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Kate* *f A4rertlaf^r. inch, on* iaaertUa fl 00 each suiMqu«itiBa«rtion. 60 ccnu arterly, scnii-*nnu«l or yearly contract* ndeon liberal term* Contract adrertiaing ia payable SO day* er first iaaertton unless ntherwiaeMtipulaied. No ooMmutiication will be published un- oss accompanied by the name and addrew of e writer, not nen**a irily for publication, u< as a guaranty'of good faith. Addratm, THE IT.OPLK, Barnwell C. H., 8. C. uth Carfflina Hail road. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. 0^ Day ['aaeengera. (TSl* Train does not connect aith Tratn for P* t Columbia at Branciivtlle.) .;4'" Det re Charleston 6.45 a m ** Branchrille 9,55 * m • i Midway 10.20 a m «* 1 “ Bax berg 10.28 a in Graham’s 10.43 * ni i : Lr« s 10.57 * m Blackville 11.06 a in Elko 11.22 a w ■ ■ Willi.ton 11 30 n m W “ Windsor 11.52 a tn Montmorenci 12.12 p tu 1 “ Aiken • 12.25 p m ■Mi Arrive Augu-ta Down Day PtMcaxer*. 1.30 p m (Thia Train does not eonuect with Train for Columbia at Brauchville.) 3.30 p m 4 4i- p m 4.63 p m 6.13 p m 6.84 p m 6.42 p m 6.6!t p m C.07 p m C.2I p ni 6.37 p m 6 46 p m Leave Augusta •* Aiken “ Montmorcnei " 'Vindaor “ Wllliaton “ Elko “ Black rille Lee’a “ Graham s “ Bamberg •< Midway ^ jj.- - Branchrille Arrive Charleston mo in cxmrsa. I.eare Charleston Augn.sta Augusta Fe Charleston Down I.eare Blackville Up Leave Blackville Connect* with Trains at Columbia 7.25 p m lO.lOp m 7.80 p m 6 20 a m 7 45 p m 6.80 a m 11.40 put 5.03 a m Brauchville for - rRlIGHT AND ACCOJISO IIATtOJt. M Leftve Charleston 7.10 a m m Artivc sugu-ta 8.16 p nt l.eive Aufruxtft < . 15 a m y Arrive Oiftrlenton 7.1V p m Down Leave Blackville y.45 n m Up Lenve Blackville 3.32 p tn 1 Connects at Branchrille w Uh Train for 1 Columbia. ! MasnoliH Pissflngpr Route. I PORT ROYAL RAILROAD Acqcsta, Ga., Jan 4, 1879 f 4 The following p nveenger schedule will be operated on and after tni* dale : 1 Hit Id oc 12 07 Down Baldoc .1 30 Up AUnndaie 12 80 Do« n Allendale S 0O Up - luitT rAssKsoan traix. Going South. Leave August* Arrive at Vcmassee Leave Yrnuisace Arrive Snr itinah Leave Savannah Arrive Jacksonville Arrive Charleston Lear* Yema-see Arrive Beaufort A five I’ort Royal Arrive Augusta Leave Yemaasee Arrive 1 etnas see Leave Savannah Arrive Savannah Leave Jacksonville Leave Charleston Arrive Yemaaaee Leave Beaufort L*ave Tort I.oval 10 CO a m 2 05 p m 2 10 p tu 4 36 p m 4 45 p m h 00 a in 0 00 p m 2 45 p tu 4 02 p ut 4 I 7 p in 6 60 p m 1 30 p m 1 20 p ra 1(1 25 a m 10 15 a iu C 60 p m 7 15 a m 1 (Kt p n 11 22 a m II 0t> a iu Tvnin, run through betwW Augusta and Sarannali withou* change, making close con- ncction at Savannah with A. A G. K. R. train forall points in Florida Uaggage checked through. Tiirough tickets for sale at all pt iitci oftices. Ki.nrtiT G. Fi.r.hino, General Superintendent. J. S. Datvst, Geueral rasrenger Agent. i h rlottr, roJuabui & AttRiwH H P. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Cit vaLorrn, Columbia A AuocstaR. R. (ft N It BA I. I’ASSKSUKR D*rAKTM*ST. Columbia, S. C., Dee. 27, 1878., YAe following passenger schedule aill be operated on and after iltia dale : ,V<i, 1—Niykt /JjyrfM, South. Leave Charlotte, 1:00 a m Arrive Cohmibla. 6:00 a in Leave Columbia 6:05 a tn Arrive August*' 10:00 a tn Ko. 2—XiyJtt Eiprru, North. LhAVe Atiguatn ; 5:56 P m ArrivtvOoiumbia 10:00 p tn I^eaye Columbia 10:10 p m Arrive Charlotte. 3:10 a tn No. 3—Dd\j I'durnrfer, South. LPayo Charlotte ..11:27 a m Arrive Columbia 4jlt)'p m Leave CpIumUa.. 4:15 p m AtrlVe Auguata. 3:30 p m No. 1 — Dntf PaMeiujrf, Noftft. I^eave A'u^llteta. 9-OS • m Arrive Columbia.. .., i;» p m Leave Columbia 1:30 |> m Arrive Charlotte 6:30 pm Tbesse train* stop only at Fort Mill, Rv>Ck Hill, Cheeter, Wloaeboro, IlUlge- way, Lpeevflle,- Rataaburg, Hprintr, Jobneton, Tlfepton and CFran- 'itevllle. All oth^r Stallone will be Agnized m flag ata^fotua . . - T. D KLINE, Sup’t. ( JoHX R MscanjaDO, Oe«. Pas. Agent. Savannah and < iftule3Uii Kaitnn' Co. CHANGE 6^ SCHEDULE. Jabcabt 1, 187T>! The folldWlhr Schedule iif in effect at this (late : Fmtt Mail, Daily. phaTlevton' * - . . 