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giltg g1flus 3n1 mraMf. WINNSBORO, S. C. Tuesday, March 12, : 1878. R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor, JNO. S. REYNOLDS, Assoolate Editor. THE LARGE AND harmonious meet ing of the Democratic Club of this township, on Friday night, was a good omen of future harmony and success. Titz LEOISLATURE has no more im portant matter before it than the regulation of the phosphates. The entire value of this interest is estimated at fifty millions of dollars or about half as much as the property at present assessed in the State. The revenue arising from a phosphate royalty will go far towards paying off the indebtedness of the Stato. At present this re. source is being badly neglected or mismanaged. DoEs NoT THE proposition to fund the floating indebtedness of the State conflict with the constitutional amendment providing that the public debt shall not be increased except by a two-thirds vote of the people ? It may be argued that the debt has already been incurred and that the Legislature is merely putting it in shape. But under such an inter pretation of the law, cannot the mandates of the constitution be always circunivented 1 It will be only necessary at any time to make appropriations in excess of the amount collected by taxation, and then to fund this floating indebted ness afterwards. In this way the bonded debt may be increased ad infinitun without ever appealing to the votes. We would be glad to hear an opinion from some one better informed than ourselves. The Public Debt. It is cause for congratulation that the Legislature has effocted a compromise on the question of the public debt; the more especially as t' debate was becoming very heated, and considerable temper was beginning to be evolved. The compromise was offected not until repeated conferences between com mittees of the two wings had been held. - The following are the terms of the compromise: I. That all the consols resting upon vouchers reported upon by the Bond Comnimission as valid be recognized by this General Assem bly as such, and a sufficient tax be levied andl approp)riated for thme payment of the interest coupons on the same, falling due this fiscal year. II. All other consols resting upon vouchers reported upon01 by the Bond Commission "as not issred in accordlance with lawv, and authoriz od to be consolidated by the Act of the 22d of December, 1873," and all consols resting upon vouchers re ported upon "as not having been| issued in accordance with law," bei referred to a special court, to con-' sist of three of the circuit judges of. the State) to be nominated by the' Democratic caucus, and elected by the General Assembly, to decide upon the validity of each of the several kinds of bonds enumerated in said report under the above classes. III. That the attorney- general be assisted on the part of the State by two at.torneys, to be nominated by the Democratic caucus and elected by the General Assembly. IV. That the floating indebted ness, including the bills of the Bank of the State and( the con tingcnt liabilities of the State when due, be funded in six per cent. coupon bonds at the rate of fity per contum of their face value, after they have been examined by a com mission to be elected by the General Assembly and been reported upon as valid claims against the State. V. 'That no more consols be issued under the Funding Act, based on vouchors after the date of the adoption of the constitution, until the vouchers upon which they are to rest are exammned by a comi mission to b)e elected by the General Assembly, and t,he same have ).aen reported upon as valid by said com From this it is not plain whether the cobrt is to pas merely on the question whether the Consolidation Act is a binding contract; or whether the court shall go further and decide whether the original bonds for which the console were exchanged were legal. The former is much the easier problem to solve. Of course an appeal rests to the State Supreme Court, and thence to the Supreme Court of the United States. The press of business before the latter body will delay a decision for two or three years ; and in the mean time the vexed question will be suffered to be dormant. We are glad to be rid of it. THE STATE LEGISLATURE. FRIDAY, March 8, 1878. SENATC. The unfavorable report of the judiciary committee on the bill to amend the act regulating fees of probate judges, clerks of courts, &c., approved March 9, 1874, was adopt ed and the bill rejected. The bill to limit the number of trial justices in the several counties passed a second reading, with amendments, and notices of further amendments on its third reading. The bill to amend the act of 1872 providing for the appointment of an inspector o f phosphates and to de claro his duties was taken up. After considerable discussion the bill was