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JAS. A. HOYT, )Editft_ E. B. MURRAY, JEtlit0rS SATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.-Two Dollars per annum, and One Dollar for six months. Subscriptions arc not takes for a less period than six months. Liberal deductions made to clubs of ten or luore subscribers. R.ITES OF ADVERTISIXG.-Oao Dollar per squaro ol one inch for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents per square for subsequent insertions less than thrco months. No advertisement counted less than a square._ _ ._, LiberaTcontracts will be made with those w?bing to advertise for three, six or twelve months. Ad? vertising by contract must bo confined to :the im? mediate business of the firm or individual contrac? ting. Obituary Notices exceeding fivo lines, Tributes of Respect, and all personal communications or matters of individual interest, will be charged for at advertising rates. Announcements of marriages and deaths, and notices of a religious character, are respectfully solicited, and will be inserted gratis. THURSDAY HORNING, OCT. ,28th, 1875. The Blue Ridge Railroad: The prospects of Anderson for ever becoming a business I centre, depend now upon a single event; which' is none other than the completion of the Blue Bidge Railroad to Knoxville, Tenn., by which,, we will become directly connected with the great granary of the West, whence we now receive our supplies of flour, corn and meat, in a large measure. This road was once a pet scheme ^of our peo? ple, and but for the most wasteful ex? travagance and had management would have been completed ere this. Its histo? ry has been an eventful one, and has at last wound up with a chapter on bank? ruptcy, so far as the road i$ this State is concerned. Our people have become in? different and cold upon the subject of its completion, in consequence of the numer? ous misfortunes which have befallen its attempted construction; hut we are con? fident this is only a temporary lethargy from which they may he awakened whenever there is a feir prospect for the completion of\ the enterprise, and at the risk of provoking a sneer from the timo? rous doubters in tmr midst, we are dis? posed to think that all that is necessary to build this road now is a determined, energetic and united effort on the part of the citizens living along the line, and in places interested in the' completion of the road. Energetic efforts are being f? made in Tennessee and North Carolina to secure a passage of the Blue Ridge mountains, and whoever meets the road they are building will secure the connec? tion. "We have advantages on this route which must insure success if we utilize them. The amount of work done npon our line renders it a comparatively small undertaking to finish the road. We need this road greatly, and unless we can secure it there can be no doubt that Anderson is bound to decline as a mar? ket, while if it is built there is not the slightest doubt that the value of our property as well as the business of our town will be greatly advanced. The objections so common to new railroads on the part of merchants, that they cause new towns to spring up along their line and thus injure the old markets, is short? sighted at best, but most certainly, even it cannot be urged against the comple? tion of this road, for it will not cause the building of a single town within thirty miles of Anderson. It will also be of great assistance in the way of affording a competing road to the one now in existence, for if .run by a separate company it would necessarily coalesce with the Air Line in its freight arrangements, and thus prevent the dis? crimination in freights, which is so bit? terly complained of by o?r merchants. Every class of our community are vitally interested in this measure, and we hope they will not lie dormant, when they should be at work. It is time that this question was being seriously discussed by our citizens. The people of Walhalla are to meet on Tuesday next to discuss the prospects of success, and the means best adapted to securing the necessary "^fe?d9nor*-ctnxipletirtg the road, and we hope it will not be long until Anderson will do the same. Our interests are greater than theirs^ To show that the people in other States along the line of this road are greatly interested in its construction, we append an extract from a letter of Dr. W. L. Love to the Keowee Courier, in reference to a meeting held in Murphy, N. C, about the fifth of this . month, to advance the interests of the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad, which is in part the Blue Ridge. He says: Coh W. G. McAdoo,. of Milledgeville, Ga., formerly of Knoxville, was at the meeting, and stated from the stand that he was there at the instance of Dr. Mar? row, President of the Knoxville and Charleston Railroad, and for the purpose of seeing what was the prospect of com? pleting the Marietta enterprise as far as Murphy, and especially of extending it from Murphy to some point on the Ten- j nessee River, south of Maryyille, Tennes? see, so as to connect it with the Blue Ridge Railroad. He said in substance, and I believe almost in words, that his charter and interests tied him to the line from Knoxville to Walhalla, and that they were re_dy, with money and con? vict labor, to build the road to the North Carolina line, whenever they could see a chance for a connection southward. I am sure he became and went away satis? fied that the road to Murphy is a fixed fact, and that it will be completed at an early day. From Murphy to our line is only forty miles, at the mouth of Nanta hala, and. this will be under contract be? fore the road reaches Murphy. These forty miles will be of very easy construc? tion, as more than thirty miles are almost on an air line and nearly level. And while Colonel McAdoo did not say the Tennesseans would build their road from Maryville to the mouth of Nantahala, still we are quite sure they would be glad to connect at that point with any road running either into Georgia or ^fl^uth Carolina. "When this is accomplished," to use your language, there will be not "sixty miles of the Blue Ridge Railroad built/' as you say, but 125 miles built, leaving seventy miles or less to be built;?that part between Walhalia and the mouth of Nantahala?one-half of which is nearly graded. In conclusion, let me tell your readers in Oconee and Anderson this plain truth, to wit: Knoxville will soon connect her? self with Cincinnati by filling a gap of only seventeen miles between Caryville and Chitwood. This is all that is to be -lone. Then Knoxville will have an out t Southward. She prefers the route *? Rabun Gap, but those who can help, Kte in Oconee, in Anderson and in y^ton, may be on their oars too #4 & waiting for a favorable breeze, until ^?fiS?tt^8 8ecure<^ Murphy, and the crtjr ? ^tmyou ought to have is the prop ^T?