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K. li. MURKAY, Editor. THURSDAY, J AN l'A HY, 1H, 1???,. THUMB : ONE TKAIt.?1.50. HIX MONTHS. Two Dollarn If not pnt?l iu advance. THK i Ol.I M Ul A CANA I. AWAIN. Iii our article last week upon this subject wc bail no idea of waking up a controversy, ns we bad heretofore given to our readers the position occupied by our Representatives upon this important measure. Last week we endeavored simply to state sonic of the reasons why the ?NTKI.I.KiKNi'KIt favors this develop ment. As, however, Maj. Moore desires 10 discuss the action of the last Legisla ture on this point, wc cheerfully accord lum thc opportunity of doing so. It seems lo us, however, that he bas fallen into several mistakes in his article, and bas assumed positions which an? not ten able. To begin with, we do not think Maj. Moore bas answered his throe arithmetical questions correctly, for he makes the aggregate only $52,332.43.1fl while.wt; would make it from the same premises ?75,74G?. Wo reach this con clusion as follows: 200 convicts, at -12? ccntR per day, will be $85.331, and thin sum for 300 days will bo $31,1403 ; then 200 convicts at 20 cents per day, for salaries and incidentals, will bo $?10.00, nnd this, for 30.0 days, will be (14,000; then the hire of one convict for two!vu months, at $12,50 per month, amounts to $150.00 per year, and this for 2<)0 con victs amounts to $30,000, HO that thc three items together make $75,7403. I discussing a question it is always fair to have the discussion upon its true basis, and thorcforo we have corrected Maj. Moore's figures to start nut upon a proper understanding of ibo question. The items charged in it, however, aro by no means accurate, for nearly tho whole cost of salaries, etc., must come off the estimate, as the officers must be paid whether the convicts arc niven to the Canal or not, mid the incidental expen ses will be nearly as great without as with these convicts. Likewise, the ad ditional cont of maintaining these two hundred convicts will not be 423 cents per day, as tho larger the number the cheaper is the rate of maintenance. It ia probable, however, that Ibo construe-* tiye cost will amount to from forty to fifty thousand dollars a year, or sixty thousntid dollars with the sum appropri ated, which would make about $.100,000 for tho five years required to complete the work. This, however, is not from a tux on tho people. Thc whole thing has got to bu paid out of the earnings ot the Penitentiary, and if there aro no earn ings, then there will be no work on the Canal. In other words, tho Legislature propose to mako tho Penitentiary self sustaining, and to build tho ('anal with it in addition. This is tho people's mon ey, however, and should be judiciously expended. Mt>j. Mooresaya that II?H experience in blasting makes him estimulo thu cost of this work at from one to perhaps moro than two millious of dollars. This is very great exactness iu tho calculation of cost. It only has a margin of over one million of dollars. Wo presume, this estimato is based on the assumption that thu work goes through solid rock ull tho way. Maj. Moore has probably not been over more than j mile out of tho 21 miles, while the Engineers have been over all of it. That is the difference between their estimates. The old Canal that waa dug before tho war has already made about one-third of the uecessury excavation, mid, therefore, tho work to bo dono is that of enlarging, nearly all of the way, tho present Canal. It is, there fore, nn easy matter for au Engineer lo tull where he will hud rock mid how much Ibero will bo of it. Under these circumstances, wo tnko it that tho esti mates of tho two Engineers, who have beeu all over thu work, is safer thau Maj. Moore's guessing. Next M nj. Moore wanta to know who will utilizo tho Canal after it is built. No ono knows who will havo money to put into factories Kvo years from this time. Capital docs not Ho idlo for fivo years waiting for investment. LIud Au gusta wuitcd for any such pledges as those Maj. Mooro wants, her Canal would nut havo been built, aud sho would havo hud no factories. There is no room to doubt that tho Canal will be built up with factories soon after its completion. There is no such desirably situated water power iu tho world which is undevelop ed, aud this wiil not remain BO after its completion. When homo aud foreign capitol will como hero aud build their own dams uud erect immeuso buildings, filled with fino machinery, Uko thoso at Piedmont and Pelzer, there can bo no fear that a power will remain unutilized where no dam ia required, and where there are four liuea of railroad running iuto tho very factories themselves if do sired. A planter might as well say that be cause a drouth may como or his seed may not produce a harvest ho will not plant, as for a State to act upon the theory that sho must not do anything what does not pay her back immediately. That legislation which baa no care for the future will never give life or progress tin State. It will not do for us to stand Still and cry over tho misfortunes of the war, and prate of poverty and calamity. It bas been eighteen years since the war closed, and the other Southern States have entered the race for material devel opment and progress. South Carolina must not only bo in the procession, but we must place her in the von of the movement. We will nover do so by her alding to tho world that we are too poor to do those things which other live States are doing. Money and immigration do not gb to poverty-stricken countiies. They seek for the prosperous sections and go there. They bunt for the States which are growing, and which havo a future fer the rising generations. It will never do for South Carolina to adopt the stand-still policy. 