WINN8BORo, S. .
Thursday, Jan 26, ;: % : 1877.
3N0 8. RETROLDS, Editor.
Governor Tilden's Past and Future.
In the midst of the most harass
ing complicat'ions surrounding the
final determination of the Electoral
vote'wo havoever had an abiding
conviction that Gov. Tilden would
be the next President. He appears
seldom before the public, but is con
stantly at work in private. His
past career has been remarkably
successful, His first exploit was
the demolition of the Tammany
i'ng. In 1874, haring practically no
political record save as a party
manager, he was nominated for
governor against Dix who had pro
viously been elected by a majority
of fifty-two thousand votes and
whose gnbernatoria record was
withont a flaw. Despite the almost
universial belief that he w(ould be
dofoated, he see-irned an election by
fifty-throo thousand majority. Im.
mnedite~ly upon01 a1.Ssum1ing his9 Oflico
be waged a hitter warfare agaivst
the Canal Ring, fald in the faco 'of
the prediction that tho Ring would
be too poworful for him, lie smashed
it to atois. Last, June, notwith..
standing tho violent opposition of
Taunmany and the Westeni and
Southern Democrats, he secured an
almost unaninous nomination for
President at St. Louis. During the
csmipaign, Indiana was made the
pivotal State. Tilden made the
fight and won it. The contest was
changed to the three States of New
York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
He carried them. On the 7th of
November he was elected by a clear
majority. The Radicals counted
him out in Florida and Louisana
and declared that th' face of tho
returns should be accepted as final.
On the sixth of December when the
Electoral colleges met to ballot,
Uncle Sain captured a vote in
Oregon and thus rejoiced in the
possession of 185 votes attested by
the broad seals of the States. The
Radicals gnashed their teeth, bnt
Tilden smiled a seraphic smile and
merely pointed to Gov. Grover's
signature and cabalistic scroll.
Then the Radicals declared that Mr.
Ferry had tho right to count the
votes and declare the veenit, while
the House had only to sit quietly
b~y and see itself cheated. It wais
also announced that Cronin's Demo
cratic vote would be thrown by
Ferry into the waste basket. Til
den said nothing; but he sot the
leaven to work, and the result is the
p~lan just prlop)osed. Tildena has
never yet failed. And wvith right on
his side, lie is likely to pull through
the mire safely and land at last in
the White House.
The United States Senate.
The terms of twenty-seven United
States Senators expliro on the 4th
of March ; and the indications are
that the next Senate will be very
close, with a small Republican ma
jority. Elections to fill vacancies
have~already beon held in a number
of the States, and in others the
Legislatures are now balloting.
Among the new Senators are L. Q.
ti. Lamar, of Mississippi, Garland of
Arkansas. Coke of Texas, and Bailey
of Tenlnesseo, Democrats ; and
Blain) or Maine, Windshom of Minne..
sotal, Ferr~iy of M ichaiganm, and G. F.
IHonr of Abismohusetts , Ihepublicans.
Thoi contes~t ini Mfaachlusetts wvas
heat.ed, thec fr'iends of Boutwell
wvorking net ively to SOeuro his elc
tion, the Decmocrats pre'ferinig Hloar.
In Illinois Senator Logan is lighting
for a re-lction, but seven Indoe
ponfdents hold the balance of powver
in the Legislature, and the Demow
crats have nomninated ox-Governor
Palmer, a Liberal Republican, with
the hop1o of capturing their vote.
In the ballots thus far held Logan
lacks three of a majority, but the
Liberals have not yet signified any
intention of supporting Palmer, who
runs a few votes behind Logan.
President Graut recently expressed
a desire that Logan should be re
elected, a fact which should secure
his defeat. The Legislature of Ne
braska is still balloting, but the Re
publicans are largely in the ma
jority.
Louisiana elects twoSenators, one
to sueceed West, whose term has
expired, and the other to fill the
vacaancy caused by the rejection of
Pinchbek. The Packard Legisla
ture lhas elected Kellogg for the
long term, an4 will doubtless elect
Wo'rmoth for the short, provided a
quorum be obtained before the dis
solution~ of the Pa ecard' government,
iof i at present there is little
probability. The Nicholl's Logisla
turo has made no selection yet and
appears to be waiting to secure a
quorum of whose logality there can
be no qnestion. A contest will en
sue in the United States Senato as
to the admission of the aspirants
ifrorn Louisiana as well as from South
Carolina, and it is thought that
should all throo Democrats be seat
ed the result will be a tic.
