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il il I ll ll IR THE SUMTER WATCH5XA3?? Established April, IS 50 Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 "Be Just and Fear not-Let ail the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 18CC. SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1882. Sew Scries-Yoi. II. No. IS. ?t?mt\M& w? Southron. ?Tsry Tuesday, -BY THE Watchman and Southron Publishing Companyy SUMTES. S. C. TERMS : Two Dollar? per annum-io advance. A ? V K R.TI 8 B JCE K TS . One Square, first insertion.Si 00 Every subs?quent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. Alt communications which subserve private interests- will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub? lished free. For" job work or contracts for advertising address Watchman and Southron, or apply at th? Office, to N. G. OSTEEN, Business Manager. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA R. R. C.OKl>EKSEI> SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. -Datan Nor. 5, 1882 No. 48, Da?lv No. 40 Daily. Leave Wi! ming ton-{ 9 50 p ni ! Il 10pm Leave Flemington_?Il 10 - 12 19 Leave Marion.......Cl 05 am 2 04 a m Ar*?e Florence.-. j 1 50 2 45 ArVe Sumter..^.. ...j 4 37 " . Ar*ee Columbia- _? 6 40 .? . TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. 43, Dailv. No. 47, Did Iv. Le*ve Columbia_ Ar*ve Sumter 3*. Lear? Florence... Leave Marion ..... ....... Airare Flemington........... Ar*veTKiJm3ngton_... Train No. 43 stops at all Stations. N-oi. 48-*aua 47 ?tops only at Brinkley's, Whiftrilf? Flemington, Fair Bluff; Marion. Florarme, Titnmonsville, Sumter, Camden Junc? tion and Ka?torer. Pis?engBT8 for Co;umbi:i and all points on C. ? G. f&%? C., C ?fr A. lt: R. Stations, Alkea Junction, and. gil points beyond, should ta?te,No? 48. Night Expre??. ??patato Pullman -Sleepers "for Charleston and for Angosta on trains 48 and 47. - Passengers on 40-can take 4S train frein F!?reoce for Columbia. Augusta and Georgia, points via Columbi*. Ail trains run solid between Charleston aud igtoh. JOHN F. DIVINE. General Sup't. EMERSON'. Gen. Passenger Ag?. MASTERN R. R. GO. ?BBtNTEyPgN,B,S OFFICE, LSTERN RAILROAD:CO. CHARLESTON'S. C., NOT."8, 1882. '.-..On and-after this date the following Sche? dule wilt be run, Sundays included : Leave Charleston. . Arrive Florence. - 8 00 A. a .-.12 25 p. M. ll 40 a. . 4 20 p M. 8 30 P. M._. 1 20 A. M. Leave Florence. Arrive Charleston. . T 2 45 tts??.6 50 A. M. . 2 OO /X. M....6 35 A M. 11 30 A. M.4 00 P. 51. Train leaving Florence at 2 45 A. M. will Stop only at KiogPtree and Moncks Coi uer. Train leaving Charleston at ll 40 a m. will stop only at Moncks Corner, Laces and Kingstree. > CSN?EAL BAILED AD SCH3D?LE. \ ^SUNDAYS EXCEPTED. LeaveCharteston..."..ll 40 a ni " Lanes. 2 20 n m Arrive at Sumter. 4 00 p tu Leave Sumter.ll 30 a m ** Lane's..1 25 pta Arrive at Charleston. 4 00 p m P. L. CLEA PGR, J. F. DIVINE, Gen'1 Ticket Agt. Gen*i Supt. LAND FOR SALE. ADESIRABLE SEA-SHORE PLAGE in Berkely County, 18 miles from .Mount pleasant, containing 800 acre*, part tu culti -vation. Situation healthy, and land produc? tive. Fish and game plentiful. Also my place in the edge of Sumter, con? taining 3? acres, with 6-rooin dwelling, and kitchen and pantry. Also a small farm in the coutitrv. N. G. OSTEEN, Aog 8 Sumter, S. C. Beilemoile Cte M\ Co. COTTON BATTING PREPARED IN ROLLS FOR COMFORTS, QUILTS AND MATTRESSES. SOLD AT THE FACTORY AND BY merchants in Sumter at 10 cents per pound. Liberal discount to thc trade allowed. D. JAMES WINN, Sept 19-ly _President. RUBBER STAMPS? NAME STAMPS FOR MARKING CLOTHING with indellible ink, or for printing visiting cards, and STAMPS OF ANY RIND for ?tamping BUSINESS CARDS, ENVEL OPES or anything else. Sp?cimen? '?f various style* on hand, which will ?e.<h?nvn with pleas? ure. The LOWEST PRICKS possible, and orders ?lied promptly. Cati on C. P. OSTEEX, At the Watch tn? o and Soo tb ron Officer 6000 NEWS AT LASTT Walker's Specific Has Never.Palled TO CUBE CONSUMPTION. BRONCHITIS. TONSILI? TIS, LARYNGJT?^, and SCROFULA Price $2.50, $5.00 art^SlOOO, by nail; One bottle of bis Rheumatic Remedy cur s that disease in any form, in 10 days. Price by Express, $5 per Bottle. Da. J. \Y. WALKER, Joly 25?_Franklinton, N. C. M. L. KINARD, O LOTHIEE, COLUMBIA, S. C. Our Patrons : The People. Our Study : Their Intercuts. Our Maxim: Pair Dealing. Our Reward: Success. THE LARGEST STOCK FALL AND WINTER j CLOTHING! IN THIS SECTION. NEW GOODS. CORRECT STYLES, j ME?re SUITS, YOUTH'S SUITS, I BOY'S SUITS, j Furnishing Goods. MOTHER'S WAY. Oft within our little cottage, . As the shadows gently rall While the sunlight touches softly j Obesweet-faceOupou tho wall, ! X>0: we gather closeiogether," < And in hushed and tender tone, Ask each other's full forgiveness For the wrong that euch has done. . Should you wonder why this custom, At the ending of the day, . j Eye and voice "would quickly answer, j "It was euee our mother's way !:' ! If our bpme be bright and cheery; If it hold a welcome true. ' Opening wide its door of greeting j To the many-not the feu- : j If we share our father's bounty ! With the needy day by day, j 'Tis because our hearts remember j This was ever mother's way. j Sometimes when our hearts grow weary, J Oc our task seems very long, j When our burdens look too heavy, j And we deem the right all wrong, ! Then wegain a new, fresh courage, As we rise to proudly say, j "Let us do our duty bravely, ! This was our dear mother's way." j Thus we keep ber memory precious, j While we never cease to pray, ! That at last when lengthening shadows Mark the eveuiag of life'sday, ? They may find us waiting calmly To go home our, mothers .way. . . .. I BILL ARP. Nowist&eTime