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YSM Cmi of Truiinc CsvrOuao.
The ?dieeaeafon of this ease vu re
eo med yesterday morning, in the House
<rf Representatives. Upon the oon
?olaeion of tbe remarks of Mr. Boston,
of Vewberry, Mr. Barker, o! Edge
tfteld, too Ted that the House agree to
tue report of the Joint Speoial Com?
mittee, and appoint a committee of
?ra oo the part of the House and
on the part of the Senate, to frame an
address to the Governor, asking the
removal of the Treasurer. Mr. Meetze,
of Lexington, a member of the com?
mittee, and the gentleman referred to
io Mr. Oardoxo's reply, as one "who
?may be "regarded aa qualified by his
exility and profeesIoB to discuss tbe
questions involved," delivered a speech
in favor of the resolution, whioh threw
<* streng light over tbe whole subject.
Mr. Meetze was laboring under physi?
cal weakness, but his spirit was earnest,
^rankf and patriotic in the treatment of
?Xbro delioate questions involved iu it.
Ho had indulged tho hope that when
-the aew scheme for funding the poblio
?debt bad been inaugurated, it would
there marked^ m new and1 better r era;
Xihrt pecofation, fraud and spoliation
would have henoeforth been discounts*
naneed and discontinued. But inves?
tigation shows that this was a delusive
vfaopaj; that the parties who have.
Infamy, are not content 1
mm
"'bone* ta slake
? profit oat of them. Jo saying this, be
-elaisaod to bo absolutely free from
i Be mad ?bisaeelf, when the bill to re-'
wtaorc take volume of the public debt
name before the- Banse?, at Mk& last
' ^essiaw-afbig j#f#yy* V f^icb
'?b Treasurer "olsfrnS'ftntj boasts" of?
ma lo the motion to insert the clan so
?wki(Ja rejected the conversion <beuds<
tfrete- \U operation, it ass 'this4
plank upon whioh the Ropubli
?aa ^jparty had chiefly relied for
o?o$s) in $ie\lfkt '"campaign. ..Had
etc Wow* ?ms mach ? then S as* he
'does now, had he possessed the in?
formation whioh tbe Treasurer most
-have possessed,' be would, have gone
fartherand introduced other clauses
Cor tbe rejection of the hypothecated
hoads, whijfcfbis inveeUgation has de?
monstrated to be equally fraudulent
?with the conversion bdnds. The Trea?
surer jseneasarily knew the oharaoter of.
fcoth,Jsni h* was not vlgihtot to reject
oither. Oa the contrary,.he had left a
gap open for their easy entrance.
We .eii Sob follow Mr. Meetze in all
' the, striking points whioh he made. He
eras particularly impressive in tbe view
or hi oh he arged erf the varying character
-of the Treasurer's seal for the interests
of tho State. Wtfen the General As
?easbly, at the teat session, ordered a
IstU of Mr. Hardy Solomon's to be
paid, he showed vigilaooa and flrmne* s
to rejecting one item of $25,000, whioh
he teg'aided as doubtful. He would
?aot^osfd his objections until be re
oeired speoial and renewed directions
from the General Assembly to pay the
t80 ik WM *n the matter ?f *he
?secfi (fortes of indebtedness ordered to
ho sapped by bUa, at tho same seasion,
its behalf Of several claimants. Mr.
Caejgdji^ fought against this positive
weder with all hie.might, carrying the
aiae*?ee?a whioh grew oat of it up to
4hs^a*preme Oottrt, and finally to the
UnUgaretates Supreme Court. This
ssil#aflmieh might be considered 00m
aaendatto io 00? point of view, was
?Itogether lacking when it should have
been eqoally exhibited in defenos and
protection of tho great interests of the
State against trfefunding of fraudulent
ho nda and co u poas. Personal interest
?gainst tbe one Obus of eases, and in
Cavor of tbe Other, only can explain
this remarkable contradictory course
of the TreasgrafM^Meetze-handled
?auother port||wery conclusively. ? Tbe
?0mmittrajfett rt 1"^ by way of ehow
?og the fra^oVan?character of tbe io
teceat oou As flowed to be funded
?by Mr. QtZ^ipti MM np to
?reich tlt*fc||Bk^Ur^tWb!*q fund
od, down WgPmr 1?7J, that the toUl
amount fe8$a?dae"jn that period was
tl.586JQ.\1i% Jand the smount paid
an we than was estimated by the Comp
Treasurer doaled thees bg area, and
codtWtobktoabowUtrt ibarawaeaal^
aecls04hodthat this was ? snnloient
faiihWaeto the legalityand ragnleil
ej of the coupons preesnted to and re
oeTvea by bin, amounting to near
$300,000. and maturing daring that
period. Tbs ofBeial re*ords contained
in the reports and resolutions demon?
