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The Oivui^vhnrg Times. ieSUKD I V: i.v f vi VKDA V MOKNINO. Tmib <>(' Buhiicrijiliuh. One Copy our War.$2 00 11 "' iSVj Mou'lix. 1 00 Hut es (?| Advertising. One $mmn t. ?' fn ? ?.$1 50 Juten >i.').?(. . nt " . t t>0 Notices inserted in /.>?<??/ Oulttnin at 20c ?:.*/? Line. -d/' Subscriptions on ' Transient Advertise' meats to be paid fo* in Idrance. Rffr- No 7ic? ?'<?'. i ? ? S d i, riptiav or Adrrr tiscincntx t n: Valid unit Signed by liuxtness ifaiwacr. jffc-.-" We nr.- 5n no way icsponsiblc lor the views or opinions <?:' our Correspond ents. _SATURDAY. MARCH IG, Registcaiii/:;. Nothing in the w hole r:uv_r. of Rail ieal politics aided thai patty in its wholesale plunder of State and coun ty more than the willful refui i! I ) enact a law to cany out, this plain and emphatic provision of tho consti tution. Had such a law been in for ? tho repeating practiced so successful ly in Charleston, Ornngehurg and nlscwherein our lower counties, could have been effectually prevented, nod the results of hist eleeti >o would have been realized years ago. Upon this bold and corrupt system of voting they could carry any county by any majority they deemed neces sary. 1 he repealing was always in proportion to theprobabhi u tmherof colored voles the whites Were ejiabl id to secure en the Democratic side, and the returning hoard had only to count out a sufficient number of votes to hoop the Kadieal majority at its usual standard, alleging, in justi fication of such conduct, thai I hey were imported from Georgia or else ?where. This was readily believed hy the Northern mind which naturally suspicious of the motive- of Southern conduct, was loath to 1? slievc fraud or trickery prompted the Republican party in its refusal to enact a liegis tiation law. "With the political machinery in t he hands of such corrupt men as the leaders of the Republican party at the South have proved to bo, elect ions have been the mere-', farces?rod icu lous burlesques upon an h most mode of obtaining an expressio i ot the people's will. An election was but the renewal of a license f ir the per petration of every kind of fraud tho vicious lust ot' corrupt minds could devise; nor would matters have changed if the honest citizens, both that such shameless procedure should cease. It may be asserted that there is no need of a Registration now bcjuujo the Democratic parly has tho same political machinery in its control; but it must be remembered that our tenure of office is hy no means certain longer than next F.ill, and it' we wish to perpetuate it, we must prevent the possibility of a union of the frag ments of the into Uadical party, which can bo done by the old trick of inflaming the pa .-ion- and appealing to the prejudices of i!.c colored peo ple. We were gratified, therefore, to notice the introduction ot' a i! ;gis trntion bill by Senator Cochran and that it passed its first reading on Friday last. Whether this hill be came a law or not, it is tho duly of the Local Democratic Clubs, accord ing to instructions from the Stale Democratic Executive Committee, to have the name of every voter regis tered within the limits of their seve ral precincts. If no vote he oust next ball but an houc?t vote, then the victory of the Democratic party ic assured. The Public Debt Compromise. The General Assembly have at hist reached a settlement of the S ate debt in tho shape of a eomproiiiMO, conceded on ail -ides to be fair and honorable to both parlies, We are by no moans partial to compromise and this one, said to be tho only ground between the extremes upon which the bond and anti-bond men could stand without a sacrifice of principle, presents at this wi iling no feature that might make it an excep tion. The good of tin; Siate seemed to have been the object of every man who engaged in the discussion,and tho difference between them was the. mode by which that good should ho attained. One side, with all the <truestness possible, contended that the adjustment of th ? b md d do it of 'he S? should 1)0 made according ! '. i lit i . i >? the !.! i> 1 Co in in is - , sion; whitest the other, with equal ' honesty of purpose, advocated the settlement provided for by the con solidation act. It must bo confessed that the dis cussion was long and, at times, with manifestations of much feeling Each day clearly indicated that tho lines of conviction between the sides were be ing sharply drawn, and tlirst a settle ment could not be readied without endangering the unity of the Demo cratic party. The leaders of both sides, seeing the danger and under standing the necessity ofan iiumad iare adjustment, set about it as dili gently as possible. These efforts re sulted in a compromise measure,which many sincerely bo icve maintains the honor of the contending pai tics,and, al the same lime, saves tho credit o f (he State together with the unity of the I)i nmeiatic party. As wo understand the measure it adopts the settlement provided for in the consolidation act, so far as the valid bonds arc concerned; ami it re fers all bonds, against which there is any suspicious of fraud, to a special court. Leaving these bonds, there fore, to the future action of the com is. the debt of the Slate will stand as follows: Bonds already consoli dated and good, amount to $1,577, ?'