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TRI- WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C.. THURSDAY, 1)ECEMjER I, 187 VOL. 2. NO. THANKSGIVING TURKEYS. ---o-0 NOW UNFOnTUNATES WErE .FED 1n NEW YORK. Aldermani Gobolers and Omnipres ent Pie--Ten Thousand Hearts Made Happy. Thanksgiving Day was observed in New York City with great core mony. The erald estimites that at least one turkey was killed for each of the two hundred and fifty seven thousand names in the city directory. The turkey is the true thanksgiving bird ; and the number of pounds of this species of poultry served on the tables uf the penal and charitable associations was immense. The Herald says: "The Commissioners of Charities and Correction purchased some fourteen thousand pounds of poul try-7,500 pounds of turkey and 6,500 of chIcken. This vast amount was distributed among the various city institutions on Manhattan, Blackwell's, Randall's, Ward's and Hart's islands, the allowance to each being regulated by the number of inmates and their general physi cal condition, the quantity allowed to a hospital being proportionately less than that sent to the Work house and Peniientiary. There are 675 patients at Bellevue Hospital, in the Homeopathic Hospital, on Ward's Island, there are 232 male and 253 female patients; in the Insane Asylum, 981 male inmates; in the Hospital, on Randall's Is land, 386 male and 196 female patients; in the Infants' Hospital 136 male and 169 female patients ; Branch of Workhouse, on Hart's Island, 302 mal, 20 female in mates; Branch of Lunatic Asylum, 92 female patients, and Hart's Is land Hospital, 167 male and 143 female patients. The whole num ber of eaters in all the institutions thus provided for was a little over 10,000, and the number of pounds provided, - as before stated was 14,000. At the Penitentiary 979 convicts were fed on 1200 pounds of turkey, 1300 paupers ate a pound of turkey a piece, while in the Workhouse 367 men and 415 women devoured 726 pounds of chicken and 542 pounds of turkey, besides a great quantity of pork and vegetables. At the Lunatic Asylum, where there are 1,308 insane females, 1.000 pounds of chicken and 836 pounls of turkey were disposed of at the noonday meal. In addition to this, 686 pumpkin pies, 200 pounds of pork and four or five barrels of apples were consumed. In the morning all the inmates who could be allowed to do so walked about in the open air, and in the afternoon several hundred enjoyed a fantastic dance in the amusement hall. The Howard Mission, in the Fourth Ward, opened its doors to the poor. From eleven a. m. until dlark the chiidren held the fort, and from dark until after eight o'clock the adults had their reign. Shortly after ten a. m. the boys began to assemble. They were a hungry, eager crowd, and they sniffed the air in anxious expectation of the arrival of the hour for dinner. Some of the poor little lads looked as though they had nout eaten a full mneal in many a day. Their pinch ed cheeks and shrunken forms told, the old, old tale of direst poverty. At eleven grace was said and the savory meal began. The large hall was crowded to repletion. The dinner consisted of roast turkey, ham, celery, cranberry samuce, bread, coffee, apple and mince pies. Op posite each child wvas placed a brimming plateful. The little fel lows attacked the good things with a vigor that betokened to the; lookers on a* widespread fear that: some mysterious agency would soon come and spirit away the tables. La;ds of six elbowved lads of thirteen and fonght for their rights as though life itself was at stake. Not a few of the 'boys first devoted their attention to the pies, leaving the turkey for after con-i slderation. The food was all well cooked, and there were, when all had been served, large quantities left over. In the evening the grown up folks sat down to dinner, and many went away carrying ini their pockets and aprons enough for the next day. The number of turkeys don sumed could not be estimated, but they possibty could is hbend- to be in the neighborhood of fifton hundred. At the Rivington Street Mission, the dinner consisted of turkey with cranberry sauce, potatoes and tur nips, pies and a genuino English plum pudding. It required nine teen big turkeys, weighing two hundred and tworty pounds and twenty assorted pies to satisfy the cravings of the young gamins' hun ger. In addition there was a box of splendid oranges. About one hundred and fifty sat down to dinner at half-past seven, and for about throo-quarters of an hour