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Mmm WnitMipnm. ? ANDERSON C. H., S. C. The Governor has appointed Col. W. A JfeCbrkle, of Wiliiamston, a Notary Pnblic Jbt* Anderson County. The prisoners sentenced by Judge Cooke to the Penitentiaryr last week, are now listening to the music oi the-4&?garee. Dep uty-Sheriff McOoonell -slwwed them the way * tGST Court remained in session until Satur? day last, and we are informed that the dockets were cleared of a large amount of business. Judge Cooke is holding Court at Walhalla this week. ,_ $ST We are pained to announce the death of Mr. Robert S. Bruns, of Charleston, which took place on Saturday last. He was well known in the State, and highly distinguished as a Mason. The sodden uprising of the women against the sale of spirituous liquors is spread* ing over the West like a heavy tidal wave. The Western papers have. whole columns, giving detailed accounts from town to town. We understand Gen. Anderson, an agent of the Air Line R. B. Co., was in town yesterday, with the view of arranging better terms of transpotation from Seneca City to this place. We hope parties interested will act sensibly. The pocket book advertised in this pa? per last week, we are pleased to say, is now in the possession of its owner, who lives in the lower portion of the County. Another proof] that all the honest men are not dead, and that advertising pays. A Grange was organized at Sharon Church, in Anderson County, on the 29th of j January, by Dr. John A. Barksdale, State Lecturer. It is known as Sharon Grange, No. 236, with W. W. Knight, Worthy Master, and V. B. Clayton, Secretary. IST The time for paying Town Taxes is drawing to a close, and those who have not paid had better look into the matter. The books can be found at the store of Capt. S. M. Pegg. Some one has said there were two things nobody could get around?"Death and Taxes." S@" We are informed by our County Treas? urer that up to yesterday four thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight persons have paid their taxes, making the amount collected $56,620.12. This will leave about $14,000 to be collected between this and the 7th day of | March next > 10* Monday last was a warm, pleasant day, and some of our citizens began their purchases of garden seeds, bot Tuesday and Wednesday showed them that It was no use to be in a hurry. Talking about garden seed reminds us that, with the exception of a stray cabbage occasionally, "biied" dinners are scarce at our boarding house. JSP* There is another "lottery man" in town. If there is a single individual in the County who has paid for the Intelligencer one year in advance, has his tax receipt in his pocket,.don't owe a single cent in the world, and has more money than he knows what to do with, to such a person there might be some excuse for indulging in this innocent way of ] passing the time. We are informed that Mr. F. A. Dan? iels has been appointed a Deputy Sheriff, and in the future will act as Jailor for thb County. Mr. Daniels is a clever, accommodating gentle? man, and we feel assured that be will fill his new position with credit to himself and all concerned. Friend McGokin has purchased and removed to the handsome residence lately ipied by Dr. Gurley, near the Greenville 9mf" We notice that the town authorities have place a protection around the old pine tree which stands in the public-square, and has stood on the same site since "the time whereof j the memory of man runneth not to the contra? ry." We are told that it stood here long before the town was first laid oft The tree has been vsed as a hitching post for many years, and it is truly a wonder how it has survived so long. We are glad to see the old landmark protected. Twenty-five immigrants arrived in Columbia on Friday last. They were sent on by Mr. T. R. Gaines from New York, their destination being Chester, Bock Hill, and other points. They consisted of English and Irinh families, recently arrived from Europe. Ac? cording to the report of the president of the German Society of Charleston, there have ar? rived in Sauth-Carolina since the first day of | December last, seven hundred and sixty-s^ven immigrants. Abbeville County received ^00, Newberry 100, Lanrens 64, Anderson 24, Dar? lington 50, Camden 20, and the remainder to different sections of the State. A very good showing for three months. Hamburg Redivious. A writer in the Augusta Chronicle and Sen? tinel, thus concludes: But is there no future for Hamburg ? It is not impossible. It needs but an enterprising man and a half million of capital to make Hamburg more than it ever was. The town can be had for a '|song" now; let but shrewd capitalists buy while it is cheap, run a narrow gauge railroad up the Savannah to Anderson, and. thence on through Babun Gap, and the trade of the rich country through which it would pass would support a population of 5,000. From New Hamburg cotton could reach the sea either by boat down the Savan? nah or by rail to Charleston. Ail this is not improbable, and the people of Augusta, if tbey dream on, may wake up some late morning and find New Hamburg a rampant rival! Can we prevent it?this remote