7 16 a. m. l r BV SaranbAh - - * I 00 p m. -- PotVEAM - - 4 1J p. m. . .. rH vs JaekbatfVme - - - . 6 85 a. rfi Arrtveikl Augusta' - •' - 6 30 p t«! Leave Savannah .... ^ 15 p. til. ( Arrive Charleston • - .* 9 66 p. m. Aifkt Tram, Daily '. Leave Chafleaten « . • & if) p. m. Arrive Savannah - • *6 4Q a. m. &eav* Savannah « - - 9 OO p. at. AVrive Charleston . • > 8 06 a. hi. I'm!!man dark oh all Night Train*. €. 8. GADSDEN. Kngr. and Snpt. If. C. Bertanjir, 0. F/agd T. Agent. VOL. II. BARNWELL C. H.. 8. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 14. ^879. NO. 86. 4'hnrige nf Ilnicood'M IVrigmd*, the Weldwn Knl'road, Mu«. day, Amaant 91, 1M4. [The following line* have been copied from TAe Si-vthem Guardian, a paper pub lished during the war. It was written by one of the soldier* of “ Hsgood’s Brigade "] Sc»rce seven hundred men they stand, In tattered, rude, array, A remnant of the gallant baud Who erst while held the sea girt strand Of Morris Isle * ith iron hand ’Gainst Yankees hated sway. Seteisionrillt their banner claims And Sumter held ’mid smoke and flames, And the dark battle on the streams Of Pocctaligo, And Walthall* Junction'* hard earned fight And Drtwry liluff'» embattled height Whence at the gr^y dawn of the light They rushed upon the foe. Tattered and torn those banners now, But not less proud, each lofty brow Untaught as yet to yield, With men unblenched, unfaltering eye, Forward, where shrieking bomb shells fly, Hecking with smoke, the autre sky, On Weldon’s fated field. Sweeps from the woods the bold array Not thsirs to falter in ih« fray. No men more sternly trained than they, To meet their deadly doom ; Wlii’.* from a hundred throats agape A hundred sulphurious flames escape Round shot and canister, and grape Ihe thundering cannons boom. Swift on their flanks with fearfhl crash Schrapnei and ball, commingling clash And bursting shells with luricj flesh Their daisied sight confoucd. Trembles the earth beneath their tect Along their front, a rattling sheet Of laaden hail, copce .trie—meet And numbers strew the giouad. On o'er Ihe dying, and t^ie dead 0 er mangled limbs and gory head With martini look—with martial tread March Hagood't men to fcjoody bed, Honor their sole reward. Himself doth lead their battle line Himself those banners guard. They win the height—those gallanl few A fierce struggle there reae « Resolved as gallant men to do Or sink in glory’s shroud. But scarce they gain that stubborn crest When from the eusigns murdered breast An impious foe has dared to wrest That banner proud. Upon him Hagood in thy might — Flash on thy srul the immortal light Of those fair deeds that blaxen bright The Southern Croa* He dies—unfurl its fold* again, Let them waive proudly o’er the plain The dying shall forget their pain— Count not their loss. Then rallying to your chieftain’s call, Ploughed thro’ by cannon snot au.l ball Hemmed in i s by a living wall Cleave back your way. Those bannered deeds their souls inspire Borne amid sheets of forked fire By the two hundred who retire Of that array. Ah ! Carolina—well the tear May dew thy ehe k thy cla-ped hands rear, In passion tky tombless Her ; Thy fallen chivalry ! Molony —mirrior of the brave And sleller*. lie in glorious graves No prouder fate than theirs who gave Their life for liberty ! IlIjMh's Hwar. I la-trait Free Press J The unknown friend who dent Bijuh tt bootjuk in hereby Informed that tho pieuent was safely received and thankfully uec*ptecl. It will be laid away with other rellca, aa Bij ih never ueea a bootjack. There len’t room enough in the mouth of any bootjack for tbu old tuau’a heal, and ao he ia in the habit of using two eaw-horae* bolted together by Iron rods and faet- ened to the fl »or by railroad “ chairs.” Alter being out in the slush and wet the saw.horses are teeted to their ut most capacity to stand the strain. THK DIUF VAO. James Farmer entered a house on Orchard s'reet by way of tho back door, and without knocking, and when discovered he was hunting for bread and meat. The woman