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E. 15. MU1UUY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1879. The Columbia Register says that a piece of bone was removed from Senator Hampton's leg one day last week. We are glad to learn that the operation was successful, and that the Senator has been out as usual since. Thirteen States are at present repre? sented in the United States Senate by ex-Governors. They are Anthony and Burnside, of Rhode Island; Booth, of California; Coke, of Texas; Garland, of Arkansas; Groome, of Maryland; G ro? ver, of Oregon ; Hamlin, of Maine; Hampton, of Sooth Carolina; Harris, of Tennessee; Houston, of Alabama; Kel? logg, of Louisiana; Kirkwood, of Iowa; Vance, of North Carolina. Thus out of seventy-six Senators fourteen Lave filled thia office of Governor in their respective Stute*. The woman's suffrage movement is certainly obtaining a foothold at least Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Minnesota, "??Michigan and New Hampshire, allow Tf omen to vote in all matters relating to /education, and to hold school offices. A similar proposition was defeated by only two votes in Massachusetts, and hence the agitators have reason to be hopeful. The fact is, that the step to general rights of suffrage is not a long one, for if women are qualified to vote on matters of education, and if it is proper that they should do so, then we can see no reason why they should not also vote in reference to any other matter of public business. . The State of Tennessee has for several years past had a law requiring persons who wished to sell guns, pistols, or other firearms, to obtain a license to engage in the business, but the statute has not accomplished its purpose entirely; and hence the Legislature of that State has just made it a misdemeanor to carry into the State, either to sell, barter or give away, any belt or pocket pistol, except army or navy pistols. It would be a great blessing if every State in the Union had such a law as this rigidly enforced, for in many instances pistols are sold in stores everywhere to disor? derly, drunken rowdies, and the result is that every boy large enough to run about has his pistol at hand, ready to use at any time his passions may be aroused. This law would not of itself be enough to suppress the pistol busi? ness, but would check the evil, and pub? lic opinion could do the balance. Senator Pendleton has offered a bill allowing members of the Cabinet a seat in Congress in order that they may an? swer questions in regard to the execution of the laws of the government, as is the custom in che English Parliament with the Ministers of the Crown. Mr. Pen? dleton offered this bilPln the House of Representatives seventeen years ago. It was respectably interred then, but it seems to have risen from its grave again, and should now be buried deep enough to keep it quiet in the future. We want no privileged class in America. The people elect the men they wish to repre? sent them in Congress, and no others should be granted seats. The established usage of calling for information or ap? pointing committees is ample means of investigating any department, and such a departure as that proposed would be unfavorable in its effects. We had better let things stand as they are in this re? spect. Hon. Samuel J. Randall, Speaker of the House of Representatives, puts the Democratic position in its true light be? fore the country in what he said on a re? cent occasion in Washington. His words, though brief, state the case clear? ly, and will be fully appreciated by the masses of American voters, who will sustain the party which has the nerve and the sagacity to battle for the great rights therein claimed. Mr. Randall said: We ask but little, but the principle in? volved is great. We ask that all through the country the right of suffrage shall be exercised by freemen without interven? tion of the army. We ask that intelli? gence and not ignorance shall in future prevail in the jury box, and that all test oaths and other obnoxious distinctions shall be forever wiped out. We ask that the control now exercised by the Federal Government, under a law which permits the appointment of partisan supervisors of election, shall and must cease, for they are only employed for the purpose of de? priving citizens of their dearest right, the right of suffrage. Illinois is discussing a proposition to amend her Constitution so as to provide for biennial sessions of the Legislature for enacting tax and supply bills, with sessions once in six years for law making. Such a change would be very advan? tageous in all the States, for it would put a stop to the continual tinkering with laws, which is probably the greatest nuisance that can beset a people. Col. Mattison, of this County, now has a joint resolution pending to provide for bi? ennial sessions of the Legislature in this State, and we are satisfied that its adop? tion would give the people greater relief than any other one thing which could be done. Indeed, we think a modification so as to have sessions for making laws but once in four years would even be an improvement on the biennial plan. If Illinois adopts the measure we can see its workings there, and, if desirable, fall into line. We ought to begin on the once in two years plan any way. The army bill with its riders, as the clauses repealing the test oath and use of troops and United States Marshals at the polls are called, passed the House on last Saturday by a strict party vote of 143 for the bill to 122 against it. On this question ten Greenbackers voted with the Democrats and two with the Republicans. The bill now