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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 20, 1879. The Houso of Representatives and Senate havo passed a bill allowing wom6n to practice law before the United States Courts upon the same conditions ns mon. The bill bas been sent to the President for his action, .'.nd it is thought Mr. and Mrs. Hayes will approve tho hill and that it will become a law. Thc Republican Houso of Representa tives of Wisconsin' has . passed a hill establishing tho whipping post as a pun ishment for tramps. If it is a good remedy for tramps it would also bo bene ficial for thieves. Is it not, however, a little strange to soo tho Radicals voting for a mcasurj providing for the re-estab lishment of this modo of punishment, which tho party of great moral ideas has been pleased to term a.'relic of barbarism. The health of Governor Hampton ls now said to be Improving, and he left Columbia last week for Green Pond, where he will recreate until tho 22nd inst., at which time ho will visit Charles ton to be present at tho Washington Light Infantry celebration. Tho friends of the Governor will bo greatly gratified at this intelligence, as tho recent reports from his condition have caused great anxiety and uneasiness throughout thc State. Tho Augusta Chronicle and Corufitit tionalitl says that tho cost of constructing tho Canal afc that city will bo fourteen hundred thou-Mind dollars, and adds, as it wcro with a shrug of tho shoulders : '"But tho work will bo a great bonefit to tho city Borne day, wo hope." Thia is rather discouraging to cities contem plating engaging in tho canal busir-js, and makes the action of the last Bession of the Legislature, in appropriating eleven thousand dollars towards tho Co lumbia Canal, rather ridiculous. Wo hope it will do enough work for us to Beo whero it has made a beginning on tho canal, but must confess that wo doubt it. A discussion in a contested flection case before the Now Jcrsoy Lcgiolature last woek, tho startling development came out that they used in one of tho principal counties in tho State during tho lost election ballot boxes with a movable partition in thom, to assist ballot box stuffing. This was not done to cheat the precious nigger, nor to assist tho white loaguea to keep tho South solid, but was dono in ono of tho loyal Northern States to assist tho Republicana in carrying the State for thc party of great moral ideas. Under these circumstances deliberate and systematic ballot box atuffing waa a mere informality unworthy of the atten tion of tho dignified Teller Committee. Genornl Rosser, lato of tho Confederate States Army, announces that ho is heart ily in favor of Senator Windom's pinn of colonizing the negro, and is in favor of selecting Dakota Territory as tho placo for thom to livo in. Tho General is Chief Engineer of tho Northern Pacific Railroad, and in ut present located in Dakota, from which Territory tho dis patches a few days ago stated that the thermometer was twenty degrees below zero, and that tho Ice ovor tho Mississippi Rivor ?hero was threo foot thick, so that heavy traina of eera could poss over it. Most of tho colored brethren would prefer remaining among tho dangerous (?) rifle clubs. General Rosser's proposition is a Batire on Windom's resoludcns. AB waa generally expected, the Presi dent came out victorious in his contest with Conkling over the New York ap pointments. Tho fight was rando over thc confirmation of Merritt as Collector of tba Port of New York, upon which question Conkling made two speeches urging bis rejection. When the matter r??nflind a vntn fha B??n=f.s ??mi? 3t5t fnr cn.-iHi ma?iuii ?ii? ~? ? ior rejection, or nine* toen Democrats and fourteen Republi cans for confirmation, to four Democrats and twonty Republicans for rejection. Tho voto for Burt for Naval Officer was composed tho samo way. Thus again Mr. Hayes has been saved by tho Demo cratic Senators from defeat by his own party. Tho result of this fight will, foi a time at least, weaken Conkling's influ ence very materially. The Laurensville Herald comprehends the true animus of the Newt and Courier'? recent discourses on tho phosphate ques tion, in which its stereotyped flings on tho bond question were indiscriminately interwoven. Tho Herald makes tho fol lowing timely conter shot at thia recent ly developed idioayncracy of the metro politan organ of all forms of monopoly : "Y/e cannot say how many 'professional politicians," or whether there were any, in the meetings at Anderson and Green ville, but the meeting held at this place, regarding tho Fertilizer qualen, was composed entirely of farmers, and was not aided by any 'professional politician' or other aspirant to office. The News and Courier-like the fellow with tho huge broad-ax and flap-jacks-seems to bave the Bond naMiinn on tim hrntn and tho disease has well-nigh assumed a chronic form." Sam Lee, the notorious colored politi cian of Sumter County, wai a constant spectator in the Circuit Court during the first part of but week in Sumter, ind complimented Judge Mackey in very high terms for the justice and equity with which bo presided, but about the middle of tho week the Grand Jury found a true bill against him for neglecting his office ns Probate Judge, and Lee immediately fled tho County .. He was, however, tried, being represented in his absence by n young colored lawyer named Stewart, and, after a fair trial, waa convicted. Elliott reached Sumter at the end of the trial, and gare notice of a motion fos ' new. trial, which hotrc??? did not pre vail. Thus tho people of Sumter ar? likely to be rid of a very bad man, an4 wo prftejme Provident Hayes will Inme diately withdraw bl?, uomlnMioc for Pod K?ster, or otherwise tho people oV 6am? ter may bo compelled to get tbslr math iry. Ooo by on< 2 coming i< WHO ARE THE REPUDIATORS ? Tho Charleston News and Courier re alizes lue gravity of the charge mada by the INTELLIGENCE? two weeks ago, in which we asserted that the newspapers which are continually harping on the action of tho last Legislature in not re cognizing tho fraudulent portion of tho State debt, and aro charging repudiation wheo they know there is no such inten tion on tho part of any approciablo por tion of