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ANDERSON C. H.f S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 21, 1872. flg?? The weather for the past week has been unusually cold. Last Friday and Saturday deserve to be remembered as among the coldest days experienced in this climate during the moDth of November for many years. fiST An alarm of fire on Monday evening was caused by the burning of a small cabin in the .northern part of town, near the Greenville road. The cabin was occupied by a negro woman, whose children set fire to the building in the absence.of their mother. jB?T E. J. Hale & Son, New York, have lindly ftrwarded the fourth and fifth numbers of De Fontaine's "Cyclopedia of Dickens," which we have heretofore noticed at length. One more number will complete the Cyclope? dia. Tbe author has performed his task dili? gently, and every lover of Dickens ought to secure the entire set. J?? We are pained to record the death of Mr. B. C. Suipes, which occurred in this town on last Monday morning, after an illness of two or three weeks. Mr. Snipes was a young man of excellent character and fine intelli? gence, and enjoyed the respect and confidence of the entire community. Our County Tax. We learn that the levy marJe by the County Commissioners to meet the expenses for the ensning year is at the rate of one and a half mills upon the dollar, which is the lowest rate of taxation since reconstruction. A conside? rable surplus in the County Treasury enables tbe Commissioners to ameliorate the hardship this year, by levying so small a sum for County expenses. Probably no other County in the State can make so good a showing. "The Anderson Conservator." '.' This is the title of a new paper to be pub? lished* at this place, which will probably com? mence about the 10th of December. The proprietors are Messrs. W. S. Brown and Win. H. Haynie, and the paper will be edited by the first named gentleman. The subscription price is $1.50 per annum, and we understand that the! proprietors have already secured a good list of subscribers. The material has been or? dered, and the office will be located just oppo? site the Intelligencer. Death of Dr. Thomas A. Evins. This announcement will not come unexpected to the majority of our readers, who have been aware of tbe long and serious illness of this eminent physician and well-known citizen.? For many months, Dr. Evins has suffered from disease of the kidneys, and the fatal termina? tion of this dread malady was expected by all of his friends, scattered far and near. The icy hand of the grim monster ended the sufferings Of our friend and neighbor on last Friday night, at ten o'clock. Dr. Evins was a native of Spar? enburg, and while yet a youth, he came to this place and studied medicine with his uncle Dr. Alexander Evins, and when he bad gradu? ated at the schools of medicine, he began the practice in this town. For more than twenty five years, Dr. Evins has occupied a close and sacred intimacy with tbe families of this com? munity, and has faithfully served a large prac? tice by unremitting skill and devotion to his profession. He was a high-toned, honorable man, upright in his dealings with all, and thor? oughly imbued with a refined taste and correct principles. His extraordinary success as a physician gave him the unbounded confidence of the multitude, while his professional attain? ments were recognized and admired throughout the State. At the breaking out of the war, he Was- appointed Surgeon to Orr's Rifles, and served in that capacity until he rose to the po? sition of Brigade Surgeon, and afterwards was honored with the appointment of Medical Di? rector of the Division in which "he served. Re? turning from the army, Dr.'Evins resumed the practice of medicine in this town, although strongly solicited by f riends elsewhere to occupy a more lucrative field, bnt his strong attach? ment to Anderson urged him to remain. He was married in the fall of 1866 to Miss E. E. Holcombe, of Pickens, and settled permanent? ly in our midst. Early in the present year, he was attacked by the first symptoms of the dis? ease which terminated his existence on earth, and from day to day grew worse, until he was forced to abandon tbe active duties of bis pro? fession. Three or four months ago, he was confined to his room, aud mortal cannot esti? mate the physical pain endured for that length of time. Kind and loving friends gathered around his bed-side, and endeavored to admin? ister comfort iu his affliction, but earthly help was in vain. Yet the consolations of religion were to him a priceless jewel, and he was calmly resigned to the will of his Creator, feel? ing prepared for the mighty change from time to eternity, and relying upon the merits and atonement of Christ for salvation in a better world. He was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, with which he had been connected for several years. He was in the 47th year of his age, and leaves a wife and three children to lament the loss of a noble husband and affec? tionate father. His remains were carried to Greenville on Saturday afternoon, and from, thence to the family burying ground at Naza? reth Chnrch, in Spartanburg County, where his parents and grandparents arc buried. ? R. M. Hughes, a