The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, March 16, 1876, Image 5

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CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. AN IXTE RESTING ACCOUNT OF THE IM? PORTANCE ATTACHED TO IT IN MTJR DER TRIALS. The murder of Madame Pauw in France, about ten years ago, shows how a conspicuous and powerful motive, in che absence of other conclusive evidence, sometimes puts justice successfully upon the track of the criminal. Madame Pauw was a widow with three children, who had an intimate friend in the Count de la Pommerais. This titled personage was in need of money, and he had a head for scheming. He planned a fraud upon eight insurance companies, and persua? ded the poor widow to become his instru? ment in it. Her life was to Jbe insured; she was then to feign dangerous ill? ness ; and, while lying apparently in a serious strait, the insurance companies were to be persuaded to change the life policies into annuities. The count ad? vanced the premiums; the policies were made out, transferable by indorsement. Madame Pauw was then induced to in? dorse them to him, and also to make a will out in his favor. The next thing was for the widow to pretend to fall ill, which she did; bat, instead of the poli? cies being transformed into annuities, the poor lady died'. It was a grave blunder of the count to tell the doctor, when he came in, that Madame Pauw had fallen down stairs; for not only was this denied by abundant testimony, but the post? mortem examination betrayed the pres? ence of poison as the cause of her death. At once thereafter the Count de la Pom merais came into the possession of the half million>franc8 which accrued under the policieMnd the will. Here occurred a singular incident in the trial. It is clear that, if the count had intended the fraud in earnest when he proposed it to Madame Pauw, and really designed to obtain for her an annuity by its means, thus securing to himself a life income, * he could have had no serious motive for killing her. And this was actually his defense against the charge of murder. He declared, and tried to prove, that he really meant to carry out the fraud, and that Madame Pauw's death was a catas? trophe and an accident. Thus in try in? to clear himself of the grave crime', he coolly confessed the lesser. But the proof contradictory of his case was too clear; he was convicted and duly execu? ted. It has been said that a very important link in the chain of circumstantial evi? dence is that of opportunity. To show want of opportunity, that is, an alibi, is an absolute answer to the strongest in? dictments, and produces a fatal flaw in the chain. Opportunity to commit the crime must be either proved outright or inferred by the most conclusive presump? tion. There never was a more striking \ case illustrative of this than that of the young Scottish girl Madeleine Smith, whose trial at Glasgow may easily be re? membered by many readers. It may be said that the trial was one of the most interesting in British judicial annals. Madeleine Smith had engaged herself to a yonng Frenchman named L'Angelier. It was clearly proved thai: she had tired of him, and was anxious to disentangle herself from the connection. But L'An felier clang to' her, and refused to be re uffed. There is no doubt that on sev? eral occasions, just previous to his visits, she had purchased poisoa; or that, al? ways after these visits, he was seized with severe illness. On the seventeenth of March Madeleine returned to her house in Glasgow, after a brief visit to some friends. The next day she purchased some arsenic, "to kill rats with," as she said. The arsenic bought, the next thing she did was to write to L'Angelier, invi . ting him to tea on the evening of the nine? teenth. He happened to be out of town, and did not, therefore, get the note until it was too late to accept the invitation. She wrote again on the twenty-first, urging him to come the next evening, and saying: "I waited and waited for you, but you came not. I shall wait again to-morrow night, same time and arrangement." This note L'Angelier re? ceived. So far the proof was clear. It was also in evidence that he started from his lodgings in excellent health on the Sunday evening, and that he sauntered in the direction of Madeleine's house; this was at nine o'clock. Twenty min? utes later, he called on a friend who lived bat a short distance from her resi? dence. Here the evidence utterly failed, and left a blank for four hours and a half. At two in the morning, L'Angelier was found at his own door writhing and speechless; and in a few hours he was dead. The autopsy betrayed a large quantity of arsenic in his body. But. between twenty minutes past nine ana two, no human being could depose to having laid eyes on him. Madeleine herself denied that she saw him at all that night; nor was the slightest proof forthcoming that she did. She was put on trial for the murder of L'Angelier ; and, although her desire to get rid of him?that is, a motive; her purchase of arsenic?that is, possession ot an instru strument similar to that which was found to have been fatal; and her notes of invitation?that is, a fact from which a strong probability of a meeting between them that night was established?were fully proved, the absence of all proof of actual opportunity to commit the deed availed to save the prisoner's life. She said, in effect: "I was at my house, and can prove it; he was not there, for I defy you to prove it; therefore I have an alibi." The Scottish verdict "notprovsn" set her free, but did not clear her of the stain of deep suspicion. The story of the Danish pastor, Soren Quist, is one of the most touchingly tragic in judicial records; and once more exemplifies Paul Feval's complaint that justice is sometimes too quick to