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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY ?T. J. A. MOOD. M. D. ) ?>. ]>. ANDERSON, i ^I10RS ? Tampa (Fia.) man bas corn in full silk and tassel. Thc Trustees of the University wit! meet in Columbia on tuc Stu. Mr. T. J. Phillips is President Ar? thur's Private Secretary. Since January 1, 1SS2, 13,000 im? migrants from Europe have landed at New York. A project looking to the establish? ment of an ice factory has been started in the town of Chester. Lernens, taken freely, is said to bo the best care for small pox ever dis? covered. The increase of Mrs. Lincoln's pen? sion is to be followed by resolutions conferring the same boon upon Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Tyler and Mrs. Garfield.. A nephew of the poet Burns-an old man-of-war's man named Gilbert H. Begg, 80 years of age-is now living in a charitable institution in Glasgow. Florida strawberries are selling in New York at four to five dollars a quart, and egg-plants at forty to fifty cents each. The remains of Thomas L. Brayton the revenue officer who was murdered by McDow, have been disintercd at Greenville and shipped to his relatives " in Fall -River, Mass. One E. Z. Wcathersby, of Cincin? nati, offers ?5,000 for Guitcau's body after he has been hanged. If such a sale were effected then tho dead assassin would be worth more than the liviug braggart. Mr. Andrew Burckhalter, a well known citizen of Aiken, informed the Recorder, that ho had made during the past year from two acres of garden truck and two acres of melons ?600 in cool cash. Major General Prince, Rivers, form? erly commander of the Militia of South Carolina with headquarters at Ham? burg, under the Moses regime, is now night watchman at the Highland Park Hotel, in Aiken. He captured a burg? lar the other night and put him in jail. Pr. Carver, the great -shootist,' has issued a sort of uuiversal challenge. He will shoot against any comer for ?1,000 a side and give him two yards, 100 pigeons to be the number and the chal? lenge open forsix weeks. He challenges by name several crack-shots besides. The Republicans of Richland Coun? ty are said to have held a secret con? ference in Columbia last week. Their place of meeting is not know and their proceedings are among the mysteries which are past finding out. Raiford, the negro leader who lately emigrated from the Ridge, Edgefield County, to?Arkansas, has, within the last week, written back to his people the'colored people of the Ridge-telling them that things out there were by no means so lovely as had been reported to them, and saying to them emphatically : .Stay where you are.* The Hon. Edmund Burke died at his . residence in Newport, R. L, Thursday, aged 73 years. He could trace his genealogy back to the eighth century. The name was originally De Burgh, and was afterward spelled Bourck, Bourke, and finally Burke, and it was a name of much note in the Old World. In the fifteen years since the war the South has raised 10.000.000 bales more cotton than she did during the last fif? teen years of slavery. This addition was worth about ?600,000,000-almost enough to compensate them for the loss of their slaves. Miss Mary Anderson bas just finish? ed a four weeks engagement at Booth's Theatre, New York, that was very re? munerative and successful. The desire to hear her is so great that she has gone to the Grand Opera House for a two weeks engagement. The papers criti? cise unfavorably the handsome aud gifted Miss Mary, but she attracts won? derfully all the same. It is said that Blanche Douglass, af? ter prevaricating, has told all she knows of thc Jennie Cramer murder. We do not find anything new in her statement except to confirm what was known, that James Malley, Jr., forced Jennie up to his room, carrying her in his arms. &c. She further tells how she and the Mal leys fixed up thc lie that they were to tell. Judge Brown, in the U. S. District Court of New York, made a decision to the effect that colored people cannot sue for damages, nude, the Fifteenth Amendment, unless they can prove citizenship. A negro of foreign birth named Lewis sued Hitchcock & C?> . restaurant keepers, for ?500 damages for refusing him refreshments. Thc act was for citizens, not aliens, says the Judge. The House Committee in Congress has decided in favor of an apportion? ment on the basis of o 20 members, or one member to every 154,285 inhabi? tants. This ratio will give South Car? olina one additional representative. The Bill provides that where the Legis? lature has made no provision ibr it. the election of the additional members shall be by the State at large, and where the number is less than the pre? sent apportionment, the entire number shall be elected at large. A bill has been introduced in the Senate to reorganize the Federal Judi? cial system It creates many new dis? tricts, and consequently, many nev; Judges. It t;lso proposes to make the U. S. Supreme Court consist of twenty one members. The present number is nine. Some legislators seem to think the more the merrier; Some brains are eternally active and thc direction of their mental energies is-how can we spend more of the people's money. If reconstruction is necessary it ought to be done cautiously, and with constant reference to a conservative spirit cou? pled with wise economy. There is a new witness in tho Jen? nie Cramer case who, if not discredited, must prove very important. It is Asa Curtiss, *he fisherman who took the body cf the ill-starred girl frum the water at West Haven shore. Ile say3 no one saw