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JAS. A. HOYT, }_.. E. B. MURRAY, ^ THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. Ilth, 1876. LARGEST CIRCULATION. The Anderson Intelligencer has the largest circulation of any country news? paper in the State, and our list of sub? scribers is constantly increasing. Tho actual edition this week to supply our patrons is more than two thousand. It is not in a spirit of boasting that we men? tion these facts, but to assure advertisers that their favors are read by a numerous audience, which is the true index as to value in advertising. A SERIAL STORY. We begin this week the publication of a splendid romance, "Berkley Hall," written in charming style by an accom? plished daughter of Carolina, whose home is in an adjoining State. The scenes and incidents of our serial are principally lo? cated in the low-country of South Caro? lina, and are intended to illustrate the civilization of that section, with its thronging memories of troublous times and its heroic endurance of misfortune and adversity. This story will afford" much attraction for our readers, and it will require several months for its com? pletion. A limited number of extra copies will be printed to accomodate new subscribers, and persons wishing to secure the entire story wiil send in their names and monev at once. DEMOCRATIC CLUBS. A correspondent writing from Pendlo ton says: "I have spoken to many on the subject of Democratic organization, and find not one opposed to it. I think we shall get up in due time a meeting in our township, and report accordingly." Since the foregoing was received, we have been requested to call a meeting for Pendleton Township on Saturday, 29th inst. A number of gentlemen ask us to pub? lish a call that the citizens in the vicinity of Sandy Springs arc requested to meet on Saturday next, 15th of January, for the purpose of organizing a Democratic Club. Our friends in that vicinity hold that there should be one club at every precinct, instead of township, and hence the call. Under the direction of the State Executive Committee, it is recom ? mended that the organization be made complete and thorough, including every precinct and township, and if it is more convenient to the citizens to have two or more clubs in each township, there can be no objection raised to such action. The main object is to organize the voters, and whatever will tend to produce this end will meet the sanction of all interes ? ted. We are requested to announce that; the citizens of Fork Township will meet at N. 0. Farmer's Store on Saturday. 22nd instant, for the purpose of organiz? ing a Democratic Club, and it is earnest? ly desired that a full attendance be se? cured to begin tbe work of assisting in the redemption of the State from misrule and degradation. The meeting will take place at ten o'clock a. m. The citizens of Rock Mills Townsfhip are requested to meet at Willi ford's Store on Saturday, 29th inst., at 11 o'clock. All persons favorable to the organization of a Democratic Club are invited to at? tend. THE BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD. There is to be a mass meeting of the friends of the Blue Ridge Railroad in Knoxville on Thursday, the 20th instant, at which representatives from various points along the line have been requested to be present. This will "be the largest gathering, that has been helcLupon the subject of the Blue Ridge Road since th? war, and of course every friend of the enterprise is interested in its result, which will be one of two things, viz: either to give some practical assurance that work is to be re-commenced with a view of completing the Road; or to put a quietus upon the subject which will probably be the death knell of the project. Feeling the importance of the occasion it was deemed advisable that Anderson County 1 should be represented in that meeting, and fifteen of our capitalists and promi? nent citizens have been appointed to at? tend, and our object in referring to. it this week is to call it to the attention of the committee announced last week, and urge all, or as many as possible, to at? tend. Anderson is one of the points most interested in the completion of this Road, and it behooves us to manifest the fact that we appreciate the importance of completing this Road, and are willing to give the enterprise our assistance. If we so act as to appear indifferent it may be ruinous to the prospects of our Town. The completion of this Road will bring a large increase of population, and will certainly make Anderson a prominent commercial point in upper South Caro? lina. It will give a new impulse to every branch of business, and will assuredly establish manufacturing interests, which will be most advantageous to all classed of our citizens. Without the completion of this Road labor and capital will suffer. Our business wili become stagnant, and a great shrinkage in all values is sure to come. It is a duty to ourselves f.nd to posterity to encourage, by all means pos? sible, the completion of this enterprise. It is the duty of all the delegates who can to attend this meeting, and she w that this County is not to be left behind in efforts to complete this great Road, which will be a blessing to our County and State. Public meetings were held on saleday in this month at Sumter, Marion, Edge field, Barnwell and other places to de? nounce the election of Whipper and Moses, and prepare the way for Demo? cratic organization. The chairman of the meeting at Sumter declared that F. J. Moses, jr., "shall never take his seat as judge in our Court House unless placed there by Federal bayonets." The meeting at Barnwell requested Wiggins to resign, and appointed a committee to wait upon him with this request. The meeting at Edgefield refused to consider a resolution thanking and compliment? ing Gov. Chamberlain for his recent ac? tions, without reference to his past course. All honor to Old Edgefield! THE DEMOCRATIC COLUMN. The prospect is brigteniug each day for an early and thorough re-organization of the Democracy in Anderson County.? For several years past there has been no organization worthy of the name, and fthe result has been a chaotic condition of political affairs from which the enemy has profited to a great extent. The masses recognize the necessity for imme? diate action, and are not waiting for the movements of prominent men in any sec? tion, but are taking the matter in hand for themselves?which augurs well for the ultimate triumph of decency, intelli? gence and honesty over duplicity, igno? rance and dishonesty. An organization springing directly from the people, and backed with earnestness and enthusiasm, will produce a startling effect among the croakers and malcontents, who are al? ways ready to interpose objections, ex? press doubts and create dissatisfaction as to the propriety of organization. This has been the chief hindrance to