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ahe metus att1 *rata. WINNSBORO, B. C. Baturday, February 9, 1878. R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor, JNO. S. REYNOLDS. Associate Editor. Tun DEKERARA boy was not Charlie Ross after all. Tun Field and Fireside pro nounces General LoDuc's attempt to introduce tea culture in the South an absurdity. It admits the certainty that the toa plant will flourish in this latitudo, but the obstacle is the cost of labor to pro.. pare the leaves. Chinamen perform this task at three cents a day. Hence the absurdity of the schomo. We are ruined by Chinoso cheap labor. A PATRIOTIO ENDNAVOR to reduce the pay of members of the Legisla ture to three dollars a day signally failed. We opposo picayunish sala'. ries; but if it be necessary to cut them down to the lowest figures, why fiot begin with the Legislature? A member of the Legislature re ceives for three months work almost as much as a county auditor or treasurer who has tenfold more work to do. The Judicial Muddle. In the muddle attendant upon the judicial election, It is just as well to state plainly the position occupied by Tus NHws AND HERALD. This paper always maintained that the viva voce mode of voting was the simplest solution of the con stitutional question ; both from a legal and a political standpoint, especially the latter; and it had little idea that the Supreme Court would decide otherwise. For this reason it was one of those papers, according to the Columbia Begister, that pronounced unwiso the spring~ ing of the question only after a decision had been rendered. Had the question not been pressed, or had the decision boon different, the people would have boon much better satisfied than they now are. The dilemma now existing arises from the circumstanco that judges are elected for a full, instead of an unexpired, term, and the successful aspirants at this election will hold for four years longer. Were it merely a question of filling an un expired term, this paper would unhesitatingly urge the re- election of all the ousted judges except one or two, so that they might serve their full term. It would also press this measure now, if the late incumbents would agree, if re elected, to submit their claims again to the Legislature at the end of four years from the date of their first election. If at the expiration of that time they were found to be aceptable they might be re--elected again. But the election for a full term causes us to look to the futuro instead of the past. It is a 'natter of regret that there have beon, already, so many judicial elections, in the fevered condition of the people.. The improvements made have been immense ; but the trouble is that the people now find it hard to separate judicial fitness from p.olitical services.. Countless ave nues of political preferment lie open, without bestowing the judicial ermine as a reward for patriotie ser'vices by either Democrats or Re publicans. A judge is about the only citisen who should know no II polities. Even, however, when political services are taken int o secount, the paramount question is f tltness for the office. If this requisite be wanting all other claims are unworthy of considera-. tion.. This question of fitness is'a muatter for the Legislature to decide. If any one is elected on this score, no clamor can be raised ; but if merely political services are iynas a reason, then the Legis lature is dispensing judgeships as *pol)s. Since the re-establishmenit of the 'K practice of rotation of circuits, it is a matter of small local concerxn to any circuit wl?at judge is olected from it, as each Judge holds - court more than two years. The selec tion of a judge of the first circuit is of almost as much interest to the people of Fairfield as the election of judge of the sixth circuit, and any position wo take is for the good of wholo State. Let the Logisla ture calmly think over this mattor. Wo are glad to soo that tho Senate refused to rush precipitatoly into an election. It would be bettor to postpone the whole matter till next fall anyhow. The counties are poor, and as the dockets have been pretty well cleared up, they can wait till fall for the next terms of court. It may be a iattor of