her, as some of the witnesses testified, on August 5th, at Savin Park Grove, but it was the day previous she was there. Ho says eu Friday she was dead in the Malley: bath? house, and on that night her body w;is given to the waves. She floated ashore where he found it. Here is tho most important part of to what ho testifies: 'Thursday evening at S'oclock I was in front of thc Beach House, and saw Dr. Barry place a young lady ou the ground under a tree. Thc young girl was Jennie, and with her Blanche Douglass, and another young woman, tall an slim, whom I should know if I should ever see her again. James Malley stood off at one side. Two (Jor? man girls, who were stopping at the Beach House, came out and gave Jen? nie water. After she had been lifted into a beachwagao, I heard one of thc German girls say : 'Jennie, do you want, any more water ?' James was on tiie front seat and drove. The three young women were on thc back scat ; Jennie in the middle, supported by the others. They drove toward the Sea View House and Went up Grove street. While in that street Jennie gave one shriek. There are those who heard her From there they might have driven into the city without returning by the hotels. I don't say, but I think, they took her to the Foote Building, on Chapel street. Some time during thc night they must have brought her dead body back to the shore and hid her in j the bath house. The body lay there ail ' day. Walters's drive Friday night with Blanche to Branford was a blind ; I ? they registered at thc Branford Point Hotel for effect ; they never registered j anywhere else. They had Ed Malley *s j fast horse and might have driven back j in au hour. They left the hotel at 9 j o'clock precisely, and Walter had plenty j : cf time to get down to the shore and j : help James place the body in the water j i and yet be home at - o'clock in the ; ! morning.' ; ~ THE TAX LEVY." j i -o The Columbia Correspondent Of the j Sews and Courier ?rives the rate of i ' .;. _ j j taxes Jo each County-total State, : County and special-as provided for in j j the Supply Bill which has passed the j House. In Sumter the rate will be 9J-, i which is next to the lowest, Lexington . : being 9 mills. Chester and Lancaster I I are the highest, 14-f mills. In twenty- j ; two Couuties the rate is 10 and over, ! j and of these eleven range over 12 ? i mills. ! THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ! We published last week, an appeal : : from 'Patron,' urging thc necessity on ; ? the part of those sendiug to the White ; ! Graded School-which by reason of ex- i j haustion of funds, will soon be closed as ; : a public institution-to come forward j : and make the nccccssary arrangement j ! with the teachers for the continuance of I ' i ? the same. This week 'Another Patrou' steps to the front, endorsing this timely ; ; appeal, and also, adds a few words of ! I merited praise relative, to Prof. Dur- j : ham's ability, and efficiency as a teach- i ; er and his power of impressing the j ! scholars "as to their moral conduct, etc., ; j Wc cannot bring to bear too strongly j I the imporatancc of all the patrons re- ; ! sponding immediately to these appeals, | j and to leave no stone unturned until the j required guarantee is given to insure j j the continuance of this school. This is j ] an important matter, and should be j ! dealt with promptly and with a busiuess ? determination to sustain that upon . ! which, the material prosperity of the ' j rising generation greatly depends. A Kacy Letter. j We have been in correspondence with ; a friend at Washington. In our last I letter, we sect him a Latin iuscription i on a book-label for franslat?on, aud also \ asked him to give us the English for j 'Spcctemnr agenda,' the motto on the I Benefit Certificates given out by the I Knights of Honor. We append his re ! ply as a rare specimen of epistolary i humor. His remarks on the Guiteau ; trial arc worthy of atteutiou inasmuch j as he had opportunity to see and hear j for himself. The letter is as follows: Your letter was duly received-also ! the book-mark, though I didn't want to ?say anything about it uutil I found my pony to Juvenal, which at present I j cannot lay my hands on. If I were j goiug to give a translation off-hand. ? i would say that it is this-but. no, FM \ organize another expedition to 'go in i search of that pony before I translate it. ! You would feel badly anyway if I did translate it, wouldu't you Y lt is against : ?iv principles to make anybody feel j badly. You also ask my views on Spcctemnr '? ?u? ado. I dun't suppose you wish those j views in extenso, but 'sorter' boiled ! down as it wore, so to speak, quasi, ? kimi o' like, in a manner, tant/'taiu. thus to put it, ut si. Boiled down then, : shall they be. I think, that is to say, ? suspect, in other words I presume, i. e. ? [ should riot be surprised, or I may say ? I rather incline to the opinion that 'By j our wot ks may we be kuowu (seen) of ; men' would be about the size of Specie ! m ur agenda or, as you put it 'Let us be tried by our work.' For my part I should prefer the usc of an ablative noun to that gerundive, if I were going to put up that sentence, though Ih gnstibtts non a tsp uta/td ant. The verdict that was returned by the jurors to whom was committed the law and evidence in the Guiteau trial, has outraged my feelings, more than any? thing that ever happened not of a per? sonal con ern to mc. If ? was ou a jury before which these jurors were ar? raigned for the cannier of Chas. I. Gui? teau, I'd stay in the jury room until dooms-day