^jijH^etta and Central Georgia. e^^H_biiles of-the Marietta and Legislation Needed. We take this occasion to bring to the attention of our legislators the anoma? lous condition of the law in regard to municipal elections. There is no statute rendering it a crime to vote illegally, or authorizing the punishment of illegal voters in such elections. Unless town elections are guarded by the terms of the charter, There is nothing to prevent persons residing without, the corporate limits of the town voting for town offi? cers. "Tn "Anderson, for instance, the the charter provides the requisite qualifi? cations for suffrage, but omit to authorize or require any oath to be administered; and, hence, at the last election there were men who had not been residents of the town for sixty days, and some of whom had been living a number of miles in the country for several months that voted, and although their votes were illegal, and they deliberately took an oath which amounted to false swearing, yet, as that oath was not "authorized" -nor "required" by law, it did not consti? tute the crime of perjury, and no pro? ceedings could-be had against the fraud? ulent voters. Some general municipal election law should be enacted which would not conflict with the-provisions of special charters, ahd yet render improper voting at any municipal election an in? dictable offence. The Legislature should correct this defect in our election laws at its coming- session, which begins on the fourth Tuesday in next month, and we hope the Senator and Representatives from Anderson will see to procuring such enactments as may be necessary to ac? complish, a reformation of these elections which, though not so important as the State and County elections, yet, involve the prosperity and well-being of the bus? iness centres of our State. Injudicious. The recent defeat of the Ohio Demo? crats was altogether unlooked for by many persons who did not watch closely the turn given to the canvass and its effects upon the voters of the State. In the first place the platform of tne Demo? cratic party in Ohio was most injudicious and uncalled for, as the financial problem is not a local issue but emphatically a national one, and should not have been logged into this year's election under any considerations. The Democrats might well have contented themselves with fighting corruption, and thereby strengthening their party for next year's battle. There was no call for the intro? duction Of any side issues in this cam? paign, and yet the over confidence of these men in Ohio caused them to make the financial issue themselves, and also to be dragged into a discussion upon the Catholic question. How they allowed the Republicans to get them at such dis? advantage is more than we can explain, and it ought to furnish a lesson for the study of Democratic leaders throughout the Union. lithe party cannot obtain victory by its firm adherence to the great and beautiful principles of the constitu? tion of our father's, by its stem opposi? tion to dangerous innovations, by un? faltering5 war upon corruption in high as well as low places, and by a cordial sup? port of the grand birth of American free? men?equal and exact justice to all men before the law, together with a due re? gard for the material interests of our land, then it need not hope for success. The financial issue should be left entirely to Congress, where it belongs, and the Democracy" in future should profit by their dearly earned experience in Ohio, at least enough to learn that it is not safe for them to undertake to fight unnecessa? ry battles in their campaigns. Why are the Republicans deriving so much bene? fit from the financial issue ? Is not their party as much divided upon this subject as the Democrats. Are not Butlers Wendell Phillips and other prominent men on their side open inflationists? They are, however, too cautious to load their candidates with a financial plank in their platform, and if they ever put one in, it is of such doubtful meaning'as to imply something, nothing or anything, just as times and circumstances may re? quire. There is also another matter which it behooves the Democrats of the various States to consider. It is the consequence of lending their assistance against their own party in another State simply on ac? count of differences as to side issues. The course of the New York Democrats had much to do with the defeat in Ohio, and will no doubt be felt most seriously in the Presidential canvass. Whenever the party is condemned on any issue by the defeat of its candidates the opposi , tion is strengthened thereby upon every other issue presented by the defeated party. If the Democrats wish to win next year they must settle their difficul? ties before the next race, or leave them out entirely for settlement afterwards. As sure as they Taise new issues they will repent it when it is too late, as has been demonstrated in Ohio. The Southern Crop.?The Financial Chronicle estimates Georgia's current crop at 15 per cent, less than last year, North Carolina's at the same as last years, and Texas' at ten per cent, increase. Its en? tire figures are as follows: 1875. 