Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'".pectfullT aollclted, and win bo Inserted Krall? VEGETM = purifies tho Blood* Renovates and Invigorates tho Whole System. ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES AUB ?lirfiiiivf, Toole, Ro?wat tad Dimtlli. VEOS ina 1* made exclusively from tb? irke? of carnfully selected bark?, root? and Wirti .?.<> ?? ?trongly coucuaioUed, that lt ?Ul -lecttiaily eradicate from ?ie ayate ni every taint ,f scrofula, ?crofulcwa Slamer, Vu? Wort. Cancer, <?aacer?ns Batatar, Krvsipetaa, Sal? Bhetstu, Syphilide n tfxiri, Canker, raiauen au cha niomnth, and all dises nc* thal arl*? from lin pure blood. Hciatlrn, luKamaiBlerr and ihroule nhenmoilin,. fteat-algla, <;oni and Spinal CoraplaJuta, eon only I? effectually cured through tho blood. For deer? and Eruptive Dleeasesof the Ullin, Pnatalee, fimples, Bleich??, Kail?, Teuer, Scald-beatf ?nd Blas? norm, VEOBTINBLunover failed toc2oct? permanent euro. For B*nlna in lb? Bncb, Kidney Cow. plaint*, Dropwr. r?atmta Wea, Bin ec*. Leneei rheta, arising from Internal ulcera tion, and uterine diseases and Gearral De? bllllr, VEOETINK arts directly upon tb? emtsos of those complaint*, lt Invigorates and etrengluoii* tho whole system, acta upon the se cretive organs, allays liiilmnmatlou, euroa ulcer ation and regulates tho bowels. For ?alarrb, Drapepala, Blablia^l CoMiveaee?, Palpltadan mt tbe Usart, Headache P?leo. lYerroueneaei aad ?Jetterai ?*rostrnili;-_: ?f the Wcrrone ?jr?irmt no medicine lia? gtvon inch per feet satisfaction aa the VEOETINE. it purifi?e tho blood, cleanses ?tl*, of tbe organs, and poe tenon a controlling yowor over tua nervous ers tem. Tho remarkable euros effected by VEOETINE hnve induced many physicians and epolhecaric? *hutn we know to pi escribo and uso it In their o.in families. j In fact, VKOKTIKB is the best remedy yet discovered fortheabovodleeruics,and I* Um only tellable BLOOD JPUBItfflBB yet placed betoro the publio. ? PREPARED BT H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass, What is Vegetine? It ls a compound extracted from barks, rood mid herbs. It la Nature's Itemedy. lt ts per- . t .'it 1 y bartul?os from any bad o fleet n non th c aya lem. It ia nourishing and strengthening, lt acta directly upon the blood. It quiets the nervous systom. lt gives yon good; sweet sleep at night, lt ls a great panacea for our aged fathers and momtiis, for U gives them strength, quiets their nerves and gives them Nature's sweet sleep, as has been proved by many an agod person. It ls tho great Blood Puxlllor. lt lo n soothing remedy (or oar children. It has relieved and cured thousands. It is very pleasant to take: every child likes it. It relieves and cures all diseases originating from impure blood. Try the VeoE Ti NI:. Ulva tt a fair trial for your complaints : then you will say to your friend, aolghtior and acquaintance, " Try lt ; it bas cured me." VEO STINE for tho complaints for which it U locommendcd, is having alaraoraslethron^hout the United States than any other ono medicine. Why ? Vegettao will Oar? these Oem* plateia. Cannot bo Excelled, CUABLESTOWX, M ABS., March 19,1869. Mr. II. H. STEVENS : Dear Sir-This is to cer tify that I havo usod your " Blood Preparation " In my family for several years, and think Uiat, for Scrofula or Cankerous Humera, or Rheum atic Affection?, it cannot be excelled ; and, as a blood nurllior and spring medicine, it Is tho bert thing 1 havo ovor nsed ; and I have used almost everything. I can cheerfully recommend lt to any one In need of such a medicine. Youro respectfully, MBS. A. A. DINSMORK, _ 19 Burrell Street Gives Health, Strengt?* and Appetite, My daughter has roeelve J great beno?t from the ase of *h.e VEOKTU??. Har declining health was a source ct great anxiety to all' ot bar friends. A few bottles of tho VEGETINE res tored hor health, str;3gth and appetite. Ii. H. TILDEN, Insurance and Beal Estate Agent, No. 49 Bears Building, Boston, Mass. Prepared by H. B. STEVENS, Boston, Mau. jfgEng 18 SOLD BY All DR?66I8T8. Ul* WITH THIES TIDIES! THE undersigned bercbv notifies tbe citi zens of Anderson ann vicinity that be bas moved bis BOOT and SHOE 8?OP from bis old stand in tbe Henson House to new ?luartors on Main Street, near tbe Market. I am prepared to manufacture line and sub Htantinl Boots and Shoes for ludies and gen tlemen, at shortest notice, and gnaranteo the prompt delivery of work at tho time appoin ted. I will cull at residences to get measures for ladies' orders when desirable. Tho friends of MB. H. FJ MCKINNEY will find bim at work in my shop, where lie will be glad to see them, and continue to do their work. ? have on hand a lot of substantial Kip Boots, of my own manufacture, suitable for winter wear, which I will sell cheap for cash. Give mc a call, and examine my stock and prices. R. Y. H. NANCE. Oct 25, 1877_15_gm STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. By W. .W. Humphreys, Judge of Probate, WHEREAS, Fleetwood Clinkscnles has applied to mo to grant him loiters of administration on the Estate and effects of Mrs. Margaret Cox, deceased. These aro therefore to cito and admon ish ail kindred and crediton) of tbe said Margaret Cox, deceased, to bo and ap pear before mo in Court of Probate, to bo bold at Anderson Conrt Houeo, on Friday, 28th day December, 1877. after pub lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why tho ?mid administration should not bo granted. Given under my hand, Una 8th day of December, 1877. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. Dec 13, 1877_22_2* WILHITE & WIXUAMS, Anderson, S. 0. BUISTS* NEW CROP TURNIP SEED, MASONS' FRUIT JARS, DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, &c PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, DYE STUFFS, PERFUMERY. LAMPS, WINDOW GLASS, And DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIE8, Olioap for Cursi?. July 19,1877 1 "?AU??D^nt?f?r'i Corner Broad and Washington Streets, AUGUSTA, OA. HAS h??n thoroughly Renovated, Re modeled, and Newly Furnished. It ls located in the centre of business. Telegraph Office in tho Hotel Building, isxnress Omce in tito nuiu? ?lvck. T\~~t Ofilco only ono block ofF. All other public conveniences close at hand. ?