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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY JUNE 21, 1877._ VOL. XII-NO. 49. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.?Two Dollabs par annum, and Oms Dollar fot six months. . Subscriptions are not taken for a less period than six months. Liberal deductions made to clubs of ten or ?n ore subscribers. RATES OF ADVERTISING.-Ono Dollar per a quare ol one inch for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents per square for subsequent insertionslcss thr.n three months. No advertisements counte less than a- square. Liberal contracts! will be made with those wishing to advertise for three, six or twelve months. Ad? vertising by contract must bo confined to the im? mediate business of the firm or individual contrac? ting. Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, Tributes of Respect, and all personal communications or matters of individual interest, wUl be charged for at advertising rates: Announcements of marriages and deaths, and notices of a religious character, are respectfully solicited, and will be inserted gratis CO-OPERATION. Essay by JL..W. Gentry, read before the 2nd Quarterly Meeting of Deep Creek, Harper, Sandy Springs and Town Creek Granges, Convened at Harper Grange Hall, on 13th May. 18TT, and Published by request of the Meeting. ? ? This is a subject embracing a large field of thought, and as extensive in im? portance as it is in magnitude. Its literal signification is working together, and we have only to give it our earnest thought to see the advantages reaped from it on every band. Although we may fail to recognize the benefits accru? ing from it, yet we-do actually realize them every day. Without coroperation what benefits could we reasonably ex? pect from Church or Stajje ? from social or domestic life? Mark you its signifi? cation: working together, united efforts, an union of energies.' "Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there will I be with them to own and bless them," is a divine promise with which we are famil? iar ; and the condition of the promise is, .^that there be a perfect union in this one good work of service to him who created all things, and by whose power all things are preserved. In State, are we*not how in the midst of the most striking and cheering illus? trations of the power of well-conducted co-operation; and do we not each one of us confidently hope that the blessings which once crowned our people, but which the past has torn' from us, will soon be seen returning to us through the agency of wise and well-directed co? operation? It is a powerful agency. It is power? itself: The mind has only to penetrate its signification, and then fol? low along in the track of its operations, in the various directions in which it . demonstrates itself, to perceive at once that the word inherently carries with it the idea of power. It is a power for good or evil, accord? ing as the prompting motive is good or evil. By its power, a3 manifested in the Temperance cause, the tide of intoxica? tion, bearing upon its bosom all manner of evil, has been caused to ebb from man? a family and many a community, leaving them to enjoy the comforts for which they were designed?quiet instead of clamor, peace instead of strife, aud happiness instead of misery. By the united efforts of pious men and women, in various praiseworthy organi? zations, a Christian in flue nce|h as been ex - tended far and wide; heathen minds have been made to become radiant with intelligence, and useful in disseminating knowledge. The Sabbath, School is an? other instance of the power, certainly so well understood and. generally admitted as to make it needless to halt here. The whole matter of education in our country stands mainly upon this basis for its dissemination. We have no com? pulsory law requiring a child to attend school, or compelling the parent to send it It is by the combined energies of communities that teachers are secured, schools kept in operation, and a general opening thus made for the education of the children of our country. Let a com? munity lose the advantage of co-opera? tion in this particular, let them refuse to unite their interests and efforts in this one object of supplying a school, and they thus, blindly or wilfully, thrust the means of education beyond their reach, and close the doors of instruction against their own children; and so long as they continue in this course will ignorance and superstition gain the ascendancy, trailing after them their multitudinous host of attendant evils, for ignorance and vice go hand in band. Without co-operation success will be sought in vain, even within the small circle of a single family; even by him who attempts to run only a one-horse farm without or by her who would keep her house in order within. Co-operation lies at the foundation of almost every enterprise of public utility. By it railroads ace constructed, and many other channels of importance opened up to facilitate the transaction of business in which nearly all of us are concerned. By it manufactories are established and kept in successful operation, for the pro? ductions of which we eagerly spend our hard-earned money, thus acknowledging their superiority over our hand-made articles; and the scarcity of manufacto? ries in our beautiful South is not to be attributed to a. want of means to. estab? lish them so much as it is to the want of co-operation in putting our hands to the work. It is, perhaps, slightly owing to onr want of light or information bearing directly upon this industrial engagement, (but where the energetic and co-operative will is present, the necessary information is accessible,) it is mainly owing to the ' folding of our hands, sitting at ease, leaving this heaven-bestowed and other? wise efficient power, undeveloped, feeling ourselves so conveniently supplied by others who, we admit, see farther, think deeper, act more, and who, rising in the strength of their co-operative power, prove themselves superior to the task. Many charitable institutions owe their origin and continued existence to the co-operation of good men and good wo? men who have bent their energies in this spirit of benevolence. I allude to such as orphan homes, as well as others; and none of us know but that it may be the happy lot of our child to become the beneficiary of such an institution. I say the happy lot, for I regard such in? stitutions as a blessing to a country. Hoping that all are fully prepared to admit the benefit of nniting our interests and our efforts, it only remains to see well to it that this co-operative power is exerted in a proper way, and upon de? serving objects, so as to effect good and not evil. We see there are many chan? nels in which it may work for good. But we are met here in the interest of the Patrons