seize upon appearances, and neglect the suppo? sition of fabricated evidence. Soren was a clergyman of middle age, settled over a small, primitive parish in Jutland.? Pare and irreproachable in character, genial, generous and devout, he was cursed with a fiery and ungovernable temper; yet he was universally revered ; and varied his pastoral cares, as is not unfreqaent in Scandinavian countries, by cultivating a modest farm. He had a daughter, gentle and comely. A farmer in a neighboring village, one Morten Brans, well off but of bad reputation, sought this daughter in marriage, but was rejected both by her and by the pas? tor. Soon after a brother of his, Niels Brans, entered the pastor's service as a farm hand. Niels was lazy, impudent, and quarrelsome, and frequent alterca? tions occurred between him and his mas? ter. One day Soren fonnd the man idling in the garden. A quarrel ensued, when the pastor, his hot temper getting the better of him, struck Niels several times with a spade, saying: "I will beat thee, dog, until thou liest dead at my feet!" The man then jumped up and ran off into the woods, and was not seen again. The rejected suitor Morten, after his brother had thus mysteriously disap? peared, boldly charged the pastor with the crime, and offered to produce con? vincing proofs of the fact. Soren was therefore arraigned, when the following evidence was arrayed against him. A man testified that, on the night after the auarrel, he saw the parson, in his green, ressing gown and white night-cap, dig? ging hard in the garden. It was also proved that, search naving been made in the garden, a body had been unearthed, undoubtedly that of Niels, with his clothes and ear-rings upon it. A servant grl testified not only to having heard >ren repeatedly threaten to kill Niels, bat to having seen the parson go out into the garden on the fatal night, in his green dressing gown and night-cap. Still stronger evidence was produced to the effect that the parson had been seen, in his green dressing gown and night-cap, carrying a heary sack from the wood near by into the garden. The chain of evi? dence was apparently complete against Soren; and the poor parson now sealed his own fate by declaring that he be? lieved he had killed Niels, though uncon? sciously. He stated that he was wont to walk in his sleep. He had found texts, written sermons and visited his church in a state of somnambulism. He must, therefore, have found the man dead in the wood while thus unconscious, and have buried him while in this condition. To be brief, Soren was found guilty and executed. Twenty years after, Niels Bruns turned up again, alive and well, grown now old and gray. He recounted how his brother Morten (now dead) had concocted a plot to fasten the crime of murder on the pastor, in revenge for the rejection of his suit. A body had been disinterred and dressed in Niel's clothes ; the dress? ing gown and night-cap had been ab? stracted, used as we have seen, and re? placed; Morten, dressed in them,- had brought the corpse in the sack, and buried it in the garden; and then, his plot carried out, he had given Niels a purse and bid him begone; and not to return, or his life should answer for it. Niels had kept out of the way till Mor? ten's death, and had now returned with this terrible tale. News from Washington. Washington, March 4. It has come to light since the explo? sion in the Cabinet that the determina? tion of Marsh not to withhold the truth about his bargain originated not with Marsh, but with Marsh's wife, a lady of striking personal appearance, well known in New York. It appears that Mrs. Marsh and Mrs. Bel knap (the present Mrs. Belkuap) were old friends before the advancement of Gen. Belknap to the high position from which he has just so miser? ably fallen. About a year ago a misun? derstanding occurred between the two Indies, and Mrs. Marsh, considering her? self to have been treated with indignity, broke off her relations with her former friend. When the pressure of the com? mittee was put upon Mr. .Marsh his wife insisted that he should no longer screen the Secretary. Washington, March 5. It is a subject of life and death, not only with Grant himself but with two members of his Cabinet besides Belknap, aud with the Republican party as a polit? ical organization, to break down the in? vestigations in progress by committees of the House. Unless this can be done two more members of the Cabinet must sure? ly be impeached, aud the President him s jlf is not safe. There are cases partially developed, affecting these two members of tbe Cabinet that are as serious as the crime that has been settled on Belknap, ; and unless witnesses are frightened away j no power on earth can save these men. There is also a cose that goes directly in? to the White House, and if the efforts at intimidation made by the Administration are not successful, the country within the next ten days will be startled by a scan? dal fully as dreadful as. that which has just shocked the civilized world. A resolution is to be offered in the House to-morrow requesting the Presi dent to immediately revoke the orders under which Gen. M. C. Meigs is travel? ling in Europe at an expense of about $3,000 a month, and order him to returu to his post as Quartermaster-General. He was sent abroad to make room for Rufus Ingalis, who has been Acting Quartermaster-General since last July, and it was the purpose of the President to have Meigs remain abroad until next January. If the President should decline to revoke Meigs's orders, a bill will be introduced withholding the pay of Meigs and the officers accompanying him. It is said that Meigs is an important wit? ness to many interesting matters, and his fearlesscharacterandstrong integrity will defy the Administration that has in every way tried to force him on