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COurtesies of War.

It is stated that there had been fre'
quent communication between Osman
Pasha and General Gourko previous to
the fall of Plevna, the opposing COM
manders exchanging very pleasant notes
with each other from time to time. On
one occasion the Russian general sent
to Osmun most courteous letter. &C.
companied by several numbers OF the
London Times containing reflections on
the inevitable fall of the town and on
the necessary surrender of the be,
leaguered army. The Turk returned
his thanks, acknowledged the impor-
tance of being made acquainted with the
peril of Plevna, and added that were
he not otherwise engaged the papers
furnished would afford welcome reading
for the long winter evenings.
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Address to Winter.

BY GU1 d. ANEh1.
Ia here you come to make US wheeZe;
see your fingers onthe trees,
And heard your equinoctial sneeze
Last Monday evening.
You'll soon be here to nip my toes,
And paint my cheeks with sunset glows,
And fresco this old chin and nose
With blue and purple.
hear you've been-you rowing fellow J.
Among the Polynesians yellow,
And soaring with your fearful below
The Australasians.
You're getting rough fear you pass
Your time too much with Boreas
And that star-mantled Gypsy lass,
The dark-eyed solstice.
Old friend, together many year
We've journeyed on through foul and clear;
So now, good comrade, give an ear
To my petition
Soften thy cruel northern blows;
In cold Arcturus leave thy SHOWS;
pray thee gently come to those
Whonhave no shelter.
Oh touch them kindly; kindly deal
With those who most thy rigors feel;
In tattered legions here they kneel,
And crave thy mercy.
The times are hard, and work there's none;
Oh, give them Oft gleam Of sun
Remind them Of that gentle One
Who loved the lowly.
Buster around the rich mans door;
Make him unlock his golden store,
Each year increasing more and more
His deeds of kindness.
Roar round the miser till he quakes;
Nip him and strip him till he shakes;
Freeze and squeeze him till he makes
A big donation.
Let those We love, though they abide
Far from US now, come to our side
Happy and well at Christnastide,
And We will bless thee
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A Fatal Flat.BOat.

John B. Painter, of Pittsburg, Pa,
with party of colonizers, thirty sonls
in all, left that city recently in fat
boat, intending to travel by river to
Arkansas. They launched their boat
about two o'clock, and had only foated
a short distance, when one of the steer
ing oars broke, and the boat began to
drift with the current. Just as they
entered the Ohio river the hat-boat
struck a feet of coal barges, and the
fat boat parted in three pieces and broke
up, throwing the immigrants into the
water. Some Of them climbed out on
the coal barges, and others were rescued
by skiffs. A Swiss family named Rife,
consisting of father, mother and two
children, and man from Philadelph":
name unknown, perished. All the rest
were saved, although with the greatest
difficulty. One woman, with an infant.
aosted several hundred Tasd, before shs
na1 t,tsks,1 It
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Texas COlOnists.

Bishop Garrett, of the northern Texas
Protestant Episcopal diocese, delivered
a lecture in Philadelphia few evenings
since on Texas. he spoke chiefly Of
Northern Texas, because, in his opinion,
it was the best part of the Lone Star
State for immigrants, and because he was
more intimately acquainted with that
region. Between the Trans- Continental
and the Texas-Pacifc railroads is a
parallelogram of rich land, suitable for
pioneer farmers. A belt of timber land
runs south from Texarkana, the entrepot
of the two roads; west of it is the agri-
cultural belt, and still further west is the
grazing land. The agricultural belt, 200
miles wide, and running the length OF
the State from north to south, appeared
to him the finest land in the world. It
has black, waxy soil, impregnated with
lime, free from sand, fifteen feet deep
and productive of the staples Of both
North and South. But it is hard to cul-
tivate, and, therefore, some immigrants
despair. Thirty-five miles or so away
from the railroad, land is cheap, and if
an immigrant has money enough to buy
a piece, station himself upon it and work
hard he will soon come out master. But
the man who goes thither should have
his 81, 600 when his foot is finally planted
upon the suitable spot. If he has the
81, 900, is Industrious and sober, he will
be independent in five years. But there
are too many poor people there now.
Texas does not want absolutely poor
people. "I would not advise poor
people, who have only money for
transportation" said he, "to go to
northern Texas. fertile and promising as
the countryis. There are no charitable
abodes for the sick and unfortunate ; the
immigrant should not 60 to that State
unless he can maintain himself until q
foothold is established. Nor should any
man who drinks go to Texas. Whiskey
will not do there. Bullets are plentiful
for all but the sober, and if man keeps
sober, Texas is as safe place for him as
Philadelphia. "If you cannot live
without whiskey, you had better not set
your foot on Texas sell. said the bishop.
the kind of men to 60 to Texas are the
sober, horney-handed ones, with q little
capital. Tradesmen with $1,000 can
locate at Sherman, Fort Worth, and
especially Weatherford, further west,
and start up successfully, but no shop
clerks, with fine apparel and immaculate
choker, are needed. It is amazing what
interest the people now there take in
religion. They are keen, acute, and
remarkable good judges of sermon, so
that clergymen with empty heads and
cold hearts will soon find that they are
in the wrong place. The bishop con-
cluded bv. advising all who desire to
immigrate to see to it that they get trust
worthy information of land and of land
titles. No man should 60 to Texas
until he has counted the cost.
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What the MiscrOscope Reveals.