of Husbandry, and it is ap? propriate that we lend a few concluding thoughts specially in this direction. We claim it to be oue of our objects to advance education. Is this not a worthy object? None, whether Patrons or not, should allow this to be numbered among the neglected duties. Let us be united in bestowing this gift. We owe it for the parental provision which has been made for us to do this for our chil? dren. This lies very near to the thresh hold of their future prosperity, their happiness?may we not say, not only for time, but for eternity? And in nothing let us neglect to train the heart so as to make them good men and good women. We desire to elevate ourselves as farm? ers, farmers' wives and farmers' children, and we inteud to aid all who identify themselves and their interests with us, in becoming elevated to that position in society to which they are justly entitled. We- regard no occupation on earth as more honorable and more independent than agriculture. We fiud its origin re? corded far back in the past, even in the first, pages of the Bible. Agriculture affords an abundant op? portunity for the free play, the searching and vigorous exercise of all the mental faculties with which man is endowed. It demands the most considerate thought and thorough investigation of which the human mind is capable, and the wisdom and experience of all who are in sympa? thy with this golden mediocrity, and who are willing to contribute of these treasures of knowledge to the collection of a grand fund of knowledge, from which the more inexperienced may draw in this time of need. The organization known as the Patrons of Husbandry is certainly the most tan? gible and most convenient medium yet offered to the tillers of the soil through which they may enjoy the benefits of this co-operative power. Here we can get the suggestions, experience and wis? dom of those who occupy the very front ranks in agriculture. Here we may be averted from a contemplated course of action which, if pursued, would only lead to disappointment and defeat? Here we may be pointed to a carefully trodden path which others have followed to success. Among the "Declaration of ? Princi? ples," set forth by the National Grange, we find the following occupying a prom? inent position, viz :? "To develop a higher manhood and womanhood among ourselves." "To advance the comforts and attrac? tions of our homes, and to strengthen our attachments to our pursuits." "To reduce our expenses, both individ? ual and corporate; to buy less and pro? duce more, in order to make our farms self-sustaining." "To diversify our crops, and crop no more than we can cultivate." 'To systematize our work, and calcu? late intelligently on probabilities." "To discountenance the credit system, and every other system tending to prodi? gality and bankruptcy." j We propose meeting"together, talking together, working together, buying to? gether, selling together, and in general acting together for our mutual protec? tion and advancement as occasion may require. The Man Who Grew. One day last week a Detroit mechanic who was going down Michigan avenue, became favorably impressed with a pair of pants hanging in front of a cheap cloth? ing store. The price was low, the goods seemed all right, and he made up his mind to purchase. "I giv you de word of Andrew Shack son dot dose pants are shust like iron," said the dealer. 'T warrants dem efery dime." After three or four days' wear the pur? chaser found the bottom of the pants crawling'toward the knees. It was a bad case of shrinkage, and he got mad and went back to the store and said: "You swindled me out of these pants! See how they have shrunk I" The dealer looked him all over, felt of his head, pulled on the pants and finally said i "I shall give you one thousand dollars a njonth if you will travel with me." "How-what?" "You are shust growing rieht up at the rate of two inches a day, and I takes you around the country on exhibition. Dose pants are shust as long as efer, but you haf grown out of dem." "Idon't believe it," shouted the man; "I am forty years old, and quit growing long ago?" "I give you de word of Andrew Shack son dot you vos growing." "I don't care whose word you give I I say the pants have shrunk nearly a foot!" "Has de top of dose pants shrunk down any ?" softly asked the dealer. "Why, no." "Shouldn't de vaistbands shrink down shust as quick as dose bottoms should shrink like de odder, eh ? When I sold you dot elegant pair of pants for three dollar, I don't suppose you was growing so fast, or I shall haf put zum straps on de bottoms." "Well, I don't like this way of doing business," said the purchaser. "Shust like me. If I sell such elegant pants as doze to a man, and he grows out of dem, it damages my trade. You have damaged me five hoonered dollars, but I haf low rent, pays cash for mein goods, andean make you dis fifty cents tie for five cents." The man walked out to the curbstone and turning around, shook his fist and said: "You are a liar and a cheat and I'll dare you out here." "Such dings sinks deep into my heart," sighed the dealer as he took down his pipe, "I dinks I sells out dis peesness and peddle some vases aroundt. Den when I sells to somebody it makes no difference how much dey grow."?Detroit Free Press. ? "But I pass," said a- minister, one Sunday, in dismissing one theme of his subject to take up another. "Then I make it spades!" yelled a man from the fallery, who was dreaming the happy ours away in nn imaginary game of euchre; It is needless to say that he went out on the next deal, being assisted by one of the deacons with a full hand of clubs. From the Charleston Nciv3 and Courier. A Personal Matter. The public, we take it, care very little to know in what way our business is con? ducted, so long as we make the News and Courier at once a good newspaper and [ the faithful exponent of Conservative opinion and purpose. Nor do the public, we judge, pay much heed to attacks upon us which come from notorious criminals, whose enmity we have incurred by our exposures of tbeir rapacious villany, and whose support we might h,ave, at any moment, it we could be induced to accord them the mercy of our silnce. Never? theless it is right, for the- sake of the friends who have never faltered in their confidence in the News and Courier, that we should take some public notice of the letters of Cipt. Dawson to Woodruff, published in this city yesterday, not be? cause of what the letters say and mean, but because of the construction sought to be put upon them by the malice and envy of the sham Democrats, who see no future for themselves unless they can cripple or lessen the influence of this newspaper. We therefore print the let? ters in question, with the sworn statement submitted by Capt. Dawson, to the Sen? ate Committee, on Saturday morning. This