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Announcements of marriages and deaths, and notices of a religions character, are respectfully solicited, and wjiibe inserted gratis. _ ggPBSDAY M03NIHS, MAECR124371 - 49? All communications must, be- accompanied by the true name and address of. the writer, ia order to receive attention, and as a guarantee of good faith. We axe not responsible for the-views or opinions of correspondents. 8?* The railroad bridge over Rocky River has been completed. The General Assembly has agreed to adjourn on Saturday next, 14th of March, sub? ject to the call of a majority of the members. We are requested to announce that Rev. F. W. Eason will preach in the Baptist Church on Sunday next, morning and night. The Southern Express Company has reduced its freight charges considerably, in many instances from 25 to 60 per cent. We are indebted to Mr. H. B. Fant for a schedule of rates from Anderson, si* The advertisement of Martin & Payne informs the public that they are prepared to execute all work in their line at reasonable prices. Good material, excellent workmanship and prompt attention to orders are guaranteed &y these gentlemen. H. W. Purvis, Adjutant and Inspector General, has tendered his resignation to the Governor. He declares that the recent appro? priation is totally inadequate to meet the ex? penses of his department, which he considers an insult. The Legislature requested the Gov? ernor to accept his resignation. Registration of Voters. The House of Representatives adopted a res? olution last week that the Committee on Privi? leges and Elections be requested to report, at an early day, a bill to provide for the genera! elections, and the manner of conducting the same, to include the registration of all legal voters, in accordance with the provisions of the State Constitution. " m t m ? Seeing and Hearing. These are the most important of the human senses. We would, therefore, recommend per? sons suffering from a defective condition of those organs to call on Dr. J. W. Gurley with? out delay, as we can testify to his success in our community and in the adjoining Counties. He can be found at the residence of Mr. A. R. Broyles, on the public square. State and County Taxes. The books of the County Treasurer were closed on Saturday last, and transferred to the Auditor for the purpose of ainxing the penalty of twenty per cent, for non-payment, according to law. The total amount called for by the tax duplicate was $79,557.19, of which there has been collected the following sums: State, $56, $48.95; County, $11,888.80; School, $3^7SK67; Poll, $2,557. Aggregating the sas? of $74, 065.42, leaving balance uncelleetedy $5yl9L77. Medical Graduates: We are gratified to announce the return of ear young friend, F. Augustus Rice, who grad? uated recently at the Bellevue Hospital Medi? cal College, New York. The graduating class numbered one hundred and sixty-two students* from every portion of the United States. Among the graduates from the Medical Col? lege of South Carolina, at the commencement of that time-honored institution last week, we notice the name of Mr. Frank K. Breazeale, of Anderson County. He delivered the valedic? tory address, which was pronounced an elo? quent aud finished production, worthy of the occasion and highly creditable to the speaker. The session just closed has been the most suc? cessful and encouraging sinee the war. mm ? ??' A Straight Fence. Persons from the country are invited to ex? amine the straight rail fence in front of Mr. A. R. Broyles' residence, or rather the few panels constructed there for the purpose of showing the economy and utility of this patent. The numerous advantages of this plan over the ordinary method of building fences are generally acknowledged, and every farmer can jiudge for himself as to the stability and cheap? ness of the straight fence. Should the people determine to fence their stock instead of the crops, we predict a great popularity for this patent, which is exceedingly valuable for its strength aud durability, no less than for the facility with which the fence ean be removed to any desired portion of the farm, where the pasture for stock might change during the sea? son. Mr. Broyles is the agent at this place, and will take pleasure in explaining the merits of this patent to any one interested. Eastern Star or Adoptive Rite. In accordance with the announcement made in these columns, Bro. Franklin B. Case, jr., Deputy Grand Patron of the Order, organized an Eastern Star Chapter in this town on Wednesday evening, 4th inst, A large number of Master Masons, with their wives, daughters and sisters, assembled in the Lodge Room at the appointed hour, and listened to an eloquent and forcible lecture from Bro. Case upon the Adoptive Rite. The degrees were then exem? plified, and those present united in the organi? zation of Adah Chapter, No. 7, with the fol? lowing officers, viz: Bro. J. B. Clark, Worthy Patron; Mrs. M. G. Hill, Worthy