ordered him out, hut be made signa that he was deaf. 8he made threats, but he could make iigns faster than she could talk. It was not until a sturdy yeoman en tered the house and stri/fk James on the neck with a dub that the fellow found his voice, and then he didn’t say much. It was simply something about tepubllci belug ung^atdfal,-or a boy Mood on th6 burning dedt,-or a speech of that sort. **Touk>ok like a hard man,'* Mid bis Honor as he surveyed James over the top of the desk. “I’ll try to be good," was the bdm- 61# reply. How did you ©om$ to Ibose your speech in that jjouse ” I don’t know. Some how or other I iculdn’t say a word ; I hop* you’ll forgive me, Judge. H you’ll let me go I’ll start for Chicago St once.” ’ Can’t do K. It ItSaKa U> me as If you were a conOrmed oft! vag, and a pretty wicked 4o\ too, aid fun going to give foa a change of diet kid at mosphere." “Thia atmosphere ia plenty good enough for me, y6hr Hooq'r, aid f don’t caraabo&t cbahglng off to awaet cake and oysters.* He finally offered ».be ftourt i jack- inlfe and a box of tdbtli-paste to let him elf, bat the court refected the bribe did made it sixty days. 1TFOCUST. Ramey Dayton, a young man with _ • falo, was first heard of down the river, where he went into a flouring mill and asked the price of porous plaster* They put him out, and be sat on the curb stone and abed tears and sang hymns till he collected a crowd. He seemed eo sad and so religious that one man proposed a collection for bia benefit. The sum of one cent had al ready been offered when along came a policeman, who called out: ” Why, this ’ere fraud had better move on or I’ll lock him up.” Then Barney’s veil of sadness and re ligion fell off all of a sudden, and what did be do but raise such a row that he had to be taken up on a wagon with the bracelets on his wrists. ” I’m a stranger In town,” he re marked, as he was walked before the desk. •*Ob, well—you’ll soon be acquaint ed.” replied the court “ You eeem to be a man who makes acquaintances on short notice, anyhow.” “ I’ve agreed to meet a lord over In Canada this afternoon, and I hope you won’t keep mo hete,” observed Baruey. “ You’ll see several lords before af ternoon, Mr. Dayton. I shall send you up for tbit ty days, and when you come out you’d better change climates. I don’t want to criticise your looks, but your face Is one which tho police will look for a second time.” ” Have I done anything here. Judge? Haven’t Ibeliaved like a gentleman?” “ rfut I often send gentleman to the Work House. Consider yourself booked.’’ The prisoner eaid he would rather caosfder himself In Canada, but Bijab gave him a nail keg In the corridor to alt down on and tried hard to make him feel at home until the ’bua came. DID HE EDIT? The clock had just struck twelve or thirteen times the other night when an officer, whose beat included a lum ber yard, beard sighs and groans and a great wrangling over the fence. An investigation brought to light a mao who was half drtink and the other half asleep, and be was trying to make a lot of clap-boards do duty as bed blankets. The cold would creep In, however, and he was sputtering and complaining and kicking around like a cat in a cold garret. He was brought down, shivering and shaking, end It took two coal stoves and a plot of watm water to warm him up. He was a bumbk-looking man as he came Into court. He had tried to turn bis paper collar, but It was a sad failure as a help to Improve his personal appear ance. Ihe effort he had mads to comb his hair with a ten-penny nail was lamentably sad, though It showed a good streak In his nature. "John Gordon Brown, what do you do ?” solemnly Inquired the court. " I edit," was the very solemn an swer. ’’ What do you edit ?'* " Newspapers.” " What newspapers ?’’ Well, the last one was called the Thursday Night.” " Whore war It ?” "In Y<uk State.” " Mr. Brown, how does It happen that you have come down to this? Where Is your pen—yoursheara—your bank stock—your good clothes ?” “ I sold out, got robbed, been sick, lost my wife, and I tell you, Judge, I’m a pretty s ek editor.” “ Yes, you are, Mr. ihown. Where do you want to go ?” "Go, most anywhere.” "Shall I send you up for thirty T’ " Yes, I guess so. I want to get on my feet like, and I guess I’ll feel bet ter when I come out.’’ "I think so. If it will make you feel more at home they will allow you scissors, paste and a few old papers in your cell. Sit down ia the corridor, Mr. Brown—don’t Increase your hun gry look by standing up too much. A. Pretty Experiment* That the common air which we breathe ia a substanfea having weight, can be shown by Ailing a glass goblet full, or partly full of water, and than placing over It a piece of firm paper or card-lSoard. If the band fs beffi firmly upon the paper, the glass may be turned bottom upward and the hand removed without any water beffig lost That is, the paper rests upo6 the air and preventa the water /rota falling out of ^ttfe glam. A bowl or 6up of china Win, of course, serve for thi par- pose, but the experiment appears to better advantage with a tumbler or glass v'eearl that permits the water to be seed supported by the air. has been discovered la New » newlpaipbf rsptJrter who A rfiXA f orf by doubtless possesses ~ths ttfodf rartkrk aW« hair in the Co dairy. l?£e man ia struck drlvsr.and during working da^d wrffre’ bia bdard ooilsd up sod Raided together under Eft clothing, but on Sunday ha looaeas Used oombs it oat and goes upon tha promenade with a hlraata grovfU which rmehse A CAKaL> FOK HKI.IEF. I Am Incltiestt ef Oettysfcnrflf. — „ v » er '— j ^ 1 ■ an extraordinary nose and a larga 10 toes, Md he is a mu nearly six amount of gdb, and bailiog from Bof- feet high at least. ■% raitlc TlrmArrs eat the Bit- wwtlew. (Cincinnati Enquirer.} The following paper la being circu lated amoag the members of the House: "Tbe people of the United States, burdened with enormous debts and oppressed by a system of taxation and fioauca which has prostrated all in dustries, and Is rapidly confiscating the i roperty of tho maasrs and tend ing to general bankruptcy, have, with a view to their relief, placed the pow er of Federal legialatloo, for the flrat time in nearly twenty years, in the bands of tbe Democratic party. That some efficient measures of relief may be speedly inaugurated, the under signed usk our colleagues in the 8en- ate and the House of Representatives to unite with us in responding to tbe dt-manda of our constituents by ap- propriatu legislation at the present session of Congr^s. Let us show to the oppreaeed producera, wage men, business men, t&xpayers and debtors, that wc are alive to their grievances and prompt to relieve tbenp. By a for tunate circumstance, wa have It la our power nine montha earlier than we bad expected to show the people that they made no mistake lo placing their trust lo the bunds of the grand old party which was organized by Jef- feraou as tbe friend of equal rights and the foe of all forms of monopoly, favoritism and oppression. The pub lic credit must be kapt inviolate, but It can be best maintained by a stilct adherence to public contracts, by a system of currency which will promote Instead of destroying the Industries of the people, and by methods of revenue which will, as far as practicable, make all who enjoy the blastings of the Gov ernment bear, according to thalr m*uis, an equal share of its burdens.’’ Btefaem. Reawl Wtlwai. At a late Democratic caucus lo Washington, Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, offered the following, with the request that it be read and laid on tbe table for action of a future coucus : " Resolved, I hat the aims and ob ject* of the Democracy of the Uuited States, (as far as we, chosen by them as members of the present House of Representatives, are entitled tc be con sidered the true exponent of those aims and objects,) are directed with a singleness of purpose to the restora tion of constitutional liberty and with It tbe restoration of peace, harmony and prosperity throughout the length and breadth of the land. They abjure the renewal of sectional strife. They accept all the legitimate results of the late lamented war. They are