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Message of Governor Scott oa tltc Up-Coun
r ^ -r ny try Troubles.
.'Tb Xh% Senate'and ilousc of Representatives z
have'received the concurrent resolution of
the Senate and House of Representatives re- j
questing me to inform, the General Assembly
?'why a sufficient militia, force for the protection j
of life, liberty and property have not been sta- J
tioned in such counties in this State as have
been hitherto riotous and refractory; and, fur?
ther, whj%have. juot tiie^ outlaws, in them .been
broughyk*condign punishment; and why the
proviaiow\f section 2y of'article iZ,. ay the
Gonsti??iein haWrjot been enforced;; and, lllso,
to inform the General Assembly what further
leojislatipn?hi-necessary.-to effect the purpose
herein stated."
-1fr4 .furnishing yotijsuch information as it is in
* myffirCT toHjupply; andirhile I deeply deplore
the disturbances t? which your resolution re
fere, I can scarcely venture, as Executive of
the State, to pronounce any of its counties
"riotous and refractory," upon the reported
cases of individual outrage, and while no in?
formation has been received in this office indi?
cating anything like a county organization to
defy or to deTeat the law, I am the more cau?
tious in this respect, because it will be recol?
lected that very many cases of individual vio
4e*ce4ia^e.'-bitherto-been- reported, both from
.the counties of Abbeville ana Edgefield. But
the prompt'%.nd impartial administration of
justice in these counties has proved that the
civil power was sufficient for the protection of
the life,liberty and property of our citizens;
and these counties are'now as quiet, peaceable
and orderly as any portion of the State. But
if there was any part of the State in which vio?
lence and disorder were so general as to disarm
the power of the civil courts, I must say, frank?
ly, that I have no such militia force as would
he competent to suppress them; and if I had,
I have no'rACans to place and maintain such a
force in the field.
If . by the "outlaws who have not been
*T>rb'ugIit to condign punishment," you mean
those individuals who have lately perpetrated
the outrages in the counties of Spartanburg
and UniodJ I can onlv say that every effort has
been made thit could lawfully be made by the
Executive, to discover these criminals, and
bring them to speedy trial. In some instances,
those suspected of guilt have been committed
for trial, and in their cases, the Executive is
without power, as he ought to be without dis?
position,^ interfere with the due administra?
tion of the law. In other instances, the perpe?
trators of these crimes are not known, and
have not been yet discovered. I can only
promise that every effort shall be made to ar?
rest and bring them to justice.
I am not aware that the 2d Section of the
13th Article of the Constitution has not been
enforced. That section provides:
"The Governor shall have power to call out
the militia to execute the laws, repel invasion,
repress iusurrectiori, and preserve the public
peace."
I cannot say with truth, upon any informa?
tion in my possession, that in any section of
he State, the laws are not executed; for not a
single ._case. has-been reported, in which the
officers of the law have been resisted in the
discharge of their duties. There is no invasion
which 1 am called on to repel, no insurrection
which I am called ou to suppress.
While I cannot say, that "the public peace"
of the State is threatened to such a degree as
to. wftrrant the exercise of the power of calling
out the1 militia, given me in the section of the
Constitution just quoted, I deeply regret that it
is my duty to inform you, that the condition of
several of the counties in this State is disturb?
ed and dangerous. In Laurens, Union and
Spartanburg, persons and property are not se?
cure. Repeated instances of violence, disre?
gard of the law, and murder, have been report?
ed, and there is a well-founded apprehension,
on the part of law-abiding citizens, that uuless |
these outrages are promptly checked, the evil
will have become too great for ordina ry reme?
dies. I do not propose at present to refer to
these crimes in. detail, nor to attempt the dis
cussi?tT?T their caases. It is enough to say,
that they are so grave, and so numerous, as to
call for unflinching application of all the pow?
er of repression which the Executive can law?
fully exercise.
? "It is proper for me to state, and I am glad to
be able to do it, that the public sentiment of
these counties seems to be aroused to the char?
acter and consequences of this state of atfairs,
and public meetings have been held, in which
the responsible and influential citizens of Lau?
rens and Spartauburg have declared, in lan?
guage sufficiently strong, their abhorrence of
Shese crimes, and their willingness to aid the
Executive in the suppression of them. If
these opinions are carried out in action, we
may anticipate the ?peedy restoration of peace
and order; but something more in needed than
these resolutions, however just and generous in
sentiment.