!? dollar.*; unfunded bonds and coupons, amounting to $2,716,960 dollars to he funded at the rate of 50 (cuts on the dollar, will yield a good debl of $1,358,480 dollars more; bills of the Bank of the Stale, $1,000, ? 000 dollars, will yield at the same rate $500,000 dollars; floating in debtedness, a?out $1,046,926 dollars, will yield at the same rate ?523,-108 dollars; the whole making a,total aggregate bonded debt of $3,959,783 dollats. Oil this amount is due in j 'ere-t for two and a half years, which .? i.i.i...i .i ~.:n .i .J.i in'...-i DO ii'inui ?hu will piouituiy swell the grand total to $5.000,000 dollars. The suspicion.: bonds, which have been referred to the special court, amount to about 83,000,000 dollars. >~'uch part of this amount as may be adjudged valid by the courts will be added to the total debt, j With due deference to the law 1 makers of our state, we still think the consolidation act olferod the must honorable, economical, equita ble and speedy settlement of the bonded debt of our state, because it was just, in that it placed every creditor upon tho same footing; be cause the Democratic party pledged itself, during the last campaign to dorsed by the Wallace House in our time of trouble; aud because the credit of the state, like that of indi viduals, should be maintained at every hazard. We object to the compromise, be cause, to us, it seems to violate the law regulating contracts; because it is unjust, making discrimination in favor of one class of bond holders and against another class; because it is expensive, opening the way to endless litigations, feeding lawyers and supporting officers at the expense of the citizens Of the state; ami be cause it is useless, saving not a dol lar more to the state than tue con solidation act would have done. Congress. Since the excitement caused by the heated discussion of the Silver ques tion, the Senators and Bepresen a Lives in Congress have been resting illicitly and enjoying their ease. Only now ami again a ripple in the shape of the subject of counting the Elec toral vote, or the Paris Exposition, or Southern Pacific Railroad would disturb tho evenness of Washington life; but on Wednesday last quite a tempest in a teapot arose over so simple a thing as the payment of Po-t Master's claims by the Confederacy during the late war. Mr. Hegau, of Texas, asserted in a speech that the South had not paid the claims of Mail contractors and they were en titled to pay from the government now. Mr. t'onger, of Michigan and Wil letts produced documents to provo that these contracts had been met and chaJged Southern senators with a knowledge of the fact, whereupon an e xciting and most disgiaceful scene ensued between these gentlemen and Mr. Douglass, of Virginia. Tho Chairman rapped repeatedly with his gavel, and it was only through the earnest efforts of the Sergcant-iU arms ami special mem hers that the shameless farce was ended. Must the past be never forgotten ami the em bers of former strifes he stirred continually. ' Legislature. Tho members of our General As sembly after so longa time finished tho bond questiou and they are now engaged in picking the bones. How long this agreeable work will last is hard to tell, in the light of our recent experience. It is high tinm this body would concludo to adjourn; the Sess ion has been prolonged to an unusual and expensive length. Europe. Kurnpe is still turbulent notwith standing the peace arrangement made between Turkey and Russia. Nf w complications between tho lat ter government and England have arisen causing ?considerable commo tion in political circles. An uneasy tremor is noticablo in tho pulsoof BSurope indicative of an uncertain future, and therefore, war prepara tions are continued every where. Let us look on and await the issues of the near future. Wo see by the proceedings of the Legislature oil Tuesday last that, Hon. Sam'] Dibble offore 1 a protest against,the passage of the co n promis e measure taking the ground; 1, that it was against law; 2, that it was against justice; 3, th it it