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^ m THE PEOPLE. - *** JOHN W. HOLMES, Editor ■ ,■■ in-r^ iL.>-g=r- TH0R8DAI. JUNK 12,1879. Wk are not rcsponsiblofortho vli vv« Of our correoponJ«»nU. ^ ClrMU B*pectal The exra soosion of Congress draws to a dost, ond for this we are proioundly grateful. At its commencement the Democracy, for the first time in eighteen jeers, controlled both branches of the Hstional Legislature. They preserve their numerical majority, but have lost a large measure of public confidence. Whether deaorvadly or not, time alone can Ull. ^ r ' In voluntarily placing themsqlvca under tbo leadership of the Northern Democratic representatives, we think that our Southern member* erred grieviouriy. The so-called reconstruction policy of the Republican party has restored the South to full fellowship in the Union— although that party still professes to regard oursoetion ason probation,and the publio opinion regards it as accountable and responsible tor all Democratic' sins of omission and commission. Such being the csie, it was the duty of our Representatives to have at least insisted on the adoption of a line of policy concurrent with their own vic^s. So far from doing this they became willing followers of blind loaders, assumed positions claimed to bo impregnable, but from which time aflcr time they have been driven under a bombardmeht of Presidential vetoes. Tbcir party discipline has remained perfect, and their leaders Imre not loarucd wisdom from defeat. Each and every retreat has found that apology so familiar to eur ears in the late, “ We hare fallen back to a stronger positioned from this point the tide of war will turn in our favor.” A nd- now they are cominghomc, bringing us the r Tkw Ohio IWomlaattoaa. The Republicans of Ohio have nom- inatsd Hoo. Ubartes Pcater fOT Gover nor, which shows that they,. Intend making a prudent and detlrmfned tight for the Control of the Buck-eyo State. Mr. Foster fs an able and con servative mno, and will make the strongest race possible for bis party. The Democrats nominated Ron. Thos. Ewing for Governor, and Hon. A. V. Rios for UenL-Goyerao^ The Giooubackers nominated Gen. A. Sanders Ffbtt for Governor, sad Hon. Hugo Prior for Lieut.-Governor. The election takes place in October, und it is expected to be a hard fight The papers throughout the country assert that Ewing will recapture a large part of the ex-Democratic Green back vote Which will Insure his elec tion. " ^ % Letter from llaniberR. assurance that they have manufactured . - - . ^ ■o much pontkal capital that the solidity capacity to enter tain eighty gttt»fir,«nd 7** Wuld Wiybc obtoined by J .u * D0unn!r. rmzinff and numpin!!'. But of the North will be broken in the next campaign, and converted stabs will ally themselves to the solid South in the election of a Democratic President. Will the great expectations they Imre fathered end like Mr. Pip’s Fortune? Am 014 IVoBff—Tow Mack Cwttoa. Senator M. C. Butler, in a recent interview with a New York reporter joined in the old cry that “ Too much ootton has been the curse of tbo £outh.'’ It strikes us that the present condition of the cotton-growing countries and ruling prices show the incorrectness of the jf+jutfj* li .»iw' .so •fjF .'•'ip v great staple after the war, she found herself in competition with other producers that had introduced this new industry during the imprisonment of the South by blockade. They liad abundant capital—she an incubus of debt and a government, if not directly hostile to her prosperity, certainly indifferent to it The years that have passed, have marked the gradual and certain restoration of her prosperity, in spite of poverty nnd misgovernment. Her competitors in the growth of ootton have found themselves distanced—and year after year their competition is losing its onco formidable character. The South promises to be •gain the mistress of the cotton trade, and such a powerful point of advantage is cheaply bought by the losses that have befallen growors in a few disastrous years. While we are not sufficiently optimistic in our views to believe “ Whatever is, is right,’’ we do thiuk that in many cases w Whatever is, is best.” Our public men at* too apt to paint us as politically perfect and industrially wholly reprobate. We are neither the one or the other. Their praises