the retired list. George P. Fisher, ex-United States District Attorney, says that some time ago he called at the Navy Department to see whether be could sell a large lot of ship-timber in Delaware to the Depart? ment, and he was informed that there was a large supply on hand and no pur? chases', would be necessary for years. A few weeks after this a person went to the place where the timber was stored and purchased it for a low figure, aud then secured a contract from the Navy De? partment, or an order to purchase the lot at almost twice the price it could have been purchased by the department. Tbe contractor iB Orvil Grant, brother of tbe President. Romance op a Ring.?Some time ago a wealthy young gentleman of Washing? ton was engaged to be married to a beau? tiful belle of Morgan town, of this State, and a brilliant "society wedding" was looked forward to by tbe friends of both parties, particularly the young lady inti? mates of the prospective bride. But the course of true love was true to tbe prov? erb about true love in general, and about a month ago the engagement was broken off, how or why does not concern this story, though the whole affair may possi? bly be lrudely dragged before the public by unromantic lawyers, and for no fault ?unless carelessness is a crime?of either of the parties. Of course, her engage? ment broken, the young lady quickly sent back her ring, and tne quickest way she coald think of was by mail, so by mail it went?that is, it started from Morgantown, but never reached Wash? ington. The gentleman made no inqui? ries about it, aud but for a train of events that couldn't possibly have been arranged by chance, might have gone on thinking that hin former fiancee was mercenary enough to hold on to the magnificent ring that had been a token of her loyalty to him. But the mysterious destiny that shapes our ends ordered it otherwise. A few weeks ago one of the Morgantown Joung lady's friends saw the ring on tbe and of a lady in tbe same town, who was not acquainted with the first-named, and consequently did not know the ring nor its history. Investigation was at ouce begun, and a few days' time and very little trouble traced the ring to a clerk in the Fairmont post-office, who, it is alleged, had stolen it from the mail, loaned it to a gentleman friend at Man nington, who made it do duty as an en? gagement ring for his fiancee in Morgan town I Tbe Fairmont post-office clerk was arreoted by the government officials, and will be tried in the United States District Court at Parkersburg som& time during this month. To the trial of tbe post-office clerk will be summoned the young lady who "sent back the ring," and possibly all parties connected with it, including tbe Mannington gentleman and his fiancee. Should the question of the ownership of the ring come up, it will Srove a knotty one. To whom does or id the ring belong nt the time of its loss? Tbe case will be an interesting one at all events, and highly so if it should be necessary to prove the owner? ship of the alleged stolen property.? Wheeling ( W. Va.) Intelligencer. ? Be cheerful, contented and light hearted. Always remember that there are others whose troublea are greater than yours. In the family circle show the sunny side of your nature. Don't go around complaining, miserable and un? happy. It is too much like the uncom? fortable custom of the ancient Egyptians, who never gave a feast without a skele? ton in full view, that they might not for? get their mortality. ? "Mamma," said a thoughtful young? ster the other day, "how ola shall I be next birthday ?" "Six, my son, if you live." "Well, suppose I don't live, can,t I go right on having birthdays like George Washington ?" There are some older boys who would like to have their birthdays "go right on." Jlnrk Twain's Duel. Mark Twain contributes the following to Tom Hood's Annual: The only merit I claim for the follow? ing narrative is that it is a true story. It has a moral on the end of it, but I claim nothing on that, as it is merely thrown in to curry favor with the religious ele? ment. After I had reported a couple of years on the Virginia City (Nevada) Daily En? terprise they promoted me to be editor-in chief; and I lasted iust a week by the watch. But I made an uncommonly lively newspaper while I did last, and when I retired I had a duel on my hands and three horse-whippings promised me. The latter I made no attempt to col? lect ; however, this history concerns only the former. It was the old "flush times" of the silver excitement, when the popu? lation was wonderfully wild and mixed ; everybody went armed to the teeth, and all slights and insults had to be atoned for with the best article of blood your system could furnish. In the course of my editing I made trouble with a Mr. Lord, the editor of a rival paper. He flew up about some little trifle or other that I said about him?I do not re? member now what it was. I suppose I called him a thief, or a body-snatener, or an idiot, or something like that; I was obliged to make the paper readable, and I couldn't fail in my duty to a whole community of subscribers merely to save the exaggerated sensitiveness of an indi? vidual. Mr. Lord was offended, and re {)lied vigorously in his paper. Vigorous y means a great deal when it refers to a personal editorial in a frontier newspa? per. Dueling was all the fashion among the upper classes in that country, and a very few gentlemen would throw away an opportunity of fighting one. To kill one man in a duel caused a man to be even more looked up to than to kill two men in the ordinary way. Well, out there if you abuse a man and that man did not like it, you had to call him out and kill him, otherwise you would be disgraced. So I challenged Mr. Lord, and I did hope he would not accept; but I knew perfectly well that he