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THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 7, 1871.
Jf?f The Minutes of the Saluda Baptist As?
sociation have been printed at this oflico and
are now ready for delivery.
The ordinanco passed by tho Town
Council to regulate the storage of commercial
fertilizers has been so amended as to permit
i fertilizers in store to bo sold from the ware?
houses now occupied.
Bg^" We are informed that an ordinance is
being prepared, and will doubtless pass the
Town Council, prohibiting cattle from running
at large upon the streets from the 15th of Oc?
tober to the 1st of April.
Every person entitled to vote at the
municipal election on Monday next will re?
member that it is requisite for the names of all
voters to be registered with the Clerk of Coun?
cil, Dr. W. H. Nardin, on or before Saturday
next. Failure to make this registration will
debar the privilege of voting.
First Bale of Cotton.
The first bale of new cotton sold in our mar?
ket was purchased by S. Bleckley on Saturday
last, 2nd inst. It was raised on the plantation
of R. A. King, in the Fork, and brought 17}
cents. Mr. King sold the first bale last year on
the 7th of September, and Mr. Bleckley was the
purchaser.
The Public Debate on Monday Night.
The young gentlemen composing the Ander?
son Calhoun Literary Society have reason to
be proud of the success achieved upon their
first appearance before the public. The Court
House was crowded with the beauty, fashion
and gallantry of Anderson, and the speeches
throughout were listened To most attentively.
The debatants acquitted themselves most hand?
somely, and reflected credit upon the selection
made by the society. We trust that our young
friends feel much encouraged to continue the
existence of an organization at once improving
and beneficial to its members, and an honor to
the community.
An Escape and Capture.
A colored man, stranger in these part3, was
arrested ou Tuesday last for using insulting
language to some white women from the coun?
try, on their way home, upon one of the most
frequented streets of this town. He was car?
ried before the Intendant for examination, and
while the Council were in deliberation about
his case, made his escape from the window of
the Intendant's office, jumped high fences, ran
across several lots, and succeeding in getting
out into the suburbs before he was captured, al?
though large numbers of white and colored
men at ouce pursued him. On being re-arres?
ted, he was committed to jail by the Intendant,
and will be tried next Saturday before the
Town Council. He says that his name is Mat
tin McAffee, and that he was raised iu Cleve?
land County, N. C, by Abner McAffee, now
deceased. That he is well acquainted about
Greenville C. IL, and is well known from his
youth to Rufus Oates, of Pickcnsville, with
w"hom he has been living. He is a bright mu?
latto, rather slender, about six feet high, and
weighs about 140 lbs.
Cotton Crop of 1870-71.
The report of the cotton crop of 1S70-71
shows the total receipts at all the ports for the
commercial year ending August 31st to be
4,380,874 bales, which is next to the largest
crop ever raised in this country. The crop of
18?9, as our readers will remember, is at the
head of the list, and reached 4,669,770 bales.
The crop of 1869-70 is put down at 3,154,946
bales, jover which there was an increase during
the-pasb year of >,231,92S bales, or about forty
per cent. The increased amount of cotton on
hand is exhibited as follows: Sept. 1st, 1871?!
1,355,544 bales ; Sept. 1st 1870?1,112,541 bales,
showing an excess tin's year of 243,003 bales, or
about twenty per cent. Tho estimates for the
erop of 1871-72, now being gathered, agree in
placing it at 3,000,000 hales, or less than the
crop raised two years ago. From these figures,
we may safely couclttde that the price of cot
bon must be considerably enhanced over last
year, although it is hazardous to make any pre?
dictions as to price, since the speculators out?
side of the cotton-growing States, in this coun?
try and Europe, arc subserving the interests of
manufacturers by again attempting to control
the market, and especially just as the staple is
being sent forward ami the business season is
opening. We incline to tho opinion that bet-!
terprices arc to be realized for tho incoming
crop. But, if we were asked advice on this
point from any of our funning friends, it would
be to sell enough cotton to pay your debts due
this fall, and if there is anything left of your
crop, cither got an advance upon it to meet
present requirements or store it away in a safe,
secure place. Unfortunately, however, there
are not'uany iUrnurs in this section able to I
heed this advice, as the obligations shortly dr.o
will likely swallow up the proceeds of the en- !
tire crop, and uo honest man can afford to dis?
regard the promise i already made.
The latest reports from yellow fever in |
Charleston do not indicate any great increase '
in maliguity or extent. Four deaths occurred J
during the*twenty-four hours ending at noon on ;
Monday lasf, and it is stated that all the cases 1
so far have been unaccliinated persons. The i
authorities issue daily bulletin*, showing thei
number of deaths duriiig the twenty-four hours '
preceding?a measure that should have been '
adopted from the beginning. J
Anderson Farmers' Association.
Anderson C. IT., Sept. 4th, 1871.
Tho Association met in the Court House at
noon to-day. The senior Vice President, Maj.
T. H. Russell, took the Chair, aud explained
the purposes for which the Association had
been convened.
Mr. B. F. Crayton, from the Committee ap?
pointed to purchase suitable Fair Grounds,
submitted the following report, which was
unanimously adopted:
The Committee charged with looking out a
suitable place for Fair Grounds hog leave to
report that they have not found any place which
they thought it advisable to buy. In canvass?
ing the matter, they were satisfied that but for
the shortness of the crop that funds could have
been raised to put up all necessary buildings.
Your committee, in view of the short crop, and
the consequent scarcity of money, have thought
it inexpedient to press it at this time, and
would advise that we apply to the Blue Ridge
Railroad for the use of their building on the
depot grounds, for the purpose of holding our
next Fair. Respectfully submitted,
B. F. CRAYTON, for the Committee.
On motion, (Jen. J. \V. Harrison was added
to the Committee on Fair Grounds, which was
ordered to be continued.
On motion, the Committees hcrctoforo ap?
pointed in the various townships and towns to
procure subscriptions on the joint slock plan
plan were continued, with instructions to make
every effort to increase the subscriptions of
stock on or before the approaching Fair.
An invitation was extended for subscriptions
on the joint stock plan and for membership
under the present organization, when several
gentlemen gave their names to the Secretary.
An informal discussion took place upou the
prospects of the Association, which was par?
ticipated in by a number of gentlemen, and
which was interesting and encouraging.
On motion, a Committee of eight was appoin?
ted to make arrangements for an entertainment
of some kind during the Fair to bo held on a
suitable evening, and likewise to furnish re?
freshments each day, the proceeds of which to
be set apart by the Association for the purchase
of grounds, erection of buildings, &e. Messrs.
W. W. Humphreys, N. A. McCuliy, P. A.
Keys, N. K. Sullivan, W. J. Ligon, S. M. Pegg,
B. Frank Crayton and John Brcazcalo con?
stitute the Committee.
The Executive Committee reported that the
Fair would be held during the first week in
November, and that tho premium list would
shortly be publi>hed.
Adjourucd.
JAMES A. HOYT, Secretary.
Agricultural Journals.
The September number of the Rural Caro?
linian is full of instructive, interesting and use?
ful information for the planting community.
This number closes the second volume, and we
are more than gratified at the encouraging re?
port made by the proprietors. The farmers
and planters of the South have generously ral?
lied to its banner and evinced a hearty interest
in its success, while its conductors have fur?
nished a magazine worthy of the cause and its
progress. Published by Walker, Evans &
Cogswell, Charleston. Terms, ?2 a year.
Wc are likewise in receipt of the September
number of the Southern Cultivator, published
now for over thirty years, and growing more
vigorous every year. The subscription is a
mere song, and wc warrant it will keep any of
our agricultural friends wide awake to every
valuable improvement in farming operations.
Specimen copies sent free on application to
Win. & W. L. Jones, Athens, Ga.
Due West Female College?
We'are glad to learn that the prospects of
this institution are highly encouraging, and
that a larger number of pupils arc expected
next year than ever before. The thirteenth
year begins on the first Monday in October,
and a full corps of teachers will bo prepared 10
instruct pupils in every department. We con?
gratulate the worthy President, Rev*J. I. Bon?
ner, upon the proud success achieved by him?
self and associates. For particulars, the reader
is directed to the advertisement elsewhere.
? The shipments of cotton from the Abbe?
ville depot amount to G.534 bales for tho past
year.
? From the recent census, it appears that
the present population of South Carolina is
705,(.!0G?classed as follow.-.: Whites, 289,667 ;
Colored,415,814; Indians, 121; Chinese, 1.
? The Presbytery of South Carolina will
meet at Bethany Church, in Laurcns county,
on Thursday before tho second Sabbath in Oc?
tober next.
? Rev. John T. McBrycle, formerly of Pen
dleton, and for some time past an evangelist of
the Charleston Presbytery, has received and ac?
cepted a call to the church at Aiken. He en?
ters upon the duties of his new field at once.
? The Abbeville Agricultural Fair will take
place on the 25th, 2Gth and 27th of October
next. The premium list has been revised and
eidarged, and ("lue preparations are making to
ensure the approaching Fair an occasion of
groat attraction.
? The Ncwberry Herald understands that
the rc-laying of the track with heavy rail on
the G. & C. R. R., commenced at Pomaria some
two months ago, has been suspended for the
present. Nearly six miles of the road has re?
ceived new iron aud it is to bo regretted that
the work has been stopped.
? The Bickens Sentinel has been informed
by the Steward of the Poor House that, during
tl? recent freshet, ho passed over his farm, on
the' banks of the Kcowee,' in a bateau, and
could only occasionally see a corn tassel above
the water's surface.
? The Greenville Mountaineer learns that
[lev. B. Manly, D.D., will shortly remove to
Georgetown, Ivy., having accepted the position
of President of the College at that place. Dr.
Munly's removal will be a great loss to the
Theological Seminary, his position and duties
in that institution being of much importance
to it? progress.
? The I'orkville Enquirer says: "As an evi?
dence of progress, we arc pleased to note the.
fact that a sufficient amount of stock has been
subscribed by the citizens of this place, in the
j Northern and Atlantic Telegraph Company, to
! secure the building of a branch Hue from Ches?
ter lo Yorkville.
? Hon. Edmund .Martin, of Beaufort, died
at his residence on the 8th of August, in the
75thyc.tr of his age. The deceased was-well j
known throughout the State, aud had served
Heautbrt. in both branches of the Legislature
and in important conventions. He was an un?
cle of the late (Jen. Win. K. Martin.
? Oliver D.Seymour, jr., an estimable young !
citizen of Charleston, died in that city on the I
28th ult., in the 2."rd year of his age. lie was ?
a native of Hartford, Conn., and only camel
South two years ago. He became the junior
partner in "the house of Wm. M. Ilird ? Co.,
and his kind demeanor, striet business integri?
ty and eminent social qualities, won many |
warm friends in the home of his adoption. Mr.1
Seymour belonged to the distinguished family
of that name, so illustrious in thu councils of i
the nation. '
Meo.ling cf Stockholders.
Tho annual meeting of the stockholders of
Blue Ridge Railroad Company in Georgia con?
vened at Clayton on Tuesday, April 25th, 1871,
and upon a call of the stockholders, it was as?
certained that a majority of the stock was not
represented, neither in person or by proxy. It
was resolved that the meeting adjourn, subject
to the call of the President.
In pursuance of the above resolution, the
President issued a call for the annual meeting
to take place at Clayton, Ca., on Wednesday,
23rd of August, 1871;
In accordance with this call, after due notice,
the stockholders assembled this day at Clayton,
Ca. Un motion, the meeting was organized by
calling Dr. B. W. Bell to the Chair and the ap?
pointment of W. E. Fincaunon to act as Secre?
tary. It being ascertained that a majority of
stock was represented, tho meeting proceeded
to business.
On motion of M. Fincannon, the stock book
was opened, and a considerable amount of sub?
scriptions was obtained. The President sub?
mitted his report as to the condition and pros?
pects of the Company, with suggestions as to
the policy to be pursued to securo the early
completion of tho Road. Ho was followed by
0. M. Netherland, in an appeal to the people
of Rabuu County to afford liberal aid to this
project.
The following resolutions were introduced by
G. M. Netherland and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the President of this Compa?
ny be authorized and requested to confer with
the Presidents of all Railroads proposing to
connect at Clayton as to a united interest in the
truuk Road from Clayton to Kuoxville ou
proper terms.
Resolved, That the necessity and importance
of this Road is most imperative, and that as
citizens we will use all the means in our power
to expedite its completion.
Resolved, That the President of this Com?
pany is hereby authorized to act in conjunction
with the Blue Ridge Railroad Company in
South Carolina as to the proposed chango of
gauge.
On motion of T. N. McConnell, the stock?
holders then proceeded to the election of nine
Directors to serve for the remainder of the en?
suing year.
Upon counting the ballots, the following per?
sons were declared duly elected Directors, viz:
J. S. Cothran, W. B. Golick, M. C. Butler,
Henry Gourdin, J. W. Harrison, M. Fincannon,
G. M. Netherland, B. W. Bell and T. N.
McConnell.
On motion of N. L. Jones, tho meeting of
the stockholders then adjourned, subject to the
call of the President.
W. E. FINCANNON, Secretary.
August 2Zrd, 1871.
Meeting of Directors.
Clayton, Ga., Aug. 23rd, 1871.
A meeting of the Directors of the Blue Ridge
Railroad was convened this day, a majority
being present, to wit, J. W. Harrison, M. Fin?
cannon, G. M. Netherland, T. F. McConnell and
B. W. Bell.
On motion of G. M. Netherland, Gen. J. W.
Harrison, of Anderson, S. C, was uuauimously
elected President.
On motion of T. N. McConnell, W. II. D.
Gaillard was unanimously elected Secretary.
On motion of G. M. Netherland, tho follow?
ing resolutions were adopted, viz:
Resolved, That in the deaths of Judge James
Bleckley and Thos. Kelly, Esq., two members
of the preceding Board of Directors, we feel
that tins Company has lost two of its warmest,
most energetic and untiring friends and sup?
porters, and we hereby express our appreciation
of their labors with this Company, and their
efforts for the success of this great enterprise.
Resolved, That not alone to this Company is
their death a painful affliction, but that the
country has in them lost two of her most
worthy citizens and emiuent social gentlemen ;
and that for and with their bereaved families
especially, and their many warm friends gen?
erally, wo express our deepest sympathy.
Resolved, That these proceedings bo sent to
the Athens (Ga.) Watchman, the Keowee Cou?
rier and tho Anderson Intelligencer for publica?
tion.
The meeting of Directors then adjourned,
subject to the call of tho President.
W. H. D. GAILLARD, Secretary.
? Tho glass jar which was deposited in the
corner-stone of the old Masonic Hall, Charles?
ton, on the 9th of December, 1840, by Past
Grand Master C. M. Furman, containing many
relics of that day and time, has been committed
to the possession of Ii. S. Bruns, Deputy Grand
Master, and next November it will be placed in
the corner-stone of the new temple now being
erected on the site of the old building.
? Rev. Clough S. Beard died at his residence
near Glenn Springs, iu Spartanhurg county, on
the 27th ult. Ho was a ripe scholar and pure
Christian, and his loss will be deeply felt by a
large circle of admiring friends. The deceased
was a Methodist minister, but owing to physi?
cal infirmities, he was unable to perform the
laborious duties of his calling. His lifo was
spent in teaching.
? The Howard Association of Charleston
has been reorganised, with James H. Taylor as
President. This Association was incorporated
in 185/), and it expended about S20,000 in pro?
viding for tho sick in IS?S. Also, in 1802 at
Wilmington and at Norfork, the physicians
and nurses acting under its auspices unselfish?
ly devoted themselves to succoring the victims
of yellow fever. We are glad to note the reor?
ganization of a society so worthily entitled to
bear the name of the noble philanthropist.
? The Grecnvillo Enterprise has satisfactory
information that the Air Line Railroad is to be
completed from Charlotte to Greenville early
next spring, perhaps in February next. We
shall, therefore, in all probability, have direct
connection between Greenville and New York
much sooner than the most sanguine have cal?
culated. The finishing of the road between
Greenville and Gainsvillc, Ga., will soon lollow.
Already there are some twenty-four miles gra?
ded this side of Gainsvillc, ready for track lay?
ing.
? Tho Laurensvillo Jfcra/d relates ihe fid
lowing incident: .June Franks, a negro preach?
er well known to this community, a few nights
j since conducted a rcligous service near this
I plaee. ltcforc closing the service, the hat was
parsed around and a collection was taken up
for June, amounting to some four or five dollars.
After tho collection, Juno closed the service
with prayer, and then to his astonishment
found that all the money had disappeared from
the hat with the exception of twenty-live cents
fractional currency. June thinks thcro was a
Radical official at the meeting.
? Grccley says that there is a very wide?
spread feeling of dissatisfaction with Grant's
administration among Republicans ; that Grant
has made too many enemies to run ; that he is
not the candidate that can be elected. The fact
is that there is a general feeling that the Grant
family is too taryc.
? The Russian Government has appointed a
special commission, which has already com?
menced its labors, In inquire into and report
U|M>n the expediency of adopting the narrow
gauge for all the railways iu tho empire.
For the Anderson Tnfefliyeiiccr.
Home Views.
NO. II.
Tunnel Hill, the name given to that part of
the Slump House mountain under which the
great tunnel was to pass is clear of timber, and
furnishes a panoramic view, in all directions, of
great beauty, not so extensive as Mount Hol
yoke, the notch in the White Mountains, or
even Cottar's Head in our State, but sufficiently
wide and expansive to attract the attention of
all admirers of the grand and picturesque.?
Just here, where a hotel should be erected, you
have almost under your feet, the lovely valleys
of Cane, Cunncross and Oeoncc creeks, a little to
the cast, Jocassce and Chcohee, whilst almost
in touch, the spires and white walls of Walhal?
la rise in view. Then the modest villages of
Peudlcton, Anderson and Greenville can be
seen on a clear day, and the view southward
loses itself in numerous farms and cottages,
! scattered over a seemingly vast and endless
plain. To the north and westward, you sec
mountain piled on mountain, reaching far into
Georgia and North Carolina.
In the meantime, you arc standing on exten?
sive mouuds of stone, raised from the shafts of
the tunnel, of good building size and dimen?
sions, sufficient in quantity for a goodly sized
town, and in view of immense beds of lime?
stone; so that hotels and country houses could
here be completed at most reasonable cost.
The soil of this elevated ridge is fertile, as
the growing crops of grain, vegetables and
fruits will show, but what it could be made,
from the free us? of lime, so contiguous, wc
leave others to imagine and calculate. But
the peculiar fitness and adaptation of this loca?
tion for other enterprises, we cannot refrain
from suggesting. This table land starting from
Tunnel Hill extends westward for twelve or
fifteen miles, almost without habitation or farm,
affording a boundless range of pasturage for
cattle, horses, sheep and hogs; covered in the
summer with native grass and pea-vines, from
three to five feet in height, traversed with small
streams, each furnishing sufficient alluvial bot?
toms and hill-sides for grass and clover for
winter forage, for large numbers of such stock.
These lands arc worth now from one to three
dollars per acre, and a little energy and enter?
prise with a very small capital, could bo made
the nucleus of a business of no small dimen?
sions and profit. In close contiguity will be
found water powers for mills, carding machiucs
and other manufactories.
In riding along this extensive plateau one
will scarcely sec enough kinc to cover one,
much less a thousand hills ; and it is a source
of wonder and surprise, that such a field should
be wholly untcnantcd, unoccupied and altogeth?
er neglected. But this is not all, the unbroken
forests abound in chestnut oak, red and black
oak, all especially adapted for the manufacture
of leather. The bark of the chesnut oak con?
taining the best and strongest tannin, being
now sought for by Northern leather dealers,
hundreds of miles from the tannery?its tannin
distilled and transported in barrels to be used
iu the manufacture of leather.
If we Southern people ever learn the ordina?
ry principles of economy, surely such advan?
tages will be seized and turned to proper ac?
count. In this single section can be found ali
tho needful materials and appliances: land,
timber trees, bark full of tannin, lime, water
powers; and the cattle should be here, feeding
on these miles of virgin pasturage?to bo
slaughtered here, the meat to be sent in ice
cars to market, tho hides and tallow used on
the spot, and manufactured articles only trans?
ported.
Such arc only a few of tho great facilities
and natural advantages offered to an industrious
and enterprising people, in this particular lo?
cation, now within a few miles of the Blue
Ridge Railroad, and very soon to be imme?
diately on its line; and what is said here will
truthfully apply to very much of the mountain
range, which this great road is intended to pen?
etrate.
The observant traveler will notico that the
country beyond Tunnel Hill docs not break off
suddenly, as it docs southward, but that the
elevation is retained, until he approach Chatu
ga River, the boundary lino between South
Carolina and Georgia, a distance of some ten
miles. It is true that Chauga Creek cuts the
plateau, but the elevation is only disturbed, to
be regained as soon as that stream is crossed.
Al the crossing of Chauga, on the traveled, as
well as the Railroad, the immense beds of lime
beforo alluded to, first crop out and make their
appearance. Thcso beds arc seven miles in
width at these points, and havo been traced
from Georgia to Laurens County in this State
A few quarries havo been opened, and kilns
burned, along the road, showing the good qual?
ity of the lime, and its great abuudance. This
lime can bo quarried and burned at a cost of
5 or 10 cents per bushel at the kiln, and should
be delivered to farmers within 50 or 75 miles at
20 cents per bushel, a price at which planters
can purchase and apply fertilizers to clay lands
in the upper counties of South Carolina.?
Without pretending to speak for tho Blue
Ridgo Railroad Company, or the tax-payers of
this State, yet in our judgment it would be wise
policy to press the completion of this road to
these lime beds, if it never reached any further.
After passing Chauga, you reach tho head
springs of Whetstone Creek, running oil" to?
wards Chatuga River, down which the line of
tho railroad passes. Iu this interval, many
ii?ic farms occur, for instance, Kuhtman's,
Moorhcad's, Fretwell's, on village fork of
Chauga?Norris', Robins' and Tatern's on
Whetstone?well improved, well cultivated and
affording good returns. Below Totem's and
adjoining, comes in tho old Earle farm and
possessions, now owned, it is said, by citizens
of Charleston, and extending for miles to the
Chatuga River. This place has its history and
legends. Settled :is u trading post with the
Cherokee Indians, years ago, by Mr. Elias Karle,
long a member of Congress from this mountain
district, it remained in his family until recent?
ly sold to some one connected with the Blue
Ridge Railroad for a round sum. How wc re?
member in our boyhood days, to havo listened
to the stories and feats, as performed by the
Indian braves who came here to barter their
j peltry for the simple articles they desired.?
j How we hung upon the lips of old Lowry, the
factotum and manager of the place, as he re?
lated his cunning tricks and sharp practices
upon the unsuspecting Indian?especially when
lie distributed among us juvenile listeners, the
red and blushing apples from the farm, then
celebrated all over the country for their sur?
passing excellence. Poor old Lowry used to j
attend the general musU.tr?, ovur twouty-iivc I
miles from his resilience, to report to Iiis neigh?
bors the personal appearance, and characteris?
tics of our rulers. We remember lo having
heard his account of his interview with Gov.
Stephen I). Miller, at Hall's muster ground,
some miles south of Walhalla. Ho was intro?
duced by Gov. Earle, then Inspector General,
and as full of fun and mischief as any boy on
the grounds. "Well, Governor," says Lowry,
"don't think hard of me staring at* you, arid
taking your measure from head lo foot, (a wo?
man would have said "slock") for when 1 get
home. I will he nearly as great a man as you
are, for my neighbors for ten miles round will
come to sec mc because I have seen a live Gov?
ernor, and [ have got to tell them how you
look, and every word you. said. If I don't,
they will semi some other man next time, and
I don't want to lose my reputation, any more
than you do, so talk and look your best." Gov.
Miller was so taken with the old man's candor
and naivety that he said to him: "Mr. Lowry,
I am greatly pleased with your country up here
and would like to spend a summer among your
people. How is board? What would I have
to pay per month for board ; food and lodging?"
"Well," says Lowry, "common board can be
had for fifty cents per week; but if you want
real good living, it will cost you sixty-two and
one half cents per week." "Well," says the
Governor, "Mr. Lowry, what do you call real
good lic'uiy f" "Now," says old Lowry, "who
ever heard such a question from a Governor?
Why, man, don't you know''W it is fried chick?
en and coffee every Sunday morning for break?
fast: Humph ! I thought every lad knew that!"
Poor old Lowry, he has passed away, with his
sterling houesty and simplicity?drowned in the
little stream that had murmured so many years
before his door, in a winter freshet?washed
away, as many of the usages and customs of
those times, and now, old field pines grow where
his house was. These red and golden apples
arc no longer seen or tasted, and the entire
magnificent possessions are a barren waste?
showing that the fruits of absenteeism arc seen
and felt elsewhere than in Ireland.
Une other reminiscence of Whetstone creek
and valley, and we will also pass oh to other
scenes. Whetstone muster ground and voting
precinct, in former times, was a place of im?
portance to the unfortunate persons who were
candidates for popular votes and favor in times
gone by. Here some 80 or 100 free and inde?
pendent characters mustered and voted. Long
ago, when Warren li. Davis was the idol of all
these mountain people, and represented them
so ably in Congress, ( and en passant, is said to
have given by his ready wit and humor all his
celebrity to Davy Crockett,) r bevy of candi?
dates for the State Senate and Legislature,
among whom was the venerable and popular
James Griffin, otherwise known as Uncle Jim?
my, rode over fifty miles to attend a company
muster at Whetstone. The day was cold, rainy
ami generally gloomy?no one came out, a gen?
eral flash?not eveu the customary jug of whis?
key, in the bush. The candidates loitered,
talked to each other, and finally started on their
winding way back- to old Peudleton. In long
line stretched out, they were in melancholy
mood, doing the wretched passes of Stump
House Mountain. Uncle Jimmy was ahead?
he stopped, and hailed his next neighbor ?
"Warren," says he, "do you ever read the Bi?
ble?" No response. "Well, it is narrated in
some book, I thought you knew, having been to
Congress, that Absalom was the first man who
ever kissed the people for Lheir favors, i. e.,
votes, and I hope he is in h?11 for it now. At
all events, Warren, it is the hist time time I'll
ever ride over these d?d roads for Whetstone
votes." And it was. He was elected and
served that term, but he never was a candidate
again.
But let us leave this pretty valley, and go on.
The roads fork, one by Laric's ford, and the
other by a new wire rope ferry lately erected by
Mr. Steer*?it is said, whichever road you take,
you will wish yon had taken the other. As we
could not travel bothat the same time, wcchose
the lower route, by tin: ferry and Dick's Creek
tunnel. And alter traversingthe magnificently
timbered tract of land above described, down
the Whetstono with its falls and water power
enough to drive many spindles, we arrived at
the clear and limpid waters of tiie Chatuga,
and found a safe and pleasant transit over.
The Chatuga at this crossing is about 100
feet wide, a bold rushing stream, with extensive
water power for machinery, above and below.
Indeed a very short distance below occurs what
is known here as the Narrows, the stream being
compressed in a space of 10 feet, with lofty
precipices on each side, and the current drawn
through with such power ami speed as to dash
to pieces the rafts and timber in times of fresh?
ets. Deer have been known to plunge iu when
hard pressed by dogs, but were never seen
more. On both sides of the stream iron ore
abounds and just in sight is a granite quarry,
with, a tram road leading to the site of the rail?
road bridge, half mile above. After ascending
quite a young mountain, the waters of Dick's
Creek are reached, which you follow up for
two or three miles to the eastern portal of
Dick's Creek tunnel; all along in full view of
the road, hands, carts and cars are busily en?
gaged in cutting through the h ills 'and leveling
the hollows for the track of the railroad. We
would like for the oldest inhabitant to tell us
who this Dick was after whom was railed this
creek, and another to be spoken of hereafter,
each presenting formidable obstacles in the
way of railroads, or any kind of road. As?
cending still, we pass by the house and capa?
cious stables and stalls of Mr. Steers, conlrac;
tor, with wagons anil carts, and implements
generally, strewn around, and approach the
summit. A large number of operators are at
work in the western portal, and have advanced
half way through the tunnel, the whole length
being about one half mile, the rumbling
sound of the blasts, in the bowels of the earth,
the constant passiug in and out of the cars, on
wooden rails, the tumbling oil" of the rocks on
an embankment near by, all denoted life and
activity, and this tunnel is no longer in the
way of completing the whole road in two years.
A short distance from this point, we came upon
a spring of the very coldest and purest water,
gushing out from the side of the mountain;
and were so impressed with its quality, that we
forthwith opened a bottle of Gco. Symmcrs'
JS3?, and drank to his, and the owner of tho
spring's health. Turning from the spring we
were surprised at the beautiful view of moun?
tain and valley, and discovered that some
pioneer had before us enjoyed the delightful
water and charming scenery, for near by was
the remains of a human habitation, and worn
fields, with a few old apple and peach trees, on
their last legs. Being a little curious, we asked
a passerby who was the owner of so many acres,
such water and this lovely landscape, lie re?
plied, that he did not know the owner's name,
but he lived down at Anderson, and he heard
that he was so engrossed with making tiles, and
raising imported hogs, that he could not take
time to improve this valuable property. An?
other instance of the baleful influence of ab?
senteeism.
A short distance brought us to the irrepressi?
ble War Woman, a creek of considerable size,
which tumbles and dashes and zigzags about
for miles, until with one tearful leap it loses
itself in the Chatuga. Some of its crossings
hear euphonious names, given by luckless trav?
elers and wagoners, such as smash-wagon,
break-axle, turn-over. &c. It is. however, one
of the must picturesque and romantic streams
in all these mountains?its waters filled vflth
fish, and the high hills around with deer and
I other game. The name, too, is significant of a
' legend of dreadful captivity, murder and blood,
hut we will leave this for the Appletons and
Haroers when they come lor photographic \ iews
to adorn their journals.
Hastening up this tortuous stream to its
source, we cross where was to be the War Wo?
man tunnel, strike the head springs of Sleccoa
creek, and down its banks to the town of Clay
ton, Kabun county, Georgia. Here in the com
Ibrtaldo hotel of Maj. Beck, we will rest a day;
fur i ds towu and county deserve a separate
clu'.ptcj: C.
ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE.
-- The (laughter of a prominent Boston mer?
chant was drowned on Friday last while bath?
ing at Newport.
? The election in West Virginia resulted irt
a majority of 1200 lor the convention to revise
the Stateconstitution.
? Chief-Justice Chase is still at the mineral
springs at Waukcsha, Wis., and is steadily im?
proving in health.
? A fleet of eighteen steamers is constantly
employed iu transporting cotton from New Or?
leans to Europe.
--Texas will build, this year,-five hundred
miles of railroad. The Slate within tho last
three years has given $25,000,000 to railroads.
? It is said that since the annexation of
Strasbourg to Germany 23,000 inhabitants of
that city have emigrated to France and Ameri?
ca.
? Major Gco. F. Browning, of Boston, aged
thirty-four, died from excitement upon hearing
of the railroad disaster, wherein his brother
was badly hurt.
? Two colored militia officers from Massa?
chusetts sought admission to the grand military
and civic ball at Long Branch the other night,
but they were refused admittance. Four thou?
sand whites were present.
? An Erie Railway engineer, near Port Jar
vis, jumped from his engine to escape from a
threatened collision, and broke his neck, dying
almost instantly. No collision occurcd, the
train being stopped in time by the fireman; ^
? The Wisconsin Republican Convention
has nominated General Washburnc for Govern?
or, and W. H. Petit for Lieutenant Governor.
The balance of the State ollicers were renomi
natcd. The resolutions endorse Grant.
? The Governor of Texas calls into service
for twenty-four days prior to and during the
coming election, appointed for ,the 3d, 4th, 5th
and 6th of October next, twenty special police
in each county, and order?; them to receive ?3
per diem as their pay. There being 130 coun?
ties, this costs the people SlS7,20O.
? Mr. Brinly, the inventor of the Brinly
plow, has patented a new implement called the
"Shaft Plow" for the cultivation of corn and
cotton. It is light, but strong and durable;
has three points, and as its name indicates, is
made with shafts. It is said to be oue of the
best cultivating implements in use.
? During the delivery of General Butler's
recent speech at Springfield, Mass., several
spoons enclosed in an envelope were passed up
to him. The general tore open the envelope,
saw the corner of one of the spoons and the
joke at the same time, and, hastily slipping the
package into his pocket, proceeded with his
address.
THE MARKETS.
axdeusox, September 4, 1871.
Cotton".?To-day, middlings command 16i.
ClIAULKSTON, Sept. 28.
Cotton dull?middlings 10}.
N I5\v Youk, Sept. 4.
Cotton quiet and Orm?middlings IS.
15*67. OUR ANNUAL. 1S71.
THE EMPORIUM OF FASHION will en
tor upon the filth year of its existence on tho
first of October. Wo thank those who havo
stood by us during the past four years. In that
interval wo have striven hard, by honorablo
means, to extend our business operations. Wo
have worked hard lor public patronage. Wo
havo studied tho wants of tho public and tho
interests of our customers, and wo aro deter?
mined to sustain our reputation for keeping the*
!?..?>;; selected stock of Dry <?'oods and Millinery'
to be found in tho up-country, and for having:
Dress Making done in the best of style.
Confining ourself strictly to Dry Goods and
Miilincry, isn't it reasonable to expect us to
show a better selection of such goods than any
house keeping a general stock? Attending
closely to our own business, wo hope to merit
from tho ladies of the up-country a continu?
ance of tho liberal patronage bestowed uponua
iii the past.
Our business is done strictly upon the "Cash
System ;" consequently, wc arc enabled to sell
our goods at reasonable prices.
With a beautiful stock of Dry Goods and
Millinery, rlrst-class milliners and dress-ma?
kers, accommodating salesmen and saleswo?
men, wo hope to do a large business this Tall.
After first October, order anything you want,
or samples of Dress Goods, <xx\, and they will
bo sent with pleasure.
Very respectfully,
JAMES W. FOWLER,
Proprietor Emporium of Fashion,
Abbeville, S. C.
Sept 7, 1871 10 2
Exuberant Health
Is a Massing vouelisafcd to few. Even thoso
who have been favored by nature with strong
constitutions and vigorous frames are apt to
neglect the precautions necessary to preserve
these precious endowments. Indeed, as a rule,
the more healthy aud robust a man is, the moro
liberties he is inclined to take with bis own
physique. It is some consolation to the natu?
rally weak and feeble to know that they etui bo
so invigorated and built tip, by a proper use of
the means which science has placed at their dis?
posal, as to have a much heiter chance of long
life, and exemptions from disease and pain,
than the most athletic of their fellows who arer
foolish enough to suppose themselves invulner?
able, and act accordingly.
It is not too much to say that more than half
the people of the civilized world need an occa?
sional tonic, to enable them to support tho
strain upon their bodies aud minds, which tho
tiist life of this restless age occasions. In fact,
a pure, wholesome, unexciting tonic is tho
grand dosidoration of the busy millions, and
they have the article in llostetter's Stomach
Bitters. It is a stamiual medicine, i. o. it im?
parts permanent strength to weak systems and
invigorates delicate constitutions. Its reputa?
tion and its stiles have steadily increased.
Competitive preparations have been introduced
ml libitum, and, as far as the public is concern?
ed, tul lutmcum, in the hope of rivaling it; but
they havo all either perished in the attempt, or
been left far in tiie rear. It has been tho great
medical success of the present century, and it
is quite certain that no proprietary medicine in
this country is :ts widely known, or as general?
ly used.
Ten lightning presses, running incessantly
(Sundays excepted,) the whole year through,
barely supply tho demand tor the illustrated
Almanac, in which the nature and uses of the
preparation are set forth, the circulation now
being over eight millions a year.
Have You Xcvcr Heard of It ?
Then inquire at once at your grocer's foi
I Dooj.ey's Cuionc.vr. Ykast Hakixo I'ownER,
[ the only strictly pure and harmless Baking
I'owder in market, from which good, sweet
palatable biscuits, roils, cakes or pastry can bo
made uniformly with the same success. This
article has been steadily increasing in demand
and public favor, and stands to-day the most re?
liable Halving Powder in use. Ask your grocer
for Doolkv's Ykast Powder, and your testi?
mony to its practical worth will be added to
thousands of others.
Important to Builders and Contractors.
We learn from our Charleston exchanges that
Mr. l\ P. Toalk, tho well-known manufactu?
rer of Doors, Sashes, Blinds, for., has establish?
ed a depot at No. 20 I lay no street, where ho
keeps constantly on hand not only all articles
from his own manufactory, Im! also every va?
riety of builders' hardware, French and Amer?
ican window uiass. both plain and ornamental,
state mantels, and, iu short, everything neces?
sary to finish handsomely a residence, a store
or a church,