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K B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, HAY 10, 1877. r Ex-GoY. Chamberlain, like the Arab, is silently folding his tent and preparing to leave as forever, if he has not indeed already taken his flight for Northern climes. The President and his Cabinet have decided to call no extra session of Con? gress before the 15th of October, as they profess to be able to get along without any appropriation during the meantime. The real cause, however, is that Mr. Hayes" was expecting to receive enough Southern Democratic votes to elect a Republican Speaker of the National House, but finds that he will at present surely fail. He has postponed the extra session to endeavor'by bis Southern policy to secure the needed votes. In this, however; we predict that he will 'signally fail, and :that when Congress meets in October the Democratic phalanx will be more solid than it is even now. THE PROPOSED TAX. The committee on Ways and Means have reported a tax bill of five mills for State purposes and three for county, making a total of eight mills. From this amount the ten per cent already paid in is to be deducted, so that the burden of the tax will be considerably lightened. The .hill will in. all probabil? ity become a law, and our people will have to pay in this amount, which is necessary to run the government until next year. ? ' THE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. Among all the candidates who are seekers for, or mentioned in connection with this position, there is no man who sands higher in his professional character, or who is more universally respected and admired for the many virtues which mark him as a gentleman and patriot of the highest onier, than General Samuel Mc Gowan, of Abbeville. No man has led a more gallant 'and unselfish career than he has in "every public trial, whether it be in military or civic life. His rare and brilliant attainments at the bar eminent? ly qualify him for the highest judicial honors, and there is no man in this State in whose elevation the people would feel more just pride. He was decidedly the popular candidate of this section for the United States Senate, and'nothing but the force of extraordinary and unusual circumstances could at this time have prevented his election as Chief Justice. From the very moment that he withdrew as a candidate for Chief Justice, there should have been no hesitation, ho doubt, no halting by the members of the Gen? eral Assembly in reaching a conclusion to elect him to the Associate position. No man in the State deserves more of the Democratic party, and no man has so many friends among all parties. We do not beliova that we exaggerate in saying that General McGowan could carry three votes to where any other man mentioned for the position would get one before the people of South Carolina.' He is a large hearted, noble and intellectual 'giant, upon whom the highest honors of his State or nation would sit with grace and honor. We sincerely hope he may be added to the Supreme Court, where he would do himself high honor and our people lasting good. ? THE USURY LAW. The General Assembly is now consid? ering the propriety of re-enacting the old Usury Law of South Carolina, where? by the charge for loaning money was limited to seven per cent per annum. This is a very important measure, and we think its agitation should haveJjeen de? ferred to the next regular session of the Legislature, but as the matter is squarely before the present session we think it should be permanently disposed of, for its continual agitation is injurious to the country by producing a feeling of unrest among capitalists, which, instead of re? ducing the rate of interest, tends to keep it high. Therefore,. although in some respects we think the season for enacting a Usury Law inopportune, yet as the Leg? islature is called upon to adopt or reject it, we hope it will become a law without further delay. To defeat the Bill at this time would be to prejudice its passage next Fall, and therefore, every effort should now be brought to bear to secure its success. That a Usury Law would benefit the material,, and industrial in- j terests of the State, cannot, successfully be controverted. The use of money to be of public benefit must be upon such terms as to secure advantage both to borrower and lender, for if interest is too low the capitalist is injured and money is withdrawn from circulation, while if interest is too high labor is overburdened and its fruits, instead of being diffused between capital and labor, are concen? trated into the hands of money lenders, thereby doing the country comparatively little good. When interest on money is too high it tends to withdraw capital from permanent investment and let it out on short loans, for when capitalists can lend money at fifteen per cent, they have a sure income of fifteen dollars on every hundred, and of course they are unwilling to invest in factories, railroads, canals, &c., even if there is a prospect of making a larger dividend. They prefer the certainty of a large per cent rather than the risk of greater gains by invest? ment. The result is that since the aboli? tion of the Usury Law a serious check has been placed upon the material pros? perity of the State. To prove that this principle is recognized by the best sys? tems of laws in the United States, we need only mention the fact that the great States of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Lou? isiana, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois and indeed all the most reliable and prospe? rous States except Massachusetts have I strict Usury Laws. We believe it is ab? solutely necessary, in order to restore South Carolina to prosperity, that the rate of interest should be lightened, for it rests as an incubus upon labor and is a lever in the hands of a few men. This should not be the case, and the only means of correcting this abuse is the Te-cnacting of the old Usury Law. COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE. Columbia, S. C, May 7. Mb. Editob : The past week has been one of great moment to the people of South Carolina, as it has settled beyond doubt the policy of the new administra? tion, and its power to carry out that poli? cy. When we first assembled here, and it was known that Willard would be brought prominently forward for the position of Chief Justice, there were many and various opinions expressed on the Bubject. From a purely personal standpoint it was natural to support some one of Carolina's own sons who had proven by their devotion to the State in time of dire distress and trouble their fealty. But if service and true