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Announcements of marriages and deaths, and notices of a religious character, are respectfully solicited, and will be inserted gratis-. THURSDAY MOPwNING, MAY 23, 1874. 93" All communications must be accompanied by the truo name and address of the writer, in order to receive attention, and as a guarantee of good faith. Wo are not responsible for the views or opinions of correspondents. Editorial Notes on Current Topics. The Augusta Constitutionalist announces that the reputed interview with Mr. D. H. Cham? berlain, which we copied from that journal last week, is a fiction of its correspondent, imposed upon the editor. Mr. Chamberlain was not in Washington, and never expressed such views as were attributed, to him. A correspondent of the Port Royal Commer? cial and Standard suggests Judge J. J. Malier, of Barn well, as a suitable candidate for Gover? nor. The nomination of Judge Maher by the Republican party would certainly prove accep? table to every one, irrespective of politics, who desires an able, honest and, faithful administra? tion of public affairs. Robert R. Hemphill, Esq., editor of the Ab? beville Medium, has been elected to deliver the anniversary address before the literary societies of Newberry College, at Walhalla, on the 23rd of June next. We congratulate the orator and the students on the selection, and it is our in? tention to make one of the large audience expected to do honor to-the occasion. Rev. J. H, C. McKinney, a member of the South Carolina Conference, has been suspended from the ministry and from all the privileges of the church, on a charge of gross immorality. Although he bitterly denied the charge before and during the investigation,, he has since made a full confession in writing. He has left the State and'is now in Baltimore. The election for Governor, Lieutenant Gov? ernor, Adjutant and Inspector General, mem? bers of the State Legislature and members of Congress will take place on Tuesday, 3rd of November next, in South Carolina. This is in accordance wit.i an amendment to the State Constitution, adopted by the people at the election in 1872, and subsequently ratified by the General Assembly. The New York Times (Republican) has this pithy comment upon the recent developments in regard to the Chief Magistrate of South Carolina *. "It is only because the courage of Governor Moses oozed out of him with marvel? lous rapidity that the recent scenes in Arkan? sas are not to be repeated in South Carolina. Having been indicted for graud larceny, Moses called on hi3 militia to protect him from arrest; but no sooner had his soldiers been posted about the State House than he thought better of the matter, and surrendered himself to the sheriff. It will be seen that this was a very different affair from that in Arkansas, and it was in all respects more disgraceful. Moses could not pretend that he was in any way serv? ing any public interest. He was simply defy? ing the laws he had sworn to execute, in order to protect his own person from arrest. It is about time these Southern Governors, actual and imaginary, ceased to disgrace the country in the manner they haue been doing- of late." Our correspondent at Greenville recently wrote as follows: "It is encouraging to see that there is a growing tendency amougst the people of Greenville to build, which tendency has been increased by the formation of the Greenville Building and Loan Association, lately established in this place. This organi? zation has for its object the accumulation of a fund by the contributions of its members, which, increased by good and careful manage? ment, shall enable its members to buy a home? stead, erect dwellings, or improve property already owned by them. This is certainly a j praiseworthy institution, and one that is des? tined to do much good. Would it not be well to encourage the establishment of such an As? sociation at Anderson? Will not some enter? prising gentleman look into the matter ?" The suggestion meets with our hearty concurrence. By such means towns are built up and im? proved all over the country, which increases the value of other property, and gains reputa? tion for enterprise and progress. Let the peo? ple of Anderson, especially those of limited means, begin to reflect upon the propositiou to organize a Building and Loan Association, and agree to unite iu a vigorous effort to adorn and improve our town. President Grant has expressed approval of the proposition to invite the frieuds of the Confederate dead to unite with those of the Federal dead iu the ceremonies of Decoration Day, and is quoted as sayiug that the time has come when every evidence of such a feeling of fraternal interest should be encouraged, and advantage taken of every opportunity to bury deeper any animosity born of the late that may yet be lingering in the breasts of the American people. The Vicksburg Herald responds to the idea of "fraternity under the roses" in the following paragraph of exquisite pathos and beauty : The dead are sweetly dreaming where they were laid in the bosom of our common mother, and nature, kindly prodigal of her gifts, annu? ally brings her votive offerings to decorate the graves of the dead heroes who fell in the dis? charge of what each regarded as a high and I solemn