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WINNSBORO, S. 0. Saturday, February 23, : : 1878 R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor, JNO. S. REYNOLDS. Associate Editor, BAYARD TAYLOU, the poot and traveler, will represent this gov, ernuient at th' Court of Berlin. TfE PAPAL CONCLAVE opened it! sessioit in Rome on Tuesday and closed on Thursday. Cardinal Giovacobine Pecci, pontifical cham, berlain, was elected pop-. He *ill assume the tiara under the name of LeOQ.XIII. THE VOTE IN THE House on the proposition to make four counties out of Charleston and Colleton was very close. How the bill would fare in 0 full house cannot be foretold. Whether Colleton shonld be div4ed or not may be a matter of doubt, but no question should be raised as to Charleston. It cannot be divided too quickly. TuE GovERNoR has approved an not to prevent public officers from issuing checks except for funds actually in their possession. The text is not given; but from its title it would appear that all officials are included. He has also approv. ed an act granting aid to the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society -to what amount is not stated. WE ARE INFORMED by Colonel Rion, the member of the National Democratic Committee from South Carolina, that the Committee do not regard the silver question as in any way a party matter; and that the report that the meeting of the Committee, to be held at Washing ton on the 22nd inst., was for the purpose of considering the silver question, is not true. The meeting to be ,held on that day was appoint ed last March, and this meeting has been postponed to the 22nd of May next. This of itself shows the report to be entirely without founda tion. YSTqRDAY WAS THE anniversary of Washington's birthday. Before the war it was celebrated with great pomp and parade everywhere, but sinee then its glo ry has diminished. Charleston, however, still clings to the uiniorg 'of the Father of his Country ; and the military and civic display yesterday was mnost im posing. Governor Hampton, Gen. Fitz Lee, Geni. Bradley T. Johnson und other celebrities were present. The only obagrvance of the day in Winnsboro was the closing of the Bank. Everything went on just as if there had been no Washington. Thus does the dead p~ast bury its dead. rEOW'LE MAY BE under the pleasing delusion that the acceptance oftbe Consolidation Act will leave a total debt of only $5,965,000. This is ain errer, -unfortunately. The ' out standing consolidation coupons and~ bonanza warrants reach $1,049,629. Besides this there are proven bills of the Bank of the State for' 4789, 179 and an unknown amount not proven. The cheering intelligence is also given that the liability - of the State on account of the Savan, nah and Charleston Railroad yill not be reore than $765,000, with~ interest, fleaven knows how muely. Then there are Spartanburg an'd Union Itailroad bond . With a funded debt of $6,965,000, a float ing 'd#j of $1,785,000 and a con tingent liability of $756,000, and perhaps nidre, always "with inter est," the Sige has no reason to feel Purm.-proudc. Thep dog isn't so dee do. fat after all. Tiaxioa', OF* - T'wt Investigating Con initten gnishes choice reading, and fl at~ every charge o outrAgequ~ eoxruption brought against the thieving RadicAl i'egime; Althd he the p1eoph& knew wer~ b5ougy fendeedto nevet dreaimed of $h0 extert QI et te thefts. The detailh are iilmost ineredible. Nearly fot thoisanid dollar* ekpbad&b in three as ef4e the liquor e#d elgar bills of tie the most marvelous tales of the membered, top, tift the chairman of the committee and all the wit nesses are Republicans, the force 04, the repor$ is, shown in stronger! light. It cannot be gainsaid, arid its perusal will afford not much comfort to the Garrisons and Pbillipseo 4nd other pious pairilis who weep over the-utrage bf the shot-gun Penioqracy, 0id hlye i for the poor, persecuted Southern Re publicans. TILE STA TE LEGISLATURCE. WEDNESDAY, February 20, 1878. SENATE. The committee on education re. ported favorably upon a bill to pr6.! vido for the payment of the past duo school claims of Fairfield county. Mr. Cochran asked immediate consideration of his resolution to print 5,000 copies of the report of the investigating committee. The resolution was adopted, Tho following bills passed a third reading : To amende the criminal law ; to