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'Th ~$riv. nilT d rtd WINNSBORO, S. C. aATTVADAY, JUNE 8, 1878. A. MIANS DA VIS, EDITOK. I JYQ 5. ZEYNOLDS, AssOCIATI EDITOR. TnE UNITED STATES SENATE has re. fused by a tie vote to restore the franking privilego, so far as relates to letters. Speechos and public documents go free. THE PRESENT city council Of Charleston has been investigating the acts of the Racical adininistra-. tions. A certain amount of crook edness has been developed. THE PREsTON MtNSION in Colum bia has beon bought by Mr. W. E. Dodge, the New York mercha.nt, for $15,000. It is estinated that the brick in the wall enclosing the garden would sell for that amount. THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING a State and Congressional election up in Ore, gon, at which there were almost as many oandiditos as voters. The result is not fully shown ; but the Democrats claim the Congressman and the Lsgislature. If they are correct they will make a gain of one, each, in the Senate and the House, as United States Senator Mitchell's term expires this yew, and the present Congressman is a Republi can. A Tribute to the State. In a speech prepared on the Richardson-Rainey contest in Con gress, Colonel Evins thus speaks of South Carolina : "Who, while wandering through the beautiful art gallery at the other end of the avenue, which the munificence of a distinguished resi dent of this city has dedicated to the public, has not felt his steps arrested, as his eyes foil upon the brave words-'The crime iak,es- the shame and not the scaf'old'-and has not had his heart to throb with in expressible emotion as ho looked through the window gratings of the prison cell into that face so sad and weary with troubled thoughts, and into those mournful eyes, with their touching expression of quiet., patient endurance, which the genius of the artist has made to speak so eloquently from the canvas. As I gazed upon the picture with deep est interest, it suddenly became to me no longer the face of Charlotte Corday, but the impersonation of Ithe genius of my own Palmetto State, persecuteod, insnited, incar ceratedl by the meirceuary and heart less stranger, andi the false and traitorous renegade ; thuns she stood peering through her prison bars, during all those dark dlaya of which I have spoken i pure and undoelled, without the crime which 'makes the shame,' wvaiting wvith a cahn endu rance her hour of crucifixion, while still hoping, almost against hope, for the hour of her deliverance. With a grateful and joyful heart I turned away, rememboerin g that the prison bars had already been broken. and the sceptre of pure andl honest government already restored to her hands." Who Shall be Chosen I South Carolina is still in a state of revolution, a revolution of morals and ideas. The '% dical administra - tion has been destroyed, plucked up by the roots. The destroying force did not act stealthily or insidiously, but came as the cyclone, uipheaving, prostrating and sweeping away. As the State was overwhelmed almost instantaneously in darkness, its clouds were all suddenly wafted away, and as the negroes became arbiters of our destinies then with out the least preparation, so our own people have been entrusted with the government without any S gradual schooling. The native in tegrity and patriotism of the peop)le ~ihave brought them through safely -x. thus far, but the Democratic wheels are not yet running as smnoothly as they should. The last Legislature had much to accomplish. Moun tains of debr'ie were to be removed, -sweeping changes to he inaugurated. Much of the work done was experi ~imental, Much still remains to be ~.,completed. Some defects in the t$ tate governthient are constitutional, hsome incidental and eradicable, \jstes of grave ,import will arise, alig:ability, patience and 'A c nIt tQ deal withthem It is '7~. *1 el1I.m k ha~t men to represent her. This is the advice given by Governor Hampton, and it would be uncommonly good advice by whomsoever given. In choosing representatives to cotsult for the good of the