Fourth Military District. The affair originated in a dispute about taxes, and re I suited in the death of Col. Crane. The military - authorities promptly arrested Yesgeb, and placed him in confinement. A military commission was organized and the trial commenced in two days. Eminent counsel are engaged for the defence, and the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges and specifications. The defence entered a plea to the jurisdiction of the commission on the ground of the accused being a citizen, subject to the laws of Mississippi, and under the Constitution cannot be tried except by indictment of a grand jury. This plea was overruled, and the charges and specifica? tions were read on Satnrday last. The examina? tion of witnesses began on Monday, exciting great interest, which is the latest news we have of the trial. The City Council passed resolutions condemning, on behalf of the community, tho murder of Col. Chane. The body of the deceased was forwarded to his home in the North. The Radical organ in Jackson freely admits that the difficulty was en? tirely of a personal character, and there is no dis? position to lend the affiair a political aspect. We trust that the newspapers and correspondents will not belie the record in this instance as in many others, and seek to nscribe undue importance to this unfortunate occurrence. POLITICAL ITEMS. The following is a list of the State elections to occur during the summer and fall of 1869, and will be found valuable for reference : In Virginia., State officers and Congressmen are to be elected on the 6th of July; Kentucky elects members of the Legislature and Alabama members of Congress on the 2nd of August; in Tennessee, the State officers and Legislature are chosen on the 5th of August; Vermont election on the 7th and Maine on the 18th of September; Pennsylvania, Ohio and Iowa on the 12th of October; Now York, New Jer? sey, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Wisconsin, No? vember 2. The President has not yet fixed the time for elec? tions in Mississippi and Texas, under the authority confercd upon him by tho Reconslructiou law. He has indicated, however, that the elections will be ordered for the latter part of August or begin? ning of September next. Hon. C. C. Shuckelfnrd, of Madison, is sugges? ted as candidate for Governor of Mississippi. E. J. Davis has been nominated for Governor of Texas by the Republicans. The Democrats will not run a candidate, but will probably support A. J. Hamilton, who is a Republican and an indepen? dent candidate. The first nomination for Congress in Alabama is that made by the Democratic Convention of the Sixth District, which selected \Vm. C. Shevrnrd for its candidate. The Montgomery Advertiser says he will be elected, as the Democrats have a large majority in the District. In Maine, there is a probability of three tickets in the field for Governor, as the Radicals are di? vided on the temperance question. It is also fear? ed by the Radicals in Minnesota that the irrcprea sibly Ignatius Donnelly will run ns Temperance candidate for Governor iu opposition to (he regular Radical nominee. According to the Philadelphia J'rcss the "Irish Republican" (whatever that is) Convention to be held at Chicago on the -Ith of July may possibly nominate General Phil. Sheridan for the Presiden? cy. Governor William Smith, (extra William,) of Virginia, one of the most distinguished and influ? ential of the old school Democrat' , has pronounc? ed iu favor of Walker, the Conservative Republi? can candidate for Governor, the and expurgated constitution. ?t?~ "Graphic, raoy, entertaining and instruc? tive," is the popular verdict on the XIX Century, a monthly magazine, published at Charleston. For sale it lb? Post Ofiice For the Andereon Intelligencer. Mr. Editor: In your issue of the 22nd, I no? tice a communication upon the subject of Rust in Wheat, by Mr. Larkin Newton. Mr. Newton thinks he has discovered the manner in which Rust is developed, but he does not say what Rust is?whether it can be arrested or how. This last is, of course, the important point, for at present Rust is the great drawback to the successful cul? ture of wheat in this section of coun-.ry. And here let me say, that no experienced farmer need have better soil than this section of country affords, for it is suited to growing any and all crops suited to man, and, in my experience, I have :aever met a soil which yields so quickly to the application of solid manure. Bust is what Botanists call lichen. It is a para? site, and belongs to that