&r The Office of the Hotel will be open during tho night, and guests will be receiv ed, or called at any hour. Rites sf Board, $2.00 per Oay. W. M. MOORE, Proprietor. Nov 1,1877__W_3m ESTABLIBIIKI? 187 S. Cotton rtnd General COMMISSION MERCHANT, Criarleston, Ss O PROMPT attention given to" sale of Cot ton, Corn, Peas, Bice and Produce of all kinds. Merchandise bought fit* of commission. Agent at Charleston for State Line Oceair Steamships between New York, Glasgow, Llvemool. London and all parts of Europe Rifun ENC)?-Bank of Charleston, Jas. Adjjer & Co., G. T. Lownde? A Co., Charles ton, S. C. Oct 4,1877 12 _Hm APPLICATION will bo made to the next scHsion of the Legislature to amend tho Charter of tho Town of WiUIamston; S. D. DEAL, Intendant. ' T. B. CBYMET^ Clerk of Council. flKW Y0BK FASHIONS, fro m ?n Occasional Correspondent. It is ono thing to haw a new bonnet; it is auotbat Oiing to koowThow to wear it. A fashionable! milliner said to me. 41 W*ar your hair higher, and theo put your bonnet away hip oh th'e*iop;,f She gave my braids a friendly push, and tri? umphantly placing a high ascending specimen of her art upon the summit, remarked with a satisfied air, ."Now you look stylish." With aa ^c^Roingly dis satisfied feeling, I cadid her work, and remarked sensibly that I thought I looked fooluh. ''Oh I never mind," was the answer, "?t's stylish I" To my regret I find she waa right. Extremista do just as she would have had me do. They wear their hair in lofty fortifications far away at the back of their head**- and like a turret on a battlement, the bonnet ia perched above. Fortunately, however, they ai-e in. thc minority, and such ab surdity is not a necessity. Shapes aro "nothing in particular." Thu is to say, thero is no one feature, or ioaturea, which stand prominently forth. Crowns are ncitlicr high nor low, nor are brims either wide or narrow. Nevertheless, we have both hard and soft crowns, and as to bri m8, they speak at least a dozen differont languages. We have saucy brims, tone-".' brims, severo brims, co quettish brims, brims turning up, and brims going down, etc., etc., to soy noth ing of dignified brims, poetical brims, very youthful brims, full-fledged young indy brims, matronly brit'*, and elderly brims. But tho last mentioned are fen and far between, far as a rule New Yori ladies do not grow old. This does nol mean that they aro a short lived race Far from it. Youth hero extends almosl if not fully as far as the dayn allotted tc roan's entire pilgrimage upon thu planet nor do silvered locks oppose any obstacle to young lady brims filial in wich aii int colors of the rainbow. For just now al thc colors of the rainbow are in favor not only in millinery, but in dress goods Not in plain material, however, for hen without exception the colors are dark but in thc boure ito fabrics (which, com bined with plain goods, are the rage) w find tho brightest and most varied huet mixed np in the most indiscriminate ant hap hazard way. For a black costume ladies now prefer the Teillard siks abov alt others, since, while unexcelled fo beauty of finish and durability, they ar fuil twenty-four inches wide, this boin a gain of from three to fou~ inches o every yard. Mode of pure silk onlj they are free from changing, and ai warranted nul to turn greasy with wea CHILDREN'S FASHIONS. Bourettc goods are as popular f< school girls as for ladies, but are hardl adopted for young children. For misse a favo 'te selection is dark bourettc goo? piped ?vith bright red, and coquettish finished herc and there with a bright rt bow to match, while for small cbildre plain dark materials aro chosen, at these in like manner are brightened 1 gay additions. Pipings of blue or yolk are also Been, but are not in as gre favor as red. In consequence of sm preferences, we find that Scotch pla! i arc seldom worn, but in lieu thereof-s j amall, shepherd's checks, finished wi bright pipings, aod sometimes combin with black velvet sleeves. In this cai wide bands of black velvet afford a plo ing harmony in tho way of ornamenl tion. For girls between the ages of fo and twelve, the Breton dress, or the ro Princesa, afford charming models. T Kita is likewise extremely pretty, bel especially adapted to combination sui while the Wildred, always very styli: is usually selected for costumes of che with velvet. THE WOMAN'S HOTEL. Ladies will bo interested in the i uouncernent that ^bout New Year Ste art's hotel, for the accommodation women, will bo opened. Although ? signed more especially for self-support women, who as a class aro condemned live upon scanty incomes, the appol monts in every respect are equal to f class hotels, while the prices will be 1 than those charged in third clara hos ing houses. The cooking departm will bo under the superintendency of accomplished chef de cuisine, and thel fare will bo furnished not only ti- tho mates, but to outside parties. WI every material want is thus cared provision is made for improvement, entertainment, since in addition to m well chosen pictures ned engravii thero will be a large library, and hi some pianos in the parlors. Persons ? ?MA /.itv nan Imrrllv roal?ro t-hf? f\ ...w ?i-y-rf-. -K-. . hardship ?ndergonb by hundreds ofs supporting women here. As a'rule, I drag out lives of dreary martyrdom, to provide a woy of comfortable Iii within their means, is to accompli work of tho noblest philanthropy. V ing of pianos reminds mo of the upr piano made by Haines Bros., Fifth' enuc and Twenty-First street, whit extremely popular. All the instrum manufactured by thia old; eatablii firm aro of tho best material, pul gethor with the most rcfintid skill, BO consequence of their beauty of finish rability and superior tone, ore found ? only in the talon* of inc fashionable, iu the parlors of persons who iu chasing the best article obtain the the cheapest. The upright piano speciality with thom, and for fine fi sweetness and richness oftone ls ni passed-/:' I tedi led te/ tb?se* ohqprr? from the tac i that the holidays ai hs.r.d, al vbioh Ut?m a piano ia 1 chosen ss a present. Among otho) vantages, the upright, while effectiv elegant, is compact, and takes up, t fore, hrt little roora. Evcrywhtsw the city begin? to put on Its ..c dre?. Novelia In style are ?l^a': . augurated by the Stew Yea?ree?f and festivities, and of these au idea be Riven br ? i * LUCY OABTi THBOy?UH NORTHEAST