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WINNSBORO. 8. C. tVPZMDArt DJrCXXAJW 81, 1875. R. RANS DAVI8, EDTroz. JNO. A. ASYNOLDS, AssoIATE EtMs. IN'-RspowsE to a request from the investigating conmittee; Senator Blaine refers thein to Messrs. J. B. Campbell, C. G. Memmiinger and E. W. M. Mackey, for information as to the conduct of the election in Charles ton. An Unanswerable Argument. Judge Hudson's dissenting opinion on the validity of thu consolidation bonds is unanswerable. Differing from Judges Aldrich and Thomson, he argues the question in its fullest scope and decides it on its merits. Judge Hudson plainly intinfates the absurdity of electing three judges and spending thousands of dollars to decide only one of the several ques tions affecting the validity of the debt; and very properly inintains that the people are only interested in deciding the final question-whether, from any cause, the bonds are invalid. It will be remembered that Judges Thomson and Aldrich decided that the court had been appointed merely to decide whether the original bonds were valid, without inquiriug whether any existing invalidity was cured by subsequent act of tMe State; and after deciding that the original issue was illegal, they gave small comfort to the repudiationists, by intimating that on the general issue the Supreme Court might make the State pay them after all. Such a decision satisfied nobody, and was not wo.ath one-tenth the money and time expended on securing It. But Judge Hudson does not dodge the issue. However unpleas ant the task may be, he tells the people that all irregularities and deficiencies have been cured, and that the debt Is fastened on the State as securely as was the Old Man of the Sea on tho back of Sinbad. The opinion is very voluminous, but the gist of it is about as follows: The Radical investigating committee in 1871- imnade a report showing practically the same frauds that were subsequently unearthed by the bond commission of 1878. In 1872 the Legislature passed the validating act, which railed all the acts of the financial board. Still later, the Legislature, by its settle ment with Kimnpton, recognized the debt. Again, its validity was estab lished in the Morton Bliss case, and still later, Cardozo was tried for illegal consolidation and acquitted. Then, too, the consolidation act itself declared that the bonds were a con tract between the State and the creditors. Judge Hudson then shows that the Constitution of 1868, under which we now live, made the acts or the Legislature and of the State officials acts of the State herself. A long list of decisions is then cited to show that the State cannot re pudiate the acts of her officials, against bonafide holders of claims. Judge Hudson also holds that the consolidation act is just as sacred as any other settlement made by thme present Legislature, and furthermore that it is a comupromise by which the' State got rid of two-thirds of her debt. In conclusion he says these bonds are "valid obligations of the State, and their payment she cannot avoid on any recognized principles of law. She may escape through re pudiation, but the law will lend hei no helping hand in this last desperato resort." This opinion, covering the whole ground, foreshadows the decision of the Supreme Court. It is better to submit at once. The equities are* with~ the people, but the law is against them. Moreover, if the State stands on the ground of' high honor she will, while repudiating Radical bonds, be obliged to pay the ante-Reconstruction,. debt dollar for dollar, or about $9,000,000 against $7,000.000 under the present settlement. Don't let us stir the muddy wvaters any more. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. The N'ewberry JIerald says th~e new stock law gives a.most universal satis faction in that county. A bale of cotton was sold1 in the ' Abbeville nmarket last week at four cents a pound. Mr. John Boyd of' Chester, killed a hog last week .weighing 1,168 pounds.