duty. Her flowers and her tears are j scattered with equal impartiality alike on the humble mounds which cover the gallant fellows who "wore the gray" as upon the more costly j and carefully tended cemeteries where "the ! boys in blue" are sleeping. In her gentle and i spontaneous offerings there is no hypocrisy or i falsehood ; in her annual ministrations of love and tenderness there is no alloy of passion, j hate, bigotry or intolerance. It is an approxi- i mation to that Divine love which passeth all understanding, and is a decoration direct from the hand of God. ? The Oregon election will take place on Monday next, 1st of June. j Judicial Perplexity. Tin perplexed condition of the average judi? cial mind in this State excites our sympathy. The Supreme Court of the United States re? cently decided that the bills of the Bank of the State were receivable for taxes, and in a number of instances payment was tendered in these bills, but this was refused by the County Treasurers, of course. The act of the Legis? lature and the instructions of superior officers did not iuclude this class of bills in the catego? ry of available and receivable moneys, suita? ble for the purposes of the existing State gov? ernment. The County Treasurers respectfully declined to handle any portion of this ante? bellum currency, and utterly refused to relieve tax-payers of the custody and ownership of so doubtful a circulating medium. In this emer? gency, the only remedy was lodged in the State Courts to compel the County Treasurers to receive the bills for taxes. A number of cases went before the different Judges, and the result is so varied and diverse as to excite a public condolence for the perplexity of those honored and dignified gentlemen now wearing the ermine of judicial authority in this State. It appears that in the Court of Common Pleas at Charleston, Judge Graham issued an order suspending the sale of the property be? longing to the Union Bank, and of all othsr property, the owners of which had tendered bills of the Bank of the State in payment of taxes, until the further order of the Court. At Columbia, Judge Carpenter issued a per? emptory mandamus, commanding the County Treasurer of Kershaw to receive the bills in payment of State taxes. He decided that the taxes due to the County could not be paid in these bills, as the counties are corporations now, and their taxes are levied for specific purposes within the county lines. His Honor refused absolutely the motion of the Attorney General for submitting an issue to be tried by a jury, on the ground that the Supreme Court of the United States having decided the valid? ity of the bills, it was oppressive on the part of the State to force upon every citizen who holds these bills a long, troublesome and costly liti? gation, when by a geueral suit the State could test the whole issue at once. At the same time and place, in a case from Anderson, Judge Cooke refused to issue a per? emptory mandamus or a restraining order, until the issue had besn submitted to a jury as to the validity of the bills tendered. This de? cision of his Honor subjected the parties who had tendered bills here to the sale of their lands, unless they paid the taxes pending the suit. Of course, the County Treasurer was paid in "lawful currency," as there was no other alternative, but what prospect of redress is before the parties, if they are proved finally to be right, we are not informed. It does seem very astonishing to our unin? formed and unprofessional intelligence that on such a matter there should be such a difference of judicial opinion. The proverb relating to the doctors will have to be amended, and here? after must include the judiciary of South Car? olina. Virtual Confiscation. The Charleston News and Courier makes an appalling exhibit of the woful condition of the tax-payers in Charleston County. The sale of delinquent lands occupied five days, and twenty nine hundred pieces of real estate were confis? cated by the State for delinquent taxes. This is a frightful statement, and we have trust? worthy information from private sources that I the people did not have the money to pay the I taxes, which gives the lie to the allegation of Radical newspapers that they were unwilling to pay. In some cases the taxes were double the incomes of the persons, and the assessment, in one instance, was ten times what the property brought at public auction a few weeks ago, when ' wo or three bidders were competing for it. The Port Royal Commercial published a list of delinquent tax-payers in Beaufort County, which occupied seven columns of fine type. In two townships, over six hundred tracts of land were reported, and not more than fifty tracts belonged to white men. The colored men, who bought the fine plantations of their former owners from the government, at one dollar and a quarter per acre, have been unable to bear the taxation of the past six years, and are now obliged to let the land be sold for taxes. Our cotemporary says truly that the ?eherne for im? proving the condition of the colored man by taxing out of existence the white man has not worked well in Beaufort County, at least. This extraordinary phase of affairs in the low country, where white and colored alike are de? prived of their homes by excessive taxation, should