statement, although hurriedly pre? pared and with no opportunity to refer to books or papers, is sufficiently complete. The only addition necessary is in expla? nation of the position of the Democracy at the time wljen the first letter was writ? ten. Governor Scott had been elected : the Special Scv- ion of the Legislature had been held; there was an intensely bitter feeling in the State. Early in October a Srominent negro Radical, named Rah olph, was killed at Cokesbury, and other acts of violence were committed. Gov? ernor Scott issued a proclamation, under date of October 20, offering rewards for the arrest of the perpetrators of thecrime, and appealing to the people to aid him in his efforts to maintain the supremacy of the law. On October 24 an address by the State Democratic Committee was Sublished, signed by Wade Hamptohj . D. Pope, f. G. Barker, W. D. Porter, J. P. Thomas, W. B. Stanley and W. M. Shannon. In this address these gentle? men repudiated the recent acts of vio? lence, declared that "no cause can pros? per which calls murder to its assistance, or which looks to assassination for suc? cess," and appealed to the people to observe the laws, "to be peaceable aud quiet, to lend their efforts to promote harmony and to quell dissension." Sawyer Corbin, Chamberlain and other leading Republicans, cn October 29, in a publish? ed address, "hail with satisfaction the address of the Democratic Central Com? mittee as the harbinger of better and more quiet times;" and the next day Gov. Scott, warmly thanking the Demo? cratic Committee, entreated the people to let "bear and forbear" be their maxim. In saying then that he would go as far as he could, in supporting Scott and the Government, Capt. Dawson was in com? plete accord with the Democratic policy of promoting harmony and quelling dis? sension. Governor Scott, however, soon threw off the mask, and instantly the Charleston News displayed him to the public in the old familiar guise. As early as March, 1869, Governor Scott was branded by the Charleston News as "the Great Calumniator," who spent his time "in abusing the white race and pandering to the passions of the deluded and igno? rant freedmen." There was{ therefore, as the record shows, nothing in the busi? ness dealings of Capt. Dawson with Woodruff that prevented the Charleston News from condemning Scott when his conduct deserved condemnation; or that caused it to be silent when the public in? terest demanded: that it should speak plainly and boldly in defence of the peo? ple. The letters to Woodruff are as follows: Charleston, S. C, Nov. 24, 1868. My Dear Woodruff: The enclosed is in reply to yours received this evening. You may show it when necessary, but do not let it be copied or kept. We think it will do all you want. The fact is that we want to make all we can, and will go as far as we can to support Scott and the Government if we I are treated well. We cannot be blind ad? vocates. That would be to ruin our in j fluence, if we, could permit ourselves to adopt such a course. We must be indepen? dent, but we will always be more than just to our friends, and never raersonally abusive, because it is contrary to our views of propriety. Send us all bills, &c, that are printed, : and post us about any scheme that wants puffing or crushing. All this confiden-1 tial. Yours,. F. W. Dawson. Charleston, S. C, Jan. 30,1869. I My Dear Woodruff: What you have done so far is highly approved. A mem? orandum of your account as it then stood was sent on yesterday. As you collect money due us pay yourself in full first, and remit balance if any. We count on you to push the State printing (Acts.) The best we can do is this : It we get 10 cents a line, which would be about $24 per column, we can allow the paymaster 20 per cent, and yourself 10 percent., which would only leave us a very moderate profit. If we can get 12? cents a line, which is $30 a column, or more, we can allow you 20 per cent, instead of 10. Now you have the whole programme, and may blaze away at will. We are willing to give a helping hand to any up country project, railroad or otherwise, and free. Keep us informed. Yours, F. W. Dawson. The sworn statement of Capt. Dawson is as follows : Columbia, S. C, June 8,1877. To the Hon. B. E. Bowen, Cftairman of Senate Committee: Sir?The subjoined telegram reached me yesterday evening: Columbia, S. C, June 7. To F. W. Dawson, Charleston, S. C: Letters from you to Woodruff, of No? vember 28, 1868, and January 30,1869, have been put before the Committee of Investigation. If you wish to explain, you can do so to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. We are about to close. R. E. BoWEN,||Chairraan. In response to this telegram I came before your Committee this morning, and, after examining the letters to Woodruff referred to, asked that they be stricken from the record of your, proceedings, on the ground that, as there is nothing in the letters that is, directly or by implication, dishonest, corrupt or immoral, they are not properly before your Committee or within the scope of your investigation. Your Committee having determined that the letters shall be submitted with the tes? timony taken by your Committee, I now, by your permission, submit the following statement: When the letter of November 24 was written to Woodruff that person, to the best of my recollection, was a salaried Reporter for the Charleston News. No charges had been made against him, the excessive appropriations for public print? ing had not been proposed, and he bore a fair average character. The letter was written, I presume, in reply to a request by Woodruff that I would define the atti? tude of the Charleston News towards the Scott Administration. It is such a letter as I would unhesitatingly write at any time. A newspaper is a business under? taking ; and the object of its publishers, while holding constantly in view its public uses and purposes, is, as in any other profession or business, to earn a fair return for the skill, labor and capital they employ. They cannot be "blind advocates.". They "must be independent." Upon these principles I have acted since I have been connected with journalism in South Carolina; and only when it can be shown that, in seeking to make money, I have been a "blind advocate," or ceased to be "independent," shall I see any er? ror in my course. There certainly was no idea on the part of Governor Scott that I gave him a .blind support, for his later Messages contain bitter attacks upon the Charleston News, and in the columns of that paper are the most exhaustive and denunciatory exposures yet made of the faults, follies ana crimes of his Ad? ministration. The remark, in the letter, that I desired to be "posted" about any scheme that wants "puffing or crushiog," was just what I have constant occasion to say to the gentlemen who now