| It was not one of the "native breed''" so much admired by Judge Mackey. Two colored wvomeni in Anderson recently offered to sell their children, two boys six months old, to the circust for *60 each. A AIX-year-old -buck was brought Into Columbia last week, from the lower end of Rlichland county, and sold for seven cents a pound. Ex-Gov. M, L. Bonham has been ap pointed bY.Qoverpor Simp onrailroad Onalay a toda nih Mu>Thty :tinox's gin house and four bales -of cotton were burned in Chester county. As to the origin of the fire, Mr. Knox is undecided whether it was incendiarl or accidetsl. Dr. Bonner, President of the Due West Female College, bought forty turkeys last week for twelVe dollars only thirty cents a piece. - The turkeys came fiom Tennessee in a drove. Mr. J. P. Lawson, a North Carolina tobacconist, accidentally shot himself through the thigh in Newberry last wet;k, with a pistol. 'ho wound, though painful, is not serious, as the bone wao not touched. Mr. John A. Workman, of Laurens, met with a stranoe and severe accident in Newberry on Taturday before last. On getting out of a chair in the barber shop, hIs foot turned, and he fell with his whole weight on his right leg, breaking the smaller -bone be tween the knee and the ankle. At a quilting party, on Mr. W. F. Fountain's place, in Darlington coun ty, last Tuesday night, a difficulty occurred between James Campbell and Dean English, both colored, in which the latter lost his life-being fatally stabbed by Campbell. le died from hemorrhage. The as'assin uade his escape. Andrew Woods, a notorious 6lmi nal, who had been evading the law for a long time, was arrested in the vicinity of Florence Suvday before last. After le was arrested he was taken to Florence, and while there attempted to wrest a gun from one of the gentlemen who had him in charge, when le was shot and severely wounded. He has since died. The Abbeville papers furnish the following particulars of the recent shooting of Thomas N. Tolbert, ex treasurer of that county: The shoot Ing was done by a negro named An drew Palmer, who was after Tolbert's money. The weapon used was a common shot-gun, and fifty-one shot took effect in the victim's neck and head, lodging against the skull and amnong the muscles of the neck. The shot were extracted, and a few hours afterwards Tolbert went ta his home in a buggy. Palmer has been arrest ed and fily identified as the right pa-ty. Both Tolbert and Palmer are true-blue Radicals. Among the champion farmers of Lancaster county, the Ledger men tions the following: Mr. Ni. R. Du ren, a one armed mai, made 4,000 pounds of cotton on four and a half acres of land two acres of which were fertilized. Mr. J., M. Hagins, on three acres, manured with 200 pounds of' phosphate to the acre, gathered 1,610 pounds of cot ton to the acre. Sol. Vaughan, colored, reports that he made 300 buQhels of corn and ten bags of cotton with the work of one horse. In addition to this, he raised all his hog ment. Sol. always voted for Hampton. A colored man named William Boy kin, while on his way home last Sit urday night, and when just on the outsiiits of Camden, was set upon by masked men, who out him several times, some of the stabs being danger ous. No cause can be given for the deed, except that it may have been on account of an old family feud. From remarks made at the time, it is pre suined th)at the guilty wish to lay it upon the whites, because William 'was one of the witniesses against the so called intimidators who were recently taken to Columbia; but all the circum atances point to the negroes who are after avenging an old wrong. SHERIFFS SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTr OF GREENviLLEz. Sarah B. Lewis, Execuirix, vs. Sarah N. Lewis, Unry 