It is my opinion that the civil law of the
State ought to be sufficient, and it is my deter?
mination that it shall be sufficient, to*protect
the person and property of every and any citi?
zen of the State, however humble, friend less or
obnoxious. I cannot bring myself to contem?
plate the use of an armed force to punish indi?
vidual violations of the law in a time of pro?
found peace. Such a remedy would be as bad
as the disease, and would be a public declara?
tion that there was no civil government in
South Carolina, and that we are living in a
condition of social anarchy. I am bound, by
my oath of office, as the Executive of the State,
and in reverence for those principles of consti?
tutional liberty which are the vital force of
true Republicanism, to see that the law is duly
enforced, before I resort to other and dangerous
powers. I dare not, and will not, assume that
justice cannot be administered until the effort
has been made, and the failure evident.
It is therefore my intention to 6ee that the
law is enforced^ and when I fail in the effort,
1 will unhesitatingly call upon you for the ex?
traordinary authority to which society must re?
sort for self-protectio'n. But at present, I would
call your attention to the fact, that all che cases
of reported violence are individual violations
of the law ; that none of them have assumed
the character of public combinations against
the law ; and that they are all within the reg?
ular jurisdiction of the criminal, courts of the
county. But I do not think that the adminis?
tration of the criminal law is sufficiently vig^
orous. As the Executive of the State, it is im?
possible for me to superintend or control the
trial of criminals.. This duty must be left to
the Attorney General, and the Solicitors, who
arc the prosecuting officers of the Statt:, and to
whom the administration of the criminal law,
in their respective spheres of duty,, is commit?
ted by the same law which defines my own du?
ties and powers. That these officers have done
and will do their duty I have no doubt, but I
do not think that their powers are sufficiently
strong, or their means of action sufficiently
large. To illustrate my meaning more fully :
each Solicitor has several counties under his
official xmarge. A. murder is committed in one
of the remoter districts, where he doe* not re?
side. A warrant is issued, a coroner's inquest
makes a very unsatisfactory report of the cir?
cumstances, unless the friends or familj' of the
victim are especially active ; a few witnesses
are bound over, and the papers are put into the
hands of. the Solicitor the day that the court
opens, and if a true bill is found, he goes on
with the trial with ju alight and imperfect prep?
aration thus made; nor can the Solicitor be
blamed. He has many courts to attend* very
many caseo to prepare; has not had opportuni?
ty to learn the circumstances of his case, or
the character of his testimony. Now., in ordi?
nary times, when cases of violence ace rare,
shock the humanity of public opinion, and ex?
cite the indignant activity of those who are
interested in the suffering parties, this labor of
preparation wae*pnred the Solicitor, booau??
he always bad an. individual prosecutor behind
him. But when the crime is one in which the j
sympathy of public opinion is not warmly in- |
I terested, or where a disturbed condition of:
; popular sentiment is not disposed actively to
assist public justice, or where the parties suffer?
ing are too friend less to make themselves heard,
then the duty of the Solicitor, while it becomes
more imperative, also becomes more difficult, j
To do justice, he needs larger powers, and more
assistance.
I would, therefore, recommend a more com- \
plete aud efficient organization of the machine- j
ry necessary for the administration of criminal i
justice. The Attorney General is the proper j
representative of the criminal justice of tbo
Suite, and be should have the authority, not
only as at present to consult and advise with
the Solicitors, but to review and direct their
action. They should be required to report to
him regularly the condition of the prosecutions
in their respective circuits, and to ue governed
by his instructions whenever he may deem it
judicious to issue them: lie should also have
the power, whenever in his opinion the impor?
tance of the case requires it, to retain assistant
counsel, and see that the State is fully and effi?
ciently represented.
I think, also, that acorpsof Detective Police
Officers, should be placed under his control, to
be used by him and the Solicitors as occasion
may require. I do not propose , that these offi?
cers should have any power of arrest. This
responsibility must be assumed by the law oiu
cers of the State. But the crimes from wbit'.i
society is suffering can never be suppressed
without some efficient organization by which
the preliminary investigations can be conduct?
ed, the traces of guilt promptly followed up,
and such testimony procured as will justify a
prosecuting officer in asking from conscientious
juries a verdict of conviction. Neither the
Attorney General, nor the Solicitors, can give
more than a general superintendence and skil
1 ful direction to such investigations, aud they
need the aid of a body of discreet, practiced
and temperate-minded men to- perform this im?
portant duty. As the Attorney General and
the Solicitors are elected by the people, they
have it in their power to select men in whose
character they will find suflicient guarantee that
this power will not be abused.
To carry out this plan, would require that a
contingent fund, sufficient to meet its expense,
be placed at the control of the Attorney Gene?
ral, which I therefore recommend.