strate that this wee simply impossible;
M impossible from the facts as it was
antecedently improbable. We. giro
these figures substantially as they were
reed by Mr. Meetse:
Comptroller's report for
1868- 69, pages 14 and 31,
in reports and resolu?
tions, publio interest doe
to October 31, I860....$764,288 00
Comptroller's report for
1869-70, page 62, re?
ports and .resolutions,,
publio interest due to
Ootober31,1870........ 888,693 86
Comptroller's report for
1870- 71, page 61, re?
ports end resolutions,
public interest due to
Ootober 81, 1871. 482,594 40
$1,585,572 16
Paid by N. Q. Parker,
year' ending Ootober
31, 1869, reports and
resolutions, page 45,$ 332.555 62
Paid by Kimpton, re?
ports and resolutions. ,, ?
page 158. 196.713 50
Paid by Kimpton, yeer
ending October 31,
1870, reports and reso?
lutions, page 51. 190,879 44
Paid bj Kimpton, year
'ending. Ootober 31, ,
1871, reports and reso
lotions, psge 463,. 176,871 98
Paid by H. H. Kimpton,
year ending Ootober,
. 1870, reports and reso
t' lotions, pages 102, 103
r end 104. 270,118 50
Paid by H. H. Kimpton,
c 31, 1871, reports end- '
? resolutions, pages 511,
T |512, 513 and 514. 424,675 00
' - ? i - r ?r .
j V 1 ' ; $?600,21404
Amonnf over-paid..... .814.641 88
'At the evening session, if?. Moetze
continued hie exhaustive speech,
dwelling' more particularly upon the
Treasurer's divcreion of the interest
fuudaad his violation of all authorized
and well known principles of business,
in so doing, as well as of the Act
which makes it a felony. His at'aok
npon the flaanoial standing of Mr.
-Hardy Solomon, his.attempt to impli?
cate the Comptroller-General in tbe
offence with which he is charged, and
his design to identify the prosecntibn
of himself with an attack npon the
Governor, were all presented, with lu?
minous distinctness, aud force. For
himself ani the gentlemon who acted
with him. Mr. Meetze declared, that
they were far from aiming in the
slightest degree any opposition to the
Executive or his administration: They
had not voted for Mr. Chamberlain,
bnt he had no truer friends than tbey
are, while he adheres to the polioy he
has raid down,' and sc far followed
faithfully. But be would say, that
unless the Legislature does something
in this fligrant case, unless it re*
bukes the wrong , of this abuse
of a high public trust, that there is in?
deed danger that the administration
will be damaged. It is banging on a
thread. The people who support the
Government by paying its taxes?and
the levy is heavier than ever before?
have a right to require and insist upon
it that it ?hall be honest, capable and
administered with eoonomy. It would
be fatal to it to have its good nemo
discredited by a supposed support and
eonntenanoe of an officer, whose mis
deeds must be apparent to all, end un?
less rebuked, will drive away tbe hold
era of the bonds from any further con
fidenoe in the securities of tbe State,
or in tho process of funding. Tbey
have a deep stake iu this matter, and
will scrutinize moat closely every at?
tempt to interfere with the monies
levied and collected to satisfy tbeir just
claims of interest. They will, in that
oase, make haste to nnload.
Messrs. Miller, of Beanfort, end a
member from Charleston, and Mr.
Green, of Beaufort, followed next in
order?the two former sustaining tbe
Treasurer, and tbe latter speaking in
oppoeftion.
