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TERMS. Oneeopy for one year._.?-.-????-.$ 2.50 " " ?? aix mouths. 1.25 Ton copies for one year..-...20.00 Twenty copies for one year.37.50 The clubs of ten and twenty will be sent to any address. Subscriptions will not be received for a less period than sixmonths. ADVERTISING RATES, Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of One Dollar psr. square of ono inch space for-the first insertion, and Fifty Cents per square for each subsequent insertion, Liberal contracts made with those wishing to advertise tor three, six or twelve months. "OBittiary-notices exceeding five lines will be charged for at advertising rates. Announcement of candidates, Fire Dollars in each case, Invariably in advance. i Job Work cash on delivery, in overy instance.. . ANDERSON C. H., S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 21, 1871. The editor absented himself a few days ago, and is anticipating Christmas by a sojournt in Charleston the present week. la accordance with an established cus? tom, and to give our weary typos a little rest from their labors, no paper will" be issued from this office-nsxt week. Editorial Correspondence. Columbia, Dec. 18,1871. A brief sojourn in this city, for the first time in many months, induces me to pen a few line? for the readers of the Intelligencer. Not that there is anything of especial moment to communicate, more than has been occurring here for the post several weeks, but that the impressions are fresh and may embrace points not familiar to our readers. To-day has been memorable thus far, how? ever, that the trial of the first case in the Uni? ted States Court, commonly known as the Ku Ulax trials, has been concluded. It is the case against Mitchell and others, indicted for con? spiracy to prevent certain colored citizens of | York County from exercising the right of suf? frage, and to punish them for exercising that right. The evidence was completed on Satur? day, and has been fully reported. On (;hat day, the Hon. Mr. Stan berry addressed the Court and jury in behalf of the accused, and i.e was followed by Hon. D. H. Chamberlain for the prosecution. Early this morning the eorriders of the S:ate House revealed an anx? ious crowd of persons, many of them belonging to the "oppressed race,'-' so-called. Hon. Rev erdy Johnson, it was understood, was to open the argument for the defence upon the sitting of the Court, and his great fame attracted us thither. It was difficult to obtain access to the floor of the Court room, but the open sesame of the press brought admission from the polite doorkeeper, who strictly enforced his orders not to,admit persons unless they had business. At the time of our entrance, Mr. Johnson was -fairly under way with his argument, and was scathingly dissecting the prosecution, its attor? neys and witnesses, and makine the stroneest ?appeal to the jury in behalf of justice. He was grand in the effort to defend his clients, and efface the stigma attempted to be placed upon the respectable white people of South Carolina, ?,W?ose gallantry, devotion and patriotism was ?worthily extolled from his standpoint as an 'original Union man. . District Attorney Corbin followed, but we did not hear his argument, nor the charge to 'the jury by the Court. The jury returned a 'Verdict, after several hours deliberation, finding the defendants guilty upon the second count of j the indictment as to intimidating and prevent? ing the aforesaid colored citizens from exer? cising the right of suffrage in 1872. The de ' fence gave notice of appeal. The Conrt is un? derstood to be m a dilemma as to the section of I I the Act of Congress under which the sentence must be passed, if the appeal hod not been made. And thus ends the first case of the Ku . Klux trials, which were to be made so memo '-table. In on r opinion, the learned counsel employed to defend these prisoners have accomplished a good deal, in this, that they have baffled the astute lawyers for the government, and have ? shorn these trials of much of their terror. But ' * prominent Radical remarked to us that it does not matter whether or not there are con u victimrs?that the government does not core to convict, since the testimony has been given to the world, and the Radical party will be en? abled to manufacture all the political capital needed in the next Presidential campaign. We left the Court to visit the Legislature, having cards of admission to both Houses.? The Senate adjourned after a short session, which was altogether business-like and un? marked by any of the extraordinary scenes so common to the House of Representatives. In J this latter body, there was a goodly collection , of visitors, and a tolerable attendance of mem? bers. The special order for two o'clock was ? the report of Bowen's committee as to the over? issue of bonds by the State government, and it . was evident that the interest centered in this seport. The discussion took a wide range, and numberless motions were introduced. Upon a motion to adopt the report of the committee as the sense of the House, the Speaker