greater success in Andersen County heretofore, and we warn the people against listening to the carping criticisms and malicious insinuations of those interested in pre? venting organization, whose selfish anxie? ty prompts them to combine with politi? cal opponents in order to secure lucra? tive positions. All must remember that the present movement is intended to place the State in harmonious accord with the National Democracy ; that local prejudices must be subordinated to the greater interests of the commonwealth ; that self-sacrificing patriotism alone will redeem the State from the hands of a corrupt and venal party; that any sug? gestion which points to a surrender of political principles in this supreme hour of the State's need is giving aid and com? fort to the enemy; that the issues before us involve life, liberty and the rights of property, and that we cannot afford to surrender all that is dear to freemen for the sake of gratifying the greed and self? ishness of any man or set of men. The gauge of battle has been tendered, and we cannot decline without disgrace and dishonor. Every honest man, without regard to race or color, must be impor? tuned to give assistance, and the contest for honest, intelligent and correct gov? ernment in South Carolina must not cease until the plunderers are put to flight and the rights of every citizen made secure. Republicanism is an utter failure, and the only hope left is a speedy victory for the Democracy, animated with .a due regard for the rights and privileges of all classes. EDITORIAL NOTES. Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar has been unani? mously nominated by the Democratic caucus for United States Senator. All the other candidates withe ew in his fa? vor, and Mississippi will pay a just tri? bute to a noble gentleman and sagacious leader in sending Lamar to the United States Senate. The Board of Directors of tho Green? ville and Columbia Railroad have execu? ted a first mortgage on the road and property of the Company to the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company of New York, and offer the bonds for sale at seventy five per cent, cash, or its equivalent in the company's obligation. This action is in accordance with resolutions adopted by the stockholders last spring, and is intended to absorb the present indebted? ness, besides securing a sufficient sum for the improvement of the property to a considerable extent. The bonds now issued bear dale July 1st, 1875, and will mature in twenty years. Uuder the authority of the Big Bonan? za bill. Gov. Chamberlain has appointed Col. ?.. C. Haskell, Col. James P. Low and T. S? Ca vender, Esq., as the Board of Commissioners to audit claims against the State, whose payment is provided for in the aforesaid bill. The powers and duties of this commission are quite ex? tensive, and the appointments of the Governor are regarded wise and judi? cious. _ Col. Haskell is widely known for his upright and honorable character, while Messrs. Low and Cavender are not tainted with any of the prevailing imper? fections of the dominant party to which they belong. These gentlemen have the opportunity of saving large aimpunts to the State by squelching fraudulent claims, and we believe that honest en? deavors will be made by them to exercise their authority in a rightful manner. ORGANIZE FOR TICTORY! The Address of the State |Democratic Committee. At a meeting of the State Central Ex? ecutive Committee of the Democratic party, held in Columbia on Thursday, the 6th instaut. the following address to the people of the State was unanimously adopted and ordered to be published: THE ADDRESS. To the People of South Carolina: The State Central Executive Commit? tee of the Democratic party do not deem it necessary to publish any lengthy state? ment of the reasons which induced them to meet at this time. It is sufficient to say that events with which the people of the State are painfully familiar, made it indispensable that the organization of the Democratic party in South Carolina should be revived, as the speediest and most practicable means of bringing to? gether our hitherto scattered forces, and of concentrating them in the struggle into which we are forced for the mainte? nance of Liberty and Law in the State. Thus it has become the duty of the State Committee to take such steps as will en? able the people of the State, to begin the work of party re-organization at once, and make it thorough and complete. In the contest in which we are about to engage we must win. Defeat cannot be borne. Success, however, cannot be expected to crown our labors unless there be absolute unity in the Democratic par? ty, together with such discipline as will ensure the prompt and efficient execu? tion of its policy when declared. From our adversaries must we learn, at last, the lesson of organization and activity. When the agencies on which society re? lies for the conservation of its varied in? terests menace those interests with de? struction, and threaten a whole people with ruin, politics are no longer a mat? ter of sentiment in which the citizen is free to engage or not, according to his tastes. Upon the management of our political affairs depends the security of Sroperty, as well as the safety of person, y political movements alone can the purification of the State Govcrnmont be accomplished. Only through political instrumentalities can honesty, fidelity and capability regain a preponderating influence in the councils of the State. To politics then, for their own salvation, must the people of South Carolina now address themselves with the vigor, the persistency and the systematic endeavor which mark their conduct in business life. It would not be wise to declare a policy before the party, which shall give effect to it, is ready for both deliberation and action. The officers roust not be chosen until the.rank and file of the po? litical army shall hare been mustered in and trained. There should be, in fine, suoh organization in each ward, town? ship and county, that when the State Convention shall assemble, it shall repre? sent, by its delegates, the known wishes, opinions and purposes of the organized Democracy of the State. Then will its voice be the voice of the people; its de? termination theirs; its fight their battle. To such organization, searching and far reaching, should the people of the State without delay address themsel ves. With? out it the State cannot be saved! The State Convention, whea it shall assemble, will determine authoritatively the policy of the party; and by the de? cision of that Convention shall we all be bound. As, however, the Democratic party, as such, has had no active exis? tence in South Carolina for some years, the State committee desire to say em? phatically that, in recommending its in? stant and comprehensive organization, their sole purpose is to obtain an honest and economical government in