do us no good, their strictures do us much harm. Every farmer is the best judge of his own business, and will continue to manage it according to his views. If too much cotton has been the curse of the South, then we want mere such curses to come to roost Ckamkerlalm Omlaa; Agala. We letrn from a thoroughly reliable and wall informed source that Daniel H. Chamberlain proposes to settle in Charleston and resume the practice of tbs^ law. the days that arc dead, Daniel was a pet of Broad street, but he is not coming back for the sake of Auld Lang Syne. Daniel is a dealer in fixtures —and if he comes; it is to set as chief Radical wire-puller in the campaign of 1880. The Washington correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle and Constitu- Uonallst pays our Representatives the following compliment: The South Car olina delegation In the House is an ad mirable one. its raembem are seal- ous for the true Interests of their State and friends of the people of all the States against their oppressors. fo the Homs on Monday tho new Legislative, Executive and Judicial'Ap propriation Bill was passed almost unan imously, there being only fourteen that wted ia the negati ve. Bamukrc, 8. C., June.11, 1879. Mb. Editor An event in tho history of our town of almost present occurrence demands, in my opinion, the greatest possible publicity j nnd while several letters were written on the subject to-day by gentlemen hero for publication, I cannot think that something further will be altogether uninteresting. It is generally known that a few months ago a destructive fire swept away about half the business portion of the town, including tho hotel and one residence, but what was then considered a calamity, appears now to have been a fortunate circumstance, inasmuch: aq on tho sites of the late, old, ungainly buildings, handsome, new brick structuras arc now rapidly approaching completion ; principal of which may be mentioned the new hotel—an imposing three story brick building—crccicd over the tops of five stores of tho same class. It will have n piazza all around from its second story, from which fine views of suburban forms, and beautiful sun-sot scenes may Ic enjoyed. It is to have a watering places North, says this wstor is superior to any that be has found st any r .■iiiMiin 9*4! the apartments arc to be fitted up without regard to expense. But if “ sorrows come not singly,” neither do our joys, as you will presently sec. It has for a long time been known that the waters of Cedar Springs near hero contained valuable medicinal properties, as well as that they were both pleasant and refreshing as a drink ; ond it has been the opinion of many for years thst by proper efforts here tho streams which supply those springs might be reached and utilized ; but no one has heretofore had the means or boldness to undertake the enterprise, Our new town council, however, althpugii good water, Influenced by tho conceded advantages that would accrue to the town by tapping a mineral stream, determined to try the experiment, and afcordingly procured the services of Mr. Andrews, a skillful artisan who has for years been boring wells in the most unyielding strata of the Northern States —together with all necessary machinery and started him to boring on the high square near tho centre of the town, known as tho town hinds. Mr. Andrews bored faithfu ly for some time, without success, to a depth of ninety five feet, when he pierced a rock, that to all appearances was impregnable to human efforts; bet ho seemed dauntless and determined, and plied all his energy and skill, deigning to note the gibes ot those to whom his boring seemed but rabid recklessness. Mr. Andrews had now bored wilhin a half inch of one hundred feet, and we could sec that the remarks of the crowd had begun to discourage him ; and he concluded that if ho met with no encouraging result aflcr completing the the depth of a hundred feet, ho would abandon tho undertaking. Perhaps perseverance now met a sudden and surprising victory. Immediately on passing tho depth prescribed, he felt all obstruction cease. A moment more tho crowd was thrilled by the spectacle of a heavy volume of water gushing over their heads, and descending in graceful curves to the ground. ’Twas so unexpected, so sudden and surprising that one felt transported to