tho Democratic party, and ht order to shift tho responsibility from its guilty shoulders, tho News and Courier devotes two columns to a mingled at tempt to reason tho question and to vi tenuate its position by bringing in tho Phosphate question again, to show that tho repudiation idt? lu not confined alone to the State debt. Wo shall examine the principal positions assumed by thc News and Courier, and then offer a few considerations which may, perhaps, bo worthy of the attention of tho bond holders' organ. To begin with, thc Neros and Courier does not like tho sug gestion that it would not injure us any more to repudiate the fraudulent portion of our State dobt than it did Georgia to repudiate the fraudulent ?8,000,000 which the Radicals attempted to fasten on her in the shape of railroad guarantees, and says : There ls no analogy between the posi tion of Georgia and that of South Caro lina. Tho dobt which was repudiated hy Georgia Dad not been recognized, in any way, by thc property-holders of the State or the Democratic party, and, tho most important difforoncc, it was not tho re sult of a compromise (subsequent to n repudiation of clearly fraudulent debil whoroby tho amount of the debt ac knowledged by tho Stato was reduced one-half, with tho singlo purpnso of forming a new debt which should be un Suestionnbly valid and binding upon thc tale. To make ber conduct similar to that of South Carolina, thc Stato of Georgia must rcduco the capital of ber present debt one-half, issue new bonds with tho coupons receivable for taxes, and then refuso to recognizo these new bonds, and subject them to investigation on account of irregularities, real or im aginary, in their issuo, which irregulari ties were known to exist nt tho timo of the reduction of the volume of tho debt. Evon this would not make tho eases equal. Georgia must go further still, and after creating a special tribunal to deter mina tho issues between tho State and tho creditors, givo notice through tho press, and by tho mouth of membors of tho Legislature, that she will not recog nize the decision of ber own choson tri bunal if tho decision be adverse. Thin is sufficient, wo trust, to make it clear that South Carolina cannot bolster bcr solf un by citing Georgia ns an exnmplo of bau faith unattended by ovil conse quences. It ia not necessary to notice specially the high price at which Guorgin bonds now sell. There ia no talk of re pudiating thoso bonds, and it is quito Eossiblo that tho price of a security shall o high, when general credit is low. Tho debt which is fraudulent, in thin State has not been recognized by tho property-holders of South Carolina. Tho Consolidation Ant in ?rv.nntf?d hy .ill an a finality, but the party who seek to pro mote tho people's interest insist that thc fraud shall bo eliminated from that set tlement. Tho facts of the caso aro, briefly, thnt tho Radical party Hooded the country with bonds, which were in tho main purchased by speculators who were intim?t o with tho ring, for merely nominal prices. After they bsd issncd these bonds, they roalizcd thnt the Stato could never pay the burden imposed upon hor, and in order to increano tho value of their fraudaient claims, thoy (the Radi cals) repudiated one-half of tho honest and of tho fraudulent debt, by which moans they expected to incrcaso tho value of their fraudulent claims. Tho act which accomplished thia is known as tho "Consolidation Act." Tho fraudulont portion of tho debt was crcatsd by tho Radicals, and tho Radicals under Moses' administration passed thia Consolidation Act in 1873. Its provisions were execu ted by Oardozo as Treasurer, and Hogo as Comptroller General. Tho Legisla ture which passed tho act WRB repeatedly bribed, and tho officers who executed it have boen convicted of official crimes, or now havo indictments ponding against thom. It in, therefore, reasonable that honest people should not choose to bc bound by tho action of such partita without investigating it. Tho Consolida tion Act is no more binding upou tho people of the Stato, either in law ov in equity, than tho original acts crcr.ting tho fraudulont debts are, for they are both mado by tho samo parties. Tho fact that the Consolidation Act repudia ted ono-half of tho honest debt is no reason that wo should pay one-half of that which ls fraudulont. There has beon, to a certain extent, a notico that a portion of tho opponents of the fraudu lent bonds do not intend to pay them, lot thc Courts decido tho question ns they may, for the Courts oro bound to give n* much credit to an act passed by the Rad icals as one parsed by tho Democrats, and hones cannot go as fully into thc equities of all the parties as tho Legisla ture co;dd. Those who assume thia posi tion do BO not to avoid a just debt, but to prevent paying a. debt which is known to bo fraudulont, and which tho forms of law might enablo a Court which desired to do so to decido in favor of. No such action as this has, however, been taken, and lt ia not necessary to discuss it, or tho propriety of lt, notfl tho occasion arises. Wo have nover iMtemptod to "bolstor up South Carolin? by citing r*--^- ~~z-^)z cf bid faith." We have cited Georgia as an examplo ol a Stato which had tho independence and manhood to throw off a fraudulont debt. Tho bonds which Georgia disowned were juat os valid an obligation as our bonds which are disputed, and at the timo they were disowned were Belling in market at eighty-five cents on the dollar, which is acre thin cur best bonds sci! at ; and when ahe had disowned theso .bonds her valid debt was appreciated in value so that ono class sells for $1.05 on the dol lar, and another $1.12 on the dollar. It never hurts an individual to refuse the payment of s forged note, nor cf z Ststc to refuse payment of a fraudulent bond. We cited Georgia as an evidence of thia, and nothing more. To this extent she is an example for Sooth Carolina, and there is very little doubt that bur people will have sense enough to follow that ex ample. Tnt New* and (burier then says: 'There was consistency at least, in re jecting the compromiso of December 22, 1873, repudiating the bonds originating awi issued under Radical rule, and jpoy irig the Old Ml in full. The poisons with whom our