8 o'clock to-day was fixed npon as
the boor when the. Chairman of the
Honae Committee would demand a
vote npon tbe report and the accom?
panying resolutions.
The infamous Force Bill is dead as
well, anything you please. It wss not
oalled up after its second reading. So
Mr. Grant won't be eble to lord it
over the Southtern bort fori of his do?
minions ae fie' would like to.'
?, Matt. Carpenter is proud to record
his voto against the Civil Bights Bill.
Alexander H. Stephen?, let proud to
vots for the resolutions recognizing
Kellogg aa Governor of Louisiana.
Iu the language of the Immortal Plnoh,
"h-llis paved" with auoh Southern
Democrats at Stephens.
ijuw?mnBmvB*BMB?e?anBB??wBevpBBBa.
Tfc? Bt?l? Tt??t?r?r't Vl-t?l??U?a.
We are compelled to take iaaue with
the Nova and Courier me to the suffi?
ciency of the p)*e of oonfeasioa ?od
avoidance pUt in by the State Tree
Barer; and while we ore equally anx?
ious with OQr Charleston contempo?
rary to chronicle the "peaceful close
of a controversy whioh bodes serious
trouble* to the State," we confess oar
inability to see bow tbe controversy
can be brought to a dose by the Trea?
surer's reply, and we are not willing
that the controversy should be brought
to a olose at the expense of the tax
| riddeu people of the State. To say
that a publio officer who confesses that
I he has funded over 3300.000 of fraud
j uleut coupous, some of which he ac
| knowledges were called to his atten?
tion, has vindicated himself by any
auch statement as that made by the
I Treasurer, is to say that n man who
wrongfully takes tbe money of another
is not guilty of'laoeny, beoause he did
not know whose money he was taking.
This may seen to bo putting the case
too strongly; but let us for a moment
look at tbe faots and figures. By tbe
official statements of the Comptroller
Oenerel end State Treasurer, it ap?
pears that from July 1, 1867, to Octo?
ber 31, 1*871, the iuterest due. lipon, the
public debt amounted to 81,5S5,572 16;
and by the same reports, it appears
that there Was paid oat for interest
$1,600,21? 0*, showing that the inte?
rest sooount was actually overpaid by
$ 14,6*1.88. Mr. Cardoso most have
had access, to these reports, abd if he
baB made the fioaooes of the State a
study, as he aaya he has, he must have
known that the coupons presented to
him by a State' Senator were ffarjda-i
lent. Had he been animated by a de?
sire to foster and protect the Fanding
Act, it seems to us very strange that
he should have allowed these fraudu?
lent coupous to have been fanded.
At any rate, the matter waB sufficiently
suspicious to warrant the exercise of a
little of that extreme vigilance to
whioh ho lays olsim. But this is cot
?II. It is in evidence, aud the Trea?
surer does not deny it, that the cou?
pons of the $101,000 of unused relief
of the treasury bond* were also
fanded; that in the early operations
uoder tbe Fanding Act, $1,400 of
these ooapoos had been presented to
be funded; that Captain Little, tbe'
clerk in' the Comptroller-General'*.
!offioe, detected them and called the
attention of the Treasurer to the feet,
aud that the coupons were then rejected,
because they had been unlawfully
taken from tbe possession of tho State,
to whom tbey lawfully belonged. And
in the face of this, over 89,000 of these
coupons were subsequently funded?;
coupons detached from bonds which
have uever for a single instant been out
of the posseemo?'Of the State, whioh
were the property of tbe State until
stolen from,the treasury vaults, sod to
faud whioh was a palpable fraud npon
tho State of tbe grossest kiqd. If the
State Treasurer did not know that the
entire amount of, interest accruing dp
to Ootober 31, 1871, had been paid, he
not only cannot have made tbe study
of the flnacoee the one engrossing sub?
ject of his official career, bnt be is also
grossly ignorant of the duties of his
offioe. If he did know tbe fact, he has
been a party to a great wrong, and in
either event, has proven that tbe trea?
sury is not safe in bis hands. Of his
diversion of the interest fund, we have
already spoken. He does not deny it,
bat attempts to step abide from the
matter under consideration to besmirch
a respeotable merchant and banker of
this oity. We have nothing whatever
to do with his quarrel with Mr. Solo?
mon; bat we do not hesitate to express
the opinion, that bis attempt to break
down the credit of one of tbe sound?
est banking institutions in the eity, is
as uncalled for as it is fotile. It by no
means strengthens his lame defence.