to Work. . j Now let the boys put the harness j on and go to work. ' We .have hud ? ! euough of elections and speech j ! making and high pressure struggles j ! foe office. . ? suppose that if a man ; i was there and had to mix and mingle I I with it every day and every night he j j would get drawn into it and take sides, ! ! but to a man away off, the whole j ! thing looks very ridiculous and I ; j might say' disgusting, cousidering.the j j way it is done and the bitter feelings ! I it provokes. The candidates won't: I sret over it iu a lonx time, for hard i : things have been_ said all around. ! j The high est. office in the land won't j compensate for public slander nor the i loss of a good man's friendship, lt I ; is air honor to be. called to office by j ! the voiee of the people, when they! i call with one accord or something j. ! like unanimity, but when it provokes j j the hatred and bitterness of a ve- j j spectable minority* it don't pay. if j j" there were great principles involved, j I and the batue was fought to maintain j j 'em or defeat 'em, then there would j j be some excuse for excitement and j ! contention, but when it is only a pre- . ? ference for men, this angry conten- : j tiou becomes childish and mortifying, j j But then some like this kind of life ? : and get used to slander and abuse, ; . and so I reckon we will have to put j j up with it as lung as the country is ! j safe. The time is past .and past fur- j i ever, I reckon when the ofiice will be : I allowed to- hunt for the man to till it, ; . and we will have to take tilings as we i : ?nd 'ern and do the best we can. j ; Now, iet the boys shake their clothes j I and pi epat e for work-good work, ! ; honest work, thoughtful Work and legis- .> j late for the welfare of the country and j : of the people. Now is the time to watch j : and think, for where a people are the j i most prosperous lhere ?s the greatest ! j danger. 1 see that a bill has been in-j : troduced to late away the right to. . appoint ti?e railroad commission from ; j the governor and give it to the legis-1 j lature. j 1 don't know anything- about the , j motive that lies behind it, and I've ! ; no r?gh* to presume anything wrong, ; ; but 1 can't help thinking what. Gov- \ ! ernor Jenkins said that the poorest ! judges Georgia ev*r had were those j elected by the people and the best ! were appointed by the governor. I j j reckon that Governor Stephens can j j be trusted in this matter, and it's a j ! good rule to let well enough alone. 1 j j look upon the railroad commission as ; ! the strongest bulwark the people have j i to piotect them from the power of j i monopolies. Nobody wants to crush j j railroads or cripple 'ern, for the court- j I tr}' is obliged to have' 'em, and the j : more the better. I wish they would i I cross and recross the state like a : . spider web and take the place of all j ; the public highways, but somehow or j other I can't get reconciled lo these . I big syndicates aud these combinations j i and pooling of freight. I am afraid: j of it. 1 don't like to see the bankers ! and millionaires ot Paris and London j ; and Berlin controlling thousands of I j miies of railroads in this country, i'm | . afraid of their power and their money j i for this is a monev-iovin<r a?rc\ and! '? human nature is getting weaker iu I principles and stronger ir? avarice. ! j The love of money is a disease, a ? mania just like gambling and drink- j i ing and any other vice that grows on ? j a man. lt is the worst vice in this j j land of liberty, and is the prime cause ! j of every other vice, for it brings pov- ! j erty to the millions just as lust as it j brings riches to the few and poverty* | I is th'- chief cause of ail crime and un- ; : happiness. The love of money was J ; declared to be the root of ail evil two I thousand years airo and it is vet. it j destroyed the ancient kingdoms and I j republics and wi i I destroy o::rs if not; . curbed and restrained by law. Poy- ; ! erty is fast getting to be the notorious j I curse-not itere at the south so ' i much, but still a curse. Povertv . brings with it despair and drunken- i ness and robber;;' and theft and ?ills | up the houses of ill-fame and breaks , the hearts of parents, who once had ; ?jopes of happiness. 'Deliver me from j poverty, lest 1 be poor and steal,7 w is the prayer of Agar. Now how can a people escape being pt,or when the laws of Uie land U galize the tricks ot I speculation and the cornering ?d'the products of labor and toil and sweat. ! ? Vanderbilt's hundred millions is the , lesnit of a legal robbery of the work- j ; in;:* man and the faster mau gets ' i rich the faster somebody else gets j i poor. But Vanderbuilt is not alone: : I We read that there are a hundred ; 1 men iu the United St?tes who own a 11 thousand millions, while on the other side of the picture we see five million ?1 families without homes of their o wa., j i If it would stand at this and stop, j may be the country could survive, but it giows worse amazingly every year, the rich are growing richer and the poor poorer. What the people want aud ought to have are bornes and a chance-homes and a living chance; give a family a hume of their own and it is the best saiegard for the perpetu? ity of a government and the happiness of a people. I was always sorry for a family who had no home but had co dodge about from house to house and place to place ; no "orchard to improve, no flowers to love and nurse, no sacred spot ; no castle, as Blackstone calls it. I don't know how other people prize it, but my home is the dearest spot on earth to me and to my family. There is no place like home-not one rented forever wanting repairs but a , home to live in and die in, which the ! boys who have found work afar oft*, can look back to with affection and j revisit with pure delight* and where j the good wile and daughter can plant j the vine and rose bush and sow the j flower seed and the orchard and the j grape vines bring their fruit in due season, lt wont do to say that the poor are too lazy to work and buy ! land aud have a house. They haven't | been tried. They don't get enough ! for their labor to lay- up anything. ? They are not encouraged. Vauder- j bilt and company get all they make j over and above a poor living, .and..' Vauderbill must be protected. The i trouble is our people have got harden? ed to fixing minimum' price upon la? bor, just enough to feed and clothe a family stingily with no margin for old age or sickness much less a house. What does all this mean that these syndicates are buying up all the land*j of tho great West. 700,000 acres' arni 300,000 acres in Texas and large tracts in Arkansas, why don't the United States government buy it up | and save it for homes for our people. ! The government gave away 100 mil-1 lions of acres in Texas at one time to j a wealthy corporation to hire 'em to j build a railroad-more land than is j contained in any four states in the Union except Texas, and our states- j men made no protest. The money is j all going in the hands of a few and so j is the land-. There is a way to stop ! all (his, but when it is agitated the j rich and powerful cry out agrarianism i and robery aud hire the press and j bribe the big men and scare off the 1 little ogies and so it goes What we t need are statesmen not hirelings. { We waiit fearless men who can't be j tampered with. Let all this surplus j wealth, these bloated fortunes be ! taxed to supp?1, t the government, j Alter a man has accumulated a hun- i dred thousand dollars, begin to tax i tue excess and the more he accumu- j lates the heavier the rate, and when j il geis up to a million take all the ex- ] cess ii'necessary to equalize iii some : measure the burdens and the comforts ! of life and provide hornes, humble; homes, for the people. A man with | ten acres and a house of his own, is a j good citizen i?: peace and a tower of j strength for his government in time j of war. A million of dollars is enough j for any one mau. He ought not to! hunger and thirst for more, for he ! can't need it, and it makes a dog of j him to hoard it up-who has any re- i spect for such a man as Vandeibilt or j Gould or Senator Sharon or even for ; the memory of Stephen Girard or A. j T. Stewart-nobody. j ri, - ' I Unreconstructed. Si i was one of those old maids with I cori?-screw cjri-s f.-.^ GuuucC'ir*"*. wb<> i came down South on a mission, to either deliver temperance lectures or collect | material for a book. This ono was I armed with a lead pencil and a book, i and being struck hy the vauerabl? Uncle | Tom-like appearance of old Mose, on j Austin avenue, she .proceeded to ask j him questions, the answers to which she ? took down. 'I suppose you were a slave before the war ?' .Yes, mum.' 'How dreadful ! How shocking ! And j to whom were you in bondage V "To i) ~ ole marster.' .How shocking ! How dreadful!! What a shame! Did you ever wear a j chain Y 'Yes, mum ; I wore a chain for four j years. My ole marster put it on me j hisself.' '?, my I How brutal I Do \ou know j who it was removed the chain from j your neck Y .Yes, mum -; de Federal sojers.' .flow grand ! How patriotic! Youl are grateful. I suppose, to those noble i boys iu blue who removed the cruel j chain from your neck Y .No. indeed ; I isu't gruteful to 'em.' ; 'O, my : How unappreciative I How i debased ? VVljy are you not grateful, i my colored friend, to those noble men : who removed the galling chain from ; your neck Y 'Bel; ase when dose Yankee sojers | tuck off de gold chain my ole marster ; put on me, dey tuck oi? de silver watch ; wid ir., and dov hasn't brung 'em back ; vit. Heal) I ??eah ! ileah !' '0, my ! How brutal ! How shock- i lng ! You arc a nasty, black nigger,' i she said, shaking her finger under his j nose, and bobbing her head backwards j and forwards, 'and you ought to be ? whipped within an inch of your life !' j .0, my ! How brutal ! Ifuwsbockio' !' j said the old niau, imitating her voice, ' as he moved off. - Texas Siftings. Our readers have heard of Miss Pi?nco of Greeley, Cul., the graceful and unduring lady equestrienne, whom so rt:any thousands have applauded as she rode her t?fty-m?le races. Some ; time since she married one Baxter, a . : Saloon keeper at Topeka, Kan., and \ lately took a dose of poison and died, i Her life appears to have been asad one. j She did not like thc business of riding I horses in trials of speed and endurance, ' i and often sought to escape such severe I I tests. Thc report is. and it is generally i I credited, that she rode races to obtain \ ; thc money to pay debts ur make up i I losses incurred by her father and bro- ; . :her in gambling, and that the trouble I which became a part of her life so ? < weighed her down that she sought rest i ] n thc other world. I < [Detroit Free Press. * ( True Romance of Pocahontas. From her first meeting with Smith she became devotedly attached to the English, and reodered the settlers many services. She often secured sup? plies for them, and indeed seems to have haunted the fort, utterly naked as she was ;-after the manner cf little girls among her people, who wore no clothes and showed uo modesty until they were 12 or 13 years of age, at which time they put on a deer-skin apron, aud were very careful not to be seen without it. The agile little barbarian would per? suade the English lads to make wheels of themselves by turning upon their bands and feet, whereupon she would follow them, wheeling