repre? sent the Neios and Courier in Columbia. It is their business to keep us "posted," and we are governed in a large degree by their suggestions. When it shall be shown that I have, with any^ corrupt pur? pose, or regardless of its merits, supported or opposed any scheme whatever, infer? ences to my prejudice may be drawn from what I wrote to Woodruff. The letter of January 30, 1869, confirms the statement made by me to the Senate last month, and shows that Woodruff was paid by us for the work he did in collect? ing money due us, agd that his instruc? tions, from me, wefe to pay himself in full first, and remit the balance, if any. The rate charged by the Charleston Neios, in 1869, for ordinary advertising, such as the Acts, was 15 cents a line. I offered to do the work for the State at 33 per cent., or ,16 per cent, less than was charged to private persons for the same kind and quantity of work. I doubt that many other persons who have done work for the State can say and prove as much. I see no impropriety, in allowing a com? mission upon the . work obtained and money collected, and such a practice obtains in every department of business. What is said in the concluding sentence of the letter I now repeat: "We are willing to give a helpingnaud to any ?p country project, railroad or otherwise, and free!" '. For many years I have, with such ability as I could command, and in such manner as promised the best results to the State, laid hare the rascalities of faithless public servants. In this work I have necessarily made many enemies, who are not all members of one political party. Threats without number: have been made I against me. No charges against me have !been too grave. The hope was that by assailing their accuser, the thieves might divert attention1 from themselves. It is some satisfaction to know that they have doubly failed. They have not Silenced the paper I represent, they have not saved themselves, and they have not, when put to thesproof, made good any single charge against me. The letters on which Woodruff lays so much stress were private and Confidential business letters from an employer to an agent or employee. They were not in? tended for publication, any more than is any other matter of detail in the man? agement of our business. I see in them nothing to regret, except that in writing' them I trusted an unworthy and treacher? ous agent, who now endeavors' to shield himself from the consequences of his subsequent corruption ana profligacy by violating the sanctity of private corres? pondence and adding perfidy to his other crimes. I respectfully request that my previous statement read in the Senate by the Hon. S. S. Crittenden be made a part of - this reply, and am Yours, obediently, F. W. Dawson. Two Death-Bed Scenes. If you want your children saved, lead the way, and then they will follow you. I never speak to parents on this subject but I think of two men whom I know. One of them is a wealthy man, and says he would give all the wealth he has got if he had his boy back here again. He lived to be seventeen years ola, when he was brought home in a dying condition. An accident overtook him, and the fami? ly physician was brought for him, and they entreated the doctor to bring the 'boy to consciousness before he died. And at last he recovered a little, and looking around, saw his father, who said: "My son, do you know that you are dying?" "No. Is this death that I feel?" "Yes, my boy, it is death." "Well, father, won't you pray for my 103tSOUl?" And the father wept and said he could not pray. Seventeen long yea~s God had fiven him that boy, anu he had never reathed his name in prayer once. Then he said to his mother: "Mother, you pray for me I" But she couldn't pray. And soon after he became unconscious again and died. The father says that if he could go to the grave and bring the boy back again long enough to bring him to .Christ, he would give all his wealth. But it was too late. He had gone 1 The other man?and what a contrast between the two! . v The other man was an elder in a New York church. He came home one day. His child had been sick; but he didn't consider him dangerously ill. His wife was weeping. Said he: "What's the trouble?" "Why, there's been a great change in our child since morning, and I am afraid he is dying. I wish you would go in and tell me if you think he is." The father went in and placed his hand on his forehead, and he felt the cold damp of death stealing over him. And he said: "My son, do you know you are dying ?" "No. Ami?" ? . . V h "Yes." "Will I die to-day, father?" "Yes. You cannot live until night." And a smile crossed the boy's face, and he said: "Well, then, I will be with theSa* viour." And the father turned his head to hide the tears. But the boy saw them, and he said: "Father, don't you weep for me. When I get to heaven l will go right straight to Jesus, and I will tell him that ever since I can remember, you have tried to lead me to him."?From Moody. ? A debtor severely questioned as to the reason of his not payiug a just debt, replied: "Solomon was a very wise man, and Sampson a very strong. man, but neither of them could pay his debts with? out money." ? A Paris sculptor was recently called upon to carve a bust of a young girl, and favored his model with that long, calm scrutiny peculiar to artists and physicians. The girl naturally reddens. "Pray do not be annoyed," says the sculptor, reas? suringly ; "It is not you I am looking at, but only your figure," Acts Passed by the General Assembly at the Extra Session of 1877. An Act to authorize County Com? missioners to submit to the quali? fied electors of their several counties a proposition to alter the fence laws, and to provide for effecting the same. Section 1. JBe.it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That upon the written application of seventy-five of the tax-payers of any township in any county of this State who may desire to substitute the fencing of stock in lieu of i'encing the fields, it shall be the duty of-the said Commissioners of said county to order an election in said township between the 10th and 20th of August, or the 10th and 20th of December, in any year, thirty days' notice thereof being given in one or more of the newspapers published in said county, specifying the time and place or purpose of such election, and the form of ballot to be used at such election, and to appoint three managers of election, who shall, without compen? sation, hold and conduct said election, and immediately upon the close thereof make return thereof to the Commissioners of the .county, who shall declare and pub? lish the result of said election in one or more of the newspapers published in said county : Provided, however, That the place of voting designated by the County Commissioners shall be as near the geo? graphical centre