Ho has utterly failed, in our judg?
ment, to disprove a single charge made
against him by tbe oommittee, and the
Legislature should speedily set its seal
of condemnation npon tbe frauds
whioh be has allowed to be perpetrated
nnder the Fanding Act on the people
of Soath Caroline,
?->? > /
Tho English Government is dis?
posed to repeal the discriminating
laws of wbioh Ireland with so mnoh
reason oompUins, and that Parliament
will promptly aot npon the bill intro?
duced by the Chief Secretary for Ire
lend is indioated by the support given
to it by the Liberal leader, the Msr
qnis of Hartington. Tbe Chief Secre?
tary made a clever poll tips I epigram
when he said that many 'fttura.id emi?
grants had acquired Westen vices and
forgotten Irish virtues. One oi V .sr
American vices is, no doubt, a love o.
liberty, and, probably vit Uef of tbe
Irish virtues woold be, .& opioion,
patient submission to tyranny.
They hass had a treasury investiga?
tion in Georgia, loo. Tho denote hu
odoenrred in resolutions adopted by
tbs Hoase, severely consnriog tbe
Trestorer for maladministration of the
affairs of the State Treasury, aud in
strdeting the Governor to appoint
some one to take aherge of his office.
This decision was oomo to after consi?
deration of two reports made by tbe
Finanoe Committee, tho second not
agreeing altogether with the state?
ments contained iu the first. Consi?
derable dissatisfdotiou bus been ex?
pressed at this aotioo, and it is oharged
that the Treasurer has boeu treated
with undue severity aud harshness.
It baB not been pretended at any time
that be has been guilty of any fraud or
crime. The gravamen of the accusa?
tions against him is that $152,000
worth of bonds have been paid twice,
and that the affairs of the office have
been carelessly administered. The
Treasurer and his friends claim that it
is not koowu that this amount bus ever
been paid twice. The assertion that it
was paid previously to the official life
of the present Treasurer is one made
only by Clews, aud while raising
prima facia evideuoe, is not conclusive
upon the point. Tbe Treasurer avers
?hat they came to bis office ae regular
bona fide bonds, unoanoeled and over?
due, aud be was compelled to pay
them. As to carelessuess, he vays,
aud tbe committees soom to brfar him
out in thin pArticular, that it in tho
system aud tbe precedents of the office
tbut are to be blamed. II-j baa ma?
naged the office iu accordance with
the established aud recoguized usage.
A minority of both the Sonate and
House of Representatives have Bigued
a protest against the summary and un?
satisfactory disposition of a question
of suoh grave character. They say'
if there is auy serious grouud for com?
plaint, it is-not met by the action
which has been proposed. They inti?
mate th.it articles of iuipeuohtneut
were necessary, both for tho vindica?
tion of the Treasurer and io justice to
the State. Tuat, they aiy, is the only
course which promises a dispositiuu of
the matter in true accord with the dig?
nity and duty of tho honorable body
of the General Assembly. The Trea?
surer himself says that ho does not re?
gard the suit which has been ordered
against his boodatneu, except for tbe
impngnment it carries. He wonld pre?
fer an impeachment, but likes any?
thing that teuds to a thoroagh investi?
gation of the matter. He says, besides,
that he would not allow any financial
agent to enter the treasury, to take
charge of it and the books and keys.
He will maintaiu hin position until his
term expires, or until his death, or
uutilhe .it regularly removed by due
eonrso of impeachment. So the mat?
ter stands in Georgia, aud publio
oiiioion is divided up n tho justice,
propriety and regularity of the pro?
ceedings whioh have been instituted
against the Treasurer. The case is es
sontially different from that now un?
dergoing investigation before the
General Assembly of this State, in the
charaotor and number of the charges.