11 Wo have limited means, but we must mploy the means at our command in a manser to give assurance cf our ability to prosper. In this way, and in this way alone, can we hopo to grow in wealth and power. It is not always the cheap od government that is the Deaf.. We favor the most economical govern mont consistent with efficiency and progr?s?. Wc do not think one dollar should he wasted, but where iiiouey can he spent lo improve the .State it ought, a* far as wo can afford it, to bc done. Money spent on unnecessary salaries, or higher sala ries than suflicicnt lor efficient service, is wasted, hut every dollar that is judi ciously expended in internal improve ments will amply repay the outlay. Next week wc shall present additional reason- for this work. SOI TH CAllOMNA I'ltUi'llK-HS. The article copied from ibu Augustu Chrvhirlti und t vit'titntionidiit, which appears on another page, shows that tho progress and improvement which has been made in .South Carolina nu; tecog nixed and admired without the limits of our Slate, and are attracting the atten tion of tho live, thoughtful people of the country. Thia progress has been achiev ed-almost entirely ?ince lr>7d, and is therefore attributable to the rule of the Democracy. It is moro limn that. It is attributable to thc life and progress of the party. It bus established confidence in the integrity of our promises to pay all that wi- honestly owe, and ha s shown that we appreciate lliu spirit of thc ?lay in which we live, lu material progress anti educational facilities we believe that this State htts gnno forward more rapidly in tim last six . ear? than any one of Ibo older Stales of the I nion. It is sound policy for us to continue to build up tilg resources of our Stale. Thc introduc tion of capital for investments, tho im migration of thrifty, enterprising citi zens, tin; building of factories, the firm maintenance of tho State's credit ami tho continued elevation of thc common schools and of our Stale institutions of higher ?ducation, are thc touch-stones which will command success. Thu poli* cy which hus done sn much for us tu tho past should bc persevered in for the fu ture. The party which has established that policy must bc continued in power, to guarantee itu continuance. KKCLT.ATI NO TUT. It \ 11.Ut)ADS. Tho attention nf thc whole country is being tlireeted to thc ipiestion of ibo best manner in which to control railroad cor porations, tm aa to prevent their unjust oppression of thc people by exorbitant ami unfair rates of freight. Not only have several Slates recently adopted the system of commissions, but in the United States Senate, on last Saturday, Mr. In galls introduced a bill tu provide for thc appointment of a commission to consider the subject of railroad transportation. It provides that tho {'resident, with tho ad vice and consent of tho Senate, shall appoint seven commissioners from civil lile, whose duty it shall be to considoi and investigate tho subject of railroad transportation in ?Ls relations to the ag ricultural, commercial and industrial interest of thu United States. The Com mission is to enquire generally into thc conditions affecting commerce among thc Slalcs, tho grounds of complaint existinij against tho railroad corporations result ing from unjust discrimination, exorbi tant or unequal rates, insufficient facili ties for Iralbo or unlawful combinations and in what mutter thc existing evils CHI be remedied by legislation, and to repor their recommendation*, und the result o their inquiry to Congress, not later that tho first Monday in December, 1 SS.'i Tho section provides for the compense tion of tho commission at $10 per da* and reasonable expenses, mid authorize: them to visit such portions of tho coun try as they may deem advisable in tin performance of their duties. We doubt the polilicul wisdom of i national railtoud commission, from tin fact that it will lund rnthor more to cen t ral ?zing power than we would care ti go just now; but, asido from this objec lion, it seems to tu tho results of a na tional commission mini be favorable ti tho country at large. Now, only th larger cities can influence tho railroad* while a judicious national railroad int, would give every portion of the cuuntr; a fair showing. Therefore, putting th material advantages against tho pol?tica disadvantages, we aro rather disposctl t favor the passage of a proper natinnn railroad law. The proposition of Mi Ingalls looks to a thorough study of th subject, and judicious action upon it. Senator Saulsbury has been re electe to the United States Senate, for th third term, from tho Stato of Delaware Ho is a valuable Senntor, and his Stat has dono well to continue him in oflict Gov. Collum, of Illinois, has bee nominated by the Republican caucus A the Senate, to succeed Hon. David Da vis. Tliia disposes of Judge Davis, wh bas for years been a fence-riding polit cian for year?. It will be a relief to tl country to bo rid of hi? official service They have been first with ono politic) party and then another, as each seeme to give promise of ascendancy. Ilia ii fluence has not been wholesome. II course has been that of a trimmer, wL was seeking to advance his own promt tion, rather than to grapple with tl questions of tho day in a manner advat lagoona to his country. Gov. Collum a Republican, but his politics arc know To this extent his advent into tho Sena will be an improvement on his predece sor. * Col. R. L. McCaughran has resigue tho Presidency of the Columbia cfc Oreel ville Railroad, to take effect as soon i his successor is elected. It is undorstoc that Col. A. C. Haskell will be mac President of both tho Charlotte, Cullin bia & Augusta, and tho Columbia Greenville Roads. In losing the servid of Col. McCaughran, the Richmond Danville Combination lost one of thc best officers. He is universally este en ed and respected in the State, and h shown not only marked executive abi i ty, but likewise a fair and judicioi spirit in the management of railroi matters, which han made bia admin ?slr tion acceptable and popular with 01 people. Worse than Milwaukee. ST. PETERSBURG, Jauuary 14.