Matron; Mrs. Lacy J. Steel, Associate Matron; Miss Lucy Taylor, Conductress; Mrs, Nannie T. White, Assistant Conductress. It was deter? mined that the next meeting should be held on Tuesday afternoon, 17th inst., at four O'clock. All Master Masons in good standing, with their wives, daughters, sisters and mothers, are entitled to receive the degrees of the Eas? tern Star, and the object of the meeting on Tuesday is to receive applications and confer the degrees. Ex-Treasurer Parker and the Legisla ture. The letter of Ex-Treasurer Niles G. Parker on the State finances seems to have created an unusual esctfeemeat in the General Assembly. In the House of Representatives, when the letter was read at the request of a member, a concurrent resolution was introduced by Mr, Cochran, of Anderson, which instructed the Attorney-Gene&al to institute, without delay, criminal proceedings against the said Niles G. Parker, late State Treasurer, for the fraudulent and illegal issue of $5,965,000 worth of conver? sion bonds, which have heretofore been de? clared null and void by the Legislature. This resolution was adopted immediately, and sent to the Senate for concurrence. The matter was discussed for a couple of days in the Senate, when it was finally deter? mined to lay the concurrent resolution on the table, for the purpose of receiving a joint reso? lution on the same subject, which was intro? duced by Senator D?na, of Horry, and received its first reading. The joint resolution declares that Ex-Treasurer Parker issued bonds to the amount of $5,965,000, contrary to the true in? tent and meaning of the Act authorizing the conversion bonds, and without any lawful au? thority ; that it is due to the public law he has violated, to the public credit he has injured, and to the public creditors he has defrauded^ that the General Assembly should provide for his prompt and proper punishment; and to this end the Attorney-General is authorized and required to institute immediate legal pro? ceedings against the said Niles G. Parker for the aforesaid illegal issue of conversion bonds. A joint committee is to aid and assist the At? torney-General iu the prosecution. The difference consists in the character of the proceeding to be instituted and the mode of granting authority for the prosecution. Both branches of the General Assembly ap? pear determined to make Parker suffer for his temerity in attacking the present administra? tion, and it is a matter of surprise that one so vulnerable as the Ex-Treasurer should seek any notoriety on the finance question. His manipulation of the bond market, whereby enormous gains accrued to his private purse, long ago aroused suspicion that all was not right, and it has always been contended by the Democrats that the issue of the conversion bonds was an unmitigated fraud upon the State. The Legislature acted wisely in repu? diating these bonds in the proposed settlement of the public debt, and its present attitude towards the Ex-Treasurer is only a just se? quence to their condemnation of the fraudu? lent issue. He deserves punishment for his official conduct in many particulars, we have no doubt. But we cannot fail to remember that the State was defrauded through the in? strumentality of a Financial Board, which embraced the Governor, Attorney General and Treasurer, under whose direction these bonds were sold by the Financial Agent in New York, and without whose authority the bonds could not be placed upon the market. Now, if this be true, the Ex-Treasurer is being made the scape-goat for other's sins, and we think it would be right and proper to include his ac? complices and confreres when the proceedings are instituted. We would not extenuate his guilt nor lessen his responsibility, bot we would carry along with him others who shared the profits of his fraudulent conduct and were equally blamable with himself for the illegal issue of the conversion bonds. Yet, we are j confident that legal proceedings against Parker ; will reveal the true story of our financial [troubles, and bring to light many important secrets now bidden from the public gaze. We favor a prompt, full and thorough investiga? tion. It will be an interesting prelude to the next summer's campaign. m -* ? ? Not a Candidate. The following emphatic card from John R Cochran, Esq., explains itself. Although ru? mor has been busy with Mr. Cochran's name as an aspirant for Congressional honors, we have known for some time that he repudiated any such ambition, and contemplated devoting his entire time and energy for the future in private pursuits. His course as a member of the Legislature has been open, fearless and consistent, endeavoring to rectify abuses and serve his constituents. We are free to make this declaration, as a matter of simple justice, and because we have never agreed with him in politics, since he became a Republican. The card is herewith appended: Columbia, S. 0., March 5,1874. Ib the Editor of the Daily Union: I find the