concern to I the members of the Logislature who pressed this question on the courts, to feel that they are in a grave dilemma. However they decide, they will raise a row at home, for public opinion, everywhere, is very much divided. We had a heavy enough load to carry next fall any how, without shouldering this ad ditional burden. THE S' ATE LEGISLATURE. WEDNESDAY, February 6, 1878. SENATE. The general ordere were taken up, and the bill to repeal an act to pro vide for the establishment of a school in the Stato penitentiary passed its second reading ; also, the bill to amend the act to enforce the payment of the poll tax. The bill to regulato tho sale of 2 guano and other fertilizers came up next and evoked considerable debate The bill was posi,oned till Febru ary 8. The election of judges was post poned till Tuosday, February 12. The general ordors were resumed, and the following passod a second reading : Bill to prevent the de struction of bir.ds' nests; to give the circuit courts concurrent juris diction with any of the courts in trials of cases of larceny ; to regu late the manner of conducting capi tal punishment ; to provido for the registry of claims against the sover al counties and to proscribe the order of payment. Adjourned. HOUsE OF REPRESENTATIVEP. Mr. Hamilton introduced the following concurrent resolution : I Whereas,it is highly essential and indispensably nceessary to good government that the judiciary be elevated to the highest standard of integrity and purity, andl the judi- I ciary of South Carolida be protect ed and maintained unsullied, there foreobeit Resolved, That in the election fori circuit judges thme' Gcneral Assembly I hereby stand fimly pledged to elect I none but able,-worthy and experi% enced jurists to fill the vacancies a occasioned by tho recent decision of a the Supreme Court. Mr. Simpson moved that the t resolution be laid on the table. 3 The yeas and1 n ays were demanded I andl the vote stood--yeas, 57 ; nays, 45. The bill in relation to t1M reduc1 tion of the salaries of cir'c 'i', judges t next came ump for its third reading. A motion was made to recommit the bill to the judiciary committee. t Mr. J. J. Hlemphill ohjected to this. He said nlow was theovery best I time to reduce the judges salaries ; that there was no sense or consis, c tency in sending the bill baLck to the i commnittee. Mr. Haskell was oposed to the 5 b)ill. He said it was an unwviso actL en the par't of the House to reduce the salaries ; that it was both un just andic inconsistent, inasmuch is I the members had refused to reduce their owvn pay. The bill was finally passed and sent the Senate. ( The bill to make appropriations to r moet the ordinary expenses of the T State government for the fiscal year ~ commencing November 1, 1877, I was passed to third reading. Adjourned. Mark Twain has assumed the edi torial charge of the Hartford Courant, which he proposes to make a semi-political, semi-hunmor ons journal supporting Hayes' ad ministration, and ur mging Mar'shiall ~ Jewell for United States Senator, and himself for the next governor of Connecticut. In answver to a ques tion as to what would be the politics of the CJourant under his manage. ment, Clemens said : "Broad views, expanive sentiments, exalted aims, but very severe on subscribers who don't.pay up promptly. In my new position I shll oindeavor to sup)por't --my most interesting family.' "May God help us to accomplish< o11r holy undertaking," says the pious- Czar. Widows and orphans don't count with Alexander when he wantga bit ofto eior. - TEA CULTURE. We have received from the Do ?artmont of Agriculture, an inter >sting paimphlot, the purpose of vhich is to show that the Chinese 7ea plant could be cultivated profita >ly in this and other Statos. Sov - wal letto'rs disclose the fact that juito a number of tea plants are low growing in the open air and loing well in South Carolina. Col. Fmines H. Rion, of Winnsboro, ays : "I have no experience in the naks ng of tea, but can certify to the adaptability of the soil and climate )f my section to tho growth of tho >lant itself. I livo in Fairfield ounty, which is a littlo north of he contre of the State. In the fall )f 1859 I received from the Patent )ficc, Washington (of which the igricultural Dtpartment is a part mccossor), a very tiny tea-plant, vhich I planted in my flower garden Ls a curiosity. It has grown well, ins always been free from any dis ase, has had full out-door exposuro Lud atti,ned its present height 5 feet 8 nehes) in the year 1865. since then it has been occasionally rimmed. The bush is like a ball -esting on the ground, its breadth )>jing equal to its heiglt. It is :oltinually producing pfi-fect seeds, vhich readily germinato and pro hico healthy soodlings. The mods; tre of the size of small filberts. Chis shows that the plant finds it ;elf entirely at hon whero it is rowing. There cannot be the e ubt but that tho tea plant vill flourish in South Carolina." The plant is of slow growth, but eaves can be picked in the third rear ; and in the fifth year, the rield is plentiful. The planting and aulturo of tho tea plant is attended vith but little trouble and oxpense : he difficulty to be met and over !omie is in the manipulation of the e(Aves, required to transtmite them nto the article of commerce that we ,all toa. Tie Chinso metiod is a low and tedious procoss,'alling for rreat practice, skill and patieneo. 6ankeb ingenuity -would, however, ery soon ilNvenit a machine that vould render the process cheap and asy. 1t is shown by a c1.u 0 . 1.'L. ion, that after the fiui yv..r the ea garden would yield a net profit )f $250 per acro annually. The >usiness, in other wyords, would bo nuch pleasanter and far more >irolitable than cotton plantng. Svory lady in the land who has a lower-garden, should attempt the ,rowth of a tea plant. Hear what Iiss M. C. McFall, of Anderson -ounty, says : "I take pleasure in informing you hat I have a tea plant which I have lad fifteen years, and which was ont to me by Col. J. ID. Ashmore, vhile he wvas in Congress. It has omained in the gardeni whIero t was originally planted, and hams lad no care or cultivation. Fifty >lants, I suppose, could have been eset from the young seedlings p)rung up beneath it from fallen cods, but I was afraid to disturb hoem. This year I have cured some of he leaves, and will send you a samplle. have had no one to show moI how o0 prepare them. I have given away yo pounds of teo, and have been Ising it in the family all the year. The >lant is an evergreen, and stands 110 winters perfectly well. It is ight feet ill height, four feet in iamUeter, and never has been pruned r* trimmed." Commissioner Le Due, of the Do.. martmoet of Agriculture, is very nxious to see the experiment of tea ulture fairly tried in South Caroli as lie says: "There are at present only about ,000 tea plants in the propagating meds of the Department, and these ro engaged ; but seeds have beeni lid wvill be plan ted, wvhich it is ex ected wvill produce several hlundred houasand plants for dlistributioni arly next sp)ring. Applications may be made, and orrospondenco is solicited with ag, icultuiral associationis, wvhich will mdortake to carry out the plans ,nd wishes of thme Department, and >lants will be furnished such asso iations from time to time, and as pocdily as may be possible." !J.arington News. CARES OF MIsTAKEN IDENTITY.-Mjs aken identity is a fruitful theme in ho hands of the novelist, and here .re three cases from Now York, vhich may aid in thme p)roduction of he ever ap)proaching American movel. A son Identified a body at he morgue as that of his father', w'ho, however made his appearance ftor thle coroner's inquest had beon old, and as a prisonor, was on tihe ye of being tried for his taking o1'. n anot.her case tile father of a family vas met on the street by one of his hildren wvhile his supposed remains vere awaiting burial at his residence. n the courts another curious case mame up the otheOr day. The ac msed was, fortunately, able to prove le was not the criminal but "sonic thier fellow,!' and so saved hmimxsbli CAN THIS BE TRUE? H1iding a Minshapon son from His Birth Until He Is Twenty-Soven. Aom the Cincinnati (bunmercial, Jmucri 1. One of the most remarkablo in stances on record of parental devo tion and of success in keeping so cret a family aIliction may be found in the family of a citizen who is keCping a drinking saloon in the western part of the city. Twenty seven years ago