passed, fixing the fees of the in spector at such figuros as to make the office worth abont $5,620 per annum-that sum to include ex pensos of analysis etc. The bond question was taken up. Senator Wylie, of Lancaster, made a lenghy speech in favor of the report of the Bond Commission. Adjourned. HousE OF REPREsENAT1vES. A motion that the House meet hereafter at 10 o'clock, a. m., was adopted by a vote of 65 yens to 45 nays. The committoo on ways and means made an unfavorablo report on the petition of the Most Wor shipful Grand Lodge of Masons for remission of taxes. Mr. Muller, on behalf of the In vestigating Committee, submitted the 5th chapter of the history of frauds, &c. The report was orderod to be printed. Mr. Reed, of Beaufort, prosented a communication from W. J. Whip per in reference to to the charges made against him by the committee on frauds. The letter was referred to the spEcial committee on frauds. The House then proceeded to discuss the bond question. Messrs. Dargan, of Darlington, and Rhett, of Charloston, Rpoko in favor of the Consolidation Act. Messrs. Wells, Humbert, Robinson and Gantt, colored Republicans, and Ferriter, white Republican, spoke on the same side. The House agreed to take a vote on the question at 3 o'clock on Saturday, March 9. A number of bills received a second reading -amonig themi a bill to amcndI the charter of the town of Winnsboro, and a bill to create a special license tax on traveling salesmen doing business in places other than their p)ermanent places of business. Adjourned. SATUnnAY, March 9, 1878. SENXATE. The bill to regulate insurance in 5his State passed a second Leading. Mr. Bowen, from the committee >f conference on the University bill, :eported that the committee had not been able to agree, andc asked abat they be dis4charged and a com, inittee of free conference appointed. l'ho report was adopted. The bill to regulate the election of inayor and aldermen of Columbia passed a third reading. A message was received from the Flouse agreeing to a committee of free conference on the University bill. The bond question was taken up mnd discussed. The House attended in the Senate, raid a number of bills were ratified. Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIvEs. Several bills received a second reading--among them a bill to pre vent th~e sale of spirituous liquors within one mnile of any church, school house or college within the. Stato, and a bill to provide for the payment of the past due school claIms of the county of Fairfield. The bond question was then dis cussed. Mr. Simonton moved that a vote be taken on thme matter on thme 12th inst. This motion was adopted. Adjourned, Oswego has the champion som nambulist in the per(lon of George Peckhamn, who not long ago walked twelveo miles to Fulton without awaking, and who the otber morning awoke to find himself fully dressed and aboard the -Midland train about to start for New York. lio dreamed that he 'was going to Oali. fornia, and was awakened by the ja oftel.cmtv as itcopd NEW$ OF TIHE DAY. Governor Nichols has called an extra session of the Louisiana Leg islature. A Paris journal estimates at fifty thousand te number of American visitors who will spend freely the dollars of their daddies at the Paris world's fair. A Berlin dispatch says that the Russian minister of finance will send agents to the United States to study the American system of tobacco taxation. Henry Ward Beecher was duly installed chaplain of the ThirtOOUth regiment of New York militia on Friday night last. He appeared in plain citizens' dress. Mr. Mo rgan, who designed the new silver dollar, has been in this country but a short time. He came from England, and was formerly employed in the Royal Mint at London. Judge J. B. Kershaw, of South Carolina, has accepted an invitation to deliver the annual address before the Virginia Division, Army of Northern Virginia, at Richmond, Va., October, 1878. His subject will be "The First Maryland Cam paign." hvery editor of a paper in Madrid has received the grand cross of the Commandery of Isabella the Catholic, and among other req cipients of favor commemorative of the royal marriago are a musical critic, a painter, and a large body of professors and inspectors of schools. In the Vanderbi't will case, counsel for the contestants offered as testimony of the Commodore's unsound miid his statement that numerous young ladies came in and bought railroad stock of him for the I purpose of getting his picture, as the portrait engraved on the stock certificates was a very good one. t t A little boy was convicted of murder by his playfellows in a mock trial in Madison, Ind., and i sentenced to be banged. They put , a noose around his neck, threw the ( rope over the door, and hoisted a him up. He was fast choking to death when a woman stopped the .9 foolery ; but lie was so badly in, F