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WINNSBORO, S. C. Saturday, February 2, : 1878. R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor, JNO. S. REYNOLDS. Assocato Editor. TuE UNIVERsITY BILr, Ias passed the House, and is in the Senate. TurH LFoisTA-ruia Is docided to submit the vexed (jistion of the trial justico system to the next Legislature. It was too stipen dous a problem for thern to deal with. THREiPoaRT OF ThE investigating committeo on the ponal and charit,a, blo institutions lays baro . a vast amount of rascality in cominection with the managemont of the pcni tontiary. Stolbrand, Donnis, Nash, Hayno and Noaglo are all liablo to be put in the penitentiary them solves. The co.mitteo worked earnestly and suc.ssfully. Captain Gaillard, of this county, was chair man, and prepared tho admirable report presented to the Legislature. TuHE TRADE 11EAP1.) by certain in dividuals and papers upon the Hon. C. G. Memminigor is uncalled for and unjust. In the course of his speoeh on tho University, M,[r. Memiminger mado certain allhsions that wvro concoived by somo to bo incallu:1 for and unkind ; but Io very prompt ly disclaimod any intention of Wounding the folings of or insu1lt ing any one. This should have boon enough. Mr. IMomminger is a gontleman distinguislicd alike for ability and catholicity of spirit, a gentlomnti whoso intelloct over stops potty geographical limits, and soars far abovo sectional prejudicos; and he would bo th3 last une to indulgo in mud-throwing bet-Wout "up-country" and 'low-country." Wo are afraid Mr. Monuininger is a much greator man than his ievilers are. SENATOR L. Q. C. LAMAR, of Mis. sissippi, having delivored a power fuil speech in the Senato 1gainst the remonetization of silver, despite the fact that a bill wed pending in t.i Mississippi Legislature to instruct him to vote for that measure, the Atlanta Constitution waxod wvroth, and delivored itself thus : Col. Lucius Quint us Curtius Lu Cullus Ganyiedo Sappho Sardaiapm luH Lamar seems to be a sort of do bilitated statesman. He is worried with the idoa that there are only thirteen States in tile American Union, and that those thirtoon States depond on Europe for the stabili ly of their currency. We would remind the Senator that in tis business lhe fails to represent Georgia, his na tivo State, and Mississippi, tihe State of his adoption. It is more th: ni probable, howver, that it is his highest cfmblitionf to u p:eostt Mr. Lamar. This is as it .should be, as the weekly papers01 remark. If Lucius Quintus (iurtius Remus Lucullus (*anymaedo Sappho Orpheus (CapitLola Rlomuilus Sardlana[paluis Vinegar Bitters Lamar can stand the racket, so to speak, we are sure his able-bodied constitLuent.s can. PE'TER CooPERu, the octagonarian millionaire of Newv York, whose long life has been marked by philan thropy and benefactions, lhas re-, contly turned his attention to South Carolina. He hasu recently add(ress ed the following letter to Go-vernor Hampton: Nrv YORK, Jfanua~ry 12, 18'78. lon. WVade Ilamnptoni, Gove'rnor of South& (Crolina ; DEAR SIR: Allow me to present to you for your consideration, and also that of your Logislatunre, the following inquiry concerning a donation which, upon conditions, I m)ight make for the bonolit of the youth of South Carolina, viz. :What aro thoe best coniditionis on wvhich the State of South Carolina would accept the donation from use of a certain prop)erty situated at Lime stone Springs, Spartanbug county, South Carolina, consisting of tihe buildings andl one hundred or more acros of laud, and make and main tain a manual labor institution, or a school of science and arts, applied to the useful and nocessary puir poses of lifer for young wYomlen 'similar to the branches and pur suits now taught i . the Cooper Institute, of New York." If there be any needl of an orpihan asyluns, this might be included Iin the gon oral design, as there aro buildmngs on the estate suf11cient