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1 'T c i' i Ritea of Advertising. One inch, wne insertion . . $1 ()() " “ e*ch subsequent insertion. 00 cei»s Qusrterij,serai-nnuunl or je.yly cuutrucis ms loon liberal terms Oontrs t nilvertisiiig is payable ;50 days af ter tir-O iuserl no unless >>i bet'wise stipuluted. .•No ciituniunitiation will be published un- o.h.s aecompanied by tbe'nnmentld address of the* rrriror, ri.i| tieresiui-Uy for pubKeatiou, but as a ^tiarluity of ^aodj.iilh. Address', ’FlIN I'KOrLK,' Barnwell C. li. t 3. t. SouUi Caroli»ia Railroad. CI1ANGK OF SCHEDULE. VOL. IV. NO. 14. BARNWELL C. II., S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, IS80. $1 A YEAR. :.tx: 4 r® ^iTrl S088S5 ^ir iut- Up Day Passenger—Moil. s (This Train cottOccts^ with Tra’n frottr Co- lutubta at Branchvillc.J, ft. 0!) a m . fi.'SO a iu 12 tt-V p in 12.111 p m 12 42 p h. 12.'>4 p m Leave Oharlestoa Leave Columbia.. Uraiicliville • Midway - , , “ Bamberg “ (iraW.ini's —.Ji l.ee-s ■ • ■ " ' —• “ Blackville - *« Elk. “ Willistoai “* Windsor */>. , ** Montmorerici »• Aiketi- A.rriv* Augusta I>aw» Day P*«seh^ov (This Tni:i o in i s-ts with I'i tin for^Vm hia at Branch villc.J Leave Augu-ta ^ K -Oft-w HAS BEEN kkce.vtly THOKOUGIILY jiiovatcd, preparatory to the couveuing of The September Court- - Now. large atfv^rnmfortable dining room and office yji the basement floor, Booms large and airy- Attr w rtre servants and the table furuislietT ^ith, the besi the marjset affords _• ___ AtnulcStable raoqi and attentive grooms on Iran PUOPUIETOR. ■ 31 if IK ATlO.^i D %V. Special Requests. 1. In writing to this office on bnsinrs* al. woya giro your name add Boat Office addrwa. *2, Business letter* and eomnuinication* ta be publislied should be srritten on separata sheets, end the object of oaah clearly indi cated by ueceeaary nota when required. ■. Art idea for publication ahould ba Writ ten in A clear, legible band; and do only ana aide of the page. 4. AH change* in adrartiaeincata ma*V re«*u.on Friday. —s -4 — —-c.v.y. . ,, • > '■V m jati2»- H0RSES1 MQLES. A tWeu -« M out raorcnci "W+ndsur Williston , Elko Bi.ickvilla —Lee's ——r —ttriti'.'irs — ft 01 a in ft.IK a in ft.II ami l'jl 02 a in I TA11 a m j 10.2K a m | I0.-1H a m “ITT Impoainii 4>re**ti>Hi«ai«*flieCap- ttul ut i'uluiulsia. ■ % Vr"' [KfHx;ial to the News an* (iourier.l CoLruniA, N ’VPtnber 30.—llio Oov- ernur ami Li 'iiteimut-Uuvero'>r-elect were iuiuiguruted to-Guy at 1 P; M. in the Hall of Kopteaentatlves in the preseliC*' of a lar^e tisKemblugo of citi- 'z ’us. Long before tbe hour appointed thi* callerv, the lobby and tbe floor of the H >uae wete fully occupied by bun dreda >>f fair ladies with their escorts, who.» mployea the epttre time in itst- t uing to the proceelings of the House. P11 net nwHyTtt luadnd by Senator W itherspoon, the ptesVleut pro t-em., with the offleera of the Senate on itia right un<1 left, np- prated at the door of tho House and wefe received by the membets ataud- fng. The president ascended to the. should be Ihnited to ap)>roprintIons for mi'*- ■ v - * • • ■ ,.'7 *• ILtuibcrg —O-—tl id way *■ Brsnetirilie Arrive diarlesioa Arrive Citium in uioMr ixraKsa —Ur. I.i'sve i~h^f|p r <iiiii Leave Brmclivillc t.euve Clnckvil’s Arrive August* ■h‘ II IH 7 * m ■rrrrmr 11.41)nil. i !vf-: wiTtr the bent 2>ruug!it Horses and pluitattoti Mules i that 1 have cvctrh;ought to this mark et. Ibices will ie : iu titc leu.-otij. ! stock, «ili dj well to buy now UIUAll HL'NN. 2. I<) p m o.oT p m Ul.l.» put c m 4.*5o a in K S ") » III Dows. • .raie tuginfv La»vo Blackvi!|r Lnnve Brauchvil'o Arrive 'hirle.tun Uii moots wit'n night Trtin* villi loan I f^MUV'.diiiabi'i.' iitKioitr am* ACivuwoOArtos— Ur. Hpcaket's BTai-.ft’aml wan received by the Speaker. The uietnbers of theSoti- a e Wi re seated ou the right and left of the Speakers stand in chairs re- veil tor them. A moiUent. Iut< r tbe (Governor and LleutenaotrOoveruor acting »Qu\vrnor Jeter. Chief Jiisttoe Siiit|ts"u, A-^Tciato Justices Mctiowan and Hciver, Jadfes Hogti L. U< fid and Ue< r«e 8. Bryan of the United Stotts Circuit Conrt. Jtidgc i''iatci T .uuw.^aofci4ing ftH jmtoe of Th- 1 Fifth Citcolt.the State officers, tueum* twiit vend eUna^ aJHLMjiy«r jQwvrrtvirry, >t Cbatbstoo, t so rted by the jowu c 'tumlttee of arraDgeitieiits,coto-lsting of Senators Uenih rs >n and Walk* r, tiud Ih pnaM‘111ulive« Simonton, Hemp- ivunce uiatcriylly later • l id and Tm 'al, were aottouneed ul tim and all ttccdiua good! 'Ift'd "I 'he boll by thu UM<geM(it-«t- arms t'cnmig tlie mace of State, who l roeftiiuieH aloud : ‘’Hb* Exeeileocy ibe U-'Veruor fleet and bis escort.” — frum lot of Lexiir^ton, Sidtilc tttal in whole or Id part fbr the benefits of tbe institution should be required to do so. I am not prepared to assert that tile bounty of the State is now abused In thl* particular, but it occurs to me that an efficient safeguard arrainst such abuse Is to return to the plan prevailing before the war, and. instead of supporting the pauper in-f -market and when the debt matures. mates of that institution by a genertd- State appropriation, to require each county to support its own paupers Iu the Lunatic Asylum as well as at home. This is entirely consistent with the scheme of our poor-laws. The gnunty 1 vices the tund for thn maltue-a nte.