Now Jersey elects a Senator to
succeed Frelinghuysen, Relpublican.
The Democrats have a majority of
one on joint ballot, but the Ropub.
licans are making an effort to oust a
Democratic Assemblyman. This
attempt, however, is not expected to
succeed ; and the Democrats will
here gain one Senator.
The two New Senators froin the
recently admitted State of Colorado
are both Republicans. Had Tilden
carried Colorado, the Demnocratst
would, aft',r the 4th of March, have
been in possession of both branches
of Congress. Booth of California
and two or three other Republicitins
are conservative in politiesi; and arte
expected, with the aid of the strong
Democrat i miority, to check any
atteimpt at partisan legislation.
Light at Last.
For mlore than11 IWO month11. grea1t.
uncertai t ad dnloro sur.
rounldd l h all im1port anlt and
ioienltious < itsin a: to the manner
in which t a sat isfactory and peacfll
solution of the oimlplientt io1s5 grow
il;. out of the Praix;idenltial election
would be retehed. 'Th e Suispen1se
to the country at largo was h< c''n,
ing more painful ovory day, and our
material interests were suffering to
a very considerable extent. A crisis
secmeod imnminenit, aid rumors of an
impending conflict wero obtaininig
currency. In fact, tbo situation had
become serious, and those who loved
peace moro than war recognized the
iecessi ty of dovisinlg slpeedy lielas
ures to settle differeiies that
actually jeopardized the lifo of the
Republic. In so grave an emier
genicy both houses iof Congress, as
oiir readers will reniber, ippoint
ed committees froi their respect iv.e
bodies to confer together with a
view of agreeing, if potsible, upon a.
plan for terllimiating the disputes
that had sprung from the i
mhissioni to the P'resiidenit of tlie
Senate of two sets of Electoral re
turns from the States of South
Carol ina, Louisiana, Florida anti
Oregon. Extremio .liepubilic ans had
taken the p)oiition that the Presi..
dent of the Senatc was the sole
juldge of thle correctnerss andlegalit~y
of the returins, anid that lhe alone
wIas emplowered and1( vested with
authority to conut thei Electoral
votes. This was~ regarded by all
fair-minded mieni as a mionistr'ona
proposit ion, and wholly ulnsuppiort
ed by precedlen t. 1Dem zocraitie
leaders, both ill and out of Congress.
claimed that the HOUSO laid equal
privileges and concurrent jur is
diction w',ithi the Senate in dleter -
mining who had1( been elcted
President. This view having booni
endorsed by) sev'eral promninen t 11e.
publlicans, and 5iustined by3 the
indlepenldent pre'fss, the proplositi onl
previously referred to, conicedinug
the poe to count to the President
of the Sonate, was finally abandoned,
and all the qjuestionis involved in the
controversy were referred to the
ommnittoes of the two houses.
These committees entered at one
upon01 the work aissignied to~ them,
and1 for a t ime acted separately, but.
a joint meeting was at Ist arianged
and their i laors were pros~eenutedi
'onijoinltly. H avinig before themi thle
attauinut of one0 andi thle samie
obiject, anud bleing impressed wit h
the gravity of t heir surroundings, as
we niaturaly supposed they were,. it.
is not a matter of very surprh~ise that
their efforts were eventual 'y crowned1
with suceosS, and that they were
able to frame a report to Congress
to which were attached the signa
tures of all the members of both
committees, with one notablo ex
ception, that exception being Sona.
tor Morton. Accompanying the
report, which was made on the 18th
instant, is a bill which is recom
mended to Congress for adoption,
and the provisions of which are
substantially as follows : No
dctoral vote from a State sending
up only one set of returns can he
rejected except by the afirnnative
action of both houses ; in case two
sets of returns are presented from a
single State, objection to either can
be made in writing, and such objec
tion, together with the reasons there
for, and all papers, depositions, and
the returns themselves, are referred
for determination to a tripartit(
Commission, composed of five Rep
renntatrvna. en ASe.t .1 r ,a u
Suprno Cour t J'udges, the House
and ?mnate respectively electing by
a viva Voce vote their members of
the commission, and the four Su
promo Court Judges longest in
service of selechng the fifth Judge
fhvmn amongst their associates.. This
board, compoued of those who make
the laws and those who interpret
them, and withal a very respectable
tribunal, is to determine which of
the disputed votes shall be counted,
and Congress shall be bound by its
dceision. If the conclusion is ar
rived at that neither candidate has
received a imijori 1.y Of the electoral
votes, then resort is had to the con
stitlutional provision which permits
the H6use to Vet the President,
and the Senato th0 Vico-Presiden t.