for both~ purposes. My attention has been directed by a friend of Southdrn education to the great noods of the youth of South Carolina for in st ruction in useful arts and trades, which, inl lly opinion, is 0110 of tho best mctliods of socurivg tho pros-. perity of our glorious Union of States, which is my mrdent desire. I am, doar sir, youtrs very r-I Sp)ectfully, PETER CoOPERl, No. 9 Lexington Avemo. Goveinor imipton Is trans mitt(ed thie proposition to the General Assembly for action in the premiscs. It is to be hoped that tis mnificen,t offor will bui mot in the most li.eural mn11nor. Tho thainks of tho women of South Carolina should be tendered to tho venerablo Peter Cooper for his in, terest inl their hehalf. 11HE STATE LEGISLATURE. WEDNESDAY, January 30, 1878. SENxrE. A message was received from tho governor, inforilling the Senato of the resignation of Judve P. L. Wigrin, of the second judicial cir ciIt. Tho following )ils passed their third reading: Bill for tihe pro tection of landlords leasing lands for agriculitral putpurposes bill to repea-1 the act lititled "an1l1 act to extend1l the limlik of tlt city of Co hun111hin," approved4 110b:itary 2Q, 1-7640 ;1 bill f Im ulhorizo th1v 8eer. y of at to confor with the si :i U1,Crolina Monimcntal Asso elto ,:111l (o( eec a spot Within11 the State 1ou4 g rullds for the vreetion of a monlit11u.t to the (olfederato ded:l, 'Imid inl behalf of Ole State to autihorize the Sam ; bill t ito auithOiz the em111ploym1ent o If alble-bodidi nalo prisoners confined ill jail midnor si "lnteice inl labor upon tho public roads and upon the pub lit tt I ects of the vities and towns, :mt11 the cads le.mdillg thereto, of th)is Stai; bill to establiihl a ew judicial aid election county from a portion () Poauffort voinity, to ho known as Imlptonk county ; bill to Apportion the taxes on proprty in whic hlie t itlo or an interest therein has been traniferred subsequient to IMssIsMent ; joint resolution to :m1thiLiZO and direCt tLh Sceretary of Stato to extend the timo for pay ment of amumit.s du upon lands plllsed of the late Land Coim WsOlSl. Adjourned. HousE or REPRESENTATIvEs. Soveral hills woro introduced, re:d by title, andl properly referrod. The bill to protecr the crops of planuerVs an11d f.'rimers in the hands of mni-rchaiths aid factors from attachlnemtL and levy for debts due by said Imlerchiaits and factors, was roda third timew. The bill to redne andlfix the costs of p)lainitif's anid defendants ill civil act ions, was discussed without actioni. Adjourned. rJUasnIAv, January 31, 1878. S)ENATE. TPhi Honso concur'rent resolution to go inito ani electioni of circuit judges on1 the I.st of F1iebruiary was talken' uip, nad after som1o debate was mande tho spoeeial order for FebruarOiy (I. Mr. Wylie then introduced a con current resolution p)rovidmIg that the clerks of courts iln circuits not having judgos adjourn their courts fronm the first to the secondl Monday ill February-whichi was g1dopted. Tphe bill gran~iting aidl to the Stato Agricul urlal anld M(;cIhnicl Society -appr))1opriat Iing $2,500 atnnuially for the suipport of the society--was taken up and, afteor somie debate, passed to a third readling. Ad(j ourn'ed. HIoUsE oF IIEPREFsENTATIvEs, A rnmber of bills and resolutions wer'e initrodulced, readl by title, and properly referred. A number of b)ills were received from the Sonate with ameind moents, which wVorO concurr'ied in by the House. Among theso bills was the bill to authorize the emplloymenlt of in jail under sonitonco inl labor upon the public roads andl streets of the towvns andi cities of tihe State. Tfhi bill to regulate costs in civil actions and the fees of sheriffs, cerks and prob~lato judges was taken ulp, and pro~voked a very lengthy )bbate. Mr. Verneor muoved to refer' the bill to a spia)C:l commuittee comn posedl of three lawyers and four farmers. Mr. Sawvyer moved to amiend by adding three editors and hroe p1hysicins. His amendment