The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, January 04, 1877, Image 4

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THE PBESIDENT?AL ELECTION. FROM A DOMI-STIC POINT OK VIEW. .'trtif?ni f i -StJ^. a^rl.njUL\ ItrnubUea?. I never until thia Tull realized tho del? we owe -the press, and I never appreciated the advantage*of living iu a country lit? i electo its own ru 1er*. My husband ia a Democrat, und my futlier. who bo.ir.l-. with us, ia a R,-|uililie m. On tile 7*.!i pi November J took dy?vj) my ht Ht winter' cloak. The cloak ct wt $2"), btu il was ?hort, and ot cou rae I couldn't wy ar it. this scacon. Ii. didn't seem as it I . .ni-I wear my doti bk- Palsies Allow) .ill WT r. I mt thought ??*' th? sufferings of the poor, our oeavy cliuich debt, and of tho many- obligations William hud to meet the Iot January, and,.J concluded J wouldn't nay. a word aboqt it. 1 might be a dowdy, liut I would go calmly fprwV.ru, up the church aisle, supported by the smiles of an approving conscience. " When William came home that night lie said New York had gone for Tilden ; and there w?s a glow upon bis brow and a light within his eye 1 hadn't seen there for vears. The biscuits wore light us a feather, and said I : "William, what do you think I had belter do about a cloak this winter? You know they don't wcjjr abort cloaks. I suppose you don't feel tts if you could alford a new no?-?" ".Sec about it," said William, scraping the last drop td' peueh juice from bi? pre serve plate. That's a dreadfully \ dlgur habit, and I've told William so over and over again, and I do wonder that, being a genuine, elegant Dennie rat, lie wiil persist in it. The next morning when I posted through thc sitting-room, William sat shivering over a closed register, in his stocking feet, his hair uncombed, but he cried out fr?.?ii thc top of bis paper, "Democratic victories, everywhere!" "The country gone en mame for Tilden !" "Intense excitement anti rejoicing!" We hud wallies und maple mollisses for break lust, mid I mudo tho coll?e myself. William hud made one earnest dab at his head willi tho hair-brush, but had evi dently missed ' Father called for toast, and said ho had neuralgic pains streaking all down thc ieft sitie pf his face. Wil liam rend aloud soothing morsels from the Democratic paper, such aa "Indiana gives Tilden 10,000 majority 1" '"What do you think this morning about my having a "new cloak, William? "Of course you can have a new cloak, if you need ono. 'Full returns not vet received from ? Oregon, Nevada. Florida and Louisiana, but they arc undoubtedly ours I'" . , "Um!" unid'father. I felt a good deal of unxiety about family prayers. William isn't a profes sor. Father leads devotions, nod I was afraid he would be too Supplicatory, bul he prayed rot&tlv for thc btu: hen -Jews, und such likc--btit didn't refer lo the Democrats, and .only puce-just aller thc heathen-allumai tu our suffering collu try. When William caine up to dum >r, .i said returns of Democratic uiajoritii werc pouring in from all quarters, mm said I : "William, I've been thinking the ma ter over, mid I do believe it would tie lin best economy to buy a lurcloak. Every, body is wearing fur. lt might cost mort at lir.it, b,.t it would bc cheapest in tin end ; lui is so durable." "How milch'will it co>t?" "Mrs. Col.. Tucker'* seal-skin sueqtit was $2U0 lost winter, but I don't feel a. if in our circumstances wo can allon that. Furs are cheaper than last fall and t think ! n/xilrl i.nl a rw.u^A ,1 ... 1.1, ----- - -- - o-? - a-"'-i .?*-???. ?-.. article, tint co rich as;some, but still gout enough for people iu our circumstances for $150." ; "Um !"saTd father. William had taken out n bank ched and was reflecting, when in whisked tin president of the~L?cmocratic clan, ant said Florida aud South Carolina hud gon< for Tilden, and William was wanted dowi to the club room to see about the i I lu mi nation. Ho filled out the check, and '. went immediately down street and salce ted tbe cloak. That evening a shade of anxiety, i scarcely perceptible tinge of melancholy lind settled on William's countenance while father's neuralgia was better. Wil liam asked if I'd done anythiug nbou my cloak, and said if I hadn't he shoult suggest waiting a while, furs might bt cheaper. ITo '/ai:!, when I. asked hin about it, i|i|Lt|t^o;Jllurnination bud beet postponed. . Tue next, morning I beard tho boys ii tho street screaming that Hayes wa elected, and when X went down fathe was sitting on tko front stairs coatless and with his vest on one shoulder, wbili William balanced himself on the edge o the hat-stand. Both patriots were stock ing-footed. They had just taken in f lu morning papers. Very little con versatioi was tnado ut tho bre;>.kf'u?t-table( but fa ther was extremely polite to William, ant ?r?1?1 Wt*pow when ' he bad; caf? bucKwneat'cnEes that tasted sb milch a they did when he-was a boy. At noon, WilH.'.^dldu't stay to dessert but father, having' eaten' his ov/'n pud ding, drew W-??iam'a untasted plate ti himsejfe-i[flsj. > THo tears .were welling to my eyes, anj father kindly inquired why I w?ptX' " "I'vo been thinking my old hat fixa osqr.won!t.look ot all suitable with nv cVw^cloak. but William is BO blue, I can' bear to ask him for moro money." ."Morey: on ?u?J" ?idftfclWi'MQn'tcr: over a bunnitf Go down and get jus what you want, and then bring the bill t me." .'in Vf T My hat waa to be o?fleal-brown. "Twi feathers or three?" asked the milliner, thought'of tho ^hundreds out of emploi ment, of ibo uc?wtuti?? and wan? tS Ifjhtir would behold, of the vanity nm pride of dress) but white I besuaie? i newsboy, just out'with the afternoon pa pera, yelled ; - "Florida and Louisiam both sure for Hayes >" I knew bow th thcr would feel, and said: "O, three certainly I" ' For two or three days there was a look not so much of pure melancholy Os ri {;loom. wrath and vengeance commingle U William's countenance, and he sprin kidd ^j^Wrfdto .his'beef-stcak-fearful.) Father said lie awaited the action of th Louisiana returning board with''dani q?nco in their integrity, and sipped hi tea with a spoon. I never knew fathc sip' his tea with' a spoon before id m lira.-;. ,. i** By and by it was reported that elector names bad been omitted from Rep?blica votes in JLouisiana, and father eaid ?uer was a chill in these "November days tb? struck to the very marrow, and Wi Hint said ha intended to arrange his buuiaet so that he could spend two or three week of winter in some southern clime-say i Georgia or Louisiana. That afternoon WAUA aJ^Pptoff? ?nd at tea-time laid Q ttyjfl&mtt. of five samples dfjaea brown neiiaoi > : \ . "Wti?JM* skid F, "which Of th?so d you cali the beat p?ceo of gooda?" .