patriot? ism was to be made the test of fitness, who stood higher than Judge Willard? Surrounded by party ties, friendship, as? sociations and gratitude to the Republi? can party, he cut loose from all these for the sake of right and justice, and per? formed his duty on the bench in as noble a manner as history presents an example of, and to Willard may the people of South Carolina render their heartfelt gratitude for Governor Hampton's undis? puted control of the State. Not that the people did not elect him, but that Judge Willard sustained the voice of the peo? ple against the force, fraud and chicane? ry, of the Radical party. Some parties expressed fears tfcat some of the Demo? crats might bolt the nomination, but there is no probability of that. If the love of justice and patriotism did not prevent it, the certain knowledge, that the finger of scorn would point forever to the apostate who, while pretending to represent the interest of South Carolina, would plunge the dagger in. her heart. If Gov. Hampton had had the appoint? ment, he would have given it to Judge Willard, and the Legislature, with all their assembled wisdom, cannot improve on his judgment So Willard will be Chief Justice of South Carolina in less than one week. That will create a vacancy in the posi? tion of Associate Justice, and who is to fill that vacancy is the question. Many and worthy are the aspirants, but the Justice will be selected from these four? McGowan, Haskell, Mclver and Kershaw ?any one of whom will adorn the bench and honor the State. In the House the Democrats have a large majority; in the Senate the vote stands 15 to 17, the Republicans having the majority, but if one votes with the Democrats that makes a tie vote, and Lieut-Gov. Simpson decides it Coch ran has been talking all the time like an Independent and voting like a Republican on all questions of a party .nature.; but most fortunately for the State the balance of power which he now holds will in a few days pass into more worthy hands. They have refused so far to enter into an election for Chief Justice, but their ob? stinacy will end like the rage of a caged lion, and they will only loose by it, be? cause it has to come sometime or other, and the Democrats will win when it does come. In this connection Gen. Gary has hardly proved true to his colors, and it is probable that he will have to explain some things to his constituents when he returns home. The people endorse Hampton and every line and letter of his policy, so it is but just that they should expect their representatives to do. the same. The House has admitted most of the Mackeyitea, having kicked out Thomas, of Newberry, and Straker, of Orangeburg ?both of them carpet-bag negroes, whose characters would render them more fit for cells in the Penitentiary than seats in the House of Representatives?on ac? count of their revolutionary,, incendiary and contumacious conduct It is proba? ble that Mackey will follow their course, and if the plot which they had planned for the murder of the Democrats can be proven on them, they will be handed down to posterity as the arch fiendB of all the scoundrels who have disgraced civilization in the past decade. This is the plot as told by one of the leading Republicans of the Mackey House: The Democrats and Republicans were both in the Hall, and had not the former withdrawn when they did, their fate was sealed. Chamberlain was to issue a proclamation that the Hall of the House of Representatives should be cleared. The Mackeyitea were to withdraw to the room of the Adjutant General, which was thoroughly armed and barricaded; the Democrats would have remained; two hundred roughs under Whipper and Hubbard were to attack them; the ?. S. troops were under Chamberlain's orders, and would have come to their assistance; the approaches to the State House were to be guarded so that no assistance from the town could be rendered the Demo? crats, and there they were to be murdered in cold blood by these brutes, and thus the trouble of a double House ended. Notwithstanding these facts the Dem? ocrats have extended the olive branch of peace, and ask only that the post be for? gotten, and that all shall join hands and strive for the elevation and prosperity of the State. Reformatory legislation has not been forgotten. Salaries and officers have been reduced, and every means used to lighten the load of taxation. A bill has passed the House to hire out the convicts in the Penitentiary; to prevent the buy ? ing, selling or receiving for trade seed cotton between the retting and rising of the sun; the County Treasurers' pay cut down to $800, and the Auditors' to $700; the Sup't. of Education to $1,875, and the School Commissioners to $300. The Senate has also passed several bills re? ducing pay. Economy is pervading the whole at? mosphere of legislation, and is rendering offices desirable for the honor in them and not the profit. The public debt worries the Legislature beyond expres? sion, and the bills of the Bank or the State are worse than nightmares. Not one cent of. either, however, will be paid until its validity is established beyond the shadow of a doubt Judge Wright, the colored Associate Justice, is in hot water. It was declared in a resolution introduced in the House that he was a drunkard and unfit for a Judge. A committee was appointed to examine into it, and they nave ascer? tained that he has frequently been picked up out of the gutters utterly drunk and carried home by policemen; that he has been very drunk fifteen minutes before and fifteen minutes after court, and that he has occupied his position on the bench very drunk. They will report in a few days, and it is probable that he will re? tire to private life. J. L. O. USURY. From eighteen to twonty per cent. National Banks must surely take. When .to a poor farmer is lent j Honey his bread and meat, to make. i The merchant, and mechanic, too, Are all treated in the same way, And pay they must be sure to do ? - On the future appoinUd day. And if any should fail to pay, His note they promptly do proteot; " His credit is ruined, they say, And then deal closer with the rest. Industry can make no profit On money at twenty per cent., And yet the banks will not stop it, While on oppression they are bent. When'the banks the country shall own Man, wife, little, big, old and young Then the misery will be known That they have by oppression done. Then more like "T. H. E." will think And clamor for a usury law, And our law makers will not shrink From doing what they should do now. When money no longer is king, But the interest of all shall unite, Property will supplant "this king," And in its good all will