State, people should lay aside personal prejudice a and vote for those who can do most good. Just as important is it to select proper persons to fill all the other offices in the State and coun ty. While Radicalism can never again be robabilitated, as such, in South Carolina, the integrity of the Democratic party, as opposed to bolts and schisms, depends large ly upon the character of the officials elected. They must not be chosen by any clique or combination, but must enjoy the confidence of the public. We regret to see any side issues spring up which may defeat the main objects before us-Demo cratic supremacy and good govern ment in South Carolina. The poo pie cannot afford to be divided. Etire unanimity is the watchward of success. Let the best men be selected for office. CARD OF THANKS. I take this method of returning my thanks and grateful acknowl ecigments to tho fire companies, both white and colored, and the citizens generally, whose prompt and efi, ciont action proventei the dostruc. tion of my property by incendiary fire on the night of Thursday, the 6th instant. June 7th, 1878. JNo. J. NEIL. [coMMUNIcATE).) CAPT. II. A. GAILLARD. The citizens of this section of the county are much pleased to observe the nomination of this gentleman for the Legislature, and they will show their appreciation of his invaluable services by a compli montary vote when the election is ordered. Intelligence and virtue, wherever found, are our watchwords. RInazwAv. KI\CAID'S BRIDGE. .Messrs. Editors :-I h ave this morning crossed Kincaid's Bridge and really found it in such condi tion that I deem it proper to call the attention of our County Com.. mis: ioners to the same. I am aware of the fact that they know it to be unsafe, as evidenced by an ad vertisemien t recently inserted in Tux NEws AND HERALD. But this is not all that is necessary for the travellit.g public. Why notify them that the bridge is unsafe, and make no arrangement by which the stream could be crossed '? I regard the bridge ju.st at the present as immlnin ently dangerous, and believe that in less than one month, some accident will happen there, unless it be averted by the timely action of our County Commissioners. Ther.e should be no delay in the mnatter. The Commissioners should arrange with the landi holders, a& once for a crossing or ford, and cense usi ig the bridge. On both sides of the br'idge the land is fenced, and there is no access to the stream. CAUTION, AL.s-roN, June 6, 1878. TH E NEWI CR USADE, MiIessrs. .Editors : In the ex treme north-western portion of Fairfield county is the classic ocali. ty known since the creation of the world as the "Dark Corner." His torians fail to tell us how it ac quiredi this name. Its denizens have generally been no less intelligent than those of other sections equally remote from the centres of civiliza tion. It was believed that the good people thereof were quietly pursuing the oven tenor of their way, undisturbed by any outsido considerations, and free from grovel ing cares and thoughts. Little died their neighbors dream that these unobtrusive men were goin.g to meet in solemn .conclave, to the number of genenty-fuev, and then and there inaugurate a crusade against the poor, inofensived dicples of Blackstone. Indeed, they have donest, at16es84s 'a ~1*T1I Messrs. Editors. our friends of the "Dark Corner" oither did not fully understand what they were doing, or they went deliberately to work to make themselves appear ridiculous before the whole country. What would they have done'? Why, it would seem frcm- he'r wailieg that the country is in imminent danger from the "lawyers." "We protest," say they, "against his LMr. Gaillard's] re-election, or the election of any of the legal profession to the Legis lature." Well, now, this is refresh.. ingly cool for a hot summer day. No one will deny to the "Dark Corner" Club, or at least twenty-/foe of then, the right to criticise legiti mately the conduct of their repre-. sontati ves, but to those who are not influenced by foolish an.i unreason able prejudices, it would appear highly reprehensible