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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-03-07
The Refinement of Rascality.

The Legislative Investigating com
mittee reformed vast amount of
labor, and tho reports they are now
issuing weekly are choice reading.
The reckless prodigality and un~
blushing villainy that characterized
all the leaders of the Radical party
almost surpasses belief. The tax
payers, although painfully conscious
OF the fact that were being shame-
fully plundered, never dreamed of
the extent Of the systematic rob
berry that was carried on. Eegisla-
tive pay certificates alone served as
means of extracting annually from
two hundred thousand to million
dollars. Frank Moses and Patter-
son were the chief conspirators, the
one issuing and the other pt,rchas-
ing certificates. In one session those
certificates woro issued to the
amount Of S1,t68,255 "every
dollar of which was a robbery ex-
eept about two hundred thousand
dollars" "Gratifcation certifcates,' :,
without any consideration, were
lavishly issued. Certificates were
dealt out to leading officials by fcti-
ious names. i. l.. Cardozo received
$2500 as t. F. Christopher and
$4,000 as @. l.. Frankfort, j. II.
Bowley S2500 as A. B. Jordan, and
+. j. Moses untold sums as J. NJ.
Foreman. Among others. certif"
cate issued to NJ. Moston for $500
Got which $500 went to Gleaves for
signing his nnme) represented the
spoils of none other than ex-Sena
tor Nose Martin of this county.
1t will be remembered that a high
joint investigating committee were
appointed in 1870, to investigate the
public affairs. They had unlimited
powers. In June 1871 they went to
New York, and to give Kimpton
time agreed to take a recess OF a
month, which time they spent at the
fashionable watering places or in
riotous living. The expenses paid
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-03-07
TUESDAY, March S, 1873.
',ySENATE.

The bill for ,,the protection and
preservation Of the game, fish and
oysters in this State passed with
amendments, and was returned to
the House for concurrence.
The report of the conference
committee on the bill to prevent
cruelty to animals was adopted, and
the bill ordered for ratification.
The bill to alter and amend the
school law was amended by adopt.
ing the recommendations of the
special committee of the Charleston
delegation, and the bill passed it's
second reading.
The bond question came up as q
special order, and Mr.. Fraser de.
livered an address in favor of stand.
ing by the Consolidation Act.
The bill to- authorize the adjntant
general to purchase the four guns
OF the Columbia Flying Artillery
was lost.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. D. F. Bradley offered the fol-
lowing, which was adopted:
- Resolued, That the special COM
'mittee to whom was referred the
case of the Hon. Thomas Hamilton
be, and they are hereby instructed
to- thoroughly investigate the
charges made against all members
Of this House in the report OF said
oonaanittee. ..;r ~. ,arrY ~
Mr.. Gonnor offered the following
concurrent, resolution,, which was
adopted !. ,..,.
? EKasolved, By the House OF Rep
resentatives, the, Senate yeonctrring,
That the members Of this General
Assembly hereby agree that their
per dieni since the, ,feoesss shall be
fixed at the rates $4 per day. g3 81
2sMB A RI !. .HeWphill moved: to
rec0nsider the vote.whereby q reso.
luton #ss. ad6ptedto fix the time
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-03-07

The SENATE and the House are
quarreling over the terms of bill
regulating voting precincts in the
State. The difficulty seems to be
in the counties of Charleston and
Colleton.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-03-07

RUSSIA AND TURKEY have signed
articles of peace. Intelligence as
to the terms is very indefinite.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-03-07