| its sane paupers, and It Is expended under local supervldop. It should also levy and retain supervision of tbe fund applicable to the support of these more unfortunate persons among Its Indi gent population. Tbe part of ibeState • * 4" p m 11. •.»*. p m . 1.31) a m A.5<> a in at Biauch- Sewin^ Hachine Depot. n Such general put poses of building and repaltsas are necessary to make the Institution avaiiablflr for its humane purposes. The revenues of th* State arecoU- lected with honesty and fldelity. The mode of accountiug with the aobordl* nate tax oflkere provided by law Is rigid, and it is jmposaible to cover up fraud or negligence on the part of t beeo oncers. If pbe aocounting Is properly at forced in tbe comptroller's office. Wlieu the money has reachetl tbeStau. tn akury.lts custody and disbursement are ieHlously hedged with striagsnt provisions of tbe law. I know of no practice I safeguard that la omitted. cocstv urtariirnE*. But with regard to the expenditure bonds have risen iu the maiket f-om iweniy-elght ctwu On the dollar to par. Tbe financial status of our Htate was once Its proudest boast., ^ If we place it upon the high plane It occu pied before the late civil war and keep it ibere,ojr securltiee will rank with any governmental securities upon tho s-.the women saw fades with tbslr tion of tbe CoastituMon. Amid the nmner**us matters eUtmtng the anen- tion of the General Assem *ly, and with tbe shortened seesionrs since that time, no registration law has been enacted. In my Judgment the die- charge of this Imperative duty should ^ ^ no -R >n *I er k* delayed. Indeed, in of the countv revenues b seems to me *“ a,, y psrrlculani, our elecM-m laws, ss as it soon will do, It can be refunded at a much lower rate of interest. A wise and prudent policy will keep this end steadily in view ; and then with the increased taxable values, which Improved credit and returning pros- ■ y win bring wimi tp bow a Biitta- en may become an Inappreciable weight to be borne or discharged with, equal facility. ^ ki.fx.ti6k laws. *, The third a* o*i<>n of the eighth arti cle of the Opnstltution of this State, adopted twelve years ago, declares that ‘-it shall be the duty of the Gener al A-sembly to provide, from time to time for the .registration of ajl elcc- tots." Tbtgpoeftlvw mandate id the “Ounstltutlon has not yet been obeyed. It is one of the most obvious means oi securing the purity of the ballot l»ox ; and the failure to provide It was Just ly urged Iu complaint against those who controlled the State G >verntnont fur tho eight years LMtowtug the adop-jcliNRis la whom the capacity of eelf- not euperlor, In feeding quality to the best Timothy, and selling lu the ad- Jacent markets at |rom twenty to twenty-five dollars to the ton. This Improved condition of our chief industrial Interest Is Indeed grat ifying, and Illustrates the capabilities of our favored soil and climate. But our abounding resources still sadly need development. Our mineral wealth, our water power, the products of ourforests, our agriculture itself, have scarcely been toughed. “The, harvest Is plenteous, but the laborers are few.’’ One of the most pressing n .-*<1$ of the State * luddst rially is the advent of an Intelligent and thrifty Immigration. I conamcnd thls subject tp you ; and I commend to your care the recently established Department of Agriculture, which, wisely cumiuct- od, I am .persuaded, will be a most valuable agent In advancing all of tbe manrlaiinteretus of the Htate. C '5CLC8IOH. Theee happy reauite—this reetora- tlon of the Htate id the methods of good government I the hopeful ludua- try of all claa-e's of our people and rapid advitnce la pros|>crlty, ate due, utnler the providence t>f G >d, to the resumption of the ehlef control of our local afidrs tty tbat portion of oaitjaaak*ov»a- the poor oti dead, atii that the law Is serlooely defective,— Ther« is now lerled ao<1 expended in each county* for county purposes a -n '* Leave * ll»r|r«t*in L.- ivr Biai-Jiville Anive *ii(p**i» Dsws. It ire Au-.-ti-** Leavv lllarkvtlle Arrive i.'h«rl«- t«** , A'uiinMta ** L- *<h kvillv at I fret* i‘»li*n«ta«. Tk -t »y M ut a- t Stf* ’ * r ill -I u t . Tt.« vec ihi.iiu Iti •IaiIv. ef.e|*l >«ir a*’ tVe nt<)»* ****-r • U\ • r- Ud 1 Irij* IM a !l -t h t ; iv t >f IH* rabN-t (tip r*larn. U t'- 7 2ft a m 2 it'.* |> m t>. 14 p in 4 . J|) a m K.4K a o*- * P' largi-^uiQ than It pa^e tnio the gen eral fui: Tlie j dut AssemMy, at the order of the Speaker, rose and received them, - ^ « . . . -tanditig uotil th*‘y w< re seated. The erH * , J* C I* leashes the Ktato <iovenior and Lieutenant-Governor- « re » sur v. ^ «» there surrounded wKh l.