The people. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 1877-1884, January 23, 1879, Image 1
THE
r yt'wfr\‘ ,* - n - - » • ■»
Cultiinbia blecji^ter.
DAILY, TRI 1TEELLY AND WEEKLY.
B.'st N* *W»pap**r Eir- r Pubt^hfd at t^e
Capital of <0011(11 aroliaa
/ Circulation L»rge and Constantly lu-
• r ■■ crea»in^.
#
\ V’E roapaP-fttlly Invite, fit* n11*'t-
»Y tli'ir-f »*tf« t'aditiv V. inm«.iiU\
to^tht* •■*i , HI**nt iie«hp>r0«'»H kt
now i ubl Hh iikt in <dUmil fa • De
ItROikTKB ia tilt-Iiuly^ t-v r pu"
Ibibf i ot iijt* ('rtt-iiai f ti -ut!. C.,i li a
winch i* coO'lUi tf I Us niv ( Hit* I ading
ii;ii 11-h of U»e (ii'ltictpiil fltir-H of rtii-
couiitry. Wt* liavo hu al»lo ami ill-tin
K<iian<><i oorpa of edit' rs —r* ntleoitMi
welfknown all oft-r tlje S'a^ for u eft
leHrtiing, aiiility ami aouud X)'-m<'crat-
lo prlnciplt-H—men who havea'iV'd
the Htate ami the 8 »«itb on every oe.
c.tHiou when the tieinaml ntoae f'-r
their awwteeaj end who may i>e eafel>
dejtendeti upon hh T* liable !• adera of
the Democracy in the line of journ I
lam.
The Daily Rkgistku is a twenty-
eistht coliimn p ip- c, *4x33 . luchea,
pruited on good paper and with large,
dear rut type,* contaluliiR the latent
telograpldc news, full market report*,
editorial matter on the lendinR Recur
rences of the times, and replete with
interesting miscellaneous reading.
The local new-i is full and interesttnar,
one editor devoting hiatlmeexc’iisive-
ly to that department. Onr corres
pondence from Was'dnj^ton and other
places of note give^, an emeitainltiR
resume of aii the important events of
he day.
The Tm-Weekly Reohteb. with
some minor changes, c mprises the
contents of the Daily at $2 50 less per
year.
The Weekly Register is a large,
handsomely gotten-np eight pace pa
per, 29x42 inches, containing forty-
eight c^dumns of leadtn mutter, em
bracing all the news of the week and
the mo»t important editorial and l cal
news, >,
TKKSlS—IS 4DVAKCR.
Dally. Register, 1 ye4r $7 00
“ “ 0 months. 3 50
l*r«ceedlnir» °Y the ■ »l«*w Meet
ing; at Joyce’s Branch.
The Union meeting of the ’bird dl-
visloQ of the Barnwell Baptist Asso
ciation c* nven^d With the Joyce
Brunch Baptist Church on Saturday
before the filth Sunday in December,
The Intmdce’nry
preached by ihe Rev^f. (
l^od-i aror Wnd U lei ^ o°
75
00
50
25
00
no
50
Trt Weekly Register 1 year....
6 nionths.
• s . «* g 4«
W< *kly Register 1 year...
“ “ 6 months.*, .
<4 *44 O *«
«t O
Anv person sending ne a Hub of ten
subscribers «t "ije time will recdv*-
either "f the pspets free,p- stage pre
paid, for <»ne ye^r \JI
Any person sending-us theewn>>oey
for twenty jMibiicilhere to ti e Daily
may re al'i for Ids services tw enty dot-
late «f the amourt ; f r twenty sub-
Rcrfbers to the Tti Wet kiy,fifteen d<d-
larwog Uh» Hm-*unt ; and tor tjreti*>
njbecril>e?s to the SN eekly, five d- Hats
of the amount.
As an advertising medium '’he Rro
I TKR "ff rds llheq iallV'itf Tneiiiri. h v-
ittg 4 hrge Hr.eniHtfon, *|»d t-umbeili g
uiu'tig ita pai rood the ws!l to-do pen
pie of the middle and upper por'i -n of
the Srate. ferth-t reasimalie.
F >r aoy information desire. 1. address
calyo & Patton.
-Pr-'pri. 11 is,
Colombia, R. C.