the grounds of some fabled fountain. As soon as tho general excitement would permit, glasses were obtained for trying the taste nnd quality of the water, sod our gratification was in keeping with bur surprise, when every one present pronounced it the very best ever tasted. It is sweet, as water only can bo, and in the whitest glass appears still more transparent. But what is peculiar to this water is the exhilarating effect it produces on a person drinking it; in which respect, I may say safely say, is superior to tho best coffee or tea, and need only refer to Mr. Welch, one'of our oldest and most respectable citizens —who for years has thought that he could not get along st all without hie two cups for breakfast—who, upon drinking this water, discontinued the use of coffoe entirely, and now drinks freely of the water, and says he feels better and stronger. One of most distinguished citizens, Mr. Hunt, who his visited all the popular oft hem and has no doabt that it contains medicinal yirtacs of the highest grade Tho effects of a bath in This Water are not less marked, for, after bathing in it, one feels pleasantly stimulated, as by refreshing sleep after' great weariness. Our town council—gentlemen of fine intelligence and shrewd business capacity —have placed our citiseni, and the" community ns well, under additional obligations to them by constructing under th« -direction of Mr. Andrews a capacious cistern according to the latest developments of science, to receive the water. Attached to it are pipes and fossets, which, upon being turned, give, in a few moments, several gallons. Notwitlistanding tho constant draws from the cistern, it keeps full to overflowing, and the eotracil proposes to all citizens who will pay a reasonable compensation to lay pipes to their houses, and thus deliver the water to hand. The country folks now bring with jugs and bottles, to carry as much of it home with them as they can. A bathing, liouse Is speken Of as to be built very soon. Every one living near enough, eomes about sun set to get a supply of water ; and the eagerness with which the large crowds press their way to fill their vessels with tbo bright, sparkling, limpid, blessed water, happily illustrates the tales of Eastern wells. On the face of every man you meet hero, you enu read, as in a book, a solemn, subdued, yet profound wonder and gratitude. You almost see his bosom swell with grateful emotion, os he talks of the water, of resolutions of thanks, of a proclamation of a thanksgiving-day, &c. And it is not strange, for not three days ago the best water to be bad at any of the public wells was at the old Proctor Phenomenal Pierce Pump, -south of R. U. Avenue; nnd while it is true that it had no sticks in it, ho ratten wood, no W«4e llnnptoa'* •peeck. Hampton safd be could not claim to speak as a leader of his party nor would he try to shield bimself from tbo consequences of bis actions behiad say party. If tho policy supported bv him whs revolutionary and treason able, he was a revolutionist and traitor. But what policy is before Congress worthy of such u charge ? By no vote of mine will the approprlatlone neoee- sary for the efficient maintenance of tbo army be ref ue«d. It Is competent for Congress to deffiaro under what limitations and conditions the appro priations shall b« made. The form In which this is dobs I regard immaterial. In my judgment it would hav^jibfa best to adhere to the general form, but to secure unanimity I shall acquiesce in the decisions of the majority. But, In no event can I consent to aid in disbanding the army onimpfeirtng Us efficiency. It is the artoy of the South as well as of tbo North. -It is the army of the ifhole country. Ia its history from the days of the revolu tion I have some reason by right of ray birth and blood to be proud* In the late civil contest, on many a bloody field I tested the valor and no word or act of mine shall depreciate its value or lessen its usefulness. But because Ij» regard it, no act of mine shall tend to degrade it. I will not so legislate that against its own honora ble instincts and traditions, it shall be the instrument of tyranny in the hands of any factious party or any unscrup ulous Executive who may desire it. Nor shall I assist, because of any dif ference of opinion between the minori ty and majority, to