as they did, all through the fort. Her real name was Matoax ; but, by order of Powhatan, this was carefully concealed from the whites, lest by their supernatural enchantments they should work her some harm. When Richard Wyffin was sent from Jamestown to apprise the endangered Captain Smith, environed by foes among Powhatan's people, of the death of his deputy. Mr. Scrivener, and his tea companions, by drowning, Pocahontas hid bim, misdi? rected those who sought him, and, by extraordinary bribes aud manouvres, ! brought bim safely to Smith after three days' travel in the midst of extreme \ peril. So, also, when Ratcliffe was cut off with thirty men, she saved the lad Spilman, who was then living with Powhatan, and sent bira to the Poto tnacs. But the most touchiog story of all precedes in order of time the other two. In the same difftt-ult adventure among Powhatan's people, in which Captain Smith was engaged when Scriv? ener was' drowned, the treacherous chief had arranged to surprise Smith at sup- J p$r, aud cut off the whole party, when i Pocahontas, the "dearest jewel and daughter" of the aged chief, "in that dark night came through the irksome woods" to warn the captain of Pow? hatan's design. Captain Smith offered to repay her kindness with such trinkets as the heart of an Indian maiden de? lights in ; "but. with the tears running down her cheeks, she said she durst not be seen to have any, Tor, if Pow- ? hatah should know it, she were but ; dead, and so she ran away by herself as she came." Io 1613 Pocahontas was amoog the Potomac Indians. . Captain Argali, a | man of much shrewdness and executive force, but infamous for his dishonest practices, happened to be trading in the river at that time. He quickly saw tbe advantage the English would -ruin in negotiations with Powhatan for the re? turn of the white prisoners held by him, if he could secore so valuable a hostage as the chiefs daughter. With a copper kettle he bribed Japazaws, the chief with whom she was staying, to entice her on board the vessel, where he de? tained her, much to the sorrow of the daughter of the wilderness, whose life hitherto had been as free as that of the wild creatures of the woods. To James? town, where she had frolicked as a child, and whither she had so often come as a friend with food, she was now curried as an enemy and a prisoner. She had refused to enter the town siocc the departure of Captain Saiith. This transaction, not very creditable to the gratitude of the English, accom? plished its purpose in causing Powhatan to return the white men held in slavery by him, with thu least useful of thc stolen arms. But he still contrived to evade some of the demands of the Eng? lish, who therefor retained his daughter until the affair took a uew turn. John Rolfe, who seems to have been a wid ???i- beeamo enamored of Pocahontas, uow ?ros7tUk to womanhood, and wrote a formal letter to ?Sir Thomas Dale, proposing to convert her to Chns'iaDtfy and marry her which pleased the govern? or, as tending to promote peace with the Indians, and was likewise acceptable to Powhatan. The chief sent an old uncle of Pocahontas and two of her brothers to witness the marriage. This marriage brought about peace j duriug the life of Powhatan, who, on one occasiou at least, sent a present of j buck-skins to his daughter and her hus? band. A free intermingling of the two : races took place, and Englishtneu were accustomed to hire Indians to live in j their houses and hunt for them. This amity lasted eight years. j In 1616, more than two years after j their marriage, Rolfe and Pocahontas j went to England with Sir Thomas Dale, j Powhatan sent some Indians with his daughter, one of whom was commis- j sioned to count the number of the j English. The arrival of the Lady Re- | becca, as Pocahontas was called after ? her baptism, produced a great sensation. I She was received by the king and many i distinguished people, went to see a play, and, by help of har natural quick j wit, bore herself very well. But it j became necessary to desist from calling j her the wife of J'ohu Rolfe, for the king was very jealous, and it was seri- j ously debated in the privy council j whether, by marrying thc daughter of i a foreign poteutate without the king's ! consent. Rolfe had not committed treason, j The climate of London, and perhaps j also the uncongenial habits of civiliza- [ tion, affected Pocahontas very unfavora- j My, and she was taken to Brentford, ! where Smith, theu bu.sy with his prcpa- j rations to hail for New England, visited : her. lu the successful efforts of Rolfe I and others to win her to the Christian j faith and to marriage, they had not. scrupled to deceive her, by telling her i that Captain Smith was dead, probably : because they knew she would not marry j another white man while she believed j that great warrior alive. When, there- j fore, she saw thc "brave" who had been j tho object of lier maidenly admiration, I she turned her face away and refused to ? speak for the space Ol' two ur I ii ree j hours. When she did, it was to claim : the privilege of calling him father, ! which Smith granted only after impor- ; tuuity, afraid, perhaps, of incurring thc j id fig's displeasure. Pocahontas went j io Gravesend to take ship for her ret um j io America, much against her will, for j dto had become weaned from her savage j life and greatly attached to thc English. At (?ravescud she died of small-pox I 'hr.ee years after her marriage, leaving mc son, from .whom sonic of the most: prominent Virginia Smilies trace their j iescent.