1876. North Carolina.275,000 275,000 South Carolina.400,000 321,000 Georgia.550,000 467,000 Florida.63,000 63,000 Alabama.600,000 600,000 Mississippi.550,000 605,000 Louisiana.375,000 367,500 Texas.475,000 522,500 Arkansas.335,000 402,000 Tennessee.210,000 252,000 Total crop.3,833,000 3,875,000 The figures for the past year are actual results, while the figures for the present year are based on the September reports of the. various cotton exchanges. The crop as indicated by these reports will not exceed 3,900,000 bales.?Atlanta Con? stitution. ? The Agricultural Society of Abbe? ville held a meeting on last Wednesday night to attend to important business matters connected with the organization and to elect officers for another year.-^ Colonel D. Wyatt Aiken was re-elected President; Colonel James S. Cothrau vice-President; Wm. H. Parker, Esq., Secretary and Treasurer, and the entire Executive Committee, as heretofore con? stituted, was re-elected with the excep? tion of Major A.B. Wardlawwho was elected a member of the committee in place of Mr. Hugh Rogers, of Ken lucky. With such a corps of ofiicers the Society should achieve greater successes in the i The New Secretary. Some weeks since we announced an event, the occurrence of which gave uni? versal satisfaction to the nation?it was that Grant's Cabinet had been unloaded I of Secretary Delano, of the Department of the Interior, whose corrupt practices while in office had rendered him exceed? ingly obnoxious to that portion of our citizens who care for integrity and honor in public stations. After the appoint? ment of Bristow to succeed Richardson as Secretary of the Treasury, of Jewell to tucceed Creswell as Post Master Gen? eral, and Pierrepont to succeed Williams as Attorney General, we had some reason to hope that the President's appointment of a successor to Delano might at least be a respectable one. In these expecta? tions, however, we have been disappoint? ed, for the public surprise and .disap? proval has again been called forth by the appointment of an unworthy man to this high and important public office. The appointee is no other personage than ex-Senator Zach Chandler, of Michigan, whose virulent hate for the South, and whose .scheming corruptions in political life are known to our readers. He was born in New Hampshire in 1813, and as a merchant accumulated an immense fortune, in 1851 he entered the politi? cal world, and was elected Mayor of De? troit, Michigan. He succeeded General Cass in the Thirty-Fifth Congress as Senator from Michigan. He was re elected in 1863, and again in 1869, and was beaten by Judge Isaac P. Christiancy last year. During his stay in the Senate hiB course was exceedingly partisan and bitier, whereby he obtained the most cordial hatred of his opponents and even of fair-minded men in his own party* Under these circumstances his appoint? ment to a seat in the President's Cabinet is considered unfortunate and could not have been secured by considerations of fitness, but is merely another instance of a weak manifestation of favoritism on the part of President Grant. ? . i mum Personal and General. Quinine is recommended as a tonic for topers who have'sworn off. Hart well, Ga., wants a tin shop, a photo? graph gallery and a newspaper. Gov. Smith, of Georgia, announces that he will not be a candidate for re-election. A St Louis negro minstrel. committed suicide the other day, and now his bones are at rest. Thirty-one nations have accepted the in? vitation to participate in the Centennial Exhibition. A Savannah jurist has decided that an umbrella is privat? property. Theoretical? ly, the Judge is correct. Dr. R. W. Gibbes, a prominent and respec? ted citizen of Columbia, died on the 23rd inst., after a brief illness. President Grant has taken to the use of spectacles. With other glasses he has long been familiar. The kingdom of Spain has a population of 15,000,000, less than 1,000,000 of whom can read or write. There are no old maidB in Greene County, Iowa, as a girl got married there the other day at the age of eighty-five. The New York Tribune says that Gov. Tilden and Senator Bayard are the sole sur? viving Democratic candidates for the Presi? dency. The Queen of Holland w able to converse in every language of Europe, yet Milton said that one tongue is enough for any woman. Among the Vice Presidents of the Wo? man's Congress at Syracuse, New York, we notice Mrs. Alice J. Chamberlain, of South Carolina. Chief Justice Waite is looming up as a candidate for the Presidency on the Repub? lican side. He will probably have to wait for Grant. Gen. Longstreet has purchased an interest in the large hotel now building in Gaines? ville, Ga., and we will see whether he "knows how to keep a hotel." A member of the constitutional conven? tion of Texas proposed a clause forbidding j judges, prosecuting attorneys and jurors from officiating while intoxicated. Usibius Slaton, of Georgia, is the cham? pion father of the United States. : He has been married twice, and thirty children call him by the endearing name of father. Major M. R. Delany, of Charleston, is preparing a history of the African race in America, from their first importation by the Spaniards till the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment! A grape shot was recently cut from a pine j tree on Cowpens Battle Ground. The Ander refused to take twenty-five dollars for it, as | he values it very highly as a relic of revolu? tionary times. The Washington Chroiclc says: "General Jeff Thompson is credited with the predic- j tion that by the 1st of January the Missis? sippi River will havo cut a new channel near Yicksburg, leaving that place two miles inland." If all the gold in the world were melted into one solid cubic block, one side of the cube would measure only twenty-throe feet, says the Buffalo Express. It isn't much of lump, to be 3ure, but wo would like to play with it a day or two. A very delicate surgical operation was suc? cessfully performed by Dr. J. M. Sloan, assisted by Drs. Williams and Spearman, last week, in cutting from the nfcck of a lady a large tumor weighing four pounds. The lady is doing well and rapidly recovering. Union will have its first Agricultural and Mechanics Fair this year, beginning on the 3d of November next. It is to be conducted under the joint auspices of the Grange and the citizens of the County, who are interested in agriculture and mechanics. Work upon the Laurens