to use the occasion to launch forth into a dia-, tribe ag.tinst the members of an honorable profession. Those law yers must be dro.i:ul fellows, to be so big a thorn in the side of the benighted people of the "Dar k Corner." Now, in the series of resolutions referred t, "J. Hendrix McLane, secretary pro ten.", ne glects or refuses to toll us what particular act of Mr. Gaillard's the "Dark Corner" condemns, but we are certainly not left in doubt as to the animus of the resolutions. It so happens that Mr. G.ill.trd ib unfortunate enough to be a lawyer, and herein coniists his offendig. But he is a farmer also, and a go; ds one too. He bre.ithes pure country! air at night, sa ely removed fr,rm t.o polluted atmospuere of the town. At early dawn, coatloss and collar less, he may be seen viewing in silent admiration the unadorned beauties of nunre, an,l with eag.r interest noting his wide-spread fields of cotton ;tnd corn. Think of this, men of the "D.trk Corner," and you, Messis. Editcrs, kufter youi solves to be,ieve tuat tiis is no I tncy picture. B.it t'te scune entinge, a.id we now be. ol this dr1.Adfai" wai .living deep down into mauscv volumes of legal lire We again behold him at the bar of jusice, pleading eloquently for miserable criminals, "without reward or the hope of reward." In the halls of legislation we see him studying and promoting the true interests of his constituency. Strangers tell us that this mnu is an honor to the State, and a faithful servant of t!:e people. Our "Dark Corner" neig;, bors proclaim to the world, "J. Hendrix McLane, secretary pro tem." acting as medium, that tooy do not want this man or any other hlawyer to represent them, bitt they are wiling to be reprosented by a farmer, a merchant or a' mechanic. They (10 not commit themselves uis regards doctors and preachers, but it is fair to presume that they are prosciibcd also. They are consid crate enough, however, not to place them in print, at least, in the same category with those terrible lawyers. How kind and thoughtful I Seriously, Messrs. .Editors, it is a matter of great regret that the Feasterville Democrats have allowed themselves to ba placed in a p)osition as untenable as it is absurd. The idea that a muan should 'be excluded i from the lawv making branch of the government, simply because he is a practitioner of lawv, is monstrous, and as a sober proposition is with out precedent in the ann dls of ancient or modern times. We are all privileged to object to any one representing us in the General Assemnbly, but we are going beyond the liiis of reas-jn and common sense when wve enter protest against any class of intelligent citizens par ticipating in the enactment of laws by which all are to be governed. The enlightenment of the age do mainds that portso)n d fitness and capacity should alone be considered qualifications for pubiic office, and that the question as to whether a man is a lawyer, doctor, piCacher, merchant, farmer or mnechamnie, should never be entertained at all. I desire to say, in conclusion, Messrs. E"ditors, that it is not the purpose of this communication to advance the personal claims of Mr. Gaillard. He needs no eulogy from my humble pen. The jouinalJs of the House of Representatives make uip his record as a legislator, andi his friends are content to have him standl or fall by that record, All thtthe most ardent of those friends' caask, and that they have a right Ito demand, is that lhe be judIged according to his merits, and nos by. the false and absurd standard set up by the Dark Corner Democracy. MojliA)~oltd o 1lAh$hat the Britis:eo ' pi, BRTIO-A-N3 RlA0. The Cincinnati musical festival mnde $20,000 above the expenses, which were $10,000. The sixth wife of Elder Duncord, of Salt L ike, has obtained a divo. ce', in order to becom the tenta wife of Bishop MeAhster. Venetian, journals report Grant as appearing in a gondola on the grand canal "very rough sooking, but with the penetrating eye of the states 'nuLn." In Germany fish are not ciu:!ht for sport, and toe law fixes the size of those that need not be returned