GEORGIA. Wu*A at Rambling Andcraonlan Raw and MR. EDITOR : Recently ve enjoyed the pleasure of A trip to the State of Georgia, on a visit to a married sister, living near Hickory Flat, in Cherokee County, and ,tp an only brother living in Polk County. To say that we were pleased with the trip does not express the idea. We were de? lighted. A widowed sister of Ooonee County, In this State, accompanied us on our visit, and added much to our en joyment. And wherever wa journeyed in that noble State we found old Caroli nians, who greet od us with the utmost cordiality. Mar./ anxious inquiries were made after the political condition of the mother State, and real joy evinced at the glad tidings of happy deliverance. FRANKLIN COUNTY. As we cleared thc river at Knox's Bridge our feet pressed the soil of Geor - gia in Franklin County. We soon roached the site of tho ancient and ven erable County town, Carnesville. Four milos of this place on ?be east we passed the farm of Mr. Robert McWhorter, born and mi; cd in Pickens County, S. C. We were glad to learn that Mr. McWhorter is regarded as one of tb j most successful firmare ia that part of the country. He owns a naturally productive farm, and under his skillful 'management is yicld ? ing a profitable return for the labor em ployed. His cotton would compare fa vorably with the beat in Anderson Coun 1 ty, and his bottom lands were ladened with a bountiful corn crop. Befon. reaching Mr. McW's. we passed the ancient residence of Mr. Samuel Knox, long since deceased. It stands on a beautiful plateau of ridge lands, mak ing up from tho river, and was once tho very personification of thrift and indus try. But, alas I what a sad chango 1 Dilapidation on every side. The widow with a single daughter still lives at tho old homestead, unwilling io turn their backs upon the spot of euch lender asso ciations in the past. How many snell desolate homes are now scattered all over a once prosperous and happy coun try. Mr. Knox in his life-time invested his earnings largely in valuable lande ! lying along the banks of tho T?gale River, and still further on in tho into rior. His children are now enjoying th< benefit of bis sagacity and enterprise ir this direction. One of his sons live: directly on tho Carnesville road, just be yond the old homestead, on a beautifu and valuable farm of 1600 acres, ac ?aid Ho has recently erected a neat bu unique cottage on tho road side. Thea large plantations, owned by single indi viduals in many portions of the State, i a serious drawback to the prosperity c tho country. Better, far better, cut sai farms up into small tracts, and soll c lease to good citizens on the most favon ble v?rms than to retain them ns so muc de'/J capital, producing nothing for tb b ;t> fit of mankind. i'assing on rapidly we reached i night-fnll the hospitable home of ot old Carolina friend, Mr. C. E. Uamiltoi He lives clx miles beyond Carnesville c the Gainesville road. Some five or si years ago Mr. H. disposed of his lam on tho Six-and-Twenty, and re-inveaU in a valuable farm of over 800 acres, : a beautiful section bf country. Tl lands are remarkably lovel, and produ r.bout aa well as the ridge lands of A derson. The place had been well ii proved before Mr. H's. purchase, so tl. we may safely concludo that Mr. ] possesses a location where he may ha pily pass the evening of a well-spent ll All but one of his children have marri rand are li ving pear by? R***? Mr. Rani ley, formerly" of Anderson, lives ht Carnesville, and is the largest tax-paj but one in the County. BANKS COUNTY. Aa we approached the town of Hom in Bau ks County, the country beca more rolling and billy. We pass?e fine sot of mills called Quinlan's Mi The lands along tho route are genera thin, interspersed with occasional tn of \-iry fine lands. Herc we met w another old C'ralina friend, Mr. Josi Owens. no Uvea three miles fi Homer, on the Hudson River, urged us to spend the night with h but wo contd not do so. Mr. Ow stands high in tho confidence of fellow-citizens. Very many of old South Carolinians from the Tb and-Twenty removed to Banka Cou some years ago, and, BO fiir as we cc learn, were doing well. Mr. ?U Mo one of the number, and well known tho SI ab to wu country, died about a j ago. We spent the second night with Merritt, who lives in four miles Gainesville. His mother was a Gar and his father emigrated .to that ooui some 80 or 40 years ago. . The son ls li tri nc TS ti ern fhn fathnr first settled. informed us that Gen, Longstreet living at Gainesville. . Mr. Merritt h a gallant Confederate soldier under 1 we asked him how the war comr treated the old Genera);" "Rather < ly," ho replied. We were sorry to thia, and trust that upon the auber, ond thought they will forget tho e I of the unfortunate politician in the lant exploits of one of the best Gen of th?* Confederate Army. Gainesville fo a beautiful town, bas the appearance of being a pl ac mrich'?bnkine?-iiS?r. Frederick Pi formerly of this County, lives four i beyond Gainesville, on the Cum rost? Ho owns a Very pretty tod i ?and we think his land is tolerably though we did not have time to c? him and ascertain facts. FORSYTH 00UNTY. The lands ia this County aloof road Bide are, for tho most part, thii somewhat broken, but tolerably pr tive. Cumming Is a thriving little There are two notable facta about thia place, which can be ?aid of bat few other towna in Georgia cr South Carolina. Not a single bar-room in tito town, and none in tbs County. They have two news* papera, but both religious-oco Baptist and the other Methodist. Eut of Cara* ming a few miles we passed a very valu ably (arm of bottom laud on tbe Six Mile creek, owned by Mr. Moore. In one body there waa over 1600 acres, the most of it covered with a luxuriant crop ot core. The streams lu this region of country have a more rapid flow of water than many of our streams in Anderson, and consequently are moro easily drained. And when properly drained the landa are considered extremely valuable. At Cumming we spent a very pleasant night, on our return, at the house of Mr. Green Smith, formerly of Pickens County, 8. C. His mother was also a Garvin, and hi? wife a daughter of William Arnold, do? ceased. In the garden of our friend, we were shown a remarkable freak cf nature in tho growth of a common turnip