Parti'S dcfirThg r<>t>ie*..f The
Keoistek to ' xhlbi* in ifariVH-sing wi 1
be etii'plte I o'u apt licatli n.
M'hciipes ' j’ily in 'hi* St-uth!
THE EVENING SENTINI I ,
• acoc.stX, oa.
IS rCBLISHFD AT THE LoW PI!ICE UT
M Per Year
IT 13 A mtlGHT. NEWf»Y EVENING
, PAPER, snd isedi'ed with ability by Mefsm.
James It. Rakbali and P. A. Stovali. Hi*
ih« only nfternoon paper in the Hnuth that
publishes the T eleympbic dispatches of the
New York As»eoiated Pre^s. In ita ephunna
will be found ap the news that comes by tele
graph, and the telegraphic market repbrU re
ceived up to the time nf K»ing to preaa.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF TUB CITY
Tits Etcriks Sestisel la the official pa
per of the city of Aufrusta.
|kjr All who want a cheap paper should
subscribe lor it. Terms: $4 per year; $2
for sis months, and $1 for three months.
fCy Send for specimen copies. Address,
WALSH <fc WRIGHT,
- Augusta, Oa.
OLD AMEKICAN UOTKL,
ESTABLISHED ABOUT 1830.
„ - - *T r < * -
Resuscitated on tbe European Plan.
Fur Gentlemen only.
terms:
Rooms, rscb-fersmi, per day.... 50e
•• •« per week S3 00
H “ per m(>nih t $8a(id 10
According to location of Rooms, paid
in advance.
BOARD TERMS;
Board and lodging per day $1 50
“ “ —* per week.... 6 50
4 , meals;
Breakfast.«<•........ 25c
Dinner 50c
1 Supper 25c
MRS. M. J. ARCH HR, Proprietress,
^ 29 George trt., cor. King,
nov28- ly Charleston, 3. C.
sermon was
J. Hier*. The
^lei k hot P» lug pree-
t*n motiow- of Bro. C. Kdliugs-
yrorth, IW. P. J Hiefa was elected
Moderator and J SnHliug', OtSrk, aftei
wld'di the Moderapif ord< r»al the rdll
of the Chutcbe-* U> be Called; when (he
ollowit g delegates r «potid»d to their
IIHtUeH r
Joyce’rt Branch: Wilson Greei , J.
A P'-oweU, J. M Beck, J. J. Green, T.
J. Grubb*. .
Cypreea Obapt-I; C. Kil i geworth.
Jafiies Morgan, Medicos Dat lington,
Richar'l And«4s *tt, I^ae Komitree.
Ki yen Pines ; 8 P. Latigl£y,J bilip
B ixley, J SaHliug.
Ri setnaiy: W. T. B!ant''n, James
Anderson, B. L. Blanton, J. t. Wood
ward.
Williston : No delegate.
Treetdaway: No delegal®. '
Barnwell; No delegate.
Elko : W. L Bates.
Pleasant Mount In : P. J. Triers,' B'
B. Cave, Mitiinsr Key, L. W. Eiers —
Lmg Bianch : G. E. Birt, A. Bulst.
The following committees wire an
nounc'd ;
On Religious Ex rcises ; W. T. Blan
ton, W tson Green, J'tbrt Green.
Oti let lee and Essays : C. Kiillugs-
wor'h.S P. LTt cley. G E Birr.
On Time and Place: B. D Cave,
Medicus Darlington, O E. B rt.
Sunday mornlt'g, 11 o’clock,TTayer
meetTng conducted by'Brethren C Kil
llngsworth and G. E. Birt, after which
the Charity sermon was preach' d by
Rev. A B iist, fn m 8 John, 31.Yei.sa.
The next meeting of tfiluTTrlTon will
i»e held at the Treadnway cliutch on
Friday bef re the fifth Sunday in
March, 1879. The Introductory «er-
mon b» be pn ached by Rev. P. J.
Hi»-.tM or Ids altet Date, A. Bulat.; Cliatl-
ty -* tci-n by R v. W. Pearsor; al-
tern;0e. Rev. (T. W. Hicks; e-say by J.
Bneii.'ng
The following queries will be dla-
cueaed : 4
* l-*t. WTnt r : ght ha'i n cKtffch to Jla
crimltmte In eases of discipline.
,2 1. What is the cause of the deelln-
Ing int« re«t In our Union ? Ami what
tb> tetnedy m revive interest ?