they feasted themselves upon the good things provided for them. At the Five Points Mission, the number of outdoor poor who were fed was fully 1,100. Only 100 wore admitted to the dinning room at a time, and altogether they consumed 200 hundred turkeys and chickens, four barrels of potatoes, four bar rels of turnips, 300 squashes, four barrels of apples, half barrel of i.ickels, 120 gallons of tea, one bar rol of beans, over 500 loaves of bread and two pigs. The day at the St. Vincent's Homo for Boys, in Warren street, was celebrawd with even nore than the usual eclat. After high mass and a sormon, the dinner was s9rved. It included turkey, cranborry sauce, vegetables, plum pudding, pie and other delicacies, not fewor than sixty turkeys, weighing in the ag - gregate about five hundred pounds, being devoured. Between three hundred and four hundred boys were fed and provision made for fully five hundred. At St. Barnabas House a constant strei m of childrun and adults filed in md out of the dinning room to the number of 1,000. Over 810 poun ds of turkey, 100 mince pies and 50 pumpkin pies, besides an unlimito.1 quantity of bread, vegetables and coffee werd consumed. The guests first served were the nursery chil dren and their parents, after wh ich the Sunday school children, to the number of 200, and those of the sowinl1 school, to the number of 175, were regaled. The Juve;iile Guardian Society fed four hundred and fifty children. The New York Infant Asylum, served thirty-nine turkeys and two dozen chickens. The vatious boys' lodging house tables groaned with turkeys and pies ; while at the Home of the Friendless, No. 32, East Thirtieth street, 500 adults and children wore treated to a bountiful supply of turkey and pumpkin pie. Nor were these bounties confined to the Caucasian race. Three hun dred pounds uf turkey, with all appropriate "fixings," including sweet potatoes, wore served tip at the Colored Orphan Asylum, on the corner of West 143d street and Boulevard. It was a pound apiece very nearly, for there were about three hundred children to be fod. It is right to say that they did all they could toward consuming the whole, and if they failed it wvas not for want of heroic effort. But if the turkey was not all eaten there was very little of the pudding left, for there was real pudding wit.h real plums, and each of the young sters had as many platefuls as he wanted. In the afternoon there were visitors and music by the little ones, and the day was as happy as it could be made for the children. After readling this account, who can deny that while New York has its many vices it is also a placs of :abounding charity. rhe North Coming to its Sober Second Senses About the South3an "Out rages." The stalwart Radicals overdid the business. By their .howls they: dazed the whole North, and even carried away the philosophical old correspondent of the New York Herald. But Mr. Nordhoff has worked off his bile and sees more clearly. This is what he now has to' say on the subject of Southern out rages. "The ternper of prominent party leaders of both sides is fQr the present remarkably conservative. Both sides feel that neither can rtfford to 'lose a trick,' and there is a far greater and more noticeable. disposition than at the .opening of: Oongress for a number of years past to be careful to shun exciting ques, ions and to 'give the other side a chance to make .blunders.' "The Republicans, express fears that the federal election laws are not so framed as to cover all the oases of wrongocharged. 'they are forced to apknowledge that. thiere hias been -no-itiniidatlon. At least ib 4he South and thay LdOanh whther the frauds can bo punished as they dosorvo. But the Republicans themsolves framod and enactod these federal election laws, and they made them odiously severo in many particulars. It is not proba ble that this or any futuro Congress will add to them. The Republicans would like to got up a now excite mont ab(tut Southern outrages. Several of them cano here with the intention to present resolutions ordering an investigation or looking to a dccrease of the representation in the Southern States, on the ground that the negro vote does not como forward. Indeed, in some quarters there is a disposition to disfranchise the blacks out igit by way of lessening the Representation of the Southern States. But all these schemers receive a check from the fact that the more closely the conduct of the Southern elections is scanned the more it is sen th.t frauds and disorders were ua end sporadic and