Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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JtatUv$0? fttMligeaav. j Thursday Horning, February nth, 1870". J?* Johjt T. SioA5ljr.,is the regular authors ized agent in Columbia to solicit advertisements and procure subscriptions for the Intelligencer. J?" W..H. B. Toud is duly authorized to act as agent for the Anders?nTin*et?0???<r and the Rural Carolinian, and will receipt for subscriptions to either of these journals. _-!-<?>-; B@? The absence of the Editor will account for the scarcity of editorial matter in this issue. ?-*? We direct the attention of merchants in this section to the advertisement of that popular house, abm5t0h.ng, Catok & Co., of Baltimore, We-are acsurad by parties dealing with them that the stock of this firm "is always unsurpassed in qaality and. prices. ? - *?- } ?GP As there have been many complaints of 1st? in certain quarters in regard to the rates of passage-sad freight orer the South Carolina Rail? road, wo irrritrtfce careful perusal by our readers ?f an article taken from the Charleston Courier, to be found in another column. The facts are clearly staled, and prove that the charges made against the road are groundless. _J-*P AKBEBSON STILL AHEAD. Our friend, GoL Joshua Jamison, has sent us a Turnip weighing eleven and a half pounds 1 An? other accompanied it, and was forwarded to the Rural Carolinian, weighing twelve pounds. This makes Anderson so far ahead of other localities as to need no comment. We understand that t je use of Baugh's Rawbone Phosphate and Penman Guano produced these heavy results. -O ITEMS-EDITORIAL AUD OTHERWISE ? New settlers are said to be pouring into Tex? as at the rate of a hundred daily. ? With good connections, a round-the-world trip can now be made in eighty days. ? Fifty out of a hundred students in the Min? nesota State University srs women. ' is 16 is said; two cottages are to be erected St Saratoga for the ose of the Impress Eugenie next summer. ? The csoy of peanuts raised on theSonth side of Janes River, between Petersburg and Norfolk, tmooets to 1,000,000 bushels. ? General Lee's health is not good, and his Virginia friends urge him to make a trip to Europe in the. spring. ? An Iowa man recently got drunk and stuffed a $150 roll.of bills in his horse's mouth, and com? pelled the poor animal to! swallow them. ? The eight million acres of Texan soil sold by Government for taxes realized for the treasury six thousand dollars?thirteen'acres for a cent. ? ? The New York Tribune says of the case of Georgia, "The main thing Congress has to do, is to hasten the admission of the State into the Un? ion." ? The editor of the Rockport (Texas) Transcript was presented a few days ago with a ripe straw bsry, mtMaring nearly four inches in circumfer? ence* '? ? The completion of the new railroad bridge at Louisville, Kentucky, renders it possible for passengers to take the cars at Philadelphia and to reach New Orleans without changing seats. ? General Wade Hampton has resigned the presidency of the Citizens' Savings Bank of Sooth Carolina, his private affairs not giving him suffi? cient time to attend to the interests of the institu? tion. The Rev. Wm. Martin has been eleoted president in his stead. ? Sir William Denison, brother of the Speaker of the British House of Commons, says that "if he were 25 instead of 65 jcars old, be wonld emi? grate to America to-morrow." ? The eoToxtd. people of Tennessee hold a con? vention- at> Nashville on the31st iasl. to compare notes rolative to the condition of their race in the State. ? Four negro women at Qnitmsn, Georgia, took * colored sister out to a swamp and chastised her with many stripes for turning Radical?in other words, for stealing. ?The editor of the Weston (Missouri) Land. vtarE nsks his readers to excuse the looks of the paper, as he is in bed from the effects of s fight with s delinquent subscriber. ? Governor Scott has commissioned Samuel W. Melton, Esq., Jndge of the Fifth Circuit; and ap? pointed J. C Smith, Magistrate for Newberry; John Epton, Notary Public for Spartanbnrg; S. T. Richardson, Notary Public for Anderson. ? Miss Susan B. Anthony says she-neves heard of so many men in one place being simultaneously affected with sore throat as she found in Washing? ton in selecting. Congressman to speak at her Suf? frage Convention* ? St. John's Masonic Lodge, No. 3 of Glasgow Scotland, lately celebrated the eight hundred-and tmelflh anniversary of its existence. It was founded by King. Malcolm in the year 1059, nine years pre Trioos to-the-Norman'conquest; of England. ? Seme idea of what the liquor trade of the United States amounts to may be gained from the fact that on the 1st of December last there were in bond throughout the country 13,402,545 gal? lons?enongh to make a good sized lake. And this is exclusive of grape, apple and peach bran dy. ? A man named Kinnish, of Hayes City, Kan? sas, was lost recently on the prairies, during a wild snow-storm. He walked in a circle for seven days during which he took not a particle of sub? sistence. When, unable to proceed farther, he lay down under a tree ta die. He was found by a party from Hayes and carried to that city. I The Baltimore American says tke business on the Southern railroads is reported to be improving Daring the past week, seven new locomotive en? gines and. tenders and three passenger cars wer? sent South through Washington to various rail, roads. Shipments of rolling steck are reported to be passing Sooth in large quantities.. ? The New York Tribune declares that fir the first nine months of the present administration