B fpre t lie adjourninent • f the U ion
it was resolved toeleet a clerk t»>serve
. lie >ear fiotn date, when the present
iUCUilibl lit - a- 1 a i ' o c ed,
P J Miki s, M '-I rat-u.
JcrKMIAB SJJFLLINO, » letk.
Holly Gr ive-, S. ., Jaftuary 1879
• * f •
A now aap< ct is glvyn to ttie contest
< v. r 'he will of the late Commodore
V.ndethin by at' epplicatl n.before
Surtomte Calvin f(*r an order tn »he
< x*-cuioia of the will to show eans*-
wby they sh uld not beaupeiseded as
Itiooin4*t'.ent, and for^an ii juni tlon to
prevent them from continuing to nc
ns ex-ci.tors until (he question as to
tin ir r* m val or retention ahafl t>e de-
tern 1 ed I y the Ptirrogate. The ap
pliceM n ie mad by Cornelius J. V in-
derhilt He aPegeg that he is a lega
tee under the will, being entitled to
the incme of P200.000 forJUsmainte
nance ; that his income is endangered
by the p? p^arlon-* met hods pursued by
William IT Vanderbilt and his fellow
executors in the manacement of the
esta’e, nnd tha’. being IncHpaclted
from * anting Ids living by continuous
labor, his iuterekts at' entitled to pro
tection. In his petition he declares
that William H. Vanderbilt Is specula
ting on a gigantic scale ; that he has
lost several millions of dollars; that
he is wild at
matters ; that he is in debt to railroad
corpora* ionsjaf which ho is Prt sident,
and that there is ■reason to believe
that the property which be controls
will ultimately be wasted. *
K8TABL18HKD IK 1844. J
a. a. ao&ass,
• iM.ponxxcH.
MANUFACTUREtt AND DEALER IN
• Rifles, Guns. Pistols,
'y AND
^ POCKET CUTLERY,
ayiyuj^ition •r aulkavds
245 Bboad Street,
A-UGbUSTA, OKOROIA.
Repairing done promptly. bot21 3m j
Colonel Mosby, It Is said, graciously
accepts the Chinese Consulate to sup
ply himself with bread and butter
only until the next Pr sidential cam
paign. and that then he proposes to
return home to help lu the Inaugura
tion oF General Grant In March, 1881.
It ia not less kind In the adminiitra-
tlon to provide for the famous guerilla
cbbT for the time being. Ah General
Grant is going to China In a Govern
ment ship of war, and Mosby will be
In the nick of time to meet him there,
perhaps MosLy’s appointment was
made with a view to' organize In the
Flowery Kingdom the next, Preeiden-
tiul campaign In tbe United States.
The Indiana Supretne Court affirms
tbe liability of partners for debts of
the firm, even after the partnerahip is
dtosolved. The Court held, la the case
passed upon, that the continuance or
discontinuance of the partnership
could in no way effect the partners’
obligatlouo to the creditor, nor the
creditors’ obligation to them.
J
OVK TOO *,ATK.
Tbe Hanging of the Motile Mn-
ffiilre’M.
Macch Chunk, Pa., January 14—
10:40 a. m.—Tbe drop has just fallen,
and the necks of Sharpe and McDon
nell, tbe M'dlie Maguire murderers,
have been broken. < A telegraphic re
prieve bus arrived, but one minute too
late.
Harris Bund, January 14.—Governor.
Haitranft, who returned from Wash
ington early this morning, finally
agreed to extend theJ(®e Pt the exe.
curl' n of Slvitpc and McDonnell tef
the 28;h iqxtaid, hut, the in wa of the
ixeeiitl n. in answer to bla felegr phic
repri> ve, qf couree prevented all fur
ther i II ns to save the men. No hopes
were entertained of » final pardon, and
tbe Governor would only grant a re
prieve for a few days-. Tbe Governor
did not feaeli his < £0 e until a quarter
before 10. After heating the atteruey’«
ph a h r a respite, he decided about
hhlf past 10 o’clock to grant it. A teles
pram wa» then wtltieu aim filed in the
t* legraph office at 10:35, and sent at
10:36. \,:,_
No Tttr+ber reason for The delay in
I sailing the reprieve Is given than the
fact that the Governor did not roach
his office uatil the time above ludicu
ted, which shows that Very little time
was lost after bearing the reasons for
the request for the reprieve.
