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' 1 CJje ?><mtjirra Ctrtupriat cS???-"'^L j& ?.?jhne 0#RENVILLEf 8. C. WXDIMDAT, FEBBUAJLT IT. 1MB. tr It U Jrtired that p?rioni having n?t . vertiiwmeota or other lavtws to .simd to the A'nfrorim. will hand them M to A? otlice by Tuesday, 1 i. M. ? 1.1 i - ? ? OrMartUa aadQatamOli Railroal. Got. Soou'i Veto Meaaage. Fnahtoat Htmswott'e - Heply. * Siuce m last. Gor. Scott baa sent In a veto message on tb? bill to giro State guaran* too oh cot to fa bonds of the Greenville mod Colunbia Kail road Company. Tbooo issued r?r one third the amount of the Don Mortgage homla. tho holders sorronderiog two thirds. The measure is one greatly lapoctaat to the Itnad an J to lb# Statoy lessening the prospect uf loss to the Stale of its over foar hundred thousand dollars worth of stock, and faring ft from all real danger of having to pay the bonds already endorsed; fbr everybody knows and feels that if tho Road can weather through a year or two more of difficulty entailed by the war. till the.completion of Uio Rabun Road gets In bailing distance, that not only the (Kind* or the Company Ml Ibc slock also will bo saved from dot met ion. Tba bonds can be net, (certainly tbo interest paid,) till they boeume due, and by that time, beyond all per-ftdtrenture, there will be an extension of the Il.o*d over the mountain*, which will insure it* ability to meet every liability, and also to remunerate tbo stock-holders, who have so bravely struggled and waited for their roward. We have very little doubt that there is some power behind the throne stimulating Governor b-coTT to his new coutee of opposition to tbo hill, misleading him and cajoling him, or some bow controlling bis action, and that the contrivers aim at trying to hasten a sacrifice of tlie vast property heH by men, women and children of this 8tate, that the/ may get possession of tbo whole affair for n comparative trifle under tho dtprteioting representations put forward through the Governor. The simple fact is by extension of time on the debt of the Itoad and the saving of several hundred thousand dollars, by redaction of a large part of the non mortgaged boads to one third, would put the State safe?rather make the Slate the ultimate guiutr to the whole amount of tho stock she owns. Mr IIammrtt has replied to the statements of the Governor's message in an able manner, showing their ermneouaness aud unfairness in important leading particulars, and also showing that the Governor has recently rhanged front on the subject, that he was, not 1 ng since, by no means opposed to the very measure he now vetoes. Mr. II a mmxt? proves by facts and figures conclusively that the Bute is deeply interested in the sucecss of the voiced bill. Both the message and tho reply are too long for us to insert ibis woek if at all ; we may recur to the subject again. Wo will only stato in conclusion that the Legislature has not vote<l on thohill since thereto; it was to be considered Tuesday. The matter was referred to the Judiciary Committee to report upon and to say wbclhor tho bill did not become a law by tbo failure Of the Governor to veto in the lime allowed by tbo Coastitotioa. The Homestead Law decided by Judge Carpenter to be Unconstitutional as to Judgments Prior to Its Knsclment, Ex Chief Justice Dunkin has gained his case before Judge CaspentKit in Charleston. We suppose that the learned array of decls ions and dinturos of other Judges, set forth l>i the opinion of Judge Carpenter, which tils more than two columns of the Couritr were all cited l>y the aide counsel again-t the llomestead law. The ruling of this esse on the Circuit does not settle the question by any means; it will go up before the Appeal Court, when we hope both rides of the question will be fully argued.? F.t Judge Duncan as well as Judge Carpenter rely on the later deei-ious. We believe that tha earlier deeisiqps made after the adoption of the Unite! States Constitutionare the moat correct; and they, we infer go to sustain the principles of the home stead exemption as to dai-te piiur as well at subsequent to enactment There are other arguments also, to sustain the Homestead law in South Carolina, arising out of the anomalous condition of the State at the time of the adoption of ber present C-n?ti totion, with the homestead clause, and its ratification by Congress, and tlie subsequent tuimimiou of South Carolina ii-to the prlvl. lege* and right*, aa well a* to the disahilitie* of a Slate under the Conal it ulion, which ttie Congress, and