0. Lewis, Eliza A. Lewis, Ilobert N. Lewis, eta. \ p~lursuance of anl order from T. H. Cooke. Judge of the eighth circuit, I will offi r for sale, on the firht Mlonoay in Janunary next, before theCo urt-nouse (leer in Winn.boro, -vithin the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, the following~ described property, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, lying ..n-1 being in the county of Fairfld, ad joining lands of D)ickson, 0. singleton and others, containing Fiva nDNDRED ANIb NINETY-TWO AcRES, more or less, as is fully represented by plat of the mame to be exhibited on clay of sale. ALSO, ,All that tractor parcel of land, situate in the county of Fairfield, adjoining lands.ofDie,Ron, C. Singleton an'd others, contaning TnRER HUNDRED AND Pnv3 AOREs, as rep resented by piat of same to be exhibited on dlay of sale. ALso, All that tract of land adjoining lands of Dickson, John \lyers and others, con taining NOUE HUNDRED AoREs, more or less. ALSO, All that tract of land adjoining lands of C. Ringleton, John Myers and others, containing TWO HUNDRED AND RIGETT roUa AcREs, more or less. ALSO, All that tract of land, containing ONE noNDRED AND hIPr T-FoUa ACRES, adjoining lands of J1. E. Robertson and John Myers. ALSO, ,All that tract or parcel of land, adjoin ing lands of J. E. Peay and Thomas Jones, containing NINETT-sIx AcOEa, more or less. All that tract of land, eontaining oNE HUNDRED AND sIITY-EIoUT AOREs. more or less, adjoining lands of ThQmss Jones' and J. E. Robertson and others, si roppsonted by pl.&t. of same. TERMS OF SALE : * - One-third of the purchase-money to be paid in cash, and' the balance in on'. and two years, with interest from day of sale, at the rate of ten poe ent. per annunm, the same to be securedi by the bond of the purh&ser andhotgg of the premisen. W lt1ib. W .5 R DA U"BICK FR' NEW GARDEN and FIRE PUMP. This novel and ex traordinary machine is invaluable at the outbreak, of fire, and for watering gardeng &o. Its eon4trnotton dispene't% with 1,oth ( ?i,,t?n .aud Stufillag. all Frieiot.,go, &o. It is worked so easily tbt with it. i lady or child pan t1 Iow a st*adV. A1t0eid of waiter over aW area of ninotv. feet. -pat.6nted January 1* and (5. 1867, ;roh 11, -1878. Send tot Circular. PUI.QE, $6 AND $8 A& ' &gents,Tantol 'overywheore. THEIDANA BICKFORD O.. 689 Broa way, New York. Office of D umi Bitfor P-, Family Kaitting Machine. dec 28-3m KRIS KItINGILE AS arrived in town, and for the .H next few days will "hang out" at R. X. McCARLgY'S. He has broult'with him a complete as sortment of CHRISTMAS GOODS, Consisting of Oi,fetioneries, Nuts, Fire Works, Canne4 Fruits, and El ARYTHING That old folks.and young folks desire at this joyful season. Let evorybo'y cone alld supply th'emselves at astonisllingly low prices. -dce 23 SH%Ud'1'F'S SALE. BY virtuo of.;sundry exAoutions to me t'directed, will offer for sale, belore the court-hoie. door in % innaboro on the firtt Monday in January next, within the IfItAl ijours of sale,- to the highest bidder, ron 0AsH, the following do:'cribod propqrty, to wit Lot of seed cotton and cotton seed, the property of Atilla Harrison. at the suit of W. . Kennedy. . Lso, Seven bales of cotton, as the proper y of Arthur Clatk. Riohard Btown and others, at the itit of G. H. MoMaster, as agent. AlO, Three mules,, or horse, eight head of cattle, the prop4rty of Thomas-Anderson, at the suit of Dargar & SloCall. ALSO, Two thousand- pounds of seed cotton one thousand p'6uu!Is of fodder, * twenty bushels of corM', all inure or less.; the property of Frank N. Wilson, at the suit of James P. Mafie. A.SO, Four bales of cotton, the property of James P. MeFie, at the suit of Kinard & Wiley. ALSO, Forty bushele of . corn, six hundred pounds of hay,, one - thousaind. poundit seed ootton,. *eilhty , bushelg of. cotton seed, all more ,r leax& the property of 0. B. Yongue, at the etit of R. B, Craw ford. MIAO, Three huna.irei :axl ffty bushels of corn, more or leaii. -01-3 pr- )-rty of A. K. Pickett, at th!e suit of D. H. Ruff. ALSO, One gin, thrashesr an-1 fan, the pro erty of Willam C. Harrison, at the sui of John WV. .Lyles, as L#uardian. 