-Edgard Eggledon, in the.] Century. j. An Important Law. j AN ACT TO DEFINE ' THE DUTIES ? o:- COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY I SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS, AND COUNTY j TREASURERS, IN BEFERENCE TO THE AUDITING, ALLOWING, AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS, AND TO REQUIRE ANNUAL . REPORTS OF ALL CLAIMS AUDITED, I I ALLOWED, AND PAID BY THEM, TO BE ! MADE TO TUE COURT OF GENERAL J SESSIONS. j SECTION 1. Be it enacted by thc j ? Seuate and House of Representatives of j j the State of South- Carolina,' now met ! \ and sitting in General Assembly, and j j by the authority of the same : That the j j County Commissioners of thc several i Counties of said State shall keep in j their several offices a "File Book," in ../hich all claims, presented for their j consideration, shall be filed by their j ?Clerk, designating the date filed, by i whom presented, and to whom said ? claim belongs, and thc character and ! amount of said claims. The said Clerk shall also number said claims in thc order in which they are filed, audited, and allowed, from number one up? wards. SEC. 2. That thc County Commis? sioners shall draw their checks upon ! the County Treasurers of their respec? tive Counties, in payment of said claims, out of any funds in the treasury appli? cable to the payment thereof : Provided, j That no such cheeks shall be drawn by j I the said County Commissioners until j I they shall have been formally notified by the County Treasurer that there arc sufficient funds in the County Treasury applicable to the payment of such checks. SEC. 3. That County Commissioners and County School Commissioners sba:I j make an annual report cf all claims filed, audited, and allowed, and ordered paid by them during each fiscal year, to the Presidiog Judge at the first term of the Court of Gcueral Sessions for each County, which shall be held after the first day of January in each year, which report shall be submitted by said Jud-re to the Grand Jurv for their ex amination with the assistance, if neces? sary, of some competent persons to be appointed by the Presiding Judge, at a compensation of five dollars per day for each day so engaged, provided that uo pay shall be received under this section for more than four days. After exami? nation the Grand Jury shall report thereon to the Presiding Judge any matter growing out of, or pertaining to, said annual report, which to them may seem worthy of the attention of thc j Court. The said report shall thereupon I be filed by the Clerk of said Court, and j kept as papers of said Court for inspec ! don by any citizen desirous of examining I the same. SEC. 4. That the County Treasurers I of the several Counties of said State j shall not pay any claims against their respective Counties upon orders of County Commissioners except as here? inbefore provided for; and they shall make an aunual report to thc Presiding Judge, at thc first term of the Court of General Sessions in their respective Counties, which shall be held after the first day in January in each year, of the number, character, and amount of j said claims paid by them ou orders o? County Commissioners aud County School Commissioners, and to whom paid; which report shall be submitted j by said Judge to the Grand Jury for their examination, and shall be filed by the Clerk of said Court, and kept iu his office for public inspection. Sue. 5. That if after examination of ? said reports of County Commissioners, j Couuty School Commissioners, and I Treasurers, the Grand Jury shall find | : aoji discrepancies betweeu thc reports. ?or any irregularities therein, or any embezzlements of or extravagancies in the expenditures of public funds, they j shall present tu?"Same to the said Court, j and orders shall be ta?^P the/pon as j shall meet the ends of justice. SEC 6. That said reports of County Commissioners, County School Com? missioners and Treasurers, shall be j published at least two weeks before the sitling of said Court by said officers or | their several clerks in some newspaper ? ! published in said County. SEC. 7. That the County Commis- j sioners of the several Counties of safd j State shall on or before the loth day of November of each year, make a report ! to the Comptroller General of the norn- j ber, character and . amount of claims ' audited, allowed aud ordered to be paid ? by them for the fiscal year ending on j 31st of October preceding said loth day ! of November, tobe by him submitted to the General Assembly for their in- ? formation in his annuai report; ana all j claims against a County not preseutcd j during the fiscal year in which they are j contracted, or the next thereafter, shall j be forever barred. They shall also make j out in said report an estimate of the j amount of money which it. will be ne- i cessary to raise by taxation in their : several Counties for Couti ty purposes ? for the current .fiscal year, which sha!] j also be embodied iu the Comptroller ! General's annual report lo thc General ; Assembly. SEC. 8. That any violations of the; foregoing Sections hy the County Com- j missioners. County School Commis- i sioners and County Treasurers, shall be . deemed a misdemeanor, and upon con- j victiou thereof in tho Court of General J Sessions, tho party so offending shall be j scuteuced by the presiding Judge before j whom couvicted, to pay a fine of not : less than one hundred dollars, or be , imprisoned in the County jail not less j than one month, it shall also be the j duty of the several Circuit Solicitors to prosecute any violation of this Act. SEO. 9. That'this Act shall not lake j effect until on and after 1st November, j 1S32: SEC. 10. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent willi this Act be, and j the same are hereby repealed. Approved February Dili, A. J). ! ISS:!. In the case of Haines et al. vs. Com- ; mon wealth, thc Supremo Court of Pennsylvania has recently decided that < thu State has the right to stand aside jurors in misdemeanors'** well as fe lo- ? nies, a right claimed in the United States Cuurt in South Carolina last spring. j., The Legislature. FtRST DAV. SEX.ME.-Thc ?ei-ute was called lo order promptly ut 12 o'clock by Hon. John D. Kennedy, Lieutenant Gov? ernor and ex officio President of the Senate, who will presido over the de? liberations of this bolly until his suc? cessor, Hon. John C. Sheppard, is in? ducted into office; The Senate went into an election for officers, which resulted as follows: President pro lem-Senator Ilarl Iee. Clerk-T. Stobo Farrow. Reading Clerk-A. D. Goodwyn. These gentlemen having no oppo? sition were elected unanimously;. For the position of Sergeant-at Arms three candidates wee placed in nomination, vi;: : Messrs. L. R. Marshali cf Richland. B. Z. Herndon ol'Abbeville ?nd S. J. Mclnne? of Marlboro- The vote was as follows : Marshall 19 : Hern don 7 ; Mcinnes T ; necessary to a choice IT. Mr; Marshall was, therefore, elected on the first ballot. The Assistant Clerk, Journal Clerk, Committee Clerks.. Bill Clerk, Door? keepers and the various attach?es will be appointed to-day. . After the election of the Standing Committees, in which bul few changes have been made, the Senate at puce proceeded to the regular order of business. Several notices were given of intro? duction of bills, among which were the following : Bill to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to provide a general railroad law for the management and regulation of railroads in this State, and for'the ap pointment of a railroad Commissioner, and to prescribe his powers and du? ties/ approved February Oth, 1SS2 the said Act being incorporated i::to and known as Chapter XL of ihc General Statutes of this State, 1832, and therein entitled 'Of Railroad In? corporations-General Railroad Law.7 By Mr. Henderson; Bill to ratify the amendment to Section 8, Article Viii, of the Constitution of this State, respecting the disqualification of electors Bill to ratify the amendment to Section ll, Article ll, of the Consti? tution of the State of South Carolina, relating to the time of holding elec? tions. Bil! to d?clare and define thelawas to the right of the State to stand aside jurors on the trial of misdemeanors. Resolved, That the Judiciary Uorh inittee ol" this House be, and is here? by, instructed to inquire- what legis? lation is necessary to restrain lue rail? road ce .'pot ations doing business in this State from unjust discrimination and exorbitant and oppressive freight and passenger rates, and that said committee report by bil! or otherwise At 1.15 P. M. thc Senate adjourned. HOUSE or KKPRESEXTATIVES. At 12 o'clock Colonel John T. Sloan, Sr., Clerk of the lust Iionso, called thc newly elected Iiott^e ol Reprcsoirtathcs to order. lt was moved that Colonel Simon ton take inc Chair, which was Curried without opposition. The Clerk was instructed to fall the roll by Coi':.-ties und let the members elect come forward to the bar* of the House and take the oath of office and qualify as members of the House of Repr?sentatives. When Berkeley County was called Mr. Brawley g-ave notice that he would file a protest in favor of C. St. G. Sinkler, C. II. Wilson, Henry Mason. Frank Ladson and II. D. J Biyan. For the present the members from Berkeley who were returned were ordered to stand aside. After tue other members had quail ' tied, the members from Berkeley who were returned as members were or -dered by the Chair fo present them? selves before thc bar of the House and qualify. The pretest was lefer red to the Committee un ^Privileges and Elections, The Chair announced that thu.. House would proceed with the elec-1 tron ol*Speaker and appointed Messrs. , Mau Idhi, Croft and Farley to act as tellers, -\ocurding to custom the election was held vic? voce. On the first ballet the vote stood : Murray 20 ; Johnston 25 ; Simons - Tl. One hundred and sixteen votes were cast ; necessary to a choice 50. Hon. Jas Simons of Charleston was declared to be elected Speaker. When the Chair announced that the House was organized and ready for business Colonel Sfmoulon moved thal lin; House proceed to the elec? tion of Clerk. The motion was car? ried. Mr. C. ?. M.it^-h.-.ll ol' Richland j nominated Colonel John T. Sloan, j As lhere was no other nomination the . roll was called and Colonel Sloan, ? having received 115 Votes-tin; total vote east-was declared elected Clerk of the lions?'id" Representatives. Mr. Brown received ll 1 votes, the total vote cast Mr. Brown thou pronte-J himself at the desk and took the oath of office as Sergeant-af Ar? ns. j Mr. Picken of Charleston nominated ! Mr. li. M. Anderson for Reading1 Clerk. The roll was called, and Mr; K. M. Anderson ?laving received 1T2 votes, the total vote cast was. was de? clared elected Reading Clerk. Mr. Anderson appeared at thc desk and ? quaiile'd for his ..iiioo. .Mr. Haskell move! thal the old : rules of the iL-use of 1 te present al ives j ' ocr adopted tis the rules oi'this House, ' which was adopted: SKCONI) DAV. j ( The Senate, assembled at. 12 o'clock. ;' I Pr?sident Kennedy in th'.- chair: ! :? Th;* Gow r.e.?;.