beet Prom the ground it shot np a stem about eighteen inches high, and at tho top of thu stem a fully developed beet, which could not be spanned with the thumb and (inger. From near tho ground sprouts sprung out from tho main stem, which presented at ?he ends perfect de velopments of .small beets. CHEROKEE COUNTY. Arriving at the residence of my brother-in-law, Mr. R. L. Gaines, wc found our friends in good health, and well satisfied with their Georgia homes, Mr. Gaines lived for mr.nv years at An derson, but removed to Georgia previout to the war. Within tho last few yean he purchased a beautiful farm in thc Hickory Fist neighborhood, well im proved and good, productivo ridge land The neighborhood is very healthy,, ant the location an admirablo one for tin business occupation of Afr. Gaines, tba of making and repairing wr.gons, bug gies, &c. Canton ia only seven milo distant, located near the head of ih< Etawa River. There is a Presbyterial Church in the vicinity, and a good achoo has been kept up for two years or more Cherokee County ?B one of the best coun tics through which we passed, but a goo* deal broken on the streams. Passin, from Cherokee to Bartow we travelc down in the valley ol' tho Etawa Rivei At the junction of Little and Etaw Rivera lies the plantation of our ol Pendleton friend, James Steele, deceaset II io widow resides on thc place with bi sou Henry to manage the farm. Two < her married sons, William and Charle have settled on the plantation, and ai cultivating some of those fine bottoi lauds. Standing in the yard of Mi Steele, the eye can compass in Its vislo several hundred acres of tho finest botto lands J ny where to be found. Belongil to the Steelo place there are 865 acres one acre for each day in the year, ld Henry Steele remarked thai the lands < the Etawa were never in the marke?, e cept on the death of tho proprietor, ai for division arao?g the heir?., and sa that lands usually comraaudc* aime fabulous prices. When Mr. Steele so his possessions near Pendleton and ma his Georgia purchase; he perhaps did t wisest thing of a long and well-Bpent li in a worldly sense. Above and adjoi ing him lies tho valuable farm of Gt Brown. The Governors lands are productive that his tenants aro glad cultivate them entirely at their o' expense and pay as reu- one-half what they produce. Tho Govsrnc principal manager is growing rich tu renter, although he owns a valuahle fa not far distant, which he ?aya he ne' expects to go to as long as he can hi the privilege of cultivating tho Eta bottoms. Across the river, and direr, opposite the Steele plantation, ll Henry Brewster, who migrated from Sandy Springs neighborhood and sett the plantation on which ho now li??? fore tho Indians had been removed, year or two ago he took the Tonas IS" and actually proposed selling these vt able lands for the purpose of emigrat to Texas. But the delusion was dispel by a letter from a sister who resided Texas, and Mr. Brewster will probe spend the remainder of hi? dey? at Eta wa farm. ALLATOOXA HEWITTS. I Ten miles lower down tho valle; pass the Allatoona Heights. Here j cross the State road, and an embryo t< j seems to have started but collapsed, yond tho Heights some two miles I come to the Barlow Iron Works. * I furnace is in full blast day and ni, Sundays as other days, and they turn daily about thirty tons. .Tho moan near by, where they obtain the or literally riddled with pits, some of e mous size. Here wo tarried for the n with an old Carolinian, Rev. John J ria, son'of Dr. N. Harris, formerly i * . ?-titi; i_t _._ ? JMJM. I ?&UUQTIIIO. ?M. m%?m? %????. I war. and is teaching, and preaching a living. He is blessed with aa, inte lng family. BiitTOW COUNTY. A few miles above the Heights crossed the dividing Uno between Ol kee and Bat tow Counties. Bartow boen justly regarded as ono of the f called Casa County, but the name changed to Bartow about the com tnt ment of the late war. But before war an indiscriminate distraction of oats, and sine? tho war rather si cultivation, teils its own tale in dilapidated farms and scarred i greeting the traveler on every eldo. Bartow the uplands, aa well aa boti have been of the best quality. Ar St?lesboro liea a beautiful country, < nally of a rich mulatto soil, the cit a little ahakey occasionally. Bart not only rich in tbe fertility of h ci but rich in her mining and man?is lng advantages. What Bartow i most, like the whole South, is for her farming population to be quadrupled, and domiciled on. ?mall tarma. Aa we approached the dividing line between Bartow and Polk Counties, wo still had the pleasure of viewing from timo to time large bodia? of valuable bottom lands. On Hill's creek we passed tho possessions of Israel Davis, a man who was born on the A. O. Norris place, near Anderson C. H. His father came to this County before the Indians were removed, ana of course had pick. and choice of land. His son Israel mado good use of his opportunities, and after giving off to his children ample farm? for oach, at*' ll owns some 5000 acres of the choicest lands. He buys more land, but never sells an acre. POLK COUKTY. Here wo struck a different County in some respects to any that we had passed through. The country is beautifully in terspersed with hills and valer-tho billa for summer range and Umber, the valleys for culture. Naturally, this seems to be one of the best sheep raising countries in tho South, but the drawback is the dogs. Dr. Euesoll, of. this County, removed and settled in Polk County some six or wight years ago, and is well satisfied with his location. The tillable lands are level and quite productive. For wheat and oats the soil and climate are bettor adap ted than in Anderson, Lands range in price from 5 to 15 dollars per acre, ac cording to quality and location- Cedar Creek Valley, where the Doctor resides, stretches - for some 15 or 20 miles to its juuetion with the Coosa Uiver, ail the way presenting a beautiful farming coun try, and usually very healthy. Arouud Ccdartown 1B said to bo one of the best portions of Georgia. ..''At Ccdartown a very wealthy gentleman from New York has established Iron Works, thus giving employment to hundreds of employees. The proprietor, Captain West, in a host within himself for busiueso. Doesn't hesitate to tako off his coat and lay