the national debt was reduced at the rate of a little over three dollars per second. If Gen. Grant is anxious to. pay the national debt at once, let him atop thestealage o? his party for two hours and a half. ? The Report comes that gold' fields have been discovered, in Clark county, 111., and that the peo pift'of the neighborhood.are wild with excitement Sad leaving al) other business to search for the precious metal. It strikes us they would find,gold in larger quantities by sticking to their regular vocations. ? Mack, the Washtsgtoa correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, says that the- Radicals are counting on the negro vote of Kentucky, when the Fifteenth Amendment is adopted, sending three or four Republican Congressmen from that State, and advises the Legislature to redistrict the. Stato I? prevent this. For the Andtuo? Intelhgtnctr. There is no question before the minds of the people at this tine which is of such vital impor? tance to all classes?to the farmers first, and through them to all others of the Mate?aud ?rchich demands a meto speedy and radical remedy than tho fence-law. At present a fence, tobe lawful, most be five feet high, and no remedy can be had, though the fence may be high enough for all ordinary purposes, for trespasses committed by mischievous stock upon growing orops, notwith | standing the habits of the stock are such that not I even a lawful fence would turn them, unless the fenco is lawful. The owners of mischievous stock are not responsible for them, nor are they answer? able for damages tbey commit. Now, I venture to say to say there is scarcely a lawful fence sur? rounding a farm in any portion of the Slate, not even in the more thickly timbered counties of the upper portion of the State ; and what is more, it is almost an utter impossibility to make them such. Daring the war a great portion of the farmers were called off, and their farms were left under the management of their wives and negroes, who were ignorant in the first place, and anxious to supply the demand of pressing and immediate wants. Consequently little fencing was .done. Since the war the uncertain tenure landowners held upon their lands, the unreliability of labor, together with.the pressure of debt upon all, with few exceptions, have forced farmers to increase to the utmost extent possible the productive qualities of their lands, in order to meet the pressing de? mands against them. The ravages of the half famished stock during the jpast summer taught them the unreliability of their fences and their dilapidated condition. The demand is universal for a remedy, and there is but one remedy, and that is for the Legis? lature to enact a law compelling all owners of stock and cattle to keep them inclosed, and to make it an indictable offence for any one to tress pass upon lands of others by catting roads 01 riding over them.. Considered morally there certainly is an incon? sistency 1n the law, 83 it now stands, to that old and long establishes maxim, that no one has the right to so use hi s properly as to injure another. Now, what right ias one man to turn his stock at large to depredate upon the growing crops of oth? ers? Or what shadow of justice is there in com pelliiig one maa to incur the burdensome tax of fencing up his whole plantation in order that an? other man's cattle can. pasture the old and worn out lands which, in all probability, belong to a third person ? Consider for one moment the ben? efit derived by cattle from this outside pasturage, which, generally speaking, is just about sufficient to sustain life, and compare to it the tax forced upon the producer of keeping up the fences around his farm, and where will you find a man who is not ready to see and admit loo injustice and bad policy of the law ? ? The circumstances which induced the enact? ment of the present law were such as rendered it conducive to the interest of all classes. Then; our forests were covered with a rieh and desirable pasturage, while the number of acres in cultiva? tion were comparatively small, and timber at the same time no objeet. Now these circumstances are materially changed; this outside forest pas? turage has disappeared; the number of acres in cultivation or under fence has greatly increased, while the timber has- almost entirely been swept away.. There scarcely can be a doubt that it is the duty of 'all good governments, by proper legislation, to encourage agriculture and to cheapen, as far as possible, the annual products of the farm. When taxation is high, agriculture, as well as all other business, languishes. Not that the farmer is un? able to meet this direct tax, but it is this tax add? ed to the other expenses of the farm which makes the yoke grievous to be borne. Chief among the other expenses of the farm is the fencing, which can be lessened four-fifths by inclosing the etock and not the farm. And when we consider the extra labor in repairing fences lying along water courses and across low lauds, where they are liable to be washed away by every succeeding freshet, this four-fifths might be further increased. The minds of the people have been bo little turned upon the cost of fencing, that few indeed are avrare of the enormous burden entailed upon us all, but upon the producers more especially. On this subject the late Mr. Calhoun once said that it cost more to build the fences in the United States than it did to build all the cities, towns and villages. Consider the cost ir fencing one mile square, or 640 acres. Say rails 10 feet long, the crook 5 feet, and 12 rails to a pannel?twenty four rails will reach four yards?10,368 