The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, October 20, 1870, Image 2
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT'R. 20, 1870.
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Death of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
? "XhereJa a.tear foe. all. who. die,
A mourner o'er the humblest grave^
But nation* swells the funeral cry,
And.Triumph, weega,. above the hraje."
The brave soldier,, the- heroic- general, the
true Christian gentleman, the conscientious
citizen?great in war, but stall greater in peace
?has been gathered to his fathers. The heart
that ever 'Mat in unison with all that was pure
and honorable has ceased- its pulsations. The |
hand that was ever open to good and generous
deeds rests forever from its work. Robert Ed
iru>t> Lee is dead, and the whole land is
tremulous with grief at the loss of an Ameri?
can citizen, whose life illustrated the proudest
type of its highest manhood. His lineage was
noble, and yet lie has exalted it His name
was lustred with glory and great achievements,
and still he has added to and widened its fame.
But he is dead, and gone from amongst the
thousands who delighted1 to honor and cherish
his deeds and name.
This sad inteffigence>- is no sooner flashed
across the wires than a nation rises to send
forth tributes of praise to his noble character
and render homage at the bier of a great chief?
tain. All over the sunny South eloquent eu?
logies are pronounced, and the North gives a
generous meed of praise to the character of our
greatest and best beloved soldier. In this hour
of tribulation and sorrow, it were futile to give
expression to the overpowering grief all will
experience at the announcement that General
Lee has been taken from earth's joys and sor-j
rows.
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Acknowledgment.
Our thanks are due to the Rev. Wm, K "Wal?
ters for the able and satisfactory manner in
which he discharged the duties of the sanctum
daring our absence often days.
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f&* Notwithstanding the election is over,
our readers will enjoy the perusal of the admi?
rable letter of Gen. Wade Hampton, elsewhere
in to-day's issue, in which he expressed his full
sympathy with the Reform movement and en?
dorsement of our standard-bearers.
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In connection with the approaching
Masonic Fair, we learn that a grand Vocal and
Instrumental Concert, together with Charades,
will constitute a prominent feature of the occa?
sion. Full particulars will be announced next
week.
Death of an Aged Lady,
Mrs. Mary McMahon was buried at Good
Hope Church, in. this county, on Saturday, Oct.
8th. She was a native of Ireland, and was bu?
ried upon her 98th birthday. She had lived
for many years in Anderson county, and was
greatly esteemed among her neigh bors. Up to
a few months since, she was remarkably active
for one of her advanced age.
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We direct attention to the summary
made by the Wilmington Star as to the result
of the elections held in various Northern and
Western States last week. It embraces the la?
test news as to the result yet received. We
hope later and fuller returns will more than
confirm its conjectures as to the gains made by
the Democracy, and that the blunders alluded
to are not so damaging.
J?~ The advertisement of James W. Fowler,
proprietor of the celebrated and popular Em?
porium of Fashion, at Abbeville C. H., cannot
mil to-attract the attention of our readers, es?
pecially the ladies. His stock is sjId to be un?
rivalled, while his enlarged experience and
competent assistants are sufficient guarantees
that all orders will be satisfactorily filled.
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Trial Justices.
At the recent term of the Circuii; Court for
Marion county, in the case of "The State er re?
lation* Louisa R. Collins vs. Henry EL Hayne,
styling himself a Trial Justice." Judge Rut?
land decided the several Acts in relation to the
appointment of Trial Justices and their juris?
diction to be unconstitutional, and ordered a
writ of prohibition to issue, debarring the said
Hayne from passing sentence or assuming fur?
ther jurisdiction in the case.
The Election.
The utmost quiet and good order prevailed at
the polls in this place yesterday. The colored
people voted early, and returned to their homes.
About one thousand votes were cast at the three
boxes, 'and as every effort was made to bring
the colored voters to this point, it may be set
down that they have polled a large majority.
We are fully assured that there will be a fair
count, and our friends abroad may remain sat?
isfied that Anderson county will give an im?
mense majority for Carpenter and Butler. We
hope to announce the result in our next issue.
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Death of an Aged Minister.
We are pained to record the death of Rev.
Bryant Borroughs, a minister of the Baptist de?
nomination, which sad event occurred at his
residence in this county on Tuesday morning
last, in the 78th year of his ago. He had been
in bad health for the last two year3, and his
death was not unexpected. He was a native of I
this, county, and had served in the ministry for I
more than forty years, with faithfulness and
zeal. Mr. Borroughs devoted the best energies
of 'his long life to his Master's cause, and as
tile- messenger of Death approached, gave abun.
dant evidence that he was confident of the re?
ward in store for the finally faithful. In his
death, the community loses a valuable citizen
and good man.
