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--i--ii---J-MMMM ^tt?ewtt futeUiflenrer. 1_JBK---JUi*MJM?_l.t.- ?iW? E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY, DEC. 15. 1881. ?EHM3 : ONB TEAR.?LOO. RIX MONTUS. "c. Two Dollar? If not paid In advance. WHAT CUR LAW MAKERS AUK DOtl.O. Tho following report of the doing of our Legislature is condensed from our daily exchanges : The passage of the Stock law in the House has created great excitement among the residents of the upper and eastern portions of Charleston County, where large herds of cattle are raised every year. Representatives from that section have been in Columbia using their best efforts to secure nn exception for Charleston from thc operations of tho law. They say it will operate as confis cation of their property. Their hope is to have Charleston excepted, with the proviso that all necessary fencing bc erected between adjoining counties cub ject to the operations of the law. The probability is that the exception will be made of Charleston County. Thc oppo sition to the law in other counties of tl e .State bordering on the coast is quite as violent as in Charleston. On Thursday- a Hill was introduced in the House to /copen the Citadel Acade my of Charleston, iu which it is propos ed to use for its support the $23,000 saved from the penitentiary. On tho same day the House passed a concurrent resolution to adjourn on the 21st inst., and reconvene on the 11th January. Mr. Murray amended the resolution that the members and attaches receive no per diem?during the recess. The Rill to repeal thc Lieu law came up as a special order in the House on Thursday. The Rill proposed to repeal the merchant's lien but continued tho landlord's lien. A motion was made to . strike out the enacting clause on which there was quite a spirited discussion, in which a number of members participated, but tho body adjourned without reaching a vote. On the followiug day the dis cussion was renewed, and occupied most of the morning session, many foreign issues being lugged into tho debate. The arguments against the law wcro about at par with thoso urged by its op ponents in our columns and thc columns of other papers of the State last summer. Col. Kuckc-r and Mnj. Murray were tho only member* of our delegation who took any part in thu discussion. Col. Rucker favocd the repeal of law. His reasons for repealing were : Firat, that it wns legislative interference with tho natural course of business; second, that it prevented competition in trade the lienor being compelled to procure his goods from the merchant who take? the lien ; third it established an un healthy influence on thc fariner, compell ing him to neglect the raising of provis ions in order to produce cotton. The very destitution complained of wns caus ed by the scarcity of provisions. If the farmers raised their provisions they would not need to givo Liens for advan ces, and thus it is seen thut thc Lien law is the direct causo of thc destitution in tho State. Tho repeal of the law would benefit both laborers :.nd merchants. Tho law *c;.ded lo induce unskilled labor to attem,.. to produce the fruits of agri culture ns independent farmers. It would bo better that this claws should be under the guidance of skilled and edu cated leaders. Tho production would bo greater and tho laborers would bo better off. Mr. Murray proposed to discuss the measure upon tho solo question of its expediency and relation to tho material prosperity nf thc State. Ile thought the strictures which had beon cast upon a certni. class had been entirely uncalled for and out of place. He was opposed to tho repeal of tho Rill. In the last six years thc area of land under cultivation had increased over 100 per cent. Ue could not believe that any system which lind caused such a result could bo said to be crushing out the material prosperity of the State. The counties where tho great esl number of liens were given pro duced tho largest aggregate yields and produced moro to thc acre than in tho counties where less liens were given. The quality of tho agriculture in these counties compared favorably with any States in the Union. The advocates oi repeal claimed that the law was injuring tho poor people of South Carolina, yet strange to say no voice carno from these poor people asking for thc repenl of thc law. When the Lien law was repealed the chattel mortgage would como in iu place. The Supremo Court had already decided that a mortgage could be given on a growing crop. The evil of the credit system could not be attributed to the Lien law. It was not the class ol security given that caused the evil, bu' it was the debt contracted. The repeal of thc law would occasion serious embar rassment. Tho law us it stood did not interfere with the legitimate course of business. A repeal of the law was to assume that the General Assembly was to act as the guardians of tho people in tho transaction of their private business. The law was not compulsory. That it was subjected to abuses was truo, but many were tho instances where by its use poor men had worked themselves un int.. Vu,' owners of homes and lands. Ono single drought would strike down thousands of land owners under tho new system which it was proposed to inau gurate. If the Bill was repealed let the whole of it be repealed, and place the landlord on the same footing with the merchant Others followed in the discussion nt the close of which Col. Bucker said that 5/ tho motion to strike out the enacting clause'of the Bill was lost those favoring tba rflneal of the Bill would offer an Amendment that the repealing Act should not go into effect until October 1.1882. A- vote was then reached, ard on the motion to strike out the enacting words of the Bill the yeas and nays were called, ?and resulted aa follow?: yeas 70, nays 87. So tho bill to repeal the Lien law .was killed by on overwhelming majority. The election law is still the most per plexing measure yat before the Legisla ture. The opposition to the "registra tion" and "eight boxes" features seem to gain strength, and it. is possible that tho Bili will bo very materially changed from i its original shape before it passes both 1 Houses. The State Democratic Kxecu- 1 tivo Committee seem to regard the Hill t with some disfavor, and at their meeting t in Columbia last week agreed lo recom- ' mend the adoption of a law providing