8. W. BtUFF, Sheriff's OlBoa, 8. F. C. Winneboro. 8. 0., December 20, 1878.' dee 24-xlt ____________ SHERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of an execution, to me di 1)reeted, I will offor sale, before the court-house door in Winnsboro, on the first Monday In January next, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bid der, for casaH, the following doeribed property, to wit: All thait tract of land in Fairfield coun--I ty, cont aining rwo utIInnan A~d inEry -Brua AcBaK, more or less, and bounded by lands of George W. ('rawford, John Feinly and others, levied on as the prop erty of J. W Coleman, at the suit of Mantoue & Co., and others. 8. W. RUFF, Sheriff's OffRce, 8. F. C. Winnahoro, 8. C., December 14, 1878, de.o 21...2xl CLE RK'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTE CAROLIN~A, CounTY OF F?AIRpZELD. &~ prfe Joseph W. McCreight, John S McCrei ght, I N pursuance of a Petition wade in the above stated case, I will offer for sale, befcre the court-house door In Winnaboro' on the first Monday in Jant:ary next, within the legal hours of aale,'at publio outoryv, to the highest bidder, the fol lowing-described property to wit:.. .A lot of land lyng, - being and situate in the town of Winsnboro, In the county and State aforesaid, on the. north-west corner of Vanderhorst street of said town and of Market street of said town, eon taining ONE ACRE, -more or less, and fronting on Market Street two hundred and ten feet, and siding on Vanderhorst street one hundred; and . sixty.- feet ; bounded on the soeth by said Market street, on the east by said Vanderhorst street, on the west oby ~lots of 0. R. Thompson, and on the berth by the hmredformerly occupied by Jamies, Mce'reight, deeoased. 'The abovede''ribe'd lanid will~ be sold in two lots, on one of which stands the shop at the corner of Market and Van derhorst streets, and on the other of which stands the. .dwelling-house o oooupled by J, W. RioCreight.e TRnMs of BALU: On-balf of the purchase-money to be' Paid in cash, for the balance a credit of' one year from 4a of sale6 :with interest, from said day, th ptclaer to give his' b.t secured b tho pretn-' rp54 M. opa ~A s9gesary pa . K I ll ,C tanO or0 tl e erk moeSPsoniI'GAISIAx; SHERIFF'S SALV B Y virtuo of an ox.iution to me di rooted, I will offer for sale before the couirt-house door in Winiboro, on the tirst Monday In January next, within the legal hours of salo, to the hithest bid der, -tor u.isa, the following desoribei property, to wit: All the right. title and interest of E J. Moore, in that lot or paroI: of land, in Che to% it of U innsboro. containing onx AQRX, more or levs, an I fronting on Van d6rhorst street - and bot nded by lots of John J. Neil, Estate of G. W. Barbor dnd Mrs. Mary MoCreight. . W. RUFF, Sheriffs 001ic, 8. F. 0. Winnsboro,-8 C.. December 14, 1878. deo 14-t zX2 SALE BY JUDGE OF PROBATE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. Henry L. Elliott, as A lininitrtor of the Estate of James R. Aikon, Dooas ed, agyinsi Thota-i . Poll oc, asTrus tee of the Estate of Loverioh & Co. in Bankruptcy. L. D. Childs, Wiliam D Aiken and Otheri. I N pursuance of an order made in the above-stated care, I will offer for sale at public anuction, before the court house door at Winnsbor.