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The Lexington Dispatch.
We are pleased to welcome among our ex?
changes the above newspaper, published week?
ly. . at Lexington G. H. The proprietor is
Godfrey M Harman, Esq., and the editors are
Capt. W. D. M. Harman and H. N. Rice, Esq.
The paper is neatly printed and well arranged,!
filled with a choice selection of reading matter I
and edited with consummate ability. The edi
ton say that "the Dispatch will uphold the
principles handed down to us by our forefathers,
and will battle for the rights and interests of
the people, as well as a fair and honest admin
tration of the State government" This is a
noble purpose, and we wish our new visitor a
brilliant career and the most ample sucoess. '
Particulars of the Death of General Robert I
E. Lee.
Lexington, Va.; October 13.
This community, was plunged into profound
sorrow Upon the announcement of the death of
General Lee.. The various church bells rang
out their mournful dirges. A general suspen?
sion of the duties of Washington College, Vir
giara Military Institute and* the minor schools
followed, and: they will not resume again until
after the final interment of. the great chieftain.
Everv business house in the community was
closed and crape affixed to the door. Even the
colored barters shut uptheir shops, and a gen?
eral expression of deep grief was visible in eve?
ry face. Washington College, the College Chap?
el of the Virginia Military Institute and the
Episcopalian Church, of which General Lee
was a communicant, were draped in mourning
a few hours after his death.
General Lee had been almost entirely uncon?
scious since Monday night last, and expired
very peacefully and quietly at naif-past nine
o'clock Wednesday, morning. ?', He was taken
sick on Wednesday evening, September 28th,
while just about to sit down to tea, when he
suddenly sank in his chair insensible. He soon
reacted, and in the course of the next ten days
steadily improved, until it was hoped that he
was out of danger; but on Monday evening last
he became suddenly and rapidly worse, and
continued to sink until Wednesday morning.
During the early part of his sickness he slept
much, and spoke but very little, but was ration?
al when awake, and always recognized those
who approached him. At times his mind
seemed for a little while to wander, and on
several occasions reverted to the army. He
once ordered his tent to-be struck, and at an?
other time desired that Hill should be sent for.
He suffered but comparatively little pain du?
ring his whole sickness, and died without a
struggle." He will be buried on Saturday, Oc?
tober 15th, at 12 o'clock. The place selected
for his interment is a vault beneath the College
Chapel, which stands in the midst of the Col?
lege ground. This was the first building he
had erected after his removal to Lexington,
having declared that it was proper that the
'first thing the college did should be to dedicate
a house to the services of religion. Here he
will appropriately, rest, surrounded by the mon?
uments of his later years, his remains senten
elled by the mountains of that Virginia which
he has conferred such imperishable fame.
The corpse was removed to-day from his resi?
dence to the Chapel, where it will lie in state
until mid-day on Saturday next. To-day the
Faculty of Washington College, the Faculty of
Virginia Military Institute and students at
Washington College held meetings and passed
appropriate resolutions of condolence and re?
spect to the memory of the illustrious deceased,
who asserted at the surrender of Appomnttox
Court House that "Human virtue should be
equal to human calamity."
Richmond, October 13.
Richmond presents to-day a scene of mourn?
ing hardly witnessed in this generation. The
stores and public buildings are all closed; bells
in all parts of the city are tolling; on many
doors are pictures and photographs of General
Lee, draped in crape, with evergreeus. Citi?
zens are standing in groups on the principal
thoroughfares and talk in subdued tones of the
sad event. The feeling that he ought to be
buried here, at the State's expense, is universal,
and the Legislature, in making this request of
his family, reiterated public opinion. The City
Council meets this evening at the call of the
r Mayor.
Governor Walker sent tbe following message
I to the General Assembly : "It is with unaffec
| ted grief that I announce to you the painful in
I telligence of the death of General Robert E.
Lee. at Lexington, on yesterday morning. He
died as he had lived?a noble exemplar of the
sublime principles and teachings of religion.
He goes down to the tomb amid the lamenta?
tions of an affectionate and sorrowing neople.