hold with his own nanda when necessary. AB an instance, a man called on tho Captain one day for employment. The Captain waa himself busily employed shoveling | dirt, and replied that he would give a, man a dollar a day who would shovel aa much dirt as himself in the day. After, watching the Captaiu's motions for awhile, he left without making any en gagement. Rock mart is the terminus of a narrow guage road running from Car terville, on the State road, to Rockmart, in Polk County. It4is believed that this road wiil be widened to a broad gauge, and be extended through Cedar Creek Valley to Its junction, with the Romo and Sol ma Road. . T. H. R. [CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.] War Breezes from tho Border. The news from Mexico is ominous enough, but ic is no mom than was to have been expected or than we have pre dicted on aeveral occasions heretofore. It was in the nature of things impossible that the methods and plans presented by our authorities could ?ievo a peaceful termination. Influenced as. they are by animosity; and infatuated with a confi dence in their superior prowess, the Mex icans could not quietly submit to the Bull?s and Shailer raids even though they were made in conformity with an international agreement-. I The average citizen of Tamaulipaa is not distinguished for profound respect or unquestioning obedience toward his gov ernment. Ho knows too well that he is the real master of Mexico. Juarez owed his eminence to the guet lilas of the fron tier, Lerdo'a downfall was due to their hostility, and Mr. Porfirio Diaz, tho present incumbent, would be haunting New Orleans to-day but for the support and assistance which the Rio Orando cat tle tbicvee extended him. Why should tho Tamaulipan concern himself about the embarrassments of hi? President? His ruling idea is that when Presidents become troublesome they must be got rid of, that Presidents have no right to enter into arrangements cr t<> assume obliga tions which are likely to bs unpleasant to him. What he wants and must have la unrestricted freedom to ravage the Texas border and despoil the Texas ranchea, and he devoutly believes that it is the duty bf hlsgovernment to order ita policy with this end in view. How, thon, could it be expected that an arrangement allowing tue United States troops to pursue and capture Mex ican marauders beyond the Rio Grande would command the acquiescence of the Mexican J? The very first act under the existing treaty aroused such a storm of rage and fury that the Mexican Generala serving' on die frontier had to flee by night to escape the Wrath of their sot dient. Popular feeling in Tamaulipaa has only intensified with timo. Latterly tho invading parties from this fdd? hhve found themselves dogged by armed bodioa of men, and so closely trat a collision ' was at'any moment probrblo. General Ord has known for some time past, anti , so reported to Washington, that tho dan? - f_ti-U esp*. W- ? ! - to Mexico, and that the conflict must 1 como sooner or Itter This reported order of Diaz, to rekv' ision by force, : is of course an act ol :?.chery, but it ia tho legitimate ontg-owth of popular feel j ing sn bia country. He appears to have strugsied^gainot that fceltn**; as long as 1. i conditio*** ?*, prevailing in Mexico could , have looked for any other result, Dia' bad to take thai course or to invoke ruin nod disgrace upon himself. His alterna tivo waa to act falsely to .bis pledges tc , the United States or to incur the hatred ; and fury of tho Mexican people. And he has chosen, as we always felt stire he 1 would choose when the Issue cam?, tc ? break faith with tts. \ pia? is too weak lc himself and too insecure in his position at home, io breve so strong and dee" seated a, public sentiment as thia. He ([ives way to tho OresaUro about him, and, n order fo win his country's favor, doe* , that Which must inevitably culminate ic his country's humiliation, if not its rain 1 This ordor can have but one train o 1 sequences. It will bring about the col i liston for which thc. border Mexican*- an ; so savagely anxious, and it will usher it ,U series of operations which wr:i bruer. ' out' that neat of thieves and murderers Tainaulipas, until it is as bare and deso late' as they have made the Texas fron i tier.-Nerte Orban? Ihm?. ?--i. ?fl ? 1-~ - Learned professors know about SO. OOO words ; children of two, from 200 tc , 705; ordinary people,9,000; book agent?, ; 0,980^8. SENATOR BUTLER SERENADED. A Hrlrring Speech In which He De nonuees the President. Gen. Carr. Juds? Stackey and other? Fol low. The following is a synopsis of the ad dresses delivered in front of the Wheeler House in Columbia on last Wednesday night, upon tue occasion of a Serenarte to Oen. Batter: My Fellow-Citizens : I thank you most cordially and sincerely for this manifes tation of your kindness. Twelve months ago to-day a body calling itsolf a Legis lature, sitting in your State House under the shadow and protection of Federal bayonets, pretended to elect as a Repre sentative from South Carolina in the United Stater Senate one D. T. Corbin. Soven days afterwards, on the 10th of December, the Legislature which now i occupies that State House, uodcr tho protecting regis of the laws and the con stitution of Ulis country, did mo tho honor I to elect me to the Senate of the United States. From that day to this, from thal I day until the 2d of December, 1877, n j contest has been waged, which, for its I bitterness aud malignity, its falsehoods upon myself and the good people of South I Carolina, has never boon equalled lu the annals of our history. But on that I morning of December it culminated in1 my being ?wem in to tho Renate of tho United States, iustead of D. T. Corbin. 