before I'd consent to vote an acquittal uf the miserable cowardly wretches. That verdict of 'Guilty as indicted' consulates in the .ye of Heav? en, just as clear a case of murder as was ever committed by thc midnight assassin who munbrcd for gold. The assassin takes a human lite for a scl;:'>h consideration-and it is money. These jurors took a human life for a selii>h consideration-it was popular applause and popular approval. Tue assassin gets his mono}', but he risks his own neck to do it. These scoundrels get their consideration - wiiieh is popular approbation in the shape of letters, tele? grams and editorials of praises and con? gratulation, but they run no risk of their necks to doit.. Everybody is en? titled to take his eli nice-1 make mine and tho execrated midnight assassin is that choice He is the better man. This thing about breaks into smitiicrc ns my respect for thc jury system, th'-ugh there is none oilier even so good as it is. Yours very truly, A C. W. Guiteau's Death Sentence. -o WASHINGTON, February 4.-After motion for a ucw trial bud been o^ ruled, Guiteau who had been permit to resume his seat at the counsel ta' called out. 'If your Honor please, I sire to ask if there is any motion tb; ought to make to receive my rights. Scoville tried to prevent his speaki but he retorted : -Well I don't want ; advantage taken of me. I want know how much time I shall have prepare my appeal to the Court-io-bai 'Scoville: Please keep quiet; haven't reached that yet.' Guiteau (with much excitement): won't keep quiet. I'm here and 1 r, pose to do my own talking.' Judge Cox then infirmed Scoville the rules of practice applicable to filing of bis exceptions, and after 1 matter had been arranged Colonel Co hill resumed his motion, saying: 'It now my duty to ask for the seutence the Court. Judge Cox (to thc prisoner) : Ste up. Have you anything to say w sentence should not now be passed uj you V Guiteau (still sitting): "I ask ye Honor to postpone sentence as long possible.' Judge Cox: 'Stajid up. Have 3 anything to say why sentence sboi not now be pronounced upon you ?' The prisoner then arose, pale 1 with lips compressed, aud desper determination stamped upon his f turcs. In a luv and deliberate touc began, but soon his manner became w and violent, and pounding upon I table, he delivered himself of the f lowing harangue : 'I am not guilty the charge set forth in the iudictme It was God's act not mine, and God v take care of it. aud don't let the Am ?can people forget it. He will U care of it, and every officer of this g( ern mont from the Executive down that marshal taking in every man that jury and every member of tl bench will pay for it, and the Americ nation will roll in blood if my bo goes into thc ground and I am hut The Jews put the despised Gallileau i to the grave. For a time they triump ed, but at the destruction of Jerui lcm forty years afterwards thc 2 mighty got even with them. lam t afraid of death. I am here as Goc man. Kill me to-mmorrow if you wat I am God's mau and I have been frc the start.' Judge Cox then proceeded to pass sc tencc, addressing the prisoner as f< lows: "You have been convicted of crime so terrible in its circumstanc and so far-reacbiug that it has driv upon you the horror of the whole wot and the execrations of your countrymc The excitement produced by such ? offense made it no easy task to secu for you a fair and impartial trial, b you have had the power of the Unit* States Treasury and the government your service to protect your person fro all parts of the country. You have h; as fair and impartial a jury as ever a sembled in a Court of Justice. Y( have been defended by counsel with zeal aud devotion thai merits the higl est encomium, and I certainly have dot my best to secure a fair presentation your defense. Notwithstanding all th you iiave been found guilty. It woul have been a comfort to many people thc verdict of the jury had establish the fact that your act was that of an i responsible man ; it would have le people the satisfying belief that tl crime of political assassination w; something entirely foreign to the inst ; tutioo and civilization of our countn ; But thc result has denied them tin ; comfort. The country will accept it 1 ' a fact that the crime can be committee ! and the Court will have to deal with I with the highest penalty known to th j criminal code, to serve as an cxampl ' to others. Your career has been socs i traordinary that people might well 1 j times have doubted your sanity. Bi i oue cannot but believe that when th j crime was committed you thoroughl ; understood the nature of thc crime an . its consequences, [Guiteau: kI wa I acting as God's mau] and that you ha I moral sense and conscience enough t I recognize thc moral iuequity of such a [act, [Thc prisooer: 'That's a matte I of opinion.'J Your own testimony show j that you recoiled with horror from th : idea. You say you prayed agains j it ; you say that you thought it migh ibo prevented. This shows that you j conscience warned you against it; bu : by the wretched sophistry of your owi ' mind you worked yourself up agains j the protest of your own- conscience ! What motive could have induced yoi [ to this act must be a matter of conjee , turc. Probably men will think tba i some political fanaticism or morbid dc : sire fur self exaltation was the real in? spiration for the act. Your own tcsti , mouy seems to controvert the theories0: j your couusel. They have maintained, and thought honestly, I believe, thal ? you were driven against your will bv : an insane impulse to coaimit thc act, but ymir testimony showed that you deliberately resolved to do it and that a ! deliberate and misguided will was thc j sole impulse. This may seem insu?i ' ty to some persons ; but the law looks upon it as a willful crime. You will ' have due opportunity of having an)' errors I may have committed during thc : course of trial passed upon by the Court-iu-banc ; but meanwhile it is : necessary for mc to pronounce the scn : tencc of thc law : That you bc taken ' beti ce to the common jail of thc Dis \ trier, from whence you came, and there be kept in con fi oem cut, and on Friday, the 30th day of June, 1-SS'Jyou be taken to thc place of execution within the walls ofsaidjuil and there between the . hours of VI and 2 P. }?]