Of ejalted public and private virtue in Iiis life
and career, he filled the full measure of our
conception of a man. A stricken family, a be?
reaved State, an afflicted people bow with rev?
erence and humility before the visitation of
Divine Providence. It is fitting that you, the
representatives of the people., should take such
appropriate action as the melancholy event
suggests, and I believe you would but give ex
i presaion to the universal desire of the people,
should you solicit the interment of the remains
upon the grounds owned by the State in Hol?
lywood Cemetery, where they may raise a mon?
umental shaft commemorative alike of their sin?
cere and lasting affection for the man, and their
profound appreciation of his greatness and
goodness"
K After the reading of the Governor's message,
[ a joint resolution was unanimously passed, ex
I pressive of the deep sorrow of both Houses at
the sad event, and requesting that the body be
turned over to the State for interment of Hol?
lywood Cemetery, near the city. A joint com?
mittee, consisting of five members of the House
and three of the Senate, and their presiding
! officers, was appointed to go to Lexington and
escort the remains here, if the request was
granted. The Legislature then adjourned.
Lexington, Va., October 14.
All business houses were closed to-day, and
deep gloom pervades the whole community.
Memorial services held yesterday and this morn?
ing, in the College, were largely attended. The
remains were conveyed from his residence to
the College Chapel, the following being the or
I der of the procession; Escort of honor, con
[ sisting of officers and soldiers of the late Con?
federate army, chaplain and other clergy; pall?
bearers, with body; old gray war horse that car?
ried the General through all his campaigns in
the late war; Trustees and Faculty of Wash?
ington College; students, visitors, officers and
cadets: Masons. Odd Fellows, and citizens.
The remains lie in state in the College Chap
j el, until interment to-morrow, at 12 M., and is
j there visited by thousands of a grief-stricken
people, white and colored, old and young.
J The ladies of Lexington claimed it as their
privilege to drape in mourning, with their own
hands, the College Chapel which General Lee
built, and beneath which he is to be buried,
. and the Episcopal Church, of which he was a
devout member.
The Faculty of Washington College after an
appropriate preamble, adopted the following
resolutions:
Resolved, That in the midst of the deep ca?
lamity which has befallen us in the death of
ourbeloved President, we, the Faculty of Wash?
ington College, experience a profound pleasure
and pride in recognizing the tact that the fame
of General Lee, while it belongs to the whole
country, is, in especial sense, the heritage of
Wrashington College; and that it is our duty as
it '3 our privilege, to provide here suitable me?
morials where this precious possession shall be
acknowledged, and his name publicly hold in
grateful remembrance by this College for all
future time.
Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to
confer with a like Committee from the Board of
Visitors, and report measures and plans for the
erection of a suitable monument to General
Lee, in the room in which his remains are to
I be interred ; and further consider and recom?
mend such other monuments or memorials as
may be deemed appropriate in the College.
Resolved, That said committees be requested,
jointly, to make arrangements for the delivery
of a eulogy on the life and character of Gen?
eral Lee, in the Chapel of the College, on the
19th day of January, 1871, being the date of
the anniversary of his birth-day, and we also
express the wish that this anniversary, like the
birth-day of Washington, shall be hereafter al?
ways celebrated in Washington College.
Resolved, That these committees be reques?
ted to confer and report by their respective
bodies on the subject of so amending the pres?
ent charter of Washington College, that the
name of this institution may hereafter express,
in fit conjunction, the immortal names of Wash?
ington and Lee, whose lives were so similar in
their perfect renown, and, with both of whom
equally, by singular good fortune is entitled to
be associated in its future history.
Richmond, October 14.
A message has been received here by Mr. A.
M. Kelly Chairman of the Committee of the
House of delegates, to the effect that the fami?
ly of General Lee would not be averse to the
burial of his remains in Holywood Cemetery
in the section belonging to the State. The
House Committee, therefore, left this city this
morning for Lexington. These facts were an?
nounced in the Legislature this morning and
that body adjourned over till Tuesday next.
Washington, October 14.
A very large and impressive meeting of cit?
izens was held to-night, at Metzerott Hall, to
pay respect to the memory of General Lee.
The meeting was presided over by W. W. Cor?
coran, Esq., with a number of Vice-Presidents.
and Secretaries. A series of resolutions were
adopted, unanimously expressive of the. senti?
ments of the community, after which addresses
were delivered by James M. Carlisle, Esq.,
Richard T. Meraick, Esq., and Col. W. P.
Phillips.
