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Wt are not rpopotwlble for the view*
of our corn?*pendent*.
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MMeicoI Reflertloaia.
In reply to the propositions we hare
heretofore announced by way of objec
tions to certain fcatUnw of the Federal
Constitution, it may be alleged :
Firtt, That the curtailment of execu*
1 tire authority, suggested in the preced
ing reflections, would Icare no political
balance-wheel to check and regulate
the eccentric motion* of unrestrained
Democracy, ami tliat hasty and ill-dN
gested legislMion would ensue.
While we feel satisfied that no scheme
that can be devised by human ingennity
can erer come up to the fttll measure of
a perfect government, we feel' ccrtnia
that no political system can snrpass our
present in opportunities for reckless and
insane legislation. Lot the United
States Revised Statutes bear witness.
That mean* may b*? devised for sub
stituting, mb place of e«C««tire prepon.
dcrance, a connter-balance against pro
eipltato popitlur action, wc have not the
shadow of a doubt—means for more
rational, morwconsistent with public i».b-
erty and more consonant with the un
derlying principles of a Republican form
of government, than the autoeratie one-
fnan veto system, wHlrb .TVffcrson bor
rowed from JImnan and'BHrtah liistories
when he framoJ our Coosttiation, mere
ly because no U-Uer plan suggested is-
•elf than the one ireoguiied by bwtorii-
cal precedent. Due reflection sltoulA
hare convinced him Stid his ablir co-
workers that the tribt'mtfo? veto of Romo,
having become prostituted .‘hr base par
tisan purposes, finally led to the over
throw of the Republic, amidst s.'eucs of
domestic firry and fierce civil strife,
Suraing all Italy into a very char."'®!
house, until mothers did but smile, * * v
• * • “When they behold
Uhoir Infanta qnartered with the hand of
war,”
and that England had been saved from
a like fate, for nearly a century prior,
«ud has been over since, by practically
ignoring the insidious and- dangerous
right of executive veto, which, in the
ory, at least, the sovereign possesses,
II is a peculiarity of the English people
to obsoletire and not positively and ex
pressly condemn Impracticable or im-
politic political dogma*. By way of il
lustration : Ih Statute of 37, Ed
ward' HIv No 33^ that warlike mon
arch bhlntly and saucily tells his Pari
iiament that their bills or petitions ‘ <rr<
‘Unreasonable and ernmol Ac granted.’
This sounds like Hayes’ veto message to
the Forty-sixth American Congress. But
aubewpieirt sovereigns of England toned
down their dissent to the geutle lan
guage of “ he rotf Santera,' or ia
plain English, “ The King will consider
the metier.” They were oeHsmly be-
oomiug more polite. In these word!
Elisabeth, at tbc close of one aaosioa,
put her veto ou tbrty-eigbi bills, which
had pass<-d both Iloeses of 1 Parliament
fn tbc roign of William III., vit, io
1692, we find the littt s(tempt at the
exercise of this prerogative, when that
King- vetoed a bill of tliat year to estab<
lish trieaoiul parliaments, and jet he
was prevailed upon two years afterwards
to affix* hi* assent to the same. No pos
itive enactment has been pasted since
then depriving the English monarch of
this power, but still it is never exercised,
and more than that, »(< exercise tronki
undoubtedly lead to revolution.
Four instances at present occur to us
of organised systems of poli’ioai restraint
upon the law-making power having been
practically and, to a certain extent, sue
eesjUullj handled ?
First,. By the French Constitution
ratified in 1862 through' a popular pie.
