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THTJBSDAY MORNING, JULY 8th, 1875.
Hampton Legion.
The survivors of this famous command pro?
pose to hold a re-union in the city of Colum?
bia on Wednesday, 21st of July, the fourteenth
anniversary of the first battle of Manassas.
The objects of the re-union are to collect the
necessary records for compiling a complete
history of the command; to take the initiative
steps towards erecting a suitable monument to
its heroic dead, and to form an association for
the purpose of carrying out these praiseworthy
objects. Gen. Wade Hampton will preside
over the meeting, and Gen. T. M. Logan will
deliver an oration. The Hampton Legion was
distinguished, not only for the gallantry and
undaunted bravery of its rank and file, bot
the unsurpassed honor of giving to the Confed?
erate army the largest number of general offi?
cers ever drawn from so small a command.
Lieutenant General Wade Hampton and Ste?
phen D. Lee, Major General M. 0. Butler, and
Brigadier Generals James Conner, M. W. Gary
and T. M. Logan were among the brilliant
contributions from the ranks of the Legion,
and the men who followed these distinguished
officers upon the field of battle were no lese
worthy in their sphere. The coming re-union
will be a memorable event, and every one of
the survivors who can do so ought to enhance
the pleasure of the occasion with hie presence.
A Heavy Failure.
The most startling piece of news during the
past week is the failure of the South Carolina
Bank and Trost Company, located in Culumbia,
and more generally known as Hardy Solomon's
bank. We have seen no estimate of its liabili?
ties and assets, bnt the failure is undoubtedly
on a large scale. The suspended bank has for
several years been the depository of State funds,
and at one time controlled nearly all the finan?
cial operations of the State Treasury. It was
always a shaky concern, and was rendered im?
portant among banking institutions only from
the tact that its position as the custodian of
public funds afforded many advantages for
speculation and money-making. It possessed
none of the customary evidences of soundness
and reliability, and derived its credit und re?
spectability from none of the legitimate sources
which sustain similar institutions. Always re?
garded with distrust and suspicion, no intelli?
gent man can express surprise at its failure.
On the 1st of March last, in a communication
to the Legislature, the State Treasurer explain?
ed his want of confidence in the South Carolina
Bank and Trust Company, and gave significant
reasons for withdrawing the State funds from
its custody. Yet, we find that the recent fail?
ure shows a balance due the State of $200,000,
and it remains for Mr. Cardozo to explain the
inconsistency of his conduct, when his commu?
nication to the General Assembly expressly
threw discredit upon the management of this
institution, and furnished the amplest ground
for entertaining doubts of its solvency and safe?
ty as a depository of public funds. He dis?
tinctly charged that Hardy Solomon was guilty
of illegal conduct, in refusing to honor the offi?
cial checks of the State Treasurer, because he
(Cardozo) refused to pay a fraudulent claim
which Solomon presented. Further, after
making arrangements with Mr. Solomon for the
payment of the January interest on the consol?
idation bonds, Mr. Cardozo asserted that he
failed to pay the entire amount agreed upon,
although there were ample funds in his bank
for the purpose. But, in the face of these em?
phatic declarations, the State Treasurer en?
trusted Mr. Solomon with more than $200,000,
when confidence and security were daily and
hourly weakening. Gov. Chamberlain's re?
sponsibility in this matter was immeasurably
increased when his friend and favorite, Mr.
Cardozo, gave explicit warning against - the
soundness and reliability of Solomon's bank;
and the excuse of the State Treasurer that there
was a pernicious agreement between Mr. Solo- j
mon and various County Treasurers, by which
the latter forwarded their moneys through Sol-1
?mon's bank, ought to have been rendered null
and void by the Governor's action in summari- j
dismissing such County Treasurers as failed j
to harmonize with the plans of Mr. Cardozo, j
and ensured the absolute safety of the public
fends.
Attorney-General Melton has applied to
Judge Carpenter for the appointment of a re-1
ceiver to take charge of the assets of the bank
for the benefit of its creditors, and it is under?
stood that Comptroller-General Dunn will re?
ceive the appointment. The private fortune of
the principal stockholders is considered ample
to cover all the liabilities of the bank. Ex
Gov. K. K. Scott is among the heavy losers by
this failure, and at one time he was a large
stockholder. Private depositors were not very
numerous, and many of them withdrew their
funds in time. The Greenville and Columbia
Railroad Company transacted some of its busi?
ness through this institution, and drew a check
for twelve thousand dollars on Friday last,
which was the immediate cause of the suspen?
sion.