j* for registration pure and simple, the ,, severance of Federal and State elections, <l and the reduction of thc number of boxes 11 to four instead of eight, as provided in J tue Hil', now before the General Assent* i hiv-one box for tho State, one for the v county, one for the legislative and one ? for the Federal offices. The committee j think that thc adoption of such a Hil! r will harmonize the different views of all a the counties and secure a very fair set- ^ ticment of a most perplexing problem. ^ On Saturday Mr. Simpson introduced a Bill in the House to regulate the roy- w ally on phosphates in the navigable (' rivers and streams of the State. This a Hill proposes lo change the present law H so a? to charge two dollars royalty for ii every ton of phosphate rock minni in the U rivers of thc State. " A I>i!? io ??mil the daily nensioiiH "f .t public school* t) live hour-? was voted H down. 1 There has hem at least one measure v before the HoUz-c on which the member'? j all voted together-a resolution to pay t officers, attaches and members of thc 1 General Awcmbjy up to the recess. v There aro no material eli anges in thc j, salaries of officers, and the pay of mein- i, hers is fixed at $.r> per day. ? The Rcucral appropriation bill was rc- \ ported ia the House Monday night by _ Mr. Johnstone, chairman of thc commit- t tee of ways and means. No material 0 changes in the appropriations of last year 1 have been made, the total being io'J'v [ 040.50. The sum of $10,000 has been c appropriated for thc support of the nchools " of the University, and fivo addition- J al professors are to be added lo the fae- ! ully. The object is to establish an iusti- t tution of higher education to be fed by : the colleges of the State without actually j re establishing the old University, against i which lhere is still so much opposition. , lu the House a resolution instructing i the Judiciary committee to prepare a 1 - < resolution calling a Constitutional Con- i vention was made the special order for < Wednesday. The probability is that tho 1 resolution, si which meant to test the j sense of the House, will be defeated. J In the House on Monday a Senate | concurrent resolution urging the mem bers of the General Assembly to accept 1 the invitation to visit thc Atlanta Expo sition aud go in a body, leaving Colum bia on thc 20lll instant, was agreed to after a sharp debate. Thero is ii differ- ' ence *of opinion as to whether this res olution binds thc General Assembly to go, ci the resolution to adjourn for tho recess on tho 21st instant has still been unacted upon by the Senate. The ma jority of the members nre very nnxious to go, however, nod if cheap railroad faro can be arranged the probability is that thc Legislature will itdjuurn on tho 10th aud a large number of the members will go in a body, together with thc Governor and State officers ns an official represen tation from the Slate. Under the reso lution thc members are to pay nil their own expenses. Mr. Simpson If of Ines lils Position on an Important Matter. COLUMBIA, 8. C., Decmbcr 12. Mn. EDITOR: AU article appeared in the December 1st is*uo of the INTKLLI riEN<'Kit, under tho head of "Editorial Correspondence," in regnrd to thc codifi cation of thc laws, which did not prop erly define my views anti opinions, i would like to express wha'.. were my views and the petition I took on this im portant matter, and my reasons therefor. At thc last session r. ibe General As- 1 sembly a Commission was appointed to codify tho laws in accordance with a pro- ? vision of tho Constitution. Thc Com- 1 mission roported carly in the session. The report, embracing all tho laws of the i Stato, was a printed volume as large os a J large family Bible. When the House ? commenced to act upon this report the 1 members began to offer amendments, i whereupon Col. McCrady, after consul- j talion with several of us, objected to the , course hoing pursued, and moved that 1 tho report be referred to tho Judiciary Committee and Commilleo on Rules to i ascertain if the report offering this hugo J volume os "a bill" was in conformity ; with the rules of tho House and the pro- 1 visions of tho Constitution. Tho mern- ' hers of the two committees who were J present, except Col. McCrady and my- ? self, reported that thc report aud the i manner in which it was being acted upon 1 by tho House were in conformity with 1 both the Constitution and the rules, j Col. McCrady and myself united in a minority report, setting forth that they were violation of both the Constitution and the rules. The Constitution pro- 1 vides that no bill should be offered in the ] House relating to more than one subject, ] and that muBl be expressed in tho title, and tho rules of tho House require thc 1 same. Now this report, or codification, ' or bill, call it which you will, but a bill 1 it was construed to bc in the usual ac- j ccptation of tho term, related to every f subject known both in tho laws and ibe ; code, and, therefore, as such, was clearly I in violation of Constitution and tbe ? rules. * The Constitution provides that the . laws must be codified every teu years, j That is, tho laws must be gone over, and c all laws, sections of laws that have been j repealed, taken out, and all amendments r of set lions, Ac, incorporated into tho c original law, so that tho citizen could * i ead and understand tho law. Tho Coin- j mission did codify tho laws, but they * went further and interpolated tho entire * volume with amendments, many and im- d portont, and so interspersed were these '1 changes and amendments with what was ? origins!, that it was physically impos sible for the members to determine their effect or force, or strike them out without r destroying the congruity of the wholo. s The Constitution in requir'n?- a bill !o F relate to but one subject waa adopted to * prevent this very thing, and thereby pro- 0 tcct the dearest rights of tho people. ? My opinion, therefore, was that the re- " port, or volnme, or bill, should be re- s ferred back to the Commission with in- h structions to codify the laws correctly, h and any changes which they might d?