ruled that it required a two-thirds vote of the House, since the recommendation of the committee looked to impeachment of certain State officers. From this decision of the Chair, an appeal was taken by Whipper, and after several hours' dis . eussion as to sustaining the Speaker, the House refused to sustain that officer and over-ruled his decision, so that it required a bare majority to adopt tho report as ihe sense of the House. The adoption of the report followed, as a mat? ter of course, and we have just been informed that Mr. Bowen then introduced the following resolutions: Resolved, That Robert K. Scott, Governor of | South Carolina, be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. Resolved, That Niles G. Parker, Treasurer of | South Carolina, be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. Under the rales, these resolutions were or? dered to lie over until to-morrow. At present, it is thought the requisite two-thirds will vote for impeachment, but there is "many a slip betwixt the cup and the lip," and it will not be strango if means are not employed to prevent such a vote. ' Wo leave lo-night for Charleston, to attend the session of the Grand Lodge. JJgy A light fall of Bnow in this vicinity on Thursday night last can be numbered among the events of the past week. ?cy? We direct attention to the advertise? ment of the Etiwan Fertilizers in another col? umn. The high, reputation of the Etiwan guarantees all that is said in the advertisement, and those who have tested its merits speak in the highest terms of its efficacy and value.? B; F. Crayton & Sons are the agents for this county. B?$- Our Carrier, Master Willie Keys, will pay his respects during Christmas week to those of our patrons who reside in Town, and we ask a careful consideration of his claims. He :is sober,, industrious, and" in every way worthy of alL our friends feel disposed to give, and besides he has earned it. Let the "devil" have his dues. Our Washington Correspondence. Washington,^. C, Dec. 16, 1871. This has besn-a bad'week for the Adminis? tration or rather General Grant, who is the Administration. Another such week and the "colossal intellect which rules at the White House and sits in the Presidential chair," as Senator Tipton faeiliously styles the uncom? municative Ulysses,, will be removed from his present state of anxiety to that of downright discouragement. First comes the perverse Sumncr, who takes the President's message lit? erally, and he proposes the abolishment of that immense political machine?the Internal Rev? enue Bureau?which, of course, "will not be did." Then the over anxious Tnambull, feel? ing that the screws are being put on the dear people rather tightly, or for some other reason not mentioned, offered a resolution to inquire into all the robberies now going on by Govern? ment officials. Sumner's proposition was sent to the "tomb of the capulets," never to be res? urrected. Trumbull, aided by Carl Schurz, the cantankerous, as the Radicals call him, and Tipton, the "slasher" when he starts in, raised such a shindy over Trumbull's resolution that Donnybrook Fair was but a patch to the scene in the Senate chamber during the past four days. Of course the corrupt and festering Ad? ministration supporters came to its rescue, and their efforts to stifle investigation into the well known thieving now going on is most dam? aging. At last, after caucus and debate in tho Senate, a.committee has been selected which, with the exception of Senator Bayard, Demo? crat, will put into practice their knowledge of "how not to do it," and the result will be that the Radical Administration will be likened un? to the purity of the celestial regions, and each and every one who sups at the Administration table will be pronounced immaculate, and above the suspicions which Senators Trumbull, Schurz, Tipton and other Radicals point at them. Yes? terday in caucus the Radicals anticipated pan? demonium, and let themselves loose for a time. Senator Trumbull, with the tenacity of a bull? dog, kept up his barking at the Graut curs, and his resolution of yesterday instructing the new committee on investigation and expenditure to inquire into all the present defects of the civil service, raised cain. Trurabull, however, was master of the situation, its the Ornntltcs Jmc not vote down his resolution, as it would be a virtual acknowledgment that the Administra? tion feared investigation. After a most exci? ting debate of an hour and a half, Mr. Trum bull carried his point, except that part of the instructions to the committee to consider the expediency of amending the laws under which appointments to the public service are made, so that they may no longer be used for political or party patronage, was voted down, as was also the power to send for persons aud papers, and to make inquiry into the supposed corrupt use of public money. The victory of the anti Grant men was somewhat dampened by the se? lection of the committee, Messrs. Buckingham, Pratt, Harlan, Howe, Poole, Stewart and Bay? ard, who, with the exception of the latter, are looked upon as quite