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WINNSBORO, S. C. Saturday, February 10, : : 1877, JNO. 8. REYNOLDS, Editor. It is said that' ono of the discov ories made by the Iouso Committee dnring its investigations in South Carolina is that thero has been no valid election in this State ~ since Reconstruction. 'This decision is said to be based upon tho fact that there has been no registration of voters, as provided in the constitu tion. There may thus arise one more point for the Electoral Com mission to determine. It is rumored that there has been an over-issue of the new Consolida ted Bonds which were authorized under the act entitled "An act to reduce the volume of the public debt, and to provide for the pay ment of the same." It is said that the sale of bonds has been unusually active recently, and it is supposed that the Chamberlain crowd have forced bonds on the market, in or der to raise a little money. A short time will show what grounds, if any, there are for the suspicion. The injunction case brought against the State treasurer, to re strain him from drawing any Stato money from the banks, and to re strain the' banks from paying any out, his been decided by Judge Carpenter. His decision embodies the saie line of argument used by him in the gubernatorial case. The points lie makes are the following : 1. That by tihe law the treasuer enters upon the duties of his office when the incoming governor is duly and legally installed, and not till then. 2. That the constitution of the State and the statutes require the presence of both houses to open and publish the-returns for govern or and for his installation. 3. That the Mackey House, in which Chamberlain was inaugurated, was illegal and revolutionary ; that its acts are null and void, and that, there fore, no legal publication of the ro turns had been made, and no lawful installation of the governor had taken place. Judge Carpenter has made per petual the injunction restraining Cardoza and Dunn from drawing any funds belonging to the State now on deposit in the banks. His decision takes the samo.. position as that stated in the columns of Tm NEWs AND HERALD, a few days since, and is ithe corollary of his decision in the penitentary case. According to Judge Carpenter, Chamberlain has not been legally installed, and as State officials cannot enter upon their duties until the installation of the governor, Cardoza and Dunn are but private citizens. The liability of their old bondsmen ceased at the expiration of their term of office; and, admitting their re-election, their new bondsmen are not responsibio for any acts performed before the instaillation of governor. So Dunn and Cardoza will have to suck their pawsi a whlile longer. It is some consolation to us, amid our political troubles, to know that Mexico is also in an exceptionally hor rible state of anarchy even for her. Lorde, the ex-President is a fugitive. Ygleseas, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who assuimed the reigns of power upon the deposition of Lerde, also finds the climate of the United States more salubrious than that of Mexico, and even Diaz, whoe chased his other competitors beyond the confines of the Republic, Is not happy. While lhe is in the provinces, crushing out the last remnants of the opposition, his cabi not is quarrelling in the city of Mexico. While but little blood has been apilled, the material interests of Mexico have suffered greatly. Contributions ha~ve been leviedl on the capitalists and merchants, and the import dues have been~ squan dered by the,. rival factions in turn. An election is now progressing, and naturplly:. enough. the prospects favor Diaz, it is idle, however, to hope for any permanent peace in thatL distracted enubic. uMc is destined to be for a long time yet the prey of adventurers. We would' suggest to Chamberlain, Kellogg, Packard and Stearns the advantage of a speedy immigration to that paradise of political bummers. Thanks to Senator Robertson. The manly course pursued by Senator T. J. Robertson in vindicat ing the people of his State from the false and malicious charges preferred against them by thieves and carpet baggers, has won for him the warmest commendations from thousands of his constituents, who have for years differed from him in politics. Senator Robertson has been a con sistent Republican throughout, but he is conscious that Republicanism is not necessarily synonymous with perjury and theft.. As an honest man ho feels constrained to do the people of his native State justice, and to fix the responsibility for our troubles here, whore it should rest -upon Chamberlain and his corrupt crew. Senator Robertson knows that the Democrats carried the State fairly ; and he is not afraid to ox press his honest convictions to the President and to the Senate. His defence of Hampton and the consti tutional government of South Caro liuna is the crowning act of a long career, and one of which ho may justly be proud. It was reported that in conse quence of Senator Robertson's posi tion he had been excluded from the Republican caucus. . This he denies. The Republican party cainot afford in its present extremity to alienate any decent man from its ranks. That class of statesmen is leaving it fast enough. Senator Robertson does not fear ostracism In the name of the citizens of his native county we tender him thanks for his timely aid. Lawyer and Client. The following extracts from the Lectures on