not systematic, and that there is very little mIlatorial for a new anti-Southern cry. The more prudent 11lblicans incline to wait for the results of the trials which will presently begin, and think it better to found any action which may seem advisable upon the developments before the courts. But it is probable that some super zealous porsons will offer reslu1tions of investigation. These give as a reason for a Congressional, inquiry that the colored vote has to some extent disappeared in many of the States, but there are many reasons for this. Every Southern Republi cani knows that the colored vote cannot be got out withoat a great deal of preiminary work and the expenditure of money and promises. The mere desire to evade the pay ment of i poll tax deters nimy thousands of colored mnio from vo ting, and it is notorious that they have a habit of s,lling their regis tration ceriificates, which has 01) previous oc.sions caused the mys terious disavpearance of thousan ds of colored votes and a great and to many people puzzling dizicrepancy between the registration and the vote. It is doubtful if the Demo crats will oppose a Congre"sional investigation if it is demanded by their oppononts. They believo it will do no hArm." LRGZ8LATIr1E PROOEEDINGS. MONDAY, December 2, 1878. SENATE. In the Senate the reports of the several State officers were received. A. number of bills were introduced, among them one by Mr. Maurice to reduce the pay of members. Mr. Lipscomb ofrered a concur rent resolution in regard to the Charlotte, Columbia and Angusta Railroad, of which the following is a full synopsis: Whereas, it is charged that it is susceptible of positive proof that the Clarlotte, Columbia and Augus ta Railroad Co. have for several yo2rs violated and still continue to violate their charter in the matter of freight charges, as wvell as in other important particulars ; and whereas, it is charged that said-coim, pany hav6 habitually obstrdoted, and still continue to obstruct, a free transportation of freights from their track to the track of the South Carolina Railroad Company, thereby disregarding their express con tract with the State of South Carolina, therefore, be it Resolverd, By the Senate, the H-ouse concurring, that the attorney general be and he is boreby required forthwith to bring action against the said Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company with a view to the protection of the public interests, the redress of wvrongs done by said corporation and the imuposi tioni upon them of such p)enalty as5 in the opinioni of the court may be juLst and pr'oper'. Gen. Gary's bill for the abolition of the Court of Claims was made a special ordler for WVednesday next. A djourned. HoUSE OF REPRESENTATIvEs. In the House a number of bills were introduced and referred, among them one by Mr. J. J. Hemphill to abolish the ofice of State constable ; by Mr. Hutson to alter and amend the lawv in .relation to appeals from the circuit courts to the Supreme Court, giving thre ap pellant the right to file exceptions to the rulings and charge 'of the judge up to the end of .the session of the court at which the case bin tried;i by Mr. Gaillard to amend the lawv providing for pay of witnesses in.State.cases i by Mr.; Mtsgoy. to jrevent the interinarriage ' f . h -ranesr by M)kt. Miles .to hae a1h oath administered to Governor Hompton by the Chief Justico in the presone of comm1nittees of the General Assenbly. The bill repealing the law ro(luc ing the pay of Stato witiosses was was rejected ; also the bill to dis-. franchise persons convicted of cor tain crimes A bill providing for ia special tax on dogs was placed on the calendar. Several bills passed a second reading. The Senate concurrent resolution to adjourn sie (lie on the 23d inst. was adopted abnost unanimously. Adjourned. TUESDAY, Decomber 3, 1878. SENATE. The Presidentpro ten. inounced that he haud reeived a package, post-maikeJ Cohimbiat, addressed t him as Prpisidenlt pr tem., in which therm waIs I co)mun11111lication a:ldrosse,1 "To the Hlonorable the Senate of Soulth Carolina," stating that ths Hon. Robert Fishburno, Senator from Colleton county, is ineligible to the ofilco be holds, with other papois accompanying said communication. Tihe President pro ten. asked what disposition the Senato would make of them. Mr. Lipscomb moved that the papor- he not received on the g, ound that thoy had not been pro sented through a Senator on the floor. After dbate by Messrs. Lips coin, T 'raft, MIr Fishburn arose to a question of