the Supreme Court too, hen recognlced as the facta and public law. Judge CARrr.NTca hold* hla eommiaeion under the new Constitution, adopted when toe State wee treated ard regarded de fatlv, r>.?t a a under the Constitution of the United Stale*?not In the Union. The whole acta and parla of acta of Con K'eaa and the State, were to bring hei In. We pre?onie the 8upreme Court of th< 8 ate will decide the whole matter next / pril. In the meantime, it i* probable thai no other Judge in the State on the Circuit will follow the example of CacrKXTxa, au<] the Supreme Court may find good and *ufficieut arguments to overrule hie decision. Itoconstr noted. The old hotel, long known ae " Uenning'i llotel" haa been entirely renovated and repaired, presenting the appearance almost of * n?<w building, the painting becoming it decidedly. The upper part of Greenville i* im proving very touch and fast, our friends It other parts most wake np or they will bi n ?4i!t'?ro<i vrrj i?r, mrrc yctrmi in i?e iiio an< vitality there. In thli place Cap*. J. I. h-'i'TNitiuf ban opened a hotel for the aeeoinmo nation of-the traveling public, and will bence f >rtb let it bear the name ui the ' Soutberi il 'tel," whom no winli prosperity in tbia uet culcr)irlM. Oar Carrier.! In eoneciptenee of a severe a*ei.l-r>( baf |? niiiir t?> our Durtter, be writ hr nnabta t ? r?i\?ri iln? papm on bia litt for w?-ek <1 two. 11 any cuhrcribera xl.ewbt fail to ri r.iyv the paper, through tlic liirxinrttni1 ?<t rap I r pro P<m., it?ey w ill j leave it , f~nu W- vi Ml? >*? >. . . ? H ? ? -- iai?_^^ Th? Witt? nth ilMsdment to tk? Oo?? Bwmu, rather Bootilf, #f MaeeeehakII*, ittir.lit and Snni LtBAaor* W of., hw< foreed til wrti of uftig* on the Aomtb, hw caused to b? pMMd hi tb? llouie of Rfpn ?iUlt?M at Washington, a resolution to uhaiit aa amendment to (k* giatea, en > hiring black nnd yellow and all aorta of suffrage oa mil fit* 8r*t?*. Tho amendment ^r}|| |ffri?blj p^8# (h# i lb** come Chinee*, Uarmrw, Japanese, African, : all colore and previ?ae conditions, Idolater*, aad heathen*?ya eight hundred millioaaal colored heaiiiena of thia terca?|ueou* globe, and hki por*esei-?a of lh? thirty milliona of degenerate white* In thia great llrpublle Yoa can easily do It, find dblraovkiie tba contemptible body of white population thai la scattered over I Ida North Amariua Con UnenV. Yoa m ill bn tli? favorite* oa ac count of color, Dracrndaota of the patriot* of seventy tlx jour fathara ea'abliahod n more perfect Union, to secure the bleating* of liberty to themselves and to thair posterity, wliicb posterity v? are, aurrmder your government, your liberty, your alvlli ration, to the universal auffraxe of th a he a than world, reward Oud for hi* ear* orer yon, and invito tho hordeo of darknen, ignoranee, and bare idolatry, to become yoor lawgiver*. Universal suffrage I John Chi' aamaa, take posses-ton of California flr?t. and (hen uw the Paeifio Railroad aid lu lines to spread over the oth-s Stater, em ploy your manhood suffrage, and th# majority yon can easily bring op to the polls, in a few years elvcl your President, appoint your Judges, your legislators, confiscate the lands of the puny whites, set up your ido' temple*, sound your trumpets, beat your gongs ond your drums, ai.d cut yonr somersaults; a time of Jubilee is coining for yom. Your first possession, California, will give yon the gold to buy out all you can't vote down, and your march will be tri umphant. The yellow suffrage, however, will be more numerous than black and white; altogether, suffrage will conquer for you. We foul ihe British for indejwnd1 eiiee, and font sach other to eomo under the rule of negroes and Chinamen. 8incc wiiting the foregoing, we learn by telegram that the fifteenth aim ndment has passed the Senate ; we hope it will be rejected by tbe S'atct, because we have been reconstructed on that basis in 8outh Csro lias. W? do not therefore, wish to deprive other States of their liberty and republican privileges of regulating suffrage. Why should Msssschusetts and Elaine eompci California to admit universal China to coiue and vole down or slink out her ?-hite p-o. pie. The case of this State Ulwstral a the principle involved; the States are not free if the older States of tbe Atlantic onn die' tute to the utw of the Pacific la that wbieb concerns the latter alone. If sny one is not convinced that the fifteenth amendment i? adverse to the liberties and lepublican character, nay, almost the exi-lenee of the State-.1!