The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, July 13, 1871, Image 4
Prof. 8? F. B^ Jfersev
The unveiling of the statueofc Prof"..S. F. R
Morse i d the city of New York, on the 10th of
June, r as given occasion to the press of the
United States to review the history of the won
? derful discovery to which Prof. Morse is in
debted'for all the renown he enjoys.
The combination of two ideas, the first of
which was given to the world by the Ko in an
gsrierals, andthe second, at'different times/by
u Fay and Franklin?the idea of communi?
cating intelligence by signals and that of mak?
ing eh*:mci?ythe motive power, by means of
which ths signals-were to be made?produced,
as a fin al result, the electric telegraph ofinod
em times. As early as 1774 signals were com?
municated by means of electricity by Lesage
- at Geneva, and again by Lomound in Fiance
in 1787. In 1794 a German student by the
?name o f Reizen employed the electric spark
for, the same purpose, making use of lines and
interrupted spaces ou strips of tinfoil so ai>
ran red as to form by the illumination resulting
fron the ?park, the parsicn lar character, letter
or signal desired. Bu> this system, involved
?the Se of 37 wires from One station to another,
each connecting with'a return.; wire making^ 74
in all, arid, was therefore, almost wholly im?
practicable,..
In 1797-98 telegraphs-, on the system of Ca
?*t(dlo, were established in Spain?ono>; of them
extending from. Madrid to Aranjuez, a distance
fjof 26 miles. Don Francisco Salva^ of Madrid,
vpjr?go*?i.aanjmprovement and seemed to be?
lieve-that submariue communication.-* could be
effected by the wires. ? It was be who iirst pro
'pdsed to substitute the Voltaic pile for the old
electrical (friction) machine, llenalds . intro?
duced the clock telegraph in England, but it
:..was liable to the same objection as that we
: Have named as agafnsf?he invention ?f Beizen,
although ^bsequent improvements tended
krgely to remove tliat difficulty. Tlie Voltaic
pile, discovered in ifcuO was first used An con?
nection with'the wires by' Simmering in 1809,
who brought. telegAiphy to all "tne periection
practicable in the then couditiou-of the science.
He used 35 golden tipped wires, set vertically
on a horizontal line at the bottom of a glass re?
servoir of water. At the other end of the con?
necting wires were brass plates, corresponding
in number .and designation . with the tipped
Soints referred to. The plate, onbeihgtouched
y positive and negative poles, communicated
the current to its corresponding point .in-the
reservoir?'the water around it was decomposed
" and the gases escaping '"told the tale."
The telegraphs of SteinheuVof Munich, and
of Cooku and wheatstonee, of England, were
based on the movements of magnetic needles
?each needle having the name of a'letter of
the alphabet; and these were subsequently
jperfectetl^"by reducing the number of. the
'"wires."
The next step in the. improvement and per
fectiop*of thisi wonderful instrument was made
in 1825 by Mr. Sturgeon, of London, who first
introduced the soft iron magnet. Prof. Heuryr
of New. York, improving Sturgeon's discovery,*
invented the now universal horse shoe magnet,
by which the -magnetic force was so Intensified
and the currentso largely increased that the
liitherto insuperable difiiculty of transmitting
messages to great distances was at-"once sur?
mounted This was in 1828-50, at which time
. -it was evident that the armature of a magnet,
'attracted and released for irregular intervals of
time, could be made available for .the trans?
mission of alphabetic signals to any required
distance. .Electricians folly rcuvguized that
fact, hut the difiiculty of perfecting and
^rendering practicable the. important discoveries
. thfts far made, seems to have deterred scientific
minds from making the attempt until the year
1832, when Baron Schilling, of St. Petersburg,
applied them toCooke and Wheatstone's needle
instrument, which he so modified and improved
as to render it serviceable with but one needle
instead of 35. Slight improvements were ad?
ded in 1833-4 by Gauss and Weber, jof Cot
tingen, and in 1836 Prof. Daniel introduced
the first form of the constant battery for keep?
ing np. a continual current? a principle yet
retained, almost universally.
But the first actual telegraph erer established
appears to- have been invented by Prof, C. A.
Stein heil, of Munich, in lSbU In 1837 Stein -
- heir's telegraph was taken under the patronage
and protection of the government of Bavaria
?after which Prof. Morse conceived the idea
of becoming.the Steinbeil of this Continent.
Steioheil's telejrraph operated on* small bells,
and henco required all operators to be "sound
readers/' Morse introduced the ?bbon-like
strips of "hick paper, on which a pointed sty] as
of iron , driven by the armature of the magnet,
left.d?a und dashes corresponding by an arbi?
trary ?reingeraent with given letters of the
alphabet. Professor Morse ?ren exhibited, his
invention in'July, 1837, in the Unrvefsitjr of
'(?Now York, and in the month of October fol?
lowing ho filed a caveat in the patent office at
* Washington, to secure it In 1840 be secured
the patent covering the improvements he- had
meanwhile made in the original apparatus, and.
this syittem, as .perfected by the study and ex?
perience of subsequent years, is now the almost
universal ly recognized system of the world.