*.H?s Opinion coincided with minc. held twobita??ff at a distanoe.. ,,Ever e mai>7 wbmetrlharl know have bad dre; ees off that piece," said L I laid, th bits down ar? sigh ed. Then I held thc t off agaifi, sb /said : "How dreadful it i <?%$dv? *?nt a^?re??ao ?adft'?rt i Mary Ann,'? said VvUliamv "I really don't kcow aa in our circuoi aahabbily dressed womau ,'get it" 8< in order to satisfy William, X had to gt tiie merina Since that time Hayes has been sotm times elected aod ocmeUmes Tilden. A disguises bavo fallen off in ?ur (amil; tend, wraith ruy father and William trc* (??5hz3S9f '9^3x forytfj; itollttruli^.Wcs words M "corruption/1^"nigger, "bull dyx.'?r", ??ye become. familiar language in what I ojhfto Bopc?tvf>uefb6 a Refined, Christian Household! * ? "William," said I, an I ru ncr for more baked i M ita to tM ono morning, "I neve? al lon- ni v u l I lc; reul 'In- P,VC:-1UT .scandal---, much tu I wjmti-d Nt-aiid ?fltfc^ wapi than tin? f in glad I didn't." Om* day p'hen Louisiana went for Heyes father promised me a new parlor carj?et. If tin- question isn't settled be: fore January, i Uijnfc I caja easily get the bon re-furnished, end perhaps have II WA china -?-t mid M .si ly ?r dessert ?ctvit:?-. i'm gu sorry thc Centennial is efnsed, lor I know I could jui>r |U well spend another fort licht in Philadelphia, and I do be ? ve 1 couyi hu vc thal lovely pink coral >c: I wanted KO badly. Dear Republican, I don't understand polities, but I am BO glad I live under a Ki publican du ni of gofvinincnt, abd I do feel ?ure, if any one makes good reso lutions, and trie? to bc economical, and really .means to bc a good wifo and daughter a way will open out of difli cultics. Sincerely your?, MARY ANN. THE LOST KEY. "My dear Philip, have yoe. seen my porte-monnaie?" Mr. Walter's brow .contracted alighUy ut thc word", and he drew away Hie hand which hud been caressing hin wife's pret ty nan "IK that porte-monnaie lost again ?" "Now Philip," ?aid the little woman, with a word of pretty penitence in the lengthened monosyllable, "don't ?told ! Upon my word, it's the first lime I've mislaid it this whole morning." "It is too provoking, Jane," ?aid thc hita?ahd, puiitjli? b:i?> the books or ?bc (nile before him with u inovemeni deno ting intense Irritation. "Will'you never break - ourself of this careless habit, my love ?"' Jane was silent, looking down ?ike a naughty child who had been chidden. "You don't .know what nn annoyance these hoedles-i hubiti am to a methodical man like myself, dear." he added, in a gentler tone, us the coral lip began to tremble and thc eye to sufTusc. "Do try to be more thoughtful, for ; my sake ! Here is your lost treasure," he'added, quietly drawing n tiny case of pearl and gold from his pocket. "I found it lying on the stairs, und thought it a most ex cellent opportunity for giving my careless little wife a lesson." Jane clapped ber hands at the sight of the rcstoted treasure, and danced out of thc room in girlish glee. "!V perfect child," murmured the hus? bund, looking after her with a smile and a si;:h blending unconsciously into one another. "Well, if I don't make basti; I shu!I he too late for that engagement in the city. Let me see -the notes are in HIV inm sa1',-, I believe. Nothing like locking up things and keeping thc key.-* yourself. If June univ followed my ex ii opie-" Mr. W .liter nan i 'd ihriiplly, -?..?inj io ii* various pockets, with nerv ni? ha-'e '.' jyl'teh -veined not tu t ir*h o liing. .V'Vcrv .?tr.tngeV muttered he, ititi*'}! h) i ip. 'I always put it in that waist . it pocket. Posiihly I may have laid il m the tuhle um nigst th'*.' papers." Tue aforesaid pupers rustled hilh't-i uni ihithur, like animated *n*w Hakea, III Mr. Walter hurriedly sought among*] '.neir confused musses, hut il was all ii vain. "I can't have Instit I" he exclaimed, it dire perplexity. "And every ono of tlias? notes ure locked up in the mife, with nt earthly chance of ever getting nt them Rut I am certain thc key can't be lost! i never lose anything 1 It won't do to wai many minutes; I'll just put, on s cleat shirt and run down town. Hang tin key 1" Mr. Walter hastened up to his drossini room to complete the details of his toilet ere hu left tho house ; but his trials wen not yet destined to-terminate. He was i methodical man, therefore his wardrobi waa carefully locked; he always kep thingB in ono pluce, therefore thc key were snugly reposing in OAO corner o the inaccessible iron safe. He rushed frantically buck to thc lt brary, hoping faintly that the key migh be on the muntlepiece, where he had no yet searched. No, it was not there ; bu u treacherous ink-stand was, tho content whereof, by one unlucky sweep of tb elbow, descended in : an ebon catarac over his shirt-front-the shirt-front upoi which alone he had depender t "Well, hero is a catastrophe I" he mur mured, gloomily stanching, tho ink dov with lib pocket handkerchief. "How ever, I can button my coat over for th? present. Let me see-there is that moue; ? promised to pay Smithson to-day, ant now-" Ho stopped Bhort ; a cold dew of dis may brcal.ing on his forehead-th? mon?V-dJvWBri was a Sxture of ?bi wretcneSnroh safe 1 Penniless and shirtless, what more des pcrute state nf affairs could bis worst en erny desire for him? There was a lowe deeot yet, however--would he .not b ciSK?erjcU^cwvU jf.li.ia wife'etajjd b>;?ny iqo?fjajtuub chancy, discoy?* Iba he, the model of rule and order, had los his key I So thtftg>t MF. Walter, as h< went off to a day if of perplexities am mortifications iii the city. "If ever I tease Jano again about loa ing things," hq muttered inwardly, ai bj entered the room cn returning home, hope to be drowned with a hun. .cd weight of( kera about my ncckjl it' certainty a judgment upon me Ia * Ho unbuttoned his coat as he stoke forge tful of the ink-stains of .the morfina Jane uttered a faint scream, and ehranl buck, exclaiming, "My dear-Philip, wha is the matter with your ?hirt?" 'Tho matter! Oh I" said he, colortni und laughing. "I remember now spilt a little in!: over it this morning I don't aigntSy much." "Do let,me get you uut another, m deafr" "No, no," said he, eagerly detninini hepy f'llj|sn't at ail. worth while.' Do ai down, my love, and be easy." But Jane ?tarted away to carry he baby up to the nursery. Just us sh reached thc door, something jingled soil ly in the pocket of ber little silk apron she stopped iii the passage. "Oh ! by tho way, Philip, here is th key to your iron'safe. I found it on th dining-room table this afternoon ; and, .ho ?ddod, with an arch sparkle fi -:c roguish eyes, "I thought it would b?.a excellent opportunity tor giving niv hui baiid Bleseoli?" h . " . >r, She laid the.key in hi? hand, and ra out of tho r-cMi, aa ho recoiled ?nvoiuc tarily from the sound of his own pedan] words. As he contemplated the glean: ing words of the little ateel misch I? maker in'niihgied delight and mortifie* tion, tho echo of Jane's merry taught* on the stain reached bis ear like a cairn of silver bells. He laughed too-he couldn't holp il Mrs". Jane Waiter was a discreet fi ttl '?male. She never alluded to the cubje< ol tho keys again, and her husband vet never * after : known to reproach hervfl carelessness. - The human heart is?jke a pickle j? -you eill get nothing out cf it if yo shake it in a hurry. .