- n sire to 'eggest should be by bills sepa- ? rate rad distinct from the codification, anti n hich could be separately acted upon a by thc General Assembly. Besides all tl this, there were other considerations fi which induced me to recommend that 11 this report, volumo or bill should be re ferred back to the Commission. Tho Constitution requires every bill c before it becomes a law to be read three r' Limes in each House, and the rules re- n miro that when so read ii shall be cn- n r?lled-that?is, written out in fall-and 0 hen to be scaled aud signed by tho Pros- tx Jeni cf thc .Senate arni Speaker of the louse au! the (iovornor. Now it will j ale fifteen days reading to read it once, nd as it eau bc read the first lime by its itle only, it must be read section by sec ion four limes, which will be sixty days. U ready the session is drawing lo a close, nd it has not been read once in full in he House. It will therefore require a e*sion of at least from forty five or fifty Bys, and may bc sixty days, after Christ inls to finish this one joh. The question rill ari.-e, then, ia it worth tba price, lad it not been for this job we could .ve adjourned by Christmas ; but there . ill be a long seasiou after Christmas, nd the cost will be more than I hink the taxpayers with Bhort crops and ard times can alford to meet. There ras no imm?diate necessity for this work, nd it did seem to me that il would be letter not only to do it cheaper, but at a imf when the struggling taxpayers could etter affbrd lo foot the bill. There was still another reason which ?.ts as important as the money con-id ration, or moro so. The House is mending this report, volume or bill, and lie members aro called upon on the in* tatit to vote on matters affecting the best titerests of the State without time to as ertain the effect or import of the amend* lent*. The Senate will amend also, ?rut >c ?iii be called upon to vol?-VII these rnendmcnt? instantly. Already some mcndmcnl . proposing only two or three ?tile innocent words which, if adopted, rould have overturned laws ns dear to he people as any on the statute hook?. Sut to proceed. Suppose tho House was it refuse to concur in the Senate amend? uetits, and vice vena, the whole report, olumc or bill would then be referred to committee of three from euch house to .djnat the differences ; and if this corn ait tee could not agree, a committee of ix tithers, three from each houue, would ie appointed, known as a committee of ree conference, and these six men could ut and slash the entire law as suited hem, and the two houses would have to grce to their report, or the whole report, ol nine or bill would become a dead let er anil be thrown io the waste basket. Considering then thc doubts, dangers, inst and labor connected with this mon* (rous puicejof legislation, i felt tully uglified in opposing it, even though I vas alone with but one other man. And ret I do uni blame the House ; the Judi iiary Committee was ita legal adviser, md when this committee advised them 0 proceed in the present manner, they cit safer in following the advice of a 1 alf dozen than simply two. Now, how* .ver, as thc work on this volume, bill or eport progresses tho difficulties become nore manifest, and there has been a great .hange nf opinion among the members. Many of the Judges and lawyers outside toucur in the position taken by Col. VlcCrady and myself, and some of them recommend that the report be yet re ferred back while there is time to save .he tremendous cost of finishing it in the present manner. I have not been actuated by captious ness in this matter, nod have only sought Lo advance what I thought to bo the best interests and necessities of the people whom I in pi rt represent. If it he crim inal or wrong to be alone iu such a course, then let the most be made of it. Respectfully, H. W. SIMPSON. AN AWFUL CALAMITY. Futir llnndrcd Toupie lim ned to Iloitth in Austria. VIENNA, Doe. 9-? ..m. Yesterday was a feto day in V juna In celebration of thc feast of the Itumacu lalo Conception, but lt ended who a pub lie calamity unparalleled in tho history of Vienna. A few minnies before soveii and before tho commencement of tho second performance in Vienna of Offen bach's latest work, "Less Conlea d'Hoffmann," tho Hin? Th??tre former ly known ns tho Opera Coiniquo on the Schotten Hing, tho aecond finest thentro in tho city, opened lu 187!'., was discover ed to bo in t?nmes. Tho tire Quickly sprent!, and in len minutos ull the eitv for miles around the theatre was steeped in a lurid ?low, the reflection of the burn ing pile. Seven o'clock is the hour for the commencement of plays at Vienna theatres, and it was feared "tlr.it tho loas of lifo would bo vast. Light snow fell during the afternoon. It was known that all the theale OS would bo crowded. Fortunately the catastrophe happened some minutes beforo Hoven. Tho galle ries were already crowded, while but few people had appeared in thc boxes mid only about n score ol peoplo lind taken their places in tho parquet Little can yet be gathered as f.> ibo origin of the ca tastrophe. Tho peoplo who escaped have hut a dim idea of what really happened, and the wildest rumora prevail. Tin: PiasT SCENE. Those who wore autoing the audience lay that Hiiddenly the curtain waa raised mid tho tiro discovered raging on tho itago, nrui that the usual-strife for lifo hy thoso lu tho upper galleries com menced. Many sprang from ibo upper most gallery and wefo killed, while of thoso who remained it is Impossible to say bow many lost their lives. Death appears to have been tine to suffocation. At present hundreds of sanitary litters ire being carried toward the theatre by swift footed tuen, who then bear away their burdon of tho dead. Company on company of soldiers aro still arri\ing on tho ground to relievo other companies, who have boen assisting tho firemen in their duties. At eleven o'clock tho lu ll Ju of tho thentro was quito gutted, only die beautiful front of tho thentro being lott standing. The four statutes of tho Muses and tho gilded angel with tho trumpet crowning tho front wero then .reel, and stood boldly t ut from a back ground of tinnies yot unsubdued. In his theatre Adelina Patti generally sings adieu in Vienna, and Sarah Bernhardt ?eeently concluded hor engagement and waa engaged to play thoro again in Jana iry. Herr Jiinner, formerly director of bo Grand Opora, is director of tho Rinir rheatro. THE DEATH; OLI.. At ono o'clock it was discovered that tho death roll of tho Ring Theatre ca astrophe was much larger than at first -moored. An American physician, who lad just returned from a visit to tho Allgemeine Krankenhaus, told mc that io had scon eighty-eight men aud forty our women laid out in .that institution done Their faces woro black ami their ongues protruding, with froth issuing rom their mouths-all thu symptoms of inttbcation. When bel;., tho Kranken ians at midnight they wero still carry tig In tho dead. He described tho sight LS horrililo in tho extreme. Friends were Hiving to identify friends, and relatives heir relatives. W'oincu wore rushing ibout almost crazy from fruitless soarch. Jy two o'clock *21? bodies had beon taken nit of thc theatre. It was thought that a lundrcd moro were still among tho nins. Reports up to two o'clock wero if the dead from tho third gallery alono. ?.here v. ir. ci y corp^t? wore round in one naas. The fourth gallery bad not yet teen searched. It appeals that the men vho had charge of tho iron screen .