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Announcements of marriages and deatbs. and notices of a religious.character, are respectfully solicited, and will be inserted gratia, ? _1 TETJBSDAY MOSUIHS, APEIL 16,1874. ?9- AH communication*imist be accompanied by the true name and address of the writer, in order to receive attention, and as a guarantee of good faith. V7e are not MBponsfble for the views or opinions of correspondents. An Excellent Appointment It gives us pleasure to commend most highly ft recent appointment of Gov. Moses, which does credit to his administration. In place of j the defaulting County Treasurer of Orange burg, the Governor has devolved that office upon. Judge Thomas W. Glover, whose integri? ty and sterling worth are recognized wherever he is known. It is a new departure for "our native young Governor," when he selects one of the stauncbest, most reliable citizens of the State for responsible position. Sumner's Successor. The Massachusetts Legislature has been bal? loting for United States Senator for the last Several weeks. The twenty-second ballot has been reached, and as yet there are no indica? tions as to the final result. The Republican vote is mainly divided between Judge Hoar and Mr. Dawes, while the Democrats adhere closely to Judge R. B. Curtis. It is not un? likely that Charles Francis Adams or Gen. Banks will be brought forward as a compro? mise candidate by one wing of the Republi? cans, in order to secure the Democratic strength, which would insure an election. _ m > ? - The License Law. The Legislature, at its recent session, enacted a law to govern municipal bodies in granting licenses to- retail spirituous liquors, which is published in to-day's issue. This law is a matter of general interest, and throws safe? guards around the traffic in liquor which may do much toward ameliorating some of its worst features. The method of obtaining a license is changed, and it is not very easy to comply with its requirements in every particular. Heavy penalties are attached for the violation of its stringent provisions, and those contem? plating an embarkation into the liquor business should be careful to inquire into the law before risking the consequences. A True Friend of the South. Hon. James B. Beck, of Kentucky, announ? ces that he will not be a candidate for re-elec? tion to his seat in Congress, and purposes devoting his time and energies to private affairs. Mr. Beck has represented the old Lexington District for many years with signal ability and unalterable fidelity, serving a peo? ple who so often honored Henry Clay with their suffrages. At all times and under all circumstances, Judge Beck has been an un? compromising and steadfast friend of the Southern people, and espoused her cause when friends were few and far between in Congress. He is a noble, unselfish and patriotic gentle? man, and .has worked assiduously to promote the interests of the whole country. The Connecticut Election. - The fall and complete returns of the election held in Connecticut last week show that the Democracy carried the day by an overwhelm? ing majority, utterly routing the enemy in every particular. Gov. Ingersoll has been re elected by an increased majority over both of J his opponents. The total vote of the State was 61,671. Ingersoll received 46,784; Har? rison, Republican, 40,042; Smith, Temperance, 4,826; scattering, Id. The Senate stands 17 Democrats and 4 Republicans. The House will be composed of 140 Democrats, 98 Repub? licans and 3 Independents. This gives a Dem? ocratic majority of 13 in the Senate, 39 in the House, and 52 on a joint ballot. Last year the Republicans had a majority of one in the Sen? ate and the Democrats a majority of twenty three in the House. The most important result of this election is the undoubted choice of- a Democrat to succeed Hon. Wm. A. Bucking? ham (Republican) in the United States Senate. Already, the prominent candidates are being discussed and considered, in advance of the meeting of the Legislature next month. The Republican newspapers maintain an unusual silence in regard to the Connecticut election, not deigning an explanation of the total defeat which has overtaken their party. Evidently a change is going on in the minds of the Northern people, which threatens to engulph the Republicans at an early day.' Without definite policy on the currency ques- j tion, dissatisfaction arises on every hand, and the mixture of the administration with reve? nue frauds helps to weaken the confidence of I the masses. One after another assailable point is captured hy tho Democrats, and the hands of the opposition are continually strengthened against the Republicans. Victory "emboldens the assault and tends to unite the Democracy everywhere, while a correspondering weakness is engendered among the rank and file of the dominant party, which the leaders are unable to check and control, since they are divided in their own counsels on the prominent questions of tho day, and can no longer raise the hue | and cry over