- Diphtheria ia a sort of garrot?n dhvase. It takes a fellow by the throi and chokes e doctor's hill out of him. - Two brothers by the name of Pig have petitioned ?tho St* leonie court for change of their name to Peake. The find it impossible to get married; aa fa hjidy will consent to become a Pigg. ah have all the neighbors asking her, "lio1 la Mr. Pigg and the Utile Pigg* ?" An more than thia, they are annoyed hy ha Wyvfc afogtng Under their window, "Bi |rtg;.l.^^^'ht9ordl?;n' 1 t?*?OPH?C?ES RECALLED. The Plot tc. Conn) tn Under*] ?loud Before Ib? EtUtlbir! Tuc conspiracy t?? deprive thc people I tili*? tuition of thc* ij^iit it. ti., ir J'j-esidfnt/ wa*1 Mr?-hadnwed > hy proud* f)?||t ?f ..|,-,d>lil-:lli, even li..dr.. lilli ?|,f I il'.t voter bud tbrown hi* ballot on the morn ing of tli'^"lh ?irNovember. The predic tion!? ot' Mr. danie, Ncnimi Booth, Murat iiulsteud. und others, have been 'rVrifiVil ii? fully br the coutte of event* up to (hilt) (iuie, that we naluially recur n? their It?iguto-je foi* M?ht i HI the further development of the pint. Three*?vetfks>before election day the following propecy i--.ued forth from the St. Louis juli, where the Republican ed itor of thc (Hobe-Democrat WM then con fined for whiskey*thieving : "Na mau elected by the process resort ed to by the Democrats of South Carolina will ever be allowed to take his seat as President of the United Stales. This is our deliberate judgment." Two weeks before election day James G. Blaine, in a speech ut Buffalo, predic ted Tildon's election in case New York went Democratic, aud then, turning to Iiis Republican Auditors, asked, "Will you allow him to bc ?unugurated in thal event?" Two weeks before election day Senator Newton Booth, of California, in the couw of a talk willi a reporter of thc San Francisco Chronicle', said : "In the way matters stand at prisent, io caae the final declaration of thu choice for President depended upon thc aceep lance of the vote of one or more of the Southern States to which, troops had been sent, the House would inevitably refuse io allow it to bc counted in, and an ap peal to force would be necessary in order to settle the matter. "Reporter-What do you mean by force? I S "Senator Booth -Physical force-war, * * * * I think it is remarkably fortunate for the country that we have 11 Republican President, who is also com. mander in-chief of the army, so that in the event of any serious complication tito government has at its head a mai! who will see it protected. There are f gootl many reasons why the Democrat! should not be silflcred to vain control o v!ie government." Two weeks before election !.?.. Mr Murat Halstead, editor of the .-(rouge Republican newspaper in thv West,-am a clone personal fiiend of Mr. Hayes ventured on prophetic ground. His lau gunge was so remarkable that wc priutci lt at the time, and we reproduce it hcic "If New York should happen lo gi Democratic, the probability is thal thur would bu a disposition on the part of th Republicans to throw ont the vote n those Southern States which were carrie for Tilden by the intimidation of th blacks. I have heard thc Migge-tio made thal it would he moral perjury i Vice President Kerry ami Pre-idrt tirant if they should consent lo al low th electoral vote of States lo he east for th rc?.oration of the Southern Conf?d?ral*; when they knew that a majority ol th oeople of those S ate* hail boen prac! .?ally disfranchised, and wiien they hu ?in their hand- the legal proof of lin oict. "Now. if the PV?sideiilial elect hi I -lioiild turu upon the vole? say of Mi d-ippi, South Carolina, Florida or Loi isianu. it would be impo-->ibl?* lo avoid desperate dispute between thc two Legi I uti ve hou-.es of the government. Tl way is already prepared, by the declar lions nf Republican Senators, tor M Ferry, acting Vice Pr?sident, to as.su 11 the entire responsibility of counting ll electoral voten. The Hottso will not, course, consent to this. Thc next tint in the punition of President Grant. I is tho commander-in-chief of thc am ' and navy of tho United States. Tl very practical question would ari whether he would sustain Mr. Ferry the Senate. I imagine that the weig of inference is thal he would. Perba he would do it by proclamation. Th ls what in the Spanish-American repu lies uro called pronunciamientos. T situation will be exceedingly difficult, not hazardous. Trouble would coi upon us in a more dangerous shape th it did Mixteen years ago. Thoro is a st of Mexican miasma in the political 1 m on ph ere." At the timo of their utterance tlu vaticit ?.t.nns were generally regarded the voicing? of demagogy or of fol In the light of subsequent events th show that two mnnths ago tho leaders tho otSce-holding party liad already < termined upon a desperate program 1 in case of defeat at the polls. Whittet the result of the election, they were 1 to be disturbed in thc enjoyment of ph and power. To telain place and pow they wera prepared to resort, if neces ry, to-Mexican metb'-Js. It will be seen 'lint the programme the conspirators, as indicated by Sena Booth, and more explicitly by Mr. H stead, haa been carried tut 'hus far the letter. After alf questions of fact, legality, o." constitutionality, of poli and of moral righi have been exhau?t and the issue is narrowed down t? question of troops. Senator -Booth 1 pressed bis satisfaction that tho mil ?ti power waa in the hands of a mnn w would not hesitate to empioy .it. 1 conspirators counted upon this even fajQS the election. From tho very f the success of the audacious scheme ! depended upon his Mexican habits thought, bis carelessness of civil law, dogged fidelity.to the intercala of friei and favorites. Grant is the mainstay the conspiracy.-^-Neio^?rk.Smi. TUE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.