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lion at its market price, thus turning the profit arising into the treasury instead of letting it go to private persons. It also provides a commission to confer with the European nations that havea double standard, to see whether a definite ratio of value between the two metals can be agreed upon. It pro-. vides also that the holders of silver coin may deposit in sums of not less than ten dollars in the United States treasury, and may receive instead certificates receivable for customs, taxes and public dues. This pro vision is an amendment of the House bill whieb allowed the holders of un coined silver to deposit it in the treasury and receive certificates, and which therefore allowed the profits arising from the depreciation of sil ver to go to private citizens, instead of to the government, as is provided in the Senate bill. These amend. monts remove the most objection able features of - the House bill. It was preposterous to allow private individuals to carry ninety-two cents worth of silver to the mint and have it stamped as a dollar. But if the government brings ninety-two cents worth of silver and coins the dollar, the profits go into the public treasu ry. 1 ' believe, with the advocates of the #and bill, that remonetization will cause silver to appreciate rapid ly in value, and that this margin of sight cents will soon b0 materially diminishod. At the same time we would rather have the dollar of increased weight. The trade dollar -ontains 420 grains. Senator Blaine reconmends a dollar of 425 grains, whilo Senator Eaton -thinks 450 ;rains, at lotst, necessary to bring silvor to par with gold. And yet the proposed dollar of 412J grains is 'licavier than the corresponding silver coins of France, Spain and Ather European nations, where the two metals circulate at par. TIUE STATE LEGISLATURE. MONDAY, February 18, 1878. SENATE. Messrs. McCall, Lipscomb and Counts wore appointed on the part of the Senate upon the joint com mitteo to redistrict the State. The bill to declare the law respacting the powers and duties of circuit judgos of this State without the limits of the ,circuits in which they reside, was read a third ti me. The bill to reimburse Richland county for expenses incurred in the Stato, trials passed its third reading anmd was ordered to be enrolled. Tlh~e bill to regulate the sale of guano and other fertilizers passed with almendlments. The bill for the prevention of cruelty to animals received a -third reading. The bill to amend the criminal law, providing for the punishment of] burglary, arson and rape with death, was next taken up, and Mr. Taft moved1 to strike out the enacting clause. This motion was lost, and an amendmn nt in sorted wvhich allows a mitigation of tihe punish mont upon a recomnmndation of Hbo majority of the jury. The bill fmnally passed with a number of notice~s given of amendments on its final passage. Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPEsENTATIVES. A number of bills were reported back by committees, and laid over for future considt ration. A number of hills were received from the Senate and read a first time. Thbe bill to apportion the taxes on property in which the title or an inte rest has been transferred subsequent t~o assessment wvas read a third time. A large number of bills, mostly of local or limited interest, were read a third time. Mr. R. RI. Hemiphill moved to reconsider the vote by which a bill to repeal an act to establish a State police passed a third reading. He said that it would be an encroach mont upon the authority of the executive department, and that ertain p)ortions of the State are still in need of the State police. The Speaker then put the mnotion, and the question was decided in the affirmative.. Adjourned. T UESDAY, February 19, 1878. SENATE. Mr. Myers submitted the protest of himself and Mr. Taft against the passage of the bill to amend the onmmial law of this State, and asked that it be spread upon the j ournal.' -..r -he WINNSBORO, S. C. Thursday, February 21, 1878. R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor, JNO. S. REYNOLDS. Associato Editor. SENATOR BUTLER paired with Pat terson on the silver bill. Senator Butler wauted more gold, and Pat terson wanted inoro silvor-or any thing else he could lay his hands on. AFrER ALT. TIft BLUSTER it is thought that England and Russia, will agree not to fight. They would much rather divide Turkey between them than to fight. over her. GOVERNOR HOLLIDAY, Of Virginia, sets an example of reform in ask ing to have his salary diminished by a thousand dollars. As the consti - tution forbids this, he has been suffered to pay his secretary out of his own pocket. A BLL HAS DEEN introduced in the Legislature to prevent members, judges and other oflicials from ac copting free passes on railroads. As legislators receive ton cents mileage from the State, the passago of such a bill, or the docking of the mileage would not ba inappropriate. Mn. R. LOVATT FRASER has retired from the editorial dopartment of the Georgetown Times, and that paper has been consolidated with the Comet and Newos, under the namo of the "omet and Times, with Mr. Moses L. Dorroll as editor. To the outgoing editor and the now man. agement we tender our best wishes. THERE IS A PROSPECT of