Railroad Is going on with rapidity. Col. Peak expects to reach the portion whero the "T" rail iH used, soon, after which it will be completed, at the rate of half a milo a day. The citizens of Laurens will soon havo a more expeditious means of transportation than they now en? joy. Frederic Hudson, of Concord, Mass., one of the most celebrated of American jour? nalists, was killed in his native town on the 20th inst. He was riding with Judge Keyes, and came to a railroad switch, which thoy wero warned by the flag-man not to cross until the train passed. At this point a fly? ing switch was made, and as soon as the en? gine passed, being too deeply engaged in conversation to see the train which was fol? lowing upon the side track, they attempted to cross, and were caught by the cars. Judge Keyes was not seriously injured, but Mr. Hudson received wounds of-which he died the following day. His corrneetion with the New York Herald, many years ago, gave him high distinction, arid noted honors were paid his remains by nalists. is brother jour ? "Grass widow" hast been corrupted from "grace widow," meaiWing a divorced wife, or a widow by graco rof the law. jfeditorlal Rotes. Th?JHation of the Poe monument, at BaltnMBhas been postponed until the -8th jJH The cause of the delay is the eonte^Kd removal of Poe's.remains and the m;' --!ent to some more conspicuous ?site. "^minister cemitcry than the one reijons ient at the Greenville Fair last week repr^ to have been very creditable to the eo^ri and say that they enjoyed theniselvjwhile thcro very much indeed. They thrjht, however, the display of arti? cles on cjbitfon was hardly as good as lastyeaw The Osburg News and Times says that Judge Cc# has given satisfaction to every body dujg the recent ? term of Court in Orangebj. Tlie correspondent of the News and Cbunsayq the Judge has an eye to the first circf j but the News and Times denies the repotand says lie is too well satisfied with oufjeuit to desire any change. Mr. Etrd F. Stokes made a public po? litical syh in Greenville on last Monday nightj. ,|e is a red-hot Democrat, and withal I anti-inflationist, or in other wordb afrd-money man. Mr. Stokes has not spoi either in public or private until this pEhjwe believe, since his imprison mentJ fiyonterapt of court near three years ago. Tare glad his silence has been bro? ken, anaope he will in future enjoy the society mankind as he formerly did. Gene; George Pickett, whose death oc? curred bw days ago, was interred in Hol lywood?nietery, Richmond, Va., on the 25th ini He was a distinguished and gal? lant cojiderate soldier, and the most mark? ed hor^ were paid his^ remains by bis former mrades in arras. The funeral pro cessionhich followed his corpse to its rest? ing plaWas one and a half miles long, con? sisting the State officers and prominent men fh all parts of Virginia' together with njy military organizations from dif? ferent jtions of the State. On Tursday night last, the store of Mr. J. P. fillips, of Ninety Six, was broken into a robbed by a colored thief. An officerursued to arrest him, and coming upon i rascal was fired upon by him and wouldave been killed but for a pocket memoidum book which arrested the force of the U, by which means he escaped with only ajght wound and succeeded in arrest? ing thihief, who is now confined in the Abbevj jail to await his trial, after which it is toi hoped he will be accommodated by lodfg in the Penitentiary for a season. Nr. ieorge Errington Elford, a well? knownnd esteemed citizen of Greenville, i ? died orjonday night last, after an illness of somsix weeks. He was for years the editor id proprietor of the Mountaineer, t , and at e time of his death was the senior partnea a book store in the city of Green? ville, l his death Greenville loses an active hd valuable citizen, the Baptist Churotzealous and consistent deacon, the Sabba^chool an efficient superintendent, and hi^eart-stricken wife a devoted hus? band. |f?n with his qualities of heart and ! christL virtues are rare. Thotate Agricultural and Mechanics Fair buis in Columbia on the 9th of next month It will doubtless be a very interest? ing ocuon, and we hope the people of our Stated make it what it should be?an eminei success. There is a premium of thre haired dollars offered to the county exhibitg the largest number of agricultu? ral proictions, and the competition be? tween me counties promises to be very close, aj. is awakening much interest. We would le to see Anderson display more interestjrst in our County Fair and then [ in the Ste Fair. Articles exhibited here ! can ver<asily be sent to Columbia after? wards. Threatengs and slaughter against the New Yorl?>emocracy are breathed by the brethren in Pennsylvania as""wc as in Ohio. Here is the Titusville Courier tiing in this way: "The deep and unforgiving sentment against the Tammany DemocW< for their perfidious" conduct toward wr Ohio brethren in their hour of trial is ifi versal with the Democracy of this State, yd it has nerved them to greater exertion tl-n ever. The Keystone Democrats will fke no step backward. Every day there is cm ing fresh evidence that the people wiixle clare against contraction. With the bight prospects before us, we call upon every nan to cpnsecrate himself to the good workrom this time on to the election." Judge Mackey is said to have exposed the opinion that a case within the judsdic tion of a Trial Justice cannot be carritd out of the township in which ke lives, inlesj he i? absent or too siok to attend to tk bus? iness of his office. Such a construction o: the law may be a forced one, but we an disposed to believe it would be o good idex for the Legislatnre to give it the shape of i law. One Trial Justice is a plenty for eacl township, and the besiness of each townshq should be transacted witl>m its own limits With such a Trial Justice system and goo( appointees, the general good of the countn would be advanced. Incompetent appoint I ees in the office of Trial Justice is the great est cureeof our present system. The Washington correspondent of tin Newt and Courier says that Ex-Gov. Moses of South Carolina, has made application t< President Grant