was against the honor of the State; 4, that it was against good policy; an 1 5, that it was "inconsistent with i due regard to the faith ami credit, of the State." This protest was signed by S. Dibble, .John F. Picken, Jno. C. Has kell and L. E. Parier. These points arc well made, and, if we mistake not, the fu ture will vindicate their wislom. [communicated.] The New A. M. E. Church. The colored people of this town Os sein! h d in the Court House on Wed nesday, 14th hist., and listened to nn able address by the Iti v. Bishop .lohn M. Brown, of Washington City, D. C. The icxt was taken from the-1? chapter of the book of the Prophet Nehemiah. The Bishop showed with what faith and perse verance the new walls of Babylon were rebuilt amidst the machinations of the enemies of the work ami said such was the purpose of those en (?aged in building the African A. M. Church. He called upon the colored people to be up and doing fur them selves, and asked the wiiite people to J fct them atone, in the sense of aiding^ the?? ????Uv.UA *X\t\nauiWrup*ucrt obstructing them. lie said he bad no quarrel with the white man, nor. with the different denominations of church, but regarded he had an equal right with others in this world to do the work of the Saviour. Hs was particularly emphitic upon the ne cesity of a good feeling existing among the races. All persons present went n^ay well pleased with the address. At the close of the services the congregation went to the foot of the corner of Market and Cedar -treet, where the Bishop laid the corner stone of the new A. M. ?-. Church, to be presided, over by the Bev L. S. Prioleau late pastor of the A M K church atLewisville. The colored people are gratefully I thankful to Messrs. J. H. Hamilton, Insurance Agent, and George lioli ver, Clerk of the Court for favors. There were present assisting the Bishop, Prof. T. McCants Stewart, Dr. A C Hamilton, Bev L S Prioleau. Hazel and Lanks of the A M E Church and I ev. Mr. Middleton, ol the M E Chinch, and Mr Johnsou, Congregationalist. B. A.S. Justice at Last A dispatch to John T. Sloan, Esq., received yesterday from Washington City, conveyed the gratifying intelli gence that the Southern veterans of | 1812 and also tnose ?of subsequent Indian wars, are to be restored to the United States pension rolls. This matter is one of vital importance to many men and women in South Caro lina and the winde South. The act of Congress just passed says that not only the names of tho surviving veterans shall be restored, but that the widovs of the dead patriots shall he allowed to draw the pensions of their patriot hush amis, regardless of any marriage contract formed sinco their death. It will be re membercd that since the war thoso men, who gave lustre to America's armies in the early life of the republic, were cut off from tho pension roll after the war between the States was inaugu - rated, on the ground that the soldiers pf the war of 1812 hud boon disoloyal to "the greatest government the world over saw." Tho aev of Congress pass ed recently removes this unjust ob | siruction to justice. - - ?UJ ? - ? - Legislature Proceedings. Columbia, March 9.?A Bill to repeal so much of Section 12, Chap ter CXXIX, Title 1, Part IV, of the Revised Statutes of South Carolina as is applicable to stealing from the field any grain or cotton not yet removed from the frei hold. To establish uniformity A'tho ses sions of Circuit Courts. To appoint a commissioner to re present the Stale in the Columbia canal. To pay certain claims for improve ments on .State House grounds. To amend the charter of Erskinc College in Abbeville county. To incorporate the Street Railway company of Walhalla. I To amend ihe joint resolution to appoint a trustee under the will of the late i)? La Howe. I To authorize the county Auditor of i Georgetown county to levy a special tax to pay the past indebtedness of said county. To amend the General Statutes in relation to attorn ys nod solicitors. To incorporate the Savannah Val ley Railroad company. Columbia, March 12.?Joint reso lution requiring county Treasure is to pay out money in their bands for ehool expenses. Colum ma, Alarch 13.?The bill to make appropriations for the payment of the per diem and mileage of the ' members, and for the payment of in terest on the public debt, was also read a third lime ami sent to tho Seil? ato with amendments. 'I he amounts mentioned in the Journal of Com merce dispatches yesterday for pay ment of interest on the public debt were appropriated, and additional amendments were adopted appropri ating 80,000 to pay the expend s of the Special Court on the bond ques tion, and $15,000 lor the pay of the commission to codify the laws. Colu. in a, .March 1-1.?The tax for Stale purposes, including the two mill school tax, is seven mills. To this I have added the theeo mill tax for county purposes, and the special taxes ordered iu a number of c unities to pay pii.