South Carolina, which shall maintain, without abridgement or change, the public rights and liberties of the whole people, and guarantee to all classes of citizens the blessings of freedom, justice and peace. And in this crisis in the constitutional life of the State, when civilization itself is in peril, we look for and confidently expect to receive the sympathy and aid of every citizen whose aims and desires are like unto our own. In common with their fellow-citizens, the State Democratic Committee have i watched with anxious solicitude and growing confidence the course of the pres? ent Governor of the State. They recog? nize and appreciate the value of what he has done, in promoting Beform and Re? trenchment, during the past year. They applaud his wise and patriotic conduct in exerting his whole official power and per? sonal influence for the undoing of the in? famous judicial election. And they de? clare their belief that the Democracy of the State, rising above party as he has done, will give an unfaltering support to his efforts, as Governor, for the redress of wrongs, for the reduction of taxation, to obtain a just administration of the law, and to make the State Government a faithful guardian of public and private interests of the people. Therefore, the State Executive Com? mittee earnestly advise the people of the State to reorganize thoroughly the Dem? ocratic party, in preparation for the State Democratic Convention, which will meet at a time and place to be herea: ter desig? nated by this committee. The following gentlemen are charged with this organi? zation of the party in every precint, ward and township in their respective coun? ties : Abbeville?J. S. Cothran. Anderson?James A. Hoyt. Aiken?G. W. Croft. Barnwell?T. J. Counts. Beaufort?William Elliott. Clarendon?B. P. Barton. Chester?W. A. Walker. Chesterfield?A. McQueen. Colleton?J. J. Fox. Darlington?F. F. Warley. Edgefield?J. Scott Allen. Fairfield?John Bratton. Georgetown?B. H. Wilson. Greenville?T. B. Ferguson. Horry?J. T. Walsh. Kerehaw?E. M. Boykin. Lexington?Gerhard Mullex. Lancaster?J. D. Wylie. Laurens?B. W. Ball. Marion?A. Q. McDuffie. Marlboro'?J. H. Hudson. Newberry?Y. J. Pope. Oconee?R. A. Thompson. Orangeburg?J. F. Izlar. Pickens?R. E. Bowen. Richland?John McKenzie. Spartanburg?J. H. Evins. Sumter?T. B. Fraser. Union?R. W. Shand. Williamsburg?S. W. Maurice. York?Jas. F. Hart. The organization of Charleston County hi entrusted to the Committee of Fifteen, of which Col. Chas. H. Simonton is chair? man. In conclusion, the State Committee earnestly say to their fellow-citizens that we are not as those who are without hope. The magnitude of the task before U3 can hardly be over-rated. Every step is beset with difficulty, if not danger. But, knowing this people, the committee are confident that the future can. be made as bright as the present is dark. This is the accepted time! By organization, labor, patience, boldnew and liberality, can peace and plenty and political secu? rity be restored to the State. M. C. Butler, Chairman. Samuel McGowan, John S. Richardson, Thos. Y. Simons, W. D. Simison, W. W. Sellers, Wm. Wallace, S. P. Hamilton, Johnson Hagood, M. P. O'Connor, F. W. ?aw80n. GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY. ? Rice growing has been abandoned in North Carolina. ? The Centennial Exhibition will be open for six months. ? Gen. Babcock's trial in S:. Louis will begin Febreary LiU ? Newspaper trains in England run at the rate of sixty miles an hour. ? Grant require? nine hours sleep, and White House dinners lasit four hours. ? The United States Senate will eulo gi:se Andrew Johnson on the 11th inst. ~ Measles, of a very mild type, are prevailing as an epidemic in Camden. ? Parson Brownlow advises East Ten? nessee to raise tobacco in place of cot? ton. ? Gregg is the only county in Texas out of debt and with money in her treas? ury. , ? John Bullock, aged ono hundred and five years, died in Bristol, Rhode Is? land, on the 3rd inst. ? Vandorbilt University at Nashville now has 200 students in its medical de? partment, 150 in the literary. 30 in the law. ? The number of convicts in the Ar? kansas penitentiary and the number of hangings this year are double that of any ye *r in the history of the State. ? A brother tanner, in the Shoe and Leather Reporter, wants people in search of a first-class Centennial President to take a good look at Marshall Jewell. ? Governor Chamberlain is called a "whipper-snapper" by the Boston Trav? eller, because he snapped Whipper and Moses from tho judicial brmch no sum? marily. ? The New Orleans Times says Gener? al Baxter recently caughod up a piece of coarse coat-lining which had been im belded in his lung by a musket-ball thirteen years ago. ? Judge Mackey has made a speech, denouncing the election of Moses and Whipper, and pledging himself to assist in electing an honest and capable uiuni cij al government in Chester. ? Ex-Governor Clifford, who died tho other day at New Bedford, was President of the Boston and Providence Railway, and about a month before his death had his. own salary reduced as an example of economy. ? Tho Beaufort Standard and Commer? cial having published an editorial en? dorsing the action of tho legislature in electing Whipper, Mr. J. W. Collins, one of the proprietors, advertises his interest in it for sale. He does not seem to like a paper to stand all alone. ? The Cincinnati Enquirer thinks the Hon. Milton Sayler, Chairman of the House Committee on Public Lands, has an opportunity to distinguish himself, because it was a littlo resolution touching public lands which drew out the celebra? ted debate between Webster and Hayno. ? Hon. Burton Craige died on the 27th ult. at Concord. He was in Congress for thieo successive terms, being a member when North Carolina seceded. Ho was the author of the ordinance of secession. He also served ono term in the Confeder? ate Congress. Since the war he has been in retirement. KOTES OS THE SITUATION. Cogent Reasons for a Straight Demo? cratic Ticket. Woodlawn P. 0., 8. C, Jan. 1,1876. ? Editon of the Anderson Intelligencer: Sir-s?Only two plans have been suggested, or can be for any Confederate State to defeat Radicalism at the ballot box, and they are, first, by running a straight Democratic ticket, or, socond, by forming a coa'Jtion with dis? appointed Rndical office-seekers and their followers. Fcr several years after the war the coali? tion policy, or "possuruism," as nicknamed by the Radicals, was the only successful re? source left the unfortunate people of the South to overcome bayonet rule, and if the policy was not originally proposed by Gen. R. J?. Lee, he at all events cordially sustained it, and. most of the Southern States have been redeemed by it. South Carolina has attempted coalition in two or three general elections, but in such a divided, fbeble, half? hearted way as to secure ignominious defeat, where success ought