dead issues of the war and recon? struction, which so long cemented the party together. The handwriting is upon the wall, and the great Republican party of the nation begins to quake before the judgment already pronounced. Clinging desperately to the achievements of the past, unmindful of the future interests of this great country, and blindly exhausting its efforts in saving the debris of a desperate struggle, the opportunity for perpetuating its existence and power is al? most gone. It has wearied the masses with ! platitudes on freedom and civil rights, while its power has been wielded to protect an arro- j gant, tyrannical majority in crushing out whole communities and over-riding the mi- 1 nority in reconstructed States. "At Arlington." One of the most charming*spots in the vicin? ity of the nation's capital is the famed Arling? ton estate, so long the abode of generous and high-bred hospitality. As the world knows, it was the property of Mrs. K. E. Lee, and was confiscated to the uses of the Federal govern? ment during the war. Mrs. Lee was the daughter of George Washington Parke Custis, who was the grandson of Mrs. Gen. Washing? ton. This property was in Mrs. Lee's individ? ual right, or rather was entailed upon her el? dest son by the will of her father. It com? prises eleven hundred acres, situated just across the Potomac from Washington City, and on the Heights overlooking the city is the ances? tral mansion bearing the name of Arlington. The view from Arlington is entrancing beyond description. The spacious halls are silent now, and the surroundings betoken the presence of the conqueror. Two hundred and four acres of ground are enclosed by a substantial brick wall. This part of the estate, which includes the old homestead, is denominated the "United States National Military Cemetery," which was established on the 13th of May, 1864. The total number of interments is 11,276, of which there are 7,199 known, and 4,077 are marked "unknown." A considerable portion of the graves are near the entrance on the south-east, and embrace all classes, including Confederate soldiers. The bulk of the interments in this part of the grounds, however, are colored sol? diers, with their wives and children, many of them buried in the summer of 1866, when the mortality must have been exceedingly great. On the north-west side of the enclosure, in a level plat of ground, there are the greatest number of interments, mainly Federal soldiers. All of the graves are marked with neat head? stones, plainly inscribed when practicable with the name, age, date of death, and in the case of soldiers, the company and regiment are given to which the deceased belonged. These places of burial are on either side of the man? sion, and some distance from it. A number of Federal officers are buried quite near the resi? dence, the graves encircling the flower-yard. Just beyond there is a granite mausoleum, . bearing this inscription: "Beneath this stone ; repose the mortal remains of 2,111 unknown Federal soldiers, whose bones have been gath? ered from the battle-field of Bull Bun, and on the route to the Bappahannock." The granite pile is surmounted with four six-pounders, guarding the dust of the unrecognized and unrecorded dead. Although efforts were aade prior to Mri. Lee's death, for a restoration of tbi3 magnifi? cent estate, or just compensation from the government, there was no favorable response to the righteous demand. The spoliation of her property was deemed essential while the strife was going on ; the government had devo? ted the grounds to specific purpose, and the bitterness of the late contest lurked in every measure, which prevented a just restitution to the lawful owner of the Arlington estate, and must have tinged her recollections of this once happy home with increased poignancy and sorrow. Her eldest son, G. W. Custis Lee, is now making another effort, not to recover the property, but to obtain reasonable compensa? tion for the magnificent estate. Sooner or later this cannot be denied as a matter of right and justice. \ - ? 1 The Calhoun Monument. There has been considerable discussion in the public prints as to the proper disposition of the funds accumulated for the erection of a monument to Hon. John C. Calhoun, and numerous propositions have been submitted for its disposal, some adhering to the idea that the money should be devoted to the original purpose of erecting a marble shaft in honor of the illustrious statesman, whilst others strong? ly argued in favor of an endowment of the Confederate Home in the city of Charleston^ as a more permanent and fitting testimonial. The funds of the Association survived the wreck to a great extent, and seem to have been carefully bandied, so that a considerable sum awaits disposition. The Abbeville Press and Banner brings to light a new suggestion, ema? nating from the daughter of Mr. Calhoun, which deserves a careful consideration from the custodians of the fund, not only on account , of the source from whence it springs, but from its