*. hich hould bo let down in caso of tiro, thus hiding the stago from tho auditorium, icsorted their posts when tho fire bioko ut. KOun HUNDRED BURNED. It is probable that the death list will bo ully four hundred. Tho latest reports ay that the crowds in the galleries iressed in their despair toward the doors, nd, crushing each other, prevented most f tho number from escaping. The mobo and fumes completed tho work of rath within Ave minutes after the first larm bail been given. The firemen are till at work with torches searching the 3wer parts of the house. At present ir ( considered unsafe- to cuter ibo upper most gallery, whoro tho dead He in great sasses. Half of Vienna will be in muming to-day for their friends and datives. I ballovo no A merle*.".* are mong tho dead, though it is possible bal come of tho medical students who rcquent tho cheaper places in the Vienna 3 est res may be among them, i ANOTHER ACCOUKT. The liing Theatre, formorly the Comic .pera House, where Sarah Bernhardt eeently performed, took Aro al seven 'clock nt night, just' before the begin? lng of tho opera "Les Connies d'Hoff isn." Tho tire was caused by the fall ff. lamp?n tho stage. The house was derably full and the loss of lifo ls very great. L'p to half-past niuo seventy bod ies were rocovored. Many persons were injured. .Sixty were raved by means of ladders and by Jumping into cloths held below. Tho greatest efforts wiro inado tosavolifo. Tho seem- wai terrible, tho flames shooting up through the roof and eventually gutting tho e ntire building. One hundred and forty-live bodies had been brought out of tho t heit re by eleven, but tin; dead were still numerous, many bodies having been consumed in tho galleries and other elevated part* of the building. The ch lof cause of tho ca tastrophe wa- thal in tho coiii-udou the Iron petition separating the stage from the auditorium was not lowered. Thou* rands of people assembled in the neigh boring streets, where they could beat the cries of agony of tho people at the windows of tho theatro praying to be saved. Tho rapidity of thc flames pre vented the people from taking advantage ol tho ordinary exits. Only a small pro portion of the andienee saved themselves, which they did hy leaping from windows thrci stories high Into cloths below. At midnight tho taking out of bodies from the theatre continued. It was then esti mated that three hundred persons per ished. Nome of the bodies were fearfully disfigured. Several persons wero Injur ed in springing from tho A'illdow of tho Theatre. Among the missing wore Herr Fife, Court musical director, and Herr llelluiersperger. Most of tho bodies identified were thoso of tradesmen and r:::::;;r oi!i.. iain. Gu ino spreading of the news of the disaster tho performances ut tho other theatres were stopped. The London Standard"? dispatch from Vienna says:-"It is estimated that tho audience in tho theatre numbered ??,000. Many persons wero trampled to death in tho panie which ensued. As soon as tho tiro wits seen there was au explosion of gas, (ind the audience were plunged lu dark ness." OM: THOUSAND .M issi NO. VI EN NA, Dec. &- Midnight Tho extent of the calamity has hitherto been much understated. Ono thousand one hundred and thirty persona aro an nuli need at the Police liureau as miss ing, and, assuming that many of theso will turn up, it is feared thal tho total loss will not bo much less than a thou sand persons. It is now probable that there were six hundred in tho fourth gal lery. All the persons in tho third row of tho parquet, perished. Some persona who entered tho theatre a few minutes niter tho f<ro was discovered remarked at the timo th:*! comparatively fow escaped. The theatre holds 2,500. Every place was occupied except the parquet and boxes. Consequently thc total loss may be found to bo nearly one thousand. Three hun dred and sixty tickets wero issued for the fourth gallery seats for last night's performance. Of these about fifty Lavo been found. They ha?', made their es cape from tho inside u:tiy < lind death by suffocation in the passageway, which hud no exit. The rest were up to three o'clock this afternoon seen lying within the fatal gallery, vast barricades of human bodies. About two o'clock the fourth gallery fell in, and the firemen are carrying ?mt lumps of charred bodies, without form and far beyond the possi bility of recognition. Who theso vic tims aro will tiot be known until their relations have announced thom as miss ing. Persons who have seen the dead in the fourth gallery describe the bodies as ali lying as they had fallen-forward, back ward, upward - bound together in con vulsive, clinging masses. They were nimbly to leave tho gallery, because tho doors opened inward. Kven had they escaped death here, it is scarcely possible thai they would have escaped in the pas sages and narrow stairways, plunged in total darkness and tilled with suffocating fumes. Death carno to them quickly, however. A young Hungarian student, who was in the third gallery, told me that no sooner did tho liro breuk into thc auditorium than the air becamo insuffer ably stifling. Ho managed, to escape, but ho saw peores fail down suffocated before they reached the stairs, and ho only escaped by finding his way quickly to the window Of tito Upper loggia. Com paratively few people effected their es capo from the two upper galleries through thu pitch dark passage. Many fell nt tho narrow windiug stairway lead ing from ono gallery to tho other. In tho narrow circular stairway leading from tho second to the third gallery thirty bodies wero found, fallen together. KfltTllnil INCIDENTS OF TIIK O S EAT MS AST KU. V i KN NA, December 10.