General Lee remarked, two years ago, to
General Pendleton, that he did not expect to
live longer than two years more. The evening
he was taken sick he was unusually bright and
cheerful. The remote reason of General Lee's
death was the long continuance of depressing
moral causes, commencing with weighty re?
sponsibilities and anxieties during the last year
of the war, and the effect which the overthrow
of the cause he loved and the condition of the
South since has had upon him. He bore all
with calm exterior, and devoted himself to the
duty of the hour, but the fibres of his great
heart were at last broken. The proximate
cause of his death was mental and physical
fatigue, inducing venous congestion of the
brain, which gradually caused cerebral exhaus?
tion and death.
Lexington, Va., October 16.
General Lee was buried yesterday. Every
house was draped. The State Legislature and
many distinguished persons were present. The
officers and soldiers of the Confederate army
acted as a guard of honor. The Episcopal fu?
neral service was read and the sermon omitted,
in accordance with General Lee's request.
The Committe of the Virginia General As?
sembly received no assurance that their re?
quest to bury General Lee's remains at Rich?
mond would be granted. The removal of the
remains, however, is probable.
For the Andereon Intelligencer.
Episcopal Convocation, Greenville District
A convocation, composed of several clergy?
men and laymen from this and neighboring
counties, met in Grace Church in this place
last Friday afternoon. The business was at?
tended to in a very orderly and quiet manner.
The appellation of "Greenville" was given the
Convocation. It adjourned on Saturday, hav?
ing selected Yorkville as the next place of
meeting.
The exercises of the Sabbath were quite im?
pressive and interesting. There was one ap?
plicant for confirmation, and one candidate for
ordination. The candidate for orders was pre?
sented by a presbyter and ordained by the
Bishop. The "ordination Bcrmon" was deliv?
ered with much feeling and pathos by that elo?
quent, good and noble gentleman, the Rev. El?
lison Capers. This was succeeded by the sol ?
emn celebration of the Lord's Supper.
Among things that usually attract the atten?
tion of most people is the announcement of the
first sermon by a minister. It was generally
known that Rev. Wm. H. Campbell who had
been ordained in the jmiriling, would preach in
the evening, and, consequently, there was a
goodly audience. His text was from Genesis
xlix: 10 : " The sceptre shall not depart from
Judah, nor a law-giver from beneath his feet,
until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the
gathering of the people be." The subject was
handled in a most masterly manner, being re?
plete with interest and filled with historical
truths. Having enchained the attention of his
audience, the speaker compared in a learned
way the events of sacred and profane records
of parallel dates, proving clearly that victories
over stronger forces was not so much attributa?
ble to physical strength and courage as to an
interposition of His arm that all things should
be as He had foreordained, and, in this in?
stance,-that an' opening for the coming of the
Messiah might be accomplished. Logically
speaking, we have heard few.sermons that
could equal, none that could excel this dis?
course. Mr. Campbell is a very fine speaker,
possessing a rare combination of talents, and
his admission has been a great accession to the
Episcopal ministry.
PALMETTO.
? General N. P. Banks has been visiting
General Breckinridge at Lexington, Ky.
? The New York Sun (Radical) suggests the
name of Hon. James R. Doolittle as the Demo?
cratic candidate for President in 1872.
? President Woolsey, of Yale College, has
announced his intention of resigning that posi?
tion in July, 1871, by which time he will nave
completed a service of twenty-five years in that
position.
? Views of Richmond, and other places, as
they appeared during the prevalence of the
flood, have been taken by photographers, and
are already in the market. In this world no
calamity can occur that will not be turned to
somebody's profit.
? The French losses, so far, amount to a
quarter of a million of men, three quarters of
a million of cannon, and material absolutely
unreckonable.
? It is said that there are proofs to show
that the carpet-bag Governor of Florida con?
venes an extra session of the Legislature for the
convenience and profit of interested parties
whenever he is offered ten or twelve thousand
dollars to do so. It is said further that he has,
in the last two years, increased the State debt
from $500,000 to $15,000,000, and has, with the
help of his Legislature, imposed upon the peo?
ple taxes six times greater than they were two
years ago. There are in the 8tate but about
12,000 actual tax-payers, and upon each of
these is now imposed an annual burden of
ninety-three-dollars in gold. In nearly every
other Southern State where Radicalism has full
sway, pretty much the same condition of afiairs,
exists.
? The death of Prince Frederick Charles of
Prussia deprives the German army of one of
its best and most trusted leaders. He was born
in March, 1828, and in 1854 was married to
Princess Mary of Arhalt-Dessan. The fruits
I of this union were four children, all of whom
j are living. The Prince became prominent in
j 1848, during the Schleswig-Holstein campaign.
In 1849 he was a staff officer of Prince Wil?
liam, and participated in the Baden conflicts.