will fence ;oneside-o-f the square, or 41,412 will fence the ! entire square- mile. Now le6 each one estimate 'for himself the cost of cutting, splitting, hauling and building according to their peculiar circum? stances, as well as consider the cost of repairing through a long series of years. Then estimate the cost of the entire fencing within the State, I and the result will be truly astonishing. All of which is forced upon the farmers in order that the hogs may have the benefit of a few acorns, (where there are any,) and in order that our scrub cattle may glean the meagre eroppir.gs of brooms edge from our worn-out lands. The majority of farms within the State have upon them a large proportion of worn-out lands, and iu order to cultivate the produotive portions the whole farm has to be kept under fence, and many hundred acres have to be fenced on some farms to inclose 50 or 10Q acres of good land. Now, if tili? bordensomo tax of fencing was re? moved from oar farms, the price of lands would be materially enhanced, for the proportion of worn-out and cultivated lands e-o a farm when for sale is the first consideration in the estimation of a purchaser. There are some plantations con? sidered almost entirely worthless for the want of ' fences and timber to fence with. The soil may be good, and these lands might furnish comfortable homes to many desiring to settle among us. By removing this tax many more acres could be . brought into cultivation, which would give em? ployment to more laborers, thereby increasing the demand, which, would enable laborers to demand higher wages- And the farmer could afford to pay this increase-, for the time taken up in repair? ing and. building fences- could be employed in that neoeseaiy preparation?such as subsoiling, turn? ing and manuring?for large yields. Besides which, the teamet kept on many farms for fencing purpose s could t? dispensed with, and tho wages annually paid c-ot wot?d be stopped, all of which, by lessening the- cost, would leave larger profits out- of which to pay laborers. The whole State is interested, in the improve? ment of our stock, a? is witnessed) by the number of agricultural fairs and the premiums offered. According to the present fence- system the raisers of improved stock aro compelled not only to fence up their farms, but also to inclbso their stock within their farms. This additional tax is a great drawback to stock raising. No general improve* ment in stock raising can be manifested until the promiscuous mixing of all breeds of cattle is pre? vented. Let every one bo compelled to fence up their: Block', and this fruitful evil will be at once removed; owners will begin to feel more interest in their improvement; pastures and meadows will be planted and prepared; the importing of fine improved breeds would be found profitable, and scrubs and land-pikes, the disgrace of our State, would entirely disappear. I believe it to be the imperative duty of those having control of the revenues of the State and the interest of the people at heart, to consider promptly this matter, aad meet the wishes of the people generally by sending a speedy remedy. By so doing, the farmer will be benefitted?the laborer could live easier, and- by increasing.the aaaual products the community at . large would receive benefit?a new impetus would be given to agriculture and stock raising?and, in fact, every interost of the Stale would be benefitted, while not a single individual would suffer the loss of one dollor which is justly his own. ..-* THE SUPBEEIE COUST AND THE LEGAL TEN? DER ACT. The decision delivered a-few days since by the Supreme Bench, in the case of Hepburn, tu. Gris wold, establishes the fact that a "contract for the payment of money made before the legal tender act of the 25th of February, 1862, had reference to coined money, and could, not be discharged, un? less bv consent, otherwise thau by the tender of the sum due in coin, and that such contract there? fore, was in legal import a coatract for the pay? ment of coin." Chief Justice Chase, who delivered the opinion, in discussing tho manifest intention of the act, said: We do not think ourselves at liberty to say that Congress did not intend to make the aotes author? ized by it a legal tender in payment of debts con? tracted before the passage of the act. We are thus brought-to the question whether.Congress has the power to make notes, issued .under its authori? ty, a legal tender in payment of debts which, when, contracted were made payable by law in gold and silver coin. The delicacy and impor? tance of this question has not been overstated in the argument. This Court always approached the consideration of a question of this nature reluc? tantly, and its constant rule of decision has been, and is, that the acts of Congress must be regarded as constitutional unless clearly shown to be other? wise. But the Constitution is the fundamental law of the United States; by it the peopleha?ecreated a Government, defined its powers, prescribed their limits, distributed them amoog the different de? partments, and directed in general the manner of their exercise. No department of the Govern? ment has any other powers than those delegated to it by the people. All the legislative power granted by the Constitution belongs to Congress, but it has not legislative power which is not thus granted, and the same observation is equally true in its application to the executive and judicial powers granted respectively to tbe President and the Courts. AH these powers differ in kind but not in source or in limitation. They all arise from the Constitution, and are limited