Mold ls q forest OF beaut1ul trees,
with the branches, leaves and fruit.
Butterflies are fully feathered.
Hairs arc hollow tubes.
Thesurface of our bodies is covered
with scales like a fish single grain
of sand would cover one hundred and
fifty of these scales, and yet a scale
covers five hundred pores. Through
these narrow openings the perspiration
forces itself like water through sieve.
Each drop of stagnant water contains
a world of living creatures, swimming
with as mush liberty as whales in the
sea.
Each leaf has q colony Of insects graz.
ing It, Like COW In meadow,-Ee.
chance,
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ligion, and affords instruction in all
modern languages, while in the old uni
versity the Koran and the Arabic are
the exclusive object and organ of teach
ing. It numbers, however, only 300
pupils, and is looked upon with 'sus-
picion by the genuine Moslems.
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Whenever Mrs. May Coleman's hus-
band wishes to tease her. he declares
she proposed to him, and says LIE can
prove it by her own handwriting.
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The Court.
The Court.
|y at the appoiuted time, his Hon.

Ry NJ the appointed time, MS hoh'
judge p. Kershaw opened the March term of
Court lhis County, last Monday morning.
Solict Bali was alssat his post, having ar
rived hefs the Saturday bcfefss and prepared
such cases es he. could possibly get ready, in
order that no time should be lost.
The ya1ese wers, ,impanslled, with ]. E. Meng
as ForemsR ef the Grand Jury.
The Judge delixersd one of the finest charges
to the Grand J9ry we have listened to in many
years. In nthe!outset he stated that he thought
it was only nesessary to charge the jury upon
stheir general duties ut that time, as he would
make special charges to them as cases were sent
to them. His remarks upon the causes of crime
and disorder in any community were forcible
&d appropriate. ldleness, he said, was gener-
nlH 1t the bottom Of oil crimes. Drunkenness
FOLLOWED, and then the carrying of concealed
weapsns generally ended the career of the ider
and diunkards either in the Penitentiary or on
the gaHows. 1t was idleness and drunkenness
filed our Poor Houses. for the support of which
the people wefe SO heavily taxed, while the car
rying Of concealed weapons-so disreputable in
his younger dhys-emboldened turbulent men,
crazed with whiskey, to commit acts of violence
-rpTs&sisSsltoYueES aud disturb tue peace Gnd
harmony OF Communities. So long as these per-
nicious practices were INDUCED in, so long will
the capitalists and worthy citizens of other Sec
tiOns shun this delightful and prolific portion
of our country. lie made strong appeal to
the people of all rlases to put these practices
down by q united Condemnation of them He
also instructed M Grand Jury to look into the
matter of Free. 50 FOOLS and make such susges-
tions as they believed would make the Free
School system more efficient and popular among
all classes. 1t was no disgrace for any one to
send n child to School supported from the tax
es Of the people. In Charleston and other CIT
les, children Of The most respectable families
were educated in the Free Schools. 1t was the
duty of all TO take an interest in the Free
Schools of our State; and he hoped to see the
time when Free School Of high grade was
slAs;a-s$cry County. --~r-------'e.s"'---
ss9he Judge captivated all who heard his charge,
while his ability, dignity and purity of charac-
ter, impresses all with profound respect for him
as man and reverence for the office lie SO efec-
tually fills.
No time has been wasted in the court
Through the tact and industry of the Solicitor
the work of the Grand Jury was completed on
Tuesday at noon, and they were discharged.
The following cases were disposed of:
The State Us. Douglas Wallace and Prince Wal
lace.-Grand Larceny-Stealing Cotton
Verdict, Guilty. Sentcnce--Dougars,t three
years, Prince two years, al hard labor, in the
Penitentinry.
" ps. Kissa Glenn, Victoria Glenn, Jacob
Glenn and Peter Glenn.--Unlnwful entry
upon land alter notice. Verdict, Guilty as
TO Kissa, Victoria and jacob not guilty US
to Peter. Sentence, one week 81 County
Jail.
- rs. Wade Hampton. Poisoning IIorsos
Mistrial
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A Colored Girl Badly Burned.