~ .,.-,.'.l., p,.,-rz-sa,.,-s7 s.>:
consent of the governor, and their
salaries fzsd, at $4,000: instead of
$4,000. A contingent fund of
$1,000 is also appropriated for the
commission.
The Senate then. took up the re>
port of the bond commission.
Mr.. Witherspoon spoke in favor
of the report. + f1 ~,
Pending the discussion, the ques-
tion was made special order for
the 5th. inst.
The bill to amend the act to
establish uniformity in the sessions
OF the circuit courts passed a second
reading si, p: ..l.....
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Simonton offered a resolution
that vote be taken on the bond
question at l o'clock on Thursday,
the 7th inst.
Mr.. Gray moved to substitute
Wedne esday for Thursday.
MIR. George Johnstone moved to
table this resolution, but his motion
was not agreed to.
The resolution as amended was
then voted upon, and the yeas and
nays called-yeas, 81; nays, 81.
Speaker. Sheppard decided the
question by casting his vote in the
affirmative.
MIR. Youmans offered a concur,
rent resolution that the General
Assembly adjourn on the 10th
instant. Laid over under the rules.
The University bill was received
from the Senate, with sundry
amendments. These amendments
were concurred in by the House
and the bill was ordered to be en-
rolled for ratification.
At this point Mr.. Hamilton arose
Oh privileged question in refer
ence to Z. certain charges made
against him by the investigating
committee. He made q very
violent speech, emphatically deny
ing the charges and characterizing
them as malignant and false. Mr..
Muller moved that a special COM
mittee be appointed to investigate
the charges made against Mr..
Hamilton. and the accused have an
opportunity to prove his innocence.
Mr.. MulleE's motion was agreed
to by a very large vote, and the
Chair appointed the following gen.
tlemen to constitute the committee:
Messrs. George tombstone, r. r.
Hemphill and r. B. Rhett.
A bill to relistrict the State, into
five Congressional Districts, with
majority and minority reports, next
came mp for CO nsideration, and
elected a short debate between
Messrs. Aldrich and Buist, the
former speaking in favor of the
majority, and tho latter arguing in
support Of the minority report.
The bill reported by the minority
Of the committee was laid upon the
table by vote of 55 to 81.
MIR. Gray moved to commit the
bill of the majority of the committee
to special committee.
Messrs- Rhett, Aldrich, Orr and
others argued for and against the
motion to commit, and a vote was
finally takon, with this result-yeas,
IS; nays, So. 80 d r.
A motion was then made that the
enacting clause of the bill be
stricken out yeas, 35; nays, 55.
A motion was also made that the
bill be laid upon tho table, which
was agreed to by g vote of 49 to IT.
Adjourned.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-03-07

The UNIVERSITY BILL, with many
amendments, has passed it's third
reading in the Senate.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-03-07

mis- says that only $12,500 went to
the committee. Besides this, the
armed force fund was drawn upon
for this committee, so that each
member received from twenty to
sixty dollars q day apiece, All this
was charged to the State, and
allowed by Scott, Parker and
Chamberlain, those composing the
financial board. aiw u..IsI
Moses and Dennis testify to a
specimen steal. Speaker Moses told
Dennis, the chairman of the com.
mittee, that he ought to have ashare
of the good things going, and a
certificate for S25OO, payable to J.
G. Gershon, was made out. It was
necessary for Ransier, as lieutenant.
governor, to sign the certificate, and
this he refused to do unless an
equal amount was given to him. To
satisfy all parties the following was
issued um.l.r. .un.r.
State of South Carolina.
TO James Gershon, DR.. "".
For room rent, fees, &C., for Joint
Special Investigating Committee in
New York. $4,000.
Not only this, but Dennis got
$500 in addition, as his share of
the steal. These claims are now in
the treasurer's Office, cancelled as
paid.
Ex-Associately Justice Wright
figures on the books as having COL
lected two claims of S64O each, is
sued to 81. N. Dobson" and 20. N.
Smith" as committee clerks, neither
of whom has any real existence.
Wright denied any knowledge of the
claims or the endorsement, but the
committee are satisfied of his guilt.
During the campaign of 1872,
when Speaker Moses was q candi-
date for governor, he issued half q
million certificates rs gratuities and
bribes. A large number were COL
lected for Governor Scott in pay
ment of debt due by Moses, addi~
tional consideration being Scott's
permission to Crews to pay Moses a
$4,000 bribe promised by Pattere
son on the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad consolidation bills moal
The following are samples Of
our native young governors busi-
ness way of doing things. He
writes to A. 0. Jones, clerk IF the
House: r5""'. o!i".f2
Ny Dear Oceold--Please send me
by bearer certificate for $4,000 ia
favor Of j. H. and NJ. l.. Kinafd III,
"sundries furnished" and one fGSr
81 500 in favor Of Hardy Solomon
for "sundries furnished" and
oblige, F. j. Moses, JR.,
Speaker, &c.
February %, 1872. ..
Again he writes .uA a,.u u.
Dear Joaes-Please fix the with
in for our friend Hurley.
Sincerely, ="
MOSES.
Hurley writes
Fau,sk-These are the cusses
Make an order to A. 0. Jones.
T. n.
Charles Reade, Messenger.
John B. Turner, Clerk.
Amos Barns. Clerk
David D. Cooper, Messenger. -
Andrew Smith, Messenger.
Elias Woodrow, Clerk. 't.
Jones says the handwriting on tho
above seems to be that of MIR.
Hurley. ,a
Dear Oceola-Plsase make me
out a certificate for my pct. Sin.
ceroly yours, r. j. M. u
The half is not told. Yet enough
is known to give full insight into
the way the carpet-baggers and
scallawags, propped by the bayonets
of the best government the world
ever saw, ran riot with the State.
After this, who can deny that the
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-03-07