-t indebtedness. The tax lor Orangehurg county under the bill j passed today will be 11 mills. It j must be borne iu mind, however, that | kfc" i'iTv-*iiion to The ft "dVes given below j I an amendment was adopted authoriz ing the levy of a mill tax in euch school district in tctlich there is n jhtst due imfr htediivsn on schotd vfititns The following received their third rend in"; : Rill for the bttfer protection of sheep raising in this State. The Governor has approved the following acts: An act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish uniformity in the sessions of the circuit courts,1' approved June 9th, 1877. I An act to establish certain public roads in the counties of Orangeburg and Barnwell, a d provide for the working of the lame. An act concerning the indebted ness of the school districts of the county of Orangehurg. An act to amend the law respecting the punishment for crime. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to limit tho charge for ad vertising notices," approved Decem ber 22, 1875. Joint resolution authorizing the county treasurers in this State to pay out on the order of the county school c< mmissioners of their respective counties I he unexpended balances in their bauds to the credit of the schoo 1 fund. An net to amend an net entitled "An act to reduce all acts and parts of acts in relation to County Com missi ncrs, their powers and duties, into one act, and to amend the same.' Joint resolution to authrrize the di&Lursemont of one half mill tax levied for the fiscal year 1876'77 for payment of the past indebtedness of Orangehurg County. An net to provide for the payment of tho past indebtedness of tho Coun ty of Orangehurg. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to empower the judges of tho Probate Court in their respective counties to issue executions," ap proved January 31, 1872. Josh Billings' Almanac says "About this time look out for cold \.either." And it should have ad ded :?Keep Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup iu readiness. Rooms of tho Democratic Executive Committee. Ohanokhuho County, February 22, 1878. Circular Aro. 1. 1. In pursuance of instructions from the State Democratic Executive Committee, herewith transmitted, local Democratic Clubs of the last compaigu with their affiliated colored Clubs, will meet on the lu'th day of March, A. D., 1878, and proceed to reorganize, by electing Officers and Committees to servo f>r the next two years. 2. A County Convention of the Democratic Tarty of Orangeburg County is hereby called by a resolu tion of the County Democratic Exe cutive Committee of the Party to meet nt Uraugeburg C. II., South Carolina, on Saturday, the 23rd day of March, A. D , 1878, at 12 o'clock, M., for the purpose of electing a County Chairman, and an Executive Committee, and other officers, to serve for the next two years, as well as to take such other action as may be deemed proper for tho good of the Party. 3. Representation in this Conven tion will be one Delegate for each club, and one additional delegate tor every twenty-live (2">) enrolled mem bers. Fractions over twenty-live will not be entitled to representation 4. The nominali tu of p.iny c.i i li dates will take plaoe later iu the campaign. 5. As soon as each club is reorgani zed the President w ill forward to Mr. F. A Schifllev, Secretary of the e unity Democratic Executive Committee, at Uraugeburg, S. C, n list of all officers and committees, with their Post Dllice address, and the number of members enrolled, lie will also supervise and imWaFu u aiiiiiiiti it-|miL im u iih um l ated colored club. 0. Every effort should be made to have as large a '.urn out of the mem bers of the several ami respective clubs, on the day fixed for reorganiza tion as possible, and to have every Democratic voter in the precinct not heretofore enrolled, a member-of the precinct club before ''ml day. 7. All clubs that have been organi zed since the last campaig i, or which may be organized before t ie KJlh day of March, A.D., 1878, will report t he fact with names of officers, post office adress, and membership, promptly to the Secretary of the county Democra tic Executive committee at Orange U?C' ' JAMFS F. IZLAR, Chairman (Democratic Ex. Coin. F. A. SCHIFFLEY, Secretary. Tcrrinic Tornado. New Voiik, March 10.?A special from Atlanta. Ga., says : 'The city of Atlanta experienced to-day the severest windstorm or rainless torna do ever known