# would lie ronvineed tiv rendiiur I ho recent able editorial* o| the Charleston Courier, In which are exhibited hri* Ay the dehnt-s in the formation of the United State* Constitution when tlua snhjcel was agitated. It wm shown l>j the (rett Hamiltox, and other wi*e tnen of that day, that aueh interference with the State* would practically rod use them to mere eotintiea of the Pedt-ral Oom nm*Ht, and destroy liberty and republicanism. Tlie Cramer* of our Constitution refu?eJ to a-'opt tteh a principle. On eolmr thought, we believe that the State* will again refuae unless it ts decte.d on high that we are to pas* from a free republic of States into an empire like France or the old Roman. Scaling Old Debta. According to the Circumstances of Each Cm*, indorsed by the Anderson Bar. On the adjournment of lite Court at Anderson, February 6, the Bar held a meeting for the purpose of paying ?| proper tribute to Judge Oaa. which they did in a highly complimentary manner. We extract from lite Intelliffmc*r, which publishes the entire proceeding*, the following significant and important resolution of the Bar nnd is well worth special notice: Jfrse/tW, That the member* of the Bar at Anderson not only acquiesce in, bnt heartily endorse and commend the humane and judiHoti* rooree Adopted by the Juries at this Term of the Court in renting old debts according to (lie circumstances nl each cure, l>?-lieving that it wit] promote the prosperity and happiness of the whole peo pie, and we earn*ally recommend creditors to follow this noble example. An Sditor Builds a House. Walking np Duucom'>e street, a few days i since, our attention was attracted to a house in course of construction, and arcro soon in* . formed that it was being erected bv our neighj borol the .l/u??i#i??r, 0. Esri!) Ar Kt.Kom>( Ksq. It is located almost in front of tbo Female College, next above the residence of Mr. bobkkt pitxcax, end faces on Buncombe | ftreeU It promises lo he n handsome sne, and will contribute to ttoih) np tbnt part of the Town. Our eitixons there are fortunate in securing permanently so clever a neighbor, end should he ever feel disposed to leave that i desirable locality (which, we doubt,) we extend to him an invitation from the good folk's on i the Depot side of the ptaee to their fair portion of Greenville. We will insure him a sordini welcome. ' Mr. Thax ton's Omnibus. j Being at the livery stable of Mr. Traxtox op ii strong anil servieeaWlo hack, which ha _ designs using * an omnibus, with which U n convey travelers and others to and from tlx f depot. He charges fifty cents for each person and wilt allow one trunk to such, conveying the party to any point within the Incorporate limits. Mr. TnaXTOX being a very aeeonsmo ? dating gentleman, entitles hiui to heart] " patronage. Persons going down the Railroad lf or returning, should make a note a! these facts VW f"* Lksrwjr Clwb will meet on tlx 20il> of February, instead of ou ike 19th, 88THEBB OwhMiTllle. Sooth OMroltna?Ollmgha aatf Heelthfulneaa tad u a Place Cur JCdu^ ^; ? ' Whsn we BkthM, maw em! then Invite Mieidera to com here for health and ether fo> UghU of climate, society, do., and to reed their Sou and daughters to the nohle Institutions of leaning, we are favored with, (Theological Litofary .nd Scientific, ((ad Preparatory,) It M> he ascribed Ihepil to the ehtaral partiality of all people for their homes. We tlDM therefore, lYeas Harper for Fehmary ?, disinterested opinion giren by Major J. W. DaFoftaaat, wm rtlilU hen wtos tie* afii've the war? and whose reparation as an tnteillgout gentleuian, scholar and aocompiiehed toariet and aleo as a fine writer, ia well established. Writing of Greenville and ita aur? rouodlngs ho eayai. , . CI " la this i>aw?e land iiumWrlrti water-privilego* *ead their upgaihcred ricbea to the ae#? and the earth i? crowded with underground palace* of mineral wealth. The climate, too, is unritaled: the rammer heal in Oreanrille waa rarely too great ftir walking. It* highest point being anally eighty-Tear; while the Winter bronght at the worat two or throe fall* of anow, which molted la two or thro* day*. Neither In Knrepe, nor along tho ahoraa of the Mediterranean, hare I found tempera, tarn which, daring tbe year round, waoao agreeable and healthful. Ton ean m what U ia In the remarkable stature of tho men, and ia the height, fullness of form, and beanty of the women. My impression is that tbe entire Alleghany region, from Maryland down Into the north of Georgia, is a paradise for tho growth oi the human plant. If bodily com* forts and intellectual pleasures existed there, I should advise all New England to emigrate to Ik" A Curiosity In that* farts?Boxnthlng for tbn Farmers In Look at, Ota. Our attention haa been called l>y Mr Julius 0. Smith to an instrtimaal n<>w at his auction io?ma, to be used in planting corn?indeed it is a " Corn Planter." It liaa a plow for opening a furrow ; a hopper, with two apartments, (one for guano and the other lor the grain.) and a wheel. The hopper l? located on the beam, the bottom I tlte apartments open aa the machine i? propelled, and the com and gnano fall into the furrow, and are immediately covered up by means of the wheel, which is a?