possibility?this im? minent probability? Only by making the Savannah river navigable and by pulling upon it a line of boats 1 The people of Augusta should not look to Legislature nor Congress, but go down into their own pockets for the last dollar. Wbatioiver vou can do, or dream you can, Begin It! hath genius, power and magic in it; Begin?the mind grows heated, Aud soon the wor* wiU be completed! Anderson Lighted with Gas. The General Agent of' the Globe Gas Light Company of Boston, we .beli.eye,"paid our town a visit I-:t #?ek,;and the result is that An?ersotf is to benighted with gas. The agent had one of his lamps on exhibition for a night or two,.explained its merits, and showed conclusively its superiority over kerosene. We know nothing of the modus operandi, only that the gas is self-generating; but this we do know, that it makes a brilliant and beautiful light, equal to half a dozen of the present lamps, and will add much to the appearance of our town. The expense of running the gas lamps, we un? derstand, is less than half the cost of kerosene. As "the* Council had but recently erected at considerable expense the lamps now in use, it was thought advisable to raise the money by private subscription, and not by taxation. A list was started, our merchants and business men responded promptly, and in a short time sufficient funds were subscribed, with the ex? ception of a few dollars, to secure the lamps, and in a few days they will be up and ready for use. The old lamps will be placed on the streets leading to the different churches. If we only had a town clock, a fire engine, and a railroad from here to Augusta, we would be h*PPy. _ _ The Southern Railroad. The awards of contracts for the tunneling, grading, masonry, and timber work of that portion of the Southern Railroad that lies be? tween South Danville, Ky., and the Slate line were conditionally made Friday. We have no hesitation in saying that there is hardly a citi? zen of Cincinnati out will read these awards with pleasure, and not a few, perhaps, with surprise. The portion of the road that has been let is, in round numbers, eighty miles in length. It is regarded as the most defficult part of the whole road. The bids, which fell below the estimate* of the engineer, amount in the aggre? gate to $1,500,000. This is less than $20,000 per mile. The entire distance to Chattanooga is, say 340 miles, and this is above the average esti? mate. If the rest of the road is let on equally favorable terms, the entire cost for grading, etc, from Chattanooga to the Ohio River, will be less than $7,000,000. The above extract from the Cincinnati Ga? zette of the 11th inst., should suggest to our readers the importance of some action to se? cure a mutual benefit with others in this enter? prise. The City of Cincinnati some few years ago voted an appropriation of $10,000,000 for the construction of this road to Chattanooga. The location from Danville to Chitwood, the section let out, as referred to in the above extract,, brings the line of the road within 18 miles of the Knoxville & Kentucky road; and doubtless, this short link will be made, giving the people of Cincinnati outlets to both Chat? tanooga and Knoxville. The Blue Ridge Road from Anderson to Knox" rille will be sold by order of Court about the first of May next. Cannot some scheme be devised to secure this road in our interest, and not be operated as now against us. m ? ? - Grand Chapter of South Carolina. The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons met in Charleston on Tuesday, 10th of Febru? ary, and remained in session for two dap, transacting a large amount of business pertain? ing to the government of the royal craft in this jurisdiction. The death of Comp. James Bir nie, Grand High Priest, devolved the doty of presiding at this convocation upon Comp. Augustine T. Smythe, Deputy Grand High Priest, who presented an able and interesting address to the Grand Chapter. His tribute to the lamented Birnie was well conceived, hap? pily expressed and fitly portrayed the Masonic character of our deceased Companion. Twenty-seven subordinate Chapters were represented by accredited delegates, and there was a full attendance of the regular officers. Among the business before the Grand Chap? ter was the consideration of the proposed amendments to the Constitution, and the most important action in this respect was the adop? tion of the substitute relating to maimed candidates for the Capitular degrees, which modifies and relaxes the rule under certain restrictions. Comp. Augustine T. Smythe, Representative of the Grand Chapter of Nova Scotia, and Comp. James A. Hoyt, Representative of the Grand Chapter of Illinois, presented their credentials, and were duly welcomed and hon? ored as such respectively. Charters were granted to Ruth Chapter, No. 40, located at Manning, and Kadoshlayah Chapter, No. 41, located at Aiken, which have been working under dispensation for some months. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: Augustine T. Smythe, Charleston, G. H. P G. T. Berg, Columbia, D. G. H. P. B. Z. Herndon, Cokesbury, G. K. W. K. Blake, Spartanburg, G. S. Rev. C. E. Chichester, Winnsboro, G. Chap. C. F. Jackson, Columbia, G. Treas. M. B. Moses, Sumter, G. Secretary. H. Covington, Bennettsville, G. C. H. S. A. Durham, Marion, G. R. A. C. L. F. Meyer, Charleston. G. Sentinel. Committee on Foreign Correspondence.?J. E. Burke, James A. Hoyt and J. Adger Smythe. The next annual convocation of the Grand Chapter will take place in Charleston on the second Tuesday in February, 1875. m 0 m - ? President Grant-has just purchased a lot of ground in Washington, containing nearly 15,000 square feet, and which fronts the circle at the intersection of P and 13th streets, and Vermont and Rhode Island avenues, and extends 1?>3 feet along the latter and 143 feet nlong the former avenue. The price was one dollar and a half per square foot, amounting to twenty-two thousand three hundred and fifteen and a half dollars. On this lot the President proposes to erect a fine residence, in which to make his home when he retires from the Presidency. ? The people of some sections of Indiana are in a great state of excitement, over the deaths of several persons from eating pork, in which was found myriads of tricbinea. Por? tions of the bodies of the deceased, when exam? ined by a microscope, revealed the startling fact that millions of these worms were alive and coiling and uncoiling in the tissues. This is not very gratifying intelligence to pork i eaters. ? The vault of the First National Bank of Quincy, 111., was robbed, last Friday night, of about $100,000 in currency, besides a quantity of bonds and valuable papers, and a large amount of special deposit. The burglars eut through three feet of solid masonry. The safes were burst open with powder. No clue. For the Anderson Intelligencer. Health, Drainage and Immigration. / Mb. Editor: The, heading of this article embraces the principle topics of discussion among the people of Anderson County at this tinw. The public health has become seriously '-impaired, in this naturally healthy and salu? brious region, by malarious exhalations from the large bodies of wet and sobbed bottom lands lying along the margins of our creeks and branches. These lands are naturally the most fertile of any that we have, but of late years, from various causes, have become un? productive, and the regions around almost un? inhabitable, by reason of malarial fevers.? Under such circumstances, it would be pre? sumed that everybody would be willing to lend a helping hand in the removal of so much per? sonal suffering and distress. But not so. While many are very profuse in giving advice, it is only the few that are willing to make any sub? stantial and pecuniary sacrifice to aid in pro? moting and improving the public health. Hu? man life in the city is so much more valuable than in the country that, in the one case, while it is deemed entirely necessary to have Boards of Health and Health Officers, charged with the great public dnty of guarding and pre? serving the public health, in the other, the proposition to establish a Board of Health for each County, who should be especially charged with the great public dnty of drainage as an essential means of sanitary improvement, is looked upon with distrust, from the simple fact that a small outlay of County funds may be necessary to carry out any general system of drainage. The people are willing to be taxed to build and repair highways and bridges, in many cases they have shown a willingness to be taxed to build railroads, but not a dime are they willing to be taxed for a general and thor? ough system of drainage, a question involving the health and lives of hundreds of our citi? zens. And why ? Because some persons may receive a little more pecuniary benefit than others. Oh, the selfishness of the human heart 1 No matter if the taxable property of the County should be increased five fold by a judicious expenditure, in the way of removing natural and artificial obstructions in our streams; no matter if the productive resources of the County should be enhanced five times over the expenditure; no matter if comforta? ble homes should be afforded thereby to hun? dreds of immigrant families; no matter for all that, let the landholder on the creeks bear the whole expense, as they will be benefitted pecuniarily more than any body else. And what is still more, and utterly unworthy a pro? gressive and intelligent people, many of them seem unwilling to afford the landholder the means of relieving himself, at his own expense, by passing a general drainage law, taxing every person interested, their pro rata share in the common expense of removing natural and arti? ficial obstructions, in said streams, or, in the case of dams for milling and manufacturing purposes, requiring the owners thereof to put in floodgates, under certain imposed conditions. Ob, tempora! Oh, mores! So far as Anderson County is concerned, we are determined that the people shall fully understand the nature of the case, so far as we can enlighten them, and if, after all, they refuse to lend a helping hand, let them bear the consequences of their own folly. It is believed that an expenditure of $20,000, judiciously made on the part of the County, wonld enable the landholders