The-, atru ill brief, the leading
features of the bill, and we are satis -
tied thait as iuHtch they will be ap
proved of and sanctioned by 1 large
uajoi ity of both political parties.
iNothing is so desirable now through
out this ) (io1 land [1n peaco, and
the siul)presion of everything
tending towards violence and disor
der. Biusinciss in every section hits
been serioitsly injured by tile preva
lence Of a foling of unrest and dis
(quiet. Any action on the part of
C(ongrTss, the effect of which will
be to cliaoge thii con diticn of laffairs,
wvill be heutily endorsed by over'y
one who loves country more than
par t.y. Wo inl C0li1omml with the
entice Democratic party believe that
Tilden and Hendricks wore fairly
ol0e ted PI*C idlnt ild Vice -Preiid, n .
Oti the 7Tli of lu.t Novembor, and we
shall never believe otherwise ; but
there are douibtlefsn many good
citizcns < f this country who havo a
differeit belief, an1d with them wo
aro willing to lubimit tho vexed
(llestions to a tribunal that will be
h)e formed of wise and patriotic mn,
ald abido by the result, let it be
what it miay. This wo conceive to
b the proper spirit in which to
greet a mensture devised to settle
apparently irroconeilablo differences
by peaceful inst.rmuentalities. It
romains to be seen wilether or not
this plan of settlement will receive
the slanetion of Congres. We feel
confident that it. wvill, and moreover
we are very opefuul that ultiiately
the exponents of national reform
will be exalted to the stations to
which they are justly enititledl by
virtue of the popular will. The
1)eopl1 at the baZllot -box hlave inl
thunder tones demnand~edl a chlango of
adlminlistration, and1( we opine that
this (demand will not be disregarded
by those upon whom it has been
PREsTW.N'T Gfi1i wIL SIGN 'PHE
dispatch'1 says: The Presidlent in)
convel sationj with a friend 01n tihe
said lhe had not yet lhad time to ex
amine the ill carefully and criti..
cally, bult on1 genteral princeiples heo
approved1 of a m1easure of the char
acter alluded to, and if not oh
jectioniable in detail, or if it did not
thec sj~rit and letter of the constitui..
tio~n, he would accoid to it his
promp111t approlO ~. Hre sa1id thalt
fromu the& beginninig lhe had felt .1no
apprehenision1s as to the final result,
shehasaway- had1( great, falith in
th e int4elligence and patr'o'ismi of
lhe American 1peop le. T1here hav'e
been thireatentings and1( incipient evi
denIces of revolutioniary purpiIoses in
some11 quar1Lters, to mneet which le
had1( taken propPer mneasures of pro
venitioni, and( forl wich hie iih keep)
prlepared unt14il h1is responsibli ity is
at an en-l. Hie saiid lhe is much en
cour igedl by the prorpect of a peaco
fl solutLien of the difllen!ties, for
the two 1parties ini ()mgress4, thongh
a~ comnnttee, having once agreood
upon01 a1 'ommlion baisis of adljuistmlent
of thIeir differences, it will not 1)0
dillicuilt to~ bring ablouit a final set
tieent. Hie rema~lrked1 that initial
whtfollows is easy. Thxe dicutf
he s1id, is now in a condition to
begin a period (of unexampled pros
perity, founded on1 correctt prin
eiples of business and proper standl(
ards of valdue, and that is all that is
wanting to an amiicablo and satisfac
tory set tlemenet of the Presidential
question.
MO'rHER AxD Ommi~ DaIOwniD.--A
colored woman by the name of
Phreboe IWLowne5, with her son1, a
b~oy about 11 years of age. left her
home1( in the lwer end of Rlic hand
County, on Saturday, for the pulr
poseO of visitiug Columbia and
making some purchases of provis
ions. Whlen) they reached Hamp
ton's m ill-pond, they both embarked
im an old bateau which wais anchored
on the south side of the pond. The
womani failing to return in the
evening or (luring the night, her
husband mastitutedl search Sunday
morning, and( found the body of his
wvife and child at the bottom of the
pond(. It is supposed that the
bateau leaked, and that the woman
and child were drowned by the
swam ping of theO boat. The coroner
"'I Richland . held an inquest upon
thle bodies Sunday, the jury return
ing ,a verd1ict of accidental drowning.