goes to the Senate, where Elaine, Edmunds and Chandler will make use of it to ventilate their sectional spleen, after which it will pass that body by a strict party vote and then go to the President, who, in all probability, will become obstrepuous and veto it, which will raise very grave issues for the consideration of the country. The fact that ten out of twelve of the Greenbackers voted with the Democrats indicates a growing strength in the pop? ular mind for the proposed changes. A fight on principle is the line to win upon. Those who oppose will howl, but the Democracy can afford to stand it so long as the people approve. The Democratic Congress would do well to abolish the lavish allowances paid to defeated contestants in Congres? sional elections, for it amounts simply to a premium to men who were not elected to contest the seat of the member who was elected, as a means of making a living. It is a wonder that every defeat? ed radical in the South does not contest the election, simply to get the money al? lowed to those who press their claims. The forty-sixth or present Congress will have about thirteen contests to settle, as the seats of Yocum of Pennsylvania, Hancock of New York, Loving of Mas? sachusetts, Orth of Indiana, Forsythe of Illinois, Acklen of Louisiana, Henkel of Maryland, Martin of North Carolina and O'Connor of South Carolina, with possi? ble contest* from Florida, Virginia and Wisconsin. By cutting down the allow? ance to unsuccessful contestant the House of Representatives will per? form a considerate act of economy, and will in future stop contests which have no merit in them. Hon. Montgomery Blair says that Hon. Thos. A. Hendricks favors a Demo? cratic ticket for 1880 to read just as that of 1876 did. If this be correct, it must be admitted that a great many persons are in favor of the same proposition, as Gov. Tilden is evidently gaining strength before the country. We prefer Mr. Bay? ard because he is a younger man, of broader views of our system of govern? ment, and with a record which by its spotless purity would be a tower of of strength to the party, as well as a gratifying assurance to the country that the Democracy intends to put forward for public office its best and purest men. If, however, Mr. Tilden should reveive the nomination, there is no doubt that, hav? ing been cheated before, he would start with a sympathy and admission on the part of the masses that he has been wronged which might ripen into very great enthusiasm. The Democratic par? ty, if prudent, can elect either Bayard, Tilden, Thurman, Hancock or Hen? dricks in 1880, and the triumph of either of these statesmen would be gratifying to the masses of the citizens of our country. President Hayes, who formerly en? gaged in the occupation of civil service reform but has of late gone out of the business, at this time is endeavoring to strengthen his vertebra sufficiently to comply with the demands of the stal? warts, who propese a conflict between the Executive and the Democratic ma? jority in Congress. In this line he has not yet had sufficient time to show what he will do, but from all appearance he intends to block the wheels of govern? ment in order to force the Democtats to leave the election machinery in such condition that the Republicans can use fraud, intimidation, force and bayonets to retain the administration of the gov? ernment. If this policy is adopted his fraudulency will no doubt find the party of constitutional liberty too strong for him, and his resistance will only tend to show the liberty-loviug portion of our people the danger of allowing tricksters and usurpers to obtain possession of the government. Mr. Hayes may profit by reviewing the conflict between Johnson and Congress, by which he must see that be is sure to be defeated before the con? test ends. In the debate on the army appropria? tion bill, Mr. Williams, of Wisconsin, divulged the true theory of the Republi? can party in reference to government when he said "all government was founded on the bayonet as its ultimate authority." The theory of the fathers of this Republic held that it was founded ultimately upon the consent of the gov? erned, and that the bayonet was only a means of defense against interference from without or insurrection within. It was never intended to have a government whose laws were to be enforced by the bayonet or over the execution of whose laws the bayonet was to act as supervisor. The Radicals, however, are tending to a monarchy, and hence wish to familiarize th 3 people with the sight of this emblem of despotism when used in enforcing the civil process of the government. Such a government would have been resisted to the death by our revolutionary sires, and it will he ignominiously repudiated by their sons even in this age of degenerate liberty. Our people are not ready for a Russia nor a Germany in America, and the Republicans have made a fearful blunder in confessing their idea of the foundation of our system. It will frighten even the liberty loving portion of their own party. The April term of the United States Circuit Court for South Carolina began in Charleston on last Tuesday with Judges Bond and Bryan presiding. It was expected to have had Chief Justice Waite present at this term, but from some unassigued cause his arrival has been deferred to the 12th day of May. In the meantime the political cases will be taken up and disposed of. The prose? cutions will be bitter and relentless, and every possible means resorted to tz pro? cure convictions. Nine counties in this State furnish the territory which has been selected to afford cases for the out? rage mill. They