I think it proper also to call toyouratteution
the fact, that the Judicial District in which
these disturbances are most flagrant, is practi?
cally without a Judge. The presiding Judge
of that circuit is now under impeachment be?
fore the Senate for high crimes and misdemean?
ors, and while it would not becotno me to an?
ticipate this solemn trial, yet I cannot forbear
saying that nothing would contribute more
effectively or more speedily to the restoration
of order than the presence in the courts of this
circuit, of a magistrate who shall possess the
ability to know his duty, the resolution to do
this duty, and that high character, which is in
itself a pillar of strength to the good, and a
living admonition to evil-doers.
Nor can I leave this subject without express?
ing my regret that the Trial Justices have so
signally failed to meet the requirements of
their office. In a condition of things, such as
we now deplore, the preliminary investigation
in nearly all the prosecution of the crimes we
wish to suppress is within the province of the
Trial Justices, and the prompt and efficient
administration of the criminal law is in a large
degree dependent upon their ability, discretion
and courage, qualities which I am sorry to say
the system has not developed.
Believing firmly that a vigorous administra?
tion of the law will be sufficient to repress
crime, I make these recommendations, pledg?
ing myself that if it ever shall be found im?
possible to administer that law, I will come to
you for those extraordinary powers, which I
shall then not hesitate to accept and use.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor. ?
Blue Ridge Railroad.?The Columbia
coirespondent of the Daily Republican gives
the following report of the House proceedings,
upon the introduction of a resolution by Mr.
Williams, of Greenville, to investigate the af?
fairs of the Blue Ridge Railroad :
The introduction of the resolution brought
some of the up-country delegation immediately
to their feet. Mr. Wilkes, from Anderson,
while favoring the resolution, said while he had
become almost disgusted with farcical investi?
gations and the frequency of them, he hoped
that now this matter was again taken up, a
thorough investigation would be made, as it
related to the characters of gcntlemeu of known
integrity, and hoped the President and Direct?
ors, would be compelled to show their books
and place themselves beyond the bounds of
suspicion; and particularly as it related to the
character of a gentleman of his county who
was above reproach. Mr. Crittendcn sup?
ported the remarks of Mr. Wilkes, and hoped
that as this was a resolution that called for an
investigation involving millions, where other*
were for thousands, be thought the interests of
the State called ft r a thorough investigation.
Mr. Hurley, in supporting the resolution, said
that while he knew that none of the bonds had
been negotiated, he did not desire to see the
interests of the State sacrificed to the benefit of
those of a few private individuals, and that he
favored investigation ; and in reply tn the re?
ference that investigations were in some degree
futile, that they had the right to call upon the
representative of the State for a report of his
proceedings in the matter of the interests of
the State he represents in this railroad. And
that if they could not succeed in getting a re?
port from the Board of Directors, they could in
getting one from him.
A Good Ppatform.?The Charleston Repub?
lican advocates minority representation. The
Columbia Union favors all who vote being first
compelled to pay their poll-tax. The Winns
boro News favors "he announcement by resolu?
tion in the Legislature of equal but separate
educational provision for the two races. We
believe that, if s. portion of the Republican
parry will plant themselves firmly upon the
above platform at once, and work steadily for?
ward upon it, by 1872 they will be joined by a
large proportion of the best men, whi e and
black, in the State, and will succeed. No par?
ty can grow without ideas, and of ideas just at
presont the Radical party in South Carolina is
! most singularly barren and deficient. We have,
though an editor, eeased to read with interest
the proceedings af tha- Legislature Such an
utter dearth of anything like intellect, public
spirit, or original thought, was never before
displayed even in S ?uth Carolina. The radical
papers seem to contain all the brains of the
party, and seem desirous of doing good. But
they have tough material to deal with, and
promise, unless the party will take up a few
radical and liberal ideas, so as to bring in
ettcr material, to have still tougher customers
hereafter. Such incomnetency and ignorance
will disgust, if continued, every decent man in
the State, and fill the next Legislature with a
set of asses to which the present set of incom?
petents will be perfection. Some opponents of
radicalism very <j.iietly prefer this exact course
of affairs. Will the few true men pesmit it??
Winnsbtoro News..
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? Gov. Alcorn, of Mississippi, has refused a
commission in the .State militia to a man who
spoke disparagingly of Gen. Lee at the time of
his death. The Governor says that Gen. Lee
may have been & rebel; yet be himself, in a
much humbler position, stands guilty of the
same offence; and he cannot seemingly ap?
prove of any slur cast upon the- memory of
Gen. Lee because of his- participation iu the
"rebellion."
