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THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1871.
Watermelone and peaches have been
plentiful in- this market for the last te? days.
B&? The telegraph office at Behoa was
opened yesterday, we learn, and the line is
being rapidly pushed through 1? Greenville.
The Saluda Dental Society will meet in
Greenville on Tuesday evening, August 1st, at
8} o'clock. Dentists generally are invited to |
attend.
S@F The advertisement of the Pendleton
Factory shows that its managers are developing
and diversifying the industrial resources of the
country, and offer many inducements to the
public in the various departments of their
flourishing business.
We visited the jail yesterday, and con?
versed for a short time with Shadrach Webster,
who is to be hung to-morrow. He says that he
is prepared to die aud meet his Maker. He
does not expect respite or pardon. Arrange?
ments are making for his execution, which will
take plaec in an old field, one mile south of |
this place.
We are iuformed that Franklin Gabrell,
who claimed to be raised about 10 miles from
Anderson C. H., was found dead in a corn-field
near the residence of Mr. T. R. Coleman, in
Edgefield County, on the 8th inst. His friends
can obtain further information by applying to
Capt. John W. Daniels, at this place, or T. R.
Coleman, Dyson's Mill, S. C.
fig?" The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad proposes to charge full freight on all
stock, merchandize, &c, sent to the next State
Fair, but will refund the charge on return of |
the articles?thus conveying freight designed
for the Fair free of charge both ways. This is
eommenduble liberality, and is deserving of |
imitation by all the railroads.
Andersen High School.
The exercises of the second term of this in?
stitution, of which Mr. W. J. Ligon is Princi?
pal, will close on Thursday, July 27th, with an
exhibition, consisting of dialogues, original
and selected speeches. The friends and pa?
trons of the school are respectfully invited to
attend. The evening's entertainment will com?
mence precisely at 8 o'clock.
The Weather and Crops.
A fine rain visited this section on Tuesday
last, and several partial rains are reported in
some localities during the past week. The
rain on Tuesday will prove highly beneficial to
the corn crop, which had begun to suffer from
the hot, dry weather. The* cotton crop still
promises well. Altogether, the prospect in this
county is highly encouraging.
Arrested.
A negro man calling himself Jam es Gailiard^
formerly known as Wm. Broyles, was arrested
yesterday upon the charge of stealing a mule,
and was lodged in jail. He sold the mule sev?
eral days ago to one of our citizens,, and some
colored men suspecting his movements herea
bout8?hacthim. arrested upon other charges at
first, when his connection with the mule was
ascertained. It was a small black mule, with
one eye, and we are informed that it has since
been sold to parties living in Georgia.
Saluda Baptist Association.
The sixty-ninth anniversary meeting of the j
Saluda Baptist Association will be held by ap-1
polntment -.vith Neal's Creek Church, six miles
east of Anderson C. EL, eo Thursday before
the second Sabbath in August next. Rev. W.
D. Beverley wa3 appointed at the last meeting
to preach the Introductory Sermon on this oc?
casion, but this duty will fall upon his alter?
nate, Rev. R. W. Burts, as Mr. Beverley has
since removed to Texas. Rev. W. E. Walters
was appointed to preach the Charity Sermon,
with Rev. B. F. Mauldin as his alternate.
Disastrous Fire.
We regret to learn that our friend, Mr. P. L.
Dean, living near Fair Play, in Oconee coun?
ty, met with a heavy loss by fire on Monday,
10th inst. His dwelling caught fire about three
o'clock it) the afternoon of that day, and was
totally consumed, besides the furniture, the
clothing of the family, and several hundred
dollars in greenbacks, making a total loss of J
about S2G00. There was no insurance upon
the building or its content?, we believe. The
origin of the fire is not explained, unless it was
an incendiary act, as the flames were discover?
ed in a room where there had. been no fire for
several months. Wc deeply sympathize with
Mr. Dean in this great misfortune.
Kershaw County for Sale.
The Cumden Journal states that Sheriff |
Bosweli, of that county, some time ago obtain?
ed a large judgment against Kershaw County,
and the Coroner has advertised the entire prop?
erty of the County, ko far as the same is known,
for sale on the first Monday in August. The
property levied upon consists of several tracts
of land, town lots in Camden,. including tho
Court House and Jail, and a variety of person?
al property, embracing the furnitlrre of the
Court House, &e. This is a lamentable condi?
tion of affairs brought about by the mal-ad
ministration of the County Commissioners,
who are ignorant and incompetent officials but
"trooly loil" citizens, ami members of the Radi?
cal party. The Sheriff will likely purchase
the property, it is thought.
