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gaMn'SOtt f iticuigenfcr.
Thursday Morning, Febrnary S!5th, 1869.
A pair of saddle bags hare been left at this
office, -which the owner can get on rewarding the
finder.
THE CHESTER REPORTER.
We have neglected to notice the advent of this
sprightly journal into the newspaper world. It in
handsomely printed, well edited, and destined to
prove a success. Published by John A. Bradlet,
jr., and Ed. C. McLcre, both gentlemen of abili?
ty,, enterprise and solid attainments.
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THE BARNWELL JOURNAL.
The second number of this paper has been re?
ceived, and we take pleasure in extending a eor
di&l welcome to the new comer. Its outfit is pleas?
ing and tasteful, while its columns give evidence
of, great care and judgment in the editorial con?
trol. Published at Barnwell C. H., by Johx S.
Skuck, at $2.00 per annum.
tfgr We return thanks to the Flon. F. A. Saw
TMt for a copy of the Congressional Globe, con?
taining remarks by that gentleman in the United
States Senale upon a bill to provide payment for
certain services rendered by agents of the Treasu?
ry-Department in the late insurrectionary States,
where such persons failed to take t'ae oath pre?
scribed. Mr. Sawteb favored the bill, and argued
in its behalf.
THE TWO LEADING MAGAZINES OF THE
BOOTH CONSOLIDATED.
The. March number of the Xeto Eclectic Maga.
Tine, published at Baltimore, has been received.
We learn from a circular accompanying this issue
that the Land We Love has been merged into this
magazine, and that Gen. D. H Hill will remain
an editor and partner in the consolidated maga?
zine, nnd will have charge of the military depart?
ment. In all other respects, there will be no
change iu the character of the Xew Eclectic, which
is an epitome of the best literature of the age.
The terms of the magazine will remain as hereto?
fore, 54.00 per annum in advance. Address?
Tb?mbull & Mlt.docu, 54 Lexington Street, Balti?
more.
WHAT'S IN A NAME.
The correspondent of the Charleston Courier, in
olhiding to the fact that Gov. Scott signed peti?
tions recommending Congress to remove the polit?
ical disabilities of Hons. J. P. Rie? and W. D.
Simpson, says there were considerable mutterings
of deep but not loud discontent anv ngcerlain par?
ties against his Excellency for this action. A pc~
fition was presented in the House for the removal
cf political disabilities of J. B. Rhu, of Pickens
county ; whereupon a member, under the misap?
prehension that it was the Congressman Reed,
moved to lay the petition on the table. When in?
formed of hit. mistake, he withdrew his motion.
This is a fair sample of the intelligence pervading
that honorable body.
MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS.
We are in receipt of tho March number of Godcy's
Lady's Book, filled with choice engravings, and (he
freshest and purest reading matter. Among all
the magazines designed for the home circle none is
more welcome, and there appears to be no flag?
ging to the enterprise and industry of its veteran
publisher. Published Oy Locts A. Godey, Phila?
delphia, Pa., at $3.00 per annum.
The Carolina Farmer, a monthly magazine, pub?
lished at Wilmington, X. C., is a new candidute
for public favor. The fourth number, issued for
'February, is before, us and to our typographical
eyes, there is a perfect charm in the neatness and
beauty of its mechanical execution. We have not
examined the contents thoroughly, but there is a va .|
rleiy of practical subjects treated of, and we doubt
not with ability and fairness. Published by W.m. II.
Bebxabu, editor and proprietor, it $2.00 a year.
typographic Advertiser for January has been
received. Published quarterly, at '10 cents a year,
by Mackellab, Smiths & Joiumx, Type Founders,
Philadelphia.
We are indebted to Walkeb, Evaxs L Cogswell,
cf Charleston, for a beautifully bouu 1 interleaved
copy of the Southern Almanac for 1809.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate aiJoptcd a resolution to adjourn fine
-dit on the 2&h instant, but the House refused to
concur.
A bill to incorporate the Rocky River Baptist'
Church in Anderson County has been read a sec?
ond time in the Senate and ordered to be engrossed.
The Governor has approved an Act to incorpo?
rate the Wilson's Bridge Company in this county.
A bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act au?
thorizing additional aid to the Blue Ridge Rail?
road Company" has been introduced into the Sen?
ate, and referred to the Committee on Railroads.
The Governor has recommended an appropria?
tion of ?20,000 to fit up seventeen rooms in the
New State House for the accommodation of the
General Assembly and public officers.
An Act has passed to regulate the practice of
medicine in this State.