? The last book issued in London is enti?
tled "What Shall My Son Be?" One would
uatunilly suppose it s1k.iiId be a boy, but then
you can t always tell,, ?hing? are so high in war
times,.
Lotter from Daniel Webster on Sabbatic'
Schools.
PROT". Pease?Dear Sir: I have received
your very able and interesting annual report of
the condition of the New York Sabbath School
Association, and read it with great pleasure and
instruction. It is gratifying to learn that, in
"a city where vice and immorality ran riot
with impunity," a few humble Christians have
devoted their time and energies to the cause of
religion, and I fervently pray that your labors
may be crowned with success.
The Sabbath School is one of the great insti?
tutions of the day. It leads our youth in the
path of truth and morality, and makes them
good men and useful citizens. As a school of
religious instruction, it is of inestimable value;
as a civil institution it is priceless, and has
done more to preserve our liberties than grave
statesmen and armed soldiers. Let it, then, be
fostered and preserved uutil the end of time!
I once defended a man charged with the aw?
ful crime of murder. At the conclusion of the
trial, I asked him wbat could induce him to
stain his hs.nds with the blood of a fellow-be?
ing. Turning his bloodshot eyes full upon me,
he replied iu a voice of despair, "Mr. Webster;
in my youth I spent .the holy Sabbath in evil
amusements, instead of frequenting the house
of prayer and praise." Could we go back to
the early years of all hardened criminals, I be?
lieve, yes, firmly believe, that their first de?
parture from the path of morality was when
they abandoned the Sabbath School, and their
subsequent crime? might thus be traced back to
the neglect of youthful religious instruction.
1 Many years ago I spent a Sabbath with
Thomas Jefferson at his residence in Virginia.
It was in the month of June, and the weather
was delightful. While engaged in discussing
the beauties of the Bible, the sound of a bell
broke upon our etrs, when, turning to the sage
of Monticello, I remarked, "How sweetly
sounds the Sabbath bell!" The distinguished
statesman for a moment seemed lost iu thought,
and then replied, "Yes, dear Webster, yes; it
melts the heart, it calms our passions, and
makes us boys again.". Here I observed that
man was only an animal formed for religious
worship, and that notwithstanding all the so?
phistry of Epicurus, Lucretious and Voltaire,
the Scriptures stood upon a rock as firm, as
immovable as truth itself; that man, in his
purer, loftier breathings, turned the mental
eyes toward immortality; and that the poet only
echoed the general sentiment of our nature in
saying that "the soul secure in her existence,
smiles at the drawn dagger, and defies its
point."
Mr. Jefferson fully concurred in this opinion,
and observed that the tendency of the Ameri?
can miud was in a different direction, and that
Sunday Schools (he did not use our more cor?
rect term Sabbath) presented the only legiti?
mate means, under the Constitution, of avoiding
the rock on which the French republic was
wrecked. "Burke," said he, "never uttered a
more important truth, than when he exclaimed
that a 'religious education was the cheap de?
fence of nations.'" "Raikes," said Mr. Jeffer?
son, "has done more for our country than the
present generation will acknowledge. Perhaps
when I am cold, he will obtain his reward; I
hopo so, earnestly hope so. I am considered
by many, Mr. Webster, to have little religion ;
but now is not the time to correct errors of this
sort. I have always said, and always will say,
that the studious perusal of the sacred volume
will make better citizens, better fathers and
better husbands." I took the liberty of saying
that I found more pleasure in Hebrew poetry
than in the best productions of Greece and
Rome; that the "harp upon the willows upon
Babylon" had charms for mc beyond anything
in the numbers of the blind man of Smyrna.
I then turned to Jeremiah (there was a fine
folio of the Scriptures before mc of 1458), and
read aloud some of those, sublime passages that
used to delight me on my father's knee. But I
fear, uiy dear friend, I shall tire you with my
prolix account of what was a pleasant Sabbath,
spent in the company of one who has filled a
very large space in our political and literary
annals.
Thanking you for your report and heartily
concurring with you in the truth of your quo?
tation that "righteousness exalteth a nation,
but sin is a reproach to any people," I remain,
with a high regard your friend,
D. Webster.
Mansfield, June 15th, 1852.