delight. Then lot all continue to cry Against banks that take such per cent. Till our law makers can't deny The law on which labor is bent. Me. Editor : The communication of "T. H. R." in the issue of your paper of the 26th ultimo, advocating the old usury law, your editorial on the subject, and the notice that "eight shares of the An? derson National Bank sold this week for $1,000, which is $1.25 for $1.00," has caused me to produce the above almost spontaneously. I am no poet, but send you these lines with the hope that this little effusion of mine may not have been in vain. I have made use of the words "national banks" instead of "capitalists," not because the sentiments will not as well apply to them, if they exact such rates of interest, but . because the National Banks could afford to lend money at a much lower rate of interest and still make money and their stock valuable. The stockowners of a National Bank, by depositing with the United States Treas? urer their bond for $100,000, obtain from him $90,000 in United States bills, which it uses and which constitutes its capital stock. For merely depositing the bond of the stockowners to secure the United States against loss in case it should break, it has given to it $90,000. For this gift the bank is only required to pay a yearly tax, which does not exceed one and a half per cent If interest*' was at the rate of seven per cent., a bank with this capital stock could pay said tax and then make yearly $4,950. Would this not pay any bank sufficiency for lending money that costs it so little ? I leave this ques? tion for each one to answer for himself. But I do not design now to give reasons why I do not believe in National Banks, but merely to say that I agree with "T. H. R." that the necessity of the country demands a strict usury law. If we had such a law the capitalists would invest their money in permanent improvements, and consequently build up the interests of the country. Labor would have em? ployment, more money would be in cir? culation, merchant? and mechanics would flourish. Under- the present state of af? fairs all industrial enterprises are lan? guishing, and will continue to languish until the progress of capitalists in sub? jecting all enterprises to their interest is checked. Can a farmer buy a little tract of land On a credit and ever pay for it by paying eighteen or twenty per cent in? terest ? Can a merchant afford to borrow money at such high rates of interest and make any profit after paying store rent and clerk hire? Can mechanics make anything by their trades on borrowed money, on which they have to pay such enormous rates of interest? No. None but capitalists can flourish under such circumstances. They reap all the pre?te made by those who are so unfortunate as to have to borrow money; and this cre? ates a want of confidence in the success of all industrial enterprises, and works a detriment to the prosperity of the coun? try. The high rate of interest makes the rich richer, the poor poorer. To check this and protect the industrial enterprises something must be done, and done quick? ly. A strict usury law will effect more permanent good to the country than any other matter that at this time can engage the attention of our legislators. Capi? talists will not suffer by it They are able to take care of themselves, and if they should determine not to lend their money at a rate of interest to be fixed by the law, they would invest it in factories or some other local improvements that wonld, while building up the country and making them an income, give em? ployment to honest labor. The country would be improved thereby materially. But enough, for the many reasons why a usury law should be enacted must be ob? vious to almost all who have ever given it any attention. B. ? Amid all the talk of the terrible at? tack Mr. Blaine proposes to make on the Administration and its Southern policy when the extra session begins, it has not seemed to occur to :?.ny one that, instead of Mr. Elaine's making the attack, the Administration might make an attack on Mr. Blaine. It is refreshing to see that this idea has at last occurred to some one, and it is even announced that such an attack will be made, and by no less a person than Mr. Stanley Matthews. It will be recollected that this Mr. Blaine is the same Mr. Blaine who was formerly Speaker of the House, and whose corres? pondence attracted so much attention a year or so ago, particularly a letter in which he called the attention of some of his friends in the lobby to a railroad rul? ing of his, and intimated that he did not make such rulings for nothing. He is the same corrupt man and tricky politi? cian that he was then. He shielded his reputation for a long while under the cover of ferocious attacks on the Demo? crats, and now that that poor line of de? fence is taken away from him, he is in a position in which the first bold attack will put him to rout in all his nakedness. ? The impression prevails in commer? cial circles that the speculators for a rise in breads tuffs have overdone the busi? ness, and will quite likely come out losers. Very little of the grain purchased to meet the expected foreign demand has been shipped. Should the war prove a brief one of a Bingle campaign, and in? volve no other European powers than the present contestants, there will not be sufficient demand for American grain to iuatify a natural advance in prices. There is a prospect, however, of a short crop in this country, which will, of course, Wrve to keep up war prices. THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP. Editor Anderson Intelligencer: Why is it that Go v. Hampton declares for Judge Willard for the office of Chief Justice? What is it that Mr. Willard has done for Gov. Hampton, and the party that elected Gov. Hampton, that now induces him to support this carpet? bagger in preference to all the native-born eitizens of the State? What act was it of Judge Willard's in the late campaign that assisted the Democratic party to elect Mr. Hampton? What act has Judge Willard ever performed in this State that can properly claim for him elevation over the head of Gen. Samuel McGowan, and a hundred other citizens of the State, whose characters stand un impeached and unimpeachable, and whose legal attainments are equal, and in many instances far superior, to his? Then, in the name of the struggle through which we have passed, what, does it all mean? We had hoped that Gov. Hampton would have been contented in the dis? charge of the duties of Governor, and that he would have left the matter of Chief Justice to the Legislature, where it belonged, but we are humiliated to see his name in public print, and