Food greatly benefits whe, eiven
Rroperly at the right periods, bnt
to oyerfsed thS baby is- to sicien i.
ana induce degree Of suffering :
Or, Bulls Baby Syrup is the best
remedy for the discomfort a,is;r yn, :,
from # oyetfeeding the baby. Price
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-30
The Telephone Under Fire.

THERE is no account extant of how
the telephone acts when under fire.
The destruction of the Free Press build
Ings gave the little instrument a fiery
ordeal to pass through. The telephone
with the residence of the Managing
Editor, VIM. E. Quinby, No. TT Jeffer-
son avenue, mile and half from the
newspaper office. When the fire struck
the editorial rooms, the bell at Mr..
Quinby's residence began to ring
violently. As the fire increased in in
tensity the ringing of the bell became
more impetuous, pealing ngusts as the
fire seemed to surge around the COM
panion bell in the burning building. 1t
was an embodiment of Poe's lines on
1.-THE Bells" where the rising and the
quclling of the fire could be calculated
by the rising and the fall of the anger
of the bells At last the clamor of the
telephone bell became unbearable to
those in the room, and the bell was
muff1ed with cotton which partly STOP
ped the alarm. But here the strangest
part of the telephones action comes in.
From the speaking tube, came the roar
of the fire, and it would sesm that the
swish of the water from the engine, and
the pouring of the floods from the roof
could be plainly heard. The cracking
of the burning timbers and at last the
crash of floors and falling: partitions
came and every sound of the conflagra.
ton in all its infections faithfully re-
produced, and the sudden stoppage Of
all sound showed that communication
was broken and the voice of the won.
derful instrument was stilled by the
scorching flames. Detroit Free Press,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-30
The Oldest Fortress.

The voyager who ascends beyond the
First Cataract of the Nile, finds himself
in narrow valley shut in by granite
hills, and only sees here and there a
space wide enough for cultivation.
There are buildings of all ages and
kinds, chiefly temples; and at intervals,
where the sandstone ridges approach
the Nile, he finds vast grottoes carved
in the face of the cliff, the greatest of
all being the furthest-namely, the
Temple of the Sun at Aboshek, bet
ter known as Ispambool. Amid this
wealth of architectural remains, the
best of them on the western bank, the
castle opposite Dakkeh, on the eastern
bank, is very often passed by unvisit-
ed. Yet it we'll repays visit, though
the visitor wishes in vain for some one
competent to describe the defenses as
Mr.. Clark would describe a Norman
Keep in England. For, though it is
built of crude brick-that is to say of
midland though it is 700 miles from
the sea, and though it is one of the
Oldest buildings in the world, having
been erected $500 years at least be-
fore the White Tower, yet to the eyes
of an English traveller it resembles
nothing in the world so much as the
Keep Of Rochester or of Guildford.
There is the ditch, with scarp and
counterscarp. There are square tow
ers overlapping the corners. There
are fat buttresses not reaching the top
of the wall. There are gates with mar
row walls and signs of draw-bridges.
There is covered way down to the
waters edge. We might be exploring
q castle on Che Thames or the Dee, ex-
cept for the material of which i: is
built. The walls, some fourteen feet
thick at least, and still in places not
less than forty in height, are all formed
of great blocks of sun-dried mud, very
like the sods of peat one sees in Scot
land and Ireland. Here and there the
impress of the makers hand may be
found, and you may lay your fingers
into the very marks left by man of
flesh and blood, of nerves and mus
cles, of skin with thousand delicate
lines such as you see in your own
palm, yet who lived and labored and
died more than 5000 years ago. Some
of the marks are small, and must be
those of q woman's hand; for female
labor, by which to-day the new streets
of Cairo are built, was, no doubt, the
rule in Egypt under Hatasoo as it is
under Ismael. Of the history OF the
fortress opposite Dakkeh. of its very
name, we know nothing. Centuries be-
fore Joseph or Moses, centuries before
the siege of Troy, tens of centuries BE-
fore William the Norman, monarchs
had castles builtfor them, and employed
the labor of their subjects to forge and
strengthen their own chains.
day ReviesO.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-30
VEGET|nE
Purifies the Blood, Renovates and
Invigorates the Whole System.
ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ARE
Alternative, Tonic, Solvent,
and 0iuretic.