of the entire County to drain thoroughly every acre of bottom land on our creeks and branches, without doing any injustice to any one. Tak? ing the Three and-Twenty creek, from the Factory up to Rankin's mill-dam, there is but one serious obstruction in said stream, in addition to the two dams alluded to, which is a shoal about two or three miles above the Factory. If the County was to incur the expense of blasting out said shoal, and the owners of the two dams alluded to, were re? quired to put in flood-gates, the landholders owning perhaps 2,000 acres of bottom landsi lying on said creek, now in a sobbed and un? healthy condition might reclaim the whole amount to a state of healthful fertility. Would $1,000 cover the expense of opening a channel for the stream through said shoal ? We do not know, but suppose that it would. As a reward for this wise expenditure, the taxable property of that scope of country would be enhanced ten times in value, the productive resources of the County largely increased, and the health of the locality assured. At Rankin's dam, it is a fact that their is a shoal some 150 yards above the present dam, which could be made available for a valuable water power, without the necessity of keeping up the present dam at all. This could be surely ascertained by a scientific survey of the mill site, and this forces us again to the original proposition that there should be a Board of Hygiene and Agriculture for each county, who should be specially charged with this great public duty of drain? age. I know such a scheme is not likely to find friends among those who hope to reap a large pecuniary benefit for themselves or their friends, by making exorbitant demands upon their suffering fellow-citizens. But such selfish narrow views cannot long control public senti? ment, and the people of Anderson County, at least, are well nigh prepared to blaze out a reform in this direction. Then again, in the neighborhood of Maj* Simpson's, on a small creek running through his premises, there is a rocky shoal in the bed o^ said stream, which, if blasted out, would afford relief to many of our citizens, and be the means of restoring to healthful fertility many acres of valuable bottom lands lying on the margin of said creek. Would the County be the loser to assume the expeuse of blasting out said shoal, under a judicious drainage law? On the contrary, here, as elsewhere, such a wise expenditure would yield a rich return in the increase of population, the increase of pro? duction, and a large addition to the taxable property of the County. Then again, in the neighborhood of Pendle ton, on the Eighteen Mile Creek, there is a considerable shoal in said stream, causing the flowing back of water upon the bottom lands above, destroying their fertility, and causing a good deal of sickness of a malarial type. Fur. ther up said stream, we come to Symmes' mill, dam, an obstruction like Rankin's dam, causing serious injury to hundreds of acres of valuable bottom lauds, and producing more or less sick? ness; but with, perhaps, more fall than on the Three-and Twenty. Here it is bolieved that a flood-gate, properly worked, would afford all the relief needed. But in every such case where a scientific survey might demonstrate the inutility of the flood gate system, and indica? ting the entire removal of the dam as the on 17 remedy, ithe aid of the County, through the Board of Hygiene and Agriculture, should be freely given in assessing and paying damages, with a certainty of re-imbursement by a tax upon the lands. The same principle should apply in the abatement or removal of all natu? ral or artificial obstructions. Then there is the Six-and-Twenty, the Beaverdam, Generostee^ Rocky River, Beaverdam ;.n the Fork, and oth^r streams and localities throughout our County, the flow of which streams are more or less obstructed with dams and shoals, and where the citizens are suffering the same in? conveniences as the people of the sections named, by the loss of lands, loss of health, &c, making the evil complained of a great public calamity, for the removal of which the sover? eign power of the State should be invoked. Just now there seems to be a fever of excite? ment throughout our State and County in favor immigration. In our judgment, it is our only hope of salvation as a State, and may the wave of enthusiasm continue to roll on and on, until the government of our State shall be rescued from the control of ignorance and official cor. ruption. But to make immigration a complete success, we must open up these fertile bottom lands to the sturdy emigrant, and the native born citizen, where, upon easy terms, an honest support may be made for the wife and chil? dren, and the health of those dearer than life itself assured by a thorough system of drain? age. Hygiene and Agrictjltxire. Extract fromlSpeech of Senator Gordon. We give below an extract from the recent speech of Gen. Gordon, of Georgia, in the United States Senate. Our agricultural friends should give it a careful perusal : It is high time, Mr. President, that the agri j culture of both the South and the West were relieved of 25 per cent, money. It is high