ho kept a houso on Western row. About that Limoi a number of houses in the vicinity were destroyed by fire in tihe night, including his resideco. His wife, in a delicato condition, sufferedi much from fright, and consequently gave birth to a monstrosity-an of'. spring without any of ' tho better senses of a living creature, except that of sight-without toes or fin. gers ; deaf, speechless, without th least, spark of intellect or instinct. Twenty-seven years have passed, anld the family have kept this crea ture in the h1ou1seh1old, Secreted in a room, and only a few of the neigh bors besides, who are on the most intimate relations, have known of its existeneo. It eats when food iH placed in its mouth, and is kept in i cleanly condition by the imcst con stant caro. It is about three fcet in length. It crawls about some, but moves with great difliculty. That such a creaturo has lived so long is singular. That a family, instoad of pl:aeill it ill some asylhlli, has endure-i its presence in their midst, and numtured it in assiduous privacy through all of thesuo years is a str.mge and "'Iecting incident of patornal devotion. T A JEYSNrA SIRE W. Out in Grov Township, says the Anoka (Minn.) Unio, there des a nun and wife, their names wo shall not .dise!ose, who h,mvo been married but a few years. In these few years they have lived together there havo arisen differences, ani they don1 liko each other as well as they ought Lo. Theso differences frequently lead to Optn-l hosti'i"ties, and, ats neither tile one or the other likes to givo up, they quarrel most furiomis'y. One day ast weCk trouble began once more, an ld re - crimination followed recriinlation, until the husbaind, seizing a pitebr of milk that was S+1andin"g in close proximit.Y, :'mlafk(d, empha'tically lnd toueligly, "Lucy, if you do not stop scold,lI shall certainly empty th!e contents of this pitchcr on you." Lucy paid no heed to the throat, W1hen, alas 1 the contents of the pitcher came ipon her. Of course this made the now thorough ly irate Lucy boiling. The hus band then seized a pail of water said "Lucy, if you 'Nt stop) scolding, I s'Jall certaiv throw this water Onl you0." .,yagi hleedled noIt the thtreat, and receivedl the water in consequence. This but added insult to injury, and Lucky waxed miore wrathmy thanI ever. Then then hlusband caughmt up a pil of soapsudsh and cried, "Lucy, if you den't stop, I shall certainly douse you with these suds." Thme soap)suds threat also failed to have aniy effect, and she was treated with soapsuds. By this timue thme lady was wet to tihe skin, andl hastily re, treaiited to her sloop)ing n1partmen ts to change her clothing, all the wvhile scolding to tihe best of her ability. The husband hanton~ed to tihe well and drew up tw~o p)ails of wvater, and, on returning, in formed Lucy thlat tile cold water was for her.I Cold water had the desired effect, and Lucy surrendered, and now we understand thlat all is ser.ene once more, how long to last, no one knows. ]lANK OF 1ENGLAND No-rES.--Few of thle Cprsons who handie Bank of' England notes ever thlinkc of tile amout of Jabor' and ingonnuity thaft is expended on their production. These notes are made from pure white linen cuttings, never from rags thlat have been wvorn. They have been manufactured for nearly twvo hundred year's by tile same family, the Portals, Protestant refugees. So carefully is the paper p)rcpared that even thte number of dips into the pulp nmdo by each wvorkman is registered on a diall by miachinery, and( tihe sheets are caro fully counted and booked to each personf thlroughl whose hands they pass. Tile printing is done by a most curious process in Mr. Coo's depar twent witlhin thme bank build ing. There is an cia blorato ar-range menlt for securingr that no note shall be exactly like any other in existence. Conseqiuen tly there never was a duplicate of a Bank o Englnd note, except b)y forgeryj According ~o the Uity .Press, the stock of paid notes of seven years is about 94,000,000 in number, and they fill 18,000 boxes, which, if placed side by tiido, would reach three miles. The notes, placed in a pnle, would be eight miles high'; or, if joimed end to end would form a ribbon 15,000' miles long ; their superflcial extent is more than that of Hyde Park ; their original valae 'whs over $15,000,000, and their Aeit oe 12tn.Bo tg ALL SAME AS WIIRTf M v.