amend section 880 of the code of procedure, relative to the costs of plaintiffs. The following passed their second reading : Bill to provide the mode of paying claims against the State which have been passed; joint reso lution to pay claim of James Wood row for public printing. Mr. Howard introducod a-resolus tion that when the Senate adjourn on Thursday it stand adjourned until Monday, the 25th, at 12 m. After considerablo debate an araend.. ment was offored fixing the time for reassembling at 7:80 p. ; m. on the 25th inst., and the resolhition thus amended was adopted. A number of bills were received from the House and referred to appropriate committees. Adjourned. HoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVEs. Several bills were introduced, read by title and properly referred. A number of committees submit tod reports, which wore laid over under the rules. Mr. Haskell introduced the fol lowing concurrent resolution, which was adopted and sent to the Senate: Whereas, there are certain inipor tant claims of the State against the United States for monies expended by the State for the United States during the war of 1812, and intercst thereon ; therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Repre sentatives, the Senate cOncurrmng, That the governor be, and he is hereby, authorized to take the necessary steps to secure pay'ment thereof, and to agree for thie State t~o pay from the amount secured such amount as lie ni9.y find neeese sary as c'ompensation to parties procurimg paym~.ent therepf ;. provi dcd~ thagt o other fimd of tl e State shl eueffbsuconensajon excopt the' hund so ,receivdby i State. The special order imnmedt1g after the ex' iration of the mnornipg hour was e lehd up This was Mi'. Momthingeu's 'joiit <resolution in reference to the bond commission, which was introduced on the 19th inst. The resolution was about to be read, when Mr. Hoods .6f Abbeville, obtpined the fidor, dnd introduced a lengthy promable and resolutions on the debt questioh. Thesd resolu-. tions look to an adjustment .of the S.tate debt upon the basis set forth in the report :of the .bond commis. sion. - . Mr. Simconton then -offeied the following resolution, *bhich, on motion of Mr. Johnstone, was tabled by avote of 78 toi41: Resolved, 'that ,all debate on the boid question and -mnatterg con-. nect4,d therewithb ehall' eeade at-1 o'clock Qfn <nettiesd~y, and the vote shall, then be tikQ1d. I Mr. Hadkell moved That the edi ettssion be out off tanxt Thursday week. . ' 4' a, Mrr George Johnstone opposed thuis motion, and, said: '"The same reasons wvhioh opdrated ir "fet'or of tablitig sthe original resolutiont wold apply with equal force to this mo. tion. I regard this bond: qihestion as the most momentouseissue;that has ever confronted a South Caro-. lina Legislature. 'T ',W thihefore, in favor~o l pPsttigths repetI disclgiog4 ,eer pg of tis {pry happr ft~, gitgt. q~ for move fa teb1 pe p;', Hog 91 epr ptrygg Sp * to investigate the indebtedness of ,theatermaP'deothe'General-As sembly at the regular session of t877-78, be, and the same is h9eby, ao, . T ~ 4spi de the bad lp of i Noi~t oiit hat is known nd st I le.ated bond , i Mr. U1 ler 'moved that 'the speeial order for this hopr be deferred till next Mo .,prpigg at 1 o'clool. Mr. 1l' thought . 'uesday would be a-better time,and' ugge ted that~~a 'A'~ ubtitte4t i' 1 ment, anr otion, , "' r a dto. This trM td thITQu4 Ai seus-. sion for the ;'alid th d islendar was taken, - A bill to' investigate the actual bona fldo .'ndebiedpese of the several ,school distrits- in the county of Qb4ster was' passed to its third rMagag. The next I special . order-bill to divide Ohar fou colnty and form two new -cou ties from parts of Colleton ab sOharleston-was taken up and debated. Mr. Mi4 A46e,'oe tda he bill be postpppnd util the'Irst day of next January, and nade a fi O arguient to prove the wi'dom of such postpolyenhent. The yeas and nays were demanded j on this qup.tion, and the vote stood -yeas, 54;,nays, 53. Adjourned. THUnsI AY, February 21, 1878. SENATE. A number of bills and resolutioiis v were introduced, and properly re, e ferred. 