On Sunday morning last, MS colored girl in
this town, named Carrie Anderson, aged about
l6, was sitting in front of the fire, reading, her
clothes caught fire from spark. She became
frightened, rushed from the room and ran across
an open passage to the room Of o crippled old
colorel woman. Tho Wind WAS ik>s<ias ASxds
and as she crossed the passage it famed the 6re
to roaring blaze, which had reached above the
girls head when she got to the old woman s
room, aud before it could be extinguished,
nearly all her clothes were burned off. She is
dreadfully burned and is suffering great agony;
but it is hoped her injuries will not prove fatal.
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Speights' Daily Newspaper.

We have received the first number Of n paper
published at Grecnvillc. under the above head
ing. 1t is racy, newsy and we'll gotten up pa
per, rs any paper must be that SrEIGHTs has
anything to do with. Grcenville owes much to
Speghs. lie. more than any other man or set
of men, has given prominence to the "Mountain
City" and helped to build it up. There's no
mistaking his political opinions. In the cam
paign of 1876, the Grecnville Neps. of which
he was then Editor, was the most fearless and
influential straight-eut paper in the State
Greenvile must give SpEIGHTs what is justly
due him--a handsome patronage TO his Ners-
Uuptr.
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Presentment Of the Grand Jury.
MARCH TERM, 1873.


THE STATE OF SOurH CAnoINAo
CoUSTY OF UNION.
To the Hon. j b. KERSYA W, Presidsug Judge.
The Grand Jury would respectfully report as
follows:
We leGe examipcd the Public Buildings Snd
find.
in bad condi'on-nccding repairs generally
and we would recommend that the necessary re-
pairs be made, and Of n substantial nature.
The Court House is in very good condition.
THE PUBLIC OFFICES
The Sheriff s, Clerks, Probate Judges Audi
tors, County Commissioners School Commits
sioner's and Treasurcr's Offices, seem to be
neatly and we'll kept. The books and Papers
are in good condition.
The Probate Judges needs new desk and we
recommend that the same be furnished by the
County Commissioners.
THE POOR HOUSE
We find the Poor House in good condition The
inmates are carefully and properly provided for,
and the Superntedent seems to manage the
Farm well, and to discharge the duties belong,
ing to his position
TRIAL JUSTICES
The following Trial Justices, James T. Jeter,
Jasper Gibbes, 7. j. Orr, s. s. Stokes, C. B..
Bobo, T. NJ. Littlejohn, Thomas Conner, B. b..
Foster and d. Johnson, Jr., have produced them.
books for examination, and we are glad to no.
tice decided Improvement in their Offices.
LICENSES
The Grand Jury have considered the applica-,
tion for License Of j. H. Sims, for retailing.
Spurious Liquors, and recommend tnat the
same be granted him, upon his entering into,
Bond, &C., as Is required by law. We have
agreed to FIX the License Fee at two huadre d
dollars per year.
COUNTY YINANcEs
In regard to the Finances of the County, we
| find that the Treasurer has been prompt in his
collections and that the Same has been applied
by the County Commissioners to the various
purposes for which IL was levied.
We arc informed by the County Commission nr.
| ers that the debt Of the County is about $lO;.
500. That they have applied to the Legislature
for relief in regard to the payment Of the same.
They are Of opinion that they cnn greatly 70,
duce the debt during the present year
PUBLIC scooB,
The Grand Jury have been informed that o
large scope Of country lying in Pinckney and
Santac Townships is abont seven and half
miles from any Of tho Public Schools. There
are but very few white children In this section
net sufficient 10 make school--and wo would
respectfully call the attention Of the School
Commjssioner TO the above fact, and ask that
the matter bsys his attention.
We herewith 6le the Report Of the School
Commissiner and call the attention Of the Court
thereto.
4 THE ROADS.
The Roads are in bad condition, and we would
suggest TO The Commissionefs Of the County
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Peace not Certain Yet.