Macch Chunk, January 14—9 p. m.—
When the Governor’s reprieve arrived
at the jail this morning a eoene of in
tense excitement occurred, but al
though tbe culprits had only been
hanging a few minutes there wjs no
movement made toward cutting them
down. Tije telegraph messenger
reached the j dl door before tbe drop
fell, but no heed was taken of his
kntK'king and ringirg as tho wife of
one of the culprits had previously
been extremely vkHenfoutside. When
the drop fill the Knocking and ringing
continued, and the sheriif sent out a
man to arrest the parties whom he
imagined to be creating « dietuibance.
It was then found to be the telegraph
nv ssenger with the reprieve. A hr M ti
er of McDonnell, who had been kneel
ing by the scaffold, arose and excited
ly charged the sheriff and bystanders
with the murder of Ills brother. The
excitement spread, an i the sheriff ap-
pealed to one of the priests, who ex-
"tierated him from blarge. Amklsi
this • xoiterueid, the reproaches of the
maddened brother of McDonnell and
the wuilii'g® of the bereaved families
outside, the culprits seem to have been
foigotten, and they remained hanging
-lor thirty aiinute® after the drop fell.
I here is n<» reasonable doubt, however,
th-«t they Wi-fe boll) (had when the re
prieve came. After the holies were
■■nf down, they were placed iii coffin*
and given to tbeif families, whose cries
could be lo*arl for several block*, add-
t< e gieariy to the prevailing excite-
Uietlt,
—
A.Tramp oa a Co\v«Ctaichcr.
, . .
H- w .» a '*cull’ed tiamp,” and ap-
proHched ('apt. Phillips, as the train
hauled up at Pewee.
“ Is you de capt’in r b de k< ars ?”
“Yes.” replied Phillips.
“ Don’t want fo’ tef hire any deck
hands, duz ye?”
“N"I I’m notruquingu8t>amboat.”
’• Z icily 1 Mout I ride straddle ob de
cow snatcher to de nex’ landin’? IVe
busted, an’ a long ways from home”
•"Get on. All aboard 1”
And the negro straddled the “ cow-
snatcher.” The engineer pulled the
throttle wide open, and the train had
not gone more than half a mile before
the engine collided with a cow, throw
ing it over a fence into a coin-field,
and the negro after the cow. Next
get free. As related by ^reporter of
tfie Buffalo Courh 1',. the emomoos
body of euow and ico whs raised up
by tbe water and tossed about in all
directions. Large blocks weighing
hundreds of tons were lifted into the
air. Boulders were torn from tbe
shore and swept into the stream, and
a solitary Qy tree which ordlnailly
stands three feet above high water
was carried away. Thai ponderous
strength of the enraged waters was so
Appafi'nt that It seemed as if th-y
would rend klie great gorge in twain
and In that way escape^fn»ni thHr im
prison meat A* they could not l>reak
the mile-Wido dHuTin two, they lifted
it bodily into the air and rushed away
b. uenth It, h avlng a span of ice abov.
and beidnd them. The formation of
tbe Ice in this brh'ge is not the sami
on both sides of the river. On the
Amerlean side it is chiefly composed
of snow formed into rounded boulder
shapes, and looks like white coral. As
one approaches the centre of the liver
the Ice "fragments become larger, and
near the Canadian shore huge cakes of
water ice are formed into 4 solid maw.
In some cases there orevaes'-s
twenty-five or thirty feat In depth,
but water Is not seen through them. At
tiou of their creed, and that they
present the surface of the span is ex- ^wi'uld be poltroons and cravens tmtatgj
cpedingly: rough, so thatlt is very fa
tigning to cross, but before long a
road will be made through this ice
fidd^for eucb in reality thla bridge i«,
being sixty feet wide.
A A’ovel Scare. Crow.