-Wm. Switzler, one of the oldest und most spected of Milton ri edi tom, has presen, tho following sensiblo view of tho va of tocal newspapers in sustaining patr hun, fostering a love of our .ontional I fctittuious, and preserving thc people- fi o rr ii pt io 11 apd the despotism to wh it opens the way : ' "The in vention of tho electric telegri and tue aiMwtiiutfoa of the fast di mails by railroad for the slow and frequent linea by stage coach, nut mention thu multiplication of indust corresponding in ratio with ourincreu population, having largely localized country press and augmented its usc ne** and efficacy. These powerful aj etes have made tho weekly country nc paper the organ and mouth*piece of county or district in which it is t lishod; a reflex of tho opinions and exponent and defender or the rights interests of the people among whom *"PCC!~!'" i,l**'"!??t*d It iu them-.'! icu and oug'ht to.be practically, un bo abd ateopless senUuel on tho watch te of their liberties, and a guardian of t special interests, industries and act iv whatever they be. ''Aa local self-government is essei not only tb the peace and prosper it the whole country, but likewise to happiness and th? highest civilizatin each of its patts, so the local cou press is indispensable to the propel velopment and defense of the ?nteres the respectiva communities which in aggregate maka up tho nation. An the abolition of local government wi result In universal anarchy and disa and In the inauguration of the iron * of coltossal monopolies and central despotism, so tho extinguishment of country press would open tho flood*, of a resistless torrent from the fount of population, wealth and power. ,lI am, therefore, firmly persuaded the perpetuity of our freo inatitutior tbs spirit and form designed by oui ccator*-institutions founded on the ) centrel truth of equal rights to all exclusive privilegia to none- dep In no small degree upon the vigi existence and fidelity of the;, con preta.* e A Sign of the Tillie*. It I? a startling testimony of the extent Ut which some years of Radical ascend ancy have fcob"4iched JB?e*jnia(U%if the people of tne united J|yitc|}, that it has ever he? ti claimed, ni?eu less insisted on, that a Returning Ihutrd eau lutvfuliY ex ist.' Thc fundamental principle of repub lican government is that the will ot the .mim tm .1... JllkMWM ..I,;... ,.f .?I...? |'v-'|'- " '.'~.mm measure? of public* policy shnll be cur ried on and what men ?hall conduct those measures. Thin will, il is a further prin ciple, is lo I?, maui Tested by thc votes of the people, and all that anv government al power can rightfully <!o as lo auch votes, is to decide as to the tiny on which thev shall bc cast and the machinery by which the voice of the votes shall be made known. Of themselves 1,000 pieces of paper in a box are, of course, nothing but HO many pieces of paper; they can not declare the general conclusion at which all thc votes have arrived, ul? tlu)Ugh each particular ballot uomiataka? bly manifests JU wish. Hence the una voidable necessity of one set of officials to count all thc votes in each box, and of another set to compute thc general result of all the boxe?. Out of this necessity arises the opportunity of Returning Hoards, thc animating principle: of which is, that the ballots arc to be count ed not ?ts cast, hut as thc Hoard thinks they ought to have been cast. Such ail assumption is *<? absolu! I;, destructive of the basis on which republican govern? ment exists tfailt it ia amazing the idea should eve. have been tolerated for an instant in a country pro'es-drsg tu possess free institutions. To sa,, as in Horida for Instance, that three men are to he the final arbiters ol'each election is really to erect a government ol'thc triumvirate, as tully as a polity ofthat sort once existed in Koine. Ami to repose a like power in live men, as in Louisiana, r r*. haifa dozen, as in this State, is singly lo vary the form, without changing thc substance, of the oppression. Tho true idea of republican govern ment may, in fact, be illustrated by a device which is Haiti to have been pro posed for use in legislative assemblies, UH follows: Over the Speaker's chair is u dial, an I connected therewith are wires, operated mi the principle of thc tele graph, running to each mein ber's seat. When the member votes aye, he. presses I the knob mjc on his desk, or if he vote no, the knob ?io, ami a corresponding result appears instill .incously on the dial at tho Speaker's desk. This photographs thc will of tho assembly on the pending proposition, and alfords nc opportunity for a corrupt or blundering clerk to au nouncc a wmng result. In popular elec tions, ol'cours.-, this ?den could hardly hf: operated, hut thc illustration will serve ' > show what republican govcrnilieill really means. The ballot should be au free as air when being cast, and as in . .ila.-cable as adamant when cast. ''Iiesc principles arc sn elementary thai it - astonishing, we repe:?f, that a singh voice has been raised throughout '.lu United Stales in favor of such a right a: unit churned by Returning Boards-ihi right, namely, to re-arrange the vote tt nil themselves. This is such pulpablt knavery, such gross, open, declared swill (liing, that it could never Imve lound ai nlvocate unless some great corrupting; cause had first broken down thc burrier oetweeii tho conception of right um ivrong, of honesty and dishonesty, o gooti government and despotism. It wu -laud in American history as a mos shameful page that aitch a question wa actually litigated in two of our Stat courts, lt is us if some gory rutliun wer seriously to contend that murder was iv crime, and insist upon thc court, at th bar whereof ho was arraigned, pasain? on tho point. It is u crimo, forsooth, t steal a hog, a fowl, a yard of cloth, bu iib offence to rob men of their participn tiou in their own government, as mun: tested in their votes. The Supreme Court of .South Carolin! and the Su prone Court of Florida, fo lowing it, has pronounced any such clan absolutely groundless, and refused with [?roper contempt to permit such a front ess defiance of law to clothe its nakec ness with one single legal rag ; and in t doing has spoken thc plainest dictate < common honesty, common right an common sense. A Returning Board like a pirate, hostia httmani generis, tl enemy of mankind, and it is a reflectio upon thc capacity of Americans for sci government that tho claims of sue buccaneers have ever been made tl themed a legal controversy. This cou! never have happened if a long prev; leuce of Radical rule bad not, to son degree, sapped the foundations of tl public honesty. No man, says tl proverb, becomes a villain all at one and there would not have been any wiit in tho United States such a sign of tu pitude as a defence or palliation of the scoundrel Board3, if a preliminary pr cess of prostitution had not been carri? on by the brigands who lead the Repu Mean party.-Charleston Journal of Cot mercc. Or n REVENGE.