The Dodge for a Russo Turkish Aliiance ONLY
RiUer InterueneS--Engiands Wariike Prepa-
rahons-7he Conference PROJECT a Failure.
LONDON, February 2S.-A dispatch from Pera
says: "The pretended struggle over peace con-
diions is merely cloak for Russo-Turkish al
lance. Russia will eventually arrange protec-
torates over Turkey"
only separated by small river. Officers and
men fraternizc. The situation is not regarded
in London as improving. England has ordered
the manufacture of eight hundred torpedoes.
Warlike preparations are causing great excite
ment in ssme quarters war is considered inev.
liable, unless Russia modiies her demands. The
situation in Berlin and Vienna also, is viewed
rs critical. II is believed the Conference pro-
ject has failed.
LONDON, February 2S.-1'he Government has
announced in Parliament this afternoon that
the condition in the East at present was one of
suspended hostilities. Government hoped that
was ended, but il was possible that hostili-
ties might be renewed. Sir Stafford Northcote
said the terms Of peace were unknown 10 the
English Government, but if they proved to be
injurious to England, the Government would
take proper steps to protect its rights.
The members are anxious to have the "codify
ers' step TO the front and make themselves
known. Only 81 have reported thus far. and il
is impossible to proceed to business with less
than hundred, ,-Rf0istet,
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WITHDRAWAL OF ELDERs.-Cumberland Mo-,
March 1.-The Methodist Conference assembled
here to-day. The following law questions, in
case of the withdrawal of On elder from the
Methodist Episcopal Church, were decided :
Does his authority to exercise oil functions Of
his office cease Z? IL does.
How shall q Withdrawn Elder resume his
membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church.?
BY admission on trial.
by what method shall an Elder who has with
drawn from our Church be restored to his for
mer ministerial functions? BY q vote Of IN
annual conference, restoring his patchmehts.
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WARRINGTON, D. G. Feb. 28.--Thomns p.
Cheney, superintendent of New England Postal
Service, is under CONF plicated charges including
oertifcation OF vouchers for services never rem
dered.- And that is In the "loiP' State of Maine.
How like Radtalism In South Carolina.
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The Cotton Market.

The Cotton Market. -:
The receipts have fallen of considerably the
past week. Only so bales have been sold in
this market, at somewhat lower prices. We
quote 74@9S
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A Fatal Difficulty,

Fatal Difficulty,
4 difficulty occurred last Friday, on Col. Rob,.
Beatty, Sr's plantation, between Mr.. Robt Clark,
Col. Boaty's Manager, and Giles Thompson, o
colored man, in which the latter was shot and
instantly killed.
The difficulty occurred, according to the testi-
mony of q colored man, named Sambo Beatty,
at the Coroners inquest, and who was the only
Witness present, as follows:
Sambo and Clark were blowing together in
the morning, when Clark sent him to Thompson
to exchange his mule for O faster one which
Thompson was driving. Thompson refused TO
exchange and went to Colonel Beatty making
statements injurious to Clark. At dinner they
met at the horse lot where the fracus occurred.
Clark called Thompson to account for the alleged
lies lie had told Colonel Beatty, which he denied
with oaths. Clark told him he would not sub
nit to any cursing at all. Thompson said he
was cursing Sambo. At this juncture so Sam
bo says, Clark drew his pistol and shot Thomp-
on twice.
That Sambo's story is not the whole truth, we
have every reason to believe, for we understand
that Clark was so badly cut in the abdomen and
other parts of his body, that he cannot be
moved from his bed, and Doctors are attending
him. We, however, have not heard any state
ment Of the affair from Clark.
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Terrible Storm In Piokens.

