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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL IO, 1879. The Columbia Reqitlcr Bays that a piece of bone was removed from Senator Hampton's leg ono day last week. Wc aro 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 tho United States Senate by cx-Govcrnore. They aro Anthony and Burnside, of Rhode Island ; Booth, of California; Coke, of Texas; Garland, of Arkansas ; Groome, of Maryland ; Gro ver, of Oregon ; Hamlin, of Maine ; Hampton, of South Carolina ; Harris, of Tennessee; Houston, of Alabama ; Kel logg, of Louisiana ; Kirkwood, of Iowa ; Vance, of North Carolina Thus out of Bcventy-fiix Senators fourteen have filled the office of Governor in their respective States. The woman's suffrage movement is certainly obtaining a foothold at least. Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan and New Hampshire, allow women to vote in all matters relating to education, and to hold school offices. A similar proposition waa defeated by only two votes in Massachusetts, and heneo th? agitators have reason to be hopeful. Tho fact is, that tho step to general rights of sufFrngo is not a long one, for if women aro qunlificd to volo on matters of education, and if It is proper that they should do no, then wo can seo no reason why they should not also vote in reference to any other matter of public business. Thc 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 licenso to engage in thc business, but tho statute has not accomplished its purpose entirely, and hence the Legislature of that State has just made it a misdemeanor to carry into thc State, either to sell, hnrtcr or give away, any belt or pocket pistol, except army or navy pistols. It would be a great blessing if every State in thc Union lind such a law aa this rigidly enforced, for in many instances pistols arc sold in stores everywhere to disor derly, drunken rowdies, and thc result is that every boy large enough to run about has his pistol at baud, ready to use nt any time his pnssions may ho aroused. This law would not of itself bc enough tc suppress the pistol busi ness, bul would check tho evil, and pub lic opinion could do tho balance Senator Pendleton ha8 offered a bill allowing members of tho Cabir.ot a seat in Congress in order that they may nu P'rvcr questions in regnrd to thc execution of tho laws of the government, na is the custom in tho F.nglish Parliament with the Ministers of thc Crown. Mr. Pen dleton olTered this bilVin the House of] Representatives seventeen years ago. It was respectably interred then, but it seems to have risen from ita grave again, and should now bo buried deep enough to keep it quiet in tho future. Wo want no privileged class in America. The people elect tho men they wish to repre sent them in Congress, and no others should bc granted seats. The established usage of calling for information or ap pointing committees is ampio means of | investigating any department, and such a departure as thot proposed would bo unfavorable in its effects. Wo had better let things Btand as they ave in this re spect. Hon. Samuel J. Rnndull, Speaker of ? the llouso of Representatives, puts the Democratic position in its true light be fore tho country in what he said on n ro cent occasion in Washington. His | words, though brief, stnto the case clear ly, and will bo fully appreciated by the masses of American voters, who will sustain the party which has tho nervo and tho sagacity to battle for tho great rights therein claimed. Mr. Randall said : _ Wo ask but little, but tho principle in volved is great. We ask that all through the country the right of suffrago shall bo exercised by freemen without interven tion of the army. Wo ask that intelli gence and not ignoranco shall in future prevail in thc jury box, and that all test oaths and other obnoxious distinctions Bhall bc forovcr 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, tlie riglit of suffrage. Illinois is discussing a proposition to amend her Constitution so as to provide for biennial Kession9 of the Legislature for enacting tax and supply bills, with sessions once in six years for law making. Such a change would bo vory advan tageous in all the States, for it would put a Btop to the continual tinkering with laws, which is probably tho greatest | nuisance that can beset a people. Col. 1 ;. ?r ?i.:, rv...-?.. --i-!