The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, January 27, 1870, Image 2
Thursday Morning, January 25th, 1870.
$@r~ Jbu.n TL Sloan, jr., is the regular author?
ized agent in Columbia to- solicit advertisements
and- procure subscriptions for the Intelligencer.
W. H. B. Todd is duly authorized to act as
ag?nt for the Anderson Intelligencer and the Rural
Carolinian, and will receipt for subscriptions to*
either of these journals.
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SSF" We are requested to state that Mr. F. W.
Bbdoobxan. agent of the Newberry Immigration
Society, can be found at his office in Newberry
every day from 10 to 12 o'olock'a. m..
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The Assignees of John W. Grant, Bank
rapt, will sell at Williamston on Monday next the
Williamston Hotel, together with the Furniture of
tbii t establishment. We direct attention to the
advertisement.
We are requested to state that the Union
Meeting of the Third Union District of the Saluda
Association will convene with the Shiloh Church
on Saturday next. Rev. W. D. Beverly has been
appointed to preach the Introductory Sermon ;
Rev. J. R. Earle, alternate. +
Masonic.?A special communication of Hiram
Lodge, No. 68. will be held in the Lodge Room to?
morrow (Friday) evening, aiPseven o'clock, for the
purpose of conferring the E. A. degree. Brethren
will be punctual in attendance.
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Rhodes' Standard Manures.?These Fertil?
izers have been before the public for so many
years that their merits are generally well known,
but the experience of the manufacturer and his
immense facilities enable htm to make improve?
ments continuously. As will be seen by an ad?
vertisement elsewhere, circulars with full partic?
ulars in regard to all the fertilizers known as
Rhodes' Standard Manures- caa be obtained from
the general agents, Messrs. B. S. Rhett & Scn,
of Charleston, or from the agents at this place.
Caft. A. B. Mulligan.?We trust that our rea?
ders, in dispensing their favors the present seaaon,
have not overlooked the claims of this gentleman.
He .solicits consignments of cotton, and offers his
services for purchasing merchandize, fertilizers,
machinery, &c. He has ample means for advanc?
ing on cotton, with long experience in business,
and gives his undivided time to the interests of
his patrons. Charleston is now recognized as one
of the best markets in the country, for the sale of
produce or purchase of supplies, and wearegrati?
fied to state that the city tax heretofore charged
on sales of cottou and other produce has been
abolished. We commend our friend Capt. Mulli?
gan to those in need of an efficient and reliable
facttnr.'
Diwtboctxve Fiee in Chester.?A large fire
occured in the town of Chester on Sunday morn?
ing last, destroying property to the value of fif?
teen or twenty thousand dollars. Three or four
buildings were consumed, including valuable
iitocks of goods,-and Ihe office of the Chester Re?
porter. Tho progress of the fire was arrested by
demolishing a small wooden building, and it was
only by the most strenuous exertions that the
whole business portion of the town was saved from
the destructive element. A goodly share of the
property was covered by insurance, and we are
glad to observe that our friends of the Reporter
were among the fortuuate in this respect. We
know their energetic and persevering character
will promptly repair the damage, so far as possi?
ble, r.nd we hope to greet the Reporter with its fa?
miliar face before many weeks.
ADJOURNMENT.
It wfll scarcely gain credence among tax-payers
thai '.he Legislature is discussing the question of
adjournment at this time. Yet, such is undoubted?
ly tho case, although not much progress ba& so far
been made towards an early adjournment. The
House adopted a resolution on Friday last to ad?
journ sine die on the 1st day of March next, and it
was sent to the Senate. The "grave and.reverend"
Senators discussed the resolution, but finally dis
posed of (be question for the present by laying the
concurrent resolution on the table. And thus we
are deprived of the happy privilege of announcing
to our readers that "there is an end of all things,"
oven to the protracted sessions of the South Caro?
lina Legislature.
JANUARY TERM.
Up to this writing (Wednesday noon) the Court
has been occupied with the consideration of trivial
and unimportant cases on the Sessions side. As?
sault and battery, with an occasional mixture of
pstit larceny, forms the principal portion of the
charges alleged. It is wonderful with what pa?
tience Judge ?be and the members of the bar,
together with the officers of the Court, undergo
Ih.e tedious manipulation of these trifling cases.
We notice the presence of Gen. McGowan and
Mr. Bust, of Abbeville, and Mr. Tbescot, of
Greenville. Solicitor Pkbbt is at his post, and
discbarges its duties with accustomed vigor and
promptitude,
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DEATH OF GEORGE D. PRENTICE.