Anderson contemporaries act took tho benefit of tho r?pudiation hy the Radical* of one half of thc Old debt, and ?eek to repudiate tho disputed Con solidated debt representing indebtedness created by the Radicals. Could there bo a stronger evidence than thh of a deter mination, not to do justice, but to rcduco tho volunto of tho debt at any cost !" Of course, au itccuptanco of tho Consolida tion Act after eliminating the frauds from it involves tho reduction of the good debt to fifty cent? on the dollar. This lias already been dunc, and tho State's honest creditors have not, hy pctiti"ii or OtberVfi , asked thu Legislature to take? up tho new bonds and return their old ones. It is true Unit some blatant advo cates of the fraudulent debt have dis cantad upon thin as justice with a view of getting tho sympathy of the people of the .State for the fraudulent debt ; but to provo that, with rare exceptions, tliry have not been consistent, it will only be necessary to turn to thc Act of March, 187S, where they will bo found to have voted lo repudiate one hali of the honest floating indebtedness of the Slate. The present Legislature, therefore, finds that the honest debt of ibo Slate has been sealed down to fifty cents on the dollar both by Radicals and by Democrats; and then thc question presented is, Shall a fraudulent part be paid because ibo honest creditor has been compelled lo tako half of his debt? To ou; mind lin debtor who is unable to pay more than half of his honest debbi bas no moral right lo pay a large graltiily on preten ded debts which he never owed. It would be an ucl ff moral degradation on thc ? url of thc State, in our opinion, to pay thc fraudulent bonds. Then lite News and Charier saya: The Rond Commission made their re port, and il was agreed, an a compromise, lo refer to a special tribunal, the Court of Claims, the whole of lite Consolida tion debt reported against by the Com mission. We can conceive that, even up to this point, lhere was room lor a faint bolief in the honest purposes of tho sup porters of the conclusions of tho Commis sion. Test cases were made up, and ?tending the delivery of the decision of ibo Court of Claims the Legislature met. An effort was at once made to legislate the Court of Claims out of existence, for thc reason that it was feared that the Court would adjudge tho disputed bonds to bc valid obligations or tho State, j Having declared their willingness to bc I governed by the decision of thc Courts, having formed a Court where tho whole matter in issue should be tried, and hav ing elected the Judges of that Court, tho larger number of the Anti-debt party sought to extinguish the Court in order to prevent it from rendering a decision contrary to their notions. Our Anderson contemporaries, we believe, (the iNTKl. LHiENCEIt certainly did,) gave effective support lo the ntlenipl to abolish tho Court. They repudiated their own chosen tribunal in advance of its decision. As it happened, the Court of Claims de cided adversely to the disputed bonds. This does nut satisfy our Anderson friends and their allies. The bond cases now go up to the Supremo Court of thc Slate:, ??id l?iO uve?arat?on ?s broadly made, that, as willi the Court of Claims, tho decision of the Supreme Court will not bc regarded, if it bu in favor of the bonds. In other words, thc determina tion is to repudiate thc disputed or un recognized bonds, whatever tho law Ol the equity of the case may provo to be. Wo did favor the abolition of the Rone1 Court. Wo did not favor its creation and liad uothing to do with it. After iu establishment tbe evidence of tho Stati was incomplete, on account of thc failun of tho State to procure Kimpton, aa tin State of Massachusetts refused to gm him up ; there was only 0 part of tin bouda disputed before tho Court, and tin State therefore litigated before this Cour at a disadvantage, because the disput?e honda not represented would not be con eluded by the suit; nnd, also, becalm the opinions of .fudges Willard and Has kell of thu Supreme Court wero know! to bo favorable to the bond hoblers. I is no disrespect lo theso Judges to sai this, for Judge Willard has cxpressei himself in thc Morton, lilias & Co. case and Judge ! Iankeh? views were mad known before ho went upon tho Hench Therefore il seemed folly to bo litigatir.] a question upon which tho views of i majority of the Supremo Court wer known in advance. It would, consequent ly, bavo been better, in our judgment, t tako the whole question into the band of tho Legislature, and meet out eqtlfl justice to the Stato and all of her credi tora. If this was repudiation, thai u favored repudiation, and aro still in favo of it. Tho Netcs and Courier also attempts t illustrate the repudiation tendency of th editor of the INTELLIGENCER by citin again thc phosphate question, aud says In fine, such newspapers as the Andel son INTELLIGENCER and Journal, an tho Abbevillo Medium, encourago th ?eenie toset themselves above tho lav 'heir doctrino in finnnco is, that th State Bubmita to tho decision of th Couria when they relieve ber of a liabil ity, and apurns their decision when thc confirm a disputed liability. Nor ia ila j confined to matters of fi ance. At At: der- on last week a committee, of wbic tho editor of the INTELLIGENCER waa member, reported to a mass meeting series of resolutions in which tho pos . tion was taken that tho companies cr Saged in tho manufacture of commercii artilixera should "be deprived imm?diat* ly of any and all privileges to dig, min or manufacturo commercial fertilizers, becauso theso companies wero asking fe their fertilizers a nigher price than tb farmers folt able to pay. Tho resoh tiona wero adopted unanimously. ? objection, HO far as wo havo Been, wt rai8ed hy tlin A nilora?!T *yjj-j ; shall bo found any sano man who wi invest bis money in any manufacturin company in South Carolina, when ho Hablo to bo threatened with the forfei ure of tho charter of his company i caso that tho prices for tho articles L manufactures do not suit tho consumer; Wo do not need to go further, wo thin! , to show whero "tho talk of repudiation cornea from, whero tho arcs of rcptidli tion aro, and_ upou wbr.m rests tho n sponsibiiity for ibo prostrated financi condition