-
A hkansas.?The course of tbe House
of Representatives on the Arkansas
queeton furnishes some solace for the
I passage of the bayonet bill. It ia a
I square blow at the President, and
shows that he is not yet the oomplete
master of his party. His recent re?
commendations to Congress were in
the very teeth of tbe report made by
tbo majority of tbe committee which
Investigated tbe affairs of that State.
Yet tbe House has adopted that report
by a vote of 153 to 80?a majority, in
a body two-thirds Republican, of 73
against a Republican President. The
President informed the House that the
present State Government of Arkan?
sas is a usurpation, and that Joseph
Brooks is the logal Governor. The
House bas informed the President
that Joseph Brooks is a usurper, and
that Gen. Garland is the lawful Execu?
tive. Tbe President also very plainly
intimated that unless tbe House took
some aotion in the matter, he should
recognize Brooks, and put him in pos?
session of the Government upon the
adjournment of Congress. TbeHonso
has aoted, and its action cannot be
misunderstood. The present Govern?
ment is folly sustained, and every pro
text for interference with it has been
taken from General Grunt. If the
Brooks faotion attempts usurpation
they will do it at their peril.
[Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
\ . Denisou (Texas) News: Thirty war?
riors, oaptored last December on the
war path, ere now being tried by court
martial at Fort Sill. Those convicted
of making war upon tbe whites, will
be hong. The proof is positive against
at least a half-dozen of the treacherous
devils. ' The opinion among officers at
Fort Sill is, that there will be no trou?
ble with the Indians this year. The
most of them are now on the reserva?
tions, aud they are so olosely guarded,
they could not get away if so disposed.
Tbe fsw still at large will not daro ven?
ture into the settlements.
Cm Mattrbs.? Subscribe ton tbe
Phoenix?don't borrow.
1 Beedleg matter on every peg e. '?? W%
? The weather was dooldedly more
pleasant, yesterday?spring-like,
Tbe warm spell bee ceased some of
tbe fruit trees to blossom.
Pomologists tell?as that this is go?
ing to be a great fruit year.
People of moderate means hare to
skirmish around pretty lively now to
make both ends meet.
Euoloso tbe postage with your sub?
scription?Daily, six months, 25 cents;
Tri-Weekly, 15; Weekly, 10 cents.
Boswell T. Logan, Esq , of the Rural
Carolinian, is in the oity. He is iu
good health, but as thin as ever.
Muj William Sohnierle, the portly
elderly gentleman who resided in Co?
lumbia during the late war, departed
this life, on the 2d, in Charleston.
Job printing of every kind, from a
miniature visiting card to a foor-sheet
po9tor, turned out, at short notice. 1
from THUiNix offioe. Try us. ,
An advertisement is a shrewd sales
m in that enters every house and se?
cures customers without offloioas soli?
citation.
Tbey are talking about the heavy ice
blockade up North, and yet at the same
time new leaves are opening and frnit
trees budding down bere.
The Cocgareo is still very high, but
came down a little, yesterday. Mr.
Seegers thinks of getting up a boat!
raee over- his plantation, as there is
plenty of water there. . ? ,
The Legislature having knocked the
obnoxious "official organ" Act iu the'
head. County officers und others can
now publish their legal notices where
they please.
Tbe forty-third Congress stepped
down and out, yesterday, at noon. A!
thousand gaos and a torch-light pro- j
cession ten miles .long would hardl.v
express the joy of the people at this
riddance. ; ? ? k- v
The fimt step to be taken in adver?
tising is precisely the same as in agri
oulture. Only, in agriculture, it is
called "breaking the ground" and
"sowing," and in business it is called
advertising aud reaping tbe reward.
The Rural Carolinian, for Maroh, is
a well-hiied number. Besides other
attractive features, itoontains portrsits
of several distinguished "Patrons of
Husbandry." Walker, Evaus k Cogs?
well, Charleston, arc the publishers, at1
$2 per annum.
A fount of second-hand bourgeois,
of about 800 pounds, and a fount of
minion, of about 500 pound*, can be1
obtained at u very low price, (with or
without the neoessary oases,) by early
application at Phcbnjx offioe. A baud
press will bring a good impression.'