following, which I am aware has been going the rounds, in your issue of to? day: "It is a common remark on the streets that John B. Cochran, of Anderson, is a probable candidate for Congressman from the Third District for the next term." I take this method of informing my friends and enemies, personal and political, that I have never thought of being a candidate for Congress from the Third or other Congres? sional District, nor will I think of it under any consideration. I have no desire to serve the State hereafter in office, as Congressman or otherwise. I have my own private affairs to look after, and cannot afford to neglect them longer. John R. Cochban. Death of Ex-President Fillmore. Ex-President Millard Fillmore died at his residence in Buffalo, N. Y., ou Sunday night last, after a brief illness. He was stricken with paralysis a week before bis death, but retained the possession of his mental faculties until the last hour, and conversed with those around him. President Grant issued the fol? lowing proclamation on Monday: Executive Mansion, Washington, March 9.?It is with deep regret that the President announces to the people of the United States the death of Miliare! Fillmore, one of his honored predecessors, who died at Buffalo, New York, last evening. The long continued and useful public service and eminent purity of character of the deceased ex-President, will be remembered beyond the dayB of mournitsg, in which a nation will be thrown by the event which is thus announced. As a mark of re? spect to his memory, it is ordered that the Ex? ecutive Mansion and the several Departments at Washington be draped in mourning until the close of the day on which the funeral shall take place, and that all business be suspended on the day of the funeral. It is further or? dered, that the War and Navy Departments cause suitable military and naval honors to be paid on the occasion to the memory of the em? inent citizen, whose life is now closed. (Signed) U. S. GRANT. W. H. Nardiu & Co. are selling their stock of goods at cost, to? close business. Navigating the Savannah River. In the olden times the common pole or cotton boats ascended the Savannah and Keowee rivers as far up as Whitmire's, the foot of Jocassee Valley, but never for freight above Pendleton; and on Tugalo as far up as the mouth of Pan? ther Creek. From the neighborhood of Jar rett's, now the crossing of the Air Line Rail? road, considerable qnantities of wheat, corn and flour were carried down the river, and from Pendleton much of the cotton then raised in that neighborhood. About 1812 to 1815 an enterprising gentle? man, of then Old Pendleton District, received a large contract for furnishing the United States Government with pickled pork and beef for the use of the army. He shipped large quantities from Shallow Ford, in common cot? ton boats, through to Savannah, making the trip down in about six days when the river was in good boating order. There the meat wa3 inspected and received, the boats sold, and the hands returned on foot. On one occasion he had reached Savannah, with a convoy of three or fonr boats, and while waiting to have the pork and beef inspected, (for it is said there was some red-tapeism then as well as now,) he strolled into a small crowd near by, and found an auctioneer trying lustily to sell a littlesorrel mule. To pass the'time, he made one bid, soon found it was a sell, and tried to leave the place unnoticed; but the auctioneer was too sharp for that, and knocked the mule off to him, and followed him for delivery and the purchase money. There was no way of escape, and the money was paid and the little mule delivered. He tried to sell or even give the mule away, but failed, and rode the mule home, making the trip of 200 miles in less than four days. The little mule lived for more than thirty years, and her history was well known in the neighborhood. From that time to the completion of the railroads to Athens and to Anderson a large proportion of the cotton, surplus corn and flour within reach of the river was shipped to Au? gusta?we would suppose as much as 30,000 to 50,000 bales per annum. In those days our farmers raised their own provisions, and gener. ally a surplus for market; now our meat and bread is grown for us in Ohio and Illinois. Many efforts and schemes were talked of and mnde to improve the navigation of this river. Among others, a quaint, eccentric individual announced that he had invented a boat which would crawl over the shoals like a terrapin. A boat was furnished and he applied his attach? ment?which he called "grappling irons"? nothing more nor less than two pieces of tim? ber, with iron spikes, fastened to the bottom of the boat, and which should drag on the ground in shallow water, and, if the boat should run back on the shoals, would stick in the ground and hold it fast. We remember well his first experiment The boat was well loaded with various heavy articles, and with four stout hands he started op a very long and