white man, was brutally murdered by a drunken man, not knowing what he was doing, in Pickens County, on the 8th instant. There was no political or personal quarrel. Hughes was shot dead in his wagon by the murderer, after the latter had snapped his revolver at a negro on the road, and his victim had chidedhim for being careless. The murderer's name is Julius Durham. ? The President has pardoned Appleton Qakamith, who was taken to Fort Warren in 1861; it being alleged that, as a ship agent in New York, he had aided in Utting ont vessels 1 engaged in the slave trade. From the fort he j was transferred to Boston jail, and while legal I proceedings were pending he escaped, and ever j since has been a fugitive. About a year ago a paper was signed by a large number of gentle-1 men, asking the President to pRrdon him, ac companied by documents tending to show his innocence of the charge. i The Anderson and Abbeville Markets. A fortnight since we took occasion to copy from the Abbeville Medium a short communi? cation, signed "Long Cane," which was lauda? tory of the Anderson merchants and highly complimentary to their energetic spirit as cot? ton buyers. We introduced this communication with brief remarks, appreciative of the com? pliment to our fellow-citizens, but which con? tained no reference to our friends in Abbeville, directly or indirectly. The mere re-publication of this communication in our columns seems to to have unsettled the usually placid temper of the Abbeville Press and Banner, which failed to perceive any injustice or unfairness in the publication through the Medium, and took no notice of its contents until the article appeared iu the Intelligencer. It was an Abbeville plant? er writing in an Abbeville newspaper, and it would seem that ordinary vigilance ou the part of the Pres? and Banner might have detected any fallacious statements before the article was transferred to our columns. Although our friend alleges that the editorial remarks, equal? ly with the communication, did "very great in? justice to the Abbeville market," we cannot perceive the application of this charge, since there is not a single word or sentence in the editorial that might be tortured into an allusion to the merchants or market of Abbeville. The "injustice" has been done by the Press and Banner, in this instance, und we shall expect a recantation of this charge, as far as we are concerned. So much by way of introduction again, and now we invite attention to the com? ments of the Press and Banner relative to the points made by "Long Cane," in contrasting the Anderson and Abbeville markets, which we propose to follow with fair and unprejudiced statements, without seeking to cast odium upon the Abbeville merchants, or to traduce their good names and established reputation. Here are the comments of our cotemporary : Now we are not disposed to do injustice to Anderson, or to abate one jot or tittle of her just claims to favor and patronage, but when these claims are pressed to the prejudice of Ab? beville, and upon what we conceive to be a misconception of the true state of the facts, we cannot in justice to ourselves be any longer si? lent. Is it a fact, as alleged, that Anderson gives mere for cotton, and sells goods cheaper than Abbeville, being forty miles further from market? In the first place we may say this for Abbe? ville, that the prices she has paid during the present reason for cotton hare been fully up to : the prices paid in Columbia, Augusta, Charles ! ton and New York, less the cost of transporta ition, and in many instances have exceeded these prices. An agent of a New York house was here during the season, and finding himself unable to compete with the prices paid by the Abbeville buyers, was forced to leave. When such is tde comparative state .of the Abbeville and seaboard markets, is it reasonable to sup? pose thar, Anderson can reallg pay more for cot? ton, and sell goods at the same time cheaper? That Anderson nominally pays more for cot? ton, is true; but an Abbeville planter who re? sides in fche upper portion of the county, gives this solution founded on his own experience. He informs that what is gained by the planter in the price is lost in the weight of his cotton. The increase of one cent per pound on a 400 pound bale would give $4 per bale increase; whilst a loss of 30 lbs. per bale in weight at 15 cents per pound would amount to a loss of $4.50; at 20 cents per pound to a loss of S6 per bale. Here is an explanation, simple and sat? isfactory, if not very creditable to the Anderson buyer. It is the experience of one planter; we do not vouch for its general application. Again, does Anderson sell goods as cheap as Abbeville? If what is paid in the higher price of cotton is taken back in the increased cost of gtxxls, bow is the planter bencfitted? A bill of goods sold by an Anderson merchant to an Abbeville farmer may throw some light on this question. One of the items of the bill, which is dated the 19th of September, is 120 pounds btcon at 16$ cents per pound, whilst at the same date bacon was selling in Abbeville at 13A cents per pound. Other articles of the bill seem equally high. It will not require much figuring to show how, with this difference in the prices of goods, an