biscite, it was provided r that* all laws,
within the limits of the Conatitutiue,
should be framed by* the Council of
State and submitted by the government'
to the Legiskttire body and Senate,
which should approve or reject, but
could not amend. The Legislature
might, liewover,-by committee,, suggeel
amend men trio tho Council of State and
support such amendments before tie
Council by dm exceeding three of its-
members. If the Council rejected', there-
was an end of the matter. If they ap
proved of the amendments the project of
law was modified aooordiogtyi “ There
was no danger under this plan,” any* a
dfatingnished American Chancellor, “of
having a whole system of jurisprudence
thrown into confusion by a hastily
framed bill, got> up, it may be, for
special purpose, and passed by party
friends, as happens too ofttn in Amen
on,.or of havtfefihc learned fraternity
puzzled' Wy eueli 16ng»wfod«l and in
volved specimens of legislation ns fro*
quest ly emanate from the British Pur-
]lament. ”
Scm*4, A similar instance will be
found in tho legislative hi*to»y of New
York,.where, fen many years, an Exec
utive Council,'composed of the Govern •
or and two or three of 'the highest legal
functionaries, revised oil bills introduced
into the Legislature, before they were
finally permitted to pass intoglaw
during tsat period tho laws oflthe Slai
were the aodolr from which otherlflati
of the Union copied With grcgjt ndvan
age. Since (hen she liss f na«w^ degwfc-’
crated in her law-making habits.
Thir-d, There was a peculiar power
exercised in Scotland, during the reign
of the early Stuart Princes, by a body
styled Tbc Lords ol tho Articles,”
whose duty it was to digest and prepare
all ])'tls prior to their being Introduced
into the Ancient Scottish Parliament—a
provision which went so tar as to ex
clude all legislation which had not urn
dergone a sifting process by this super
visory body. Although wc cannot, at
this remote period of time, fully penc
Irate the motives then existing tor the
creation of this extraordinary body, or
say, with confidence, in whose interests
it was supposed to exuroise it* control of
legislation, we have the best evidetrca,
at the present day, ia the admirable col
lection of blaek-lettor acts, embrncuig
the legislation of the period, that,
“The Lords of tho Articles” did not
waste the public money in a multitude
of words, hut expressed the intention of
the law makoiu in language admirable
for its tcrueness of diction Ind concise
ness of thought and expression. Our
own theory is, although but a theory,
that the device was a creation of the
monarchy intended to protect tho rights
and privileges 0 f the King and Com
mons against the ambitions projects of
an eminently aristocratic Parliament,
controlled largely by the Barons, and
this presumptive conclusion we have
come to from our knowledge of the fact,
that the ancient Scottish monarchy, un-
Hke the English under tlie Plautagencts
and Tudor*, was really identified in in
terest with the great body of the people,
•ml that it required tho combined infla-
enee and* power of both to restrain the
powerful nobiKty of the realm.
Fourtji, There is stilt another instance
^rawn fron*' oo'teropoiancous polities,
jr^iob, in ka iherougbl; democratic fra-
turfci.vis very suggestive to the Ameri
can dtiN en ' I* '* taken* fiwsn 4kc French
Constitute <*' 1878,
From tbe^ 111 * ^ Dte' overthrow of the
Commune, omN&eing the-Ft-esidenev ef
Thiers and JtfacA. T * hon . t( > (ic »dop*‘ot>
of the new Cemstii ^on, a **
gradually Increasing wteuaity was in
progress*between tho I'Wdvnt a»i has
Cabinet on the one hand, • B< ! ^ l ar ^'-
nod influential bo^v ^f'YSpu beaded
bureaux or private commiUre*, so that
mi nor idea are pretty sure to have their
share of
ures of imUMtaoVl sre ifltrodqflfad by
or.other o(Stbe CKMncg, as IM Engl
practice "tjbut mere
; tlm d#nis*cr meri
subm U his projet de loi or proposed
measure to the consideration of the
House and there leaves H. It is th«a
submitted to each and every one of the
eleven great commiltoes simultaneously
and therein discussed. Each committee
choose* ft nWmber to fores the select
committee' ow the bill, and that select
committee ha* the power' of appointing
its snb-comiftittec to ejnittrfhe any spec
ial branch of lift* question. A* report is
finally made by the select committee to
the Uonsc, whereupon the public de
bate i« apened. • But the qaeatkm hn*
been so thoroughly discussed and sifted
through this all pervading and compre
hensive eommitte® system, that the meas
ure is generally disposed of by the House
in accordance witn tho report of the so-
loot committee. That report necessarily
expresses the will of the majority, and.
must also express to some extent the
rational a*d patriotic views of minorities,
which are more likely to have additional
weight when ealmly urged within the
privacy of the committee rooms, freed
from the exasperating effects of passion
ate party debate and personal cnconnter.