are Baruwell, Williams burg, Georgetown, Sumter, Orangeburg. Richland, Charleston, Aiken and Hamp? ton. There are about thirty-five cases and at least one hundred and fifty de? fendants. The course of the government is very outrageous iu these cases. The juries have been packed, witnesses whose characters are infamous will constitute the bulk of the testimony, while the balance will be entirely partisan aud un? worthy of belief; and, in addition to these things, the cases are to be prosecuted by the vindictive and malignant E. W. M. Mackey as Assistant District Attorney, whose political disappointments will in? duce him to prosecute without judgment or reason. Thus the whole of the matter is, that in order to gratify Mackey's re? venge and to give political capital to the Radicals, the government will be run to immense expense and scores of innocent men put to great inconvenience and ex? pense. The juries will be of such unfair and unworthy composition that it will be hardly possible to secure many fair juries, but the ablest eon a-el to be had in the State will conduct the cases for the de? fense, and we expect to see the enormity of these prosecutions laid bare and fully e*:posed. Our sympathy is most heartily eclisted for the men who have been made the targets for Radical conspiracy, venom and hatred. The Legislature of New Hampshire failed to elect a United States Senator from that State to begin the term March the 4th of the present year, under the expectation of electing before the fall session of Congress. The extra session has therefore found this State minus one Senator, which deficiency the Governor has endeavored to remedy by appointing Hon. Charles H. Bell, but the Senate is now considering the question of admit? ting him, in view of the fact that the Governor is only authorized to fill vacan? cies which happen in the recess of the Legislature, and where there has never been an incumbent there can be no hap? pening of a vacancy, for it must have been foreseen. The committee of the Senate has reported against his admis? sion, but the Republicans arc fighting hard to secure it. The report of the committee is sustained by precedents go? ing back to 1S25, and beginning with a case from Connecticut, where the Gov? ernor appointed Mr. Lauman to succeed himself, and fill a vacancy occasioned by a failure to elect by the Legislature, in which case the Senate fixed the prece? dent by refusing to scat Mr. Lauman, the vote standing 10 for and 23 against seat? ing. Mr. Bell will no doubt fare the same fate, and Legislatures will probably be more particular hereafter to elect Sen? ators at least a short time before the term of the Congress of which they are to be members begins. The Cincinnati Gazette says: "Major Buford's friends, if they ever entertained fears that his cowardly crime would be punished be death, will be reassured by the news that comes from Richmond, Ky. The trials of four murderers at that place have just been concluded. Their crimes were in almost every case of peculiar atrocity. What is the result? Two ac? quittals, one hung jury, and one convic? tion, without the death penalty attached. The hanging of white murderers in Ken? tucky, of the dominant persuasion of pol? itics, is played out." Unfortunately murderers do escape too easily all over the couutry, but Kentucky has not a monopoly of this evil. If the Gazette tells the truth, her neighbor Ohio is equally cursed with the escape of mur? derers from the deserts of their crimes. The assertion of the Gazette that politics influences these decisions is entirely un? sustainable, and our contemporary is manifesting its usual disregard for facts in making such sweeping assertions. From the reported cases, it appears that fewer persons are hung for crime in Ohio than in Kentucky, and yet it would be unjust to accuse the Buckeye State of any moral derangement in its courts of justice. The only difference between Kentucky and Ohio is, that criminals are occasionally punished in the former State; but in Ohio, as soon as a man is shown to be a first-class criminal, some lucrative federal position is immediately tendered him. The Democrats have managed their case in Cougress adroitly, and with suc? cess so far. When Garfield finished his speech, in which he charged the Democ? racy with revolution for attempting to force the passage of general legislation by tacking it on to an appropriation bill, it was thought to have been an able argu? ment, which would have great weight with the country, but the replies of the Democrats have not only riddled his arguments, but have overwhelmed him with an array of precedents, which they clinched by citing an instance in which junt such a scheme was championed by Garfield himself. Mr. Townsend replied, collating the precedents to which the fol owing brief synopsis shows that the House of Representatives has for many years claimed and exercised the very right which is now claimed by the Democrats. During Folk's administration the decla tion of war against Mexico was accom? plished by tacking it on to an appropri? ation bill, in the famous enunciation that "war exists by the act of Mexico," and other legislation relative to the war was effected in the same way. The very first Republican House of Representatives in 1S01, of which General N. P. Banks was speaker, tacked on to an appropriation bill a provision forbidding the President to interfere in the Kansas election. That was precisely a similar case to the pres? ent. In 1SG7 the Republican Congress tacked on to an appropriation bill a pro? vision that the General of the Army should not be sent away from Washing? ton