practical character and value. Our cotem porary learns that "Mrs. Clemson favors the endowment of an educational institute to be established at Fort Hill, and will make a do 1 nation of sixty acres of hind for that purpose, j As the remains of the great statesman are to i be removed to Fort Hill, we think that the 1 ends for which the money was raised would 1 thus be better subserved, at the same time that the interests of the general public would per? haps be better promoted. We would rejoice to see some flourishing educational institute, bearing the honored name of Calhoun, estab? lished at his cherished home, and think that it would be the most noble monument which could perpetuate his name and public servi? ces." Taxation in South Carolina. We have always imagined that the adminis? tration in South Carolina had been under the control of the Radical party for the last six years. But it seems that the news from home is more accessible at a distance, and in point of fact (?) the Democrats are responsible for the high taxation in this State. The Alabama Daily State Journal announces as "a fact, worthy of special mention at the present time, that the rate of taxation in South Carolina, for State purposes, is only 1} cents on the dol? lar I This rate was established by a Demo? cratic General Assembly, and has not been changed by Republicans I" The Buffalo (N. Y.) Commercial Advertiser gravely asserts that "the assessed value of property is precisely what the Democratic State Government made it two years ago, when no one complained that it was too high." Such misrepresentation is entirely in accord with the general manage? ment of Radical newspapers, whose facility for distorting facts and creating fiction challenges the world. In plainer terms, they cau beat the universe in lying I ? Efforts are making to organize a joint stock company to publish a Democratic paper in Greenville, aud it is rumored that Col. James S. Cothran, of Abbeville, will have charge of its editorial department. ? Dr. Paul Connor, an esteemed citizen of Cokeshury, died at his residence in' that place , on the 6th inst. For the Anderson Intelligencer. Immigration. Mr. Editor : It was with much regret that | we witnessed the scant atttendance of our peo pie at the public meeting, which was called here last Saleday, to consider the deeply impor? tant subject of immigration. We fear the little interest evinced in regard to the matter on that occasion too clearly proves that the large majority of our people do not yet even begin to comprehend, much less to appreciate, the momentous nature and character of this subject. If they, in any just degree, realized their true interests in the matter, they would surely have crowded the Court House to hear and to exchange views in regard to it. Why, sir, in a human point of view, the future ad? vancement and material prosperity of this Southern country is now more immediately de? pendent on the influx of population from abroad than on any other, than on every other projected enterprise and existing resources combined. With the South, it is now ob? viously aut populus, out nullus?people, or nothing. And, in truth, it is population?full, abundant peopling?or next thing to nothing with every country. Little does it amount to, that a country is rich in the fertility cf its soil, its mineral wealth, its water-power, its temperate and salubrious climate, or in all and every possible natural advantage, if it lack sufficient population to develop such latent powers and dormant resources. It is, to all practical purposes, the same thing as if it did not possess such natural blessings. Without sufficient brain and muscular power combincd) the resources of no country can be adequately developed. Massachusetts has a population of some? thing like 115 to the square mile; South Caro? lina has but about 25 to tbe square mile. That simple fact fully accounts for the great and striking disparity in the respective aggregate wealth and power of the two States. The one, by nature, was comparatively bleak, barren, sterile. Upon the other, nature bestowed a temperate, genial climate, a fertile soil, vast mineral wealth, magnificent water-power, and superb forests of live-oak and yellow-pine tim? ber, besides very many other advantages too numerous to mention here. But the poor State is rich, and the rich State is poor I The origi? nal cause of this striking difference in the present condition of these two States is, that the one had sufficient population to turn to ac? count and to make the most of all its natural resources, and the other bad not. Population itself is wealth, because its presence enhances the value of all properties in the State. A farmer in Massachusetts who owns 100 acres of land there is richer than the man who owns 1,000 acres here. An article in the market is only worth what it will sell for. The 100 acres there will bring more money than the 1,000 acres here. Why bo? Simply because there are more people, and, therefore, more demand for land there than