jured that lie soon died. F Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, the widow j of the late President Lincoln, is living a secluded life in an interior town in France, and declines to return to America lest she may again be placed in a lunatic asylum. It is said in France she still in. dulges, to a moderate extent, in her propensity fd" buying things for which she has no use, and filling closets wvith articles wholly un--I necessary. Kate Claxton, the actress, who was lately divorced from her hus- i band, Dore Lyon, was married oni Sunday before last to Charles Ste-~ < venson, formerly a member of Wal lack's Company, who was the cause of her quarrel with her husband. The ceremnory was performed by the J Rev. E. C. Hongton, at "The little ' church around the corner," not withstanding the recent stringent canon of the General Convention of the Episcopal . Church concerning c the marriage of divorced persons. The Anchor Line steamer "City of Chester" was burned at Memphis r on Friday. The boat and cargo < wore a total loss. Only two per-- F sons perished, the mail agent and a colored barber. All the others were taken off, or jumped overboard i and wecre picked up. The boat had I a cargo of three hundred tons of i general. merchandise and a large i number of mules and hogs, all of I which were lost. About four o'clock F the boilers exploded, jarring the C whole city. The boat was valued at t $40,000. The difficulty in connection with the keepership of the Erie county, N. Y., penitentiary,which has created ~ a great amount of political excite ment since February 1, culminated by Samuel N. Bakocr, the Republican nominee, taking forcible possession ~ on Friday afternoon. A battering ~ ram was imp)rovised outside and the door forced. Baker then en-. tered and demanded the papers, ~ Revolvers were presented but notc used. Weston, the incumbent, and ] his followers, were then forcibly I ejected, and in the scrimmage two of Weston's followers wore badly I bruised and somewhat cut. Un. usual excitement prevails, and It is thought that further t uble may ensue. Weston's exam' ation has revealed gross mnismapn ement. DEsPERtATE WITNEs s -In the trial of Grove Kenne , at Lancas, ter, Ky., recently, fo the inurder of. his uncle, twenty- ght witnesses testified for the def ce. Of these1 witnesses, one had led Av~e men, I seven had killed eachi his man, onen had killed a woman, I r are charged I 'with malicious shoo g, f9gur had' had shooting scrape and three Qr' four were.engaged ,tp1 fot .of TuE PENETRATINO WINDS incident [o this season of the year are a ievere ordeal for the lungs, The ieglect of a hard cough generally eads to a weakness of the lungs, which, not infrequently, results in "onsumption. ScHENCK's PULMoNIG SYRUP "will at >nce relieve and loosen a tight ,ough and is such an agreeable remedy that children will take it 6vithout being coaxed. A cold on bhe lungs, if consumption is not ilready developed, may be easily nastered by the use of the Pulmonie Syrup, together with Scheuck's Handrake Pille to clear the sys tem of the accumulated mucus. In more serious cases, where the; lisease has become deeply seated, md the patient suffers from loss of ippetite, weakness and emaciation, 3chenck's Sea Weed Tonic should be used in connection with the. tbove mentioned remedies, to stimu late the appetite and bring the :ligestive powers into healthy action Ihereby sustaining the strength of Ohe patient and enabling him to 7esist the progress of the disense mntil the Palmonic Syrup may per ormn its healing and cleansing vork. The use of these standard reme lies according to the directions vhich accompany them, cannot fail ;o produce most satisfactory re ,ults. A letter addressed to Dr. 3chneck Corner of Sixth and Arch its., Philadelphia, asking advice, vill promptly receive the Doctor's )ersonal attention, free of charge. Schenck's Medicines are for sale )y all Druggists. * WINKED AT DY A HonSE.-M-rs. ?mily Getman, of Macomb's Dam, ,greed to buy a horse of Wm. J. Puller a dealer in Harlem, and left ne hundred dollars with him on ondition that she was to be horoughly suited. For six months Irs. Getman tried the mettle of a core or more of Fuller's horses ; hen, a few days ago, decided not o buy and demanded the one iundred dollars again. Fuller re used to return the money, where ipon Mrs. Getman brought a suit gainst him in the Fordham Civil ,ourt, during the hearing of which lie said that Fuller's horses would lie [own in the road, kick up their heels nd wink at her when she remnon trated. Justice Flanagan took ides with the plaintiff, and awarded udgmnent in her behalf.