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THUBSDAY M0BNING, APRIL 15,1875. J$8$* Hon. John J. Patterson and Hon. L. Cass Carpenter are entitled to thanks for val? uable public documents lately forwarded to this office. / 3@- We are indebted to Col. J. A. Law for an interesting pamphlet entitled "History, de? scription and resources of Darlington County," prepared under the direction of a convention of the Granges of that County, for distribution among the Granges throughout the Uuited States. jgy The stockholders in the Greenville En? terprise and 'Mountaineer, at a recent meeting, invited R. C. Logan, Esq., to take editorial charge of that journal. Mr. Logan is a jour? nalist of considerable- experience, and we are gratified at the prospect of securing him as a neighbor. 5?* Miss Mary E. Galloway, of Abbeville, who recently left Due West to become a mis? sionary in Egypt, has arrived at her destination, after a long and fatiguing journey. Her de? scriptive letters on the way are decidedly racy snd interesting. The A. R. Presbyterian is fortunate in having such an accomplished cor? respondent. JS?~ The April number of the American Farmer contains much matter adapted to our farmers and gardeners. A thoughtful article from its pages "On Fertilizers" will be found in our columns to-day. This excellent journal is published by Samuel Sands & Son, Baltimore, at $1.60 a year, or $1.10 to clubs of five and upwards. Specimen numbers sent free on ap? plication. Masonic Dedication. The dedication ceremonies upon the comple? tion of the Masonic Temple in the city of New York will take place on Wednesday, June 2nd, and delegations from all parts of the Uuited States are expected to participate. It is stated that a number of European Masons have sig? nified their intention to be present, and their passage across the Atlantic has already been engaged. This maguificen t and imposing struc? ture is on a scale commensurate with the im? portant jurisdiction to which it belongs, and the occasion will be fraught with interest to the craft generally. A Temperance County. Pickens County leads the van in the temper? ance movement. The annual elections in the incorporated towns were held on the first Mon? day in April, resulting in the choice of "dry" tickets at Pickens C. H., Easley and Central. The policy of the grand, jury, which is sustaind by Judge Cooke, will prevent the license of re? tail liquor dealers outside of the incorporated I towns, and hence we conclude that not a single establishment of that kind will be licensed du? ring the present year within the limits of Pick? ens County. Our neighbors may be congratu? lated upon the prospect of good order and sobriety in their midst, which will insure a decrease of crime and consequent elevation of morals. The State Press Association. The Abbeville Medium has invited the edi? tors and proprietors of newspapers in South Carolina to meet in Charleston on Thursday, 6th of May next, for the purpose of organizing a State Press Association. The time is regar? ded as the most convenient and suitable for all parties, and it only remains to secure a full representation to make the organization a per? fect success. As the originator of the move? ment, our contemporary was requested to name the day of meeting, and we trust there will be a general acquiescence in the time suggested. So far the prospect is good for a large represen? tation, and old Charleston is ready to extend a cordial greeting to the journalistic realm. "We shall meet by the seaside in the balmy month of May." The Ohio Democracy. The Baltimore Gazette says: "In our re? joicing over the great Democratic victory in Connecticut we ought not to forget that Ohio, in her municipal elections, has also achieved a series of local victories. As a prelude to the general election in October these victories are important. They prove that the reaction which She Republican journals insisted was indicated by the drawn battle in New Hampshire was simply a figment of the imagination. The local elections in Ohio were carried by the Democrats and Conservatives by largely in? creased majorities, and the prediction is made that the Democratic majority in the October election will not be less than 20,000 and may reach 30,000. It is not well, however, to count too surely on so great a victory. The battle has yet to be fought, and every foot of ground will be hotly contested. Governor Allen, in his speech at Columbus on Wednesday, while expressing himself confidently as to the result, warned his hearers, nevertheless, that "Grant and his officeholders would make a desperate Struggle to regain the State." This is to be expeoted. Every means and appliance to this end will be used. The loss of Ohio in October will have a tremendous influence on the Presi? dential election next year, and knowing this? all that money, and patronage, and lavish promises can do toward carrying the State for the Republicans will be employed without stint. We believe that the Democrats and Conservatives will come out of the contest vic? torious, notwithstanding. But it will require vigilance, firmness, energy, great enthusiasm aud an abundance of hard work to accomplish go signal a triumph." A Convict or Two. We have always believed that genuine and thorough reform in South Carolina needed the active co-operation of the judiciary