The Colored Demonstration.
The colored people of this town and vicinity
arranged for a general jubilee on last Saturday,
and in response to the announcement, only
made a few day?, before, hundreds of men,
women and children thronged our streets at an
early hour. The militia paraded in the morn?
ing, and after going through the exercises of a
drill, their arms were laid aside, and the mem?
bers prepared to unite in a demonstration more
in consonance with the peaceful condition of
this section. The Sunday Schools formed a
procession at the new Baptist Church, and
marched to Main street, thence to the public
square and through to McDuffio street. The
procession was halted at the house recently
purchased for school purposes, and formerly
belonging to the Winthrop estate. Here the
crowd gathered, until an immense audience was
assembled. Quite a number of white persons
were present by invitation, and seats upon the
piazza assigned to them. The order of exor?
cises was then announced, and the white speak?
ers were invited to give the colored people some
information touching the Air Line Railroad.
The exercises were then opened with solemn
prayer by Rev. W. A. Hodges, of the Metho?
dist Church. Mr. James A. Hoyt, editor of
the Intelligencer, was then introduced, and oc?
cupied twenty minutes in an effort to enlighten
his hearers upon their duties as citizens, and
particularly concerning their interest in the
construction of the Air Line Railroad through
this town and county. Col. R. S. Hill was the
next speaker, and in a brief, good-humored
speech, mainly addressed to the Sunday School,
received the undivided attentiou and frequent
applause of the audience. Rev. W. A. Hodges
was then requested to address the assemblage,
and for a short time earnestly urged upon his
colored hearers the cultivation of a moral and
religious sentiment, and the development and
advancement of their children in education.
His remarks were highly appreciated, judging
by the interest manifested during their delivery
and the plaudits at the close.
Henry Kennedy, colored, wjis called for, and
made a short and sensible speech in favor of
the Air Line Railroad. He vras followed by
Samuel Johnson, colored, on the same subject,
but in a humorous vein, which caused frequent
laughter and applause. All the speakers, white
and colored, eschewed party politics.
The speaking being now concluded, the bas?
kets were brought into requisition, and prepa?
rations inad? for a pic nie dinner. A room in
the second story of the building was set apart
for the white people, and a magnificent dinner
was spread upon the table, to which the whites
were invited. The dinner embraced a great
: variety, prepared in the best style, and was
truly enjoyed by the twenty or thirty gentle?
men seated around the table.
The colored people, scattered in groups about
the building and grounds, seemed to enjoy the
day most happily, and from the large number
of baskets displayed, we presume that there
was an abundance of eatables provided. When
we left the place, all was hilarity and cheerful?
ness, and we learn that naught occurred after?
wards to disturb the occasion or mar the har?
mony manifested throughout the day. It was
a quiet, orderly demonstration in every particu?
lar, and reflects credit upon the colored people
of Anderson.
The Land and Immigration Scheme.
A popular arrangement for investing in the
proposed Land and Immigration Scheme, set
on foot by Messrs. Butler, Chadwick, Gary &
Co., is to organize clubs for the purchase of
tickets. For instance, a club is organized, em?
bracing ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, or any
number of individuals, each contributing an
equal amount. The sum total is then invested
in tickets, and each member of the club signs
an agreement that whatever is drawn by anyone
or more of said tickets is to be equally divided
between the individuals composing the club.
It will be observed that by this combination of
mutual interests, in the case of a club of ten
persons, five dollars will purchase au equal
share in ten tickets, thus securing ten chances
of drawing a prize We understand that sev?
eral clubs are organizing in this vicinity. Any
further information concerning the club sys?
tem, or in reference to the general scheme, can
be obtained on application to Maj. B. F. Whit
ner, the authorized agent for Anderson county.
Roller Composition.
The Union Times makes enquiry of printers
and publishers as to the efficacy and utility of the
patent composition for rollers. Our cotempo
rary concludes that it will not answer for hot
weather. The experience in this office is sim?
ilar to that of the Times, and for several weeks
past we have abandoned its use and resoried to
glue and molasses. But it is our conviction
that Francis & Loutrellc's composition will
prove satisfactory upon a power-press, where
the roller is kept in constant motion, and that
one-great reason for its failure with the hand
press is the inability to obtain unceasing mo?
tion, by which the ink is kept continuously
distributed. Any cessation makes the ink
gather upon the roller, and causes streaks
across the paper.