1 The bill t ioyido ,the 'mode of I paying eldeAgai3t h qtatei passed its! WiVd idadig. The bill t'arbend the school -law - was recommitted to the Charleston delegatioi. A message was received inforty ing the i3etd4te that the House bad refused to, : nur in the Senate t amendment to th' bill to amend the criminal law pf the State, in refer.. ence to thewrecommendation by a majority of the jury for mercy in cases of conffbon, il Mr. Taft'Woved that the' Senate c insist upon its amendments, and '1 supported is motion in an earnest and able 'Asech. t Mr. Taft carried his point, and a himself and Mr. Manning were a appointed as committee of confer- i ence upon-the part of the Senate ] to confer with a similar committee e from the House upon the differences 1 existing between the two bodies. t The bill to provide for the pay- a ment of past due school claims of the county of Fairfield, and the,,hill to amend the ld&in64elations to attor- ( noys, snlicitora and ounselors, Were a passed. .( Adjourned. '. HousE oF ThEPREsENTATIVzs. A number of bills and resolutions b Were reported back by committees, " and laid over4 for future considera-- b I A bill trepuend soe~tion 92 of the o code of procedure, 'and' to repeal F~ sections 294, 29p,, 997 and 436, re- r establishing nikstoc' of' equity in ~ Charleston eotiihtf~ ws ftaken up a a~ndmass lg iayadg-.it ' anen p pse4't gtfhe provis - t ions of Wel 't te counties of 0 Greenville, .Qpagebrg anid Rieh.. 9 land. Mr. Buist's resolution that when ti the Houdp() j i t~ band a adjourned 'ut Mnanext wasA agred .tobhI t@f 52'38z " "' SA motion yas made to reconsider u the vote wher'eby, a bill to divide A Charleston Nahity wvas postpo~ied il until next seio1g but the inotioni t was laid on sh6<table byav 0 48 to42. ~ by Cvt Adjourned. OCIgrU Dgn l a written a othr ltti' n "heComing Man "' whom he w' h4# t9 be amnbidexter I In lhal~-ile' d natliilsc as England' W hqbbdy is ni g parts of'ti1izan beding, and t he 11 e<iftl- a ~ ilin use o buy a journal si en' eg w e) yet spehQ v ek) m gin. .Asg for Sjir ~pilizpsl wogien e they spendin t to none of ,their is owgi mionyi i~talfodd." They 't al-4, as a sext enconomi al, and eyen n dr oggd&, falt j~ it p0g0' i an ti h &2 ia~.**em' the Abkgelf $naomeg, An4 ,a eteeinneees#andu~ adcltlopp e 'to their~1tiking'; auiidistor iie 'a with ea rhgerin ng' eir-1 theitndba #ik # ore ji'r jad ind f bu r, #9 foresight lies ; th a sen.d with-. ( r exaggeratib, A times lb tM 19t616U~ 4~dIS~~fa~ 4t1otl SU*e N'E ~i.~ esdf BRIC-A -BRA AC. Femalo suffrage appears to be naking tome headwaylnh Maine. A bill h ee reported in the House f lepir4s tdtivosj alloWving them he right to iote iunieipal elec.. A bill is before the New York assembly which, if adopted, will >blige tl e, eJevated; railway Coro-( ianis hi 141w York to run their irainsevery ton niinu tifrbin seven m. m. uxitiO udight, and every' ifteen minutes from midnight to lve o'clock in the morning 11 Aonimittee l the. U'nied States ienate. ha tigreedi'to :ertate a now erritory out of portions of Wyo, ningo and' Dakdt', to bb 'bH d [Ancoln. It is d oiylt to. see ; t lhe.object'io unless it be to-provi >laces fdr: 'sorhe needy! politibialis nid add to the expouesQ of the gov. rnment. Vasena College Is heet place. Wh'en the' astrioninical 'Ilass plays >illiards the girls say, "Now, Louise, aramel bn til tdd popi ThI balia" 'Therie'g ki"4 O f hiteW" '.Poket y s nirs nahQw, rennie." Then they all go up into he observatory and sing, "Treacle, reacle, little star-" Novel readers are having great )leasure stored up for th em. leorge Eliot is publishing a. work iamed after an idiot who figuires in t ; WilA4 .h el -, F ,nd Thomas Hardy has printed in talments of a book which so far pronises to be the strongest that Le has written. According to despatches from lavana there is a prospect of peacb a Cuba. It iA r656i-te'd" that the 1panish troops :have been . ordered o suspend o >eratiqns i;i the field nd to tnere h< on the defensive. )n the other hand,-the rdpresenta ives in Washington of the patriot ause declare that the reports have o fonndation in fact. Wil'ie oalliris 'i dettig cai'li'els i his old age. His latest story ontains some curious ibluuderg. 'he scene is laid .in England in 817, yet three of the characters peak of takipg ,"express traips," nd a fourth, a lawyer's clerk, sends -telegram" to his principal. There ere no paskWhgdr " railrotads in angland before 1825, while practic d te!egraphy .only dates from 844. In his next we may expect o have the people of a dozen years go talking through the telephone. SooAn a kr 0 VEIN ION.