to the water. Thus, a salmon must be sixteen inches long, a perch five, and an eel fourteen. At a recent meeting in Verona, t> rise funds for a monument to Vic tir Emuanul. a Republic..n speaker denouneed the deceased monarch in such abusive termrs that the whole assemblage responded with a shout of "String him up to the lamp post!" M. Lemoinne, of the Journal des Debits, says of the encyclical of Pope Leo XIII.: "The tone of the document is grave and dignified, and altogether different from those ouibulsts whicu came from the in fi:Lned and irritated mouth of old Pius IX." Adirondack Murray has surprised his large Bo;ton congregation by announting that he will take a va cation until Sept.ember, 1879-fif teen months. He will spin .I te time in travel. He will intsiA on h.iving an edilice to preach in, cost ing $200,000, on his return. When very young Fox used to attend the House of Uommons in a hat and featLer, but in 1781 usually wore a frock coat and buff waist eoat, which Wrax:dl calls "the uni for'w of \ aslungtou." The blue ud yellow of tue Edinnurgh evicz to this day are tue old colors of the Whigs. * Darwin E. Slack of Ma:den, M1lss., rtopped gUin; to caur1uc I .sL wlnler in (11e pie.11 t...t 1u1 )s.o0L S pilan p)re.L:11ig AWOLt pr.."st. a1 CUi iS',iuui by aInn1Jy.1d 11,i. lae e11xposile has 1 6 et n maue LUut abouL tila;t taie lae Was lLS.iIg tiau,ltcii nstL lSirVaDCe, p)ouiciea. 1le is now a fug.tive. John Ross, of Casnvia, i cI., uad an aing wife. It wats c;rLain that she could not recover, and te ,l:ougat he miguc as well look xoun.d for her successor. lie chose ;u d., ugiur of a utm g ior, and so 1fu;rm1tsui 11.s wife, W.lu told hun she mouid niot ..f y long in lis w.ay. 1'.,,t nigh drowned ierself. A nUoLe tar% and ..( :red Mr. Ross. Saueio of t e sont from u'..and l to G1.m ..1 e y1s ilve 1- funy Luorty- three per cent. of! I suonust "weigiting" mJingled in suemr m.auuracture, wVLich has comec .t at the first wabli:ng. The Juinese are now importing Eamg.ista 1acdJnery witu a view of manufac buiing fur themselves, and a few y'ears mjay see a considerable dimi Liution of their imports, both fhow LCag.tand and the United Statue. It is not often that a man of John' 51I. Wilson's judicial expelijence is ;.icureid fur a justice of the peace. lie was one of GJuicago's first law., yers, for many yeais a CJommon Pleas Judge, and afterwards Cimef A unt.co of ae buyjecior C.ouurt. He etired from practice and two yeai s I n> wa.s ii os o.1 lU than $300,00J. Shas lost every thmng turough surinhage in real es.ate values, and takes thie office of justice of the esc for a lhving. The manager of the Janrdin d'Ac sliiatman at l?ris is directed the Ittentoi of Ainc.an explorers to the zebra as a beast of burden, suited Jttee to the enImate thanm any of our diomesticated animals, not even 3xcel,t.ng the ass. Several zebras, low under his charge, have beenI mnecessfully broken in, and i3L de demuelie, wa~o is about to cross Afri ua from the month of the Niger to be east coast, may possibly make: ise of this nlovel beast of burden. | A WVestern member of Congress' ' onnged into tue b..r-roomn of an ip-towvn iuotel one morning recently ~o get his mnatuLinami invigorator. Whn the necessary utonsi.s weic placett before han, thme Hoosier statesmnan deliberately filled the glass to the brun with whiuskey. "Goodness gracious 1" exclaimed tne istonished bam keeper, "that isn't i drink ; that's a temperance lee sure 1" Tihe member's face lights* ip with an expression df pride wnen aver he relates the incident. Tdo L-:rd L. eutenent of Irela:d, bhe Duke of Maulborough, duming ais absence .from En~rgad, has' burned the Palaee of Blenheim into a show house. This mnancent, m3ansion was built for the lirst Duke I af historio fame by the IBntishi natin at an enormous cost. The' follQwinlg are the exposses or "Ligs' S incred be snar6y o nriawa - gentleman or a line horse who ae companied parties through the park, giving the names of the trees and remarking that "it is a very fine day,' 5s. ; the gout.leman who shows the gardonr, 5r. ; the gentleman's gen. tlomuaui who siows the kitchen gar den, 5s. ; the urbane gentleman who takes care of your umbrella, and never takes anything but silver, 2s. Gd. ; the noble lady who is con descending enough to describe the pictures as quick as she can, Gs. incidental expenses and endless little boys and girls, "pampered menials," &c., 10s. Total per head (very cheap), ?2 A young mother must have some rest. But how is this to be accom plished, when the baby is retless and cries constantly? Simply by using Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup. * POSITIVE REsULTS.