wasB rejectod, andl Mr. Verner's mnotion adopted. The Speaker ap plointed the special c~ontmittoe, as follows : Lawyers-Mossrs. Vornor, Popo~ and J. J. Hcumphill; farmors, Messrs. E. S. Allen, W. S. Allen, Cain and Youmans. A djcied BRtIC-A -BRI AC. Tf what Mr. Beecher says a, out 4 hell is true, we'vo been good all these long years for nothing. "Papa," said a little girl, "g v1 mo a ride on your kuceo, won't yo ." Ho took the littlo gallop at once. A detler advortises "Novelties i pocket,books." Well, we shoul like to have a little chango in ours. The average man doesn't want al elephant, on his haId.-/pring field IepIublican. No ; nor on his toes, either.--Boston Post. A Lowville boy took a hot brick to' bed with him to keep his -et warm. They saved the boy and the house, but the bed was reduced to ashes. - Thero are upwards of 70,000 Sunday schools in the United States, with ab'out C,000,000 scholars, of whom 1,000,000 chow tobacco. An Oxford (Ala.) man is so close fisted that he will not advertiso in the papers, but ties his card to a pig's tail and turns the grunter loose. Twenty nino women were adver tised in a recent issue of a Chicago paper ats about to preach and con duet religious services on tho fol lowing Sunday. The Georgia supreme court has decidedl that a murderer, "to be too drunk to form the intent to kill, must be too drunk to form the in tent to shoot." A physiologist estimate3 that there are :2,400 disordrs to which the human frame is liable, and there are plenty of people who boliove they have every one of them. "acteria are the minuto animals, so called from the rod-like ap, plaraclve of soi of thoim, which are now thought to be at the root of disease as well as of putrefaction." TIyndl. The .Ifackeye says the world may never know what u1nuttorable things a hotel waiter thinks when he folds his arms and leans against the wall to gaze down upon you in mournful silence with dreamy eyes. Spurgeon, in a recent sermon, do plored tho prevatiling infidelity of the age, .remarking that clergymoinl were not afraid to profess principles which formerly only the most daring atheist had the temerity to avow. Sixty-four clorgymen of the Epis copal church d, during last year, and of the forty-three whose ages are given in the Churchman's Alma nae, the averago ago was over sixty ono ycars. This is a very respecta ble longevity. The British Bible Society reports an astonishing demand for the Biblo among the Cossacks. Over sixty thousand have been distributed within the last few weeks. The excellent linen pae mnakes theO best of glun-wads, aind thus tihe gospel is sp)read among the Tfurks. Mother Goose was not horn yes terday. "Sing a Song of Sixpence" was sung in the sixteenth century. "The Frog and the ons9e" w~as licensed in 1580, and "Three Blind Mico" belongs to the samo period. "Pussy Cat. Pussy Cat, wvhoro have you been ?" was a nursery rhymo in Queen Ehizaboth's day ; "Girls and Boys Comoe out to Play" was writ ten in the reign of Charles II., "The Old1 Woman Tossed in a Blanket" was popullar inl the days of James II., and "Little Jack Hornor" is older than the seventeenth century. TELE.P!oNEs AND MILITrARY OP'ERA TIoNs.-The telephone is beingt rapidly introduced in to the various military (establishmnents, not only in1 the capital and its neighb)orh~ood, but aliso everywhere in Germany. At Dresden one of the new instru.. ments has b)een arranged between the commandant's ofleo and tile arsenal and barracks of rifles, about 800 yards distant. An already cx-. isting telegraph wire is utilized, from which wires are further led to te]lonles in four rooms in the bar racks. The alpparatus is reported to act perfectly, conversations beingi carried on without the slightest difficulty. In Austria, also, expori moents, the result of wvhich is stated to have been exceedingly satisfactory,. have been made in Vionna with tihe telephone, and an important addhi- I tion has been made to the