The Columbia Union-Herald makes an au?
thoritative statement that the July interest on
the consolidated bonds of the State has been
fully provided for, and in fact nearly all paid.
One hundred thousand dollars of the funds of
the broken bank, however, belongs to the in?
terest account out of which past due coupons
on the consolidated bonds are paid, and the
operation of funding will be necessarily sus?
pended until the meeting of the Legislature.
? Dr. John T. Darby, the well known Co
fambia physician, has been invited to fill the
chair of surgery in the University of the City of
New York, and will enter upon its duties in
September. J
The News and Courier.
? statement has recently appeared in various
journals to the effect that a controlling influ?
ence of the Charleston News and Courier has
lately passed into the hands of G. I.
Cunuingham, the Republican Mayor of
Charleston. This statement unchallenged was
destined to seriously effect the position of our
esteemed contemporary as a representative of
the conservative masses, and we are gratified to
know that it has met with a flat denial from the
proprietors, who make this emphatic declara?
tion : "Mr. Cunningham has no pecuniary in?
terest, large or small, direct or indirect, in the
News and Courier; nor, while we live, shall
any person ever have any control, in any way,
over this paper that can hamper its freedom of
action as the representative of the Conservative
Democratic party in South Carolina."
End of the Beecher Trial.
The great scandal trial of Theodore Tilton
against Henry Ward Beecher, which has been
in progress in the city of Brooklyn since Jan?
uary last, came to an end on Friday last, re?
sulting in the disagreement of the jury and
consequent mistrial. It is understood that
nine of the jury favorod acquittal and three
were for conviction. In many respects, this
trial was the most remarkable during the pres?
ent century. The prominent position of the
defendant as a popular minister, the great
duration of the trial itself, the learning and
ability of the counsel engaged, the character
and intelligence of witnesses introduced, and
the lengthy deliberation of the jury without
finding a verdict, all combine to render this
trial celebrated in the judicial annals of the
country. Months were occupied in the "exam?
ination of witnesses, weeks were devoted to
the argument of counsel, and eight days and
nights were fruitlessly employed by the jury
before a conclusion to disagree was finally
reached. The failure to find a verdict in his
favor is a practical condemnation of Mr.
Beecher, and will be accepted by the public
as proof conclusive of guilty conduct, for the
opportunity was offered to enable an innocent
man to establish beyond doubt his freedom
from corrupt and unholy practices. We have
never encumbered these columns with the
filthy details of the slander, and we would
fain trust that the decency and respectability
of American journalism is not again to be
contaminated with the sickening and revolting
stories which have been given to the world
since the opening of this disgraceful scandal.
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
The citizens in the vicinity of Golden
Springs, Anderson County, S. C, held a meet?
ing on Saturday, the 3rd inst., for the purpose
of organizing a Grange of Patrons of Husban?
dry. The meeting was attended by a number
of influential citizens. The following officers
were elected:
S. T. Richardson, Worthy Master.
John D. King, Overseer.
Dr. James M. Richardson, Lecturer.
W. M. Richardson, Chaplain.
John G. Richardson, Steward.
W. W. Seawright, Asst. Steward.
D. Edward King, Secretary.
John C. Smith, Treasurer.
S. J. Johnson, Gate Keeper.
Mrs. Charity Seawright, Ceres.
Mrs. M. L. Richardson, Pomona.
Mrs. Hannah King, Flora.
Mrs. Emily C. Stone, Lady Asst. Steward.
Worthy Master, Dr. H. I. Epting, who was
deputized to organize the above Grange, said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: I am here with the
authority to organize you as Patrons of Hus?
bandry. May the Great Master of the Uni?
verse inspire you with wisdom to enable you
to work faithfully, and imbue you with that
fraternal spirit which is so essentially requisite
to an organization like ours! You are about
to enter an organization which is awaking
thought throughout our whole country. An
organization which has for its fundamental
objects mutual instruction, thereby to lighten
labor by diffusing a knowledge of its aims and
purposes. But before you can realize the high?
est benefits of the Order, you will have many
obstructions in your path, which will tax to the
very utmost your patience, your perseverance
and your valor. To overcome these obstacles,
every means which taleut, place and wealth
can command must be freely used. Let me
urge upon you to show to your members, as
well as to the outside world, that material and
moral gain must and will result from your or?
ganization.