piivelege, and stated that lie hoped tie Senate would take cognizance of the papers and have the mattter investig'ited ; that he wished an investigation. After further debate the papers were referred to the committee on privileges and elections. The House sent to the Senate the concurrent resolution in referenco to administering the oath of office to Governor Hampton, amended by adding Lieutenant-Governor Simp. son and agreed to. Mr. Benbow introduced a bill to repeal and abolish sec tion 19 of articlo 4 of the Con stitution. [This bill looks to the abolit.ion of the boards of county commissioners. Ens.j A number of bills and resolutions were introduced, road by title aud properly referred. Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A number of bills and resolutions < were introduced, read by title and properly referred-among them the f following: By Mr. H1. A. Gaillard-X bil for the establishment of a new school district in the county of Fairfield, and to authorizo the levy and collection of a special school tax therein; also, petition of G. H. MeMaster, of Fairlield, to have cor tain overpaid taxes refunded to bim. By Mr. Shand-A bill to prevent unjust discriminations by common carriers. By Mr. McKissick-A bill to re peal an act to reduce and fix the per diem and mileago of members of the General Assemb y, approved June 7, 11,77. Mr. Watts, from the committee on agriculture, made a favorable re port on a biti to authorize and r'e quire the county commissioners of Fairfield county to levy a special tax in certain townships of said county to meet certain claims for. buiiding public fences in said coun-i ty. Mr. Gaillard, from the committee on the judiciary, mado a favorableI report ont a bill to enable creditors of or, any person interested in, estates to require executors to exe cnte h-mnda for the faithful discharge of their dluties as such executors. On the recommendation of the committee on privileges and elc~ i tions, it was referred to a committee of five mnembo.ts of the House to inquire into the facts in relation to the charges of bribery and cor ruption made against Hastings G4intt, a member from Beaufort county. The Senato having arrived, the' joint assembly, with Hon. T. B. Jeter, President, pro temn., pro. ceeded to a ballot for a judge of the third judicial circuit, with the fol, lowing result: Wholo number of. votes cast, 145; -'necessary to a. choice, 783; Ho.n. TJ. B. I'rasor re ceived 144 ; Hon. 'W .F. Ciolcook 1 received 1. Colonel Fraser was accordingly declaired duly elected, qn4.he joimt assembly was dis. solved. ' -Adan0nrud Twelvo hundred and fifty colored votes woro polled solidly for the reenback ticket in Bastrop county, .exas. Tho Republican candidate ror governor received only four votes. The county Greenback ticket was olected by a majority of two Iindred. It seems the epidemic itruck the country in spots. It is a great pity to see how many people allow a cough or cold to go annotiecet, and thus pave the way to an untimely grave from the 3ffects of consumption. A pleasant, 3afo, reliablo and cheap remedy is Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Price 25 ents. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. P1nOI.TE JUDOE'S OFFIeE. WINsnonlo, S. (0., November 18, 1878. ALL persos having clainis against the estatoe of James 1R. Aiken, decoaed, are biereby notified that they must establish lie same before the Judge of Probate of Fairfield county. at.his oilice,on or belore ihe 1st day of January 1870, or be do )arred from paymont of the same. 0. R. THOMPSON, nov 21-x411awGw J. P. F. O. HA143M ! HANS ! -- - A choien lot of sugar curod unoan vassed Hnmr. Fresh Sugars and Coffees. Fresh Augusta Meal and Grits. Northern Apples and Orangc-s. ALSO, One barrel superior Stono Mountain ,orn Whiskey, cheap for cash at the 'toro of doo 2 W. H. DONLY. JUST RECEIVED. French and Plain Candies, Canned Goods of all kinds, Cocoanutu, Cranberries, Potatoes and Onions, -AT nov 26 R. J. McCARLEY'S. 1E WINNSBORO H OTRZ ---BY MRS. M. W. BROWN. TIIIS Hotel, situated in the centre of i the town, offers and guarantees to the mblic inducementa usirpnssed by any ther house in the place. Table sup lied with the best in the market. Com ortable rooms and polito -attention. Lorms-$2.00.per day. aug 9-tt FOR SALE ! -0 One light Two--Horse Wagon. One heavy Two-Horse Wogon. One One-Horse Wagon. One Top Buggy. One Open Buggy, second hand. Pricbs of all work reduced. ov 28 DESPORTES & MONTS. "T HE T E AC0HER." 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