as good a set of white washers as could be picked out. So ends the first pitched battle between the Grant Radicals and the sore-heads. The question of importance to the Democra? cy now is, will all the professions of honesty and love of right, as tipouted by the Reform Radicals in the Senate, amount to a bolt from the tyranny of King Caucus, and separate and independent action in the Senate, and an Inde? pendent nomination, in case the present de? fender and fosterer of corruption and robbery is re-nominated ? Since writing the last few lines, I have re? ceived positive assurances that at least Senator Trumbull will bolt from the Radical caucus. This determination means volumes, and the end is not yet, and the road to it will be crook? ed, and the gait a rapid and rough one. From the aspect of things just now, the Democracy have only to gird up their loins, keep a stiff upper lip, keep their powder?u c, their prin? ciples?dry, close up their ranks, and the sore headed Radicals, either for honesty-sake, or out of spite to Ulysses, will drive the wedge now entering the Radical party clear through it, and the people will get their own almost with? out effort, despite power, money and patronage. Ex-Senator Williams, of Oregon, succeeds the brute Akerman as Attorney General. "The President yesterday," says the Repub? lican, "paid a friendly visit to Gen. Spinner, the U. S. Treasurer, and assured him that he need not. give himself any uneasiness about his responsibility for recent losses." Upon what meat doth this Grant feed, that he is become so great? I always thought that Congress appro? priated the people's money to cover these rob? beries. I now find that Grant assumes that power. ? The Washington Chronicle of Saturday says: "In the contested election ease of Bowen vs. DeLarge, of South Carolina, DeLarge, who occupies the seat, has failed to put in any re? butting evidence against the testimony of the grossest frauds put in by Bowen. Additional testimony from the confession of one of the commissioners of election seems to have satis? fied DeLarge that he cannot make a successful contest, and it is supposed that he will make no further effort. DeLarge's counsel, Major C. W. Buttz, has abandoned the case, declaring it hopeless. The committee on elections will, therefore, doubtless report that Mr. Bowen is entitled to the seat m Congress. Expecting this remit, Mr. Bowen desired to bring to Washington a new endorsement by the people of his district. He became a candidate for the Legislature from Charleston County, and was almost unanimously elected. He claims that his personal popularity is so great no one cared to run against him. When his case is decided in the committee he will promptly leave the Legislature and claim his seat." For the Anderson Intelligencer. Town Cows and Town Council. Mr. Editor : About three months ago you announced in your paper that the Town Coun? cil had adopted an ordinance against cattle going at large in our streets, to go into force on the 15th of October. With others, I have anxiously looked forward to the time when this law should be enforced; bat if it has ever been adopted it has never been published, much less has it gone into operation. After the very general complaint about the nuisance this law was intended to remove, it is a little surprising that our municipal government have not shown more alacrity in adopting it; and that the nuisance is a very great one, I think admits of little doubt. I do not know the scope of the ordinance, if any, they proposed to adopt, but I have heard it was proposed simply to exclude cattle from the public square of the Town. I would take the liberty of suggesting to the Council that it be made to embrace cattle, hogs, goats? indeed, every four-footed beast, and extend to the utmost limits of the Town. Hogs and Chios are our chief pests, it is true, and it is at them I am striking; but make the law general in its subjects and extent, and it will furnish fewer grounds of complaint. One very great advantage to be derived from such an ordinance is the protection it would af? ford our trading community?i.?., friends from the country?in freeing them from a very serious annoyance. It is discreditable, if not dis? graceful, the way these roguish town cows hang about the public square and steal the forage from the wagons and carriages of our country neighbors. They are public plunderers, and it is much to be regretted that some one has not been found bold enough to kill a few of the rogues, particularly a certain red cow remarka? ble for the dexterity aud cunning of her depre? dations. And I should like to know who is responsible for this state of things but our Town Council 7 It won't do for them to say that it is the duty of the owners of such cattle to keep them up. A sense of decency and propriety might, it is true, constrain the own? ers to abate the nuisance; but let Council de? clare the law and punish offenders, and the grievance will soon cease. But there is another and, I think, greater benefit to be derived from such a law. Require the owners of live Btock to keep thdm