for an appointment a Minister Plenipotentiary to Liberia but tha he is not likely to receive it. The same cor respondent alleges that the Ex-Governor, ii company with some northerners, concocte< a scheme for the construction of a Gran< African Continental Railway, to rur;. fron Liberia through Soudan and Abyssinnia b the mouth of the Red Sea, and that applica tion will be made for a charter this winter As the precursor of the movement lie de sires to be bolstered up by a government ap pointment. We hope the speculations o this correspondent as to the Ex-Governor' intentions are correct, for we are dclightei to learn that he has no further designs oi poor South Carolina. An effort was made in Columbia last Sat urday to have the case made by the Hon James B. Campbell, of Charleston, to tr the right of the present Comptroller General the Hon. Thos. C. Dunn, to that offic docketed for trial during the form of Coui now in session in Columbia. It was, how ever unsuccessful, and the case goes over t the next year. This is unfortunate, for i Mr. Dunn was improperly elected be shoul not be allowed to fill tho office, if he wo properly elected his right of office should h placed beyond epiestion. The simple issu is whether the Legislature has the right t elect an officer the Constitution of the Stat requires to be elected by the people. M: Dunn may be a good officer, but it is a mal ter of-great importance to keep the Constitt tion from innovation at the hands of th Legislature. We cannot afford to give ou Legislature the privilege of abrogating th Constitution at their pleasure, and hencew regret that the trial of this issue has bcei postponed. Our contemporary, the Greenwood jVrf v.ir?)enthijg upon the am in the CoT,^4h|a papm Umt berlain and a five hundred dollar \^fK^ tl,c en mentofFurman U?]?^/. ^ lt ( mention a score of^ hm \, fns who done the same thhf pn>ate q} Jr*** to , publicity to thjl&tlemen 0r P *1C8' It at "They nr^ au,?neut . nothing would more shock their senses of propriety than to proclaim to the world' their private alls of benevolence as special and unusual and a direct ground for pooflk applause. The University is worthy of?ap port, and all good men who feel thcmsB^YCsj able, will assist in its endowment as a m&n and a privilege." Moreover we may "add that while this Is a liberal donation it is not as much in proportion to their means as many .a poor widow, whose name has never been heralded abroad, has given. While the act is a worthy and commendable .one we agree with l?ur contemporary in thinking a public parac^ of it unbecoming, either in" The Hard Times. It a mestion which many people arc askt f emselves, Why does, severe de preoam business continue to afflict thej#ry ? At the outset, before at teraK to answer the question, two the parties or On Saturda heir friends. last an order was granted by Judge Carpener directing Comptroller Gen? eral Tims. C,' Dunn to bring suit against certain debtors of the South Carolina Bank <k Trust Coapany, of which he is the re? ceiver, and xmong other things to bring suit against Hardy Solomon for seventy live thousanl dollars, the amount said to have been pari by him out of the assets of the Bank t(Fretire its capital stock. The charter of Los. Bank make* the stock "l to all creditors of the Bank it of their stock; and hence this transacjeri of the President was really an injury tie the creditors to the amount of one huftlred and fifty thousand dol? lars, for iff deprived them of sej^fty five thousa holders to the hVo destroyed sand dolh action tool insolvent,! the credit (fcdeprived them of c dollars and at the e bability of sey far as f i ordered be co/lected, itwiij^one but himself to blamo. In theEmg way those who at the last moment) enter into the manufacturing bnsiness ru^ ^ risk of the market's becoming glutted by which all in the business are defyrjvec( for a time of their usual profits, even ^ they are lucky enough to escape 8?.ri0Ug losses. In coming to an opinion [JjS to the condition of the whole population Qf the United States we must take all artj. worth of stock, 'lace after the , was a monst g and it is b rights shof, I be protected If the s which su course ml rially better the prospect good divivP? to the credjtors of trjK upon theB ?jmands. It b more thrfftf ablethatMj.j suit will bjing to suffijfii other ch?'j? in the histo'y of the {p4c errors oiKuds which "have brougbiure to this 1?^ 3 for we do not imagin&Jy wiH rerff/f^ingly give up the whbjw enty-fiv?fliou3and dollars himselle will do?f/ess shew who ought to hiim bear tl?V/nisfortune of this inepble financier* collapse. korihe Anderso'% Intelligent'* A Glance at "Old Pickets.' The general aspect of things coutjld Pickens" to-day strongly contras wiits appearance fifteen or twenty yearago^en at the zenith of its ?.nte 6etfum>rimnd hnportance as a county town, m aim ble down and abandoned. . i The dividing of Pjckens Disict siily after the war into Pickens and Coneein ties, and the consequent reroval die county seat, served to utterly anihildie | old town. Au1 tho old residen, as me impulse and seemingly actuatecby ger? mination in common to resid at ajurt house," migrated at once and rttle^lu ?ively in Walhajla and New Pi^ensinly in the latter place. As a Cibeqie, a wonderfol depreciation in viae <own property followed, and most,;;' nol the old lots changed hands for a mre ti As thhjmst be considered. In foe fircfc pla* is desirable to know what is the pge healthy condition not only of tfiess but of the entire population. Wh rom any cause prices of things in aral are- rapidly rising the entire bude community and the holders of pr<rcf of all kinds fancv they are gnri rich. They fashion their ex? penses and transactions of - every kid fording to their supposed in crase'ealth. Hence there is a strong denaior labor, and prosperity appears to Universally diffused. But this prospy is in great part imaginary, It doflt represent tty averag? state of thingFrom its very nature fit cannot last, lling every thiug in tfeW country wortice as many dollars as it uae(j to be a'to the wealth of no o^e# Rufc fluctuns in the money value Af pr0p erryd goods are attended wjth this inconience, that those who are debt ors creditors and have pron,jse^ to pay to receive fixed sums of money are-de to serious changes i^ their wof estate. jfeat many things affect prjces De. sicfcie quantity of money whi^ nap_ pe*> be in existence. Moreo;ver ^ in/lual cases it is generally a Change ine value of some particular thin? w* adds to the load of the dew,. ?; j'ves him. For example, a mi,^^,.. ? money and invests in real !cgtate" I price of real estate is then cerns him. If th JvJculation in that t iicvcf K 11*?