_:_* - . ?Qa?y, wy? Smm m jOlD? resolution pending to provide for bi ennial sessions of the Legislature in this State, and wo are satisfied that its adop tion would givo the people greater relief than any other one thing which could be dono. Indeed, wo think a modification BO as to have Bossions for making laws but once in four ye-rs would even be an improvement on tho biennial plan. If Illinois adopts the measure we can see ita workings there, and, if desirable, fall Into line. We ought to begin on tho once in two years plan any way. The army bill with ita rider?, as the clauses repealing the test oath and use of troops and United States Marshals at the polls aro called, passed the House on last Saturday by a strict party vote of 148 for the bill to 122 against it. On this question ten Greenbackera voted .,ith the Democrats and twe with the Republicans. Tho bill now goes to thc Senate, where Blaine, 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 tho President, who, in all probability, will become obstrepuous and veto it, which will raise very grave is su ca for. tba consideration of the country. The fact that fen out of twelve of the Grccr.backcrs voted with the Democrats indicates a growing strength in the pop ular mind for tb? proposed changes. A fight on principio is thc linc to win upon. Those who oppose frill howl, but thc Democracy can alford to staud it so long as the people approve. The Democratic Congress would do well to abolish thc lavish allowances paid to defeated contestants in Congres sional elections, for it amounts simply t ? a premium to men who were not elected to contest thc -?>\t of thc member who w? "leeted, 1.1 a means of making a living. It is a wonder that every defeat ed radical in thc South does not contest the election, simply to get thc money al lowed to those who press their claims. The forty-sixth or present Congress will have about thirteen contests to settle, as tho seats of Vocum of Pennsylvania, Hancock of New York, Loving of Mas sachusetts, Orth of Indiana, Forsythe of Illinois, Acklcn of Louisiana, Henkel of Maryland, Martin of North Curoliuaand O'Connor of South Carolina, with possi ble contests from Florida, Virginia and Wisconsin. Hy cutting down thc allow ance to unsuccessful contestants thc Houso of Representatives will per form a considerate act of economy, and will in future stop contests v.hieb have no merit io them. Hon. Montgomery Blair says that Hon. Thos. A. Hendricks favors a Demo cratic ticket for 1880 to readjust as that of 187G did. If this be correct, it must be admitted that a great many persons arc in favor of the same proposition, as Gov. Tilden it evidently gaining strength before the country. Wo prefer Mr. Bay ard because he is a younger nina, of broader views of our system of govern ment, and with n record which hy its spotless purity would bo a tower ol of strength to tho party, as well as n gratifying assurance to the country that the Dene cracy intends to put forward for public office its best and purest men. If, however, Mr. Tibien should revcive thc nomination, lhere is no doubt that, hav ing been cheated before, he would start with a sympathy and admission on thc part of the masses that he hos 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 thc triumph of citlici of these statesmen would be gratifying U thc masses of thc citizens of our country President Hayes, who formerly en gaged in the occupation of civil servia reform but has of late ?one out of lin burliness, at this timo is endeavoring ti strengthen his vertebra' sufficiently t< comply with tho demands of the stal warts, who propose a conflict betweei the Executive and tho Democratic, ma jority in Congrcas. In this lino lie ha not yet had sufficient time to show wini ho will do, but from all appearances h intends to block tho wheels of govern mont in order to force the !)? n ocrats t leavo the election machinery in sue condition that tho Republicans can us fraud, intimidation, force and bayoud to retain thu administration of the go\ eminent. If this policy is adopted li frauduleucy will no doubt find the part wf' constitutional liberty too strong ft him, and his resistance will only tend < show the liberty-loving portion of ot people the danger of allowing trickste and usurpers lo obtain possession of ll government. Mr. Hayes may profit I reviewing tho conflict between Joltnsr and Congress, by which be must see tin ho is sure to bo defeated be'' ro thc coi test ends. In the debute on thc army nppropri lion bill, Mr. Williams, of Wisconsi divulged thc true theory of thc Republ can party in reference to go vern me when ho snid "all government w founded on thc bayonet ns its ultima authority." The theory of the fathcr this Republic held that it waa fourni ultimately upon the consent of tho go emed, and that thc bayonet was only means of defense against interferon from without or insurrection within, was never intended to have a governme whoso laws were to he enforced by t bayonet or over tho execution of whe laws the bayonet was to act assupervisi The Radicals, however, aro tending to monarchy, and hence wish to familiar: tho people with tho sight of this cinbb of despotism when used in enforcing t civil process of the government. Sucl government would have been resisted tho death by our revolutionary sires, a it will bo iguumiuiounly repudiated their sons even in this agc of degenen liberty. Our people nro not ready foi itu.' da nor n Germany in America, n tho Republic.