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HOYT & CO., Proprietors. JAMBS' A. HOYT, Editor. RA TES OF SUBSCRIPTION?Two Dollars per an? num, and Onk Dollar for six months. Payment in ad? vance secures the paper free of postage. Subscriptions are not taken for a less period than six months. u Liberal deductions made to ciiibs of ten. or more-sue scribers. ,. , RATES OF ADVERTISING.?Ovo Dollar per square of one inch for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents per square for subsequent insertions less than three months. r*o ad? vertisement counted ress than a square. Liberal contracts will be made with those wishing to ^dvertisrfor three, six or twelve months Advertising by contract must be confined to the immediate business of the firm or individual contracting. '.. Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, Tributes of Re? spect, and all personal communications or matters of in? dividual interest, will be charged for at advertising rates. Announcements of marriages and deathst and notices of a religioui character, are respectfully solicited, and will be inserted gratisv._ THURSDAY M0RNI!TG> tt&Z 7th, 1874. ?ST" All communications must be accompanied by the tro* namo and address of tho writer, in order to receive attention, and as a guarantee of good faith. Wo are not responsible fox tbe views or opinions of correspondent*. Stockholders' Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders of | the Greenville and Columbia Railroad was held in Columbia on Thursday last. Hon. B. F. Whitner, of Anderson, was elected Chairman of the meeting. C. H. Manson and C. V. Car ringtoo were appointed Secretaries. The re? ports of the President and General Superin . tendent were read to the meeting, and referred to the Board of Directors, with plenary powers. These reports showed that, notwithstanding the: financial troubles of the past year, the re? ceipts of the road were more than $35,000 ahead of the previous year. The total earnings, we are informed, amount to $630,000 for the year 1873, while the ordinary expenditures were $305,000, leaving a balance of $325,000 for ex? traordinary expenses as the purchase of rolling stock, building bridges and other items of per? manent improvement, together with a consid? erable amount for the extinction of floating indebtedness. After the transaction of routine business, the following gentlemen were unani? mously re-elected President and Directors for the ensuiug year, viz: W. J. Magrath, Presi? dent; Messrs. L. D. Childs, H. T. Farmer, F. F. Gary, Robert Adger, T. D. Wagner, K*L. McCaughrin, Edward Hope, L. C. Roath, .T. Hurley, Joseph Crews, A. Simonis, Alex. McBeth, Directors. Neaily sixty thousands shares of stock were represented in the meeting, and W. J. McGrath, Esq., received the entire number of votes cast for President. The Congressional Report on South Car? olina affairs. We append herewith the report of the House Judiciary Committee on affairs in South Caro? lina, recommending that the petition for Con? gressional interference be denied: Washington, April 28. Hr. Tremain, of the sub-committee of the House judiciary committee, presented to-day to the fall committee a report on the memorial of the Taxpayers' Convention of South Caroli? na, asking Tor relief against the alleged mis government in that State. The report was adopted by a majority of j that committee. The committee say they cannot resist the conclusion that the extraordinary condition of the people of South Carolina is owing in a great degree to the extraordinary events that have occurred and the great changes that have been produced within the last few years, for which her preseut citizens or the majority thereof are not properly responsible and which are beyond the reach and control of Congress. The committee refer, in this connection, to the late civil war and to the organic changes in the constitution of the United States, not for the purpose of re-opeuing the wounds caused by that war, but because it is the duty of) statesmen who-are invalid to apply a remedy to existing alleged wrongs to ascertain the na? ture, extent and origin of those wrongs. The result of the war was the destruction of slavery and the loss to the slave-holders ofthat State of two hundred and fifty millions of j property invested in slaves. Then came the thirteenth, fourteenth aud fifteenth amend? ments to the constitution, whereby the emanci? pated slave became clothed with all the attri? butes of citizenship, and invested with the right of suffrage. The freedmen now consti? tute a majority of the people there, and politi? cal power has been transferred from their former masters to those who, while in a state of slavery, were denied all participation in the rights and privileges of American citizenship. Whatever evils may arise from political power in the hand of the freedmen. the re? sponsibility therefor rests not with them, but with the people of the United States, they having adopted the amendments, and they alone having the power to change the Consti? tution. In tbe judgment of the committee the real grievances of the memorialists and those whom they represent relate