close the courts of justice or embarrass the life of the Government Tho Constitution has provided means by which an appeal to the country can be had, and it is for the people to decide whether the Pres idential veto has been wisely used to defeat the will of Congress which rep reseats the majority of the people. Hampton proceeded to say he bad no intention to embartass the Administra tion, and although be considered the provisions of tho bills just, he recog nized the different position in which the Excutivo found bimself. Mr.Hamp ton’s people remembered that In a critical period of their history, when any injudicious action would have been fstfcl. the President, by a consci entious construction of bis duty, re moved the United States troops from Louisiana and South Carolina, thus enabling the people to restore their local governments to those who rep., resented the popular will. For this wise and patriotic action he was grate pouring, prizing and pumping. But now there is an abundance of water— thought to be., better than any yet discovered—for man, for beast and fowl, for every living, drinking, washing thing, for miles around, to be had for the mere going for it. Taken altogether tl»c discovery of this water, at a depth of a hundred feet, flowing against the dome of the marble rock, its virtues, and its abundance, is most remarkable, and must form for us a new era of progress and prosperity. Our poorest ciiizcns can new enjoy at home without cxpqpsc or inconvenience, theJyxuneS Bif ^ 1( ^n^ r o f rejoices in an atmosphere as pure as thet of Aiken, and that large and wealthy class of persons who seek pleasure and health in the use of mineral waters, will not foil to avail themselves of tho more efficacious virtues of our ncwly-Jound water. Bamberg will thus gain a national character as a health resort, and the returns will come in renewed health and energies, in the building up of our waste places, in an increase of values and capital. Our town council and their worthy artisan, Mr. Andrews, deserve and receive the highest commendations for their energy, enterprise and perseverance, which have finally wrought out such happy and wonderful results. O. F. Ww Pen Picture* or Ilayea fthcrinan. {Wanking!on Corrosjiomlence August* Ckrouic’o and CoiutttutloDalUt,] No one can see and talk with John Sherman and %ot be profoundly im pressed by him. Ho is a largo man, in the golden prime of life, and a mod el of that perfect health that comes from clean habits and a disciplined temperament. A more Intellectual bead I have never seen, and If Indeed bis manners are a trifle cold, they am stamped with dignity born of conscious superiority and the habit of command. I must confess that my preconceived Ideas of him were, In part, largely shattered, and I can understand bet tor now than formerly why he bos loomed dp so conspicuously for the Presidential nomination. If he de sires to accomplish the defeat of Grant and Insure his own surpassing rivalry, I believe he will accomplish that un dertaking. He is a very hearty look ing, intelligent man, beaming with good nature. He has an honest coun tenance, and, I am Inclined to think, a wholesome, upright person, not a bit of a despot and ucspoiled by the pos session of power. However much I may differ politically from men, it is pleasant to find them, on acquaintance, better than they were pictured, aud this, I frankly admit, bat been the case with John Sherman and liqther- ford B. Hayes, ^ state news. Judge IHrich is holdleg court in j Anderson. ' Orangeburg Is troubled with Incen diaries, robberiee, and continued Im provements.- ' ' A nine end a half foot alligator was recently killed on the banks of the | Edlsto in Orangeburg county. The cotton in KerShaw Is being seri ously Injured by a worm which feeds upon the root of the young plant. The erection of a handsome bar racks for the public guard at tbe Pen itentiary, commenced on Friday last. A very destructlfsTiall storm visited a portion of Lancasterkoounty last | week, and damaged the crops consider ably. Tom Hunter, a specimen of tbe Af- -ricari human, who went to Texas from York county, has returned, and sayp | that State Isn’t exactly the promised land. . The reports of the crops all over the State are very encouraging, and itisl predicted that more will be made this year than there