-Last night I telegraphed to you tnat the number of victims at tho King Tneulro would bo md to amount to i,(ioo. Some pupers this afternoon admit that the list of miss ing will reach OOO I am only afraid that my statement of last night* will provo inexact and that tho los? of lifo will be oven -core than this. It is gradually dawning upon those who witnessed tho beginning of tho liro that only a very few ?O.-S?IIS wero seen to emerge from the milding. There was a sudden rush nf people Into the lobby, histing scarcely a minute. Then thcro waa silence. No moro came, and it was assumed that all had escaped. At live minutes altor seven u police sergeant, being asked by ono oT tho Archdukes if tho people had escapad, replied, "Not a soul hus been injured." It is said ?that tho sergeant has re Higned his post to-day. Not until twen ty minutes had elapsed did tho police officials dream of oven examining thc auditorium of thu theatre, and when they endeavored to make a search they could not reach oven tho parquet, one story abovo ground, because of the bodies blocking up tho narrow stairway. SOME ESCAPES, They had no idea of tho exact catastro phe until the people themselves reported tho absence ol friends and relativos next morning. Death carno Ho quickly thnt only a low, at most, of the second gallery escaped, while from the fourth gallorv, where lt was computed Ibero wero coo people, only ono or two hundred etfected their escapo. A young man thus tells the story of his escape : "On Thursday after noon 1 met my Bister at the station. She was returning homo from Venice. I greeted her with tho words, 'I have a sur prise for you. I have two seats for tho Ring Theatro.' At half-past six we took our seats in tho firs: row of thc ihird gallery. When the tire came out through tho curtain I felt at tho samo time a fear ful heat in my face. My sister leaned her head on my firoast, sobbing, 'Moritz, wo must die now." Quickens thought I grasped her, trembling as sho was in every limb, and dragged her with me. In spite of the amo'-.o we reached tho escapo stairs, but we were thero almost alone." OIUOIN OK THE EIRE. G rad nally tho appalling fact must havo become 1 nou n that at least three-fourths of tho theatro was full whon thocatastro ?iho happened. Thoso thnt could escapo rom the galleries perished in tho passages and on the narrow stairways, which by reason of ono man alono in V.? entire theatro doing Ids duty and turning off tho gun woro left in the blackest darkness, lt was now ascertained this man waa tho only, ono who stuck to his post, yet lie cut off tho escapo of many scores. Tho management of tho theatre WAS crimi nally negligent. It is now known that the Aro originated with tho gas which lighted tho Sky borders. Oas having presumably been turned on before tho electric current was freed to l.'ght it the Iwiu'tr caught fire. A workmar, instead of lowerimr. hoisted lt higher, and the name at once began to spread. Thc en gineers say that lind a good fireman been at his post no harm could have resulted, j MAIIONIZINQ SOUTH CAROLINA.-Col umbiaspecial to tho AVu-j and (Awrier : "Ono of the political rumors current is that a conference is to bo hold in this city, in February, oftho prominent Re publican leaders in tho State, to take steps for tho thorough reorganization of the Radical party and to devise some plan for tho conduct of tho noxt cam paign. Prominent men from other States will bo present, and such assuran ces of money and sympathy have been given as to cucourago the old loaders to make an effort to revive the party. It is proposed to draw all diraiTectoa Domo erais into tho movement, and registration and tho stock and lion laws, now under discussion and upon which measures the Democrats aro badly divided, are expect ed to be. prominent planks in the next Republican platform. To better insure tho success of the movement United States marshals and commissioners will be appointed in overv county, .'.nd suffi cient Federal interference will bo invok ed to perfect tho scheme and solidify tho voting strength of the Republican or ganization." - pen. Alfred Austell, President of tho Atlanta National Hank and one Of the wealthiest citizens of Atlanta, and Dr. Wm. Pettis, probably Ute eldest and beat known veterinary surgeon In Georgia, died last week. TENEMENT HOUSE HORROR. rwenty-SIx' Sleeping- People Itonite? to Death io I'ciinolvuulx. PITTSSIKO. PA., December I?. New* is received of a terrible ami idiot k ng holocaust wbicb occurred ut Kock <'ut, (even miles from this i ?ty, thin morning dv?ut three o'clock, by which sixteen men .vere burned to death and a large number atti I ly injured. I.?TKK-Horrors in Pittsburg follow close ijiMU the heels of eavh other, littst evening i t?-rrit>le explosion occurred ut tin-Key tone Holling Mills In the 14th Ward, but his morning comes another, which exceeds ii horror anything which bas occurred in :his vicinity since the terrible destruction ?f life ranted bv thc collision at 26th street. Between 2 ami ? o'clock this morning a frame boarding house, located on 'he line A the Pittsburgh and I-uke Erie Railroad, wuie seven miles below the city was set on lire hy the explosion of a lamp, ind of fifty [?ersons known to be sleeping only twenty: four escaped alive. All w ere more or le?s humed. Sorapid was the progress of the Hames that some were literally roasted tv? death without the possibility of an effort being made to rescue them. The building in which the tire occurred was located ahout seven miles from this city ut a place called Hock Cut. and was i wned by Martin Joyce, a contractor, but was under the management of Mr. Kown as a braiding housekeeper, lt was about thirty feet wide and fifty feet long, and constructed of sixteen feet hoards placed on i nd. lt hud a board roof with a very steep pitch, and the loft formed by the si ping roof was the place in which the laborers were huddled together for the night, In thr lower story w as the dining room, and ut one end of the building was the kitchen. The Mair.