to these changes in the constitution. The colored voters of South Carolina are about 90,000 aud the white voters 40,000. Congress has no constitutional power to grant the relief which is asked by the peti? tioners, in the opinion of the committee. Al? though this objection was presented and fully discussed, the proposition was not controverted that Congress could not intervene in this case unless- the power to act was conferred by some express grant in the constitution, or was neces? sary to carry into execution some power that was conferred. The committee say that they are not able to discover the force of the claim made by the petitioners, that they are suffering from the anti-Republican and odious oppres? sion of a system of taxation without represen? tation, and that Congress has no more right to interfere to disturb the State government of South Carolina, or to invade the rights of the Ssople, than to interfere with the States of cw York, Pennsylvania or Illinois. The committee further answer the arguments of the memorialists and say they are fully sensi? ble of the delicacy and the importance of the matters presented for their consideration.? They would not withhold any constitutional aid which can be extended to the lives, liber? ties and property of any citizens, but they are unwilling to usurp unauthorized authority to accomplish such results. The committee say they have confidence in the final success of the great changes that have been wrought in favor of the African race in this country from the intelligence and capacity exhibited by their representatives in Congress, and by those who appeared before the commit? tee. They feel assured they can, if they will, establish their rights to the confidence of the country. It is hoped that with the advantages afforded now of education, and with the eager? ness they display to avail themselves of its benefits, they will be found fully equal to the dignity and duties of their newly acquired citizenship. It is believed that by the mutual interchange of kind and friendly intercourse and by employment of all these means which are found sufficient in other States, existing evils iu the administration of the affairs of South Carolina may be remedied by the people themselves. The committee, therefore, report a resolution that the prayer of the memorial? ists be denied, and the committee discharged fr.).n the further consideration of the subject. For the Anderson IntelRgtncer. To the Patrons of Anderson County. The undersigned, a committee of the County Council on the general good of the Order, re? alizing from experience and observation the great need, on the part of the Granges, for a proper onderstandang as to their work and obligatEonsyrequested our Worthy Master of the Council to write an article for publication, with the view of supplying their present neces? sities. The subjoined article we have received, and having examined it carefully, do most heartily endorse it and recommend it to the careful perusal of all Patrons. THOS. B. LEE, Chm'n. L. NEWTON, W. L. BROYLES. Granges have multiplied so rapidly all over the Middle, Western and Southern States, while yet in its infancy, the Order has become a huge afiair. In our rapid increase in this section, we must not suppose this state of af? fairs exists alone with us. The officers of the National and State Granges have to labor to their utmost extent to supply the necessary material for organizing new Granges alone. Consequently, there is but little time left them to look after the wants and requirements of those Granges already organized. Patrons then should have patience, and inform them? selves of the fundamental principles which lie at the foundation of the Order, and in accord? ance therewith shape all their acts, that life, vigor and encouragement may be infused into every member. Let them not depend too much upon others, but bear always iu mind that upon the individual or subordinate Granges depends all the hopes for which they are striv? ing. The interest of the consumer and producer are opposite, if not antagonistic; the farmers or Patrons are the producers, and it is reason? able to suppose that they alone are capable of forming a proper estimate of what will advance the producers' interests; any advice tendered them, then, in a general way, as to their con? cerns, by those not of them is not for them. Farmers have not always so understood this important fact, and by following a different course have been led into many errors, where? by they have become almost irrevocably en? tangled. The first principal object, then, of the Grange is to free farmers from these meshes, which have so operated to separate and divide them one from another. Thus placing them in the unnatural position of being, in truth, hewers of wood and drawers of water for the rest of the world. In the organization and arrangement of Society, there are numerous and various classi? fications and divisions. Each class is more or less necessarily dependent upon the others. Each class has its equitable rights and privi? leges, which the others are in duty bound to respect. But as self-interest is one of the rul? ing