Labor is the only true source of the civiliza?
tion of man, and adds more to his health,
comfort and happiness than any thing in exis?
tence, and the only means by which we are
enabled to reach the very highest degree of
human intelligence. It is the most honorable
of all the occupations, and the only one by
which man is enabled to realize all of his pro?
ductive powers. What is it that has trans?
formed the wild forests and unproductive soils
into vast fields of fruitfulness ? It hi the strong
arm of the laboring man. What is it but la?
bor that has built all of the most magnificent
cities that ever existed upon the face of the
Globe? What is it but labor that has built
all the ships that ride so majestically over the
billows of the mighty deep from shore to shore ?
What is it but labor that nas built the railroads
throughout our whole country, which enables
the 'Uron Horse," with a long train of cars
attached, to dart successfully at the rate of
twenty, thirty, forty, fifty and even sixty miles
per hour? What is it but labor that has erec?
ted the telegraph wire, which not only enables
us to dart our thoughts from the Eastern to
the Western Continents, but around the entire
Globe in the twinkling of an eye ? What is it
but labor that builds up our country in every
respect? Without it man is a poor and
wretched creature?the Blave of his own physi?
cal wants and elements, and deserves only to be
classed with the lowest order of humanity.
In entering an organization like this, you
must have in view the object of arresting at
once all litigation in and among the members
of the Order. We ought, by this time, to bo
fully convinced that it is to our interest, to
stand aloof from those professional gentlemen,
who always locate at our Court Houses, and
who are often instrumental iti exciting litiga?
tion and discord among neighbors, solely for
their'own pecuuiary benefit, and who have
always been a curse to all civilized people.
You should not permit one of them to enter
your ranks unless his chief interest is that of a
farmer, and it is your duty then to watch him,
for he will do as he always has done from the
remotest period of history?come, nine times
out of ten, as a wolf in the garb of a sheep.
You should also have an oyo to the mer?
chant, however he is not as injurious to the
farmers of our country as the class that I have
just mention. But if you permit many of them
to enter your ranks, especially those who have
little or no interest in farming, they may shat?
ter the strongholds of your organization, and
eventually produce a lien that will cover your
entire property.
It is your duty as Patrons of Husbandry to
revolutionize your farms so that you will bo
enabled to produce as much upon one acre as
you are now producing upou five. Then, by
practicing domestic economy, you will ulti?
mately be enabled to buy everything for cash,
and the merchant will be indispensable to you.
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
Gov. Chamberlain and Reform.
When we consider to what class of voters
Mr. Chamberlain owes his present position;
when we remember that perhaps not a single
white native-born citizen voted for him who
has the right to hold up his head and demand
the respect of the tax-paying citizens of this
State; that a vast crowd of those who for many
years have fattened upon the poverty of an
unfortunate people, took him upon their shoul?
ders and hoisted him to the seat ho now occu?
pies ; when we inquire into the probable mo?
tives of Whittemore, Moses, Parker, Worthing
ton, Cardozo, etc., in selecting him as their
flag-bearer; when we remember that reform
would be financial ruin to every one of them,
and that they would almost perish if driven
off from their unholy plunder of the treasury,
we are obliged to look for the reasons why that
crowd should permit any reform through their
Governor, or why that Governor should be
willing to punish tho men with whom he has
so long associated, and to whom he owes all
that he is, in respect of political preferment.
The people of South Carolina are eminently
confiding, ? crushed and ruined as they are;
they caught with avidity at Scott's second-term
messages, and their hopes kindled af. their en?
couraging promises only to die a sudden death
under the accumulation of the frauds which
he promised to suppress. Then there were
some who, in their desperation, tried to think
that our young "native" would respect his
mother, and feel for his brothers in affliction.
We all know how his administration set at de?
fiance every virtuous and patriotic principle,
and the terrible prostration of the public inter?
ests which ensued. Now, the very same crowd
that imposed upon us a Scott and a Moses has
given us Mr. Chamberlain, and our drowning
people are again catching at the straw of a
mellifluous message! We must have some?
thing better than loud-sounding professions
before we surrender at discretion, for, granting
all that the Governor claims for himself, we
see difficulties in the way which he cannot sur?
mount ; and secondly, he dares not to attempt a
reform.