In the speech made by the venerable Pro?
fessor, aow in his 81st year, at the Academy of
Music on the occasion of the unveiling of the
statute eiecttcLto commemorate his name and
his fame, he pays a merited tribute- to those
"who aided him in his struggles and trials in
perfecting his invention and obtaining the
niean* to demonstrate its powers. It was near?
ly twelve year* after he had began his labors
before he obtained the aid he sought from Con
gte*s. The bill which appropriated $30,000 for
that purpose, und w'iich had been recommened
and urged by President Tyjev onljt pas-wt on
the last day of the session of 18*43, after he
had been straggling for it for five year?. It
seems almost incredible now, with the prodigi?
ous performance of the magnetic telegraph
before us, that sneering and* insulting amend?
ments were oiTered-to the bill?one member
proposing that half the sum be devoted to
"jftesmensm," and another that a part be de
' voted in favor of "Millerism." The first at?
tempt to construct the line through the earth
having failed, the wires were placed on poles,
as at present, and on Saturday, May 25, 1844,
. messages were interchanged between Washing-,
ton and Baltimore.
The first ''press message" was sent to the
Baltimore Patriot &t 1 p. m. of the day above
mentioned, and was published as follows:
"One o'clock. There has just bee-;, made
it "motion in - the House to go into .com?
mittee of the whole on the Oregon question.
Rejected?ayes 79, nays 86." The use of the
telegraph by the press gradually went on, and
the first Presidents message ever sent over the'
wjires was to the' Baltimore Sun. Two years
elipsed before the next hundred miles <*f the
line were completed from Baltimore to Phila?
delphia. Now, Europe possesses 450,000 miles
of wire, and 13,000 stations; America 180,000
miles of wire, and 6,000 stations; Australia
-10,000 miles of wire, and*270 stations, and ex?
tension throughout the world is at the rate of
100,000 miles of wire per annum. There are,
in additon, 30,000 milesof submarine telegraph
wire now in successful operation, extending
beneath the Atlantic and) German, oceans, the
Baltic, North, Mediterranean, Red, Arabian
and China seas, the Per?ian Gulf, the Bay of
Biscay, the Straits of Gibraltar, and the Gulf
of Mexico and St. Lawrence. All this Prof.
Morse has lived to see as the result of Iris la?
bors and those of his co-laborers, to whom he
pays a just tribute, mentioning, besides those
in Congress, Kendall, Sibley, Swain, Wade and
Qihecs.T-Montgomery Advertiser.
? A school committee in a frontier district
are reported to have summed up their opinion
of an examination which they had attended by
making to the pupils this address: "You've
spelled well, ana you've ciphered good, but you
Won't sot still."
From the Keowee Courier.
The South.
Undeir the energizing influence of good gov?
ernment^ the material prosperity of the South
is assured. At.no distant day, without argu-1
ment*cr proof cf their remunerative characters,I
manufactories and machine shops will spring j
up and prosper, bringing increased capital and j
labor to enrich this favor s? s-ction. Our peo?
ple understand that manufacturing is remuner?
ative, and the want of capital is the only rea?
son why they have not engaged in it. Prior to
the war, the entire profits of Southern industry
were invested in slaves, and had become in'
value an immense amount. In the course of
nature, these died from disease and old age, all
their earniugs being represented by the young
generations, wMch, likewise, went the way of
all flesh. There could be no increase of wealth
?save by the increase of that class of population,
which in reality, consumed three-fourths of its
own labor. The. slave owner was always hard i
pressed for money,-and in consequence con?
tinued to cat down and wear out his land, in
order tokeep his head above water and prevent
the sale of his slaves. We can all now see the
folly of slavery, and all willingly testify that it
has been a curse to true prosperity.- At the
close of the war, all the earnings' of preceding
generations were swept away; aud we were left
without money or banks, our stock thrice de?
cimated and our farms in bad condition. Not?
withstanding the political confusion of-the past
few years, aud the many difficulties our people
h^ve been compelled to me?t and overcome, no
one can deny but we have made rapid progress
towards a new and permanent basis of prosper?
ity.- In the fall, our crjbs and smoke-houses
are filled with the staff of life, our depots and
railroad stations are crowded with cotton, aud
our cities and towns are supplied with mer?
chandize. Nearly all our citizens have some
spare -m'offey to employ in improving their
farms and educating their children. We can?
not but hope for a prosperous future, -when the
last few years have exhibited such vitality and
euergy on the part of our citizens in the face of
so many/material and political difficulties.
The establishment of manufactories and the
opening of hew avenues to wealth will come of
themselves. Already, in some portions of our
State there is some surplus capital. This must'
and will increase annually. $tk what way will
it be employed 1 Firsjt.in improving our lands,
which will odd to their products. And then
how?' There are no slaves to be purchased
and, necessity will prompt other investments.