traits in the mass of mankind, the tenden? cy is to invade others' rights and privileges, and this tendency would be much oftener yielded to were it not for the invariable laws of political economy, any infraction of which laws will sooner or later re-act upon the class so iuvading. Now, the farmers constitute one of these classes of society?they have their rights and privileges which they claim the other classes should respect, and upon the same reasoning they are bound to respect the rights and privileges of the other classes. It would be the acme of selfishness for one class, in the very clamor for its rights, to infringe upon the rights of others. This is a truism applicable to all classes, and, if kept steadily in mind by the farmers, would aid them mate? rially in placing a proper estimate upon the many fine spun theories regarding the relative obligations by some, supposed to exist between the several classes. By comparing their posi? tion in the past with what it is now, a lamen? table fact is made manifest; that as a class they are possessed of but few of the privileges they are equitably entitled to enjoy. This may appear to one otherwise interested, or to the advocates of a one-sided economy, to be an exaggeration, but to the thinking tiller of the soil the assertion is a truth well established, j The second principal object, then, which the Grange is endeavoriug to teach, is that the farmers should at the earliest moment possible re-assume the rights and privileges which they have been led to barter away for what was not even equal to Esau's mesa of pottage. As good Patrons, let us not, in the effort to secure our lost position, inflict the same wrongs upon others which have been inflicted upon us, but at the same time let us adhere tenaciously to the ends in view, swerving neither to friends or from foes. Before the organization of the Grange, the farmers, single-handed and without organiza? tion, felt and felt keenly the pitiable condition of their class, but could see no remedy for the evils which afflicted them; they conse? quently, became disheartened and discouraged, and fell naturally into the course which tend? ed to aid in bringing additional evils upon themselves by bringing disrepute upon their class and profession. They isolated themselves from each other and the rest of the world, and feeling they had no one to depend on but themselves, soon acquired the belief of com? plete self-reliance?a trait exceedingly useful in its place, but in this particular case, an enemy to education, improvement and progress. The greater this self-reliance, the more com? plete was their isolation, until ignorance as? sumed the place of wisdom, wheu their misfor? tunes were complete. This want of a proper understanding as to what was their interest is the root of rao3t of their evils. The Grange is aware of the fact, and hence has adopted as its principal fundamental doctrine, "Educa? tion, progress and improvement." Having established what are some of the principal evils under which farmers labor, and having properly understood the connection of the Grange therewith, it is necessary to inves? tigate some of the causes, at least, which have served to produce the evils complained of. Let farmers calmly survey their condition, and they are obliged to admit that they are them? selves to blame to a great extent for being now what they are. God, in his wisdom, created man and eudowed him with mental and physi? cal abilities, capable of performing everything reasonably required, and of adapting them? selves to these requirements only. Experience has taught the fact, that though man is the sole possessor of his faculties and abilities, he must, to enjoy happiness and to improve, ren der to the Creator's laws strict obedience. Take the arm, use or exercise it vigorously, and its size and strength will increase; so with the limbs, and so with the body itself. But bind the arm to the side, and through disuse it will dwindle and waste away. Exercise the mind, and it will grow and expand, but if, like the arm, it be fixed upon one thing and one thing only its capacity for general comprehen? sion will be lessened. Arc not the minds of farmers generally completely absorbed by the affairs of their farms almost to the exclusion of everytliing else ? They rise in the morning, feed their stock, eat their meals, and work all day; at night tired, they go to sleep, and rise the next day only to go over the same routine. This order they repeat day after day, and year after year. Were the evils, which are sure to result from such a system, to attach only to the parent, their effects, as is natural, would end there. But not only does like beget like, but to the same destructive roa'Jne the children are also confined. Without time for schooling or instruction of any kind, without rest or re? creation, they drive themselves and their chil? dren on, going over the same things day after day, and year after year, a sure and certain system for the mental degeneration of their class. If called upon to render up an account of the disposition made of the talents entrust? ed to their care, would the verdict be doubt? ful ? If such a course is wrong for the parent, how great the wrong inflicted upon the child. It is clearly a derangement of the fitness of things. The children are made old while yet young. Never having enjoyed the youth-giv? ing stimulants; their bodies are dwarfed and their minds blasted. Again like begets like, and thus the degeneracy goes on. Is this destructive system voluntary, or is it forced upon the farmer ? If voluntary, then the farmer is alone to blame ; but the Grange declares it in a great measure involuntary, for when investigated further, a compulsory cause will be found to underlie this apparently vol? untary action. Take an illustration ; A poor man marries and starts out in life; upon the conjoint labora of the two, it is an easy matter to supply their few wants. After awhile, the wife has sufficient to perform in attending to the wants of a growing family, while the hus? band, short of his wife's help, has many and increasing wants to provide for. As the fami? ly grow up their necessities increase, so that by the time the children are large enough, the father feels he is compelled to have their assis? tance; and though he may, when he Bees the little fellows struggling and tired, work the harder to lighten their labors, he finds at the end of the year, when his debts are all paid, he has to be careful of what is left, or it will not last until another crop is made. When the farmer sees this, he is convinced that some? thing is wrong. He made a good crop, and realizes therefrom a fair amount of money. He made their own provisions ; their clothing is all or mostly home-made; what or where the wrong is he can't tell. So he begins anew by lessening their already scanty necessaries and enjoyments. Now, the Grange proposes not only to point out, but to remedy these evils or causes. It agrees with the farmer that he ?makes enough, but adopts a different theory as a solution for his quaudary, which is, that it takes too much money to buy so little. This is the secret of the wonderful increase of the order. The farmers realize with terrible force the truth of the solution, and when they once realize this fact, it is easy for them to trace therefrom all the attendant results. One of the important teachings of the Grange is, a return to the cash system, and with the assistance of the order to enable a fanner to purchase his supplies at reasonable rates, thereby enabling him to live with less work?that he may have more time to recreate himself and educate his children. The farmer, in effecting this reform for himself, commits no unjust outrage upon other classes. It is simply the exercise of an inalienable right which every citizen of a community should be permitted to enjoy. When the Grange was first organized, not one single establishment in the United States would deal with it or its members as such. It is different now. It is in open communication with every department of trade, and even manufactories are being es? tablished and sustained by the sole patronage of Patrons; and the old and long existing laws of trade, founded upon tyranny and op? pression, are almost entirely, as far as the Grange is concerned, broken up. Patrons are now allowed the inestimable privilege of buy? ing from whom they please. It is not denied that the Grange is for the special and sole benefit of farmers, and for those whose interests are not opposite or antag? onistic to them ; but at the same time, there is not one single feature in the whole order, (Sub? ordinate, State or National,) which is intended to wrongfully operate against any other class It accords to all their just rights and privileges, interferring or meddling with none, and in re? turn it asks from the world nothing but what it grants. The corner-stone of this organiza? tion rests upon the fundamental virtues?Faith, Hope, Charity and Fidelity. To follow any other precepts would be to wrong its teachings. In conclusion, let us mention several of the minor precepts, easily deduciblc from the car? dinal doctrines and teachings of the order. This is not a money-making institution, nor a co-operative store. If you will have it so, it is a money-saving order. It is secret, because we find it necessary to make it so. We are not opposed to home manufactures nor to the home retail trade. We are opposed to all kinds of rings and monopolies. Consider and take courage. Remember, we have largely over a million sympathizers, and the numbers daily increasing. We are opposed to extortions and all kinds of unjust discriminations. We favor and encourage the education of farmers, and farmers' sons and daughters. We favor every? thing which tends to elevate our moral aud material condition. The discussion of politi? cal subjects is prohibited in the meetings of the order. So it is not a political organization The Grange exercises no control over the polit? ical views or acts of any of its members, but leaves them free to act as they may see proper. We are seeking to remove nbuses of every kind, accomplishing this end by striving to unite every one interested into one solid phalanx of mutual interest and social obligations, by aid? ing tho poor, encouraging