before it can be made permanent and substantial. A conviction of some of the principal thieves and their incarceration within the walls of the penitentiary is absolutely necessary to deter the criminal practices which rendered the State government infamous for so many years. One or two wholesome sentences imposed upon public plunderers would make the way easier for honest men to secure coutrol of public af? fairs. The miserable attempts of this kind last year were confined mainly to the petty thieves in various counties, while the wholesale plun? derers of the State were unnoticed or screened from the clutches of the law by technical plead? ings. The number of convictions, too, were rendered useless by the shameless abuse of the pardoning power, which was held by one of the chief plunderers at that time. But this abortive reason no longer exists, and Gov. Chamberlain stands ready to discharge his duty by allowing the criminals to remain where the judiciary sends them, unless the most ur? gent and satisfactory reasons are assigned for his interference. The records are accessible for this purpose, and the time is propitious to begin a crusade against? the thieves. It is vital and important work which should not be neglected, and the Tax Unions were primarily organized to effect this end. We are yet anxious to wit? ness the fruits of earnest and unselfish efforts in this direction. These remarks are suggested by a recent editorial in the Columbia Union-Herald, which calls attention to the fact that Gov. Tilden has recently pardoned Ingersoll, who was convicted with Tweed and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for defrauding the city of New York. This pardon was granted in order to use him as a witness in civil suits against Tweed, Connolly and the rest of the old Tam? many ring. Gov. Tilden was one of the chief instruments in destroying this band of plun? derers, and rescuing the city of New York from their grasp. The proceedings now pro? posed are under a new law which authorizes an attachment coucurrently with the order of arrest, and which facilitates the commencement of suits in the name of the people against pub? lic robbers. One of the first acts of the General Assem? bly next winter ought to be the passage of a similar law. Who will be the first to win fame by introducing it? Our contemporary has sent for a copy of the New York law, and kindly offers to furnish a copy to any of our legislature solons willing to begin this practi? cal and enduring measure of reform. The editor of the Union-Herald concludes as fol? lows : "We have a pretty large crowd of con? victed thieves in our penitentiary, but most of them are in for stealing chickens, pigs, cotton or, at most, a mule. Is it not about time that a start was made toward catching a big fellow? Tweed has almost made the fortune of his jailer by fees received for a sight of him. There are several men now at large in South Carolina that we would be quite willing to pay a quarter to see gazing through the iron bars, or chipping stone on the banks of the raging canal below town." To all of which we give an emphatic amen! Brutal Murder. Rev. J. Claudius Miller, a member of the South Carolina Conference, was foully mur? dered on Saturday, 3rd of April, near Santuc, in Union County. He was going towards home, and was followed by a negro man, who passed him some distance from the railroad station, and at a certain point the negro halted aud demanded his money. Before the unfor? tunate victim had time to comply with this demand, the inhuman wretch fired upon him thrice, one of the balls passing through the entire right side. Mr. Miller was a uative of Charleston, and although somewhat advanced in years, he only entered the work of the min? istry a short time ago. Suspicion rested upon a negro man named Alfred Walker, whose parents lived in Spartan burg, and in a day or two this man was arrested by Detective Alley and others. Ho confessed the crime, and implicated a number of others a3 his accomplices in an organized band of murderers and highway robbers, who have been depredating upon the people of Spartanburg? Greenville and Union Counties for some time past. His disclosures led to the speedy arrest of one Wright Sullivan, in Greenville, a noto? riously bad character, who was once sentenced to be hung and reprieved by Gov. Moses. Both of these negroes were originally from Laurens, and are known as tools and instruments of ma? lignant hatred against the white population during the former troubles in that vicinity. Besides making these arrests, Detective Alley received information which led him to believe that two of the prisoners forwarded from An? derson last week belonged to this gang of thieves and murderers. He repaired to the penitentiary, and from the description he re? cognizes Andrew Thomas and James Anderson as the men described. These are the negroes convicted of grand larceny, who made a raid upon the clothing store of Smith, Clark & Co., and other information connects them with this lawless crew. It is stated that one or both were concerned in a murder near Big Shanty, Ga., and that Gov. Smith has made a requisi? tion for them. The vigilance and activity of Capt. Alley, who is the chief marshal of Spartanburg, has secured a portion of the murderous gang who have infested the up-cdAintry, and we trust