If we understand the meaning of the term,
it consists in abolishing all unnecessary offices;
the reduction of the salaries of all those that
remained; the election to office of intelligent
white men, who are tax-payers, and who would
accept office in the spirit of faithful servants
to the public; the reduction of the taxes to
the very lowest point necessary for defraying
the expenses of an economical government.
These are some of the most prominent features
of any real reform, and it is only necessary to
ask if Whittemore aud his crowd could live in
this State another day under such a sweeping
of the Augean stable. And yet, this very crowd
must assent to the legislation which will secure
these most valuable objects. They are in a
large majority, and nothing can be done
against their consent. The negroes keep them
in tho Legislature, and the Governor may sing
all the syren songs to the Conservatives which
he can invent, and yet Mr. Whittemore and
his crowd have all the power, and the only
question is, how will they use it? To rob
themselves of present advantages, or continue
to rob the white tax-payers? We have only
to inquire of the human heart, and the answer
is before us.
Thero are about thirty Conservative voters
in the Legislature?eighty-fivo colored represen?
tatives and thirty-one white allies, from whom
the tax-payer has nothing to expect, but legal?
ized robbery. What can Mr. Chamberlain do
with such a crowd as this ? He is perfectly
impotent to carry out any measure wbatever?
which may not exactly conform to their notions
of what is due to the pockets of their self-con?
stituted guardians of "our beloved State."
And he will not dare to face the men who put
him in office with a proposition to put them?
selves out, and it is simply ridiculous to talk
about "reform," whilst the life of the State is
in the hands of those who see their own finan?
cial ruin in any such measures. No one is
more sensible of this than Mr. Chamberlain
himself, and he must know that all the promi?
ses be is making, and all the hopes he is en?
couraging are entirely dependent upon the
nod which shakes the ambrosial curls of Mr.
Whittemore and his allies. Guided by our
knowledge of the human heart, wo can imag?
ine that Mr. Whittemore would not seriously
object to the Governor's making as many dem?
onstrations as ho pleastJ, to gratify the Con?
servatives, and make a show of working in
their interests, and by that means keep them
quiet with the lamp of hope still burning be?
fore them. Indeed, it is the very condition to
which an astute robber would desire the Con?
servatives to be reduced, for to operate upon
them whilst they are under auoesthetic influ?
ences, would be far easier than to overcome an
active resistance. Suppose it were understood
that the Governor was to make all the noiso he
pleased about reform, and "do" all that he
pleased, provided ho failed in everything he
attempted, and that in the face of all this
Whittemore and his crowd should rush their
measures through, and they, too, make a show
of fight against the Governor, taking care
never to hurt him, would not such a scheme as
this be the very thing that crowd would want?
Whilst Mr. Chamberlain would be gently rock?
ing the Conservative cradle, and permitting
his unconscious proteges to be robbed at pleas?
ure, would it be any compensation to them
that he actually shed tears over their misfor?
tunes, when they awoke to a comprehension of
their irretrievable ruin? All this state of
things may be already planned out, for the
voters who elected Mr. Chamberlain knew their
man, and if they had not seen their private
advantago in having him where he is, they
never would have voted for him. And he was
elected with the very same professions in his
mouth that he is making now, and he could
not have been voted for by men to whom re?
form would be ruin if they believed he was
sincere in what he said. To be sure, there arc
faint rumors afloat that they are now organiz?
ing an opposition to him. Tho fear is that all
such measures are mero shams. If they are in
earnest, they have tho power to turn Mr.
Chamberlain out of office and will do it, not
merely make an effort and artfully fail, as is
the fashion in certain criminal prosecutions of
tho same class of people, but actually turn him
out. This they will do to a certainty if they
believe, as some of the Conservative do, that
Mr. Chamberlain has suddenly turned against
his supporters and will turn their own batteries
1 against them.