of the township as cir? cumstances will admit; and if a majority of the qualified electors of said township voting at said election shall have voted for the adoption of this act then the same shall be and become of force in said township, on the first day of January next, succeeding such election; and from and after that date all laws now existing in regard to the erection and main? tenance of fences in said township shall be null and void; and it shall not be lawful for the owner or manager of any horse, mule, ass, jeannelte, swine, sheep, goat or neat cattle of any description to permit the said animals or any of them, to run at large beyond the limits of their own lands, in said township. Sec. 2. That upon the written appli? cation of seventy-five tax-payers in each township in any county in the State, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the county for said county to order an election to be held in each township in the county on the same day, in the man? ner and under the regulations of the fore? going section; and if all of the townships in said county shall adopt this act, then the same shall be of force in said county on the first day of January next succeed? ing said election, and all the provisions of this act, applicable, to townships, shall apply to the county; but if all of the town snips shall not adopt'the'act, then the same shall be of force in the townships in which the same shall be adopted by a majority of'the votes cast at said elec? tion in said townships. Sec. 3. If any of the animals enume? rated in the first section shall hereafter be found at large, or upon the lands of any person than the owner, in said town? ship, the mauager or owner, of said ani? mals, shall be liable for all damage done by the said animals to the owners of the crops or the lands upon which they tres? pass. Sec. 4. In case of trespass, as aforesaid, the aggrieved party may make complaint to a Trial Justice or Justice of the Peace of the county in which the trespass was committed, who shall issue his warrant immediately, returnable, within five days from the date thereof, and at the same time and place named in the warrant the case 'will be tried, and the amount of damages sustained by the complainant be ascertained, and judgment given for the same with legal costs, as in the case of other warrants. Sec. 5. Whenever any township or county shall adopt the act, and it shall become necessary to protect the lands in said township or county from the incur? sion of stock or cattle from any adjoining township or county, the Commissioners of the county are authorized to erect fences along such lines of the township or county as are exposed to such incur? sions, and for that purpose to enter upon the lands of any person in said township and to erect such fence thereon, without being guilty of any trespass whatever. And the said Commissioners shall have the power and authority to construct fences across any public or private road : Provided, That proper gates are estab? lished on such public or private roads; and to levy and collect a tax upon the Sroperty of said township or county to efray the expenses of erecting and main? taining said fences, said tax to be collec? ted at the same time and in the same manner as other State and county taxes are levied and collected. And the Coun? ty Commissioners are authorized and em? powered to make such arrangements with the owners of property contiguous to and on either side of the township or county lines as may accomplish the object of protecting the county or township from the incursion of cattle or stock. Sec. 6. The laws now of force in re? gard to the erection and maintenance of fences shall apply to any fence erected in pursuance of the foregoing section; aud all persons disturbing or injuring said fences shall be punishable as provi? ded in said laws. Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of any per? son or persons driving stock, such as cat? tle, horses, mules, sheep, or hogs, through the public roads of any county, to so herd and drive' the same that; they shall not be. allowed to enter upon or work injury to the lands or crops of the citizens of said county. Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of each and every employer in any county or township which shall adopt the provis? ions of this act, to furnish each ana every employee hired by him with pasturage for as many head of stock owned by such employee as may be agreed upon, not ex? ceeding two head of cattle to every field hand in amount. Provided, That such employee shall perform his proportionate amount of labor to keep up the enclosure of such pasture. Sec. 9. That none of the provisions of this act shall apply to the counties of Horry, Colleton, Beaufort, Charleston, Williamsburg, or Georgetown. . Approved June 11, 1877. An Act to make Appropriations to meet the ordinary expenses of the State Government for the fiscal year commencing novem? ber 1, 1876. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly and by the authority of the same: Section 1. That the sum of $143,000 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to pay the salaries of the executive and judicial officers of the State, and the clerks and the contingent expenses of the executive and judicial departments for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1876, that is to say: First. For the salary of the Governor, $3,500; for the salary of the Governor's private secretary, $1,275; for the salary of the Governor's messenger, $300. Second. For the salary of the Lieu? tenant Governor, $2,500. Third. For the salary of the Secretary of State, $2,100; for the salary of the clerk of the Secretary of State, $1,275; for the porter in.the office of the Secre? tary of State, $100. Fourth. For the salary of the Comp? troller General, $2,100; for clerical services in the office of the Comptroller General, $2,550, if so much be necessary. Fifth. For the salary of the State Treasurer, $1,875; for clerical services in the office of the State Treasurer, $2,475. Sixth. For the salary of the Adjutant and Inspector General, $1,200; for the clerk of the Adjutant and Inspector Gen? eral, $900. Seventh. For the salary of the Attor? ney General, $2,100; for the salary of the clerk of the Attorney General, $1,200. Eighth. For the salary of the State Superintendent of Education, $1,875; for the salary of the clerk of the State Super? intendent of Education, $900. Ninth. For the salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, $4,000 ; for the salaries of the two Associate Jus? tices, $7,000; for the clerk of the Su? preme Court, who shall perform the duties of librarian of said court, $1,000 ; for the State reporter, $1,000; for the at? tendant upon the library and the rooms of the Supreme Court, said attendant to be appointed by and removable at