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E. B. MUKRA Y, KilitorT^ THURSDAY NORMING, JULY 19, 18V7. Dr. Brown's predio '? n in tho last can vass, that if the Democrats carried thc State, thc Republicans would leave the State like rats funning from a burning barn, ?j now being fulfilled. Chamber lain, Patterson, Whittemore, Doge, Montgomery, Lowe, and numerous lesser lights, have bid farewell to our clime and returned to their old haunts, whew they no doubt astonish thc natives by their immensely changed financial condition. It is stated in the press dispatches that tlie President will appoint Cowgill, a member of tho late Florida returning board,. Marshal of Dakota. Thc citizens ol'that Territory protect that they do not desire such accomplished officials, but wc presume the President feels called upon to repay the favors extended to him by this skilfull accountant. It is a fair illus tration of his Excellency's Southern poli cy which may be defined as thc policy of giving a carpet-bagger nu office wherever it is possible in the South, ami of protect ing Republicans from criminal prosecu tion as far as possible. The elections in France will come off on thc Kith and ftOtll of September next, at which time a new ('bamber of Depu ties will be elected, and thr administra tion of McMahon passed upon by thc people. If the vote be favorable and a Chamber of Deputies friendly to the administration be elected, thc Dc Broglie ministry will remain, but if the Repub licans prevail the ministry will bo reor ganized, mid the cause of republican government upheld. The content v iii be close ?ind fierce throughout Frunce, as the magnitude of thc crisis is fully real ized. lt is a fight by the ballot for self government against a centralization, the direct object of which is the destruction of thc Republic and the establishment of a monarchy in its stead. .lohn J. Patterson, tliecapet-bag United States Senator from South Carolinn, is summering in Pennsylvania, where he will probably reside in future, as he has recently discovered that thc climate of of this State is too hot entirely for a gen tleman of his raising. He does not, how ever, object to making public the views of a Senator from South Carolina, on im portant subjects, and hence, bc submits to an interview upon tho subject of Chamberlain's attack on the President, lie thinks Chamberlain was too hasty in his criticism of tho President, for it is not yet certain what the President's course will be. Patterson thinks tho Republican party is dead, and for orien wc agreo with him. We niuo agree with him in thinking that the President has not thrown overboard tho Radical crew ; and henea, Southorn Democrats should not stultify themselves hy giving him any support further than is necessary to securo particular measures that Republi cans may bo divided upon, thereby giv ing the Democratic Senator? the balance of power. Tho indian uprising in idaho and Ore gon has been steadily increasing for the past two weeks, and now it has assumed auch formidable proportions aa to be re garded hy tho administration at Wash ington os equally serious as any which lias occurred during late years. The country in which it ia being carried on is mountainous and sparcely settled, and the Indians are waging the war of exter mination for which their nature and ac qU?Tnl&ajce. with tho country peculiarly fits thom. Settlements deserted to avoid the ferocity of the red skins, and in some cases whole families have been slaught ered and their houses and flocks pillaged, by the savages. On the 10th inst., a party of thirty-ono Chinamen, travelling down tho Clear Water River, were sur prised by Joseph, ono of the Indian chiefs and his followers, who for a mero pastime and rocrontion slew all but ono of them, and he barely escaped. Several battles on a small order have been fought around and near Mouut Idaho between tho Indiana and the United States troops, in which tho Indians have bceu driven from their positions, but tho number of killed and wounded have been about equal on both sides. The government is showing a decided lack of determination in this war, and is very much to bo cen sured for allowing thc lives and property of American citizens to romain nt the mercy of inhuman savages so long. The Cabinet, it is announced, has determined to take every proper means to end tb?-* outbreak and prevent the recurrence of such conflicts in tho future This is n ??s^ w?s?