arouse the masses all over the State to unite in securing a deceut, economical govern? ment, under which the people might live with? out fear of confiscation! Hon. W. D. Porter, President of the Tax Payers' Convention, publishes a card in the Charleston News and Courier to remind the delegates of each County that they were ap? pointed a committee for the purpose of raising a fund for the benefit of the family of the late W. H. McCaw, as a testimonial due to his ser? vices in the interest of the tax-payers of the State. Only a few responses have been made to the appeal throughout the State, and it is hoped the delegations will not neglect or furth? er delay the self-imposed duty of rendering a just tribute to oue who was, perhaps, beyond comparison, the most faithful aud self-sacrific? ing worker in the common cause. Under this call of Mr. Porter, we are ready to ackuowl edge contributions from any of the friends and admirers of Mr. McCaw in Anderson County, and a subscription list will be found accessible at all times iu this office. ? Congress has agreed to adjourn sine die on the 22nd of June. ? Texas promises ua a larger harvest of grain than she has yielded for years. ? Hon. A. H. Stephens weighed seventy two pounds when he reached his home in Georgia lately. ? Ex-Governor Washburn, of Wisconsin, has erected a flour mill costing $250,000 at Minneapolis,, Minn. ? Rev. J. L. Girardcau, of Charleston, was chosen Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, which met at Columbus, Miss., on Thursday last. ? Col. Ii. C. Smart, of Beaufort County, S. C, has entered the. gospel ministry as a Bap? tist preacher. Col. Smart was a distinguished polititician before the war, ranked high in official and military circles during the war. and has ever been regarded as one of Carolina's purest and noblest sons. The Orangeburg Indictment against Gov. Moses. The Orangeburg Newg (Republican) publish? es a full and complete account of the proceed? ings in the Circuit Court last week, wherein the Governor of the State was iudicted for breach of trust and grand larceny. Solicitor Buttz framed the indictment against Humbert and Moses, upon which the grand jury returned a "true bill." The indictment alleges that John L. Humbert, County Treasurer of Or? angeburg,, on the 17th day of February, 1874, fraudulently, unlawfully and feloniously did take $6,000 national currency, commonly called greenbacks, the said money being the proper? ty of the State of South Carolina, collected from the tax-payers of Orangeburg County, l and did pay and deliver the said $6,000 to Thaddeus C. Andrews, for the use aud benefit j of Franklin J. Moses, jr., who did wilfully, j unlawfully and feloniously counsel and advise the said Humbert to commit the said breach of trust with a fraudulent intention, to the great damage of the said State, and to the evil examble of all others in like manner so offend? ing. This is the substance of the allegations made in the indictment, and Solicitor Buttz has informed the News that the indictment is founded upon the following sections of the Re? vised Statutes: Chapter CXXIX, section II, reads as fol? lows : "Any person committing a breach of trust with a fraudulent intention, shall be held guilty of larceny ; and so shall any person who shall hire or counsel any other person to com? mit a breach of trust with a fraudulent inten? tion." Chapter CXXXVII, sections 2 and 3, are as follows, under which the Solictor claims the right to indict the Governor: Sec. 2. Whoever counsels, hires, or otherwise procures a felony to be committed, may be in? dicted and convicted as an accessory before the fact, either with the principal felon or after his conviction, or may be indicted and convic? ted of a substantive felony, whether the prin? cipal felon has not been convicted, or is, or is not amenable to justice, and, in the last men? tioned case, may be punished in the same manner as if convicted of being an accessory before the fact. Sec. 3. A person charged with the offense mentioned in the preceding section may be in? dicted, tried and punished in the same Court and county where the principal felon might be indicted and tried, although the offense of counselling, hiring or procuring the commis? sion of such felony is committed on the high seas, or on land either within or without the limits of this State. When the grand jury returned a true bill, Solicitor Buttz moved that a bench .warrant be issued for the arrest of Gov. Moses. Judge Graham remarked that he was not sure that his Court had the power to make any such order; that Moses was Governor of the State, and in his opinion the Legislature was the only body that could proceed in the matter, and that would be by impeachment. Mr. Buttz replied that he had not indicted him as Governor, but simply as Franklin J. Moses, jr.; that he had committed the offense alleged against him, and was just as amenable to the laws as the poorest citizen in the State, that he knew of no law to prevent his arrest, while on the other hand there was an abundance which provided for the apprehension and punishment of all criminals; that no official position could shield a man from that responsibility, and that his Honor's Court had jurisdiction of the case. Judge Graham said that it was rather a novel thing to