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.WINNSBORO, S. . Thursday, January 31. : 1878. I. MZANS DAVIS, Editor, JNO. S. REYNOLDS, Assooiate Editor. ALL PAUTIE must agree that there is a hell-iu the English Cockney's halphabet. AND Now TaT say that Patterson wishes to resign on condition of naming his- successor, and securing immunity for himself, Somewhat cheeky. Tax DzuocnAoy of Abbeville have determined to lend all their efforts to achieving the success of the Democratic party in the coming carmpaign, Side issues, such as the debt, &c., will be ignored. This is a cheering c'arfon note. Let all the other counties fall in line. Ma. GEoUGX W. WILLIAMS, of Charleston, has instituted suit against the county treasurer to compel him to receive Consolidation coupons for taxes. Mr. Williams was, at one time, mentioned for governor of South Carolina. He is aloo said to have been previously interested in the passage of Corbin's phosphate bilL WnILE WE DO not propoke to dis parage the merits of the other gentlemen suggested as candidates for judge of the sixth circuit, we feel assured that the selection of A. 8.' Douglass, Esq., would be gratifying to a large majority of the people of Fairfield. Mr. Douglass is a practitioner of long standing, a thorough lawyer, a eareful student, and a gentlaman of the highest integrity, There would be no sounder judge in the whole State, none more careful to preserve unspotted the judicial. ermine. Tum RicH HILL Democratic Club, of Chester county, have recommend ed the re-election of Judge Mackey, on the ground of his "efficieit ser vices"' in the "late great contest." We must protest against the eleva tion of any man to the bench of Sonth Carolina on the ground of any political service he may have rendered or seemed to have rendered, We think Judge Mackey deserves great credit, and that he should be fitly rewarded,. But if he is to be elected to the bench, let that election rest solely upon his anoral, intellectual and educational Attiess for the high station, and not on his political career-which, we all.know, is a raixture of good and bad, with the bad greatly preponder ating. God forbid that we should ever again have in South Carolina a judiciary of politicians!. THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA are pir suing the Returning Board. Thes worthies- had been bailed to apipear at court, but being non est when wanted, bench warrants wore-issued for their arrest. They fled to that Radical haven of refuge, the New Orleans Custom House,. a.nd the sheriff'who pumened them was ar - xeeted by a United States marshal Iand carried before: Judge Billings. He, warned by the ezamnple of Bond, declined to interferes and the sheriff was roleased. The- same night Attorney General Devens tele.. graphed to the Custom House au thorities to make no resistance to the State officers. Anderson,. Case Oave and Benner wore then dcliv. ered up, but Wells had fled. The e ulprita are reported to be down-' hearted, but threaten vengeance on Hayes folt abandonteg them. Possi-' ly they may divulge the true in wardness of the Electoral frauds. IT rSA PrrY that the question of Sudicial elections- was pressed upon the 8tpreme C'ourt at this time. Siz jttages were nearing the comple. tion of their terms, and the .system ed rotation provided against damage from those that wore unat fo~r their pQsit,ioneq. The qetion could be decided either way, an -the Su prenme justices naturally shrank rnm:, decision that wonia be law 069~apy because thyy. made' it Bo. While the integrity'of.' the.court Iv uaetlanadL thoo na man...1C hold with THE NEWS AND HERALD that Justice Willard's solution of the difficulty was the simplest. The Supreme Court is. not responsible for the dilemma existing. The Legislature, however, has to choose between re:-lecting the prosent incumbents and turning them out at the risk of being charged with'par tisanship. Much better to have suffered this vexed question to rest until just previous to the next gen eral judicial election. THE LEGISLATUBE can perform no more just or fitting act than to re store to the circuit bench Hon. A. P. Aldrich. He certainly