Thediaodsome (?) editor of tbe Ab?
beville Medium? be of Fort Piokens
notoriety?is in the oity. His natty
looking cane is flourished extensively,
but whether with the intention of
beating a member of the Legislature
or a landlord, is not known.
We call the attention of those in
want of wagons, buggies, Ac, to the
advertisement of Mr. John Agnew, in
another column. We are assured that
he means business, and is prepared to
give bargains to all who require ve?
hicles. His Btock is at present very
complete.
Tickets for the real estate distribu?
tion can be obtained at the Indian
Qirl Cigsr Store, Colombia Hotel
Cigar Store, Snlzbaolier's California
Cigar Store, Wheeler Hoase, S. Sheri?
dan's grooery store and at the Phoenix
offioe. The drawing will be nnder the
supervision of the ticket-holders. Pro?
cure tickets at onoe, as it is desirable
I to get op the distribution at tbe ear?
liest possible date.
Land Distribution.?A descriptive
advertisement in another column an?
nounces that preparationa are being
made for the distribution of a quantity
of real estate in this city?houses and
lots, building lots, etc., together with
a stylish pair of horses, with a vehiole
and fixtures, soveral watohes and other
artioles of jewelry. Thero are twenty
pieoes of real estate?some of it Main
street property. The tiokets will be
85?entitling the holder to admission
to the Opera House on the evening of
the distribution. It is desirable that
the awarda be made at an early date,
so that persons intending to invest will
please oome op at onoe.
Post Offiob Matt ans.?Charleston
mail opens 8 A. M. and 8 P. M.;
oloses 3.30 and 6 P. M. Greenville
opens 5 P. hi.; oloses 8 80 P. M.
Northern opens 6 A. M. and 8.30 P.
M.; closes 6 and 1 P. M. Western
opens 6.A. M. and 8 30 P. M.; oloses 1
and 7 P. M. Wilmington opens 5*80
P. M.; oloses 7.80 A. M. Oa Sunday,
the Post Offioe is open from 8.18 P. If.
to 4.15 P. M.
Hi?a Watkb?Tbaok Wmdo Ur.
The. onaesrwljr heavy reins throughout
the op-conn try, end consequent high
water, has Interfered with the loaning
os tbe Greenville and Columbia Bail
road. Tbe paaaeager train wbioh left
here yenterday faaorhing,' was forced to
retara?a portion of the track, about
twelve miles from Colombia,. Laving
beeo washed op. . The damage is not
serioos, aod will be repaired so that
passengers can go through to-day.
To the many inquiries ae to tbe
"distribution" of real estate, etc.,. pro?
posed to be gotten up in this city, we
will say, that it is tba intention of tbe
parties concerned to have the affair'
carried on fairly and honestly. Tbe
holders of the successful tickets will
have the titles, to the property banded
over t* there promptly. Tbc property ?
I is all desirable?some of it very yslns
ble. There will be 4,364 numbers and
i thirty-one. awards?twenty being, real
estate. $5 secures a number.
List or &Jxw. Axtvaarme^xara.
Oyster Shell Gea Id me. . ,
St. Patrick's Day. j , .
?. H. Heioitah?Extra Fine Seed.
J. E. Dent?Sheriffs Sale. , -
Sale of Unclaimed Property.
Thorough-bred Stallion Patriot,
Jos. Taylor?For Sale or. Bant.
J. W. Parker?Seed Corn. . ,. , |
Hotsii ?BaivA^,\larcb^ 4., iS7?.??
Wieder Bouse?X Falk. Richmond; ?
W S TstbotL Paris; W -H Bradley.
New Tork; .G W Arthur, LoaUville;..
J M W*Iayw.lK|mfagfcia, BT? Clark,,.
Cbarlotte; G E French, Baltimore;
Ja me- W Qtace. W 8 Paulding. Colle
? ton; W A Graham and wife, Georgia;
J M F O Its, Delaware; John B. Adger.
Peudletuu.;, Geo> Johnston, Newberry;,
Elba Ai rama. Richmond; ES J EUyes,
Lexiugton; W B Henderson. Laorens;
J W, Selton^ Baltlmorei Jt. N Ely, | j
Georgia; T J Goupy. Baltimore;, J &*?
