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frh~ il an we id L1aI1 WINNSI3OIO, S. C. Saturday, June 2, 1877. 1. MEANS DAVIS, Editor, JNO. S. REYNOLDS, Associate Editor. The people of Charleston have now the opportunity of electing good men to the Logislature. By earnest efforts the Democrats can carry that county. 'The city should pile up a majority suflicienlt to off sot any that the country may bring im. Ex-President (rant has arrived in Europo. And just as 1w was a big dog among American bull-dogs, so he is a lion among the lions. 'The'i mayor of Liverpool has entertained him, and ho will dine with the Prince of Wales at Minister Pierre pont's. The papers are all publish ing panegyrics of his war recoi d, but are discreet enough to be silent about his presidential career. It is apparont that despite his vagaries and the utterly unconstit ii tional manner in which he wielded power, Grant is to-day the most popular nan at the North. The Republicans may be compelled to have recourse to him again in 1880, for slicer lack of other presidential timber in their party. The Legislature has managed to get the outside world into a beauti ful tangle in regard to the pay its members propose to take for this .year's work. We cannot tell ex actly how the matter stands at present, except that the Senato persists in demanding eight hun drod dollars for the two sessions. The House must not submit to any such proposition. If the Senate will not suffer retrenchment, let the House remain firm, and refuse to -appropriate anything at all.. This will bring the Senate to terms. We are opposed to niggardliness. but while the State is in such an cm barrassoci condition that all other salaries are necessarily brought down to the minimum, the Legisla, turo must share in the general re trenchme'nt. It is unpleasant 'to 'criticise the acts of our own Legislature, but duty to the public demnds ,it when eiver this body .seems not to be acting properly. Kind Words for Brave Nen. The New York Herald gained ,greatly in the estimation of the people by the imnpar'tial and manly -course il pursued dnring the last -campaign. In its colunns alone were found unbiased reports of umatters daily occurring, while its ed1i torials hold the scales of justice with even balanico, and were dis, tinguished for candlor and liberality. This paper in a recent article con tained the following in regard to fthe -celebration of Memorial D~ay oni the '30t~h nit.: Tfhis being the next year after ou r g reat (contenial eel ebraio w4f ~o trusiit no0 distinction will be made to--morrowv between the graves of Northern and Southern soldiers in places whore both exist in the same cemeteries. The Southern soldiers, however misguided, were still our countrymen They fought with a herojam of which no American has reason to be ashamed. The bravery, tenacity and soldierly qualities they oxhibitod during the war must be regarded as~ a valuable contribution to the general reputa tion of the country. Our security against foreign aggroeion or insult consists in the opmion entertained abroad of our public spirit and prowess, and other nations under - stand perfectly well that the mnilita ry vigor of the South would be as strenuously exerted in a foreign war as it was in our civil conflict. It is ntot merely what the North did, but what both North and South did, that has given this country a char. acter for military ability and re sources wvhich maekes it formidable in the eyes of all -amtions. In this repect those who fought on both sides rendered a grea~t service to the country by demonstrating that . the sections which wore. so powverful against~ each other would he irro - sistible against an oxternal foo, The attested bravory of our wholo people wHi sayo us from foreign at. tksand-ldr blood spilled in our equal loss of life in wars with other Powers. The Southern soldiers contri)uted their full share to this national reputation, and there should 1)e no scruplo or hesitation inl scnt toring flowers upon their graves. They paid the full penalty of their mistakes, and their bravery is a precious national possession. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. 'WEDNESDAY, May 30. SENATE. The claim of the Wdn Street Journ a1 was postponed till next 6essionl. The House amendment to the mileage and per diem bill, to strike out the words "such per diem as wil amount to $300," oto.,and insert mstead the words "85 per dliem," was adopted : also, the Lllmewlhilnenit as to excepting this special session. Bill to utilize conviet ltaior was taken up for a third reading and passed. The bill to prevent cruelty to aimmals was postponed till the next session. The Senate concurred in all the House anenudments to the fence law bill, except the one providing for the taking up of cattle by the land owner. The report of committee on judi ciary on resolution to inquire into the violation of privileges of the Senate in the aIrest of .)uhlini I. Walker was indefinitely postponed. A largo number of bills, of local or limited interest, were read a second time. The