The Land Commission.?Col. S. S. Crittcn
!en, a member of the Legislature from Green?
ville, in an interesting letter to the Greenville
Mountaineer, makes the following report of a
spicy debate in the Senate on the well-worn
subject of the Land Commission :
Leslie, together with Whittemore and one or
two colored Senators, advocated laying the res?
olution upon the table, promising, as usual, if
some other course was pursued, the whole mat?
ter would be brought to light. Leftlie talked
exceedingly plain and boldly; saying such res?
olutions never had, nor never would bring any?
thing to light; but that if the Governor,
Comptroller General, and the other high State
officials composing the Advisory Board, were
brought, together with himself, before a special
committee empowered to administer oaths, and
they upon their oaths examined, the truth
would be arrived at. He disclaimed all pro?
fessions of honesty himself, and remarked that
the people of South Carolina, he must say, with
singular unanimity agreed with him upon that
point. The reflections, however, from the Sen?
ator from Charleston, upon his character, he
could not brook, as that gentleman,, he said,
lived iu a glass house, and should not throw
stones at him. He alluded to Senator Corbin's
action in the passage of the phosphate-bill,
which, he asserted, was passed' by the payment
of forty thousand dollars, in the way of bribes;
and that the Senator from Charleston was the
main instrument in the use of those means.?
His clothes he said were recking with thesmell
of the phosphate bill, and it illy became him
to charge dishonesty upon other Senators.?
Senator Corbin said : "It would damn any po?
litical party to keep the transactions of the
Land Commissioner further concealed from the
public, and he would not hesitato to say it
should damn any party." Leslie had influence
enough in the Senate to have the resolution
tabled by a vote of 14 to 11. The next day
Leslie proposed to give what purported to be a
private chapter in the life of the Senator from
Charleston, when Corbin informed him he
might criticise his public acts, but he should
ho d him responsible outside of the House for
any reflections upon his private life; which
ended that mattec
? Hon. Thomas W. Thomas, of Georgia,
Judge of the Superior Court, (now dead,, was
an eccentric genius, who told many stories of
himself, and had more told of him. His favor?
ite method of getting rid of worthless charac?
ters from the town where he lived was to get
them into mock duels, and, if they stood fire,
to let the opponent fall as if dead, and alarm
the shootist by the terrors of law. One sum?
mer a fellow was served in this way, and the
last seen of him was at Craft's Ferry, on the
Savannah River, saying, "For the Lord's sake,
let me over?I've just killed a man in a duel,
and all of his kin are after me 1" And once
over, he was seen no more. A few weeks later
it was desirable to get rid of a drunken tailor,
and the field of honor was again tried. This
time the fellow coolly tried his pistol barrel
with a twig, and said, "Thar ain't no ball in
here, and I come to kill meat, I did. Put one
in." And it cost Thomas five dollars in corn
whiskey to get the d'iel out of the tailors head
? A young man at La Crosse, Wisconsin,
looked through the key-hole of a girl's bed?
room, and. ever ?ince the doctors have been try?
ing to gel a knitting needle out of the place
where his eye n*ed to be.
? Great, iniquitys seem tew baptize "them
selfs. If the devil had only been guilty of
petty lareency he wouldn't hav bin heard ov-j
agin.. '
Moke about Bayonet Elections.?Gov.
Saulsbury, of Delaware, is the third Governor
in the connecting line of States to denounce
the interference of United States authorities in
the recent State elections. This extract is
from his last annual message:
"There were on the day of the last general
election in this State persons at or near the
polls iu-Appoquinimink Hundred and several
other voting places in this State, claiming to
act as marshals.under authority from the Fed?
eral Government, and assuming the right to in?
terfere with the lawfully chosen election offi?
cers in the discharge of their duties. I recom?
mend the passage of a law making such an
offence a felony punishable with the forfeiture
of the right of suffrage, with such other penal?
ties as tue Legislature may deem expedient
and proper, and the application of its provis?
ions to all who may secure, solicit, or encour?
age the perpetration of such offence."
Mr. Cfa arles Francis Adams, late Minister to
England, has recently uttered truthful and pa?
triotic sentiments, in respousc to an invitation
to attend the annual banquet of Young- Men's
Jackson Association at Tittsburg, wlien he
proclaimed as follows:
"I am not much in the way of expressing
sentiments on the present political topics. The
country has passed through a violeut convul?
sion, and is now slowly but steadily recovering
itself. The main object should be the return
of harmony in a spirit of mutual confidence
among the jarring members. Our Government
draws life from trie ready consent of the gov?
erned. When the distinguished hero, whose
name your association bears, uttered these
memorable words, The Union must and shall
be preserved," he undoubtedly rested his faith
on the spontaneous co-operation of the great
masses of the nation responding to his call in
the regular and legitimate channel prescribed
by the organic law. He never contemplated
the use of bayonets in controlling the forms of
collecting the general suffrage. Our safety as
a nation lies in going back 10 first principles,
forgetting that force has ever been resorted to
as a painful necessity to preserve them. What
was a bitter medicine should not be turned into
daily food."