to have been easily achieved, if the propor stops had been taken, or could have been taken. I write "cculd have been taken" because I firmly believe the white people ef South Carolina are incapable of contracting any? thing li ke a hearty and unanimous coalition with defeated Radical aspirants for office, even to overthrow negro tyranny and restore the Sta te to the control of honest men. Our people never knew anything of partyism in politics before tho war, aid they are too honest, too sincere, too proud, too much devoted to principle ever to largely affiliate with any section of Ralicalism for any pur? pose. I have hitherto been a strong advo? cate of coalition, but entertaining the opin? ion thf.t only a small majority of South Carolinians can be brought to practice it on account of such a policy being contrary to thei ? fcelingu, thoughts, habits and tradi? tions, I shall hereafter urge a straight Dem? ocratic ticket in all elections. Some may charge i t to flattery or vanity in claiming so much jxrtitical virtue for nearly half the while Toters of South Carolina, but facts justify the claim, even if the credit duo to sucb h igh character be awarded at the ex? pense of a reputation for wisdom. A second reason for putting forth a strict party ticket iB, that we have reasonable ground) for expecting that the bayonet will not be used as a factor to determine future elections in South Carolina. Loathing dis? gust at the general corruption of the Radi? cal party, and the universal distress pro? duced by the collapse of the financial sys? tem of that party, have nearly prostrated Radicalism in most of the Northern States, while lrom one cause or another all the Southern States except South Carolina may be said! to have passed into Democratic hands. True, a little doubt exists about Florida and Louisiana, but they promise to take positions side by side with Mississippi. The enormities of carpet-bag and negro rule have not cried in vain to the white race i every where and to Heaven for correction. That cry has been heard, and tho palsied arm of Radicalism can no longer support such monstrosities. In fact, Radicalism has ceased to be aggressive toward the South. It is retreating across Mason and Dixon's line by reason of desertion from its own ranks, and can soon hold only a defensive position even at the North, uidess by reviv? ing know-nothingisni and by assailing Mor monism, it shall be able to recover lost ground at home, and while that lost ground is contesting at the North, South Carolina can and must unloose her claims. From now until after the next State and Federal election, Grant and his party will have buay employment in defending them? selves before judicial tribunals and investi? gating committees of the lower House of Congress. The recent unmasking of Indian Ring? and exposure of gigantic whiskey frauds in the Northwest spreads consterna? tion from the White House to the humblest Radical hovel. Even if our implacable ene? mies could find time from defending them? selves to assail us, it would not profit them to continue their assaults as heretofore. The whites in a number of the Southern States voted for Grant in the last Presidential elec? tion from choice. Neither Grant nor other Radical leaders have forgotten this. In the border States of the South a very strong minority of the white voters were opposed to secession, *nd at hoart were hostile to slavery. These voters have co-operated more or less with the Radical party ever since ihe war, but still they are not bigots and Lave some regard for the rights of the Cotton States. When united with the col? ored vote, the formidable minority of white Radicals in Maryland, Virginia, North Car? olina, West Virginia and Tennessee can either carry those States or hold a close con? test with the Democrats. In the Cotton States or the other hand, the white voters almost to a man are Democrats, aud as they have re-captured all those States for the Democracy except South Carolina and per? haps one or two other small Common? wealths, voting only an insignificant num? ber of votes in Congress or in the Electoral Colleg?, Girant and the other Radical leaders seem disposed to take the chances for carry? ing the live doubtful States above named, and the small prostrate Cotton States go Democratic, if the carpet-baggers and negroes cannot maintain themselves. Bines t he last Congress, quailing before public indignation, refused to back Grant in Ins proposed raid against the State Govern? ments of Arkansas and Louisiana, he seems to have changed his whole policy toward the South. He seem anxious at present to make friends in this quarter, and to claim a merit for having made the reconstruction acts odious by vigorously enforcing them. Before bin Congressional minions deserted him last winter, it was apparent that he con? templated holding the Presidency not only for a a third term, but for life. No other satisfactory solution can be given of his having appointed all his remotest kindred, ell his personal friends and nearly all the scum of society to ?ffice, and permitted them :o exercise their respective offices as if private property. He but aped Caesar's career at Rome in this. But now it is equal? ly- apparent that Grant has abandoned his third term project, and hopes only to nomi? nate his successor. If he still cherishes the third term, he seeks it not so much by an election as by a civil war?not a geograghi cal, sectional war, either, but a general war, to be brought about by religious fanaticism or through hatred of foreigners in our midst. That he has changed his policy toward the South is clear to my mind, otherwise he would never have withheld the bayonet in tho last Mississippi election, nor would he have attempted to revive know-nothingism in his last annual message. Know-noth ingism was once very popular in all the bonier States of the South, and Grant doubt? less hopes that even Kentucky may embrace her old love a second time if he shall slacken his hold upon the throats of the remaining prostrate Cotton States. He and his lieu? tenant.' also remember that it was chiefly foreigners in tho Yankee Army that con? quered the South, and they hope that the Cotton States may likewise remember this so as to espouse know-nothingism now as warmly as they opposed it twenty years ago. "Hatred of the foreigner" was the watch? word of the anti-Democratic party at. the North before its war-cry was changed to "love of the negro," and now that the love of the negro is failing to rally a conquering host, the shibboleth is revived, It would not be revived uidess an entire change of policy toward the South had been agreed upon. I look for hatred of the negro and the for eigner to be the next motto of New England politics. A third argument for a straight canvass 1? that this is an auspicious time for the cot? ton planters of South Carolina to essay a supreme effort for recovering tho