~ ^?tenninatiori, and should ,be at once and thoroughly carried into effect. These Indian wars arc far too numerous, and our government is too weak and len ient in suppressing them. Senator Conkling, of New York, it is said, will refuse to endorse President Hayes' Southern Policy. This is not to bo wondered nt, for wo could scarcely ox pect him to support nn administration with Evarts as Secretary of State. Sena tor CoiiKiing is ono of thc men in this country who has fallen just short of : greatness. With magnificent abilities | --^^Jind honorablo instincts, ho lacks tho thoroughness of principle in his nature Hf hieb is necessary to make his other ^ qualities show forth. Had bc raised his ^wvolce against the outrage of the Electoral ^^mmisaion's action over the vote of ^^dana. he would have stood forth tho jCbaractcr of his age, and been tbility the successful Presi his""^* o? 1880 ; but, although 9 Par9fejtion of the Commission oo/tswantnw lacked the moral ?'?ed ln intel?^tack thc vice* of lo oppose tho plowed himsrif tb - -W morai titoidkiTS^ M *e " W ^o?Uo^.^la?Q> .il h Jhim by fricmds nud ceded by hi? enc s. His glory has departed, and thc jjQpgislature of New York will this fall have the pleasure of electing an eminent Democrat to grace the office which ho has proven himself unworthy to hold any longer. Our Charleston contemporaries, the New? and Couria- and the Journal of Comvicrcf, have shown their influenco over the management of tho South Caro lina Railroad by scouring the adoption ?if the new schedule, and now the up country expects them to assist us in se curing cheap and equitable freight rates. Wc aro satisfied that if they will devote naif thc zeal to securing low freights which they have expended in accom plishing the changed schedule, we will soon bc relieved of the tyrannical and and short sighted discriiniiiation in charges to which we have buen subjected tor several years past by the South Caro lina Railroad Company. The new sched ule between Charleston and the moun tains is a step in thc right direction for that city, but it will du it very little good unless freights are also reduced. Our merchants believe that the business men of Charleston could control this matter if they cared to do so, and as long as a dis crimination exist-s hy which Greenville and Spartanburg haw preference shown them over points nearer to Charleston, so long may our friends in that city look for a large portion of thc trade of the in terior to seek " other markets. The freights ought to bc reduced by tho vol untary action of the railroad, arni if it is too contracted in its policy to make the reduction thc force nf public opinion, and tho pie.ssurc of business interests ought to endeavor to cause ti proper re duction ; and if this fails then it is the duty of our Lcg?Mlnturc to compel the authorities of this road to cease n dis crimination which rs injurious to the in terests of the road, to the city ol'Charles ton and to the people of our State. Wc hope thc press of the State will cry out against thc unjust policy which oppresses us, and especially we invoke the aid of our Charleston contemporaries in the cfFort to secure justice and equality for all localities at tho hands of a corpora tion created by our State for the public good. LOUISIANA RETURNING HOARD. The action of thc New Orleans Grund Jury, which indicted the Returning Board of tho Crescent State for forgery and perjury in thu counting and declar ing of the vote for State officers and Presidential electors last fall, has been tho ?mbject of comment throughout the United States for the past two weeks, and the independent press of both politi cal parlies agree lhat*lhe matter should not he hushed up by anything short of a full legal investigation, which will for ever Bettie thc charges that have been made about thc vote of this State as true or false. The Democratic party believes thnt this vote was cast for its candidates, while a large mass of Republicans aro equally confident that the State went Re publican by a fair majority. A verdict from a judicial tribunal is necessary to put this ugly question forever at rest, by either vindicating the integrity of thc members of the Returning Board or by indicting upon them thc punishment their alleged acts deserve, thereby mak ing a public example of them to check the perpetration of such crimes in tho future. It has been claimed by Judgo Law rence, a member of thc commission seut by Graut to Now Orleans, that Governor Nicholls promised that there should bc no prosecutions for political offences, and thrt this indictment is a violation of tho agtecmcnt. It is more than possible that Gov. Nicholls made this promise, but it clearly has not the significance which the Republicans wish to attach to it, un less it contained more than the promise mentioned, for neither perjury nor forgery arc political offences-they arc crimes against the common and statute lawB of the land, and cannot be condoned nor compounded by anything short of the punishment prescribed for all crim?nala who perpetrate them. The fuct that officials of a Stato havo committed these heinous offences decs not alter tho state of tho case ono particle, unless it is tc make it graver and more dungcrous as i public example. Thc fact that Governoi Nicholls opposes the indictment does ucl amount to anything. Ho has no mort right to interfere than a privato citizei