He was wounded at Wiesenthal. The history
of the deceased in connection with the present
war in Europe is too well known to need repeti?
tion.
? It is worthy of mention, both to the credit
of the winners and for the singularity of the
occurrence, that Messrs. Montgomery & Sons,
of Hurricane Landing, Mississippi, who won
the five hundred dollar premium for the best
bale of New Orleans or long staple cotton ex?
hibited in that city, are colored meu. They
raised the cotton on the Joe Davis plantation,
Mississippi, and were formerly slaves owned by
Joe Davis himself, who was a nephew of Jeff.
Davis. The Messrs. Montgomery are farming
also the Jeff. Lavis plantation and are spoken
of by those who know them as industrious, en?
ergetic and intelligent men.
The Late Elections.
It is somewhat remarkable >that we are yet
unable to obtain full and correct details of the
recent elections in several of the Northern
States. In Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana,
traversed in every direction by railroads and
telegraph lines, there are several Congressional
districts yet in doubt, and we shall have to
await the official count in order to estimate the
relative gains and losses of the two parties.
Enough is known, however, to demonstrate
that the Democracy has had the best of the en?
counter in each of these three great, leading
States. Unfortunately for us and for our Dem?
ocratic allies, they have not accomplished such
satisfactory results as they had led us to antici?
pate, ?nd we are convinced that they have
themselves to censure for a failure to grasp the
brilliant promises of a situation. Only in In?
diana has the Democracy fought with its an?
cient spirit, and. with the judgment which char?
acterized the old-time campaigns of the party.
But in Indiana resides the giant of the Western
Democracy, Thomas A. Hendricks. Through?
out the canvass in Indiana, the presence of the
wise counsel and the bold spirit of the judicious
and resolute leader of the Young Democracy of
the West has been visible.
What a party, no matter how determined
and how equally matched with its adversary,
can lose by tue absence of brains, is shown by
the result in Pennsylvania, where the Democ?
racy was apparently most favorably situated at
the outset ol the late canvass. The value of
first-class executive abilities, of really capable
leadership is shown in Indiana, where the
Democracy, in the face of previous defeats,
despite obstacles quite as serious as those en?
countered by their allies in Ohio and Pennsyl?
vania, notwithstanding the accession of thou?
sands of votes to the Radical ranks by the
operation of the 15th Amendment, have won
an unequivocal and decisive victory. We use
the term decisive advisedly, for we believe that
Indiana may hereafter be regarded as a reliable
Anti-Radical State. In Indiana our State tick?
et is elected by a respectable majority; we have
returned to Congress the four reliable Demo?
crats, who sit in the present House, and we
gain certainly one?possibly three additional
members, and have secured the Legislature.
In Ohio, almost as much as in Pennsylvania,
we have to lament the results of a feebly con?
ducted and ineffectual canvass. We have cer?
tainly gained one, and possibly two members in
the Ohio delegation. Upon the general vote in
the State we have lost some ground, though we
see nothing in the result in Ohio to preclude
the belief that Ohio, if we have a strong can?
didate and a judicious platform, will give her
electoral vote to the Democracy in 1872. It is
no mean achievement to have defeated Schenck,
and to have filled his place with Lewis D.
Campbell. In defeating Schenck, the Ohio
Democrats have extracted much of the virus of
Ohio Radicalism. If it shall also prove tri e
that they have defeated Binghara, they
may claim to have crushed the venom of Racf
icalism in Ohio in beating Schenck, and cap?
tured its brains in caging Bingham.
The result in Pennsylvania is yet in a fog.
The Democrats have undoubtedly gained one
member of Congress in that State. We have no
patience to discuss the result in Pennsylvania,
where there has been so much of criminal
blindness and mismanagement by our political
friends.
In the smaller States, Nebraska and Iowa,
the result is not materially in conflict with pub?
lic expectation previous to.the election.
Upon the whole the Democracy have gained
more ground than they have lost. What has
been lost, should have been saved, and can yet
be recovered. We have no cause of depression,
and our adversaries have no ground of exulta?
tion.? Wilmington Star, 15th inst.
ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERW ISE.
? According to the census returns the popu?
lation of Texas has increased 55 per cent, since
1860.
? Superintendent Jonrdan, of the New York
police, died last week. The funeral obsequies
were grand and imposing.
? Isaac T. Heard, an old and prominent
merchant of Augusta, died on Thursday morn?
ing last of disease of the heart.