-Du inga performance yesterday at a eire in Bedischcff, in Roseland. Polan a fi broke out in the building and before ll apectators could escapo the whole atruc ure was in ablate. Three hundred pcrco perished in the flames. rol l MUIA CANAL. MK. KDITOK: Inasmuch ns I have d i (Tv red from you on tho < !Olumbia Canal j in legislation, and now from your cd i to rial of January 11th, lHS?, and having j roted against thc Canal in the .Senate, ' ami hiing responsible to the people of the Stain as a public servant, and more especially to thc citizens of Anderson County, I feel il a duly lo myself and them t<? a?k space for a few thoughts on this subject. I have no object itt view beyond placing this Canal in its true light, as viewed by myself, before the citizens of this State, and if through kindness in your space I can only suc ceed in giving tho reasons for lite faith that is in me. I shall be contrat. That every citi/.eii may ascertain for himself iii** amount appropriated for the (.'anal, i oiler lo them the following sums, which 1 hopo will be carefully inH.'i'ltr- I, hut, before doing so, it is proper lo state, that the average cost of convicts per capita per day, is reported 121 ?ents, and that each able-bodied convict eau be hired lor ?1200 uer mouth, boarded uud clothed. Tho ad ditional average cost of convicts per day in salaries last year il2,118.07, inciden tal expenses ? 10,067.1)3 ; board of direc tor and oilier expenses amounting in all lo about f-30,0o0.00, will be ?bout 20 cents per day. With this explanation 1 oller the sums above referred lo. What will 200 convicts cost tho State for t wei vu months, al a cost per capita per day of 42j couts ? If the average cost of one convict per day for salaries, incidental exp? uses, eic, is lio cent*, what will 200 cost in twelve mouths '! What sum of money would thc Statu receive for the hire of 200 convicts for twelve months ut $12.50 each per month '.' I make ibo aggregate of thu foregoing filins $$2,332.4oX lo this add $15,000 cash appropriated ; wo lind tho appro priation lo bo $07,332.43.1. Under lite late Act you say it is es ti muled that the Ca nal will be completed in five years, if so, live limes :>b7,;$:J2 is $?130,UG0. If ibis sum be correct ? jay it is great ly in excess of what our people uro actually able lo pay, even if the invest ment should prove to bo a good one, for our people need ii rest from heavy taxa tion. Notwithstanding thu estimated cont nf $300,000 by Mr. Holley, and tho accom plished T. Ii. Lee, referred to by you, 1 have my opinion as to ibo cost of this (.'anal, and yet I am free lo admit that I am not a Civil Engineer, notwithstand ing 1 have considerable experience in blasting granite rock. i predict this l anai will not be com pleted with thc present force and manage ment in 10 years, and thal it will cost tho Slate moro than one million of dol lars, and perhaps moro tbuti two millions before completed. If I were able to communicate to the people just why I say this, I should be content ; tho best I can do is to speak of the Canal direct. This Canal is 2? miles long, lf>'> feet wide and 10 feel deep, and the greater part ol it through loiiso anil solid granite rock. A cemented dam of rock and cemented rock sides to the Canal to hold its water for about ISO yards al one place, besides shorter spaces al olhor places. .My esti mate of cost is predicated upon the above, and its present management as well, which I call common sense, and which I believe is becoming among thc law makers on certain things thu most uncomuiou of all rieuse. You ?ny consid erable money was spent on this Canal before and since tho war. I know of no money spent since the war, except tho surveys you speak of, tho appropriation of $10,000.00 and a hundred dud twenty baud.*., last year, which in labor, board, and money appropriated, etc., cost the .Statu about $00,000.00. The Canal built before the war. wns done with a view tu commerce, and was needed at tho lime ; Ibis was before the days of railroads, and the thousands of littlo pole boats on the river passed through tho Canal, safe from tito rapids of tho river, for which lliey paid tho Statu a reasonable toll as fixed by law. This anti-Wftr Canal is many miles long, und cost tho Slate less money than the amount already expended on the new Canal, and in my judgment paid more money by far than the present undertak ing can or will ever pay. Hut yon say, no business man doubts that factories will bo built on this Canal when finished, and yet it is certain thal the State has not yet been able to learn from who, or from what quarter the capital is to come. To Kay il will como is to exe*eise the greatest faith, and yet no business man will pronouueo it saving fuith. Who is il that will Utilize 'his power when completed? From what quarter has capitalists sought to invent money in ibis Cana] ? Who aro they, "nd where ure they, ami what amount do thoy offer ? Under the laws of ibis State, factories are exempted from tuxatiou for ten years, and if this Canal was completed to-day capitalists would not ouly require exemp tion from taxation for ten years on the factory, but the free use of the water as woll. Then tho time required to com plete the Cannl, the timo required to build factories, and the time of exemp tion from taxation, will span over the life of any man in the Slate. Revenues to thc State from this Canal in thin gen eration is out of the question. Our people have just emerged from