bill (Rouse) to amend an act supplementary to chapter 15, tithe 4, part 1, of the General statutes of South Carolhna, relating to the militia, and for the better organiza tion and government of the same was read a third time. The Speaker of the House atton ded in the Senate chamber, and a large number of bills were ratilied among them the bill to provide for the filling of vacancins in county olices ; the bill to altlorize the governor to appoint a trial justice resident at Blackstock ; the bill to reduce and fix the pay of county Coiumissioners and tHeir clerks : and the bill to provide for rotation of circuit judges. House concurrent resolhtion to elect a judge for the fifth circuit 1wis referred to the judiciary commit tep, with instructions to confer with the attorney general and report on Thursday. The appropriation bill was then taken up, amiended, passed, and returned to the House. Concurrent resolution (House) authorizing the governor to occupy or rent out certain property in the city of Colunbia, was adopted. Adj ourned. HfousE or' RP~mRmEsNrrvs. Several reports from conunittees were received, amnd laid over underc the rules. The bill to establish uniformity in the hioldling of circuit courts was ordered to be engi ussed for a third reading. Thme Sen ate retLurned .thme fenee law bill with immaterial amend monts, whiichi woro concurred~ ini by the House. Mr. J. .J. Hemphill introduced a concurrent resolution directing the Senators and Represen tatives in Congress to take such steps as will secure from the general govern momnt such appropriations as will deepen at least one of the channels of Charleston harbor andl .implrovo other rivers and harbors in this State. Adopted. T. .B. Johnston, claiming a scat from Sumter', -camne to the banr of the Hlouse and was allowed an opportunity to purge himself of coin tempm1t, but instead oif doing so. he indulged in a brief spch~l, which placed him in a worse position than before. On motion of Mr. Simpson, the Hlouse resolved, by a vote of 63 to 28, to refuse to admit Mr. Johnston a a member, Mr. Petty initrod1ucod a resolution authorizing the p)residing officers to issue pay cortificates to members for the regular and extra sessions of tis~ body, fixing the pa~y for the regular session at $300 and mileage, and for the extra session at *5 por1 diem and mileage. Referred. Adjourned. TuonsnAY, May 31. SENATE. A number of bills, of local impor.. tanco, wvere passed. A message wvas receieved from the House, requesting a comiinttee of comnferenco on the appropriation bill. The chair appointed Messrs. Jetor, Witherspoon and Nash on the committee. Mr.:GQary moved that Mr. Mootze be added to the aonmiutt.t chair was sustained by a - decisive vote-twenty-three ayes to two noes. Bill to nako appropriation for salary and mileage of members of the General Assembly, and other expenses incidental thereto, was then taken up. After some discussion the amend, melent recommended by the commit tee on fihulco was adopted. This provides $600 for the regular sos sion and $200 for this session. The supply bill was amended by striking out 7. mills and inserting 51 mills for State taxes ; also, by making pay certificates of members and officers of the Legislature for the session of 1876 receivable for taxes. This bill makes no provision for the payment of interest on the public debt. Mr. Gary moved to strike out one per cent. per month interest for non I.;ynent and insert seven per cent. per annum. 1e said ho thought it would be too hard on mon who were too poor to pay the taxes to charge them with twelve per cent. interest also. The amendment was adopted. The judiciary committee reported that they were of the opinion that the judgeships of the fifth and the eighth circuit are vacant. [The facts in regard to Judge Carpenter, of the fifth circuit, have already been given. Judge Cooke, of the eighth circuit, was elected in January, 1873, to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge Orr, who re signed to accept the mission to Russi a. A term of four years would cause Judge Cooko to go out of office in January, 1877. But it is asserted that prior to his re-election in December, 187-5. Judge Cooke resigned theloftice of circuit judge, and under his new olection acceptedi a commission for four years from that date. This is a correct statement of the facts, and if a new election be ordered for the eighth circuit, it will involve the necessity of final adjudication by the Supreme Court.] Adjourned. HousE or REPREsENTATVES. House joint resolution to declare valid the recording of (ertail con vynns . r'enr;I(l. withou t flhn ons lorsement of the county auditor was ordered to ba engrossed for a third reading. A number of bills, of local imporw tan ce, were passed'. The calendar being cleared, the House adjdurned. Mr. Stophens on the Situation. T. ho Now iork Tribune gives the following summary of what it claims to be tho views of Hon. A. H. Stephens The Hon. A. H. Stephens gives thme heartiest anid most comlelte rort of endorsement of the Presi. dlnt's