as we un? derstand by his consent, vindicating one who, in the true sense of the word, is a carpet-bagger, and who no doubt is as responsible to-day as any of his co-adven? turers for the ruined condition of our own beloved State. If we understand the principles upon which the late cam? paign was made, it was to relieve the State of these miserable creatures called carpet-baggers. Then, to deny to the people the victory won through along and hard fought campaign by electing to office that class against whom the cam? paign was made, is to bring upon the party at this late hour disgraceful defeat. But it is said that Judge Willard has behaved well since the election in his decisions pertaining to the election, &c. His duty performed in this particular was plain and of easy solution, and he performed it, and is entitled to that con? sideration only that other officials are en? titled to who perform their dnties. If it was desired to elect Judge Cooke it could be said for him that he is a Judge, and as good a one as Willard; and more, that he is a native born of the State; and more, infinitely more, he helped to elect Tilden to the Pesidency of the United States and Hampton to the office of Gov? ernor of this State; but none of these things can be said for Willard, save he is Judge. We in the upper part of the State, by large and overwhelming majorities, would be glad to see Gen. 8. McGowan elected Chief Justice. That he is profound in the law, and the equal of any man in the State, cannot and will not be questioned. The upper counties, who wore as many red and blue shirts as anv other portion of the State, hold no offices, or at least but few, in the State, and it was their votes that gave the majorities that won the election. Then" give us McGowan, if you please; but if you will not, give it to a native and not to a carpet-bagger. He was one of the first to preju? dice the minds of the negro against the native whites for office, which he obtained and now holds; and he and his co-adven? turers are responsible to-day for the ruined condition of the State, .and we say, finding him as we do in the high and exalted position of Associate Justice, let him stay where we find him. M. A Black Brute.?On Friday after? noon last, Jim Houston, a stalwart negro, some 25 or 30 years of age, living on the plantation of Mr. Samuel Barron, in the vicinity of Tirzah Church in this county, whipped a child of his own color so un? mercifully that his life is despaired of. The victim of the fiend's brutality is the son of Ed. Witherspoon, a neighbor, and over whom Houston has no legal right of control. The little boy was at Houston's house, however, by invitation, and on the evening in question Houston sent him on some errand to Mr. Barron's house. Not making the haste that Hous? ton desired, when the little boy, only seven or eight years old, returned.to the field where Houston was at work, the latter tied the child's arms around a tree and proceeded to whip him, first, as the brute himself admits, using cedar limbs, and afterwards hickory withes, continu? ing the flogelation until the child was literally flayed from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet The child was then made to walk to the house, where he remained uncared for until the next evening, when word reached his father of the cruel treatment be had re? ceived and he was taken home, and bis body, a mass of sores, was dressed. On Monday the child was brought to town for medical treatment, and placed under care of Dr. Alexander, who expresses doubt as to its recovery. On application of the father, Trial Justice Lewis issued a warrant for the arrest of the fiend, and he was promptly brought before that offi? cial on Monday afternoon, and by him committed to fail to await the result of the injuries inflicted upon the child. Houston appears to have no regrets for his barbarous act, speaking of it as though he had performed a meritorious deed. While on his way from the courtyard to the jail, he received the execrations of men and women of his own color, some of whom thought "Governor Hampton would'nt make much fuss about it if they were to take the wretch out and give him a similar flogging to that which he inflic? ted upon the child;" while a colored wo? man remarked, "Yes," and if a white man had whipped a negro that way, a regiment of soldiers would have been sent here right off!"-? Yorkville Enquirer. ? Silas M. Patterson, of South Caroli? na Supreme Court notoriety, a son of Honest John, who represents South Car? olina in the Senate, has left Columbia, where he has been in the interest of the Congressional Executive Committee of this city. He declares that Hayes has sent the Radical party to the devil, and that a Republican convention will never be held in the State again. He says the South Carolina negroes are very .bitter against Hayes, and that if the President were to undertake a tour of that State, they would pelt him with rotten eggs. Patterson says he is mortified to think that his father is obliged to mingle with such men as Hayes and Evarts, hoth of whom think Returning Boards are good enough to make Presidents, but not de? cent enough to make Governors. ? There seems to be a general agree? ment in Europe that the Turk ought to leave that continent, but the great diffi? culty of the Eastern question is as to who shall take his place. The various nations of the old world are like the greedy rela? tives of a rich invalid, who are unanimous in the opinion that he cannot die too soon, but are at swords points as to the person who ought to be his heir. The shoes ought to be vacated, but who is to step into the shoes ? This is the problem which amazes and distracts Europe, and is the only hope of Turkey. But for tbat the Moslem power would perish more rapidly than it arose. THE LOWNDESVILLE MURDERERS. Three of them Executed, and the others Imprisoned for Life. [From the Abbeville Medium.] On last Friday Jenkins "Whitner, John Allen and Wightman Allen paid the fearful forfeit of their lives for the mur? der of Clayton Allen at Lowndesville on Monday night, fourth of December last. The public are already so familiar with the story of this awful crime and the speedy punishment that has pursued and overtaken its brutal perpetrators that we need not go into any extended rehearsal of the facts of the case. In March, 1876, Osborne Rhodes, a copper-colored negro, came to Lowndes? ville from Georgia and after "knocking about" in that community for some time, at length succeeded in hiring himself to Dr. Speer, with whom he lived for eight or nine months. He was a loud-mouthed, turbulent, pestilent fellow and soon ac Suired a sort of