**? g largest a <fcc., ovptin publicind sg Oet 4;> iTlrH A5 ESTABLISHED FACT THAT :e can be sought chea IITURE WARE-ROOMS, ANDERSON, S. C, tail Establishment. This is now acknowledged by al |y Goods and heard my prices. With unsurpassed focilities, LIVE AND LET LIVE, L the principle that quick sales and small profits are best for buye Vi enabled practically to carry out this belief, as my Goods ar lc Manufactories, with the advantages of shipping in a knock hifch the lowest freight rates aro secured, whereby I can promise 1*3 THE CHEAPEST, and guarantee any article of Furniture, lid down from any City in the United .States. I have now on. " best selected stock of stresses, Window Shades, Ficture Frames, luntry Town or City, and it will give me pleasure to have the themselves. G. F. TOLLY. 15 those who buy when what has been) over. 3le and he L one cles into the account. We find one class of articles, of immense importing which has not within the last three yea-,, '^ly ?this takes us back to a year before thv t?efj panic?sustained any serious fall. Wo??ods refer to wheat, corn, rye, oats, and barjj, fi ley. By comparing tlie wholesale prices of these articles at Milwaukee in the first week of October, we find that No. 2k wheat was quoted at $1.13? per bushel in 1872, $1.12 in 1873, 93fc cents in 1874, and $1.09J in 1875. Com was worth 84 cents a bushel in 1872, 4fi cents in 1873, 81J cents in 1874, and 58 cents in 1875. Oats were 25 cents a bushel in 1872, 33? cents 1873, 49 cents in 1874, and 34 cents in 1875. Rye was worth fe4 cents abush 1 in 1872,67} cents in 18 '3, 87* cenfs in 874, and 73 cents in 187?. Barley I was 6J cents a bushel in 1872, $1.40 in 1873, $1.10 in 1874, and $1.07* in 1875. Com? paring the prices of 1872 with thqie of 1875, and considering that the harvest of 1875, taking all the products together, is an instance, one lot of two a was a good dwelling with tached, sold for only $20. and Jail, and nearly all and dwellings were torn ib away, and now only a Aw weatiea&h* and desolate houses, am nost of esei the last stages of dilapiWion, renn remind one of tho formejJ^or pretJsi* of the place. In fact, eve'fcjng erated to so great an exte?!* tat the'lew re maining^ traces and reli|a'ould scarcely excite the curious interTeif tho passing stranger. The large hoteOcling is stand? ing yet, but is fast goiy,/ ...ruin, and the absence of all the door anjwindow shutters and sash serves but to hebten the gloomi? ness of the pietnro. Oy one brsinoss sign remains?that of It pld hotel bar, which holds on to the wl with a temciohs Ail of wl if not CHEAFis ket for Cash. ..^ 1 bo* (than N. K. Si Oct 28,1578 mi ITS bTTOJV BY i & co. IS CALLED TO Clothing, itock of Cal llected stock te of Ladies' as CHEAP, my in the mar CO. IN Bj In the DistriAt&' for the Dj,-?5i\ ofth] Sot In the mat whom a Bankrupt of Januar a good one, and rememhcring^tHSWr^^TjpHIS ist goods, groceries, labor and many other things which the farmer has to buy are cheaper than they were three years ago, have the farmers at this time any good reason for thinking that they are worse off than they were in 1873 ? From thi, brief mention of prominent facts, an from the further circumstances mentione in our columns a day or two ago, that t aggregate quantities of tea, coffee, sugar imported into the United Stt show no falling off, we judge that hard times, though a severe visitatio certain classes of the population scarcel^fclt at all by others, whi! large ^^bersthe, fall ife? the tiieTr*^posie5sion8 over fhey^e is just as fictitious as t viousH leaving them worth as eve/ vafue' The^d times have now full y*- The extreme point sion r>'or may not nave Deen TheKi no infallible test. Fo perjce teaches that the proc pric gnp as -*'sp: rishing ligh fthpol safe infemce wre^n it J. LuKenned? Was be addd in this ?on nsman,). H. P.Ftnt, the youaj idea of .'his ot."i Tbre was never edirftely?n the pic*, a 1 bridk stficture, vhieh he use c ?ie it was used Presbytoaus ab a ad end it. rporatedin a outh CaiUna embcrshi has jdthy lodity, a land, sice the [ty of co:on is nearo. than [City, on te Air les distant and lnconseiqi: lave flow? yet to be seen; and time, boast of a ft which is an easy am is known that theij its principal. It nection that your Esq., once train locality "how to but one church i neat and aubstan was originally in various denominations^ almost exclusively by until late years, when th Very lately it has been it Methodist Mission of the Conference, and a strong been already established. This is a remarkably h fine grain-growing section war, a considerably quaiil raised. Thae are, no sto Central Statioi andren Line KailriJ?d, each' this fact, together with tfenatoral resurces of the surrounding county* niake thi place a splendid openi/|: for {'country stfe. A merchant of Seneca C'y, who, it would seem, was encouraged b^theae induauents, has very recently open* a general jock of goods here and ia doing. profitable bsinese. A store at Old Picke s is sometlugof a novelty, and the "naoTC3" hail itadvent with rejoicing. The ?fect is amu:ng and particularly pleasing ttthe proprietr. About five famiUcj'of white pepleand about as many of negoes are liviir in the old place at present, -one of whip*, how? ever, resided within t'i incorporate prior to the "breaking up,! save, perhaps one old negro man (Gcorgcf who "blongd to P. Alexander Tore 'Mancipation." George owns the largest pit of Old Piclons now, and one broad smill betokening aa inward consciousness of h5 thrift, irradiates his sablo feature* whence tells us that "things is tinned 'round sightly" He rejoices hi his freedom and V(jp? the "pubiikui" ticket. To meditate urfn the past prosperity of the old town and ^on the character1 of its former citizens, is. reflection of some inter? est, but it is a jjUancholy retrospect. It has about it mucfjf that feeling which re recery is nj naf0 of thi >t a rapid one, b igs its commence i&MljgJiiMr longI delayed. Engl afeVis 1 ?oCfr?T whicfo most nearly re oulv,^ 1 tt nid" Statesiin and iwba in jjjj method's thlphg uvotem day of rant In Bai (the Estate ol kn the Count South Carol] a Bankrupt the paymen of any prop rupt, to bin fer of any I by law; th of the said 1 and to cho( ,bis Estate on-bankrupt are lUore C. C ' b'clock, r' '^\tice . SlS,A |Octo?W; Ikrte.