by its terms. It is the function of the judiciary to interpret and apply the law to coses between parties as they arise for judgment. We can only declare what the law is, and enforce by proper process the law thus declared. But iu ascertaining the respective rights of parties frequently becomes necessary to consult the Constitution, for there can be uo law iaconsistent with tbe fundamental law. No enact? ment not in pursuance of the authority conferred by -it can create obligations or confer rights, for such is the express declaration of the Constitution it? self, in these words : "This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of tbe United States', shall be the supreme law of the land, and the judges of every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding." Not every act of Congress then is to be regarded as the supreme law of the land ; nor is it by every act of Congress that the judges aro bound; this character aad this force belongs to such acts as are made ia pursu? ance of the Constitution. When, therefore, a case arises for judicial determination, aud the decision depends*ou the alleged inconsistency of a legisla-. live provision with the fundamental laws, it is the plain duty of the Court to compare the act with the Constitution, aad if the former cannot, upon a fair construction, be reconciled with tho latter, to give effect to the Constitution rather than (he statute. This seems so plain that it is. impossible to make it plainer by argument. If it be other? wise, tbe Constitution is not the supreme law. "It will be seen from this," says the Baltimore Gazette, "that the Supreme Court has taken the opportunity, in this decision, to discuss the pow? ers of Congress, the usurpations of which, al? though it does not call them by that name, it evi? dently looks upon with some uneasiness. In the course of the opinion, Mr. Chase laid particular stress on the fact that tho powers of the Govern? ment established by tbe Constitution were limited, and that the object of the Constitution was 'to re? strain the limited Government from tbe exercise of powers not dearly delegated or divined by just in? ference from powers delegated,' and that, where Congress adopted measures prohibited by the Con? stitution, or 'under pretext of exercising its pow? ers,' passed laws for the accomplishment of objects not entrusted to the Government, it was clearly the painful duty of the Supreme Court to declare that such law was not the law of tbe laud. "The decision itself, impoi tent as it is, is rendered vastly mon: so by the able, Bound and independent manner in which it is delivered. It is a decision j which mak :s one feel for a moment that the Con ' stitution is not a myth, and liberty not a sham. Tbe many points discussed by Chief Justice Cime as to the rights of Congress to issue paper money, to declare it legal tender for any debts whatever, to resort to it as a war measure, are of secondary importance. There is, however, another question, incidentally referred to which is a most important one. That is, the rights of States to regulate their own currency, which Mr. Chase says they have the power to do, "subject as has been lately determined, to the control of Congress, for the purpose of establishing and securing a national currency.' Mr. Chase does not say whether or not such control iu constitutional, and as he now boldly declares that the issue of greenbacks, which he himself advocated and fathered, was in some respects, if not in all, dishonest and unconstitu? tional, then} is no reason that he should not de? clare his own favorite pet National Bank system an outrage upon the Constitution and a fraud up? on the people." ? Mr. Merrick, Chairman of the Commitee of Ways and Means in the Maryland Legislature, re? ported a bill to appropriate $8,000 for the pur? chase of a lot of ground ia which to inter the re. mains of the Confederate soldiers who died at Point Lookout, in St- Mary's county, whilst pris? oners of war, daring the late civil strife, and en? close and ornament the same, which was read a first time. ? Indiana eeews out with anew woman preach? er, a Miss Prudenee Le Clero, of Vevay, daughter Robert Le Clerc, whose ordination to the Uuiver salist. ministry, in Madison, Ind.. took place, re? cently. She is qaite a young lady, and was dress? ed plainly but very neatly ia black, ornamented with a lace collar, ear-rings and pisv nad a gold watch chain, and seemed to feel quits self-possess? ed. As regards her sermons, says a correspondent, we have heard many poorer ones preached by men. ? A Washington telegram of Wednesday says : "The President's nomination to tho Senate to-day of his own father, Jesse Graut, to be postmaster at Covington, Ky., created a great deal of amuse? ment at the eapitol. Grant, Senior, was first ap? pointed by President Johnson, but as his commis? sion was about to expire, his sea. re-appoint cd him." ? Recently a Virgin Tan warned1 a woman who had been divorced from a former husband, and quickly made a tragic ending of their honey-moon. On the day following their wedding, while talking with her, he remarked that he loved her so much that he could kill himself for her, and, picking up a small knife, he plunged it into his brennt in her presence, Inflicting a mortal wound. ELECTION OF JUDGE FOB THE FIFTH CIS. CTJIT. Tie Columbia Guardian, of Saturday last con toiSif the following particulars attending the elec? tion, to supply the vacancy created by the death of J ?dge Boozer: Sam'l. W. Melton, Esq., was yesterday elected, on the first ballot, to the office of Judge of the Fifth Circuit, made vacant by the death