Personal.
We were honored with a call yesterday from
Capt. C. E. Chichcster, of Charleston, who is
on a visit to the up-country, and is upending a
few days in our town. He is reporting obser
? vations of men and things for the Charleston
Cbnrier.
Also, we have received a visit from Mr. F.
P. Beard, of the Temperance Advocate, publish?
ed in Columbia. He is canvassing this section
with great success, and is gaining many friends
for his paper, the prospectus of which appears
in our columns to-day. Every friend of tem?
perance ought to give this enterprise solid en
encouragement.
A Distinguished Traveler.
We received a call yesterday from Col. M.
L. DcMalher, a native of Loudon county, Va.,
who is said to be the most extensive traveler
in the world. He has traversed both Europe
and America on foot, and upwards of 23,000
miles of territory. He is a gentleman of pol?
ished manners, has received a liberal education,
and is endowed with brilliant conversational
powers. He began traveling in early youth,
and is yet quite a young man.. Of course; his
varied experience in life is interesting, and wc
will publish a short sketch of his remarkable
career in our next issue.
In Search of Light.
Tho precious Land Commission muddle, that
so seriously puzzled our grave legislators last
winter, is again to be re-hashed in the news?
papers. It will be remembered that a joint
committee of the General Assembly pretended
to investigate the actings and doings of the
Land Commission, while that beneficent insti?
tution was under the charge and supervision of
the immaculate, irrepressible and erratic Seaa
tor from Barnwell, Hon. C. P. Leslie. It .is
not very clear that this investigation ever
amounted to anything of practical value, but
it is known that Leslie defied the Senate on
several occasions to disturb him on this ques?
tion or attempt to force any exposure of the
management of the Land Commission. But it
appears that we are about to get some informa?
tion, at last. Senator Foster,, of Spartanburg,
was a member of the Investigating Committee.
He was elected to the Senate in 1868 as a Dem?
ocrat. For reasons of his own, Leslie has
called upon Mr. Foster through the Charleston
newspapers to state the result of his search in?
to the labyrinthine intricacies of that pet
scheme of the Radicals,-by which $700,000 in
bonds of the State was expended for the pur?
chase of "lands for the landless, and homes for
the homeless," but which magnificent dream
has never been realize! by any considerable
number of the State's prospective wards. Now?
we take some interest in this question, and
would unite with Mr. Leslie in calling upon
tho Senator from Spartanburg to make a clean
breast of the whole transaction, from begin
ing to end, as to the progress and result of that
farcical investigation. Were any facts elicited
to show such monstrous peculations and theft
as charged in the political campaign last sum?
mer? Did Senator Foster, or any member of
the committee, ascertaiu if there was any truth
in the allegations against Leslie and his agents,
and the members of the Advisory Board, that
they put money in their own pockets by reason
of their connection with the Land Commis?
sion ? A full and explicit answer, so far as his
knowledge extends, is due to the anti-Radical
element of this State, and we trust that Mr.
Foster, for his own sake, will not hesitate to di?
vulge any and every information in his posses?
sion. We copy the card of Mr Leslie from the
Charleston Courier :
Charleston, S. C, July, 10, 1871.
I Hon. Joel Foster, Smator from Spartanburg:'
Dear Sir?You were appointed a member
of a Joint Committeee to investigate the trans?
actions of the Land Commission, past and
present. You made an investigation of the
transactions of the Commission during the time
I was Land Commissioner. I ask you to state
to the public the result of your investigations,
so far as I am concerned.
I wrote you six weeks since on the same sub?
ject, to which you have made no reply. I am
certain you received my letter. I now ask you
to answer, or tell the people why you refuse.
You were the only Democrat on the Commit?
tee, and I wish to hear from you, whether any
one else does or no. Will you please open your
mouth, and let the public know what's the
matter. Yours respectfully,
C. P. LESLIE.
History of the South Carolina College.
We are pleased to observe that Dr. M. La
Borde has concluded to publish a second edi?
tion of the "History of the South Carolina
College." Many of our readers, and especially
graduates of this institution, will remember
that the first edition brought the history down
to the close of the year 1857. The edition now
proposed will embrace the whole period of its
existence, commenciug with the original act of
incorporation in December, 1801, and conclud?
ing with tho act establishing the University of
South Carolina in December, 1805.