>m? wiJer than the furrow. The dirta-ce be. tween the coin bills ean be regulated by means of a serew, from twenty to tit rty inches apart This eorn planter can be drawn by one or more horses, and is uaed after the ground haa been prepared. As every thing that tend* to economise t.t .1 : . i i?_ t ers and planters should rail upon Mr who will ink* pleasure exhibiting It' wliich will Wr|l lepuy the t< oul'le lif ex' nniinntion, and should any one wi.?h lotrv a llilng of the kind ?h'D corn-planting lime comes, ho would doubtless order it. When our friend* from tlie eonntry come to Town, wbal'lhry most de-ite la, where to fin J such things t|i?-y are in nc*-d nf moat. Now. -ev.-ry one nni?t hare a garden, and will therefore need seed Irish potatoes. hum* prefer I lie Pink Kit* othera the Mercer, and yet other* the iVarli ittuoni. Mr. Smith liaa each of them, and can aupply all who <ad. He ?1a> hai Pt ruvian Umii* and the different Phosphates, which eery many are'now ua<ng. Those who uae <he*e manures, aay that, in ad li lion to the other advantage* to he d lived from their us-, the cotton is uijtuied two or tliree w ek* e irl er. Tk* Methodist (Colored) Chorch. Wa do not believe that we have heretofore alluded to the above Chorch. A year or so ago, the member* connected with the white Church at Ibis place, saw proper to withdraw from it and organise themselves into a separate body. After they had done so, finding that they had no place of their own in which to assemble, (using far the time being the sebool house occupied for the instruction of tho colored peonle.l the* took slrtv* towards the erection of * building sellable fur the purpose. In this they wcro kindly sided kj ?.nr ciliscns sad merchant* by subscription*; they alto bold aovcral tain, at which amount* war* added to tbeir fund, and thoy have also rycir. td considerable assistance from the Northern Methodist Episcopal Church, with which Conferenoe they hnvo siuco annexed tbo Church. With the u*o of thc*e ruint, they bava creeled , nearly to completion, a very handsome structure, which I* located on the hill, a short distance west of the residence of Capt. W?. Cnotcn. The land npon which it is located, war purchased from A i ki avdkr McBr.r, Esq., who very generously sold it to the colored people for fifty dollars less its actual value. Tbe building commnnds an elevated place, Is large and spacious, seating upwards of fire hundred persons, with the we* of tho galleries, and Is in a quiet and retired part of tho Town. The work was done 1>y Mcssrs^t'lise k (lias*, and will be finished as soon a* tba wnrtn weather will permit the plastering to be done. The membership embraces about three hundred in nnmbcr. They hare r>o regular preacher at present. Rovs. J a was HoAAuosn, Civ as. T. Ilorwrna nnd Hrrrt Iturki.rt (all colored.) in tnru attpply the Church until tbe sorrices of one can lie se'cured. One is expected from the North. Services are held three times on the Sabbath, and prayer meeting* are opened on Thursday night. Tbe Sunday School is large, and i* superintended by Fuark Williamson, au intelligent jroong man. We kivi eeen proper to pahllih the above particular*, which we obtain from en* ol the principal leader* in Ibe (nlerpriw, ia order that our reader* may not be ignorant ' of what the colored people are doing amidst u?, and to let outsiders know Ureenrille a< ' a community do?* not deter but a**i*t* them 1 in landible onJertaklng*. i ' * * , Communion Serrlea The T^vrd'e Supper will be admlntilrrri I on 9ulib?th nnt. at Ih* M thodiet Church , in connection with the morning errtiee.? i. The communicant* of ihg PreehyterSni Chnrch am axpee>e<f to participate, an ? thcre will be no aerate* at the letter plac in the forenoon, in eon mjium* thereof # I I ...fJ^llLJlLJgB I 1 ISf?