arrest a Governor for stealing, and would take the matter under advisement. In the afternoon, however, he granted the mo? tion, and a bench warrant was issued. Sheriff Cain proceeded to Columbia that night, went to the Governor's place of residence for the purpose of carrying out his duty, and requested to see him. He was met by General Dennis, who communicated to him the Governor's in? tention, as is shown in the following return, made by the Sheriff, upon the warrant of ar? rest : Orangeburg, S. C, May 20, 1874. In obedieuce to the within warrant, I pro? ceeded to Columbia on the 19th instant, called at the residence of F. J. Moses, jr., defendant, and made an effort to execute this warrai.t. I was informed by John B. Dennis that said Moses refused to be arrested under any circum? stances. I also learned that Moses had called out the militia to resist the execution of this warrant. (Signed) E. I. CAIN, S. O. C. While all this was going on in Columbia, Hons. D. H. Chamberlain and R. B. Elliot were here playing their cards in quite a differ? ent manner. They arrived here on the morn? ing train and proceeded at once to the court house, and asked leave to make a motion. The first was for a severance. Mr. Chamberlain urged that Governor Moses should be permitted to stand upon his own merits; that the parties indicted had different counsel; that the state of facts, in relation to each one, was dissimilar, and he thought it no more than just, at that stage of the proceedings, to insist that his motion be granted. Solicitor Buttz, for the State, replied in op? position to the motion. He thought there was too much haste manifested on the part of counsel for the Governor. Moses, the defend? ant, had not surrendered himself or been ar? rested, and was not in a position to claim as a right that he should be tried separate from Humbert. The motion was one addressed to his Honor's sound discretion, and the defeud ant's attorneys ought not to be allowed the benefit of it until he, the solicitor, had had "a reasonable opportunity" to satisfy himself that the right of the people would not be jeopar? dized by granting the same. He had no objec? tion to an order to the effect that, when the case is called for trial and the defendant, Moses, appears in Court, that he should be allowed a separate trial. Major Knowlton followed the Solicitor, and objected to a severance upon the ground that it would be doing an injustice to his client. His theory was that the principal thief should be tried along with the young man that he had counselled to do wrong. Mr. Knowlton's speech was short, but full of that vim and earnestness which has made his name so famil? iar to every household in this county. General Elliott concluded on the side of Goveruor Moses. His speech was strong and to the point. He claimed that his client had a right to have a separate trial, aud could not understand why counsel for the State should oppose his motion. Judge Graham reserved his decision until the afternoon, when he granted an order of severance, and subsequently ordered that Fri? day, 29th of May, 1874, be assigned for the trial of Humbert and Moses. ? The surgeons of the Confederate army and navy met in Atlanta last week, and organized an association to preserve the medical history of the late war. ? Hon. W. W. Eaton, a staunch and uncom? promising Democrat, has been elected United States Senator from Connecticut. He was once a citizen of Columbia, S. O, and has always been a true friend of the South. ? The Columbia Union thinks well of the resolution adopted by the Charleston Chamber of Commerce asking for an appropriation of $25,000 for tlie purpose of making a survey of a double-track railroad from Clayton to the junction of the Tennessee and HiwasseeRivers. It says that tho plan is a feasible one which could easily bo carried into execution, and by it the Blue Ridge Railroad could be utilized and made one of tho main steins from the great West to Charleston. , The Reign of Corruption in South Caro? lina. Judge Mackey, one of the fiercest and most uucompromi3ing Radicals in the State, deliv? ered a political addreas recently in Snmter, where he had presided at the Court of General Sessions. We are not possessed of any great amount of faith in the integrity and honesty of Judge Mackey as a politician, much less as a reformer. He was the chief fugleman of Scott, and was an untiring advocate of Moses in^the nominating convention, where he delivered a bitter and unrelenting speech against all oppo | nents. As reform is somewhat more popular j now than it was two years ago, Judge Mackey is riding this horse with unexampled freedom, and certainly paints the picture of our degra? dation with a master hand. We make the fol? lowing extracts from the report of his speech by the Snmter Watchman: He believed that his party was now on its trial in this State. If it arose in its might and threw off the load of corruption, which now made South Carolina the disgrace of American States, he believed it would continue to prevail here. If it did not, if the same corruption in the administration was again attempted, he believed the Republican party would never again hold a convention in a single county in the State. He had full confidence in the re? generation of the party, and thought the reform