against his will, and that all orders should be transmitted through him, &c. This action was more objectionable than the proposition of the Democrats now, for it virtually took from the President the command of the Army and Navy, which is conferred on him by the Constitution itself. This was not considered revolu? tion by the Republicans. At the end of Grant's first term, Garfield himself push? ed through as a section of a supply bill the laws authorizing the appointment of Deputy Marshals and Supervisors. If, therefore, it was not revolutionary to pass these laws as sections of a supply bill, how is it any worse to repeal them in the same way? In addition to these numerous instances of where Republicans tried to amend appropriation bills by in? serting general legislation were shown, and the Republican position was com? pletely demolished. They cannot com? plain, with any show of reason, against the Democrats for doing no* what they have ho frequently done heretofore them? selves. Mr. Hayes evidently will never forget the services rendered him In 1S7? by the me.i who stole the Presidency for him. All of those who were prominent in the business have been given good fat offices so far as his opportunity has afforded. Packard, Wells, Anderson, and otliers of these cormorants, are enjoying their re? wards, and still Mr. Hayes is not satisfied. 1 His latest act of gratitude is manifested in the appointment of D. T. Corhin to the office of Chief Justice of the Terri? tory of Utah. It will be remembered that he offered this notorious individual the position of District Attorney for South Carolina, which was declined, as Corliin thought lie could cheat General Butler out of his seat in the Senate. Now that Corbin'a Senatorial honors have been disposed of, Mr. Hayes comes to his assistance, and offers to promote him to a position which is the uttermost profanation of justice. It is an outrage upon theJAmcrican people, and would, if consummated, be a disgrace to our judiciary, which already has some bad men upon it, but none so bad as Corbin. Fortunately, however, the Senate must be consulted about this appointment, and will no doubt refuse to confirm Mr. Cor? bin. The Democratic majority ought to give Mr. Hayes battle over every such appointment. If the purity of members of Congress was to-day equal to that which marked our government in its earlier existence, and if patriotism, in? stead of partisanship, controlled the councils of the nation, this appointment, and those of a similar nature which have been made by the President, would en? sure his impeachment, Henry Clay, one of our most popular and patriotic statesmen, was so severely condemned for accepting office under President Adams, after voting for him in the House of Representatives, that he could never be elected President, and Mr. Adams, for his part in the matter, was ignominiously beaten after his first term. To-day wc see a man who was not elected occupying the Presidential chair, with his lawyer, Mr. Evarts. who no doubt served before the electoral commission without fee, appointed to the office of Secretary of State, and all who figured as leaders in the conspiracy to make him President enjoying fat offices at his hands. For the appointment of Pack? ard, McLin, Wells, Anderson, Corbin, and men of that stripe, the President should be held to an account; and al? though the Republicans in Congress are too intensely partisan to impeach him, he may rest assured that he and his party will be held to a rigid accountability be? fore the electors of the Union; and will, wo have no doubt, be most mercilessly and overwhelmingly condemned. SENATOR HAMPTON. Senator Hampton, upon the day of his rcturu from the low-country to Co? lumbia, attended a meeting of the citi? zens of that city to raise funds and make arrangemcuts for the defense of the po? litical prosecutions against citizens of Richland County, and upon being loudly called for came forward amid loud and prolonged cheers and made the following remarks, which will be read with pleas? ure by every Carolinian. This is the Governor's first speech since his painful accident, and is full of hisiutcrest in and devotion to his fellow-citizens. He said: Mr.. President and Fellow-Citi? zens of Richland : When I was in? vited to the meeting to-night it was upon the ground that I might be here simply to expres; my sympathy with the move? ment that has been put on foot, and with the express understanding that no speech would be expected from me. I can say nothing more than the two gentlemen who have so ably addressed you have said, nor can I say that as well as they have done. I agree with the geutlemen who have addressed you that we are not here to protect criminals; we are here simply to vindicate the good name of the people of South Carolina. The great fundamental principle of Eng? lish liberty loving people has been always that every man is entitled to be tried by a jury of his peers and by ajury of the viciiiage. This trial in Charles? ton, if conducted as is proposed to be now, will simply be a trial before a pack? ed jury. Our citizens can meet with no justice, and it is right that we, their fellow-citizens, should aid them in every way possible ; that we shall contribute to the means of their defense; that we shall look upon them, as the law looks upon all who are tried, and say they are innocent until they are proved to be guilty. I came simply, by my presence to-night, to show that I was in sympathy with this, and I thought it was a fortu? nate circumstance that my coming to Columbia lor the first timo should be on an occasion of this kind, where every heart beats in