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Tuwday. J?orainB, March 85? 1873. Tho State ofYirginiahaapaBsedanow law, and it is now in foroe, against lob **y*R$? It provides tba.t any person -who sbjftJU PAJ or receive money or other oom. PfaWion, directly or indirectly, for the .purpose of ?oparing the passage or defeat -of rdj treasure by the Oeneral Assembly ?of. that State, shall be guilty of a misde? meanor, and, if Qonviotod of it, ehall be puniahod by confinement in jail not ex? ceeding twelve months, and by a fine not exceeding ?5,000. And any person who shall employ paid agents for the purpose of giving information of any aotion which may bo taken by the> General As? sembly, in order that it may be used to 8600x6 the pausago or defeat of tvnj? mea aure by it, shall likewise bo guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished'in like mun nor. This. law is designed to meet an evil of widespread influence and deadly character, whoso effects have been felt in State Legislatures, in Congress, ini mu nioipal and looal bodies, and in railroad and other corporations. The sort ice* of an agept or counsel in the inter eat of in? terested r^^ies, if >a member of such bodies, mu?t uc?eflBarily come in conflict With' his duty as a legislator or ? corpo? rator. -J?e?o^i'wbo; tbhs reV Utysd may delude themsel v?? with the idea that they can faithfully servo in both capacities, and it may be so;- while they mh parallel; but when they pull against each other, the stronger and more selfish will prevail. Besides, it is unseemly, and no* in accordance with a correct view of personal honor, or a just sense o! official^ responsibility, for one voluntarily to assume functions, the dis oharge of which, even if untainted with corruption, will subject his motives to suspicion and cavil, and bring the eye of dietruat upon his public oonduot. Very few of those who engage in this sort of vwoxk are entitled to the.! boueflt of any Ungaring belief that we may be disposed to entertain of their honest and fair deal? ing in epch bu.equivocal position. Judge Merrick, of Maryland, in the Speech which he delivered upon the resolutions for the expulsion of Brooke and Ames, ?peaking from personal observation to men who had pera onal ktffkw ledge of jthe facti ^fh$f^ >?J \,J O "We see BoandaJa^before.uo greater, Serhaps, and' more t enormous,. Mr. peaker, than the scandal which, ,we nre oallod on to pasa lodgment upon' here. "We sec in the hallo of Congress, and in the halls of the various Btate Tjegisla tures, men ruahibg into them; men who go there for the express purpose of 'sub eorving their own personal interest; men ?eeking to be pt need Upon oom to i t teas,. where they shall have an opportunity of ?rashing oat and preventing action upon those things in regard to which they have the liveliest and deepest personal interest to prevent legislation." Another insidious form under whioh the evil presents itself, is in the active measures and pressing importunities of profeHaional lobbyists. With retainers in their handa, and with the prospect of incidental profits farther ahead, they slip from member to member, plying their hateful vocation, taking advantage of weakness to brow-beat it, of igno? rance to deceive it, and ot greed to pur* chase it. The system Of special legisla? tion, which is so general, supplies an ever ready temptation. It has been strongly urged by the New Yotk Tribune and the Baltimore Sun, that euoh powers of special legislation ought to be taken away from Legislatures, or restrioted within the narrowest and strictest possi? ble bounds. We have seon here in our Legislature how its exercise has enlarged the field and multiplied the demands and the opportunities for transactions in votes. No remedy is possible here as thioga are now. Laws sgainst bribery and any improper influence are, and far a time will continue to be, a mere desd letter. By-and-by we may hope to reaoh a healthier public sentiment, whioh will, in due time, exert its influence in effect? ing a higher standard of legislative morality, and in curtailing those legisla? tive powers whioh now find oongenial occupation and profit in granting doubt? ful obarters, iu allowing subsidies, and in so shaping bills as to bring personal emolument to those who manipulate them. "So long," says the Tribune, "as Oon? gress