increased price may be safely paid for cotton. In conclusion, we may remark that as human nature is the same everywhere, it is not reason? able to suppose that our Anderson neighbors enjoy a monopoly of all the enterprise and public sj-irit which make up the successful merchant. Any extravagant pretensions in this direction is very apt to provoke doubt and misgiving. One who sets up to be better than his neighbor is most likely to be worse; true worth is always modest and retiring. We are willing to concede that our Anderson friends have their full share of honesty, enterprise and public spirit, but not that they enjoy a monop? oly of these articles. Answering the interrogatory as to whether Anderson gives more for cotton, and sells goods cheaper than Abbeville, we will assert that a comparison of prices paid for cotton in both markets demonstrates fully the fact that, as a general n.lc, Anderson is always one-half cent higher than Abbeville, and we are willing to make the proof by an exhibit from the mer? chants' books for any given period. Wc know nothing of the prices of goods in Abbeville, and do net intend to make any reckless state? ments. But this much we can sustain, and is easily demonstrated almost every day, if one will take the trouble. There are Abbeville farmers constantly upon our streets selling cot? ton and buying goods from our merchants, and this trades has largely increased the present season. Facts are stubborn things, and it is not reasonable to suppose that so many farmers in Abbeville are blinded to their true interests to the extent of trading here from time to time, unless there was some advantage to be gained thereby. They are certainly as familiar with the prices of goods in both places as the editor of the Press and Banner, and doubtless are sufficiently versed in arithmetic to count the probable gain or loss in the sales of cotton and purchase of goods. When Abbeville farm? ers quit trading at this place, wc will come to the conclusion that they can do better else? where, which is more complimentary to their judgment and common sense than to attribute their actions to any lack of information. But our friend admits that Anderson nomi? nally pays higher prices for cotton, and renders a solution of this knotty problem by "relating I the experience of a single planter, who claims that his cotton loses in weight. Inferentially, this planter is made to allege that he lost thirty ! pounds on a single bale! Was that bale of cotton weighed at Abbeville C. II., or did the planter guess at its probable weight ? He lives in the upper portion of Abbeville, and it would seem that he carried the bale first to Abbeville C. H. and had it weighed at the regular scales, and then brought it to Anderson for sale. Ei? ther this, or the statement proves nothing, for wc venture to assert that loss of weight has been charged time and again upon the weigher at Abbeville C. H., where the producers ob? tained their figures from imperfect methods of weighing at gin-houaes or rough guessing by the ginner. This is the experience at every other town within our knowledge, and doubt? less Abbeville is not an exception. Yet this explanation, which is so "simple and satisfactory,'' is said not to be "very creditable to the Anderson buyer." Let us know where? fore ? The Anderson "buyer" has rio more to do with the weighing of cotton here than the editor of the Abbeville Pres? and Banner, and the latter can as justly be charged with any remissnes8 in this regard as our cotton mer? chants. How is that for rank .injustice? We have a sworn public weigher, who ijs neither directly or indirectly connected with ; the mer? cantile interest of this town, and who has held the position for the last twelve or fifteen years. His character for uprightness, integrity and honesty stands unimpeached, and is as firmly established as the character of any citizen in Abbeville or Anderson. We reft* taj 0. H. P. Fant, Esq., who has been the Depot Agent at this place for a like number of years, and who is well known thiroughout the State, The ex? perience (?) of one planter must fall to tbe j ground against this showing, and it was thoughtful in our friend not to "vouch for its general application." Furthermore, as to loss of weights in cotton, we learn from bur mer? chants that there is an average loss of from three to five pounds between this jplace and seaboard markets. One of our merchants has recently compared the weights of one hundred bales bought the present season and sold in New York, showing a total loss of 855.pounds, or an average of more than three and a half pounds per bale. Is this creditable or not to the New York buyer? ; \l : As to the price of bacon in September, we are unable to find the merchant who will ac? knowledge the figures given by the Press and Banner. Nearly all of them assure us that the cash price of Western bacon about'tile 19th of September last was 12} cents, and we have ex? amined a number of accounts Where it is charged at \5 cents on that very day. Perhaps it was country bacon bought by the Abbe? ville farmer, as that quality of meat-always rates higher in our market. Or it might have been that tbe Abbeville farmer only paid an account on the 19th of September, which had been