Perhaps no journalist on this continent has
achieved a wider reputation in the literary world
than George D. Pbentice, who died in.Louisville
oc Sunday last, aged sixty-eight years. He was
the founder of the old Journal, the most vigorous,
witty and influential newspaper extant in its
palmiest days, when the Whigs and Democrats
wure wont to join issue before the country. At
the time of his death, Mr. Pbentice was known
as one of the editors of the Courier-Journal, but
wo believe that he seldom wrote for its columns
since the consolidation of the two papers, and yet
hii spirit as a journalist seemed to pervade its pa?
ges. As a poet, politician and editor, Mr. Peen
vsce has served his day and generation faithfully,
and the country's annals will ascribe him an hon?
orable niche in the temple of true heroism. He
has gone from amongst men, never to return.
Peace to his honored ashes 2
DEATH OF JUDGE BOOZER.
Our exchanges announce the death of Hon.
Lemuel Boozer, of Lexington, which event oc?
curred at Catnden on Sunday lost. His body was
brought to Columbia the next day, and as a mark
of respect to his memory both branches of the
Legislative adjourned to escort his remains to the
depot, for transmission to his home in Lexington.
At the time of his death, Judge Boozeb was in
Camden for the purpose of holding Court, nnd
died after an illness of five days. He was the
Judge of the Fifth Circuit, and was regarded as
an impartial and upright official. It will be re?
membered that he was elected in 1868 as Lieuten?
ant-Governor of the State, and while holding that
office served as President of the Sonate ex officio.
?b was a native of Lexington, and was educated
at the South Carolina College, and at various times
in bis life, represented the people of Lexington
in both branches of the General Assembly.
cue judicial system.
Under tire present arrangement of the Circuit
Courts, the criminal business in many counties
occupies tbe entire time of the Judges; and the
civil business of the oountry is consequently aeg
lected. This is not owing to any great increase of
crime, but to the defective arrangements of the
system, whereby hundreds of small cases are
allowed to hinder the judicial officers in l&cjlis
cbarge of their duties, and impose a needless cost
to the citizens. In ruuny instanoes, perhaps, mag?
istrates are to blame for allowing these trivial
matters to be brought before the grand jury, when
a little management and personal sacrifice on their
part would obviate the difficulties now complained
of. Some of our cotemporaries are advocating
the establishment of separate Courts to remedy
the evil. There is nothing contained in the Con?
stitution, we believe, to prevent such an organiza?
tion of the judiciary. It would insure the trial
of all criminal business without delay, and at the
same time promptly adjudicate the civil causes.
This cannot be accomplished under the present
system, und hence ther? is an imperative demand
for a change, which we fear will no t be met until
another change is effected, to wit, the 'legislation
of the State placed ia the hands of honest, capable
citizens.
The Chesterfield Democrat has the following re?
marks on this subject:
It is evident that the present system will not
answer. Even in two weeks the business of the
districts which usually have the smallest dockets,
cannot be dispatched. The trial of criminal cases
exhausts nearly, if not all, tbe term and creditors
have no opportunity to have their claims adjudi?
cated, while the Equity cases are entirely ignored.
Would it not be better, more economical, as well
as more practicable, to have a seperate criminal
court ? or at all events a separate or special term
for such cases ? We would prefer another court,
with jurisdiction of criminal matters only. It
could hold two terms a year, and the civil court
two instead of three.
Some change is necessary to afford an opportu?
nity for the administration of law and justice.
The Greenville Mountaineer alludes to this grow?
ing evil ia the annexed paragraph :
We have always been in favor of a separation of
the Courts of Sessions and of Common Pleas, and
we believe it to be more than ever desirable in the
present state of public morals. Their conjunction
not only hinders and delays the prosecution of civ?
il causes, owing to the precedence of the business
of the former over that of tbe latter, but the ne?
cessary introduction of many petty criminal causes
has a tendency to lead to a license which lowers
the dignity of the Court. Now, justice, both in
criminal and in civil matters, should be adminis?
tered with dignity and decorum which will com?
mand the respect of the people ; and this end
would be greatly aided by the establishment of a
separate Court, which should have cognizance of
at least a'.l criminal causes, except those of a very
bigh degree, and the adoption and stringent en?
forcement of strict rules of praotice therein. ^
GEN. D. H. HILL'S NEW PAPES.
We have received the first number of Gen. D.
II. Hill's new paper, published at Charlotte, N.
C, and styled The Southern Borne. It is the exact
size of the Intelligencer, and is beautifully printed
on good paper with new type. It is "devoted to
the vindication of the truth of Southern History,
to the preservation of Southern characteristics, to
ike development of Southern resources under the
changed relations of the labor system, and to the
advancement of Southern interests in agriculture,
mining, manufacturing aud the mechanic arts."