| 8 Everything dapeoda upon ?ntelHg?iioe? and tkow who do Dot'teal t!u?, are y?rf f?T behind in thia if* of eonsummate edueat!?n. TWrt'i nothing that give* as more hepe 'ben In henr I hot ?w Uetitutiona of learning or? looking up. The otbrr da? in n loiter from It*?, g. |d. IUid, of the Keid. rille School*, hi informed tu that his in*ti-' tutiona ware opening under rerjr flattering aoapioea, nod thot he felt vary aaaih encouraged for fbe future, WetriitV hie tptwt sanguine expectations will be re ah set*. K* * ft*?. T. J." Kntt, who fa the prlnatpaf of the Gnwenerill# Seminary, giro* ennuurag i.tg il*tem?nlin( his whmil, which it In ft fl-ld in which much usefulness etn be tl< lain*!. i . Important to Farmer*. The February number of the Curoli** Farmer it tbe best yet iiMsd. Thit if an enterprise that ihovld lie generously spstained bjr the farmer* ?mi planter* of tht South. Though now in Ha fourth ittne, the Former ha* already taken a high stand in the agricultural litem* tare of the -day, gad bids fa r to reach the highest standard of excellence. Send two dollars, for a year's ishierlptinn, to Win. H* Bernard, Wilmington, X. C. And, If possible* secure the back a sobers. Oone for a Stock of Gfooda. Col. T. L. IIuskwax, who has located at Reidville, 8|?a*tanbnrg Conaty, and who liaa determined to open a dry (t"*?dt and grocery store there, haa gone to Charleston to get liia first stock, lie will retnrn in a few days, well laden, we hope. tW Th' United St?tes Assistant Assessor informs ut that tax payer* who (nil to ainke j their returns to him by the l&th of M?i-h mat, will have fifty per centum added to their taxea. rsr The committee appointed to eall a | puhlic meeting on next saleday, are rq'irfl I ed to meet at the Court House on the 1-t Monday in Mareh n?xl. at 10 o'clock. A. M. JNO. L WilSl'MOliKI.AND, . , . .r Chairman. roa Tit k snumKax xsrsuraiss Fine Chester White Pijjs. FaIstikw, , February 1 At It. IPSO. M'?r*. KHilore; Why not have ' fine pig* iu S<iuth Carolina, even in Orfttewille (W/yf Th?-y ere cheaper thnn the poor" Mt, requiring no inore attention, mid not much feed a* common slock mint have if they make goo-1 perk and lisenn. Wr have a pig, one of eight, which ia heavier than l?r. ll't /?? pig ?u ?t aix'weck".? The Doctor bunjhi of Bojrr A Co.. paying as arc soppose enlelogne pri?-?v. Our neigh fiora have some lialf-brerde suHi'-ieal la aimke liie prejadieea of the mml inveterate "anti-missionary." We have no right to complain ; for we hove had aa many ae 'hree sows in our lot at one*: l-nt we are surprised at other*, and ashamed of onr sires, that the offer lute been made so /<or aa to figure the reputation of 'he stock, and even now there mo a great many who hi(ita<e, donating wliethrr there be any superiority in lha stuck. "The crlft m.ikre all the difference at last." " Turn them out at d let them lake such 'are as our apikrnoae and you'll see a hat will lie I come of them t!!" Oth-r? aav, " th-y M afraid the meat wont l?e good; auch large hogs, it looks like the meat will ha course.' We would he pleased to make* fair ox* Idiot to the * hole family of doubten, but ami only refer to a few who have ventured to ro-ke a move, hoping to do Mtrr? Geo Terry. W. Hopk'ua, U. T, fbwloe. Co*. T. L Ih-xetiiMi, Jus. Goldsmith. <1 1>. Ne*Mt? I*ep..rt aaya the &rjuir* has tnsde the - bold venture.," aciua'ly turned a half-breed out on apikenoae fare and Hilda it trtnaity to put Her on snorter"ailowmtee, Heapvetfullj-, yours, ?ke , LATE BEGINS F.R. rn? ihb ftoiTriKnx aJfrVaVylra. Tjo the People of Greenville. At it put.lie meeting hula ai lli? Court Iloiire litsl 8?]rday, the following roaolulion wae ?lo|?'e-l: A'eW.vW, Tl<at n committee of twentyone HpjM.ilite.f by the Chair innn of Iliin meeting t?. M'ldirra n e'renlur lo Hie people ??( the I lift r lei, getting forth Mr|r llie ?k* je<-l prnpoa.-d. ant) flailing a genera) meeting at the Court llouee an tb? 1M Monday in Mai eh neat. Under lliia rMolaticn, lb* undersigned wera appointed, and ia Meonlmet therewith. renpectfally eall on tha people of thia Dial i let to meet lor thfl purpose of eonnMering tha rul.jert of Ilia ndjnatment of aid debt*, and, it |>orrtbla. agreeing upon aorni general l-aair of settlement between credit' or? and d?Moiw. Tli? importance of net lling the indrl.ti dnetu of the people of tki IM-tt let, without the saerlfre of all iha war haa left them, and putting them in i pnaitfon lo ron.nienre anew a' career n prosperity, and at the unit time doing jtu 'lee, aa far a* poaslMr. lo ermlitora, need no argument to commend H to the gom cense, humanity and pairln.irm of all.? Probably no plan cna