that further efforts will secure the remainder of this villainous combination. During the past year a large number of robberies and murders were committed, and from the disclosures now made it is plainly apparent that these were the result of organized cut-throats and thieves, who were operating throughout the upper portion of South Carolina and Georgia. Their hellish crimes culminated in the brutal murder of an inoffensive minister of the Gospel, whose loss is deeply deplored by all who knew him. Scipio Africanus, all dressed up in his store clothes, called the other day at Belcher's variety store, and asked tor a "five cent cigar, sir." The proprietor wan tod to know if ho would have it "strong or mild." "Well, bosH," said Scipio, "not too strong nor too mild?one dat's about pro rata.1' On Tuesday last the Public Square was thronged with wagons from the country, and the merchants did a thriving business tlirough out the day. Herera! tons of guano were sold. The Connecticut Election. The result of the election held in Connecti? cut on the 5th inst. is a more sweeping victory for the Democrats than was at first supposed. Gov. Ingersoll is re-elected by a handsome majority, and the Congressional delegation is | completely reversed. In the last Congress the Republicans had three and the Democrats one ] member. Starkweather, the only Republican j elected this time, has a majority of only 372 against 1,177 last year. Landers, Phelps and I Barnum are the successful Democrats. The total vote for Governor was 53,785 Democratic, 44,301 Republican, 2,809 Prohibition and 14 scattering, leaving a Democratic majority of 6,661. This is the largest vote ever polled in the State, which is due to a spirited canvass on both sides and the unusually bright weather on election day. The Senate will stand 15 Demo? crats to 6 Republicans. The House is 13$ Democrats to 109 Republicans and one inde? pendent. The majority on joint ballot is 32 votes against 28 last year. Here ?nd there the Republicans made gains, but the general loss swells the verdict against them, aud the pro? portionate gain for the Democrats in the aggre? gate vote is equally satisfactory. The issues in Connecticut were entirely dif? ferent from those which obtained last month in New Hampshire. In the latter State, there was an entire absence of any purpose on the part of the Republicans to sustain President Grant in his aspirations for the third-term or to justify the action of his administration on the Louisiana question. These issues were sharply defined in Connecticut, where the Re? publicans endeavored to sustain Gen. Grant at every hazard. His particular friend and champion, Gen. Kawley, was defeated for Congress, and the Republican candidate for Governor, Mr. James Lloyd Green, was selec? ted for his ardent devotion to the President, which was manifested when Sheridan dispersed the Louisiana Legislature by his ordering a salute of one hundred guns .n the city of New Haven, of which he was the Mayor. The de? feat of these prominent and decided friends of the President is more significant than even the general result. The Democrats wisely seized the opportunity to make an aggressive warfare upon the Republican citadel, so weakened and endangered by a blind adherence to the for? tunes of the President. The favorable results will encourage the Northern Democracy, and wherever it is possible to make a square issue hereafter assuredly it will be done. It is natu? ral to suppose that a revulsion of sentiment among Republicans will take place, and Presi? dent Grant will be deemed responsible for their continued defeats and disaster, but he has the inside track in the control of their party ma? chinery, and the third term movement will be? come more prominent than ever as we approach the next national campaign. His stubbornness and defiance of such as would check his aspi? rations only assists towards a glorious victory for the Democrats. We trust his ambition will be unchecked and unsatisfied until deliverance from personal rule is obtained. The Boston Post (Democratic) concludes an article, congratulating its readers upon the re? cent victories in Connecticut, with some very sensible reflections upon the political situa? tion : In this popular persistence for better things in government there is a profounder purpose 'than the party politician apprehends. Tnese repeated popular rebukes are not administered by accident, or from an intermittent impulse. Last year's proclamation constituted the open? ing of an entirely new era in public affairs. It declared an untiring hostility henceforth to bad and corrupt government, by whatever name the party administering it might be known. It is upon that high plane that politics are to be conducted, and they fail miserably to read the lesson who think by plausible words or plead? ing action, much less oy open party defiance, to lead the people to forget the vigor of their indignation and the steady rectitude of their purpose. The best, and in fact the only thing left to the Republican party is to abjure Grant ism as it would fly from fate ; to unite in swell? ing the popular sentiment in condemnation of every form of corruption and abuse which gives it its only distinction; and to assist earnestly in bringing back republicau govern? ment to safe constitutional moorings again. The list of wrongs