the weak, and by educating and geuerally improving our class. RICHARD W. SIMPSON. ? The contributions in Boston for the Lou? isiana sufferers now amount to $35,000. For the Anderson Intelligencer. May Day in Anderson, 1874. May day I May party I Why, the very words ring out with glad melody of youth and hope, of beauty and joy, of mirth and love I A spiey fragrance floats around us, as in fancy we once more inhale the breath of roses and pinks, honey-suckles, jasmines and cedar, and many other sweets of the lovely spring-time? all collected and displayed to such wondrous advantage and exquisite effect, as in those dear old time festivals, still common to many schools in our land, thanks to a gracious Providence I Even here, oppressed as we are, our maidens at least have retained the spirit and energy to accomplish again some entertainments that remind us of those scenes so brilliant and precious in our memories?those gay May fes? tivities in happy days gone by. Do not many of you remember the beautiful pictures displayed by the crowds of youthful representatives of Flora's kingdom in our old University, as well as the new; kter, those on the green connected with Mrs. Murray's school; those merry pic nie throngs, and the lovely Floral feasts and fairs ? Then, too, the startling effect produced on that memorable May Day, 1865, after our inglorious peace had already been proclaimed, and our youths and maidens were trying to forget the horrors of war in their innocent pic nie pastimes, only to be driven back to their homes in terror, by the sudden inroad of that fierce band of marauders and raiders, sweeping like a terrible simoon over our hitherto unmolested community. But, alas ! this is too dark a shadow to mingle with the glow of the present. Since that time, we have not enjoyed many such pleasant privileges in our poverty and desolation, and even yet they are mostly con? fined to the innocent, guileless children here, who have not yet imbibed the sordid selfishness too generally prevalent. But, as Time hurries on its flight?each day marked in our memo? ries by some notable event, with here a sudden death of an old citizen, and there the burning and destruction of our neighbor's hard-earned property, and much consequent trouble, with rains and storms, threatened volcauic eruptions and political revolutions?we must not forget to pause once more, as the citizens have done in other communities, to celebrate Memorial Day in honor of our soldier dead ! The 10th of May is near at hand, which we have before kept sacred to this patriotic and grateful pur? pose. As the 10th is the Sabbath day, we must needs appoint another more suitable, whilst j we are enjoying this wealth of floral beauty, that skillful fingers may weave into garlands and emblems for the score and more of brave spirits who slept their last long sleep in the Baptist and Presbyterian cemeteries. Can not a voluntary committee of ladies and gentle? men be formed to make it a day of interest, by inviting suitable orators for the occasion from among the gallant soldiera of the war? Per? haps Gen. Capers might consent to visit and address us on a theme of such sacred moment, or some other gallant and eloquent soldier leader in days agone might give us a brief review and elegy of general interest, if it can only be promptly arranged. Our village choirs, too, might unite in the largest church to get up some suitable odes for the occasion. But I have wandered far away from the imme? diate scene of innocent glee and beauty that I started to depict, in compliment to the pro? gressive spirit which is beginning again to to develop in our youthful teachers aud pupils. Mrs. Murray's school participated in a charming little pic nie at the Fair Grounds on the morn of this auspicious day, and on that lovely moonlit eve, the little school-room of Misses Pet Allen and Eosa Webb adjoining, by their gay and tasteful decorations, bright lights and glad young voices summoned many of us together once more, old and young, grave and gay, to witness the beautiful performances of their young pupils in a royal scene of Flo? ral's Court, so well arranged, memorized and enacted, that all exclaimed they had never seen anything better, as older sovereigns and sub? jects in such scenes are generally too timid to do well, and these young creatures know noth? ing yet save duty and mirth. The whole display was enchanting! The entrance of rope-bearers, with their verdant arches; the fancy little Herald, with his bugle and speech ; the wee winsome, rhyming flower maidens, bedecking the pathway of her petite majesty, Miss Nellie Hoyt, who was seated on her miniature throne by two gay and gallant lit? tle pages?where she presided with a charming grace, dignity and self-possession, which added to her perfectly sculptured features, sweet voice and conscious air, rendered her a most bewitch? ing picture. The tiny crown-bearer. Louise Nardin, with her lisping yet distinct utter? ances, as she hauded the daintily woven coro? net to the fair child crowner, Samuella Brown ; the nicely presented sceptre by Fannie Simp? son, with her part expressively rendered; the various