of Judge Boozer. Cut of one hundred and tweuty-fivo votes cast, he received sixty-eight. The other candidates put in nomination were, Thompson H. Cook, Orangeburg; Wm. Earle, Greenville ; J. Scott Murray, Ander? son ; L. F. Youmans, Edgcfield, and Coy "Whigo, ? Spartanburg. The contest was mainly between Mr. Melton and Mr. Murray. We have finished with the actual election when we give the name of.the successful party and the number of Totes cast in his favor; but the scenes incident to the election were such as-we have nev? er witnessed before, and which we believe were never heard of this side of--our present Con? gress. After the ballot had been taken, there was such engineering, gagging and brow-beating as are not practiced elsewhere than in the present South Carolina Legislature. The President of the joint assembly (D. T.) Corbin was utterly unable to proceed with business, owing to the disorder among the members. Elliott, Leslie, DeLarge and Johnston were the leaders in the uproar. In other wordsi they were the "big guns," which were well supported by a large number of smaller ones. Elliott kept the floor for half an hour or more, in spite of the commands of the President to "come to order." While Elliott (and half the other mem? bers at the same time) were speaking, there was quite an ingenious piece of engineering going on to defeat the candidate, whom Elliott vigorously opposed. Quite a rapid change was for a time made in the result of the election by members changing their votes in favor of Murray. During the confusion DeLarge and others pounced on these vacillating members, and managed to get them out of the hall, or pursuade them from their intention of changing their votes, while Elliott covered their movements by keeping the floor and haranguing the assembly. Corbin made at least one. dozen inef? fectual attempts to declare the result of the elec? tion, but Elliott was in his way. While Corbin came down with his gavel steadily for the space of five minutes or more, Elliott continued his cries of "Mr. President." Every time the gavel came down, Elliott drowned the sound with a coarse, load, "Mr. President." It was a trial of skill as to who was capable of contributing the most to the great disorder reigning at the time, and Elliott proved the victor. The President became, dis? heartened, and permitted Elliott to proceed. Cries of "order," "sit down," "sergeant-at-arms," "Mr. President," &c, now came from all parts of the house?even from the gallery. AU persons were now ordered to leave, except members of the General Assembly, but many of of these, becoming disgusted with the shameful and boisterous behavior of the "statesmen," took advantage of the open doors and left the.hall. Motions were made to adjourn, to dissolve, to sus? pend, but each in turn was lost. 0 orbin proved himself to be the wrong man in the right place, lie may be good at copying New York codes, and framing phosphate bills, but he is "not at home" in the chair. Tomlison seemed to be the man who best understood the situation of affairs, for he was to be seen elbowing his way through the crowd and on up to the chair, when he whispered to Cor? bin,.and the worn-out President dropped into bis seat, and Tomlinson returned to his place, and made a motion to the effect that the President keep his seat and refuse to proceed with business until members should come to order. After wailing about thirty minutes, amid the persistent efforts of some of the most boisterous to take the floor and get the President's recognition, the members having divided themselves into committees of two, three, five and a dozen to take the rounds and in? duce order, and the manipulators having comple? ted their several jobs in inducing a sufficient num ber to change their votes so as to secure the elec? tion of their favorite, the confusion subsided suffi? ciently to allow the result of the election tobe declared. Then followed hurrahing, shouting, tussing of hato to the ceiling of the hall, jumping on chairs and desks, shaking of hands, and a gen? eral rush for the door. The joint assembly and the House of Representatives adjourned without ceremony, every member rushing pell-mell for the door. When the confusion was at its highest pitch, Leslie, with his nasal twang, charged upon mem? bers the resort to bribery and corruption and de? manded the appointment of a committee to inves? tigate the matter, lie said he had proofs, and plenty of them, that such was. the case. But he failed, in his endeavors. Johnston said he would ,1 ke to know where the money was, as he hnd not received his share. It is said if Johnston did not see the "light," many others did. The last we heard of the affair tho members were having knock-down arguments over the result of the elec? tion. -o FROM. WASHINGTON. Washiugton, February 11. This morning's Sim hos the following special: "The President, to-day, pronounced all reports which have represented him as expressing any opinion on the merits of the Georgia situation, for -or against either the contending delegations now here, as simply untrue. He reiterated what he has before declared, that it was a question?es? pecially the Senatorial part of it?that belonged entirely with Congress, and he did not propose to interfere with it; and confessed his surprise.that gentlemen should seek an interview with him on the matter, and then go away and misrepresent him." The balance of the imprisonment of Charles L. Pitcher and John A. Richardson, sentenced to four years imprisonment by a military commission at Texas, was remitted by the President to-day. They were seitenced in October