-.ns have made n fear blunder in confessing t'.,cir idea of I foundation of our system. It v frighten even tho liberty loving port of their own party. Tho April term of tho United Sta Circuit Court for South Carolina bet in Charleston on last Tuesday w Judges Bond sud Bryan presiding, was expected to have had Chief Just Walt? present at thin t*nn( l.ni iv some unassigued SttiM his arrival been deferred to tho lilli day of M In the meantime tho political coses i bo taken up and disposed of. Tho pr< cutions will bo bitter and relentless, i every possible means resorted to to \ cure convictions. Nine counties in I Stato furnish the territory which been selected to afford cases for tho c rage mill. They are Barnwell, Willia burg, Georgetown, Sumter, Orungebt Richland, Charleston, Aiken mid Hm ton. There aro abuut thirty live ci and at least oue hundred and filly fendants. The course of tho goverum is very outrageous in theso caaos, ' juries have been packed, witnesses wi characters aro infamous will constii the bulk of tho testimony, while balanco .ill bo entirely partisan and worthy of belief ; and, in addition to tl things, tho casca are to bc prosecuted the vindictive and malignant E. W. Mackey aa Assistant District Alton whose political disappointments will duco him to prosecute without j miga or reason. Thus the whole of the nm is, that in order to gratify Mackey'; venge end io give political capital to Radicals, tho government will be ru immense expense and scores of inuo men put ?o great inconvenience and pense. The juries will be of auch ui ?nil unworthy composition that it will bc hardly possible to secure many fuir juries, but the ablest counsel to bc had ?II thc j Htate will conduct the cases for the de fense, and wc expect to see thc enormity of these prosecution)1 luid bare and fully exposed. Our sympathy is most heartily enlisted for thc men who have been made the targets lor 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 thc -ltli of thc 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 ll. Mell, but the Si nate is now considering the question nf admit ting him, in view of the fuel that thc ( Jovernor is only authori/.i d lo fill vacan c?es which happen in the recess of the Legislature, and where there has never been au incumbent lhere can bc no hap pening of a vacancy, for it mm! have been foreseen. The committee of the Senate has reported against bis admis sion, but the Republicans are lighting hard to secure il. The report of the committee is .sustained by precedents go ing back to 1825, and beginning with a casa from Connecticut, w hen- thc Gov ernor appointed Mr. Lau man to succeed himself, and fill a vacancy occasioned by a failure to elect by thc Legislature, in which ease the Senate fixed the pr?c? dent by refusing to scat Mr. Lau man, the vole s.undUig 10 lor and 2'5 against seat ing. Mr. Hell will no doubt fan; the same fate, and L?gislatures will probably be more particular hereafter lu elect Sen ators at least, a short lime before thc term of thc Congress of which they arc to bc members begins. The Cincinnati Gazette says: "Major Un ford's friend-, if they ever entertained fears that his cowardly crime would bo punished be death, will ho reassured by the news that comes from Richmond, Ivy. The trials of four murderers at that place hnvejust been concluded. Their crimes were in almost every case of peculiar atrocity. What is thc result ? Two ac quittals, one hung jury, ?md 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 oui." Unfortunately murderers do escape too easily all over the country, 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 those decisions is entirely un sustainable, and our contemporary is manifesting its usual disregard for facts in making such swooping assertions. From the reported cases, it appears that fewer persons are hung for crime in Ohio than in Kentucky, ami yet il would be unjust to accuse the Buckeye Stale of any moral derangement in its courts of justice. The. only difference between Kentucky and Ohio is, that criminals ure occasionally punished in the former State ; but in Ohio, ns soon as n man is shown to be a first-class criminal, some lucrative federal position is immediately tendered him. The Democrats have managed their case in Congress adroitly, and with suc cess so far. When Garfield finished his speech, in which he charged tho Democ racy with revolution for altem piing to force thc passage of general legislation by tncking 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 overwind med him with un array of precedents, w hich they clinched by citing an instance in which just such a scheme was championed by Garfield himself. Mr. Townsend replied, collating the precedents to which the fell 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 Polk's administration the defla tion of war against Mexico was aeeom plished by tacking it on to an appropri ation bill, in thc famous enunciation that "war exists by the act id' Mexico," and other legislation relativo to the war was ellected in the same way. The very first Republican House of Representatives in 1801, of w hich General N. P. Ranks was speaker, lucked rm to ail appropriation bill a provision forbidding the President to interfere in the Kansas election. That was precisely a similar ease to the pres ent. In 1807 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 