the "Study and Practice of Law," by Emory Wash burn, of the Harvard Law School, may correct some popular errors: "I would not, however, be mis understood upon this subject of defending persons charged with crimes. There is a great deal of cant and twaddle in the community about lawyers lending themselves to shield the guilty and defeat justice, as if the causo of justice was not strengthened and the confidence in its adnmmiistration confirmed in the public mind, by its being known that no man can be convicted except upon a fair trial, even though, now and then, a guilty man escnpes. * ** ut the question does not expenfd itself up)on individual instances of courage or the convie tioni 0or escape of this man or that, charged with crimes. It lies deep r and goes downi' to the foundation and constitution of civil government itself. 01/e of- the purposes of gov ernment is to create a feeling of security on the part of the citizens, that the humblest of them is pro tected by wise laws, wisely and im partially administered. Nor can a people be accounted free who do not feel that life and property too are safe from the ti ibunals which are to pass upon the questions on which these depend. Next to the certaintof having- justico done is the assurance th t the law can and will apply tests as near'ly infallible as may be to discriminate between the guilty and the innocent, between what is right and what is wroig. It is here we have to meiet the quo; tioni with which we started, with no sickly seniimentalism about the guilty 'going unwhipped of justice. 'rhe truth is, the p)ublic need and they must have, a class of able, trained and disciplined men, set apart as ministers of the law, whlose services all may command, who can and wuill stand by any one against whom society is aiming a blo0w, so far as to see that lie is fairly dealt by, and that justice between him and the public is meted out with an even hand. "But while I am insisting that it is not only the right but the duty of a lawyer to act as the advocate of any man who is charged wvith a crime, if his ser'vic'es are sought or desired, I claim no indulge'imce in the way of tric'k, falsehood or nsrepresenta tion. He has no muora right to use these in defending another. than he has in getting his neighbor's mouey or cheating by falso pretenses. Butt such means ais the law has furnished him, and made it lawful for him to use, he would be derelict in duty if he failed to apply,' no matter. what, his suspicions. npiy be. If a guilty man thereby escapes, honest men wv ould feel afenr in the asance they would thmus gain, that whato-:er the law is, it is no respecter of per sons, and that no man is beyond the pale of its protection, than they would to see a wiotch sent to prison because no one could be found to plead his cause. "I come. back, then, to the inquiry with which we began, by saying, so long as you keep within the limits of fair, honorable dealing, you need have no misgiving in lending your aid to any one accused of crime, or in giving him the best of your power and skill, Nor is there any danger that the State which com mands the best talent in the market will not be equally careful in seeing that the public good does not suffer from any superior skill of yours." The "Prophot" Palmer in Plymout1h Pulpit. "Dr. Frederick A. Palmer, for. nerly a physician of New York," delivered a brief -lecture in the Ply, in6utlh church prayer meeting last evening on "The Truth about South Carolina." A search in old directories has revealed only one Dr. Frederick A. Palmer, who in 1874 was a "magnetic physician" of this city, with a sign saying as much displayed in front of his house in West Twenty-seventh street, near Broadway. He first came into notoriety in Now York during the attempt by a band of professed Comn munists in the second week of Jan uary, 1874, to arrange a formidable demonstration of unemployed work. ingne~n. This demonstration cul minatod in what is known as "the Tompkins Square riot" on January 13. The Park commissioners the night before the riot revoked a per mission they had given for an as senibly at Tompkins Square and the "Committee of Safety," as the or ganizers of the demonstration called themselves, neglected to inform the workingmen of it. The next day the unlawful, although in a great respect innocent, gathering, was broken up by the police, and some thing like a riot - ensacd, which the "Committee of Safety" did not come in a mile of. This committee, of which "Dr." Palmer was a member, met several times at his house in Twenty-seventh street. Mrs. Eliza beth La Pierre was also a member of the committee, and affected the red of the Commnune in her dress-at the meetings at least. She was a olairvoyant, -the divorced wife of Herbert Dar.iels, and the inventor of a stocking suspondot, which, in February, 1871, she had an office for the sale of in Broad street. During this Communist business she was landlady of the house in Twenty, seventh street, and let rooms to "Dr." Palmer. Being divorced from Mr. Daniels the following March she married "Di'." Palmer a few days aft'er. Before that she had assisted him in treating his patients as a "spiritual medium" for pay. She wvas, it will be remem bered, a witness for the defence in "Tilton vs. Beeher," testifying principally that she had seen the plaintiff kiss Mrs. Woodhiull and put his arm around hier, and heard him call her "Vickie," all of which Mrs. Woodhull deniedi. Dr. Palmer