here. Double the popula? tion of this State, and you double the money value of its land. Nay, more than that; if every land-owner in South Carolina were to give one half of his land to an actual settler coming in from without the State, the remaining half re? tained by the donors would very soon be worth more in money than the whole is now. There is no question of the fact, paradoxical as it may seem at first view to those who have not been accustomed to consider tbe matter, we would actually grow rich by giving away half the land we own to actual settlers coming in upon the territorry of our State from abroad. Labor would be diversified, the vast capabili? ties and natural resources of the State would be speedily developed into fruitfulness and be utilized, the various arts and multifarious comforts and advantages of eivilization would be brought home to our doors in abundance. These things come only from the engendering powers of crowded communities. Man abso? lutely needs the sharp spar of necessity and the whip of competition to move him up to his mettle. Not only is this iieedful moral force generated in tbe densification of popula? tion, but in actual physical labor; and in the production of material effects and artistic re? sults man helps his fellow-man most when he is nearest at hand. In more ways than one near neighbors assist each other in grinding their axes and in rolling their logs. Alexander Selkirk, on the island of Juan Fernande?, "was monarch of all he surveyed," and yet, being there alone, he was, so far from being rich, only a poor, miserable man, perish? ing in the plethora of his exclusive wealth. Just so in degree, graduated by tbe surroundings and peculiar circumstances of his case, is every very large land-holder who lives, isolated from society, on his own broad acres. Why arc town lots and farms in the vicinity of popu? lous towns and cities more valuable than even more fertile and productive lands far off in sparsely settled neighborhoods? Simply be? cause the presence of more people creates more demand, not only for the land, but for all pro? ducts that land and labor conjoined may pro? duce, and the article is worth what it will bring. Wny did the wealthy people of our middle and lower country of this State have, for three or four generation past, to send their children to this upper country to get them educated? Simply because the large land-holders below liveu too far apart, were too sparsely settled down there to nave good schools in their midst. They had, consequently, either to support the whole charge of a private school in their own individual family, which few were able to do, or to send their children off from home, board? ing them at very considerable-expcn.se, to avail themselves of the advantages of such schools as your denser population enabled you to es? tablish and maintain up here. Increase your population, and you will in? crease your social, civil, political and pecunia? ry advantages just in proportion to your in? crease in numbers. Muscle applied to matter makes money, and a multitude is mighty in motion. Don't become in the least degree alarmed touching questions of social equality. The laws of society institute and enforce themselves in utter defiance of all extrinsic powers. This is the case as well in democracies as under monarchies. Similarities in tastes and breed? ing attract people together; dissimilarities re? pel. That self-adjusting law of society will regulate and rule its appropriate province here as everywhere. Don't stop to cavil now in respect to the best and most perfect adjustment of all neces? sary details pertaining to the organization and working of the immigration enterprise. Let us all learn to understand and realize our great paramount necessity in regard to this matter, and, with united hands and manful energy, come up to the support and due encouragement of the Commissioner and Associate Committee appointed here last Saleday to represent and and act for us in this behalf. Experience only will enable us hereafter to discover errors and perfect schemes for accomplishing our great object. But if we do not earnestly and reso? lutely begin the work, of course we shall never accomplish it. The Booh tells us that "wis? dom is justified of her children." L. M. A. South Carolina at the Federal Capital. Washington, April 7. By request, the delegation from the Republi? can organization in South Carolina appeared before the President to-day, in reply to the charges made by the memorialists from the Tax-Payers' Convention. They were accom? panied by both the Senators from that State and a part of the Congressional delegation. L. C. Carpenter, of the Columbia Union, spoke for the delegation and answered the tax-payers in an address of about fifteen minutes' duration, The President listened attentively, and, at the close of Mr. Carpenter's remarks, said the answer appeared to be full and conclusive. He also said he had not been correctly reported in his remarks to the other delegation. The Radical delegation