of tho State, shorn of credi without capital of her own. and her fa and hnnorablo name (Varnished boforo tl nations I We are glad tho Ntvs and Court which, as we havo heretofore said, is tl organ of all tho monopolies and comb nations of Charleston, has seen fit combino tho phosphate question with tl State dobt muddlo, for there are throng' out the State thousands of farmers wi do not understand tho debt question, b who da know tho difference between 4J pounds of colton and 650 pounds for ton of phosphate, and when these fan era seo that the action of the greet phosphate companies is BL. :aincd by tl News and Courier upon the same hie moral (?) principles that it defends tl disputed wt^te bonds they will rcadi perceive that ?u each of the*o cases its lofty seutimeuts of honor aud norality are io reality nothing moro (han the prompting of local or selfish interests. The New? and Courier also has ?bown a ready disposition to resort to any tactics necessary to carry ita point, whither it he by argvju'nt or by misrepresentation. ItM statement that we were upon the com mitteo which drafted the resolutions of tho farmers' meeting in this county is, to use as mild a phrase as tho fads will warrant, not true; aud if our contempo rary had read the proceeding here it would have seep that v e were not on the committee, and that the speech we made was by special invitation, while tho com mittee on resolutions was out. Wo re peat, that we never saw nor heard tho resolutions until they were rcail in tho meeting; and whilo we approve the main objects of them, we aro in no wiso entitled to the distinction of having framed them, citiicr directly or indirect ly. We only mention this little circum stance to show that the New? awl Courir i? not above a wilful misrepresentation of any person it chooses to take '?vue with, ami leave it for our readers lo say whether a paper which misrepresents smalt things is to be relied on implicitly as,to more important minters. There has been no threat lojrcvokc any charter because a manufacturer's prices do not ?mit thc consumers. Thc whole complaint has been against the combination which attempted to extort from the necessities of tho larmer more for a particular article than it would soil at without such combination. The New? .iud Courier well knows that lluro is uo power to repeal any charter where rested righto have altuebud, unless the terms ol' the charter have been violated, and thal no manufacturer would fear any such re sult. The fanners of this county, feeling outraged at tho imposition put upon them by a combination of monopolists, without going into the legal obstacles, simply demanded what they thought right ami proper in this instance. If it is to keep manufacturers away at all, it will only be those who wittily to come down herc for Ibo purpose of enriching themselves by undue combinations and exorbitant^ exactions from our citizens. We can welh'iifibrd to do without those who would como for this purpose. The New? and Courier ? attempt to put a part of tho responsibility for the finan cial trouble of the Stato upon us is also entirely in keeping with its steady pur pose of charging ?Ls own faults upon its neighbors. To begin with, tho credit of South Carolina is no worse to-day than it bas been nt any time since thu panic. If thc course of the Anderson papers was injuring thc credit of tho State, of course it would also to it larger proportionate extent injure thc credit of the citizens of Anderson. Such, however, ia not the case, for our merchat ts have a finer for eign credit tbiri tbs sano number of firms in any part of South Carolina with which we aro acquainted, ami their credit | to-day ia ns good as it bas been in the past. This shows that the croakings of tho bondholders' organ ?ire not practical, and that its discourses are fine-spun theo ries, tho object of which is to frighten pei sons w ho do not think for themselves into ?is way of thinking on tho bond question. Not only this, but if wc mistake not, the New? and Courier advocated (it did so indirectly, wo know,) tho passage of the bill forcing the creditors of Charles ton county to take bonds foi their debts, bearing interest nt tho rate of four per cent, instead of th? legal rate of seven ??er cent. Tho object of this act ia to force a compromise of tho debt; or any way its result is practically to repudiate threc-.soveuths of tho Charleston debt, because if they do not get it roduced they admit that they cannot pay it, and hence thc interest ia all they expect to pay. Therefore, by putting tho interest down to four per cout., they have repudi ated nearly one-half. Who aro tho re pudiate^?) Where do thc repudiation act? exist (f) In Goe-rgia tho daily pa pers have sustained tho honor nf the State instead of stabbing it, and in the justice and propriety of 1er action in setting asido ibo $S,UU0,;0O of fraudu lent debt bas been fully vindicated both nt home and abroad. In this State thc New* and Courier has misrepresented and abused tho Legislature of tho Stato, charging repudiation and bad faith, yes, oven Butler and Kcarncyism upon our own people Suppose that tho daily press of South Carolina had championed tho right of tho peopio to investigate and reject all fraudulent obligations of the Stato and sbowu up the true inwardness of thc fmuduicui bonds of this Stale, would any reasonable or fair-minded man have thought of calling it repudiation? Now, wo ask, in all seriousness, upon whom tho responsibility for pointing tho finger of scorn upon South Carolina as a repudiation Stato exists? Wo havo never advocated repudiation. The New* and Courier has charged it where it does not exist, and if capitalists outsitlo of thc State bolicvc it, tho greatest part of all tho misapprehension which exists ia at tributable to tho courso of our Charles ton contemporary. Tho New* and Cour?r then concludes : It is with tho bono that our Anderson contemporaries will enlist themselves in the good work that we have sought to point oui. tiiu nature und effects ot tho "talk of repudiation." Meantime tho great body of tho people can help them selves, and restore ibo proud reputation of South Carolina for honor nntl Integri ty, by advocating tho ono form of repu diation which