last. ! The Banking and Currency Committee are ex 1 amining Grant's kitchen cabinet regarding, the gold panic In the House; the pfoceedrng? were unimportant. In the Senate, Sherman introduced a resolution, that the United States recognizes the existence of. war between Cuba and Spain, aud will observe strict neutrality. Sherman said the people would not stand the Government's indifference much longer; there was a deep feeling in the West on the subject. Tho resolution was referred to the Com? mittee on Foreiga Relations. Abolition of the franking privilege was resumed. In tho House, Howard interrogated about the cost of the Freedman's Bureau since its organiza? tion. The death of Hopkins was announced, when the House adjourned. The bill for the Bale of lands on sea islands in Beaufort County, S. C, was reported. Sherman offered a resolution, rociting the sympathy of the United States with the people of Cuba and all American colonies, in their efforts to secure inde? pendence from European powers. It declares that the United States recognize the existence of a state of war between the kingdom of Spain and the I colony of Cuba, waged on the part of Cuba to es? tablish its independence; and the United States will observe strict neutrality between the belligor ent parties-, as is their duty, under the law of na? tions. After a brief discussion, the resolution was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The bill to abolish the frnnkisg privilege and the Mississippi bill were considered, but not disposed of?a motion to postpone the latter for one day, being defeated by one vale. Adjourned till Mon? day. Hill and Miller, Georgia Senators, are here, ready to present their claims at the proper time. Should the present Legislature elect others, Hill and Miller will contest before the Senate. Washington, February 12. The House is considering appropriations. The Senate was not in session. The Judiciary Com? mittee heard Georgia very briefly, and are now considering nominations. In the House, Judd introduced a bill to construe Section 4 of the Act of March 31,1808, exempting certain manufacturers from internal tax, so as not to treat as manufacturers hog packers, bird vend? ers, or persons cngngnged in saving hams, or can? ning meats, or in the provision trade; and to re? fund such taxes already collected. Cox hoped tho bill would be reported- aud passed without delay, as it affected the whole provision, business of the United States. The bill was referred to the Com? mittee on Ways and M^ans. The manufactures of steel tools presented a petition against the in? crease of the duty on raw steel. More petitions were prcsonted for the increase of the duty on cigars. Mr. Gibson, attorney for Gov. Bullock and his delegation, read an argument; the main point en dearored to be made being,that Hill was elected Senator by illegal votes.' . The difference between tbe Bullock and Bryant factions seems to be, that Bullock Waats all former legislation tabooed, and Bryant wants it recognized up" to the expulsion of tbe negroes at least; and favors the validity of all Acts of the Legislature.' Bryant and Caldwell presented pointed1 arguments, tbat the present Legislature is illegal,, and asked Congress for a remedy. ; >- - The new $20 legal tender notes will be ready for circulation to-morrow. * The balance of this series of new notes?tbe $100, $600 and $1,000 notes will be ready in about a month. ?? ? ?-?-mJL THE SOUTH CAROLINA EAILEO AD COMP AKT. In our issne of Wednesday last we published the proceedings of a Committee of tbe Senate o* the mattero-ef-the freight charges of tbe South Carolina Railroad, between Camden and Kings ville. These proceedings were based upon a com? plaint, made:bj * mtrefjant of the former place. The South Carolina Railroad Company is the prop? erty of a large number of oar citizens, who are poor? many have saved hut .little else from the wr'eek of the war. It is important to them that' the value of their property should not be unfa: vorably affected by representations ^nbt'c?rre? in point of fact, or of facts greatly naggerated'^nd dii torted, to gratify personal feeling, or to promote selfish ends. We know those who have beelr en? trusted with the management' of this property. W.e know, also, what labors and difficulties they have had to encounter in providing'for the public a highway, and accommodations not inferior to those enjoyed in any section of the Southern country. We know further that it is claimed and we believe, justly, that their rates of freight and passage aro to-day lower than any in the State or near it. .Still we hear this clamor kept up, and its continuance forces .us to conclude that there is something more in it than appears on the surface, To do justice, therefore, to all parties, we sought out information from those whom we regarded au? thorized and able to furnish it, and ascertain the facts of this case to be simply these: That the parties who complain in this case have never ap? proached the Directors of the Company with any statement of their grievances ; that the South Carolina Railroad Company has no such charges per 100 pounds upon any of its freight tariffs as are stated in the reports; that its charges fcr freight from Camden to Kingsville are precisely the same as they ore for similar distances from Charles? ton, from Columbia, or from Augusta. Now we confess, with these statements before ns, we areat a loss to comprehend the necessity of the.proceeding to which we are referring. The Railroad Committee hat clearly not sent for persons and papers. ? But we hear still more. It will be borne in mind, that the