and State Legislatures have great pecuniary rewards for distribution, the pressure of the lobby will continue, the methods of approaoh grow moxe subtle and certain, and the processes of cor? ruption go on. In so far as we oau take away from Oongress and State Legisla? tures the powers and privileges of opeoial legislation', we shall remove temptation from Legislature and lobby, and dimi? nish by so much the preyalenco of bribery and corruption." The New York papers are indignant that the street cars should be stopped by the "Oity Banditti" with as much ef? frontery and ooolnoss as, in old times, the stage coaches were by Diok Turpin <or Claude Daval. * AMOolkllon, . The second annual fair of thiaaesooia Hon will be held at Oheraw, on the 15th, 16th and 17th" of O?jober. |t baa sprung into existence within the last two years, and shows already vigor on b growth and gratifying progree*. In its list of officers, we find names whioh are honorably aasooiated with agricultural improvements, and whose intelligence and activity are guarantees of success. The programme is well arranged, the premium lists liberal and varied,'and the departments placed in oharge of gentle* men equally otlmpatanf arid npaloas to Buperu|tend theny .onoecsfally. It is a preimiaiog.sigQ.pf ib^.Umcs to boo these sooietiea spreading. They are of great service in* the country. We trust that, befoxo long, they may become nume/ons eao*gh an3 clrOog enough to establish what is orp'rimte necessity and of press? ing need in this State-; if we would have a truly enlightened and enlarged agri oulinro?b Central Agricultural and ieehnioal Sohool. Study in the oloeet, experiments in the, laboratory,, the wise guidance of able teachers, are indispen? sable as tho basis of scientific farming. And they go hand-in-hand in ita deve? lopment with industry and labor in the field, supplemented by olose observation, and quickened by enthusiasm in the pursuit of one of the noblest of callings. ? .. ? ; fj i:: tT> W ? -? . ? Ciitiur a*ii Jbeaalr Ravllrosvd. I This, projected road is' to ran from GhesUu, by Yorkville, to the North Caro? lina line; tuende by Dallas, Llooolnton, Newton an^ Hjb^?ry ^L&oiri in Cal'a wcll Oounty, in that State. It is to bo narrow gauge, and subscriptions may be made in land or labor. The Chester Bajprtsr,estimates that it can bo built and equipped at a cost hot exceeding $8,000 a mile, and thinks that a great difficulty in raising tho means to build It is obviated by the mode and.easy terms of "payment.' Land subscriptions will give it financial oredit, and enable the directors to borrow the money neoessary for ite construction. ? The railroad;war, which baa. kept the New Jersey Legislature in turmoil all the : session, has beep ended, by the passage . of a generallaw permitting the incorpo? ration pf any 09m paoy dctfiriQ^ . to con? struct a road in the State. The influence of the BonnsylTania Railroad has been directed towards preventing the adoption of any Aot permitting a competition to be established with their monopoly, but it seems that they have been b eaten for onc*v*uil >hut a new through route between Philadelphia and New York be comes a possibility. .* '? A special despatch to the Evening Bis raldt dated DIackvillo, March 24, says: The election to deoide upon the re? moval of the County-Court Souse passed off very . quietly throughout Barn well Oounty. The result wan a majority of about thirty in favor of Barn well as the ?County seat, ontof a vote of about 3.800. ' The New.AsaiaTAltr Secretary.?The Charleston News pays the following com? pliment to Mr. Sawyer, late oarpet-bag Senator from South Carolina, now As? sistant Seoretary of the Treasury: Mr. F. A. Sawyer, who has been con? firmed as Assistant Seoretary of the Treasury, will make an excellent execu? tive officer, and from his knowledge of the o?ndition and wants of the Southern States, may be oxpeoted to give an intel? ligent ear to representations whioh may be made to .he department from this section "of the country. The now Assistant Seoretary is tbe ablest, and, so far as we know, the most decent of tho Republicans who have been elected to Congress f'om the Southern States, and we, perhaps, have no right to complain, if, as United States Senator, he did not always oompreheud the peculiar ideas of a people with whom, after all, he has