These instances are adduced for the
purpose of showing that other more ef
fective and leas dangerous methods than
the fatal one-man-veto-povtar have been,
and still are in operation amongst
civilized nationa, ealeulated to check the
preeipitatisy of popular representative
bodies.
r ■ Mg ■ 11111 -i
Exocwtlve
The evil example of Federal Presi
dents is spreading. The Mayor of
Charleston has caught the “ grip ” of
the aecond team fever. He is now mov
ing heaven and earth to retain the con
trol of the corporate semi-military loroe
so a* to eowtrol things in general in "the
City by the! Seft* 1 at the next election.
Are we to have oa a smaH scale in
Charleston an sppropriation bill by the
City Council, with n danse tacked on
Xo clubs and stars for Sale ” followed
by a stunning veto message, full of
learned precedents from the Pillsbury
sad Cuuniagham code? Vive la baga>
telle!! 'U'
and
Week ap
ft tfr. W.
the high
a causes
prospects for
its continuance. He claims that the
reason* for the oonKnuanoe of tb*
present riat la that spinners are hood
winked by broftars la to porcbafctng *t
ono Ufa* more than is sufficient for
a week's consumption, trader the
alarm caused by a deficiency In tbs
visible supply, and be co<d«pds that
nothing will atop tbs athnuiatlon of
prices but tbe adoption of short time,
or an loflexlbld rasotfe ed the payt of
the splnnen net to be so hoodwinked
by brokers as above mentioned, but to
lay la only, week by week, just what
supplies may be nsedsd to oovsr their
contracts.
The Ohroolde, commenting oa Mr.
Brown’s letter, thinks that b« bus
partly to orbed upon the tru# reaaou
for the advance In oottos, bat docs
aot think he t* right la charging it up
on tha action of thw brokers. It con
tends tb«f*tb« ptesset scare of tbe
ap«aasrs waa^ uader exladag siroum
etancee, iaevluMa. it aaya: “Tbe
vlstble supply, airsady reduaml to very
low figures, was decreasing weekly,
«nd tbe period of smal reeefpta was ap
proachfng, while English spinners did
not hold two dock's consumption.
Such facts necessarily produced great
sensitiveness, and it only required a
Ifttfa Increased buying at Liverpool
and a few storms here td'set prices In
motion, with nothing to stop them un
til spinners should decrease consump
tion or accummulate enough stock to
make them fed safe ia any probable
contingency.*'
Btocusdng the state of tha market,
and whether or not this state of affair*
wfH bo rtkdy to continue. It say* that
no one can forecast the future, and
the point for every cautious man to
consider Is whether the conditions are
not possible for a turn backwards. It
then proceeds to enuihbrate the eon-
ditlona likely to bring about this turn
In the tide of the prices. First, the
stock in the hands of the splanenr has
to be estimated, and this Is regarded
as a vital point, since now that spin
ners have begun to buy excitedly, they
are not likely to stop until they get ou
hand a good surplus. Figures show
that on the 1st of April there were
held by spinners in Great Biltsin
124,000 bales of cotton against 91,000
on the fi/»t of March, aud since thru
they h**8 addeiU about 60.000 bn]
b; G-wheit* sad Grevy i>n l> other
Thiers had been in tho habit of b'chool-
ing the Chambers, like so many pu^ns,
and by his prwwnce in the House atol b '®
person«1 effort* there, by direct appals |
to the Depot»r* by the force of his elo
quence and the moral iefloenee of hL«
political virtues, had acquired for his
Government an overmastering influence.
MacMahon on the contrary, relying
opata his soldierly qualities sad the sup
posed devotion of the army to hu per
son, endeavored to bull-doss the assem
bly into yielding to his dictartoo. It
was evident that fhe straggle between
the majority in the legislative body nnd
the Executive could not long continue
without danger of another bloody revo
lution. MacMahon, it may be proper to
remark, was not in accord with the ma
jority hr the French Assambly, bat was
at heart' a Monarchists leautog perhaps
to the Bonaparte faction, as the most
available of live miaerttiss In both
Houses. Lnckily for France ■ popular
election was had recourse to as a means-
of determining which side the nation
favored, and'that election resulted in an
overwhelming defeat for the Executive,
the triumph of the Kepublkaos and-tho
consequent fall rf MaoMahoo.