claim that their re? ception was all that could be desired. They also visited several of the heads of depart? ments, and wili appear before the Judiciary Committee of the House on Wednesday. The President, in his interview with the Ring delegation, expressed himself quite satis? fied with their statement, and took occasion to say that he was not correctly reported when the South Carolina Democratic delegation called a few days before. He did not then say that South Carolina and Louisiana were badly governed. He merely told the delegation that if the condition of affairs in those States was as represented, the remedy was in the hands of the people, to be applied through the ballot box. He did not believe what was said by partisans against the Southern State Govern? ments. Washington, April 8. The House sub-committee on the judiciary had another session this morning on the subject of the South Carolinagrievances. Whittemore's delegation occupied the entire session. Con? gressman Elliott made an argument against the prayer of the memorialists on constitutional grounds, and protested against congressional interference. He held that the evils complain? ed of can readily be abated by conciliatory ac? tion on the part of the memorialists party. He said that the thoughtful Republicans of the State were ready and anxious to co-operate. The Supreme Court of the United States, in Texas vs. White, held doctrines opposed to the spirit of the prayer of the memorialists; and in McCnllough vs. Maryland, maintained that the United States cannot interfere to prevent the abuse of the taxing power in a State. Whittemore followed, inveighing against the memorialists for their refusal to participate in the conventions forming the new State Gov? ernment, and denying the charges of an extrav? agant use of the public funds ; also holding that taxation in South Carolina is not exces? sive. Next Wednesday there will be another hear? ing for both sides. Gov. Porter has prepared a written statement of the South Carolina grievances for the Senate judiciary committee, which will be read before the committee next Monday morniDg by the Hon. W. W. Boyce. [Special Despatch to the News and Courier.) Washington, Friday, April 10. Nothing of interest has occurred to-day in connection with the memorial of the South Carolina taxpayers. I have been at some pains to ascertain the truth about the recent interview between President Grant and the representa? tives of the Columbia Ring. Several persons who were present assure me that the President really did express confidence in the counter statement then made by Mr. L. C. Carpenter, and his opinion that the complaints of the tax? payers had been fully and satisfactorily met. So that, whatever may be thought of the Ring in other quarters, the leaning of President Grant in its favor can hardly any longer be a matter of dispute. The President's denial that, in his interview with the taxpayer's committee, he had said that Lousiana was certainly badly governed and South Carolina probably so, is rather unfortunate, as there were between twenty and thirty gentlemeu present, including Secretary Fish, when he ^ used the language which he now chooses to disavow. The final hearing of the case of South Caroli? na will take place before the sub-committee of the House judiciary committee on Wednesday next, when an equal length of time will be al? lowed to both sides. Messrs. T. Y. Simons and M. C. Butler will close the argument on behalf of the memorialists, and will make a brief review of the gigantic frauds committed against the people under the administrations of Scott and Moses. It is difficult, as yet, to conjecture as to the nature of the report which the sub-committee will make, or as to what recommendation in the premises the committee itself will make to the House. There is no doubt whatever that the memorialists have succeeded in convincing the sub-committee that flagrant wrongs arc being perpetrated in South Carolina under the cover of legislative enactments, but it seems to be held that the remedy of interference by Congress is one that only finds its justification in a proved case of the refusal of the State officers to protect the citizens. Mr. Eldridge, (Democrat,) of the sub-committee, says that the appointment of an investigating committee implies the existence of the power to legislate, in case such investigation should show the truth of the charges inquired into. Just at this point comes up the question as to whether the abuse of the taxing power by State officers constitutes a conspiracy to rob the people, and, supposing the question to be answered affirmatively, whether such a conspiracy would be a case calling for Federal interposition under any provision of the Constitution. The whole subject is generally conceded to present a perplexing problem. Palmetto. TnE Whittemore Delegation.?The New York Tribune has a faint conception as to the real merits of the Whittemore delegation to Washington, which is evidenced by the follow? ing extract from its editorial