lit? tle real sympathy. It is rather curious, by the way, tbat the bolting South Carolina Radioale, who were defeated, are carrying off the honors of war from the regular Radicals, who won the fight?Orr as Minister to Russia, Boseman as Postmaster at Charleston, Sawyer as Assistant Secre? tary. The Portland Press, referring to tho appointment ot ex-Senator Sawyer as As? sistant Seoretary of the Treasury, thinks it is a "good point in his favor that the reckless rascals who have involved South Carolina in debt have been bio foes." To whioh the New York Herald adds: Let us Bee how be will fight the "reck? less, rascals" in Washington when they make their assaults upon the Treasury. We trust he will prove a foeman worthy of their steal. Hopes of retrenchment, like those of reform, came to nothing in the last ses? sion oi Congress. The list of appropri? ations made during that session shows a grand and alarming total of $195,510,839. This is about $51,000,000 more than was appropriated last yoar. But, then, that was just before the election, and was a year of promise-making, as this hss been one of promise-breaking. den was a watchman in a bank. He was poor, bot honest, and hie lifo wa* with? out .reproach- The trouble with him was that ho feli that he was p?t appreolate-i his salary was only four dollar* a weak, aud^rban hacked to tote lt yai^ the Proeident, Cashier and Board of Direo tors glared at him through their specta? cles, and frowned on him, and told him to go out and stop; his insolence, when he knew business was dull, and the bank could not meet its ex pen sea now, let alone lavishing one dollar on an oh a miserable worm ;*?' 8jlmuel MoFadden. And' then Samuel' Mo Fade fen felt de pr?ss^oTsaa; and"tBe 'beugTotysoo'rn'li! the President and; Cashier outbitn to the soul. He would often go into the side yard, and bow hia Veoerab'e twenty-four inch head, and wfeepL gallona-and gallons of tears over hia insignificance, and pray that he might ho made worthy of the i Cashier's and President's polite atten? tion.., One . night, a happy thought struck him; a gloam of light burst .upon him; I and gazing down the dim vista of years with his eyes all blinded with joyous .tears, he saw himself rich and respected, i So Samuel McFadden fooled around and , got a jimmy, a monkey-wrench, a cross? cut saw, a oold chisel, a drill, and about I a ton of gunpowder and nitro-glyoerine, ; and those things. Then, in the dead of night? he. went to the fire-proof safe, and after working at it for awhile, burst the door and brick into an immortal imaah, wjth such! a,perfect success that there was not enough of that safe left to make . a carpet tack. Mr. MoFadden then pro | oeeded to load up with 'coupons?, 'greqn bscks, currency and specie, and to uail all the. odd change, that was. lying any? where, so that ho pranced out of the bank with over a million dollars on him. I He then retired to an unassuming resi | douce out of town, and .then sent word to the detectives where ho was. A detective called on him the' nett day. with a soothing-note from the Cashier. MoFadden treated it with lofty scorn. Detectives called on him every day with humble notes from the Presi? dent, Caahier and Board of Directors. At last, the bank officers got up a mag? nificent private supper, to which Mr. MoFadden was invited. He camo, aud as the bank officers bowed down in the dust before him, he pondered well over the bitter past, and his soul was filled with exaltation. Before he drove away in his carriage that night, it was all fixed that ..Mr. MoFadden was to keep half a million oi that money, and to be unmolested if he returned the other half. He fulfilled hiroontraot like an honest man, but re f u ml with haughty disdain the offer of thtrbashior to marry bis daughter. Mao is now honored and respected. He moves in the best society; he browses around in purple and 'fine linen and other good olothes, and enjoys himself first rate. And often now ho takes his infant sop on his knee, and tells him of bis early life, and instills holy piihoipleeinto his child's mind, and shows him how, by industry, and peraoveraqoe, end nitro? glycerine, and nionkey-wrenobes, and I cross-out saws) and familiarily with the deteetiye eyetem, even the poor may rise to affluence and responsibility. [Mark Twain. Gboboia'b G a Mi awt Sejutob. ?Gen". Gordon, Georgia's