A very successful plan has beet-
tried by placing iu Mr. Crow’s way n
number of grains with q horse hair
tuu through them. He is bound to
swallow one, and his note of alarm is
soon sounded. It is Impossible foi
him to dislodge the grain, and if he
can be watched for a sufficient length
of time, he will be Been »ocut his own,
throat, by scratching at It._ His usual
note is changed, and, I can aesure you,
life to him is euch a misery he would
even wisli ho was dead. It bos been
noticed that after the note of Harm
has been sounded, all the crows in the
vicinity will leave the Held,.and sp
Proach ir no more that serffcon. It Ian
simple tiling, yet,all who try it will
find it a success.
day. coming down, the negro limped
” ’ **.**» ttp to tbe engineer at the same depot,
d reciriess in financial , r ’
and said : -
* ' „ . ...... ^ -
“ Boss, I didn’t ride fur wid you on
fiat coW.snatcher ; kase, ye svq,t1e ctw
wanted to ride dar too, an’ Vlar wa’o’t
room fo’ bofe uv us ; so we got off to-
getider up h’yar la de co’ufleld ItV Ui
rest. De nex’ time I rides wid ye I’ll
freze to de tail-gate Df de wagon.
Hit’s safer.
The ATugnru Ice llrldge. x
Niagara river below the falls is
spanned by a bridge of ice one mile
long and sixty feet wide. The river
has been spanned in this way before,
but seldom if ever so early as uow.
This unexpected appearance of the
bridge is accounted for by tbe vast
quantities of snow and Ice which pass
ed into the river frupn Lake Erie after
the late heavy storm. Last Sunday
morning the accumulated juntas of Ice
came to a standstill beneath the new
the ice dam suddenly began to heave,
grind and break into fragments with a
loud and painful noise.' It move^ a
abort distance and then cams to
oni bait, which was followed by •
third movement, more violent and
noisy than tbe others. A vast quan
tity of water had accumulated behind
the Ice aad made a desperate effort to
i.
IIt>uk«-Loja llqcc?pt*.
Sick Headache—Wet with camphor
a piece of red .flannel ; spiiiikleft with
black peppt-r, aud bind it on the head
Nervousness—Take one tear-cup of
wtdte Bugur; add sufficient water to
make a tbfak«t*yrup; ,to th® syrup-add
one ounce of neiviqe rout ; cover ; let
stand a week ; take beiore cal lug one
teaspoonful three limes a day.
"Sealing Ointment-Take sweet oh
-n t beeswax in proportion of about
one-quarter of the latter and meP
them together in a tin box. Rub it
"Ver tbe bauds when sote or chapped
Cn up-Roast onions ; mash them ;
lay tlietu upon a folded napkin ami
lard poured on, and apply us warm ns
'•an be well b >rne to the throat and
uppe* pait of tbe chest and to the
feet nnd hands.
llccciier's l*evv# at Anctlow.
The twenty-ninth annual auctiou
sale of pewa at Plymouth ( hurch,
Brooklyn, to< k place Tuesday evening,
and realized 340.721. including the as
sessed rental of the p"Ws, which
amounted t" (812,743. The aggirgate
of premiums whs §27,978, an imfh.se
of 84 000 over last yeat, but 35.000 less
than 1877. Mr. H. B. Cinflin paid $500
for fliHt choice, and H. W. Sage the
same figure for second choice. At the
close,nf the sale but ten pews remain
ed for rental. Mr. Beecher stated that
tbe rental of pews for the last twenty-
five years aggregated 81.000,000, and
the losses had only been 86,500. A
conuitlon of rental is that holders
must cejupy their pews at least terr
minutes before the beginning of ser
vice, or they will be , assigned to
strangers.
suspension bridge, but in a few hours pole cut for the purpose of exploring
the crevices. One man In search of
lost stock traced the fissure for at
least four miles. The earth Oh oi e of
said to be perpendicular,
but on tbe other side it Is tlantiug, ss
If tbe entire northeastern aide of the
mountain had been depressed by tbe
sudden settling of -the subterranean
foundations.