utterly opposed to the revival In this country or any part thereof of African slavery or any other kind of slavery or invol untary servitude, except as a punish ment for crime. They stand pledged to maintain the Uulon of the States, under the Constitution, with all Its ex isting amendments as they shall be ex pounded by the Supreme Court of the United States. They are against all unconstitutional or revolutionary (netbods. They are for law and order and the protection of life, liberty and property without reapset of persons or social conditions. For the redress of aii grievances they look alone to the peaceful Instrumentality of the Constitution : First, the law-making power ; second, the law expounding power ; third, the law executing pow er ; and, finally, the ultimate sove reign power of the ballot box. They are for a free ballot as well as for a fair and just count While they are opposed to a large standing army, as were the framers of the Constitution, yet they are for kewping tbe army suffielently large to repsi invasion and defend our extensive frontier ad well as all necessary Interior forte and gar risons, and to enable tbe President to put down domestic violence or Insur rection in any of tbe States, and in aid of civil officers as a posse comltatus in execution of legal process In pur suance oT the Constitution, and as provided In the acts of Congress of 1795 and 1807, but they are utterly op posed to the use of tbe military forces of the &alte r< Btate# in eontfolllog or in any way interfering with the free dom of elections. They are for th6 maintenance of the public credit ia vi olate, but the? are utterly oppoeed to an laCreaaa of tbe bonded debt unless tbe exigencies of the war ahould render it oeoeaaary. They are for retrench ment of expenditures, lease ding the hardens' of taxation, and a thorough reform In the preneot unequal itid un just method of raising revenue. Tfc*J are for placing the coinage of gold nRd silver upon the same footing without restdetfon or Umitatton upon tbe amount of either. They are for revi ving tbe languishfhg and perishing Indastrtas of tb¥ oooatry by an In* creaap of thi volume of dnrreody founded on’ a firm basis sufficient to meat tha urgent demands of trade in every department of labor and busi ness." A Washington correspondent of the Boston Transcript tells this Interest ing story of the battfeof Gettysburg: General Barlow, pf Ifew York, com manded the first divU|on, fell, danger ously, and It was thought mortally wounded. He was shot directly tfifbugh the body. Two of hts men attempted to bear him through that shower of lead from the field ; but one was In stantly killed, and Gen. Barlow mag nanimously said to the other, “You can do me no good ; save yourself if you can." Gordon’s brigade of Georg ians, in Its wild charge, swept over him, and he was found by Gen. Gor don himself, lying with upturned face In the hot July sun, nearly paralyzed and apparently dying. Gen. Gordon dismounted from his horse, gave him a drink of water from hla canteen, and Inquired of Gen. Barlow his name and wishes. Gen. Barlow eaid, "I shall probably live but a short time. Please taka from my vest pocket the packet of my wife’s letters and read one of them to me," which was clone. He then asked that the others be torn up, as be did not wish • them to fall into other bands. This Gen. Gordon did, and then aeked, “ Can I do anything el#e for you. General ?” “ Yee,” re plied Gen. Barlow, earneetly. “My wife is behind your army; can you send ft message through tbe lines?” “Certainly, I will,” said Gordon, and be did. Then directing Gen. Barlow to be borne to the shade of a tree at the rear, he rode on with his com mand. The wife received the message and came harmlessly through both lines of battle and found her h'Uaband who eventually recovered. Since Gen. Gordon's election to tbe United States Senate both he and Gen. Barlow were Invited to a dinner party In Washington and occupied opposite sedts at the table. After introductions, Geo. Gordon said, “ Gen. Barlow, Ate yon related to the officer of your name who was