--egqister.
THE PI AN OF SETTLEMENT.
Opinions of the Press o. the Proposod
Eeooi al Co.nt.L
Now York Herald.
It's main features are excellent.
It has the great merit of not decid
ing the Presidentiatl question by the
more organizattion of the proposed
board of referces. The result of the
counting would be quito as uncer
tain after the adoption of their plinl
as it was before. Both sides could
therefore aecopt it without any
sacrifico of party pride-a feature
essential to the suiIccess of any plain.
In the next place, it is ont10-v
sound, and wise in taking the di
puted questions out of the areni ,f
party politics, and referring them
for final decision to a board sniall
enough in numbors to creato a sinise
of individual responsibility, and
high enough in chiararter to afford
a guaraintee for upright intentions.
In the third place, the proposed
plml, if a-lopted by Cungress, binds
all pat;es to abide by the decision o'
the board of refei es unless over.
ruled by a con ur: nt vote of both
Houses. This is the most importu
ant provision of tll, and is essential
to the success of anly plan. It is
11 ( Cssialy to settle tihe Presidential
question in such ia wiy ats to pro
Cludo all danige'r of its being re
oponed wheni once decided. by bind
ing the supportorso of both claimants
to accept the judgment of the ap..
pointed tribuiml.
Now York Times.
Excepting the single element of
deciding by lot the composition of
the colnting court, this plan is
open to all the objections which
have been frequently set forth in
thes columns. It imposos on the
,Judges of the Supreme Court fune
tions which they w(ere never intend
ed to peforn, aund it relieven the
President of tho Monato of duties
which the f anors of the Constitution
deliberately and distinctly imuposod
on him. It is merely a device to
stave off the settlement of (ue0stions
which can and ought to be docidedat
once, and it ronders possible the oe
currenco of a Presidential intor.
regnum which would neithier be
croditable nor proli tablo to country.
Richmond Dispatch, Editorial.
The compromise based on the Con
stitution and law and civil usage
leaves the : eult as to who will bo
proclaimed President in doubt, and
for this chiefly it was adopted. No
plan that would certainly elect
Tilden oril Hayes could have been
adopted. The compromise being
entirely Comidstent with our repub
lican iiistitutions-oi aiiliiltafining the
suprenacy of opinion over force
i ust comnand the conlfidence and
respect of the nation. Therefore,
whether the judlgmen~ts of the
advisory body lead to tihe declaredi
(elctionl of TIilden or Hayes, the end
will commnid the~ general acquies
cence of the nation. Hlapp)y indeed
should we all b)0 in either event to
have escaped altogether the inter
vention of force and violence. What
ai coimparison does a peCacefull solu
tion after this mann~er bear to the
ceremony of the inauguration of
President under the will of a die
tator, with accompanenlts of mnili
tary' appearances an d miii tary direc
tions, and oven the little finger of
tho "corporal of the guard" becom
img larger than the whole body of
the presiding officer of the popular
brancha of the National Legislature.
One scene tells us that public liber
ty survives the fearful trials through
wvhich it has p~assed. The other
would show us thait p~ublic liberty
was dlead, and that the national
poe had become centered1 in the
hands of the commander of the army
and navy of the United Sta-es
We do not overstate the public
los.sinlg vouchisa fed through the
compllromlise. We are sreiI it will
b)o a. lpted(, and that we shall, to the
joy of the land, be peacWefully led out
of the national trouble which so re
cently p~latcd the country in such
Ferry's Position.
There has been much sp~eculation
as to whiit course Vice-President
Ferry will pursue on the then second
WVednesdaiy of February inl regardl to
ouantmn'. the electoralI votes, anld
many wild andl ab~surdl theories hlave
been aid vanced. The following
comeIs froma a p~orfectly trustworthy
source, andk maIy be regar .ed a~s
semi -offici-l, al though not author
ized by Mr. Ferry nor published
with his knowledge:
1st. If tile Senate and House of
Representatives agree as to tile
course to be pursued, Mr. Ferry
will act strictly in accordance with
su~ch agreement, be it what it may.
2d. If no agreemnilt is reached by
the secondi Wednesday in February,
Mr. Ferry will proceed to openf and
count the votes of all tile States, ex
cepting those from Oregon, Louisi
ana. South Carolina and Florida.
3d. The question of couniting the
votes from the four above named
States will be submitted to the two
houses. If they agree that .the Re
puiblican~ or Democratic certificates
from one or all of the States shall
be counted or rejected, Mr. Ferry
,will abide by such decision and act
ia accordance therewith in counting
or rejecting the certificates.