the late disastrous war, with bleeding wounds, crushed fortuues and hopes, her properly confiscated, and her people reduced to penury and want ; whose energies to re cuperate, and retrieve lost fortunes, has been more than paralized by the dishon est und wicked governments of State, under Scott, Moses and Chamberlain these endorsed by tho United States government, who in addition augmentci1 our troubles iu every conceivable wa] . Thus treated, and thus impoverishe t, puta it out of the question for us lo be queath fortunes to tho coming generation, and yet we ought injustice to tbom tobe careful not to make debts for them to pay. From such appropriations, tho impov erished condition of our people, demand that they shall be respited, and ns a Democrat and servant of the people, I stand pledged in common with all her public servants to admioiatcr the govern ment upon tho most economical basis possible, and with this pledge upon me I can never support the measure referred to in this communication. JOHN B. MOORE. Home Again? NA HU vt 1.1.F., January 13-Ex-Treas urer Polk arrived this morning in charge of the officers, and is now tn custody un til ho shall be admitted to bail. He refuses to be interviewed. The grand jury of Davidson County at noon presen ted an indictment against Polk in two counta for the embezzlement and larceny of ? 1S0.000. The Judge of tho Criminal Court is charged with .'he doty of fixing the charge of conspiracy upon certain parties in obtaining funds from Polk, knowing them to be the funds of tho State. Thu counsel of ex-Treasurer Polk will, on Monday, make application before Jndge Queries of tho Criminal Court, for the release of the prisoner on bail. Meantime the prisoner ia hedd at the county jail, but occupies comfortable quarter* in the jailor's office. NEW () II LEA NH, January 14.-Near relatives of ex-president James K. Polk, residing in. this city are authority for the statement that M. T. Polk, the defaulting Sta to treasurer of Tennessee, waa an adopt ed son nf ex - Presiden t Polk, and that his real name was Childless. Ex-President Polk had no children. IIOKKOKS OF A HOill. Flit Kt A Terrible Catastrophe In Milwaukee. CHICAGO, January io.-A dispatch from Milwaukee reports that the Ne?hall House in that city was burned al au carly hour this morning. Seventy-live person*, principally guests, lost their i lives. Mll.W'ACKKK, Win., January 1 * ' The Ncwhull House, a six stvry brick building, nu the corner of Michigan -.'.reit and I {road way, was burned to the ground this morning. The lire was dis covered at 1 a. m., ami in less than half an hour thc whole building, long desig nated as a death-trap, wai enveloped in Haines. A scene of lin: utmost terror prevailed. I'lii: inmates of the doomed building ?umped by do/ens from the upper stories, covering the stone sidewalks with life less bodies. Thc shrieks of the unfortu nates lilied the air in a heartrending manner. The people below were unable to render any aid. (?nile a number of thc terrified guests and employees of tho hotel appeared at the windows, and see ing the distance tu the ground fell back to perish in the Hames. The employees of tho hotel, which accommodated. 8o0 guests, numbered 86, mostly lodged in the r-ixtb story. Kxit by way of the roof was cut oil' by the lire, arni two stand pipes willi lire ladders were not available for the saint: reason. A very few were saved hy jumping on canvas. Comparatively few of the guests ?ni the hotel register were burned, and the exact loss of lifo is not determinable. It will nach I rom fifty to sixty dead, ami from twenty to thirty wounded. So far twenty-three bodies are in the morgue, and nine more in places near thu ruins. Identification comes in slowly. It may safely be said thal sixty persons are dead and thirty -criouoly injured. The mayor ha? called a meeting to or ganize a salvage corps to search tho ruins. Abuut a week ago the secretary ol' the local board of underwriters was applied lo to make an estimate on the building that the local agencies might lake risks thereon, as the building was considered a death trap and risks hail been refused. Tom Thumb and party and the Madi son Square Company aro all safe as fur as learned, ii ?th troupes were in thc hotel. Mrs. John Hilbert, of the Min nie i'ul mer troupe, who waa married only two days ago, was burnell lo death in , sight of the multitude. Three steamers -.vent from Chicago at ten minutes before. 0 o'clock in response lo n cull from the mayor. Tue train bearing them went over the Chicago ami Northwestern Unit road, ami consisted of live car* Il went to Milwaukee, a distance of ninety miles, in only a lillie over an hour. DATUK.-The scenes at thc morgue, where now thirty-two bodies are lying in a ghastly heap on the Door of a small room, arc bfartronding beyond the power of descripti tu. A strong police force is necessary lo keep the anxious inquirers in line. Nineteou bodies have been identified and eight bodies are beyond recognition. Mrs. .John Gilbert's body has been positively identified. It is said she WAS Miss Sutton, of Chicago, before she married Hilbert, who is inconsolable. Tho fire department called for assistance from tho Soldiers' Home, but den.Sharp refused to semi the engine, at which there is general indignation. The Chicago iMid Hacine relief steamers aro now on the way heie, but the lire is now under con trot. The firemen made superhuman ellorts, anti eleven waiter girls were, brought safely across ladders stretched over an alley (rom tho sixth story of the Lotel lo the roof of un adjoining bank building. The jumping cloth did little service. About a dozen unfortunates at tempted to jump, but rebounded from thc telegraph wires, u perfect network cf which surrounded the two fronts of the building. The appeals