unison, and where we can all march touching elbows, as my friend Major Thompson has said. And if it were not out of place?and I wish that my voice could reach every man and every woman and every child in South Carolina?I would express to them the profound emotion of gratitude that I feel lor all the kindness aud sympathy that they have shown mc; I would thank them and tell them that, while perhaps the calamity which has fallen upon me has probably debarred mc of much of the en? joyment of life, I trust for their sakes, for the sakes of this people, who have hon? ored me and loved me so much, that it will not deprive me altogether of my use? fulness, and whatever of strength remains to me, wherever I am called on to labor in their service, while my heart is stirred by tho blood that flows to it, every pul? sation shall be for South Carolina. And, sir, it is not improper that I should say one word as to why I am not where perhaps some of my fellow-citizens think I should be. That I am not there is due in great part to those gentlemen (pointing to Drs. Talley and Taylor) and Dr. Trezevant, who is present also. It is due in great part to them, for they have forbidden me to go; and they know I have told them that while it was not nec? essary for me to be there, I would obey their command; but whenever the call came from Washington that the interests of the State needed me; whenever my Democratic friends called for me, at whatever cost it might be to me, I should go, aud when I could not go, 1 would no longer hold the place with which the people of the State have honored me. I have been told by my friends in Wash? ington that my presence there is not now neccsscry?that when it was, they would tell mc. And I promise the peo? ple of South Carolina that whenever my presence is required I will always be round, as I have always tried to be found, in her service, at the post of duty. | Pro? longed cheers,] ? Wc have, upon various occasions, endeavored to impress upon the Republi? cans the fact that the negroes are grow? ing tired of the part they have been misled to play in politics. At a meeting of negroes in Philadelphia the other day, ex-Congressman Cain, of South Caro? lina, boldly announced that his race de? sired to be let alone in future?supple? menting, in this respect, the recent re? marks of Frederick Douglas. "Let us alone to take our chances." he said, 'just as you do with other people;" and he ad? vised colored men to drop politics and give attention to their mental improve? ment. At tho same meeting, another negro named Tanner called attention to the fact that there is a general disposi? tion, more prevalent at the North than at the South, to refuse work to the negro. The blacks, ho said, are everywhere told at the North, "you may stand by my side at the ballot-box, but not at the loom, the furnace, or the work-bench," and, he might have added, not in office. The colored men are opening their eyes to the inwardness of Republicanism.? Allnnta OmifUutlon. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Gleanings from our Stale Exchange*. Abbeville Pro? and Banner: Destruc? tive forest fires all through the county. .Abbeville jail is almost empty, hav? ing only two inmates. One of them is a thirty days boarder, whose time is nearly out. The other is Lizzie Arnold, the wife of Joe Arnold. Her husband is in Anderson jail, charged with the Frank? lin murder, and she is here charged as accessory.The South Carolina Pres? bytery will hold its semi-annual session in Abbeville, beginning on Wednesday, Oth April. About sixty delegates, cleri? cal and lay, are expected to attend. They will be entertained at the houses of our citizens of all denominations.The vestry of Trinity Church are taking steps to appoint a successor to Rev. John Ker shaw, who will leave Abbeville for Beau? fort in May. It is understood that the vestry will extend a call to their former rector, the Rev. E. R. Miles.The Stock Law is bringing every square inch of ground under cultivation. Every nook and corner is now ploughed anil planted. Patches that have lain un fencsd and useless for years are now gar? den spots.The grain crops avcrago well throughout the county.Ten or twelve car loads of cattle have been shipped from Greenwood within a short time. Abbeville Medium: Lorenzo Wright, one of the oldest men in the county, died at his home near Due West on March 17th. He was seventy years of age, and for many years was a member of the Methodist Church at Gilgal.A num? ber of negroes have died in town during the past week. The mortality among the colored children is distressing.Instead of the Grange meeting at Mabry's on the fourth Saturday of this month, as pre? viously announced, there will be a social gathering at the same place on the same day. The Grange in Abbeville is ab 'ut the deadest thing we know of. There is not a full healthy organization in the county. No organization ever had a bet? ter chance to succeed, and no society ever made a more conspicuous failure. It was a combination against monopoly, against the high prices and ruinous per? centage of merchants and manufacturer.'