would be complete. He argued that the party would last forever, because it was fouuded in truth and justice, while the bad men who had betrayed their trusts would pass away. Admit? ting that the principles of both parties were identically the same, he called upon the white conservatives to come into the ranks of the Republicans, come to the primary meetings of the people, and help them to clean out the house, and to elect honest and upright men to fill the offices of the State and county govern? ments. He said that the opposition could do no good by waiting, like the farmer on the banks of the Mississippi waiting for the river to run dry. He said the Conservatives were looking forward to some change that would never take place; that was natural; the people in this State were the most sanguine people in the world. The Republicans could not leave their party because they constituted but a small portion of that great national organization which dominated twenty-seven States of the Union; and to ask Republicans to abandon their party was like expecting the brave soldier who commands a small fortress on the extreme flank of an army to surrender his post into the hands of the enemy. He denounced the shameful malpractices of the ruling politicians in South Carolina, and admitted that for the past five years the gov? ernment of the State, in all its departments, was a complete and total failure. The princi? ples were good, but the men who perverted them for private gain were bad. He showed how in Georgia the corruption of the office? holders had so wrecked the party, that whereas four years ago the Republicans were all power? ful in that State, now there was. not a single county where a Republican convention is held. Mississippi, Lousiana and Arkansas were suf? fering from bad and corrupt governments. Even the terrible overflow of the Mississippi, the largest river in the world, where one hundred thousand whites and one hundred thousand poor colored laborers were rendered homeless, and are now starving, he showed was owing to Republican corruption and peculatiou. Thirty millions of dollars had been appropriated by the various States along its banks to keep the great earthen ramparts in repair, but the mon? ey had been stolen, and now a vast territory is suffering, and the finest lands in the world are covered with the angry waters of that great inland sea. In this State we have no great river flowing through its entire length, but the waters of corruption wash its surface from the salt sea to the peaks of its mouutain tops. He then attacked the management of the school funds. He showed that the schools es? tablished especially for the poor white and the colored men, were less efficient in 1873 than they were before the war, say in 1859! because, although the school population was now three times as large as then, yet the schools were then open ten months in the year, and now they only average hco months. Yet ?300,000 was taken from the people especially for the com? mon schools. It availed nothing that the lamp was kept burniug in the public treasury; it mattered not that the faithful sentinel kept watch outside of the door, if the enemy was safe within the stone walls of the treasury of the State itself. Judge Mackey spoke with great earnestness in describing the blighting effect of high taxation upon the poor. He truly stated that the laboring classes paid all the taxes in fact. The taxpayers were of two class? es, those who paid the taxes directly, and those who paid them indirectly. The poor man who had nothing but the labor of his strong arms, paid all the taxes in the end. He sprinkled the taxes in the salt with which he seasoned his corn meal; the taxes creaked in the dear bro gans he wore on his weary feet; he groaned out the taxes at the point of the high-priced plough? share ; he hammered at the taxes with every blow of the blacksmith's hammer, working dear iron on a high-priced anvil. The land? owner who was assessed last year $2 per acre, and this year $8, was obliged to raise his rent in proportion. The merchant distributed the high taxes, which he had to pay, through his goods, and made his customers pay them in the increased prices of every article of con? sumption. Presentment of the Grand Jury of An? derson County. To the Bon. T. II. Cooke, Presiding Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina : The Grand Jury beg leave respectfully to submit to the Honorable Court, that they have discharged the duties devolving upon them to the best of their ability, and find upon exam? ination of the various public offices and insti? tutions that they are generally well kept and iu good condition. The Jail has been exam? ined, and found to be in proper order and well managed. The building, however, needs some repairs, which the Jury recommend be placed upon it at once. They also recommend that the floor around the fire place in the Clerk's office be repaired. TheGraud Jury, by a com? mittee of their number, visited the Poor House, and found it in good order and the inmates well cared for, and the Grand Jury recommend that a sewing machine be purchased for the use of its inmates. They beg leave to report that the roads and bridges throughout the County are in a bad condition, and recommend that the County Commissioners have