beautiful sub-division of the vegetable kingdom called by Linnoeus?Cryp togamia. Like all other vegetables, it belongs to certain latitudes, and wherever it finds a solid footing, there it will stay and multiply. Examine it under the lens, and you will find it to be an ob? long polypod, deeply imbedded in the lamina of the leaf, and its roots bearing a different arrange? ment on the under surface. This polypod, in dark or moist weather, increases in size, and in sun? shine the sao bursts longitudinally, the spores are dispersed by the shock of tho bursting of the sao, and the consequent is that where you had origi? nally one spot of rust, you now have thousands of active, living plants or spots. And this takes place in a few hours. Now, you must bear in mind that this parasite is indigenous to this cli? mate, and that like all parasites, it selects what is weak and unhealthy in greater vegetation to live on. What, then, is the condition of our wheat that encourages the growth of this parasite ? Our wheat is thin-blooded, and every Doctor will un? derstand what I mean by that, and why it produ? ces just such oonsequences. And this condition of eur wheat is produced by a poverty-stricken mode of tillage I watched closely tho agricultu? ral operations of last Fall, and when I see a sur? face tillage of three or four inches expected to mature a wheat crop, I am only the more aston? ished that the yield is what it is per acre. The wheat crop has to contend throughout the Winter and Spring with very heavy rains, and that in a country which is hilly and undulating. The consequence is, that when the crop starts to grow vigorously in the Spring, the most precious part of its earth-covering is carried down into the valleys, and the wheat at its most vital part is ex posed to the hot sunshine. It loses half its roots, and it cannot possibly stool until it makes a now supply of roots. Again. Should hot sunshine continue some days- after hard rain, owing to this shallow plough? ing the wheat sits on a hard, hot subsoil, its spongiolets immersed in water, to the destruction or injury of its roots, for every man knows that too much heat or too much moisture at the base of a plant ruins its constitution. To prevent rust, then, you must prevent this parasite from inhabiting the wheat-fields. To pre? vent that you must make your wheat a vigorous and healthy plant; and this, the great desidera? tum, can only be secured by two means: 1. In tho first place, incorporate a sufficient surface, say from eight to twelve inches deep; and if tho ground is cold, ridge so as to warm, usiug nothing but solid manure in growing crops, and recollecting the sound advice of the old couplet? "If you wish a good tree to have, You must bury the old leaves in the grave." 2". Chnnge the seod every year until a sound system of tillage has been established, i n There is another disease attendant upon wheat in this section called fireing. This is supposed to be produced by a too heavy application of guano, '. or any other of the artificial manures. If twenty I years close study be any test of these phosphates? guano, bone-dust, vitriol, &c, &a, as to their powers of vegetation, as well as their fertilizing | qualities, I think I may say I know a little about them. I have grown successfully every kind of annual seed, as well as every kind of grain and farm seed, in boxes filled with these manures alone, and in all cases I bloomed the annuals and matured the other seeds precisely as if my boxes were filled with soil. But for a stiff clay soil the most effective remedy is an application of vitriol, diluted in half water, and applied with the syringe. The application of these other manures to the soil reminds me of an hungry man who takes a draught of whisky?it allays the hunger, but the system is the more deteriorated. Nor can I believe the fireing of wheat is the consequence or proceeds in any way from the use of these, but simply think that it is the rust in its first stages, and that it can enly be dealt with as I have indi? cated rust must be treated. I know I may be told that we had better adhere to the theory and practice of our fathers; but I think the immense area of old field is a testimony to the great wrong that our fathers' have done us. Previous to the war, from which period I suppose we may soon dale a new era, there were but two classes of men interested in farming?the planter and the overseer. The first ambitious for money, and the latter ambitious for fame. The planter knew nothing of farming, and, as a matter of course, thought