p)olic'y. He is sure the politi, cal feeling of the South "onght to be a hearty support of Mr. Hayes," for "ho is doing well, very well." As for the Northern Democrats. th~iey "ondors~e him andl his policy." When a corr'espondlent of the Civ cinnfati J'npir~er asked him if they ought to endorse a man "who holds his office b~y fraud,'' Mr. Stephens replied :"That has nothing to do with it. Whether Mr. Hayes went into office by fraud or otherwise, it makes no difference now that his policy has become known. And that policy is, as you see, a cones sion of all the D)emocrats have anlauh. Occupying their ground exactly, they can'tgaff'ord to abuse him. What (do the 1peopl1 care who governs ?I They dlon't stopj to think whether it's A B or C D), this man or that, this party or that. All they care for is a good government, and then they don't mind who is in power-nobody except the few mis erable politicians who make a living oKf of office. I am greatly pleaisedl with Mr. Hayes, because I think he wants to do the fair thing. He has come up to the principles of the D)emnocrat party in relation to the trea~tmnent of the South. T1hat wvas all that in reality separated the two parties before. He having come to our way of thinking, I cianot help admiring him for it:" "Will this cour'se of his split the Democratic party hero in South ?I" "Why should it ? It doesn't split up a party often to have men who have been its opponents to come over and advocate its p)rinciples. It strength tenls it instead of weakening it. There are no leopublicans here in the South-none except a few carpet baggers anid scalawags who want offices. As for the negro, he is noth ing but ai machine-an instrument in the hands of the politicians to vote as they want, for this man or for that, just as things may seem to demand. He is not to be taken into necount in making up tlie estimate, becausoi ho goes just as they want him to go." - The growth of the Episcopal elhtrcp.ip..Baltimore has been. mar nlois. Ther'e are now ithirty-six churches and forty clergy in:. the city. Thirty.years. .back there~~vde Iiot' onnet6JntIr~tha affnnambe. DENOMINATIONAL DOTS. A Young Men's Christian Associa tion has boon organized at Lucknow, India. Archbishop Percho, of Now Or leans, La., has translated the relics of St. Fortune at St. Sauveur's church, Lockport, La. The first Catholic chapel built at the mission of Sierra Leone, Vest Coast of Africa, was orectod at Rio Pongo in July last. A now Wesleyan church has been opened in Rome. It is exactly op posite the palace of the Cardinal Vicar. The chiefs of the Cherokees, Delawares and Seminoles are all members of Baptist churches. In two cases the chiefs are pastors. A very large number of Am'erican ministers are in Europe, in attond ance on the diffrent religious councils there. Rev. A. Jaeger, the converted Jew, who was for some time a teach er of Hebrew in the Southern Bhaptist Theological Seminary, has joined the Episcopalians. The Rev. Charles W. Quick, the editor of the .Episopal Recorder, lns left the ministry of the Protest ant Episcopal church, and been re ceived into the ministry of the Reformed Epise opal church. Some people's religion is just like a wooden log. There is neither warmth nor life in it, and. although it helps you to hobble along, it never becomes a part of you, but has to be strapped on every morning. The Romish bishops of Holland and Belgium have memorialized their respective sovereigns to in tervene in conjunction with other Powers in behalf of the pope's temporal power. Dr. Abel Stevens, the historian of Methodism, is to become pastor of the Union church of American Christians at Geneva. Switzerland, which has been served until quite recently by Rev. Leonard W. Bacon. There is perhaps no State where the Roman Catholic church is making more rapid progress than in California. New churches, schools, l'ospitals, &c.. are, springing up everywhere. Many thousand dol lars a re annually sent to the Pope for church uses. The n "Metropolitan Temple' in San Francisco is progressing finely. This magnificent building is designed for the use of the Baptist church, nnder the pastoral care of Rev. T. S. Kalloch. One momhe-s gave $100,000 toward its construc tion. It will cost over $200,000. The Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal church has held its usual monthly meeting. Dr. Nelson, the treasurer, stated that the indebtedness of the society on April 30, 1876, was $166,086 27, while on April 30, 1877. it was *108.616 61, showing a reduction of the debt of $57,462 66. The A llancle says thant "the Baptist translation of the Bible into Japanese astonished the Japs with, 'In those days came John tihe Soaker, preaching the soaking of of repentance.' 