he agreed upon tha | w.ll urtt all eeeie ; and all that I* pre poeed la In agree it pun tome general bar! fur lite eoirptoittiae and teillrmrnt of oli debte lo meet, aa far at poaable, ilie deprao r ?d and ruined condition of ilte eounirj. I We. therefore, ?rj? it upon our frllon I eitlaens to wrtt at the Court I lunar, on th I let M idny in Mnreh Mil, lor ike porpne 1 above eat fortk. Let ua eunault togeibe 1 and do the beat we e*a for I be euwiaea good. i. 1* Weefmcrelnad, JJ. A. TkivM, W. A. Moouey, |H. R llaininett, ? B. -I. 8l'?ul, U. I<?ar?, J fl Ottodwln, III. Brafi % '? Jno. B fnivl?, |#. A. Mndaon, - IfMtlM Few, I*. C. lie Dry, n Kvartr K-lly. ISeteon AtiMia, , Rdward P?? ?U, IKfei.k E. MeKooaie, 1 W.J. Oiltaon, IB P. Wee?, ' Alexaudvr Tkompa tn.llluLi Sullivan, J. t> Sulltvna. Tot tkm ?H?*r> *?t?rprlte. I ? r^dint ?* ar | * tW? in ynnr iSaue of the If th January, on | the elation of tho flon, W. D. 8topa?n, I m M it my doty, m Chairman of tho Board (j of Managers of the Ptlrvitw Box, In refute # ??we of ytn jolao ehargea m?J? by ibU ? Wallace, who nem? to hn'fe pert radjy ^ misinformed, or ?lao oxrlarnTy haa Bltfe ^ ragard (or tryth. , . r<w ,r., ^ Mr. Wallace aoya, in hie 19lH paragraph, I; that at the different election pi ecincs there t ware atmed ana stationed, who, by theaaiat- ?fr hiroo and ?ivj?g*e, prerent-d at ImuI flri j hundred rntera in thin County from carting ), their rot-a on aaid day. Now, Vetera. Ed g ilora, the only men that were at onr pre- j clnet beatd*. a the managers, were I wo men a calling themteTees constabli-s, and parpmrt- f ng to hare been rant there by one Mnithce. | who aeemt to be a County I'oMee, or tome a such officer never Itelore heard of In tho r g*nd old Slate of Huulh OmllM. That* ? m?-a tittrd that they v?r< Mnl there to r keep the peace. Tie Irs* that they met | every freedman that came to the poll* and ( furnished thwni with tickets, livid friend- ? ly confabs with them, 4c., bui, as , they ware radical* theoirrlvei, 1 do not | oppose that they helped to keep of! Mr- e Wallace's frknds. Whether these men c were ai med ot not, I do not kt-ov, a* there t was no intercourse between " whatever- y b<it one thing I do know, if.these two men ' I who?e names are Hick* and West, are nieu ? who have aoy ttxitrl for truth, they cott'd 1 easily testify of the ntter falsity of Mr. I Wallace's statements, ss far as Fwirvitw r Bo* is concerned. These men. as well as a nany citizens of the neighborhood, eotild testify that no one was interfered with by | any one of the IX-mstnillc pirtj, Rndieals j and Pemocrals all voting na they pleased* ? so lar aa oar f-arly was concerned.. Mr. o Wallace also states in his article, that arm y ed partiea patrolled the County, whipping t and oth-rwiee maltreating the freedtnen. I I do not believe there cap bo found one re t s|*onsiMe person in this neighborhood, of. t either party, but would piwnosnee this fc statement utterly untrue. n L-tevery manager of election precincts n onws o"t with Ilia truth and show to the li public the blackness and rolleoneas of these r unprincipled-statement*. ti Kespco'.fully, An., } II. M. CELV, Chalrinan of Managers of Fait view B-x. w ? Virginia Lands and Ar-iculturo-- -Hon. W. Forabsr Miles. We have been favored with an internet injr letter for |>nhlieation. written by Hon W. Fotcttna Milits to J. M. Cassom. formerly of tins Town, but now resi img in Vir Hint*. Mr. Milks lias bec->me a cititen of that State, and, like a wise man''broken by the elm ma of Slate," h? m-sdm lo have renounced politics and has betaken himself to the m??el ratped'a'ov **f all employments ?agriculture?in Yirgiiii*, one of whose 1 fair daughter* he married eincc the ?nr. ' Mr. Milm formerly represented Charleston , in the Congrea' of llie United Slate*, nnd i ilie 0?mfed--r?to Ouvrrnm nt a'so. in the name capacity. lie ia n m*n of high char- , nelc-r and int ellig' nee. Alihongh the let- < tt-r i? a few month* oM It has not lost iu ' intereat.-?Ena. KaTaarai**. I Oak ItifUK. October flel, 1898. ] J M C r?on, K?q : Dtar Sir?In c?