Our hope of reform is not in Mr. Chamber?
lain or his former associates. He neither can
nor dares attempt to do any thing in that di?
rection. His present course may succeed in
putting the Conservatives to sleep, and making I
them more easy victims, but it can do nothing
more. And this, too, when the whole civilized
world is looking at South Carolina in amaze
meut as a State turned over to robbers of every
color, and fast sinking to a condition of bar?
barism. This has aroused the sympathy of
the Northern white people as well as their
patriotism. They cannot see their own color
degraded aud ruined simply for the sake of
another race, having an equal chance in the
battle of life and the same opportunities of
material prosperity. Nur can the lovers of the
republican principle patiently look on its pre?
cipitation into such a sewer as alj law, decency
and morals have fallen under the administra?
tion of the laws which have prevailed here
ever since 1868. Their sympathy and patriot?
ism are aroused, and the mighty powers of the
Northern white people are about being put
forth to rescue us from the horrible fate under
which we have so loug been suffering. Can
we afford to say to them that our danger is past
and that reconstruction has at last proved itself
a success? Can wo consent to live under its
dark and hideous shadow so long as we have
life enough to protest against it, and" invoke
the spirit of civil liberty as it exists in the
more favored sections to shed the light of its
life-giving beams upon the darkness which
surrounds us? No! With au unscrupulous
enemy at our very door, it is no time to sleep?
we must watch more carefully than ever; we
must continue to Bound the alarm until all
danger is removed, and that can only be when
the Conservatives and Republicans who pay
the taxes can also make the laws which regu?
late their disbursement.
And yet the writer deeply regrets that he
cannot believe with those who have confidence
in Mr. Chamberlain. It would be a great re?
lief to shake off the apprehensions which dis?
turb one's tranquility, and sleep the sleep of
peace after so many years of disquiet and un?
rest But the lessous of human experience
teach us that for Mr. C. to stab those who sup?
ported him, and with whom he has been so
long associated on apparently the most friendly
and intimato terms, would be more than we
could expect. It would be no less than a
moral miracle 1 That any of us should hesi?
tate to believe what is asked from us, is no
more than Mr. C. should be prepared for, for
we have suffered cuough from pretended friends
to listen to the dictates of a proper caution.
Should coming events demonstrate that even
this miracle has really happened, there is not
a Conservative in South Carolina that will not
make ample amends to the hero whom ho has
suspected unjustly. Wo want to find a deliv?
erer, and give him our heart's best affections.
If Mr. Chamberlain should prove by his acts,
as well as his professions, that he is a character
from whom the worst of men can expect no
aid in their villainous schemes, he will see the
Conservatives flocking around him to the very
last man, when they are sure he is an exile
from the camp of our enemies and not a spy.
We shall anxiously await development, hopiug
for the best and preparing for the worst.
It is pleasant to sec that such men as Reed,
Frierson, Shaw and Parmele have been called
into service, in a great degree through the in?
strumentality of the Governor; but he did the
same and much more for Cardozo, who has not
yet gained the confidence of the public.
Whether these are crumbs, artfully thrown
out as decoys, remains to be seen. At present,
it makes the heart sick to look at the virtue
and intelligence of the Conservatives so com?
pletely ignored, whilst their houses, over which
they are no longer masters, are filled with
strangers of every color, and the doors are
slammed in the faces of tho ouly people who
have the right to enter! Mr. Chamberlain
says he has not appointed Conservatives be?
cause they don't desire to be appointed. In
this he is sadly mistaken, for there are hun?
dreds of them all over the State who would
prefer to discharge the duties of the county
offices without one cent of compensation rather
than to witness the fraud and mismanagement
now prevailing through the appointments
made in deference to Whittemore and his
crowd. Nor are we so blind as not to see that
these men are going to remain in office just so
long as they can be ,of service in elections ;
and we believe that the only reform in reserve
for us is the success of this crowd in all the
plundering schemes they want, only moistened '
by the tears of the Governor, that the Conserv- j
alives may lie quietly in the cradle, under the!
soothing of his appparent sympathy, until tho
very last dollar is wrung from them they have
in the world.
In this section of the country many of those
who hold different opinions wcro Mr. Cham-1
berlain's supporters?office holders, rejoicing!
in the fatness of taxes paid by the hard work
tag poor man, aud seemingly contented with
the prospects before them of losing their office
through Mr. Chamberlain's instrumentality,
and his love for the Conservatives. This en?
dorsement of Mr. Chamberlain is not entirely
satisfactory. We shall look for something
more disinterested.