has been for several years past. Mr. Erwin Hutchinson, of Abbeville, has three hundred and twenty-fivedol- lars’^worth of gold coin, which was | cast from gold recently taken from mines in that county. The Monitor informs us tbat a col ored girl, about seven years old, was I fatally burned on Monday morning of! last week, by her clothes taking fire | from the fire-place. She lived but s few minutes after the accident occur red. Tbo sales of commorelal fertilizers In Anderson for the past season, have I been greater than for any season since tbe business began, amounting in the aggregate to 2,171 tons, against 1.786 for last year. It would probably be better for tbe country not to hold any I Indignation convention next winter, v Mr. D. I. Hendrix,Treasurer of Lex ington county, has mysteriously dlaip- peared, being a defaulter to the amount of 82,682 45. He left about 81.300 In cash and some, property, which will largely Indemnify his sureties, who will adjust the whole matter as soon as possible. The action of Mr. Hen-; drix still remains a mystery to his friends. NE IF AD YER TISEME NTS. NEW ADVBRTISmENX^^ r New and Elegant i <1 lUch Spring ful, and while it would be bis duty to oppose the policy of which the Presi* dent was a representative, tbat oppo sition would Pot bo captious nor such as to drive tho President into a coali tion with those who would madly trample on the rights of the people in their strucglo to retain power. Mr. Hampton said bis party was de nounced for wishing to restrifet the Federal use of troops, but men high In the Republican party, whose words be quoted, had also pointed out and denounced the dangers and abuses of such use. It was not the immediate action of the array that he feared, but the ultimate (fleet of Its raisuHe. and he would Oppose any legUlatiou giving the general Government the power to interfere In any way with elections. Better have turbulence in one or two great cities than military despotism in mi sent here ns i•‘gi8lator8. Neatly every mao in the South bore arms, and she could hardly bo blamed for trusting her Interests in peace to those who risked their tlVes and fortunes for her ipiwar. He thought if tbeNOrthhad honored in like manner, those who fought her battles, the legislation of the country would dot CuTTiSblttered by a revival of sectional strifes. If the North was sincere in Inviting the Southern States to return to tbe Un ion, she should be glad they sent their best and most honored men to repre sent them. The South had no apology to make for the past, and to recall that past now is now in the Interest of that harmony for which the whole country longs. The South asks to have stricken from the statute books those laws w Ich are tho product of distrust as much afi were tbe armies and navies. If yon asked us to come back as States, treat us as States ; join hands with us to establish National liberty as understood by our fathers, usd Senator Hampton’s address aroused frequent applause in tbe galleries. The Largest and Most Thoroughly Complete Assortment of Rieh and Spring and Summer Dry-Goods Order Sale (Heal EslaU4 John Bostock, Assfsrnoe, vs. Andrew and Mary Stephens. BY virtue of a decretal order made In this case hjr Hon. Thos. Thomson, doted 2d day of March, A. D. 1378, 1 wl 1 sell on sales-day in July next, it betn* the seventh day of the said month, at Barnwell i* H , I ii. C, Itetween the usual hours of sale, the following described real estate, to-wit: all that cm-tain tract of lund in Barnwell 5a f CSt3!Ui , ti3a*UlS b? Ever brought to the South is now on exhibition, and to winch hinds of Gabriel Young, south by lands of F Thomas II. Johnson', east by lands of j . - , , ^, Will am Doe, west by lands of Thomas H. U| 1C attention 01 tllC mibllC ISmO^t respectfully lUVltecI. at tlifc John.-ou. KeftoW at risk of former pur- | 1 * * chasers. Terms of sales, etish, Purchasers to pay for papers. KbertfFs Office, Barnwell 0. June 13. 1870 J. W. LANCASTER. H, 8. C. 8. B. 0. Marble Palace of MOUZON.I James A. Gray, •prtT-.Tm. 194 AND 196 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. Dental Surgeon, out jnnl3-3m This is the season when the love- stricken youth, who doesn’t know a violet from a porcupine quill, goes forth to gather flowers for the Idol of hJs heart. Aud she, bless her, tskes the flowers with s gracious smile, and when night comes sits in tbe parlor with her other fellow and pins button hole bouquets all over his cost. Tell you, young man, it Is better, far better, to be " her other fellow ” than simply “ her fellow.” Put» pin there. 