Interesting original and selected matter crowd its
columns, and the first number is a guaranteed its
earnest and steady advocacy of all that most con?
cerns the welfare of our people. From the able
and eloquent salutatory of its well-known editor,
we make the following extract: "We will cling to
the land ol* our birth with an affection and a de?
votion which can bo measured only by thewrong?
and sufferings it has endured. Others may seek
more favored skies ; we will wait till the storm
clould has passed away from our own. Others
may Beek new scenes and new friends; we will be
content with the old homestead and the dear fa?
miliar faces. Others may covet a more favored
soil; we will stand by this desolated region, won
first by the gallantry of our ancestors and hallow?
ed forever by the hearts' blood of the purest and
best of our comrades in arms. Others may seek
to forget the past; we will cherish by-gouememo?
ries as a proud and glorious inheritance. We have
an abiding faith that the pluck, energy and endu?
rance of the Southern people will triumph ulti?
mately over distress and disaster ; yea, tbat their
very calamities will redound to their fame and
fortune."
the election of associate justice.
Tbe Legislature has not yet agreed upon a time
for the election ?/ Associate Jostice of tbe Su?
preme Court. Since tbe withdrawal of Judge
Okr's name from the contest, the friends of |
Wright and Whippcr (both negroes) have been
sedulously engaged in paving the way for their
respective favorites. Bat there is evident doubt
as to the propriety of elevating "a man and broth?
er" to this high stat:on, even among the colored
members, and this doubt is strengthened by the
conduct of the white Radicals, who probably
foresee that such a step would prove the entering
wedge to their discomfiture in seeking other offi?
ces. Hence, it has been proposed to provide for
the election of an Associate Justice to fill the va?
cancy occasioned by the resignation of S. L.
H?ge, and also to elect an Associate Justice for
the full term of six years from the ?Oth day of |
I July next. The practical effect, wc think, would
f bo to choo?e cither Wright or Whipper for tbe un
| expired term, and then to plect some white Itadi
cat for the bix years. But this scheme has
already fallen through, although the report of (he
Judiciary Committee in the Senate to that effect
was at first agreed to on Friday last, aud subse?
quently reconsidered, when the report was laid
upon the table. The report contemplated an elec?
tion on last Tuesday, but this action of the Senate
makes it doubtful when the contest will be decided.
that baileoad stock.
The following enigmatical reference to this sub?
ject appeared in the Columbia Phoenix last Friday:
We would respectfully inform the Anderson
Intelligencer that, sinco tho publication of the par?
agraph referred to, the parties interested, as we
are informed, have purchased sufficient stock in
the Greenville and Columbia Railroad to accom?
plish the desired object. Verbum tat.
The Charleston Courier copies the above without
note or comment. As we are really at a loss to
understand its meaning, will our Columbia cotem
porary have the goodness to explain who arc the
"parties interested" and what is the "desired ob?
ject?"
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admission of virginia.
After much discussion in both Houses, tho bill
admittic^ Virginia passed Congress on Monday
last, and has already become a law, by the
signature of the President. The House of Rep?
resentatives, soon after re-asscmbling, adopted a
bill admitting the State unconditionally, but the
Senate has imposed certain restrictions, of which
we are not fully advised. These wore adopted
without amendment, on being returned to tho
House, by a strict party vote.
THE FINANCIAL POLICY OP THE GOVERN?
MENT.
Those who have looked to Congress, says the
Louisville Courier-Journal, for a financial policy
that would lighten the burdens resting upon the
industries of the country, have, ns yet, little rea?
son for hopefulness. Mr. Boutwell, from pro?
found obscurity, has all at once loomed into great
notoriety, controlling, as he docs the revenues of
a mighty nation, and manipulating them as he
pleases, under laws which give vast latitude to the
whims and caprices of an adventurer, and impos?
ing paltry penalties for malfeasance. Boutwell
harrangues the populace upon questions of finance
with un imperial emphasis which is doubtless de?
signed to convey the impression that he is the au?
tocrat of the wealth of the country, and will at
his pleasure control its means for the purpose of
carrying out whatever project or scheme suits his
ambition. He has started out with the idea that
the nation must submit to the odious and burden?
some taxation abich hitherto has been ground out
of the people, under the pleas of loyalty and the
support of the Government. The people, and
among them some Radical financiers, don't desire
to aid Mr. Boutwell's schemes. They are not dis?
posed to aid his ambition at the expense of the in?
dustries of the country. They are in favor of
paying the national debt but not in advance, if it
is to result in bankrupting the people, which Mr.
Boutwell's policy almost inevitably involves. The
New York Tribune, Boutwell's great organ, con?
cedes that (he Secretary is not a great financier^
but contends that his kb*nesty and sincerity arc
unquestioned. His blunders and mistakes are er?
rors of the head and not of the heart. The peo?
ple want not only honesty, but capability, and if
ever this want was imperative it is now. Bout?
well recently addressed the Grand Army of the
Republic, in which he illustrated his magnificent
scheme, and prominent among its features are his
American consols to sell in the markets of Europe,
and which are to be the great financial panacea of
the age. The New York Times says :
There is, however, this material difference be?
tween the Secretary and the people: lie would
extort an annual surplus of a hundred millions
until funding be effected ; they would apply three
fourths of that amount to the diminution of bur?
dens that are now oppressive. In other words, h^
would equeeze out of the tax-payers pockets, every
year for a series of years, a hundred millions more
tbtin the sum needed to meet the current expendi?
tures of the Government, with the view of saving
eighteen or twenty millions by funding?at a date
uncertain. The people would secure an immediate
saving of seventy-five millions or more, and at the
same time feel assured that funding will more cer?
tainly follow national prosperity than any conceiv?
able surplus purchased at the cost of an impover?
ished industry and an embarrassed commerce.