., and for a time it promised to succeed, but it has fallen through, and the county has gained but littie by its loud words and empty deeds. The failure of the Grange is a public calamity, and it is not likely that it will ever come back to vig? orous life again.lion. Armistead Burt, of this place, contemplates retiring from the active practice of the law. Greenville Awe: The loss by fire of the splendid painting of Gen. R. E. Lee, which belonged to the city, will be a mat? ter of universal regret. Newberry Herald: Mr. J. A. Crotwell sold one hundred and three bales of cot? ton Saturday for 9} all around. Mr. Mathews, of Charleston, was the pur? chaser.Several weeks ago there came to Newberry a white man, calling him? self Dr. J. A. Willard, with some kind of medicine for sale. He fell in immediate? ly with the colored people, and addressed them on the question of emigrating to Colorado, and has been talking up the matter with them, advising them to go. Sunday he gave practical proof of his sympathy for the colored race by marry? ing a woman of that persuasion, with whom he is now living in town. She is said to have come from Boston, and arrived here about the time the "Dr." made his appearance.Eight hundred tons of guano have been shipped to New? berry this season, and about fifty more to arrive. Sparenburg Spartan: Prof. J. R. Blake, of Davidson College, N. C, will deliver the commencement address at the Rcidville Female College in June next. .Dr. J. F. Norman, living near Put? nam's Church, in Union County, lost his residence by fire last Thursday night, about midnight. He saved only two beds aud a small quantity of bacon. The cause of the fire is unknown. Murder of Mr. McCoy at Palmer's Bridge. McCeellaxvilli:, April 2. This usually quiet and law-abiding parish was horrified and shocked this morning by a most atrocious murder. Mr. C. G. McCoy was repairing the Pal? mer bridges on Tuesday, had a number of hands employed, dismissed that even? ing about sundown, and started with them to the house of a friend where he was staying, but just then a neighbor drove up in his buggy. He turned, rode hack a short distance with him, and on his return across the bridge the fatal shot was fired. Our Trial Justice, Mr. J. II. Leland, being summoned, repaired to the spot on Wednesday and found Mr. McCoy just as he had fallen from his horse the evening before. He was rid? dled with buckshot from his neck to his abdomen, two shot taking effect in the heart. The shot was fired just at a bend of the road where the murderer could command both approaches. Mr. Leland empanelled a jury, and they rendered a verdict in accordance with the r.bove mentioned facts. The assassin left no clue at all that may lead to his capture. Only his tracks behind the pine and a bush broken to give his elbow room mark the spot where the black deed was committed. It was evi? dently done for robbery, as Mr. McCoy generally carried some money with him, and there was not a cent found on his person ; even his pocket knife and chew? ing tobacco were taken. The murderer is evidently an old hand at the business, as he only had about ten minutes between the departure of the hands and Mr. McCoy's leaving to run up to the pine from the adjoining swamp. Mr. McCoy was quite a wealthy man ; the number of his cattle running up into the thousands, and he is represented as paying taxes on sixty thousand acres of land. lie was from the adjoining parish, St. Stephens. What is wanted now is a good detec? tive to work up this matter. I hear that his sons arc going to offer a large reward for the capture of the murderer, and a good many of the citizens will also con? tribute.? OtmnpondcHCC News and Cou? rier. Ax Old Deed.?We saw Monday an old land grant from Governor Wm. Moultric to Wm. Burton, made in 17St*. The land granted is 200 acres in "Nine? ty-Six District." That district at that time included Laurcns, Abbeville, New? berry and Edgefieid, with the Court House at Old Cambridge. The land in question lies in what is now Newberry County, on Beaverdam Creek. The seal to the deed is a curiosity; it is made of wax: is six inches in diameter and half an inch thick, and is tied to the deed with a linen cord. On one side of the seal is a palmetto tree, and on the other is an individual, somewhat blurred and dis? figured, which has the appearance of the Goddess of Liberty with an olive branch in her hand. The deed was found among Major Fed Boozer's papers, and is now in possession of Sheriff Wheeler.?Ncwltcrrif Herald. ? Senator Hill, of Georgia, on Wed? nesday last, while in the Senate chamber at Washington, received a dispatch from Chicago as follows: "Chicago has been carried lor the rebel Democrats by 4,000 majority. Semi us ten rebel brigadiers at once." Mr. Hill sent the dispatch to Senator Elaine, who read it, but did not see anything In it to laugh at. Woman's ?bst Fwbkd.?Ample testimo? nials from every fection of the country show that Bradlield's Female ISegiilator is as it claims to he, "Woman's bast friend." Many suffering females have tried it, and have bctn cured, and hear witness to its merits in sound constitutions and rosy checks. Its record is before the public. Don'l fail to try it if you are suffering from any of the complaints peculiar to the sex. Forsafrby Simpson, Reid it Co., and Wilhite it Wil? liam-;, tlpril 10 I ? The issue of the ten dollar govern? ment bonds can hardly fail to be benefi? cial in more ways than one. The great? est benefit will be to the working classes, who will thus have an opportunity to in? vest small earnings with a sense of per? fect security?an opportunity they have never had before. They have had their faith in savings banks seriously impaired, both by bad management and palpable dishonesty on the part of directors and officers, and now that they have another and altogether safer way of placing their money, they will be alienated more and more from such institutions. The people will soon see. if they see not now, that 4 per cent., with certainty, is preferable to (i per cent., with uncertainty. Within the last five years hoarding has grown to be unusually common in this country, especially among foreign