The Charleston Election Bill ha9 passed both
Houses, and will undoubtedly become a law. Thi.s
provides for the seating of PlLLSBUBT aud his
friends in the offices of Mayor and Councilmen,
It is thought there will be further contest made be
fore the courts by the present incumbents, who
received their appointments from the military.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
The Supreme Court of tho United States has re?
cently decided a case involving the validity of con?
tracts made payable in gold, and affirming the
validity of all such contracts. Chief Justice Chase
delivered the opinion, which was concurred in by
all the members of the Court, except one, and the
oum and substance will be found in the following
extract from the decision:
"In the absence of any specific contract for the
payment of coin, legal tender notes may be a
sufficient tender, but it is clear to the court that
express contracts for the payment of coined dot
lars can only be satisfied oy the payment of coined
dollars. They are not debts which may be satisfied
by the lender of Treasury notes."
The constitutionality of the Act of Congress,
making Treasury notes a legal tender, whs not in?
volved in this case, and was therefore not brought
Into the judgment. This decision of the Supreme
Court seems to have occasioned general satisfaction
throughout the country, and is received as an im?
portant step towards the resumption of specie pay
mcnts. .
The numerous contracts made immediately after
the surrender, payable in coin or its equivalent, in
this section of the country, together with the fact
that all such contracts were estopped by military
interference, will render this decision of the Su?
preme Court an important one to many of our
readers.
? Monday last was the lHTth anniversary of
I lie birth ot (Jfoitcr. Washington,
THE GREENVILLE AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD.
The velo message of the Governor seems to have
occasioned considerable feeling in the Legislature.
His allusion to the lobbying process, and intima?
tions that corrupt measures could be put through
by such means, offended the dignity of many
members, and caused his message to be treated
with contumely in the House.
In the Senate, on Tuesday, a lively and inter?
esting debate occurred on the passage of the Act,
"re-enacting certain acts lending the name and
credit of the State to the Greenville Railroad, and
validating the action of said company thereunder,"
notwithstanding the objections of the Governor,
when it was finally passed by a vote of 20 ayes
to 8 nays.
In the House, on Wednesday, there was little or
no debate. The members, as already stated, were
incensed at the insinuations of his Excellency,
and this feeling was intensified, according to the
correspondent of the Charleston News, by a rumor
that the Governor had signed a petition recom?
mend the removal of the political disabilities of
Messrs. Reed and Simpson, two Democratic mem?
bers elect to Congress. We are unable to say
whether or not there is any truth in the rumor,
but infer that the Executive and Legislative de?
partments must be fast tending towards open rup?
ture when such means are employed to defeat each
other. We would be glad to know that Governor
Scott has laid aside political prejudice, and favor?
ed the removal of political disabilities from these
gentlemen, who are the chosen servants of the
people. But we think the friends of the Green?
ville Road, regardless of politics, ought not to
have employed such questionable means to get
through this important measure, which is totally
disconnected with any political issue, and is de?
manded by simple justice and equity. We would
prefer to know that there are no grounds for such
an inference, and that ether and higher motives
actuated the Legislature.
The veto message was read in the House until
that portion was reached having reference to lobby
influence, when its further reading was objected
to. There was some filibustering on a motion to
dispense with the further reading of the message,
but it was finally adopted by a most decided vote.
The question then recurred upon the passage of
the Act, the objections of the Governor to the con?
trary notwithstanding, and on the yeas and nays
being taken, resulted as follows?ayes, 87 ; nays,
14. So the Act passed, and is now a law.
It is noticeable that the vote in both Houses was
unusually large, there being a more general at?
tendance than at any time during the present ses?
sion.
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LETTER FROM MS. CRAWFORD.
The following letter has been handed to us for
publication. As a successful planter, Mr. Craw?
ford has few equals in this section, and anything;
emanating from his pen deserves careful attention.
It will be seen that this letter is in reply to one
addressed to him for information :
Cold Spring, Pickkns Co., Feb. 9, 18C9.
G. W. Miller, Esq., Anderson C. H., S. C?
Dear Sir: You ask me at what stage of the crop
do I use the sweep plow. I use it exclusively, from"
the beginning to the end of cultivation. The corn
sweeps arc 33 to 36 inches in width, adapted to
the width of the corn rows?finishing the row with
two furrows. The cotton sweeps (for cotton in
three foot rows,) are 15 to 18 inches in width ; the
former are used when the cotton is small?the
latter after it attains a good size. They
should be made of Swede iron, which is about as
durable as steel, unless you have a good smith,
which is not often the case in the country. The
larger sweeps are made by Mr. Stephens at Pcndle
ton, and cost, I think, $2,125. On the kind of land
you cultivate, one of good iron, with one layer and
several sharpenings, will answer. They should be
kept sharp to do <jood and easy work.