We submit, then, that an immediate reduction
of taxation to the extent, at least, of seventy-five
rai lions, may by judicious measures be made the
means of strengthening the publio credit. In the
first place, it will remove widespread discontent?
a discontent which Mr. Boutwell quietly ignores,
but which is as prevalent as it is natural. In the
next place, well-considered reduction?reduction
in the interest of the people, rather than of mo?
nopolies?will greatly contribute to the restora?
tion of prosperity to trade and industry. It will
cheapen the cost of production, will impart fresh
life to decaying trades, will lesseu the cost of
transportation; and will add to the substantial com?
fort of all classes. It will enlarge the volume of
domestic products available for exportation, and
will thus contribute to a more healthy commercial
relation with foreign countries. And it will effec?
tually controvert the opinion, now fast gaining
ground, that the machinery of legislation and of
the Treasury is worked in the interest of special
classes, not of the people. These being among
the prospective results of reduced taxation, it may
be relied on as a potent auxiliary to other methods
of cultivating public confidence.
This subject is one in which every man, woman
and child in the country has a direct interest, dud
steps should be taken to impress upon Congress
that the burdens of taxation must be reduced, and
that Boutwell's schemes will not be tolerated.
The Times says truly that "the machinery of leg?
islation and of the Treasury is worked in the in?
terest of special classes, not of the people," and
it is one of the most cheering signs of the times
that this fact, so often stated by those not regar?
ded "truly loyal," is now being uttered by those
who have had the privilege of seeing the interior
workings of the Radical party.
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THE BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD.
We make the following extract from the Colum?
bia correspondence of the Charleston News :
It will be recollected that the joint resolution
from the House providing for the appointment of
a committee to investigate the affairs ot the Blue
Ridge Railroad, was, when it came into the Sen?
ate, referred to the Railroad Committee of that
body, which reported to-day, with an accompany?
ing letter from the president of the Blue Ridge
Railroad, and recommended that the Senate should
not concur in the resolution, because the desired
information could be obtained in the annual re?
port of the company, which would be issued at an
early day, and thul. if the report was unsatisfac?
tory, the Senate could then appoint a committee.
The letter is as follows:
Blue Ridge Railroad,
Office Chief Engineer,
Columbia, S. C, January 15, 1870.
Hon. C. P. Leslie, Chairman Senate Committee on
Railroads?Sir : Having noticed in the proceed?
ings of the General Assembly a resolution of in?
quiry into the affairs of the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company, introduced in the House of Represen?
tatives and referred to your committee, I feel it
due and proper to state that the annual report of
the company to the Comptroller-General has been
unavoidably delayed by unforeseen events, bjit it
is row in process of preparation and will be sub?
mitted at the eailiest practicable moment. The
records of the company are at the office of the
chief engineer, Colonel James P. Low, in this
city, and subject to the inspection of stockholders
and persons interested. Very respectfully,
J. W. Harrison, President.
The Walhalla Courier contains the annexed
gratifying intelligence concerning this enterprise:
"It is now well understood that a better route
can be found for this road than the old one. The
new route commences near (lie depot, at thin place,
and intersects with the original line eighteen
miles west of this point. By this arrangement,
the Stutnpbouse tunnel and the (wo intermediate
ones can be avoided. Two miles in distance can
be saved by the change, and die cost of the new
route over the completion of (lie old one is about
the same. We rejoice in being able to make this
statement by authority. It will destroy the pre?
judice engendered ngainst (his enterprise on ac?
count of the assumed impracticability of boring
through the Stumphousc tunnel. Besides, we
have assurances from more quarters than one,
that the road will be completed at an early day.
Locally, (he proposed change of route will (hrow
the track in or near town, and with it a change of
depot."
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The FiFTERNTn Amendment.?The Legislature
of Mississippi having ratified tho Fifteenth
Amendment, there are now iwcnty-thrce States
recorded in its favor, as follows: Alabama, Ar?
kansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana,
Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michi?
gan, Missouri, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hamp?
shire. New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
and Wisconsin. Three have rejected by one or
both Houbcs, and will not likely take any further
action?Delaware, Kentucky and Tennessee. Tho
Constitution provides that any proposed amend?
ment must bo ratified by the Legislature of three
fourths of the States before it can become a part
of the Constitution. There arc thirty-seven
Staten, and the ratifica(ion of twenly-eight is
therefore necessary to constitute the amendment
a part of the Constitution. Five more arc there?
fore necessary to render the ratification complote.
ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE.
? Orangeburg is reported to bare more dogs
than anj county of tbe State.
? The Radical majority on joint ballot in the
Texas Legislature is eighteen.
? R. P. May rant, an old resident of Columbia,
died last week.
? President Hammelt has reduced the fare for
emigrants over the G. & C R. R. to one cent per
mile.
? A movement is brewing in Mississippi to re?
move tho capital of that Stato from Jackson to
Vicksburg.
? Rev. Christian Hanckel, D.D., the oldest
Episcopal minister in this State, died in Charles?
ton last Thursday.
? Wm. B. Seabropk, an old and respected plan?
ter on John's Island, died suddenly on the 17th
inst. from congestion of the lungs.
? Henry Ward Beecher has declined to allow
an increase of his salary from $12,000 to $20,
000, recently tendered him by his congregation.
? The New York Times says "the demand for a
reduction of the taxes has now reached a point at
which no government could afford to disregard it."
? Gens. Loring and Sibley, ex-Confederate
Generals, have been appointed Generals by the
Egyptian government in its war with Turkey.
They have already sailed for the scat of war.
? A joint resolution has been introduced in the
Kentucky House for the removal of the remains of
ex-President Taylor to Louisville, and the erection
of a monument over them.
? Mr. F. W. Bruggeman, the agent of the New?
berry Immigration Society, has returned from
New York with a goodly number of immigrants,
and can fill orders for two hundred more if handed
in before the 15th of February.
? It is stated that Governor Walker, of Vir?
ginia, has declared that he has positive assurance
that $19,000,000 of Northern capital, to be in?
vested in that State, is contingent on the admis?
sion of the State.
? The Barnwell Journal will hereafter be issued
semi-weekly, in consequence of increased business
and greater demands of the public. The proprie?
tor has won a good reputation as an enterprising
journalist, and we wish him every success.
? Recent telegrams and mail advices from Cuba
establish the fact that the Cuban revolution is not
yet terminated. Notwithstanding the recent boast?
ful proclamations of the Spanish generals, nothing
worth recording has been accomplished.
? The Nashville Union and American tells us
that not a single member of either House of the
Tennessee General Assembly is disqualified by
the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States. *
? Hon. Lot M. Morrill has been elected United
States Senator from Maine by both branches of
the Legislature tif that State, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death of Senator Fcssenden.
Senator Morrill's term will expire March 3, 1871.
? Several citizens have been arrested by the
military in Warren county, Georgia, for alleged
offences committed several months since. Great
alarm prevails in that section, and many persons
are reported as fleeing from the district where
martial law prevails, embracing five counties.
? At the rcgulnr quarterly meeting of the board
of Directors of the South Garolina Railroad Com?
pany, held on the 19lh instant, General Daniel
Tyler, of New York, was unanimously elected a
director of the company, to fill the vacancy occa?
sioned by the death of the lato Mr. James Rose.
? Admiral Dahlgrcn has for his family coat of
arms, on his carriage panel, two Dahlgrcn guns,
a telescope, an anchor and n furled flag, with the
motto, "Quorum pars fui." Butler should have
for his a field of Bethel, gallows perspective,
rogue pendant, two spoons rampant; motto, "AV
iu Brute."
? The planters of Mississippi are canvassing
tbe feasibility of establishing cottoa factories oa
the co-operative principle, in all the principal
towns of the State. This is the common sense
plan, and will admit of planters and persons of
small means sharing in the benefits to be derived
from the manufacture of the great staple raised at
,heir doors.
? The Savannah News says it is wonderful to
witness the amount of travel to Florida. Every
steamer and train from the North brings hun?
dreds of persons, all bound for some point in
Floiida. People seeking pleasure, conoumptives
and those sneezing with catarrh, some on crutch?
es, and others with a "Saratoga," old nnd young,
nurses and children, are all journeying toward
what they call this "promised land."
? The Polish Land Emigration Company, of
which Hon. Caleb Gushing is President, has just
purchased 33,000 aores of land, lying on both
sides of the James river, in Araherst, Rockingham
and Bedford counties, Virginia. It is proposed
to place a colony of Poles on the purchased tract,
and the transportation of such emigrants to this
country will at once be begun, under the charge
of General Smolenski, the Director of Emigration, j
A Nhw Bask for Columbia.?The correspon?
dent of the Daily Republican writes :
For some time past a new bank has been talked
of, and now it is almost an accomplished fact.
The merchants of Columbia have long been in?
convenienced by the limited banking capital em?
ployed here. While the business of the city is as
large if not larger (ban before tho war, there is
hut a small proportion of capital now in use.