mechanics and laborers, and the slender amounts thus hoarded will in due time be very apt to go into the new bonds. A good many persons of intelligence not in business, such as women and minors, have a few dollars, from ?10 to $30, which they do not think it worth while to put in bank. They will naturally turn to the bonds, and having got some, will try to get more. The bonds, too, will have the direct effect to stimulate economy among the very classes who need it most. The industrious poor have repeatedly been driven from habits of saving by losses sustained through savings banks, which they had been assured were infallible. Such shattered confidence with its many deplorable results will be healed by pur? chase of the ten-dollar bonds, which must '^row in favor and advantage with advancing time. Popular honor and loyalty will likewise be quickened ; the demagogue's cry against bloated bond? holders will lose its rapacity for barm ; the people will be educated by their own experience to an understanding of their own interest and the proper value of money. In a word, the new government certificates will profit the humblest of our citizens morally, financially and po? litically, and so profit the nation at large more than can be easily foreseen.?New York I'imcs. ? The Yankees are being driven to the last ditch. One more campaign and the world will hail the Confederacy as the conqueror. It may become the im? perative duty of President Davis to ac? cept the United States Senatorship, whether he wauts it or not. These Yan Kees must be taught a lesson. Down with the reconstruction laws I Let the last one of them be repealed ! Stand back there, ye Federal brigadiers 1 stand back we say. The old Confederate boys pro? pose to ruu this republic from now on. Lincoln and his mob, yclept the Union army, were traitors, and their treason must be made odious. Mississippi has more power in the Union of to-day than Massachusetts! Three cheers and a Ben? gal tiger! Yes, sirs, we repeat it; the Federal brigadiers must take back seats in the work of restoring the Union. Lincoln hirelings are played -out in this republic of ours, now that we have cap? tured the capitol. Yankee blue coats have fallen way below par in Washing? ton city. The Confederate gray com? mands a premium. Glorious! Push on the column !?Okolona Southern States. Dr. Ilartcr's Elixir of Wild Cherry is a purely vegetable combination that supplies a want long sought. In its use no change of diet or surroundings is necessary, and ladies or invalids may use it freely to restore their waning strength. For sale by all druggists. 39-2 Serious Accident to C. E. Sims.--? We regret to learn that Mr. C. E. Sims, of Santuc, met with a serious accident last Monday, at his gin house. It "ap? pears that he was e'escending from the cotton press when one of the steps gave way and precipitated him to the ground. He was taken up in an unconscious state, and upon examination it was found that he had received great outward and in? ward bodily injuries, from which it is feared he will not recover.? Union Timet. Jos. Slover, of Pulaskl Co., Ind., writes: "I had the Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint for nine years?could keep nothing on my stomach ; I was induced to use Dr. Hurter's Liver Pills; after I had taken one box of Pills I experienced a decided improvement, and when I had finished the second one I was cntirclv cured. Vor sale by all drug? gists. 3D-2 HYMENEAL. Married, at the residence of the bride's mother, in this County, on April the 2d, by Jtev. J. S. Murray, Mr. Joseph \V. Shaw and Miss Eliza P. Finley. On Wednesday, the 2d inst., at the resi? dence of Mr. Henry N. White, the bride's father, by the Rev. Mr. Russell, Mr. M. X. Mitchell and Miss Sallie E. White. SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AXDEUSOX OOUXTT. BY virtue of an Execution to me directed, I will expose to sale on the FIRST MONDAY In MAY next, (1ST!),) at An? derson Court House. S. C, the- following Real Estate, to wit: Tract No. 1, or homo place, containing eighteen and one half acres, more or less, bounded by the Eaton Tract. Tract No. 2, the W. S. Smith Tract, con? taining twenty-one and four-tenth acres, more or less,"bounded by lands of W. S. Smith and Joel Kay. Tract No. 3, the I). S. McCullough Tract, containing two hundred and thirteen and one-quarter acres, more or less, bounded by Broauinouth Creek and John II. Harper. Tract No. 4, the Henry Trtmsell Tract, containing one hundred and forty-three acres, more or less, hounded by lands of I). Garrison, John J. Matlison and others. Tract No. ?, the Garrison Tract, contain? ing two hundred acros, more or less, houn? ded by lands of Mason Kay and others. Tract Vo. 0, the W. A. Kay Tract, con? taining fourteen acres, more or less, hound? ed by Broadmouth Creek and Tract 5. Tract No. 7, the Shaw Tract, containing sixty-one acres, bounded by lands of D. Garrison and others. Levied upon as the property of Marshal 1?. (iaines. in favor of the State Savings and Insurance Hank of Anderson, S. U.,against Marshal 11. (iaines. Terms of sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for all neecssarv papers. JAMES 11. McCONNRLL, Shcriir Anderson Conntv. April 10,1871) '?>'?) l" SHERIFF'S SALE. STATU OK SOUTH CAROLINA. ASPKIPOX COUJTTY. BT virtue of an Execution lo me ili rccted, I will expose to sale on \h<^ First Monday in May next. MS7i?.) at Anderson Court House, 8. 