the pleasure of said court, $100; for the pur? chase of books for the library of the Su? preme Court, $300, to be paid on the order of the Chief Justice. Tenth. For salaries of the eight Circuit Judges, $28,000; for the salaries of the eight Circuit Solicitors, $12,000. Eleventh. For the salary of the keeper of the State House and State librarian, $500; for the salaries of two watchmen for the State House and grounds, $300. Twelfth. For the salary of the Super? intendent of the State Lunatic Asylum, $2,000; for the salary of the Superinten? dent of the State Penitentiary, $1,600; for the salary of the physician of the State Penitentiary, $500. Thirteenth. For the salaries of the Cornty Auditors, $20,300. ivirteenth. For the salaries of the County School Commissioners, $9,750, if so much be necessary. Fifteenth. For the salary of the health officer of Charleston, $1,000; for the salary of the health officer of Georgetown, $400; for the salaries of the health offi? cers of Hilton Head and St. Helena Sound, $500 each; for the expenses of maintaining quarantine, $1,000; for the keeper of the lazaretto, $400. Sixteenth. For the contingent fund of the Governor, $10,000; for the contin? gent fund of the State Treasurer, $200; for the contingent fund of the Secretary of State, $200; for repairing and rebind ing certain books in the office of the Sec? retary of State, $300, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise disposed of; for the contingent fund of the State Superintendent of Education, $200, for the contingent fund of the At-, torney General, $200; for the contingent fund of the Comptroller General, $200; for the contingent fund of the Adjutant and Inspector General, $100; for the con--, tingent fund of the State librarian, $200; for the contingent expenses. of the Su? preme Court, $450; for the expenses of litigation in the office of the Attorney General, $5,000, to be paid upon the war? rant of the Comptroller General, upon the application of the Attorney General; for printing books and blanks for the County Treasurers and Auditors, and all other papers necessary for the collection of taxes, $2,000, to be disbursed upon the order of the Comptroller General; for the payment of accounts for publishing the State Treasurer's monthly statement for the fiscal year 1876, 1877, $500. . ? Sec. 2. That the sum of $101,300 be. and the same is hereby, apppropriatea for the support and maintenance of the penal, charitable and educational institu? tions of the State, exclusive of common schools, for the fiscal year commencing' November 1, 1876, as follows: First. For the support of the State Penitentiary, $25,000, if so much. be. necessary, to be j aid on the warrants of the Comptroller General, on the applica? tion of the Superintendent, approved by the board of directors. - Se ond. For the support of the State Lunatic, Asylum, $50,000,, if so. much be necessary, to be paid on the warrants of the Comptroller General, on the applica? tion of the Superintendent, approved by the board of regents. '.' '. ,, Third. . For the support of the State Orphan Asylum, $1,500, in addition to the amount already paid for the present fiscal year, to be paid on the order of the, board of trustees; for the, Deaf and. Dumb and Blind Asylum, $5,000, to be paid out on the. warrants of the Comp? troller General, upon the application of the chairman and secretary of the board of commissioners of the deaf and dumb and blind. Fourth. For the Catawba Indians, $800, payable on the warrants of the Comptroller General, on application of the agent. Fifth. For the salary of the librarian of the State University, who shall have charge of the buildings and the grounds, $500; and for insurance and repairs of the buildings, $1,000, to be paid on the warrants of the Comptroller General on application of the librarian. Sixth. For the payment ofinterest on bonds of the State Agricultural College and Mechanics' Institute, $7,500, to bej paid in accordance with the law estab? lish ig the same.'' , Sec. 3. That the sum of $10,000, if so' much be necessary, be, and the same is, hereby, appropriated for the public, print? ing of the two houses of the Ceneral . As? sembly for the regular session of 1876 and the special session thereof that was begun to be holden April 24, 1877. Sec. 4. That $102,000, inclusive of the. amounts of the proceeds of the poll tax, for the support and maintenance of pub ! lie schools, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, 1,000 (if so much be neces? sary) of which shall be expended in printing blank forms for the use of said ('schools, to be .disbursed on the order of the State Superintendent of Education; and the State' Superintendent :of. Educa tion is hereby authorized atic( dprected , to. apportion 'the amount so appropriated.' upqn the .basis of school attendance, [in] the several counties of the State,..for. .thei scholastic year ending June 30, 1876; and the'School Commissioners of the several counties are hereby instructed to apportion the school funds .of their re-T spective counties upon the basis of school attendance in the several school districts of their respective counties. Provided. This act shall not be construed ^. feneal. an act to provide for the payment of past due school claims in the several counties in this State, approved March 3, 1874., Provided, further, That no other tax shall be levied or collected for the maintenance of free schools in any county.or township in this State. The County Treasurers'of. the various counties are hereby author-;, ized and required to pay school claims arising from deficiencies out of any sur? plus funds in their hands in the order in which said claims arise. Sec. 5. That the sum of $50,000 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to pay deficiencies of salaries for the fiscal; year ending October 31,1877, said safer. ries to be paid .pro rata. Sec. 6. That the sum/, of $1,000, if so much be necessary, be and the same is hereby, appropriated for the purchase of one hundred copies of each of the sixth and seventh volumes of the.new series of the Supreme Court Eejports ;for furnish? ing stationery for the Executive depart? ments under an act relative to contracts for the Executive departments of the State. Government, and of the General Assembly, the sum of $2,385, if so much be necessary; said sums to be paid upon the warrants of the Comptroller General. Sec. 7. That the amounts appropriated for the payment of salaries, in the first and second sections of this act, shall be payable monthly; and the amount ap? propriated for contingent funds as re? quired on the warrants , of the Comp ! trailer'General.on the application of the various officers entitled? to' the same: Provided, That the amounts and Touchers upon which such applications are:made shall be filed with the Comptroller