new.Senator, is de? servedly admired by the people of that Seat State for his true manly character, is real integrity, modesty, ability and natural nobleness of soul are spoken of by all parties of Georgia with enthusi? asm. Xu. these, degenerate days, when the party mis-called Republican has brought the onoe honored Senate of the United States down to its present la? in on table oondition, and filled the places I of the statesmen of other days with a mob of intriguing and corrupt men of fourth-rate ability and ninety-ninth rate morality, the election of a true man, like General Gordon, is a circumstance well oaloulnted tit revive the waning hopes of the lovers of their oonntry, and re? awaken-a faith whioh has seemed to be dead.?New York News. Srbious Accident.?We learn that a serious accident occurred to Mr. J. T. Owens, of this County, on last Saturday, by whioh himself, wife and an infant ohild were all painfully hurt, and it is feared Mrs. O. is seriously injured. Mr. I Owens and family wero traveling in a boggy, when the animal attached tnoreto beoame frightened, ran off, and upset the vehiole. The bone of Mrs. Owens' right arm is thought to be fractured, her right shoulder-joint dislocated; receiving also other injuries. Mr. O.'s left arm was also fractured, and the ohild painfully injured in the fall and by the boggy wheel passing over its head. [Laurensville Herald. Noimeqs.?A true Amerioan is too proud to beg and too honest to steal. He gets trusted. Parents cannot be too particular about the fit of their little girls' olothes. A Dunbury lady believes that she would have been oonverted years ago had her olothes fit anyhow. Mr. Bessemer says he can produoe a gun capable of throwing a ten ton ball. Bessemer had better get up a gun that can throw a base ball so a ohap can hit it without putting his shoulder out of joint. [Danbury News. The Philadelphia Ledger's New York j correspondent says: "The Washington rumor intimating that a formidable fllli bustering expedition is afoot, with a view of establishing a new State on the Mexi? can aide of the Bio Grande, is not all fancy work, as your correspondent hap? pens to know. New York is to furnish the money, the Sontbern and Western cities the meu, while the nominal leader I ship will be a prominent Mexican mili? tary governor, aoting under and by the advice of a well-known ex-Gonfsderate offloor." ?'7Smm*~tt^&r&> Kas^rSqTSentt occasion to refer to the lato war between the States, and yet he never once uses |||?ord 'Jr^^oM'reb^U??n M He Speaks of a "great internal revolution," the "lato oivU.^trifo," "thu Btates ?toly; Jt war," Sco., Ac, but never ond* *aya\ *reb el" or *'rebelllon." Oar Radioal p o - liticiaos andjwrit?rfl will .now Iwye.to take their cue and change their base like? wise. The real character of the war will become known and acknowledged after awhile.? Hale ig h Sentinel. . Civiii Ricmxs.?A bill tp pro von t dis orirnlnation against oolored people in New York baa. passed the Assembly bya targe vote. Republicans and Democrats alike voted for ft, and it will undoubted? ly pass the Senate. The African is to have the fall and equal enjoyment of the acooronjodniione, facilities, advantages and privileges afforded, by inn-keepers, oommon . carriers, licensed places of amusement, public schools, cemeteries, Sea. Tbo penalty of a violation of this law iaaflne.of $50. Thb iNOBRAsa op Sai<abie8.?Tien. Butler is about to opme out with a let? ter in reply to the attacks on the salary bill, and will carry the war into Africa. Some of the members are muoh exer? cised at the criticisms upon their votes on this question. One of these gentle? men saya that one of his principal critics is a friend to whom he lent 0250 in or? der to pay his expenses home, whon he was entirely out of money, and unable to pay his way home. Xhidit, that when Miss Nellie Grant; was in London, D'Israeli waa asked whether he thought the American Prin? cess pretty? "I uan't say," replied the author of "Lothair," "for I have only Been her onoe; she was then sitting be? tween General Sohenok's two daughters, and I thought she had some indirect claims to good looks." M. Stanislaus Jullien, for many years professor of Chinese in the College of France, is ' now said to have had no knowledge of that language. Being very witty, M. Jallien was