rapid shoal. At the very head of the swift water he gave the signal to let go. Alas! for him and his cargo. The boat started back, his grap? pling irons canght, but instead of holding the boat, broke through the bottom timbers, filling the boat with water, and he and his boatmen barely saved their lives by swimming and wading to the shore. We remember the big pilot shaking himself and saying, "I'm d-d if that old man 'speriments with me any more." Many were the accidents and disasters at? tending this navigation. Boats broken on the shoals, cotton scattered for miles, heavy salvage charged, and flour damaged and ruined. So precarious did it become that merchants very rarely ventured dry goods or hardware on the upward trip, but confined the freight to iron, salt, bagging, &c. Things have not improved, for during the present year we met in Augusta an enterprising merchant of this County who one fine morning left Brown's Ferry in a fine boat with 40 bales of cotton and sundries for the Augusta market. He progressed merrily, and all things smooth and safe, until the "Lively Sally" struck the famous "Trotter Ledge," run afoul of a hidden rock, and broke into two parts, and our friend had to ride a cotton bale or two to shore. When we parted with him he was anxiously looki ng for his bags of cotton to drift down ; and we guess, after paying salvage, losses, &c., he will not soon venture another trip down the Savannah. H. Ordinary Expenses. The Governor has approved an Act to make appropriations to meet the ordinary expenses of the State government for the current fiscal year. The tax levy has not been decided yet, and will depend upon the passage of certain claims to some extent. We give below the comments of the correspondent of the Charles? ton News and Courier upon the appropriation measure, with "the estimated figures of total expenses: The last act in the appropriation measure was reached to-day when the bill recived its final reading in the House, and was ordered to be enrolled for ratification. The only differ? ence between the two houses was on the amend? ment by the Senate to add twenty-five thou? sand dollars for contingent legislative expenses of the present session. At first the House re? fused to concur in this, but the Senate refused to recede, and to-day the House concurred. The following is a condensed statement of the various appropriations, including the aggre? gate: Salaries, contingents, &c.$ 222,400 Public institutions. 189,750 Public schools. 300,000 Legislative expenses, including print? ing. 319,000 Total.$1,031,150 This includes everything in the regular ap? propriation bill, but it will be remembered that there have been several independent appropri? ation bills passed, which will swell the aggre? gate appropriations, made by this General Assembly to a much larger amount. The fol? lowing is a careful estimate of these indepen? dent appropriations; some have already become laws, and the others are in a fair way to do so: Hardy Solomon's Bank.$ 125,000 Citizens' Savings Bank and Central National Bank. 75,000 Carderelli and others. 26,772 J. B. Palmer. 10,000 Woodruff's trust claims. 156,000 Other claims (estimated). 200,000 $592,772 Add regular appropriations.$1,031,150 Grand total.$1,623,922 Hon. Caleb Cushing, United States Minister to Spain, sailed from New York on Saturday last. Senator Carpenter on the Louisiana Question. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald thus describes the great speech of Senator Carpenter, of Wisconsin, on the Louisiana troubles: Washington, March 4,1874. In the Senate the long-deferred and long looked for speech of Senator Carpenter in ad? vocacy of the bill which he has offered for a new election in Louisiana was delivered quite unexpectedly to-day. For three hours, through one of the best legal arguments heard in the Senate for a long time past, the crowded gal? leries listened to him eagerly, and leaned for? ward with deep interest to catch every word that he uttered. He was the centre of attrac? tion and all eyes were steadi?y turned upon him. Most of the Senators were in their seats, and the custom of reading newspapers was dis? pensed with, while they were intently absorbed in the well arranged points and effective treat? ment of them which characterized Senator Carpenter's forensic effort throughout. At times, when he indulged in some highly im? passioned bursts of oratory delivered im? promptu beyond the outline of his notes, he Sresented in his naturally graceful manner a ne embodiment of the bold and fearless Amer? ican lawyer. Then, again, there were moments when the silence, inspired by a greediness to catch his every word, was painfully impressive and the insinuating electricity of his voice, were almost oppressive. One of the best lawyers and finest minds in the Senate said that Senator Carpenter's argu? ment was unanswerable. The awe inspired by his final appeal for action and his portrayal of what might occur in the future if Congress