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J. R. IIAGOOb1) Editor and Prop'r. Eintered 't the Posto//ice a/ EasleN, S. (C., a~ econd Clas Multer. T'REHMS OF SUBSCRIPl'.10N. ()le ye r., sI rietl ill ativalle . ..... 1-,00 Six molIts ' . RATES 01 AI)VERTISINU. )ne square (I inch) 1 itisertion......'75e iach suhseliet itnsert) o.......0 ,ibc ral diMcotlut oil coitracts 01 by thvecoluimu, half or quar-ter column. Mar-rige notices free and solicited. Obituaries over 12 lines elarged for. Crrespondents. to insure attention, must give t-heh' ft ill audress. We are not respolsible for the opil 'onis of oil correspondents. All colinicallllsftis or the paper must be ai(ldreCsed to the Editors; bine,4hss lett(e'I to t he Plblisher of the MRss~Ena , ETasley, S. C. The New Iaialroad Law. See. 1. Repeals Sections G, S, 8. 9 and 10, of te act of 18;2. Sec. 2. Provides for the insertive of set ion 1,451 a, in th Geiieral Statutes. which provides for tl.) public disphay I of schedules anl rat(s. stating ilh - ilie t h'y go into el'ect, and req(uirilg 30 days notice of iitel(led ch tg'es. unless greed to by the Con nission. Sec. 3. Provides for a new section. L,451 b, which uakes it the duty of :ll railroads to forward to Ih- ('om.i mnissionl for I he'ir scrtinilly and revi-ion :iy sICedules or channe. which may be made fromn tile to time, also hall conltracts as to all their rates of charge. freigh its or passeiger tarilffs, also all alg'ree ntt~'ts as t division of earn iigs by coetlling roa in this State. If 11e Col]mission approve tll rates go into elfeet. at mice. Bit if liot the road proposinl g a schedule or (hfanges' ar te accorded a hearinhg before the Com m1) issioliers, i tand atl appeal to tlle Cir ulit Court of the Cohinnlbii t Circuit' Jutdge, or if h ps Ingg, theOn to, some Ju1dge to be named by the Chief .Just ice of the~ Sutpremel C7ourt. Th e Attorney-General is to reprceent the C onnuisksioners ini all suchl contest '. Sec. 4. Provides for Sect ion 1,431 c wvuhi mIakeCs it ihe du1ty' of the (Com tissioni to h2ear all cotmplaitnts of per sons aigainst the railroads. If found j'ust, the offending corp~orationI is to be ntottiled1 and1 hearing of the complait luad, withI right of appeal as above; I ihe app eal to be heard at C ham betrs or' in) openi courit, upon01 thle p)roceedlings had1( before t he Cotis~i~oners. For lietures of charters is provided for, ifi corporations refuse tp obey th . final' decisins of the court. Sec. 5. Provides for sectiont 1,451 d, which makes it the duty of thte Corn mIissionerIs to see that t he schedles, &c., are complied1 with, givinlg them the poweri t~o investigate all books and paperCis of r'oads dloing bttsin ess in the State, to visit all stations, examine agents and employees uinder oath, &c. Sec. G. Provides for Section 1,451 e, whlIh makes it the duty of the Com missioners to recommnend( to the legis lation as they deem uecessary to se cure just and r'easonable rates and to pr'Ceen t unjust discrimlinattion. See. 7. Provides for SectIon 1,4'5l f, which fixes thte rates of passenger traf lie. Roads whose passenger earnings are' nver $700 nd unt inore than $1200 per mile per an inum, 3.1 cents (-e ille; except-,the Ciarleston andaSaWhlttah roadl, bIlel is permit(ted to cliaJn'g fe. for first and 3e. for second classpas AvenIgers. ,loads not earnilng.$700, 4c. For childrell ilr 12 yers 01(d and over G'two cents per mile. Each road shall run a secoid lass or smoking Car. Rates 2.,(e. for roads of the first el::ss:n( 2e., for Sco.Id. 1Iovided no clarge for short distaice, sill he less than-47e. for (irst class and 15c. for secdndelaiss a 11d for chli.1ien. 