running for a year or two. Whatever may be the facts of this particular case, we know that the price given is an erroneous one, as compared with scores of transactions in bacon on or about the 19th of September last. Since we have never made any^extfaivagant pretensions" of enjoying a monopoly of enter? prise and public spirit, we will allow the con? cluding paragraph of the Press and. Banner to pass unnoticed, further than to say that when citizens from adjoining Counties are so mnch impressed with the energy and activity of the Anderson market as to write about our mer? chants aud business men in other newspapers we shall feel an irresistible impulse to transfer the same to our columns, even though the Press and Banner may not like it, and its jealousy become excited to tbe extent of making unsustaincd charges against our town and its merchants. President Grant and the South. i With the re-election of President Grarft, it is natural for the Southern people to scan closely every expression concerning the anticipated policy of his administration towards this sec? tion. Hitherto, we have had just ground? for complaint in this particular, as we honestly believe, and exercising the. rights of freemen, the white people of the South refused jo sus? tain Gen. Grant in the recent election. His opponent represented a policy which seemed to promise a more permanent peace and perfect tranquility. During the past four years, the Federal administration has seen proper to up? hold the unrighteous horde of oppressors in the South, and at least taciitly sustain the in? famies of our local governments. But with the new lease of power so generally accorded:, to. President Grant by the people of the United States, the impression has gained ground all over the country that a different policy was to be pursued hereafter, which might turn the tide of woe and calamity, and freshly arouse the energies and hopes of a stricken popula? tion. Hence, the outgivings of President Grant are looked upon with unusual interest, and we have collated from different sources such of the expressions as tend to throw light upon the darkened future. The Washington correspon? dent of the Savannah Advertiser writes as fol? lows upon this subject: "The President this morning, in conversa? tion with your correspondent, expressed a de? sire for peace throughout the country, and said he would labor for that object; that be was a friend of the South, and was anxious that the people of that section should look upon him as such. Now that the excitement of the politcal contest was over, and all vexed ques? tions were settled for the next four years, he hoped the people of the South would devote themselves to the developing of the vast re? sources of their section and kind relations be? tween the two races, etc., in aid of which they would fine no more kind friend than himself." Under caption of "The New Southern Poli? cy," the Washington correspondent of the New York Herald states that "the President? in his next message to Congress, will review the op? eration and cfTect of the Ku Klux legislation, and ask for a repeal of such parts as are nota? bly oppressive. There seems no room to doubt that a generous and conciliatory policy will be pursued by the Administration toward the South during the next Presidential term, and it is highly probable that a representative of that section will be" placed in the new Cabi? net." The New York Times, which is the recog? nized organ of Gen. Grant, summarizes the ex? pression of feeling in the South, since the election, and declares "that the conclusion is almost universal that the result of the election secures an opportunity for the South to quietly but energetically devote itself to its material interests, and imposes the duty of doing so, undisturbed by any plans or hopes connected with national politics." It further asserts "that every honest effort to make the State governments pure and efficient will be helped, as far as possible, at Washington," and "on the whole, it may bo reasonably concluded that the election has removed many obstacles to, and created many inducements for, the thorough tranquility and steady progress of the South.'' ? The Governor has re-appointed. Robert Lebby, M. D., as Health Officer of the port of Charleston. The Levy and Collection of Taxes. Comptroller General Neaglehas issued a cir? cular to the Auditors of the respective Coun? ties, requiring them to levy a tax as follows: To meet appropriations for the fiscal year com? mencing November 1, 1872, six mills on a dollar; for the support of public schools, two mills, and for payment of interest on the public debt, four mills. The total indebtedness of the State is set down at $9,8G5,908.08, to which is to be added such other bonds as have been issued under the Conversion Act of March 23,1869. Although the printed circular levies the .tax for the year commencing November 1, 1872, it has been altered to November 1, 1871, and the Auditors are instructed to collect for the last named year. This alteration has caused an in? vestigation of the several Acts of the Legisla? ture, and it appears that the joint resolution passed March 7,1871, authorized a levy to meet appropriations for the year commencing No ! vember 1,1871. The