The new project has for its movers the same par?
ties who have purchased the Greenville and Co?
lumbia Railroad. The corporate name of the bank
is to he the South Carolina Loau and Trust Com?
pany. The charter, which has already been ob?
tained from the General Assembly, is a very liber?
al one, and is identical to that granted the South
Carolina Improvement and Trust Company, and
just amended so as to give theiu all the power
conferred on banking institutions generally. The
capital stock iB $2UU,000 and is now all taken?a
large portion by capitalists in New York and
Pennsylvania;
It is not known yet who will bo the offiecrs.
Several persons high in official position here arc
talked of.
The bank will, of course, become the depository
of State funds, and all the business of the Blue
Ilidgo Railroad will pass through its channels.
Good for You.no Lawyebs.?The correspon?
dent of the Charleston News gives tho following
summary of a bill now before the Legislature to
provide for tho payment of fees to lawyers who
are assigned to defend criminals unable to employ
counsel:
Many young lawyers who arc, by the judges of
courts, assigned to defend criminals, fur which
they receive no fee, will, perhaps, be interested in
Wright's bill to provide compensation for attor?
neys assigned to defend criminal cases. The bill
recites that as the majority of the citizens of the
Stato proceeded against in the Courts of Sessions
arc poor and unable to employ counsel, and the
judge presiding is thereby compelled to appoint
some officer of the court to conduct their defence,
and, therefore, for compensation of such officers
so assigned for defence, bo it enacted, that attor?
neys assigned to tho defence of parties in the
Courts of Sessions shall receive as a compensa?
tion for their services the following fees: In all
cases capital, fifty dollars; cases of arson and
rape, twenty dollars ; manslaughter and burglary,
fifteen dollars; and for all other cases the sum of
ten dollars ; that the criminal shall select the at?
torney he or uhe may desire.
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Wo make tho following extract from tho tele?
graphic correspondence of the Charleston News:
Washington, January 21.
Within a few days there have been such devel?
opments from the conferences of leading Republi?
can members of both Houses, that the future poli?
cy of the Republican party can be easily antici?
pated. The introduction of the bill in the House
to declare null and void such acts of the Legisla?
tures and State Conventions as became laws by
virtue of the votes of members of the same, who
are disqualified by the third section of the Four?
teenth amendment, is intended to nullify the Ten?
nessee State Convention, and but paves the way
for other interference in the internal polity of the
States, by virtue of the consolidation of power in
the Federal Government by the Fifteenth amend?
ment, when the hinter is adopted. Among the
first attempts under that amendment will be the
introduction of bills to carry into force the amend?
ment in Maryland^ Kentucky and New York.
Owing to the repeal of its ratification by the New
York Democratic Legislature, the Republican mem?
bers are extremly anxious to pass a general law
removing the properly qualification imposed on
negro voters in New York. Congressional inter?
ference with all the States, North as well as South,
will soon be the new Radical platform.
The Northern contested election cases have been
pressed so earnestly on the calendar of the House
that the South Carolina case of Wallace against
Simpson was again crowded off. It is hard to say
when it will come up now. The South Carolina
delegation are endeavoring to seat Wallace, (Rad.)
but is believed they will fail.
A very queer story has prevailed here several
Jays to the effect that Edwin M. Stanton, in a fit
of insanity produced by i'lness, committed suicide
by cutting his throat! It will be remembered that
no one outside of the family were allowed to see
the remains, even on the day of the funeral; and
this has given color to the sensation.
There arc half a dozen bills before the Recon?
struction Committee proposing to remove the po?
litical disabilities of South Carolinians, but these
have all been laid aside, pending the consideration
of a general amnesty law.
The House Committee on Appropriations are
averse to making appropriations to complete the
Charleston customhouse, though it has been esti?
mated for by the Department.
A calculation made for the Senate Census Com?
mittee shows thai under an apportionment of three
hundred members for the House of the Forty
second Congress, the Southern States will gain but
ten members.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Wasuincton, January 24.
The Reconstruction Committe met and unani?
mously agreed to report the Senate Virginia bill
and press its passage to-day, if possible. Bing
ham accepts it and the Republicans, as far as
heard, will vote for it. In the House, several bills
were introduced under the regular call. A con?
test arose over the reference of the postal tele?
graph bill, and it was finally referred to a special
committee of seven?a triumph for the friends of
the bill.
In the Senate, Morrill qualified as Fessendea's
1 successor. A bill to provide a national currency
of coin notes and to equalize the distribution of
circulating notes taken np, was discussed to exec?
utive session.
In the House, among the bills introduced, were
the following: Recommending the possession of
lands granted to Arkansas for a railroad from
Mississippi, via Little Rock, to the Texas bounda
ry ; increasing the Judges of the Supreme Court
and defining the jurisdiction of United States
Courts ; conveying certain property in Beaufort
District, S. C, for school purposes; paying black
and white soldiers equal bounties; establishing a
postal telegraph. The House then took up the
Virginia bill, and after a very short debate between
Bingham, Butler ?nd Farnsworth?mostly of a
personal character?concurred in the hill as it
came from the Senate; it, passed by a strict party
vote.