>, .4n the first Monday in January next within the legal hours of sale, the following-desoribod property, to wit: A tract of land, containing oms un DRED AND SIXTEEN AO.tES. more or less, situate in the County and State afore said, near the town of Winnsboro, ad jeining lands of V. R. Robertson, Wil Ii D. Aiken, H. L. Elliott and 11. .A. Gaillard. ALSO, A tract of tnnd, containing roun HUN DURD AND Izrrf ACaES, more or less, situ ato in the County and State a~orosaid, known as the Wm. T. Thorn land, ad joining lands of said Wiu. T Thorn, Dr. Win. Thorn, John Bratton, E. P. Mobley and others. ALSO, A tract of 1-ti. sitnati in the County and -t ato af cornii cont-ainin, Foun HUNDnRkD AND T1IRrr-FvE ACR, More or less. known as t.tt lan.1 lan 1-ly belonging to Dr. Win. Thorn. a-1joiining lands above described of )r. Win. Thorn. James Jones, Tiluan Gla.don and others. ALHO. A tract of land containing FIvE HUN DURD ACRES, more or less, lying and 01tuat9 in the County and Stato aforesai I, on waters of WatWr -e I "rook. near Wateroo River, and adjoining Ian Is of Et. Lewis, irs. Dtlo.<e, and lands. lately the prop. erty of John slarrison. TEnMS OF SALE; One-half of the purchase-money to be paid in cash, an ! the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from the day of Palo, to be soured by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage o( the premiaes--the purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. 0. R. THOMPSON, Office of Judge of Probate, J. P. F. C. Winnsboro, v. 0 , December 13, 187d. deo 14-lawtd . . MORTGAGE SALE. B Y virtue of f8reclosure clause in a m.)ortgage executed to J. W. Gray by Mrs. L. L. V,ine, b'earing dato \Iarch Imt 1877, 1 will soll before the court-house door at Winnsboro, S. C., on salesday in January, 1679, within the legal hours of sale All that piece, parcel -nd tract of land, situate, lying and beirig on waters of Little River in the county of Fairfield, 6.tate of Southa I arolinai& boundedl by lands of Armnstrong, McMeekin. O'Neale, Bushy and others-being a part of the lands of the estate of Dr. Thomas Fur, mian, decease'd, containing TunEE nUN DRED AND FiFTY ACBEs, " ore or less, and known as the 'Kincaid Place." Terms-CASH. Purohaser to pay for papers. WM. HILL, de 14-law3w Assignee. SHERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of an execntion to na di I.)routed, I will offer for sale before the court-house dioor in Vlinsboro, on the first Monday in January next, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, Foa os,the following described property, to wit: AUl that tract of land in Fairfield coun ty, containing THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY AOnZe, inore or less, and boundied by lands of WV. N. Maston. F. H. DuBose an d others, levied on as the property of Ellen B. and John T. Garriek. 8. W. RUFF. Sheriff's OffEce, 8. F. C. Winnsboro, S. C., Docember 18, 1878. deeo21-z1t2, FOR SALE V One light Two-Horse Wagon. One heavy Two-Horse Wogon. One One-Horse Wagon. One Top Buggy. One Open Buggy, second hand. Prices of all work reduced. ov 28 DESPORTES & MONTS NOTICE T lHE snbscriber has still a large stock .1of goods on hand, cositn8o Dry aocde,nitigo Olothing, * Shoes, Boots, Mats, * ~ Trunks anid everything that makes up a dotapiete stock of goods, all of which we will seli at and below cost for cnah until the 215th of this, month. Aflter that tue the ei't atok .will be clbsed out at atiotion. TO MAKE MONEY This rtant an welkti iut about three pounds,a anll h bZood in a . Ing.person (about three gaIlons) Pases through'it at least once every half hour, to have the bile and other impurities , strained or fitered (om It. B3le is the natural tive of the boires\pdjf the Liver becomes it Is not separa frfn the blood, but Car through de veins to all r of the ysteii, and in trying to.scap4t i the poresqf the skin, cauqes It to turn yell or a dirty tirr color. The'stoiach becottei discased atd Dy - pepsia, Indlio, ConstipAllon, Heache Bll. ousness, ja ; Chills, ralarial Fevers Vie Sick'ad Sour Stomach,and genertlidebitity .11. low.