peace at last in Cuba. The i isurgents. after holding out for years, appear at last to be on their last legs, and a promise of immunity by King Al phonso would doubtless bing them back to allegiance. In these matter of fact-days heroism counts for nothing. Providence invariably sides with the heaviest artillery and the longest purse. TIHE NAME OF Col. James H. Rion has been mentioned in connection with the commission soon to be chosen by the Legislaturo to codify the statutes of the State. No better selection couldl possibly be mlade. Fanriliar, through long ex.. poericee and close studly, with the laws of the State, of a clear, strong and systematic minid, Colonel Rion would do honor alike to himself, to the legal profession and to the State, as one of the commission on codifiegation. We trust he will be The Powers of Judges. The Legislature has passed an act defining the duaties and powers of circuit judges. It providles that any judge while holding court in anoth or circuit can also hear motions and causes in chambers as if he were judge of the circuit, while the judge~ of the circuit has the power at all ii times to perform the functions of his office, except to hold( court when another judge has been appointed bly the chief justice under the rule of rotation. It provides also that no extra term of the circuit co,..rt shall be ordered except by the judge at t'ie time holding the circuit court of the county for which the extra term may be ordered, and such extra term shall be held only by tihe judge ordering the same, and no cause shall be hoard at an extra term which has not been docketed at a preceding regular term. This law strips the circuit judge of a consid erable portion of tihe power he has heretofore enjoyed in his circuit, and yet at the same time allowvs in creased opportunity for havingI motionsa heard at chambers, as these can be argued either before the judge of the circuit or before the judge temporarily holding cour. The Silver BIll, The silver bill, wvhich passed the Senate by a vote of 48 to 21, pro vides that between two mil, ion and four million silver dol AP of 412* grains weight shall be enivied mbonthly by the Aovern corporation of towns and villages within this State and for the gov ernment of the same passed, witl amendments recommended by th4 committee, and by striking out th4 clause allowing town counils t( impose a license tax upon itinerani traders. A large number of bills, of loca: or limited iiAtorest only, were read 9 third time. The following passed their second reading: Bill to provide for the protection and preservation o game, fish and oysters in this State bill to exempt the fair grounds and buildings thereon from taxation bill to amend section 330 of th( code of procedure in relation to the co sts of plaintiffs; bill to preveni the sale of spirituous liquors withir one mile of any church, school oi college in this State, villages, townt and cities excepted. Adjourned. HOUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A few bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read by title, and properly referred. Mr. Austin, in behalf of the com mittee on engrossed bills, sub. mitted as properly engrossed for a third reading a bill to prevent unjust discriminations by common carriers. A motion was made that the bill be recommitted, but this was lost, and the bill was passed and sent to the Senate. Mr. Memminger offered the fol lowing resolution, which was order - ed to be placed on the calendar for consideration in connection -with the bond report: SECTION 1. Be it reolvec by the Senate and House of Representa.. tives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That it is inexpedient to diisturb the adjustment of the in dlebtedness of the State made by the act to reduce the volume of the public debt, and to p)rovide for the payment of the same, approved December 22, in the year 1873. SEC. 2. The proper officers of the tate are hereby directed to com plete the said adjustment. A large number of bills, of local >r limited interest only, were read a 'bird time. Adjourned. A RoMANTIc INCIDENT.-Miss F.111 na Davenport, an attractive young Virginia lady was recently tried in ;he United States Court, at Rich nond, Va. She was charged with bstracting a valuable silk dress tnd two valuable packAiies of jewel 'y from the mail while acting as leputy postmaster at Goochland, ast Christmas. She is of good amily and very pretty, and there was, verny naturally, much sympathy nanifested by the crowd assembled n the court-room. It seems that xer lover wvas in the court-room, mud that he wvas armnedl with. a pis ~ol, with which to blow out his >ains should the sentence be the tAlbany penitentiary. But when :he clerk said, "What say you, guilty or not guilty ?" the fair pris ner replied, with a tremulous voice, 'Guilty 1" Then there was a scene. With the word guilty Miss Daven port shrieked, threwv up her hands, mnd fell back into the arms of her atalwart betrothed. The .jury were noved to tears, and the judge hid 2us face in his handkerchief. It was aalf an hour beforo the lady revived. V'ho court imposed a fine of one undred dollars, then she fainted ingain, and the court adjourned. Mtiss Davenport and her lover re burned to Goochland the same even. ng, where they were immediately married. Peru