columns: "There is rfbw at Washington a delegation of men from South Carolina, charged with the duty of denyiug the charges made by the Tax Payers' Convention. That Convention sent its representatives to Washington with a series of distinct and credible allegations against the management of the State finances. The aid of Congress is sought in an attempt to reform the government and save the State from utter bankruptcy. The anti-tax-payers' delegation (if we may so call them) say that the others are rebels; that they spell negro with two g's and that things are not so bad as represented. The men who thus seek to belittle the mission of the tax-payers' delegation are led by B. F. Whittemore, a carpet-bagger, who was expelled j from Congress fbr selling a cadetship. If any? thing more were needed to fix the character of these men, it may ba added, that the rank and file of them belong, or have belonged, to the State Government of South Carolina?a Gov? ernment which has been made up of the worst thieves and plunderers that ever infested any community. Congress may not be able to do much for South Carolina, but the appear-1 ancc thcro of such a band of marauders as those who protest against reform, is a piece of j brazen impudence and unparalleled effrontery." ? The Chicago Tribune concedes that the Radical-Republican party has recently experi? enced its second stroke of paralysis to be fol? lowed by an apoplectic collapse in November of this year. "It is," says the Tribune, "stripped of the allies by whom it has been kept in power. It is abandoned?as in Connecticut?by the disgusted people, who have tired of its corrup? tions. It is left to its fate by every man who feels the rigor of taxation and the extortion of the plunderers, and its end will be accomplished in the Fall by the great body of the agricul? turists."_ _ ? St. Louis has been so much encouraged by the business which she has done in cotton that the cotton merchants and others propose to raise a premium of $25,000 to be offered to the cotton producers of the South. i TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. T. D. KENNEDY, Local Editob. OUR LOCAL DEPARTMENT. The proprietors of the Anderson Intelligencer have engaged the services of T. D. Kennedy, Esq., as local editor, and take pleasure in intro? ducing him to the public. Mr. Kennedy is thoroughly qualified by nature and education to adorn the position, and we are confident that he will bring to the discharge of his duties an earnest desire to advance the interests and enhance the prosperity of our entire commu? nity. EMPORIUM Or FASHION. The latest novelties and fashions are being received at the Anderson Emporium of Fash? ion, which contains an immense stock of mil? linery and dress goods for the ladies, carefully selected frum the principal markets, and offered at the most reasonable prices. The ladies are invited to read the advertisement in another column. DELINQUENT TAX-PAYERS. The County Treasurer and bio assistants are busy making out executions against delinquent tax-payers, and intend having them levied as soon as possible. Wo are informed that about four hundred persons within the County have failed to pay up their taxes, and the law must now be resorted to in order to make all those who are able pay up. ANDERSON BAPTIST CEMETERY. The members of Anderson Baptist Church, and all others interested in the preservation and care of the graveyard, are invited to meet on Saturday, 25th of April instant, at three o'clock p. m., for the purpose of identifying graves and otherwise arranging for the better preservation of the grounds. It is hoped there will be a full attendance of the friends and relatives of persons buried there. LITERARY ADDRESS. The Hon. J. S. Murray has kindly consented to deliver an address before the literary socie? ties of this place?the Charles Pinckney and Polytechnic Societies. The address will be de? livered in the Court House on to-morrow, (Friday) evening at 8 o'clock. The public gen? erally, and the ladies especially, are invited to bo present on the occasion, which doubtless will be one of considerable interest to all. PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. We are informed that three Granges were or? ganized at Williamstou on Friday last by R. W. Simpson, Esq., Master of Pendleton [ Grange, No. 177. They are located at Bclton, Williamston and Storeville, and bear the names of these localities respectively. L. E. Camp? bell is the Master and C. D. Watkins is the Secrotary of Belton Grange. There are now eighteen Granges in Anderson County. We are requested to state that the regular meetings of Sandy Springs Grange, No. 242, take place on the second Saturday in each month. ALARM OF FIRE. About 8 o'clock on Sunday night last an alarm of fire was given by the Marshals, and many citizens repaired to the scene. The fire was at the residence of Mrs. Todd, on Main street, and was caused by the burning out of a chimney. A few sparks fell on the roof, and probably would have done much damage, but were