VEGETINE is made exclusively from the Juices Of
carefuy-Selected barkS, roots, and herbs, and 80
strongly concentrated that 1t will eectualy eradicate
from the system every faint of ScrOful0, ScrOfu-
LOUIS HumOr. TumOrs. Cancer. CanccrOus
Mumor, Erysipelas. salt Rheum; Canlker.
Fafmtness at the stomach. and all diseases that
and Chronic Rbeumat ism. Neural sia. ! Out,
cured through the blood.
For Ulcers and Eruptive Diseases Of the
Skin, Pustules. PimpleS. BlOtcheA. Rolls,
letter, Sca1dheAd, and RimxWOrul, VEGET1NE
has never failed to effect permanent cure.
For Pains I'm the Back, Kidney Com
cOrrlasesa. arising from internal liberation and utter
Inc diseases and General Debility, yEGETlNE acts
directly upon the of these complaints 1t inv
crates and strengthens the whole SYSTEM acts upon the
secretive organs allays inflammation cures liberation
and regulates the bowels.
For Catarrh. Dy:pepsia: Iabitual Cos
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tratfOn Of the Nervous System, no medicine
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TINE pureS the blood, cleansfS all Of the organs,
and possesses controlling power over the nervous sys
tenn.
The remarkable cures effected by vE8ETINE have In
duced many physicians and ap0thecarieS whom VI
know to prescribe and use 1t in their own families
In fact vEGETINE is the best remedy yet discovered
for the above diseases and is the only reliable BLOOD
PURIFIER yet placed before the public.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-30
TIE BACKBITER.

THERE'S some one living in this town
Maybe YOU know her name,
And may oe. should I write it down,
Your own might prove the same).
Who. when you say, Hes good. will CRY,
Indeed. You think thats true,
But, very cOnfidentially,.
You wouldn't-if you knew
One says What pretty girl goes by?"
''Oh. horrors! you don't think
So!-Since we're you and [,
I'll say. her parents drink.
And si,e,well. won't tel! it out,
Though I've no dOub t tis true.
You wouldn't, if YOU knew
If one sings sweetly, "How abe fiats.'
IL dressed in taste. What styler'
Supremacy vulgar" all her hats,
Her dresses simply VILE"
And wnen good Deacon Busby failed
IA noble man and truel, -,
You wouldn't. il You knew
Let those admire and love who can
This e-breathing dame.
Who seems to think a prosperous man
Must surely be to blame.
That beauty is a mark of sin;
That goodness must be crime;
She sees but thieves and rascals in
The heroes of the time.
Sometimes she doesn't hesitate
To tell us what she knows
And in nine cases out of eight
A lie ia all she shows.
For virtues sake, hope to find
One good old doctrine true,
Some heat for such / should not mind:
You wouldn't-if You knew.
-Hdte Clark. in Springfield (Kass.) Republican
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-30

Here is something of interest to
every parent: A number of infants
have recently died in London apparent
~ from erysipelas. 1t has now been
discovered that death was caused by
the adulteration of "viOlet powder :"
with white arsenic. Some of the pow
der which was analysed was found to
contain Is per cent. of the deadly
poison. These trade tricks travel quick
ly, and unfortunately white arsenic is
very cheap.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-30
Heaves In Horses