-There are nu morous remedies that cure some times and become trusted as useful, but none have over proved so cffee tual-cutred so many and such re markable diseases-as Dr. Ayer's medicines. The cherry Pectoral has restored great numbers of patients who were believed to be hopelessly affected w:th Consumption. Agie Cure breaks up chills and fever quickly and surely. Aj er's Compound Extract of Sar saparilla eradicates scrofula and im purities of the blood, clean1les the system and restores it to vigorous health. By its timely use many troublesome disorders that cause a decline of health are expelled or cured. Ayor's Pills and their effects are too well known everywhere to re qluire any commendation from us hlere.--,S.cranton (1Pa.) Times. * NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD. OXE DOLLAR A YEAR. 'IIE circulation of this popular nows ,0 al r has mttore t,an trebolud during ae l,ast year. It conains nil the leading ns c~nt,:ined- in vw D.ur,Y H1m,., - is air in~o,l in han,ly iep.trtmenuts. r:ie FOREIGN NEWS imbraces special dispatcits from all in.r er, of the globe, i.,gth. r .sit un, Jiasti;, fait'tftil auil graihitc 1:ieti:roi ,tt the great War in Europe. Un.lur tha liead of AMERICAN NE WS tre givon the 'reIegrtahia Dispatches of te, weo from all parts of tho Union. L:hi: featuro a;one makes THE WEEKLY HERALD :he mo.t valuable nuwspapcr in the vorldl, as it is tiiu csteapest. Every week is given a faithful report of POLITICAL NEWS, mbracing complete and comuprehonsive exailltches from Washington, including ull rep)orts of the speeches of eminent olitioinins on the questions of the hour, THE1 PARaMIDEPART E2NT ft the WVEEKLYr HERALD gives the latest is well as the~ most p)ractical suggestions nd discoverIes relating~ to the ituties of hie farmer, hints fur raising Cattle, Poul. ry, Grains. Trees, Vegetables. &e , &. vth suggestions for keeping builings nd farming utensils, in repair. This is uppulemented by a wecll edited depart--. nont, widely copied, under the head of THE HOME, iving recipes for p)raet.ical dishes, hints 'or making clothing and for koeping up vith the latest fashions at the lowest >rico. Letters from our Paris and Lon ion correponidents on the very latest 'ashions. 1'he Home Dspartment of the >VIELY JRALD will save the housewife neo than one hundred tianes tho price f the paper, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. There is a page devoted to all the atost phases of the busine.ss markets, .rops, Merchan dise. &o.. &c. A vahtable eatuire is found in the speclally, report-. ~ d( prices and conditions of THE PRODUCE MARKET. While all the news from the last fire to o the Discovery of Stanley are to be ound in the WVEEKLY HEInaLD, duo atten-. ion is given to SPORTING NEWS it home and abroad, together with a Itory every week, a Sormiou by some minient dki.vmo, Literary, Musical, Dra-. nuatie, P erm' nal and Sea Notes. There is 10 pap ei in the worl v'hich contains so unch news matter every week as the r5EEtiLY IIERALD), which is sent, postage roe, for.One Dollar. You maiysubsorib. it any tine. THE NEW YORK HERALD n a weekly form, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. .Papers p)ublishing this prospectus$ vithout being authorized will not nooes airily receive an exohange. ADDREss, NEW YORK HERALD, 3readlway anid Ann Street, New York. june s--tf -4 Orr:0E CoDNTY ComMIss?oNgag,' Wnwasnoso, 8. (1., May 22, 1878. - Tla travelling pu~blio al's .oautioned ,L thl 4 tha pas over 1C Ki ad's at: *h'ii'Own *