time that the agricultural interest, which is the foundation of all other interests, should have some special attention of this Govern? ment. Both the South and the West are pros? trate. With money to the farmer at 18 and 25 per cent., with cotton below the cost of production at such a per cent, for money, with grain unable to pay its freights to market, with a financial system which places the pro? ductions of the country at the mercy of specu? lators, which, in the striking language of the gifted Frenchman, Le Play, is "the art of oppressing the people," is it any wonder that this interest has at last aroused to a sense of its danger, and has combined for its protec? tion? Why should it not combine ? Has not every other interest combined? Is not the money ower of the country combined, and did it net ictate the financial policy of 1862, which has brought such disaster to the producer, and does it not now, even at this very hour while I speak, by its delegations from Boston, from New York and elsewhere, block the doors of this chamber to influence the vote of this body ? Labor combines, and receives at the hands of Government an eight-hour law. The fisheries combined, and received from the Government a bounty. Manufacturers combine, and re? ceive a high protective tariff. The iron-mon? gers combine, and, unlike the farmer's pigs which must be fed from his own crib, they have their iron-pigs fattened at the Govern? ment crib. Railroads combine, and by Gov? ernment bounties aud Government grants they scale the mountains and link with bands of steel our Eastern and Western oceans. But, sir, this great interest, which lies at the foun? dation of all other interests; this interest, without which no other interest can survive; this interest, which numbers among its sub? jects near 20,000,000 of the 40,000,000 of the population of this country; this interest, which bears on its Atlantean shoulders the wealth, the commerce, the manufactures, and the very civilization of the country, has to-day less influence in shaping the legislation of the country than the fishers of salty codfish on the shores of New England. Sir, it is time, I re? peat, that this were changed; it is time chat agriculture was heard. Mubdeb.?We have just learned some of the details of a horrible murder which was perpetrated at Sumter, 8. C, on Wednesday night. About 7 o'clock of that evening, as Mr. Henry Widdekind, in the employ of Messrs. Ferriter & Ricker, was on his way home from the store of those gentlemen, he was assaulted, knocked down and murdered with a hatchet, by two colored men by the name of Sam. Vincent and Abraham Bradford, who were secreted on the side of the street and lying in wait for him. He was then robbed of a sum of money, about $6C, and a silver watch and the key of the store was also taken from the body. His head was badly crushed, the skull having been broken in three or four different places, and his eyes protruding from their sockets. When found, he was cold in death, and his head and face presented a horri? ble appearance. Suspicion at once rested on Vincent and Bradford, and telegrams were sent out in various directions with descriptions of their persons. Last night, a special was re? ceived announcing the arrest of the murder? ers. But the worst is not yet told. The wife of the murdered man was encientz at the time, and was so affected by the horrible news that she is now lying at the point of death. If she dies, a double murder will have been committed. Our despatch tells us that there is no doubt of the men now in arrest and charged with this fearful crime. While we are no advocate of Lynch law, in any sense of the word, should the wires tell us to-day that the scoundrels have been taken from jail and hung at the nearest tree, we will publish the fact with pleasure, and thank God for having appointed to the murderers so Bwift a retribution.? Wil? mington Journal. ? The inaugural address of Gov. Ames, of Mississippi, is full of excellent promises. It is to be hoped that he will find some practical way of carrying them out. He says that he will strive to secure to every citizen, however humble and poor, his rights, and see that none, however rich and powerful, override the law. Rigid economy, he adds, and a strict account? ability for public expenditures are due to the people, and all transactions concerning which there may be just cause for suspicion should be mercilessly investigated, for political organ? izations can no better afford than individuals to screen or shield corruption or malfeasance in office. ? A New York dispatch says that Mr. James Gordon Bennett has given thirty thou? sand dollars toward the establishment of soup houses for the poor of that city. The suffering among the working classes of the commercial metropolis seems to be very great. Thousands of poor clerks, male and female, and of me? chanics are out of employment, with no im? mediate prospects of work. Mr. Bennett has set a noble example to the wealthy men of New York, which it is to be hoped, they will not be slow to imitate. ? At a meeting of the Cheap Transportation Association, in New York, information was given that a