* t, together Wi.i, the Chief Justice careful ptovislofis i*f tbe law. The il'lred in hl-< offlctnl lobts, a>c nde*l I ,r r <M 'J ,re I f^ajD* the oouutj- the stand, the other guoAla aceonma- j h' 1 ’ hands, and Is in regard to ‘ their disbursement merely the cashier :-*fl T Mt vritk Train« m f ta i I* t •'rr* i ivta run ,y* Mecjuii on On S;»l%> AImI ‘'Utl* ■id i%rc hg**4 it* ?tl*1 4 I m «itui r»r»l t litre J>«• J (ill UoU«|-t> •iGOti It* aLKX it. !* T Ag** L r i aeconina- i ttyirg them being aeeordetl aeats on | me right of tbe Oeck on ibe flxor of the House. 1 be Assi inbly having been called to •*rd r, * he Hiaraker tinnouneetl that the * Hou. Johi-a ai H (g>*od,G *verni»r *d*ft, i nav ptesetit et*U ready to qualify. The | Uoveinor-el*cf tlie|« up*>n a-lvatio*-d t * ui’ Mhlji I, n. rK**K. c**i ; B4 * harcMna Kiiiir.».i i At Blitckvillc, S- C IIm date: (TlAXGt OF bCHBIHT.E April I, lJuft. > i -is- a Fui V o.. Itnily 1 »•»»* • -’’n • - *« • 7 O'' A. fn. .( riV* *1 J i a(*nn • - 12 4 y 1* m # -A-riis ■1% w • • • . 7 .Vn to. m jr*i\win*ii • • e m 4 CO p* m. Ar >• l M.(rlr?iun *•- • S* ft iA p IB. A »j* <*( s’# -»44fi. Ihuly. 1 ’V. 1 • ■S - 7 M p m. Arn*- Safminai) • • (l VS 1. ii». Ar.ite Port .• w 4 •M II. m. ArriT* *) A”r-i*;* • • r. to. Ml. Ntur -1* ’Nhali - - ft 1*0 p- in. I.Kve I , .hI Rnvat 11 no p in l.r ” » % 8 •Jn to m Arrirr *’h •rlo-lon • * ■A) to. UI Put! in in r *r- ”» l.l Tr* r. M.t} \i Fnjrr. file 1 '4*i Pi C, FTP.<r n.AKS CEh lNO Mti’HIXK (T tart*w,-.it-. Nee.lle*. **i! Ae .Jur aiiy MyU >g* o*k H-t* 'tiue. Gk.hI- ynt hy iuail ahaa ur,|«-r» i-rr .-mp.iiiie-i «itii tlir.-a-ii. K«w- i«X macltine- rrpt,.rv*lun r)i**r( noiirv atul vaii-laetiua cuvramred I have an hantl llif ••Nvn liupruvrd tteet ’and thaVew Amrrt ran Mai Inn-* -n- Mt.rcr Alailiina. At-,, « tu v'er an,I ll'i -on No. M. A fine vioek of IVturr Kratiira an i I uruuue*. I |i»»« th<-Afri-**y i w Btniarrli anit t>ran<r, !>u’4 ,-uiailv* U>r ihe-aU **f the ••StlMrarf AJa 7f ft ciJirlttg L'u a Jjiiigrr Mitshhts." ahull claim* * ip. ri *riiy over suy other Kinder Kewinx ^Ineliine. I sun furni*h, on *|iort not ire, any vtyle *r make of .Macldne tie. »irs«t I am al«o Acent fc.r the Bl.icklot-k Faa AlU-hiret'i, which cab tie u*«4 on any Kea inf Macliinr B J- Hammot, Agsnt- •■‘vrS 4m j *he i!tfk on the light t-f the Hp**aker, 1 .,u I the CbW Jus‘lev* pr<*crede,l t*>’s«l- j | tun lister toe couatliutiousi oatn, a« f. ilttas: “Wmiuo aoloinnlf aweartbat you are duly <| ml li-vi. vc oiili'ig t,* the (J-u atltil- I 11-*n i*i tt|,- Ui.itt it Mat *<• ai <1 the ConiHltu- I It’ll ol thi-stale, toel'-rcloe thu tin tit <« of | ll «’t flloe to wnk-h )’ u hu v<- la-eu i Itu-Uvl. it.o > u w it r itthiuJiy t oyii-u^t-to u»» | lt*t lot your i.bltiiytlie <lutie 0 th nv*f.— ! That ; ou r- os'ox * Miu Kupr- iiiacy ui the 1 * •»u-titblii’li aii*l Inwaitf t t* UniUal t-tates «>voi (he CvSMtliiit wS alul law* of any Mini tha* >*iu wilt siip|>ort nud |ho- jf the couuty commissioners. In his aunual accouutiug In this matter be- fote the county auditor eu order of ibe county roicmisal >tien>, drawn to eovordanee with tbe f'-rma of law, Is bts aufflrlent voucher. Dj»«in tbe county coimutMiilouerM rests the responsibility of tbe lultliful an'l Judicious expendit ure of tire fund ; theK are prectlcally i lU.LJ-rr. d to little or' no auputvUion. > It is true they arsrequired u> forward, I ibr ouglt thecomptiotler geugrsl, a de- , lulled nee -uat «f their tranesetloua, to | be I (Mbi-ftirs tlie Le glsUtur*, nud It i I* tlw: ;i e ay of ths Uw ttist these ac- loUiits ure br yoq cx tmtncd. i’uf ths (X pi* seat year but four of tho eounilte nave fm aurdetl their accounts Id time to ba primed wall the •■otu^tro«lsr's report. Ob* re wifi, p.-rh i|s, be lull I •Mute. I 1 . ... I USA a«*d Uat - Ot niiiutloti n( th*- I b*ft*B»y-*u (4 lOsounettpt dlfTtflg your ft. f. Ravi-Tn. ti. K. and T. Acrnt OK 10 AT DLCLINE U DRY GCODS and i.irr- JJIUYATE DISl’A it 111.3 I ter* aunouare ii« AG.U-vr ItMBLB IN PKr GfXIHS ! Ua. iliereiare, a- Leader* iu reguhiiiuy • lie nmrltei, i-fler iIk feli tninf 1,11’ (SLS I*IIINf-* at >>J. re.luerd fe,i:n 71 f» ca.-'f* 1-1 Ltinj'clet'.i, l*e»* <|tia!iiy, at fcc reduced frt*i£ I tie. *> c.i-i-t* Lae* dtrirra I*. K. at 12J, isdueed 11 uni 2oC_ - s I'tOpieue* Yiciori* Lawu at 12J, retlucel I ruin I flu. * 100 piece- Lace Crcoadinc at lOj, retlttceti fron 2-'*e. «;>opiece* I nion T.iwn, colored, f»Je , ie* itucadjfrotu K. ft'J pieces c s-letl Manchester loiwns, yard wide at lOo . reduceil TroJi 1HJ, wni- rauieu Fast Colors. 