4th. If by the third of March
concurrent action of the Sonaite and
House is not had in regard to the
four States, Mr. Ferry will then
proceed to count the votes of said
States' and declare the result.
Mr. Ferry will not attemp~t to ex
orcise judicial power or to decide
which are the pa oper certificates
from tihe States of Oregon, Louisi
ana, Florida and South Carolina,
unless the Senate and House fail to
agree, but in this~ event ho will pro.
Seed to act in accordance with the
comstitution ah interpres it
A Young Lady Stabbed by a Demonted
dweethoar;.
The coninunity of Williamston
was shocked on Thursday when the
particulars of a dastardly outrage,
perpotrated thonight before, became
known to the townspeople. On that
night, between the hours of 8 and
9 o'clock, a handsome and respecta
ble young lady, daughter of E. J.
Piunson, trial justice of that place,
was st4bbed in eleven or twelve differ
- 't places on lor person byherlover,
I.awrence Smith, who resides near
Golden Grove station on the Green
villo and Columbia Railroad. Smith
had been visiting the young lady
for tihe past six or ight months, and
it is Supposed that, in his failure to
gain hern affections, lhe concluded to
take her life. lie induced her to
accoim pally himn ia short distance from
her father's house,and then stabbed
hor with a knife
Smith weit to Greenville on Fri
day, in company with his uncle, Mr.
Trowbridge, and gave himself up to
the sheriff. After conmmitting the
act, he wandered aL)Out the Vicinity
of Willi Stol, and when lie caine
to himiself was on the rairoad track.
He went directly to his home, and
exhibited no remorse, not comnproe
lieiding the enormity of the crime
lie hiad committed. As soon as the
facts of the caso cano to the ear of
Mr. Trowbridge, lie went to the hlouise
of Smith's mother, and took him to
Greenville. Smith says he had al
ways entertained the highest re
Spet for tht yonng lady, and would
not for his life have done an ho rinjury,
and declares that there was no pro
meditation in the act-that he would
sacrifice his life to protect her, and
that lie remembers nothing of the
terrible act. The ctndition of
Miss Pinson is not very procatrious.
How A YOUNo miW WENT OUT.
An affecting incident occurred at
the Academy of Music lately. AmNon",
the audience was a wealthy family,
one of the members of which has
for years been in delicato health and
was born deaf find dumb. It has
been the custom of the family to
take their afflicted dlaughter with
them to the theatre, as sho seemed
to enjoy tile excitement and action,
although sho conl not hear a sound.
It was observed that she seemed
very much amused it the com'icali
ties of Mr. Sol Smith Russell, and
enjoyed the changes of his facial
expression as much as any of the
audience. When Signor Tmgliapietra
came on to sing it was noticed that
a curious light cameo into her eyes,
and stretching out hor arms to her
mother she spelled on her fingers,
with the greatest excitement, the
words, "Mamma, I hear." The next
piece wias nll orchestral arrn.genent
of "Trovatore." As the con position
proceeded the tears 1lowed down the
poor child's cheeks, and her excite
ment beeame so great that it was
deemed pr'udent to leave the
theatre. On reaching home the
exhaustion produced b~y the etvents
of the evening was such that the
family physician wvas summoned.
As she lay on hier couch she reached
for her slate and wrote, "Mother, I
think Hleaveni must be0 music." The
next day, in accordance with her
request, Mr. Ruissel was sent for,
andl he kindly camne and sang for
the little suifferer. It was; too late.
Death had marked tihe child for his
OWn), and1 she didl not even! 5imile.
Th'e little lips are cold now and
there is a vacant chair in the family
circle.--(San ]Franlcisco New,~s Let
ter.
How Juno)s MAKY Vo-rEn. -Thme
Cohmunbia corre(spondent of thme New
York Herald says: Among the wit
committee was Judge Mackev, the
officious c'ommissioner from Gon.
Hampton to Gov. Hayes, who, as a
p~rofessedl Republican, had stumned
the StaLte for H-iyes and Hampton.
When the question was put to him
for whom had lie voted he was cons
strained by his o th t~o tell the truthL
and acknowledlgedl thait lie hand voted
for Tilden. This admission brought
a smile to the faces of all the com
mittee, the more so as the confused
andl emnbarrassied-'witness went on to
say :
"Let me exlhain, Mr. Senator," ad
dressing the chairman "You see,
thmere were three Democrats here
with whom I agreedl that they should1(
vote for Hayes, if Hayes was r.ot re
sponsible for thme seniding (of the
trops to South Carolina, and thmat
I should vote fei' Tilden if he wvas
responsib~le."