burden of the complaint is, that the South Carolina Railroad does not work thirty-eight miles of its line in connection with the Wilming? ton and Manchester, and Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, and the railroads leading through Wil? mington to Baltimore,.which is a competing line, so as to destroy-the trade of its own line to Char? leston, the interests of the City of Charleston and of the State, and the steam ships'which have cost so much effort and money to establish, for the very purpose of. giving Camden and all other inland cities a route North over their bwii'line and through their own city- Now what are 'these very competing railroads doing, for whom this ruinous, policy is invoked?pursuing the very identical. practice which is complained of, though in a greatly exag? gerated form, of the South Carolina Railroad Com? pany. We understand that the price of freight on the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, (say a bale of cotton,) is as mnch as from Sumter tu Kingsville, twenty-seven miles, or Mars Bluff to Florence, six miles, as it id from these places re? spectively to Wilmington, over one hundred miles. Is this true? The same is the case on the Charlotte Road, and we presume on every railroad in exis? tence, and the reason, is obvious. It is found in the service, and necessity of .every ^company to protect and promote its . own interests, and that interest is of course io the direction of freight movements along the entire Hue of its railroad, and to and through an important terminal or initial point. Nor are the railroads mentioned in tbe. com? plaint exhibiting any. .unusual liberality in the adoption of what appears to be a low tariff of charges, through, as compared with the South Car? olina Railroad's local tariff; their effort is Jo di? vert a business which dots Hot belong- to? thttn, and to da. so, temporarily establish' a very low rate of freight, for that which comes from the South Car? olina Railroad, and the City of Charleston. What are their local charges ? Place those in comparison with similar oharges on the South Carolina Rail? road, before forming a too hasty conclusion. But are we expected to manage our institution in the interest of competing lines of railroads and dis? tant communities? Have the Stockholders of the South Carolina Railroad expended vast sums of money to construct a long line of Railway merely for tbe purpose of destroying four-fifths nf it ? Has the City of Charleston and the State contribu? ted their best minds and their large means to con? struct a system of internal improvement, at once to develope the wealth of the interior and establish an influential seaport for themselves, and have their efforts turn to nought, and their work a curse, not a blessing? We imagine not? Yet such results would turtly follow, the policy in? dicated in the complaint! before the legislature. -4? ? During Brownlow's administration of affairs in Tennessee ho ran the State in debt to the ex? tent of nearly forty millions of dollars, and few of tbe other Southern States ruled by bayonet elected officers have fared much better. The Comptroller of Florida says in his official repot t that the expenses of that State exceed "those of any preceding year by nearly three hundred per \ cent." -? 1 Special Notice.?To parties in want of Doors, Sashes and Blinds, we refer to the advertisement ! of P. P. Toale,. the large manufacturer of those goods in Charleston... Price list furnished on ap? plication. 4?9m Reasons Why You should use TUTT'9 IMPROVED LIQUID HAIR DYE. Because the Barbers say it is the best. Because it imparts a natural color. Because it docs not injure the hair. Because it leaves the hair soft and glossy. Because it does not stain the skin or bed linen. Because its application is simple and easy. Because its effect is instantaneous. Because it is the best in the world. Used twenty-four tons tVilco^ Gibbs & Co.'* Manipulated Gtiano, and considers it the best and most reliable Fertilizer i? use. Gbiifin, Ga,, Jan. 6, 1870. Mettrt. Wilcox, Gibbt Jr Co.: Yours of. tbe 1st December, asking our opinion as to- the benefit, if any, derived from the nseof your Guano, was du? ly reoeived. We used on last am ton crop twenty four tons of your Manipulated Guaaet The re? sult has been entirely satisfactory r our opinion is that where 200 lbs. was used to the atrt on various soils, the average increase of yield was double, and that we have realized at least 100 per cent, on the money invested in it, Wc expect to ose more of it another year; we shall use it on every acre wc plant, if able to buy it. We think, judging front, the past dry season, it will pay as well of a dry as a wet season. We consider yours one of the best and most reliable fertilizers in use. Respectfully yours, MAN LEY & M1TCBBLL. A-rM)EBSo?, Feb. 16y 1870. Very little cotton has keen offere* during the past week, and to-day prices range from 20 to 22}.. '?">?*;, , im BT TTTES0A7 BVENlJBtVB MAIL. Atousta, Feb. 14,1870. Cotton market! qaiet but firm, with sales of 476 bales?middus-g 23} to 28}. CHARLESTON, Fob; 14, 1870. Cotton' firm and in good demand, .with :sales of 650 bales?middlings 24}. New York*, Feb. 14, 1870. Cotton dull, at 25$- ? . New Advertisements. Administrator's Notice. ALL personalia ving der?ands against" the Es? tate of Milfortf-Burriss, deceased, w?l present them to the underaign?d,^properIj' attested, with? in the time^rescribed by; law, or their'daims will be barred. < '' X/ .<T' V-y.-.