Piuku&sobn, Charleston; A Weethsi,
mer, Baltimore; RE Miller, Charlotte;
S L Robert?, Philadelphia; G A Howe,
New Yorkj Walter G. MoRae. Wil?
mington; Mrs T Dodameed, city; L
M Dodamead, Charlotte; S P Wim
busb, Yirgiqia; E Wiggins, Wile-Jag- ?
Hendrix Hause?E,W Aiken, Winner
boro; T J Berber, Cheater; BE Elkina,.
FuirQeld; J Gilfillin, E B Wagensr, ,
Charleston; 8 L Kyser. W 4? Roof, ,
Lexington: F 0 Foard. H C; M Louis.
N T; M* Reese, Baltimoie; M E
Cooper, St Louis; J G Lowrjr, Obes-. s
tar; W H McConnell, Fairfleld; E K
Hardiu aud wife, Batesburg. .. .
Mansion House?Q. Rucker, NY; J.
S Bowers, NewbenyjO B Was wick. ?
S A; HA Mcete, Lexington; McK
Johnston, Jr. Si?EB; Mrs H P.
Hammett,, Master J |, D Hammett,.
Greenville. . ??,. t, ... ,
iMPOIrTAHT ? RESULTS ' PLEASANTLY
AoniBTK?.? Although tbe days ?f irra?
tional medication are happily passing
away, and intelligent physicians have '.
ceased to measure the Supposed effica?
cy ef a remedy by tho violenoe of .its '"
\ effects; there still linger among ! the
old practitioners a few of those predi?
lections in favor of "heroic" treat?
ment, wl)ich it would be lucky for
their patients if they had abandoned.
Oue of these is a fondness for adminis?
tering drastic purgatives, Booh an blue _
pill, calomel, jalap and castor oil. A ,
contrast or the effects of these drench?
ingdrugs, with tbe mild and benefi
cent operation of Hoste tier's Stomach
Bitters, is the best argument that can
be adduoed against the wisdom of
auch destruotive treatment. Tbe old
fashioned cathartics convulse the
stomseh, and relax the bowels so ab
rnbtly and copiously as to weaken
them. Hostetter's Bitters, on the con?
trary, never gripe the intestines, bat
produoe a laxative effect resembling
the aotion of nature. At. the' same
time tbey remove the eaose of' odttsti
pation, by arousing the dormant liver
to secrete the bile necessary to the
regnlsr performance of the exeoretive ,
function, and enables the stomach to
thoroughly digest the food. Indiges?
tion and billiouenees having been thus
overoome, a regular habit of body is
tbe necessary consequence, which the
occasional subsequent use of the Bit-4
ters renders permanent. Every disa?
greeable symptom whtob, in 'the ab?
sence of perfect digestion and evacua?
tion, harrassee tbe system, vanishes
under the influence of the great na?
tional stomachio and alterative. Health
and vigor are twin blessings that fol?
low itoose. nit MSf-m .
AoatctTtvruaat, Liana?-If yon have
not already ordered your Agricultural
Liens to secure advance*, do so at
once. Walker, Evans A Cogswell.
Charleston, ?. C, keep on band fear
different kinds, and if neither of these
I meet your views, they are prepared to
I print, at tke lowest prices, smy special
I form to order. If the Planter off
I Farmer baa not yet bought the Rural
Apoonntant, a book for elawpSa ac?
counts, let him da so at once. They
also have a New Agricultural Lease
which ! gives the Landlord - a lien on
crop of tenant,: Thle is very valuable.
The >tf>JP?a? ftfgtf Owgia, last
week, did great da sasgs. The destrao
tion '' ^ShSl1^1 ' * *" f?*r
fol. One a^aa> wak blown down, eel
on fire and a child burned to death in o:
it ^helnjery.to stock waevsaygreat.
Eighteen ipereons sattaioad injuries
by falling buildings?some ars thought
to be mortally wounded. A bey was
killed by a hone* felting on him.
There is great distress among the in?
habitants of the County.