and usurpations, of abuses and frauds, which have been scored against Grantism is too long for recital, but in its entire signification it has uot so soon become forgotten by the popular mind. The time has come to cebuke and put down the power that presumes to demand approval for such a parade of faults. Connecticut freemen have now rounded out the judgment of November, and pointed the way to the needed victory of 1876. To begin the second century of the national life with the inauguration of the third-term heresy, and with so threatening an illustration of it as Grantism supplies, would be but mocking the efforts and sacrifices of the patriots who fought and died, not for power, but for freedom alone. The New York Times (Republican) looks upon the result in much the same light as a defeat of the administration policy towards the Southern States: The campaign in Connecticut has been largely a defensive one. While in form it was an attack on the Democratic party for its reac I tionary tendencies and its complicity with I the disorders that exist, or have recently exist? ed, in the South, it was in effect a defense of the measures of the Executive and of Congress which were based on those disorders, and meant to suppress them and prevent their re? currence. The principal arguments addressed to the people of Connecticut were, in substance, a justification of the course of the Government in Louisiana, of the attempted legislation known as the Force bill, of the Civil Rights law, and of that general purpose of the Administra? tion which these measures embody and illus? trate. This general position of the Republican J managers in Connecticut was marked with j great distinctness by the nomination of a man for Governor who was conspicuously a believer in the policy we have referred to. The people were asked to believe that coercion, and we may even say violence, is the only proper poli? cy to be pursued toward the South. It is a pol? icy, we need not remind our readers, which we have steadily opposed. The result shows that we, at least, have not misjudged the tone of public feeling on the great questions at issue. While a large proportion of the Republican party are in sympathy with the sentiment which animates the Administration, and which was displayed by the majority in the last Con? gress, there is a considerable number of Repub? licans who are either not in sympathy with that sentiment, or who do not approve of the policy to which it has given rise. It is these Repub? licans who have given the Democratic party a ! larger majority than they had a year ago. j Whatever they may think of the possible mis j chief to be apprehended from that party, they j are willing to trust it far enough to express in i an unmistakable manner their disapprobation j of the present position of some Republican I leaders. In short, the people want peace, and I they are fully determined to have it. The New York Tribune (Independent) says the first and most obvious lesson taught, by tho election in Connecticut Is that the candidate who thought it a good way to commend him? self to favor, to fire one hundred guns in honor of tho President's interference with a State Legislature, will have little further occasions to make an ass of himself in public. Mr. Greene is not elected Governor of Connecticut. The Administration made the fight distinctly as an administration fight, and the result is a little worse defeat than that of last year. The Republicans of New Hampshire made their fight distinctly as an anti-administration, anti third term fight, and they won by a small ma? jority. Perhaps the cowards among the Re? publican leaders will at last be able to perceive the meaning of such facts; and perhaps even the most inveterate machine politician may succeed in getting into his head some percep? tion of the existence and significance of the independent voter. He is a phenomenon in American politics ; but he has evidently come to stay, and there seems no reason to deplore his coming. Southern Baptist Convention. We observe that arrangements are made with the various railroads for delegates to the South? ern Baptist Convention, which meets in Charles? ton on the 6th of May, to be passed over for one fare, going and returning. The delegate must pay full fare on starting, and will be returned free on certificate of the President of the Con? vention. As we understand the present ar? rangement, this privilege of excursion rates is only extended to actual delegates. We have no desire to obtrude advice upon railroad offi? cials, whose knowledge of their business ought to make them quickly apprehend any advan? tage to be derived from liberal offers to the public, but we cannot refrain from calling at? tention to the fact that a large number of per? sons in the up-country are desirous of attend? ing the approaching meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, who will be deterred from making the trip -unless excursion rates are offered. The railroads may be fully occupied with other business, and really have no desire to increase their receipts by an arrangement of this kind. But it doe3 appear reasonable that it would require no extra outlay to transport a couple of hundred passengers, who would otherwise remain at home. In other sections of the country, where half fare is accorded to delegates, the