everything went well as long as ho received a large income from his plantation. The overseer, keeping in view hie character as former in the eyes of his employer, left nothing untried. The consequence was, he ran over tho estate, sought out the best land and worked there? on until it refused to produce any longer, and so on until the end?a plantation ol old fields. And yet this very land teems with abundonoo, and on? ly requires careful, scientific, kindly treatment to bloom like a garden. I am, &c, M. II. Pendlcton, S. C. ? General Kirby Smith is managing a Military Academy Rt Newcastle, Kentucky. ? Efforts are being made to establish a cotton factory in Darlington in this State. _Dr. J. A. Stewart, a citizen of Florida, died at Laurens C. If. on Thursday last. ? Peach trees in Kentucky are breaking witJi the weight of the young fruit. ? Col. John Cunningham, formerly of Charles? ton, has opened a law office at Laurens Court House. ? Judge Jeremiah S. Black's arm, which was broken in the cars near Louisville a tew days ago, will have to be amputated. _A grain reapor has been recently introduced iuto Laurens county by Mr. Allen Dial, and attrac od much atlcntion. ? Imitation calicoes, composed of paper, which arc said to wear well, are made and sold in Eng? land. _A movement lias been set on foot for n reduc? tion of postage on letters to one cent eaoh. Such a reduction, at uo dislaut duy, is thought quite probable. ? A large number of journeymen bricklayers of Cincinnati have refused to work, in consequence of an attempt of the bosses to reduce their pay from five to four dollars per day. ? The Meridian (Miss.) Mercury says that the military have arrested ten citizens of Kemper county, in that State, and hold them in close con? finement at Lauderdale, upon charges not stated. ? A train on which President Grant was going Northward was thrown from the track by striking a cow at Annapolis Junction. Two cars were smashed and several persons injured. The Presi? dent ial party were unharmed THE HOMESTEAD LAW. Tho Greenvillo Mountaineer contains the follow? ing important decision 6T Judge Gkr, in relation to the applicability of prior liens and judgments to tho Homestead. The case came up before him at Chambers on an appeal taken before him, by consent, and he has decided that the Homestead clause of the Constitution of this State, and tho act of the Legislature carrying out its provisions, are not in conflict with the Constitution of the United States. It is likewise decided by him that the $1,000 exempt under this law includes the value of the dwelling-house and out-buildings, and the appraisement having excluded the dwel? ling in this caso and assigned $1,000 in land, a ro-appraiBement was ordered to be made. We furnish the full text of this decision: IN THE COURT COMMON PLEAS?GREEN? VILLE COUNTY. A. D. Iloke and T. Q. Donaldson, Administrators of David Hoke, vs. T. Edwin Ware?Ist Fi. Fa., 52,555.90; Interest computed annually from 10th June, 1859. 2d Fi. Fa.. ?1000 ; Interest compu? ted annually from 24<A September, 1859. The second execution above was levied upon certain lots and real estate, the property of the Defendant, by the Sheriff of Greenville County, in? cluding a tract or lot of land in tho "Town of Greenville, containing thirty acros, more or less, adjoining W. A. To wneB and others." Upon this tract of land the dwelling and outhouses of the Defendant were situated. He claimed that his homestead should bo set off to him and personal property of the value of rive hundrod dollars, in conformity to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act to determine and perpetuate tho Homestead," passed 9th day of September, 1808. Three ap? praisers were appointed?one by the Plaintiffs, one by the Defendant, and the third by the Sher? iff, Vickers. v These appraisers set off by metes and bounds a homestead of the estate of the debt? or, with a description and plat of the same, also personal property of the value of five hundred dollars, and made separate returns of the same, certifying the exeoution of their duties conforma? bly to law, to the Sheriff, for record in Court The Plaintiffs in Execution have filed various grounds of objection to these returns of the ap? praisers, and ask of this Court a re-assignment and re-appraisement of the real and personal prop? erty of the debtor. The objections of the Plaintiffs, when analyzed, may be reduced to three: First, that the Home? stead Law is unconstitutional as to liens existing at the date of its passage. Second, -that in the valuation and assignment