bc transmitted through him, Ac. This action was more objectionable than the proposition of the Democrats now, for it virtually took from the President the command of tho Army and Navy, w hich is conferred on him by the Constitution itself. This was not considered revolu tion by thc Republicans. At thc end of Grant's first term, Garfield himself push ed through as a section of a supply bill thc lnws authorizing thc appointment of Deputy Marshals and Supervisors. If, therefore, it waa not revolutionary to pass ihese laws as sections of a supply bill, how id it any worse to repeal them in tho Bumu way ? In addition to these numerous instance-* of whore Republicans tried to amend appropriation bills by in serting general legislation were shown, and thc Republican position was com pletely demolished. They cannot com plain, with any show of reason, against tho Democrats for doing no<v what they havo so frequently done heretofore them selves. Mr. Hayes evidently will never forget thc services rendered him in 1870 by the men who stoic thc Presidency for him. All of thoso who wero prominent in tho business have been given good fat offices BO far ns his opportunity has afforded. Packard, Wells, A ndcrson, and oilier* of (lu cormorants, are enjoying their re wards, and still Mr. Hayes is not satisfied. His latest act of gratitude is manifested in thc appointment of D. T. Corbin to the oflico of Chief Justice of the Terri tory of Utah. It will bo remembered that he oflered this notorious individual tin; position of District Attorney for South Carolina, which wan declined, an j Corbin thought bc could cheat General Huller out of his ?eat in tho Senate. Now that Corbin's Senatorial honors have been dispose?! of, Mr. Hayes comes to his assistance, and oilers to promote him to a positicil which is the uttermost profanation of justice, lt is un outrage upon thc^American people, and would, if consummated, be a disgrace to our judiciary, which already has some bad men upon it, bul none so bad as Corbin. Fortunately, however, the Senate must be consulted about thia appointment,and will no doubt re flue t<> confirm Mr. Cor bin. The Democratic majority ought to give Mr. Hayes batik over every such appointment. If the purity of members of Congress was today equal to that which marked our government in it earlier existence, ami if patriotism, in stead id' partisanship, controlled the councils ot the nation, this appointment, and those of a similar nature which have been made by tin; President, would en sure his impeach munt. Henry Clay, one ?d' our most popular and patriotic statesmen, was so severely condemned tor accepting office umier President Adams, utter voting for him in the House of Representatives, thai he could never 'ne elected President, and Mr. Adams, for bis part in the matter, was ignominiously be aten after his first tenn. To-day we see a mau who was not elected occupying thc i'residential chair, with his lawyer, Mr. Kvarts. 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 lat offices at his iiands. For the appointment of Pack ard, McLin, Wells, Anderson, Corbin, and men of that stripe, the President should be held lo au account; and al though the Republicans in Congress are too intensely partisan to impeach him, lie may rest assured that he and his party will be held to a rigid accountability be fore the electors of the Un ion j and will, we have no doubt, be most mercilessly and overwhelmingly condemned. SENATOR HAMPTON. Senator I lampion, upon thc day of his return from 'bc low-country to Co lumbia, attended a meeting of thc citi zens oftbat city to raise funds and make arrangements for the defense of thc po litical prosecutions against citizens of Richland County, and upon being loudly called lor came forward amid loud and prolonged cheers and made the following remarks, which will be read with pleas ure by ny?ry Carolinian. This is the Governor's first speech since his painful accident, and is full of his interest in and devotion to his fellow-citizens. He said : MK. PltKSUlEXT ANI> F?M.OW-ClTI ZKNHOF RICHLAND: When I was in vited to the meeting to-night it was upon the ground that I might be here simply to express my sympathy willi thc move ment that has been put on foot, and with the express understanding that no speech would he expected from nie. I can say nothing more than the two gentlemen who have so ably addressed yon have said, norean I say that as well as they have done. I agree with the gentlemen who have addressed you that we arc- not here to protect criminals; we arc here .simply to vindicate thc good name of thc people of South Carolina. The great fundamental principle of Eng lish liberty loving people bus been always that every man is entitled to be tried by a jury of his peers and by ajury of the vicinage. This trial in Charles ton, if conducted as is proposed to be now, w ill 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, ami say they arc innocent until they ure proved to bc 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 it te. circumstance that my coining to Columbia