Does not nature1 in this section suggest the
choice ? Look at our water powers, our tim?
ber, the finest in the world; our mild, but salu?
brious climate, permitting labor every day in
the year; our fertile soil yielding, not only the
staple, cotton, in abundance, but equally fa?
vorable to the.growth of corn, oats, hogs, cattle
and horses amply sufficient for twenty times the
Eresent population ; our railroad connections
ranching out and connecting us with every
portion of the civilized world by land and wa?
ter ; and who can doubt but the creation of
capital will insure the establishment, of manu?
factories'and general prosperity in every branch
of productive industry. In our present disor?
dered political condition, capital will be cau?
tious of any investment, out as peace and
security become more sure these results must
follow. _ '_
Resolutions of the Haine Democracy.
The Democratic State Convention of Maine
met on Tuesday, 27th of June. Hon. Charles
P. Kimball, of Portland, was nominated by an
almost unanimous vote for Governor. The
following resolutions, similar to.those adopted
in Ohio, were passed with only four dissenting
votes. Their tone is progressive, hopeful and
patriotic:
Resolved, That, burying out of sight all dead
issues and deprecating the discussion of all past
questions that can have no application to the
presentafiairs and conditions, of our State and
country, we address ourselves to' the vital issues
and questions of the hour, bringing them to
and determining them by the .living principles
of Democracy, as promulgated by the fathers
of the republic ,* that we recognize our binding
obligations to the Constitution of the United
States ?s it now exists, denouncing the means
by which the same became tbe supreme law of
the land; that we will faithfully support the
Constitution of the United States as it now ex?
ists, and that we demand 'or'it' a strict con?
struction so as to protect equally the rights of
the State and individuals.
Resolved) That we cherish the American sys
tom of State and local governments, and we
will forever'defend the same against centralized
Federal power.
Resolved, That we reject the idea of repudia?
tion, of the national debt, and believe it to be
the duty of the government to pay according
to law and in lawful money all of its liabili?
ties..
Resolved, That the Democracy are opposed to
a high protective tariff, believing ic to be based
upon a false philosophy destructive to the in?
dustries of the natton, delusive* in its profes?
sions ; a tax levied on the many for tbe benefit
of the few, calculated to foster great monopo?
lies, and in effect permanently to increase the
income of the National Treasury or hasten the
liquidation of the public debt.
Resolved, That the imperfections of the civil
service under tbe Republican administration
demand a further application of the rule of
examinations as to qualifications which the
Democratic party long since inaugurated, and
we are in favor of any. judicious and .constitu?
tional measure of reform in this important par?
ticular. '
Resolved, That we would extend universal
amnesty to the South as the hest corrective
measure the government can apply to soothe
all irritation, remove local irregularity and dis?
orders, and- restore peaceful and harmonious
relations between the different sections, which
are the only permanent basis of union, and
should be the chief aim of our national legis?
lation. * .
Resolved, That the recent action of the ad?
ministration, in using the power of appointment
to override the settled decision of the Supreme
Court, we regard as dangerous, an ominous in?
dication, and as demonstrating that, since the
grand co-ordiuate divisions of the government
are not safe from executive usurpation, toe
party upholding such an arrogant assumption
ot power is un it for the position of trustees of
constitutional liberty.
Resolved, Their in. the Hon. C. P. Kimball,
the nominee of this convention, wo recognize a
gentleman of : ntelligence,'honorable record, a
thorough Democrat, and a firn* friend of tile
working-men, and that wo pledge to him our
cordial and united support in the coming elec?
tion._
? Why is a good husband like dough??
Doughn't you know? Why it is because a
woman needs him. ?
? A Missouri paper says it always prints
marriages and deaths together, as an intimation
that misfortunes never come singly.
? It waa one of Douglas Jerold's favorite
savings that "in the midst of life we are in
debt.'7
. ? la reply to a young friend leaving a town
because some things in it were not exactly to
her ta9te or content, an old lady of experience
said, "My dear, when you have found a place
where everybody and everything are always
{deasant, and nothing whatever is disagreeable,
et me know, and I'll move there Moo"
? Seek not to please the world, but yourowni
conscience. Tbe man who has a feeling within
him that he has done hiB duty upon every oc?
casion is far happier than he who hangs upon
the smile of the great or the still more-fickle
favors of the multitude.
? The best imitation of real'hair now in the
market is that made from linen thread. A
New Jersey man is the- patentee and' only
i manufacturer in tbe country, ami he makes
j black' Hnen switches, between which and the
1 genuine it is almost impossible to detect a dif
I Terence. The price he received is three dollars
1 a pound..
p ? ? m
Mark Twain's Autobiography.
That inimitable humorist, IVIark Twain, ef?
fectually burlesques that portion of creation
accustomed to exist as pensioners upon "ye
dead ancestors," in,the following graphic ae
scription of his own progenitors:
Ours is a noble old house, and stretches a
long way back into antiquity. The earliest an?
cestor the Twains have any record of was a
friend of the family by the name of Higgins.