of the personal proper? ty, injustice is done to Plaintiffs, because the esti? mated value of the personal property is greatly below its market value. Third, that tho real es? tate assigned and set off greatly exceeds in value the sum of one thousand dollars, and that in ma? king such estimate, the appraisers did not take into the estimate the value of the dwelling-house and the out-buildings connected therewith and in? cident thereto. The first objection is overruled. The State of South Carolina had no constitutional existence from the close of the war in April, 1865, until July, 1868, when representation under, and in conformity to the Reconstruction Acts of Congress, was admitted. It is practically a matter of little consequence whether the State was legally in or out of the Union by the act of secession. Tho State certainly had no constitutional rights recog? nized until July, 1808, when she was readmitted in consummation of the Reconstruction Ac's. ; From 18(55 to 1868 the State was not represented in the Senate or House. If a State, the right of j representation could not have been denied, and yet the Courts of the United States have decided that the Reconstruction Acts of Congress were constitutional. Again, if within the dates above, South Carolina had been a Constitutional State, the Civil would have been superior to tho Military law of the United States?the rebellion having ended, and the supremacy of the authority of the United States having been established after April, 1865?and yet, it is a notorious and conceded fact, that no civil government existed in the State after the passage of the Reconstruction Acts of March, 1867, that was not subordinate to the Mil? itary authority of the United States. The Milita? ry Commandant of this District, under these Acts, ' was authorized to abrogate all civil government in this and other States, and it is well known that this authority was exercised in 1867 in Georgia, and a few months later in Mississippi. The Convention that was called in this State to frame a new Constitution was called, not by the civil authority of the State, but by tho Military Commandment of the United States. A large ma jority of the persons who were declared entitled to vote for delegates to this Convention had never been recognized as citizens by the laws or Consti? tution of South Carolina as they existed prior to, or during the war, but were made citizens by Act of Congress and enforced by military orders in the election of delegates to the ConstitutionalCon vention. They assembled in Convention and adop? ted a Constitution which, according to the provis? ions of the Reconstruction Acts of Congress, was a mere nullity, unless Congress accepted the same after its ratification by the people of the State, including the new citizens. The people of the State ratified the Constitution by a majority very decisive, and Congress accepted it as presented, and thereupon admitted the State to representa? tion in both Houses of Congress. If the Home? stead provision had bceu objectionable to Con? gress applying to existing liens at the date of the adoption of the Constitution, it. would doubtless have been excepted to in the Act admitting the State to representation, as was done by Congress with reference to certain features in the Constitu? tion of Georgia. The view now presented, that tho Homestead Act, as to liens existing at the date of the adop? tion of the Constitution, violates that clauso of the Constitution of the United States which prohibits any State from passing "any law impairing the obligation of contracts," would seem to be fully mot and answered by the foregoing statement of the history of tho enactment. But the objection may be answered very satis? factorily by this viow of the question: Suppose the Constitutional Convention in Charleston, in January, 1868, bad refused to recognize any lien whatever, (whether mortgage or judgment,) given or created, or any property by or under the pro? visional, rebel or ante-war governments that had existed in South Carolina, and directed all officers created by their Constitution t? refuse to enforce such liens, could its power have been questioned, and if so, how and beforo what tribunal could the liens have been enforced ? Now, if they could have ignored all liens by declining to provide for their enforcement, what prevented the Convention from recognizing the liens with such conditions as their judgment esteemed wise and prudent ? to wit: If n mortgage or judgment obtained under a for? mer government was recoguized by a voting