Gen? eral, before he issues his warrants upon the State Treasurer for the payment of the same. ) ~ " Sec. 8. That the moneys herein appro? priated to be used as contingent funds, and for other purposes, by the various officers of the State Government, shall be duly accounted for by said officers, who shall make a detailed statement of the disposition made thereof, to the General Assembly, at the next regular session, on or before December 1, 1877: Provided, That no officer authorized to make con ! tracts or draw funds from the said appro? priations, shall expend or make contracts expending more than has been appro? priated for any purpose by this act. Sec. 9. That the sum of $4,000, if so much be necessary, be, and the same 1b [ hereby, appropriated to pay the balance of per diem compensation and mileage due the members of the last General As? sembly for the regular session of 1875-76. For payment of warrants of the Comp? troller General issued for stationery for Senate Committee rooms and Clerk's office, regular session 1876, $800, tobe paid out of the phosphate royalty, or any other funds not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 10. That the sum of $6,000, if so much be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to pay the balance of per diem'and salary compensation of officers and employees of'both- houses, due for the regular session- of 1875-76, to be paid out of the phosphate royalty or I fees of the land commission. Sec. 11. That any balance of specific ' levies heretofore made and not needed for the same, shall be subject to the draft of the Comptroller General/ by the; ap* proval. of the Governor,: to be used m; payment of deficiencies in appropria-' tions. Sec. 12. That all acts and parts of acts/ I inconsistent with. this act; be, and' the. same are hereby repealed. , An Act to abolish the pay' oi1 cok-: MISSIONERS AND managers OF ELEC? TIONS AND of THEIR CLERKS. ? j Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: ?? ? tf? , Section 1. Thatj from and after , the passage of this act, no per diem, mileage or other compensation shall Betallowed or paid to tl . commissioners of elections and managers of elections,' or the Clerks appointed by.them, f .; Sec. 2. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved May 23, 1877. General News Summary,. . ? Mr. Tilden will leave, at an early day for Europe, to be absent two or three months. ? The New York Times and Ben. Butler have at last lain down together. This is one part of the President's .peace policy that seems to be working success? fully: ? Virginians. olaim that since the whipping post was re-established most of' the jails have been emptied, petty.crimes have almost ceased, and vagrants are seen no more in the streets. ? The annual reunion of Hood's Texas brigade takes place at Waco on the 27 th proximo. It has already been noted that the Hampton legion of South Caro? lina are invited to be present and partic? ipate. Gen! T. M. Logan, of Virginia, is to deliver the annual address. . i ? The highest point yet attained by any railroad has been reached at the summit of Laueta pass in the Sangre de. Christo mountains, by the southwestern extension of the Den ver and Bio Grande railroad, the altitude of the summit be? ing 9,340 feet. 1 ? In the Presbyterian General Assem? bly, at Chicago, last week, Be v. Dr., Van Dyke said: "I do not believe that any dying' infant, baptized or unbaptized, heathen or Christian,; is excluded from the kingdom of heaven believe they are all saved." The statement was ap? plauded. , I i ? The postal-card contract for 'the next four years has been formally awarded to the American phototype com* pany in New York for a fraction less than 70 cents a thousand. The mystery. of their bid being a full third lower than any other- is not yet explained. The care i are to continue of the same quality and appearance as formerly; :r-*.a :,;.v ? The Young Men's Christian Asso? ciations of America are holding their' annual convention at Louisiana, Ky., this week, under the lead of Kussel Stur g;s of Boston' jand John V. Farwell of hicago as presiding officer. ? There are ?now 1,000 local organizations of this sort in America, with property of two or.three, millions dollars and 100,000 members. ? West Point has seventy^six students', in its graduating class?the largest num? ber in several years. In their ranks are. the sons of two Confederate Generals, a! son of Secretary of State Bigelow, a son of Gen. B. F. Butler, a son of Geh. F; P. Blair, and a colored cadet named Flipper ?who has been an excellent scholar. The annual examinations began on Fri? day, 8th inst. ? The enforcement of the rule against two members of the same family holding office at' Washington is considered pretty hard by the victims. An old soldier who was dropped Tuesday because his son' was also employed said: "When we stepped up to be sworn in as soldiers in defense or the Umon 16 years ago, no objection was made because we belonged to the same family:" On the Southern 'que^on^fcec?use there is; rib such question?there % no room tb build a new party, and, if Mr. Blaine and his followers entertain any such design, it must go by the boards For the, same reason there is no room in which to .build up a. party to sustain the. President's Southern policy, for that policy is already accomplished, and .is ' ?; thing of the past?Louisville Courier Journal. ? Those terrible greenbackers are in the field thus early, giving the Ohio, mind their tough financial questions to chew on during the hot weather, so as to! be good and ready when voting-time comes. Soft money and silver are going! LEGAL ADVERTISING.?We are compelled to require cash payments for advertising ordered by Executors, Administrators and other fiduciaries, and herewith append the rates for the ordinary notices, which will only be inserted when the moneycomes with the order: ' Citations, two insertions, - - - ? $3.00 Estate Notices, three insertions, - . 2.00 Final S?ttlOTents,fiire Insertions - - 3.00 TO CORRESPONDENTS.?In order to reeelve attention, communications must be accompanied by the true name and address of the writer. Re? jected manuscripts will not be returned, unless the necessary stamps are furnished to repay the postage thereon. 