instru. mont by an American railway official< in thte form of a bell to call attention < to messages ab)out to he sent. At tile same time, it is generally ad-] nitted by military men abroadl that much has yet to be done before the tolephono can be considered availa ble for practical use in the field. It is an extremely delicate apparatus, and any noise either at the sending or receiving end of the wire mnd torferes greatly with, and someotimes altogethpr prevents, the transmuis.. sion of uilessagos by it. Time alone wvill sho0* whlether' it will be possible to improve it so as to render mes sages sont by it audible amid the nosso infatiably accompanying mill tiny nneatin. WHAT MEN HAVE' DimD Fori.. ololnel Montgtvomilery was shot in a luel aIout a dog ; Colonel Ram1soy n one about a surv" ,It ; Mr. Foath.. irstone in (ne rboit a recrulit , rne's father in one, a1bout ai 1"Jobt) ; and an1lother C gentleml.an in mo abon it a bottle of anclovios. io oflicer Nwas clii.onged for neroly asking his opponlenit to pass iii a goblet : and another was solledto figlit about i pich of mutY. OPead Barry wa-s chaill enged by a Captitin Siith for do lining wino at a dinner in a stemil out, alth:mlghi the( Gualoral ple:utdt, - !n excuse, that wino invariabl Iad Itim sielk ; and Lieuiumtj;L wIier lost his life in a duel be cl ISo he was refused adittaico to a lub of pigeon shooters. In 1777 a 1el oceii red in New York bo.. tw 'n a Lieutenant Featherstone hat ylh of the 76th, and Captain M'i. ierson, of tho 42nd British regi ilt, ini regard to tho manner of c ing an oar of corii, ono con tendi g that the oiaiig was from the cob, i id the other contonding that the gi in should be cut ofT f'oml the coh eforo eating. Lieutenant Feath -stonehaitgh lost his right arm, ti. ball from his antagonist's pistol s. tte-ring the limb dre.tdftl lV ; so I .eh that it had to be tii - putated. Major Noah lost his life in 1827, t the diielliig grounid at Hoboken.with Bartoii the son-in law of Oward Livingston, in a Impl (I. Ute l'bout "what wats tr1o11ps" i. a g;mno of catrds. THE STA Du .lARD .as for atll di.-eases of.l 1 hm1'gs arc Selilck's Pubnonic 1 1r1p, Selnek's Sca WNeedl Tonic und Scheuck's Man drake Pills. a if taken before the lungs are dc troyed they effect a s-peedy ciuro. 'To the.-e mledicinles Dr. J. Ht. He\ k, of Philaelphia, owes his -wI success in the treatmen. oill ntry diseases. Tho Piihwin \-.-up ripens tho morbid mnae :. rngs, nature thi ows it oL: b" :4 ca-sy expectora tion, antd the pal it has rOliel from the prtfstrting ci. The Man drake Pills must l Tfreely used to cleanso and stimul ( the tomtuach and liver ; they r ye all obstrue tions, relx the gi blad, r and start the bile freely, and the liver is soon relieved. 'chienek's Sea Weed Tonic is a gei l stimuhnt ud alterative ; the al -di of which it is composed mixes 'th the food 11nd prevent s Souiniig. t, assists the dligeSLiO by toningr uphe stomuch to a healthy condition, V that the food and the Pulmonie -rup gYill nike good blood; fil n the lungs heal, and tho patient willturely get well if Care is taken to aN id fiesh itold. Full direction a . ompany each preparation. All wyh'wish to cNsrlt Dr. Schenek persoiAlly, cal do so at his pr"incipill oflice,,corner of Sixth and Arch Sts., Phila elphia, overy Monlday. Letters to the abovo a dress, 1sking adv ice, answvered 1' 'e of Sehenck's Medicines are so by ldruggrists. * throw .away o1liipapor. If you ijive [10 wishi to sell it, use it in d.e iouse. Some housekeepers prt or~ t to cloth ror' cleaning int y trticles of furniture. For inista: -, i, volume written by a laLdy v pide(d herself on her experit mnd tact stays: "After the stove ma~ )en bhlckened, it CanL te lepjt looking very wtell for a long t noe b.y rubbing it wvith paper' es .a y muornig. Rlubbing wtith paper s a nuch nicer way of keeping the it sido of a tea kettle, coffee pot nid lea pot bright and clean thtan ho Aid way of washing them in s dsi. Rubbing with paper is atlso the est xvay of p)olishling knivGs, tinwmio ad( 1)poons; they shine like now sil er. F~or polishi,g mi'rors, wind< vsi, amp chinnoys, etc., paper' is be er' lian dr'y cloth. Preserves nd )icles kco miuch better if br1 n1 ar,instead of cloth, is tied c or hae jar. Canined fruiit is not so p)t o niould if a piece of writing p:a or mit to fit the can, is laid directly mf hc fruit. Paper is much better to mut under a carpoet than straw. It ii warmer, thinner and makes htas toiso when one walks over it." CONsUMrPTroN CIURED.