., you bc haug ; ed by the neck until you are dead ; and may the Lord have mercy on your soul.' Puring the reading Guiteau stood apparently unmoved and with his gaze riveted upon the .J udgc ; but when thc final words were spoken he struck the table vi;dr-::!-!y and shouted : 'And may \ the '.?'?rd have mercy on your soul. I'd rather stand where I do than where that jury does and where your Honor does, i'm not afraid to die. I stand here as God's ?ian and God Almighty will curse every man who has had a part in procuring this unrighteous ver i diet. Nothing but good has come fm in Garfield's removal and that will be the verdict of posterity on my inspiration. I don't o:-": a snap for thc verdict of [ this corruj-; generation. ? would rath ' er a thousand titees be in my position ! than that. < .' those who have hounded ; me to deal']. ? .-hall have a glorious ! flight to glory-, hut that misera bl" scouu ! drei Cork hill will have a permanent, job j down below, where thc devil is prepa ? j ?ag for him.' 1 After apparently talking himself out ; the prisoner turned to his brother, and, without the slightest trace of excite? ment, conversed for some miuutes be? fore being taken from the court room. Thc supreme court of the District of Columbia, to which thc case of Guiteau will bc appealed, is composed of David Iv. Carter, chief justice, and Andrew Wylie, Authur McArthur, Alex. B. ??agner, Walter S. Cox and Charles P. ?Tames, justices. The period at which the assassin will be hung must depend on the length of the term to which the appeal is taken, as it is understood thc law defers the execution to a period within thirty days after the adjournment cf such term. This will probably be some time next summer. THE LEGISLATURE. THURSDAY, February 2.-The Sen? ate met at ll A. M., President Ken? nedy in thc chair. A letter was received fi om Mr. I. D. Witherspoon stating that he was about to enter upon the office of Judge of the* Seventh Circuit and con sequently he must tender his resig? nation as President pro tempore of the Senate and as a member ofthat body. Mr. Smythe offered a resolution ex? pressing the thanks of the Senate to Mr. Witherspoon for his uniform fair and courteous demeanor as presiding officer and regretting that the body was to be deprived of his valuable set-vices. The resolution was adopt? ed unanimously. The calendar was then called and several hours were devoted to the disposition of thc third reading bills and resolutions. The following weic passed and or? dered to be enrolled for ratification : Bill to provide for the further ope-1 ration of the Lunatic Asvlum : bill to i charter the Sumter and Wateree Bail- ? road Company ; bill to amend Sec- ? lions 45 and 40 of an Act entitled j "An Act lo alter and amend the j school law of South Carolina," ap- j proved March 22, 1878 ; bill to au-1 Ihorizc the town of Sumter to issue j certain bonds ; joint resolution to re- j quire the County Commissioners of Clarendon County to apply the pro- j ceedings of the sale o? the jail lot iii : ] the town of Manning, in said County, ? to the purchase of a lot or parcel of' land and thc building of a jail there-1 on ; bill to authorize the County : Treasurer of Sumter County to refund ! certain taxes paid by taxpayers of j Middleton Township, Sumter Coun-' ty, for erecting a fence around said j township ; joint resolution authoriz- j ing thc State Superintendeut of Edu- j cation to sell such miscellaneous ! school books as arc now in the State Library for the benefit of thc free j school fund of the State, and to make \ au itemized statement of such sale to j the next General Assembly ; bill to I authorize certain citizens to erect : gates across certain public highways j at or near Black River and Scapeo'er j Swamps, in Clarendon and Sumter j Counties. . j At 1 o'clock Mr. Fishburne called ? for thc special order for that hour, j This was the following: Bill to exempt and relieve the j Counties of* Charleston, Colleton, . Beaufort and Hampton from the ope- j rations of au Act entitled "An Act to ; provide a general slock law and reg- j ulate the operations of thc same," \ and to require the County Commis-j sioners ol said Counties to build ai fence on the boundary linc separating ? Orangeburg and Barnwell from said j Counties between the Santee and j Savannah Rivers. Mr. Jeter stated that he had made j a motion to reconsider the vote j whereby tho Senate refused to pass the bill to ils third reading, and the j Senate had adjourned before the vote ; had been taken on that question. Air. Fishburne obtained the floor and I made a very earnest speech in sup- j port of the bill, lie spoke subslun-i tiaily as follows : I rise to speak in support of this i bill and ask the indulgence of the ? Senate i? r a few moments while I ; state briefly why it should pass. In j advocating ibis