-The Southern Educational lonvention was in sepsion for two ays A 4ales):' weelj'jion. kusftitj rr, dif 6orda wge lected i ief t1ar ly. sthe outhefn 8tates ie e 'epeseit&d y ab ; tn pcoqiplished etilfltors, ?hq('en1e ac efforts to~i iPOp ir #'dneatton iin the South ar e e~ ie~klabl 'apd praiisewor thyjVh bjdt of'tlhis meeting, i t ~ ror , asures might -bQr 1 i tna akb gbi and ih aid f generqi educalion, tbr oughout 2e United Statpe Thlee 4 tion riginated with .. 0thuf41%. fnros. 4nve belie fN jrill oithiitfM a op1raph n frI t ileast ten years. to coin4, 'a il e istribution of funds avis'~ from ppon illiteracy in the. pyerg s.t' .fte prtina. s year, e znd is to become general. This . is. se gendth,14blienie ?*hffdViid Wet ni fdbt' by'tlld Nitiddhf if~~b he matter was ablyo discussed.'at e :'deetin A tlaita,3 n the lews of members were embodi~d'ik' Ian be iiried1 out, 'the edue 49n i die masses wil) resyg ag nemm~x ulse,e especial~y in, the. h3outhern tates. - 6A reat excitement at the Noath at th~ ig society greatly. Beecher' takes de ground against eternal punish hent, and~ attempts to prove that deo Bible only intends limited pun iia other orthodox preachers cite 'any passages from the Scriptures, Iowing that the meaning intended ngersoll, an open and avowed in nmense ,audienoesua N*idotledai r~wds, unable to gain adm son,4 is lgire, areAd, 00 Ue he has a inte Ih 'stIans ar arme atth idasptea&uea*i MfaIseous ?trinew throughout the laud. Thfs anyow, an 'S ff9 ffthu' THE STANDARD RMEDIES for a! Pulmonic .Syrup .*henok's Sea Weed Toni, a' hnek's Man drake Pills, nd if tpken before the lung are destroyed they effect a speedy cure. To' thee medicines Dr. J. H. Sohenbk, of Philadelphia, owes his unrivalled sudcess in the treatment of pulmonary diseases. The Xplmpfnic Syrup ripens the ibrbid iiuatteit in, ti lungs, naturo throws it off by -an easy -expeotora tion, ad .tho(patit4hass uet froni the prostrating cough. The Man drake Pills must be freely used to clotnse and stimulate the stonaeh lmd liver; they remove all obstruc tions, relax the gall bladder and start the bile freely, and the liver is soon relieved. Scepojc's Sea. Weed Topio is a go ielatat. and altoative the alkali of which it is composed mixes with the food and prevents souring. It assists the digestion by toning up the stomach to a healthy condition, so that the food and the Pulmonio 8yrup will make good blood; then the lung% heal, and the patient will surely get well if dare is taken to tvoid fresh bold. Full direction3 accompany each preparation. , All -Who wisho. cons,:lt Dr. Schenek personally, can do so at his prinoilil otie, corner of Sixth and Arch Sts., Philadelphia, every Monday. Letters to the above address, asking a4dice, answeried ,--free .'of charge., Schenck's Medicines are sold by 11 druggists., A PnEsti Mt"EDa-Public assem' blages of all kinds -have been pro hibited in Huntingdon, Pa., during the ,prevlen(6 of'fthefe %por idethic," butt 4t undAy ther Arphy,"' pasio oP the Ca iolio chtrch,' persiqte41;holcling services, nd on Monday morning promptly paid a fhieU of ten dollars and costs for violation of the ordinance. A Boston juror, who went to ex imnine the icy sidewalk on which the man who was suing the city for damages had fallen, fell hididelt a nd brokeipy ~e now regards h~iimself 4etin to pass upon the gystio~ . Thb d chas'to and you'll be happy" contradicted )oint-blank by a:Black -Hills man, whho was recently chased ton miles 3y a party of red skins. A corre of thd New 00r r6ot iaipg heard V e6e give r f Mi~llitelmtzd4g the listrict attorney and the parish udge of Vei-non %tiiidtinted hell."' Wolves in eafton France are musunally bold this year, and have somimitted many depredations. An ncident is -iipdel piqii a' courier vas Aiiven by theft fkbzinis roegular ~rack. ILieutenant,. Flipper, the only rolored graduate of West Point, is o e appointed military instructor >f e griou~tirral and Miliar Jollege of Ttxry A telephone hu $em placed in he House of ,Cotnmons to enable hie9ditors .of one of the leading vondgof newspapers to hear by - v fmouth the latest news of ,he nd~inentary debates. ~ PRNTDNG ~ALL ITS DEPARTMENTS DONE IN~ We aWp~44 ~rfbron short iobice, . . *LETIER HEADS -CARDS, NVXgATgq~ - RoMAp* AImbs @Td., ETb. Nerms for $60 4WN'1-- ASh oo "'ii siey .t!QW~ b .it'O 3 * iII~IiA ' '1 1 [g10 001f %19 $ Mt!f l i-i I I .' . neI om idto(hul b