did not 'want to fight, and so I challenged him in the most violent and implacable manner. And then I sat down and snuffed and snuffed till the answer came. All the boys?the editors?were in the office "helping" me in the dismal business, and telling about duels and discussing the code with a lot of aged ruffians, who had experience in such matters, and altogeth? er there was a loving interest taken in such matters that made me unspeakably uncomfortable. The answer came?Mr. Lord declined. Our boys were furious, and so was I on the surface. I sent him another challenge, and another and the m ti he did not want to fight the more blood-thirstier I became. But at last the man's tone began to change. He appeared to be waking up. It was becoming apparent that he was going to fight me after all. I ought to have known how it would be?he was a man who could never be depended upon. Our boys were jubilant. I was not, though I tried hard to be. ' It was now time to go out and practice. It was the custom there to fight duels with navy six-shooters at fifteen paces? load and empty till the game for the funeral was secure. We went to a little ravine just out of town and borrowed a barn door for a target?borrowed it from a gentleman who was absent?and we stood this barn door up, and stood a rail on one end against the middle of it to represent Lord, and put a squash on top of the rail to represent his head. He was a very tall, lean creature, the poorest sort of material for a duel; nothing but a line shot could fetch him, and even then he might split your bullet. Exag f;eration aside, the rail was, of course, a ittle too thin to represent the body accu? rately, but the squash was all right. If there was any intellectual difference be? tween the squash and his head, it was in favor of the squash. Well, I practiced and practiced at the barn door and could not hit it; and I practiced at the rail and could not hit that; and I tried for the squash and could not hit that. I would have been entirely disheartened but that occasionally I crip led one of the boys, and that gave me ope. At last we began to hear pistol shots near by, in the next ravine. We knew what that meant! The other party was out practicing too. Then I was in the least degree distressed, for of course they would hear our shots and then send over the ridge, and the spies would find my barn door without a wound or mark, and that would simply be an end to me; for of course the other man would immedi? ately become as blood-thirsty as I was. Just at this moment a little bird not larger than a sparrow flew by and lit on a bush, about thirty paces away, and my little second, Steve Gills, who was a dead shot with a pistol?much better than I was?snatched out his revolver and shot the bird's head off! We all ran to pick up the game, and sure enough, iust at this moment some ot the other duelists came reconnoitcring over the little ridge. They ran to our group to see what the matter was, aud when they saw the bird, Lord's second said: "That was a splendid shot. How far off was it?" Steve said, with some indifference: "Oh, no great distance. About thirty paces." "Thirty paces! Heavens alive! Who did it?" "My man?Twain." "The mischief he did! Can he do it often?" "Well, yes. He can do it about four times out of five." I knew the little rascal was lying, but I never said anything. I never told him so. He was not of a disposition to invite confidence of that kind, so I let the mat? ter rert. But it was a comfort to see those people look sick, and see their jaws drop when Steve made that statement. They went off and got Lord and took him home; when we got home, half an hour later, there was a note, saying that Mr. Lord peremptorily declined to fight. We found out afterward that Lord hit his mark thirteen times in eighteen shots ?if he had put those thirteen bullets into me it would have narrowed my sphere of usefulness a good deal. True, tney could have put pegs in the holes and used me for a hat rack; but what is a hat rack to a man who feels he has intellect? ual powers ? I have written this true incident of my history for one purpose* only?to warn the youth of to-day against the practice of dueling, and to plead with them to war against it. I was young and foolish when I challenged the gentleman, and thought it very fine and grand to be a duelist and stand upon the "field of honor." But I am older and more ex? perienced now, and am inflexibly opposed to the dreadful custom. I am glad, in? deed, to be enabled to lift up my voice against it. I think it is a bad, immoral thing. It is every man's duty to do all he can to discourage dueling. If a man were to challenge me, I would go to that man and take him by the hand and lead him to a retired room?and kill him. ? A divorced woman of Danbury re? cently married again, and shortly lost her second husband by an accident. A neighbor on hearing the shocking news, observed: "It's awlul, awful indeed ; but then," he added, with an encouraging nod, "it is not so bad as it might be. She has another husband. It tain't as as bad as if she had lost the only one she had." The friends took comfort. ? The country storekeeper said: "Here, my friend, those balls of butter I bought of you, last week, all proved to be just three ounces short of a pound." And the farmer innocently answered: "Well, I don't see how that could be, for I used one of our pound bars of soap for a weight." The Modern Husband. As if in response to many wives who think the modern husband is degenerate, we reprint the subjoined sketch, which, let us hope, is a fair average illustration of the great original : He is not unsympathetic and hardi His business tends to nmke him some1 what hafsh and rough. Contact with the world rubs the poetic bloom from his mind and dries his sentiments, and unfits his tongue for