measure 1 do so with ? the purest motives which ever ac- j tuated any man in the advocacy of i any measure that he felt bound by i the highest duty to defend. The j .general stock law which has been j passed is a hardship to the lower : Counties. It is simply ruin, eternal i ruin, to my constituents who sent me j 'nore to defend their interests. I dis- : claim any bitterness of feeling in this maller, and in even* intense i earnestness to achieve my purpose 1 j may err. I recognize the fact, in all j ils solemnity, that when I held up my ; right arm and took a solemn oath to j discharge my duty as a Senator I j would be called upon to face many! stern necessities, many unpleasant j duties. But I will not in thc hour of ] danger desert ruy people and I will \ not slit ink any duty which devolves j upon me as a Senator or as a citizen ? ol'South Carolina. I came here to j uphold by my voice and my vote the j rights of my people, and 1 will do it. j I will use all ihe pursuasive powers 1 i possess to induce the Senate to pass ! this bill. A great many men say ? that, because we have voted to pass ! this genera! stock law. we would be ! inconsistent to pass a bill such as the ? ono we are now considering; thal ! we cannot go back on that Act and j reopen the question. But 1 would : ask them, is it right to stick to a mis- . take '{ if a gross wrong has been done, ' is it not belter to undo it than, on the ; plea of consistency, lo stick to il. i This is the flimsiest cf all arguments ; which are urged against thc biii. lt j iias no weight whatever, and ought j not to receive any consideration j whatever. What I claim and insist! upon is that this maller shall be re- ! opened so far as it bears upon the : Counties named in this bill. J claim i (hut it is neither wisdom mir policy ! lo force upon these- Counties what j tiny do not desire and wi mt they ask to be relieved from! They plead for juslico, for right and for lat mess. The , interests of South Carloina are vai led ; they are diversifie What, is good for one part Of the Slate is bail fur an? other. What will be hailed willi ap? proval in Greenville will meet with ; condemnation in Beaufort. What will benefit thc upper Counties ol'the Slate will curse Hie lower Counties. But ibis fence law, disregarding lins j prime fact, bears upon all alike. It I is good for some, bul bad, very bad, | for others, especially for those cnn-! inerated in the bill. Now these Counties, realizing that i to force them to come under this law ; will be to hurl them into hopeless i ruin,, have modestly come before tho j Geueial Assembly and asked to bc ex-? empted iVoni the provisions o general stock law. They say interese derna!)d that thc law not apply to them, ls not this ; sonable and just request? Is anything in this to excite such lout opposition herc? In these ties it is a matter of bread. Thc pie cannot live under such a law. only ask this in the name of men have done their duty to tho Stat to .the Democratic party. These the oldest Counties in the State possess men of intelligence and t These men have always done whole duty whether in peace or The bones of their ancestors lie bli ed in all parts of the world w they have gone at the bidding ol State. The Legislature should ognize the just claim of these mei heed their reasonable wishes, for make only requests of thc most sonable charater. lt is not, I wise to force these men to live u a law which is a great hardship bears heavily upon them. It i: a political necessity. Why, i force them to give up rights w they have 'enjoyed from time imm rial ? We claim by inheritance this law should not be imposed 1 us so suddenly. We simply ask rights, and because you have a m ity in your favor you refuse to g them. Because a majority of Counties of the State deshe this you sa)r the other Counties must have it, whether it is adaptd to t wants or not. I insist that this is not adapted to our wants. An dugs that wo should bc treate< this way? 1 claim we are not. j. said before, I will, if necessary, upon my knees and plead with yr. give us this right. When you f such obnoxious measures upon people you must expect thc w consequences. No people will sui to such tyranny. No people will under such grinding enactments, may well expect to incite a r?volu if you force such an opressive upon our people. I warn you, S tors, before you cast your vote better consider well what you are mg*. Yon now have an opportu to allow excitement, to pour oil u the troubled waters. Will you your duty? Mr. Wylie said that as a Sena a lawyer and chairman of thc Judi ry committee he felt it bis duty move to strike out Section 2 of bill. This section provides for levy and collection of a tax upon people in the Counties named. A de 2, Section IS, of the State Con tuticm explicitly says that all nv tues for raising revenue shall or nate in the House. The question does this section propose to raise ? revenue? If it does it clearly is violation of the Constitution and are bound to vote against it. Mr. Fishburne said in reply that section did not propose the raising any revenue, lt simply said that tax of blank mills should bc lev for tho purpose named, but did i specify the amount. This, then, v not a measure to raise revenue. '1 House would have to fill out th* blanks and that would be virtus originating the measure tn thellou Mr. Henderson made a few point remarks of the same tenor. Ile agre with Mr. Fishburne that the ai; ment of Mr. Wylie was without for Ile also took the ground that the I should pass a pacificatory effort tho part of the majority to bring pea and satisfaction to tho minority. 