killed at Gettysburg?" "I ant the man,” said Barlow. "Are you retated’tp Gordon who is supposed to have killed me?" “I am the man,” said Gen. Gordon. The hearty greet- inf which followed the touching story aa related to the Interested guests by Gao. Barlow, and the thrilling effect upon tbe company, can be better Im agined than described. A Well Deaerved Tritaste. The Irishmen of Bevannah propose tq erect a monument, to the memory oP*theft tiountryman, tho brave Her gesnt Jasper, whose deeds during the revolutionary war were among the moat conspicuous and romantic of the struggle for Independence Jn the Bouthern States. In June, 1776, dur ing the assault by tbe British on Fort Moultrie, Jasper leaped over the ram parte In tbe hottest of the fight, and, seizing the flag which had been stjot away and had fallen outside, fixed it again in its place, which enoouraged his onmrades to prolonged resistance. He was offered a commission by Gov ernor Rutledge, but ho declined it be cause, as “ adversity had been his only schoolmaster, IfbertJ hfs only sdhool- mlstrees,” he could not mingle with those who were his "superiors in edu cation ai d manners without exposing himself to deserved contempt." Gov ernor Rutledge thereupon presented him with bis own sword, which he wore about his person. At another time twelve Americans, under the conduct of ten British soldiers, were on tbe road to Savannah, where they were to be tried under pretense that they had deserted tbe loyal cause. Jasper and hts comrade, Newton, followed their trail, and as the guard and prisoners Stopped for water at a spring twe miles from Savannah, the tffo men each seized a musket, shot two of the guards and dashed out the brains of two mare with the butt ends of the guns, and getting possession of the re maining arms, compelled the six oth ers to surrender, and released the prisoner* In October, t779, the French and Americans attacked Savannah and were repulsed. Jn the retreat Jasper saw the colors which MVh. Elliott had given him, and which be had promised to guard until eternity, trailing In the dust. He seized them,and while bear ing them along, fell and soon breathed his hut. —« ^ a The State of Tennessee haa for aeve- ral ye*M past bad a law requiring persona who wished to self*guns, pis tol* or other firearms, to obtain a It- omm to engage in the busloeea, but rtu atatot* baa not accomplished Its (ittrposa antirely, and hence tbfe Leg- Islshara of that State baa just made it led sea sapor to aarry Into thb State, either to •an.'Wkar or give away, any baft or poakat pistol, except army or aavy pfttoto. On examining tha statutes at large of South Carolina, volume Id, page 666, ft trill ba found that the penalty for robbing tha neat of any mocking bird (a tan dollars for aaah offenoe, made rnooeerabla before any trial justice, osa-|alf tn ba yafll to tha informer. Special Requests. • •i j,f i .•> s j'i’ i*. 1. Ia writing lo Ibis office on bustSCMt si. wsvs giro yonr name snd 1'oot Office address., i.C Duaincs* Idler* and communiestions to be pubHo^ed tkould be written os separate sbeeuggnd tbe object of e*^ clearly ia«li- culed by necessary .note when required, 3. A rttales for publication should be writ-, ten in a clear, legible hand, tad on only on* • ideof tb# pags.. j. 4.. All changes in advertisements moat reach us on Friday. A ff*r«t4lrr VIwrdercdL [Corrfopjp V nco; OohnsMs RogUtcr.J The lower section of Newberry county was the scene of a moat f juI and most diabolical murder last week. The murdered man was John W. Stultz, tobacco trader for A. Ck Price, of Ridgeway, Va., and Was a qhlte a young man. The fiend who commit* ted the desperate deed Is a negro youth, not more than twenty-one years old, whoffi Stultz had employed but the day pireytous In Edgefield county as his driver.