A Clever Keply,
."'T. .«.* v c- -qLy ■ Ijjf n». • iv
A Yienna paper tell® a good story of
* Russian corporal who had so oletin-
guibtie'i Llmbcir in the receu 1 , Jutkit«l,i
war that before Its cl«tee be bad Hr
dived two.cri'escs of St George, and
whh abtmt to receive ar third. When
tlie General was on the point of con
ferring the third croes upon him,, he
fliet a»k«d tbe corporal whether h<
would rather have the cr< ee or a re
ward of one hundred tubles. The cor-
p'Tal paused thoughtfully tor a mo
ment, at.d then inquired as to the
monetary value of the cross. c*
“ Four rubles,” tepllrd the General
“Then,” said the Ingenuous corporal;
•* I should prefer that your Excellency
Would give me the cross aud Bluety-slx
rubles ’’
#
Di legate Cai nou, of Utah, the gen
tit man who represent* four wivtsand
ibe Morm« u Church iu Congmts, is
talking around Washington in a bold
and dtfiant way about the reeest d*--
d-iou of tbe United States Snprem*
C'>qrt. gg a Boston Herald re
porter the other day that-tla- Mormons
bedeved tn polygamy as flrmly and us
slncen ly a* they did in any other por
if they would yield those principles b
the dictate of a Supreme Court. The
hbavy hand of the law might interfere
whh the polygamic portion of their re-
llri"n, but his people, like Gali'eo,
when released from prison on condi
tion of his recantation of bis tbeoty
that the world moves, would stamp
i t»on the ground and say, “ btlll we do
believe in polygamy.” If the Mor
mons are ^ver to leave Utah for rell
crlon’s.sake, they would leave it a how
ling wilderures. “No other people,”
said Mr. Cannon, “shall ever enjoy the
fruits of our toil. We would rather
flee to the mounthlns aud wage eter
nal warfare than to submit tq such
proscription ss that under which we
have formerly suffered." Thlssounds
like the wolfs long howlonOualaska’*
shore.
I wo Hoja Shot Wilh «»ne Doll.
F' ix’s Store, January 9 On Mon
day lust abouT 11 o’clock two you tie
men wrre painfully wounded by a pis
tol eho?. J. F. Folk (woifof H. U. F. Ik)
wldlt- handling a pintnl shot himself Ir
i be left hand, the tall passing out
Htruck Walter Jooes*(«on of Dr B. G
Jorjee) In the left knee, Inflicting a very
painful wound. Two physicians were
• ailed iu and a search made for tbe
ball, hut could not find It. Tbe young
man bas been confined to his bed ever
ednee. The ball has net y t been found.
Conflaxrwttyn In Cfcester.
CheiTeb, January 14 —A fire occur
red In the northwestern portion of th*
town this evening, between the hours
•f 12 and 1 o’cleek. The two-storj
dwelling of Mr»- Julia Rainey whs rn-
'irely consumed, with tdl articles on
the %econd fl'or. There was t uo is-
i-ura«ce on the build'ng nr furniture,
whieli Involves a complete loss of aom<
'hege thousand dollars. The pretnlscs
wel'e not own pied, tbe family being
absent, and the cause of the fire Is,
then fore, unknown. Mrs. Rainey is a
widow.
Accounts are received qf a remarka
ble eecurrence which has recently ta
ken place In the Blue Ridge Moun
tains. in the county of iOreene, Virgin
ia, and which greatly excites the ap
prehension of the rustic population lu
the neighborhood. A fissure has been
discovered in 'the mountain opposite
the middle fork of the Rapldun river,
which bas been traced for many miles,
and is believed to extend entirely
through and across the tnountsiu to
the bbenapdoah river on the western
side. Tbe fissure la about a foot wide,
and of such depth (bnt Its bottom _
could net be reached with thelongewt^H^gw Hilton Is Still prosecuting bis
Benjamin Hunter, the Philadelphia
murderer, left .an estate valued at
840,000. His expenses since he under-
took to collect the debt due him from
John M. Armstrong with a hatchet,
have amounted to about 815,000. After
deducting all (Ms bis family will be
left In very fair circumstances. It
seems from this that the incentive to
murder Armstrong was one of revenge
and greed rather than necessity. Dr.
Andrews, who assisted at the execu
tion of Hunter (n a medical capacity,
says that the story of the attempted
suicide was greatly exaggerated, apd
that the wretch would have died from
terror and cowardice If ho bad not
been strangled promptly by Sheriff
Calhoun’s patent choking apparatus.
— '■ i m i
* /JK5 j*
Six hundred thousand dollars were
spent by Mr. Tweed In a single ses
sion of-tbe N w York Legislature, to
purchase tbe votes of Senators at for
ty thousand dollars apiece, and of
Assemblymen at ten thousand dollars
«ud fifteen thousand dollars apiece. If
those high sums were paid for Sena,
toriitl votes in Albany, wbat must
have been tbe price of voles In Wash*
ingtou, where hundreds of million® of
acres of th® public lands and hundred®
of millions pf dollars of tbe public
money as subsidies were voted away
to railroad speculators.
search for the mlssing^emains of A.