State, oven if the bayonet should he employed in the next election. Bacon is Ycry high and :ot ton very low in price now, so much so as to have little or no profit in cotton culture. Hence, numerous araricious planters who have hitherto been weak-kneed in support? ing their race and State at elections m lien cotton was up and bacon down in price, can now convert themselves with astonishing facility into zealous patriots. Cheap cot ton and dear bacon had more to do with the result of the late Mississippi election than perhtips either Radicals or Democrats are willing to admit. High priced cotton has been the carpet-baggers' staunchest ally since the war, and profit on Sambo's labor in the future as in the past is the lattcr's only hope of salvation from extermination even in the Cotton States. No true white pe:"son craves the negro for a neighboring land? owner, for a school-mate, for a kinsman or for a juror, voter or office-holder. With decent white people who will speak the truth, Cuffec is wanted the world over only as a laborer or body servant, and for no other purpose. A very large acreage of South Carolina has been sowed down in small grain, and thousands of our large planters are exceedingly careless abou; re? taining much negro labor. Uudcr this state of facts it may well be supposed that nearly all our whites are prepared to talk for De? mocracy, work for Democracy, spond their money for Democracy, expel the negro for Democracy, and, if necessary, fight a little for Democracy. A fourth reason why we should run a straight Democratic ticket is the innate pas siveness and cowardice of the negro charac? ter. Although the negro has been the hinge on which American politics has turned for the last twenty or more years, yet durin ; all his momentous career on this side of the Atlantic, he has borne only a passive part. He had nothing to do with fetching himself to tho United States; nothing to do with achieving his freedom; nothing to do with obtaining the ballot for his race, and will have nothing to do with effectively exercis? ing that ballot except so far as he has b*en, or shall continue to be, a mere passive in? strument in the hands of white men. Bayonets in the hands of white men snd not numbcrt of kin key heads have controlled elections in South Carolina since reconstruc? tion began. Every Southerner at loast knows that a million of negro men could not govern the fifty thousand white men of Mississippi or South Carolina if left alonu to cope with the Caucasians. The negro i; as conscious of his inferiority in brains and nerve when compared with the white man as the dog instinctively feels his feebleness in the presence of hin master, and the mule dc3s not obey the horse with more facile docility than the negro submits to the white man when he sees that the latter is deter? mined to make him submit. Accordingly, when the bayonet was w ith drawn from Mississippi at her last election, the whites of that gallant State had small difficulty in triumphing overwhelmingly. As soon as the whites were assured that no troops would be employed to intimidate Democratic voters at the polls, nor to stuff ballot boxes, nor to dragonade the S ate after the election, they put forth su]>er human efforts to succeed, and did succeed in every county except a few where the coa? lition policy was tried. The negroes, feeling that the Federal Government had deserted them, in obedience to their passive, cownrd ly nature, at once surrendered. Now, why should Grant withdraw the bayonet'frora Missisippi and yet consem; to its use in South Carolina ? Why should the whites of Mississippi be able to overcome a negro majority of thirty thousand, and the same numbers of whites in South Caro? lina be unable to overcome a similar majori? ty if the bayonet be absent, as I belicv? it will? Let our people have faith that they will not be harried with midnight arrests under the ku klux acts, and then convicted by bribed witnesses before perjured judges and packed juries to languish in the dun? geons of Albany, and my life on it we shall roll up at least as handsome a majority as our second daughter Mississippi did. It may be folly, it may be superstition, but I have that within which tells me South Car? olina will shortly rejoin Mississippi on the Democratic lino. At all events, in thae centennial da3's, why not hope it? Why not try for it? There is no fitness in driv? ing South Carolina at the point of the sword to partake of the centennial banquet, and deep down in the hearts of the. better clasncs at the North lies some dormant ro spect for the decendants of Marion and Sumter?somo pity, some sympathy for our patience and long suffering. For fifteen eventful years Mississippi and South Caroli? na, like twin sisters, have shared the same fate, for good or ill. Why should they be scperated now? They were the two first States to secede, on which account they were forced to be the first States to re-enter the union in accordance with Radical ideas of poctitical justice, and the eternal fitness of things. As Mississippi has thrown off the Radical yoke, it would seem that retribu? tive justice from the Radical point of view ought now to be satisfied, and speedily per? mit the first erring Confederate sister to be the last to re-enter the bosom of the happy family. A fifth reason why wo should march only under our own flag is that in all probability a Democrat will be chosen next President of the.Unitcd States. If ao, even if the Radicals should defeat us in the: next State election, their government in South Carolina would fall t > the ground shortly after March, 1877, from inherent rottenness and weakness. With a Democrat in the Presidential cha r, all carpet-hag and scallawag incumbents of office would voluntarily, or involuntarily, vacate their places in double-quick time, unless sustained by a very respectable num? ber of Democrats. If the Democrats should, on the other hand, elect most of the officers by a coalition ticket, then they would be* morally bound to stand by their express bond or even implied 'vord. To avoid hav? ing to keep faith with thieves, robbers and blackguards, better have no entangling alli? ances. A number of other arguments in support of a pure partisan ticket crowd my pen for expression, but as this letter is already too long, I must close for the present, promising to resume the subject shortly, when I.shall take the liberty of bestowing some honest compliments on Governor Chamberlain ar d some of his friends. Very respectfully, G. D. T1LLMAN. ? Good Templars in North Carolina numbor over ten thousand members, and yot there are constant raids on illicit dhs tilleries in that State. ? The crops In Arkansas this year are abundant. Besides the Staple products, cotton and corn, attention is being paid to sorghum and chufa. The planting of sunflowers as proventatives of fever :s urged by the grange. ? The amount of capital invested in manufacturing enterprises in Louisville, Ky., is about $20,000,000; the numbor of workmen employed, sixteen thousand; the total of wages paid $8,000,000, and tho annual product, 850,000,000. ? Lewis D. Bowie, of Abbeville, had a minnie ball extracted from his hip on tho 1st of this month which he had carried i n his person since the- 5th of May, 18fH':, when ho was shot at tno Wilderness. The bull weighed an ounco and had pieces of bono imbedded in it. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. From an Occasional Correspondent. Washington, D. C, Jan. 5, 187C. "Hall full grown Giant, seventy-six, This, thy Centennial natal morn ; A babe one hundred ream ago My country, thou a god waat born." The Centennial Year was inaugurated at midnight, January 1st, 1876, by the glare of bonfires, the flight of rockets, the booming of cannons, the ringing of bells, the screams of steam-whistles, and all the noisy demon? strations civilization has learned to employ to evince patriotism or personal jubilation. The avenue, tho main promenade of this city, was a blaze of light from the Capitol to the White House, tfie house fronts adorned with the national flag, while the street win? dows were brilliantly illuminated, even if in the perspective the unwonted light was somewhat dimmed by a winter fog. Crowds throngod the side-walks as at noon-day, and exultant shouts rent the air, awaking a glow of patriotic ador in the moving mass that shone from glad eyes and heightened color. While this was the scene below, from the lofty tower of Metropolitan church, (the Court church of Washington,) pealed forth hilarious chimes upon the well-tuned bells of that fane, according to programme, adap? ted to the joyful occasion and harmonizing with the sentiments of the listeners?some of the airs being a requiem to the old, others a welcome to the new year. In addition to the out-door observances, in most, if not all, the Methodist churches, including the tem? perance organizations of Sons of Jonadab, proper religious and festive customs were held. The morning of the new year dawned witli cloud and gloom, while a fog brooded as a mantle over the glad homes of our den? izens; yet, notwithstanding this inauspi ciousnes, the "sound of revelry," present and anticipated, made itself heard and soon the streets were alive, making glad the open? ing year. At noon the sun shone forth in all his majesty, and his warm rays and the air balmy as early Spring seemed to touch all feelings, while fancy took us back to South? ern lands, where skies are blue and summer loves to linger. As high noon approached many steps were directed to the White House, whore, according to custom, the Chief of the Nation (that's the nomencla? ture of the time) stands up before the gather? ing throng to shake hands and pass the holi? day greetings. At 11 a. m. the President re? ceived his Cabinet and the several foreign Ministers. The latter were attired in the court dresses of their nationalities, and shone with a dazzling splendor, out-rivaling the costumes of the ladiee. Then followed Sen? ators, Representatives, Judges, Officers of the Army and Navy and minor officials, and last, as nearest the centro of revolution, came citizens and strangers, not to show the inferiority of the masses, but simply that while they are omnipotent at the ballot-box they have no standing at the Republican Court! All could crowd.the sacred pre? cincts, irrespective of color or previous con? dition. After this central roccption came many of lesser note, from Cabinet Ministers down to tho expectant young Miss, who anxiously occupied her parlor, delighted if one or two nascent youth should call to pay their respects on tho happy new year. Therefore, this is a real gala day among the ladies, and many who could afford it (and many more who could not) held the yearly reception, and gladly welcomed such male acquaintances as called. The average young man is supposed to make a hundred calls on this day at least, and more if possible?the ijreater the number the more remarkable the achievement. He rings, hands his card, is ushered into the presence, utters the compli? ments of the season, eats and picks at cake, Jfcc, a very little, but perhaps is less fastidi? ous as to drinking, and then bows himself off to another scene to repeat the process, lill at last he rcols into an early bed, with heart and head swimming under the un? wonted excitement, fortunate if nature re? lieves itself by the means adopted by the whale to get rid of Jonah, and thus insure a night of rest to end debauch. Many amus? ing incidents attend these calls. In the up]>cr walks they are attended with conside? rable expense for fashionable clothes, car? riages, gloves, Ac. On the descending grade this is lessened, of course, but genteel pov? erty resorts to many shifts to ape the Hhod dy. In one case that was related to mo, a young man, a fashionable bummer, who had the reputation of having pawned his overcoat to hire opera-glasses for the theatre, tailed on a young lady, deliberately took his scat at tho table, made a bold and valiant attack on tho refreshments, which lasted while ten or more gentlemen called and made their respects. The young lady was horrified at his violation of tho proprieties, but excused his devotion to the table, on the supposition that he rarely got a good square meal. After that initial call it is hardly supposable that he completed the remaining ' ninety-and-nine." To the young all this aeoms gay and festive, and devotees of fash? ion are loud in applause of these scenes of the Capital, where leader vies with leader in rtcherche entertainments. It has another phase?the economic; those who are able to bear the expense get off with the loss of what they can easily spare; but their exam- j pie is emulated by families of less abundant means, and every dollar of expense thus en? tailed is abstracted from after necessaries, and often results in crushing debts, which are borrowing, speculation, bankruptcy or c:rimo. Expensive official life in Washing? ton is evidence of the absence of prudence, and marks the decay of American virtue and a precursor of the overthrow of liberty ?Rome is the illustration. Besides, these saturnalia are unsatisfying. As we age, wo look back upon the new years of long ago, and while we remember that fancy painted such occasions as the "maddest, merriest days," our sterner experience tells us now that those were dreams a?d delusion, while realities start up before our onward journey gray and barren. The political outlook is different from for? mer years, and few can penetrate the turn of legislation. The Senate is controlled by one party; the House by another; the President by his political interests. Evidently the three will be at cross purposes; but how far these may clash cannot be told. The Sen ale will endeavor to postulate Republican issues, and get the Democratic House to an? tagonize