How to Make Boys Good Farmeks.?In?
duce them to take an interest in the farm, in the
implements, in the stock; tell them all your
plans, your successes and failures ; give them
a history of your own life, and what you did
and how you nlived when a boy; but do not
harp too much on the degenerate character of
the young men of the present age ; praise them
when you can, and encourage them to do still
better. Let them dress up for the evening, in?
stead of sitting down in their dirty clothes in
a dingy room. Provide plenty of light;
thanks to kerosine, our country homes can be
as brilliantly and as cheaply lighted as the
gas-light houses in the city. Encourage the
neighbors to drop in evenings. Talk agricul?
ture rather than politics ; speak more of the
importance of large crops, of good stock, of
liberal feeding, and of the advantages of ma?
king animals comfortable, rather than of the
hard times, low prices and high wages. Above
all, encourage the boys to read good agricultu?
ral books. Papers are well enough, but an in?
telligent boy wauts something more and better.
Get liiui some good agricultural book to study.
Read it with him, and give him the benefit of
your experience and criticism. When he has
mastered this, buy him another. In our own
case, we owe our love of fanning principally to
the fact that our father talked to us of every?
thing that was doing on the farm ; answering
all our questions, and encouraging, rather than
! refusing our childlike desire of helping him.?
American Agriculturist.
? A citizen of Raleigh, a few days ago, sat
down on a hornets' nest to rest himself. Never
mind the rest.
? A little cotton dipped in kerosene oil and
carefully tied upon a finger upon which there
is a felon, will cure it in one night's time.
? Mrs. Stowe thinks there comes a time
after marriage when a husband has something
else to do than to make direct love to his wife.
This is probably the time when he is making
love to another man's wife.
? The New York Herald says, "the science
of rascality has almost reached perfection."?
And no wonder, since the leaders of the Radi?
cal party have devoted their whole time to its
development for the last ten years.
? A singular case of mysterious disappear?
ance happened the other day at Nevada City.
While a miner was engaged in drying fifty
pounds of powder at a furnace, he suddenly
left for parts unknown, taking the powder with
him, and has never been heard of since.
? Jeremy Taylor's picture of a good wife
reads thus: "A good wife is heaven's last, best
gift to man?his angel and minister of graces
innumerable, his gem of l.iany virtues, his cas?
ket of jewels. Her voice is sweet music, her
smiles his brightest day, her kiss tho guardian
of his innocence, her arms the pale of his safe?
ty, the balm of his health, the balsam of his
life; her industry his surest wealth, her econo?
my his safest steward, her lips his faithful
counselors, her bosom the softest pillow of his
care, and her prayers the ablest advocate of
Heaven's blessing on his head."
? I don't believe in fighting; I am solemnly
against it; but if a man gets tew fighting I am
also solemnly against his getting licked. After
a fight is once opened, all the virtew there is in
it is to lick the other party.
? A popular writer says: "It is absurd to
spend que's life in hoarding up millions of
wealth, which the possessor can never enjoy, as
it would be to collect and lay up in a store?
house f>0,000 mahogany chairs which were never
intended to be used for the furniture of apart?
ments, or 80,000 pairs of trowsers which were
never intended to be worn."
For sale by WiLCOX, finins & Co., importers
and ilcnlers in Guanos. 148 Bay street. Savannah,
241 Broad street, Augusta, Ga., 1">1 East Bay,
Charleston. S. C; and by Sharps & Towrrs, An?
derson ; A. j. Strixgkr, Belton ; Dr. T. A, Hud
orns, Hotma Path.
For further information apply or address as
above for pamphlet.
Dec IB, 18T0 26- 4m
THEM'S LIFE
IN THE.
OLD LAND YET."
ANDERSON WIDE AWAKE,
And prepared to Maintain
its reputation Jas tile
best Market in the
Up Country.
C. A. REED
BEGS to inform bis friends and tho public gen?
erally that be has returned to his old stand,
on the
Northwest Corner of the Public Square,
Which has been rebuilt and made one of the most
elegant and commodious Store-rooms in the State,
where he has opened a large und varied stock of
Merchandize direct from the NEW YORK MAR
RET, which he is prepared to eell on as good
terms as any house in the country. TERMS
suited to the TIMES. FIGURES that will
PLEASE. He keeps & 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 ANB FANCY
GROCERIES,
AND AN ASSORTMENT OF
BUGGY MATERIAL
AND
IRON,
That will compare with any stock in the up-coun?
try.