railroad officials imagine that it will not decrease their receipts by exteuding the privilege to all persons interested in any proposed meeting. It seems that a contrary opinion is entertained in South Carolina, or else that the railroads are not desirous of bene fitting themselves or accommodating the pub? lic. For the Anderxon Intelligencer. "Shall" and "Will." These two words occupy a conspicuous place in our vernacular, and io common conversation are used oftener perhaps than any other two, and doubtless with less correctness as to their true meaning. Not unfrequently persons say "shall" when they should have said "will," and vice versa. They are not only puzzling to foreigners, but nine-tenths of the English speaking people are just as ignorant of their true import. The following rules, if studied, are designed to be a guide to their proper use and meaning: 1st. If the sentence is affirma? tive, shall, in the first person, expresses purpose or intention?xeill promises ; in the second and third, shall commands, while will expresses purpose. 2nd. If the sentence is used interrog? atively, shall, in the first and third persons, asks permission or advice, and in the second, it asks the intention of another. Interrogatively, will is never used properly in the first person, singular or plural; in the second person it enquires about the will, and in the third about the purpose of others. According to one of the very best of authori? ties, shall originally meant to owe, or probably was derived from a verb of that meaning, and so it was used by some of the old English poets. Will, on the other hand, expresses the idea of volition, and the terms do not, therefore, mean the same as some carelessly imagine. Shall is much the oldest form of the future, and in the Bible it is the common form. In the interrogative forms, shall and will as? sume great deference toward each other, as, Shall I go ? Will you go ? Then, again, there are other meanings of these terms when used in connection with the words should and would. Numerous examples might be given showing the different shades of thought expressed in the words, but the following sentence will suffice: "As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Coliseum falls, Rome will fall; when Rome falls the world will fall." Here the author entertained the just doubt that the Coliseum would stand, and, therefore, he says "Rome shall stand," making it dependent upon the perpetuity of the Colise? um ; but, with the ken of the historian, he an? ticipates the falling of the magnificent monu? ment of Roman glory, and then he says when that event happens, "Rome will fall f and Rome having been made the support of the world, at least in his own mind, he says when "Rome falls the world will fall." ? The Greenville News announces the death of Dr. James M. Sullivan, a prominent and influential citizen of that county, which oc? curred at his residence on Friday night last. Dr. Sullivan was known to many of our read? ers. He had been in bad health for some months, and had recently suffered from a se? vere nervous attack, but his friends were not seriously concerned about his condition. Late on Friday afternoon he was stricken with pa? ralysis, which caused his death in a few hours. In the death of Dr. Sullivan, (says the News, the community will suffer a great loss, as he was one ol the most progressive and public spirited citizens of Greenville. He was skill? ful and successful as a physician, and was en? gaged in an active and extensive practice for thirty years. Honest, upright,- liberal and charitable, he was a fine type of the Southern gentleman. ? Among the visitors now in Charleston is W. W. Corcoran, Esq., the venerable philan? thropist of Washington City, whose charities and magnificence have done so much to benefit and embellish the national eap'taj. The South, throughout her trials and sufferings, has had no more staunch and steadfast friend than he, and the representatives of the South Carolina tax-payers, who last year vainly sought relief for their State at the hands of Congress and the President, will not soon forget the warm and active sympathy then evinced by Mr. Cor? coran in the cause of their oppressed and im? poverished people. ? Gov. Chamberlain has approved the act of the Legislature in reference to forfeited lands. Under the law, as it now stands, parties, or their representatives, whose lands have been forfeited to the State for non-payment of taxes, ami where the titles to such lands remain in tho State, can redeem the same, in twelve months time, by paying all taxes, costs and penalties duo and owing thereon. ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE. ? The South Carolina Dental Association meets in Columbia on Tuesday, 4th of May. ? Senator Gordon, of Georgia, declines to allow his name to be used for the Vice-Presi? dency. ? The visitors at Aiken are rapidly leaving for their Northern homes* as the weather be? comes warm. ? Col. I. W. Avery, in consequence of ill health, has retired from the editorship of the Atlanta Herald. ? The South has raised seven hundred and I twenty-five millions of dollars worth of cotton in three years. ? Seven Democrats, three Independents and four Republicans have been elected to tho City Council of St. Louis. ? It is announced in the Boston news? papers that Vice-President Wilson will sail for England on April 18.