lor the first timo should be on au occasion of this kind, where every heart beats in unison, and w here 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 for all the kindness and sympathy that they have shown me; I would thank them and tell them that, while perhaps thc cu' unity which bas fallen upon mc has probably debarred me of much of the en joyment of life, I trust for their sakes, for the sakes of this people, w ho have hon ored me and loved me so much, that it will not deprive nie 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 the blood that Hows to il,.every pul sation shall bc for South Carolina. And, sir, it is not improper that I should say ono word as IP why I am not where perhaps some of my fellow-citizens think I should be. That I am not t?tere ; i due in great part to those gentlemen (pointing to 11rs. Talley and Taylor) and Di Trezevant, who is present also. Iiis due in great part to them, for sjiey have forbidden me to go; and they know 1 have told them that while it was not nec essary for me to be there, I would obey their command ; but w henever the ca?l came from Washington that tho interests of tho State needed me ; whenever my Democratic friends called for me, at whatever cost it might be to me, I should _(. -jj ,* when ! coula ?et ~c. 1 would no longer hohl the. placo with which the Couple of the State havo honored me. I ave been told by my friends in Wash ington that my presence there is not now ncc ossory-that when it was, they would tell me. And I promise the peo ple of South Carolina that whenever my presenco is required I will always be found, as I have always tried tobe found, in her service, at the post of duty. [Pro longed cheers,] - We have, upon various occasions, endeavored to impress upon thc Republi cans tho fact that the negroes aro grow ing tired of the part they have been misled to play in politics. At a meeting of negroes in Philadelphia thc other day, ex-Congressman Cain, of South Caro lina, boldly announced that his race de sired to bo let alono in future-supple menting, in this respect, tho recent re marks of Frederick Douglas. "Let us alone to bike our chances." he said, 'just as you do with other people ;" and lie ad vised colored men to drop politics and give attention to their mental improve ment. At tho snmo meeting, another negro named Tanner called attention to tho fact that there is a general disposi tion, more prevalent at the North than nt the South, to refuse work to the negro. Tho blacks, Ito said, are everywhere told at the North, "you may stand by my side at tho ballot-box, but not at tho loom, thc furnace, or the work-bench," and, he might has-c added, not in office The colored men arc opening their eyes to the inwardness of Republicanism. Allnnta Constitution. SOUTH t'A KOLI NA NEWS. (jlrllllllt|?* from our Male KstihUHKen. Abbeville Pre** and /twiner: Destruc tive forest lire? ?ill through the county. .Abbeville j.iii ii utmost empty, hav ing only two iiim.ii< i < )ne of them is a thirty days boarder, whose time is nearly out. The other is l.i/./.ic Arnold, the wife of Joe Arnold, lier 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, '.Uh April. About sixty delegates, cleri cal mul lay, are expected lo attend. They will be entertained al the houses of our citizens of ali denominations.Tim vestry of Trinity Church are taking steps to appoint a -rn cessor I" Kev. .lohn Ker shaw, who will leave Abbeville for Beau fort in May. It i-i understood that the vestry will extend a call to their former rector, the Kev. IO. K. Miles.The Stock Law is bringing every square inch of ground under cultivation. Kvery nook ami cornel is now ploughed and planted. Patches that have lain un fenced and useless for years are now gar den H po ts.The grain crops averago well throughout lue county.Ten or twelve car loads of cattle have been hipped from Greenwood within a short time. Abbeville Medium: Lorenzo Wright, one < f the oldest nu n in the county, died at his home near Due West on .March I7tll. He was seventy years of age, and for many years was a member of the Methodist Church ut Gilgal.\ 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 vinii.-ly announced, there will be a social gathering nt the same place on the same day. The Grange in Abbeville is about the deadest thine; we know of. There is not a lull healthy organization in the county. No organization ever had a bet ter chance to succeed, and no society ever made a more conspicuous .allure. 