An increased interest will be imparted to this
second edition, not only from the fact that it
will constitute a complete history of the Col?
lege, but by the further consideration that it
will contain several new sketches and addi?
tions to the sketches of those Presidents aud
Professors who have died since the appearance
of the work in 1857. Among the new sketches
we may mention those of Judge Longstreet,
Rev. Robert W. Barnwell, and Prof. Vcnablc,
of the University of Virginia.
The volume will be embellished by portraits
of the various Presidents of the College. It
will contain about five hundred pages, and will
be furnished to single subscribers at $3.00 per
copy. Subscriptions not otherwise made can
be forwarded to the author, Prof. M. LaBordo,
Columbia, 8. C.
Badly Frightened.
On Monday last, during the prevalence of a
thunder storm, an old colored man named King
was discovered near the railroad, upon the
plantation of Dr. O. R. Broyles, jr., lying pros?
trate upon the ground. The Dr. ordered some
colored people to ascertain what was the mat?
ter with him, aud although they proceeded in
that direction, afterwards returned to the house
without executing the command. Dr. Broyles
then went to his relief, and applied restoratives,
which brought tho old man to semi-conscious?
ness. Upon being asked, King said that some
one had shot at him, and that powder burnt
hi.s back. The truth is, he had received a
severe shock from lightning, and concluded
that the Ku Klux were after him I
ThkQuhex Bosk op Cookeuy P.ooks.? The
liest Cookery Book in the world?the most
thorough, tho most valuable-, the most admira?
bly arranged?has been compiled, and lately
published, by aSunth Carolina lady, Miss The
ros.-i C. lirown, <>f Anderson. We 1k?vo tho
honor to know the lady personally, and it gives
us much pleasure to nsMuro her Unit her tank in
emphatically well done. We wiv this upon
good authority, for our mother and sisters, not
lazy women, go about with tho book clasped in
their arms, and refuse to bo parted from ltovon
for a moment. Miss Brown's work is entitled
"Modern Domestic Cookery" and is beautifully
issued by Edward Perry, Printer and Publish?
er, of Charleston. Tt is divided into thirty-four
parts or chapters, ami contains three hundred
and sixty Recipes.
Our Southern ladies, if they pretend tobodc
cent housekeepers, are now absolutely obliged
to closolv superintend their cooking; ami to
those ladies, one and all, we would say: You
should undoubtedly procure a copy of Mws
lirown's "Modern Domestic Cookery." It will
ease and brighten your oath through lifo. Tho
book lies upon our table for inspection. Wo
will be most happy to order a copy for any and*
every friend.?EdgcficUl A dverliscr.
? Tt w a gratifying sign of the times, flays
the Laurensville Juraltf, that our people are
determined to develop the resources of the
country; that every other man may be Recn
with a "pocket full of rocks," and Dana's
Mineralogy under his arm. Every class of the
community?lawyers,, doctors, mercbant.s and
farmers?have fallen victims to the contagion.
A company has been formed, atid heavy pros?
pecting is goin^ on in the northern portion of
this county. Cold and precious stones are the
topics you hear discussed at every corner.
Orange Demonstration and Riot in New
York.
The 12th of July is celebrated by the Orange
I societies of this country, England and Ireland.
This is a Protestant organization, and dates its
origin from the battle of tho Boyne, which was
fought in 1690 between the Irish under James
II of England, and the English, Dutch and
Anglo-Irish troops of William of Orange on
the other side. It was closely contested, and
both sides fought with the greatest bravery,
but the Irish were defeated chiefly through the
bad management of King James, who fled
from the field before the contest was decided.
Other battles followed, and after a year's strug?
gle, the independence of Ireland was lost on
the 12th of July, 1691. Nearly two hundred
years have elapsed, during which time the
Irish have had several conflicts with the Eng?
lish nation, but never afterward under the au?
thority of an organized government.
Such is a condensed statement of the histor?
ical meaning attached to the Orange societies.
They represent the anti-Catholic element of
Ireland, and their lodges in the last few years
have celebrated the triumphs of their ancestors
by public demonstrations, in the principal
cities of this country. It is unnecessary to
say that these demonstrations are looked upon
with decided dislike and aversion by the great
masses of the Irish population in this country,
as the vast majority of them are Catholics and
sympathizers with the Fenian movement. This
feeling of antipathy and disliko has grown
very rapidly, and when it was announced that
the Orangemen would parade this year, loud
and frequent threats were made by the Fenian
element, especially in New York city, that the
demonstration would be forcibly prevented.