people's freight road would soon Be built across the continent, which would be managed in the interest of the people. After the work is fairly begun it would be completed in three years. Good Advice from a Black Man to the Blacks of the State. The following sensible letter of Maj. Delany should be carefully read and seriously considered by every colored man in the South. It is not wild prophecy, but sober truth, the inevitable results of history and experience : Charleston, February 10, 1874. Hon. J. J. Wright, Assistant Justice Supreme Court, South Carolina, Columbia, S. C: My Dear Sir?I see by the recent conven? tion, held by the young men of Riehl and Coun? ty, at which you spoke and gave some excellent counsel, that much interest and alarm were manifested by them at the influx of white im? migration. This is but the early current of that emigra? tion of which I frequently cautioned the people concerning in 1866, at Hilton Head, and among the sea islands; and spoke of it at the great re? construction meeting at Epping Hall, (now United States Court House,) Charleston, 1868, and more particularly at the club meeting of Republicans at Beaufort the same year, (I be? ing then in the United States army, stationed at Hilton Head,) and subsequently at other times when you were present. I remember the club meeting particularly, as the suggestions made by me met with determined opposition, and one of the most prominent leaders of the party there at the time arose in the meeting and advised the people that there need be no fears of any such thing ever taking place, as it was simply impossible ever to outnumber the colored people in South Carolina and Missis? sippi, where the blacks now had the prepon? derance. You must remember this at the Beau? fort club meeting. I spoke of general amnes tv, and this too, was "pooh-poohed I" I simply desire to say that this tide of emigration having now set in will go on to completion?that is, it will not cease till the white population in the State sufficiently outnumbers the blacks to se? cure to the whites the basis of a ruling ele? ment. The object of the "Granges" or immigration movement in this State, as you very well know, is to neutralize the black ruling element, by reducing or exceeding its majority. And my candid opinion is, that the whites in the South generally, and South Carolina in particular, prefer as agricultural, mechanical, and laboring elements the blacks to the whites; and that this immigration scheme never would have been organized had they, from the past and present aspect of things, not been led to be? lieve that we, the blacks, were influenced, con? trolled and led in our political actions without principle or a will of our own, and that so long as we outnumbered them, they would never get a chance to participate in the political affairs of the State. This is my sincere con? viction, after much observation and intelligent inquiry. But the thing is now done, and it is a fixed fact that in five years, if not less time than this, the black population (I include all people of color) will be in the minority in this State. What our race requires is proper information to rightly direct it. This has been too long neglected, and should have been given by those who led them in politics. What I desire now to say is that it is your duty, as it is every in? telligent man among us, who aspires to a lead? ership, loves his race, has the capacity, and is versed in the great principles of political science, and, consequently, the philosophy of popular succession, to warn his people of a great approaching reality, which, sooner or later, will verify itself in history. That, having prospectivcly lost the popular preponderance and consequent certainty of representation in all the departments of government, local, State and national, our only hope and chance of its future security is in the principle of cumula? tive voting which secures minority representa? tion as well as majority. Let our Legislature be wise enough now, while it is in the power of our race to do so, to take such measures as to secure, by constitutional enactment, the right of minority representation, which, while it immediately secures to the whites of the State, irrespective of party, a pro rata repre? sentation, or representation in proportion to numbers, it secures to the black race the same ratio of representation in counties where the whites have the majority, and when they shall preponderate in population in the State, which they most assuredly will, at no distant day. The white race is true to itself, and it is useless and doing injustice to both races to conceal the fact, that in giving liberty and equality of rights to the blacks, they had no desire to see them rule over their own race. And the blacks may as well know this at once; that there is no scheme that can be laid, no measure that may be entered into, nor expense so great, which they will not incur to change such a relation between the blacks and whites in this country. Rest assured of this, that there are no white people North nor South who will submit to see the blacks rule over the whites in America. We may as well be plain and