enclosed, and you protect persons residing within the corporate limits from many a vexatious tres? pass upon their yards and grounds. I know the law, as it now stands, makes it the duty of persons to protect their cultivated grounds from such trespass by lawful fences. But I undertake to say it is one of the most senseless laws upon our statute books?certainly for all this region of country. Adopted in this State first about the year 1694, when the whole coun? try was one vast wilderness, grown up in wild grasses and native pea-vine, with settlements and cultivated fields few and iar between, and forming, you may say, one vpst cattle-range, this law has been continued, with slight modi? fications and changes, down to the present day, notwithstanding the change in the face of the country, now thickly populated, shorn of its timber aud uufit for outtlo grtuung. If til PTC is any one law upon our statute books wholly unadapted to our present condition, it is this same fence law; and it is to be hoped the Leg? islature will not allow it to go nnrepealed much longer. It ought to have been repealed long ago, and it is certainly competent for oor town authorities to effect a change within our.corpo porate limits, not by way of repealing a stat? ute, but in enforcing police regulations; for make it unlawful for live stock to be found at large in our streets, and you relieve the land? owner from the necessity of keeping up his fences. It is a popular notion that such a law would operate harshly upon the poor, by com? pelling them to give up their hogs and cows, as they can't keep them enclosed and support them. I have no hesitancy in saying that a man who is too poor to feed a cow or hog has no business with it, and he certainly. lias no right to keep it at the expense of his neighbor, as he too often does, if permitted to roam at large. Waiving actual trespasses to cultivated fields, I should like to know what reason or natural justice there is in requiring me to feed my neighbor's cattle, even off my unenclosed grounds. My lands are my own, and because I am unable to keep them enclosed by a lawful fence, and cannot, therefore, punish my neigh? bor for allowing his cattle to browse upon and tramp them, that gives him no right to pas? ture them. The law gives me no remedy for this wrong, but that gives him no right to the privilege. The confusion of ideas on this Bubject is a little singular; and some people have come to think that when you talk; about keeping stock enclosed, you are assailing a very dear right of theirs, which,: when analyzed, resolves itself into the privilege of grazing their cattle upon their neighbor's lands. It matters not if these lands are commons or unused, the principle is the same. Bat you'll never find the land-owner committing thjs mis? take, and it seems to me they are the people mostly interested in the matter. ? The inequality of the law, as it now stands, is very decidedly against this class, while I in? sist a change would not be detrimental to the interests of the poor man. Every mau in the community who can hire or buy a house to live in can have his patch for his cow, or can hire pasturage at a cheap rate. His cow would be all the better for the change, and if he is too thriftless to support it thus, then let him do without it. I have no sympathy with the doc? trine that would teach him that because his neighbor is better off than he, this neighbor is not entitled to the exclusivo use of what is his own, but must contribute of his abundance to the support of the other's animals. But take into consideration the damage done and auuoyance given by stock breaking into improved grounds and cultivated fields. I doubt if there is a lawful fence in tho County, and if there is one within the corporate limits, made of rails, I should like to know tho pro? prietor, and by what art he keeps it up to the legal standard, especially in the winter season, when rails become so popular as fuel. I'll wager it hau to be made anew every spring.? And how many of even our laud-owners have the necessary timber with which to make these repairs. Very few or none have it to spare for this purpose. Fire-wood is very scarce and dear here in cold weather, and to have to take from the very scant supply of forest timber we have to make fences in the spring, to be stolen and consumed the next winter, breaks the cam el's back indeed. Aud just show me a man who can go through this routine from year to year, who sees his fences disappear from day to day, to replenish some thriftless, idle vaga? bond's fire-place, and his neighbor's ill-fed* half-famished cattle and hogs breaking into his fields, destroying his crops and injuring his lands, and if he can refrain from swearing a little, I will show you a man with the elements of Christianity mighty well grounded in him. This $s no overdrawn picture, but the actual condition of every man who has a few acres under cultivation; unless, perchance, he has a plank fence with the nails clinched, an expense many of us could not afford, and that none should be subjected to with so little reason.? And