them put in order, as soon as the farming community can reasonably spare the time from their crops, to attend to them. The Grand Jury also beg leave to present that they have examined into the town licenses for retailing spirituous liq? uors, according to the late act, and find all of them regular except those of Messrs. McGrath & Byrum and M. 1). Kennedy, which are irreg? ular, in so much as they have no eating saloon in connection with their Bar Rooms. The Grand Jury beg leave further to present that there are no bonded constables in the County, as provided for by law, and all who are now acting as constables are doing so without hav? ing given bond and security for the perform? ance of their duties. The Grand Jury also present that J. J. Gilmer, Trial Justice in Anderson County, has been guilty of malprac? tice in office, in making a proposition to dis? miss an action against a party, against whom he said there was no proof, provided the said parly would pay the costs ol the case, and the Grand .Jury recommend that other Trial Jus? tices be more careful in the discharge of their duties. All of which is respectfully submitted, S. W. SHERARO, Foreman of Grand Jury. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. T. D. KENNEDY, Local Editor. BRIEF MENTION. Farmers have done courting it, and now clamor loudly for rain. The harvest has begun in the wheat and rye crops, and the yield is both abundant and en? couraging. The Polytechnic Society discusses the celebra? ted question of the execution of Mary Queen of Scots on next Friday evening. The Anderson Medical Society will meet at this place on Saturday next, when officers will be elected for the onsuing year. The warm, sultry days have come at last, when a cool, refreshing liquid is required. If you want to keep cool, visit Belcher's soda fount frequently. A new grocery store has sprung up in our midst, under the management of Messrs. Bow ley tfc Smith, and persons wishing to bo well ? pleased in that line would do well to call on them. DEATH OF AN ESTIMABLE LADY. We are pained to record the iudden death of Mrs. Graham, wife of Andrew J. Graham, of the Fork, which occurred on Tuesday night last. Mrs. G. had retired only a short time, when her husband was aroused by a strange noise she was making, and before he could pro? cure a light she was a corpse. She was an ex? cellent woman, truly pious and thoroughly consistent as a member of the church, with which she had been connected for thirty years. She was in perfect health, and the cause of her death is unknown. Her remains will be in? terred at Smith's Chapel this morning. ADDRESS OF MR. RTICKER. Tho citizens generally, and particularly the ladies, are requested to attend the lecture of Mr. Rucker, which takes placo in the Court House this (Thursday) evening. This lecture will be delivered before the Young Men's So? ciable Club, at whose instance Mr. Packer vis? its our town. As the orator is a gentleman of splendid literary attainments, and is known both in this and in his native State of Georgia as an orator of eloquence and distinction, it is expected that we are destined to receive a lite? rary treat. It is hoped that the meeting will be largely attended by every one, in order to encourage the jroung men. HOP A T THE WA VERL Y HO USE. The Hop at the "VVaverly House, given by the Young Men's Sociable Club on Friday evening last, the 22nd inst., proved to be a most success? ful alfair. Although the number present was comparatively small, yet every one enjoyed tho occasion as one among tho most pleasant of their lives. Dancing was not tho only amuse? ment indulged in during the evening, for some old and touching songs were sung and played by the kind and agreeable hostess of the Wa verly. We learn that this Club anticipate giv? ing another entertainment of a like kind before many weeks, and expect another pleasant and sociable time, despite the misrepresentations current concerning the regulations of the Club. COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. His Honor Judge T. H. Cooke, during the sitting of tho Court on Monda3' last, appointed Judge J. S. Murray, Col. Joseph N. Brown and Maj. J. C. Whitefield, together with the Sheriff, Clerk of the Court and the Foreman of the Grand Jury, a committee to solect three suitable citizens of the County to co-operate and act with the Treasurer and Auditor as a County Board of Equalization. Tho commit teo selected Messrs. 0. H. P. Fant, Joshua Jamison and James A. Drake. These gentle meu are among our most responsible citizens, and in our opinion, a hotter selection could not have been made. They live in different sec? tions, and will be of most valuable assistance to the Treasurer and Auditor in tho proper and correct equalization of real ostate. Judge Cooke approved of the selection. -? PIC NIC AT KEYS' SPRING. As was announced some weeks ago, the An? derson Division Sons of Temperance will give their Pic Nie on Saturday next, the 30th inst., at that delightful resort of pleasure-seekers? Keys' Spring. Elaborate and appropriate ad? dresses will be delivered on the occasion by tho Rev. D. E. Frierson and Mr. P. K. McCul ly. Several other Divisions of Temperance, and a few of tho Lodges of Good Templars in the up country will be represented on the oc? casion, which is