You say you expect to cultivate eighty-five acres,
I sixty in cotton and twenty-five in corn, with four
horses. If you use these sweeps judiciously, you
can easily dispense with two horses. I cultivated
last year seventy acres in cotton (much of it rough
aud hilly) and about the same in corn with four
mules, aud they were idle one-third of the time.
The crop made was thirty-seven bales of cotton,
averaging 420 lbs., and fourteen hundred bushels
of corn. In using this sweep, you should be care?
ful to have them run perfectly flat, and not run?
ning more than one-half to one inch deep. They
should have long, keen points, as the point steadies
the plow, and enables you to plow close to the
plants when small. They will not answer, if
you permit the grass to gel ahead of you ; but there
will be danger of this, as you go over the crop so
*Tapidly. I plow corn three and four times?cot?
ton seven or eight times. By the use of these
sweeps, you can lessen the horse power fully eae
third, and you do not cut the roots of the crops?
a very common but absurd practice.
Very respectfully, J. W. CRAWFORD.
P. S.?I have received a good many similar in?
quiries to yours, but could not respond to all; so,
if you think proper, you may send the above letter
to the editor of tho Anderson Intelligencer.
J. W. C.
DEATH OF MAJ. GEORGE He KNIGHT.
The New Orleans Crescent says: "Asa Hartz is
dead. This sad news will be received with pro?
found sorrow throughout the South, where George
McKnight was well known for his geniality, kind?
ly nature, and where his wit and bonhommie had
won over to him every member of his profession as
well as a great number of citizens in other busi?
ness. Asa had been suffering for several years
past of disease of the lungs, which at times,
would utterly incapacitate him for business, aud
depress his spirits so that he would often allude to
his approaching end. He had justly won the title of
Major in the army of the Confederacy, and was for
several mouths a prisoner of war on Johnson's
Island, where, with the true spirit which moved
him, he organized an amateur dramatic company,
which from time to time gave performances for
the benefit of the hospital of the prison.
"One of his regrets was that his early training
had not included literary pursuits, and yet his wit
and humor in prose and poetry had given him a
certain celebrity, which was being improved by
application to literature, until his disease had so
far impaired his faculties that he became a mere
wreck. Asa's history as a newspaper editor is the
same as that of many others who were not born
under a lucky star, ns he thought and would often
say.
??He was twice a husband, having married the
second lime, Miss Taylor, of Virginia, now living
in this city, whom he leaves, with several children,
j to mourn his untimely Joss, for Gecrge McKnight
I was only in his thiitty-fifth year when he paid the
j last tribute to mortality."
I Mnj. McK.nigiit was a native of this State, we
believe, and was known aim beloved by many of
j the newspaper fraternity. His pi.elic effusions
! while in prison were extensively copied, and many
an eye has been moistened at rending the "Prison
I on Lake Erie," and many another softened and
j subdued by "My Love and I."
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? H. H. Knee, one of the orgit al settlers of
I Walhalla, died last week.
MEMORIAL TO TEE LEGISLATURE.
The following memorial, in relation to matters
of public interest',, was adopted by the meeting of
citizens assembled to organize Township No. 1, on
the 13(h instant. The suggestions contained are
worthy of consideration by the Legislature, and
we trust they will receive careful attention from
that body :
To the Honorable Senate and House of Representa?
tive* of South Carolina.
Your memorialists, citizens of Anderson county,
in meeting assembled to organize Township No. 1
in said county, according lo public notice of and
by authority of the County Comraissionors, would
respectfully bring to the notice of your honorable
body the following difficulties in administering the
law in regard to working the public roads, as at
present constituted in Act No. 71.
Whereas, whilst the plan of working the public
roads and keeping the highways in repair, by tax?
ation on properly, is practicable, and most bene?
ficial to the public .interests in densely populated
districts, where the townships are small and the
roads few in comparison with the population; in a
sparsely settled country, with many roads to keep
in repair, and large numbers of bridges, it requires
the united exertions of ell classes and conditions
of people, both properly holders and n?n tax?
payers, to keep the public highways in passable
condition ; and if, in addition to the support of the
government and administration of the laws, the
property helders are compelled to keep the high?
ways in repair, in the humbie opinion of your
memeralists, it will be extremely detrimental to
the best interests and prosperity of your country.