100pi»cee yard wide'Ureas Linen at 18c., reduced frum 2-V. pt>0 pic* ;* Linen Embroidery < i match at 6e per yard. TOO piece-' pure Fumruer Silks, funny, n< 4ft 7)7. and 7-*»c. 20 lyece- ln-tvjr Gru- Graia Filka at ftOa., re- di.ccd front 8l.2-’i, vvnrranted to wear. Also cheaper and better grade-ton hand. 6,0(>0 yat I* of Colored Silk- of every style Mini d'e-eription. lot drevtati'l hat trim- iiuhp, also fir evening wear, reduced 20 per cent’ Tlic following (r'K>d - are »o!d jn proportion: GENTS C’ASSIMHUES BLACK (KBttrS, Janem* fur Boys' and Cent-’ Wear, Glore-, Ribbons, Hats, I'omestica Matting, Flra*** 1 -, Oil (.'lotlta and C-irpets. ■ All Departnicnts are full and well ns- Surteil, and uA'llie public know too wail that tve'are alir.-iy- the IciJefi in ufleiing the goods lower ilrainil-ewlieie, wc are -urelhat they will see that it i-to their advantage L) call before purchasing. The .-'toCK is large and commotlious, and • very attention will hep-dd to proir.ote stiff more the populafi^jf which the hoti-e enjoy-. I'urcTigott, Bcncdicl 4c C*w. sepdO-dinos (•real clianr* to make mon-y. We no*-1 * p*-r-un in fn-ry ('**» totiike«ul»rri|f tkm fur tint lantrsl, clr ap, -t and ha-1 '•niuatratt-l family |Niti|l< aticti la-Ibe •rl-l. Anyen* ton h —imrm’-uoi-ea-fwl a^ent. hix -•zaiit a ork* ot firon fr 1 *’ to «alirert'*-f». T)n* pric*’ i— —-* i«' th« al.iiu-t < (t-ryhudy -ntM-ribe*.(iae iitf'ut rt’imrt-taking on*-huudivd ami Iwcnty »ub- a -riWra It* a day. A lady s*«ut re|s>rt- raaktug Over IVu tuindr.-t tintUn, tLa* nrutU in trS Sari All wh'> t'ntmi* u.ake si-iuer font. Vo« can A* vol-oli v.Mtrtbiu’ to lHa bottow, or only your apore tim*. You nerd not ho away imm home over nifht. You can d't It a* taail as olheil t ull A'nx-tluiiaand trrm* frro. ID ■cast and rxprn-iTr outf.’free. Ifaod want pma*t u- work - nd it* your addrwoal unee. It r wla a4l,ln( to try Ih. hudn.-ot. Sooue who ew- a »-• ■* Lit* lo tna* rreai waft- ASilrrsC;uur<* Ktis- *o-. A Cos purtla J, Wain •. ^ -gSdl/ ' Anf)t wa.-k i*- yuur-tvn : >wa. fir* Joliar au(tt ■ II fror WatUb B -ott I'.A roo w»«l aMUior— jalff it vklcB •mntmt miriltw-r ara rmm make (rr*l UaJaJpoy al Ik • Ihor *Wr* wo-Y » rW for ^j-VW-o- Im. U U. ilali. U 4 Central Hotel, JlliOAl) ^‘TltlEICT. A U C i TJS r rA GA HRS. W. II. TEOIIAS, Centrally looted, coji.'cxiciit to bu-i- nc-». . tuv-O tf Weddina: Gifts 4 -AT- '.lLIjImJLWS FINE WATCHES, American and Swiss, of tlic Latest Styles. RICH JEWkLUY, Of New and Elcsnnt De-ign* and Eiqni»hiv4 p.7| t ( llt » tim Vorkma^hip.. mot.t, ivtie STEULLNG SILVERWARE, ' In Fresh anil Beautiful Patterns, especially adapted lor Wedding Present*. SILVER PLATEDWARE, Tea Set*, Waiter*, Ice Pitchers, Butter Dishes, Cups, GuMels, Spoon*, Forks of best quality, &c. CHOICE FANCY GOODS. Freueli and Anierictin Clocks, Pine Table Cutlery, SpecWcles, Ac. Wafdusl Jewelry Oan fu'ly Rppaired. TflE BEST GOODS AT THE LOW EST I’KICES. James Allun, <*«p2t'>-ly 607 Kiug <St., Charleston, 8. C. BIG PAY. h, P^c.laud, JAaton. * AOKXXM w.%srrE» WEWANT A limited number of Brtlve, enwget'c cob v nailers hi engage In a pieNgant and |*r.>f!tal>la biH»b'«M — Gjod men will And t hi* a rate chance TO MXKK MON 1CV. Koch will pis*so answer this odvortfee iur-fit hr kCtnr. encloabu.' stamp for renly. alatl' swbxt »nisl*eea tiiey have t^-# op- i In Wor-s but th<x»o who mean busL need apr'*- Addreao FINLEY, HABVFY t m. I>oTl»-ly CmU-J Mat. a ami tin* i^hi-iI'**ii *ii **1 S »u' li • at• ulna ■ ora* 11,-1 by tin* ix-tpo* oa 1 ihu Ui. h ol At .ii, .at*. Ao •*♦»,(* you (4ort.' Ti e Orth w.*» n<iuiiiilsterinl by tbs ! Chief Jualive M’*leuitily Miel luipfes- i i-UHy. nmi duriiiK U» ri-eltHtb>ti tbe fall t-f *• |i h c-'U <1 have beon Lea'il, n<) liuoLe-t won iveiy nontitl. After MUb- Ot rtbll g in I tie ootli GuViTIlof H i/'t-ul adrnticvd u» Ibe fri*;i', an i delivered * hia-LoMUgUlni M'l-bem*' -** fttfloWN 7 TMK Ik.M lit li.Vl. AltpSCSS. Sruiii’Hi tin if It-yr, ut hI itiri t : • ii in witii h 11 ,*liiuiiti et iise of tbe re- ! sp-iiriLiliiy i in pi -nod tbat I npnear bc- j I fi’ >■ U t<> da) to HbauiUe, in ubetli coco lu I he ln-b*etN of tbe people, (he cxecmlve i filet*. Y'*u bav>- bi*eti eaile*! tty Jlte miM.e euveieigu voice to the «1U- cnulge * f an iq'iMlIy* hnportaiit tiuei, :in*l iii > ut b 'rtfs I- plai'e*) fo| the bell two } t mi e I ii tic b l bat nffeets (be Wtl- lure <*• tbe b'nte. ll. lyn g i;pou jxicr pati iU-i-ui, anti yuur wme cu-upera II ’It, atnl whi- n beml single in Its de- Vt*tft*ii «o ttty Htwte nil (I peopl*, pfuucb ibe duties a**i/ued m* siiiiU biitltfuliy ilirt'bur^e tbetu so fui its lu me live. 1 b\ATK KxrxxDiTbnca. The h. >ntst, ect n-iiuie ntid «Ificient ii<*uiuiiettutn>ii itf the H'ute goveru- •tienf, wbieb the party revnlottnn of 1K7B pnuiiiseil. lias been reallz <i. Tbe ordtoury ctitr* ut < X|>eusce of the Hiuta u'ovejiimt'ui have been reduceil toooc- fourtli of what it was under tlie inao- Mgeiiient of the Republican [wrty, and htive nearly rcacbe 1 che raiuitnum ex- peinlilure of the peli<>d befort* the war. I^v-ry obligation of tbe 8ta*,e is met Horn tt*e iucome of the fl-k-al year, and no deUcieiielea are Lugurted. The ac counts of tlie State me cleared from all <• 'iifuni ui or uou^rthinty, and there is laid before the representatives of the people once more, as required by law, “a true and accurate account of the actual state of tM. tr*’Hsuiy.