1 had opposed the general stock la and would gladly, were it possible do so, include his own County in t category of tnose named in the bil Mr. Williams said he could i support the bill, because he thong Mr. Wylie was right about the ci stitutional question involved coucei lng Section No. 2. Mr. Hadlee made a strong spec against thc passage of the bill. Mr. Fishburne again spoke at son length insisting that thc bill shou pass. He said that only one memb of the House was in favor of tl stock law : that fifteen out of tl sevenicen members from Charlesu were opposed to it : that the who of Beaufort County was willing ; be taxed to be relieved from this one ous law ; that Hampton and Collete were in the same condition and woul cheerfully pay thc neccessary ta: There are twenty-seven legislate] from these three Counties in favor i allowing us what we ask for, and thet are only five opposed to it. Is th not strong proof that our people wat what is asked for? Ti?ese three Coui ties contain enough cattle to feed th entire State for yeats to come. The possess more live stock titan all th other Counties in South Carolina cot tain. We only ask the right to b taxed to build this fence. Ou rights aro in tho balance. Do no Compel us to rush all at once upoi the market with our cattle and sacri fice thom. We ask this and demain it. Wc only desire time. Doir force upon us this extreme measure. On motion of Mr. Smythe, who fol lowed np his motion with a brie speech, Charleston was excepted fron the hill. Mr. Bradley then moved that thc enacting clause be stricken out. Mr. Fishburne, in demanding thc yeas and nays, said, with great vehe monee : 'I ask you to be very partic? ular about what you are going to do. Consider well before you vote to strike out tho enacting clause. There are grave consequences dependent upon your vote, ifthis Senate, which is considered a dignified, grave, delibe? rate body, so far forgets its duty as to take this step, I warn you the result will bo disastrous. Don't do it, gen? tlemen. Give us a chance lo live here in our native State. Here the debate ended, and the Clerk proceeded to call tho roll The following voted in the ailirmativc on the motion of Mr. Bradley to strike out the enacting clause of tho bill : Messrs. Bradley, Cray ton. ti ai 11 ard. I lari lee, Izlar, Larttgue, McCall and T. J. Moore. In the negative: Messrs. Beatty, Brown. Byrd, ('allison, Coker, Ferguson. Fishburne, Henderson, Je? ter. Kiuslor, Maxwell, McQueen, Miller, .]. W. Mooro, Muller, Ferry, Shankb'n. Soiglnig, Smythe, Walker, Williams and Wylie. Fumar, February .'5.-The Senate met at 12 M , President Kennedy in the chair. A concurrent resolution ?hat tho (Jetterai Assembly adjourn sine die oil Thursday, February iUh, was receiv? ed from the House and concurred in by the Senate. The following was called up as thc first special order : Bill to rnako appropriations for payment ot the per diem, mile and stationery certificates of the m hers of the General Assembly, subordinate officers and employ thereof, and for other purposes he named. This occupied the time of the S ate until 2 o'clock, when it was p ed to its third reading with very amendments. The following were duly ratifi?e the two Houses : An Act to incorporate the Flore Railroad Company. An Act to regulate the manner paying the interest upon the S debt and warrants of the Comptro General by the State Treasurer. An Act to create a museum of : ural history in the city of Chariest Au Act to renew the chartei Grace CYtirch of Charleston. Joint Resolution to authorize application of unexpended balance funds now in thc treasury of County of Clarendon. Joint Resolution authorizing County Commissioners of Sumter draw their warrant on the Treasu of said County in favor of the wid of J. M. Wilder, Sheriff. An Act to limit the time wit which claims against the State or ? County shall be valid and payable. Au Act authorizing and requir the County Commissioners of Sum to appropriate the unexpended 1 ance of the sum levied and collec for building the County line fence thc payment of past unfunded indt ed ness: Act to charter the Camden Sh Liiie Kailroad Company. Act to authorize the County C< missioners of the several Counties restore County fences where the sa have become useless. The Senate then took a recess til 7:30 P. M. At T.30 the Seriate reasseinbl President Kennedv in the chair. The general orders were taken and some twenty-?i\ e measures c posed of. The following was killed after short debate : Joint resolution proposing to ame the Constitution of this State, by a< ing thereto an Article to be known Article xvii : Of the term of office members of the General Asseml and other State officers. The House met at 10 A. M. Spet er Sheppard in the chair. Mr. Murray submitted a cone rent resolution that the General J sembly adjourn on Thurday the 9? Adopted. A bill to cede thc jurisdiction the State to the United States o\ such lands as may be required i deepening, widening and straight? ing Mosquito Creek was taken up the previous question. Mr. Haskell moved to reconsider I vote by which the previous questi on this measure was called in order move an amendment requiring tli a flood-gate or lock shall be put in t proposed canal if deemed necessa by the United States engineer ai two disinterested persons to be a pointed by the Governor, or a majo ty of them. The question of reco sideration was put and lost. The question on agreeing on tl amendment was lost-ayes 46 ; na 64. The supply bill was taken up ai read a third time without ameudmer A bill to regulate and provide f the development of the phospha rocks and deposits in the navigab waters of the State was taken up. The bill was committed and tl Chair appointed as the commitu Messrs Johnstone, Murray, W. i Parker, Beasely and Picken. Mr. Murray offered a resolutic that for the remainder of the sessic no member shall speak longer tba five minutes on any questioi Adopted. The House adopted the report < the committee of Conference on ll bill to incorporate the Pacific Rail roa Company, and concurred in th recommendation of the Committee. SATURDAY, February 4.