candid on this point, look each other in the face, and let the truth be known. Radi? calism, as taught by political leaders for selfish motives and personal gain, has led the masses of our untutored race to beiieve otherwise, and act accordingly. But it is a dreadful, terrible political heresy, which should receive the stamp of condemnation by every friend of mankind and a just government, black and white. They are, as they should be, willing to have us participate; to concede us our legit? imate and reasonable share as citizens, but not an absolute and supreme control in political affairs. I have the honor to be, sir, your friend and fellow-citizen, M. R. Delany. ? New York has over 800 accidental deaths annually. ? Women are now eligible to any office of school control or management in Pennsylvania. ? A divorce case was decided in Albany re? cently, which had been pending for nine years. ? The $28,000 raised to erect a monument to John C. Calhoun will be devoted to educa? tional purposes. ? One hundred and twenty-five thousand valentines passed through the New York post office on Friday. ? Julius Howe, of South Carolina, convicted as a Ku Klus, and imprisoned at Albany, has been pardoned. ? There is a colored woman living in Darlington County who has given birth to five boys within a year. ? In the city of New York, at the close of last month, there were 22,000 persons dependent upon the charitable associations for relief. ? A man named M. M. Wood, at Rutledge, Ga., shot himself and poisoned three of his children on Friday. Cause, desertion of his wife. ? A late Cuban letter says: "The sugar crop this year will fall short about twenty-five per cent., owing to the lack of rain, which is a very exceptional circumstance." ? Mrs. Patsey Wolff, an elderly and highly respected lady, relict of George Wolff, dropped dead while standing on the floor, at her resi? dence, in Laurcns County, a few days since. ? The new Texas administration is begin? ning well. A bill has been introduced in the Legislature providing for the establishment of State normal schools, including one colored normal school. ? A Chicago clergyman lately received a call of $5,000 a year from a church in Louis ville. Acknowledging that the offer was a generous one, he added: "None of these things move me." Immediately came a telegram: "We have voted $500 to move you and your furniture." ? At Edgefield on the 10th instant a disa? greement arose between Captain Charles A. Cheatham and Mr. S. H. Tom pk ins, which re? sulted in the former shooting the latter in the head and killing him instantly. The killing occurred in a bar-room, and the coroner's jury found that it was done in self-defence. j HYMENEAL. MARRIED, on the. 5th February, 1874, at the residence of the bride's father, CoL R..S. Hill, by Rev. W. W. Mood, Mr. JOHN M. MOORE, of North Carolina, and Miss JANTE **TTAjf of Anderson. S.jC. "? ? 2^ '...--^T. , Vf"* ICS .~iA 9v>MV ??-llllllllllll - ????.? I, ~-?- - * THE MARKETS. Anderson, Feb. 18, 1874, The cotton market for the past week has been active, and closed this evening at 14 cents for middlings. Chablestcn. Feb. 16. Cotton quiet?middling 16L New Yobb, Feb. 16. Cotton quiet?middling 16. SPECIAL NOTICES. The Most Unhappy Person in the world is the Dyspeptic Everything looks dark and gloomy; he feels "out of sortB" with himself and everybody else Life is a burden to him. This can all be changed by taking Peruvian Syrup (a protoxide of Iron). Cases of 27 years standing have been cured by it. ?Sr~ Facts worth knowing I One of the best indications of the South, and prosperity of Charleston, is to be found at the Establishment of Messrs. L H. Hall & Co., located at Noe. 2, 4, 6, 8 Market St., 223 <t 225 East Bay. The rapidlv increasing business last year of this firm, has induced them to enlarge their Es? tablishment, which now supplies every con ceivable article that can be required in the building of a house, from a baluster to any size timber. Our friends in the City, and throughout the State who contemplate build? ing a house can be supplied with all the mate? rials necessary for its construction, at prices and quality of work which will save a large percentage in the cost of building. They are Agents for Asbestos' Roofing Felt, endorsed by some of the best firms in the country. Send for price list and circulars. TO THE PUBLIC. OFFICE OF J. N. ROBSON, ) Agent fob Soluble Pacific Guano, v Chableston, S. C, February 2, 1874. j In view of the near approach of another planting season, I take this method of calling your attention to some facts concerning the use of SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO, which I think you will find both interesting and valu? able. When cotton is low, or a bad season has been encountered, planters are apt to say they can? not afford to use Guano. A little reflection will show that these conditions afford all the more reason for fertilizing liberally every acre that is planted. It is generally conceded that the planting this season will on the average be one third less, and that not more than one-half the quantity of fertilizers will be used; hence, it is almost certain that the crop