popu? lation totally different from the population that was represented in the former government, that the lien should be enforced subject to the claim of the defendant in execution or mortgage to a home? stead of the value of one thousand dollars. These views might be elaborated and sustained by the decisions in Now York, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia and other States, but is not considered necessary to pursue Ihr: matter further in this case. The Homestead Act of this State carrying into effect the provision of the Constitution of this Slate, Article II, Section 32, providing a home si oad for the head of each famliy iu this State, and the Constitutional provision itself, is not a viola? tion of the provision of tho Constitution of the United States, which prohibits any State from passing any law impairing the obligation of con? tracts, and that the same is constitutional. 2d. The objection to the valuation of tho per? sonal property by the appraisers is overruled. No evidence lias beon presented that the personal property of the debtor, Ware, has been estimated below its value, or that any error or fraud lias been committed by the appraisers. As to the per? sonal property claimed l>y a third party, it is sufficient, to say, that it has not been assigned to the debtor; and it the plaintiffs deny the right of property in such third party, they can levy their execution upon the same, and test the right of property and the bona fides of the claimant. This Court, therefore, declines to order a re? valuation and re-assignment of the personal estate made by the appraisers to the debtor, amounting to five hundred dollars and set forth in their re? turn. 3d. The objection laken to the valuation of the homestead of the debtor is sustained. The affida? vits submitted l>y the Plaintiffs aud Defendants arc conflicting as to the market, value of the home? stead, outbuildings and lands appurtenant/ One of the affiants fixing the value at $760, and another at $5,000. Other affiants estimate vari? ous intermediate sums. The weight of testimony shows that the dwelling, outhouses and lands, are worth more than one thousand dollars. The 32d Section of the II Article of the Consti? tution of this State, describes with remarkable precision what is intended to be embraced as the homestead for each head of n family. It says: "Such homestead, consisting of dwelling house, outbuildings and lands appurtenant, not to exceed the value of one thousand dollars," &c, shall be ex? empt, from attachment, lovy or sale," &c. The 1st Section of the Act, passed 9th Septem? ber, 18G8, entitled "An Aot to determine and per? petuate the Homestead," is not loss explicit. Where the real estate is levied on, being the home? stead of the debtor, the officer executing the pro? cess, "shall cause a homestead, such as such person may select, not to exceed the value of one thousand dollars, to be Bet off," &c.; and in the same Section, in giving directions to the appraisers, they shall "set off by metes and beunds a home? stead of the estate of the debtor, &c, not to exceed the value of one thousand dollars," ice. It is insisted in this case, that, in making the ap? praisement, no estimate should be made of the value of the dwelling house and outbuildings, and that the homestead means the lands appurtenant to the buildings alone. If this interpretation should bo adopted, land without a dwelling could be as? signed. And jet, it is not susceptible of a doubt that the Constitution and law was intend to secure to the family a home and shelter against all con? tingencies. It is said again, that, if the dwelling and oat buildings are not excluded from the estimate, that an unfortunate debtor whose dwelling and out? buildings exceeded one thousand dollars in value, would be excluded from all benefit from the Act. It is conceded that the legislation on this point is defective, and that some provision should be mode where the debtor's dwelling is worth more than one thousand uollars, to retain for him in trust that sum when sold, to purchase a homestead; but this argument cannot be allowed to overthrow and defeat the plain provision of the Constitution and Act already quoted. It may be that appraisers wonld be authorized, on examining a dwelling or outbuildings, and con? cluding the same was worth more than one thous? and dollars, that they would be authorized to ap? praise only and assign only a part of the dwelling and outbuildings, or even certain rooms, as a homestead. In this case, one of the appraisers, in his affida? vit