The majority of horses affected with
the heaves are immoderate feeders. In
fact, experience has proved that over
distending the stomach and bowels
with food particularly with an inferior
article of provender) is one of the
chief causes of heaves. According to
this theory, the principal means of cure
rests entirely with the owner, who
should enforce ajudicious system of feed
ing both as to quantity as we'll as quail
ty. Good sound oats, free from dust,
must, &c., should be selected and fed at
morning and noon, carrots or cut feed
may be fed at night. The animal should
he fed three times a day only, and the
quantity of food given should be limited
in proportion to the labor the animal
has to perform. A little prairie hay
may be fed at night, and should be well
shaken and sprinkled with salt and
water previous to being fed. We do
not think it advisable to turn horse
affected with the heaves to grass, sim
ply because the morbid desire for food
would be very likely to return, and the
animal would, no doubt, improve the
opportunity to crafty its depraved APP
petite. The nature Of the food is also
such that, comparatively speaking, it
would take a much larger bulk to sus-
tain the vital functions than food fed in
more concentrated form, consequently
the stomach and bowels would be pre-
ternaturally distended, and the constant
strain on the coats of the stomach
would, no doubt, relax and weaken its
natural functions. Heaves is a compli-
Gated disease of the digestive and re-
spiratory organs, and we must admit
that vegetable food, on account of its
laxative properties, constitutes an ex-
cellent diet for horses affected with this
malady; but we insist that it must be
fed in limited quantities. otherwise it
will be productive of more harm than
good. On the whole. we believe horse
with the heaves can be made very use
full, if not effectually cured, by a proper
system Of feeding; but the good that is
accomplished by feeding a concentrated
diet would be very likely to be com.
pletely undone by turning the animal
to grass-N. Y. Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-30

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medicine is used by construction companies
for the benefit of their employees, when engaged
in malarial districts. The highest testimonials
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Presidents of some of the leading railroads in
the South and West. When men are congre-
gated in large numbers in the nci"hborhood of
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-30

People generally desire long life and good
health Sickness and premature death are al
most always due to violations of the laws that
govern our physical being, and Of which the
masses are ignorant. 1t men knew better
they would do better; but how can they avoid
an evil that they know not off While efforts
are made through the public shoots to give
each child q so-called common English educa-
ton, yet the children are permitted to grow
up and enter upon the responsible duties Of
active life, profoundly ignorant of the 4truc-
ture of their own bodies, and the laws Of ply
steal being upon which their health and lives
depend. They are sent to school and crammed
with arithmetic, grammar, and geography, by
studied physiology and hygiene. They are
taught to locate the mountains and trace the
rivers OF foreign countries, but are never
taught to locate the vital organs and glands of
their own bodies, or trace the VEINS arteries,
and nerves, in their various ramifications.
They are Instructed in the flow of the tides,
and the course of the ocean currents, and the
philosophy of winds and storms; but they
have no correct conception of the relative ef-
fects upon their health of breathing pure or
impure air, nor has their attention ever been
called to the importance of keeping their
bodies clean and healthy by regular bathing
The criminality of such neglect in teaching
becomes apparent when we consider that the
masses, ignorantly violating the laws of
health, bring upon themselves sickness, suffer-
ed. In this condition of things we welcome
into being any work that is calculated to i'm
part to the masses knowledge of the struc-
ture of their own bodies, the laws of health,
and the importance Of observing those laws;
We find DR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser to be just such work. 1t is physio-
logical and pathological, and the major part
OF it should be converted into q textbook for
the use of common schools. Its careful study
will enable the healthy to preserve their health
and the sickly to regain health Every parent
should read it, and as their children become of
proper age instruct them in the all-important
truths it contains. Were this done, much
suffering and premature death would be pre-
vented, and many youth saved from a life Of
shame and RIGHTEOUSNESS The book contains
nearly one thousand pages, is profusely illus
trated with colored plates and wood-engrav-
ings, and e can wb De had by addressing T. v.
lids Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. Price, postpaid,
Substituted brethren Aid Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-30

-s.Three of the sweetest words in
the English language, remarks SEN
timental exchange. "begin with H.
which is only breath-Heart. Hope
and Home" Surely; same way with
hunkers, hog and hossfly.-B"rlingto
HQwE- Eue.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-30

SUFFERING win exhibit its presence by the
cries OF the baby, and should be removed by
the prompt use Of that highly-recommended
remedy, DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup. 1t IL free from
Opium. Price, Is cents.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-30

BETWEEN November, 1871, and the
present date, period of six and one
half years, no less than twenty-one saw
ings banks in the City of New York
have been declared insolvent.