expected to be one of general pleasure and enjoyment. The public generally and the ladies especially are invited to attend. It is expected, as a matter of course, that the ladies will como well supplied with baskets. Various amusements will be resorted to for tho entertainment of tho company, and any one attending cannot well come back without hap? py and favorable impressions. THE COURT. Court convened at this place on Monday last, the 25th inst., His Honor Judge Cooke on the Bench. The Juries were sworn in, and the business of the Court opened in the usual way. His Honor's charge to the Grand Jury was clear, forcible and pointed, and during the course of his charge, ho impressed upon them the necessity of inquiring into the recent license system, and to ascertain if persons who had previously obtained license from the corporate authorities were keeping up to the spocial re? quirements of the Act regulating the sale of spirituous liquors. He complimented the Grand Jury upon tho prosent state of County matters, the good order prevailing, and the efficient manner in which they discharged their duties. Tho business of the Sossions was then taken up, and disposed of as follows: State vs. Dargan Hall and others for disturb? ing religious "meeting. Dargan Hall found guilty and sentenced to pay a line of ?20 and costs. State vs. Joe Watson for violation of con? tract. Found guilty and sontenced to pay a line of $25 and costs or be imprisoned 90 days in the County Jail, This case was brought up on appeal from a Trial Justice Court. Stato vs. James Walkor, murder. Case con? tinued, as prisoner has to attend Bickens Court as a witness in anothor murder case. Stato vs. Cato Wakerield, assault and battery with intent to kill. Found guilty and sen? tenced to pay a line of $25 and costs or bo im? prisoned in tho County jail for 120 days. State vs. Jefferson Gray, assault and battery. Not guilty. State vs. J. G. Lafayette Belfry, stealing a mule. Fleaded guilty, and was "sentoneed to bo imprisoned in tho State Bonitentiary for two years at hard labor. Stato vs. Pinckney Howin, unlawfully re | tailing spirituous liquors. Found guilty and scaled sentonco left with tho Clerk oi the Court, ( .as the accused was absent. I State vs. Jeremiah Sattorlicld, for same of? fence. Case continued. State vs. Irwin Reed, assault and battery with intent to kill. Accused not present. Caso was transferred to contingent docket, and a bench warrant issued. The juries were dismissed on Tuesday even? ing last and tho Court adjourned sine die. On Wednesday morning his Honor occupied tho Bench for some time, for the purpose of hoar ing and passing orders. He left for Greenville in the afternoon. BRIDGE OVER SENECA RIVER. At the last February term of Court, the Grand Jury in their presentment advocated the building of a free bridge across Seneca River, and Judge Cooke instructed the County Com? missioners to do so, or else shew cause. The Rule of CouH in reference to this was answer? ed by the Commissioners on Tuesday last, shewing that nothing definite had been accom? plished. His Honor then instructed the Solic? itor to serve upon that body a further Rule, requiring them to either build or purchase a bridge across tb9 said river by the next regular term of Court, which will bo about four months hence. His Honor very wisely remarked that a long delay in the erection of such a bridge would be of a material disadvantage to the County in the way of trade, for the people of the Fork country would be hindered from bringing their produce to this market. We hope soon to see that our brethren of the Fork will receive this advantage to their section. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. We would invite attention to the advertise? ment of our friend, J. N. Robson, Esq., of Charleston, which appears in this issue. By strict integrity and careful attention to the wants of his customers, air. Robson has built up an extensive trade with the interior, and is now bettor prepared than ever to give satisfac? tion in his line of business. We cheerfully recommend him to the patronage of the up country, as a gentleman worthy of the utmost confidence. The advertisement of Messrs. Goldsmith A Kind, of Columbia, appears in a new form in to-day's issue. These gentlemen are thorough? ly reliable, and furnish as good work as any founders and machinists in the United States, and at as cheap rates. Their stationary and portable engines, and saw mills, are not sur? passed in this country, and satisfaction is guar? anteed. Messrs. Watson A Son are the agents for Anderson County, and will fill orders promptly. HYMENEAL. MARRIED, in the Presbvterian Church, on Wednesday evening, May 20th, 1874, by Rev. D. E. Frierson, Mr. JOHN W. TODD and Miss MATTIE E. FRIERSON, daughter of the officiating clergyman, all of Anderson, S.C. *** Printers' Fee received. On May 20th, 1S74, by Rev. W. P. Martin, at his own residence. Mr. JOHN L. NORRELL, of Abbeville C. H., and Miss DORA KUHL MANN, of Greenwood, S. C. OBITUARY. Death of John I). 