states that, in making his estimate of the homestead of the debtor, he did not include the dwelling and outbuildings, and that, the thousand dollars' worth of real estate assigned to the debtor "consisted of lands appurtenant to the homestead." This statement of one of the appraisers as to the basis of the estimate in making the appraise? ment, and the affidavits submitted as to the value of the real estate assigned, being in excess of the amount allowed by law, requires me to order, and it is hereby ordered, that a re-appraisement and re-assignment of the home-stead of the debtor, T. Edwin Ware, bo made by E. S. IrVine, 8. Swan dale and Hamlin Beat tie, Esqs., and that they make return of their actings and doings in the premises, within forty days, to the Sheriff of Greenville County. James L. Orr. Anderson, S. C, June Zd, 1809. The i great Southern monthly magazine, '?The XIX Century," is making a sensation. Terms, $3.50 per annum. Single copies, 35 cents. Apply to G. W. Faxt, at the Tost Office. -?, ? A decision of the Supreme Court of Tennes? see will, it is estimated, enfranchise thirty thou? sand persons heretofore debarred from the rights of citizenship. ? The New York correspondent of the Mobile Register asserts positively that A. T. Stewart has been received by Archbishop McCloskey into (be Catholic Church. ? Several of the Southern newspapers are writ? ing as if they favored the conversion of the Republic into an Empire. Are they willing to crown Graut, rnd havo titles of nobility confered upon his Cabi? net and upon negroes ? ? The Confederate dead are being removed from the Chickamauga battle field, reinterred in tho Con? federate cemetery at Marietta, Ga. The Journal says that about two hundred bodies arrived there during the past week. ? During the atrocious Metropolitan Police demonstration in Jefferson City, La., a young man was shot down as he was taking leave of his be? trothed at the door. The lady fell back fainting and never spoke again, dying of a hemorrhage tho next day. ? A letter from Sandersrille, Washington Coun? ty, Ga., states that Colonel R. W. Flournoy, Demo? cratic Representative of the Georgia Legislature, was murdered in his own field on the 8th inst., by a negro man in his employ, who has been com? mitted to jail. pcimtl MARRIED, on the 3rd of June, at Mount Ina, the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. A. H. Cornish, Mr. Rod't. Younq, of theKeouee Courier, and Miss Anna W., eldest daughter of Col. H. W. Kuhtmann, both of Oconee county. On the 10th of June, 1869, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Stokes Stribling, near Rich land Church, by Rev. D. Humphreys, Mr. Warren R. Shelok and Miss Rebecca Stuibling. By the same, on June 13, 1869, Mr. Robert McGill and Mrs. Mart White, both of Anderson county. JAMES J. BARENESS, Esq., of Anderson, S. C, died of chronic inflammation of the stomach and liver, at 12 o'clock on the 24th of April, 1869, in the fiftieth year of bis age. For more than twelve .months the heavy hand of disease spread through the entire system, pros? trating him so that for many months previous to his death he was unable to attend or watch over his private interests. He went down step by step to the grave, giving him ample timo to "set his house in order," and prepare for his passage through the "dark valley and shadow of death." He often spoke of his short-comings as a Chris? tian and Deacon of Varennes Church; yet he bore his afflictions without complaint, and calmly and unhesitatingly reposed his trust alone in Jesus for salvation. He leaves five children by his first marriago "without father or mother," and a wife and one child, whose sad office now is to mourn over their sore bereavement and irreparable loss. Truly, "God's ways and thoughts are not as ours," or ho would not have smitten the head of the fam? ily, and left these little ones without a father's lore; but blessed thought, He doeth all things well, and has promised "that everything shall work together for good" to them that love Him. May this precious promise?"I will be a husband to the widow and a father to the fatherless,"?be abundantly fulfilled in the case of this afflicted family. "Judgo not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning Providence, He hides a smiling face." W. F. P. corkeuted weekly by sharps ft fant. Anderson, June 16, 1809. Cotton firm at 2GJ to 28 ; Corn, S1.25 to $1.85; Peas, SI.10 to SI.20; New Bacon, 20 to 25; Flour, $9.50 to $12.00 ; Oats, 80 to 90. by tuesday evening's mail. Charleston, June 14, I860. Cotton quiet but steady, with sales of 100bales; middlings 30. Acoi'sta, June 14, I860. Cotton fitmer with sales of 500 bales; middlings strong at 30. New York. June 14, 1869. 