“— I'ltere i- yet room for ret ret*bmew,^ and as from time to time, without itn* efficiency of the govern- enchmant can bo ma*le Id tbe executive, legislative and Judicial de part inents, as well as In the tntMvIla- ueotis ■ xpcn'IItures, each small in it*,df, but iiggrogatlug a cousi ierable ainounteit stniuid be done. In thy * b- o.-tva'i'in, however, the path of fur ther ieduction of the otu lena of the taxpayeia lies now rather is U4 county levies, o which I will hereafter speak, than iu Ihoae which reach tne Htate tt eaeuty. While the State levy bf nir tiuiee leas thsu It was und* r the Re publican admltilatratlou, the ordinary county levy la the same uow aa it watt then. You li.ive, no doubt„obflcrve£ In the estimate of supplies required for th** suppott of tliv H;ate, submitted to y**U at the beginning of yenr session, the large proportion of tbe whole needed for tbe petml and charitable Institu tions of the State. Where labor is so valuuble as it is with us, I do not see why the-Penitentiury should not only be self sustainiAg, but a source cf rev enue. CouslJernble progress has been ma le in this direction under thepres- Sot able management of that institu tion ; but the c*l*jfut should be kept •tesdily in view nud attained at tho earHest p. -sslble day. lo oonneCtloa with that noble chari- tv, ths Luna'ic AsylurD, I hssltats>to speak of retredehmetii; the clroutn- stances of our people r* q lire. a wait mi, and some will cot reach yuu at all. Tbf (Jri.el al Asss ubly does but. au>riuc«*«Mitiiy cannot, effl* Inttly dta- chargn the duty bup tsed ; and tim- the Bmom* supciG-lou of the coiMlty expendttnre* Is lu singular contrast with the rigid aciutluy eufoic^d up *ii till'Htate Ut-Msury. It*ur experience and Judgment wilt And tbe proper remedy. It appears to ms that ibe gmud ju y of tb« ooanty Is thn tn >st •ultnhic body to t>e Chnrgod with <x- tbey now stand, are defective, and their revision Is one of the upwl. .Rn- portaut subjects which demand yeur attention. IDOCiTlOK. 0ur public school system demands and should receive the moat careful attention in order that lu develop tn* m niuy navel ibe necesHttie* of our condition. States of this Union which to-day stand flrstlnJpopuUtloo, wealth and politbal Influence are tb*»e« in wbieb. through < IHclent publio school system*, knowledge Is roost widely diffused among the people. The so cial and pojltleal restoration of our Stale, and tbe development, to the fullest extent, of our nsturwl resour ces, will surely follow upon tbe setab- lishmeut of an educational system which wll! reach down to the child of tbe humblest man, without regard to race or color, and qualify him for tbe dutlew of future ctltz-umtitp. property In Charleston known butit had power. It they covered the npr ms nud wept. . There was a boy's cap and a girl's hat, both so old and faded and time- **aten that they bad to be tenderly haudldd. The women looked from M»cm to the poor old wlrltu face oa the hod and wliixpcred : ’7- • None but a good mother would have treasured these relics. She was oland poor, but her heart was pars.’ ~ "to buffi * the search of time Itself, was a familiar 'ey—a chIM's d umb . watch. Hands were broken and gone, face scratched and case battered, but the womsD haudlvd It aa if a touch would shiver it. There was a doll's bead, a boy’s fish-line, some toy chairs, a yarn ball, - and other tliii'.gs to show that In tha long ago that dead woman had felt the soft knees of children, beard their "good bights” and thanked God that slta was blesssd. Each relic was wept over—each was replaced with frush tear stains. They asked the old blue chest no questions. Its relics might have been priceless to a man, hut to a woman and mother each one had a tale In words us plain as j-rln*. They shed more tears as they l-cnt goveromeot Is a* Inheritance delivered from a thyueand yean* of free ances try. It stands In striking contrast to the wretched peilod of riotous misrule which preceded It under tho domin ation of the lately enfr-inohlaod freed- m-n. South Carolina cannot and will noC again become a pro-tr.tte Htate. The God-given right of self preserva tion Inheres In Communities a* well ua In IndtvidiuU, ItU hlgner than law and older than constitution* ; but the problem with ua to-day U to pre "erve the life of the Htate within the ooadPions thd surround us. ItU true tbat never before In all th<4r his tory have free loatltutloBS been sub jected to such a attain aa the R‘con struction Acta of Che Nattob’il Govern ment placed upon them here ; but the political *-quality of all men In South Carolina U uow as fix ni a Nature Is ber policy as Is the Blue Ride lu her geography. It can neither beaopprewi- od nor wa led. The solution of the pit*t>leui requites the wisest thought, the gravest coun-sl. It seems to me that I see It In firmness, moderation, Justice. J>i these charactcrlss every act of IcglalaUun. It Is my duty ss Governor to “take care that tbs laws are faithfully exe cuted In mercy.