Arthour Twain was a man of considerable
note?a solicitor on the highway in William
Bufus' time. At about the age of thirty he
went to one of those fine old English places of
resort, called Newgate, to see about something,
and never returned again. While there he died
suddenly.
Augustus Twain seems to have made some?
thing of a stir about the year 1160. He was
as full of fun as he could be, and used to take
his old sabre and sharpen it up, and get in a
convenient place on a dark night, and stick it
through people as they went by, to see them
jump. He was a born humorist. But he got
to going too far with it; and the first time lie
wr.s foaud stripping one of these parties, the
authorities removed one end of him, and put it
up on ...a nice, high place on Temple Bar, where
it could contemplate the people, and have a
good time. He never liked any situation so
much or stuck to it so long-.
Then for the next two hundred years the
family tree showed a succession of soldiers?
noble, high-spirited {fellows, who always went
into battle singing, right behind the army,
and who always wont out a-whooping, right
ahead of it.
This is a scathing rebuke to old dead Frois
sRrt's poor witticism, that our family treenever
had but one limb to i t, and that that one stuck
out at right angles, aid bore fruit winter and
summer.
Early in the fifteenth century we have Beau
Twain, called "the Scholar." He wrote a
beautiful hand; and he could imitate anybody's
hand so closely that it was enough to make a
parson Laugh .his head off to see it. He had
infinite sport with his talent. But by and by
he took a contract to break stone for a road,
and the roughness of the work spoiled his
hand. Still, he enjoyed life all the time he
was in the stone business, which, with incon?
siderable intervals, was some forty-two years.
In fact, he died in harness. During all those
long years he gave such satisfaction that he
never was through with one contract a week
till government gave him another. He was a
Eerfect pot; and He was always a favorite with
is fellow-artists, and was a conspicuous mem?
ber of their benevolent secret society, called
the Chain Gang. He always wore his hair
short, had a preference for striped clothes, and
died lamented by the government. He was a
sore loss to' his country. For he was so regu?
lar. *
Pah-go-to-wah-wah-pul-ke-te-kee-wis-to-kee
(Mighty Hunter with .a Hog-eye) Twain adorn?
ed the middle of the eighteenth century, and
aided Gen. Braddock with all his heart to resist
the oppressor, Washington. It was this ances?
tor who fired seventeen times at our "Washing?
ton from behind a tree. Sd far the beautiful
romantic narrative in the moral story-books is
correct; but when that narrative goes on to say
that at the seventeenth round the awe-stricken
savage said solemnly that that man was being
reserved by the Great Spirit for some mighty
mission, and he dared not lift his sacriligious
rifle against him again, the narrative seriously
impairs the integrity of history. What he did
say was:
"It ain't' no (hie) no use! 'At man's so
drunk he can't* stan' still long enough for a
man to hit him. I (hie) /can't 'fiord to fool
away tftiy more am'nition on him!"
How to Lire Long.
We copied from a recent number of Apple
ton's Journal an account given by thepoet Bry?
ant of the mode of life which he had pursued
for many years, and to which ma,, fairly be at?
tributed his remarkable health of mind and
body at a very advanced age. A Georgian,
who professes to be 96 years of age, and a car?
penter by trade, has been moved by Mr. Bry?
ant's letter to give his own method of preserv?
ing- health, which is somewhat different from
that of the poet. He says r
"I get up about five in the morning, drink
about six or eight drinks of good, solid corn
whiskey by about eight o'clock. By that time
I have jacked off ana dressed about five hun?
dred feet of plank, mere or less, then take
breakfast.
"My breakfast ia generally a smothered
chicken aud a stewed adfisb, or two- or three
trout; sometimes two or three shad, with beef?
steak and ham and fried eggs, with two or
three dozen boiled eggs, fifteen or twenty bat?
ter cakes, with a little coffee or tea?say about
six or eight cups?just as I feel about the num?
ber of cups. I then joint, tongue, and groove
the plank". By about 1 o'clock I am ready for
putting up or down, at which time I dine.
"My dinner is not always the same; but gen?
erally I take about three or four quarts of turtle
or pea soup, a small baked pig, or a roasted
goose, sometimes a quarter of a iamb or kidy
greens, beans, peas, onions, eschalots, potatoes,
cabbage, and other like vegetables, by .which
time I have drunk about fifteen or twenty
i drinks of old, solid corn whiskey. After din?
ner I put up or down my plank, as the case
may be; take a few drinks during the time,say
about twelve or fourteen.
,"I then'take the last meal, which is general?
ly called tea; don't use any meat; drink about
six quarts of good buttermilk, with about one
and a half or two pounds of light bread1; take
aboot four drinks to hold it steady, lav down
about eight, and rest better than if I had crowd?
ed my stomach. I then rest well, dream pleas
, ant dreams, and rise early again.
"This has been my mode of Living through
life. I am stout and active; weigh from 266
to 275 pounds; health fine. My head is as
black as a gander's back. I am not very ex
' trava&ant in using tobacco; only use about two
or three plugs a day, say one and a half pounds;
smoke some and chew the balance?not that.