This was the condition of affairs in New York
city; and for some days previous to the 12th
of July, the newspapers were filled with the
various phases of this unhappy and fruitless
controversy. At length, the excitement and
probable consequences of riot and bloodshed
induced the Mayor of New York, A. Oakcy
Hall, to forbid the parade of the Orangemen.
This order was promulgated by Superintendent
Kelso, of the Police Department, and no soon?
er than signed, it was virulently assailed by
the newspapers and loudly denounced by the
people generally. It was an interference with
the right of peaceable citizens to assemble, and
it was a proscription of their religious creed.
The excitement grew more intense after the
promulgation of this order, and it was appa?
rent that there was a deep-seated hostility
awakened to Mayor Hall and his administra?
tion. The clamor was raised for protection to
the Orange societies, and the freedom of reli?
gious opinion. In this emergency, G-ov. Hoff?
man appeared upon the scene, and obtained a
revocation of the untimely order against the
parade, and then issued his proclamation as
Governor, assuring protection to the fullest ex?
tent possible by the military and police au?
thorities. Preparations were at once made to
preserve the peace and prevent any riotous
conduct. This was the condition of affairs on
Wednesday morning. The narrative of that
day's bloody experience is briefly told in the
following summary of the New York World :
The Orange societies of New York celebra?
ted the 12th of July under the protection of
the entire military and police force of the city.
The day was one as crowded with incident and
excitement as any since that on which the
news of the firing on Sumter reached us, just
ten years ago. The police, 1,500 strong, as?
sembled at headquarters at 6 o'clock a. m.
The several regiments of the National Guard
which had been called out were on duty at
their respective armories by 7 o'clock. Gov.
Hoffman and Mayor Hall went to the Police
Headquarters early and remained there during
the day. An order was issued by the Mayor
at noon closing all the liquor shops. The po?
lice received definite intelligence previous to
this that the Orangemen would parade, and
that the procession would move from the cor?
ner of Eighth avenue and Twenty-eighth
street. A heavy detachment of police and
several regiments were at once despatched to
tho spot. Rioting had commenced as early as
7 o'clock in the morning. A regiment of cav?
alry and infantry dispersed a mob which was
threatening to burn the house of Henry A.
Heiser, Esq. At 9 o'clock the Irish laborers
on the boulevards left off work and attacked
the Italian and German laborers, beating them
badly. The rioters fled upon the approach of
the military. Collisions between the police
and tho mob took place in various parts of the
city, notably in front of the Fenian headquar?
ters the Hibernian Hall, and opposite Grace
Church in Broadway.
The procession began moving at 2:30 o 'clock.
Tho Orangemen, though few in numbers, were
escorted by a heavy detachment of police and
the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Twenty-second,
and Eighty-fourth regiments. Along Eighth
avenue they were assaulted by bricks and
stones, and finally, near the corner of Twenty
sixth street; a shot was fired by a rioter. Then
followed the tragedy of the day. The military
fired several volleys into tho crowd, which
scattered and fled in every direction, leaving
the dead and dying in the streets. The pro?
cession did not pause, however, but kept on its
march down the avenue, through Twenty-third
street and Fifth avenue to Fourteenth street,
and thence to Cooper Institute, where the
Orangemen disbanded. There were many hos?
tile demonstrations made, but no serious con?
flict took place after leaving Eighth avenue.
Tho Orangemen wcro frequently cheered by
the citizens on the route. There was an at?
tempt to mob the house of an Orangeman in
Twentieth street last night, but the police dis?
persed the rioters. Otherwise the city was
quiet after sundown. The troop remained un?
der arms all night at the armories. Our list of
dead foots un 49, and of wounded 108. Some
of the dead bodies at the Morgue are not yet
identified. Among the victims of the fatal
firing on ICiglith avenue were Jlr. Hour}' C.
Page, manager of tho Grand Opera 1 rouse, and
Sergeant Wyatt, of the Ninth Regiment?
Colonel Fisk was wounded by a brickbat.
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
Williamston Township.
In accordance with inetruction* from the
State Superintendent of Education of South
Carolina, the legal voters of Williamston Town?
ship met July 15th for the purposes of assessing
an additional tax for educational purposes.
Mr. J. H. Carlisle being requested to act as
Chairman, briefly stated the object of the meet?
ing. After taking his scat, it was moved und
seconded' that Maj. T. F. Anderson act as Clerk.
Tho meeting unanimously voted a tax of fifty
cents per head on each legal voter in the town?
ship.
It was also moved and carried that these pro?
ceedings be published in the Anderson Intelli?
gencer.
The meeting then adjourned.