Your mcmoralisis would therefore, respectfully
petition your honorable body that the law in regard
to the keeping of the public roads and highways
in repair by taxation on property be changed, and
all male residents of the township, between the ages
ef sixteen and fifty yearB of age, be required lo
perform twelve days labor on the public road in
said township annually, or in default of perform
iig the labor so required by the proper officer,
shall pay for each day lost one dollar in the town?
ship treasury ; exemptions shall be allowed as in
our old road law.
We would also respectfully suggest that each
township be allowed the privilege of electing its
own Magistrate and Constable, and the office of
Surveyor of Highways be abolished, and the
Selectmen, in addition to their other duties, be re?
quired to perform the duties pertaining to Survey?
ors of Highways, or, ns in our former road laws,
performed by Commissioners of Roads and Bridges;
and that the compensation made to the several
officers, Selectmen, Constable and Town Clerk,
shall be One Dollar per day while engaged exclu?
sively on township duties pertaining to their office.
Also, that the lime for working the roads be left
to the discretion of each township.
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ti&f* Those indebted to late firm of Cater &
Walters will bear in mind the advertisement of
John Wilson, Esq., wh# is instructed to issue
upon all unsettled demands within a very short
time. Under the present jurisdiction of Magis?
trates, there is great danger of delay in this mat?
ter.
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ITEMS OF STATE ITEWS.
? F. D. Fanning, an old merchant of Charleston,
died in that city lasl week.
? The First National Bank of Charleston has
increased its capital slock lo $-100,000.
? The Carolina National Bank of Columbia has
issued notes of the denomination of ten and
twenty dollars.
? A colored man named Essex Brown was mur?
dered by another, in Kershaw Coun'y, on the 12th.
Tiie cause is jealousy.
? Wm. Bower3, a resident of Pleasant Hill,
Lancaster county, has mysteriously disappeared.
He is believed to have been accidentally drowned.
? Mack D. Goodwyn, who was sentenced to be
hung at Spartanburg on Friday last, (for tho mur?
der of his wife several years ago,) has been re
spiled by Gov. Scott for thirty days.
? Jimmy Robinson, of circus renown, -*ill ex?
hibit with his company in Columbia to-day. Of
course, the Legislature will adjourn over lo attend
the circus.
? Judge Carpenter, of the Circuit Court, has
pronounced the Hemstead Law of South Carolina
unconstitutional and void as regardsjudgments ob?
tained prior t ? the passage of the act creating it.
_S. F. Sowell, of Kershaw county, was mur?
dered on the 9th instant, while on his way home
from a lisil lo his father. Lewis and Wesley
IMiillips have been arrested, charged with the
murder.
? A bill has been introduced into the Legisla?
ture to make eur neighboring town of Greenville a
city, with all the corporate privileges of cities, in?
cluding a Mayor and Aldermen, and the levying
of city taxes!
? A Savings Bank in Columbia has been incor?
porated, and Gen. Wade Hamplou elected Presi?
dent Thomas E Gregg, Cashier, and E. H. lies
tish Secretary. The capital stock is paid in, and
operations will begin on the 1st of March.
? Langdon Conner and W. S. Brook*, ofCokes
burry, were recently arrested upon a charge of
being implicated in the murder ef B. F. Randolph.
They were released on giving bond fer $5,000 lo
answer at the May term.
? It is said thai orders have been received from
Washington commanding the ??Loyal League" in
Charleston and vicinity to form a more effective
consolidation, and hold themselves in readiness
for future action.
? Miss Agnes Bates, whose life has been devo?
ted to the education of the young, died very re?
cently in Charleston, and she leaves many devoted
friends and many mourners. Hers was a life that
won during its short term many laurels that will
forever be entwined with tlie weeping willow.
? Governor Scott has issued an order to Adju?
tant and Inspector General Moses to organize his
department and proceed to enlist the force referred
to in the joint resolution authorizing the Governor
to employ an armed force for the preservation of
ihe peace in South Carolina.
? The premises of Dr. Marks, known as Bar
hamville, about three miles from Columbia, w s
visited by firo on Thursday last, nnd tho main
building cmircly destroyed, together with several
outbuildings. The fire was accidental and there
was no insurance.
? Two negroes were indicted for murder in
Edgeficld ; being arraigned at the recent term of
the Circuit Court, the jury failed to agree upon a
verdict, and the result was a mis-trial. Thereupon,
Judge Platt ordered thtm to be released upon their
own recognizance ! This is Radical justice with a
vengeance.