fragrant gifts of gentle Lucille Nardin, so sweetly delivered; the beautiful decorated Seasons, with their varied offerings; and last, the touching episode, where the delicate little Lucy Hoyt threw the garland of green around the form of her precious queen sister Nell, was most impressive, bringing unbidden tears from sympathetic hearts, who rejoiced to feel that such beauty, love, harmony and innocence still dwells on our oft-shadowed earth. Thou rose the now complete and lovely sovereign of the scene, with her clear, well spoken address of thanks, and so the beautiful panorama was euded? "Closed to sight, but to memory dear," with the hope that we may all witness man similar displays in our existence. Bountiful and delicious supplies of cake and lemonade followed, and much mirth and romance ensued later, no doubt, with the merry commingling of young hearts, who cannot fail to be benefitted by such refined recreations and enjoyments, in or out of school; and we hope the old Saxon custom, descended to us from those merrie English scenes sacred to poetry, history and romance, will ever more be retained. Greenville Jockey Club. The first annual spring meeting of the Green? ville Jockey Club will take place at the Fair ' Grounds in Greenville, commencing on Tues? day, 26th inst., and continuing four days. Good purses are offered, and fast horses are expected from different points in South Caro? lina, Kentucky and other States. A gala time is anticipated by the sporting gentry of the I mountain city. Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer. A number of prominent gentlemen iu Green? ville have formed a joint stock company, and purchased a half-interest in the Greenville En terprue and Mountaineer, with a view of con? tributing their aid and influence towards redeeming the State from her present deplorable condition by the establishment of a strong and able exponent of Conservative principles. The stockholders have elected Col. N. H. Davis as the i *:ipal editor, with Isaac M. Bryan, Esq., as associate editor. The services of the former proprietor, Mr. John C. Bailey, are secured as Business Manager, which will insure its suc? cess in a financial point of view. The editors are accomplished, educated gentlemen, and will bring to their duties an unselfish desire to promote the best interests of their native State. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. T. D. KENNEDY, Local Editor. BRIEF MENTION. The Young Men's Sociable Club will have their Pic Nie on Rocky River next Saturday, and a lively time is anticipated. The Pickens Sentinel states that J. G. L. Pel fry has been arrested and lodged in jail, upon the charge of horse-stealing in Anderson Coun? ty. Hubbard, the far-famed "little man," is de? termined to close out his goods at cost, and remove to Atlanta. Now is the time to secure bargains. The Circuit Court will begin at Anderson on the fourth Monday in this month. An unusual amount of criminal business will appear on the dockets this timo. The Governor has appointed Hon. John R. Cochran, of Anderson, one of the Regents of the State Normal School, in place of C. H. Baldwin, Esq., resigned. Only a small attendance of people from the country on Saleday. Property sold by the Sheriff brought good prices, indicating that real estate is in fair demand. Mr. J. B. Clark, of this place, left home on Friday last to make a short visit to Texas, where one of his sons is living. He will also attend the meeting of the Southern Baptist Con? vention, which begins its session to-day at Jef? ferson City, Texas. S. N. Carpenter, Esq., formerly of Anderson, and more recently editor and proprietor of the Elberton (Ga.) Gazette, has lately been admit? ted to the practice of law, and has hung out his shingle at Elberton, where we trust a lucrative practice awaits his devotion to the legal pro? fession. Edwards B. Murray, Esq., editor of the An? derson Coriservator, and Mr. J. Reese Fant, Agent of the Southern Express Company at this place, left on Saturday last for a pleasure tour among the principal cities and noted places of summer resort in the Northern States. We wish them a pleasant visit and safe return. Edward Girsabeck, the German immigrant who was shot by Irvin Reid at Holland's Store on the 26th of April, is fast recovering from the severe wound, we are glad to learn. Reid was arrested a few days after the shooting, but sub? sequently made his escape from the persons in charge of him, and is now at large. Efforts to re-capture him have proved unsuccessful. Col. Wm. S. Dogan, of Union, is visiting our town, and renewing his acquaintance among the many ex-Confederates with whom he was associated during the war. He is the author? ized agent of the Appleton's, the famous pub? lishing house of New York, and is engaged in procuring subscribers to the American Cyclo? paedia, which is justly regarded as the most extensivo and reliable condensation of human know ledge ever published. We commend the Colonel to tho kindness and good cheer of our citizens. FIRE IN WILLIAMSTON. Tho residence of Rev. B. F. Manldin, in the town of Williamston, was totally destroyed by fire on Monday