planted this season will bring high prices next fall. It has always been the case that the years of low prices have been followed by a year of high prices, there? fore, instead of low prices for cotton oeing a reason for not using Guano, it affords the strongest reason for its liberal use SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO. It is now an admitted fact, established and confirmed by many years' experience in the use of SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO, that an ordinary application to cotton and corn in? creases the yield to double the production of the same soil unfertilized. This statement is in nowise exaggerated; on the contrary, the re? sults more frequently exceed than fall short of the above increase. The importance of an agency which thus in? creases the products of hired labor cannot be overestimated. It is an agency which makes two bale* of cot? ton and two barrels of corn grow where one grew before It is an agency which makes the labor of one man equal to the labor of two. It is an agency which makes one acre under cultivation equal to two acres. It is an agency which, it will be found by fair calculation, pays the consumer, with cotton at Eresent or even lower prices, three to five dol irs back for every one dollar invested, and this within a period of eight months' time. The above statements are not mere assertions, but are verified by more than nine years' ex? perience, and are testified to by thousands of farmers and planters throughout the Middle and Southern States. . If it be true, as stated, that the crop is dou? bled by the use of this Guano, let us see what the percentum of profit is when applied to cotton, putting the price of cotton at 15 cests per pound. Planters often say they have made 100 per cent, because the Guano has doubled the crop. That is a mistake; it is much more than a profit of 100 per cent, on the money in? vested. Let us calculate the profit. To arrive at tho per cent of profit on an investment, the net cost must be divided into the net gain. Now, if an acre of ground will produce 150 pounds lint cotton without Soluble Pacific Guano, and will produce 800 pounds by the use of 200 pounds Soluble Pacific Guano, then the increase from the use of the Guano is 150pounds lint cotton, the cost of which is the money value of 200 pounds Guano. Hence, if we de? duct the cost of the Guano from the value of the 150 pounds cotton produced by it we have the net gain from its use; then, if we divide the cost of the 200 pounds Guano into the net gain, we get the exact per cent, of profit Thus: One hundred and fifty pounds cotton, net gain from use of 200 pounds Guano, at 15 cents per pound.822 SO Deduct cost of 200 pounds Guano, (cash price,) $48 per ton.......................?.?????. 4 80 Net profit .?.-.JtU TO Now divide $1.80. net cost into $17.70, net gain, and the result is 368, which is 388 per cent In other words, for every dollar thus invested, four dollars and sixty-eight cents is received in return, one of which is the original investment and $3.68 are clear profit, thus being $3.68 for one, which is 368 per cent Is not this a fair and correct showing T If not, where is the error? Now, if it be true to one-half the above extent, Soluble Pacific Guano is an agency of the highest value to agriculture, and we commend it to you this season especially as a means of recovering the loss realized in conse? quence of the low prices obtained for the crop of last year. I have at Factory supplies for immediate de? livery, and solicit vour orders. To confirm public confidence in the Guanos offered for sale by me, it has always been my desire to avail myself of the best scientific ability, in order to give the planter every possi? ble guarantee as to their standard. My Ware? houses in the city, as well as the Pacific Guano Works at Rikersville, have ever been open for inspection, and although the latter have been under the personal supervision of Dr. St. Ju? lien Ravenel, yet, with his entire approval, our stock has yearly been examined by Prof. Shepard, and his endorsement of their high standard received. Extract from his report The analyses are on file at may office. Yours, respectfully, J. N. ROBSON, 68 East Bay and 1 & 2 Atlantic Wharf Laboratory of Analytical Chemistby, No. 20 Broad Street, up stairs, Charleston, S. C, December 19, 1873. This may certify that I have sampled and an? alyzed the stock of fertilizers now on deposit j at the works of the Pacific Guano Company, at Charleston, and find them fully up to tne stan? dard of the products of that Companv. (Signed,) CHAS. U. SHEPARD, Jr., Analytical Chemist Laboratory of the Medical College, ) Queen Street, Charleston, S. C. j This may certifv that 1 have examined tho fertilizers made at the Factory of the Pacific Guano Companv, during the present season, and have no hesitation in testifying that they are fullv up to the standard of previous years. CHAS. U. SHEPARD, Jr., Chemist Charleston, S. C, Jan. 30,1874. Charleston, Februarv 9th, 1874. I think this article (PACIFIC GUANO,) will give better results than any Guano this Com? pany has ever made. ST. JULIEN RAVENEL. Feb 19,1S71 32 1