"And how did you find out?" asked
Senator Cameron.
"Why, I wrote to him," said the
witnless.
"And what was hlis response?"
"Hie roer answered my letter."
Per contra, Judge Mackey says
'that his declaration that he voted
for Tildon was no cause of em
barrassment to him. After elec
tioneering for Hayes and Whee'er
he voted openlfly at thme polls for
Tilden, in the presence of several
hundred citizens, and this fact was
annlfoulnced in a number of papers
throughout the State. lie made no
secret of his vote and although the
Senate Committee had 'no right to
demind an aniswer to the question
he voluntarily gave it.
Gov. Hayes, lie says, has since
assured him that he did not receive'
is letter.
BAD Doos.--While the Spitz dog
is. attracting the attention due to
his viciousness, thme Siberian blood
hound should not be neglected. He
comes from as cold a locality as his
white robed relative, he is just as
depraved in disposition, and his size
makes him ten times as useful in a
bone dust factory, a sausage mill or
a manure heap.
Many do with opportunities as
children do at the seashore-fill
their little hands with sand and then
let the grains fall through their
fingers till theae gne.
They say Whooler resemibles
Waldo HIlamptoni ill personl appear
anco.
At Santa Barbara in California
the peoplo a1r wearing lineni dusteru,
cltiig strawborries aid croaml, amild
Plunging in the surf.
The New Orleans leepu/hh/Wcon is
petering out. cauise, waut of steal
ago. Let other 1Radiel orgalns take
warming.
VisitorH at Niagara rejoico ill the
spectaclo of a mountain of ico just
below the iahlH.
Another Republican legislator I)h'
joied the Nicholls House in Lomsi
ana. Packkard's government imelts
f istor than the snow.
Senator Robertson has come out
mInfully inll ldvocne, of Hamptoll's
chlinm. lHe pronuillices Chmber
lam's pretended novrmnon ia fraud
anld at Cons piracyv.
The average Wisconsin editor
keeps waimI theso frceziing day. by
Wrapping huimf-olf in his cars, t.'vil
thiemIj in a graceful bow-knot at the
back of his waist.
The late Commodore Vaindcrlbilt
never voted but twice ill his life.
The waont of interest ill politics dis.
played by such moli as lie is One off
the chief cauises of tho political
degradation of the people.
Miss Mary Anderson a young
lady of New Orleans, is starring in
the South in the role of Juliet and
other Shiaknpo!riaI characters
Critics view her favoralb v. The
News and Courier says site is as
pretty as a picture.
A telegrai from Wlashinlgton to
the Richmlo'ild Pispatch stated that
Chaiberlain had agreed, if not
recognized by flie 23d to sir-lnder
to Hampton. Halliptol and Ch 11:11.
borlain both deny the truth of tho
telegram.
The Conferclie of the Powers
with Turkey regarding Servia anl
Bulgaria lims broken 111). The
Porte refused the terms of com
promise. Th'le Turks wvill marcht on)
Bklgrado on the 1st of .arch iless
Servia treats directly wi Ih T11m k-.
'Thie great Power4 are in a iuamlarv.
They lare doubtful whclther to
coerce Turkey or let her alone.
Tho well known legend is that a
scholar of Queen's College, about
400 years ego, was walking in deep
meditation in a neigihboring forest
when le was attacked by a bioar.
le quickly dispatched the animal ,v
throwing down its throat, the
Aristotle he was just readiiig, with
the remark. ('reut est-It's
Greek !' In honor of this miraen
lons escape the Boar's Head Dinner
Wa8 introdieed It (1hristmiias, Ind a
bust of Aristotle adorns to thlis day
the large Iireplacee in thie collegeo
hall.
Trhe Florida Log~islaturmo enacted
a law Compo)llinIg a recount of the
Presidenitial vote. TJhe~ Canvassing
Boaron thIle 19th recounited the
retuns which footed up 24,4:34 for
Tihden and 24,340) for Hayes, a
malZjoirty of 94 for Tilen. Thin is
the fourth counm.. The tirst gave
the State to Haves and Stearns
(Rlep.)' Then Attorey-Gkenerail
Cocke obeying an order of thle Su
promo Court gave the State to
T'ilden and Drlew. Thea the Can
vassig Board counted in Hayes
and D~rew, and Drew was inaugu
rat~ed. Now a nowv count gives the
Stat') to Ti, don. Confusion worse
confoundeo1. Every body ought to
be happy.