for aid were piteous, hut little could be done. Shortly before the Newhull House alarm n purl of thc tire department was called to a small lire about three miles distant, and before the engines were in working order the hotel was a blazing pile. Tom Thumb got out through thc front entrance, and his wife was brought down the escape by u fireman. W. H. Comp ton, Misses * Herbert and Dunlap and W. T. Lowell, of tho Madison Stpiure Company, arrived by the midnight ex press, and the whole party, only partially dressed, were saved by tho fire escape. The hotel was built by Daniel Ncw hall and associates in 1807. Thc origi nal cost of the building was $100,000. Tho total cost, including furnishing, was *:277,000. Win. E. Cramer, of tho Evening Wisconsin, was saved through tho heroic efforts of Charlie Dressing, a Sentinel priuttr. Chief Cierk Tice, who hada narrow escape, says that of 110 boarders and 00 employee's in the hotel so far 50 are un account ed for. Tho Milwaukee companies had refused to take risks on the building. Tho in surance amounted to $125,000, all held in Cincinnati. The loss will probably aggregate half a million, including the losses ot tho traders of various kinds on the ground floor of the hotel and in ad joining buildings. LATER.-A detailed statement of ihe insurances on Ihe Newball House shows that it is not coufiued to Cincinnati office;, bul is well distributed in policies of from $!,500 to $5,000 among compa nies in New York, Pittsburg. Cincinnati, Wheeling, Madison, Ind., 1'hiladelphiu, New Haven, Conn., Cleveland, Ohio, and some foreign companies. A Neat Poiut. Compared with tho multitude of gigan tic frauds of all kinds which have devel oped ar.d are daily developing East and West, the default of Col. Polk, flagrant and disgraceful aa it was, dwindles into comparatively microscopic insignificance. Yesterday, I picked up a Philadelphia naper that, in one column, denounced Polk as an exceptionally colossal rogue and in another column, mildly announced an over issue of street-car railway stock in the Quaker City to the amount of two million dellaro ! The robberies, under the sham of law, perpetrated by the North upon the government nnd the South do not excuse Polk in thu least; but they make his robbery a small one in contrast. The Tennessee defaulter and thief is captured and will probably be punished. The gigantic brigands of the North are, in many cases, not only ut large but encouraged in their "moral agriculture" and "development." I dare say that these bloated land piratea will be' loudest iu condemning Polk and fiercest in demanding Vhat he he thrown to tho lions. The Republican howl against tho South, because of Polk's in famy, will be much moderated, I suspect, when it is found out that he voted the truly loyal ticket during the past Iso years ; and the Democrats may retort that he had not become utterly depraved until he left their ranks and went over lo the meu who, according to Mr. Beecher, "have their hands in every body's pocket."-J. E. R. in Chronicle ami Constitutionalist. A Citizen of Abbeville Found Dead In the Road. II o DO Efl, 8. C., Jan. 12.-On Tuesday morning Mr. Shey, who lived in what is called the Buckland neighborhood, was found dead in the road. Trial Justice Tarrant at Greenwood, was sent for and an inquest waa held over tho dead body. The verdict of the jury was "frozen to death." There were no marks found on the body, but somo signs of imprudence, Mr. Shey was a native of Ireland, but had made Abbeville county his home for several years. He was a good citizen and a good neighbor, and his sad death was n shock to his neighborhood. He waa on his way homo from Abbeville court houso at thc time of his death. THE Kt i.KHS OF THE ROADS. | Ihr N??n lUllroiol COIHIIIUSIOII Orgaiilard Vf ,ter<luy. Coi.t'MUlA, Jaouarv 10.-The Rail road Commission, under thc recent Act ut thc General Assembly, met to day and organized, after taking the prescrib ed oath ul ollicc, by the election of ex Governor Rodham as chairman. All three nf the commissioners were present, ex-Goveruor .leter having arrived last evening, and < 'apt. Walker, the Charles ton member, reaching Columbia this morning. Alter taking thc oath, the commission met and discussed thc de tail- of thc important work before them, but did not reach any conclusion ao t<* what plans Hoy would adopt. The commissioners are deeply impressed with the immense ?lower with which they have been entrusted and the tar reaching cons?quences of their actions. It is probable that before deciding upon any definite policy they will go to Atlanta and consult thu Georgia Commission as lo the operation! of the railroad law in thai Stale and profit hy the experience of the Georgians. Two of thc commis sioners talked io me today about the matter and said : "We want to move very cautiously and intend to pursue a conservative course, doing nothing, it we know it, that will be unfair to tho railroads or unjust to the people. Wo have not yet examined ibo law with sui' licicut care to say what wc ?ball do. ll will take timo to work out thc great problem by which we are confronted. We certainly shall try to do what wo conceive to be for the highest public good. Jus1, yet wc can't tell how we shall proceed. It will take lime and stutly before otu plans can bc matured." Such is the simple, straightforward, honest way in which these men have gone to work. They do not make any threats, they have no axc? to grind, they mean to do the beat thing in tho wisest and most conservative way, as well tor the corporations as for the Stale. There is no telling when their plans will all ho perfected, certainly not for several weeks, and until they have discussed tho law and ihe situation in every aspect. I licked one of the commissioners if they expected to