Delano will recommend that the Indian Territo?
ry be formed into assessor and collection districts,
for the purpose of collecting tax on tobacco, whis?
key and malt liquors. The Ways and Means Com?
mittee seems to favor raising the duty on all man?
ufactured steel and iron.
The Supreme Court to-day decided, in a case
coming from the Northern District of Alabama,
that the plea of confederate authority is no justi?
fication for the indictment, arrest and imprison
nient of persons for treason against that power,
by its courts, officers and grand juries. .
Judge Carpenter.?It will be remembered that,
before the recess of the Legislature, there was
considerable talk of impeaching several Judges,
among them Judge Carpenter, for alleged injus?
tice to the colored people and other misdemeanors
in office. It was referred to the Senate Judiciary
Committee to consider the charges made against
Carpenter, which has reported as follows, com
completely vindicating him as a faithful and fear?
less judicial officer:
The Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred
the letter of Hon R. B. Carpenter, Judge of the
First Circuil, of the 10th of December, 1869, set?
ting forth that a charge had been made against
him by a member of the Senate, in his place on
the floor of the Semite, that ho (Carpenter) had,
as a Judge, been unjust to the colored people of
his Circuit; that, if this was true, he was un
I worthy to retain the important and responsible
I position be now occupied ; if false, he was entitled
to a vindication as public as tho accusation ; that,
inasmuch as he was unable to meet it in this gen?
eral and sweeping form he respectfully asked of
the Senate that the charges be made specific, and
for a full and thorough investigation into his offi?
cial conduct, have had the same under considera?
tion, und beg leave to report:
That no charges have been or can be by your
Committee preferred against the Hon. R. B. Car?
penter.
That after waiting some time for charges to be
preferred, your Committee made special inquiry
of those who, if anybody, were expected to pre?
sent and sustain by proof any charges of official
mis-conduct, and they expressly disclaim any pur?
pose of presenting charges, or having any knowl?
edge or evidence of official misconduct on the part
of Judge Carpenter.
Your Committee, therefore, report that nothing,
so far as they can learn, exists to sully the official
reputation of the Hon. R. B. Carpenter, and they
pray to be discharged from the further considera?
tion of this matter.
The Radical Slate.?Already the elements
are in commotion, and the political "slate" is be?
ing industriously arranged. Of course, the white
members of the party are to fill all of the impor?
tant offices in this State, while the prominent ne?
groes will be thrown an occasional "bone" such
as they have already secured in the way of Re?
gents for the Lunatic Asylum, Trustees of the
University, and other minor places. The corres?
pondent of the Charleston News thus sheds light
on a single combination, but we will remark that
this cauuot bo relied upon as anything like cer?
tainty, for it is evident that loading negroes are
determined to upset the schemes of their present
white masters. The correspondent, in alluding to
the chances of the negro Senator Wright for Asso.
ciatc Justice, says:
According to tho report above stated, Wright i3
to bo supported by some of tho Radicals for the
office of Licutcnant-Govcrnor, but his chances for
that, position aro very slight. The general im?
pression is that Scott and Frank Moses, Jr., arc
lobe the candidates of the Republican party in
the coming campaign for the offices of Governor
and Licuteuanl-Governor; that after they are
elected Scott will be sent to the United States
Senate, and Moses will become Governor, of
course. Now, this was a nice little plan, but the
ambition of a parental relative of one of tho par?
ties will probably cause it to "gang Bglee." Chief
Justice Moses hns, as asserted, a desire to cost
off his judicial robes and becomo a Scnaior from
South Carolina. How to gratify this very natural
desire of the Chief Justice and at the same timo
carry out the plan mentioned, is tho vexed ques?
tion among tho Radicals. Some of them, how?
ever, propose to settle it by electing Scott and
Moses to the offices referred to, let them retain
them, and send the Chief Justice to the Senate
fjjmtntal.
MARRIED, at Storeville, S. C, January 20th,
1870. by Rev. W. F. Pearson, Mr. James A. Rbid,
of Abbeville, and Miss M. Mabilla, eldest daugh?
ter of A. C. Jackson, of Anderson.
% IBarktfe.
Anderson, Jan. 26, 1870.
Cotton market very lively to-day at 22 to 23$.
bt tuesday evening's mail.
Augcsta, Jan. 24, 1870.
Cotton market firmer with light offerings ; sales
461 bales?middlings 24, closing firm.
Charleston, Jan. 24, 1870,
Cotton firm ; sales 400 bales?middlings 24| to
211
New Yobk, Jan. 24, 1870.
Cotton firm?sales 4,000 bales at 25}.