the utterance of the sweet and dainty nothings which occupy so large a place in the vocabulary of wo? man's expectations. He is decidedly matter of fact. He takes a great deal for granted, and wants his wife to assume something, and not look for vain repeti? tions when words are worth so much. The wear and tear of life tell on his nerves and sensibilities, and take the sen? timent, the poetry, the gallantry, out of him, insensibly but effectually, and ho appears indifferent without knowing it. He is absorbed in his business plans and cannot pretend to the least enthusiasm in his wife s ruffles and laces and lawns, and his enjoyment of her new set of jewels is materially abated by the prospective raid upon his bank account. In modern life differentiations are vastly greater than in the old days, when husband and wife worked together behind the counter or on the farm, each understanding the la? bor of the other, and joining as a true yokefellow in drawing the mutual load. The modern husband does not wear his wife out by working her too hard. She neither weaves nor spins, and the tailor makes his coat.if he does not sew on his shirt buttons. He treats his wife more as a companion than as a drudge. He takes pride in her wit, enjoys her sing? ing, admires her taste, ana is pleased with the society she draws around their fire? side. The o!d ardor is not utterly gone, though it no longer flashes into exclama? tions of endearment; and it only needs the breath of a real occasion to blow what seemed the dead embers of affection into a brilliant flame. Scarcely a day passes tnat we do not hear of some beau? tiful instance of devotion and self-sacri? fice on the part of those whom it is too much the fashion to ridicule for selfish? ness, and accuse of infidelity. The steady toil and devotion of a lifetime?are a thousand times more precious than gal? lant protestations, and the husbands who stood with folded arms on the deck of the sinking steamship, choosing to go down in death with their wives rather than escape and leave them to their fate, illustrate in a picturesque and thrilling way what thousands of modern husbands are doing every day. In the Sick Room.?A want of sym? pathy on the part of a nurse is like a per? petual cold bath to a patient. This is not a very common blunder. But the opposite is so common, that it may some? times become a question in the patient's mind whether he would not prefer abso? lute coldness. To be continually dodg? ing around the bed, and pouncing upon every object that is not at right angles, smoothing out the sheet, and dabbing at the pillows, and saying a dozen times an hour: "How do you feel now ?" "Don't you want something to eat?" "Can I do anything for you?" "Let me bathe your head !"?is enough to drive a sick man wild. He feels that he would like to nsk you to go away and hold your tongue ; but be knows that all this fidget? ing is prompted by affection, so he holds his tongue instead, and bears it all with what measure of patience nature has be? stowed upon him. In point of fact, the sick person is generally very ready to tell his wants. His food and drink and phys? ic are the momentous matters of the day to him, and will not be forgotten. He is likely to tell you when he feels better. He is sure to tell you when he feels worse. Worse than all these things is the sol? emn face in a sick room. It is hard for a troubled heart to put on a cheerful coun? tenance, and it is no wonder that nurses so often fail in this. But we have known persons who thought that a cheerful face and a bright smile in a sick room were indications of a hard heart.?Scribner. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? The hardest kind of chasm to get over?Sarcasm. ? The man who works with a will? The Probate Judge. ? The art of life is to know how to enjoy little, and endure much. ? No doubt the world owes us all a living, but it is awful slow in paving its debt. ? "Should old acquaintances be for? got?" Certainly not, if they behave themselves. ? Everybody is anxious to lend the man something who does not want to borrow anything. ? An English judge says that the legal theory of a husband and wife being one person is a figure of speech. ? Kentucky has a baby named J. Centennial Thompson. The idea, you know, of naming a baby Thompson ! ? It is said the wealthy people of New York are quite carried away with the new style of gold-mounted coffins. ? The summer resort hotels will all open a month earlier than usual this year in consequence of the Centennial. ? Chicago Times: You may clear, you may whitewash Babcock, if you will ?the scent of the crooked will hang around him still. ? Danbury News: It pleases a woman to see a man holding a plate of refresh? ments on his knee at a party. He can't do it without turning in his toes.. ? A prom inent Philadelphia ice deal? er gave a party, the other evening, and the envious people who weren't invited spoke of it as a freezing reception." ? Never trust a secret with a man wbo loves his wife, for he will tell his wife, she will tell her sister, aud her sister will tell everybody. That's about the way the thing works. ? If the people of the country had not in the autumn of 1874 declared their detestation of Grantism, and elected a House of Representatives unalterably opposed to Grant and all his works, Belk nap would still be Secretary of War and still be selling offices. He would have been as secure from punishment as Rob eson was when his illegal and corrupt payment of $93,000 to Secor was exposed. We are only beginniog to gather the wholesome fruits of that moral revolo ticn. LAURENS VILLE FEMALE COLLEGE. THE Scholastic Year consists of two Ses? sions. The first session from the first of October to the 15th February ; the sec? ond, from the 15th February to the 5th day of July. Terms, per Session?in Advance. Primary Department.