did not interfere gave to his peroration the master touches of art which invisibly pervade the higher productions of the limner's skill. The full responsibility of the Senate was felt when, near his close, with ominous significance, he asked, bursting into terrible earnestness, "Is it wisdom to adjourn this question into the Pres? idential campaign of 1876?" adding his hope that the government would stand up and do its full duty. The full measure of the situation was then reached, and Senator Carpenter's effort was crowned with the twofold bays of a statesman and a lawyer. The Republican party does not want, if it can help, to touch this matter, and, like the finance question, it has been foot-balled for a year, ana nothing has been done. More than this, there is an implied understanding not to do anything with it, as the whole subject is re? garded as one of great delicacy and fraught with probable dangers which may entail con? sequences of even greater magnitude than rep? resented by Senator Capenter, and result, as it is feared, io the disintegration of the Republi? can party. In the event of this bill of Sena? tor Carpenter's not passing the only relief will be, it is contended, in the hill providing for the taking of the vote for President and Vice Pres? ident in Congressional Districts. Senator Carpenter passed the best part of last evening with President Grant It is un? derstood that the part of the Senator's speech urging a new election and the correction of ex? isting evils is in consonance with the Presi? dent's views and the foresight through which he sees that new difficulties are in the way un? less something is now done towards a peaceable solution, and that otherwise the only recourse will be the direct vote, which will deprive Louisiana, under her present government of usurpation and fraud, from playing, perhaps, a dangerous part in the next Presidential elec? tion. It was remarked that Senator Carpenter has commended himself to the gratitude of the whole country in his argument and appeal of to-day in behalf of the preservation of a re? publican form of institutions and the correc? tion of any violation of the same. Senator West, of Louisiana, who does not want a new election, seemed uneasy, and winced at times, as Senator Carpenter applied the knife, and he fell back od Senator Frelinghuysen for conso? lation, which he sought in frequent earnest consultation. Several of the Democratic and Republican lawyers of the other House were present, prominent among whom were Board man Smith, chairman of the House Committee on Privileges and Elections; Mr. Kellogg, of the Civil Service, and Mr. Lawrence, of the War Claims Committee. The chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Morton, wa3 not in his seat. An Emphatic Response to the Tax-Pay? ers' Memorial. The following preamble and resolutions were adopted by the Georgia Legislature on the 26th of February. The sympathy and co-operation of gallant Georgia will be warmly received by the oppressed citizens of this State, and is an? other evidence that the miserable, ruinous government of this State is rightly esteemed beyond our borders: WHEP.ea8, the tax-paying citizens of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, have ad? dressed the morality, the justice, and patriotism of the people of the United States in a me? morial to Congress, by which it is made to appear that they are suffering from an organ? ized system of oppression, under the form of a local government, inaugurated amid the chaos of revolution by unprincipled political adyen turers, and sustained through the co-operation of their unfortunate dupes, the recently en? franchised negroes ; and whereas, this appeal to the people comes to us, citizens of Georgia, who, through Providence, have escaped the tyranny of the oppression which these, our brethren of South Carolina, have so long en? dured. Therefore, be it Resolved, by the Senate and House of Rep? resentatives of Georgia, That the representa? tions made by the memorial of the Tax-payers' Convention, recently held in Columbia, South Carolina, present a catalogue of outrage and wrong scarcely having a parallel in the annals of Christian civilization, and is au appeal to the patriotism and moral sense of the people of the United States, demanding their gravest consideration. Resolved, That as the genius of our Repub? lican form of government rests in security only in the virtue and intelligence of the citizen, these cannot be ignored without destroying the safeguards of liberty, and without corrupting the form of government established by our fathers. Resolved, That we extend our sympathy to the good people of South Carolina in the or? deal through which they have been called to pass; and while we cannot but admire the spirit of forbearance and fortitude with which they have endured these outrages and suffered these wrongs, we condemn the perpetrators thereof as being responsible for the material ruin of a gallant people and the overthrow of the Republican government of a great State. Resolved, That our Representatives in the Congress of the United States be requested to co-operate with the delegates from the "Tax? payers' Convention" of South Carolina in securing such representation of their grievan? ces, and remedy therefor, as may be deemed expedient. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit these resolutions to the president and members of the "Tax-payers' Convention" of South Carolina. ? Less than a hundred days ago Texarkana, in Texas, was a howling wilderness. It now numbers over two thousand bona fide citizens, and there are two hundred buildings going up. There is a general ticket office, two railroads, two express companies, two telegraph lines and forty saloons. It is called the Enchanted Vil? lage of the Lone Star State, and expects in a short time to rival its neighbors. The comple? tion of the Southern Pacific Railroad will exhibit the same astonishing results, and scat? ter hundreds of flourishing towns and cities all along the line. For the Anderson Intelligencer. Andebson, S. C, March 2,1874. The Anderson County Council of the Patrons of Husbandry met according to adjournment. The meeting was called to order by the Chair? man, and the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. On motion, a committee was appointed to verify credentials, and reported the* following Granges present by their representatives, viz: Pendleton, Sandy Springs, Hunter's Spring, Orrville, Moffettsville, Rock Mills, Town Creek, Sharon, Double Springs, Slabtown, Anderson, Bowling Green, Deep Creek, Neal's Creek. The Committee on By-Laws reported through their chairman and the report considered by sections, which were fully discussed, amended and adopted. A committee of five was appointed to nomi? nate suitable persons as permanent officers for the Council. The committee reported the fol? lowing, viz: R. W. Simpson, W. M.; D. F. Anderson, 0.; J. A. Hoyt, Lec.; J. W. Norris, Sec.; J. J. Gilraer, Ass't. Sec. and Treas.; J. S. Beaty, Gate Keeper. They were unanimously elected by acclamation to serve for the ensuing year. On motion, it was ordered, That each subor? dinate Grange represented in the Council shall be entitled to three votes. On motion, it was Resolved, That we suggest to subordinate Granges the adoption of the following: Before going to law with a brother Patron, we will appeal to our Grange for adjustment of the difficulty; the proceedings in the case to be arranged by the individual Granges. Several other papers were presented by the committee on business for consideration, of which the following was adopted, viz: Resolved, 1. That we pledge ourselves not to hire, or try to hire, a servant, tenant or laborer who has engaged himself or herself as such, or who has entered into terms with a brother or a sister of the order, knowing such facts to be true, nor will we suffer it to be done if we can prevent the same. 2. Under no circumstances will we hire or try to hire any immigrant brought to the State by a brother or a sister of the order within twelve months of their arrival, and not then if the employer wishes to retain them, and they have agreed to remain, unless by consent of the employer. 3. That any member violating these obliga? tions, if adopted by his Grange, shall be ex? pelled and disgraced forever from the order. 4. That the above resolution be submitted to the subordinate Granges for their approval and adoption, and the Secretaries of each Grange are requested to report to the Council a certi? fied statement of the action of their Grange, to be kept on file. Adjourned to meet at Anderson on the first Saturday in April next. J. W. NORRIS, Secretary. Approved by the Governor. A large number of acts and joint resolutions were approved by the Governor last week. The majority relate to incorporations and local enterprises. We select the following from the published list: An act to divide the State into five Congres? sional Districts. An act to amend an act entitled "An Act to revise and amend an Act entitled 'An Act to reduce all Acts or parts of Acts to determine and perpetuate the homestead into one Act, and to amend the same.'" An act to admit Edwards B. Mnrray, a minor, of Anderson County, to practice law in the Courts of this State. An act to provide for the payment of past due school claims in the several counties of this State. ITEMS-EDITOBIAL AND OTHEB WISE. ? The remains of Dr. Livingstone will be transported from Africa to England at the public expense. ? Senator Jones, of Nevada, is said to be the v/ealthiest member of the United States Senate. His property is valued at ?7,000,000. ? It has become a seti' ?u conviction that the more the United States Senate discusses the currency question the less it knows about it. ? The superintendent of public schools for Illinois says that colored children go uneducated there, being refused admission to the common schools. ? It is a remarkable fact that no