The President of braooe ia now no
longer elected by the peoplerdirwotly, bat
by their Representatives in both Hbtttes.
Ho is the servant of the Chzrtiberf and
his will is subservient to the chosen del-'
egates of the people, speaking through a
working majority. Xu this extraordinary
Constitution, which is in a great meas
ure borrowed from the English and
Amerieair systems, there sre other pro •
visions which we pass by as uot ger-
mane-to our subject.. Whatever is sup
posed to be ratisnal and eousistent with
popular sovereignty bos been retained,
and whatever portions of our own or
Eoglwb'systems saver of on+man~povxr
have been discarded. There are several
features, no dhubt, cf thi*- Constitution
which do not meet with'' our approval,
But still, on the whole, it seems admira
bly adapted for giving expression to the
popular scutimcn* of France aod satiafy-
iog tbs aspirations of its citizens.
Let us see then bow French States
men, in tbs absence of tbs Executive
i„3V*t Advice.
Blackviu.*, May 26, 1879.
Mb. Fihto* : Ou last Tuesday even
ing oar citizens were entertained by
Mr. Tllfman R Gaioea in a lecture on
Imtnfgqratloo. Mr. Gaines has for his
object the Introduction of people from
^be North aad Ebrope, whose moral
sta uding Is good, and of small uasaofl,
„ qo desire to purchase-homes lu South
Cat Alii- *• Hi9 40 beaw en-
ga g ea In worto *** y*™- and * Q
that tltu* h ^ b « 6 ° ‘«w*™*»«**I 1“ lo-
duciog oFv'f iV*** huorMed peepls to
settle In the Bto't*. *■
pvt. He now 40 *******
operations to the^^er ooantis*. A* s»
instance of how his c *® h*
thered he ateutlons i*** °* o® 811 *
tleman in the upper part o
* tb« State
i; Liberia, April 5,-Ws find
and
ndfag
upw tbUjffimmlaSPo, nod
to-day R to tb assemble for tbe first
time. The British commissioner*, de
termined then, backed by a sense of
■tli# power dif tbe British Grown, are
here to face the Liberians, who fiotlQ-
dtft about in tbs mashes of the law as
Interpreted by the British,Ofowo law
yer, confronted with vfltoessee, all in
fluenced by HrlUah traders, sod slt-
log lu a negro towd, the real king of
which is an Epgllsbaiao. The proba
ble result It to not very difficult to pre
dict. The arbitrator cannot help them
outside of the evidence presented. But
Liberia Is not so blameless. She has
never tried to cultivate the friendship
of the natives, while tb* Englishman
ply them with “ dashes ” on all occa
sions *, so that now, Id the hour of her
need, Liberia has not a friend on
earth. Tbe people of America, on
whom they rely, are too far v ff and
too Indifferent to the Impending fate
of tbe negro republic.
Tbe British oommlssfoners seem to
'fie fbfr!bt^ : afraid of the Comibodore.
They baVe rather dtooonrteously de
clined to give faith tbe presidency of
the board, for fear that Lfbotffc would
have too strong a ft lead. They have
hemmed and hawed fer ninety days,
afraid to go on and not daring to stop
-*all hr a dlplothatic Way, ef course.
They hate consulted thefr hofiie gov
ernment, aud eVen bad letters from
Sir Edward Thornton. They had prob
ably hoped for a thlider mannered
thaft. Ttte qwsetlon g rew in Import
ance when the Tlconderoga Came.
Throu gh tbs hsae of an African at
mosphere they saw American aggres
sion and - Yankee* annexation.
The CaaSMI—ee CMuWe.
A correspondent of tbe News and
Courier writes from Aiken that Tiki
Justice % W. M. Steadman has Just con
cluded a case of some novelty for that
•action. A man, giving his name as
JT. M. Ryan, came to Aiken on tbs 13th
of March last, and represented him
self to be the special agent for several
New York insurance com pan ice Hs
exhibited & power of attorney from
these companies, also a letter of credit
to the amount of five thousand dollars
drawn far htr favor, and signed by
Barton, Ryan A Oo., of Louisville, Ky.
On this letter of credit several banks
of tbs South bat* ad ran or d various
Agricultural Implements,
rr S-ftNXe f-qR f’RICEH.-ai
igeburg Sweep.