1 Cotton firmer, with sales of 8,700 bales, at 32}. Gold weak, at 39$. ? We learn from one of our exchanges that a carpet-bag school teacher in Talladega, sentenced a negro girl, one of his pupils, to do ten days' cooking at his private residence for a violation of the rules of his school. His pupils are rather re fractory, and he manages to get all of his house work done bj them. Prices of Soda Water Tickets at A. P. Hubbard's. Twelve for - - $1 00 Twenty-five - ... 2 00 Fifty - - 3 75 Ode Hundred - 7 00 No deviation from the above prices. June 17, 1869 51 ? 1 New Advertisements. FINE TWO-HORSE CARRIAGE AND Double Harness For Sale., APPLY AT THIS OFFICE. June 17, 1869 51 lm Administrator's Notice. ALL persons having demands against the Es. t?te of Sarah Burriss, deceased, are notified to present them to the undersigned, legally attested, within the time prescribed by law, or be barred? J. N. BURRISS, Adm'r. June 17, 1869 61 ? SLUE RIDGE RAILROAD. A MEETING of the Stockholders of the JBloe Ridge Railroad will be held in the city of Charles? ton, at the Mayor's Office, on Tuesday, 22d inst., on important business. By order of the Board. W. H. D. GAILLARD, Sec. and Treas. June.17, 1869 61 . 1 Administrator's Final Notice. THE undersigned hereby gives notice to all con? cerned that having fully administered the Estate of Maj. Wm. Anderson, deceased, they will, on the 19th day of July next, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson county for a final discharge from their administration. RACHEL L. BREAZEALE, Adm'r,' B. B. BREAZEALE. June 17, 1869 51 : 5 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROEINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. IN THE PROBATE COURT.?The undersigned hereby gives notice to all whom it may concern, that he will apply to W. W. Humphreys, Esq., Probate Judge for the county and State aforesaid, on Monday, the 19th of July next, for his final discharge as Administrator of R. R. Owings, late of said county deceased. WM. M. DORROH, Adm'r. June 17, 1869 61 lm* IDWIN J. SCOTT. GEO. W. WILLIAMS t CO. HEXHT E. SCOTT. SCOTT, WILLIAMS & CO., Bankers and Brokers, Columbia, s: a, DEAL in Exchange. Coin, Bank Bills, Slocks, Bonds, &c; collect at all accessible points in the U.Titcd States; discount Notes and Drafts and re? ceive Deposits, guaranteeing their return on de? mand. June 17,1869 51 3m LAND SELLERS ! PARTIES wishing to sell their lands through us, will please hand in a description and plat of the same before the 15th of July next, in order to advertise in the second number of our Real Estate i Record, which will be published in August. The Real Estate Record will be sent to any parties de? siring it. KEESE & McCULLY, Real Estate Agents, Office No. 11 Granite Row, (up stairs.) June 17, 1869 61 4 FURNITURE WAREROONL ?o-? Gr. F. TOLLY BEGS to inform his friends and the pnblic gene? rally that he is constantly receiving additions to his stock of Furniture, and will supply their wants at Reduced Prices. He can fill orders for any article of Furniture, such as Chairs, Bedsteads, &c, Parlor and Cham? ber suites of every variety and style, and is pre? pared to compete in prices, styles and qualily with any other interior establishment. Thankful for past patronage, he solicits a call at his rooms on Mechanic's Row, Depot street G. F..TOLLY. June 17, 1869 61 3m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. In Equity?Anderson. Henrietta Irby et al. vs. Jno. W. Harrington et al. Bill for Partition. PURSUANT to an order of the Court in this case, will be sold on the FOURTEENTH DAY of JULY, 1869, at public outcry at Williamston, in Ander son county, the . LOT OF JL,JLTST> Lying in the town of Williamston, bounded on the east by the WilliamB road and land of- Wil? liams, on the south and west by lands of B. F. Crymes, and on the north by lands of F. Horbat, containing 40 6-10 ACRES, More or less. Tho Greenville and Columbia Railroad runs through the south-cast corner of said lot of land. Terms Cash. ROBERT E. RICHARDSON, Clerk of Court Laurens County. June 17, 1809 61 4 AT COST FOR CASH ! -o TOWERS & BURRISS ARE SELLING A.T COST FOR CASH, THEIR STOCK OF SPRING & SUMMER Calico, Muslins, Dress Groods, Ladies Hats, &c. CALL soon, as this handsome lot of Goods will not be on hand long. Remember, we sell them at cost for cash ONLY. No. 4 Granite Row, An* dcrson C. K.. S. C. I June 17, 180'.} 51 '1