If any of us are slow to believe professions,
Mr. Editor, it is because we have so often been
deceived, and have found it dangerous to trust
those we have always seen in the ranks of our
enemies. And we look in vain, at the present
time, for any reasons to confide in Mr. Cham?
berlain, for all past experience of tho motives
which influence human conduct, teaches us
that he neither can nor will do any thing for
the Conservatives, except by tho consent of tho
crowd which elected him; and thus we are
brought at last to the very condition we were
in before his election, viz: a complete and
hopeless subjection to the crowd led on by tho
ring at Columbia. It does not help the matter,
that the fur on the cat's claws make the ma?
nipulations wo arc undergoing a little softer,
I if, after all, we have to become food for tho
cat, whenever his appetite demands such grati?
fication.
VOICE FROM PEE DEE.
? Prof. James IT. Carlisle has been elected
President of WofTord College, Spartanburg, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation
of tho Rev. Dr. Shipp, who has accepted a place
in the Vanderbuilt University, Nashville,
Tenn.
? Tho wheat crop of the South is becoming
an important feature of our agriculture. The
Oalvcstnn N?ir? thinks the wheat crop of Texas
will be 5,000,000 bushels this year. >
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
The Jury System.
The system of trial by jury is one deeply
impressed in the jurisprudence of many civil?
ized countries. It is in an especial degree
characteristic of English-speaking peoples.
There is no institution which, in popular esti?
mation, so contributes to and fortiGes the pre?
servation of human freedom. Indeed, the
essence of popular liberty is therein contained
so perfectly, that it is sometimes seen, and not
unfrequently of late, that the province of the
jury is enlarged to an extent never contempla?
ted in the constitution and the law. Juries
have been known to create law, as well as to
enforce law, as originally intended in the es?
tablishment of the institution. This results
from some vague conception that the popular
sovereignty could there be most safely trusted*
But an attempt at legislation on the part of a
jury is violative of those principles, without
which liberty cannot be maintained. In all
free countries, law is king, and where law is
not king a despot will be king. The only se?
curity a people can have for the preservation
of their rights and liberties is the enforcement
of the laiu as it is. But it has always been
admitted that juries have been safe deposito?
ries of the power to determine justice in civil
cases, and the punishment ot criminals under
the law. But the perfection of all institutions
consists in their adaptation to the wants of the
community. As a country progresses or retro?
gresses, its external forms must needs modify;
and that modification should proceed in a regu?
lar and constitutional mode, and not as a con?
sequence of licentious action. One of the
rules goveruing the action of juries is, their
decision must be unanimous. In the past this
was wholesome and salutary, but it is scarcely
possible to preserve it unimpaired, so changed
are circumstances. Discussion of all questions
has become so generally prevalent, party spirit
so influential, the means of conveying opinion
so easy from extra-judicial sources, that it is
scarcely conceivable to bring twelve earnest
and honest men to a unanimous verdict in any
cases, civil or criminal. And hence, it is seen
that mistrials are becoming not uncommon, to
the serious injury of public justice; or fre?
quently the necessity of a compromise compels
a partial injustice. How is this to be correc?
ted? No one has suggested any substitute
superior to the jury; it has been recommended
that a verdict only require a majority or two
thirds of a jury. But whatever the form it
may assume, some change is needed, and if
wisely determined, will result in a marked im?
provement. Citizens are frequently indisposed
to sit upon juries because they are opposed to
capital punishment; but such prejudice is
unreasonable. The punishment of crime is
determined independent of the jury?by the
Legislature. The province of the jury is sim?
ply to determine the facts and law of the case(
with which an opinion upon the propriety of
the law has naught to do. As an honest man
he cau determiue facts without regard to opin?
ions or prejudices. But mauy jurors, even of
those who are not theoretically opposed to
capital punishment, are so reluctant to find a
verdict, which the law has determined must
result in death, that the guilty ofteu escape.
This indisposition to see the facts squarely is a
reprehensible weakness, and results from an
undue and unreasoning sympathy with offen?
ders. Sympathy, as well as justice, is the tri?
bute due to the injured and not to the wrong-'
doer; and it is incumbent upon all citizens
who live in obedience to the law, and who re?
spect the rights of others, to sustain all officers
of justice in the strict enforcement of the law.
A consistent administration of law restrains
the lawless elements of society; it also takes
away the temptations of revenge or individual
justice from injured parties, and refers'for a
decision to a safe, because constitutional, mode
of procedure. Juries should seriously con?
sider their responsibility to law and justice,
and resist the voice of a weak sentimentality
that scarcely discriminates between the good
and bad. And if it become necessary, the
Legislature should intervene, and by well-con?
sidered action, improve the administration of
the law. Conservatism must admit that action
is sometimes needed in order to preserve; and
the jury system is no exception to the gen?
eral truth that the spirit and object of all insti?
tutions arc to be regarded rather than the mere
forms in which such institutions may have
been crystallized.