31. Dobbins. The solemn truth that "in the midst of life we are in death," is seldom so forcibly illustra? ted as in the demise of this estimable citizen. On Saturday morning, the second of May, he came from his residence in the suburbs to his place of business in town, apparently in his usual health, and particularly' impressed, as it would seem, with a sense of the duty resting on him asu good citizen. On the Monday fol? lowing, which would be Saleday, certain offi? cial transactions were to be had," involving the pecuniary interests of a number of his old friends, as to which he was iu possession of in? formation acquired years before when Sheriff, that was unknown to others. At 11 a. m. he called on the writer, avowedly to communicate the information he possessed iu relation to these matters, which he did with great particu? larity, stating that if present on Monday he would make the facts known himself, but if not, justice demanded that they should be com? municated. This solicitude for his friends be? ing in character with the fidelity of his whole life, attracted special attention at the time, but recalling the circumstances, it might be conjec? tured that he had some premonition of his im? pending fate. After the lapse of perhaps half an hour, he returned to his store, where, in a very lew minutes, whilst sitting conversing in Iiis usual cheerful manner, his tongue sudden? ly refused to give utterance, friends andptiysi sicians near by were called in, and it was'as? certained that he had been stricken with paral? ysis. All the aid that kindness and medical skill could render was promptly administered, but to no avail. Without the power of speech, he gave evidence of consciousness, and the re? cognition of friends for perhaps an hour, when growing gradually worse, he lingered, mani? festing neither mental or physical suffering, until the setting of the sun, when his spirit de? parted to "that bourne whence no traveler re returns/' Mr. Dobbins was, perhaps, as well known and highly respected by the people of Ander? son Count}' as any man who had lived in it, and his loss will be felt and mourned in all cir? cles of society; more especially will he be held in fond remembrance by that numerous class? the poor and the needy?who have been the recipients of his gushing kindness. "Think not the good, The gentle deeds of mercy thou hast done, Shali die forgotten all; the poor, the prisoner, The fatherless, the friendless and the widow, Who daily own the bounty of thy hand, Shall cry to heaven and pull a blessing on thee." Mr. Dobbins was born and raised in Ander? son, and his whole life was devoted to the ser? vice of her people?not so much in official po? sition, as in the discharge of the duties of those trusts that invariably seek the public spirited and patriotic citizen, in whom all confide, and whose nature will not permit him to refuse a kindness. True, in addition to numerous minor offices which he held at different times, bo was from 185S to 1862 Sheriff of his county, and in these positions, as in the private trusts confided to him, invariably discharged his du? ties with an earnestness and fidelity that met the undivided "well done" of all the people. Mr. Dobbins passed his fifty-sixth birthday on the 26th of March last, and'although somewhat feeble for a year past as compared with his for? mer vigor, his friends had reason to hope that several years of usefulness remained to him; but ho is gone, and the places that knew him "shall know him no more forever." Four children had preceded him to the grave?three sleep gently by his side in Roberts' Church? yard, one rests on a Virginia battle-field, and a "wife, four children, brothers and sisters, with numerous relatives and friends survive him to mourn his loss. But they do not mourn with? out hope. He had been tor a number of years a consistent and worthy member of Hopewell Baptist Church, and his walk and conversation was such that they feel that their loss is "his eternal gain." A'kind husband and father, a more devoted friend, or a better citizen, wife, children, friends or county have seldom been called to mourn. **** PIANOS, PIANOS, PIANOS! Messes. Hoyt A Co.?Gentlemen: Having I received many inquiries concerning the Pianos manufactured and sold by the United States Piano Company, we take this method of an? swering them. The Piano is Seven Octaves, Rosewood Case, Carved Legs and Lyre, large Square Grand Overstrung Scale, Front Round Corners and Serpentine Bottom, Iron Plato, French Action?warranted for five years. For the merits, we refer you to letter of Mr. Rob't. Ilestor, Attorney at Law, Klberton, Ga.,agon tlenian of undoubted veracity: Elbkuton, Ga., April 29, 1S74. Messrs. N. K. Sullivan A Co., Anderson, S. C? Gentlemen : Your favor came to hand by last mail, and in reply have the pleasure to say that the Piano bought of U. S. Piano Company by you for mo, gives great satisfaction. My daughter-in-law has been giving lessons on it now for two vears?a practice which tries an instrument very much. Yet it wears well, keeps in good tune, and I don't see but that it is as good an instrument as those that sell for about double the price. If I was going to buy, would tako another before any at the prices considerably over them. Very trulv yours, ROB'T. HESTER. Parties wishing to purchase would do well to call upon us and examine other testimonials, if necessary, before purchasing elsewhere. We will with pleasure give any other information desired, and will order the Pianos without ex? tra charge. X. K. SULLIVAN & CO. May 2s, 1ST I 48 1