- leading to the loft were little bete ter than a ladder, and were located just at the side of the door hading from t lie dining ro.,111 to the kitchen. In the loft hunks were arranged, but the only light which penetrated were two openings without ({lass, and which were closed at night with sliding dcors so as to keep out the chill night air. In this dark loft some forty three men were supposed to have slept last night-at least that number were at supper last evening, and nono were reported away when the hour for retiring caine. The origin of the lire was the upsetting and explosion of a kerosene lamp. The story a.. told by an eye witness of thc tire was substantially as follows: Between - and .'} o'clock this morning Kown, the hoarding house keeper, nro:e ami kindled a tire in the kitchen stove. He left a lighted lamp on the table near the door leading to the dining room, nod went to arouse his wife and the servant girls. While he was gone the explosion occurred, and in an in stant the dining room w as lilied with Hames. Kown succeeded in escaping with bis wife and girls, but could not do more than to call upon those up stairs to escape for their lives. In another moment the llames had enveloped the stairway, thus cutting off all means of escape for the doomed men above except through the small openings at either end, and from those the sliding doors hud to be removed. The loft was filled with straw und combustible material used in the bedding, and it was only those who were nearest to the openings'who could make their escape. Forms in a semi-nude condi tion could he seen struggling in the stilling smoke. Twenty-three of the occupants of the loft succeeded in squeezing through the openings, some with their under clothes on lire. Others rushed frantically ahout the room until tho smoke suffocated them, and their voices were stilled in death. Thc sur vivors groaned and writhed in pain and shivered in the frosty air of the early morn iug as they w ere home elf. The scenes this morning at the site of the ill-fated building were of a sickening char acter In a hean in one corner ' the ruins were the charred remains of six men who had evidently succumbed to the liery ele ment wliile endeavoring to escape through the opening in the roof. Terrible Explosion near Elberton, (ia. ELBERTON, GA., December y. Yesterday about 1 o'clock In tho after noon ii loud noise was heard here, and in a few minutes a messenger arrived with the information that the boiler at tho gin hotiso and saw-mill of Mr. William B. Jones, .situated about one milo east of this place, hail exploded, killing a little .son of Mr. Jones. Drs. A. C. and D. A. Mathews, accompanied by u number of citizens, hastened to the spot. Arriving there,? a horriblo scene met their view. Little Clifford, a bright nnd beautiful boy, about eight years old, second son of Mr. Jones, was standing somewhere near tho furnace when the explosion occurred. It seems thal ono of the iron doors of tho furnace struck his neck and cut his head smooth oil' at his shoulders. His body was blown about fifteen feet from where he was standing and bis head about forty yards farther. Another little son of Mr. Jones escaped death it scorns almost mi raculously. Ho was standing nearer the engine than thc one that was killed, He received au Ugly cut on the head, which at first was thought to ho fatal, hut was afterward fouud to bo only a flesh wound. Harvey Morrison, colored, who was run ning the engine at tho time, had one arin and both legs terribly mangled, besides being badly scalded. "There aro no hopes of his recovery. Alfred Jones, colored, had some of his ri' - broken, and was otherwise injured. J. L\ Campbell had ii littlo son slightly injured, and a mulo ruined. The boiler was blown soino eighty or a hundred yards, -..id everything "around it was blown clear away. Tho explosion was supposed to have been caused from allowing the water to got too low in thc boiler. Mr. Jones was absent at the time of tho accident. Ho is a worthy and enterprising citizen, and he and his wife have tho sympathies ol tho entire community in their sad be reavement. Since writing tho ahovo tho negro, Harvey Morrison, has died. Fatal Accident on the Air-Line. An Atlanta letter of Thursday sa vs: "At Swanee Station, on tho Atlanta und Churlotto Air-Lino, thirty miles from Atlanta, an accident occurred nt a lato hour last night, resulting in thc instant killing of Conductor John P. Denn and Flagman Charloy Horst, the former of this city and tho "latter ot" Decatur. Tho sab ami two flat cars were totally destroy? cd. Tho particulars appear to be that ns [t local freight train was approaching Swanee at a slow speed the through pas senger train from Charlotte ran into it. rho engine was badly usod up, and tho stovo in tho cab turning over set fire to the cab, from which tho llamas spread to tho two new Hat cars hoing brought to Qeorgla, Tor tho uso of tho Georgia and Pacific Railroad, now undergoing con struction. The both- of Charley Herst was partly disfigured hy tiro."' - We legrol to chroniclo tho following painful accident, which occurred in Franklin county on Saturday last, and which caused the death of a good and up right citizen, Mr. Martin Looney, who resides in tho neighborhood of Clark's Church. He was ro'i?rning from the hold, ?nd bis mule became frightened and ran ?way, and Mr. i/oonoy by soino means becaino entangled with tho harness and was dragged by tho mule a considerable distance. He was found dead, bis body being terribly mutilated. Tho deceased was ono of I<rnnklln's old and most re spected citizens.-Hartwell Hun. - News has been received of tho death of J. K. Jillson at Springfield, Mass. He was Supcrintcmfcnt of Education in South Carolina from 1868 to 187w, and whilo tho Behool management was hor ribly wasteful ?ml inefficient during hla administration, it is not charged that he was to blame for it, or that he was per sonally unfaithful to his trust HU?lAl?D, "Dot leetle Man," ?AYS he is now ready for CHRISTMAS with a full linc of CONFECTIONERIES. Ml kinds Christmas Presents'and Santa Claus Goods in general. Will make the Musical Department A. SPECIALTY. Violins. Banjos, Accor Jeons, Harmonicas, Guitars, Ae.. and Vio lin. Ear.; J and Guitar Strings, best quality, it prices to suit the richest man in America. $300.00 Worth Hats AND $300.00 Worth Clothing Which will bo SOLD A.rV COST tjunti! 