-iin. Cu'.ers ty ^-has watiow 01 of bti hid ?e for rn us is^rty y'' T(oieetig ;rupt,o pri ne o mo ? c heield thj8 hden th ?3-, Igis iir;r. AJ ? r ?7 i Jl?ii 'TCY. United States Carolina. illiford, by ltdjudication of n the 20thvday i said Court. aat on the 18th j 1875. a War jssued against lord, Anderson, mj, and State of 'tween adjudged ' petition; that and delivery to said bank and the trans are forbidden the creditors re their debts, Assignees of it a Court of Newberry, on the 20th '5, at twelve Per A.I Oct 28, )ep. fess?ig"er: Mes. BXECU'OI'S SALE OF ex of re? in the nt can is fiie bles the business ErignV suits from the c ruin. There is it is a Had eloqu of vital interes! gaze with more of youth than clinhig years. pemplation of decay and eloquence in decay, but , and growth lias more Jian decline, even as we Insure upon the verdancy m the decrepajicy of de KBOWEE. Iivo since the train on the Charleston Railroad was ? A day or Savannah ancj stopped by a rbnkey while in rapid mo? tion It seennthat the train was bowl in- along at tb rate of twenty.five miles an hour, when'auddenly "dowa brakes" was sounded, the engine bell ringing vigorously at the same time, and the locomotive cane to a stop as the brake men sprang ti this posts. The conduc? tor was rath'r mystified, and at once proceeded to nvestigate the matter. It was discovered that a monkey, which was confined In the baggage cir, had bro uken looso aid" was amusing himself r* swinging on lie bell rope, and the engin? eer was thu?Rignallcd to atop, do ol ? The Mirquese de Chambmm, the I - rrrtnd-daugltcr of Lafayette now resi J Seat in Washington, has in her possesa Kiy ion a set of jcarls given her gtand-mother "3 by Marie Antionette, at whose wedding ilf that lady acted as a brides-miid. during he lasit ninety years there have been seien or eight periods of strongly markeddepression in business, such as that thiongh which we arc passing. In no case, however, has the extreme inac? tion la?ted three full years. By the end of the third year the exports and imports, the revenues of the Government, and the rate of interest have invariably begun to mark some improvement. All the ac? cepted authorities on the subject of com? mercial crises have treated them as reac? tions following an excess of speculation. Speculation carries the prices of houses and iota, goods, bonds, railroad stocks or othweommodities, to a level at which they cannot be sustained, and the result? ing fall is in proportion to the extent of tho previous speculations and the abuses of credit by which they have been at? tended. An abuse of credit takes place where, for instance, a farmer parts with his grain for a worthless railroad mort? gage, or other security, or where he is the victim of bad debts. Increasing the quantity of money, as the inflationists would do if they could, would not revive confidence, but have the opposite effect. Unless done on a scale to nil the minds of sensible men with apprehensions of repudiation, it is not likely that it would immediately raise the price of any article, while e?ery prudent creditor would wish to be paid as soon as possible. Our cur? rency and finances are not in the most satisfactory state, but since we cannot have practical measures for their im? provement the next best thing is to let them alone. If prices are not now rising it certainly is not for lack of money in New York and other great cities to buy what is offered in the market.?Acte York Tribune.__ ? "Freckles indicate a defect in diges? tion," savs the Herald of Health. ? The Government has lost $1,000,000 a year by the second use of postage stamps. # _Ov? four thousand specimens of ink have been tested by the United States Government to obtain one that cannot be obliterated from defaced stamps. MARKETS. Anoekson, Oct. 28. for the week ending 524 bales. Middling, Sales of cotton Tuesday evening HI to 12 cents. Charleston, Oct. 26. Cotton lowor. Middling, 128 to 13. New York, Oct. 2(5. Middling uplands, 14S ; low middling, 14 1-10; good ordinary. 13J. SPECIAL NOTICES. HOW TO CURE FEVER AND AGUE. If any person suffering with Fevek and Ague Intermittent or Bilous Fever will call at the Drug Store of WILHITE A WILLIAMS and get a bottle of AGUE CONQUERER, their immcdiato cure is certain, and tho chills will not come back during that season, It contains no Quinine, Arsonic or other Poisons, and after taking one-half bottle you will feel better in health than you havo felt per? haps for years. It entirely cleanses the whole system, purifies the liver and other socretory organs. Prico $1.00 per bottle try it. Ask j'our Druggist about others who have used it. ?S- Familiar faces aro always gladly hailed among us. This is certainly a fact rogarding Mr. P. P. Toale's advertise? ment which appears in another column. We can safoly say that Mr. Toale is the champion manufacturer of doors, sash and blinds, to which he adds a large list of requisites for the completion of any building. To the needy we say "send for his prices." Real & frsoaal Estate. H>? it ) last Will and Testa |fU^ Hammond, Sr., ell * Anderson Court . S^riVY in NO thr said r BHSnt? deceased, I ^ House, S. O VEMBER i1 Tract of Lana' Contabfag ll hg two More or less, of Anderson ville Road, B. Watson, a irt Ho ,ming \ thers. omestead res, Northeast the Green f William hold and oALSO.J One CarriaJV some Kitchen Furn] re, Ac, TERMS OF SALE?Th) ftal Estate for one-third Cash?the balbce on a credit of twelve months, wih interest from date, at ton per eeni. pjr annum, secured by mortgage, and th^ Personal Property for cash. ? For particalars apply Lo Joseph N. Brown, my Attorney in Biet. I L. HAIMOSD, Survivig Eleeutor. 