Re 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 lor it, for you will find some?
thing good to eat, .something nice to wear, some?
thing to cheer the in nor man, and beautify the
fair.
MR. WM. M. ARCHER,
Begs to inform his old friends and scquaintances
that he is now located with C. A. REED, where
he will be pleased to see them, and sell them
Goods as low as thoy can be bought elsewhere.
Oct20, 1870 17
For the Speedy Relief
AND PERMANENT CURE OF
Consumption. Bronchitis,
Asthma. Colds,
And all Diseases of 1L0
Lungs, Chest, or Throat.
THE EXPECTORANT is composed exclusive?
ly of Herbal and Mucilaginous products,
wnich PERMEATE THE VERY SUBSTANCE
OF THE LUNGS, causing them to (brow off the
acrid matter which collects in the Bronchial
Tubes, and at the same time form-s a soothing
coating, relieving the initiation which produces
the cough.
The object to be obtained is to oleanse the or?
gan of all impurities ; to nourish and strengthen
it when it has become impaired and enfeebled by
disease: to>>en?W and invigorate the circulation
of the blood, ami strengthen the nervous organi?
zation. The EXPECTORANT does this to an as?
tonishing degree. It is active but mild and con?
genial, imparting functional energy and natural
strength. It affords Oxygen to vitalise the blood,
and Nitrogen to assimilate the matter?it EQUAL?
IZES the "NERVOUS INFLUENCE,".producing
quiet and composure.
TO CONSUMPTIVES
It is invaluable, as it immediately relieves the
difficult breathing and harr&ssing cough which at?
tends that disease.
FOR ASTHMA
It is a Bpecific?one dose often relieving the dis?
tressing choking, and producing calm and pleas?
ant repose.
FOR CROUP
No mother should ever be without a bottle ?f Ihe
EXPECTORANT iu the house. We have numer?
ous certificates of its having relieved, almost in?
stantly, the little sufferer, when death appeared
almost inevitable.
Mothers l>c Advised X
Keep it on Hand!
This dread disease requires prompt action; as
soon as the hearse, hollow cough is heard, apply
the remedy, and it is easily subdued ;
HUT DELAY IS DASGEKOCS.
8?"* The properties of the EXPECTORANT
'are demulcent, nutritive, balsamic, soothing, and
healing. It braces the nervous system and pro?
duces pleasant and refreshing sleep.
It Exhilarates and Relieves Gloominess and
Depression.
Containing all these qualities in a convenient
and concentrated form, it has proven to be the
Most Valuable Lung Balsam
Ever offered to sufferers from Pulmonary diseases.
PREPARED BT
WM. EL TUTT & LAND,
?gj- Sohl by Druggists everywhere.
Ost 21, 1870 _1 _ ly
FRED. B. HODGES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OFFICE, HARTWELL, GA.
H?g* WILL prnctico in Elbert, Hart, Franklin
and Madi?on Counties.
Oct6,1870 16. 6m
IMPORTANT NOTICES
TO
CONSUMERS QT DRY GOODfil*
All Retail Orders amounting to f2a as4
Over Delivered In any Fart of the
Country
Free o* ExpresnChargpes.
HAMILTON EASTER & S0*?,
\ - . ' OP JLAL TIM ORE-, MD.,
In order the better to meet the wants of their Retail Cus?
tomers at a distance, have established a
SAMPLE BUREAU,
and will, upon application, promptly tend by mail full lliM
of Samples of the Newest and must Fashionable Goods, of
FRENCH, ENGLISH and DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE,
guaranteeing at all times to sell as lote, if not at lessprio*,
than any house in the country.
Buying our goods from the largest and mort calebrattJ
manufacturers in the different parts of Europe and lav
porting the same by Steamers direct to Baltimore, oar"
stock is at oil times promptly supplied with the novelties'
of the Londou and Paris markets.
As we buy and sell only for cash, and matt no bad it* It,
we aro able and willing to sell our goods at fbom Tot T0
Fifteen Peb Cent. Less Profit than if we gave credit/
In tending for samples specify tftt kind of goodt desind.
We keep the best grades ol every class of goods, from tie*
lowest to the most costly.
Orders unaccompanied by the cash will be sent C. 0. D.
PROMPT-PAYING WHOLESALE BUYERS an lavf
ted to inspect the Stock in our Jobbing and Packing Be
partmeat. Address
HAMILTON EASTER A SONS,
197, 199, 201 and 203 Waat Baltimore Streit,
0*27,1870 18 Baltimor^d.