11 was a combination against monopoly, against the high prices and ruinous per centage of merchants and manufacturers, arni tor a time it promised to succeed, but it ha<i rallen through, and the county has gained but little by ?Ls loud words and empty deeds. The failure of tho (?range is a publie calamity, and it is not likely that it will ever come back to vig orous life again.1 lon. Armistead Kurt, of this (dace, contemplates retiring from the active practice of the law. Greenville Newe: The loss by fire of tho splendid painting of Gen. K. F. Lee, which belonged to the city, will be a mat ter of universal regret. Newberry Herald: Mr. J. A. Crotwell s dd one hundred and three bales of cot ton Saturday for 'JJ 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. Ile fell in immediate ly with the colored people, and addressed them on the question of emigrating to Colorado, and has been talking up thc matter with them, advising them to go. Sunday ho gave practical proof of his sympathy for the colored race by marry ing a woman of that persuasion, with whom bc is now living in town. She is said to have como from Huston, and arrived here about the time the "Dr." made his appearance.Fight hundred tons of guano have been shipped to New berry this neilson, and about fifty more to arrive. Spartauburg Spartun : Prof. J. R. Flake, of Davidson College, N. C., will deliver the commencement address at the Reidville Female College in June next. .Dr. J. F. Norman, living near Put nam's Church, in Union County, lost his residence by lire last. Thursday night, about midnight. Ile saved only two beds and a small quantity of bacon. The cause of the fire is unknown. Murder of Mr. McCoy at Palmer's Uridge. MrCi.r.ni.ANvn.i.i:, April 2. This usually quiet and law-abiding parish was horrified and shocked this morning by n most atrocious murder. Mr. C. G. McCoy was repairing tho Pal mer bridges on Tuesday, had a number of bauds employed, dismissed that even ing about sundown, and started with them to thc house of a friend where he was staying, but just then a neighbor drove up in his buggy. He turned, rode back a short distance with him, and on his return across the bridge the fatal shot was fired. Our Trial Justice, Mr. J. H. Leland, being summoned, repaired to the spot on Wednesday and found Mr. McCoy just as ho had fallen from, his horse the evening before. Ile 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 tho road where the murderer could command both approaches. Mr. Leland empanelled a jury, and they rendered ii verdict in accordance with the. above 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 thc spot where the black deed was committed. It was evi dently done for robbery, as Mr. McCoy generally carried some money with bini, and lhere 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 liad about ten minutes between the departure of thc hands and Mr. McCoy's leaving to run up to the pine from the adjoining swamp. Mr. McCoy was quite a wealthy man ; thc number of his cattle running up into thc thousands, and he is represented as paying tuxes on sixty thousand acres of land. Ile was from the adjoining parish, St. Stephens. What is wanted now is n good detec tive to work up this matter. 1 hear that his sons are going to oller a large reward for thc capture of the murderer, anil a good many of tho citizens will also con tribute.- Correspondence News and Cou rier. AN Ol.D DKF.D.-We saw Monday nu old land frnnt from Governor Wm. Moultrie to Wm. Harton, mndc in 17SU. The land granted is 201) acres in "Nine ty-Six District." That district at that time included Laurens, Abbeville, New berry and Fdgefield, with the Court House at Old Cambridge. The land in ?uestion lies in what is now Newberry ?ounty, on Heaverdam Creek. The seal to thc 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 ono side of the scai is a palmetto tree, and on thc other is an individual, somewhat blurred and dis figured, which has tho appearance of tho Goddess of Liberty with an olive branch in her hand. Tho deed was found among Major Fed Boozer's papers, and is now in possession of Sherill' Wheeler.-Newberry 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 for the rebel Democrats by 4,000 majority. Send us ten rebel brigadiers at once." Mr. Hill sont tho dispatch to Senator Blaine, who read it, but did not ace anything in it to laugh at._ WOMAN'S HEST FBIKKD.-Ample testimo nials from every lection of th? country show that Bradfield'a I-'omalc ItcKiilator is as it claims to he. "Woman's bast friend." Many sulTcrinR females liBVfl iricd it, und have hean CUrcd, and hear witness to its merits In sound constitutions and rusv cheeks. Its record is before tho public. Don't full to tr} it if you aw suffering from any of the complaint* |>cculiur to tho sex. For snlr>hy Simpson, Reid & Co., and W?hlte * Wil liams, april io - Tin- issue <<f tin' ten dollar govern? im iit IJOIKIS can hardly fail to be b?n?fi ciai in more ways than one. The great est benefit will be to the worl in ; classes, who will thus have an opportunity to in vest small earnings with a sense of per fect security-an opportunity they have never hail before. They have had their faith in savings banks seriously impaired, both by bad management and palpable di-honesty on the part of directors and officers, ami now thal 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 sc.1 not now, that 4 per cent., with certainty, is preferable to i? pi r cent., with uncertainty. Within thc last live years hoarding has grown to be unusually common in this country, especially among foreign mechanics and laborera, and the slunder amounts thus hoarded w ill in due time be ' '-ry apt to