-The Sei ate met at 12 M., President Kenned in the chair. The general appropriation bill wa received from the House and mad the special order for next Monday a 12 o'clock. A number of other measures, in a infantile state, were received from th House and referred to the appropri ate committees. The calendar was taken up and th following were Dassed and ordered ti be enrolled for ratification : Bill to incorporate the Columbi; Street Ballway Company ; joint re solution to amend Section 8, Artich VIII, of the Constitution of this State respecting the qualification of elec tors ; bill to amend an Act entitlec "An Act to incorporate the George town and North Carolina Narrow Guage Railroad, so as to authorize said company to construct eithei broad or narrow guage over any por? tion of the said road;" bill to amend the criminal law, so as to provide foi the better control of convicts commit ted to the Penitentiary, and to punish persons harboring or employing es? caped convicts ; bill to charter thc South Bound Railroad. A number of other bills were pass? ed to their third reading. Thesession was a business one, very little discussion being indulged in. The idea was to completely clear the calendar, and when this was accom? plished, at half past 3 o'clock, the Senate adjourned to meet at 12 o'clock Monday. In thc House Mr. Aldrich present? ed petition of citizens of Aiken play? ing that the stock law be not enforced in certain localities before 1st Octo? ber 18S2. The calendar was taken up and a number of bills disposed of. Among them the bill in reference to the im? provement ot Winyah Bay a ol San tee Uiver was passed and the title changed to an Act. A bill and substitute by the com? mittee to ascertain tho liability of the Slate, if any there be, upon certain bonds of the Laurens Railroad Compa? ny, called out considerable discus? sion Tin; original bill was laid on the table and the enacting clause was stricken out of the substitute. A bill requiring persons sentenced to County jails for certain offenses to work upon the roads of tho County or streets of the city, town or village in which they arc confined. Mr. .1 ohustone moved to strike out the enact ing clause. Former Legis? latures had passed upon the principle involved in this bill and declared ?t ! unconstitutional, but, like Banquo's ! ghost, it would not down at one bid? ding. Murray said that the bill Iwd been j before the Judiciary Committee, and .' they had carefully examined the con- ! stitutional question and declared that it was not in violation of that instru- j ment. It was a measure eminently! needed to relieve the Counties from the burden of supporting in idleness the clas.s of offenders sentenced to the jails for limited periods. After considerable debate, partici? pated in by a number of others, the bill was passed by a vote of 56 to 45. The Speaker stated that but four House bills and twenty-two Senate I bills remained on the calender, and in J his judgement these could be readily ! disposed of on Monday morning. At 3 15 P. M. thc House adjourned ? until 10 A. M. on Monday. - ? i .??-?- - - Senator Fisbburne of Colleton, seems j to have gone from "bad to worse," and i embroiled himself on last Friday in a . personal altercation with Gen. J. D. j Kennedy, President of the Senate, on ! account of the ruling of Gen. Kennedy j during the debate on the stock law. ! The fact of the case is said to be that j Fishburne was drunk. Ile was put in ! jail, and his friends who went on his ] bond in the Smythe difficulty asked to be released from the bond. -- Ml ll - Mrs Partington Says, Don't take any of the quack rostrums, as they are regimental to thc human system ; but put your trust in Hop Bitters, which will cure general dilapadation, costive habits and all comic diseases. They saved Isaac from a severe extract of tripod fever. They are the ne plus unum of medicines.-Boston Globe. "Excruciating Agonies." 153 CONSTANCE STREET. *l NEW ORLEANS, La., March 16, 1881. j II. H. WARNER & Co. : Sirs-Your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure has relieved rae in the most happy manner from the excruciating ago? nies of kidney and bladder difficulties acd gravel. S. GUTHRIE, j --~mm^- m ? i 4mm The only secret about Ayer's Cherry Pee- j toral is in the selection of the best materials j for the cure of coughs and colds and skilfully.! combining them by chemical processes. This all medical men are aware of, as they are j furnished with the formula of its prepara? tion. MAERIED DUBOIS-DEGKAR.-In Sao Francisco, California, January 1st, at St. Paul's M. E. Church (South,) by Rev. J. C. Simmons, William E. Dubois, formerly of Alabama, and Mary C. DeGear, of San Francisco. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., Feb. 6, 1882. COTTON'-About 175 bales have been sold during the week ending February 6th. The market closed firm. We quote: Stained 7}@iU ; Tinged 9*010; Inferior Ordinary 8.103; Good Ordinarv 9?0iof; ! Low Middling lOj^lOj; Middling 10*0 ; 103 Good Middling 1O?0 H. CHARLESTON, S. C., Jan. 28, 1882. ' COTTON.