$10 00 Academic Department. 15 00 Collegiate Department. 25 00 Contingencies. 2 00 Extra Studies?(Optional.) Music.$'-'5 00 Use of Instrument. 2 00 French. 10 00 Drawing and Painting. 10 00 Ornamental Work. 10 00 Pupils in all the departments have the advantages of daily Calisthenic exercises. Board, (including washing,fucl and lights,) $15.00 per month, payable quarterly in ad? vance. Pupils from abroad allowed to board in private families of relatives and friends, when requested by natrons; but such pupils must be subject to the rule* and regulations of the College. It is important to pupils that they he en? tered at the beginning of tlic Session, and that their studies be not interrupted by un? necessary absences. No deduction for ab? sence, except in cases of protracted illness. Pupils must be subject at all times to reg? ulations in deportment an well as in studies. For further particulars, apply to JAMES FAItROW, President, Lnurensville, S. C. Fcb 17, 187G 31 GILKEATH & PEOPLES, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in STOVES AND TIN WARE. 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All Teachers must have their Schools lo? cated by the local Trustees. After the 22nd of January instant, I will be in my office every Saturday for the trans? action of business connected with the Free Schools. THOMAS P. BENSON, School Commissioner. Jan 15, 1876_27_ New Advertisements. (J>i c) a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and V1^ terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. A FARM OF YOUR OWN IS THE BEST REMEDY for HARD TIMES! FREE HOMESTEADS AND THE Best and Cheapest Railroad Lands are OS the line of the UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD IN NEBRASKA, SECURE A HOME NOW. Full information sent free to all parts of world. Address O. F. DAVIS, Land Commissioner U. P. R. R., OMAJ/A, NEB._ MIND READING, PSYCHOMANCY, FASCI natlon, Soul Charming. Mesmerism and Marriage Guide, shewing now cither sex may fascinate und gain the love and affection of any person they choose instantly. 400 paces. By mail 50 cents. Hunt & Co., 13'J S. 7th St., Phila. $77 A WEEK GUARANTEED lo Agcuts, Male and Female, in their own locality. Terms and OUTFIT FREE. Address P. O. VICKERY & CO., Augusta, Maine. d?K *n <?nfl per day at home. Samples worth St ifj tU ipi5V frei jTiysoy &. Co., Portland, Maine '1T\ Agents for the best \ selling Stationery I Package in the world It contains 15 sheets of paper, 15 Envelopes, Golden Pen, Pen Holder, Pencil, Patent Yard Measure, and a piece of Jew? elry. Single packoge, with elegant Gold Stone Sleeve Buttons, post-paid, 83 cts., s tor Si.?0. This Fackagc has been examined by the publisher of the KTKLLJGKXCKB and found as represented?worth the money. Watches given away to nil agents. Circular free. BRIDE .t CO., 705 Broadway, New Yurk. MTSAND EPILEPSY POSITIVELY CURED. The worst cases of the longest standing, by using DR. HEBBAHD'S CUKE. IT HAS CURED THOUSANDS, Aud will give S1.0OO for a case it will not benefit. A bottle sent free to all addressing J. E. DIB BLEEj Chemist. Office: IMS Broadway, N. Y. _ AGENTS WANTED! Medals and Diplomas Awarded for HOLM ANS NEW 1.R0O Illustrations. Address for new circulars, A. J. HOLMAN A. CO., 0H0, Arch Street, Phila. TWO MONTHS FREE! ! THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, ''The Leading American Newspaper." On receipt of $2 and this advertisement, The Weekly Tribune will be sent, postage paid, to any address until December 31, 1876, or for $12.50, six copies; for22, eleven; for 30, thirty-one. Address THE TRIBUNE, New York, NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.? Notice is hereby given that the un? dersigned, Administrator of Joseph Prater, deceased, will apply to (lie Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on the 28th of March next for a final scttlcnicnf and discharge from said Estate. W. A. ri'ATER, Adm'r. Feb 24, 1876 32 5? IMPORTANT NOTICE! FROM THIS TIME I WILL SELL AT COST FOR CASH ALL FALL and WINTER GOODS SUCH AS SHAWLS, HATS, FURS, BOULEVARD SKIRTS, DRESS GOODS, CARPETINGS, ETC. ETC. ETC. On hand, I also have a great variety of other Goods, which I will sell at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES The LADIES arc cordially invited to call at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION And examine my stock. C. A. REE?. Fcb 4, 187G_29_ SIMPSON & SADLER, DRUGGISTS, BENSON HOUSE CORNER, WOULD call the attention of their cus? tomers, and the public generally, to their largely increased Stock of UK/ITG-S, MEDICINES, &C. They also have on hand i?;ooo lbs. chemicals FOR Home-Made Fertilizer, At reduced rates for Cash. ALSO, A LARGE LOT OF Fresh Garden and Field Seed From Johnson, Robbins & Co., D. M. Ferry <fc Co., and Robert Buist. Feb 17, 1876 _31 _ THE CARSWELL INSTITUTE, HALE and FEMALE. -o THIS Institution is of recent birth. The building is now in process of erection. It is beautifully located, thirteen miles South of Anderson, on the Lowndesville road. The exercises of its first session will open on the FIRST MONDAY in FEBRUARY, 187C, unless notice be given otherwise through these columns. The Literary Department will be con? ducted by E. R. CARSWELL, Jr., A. M., of Mercer University, Macon, Gco., assisted by M. L. Carswell, of the same institution. The Art and Music Departments will be presided over by Miss Georgia C. Cars well. New and improved methods of instruc? tion in every branch of study. Terms of Tuition are as folhnvs : For students in primary department...$l? 00 Intermediate department. 20 00 Academic department. 