.The toiletto of aL Japaneceo dlamsel
18 a miatter of no light consideration
and to lbe in good time for the fair
she nmst b)e up and1 dress;ing long
bef ore the sunl rises fr'omi behind the
great sacred mountain, Fuji. TIhe
long, coiarse trusses of raven black
hair must be washed, combed and
greased till the head shines like a
knob of polished b~la~ck marble ; the
cheeks nmust lbe rouged to the
proper tint ; the throat, nocek and
bosom p)owdoredl, carefully leaving,
however, on the napoe of the nec0k
three lines of thle original b)rown
skin of the owner*, in accordance
with the rules oif Japanesne oo
mnotic art ; the eyebrows must be
carefully rounded and touchled with
black ; the lips. reddlenedt with
cherry p~asto, with a patch of gilding
in the centre.
A R~oMAN-rro M~AlnalIAfl..-Deoner)l,
15. Mr. W. II. Venable, of Atlanta,,
waIs marriedl to Miss Sallie Eiller of
LaGranlge. Tho ceremony wvas Per
formed: at Ponce DeLeon Springs,
Atlanta, while the couple were on
horseback. No one waLs presOent
save the brother of the b ride, the
miniter and a phlotographmer, who
took their photographs wvhilo thecy
were sitting upon their steeds.
T his romanlfce wIas not found oult un-,
til the 2d1 inlstant, and the hamppy
coulo didl not live together until a
fow (lays ago. They passed0( throughl
the city last night on a brlidal tour
to Florida. - umblusn1)1 .,n quir'er.
TIN-PAN SEREsNAD)Is --The Tim
monsville New's gives a lively ac
count of a tin pan serenade given) to
B. F. .Whittemuore, (famous for I
cadetship salos' and incendiary
harangues,) when lhe passaed through
that place a few days- ago. Thme
serenading party weie provided witht
cow-bells, hiorns, tin-pans, sque.. 'l
dunks, and such like ifmusical instru- .
ments. Similar complimelnts might
be appropriately p~aid by onr younug
men to certain parties here.
Always keep on hand, as delay in
creases suffering. If you feel sick.
ness tiominlg upon you, take a dose
of Dr. Rull's Vegetable Pills. They
can do you no harllm and may save
you from the sick room.. Price 25
cnts.,,
Sheriff's Sale.
13Y virtte of anl execuition to imle direct
ed, I will offer for salo before tho
L0oulrt llous5 daoor iIl Wiisboro, oil thle
first 3londay in February noxt, within tho
legil hours Of hale, for cash, the following
cLsertibed property, to wit:
All that tract of fatd lying in Fairfield
oluity contiintgl two hundred alind thirty
wr s.moress, and or boun (1de I by
lands of Charles Frme, A.rs, IMcMaltoi and
Ithers - levied Oin ats the property of Wil
tamtn Dawkins, at the soift of Susan N'.
Sheriffs Ollice. 9. W. M rFF,
Winnsboro. 14. c., S.F. C
dan. 13Ad ,177.
Sheriff's sules.
T Y virtue of sundry ox ecutions to mua
) direeted, I will oTer for stle befovre
t Cout I I lous1 ,or in Winisbo1ro, S. (0,
? tho first Alonday in February next,
vitii tie legal hour.s of sale, for cash, tho
'l low ing describedprol orty, to wit:
Twetity-five bulSli of corn, iifty bush
Is of cotton s'eed , Im on or less, aln d th reo
tackis of foditl, leviid onl as the property
If J1111s ii clt hburg at the suit of Gi ladden
G (ridsby and others.
ALSO,
(n b:al (1f, cotton , a itall lot of seed
-*tton. anl it small lot of' corn, tle prop
rty of' Fred Waildie and others, at the suit,
,f luadden & Origsby.
ALSO,
Oie hay horse, the property of John C.
ill, a: t0he suit of Kinard &. Wiloy.
AIJSO,
One bay imaro mule, the priperty of
atitar Mays, l, the suit o Will. ,11.
i les.
ALO,
Ormv bay iare, the properly of Saunuel,
l'htrpona, at the suit of Thoauts I I tir.
sheriff's olice, S. W. gU f
Sintisbiro, S. C. S. F. C.
Jan. 17, 1877.