yet it cannot be changed, because those who own no lands or farms have nowhere for their stock to go and feecL except on some one else's land. But I have said more than I intended. Much that I have said, and a great deal more than I have said, would apply to the country at large, but it applies with greater force, I think, to our country villages, where the pasturage is more scant and the expense of fencing is the same if not greater; and we are yearly subjected to the loss and annoyance of having our fences stolen and burnt. When our people come to see, as every reflecting man must, that it is far cheaper to keep up our live stock than it is to fence in our grounds and fields, then I suppose we may expect a change in the law. I have seen it asserted in a recent periodical that the fencing in the United States costs annally $100,000,000, and narrowing down the estimate to our State borders, it is said to greatly exceed the taxes imposed by the State, oppressive as they are. And yet because it is a long estab? lished custom, our people seem blind to the ne? cessity of a change. As one old gentleman recently said to the writer, "he didn't believe truck would grow in his fields if he had no fences around them." STOCK-OWNER. A Measure of Practical Relief. The following bill has been introduced into the House of Representatives by Mr. Wilkes, of Anderson. It is a measure of practical re? lief, and is a move in the right direction to? wards extricating the State from her present financial troubles, but we are not inclined to think that the Legislature will second this effort to afford relief: a bill to prohibit the further issue, sale and hypothecation of bonds op this state, under the several acts of the general assembly heretofore passed, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Scnate^id House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General As? sembly, and by the authority of the same, That the further issue of bonds of this State, under the authority of any Act of the General As? sembly heretofore passed, be, and the same is hereby, prohibited. Sec 2. That the Financial Agent of this State, in the city of New York, or elsewhere, be, and he is hereby, prohibited from pledging the bonds of this State, which he now has, or may hereafter have in his possession, or under his control, as collateral security for a State loan. That the said Financial Agent be, and he is hereby, forbidden to sell any of the bonds of this State that have been, of may be hy? pothecated, for any purpose whatever, prior to the passage of this Act; and that if any bonds of this State shall be issued, hypothecated, or sold, contrary to the provisions of this Act, by the Governor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Financial Agent, or by any other person rep? resenting or professing to represent the State, neither the principal or interest thereof, shall ever be paid. Sec. 3. That the Secretary of State and his deputies, and each of them, be, and are hereby, prohibited from affixing the seal of this State to any more of the bonds of the State printed under the authority of any Act of the General Assembly heretofore passed. Sec. 4. That the Governor of this State be, and he is hereby required to call in forthwith all the bonds of this State now printed and not signed or printed and signed but not issued, in the custody or under the control of any person, company or corporation whatever; and he shall, as fast as they are received, report their number and amount to the General Assembly, and in the presence of the Treasurer, Attorney Gen? eral, tho Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate and Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means of the House, the presiding officers of the Senate and House of Represen? tatives, proceed at once to burn up the same, and make report thereof to the General Assem? bly immediately. Sec 5. That any officer or agent of this State, whose duty it is, or shall be, to carry out the provisions of this Act, who shall fail to ex? ecute the same; or who shall, in any way, violate the true intent and meaning thereof, shall, iu addition to all other penalties, be deemed to be guilty of high crime and misde? meanor, and upon conviction thereof in any Court of competent jurisdiction, shall be pun? ished by fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars, and not less than eight thousand dol? lars, one-half of which shall be paid to any person who shall prosecute the offender to con? viction, aud the other half shall be paid into the State Treasury for the use of the Free Common Schools of the State, and by impris? onment in the State Penitentiary not more than five years nor less than two years. Sec. 6. That all taxes for State purpose lev? ied and collected for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, shall be paid into the State Treasury on the fifteenth day of each month, and the State Treasurer shall give a receipt to the various County Treasurers, who shall make an annual report of the amounts so paid to the General Assembly, on the second day of each session, and