always able to place something insurmountable in the way of. woo Id-bo s tu den uk Thus saving his imposture from being known/he died with the reputation of a wit and savant. The Seoretary of War has published an order prohibiting officers of the army from seeking to influence legislation in any way. When an officer of the army now visits the national capital, he most register his name with the Adjutant Genera), make known bis business, and the length of time he intends to remain in the city. New Yorkers are seriously discussing the question of organizing a vigilant committee, to rid the city of the bands of desperadoes who daily imperil , human life. Hardly a day passes that some outrage ia not committed. The police seem to-be powerless to repress the in? creasing crime. Fatal Fbtkhdship.?Says the Lewis ton Gazelle: "Upon the arrival of the train from Portland, a few days sinoe, an old lady affectionately greeted a stylish young lady as follows: ".Why, how d'do, Mariarl why, how funny ye look I Didn't hardly know ye; got your false teeth in, ain't yet" Maria changed the subject. Charleston has had a sight of muti? neers. They were lodged in jail in that city, Friday night, by United States Marshal J. F. Foeberry. Their names are John Green, O. F. Sylvester, Walter Maxwell and George Wilson. The name of the ship on which they are said to have mutinied is the Florello. Dbath of John M. Gannon.?It is our melanoholy province to record the death of John M. Gannon, Esq., at one time proprietor of the Globe Hotel, of this city, whioh occurred here, at the resi? dence of a relative, on Friday night. [Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. Friday, at 3 o'clock, as the up train on the Wilmington and Weldon Bailroad wat. passing Leesburg, a colored man by the name of Newkirk, jumped off the train while in motion and was dashed against the cross-ties with snoh violenee as to kill him almost instantly. A man committed suicide in Troy, N. Y., recently, by plunging his head through an air-hole in the ioe on the ca? nal, and maintained that position until he was dead. A life insurahoe company has been, or? ganized by some of the wealthy ladies oi New York, to whioh a sufficient amount of capital has been subscribed to put it into operation. Ben. Butler says he never gave but ono note in his life, and an Eastern paper is mean enough to say that he never paid that. Anew trial has boen granted in a mur? der oaso in Sacramento, on the ground that a juryman slept during the address of the prisoner's counsel. The Emperor Francis Joseph, of Aus? tria, has accepted tho protectorate cf the Hospice, near Jerusalem, to be founded by tho Maltese Knights. A house was burned last Saturday upon the plantation of Mr. Furman Wil? lis, about two miles) from'Clio, and two oolored obildron perished in tho flames. A defalcation of several thousand dol? lars is reported in the Savannah, Ga., post office. The present officials are not implicated. There is a man in Nowberry who* keeps a list of all the banks in the coun? try, so as to be uble to say he keeps a bank account. A young fellow got off a smart thing last week. It was a mustard plaster tbat he sat down on just before retiring for the night. ? Tho Mayor of Sohenectady disguises himself and plays drunk to test the vigi? lance of the police force. We learn that Captain Miller Johnson, ! of Laurens County, died at his residence, on last Thursday. Two bright boys of Mr. Price, of Tim mousville, died of meningitis the same day. They wore buried in ono coffin. Ottt Matthrb.?The price of sinlg , Bogles of the'P?oxrnxjts ?Teeerils. The Ohiriskl Qcmbictatiob Trappe per for? ia Irwin's , Halli to-pighW They driw fall houses end gave'general satis faction, when exhibiting "here several weeks ago. A number of valuable prizes are to be distributed. See programmes for particulars. Bsserved seats osn be secured at Ly Brand's masio Btore./ The latest styles wedding and visiting cards and envelopes, tastily printed, osn be obtained at the PHoainx office. The lecture by Miss Gay lord, last night, was attentively listened to and highly appreciated by the large audience present in Irwin's Hall. Her adventures have been remarkable. Bbe lectures in Augusta to-morrow evening. Old newspapers for sale at Phosmtx office, at fifty cents a hundred, i The ball of the Phoenix