--* JACOB B?BRIS8, Adm'r. Feb 17,1870 84 4 House andljot for Executors' Notice. ALL persons having demands against the Es? tate of Elias Earle, deceased, are' requested to hand .them in immediately, .properly , attested ; an & those knowing themselves to be indebted will pl^astmake^jgymefltaXonce... . _;_ THOMAS Bv LEE. Jr., f _ : E*; preston EARfciS, >-iui 'Bieeukriff Feb 17, 1870 ., ,: THAT House and Lot On Calhonn street, oppc she the residence' of Mr. W. F. Barr. The lot contains two acres and one-third, with a comfor? table dwelling-house, and. all necessary outbuild-, ;ings.. This 'proner'ty can be treated for until Sale-, day in Mnr'cb/'ind if not sold by that time will be offered at public auction.- "' W. H. CATER. Feb 17,1870 . 84 Z \ ?., ASSIGNEE'S SALE, In the District Court of'the United States for the District of South Corolin?. In the matter of George W. Rasoh, a Bankrupt. BY virtue of an order to me directed in the above mentioned cause, from the Hon. George S. Bryan, Judge .of the said Court, 1 will sen at pub? lic outcry nt AnderirofrC. H.; on thV 6th day cf March next;.the CHOSES IN'ACTION of said Bankrupt. ? Termrfcash.'?; It: , r. .W. S. KEESE, Assignee,. Feb 17,1870 34 . . i0 gaH?HT'S SALES. BY Virtue of .a Writ of Fi era Facias. to. me di? rect ed, I will expose to sale on Tuesday after Lho first Monday in March next, at. the' residence of the Defendant, the following property, to "wit: ; "One sorrel Filly, 3 yetra old, one Cow, three. Yearlings, one Buggy sind' Harness, one folding' table, one Secretary,.levied on a*' the property of A. D. Gray, at the suit of - Eaekvel Hall and James Thompson, Administrators. " Terms cash. ' ' * ? -"' ' .'.? inoo ?r-'-'wm.'- mcgukin, Feb 17, 1870 ?dl 84 .-8 Administrator's Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned hereby' gives notice that ho will make application to the Probate Judge of Anderson- county on Friday,: the 11th ; day . of March .next, for a Final Settlemaat of the EaLiXe of Wm..Williamson, deceased, tmd a final dis? charge from the administration' of said Estate. MA8TINrWlLLlAMSON, : Surviving Adm'r. with will annexed. - - FeblO, 1870. 83 . 6*: fe STATE OF SOUTH ANDERSON. COUNTY. By W. W. Humphreys, Esq., Pro. Judge. WHEREAS, D. J. JBaerard has mad* suit to? me to; grant him Letters of Administration . de bonis non, am tcttamentb annexe-, of the Estate and effects of Wm. T. Sherard, deceased. These are-'therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and oredftors of the said Wm. Y. Sherard, dec'd, that they be and appear before me, in the Court.of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House on the 4th day of March,. 1870, at 11 o'clock' in the forenoon, to she if cause, if any they have, why the said* Admin? istration should not be granted Given under my hand, this 10th day of Febru? ary, Anno Domini, 1870. [&vi W. W. HUMPHREYS, , Judge of Probate.-T Feb 17,1870 34 2 STATE OF SOUTH CABOLIM; ANDERSON COUNTY. 8L ? i *???-.' - - By W. FT. Humphreys, Esq.t Pro. Judge, WHEREAS, John J. Mattison has made suit to? me to grant him Letters'of Administration of the Estate and effects of Sabestha Manly, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish-all and singular the kindred and creditors of the saift Sabestha Manly, deceased, that they be aad ap? pear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held) at Anderson Court House on the 4th day of March, 1870, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, tc shew-cause, if any they have, why the said Ad? ministration should noi. be granted. Given under my band, this 11th day of February,. Anno Domini, 1870. W. W. HUMPHREYS, ? Judge of Probate. Feb. 17,1870 84 wu 2 U Spring and Summer Importation i870 ! RIBBONS, Millinery and Straw Goods ! ARMSTRONG,, CAT0R & COr, importers and jobbers of . R BONNET, Trimmiogand Velvet Ribbons, Bonnet Silks, Satins and Velvets, Blonds, Netts, Crapes, Ruches, Flowers, Feather's, Ornamente, Straw Bonnets and Ladies' Hats, trimmed and* Shaker Hoods,. &c j [un tri a med, 237 and 238 Baltimore Street,' BALTIMORE, md. Offer the largest Stock to' be found* in this couu try, and unequalled in choice varietjr ?nd-. cheap? ness, comprising the latest Parisia* norejties. Orders soKcitedy and. prompt attention given.. Feb 17, 1870 ,54 T ' fL N?TIGES UNITED STATEs INTERNAL REVENUE, .. Assistant Assessor's Office, Ith Divisioa, 3rd District, South Carolina,, . Anderson, S. C, February 8. 1870t I am now prepared to receive the Annual' Re? turns of Income, Gold Watches, Gold and Stiver Plate, and other articles enumerated, in Schedule ?<A," for the year 1870. Strict conformity te the requirements of the law in rendering these returns will be required. Under the ruling of tho Honorable Commission? er of Internal Revenue, no Return will be accept? ed unless made out in detail, that is, with the proper entry opposite each item of the Return,, and the whole subscribed and sworn to. " The form and manner for declaring that a per? son is not possessed of a taxable income, under the proviso of Section 118, of the Aot of June 30, 1864, amended by the Act of Maroh 2X 1867,. is prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal' Revenue to be the Blank Return furnished, prop? erly filled up, subscribed and sworn to before me. For ohe purpose of expedition and, promptness in response to these requirements,. Lbo following, is s t a ted for convenience of tax. p ay e rs: I will be at Walhalla frouV the TOlh to 16th of the month of February; at Peadle ton, from the 16th. to. tho 19th.; at WilBamelou, from the 21st to, the 24th ; at Beltou,_on tho 25th and 20th,. and the remaining- portion, o? the time at my office at Anderson C. H ERASTUS W. EVERSON;" Assistant Assessor; Eah'lO, im. . , -88 &