? Cnpt. Alex. Colclough, of Sumfer, well known
lo many of our readers as a popular and brave
officer of th<: Palmetto Sharpshooters, died on the
15th insl. He leaves a wife and one child. There
were none purer, braver or more unselfish in their
devotion lo principle than this gallant son of old
Slimier. Not a man connected with (hat noble
Regiment will hear this announcement without
sorrow nud regret.
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
A TBIP TO THE SOUTH.
Mr. Editor : I closed my lust letter lingering at
Granada, and speaking about the Choctaw mission
near this point. Dr. Kingsbury, who commenced
it, was a man of good hard sense, resembling, in
this respect our own Rev. J. Leighton Wilson, D.
D., Secretary of Foreign Missions. He was emi?
nently qualified for elevating the character and
condition of a whole nation of red men, and
weaning them from their roaming habits, their
superstition and idolatry, by imparting to tliem1 a
better way. He got hold of the children by pre?
cept ?and example. He established a farm and
employed the boys a part of their time in manual
labor, so the> might know how to train the next
generation in a better way to gain a subsistence
than in their houseless, homeless method, or than
their former roving way of searching after the
wild game of the forest. Rev. T. C. Stewart and
myself spent a few days with the mission to see
how everything was conducted. Everything" pre?
sented the appearance of order, system and regu?
larity. There were certain hours for study, oth?
ers for labor, and a time for family worship and
religious instruction. It all had the appearance
of a weirtrained, quiet family. The schoolhouse
and chapel were plain hewn log buildings ; no the
houses of the mission families. Yet all the ar?
rangement about the culinary department was
well suited to aid those whose business it was t?
provide food for so large a number. Neatness and
comfort was then to be seen?no extravagance, no
waste, everything saved. But few men possess
that kind of business habits, and especially among
ministers. Seme ministers are eloquent, devoted,
useful men as ministers, but children in other
matters. He was a man for the limes, "the right
man in the right place." In a few years he had
a noble co-laborer who came to his assistance?
Rev. Cyrus Byinglon. He was a man of noble
spirit, and fully^consecrnled to his Master's work.
He devoted the whole of his ministerial life to
the elevation of the character and condition of the
Choctaw people. Nothing he desired more ar?
dently than their salvation, and his words and
works gave constant testimony to this fact. "By
their fruits ye shall know them." He labored
constantly, zealously and successfully in preach?
ing the glad tidings of salvation to them. There
will long remain many living witnesses of his fi?
delity and great usefulness among them as a min?
ister. He also devoted a large portion of his time
in studying the Chcctaw language, making an al?
phabet and grammar, reducing it to system, pre
paring'suitable books, and translating the Scrip?
tures into their language. That people are now
enjoying the fruits of his life-long labcrs, while
he is now enjoying ^the approval of thV Master,
"Well done, good and faithful servant." After he
became loo feeble to continue in the ac'ivc duties
of the mission as a minister, and felt it necessary
to retire from the toils and burdens pressing upon
him. he was not willing to be idle ; he was em?
ployed in the supervision and publication of a
translation of the Scriptures into the Choctaw
language. He fell with the harness on. He was
in the last General Assembly, and though he was
feeling the pressure of many years, he was able
to take the platform, and with some young men
just buckling on the harness for the foreign field,
he was ready to plead for his Master's cause ; but
there is ample reason to believe he is now in at?
tendance on the "general nssembly and church of
the first born, "and has now entered into the Church
of the living God. He died as he lived?not
trusting to the merit of his life-long labors in
promoting the happiness, usefulness and salva?
tion of others, but calmly resting upon the atone?
ment. Rev. Alfred Wright was another co-laborer
willi these venerable men, and not behind them in
zeal, active nscfnlness und devotion to the Mas?
ter's cause. It is believed he possessed high qual?
ifications for reducing to system their language,
nnd giving to that people iiic word of the living
God in a language understood. These men do not
seem to have mistaken their cilling, hut entered
upon the very work for which they were eminently
I qualified. When God has a work to be done, he
raises up men nnd qualifies I hem for it.