controlling influence over le conduct and actions of the Radical negroes in that community. On the day before the murder he had a difficulty with his employer about the payment of his wages, and became so violent in beha? viour and made such serious threats that Dr. Speer prayed the peace against him in Trial Justice Beckham's court. A warrant was issued upon which he was arrested, and in default of bail he was confined in the calaboose at Lowndes? ville preparatory to his removal to the jail at this place on the following day. During his confinement in the calaboose he was visited by several prominent col? ored men to whom he expressed the fear that the white people intended to take him out and kill him that night. He asked them to collect a crowd for his rescue from such a fate and said that he would give the alarm by a cry of murder. Among those who were especially active in raising this crowd were Peter and Wil? liam Cozby and Wightman Allen. After perfecting this arrangement Rhodes made a proposition to Mr.Pritchard, a-member of the Lowndesville town council, that if he was released from the calaboose and conveyed across the river into Georgia he would never come back to Lowndesville again. To this Pritchard assented tell? ing him that he would come to the cala? boose that night with such an escort as would insure his safe conduct across the border. According to agreement Pritch? ard, accompanied by Clayton Allen and Theodore Baker, repaired to the calaboose at about ten o'clock that night. On the door being opened Rhodes set up a fear? ful cry of murder, but upon being assured by Pritchard that no harm was intended he became quiet and agreed to go with Allen and Baker. As the party ap Eroached the Presbyterian church,*some undred yards distant from the calaboose, they were halted by a large band of ne? groes and fired into, Allen fell from his horse with eight bullet holes through his. body, and Baker was seriously wounded in the neck but effected his escape. The firing party instantly dispersed and the community was thrown into the wildest state of excitement by the news of this horrid crime. The most vigilant and active measures were at once taken for the discovery of those engaged in the murder, and seventeen negroes were ar? rested for complicity in the crime. They confessed their guilt and were commit? ted to jail to await their trial for murder. In order to prevent threatened violence, the prisoners were taken to Anderson and confined in jail at that place, and as a further precaution were thence conveyed to Walhalla and there kept until the Jan? uary term of court for this county when they were put upon trial for their lives. A iury. composed of four white and eight colored men was entrusted with the case, and, after a protracted trial continuing through two days, on Sunday morning, January 14th, Judge Cooke sentenced the prisoners to be hung on April 20th. Af? ter the excitement of the late political campaign had somewhat died away there was a marked revulsion of public senti? ment as to the execution of the whole number of the condemned. Petitions, numerously signed, were forwarded to Governor Hampton and the most active agencies were set to work in behalf of the prisoners. Acting upon the sugges? tions contained in these petitions, the recommendations of Judge Cooke and the earnest solicitations of the jury that tried the case, the Governor respited the sen? tence of the whole number of the con? demned until last Friday. A further ex? amination of the case influenced the Gov? ernor to commute the sentences of seven of the condemned to a life time impris? onment in the State penitentiary. These seven, William Johnson, Hutson Cozby, Gilbert Barton, Edward Prince, Capers Allen, Eli Hunter and Asbury Allen, were taken to Columbia on last Thursday under guard and placed in the peniten? tiary?the death sentence as to the re? maining three was allowed to stand aqd on Friday they suffered the extreme pen? alty of the law. The parting between these men on Thursday morning was full of emotion. Tears streamed down the swarthy cheeks of the confederates in crime as they bade each other an eternal farewell. During the day and on Thursday night the wives and children of two of the doomed men. (the other, John Allen was unmarried,) were allowed to remain with them in their cells and the time was passed in al? ternate tossing and prayer. Far into the night the voices of the unhappy captives floated out upon the soft spring air, and now and then a spasmodic shout of "Glory, hallelujah 1" would relieve the monotonous petitions for mercy and par? don. John Allen alone, of all the three, slept, He passed the night as if no crime rested upon his head?slept right under the shadow of the gallows as if his soul was not stained with the blood of a fellow human being. Not so with Jenkins Whitner and Wightman Allen?the gray dawn found them on their knees sending up the most pitiful petitions to their Master that if it were possible he would let this cup pass from them. On Friday morning there was the bus? tle of preparation on every hand. The condemned were attended in their cells by Revs. Wightman and Pratt and Maxcy, colored, who prayed with the un? fortunate wretches and administered the communion to them. They spent the entire morning with the prisoners and did what they could to reconcile them to their horrid fate. The two Aliens were calm and self-possessed but Jenkins Whitner was so much unnerved that the Sheriff had to dress him for the gallows. At nine o'clock the "Abbeville Rifles" assembled at the jail and acted as the guard around the gallows. Two rows of sentinels were stationed in the jail yard and armed guards placed at all the en? trances of the enclosure. Only such per? sons as hod been summoned to act as guards were allowed to enter the yard and the greatest good order was preserved through the entire day. At 11 o'clock the SnerifF, accompanied by a squad of five men from the rifle club, proceeded to the cells of the condemned and marched the unhappy wretches out to the place of execution. The prisoners were neatly dressed in black, walked in their stock? ing feet and wore white gloves. They had been shaved on the previous evening and presented a very pleasant appearance. Each wore the fatal black cap. They were accompanied by the three clergy? men before named who bade them fare? well at the foot of the gallows. They then took their places on the trap door on the right of the scaffold on chairs which had been put in position by the Sheriff and his assistants. Whitner was considerably agitated and aa he ascended the scaffold cried out "Glory! thank God! I feel that Jesus is in my