>m | pliauee with your r. q-ieat, I Ink* pleasure < in giving yon my opinion concerning the ' fund, elitinl*. ?aiahriljr, Ac.. of that portion 1 of Nelson County, Va., in wh ch I re?tde. j Tfie mil in t hit neighborhood ha* long en* joyed a high reputation for corn nnd to- i haeoo. I have irtl iia eeen finer crops of 1 either than I had this year. alth'Ufh the continued mint, just oa any tphaceo was ripening, eauaed it "to fire" very mtieh and it ha* thus been seriously injured. Sueh a casualty, however, might bare happened any wli-re. The rieb t oitoaia on the mar* gio? of the stream* will readily bring 90 l>u?h<-l? of eorft per acre, and the high land* will average 3o bushel*. This, ii uiu-t he observed, is the yield without lining manure (all or which U usually |>ill on the tobacco l?ni))or any kin<| of fertdiz*ra. Oats alao ji-ld abundantly, how much I am not yet prepared to any. but 30 bushels N regarded a* r?ili?r an ki differant yirld on the thinnest land, upon wMch tbia crop ia naun'ly aowa Wheat, for some years, haa been a dl?nj>p?inting crop litre, aa in moat parts of Virginia. In f.>r?wer years large crops pi it were made, f ant InrHaed III think the phoepliatle elements have been gradually withdrawn from the I soil and that a judicious application of some prepareib.il of Inim, or a liberal application of lime, would speedily increase its wheat producing capacity. ? UlotAr flourishes her* with rer>.arkah)? luxuriance; ' the land aeeiua Nfwialljr adapted to it.? There Is no better or cheaper way of keeplog the sell in goo I heert and maintaining ' ita fertility, than by sowing slover in spring after wheal aown in ike fall, or just I ** er oats, though the letter plan is not se I certain. I think. The lands here might be ( pruti ablv employed in grazing sheep and cattle. The natural grasses are good, and with some pains taken to rid the ground ol briars, sassafras and other filth, pastures k. us.a.ii^. f?? ? ^ B"- "" ~"""J '"T JlinwwtJ grows * well Itoee as aa it does Any whers. Very bsarj rrops of it have b-?n mode on '* this plaoe. The proximity ol I ho Orange '* ?s<l Al<4?ud?h Itadrood nfloids great fa* sltit; for tending tho hay to roark-t, or it '? might ho howled to lk? Jamaa Ri*?r Canal ? (about 1 adlea trom our farm#,) as used to bo done in old times I am di-poeed to think that all litis portion of lied'root. Virginia, wltl, before many years, have Its wealth and prosperity greatly en ha need hj the eultivation of the grape, for wttieh both aoll and eltmate are admirably adapted. Dome of our farmere and aererat in eillgeat, saperleneed foreigner#, aa well aa Not thtrn taj liaJisM, art ad lr?-tsti.g tUem. * y*1 A* ite&Vx ' Ives to tfcjU subject There irtio rtwon hy W>? rt?o^?t nft be made Acre gblte |n?I if wit sup*., ?|Mo that made U Ohio, J lisauurl, and Western N?w Torlr, in all J hiab States (and in several others bedes) the manufacture of wine has proved complete success and most lucrative busies*. The raising of fiuit, too, (the rail* uad to Washington Baltimore, Phi lad* tiltia, de., as well as to Kiahmond, running igHt liy i*n? duwiiy ovtikl bv y profitable... 1 have a^ young orchard of wrntjr Are eeted, and' hope a? much from I as h um slwat apy ether tirglf source of neooM on my ftUce, put it ia .a#t**a lome " that this particular portion of Viriaia hoidb ott rare Wi.iucvtticnta If la a* xrfrctly htahkf, I flinily b.-liere, as any pot under the son. It is absolutely free roan all cpMeible diseases, they are utter ^ untnovn. w? ii*t? in? m?mn? .1 iovers of the low ronai ry ( ? lido waler ( i-gittO) nor th* veHoue forms of typhoid '* tow ftrrr* fhut ore m eoflrtm-y to th? I mountain region, on J an epidemic vlslation of assy sort has over re??hed Kelson /oui-tjr. The climate, though cold for two r litres months in winter, ( hough not po iler ibm Uichnioid, ?inl not M rold ?m ^ on vho oholf clio #t I have ?v?r lit ad io. The surrounding tiuntry is heeotifiil; indeed I tlunk 't clog ether I he most baoulifulfU rasing country villi which 1 tin acquainted. And lust, ml far from least, the water to the beat I v?r drank?pure, cool, bright end sparking. The springs ere very abundant.? "here is not a field on my place that has lot one or more, and 1 presume It Is Use ante on your tract. As to the value of land, th?? place (ut 028 acres) was considered cheap at $40 er acre. It is true I he dwelling and olh* buildings enhance the value; but with* >sl a building upon it, it would be fully vorth H Lande in the valley near Stann??n. not. no good, are held at $70 to $80.? n the adjoining county of Albemarle $6? o $C0 to nskrd for lands la no respect toter. I think Mr. Turner'# land would be a targain at $25 to $30 foe the best, (and itucb of it ia first rete,) and if, aa you tell ne, he ia willing to a?U his entire estate icre lor $10 en acre round, it is certainly a are bargain, and I wish sinceicly I had the noney to buy it at an investment; in five ears it will bring five times that aroouut. I am, very respect fully, yours, W. VOUCHER MILES, Affairi In Washington. IVasbisotos, February 10. An application w is made ia the Supreme . art lor writs of inAou eorj?