until a conviction mu! sentence is rcn dered, and then he can only do so bj granting a pardon, which it is alleged bj some persons he will assuredly do if th< members of this board arc convicted We cannot believe ho has ever author ized such a statement, for he must hnov; that such a course on his part wonk probably cause his impeachment, am would certainly render him an object o: detestation to all honest men. If Wolli and Anderson are guilty, ho has no righ to say that the laws shall not bc cxccutcc against them, for all law-abiding citizen ot b<S-h parties would prefer to have sucl crimea punished for tho security of ou government in future. The trial of this interesting c&so wil come off this fall itz rc.""lt will bc c tho greatest importance to Presiden Hayes. If a conviction is had he can not afford longer to occupy tho Presi dency, for although the verdict of the in famous eight to seven commission ma; in law give him a title to the ofllco capa hlo of being sustained before a cour reckless enough to have made the de ?:ision, yet ho could not for one instan maintain the confidence or respect o: any considerable portion of cither party i Thia trial will In many respects bo tin I most remarkable one over had it I America, and tio doubt H nil! un* atti I ?jjQ ffxVL details ot ib.? Ix>u\a\iinK V>u?\nc? I from tho casting of tho *ote.o*te?l< i -f Number down to the beginning 1 the triaL^ m , ._ >\ -Seller* of liquor in Oregon ?ro n . required, under a new law, tobe Hcervs? > but escry drinker mu^^ ^ ; a license, and ^^jClsonccb 1 AJ -used person may *^^Ov,^o9c-V * FENCE QUESTION. , ^ There is no conflict of interest bej d' tbe owners of land nnd laborers on the fence question, which is now agitating the voten of this County. Thc question is one of pure political economy, for whatever beneiit*?tbe land owner is ad vantageous to laborers, and whatever in jures tho former, depreciates the value of the labor of the latter. The remunera tion of labor depends upon it? produc tiveness and upon capital and demand. Unproductive labor adds nothing to the capital of a country, nnd therefore tends to depreciate it* price. Now apply these well known principles to the question of the fence law, and it will at once be seen that the interests of the Jami owner and laborer ar? identical ; that whatever in crease's the productiveness of labor adds to the capital of the country, stimulates industry, increases the demand for labor, and, as a necessary sequence, enhances its value. Now let it bc remembered that all labor expended in erecting and keeping up the fencing of tho County is unproductive, and therefore naturally tends to diminish the wages of the laborer. The land owner does not pay for labor which is non-productive, for that which brings him nothing, but for that which adds to his capital, and just in proportion as labor adds to his capital is he able and willing to pay for it. If ali the non-productive labor of this County expended in keeping up thc fences was exerted in adding to the in crease of the productions, that increase would be very great, and constitute large ly to the yearly increase of tho capital of thc County, which would be of as much benefit to the laborer as to the capitalist. The result of fencing up the stock would be to add largely to the area put in cultivation, and enable thc cultivator of the s"?l to select the best lands for planting. The worn out spots now cul tivated because enclosed, and which aro. not remunerative to labor, would lie per mitted to rest ami the rich ores culti vated, thus amply repaying the laborer for his toil, and the labor now spent on fencing which produces nothing and for which the laborer gets nothing, would bc exerted to increase the productiveness of the country, and thereby add to the value and pt ice of labor. The land owner pays for productive labor; he ought not and cannot afford to pay for that which is non-productive. The end ui na inuUttitj ia piouuciion, uliu au labor which does not produce something valuable is utterly worthless. If the laborer, therefore, would seek his own in terest, be would seek to make his labor productive, cud labor directed to the cul tivation of the soil, upon which the very existence of the human family depends, is certainly much more valuable than that exerted in felling timber and de stroying forests to erect fences. HAYES AM) THE SOUTH. .Somo of the Democratic papers of the South are advocating a support of the President's so-called Southern policy, upon the ground that wc are under obli gations to him for past favors, and be cause he ia now making a stand against certain men in the Republican party, which entitles him to support. Thc ef forts of these papers is cunningly devised, and bear upon their face the appearance of great plausibility, but when investiga ted it proves to be nothing more nor less than a coalitiou with one wing of the Republican party for thc