This country iu 1820, nnd one or two years pre?
vious, was just emerging from its rude and bar?
barous state, and commencing a new career of
life. If we had a standpoint from which we could
overlook the whole field nnd see the ignorance
aud superstition that prevailed then, (while we
were there, information came that one hnd been
executed for being a witch,) and see the high
stand they occupy now among the civilized na?
tions of the earth, it almost startles belief. And
ibis accomplished by these few self-denying men
and their wives, and a few others not here men?
tioned, as lh? instruments employed to accomplish
so great a work. They have reared monuments
to their memory far more enduring than the pyr?
amids of Egypt. The wheels once put in motion
and running smoothly, who can predict the results
in all coming time, and especially as seen in eter?
nity.
The white inhabitants, since they have purcha?
sed the lands, have built railroads, beautiful cities,
towns and villages, and many fine, splendid resi?
dences, and greatly improved the whole aspect of
the country. It does not much resemble the howl?
ing wilderness it was then; but when all these
railroads, cities and villages shall perish and be
forgotten, what has been done for the Choctaws in
that region and beyond tho Mississippi will be
?een aud admired by unborn ruilliorii^f red men,
and by others who will be mere spectators of this
great and noble work, so much blessed already by
the head of the Church.
The white inhabitants of this once Indian coun?
try ha?e not been altogether forgetful of the in?
terests and happiness of their own race. They
have erected schools and colleges, aud built
churches and raised up faithful ministers, who are
faithful laborers in their Master's vineyard. Here
in Granada were two Presbyterian ministers, and
I know not how many of other denominations?
Rev. Mr. Richardson and his brother. One wa3
engaged in teaching, and preaching as opportunity
offered. That they were not drones may be in?
ferred from the fact that both have been called to
other fields of greater promise. One is now teach?
ing some miles north of this, with bright pros?
pects of usefulness?the other to labor in an im?
portant church in Memphis, Tcnn. I saw one of
them in the General Assembly in Baltimore in
May last, and thought him an excellent man. There
arc many other noble ministers in that country,
laboring zealously to build up the walls of Zion,
but there was something done by others into
whose labors they had entered. But in the other
case, those few self-sacrificing men left home,
dear friends and civilized society to commence in
the new?they dedicated themselves to God to
work in this particular field, and I believe never
regretted the sacrifice they made ; with all its at?
tendant trials and privations, they bless God that
he called them to this important field, and gave
I hem bo many tokens of his favor, and so abun?
dantly blessed their labors, while toiling amidst
so many discouragements, while so few came to
their assistance. Hut they looked for success to a
higher source for help, and they were not disap
i pointed. D- H.
ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE.
? Charles A. Gambrell, nn extensive flour manu?
facturer of Baltimore, is dead.
? Six companies of the 6th Infantry, now in
South Carolina, are ordered to Missouri.
? The largest dry goods merchant in New York
sold 343,000,000 worth last year.
? The cashier of the Fourth National Bank of |
Philadelphia is a defaulter for $10,000, and has
fled the ranchc.
? President' Johnson has been invited to deliver
the annual oration at the next commencement of j
Davidson College. North Carolina.
? The Arkansas militiamen who killed Davis,
near Mound City, were arrested on MontTsgr, tried
on Tuesday, and executed on Wednesday last.
? The pardon of Dr. Mudd has been placed in
the hands of his wife, and it is expected that he
will be released from Dry Tortugas*next week.
? The Southern Press Association met in Mo?
bile last week. A. R. Lamar, of Georgia, was re
elected President. F. W. Dawson, of the Charleston
2Yews, is one of the directors.
? Five Tennessee papers have already hoisted
the name of Andrew Johnson as the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Tennessee at the Aug ist
election.
? The constitutional amendment imposes disa?
bilities on not less than one hundred and fifty
thousand persons, and the iron clad test-oath on
some sevtn or eight millions more.
? In Florida the orange trees are sprouting out
again *nd are rapidly recovering from the effects
of the late freeze ; but the lemon, lime, guava, j.nd
alligator pears show no signs of life.
? Mr. Colfax, it is said, will tender his ^CsiBtta
tiosas Speaker of the House a few days previous to
the 4th of March. Mr. Pomeroy, of New York,
will d jubilees be chosen Speaker pro tem.
? Gen. Sherman's friends have purchased Gen.
Grant's house in Washington, including the furni?
ture, and possession will be given on the 5ih of
March.
? The grand jury of Richmond, Va., have in?
dicted James Grant for the murder of H. Rives
Pollard, editor of the Southern Opinion. Gract is
now upon trial for the murder.
? All managers of elections, held under mili?
tary authority, who have not yet received their pay,
are requested to forward their Post office add.-ess
to Col. J. W. Nicholls, Paymaster U. S. Army,
Charleston, S. C.