-Hon. B. H. Hill co ci mied a congratulatory address to b neighbor? in Athens tho other day follows: My Southern countrymen, the bppo tuuity for our revenge fans- come at la and let it bc thorough and cumple! But how shall we take revenge upon o: enemies? Not by invading their cou try nor burning their houses, nor insu! inc their women I I Not by placing di;-, bi mic.- upon their great men, nor by dj franchising their people t Not by placii them under the rufe.- pf ignorance ai crime, reconstructing their States, ai using thc army to protect their robber No, nol We will do none of the things ? We. fhall take revenge by gi ing them what "their own Republic] leaders have been unable and unnillii j til gii'c ibero - honest, peaceful, cutislii i ional government. We will labor f our r?lr-Mr- -CirU?r?ry S??d ??J-p?CS3 p?! of it. We will- breednp_curpet-bagge disperse no legislatures, .and deprivo i invalid -fidlers oLtheir?pe?rH?ons. V shad guard mt cr?a ?y-?tie pu une ervd and nay faithfully tho public debt. V sha!', ni a ti o every foot nf our .soil tact '"JiR1'nn^ cv?.ry. frceuiati proud th In. ii ;..< American citizen. Finally, \ shall nov; build again our desolate f*V.u< und ujak? it brighter, happier und UH prosperous than ever before. Our ch dren shall love it as tho dearest la under the sun-once deceived and oft wronged, but always honorable and bra and forgiving. ! FANNY FERD'S ADVICE.-Mothe ! confider it your religious duty to ta 1 out-door exercise, without fail, each di Sweeping and trotting around the hoi ! will not take its place ; the exhilarati : of thc open air and change of scene i ' absolutely necessary. On, I know about Lucy's gown that "is not finishet and "Tommy's jacket," and even "h Coat thrown in your lap, as if to add I last ounce to the camel's back ; still say, up and out! Is it not more imp tant that your children, in their tem years, rhould not be left motherless, a thal they should not bc born to tl feeblo constitution of body which v blight every earthly blessing? Let b tons and strings go; you will take hi of them with more vigor and patiei when you do return bright and refrcshi and if every stitch be not finished at j auch a moment (and it is discourag not to be able to systematise in ymir bur, even with your best efforts,) still member that "she who hath done w she could" ia entitled to no mean pra Your husband is undoubtedly "the I of men," though there are some malka people who-might **y thnt that is saying much for him ! Sill!, he wo us'ver, to tbo end of time, dream w yo?-w?re dying of j sn accent my adv aiitj^k^-thc uiattvr in Invou youivvrf. . ? ci - nie Itee?tpU ' ?nfl Disbursements of the Year. The report of Mr. F. L. Cardozo, show ing thc rccfips*r-aud<febu'^fMnto by the State for t',f<> ytfa/fho|?^to|er 31st, is ?a clear MS it i?^uu5att?f5iAjry. Tlic receipts for the year arc f1.411, 245.71. Thin, with the balance brought forward from thc previous, year ($212, 081.60) makes the entire rev?noe'$lt.623,-' 927.71. Thc disbursements amount to $1 ,.m*0(A>.84, leaving a ualuuce of $2G0, 375.37. What this balance of nominal cash consists of, Mr. Cardozo does not suy. Il is presumed that it is not motley, or anything readily convertible into money. Of the current receipt*1 of $1,411,240.71, the sum of fl,203,009.07 is thc proceeds of the tax?s pf the year 1875-70, and $89, 306.54 were received on account of taxe-? of previous years. The Phosphate royal ty amounted to $19,926.08, of which amount $39,293 were paid by the, Coosipv Company, f-0,2?l?0 by the "South Uuto-j lina Phosphate Companv, and 153,639.8.5 bv the Marine and River Company. From t'ne Carolina National Rank $30, 000 were borrowed, and from thc Central National Hank' $15,000. : Both these amounts lijijr* bee? repaid. Thc income from tax?s was, therefore, far below the estimates. Mr. Cardozo attributes the falling oil to the tender and receipts of bills of th.* Hank of the State lor taxi's. The amount of these bills actually re ceived is not mentioned, but we ur** con fident that the poverty of the penplo, aud. their unwillingness to pay out-money to be squandered or stolen, hud a serious effect in reducing the revenue. A gov ernment which has not the respect or confidence of the people cannot collect taxes, whatever the amount, fully and promptly. The public expect protection aud justice froui ih? government they support, and when protection and justice arc denied thei?, they will not pay, if they cnn avoid it. I'he principal payments during the year were : Salaries $184,038, Lunatic Asylum $48,304, Penitentiary $44,092, Census expense** $40,087, [Printing $7o> 187, POitralts of Lincoln and Sumner $1,000, Free Schools $208,489, Legisla tive expenses $114,525, Interest on pub lic debt $141,702. It will bc noted thut thc disbursements for Salaries, Public Printing and Legislative Expenses amount lo $370,750 ; or one-third of the whole of the receipts irom thc Stale tax of 1875. And in addition to what has al reatly been paid out, there rc deficien cies, for the single fisc il year, amounting to $329,080. These deficiencies include $29,000 for the Lunatic Asylum, $27,010 for Legislative Expanses, $34,377 fur thc Penitentiary, $47,509 for Free Schools, $80,380 for Salaries, and $52,954 for In terest on the debt. The entire expenses of the State Government, paid and un paid, (deducting the capital amount of money borrowed from the Hanks and re paid) amount, therefore, to $1,320,000. This is about twice as much as the cx pen-ii*:* ought to be, alter making a. i i her;; I allowance for the free schools. The few figures we have given, joined to the recollection of the excesses of for mer years, strengthen the conviction that, as a purely business proposition, it is un. wise, in the highest degree, to pay one cent of taxes to thc Chamberlan Govern ment. In previous years the taxpayers had no ..olid ground to stand upon, for the Government which plundered them did represent a majority of the voting population of the State. The election of 1870 changed all that. The Chamber lain Government is a minority Govern ment. It remains in office, not by virtue of the popular vote and the law, but by the grace of President Grant. No tax that it levies is lawful, or can be enforced by the Courts, and we say frankly that they who, with all the facts before them, pay taxes to the Chamberlain official:-, are not only oblivious of their own in terest, but are disloyal to the State. In a very short time the taxpayers can starve out the plundering cabal. The fate of the State is in the hands of the taxpay ers ; and a terrible retribution will visit them, if they now furnish to the pre tended officials the money by which the public oppressors live and move and have their being.