night last. The fire was dis? covered about eleven o'clock, when nearly all the family had retired, and before assistance could be had, the llames made such progress as to defy all efforts to save the building. Only a part of tho furniture was rescued, and the wearing apparel of the family was entirely de? stroyed. The fire originated in the kitchen attached to the dining-room, and was the result of accident. There was no insurance upon the building or its contents. We deeply sympa? thize with our friend in this fresh calamity. SUDDEN DEATHS. Wo have to record the sudden death of Mr. Griffin Breazealo, a highly respected citizen of this County, who departed this life at his resi? dence near Belton on Wednesday morning of last week. He was stricken with paralysis the night before, and survived only eight or nine hours. Mr. Breazeale had reached the venera? ble age of eighty-one years, and has been quite feeble for months beforo his death. He was a good, substantial citizen, and was justly es? teemed by a large circle of relatives and friends. Tho painful news reached hero on Tuesday that Mrs. William Fant, of Five Mile, in Pick ens County, died suddenly on Monday evening, of heart disease. She was the mother of Messrs. George W. and Jesse L. Fant, of this town, and was in the 70th year of her age. Mrs. Caroline Wilson, wife of Mr. John Wil? son, of Oconee County, died at her residence on Thursday last, after an illness of only a few hours. Sho was tho daughter of the late Wm* Wobb, of this County, and loaves many friends and relatives to sympathize with her immedi? ate family in this sad affliction. Truly, in the midst of life we are in death. DEATH OF EX-SHERIFF DOBBINS. Our community was shocked on Saturday morning last by tho announcement that John D. M. Dobbins, Esq., an honored and esteemed merchant of this place, had beon stricken with paralysis while talking with a friend in his store, and was not likely to recover from the stroke. Kind friends and medical skill were promptly supplied, but these availed not. He was carried to his residence in the eastern part of town, and sank rapidly until 7i o'clock that evening, when he breathed his last. Mr. Dob? bins was universally respected as an upright, honest citizen, a kind noighbor, and staunch, unswerving in his friendships. He was for? merly Sheriff of Anderson District, having been elected to that office in January, 1858, and sorving a term of four years to the entire satis? faction of tho people. In other positions of trust and responsibility, he was always found faithful and efficient, discharging whatever duty was imposed upon him conscientiously and fearlessly. Mr. Dobbins was in tho 57th year of his ago, and had been a member of the Hopowell Baptist Church for many years. His remains were carried to the family burying ground at Robert's Church, where the funeral services were performed by Rev. J. S. Murray on Monday afternoon. DIAMOND COTTON CHOPPER AND CUL? TIVATOR. The introduction of labor-saving implements is one of the chief desideratums of tho present day in this section. Labor is tbe costliest item in the production of our great staple, and whatever tends to reduce the amount of labor necessary to be employed in its cultivation must needs be welcomed most gladly by the farmer. Such is tho mission of Underwood's Cotton Chopper and Cultivator, an implement which has received stronger testimonials from a wider range of country in the shortest time than any other invention of the kind ever patented in this country. Mr. J. B. Under? wood, of Fayetteville, N. C, is the inventor of this machine, which has been tested upon growing crops, and proved a thorough, practi? cal success. It has received, the highest recom? mendations from experienced cotton planters in different parts of the Soutb, and has taken premiums at many of the leading Agricultural Fairs. The advantages of this machine are that, with one man and one horse, it does the work of a half dozen men and two or three horses; bars both sides of the cotton at the same time; chops out, weeds and dirts it at a single operation, leaving the plants about 12 inches apart, while the groups or hills may be made largo or small to suit the stand. After the chopping, it can be converted into a most ex? cellent Cultivator, for use as a sweep between the rows throughout the season. Besides it has an admirable cotton planter and guano dis? tributor attached, which is regarded by compe? tent judges as superior in many respects to any now in use. Mr. C. A. Reed has been appointed special agent for Anderson County, and will be pleased to have the farmers generally make a careful examination of its merits as a labor-saving implement. It was Rev. Henry M. Mood, of Cokesbury, who was elected one of the delegates to repre? sent the Good Templars of South Carolina at tbe general meeting in Boston, and not Rev. W. W. Mood, of Anderson, as erroneously stated in our Columbia exchanges. Warren D. Wilkes, Esq., has been re-appoint? ed as Trial Justice for Anderson County. ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE. ? Within a year twenty-six vacancies will occur in the Senate of the United States. ? The jail of Oconee County is now "for rent," there not being a single criminal in it. ? Col. Frank Reynolds, of the Egyptian Array, is coming to the United States on a spe? cial mission. ? Shad are reported to be so plentiful in the St. John's river, Fla., that the farmers are using the fish as fertilizers. ? It is rumored that A. A. Gilbert, Esq., of the Sumter Watchman, is a candidate for Con? gress from the First District. ? One hundred Pennsylania national banks have adopted resolutions in favor of free bank? ing on the basis of national bonds. ? The Opelika (Ala.) Observer says that a little colored girl in that vicinity was stung to death by red ants while asleep in a field. ? North Carolina claims to be the only State in the Union which produces every aJticle enumerated in the census report of 1870. ? Gold mines are reported to have been discovered in the mountains of Arkansas, near the Choctaw line. Miners and adventurers are flocking thither. ? Mr. Stark, of Savannah, Geo., has dis? covered a process by which the bark of the cotton stalk can be made into a strong and val? uable fibre, from which can be manufactured a first rate article of bagging. ? The New Orleans Times says that the extent of the damage by the overflow in Lou? isiana is only beginning to be understood, and that the flood will involve 5,000,000 acres of land and a population of 178,000. ? Vice-President Wilson, in company with Mr.Francis W. Bird, who was the Democratic and Liberal Republican candidate for Govern? or of Massachusetts two years ago, is about to make a trip through the South and West. ? The Port Royal Commercial says : The South Carolina Railroad is said to intend buy? ing up the Blue Ridge Railroad at the bank? rupt sale next month, in order to prevent its completion to a junction with the Port Royal Railroad at Augusta. ? The temper of the inflationists may be in? ferred from a remark in a Western journal, that "Ulvsses S. Grant disgracefuly broke his pledges, balked the will of the people of twenty five States, and exhibited himself as the wil? ling, cringing creature of the Eastern mon? opolists." ? General Vance, of North Carolina, has filed a recommendation before the Commis? sioner of Internal Revenue for a pardon to all persons who have violated the internal revenue laws in North Carolina, upon the payment of costs. The Commissioner will act when the ap? plication is endorsed by the United States District Attorney. ? The next annual re-union of the surviving members of Hood's Texas Brigade will be held at Galveston, on the 17th day of June. Besides the three Texas regiments, the brigade in? cludes the 18th Georgia, the 3d Arkansas, and the Hampton Legion. Gen. Benning is ex? pected to be present, and a warm welcome awaits all who accept the committee's invita? tion. ? Judge Booth, of Chicago, has decided that it is libelous to call an attorney "a shyster," though the word can't be found in any dic tionsry of the English language. Nobody could tell exactly what the word means, though there seemed to be an entire agreement that it isn't a complimentary epithet. People must be very careful what sort of words they hurl at the members of the legal profession. ? The narrow gauge railroad system is rapidly becoming popular in this country, and but few people are aware of the fact that since it came in vogue, during the last three or four years, no less than 1,445? miles of narrow gauge railway have been built in this country and in Canada, which roads, when completed, will have a mileage of 4,562* miles, while there are 1,291 miles under construction. ? A case of garroting occurred in Atlanta last Wednesday evening which came near resulting in the death of Mr. William Bell. Bell was found about 9 o'clock on that evening in the store of Holmes, Calder & Co., with a handkerchief tied around his neck so tightly that it had almost suffocated him to death. He had the mark of a blow under one of his eyes, and was otherwise bruised. William Calder, a member of the firm, was arrested on suspicion. ? The latest reports from Louisiana show that tho cotton and sugar crops in large sec? tions of Louisiana have been irremediably in? jured by the crevasse. The sugar cane is reported a total loss for the next two years in from ten to fourteen parishes. Ten cotton parishes have been inundated, and replanting cannot be made until nest June. The reports from Yazoo Valley are less discouraging. The river is falling, and an average crop may yet be made. ? The question at present agitating the east? ern counties of the State is the building of the Cheraw and Chester, and the Cheraw and -Lit? tle River Railroad. The act of the Legislature authorizing an election to be held in the Coun? ties of Chester, Lancaster and Chesterfield, upon the question of issuing bonds to the first named road, will be carried into effect at an early day. The election will be hold in the month of June. The Lancaster Ledger is of the opinion that should the people of the sev? eral counties vote in favor of issuing the bonds, the road will be placed under contract by the first of August, and grading will immediately commence.