thoni, so as to gain advantage be? fore the country. The President is intent on fortifying himself for a third term, by a foreign policy he hopes will be popular on Cuban affairs ; and he is busily engaged in lopping off heads of minor officials in the Department?, Custom Houses and Post-Of? fices, so that the House may not have the prestige of investigating the extravagance and excising the vast undunneccessary cleri? cal force, which for years has fattened upon the Treasury. It is not too much to say that half the present force, if vmde to work. steadily six hours a day, could easily por form all the labor required in the civil ser? vice of the Government. Tho present efforts to retrench is evidence that it should have begun long ago, and that it has not is due to desire to take care of partisans, whose efforts and friends arc useful in elections. It is thought the House will confine itself mainly to indispensahlo legislation and the exposure of abuse during the rule of Republicans. If it achieves the latter the country should be satisfied, for it will be no small task, and will startle the friends of the Great Republic. 8. A. H. C. ? The people of Northwestern Georgia arc still emigrating to Texas in large numbers. Bran! Bran - IHAVE just received a Car load of Wheat Bran, and will sell it cheap for cash. C. A. REED. Waverlv House Corner. Jan 13,1876 26 3 NOTICE. PEFSONS owing for services of NELSON DUKE, will settle the same with Mr. B. F. Crayton. Nelson Duke will stand at Anderson" Court House March, April and Mav. J. EARLE LEWIS. Jan 13, 187G 26 1 SCHOOL NOTICE. MISS S. J. FRIERSON WILL resume tho Exercises of her School on MONDAY, January 17th. Room at residence of W. S. Sharpe. Jan 13, 187G 20 1" NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un? dersigned, Administrator of William Long, deceased, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County on the 15th of February next, for a final settlement and discharge from said Estate. HENRY LONG, Adm'r. Jan 13, 1876_26_5* LOST! ON Saturday last, a revolving, cartridge PISTOL, with five chambers, with the left jaw broken, was lost in the Town of Anderson. Any person finding it will con? fer a favor by returning it to the under? signed. J. D. GEORGE. Jan 13, 1876_26_l*_ TAKE NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to tho undersigned will take notice that they must make settlement of the amounts they owe him by the 20th instant, or they will POSI? TIVELY BE SUED, without regard to party. G. F. TOLLY. Jan 13, 187G 26 2 ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE. MATTHEW HELDMANN having this day soldfand assigned all his Stock in Trade to me, I do hereby give notice that the said business will be carried on in my name. All persons having claims against said Matthew Hcldmann, and all persons indebted to him, will please see me. SUE HELDMANN* Jan 11, 1876 26 1 STRAYED! FROM the premises of the undersigned in Anderson, on or about the 20th De? cember, a white BOAR HOG, raarkedwvith a slit in right ear. He is supposed to have followed one of the droves. A suitable re? ward will be paid for information leading to his recovery. J. F. WILSON. Jan 13,1876_26 _2 So Respect to Persons. ALL Notes and Accounts unpaid on the TWENTY-FIFTH of this Month will be sued on. If we are going to get anything we want it. If not, we want to know it. A. R. CAMPBELL <fe CO., ? Bclton, S. C. Jan 13, 1876 28 5 TO THE PUBLIC! MRS. JESSE 91. SMITH and Mrs. W. B. McKINNEY bee to inform the public that they have opened a Shop at the residence of Mr. 0. P. Mc Kinney, for the purpose of making all kinds of GENTLEMENS' WEAR. All work warranted to give satisfaction, at short no? tice and low figures. Give us a trial. Jan 13,1876_26_3m STRAYED! ON 19th December, a FINE COW and her HEIFER, about two years old? both red, with horns. The Cow has no mark. The Heifer has a hole and a slit in one ear. Suppose they are trying to make their way back into Abbeville, where they we::e recently brought from. Any informa? tion of them will be thankfully received by me at Pendleton Factory Post office. B. C. CRAWFORD. Jan 13, 18J6_26_3_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. . W. W. Orr, Administrator of James Orr, deceased, Plaintiff, against Gcorgiana Orr, E'efendant.?Bill to Marshal Assets, call in Creditors, dec. BY virtue of an order in the above stated case, to me directed, I will sell at public out? cry, on SATURDAY, the 29th JANUARY, 1876, at the late residence of James Orr, de? ceased, all Personal Property, including cer? tain Choscs in Action.that he died possessed of. Turms Cash. Sale to be conducted by John W. B. Orr. JOHN W. DANIELS, C. C. P. Jan 13, 1876 26 3 Eeidville Male High School, Twelve Miles West of Spartanhurg C. H., S. C. -o THE THIRTY-SEVENTH Session of this School will commence on the FIBST MONDAY in FEBRUARY, 1876. The location is retired, quiet, healthy and discipline strict.. The students have access to an extensive and well-selected Chemical and Philosophical apparatus. Students are carefully fitted for a business life?as mer? chants and practical, scientific farmers; or are prepared for the higher University course, in the languages or any of tho Specialities they choose to pursue. The Principal takes pleasure in stating that this Institute, in both Male and Fe? male Departments, is well patronized from the upper Counties, and the same is distant but live miles from Welford Station, on the Air lane Railroad. Tiiition per Session?Third Grade, $10.00; Second Grade*! $15.00; First Grade, $20.00. Boarding, $12.00 per month. WM. TENNENT, Principal. Rtidville Post Office, Spartanburg Countv, S. C. Jan 13, 1876_|_26_4_ TAX NOTICE. COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE,) Anderson, January 11,1876. \ THE Books of the County Treasurer will be opened for the collection of State and County Taxes for the present fiscal year, at Anderson Court House, on WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 12,1876. All Taxes must bo paid on or before the 15th of January, or be subject to a penalty of 20 per cent, additional, unless otherwise ordered by the proper authorities. Thirty days will he allowed, after the pen? alty of 20 per cent, attaches, in which to pay t. le Taxes and penalty; nt the expira? tion cf which time, the Treasurer is required by law to enforce the collection of the same by distraint and sale of tlm personal prop? erty of the tax-payor. The total rate per centum of Taxation is as follows. For Saito purposes.11 Mills. County Current Expenses. 3 " Special County Tax to pay past in? debtedness. 7-10 " A Poll Tax of One Dollar on all males betwem the ages of 21 and 50 years, who arc not physically unable to earn a support, will be collected. In additirm to tho above, there will be collected a Special Tax for School purposes 'it the following School Districts: Broadway Hopewcll. Pendleton Varcnnes. By the advice of the Board of Equaliza? tion" fnr the County, whose duty it is to de? signate tho points at which the Treasurer will attend tor the collection of Taxes, the Books will he open only at Anderson Court House. B. 1). DEAN, County Treasurer. Jan 11,1876 30 1 Mill. ?