'See. 8. Makes-, thle 11.irnwell branlch are indepeilenit road. Sec. 0. Make's soine sli'llht alnend inent. to t he w ordingj of (Chapter XI GETNElRALr NEWS.. -CanadIs ts th hirg'est. national debt of anly coutntV in pzoportiol-to its -Th IT re are now 314 Cotton mill with 24.873 loomis in ihi. South, while in 188) ih1 re were only 180 mnills and .1,2 Iooms. --The Somt Ih Caro lt LegI i;islat ire haus passed a bi; dechn-ling Iuhilawfil all con tractes fo; sale of articles for f~atr- die livery. -It is generally t himght that Speak er Carlisle .viil he elcetc.ed Init or fIro K~entn1ky, mat ' h N % ill accept. lie wvill not resign. h owever, as- hs Seiato ial terimi wonhl not begin untl 18 85. -There Is threadl inl ontlI ihtought Is t'Ie i :a pulCe in our felings-ts-h who cali hIhl tI i - one knowx.= how to Sh'n tk, all ie wIo Can Illove t he ot h. er klnlows I >w to feel. --At At tchison, Kmilsas, oil .1Satila V nlight 11 re bn-oke ont in ihe elega ut new hanSe of Chii l's E. St yle'-, :g1,1t, of I he Missour i mad Ineille Railroad. NAIr. Styies's wifre ad child poi iled ill. I h' fhles. and h - hihiSielf li- serioniy buirned. --.\acon Te1(bh2lrphI: l) nI lmnii seti (1 nI tities of sIgIIr wvill soIIe (1,y be pro!I eiI ougt2t not to beI long be(fore! ie plel in thos)e sections~ awake to a full reali. zatilon of the caipabilitie's 'of t heir soil in ht.h 'ieet ion. --<\r. E'. S. F. (Eles, of Al heviih-, Greenwood~)(, A*li'hhvilecotyt, wetre marr~iied laist week. '11 hev hadI ne ver loet ('achI their prlior to the .oloha V niighit preceding t he muar io. but had te'r. IliE C.oTTION St'i'LY.-New~ Yot k. *Januiarv 5.-Thel( ttal visil suplply )f cottlon for 1he worl is 3 44),0~(7 bales, of wht' hI 2,893.871 b alef are Amrica ni. again ~ 3,193,165 balcsiiand 2,58 1,565hales resp)ect ivyely last year. lhe re.c('ipt~s of cottoni at all the intc r'iOr townus are 60,193 bales; receip ts from 1lanitations$ 120,2711. T1he erop in sighit is 4 ,421, lu~> b)ales. A VAIs81 MAD)E OF" IIUTMAN SKIN. - Asiniglar vlise wais recently sen1t to Jim BJritton , of ShermnanI, T1exaLa, by3 a friend1 ini New York. It is made of a negro's skin, n h'ei is said to hi ive bee n tan ned1 at Te'wksbury, Mass, ani d lined with tihe skin of a dleleente femiale, said to have beeni prepared at t be same in.. stitution. It was presenled b~y Gov. Unt ier to the New York muan, who in turn nresented it to he Texm fend. -Tle town council' of Mannig has decided to put thp liquor li cense at $900. -Thc sal001)S in West Union, a suburb iii Wallialla, liave been closed on account of the passage of the prohibitory law in Oconce. -Mr. Mat. Mathis, of Edge field County, has a young horse only eighteen months old that weighs 800 pounds and makes a mile in four minutes. --The lieaviet snow for many years has falfln in West Virginia. In Wlieeling it is twenty inches on a level. -Mrs., Lueretia E. Patterson, wife of' x-Carpet-bagSenator Juo. J Pattersoni, of s. C., died of heart (iscase yesteriay at her residence in Wansnington. -The Briunson, s. (. town conlicil , at their meeting last Mon day, adopted an ordinance making the license to retail 'prituous li (orS during the present year $ 1.000. -Wagner, a young white man flro Ohio, teachies a negro school at LaGrange. Friduyl he took one of his favorite female pupils to a theatrical enteitainment at Lai G range, and Seated her ill th( front row in tihe pit. II is face and eat s were sla pped for his insolence. TI-IE News and Courier, CIIARLESTON, S. C. Daily $l() a year ; Wee~kly $2 a y~r l'het Leading Paper of the Souithi-East Largest Cirentlation in thle Cotutoni St. ate's. .Jan Il-if Public Sale. Will be solI at Easlev on Sat iirdar~ thle I 1th ofI .Jaimary, "'4, a simall lot oif ( ;o()d-, Couiist iiig of N ails.Pl~ows. Sur~ and C 11(ot~u'e, &c.. I hei property' of \l. M. Joines, (lee'd..ad1 solt L hii jan -I, 188-2--' Notice. All pers1on1S b 'ling claiiii ms aains thme Estate of M. .i .JdoneS, dli-d. " i I will mahke prlomlpt pa:ymem to mie. J. RI. (i LAZEN ER I las re(turned'( to Eiaile'y inald opened up hs Potogaph(Aallery anmewaa will be g'Il to1 serve hi s (o1l cuIstonei' work iniI' hi ine, givinig a guar'mtee oif S tisfct io n. 1I IcwI rin .m aiin nmer .ll W.1VC4Eagaoc f Co. will sell the balance of their W I - T E l 0o ons.: A.T