1a 18-3
United StNate of' A milerica Dis
trict of South 1 Carolina4.
FoiwrTi 4.WUIT' -- Ix CinCUIT COURT.
Ilarvey Terry, eollpllinant., vs. tle P1lan
ter's la fti, fit' ' ib-ld et.. al. In EJpiiity.
Bill fir Aciotut, Relief, &c.
) a order of the 12th Decematber,
1) 1876, inl th above stated eats, I
wNs directed, as Special Master. to tiako
he testianmtoy and report, all the facts in
he :ise prlinent ttin il determkti natfion
li1reof1, and in ptu Vstil.a*L to sitiI order
1t4tice is hetreby ivon to all IpIe.rsons crl
)Irs of sai.l JlinC alrd 4'wniling or hold-,
g ills ".Ir claitis :g inst the %,ittle to
iltir in-fore' tit at liy tffioe in the city
ifl Chairlestten 41n mr 64for the' Ist filly of
tIreh lleXt ILttit prove atn-I fill. the saiie,
,I ili dttfilt thet'rectf" will be deprived of
it- bt it. of ytilt d"creeo which miay ba
ade inl thit cause.
J. E. HAGIOOD,
jan 2 it Special Master.
Ralt of 314o) gligi Property.
T N fImrsuance of althority conferred on
11mC by a1 power , f aittornley conitainedl
n a deredI by fle nry Rush and Mary A.
II ush, f tlte the 22nd l ity of Maruh,
ln75. L, acting for atn on behalf of ity
tssignces, M stirs. Witte Bros., % ill offer
'or salt on the iirst IlIkont day in February,
text, tat pibblie oiutcr , it the highest bid-.
ltr, b-foi re the cmirt to:; d1oor inl
Xiinsboro, 1)(t wi een the hours of It
Cilock;, it. In,, :1iul 5 o'elick p. lt., tho
'oli g dilst'teribel loperty , to wit:
All that. lit or~ ptarcei~ of harn-1 sit uated
ittt' of1 Stouth ('arolinia, uponil ihe head
v'atetrs itt Son ia's (Creek, L ountded on thto
lorti by' handi s of George Moor, on the
amthI by land~ts of' Friantk lin Mc('loudt, on
hie e.ast by~ lain i of' Loui a M elton, antd
ill hi' wvest 1,ii land of( 5 itI en~ry llein~fS, and1(
'*ta ini ng TfiliEF.t nINnItr~n ACtLs, miorot
i>' ttss.
ALS ),
One iron-gray mar~e, thriee cows and
bare't calves.
T1h is stalt is for thle l'ppose ot'
ireclosintg a mort-: age gi ven toi ine by
llentry Rush antd Maryi' A ]E. iush, ot dato
bet 22ndiay ou'(f i'tarteb, 1875.
.Prc ae to pay for papersl
THEi 0AZVIPA10Nb
FAIftLY OPENED.
1 AN returuntd anrd will now dlisplay for
IIthe betntefit of hibs .Patrous, tho
it izenis of F~aiir:ield,
Ht A T'S,
lie Nobbiniit, Tilen, iIHmptonI, Custor and
ill othler styleis.
'he mtost'Tstylish Suits, of thot latestaf arnd
ntsft lappr'tioed miake tand style.
DRIY GOODS
f fthe latest andI motst becomning stylest,
mtf fte most fastidi ous. Alt I ask of
ritenda iii do themnselvets the justice, anti
>OL~ the favor. to look at his Stock beforo
ntakib, purchases. My Stock of
1IOOTS~ AND) SHOES
ii completet. Hosiery, Underwear, Shawls,
indl Blankets. I ('tn compeI)tO with any
me mn this market, or elsewhere. All I ask,
Sa call, to convince my fr'iendls that I mneani
oct laSOL. WOLFE.
-Y
JOHN D. McCARLEY,
Located next to Doty & Co.'a store1
I A recently been refitted, and fur
uishied with a full suipply of choico
A RElSTlAURANT lias been opened fin
ho rear of the building, whore mnay be
tad ait all timies, everything usunally kept
t a first-class establishmnrt--s.uch as
).ysters, Fish, P'artridlges, best, delica..
40st, etc.,-:ndeed everything that the
aost, fiatid ious can desire.
GiVE ME A CALL.
oct Li
2STOTIO~EA
1,IHIE uindersl e4ned woutlit inform his
amoltrous frieni t aad patrons that he
tan still be found at the'old stand with
n unlusually Itarge stock of Onods,
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