is just and decent-tho re pudiation of the persons, few or many, who seek to bring tho Courts into disre spect, and who proach, if they do not practice, moral and financial dishonesty. In turn now wo havn shown tho Newe and Courier whero we think tho troublo from "repudiation talk" comes from, and hopo our contemporary will enlist in the commendable task of setting right the erroneous Impressions that its previous courso has produced. If it does this, and is able to carry its present followers with it, thcro will bo no repudiation, other wise we aro inclined to beliove the people of the Stato will repudiate tho class who adv?calo tho causo of fraudulent bond holders and monopolists generally. Yorkville Enquirer: Mrs. Gus L. Mc Neel died at her home, lu bullock's Crcok township, un Saturday morning last..Dr. John A. Williams, a former resident of YorkvMlo, died at his reel i dence in Hope, Arkansas, on tho 28th ultimo, In tho sixty-third year of his agc. THE TEST OATH FOR JURORS. There seems to be Bonie ?Avering among tiie Democrats in Congress upon tin; question of a iding a provision to Ibo Appropriation Hil! abolishing tho tost oatli for United States Jurors and pre venting Federal interference with elec tions. Tbc Dt mocratic party of tho United States bas shown a decided lack of pluck ever since Hie war, and tho re sult is that the Republicana h-.e bold thc government liv a Luge gani' of I luff. There are Dem?crata who would run from their shadow if they could see it, and if their councils are to prevail tho party will surely meet another defeat. The people of the United States are not willing to trust this government in the hands of a party which has not tho moral courage to do what is right, and unless the Democracy takes more positive posi tion, it will always bo crushed as it bas been in tho past by the superior pluck and pugnacity of thc Radicals, w ho will make a harder and bolder fight for what they know to be wrong than their Demo cratic opponents will for what they know to bu right. The repeal of the test oath is demanded alike by the interests of so ciety ami the honor of the nation. The Radicals themselves repealed it a few years ago, because it was considered as an infamous blot upon our statute books, but it was fraudulently re enacted in the Revised Statutes. This gives tho Demo crats the greatest advantages in fighting over this point, and they should not de cline to go into thc battle. If our party is too weak to maintain its rights, it is not improbable that our victories in the late elections will be snatched from us and the chains ol' Radicalism forged tightly around us for years to como. In deed, the Washington I'o*t warus the party of the danger of letting this oppor tunity Blip, and makes the following startling announcement to sustain its po sition : The Radical programme, fully resolved upou and completely calculated, i* this: To carry all four nf thc California dis tricts hy tho aid of the. corruption fund and tho election law ; to buy or bribe with chairmanships or executive patron age all the independents, Nationals and Circenbackcrs elected to thc next House; and, finally, indict, convict unit imprison, under thc election law, seven Democratic merilba s elect. Tho men selected for this treatment are King, of Louisiana, and Hull, of Florida, who are already under indictment ; Flam, of Louisiana ; Shelly, of Alabama; Conner, of South Carolina; Chalmers, of Mississippi, and ono other, to be chosen out of thrco or four names now under consideration hy the chief prefect of National police, under our present imperial form of government, Devons ! There should bo no further dallying with Radicalism, lt has already stolen thc Presidency, and if it is allowed to go on unrebuked it will repeat tho lan cny. The proposed section should be added to the Appropriation Rill, and if tho Radi cals chose to necessitate au extra session, they Bhould be allowed to have it, and held responsible for k before tho coun try. Then the Democratic party would, in thc extra session, have both thc House und the Senate, and could pass thc bills as desired to meet tho d" iuds of society and of justice. A firm id decided fight by the Democrats from this until the next election will carry the country. A cringing fear of the Radicals and sub mission to their plans will continue them in tho control of the government. COL. JAMES A. HOYT. This gentleman, who bas ?o many friends in our midst, bas severed bis con nection with the Columbia Register, and will in the future devote his attention to the BiiptiM (JouriiT, w hich paper he pur chased recently. Wc regret to lose him from the field of daily journalism, and are sure that tho Register will find it dif ficult to replace him. Tho peoplo of Anderson will alwiys wish for Col. Hoyt tho fullest measi.re of success in every undertaking he may engage in. On Tuesday morning he announced his sev erance of tho position of editor of the Register in the following card : With this issue of tho Register my con nection with ils editorial management ceases. For nearly two years, us its prin cipal editor, I have striven to maintain the standard of an honest, upright jour nal, whose chief aim bas been the good of the State, and whoso every throb has been responsive to patriotic i ni p?laos. It is not for mc to say how these purpo ses have been carried out. I am not so tenacious of opinion us to assert that, in every instance, its advocacy of public measures hus always been faultless and perfect; but I can justly claim that the views and opinions which have controlled tho Register were honestly entertained und earnestly advocated. The paper has grown steadily into public favor and con fidence, and I leave it in tho bunds of thoso who deservo increased trust and pntronago from the people of tho State, and I am Bure this will bo generously ac corded. A thrifty, industrious and remu nerative journal nt the capital is a necessity to the State. It must be strong, well-balanced and truo-strong in tho confidence of tho public, evenly balanced in its judgment of men and measures, and truo to tho highest interests of all tho peoplo. Such ia the nim and object of thoso who will control tho Register here after, and they have my most earnest