possesses all the qualifications to enable him to do his full share in elevating the bench of the State to the old-time standard. A lawyer- of far more than ordinary ability, fond of his profession, ambitious of honor in its legitimate field, and a gentloman whose personal integrity is not less conspicuous than his conetant devo tion to the cause of right, be will make a judge of whom all South Carolina will bo justly proud. Judge Aldrich was the victim of the tyranny of the autocrat Canby, when, rather than do what his con science forbade, he laid off his stainless ermine and retired to pri vato life. There would be some thing like "poetic justice" in now reinstatirg him on the bonch he once honored ; and we heartily trust he will be elected. The Election of Judges. We commend to the considera tion of those who think that the ju dicial office should be bestowed as a reward for political services, the memorial of the Greenville bar, which we republish elsewhere. It may be proper to confer political preforennt for political sorvices, but to carry that doctrine into judi - cial elections would be to ignore the principles which underlay the judi cial system of South Carolina in the time when her judges were at once the pride of the State and the admi ration of the country. We trust that the Logislatnro, in casting 'about for a judge of the sixth cir. cuit, will send political expediency to the dogs, and elect to the bench some man who is intellectually and morally fit for tho'position. To select a man simply on grounds of policy would be an injustice to the entire people of the circuit, and would be to declare that thre Democracy of South Carolina will, for p)olitical ends, keep her judiciary far below the standard established in the grand old times of Harper aind O'Neale and Dunkin and Ingliss and Withers and Aldrich and others of their stamp. Away with political considerations in such an election I We have had already too much polities and too many politicians on' the bench. We war t no more. Now Counties, That it is impossible to please everybody has been long since dis, covered by the Legislature; but were there any lingering doubts on the subject they would be dispelled by experience in only one matter, the formation of new counties. F?irst Ninety-Six wanted to be a county; then it was p)roposed to establish the county of Butler ; but these propositions woere over whelnmed with opposition. The people of. northern Beaufort are petitioning for a now county, which is strenuously oppose'd by the peo.. ple along the sea-coast. The latest scheme to divide Charleston and Colleton into four counties, Old Charleston, B3erkley, Edisto and Colloton, seems not to satisfy any one exactly. In this dilemma the Legislature must take such action as scems proper. Charleston at least should be severed. The idea of the monkeys of J:ohn's, James and Edisto Islands sending seven teen gorillas to represent the metropolis of the State in the Leg.-. islature is proposterous.. A new conisty should be, formed of the city with just einough' territory besides to complete the dx hnndred and twontyflve square ies rioquir ed.by;thesonisitution.~ Aind since they are blgng over a pne, let this new county be called "Moultrie," in honor of the hero whose exploit is commemorated on every 28th of June. South Carolina has a Marion county and a Sumter county. Why not have a Moultrio county with Charleston city for the county seat ? The Legislature should not hesitate in this matter. If Charles ton knows what she wants, give it to her. If not, divide the county. as at present contemplated. THE JUDICIAL ERMINE. What the Bar of Greenville Think About the Matter...-Consideratione Which Alone Should Guide the Leg islature in Making a Choice. The following memorial, which speaks strongly enough for itself, has been forwarded to. the Legisla ture : The undersigned, members of the Greenville bar, in view of the fact that you are about to elect judges to fill the vacancies which the Su. preme Court has declared to exist, respectfully present as follows : 1. We think that the positions should be filled by lawyers of ac knowledged legal attainments, and of high moral character. 