T. Stewart, while the public has almost
forgotten the factjthat the millionaire’s
bones were stolen only a few weeks
ago.
Francis Murphy, tbs temperance ad
vocate, has left New York, after hav
ing induced 20,000 persons to sign the
pledge. J i
*
Important Acts (pproved by tha
Governor,
The following acts har® been ap
proved by ths^ioverDor and are now
laws:
Ait A of to appoint a Fish Commis
sioner and Increase the Propagation
of Fishes.
Be it enacted by tbe Senate and
House of Representatives of tbe State
of South Carolina, now met and sit
ting In General Asssembly, and by the
authority of the same :
SaorioN 1. That the Governor Is
hereby authorized to appoint a suit
able person to act as fish commission
er of this State, who Is to receive no
compensation for his services.
Nxc. 2. It shall be the duty of said
fish commissioner to Introduce from
other States snd places, Into tbe wa
ters and rivers of tbU State, such flahes
as he may think best for the Intereat
of the State, and also to make and uee
such means or modes as be may think
best for propagating the native fl»ht s
of thte State : Provided. That in no
event shall the expenses and expendi
tures exceed the amount herein au
thorized to be appropriated.,
Beo. 3 That such .commissioner I»
to be paid for his nectssary and tmv-
elling expenses while acting ns fish
commissi'>ner, and be required to
make to the Governor of tbs State, on
or before the 1st of November of each
year, a full report of all bis opera
tions, showing how many and what
kinds of fishes have been put In
to the waters of the State, and desig
nating tbe streams or bodies of water
into which the eame bavs been intro
duced, with such general recommen
dations as he may think proper.
Skc. 4 That for the purpose of; car-
yiog out the provisions of this act
the sum of eight hundred dollars is
hereby appropriated. If so much be
necessary, ta be drawn on the treasur
er in drafts signed by the said com
missioner, and countersigned by tbe
G 'vernor of the State. The fish com
missioner Is hereby required to file
with bis annual report a statement,
under oatb, of bis account of expea
bob and expenditures.
Approved December 23,1878.
An Act to regulate tbe Hiring of
Convict Labor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Keprenentatlves of tbe State
of South Carolina, now met and sit
ting In General Assembly, and by tbe
authority of tbe same.' .
Section 1. That from and after
J&puary 1, 1879, the directors of the
penitentiary, Id their diacretlon, are
hereby authorized and instructed to
emplojr in tbe Institution or hire out
all tbe convicts in that Institution, un
der the regulations In such cssea al
ready made aud provided for the em
ployment of a portion of tbe convict
labor.
Sxc. 2. That all act®, sod parts of
acts Inconsistent; herewith be, and tbe
same are hereby, repeals'!.
Approved Dee* mber 23,1878.
An Act to accelerate tbe Proceed
ings In Actions for Partition.
Be It enacted by tbe Senate and
House of Representatives of the Buts
Carolina, now met snd sitting In Gen
eral Assembly, and by tbs authority
of tbe same:
Section 1. That clerks of the Court
of Common Pleas snd Masters in those
counties where the office of Master
now or bereafter may exist, in tbeir
respective counties, shall have power,
upon proper proceedings filed, to grant
writs of partition of real or personal
estate In cases where the right to par
tition Is not contested or the same bas
been ascertained by a decree of tbe
Court; and all auch writs shall be
made returnable to the next succeed
ing sitting of tbe Court of Common
Pleas for the adjudication ofthe judtre,
or to the fudge at chambers, as is
hereinafter provided, until which ad
judication all equities of tbe parties
shall be reserved.
Sec. 2. That after tbe possagfe of
this act the judges of the Courts of
Common Pleas may bear sod deter
mine actions for partition, and may
grant all writs and processes In eucb
actions, at chambers, in tbe like man
ner and with tbe same effect as are
now granted iu term time.
Sec. 3. That all acts and parts of
acts IncoDslsteot with this set be, and
the same are hereby, repealed.
Approted December 23,1878.
An act to alter and amend tl*e law In
relation to the payment of debts of
a Decedent
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of South
Carolina, now met and sluing In Gen*
eral Assembly, and by thAuthorlty
of the same:
Section 1. That in the administra
tion of the assets o' a decedent, mort
gages shall not be entitled to a priori
ty over rente, debt® by specialty or
debts by simple contract, except as to
the particular parts of the estate af
fected by tbe liens of such mortgages
Sac 2. That after tbe property eov
grade of the demand shall be deter
mined by the nature of tbe Instrument
which .the mortgage J wae'gIven to se
cure.