? Mrs. Gen. Houston is dead. The surviv?
ing members of the family of the Father oi*
Texas reside at Georgetown in that State. ?
? John D. Buritt, who served under General
Jackson, at New Orleans, died near Pine Bluff,
Arkansas, last week, at the age Of. 106 years,
? The ex-Queen Isabella of Spain has set?
tled near Geneva. She has a fine residence
near the lake.
? The Present has accepted the <resigoaJ
tion of Mr. Cox, Secretary of the Interior, to
take effect about the lstof NoveirflSerJ*- . - - ?
? The Orangeburg News has turned another
somersault, ana is how a full-blooded radical
again. >::'H't j
? The semi-annUal meeting dF the State
Dental Association will be held in Charleston,
on the 1st of November.',J 2 ? 'j !
? 8. P. Kinard, Esq? ls acting postmaster at
Newberry, in place of A. M. Riser; under arrest
for robbing the mails.
? The Masonic fraternity of England have
contributed seventy thousand pounds sterling
for the relief of the families, of German sol?
diers.
? For the first time in theTifttory of this na?
tion, one of the States of the Union?New
Hampshire?will show a falling off in popula?
tion by the census returns.
? A cable despatch announces the death of
Lord St. Leonards, a distinguished lawyer of
England, and formerly Lord Chancellor of the
realm.
? The official account of the surrender of
Strasbourg in Berlin papers mentions 1,100
guns, 12,000 Chassepots, and fifty locomotives
amongst the trophies of war.
? Thornton B. Brown, a prominent citizen
of Darlington, died on the 10th inst. He was
connected with the Darlington Southerner for
many years.
? John E. Grist, Esq., an old citizen of
York, died on the 10th inst. He was the father
of our friend, Capt. L M. Grist, of the York
ville Enquirer.
? President Grant, accompanied by the
Postmaster-General, the Secretary of the Navy,
and a large and miscellaneous party visited the
Frederic (Md.) County Agricultural Fair.
? The Legislature of Georgia has invited the
President and Cabinet to visit the State during
Fair week at Atlanta. It is expected that the
President will accept and reach Atlanta to-day.
? J. D. Werles, Mississippi State Librarian,
and W. H. Furniss, a county clerk?both from
Ohio?have been arrested at Jackson charged
with stealing seventy-five volumes of State re^
I ports.
? Judge Melton said, a few days ago, to the
grand jury of Richland County, that so far as
his own circuit was concerned, he was certain
that there was not a single county treasury
which was not bankrupt.
? At Columbus, Ky., on Saturday night, five
men who had a difficulty two weeks since, met
in the town and set about settling it by a free
fight. In three minutes one of them was killed,
while two were mortally and two dangerously
wounded.
? Among the many striking incidents of the
late flood in Virginia is one related by a Flu
vanna County, Virginia, correspondent of the
Richmond Whig, or the attempt of the three
heroic white citizens of Fluvanna to rescue a
colored ferryman and his wife at the ferryhouse,
at the junction of the James and Rivanna Riv?
ers. In making the attempt, these three brave
men, by name Davis, Fuqua and Agee, the lat?
ter a youth, lost their noble lives. The inci?
dent illustrates not only the self-sacrificing
courage of a generous and brave people, but the
traditional friendship of Southern whites to the
colored race. It is an indication of genuine
Southern sentiment in that regard much more
reliable than the inventions of the manufac?
turers of Southern outrages.
? The Mississippi River steamboats, Robert
E. Lee and Natchez, are to run a race from New
Orleans to Natchez, for $20,000. The mer?
chants of'New Orleans are to raise $16,000, and
each boat subscribes $2,000.
? The Richmond Journal prints partial re?
turns of the census of Virginia, from which it
deduces that the entire population will be be?
tween twelve and thirteen hundred thousand.
The city of Richmond returns 51,093 inhabi?
tants, an increase of 13,193 since 1860.
? A court-martial has been ordered to in?
vestigate certain charges alleged against Smith,
the negro cadet at West Point. One of the al?
legations brought against the embryo Othello
is, in plain English, that he has been guilty of
lying.
? The Democratic State Convention of Mas
sachusettsTias nominated John Quincy Adams
for Governor. This is the third time Mr.
Adams has received the nomination of hia par?
ty for the Gubernatorial chair.
? Mr. Reuben Robertson, a much respected
and valued citizen of Lauren*, died on the lOtb
inst. He was about seventy-seven years of age,
and throughout his long life was blessed with
many friends and the affection of all his neigh?
bors.