> ? 1 " i " SHERIFFS SALE. BY JAMES H. McCONNELL, Auctioneer. The State of South Carolina, Anderson County. In the Probate Covrt. John W. Harper, Plaintiff, vs. Wm. R. Har? per, Joel M. Harper, Sallic A. Cothranand Elizabeth Balentine, Defendants.?Com plaint to Partition the Rtal Ettate of Newton Harper, deceased. BY virtue of an order from W. W. Hum? phreys, Esq., Probate Judge for An? derson County, to me directed in the above stated case, I will expose to sale-on the FIRST MONDAY in FEBRUARY next, at Anderson Court House, ONE TRACT OF LAND, Containing 160 acres, more or less, situate in Anderson County, and State aforesaid, lying on waters of Saluda River, and bound? ing lands of John H. Harper, John R. Har? per and others. ?Terms of Sale.?One-fourth cash, the re? maining three-fourths on a credit of one :ind two years, with interest at the rate of :en per cent, per annum, secured by bond with approved surety, together with a mort gage of the premises. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessary tiapers. 1 1 WM. McGUKIN, Sheriff. Dec 13,1876 26_4_ Sheriff's Sale. BY JAMES H. McCONNELL, Auctioneer. State of South Carolina, Anderson Countt. In the Probate Covrt. W. A. McFall, Plaintiff, against Laurissa C. Herron, Elizabeth J. Herron, et al., De? fendants.?Summons for Relief. BY virtue of an order from W. W. Hum? phrey s, Esq., Probate Judge for An? derson County, to me directed in the above stated case, I will expose to sale on the First Monday in February next, at Anderson Court House, ONE TRACT OF LAND, (Containing 92 acres, more or less situate, in Anderson County, S. C, bounding lands of B. F. Dunkin, J. Branyan, Estate of Vir? gil Herron, deceased, and others. Sold as the Real Estate of John Herron, deceased, and known as the home place in the parti? tion of said Estate. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, the re? maining half on a credit of twelve months, secured by a bond and mortgage of the fremises, with interest from the day of sale, nrchaser to pay extra for all necessary pa WM. McGUKIN, Sheriff. Jan 13, 1876 26 4 ASSIGNEE'S SALE. ,} UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, District of South Carolina. IN THE DISTRICT COURT. Ex Parte JOSEPH N. BROWN, Assignee, In Re ) In Bankruptcy. NATHAN McALISTER, Bankrupt. BY virtue of an order of Hon. George S. Bryan, Judge of the District Court of the United States for said District, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALEDAY in FEBRUARY next, the following TRACT OF LAND, Situate in Anderson County, in said State, to wit: The Homestead of said Nathan Mc Alister, containing 55 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of John B. Leverett, and other lands of said Bankrupt. TERMS OF SALE.?One-third cash and the remainder on a credit of twelve months with interest from day of sale at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, the purchaser to give, at least, two sureties, with a mortgage of the premises to secure the purchase mon ev. The purchaser to pay extra for papers. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Assignee. Jan 13,1876 26 4 SALE OF MORTGAGED PROPERTY. BY J. H. McCONNELL, Auctioneer. The State of South Carolina, Anderson Countt. Dr. J. H. Maxwell, Mortgagee, vs. E. G. Roberts, T. C. Kilbourne, Mortgagors. BY virtue of the power and authority conferred upon the said Mortgagee, in and by the said Mortgage, I will expose to sale at Anderson Court House on the FIRST MONDAY in FEBRUARY next, all that TRACT OF LAND, Containing 290 acres, more or less, situate In Anderson County, S. C, bounding lands of Mrs. Jane A. McCrary, Joseph E. Mc Crary, Alice Gantt, Alexander Reese, Isaac Perlite and others, and known as a part of the Huger place. Terms of Sale?One-third cash ; the re? maining two-thirds on a credit until tho 1st of November next, with interest at the rate of ten per centum per annum, to be secured by a bond, with a mortgage of the premises. The purchaser to pay extra for papers. JOHN H. MAXWELL, Auctioneer. Jan 13, 1876 26 4 SHERIFFS SALE. BY JAMES H. McCONNELL, Auctioneer, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. In the Court of .Probate. J. H. Erskine, Plaintiff, against Margaret Erskine, James I. Erskine, Wm. P. Ers? kine.?Decretal Order to Sell Land, <Dc. BY virtue of an order from W. W. Humphreys, Esq. Probate Judge for Ander? son County, S. C, to me directed, in the above stated case, I will expose to sale on the first MONDAY in FEBRUARY next, at Anderson Court House, ONE TRACT OF LAND, Containing 160 acres, more or less,situate in Anderson County, S. C, bounded by lands of Thomas Erskine, E. J. Major, Matthew Cobb and others. Sold as the Real Estate of John Erskine, deceased. Terms of Sale?One-fifth cash; the re? maining purchase money on a credit of one and two years, with interest from day of sale, secured by bond with approved surety, together with a mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessary pa? pers. WM. McGUKIN, Sheriff. Jan 13, 1876 26 4 SHERIFFS SALES. BY J. H. McCONNELL, Auctioneer. BY virtue of Executions to mc direc? ted, I will expose to sale on the First Monday in February next, at Anderson Court House, the following Tract of Land, containing 40 acres, moro or less, situate in Anderson County, S C., on waters of Bcavcrdam Creek, bounding lands of S. Bleckley, Estate of John Dal rymple, deceased, Mrs. Rosa Lewis and oth? ers. Levied on as the property of Mrs. Rosa Lewis, at the suit of John Dafrymple. Also, one Tract of Land, containing 30 acres, situate in Anderson County, S. C. one mile Northeast of Anderson C. H., and bounding lands of T. P. Benson, J. JE. Pegg, Thomas Harrison and W. D. Evins. Le? vied on as the propertv of John B. Ncal, at the suit of W. S. Sharpe. Terms Cash?purchaser to pay extra for all necessary papers. WM. McGUKIN, Sheriff. Jan 13. 1876_26 4 United States Internal Revenue, COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, Third District, South Carolina, Columbia, S. C, Jan. 12th, 1876. To all Whom it may Concern: NOTICE is hereby given that the follow? ing described properly has been seized for violation of the Internal Revenue Laws of the United States, and that bonds for the costs of an action in the U. S. Court must be filed in the office of the Collector within thirty days from the date hereof, or the same will be fo;feited under provisions of Section ;54GO, Revised Statutes of the U. S., to wit: One sorrel mule, one bay mule, one wagon and harness, and sixty-five gallons, more or less, of corn whiskey, seized as the property of parties unknown." L. C. CARPENTER, Colleeetor Third District 8. C. Jan 13, 1876 26 3