also a report of all such payments on the ltith day of each month, during the ses? sions of the General Assembly, aud that the State Treasurer shall give duplicates of each receipt given to the respective County Treasur? ers to the Governor and Comptroller General, who shall, in addition to an annual report with the Treasurer, make a report of the sums so paid into the Treasury on the sixteenth day of each month during the sessioas of the Gen? eral Assembly ; and further, that the said tax? es shall not be applied to any other purpose than to the payment of the necessary expenses of the State Government, within the limits of the State, and shall only be paid out by order of the General Assembly, expressed in a Gen? eral or Special Appropriation Bill, or by a joint or concurrent Resolution of the two Houses, upon a check signed by the Governor, and Countersigned by the Treasurer and Comptrol? ler General; provided, that nothing herein contained be construed to prohibit the State Treasurer from paying any check drawn upon tho contingent fund of cither House of the General Assembly, when signed by the presid? ing officer and countersigned by the Clerks thereof. Sec. 7. That nothing herein contained, shall be construed to intimate an intention or desire on the part of this General Assembly, to repudiate any portion of the just indebted? ness of the State ; on the contrary the same shall be held inviolable. Sec. 8. That all Acts and parts of Acts, in? consistent with this Act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. ? Lnce handkerchiefs arc for sale in New York at >0<J to $500 apiece. ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE. ? A Philadelphia firm will soon supply Russia with 500 locomotives. ? A man in Taunton, Mass., has been fined $6 for spitting tobacco juice on a church car? pet. ? An Indiana man claims the "champion? ship," and says that he can kill and dress an ox in seven minutes. ? Under the new apportionment bill, South Carolina will be misrepresented by five Con? gressmen instead of four. ? Twenty-five thousand dollars worth of property was consumed and two persons killed in a fire in Cincinnati on the 1st. ? Fifteen thousand women have signified to Congress their unwillingness to have the re? sponsibilities of suffrage thrust upon them, ? An enterprising young dentist in a neigh? boring city advertises: "Get your sweetheart a new set of false teeth as a Christmas present." ? A young woman was sent to a New Jersey jail a day or two ago for drunkenness. Once she was the belle of New Haven, Connecticut. ? The ice crop will be a very largo one next year. Everywhere the ice men are already gathering good supplies of ice, varying from six to twelve inches in thickness. ? A despatch from Norfolk, Va., to the Pe? tersburg Index, says that Henry Ghiselin, one of the editors of the Norfolk Journal, has eloped with a young lady of that city, leaving behind him. a wife and six children. ? Mr. C. Tocld was killed in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday, by a young mule. While attempting to trim the mane of the animal he was pawed to the ground and so severely in? jured that he died in a few minutes. ? General Sherman renews his suggestion that the legitimate sphere of action of the army should be defined by statute. He evidently does not like the idea of making the depart? ment which he commands a mere police force. ? The convalescence of the Prince of Wales has commenced, but progresses slowly, yet steadily. As the Prince is considered out of danger, the Queen has returned to Windsor and the Duke of Cambridge has returned to London. ? In Fauquier County, Va., a little son- of James Hinson, about ten years old,, left home, on Wednesday morning, on a rabbit hunt, aud was not found until Friday morning. When found he was sitting beneath a tree, sti? and cold in death. ? Upwards of fifty families, says theGains ville (Ga.) Eagle, arrived in our city, on Satur? day and Sunday last, from Anderson and Oco nee counties, S. C, en route to the West.? They represent the couutry as truly in a deplo? rable condition. ? Two news-boys in Macon, Ga., frolicking around in a room, accidently knocked a loaded pistol from a shelf, which went off as it fell, sending the ball through the hand of oue and through the brains of the other, causing the immediate death of the latter. ? A shooting affray occurred in front of the post office, in Richmond, Va., on Thurday last, between John Suelling and Andrew Montiero, both sporting men, which resulted in Snclling being probably fatally wounded. Montiero was arrested ; he is but slightly hurt. ? The Territory of Wyoming is still wo? man's paradise. The bill repealing the woman suffrage act has been vetoed by the Governor, so that the women, who were about to see their hardly earned and highly cherished rights ruthlessly torn from them, have yet another and a strong hope. ? A lengthy interview is reported between ex-President Johnson and the correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial. The ex-President is more severe on Grant than usual, and is op? posed