The Keowee Courier tells OF destructive storm
of wind, hail, rain, thunder and lightning,
which visited portions of that County on the
9th ult 1t blew down residences, kitchens,
stables, barns, corn cribs, fences and made sad
havoc with almost everything else in its track.
|xsxxassJ JsvsSIE 1Sst1 3: .SsE:s s..s's===
We calft attention Of our readers to the
Lien Law which we publish this week. 1t is
the law rs it passed the legislature. The law we
published last week we cut from the Spartanburg
Herald which is edited by the Clerk of the SEN
ate and we supposed if any one knew what law
had been passed he was the man. No doubt
those having charge of the paper while he is ut.
tending to the duties of his Office, in Columbia,
inserted the bill that was first introduced in the
Legislature, and not tho law as it was finally
passed.
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Fresh Fish,,
Don't forget that W. r. Davis has the finest
fresh Shad aud other fish every Tuesday and
Saturday morning
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HOMICIDE AT BLAcKvILLE.--Bl -Blackville, 8. c.,
February 19.-Mr. Julius Weisbaum, aged about
~ years, was killed by g. W. Cain. two miles
from here last night, near midnight. Cause
said to be intimacy with Gains sister. Cain
surrendered Immediately to the authorities. The
Coroner is now investigating the affair.
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Gov. HAMPTON's Columbia FRI
day night, March 1.-The debate on the Public
Debt question to-day was sop ewhat more lively
than hitherto, but there is no intimation as vet
when the vote will be reached. The feeling in
favor Of standing by the Consolidation Act and
the pledges of the Democratic party steadily
gains ground. l know of three members
Of the House, whose views were heretofore
claimed us doubtful, who to-day declared their
intention of supporting the act. II is certain
that, whatever strength the opponents of the
Consolidation settlement had, may still have,
is weakened by the extreme position taken Y
the leaders OH that side and by their out pok en-
denunciation of Governor Hampton for being
brave enough to stand by his pledges. have
heard expressions from members of the House
which, if reported would shock beyond meas
ure the public sense of what is due TO the great
leader in the campaign by which South Carolina
was redeemed. / have heard men denounce
Governor Hampton as n would-be Dictator who
but for his untiring efforts and sacrifices, would
not now be enjoying the right of freemen much
less OF Legislators. But this class of men, for
tunately for the State, form but small minori-
~, and their utterances meet with as little sym
pathy from the majority as from the mass of
constituents whom they misrepresent. The de-
nunciations of the Governor in the House have,
so far, been confined to private conversations ;
but the sentiments of the leaders of the move
ment are well enough known to drive away from
them many who might support the report of
the Commission on the narrow ground of sup.
posed economy. Their eyes. however. have now
been opened, and they see that the reopcning of
the Consolidation settlement means the over
throw of Hampton and the probable defeat Of the
Democratic party in the next campaign. Gen.
Gary holds the unenviable position of mouth
piece for this faction in the Senate, and to-day
delivered n speech in which foul attack was
made upon the Governor. lie declared, in sub
stance, that Hampton had violated the obliga-
tons Of the Office of Governor by trying to lob
by his measures through the Legislature, by the
use of his personal influence, and had thus es-
tablshed precedent never before descended to
by any Governor of South Carolina. The ver-
dict OF the grateful people Of the State, as be-
tween Governor Hampton and the senator who
has chosen to arraign him in so shamful and un-
generous style, y o foregone confusion.
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TIE TAX LEvY.-The Columbia correspondent /
of the Charleston NeWs and Courier, gives us
the following insight into the next tax levy:
The committee on ways aud means have been
working very hard for the past week in order
to get the supply bill ready for presentation,
but the continuous presentation Of new claims
has prevented them from settling definitely upon
the exact figures. The bill will, however,
in. all probability be presented tomorrow or
on Monday, in order to get it under way
by the time the Public Debt matter is settled
The tax levy will not be less than seven mills,
including the two mills educational tax, and un-
less new claims come in before its presentation
the levy will not exceed seven and quarter
mills. This will include the interest on the pub
lie debt: and the estimate is made on the basis Of
the entire lebt, rs adjusted under the Consolida-
ton Act, leaving margin for what may be fund
ed under that act between now and the time fixed
for the collection Of the tax. The tax will he
collected In two instaments, the first in May, +,
and the second in October, and the usual penal
ty for de)nquents will be attached.