^ Tpo tobacconist was on hts way home, haring disposed of bis load of tobacco somewhere In Edge, field, and this fact, together With the additional information that ho had received money therefor, was not un known to tbe driver, and at the first camping out, after the engagement of his services, he chose to carry out hla nefarious designs. It Is supposed that the deed wai doramltted while Stultz was In tbe act of cooking or preparing his breakfast, as he was discovered partly in the fire, and the food was on the fire in the act of prep aration. After having robbed his per- soti of all valuables, together with bis pistol and twenty-fivs dollars in mon ey, the scoundrel put to flight. Tbe town authorities dispatched the police as soon as the act was made known, and, after a pursuit lasting ten to twelve hours, overhauled the murder er at his father’s bouse In E Igefisld. Meet of the money was recovered^ to gether with/Stultz’s wearing apparel and a pair of new hoots purchased by tbe vilJIan during his flight. Tbs vest In possession of the darkey has sten cilled upon It the murdered man’s name and address. The murderer has been committed to Jail. A Tefie«ra|kklc Rerolmiwa. Telegraphy has been so long In uni versal use throughout civilization, and Its existence and methods are taken Ao much as (flatters of course, that probably but few people realize that the science Is yet almost In Its Infancy. Recent experiments are said to have opened up vast possibilities In the di rection of Improvement, and it is even claimed that a great deal bssAll’eady been practically accoiflplis'hedl . a' company has just been formed In New Yoik with a lar^e capital to establish line* in competition'with those already exlatlog—an enterprise so costly and so difficult that nothing but some vast improvsment could juetlfy attempting It. The tflahagers of the new com pany state that by their plan they confidently expect within three years to be able to telegrrph ordinary busi ness letters to and from all parts of the country, at about ten cents apiece. They claim that by virtue of theft new discoveries they can transmit sixty thousands words per hour. Another indication in the same line ia the recent establishment of a new ocean cable company,Which expects,by working under a new system, to iWh two thousand words a minute along the bed of the sea, from Europe to America, or vlee veiaa. All the pro moters of these new enterprises are very positive and sanguine in theft alatements, and even taking off the usual discount from their stories, it seems probable that we are upon the eve of what may he called a new tele graphic era. Ass laspertaAt Declslew ef the Mwpreme t own. [8(teci»l DL-patch to The New* »u<! Oonrler j Columbia, April i’ll.—In the case of Branch vs. J. L. Leaphart, State treasurer, tbe Supreme Court this morning filed judgment directing a writ of mandamus to issue to tbe treasuror to apply the money In the treasury raised under the tax acts of 1876, 1877 and 1878, to the payment of the coupons and interest certificates upon the recognized Consolidation bond* end stock which matured on the 1st January, 187IT, and will mature on tbe Is; July, 1879. Tbe decision doe# not In any way ef fect the question now pending before the eoiirt as to tbe validity of the un recognized bonds, but the court held* that tbe taxes levied under the Acts aforesaid' wet's not controlled by the provisions of the Coneolldatlou Act, which require* a specific tax of two mills on tbe taxable property of the Stats, to be lefied for the payment of tlie lutefist on the Consolidation debt This not having been done by the Acts of 1876,1877 and 1878, the court is of ths opinion that (be fund could be ap plied by the Legielalure to tbe defray ing of any of tha ordinary expenses of the government.' The opinion of the court was deliv- ere4 by Chief-Justice Willard, with separate cooeurring opinion by Hast en fad Mclver. A pretty girl wot Want told bar beau thkt *• waff » effind-readpr. “ Yon don’t any so r* h* exclaimed. “Oafl yon rmd what's la mjMRiad f” « Yes,’’ aaM she; "yosi&aeett hi your pied to aak* me to be your wtfe, Nil yon an just a Httl# soared at ths Idea. 1 * Theft vrnddtBg cards ate out UE.WKttAK* NriEW*. » • ' »i- ii i . The best capital to begin life with Uf a capital wife. * <» t i Th© horpe circle—walking around with the baby at night. The pumber of Baptists In the United Bute* is glvep at 'j;i02,051 I and the worship in 24,499 churches. Josh BUHnjfs says: Simple pity alnt much better to a person \ban an insult, but to pity him wilh a flve-dol- lar bill iz blz/.iness. Not less than one hundred ^nd slxly fishermen fron^ Cape Ann, Massachu setts, perished off George’s fishing btmn In the recent siorm. 