has for a year or more lived in Aiken county, S. C., and written letters North, some of which it is said have been published in the New York Times. Mr. Beecher introduced him, jasaying there had been seine doubt about the wisdom of having a lecture upon the true condition of the blacks at present, but lie thought the church could stand it. Dr. Palmer spoke with much fer vor. The "government of South Carolina," said he, "is still a white man's government, and the native whites heap insu'ts and indignities upon their colored follow-citizens that would drive any other people to inaugurate a reign of terror such as the world has ijever aeen." He then proceeded to say that the Southerners were as determined as ever not to have the negroes educa ted ; talked of school teachers be, ing threatened with tar and feathers unless they stopped teaching negro children, and pronounced Wade Hampton's government a farce-all with abundant sound and fury, and at the end with poetry which might have been original. When the lecturer was done Mr. Beechier said a few words. He was strongly of the opinion that we at the North would not behave any better under the same circumstan ces than do the Southern whites. "For I do not know," said lhe "of any reason why Noirthern human na ture should be better than Southern hunman nature. All nien are animatls (laughter) and human nature the world over growls and tears at times like an animal." In conclusion, Mr. Beecher prayed for Indians, Chinese and negroes. Agricultural liens 'of all forms are kept conhtantly on h and at the office of THE NEws AND HERAL, or sup plied at short notia, :' Satisfaction guarariteed -in.. this line of -worir Priceas low as . the 1owe~t. SOLUBLE Pi THE above well ktnown GUANO A PHIAT1 is now offered for sale at th< Consumers of this guano will find it gave snoh univorsal satisfatction. Fo CUMMINGS & CO., -on - E, H. FROST & CO. feb 10-3m NEW GOODS i NEW GOODS z JUST IBCEIVED, --0--, Spring Printa, Wamnsutta, Frutt of the Loon, N. Y. Mills Long Cloths, Bleached and Unbleached Drill inge,Sea Island HAmespuna, Cassimer's, Jeans, etc., Linen Collars and Cuffs, Geneta' black and colored Neck ties, Bows etc. All of which we will soll lheap for Caslh, Give us a call before purchasing elsewhere, N. B.-We have on hand a l l: i ck of Buist'i Garden Seeds, which we guaraptee to be fresh. J. F. McMASTER & CO. fob 1 FINA L IISCRA lOE. NTOTICE is hereby given toall and sin i gular the oroditors of 'Thomas Stitt, deceased, that application will be mnde to the Judge of Probate for Fairtield County, in Winnsboro at 10 o'clock in the forenoon on the 7th of March next for a final discharge and letters dispiissory. All persons concerned must nhew pause, if any, on or before that day. JAMES L. MARTIN, J. T. W. STITT, fob 3-txl EFxecutors. NEW STOCK OF SPRlING 000DS WILL BE AT D AN N E N B E R 0'S DBY GOODS. CLOTHING; AND snOE CALL AND SEE THEML Jsan '36 -o--=,= ND COMPOUND ACID P1108 following pltces in thin county. fully up to last y tus quality, whic14 r circulars and prices apply to Winnebgoxo, A. Q, ro Charleston, S. C. ILAar C arc c. THOS.. R. ROBERTSON, Attorney at Law AND TRIAL JUSTICE. # All business entrusted to him in either capacity will rooeive prompt atten tion Office on Washingtop street, one door east of Winnsboro Hotel. II. A 0 AILLASD. Jro. S RETNOLDn, GAILLARD & REYNOLDS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, NO. 3 LA W RANGE. A. M. MACKEY, Attorney Ppd ounse QIOol' at Law, No. 1, LAwI RANGE, Winnsboro, 8. C. Ae Special attention paid to the speedy collection of claims. 'Will practice in all of the courts of thiis Stato and the United States, THI CAMPA1GIW FAIRLY OPENED! H AS returned and will now display fop the benefit of his Patrons, the oitizers of Fairfield, HATS, the Nobbiest, Tilden, Hamptorl, Custer and all other styles, CLOTHING; The moat-stylish Buite, of tlhe ltest and most approved malte 4n d style, DRY GOODS of the latest and most becoming styles, to suit the most fastidious, All I ask of my friends is do themselves the justice, and SOL the favQr. to look at his Stock beforq making purchases, My Stock of BOOTS AND SHOES is complete. Hgsiery, Underwear, Shawls, and Blankets. I can conipete with any one in this market, or elsewhere. All -I ask, is a call, to ince my friends hat I meani busuness. a SOL. WOL1S, JUST RECEIVE~D, Ckofthe Celebrated PJLSENEI) BERbottled at the Kaisei Brewery at Blremen. For sale at $2.75 per dozen, ALSO, A esk of fine Pale Sherry Wine, fop table use, of $3$,00 por gallon, GENTENNIAL, BAR, F. W. Jlabenicht, Proprietor, jan 31 Ettenger & Edmond, 10IH MOND. VA., MIVANUFgACTUREPS of Portable and Stationary Engines and Bloiloys ot all kinds, Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting, Pulleys &c. AEDMAN TUMfrNM W4TgaWURL Camerola's Special steam Tumps Bend for Catalogue, oet 19 ONION SETS, W THITE and1 Red Onion 8eta, ah~e V frosh Garden Seed in great variety also Herb and Flower Seeds. Also, a lotof Jiens an4 other Blanks. For sale by fob 0 MoMA8TER & DRICE, ALL prsons are hereby notiAod niot .)to fish, hunt, enter,upon ont. timber or in any way treapaan on the lands of the und rigneod, on pain of proseution, I also request all portioes indebted to myself or to I~lohard Jones, to nmako fin. mediate settlemenot. All parties holding claims against either will present themn for pament. ji 31 4 JAMES8JONES, 8ubscribe for Turz Nzws aAN Hzpg ALD, and be Iure tohav. .the* y~