soul" After the prisoners had taken their posi? tions on the gallows the Sheriff stepped to the front and said: "My friends, I do not think it is necessary tor me to ask you to give these poor unfortunate men I a quiet and respect ml hearing. They we here to suffer the extreme penalty of the law and desire to make some-statements. I will first introduce Wight man Allen." Amidst a silence that was almost pain? ful, Wightmau Allen, with, blanched face and tremulous voice, arose and said s "God has said, whosoever cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out. I want all my friends to take warning from my presence here to-day. Get ready to meet Christ. Keep your- foot in-the path from earth to heaven. My friends, do not think too much of your friends; this .is what brought me here. I am here to be crucified luce my Saviour. Ldont know what I am put here for. This thing will stare you in the face when you don't ex? pect it. May God have mercy on me." Jenkins Whitner next arose and said: "I thank God that I am able through His mercy to stand before yon. I thank God He has enabled me to flee from the wratn to Come. You may rejoice at the death of one poor servant, but all have to come to this. The tall, the wise, the rev'rent head must lie as low as ours. Here's me; see me holding on to this last solemn words. I am innocent of this ?this very object. ? I ain't got the blood of any man on my hands. Thank God when I lie down I will have no blood on my hands. Lord bless us all, my friends that they may be able to realize their true condition. God bless you all. God loves all of you; He loves your souls. God is the ruler on high; He is able to save sinners. I can smile at my coffin down there. God bless you all, white and colored. May God bless you. May God save you all. I give my respects to Mr. Jones and family. They have been kind to us?kind to us all; and I say here upon my last solemn tomb I believe my Redeemer won't charge it to him. I'm innocent of it Remember these words. Pray all of you. Pray that God may save your souls; that you may be able to flee from the wrath to come. May God bless you all and save you in His Kingdom." John Allen' then spoke as follows: "I'm here in the hands of My God. I'm going to 11 the truth. Pve got to stand before Gou's judgment bar. I was with the party that killed Mr. Allen. I fired; I run; jut I don't know whether I hit or not I thank God I feel that I am clear of that Try to meet me in heaven. I've tried to make my calling and elec? tion sure." The Sheriff, assisted by Mr. Hughes, then adjusted the ropes about the necks of the unhappy convicts, bade them good? bye and descended from the gallows. There was a moment of awful suspense, and at 27 minutes past 11 the drop fell with a dead thud, ana the majesty of the law was fearfully vindicated. The Sheriff had taken the precaution to tack bagging around the lower part of the gallows frame, so that the contortions of the banged men could not be seen by the multitude. Drs. Edwin Parker, of this place, 0. P. Hawthorn, of Due West, and J. G. Johnson, of Lowndesville, acted as medical experts, and at S min? utes to 12 o'clock pronounced the three men dead, when they were cut down and deposited in neatly stained coffins that were in waiting by the scaffold. The necks of the two Aliens were completely broken, and they died almost without a struggle. Whitner lived for: seventeen minutes after the drop fell, and died from asphykia, or strangulation. Wightman Allen was 31 years old, about 5 feet in height, with small body and good looking face! He was formerly the slave of James Allen/ and was named for Bishop Wightman of the Methodist Church. He was married and had three living children. He had always lived in Lowndesville. He had no education; could neither read nor write, but pos? sessed the average intelligence of his race. He claimed to the last that he was not present at the shooting of Allen; that he was a quarter of a mile distant from the scene of the murder at the time the shooting took place. It was at his house that the conspirators assembled both before and after the shooting, and this, together with the fact that he had taken an active pan in raising the crowd, led to his execution. John Allen was a brother to Wight man, and was twenty-one years old. He could sad a little, went to school to a colored man, Tom Heard. He had a forbidding front and an evil eye. He was a little over five feet in height, and weighed perhaps one hundred and sixty pounds. He confessed o; his trial ana from the gallows that he was present at the murder of Allen and that he fired upon him. Jenkins Whitner was about twenty four years old, and a large, stout, heavily built black fellow, with a pretty fair countenance and rather pleasant man? ners. He could read and write, and was more intelligent than the masses of his Seople. He was born and raised in An erson County, and,was once owned by Maxy Moorehead, who lived three miles from Anderson village. He came to Lowndesville year before last, and lived there until last December. He went to school to Mary Hicks at Anderson. He was a lieutenant of the squad that murdered Allen. The Sheriff's conduct at the execution was most admirable?he behaved like a man, and deserves the highest praise. The best order prevailed throughout the entire day, ana by four o'clock in the afternoon the town was deserted. What effect this execution will have the future alone can determine. ? A large establishment has been* opened in St. Louis for drying eggs. It is in full operation, and hundreds of thousands of dozens are going into its in? satiable maw. The eggs are carefully "candled" by hand?that is, examined by light to ascertain whether good or not?1 and are then thrown into an immense re? ceptacle, where they are broken, and by a centrifugal operation the white and yolk are separated from the shell very much as liquid honey is separated from the comb. The liquid is then dried by heat, by patent process, and the dried article is left, resembling sugar, and is put in barrels and Is ready for transporta? tion anywhere. ?