spocdity extinguished. Why can't we get up a fire company in town? We have plenty of strong and able-bodied young men, who would bo anxious to exert thomsolves in saving proporty from destruction. Besidos, it is high? ly necessary that a town as large as our's, and in which there are so many business houses, should have ono. BAD APPEARANCE. Our attention has several times been called to the bad appearance of most of the buildings on the Public Square, and upon examination we find them in a worn condition. On Granite Row, the Masonic building and Brick Range, in a great many places, the outside plastering is cracked, or has fallen off altogether, and the pointing between the bricks has dropped out in several places. Now, in a town as flourish? ing as Anderson, and where property is valua? ble, this stato of things should not be allowed to exist. The owners of these buildings ought to employ workmen at once and have them re? paired. By so doing, they will enhance the value of tho property, and materially improve tho appearance of the buildings. Let us have pride, not only in ourselves, but also in the beautiful appearance of our buildings, and we must prosper. HOMICIDE. Our usually quiet town, which has always been notod for its order and the total absence of the crime of shedding human blood, was, on last Wodnosday evening, the 8th of April, the scono of a heinous and bloody homicide. It seems that considerable animosity had been for some time existing between two young colorod men who workad in tho village. This grew out of a difficulty which happened at a hot supper somo weeks ago between James Walker and Isham Cochran. Isham's brothor, Hiram Cochram, came iuto town on Wednes? day evening, and, meeting with James Walker^ demanded satisfaction for the ill-treatment his brother had received from him. James Walk? er started for home and was followed almost immediately by Hiram Cochran, when both canto to a halt near Mr. Clark's tailoring estab? lishment, a few yards below the public square. A few words followed, when James Walker drew a knife and stabbed nirain Cochran in tho breast, and immediately fled. He was pursued a short distance by a colored man, who had been near by, but succeeded in effect? ing his escape. Hiram Cochran, after rooeiving the wound, staggered a few paces and fell near tho storo of Blockloy, Brown <fc Co. A surgeon was immediately sent for, who, upon arriving and oxamining the wound, pronounced it mor? tal. Dr. Syinmos, tho surgeon, probed the wound, and testifiod that tho left lung had been perforated, and that the aorta, or large blood vessel leading from the heart, had been sev? ered. The wounded man died in a fow min? utes. A jury of inquest was summoned at onco by Trial Justico G. W. Hammond, who acted as Coroner, and after the examination of soveral witnesses, ronderod the following ver? dict: "That the said Hiram Cochran came to his death by a stab with a knife in the hands of one James Walkor, a colored man, about the hour of 6 p. m., on tho 8th day of April, 1874." Soon after tho inquest was concluded on Thurs? day morning, the body of tho murdered man was taken to the colorod cemetery at Mt. Tabor and interred. Both white and colored mani? fested great zeal in attempting the capture of tho murderer, and although the night was dark and stormy, many continued the search until daylight. He was captured tho following day, by Mr. R. F. McKinney and Berry Williams, ' in a swamp two miles from town, and was brought in and lodged in jail to await his trial ' at the next term of the Court of General Ses? sions. This using of deadly weapons must bo nipped in the bud, and tho sooner the bettor. , 11 i , J II1 For the Anderson Intelligencer. The Young Men's Sociable Club. A largo number of the young men of the town belonging to this Club met in the Club Room on the evening of the 8th of April, for the purpose of taking further steps to perfect an organization, and to hear the report of a committee appointed at a previous meeting which was to inquire into the expediency of such an organization. Mr. Geo. W. Miller was called to the Chair, and S. M. Fegg requested to act as Secretary. Mr. Miller, on taking the Chair, made an elaborate and pointed speech on the importance of a more intimate association among oar yoang men?especially among the honest and indus? trious young men of the community. He said he hoped that no young man who heard him would misunderstand him, and think that we proposed to organize a club tbat would license young men to become inebriates and beasts. Such we do not want?such we will not have. Bnt on the other hand, we feel that wo have the highest object in view?that of uniting our young and energetic men in a band, to lend their aid with the old to push forward all the interests of our town, at the same time cultiva? ting that social feeling from which so much pleasure is obtained, and which is the main? spring of union in all societies. Tho organiza? tion is not political, but proposes to lend its aid in any other