here. The storm burst suddenly about 11 o'clock A. [ M., and when all the churches werti j filled with worship;>er-<, and lasted, I without rain but with steady and I tremendous force, for two hours, Tho J Episcopal Church, like others, was filled at the hour for the commence ment of divine service, and no thought of daugcr was entertained by the con giLgaiioii; but during the early part of the service, the wind suddenly rose i and shook the whole building to its foundation. The officiating minister realized at onec that a tornado had struck the building, and knowing it was merely a question of minutes to secure the safety of the people, ho cried out to them to throw themselves undev the seats. This advice the con crcgntion at once followed, and not a moment, too soon. With a few fear ful creaks and jars of its roof and walls, the whole building crumbled into a shapeless ruin, burying t he congregation under the debris. Luckily the shelter afforded by the seats protected the great mass of the Congregation, but eighteen were ser iously wounded by the falling Lim hers, ?one of these, however, have died. Several other churches iu At lanta have been seriously injured, their walls shaken and roots partly stripped. The City Hall was entirely unroofed and car sheds of tho railroad depot unsettled. There was great damage, an estimate of which cauno t yet be doterni'.ncd. N?TIGE; I will sell on Friday 29th day of March, in front of the Court House at 11 o'clock, the following property to wit' Three Mines. Ten Head Cuttle. Levied on as the property of Glen Oliver under lien and mortgage to Ueo. H. Cor* nelson. D. N. SMITH, Agt. april 10 2t, AUCTION! AUCTION !! Will lie SOLD at STO?E of CD. KOKTJOHN on SATURDAY March 23rd, DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, NOTIONS Ac. AIho 1,000 lbs of HAMS, 1,000 lbs of Smoked SIDES. mar 10 tf im AT MULLER'S OLD STAND! Where can be found a full supply of FRESH GROCERIES AND F'Hsttl: liquobs,' PURE MOUNTAIN DEW AND ROCK CANDY FOR WE A K LUNGS constantly on hand by JAS VAX TASSE!,, Ar?. mar 16 1$7S tf NOTICE ?. S. INTKKNAh"HEVKXUA SPECIAL TAXES. Under the Revised Statute* of the United States, Sections :t-?32, 3237, 323S, and 3li3fl every person engaged in any busillCft*, avo cation, or employ merit, which renders him liable to a special tax, is required to pro cure and place and keep conspicuously in Iii? establishment or place of busin om a Stamp, denoting tbc payment of snid spec ial lax lor tha special lax year beginning May I, 1S78. Sections'3241, Kcri*?vf designate* who are 51'ab'c to special tax. A return, as prescribed oh Form lj. is also required by law of every person liable to* special tax as above. Severe penalties arc prescribed for non-conipliuuco with thtr foregoii g requirements.or for continuing; u business after April 30, 1S73 without pa\ ment of tax. ?Application should be made to E" M. Brayion Collector of Iniernal Hercmic at Columbia S. C. a pi i I 10 4Ut RIFF'S SALES* By virtue of sundry executions to nie di rected I will sell pi Orangehurg 0. II. on lite first Monday in April nest during iher legal hours of sale, all the right, tili? and interest of tho defendant in ami io tbc fol lowing described real estate: All (but lot or parcel of land with tbn buildings thereon, situate, lying andoeinif in the town of Orangebarg on llroiighlun and Kussel Street* and bounded as folio****; on tin; North, for ?>?") feet by -aid Uus.el street, and for89 feet by lot now or latel*' of IL Higgs and for fit.} f>'<'t on Brfiughtoti Street, South by lot ofW.T. .Muller f??r about I'tA feet and west for J'JSlJ feet oit land of Joseph Hurley. Levied on as the 11ropertyof Mn. K. M. Jackson at the suit of If. S Kennokor, Agent. J. II. LIVINGSTON, april I? S. O. C Purifies tho Blood, Ronovales and Invigorates the Whole Systom. ITS vroir.iL rnorroTtr* An* Alterative, Ttntir, Solvent*-, and Diuretic. Yegollne j Yegetlno Ycseline Vcgctiuo' Yegetlno Yegetine Yegetlno, Yegetlno Yegetine Yegollne Yegetine Yegetine Yegetlno Yegetlno Yegetine Yegetine Vegotine Yegetine Yegetine Yegetlno Yegetine Yegetine Yegetine Yegetine Yegetine Yegetine Yegetine Vogctlne Yegetine Yegetine Yegetlno Yegetine Yegetine Yegetine RELIABLE EVIDENCE. "Wn. II. TT. S-rrrjnm :? Jl'ar .*:>.?! ?r'U mint ?fciwf?.Ry add mj ir--'.ii.-.-r.) In tt.e) erf. t omt L.r jou l:..,o lUtolf rev.t??d in fax vnr o' j?vir i^reil ?n-l r?r-l me-rlMae. VK.IKTIXR.tar I do not think eqaMar* re.n Imi ??ail la 111 pr?le?>J Mr 1 tr>> ililnrl nwr thirty ye.ra \;>t'-i .!:.?; !' il il.ri'iip I alarrh. anil e;\rb ha?l coothim-apjlai thMt would ewe-n ae thonsh I e^rrr I Lru -l.i ?nj tnnro. 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