--The natives werO astolishod yestorday by an iusual sight oin Carson stroot. An aboriginal bcau and bO0 woro ptromnadi1g our thoroughfaro, attired in the latost fashion. They were a Piute couple The buck woro a new, shining silk hat, a suit of black broadcloth, and a snowy-whito shirt, and his hands encased in a pair of light kid gloves. The squaw was dressed in somo nice wollon goods very fashionably Cut. Ia dark jacket covered all over with beads, an oh ! such a duck of a b-mnet as mado some of her white sistors turn groon with envy. This couple traversed tho city arm in arm. and, had it not boon for their copper-colored features, might hve been takon for some foreign "nobs." Upon being qluastioned how he and his mainliala came ill possesion of their fine toggery, the buck re plied :-All sant whito gontlemin ; me pl ty pookr anl bit Indians." Carson (Xev.) Appead. In a recently publishL I work, en titled 7Te Insurance Cyclopedia, compiled by an Englishman, there are some curious things set forth which open up an unlimited field for tho exercise of American enterprise. It appears that in Franco peopl An sure against floods and frosts. In Holland .merchants insure against the possible bankruptcy of their customers and against trickery in the stock market. The Chinese insure against law suits. It is shown that the Romans were the first to go into the life insuranco business, and tbo basis of their operations is still known. Tho Rhodeans practiced mari-i insurance. and the Spaniatrds to-day insure for chances in the lottery. We were exposod last week to a Pitiless stormn, that wet our feet a1.1 stockings, and indeed our por son all over. In fact we took a cracking cold, which brought sore throat adi severe s.vuotoms of fever. The good wife asserted her authori ty, plunged our feet in hot water, wrapped is in hot blaikets, and sent our faiLhifil son for a bottle of Aven's Cn:-:aor P.:c-onaI. It is i splemlid mecine-pleasant to take, and did t1he job. We slept sounldly through the night andi awoke well the next morning. We know wo owe our quick recovery to the Pec toral, and shall not hesitate to rec ommIld it to all who need such a Imedicine. - Tehucana ( Te'a) Presbyterian. * A Philadelphia woman is suing a horse railroad company for damages. ShO was thrown down in a car by a collision, breaking her leg. The Compaly introduces proof that she was not grasping the straps, or she would not have been hurt. She swears that her corset wvas so tight that she could not reach up to the strap. Cowards will seem valiant .when the dianger is over, but those con stilt their reputation who try their courage when clangor is near. Rtemovl. hUE undesigned~ bogs leavo to in form his friends and customera and the public generally that he has removed to the commodiouis and centrally located store formeorly occupied by James R. Aiken, wvhoro may always be found a full anud well selected stock of Groceries, Provisions, Winos andi Liquors. ;.iW Highest Prices paid for Cotton. fob 7-tf R. J. McCARLEY. The Sinto of Sollth C2al'Olbia, COUNTY OF FA1iuFIr.LD. fly 0. Ri. TITOMIPHO., Ekg., Pru,'',e Judge. WIHEREAS, George WV. C-ml hath madlo suit to meto t: ~i. -i letters 0f admuliniistration of the estate ant eIl'ects of M4ary oleman, deceasod - These are therefore to citoand adns.,nishi all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mary Colctan, deceased, that. thley be and appear beforo mse, in thee 'ourt of Probate, to bo held at Farli Courb hionse, 5. (j.,on the 21st dlay of February n,ext, aufter publication horef, at i o'clock in the forenoon, to show causo, if any they~ have, why the said administra tion should not b)e granted. Given uinder may hand, this 4th day of February, Anne Domini 1878. 0. U. Ti QOMPSON, feb ixIaw2 -J. P. F?.'C. Garden Seeds. Fa~ussa Garden Seeds and Onion,,,ts ALSO, Colgate's Washing L,Soaps. The best in ALSO, Fine ton oent Cigars and the best ft cent Cigars in town. Just received by jan 12 MOMASTER & BR.lICE. E ST Dry Goods House in the South. orderAll eres freihts ph where the ples and Price List. V. RIO1IARD~B & DERO. A A1gPIia, da,