purpose contin uing it in power. This movement in tho United States is a repetition of what has taken place in South Carolina, and our recent experience ought to be sufficient to convince every one that no conlition with a dishonest party ever proves ad vantageous to honest men. On tho con trary, a strong and vigorous campaign against the tottering wreck of tho corrupt and revolutionary structure erected by the Republican party is almost sure to accomplish its final overthrow. What can be tho intention of those Southern Democrats who advocate n divaion of tho Northern and Southern Dmocrats as to thia administration ? Tie Presi- I dent has done nothing for wiich the South ia under any more ob'gation to him than the North. If ho does any- i thing deserving the support c the Dem- 1 ocracy, why should this suport be sec- 1 tional? There ia no rcasa to justify ' any division of tho Democicy over the * returning board Presidentor his South ern policy. He has doneonly what his i oath of office and the redute action of < thc Democratic House of iepresentntives < forced him to do. Tho deers appointed , by bini have not been ay iniproveis^nt upon those given U3 b; Grant, and the removal of the troops i now admitted to r have been a bargain ft the protection of < guilty Republicana ; .nd therefore the > friends of this nowcoalition have no J right to oak that th President ahall be - paid in Democraticapport when he has < contracted thc oligation payablo in * Democratic charit-to political offenders. ? There is really it ono reform measure t instituted by tb administration of ita t own free will, an that ?B the Frtjidcnt'a J order prohibitif, federal offidjJs from " participating ii tho managcss?it aud J control of par/ organisatior*/ If car- c ..... :-_r-:?h th*. mf?Trn w''^ do much to 'tevate and puri^phe civil t service, and ae country wil|?ghly ap- v prec?ate tho nurse of tho Prt?ent re?a- q tivo to it, ?at there is noWS in it to J? cause any vctional change,^ ?8 appli- ?( cabio alik?to North, East oHweat, and a tho Demaracy of tho ? should * stand toother upon all oMons toucl1- J ing a apport of thc P^^ent- W? C have to doubt ho will?3""1? B?*>" ri things, and so far all D?brats can bo 1 relied on to support himiS we sincere- ? ly hopothepTo3<?t<|7fi|legrating th* m i Dottkoeratlc Pttrty.-.?'^l aSouthern and it V?ottuc*? v?T r ./fc?%oly. Theron j> r\ wilmot submit to IjJhnTjf6 P^pJ1? / {pr?sent ieaden atfrhpt /V^V' ? I / ment. Our peoptf hm " '??mpHsh? j ? ( ^-^-SSSS?^?jr?^ \? oveT*1* 31 A Tbe ^.^\|^?\u*u?*aUon. I . Y^?^^^^t*r^^^^' j?nd its ? A?S fc^^Or^^or ?. /I loot ^tj/tho ,^!*bei''y Ul '&T&Si^f??h **?<*?ia yv- Im OIR GRANGE COLUM1 ASDEitKON, 8. C., July 7thjPx877. Editor Anderson Intclligencr : It is my pleasant du'-y to inform you that your kind offer of column in youi journal for the uso cf Pomona Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, has beon accep ted, with sincere thanks for the favor, and placed under the supervision of thc Executive Committee. Very ri'upcct/MIy, J. W. NORRIS, Secretary P. G. P. H. Thc above is lin reply of thc Pomona Orange of this Cmnty to nu oiler from the INTKI.I.KSI?N'C?B, proposing to give a column to be de'oted to such informa tion as thc Orang! may wish dissemina ted ; and, as wi! be seen, this column will be under tin direction of the Execu tive Committee if Pomona Orange, und hence, it is to be hoped the interests of the organization ma; be promoted in thin section, and its n Tits made known to those outside as vidi ax within the Order. Ill conducting thu INTEI.MUEN I CKW it is our aim to linke it the repre sntative of thc progi ss of thc country, and of thc interests f the majority of our people, and as tint objects also ani mate the (hange offanization, we arc I glad to have it maw a medium of thc IXTELLHiEXCEIt forum transmission of matters of interest tilts members. The J articles in this depafinent of our paper will hereafter cumelroin thc Executive Committee, but may e either original or selected. They ni r refer strictly lo Orange matters, or nay relate to thc general interests ol igriculture in this section, and will, wc, re confident, prove interesting, not oitf to members of thc Orange, but lo tlie?armer.s who may be able to read theirJ All matters of im portance connecMl with the State, County or suhofiinatc (?ranges will hereafter appear nnnptly in the INTEL 1.1? ? KN* T.K. THF. ?VAR HEH H [EEN TURKEY AND iSIAo It is now ovid* that thc.success of the Russians againstfhe Turks in thc pres ent campaign ballot met the general ex pectation. It \ra supposed that if this conflict of arms should bc confined to those two counties, Russia would in n short time prom victorious, and dictate her own terms? peace to Turkey, re strained only Iii the other powers of Europe. Suetyfliowover, has not been the success of I? Russian armies. They have met wi? disaster in Armenia. Ratouin, KarSjgnd Erzuroum remain