-lew York Iorld. MARRIED UNDER A BUiNING RoF -A local excitement and temporary )anic were created in Wheeling, Vest Va.. recently by the discovery hat the roof of St. Alphonsus' ,atholic Church, one of the largest in tate, was on fire. The morning ervices were just over, and a arge party had assembled to wit.. tess a marriage, when the smoke vas seen issuing through the ceil ng. The plucky bridal couple old the priest to go on, and the teremony was comp)leted. :Pieces >f the ceiling began falling, and a general stampede ensued, in which everal persons were slightly in ured. The fire wvas finaPy subdued dith a loss of about $1,200. A NEw POSTAL CAnD.-The com nittee on postoffices and post-roads in lie House has agreed to recommend , bill p)roviding for the adoption of he double..stamnp return postal card. L'his card is of the same size as that iow in use. The two upper corners f the card have each a one-cent tamp affixed. A lady witness in a scandal ease [eclined to answer a question. 'The mwyer pressed her. "WVhy will you ot answer ?" he asked, at last, in I despair. "Because it is not fit to ell decent people." "WVell, then," aid the attorney, with impenetrable almness, "step up and whisper it o the judge." Senator Conkling started a news-. aper in Utica three or four months go with a mission. It is the ounden duty of the organ to say ditorially -at least once each wenty--four hours that "if Hayes ma elected president Packard was looted governor." This duty is erformed with singular fidelity. King Alfonso iWireported to be so ~reat.ly in love with his wife that he an't attend to the affairs of State. :t's only four or five weeks since hey were married, and she hasn't ~shed for a new dress yet. His urn is coming. A New Hampshire postmaster vho refused to lick on a postage tamp for an old lady learneod, when t had been altered, that she had eft him $10,000 in her will. His ongue now hangs out to the public. The drunkenest young man picked ip in Washington for a year had etters from twelve senators recomn nending him as sober, steady and naustrious. Gilt-edged cards are Oonsdered tora --tylish tows.r kmes..a.e. The school population of Sher man, Texas, has increased in two years past from 360 to 1,476. The State University of Missis sippi is a free rinstitution, and its catalogue of students has inereased from 190 to 440' withia the last twelve months. Spurgeor asserts that Cain did not kill his brother without more provocation than any human being could brook., Let's have the par ticulars, Avoid using those remedfes con taining Opium, Morphia, etc.; bit when the baby is sick use Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup-perfectly safe and always reliable. Price o6ly 20 cents a bottle. Nero fiddling while Rome was burning is nowhere alongside the picture of a pantry with a little boy in it stealing jam while the father is up stairs lickiIrg his twin brother for exactly the same offonse, PATATAWE MDiciNEs. - Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is a honeyed drop of relief ; his Cathartic Pills glide sugar shod over the palate ; and his Sarsaparilla is a nectar that imparts vigor to life, restores the health and expels disease.- Waterford (P(a.) A dvertier. MOUNT ZION INSTITUTE. D URING thecontinnance of the grad ed school in connection with mount Zion, students in the Ancient and Modern Languages H igher Mathematics tand the Sciences will be received into, the Institute upon the payment of $2.60 por scholastic month of four weeks in adeance. R. MEANS DAVIS, feb 7-tx Pirripai. iOLDIERS' RE-UAIOV. T HE surviving members of Companies, 1"G" and "IH." 6th South Carolina Infantry Volunteers, are requested to meet in Winnsboro on Monday, the 18th of March, with a view to make arrange menti for representation at the re-union: of the survivors of the regiment at Ches ter in August next. It. C. CLOWNEY, mar 9-t61 enior Commissioned Officer.. PENCILS. A lot of good soft Cedar rencias, for A sale at the Drug Store, at 25 cents: per dozen or two for fie cents. -ALSO GANTZ'S Sea-Foam Yeast Powders,at W5 cents per box, or three boxes for $1.00. I have for sale, Ye ist Powder of my own, at O cents per lb., or 5 cents per ounce by the single ounce. march 9 W. E. AIKEN. NeU roceries. IAM RECEIVING daily fresh Sugars, Coffees Green and Roast ed, Tea, Flour, Grist, Meal, Syrups, Molasses, Soda, Soap, Starch, Bagging and Ties, Bacon, Lard-in B3b1e., Cans and Buckets Seed Oats, Rye and Barley, Nails, Trace Chains, Horse and Mule Shoes, Axle Greese, White Wine and Cider Vinegar. *ir All goods delivered within corporate limits. Fresh Cheese and Maccaroni received to-day. New Buckwheat Flour. Choice new crop New Orleans Mo'.sses. New Mackerel in kits, j and I~ barrels. D. R. FLENNIKEN Removn1. HEundersigned bogs leave toe in form his friends and customers and the' public generally that lhe lhas removed to the commnodious and centrally loated store formerly occupied by James It. Alken, where may always be found a full n.i selected stock of >Groceries' Provisos, Wines and Liquore, A' Ilighest Prie paid fo$ Qotton.