Sixty-FiTe First Prize Medals Awarded*
THE 6R]RU
OUTHEEN PIASO
MANUFACTORY.
WM. KNABE ?Sc CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
PIANO FORTES,
BALTIMORE, MO.
These Instruments have been before the Public for natu?
ly Thirty Years, and upon their excellence alone attained
an unpurchased pre-eminence, which pronounces them un?
equalled. Their TONE combines gTeat power, iweetnneo
and fine singing quality, as well as great purity of Intona?
tion and Sweetness throughout the entire scale. Thirir
TOUCH is pliant and elastic, and . ntircly free from the
stiffness found in so many Pianos. IN WORKMANSHIP
they are unequalled, using none bui the very beat season*
kd material, the large capita] employed in .our buainiae
enabling us to keep continually an Immense stock of 1am
bcr, Ac, on hand.
JtS" All our Square Pianos have our New Improved
Overstrung Scale and the Agraffe Treble.
Kir We would call special attention to our late Improve?
ments in GRAND PIANOS AND SQUARE GRANDS,
Patented August 14, 18i>G, which bring the Piano neaier
perfection than has yet been attaini.nl.
Every Piano fully Warranted for 5 Ye aim.
We have made arrangements for the Sole Wholesale;
Agency for the most celebrated PARLOR ORGANS a od
MEL0DE0NS, which we offer, Wholesale and Bstall, at
Lowest Factory Prices.
WK. EITABE ft CO.,
Baltimore, Mi.
Sept 15, 1870 12 fat
ESTABLISHED 1811.
GUSHING
?Sc BAILEY,
BOOKSELLERS <5c STATIONER?,
252 Baltimore Street, BALTIMORE,
Have the
LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTED 8T0CK
In the city of
SCHOOL- MEDICAL
and LAW, and DI3TALV
CLASSICAL
and MISCELLANEOUS
BOOKS.
An immense aupply of
GENERAL BANK AND COUNTING-HOUSJf
STATIONERY.
Blank Books made to order in any style of Binding aad
Ruling.
The same careful Attention given to
ORDERS
As to Personal Purchase."!.
INSIDE FIGURES ALWATi.
Send for Catalogues, Ac.
Sept 29,1S70 14 4a
P. P. TO ALE,
Charleston, S. C.
{Largest and most complete >
Manufactory of Doors, Sasbes, /
J Winds. Moaldings, ic, in theV
\ Southern States. j
Printed Price List Defies Competition,
JJgg" SBXD FOE OSE.
t6&* Sent free on- application. "Off
May 5, 1870 45 ly
[Water wheel,
Milt Gearinf.ShaftingSPulleys
.SEND. FOB A ClBCUlAR-ifei
Sopt to, io?O
THE STATE OF SOUTH CABOLIVJL
In the Probate Conrt, Anderson Co. . -
Willis J. Kitsinger vs. Peter King? Thomas Kinjv
et al.?Petition for Pariilton, See.
IT appearing to my satisfaction that Perry King,.
James R. Kitsinger and Elizabeth KitsingeV
Susan Risner, Nancy Risner, Serrena Risner,
Amy Risner, David Uisner, Peter Nelson Risner,
Defendants La this case, and heirs at law of Peter
King, deed, reside beyond the limits of this Stabey.
on motion of John B. Moore, Attorney, Pro. Pet.?
Ordered? That they do appear and plead, answer
or demur to the petition in this case withia forty
days from the first publication hereof, or the
same will be lakca as to- them confessed.
A. 0. NOR BIS,
Judge of Probate.
Dec-22. IVm- 26 - 6
gjjj- Keowet Courier copy and sond bill to thi*
office. t
Buckwheat Cakes!
FRESH BUCKWHEAT FLOUR and EXTRA
GOLDEN SYRUP, for sale low by
SHARPS & TOWERS;
Not 17, 1870 21
Schedule Blue Ridge Railroad*
ON and after this date the following schedule
will be observed by the Passenger Trains over
this Road :
down.
L've Anderson, 4.20 p m.
Pendleton,5.20 "
?? Perry ville, (i.10 M
Arr. Walhalla, 7.00
L've Walhalla, 4 00aim
" Perry ville, 4.45 V
" Pendieton, G.30 "
Arr. Anderson, 6.10 ?'
In cases of detention on the G. and C. R. R.,
the train on this Road will wait one hour for the
train from Belton, except on Saturdays, when it
will '.vait until the arrival of the Belton train.
W. II. ?. GAILLARP.Sup't.
De? 8, 181? . 24 M