E. M. R
ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE
? Efforts are being made to connect Laurens
and Newberry by telegraph.
? The census of the town of Abbeville shows
a total population of 1,530?whites, G13; col?
ored, 917.
? A Saloon keeper in Louisiana has just
been compelled to pay $1,200 damages to a wo?
man for selling liquor to her husband.
? The St. Louis Times jocosely remarks that
Bostonians think that the man who will bo the
next President attended the Bunker Hill Cen?
tennial?and yet Grant wasn't there.
? Mr. William Markham, an old citizen and
heavy capitalist of Atlanta, is about to erect a
splendid new hotel, on the site formerly occu?
pied by the Washington Hall. The new hotel
will be as fine, but not so large and uuwieldly
as the Kimball House.
? Mr. 0. T. Jones has been appointed cen?
sus-taker of Pickens County by Gov. Chamber?
lain, which is an appointment worthily bestow?
ed, says the Sentinel. Mr. Jones is a one-legged
Confederate soldier, and well qualified to dis?
charge the duties of the otlice.
? Col. Hart Maxcy, an estimable and well
known citizen of Columbia, died last week after
a brief illness. 1 le was a son of Rev. Jonathan
Maxcy. the first President of the South Caroli?
na College, and distinguished iu his day as one
of the best educators in the whole country.
? The next election for State officers will
take place in Kentucky on the 2d day of Aug?
ust. California follows on tho 1st of September.
Arkansas, on the 6th, Maine on tho 13th of the
same mouth, and Ohio and Iowa on tho 12th of
October. Then comes Pennsylvania, New
York, Massachusetts and several other States
on the 2d of November.
? White Hall township, in Abbeville Coun
' ty, voted a school tax of one thousand dollars,
and tho Greenwood New Era says that Amos
Leonard, an active friend of the cause of edu?
cation, made a speech, in which he declared
that they could not do on a less amouut than
last year's, because their school-houses were iu
a "miraculous condition."
? The Colombia Union-Herald says that Eli
G. Grimes, the man who made the affidavits
against C. C. Bowen, charging him with tho
killingx>f Col. White, and who was a few days
ago arrested himself ou a charge of killing a
colored sailor at Georgetown, was taken before
Judge Shaw on a writ of habeas corpus and ad?
mitted to bail, after which he immediately left
for his home in Georgia.
COMPANY "D," ORR'S REGIMENT.
The Survivors of Company "D," Orr's Reg?
iment Rifles, aro hereby requested to meet at
Anderson C. H. on Saturday, the 17th instant.
It is desirable that all tho Survivors of said
Company will be present, and lend their assis?
tance in getting up the original list, so that we
may represent a history of our Company in
tho meeting of tho Regiment on the 21st inst<
at "Walhalla,
James h. mcconnell,
Orderly Sergeant.
HY&ENEaL.
MARRIED, by Rev. U. Vt Hyde, Juno 30,
1875, Mr. C. W. C. KING and Miss M. l.,
daughter of Mr. B. Hix, all of Anderson Co.
OBITUARY.
CLARENCE GREGORY, infant son Of Rev,
Wtn. W. and M. E. Mood, of the South Caroli?
na Conference, died in Anderson, S. C, on the
2d instant, aged one year and six days.
Comparative Rain Fall during the First Six
Months of the Past Three Years.
From January 1st to April 30,1873_.i...i.,25.1 incheav
During June. 1873.3.19 ?
Tutal to June 30, 1873.28.29 *
From January 1st to May 31,1874.23.61 ,r
During Juno, 187-1.... 4.44 "
Total to Ju nc 38,1874.28.05 -
From January 1st to May 31, 1875.?23.93 "
During June, 1875. 4.29 "
Total to June 30,1875.-.28.22 "
8, LANDER.
WiUiamdon Female College.
FOR SALE.
HOUSE and lOT in Pendleton Village,
belonging to H. P. Walker. House con?
tains six rooms, and is in good repair.
Also for sale, HORSE and SINGLE BUGGY.