organiza? tion has ever grown so rapidly in this country as has that of the granges, and, rightly man? aged, no other organization, perhaps, promises greater material good to the country. ? Samuel Todd, who was convicted of the crime of rape in Abbeville, in 1871, and sen? tenced by Judge Orr to hard service in the Penitentiary, has, upon the recommendation of numerous citizens, been pardoned by the Governor. ? Extensive preparations are making for the Charleston Regatta, which will take place early in May, under the management of the Regatta Association. There will be sailing and rowing matches during three days for heavy stakes. ? A New York publishing house has cir? culated a single reprint of an English work to the extent of 30,000,000 copies aud in sixty lan? guages, during the last fifty-seven years. The Book is popularly known as the Bible, and the American Bible Society did the publishing. ? The shipping trade of New Orleans is beginning to assume respectable proportions. One day, recently, forty-two vessels were advertised as loading for European ports, independently of the regular lines of steamers for domestic, West India und South American ports. ? The Memphis Avalanche says the South? ern Senators who are making most reputation are Messrs. Gordon, of Georgia, ana Merri man, of North Carolina. Both, especially in the financial debates, have become prominent, and their utterances are treated with the utmost respect. ? Senator Chandler, of Michigan, has brought suit against the Detroit Free Press for libel, claiming $100,000 damages. The alleged libel is in a special dispatch from Washington, dated Feb. 20th, charging Chandler with intox? ication and disgraceful conduct in the Seuate Chamber. ? The Executive Board of the State Conven? tion of the Baptist denomination, of South Carolina, respectfully requests any church de? siring the meeting of the Convention in No? vember next, to make such application to the Board at an early date. The invitation from the Cheraw Church was withdrawn, from satisfactory considerations. ? The Supreme Court of the United States has affirmed the decree of the Supreme Court of this State, in the case of Dabney, Morgan & Co. against Baring Brothers & Co. The bill was filed in behalf of the billholders and other creditors of the Bank of the State for the assets of the Bank; the firm of Baring Brothers & Co. claiming adversely and contending that, by the Act of the State Legislature in 1865, they were preferred creditors, and entitled to be first paid from these assets. The proceed? ings to decide the vexed questions in the case were commenced in 1867, and, after having passed through all the courts, the case has at fast been adjudged by the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court of this State decided that the billholders, depositors and bondholders should share ratably in the division of the assets of the Bank, and that decision has been affirmed at Washington, j The effect of this decision must be, of course, to increase the intrinsic value of the bills. I ? Elijah Harden, who was convicted of conspiracy on the 3d of May, 1872. in the United States Circuit Court, in Charleston, and sentenced to four years' imprisonment in the Albany Penitentiary and to pay a fine of $100, has been pardoned by the President, on the recommendation of many citizens of South Carolina. He has served out two years of his term of imprisonment. ?^??1^?w??? THE MARKETS. Anderson, March 11,1874. Cotton in good demand to-day, at 14 cents for middlings. Charleston, March 9. Cotton steady?middling 15i. l^eceipts 1,904 bales?sales 1,000. New York, March 9. Cotton easier?sales 2,380 bales, at 16i to 16f. HYMENEAL. MARRIED, on the 26th of February, by Rev. A. J. Cauthen, Dr. O. R. HORTON, of Belton, and Miss ELLA LATTMER, daughter of Mr. James M. Latimer, of Lowndesville. OBITUARY. DIED, in Bloomfield, Ky., February 17th, 1874, THOMAS HALL, Jr., eldest son of Ret. Thomas Hall, aged 19 years and 17 days. This noble youth was born in Charleston, S. C, but ho sloops his last sleep in the distant West, far from the graves of his kindred. On his last birthday he was taken with a slight chill, the precursor of typhoid fever, which, on the seventeenth day, terminated his earthly liiV). Amiable, truthful and dutiful, as a boy, ho was maturing into a vigorous manhood, in which the gifts of nature, blended with those of piety, gave promise of great satisfaction to his friends and usefulness to the world. Last November, he was baptized by his father, and, during his brief Christian profession, the gen? uineness and depth of his'piety were clearly shown. His end was calm and triumphant. He yearned to "go home" and "be with Christ" Brother Hall will receive the sincere sympa? thy of his many friends in this State?espe? cially those of them who have looked upon the face of a dead son, and know the anguish of such a loss. J. L. R. SPECIAL NOTICES. Kentucky Library Concert. A Card to the Public. The manager is