2. We do not think that a posi tion on the bench should be a re ward for political service ; but, other tliigs being equal, we think that those who have been consist ent Democrats should be preferred to th-yose who, at the elevonth hour, &serted their corrupt Radical party with which they had been for years connected, in order to continue tlie-nselves in offle. 3. We think that the positions should be filled by lawyers whose ch,tracter, attainments, social posi tion and general surroundings are such thatt no lawyer who practises before him, or party litigant,- would have any just cause to impute the judge's decision to partial or im pure motives. We therefore epress the hope that you will avail yourselves of the opportunity now offered to restore the judiciary of the State to the high standard, for ability, integrity and experiencu,'iwhich distinguished it prior to the late Radical adminis tration, and urge upon you that a change be made in the eighth cir cuit, and that a lawyer who has the above qualifications be elected to fill the vacancy, B. F. Perry, E. P. Jones, John W. Stokes, T. Q. Don aldson, E dward Croft, W. H. Perry, Wn. W. Vance, J. H. Whitner, M. F. Ansel, G. G. Wells, Whitner Symmes, J. P. Mioore, J. T. Nix, J. W. Gray. CLOsE OF THE Tunco-RunsrAX WAR. -The Porte has accepted the Russian conditions and peace is regardled as vi:rtually concluded. The TPurkish plenipotentiaries have been instructed from Constantino, pie to sign the peace preliminaries, and an armiAtice, it was expected, was concluded on Friday. The following items are said to be included in the peace conditions: Servia to be independent without compensation; Montenegro to re ceive Antivari, Nicsic and Spuz, and a portion of the territory boi dering on Lake Scutari; Russia to hold Batoum3, KCars and Er'zeroum until a war indemnity of twenty millions is paid ; the Dardanellos f,o be opened to Russian men-.of-war~ - Bulgarian autonomy to be concedcd ord tile principle of the Lebanon Confer enceo; Turkey to nominate a. Chris. tian Governor for a long term of years, subject to ratification by the Powers; p art of the Russian arne to embark at Constantinople on their return home ; and the final treaty of peace to be signed at Constantinople by the Grand Duke Nicholas. It is now an acknowledged fact that CoNsUMPTION CAN BE CURED. It has been cured in a vecry great number of cases (sonme of them apparently desperate ones) by Schenck's Pul,. monic Syrup alone, and in others by the same medicine in connection with Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills, one or both accord ing to the requirements of the case. The old supposition that "Con'. sumption is incurable," for many years deterred Physicians from at tempting to find a remedy for that disease, and patients afflicted with it recenciled themselves to death without an effort being made to save them from a doom which was con sidered inevitable. Dr. Schenck himself wase supposed at one time to be at the very gate of death, his physicians having pr1o nounced his case hopeless and abandoned him to his fate he was OUBED by the aforesaid medicines and after ward enjoyed uninterrupt. 4id good,health for more thant forty yeniea.Thousands of people have used Dr. Sehenek'a preparationse with the same rem b~kble success. Schenek's . 4manae, containing a horo h teat he on Consumption, Liven at,Ufs~epsik.'&e,~ can be h'a'gra le of aAy Irggist, or of J. H. Schenck & Son, Philadelphia. Full directions for the use ol Schenck's medicines accompany eaci package. Schenck's Putdnonie Syrup, Sea Wood Tonic, artd. Mandrake Pills are for sale by all druggists. * GARDEN SEED. SEED, ONION SETS, SEED, LUCERNE, BEE'r CLOVER, 2 5i50 worth of garden seod,just ro eeivod at rediiced prices for cash,. at tho Drug store of jan 31 DR. W. . AIKEN, Selling Out at and Below Cost. ) EING desirous of closing my busi ness, as I intend to leave the S'ato I offer my entire stock, consistin of Family Groceries, Boots and 8hoes, and a fine stook of Liquors. of . all kinds, AT AND BELOW COST, until February 15, unless sooner iold out. Or, .1 will sell the entire