»burg 8
No. 6. Oran_
No. 4. Batesburg Sweep.
No. 12. Diamond Point Bull Tongue
No. 13. Cast-Iron Turn Shovel.
No. 9. Magnolia Sweep.
No. 1. Wrought Lapring.
No. 7. Heel Bolt,
fto* 8. Grses Rod.
No. 17. Singletree Iron*,
No
19.
No. 2. Greenville Sweep.
No. 1;5. Scraper.
No. 14. Steel Turn Shovel.
No. 11. Grednville Bull Tongue.
No. 10. Steel Shovel Blade.
No. 5. Wrought Cleti*.
No. 3. Wrought Clevis.
No. 16. Plow
No. 18. Harrow' TVftthl
Harrow Teeth.
'Wood and IroTilieel A-djtistable^owStoclr.'
HART & COMPANY.
CORNER KING AND MARKET STS.,
Agsfite for Awry ft Hpna* FI own.
CIIAltX.BOS'TOK, H O
. aov28 6m
l.
IS POUTER, JOBBER AftD RETAILER OF
b« visited J. H. Beckmas, the banker
of our town, and obtained fifty dollars.
As soon as he got tbe money Ryan
left town. Beckinan sent the check
which hs bad cashed foe Byao oa to
bts collect tag agents In LoalsviUe,
from whom he learned that there was
no such firm as Barton. Ryan ft Oo.,
and that Ryan was a sharper.
Ryan attempted the same game on
a Havant)ah bank, but was suspected,
aud the beak had him arrested. He
was kept In custody la Bavauuah un
til the Aiken oouety officials could
react) him. Ryan reached Aiken one
day list week, and, upon hi* prelimi
nary examlnatton sms somieitted to
Jail to aland bis trial for forgery and
obtaining goods under false pretences.
who had a large body of la w h>«h
was a source of expense to hit'*-
was recommended to have it dlv. - ^***
off Info crests of fifty and onehu 0 -
dred'acre*, wfrtsh hs did. Mr. Gainst)
bos enabled hire to dtspeas of nsariy
the whole or lt^ Many pretty little
'cottages bare been built, and what
was formerly a bar rue waste has now
assumed tbe ap pea renso o4 a cozy lit
tle village. As much can be dons for
many tracts In Bern well county.
Aelde from tbe Immediate pecuniary
Interest which may arise from the ad
vent of actual settlers, many com log
from large ettles and agricultural dis
tricts will bring' witn then a vast aad
varied experience la- mechanics and
agriculture, tho infusion of which Into
the minds of our own people will lead'
greatly to Improve tbe mode of culture
to vogue.
Tber* are many snug Httle (arms
with dwellings, and farms without any
hnprovemewta, as-we Judge by tbs ad
vertisement of Maj XI. E. Stead man ^f or
sale or reat. and any parties-deelffag
to settle here will do wek tb sail eo
him, and If hs ean’i select for you a
place suitable to your wtohos^li wont
be any fault of bis.
Trusting that the day is not far die-’
taut when our county and oar Stuisf th*' rffw mtortali aad that. Meed,
additional, making their stock -MHOOlfls. Armed with three paper*
middle of May about 175,000 bales,
with a weekly consumption of abeut
oo.OOB: Continental spinners held on
tho 1st of April 275,000 bale*, which
has ataos bees increased to 900.000
against 230 oh Starch lot, with a weekly
consumption of ff.OOt} bales. Ail of
which shows that spinners have aaa-
terlatyy strengthened thsfc positions
since they bagan buying on the Aset of
March, fad ff they should deem, it
prudent so to do, they might readily
cease purchasing largely during tb*
next two months, and spnOos them
selves to purchases, from week to
weak, of bnly such SOppIU# ss are
barely necessary to kssp tlUregehog.
They might buy ISJXtt boks Jem then
esasumptfoo during that period, fo-
stsad of 15,000 balsa mors, as they
have been doing for several weeks
pose
Next Char* to dsogsr that th* Visible
supply too> unduly Infideocs seller*
into rsfyisg upon still higher prices.