Approved December 14, Ifrfe.
A Bill to prohibit persons living to
gether In adultery.
Be It enacted by tbs Senate
House of Representatives of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen
eral Assembly, and by the
of the same :
That any man and Wothan who «h*i{
live or dwell together In: a. state ct
adultery or fornication, or adultery
and fornication, shall be Indicted, and,
on conviction, such offenders sbsil be
severally punished by a fine of not less
than one hundred dollars, nor mom
than five hundred dollars, or Impris
onment not lees than six months, nor
more than twelve months, or by both
fine and Imprisonment, at tbs discre
tion of tbe Court. ~, y
Approved December M, 18ffc
A Bill to repeal an art entitled •* An
Act to regulate tbe granting of dF
voroea ^ In this State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
Honae of Repreaentstlves of the State
of South Carolina, now met add sluing
lu General Assembly, and by the au
thority of tire Edme,
That all acts and parts of acts here
tofore passed, relating to tbe granting
of divorces be, an<f the same are here
by, repealed.
Approved December 20,1878.
A Bill to putftsh assault or assault aotf
battery with any fire-arm commit-
tod on streets or places of putftio
resort. * nUtMFfrmM
Be It enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, now met and setting
in General Assembly, and by tha au
thority of tbe same:
That any person bsretffterconvicted
of any assault or assault and battery
committed by shooting with any fire
arm on the atreet of any Incorporated
city or town, or tn any place of p«bno
resort, shall be puntebed by a fine of
not less than one boodred or more
than one thousand dollars, or by Im
prisonment for hot metb than twsiva
months, or by both, ta <
of the Court.
Approved December 14, IsTt.
; _3
ered by tbe lima la exhausted tbe ^ proverb.
fraoKcu couuty, m —-—U befipj
In the possession of a bog weighing
936 pounds.
'I here are no barrooms iDjMarlboro,
yet tbe people will get drunk, so totyw 1
tbe Plaster.
Saleeday In January >as become one
of the Important days la Spartanburg*'
in fact a regular insUtuUoo.
There ta a poor fellow pining away
put lu Harlem, who saya it’s working
between meals that’s killing him.
One ssw mill oa the Asheville Rail
road has a contract to deliver 700,000
feet of lumber In Bpartaobnig, which
shows progress in that thriving town.
General Tom Thumb and his wife
are giving public exhtbiiton® again.
The General is rich, but says his Is not
contented at home, as he likes excite
ment snd (we suppose) ''change."
Those who fear that tbe land Is to
be turned over, body snd soul, to tho
lawyers, should take courage. The
Ddeware Legislature has a doctor as
speaker of ^the House, snd not a law
yer in'either chamber.
Among the attractlone offered for a
charity entertainment la a Virginia
City, Nevada, variety theatre, wetl a
boxing match between ballet gtrli, a
pie-eating contest by newsboys, and
an attempt by a dog to kill twentf*
four cata.
Tbe monument erected aoaie yeafs
ago on tbe Cowpeo battle-field has
bean completely dismantled, tbe iroti
railing destroyed, and tbe eagle guard
ing Its creet taken away,“and this van
dalism within a few miles of railroad
and a telegraph office,
fl Tbe Social Science Association o*
B-ieton publishes the startling, if true,
statement that several mills la New
England are grinding white stone Into
power, to be used la sdolteratipg eu-
gar, soda snd flour. Tbe location of
these mills are not given.
Arthur, a little son of Wyatt ftaw-
kfn**, of Spartanburg, about eight
years of age, while playing with kls
little brother la the kftebea. weavto
run out at the door, and looking back
as be ran. struck Ids head against the
door frame. He soon became sense
less, and died in about an half hour.
Tbe Duhe of Buckingham, in the
reign of Jsmee-I, had so many win*
(lows to bis dwelling that it wi
In London ss the G
merous Scotchmen
with tbe King, Who;
tbs Duke, And he orj
break tbeir window**
men. In return.l
the 01ng remarked
“Steenie, those wfcb
bouses should be Carfu’ I
staoes,”snd thusaroesthe!
■0*
, tL-