*?, lor the L'ortugns prisoners. Tbe Court took no scion. At 1 o'clock the Senators, arm-in-arm, came o tbe House. Wade took the Cbair, nod Colnx vni seated near Lias. Fen*tor Conkling nd Itepn-sentuiivea Wilma, of Iowa, anil Prim, Miiig as tellers. Prim read the Demo ratio votes ; Conkling and IVilsor. alternated, -ending the Republican votes. All went imoothly until Louisiana was reached, when IVilliatus, of Tvnnesse, objected?declaring no rulid clvi-fi.in vai held. Tha loint Isolim eparated, and (be House vnltd 120 to 67 to ount Louisiana. Tbo Senate, after a scvcro druggie to draw in extraneous matters, voted lo count Louisiana. Doth Houses sgsin met ind proceeded with Ibe count till Ucurgis was reach*d, when Duller objected, because the Jeurgia College ha<l not voted on the proper Iny, nod for other reasons. Mush con fas ton tnsued, which Wade ended by ordering the Somite to its own ehsmber. The House then rnted I oh to 49 for Georgia nut to be counted. . I'lte Senate, after * most, perplexing and nugbablc struggle, declared that in the tare >f the concurrent rrsolnlion, concerning Georgia, the objection in the joint session was oat d order. Both Houses again met, when Wsde ordered Georgia to be read as directed I'j the concurrent resolution. Ruth* objected. Wade would hear no ?t\)*ction. Butler sp l-eale-l fnun Wade's decision, bat Wade would allow no appeal and ordered the eount to proceed. Butler 'hen moved that the Senate > hare permission to retire, and insisted that they shoal J soslrwl their own ball; rnled out of order. Amid the most intense eneitement Wade ordered tbo count to prosecd. Coakling coiarueurcd reading the result but his voice was drowned by cries of order. At this time the noiso became deafening, when Speaker Collax sprang to the desk proclaiming that the Ylec-President mast be aneyed in joint sessisn, and ordered the Meegennt-nt-Arms to arrest the disorderly persons. Colfax was ordering and appealing probably two minutes, durimr which lime the Serceant-at-Arm* had distributed hi* men all through the Monro before partial order could bo restored. The reading of the remit and the proclamation followed, when both liouaea separated. Tbo Senate immediately adjourned. In the Monte. Butler Introdneed a re goto t ion that % ftdt'i end the Senate'# action wee a groae iuvaalon en the right* of the limit*; which resolution war pending when the lluueo adjonrned. >'"? General* Longattect ami Frank Blair am here. The House, laet night, while considering the revenue, adopted amendment* giving the eommiveWoer aaihurUy to exempt dtettller* of apple, peach aod grape brandy, from the provision* of the Aet regulating the mannfactare of apiriU, at hi* dieeretion ; but net to rodnco the tax; aim placing the compounder* of plrit* on e footing with reft tier*. Governor Holden, ef North Carolina, em bebelf of hiiutolf and other loyalists, telegraph* to the North Corolla* Senator* to op. poee any redaction of the army which witt roduoe the Federal garrisi a* in North Carolina. Cohgroe* did nothing until 1 o'clock, when the Senate rem* to the Howe*, where the count of the electoral retee |wog*e**oeThe CapUol u densely packed. Tax Judicial Bill before Con green, relieving the Supreme Court from much of Ub Court labor U, in feet, framed by the Court iuelf. ft uill be followed by n Bill relieving tho Jiiatioce entirely of Circuit dull**, and nicking the Court a permanent ftxtnr* here. Tha ( rUmulstillB tl/ LuAlnAAS bafi.VA is MnJaea that aL?olot*fy BMfiMijr for the end* of Jea* line. The Hill will ?a doebt pare. for both the Ha* am! Itnark of the Fe<kral Coerta era 1 !n favor of It, u well a* ell the (a I tori who | cum* to theak. A Cweiore Qofcefie* r* Lire IwevwAwrw.-*. A eu rinas question i* eoeeiwg epfor de?tol*e ie the MaAseehtMetu 8*|atM Court. The oeete?tli between the mother tnf the time I bride of e HenMemen who bed keeweed kh life ami Miigaed the poller Int to the poeaff ledp, and then, withoet her knowledge ereoo errt, rea??tjft?e.l it to hi* mother. TW mother aeeert* that ee engagement of marriage does nut ooodilutc ee inmrable iuleteit. ? . 11 Tm Pre*Meet hee onUrtl that the Wjr of Mr*. Rnrratt girea to her fbmllg. It wlU bo reeollee'.ed tliet the bretal St aw tow, when 8eereterjr of MTer, related the reqaelt of Mre, Rnrratt'* d?aghter to hejnernilltcd to make & derewt bnrUI of the rrtnaim of bcr Judicially luurJcNil mother;