joint resolution passed March 13, 1872, under which the recent levy has been made, authorized a second levy of taxes for the year commencing November 1, 1871. It is justly claimed that this last levy is illegal and void, as the taxes have already been i collected for the period named. I Under these circumstances, the Attorney General has brought the facts before Judge Melton, and made the County Auditors and County Treasurers parties to the suit, asking for an injunction to restrain the officers named from making the levy and collecting the taxes under said joint resolution of March 13, 1872. Judge Melton promptly granted the injunction, and has required the Auditors and Treasurers to. show cause, on the 23rd of November in? stant, why they should not be enjoined and restrained from levying and collecting the taxes, or any part thereof. The facts recited above show clearly the in? tention to make the people pay two taxes for one year. The tax collected last winter was for the fiscal year of 1871, and there can be no doubt as to the purpose in levying a tax of twelve mills for the same fiscal year. We shall await the final decision of Judge Melton with anxiety. The Legislature will meet next Mon? day, and it is probable that this entire subject will claim their attention at an early day. Un? less the rights of the people are protected by that body, there is no alternative left save to resolutely refuse to comply with such outra? geous demands upon the tax-payers. Boston and Chicago. In comparing the recent fire in Boston with the great conflagration in Chicago last year, we find the estimated loss and area of burnt dis? trict in each city to favor the pre-eminence of Chicago in the list of melancholy catastrophes of modern times. The earliest information from Boston was considerably exaggerated, and it is now ascertained that the total loss will not exceed $150,000,000, while some persons con? tend that $100,000,000 will cover the entire amount of property destroyed. The burnt dis? trict in Boston is not two-thirds of a mile square, the number of houses destroyed is nine hundred and thirty, and about three hundred families were rendered homeless by the fire. The fire in Chicago destroyed 17,450 buildings, the homes of sixty-eight thousand persons, and property to the value of $200,000,000, which includes buildings, merchandize and household goods. The area swept by the fire in Chicago embraced nearly four miles in length and an average of one mile in width. In both in? stances, the loss of life was much smaller than at first conjectured. Taking the extent of ter? ritory covered by the two fires, and the number of buildings destroyed in each city, it will be readily perceived that the concentration of wealth in Boston was vastly greater than in Chicago, as might be expected from the rela? tive positions of the two cities. The loss in Chicago fell upon rich and poor alike, and the generosity of the world caused $2,000,000 to be disbursed as charity to the destitute sufferers. The Boston disaster is borne chiefly by wealthy capitalists and corporations, and there is not the necessity for pecuniary aid as in the case of Chicago. -Yet, that touch of human nature which makes the world akin, and which was signally exemplified towards the people of Chi. cago last year, is not repressed by the facts con? cerning Boston's ability to meet this heavy pe? cuniary loss, for active sympathies and kindly expressions towards the sufTerers were gener? ously bestowed from every portion of the coun? try with commendable promptness. The Tax Levy.?We managed to get hold yesterday of a copy of the official order issued from the office of the Comptroller General to the Auditors of the various counties, instruct? ing them to levy the taxes to be collected be? tween the 20th instant and the 15th of January next. We find that the public debt is put at $9,865, 908.98, the amount acknowledged by the Tax Payers' Convention to be legal, and that the tax to pay the interest is four mills, instead of six, as nas been reported. The total tax, therefore, except in counties like ours, where the county tax has been in? creased, is fifteen mills. In Bichland it will be sixteen and a half mills. The amount of the public debt is all right. We are willing to take it, and we presume the people generally are willing to take it at $9, 800,000, and to pay the interest upon it. But it strikes us that there is some authority higher than that of the mere dictum of the Comptrol? ler General necessary to say what shall and what shall not be considered the valid debt of the State. The Legislature must determine that important question, and in default of their action the courts must properly be called upon to mako a decision in the premises. There is another point in this order of the Comptroller General which strikes us particu? larly worthy of comment. This is, that the words "to meet appropriations for the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1872," which were printed in the. circular, have been changed, and, by a stroke of the pen, 1872 becomes 1871. It is thus made plain that our suspicions, ex? pressed yesterday and the day before, that there was an infamous design to make the people pay two taxes for one year, proves to be correct. We hope our cotemporarics of the Press will take this matter up, and assist us in bringing the question fairly before the people. By examination of the acts of Assembly of 1870-71, it will be seen that the tax collected last winter of seven mills for State, and three for county, was to meet appropriations for the fiscal year 1871. The purpose is now to make us pay another tax of fifteen mills for the same fiscal year.? This is clearly unconstitutional, and the law cannot be enforced if the people will stand up courageously for their rights. We repeat our injunction to all our people?'"Keep your money in your pocket until you know what ! you arc paying for."