-Xetct and Courier. Farm Accounts. Much good advice has been given to farmers about keeping accounts. It is easy to exhort, to urge the doing of a right action, but nut so easy to tell how to do it. - Keeping accounts on the farm is n very different matter from the same thing behind the counter or nt the desk. Take the most expert book-keeper from his desk in thc" counting-room abd place him on the farm, to keep its accounts, and he would succced'tio better than the farmer would in tho counting-room. It is comparatively an easy matter to make the necessary entries on a bill of goods sold or bought, money borrowed or loaned, uotes discounted, and other busi ness transactions of like nature; hut when you como to keeping accor..-ta with fields, crops and stock, the di-"cult ?cs are largely increased. All intelligent farmers will readily ac knowledge the importance of keeping ac counts, and yet very few of them no it. or if they do, it is confined to actual busi ness transactions alone, involving money paid out and received. Thc reasons for this universal neglect is simply the-want of a plain, practical system, especially adapted to the farm. If such a system were devised and taught in our rural schools as thorough as some other branches of less practical importance, the next generation of farmers, would show a decided improvement in this respect. We know by personal experience that unless the business of keeping accounts ia made a daily duty, it will not be prop erly done. Tho actual business transac tions on the farm, the buying and Selling, paying ont money and receiving it, comes at Irregular intervals, and are -*iot calcu lated to fuste?.' regularity of habit at all. For thia reason it is better to keep ac count* in the form of a diary, in which all transactions of the day are recorded, together with weather records, occupa tions, remark?, otc. We were lately shown a record of this kind that had been kept for five years past, all in one book. The pages were ruled off by perpendicu lar lines into columns for tfay of week and month, weather records, occupations of the day, cash paid out, cash received, stock of grain, etc., sold, notes given, notes paid, and general remarks. Two open pages of thirty-two lines each, em braced the diary, of a mouth. The as pects cf the weather were given in one column, as clear, rain, snow, frost, etc., and the state of the barometer and ther mometer in another column. It was a minnie, practical, nod .-.?y -^tisT?Ci??jj method of keeping accounts, and we would commend it to every farmer who has not adopted a moro comprehensive system. The daily entries can bo made in ten minutes' time, each evening, and at the end of tho year you have a brief but very satisfactory history of what has occurred on the farm. Of eo?rse we only indicate the general nature of this method. Each farmer can varv it to suit his own circumstances. If a farmer de sires to keep accounts with fields and stock, let him have a separate book for each. Such a system every farmer can readily anderstand and put into practice, and we urge them to begin now.-Ohio Fhrmcr. - A promising youth of only scyon summers, who had been accused of not always telling the truth, cross examined bis father. "Father, did you usa to, lie wheo you were a boy?" "No, my WHI/' ftaid the paternal, who evidently did not ft call tiie psst with any distinctness, "Nor mother, cither?" persisted the voung lawyer, . ;:N?? l-luu w?hyjr" "Oh, because I don't seo how *tWo people whn ?*\er told a lie could have a boy Ujfet tells a? many as I do.1'?. . 1 & jrm<m^mmvmm di una rrj? j aramrae for, Di-?la/^ij vtJ?e Vote. WASHINGTON, December 25. No publiu officer bivi been niora per^ ?Utcully and more fruitlessly Interviewed than Senator Ferry,? President im? lem. of thc Senate. The last report*" ?som'ur aatinn wilh him waa published iii a Bal lioii-.rc pape* Ulta mor:-::!g, and iy-natur Ferry, after reading it, hus taken oven Minn to deny it? statement* seriatim, und pronounce* it all made up. ?n conversa lion'with a friend this morning, Senator Ferry defined iii* po-dtion upon sonic div puled iVnits, and, while not constituting an interview, the cnn venation muy ba accepted as giving his views. .It will be remembered that in receipting-for the sealed envelopes brought lo him,Senator' Terry has adopted a uevt form, designa ting them as_ci?vej^ tain the Electoral vote. In receipting for the package* received by mail, he hu? taken a similar cour/e, describing tbc euvelopu and its murks in his receipt. All these envelopes purport ing to contain electoral voles lie proposed 10 take lo thc place of meeting for thc two Houses, and there to open them without exception, treating all; HO Tar as their opening by the President of thc Renale in ihe presence of the two Houses 11 concerned, in precisely tho ?auie man ner. This ends a tolerably constant, rumor that only certain envelopes would bu opened by tue President of thc Sen ale, und insures that, instead oT 3G9 votes coining before thc two Houses for verifi cation, 391 will bc handed to the tellers, nf which 200 will be counted for Tilden mid Hendrick? and 197 for Hayes and Wheeler. What his action will be in the mutter Mr. Ferry declines to say till the committee of conference have reached a decision or disagreed irrevocably. Mr. Ferry's language upon thc subject is sufficiently significant to deserve quo tation as an informal expression of his. ' views: "1 hope the two committees'will Come to sonic plan. If the two Houses j livr?e, nobody will bAve any (injection to make. Thai will settle the matter, it is not a question that I want lo decide. It is not nn enviable position for any man to take. He is certain, however hi decides it, to be hated by hall' the repub lic. But if the two Houses fail to agree I shall appear ut their place of meeting with all tiie envelopes and do my duty under thc constitution. 1 snail have no hesitation whatever in doing my whole duly. I shall shirk no responsibility." vi'h nt Mr. Ferry considers hu additional duty under the Constitution in the ver ?fi cation of the votes and their count he did not this morning say. He has not yet Mirid; anrt, except tonis imme-dfnte*prnitT~ cal friends, a clear-bended, reticentfPVtty Meian on the eve of a r?-?lection to tlid Senate is' not lifciMy ttftayHrll' February 14; but that he considers that be bas a duty to perform beyond the mere .open ing, in case the Houses tail to adopt some plan before their joint meeting, nu listen er to his conversation ibis morning, whose use us a cmivt rsaiion willi a friend he permuted, could have uny doubl, judging from his phrase and from the evident und earnest desire thal the two Houses should deliver him of the respon sibility of deciding the question before they met in joint session. Mr. Ferry said also that the Senate coin ni ir,Lee is not made up to favor a reference to the Su preme Court. Ho was anxious simply to get a strong committee of lawyers f rom i he judiciary committee and the committee on privileges and elections. He claims thc credit of having insisted upon the even division of tho commit tee.