* ? It is said that Mr. J. C. New, the succes? sor of Spinner, has a signature that resembles a handful of fish hooks. ? A writer in the Boston Herald settles the third term question by predicting that Grant will drink himself to death before the 4th of March. ? Col. Jefferson Davis and Capt. Ulysses S. Grant are invited to a reunion of the officers of the Mexican war in Austin, Texas, on the 8th of May. ? Gov. P. H. Leslie, of Kentucky, is a prominent candidate for United States Senator from that State. Hon. James B. Beck is his most formidable rival. ? The coming installation of the Prince of Wales as Grand Master of the Freemasons will, it is said, be the most splendid and im? portant ceremony in the history of English Masonry. ? The residence of Senator Sumner has been bought by the owner of the "Arlington," one of the chief hotels in Washington, and will soon be merged into that building, which now compasses it on three sides. ? The Athens Georgian says Mr. Robert P. Dickerson. of Elbert County, was in town last week for the first time in fifty-three years, and allowed "the old town had improved right smartly since his last visit." ? Postmaster General Jewell attributes the defeat of his party in Connecticut to lack of organization. The real difficulty is that the organization was not quite strong enough, and there was a lack of third-term voters. ? The treasurer of Erskine College has re? ceived a certificate of deposit from the Nation? al Bank of Richmond, Kentucky, for thirteen thousand dollars, the amount lately donated to Erskine College by Mrs. Ann I. Wallace, of that State. ? From the circular of A. D. Williams & Co. we learn that never in the history of Chic? ago, as a commercial city, has the provision trade exhibited such activity as during the past week. Transactions reached a daily average of $2,000,000. ? New York boasts the oldest lawyer in the world. His name is Elbert Herring, and he is 08 years of age. His admission to the bar dates as far back as 1798, and he was Judge of the Marine Court the year before Napoleon be? came Emperor of France. ? Statistics showing the fearful mortality among the negro population are causing much talk at the North. There is a lot of stuff writ? ten to explain this matter, but the simple truth is that the boon of freedom to the blacks was the beginning of the practical extermination of the race in the United States. ? Advices from Columbia report that the funding of the State debt in the new consoli? dated bonds which, was temporarily checked during the recent effort to remove State Treas? urer Cardozo, has been resumed with great ac? tivity. The greater part of the entire bonded debt will soon be exchauged for the new bonds. ? Spelling matches continue to be the rage. It is curious to note the kind of madness which impels men to display their ignorance. If most of the people who take part in these "spelling tournaments" were to stay at home they would be credited with a little learning, but they will insist on proving to the public that they cannot spell. ? Rhode Island seems to be so taken up with her own affairs as not to be affected by action or reaction in national politics. In the election on the 7th, Lippitt, the regular Re? publican candidate for governor, supported by the liquor dealers' league, received 7,084 votes ; Hazzard, Independent Republican, supported by the prohibitionists, received 7,560, and Cut? ler, Democrat, 4,345 votes. ? Fifty dollars reward has been offered by J. W. Douglass, commissioner of internal reve? nue, for information leading to the seizure of every illicit distillery, and the holding to bail or commitment of the party or parties owning or running them. This reward has been ap? proved by Secretary Bristow, and will be paid promptly on due evidence being presented that the information is genuine. ? Rev. David Wills, D. D., of Atlanta, Ga., has accepted the pastoral charge of the Western Presbyterian Church, in Washington city, which numbers among its communicants many of the leading citizens and prominent officials of the government. Dr. Wills was formerly a resident of South Carolina, aud supplied the pulpit at Laurens C. H. most ably and accep? tably. He is an eloquent and useful minister. ? The Pickens Sentinel states, that Col. Jer? emiah Looper, a prominent and leading Re? publican of Pickens County, has renounced his allegiance to the Republican party, and public? ly declares himselfra true Democrat for all time to come. He will be a candidate for the Leg? islature at the next election on the "Independ? ent Democratic" ticket. ? The President has given his opinion upon Mexican affairs with more than usual freedom. He says there is no present reason for appre? hending war, but, of course no one could tell what might happen in the future. In the meanwhile the frontier is to be protected, and the attention of the Mexican government officially called to the recent raids. ? The Columbia Union-Herald says "it is a rather funny freak of politics that in South Carolina the Republican Governor should ex? pect and receive aid from Democrats, and in New York the Democratic Governor should be supported by Republicans. It proves very conclusively that the people of the United States are more intent upon securing a faithful administration of public affairs than