wisN's for unbounded success. To my brethren of tho press generally. I am under obligations for courtesy and kindness during many years, and I sever a daily intercourso with them with sin cere and unaffected regret. Journalism bas its peculiar fascination? und charms, no less tbnn its trinls and hardships, and I do not expect to leave the profession altogether. For thoso with whom I have been as sociated so long a time in thc conduct of tho Register, and for all conr.c*' 1 with tho offico, I entertain tho kindliest feel ings, and will cherish my connection with them as an agreeablo and pleasing recol lection through life. JAMES A. HOYT. Tho bill preventing any American ves BOI from bringing moro than fifteen Chi namen to thia country at any ono voyage has passed tho Uouso of Representatives, both political parties voting for it as a bid for tho voto of California. This ia another instance of tho evil effects of having two closely matched parties, each of which is having more regard for a per petuation of itself than for the merits or demerits of any special legislation. Tho cf.'ect of this hill, if it becomes a law, will bo to givo foreign vessels tho carrying trade between America and China, in stead of allowing our own vessels an equal chnuco with any other. There are also grave doubts as to tho constitution ality of tho proposed law. It is more than likely that tho bill will fail for lack of timo In tho Senate. THE SUPREME COURT. Thc Laurcns-ille Herald has thc fol lowing apposite remarks upon tl?c duties of tho Judges of tho Supreme Court of this State, which is well worthy of their consideration : The attention of tho Supreme Court of this State is respectfully called to section 8, article 4, ol the Constitution of tho State, which is as follows: "When a Judgment or Decreo is re versed or affirmed every point made and distinctly stated in thc cause and fairly arising on tho record of thc case shall he considered and decided, and the reason therefor shall be concisely and brieliy stated in writing, and presented with the record of the case." Complaints arc made by thc bar all over tho State that the present Court docs not carry out thia Section of tho Consti tution, but iu a great many cases of im portance content themselves with affirm ing or reversing thc Decree or Judgment below, without assigning any "reasons therefor," other than those given by the J migo below, though tho caso fairly bristles with important legal points anil nico questions. $11,000.00 is most too much, in our opinion, to pay threo Judges to simply affirm or reverse tho judgment of a Circuit Judge, without as signing a reason for so doing, and estab lishing precedents and deciding points appealed from. ! Tho Senate after March 4, 1879, will stand forty-six Democrats, twenty-nino Radi? c..s and ono Independent, unless General lintier is unsealed, bul if ho j should bc thc Democrats would, ofter the I 4th of March, restoro him and oust Kel logg, which is nol improbable any way. In 1XS1 fourteen Democrats will go out and have successors elected. They are Eaton, of Connecticut ; Bayard, of Dela ware ; Jonen, of Florida ; McDonald, ol Indiana Whyte, of Maryland ; Cock rill, of Missouri ; Randolph, of Now Jer sey ; Reman, of Now York; Thurman of Ohio; Wallace, of Pennsylvania Ridley, of Tennessee ; Maxcy, of Texas Withers, of Virginia ; Hereford, of Wes Virginia. At tho same timo tho follow ing eleven Republicans will have sue cusser* elected: Rooth, of California Hamlin, of Maino ; Dawes, of Massa ehusetts; Christiane)', of Michigan McMillan, of Minnesota; Rruce, of Mis sissippi ; Paddock, of Nebraska ; Sharon of Nevada; Rurnside, of Rhodo Island Edmunds, of Vermont; Cameron, o Wisconsin. Of theso the Dem?crata ar suro of all theirs again except New Yors Connecticut, Ohio and Pennsylvania with a fair chanco of carrying each c them, while they aro alBO sure of Missis sippi, so that taking the moat unfavor? hie view possible to tho Democrats, tb Senate will stand, after the 4th of Marci ISSI, forty Democrats, thirty-five Repul licans and one Independent, with tl) chances in favor of a better result. Th will give them a good working majoril for four years, and iu tho mcantitr proper cfibrt will elect a Democrat President, thereby giving to the par complete control of tho legislation of tl country and tho executiou of ita law With this will come an era of peace at good feeling, which will restore all pai of our country to the harmony and prc perily of which discord and pcrpotuat st rifo have robbed it. There aro some people who are a gre deal smarter than they aro wise, and ai natural consequence when they are ed ing newspapers they frequently info: their readers ot facta which only exist their own imagination. Tho Sum Watchman of last week, after quoti thc Neve? and Courier's article upon t resolutions adopted by the Anderson a Greenville farmers, adds of it? omi i cord : "Wo wonder if Maj. E. B. Mum member of the Legislature from And son, and editor of the INTELLIGENCE lind a finger in tho got up of the reso tiona above referred to? They hav< very decided Murray flavor." Thia is, wc presume, fr^m thc pen Col. J. J. Dargan, aa wo have not pleasure of an acquaintance with G Richardson, tho other editor of Watchman. We are not surprised t Mr. Dargan stands ready to endorse Neus and Courier, for through ov I stage of tho bond question in the 1 Legislature ho voted in favor of bondholdo-s. His reference to us in manner cited is not only unprovok but is unaustaiucd in fact; and if! Dargan bad exhibited sufficient on prise and industry as an editor to r his Stato exchanges, instead of be satisfied with drawing inferences fi thc insinuations of tho News and Cour ho would havo discovered the facts ab the Anderson meeting, and would have gone out of his way to make courteous and unfounded remarks at the editor of tho INTELLIGENCES. Tho Legislature of Maino has p.o: resolutions requesting the Senators Representatives in Congress from I Stato to exert themselves to secure a diiction of tho Presidont'a salary f $50,000 to $25,000 per annum, and to reduce all other official salaries government expenditures in propor to tho increased purchasing power of dollar and the straightened conditio: our