in tact if thc han* of the Turks, while the Russians have Ween forced to retreat, and thc evacuation pl Irdahan and Bayazid must soon take pljse. This will restore to thc Turkish ?rces their old frontier linc, with nothlnfe to fear during the pres ent year, as theieason is so far advanced that it will bc iApossiilcfor theRu?3ians to draw from cesitral Ada reinforcements sufficient io ?able tann to assume the offensive. Grfat int?r?t ?B now directed to tho couteijding armes South of the Danube. Th? Russian have succeeded in throwing A large for:o South of the Danube, but as yet thatforce has accom plished very little. It i surrounded with great, difficulties, and t decided defeat would lead to thc destrction of the Ri sien army. The Turkshave laid waste the whola country, am the supplies of provisions and aniniunitou for thc whole Russian army have to >o brought from their own country by a single railroad. Tho single bridge acres the Danube, upon which the army is wholly depend ent hos been broken p.veral times hy storms, rendering their psition South of tho Danube hazardous, f not perilous. Tho superiority of the Jusaian force in numbers, organization, nd civilization would seem to promise ucccss, but the uncertainty of war bctwen large hostile annies, as evinced in th battle of Bull Ran, shows that victory i not always on tho side of numbers and regular trained soldier.!. Thc latest news is tht ten thousand Russians have cmsscd th Balkan moun tains through the Heion 'ass, and occu pied len i Sadargh. Fren Constantino ple comes tho news that thc Turks have defeated the Russians, c-occupicd Tir novu and entered Russku territory in die direction of Tiflis. Vny aurmiso as X) tho result of the prcsai? invasion of Turkey would be idle, as n t few days a jreat battle may decide- it a id we do not ?omprehend thc strategy ?f uther of tho .intending armies. 'm portant Inform ?tie:: fonTn?psyers. The receipts issued by Iho special igeiits for the collection oftthe ten per ;ent. contribution on accounyf taxes are nade receivable for taxes no present 'ear, and thc act authoriziil thc same loes not specify that they al only re :eivable from those persons wit paid the :ontribution. Tho receipts arran ade ne gotiable by this action of tho Ltislature, ind any person having poss&sion of hem can tender the same in patnent of axes. Doubtless many of thesS-ecsipts ire lost or mislaid by tho eon?butors, '.ho did not so much regard thea valu?, is they were anxious to sustfti the lampton government, and mada their lontributions as a free-will oiTerinlupon he altar of patriotism. In order Iment ucn cases, we are informed, the fcmp roller-Goneral has issued instructiva by r*hich tho County Treasurers will fi re uired to make a memorandum CT all iersons so claiming to have mislahl^eir ecoipts, and which will ultimately swre D tho proper parties a credit forihe mount paid. This arrangement orve as a check upon improper pei sceiving credit therefor The book: lie special agents aro in tho hands of Jr mptroller-General, and the mcmoi nm iist (whon received from a Cou rcasurer) will bo compared with riginal entry, BO that every person :ceive tho full benefit cf his patrii dion. Wo make this statement beca i has como to our knowledge that ayers in some countiea are perplexe! Soul tho loss of receipts.-Cotum*' n?raliy known that boiling ? -- H. (irani In England. Thc following letter to the New York World, received from an Englishman of distinction, as familiar almost with the i United States aa with England, has been . hi nded in for publication. It opens the way, no doubt, for an interesting.''erie.') of ' social revelations : LONDON, June 30. , Well, t?eucral Grant has come and : gone, besii lionized, dined and wined to bis heart's content, and beyond, (mother link has been forged in the chain which binda together the two great branches of the Anglo-Saxon race-I believe that's the proper way of putting it-but, aa al ways happens on such occasions, there is a disagreeable under-current left behind of tales told out of school which I sup fose will bo sure to find their way to the ?gilt of day sooner or later. Perhaps, therefore, there is no objec tion to my lolling you that people were not universally delighted here with thc ex-President's ways, and that they wore pretty universally disgusted with the ways of some of thc people wiio made . social capital for themselves out of his visit or belonged to his suite. lu the first place, h'm silence at most of the din ners which bc attended was something apallhig. On two occasions he literally never spoke one word from the soup to the salad. At another dinner he almost broke up the company by objecting tc allow the Duke ol' Cambridge to take precedence of him-thia, doubtless, on thc instigation of Picrropont. Worst of all the stories current, how ever, is that in thc Princess of Wales' drawing room at Marlborough House bc pulled out un