Hook and Ladder Company oomes off in Parker's Hall, on Thursday evening next. , Complaint has %een made that the weights and measures used by certain parties are inaccurate, The ' proper officers should look into the matter, The city is in possession of the necessary tests, and they should be applied. It is understood that Bishop Lynch will confirm fifty or sixty persons on Sunday next, in St. Peter's Church. Twenty or thirty dogs, yesterday, paid the penalty of being found oollarless in the streets. Work is about to be resumed on- the new City Hall. There was a fair attendance at Irwin's Hall, Sunday afternoon, and in the par? lor of the Central Hotel, in the evening, to hear Mrs. Ballon discuss spiritualism. She promises Columbia another visit in the fall. Private Johnson, of Company H, 18th Infantry, died,in the garrison hospital, yesterday morning. His remains will be oarried to the Natiouat Cemetery in Flo? rence. A daughter and son of Mrs. Sherrod, (whose sudden death was announced in Sunday's Phoenix,) arrived in Colombia, yesterday. The remains will be carried to Passaip, N. J., to-day. The unfortu? nate husband and obildren have the earnest sympathies of our citizens in their sudden bereavement. A number of capitalists are prospect? ing the State, with the intention ?l establishing manufactories. Let them oome. iti J? The funeral Of Mrs. Elizabeth Daly, (wife of Mr. Owen Daly,) was largely attended, yesterday morning. She de? parted this lif e on Sunday morning, aftei a brief illness. She leaves an extensiv? oirolo of friends and relatives, to mo am her early decease. : ? Two colored men (whose namea wc could not-learn) bad a difficulty near the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Bail road depot, yesterday evening, when one of them was severely out in the arm. The temperance movement is exciting considerable interest, in [ Columbia. A lodge of Good Templars is to be organ? ized this evening. Mayor Alexander has reoeived a box containing seven English sparrows, sent as a present to the oity, by Senator Ro? bertson. They are to be turned loose in the park, and any boys found hunting about there with their slings will be dealt with summarily by the authorities. These birds increase rapidly, and are valuable for destroying insects. Sunday and yesterday were remarka? bly pleasant days* The streets were thronged with pedestrians and eques? trians. The soda fountain of Messrs. Hoffman & Albrecht (two doors below Phoenix office) is in operation. Choice syrups furniahed. - Gen. Garlingtoo, of Atlanta, has writ? ten a drama, said to possess a high or? der of merit. It is now in the hands of the printer, and will soon appear. It embraces the period of Beast Butler's reign in New Orleans, and will create a sensation. Saturday last was the seventy-sixth an? niversary of the birth of Kaiser Wilhelm. A Shell in the Radical Camp.?The Rock Hill Lantern is authorized to an? nounce anew work in preparation for the press, under the above title. It will bo published in four volumes, and will oontain, says the author, "a truthful publio and private history of the Repub? lican party of South Carolina since re? construction, inoludiog the last Legisla? ture. Beginning with the league, it will disclose the corruptions of the party, give the secret history and management of the campaign of 1870, and show up the military and persons engaged in pro? curing the suspension of the writ of ha? beas corpus; and will furnish biographi? cal sketches of leading characters, the part they played, and how they played i it. The first volume will be devoted to movements in York County." MAiiiAnBAwqBMnrTfl.?The Northern mail opiW'.6.8$. A.' M. snp,00 P. Jfc; closes 8 P.. j$>'f^.jatpM*Charge Son day mail opens 6.15 pr.iM.j closes 6 Ac M.; night opens 7.00 Av M,; closes 5.15 P. M. 1^4^t?$i^$t]a P. Mfi oloeoB? A. ML. Western, opens 6.30 A. M. and 12.60 P. M.; closes 8 and 1 Pi M. Wilmington opens P. M.: closes 10.30 A. M. On 'Sunday the offibe is open from 3 to 4 P. M. pH03irtxtAiTA.