0., lliu following Reul Estate, to wit: One Tract of Land, containing one hun? dred and eighteen acres, more or less, boun? ded by lands of John Stephcnson, Frank Crnyton and others. ** Levied on as the property of James Gil nier, deceased, in favor of 0. II. 1'. Faid, Assignee, against Joseph Cox ami J. J. tiilmer, Administrators of the Estutc of James Uilmer, deceased. Terms of sale Cash?purchaser to pay ex? tra for all necessary papers. JAMES H. McCONNELL, SherilT Anderson County. April 10, 187D 39_ 4 THE ATTENTION OF TIIK LADIES OF ANDERSON IS respectfully invited to inv SPRING STUCK OF MILLINERY COODS, which has been selected with care to suit the varied tastes of my customers. The stock of these Goods is elegant, and will be kept replenished as the trade may demand. The prices are in all instances as reasonable as can be found for the same class of Goods anywhere else. Millinery, Mantua-Making, Stamping and Plaiting will he attended to promptly and carefully. The Ladies of the town and surrounding country are invited to call and examine my stock before pur? chasing. MISS DELLA KEYS, In Centennial House. April 3, 1ST!) 8? 2m IN TOWN. ALL kinds of SAWING done at the low rate of Forty Cents per hun? dred feet. Bring on your Logs. A. II. 0SB0RXE. March 27, 1S79 37 3m THE LADIES WILL always find something attractive in our large line of Prints, new styles; Cashmeres,"Alpacas, Mohairs, <tc. Shawls, Blankets, Toilet Quilte, Bleached, Brown and Cheeked Homcpuns. Don't forget the place, No. 4 Granite Row. A. B. TOWERS & CO. Sept 2G, 1873 11 Groceries. OCR line of FAMILY GROCERIES is complete. Fine TEAS, viz.: Gunpow? der, Young Hyson, Oolong and English Breakfast?a SptaaUv. A. B. TOWERS & CO. Oct 10 13 J. B. CLARK & SON, MERCHANT TAILORS, HAVK JUST RECEIVED from NVw York a line assortment of (iomls in their line, consisting of Cloths, Doe Skin Cassimeres, Worsted Diagonals, English and American Suitings, Fancy Cassimeres, Which are the liMwt beautiful we have ever had tlic pleasure of exliibiting to our custo? mers before. fall and see them and select a Suit before they are all gone. We GUARANTEE SATISFACTION, both in style and fit ami good work. We respactfully ask our friends ami the public generally to give us a call before purohasing elsewhere. April 3, 1879 33 NOTICE. THE Notes and Accounts duo C. A. REEL) are in my hands for collection. Parties indebted to him can save cost by paving at an carlv day. J. E. BREAZEAEE. April 3, 1879_38_2 I7<XECUT0R'S NOTICE, li Persons having claims against the Estate of John Poor, deceased, will please hand them in, properly attested, and those indebted to said Estate will plcattc make pavmcnt to B. F. WHITNER, Executor. March 27, 1879 87 3 SAVE YOUR MONEY; BUY THE BEST GEORGIA GRANGE AMMONIATED BONE STILL TRIUMPHANT. WE have only a limited amount of this most Excellent Fertilizer on hand, and parties desiring can obtain their supply by calling early. It is the BEST on the market at the LOWEST price. Don't pay a high price for a LOW grade manure, when you can get the BEST at the prices wc oner it. Call and examine for yourself. A GOOD STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE, At Prices to Suit the Time?. McCULLY & TAYLOR, Northeast Corner Public Square. April 3, 1879 _ _31_ly Spring ml Sinsr1879._? ai Sim 1879. CLOTHING AT" BOTTOM PRICES. WE ANNOUNCE to the people generally that wc arc now receiving a larger lot of READY-MADE CLOTHING than we" have ever had before. You can buy from us a Snit of Clothe* from $3.00 to $40.00. We are also receiving a tine as? sortment of Cheaper than you c*n make them. Wc also cam- in our stoek Piece Goods, comprising all the late styles of Black Doeskins mid Broadcloths, Fancy Cassi mercs, Black and Fancy Cashniarets, which we will cut and make up at the very Lowest Figures. NOTION DEPARTMENT.?;^ Collars, Cravats, Suspenders, Cloves, Linen and Silk Handkerchiefs, ike., ?tc. Cr\flUWP MflPUIWrC ?We have a few Sewing Machines on hand that otWIilU IVlHLninELp. we will guarantee, and sell at very low figures. It will pay you to cull in and examine our stock. We respectfully ask you to give us a J. R. & L. P. SMITH, HcCuliy's Corner, Anderson, S. C. March 20. 1870 3(5 3m LOOK IN FRONT_OF THE TIDE. LADIES' ST?RT STILL AHEAD ! MlSS LIZZIE WILLIAMS has just returned from the North, where she super? intended the selection of her Goods in person. Past experience gives promise of future success. We promise our friends if they give us a call to show them 'ALL THE NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON. In great variety. Wc have the latest in the way of Hats, Gloves, ?lioes, Pretty Things fcr the Neck, Face and Feet, In fact, everything to make the Ladies look neat, sweet and dear to the heart, but CHEAP TO THE POCKET. Give us a call, examine for yourself, don't take our word. Remember, we are not to oe undersold. Thanking the public for past fa? vors, we solicit a continuance of the same at the LADIES' STORE. March 27, 1879 14 Spring and Summer Goods IN ABUNDANCE AT W. A. CHAPMAN'S. HAVING just returned from Northern markets, where I purchased in person a large and complete stock of DRY GOODS, CONSISTING OP CALICOES, MUSLINS, BUNTINGS, CASHMERES, And in fact, every description of Ladies1 Dress Goods. LADIES', MISSES' and CHILDREN'S SHOES Of the latest stvles ami best qualities. I would call especial attention to my large stock of ZIEGLER'S HAND-MADE SHOES. LADIES' AND CHILDRENS' HATS Also kept on hand, together with a full stock of ITOTIOUS, ETC., All of which I am prepared to sell at the Lowest Cash Prices. I am determined not to be undersold by any one. All I ask is a fair trial by the trading public. My Goods are of the best quality, and are guaranteed to give satisfaction. Call and examine my stock before purchasing. W. A.. CH-A-BIMiAJSr, WAVEKLY HOUSE BUILDING. , March 2(1, 1870 11 V