concerned as to which political party shall control." ? An act of Congress, approved on the 3d ultimo, provides that all prisoners confined for offences against the laws of the United States shall be entitled to a deduction from their terms of sentence of five days for each month during which no charge of misconduct has been against them. The law also provides that up? on their discharge each prisoner shall be pro? vided, at the expense of the United States, with one suit of clothes and five dollars in money. ? C. J. Houston, colored, late private secre tary to Gov. Moses, has been arrested on s charge preferred by John Agnew Sr., of Col? umbia, involving breach of trust. Agnew en? trusted him with certificates of indebtedness amounting to $13,000, which were to be ac? counted for on demand, and negotiated at not less than fifty per cent, on their face value. These certificates have been paid in full by the State Treasurer, with the exception of seventy three dollars, and Houston has failed to ac? count for the money. He was released ou bail to answer at the May term. ? Maj. Erastus W. Everson, Librarian of the State University, and formerly an efficient "lo? cal" on several papers, is preparing for the press an account of centenarians living in couth Carolina. He wishes a list of those actually 100 years old, and those nearly that age. He wishes to collect the recollections of these centenarians in regard to revolutionary events, travel, trade, manners and customs, means of communication, ways of amusements and any events in their lives which will go to illustrate the progress of the country from their early days. ? An injunction has been obtained in the United States Court against the imposition of a tax under the so-called "bonanza" bill, which was lately vetoed by Gov. Chamberlain, but which Speaker Elliott declared to be a law, becaase the veto came too late. The injunc? tion was issued at the suit of a non-resident stockholder in the Graniterille Manafacturing Company, in order to protect his interests. It is believed that the bringing of a test case before the United States Court effectually kills the bonanza scheme, which aims to burden the State with heavy liabilities for floating claims created under Moses' administration, and al? leged to be fraudulent. ? A Washington letter says: "The Louis iana compromise does not promise well. Ad? vices received to-day from the highest Republi? can sources in New Orleans state that Republi? can members of the Legislature decided not elected by the arbitration committee will refuse to surrender their seats to the Democrats, but will resign, and Gov. Kellogg will then order a new election. The reason for this course is said to be that it is claimed that these nine parishes are Republican on a fair vote. Such action as this must result in fresh complica? tions, but it is not anticipated that any vio? lence will ensue. The practical result will be that the Kellogg government will retain entire control of the State until the next regular gu? bernatorial election." Notice to Creditors. ALL persons having demands against the Estate of Mrs. Amanda Dalrymple, dee'd., are hereby notified to present them, properly attested, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed bv law. V JOHN W. DANIELS, Adm'r. de bonis non, with Will annexed. April 15, 1875 _39_3 SHERIFF'S SALE. BY J. H. McCONNELL, Auctioneer. BY virtue of an Execution to me directed, I will expose to sale on Tuesday after First Mon? day in May next, at the residence of Defen? dant, the following property, to wit? " 1 Bureau and Glass, 2 Wardrobes, 1 Wash stahd, 1 Looking Glass, Lounge, 2 Tables, 1 Candle Stand, 1 Sofa, 1 Centre Table, 5 Rocking Chairs, 10 Mohair Chairs, 4 Tea Tables, 1 set Andirons, Fire Shovel and Tongs, 7 set Win Curtains, 1 Work Table, 1 Piano, Stool and Cover, 1 Hat Rack, 1 Sideboard, 1 Dining Ta? ble, 1 Safe, 6 cane-bottom Chairs, 1 Clock and Glass Cover. Lovied on as the property of Daniel Brown, at the suit of Wm. G. Burt and wife. Terms Cash. . WM. McGUKIN, Sheriff. April 15, 1S75 39 3 LADIES! HAVE on hand a Complete Stock of DRESS GOODS, HATS, SHOES, RIBBONS, etc., etc., etc. You can ALWAYS Find what you wish, and PURCHASE THE LATEST, MOST FASHIONABLE GOODS, As I receive them weekly, and sell thorn AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE FIGURES. When you wish to hare your DRESSES MADE with taste and skill, your HATS TRIMMED in the newest and prettiest styles, to purchase Cheap Goods, or to get the "Domestic Catalogue of Fashions," be sure to call At the EMPORIUM of FASHION". April 15, 1S75 C. A. REED. 30 CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, WAG0NS,&c. THE undersigned, having improved and enlarged their CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY on MAIN STREET, opposite the residence ol J. C. Whitefield, Esq., would respectfully call the attention of their friends, and the public generally, to their large and well-hnished'lot of BUGGIES. WAGONS, etc, Thoyaro now prepared to oxecute iu the finest and most im? proved styles, Carriages, Top and Open Buggies, and Wagons, And solicit orders for the same. Special attention will be given to REPAIRING- of all KINDS, And everything WARRANTED to bo done in WORKMAN-LIKE MANNER. Give us a call. REED & STEPHENS, April 15, 1875 30 Main Street, Anderson, 8. C. 3ni