'Repent and he soaked, every one of you.'" The Japanese language has no word to express immersion. At a recent convention of Hindoos held at Benar'es, India, after a thrilling speech by K~aloo Suragee on the drunkenness and moral degr'adation of people in Australia and other English colonies which he had visited, 6,000 rupees were subsc(ribed to send Brahmin mis sionaries to those places, and Suragee will translate portions of the Vedas for their use. This is evangelizing tihe evangelizers. The Episcopalians are not even as sneccessful in their African mis sions as the Methodists, and the church has of late years lost very much of its former interest in that field. IForty, years have elapsed simce the m-ission was established, and in the colony of Liberia there is not one self.snastaining'parish, and the number of communicants among the natives is scarcely larger than it was twenty years ago. .Congregatinalism is declining in its great stronghold. The New England churches nunaber now 1L179, considerably less than 'one. half the total number, while the Congregational churches outside of New England number 1,584. But thore are 199,489 members in the New England ohuirches, while the churches West and South have 151,169 members,. The. flye largest chur'ches in the Congregational de nomination are .Plymouth, Br'ooklyr, Mr. .Ieecher, 2,526; First, Chicago, 1,197 ; Broadway Tabernacle, New York, Rev. Dr. ,Tyor, 954; Central, *Brooldyn',Bev. ri". Scidder, 940, and Church of the 'pimrm. s, Bro In its church extension work the Congregational Union has been very successful. Since 1862, when a number of Western brethren came East and appealed for aid in erecting church buildings in new settlements 1,000 churches have either been erected or received material aid. In 1850 there were but 1,000 Con. gregational churches in the country ; tosday there are over three thousand five hundred. Quebec Seminary has in its pos-. session the chasuble and stole of His Holiness Pius IX, used by him in the celebration of high mass in t'e private chapel of the Vatican. The certificate accompanying it attests that it was used by His Holiness during the thirty years of his pontificate. It will be worn by His Grace the Archbishop on the fiftieth anniversary of the pontificate of Pius IX. According to Boston correspond.. onts, Unitarianism has not been so shaken for half a century in Boston as it has been the past. winter. Moody in the Tabernacle, and Joseph Cook in Tremont Temple one striking at the masses and the other at the culture of the city-have made the advocates of liberal re ligion-"limp, lavender liberalism," as Mr. Cook calls it--to shake and tremble. Somehow, Unitarianism does not look as respectable or as scholarly as it did a year ago. Peo ple are inclined to laugh when we talk about "Unitarian culture," as if the thing was a sham. Joseph Cook has (lone much to make its scholar ship look like more pretence, and his broad statement that there is no scholarly scepticism in Boston is generally believed. Thus far Moody and Cook have done good service to Evangelical Christians. _06 I SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. The Hampton herald says that the people of York all support Hampton's conservative policy. Rock Hill merchants sold a hun dred empty kerosene barrels one day 1 ist week. The middle men cleared fifty dollars by the operation, Rook Hill has organized the Ca'. tawba Rifles with the following offi. cers : Allen Jonas, Captain; A. H. White, first lieutenant ; L. M. Davis. second lieuten mt ; W. J. Foa;, tLi. d lieutenant ; and R. T. May, orderly sergeant. A "stinging" snake has been k:lled in Newberry. It has a - sharply pointed tail, terminating in a clearly defined sting. This must be one of the "horned" snakes of which such fabulous narratives have been re lated. ilarrk fo Hafilol! GRAND SPRING OPENING, -AT THr Dx y Goods, .Fancy Goods, a'td Millinery Bazaar, O I? a beautifal and full line of latest novelties in Spring and Bummer Millinery and Fancy Goods, eons isting In part of:Iadies', Misses' and Children's trimmed Hlats, Flowers, Ribbons, Bilks, Nets, &c. A large lot of Ladies' Collarettes,Flebus and other fancy articles. Inspection of tho Ladies and pumbliC generally solicited. We will endeavor to please the most fas-. tidious. All we ask is that you call, and see for yourselves, and give us a trial. New Spring Prints. Centennial Stripes, Dress Goods,W~hite Goods, Dress lImpror era, ('orsets |Hosiery, Gloves, Notions, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, &o. Agent for Rutterick's reliable paper patterns. Ladies', '* isea' and Children's new patterns in store. GROCERY DEPARTMENT, Just filled up with fre hi Groceries, Con. fectionaries and everything usually found im a first class house of the-kilidb A lot of Furniture Laths, Shingles, &c, Lumber low for Cas. 3. 0. B3OAG. You can find all you want by cnlling on aprIl 14 Ty, 0. E ng Established 1858. CHARLES MULLER Has removed to the store next to Francis Gerig's. W TATOHE8, Clocks and Jewelry re Vpared, and satisfaction gnaranteed to everybody. Those Indebted to me for work on jewelry will pleade pay at once, fer Hamapton Is Mee1oted, CHAREA MULTR fi l tf A. N. MACRET Atto'noy and Counsellor at 1aw, Winneboto, 8.0c. $W'Speial Atentionpaid to the speedy ooleoton of ocalms, Wil practice in al of the courts of this Stato and the t'zmtge