'lW Zulus have juet fallen upon an other body of English troops in South Africa, and massacred a hundred men while they were asleep. England will have to wake up or tbe Zulus tflay capture London. Li ■ .. n : : , When a woman goes visiting she want* shoes fully two sizes two small,' but It is astounding what a deal of comfort the same woman can extract from a pair of slippers three sizes too large, tn her own house. At an Interview with ex-Gbvernor Hendricks, at Fort Wayne, Ind., last Wednes'day evening, that gentleman talked up men and reviewed bla own' record, referred to tbe fibanclal ques tion, discussed tha questions of the day, and declared that be would never accent a sedond place on any Presi dential ticket. He thinks' Congress ahtf tbe donntry on the right track now. A young lady was sitting wltb a gal lant captain lo a charmingly decorated recess. On her knee was a diminu tive niece, placed there pour lee con venances. In the adjoining room, with the door open, were tbe rest of tbe company. Says tbe little niece, |n a jealous and very audible voice, *• Auntie, kiss me too,” I leave you to Imagine «bat bad jhst happened. " You should say twice, fithel, deaf two is not grammer.” was tfle imme diate rejoinder. Clever gid, that. The Clafiin University and booth Carqjlna AgrldultuVal College, at Orangeburg, now' has 2lfc students, one-third of them female, representing every portion of ths Stats, and re ceiving scientific snd classical educa tion. On# half the expenses of ths college are piid by Northern philan thropists, the Stats Goverumeut pay- log the other half. iWe of ths pro fessors are South Carolinians, two of them being whits sod the other color ed. The other profeMors snd the President are Northern men. Negro slavery existed In all the original colonics. Vermgnt passed an abolition act In iTff. Penn sylvania In 1780 passed s gradual emancipation act, but sixty-four ne groes were still living in slavery la that btate In 1840. Maasachussetts' abolished slavery, according to her Supreme Court, by the act of 1780, adopting tbe State constitution. Rhode Island and Connecticut each paseed a gradual emancipation act New York did the same thing in 1799/ but In 1817, before the limit waa' reached; she passed another act, de claring all staves free on tbe 4tb of July, 1827. New Jersey passed a' gradual ,act In 18b2; but 236 slavez were stlil living In the State Is late as 1840. DlswsewAs 1’we art tiled. Religion is the beet armor In tbs world, but tbe worst cloak. To Itve without a purpose Is to lead a restless, unhappy life. A faith in sympathy ft tbs genius of the heart—more, the kernel of Christ's religion. * , Friendship In some people le cruelty/ like feed fog the thirsty man with the beaded foam in the wine cup. There are iascriptions on ell human hearts, which are never to be seen, except at low, dead tid* ft Is ths ragged highway that calls out one’s strength, not the valley of sensuous esse. Betflg sometimes asunder heightens friendship. Tbe greater cause of tbe frequent quarrels between relatives is their being so much together. Borne people never 1 have a story to tell, because of their quicksand na tures, from which every new watn washes out the old impresalon. IT there Is anything more poignant than a body agonizing from a want of bread. It Is a soul whlbh ft dying of hunger for light. A gentle person ft like a river flowing calmly dlong ; while a passionate man ft like tn* sea, oaatikg tip mire and 1 dirt continually. Having n Hall preaching and no pin—Era« ell dity and no fan -to n 4a* old tread-milt wfciefc wHf drive tm efclUftm aw«y sooner or la ter. The force, the mass of chanster, mind, heart or tool, that a man can pot Into any work, ft tha moat Impor tant factor tu that work.