enormous cigar and waa going tri light it, when somebody stepped up and prevented bim. However, he must not be too harshly judged for this, for when Mr. Seward was here, twenty years ago, and was taken by Mr. Dallas in full dress, with milled shirt-to a private concert at Buckingham Palace, lie. insisted on infecting himself with the fumes of a huge Havana just before he went in, in spite of a civil hint from Mr. Dallas timi the Queen had a strong per sonal repugnance to the smell of tobacco. Moreover, it is well known that poor dead Mrs. Thornton, the excellent housekeeper of Windsor Castle, never got over thc abominable conduct of Victor Emmanuel, who, visiting the Castle when King ol Sardinia, insisted on smoking all night in bed, and thereby, as Mrs. Thornton used to ?av, "noisyned" the beautiful green satin hangings of his room. llie "tricks and the manners" of thc ex-President, however, probably would not have annoyed people so much had it not been for the insufferable way in which he was compelled to drag the minister and the. whole Picrrepont con nection about with him wherever he went. He waa incensed at this himself, and openly expressed his satisfaction al getting out of Cavendish square, (len, Badeati was another bob on the Presi dential kite which Happed unpleasantly in people's faces; and it ia a great pity that some kind friend had not advisee General and Mrs. Grant to send thal young hopeful, their boy Jesse, to school before them in some ecol and healthy part of Switzerland. On thc evening ol the dinner nt Windsor this misguider; lad, by way of making himself agreeable to the Queen, went up to her Majesty ant affably attempted to open a conversador with her by saying : Well ma'am, vom Majesty, I hope your newspaper don' write about you in your country as oun do about my father and mother." ] grieve to say that tho interesting convcr nation thus began never went any further I The young gentleman, 1 believe, stil lives, and I hope is not beyond teaming The Champion Murderer. Mr. Courtney, Deputy Sheriff of D< Soto Parish, recently arrested Willi* Lungley, a desperate character, win wauted in Texas for many high-hanui.. outrages he has committed in that State He murdered his last victim in Lei County, where he was well known am feared as a bad man and remarkably good shot with either pistol or rifle. Fo" some time bc was confined in the count; jail of Lee, but subsequently made hi escape and fled to Louisiana, settling ii De Soto Parish, where he has been 1 iv in j quietly and peaceably for nearly tw< years under the assumed name of Jack son. The Sheriff* of Lee County, learn ing of Lungley"o whereabouts, wrote ti the Sheriff of De Soto Parish, giviug i full description of the man and the crinv ho had last committed, and cautionei him to use every precaution for his cap ture, as he or some of tho posse miga possibly lose their lives. Soon everythinj was quietly and systematically arrangci for his capture. Mr. Courtney and a small po??e wen into tho neighborhood where t\eir mai was living, and before he war aware o what was going on they suddenly cam upon him in the field ploughing and un armed, taking him completely by sui prise. Lungley immediately realize* That was up, and seeing that tic had n vossible chance of escape, gracefully sui ?endered, saying: "Gei t'emen, I kno\ what you want ; you arc after Williau Lungley. I am thc man." Mr. Court ney informed him that.he had guessei correctly, and produced thc warrant fo his arrest. Lungley, after being wei secured, said ho might as well make clean breast of it, as it would be the lat of him when he leached Texas, and con fessed to the killing of thirty-two men, an said that he came near killing a man tw days before his arrert and wished ho ha dono lt, as it would haye saved him fror b??ng captured. During his residence i Do Soto Parish he conducted himself i a most quiet and gentlemanly manne: and none of his neighbors for a momee suspected him of being the bloodthiret villian that ho is. After Lungley's rl( livery to tho Texan Sheriff ho invite Mr. Courtney and bia posse to como au sec him hanged.-Shreveport (IM.) Time Answers to Questions. MASTER'S OFFICE, STATE GRANGE, CHAPPELI.'S DEPOT, NEWBERRY, S. ( To W. M. NEV/BERRY POMONA-. fourth dogreo merr'v,r of a subordina! Grange is not eligible to office in a Pome na Grange, before he or she is receive into tho Pomona Grange, by action of tb Grange. A fourth degree member bein elected to outee in a Pomona Grange bi foro ho or abo becomes a member of tb Pomona, tho election is not valid. Sc Parliamentary Guide, under head < "Powers and Duties of a Grange," Ni 20, page 21. By a lato amendment an fourth degree member, in good standitif may apply for membership in a Pomon Grange, nnd, if received, then bcconn entitled to take tho fifth degree and i eligible to office, but not a voting men ber. To W. M. ?G3-f!A member who ia n< Butitled to