*s annual message was j received, read und referred to Ino ap- . : propnate committees. i : '1 he Judiciary Committee reported-"-"] rVvorahly u??n the following, winch : will conic un for second reading en : t Friday : Bi!I.w ratify Section Li. Arti- : I eic H. of the Constitution of the State i i of South Carolina, relating ti? the time s of holding elections; also, bill to ratify 1 tho amendaient tu Section ?S, Article j ? VIII, ol'the C?tistituiioi: of ibis Stated j t rejecting the disqualitieution o: elect- la ors: lu! J !.? C. .ci? ru tue law as to t:.e ; right of the State to stand aside jurors ; ou the trial of misdemeanors. NTumcroas notices were given of in? troduction of bills. Among the petitions, memorials, &c, ! presented, was one by Mr. Munro. ; fro'.n sundry citizens of the town of : Union praying the passage of an Act ; prohibiting the sale of intoxicating li? quors in said towu. Referred. The following among other bills and j joint resolutions were introduced and i referred to the proper committees : By Mr. Muller-Joint resolution to j submit to thc qualified electors of South Carolina at thc next general election j for .Keprescutatives the question of j calling a Convention to amend and re- \ vise the Constitution of the State; bill j to amend Sectiou lt>3 of the General j Statutes, in so far as the same relates to ?he voting precincts in the County of Lexington; bili lo recharter a ferry across the Congaree River at the site of the old Colu m bia Ferry. By Mr. Maxwell-Bill to amend an Act to regulate the license of pbysi- j ciaos and surgeons. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.-The House was called to order promptly at 10 o'clock, the Speaker, Hon. James Simons, presiding The roll was called ami the journal of yesterday was read and approved. Mr. Lee, of Sumter, moved that, the Senate concurr?-.g. this House and" the Senate meet in joint Assembly, Decem? ber 2, to elect a Judge for the Third Circuit. The immediate consideration of this resolution was requested aud agreed io. The motion was adopted. Mr. Simonton moved that a message bc sent lo the Senate inviting that body to be present io this hall at 12.15 o'clock to-da}- to witness the count of thc vote for State officers. The mutiuc was adopted. The .Governor's Private Secretary announced that he was ready to deliver thc message of Bis Excellency. The message was received and read by the Reading Clerk. Mr Johnstone of Newberry moved that the House consider the Governor's message on Friday immediately after thc morning hour. It was so ordered. Thc House took a recess cf three quarters of an hour. Promptly at 12.15 o'clock the House was called to order by the Speaker and Mr. Simons presented thc returns of the iate election. A message was re? ceived from the Senate announcing its acceptance of the invitation of the House to be present at the opening and pub? lishing of the vote of the late - election. Ai a few minutes before 1 o'clock thc Serrate presented itself at the doors of the House and was admitted by order of tho Speaker. Thc Speaker declared Col. li. S. Thompson and Hon. J. C. Sheppard elected Governor and Lieu? tenant Governor, respectively. Mr Livingstone offered a con?u:rent resolution that the Senate concurring, a commit tee'of-Senators and three Representan ves be instructed to wait upon Col * Thompson and Hon. J. C Sheppard to inform them of their elec? tion and make thc necessary prepara? tions for their inaugura'ton. The ?Tous? then adjourned until 12 o'clock Friday morning. No Chance for Honor. We were all at the depot at Macon wailing for thc train to go when a colored mau with a head as round as a bullet came bustling in and picked up a friend and brother and jammed him against the wall, and slammed him on thc floor, and bestowed upon his cocoa? nut some blows which must have made that organ ache iu a lively manner. The victim was a tall, serious-looking man, wearing a plug hat and carrying ? small satchel. He made no resistance, and when it was all over he sat down and rubbed the kinks out of his hat as coolly as if a pouudiug was au every day occurrence. .Rather sudden ? I remarked as the crowd thinned out. 'Worry sudden, sah. an' altogether beyau' precendent,' he replied. -? ?Oth^i?Lat voa didn't resist.' .No, sah. I diduVglM^oJjcr de com tnoshuu soon 'nui?.' -^ -Were you uot expecting something of the sort V "No, sah. I am Sellin' a powder dat makes a pint of kerosene ile gu as fut? as a quart without it. 'I sold dat pusson some yesterday, an" I reckon he might have tried it fur too th-ache or {?uer complaint au" become disgusted.' .He gave you some bard knocks." T S-peCt. he did, sah, an' de worst of it am I can't get eben v.id him. De proper way would have been for him to scud mc a challenge. Wc should have met on de field of honan, au* I should have killed him. He didn't do dat. He rushed in heall, an" wtdout tue least regard fur my sense of ?jonah, he banged me ioto a box an' walked out widou! thc least regard fur my ca'd ur Ieabiu" his. Dal's one ling dat am keepit/ our race duwn in dis kentry-want of bonah. I dou't say dat. I 'prove of duella;', lut I must insist dis way of walkin' in on a pussou who kin speak tu' languages an' has been to Niagary Falls an' moppin* liim on de noo am not only painful lo le wictim. but casts a slur un de archives )i thc hull African race. [Detroit Free Frets. According to thc corresponden roi'an Kijglisb trade'jourual. it is a mistake to oijitKise that fruit is absolutely neces? sary io thc manufacture ot preserves. ! !!e describes a visit, to a large jam- ; ' .reducing factory, in which he found hat the work was being bravely carried ! >n without tho aid ot fruit.at all. Jams < )f various kim's were being produced : ' jefore his eyes- -currant, plum, apricot, ] ?trawberry. raspberry, and gooseberry ' I'et. neither currant, plum, strawberry. I < ipneut, raspberry, nor gooseberry was ; ti tho building. Turnips served thc < iurposcs of thc fruit. The Savoring 1 natte: was extracted from coal tar, and ? he resemblance to raspberry and si raw- ; < jerry jam was further produced by 1 nixing* the boiling compound willi ] ima'l seeds with some cheap innocuous ; < ?.erb A eouimou form of sugar is