-Special Dispatch to thc New York World._ HOUSEHOLD ALTARS.-In the. ohfjen time the father of the household was "ita prophet and priest. The father of tho present fast age can hardly find time to make the acqaintanceof his own children, to say nothing of decent and devout at tention to the proprieties and sanctities of family religion. It is a sad fact, that in many house holds, nominally Christian, there is no family altar, and no household recogni tion of God. The Bible is an unopened book, and there is no open acknowledg ment of tho allegiance to God, the Father in Heaven. A godless, prayerless house hold is a terrible spectacle, especially when there is ar. outward profession of better things. The evils ure magnified many fold where there urjo., young chil dren. ^VVhat can compens?e for the sweet and tender influences of well ?.on ducted family worship on the minds and hearts of thc little ones? Parents who omit it not only provoke the wrath of the Lord, but neglect the best and must nat ural means of religious education, and thus put in fearful jeopardy thc souls of their children. It was not an idle super stition that bude tho simple-minded, de vout Norwegian girl to fleo from the house where she lind engaged service, because there was no "prayers in the house." A prayerless soul is a fearful anomaly. ; But a home where children are born and nurtured and reared, where loved ones sicken, and suffer and die, where in the eyes of the children the father should be a type of the "Our Father in Heaven," ana the motlier',tho ideal of all that is tender and affectionate and devout, where all the precious mem ories should be garnet like hidden treasures, and where a.?? holy and, pure influences and associations should .per? yade the very air-with no open Bible sud no voice of song, prayer pr-praise-r iv h at shall we say of that home ? One can hardly conceive it possible that such rt home could exist in-a Christian land. No wond?r that' thd'eurse of th? Lord hangs in dark relief over the families that call not on Hi's name. >NUJ st-iraaVspirel frarat Rouerl basest been" (TomjM?r? The Semaine Religieuse nf thal diocese publishes the following particulars' rela tive to the comparative height* of the principal monuments of tho, giotto ns con trasted with the ue.w work: Tho dome, nf St. Pcter'M nt Rome raises its cross tu, 152 feet above the ground. Strasburg,' the highest cathedral in a\\ France, reaches, with its celebrated clock 'tower, 165 feet; Amiens. 439 feet; Chartres, 399 feet; Notre Daine, at Paris, has only 222 feet. The Parin Pantheon, consid' ered nne of the boldest edifices, docs not exceed 308 feet, thc cross included. On mother side, the highest pyramid, thal nf Cheops, measures 478 feet according to nome travelers, 4G5 feet according to others ; and this latter calculation is the ?ne generally adopted. The pyramid of Dhepitretn has 480 feet, that of Mycorenua 177 feet.. Among npire, modern edifices .i._. .fta.-.o..,ii. r .... imf lit, H (Ti i ;.. ^f Milan. 876Teet ; tho Ilo^^Ville, of limaseis, 352 feet ; tho Square Tower of Asinclli. Italy, 3?1 feet;,.the dome of the Invalides, Paris, 344 feet; St. Sophia, at Constantinople, only rises to 190' feet; Ihe Leaning Tower of .Pis*?, to 187 feel; the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, to 144 feet; tho Pantheon of Agrlpph, to 141 -feet; thc Observatory of Paris, to 88 feet. Die dome of the capitol nt Washington, including ?ls statue reaches.307 feet ?n height ; Trinity Church steeple, New York, to 184.' * Front the?u? figure*, which ?re given in round number*, it will bc seen that the spire of Rouen, which has ii l eight o(493 rVf2j; |x tbeyp<*l elevated monument in the world. T ie old one, iommenced in : 1844; nn thc plains of Robert Rcequet, destroyed by the fire of ?epieuitjerJ6^ 1822, mid widely waa justly :onsid?rcu one ot tho boldest anti most oertwf W?s*a height >f 488 feet ; it was, therefore, 69 feet less ;hnn the. p rose n t.? pi re.-A mer icon Archi j-? ; i-~ Hope is the best-part ot* our ri -' ea lrVn.it? profile.!h tho wealth of tho Indira o ou F pocket, Ii we-bava, DO? the ho ia.iiien hi our ao?in?' " ?T-- " *'.?. .</> ir f;u"i^vr Wim . iga* u? lr., ?us Purl/les the Blood. Renovates '- anti r***>i*?v*tte* th? - Whole ?ysUsui. ITS MEDICINAL ITWPKlvTIES AHE il'fidihe, Tonic, Sol?toi "?nfl Wuhnic ?r.r.?isa ls "."'.** ~-*-!?"?'.T"'y from Cte . . :irofully selected um kV, root* sud ? r.M fi ?irtiugty couccutra'.tid, t?at it will cui nailvanulka** lruu> Uto oyaient every tatut. . ?. ? "inlu. Mcroiuloue ILuaar, r rtiir?, Cnncrr, C?acr*-*?# H?as?r? . r ..?jula?, NnlC Bbfata, HyphUlilc ?or?, Cnultrr. Fniuiac-?? nt thc - . a irb, aaa ail ?i^.v-1-J tb ?4 aviso Xiom lm - HI ?elnilrii, lufcniMnititbrr ana i ;.. jute" ItlieatnuiUni. Went *l(6to? ? J ?j? I anil Mil*uni < ciM^Uial?, C^ onl-/ .rWoiaH-f cmSI tliro*;?h IM blooo.1*ntsevt .? Voe 4Jicrr?*ml Krapaiv? B4>??veacf tba (.Mn. rntiulen. V?tvpXtM. BUicbca. M-ni?, Tcilrr, fee a ld-bend 'and Htatf? < . II iii. Vi CI TINE bas no7cr failed to effect a -...'i m >n! ?nra. . I'I J Vt l'uin? Ju iba Back,M.Idney ?..?.. i-' ii.ii?, l>r?|l>r,' friunle TveakneM, i.i iirorrliB?. nrislnu-frum imsrnal ulcera .j MI. ana uiedji%.d\teaica and' pgmff?i ?>. bliiiT, Vr.in:nvi:: ?"-ts 'directly^\xfr>a tba rwsc*<>( ?ict)ft<j*int'i??.|ii?,' li invigorate* and ft run-it lioiu tim wimbi --.Moni, arti it|K>n lim ?it , rn :l<.a ur^aiif.allay* L u imniiHoii,care* ulcer? 1 ' ntl a anil regulates lim bowels. ?.ir I a m rr I?; U.'*prp*lu, O atril Q Ul I'ontlrruru, I'iili?if rsilou of I fer ?Denn, Urn.lin hr, Pil?-?, ' rvrrvsusaeM ?ad ??rnrrnl ?-rastrnli*li of tba Herrowa MI.ir ni. no inrilicliie baa given eucb per r. n Mt bf net lo? ns Hie VF.oTATine;.- It purifies lite ult**!, cleanses all ol ibo organ*, nud pc*-,, mt at fi i-yiU^ollliifi I'owcr ovor tbc nervous sys H'M. . ** ?. .'. 1 . . ll * '. . iii..- remarkable cures effected byVKOfrriNn dava Induced maiiviiliysltlaiidmidapotliecatie* .lin.m v\u kuow to prescribes am? u?9 it ia Ibeir J . vu ra lill Ur*. Ill I.H I, V'EOKTINB; ?? like I? M rem.-.J- ?Mt"j .li n i,., ?roi lor tho abovnillwiiises, nuil IE tho only : tel lilllie iiI.tlOD I? Ult a F fi fi I? yet visera ! before Iii?? r/ulilie. ratU'AREO ox i H. i?, STEVENS, Boston, Masa. What ia Vegetine? lt id >i compound extracted from burke, roots nani herbs. lt lr) Naturo'o Itciuody. lt ls per ta Uv I; armlet flinn nay badellcct upon lliooys i :i i. ii liu-ai: aliiiet?iiitlbirou?.'lliciiii'i;. lt ?cl* .Hit! tn upon Ibo blood. lt <|tiiota tlio nervous ivytein. lt RIV?