1 [Applause.] My friend?, very grave I misapprehension has prevailed iu tho ' minas of some of tho peoplo of this State ? aa to tho nature of that contest. It ha* beu? supposed by eorao that thc question was whether I should be sworn in, or whether I should be sent back for re election by tho L?gislaturo : but 1 day to iou that tb nt waa not tho contest. If it ad been, I should not have quietly sub mitted to the torrent of abuso, such as no man ever submitted to bofore. I ?mould have returned to the bosom of my fami ly, and, friends, if that had been tho issue, have allowed your representatives, the representatives of tho people of South Carolina, to have decided in their discre tion aud wisdom whethor or not I should bo returned as your Senator. No, my friends ; the real ?BSUO was whethor I should be seated or Corbin. Some say that this was impossible. That there waa no law to Beat Corbin ; he bas no con stituency and no law. But, my friend and fellow-citizens, doos a desperate Tiad icai majority, dw.cd'-ng day bv Jay oui of existenco, stop to cons'^rr questions ol law or right 1 Was there any law foi the admission of Kellogg from Louisiana 1 It was a flagrant outrage sn that gallant s'iter State of oura, lhere was no law for that, and none to seat Corbin ; but ] tell you that I know whereof 1 speal when I say that the Radical majority o: tbe Senste had determined.to seat Cor bin ; - and I iiow say with regret and re lactanco that the man, whom I think 1 am not stigmatizing too severely wbon 1 say that bo procured his present positioi through fraudulent methods, threw thi entire weight of his administration ?backed by his friends, to perpetuate thi outrage on South Carolina, and seat tbl man Corbin, of Whom it hsB been sail that he has drawn more tears and pang from the people of South Carolina thai all others nut together-seat him am perpetrate this outrage on South Carob na. And yet the President of tho Unite States, personally and through hi friends, attempted to do it. I say that mako this remark with some regret, be cause, in all that he was doing, or ar suming to do, to help the South and vh country. I felt bound to sustain him, al though bis position was procured b Suestionnblo means, and I was quite wi! ne that he should atone for the crime of Eis party by a virtuous and constiti tional administration ol the laws. Bi when the supremo moment carno and ii issue was made squarely and sharply b tween the enemies of constitutional lil crty in South Carolina and ita friends, i threw his weight in favor of the enemi< of bis country. And now, my friends, have been placed in a position of ooo Fiar&tive novelty. I havo been thron uto an arena to which I am not accu tomed. It is one of dignity and gravi1 and of the greatest responsibility, and meet this responsibility with the grave apprehension^ that I ulmll not como t to the full measure of your expectation or prove equal to the requirements of tl Sosition. I can only promise that in tl ischarge of my duties, I shall be actual by but one oingle principle, and that to always keep steadfastly before me tl honor and tho welfare and tho intere; of our grand old Commonwealth. I ha sat in the Senate of the United Sta) hour after hour, day after day, night i 1 ter night, and submitted to insult, ca tumely, abuse, misrepresentation, fal hood and malignity. I have submitt to it, my friends, without a mumu without even a protest. Why have dono so? Because the interests of Soo Carolina were at stake. It was not cc genial to my nature, for I have no am lion for the notoriety which comes that kind of abuse, and do not think tl anything in my past history justifies i But I take my sent without a feeling i r??entmc?i to those who have done ' th ir, gross injustice. I shall bury l i wrongs which have been done.me in < past whenever a recollection or revi of them shall conflict with the inter? i of thc people of this State committed ray care. I have only this to say, tl i whilst I have determined not to bo r trayed Into personal r?crimin?t i against the men, tho Senators of I United States, who have cowardly I tacked me when I was disarmed and i ' able to defend myself, now that I ? ?I- -i-_iL _ a_"r ?L" CLr...n? I LUCH Itui U)nlu .nu .?wv. ... .MU . ...... i hope they will not repeat lt. [Contint 1 cheering. J If they rio repeat it, take , word for it, I wilt give them as good they ?end. [Renewed cheering.] I \ . add that I can never consent to degr Y myself to the level of brutality, cowarc i and blackguardism which character! : ? their cc "?ti - toward se. ? wM! ?"".* 1 tain yon !ov.0'cr bat to make one at ; tional suggestion as to what, in roy ju i r?ont, is the one thing needful for ? whole people, irrespective of face, cl > color or condition ; for, in the dischr 1 of my duties. 1 shall recognize no dist! I tion. Bat if there is one thing n i needful than another for the peoph > South Carolina to do, it is that all qi i tiona which prevent ber from resunr > ber natural relations to her sister St! . cf thi; great e-onfed*r*tb>n shall be i tied as soon as possible. Her people i all her interests require the benign h i onces of peace and quiet, and, us fa i may be consistent with her (blare I ? fate, tho forgetting of the grievance ( the past. Her ports require tbe revi; ? influences of foreign andi domestic tr J Her rivers and harbors a;'o entitle? i the care of the general government a > proportionate snare Of ine public ap , priations for their improvement, ai - shall insist that no discrimination a ' be made against her in ibis reg Tbero is one thing moro, which psi mo (or suggesting, that in all of our t . logs with each other there should 1 > spirit of mutant forbearance and to , tioti. There should bea rigid and f compromising obedience to the only 'arbitrament bctwjcn the pcople^-tho ?ibitrament of the law. To that, and to ? that alono, can we aubcnit with safely all our disputea a ad diff?rences. Thia ls the more important, nay absolutely neceas?