go into thc new bonds. A good many persons of intelligence not in business, such as wnmen and minors, have a few dollan?, from $10 to $30, w hich they do not think it worth while to put in bank. They will naturally turn to thc bonds, and having got some, will trv to gel inore. The bonds, too, will have the direct effect to stimulate economy among the very classes who need it most. The industrious poor have repeal. Hy been driven from Habits of raving by losses sustained through savings banks, which they ba<l been assured were infallible. Mich shattered confidence with its many deplorable results will be headed by pur chase of the ten-dollar bonds, which must grow in favor and advantage with advancing time. Popular honor and loyalty w ill likewise bc quickened ; thc 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. I.j a word, the new government certificates will profit the humblest of our citizens morally, financially and po litieallv, and so profit the nation at large more titan can be easily foreseen.-?Yeto York Times. - 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 thc im perative duty of President Davis to ac cept the United States Senatorship, whether bc wants it or not. These Yan kees must bo taught a lesson. Down with the reconstruction laws I Let thc last one ol' them be repealed ! Stand back there, ye Federal brigadiers ! stand back we say. The old Confederate boys pro pose to run 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 repeal it ; the Federal brigadiers must take back seats in the work of restoring the Union. Lincoln hirelings are played -out in this republic ol'ours, now that we have cap tured the capitol. Yankee blue coats have fallen way below par in Washing ton city. The Confederate gray coin mauds a premium. Oloriqus! Push on the column !-Olotona Southern Mates. Dr. Hurter's Elixir of Wild Cherry isa 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 bv all druggists. 3!)-2 SERIOUS ACCIDKST TO C. E. SIMS. We regret to learn lhat Mr. C. E. Sims, of F.tntuc, met with a serious accident last Monday, at his gin house. It ap pears that he was descending 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 feared he will not recover.- Union Time?. Jas. Shiver, of Pulaski Co., Ind., writes: "1 lind the Dyspepsia and laver Complaint for nine years-could keep nothing on my stomach ; I was induced to use Dr. Darter's i Liver Pills; after I had taken one box of Pills I experienced a decided improvement, and wheo I had finished the second one I was cu ti rel v curvd. For sale by all drug gists. ;jii-2 H Y .11E Ri LIL, Married, at the residence of the bride's motlier, in thia County, on April the 2d, bv Kev. J. ?. Murray, Mr. Joseph W. Shaw and Miss Eliza F. Kinley. On Wednesday, the 2d inst., at the resi donccof Mr. Henry N. White, tba bride's father, hy thc Rev. Mr. Russell. Mr. M. N. Mitchell and Misa Sallie E. White. SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. BY virtue of an Execution to nie direct*!, I will expose to sale on the FIRST MONDAY in MAY next, (1870.) at An derson Court House. S. C., tho 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. 't'raet No. 2, the W. 8. Smith Tract, con taining twenty-one anil four-tenth acres, more or less, bounded by lands of W. 8. Smith and Joel Kuy. Tract No. 3, the I). S. McCullough Tract, containing two hundred and thirteen and one-quarter acres, more or less, bounded by Iiroadmouth Creek and John ll. Harper. Tract No. 4, the Henry Trussell Tract, containing one hundred and forty-three reres, more or less, bounded by lands of D. harrison, John J. Mattison ami others. Tract No. ?, tho Garrison Tract, contain ing two hundred acres, moro or Irss, boun den by lands of Mason Kuy and others. Tract lio. G, the W. A. Kay Tract, con taining fourteen acres, more or less, bound ed by Broadmouth Creek and Tract 5. Tract No. 7, thc Shaw Tract, containing sixty-one acres, hounded by land- of I). Garrison and othors. I<ovied upon ns thc property of Marchai lt. Oaincs. In favor of tho State Savings and Insurance Ii.-tnlc of Anderson, S. C., against Marshal lt. Caines. Terms of sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for nil nevessarv papers. JAMES "H. MCCONNELL, Sherill' Anderson County. April 10, 1870 aa 4 SHERIFF'S SALE J JJ Q?J^ g gON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 7 AXDKItSOK COUSTYJ I BT virtue <>f nu Execution lo oie ?li- j rooted, 1 will exitoso t<> ?ul? on ibo First Monday in il ny next. 1ST'.?.) ttl ?..??m m i TT/inn ?W;.'8',!.- r""u""" i MERPiHANT TAILORS, One Tract of Land, containing one hun- ? <lrf<I and eighteen acres, more <>r !< ?.-. houm ? .lr?! by l?n?ls of John Stephenson, Frank <'ray ton und others.*** levied on as the property of .lame?? c,\\ mer, deceased, in favor of O. II. I'. Kant -?w-Ay|.- Jl'ST BKCEIVED from New Assignee, against Joseph ?"ox ami J. J. I J[ York a line assortment of COM'S in Minier, Administrators of thc Kstule of " col,sil(,h,B "r James Uilmer. deeea?ud. Terms ?>f sate Cash -purchaser t?> paj ex tra for all necessary papers. ?... ? ?