receive the A. P. W. on ai count of arreara for regular dues" has ; "right to sit in tho Grange, to vote, or I receive any of the benefits or privilcgi &f the order." When a member fails I pay his or her duea for four (4) quarter then it becomes tho duty of the Master I ardor the name of Buch member stricke from tbe roll without action by tl Orange. The Grange can by a majori! roto do the samo for any default to pa lues monthly, unless regulated other wi: by by-laws, 1 Every subordinate Orango should si list all its mcmbca sottlo np tboir dui ;omptIy and fully, nt thc cud of eac tarter, at farthest, and make a refus tt failure to do ao good causo for dro| ing Aom the rolla. JAS. N. LIPSCOMB, AI. 8. G. " ivar. ? GENERAL NEWS sii!A?Y< - Louisiana sugar lape "'^u? ^ro.D $200 to ffiOO worth of Bu? aere tc be had from .*.?> to $15 pe * " - Several circuses thTa}" ,,c wages to ordinary lahore *orK 18,K scarce that men are willi! ? en?a?o their board alone. . - Hen Harrison, of T JT10.0 a?Ce8, Irv. and lute opponent o: Jeans, it to be the Hayes Repi 1,1 ,cad<ir ?' Indiana, vice Morton. ., , . , - Nineteen times wi ,ast bun; dred years the Russian I * ?7? crossed the Danube with host :teut? without including the present ( - The dwelling o^,J*nV* ? Rogers, a few miles f- ChaiJ?,tU?'<w}' C., was struck hy Hg :lM:t?u thc J\h> and entirely consume. * its contents. - It seems that tb'0UI?ana.gram3 jury did not hesitate '?' Rehuid tfi,? rc" turns when the late "u,"? board was under investigation. , , , , - Of a handful . vcr halves and quarters, from one-'u'r ,to pne-thiri will now be found t ive buel\ co,n9d before 1800. Whcr lVC' tlle* bcen ,n thc meantime ? , r - Incident of a uuk'r s I*"" ,froin the Danville Ad, "A Suddenly Smith heard the m 'f tllU?Jer and be came unconscious. "? >iaU aUo heard tho noise, but nci 2} lheiu Baw anv flash of lightning ihu '"^ went to Smith, and in ab twenty minutes he was ^stored to ccu1OU8,Ue8'' Tllen at" tcntion was given he howes. One of thom was standii rc^> with ?"u> f(,ot lifted a little way '! \hti earth, and the other w:us kn??lli w,tu uw "ose t,ie earth, and both i ' 6tone ?cad, a,?d re tained their pt ,n unlil they "vre pushed over. T ?pjpposition is that in this case tho e: "lc,ty went from the earth to the sky - All doubt : Jhing tl"1-' cotton crop is practically nt- en(h There is a cer tainty of a larg-.1 dd of that flocculent fibre. Nor, hr'li have there been any important Wit'3 of our agricultural product? this -r- Corn, wheat, oats, sugar cane am. tton will yield far bet ter this year V- hist. Had wc a fiscal system adapte. > the times, "with these great crops in ' possession, wc ought to have a good I -"ess durit g the coming year. The S<-,cru papers arc all hope ful that they H have wore money to spend than ?. uy time fincc the war. Yet, iindoul 'y, thc outlook in tue North and >at, notwithstanding thc good crops, i oomy. - The Nf York Sun tolls in a very touching wa he story of Horace Gree ley's last di . arid says t was not his defeat for t Presidency which broke thc old mai:-?cart, but tie shabby man ner in whic.ie was oustox. from tho chief editorship ( lip Tribune, An article of which he d ?tot approve was printed in thc TrUmni Ho wrote und sent to thc office an arie in which he tried to set thc paper -light. His article did not appear. II 'rticrcd it in m three several days, and -h time the a:tual editor left it out. Ti light dawnot on him. An other nm: ind been pit in his place. He droop. and was snit to a private insane as .m. Amone his last words were: "t:e country isfconc I Thc Tri bwie is go: ! Iamgon??" Thus ended, in grief a. disappointimnt, thc man who had been io brains of tho paper whose present (?er is proud Jo say that it was "l'oundc jy Horace Greeley." - A fringe and at ^rst inexplicable freak of gb toing was exhibited on a farm a fi'miles above .his city, during thc storr of yesterday morning. Two men werdtting under a large oak tree, and just : their feet Iayi.wo dogs. One ol thc men as endeavoring to persuade his compani that their present situation was a Vt" dangerous oie> and it would be bette :br them to br>ve the torrent ol rain rat:r than remain where there was danger f being struik by ligl tning. Before .e words had iardly died from his^ lip a bolt atruflk the tree under which rey were sitting; rending it in twain rom top to:bottom, throwing limbs i all direction* and shaking tho earth v:h the vi?lenle of an earthquake. Both rei were stunned, but strange tc say, th-- received nit thc slightest in jury, oth of thc ?pgs were instantly killed. The men's escape from death is inexpiable, unless jive attribute their mimer, us preservation to a direct intcr positio of Providence.