- Of the $258,000 that Cardozo's re? port showed to be in the Treasury, only $40,000 in money was turned over to Treasurer Leaphart, it appearing that the $218,000 difference was locked up in Sol? omon's bank. General Moise found in his office 750,000 copper capped ball car? tridges, a sufficient amount to last the State twenty years in time of peace. Only one hundred guns, including disa? bled weapons, were found. Large num? bers of bayonet scabbards and cartridge boxes were found, and nothing else of value. - _ ? Chicago Tribunt, (Republican): The colored men have nothing more to ask; there is nothing which national politics can give them as a class. They are fairly starred and established in the race of life. They are as free and secure in their freedom as all other, men, and, like all other men, must take their chances. The color line in politics hav? ing been obliterated, the colored race, politically, is henceforth merged in ana lost in the general mass of the people. ? Some women are certainly very un? reasonable; There's Mrs. Miller, of New York, for instance, who had her husband arrested the other day upon a charge of "habitual drunkenness and refusing to provide any support for her," just as if any husband could bo expected to make .money enough at this dull season to keep habitually drunk and support his wife at the same time. ? In Wiunsboro a rifle compxny has been organized, which is to be attached to the South Carolina militia, and has been named the Gordon Rifles, in honor of Georgia's distinguished son, and South Carolina's devoted friend, the Hon. John B. Gordon, J GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY. [ ? Kellog* remains in Washington, and says he wiu contest the seat of Senator Spofford.; . ?Why are untried murderers like bells on the ground ? Because they want noth? ing but hanging. ? One of the last utterances of Parson Brownlow was a declaration in favor of Hampton for President in preference to any Northern Democrat ? According to the Graphic a well trained legislator is never bribed, but adroitly sells his jack knife for $10,000, and calls it a business transaction. ? A widow in Iowa, whose husband was burned to death while under impris- j onment for drunkenness, has obtained a judgment for $6,000 against the man who' sold him liquor. ? A facetious editor calls Austin, Texas, the city of dead Issues, because, as it rem arks, no less than fifteen papers have died within the past ten years. ? Mrs. Mary J. Willard, wife of Ma? rion Willard, and daughter of John S. Martin, of Laurensville,. died at the resi? dence of her husband, in the same coun? ty, on the 2nd instant ? This remarkable statement appears among the personals of our exchanges: "The widow of Daniel Webster, who died I nearly twenty-five years ago, is still liv? ing in New York city." ? An inebriate on being kindly ques? tioned in a very narrow lane, across which he was reeling, as to the length of the road he had travelled, replied, "Faith it j is not so much the length of it as the breadth of it that tired me." ? Mrs. Martha Burkett, wife of Mr. Willis Burkett, of Oconee County, died on the 22nd of April. She was the mother of seventeen children, most of | whom are married and have families. ? A hunter in Lexington boasts that I he caught a red fox a few days ago meas? uring from tip to tip four feet and one inch, and from toe to toe three feet and one inch. The race lasted four hours | with seven dogs. ? Among the inmates of the Nashville j Lunatic Asylum is a negro woman who lives almost entirely upon grass, which i she obtains from the lawn in front of. the building. She has a great antipathy to weeds, and suffers none to grow within j the enclosure. ? The Turkish minister at Washing- j ton has received a -great number of ap? plications from young physicians, who wish to go to the seat of war as surgeons in the Turkish army. He has been com? pelled to reply that he has neither au- j thority to commission nor funds to trans? port them. ? "Will our exchanges in the old j States," says, a Dallas (Texas) paper, "warn their young men not to come to Texas in search of employment?unless they want employment on the farm. There is plenty of work on Texas farms tobe hau, but unless a man desires, to labor on a farm, be had better give Texas a wide berth." ? The Franklin -Cotton Mill at Sau fuoit, N. Y., bnflt in 1812. and owned by [. D. Browell < j Co., was burned on Fri? day night The fire originated in the explosion of the watchman's lantern. Loss $77,000. Insurance $10,000. One hundred persons were thrown out of em? ployment. ? Mr. Jennings, the London ^corres pondent of the World, looks for a general war in Europe, and thinks it will result in a general revival in American securi? ties, particularly in railroad securities, which are now "so much depreciated. European capital will be compelled to seek investment in America, ? Gen. and Mrs. Grant, with their son Jesse, sailed for Liverpool from Philadel? phia on May 7 in the Indiana. Presi? dent Hayes and Cabinet offered him passage on a government vessel, but the General preferred going as a private citi? zen, and probably thought he could make the voyage in a much snorter time. ? The Legislature is pruning the offi? cial fruit trees close to the stem: and the people begin to feel the days of prosper? ity are in sight If the salary of Auditor is pruned down to $800?which is a fair living salary these hard times?we have a saving alone in that office of $54,400. We wait the result of this good begin? ning. ? The Massachusetts State Board of Health issues a circular descriptive of hydrophobia. The disease is divided in? to three stages?the first is marked by restlessness, the second by spasms and frothing, and the third by paralysis. An attack of the disease, it says, may be avoided in a vast majority of cases, after a person has been bitten by a rabid ani? mal, by at once washing and cauterizing the wounds with a white-hot iron or ni? trate of silver. False Impression. It is generally supposed by a certain class of citizens, who are not practical or expe? rienced, that Dyspepsia can not invariably be cured, but we are pleased to say that Grkzn's August Fbowkb has never, to our knowledge, ? failed to cure Dyspepsia and Livei Complaint in all its forms, such as Sour Stomach, Costiveness, Sick Headache, palpitation of the Heart, low spirits, Ac., &c. Out of 30,000 dozen bottles sold last year, not a single failure was reported, but thou? sands of complimentary letters received from Druggists of wonderful cures. Three doses will relieve any case. Try it Sample Bottles 10 cents. Regular Size 75 cents. For sole by Wilhite & Williams. DISSOLUTION. THE Firm of GILREATH & PEOPLES " is this day dissolved by mutual con? sent All indebted to us will please settle j immediately, as we are determined to close ] up the old business. W. W. GILREATH, J. E. PEOPLES. May 3,1877. HAVING bought Mr. W. W. Gilreath's interest in the firm of Gilreath & Peoples, the business will be carried on at the old stand, under the name and style of | J. E. Peoples. Call and get bargains. ? J. E. PEOPLES. May 10,1877 _43 DENTAL NOTICE. THE undersigned would respectfully in? form the citizens of Anderson and vi cinity that he is prepared to do all