? It appears that Philadelphia has reached such
a degree of civilization that the "upper ten" in?
dulge in what are called full dress funerals. A
funoral took place there several days since, to
which the friends of the deceased were invited to
come in full dress suit and white gloves. What
next?
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
Mr. Editor: Are our County Commissioners
alive? and if so, are they alive to their duty?
We hear that we arc divided into Townships; if
so, we ought te know it, for nhatever may be the
virtues or vices of the system, we want to koew
whether to correct or confirm it.
There has been ample time to lay out the Town?
ships. Has it beer done ?
Information will oblige many who expect to be
TAX PA YE US.
Special ftoticts.
WILLIAMSTON LODGE, No. 24,A.F.M.
A REGULAR COMMUNICATION OF WIL
LIAMSTON LODGB will be held in the Lodge
Room at Williamston, S. C, on Thursday, March
4th, 18(30, at 10 o'clock A. M. Brethren art re?
quested to be punctual in attendance.
By order of the W.\ M.\
J. R. WILSON, Sec.
Feb 25, 1869 35 1
PENDL ETON LODGE, No. 34, A. F, M.
A REULAR COMMUNICATION OF PENDLE
TON LODGE will be held in ihe Lodge Room on
SATURDAY. March 27th, 1869, it 3 o'clock p
m. Brethren will take due^ notice and govern
themselves accordingly.
By order ef the W.\ M.\
W. H. D. GAILLARD, Sec.
Feb 25, 1869 35 6
Living Arch Chapter, No. 21, R.% A.*. M.\
A REGULAR CONVOCATION OF LIVING
\RCH CHAPTER will be held in the Chapter
fleom on SATURDAY, March 27th, 1369, at 7
o'clock p. m. Companions will assemble without
further notice.
By order of tho M.-. I.*. H.\ P.-.
A. J. 8ITT0N, 3so.
Feb 25, 1869 35 J
HIRAM LODGE, No. 68. A.*. F.\ M.\
A REGULAR GOMMUNICATION OF HI it AM
LODGE will be held in the Lodge Room on MON?
DAY NIGHT, March 8th, 1869, at half-past f oven
o'clock. Brethren will take duo notice anu govern
themselves accordingly.
By order of the W.-. M.\
J. A. BROCK, Sec.
Feb 18, 1869 34 U
Belton Lodge, No. 130, A.*. F.*. M.\
A REGULA It COMMUNICATION OF BELTON
LODGE will be held in the Lodge Room at B<:lton,
S. C, on THURSDAY, February 25, 1869, it 10
o'clock A. M. Brethren will take due notice and
govern themselves accordingly.
By order of the W. . M.\
WARREN D. WILKES, ?le?.
, Jan. 7, 1869 28 3
Burning Bush Chapter, No. 7, R.\A.\M.\
A REGULAR CONVOCATION OF BURNING
BUSH CHAPTER will be held in the Chapter
Room on MONDAY NIGHT, March 1, 1869, at
seven o'clock. Companions will assemble with?
out further notice.
By order of the M.-.E.-.H.-.P.'.
GEORGE MUNRO, ,3ee.
t&~ Wtnnk Council, No. 4, Royal and Select
Masters, will convene immediately after the closing
of the Chapter.
Feb. 4,18?? 32 4
?|>t itarktts.
corrected weekly dy su arte Si VAST.
Anderson, Fcbuary 24, 1869.
Cotton more active, at 24 to 26 ; Corn, $1.10 to
$1.20: Peas, $1.00 lo $1.10; New Bacon, 16 to 19 ;
Flour. $12.00 to $14.00 ; Oals, 70 to 80.
by tuesday evenings mail.
Augusta, Feb. 22; 1369.
Cotton market advancing and holders firm, with
sales of 165 bales?middlings 27J to 27j.
Charleston, Feb. 2*, I 3G9.
Cotton active, and advanced \ to |c.?sah;s 900
bales?middlings 28$ to 28$ ; but little offering at
present figures.
mental?
MARRIED, on Thursday, the 18th Feb. 1869,
by Rev. Geo. F. Round, Mr. Bk?bt T. Mabtih to
Miss Maey Tallulah McPmavl. the only daught
ter of Gnpt. Peter McPhail, all of Anderson Dis?
trict. *** Printer's fee received".
By the same, on Tuesday, 26th January, Mr,
-Duncan, of Georgia, tcMus'RcBMfeA Cam*>
nape, of Pendleton, S. C.