30 00 These charges arc for the whole Scholastic year, and will be made unless private ar -?ngements are effectcil, which maybe done to the advantage of patrons having several students to send. Board in good families at from $8 to $10 per month, fuel and lights included. Board from Monday until Friday from $4 to $6 per month. For further particulars, address E. R. CARSWELL, Jr., Principal, Or Rev. W. E. WALTERS, . Chairman of Board Trustees. Dec 16,1875_22_ P. P. TOALE, manufacturer of DOORS,SASHES, Blinds, Flooring, &c. dealer in , BUILDERS' HARDWARE, Paints, Oils, -Sec. sole agent fob The National Mixed Paint Co. Great American Fire Extinguisher Co. Page Machine Belting Co. $3}- Sond for Prices. OFFICE ND WARER00MS, Nos. 20 k 22 Hayne & 33 k 35 Pinckney Sts. FACTORY and YARDS, Ashley River, West End Broad Street, CHARl^ESTOX, S. C. Sept 23, 1875 10 ly m. goldsmith. P. kind. PHGNIX IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, S. C. GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS and MACHINISTS. HAVE always on hand Stationary StcamEngincs and Boilers for Saw Mills, etc.,' nv and Grist Mills, Cotton Presses, Gearing, Shafting, Pullios, etc Castings of every kind in Iron or Brass. We guarantee to furnish Engines and Boilers of as good quality and power, and at as low rates as can bo had in the North. Wo manufacture, also, the Gaddy Im? proved Water Wheel, which wo recom? mend for power, .simplicity of construt tion, durability and cheapness. Wo war? rant our work, and assure promptness and dispatch in filling orders. GOLDSMITH A KIND, Columbia, S.O. May 28,1874 46 ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. IN THE PROBATE COURT. W. S. Williams, Survivor, vs. Sarah A. Ran kin, W. R. Rnnkin, et al.?Complaint to sell Real Estate, Marshal Assets, Jtc. THE creditors of Thomas F. Rankin, de? ceased, are hereby notified to prove their respective claims before me at my office in Anderson C. If., on or before the 29th day of April next, or bo barred of all the benefits of onv decree in this complaint. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate. Jun 27, 1876 2S ' vug LOOKOUT! LOOKOUT! OA PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. E desire to call attention to the fact tha* we hare on hand a LARGE and well-selected stock of Heavy Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes Hardware . Crockery Ware,. Etc*., n We have just received a large lot of Ba m Sides, Shoulders, Sugai -Coxed H?mo, Cheap Grades of Syrups, Muscovado, De ; .crara and New Orleans Molasses, . 100 BARRELS CHOUE FAMILY FLOUR, A complete assortment of Sugars, CoflveU and Teas, Pickles, Canned Goods, d'C A very large stock of Iron, Steel, Hot.*. Shovels, Spades, and farming Implements generally. In short, we have everytl i ig that the farmer or man of family nseds, We are selling the forogoing articles at the most reasonable cash price*. Call and be convinced of this fact. ftSSr And now a word to those that w e havo supplied with Goods during the yenr 1872,1873 and 1874. Unless you como forward and pay tip-, yonr Notes and Ac? counts will be placed in the r^nds of an Officer for collection. BYRUM & Mc-GRATR. Important to those Indebted to Us. To those indebted to us on Accounts for last year, we will giv?-oue-hajf con* above the market price for Cotton, in payment of such Accounts and Notes, at any time between the 1st of November next. We must have the money on them, and do not wish to add any cost. So come forward at once and settle up. BYRUM & McGRATH, . Mechanics' Row. Oct 7, 1875_12_ ly . THE ALABAMA GOLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY C. ?. THAMES. President. T- N. FOWLER, Secretary. Gen. S D. LEE, Superintendent of Agencies. CASH CAPITAL PAID IN, - - $200,000 GOLD. Assets, $759,084.79. Surplus iu hand, $266,92147. THE above statement is based on examination of Company by the Insurance Commissioner of Maryland, on admitting Company to work in Maryland. The Company has paid from 17 to 27 per cent, dividends per annum.since organi? zation. Policios issued in Gold or Currency, and non-forfeitable after two years. BOARD FOR ANDERSON COUNTY. B. F. WHITNER, President. F. C. v. BORSTEL, W. H. NARDIN, :. J. L. ORR.Secretary, G F. TOLLY, T. B. LEE, O. A. REED, P.. F. DIVVER, J. B. LEWIS, J. A. HOYT. . The above gentlemen are insured in Company, and will take pleasure in giving information as to obtaining policies, and any facts as to Company. WM. WATLES, Afirent. Sept 2, I87.i ' 47_ ., .? C. A. REED. A. S. STEPHENS. REED * STEPHENS, MANUFACTURERS OF vt* BUGGIES, -PH/ETONS, ROCKAWAYS, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &C., &C. A. J. STRINGER, Agent. W. J. HIX, Agent, Relton, S. C. Fair Play. .; ESPECIAL at? tention paid to REPAIRING, ? and all work ful? ly warranted. We claim the imost thorough I Ironwork, Wood l.work, Painting fand Trimming, j as we employ on-' lythe best work - _ - -_ men. _ None but well-seasoned lumber .used in the manufacture of our work. All per? sons desiring to purchase are cordiaUy invited to call at our Manufactory, fat the buildings formerly owned by John A. Reeves, Escf.,) and inspect the work for. themselves. BUGGIES always on hand at our REPOSITORY, (near the Railroad Bridge, on Main Street,) where Mr. Joseph Martin can always be found, ready to sell a new set of HARNESS, or to repair old ones. Anderson, Sept. 0. 1875_,? 8 1 TALBOT & SONS, SHOCKOE MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, TA, Manufacturers of Steam Engines and Boilers, Agricultural Engines, Circular Saw Mills, Grist, Bark and Plaster Mills, Shafting, Hangers and Pulleys, Improved Tnrbine Water Wheels. Oct 14, 1875 13. IT WM. ETTENGER. H. P. EDMOND. ETTENGER & EDMOND, RICHMOND, VA., MANUFACTUKEKS PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, Boilers, of all kinds, Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting. Pulleys, &o. American Turbine Water Wheel, Cameron's Special Steam Pumps. Send for Catalogue. Oct 14, 1875_13_ly__ G. F. WATSON, Furniture Works and Lumber Mills, RICHMOND, TA. COTTAGE Beadsteads, Chambor and Parlor Furniture, Lounges, Chairs, etc., manufactured of Walnut and cheap? er hard woods. No soft Pine used. Cot? tage Bedsteads and Cheap Mattresses leading articles. Oct 14, 1875 13 ly METROPOLITAN WORKS, Canal St., from Sixth to Seventh, RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA. ENC9NES, Portable and ^Stationary. Saw Mills. Grist Mills, Boilers, Castings of Brass A Iron, Forcings. Ac. ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORK, IN all its branches, done' by experienced hands. 'Wc call special attention to our Improved Por? table Engines for agri? cultural and other purpo? ses. A number of second? hand ENGINES and BOIL? ERS of various patterns, in first-rate order, on hand. Repair work solicited and promptly done WM. E. TANNER it CO. Aug 5, 1875 3 ly THE ANSON HARDY COMMISSION HOUSE. Orders for every description of Eastern Manufactures and Importations, Promptly filled, strictly upon commis? sion. Send for circulars. ANSON HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS. Feb 10, 1870_30__gm Notice. PARTIES having business in mv hands will find my office and papers in the care of Col. J. N. Brown, who will attend to anv business in my absence. JAMES L ORR. Nov 18,1875 18 Can bay direct of the Mannfr on favorable terms. "The ANSON HABDY CUTTING MACHINES are the best and cheapest low priced machine made, and have a national, reputation for utility and du? rability."?(The Electro-typer, Chicago.) "The ANSON HABDY PAPER COTTEBIs by far the best machine which can be obtained for a less price than one hundred dollars. It is of great strength. "These machines have always taken the highest stand. It is the only machine to which is applied the patent Movable Cutting Board. This device has a reputation of itself; by it, the cutting board can be instantly and accurately moved,so that apcrfect cut is insured. This is a very important point in this machine, and one that Is possessed by no other. It greatly reduces the labjt orpreparatior in work? ing the paper backward and forward. We cannot too strongly recommend the advantages of this pat* ent movable board. It is worth the 'price of Ibis machine, and purchasers should fully understand how highly it is to be valued."?(Rowell's A Co,'. Monthly Reporter and Printer's Gazette.) The LATEST IMPROVED HARDY CARD CUTTER is pronounced the most desirable Card Cuttle in the market, for the general nses of a' printing office. The well-known RUG OLE S CARD CUTTER with my latest improvements, is still preferred by many printers, and holds its favoritism over other machines. 93p- None genuine but these having my full ad? dress lettered in the castings. ' 49- Newspapers In want of advertising, from first parties, should send for my circular proposal. ANSON HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS. I will buy of those that buy of mo. FeblO, 1876 30 6m Greenville and Columbia Railroad CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains run daily, Sunday excepted, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina Railroad up and down. On and alter Monday, February 14, the following will be the Schedule: ? Going West. Stations. Going East. Leave 8 15 a m Columbia Arrive 5 30 p m. 9 15 " Littleton 4 80 fili 10 00 " Alston 355 " 10 28 " Pomaria 3 25 - 10 55 " Prosperity ' 2 58 " 11 20 " Newberry 2 13 " 11 30 ?' Helena 2 05 " 12 00 ra Silver Street 1 35 " 12 18 p m Saluda O. T. 1 10 " 12 43 " ChappelPr 12 48 " 1 25 " Ninety-Six, . 12 00 m 1 55 " Greenwood ' 11 28 a ru. 2 47 " Cokesbury 10 53 " 3 25 " Donnalds1 ' 10 10 " 3 53 " HoneaPath 9 48 " 4 30 " Belton 9 IS " ? 4 53 " Willlamston 8 35 '? 5 35 " Golden Grove 7 55 " Arrive 6 00 " iGrecnville Leave 7 30 a. m. ANDERSON BRANCH AND BLUE RIDGE DIVISION. Leave at 4 30 p m Belton Arrive at 9 00 ft m 5 30 " Anderson 8 10 .". 6 30 " Pcndleton ? 7 10 " 7 10 " Seneca City . 6 10 " Arrive at 7 45 " Walhallla Leave at 5 35 " Accommodation Train leaves Belton 10 00 a. m? arrives at Anderson 11 10 a. m. Return I ng leaves Anderson 2 30 p. m., arrives at Belton 3 40 p. in. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. '_ Change of Schedule on South Caro? lina Raidroad. Coixmbu, November 8,1873. On and after this date, the Regular Day Passen? ger Train will run ?s followa,.Suodays excepted : Leave Columbia at.9 00 a m Arrive at Charleston at.......?...........?....._4 45 p m Leave Charleston at.9 15.am Arrive at Columbia at.5 00 p ni night express accommodation thai:!. Leave Columbia at.7 00 p in Arrive at Charleston at._6 35 a ru Leave Charleston at.?..7 00 p m Arrive at Columbia at._.?6 80 a ra Caiuden Train will run through to Columbia on Mondays. Wednesdays and Saturdays. Leave Conmbla at.*.._._ 2 00 p in Arrive at Columbia at._12 10 p m _S. S. S0LQM0N8, Superintendent. ADVERTISING: Cheap: Good: Systematic.?All persons who contem? plate making contract.- with newspapers for the insertion of advertisements, should send 25 Cents to Geo.. P. Powell <fc Co., 41 Park Row, New York, for their PAMPH? LET-BOOK (vinciy-scventh edition), contain? ing lists of over 2U?0 newspapers and' esti? mates, showing the cost. Advertisements taken for leading papers in many States at a : tremendous reduction front publishers' rates. Get the book._- . ? . per day. Ajjents wanted. All classes ot working peo - _ j, young and old, make more money at work for us, in their own. locali? ties, during their spare moments, or all the time, than at anything else. We offer em? ployment that will pay handsomely for every hour's work. Full particulars, terms, Ac sent free. Send us your address at once. Don't delay. Now is the tune. Don't look for work or business elsewhere; until you have learned what we offer. G. SltJKOK * Co., Portland Maine. U . $5? $20 ft pie of both sexes, y<