give thu railroads ? hearing. Ho replied, "We shall have no objection tn receiving suggestions from them. Perhaps they would only serve to make our path plainer, but wo shall not be governed hy any advice or counsel which we do not conceive to bo conso nant with the public good." Thc railroad commissioners arc hold ing night sessions. They have been hard at work since half past 4 o'clock this afternoon, ?iud up to this hour, 1) o'clock, show mi sign of adjournment. Tiny have not yet selected a clerk, for which position lhere aro many appli cants. It is rumored to-night that Col. li. L. McCaughrin, of Newberry, has resigned the presidency of the Columbia abd Greenville Railroad. The report baa not been confirmed, but many knowing ones believe it is true. This much is j certain, that Col. McCaughrin has had I the subject of bis resignation under con sideration for a long timo, and thal if ho should resign it would not be owing in any way to the establishment of the rail road commission, but solely to thc inter ference of bia railroad duties with bis private business at Newberry, which is very extensive and engrossing and really demands all bis time. Titnes Ch inge. Senator Jonis, of Nevada, once an al most chronic absentee, is now oftener seen in the Senate and heard at thc roll call. There is no doubt at till that he had at least $7,000,01)0 when he first caine tu Washington, and that he has about lost every dollar of it. It was made in speculation and lost in tho same way. It caine with marvelous ea?e and departed with an equal facility, Jones still lives in Gov. Hen. Huller's granite castle, but I am told that it is hard for bim lo pay the enormous rent, and that thc mun who once had millions in assets is now deeply drowned in debt. You would not think so from his outward ap pearance. Ile is still sleek, smiling and rosy, although a heavy frost has smitten bis hair and beard. With something like thc audacity uf genius, too, bc gave a grand reception party the other night which must have cost much money and made the weight upon bi-? fortunes all the harder to endure. He is a big b rai ned tuan, full of suggestive thought; bu: what a struggle, he must have to "keep up utterances." The poor man or woman who passes his lordly abode may envy him and his surrounding; but he is rather to be pitied. Without money, ho will hardly return to the Senate. Without power, Iiis parasites will disap pear. I would be glad to hear that some lucky stroke bad repaired bis wrecked estate, but Fortuno seldom come* full handed lo the same man twice.-./. A'. A*, in Chronic!? and Constitutionalist, Nearly Buried, A recent caso of suspended animation in this eily has attracted attention, be cause the afllictcd person came near be ing buried, as if dead. It was a lady and she says everylhiug that occurred during her trance was painfully distinct. She beard her death announced and was apprehensive of being literally killed by the mortuary icebox. lu the nick of time, she turned from her back to her side and rapidly recovered sense and sensibility. Severe cases of nightmare often aiise from sleeping on the back. Many persons have awakened at night with a dread feeling of powerlessiiesa of speech and action, as if n terrible pre clude to death, from which release came by un almost despaired of ability to shift tho recumbent attitude. Perhaps some pcoplo found dent! in their beds have not been ablo to mnketho saving movement. From what perilous adventures are we not rescued by slender threads in dream lund ! I onco heard it sa id that when deliverance failed to come in sleep actual death was tho result.- Washington Cor respondence Chronicle and Constitutional* ist. Another Hotel Fire. Sr- LOUIS, January M.-Thc Planter?' Hotel, one of thc largest in the city, took fire this morning, shortly before 5 o'clock, and burned so rapidly that four persons lost their lives. The great est confusion prevailed when the alarm was given ana nearly all the guests es caped in their night clothes. The weather was intensely cold, and the fire men were thereby greatly hindered in their work. It ia thought there were not more than four victims. Three bodies have been taken out. The fire at 10.25 o'clock waa under control. The loss on thc hotel will not exceed $30,0U0. Tho fire broke out shortly after 4 a. m. in thc kitchen of the hotel and extended lo tho pantry, storo-room and several servants' quarters. These were in /the building in the rear and detached from thc hotel, which was not injured. Ono servant was suffocated, one burned and two others have broken limbs, (treat excitement prevniled among the occu pants of the hotel, most of whom left the house, but returned during the day. flultcau, the Second. BOSTON, January 16.-The mayor'a clerk sent to the postofhee thia morning for a letter retained there for postage. The letter was pnst-marked January 13, and read as follows : "Mayor Palmer: I am going to kill old Governor Butler in five months and twenty-eight days from to day. Thon I will choose you for Governor of old Massachusetts. I sent him warning. I have sworn it. "CiiAiu.Ka Gu mairan." - The tot?! number of Immigrants landed at Castle Garden In 1882 wa? more than 170,000. It was expected thal the immigration would be lu l'y OU" OOO, bul while thc number Ol urn vaia in the first ?ix months uf tho year showed a large increase over the figures tur tiie corresponding months of 1881, there was a veiv marked decrease in tho number arriving in the last six months. The total number landed up to noon De cember 30lh, was 173,012, an increase of is,nuil over the figures of the previous year, when 105,081 were landed, tier many furnishes the largest number. The books of thc department ?how that fur the lir-t ten months of the past year the arrivals from that