? The Laurens Railroad has completely col?
lapsed. The locomotives are exhausted, and
the road is in bankruptcy. The only commu?
nication with Laurens is per hand-car, which
is very limited and uncertain.
? Col. W. J. Hoke, an estimable citizen of
Columbia, suddenly fell dead in the street in
that city, on Tuesday last, while on his way to
breakfast, in company with his son. His re?
mains were taken to Lincolnton, N. C, where
he iiad lived many years.
? The grand jury of Hinds County, Miss.,
(composed of an equal number of whites and
blacks,) have found bills for manslaughter
against both Colonel E. Yerger, who killed
Colonel Crane, and Sizer, who killed the mar?
shal of Jackson. A strong effort was made to
Erocure the finding of indictments fer murder,
ut failed in both cases.
? One night during last week a party of
scoundrels visited the house of Mrs. James C.
Cheek, a widow lady, living some ten miles west
of Laurensville Village. On approaching the
house they aroused her, and warned her to leave
the house with her children. The lady declin?
ed at first; but the fiends commenced firing in?
to the house, when she left with her little chil?
dren ; the robbers then entered the house and
carried away $80 iu money, a watch and other
valuables. No arrests have been made.
? The President has appointed Benjamin H.
Bristow, of Kentucky, Solicitor-General under
the law organizing the Department of Justice,
with the Attorney-General at its head. This
appointment is rendered more important from
the fact that the responsibilities of the Solicitor
General are great, inasmuch as he stands, un?
der certain circumstances, as the proxy of the
Attorney-General. In case of a vacancy in the
latter office, or in the absence of the Altorney
General, or bis disability, the Solicitor-General
has the power to exercise all the duties of the
office. Mr. Bristow, although, like the major?
ity of Grant's appointees, unknown to the
country at large, has a good local State reputa?
tion. He served for some years as the United
I States Attorney for Kentucky, and in the war
he held the rank of Colonel of Twelft Regi?
ment Kentucky Volunteers. It is more than
probable that it was in this latter capacity that
he attracted the attention of General Grant,
who has for some weeks past expressed his
preference for Mr. Bristow as the new Solicitor
General; but as Attorney-General Akerman
has been absent from Washington until recent?
ly, the President deferred making the appoint?
ment until after a consultation with him on
the subject on his return. The salary of the
office is $7,500.
HYMENEAL.
MARRIED, at the residence of the bride's father, in this
County, on Thursday evening, the Gth instant, by Rct. j.
Scott Murray, Dr. THOMAS T. EARLE, of Sumter County,
to Miss SAT J.IK F., daughter of Mr. John B. Earle.
?q??e?^?raM???^?jjpj
THE MARKETS.
Anderson, Oct. 19, 1870.
Cotton.?To-day, middlings command 13.
Charleston, Oct. 17.
Cotton firmer?middlings 14%. Sales, 600 bales.
New York, Oct. 17.
Cotton easlr?uplands 15% Gold, 1%
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
'EMPORIUM OF FASHION,'
Abbeville C. H.,S.C.
From the Charleston Courier, Oct. 1,1870.
jj. Hear what the traveling correspondent of the
Charleston Courier says of the "Emporium of
,Fashion"-at Abbeville, S. C.:
"Abbeville, Sept, 28, 1870.
' "Strange as it may appear, the handsomest and
most unique Millinery Establishment and Ladies'
Furnishing Store generally, in the whole State is
to be found in this same little town of Abbeville.
The proprietor is Mr, James W. Fowler, and with
a display of taste for which only woman usually
receives oredit, he has fitted up a Fashion Empo?
rium and filled it with an assortment of goods in
his lino which is irresistible. I reckon that more
irate wives have been appeased by Fowler's beau?
tiful headgear presented by penitent husbands
than would fill the largest church in this place."
Jj-f The Proprietor of the "Emporium of
Fashion" takes pleasure in proclaiming to the
public' that he is now prepared to show a hand?
some stock of Dry Goods and as grand a display
of Millinery as can be found in the State.
In.Dress-Making be is prepared to insure satis?
faction to the most fastidious.
The Ladies in charge of the Millinery and
Dress-Making Departments have returned from
their visit to Baltimore with a complete under?
standing of the Fall styles in their respective De?
partment?. I am not going to charge high prices,
neither am I going to charge such low prices as
will cause a failure in either branch. No busi?
ness is worth following unless such prices are
realized as will insure success. Bridal outfits
gotten up at very short notice. Goods suitable
for any kind of Dress always on band. Trim?
mings to match. Dresses cut and basted at short
notice.