This is not sk to be considered, for
i be Invisible as well as tbs visible
mu st be estimated In order to arrive
st th V actual enppty. At present tbe
vishbls . H '*PPly to arfhout eighty thous
and bales Ml* 0 * *•» 00 t* 1 * 1#t
of AprC w Vd R four lidn-
drsd tboaosa.’l bale* l«e* than at tbe
same time the preoedlog year. But
dnrlngthat time thinner*’ stocks have
proportionately iec.'ftfiaed, and the
supply, visible and in\ T Mkl* I 1* rerily
oaly about two hondi^ •“‘f f on J
shousand bales shortdr ^ an R Wa *
one year ago, Instead of f°ur
hundf’ed and elgbl^ tioosirad, w • u *
4* * * that
DRY GOODS*
104 .AND 190 B'RO'AT) 8T..
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
veto, which' they, with great wisdom
and foresight, here expunged from their
Constitution a* cUngefbu* to popilar
liberty, have provided against hasty and
rash legislation on tha part of’a domi
nant Parliamentary m^ority.
Take for txampto tbs Chamber of
Deputies, now the eeaire of power in
France, consisting of a nominal member-
ship of 534 T The members of this Friend Btsfess growls about Ml gar-
Ghstirbcr ere dWded by -lot into eleven dsn truck not growiog writ
will be founded on a rock, botsv to be
devastated by the ravage* of wsTrbkd’
that the ravages of time will
them rioe in their grandeur^smd thadf
they may beoome models for ether
States and other countries to taks
patters after. Much of this can be
aasured by tbs IntrodaetXoo of aettlers
—farmer9 and mechanics, tbe bone
and sinew of the land—Into tbs State ;
aad, evsoiuaily, faotoriee will spring
up, whioh will give employment to
woman aad* children who otherwise'
pass their time hi idleness.
If the land owners will taka advan
tage of tbe epportoDlty now presented
to- them 1 to dispose of their land'at
low figures, they will not only benefit
themselves, but the country at large,
aad redound to the advantage of th*
whole State. Oounaxeu
■ p 4. ,n. i
ted And further K Is reasea*/ that
the stock la tbe bands of the sploL'srs
to of mof* #«tght agahmff the marturt
than stock at ports, for It enable*
spinners to-held off from buying at any
moment that they sss fit to de ss.
‘ Another fbet ctmsldersd m bearing
materidftf upoa the poabaMs future
of prinss ofoottoo Is tbe profitable
ness of fambuhtoture. It Is riioww by
figure* that prlfcss tor goads fibVo not
advanced- relkthMF wrik those Of the
rofp urati
there Iks-MOn's dfccHas ll'the pries of
taamdflitokoiecP gobd* sad pMtsrino*
tost yflkr. Thetsodkaopaf tbsssson-
ditkras would naturany brta make
spttmstveorsame *s flttls nnd trap as
spartafity as podrible.’
— re**'-—>—-
Tbs dkstte to return to the wMppibg
post Is so eObSg In Keutookf tfikt lb
some ShnnUercbadMafes* for tbs tosg-
talatfift We coapefied ke pledge ttoem-
s el re* to ssstaih Cbe nasaaur* or (oost
their nbanoe of eleotfon. Tb* objssff Is
ito’dlffiMIsh-edm* and aav* sxpeoes.
What to supposed to ba tha largest
tree lo tbe ionthern Btatee to a tullp-
beartnfi poplar near Augusts, Oa.,
'filch to
fift^Sef
to IKiberblgfi aod oiae feet In
its lowest branoASS being
T
Im im the Butts tarn of Fatofisld
county was 818^16,72; In 1178, it was
*84,930,7A _
WTATK .ecWd.
There la a good crop of colonel*,,
majors, and capUfoe In Lancaster.
The cars are new ronofog from Spar
tanburg, ft O, to Hendersonville, ft. C,-
The wheat orep ta Union county
looks wsll t oats are not so promising.
Davy Crookotb has turned up In
Lancaster, aad had ansae of his clothes
stolen last weak,
A Ijanoaster sash* sat down last
week to the following bill of fare—a
large oat fish, so vel aad several frogs.
C*pt- Grist, of tbe Enquirer, has
sees, and batter still, has eaten* straw-
berrtea three and a half lochts io air-
oumferenoe.