national financea. These reaolut aro wiso and propor, and it is to bo he they will reccivo not only tho favor, consideration of Congress, bnt the fa ablo action also. Malno'a Legislativ controlled by tho Democrats, aud hi the extravagant idoas which hav6 trolled tho Radical regimes are gt placo to efforts for retrenchment. Tho New? and Courier offers $1C gold for tho best serial story of tw chapters written by a South Carolir descriptivo of life in this Stato bo daring or sinco tho war. We will lisb tho prospectus next week, and it meantime if any A ndarsos ladies or tlcmen wish to compete they can I to arrango their subjects, i'ho Newt Courier displays much commendable terpriso in its disposition to interest please its readers, and wo havo no d that this now venturo will bo rewa by an increased subscription list a greater popularity. Walhalla Courier: Two meres firms in Se noca City havo recently s assignments-Messrs. Cherry and I ii Walker. Cause-bard times., Carolino Jayne?, residing near Weat ister, will be 111 y esra old at ber birthday. Sho was born in 1768. ? the oldest citizen of our county, and haps of the Stato, Wm. Burdett, fi miles, below Walhalla, is perhaps next oldest person in our county, 1 ?ii his 10S? jr c?r, liv n neil Ve yet will trade horses with you with ni fna? of early youth. SOUTH CAROLINA HEWS. filen?lngn fruin our ito Eichung?.-?. Chcraw Ncvrx: Since the Clieraw and Wadesboro sti'ge and wagon line was es tablished, 700 balea of colton have been shipped from tho latter place over tho line to Charleston.Mr. Johnson, a young man who has been clerking for Mr. it. R. Bowell, disappeared on Christ mas night and hus been micsing ever silice. On last Monday H'une unusual marks about the grave of an old colored man, who was buried some time in De cember, drew tho attention of some men, who decided on exhuming the colored corpse to ascertain the cause of these signs, when they found the body of the unfortunate young man referred to buried on the top of tho coffin. It is thought the young man was murdered, and bu ried in this manner to oonceal the bloody deed.Court was in session last week, J tuige Wallace presiding, and a consider able amount of criminal business was dinposed of. On Monday, just after the court had convened, a fire broko out in the ceiling of the court house, and but for the quick work of these present, the building would havo been totally de stroyed. Thc flames were subdued be forn much damage had been dono. Sumter Southron: The Democratic clubs of the county will meet in conven tion on the first Monday in March to de termine the best method to be adopted in the nomination of a Democratic can didate to fill the vacancy in the Senate occasioned by tho elevation of Senator Fraser to the bench ; also, to elect a county chairman, to servo out tho uncx Bired term of ex-Ch irmau Fraser. y retjuest of a committee of citizens, Judge Mackey will deliver a lecture in Music Hall to-night the subject of which will bo "The Anglo Saxon-his Origin and Civilization." The proceeds will bc given to the fund of the Democratic Ex ecutive Committee of Sumter County. The Court of General Sessions has ad journed, and Judge Mackey has executed the business with promptness and dis patch, saving a large sum of money in the matter of court expenses. On two nights court was held until a very late hour, in order to completo the cases u3 trial. Camden Journal: On Sunday last, ?vhile J. R. Shaw was chasing a mule in his yard, he tripped bis foot and was turown violently to thc ground, thus fracturing his arm. His injury in quite severe, and will disable him for BOH?O time. Newberry Herald: The Kev. Mr. Ker shaw, it is said, intends giving up his pastoral charge of the Episcopal Church of this place. It will be a sad loss to that congregation.The colored school nt Helena has an average attendance of 100 pupils, and a roll list of 11(1. lt ?B in a flourishing condition.Tho amount in dollara of tnngle-lcg and pop-skull sold on snlcday last runs into hundreds. Abbeville I'restcnui Banner: Six thou sand niuo hundred and ninety-three bales of cotton have been shipped from this depot this season.Mr. William Hill has become- heir to a large estate from a recently, deceased relative in England. His son', Mr. R. E. Hill, will go to tho springs to look after his interests there. Chester Reporter: Chester and Lan caster County bonds, issued in nid of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad, are selling at 65, with upward tendency.Mules wero Bold here on last salcaday at prices ranging from six dollars and a half to seventy dollars.In thc month of Jan uary, 2.22S bales of cotton were shipped from this place; shipments for corres ponding month bust year, 1,48-1 bales. ...The gin bouse of Mr. James Neely Caldwell, near Hazelwood, was burned on the night of January 31st, w ith entire contents, consisting of ten bales of cotton and a quantity of cotton seed. Thc origin of tho fire is unknown. Johnston Monitor: A colored girl, five years of age, living one and a half miles from Johnston, was so severely burned on Monday last by ber clothes laking fire, that sue died in about three hours after the accident occurred. Kingstreo Star: Kelly DuBose, col ored, who had stolen a horse and escaped, returned homo tho othor dor, when a constable nud posse proceeded to bis house and demanded his surrender. He refused, and opened fire upon the parties, which they returned. When the firing ceased ho was Liken prisoucr with a broken thigh and three wounds in the fleshy portion of tho limb, and brought in town and turned over to the Sheriff, who put him in jail. This is tho third time ne ha? been guilty of stealing a horse, aud will most probably be thc last, as he ia very desperately wounded, and shot tco high up for amputation. AbbevilleMedian: Mr. James Straw hon, of this county, died last week-90 years of agc.Almost every ono in this section has had tho epizootic' for a week A Wk* o i vr Min CHINA, CHINA, CHINA, STONEWARE, ST GLASSWA A New Store ! New Go< Iron Stone Grar.ite Tea Seta only 60 Iron Stony Granito Plates only { English Tea Seta only 25c. j Star Gia&s Tumbler onl Room Seta only $5. OTnER GOODS PROPOR1 A Special Business ! Full Stocl And tho Che Tho undersigned having opened a Stoi keep all ntylcs of Glass, China, Earthcrn nature, respectfully invites the people of upon him in the BENSON HOUSE, i Store, and examine and price bia goods ft need long l'elt in Anderson, and tho p; patronize bim. Fob 20, 1879 PUN F o m C H AGENC Eagle Ammoniati Eagle^Acid Phos] Star Brand Uomf N. D. Sullivan's C Avery's Plows an BUILDERS, MECHANICS I IVALIX^S tl nd FILES, ol Horse and REitlo Shoot STAPLE D BOOTS and SHOES, GROG Feb 20, 1879 BRADLEY'S PAT A COMBAHEE AC WE aro agctds for tho above celebrated Poi eral years, wc know it to be good. As M. A. Davis' certificate attached. Could giv< favorable as any Standard Guano. Qivo us i ANDERSON, 8. 