Ladies sending orders by mail for Hats, Bon?
nets, &c, will please mention color of hair and
eyes, whether married or single, and any other
particulars that would be of use to us in getting
up any article of Dress. When selections are
left to us and the goods do not please, they can
be returned. Samples of Dress Goods sent by
mail upon application.
We have every article kept in a first class Dry
Goods and Millinery House. Our stock is always
bought with great care. We are now giving em?
ployment to eight ladies, and hope to be able to
employ others.
Very Respectfully,
JAMES W. FOWLER.
Abbeville, S. C., Oct. 20, 1870. 17
M
MONET WANTED!
Y customers and friends will remember that
1 sold goods to them upon the expectation
oi receiving payment for them on or before the
first of November. MY ACCOUNTS MUST BE
CLOSED. So those who do not settle promptly
will find their Notes and Accounts in the hands
of an Officer for collection.
C. A. REED.
Oct 20,1870 17
" THERE'S LIFE
IN THE
OLD LAND YET."
ANDERSON WIDE AWAKE,
And prepared to Maintain
its reputation as the
best Market in the
Up Country.
C. A.
BEGS to inform has trends and the public gen?
erally that he has returned to hi* oid stand,
on the
Northwest Corner of the Public SipBtt,
Which has been rebuilt and made one of the most
elegant and commodious Store-rooms in the State?
where he has opened a large and varied stock of
Merchandize direct from the NEW YORK KAB?
ELET, which he is prepared to sell on as good
terms as any hoove in the country, TERMS
suited to the TIMES. FIGURES that wiH
PLEASE. He keeps a full line of
DRY ? GOODS,
FANCY GOODS and NOTIONS,
Boots and Shoes,
Crockery and Glassware,
Hardware and Cutlery,
Hats and Caps.
ALSO,
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
ST APE AND FANCY
GROCERIES,
AND . AN ASSORTMENT OF
BUGGY MATERIAL
AND
IRON,
That will compare with any stock in the up-coun?
try.
Be sure and look in at the handsome Plate Glass
and Iron front, Northwest Corner of the Square.
Walk in and be surprised at the display of
handsome and cheap goods, and if you do not see
what you want, ask for it, for you will find some?
thing good to cat, something nice to wear, some*
thing to cheer the inner n.an, and beautify' this
fair.
MR. WM. M. ARCHER,
Begs to inform his old friends and acquaintances
that he is now located with C. A. REED, where
he will be pleased to see them, and sell them
Goods as low as they can be bought elsewhere.
Oct 20, 1870 17
lUli
Never made such
FEARFUL EXCITEMENT
As the tremendous stock of Goods at
SHARPE eV TOWERS',
Which is the largest stock of Goods,in this mar?
ket, embracing everything in the way of DRY'*
GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, .
SADDLERY, N0TI0N8, CROCKE?
RY WARE, BOOTS & SHOES,
HATS & CAPS, supplies for
A WHOLE1 FAMILY
EXECUTED IN A
MANNER THAT WILL
ASTONISH THE WORLD. '
K". B.?We have purchased onr Goods late
in the season, when the lowest prices ruled,
and we will sell at prices in proportion. Our
stock of LADIES' DRESS GOODS, HOSIERY
and GLOVES, will be found the largest and hand?
somest, we think, in- this market. We 'buy and
sell all kinds of Country Produce. Oar- stock "of
Goods have been examined by
A CORPS OF JUDGES
APPOINTED TO
EXAMINE THE CASE,
And find that the Goods and Prices will do.
Oct 20, 1870 1 7
MASONIC FAIR.
IT Is very desirable that every member on the Commits
tees of Donations should report to me by Saturday, 22nd of
October, or a^ the earliest possible day thereafter. We had
a report from a portion of the Committee on last Saturday,
which was flattering in the extreme. We are underjpcclal
obligations to the Ladies in various sections of tine country
for the enthusiasm and energy they have displayed In tha
cause of Masonry. Their names will not be forgotten.
The money, flour, bams, articles of handiwork, Ac., should
bo forwarded at once. All fresh meats, not prepared, at
home, such as beef, pork, mutton, kid, turkeya,: nhrckqns1
&c, should be delivered to Mrs. John W. B. BkeUptf on
Monday or Tuesday preceding the Fair, as arrangements
haro been made for their preparation. Butter and tgga
will be received at any time.
R. 8. HILL, .
Chm'n. Com. on Donations,
Oct 20, 1870 17 I