1st January, to close out that line of my business, "DOAK YOU FORGOT IT." Dec 15,1881 23 2 GO TO _ C. G. CUMMINGS, In Waverly House, FOB ORANGES, DAN ANAS. LEM<iXi??; FIGS, KARINS FRESH OYSTERS received every night. FRESH FISH .bree times every week. FOWLS ufe" rv kind in good supply. Af^upptyofCONFECTIOSEniES ^lUratt iot of Un? f'lG A KS and TOBACCO. ,0 ?i Dec 15, lt^l -' CEO. M. STEIFEL HAS A FIM.I. LISE OF CHRISTMAS GOODS <", |,and thai he is selling at remarkably LOW FIGURES. TAT Wc Mire IO give bim a call, and be will Oe sure t.. give you satisfaction. Dee 15, ISSI ?" 2 A. LESSER, PARIS STORE. New Goods and New Prices. Tremendous Stock for the Holiday Trade! Prices Reduced 55 per Cent. i?u GOOD GOODS at very low ligures. Buy your FANCY DRY GOODS from A. LESSER, Paris Store. Dec 15, ISSI 23 _?_ For Christmas Goods GO TO MOSS & CATLETT. THEY have TOYS of all kinds for chil dren, as well as a large stock of Goods suit able for Presents for grown people. FRUITS, CANDIES, RAISINS CANN ED GOODS, FIREWORKS, and every thing else of the kind <?n band in large quantities. EVERYTHING SOLD CHEAP. Dec 15. 1*31_23_2_ Jewelry for Christmas. I om receiving a beautiful lot of CHRISTMAS JEWELRY, THIS WEEK. Call ami examine BEFORE PURCHASING. JOHN M. HUBBARD. Dee 15, 1881 23 2* IT IS SAID EVERY DAY, WHAT BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ! Come and see for yourself. Wc don't ask every one to buy, and will take pleasure in showing them." Elegant celluloid sets, combs and brushes, toilet sets, wises, violet and ca.-d stands, odor cases of all sizes, gift cups and saucers, a new lot of colognes and extracts, luminous match-safes-one of the greatest improvements of the age, a curios ity-library lamps, parlor lamps, etc. With best wishes to all, and bright an ticipations of thc future, we wish you ali a Merry Christmas ami a very Happy New Year ! WILIIITE & WI LI UTE. Dec 15, ISSI 23 2 AND OTHER FINE JEWELRY, CONSISTING of Real Diamond Ear Rings, Stuils, Soltaire Finger Rings, Clusters, Fine Gold Watches, ?Vc. Also, a large lot of very fine Solid Gold Jewelry of all kinds, ea .Vcmoraiitium. I can return all the Goods I do not sell ; therefore I can afford to .-ell them at nearly Cost. COME AND SEE. whether you wish to buv or not. J. A. DANIELS. Dee 15, ISSI 23 2 At the Golden Hortar, FANCY: GOODS In great variety. ALSO. A FULL LINE OF DRUGS AND MEDICINES. SIMPSON, REID & CO., No. 2 Henson House Place. Dee 15. ISSI 23 GEORGE I FANT lit SON rNVlTE an inspection of their Goods in - making your ?election of Christmas Presents. You mn find in their Establishment Oil Paintings. Chromos. Picture Frames, Ea sels, Poems. &c Photo, nnd Autograph Albums, Scrap Hooks, Christmas Cards in great variety. Writing Desks, Work Boxes, and many other articles, suitable fo, cither children or grown persons. Give them a call and see their Stock. Decl?^lSSl 21 2 CHRISTMAS GOODS AND BAKERY. 1M1K BAKERY is thriving-always sun . plied with CAKES and BREAD. ? TRI?.?MING CAKES a specialty. Uave haney line of Ornamenta very cheap. BAKING of all kinds do..e on short no tice and at reasonable prices. Try mc. A large assortment of Toys & Christmas Presents To be sold cheaper than ever.l THE FINEST NEW CROP RAISINS In the market at 15c. per lb. 1,000 lbs, Best Stick Candy. ?i?S?i?He., " REGION OF HONOR CI GARS, the best tn the State for the roon ey- % n ,00. s- M- VANWYOK, Dec 15. 1831 23 ?> The National Club List. ALL THE LEADING Newspapers and Magazines At Lowest Club RatesT E. T. CASHINE, Agent, .= ."?. Anderson, 8: C. Dec, lo, 1881 . 23 3 Don't Overlook This. 1>ERS0N8 indebted to me for Fertilizer? I feto"wSB&t?^ p,oasc brin?on October 6, 1861 W.J.BARR. GOOD COFFEE. Everybody wauts lt, but very few got It, ecausc most pooplo do uot know how to elect coffee, or It ls spoiled In tho toasting ruiakiL-g. To obviate those dlfllcultloa as been our ?tudy. Thurber's package toffees aro selected by an expert who un [erst?nde tho art of blending various lla ors. Tliey ure roasted in tho most perfect nauuerdt ls Impossible to roast well lu mall quantities), thou put in pound pack get, (ia the bean, not around,) b nrlug our Jguature aa a guarantee of genuineness, nd each package contains the Thurber eelpe for making ffood Coffee. Wo Hick two kinds, Thurber's " No. 34," trong and pungent, Thurber's "No. 41," uild and rich. Ouo or the other will iult every taste. They have tho three rreat points, good quality, honcM quan ity, rca* mable price. Ault your Grocer ur Thurber'* roasted &>ffee in pound pack igfH, "So. ii" or "No. 41." Do not bo put iff with any other kind your own palate viii tell you what is best. Where persona desire lt wo also furnish bo "Ural" CoiTeo pot, tho simplest, best ind cheapest coffee-pot in existence Jrocers who sell our Coffeo koep them. 1st fur descriptivo circular. Respectfully, <tc., H. K. & P. B. THUItBP.lt & CU.. [iii|H>rtors Wholesale Grocers and Coffee Boasters, Now Yor**. P. Sj.-As thc largest dealers In food pre lude in the world, wo cousldcr it our In terest to manufacture only pure and wholes ome goods and pack them In a tidy and satisfactory manner. All goods bearing >ur name are guaranteed to bo ol superior rnality, pure and u-hulesome, and dealers iro authorized to refund tho purchase ?irioein any case where customers havo ?uso for dissatisfaction. It is therefore io the Interest o? both dealers and con aimers to use Thurber's brande. IWS LOTS FOR SALE. r WI LL sella! lYilliarnslon, 8. C.. L J ii n ti ti ry l-l, 1882, to the highest idder, Twenty Lots in Williamston, con lining one-quarter to three acres each, ..?ts beautifully situated In one one-quarter .) one-half mile of Female College and Jaie Academy. Any desiring to see Lots will call on ?. J. Pinson, Esq. Lots can be bought at tri vate sole before day of sale. For terms and particulars, apply to NOAH lt. WILSON, Piedmont, S. C. Dec 15. ISSI 23 4 Valuable Lots for Sale. [WILL sell nine Lots, next to Beatty ds Alien's, and running oni General's ?oad 215 feet to nsw .Street,'which is 30 eet wide, i right angles to Genet tl's Road, md parallel with thc cross stree t in tho Tillage. These Lots are all staked at the bur corners, und f will cheerfully show the ?lats and Lots to any one wishing to buy. No. 1, on General's Road and new Street, ontains 1 0-J? acres ; No. 2, 1 7-lu acres ; so. 3, 2 acres; No. 4, 1 9-10 ai res; No. 5, 0-10 acres : No. (>. 1 9-10 acres ; No. 7, 3 1-10 ncres ; No. S. 2 r?-l? acres ; No. ?, 1 G 10 acres, all fronting on new Street. If not sold privately, will be offered at mblic auction on Saleday in January, 1H82. WM. SAYRE. Dec 15, ISSI 23 3? JULIUS . POPPE, DEALER IN 30HPECT?0HEBJES, TOYS, FANCY GOODS. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Tobacco and Cigars, BRICK RANGE, ANDERSON, S.C. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS of every description a specialty. Best Italian strings for Violins. Banjos and Guitars. >ee iny Goods am', learn my prices beforo nuning your purchases. Nov 3, ISSI JULIUS POPPE. HOLIDAY GO ODS, HOLIDAY GOODS, HOLIDAY GOODS. Wler.'y Christmas! I "lxf of ,h.? Flrm having just returned y from he North where these Goods vere carefully selected, we are prepared to ffer the choicest lot o? Holiday doods ToTl ET ?ASMl n oi"~ flush , Pink and Cherry Satin, delicate tint? " P?nk. Sitk and l?at?iVrets! niese Cases contain mirrors of the beat 3?riale.' B.T?H3 Wlth P,a?" ami twist . tl er rt?i\? handsome Combs made of ?t , ,h"r 1 1 i?.'d' ( oral"'-e. Diatite. Black br b*,e?and l-lorence A splendid present ^?=S1S nr' 9wectheart or bride being S to $15 " ornnraental- brices from LAMPS, LAMPS, LAMPS. Happy Nsw Year. ?ffiSS?s: ax tts ?il kin I snob as Bronze VerdiTwh^W A new lot of beautiful ftaai-puinfari BuX ?amefrom ??SI'oe. Im,t*uona of .v?r?!^ W0it u,,til everything is picked >ver-comc soon and pick thc prettiest. ORR & SLOAN, _D!!^ Groceries. M YF^.0^Groceries. both Staple and < October G, 1881 W.F.BARR. Cotton Bayer. haye /or sale. tu?nca at whatever you October C, is?i BARR. TO BENT. FIRST CLASS ~ |P NINETY ACRES tri?,."'* f of the Court Housc*KS id cleared. Good Mir??;?,??niih ' to Jec 1. 1881 E. w 21 n< B. P. BRow^BW aciicai Watchmaker 4 ?I * EPA I RING of fi"e conxJ^M \) pieces u speciality /i.^-HHD n-clry and fine Gold Jcweir,?'^ and color preserved. He solicits a aliare of patron?-, giving satisfaction. I>w2'"4H ncr of Mrs. Leak's Mun* ^KB ick Range. Cray tons' old i&TJ S'or 24, 1881 _24 ?Ol Vj TO ??NTTHI 1HB Proprietress of a valn.vt .fl . 1IOR.SE FARM, in SS^TH th all necessary building J^v? les from Anderson C. R jj?l,*flfl a same to a good, reliable'ind li?'HH .nier. Apply at thU^ffloe. ^?H FOR SALBT )NE ten to twelved,T^ LESS ENGINE and filW ILL. Only been run a sh?jB in good runion* order. AddrJrMsW FRED 0. BBO\YJ 135 Dec 8.1881_ajTo,rnrilKl? BOOK STORM l FULL supply of School B<JB L Stationery, Slates. Inl^fW i hand. Also, Photograph TM TBJ apb ?ilbuiui, Scrap Books, WriUrLSB ohk R?xes, Barometers, 8tfn??ffl ctures. Mottoes, Frames', iSdTMi any useful and Fancy AMlclei ,T Books not in store, Sheet Mtuic JB ruction Books purchased at ft.SW ices, at short notice. Subscriptions received for v.- H id Magazines. Wo hope oar eft?3!Sl hlish a Book Store will be aJTSKM e public. Give us your Mtroru2r?M GEO. W. FANTTftS Anderson, S. C., Nov. IQ - jjl. iuH WAOON^FACI^ UTcGUKIN & CO.arsnoTtn? IX to make and ropair wagotu,t?2?H rming implements, &c, at ?h?twB One-horse Wagons on hijJjH ade to order. Mr. D. M. BtepheaiJH specialty of this branch of the WjH ur Wagons er** guaranteed tobebf?9 leaper than those of loreign radii TS Blacksmith 8hop.-Hon?&S antntion work, and everythingfa^fl mo promptly at reasonable nneaM W A Ri TT ES I1D - A11 who harob", me at our shop are earnestly roqWil une forward and pay for thesanuM fed money to carry on our buainm, 9 ot put it off, but come rieht aloot Wm McGUKIN & C?., De^fc-SS Nov 10, 1881_17 ||a 937,000,000 RepreseattqB CONTINENTAL Fire Immranc*(JB J New York. Liverpool & London & Globe Ins.Ci ra Watertown Fire Ins. Co. of N.Y, | Columbus Ins. and Banking Co. Rochester German Fire Ins. Co.oiltS Insures against loss or damage br (>"" r LIGHTNING- Tg FARM RESIDENCES, BARNS and CONTENTS, B FURNITURE, STORE BUILDINGS, STOCKS OF MERCHAKDISa. w-. Yv"ill visit any section of the Coan'./ mino property, give rates, and aUiiic on, if notified by postal card or let!?. WILLIAM G. WHILDEi, Agent, Williamston, S.C August 25, 1881_ Patents and Claims. aAVING formed a copartnenhipii J. S. Duffle & Co., of Wasbk* >. C., I am prepared to prosecuteprr?l ll claims for Pensions, or increase ofn ions for Soldiers, or tho widows andi ren of soldiers who served In the ttl B12, the Indian wars, the Mexican VIM i.e late war. Also. Bounty, Bick Fa testorntion to Pension Roll, Land Hi mts, and all other claims against F.i 'atents secured for Inventions, Discoves )esigns and Trade Marks. No fee ckr xcept for preliminary examination BBS Patent is obtained. A. M. DUFFIE, Anderson,it I March 1". 1881_3S 1? \ ANDERSON MACIMNE WORKS ANDERSON, S. C. ?HE undersigned having opened ? *ffl chine Shop at this place. u^'Pg inred to repair Steam Engiues, Taie?M5 Jins, and nil kinds of Machinery, vAjmm espectfully solicits tho patronage ottwffl laving work in his line. .,? He will keep cons' ily on hand i?B upply of Pipe and *ipe Fi"1"**'SSH ?auges, Water Gauges, Brass Valves,mm ?ocks. Hancock Inspirators, R^'Sg ng, Hemp Packing, and everytbmf B?Jg n a Machine Shop. r ...f I am also Manufacturers' Agenttor*?? Sngines, Saw Mills, and all kinds ois^B ?lie? for Machinery. , New and Second-Hand Engines ?w? m hand. .... B R. F. D?VVER, Proprietor-1 July 21, 1881_ New Crop N. 0. Malawei, j JUST RECEIVED and ^'^^i I Dec 8,1881 22 _? NOTICE TO CEEDITORS.. ^ All persons * zing claimsjg* ho Estate or Amos Acker, ?ec*?r,Z. lereby required to present them to ?j? lersigned, or H. G. Scudday. my AKW it Anderson, 8. C.. properly proven. he time prescribed by fa^cKER Elf, Dec 8, 1881 ' 22 _ VTOTICE TO CREDITORS. IM AU persons oaving denian^M he Estate of Noah R. Reeves, d*f?upJ ?erebv notified to present them to '"-^M lersigned bn or before tho 1st d?j "i^g mary, 1882, or they will be barred ndebted lo said Estate are ?l^nowj^ :hey fall to do so they jg* I Dec 8,1831 * & -^B Notice to Creditor?' j T. T. Wakefield. Administrator of fe M May, Plaintiff, against Mary ??V^B ol., Defcndantt.-U??pfa???toSdl ? ? PURSUANT to an order of J^giiS Aldrich in tho above sta^.(r>l n-editora of T. W. May, ?UsBeased, *"^B Bed to prc&ent and prove their deruw ^ ? roroiaeon or by tfio 1st of?$U?lg, ? W. W. HUMPHREYS, V*f | Dec L 1881 20 _? fcfifia week In your own town*. Termi^J^ja* Boots and Shoes. J ICAN fit any foot ot any V^f^u^m tho ? eat ot this Uno otBOotoJ*1""* rentlcmen.children andAWC,L^BABB."5 October 0. 1881 _'| Djy Goods. Hardware, &c IF you want anything in t^^V antee that 1 can please if my pri<* mat you soo ray goods ?naj?" before making your purchases^, p^RR October 0, \881