used, : < iud thisirihe only honest ingredient of ? ho I These prescrj??are offered i ive\*75 ana v-ross-p Electric lights have been -largely in? troduced into the promiucnc establish incuts ia Japan. Out of 38 Governors only 13 are Republican That looks as if the South' was pretty solid. It is reported that Gen. G. T. Beau? regard is to marry the widow of Corne? lius Vanderbilt. The ? o;stitulional a m en dmen-t relat? ing to new counties has been defeated by between 10,000 and 12,000 majority; Widespread distress is feared in Ire? land this winter. There is much desti? tution iu West Clare and Connaught. The South Carolina Cv--terence of the M. E. Church, South, will meet in Greenville on December 13. The Atlanta Constitution is right when it Says : The term "corn-huskiog" is the diabolical invention of an enemy of thc American language. Wheat, oats, rye, and barley have husks, but corn is enclosed in shucks. **CorD sh'jcking" is correct. The Kershaw Gazette announces the stroug probability that a stock company will soon be organized for the purpose of opening a large hotel at Kirkwood, Camden's beautiful suburb, for the ac? commodation of Northern winter visit? ors. The projectors arc wen of means. There is no reason why Camden should not be a famous winter resort. A certain church in Michigau has been struck by lightning a dozen times, and now, whenever the preach j er shows signs of getting long-wind : ed, and passing from his 'seventhly'' to his 'eighthly/ the organist slily imi ! tates the sound of approaching thun? der on the pedals. The result is that j the preacher finishes his sermon and i starts thc doxology in an amazingly short time. The congregation has I increased the salary of that organist. ; The opponents of higher education i by thc State seem to be extremely j cautious as to expenditures for the j State University, but wc notice that they never say a word about the appro? priation .>f ?12,000 for the*niilitia. ?Xhe most discerning man iu the State could not possibly point cut any good which has resulted, or could possibly result, from the military system- of South Carolina. Let that ?12.000 go; for education in the future.-Press and Banner. Au English company, known as The Florida Agricultural Company. Li*" '. * of London, has purchased 2,700 acres of land in Florida, adjoining East Taho pekaliga Lake. The lands were recently inspected by an agent cf thc company, and on his recommendation, says the Jacksonville (Fla.) Times, the purchase was made. The tract comprises some choice timber, orange and sugar lands, and the company acquiring them in? tends entering at once upon the work of improving them. It is believed iba; the advent of this English cou pany is thc precursor of several others of like character. One hundred and* fifty students i-re e .orred at the Pierian mud puddle at C /iumbia known as the State Univer? sity. To bestow its draughts en these 150, or a fraction of them, the people pay enough to give at least 400 or 500 poor children a speaking acquaintance with English letters and arithmetic to unlock the door of knowledge to 400 j or 500 intellects now stumbling in the darkness of utter ignoiauce. Let the Legislature do its duty to the people, abolish an expensive and injurious bur? lesque, and increase the means of mak? ing intelligent citizens of our boys and girls.-G ret neille -Ve ws. The publication of dispatches from the great commercial and manufactur? ing centena of the stoppage of steel-rail mills and formal dissolution of freight pools, with the cutting of passeuger and freight rates to nominal figures, ap? peared to create alarm am bug holders of stock all over the country ; and the stock market, already in a strained con? dition, aod'maiuly sustained by artifi? cial support, immediately weakened un? der the free selling of the coal stocks and t he granger properties. Other dis ?4K ?iug causes combined to accelerate thc*vr> -:^e, and on Wednesday a panic was only ?v?Tfc^ ?lie combined ef? forts of the greato^e???ors, whose in? terests, however diverse, w?TCNii *east ail against having sm 1: a general c?ii^^ lapse as was threatened.-Bradstreet, Noe. 25. A furious incident took place a few weeks ago on the Chantilly plat? form. The due d'A um ale, in order that lue station master should reserve him a carriage, had caused him to be in fo i feted he would travel in the next tram. At the appointed hoar the Prince arrived on the platform, and' saw appended to :? coupe the ticket 'engaged ' lie opened the door and got in, persuaded the compartment iiad been reserved for him. But at t!ie other end he saw two ladies in deep mourning ; they wen; the Em? press Eugenie and thc Duchess de 'slouchy, on their way to seethe ?y iug Prince de lay -Woskowa. The Du'.vC rose, and with a deep bow left the carriage. Sir Garnet Wolseley will be pleased to K arn from the French journals that while he was in Paris the ether day on his way home from Egypt he had a touching interview with a French? man who saved his life in Zululand. This man. Pierre Lettrcz by name, Inn! enlisted as a vol nu teer in the English army on the Cape, and Sir Garnet, having heard him very fa? vorably spoken of by the ofiicers of in's regiment, made him ins orderly. At Undangue ho killed a Zulu soldier who was just about to throw his asse? gai at Sir Garnet, who. failing to in? ince him to come to England, lent lim si,000, with which he set up a miall shop in Par's and prospered ex :ccdiiigly. When Sir Garnet passed .brough Paris, Leltrez called at his lotei and paid him back, with inter? est,-the money lent. Sir Garnet was :ompolied to accept repayment, so :araestl> did Lettrez plead, and ce?id i lot/cveii induce him lo accept an in ..italien to dinner.