_ JAM KS H. MCCONNELL, ClOtuS, Sherill* Anderson County. . April io. 187? .?.> -i Doe skin Cassimeres, THE ATTENTION Worsted Diagonals, LADIES OF ANDERSON English and 1.4 resiicet lullv invited to mv SPRING . STOCK O'F MILLINER? OOO HS, A??ieilCan wliich has been selected with ?are to suit the varied tastes of my customers. The ?ii?'f inffc* stoek of these Goods is elegant, and will !>?. ?1X1 Wilgo, kept replenished ai the "ade may demand. _ The prices are in all instant es os reasonable Jj 3,nCV asean he lound for thc same class of Goods ? uny where else. Millinery, Mantua-Making, ft~. OTOO Stamping and Plaiting will bc attended to OdOOllllClt/?, promptly mid carefully. I ho Utile? of the beautiful we have over town and surrounding country ure invited ??.??-" mi", m -mw to call ami examino my stock before pur? had thc pleasure of exhibiting to our cusi? chasing. . r MISS DELLA KEYS, mers before. April 3, 1871) ('^U""ial Call and sec them and select a Suit before they are all g??:ie. NFW QAUU Mil I w" t i AKANU I: SATISFACTION. ?"?-?I WHII IIB I ti? BM ijuti, ?" siyie and lit and goml work. IN TOWN. we respectfully ask our friends and tho A^ftlWi^ptto ???W?o ?<:,,eriU1>- ,?,?ivt;u'a "" bofore drcd led. Bring on your Logs. purchasing elsewhere. A. II. OS BO. SK. Aprils, 1870 33 March 27, 1870 37 ?rn THE LADIES TJOTTrF1 "ITT" I LL always find something attractive iNOllUiJ. TY ill our large line of Prints, new rfUIF Notes and Accounts due C. A. styles; Cashmeres, Alpacas, Mohair?, Ac. ?_ REED are in my hands for collection. Shawls, Blankets, Toilet Quilts, Bleached, | parties Indebted to him can save cost hy Brown and Cheeked Hoinepuns. Don't imviiia ut un early day. forget thc place, No. 4 Granite Kow. 1 * ? ' J. E. BREAZEALE. A. ll. TOWERS & CO. April 3, 1870 38 !i Sept 20, 1.S78 ll _ . - XPXECUTOR'S NOTICE. txTOCCl'ieS. I Persons having claims against the r\nt line of FAMILY GROCERIES is Estate of John Poor, deceased, will please \J complete. Fine TEAS, viz. : Giinpow- hand them in, properly attested, and those der, Young Hyson. Oolong and English indebted to said Fstate will please make Breakfast-a Special ti/. payment to A. ll. TOWERS it CO. B. F. WHITNER, Executor. Oct 10 13 March 27, 1871? 37 3 SAVE YOUR MONEY. BUY TZE3ZIE BEBT. GEORGIA GRANGE AMM0NIATED BONE STILL TRIUMPHANT. "V\7'F have only a limited amount of this most Excellent Fertiliser on hand, V T and parties desiring can obtain their supply by calling early. It is the UE3T on thc market at the LOWEST price. Don't pay a high price for a LOW grade manure, when you can get tho KEPiT at the prices we olfer it. Call and examine for yourself. A GOOD STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE, At Price? to Snit *Tae Time?. April 3, 1S70 MeCULLY & TAYLOR, Northeast Corner Public Square. :;i ly Sw anil Summer 1819._Sig it Summer 1819. CLOTHING AT BOTTOM PRICES "\1TK ANNOUNCE to the people generaliv that wc are now receiving a larger lot of T T READY-MADE CLOTHING than we have ever had before. You can buy from us a ?Snit of Clothes Iron? t<:t.O<> tu MO.O?. We are also receiving a Bri? no sortmciit of SE3 ZEEL" 31 _t\L? IL1 ?3, Cheaper than you can make them. We also carry in our stoek Piece Goods, comprising nil thc late styles of Bluck iBoeskiiis mid ISroadt-lotliN, D'?ney Cussi mrrcs, Ulack und I-'uucy Cnslimuretu, which wo will cut and make up at the very Lowest Figures. MftTiilM HC Dill OT Hi] fT MT -Wo aro prepared to furnish anything you lUU B lUn UtrUn I ill Lil I . may desire in this line-such as Half Hose. Collars, Cravats, Suspenders, Gloves, Linen and Silk Handkerchiefs, ito., ?.V.c. CClfilllMP nnflPtUIMCC -Wehaven few Sewing Machines on hand that VlLWIIlU III Ht? Ml Vi LO. we will guarantee, and sell at very low ligures. It will pay yon to call in amt examine our stuck. We respectfully ask you to ??ive us u trial. J. R. & L. P. SMITH, MeCuliy'H Corner, Anderson, M. C. March 20. 1A70 30 3m L??CC ora ?u<3>mrj?? mm TUPI, LADIES' STORE STILL AHEAD ! MlSS LIZZIE WILLIAMS has just returned from tho 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. We have thc latest in tho way of Hats, Ooves, Slioes, Pretty Things for 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, ?ive us a call, examine for yourself, don't take our word. Remember, wc oro not to be undersold. Thanking the public for past fa vors, we solicit a continuance of the same at tho HJAJDIISS' STORE. March 27, 1870 14 Spring and Summer Goods IN ABUNDANCE AT HAVING just returned from Northern markets, where I purchased in person n large and complote str.ck of DRY GOODS, CONSISTING OF CALICOES, MUSLINS, BUNTINGS, CASHMERES, And in fact, every description of Ladies' Dress Goodi. LADIES', MISSES' and CHILDREN'S SHOES L^^HtfSffioB I wmdd c.!, especial attention to my large LADIES* AND CHILDRENS' HATS Also kept on hand, together with a fall stock of 3<TOTI03STS, ETC., All of which I am prepared to soil at the Lowest Cash Prices. I am determined net to be undersold by any one. All I ask is a fair trial by tho trading public Mv S"T"** Cull nn?? March 20, 1870 WAVERLY HOUSE BUILDING.