?Columbia South Caroli? nian. Destructive Fire in Abbeville?Loss Fifty Thousand Dollars. We sincerely regret to hear of another seri? ous fire in our neighboring town of Abbeville, which is the second conflagration of importance occurring in that place during the present year. The fire broke out on Sunday morning before day, and swept a goodly portion of the business houses before the flames were subdued. We are indebted to an attentive correspondent for the particulars herewith appended, and likewise make extracts from an extra issued from the office of the Abbeville Medium, viz: Abbeville, Nov. 17,1872. Mr. Editor: At one o'clock on Sunday morn? ing the usual quiet of the town of Abbeville was broken by the hideous shouts of fire ! fire! and directly all the bells in town began ringing at a fearful rate. The fire originated, it is sup? posed, in Mr. Andrew Hill's kitchen, which is located in Granite Range, the western part of the square, and is three doors below the upper corner. Earn well & Co.'s store was the first to catch, and was totally destroyed before any? thing could be recovered, not even the books or safe were gotten out. The next store that caught was A. M. Hill & Co.; a good deal of their stock was saved. Then the fire caught J. D. Chalmers' furniture store, but most of his property was carried out. The next and last was the drug store of Lee & Parker, and most of their drugs and medicines were saved There was a good insurance on all the stocks of goods in the stores, but two of the buildings were entirely uninsured. The most disastrous part of the fire, to'the County generally, was the entire destruction of all the books, papers, ac? counts, bouds, &c., in both the Sheriff's and Clerk's offices. At the fire before, in which the Court House was destroyed, although these offices were burned, all their papers were saved. A great deal of trouble is anticipated on ac? count of their destruction. The fire was stopped at the new Lawson building, at about five o'clock, by the very en? ergetic and untiring efforts of the people. But the firemen?"Oh, where were they." They couldn't be had or found, but their ladders and buckets were found and proved a great benefit in extinguishing the fire. Abbeville seems doomed, as this is the second very destructive fire which has occurred in the past year, and has, I think, been one of the causes of her apparent tardiness in the market. OCCASIONAL. From the Abbeville Medium?Extra. It is supposed that the fire originated in the kitchen of Mr. A. M. Hill, but it was far be? yond control before it was discovered. Mr. Hill was awakened by his wife at about one o'clock, and, on opening his chamber door to ascertain what was the matter, was met by a cloud of smoke and heat. Mrs. Hill?sick in bed?was, with the greatest difficulty, 9aved. One of his children, pursued by the fierce flames, leaped from the second story of the building and sought safety in flight. Mr. Hill's losses are very great and severe. He lost about four huudred dollars in money and succeeded in saving nothing whatever?clothing, furniture, bedding and everything was destroyed, and nothing was covered by insurance. Barnwell & Co. had their store burned and succeeded in saving nothing. Their books and about four hundred dollars in money were lost. The losses of this firm are partially covered by insurance?they were insured for ?6,000. Tbe store of A. M. Hill & Co. was gutted by the devouring element. A part of their stock was saved and they were insured for $2,500, in the Continental. Their warehouse was fire? proof, and the groceries, cotton, &c, which were stored in it suffered no injury. The furniture store of J. D. Chalmers & Co. next fell a prey to the flames. A part of their stock was saved, and thev were insured for *1,G00?$800 in the London, Liverpool & Globe and $800 in the Georgia Home. The Clerk's, Sheriffs and County Commission? ers' offices were totally consumed with all their books, papers and records. The loss of these papers to the county cannot be estimated.? These offices met with heavy losses at onr fire in January hist and now nothing is left. The destruction of the books, papers and records in these offices will cause great embarrassment in our financial and business circles. It seems that Abbeville, between robbery, wrong and fire, is destined to be destroyed. The drug store of Lee & Parker ended the progress of the fire in a southerly direction. This store was filled with drugs which added fuel to the flames. A part of tbe stock was saved and insurance to the amount of $2,000 held in the