is solid on the silver ques tion. The mines which Henry HIeiggs used to tunnel have yielded livo hundred million. dollars wvorth >f that valuable ore. This is what the Poruvians claim, but. still that nay be only Peruvian bark. MOUNT ZION INSTITUTE. URING thecontinuanee of the grad. LIed school in connection with Moetini Zion, students in thie Ancient and Nldern Languages Higher Mathematici 1nd the 8cienesa will be0 received int' the Institute upon the payment no B2.50 per scholastig month of four wee.'in B. M.EANS DAV:IH, Sob T-t'utt Paie1a. Egg r'ogq for Christmas 3HME uderigrned respeetfully calle Ithe attention of the citizens of Fair fiela to the fact that ho has a full stock 01 the fnes6 LIQUORS and WINES in th< Boro, and guaranteen its purity in overy instance. In his stock are the follow ing: Dupuy, Otard & Co, Cognac Brandy Old genuineJaManica Rutn, genuine 186 Cabinet .Syo, genuit a '1-88, Roanook< Rye Whiskey, genuine Kniekerbeke: Rye Whiskey, genuino N. C. Appl< Brandy. geuine N. 0. Sweet Mash Cor Whil-key, gen tt. eRtone Mountain Seu Mas) (Jorn Whiskey, genutne Blauche ils & Co., Chamipagne, fine Pale Tabi Sherry; and a fuji etook. of all Dbometi Liqnors, Wines, Ales, Oigaae, Tobaepo Pipes,&..ot - PATEITS. To Inventors and Manufacturer ESTABLISIED 1865. Gilmore, Smith & Co. SOLICITORS OF PATENT8 AND ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Amerloan and Foreign Patent;. 629 F St., Washington, D. U. o coa i n advance, nor until a Pate nt i allowed. Kofeesfor making preliniiary ramninations. Special attention given to Interferene Cases before the Patent Office, Infring, monts Suits in the different States, an all litigation apportaining to Patents < Inventions. Send bamp for Pamphlet of sixty page*. dceo 4 ipHE subscriber hits removed his Boo I and Shoe Manufactory to a few door below W. R. Doty & t o.'s. grocery stor( and opposite J. M. Gallowty'a hardwat store, where he will be pleased to see hi friends and cdoimers. Ho has towero the prices of anU ki:ils of work in hi line, viz: Fine Frtneh :'Lin Boots to $10. Gaiters, $7.00. Shoes froi $3 1 i.- 0. Mending 'and rpniring promptly a tended to at reasonable rates. All wovk warranted. n 6 J. CLENDINING. *_the moat genial balsam ever used bi suerers from pulmonary diseases. It is composed or ha products, whel rave a specifie effect on the throat an( nh; detaches from the air calls all I Tu itts et to be expect rated, and ptonce checks the inflammatil which proues tho co ugh. A single dual relieves the moat distressiny paroxysm soothes nervousness, an a eiales the out ferer tooenJoy quiet rest at night. Beingi mpleasant cord a],u t tones the weak ston aeh, and In specially recommended fo ehilCiren. What others say ab 'Tu.tt'a Rxpectorant. Had Asthma Thirty Years dy'. AHWOOWAR, a Py, ISS8 "I xave had Asthma thirty years, and nevernfdua a medicine tat had such r h ; effl t." W. F. GN,ChreS A Chile' JdeQLC Mrit, beencrTutt'xExorant, afaniliar name In myd os thy wle thinks It the best medicine in the wor ard the children say It is 'nicer than molasse candy.' .NOAH WO EDWARD 101 N. Poydas 8 ""Six, and all CrouepT" becouyWihuTt'sExpectorant, insdeImegnis for og croup, diphtheria, etc." T. P. ELLUS, M.D., Newark, N. a "THE TREE IS BYR ITS FRUIT. " Tutt's Pills are worth their weight in gold." REV. I. R._SIMPSON, Louisville, K) -" Tutt's Pills sre a'seiIal leasing of the sin< teenth century."--REV. F. N. OSGOOD, New Voei "I have used Tutt's"'I7s"or torpor of the live They are superior to any medicine for biiiary dia orders ever made." F.R ISN ereon Texsi "I have used Tutt's Medieno with great henefit. W. W. MANN Editor Mobile Regietet "We sell fty boxT4'e~s Pills to five of a others."-SAVR E & . Crersvile, Gs. "Tutt's Pills have ony tobe tried to establis their merits. They work like magic." W. H.* BANRON S..ummer St., Bostor " There isano mediclne sowell adapted to the cut of bilious disorders se' Tult's Pills." JOS. BRUMMEL, Richmond, Virginia ADA T mD MORE. Bold by d tsef 95wle s boa' TUTT'S HAIR DYE xNDOZSUD. HIGH TESTIMONY. has beet ma~e y a. fjo'wYork, a ht re'ores yeutf I eas ut o thdair a ug a r .Dye wb ejlimitates no0W rejoice." , The State of SJouth Caroili COUNTY OF FAIRF4ETP.. By 0. R. THJOMPS ON, Es P41robade Jaudo HX fEREAS, George W. Clem'an has V made suit to meG to grant hi lottors of administration of tihe estate ar offoots of M~ary Coleman, decasedi: These are therefore to cite ar~ adm 'nit all andi singular the kindred sand eredito of tile said Mary Coleman, deceased, th they be and appear before me, in thea ou t of Probate, to be held at Falrflold Cou h louse, ln. C.,on the 21st day of Februa r next, after publication hereof, at ,o'olook in the forenoon, to show eauise, any they have, why the said administa 0 tion should not be granted. , Given under my hand, this 4th i Iof February, Anino Doiii 1878. * ':. .O. R THOMPSON - KEWS ANU HELD. WEEKLY EDITION, r a ODLIBREDEYERT WED'NBBDAY AT WLIN N SBOIRO0, 8. 0. WINNSBORO PUBLISING 00,, IT CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF THE LEADING EVENTS OF? THlE DAY, State News, County News, Political News, Ete, THE EDITOBIAL DPARTREN~T RECEIVES SPECIAL AT TENTION. THVOA OUN aswl ildwt onadcut es s.-Teamo h ubihr st sn FIRTLASFILNEPAE. 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