work, both in Mechanical and Operative Dentistry. Has all the late appliances for Filling, Piv? oting and Treating Teeth, as well as for Ar? tificial Dentures. Prices to suit the times. All work warranted, and satisfaction guar an teed. Administers Liquid Nitrous Oxide Gas for the painless extraction of teeth when desired. Printers, Clergymen of all denom? inations, Physicians, School Teachers, des? titute widows and orphans, work done at half usual rates. < Will remain in Anderson a short while. Booms over:Mr. A.' B. Towers' store, Granite Row. E. G. MURRAH, D. D. 8. May 3, 1877 42 8 DR. J. W. GURLEY, Of Atlanta, Georgia, "TT7ILL be in Anderson on the 16th, 17th, YV and 18th of May, where he may be consulted by those suffering with the fol? lowing diseases: Diseases of the Eye and Ear, of every de? scription. Cancer and Tumors cured without the loss of blood, and with very little or no pain. Ulcers of the leg. Piles and Fistula, without using the knife. Deformities of the 8pine, Crooked Feet Diseases of the Joints, Contracted Cords, Stiff Knees, Rupture, radically cured by mechanical means. Dr. Gurley is well known to the best citi? zens of Anderson, and refers by permission to Doctors P. A. Wilhite/ O. R. Broylee, J. T. McFall and W. H. Nardin, at Ander? son C. H., S. C. May 3,1877 42 2 PENDLETON FACTORY, FOR SALE. By J. H. McConnell, Sheriff L Auctioneer. State or South Caxoluta, AffDXBSOH COCKTT. In the Court Common Pico?. Albert J. Clinkscoles, Plaintiff, against the Pendleton Manufacturing1 Company, Wil? liam Perry and others. Corporators, Wll. liam Roniply and others, Creditors, De? fendants.?Action Jpr. appointment o/.JU ceiver. Sale of property, etc, BY virtue of an order of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of An? derson, and State of Sooth Carolina, I will expose to sale at PUBLIC OUTCRY, at ANDERSON C. H., 8. C, on the TWEJf TY THIRD DAT OP MAY next, all that Valuable Property, known as the Pendleton Factory, Situate on the Blue Ridge Railroad, three miles South of Pendleton. The Tract of Land, 420 acres, more or less, will be deri? ded into 'two tracts, and plats of each on exhibition. The Water-Power, on the Twenty-Three Mile Creek, a large and never-failing stream, propelling Letters Turbine Wote^ Wheels, running all machinery in the main, one and-a-half story brick building, 45 by. 160 feet, over 2000 spindles, 21 cards, 60 looms, and a large quantity of other machinery appurtenant. Also, adjoining, a one-story Brick Build? ing, 27 by 70 feet, for machine shop and picker rooms, with lathes, tools, and every? thing convenient. Also, another Building, with cotton gin and press, and two sets of wool cords, pick? er, (fee. Everything convenient for receiving cot? ton; ana for shipping manufactured goods to any. market The President's house, store-house and 25 houses for operatives, comparatively new and well arranged for business and comfort. Many medals attest the superiority of Yams made at this Factory. Adjoining the Factory Tract is 150 acres of land, known as the "Kessler Mill Tract" with (arm, water-power, and a Grist Mill, in a first-rate neighborhood for custom. This Tract will be sold separately, .and a plat of the same exhibited. Twill also sell the following new and de? tached machinery, that has not been in use, made by.C. Dam forth A Co., Patterson, N.J.; Two self-stripper Carding Machines, two Drawing Heads, one Speeder, one Yarn Press, one Grinder and ono Band Machine. Come and look at the property before day of sale. Mr. Wilson or myself wiQ be there every day In the week, and will take pleasure in showing it. ' My Poet Office is Pendleton, 8.. C. ? ... TERMS OF -SL^E?One-third of the pur? chase money cash: balance in.two equal instalments, payable respectively on 1st January, 1878, and 1st January, 1878, with interest from day of sale at seven per cent, per annum, to be secured by bond and mortgage of the premises, and machine? ry, and policies of insurance, equal to the unpaid balance of purchase money, to be assigned. JOHN B. SITTON, ? Receiver Pendleton Manufacturing Co. April 28,1877 41 ,5 l. P. SMITH. T, R. AYBR. NEW FIRM. NEW GOODS. WE woqld respectfully inform the citi? zens of Anderson that we have formed a copartnership in the Mercantile Business, and would solicit a shore of pub? lic patronage. We deal exclusively in MEN'S WEAE, And have just received a fresh lot of Goods from New York, consisting of BROADCLOTHS, CA6SIMERES, DRAB D'ETES, At, HATS ! We also hove a choice selection of th? lo? test style Hats , and Gents' Cravats of the litest pattern. We will sell very eh cap for CASH! Call and examine our stock, 'and 'we can make it to your interest to purchase from us. j.J. R. SMYTH;; Is in the opposite room, and will be glad to see his old friends and customers. Hi Is ready and prepared to Cut your clothes and make them up in the lotest style. Came and see us at McCuily 's Corner. . l: P. SMITH & CO. March 29,1877 37 8m SPRING AND SUMMER a-ooDS AT THE i Emporium of Fashion. [" WISH to coll the attention of the Lo L dies to my Spring Stock of Goods. Hats of every style and quality?the Cheapest ever sold in this market. A beautiful lot Flswers, Ribbons, Neckties, and other novelties. The best lot of Shoes ever brought to this place?hand-made in Winchester, Ya., and warranted to wear well. Dress Goods in great variety. Kid and Lyle Thread GLOVES. BTew Prints as 8 1 -8e.-l2 yards for one dollar. The Man tu a-Maltin g and Milli? nery Departments are in charge of competent, and experienced Ladies, who guarantee satisfaction. I sell for Cash, and cannot be undersold. Give rac a call and satisfy yourselves. Z. D. CHAMBLEE, Proprietor of Emporium of Fashion. April 5,1877_26 . ly Miss IdMe Williams & Go. NEW GOODS, NEW GOODS, Arriving Daily at the LADIES' STORE! OVELTH38 of every kind. HATS of every quality and style. We are prepared to please the most fastidious. Fishaes, Heek Ties and Trim? mings, of the* very latest texture and shade.' Dress Goods of every variety. Gloves, from the Lyle Thread to the Alexander Kid, at prices that will please. Shoes that will tempt the eye and. not empty the purse. ? i Mantua and Millinery Depart? ments complete. Our corps of Ladies are competent and are determined NOT TO BE EXCELLED. We propose selling for Cash and Short Profits Give us a coll before you buy your Spring Goods. March 29,1877_37_ ?\T0TICE 0F FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the under? signed, Administratrix of Estate Edmona McCrory, deceased, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on Satur? day, 9th day of June next f?r a Final Set? tlement ana discharge from said Estate. J. A. McCRARY, Adm'x. May 8,1877 42 5