to the "passive policy," as recommended by some of the Democratic leaders, as being equal to a surrender, which he says is as bad as a defeat. ? Governor Walker, of Virginia, has par? doned ex-Mayor Chahoon, of Richmond, here? tofore twice convicted of complicity in the Haustein forgery. Very general satisfaction is expressed of this action of the Governor, who states that his principal reason for so doing is that it was earnestly recommended by a very large number of worthy citizens. ? The Catholic Bishop Barclay, of New Jer? sey, who lately delivered a temperance address before the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of that State, is reported to have declared that he has "ordered the clergy to refuse Christian burial to those who die of the effects of liquor as well as those who sell it to drunkards." He docs not believe in prohibition laws,and thinks it best to fight vice by the influence of moral suasion and religious opinion. ? The Legislature of Alabama agreed to pay three lawyers, employed in the Stanton railroad suit at Knoxville, $20,000. One of these, Gen. James H. Clauton, was killed and left his family poor. The other two, Messrs, Stone and Clopton, transferred their interestin the fee of $20,000 to Gen. Clanton's widow. A deed like this, of two lawyers, neither rich, re? deems an age and country. Selfishness and love of money blackeu every page of current history. ? Squirrels are so jreat a nuisance in Cali? fornia that a bounty of ten cents per head is paid for their destruction. A single hunter has killed and trapped ten thousand in oue sea? son, for which he got one thousand dollars bounty. He sent the skins to Paris, where they sold at fifteen cents each, swelling his re? ceipts to two thousand five hundred dollars for his captures. The skins are said to be more valuable than those of the rat or kid in the manufacture of gloves. ? A correspondent of the New York Jour? nal of Commerce describes a project soon to be submitted to Congress, it is said, by Senator Sumner, for the charter of a grand national bank, to be called "The Exchequer of the Uni? ted States," and modeled somewhat after the Bank of England. The plan contains two de? partments, the "banking" and the "issue" de? partment, aud provides for $100,000,000 capi? tal, to be taken by subscription. It is designed, also, to take the place of the present sub-treas? ury. ? Florida Indians, so long silent, arc begin? ning, so it appears, to grow restive under their peaceful yoke, and are now preparing to follow the war trail, or rather they arc reported doing so. The Peninsula says on the night of the 30th tilt., two Indians, a man and a ooy, came to the house of Mr. Wm. Willingham," on the Estapoga, twelve miles South of"Fort Meade, and intimated from their talk that they soon intended to go to fighting. It is also reported that Capt. John Montcs de Oco, the Indian Agent, anticipates a break-out soon. ? On the 29th ultimo was sold the farm called Hazel Plain, in Prince William county, Va., (better known as the Chinn farm,) con? taining 500 arcs, belonging to B. T. Chinn, for eight dollars per acre, to Mrs. Mary A. Dow man, executrix. This farm is a portion of the plateau upon which were fought the first and second battles of Manassas. When the war commenced it was under a high state of im? provement, and the dwelling house upon it was one of the finest in this section of the State, but that Bcourge devastated it, and the open fields and young pines and shattered mansion all now hear evidence of the bloody conflicts of which it was the scene. ? The congressional committee on the al? leged outrages in the Southern States will not be able to report till after the holiday recess. The sub-coiumittce will show that since the close of the war the debt of the Southern States, local and State, have increased the enormous sum of two hundred and fifty mil? lions of dollars. This includes laws which au? thorize the loaning of the credit of the States to various railroad schemes which v;cre never carried out except for purposes of personal plunder. While the increased debts of the State have necessitated increased taxation, the rapid increase of the county expenditures have everywhere created the most oppressive taxa? tion, amounting in some instances to almost practical confiscation. Particulars of Col. Ashmore's Death ?The Memphis Ledger, of the 6th inst., says; Colonel John D. Ashmore, formerly a State Senator of and a Congressman from 8outb Carolina, committed suicide yesterday morning at Sardis, Miss., by shooting himself with a Derringer pistol. Colonel Ashmore was, before the late war, a distinguished representative in Congress from .South Carolina. The disastrous result of the late war deprived him of a large amount of wealth, a fact which had an evil effect on the habits of the rmfcrtanate, A few years since he with his family removed to the Mississippi bottom, ten miles from Sardis, Miss, But Colonel Ashmore's agricultural efforts be? came failures, and he removed to Sardis for the purpose of resuming his profession as a lawyer. He was addicted to