For terms apply to
L. L. GREEN, Pendleton, S. a
July 8,1875 51 2
NOTICE
IS hereby given that application will be made
thirty days after date to John W. Daniels,
for a Charter incorporating Deep Creek Grange,
No. 251, Patrons of Husbandry, in accordance
with the Act of the Assembly in such cases
made and provided.
By order of the Grange.
S. NEWTON BROWNE, Sec
July 8, 1875 51 . 5
WILLIAMSTON
FEMALE COLLEGE.
Williamston, S. G.
FALL SESSION BEGINS AUGUST 2, 1876.
Rev. S. LANDER, A. M., President.
Rev. S. A. WEBER, A. M., Resident Prof.
July 8, 1875_51_
LUMBER I LUMBER!
IAM now prepared to furnish PINE, OAK,
HICKORY and POPLAR LUMBER on
tho Blue Ridge and Air Line Railroads at
Seneca City, in any quantities desired. I will
appoint an agent at Anderson and Ninety Six
soon. For further information, see me at my
Mills, one and a half miles west of Seneca City,
or address me at Seneca City.
WM. J. HARBIN.
July 8,1875 61
Notice to Contractors.
TnE contract for building a now Bridge
across Rocky River, one and a half miles
East of tho Court House, will be let to the low?
est responsible bidder on the spot, on Thurs?
day, the 29th of July inst. The contractor will
bo required to give bond and approved security
for the faithful performance of contract accord?
ing to specification. Specitications may be seen
by calling on cither of the Commissioners, and
will be exhibited on day of letting contract.
The right to reject any or all bidders is re?
served. O. H. P. FANT,
Chm'n. Commissioners.
July 7, 1876_51_4
CAROLINA
MILITARY INSTITUTE,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
During the Session 1874-76 One Hundred and
Twenty-five Matriculates.
NEXT TERM BEGINS SEPT. 15, 1876.
THIS INSTITUTE is now fully equipped
with apparatus for instruction and with
arms for military drill. The Superintendent
and Proprietor is assisted by an able and expe?
rienced corps of Instructors. For Circular,
address
Col. J. P. THOMAS.
Superintendent
July 8,1875_51_4_
WILHITE & WILLIAMS,
dealers in
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, etc.,
Also, LAMPS and LAMP FIXTURES,
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES,
BRUSHES, DYE STUFES, &C
Also, a full lot of PERFUMERY and TOIL?
ET ARTICLES, CIGARS and TOBACCO.
Puro BRANDIES, WINES and WHIS?
KEYS, for medicinal purposes strictly, and
other articles usually kept in their line.
PRESCRIPTIONS carefully compounded.
Also, a choice selection of BUISTS NEW
CROP TURNIP SFED.
July 8,1S75 26 ly
SHERIFF'S SALE.
BY J. H. McCONXELL, Auctioneer.
BY virtue of an Execution to me directed,
I will expose to sale on the FIRST MON?
DAY in AUGUST NEXT, at Anderson
Court House,
ONE TRACT OF LAND,
Containg 46 acres, more or less, situated in An?
derson County, bounding lands of Henry
Robinson, Daniel Ragsdalo and others. Le?
vied on as the proporty of Wm. Cummings at
tho suit of Jos. Ellis and John Cowan, Execu?
tors, for tho payment of a security debt
Terms Cash?purchaser to pay extra for pa
PCrS' WM. McGUKIN, Sheriff.
July S^lSTtJ_51_4
PENDLETON FACTORY,
1875.
WOOL CARDS.
OUR WOOL CARDS havo been ground and!
overhauled this season, and aro in as good
order as they have been at any time during tho
last four years. Tho services of a first-class
carder havo also been secured; and, it being
early in the season, wo can make prompt re?
turns of all packages sent by Railway. Ar?
rangements have been made with Mr. H. B.
Fant, at tho Anderson Depot, for forwarding
all packages entrusted to him. Freight charged
only one way. Persons visiting the Cards will
not bo delayed.
Second Hand Bagging and Ties for Sale.
We also have on hand several hundred pat?
terns of Bagging aud Ties in excellent condi?
tion.
? 2 pioeos Ragging and 5 Ties, - $1.25
3 pieces Bagging and 6 Ties, - 1.75
Wo will sell in Iota of 20 or more patterns, to
strictly responsible persons, on 60 days time,
(i* discount for cash.
B. SI.CAN, President.
July 8, 1S75 51 3