--An (1d Ahysician, re red fromi practi, taying had lact(ed in his hands y inl East India mliss;iolnry 1 e ormula of a simpille v'o.tetablo rem - ly, for te speedy and1( permine t; mnre of consmuinption, bron~ichiit, tatarrh, asthma, and all throat nili ung affections, also a positive a I eadical cure for nervous dlebii ' mdit all nervouts compnllainIts, a r' taving tested ito 'onderful cura -e powers int t.housan<zih; of cases, .s felt it bia duty to mul:zi it knowi to his suffering follon. qA t,nated lby this motive, and a ,4 ';i:- to rol ye human suffer'ig, 1 v, ill send, freo of charge, to all whlo desiro it, uis roeipo in German, French, or F g lishi, with funl ldirections for pro r ing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, naming us paper, W. WV. Sherar, 126 Pow a't llnak Rnnohotar, N. YV w Ec_ES FOR THE YEAR 1878. Thor "1l b four eclipses this year,) ollolys: 1 1 nular oclipse of the sun, Feb- Visiblo in Australia and at the s6i Polo. I Iartial eclipse of the moon Feb. Visiblo in the United Statek tho morning ; middle, at 4osto 1. 26m. ; at Now York, 6h. 20m. ; )hicago 4h. 22m. III. .otal eclipso of the sun, July Visiblo throughout the Unite ites as ia partial eclipso in the an oon. Except iii Alaska, Utah, s and Cuba the eclipso ill bi tail. Middle, at Boston, 5 515 at Now York, 5h. 44m.; at Was , ton, 5h. 32m. ; at Charles. ton, 2 8m. ; at Chicago, 8h. 50m. IV. trtial oclipso of the moon, Aug-. 1.isible when tho moon rises 1Jho evening. Ends : At Boston, 50m. ; at Now York, 81. 38m. ; *ashington, 8h. 27m. ; at Char1left 8h. 13w. ; at Chicago, 'ih. 41511" We N oxposod last week to a pitilessormi, that wet our foot and sto gs, and indeed our per SCn IIl, r. In fact we took a crackin Id, which brought soro throat ,overe Symptoms of fever. Tho go ilfo asserted lior authori. ty, plti our feet in hot wator, wra:Plx' in hot blankets, and sont oi thfuil son for a bottle of AYER's ,ny PE,ORAL. It is a 8)lend' edicinc-pleasant to take, an11d i jo). w u slept soundly throug o iight and awoko well the n,, lorning. Wo know we owe o ick recovery to the Pee toral, hall not hesitato to roe. on1u1(- to all who need such a medic: -.Teltuacana (Texaq) Pres' Ian. D i) AFTk-R SEVENTEEN YEARS SEPAi .-A romantic story is told ebrook, Conn., of a cou pl w re divorced in Ohio seven. teen , ago, the husband coming ba b with a sister in Connec ticut. ew days ago tho wifo that was, gin of hier husband's whore a enio to Colebrook, droec, efore his door, and sent in a n ;king i' he would receivo er. :qpond]ed by coming out to her .opn atrms, and they are no oying t second honey moon. ~KLY EDITION, Ds I t8e enw nWENUSDAY Af W IN 3B101R10, S. C. 4 IY THE IIDS 0 P fl8LISIINA0D J4 T" CON'If i ;U3DIARY OF THE~ LEADI' VENTs OIF TH'E DAY. ~ate NO, U *IN-.ws, Political News, Etc THE~ BIQ IAL DEPARTMENT .CEI PF.CAL ATTENTION. Tili Au COL~UM Cc I 11 lk town and county newu T1i.,m 1 Publi'sr is to isano Term~ cription, payable invaria bly in a Orne cop >1\ ear,-----..-..-$8.00 Ono cop i~ onthas, ... - .. $1.60. One cop ti~ t onths, -- . - $1.00. Fi lo copi o , ar, at - - .. - $2.75. Ten cop)l o4a , at - - - - $2.60. 'Iwenty i,k ,, year. at - - $2.50. To over i sq akng up a- olub of ton or in u\i bers, a copy will be sontt free o 0 ) Thtonameos consti tting a e ) .ee. t all be at the same post-offRod All bus;n ,omm ations should be adressed orh . WIrnnbd Q cupany- A 'V 11C