country ?ere 180, 085; from Ireland, 48,73-1 ; from Sweden, ::<..YSI ; from England, 30.080; from Italy, 23,810 : from Russia, 15,137. - There H a little history in connec tion with the beautiful Toccoa Falls, which is worthy of record. The proper ty belongs io a family in South Carolina by the name of Mathews. Some limo si'nee a Northern company uiude over tures to purchase, with a view of estab lishing a manufactory. The owners were willing to sell, as tho property brought them no revenue whatever, but when they examined their origiuai ticed, it was discovered that tho original owner had in his will stipulated that Toccoa Falls and a certain number of acres should never be used for any purpose other than a pleasure ?".sort ami kept open free to the public In the event that any one at? tempted to mar the romantic beauty of | the spot by using the falls for manufac turing "r other purposes, the heirs should forfeit their claims to the State, together with other property they had inherited. *V"Many silly people despise the pre cious, noi understanding it." Hut no one despises Kidney-Wort after having given it atrial. Those that have used it agree thal it is by far thc best medicino known. Its action is prompt, thorough and lasting. Don't take pills, and other mercurials that poison tho system, but by ii-ing Kidney-Wort restore the natur al action of all the organs. NOTICE. rpilE Notes and Accounts due the l?state ? JL of 1 rr. K. fi. Carpenter are placed III the hands of J. C. Whitfield for collection. Persons indebted will make payment at j once. T. S. CAR PUNTER, Ad mr. Jan. 1Mb. 188:1. 27 WARNING. A LI. persons are warne?] not ta biro or J\_ harbor .lohn Rice, who is a minor, . inly bound t<> nie. Ile has left my servies without cause, und without my consent. Any person who disregards this notice will be proceeded against at law. HLBKRT RICK. Jan bi. IsM 27 _ 1_ VTOTK'i: TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of A. II. Holland, deceased, aro hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned, within the lime prescribe?! by law, and those indebted to muk" psvment. GREEN LEB ELLISON, Adiu'r. MALINDA CI J AUDY, Ex'x. Jan is, 1883 27 3* T^TOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. J.^ Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned. Administrator of the Estate of Wm. N. Harper, deceased, will apply to the Judge of 1'robalo for Anderson County, on the ll'th day of February, 1883, fora Phial Settlement and Discharge from his office as Administrator of said Estaio. JESSE H. BA M.ENTINE, Adni'r. Jan LS, l.ss:, ?j; 5? Patent Nonpareil Crushing and Grinding Mills and Cotton Seed Huiler Combined. 1) ARTI ES wanting a Combined Self Sharpening Mill for grinding Com, shelled or in the car, 1'eas, Oats, Harley, and Hull Cotton Seed, should send at once for circulars and terms. Kverv Mill war rante.!. J. H. DOUTH?T, Apt, Antun, Anderson Co., 8, C. Jan IS, I?83 27 1 LOST NOTE. ALL perions uro notified not to trade for a Note given by Edrew Cromer to | his father. Lewis Cromer, for five hundred dollars, with interest ut the tutu of ten per cent. The Note was given between lS?ii I und 1871?. I am not certain .\ luther il \v;is j sealed or promissory. Thc Note lias been paid but is lost. EDREW ( HOM ER. Jan IS, 18S3 j7 3 B F. WHITNER & SON, ATTORNEYS A NH COUNSELLORS AT LAW, ^ivr>i<:ii,soiv, - H. C. PRACTICE in the Courts of this State I und in thc United .States Courts. OFFICE-On Brick Hange, two doors from the National Hank. Jan 18, lS.sg 27 3 HAPPY JtfEW YEAR ! HEALTH, success anti happiness to all my customers, rind the $ame to any who might hate yiven their jtatronnge to others. I have on band a first-class stock and good assortment of all kinds of Watches from $5.00 to $150.00. Improved 8-dsiv Alarm Clocks for $5.50, warranted twelve months. Diamonds, and u large stock of good Jewelry of nil kinds, usually kept in a first-class Jewelry store. Silverware and King's Patent Spectacles which are being so extensively used with perfect satisfaction. By special contract, anything I sell that does not turn out us it is represented will be returned to the factories and duplicated. Heartily thanking all my friends for past ravore, and imploring ami trying to merit a continuance of the same, I am, respectfully, <fcc., J. A. DANIELS. Jan 18, 1883 27 \y SHERIFFS SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. BY virtue of two Executions to me direct ed, I will expose to sale on thc First Monday in February, A. D. 1883, in the City of Anderson, at the Blacksmith Shoo now occupied by Thomas Vamell, the foi lowing property, to wit : Two Bellows, 1 Drill and 14 Bits, 2 Vises 3 Screw Pintes, Taps and Wrenches, 1 bar rel of Tools containing 110 Pinces, I Tin Rox and Contenta. 2 Anvils, 18 puir of IjW'^ff Bander and Pluto, 1 Steel Chis el l Rep Saw and Frame, 1 piece of Iron 1 Axel ?auge, i Hench and Screw, 3 SledT Hammers, 2 Mandrels. 2 Vises and 1 Grind Btono. levied on as the property of Patrick Spellman m favor of McGrath ?fe Byrom and John McGrath. ' Tr.KMM OF SALK-Cash. JAMES u. MCCONNELL Janl7. iyffAndf,l?nCounty; S3C NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. TPHE Firm of LIGON A SHARPE is JL this day dissolved by mutual consent, w o T '? bli?"?? will be conducted by W. S. lagon. 3 j !AU A???]?nta and No,c* d,,e ?'o firm of Lig?n ?fe Sharpe must be paid to W 8 Ligon, by mutual consent. W. S. LIGON, Jan. 2, 1883. LOUIS SHARPE. New Firm. HAVING purchased the Stock of Goods I fromi LlKon A Sharpe I propose t" contine thc business, and my customers will find it to their interest to give nie a share of the ? patronage. "-ir To those who are owcing Ligon ?fe Shnma or. Account for last year. I mnst urgeu? hem o pay up at once to me. as I "do" not intend to carry over one ningle Account By settling up you will avoid Su Jan 4, 1883 W. S. LIGON. * ANDERSON CITY BAKERY. WHITE sod light H',,a'1 "lw?