I like the weed; use it only to keep my flesh
down."_
The Battle of Dojiking.?The "Battle of,
Dorking; Reminiscences of a Volunteer," is a
long sketch, which, appearing in the current
number of Blackwood'? Magazine, has created
no little excitement in England. It purports
to be the narrative told in 1922 by an English
volunteer to bis grandchildren, concerning
events which are supposed to have happenedin
our own time, and describes-how England; in?
dulging in fancied security, and taken unawares,
was pounced upon, by Germany, London and
all English soil c&ptnred; and! her colonies
possessed by her victorious conqueror. It is
substantially the story of France to-day, and of
her German foes, and its purpose is to arouse
the English poople to?a sense of their possible
danger from the ambitions of the great Conti
nental Power. Its influence has been remark- j
able. A profound effect has been produced in
the English mind by a perusal of ft. and gen?
eral attention has been turned to the military
deficiencies, and other dangers of invasion'
which it enumerates and deplores. One of the
more immediate results springing from this
able and timely sketch, is that it is inducing
many Englishmen to give their adhesion to'the
plan of a new military system, which the Duke
of Cambridge-, Commander-in-Chief of the
British army, is said to favor, namely, the re?
organization of that service on the Prussian
system; in other words, a system by which all
Englishmen shall serve compuisorily in. the
army for a certain number of yeara,and where?
by, in case of war, .a.i men. within' the years
subject to service at that special timeshall be
I come soldiers of the regular army, without any
I other preliminary ceremony than that of mus
| taring them in and supplying them with a uni
: form aud with equipments.. So, serious, indeed,
' arc the military .consequences of German unity,.
: that even John Bull, in his old age, is thinking
: about putting on a martial, instead of a shop
keeping, gune..
The Habit of Swearing.
Of all bad habits, it would be difficult .to
name one that has less reason or provocation
in it than that of using profane and vulgar
language. When coolly viewed, the act of one
human being calling violently on his Maker to
deliver over nis fellow man to condemnation is
wicked in the extreme; it is a vain and irreve?
rent use of his Maker's name, and it is the ex?
pression of a hateful and infernal wish. But
leaving the wickedness of the habit out of ac?
count, it is useless and irrational. It brings no
pleasure, nor comfort, nor relief. No swearer,
is ever the wiser, richer or happier for his
curses. He cannot inflict the evil he invokes, |
Ho may curse his enemy for a lifetime, without
turning one hair of his enemy's head white or
black, by the process.. The language furnishes
all the words and terms needed to give strength
and vigor to expression, without resorting to
oaths and curses. All the words needed to ex?
press indignation and wrath, even, are to be
found in it. An oath does not give strength or
emphasis to the truthful man's yea; and all the
oaths and maledictions that can be imagined |
cannot give an atom of strength to the liar's
hay. ?wearing is chiefly a habit; the oath,
which a well bred man utters in a moment of
passion or vexation, may be overlooked, for it
is, perhaps, an accident; but for the foul vol
lies of oaths and curses that the habitual swearer
pours out in ordinary conversation, or on slight
provocations, there is no shadow, for excuse.
They are a shame to himself, and a disgust to
his acquaintances. Some men are such slaves
of the vicious habit, that they swear without
knowing it; they converse in a dialect of oaths.
They would be disgusted themselves if .they
could see one of their simple conversations ta?
ken down in short and put in print with coarse
oaths bristling all along the line of their re?
marks. Profanity and vulgarity do not always
go together, but they are apt to. The swearer
is in danger of becoming vulgar, and the vul?
gar roan is almost invariably a swearer. When
Both habits meet in the same individual, they
make him inteusely offensive to all pure-minded
people. -It is imagined by some that an occa?
sional oath or a little vulgarity {rive spice and
flavor to conversation ; but if it does it is a
very offensive flavor. There is nothing more
charming than chaste and simple language,
and it is worth any young man'3 while to culti?
vate the habit of using it. An oath would not
be considered a flavor to the conversation -of a
modest and beautiful maiden; . neither can it
be justly held to add to the spirit of piquancy
of the conversation of a man. .
An O?trage.?It is our duty to record one
of the most brutal outrages that was ever com?
mitted in this or any other county. This out?
rage" was committed on the night of the 30th
June, at the residence of Mr. Harrison Scott,
who is one of our best citizens, and who resides
in the western portion of the County, near Mt.
Gallagher -post office. At the time, Mr. Scott
was absent on business, having gone to Honea j
Path Tor the purpose of selling cotton.
A'bout 1 o'clock on the night mentioned! a
band of negroes, supposed to be some ten or
twelve in number, came to his premises, and
first made an attack upon the store-room, in
which a little boy was" sleeping. ? The little
fellow, becoming frightened, ran out, and was
fired upon, but fortunately escaped without in?
jury. Xhey then made an attack upon the
dwelling house, in which they found Mrs. Scott,
her two children and her mother. Her mother
fled from the house, and was fired upon without
effect Entering, they demanded money of Mrs.