-, rr, after barine passed through so terri" ble au ordeal. Terrible, did I say ? Why when I look back and remember i tbs scenes which we witnessed on these very steets twelre months ago, when almost the snapping of abinger would have pre cipitated bloody revolution rand war, and when I remember how we have passed through it all and what we have ?anteved without the ?bedding of blood, I can ascribe it to no other influence, but the special interposition of tbe great God of us all. Man, it appears to me, is inca pable of having achieved such results alone. Bo far as I am concerned and those of us who happened to be thrown to the front, we wore mere factors, mere Incidentr in tbe struggle. It was the. Brest heart of the people of South Care na rising and demanding their rights. [Cheers.] Tho leaders, as they were called, were mere instruments. The peo* pie, rising is one man, solidly, irrepres sible, carried the day by standing nn yielding, ?boulder tn -d-ou'* jr. And iet mo commend to you for the future the lesson of the past. We can only succeed hereafter by the samo unanimity of ac tion, and by frowning down abeolutoly all efforts at-organising what are now termed "independent movements." We munt aland together. The Democracy of South Carolina must align themselves ia the most central, compact and unbroken afliliation with the great constitutional party of this country, the National De iuocraoy. Something bat been, said in different quarters of tno country about a new parly. As a matter of policy, lt would bo midsummer madness, political suicide, now that tho ?ucay.ozrzcj is about to a .li ic vo the control of the government, tbat wo should attempt any -ew party in the South, to say nothing of principle. For t'nrou quarters of a century the D?m ocratie party has preserved, protected and guarded constitutional and American liberty on this continent, nnd we must keep fully in accord with it, if we would expect to reap any of the benefits of the govern mont. [Applause.! If you had been ?hat I have soon within tho last two months in tho city of Wa?biugtop, thc disposition of tho Radical revolutionary o'.oment, you would Btand appalled anrj oould not bo surprised nt any actofthein to preserve their party power. Mj frie?ds, 1 have been betrayed into say,nj much more than I intended. In the fer days I have been here I have been in n< condition to mako or prepare a speech My idea? almost fail to respond towrope expression, so completely have I boei engrossed in warding elf the attacks unoi tho rights of myself, those of South Car olina. If it was essential that those win represented South Carolina in that bod; when BLC was in tho zenith of her glor; should stand on tho outposts and main tain her rights, how much greater th responsibility, now that she ialnthedua of degradation and humility. l oan onl promise again that, to the, best of .m feeble ability, I shall strive to do m duty, and that, in the discharge of thu duty, I Bhali do nothing which will brin the blush of shame to any man or woma j in this State. I thank you sincerely fe ' tho honor of this cordial welcome, thank you sincerely not ouiy for th! cordial welcome, but profoundly for tb attention which you have given rae. an bid you good night. (Prolonged ches ins?] At its conclusion calls wero made f< Gen. Gary, who was Introduced by Cc J. N. Lipscomb. General Gary mador eloquent a..J beautiful response, r,n oflo worthy of his fame aa an orator, giving aplondid tribute to Senator Butler, ar declared that nona rejoined moreearne* ly tban himself at tho success of bis di tioguished friend. Ho was a man wont to have bis naroo enrolled in the Sona chamber of tho United States, along wi that of Calhoun, McDuffle and his ilk trions kinsman A. P. ?utler. He hi wrung victory from the grasp of wh seemed certain defeat, and will shed nt lustre upon the annals of his State. The crowd loudly demanded to he from Judge T. J. Mackey, who was pm ent in tho hotel, and was brought f< ward by General Gary. He spoke follows, and was heartily applaud throughout: EsUoxo-Oitlzctii : I respond with : luctance to your courteous call. It pected to stand in silence and listen tbe congratulations that come on t swell of ten thousand voices from 1 heart of all South Carolina, and I faintly speak her pride and gratiti that tho stainless crest of Butler ,01 moro symbolizes ber unsullied honor thc American Senate. That ey diadems her redemption with unfed lustre. I shall not revert to its political sigc canco or attempt to throw a feeble where Butler and Gary have illumina the subject; those twin planets, t burn with no unsteady light on the Utica! sky of South Carolina. I si apr.sk of Butler's competitor in th.? ? flick at Washinri-.o. I refer to.I magnificent scot -?'jrel, D. T. Corbin, saw him standing on the floor of So unto c li ?r? bev Truite the vote was lng taken on the motion to. seat M Butler a? Senator from Routh Carol He at cod with paper and pencil In h keeping tally of the vote that was to hi- dec rr. I knew that his fate written in the stars that were ?hil above the dome of the capitol on : early and eventful November morn. I saw him a minute before there was announced. He stood robust form, in the primp of bli manhood, ' tho red huit of health upon his ch and the brightness of hoon in bia mi nant eye. The vote waa aunouc and, lo I the change in Corbin I In twinkling of an eye he bsd undergo] UOB? miserable transfiguration. '.?ngor of death iUoir scorns to have tr the ensign of despair apon his unbl lng forehead. In the deadly palenoi Ma c.UiuAr. T rWJ-.llpd th? U&lA ?HX Carolinisns who, through the conspi incited by this men, were, arraigne , yonder United States Court, and stimulating his fell design througl forms of law, were convicted by pa juries, add condemned to pine away yoting lives in distant dungeons bf sentence of an unjust Jctdgo. Oorbi infamous was indeed changed. He 3rated the appearance of a man whe led, and wai dead with tubercular ?umntion. aiW a. lona lingering Ul and bad been buried Tn a country ? Jard, and had been taken op nolan rom the loy cerements bi the grave, placed with rude hand oh the disse labio of a medical college, Iq thc Btago of cadavercusness. ' In ?th?r w when Butler advanced io bo swot' Corbin presented the apper.ranco o utterablo gontneul A* be sunk h ?Oli?m'O?s* pit vf ula u??jr-Vi r, X ' hear in facey a grateful thank God from the hearts bf those of our fe cltieena who? by reason of thia maa' . dal crimes in debauching juatlco, eat the bitter .bread of exile In ? , landa. Corbin io gone fore vor, and 1 Ihe went down tho snowy plume of I waves. . Hon. R.-lor6 Aldrich belog I< ?csA tt?iiwithi cpvei?l the rat?? OW ;j*tkgtj wfcM? - wiu r.r.tr wt in?txU jin ?UMUfeBAyiCO., tailed for, responded briefly, urging that the flies of the Democratic party be kept' well cloted tup.ab that th* result? MbloTed xt?fc??t Pot be tat In tho future. Tho balconies and parlors of tho Wheeler House Were flited with ladt-, who listened attentively to ibo speeches. '?'