desirous that every ticket holder in the Fourth Concert which comes off in Public Library Hall, on the 31st of March, shall be perfectly satisfied with the distribu? tion of Gilts which is to take place at that time. The distribution of ?1,500,000 is an affair of such importance that although the interests of the absent ticket-holders will be faithfully cared for by the management, yet they would be glad for all to see and know, each one for himself, that everything is done which the most scrupulously exacting couid ask, to make the distribution absolutely fair and impartial. All arrangements for the drawing on the part of the management are complete, and the tick? et-holders are invited to send delegates to a meeting to be held in the Public Library Build? ing, on the 20th of March, to select a committee to co-operate with the committee appointed by the trustees to count and examine the tags, and see that every tickot is fairly represented in the drawing. The time is short, and whatever is to be done must be done promptly. Your co? operation in this matter is earnestly invited. Yours, THOS. E. BRAMLETTE, Agent and Manager, Pub. Lib. Ky. /ST* We take much pleasure in calling the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Globe Flower Syrup, in another column. This celebrated Lung remedy is regarded by all who have tested its merits to be the most pleasant and truly valuable medicine ever dis? covered for the cure of Colds, Coughs, Asthma, <fcc. Like a true friend, the more we use it and know it, the better we like it It is pleas? ant to take, and unlike all other Cough Medi? cines offered to the public, it contains no opi? um or any nauseating drug, and will not disa? gree with the most delicate constitution. We advise all who have disease of the lungs, such as Incipient Consumption, Colds. Asthma, Bronchitis, Ac., to try at once a bottle of Globe Flower Cough Svrup. For sale by Simpson, Hill <fc Co., Anderson, S. C. One of the first business principles to act upon, is to make all purchases direct from the manufacturers, thus saving large sums of money. For this reason wo advise our readers to purchase their Windows, Doors, Blinds, <fcc., from Messrs. I. H. Hall & Co., Charles? ton, S. C, who have at the Factories, combined benefits derived from materials in first hands, skilled workmen, latest improved machinery, and thorough systematic management All windows glazed with good clear glass. They are also Agents for Asbestos Roofing Felt Try it and you will be pleased with its dura? bility. Send for price list, circulars, <fcc It is an Established Fact, that Consumption can be cured; but it is far better to prevent the cruel disease from fastening itself on the sys? tem, by the timely use of a remedy like Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry. This stan? dard preparation will speedily cure a cough or cold, and even Consumption often yields to its great power. GO TO TEXAS via the LONE STAR ROUTE! (IXTEItXATIONAL and Gbeat Nobthebx B. P..) Passengers going to Texas via Memphis and Little Rock, or via Shreveport, strike this line at Longview, the Best Route to Palestine, Hearne, Waco, Austin, Huutsville, Houston, Galveston and all points in Western, Central, Eastern and Southern Texas. Passengers via New Orleans will find it the Best Route to Tyler, Mineola, Dallas, Ovorton, Crocket, Longvxew and all points in Eastern and Northeastern Texas. This line is well built, thoroughly equipped with every modern improvement, including Now and Elegant Day Coaches, Pullman Pal? ace Sleeping Cars, Westinghouse Air Brakes, Miller's Patent Safety Platforms and Couplers, and nowhere else can the passenger so com? pletely depend on a speedy, safe and comforta? ble iournev. The LONE STAR ROUTE has admirably answered the query: M How to go to Texas ?" by the publication of an interesting and truth? ful document, containing a valuable and cor? rect map, which can be obtained, free of charge, by addressing the General Ticket Agent, International and Great Northern Railroad, Houston, Texas. District E. Feb26, 1874 34 ly To THE PUBLIC! THE fine young horse JOLLY will stand the present season at his own stable, three miles wost of Anderson, on the Shallow Ford Road. JOHN COX. March 12, 1874_35_4 Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned hereby gives notice that he will make application to W. W. Hum? phreys, Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun? ty, on Tuesday, 14th day of April next for a Final Settlement of the" Estate of John Jor? dan, deceased, and a Final Discharge therefrom. JAMES H. McCONNELL, Adm'r. March 12, 1874 29 5 RARE CHANCE! Grood Investment! THE undersigned desires to SELL OUT his Stock of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARD WARE, Jfcc, In order to remove to Atlanta, Ga. Persons wishing to enter the Mercantile Business in Anderson would do well to call and see him be? fore the 1st of May. Terms easy. I mean busi? ness. A. P. HUBBARD. March 10, 1874 35