49* We are not responsible for the views and opinions of our correspondents. All communications should be addressed to "Ed? itors Intelligencer." and all checks, drafts, money orders, dec, should be made payable to the order of E. B. MURRAY i CO., ., ? t\ % x Anderson,S.C. to cut an important figure in the Western Reserve the coming fall. There were only 30 persons, however, at the Ohio Greenback State Convention, and their resolutions were of the extreme of infla? tion and paternal government kind, and they. nominated a full ticket for State officers for the October election, headed by .Stephen. Johnson for Gov? ernor. ? The Pacific ocean earthquake and tidal wave, whose serious consequences on the South American coast were re? ported last week has been heard from on the western Mexican coast and also in the Sandwich islands, where, at various points, the sea suddenly rose I from 12 to 40 feet and much damage was done along the shores. At Waiakea, there was es? pecially severe damage ? wharves, boats, store-houses and dwellings being swept up in an instant and five lives lost. The celebrated volcano Kilauea on the island of Hawaii sympathized with, a great out? pouring of lays. There were as many as 50 jets at once, some of them reaching to the height of 100 feet ? Since I shook hands with Gen. Lee at Appomattox I have been willing to forgive. But I will only forgive when the principles for which they (our sol? diers) fell are established. I don't think it best to be too hasty about it I don't believe in legislating forgiveness. I don't believe in talking forgiveness. I don't believe in talking so much about it. I don't belong to any 'party.' I am not a Republican. I am not a Democrat. But I think this thing is too much talked about It must be allowed to take its own course, as other matters do. It will take time. But I don't believe it is well to do too much talking about it?Gen. Sheridan at Chicago Decoration Day. ? TJhe Universal Peace Union held a meeting in New York Monday night, and the proceedings developed the fact that in 1873 20 per cent, of the expendi? tures of France were for military uses; of Russia, 34 percent; of Great Britain, 34 per cent; of the the United States, 25. per cent; and of Germany, 81 per cent. In Great Britain the expenditures for education Were only 2 per cent Eu? rope has spent this year over $700,000,000 in war preparations, and will spend al? together this year bvar ,$7,000,000,000, while 15,000,000 men are kept under 'arms waiting to .march. These are not encouraging facts,' but the Peace Union does not seem to be able to retard the 'progress of the chariots of .war. . ? A Republican member of Congress 1 from New York has gone to Washington j to inquire at headquarters how the party is to be run?who are to get up the ward meetings, print the tickets, rally out the voters, and.carry- the primaries, if the office-holders are to be forbidden to do it. It seems to be impossible for" this Con? gressman to conceive of a political party organization or the carrying of an elec? tion without the help of the office ! holders. It is a rather strange, surprising thought, and it is no w?ndar that .the average Congressman is' bewildered. But if President Hayes doesn'tgoback.on himself, we shall be able to see what a Kind Providence will do for the country in the emergency." ? Geri; Grant is reported to have left a parting kick for Bristow in the message to the President through Gen. Sherman: "That Gen. Grant purposed, to give Mr. Hayes a hearty 'support, and did not intend' to exert any' adverse influence against the administration, or to advocate the preferment of anybody, but if he (Hayes), should be deceived by the asser? tion that Bristow had waged the whisky war for worthy purposes done and not to advance his own ambitious designs, and should in consequence send his name to the Senate for any position, he (Grant) would deem it a duty to himself and to the country to go before the Senate and make some statements which might not now be brought to light." ? As illustrations of the drought in southern Calfornia, leaving neither grass nor water for animals, 10,000 sheep were recently offered in that section at 5 cents a head, and in Kern county a man was offered $8,000 for pasturage for 2,000 cat? tle for three months. The San Francisco Bulletin says: "There have' been scores of instances in this State during the pres? ent year where owners of large herds of American cattle and flocks of sheep well graded, were willing to give half of these herds and flocks to any one who would carry them over until the next season for grass should come." These experiences iare givinggreat impetus to the work of irrigation, and are also leading to the rapid occupation of the marsh or tule lands along by the rivers and around the interior lakes. j ? The filling up of the Suez canal, which was anticipated'by so many en 'gineers, as well as Dy the great mass of unprofessional critics, is an event which fortunately does not seem very hear real? ization. It appears that last year, be? tween the two seas, only 52,700 cubic metres stuff were removed, and the canal was navigated with facility by steamers drawing as much as twenty seven feet and over four hundred feet in length. The bed of salt which forms the bottom of the Bitter lakes is gradu? ally dissolving, so that this' portion of the canal is found to be steadily im? proved, and thus with the increase of vegetation along the banks of the canal, -there is a prospectrof the production in a not remofe future ?f a fertile and pop? ulous tract of country out of a sandy waste.'' ? The United States treasurywill pay out no moresmall bills, it is said, Secre? tary Sherman being in favor of substitu? ting silver for the bills below $5. Na? tional banks have never issued small bills to any great extent, and cannot do so to an amount greater than a sixth part of their circulation; after the resumption of specie payments, they are prohibited from issuing any below $5. The amount of small notes now in circulation, Green? backs and bank notes,, is abont $60,000, 000. The'retirement'of the whole of this is probably not advisable, as small bills are convenient for small remittances, and the American people have never been weaned from the convenience of paper currency. ' Buf the withdrawal of a large portion'of it will give place to silver, and tend to increase the volume of specie' in j the country, besides according with the policy of England, France and Germany. ? The appointment of Mrs. Itompson, who was not of republican as3ociatioTTs, as postmaster at Louisville, and the dis Eosition of.the President to restore Mr. ristow's. friends, .whom Gen. Grant displaced, to other federal" onlces in Kentucky, are creating some disturbance among the republicans of that region. Some of them, as the Grant office-holders and their friends, have become inimical to Bristow, and are seeking'to "break down his influence with the Hayes administration. It io even stated that Stanley Matthews and other Ohio repub? licans give them, aid and . com? fort, ana are lending themselves to Grant's'silly mania of enmity to his former Secretary of the Treasury. So far as at present advised, the republicans , of the country . wfthout distinction of|| party, are pretty unanimously on the -' ' side of Bristow, jjtidjritf not applaud the administration * in\ r either deserting or neglecting him and his friends.