Scott, or information as to the place in which
it was kept. Mrs. Scott refusing to tell, they
proceeded to search the room, breaking in
pieces a splendid bureau and smashing things
{'enerally, amid oaths and all manner of foul
anguage. Failing in their search, they re?
turned to Mrs. Scott, dragged her from her bed
by the hair of her head, fired pistols around
her person, and finally presented them at her
bosom and swore that she must either tell or
die. She was still firm. They then carried her
daughter through the same ordeal, with like
result. Seizing upon a little son, they held him
up by the hair of the head, and swore if he did
not tell them where they could find the money
they would cut his throat from ear to ear. In'
his fright the child referred them to a certain
trunk, Where they found and took some $300 in
gold'ahd silver?mostly gold.
All this was done amid the most horrid oaths
and abusive language. After ibis the band
returned to the store-room, whore they obtain?
ed some $20 more, aud were only prevented
'from sacking it by the gathering of the neigh
: bora, who had been awakened by the firing-and
the shouting to the distance of a mile or more.
Ths proper affidavit was made before Trial
Justice Lark, who issued a warrant and has
already arrested and lodged in jail at this place
three of the guilty party?Squire Jackson,
Claries Clardy and George Smith. The Trial
Justice and his officer are in hot pursuit of the
others, and, in a short time, expects to have
the entire band of outlaws undei; the power of
the law.?Lavrensvillc Herald.
A New Cotton Press.?The Memphis
Avalanche makes mention of a new cotton
S'ress which, if correctly represented, seems
estined to supercede all others now in use.
It can compress 70 bales or 35,000 pounds into
such a compass as will enable them to occupy
. the space now necessary to contain 87 bales.
The bales come from under the press equal in
size, and either cylindrical or octagonal in
shape. Ninety bales can be pressed in an hour,
and it is claimed that not only can the press
be run with more economy than any other now
in use, but that the tying of the bauds and the
sewing of the heads can all be done after the
bale;, pass out of the compressing chamber,
thus saving the time that is lost in doing this
work while the bale is in the press, as is now
the case. The Avalanche says the press, which
is called the-"Annihilator." will be in opera?
tion at Memphis, New Orleans and Savannah
by the time the present growing crop begins to
come forward.
? What is now styUd a "beautiful blonde,"
says some fellow, once went by the name of a
"tow head."
? "Patty," a lady culled to a little girl who
was in the parlor, "did you tell your mother
that I was here V "Yes'm," answered Patty,
demurely. "And what did she say?" "She
said, 'Oh,, that dreadful woman again I' "
? Dr. Hall has written a long article to
prove that it is unhealthy for man and wife to
sleep in the same room, but the Borne (Ga.|
O.mmer.cial knows of some wives that would
make it unhealthy fox their husbands to sleep
anywhere else
? They use-guano down in Alabama to coax
the crops along, and a man who sells the best
guano gets the most trade. There is one kind
that is awful strong. A farmer put a sample of
if. in his pocket, and started for home. There
was a carpet-tack in his pocket when he put
the guano in there, and when he got home
there was a bar of railroad iron in his pocket,
which almost.weighed his horse down. He
said he thought he felt something heavy in the
last half of the journey. If some papers should
tell this story no one would believe it
? Ex-President Davis declines to lecture in
Mobile, because, he says, his words would be
abused by political opponents in the North to
injure his Southern friends. The following is
the closing portion of Mr. Da vis's letter: "Ut
surely would not be difficult, with the freedom
you allow in the selection of a subject,, to avoid
any expression which could fairly be used to
the injury of my Southern friends, but it would
hardly be possible und?r existing circumstances
to prevent my words fromi being abused for
such a purpose. Hopefully looking forward to
the better day when- such restraints shall no
longer exist, I beg you to make my acknowl?
edgements-acceptable to your associates, and to
accept for yourself assurances of the high re-,
gcrd with which I am your friend"
DON'T
OVERLOOK THIS.:
No Charge for Showing Goods.
FT1HE subscriber has just returned from New
I York, and is now receiving a large and
well-selected stock of Goods, which he is confi?
dent can
BE SOLD LOWER
j - ; /-?' - ? : ., ? - '? . \ f
Than any stock of Goods
ETEB BROUGHT TO THIS HARKET,
His stock consists, in part, oC ?
Calicoes, Cambrics, Lawns, Peroales,
Muslins, Mozambique?, Japanese Cloths,
Mohairs, Organdies, Delaines,
A1 paccas, Jaconets, . Swiss, Nainsook,
Blea. & unblea. Shirting and Sheetiirg, ?
Plaid & Striped Homespuns, Bed Tickings,
And, in fact, everything else belonging
to the Dry Goods line;
I have also an unusually large and cheap stock of
Mens', Ladies, Boys and Misses
BOOTS and SHOES.