1"reacting the Jury llox. Washixotom, June 4 —The following is tbe substance of the bill reported from the Senate Judiciary Committee to-day as a substitute for Senator Bay ard’s bill repealing the jqrore’ test oath sections of tbe Revised Statutes. It will form a part of the legislative and judicial appropriation bill agreed on by the Democratic caucus. Sections 801, 820 aud 821, and tbe last clause of Section 800 of tbe Revise i Statutes are repealed. All grand jurors in the Uulted States Courts shall be public ly drawn from a box containing tbe names of not less tboa three hundred persons possessing the qualifications prescribed In Section 800 of the Re vised Statutes, which names shall be placed therein by tho Clerk of the Court and a commissioner to be ap pointed by the Judge thereof. Said commissioner shall reside in the dis trict in which the court is held, to be of good standing and a well known member of the principal political party bAt to which tbe clerk ba ng tbAt to which Tbo clerk and the commlsslon- opposinj longs. er shall each place one name In said box alternately until tbe wboie num ber required shall be placed therein, but nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent any Judge iu the district in which such is now the prac tice from ordering the names of Jurors to be drawu frbm tbe boxes used by the State authorities ia selecting ju rors in tbe highest courts of the State. All laws in conflict herewith are re pealed. ; The above bill was passed after a hot discussion by a strict party vote, the vote being yeas, 28 ; nays, 16. Oh, Congress, dear Congress, come home to us now. The voioeof the people yells t bonder; You ought to'come right home from the House, Ere the people excitedly wonder Why. in the name of common senee and the Constitution of our forefathers, you don’t shut your olap-trape and out down on the expenses of the goverr- meot, which is paying several hundred thousand dollars a day to hear you make stump speeches. ° Tho Washington Post predicts a Democratic majority of 15,000 in Ohio. ; E. H. K A. VAN AGE, COPPER, TIN. AND Sheet Iron Worker, Is pro pared to do oil kinds of repairs on Tinware, Lamps, Glassware, Crockery, Umbrellas and Parasols. Also, Stoves repaired and put in good order, Gutter# and Pipes put tip; ALL LSAXt INIOOPt STOPPED. All work warranted, aud at a low figure to suit llie times. junIT lie Toemm&Ws” PATENT BUGGY TRACE EVERYBODY * INVITED! THE MAYOR AND COTTNCIIi. AND THE PEOPLE TIIEV REPRESENT. , Even our brother Dry-Ooo.le Merchants, their wives, sisters, evurins, sons, daughters and jurats. FilEE TRADE. Comu and partake of the Five Coot articles offered iu 4F J An <1 e r s o n ’ s J o r+- O M ‘ o c D f P 3 Cw 01 p ◄ 9 s o a 9 § s 5 5 a tr* bn s» e*- O a i—\ O - a CO 0“> sr * 9 tm O^ E o o g B (S’ cr ST ? 2. tn cr «*• s s a 8 » £J- 9 3 o o *1 c £ P cr £ l gg <3 tr -» © 9 3 s. * 3 o'U. f J* 5:“ §.§ B S C » X 3 * © 09 f H cr <3 3 e. e i. 1 B 9* 9© B £- I H cr 9 2 ? B 9 ◄ 3 cr i » 3 p- p o r. a © z if m 3 o s B a* B CL 3 B cr 9 •8 9 T er S' * H, 9 O cr 2 y 9 o 81 S’ s m 5 B cr o 3 OS r+ 2. o * a m W a £ o a ao S' a E a c- © I pa a ■ a 5- g s, l m o § 3. 9 «• N* 9 • © f 1 2 s • 1 »« tr t+- cr 3 9 i & cr o ? * 1 % ■ 2 * 1 3 | ’* s 4 8 8 -• Burckhaltcr, Phillips & filler, Wilbston, 8. C. jun!2 3m •Up. ADAM DUINYARD, WHEELWRIGHT AND BLACKSMITH, Barnwell C. H., 8. C. ALL kinds of rspalring done promptly and in the best style. Call aud see him. juue 12-31)3. COUNTERS! THE 2 5 BOYS t -ooo- • *. * v <*» * Among the Wonders of American Trade are the' W. T. ANDERSON & CO-S. • ' i. ——• Thousands of Useful Articles, such as Are being retailed all over the City, by Close Dealers, at from Ten to' Twenty-five Cents each, will be found on Anderson’s 5 Cents Counters. 11*1*5 >n We have so thoroughly arranged this sale at 5 Gents Arti cles that imitation by any would prove a complete failure; Come to the & Cents Sale. 35 J ‘elite and Intelligent Boya to Serve Yo •:or- A -PERFECT 'WONDER—EVER THING 5 CENTS. W. T. ANDERSON <fc AUGUSTA, Ga- Judc J-3m CO., • '-4 >-JLr.«4 V-' & < v * ‘ K ■ShH