business, fixtures. and liconso, on accommodating terms to a re sponsible party. All persons indebted to mo will settle up immediaitely and save costs. R. PETT1CREW, Jan 22-x t t feb 15 Agent. AUGUSTA HUTEL, Corner of Broad and Washington Streets, AUGUSTA, G 4. H AS been thoroughly renovated, re modeled and newly furnished. It is located in the contre of business. Velegraph Office in the Hotel building, ECxpress 0111co in the some block. Post Dice only one black off. All other pub lie conveniences close at hand. .4i The Office of the Hotel will be open during the night, and guests will be received or called at any hour. W. W. MOORE, Proprietor, Rates of Board, $2.00 per day )ct 20-Z y JTOTICE3. R. J. McCARLEY begs to inform very one indebted to him, that, as he intends selling out, it is imperative that tll aceonnts be paid on or before the first dlay of January, 1877. After that date hose who have not paid up will please "all at the office of A. M. Mackey, in ivhose hands all accounts will be placed Dr collection. dat 13 OTTO F. WITERS~ Wholesale Grocer -AND Commission Merchant, Nos, 110,112 and 181, CHARLES'TON, S. C oct 4 ESTABiSH El) 1874. GEO, B, ED WA RDS, Jotton and General Commnisalon Merchant CH1ARLESTON, S. C, P ROMPT attention given to the sale ,Cotton, Pena, Corn, Rtice and Pro Inee of all kinds. Merchandise bought free of commis i.on. Being on theo spot, and thoroughly posted [on prices, cnn guwranteo large saving- to buyers of merchandise. Agent at Charleston for State Line Ocean Steamships betwo. n New York, [Ilasgow, Liverpool, London an~d all parls Df Europe.-. References: Bank of Charleston; Jas. Adger & Co., Charleston, S. C. sept 22-xt3m PATEI'TS To Inventors-und Maniuf'acturers. Esrmntrarr 1865. Gilmore, Smith & Co., SoLxelTolhs OF PATE~NTS AND ATTORNEYS AT ~LAW. American and Foreign Patents. 629 F St., Washingtoni, D). 0. o fees in advance, nor until- a Patont is all1owed. No fees for makingprelinary .lkamialions. Special attention given to Interferene Cases before the Patent Offlee, Infringe ments Suits in the different States, and all litigation appertaining to ?atonts or Inveontions. Send tamp for PamopAMeI qf DILr pagjes. dee 4 ____ NOT1ICE. notified thiat the. notes nd aenounts~ belonging, to said estate ha.ve been, praced in the fiandla of James (G. EleCants, attor ne,with inanc~utions to settle up and oet the same es soon.a's possible. ,NEW'S Klb IIERALU WEEKLY 9DITIOR, M P Um1LWikD *v=r WEr-SDAY AT WINNSBOR t ,S. Q, DY THZ WINNSBOKO PUBLISIING C0 IT CONTA114S A SUM,1ARY OF TIX LEADING EVENTS OF THE DAY. State News, County Ncws, Political News, Etc THE EDITORA DEPARTMENT RECEIVES SPECIAL ATTENTION. THE LOA tj COLUX ig well filled with t wn and county news.. The aim of ti. 'ubli -herm is to issue a FilItr-CLASS FAMILY NEWSPAPER. Terms of Subscription, payable invaria. bly in advance: One copy, ono year,------ $3.00 One copy, six. months, - - - - $1.6C. One copy, three months, - - - $1.00. Five copies, one 'year, at - - - - $2.75. 'Ten copies, one year. at - - - - $2.0 Tw~ienty copies, one year. at - - $2.560.. To every person making up a clubi of ten or more subscribers, a copy will bei sent, free for one year.. Thaeinames consti tuting a cla b need not all bo at the same p)ost-ofiice. JOB PRINTING IN ALL [TS DEPART\MENTS DONE IN TOlE i,EST ST'YLE AND AT THlE LOWEST P'RICES. We are- prepared to furnish, on short notice, E'ANK CHECKS,. BILL HEADS, NOTES. ENVELOPES, LETTER HEADS INVITATIO:Ns, CARDS, AW B3LANKCS, POSTERS POSTAL CAJiDS, ETC.,. ETO, Terms for Job Work---ash on DeliveFy. All busimess commlnunientions should bei dd ressed to the Winnsiboro PuibHhlg Ccmpaniy 'V3E NSBORO, S. C. rj 'HE subsdriber has removed' lii's foot 1an dh Soe Manufaetory to a few doors. belo0W W. R. Doty& Co.'s, greeery store, and opposite 3. M. Galloway's hardware stord, where he will be pleased to see his. friends nd~ oetatonts. He has lowerec? the priees of all kinds of work in hise line, VIz: Fine Freuaeh Calf Skin Booets to $10. Galters, $7.00'.' Shoen from $6.00) to $8.00, Mending rand repairn promiptya tended to at reaeeso rat. . , t .0W All 'work.1Wrantead. janl 6- ' . OLEND1btUhG