T. F. ANDERSON, Clerk.
? At Cambridge, Mass., last week, the
lightning struck the house of a lightning-rod
maker, just to show it* impartiality
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.
? Mr. C. Y. Richardson died of sunstroke
in Charleston on Saturday.
? The semi-annual examination of the
Reidville Female College took place on Friday,
June 30th.
? The Union Times of Friday last says the
Ku Klux committee were expected there from
Spartanburg on that day.
? Rev. Mr. Shiereubeek has been elected
professor of the German language and litera?
ture, in Newberry College, located at Walhalla.
? Fifteen thousand water-melons, from the
famous melon patches in the vicinity of Augus?
ta, passed through Charleston last week to New
York.
? The Greenville Enterprise says: The tele?
graph will soon reach Greenville, when we
shall be in talking communication with all the
other cities of the globe.
? Judge Willard has issued a peremptory
writ of mandamus to compel Jillson, the State
Superintendent of Education, to draw an order
to pay the public school teachers of Charles?
ton.
? At the Langley Cotton Mills, near Aiken,
S. C, a tornado was experienced on Wednesday
last, which did some damage to the main build?
ing and smaller structures around. The wind
and rain for a time came with great force.
? A little girl, named Emma Atkinson, five
years of age, and Dempsey Cline, a boy eleven
years old, were drowned in the canal at Gran
lteville on the 12th instant. The boy jumped
into the water to save the girl.
? John C. Reister, of Cnester, has resigned
the office of Clerk of the Court, and the same
has been accepted by Gov. Scott. The duty of
filling the vacancy devolves upon Judge Thom?
as, of" that Circuit.
? Col. Myers, of the 7th U. S. Cavalry,
stationed at Spartanburg, died on the 11th
inst. at that place, after a brief illness. His
remains will probably be sent North. He had
been in the United States service about forty
yeare.
? Narrow-gauge railroads, it is thought, will
soon be introduced in this State. It is in con?
templation to run a line of that kind from
Newberry to Laurens; another line is also
proposed across Lexington County, connecting
the Greenville and Augusta Railroads, via
Lexiugton C. H.
? In several counties, where elections have
been ordered for County Commissioners to fill
vacancies, we notice a prolusion of candidates
?indeed, "thick as leaves in Vallambrosa."
This is the banc of South Carolina politics.
Every man thinks his claims for office are the
best, and rushes his name into print, signed
"many friends." It is disgusting and nonsensi?
cal.
? The Edgeficld Advertiser announces the
death of Col. Stewart Harrison, a gallant and
f>opular citizen of Edgeficld, who will be deep
y and sincerely mourned by a large circle of
friends and acquaintances. Col. Harrison de?
parted this life on Saturday, 8th of July, in the
44th year of his age. He was a prominent mi?
litia officer in early life, held the office of Clerk
of the Court for two successive terms, and was
a devoted and gallant leader in the late war.
? The Charleston Courier understands that
the recent decision of the Supreme Court of
this State, that the bills of the old Bank of the
State are not receivable in payment of taxes,
will be carried before the Supremo Court of
the United States for final judgment. The
Supreme Court of this State have announced
simply their conclusion. The opinion upon
which this judgment is founded has not vet
been published, and, therefore, it is impossible
to state the reasons by which this conclusion
was reached. In this condition of the case,
therefore, all that can be stated is that the
question is still in abeyance, and awaits for its
ultimate determination the judgment of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
? The Greenville Mountaineer, of the 12th
inst., has the following paragraph: "Wiley
Bishop (white) was brought before United
States Commissioner, Capt. John F. Porteous,
at this place, yesterday, on a charge of forgery
and violation "of post office laws. The evidence
against him proved that he had received a
letter for a Mrs. Trammell, had broken it open,
and finding therein a check for twenty-four
dollars on the United States Treasury office at
Charleston, requiring Mrs. T.'s signature, he
forged her name thereto and sold the check to
one of our merchauts. Being unable to raise
tho necessary amount of bail, he was sent to
jail to await his trial at the the next term of
the United States Court. Bishop was elected
to the Legislature in 1SG8, by the Republicans
of this County; his term expired in 1870."
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
Axdersox C. H., July 18,1871. j
Mr. Editor: Several months ago it was an?
nounced in your paper that the militia of
Anderson C. H. had come forward and volun?
tarily proposed to surrender their arms to the
proper authorities, and return to the peaceful
walks of life. Were not resolutions to that
effect passed by that body ? You very proper?
ly complimented this action. But, sir, it now
appears that the resolutions have not been
carried out, and from recent demonstrations it
would seem that the purpose of giving up the
arms was never seriously entertained. It was
but last Saturday that the military turned out
and paraded our streets with the view to unite
with a Sabbath school celebration, thus mixing
and amalgamating war with religion. They
were induced by representations of some pru?
dent citizens to desist from joining, arms in
hand, with the Sabbath school procession; but
they drilled and performed their military evo?
lutions. Why, in tho midst of profound peace,
arc the military demonstrations kept up? It
is a source of constant irritation to the white
citizens. Do not all the experience of history,
and the recent disturbances and collisions in
Laurens, Union and elsewhere, exemplify the
fact that a licentious and irresponsible soldiery
is destructive to peace, and fatal to liberty and
good government?
But not to protract this communication, wc
will say at once that its object is to direct the
attention of the State Executive to the contin?
ued existence of tltis military organization, and
to call upon him to carry out in good faith his
proclamation calling in all the arms. When
this is done, then will he manifest a sincere
wish for the restoration of order and tranquili
ty, and entitle himself to the confidence of all
peaceful citizens.
POPULI.
? Tho cotton manufactory at Augusta, Ga.,
it is stated, occupies buildings as extensive as
those of the largest mills in New England. It
employs an average of five hundred hands, and
runs five hundred looms and fifteen hundred
spindles, and divides on a capital stock of
?GOO,000 annual dividends of from twenty to
twenty-five per cent., besides carrying large
sums to the surplus fund. This company has
recently increased its machinery to tue extent
of ten thousand spindles at a cost of $300,000.
The hands are white and principally natives of
Augusta.
? The official returns for the month of July
do not materially change the cotton crop pros?
pect reported in June. Severe rain storms
nave continued to obstruct cultivation and
check the growth in the States upon the Gulf
coast. The Slates of Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama and Florida average lower in condi?
tion therein than at tlie dale of the List report.
ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE,
? "Through tickets to go around the world"
are for sale in London for $1250.
? Butler announces himself a candidate for
Governor of Massachusetts.
? The Republican State Convention of Wis?
consin meocs at Madison, August 4th.
? Atlanta, Ga., is now constructing seven
hundred dwelling and business houses.
? Henry C. Page, who was killed in the
New York riot, was the financial manager of
Fisk's opera house.
? Tho slave trade on the cast coast of Africa
is said to be nourishing, notwithstanding the
efforts of the English cruisers.
? There is nothing like enterprise. An
American fire insurance company has opened
a branch office in Paris.
? Some of the most respectable citizens of
East Tennessee have been arrested for whip?
ping negroes.
? Mr. Frederick Schuster, of Savannah, has
left for parts unknown, carrying with him
about S20,000 belonging to friends whose confi?
dence he betrayed. *
? It is reported that there are several Ea
Klux in Washington, for the purpose of iden?
tifying witnesses before the Investigating Com?
mittee, and reporting to the Klan.
? Col. W. H. Jenifer, at one time a promi?
nent officer in the Confederate army, now holds
the commission of Colonel and Inspector of
Cavalry in the army of the Khedive of Egypt.
? The editor of the Indianapolis Journal has
a letter from Vice President Colfax, in which
he denies the statement that he has reconsid?
ered his determination to retire from public
life.
? The employees of the Agricultural De?
partment gave a testimonial to Gen. Capron oh
his retirement from the Commissioner's office.
Hi3 successor, Prof. Watts, has been duly in?
stalled, and entered upon his duties.
? An influential movement is now on foot
in Missouri to secure the Democratic nomina?
tion for the Presidency for Gen. W. S. Hancock,
Conservative Republicans and Democrats unite
in urging his claims and availability.
? The Virginia papers urge upon the rail?
ways which terminate in Norfolk and their
connecting roads to concert measures with the
Allan line of steamships for influencing the
immigration of small farmers and farm labor?
ers to settle upon their lines of route.
? In the case of Laura Fair, under sentence
of death at San Francisco, an appeal has been
made to the Supreme Court, and a hearing set
' for October next. Hence, according to an As?
sociated Press dispatch, "there is no likelihood
of her being hanged before January next."
? The Convention of Kentucky Baptists,
held in Louisville last week, offered ?300,000 to?
remove the Theological Seminary from Green?
ville, S. C, to an eligible point in Kentucky,
provided the other Southern States will raise
i ?200,000.
? The Philadelphia Age is of the opinion
that by the time the Presidential election of
1S72 takes place, the people will be so pressed
L by immediate issues of a financial and business
I character, that they will have no room in their
minds to accept trumped up stories .in relation
to Ku Klux organizations in the South.
? The New Hampshire House of Represen?
tatives has taken a step towards doing away
with "the subjection.of women" by a bill which
enacts that husbands shall not hereafter be
liable for the debts of the wife contracted be?
fore marriage. Woman i3 to have her right*
to the extent of being free to pay her owo
debts, the same as tyrant man.
? The President will remain at Long Branch
until the 15th cf August, when he goes to Cal?
ifornia. Unless an emergency arises, he will
not visit Washington, but will dispense pardon*
for bigamy and receive presents from any dis?
posed to make them at "the cottage by thesea.'r
It is suggested that Grant takes a pardon along
with him for Brigham Yotmg, as there are se
rioos charges of polygamy against this Salt
Lake official, wbo is a godd Union man also.
? The speech of Senator Trumbull, deliv?
ered on the 4th instant, in Illinois, has taken
the Radicals by surprise. In the course of his*
remarks, Mr. Trumbull said that attempts had
been made to clothe the Executive with too
much power, and that centralization was the
great danger of the Republic. Local govern?
ments are safeguards of liberty, while the Fed?
eral Government is only needed to protect the
citizen. Liberal and kindly action; on the Dart
of the general government was needed to neal
the wounds of the South.
? Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees has announced
his intention to withdraw entirely from politi?
cal iife at the close of his present term of Con?
gress. Accordingly, he says that under no
circumstances will he permit his name to bo
used in connection with the Democratic nomi?
nation for Governor of Indiana, and that he '?
not, and never again expects to be, a candidate
for any office whatever. He will devote him?
self exclusively to the duties of his profession,
and his sole wish in connection with political
affairs is that Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks may
i be the Democratic candidate for President in
; 1872.
? The Savannah Rcpuhlican contains an ac?
count of a turnpike road steam engine, which
was tried in that city a few days since, and
worked to the entire satisfaction of those who*
witnessed its performance. It turned in a
space not greater than its own length, and
made good time in the heavy sand near Cohen's
wharf. It is eight horse-power, weighs five
tons, and is calculated to draw fifteen or twenty
tons. It was built by the Grant Locomotive
Woiks, at Patterson, New Jersey, at a cost of
$5,000, for the Central Railroad Company, and
their introduction into Georgia is reduced to a
fixed fact.
? A Washington dispatch states that the
Administration is about to enter upon a more
vigorous enforcement of the Ku Klux law,
not through the employment of military, but
by the appointment of special Assistant Dis?
trict Attorneys, charged with prompt prosecu?
tion of alleged offenders in the United States
court. It is not pretended that there have been
any new developments regarding the condition
of affairs in the South that necessitates this
sudden decision of the Department of Justice.
On the contrary, the evidence before tho Ku
Klux Committee shows that the affairs are now
so peaceable in the South that all the evidence
taken relates mostly to the disturbances before
the present year.
Outlawry rx North Caeoldta.?A fear?
ful butchery was perpetrated in Robeson coun?
ty, N. C, on the 10th bust., by Henry Berry
Lowry and bis band of negro outlaws. A
Sheritrs posse, having in charge Lowry"s wife
and several other prisoners who had been aid?
ing and abetting the negroes, was ambuscaded
near Bug's store on the Wilmington, Charlotte
and Rutherford Railroad, where Lowry's gang
attacked them. Of tho sheriff's posse, three
were killed and three wounded. The fight re?
solved itself into a regular battle, which lasted
for some time. The sheriff's posse followed the
negroes into the recesses of a swamp. It is not
certain that any of the outlaws were killed..
Two days after this occurrence, one of the ne?
groes named Pop Oxendinc was captured anot
lodged in the Wilmington jail, and notwith?
standing the terrible murders and crimes to
which lie has been a party, no attempt was
made to do him violence, although the excite?
ment in that region was intense.
On bust Monday, 17th inst., Lowrv and his
band waylaid and killed Daniel M. McLean, a>
prominent citizen of Robeson county, and his
brother, Hugh McLean, a youth of thirteen
years. They also wounded Archibald McCol
lum. These parties were riding along the pub?
lic road, and were fired upon from a thicket
A fearful reign of terror exists among the wo?
men and children of that section. The Sheriff
has a pos?e of T50 men in the field, but his.
efforts to capture any more of the outlaws arc
so far utterly i'rtii'.le.>.