New Advertisements.
Landreth's Garden Seeds,
WARRANTED fresh and genuine, jnst received
and for sale by W. H. NARDIN & CO.,
No. 7 Brick Range.
Jan 27, 1870 31 Z
Adniinistrator's Notice of Final
Settlement.
THE undersigned hereby gives notice that ho
will apply to the Judge of Probate of Anderson
county on Monday, 28lh of February next, for a.
final settlement of the Estate of Thomas Ellison,
deceased, and a final discharge therefrom.
JOEL ELLISON, Adm'r.
Jan 27, 1870 31 6*
Pocket Book Lost.
LOST, on Tuesday morning, January 25th, be?
tween Rocky .River Bridge and Anderson C. H., s>
buckskia POCKET BOOK, common size, with
clasp, containing Eighty Five Dollars in currency.
A liberal reward will be paid for the recovery of
the Pocket Book and money, if left at the office of
tbe Anderson Intelligencer.
J. H. BANNISTER,
Jan 27, 1870 31 1
Executor's Notice.
THE undersigned hereby gives notice that be
will apply to the Judge of Probate of Anderson
County for a final settlement of the Estate of
James G. Mecklin, deceased, oa Tuesday, the 8th
day of February next, and a fiaal discharge from
the same.
L. C. CLINKSCALES, E:
Jan 27, 1870 31
NOTIOE.
ANDERSON, S. C, Jaxuabt 20, 1870.
IN conformity with the requirements of the
Internal Revenue Laws, 1 hereby give notice to all
persons claiming one box Tobacco, 60 lbs., more
or less, seized on the 30th day of November, 1869,
at Anderson, S. C, by E. W. Everson, Assistant
Assessor, as the properly of William Brookbauk,
of Goldsboro, N. C, beaause of the violation of
said Internal Revenue Laws, to make such claims
before me within thirty days trom the fim publi?
cation of this notice.
A. L. COBB,
Dep. Col. 3rd District S. C
Jan 27, 1870 31 . 3
NOTIOE.
^ANDERSON, S. C, Jancabt 20, 1870.
IN conformity with the requirements of the In?
ternal Revenue Laws, I hereby gi ra notice to all
persons claiming one Copper Still, Cap and Worm,
seized on the 15th day of Decembsr, 1869, by E.
W. Everson, Assistant Assessor, tvs the property
of Robert Todd and John Cromer, of "Dark Cor?
ner," Anderson county, because of the violation
of said Internal Revenue Laws, to make such
claims before me within thirty days from the fink
publication of this notice.
A. L. COBB,
Dep. Col. 3rd District S. C.
Jan 27. 1870 81 3
Adininistrators Sale.
WILL be sold, at the former residence of Mil?
ford Burriss, deceased, three miles Bouthwest of
Anderson Court House, on FRIDAY, the 11th dsy
of February next, the Personal Property of said
deceased, consisting of
Two Horses, Cattle, Hogs and Sheep,
Two-horse Carriage and Harness,
Lot of Cotton Seed, Wheat,
Wagons, Farming Utensils,
Household and Kitchen Furniture, &c.
Terms cash.
JA0OB BURRISS, Adm'r.
Jan 27, 1870 81 3
FERTILIZERS.
SOLUBLE SOUTH SEA GUANO.
Rhodes' Ground Gypsum.
flgy Circulars with detailed statements fur?
nished on application to the general agents,
B. ?. RHETI & SON,
Charleston, S. C
Or to BLECKLEY k EVINS^.
Agents at Anderson C. H., S. CL
Jan 27, 1870 31_3m
ASSIGNEE'S SALE!
In Re JOHN W. GRADY, Bankrupt.
BY virtue of an order in Bankruptcy, from his
Honor Georgo S. Bryan, District Judge, to us di?
rected, we will sell, at Williamston, on the
31st Day of* January,
Between the hours of 12 m. and 2 o'clock ia the
afternoon, tbe well known
Williamston Hotel,
And the LOT upon which Baid Hotel is located,
containing two acres, more or less. Tho Spring
at this place is celebrated for its medicinal prop?
erties, and many invalids resort to this place da?
ring the summer months for their health. The
scenery is beautiful, climate delightful, and the.
surrounding country is healthy and productive..
This is a rare chance for capitalists to make a.
good investment. Sold free of all liens, but sub?
ject to dower.
Terms.?A sufficient amount to pay casts wilt
be required in cash ; the balance on a credit of'
six months, with interest from date, with mort?
gage and two good sureties.
Also, the FURNITURE of the Williamston Ho?
tel, consisting of Chairs, Bedsteads, Bureaus,.
Wash Stands, Tables, Crockeryware, &e., &c.
Terms cash fbr furniture.
W. T. SHUMATE,
A. BLYTUE,
Assignees*
Jan 27, 1S70 ul 1