? j ? . W-^-" i i ATTOBNE? GENERAI? ?OSNEB. ! Bis Letter ot Residua tlon and tho asioinago . ?ot* C?of ernor Babajatora. Co ru ca cale Attn 3 lt - tp the Lc^r-latoc-o, Tho following meaaago from Governor Hampton waa read in the General As sembly on Monday'week last: STATE Ot? SOUTH OAEOLIJ*A, 1 Ex?ctrrtV?iOrfAMBBB, -\ COLUMBIA, December 3,1877. j ' Gentlemen <j? the General Assembly : U becomes tny duty to transmit to you. the resignation c. '-'io Attorney-General of tho State, anti I perform this duty with inCnito regret. Thtf arduous duties off this office* have been discharged with a sea?, energy, and patriotism ,which could not have boen ?u^p?ssed, while his counsel has been of ^calculable nasistanco to mo during tho past ' year. He has - won tho respect, esteem! and olfaction of our pccp.?, and ho will carry to his retirement tbo cong dence of all with whom he has been as? ,sociat?d, as well as tbe consciou mess of having done his whole duty. WADE HAMPTOV, Governor. ? ; ._$ EXECUTIVE DBPABTMEKT, J OFFICE OP ATTOBNEY GE?., f COLUMBIA, Dec 1,1877. j 'My Ikar Sir: In fulfillment of my [lurpojio declared to yon in September ait, I now resign the officio of Attorney > General, and respectfully request that you will communicate the fuet to the Gone;;;. Assembly, so that it may elect my successor, As my resignation occurs during tho session, the General Assem bly, undor tho act of 1876,1 (15 Statutes, 085) will fill the vacancy, end the bust? ness of the office will not be. interrupted. : It ?B difficult for one not connected With tho oflico to realize bow exacting have boen its duties duriug tho past year. The cases before the Supreme and Circuit Sturts, which involved the grave issue of ? e establishment of tho State Govcra I ment, and the titlo of those officers who ; were elected by the people in November, ? 1876, engrossed my time and most anx ious attention during the early part cf last winter. They had not been, con- , duded when the General Assembly was .'? convened in extra sfsaion, requiring my cottttant attention. When that body ad journed tho joint investigating committee commenced ita' sittings. The frequent conferences with the committee, anet tho ?(reparation, supervision and conduct of he prosecutions instituted by it, de volved a vost amount of labor upon tho ? Attorney General's office; I have been ? p.bly assisted by gentlemen whom I en gaged to take part in the work with' mo, but light os the burthen has been, a very heavy responsibility has necessarily re mained with me. j ; Tbe General Assembly, among other tiling?, required that I should, before its regular Beession, prepare a report upon the phosphate interest of the State, aud a legal opinion upon the validity of tho charters r/ an ted to the several companies engaged m the business. During tho time occupied by these da^ ties tho ordinary business or the office has been regularly conducted, and a con stant correspondence been kept up with tho different State and County officers newly inducted into office, who have rc* quired ivg&! opiuion?? and advice io guide them in the performance of their official dories. I refer to these matters that I may make clear to the people of thc State the reuon why I resign tho high office to which they elected me. I have given to tho duties of tho office my undivided at tention and- anxious ' solicitude for the pott year, to the a?rions neglect of roy orivato affaira and tho injury of roy health. I cannot continue to do BO with out Injustice to others and to myself, and as I am not willing to retain tho office without making ita duties paramount to all others, it is preter that I Bhould re si,;;i>. liv earnest desire to serve the State to toe best of my power, reluctance to . close.roy official relations i? the legal ad? viser ol the State government, regret ot tbs thought bf breaking off my doily in tercourse with "ourself and of severin" I ties with the officers of the executive de Srtment which were formed in the rkest hour of the State's struggle for her freedom and her purity, and havo been cemented by the trying as well aa tbe gratifying experiences of 1878 and 1877, are feelings which have BO arrayed themselves in conflict with a sense of private duty, that I reluctantly adhero to my conviction of tho necessity of resign ing. I cannot close tnla letter without expressing to yon personally my warmest thanks for. tho large measure of confi dence and the* uninterrupted kindncta . which yon bave,8hown;n*.e.. I ehall evsv? recur with satisfaction to 'tho fact tb ac my judgment and my sympathy havo wncurred in every act of jrour adminis tration, and I'will look back a?W?v? with prido to the cordial relations which havo iodated between ns. ' With regard and respect, I am very truly yours, JAMES CONKER. To Governor Wade Hampton. - mm< ir "" ' Origin of Leap Year. Bissextile or leapyear, originated iu the time of Julius Csaaar, who ordained that tho year should cowJst of 865 days, except every four years,; which should consist ofSSQ days, tho aacurionatday io bo reckoned by twice, coiuitmg tho 24th of February, which waa the sixth oalend i of March. Hence the name for the Latin words,'?i>, and textiUs, Sixth. Tho caJenSf. (whence our word calendar,) or 1 first nay of the month, were reckoned backwiu\-? to the Wea; thus, the first day of March waa the first called calena; tue 28?i.'4?yof February waa tho second caknd of March; February 27th the :, third, and so on. Tho Juliau year, which by this rule was reckoned at 885 days and six hours, was found not to bo accurate, but to ex ceed the length of tho solar year by cloven minutes,, which, in 181 yearn, amour, ted to an entire day. It was there fore corrected by Pope Gregory, in 1582, fcho retrenched elevan daya frota tho julian oTOiuuiai?ou, o^sg its.cSv^-. cr gain over tho. solar .time. Gut of this correction grow this distinction between the new and old Jstyle. Tho Grt^rian I br new style waa introduced into Ger many In. 1770, and by a?t of parliawent, into England ia 1752, th? 2d day of Sep tember (O. 8.) of that year being reckon ; ed as tho 14th (N. 8.) nadar tho Giego-: ,|?i< imltftt A1 tkisnifh -tba MMO BltWlV- : ttloisYetainedwith Tts absolate Import, we interc?late the 29th of February every fourth year for ' leap year, and for still greater accuracy, make only one leap . yew out of eihwy- four centenary years, ! that is, the years 17C0 and 18Q? were not leap years, nor will A. D. illOObe-reck oned aa ono, but tho year 2000 wlU ho Bissextile.