- MM1tXR.L.' HZIATN:11, the great vegetable discovery for torpidity, causes the Liver to throw off from one to two ounces of bile each time. the blood passes through It, as lon As thie-L' a'ek. cess of bile and the effect oT evena few doses upon yelloir complexion or a brown dirty looking skin, wall astonish all who try it-they being the first symptoms to disappear. Trhe cure of all bill. ous diseasV and Liver complaint is made certain by taking IatrATIKN in accordance with dii-etloas. Headache is generally cured in twenty minuids, and no disease that arises from the Liver can exist *If a fair trial Is imn SOL rAilS I'SUbSTITUTE FOR IPILLS BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price 25Cents and $1.00 ILUNGS The fatality of Consumption or Thitat and Lung Diseases which sweep to the grave at least one-third of all death's victims, arises froni the Opium or Morphine treatment, which simply stu pefies as the work of death goes on. $io,ooo will be paid ifOpium or Morphine, or any pejaration of Opium, Morphine or Prussic Acid, can be found in the GLoBS FLOWnt Couo Svitur, which has cured peoplo who are livisig to-day with but one remaining lung. No greater wrong can be done than to say that Consumption is incurable. The GLoaM FLOW1t Couot Swatt,r will cure it when all other means have failcd. Also, Cold%, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, and all diseases of the throat and lungs. Read the tetimonials of.the Hosn. - Alexander H. Stephens Gov. Smith and Ex-Gov. Brown of Ga., ion. 6eo. Peabody, as well as those of other remarkable cures in our book-free to all at the drug stores-and be convinced that if M you wish to be cured you can be by taking the .GLoOM FLOwER COUGH StUr. - Take no Troches or Losenges for Sore Throat. ,when you can get OnaS F.owan Staur at same prios. For sale by all Droggista I Price 25 Cents ad $1.00 IBLOOD GrAve mistakes are made in the treatment of all diseases thia arise from olson in the blood. Not y4one case of Scrofula. Syphilis, White Swelling Ulcerous Sores and a ln Disease, in a thousand, is treated withou,t the use of Mercury in some form. Mercury rots the baies, and the diseases it pro dices are worse ti.an any other kind of blood or skin disase c.1n L- 0 .6 l'1stnvroN'sSTE.L.t-# aA or Q.:n.'s I -.i(-jvr ;s thme only tedicin-3 IT onwii a hope o: recover from Scraftiai S Silis and Mercurial disar.cs n all stages, can l tL.1rL.k%cjn:at1ly found:d, and that will cure Cancer. r, wil be p..id by the propti.tors if Mercury, er any ingrtient ot Itpurely vegetable and harr. Ile u en lic found in it. P'ric: by all Dru Istssgt,oo. G2.OnK .w OW111C tl SVa and MKNaus..'s lit;wATInK rost vin Ljva for sale by all Drug. gists in 25 cent and $t.oa bottles. A. F. UERRELL & O., lPrprietorn, I PHILADELPHIA. PA. OUR HOUSE ! STILL AHEAD 1 THEF, summer having come and gone, I an now prepared t'furnish in the place of coolinig bverages, all kinds of winter drinks, such as rom and Jerry, Hot 8cotch, Egg Flip, &o. ALSO, Wines, Liquors, Lager Beer, Sweet Cider and Cigars. The best in town. EGGS! EGGS! EGGS! EGGS! 5.000 Dozen Eggs just, received for the Christ nans Hlolidays. C:tll antd you can got all the Eggs you want. RESTAURANT. Meals can be had all hours at my res tauranst. Fresht Oysters, F?ish and Sau sauge always on hand. --GIVE ME A CALL. dec 19 JNO. D. McOARLEY. EXCHANGE ! COME TO-DAY, COME EVERY DAY, And'aExchange YOUR CASH for DRY GOODS, CLOTHING AND HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES. GROCERIES. Coffee at from 15 ots. to 20 ots. per pound. Sugar at 12 pounds for $1.00. Parched Rio Coffee, Ground Coffee, Brown Sugar, Extra (1, Granu-. lated Sugar, Pulverized Su,~ gar, Candy, Crackers, Cheese, Macaroni, Raisins, &o. GOOD GOODS AT LOW PRIQ1Es* Remember those sublstantial Boots and Shoes, the "Bay Stat." stan.. . dard screwed and .wire sowed -If you detest a burin am by the Vestal Oil. If you like a br i. liant light buy' the Veptal 0Oi1. dec 24- 1. ,fg r