^-**?: backward spring" is produced by presenting a red-hot poker at * mart's nose. An exohange says the school beard of Ban Faancisoo discharges school mbt treases When they swear, Picas Ian gnage is always oommeidable in school mistresses; bat we despise to see a school board too particular about trifles.' * The Providence Herald says the Phila? delphia Pre** Sometimes speak some very awkward troths. .A paper which speaks the troth so rarely, will naturally speak troths awkwardly* whether the troths are awkward or not. Tha Persians -say of noisy, unreason? able talk, "I hear the sound of the mill? stone, bat I see no meal." ' - "An old follow onb West, over sixty years of age, has recently - married a blooming lass of sixteen/' ssyr an ex? change. She may bloom lor a while, bat she mast soon wither under the lay toaoh of each senility.. . i 7^/r*^rfrh?ibi? Sensational marriages may be. simple or complex. A fall dreps -ceremonial, with a rosy regiment of bridesmaids and the Wedding March on the organ is, perhaps beyond the means and facilities of Be V It, Iowa;., bot a school madam there made hep nuptials the conolasion of a school exhibition, and another cou? ple, not'to be outdone in novelty, were joined on the stage after a temperance lecture. These things are a matter of taste; bat we cannot help thinking the timid, shrinking, blushing bride a.little the pleasantest to consider. ' -' *? "There is a revolution ahead," erieo the Pittsburg Chronicle, an independent journal. - "The knife must be applied promptly and fearlessly," sayathe In? dianapolis Journal, (Republican,) refer? ring to the necessity of cutting out the ulcers of corruption in the party, put that and that together. ' '\ ' - List op Nkw advertisements. . Dr. V. P. Olayton?Modical Notice. - Educational Notioe. :r Dr. Tutt'a Expectorant. A Pint Oiaos AgeofciU Europe. ?? ' ' I' Jacob Levin?Au?tlon Sale. Edwin J. Scott 4 Son?To Bent., j .." - i ? i?5bs?tm '?' ?' OTXjiIxJ . IIotbxi Abbivatc, March 24, 1878.-* Colutnbia Hotel?W H Hancock, Atlanta; W T Butt, Augusta; C W Peterson, S & U B R; a W Thames, Wilmington; O Tifiany and wife, Bristol; B J John, R Bellinger, Blackville; O P Baker, O O i Wiggins, R I; Mrs W H Lemon, W H Ev*a? Qherleajop; W J CroasweU, S 0; F M Walker, Spartanbnrg; O T Murphy, i Miss; S Melone? Union; J T Bramlet?, Mrs L T Jennings? Oreenv?le; J W Sel? kirk, Charleston. ? Wheeler Bouse?R E Hyman, P D Keopper, T O Sum nor and wife, A P Swarthwaut and wife. Misses Swarth waut, N Y; L Balmer, Va; J H Keiner. Oa; Mr and Mrs Dana, Mass; M J A Conner, W, C k A B R; 7 H MoFadden, W H Peters, Pa; J Taylor and wife. Miss Taylor, NJ; W H Trescott, Pendleton; J L Clarke, Md; E P Hill and wife, Ala; W O Dial, Mrs Dial, Qa; M Chiriski, C H Dearborn and Wife, Miss J Dunbar, F Dearborn, J D Gilbert, J Shell, W G Cerfunery and wife, Miss MoDonald, W H Bailey, N Y; J Maloney, J F Blod gett, Miss Blodgett, Newberry. Hendrix House?A E Cohen, Charles? ton; H P Hodges, J L Gilkerson, Cokes bury; MJ Hughs, N Y; L Ho well, A MoCallongh, J G Watson, J H Miner, J T ' _:n_. *r_ttt tt u uiuuliiiuugU) Jiuia>uiwi iuia Tl u Whitmire and child, Newberry; J Eli Gregg, Mar's Bluff; J W MoOuUongh, Greenville; Marion J Seay, Aoion. Modbbn State Riqhts.?The differ? ence between State rights now and what was formerly understood by the term is briefly expressed by the St. Louis Jfo* publican: "Twenty years ago it meant the right of* a citizen of Mississippi to own slaves. Now it means the right of a Senator from Kansas to give and re? ceive bribes; the right of a New Hamp? shire Seoalov to sell his vote for shares in a joint stock oorppration; and the right of Representatives and Senators, from any. number of States, to accept bribes, and then commit-per jury witbont forfeiting tbeir Representative or Sena? torial pr^yUeges." State rights received great respeot from the Supreme Court when the teat oath of Missouri was before it; for though it disfranchised one-third of the people of Missouri, was retro? active in its nature, and was a bill of pains and penalties, it was sustained on the ground that the State had the right to doflne the qualifications of its voters. So, in 1870,. when Gov. Olay? ton, of Arkansas, was indicted in the United States Cirouit Court for a gross violation of the Enforcement Aot, he did not deny the aot, but claimed that the oourt had no ^nrisdiotion over him, be? cause ho was Governor of the State. The recent action of Congress is a re? vival of State rights doctrines for the ftrotectioa of the constitutional rights of n famous then, who are allowed to retain seats in Congress because they are mem" bers of the Republican party.