0., Bent. 30,1878-ifVwr*. say to you that I ara well pleased with the Spring. In fact I do not think there ia any i other, and (hero ls no man who ?>?** u??ri & shnlLwant it again, and a great many of mv 'Item swing my cotton. ' > ?I WIS, VW 81 or two-the weather has been so unsea sonably warm and the atuiusphero so moist. Wo hear of several casca of pheu mnnta and much complaint from persons with weak lunga.In tearing down tho tho old shop building on thc O'Neill lot Inst week, the workmen discovered a whole kit of burglar'? tools.Abbevillo only bas seven bar-rooms and Ave church es.Mr, Janies H. Cobb, one of tho oldest and most widely-known citizens of ?.'us community, died "on last Wednesday morning from the effects of a paralytic stroke with which he was visited on Monday morning.A child of Mr. H. li. Harveley, of the Midway country, died Inst Friday from what tho pl ysi clans believed to be a fully developed case of meningitis.Capt. S. H. Kirk land was in town Monday. He bas just finished locating the line of thc Green wood and Augusta Railroad. There is some twenty miles more grading to be done on the line, all of which, with tho exception of two miles, is vory light. The working force is pushing right on Ibo river. Charleston News arid Courier: Tho Most Excellent Grand Roynl Arch Chapter of .South Carolina dissembled in annual grand convocation at Masonic Templo on Tuesday. Tho annual elec tion of officers took place Wednesday, with tho following result: Wilmot G. DcSaussure, M.E.G. II. Priest; F. F. Ga rv, It, E. 1). G. II. Priest; J. Adgor Smyth, R. E. G. King ; R. C. Watts, R. E. G. Scribe ; C. E. Chichester. Rt. Rev. G. Chaplain; C. P. Jackson, E. G. Treasurer ; J. E. Burke, E. G. Secretary; Thomas lt. Robertson, G. Captain of Host; G. I). Bryan, G. Royal Arch Cap tain ; L. F. Moyer, (}. Sentinel.Ex tensive preparations arc being made by the Irish citizens for tho celebration of St. Patrick's day. Sparlanburg Herald: Gov. Colquitt of Georgia, nt tho next commencomeut in June, will deliver the annual address be fore thc Preston and Calhoun Societies of Welford College. Conflagration nt Newberry. NEWDKBHY, Feb. 17-ll p. m. A terrible conflagration is prevailing hero. One whole block ia on fire, a:).' no chance of saving thc town without help. The town has applied to Columbia for the assistance of one engine and 1,500 feet of bose. [We are informed that Assistant Super intendent Dodamead, of tho Greenville and Columbia Railroad, was aroused nt IL'.30 mid proceeded to make arrange ments to send, with dispatch, the aid asked for. The fire originated near tho site of tho old hotel, and is burning over the ?anio ground of tho former disaster.] February 17.-A fire broke out here this evening, in thc upper story of tho building between Cash's and Keon'? stores and in consequence of having no lire department, spread rapidly through ono block, and is this hour (11:30 p. m.) making rapid headway toward the dopot. February 18-1:40 a. m.-The fire is under complete control, and can be man aged without additional aid. PERSONAL.-Steele & Price, of Chicago and St. Louis, wo arc pleased to say, are among tho few who make perfectly puro articles. Their Dr. Price's Cream Bak ing Powder, and Special Flavoring Ex tracts have been approved by the United States Government. -fpXEOUTOR'S NOTICE. JLU ?? persons having demands against thc Estate of Rev. Jacob Burriss, deceased, are notified to present them, properly at tested, and all persons indebted ure also no tified tf> make payment nt once to tho un dcrsigned. WILLIAM BURRISS, Executor. Feb 20. 1879 32 3 le StocMonllTT, &C. ASHTABULA STOCK FARM AND POULTRY YARD, WARREN d; STU?BLING, OFFER Eggs from Bronze and White Holland Turkeys, Partridge Cochins and Plymouth Rork Chickens, Pekin, Po land and Rouen Ducks, 13 egg? of oithor for $2.75. White-faced Black Spanish, Brown Leghorns, White African Bantams and White G ni?e?is, 13 eggs ot ?ither for $2.00. Wa also oner a few more Jersey Cattle, Cotswold and Merino Sheep, and four va rieties of domestic Rabbits. No uso In sending off to get bettor Poultry. Ours ie tho best obtainable, taking tunny premiums wherever exhibited. Our Pnrtridgo Cochins took tho two finit and one second prize at resent Poultry Exhibition nt Washington, D. C. Address J. C. STRIBLING, Mana ger, Pendleton, S. C. __Keb_l3, 1S79_31_5* Sugar and Molasses. TUST received, a fine article- of Nev Or tP I -ans Sugar and Molasses, for sale low by A. B. TOWERS A CO. D SEE ?T ONE WARE, STONEWARE, .EE, GLASSWARE! Dds \ A New Merchant ! cents. iOc. per sot. ier set. y 20c. per act. 50. Lamps from 25c. to $3.00 each. (TON A TE LOW. c ot New Goods I inp cst Prices. e in Anderson, in which hr? proposes io waro, Tableware, and all Goods of asimilar Anderson and surrounding country to call icxt door to Simpson, Reid & Co.'a Drug )r themselves. Thia Store will supply a roprietor will endeavor to satisfy all who. IT*. ?. MASSEY. 32_ly_ Ct co. IY FOR 3d Guano, )bate, iiete Guano, Ihewing Tobacco, "S?r d Wagons, ND FARRERS HARDWARE, nil lc IK tl ta and sizes, *, Woodonwnre, RY GOODS. HATS and CAPS, ERIES. io w ENT PHOSPHATE ND HLD PHOSPHATE. .tlllzers .having sold Bradley's Patent for sov to thc ACID there ia nona better. Seo Mr s more, but ene is sufficient. Our tenus aren? i c?U before buying. A. B. TOWERS Sc CO. A. JJ. Toirtrt ?fr Go,-Dear Mira : I beg leave to Bradley's Guano ?bat L lx>usht p? you tea? Dther guano equal to I? eaoept pertTar? cn? grater variety, of ferii!?-a t?rm I have. I neighbors expect to- ?withtext yoar. fut? / B. A. D?>I8. J