intemperance, and left Sar? dis for Batesville, Miss., on last Monday even? ing. Yesterday morning he returned on the early train, and was apparently not under the influence of liquor. He went to his boarding house, retired to his room, and in a few min? utes a loud explosion was heard. The lady of the house rushed in and discovered the unfor? tunate man in a death-struggle. Captain F. B, Randolph, of the Panola Star, was on the spot in a few seconds, and found the suicide lying on the bed. In his right hand he held the fatal Derringer, which he corrvnisiveTy above*! against his neck, and was-end'eavoringto null the trigger even in his death-agony- The ball entered the right side of the head, passing oat through the top, inflicting a horrible wound", from which death resulted in a few mihntea. The brains of the unfortunate man were scat? tered in all directions. Colonel Ashmore was a polished and cultivated gentleman, and had a large circle of friends in Mississippi. For several months he had been suffering acutely from neuralgia, which, to a certain extent, shai tercd his nervous system. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm^9 BY TELEGRAPH. Liverpool, Dec; 20, 5 p. m, Middlings 9 15-I6d. Market quiet. New York, Dec 20, Noon. Middlings 20. Firm. Charleston, Dec. 20, Noon. Middlings 18$. Firm. _THE MARKETS._ Axdersoit, Dec 20,187L The cotton market quite active to-day, and prices range from I7i to 17 j. Sales for the week CIS bales. Bacon, 12J ; Corn, 75 to 9C; Peas, 75 to 90 ; Flour, $10 to ?12, HYMEXEAL. MARRIED, on December 13, 1871, by B*v. J. Scott Murrav, Mr. E. L. CLARK and Miss BETTIE N. 'CROSBY, second daughter of David Crosby, Esq., all of Anderson. JUST ARRIVED! TWENTY FINE MARES. Also, the finest pair of HORSES that have been seen in An? derson in ten years. THOMPSON & STEELE. Waverly House Stables, Dec 21, 1871 25 WANTED I BY a PRACTICAL TANNER, a situation as Manager in a good "Tannery." Terms moderate, and good references given* Address, E. M. PRICE, Marion, N. C. Dec 21, 1871 25 4 LOST or MISLAID, ANOTE given to the undersigned by Dr. W. II. Davis, of Greenville, for the sum of Fifty Dollars, dated in July or August, 1870r payable one day after date. All persons are warned against trading for said Noto. EDWARD DAVES. Dec 21,1871 25 2 TO RENT. SIX ROOMS over the south end of Brick Range, all with fire-places, convenient for a Family Dwelling-place; two out-buildings with fire-places, and a good Garden attached to the premises. Applv at once to * Mrs. W. C. BEWLEY. Dec 21. 1871 25 1 HORSES and MULES. THE undersigned will have by Saleday in January next, a very lino drove of Tennessee HORSES and MULES at hia Stables in An? derson. They will bo sold as low as any man can afford to sell, unless he steals them. Look at my stock before you buy. JOHN CATLETT. Dec 21,1871 25 1 Sale of Choses in Action. BY authority of the Probate Judge, we will sell the Accounts and Notes of the Estate of Rev. D. Humphreys, dee'd, that have been appraised doubtful or worthless, on the 6th of January next. S. C. HUMPHREYS, \ A<Wr_ W. W. HUMPHREYS, J Atun Dec 21, 1871 25 2 Fine Young Horses and Mules! I will be in Anderson in a few days with the finest lot of young HORSES and MULES that I ever owned, bought in Tennessee, Ken? tucky and Ohio. They are all young and well broke. They will be sold at fair prices. A few fine brood Mares among them. Come and look at them. D. C. CUNNINGHAM. Dec 21,1871 25 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COl'XTY OF ASDERSOir. By A. 0. Norris, Esq., Probate Judge : WHEREAS, Alfred Campbell mado suit to me to grant him Letters of Admin? istration, with the Will annexed, of the Estate and effects of Wm. Marvin Kay, deceased. These arc therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Wm. Man-in Kay, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson C. H., on Friday, the 5th day of January, 1871, alter publication hereof," at 11 o'clock in tho forenoon, to show cause, il* any they have, why the said Adminis? tration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 18th day of De? cember, Anno Domini 1871. A. O. NORRIS, Judge of Probate. Ncc 21, 1871 25 2 ANDERSON MALE HIGH SCHOOL. milE EXERCISES of the above School will JL be resumed on MONDAY, JANUARY 15th, 1872. The Scholastic Year, consisting of forty weeks, will be equally divided into three terms. Between the second and third terras, there will be a vacation of a few weeks. Please read the following terms carefully: Primary English Studies, with Arithme? tic through Long Division, per term, $ 7 00 nigher English Studies, with Arithmetic, per term, - - - 9 00 Higher English Studies, with Mathemat? ics, Chemistry and Rhetoric, per term, 10 00 Ancient Languages, with any of the above studies, - 13.3SJ Board, oxclusive of washing and lights, can be had in the family of the Principal at $12.00 per month, and elsewhere in Town at reasona? ble rates. For further information apply to W. J. LIGON, Principal. I would bo glad if those in arrears would set? tle their bills, as I am greatly in need of money. \\. J. L. Dee 21, 1871 25 5