-Phomix. ( Agricultural Report. WASIIXGTOX, July 16. Thefuly returns pf the condition o) cottoms received in/the Department ol Agricrture cover this area of 300 coun ties, pducing six- mths of the cotton of th UniLcd St tes. Seventy-three counts of Georgia re represented. Thc averaf condition o" the whole area it 9i 4-1 per cent, 4 p ;r cent, less than the July rerage of last. year. It is lesa by 7 parent, than the average for 1876, bul betteithan the condition for 187? o? 1873. Only Louistina gives a higher ?vera? than in July of last year. Thc State averages are [as follows: North Carolia 88 ; South Carolina 87 ; Georgia 90 ; lorida 9* ; Alapama 94 ; Mississippi 92; buisiana 102 ; Texas 94 ; Ai kansai 94; 'jnnessee 96. The crop ia fiom one to ?Vi weeks lat in the more northern belt. Nights h we been too cold, and in man sections an excess of rain has re tard? cultivation^ rendered tho fiolds grass and the plant unthrifty. Tl- rains have been general and bing contiued in Texas, but fine weather is prodcing a rapid improvement. Ari ove?ow of the Arkansas River has droned out 60,000 acres of cotton. Thc low inda in Tenuessee havo been dc Btruively inundated. While hore the loss*, have been mainly owiug to raina, thei aro localitiesi east "of the Mississippi thatiave suffered fron drought. Insect* hay MS yet done little damage. The caf won ia reported troublesome in Florida, lio are abundant whenever the plant hasbecome unthrifty from cold night? anebxeessive moisture Grass worms are doig some damage,'mainly in Texas, anctho cotton catterpllar is"reported in Haden. Atascosa, Barona, Uvalde, Jas p?rand Victoria Counties ; in Texas, Colon bloomH in tin Gulf States were reprtcd nt severnl ponts on tho 19th and 20t of Juno. Labtr is gradually bc coring moro cfficieul A great improve ment in thc morale mil efficiency ia re poted in louisiana. Unou Mectlnc at Sacm, on Friday be fore Fifth I>ordii Daj Fu July. rilOGKAMMK O RXEkClSBl I.Introductory Bcnuonby ltev. \\. H. atrlik ant. Gubject: ''Duties c Pcacons." XOcccis for ono hour. t.'J i' -Izalion of Unln Mccliaj;. Kree dis :uwos. on Introductory rriuon. .LE.<<ay on nnjillst at KCIIKIOUR I.IIHTIV. |,V h I Brraxcato. - ' SATUJlAV. 5. Meet at 10 o'clock, (io hour devoted lo h<at> lanHrhool work. *D-rr?'>iL"t..!l?C''c?;?::-:? "S?3??oua l'roKr.^," iy ROT. J. booti Murray. 7. Rccfss for ono hour. 8. E?s?y on ..ftirpOJfcmnd PcsIgiiV of I'nlon ileetliw?, by R. Mar.-iis urrlits. Free discussion n ?af:?y, to \y> ojicne-d bjj. lJclton Wat_.ro. HABITU. 0 Sleet at 10. One hot spent in dcvolioo. rd. Miviionary S?rnioh,y HOY. lUxtor Hay? irliiefhymand ni,Jcrn by "ll?8lngan appro v*oin Ibo RllnatC? if !tt !>l"-tln^ : ?MOI.VED, Tliat ittcli hurch In thia'Union tm equestcd to appoint onfcof Ita mi-iubora lo write P S"f*3r ?end lt ?br their delegates to ho ead In the Tnlon Mretttr at Salem. . .. F WM. RILEY, Clerk. june, ii, is;?. -a Frosh Tte?nip Seed. JW f?c?ivc<iriA.jQn(lretb A Sons, and in: l-lat DutiJi, PortilcTop, I'onuntneaii Hohe, Amber tllov*, Yellow Rutn Baga, nd Seven Top, fnr saic low Dy I . ,n r. ... A- B- TOWERS <fc CO. J^JrfHr--* lt, i zu ) dosen lia?'* I "lyKTANTEO to rent a ?d mil . , frc^r fj;r three cr ..iiir .ntuS. |>lv at this office. July lt), 1877._1 _ NOTICE FINAL 8ETTLEENT. Notice bi hereby given il the lill dcraIgne/3, Administrator of tl Estato of Alexander Noble, deceased, willn the 20th of August next, apply to WW. Hum* phrcys, Judge of Probate, ot I oflice at * !<.:?vrji,;i G. ??., foi a Final Motlinent and discharge from bia office uf Aainiatrator of said Estutc. 1 EDWAKI) NOBLDAdin'r. July 19, 1877 _1^_ 0 "VTUTICE FINAL SETTLEMlT. J^! Notice is hereby given tit the un dersigned, Executor ?f the Este of Mrs. Floride Calhoun, deceased, will o the 20th of August next, apply to W. T. ?lum phreys, Judge of Probate, at h'lofllee at Anderson C. H., for a Final Settl?ent ami discharge from his office of LxWitor of said Estate. \ EDWARD NOBI.BKx'r. July lil 1877 1 I (J NOTICE FINAL 8ETTLEMEM. Notice is hereby gi von th allie un dersigned, Administrator of judgdj'zekiel Bickens, deceased, will, on the 2uth\f Au gust next, apply W. W. Hunlhreys, Judge of Probate, nt his office at AtienAm C. II., for a Final Settlement of hnintes ttltes Estate, ami a linn! discharge fin his office of Administrator of said Estati EDWARD NOBLE, Aili r. July 10, 1^77 __1_ _\; NOTICE FINAL SE1TLEMENTA Notice is hereby given that tl^un dersigned, Administrator of Estate of frpt. Patrick Calhoun, decease)], will, on thtfuth of August next, apply to W. V/. 1: .n 1 di revs', Judge of Probate, nt his ofill at Anderson C. IL, for a Final Scttletnci of his intestate's Estate, and a final dischrge from his office of Administrator of Vid Estate. EDWARD NOBLE, Adm July ll?. 1877 1 T P AND n I HE UROSS THE (JRESCFJ <tt?\ volume of thrilling Interest hy lim emilia historian, L. P. BKCCKKTT ; describing the Russ ami Turks: SOCIAL, POLITICAL, sud RKLioif? HISTORY and CONDITION ; their home-life, vai d customs, mid peculiarities, the ccuscs of tho ir, thc issues :it .stake-Christian against Mohan > dan-the mighty interests of other nations i volved ; