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These articles have attracted much attention, and we learn that persons in the Northwest, intending to establish a colony in the South, are already preparing to visit the magnificent scope of country so graphically de? lineated by our correspondent. We will allude to their purposes in our next issue. ir ? ? i m aS?* The gTeat tidal wave which was to en gulph the inhabitants of the seacoast turns out to- be a gigantic hoax, according to scientific writers. And now we have the melancholy in? formation that the story about the sinking of Orange county,. Fla., is likewise a pure fabrica? tion?a vile-invention of an editor's idle brain. Next we expect to- hear that the " red hot" colored1 individual is a mythical illusion. Twas ever thus from childhood's hours, &c fig?" A citizen of Calhoun, Ga., has received a>letter from Atlanta, enclosing thirty cents in fractional currency, accompanied with the words, "I stole a feed of corn from you during the. war." This is very dilatory repentance," bnt restitution is better late than ever. Now, whatwould become of Longstreet's men, if they were to attempt like restitution for all the old geoae they captured in East Tennessee. Some of our friends in this vicinity would be " dead broke." _ ' J@- We learn that a difficulty occurred be? tween two colored men, named respectively Jesse Telford and Sim Stark, near Breazeale's mills, in the vicinity of Eelton, on Thursday last They were engaged in working the roads when the quarrel took place, and upon Telford using some insulting language, Stark struck him upon the head yith a mattock, and inflic? ted injuries thought to be mortal; but up to yesterday morning, we learn that he was still alive and a prospect of his recovery was re? ported. Stark has been committed to jail to await the final result. J?* The Charleston News pays a glowing tribute to the Hon. Wm. S. Henery, whose death occurred in that city on last Saturday morning, of typhoid pneumonia, in the 45th year of his age. Mr. Henery was a native of Beaufort, and removed to Charleston at an early age. He was a zealous representative of the working classes, and just after tbe war was elected Sen? ator from Charleston, the duties of which posi? tion were discharged with unobtrusive fidelity and conscientiousness. He enjoyed the confi? dence of his fellow-citizens, and closed a life of usefulness and honor with Christian fortitude and resignation. Town Council of Williamston. A correspondent informs us that, at an elec? tion held on the 13th inst. for the Town Coun? cil of Williams ton, the following ticket was successful: Intendant?Dr. W. A. McCorkle. Wardens?A. F. Welborn, A. X Bradley, J. F. Campbell and E. Halcomb. September Term. . The Circuit Court opened on Monday last, Judge Orr presiding. The time of the Court so far has been occupied with criminal busi? ness. The State against Francis M. Holland and James T. Holland, indicted for assault and aattery, was taken up on Monday morning, and resulted in the acquittal of both parties. The State vs. Laura Hall, colored, indicted for as? sault and battery with iutent to kill, occupied Monday afternoon. The jury found tbe defen? dant guilty of assault and battery. On Tuesday morning, the Court entered upon the investigation of a case which seems likely to overshadow all otherseffc importance, viz: The State vs. Samuel Johnson, Berry Young, Jesse Williams, Tbos. Williams, Ed. Orr, Moses Lee and Joe Edwards, all colored, who were indicted for disturbing religious services at ML Sinai campground, near Rock Mills, on tbe 13th of August. These parties were ar? raigned before Trial Justice Hammond, as our leaders will remember, some two weeks after the disturbance took place, and the case re? sulted in a mis-trial, when the Trial Justice re? fused to entertain further jurisdiction. The grand jury found a "true bill" against all par? ties named, and the examination of witnesses began on Tuesday morning, as we have stated, and was not concluded at noon yesterday. Ten or twelve on each side have been examined up to this writing. Able counsel represent tbe defence, and there has been a large variety of evidence elicited as to the facts of the disturb? ance. A full audience of spectators shows the interest manifested by the colored people, as' the prosecutors and defendants all belong to the negro race. The Grand Jury was discharged yesterday morning, after a patient and laborious investi? gation into the matters submitted to their charge. We were glad to note that a number of frivolous cases sent up by Trial Justices were Ignored by the grand jury returning " no bill." It is a growing evil, this thing of occupying the valuable time of the Circuit Court with petty matters, and unless Trial Justices Gan ttispese of trivial cases, the sooner they resign the better it will be for the country. Some of them evince a little too much anxiety about the costs accuring to their own pockets. We notice in attendance, besides Solicitor perry?who is discharging his duties with un? flagging zeal and energy?Col. James S. Coth xan, of Abbeville, and Col. Joseph J. Norton, of Oconec. The Profits of Manufacturing. We have frequently brought to the attention of our readers the importance and expediency of the Southern people engaging in the busi? ness of manufacturing cotton, and thereby adding to the wealth and prosperity of the country by increasing the profits upon this leading staple of our industry. We have ad? duced figures, time and again, to show the im? mense gain by converting the raw article into manufactured goods, and realizing at home- the handsome profits now flowing into the pockets of the manufacturing companies of Old and New England. But the argument iu favor of L this policy cannot be more forcibly illustrated than by the facts that England last year paid the United States for cotton the sum of $184, 000,000, and by making this cotton up into fabrics there was realized $188,000,000 net profit. Here was more than one hundred per cent of this vast sum added directly to the wealth of England. This statement of the im? mense profit growing out of the manufacture of the great staple ought to stimulate every com? munity in the South favorably located to turn its attention to manufactures, as a means of almost doubling the value of the cotton crop. But this is- not all. There are few people who are fully aware of the great benefit which a cotton factory is to the town or city near where it happens to be located. The Augusta ; Chronicle and Sentinel furnishes a detailed statement of the expenditures of the Augusta I Factory during the past six years, including j laborers' wages, dividends, &c. This company is operating upon a working capital of $600, 000, and since the war it has disbursed nearly $3,000,000, or an average of $500,000 per an? num. Of this amount, more than $2,500,000 have found their way directly into the pockets of the citi-zens of Augusta, who furnish the [operatives with all they purchase and likewise receive the dividends, for nearly all the stock is owned in the city. Our cotemporary says: "The factory has paid out annually more money than it requires to support the entire municipal government and pay off the interest on the city bonds. Putting our population at 16,000 ?the census figures?the factory has declared since the war a cash dividend of $162.00 to each inhabitant" These facts are obtained from the most re? liable sources, and we repeat that every com? munity in the South, possessing the requisite facilities for manufacturing, ought to enter this j I field of industry. Aside from the profits ac I cruing, manufactures furnish employment to a J class now wholly a burden upon the country, and changes non-producers into the most active I and profitable class of laborers?adding to their own comfort and happiness, and largely enhancing the general prosperity of the coun? try. Massachusetts Politics The struggle in the Republican party in Massachusetts over the nomination of Govern? or has become exceedingly bitter. The fight is j narrowed down between the friends and oppo? nents of Gen. Butler. The leading paper in the State, the Springfield Republican, makes un? ceasing war upon the doughty hero of New Orleans and Fort Fisher. It has the support t of nearly all the papers of the State, and goes \ f to work with a trenchant blade. Butler re I turns the fire vigorously in his speeches, and [shows that he has power among the people of j I Massachusetts. The delegates to the State I Convention have all been chosen, and upon \ I counting the noses, it has been ascertained that i Butler is m a woful majority at present.? |i Nevertheless, he goes into the Convention with I'more than one-third of the delegates in his favor, and it is very possible that he will create a split in the Republican- party of Massachu? setts, if they refuse to nominate him for Gov ' ernor. As the candidate of the dissatisfied Republicans, labor reformers, temperance men, and other squads of independent organizations ?all of which now support Butler?there is a strong probability that the regular nominee of die Republican party would be defeated, and the contest result in the choice of the Demo? cratic candidate. It would be a strange thing to see a Democratic Governor in Massachusetts as the result of all this squabble. And that Democrat an Adams! All a Mistake. The annexed paragraph has been going the rounds of our State exchanges during the past week. We believe that it first appeared in the Columbia Union: It is stated that the telegraph poles have been set from Anderson to Walhalla, but owing to some misunderstanding or want of arrange ment, the line was not contracted for by Pat? terson, of the Greenville and Columbia Rail? road, and the consequence is now that the line only extends from Walhalla to Anderson, leav? ing a break between the last named place and Belton, along the line of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad. It has been suggested that the Anderson people will be obliged to re? sort to a pony express to complete the connec? tion. It is true that the connection of the telegraph wire has not been made between this place and Belton as yet, but the delay has occurred in consequenee of an oversight in not procuring sufficient "brackets" in time. The wire and insulators are ready, and upon the arrival of the brackets aforesaid, Anderson will be put in telegraphic communication with Belton, Wal? halla aud other important seaport towns. Increased Mortality. The weekly report ending on Saturday last Bhows that the number of deaths from yellow fever in Charleston was considerably increased over the previous week. Twenty-six deaths are reported up to Saturday noon ; five deaths on Suuday and five deaths on Monday last.? The sudden change in the weather from sultry heat to an unusual damp, cool atmosphere is undoubtedly the cause of this increased mor? tality. We have no information in regard to the number of new cases, but fear that our hope&of an abatement of the disease are not yet realized. "The South." We are in receipt of the first number of an eight page weekly journal, devoted to the ma? terial interests of the Southern States, which has just appeared in New York. The topics discussed in its columns include immigration and labor, railroads, agriculture, commerce, manufactures, the markets, the cattle trade, and other matters of importance to the Southern people. It is published by Tardrew & Co., at $3.00 per annum. J Give the Names. Col. L W. Avery, editor of the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution, has recently visited the upper por? tion of South Carolina, and has written a letter I to his paper from the city of Greenville. From [ this letter we make the following extract, by which it will be Been that the impression is abroad that the proposed suit against the Air Line Kail road is in the interest of a few indi? viduals about Anderson, and that they want to make a pecuniary speculation of the matter to enrich themselves. We know this to be false, and we would respectfully ask Col. Avery. to give his authority for making such a statement in his widely circulated journal, and also to furnish us with the names of any individuals who have "agreed and offered to take a bond." We would like to know the foundation for such a story. No man or set of men can prevent the law suit, as it has been determined upon by a "large and respectable meeting of citizens, and only by similar authority can it be stopped. Whether wise or unwise, the result will deter? mine, but the sentiments and actions of the An? derson people will be governed by their sense of propriety and right. They are not carried about in the breeches pocket of any one, and we think some folks will be convinced of this I fact ere this controversy is ended; Here is the extract from Col. Avery's letter: You have seen that the Anderson route has been ignored, and it has been determined to run the road by a more direct line, probably atriki np near Tugaloo. The Anderson route was found to be seventeen miies longer and a million dol? lars more costly on account of the rivers to be crossed. Tbe Anderson people threaten an in? junction, claiming that the charter gives them a, vested right to the location of the road through their section.. It is believed, however, that a, few Anderson individuals are making a private speculation of this sort of agitation, and have agreed and offered to- take a bond and drop the matter. Should they? however, persist and suc? ceed in getting an injunction, it will occasion delay in the construction in this part of the route. Postponed. The prevalence of yellow fever in Charleston has interrupted the arrangements made for the drawing in the South Carolina Land and Im? migration Association, and notice is given else? where that the time has been changed to Jan? uary 8th, 1872, at which date the drawing will positively take place. This affords an oppor? tunity to all persons who have not secured tickets in the enterprise to invest in this scheme, and wc would advise an early call' Upon 'Maj. B. F. Whitner, the authorized agent for Ander? son county, who is prepared to furnish single individuals or clubs with tickets. S&* President W. H. Tutt and Secretary E. H. Gray, of the Cotton States' Fair Association, will accept our thanks for a neat card of invi? tation to the second annual Fair to be held in Augusta, Ga., commencing October 81st and ending the 4th of November. We regret that our County Fair will prevent an acceptance of the polite invitation. B??* We are beginning to receive the tangi? ble evidences of a good sweet potato crop.? I Our old friend, Moses Dean, sends one weigh? ing three pounds and six ounces, and Mr. B. D. Dean has sent another not quite so large. Of course, there are persons who will insist that they can furnish larger ones 1 jFbr the Anderson Intelligencer. Mr. Editor : Please announce that the fol? lowing ladies have been appointed as a Sub? committee to solicit donations and obtain con? tributions for the proposed Entertainment in connection with the Annual Fair of the Ander? son Farmers' Association. The members of this Sub-Committee will be provided with a printed list, explaining the object of the Entertainment, and it is earnestly requested that they will pro? ceed at once to canvass their neighborhoods for the purpose of awakening an interest in the affair. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Chm'n. _ committee op ladies on donations. Mrs. J. S. Murray, Mrs. H. B. Fant, Mrs. J. N. Brown, M s. J. R. Cochran, Mrs. J. W. B. Skelton, Mrs. John Catlett, Mrs. R. S. Hill, Mrs. Jesse Smith, Mrs. S. H. Langstori, Mrs. Dr. Pickens, Mrs. McCreary, Miss SrE. Bellotte, Miss Saliic Creswell, Mrs. Larkki Newton, Mr*. T. W. Russell, Mrs. John Rosamond, Mrs. Reed Gambrell, Mrs. C. K. Williford, Mrs. Sam'l Cunningham, Miss Lizzie Williams, Miss Ous sie Anderson, Miss Fannie Sitton, Mrs.' H. O. Herrick, Mrs. Frank Welborn, Mrs. Joseph Rogers, Mrs. A. J. Stringer, Mrs. Dr. Carroll Brown, Miss Jeannett Breazeale, Mrs. J.-L. McCullough, Miss Alice Featherston, Miss Mary Wilhite, Miss Julia Webb, Miss Mary Waller, Miss M. Scndday, Miss Cindirella Keys, Miss Lizzie Osborne, Mrs. L. C. Max? well, Miss M. Perry, Miss M. McElroy, Miss Anna Simpson, Miss Corrie Glen, Mrs. Geo. Rankin, Mrs. Newberry, Mrs. J. J. Gilmer, Miss Rebecca Humphreys, Miss Mary Simp? son, Miss Mattie Jamison, Mrs. W. S. Pickens, Miss Elrod, Mrs. J. 0. Wilson, Miss Mary Hamilton, Miss Mettie Todd, Mrs. G. W. Cox, Miss Vic. McGce, Mrs. Dr. Hudgins, Mrs. John Shirley, Miss Joe Williams, Miss Lizzie Kirkpatrick, Miss Mollie Bigby, Mral.B. B. Breazeale, Mrs. P. Acker, Mrs. Louis Campbell, Miss Sal lie Warnock, Mrs. Jas. B. Moore, Miss Kate Hammond, Miss Eugenia Drake, Mrs. I Columbus Reed, Mrs. E. Pruit, Mrs.JReubcn C. Clinkscales, Mrs. W. B. Watson, Mrs, J. S. Bcaty, Mrs. W. E. Walters, Miss Mattie McGce, Miss Elvira Clinkscales, Mrs. D. J. Sherard, Mrs. W. D. Hatton, Miss Mary Simpson, Mrs. A. S. Saddler, Mrs. P. K. Norris, Mrs. S. W. Williford, Mrs. H. C. Cooley, Miss Lilla; Hol? land, Miss Bettie Earle, Miss Sallie McGce, Mrs. J. - W. Norris, Mrs. C. S. Mattison, Mrs. R. L. Keys, Miss Eliza Norris, Miss Clara Broyles, Miss Flora Keith, Mrs. J. Y. Fretwell, Miss Mattie Burriss, Miss Fannie Reeves, Miss Eugenia Watson, Miss Bell Breazeale, Mrs. F. E. Harrison, Mrs. J. M. Kidd, Miss Janie Harris, Mrs. Will Harbin, Mrs. S. A. Bellottc, Miss Jennie Cox, Mrs. Dr. W. L. Broyles, Miss Maria Lcdbetter. For the Anderson Intelligencer. Arithmetical Problem. Jack and Jim, in company, bought two dozen melons for % cents, each paying 48 cents. A certain portion of the melons being larger than the other portion, Jack therefore proposed to Jim, that if he would let him have all the large melons, that he would pay 3 cents apiece more for them than Jim should pay for the small ones, to which Jim agreed. Now, how many Large melons were there, and how many small ones, and how many cents did each one pay per melon so as to get the worth of his 48 cents ? W. H. Melville, 8. C. ? The Greenville Enterprise strongly advises that a raeetiug bo held to devise the means of building a railroad from Greenville to Ashc villc, N.C. J ITEMS OF STATE NEWS. ? Capt. Moses E. Cox, an aged and respec? ted citizen of Marlboro, died on the 17th. ? Kingstree is mourning over a weeping wil? low a century old, just fallen a victim to the axe. ? Silas Ingram, Jr., of Chesterfield county, last week stabbed aud lulled J. C.Newman. In? gram is at large. ? A colored man was whipped by persons of his own color for stealing corn in Marlboro county last week. ? Hon. John Quincy Adams, Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, was in Columbia last week. ? It is reported that Gen. Wade Hampton is about to go the way of all the Confederate Generals, and .become a life insurance agent. ? Mr. Francis Davenport, of Greenville County, has raised a specimen of cotton plant, the bolls of which contain twelve and thirteen distinct compartments or burs. ? The young men of Darlington County propose to have a tournament on Friday, the 6th of October. The lists will be open to knights from all parts of the State. ? A great temperance revival is in progress at Chester, S. C. The Division of Sons of Tem? perance that was organized only a month ago, now numbers nearly one hundred membars. ? The Edgcficld Advertiser reports a fire in that place on Saturday night, 16th inst. The stable belonging to Mr. S. S. Tompkins was burned down, and at one time the public square seemed doomed to destruction. ?' A fellow calling himself Kilpatrick re? cently stole a mule from Col. S. H. Cox, of Oglethorpe county, Ga., and is making his way to this State. Be on the watch for him. He is of good address and very plausible. ? The Charleston Neics understands that the Mills House is about to be re-opened for the coming season, under the auspices of a well known dry goods merchant of that city, who was some time since one of the partners in the management of the Charleston Hotel. ? David Gist, of Union county, and Clayton Camp, of Spartanburg county, having failed to answer the summons by appearing before the Ku Klux Committee, the Chairman has been authorized to report them to the Senate, re? questing their arrest for contempt of the au? thority of Congress. ? On the 19th inst., about ten miles from Yorkville, John Gardner, a special deputy sheriff of York county, shot and killed John Hemphill, while attempting to arrest him on a bench warrant. Gardner surrendered himself to the sheriff, and is now in jail to await the examination by the coroner of the facts. ? The Marion Crescent says: Mr. John Blackman, an inoffensive white man, was, on Saturday last, stabbed in the back, by one Ste? phen Turner. By what we learn Mr. Blackman was not disturbing any one, but was stabbed by Turner before he had any warning of what wrs to come. Turner has been arrested and is in jail. ? Mr. Robert McKenzie, who died a few days ago at McKcnzie's Station, near Florence, was a man of large means, and extensively en? gaged in the turpentine and lumber business in this State and North Carolina. He employed a number of persons, paid liberal wages, and was ever regarded as a friend to the poor and a public benefactor. ? The State Lunatic Asylum is so crowded with patients, that the Superintendant, under date of September 6th, has issued a circular to the Judges of Probate throughout the State, requesting that no more orders for the admis? sion of lunatics, epileptics or idiots shall be given until they have ascertained by proper in? quiry whether they can be received. ? That portion of the Greenville and Colum? bia Railroad, with the telegraph line connected therewith, so far as lies between Columbia and Fairfield line, has been levied on, and is adver? tised for sale by the sheriff of Riehland Coun? ty, on the first Monday in October next; also, the locomotives R. K. Scott and James L. Orr, and passenger car No. 1. The suits under which these levies have been made are in the names of Edward S. Bailey and C. H. Manson. ? The Greenville Mountaineer chronicles the formation of a company, composed of several energetic and wide-awake citizens, for the pur? pose of establishing a wholesale pottery. The f>arties have already secured a very suitable ocation for their works, and arc now engaged in supplying the works with skilled labor. In a few weeks at farthest, the establishment will be in vigorous and successful operation, pre? pared to supply the home demand, as well as that from abroad. The Ku Klux Trials in Raleigh, N. C. The trial of R. A. Shotwcll and fourteen oth? ers, indicted by the grand jury in the United States Court for conspiracy, and also charged with being a member of the Ku Klux in Ruth? erford county, N. C, closed on Thursday last, 21st of September. They were alleged to be the parties that visited the house of one J. M. Justice, a Republican member of the Legisla? ture, in July last, and inflicted violent injuries upon his person. Mr. Shotwell is the editor of the Democratic paper at Rutherfordton, while Mr. Justice is the editor of the'Radical organ at the same place. The prosecution contended that the Invisible Empire, the highest degree of the Ku Klux or? ganization, was an illegal association; that their oaths, orders and acts constituted it a body of conspirators,, and the acts of each be? came the acts of the whole. The defence contended that the oath of the order was not sufficient evidence in its terras of a conspiracy against the right of colored men to vote, nor was it such as practically interpre ted.by its members, it being abundantly shown that it was established for a lawful purpose, there being no evidence of a single raid on a colored man because of his Republican princi? ples. Judge Bond, in his charge to the jury, said: " In conclusion, gentlemen, the court cannot refrain from commending this case to your most serious attention. In a long experience upon the bench we have never seen a case whieh pre? sented, if the witnesses speak the truth, facts of snch unprovoked wickedness and brutality. Its enormity consists in this, that some seven or eight witnesses have stated in a court of jus? tice, upon oath, that they themselves went in disguise to murder a neighbor, of highly re? spectable character, in the dead hour of night, towards whom they had no ill-will, who had never wronged them, and whose property they had no desire to steal. They stated that they had dragged him from the side of his sleeping wife in a fcarful storm, where they would have killed him had not a co-conspirator's heart re? lented at the critical moment?and he a stran? ger. Why, gentlemen? Not for personal mal? ice or ill-will, but because thev were ordered to do so! Gentlemen, if you find these facts from the evidence to be true, and if it be true they cannot be punished, I tell you, solemnly, there is no security for our lives in North Carolina. You are in the hands of bandits. The law is a mockery and the courts might as well be closed." The jury, after consulting about two hours and a half, returned a verdict of guilty as to Shotwell and six others; not guilty as to three. Two of the party, Moore and Fortune, plead guilty during the progress of the trial. The verdict was unsatisfactory to the prosecution, as the jury failed to say, "Being a member of the Invisible Empire is a crime. On Friday last, Judge Bond sentenced the prisoners as follows : R. A. Shotwcll, imprison? ment at hard labor for six years and $5,000 fine; Adolphus Depriest, George W. Holland and Win. Melntyrc, imprisonment for two years at hard labor and fined ?500 each ; Wm. Teal and Wm. Scruggs, three year's imprison? ment and $500 fine each ; David Collins, four years at hard labor and $500; Amos Owens, six years and $5,000; Spencer R. Moore and D. B. Fortune, six months' imprisonment, each, in a common jail. The parties sentenced to , fine and hard labor will be forwarded to the State prison at Albany, N. Y. I From the Laurenaville Herald. Win at Home. Some of our exchanges, we think, are giving their attention unduly to governmental issues. They advocate the claims of the Nation as su? perior to those of the State, and regard the well-being of the second as entirely under the control of the first. They seem to think if we can only secure a Democratic President and a majority in the lower House of Congress, that all will be well; and that the great object for which the people of South Carolina are strug? gling will thus be secured. Entering, as we \ are, upon a great political contest, it well bo comes us to consider dispassionately the claims of the various issues presented, and, if possi? ble, avail ourselves of the means that will lead us to victory. So far as opportunities have per? mitted, we have done so, and it is our honest conviction that local discords, and the evils that throng our State government, imperative? ly demand our first attention and our greatest efforts. In saying this, we hope that no one will, for a moment, suppose that we under-esti mate the advantages that would arise from a general Democratic triumph. We know that it would bring great good to the country at large, but we cannot see bow it could afford ef? fectual relief to particular States under Radical rule; so that, in taking the position that we do, it is not that " we love Ca?sar less, but Rome more." Let us suppose that a Democrat is elected to the Presidency; that he is surrounded by Dem? ocratic advisers, and that we have control of. the lower House of Congress,, what effect would it have upon the State governments ? That it might, to some extent, hold the workings of Radical officials in abeyance, we readily admit; but in no respect could it effectually heal the wounds or remedy the evils from which the people of a State might be suffering ; for non? interference with State authority is emphatical? ly the cardinal virtue of the Democratic party. As good citizens, we caunot desire a contrary policy. It is plain, then, that we are left to ourselves to heal our own disorders; and it is equally clear that our only remedy is to rid ourselves of the present dominant party. To do this, we must win the battle at home. To secure peace and good government at home, should be our first and highest aim; and this we can never do until we strike down the Radical vampires that are draining the life's blood from the vitals of the State. A Democratic President cannot do it; we must do it ourselves?and until this is accomplished, all other questions are but of se? condary importance. To secure the end so much to be desired, a spirit of concessson must prevail. The good men and conservative men of all parties must unite in the Herculean ef? fort before us; and no issue, which has a ten? dency to distract, or keep old wounds festering should be permitted to enter the contest. We want the whole loaf if we can get it; but if we cannot, we prefer the half loaf to none at all; for it is certainly the spirit of true patriotism, in all great emergencies, to secure to the coun? try the greatest possible good. Leaving national questions, for the present, as of secondary importance, let us attend to the work to be done in our midst. Upon the victory at home depend the peace and prosper? ity of our State, rather than upon the result of the general elections throughout the United States. To work is to win. Let every man, then, go to work as if success depended upon his individual effort, feeling almost well as? sured, if a Conservative party can carry the State elections, that we will be counted among those who gave their strength to secure a gen? eral Democratic triumph. Be this as it may, wc must be sure to win at home. ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE. ? Von Moltke has been made Marshal of the German Empire. ? President Grant has accepted an invita? tion to visit Carrol county (Mel.) Agricultural Fair, October 3. ? The Northern papers tells us that the wild geese are flying Southward, which means that cold weather is at hand. ? A Republican editor says: " Let the reign of small men come to an end." He must be opposed to the re-election of Grant. - The Mayor of Selma, Ala., has given or? ders to have all young men found loafing on the streets arrested, unless they go to work. ? Horace Greeley delivered an address be? fore the Northwestern Agricultural Association, at Minneapolis, Minn., on the 14th, to a large crowd. ? Dr. Robert J. Breckiuridge, of Kentucky, is rapidly failing in health. His disease is by the physicians declared to be pulmonary con? sumption. - The Savannah Republican wants General Hancock nominated for President, and either Senator Thurman or Mr. Heudricks for Vice President. -'Whipping-posts are being re-established in various parts of Virginia, and many of the prisoners are said to prefer whipping to im? prisonment. - Several white and colored men have been arrested at Little Rock, Arkansas, because of the disappearance of a negro who had been co? habiting with a white woman. ? A shooting affray occurred between Dr. McGavock and Mr. Thadford, two well-known planters, at Shawnee town, Arkansas, in which both were mortally wounded. They had a dis? pute about hogs. ? The name of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston has been suggested by a correspondent of the Savannah Republican as a candidate for Mayor of that city. If the people of that city desire a change in their municipal government, we are quite sure they could not select a truer, bet? ter man than General Johnston. ? The National Democratic Committee at Washington has received a dispatch from Santa Fe, stating that the Democratic candidate for Delegate to Congress from New Mexico had been elected by twenty-five hundred majority, and that both houses of the Legislature were largely Democratic. Many Republican journals are advocating a one-term rule to avoid the improper use of the Presidential patronage. Would it not be better to educate their readers up to the point of considering such dishonest abuse of power a sufficient bar to re-election, and leave them free to retain in office any statesman of integrity, should their party produce such a curiosity. ? The Washington Patriot asserts that the clerks and officials in the Government service there are forced to join dubs representing their several States, and that these clubs arc part of the Radical machinery for carrying elections. The members are expected to vote at all local elections in Washington, and also to go home and vote again in the States they come from. In addition, they arc regularly assessed a per cmtage upon their salaries for election pur? poses, and this per centage is to be deducted from their pay on the 1st of September. ? There is now a large, pear-shaped spot on that side of the sun that is turned toward us. It is about 40,000 miles in diameter, which is equivalent to three-quarters of a minute of arc; equal to the angle subtended by 13J inches at the distance of one mile from the eye. It is a very good test of the vision, through smoked glass, requiring an eyesight of a little more than the average penetration to see it without a magnifier. The spot is a little to the left, and about the same distance below the appa? rent centre of the solar disc. ? Ex-Governor Hamilton, of Texas, says he never saw any of the members of the present State government steal anything; but "when we see a poor, miserable cuss, who never had ?150 in Iiis life, come to Austin and borrow money to pay his expenses, and presently find him losing a thousand dollars a night at faro, driving around in a fancy team, making liquor bills, wine bills, and all sorts of bills, and buy? ing a buggy and fine horses to go homo in, we know he is a thief as well as if we had seen him steal." TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. At a regular Communication of Barnett Lodge, No. 10?, A. F. M., held September 22, 1871, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted by the Lodge: WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God,tho Great Architect of the Universe, to remove from our midst, to the Grand Lodge on Inch, our worthv and esteemed brother, R. J. W. McCann, whose untimely death should remind us that all are traveling on the level of time to that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns. Bo it therefore Resolved, That in the death of Bro. R. J. W. McCann this Lodge of Free and Accepted Ma? sons has lost one of its most highly esteemed members, and the community a most reliable member of society. . . Resolved, That we hereby tender to the be? reaved widow, the aged parents and sorrowing: sisters of our deceased brother our heartfelt condolence and sympathy as members of this Lodge. Resolved, That the Secretary of this Lodge dedicate to the memory of our deceased broth? er a blank page of the* Book of Records, con? taining his name, age and date of death. Resolved,. That the members- of this Lodge wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days, and that the Lodge also be draped in mourning. Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to* furnish the widow of our deceased brother with a copy of these proceedings, and that lie also furnish the editor of the Anderson Intelligencer a copv for publication. J. W. CARPENTER, Sec. THE MARKETS. Anderson, September 27, 1871. Cotton.?To-day, middlings command 17. Charleston, Sept 25, Cotton firm?middlings 1SJ. New York, Sept. 25. Cotton quiet but weak?middlings 19J. :. - New York, September 24.?The cotton move' ment for the week shows a large increase in re? ceipts, while exports are considerably below those of last week, and same week last year. Receipts at all ports 20,606 bales, against 12,561 last week, 9,137 the previous -week, and 7,579 three weeks since. Total receipts since Sep? tember 42,400 bales, against 68,464 tor the cor? responding period the previous year; decrease 26,000. Exports from all ports for the week 4,283 bales, against 7,755 for the same week last year. Total exports for the expired portion of the cotton year 29,920 bales, against 19,626 for the same time last year. Stock at all ports 88, 384 bales, against 72,426 for the same time last year. Stock at interior towns 12,304 bales, against 10,684 same time last year. Stock in Liverpool 467,000 bales, against 487,000 last year. American cotton afloat for Great Britain 58,000r bales, against 25,000 last year. Indian cotton afloat for Europe is 715,644 bales, against 432, 467 last year. The weather South has been ir? regular, in the early part of week being dry in some sections and rainy in. others, but towards the close there was a marked improvement; in many sections picking operations were pro i gressing rapidly ; exceptional complaints of ! caterpillars and rotting bolls not fully matured; ' nothing said about army worms; it is possible the plant will escape this scourge. Exuberant Health Is a blessing vouchsafed to few. Even those 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 and robust a man is, the more liberties he is inclined, to take with his own physique. It is some consolation to the natu? rally weak and feeble to know that they can bo so invigorated and built up, by a proper use of the means which science has placed at their dis? posal, as to have a much better chance of long life,, and exemptions from disease and pain, than the most athletic of their fellows who are 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 tonie, to enable them to support the strain upon their bodies and minds, which the fast lifo of this restless age occasions. In fiict> a pure, wholesome, unexciting, tonic, is thei grand desidcration of the busy "millions', "arid they have the article in llostetter's Stomach Bitters. It is a staniinal medicine, i. e. it im? parts permanent strength to weak systems and invigorates delicate constitutions. Its reputa? tion and its sales have steadily increased. Competitive preparations have been introduced ad libitum, and, as far as the public is concern? ed, ad naitscum, in the hope of rivaling it; bnt they have all either perished in the attempt, or been lett far in the rear. It has been the great medical success of the present century, and it is quite certain that no proprietary medicine in this country is as widely known, or as general? ly used. Ten lightning presses, running Incessantly (Sundays excepted,) the whole year through, barely supply the demand for the illustrated Almanac, ill which tiie nature and uses of the preparation arc set forth, the circulation now being over eight millions a year. Important to Builders and Contractors. Wo learn from our Charleston exchanges that Mr. P. P. Toale, the well-known manufactu? rer of Doors, Sashes, Blinds, Ac, has establish? ed a depot at Xo. 20 Hayne street, where-1,0 keeps constantly on hand not only all articles from his own manufactory, but also every va? riety of builders1 hardware, French and Amer? ican window glass, both plain and ornamental, slate mantels, and, in short, everything neces-r sary to finish handsomely a residence, a store', or a church. M. S. HANCKEL. M. D., DENTIST, (From Charleston, South Carolina,) OFFERS his Professional Services to the cit zens of Anderson, and can be found for a short time at the Waverly House. Sept 28, 1871 13 PURE GYPSUM! CONTAINING Ninety-nine and Two-thirds per Cent. (99.66 per cent.) SOLUBLE MATTER. Warranted free from all impuri? ties. Prepared in this city, and for sale at the low price of Fifteen Dolhirs per Ton Cash, by JOHN H. HOLMES, Commission Merchant, Charleston, S. C. Sept 27, 1871 13- 3m ? HELDMANN HAS good HARNESS and SHOE OIL. Como and get it. SilOES, BOOTS, HARNESS AND SAD? DLES, home-made, always on hand, or made to order. Repairing on Boots, Shoes, Saddles and Har? ness done to order. Sept 2?, 1S71 13 lm Private Sale. Ihave some HORSES, MULES, BUGGIES, CARRIAGE. SULKEY, HARNESS and SADDLES for sale. Also, some Stock Hogs and Hogs ready for the pen. All of which I will sell on reasonable terms. JOHN W. DANIELS. Scpt28,lS71 * ? 13 FOR SALE ! AFIRST-RATE second-hand TOP BUGGT. lias been run only one year?hi perfect order. Also, a new open BUGGY, of the latest style,, and most thorough workmanship?only to be seen to be appreciated. Also, two setts of single HARNESS?one eiv thely now. Also, one sett of double HARNESS. All of the above will be sold cheap for cash. Apply to J. W. GURLEY. Sept 27, 1871 - 13 Ministers' and Deacons' Meeting. THE Ministers and Deacons of the Third Union District, Saluda Association, are hereby invited to meet on Friday before the fifth Sabbath in October next, in connection with the Union Meeting, at Salem Church, live miles Northeast of Anderson C. H. By order of the Church. * P. R. BROWN, Clerk. Sept 27, 1871 lo