** 1 repeat the pledge ma’le before my vleetieu—that In the they said to each other : “If she had only told us of this bow we wool I have loved her and aought to lighten her sorrows." B it sbehad goo*. She bad come and gone as a mystery, and but f*fr the n|.| blue chest In the corner Nw wontd have careJ, mud none would have Borrowed. Urwakea- ■1|BI Tbe , Gy y<*U rx iXllncii. Far the as tbs Clu**M N still Itr p*M»ersdon of discharge of ttila high trust I shall the United States a<iTcnito**ot, It to ,l,loW “«“■*»« "bl’d tnan nor colored «.f great Impottance tb our educed >ual I °«l/ ctlisaoe of 8 *uth Oaro- Ui tercets tbat It be Net ore I »«td devo- * ‘toa, eMb« anwmabie to her laws and ted, ss formerly, to the purpose of a extl'led to their protection. Htate Military Academy. The address was de‘lv*rrd dearly Part of the Interest of the fund do. »n In ro***«ur«d tones, and was beard sunning and audltli^g the transactions ; end to also supported by the interest uf th-’coucty oomuilsMt’jaen.. If aided of this fund. These lustituikua de- by au up* ri uccountant, aud the ac- counts ate publicbed for public Infor mal 1 11 a eu fitch ut lime before the ex anilnation, H will be ae Htorough as (MU La secuied. Tbe ai-counts should then be forwarded to the comptroller general, to be by him Cousoli-iuted and emb’xiivil in bit ui-xt uuuu..l report as (tatisiicHl infortnallou. Tbeee cotn- tidvdouers should still benquired, as .. n 'W, to submit to the (iensral AoseiD- X ap-j bly cstimatce 6f supplies upoo which , ami 1 to base the annual cuuuty levy. Aii that I have said iu this Count.*’ tInn ap piles with equal force to the <H»bur*«- meut by the counties of the school tuud. THK PUBLIC DEBT. An adjustment of the public debt has been reached by icgtelativt provisions, and by a decision of tike courts. There is no floating debt. The debt funded ami being funded Is $6039.170. Of this tbe scrip of tit* Agricultural College, Htnouuuug to $191,800, Is a permanent lu vest meut: 'tboJlcfloienoy liouds aud stock, amounliug to $504,855, mature iu 18&8 ; and tbe coosoU, amounting to $5,882,515,’ mature lu 1884. Tbe whole debt bears Interest at C percent. In this connection I would very earnestly bring to the attention ol tbe General Assembly the annual delay to the |>ay*jieut of interest. Tbe interest is payable before tbe taxes levied to meet it are fully-collected, aud thus some of the publio Cfo*dtr*r» are sub jected to delay to rt*fttvtng their dues. This can be corrected by providing an eat lierj day fi-r the payment of luxes, or the Governor anu treasurer might be authorized to anticipate their col lection, so far as necessary for this purpose, by a temporary loan. Tire consol bunds bear . upoo their face tbe contract of tbe Huts to rec* ire the cotipone fr<*m tbe samotu payment of taxes. During tho period of Ad justment of the debt it was impracti cable to do so; but uow there Is uo reason why the coupons of the Brown coosols s(]9uld not be thus received. It Is also advisable as to tkto class of console, tbat the operation of the law requiring Interest to be paid in New Yotk as weliaaat the Bute treasury should be resumed, bat it to not prac ticable to pay interest to the holders of Green consols elsewhere than at the Htate treasury until after the 000 version of their securitise. ^ The sug gestions made would prompts tbe rueveuieoceof the taxpayer, end uo doubt hasten the reduction of the con sol bonds and stock to a uniform char acter. It to also desirable, ax to both consol and deficiency steefcH, ta adopt thq putn of the United Statga Govart- meet with regard to (to registered bonis aoi stocks—upon tbs bolder furnishing the treasury with bis post- office ad IruM, the iafprept dtv U (or* warded by‘check upon each January and July. Tbe punctual payment of QhtdtfftjA^BMAiorliiamalaleuAaca j *Rh undiuiiulahfd aaemlou thru’.gh- of Institutions for lust ruction In agii- | out. At Ua cl*iee a burst of applause cultuial and the mechanic arts baa 1 ebook tbebulldlsg, and gave evi*! been applied Nr Soma years to the higher educatl m of the col *red youth of the Htate In c*.>une’’t| mi with Clsfllu University. TU* B**uth Uamiltia Out* lege nf AgilciijLiiral and Mechanic Arts for the special education of ths whits youth of tbs Hiate lo this o**u- uecilun wad optmd lu October last. l>eopl* r» q tire, boweeer. Interest tbat iusboold be ree'rt*dwt to Its par-1 facility gkvea In lie collsexiuu eahai pose aud remain a tharHy. The paa- I the value «f tbe eecurhy. Atr-a iy »m r alone should receive the bounty <*T! under the managem>-ut of *WM BOH* the State; tbose who are able tv pay 1 flapneas far t$p Uw four yuan ha us eerv**, os I am sure they will rtaseive, tbe fostering care of ths General As sembly. Ths Constitution < f the Htvte makes H thu duty of tbe General Assembly lo provide for tbe mitlnt’-uance of ths Houth Gurolltia University. It U not, perhaps, within our power to renew Its Hphero of usefulness at tbU time, but tlie direction of theCoa«tltutl>*u should be obeyed at ns early m dayjas practi cable. A university of high grade, working lu harmony with tbe excel lent collides now lo operation hi the State, Would have the effect of stimu lating 6*111081(00 In tbe publlj school* and would Complete our educational system. MATERIAL PR MlBttS? Dnriag tbe twu mouths of theroeent polith’sl canvass, It was my fortune to pass through every county lu the Htate except one. Duvoled for tbe greater part of my Ilfs to agricultural pursuits, and familial with most parts of the Htate. I .was surprised aud gratified aLthe diversified and abun dant harvests that.^rere everywhere witnessed. M’iuh of this was due to propitious seasons, but It was evident that more was due to improved meth ods of culture aud the.hopeful energy and increased thrift of all classed of our people. To <me cognizant only of tbe recent past In the agriculture of the Htate, some of the results attained are scarcely cfeditabie, I saw one field of three hundred and fifty acres which I have since learned yielded this year, as it had dona lost year, three hundred and fifty* bales of cotton weighing 500 ptmods each. Over a large area of the stuns countiy the croos upoo the uplands were as luru- riaut as upon thu finest alluvial a *11. These uplands were of the character usual throughout the middle belt of tbe Slate,. wbieb, In their unim proved condition, would require three or more acres ha produce a bale. Our farmers, too, are diversifying their crops and paying more attention to live stock tbao formerly. Ths results sttalued in th# small grains—oats par ticularly—are equally suprislug. From seventy-five (•> one bundrel bushels t o the acre 00 uplands < re credibly re- ’orted la many laatanc*e, and the last fair of the State Agricultural So ciety exbibted tbe largest aud beet dis play of live stock I have ever witness ed in the State since the war. The development on (he sea Island in special Instances by means of the' drainage and fertilization. In the pro* duction of tbe peculiarly valuable cot ton there growth. Is equally worthy of aot*. It has equ«Me(i four and five times tbe xeealts formerly attained. Ntytr Charleston (oar sad a half too# per acre o* Bermuda bay have grown thto year upoo Hqh t, *a 0 1 j especially fertHia*d; and la another part of tbe State, upoo allu vial lands not fertlllswi, a m**adow has yieMwd for three year* pant aa aver- mrm *0 tw* and a half tone to the el theeame vxlaable hay, shook tbe bulldiag, and gave er1d*uM < e of tbe Teetlog of deep thankfuloees that pervaded the hearts of all present that for tbe next two years the Intrr- est of South Carolina would be la the keeping of <>ae of OaroliOA’e most prominent eons, whose sole atm iu the future would b**, as It bad beeu In the past, to piomote tbe peace, the pros perity, the general welfare of ner whole people. The 014 Ulae equal, II I'heei. One day lost week five or six wo rn eo with serious faces and boshed voices were galheted In a room lu a house ou Fort Street east. For twu year* a poor old woman had lived there, not «xactly a beggar uor an object of ebarliy, hut certainly* iu waut. She had a husband when she first moved there—a poor old unui wh.*ee days could not be loug; but ouc day he was misstog. He may have fallen Into tbe river, or he may have wandered out iuto tho country aud died. Thto left tlie old womau alone, and there were Hays iu which no one went n**ar her or addressed her. Tbe other duy when she felt the chill of death approaching she wanted some one with her. She bad lived nloue, but she could not die tbat way. She wept as tender bauds cluaptnl bore and kind Voices addressed her. Death bad already placed Its mark on her face, aud the women could do nothing. While their tears fell upou ber wrink led hand, she passed away aa a child sleeps. There was bat little In the room be yond an old blue cbt-st—battered and bruised aud splintered, but yet hold- lug togetbur. It bad seeu strange times, that old blue chest. It had held silks and broadcioaths petbaps— It bad surety bent Tags. It had'bean moved from house to house and from towo to town. Tt bad listened to laughter, aud had heard eobe and moans, it had grown old 00 faster than the woman whose bands had 4b ofl**n lifted Its Ud. It bad doubtless kept the company of good carpeta aud furniture and crockery, and toughing romping children bad climbed over It or hi Idee 1 iu It. It bad faded, and lu binges were rusty aud weak, but it had outlived lu owner. The womeu looked about for gar- meuts in which to abroad tbe deed. Nothing waa In eight. Got ot them lifted, the ltd of the old blue chest and called tbe other to help drag it out from Its dark corner. It held treasure—such treasure aa men could not buy nor poverty Steal sway. There was a drees of