Many farmers in Orangeburg county
art plowing up their first planting of
cotton, consequent open the ravages
of th* vat worm.
A Lancaster cow has fasted for two
weeks aad to as healthy as ever. Tbs
Barnwell nsaa who will invent that
»,>rt of a cow shall have a vote of
thanks.
Dp Io nod ioetodfeg Monday tbs
Treasurer of Abbevfle county had Is
sued huudred sad slaty-one re-
eatpto adsl denoted ms# than 98,900
In taxes.
Th* Wofford Gollegc buildings are
undsrgoiag repairs and imp/ovemsst
la view of thsappxcachingCommsima'
meet exsroises, and to vn of SpnrDaa-
burg-is growing Into city proportions.
A negro burglar entered the house
of Secretary of State Sims, two mils*
frern OotureMa, bshwesa one and two
o’clock thtor rreniag. Col K'ais was
lylag sick lb the bouse, aad hi* wife
not caring to disturb bar husband
todocfcsd th« fellow la the head with a
.billet of wood. The rasooFreeovsred
an d> roads good bto caeape.-
Th*Pree*aad Bannar says: Green
Callahan, a reepectablh colored man of
meJoresgret aeeUon^warin town last
Saturday paying taxes. H* was the
first to' pop koto year. Ha is now th*
•ato owner of Mfcaaree of land, w|»tob
was bsugfit sod
Hefias^oos-tfito
family. Ut m hear »o rfifire fff tbs
^trifoog U» Abbe-
HA^ IN
STORE
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BAITISH
, LARGE ATD’ EXTBNWVELY
STOCK OF
CONTINENTAL AND AMERICAN
ASSORTED
■45b
Well Suited to the Wants of this Section of Country, whieb is new being Offered
af Trices that cannot be Undersold in the South. Importing Direct, aad
having eo a tract') with the leading Manufacturers in this Csostry, with the Cash
ia hanff to Lake advantogts of every turn in the market, I am enabled and pro
pose to ofler DVy Goods at such Prices that admit of no Legitimate Competition.
WHOLESALE BUYERS
Will* do weH to visit my KatabUshmeoi if they aim to obtain Goods at Rock*
bottom' Prices.
TO the LADIES ef BARNWELL sod surrounding Country their at
tention ia respectfully requested to the fact that my Retail' Stock is laid in
earefoljy with the view to tbe requirements of City trade. Novelties^ as they
ap^war in the European and Home Markets, are presented without delay at
Price* to suit the most exacting. Cerrctpondence Solicited. Write for Samples,
Ordera Ptomptly Filled’ an<F Satisfaction Gmnntfced'.
GOOI> GOODS AT CHEAP PRICES.
James A. Gray,
h.uj. IM AND US *8*AD STREET, AUGUSTA, 6L
■re—s—re— ■nai ——stoffimm— r
■WHOLESALE OOMMlSeHOW BOTOX
-——or——
MIBES BRASS & SON.
BOOTS BHO'ES*
138 Meeting St., (Opposite PaviHon Hotel)* Charlest*o f Ssnth Carolina.
Cheapest House In the Sooth.
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l mil euMlad'itncb m4 «*«!»<■ l»r*« inrolou by emytutmtr dlr*et (Vm»> tb* Fu-
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UK.* SWOE It** u cbc*FWi y*u ran bu
bom r ia th* cit
eltr ^<e*|)Unee
biiMtU, Vlnit ini when to* com* to lb* Hty. W*e*B mH fern anything ia tb* BOOT'
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r la th* city, aa4 our price* ar* from t*a to
to Boston Oar goods »r* tb* mm* u *oM by
twenty P*r
»pl 17
o«nt. lower. Literal teraH to psrttm gtvta
Auguste Flour
jobi^ nr.
rr.AriK; jt co„
■:<x-
•Ho^iha rvcsnlly put our )lill in imt-elass order, wt arc npw pysfiaXM to ftU order*
srempOy fer our well know# hrandc of Flour, via: GU-T WRiK, DOBkU EXtBA IX- 1
TRA awl flP TOP; alee, Meal, Orttv, Bran and 8took Peod. All Geodo delivured in Da-
jpstfret of Dr*3t*|e ■ . w • 71—97 ^