13 Oct 14, 1875 3 KTJTICIl LAND FOR SALE. IOF7fER iiiv TRACT ? J^D, sit? uated on Shallow Bird fioad, 0i miles from Anderson C. I., ontaining 130 ACRES-60 acres im stfe of high cultivation, a fair dwellinj-hcase or. the premises, with good outbtilfjhgs, with two good tenamonts?placwefl watered. This land can bo bought t private sale either from myself* or J B. IMoore & Bros., until Saleday it Dfeniler, when it will be sold at public ourv., Terms ok Sale?One-trd c.\sh ; the remainder on a credit odne and two years, the purchaser to gb mortgage to secure tho purchaso monV, and to pay for titles. WM. IBRYSON. Oct 28, 1875 lo, 5 LOOK OUT for TH&NjGINE when' the WHISTLE BDW[S! THE undersigned respected'informs the public that his Boot and Shoe Sip Is ih full operation at Stohvoiht, in Hall Township, and ho is {(pared to give satisfaction in work andpjes. Per? sons may be assured of findig every? thing usnal to a first-class shj, except disappointment, for work wille finish? ed when promised. R. Y. H.{iNCE. Oct 14,1875 AUCTION leash, at aSALE QE LOT ? Acres, WILL be sold at auction, Anderson Court Hous< DAY in NOVEMBER next, OF LAND, containing Th more or less, situate within tHe. rporate limits of the Town of Antterslj lying East of Dr. Kardln's rcRitjleie, and ed by his lands on tlirex) h^s, and r,,by the Greenville ^ Qu/nbia ,.d, being the Lot knolvjas tlie ..Mi property. tr JAMES TI. McCdNNjjbL, lutftSneer. Oct'21, 1875 14 . 2 At Private Me] THE RESIDENCE and l'\lMkn0Wn as "Rose Hill," belohgng lo the Estate of tho late Judgo \\hinor. The farm contains 225 acres, witii fir propor? tion of bottom, upland anj roortiand. Apply to B. F. VHTJfEK. Oct 21, 1875 14 ;} Belting, Belting FIVE and Six inch three J>p Halting and one inch Hose for salel?\yby ' TOWERS ifc BR(Y%s. J. S. ASHLEY, Having anticipated a Heavy' Trado in the CONFECTIONERY LW'F>, Has bought more than double his usual supply; consequently he will give his customers and the public gene? rally the advan? tage of it in LOW PRICES, As he has net store-room enough for storing them awav vinced of this fact." Call and be con< S0METHING NEW! FANCY CAKE TR Just arrived. IS.. HE WILL KEEP DAILY fresh oysters During the season. WILL FURNISH REFRESHMENTS On the Fair Grounds during the coming County Fair. 100 Dozen Egg? Wanted By the 25th instant. Oct 21,1875 J. S. ASHLEY, MONEY WilNTED. FAIR WARDING. ALL those wrho know themselves to be indebted to Singer Manufactu? ring Co. for their SEWING M ACHINES must look to their interest, and come for? ward and settle the same. The undei> signed lias not troubled you all this year, but now the time has come that money can be had, so now he must have it. I shall be obliged to do some sueing. if yoiu will not pay without. Just consider that it is useless to have this cost placed upom your Notes. I am simply doing the Dusk? iness of the Company, and am obliged to> obey their instructions. They say alii old matters must be settled at once. You will find your Notes and Accounts in the hands of Smith, Clark <fe Co. when. I am away. JOHN H. CLARKE, Agent Singer Manufacturing Co., Anderson, S. C. Oct 21, 1875 14 2 Belton High School. THE next session of the Belton High ' School will open on the FIRST ' MONDAY in JANUARY next< Scholars will be charged from* ttme of* entry to the ?nd of the session, at' the ? following rates: Reading, Spelling and Writing, $!?per ' year. Higher English studies, $2ff per" year. Any English study, with either" or both the Latin and Greek, ?30 per" year. No deduction made for absence, unless ? from death, or protracted sickness of not less than one month's duration. Board can be had at from ?10 to $12 per month. , C. M. WILLIAMS, Principal. Oct 14, 1875 13 12 QUICK SALES and SMALL PROFITS. -o? T IOWERS & BROYLES havo their Fall and "Winter goods, and would respectfully call attention to their large stock of Jeans, Cassimers, Blankets, Shawls and Cloaks, Black Silk, Merino, Delanes, Dcbage, Black and Colored Air paccas, and Mohair Calico, Ginghams, <fec. A fine assortment of Red and White Flannels, Opera Flannels, White Goods,. Table Damask and Towels. In fact, av complete stock of Dry Goods at prices to. suit the times. _ Boots and Shoes. - A completo assortment of Boots andt Shoes of the best makers, and T. Miles* & Sons' celebrated shoes for sale low by ._TOWERS & BROYLES. Hats and Gaps. A large and complete assortment of Men's Bbvs' and Youth's Hats for sale low by " TOWERS cc BROYLES. Ladies* Goods. THE LADIES are invited to call and see our lino of Ladies' Hau?, Shawls, Furs, Cloaks, Shoes and Gaiters, which we offer at low prices. _TOWERS cfc BROYLES. Saddles and Harness. THE largest and best assortment of Saddles, Bridles and Harness. Harness made here by a number one workman. Also French Calf Skins, Upper Leather, Harness Leather, Hemlock and Oak Tan Solo Leather for sale low by _TOWERS <fc BROYLES. Trunks. THE best assortment of Valises and Trunks in Town for sale low bv TOWERS <fc BROYLES. Carpets and Hugs FOR SALE low by TOWERS A BROYLES. Georgia Cotton Press. ONE celebrated Georgia Cotton Press for sale low by TOWERS ? BROYLES. Groceries and Provisions. OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA COF? FEE, Rio Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Vin? egar, Bacon, Hams, Lard, Flour, Salt, Fancy Groceries, Tea a speciality, all for sale low by TOWERS <C BROYLES. Hardware. A complete line of Shelf Hardware, Shovels, Axes, BLACK SMITH'S Tools, tfcc, for sale low bv _ TOWERS (fc BROYLES. Sundries. BAGGING and TIES, Buggy materials for buggy-makers, iron, stee'l, powder, shot, Ac. In fact, we keep a complete assortment of Goods, and will bo pleased to Jshow our goods?we charge nothing for showing. Give us a call. TOWERS & BROYLES. Oct 14, 1S75_13 _ FOR SALE, A thorough-bred Aldorncy and Ayr? shire BULL, cheap for tho'cash. Any one wishing to purchase such an animal will do well to applv soon. F. M. WELBORN, Williamston, S. C. Oct 11, 1875 13 3