-Market firm. Sales about 3,000 j ! bales. Quotations are : Tinged 1O?01O?; Or? inan-9^010; Good Ordinary, luf@ll; Low ! Middling, Hg0lU; Middling, Hf; Good j Middling, ll?012._ WILMINGTON, N. C., Feb. 6. SrmiTS TL'KPENTINE-Quoted dull and noth I ing doing. No sales reported. ROSIN-The market was firm at Si 92? for Strained and $1.97i for Good Strained, i CRUDE TURPENTINE-Market steady at $2.50 for Hard. $3.50 for Soft and S2 30 for Virgin. COTTON-Market quiet. S;t!es, 250 bales. The following are the official quotations : Ordinarv 8 1116. Good Ordinary 10 1-16, Low Middling lo 15-1G, Middling \ \% Good Middling 11$ GUARDIAN'S NOTICE. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF Probate for Sumter County on the 7th day of March 1382, fora final discharge as Guardian of Wm L. Oste?n, (Minor.) JOS. A. OSTEEN, Guardian. ; Feb 7_4t_ "JOHNSON GRASS SEED ! ; This grass will grow iu any climate. Will ; endure the long and intense heat of a South ; ern summer, and the rigors of a Northern I winter. Grows on any kind of land. Hay j rich, juicy and tender. After first year will : bear three cuttings. Price, subject to fluctua ! ting, S3.50 per bushel ; 20c. per pound. ! JUSEFII HARDIE, Selma, Alabama. Feb 7 2m " AIIEAI) ~ AGA? Reports from all sections of i> gia and Alabama sustain our cia ?, GIBBS t m is the BEST AND MOST R] Fertilizer in use, and that the Wilcox, Gibbs & Cc which we put out for the first tin celled by any Acid Phosphate 01 It is not necessary for us to say a reports which may be obtained fro whole subject, and will amply repay p< We will have a moderate supply of Agents, payable-in Cotton next Fall. Depot, get your merchant lo cider it. W1LCC Jan 24 S AV. THEO. The Ladl SENDS G To the People of I rounding Cordially thanking the and pal AND INVITING THE II F?LL ?ND WINTER S Great care luis been exercise ANP THE PURCHASING TH ERK CK AT PRICES TO S WOULD CALL SPIT wa (?IDS m ? Ladies'Neck war made Hoping to see you he begs Re? State of Sout? Car alina, COUNTY OF iUMTEK. By T. V. Walsh, Esq.,?robale Judge. WIIEltEAS. WILLIAM YEADON, ba* i?i?de >uit to me to ?rr*n ^??1 Letten o? Administration of tho Estate and effects of MAkY E. YEADON; deceased, the>eare there? fore to cite and admonish all and s?fc?ular, the kindred and creditors of the suid Mary-K. Yea? don, late of said Couti ty and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court nf Probate, to be held at Sumter, on the 16th Feb. 1SS2. aft*.T publication hereof, at 11 o'clock io the forenoon, to shew catite,if any they ha*e, why the said Administration should Dot be granted. Giren under my hand, rbis 31st day of Jan? uary, A. D., 1SS2. T. V. WALSH, \ January 31-2t Judge of Probate. -1 W. P. HALL, DR. ST. JCLIEX RAVSVIL, President. Chemist. W. B. CHISOLH, Superintendent. EDISTO PHOSPHATE COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C., Manufacturers of EDISTO ACID PHOSPHATE, EDISTO ASH ELEMENT, EDISTO AMMONIATED FERTILIZER, EDISTO GROUND BONE, and IMPORTERS OF GERMAN KAINIT. Special Brands manufactured to order. Car-load lots delivered free on board cars. Any quantity delivered free on board road at Companv's works. J. B. E. SLOAN, Treasurer and General Agent. At Office of J. B. E. Sloan & SOD. Jao 10 v MONEY SAVED -?S MONEY EARNED, I ASK ALL WHO Want to get the most goods for the least money to GIVE ME A CALL. It will cost you nothing when yon come to town to drop in at my store and take a look around. REMEMBER THE PLACE. SCHWERINS, ON MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE CHINA'S DRUG STORE. You will find always in stock Family and Fancy Groceries, Corn, Tfflieat, Seed Oats, Bye, fte. -ALSO A Full Line of School Books, ALBUMS, SEASIDES, Blank Books and Stationery, TOYS AND FANCY ARTICLES. I mean business, aod will guarantee my goods as sound, fresh, and cheaper than the cheapest. New goods constantly arriving-Clerks polite and attentive-and every honorable inducement is hereby offered. Sept 13 THE OLD RELIABLE! -ONE O F THE BEST NEWSPAPERS IN THE SOUTH. -o No Sensationalism ! No Immorality! AUGUSTA Chronicle and Constitutionalist 1882. SUBSCRIBE FOB IT f THE CHRONICLE AND CONSTITU? TIONALIST is thc oldest newspaper io j the South, and perhaps the oldest ia the ' United States, having heeo established ia j 1785. While thoroughly Democratic io prin I ciple, it is liberal, progressive and tolerant, i The Chronicle contains the latest news from j all parts of the world, and is recognized os a ; first class paper. I As an advertising medium, it covers the I coan try in Georgia and South Carolina tribu* tarv to Augusta. We endeavor to exclude sensationalism. We publish no articles of aa immoral charac? ter. TERMS : Daily, one year.$10 00 Tri-Weekly, one year. 5 00 Weekly, one year. 2 00 Address, WALSH & WRIGHT, jan24-td Augusta, Ga. AS USUAL ! forth and South Carolina, Geor im that the lilli il 11 i Li ?i i aif u i 11 i ELIABLE AND CHEAPEST ).'s Superphosphate, ie last Season, has proved unex r the Market. nything about these Fertilizers, as the m our agents or ourselves, cover the erasa!: each, which can be obtained from our If there is no Agent at your Railroad ?x, GIBBS & co., ANN AH, GA., and CHARLESTON, S. C. SOLOMONS, f .es' Store?, REETING ; Sumter and the Su? Coantry, m for their past favors nonage, l ATTENTION TO HIS ?TOCK NOW OPENING. id in the selection of Goods, F INSURES HIS OFFERING THEM UIT THE TIMES, LAL ATTENTION TO IJI8 ?0TI01 DEPARTMENT. : a Specialty this Season. to remain, ?pectfullv yours, T. SOLOMONS.