>'s ??? hand, made of the heat ?our. Delightful Tia lakes. Takes received, and baked or made loonier. Fresh Tarts every Sat imlay. Ikeep also t!ROL'KKIES.of every kind Try my "Lady of ihe Lake, au excellent ..nil kt rielly 5c< Cigar. . , , H?ndaonie Vase? at.d Cups reduced in PrLailie?' and Children's Shoes cheap. L. L. OREEN. Jan I?. 18X:? ?7 ,iin_ WE have just received 5,000 more of the S. O. C. S. Cigar. We ha' e just received 2T>,000 pu pers of Carden Seed, which are for sale at wholesale and retail. Wo propose to do thc largest S?ed bus iness in the County. Wo defy com petition, and it ? di "O to the ad vantage of every Merchant in the County to see us before making arrangements for their Garden Seed. We keei> a fir*t-cl**i stock of Druu's and Medicines. Wo order goods frequently, so as to be cer tain that they aro always fresh. Respectfullyi ORK A SLOAN, Henson House Comer, Anderson, S. C. Jan I?, IS83 Law Partnership. Ill IE undersigned having formed a part nership for the I'raetieeof Law. under th.'. linn name of MURRAY, BREAZEALE it MURRAY, will givo prompt attention lo ail business entrusted to their eire. Es pecial attention will he given to tho collec tion of claims. OFFICE-Over J. I*. Sulli van A- Co.'s Store, on Northern corner of Granite Row. J. S. MURRAY, J. E. BREAZEALE, E. B. ML BRAY. Jan L_1883 _ 2fl 3 m ROBSON'S COTTON AND COHN FERTILIZER. KOIISOS'S COMPOUND ACIH PHOSPHATE. These grades are rich in all the essentials constituting first-class article?, carefully prepared from best materials. Ourlongex perience in the trade, together with Prof. Shepard's analysis, arc guarantees that they are adapted to ihe wants of consumers. For side nt market rates for rash, lime or cotton. J. N. ROBSON A SON, CH East Bay, Charleston, S. C. Jan ll, 1883 ?? 3ni _ NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against j the Estate of Mrs. M. M. Humphreys, dee'd, are hereby notified to pr?sent them, properly attested, tn the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and all persons indebted to the Estate are notified to make payment of tho sums due nt once. ANDREW HUNTER, Adm'r. Jan I. 1883 !? 3 VERY IMI TO FARMERS, And the Publ The Place to buy Hardware is o UR Business is confined strictly to H/ vince von that MONEY CAN BE ? We can show a Full Stock, Prk A special Drive on AXES 25 dozen just ret Plow Stocks-200 just b( Builders' Hardware Carpenters' an A handsome line of Pocket and Shears, Scissors, Razors, '. And an endless varit Too nux Guns, Pistols, Cartridges, Amn And Sp Standard Agricultural Implem Celebrated "Acme" Har Manufacturers N. B.-We have on hand a small lot of SHOES, HATS &c., from slock ol Sulliv great sacrifice-for COST, and less than C SUI Jan 18, 1883 X 8? WHEN YOU COME TO J- P. SULLI THE best Stock of GROCERIES ever ; money, as we have tho very lowest Casi Choice Rio, Peaberry, Santos and J Golden Yellow, White E Our Stock of FLOUR is now complete, a several years, and know them to bo perfectly Patent PLOW STOCKS and STEEL Pl We have been bidding for Cash Trade for that we have gotten our full share up to thit customers, and our efforts for the future will 1 we deal. Jan ll. 1883 *** ANDERSON CLO BROCK & (Waverly Ht SELLING OFF AT ? IN order to clear out our Stock of W Clothing AT COST. Remember, there is Winter is over, and a rare opportunity is supply iholr wants in thia line. Jan ll, 1883 26 WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.'S Mi WILCOX, GIBBS & Are acknowledged by everybody to be the B i/*sti, and on reasonable terma ot j WIL I And their Agents throughout the Country. ONLY FOR ff CLEARING om OF WINTER Qf| MAXWELL & S Will Sell Out their Sta HE1YY AND SHOES AT COS1 Come early, nnd BARGAINS EVER OFS, MARKET! ?! dun ll, 1883 MASTERS SO] STATE OF SOUTII CAROLBjl ANDERSOS Ot lu thc Court of Cbmnwn IVa. Mrs. S. E. Dean and husband,\Y.l 1). K. West, et al, Plaintiffs, ri fl (J. Derry and Mrs. N. C. West,? unts.-C'enijtlaiiit/or Partition, BY virtue of an order to me his Honor Judge J. 8.CothnL, ing date 5th January, 18W, I w?l? 4 Anderson V. H., t?. C., on 8ALED? FEBRUARY next, tba foUowing ' Tract of Lnn<l, as Real EsUlt . West, deceased : All that Tract of I<and, contamkpj, ty-li ve acres, inore or less, situutuj County and State aforesaid,adjoin^I' Bowie, Jack Hall, et al. TKUMS OF SALE-Cash. Purdiuaii extra for all ne essary papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Mi Jan ll, 1883 2d FOR SALE CHEAP. f\HV. PONY BASKET Pl V_P VON? in t;ood order, with and Universal Joint Umbrella. Apply to J. M. ncSTEJ Pendleton," Jan lt. 1SS3 ?OPTANT MECHANICS, ic Oenerally. at the HARDWARE Sil LRDWARE, and a fair trial nilli SAVED by trading with tn. fine Selection ana Bott? ;es. ?eived, and more to arrive. mght. >, d Blacksmith Outfits, &c. Table Cutlery, Household Goods, 3ty of articles nerous to mention, xunition, ortmens' Outfits, tents, including the row, Agents for Fairbanks I GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, an & Mattiaon, which we trill ?ll *\ -oat. LLIVAN & BRO. 27 3 ANDERSON CALL' VAN * CO. vet had in stock. Cash buyer? i prices that can he offered in aa; : ava COFFEES, x. C. and Granulated SUGARS wyt nd are brands that we have b?n*M reliable. W>\V8. j the past four years, and ore bapi'l"* i time, with satisfaction to caritta* he to merit the confidence of all wita?? P. SULLIVAN & CO. TH?NG'H? MAULDIN. mae Block,) 1883, ind BELOW COStj inter Goods we are offering oor a good deal of cold weatbtf J* | now offered to those who biri ftft-1 BROCK & 1NIPULATED QJit?&i? CO.'S SUPEBPHOSr*^ _.. .ndar.rfl.fi EST FKaTIMtXBS ill MS?, ?'."''kl i Credit, willi Cotton W"T'?0" , Charleston, S. C., and SaraaaA : 21-fl