London, Liverpool & Globe. It was thought at one time that the whole of the western side of our public square would be burned, but tbe fire-proof wall of Lawson's Hall and the almost superhuman efforts of a portion of our citizens stopped its further pro? gress. On the wall of Lawson's Hall a few men gallantly fought the flames. Colored men and white men stood breast to breast, cheered each other and worked like heroes. While in the conduct of a number of our people there was much to commend, we have nothing of praise or commendation to give to the greater class?that class which stood aside, unmoved by the losses which their neighbors were suffering, and grimly smiled. Many would not move an inch to assist in checking the flames until they were promised a reward. The Hook & Ladder Company were not out in full force. The progress of the fire in a north? erly direction was checked by the fire-proof wall of Wardlaw & Edward's store. Many losses of minor importance to those enumerated above were occasioned by the fire and the calamity which has befallen us is most grievous. The business interests of our town have been paralized ; a portion of onr best and most beautiful range of buildings destroyed; the legal documents of our county are in ashes. It will be years before the injuries occasioned by the fire will be overcome. ? Ou Wednesday last, with imposing cere monies, the corner-stone of a memorial monu? ment of the great fire in Chicago, one year ago, was laid in Central Park, about four miles west of tbe city, with most imposing ceremonies, conducted by the Grand Lodge of Free Masons of Illinois. The monument is to be composed of the iron safes and other relics of the city, an idea which will be appreciated long after its builders are dead and all traces of the calamity it commemorates have forever passed away. ? Under the new internal revenue law, the force of assessors and collectors of the office, now numbering two hundred^ and thirty 'of each class, is to be reduced to eighty by the 1st of January next, and Commissioner Douglas will soon commence the work of consolidating districts in order to make the reduction. In some States there will be but one or two collec? tors assigned, but in the larger States and j densely populated cities there will be a suffi ' cient force to du the work without inconven? ience to the business interests. ? A commendable anxiety is manifested by a portion of the Southern press and people to attract to their vicinity the emigration from I Alsace and Loraine. The credentials of these I people are devotion to principle and loyalty to ! the instincts of patriotism. They would Snd j among the Huguenots of Virginia and South I Carolina descendants of compatriots who were I distinguished by the same characteristics, and who are now among the first citizens of the ' South. They arc an acquisition to be coveted by tbe South, particularly at the beginning of ! the new era, in developing her manufacturing ? interests and resources. ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE. ? It is stated that Boutwcll is to succeed Summer in the Senate. ? Col. Robert Cowan, a prominent citizen of Wilmington, N. C, died last week. ? Timothy Hurley, of Charleston, and S. J. Lee, (clored,) of Aiken, are candidates for Speaker of the House of Representatives. ? The military organizations in Charleston are preparing to have an old-fashioned celebra? tion of Washington's birthday next February. ? Mr. Joseph Thornton, of Virginia, is said to have succeeded in establishing his claim to property in England worth over a million ster? ling. ? Hon. E. B. Washburno, now United State? Minister to France, is to be a candidate for United States Senator from Illinois, in place of Senator Trumbull. ? Judge Graham, of Charleston, has ordered the Solicitor of that Circuit to prepare indict? ments against the County Commissioners of Charleston for neglect of duty. . ' ? Judge Bryan has dismissed the petition of certain residents of New York for a decree of involuntary bankruptcy against the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company. ?: The bar of Yorkville has passed compli? mentary resolutions to Judge T. J. Mackey, testifying to his ability, courtesy and patience in the discharge of his duties on the bench. ? The Governor has pardoned Lee Brown, who was convicted of bigamy at the July term of the court in Fairfield County, Judge Rut? land presiding. Both the jury and citizens re? commended the pardon. ? The stables of Mrs. Williams, of Green? ville, were destroyed Friday morning, about 5 o'clock, by an incindiary fire. Her horses had been fortunately removed from the stable the day previous. Loss about SSOO. ? Dr. Edward Smith, Demonstrator of Anatomy in the South Carolina University, has tendered his resignation. His successor is Dr. John Watson, of Yorkville, a recent graduate of the Baltimore Medical College. ? Incendiarism seems to be the order of the day in Greenville, as that city has suffered fre? quently of late from the incendiary's torch, last week's Mountaineer recorded two instan? ces, but the fires were fortunately discovered in time to prevent much damage. ? The Signal Office at Washington has just made an important meteorological discovery by tracing out the