fine material, cut after a fashion of long years ago. For twenty f ears the cheat had been lu guardian, t would have sold for a few dollars, but though the gnawings of banger had come oftea and tbe celd had fought lu way to her marrow, tbat poor old woman would not part with that reffo ef better days It may have been a link to ooaoeet her with wealth and love. B*»oeath it was treasure still more pried—a. Carefully wrap ped la papdr waa a adver dime too re than fifty yean dd. A week’s fast would not havaaewt her to th# baker’# wKfc that retie. AeMM, dead in he young years, had worn that oltoa anmad lu a«ek an a gift or talkuBau. There waa a chIM’s mitten, staipad and wore, bat a mltum knit by a proud young atofher for bar ahOd. It could not %Tlao>Drlpklaa aad * • urMM. Drunkenness I* tbe worst evil In our Uud, the source of the I »rg***tt part <*f ail our poverty aud ctlaa^and ths dir* CMt curse In our botnet. Drinking hab its have b**eo driven from our cuureu* **s; but they mainUlu ihetna-lves In M’*ci U UN. TUet e la not a family, how ever high—and tba LigLer thegemur tbe peril—wnoee aooe are not lo dan ger of filling a drunkard’* grave.— riiouaau’to are at tele moment aim*.'- gling ag’dnat the demon within, wi*n Nan* outweighing their hope*. Of ibe half million tbat stgurd the <’l I Waen- •ugtou pledge, tbe great body died drunkards. Honored and etoqnetit elaleeiuen are dragged dowu by their appetite for strong <ii Ink to a coali tion far below that «>f the brnt-w. Ac- oordieg to Dr. WUbtrd Parker, out- third of the insane, over throe-lour, he of ibs Inmates of «>uc pauper and pe nal Mutilutloo*. aud ueiir 1 y on^-ltalf •<( our l ilots, owe their condition directly or ludlrrctly, to the use of alcohol. Be adiie: “If tbe habitusl use of dis tilled liquors increases as rapidly within uie opening oeotury as It has duriug ibe one Just ending, bow sad tbe outlook I I can discern nothing lu tbs future but a wrack ol eaikraai hon or, and tba slaking to n lower standard of clviiliitioQ au*i moiality, unless public SMitloisnt In this tegard ba changed." Dr. W. A. Hammoud, of New York, lu an address before tbe Naur..logical Society of that city, af firmed, with tbe manifest coocurreues of tbs emiueat medical gentlemen * present, that, “of all -eausea, tr i* the moat prolific lo exciting derahgrtnanta of the brain, spinal ci»rd and uei v«-a." Dr. Elmunda, of England, declares tbat it U “tbe greatest cures we now have to oouteod with, end Is under- mining the very foundation of aaflety." Dr. II. W Richardson, F. R. S .of whom Up- London Lancet, tho highest medi cal am borlty lu tlm world, says that “be Las studied alcohols iu ail form* more, perhaps, tbsu any otlief phy4- ologUt living,” has—iu hie celebrated Cantor F-ctures—shown, with acieutiflu d wruees aud fullLeas and accuracy, that the use of aleobtd ss a beverage depraves every orgsu and tissue In the system, both functionally aud Struct urally, of the tnlud as well aa of tbe body ; and he ad.la that tbe m «t ad- ora 11 fact of mIIU that these re«uPs cannot fail lo he transmitted to the posterity of theioebiiate. ludeed, Dr. ik»wditcb, of Boston, says that “the sin of the Intemperate use cf ardent s|dr- its Is visited not only upon ths third and fourth generation, but must set la all time, unless radical reform be in- stl ruled." Now. onr main point is that tbe modern question of temperance Is not one of abstractions; nor whether tbe use of alcoholic beverages In any quan tity to a sia per se. The use of wine lu tbe time of Obriat, and by Christ, has very little to do with Ua use now. The race to in a different physiological condition. Hidden fires, aneNntly un known, smoulder lo the blcod of mil- lions. Heredity aud eavlroument make ths slightest indulgence fearfully peri lous. We think U was the great Dr. Johusoa who replied to one tbat urged ' tbe safety of moderate drinking: “I can't drink moderately." Millions have thought they could, and found their mistake too late. Htill further, oar wines, oa a genera! tbiug, are not the simple fermented Juict-s of the grape. According to Dr. Richardson, such wines are now ‘ hard ly known.” Be adds : “A bona fide wiue, derived from the fermeutatioa of the grape purely, cannot contain more than seventeen per ceut. of al- -Oubol’’— most, contain much leas—“yet our staple winen, by an artificial pro- fortifying aud braadylDg, which means the adding of npirlt, are brought up, in sherries tp tweuty, and in porta .even to twenty-five, per cent. Nor to even this ail. Resides the com mon commercial alcohol, butyric and amy lie alcohol* are often added, both of which Dr. Richardson pronounces "an exceedingly dangerous addition." In thto country, aside from tbe lower classes, wlue-drlnklog is related to drunkeunene as the acorn i* to the oak. From tbe above, he see why. Will not our Indien, who rutolu remember this wh**o providing social repasts, or wbee urging yooug men to » »♦» An old lady In New