*S yon good, S-.M-CI sleep ni night. ' li is.a !'"->'1 panacea tur our tu'.<"i inlliers catt uuitliers, for it ulvcs tlietn ?treagtti,t]Ulenl tbetr H.-r\rs nuil KIVCS tliont Hature'e sweet ?loop, as lia* been uroveil by many an aged persvii. lt is ibo ai sat Hlood PuriUeV. lt is aaootnUs remedy ' |.ir'mir rlillitreu. lt bas rc'lavcO and rared I. ; h ? i-, mili- lt ls very plctuaut to tako; every rio :U Mk Ci lt. lt relieves mid eurea all ulfeasca url-fluatbiil from lui pu re blood. Try tbe VKOK I r.e. Uivettatair trial fur your voiuuiamta: tbuu v?u will say to your friend, uelgbbor aaa acipialuuracfj, " try lt ; lt bas cured mo," ' 1 ? ' "i ' . l '.I I oui. VKOKrINK for tho comulalnts for vibtcb lt ls rcriiiiimeiiileil,U?iaviii->slar'>erBalfttbrou?bout ibo fulled ti tates iban auy oibei-pae niedielntl. Wliy? Vegettno wilt Caria these . plaints. CatwjQt be Excelled, .. co A iM.Ks i ow.N, MASS.. Morell li), 18C0. Mr. ll. lt. Sruvc^s : Dear Slr-Tb ls ts t6 cer tify that I bave usedyour V lllood Prersrntioa-* lu my family tur sovcral years, and tbluk lli.it, ii r St-'iufiilour Cankerous lluiuori,.Oi:.ltUoum nll<! A iTeetioii?, lt ran not to excelled ; and, ns a bliinil purilieraud spring nir lirinc.li in Hie Uc;t I lliins 1 liavo ever useii ; nuil 1 Lave used almost ereiyilitii^. 1 cnn clicerfully r?comnieud lt to'' auy uno in ticed ot sueb a medicino. *. -, . Yours respectfully. Mila. A. A. DINSMOTIE, _ iii Vussoll Street. Gives IlcaWi, Strength ant*, . Appetite* ?< My daunbter bas received gres. bcneSt from tlieuseof tbo VEOETINE. lier declining health waa a source of great anxiety to hil of- ber friends. A lew bottles of tbe V KO rr IKE res tored ber bealtli, strength and appetite.*" . - N. il. TILDES, Insurance nnd Heal Estate Agent, 1 So. -19 bears Building, lioatoD) Mass. Prrpartd by II. Ev STEVENS, Borton, Man. _VE6JETIKE 18 SOLD BY ALI DflUfifitSm THE CRANC?RS' LIFE AND HEA?/T?X INSURANCE COMPANY United States of America. tl.U|i .< .?/ v ;/ Authorized Capital, - $4,000,000. Or which $100.000 is to be owned in . i ouch Department. PAR? HT OFFICE, MOBILE, ALA P. E. DAVIDSON, President. M. G. HUDSON, Vice President. R. W. FORT, Secretary. South Carolina Department, Colum bia, S. C. Capital Stock, - - ?lOO.OOO. Tuos. B. JETEH, President. Tnos. A. MCCBEEUY, Vice President. H. P. GREEN, Secretary. MCMASTEK & LKCOHTC, Atf irnevs, Columbia, H. C. J. H. EVINS, Attorney, spartanburg, S. C. Dn. H. W. TAYLOR, Medical Director. Security I Economy I Liberality Are tho leading principles of this Compa ny. All approved foi nu, of Life and En dowment Policies issued. Also, Term Poli cies of one, three, five or seven years: All Life Policies non-forfeiting after an nual payments, when the insured will be entitled to a Paid-up Policy, or. cash surren der thereof. ' Dividends may be used to protect Policief against lapsiug in case of failure to pay pre miums. This, with the non-forfeiting and cash surrender features, are . sufficient to make this Company popnlirr'tntiong tliink ing men. . . . , - Good Agents wanted. - _ - . LBJ a.?. . . . . - ?*; !.= mouLuin. ar . Aui?ni. '-\'-",?-g Vi . April 13, 1876 The Notes' and Accounts "Due the finn of SIMPSON, HILL, S? CO.? Will. be placed In tile lfnbds of an OFFICER for collection bv tho in;....* ? is nt of A year has transpired since its dissolu tion, and you have bad limo to make an ot li er crop. .. I .....?I r?o excuse can be given-fur not settling immediately. -a ... The old firm business SIUST bo wound up. L f . SSINfPSQN, HILL ?fe CO. Sept 14, 1876 . . . 9 SMITH & WESSON'S rorr?tiTenie??cr. rw-f ranil^r^a^?^^| 1 at*,Hi*un**uitlU*t. liyoaernerebstik flffira does not keep ibero, order direct from tb? HMH Agency, 70 Chntnbrrd St.. We tv York". *tMWI ' Itt. VF. Hobin??!?,Oen'l Agint Oct ?6, 1870 - ' - 15 ly - ^?<V fs.PO;RTABI.-V; .n i ^TATIOS AR'Yl r '?m-'* ' 3??AW: ElOUR?ND.G?rtS :?'?".:.. ?% 'r-TT,^. r' W i fh'or.u t ?.P-?'ttomSi ?kev'. igncM .?URliIN'L Vi'.Yi: L-i I NY i LL Mffl?fe, F?Mi CPPEB 8ETS OF TEJJ?U FOB Ta.i^DwxABSi ?ptil tho ?rttVby of"3ar?aaly ?ix? Mdqtr?^ :WVferW?r T? S?W'? rfSm^^i .ia--..^ lilli UV sUU'l'U UAH?jjflu*? Y Ail fJJOV A To thc Defendant, Mary Andrews : JL to unswtr the complaint Iii SKv?r lion. whWh is. tiltia In the' PmUfL Vi?# ornee December ??1*1878, ?nd to ?tnsir2!2 of yoax auawcr to;-thv ?aid. comohUu, prTtK subscriber nt .lily ofQce, at JLndtfZ?vSJffl Iinhse. 8oUtli Carena,'wuW^fir?EL after tho service hereof. eicltiMveorr?^K? of such service; end iLo?m fail to ^Saw? the complaint within Uje Unie afuiSTu the plaintiff in this action will hpJ^CT? Da<?-d,;?lst Dumber A. D. l$7j}. JOHN R. MOORE 'r " '.HafntHT's Attorney"' Vor-tli? ^ipOM.of obtah?ng a aaJetopS debt? and liabilities or deceased of tr premises tu?,icin described, under thc ?ir?? lion of this Court, and for a divisiorief tl? proceeds W. such sale among saWt?rodlt?r? according to their reHjiectivo right*, wide?, premises were ut the.Uuioof tbecotaWs'^ 'tuent ol this action and '.he tiltnir of thi? notice, eituute in^lnlttFW oAfrutiT Carol'! un, County of Anderson, and are descrirJii in tho ?niel complaint es lh6 re? ?t!it*\' 1 Veter hu Watkorroecwtxl^ ef *hR? hu^'e au interest. . _* Joi?K B. MUOttF " ' PlulntlfTs Alt Dec 2?, 1870 ?/.<?; 2* ,?_ ^'"tf ? j Bi^ot?tloii! r THU firm of J. N. Sutherland & Cn I? thiavday dissolved by ruutii?r consent AK?J?e!1, to,theilrut wUl'PMfor?MMDt ! to J. N. Sutherland, who is auih?rizca" iEff settle np the business of the "fin ' '." ? St . Jv N. SUTH ERL AND, H. J. ARMSTRONG?/ - 'W-E, SUTHERLAND' Helton, S. ^^?l^W^i Xlu. undersigned,, having purchased. ,tbe entire, stock Ofj G?nerai Merchandize 0f J. N. Sutherland & Co. have form^-J? nartriemliip, abd will coYithiud to Fe?fOboda low for cash: at the old-stand,, under th? firm name And, *t?yle of Sutherland ? Arni, strong. , W. C. ABfM8TROKO Bejton, y Or. 20,AS78.x i .'IB.. ^?TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1 KJ ? AwiJt??ox Coom ;' Y By ir. HY. ?Tumphreyt. Esq!, Pr?battJudgt. I WHEREAS/ Tit. E". M. Brown has ruado suit.to mc to grant bini letters of Adminis tra!) >n,6n the Estate and effects of John Recd, deceased. ? These arc therefore to cite mid adinonbh ail kindred and crediton of the said John Recd, rf deceased, .to ?bfr^drapj^Mbcfore nie in Court of Probate, to bc ii :.d at An derson Court House, on Friday, Janua ry i -J t h, 1877. i after publication. -hereof; to shew cau'.e, if any they have, why the sala administration should not) be granted. 'OlVen Under'mv "hand, thia'22nd day ol December, A. 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