On Thursday, the 18th February; f869", by Rer,
Thomas Crimes, Mr. R. F. White to Miss S. Ev
Kino, all of Anderson District.
*#* Printer's fee received.
New Advertisements.
Leather! Leather!
BEST Oak Tanned and finely dressed- Sides;.
Kip and Harness Leather, for sale by
WATSON &C?...
No. 9 Granite RoW
Feb 25, 1809 35 lm
AUCTION SALE.
WILL be so^d at Anderson "C. H. on Monday
next (Salcday) the following property, vix :
Four Barrels Rye Whiskey,
One Buggy and n four-seated Carriage & harness,
One lot Shoes, men and womens',
One lot Fancy Hats.
J. B. McGEE-, Auctioneer*
Feb 25, 1869 35 1
Administrator's Notice of Final
Settlement.
THE Creditors of David Cumnrfogs, dec'd, will
take notice that I will be at Anderson C. H. om
Tuesday, the 5th day of April next,to have a final
settlement of lbs Estate of deceased, before the
Probate Judge, and all persons having demsnds
ngainst the same, or in any way interested, are
notified to be present.
ROBERT CUMMINGS, Adm'r.
Feb 25. 18G0 35 6
NOTICE.
ALL persons having demands against the Es?
tate of V. B. King, deceased, are requested t&
hand them in immediately, duly attested according
to law; and those indebted to the Estate are re?
quested to come forward and make payments to1
the Administrator immediately, as by so doing
they may save cost.
J. D. KING, Adm'r.
Feb 25, 1869 35 8*
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ANDERSON COUNTY.
By W. W. Humphreys, Esq., Pro. Judge.
WHEREAS, A. L. Cobb made suit to me, to
grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate'
and effects of James L. Recce, deceased.
These arc therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of the said
James L Reece, deceased, that they be and. ap?
pear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held
at Anderson Court House on the 12th day of
March, 18C9, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew
cause, if any they have, why the said Adminis?
tration should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 24th day of February,
Anno Domini, 1869.
W W HUMPHREYS, pj ac
35 2*
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ANDERSON COUNTY.
By W. W. Humphreys, Esq.. Pro. Judge.
WHEREAS, A. L. Cobb made suit to me, to
grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate
und effects of Alexander M. Reece, deceased.
These arc therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of the said
Alex. M. Recce, dec'd, that they be and npnoar
before me. in the Court of Probate, to be held ab
Anderson Court House on the 12th day of March,
1869, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause,
if any they have, why the said Administration
should not he granted.
Given under my hand, this 24th day of Febru?
ary, Anno Domini. 18t>9.
W. W. HUMPIIREY3, pj ac
35 2*
DRS. JONES & ZACHARY,
DENTISTS.
Office in the Benson House.
F?LL SETTS OF ARTIFICIAL TEETH, in?
serted on the Vulcanite Base, for from 2D to 35
dollars, that for utility, comfort and beauty cannot
be excelled, and other work ro proportion to. tRe
above prices. Work will certainly be done
.promptly, and at short notice. JBST* All work
warranted to give satisfaction.
Feb 25, 18li!> ?5 5
PREMIUMS FOR 18691
-0
THE Executive Committee of the Anderson Ag?
ricultural Association offer the following Premi?
ums for the year 1869 :
FOR THE BEST IRISH POTATOES, one
quarter acre.?Copy Southern Cultivator one year.
BEST SWEET POTATOES, one-qunrteracre.?
Copy Southern Cultivator one year.
BEST ACRE COTTON.?One Cotton Sweep
Cultivator, $15.
BEST ACRE UPLAND CORN.?One rala
mountain Cotton Plow, $10.
BEST ACRE BOTTOM CORN.?One Expand?
ing Cultivator, $15.
The competitors must give the kind and quanti?
ty of manure used, how and when applied, with
the manner of cultivation.
B. F. CRAYTON,
Chairman Ex. Committee.
Feb 25, 1869 35 lm
TRY
PANKNIN'S HEPATIC BITTERS.
THEY CURE DYSPEPSIA,
AND ALL DISEASES OP TUB
STOMACH AHE LIVER.
TWET ARE RECOMMENDED BT THE
MEDICAL FACULTY.
HEGEMAIN & CO.,
A.QJ2XTS, NEW YORK.
Manufactnred by C. F PANKNIN,
CE21G3T AND AT0TEECAS7,
C II A It I. K S T O N, C
KT For Salr hy J*vutnr'-*t* Kvrnjtrhrrt.'^k
Feb 25, 18?? '55 Jj