direction, either looking to the so? cial elevation of the young men of our town, or to the industrial, educational and commer? cial prosperity of this community. This being its object, all young men should join it with a determination to enter into the battle for the general good of our beautiful and interesting town?a town in which so many interests seems to point, and from which we trust in a few years such influence wtll radiate as will entitle her to the name and a position second to no town in tho upper belt of South Carolina. The Chairman then declared the Club ready for business, and further stated that he hoped it would select inteUigent and industrious young gentlemen for officers, for upon that de? pended the success of the organization. The report of the Committee was then re? ceived, which recommended the immediate election of officers, and the appointment of va? rious committees to assist the officers in per? fecting the organization. After several short, but eloquent and pointed speeches, all agreeing in the good which might come of such an association of our young men, the election was then gone into, which resulted as follows: I President?A. C. Laughlin. Vice-Prcsidents?Q. W. Miller, L H. Harri? son, C. C. Cummings, N. A. McCully, J. H. McGill, John Mosely, T. D. Kennedy. Secretary?David S. Taylor. Treasurer?Jeff. D. Maxwell. Tho following named gentlemen were then proposed and elected as honorary members of the Club: Hon. J. P. Reed, Gen. J. W. Harrison, Hon. John Wilson, Judge J. S. Murray, Hon. John R. Cochran, CapL J. A. Hoyt, Dr. W. H. Nar din, CoL R. S. Hill, Maj. John B. Moore, Capt. N. K. Sullivan, M. Lesser, Maj. B. F. Whitner, Capt. A. T. Broyles, S. Bleckley, O. H. P. Fant, Hon. B. F. Crayton, A. R. Broylss, W. J. Ligon, Dr. P. A. Wilhitc. A resolution was adopted extending an invi? tation to the young men of the town to join the the Club. Also, a resolution adopted concern? ing the election and qualification of members. The Club then adjourned to meet on Thurs? day, 16th instant, at 8 o'clock, when the perma? nent officers will be installed. All the mem? bers are requested to moot promptly at the next Club meeting, as there will be an inter? esting proposition before the Club. GEO. W. MILLER, Chm'n. S. M. Peog, Sec. A MODEST PUFF. J. Turner Jordan, representing the tobacco establishment of Boroughs <fc Wing, Atlanta, Ga., arrived in town on Saturday last. He was detained at Seneca City, looking after a box of cigars intended for the editor-in-chief of this journal; but the transfer was safely accom? plished, and we have had the satisfaction of puffing some of the finest cigars brought to this place since the war. Mr. Jordan is building up an extensive trade in this section, and his old friends and customers are showering their favors upon him in tho way of orders for to? bacco and cigars. He represents an excellent and reliable house, which deals extensively in the weed, and offers superior inducements to the trade. ? Texas has increased a quarter of a million in population during the last three years. ? Senator Schurz will deliver the eulogy upon Charles Sumner in Boston on the 29th inet. ? William If. Nelson has been appointed county treasurer of Fairfield, vice H. A. Smith, resigned. ? The Legislature of Virginia has elected Hon. R. M. T. Hunter as State Treasurer, in place of Mayo, who was removed for defalca? tion. ? The Muscogee cotton factory at Columbus shows a net profit of $22,156.68 for the last twelve months, on a capital stock of $157, 499.88. ? D. Appleton & Co., the publishers, are said to have engaged the Misses Rollins, of Columbia, to write the biography of Governor Moses. ? The Piedmont Air Line is the designation given to the line of railroads from Richmond to Atlanta, passing through North and South Carolina. ? The Laurensville Herald records the death of Mr. Samuel R. Todd, jr., of that town, who had been suffering for a long period with consumption. He was an excellent young man, not more than 28 years old, and leaves a wife and one child to mourn this untimely loss. ? The Air Line Railroad furnishes tickets from Greenville to Columbia, by the way of Charlotte, N. C, at the same rate as the direct route by the Greenville and Columbia Railroad. Besides, the saying of time is a valuable con? sideration, as the schedule is shorter by four hours. HYMENEAL. MARRIED, on the 26th of Fobruarv last, by the Rev. Jacob Burriss, Mr. S. LAWRENCE ESKEW and Miss NANNIE S. REID, third daughter of Thomas L. Reid, Esq., all of An? derson County. THE MARKETS. ANDERSON, April 15, 1874. Very little cotton on the market for the past week, and prices unchanged. Middlings 14J to 15 cents. Charleston, April 18. Cotton quiet and steady?middling 16$. New York, April 13. Cotton quiet and steady at 174 to 17*. HIGH SHOAL FACTORY. THE Stockholders and friends of High Shoal Factory aro requested to meet at High Shoal, (McFall's Mills,) on Saturday, 25th day of April noxt, for tho purpose of organizing. JOHN B. MOORE, mo Stockholder. April 2, 187-1 38 4