course of an atmospheric wave through which the approach of winter can be known, and showing the origin of our winter storms in the Rocky Mountains. ? The Columbia Phoenix learns that a peti? tion has been prepared and numerously signed, to which Gov. Scott and F. J. Moses, jr., will append their signatures, requesting President Grant to pardon the Ku Klux prisoners now confined in the Albany Penitentiary. ? The United States Circuit Court will meet in Columbia on next Monday. Forty-five or fifty citizens of Laurens, besides a number from other counties, are bailed to appear at that time for trial, on charges of conspiracy and murder, under the several Acts of Congress known as the Ku Klux law. , ? The Welsh Neck Baptist Association, which was in session at Darlington at the time of the Boston conflagration, received the tid? ings of the great calamity with the warmest expression of sorrow and sympathy. A hand? some collection was immediately taken up, and the proceeds sent to the stricken city. ? Judge Melton has issued an injunction restraining Treasurer Parker and County Treas? urers from paying any other claims out of the proceeds of the new taxes except the regular appropriations made at the last session of the Legislature. The effect of this movement will be to delay the collection of taxes until the new administration. ? The horse malady has prevailed in but a mild degree in this State, but few deaths have occurred, and the inconvenience arising from it has been comparatively small, when we think of the ravages it made in those cities further North. It continues its course Southward, the principal cities of Georgia arc complaining of the disease, and we may reasonably expect all the States to be visited. ? Judge Malier, who was elected Judge of the First Judicial Circuit last winter, has deci? ded that a witness can claim only one'dollar and a half per day while detained at Court, no matter how many cases he may be subpoe? naed in. This ruling also.decreases the fees of the Clerk, Sheriff and Solicitor, and has already effected a saving in the Court expenses of Beau? fort County alone of two thousand dollars. ? Twelve iron enterprises are in operation or projected in Rome, Ga. Five of these are in operation yielding forty tons per day. All of them will be in operation within six months, and the probable yield will be one hundred and twenty tons per day, or over two millions of dollars per annum, in the value of their pro? ducts, and giving employment to over one thou? sand men. At the present rate the net profits from these twelve furnaces will not be less than one million dollars per annum. ? The Washington Star says: "The' first offer of sympathy and aid to Boston in her. great calamity came from the South; let that fact be remembered as evidence that, however much the different sections of our common country may differ politically, the .mystic cord of brotherhood still exists, and only requires some peculiar emergency to exhibit itself in generous words and deeds. Raleigh, North Carolina, was the first city in the Union to ap? preciate necessities of suffering Boston." The Thobn'well Orphanage.?The trus? tees of this institution about to be founded in Clinton, Laurens Co., S. C, make an earnest appeal to every man, womau and child ia the State for aid. They wish to raise $5,000 for the erection of a good building, on a farm near Clinton, for the purpose of providing a home for the destitute Orphans. This Orphanage professes to carry out the home relation in the rearing of the children committed to its charge. Its inmates will not only be provided with an education, but will be taught to work and will be trained for the business of life. We ask for only $5,000, a sum which can assurdly be raised among the Christian people of this State. A mite from every one will do the work. Wo appeal to the liberal-hearted of our people and we do not believe that we will appeal in vain. The Orphanage is under the control of Pres? byterians. Its titles are held by Messrs. G. P. Copeland, R. S. Phiuney and Win. B. Bell. Its superintendent is Rev. Wm. P. Jacobs, a Pres? byterian minister of this State. But though under Presbyterian control, orphans will be admitted to it without respect to the faith or no faith of the parents. We appeal therefore to all for help and we feel assured that we will not appeal in vain. Those who desire to give, are assured that their gifts will not be wasted in contingent ex? penses. These have already been provided for. Every cent given will go for the purpose speci? fied. Dear friends, remember, those who give to this cause are really giving to the God of the fatherless, and that the blessings of the God of the fatherless will be upon them. Inasmuch, says Jesus, as ye have done it unto the least of my brethren, ye have done it unto me. h Please enclose your gift, be it large or small, in an envelope, with your name and send it to Wm. B. Bell, Clinton, S. C. lie is the treasur? er of the Orphanage. Wm. P. Jacobs, Samuel L. West, Jon J. Boozer, Corresponding Secretaries, THE MARKETS. Anpkrsox, Nov. 20, 1872. The cotton market has boon quite brisk for the past few days?sales 1SI bales. Quotations to-day 161 to 17. Corn 1.00; Flour Sil to $12; Bacon 121 to 15 ; Peas $1.00.