My stock of Mens', Touths' and Boys'
CLOTHING- and CLOTHS,
Embraces everything hr that line,'from Cot?
ton and Linen TWEEDS to. the finest
CLOTHS and CASSIMEBE8.
My Gents' Furnishing Department
Is complete in everything usually kept in U> at line
Of Fancy Goods and Yankee Notions,
- I have an endless variety.
All of the latest slylc9 of?
Ladies' and Misses Hats and Bonnets,
Mens', Youths'and Boys'Hats and Caps,
Hosiery, Gloves, Collars, Cravats,
Toilet Soaps,
Ribbons, Laces, Gimps, Embroideries, Ac.
GROCERIES, HARDWARE,
IRON,'-STEEL, HOELOW-WARE,
SHOVELS, FORKS, SPADES, HOES,
AXES, HATCHETS, HAMMERS,
&c, &c, &c.
Be snre and examine my stock before purcha?
sing, for I am confident I can sell you goods.
A trial is all I ask.
M. LESSER,
No. 3 Granite Row,
Anderson C. EE., S. C.
April 6, 1871 40
MARBLE WORKS.
LOCATION,
Main St., near Railroad. Bridge.
TTTE WILL FURNISH MARBLE WORK AS
VY LOW AS CAN BE BOUGHT ELSE?
WHERE. Below is our Price List:
Tomb Top*, of Vermont Marble,
common and ordinary, 6x2 feet...$ 35 to 40
Good Quality. 45 to 47
No. 1 and Statuary. 50 to 65
Italian, of same..'. 50 to 55
Head Stones, 4x1 ft. 6 inches. 14 to 16
' Head Stones, 3x1 ft t inches, and
8x1 feet. 8P to 9
Monuments, Monumental Head
Stones at same rates.
Box Tombs, plaiu.115 to 125
Paneled, good quality. 135 to 160
No. 1 Heavy Paneled, with posts... 175 to 190
Lettering._3 and Z\ cents a letter.
At our Shop we put up those $250 Tombs
at $160, and guarantee to furnish' as good ma?
terial and heavier paneled work for the same.
Parties wishing Marble Work will find it to
their interest to call on as.
T. WILDMAJS k CO.
May 25,1871 ? 47
Greenville & Columbia Railroad.
Columbia, 8. ?., March 1,1871.
ON and after this date, the following Schedule will be
run daily, Sundurs excepted, connecting with Night
Trains on South Carolina Rood, up and down, abo-with
Trains going North and Fouth on Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad':
OF TRAIN.
Leave Columbia.?..7.00 a. ra
Alston.?.9.10 a. m.
Newberry.?....11.15 a. m.
Cokeshury......_.'..3.00 p. m.
Bel ton_.ft...m. 5.00 p.m.
Arrive Anderson..t.... 6.00 p. nr..
at Greenville.6.30 p. m.
DOWN TRAIN.
Le.rre Greenville-.6.15 a. ra.
Anderson _.-.~...&45 a. mi
Belton._.-.8.04 a. m.
.Cokesburjr.7.........?10.07 a. m.
Abbeville.-._?.?.8:18 aim.
New berry..._;_._1.50 p.m..
Alston.- 4.05 p. m.
Arrive Columbia.-6.55 p. m.
If. T. BARTLETT, General Ticket Agent.
March 9, 1871 . 36
WATCHES, CLOCES AHB JEWELKY
FOR SALE AT
LOW FIGURES.
ALL kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
neatly and carefully repaired at tbe old
stand of W. K, HARRIS. Having bad' a practi?
cal experience of six years in the trade, is confi?
dent of giving entire satisfaction. AH repairing
warranted for twelve months.
Wost end Masonic Building.
J. A. DANIELS.
April 13, 1871 41
1 MGisiui'MaclflrT
AT PENDI.ETON,. S- C.
ALL orders for TINWARE from country mer?
chants and village stores promptly filled at
low cash prices. Old tin vessels, lamps, guns,
pistols, sewing machines, etc, repaired. Rags,
Beeswax, Tallow, &c, taken in exchange.
Any one wishing anything in the above line
will do well to give me an early call. PAR?
LOR, and COO KING STOVES always on hand.
GEO. D. BARR,
Pendleton, S. C.
Fob 16; 1871 38
J. C. C. FEATHERSTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WILL praotico in tbe Courts of Anderson, Abbe?
ville and surrounding Counties, and in
the United States Courts.
Office?No. 8 Granite Row, up stairs,, o-en
Watson & Bro's. Store, Anderson 0. H.
Jan 6? 1871 27
S8T OLD NEWSPAPL'BS fcr sale at. this- Office
by the Hundred or TtausaxuL.
June 1,1871 4& 3
1871. SPRING TRADE. 1871.
CROQUET.
Complete sets from $3 to $20 per set.
BASE BALLS.
All the different kinds at reduced prices.
FISHING TACKLE,
Of every description.
TRAVELING BAGS,
For ladies and gentlemen. ?
FOREIGN FANCY GOODS,
GUNS AND PISTOLS OP
ALL KINDS and PRICES,
AMMUNITION,
SPORTSMEN'S GOODS,
. Goods shipped to any part of the country per
express. The same careful attention .given to or?
ders by mail as to personal purchases. Prices'
for oar goods based on gold' at par.
POULTXEY, TRIMBLE ? CO.,
200 W. Baltimore Street,
BALTIMORE, JO,
April 6, 1871 40 ly
IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO
CONSUMERS QF DRY GOODS,
All Retail Orders amounting to 920 and
Over Delivered in any Part of the
Country
free ot Express Cliarg-e?,
HAMILTON EASTER & SONS,
OF BALTIMORE, MD.,
; In order the better to meet the mats of their Retail Cof
tomers at a distance, havu established a
SAMPLE BUREAU,' . "
and will, upon application, promptly send by mail full line*
of Samples of the Newest and most Fashionable Goods, of
FRENCH, ENGLI8H and DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE,
, guaranteeing at all times to sell allow, If not at lest prices,
tban any bouse Ih the country/.
Buying our good* from the largest and most celebrated
manufacturers in the different parts of Europe, and Im?
porting the Mime by Steamers direct* to Baltimore, our
stock is at all times promptly supplied with the novelties
of the London and Paris markets.
As we buy and sell only Jot cash, and make no bad'debit;
we are able and willing to sell our goods at ?bom Tex to*
Fiftees Pee Cent. Less Peofit than if we gare credit.
In tending for samples specify the kind of goods desired.
We keep the best grades oi every class of goods, from, the
lowest to the most costly.
Orders unaccompanied by the cash will be sent C 0. D.
PROMPT-PAYING WHOLESALE BUYERS aro invi?
ted to inspect the Stock in onr Jobbing and Packing De?
partment. Address
^ HAMILTON EASTER & SONS, ? ?
197, 199, 201 and 203 West Baltimore Street, '
Baltimore, Md.
Oct27,1870 - 18 ly
W?VER LT HOUSE,
Anderson, S. C.
-
JOES A. MATES, Proprietor.
,-:--0-;
THE WAYERLY BOUSE has been repaJred an*
fitted up, and has new a .magnificent ap?
peal ance. Mr May es is lately of Abbeville, and
is well known as a good Hotel keeper. The House
has been newly furnished, and has all th? modern
improvements and comforts, and will give the best
the country afford* io way of fare, which will be
served up in the best of style. .j
Stop and see us. and you will be well treated.
March 23, 1871 88
H.H. SCUDDAY* UL D.,
Physician and Surgeon,,
ANDERSON C. H., S. C,
RESPECTFULLY tenders his services to the
citizens Of Anderson Village and vicinity.
With an experience of sixteen, years in all forms*
of disease peouliar to this -?climate, he hopes to-,
meet tbe expectations of all patients committed
to his care.
Special attention given to Obsterics, and dis?
eases of women and children.
When not professionally engaged, he can usn
ally be seen at the Drug Store of Messrs. Simp?
son, Hill & Co., 0* art the residence formerly oc?
cupied by J. B. Sloan, deceased.
March 28,1871 88 6m
M. GOLDSMITH. P. KIND..
GOLDSMITH & KIND,
FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS,
- (?ff<SJTIX 1B0H woeks,) ?' m
COLUMBIA, S. G.y
MANUFACTURERS of Steam Engines, of alf
sices: Horse Powers, Circular and Muley
Saw Mills, Flour Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane
Mills, Ornamental House and Store Fronts, Cast
Iron Railing? of every sort, including graveyards,
residences, &o. Agricultural Implements, Brass
and iron Castings of all kinds'made to order on
short notice, and on the most reasonable terras.
Also, manufacturers- of Cotton Pscsses, &o.
May 18, 1871 AS- ly
HENRY BISCHOFF & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers,
AND DEALERS IN
WIKES, LIQUORS,
CIGARS, TOBACCO, &C
No. 19? East Bay,
Hi BISCHOFF,"!
? ISf Charleston, S. C.
Fob 28,: 1871 34 ] 6>
MAOaUEEN & RIECKE,
WHOLESALE
Produce & Provision Dealers,
Have constantly on hand and receiving, Ba?
con, Dry Salted Meats, Fork, Lard,
> Floun, Sugar, Molasses, &c.,. &a.
Purchasers are requested to examine their stock at
21 and 23 VEND?E RANGE,
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA,
Feb 23,-1871 84 .Cm
IV^TER WHEEL
Mill Gearing.ShafiinfeJPullejs
^*H#%M0r#
L?eiuxfoba cibcuur,
Sepil?, 1870 12 ly
UV. HERRY TRMCOH. IK W. HCMPUUETS.
TKESCOT & HUMPHREYS,
Attorneys at Law,
WILL practice in the Courts of the Eighth
Circuit, and in tbe United States Court
Office in Broyles' building, opposite the Bensca
Hoose, Anderson C. II.
Feb 9, 1871 32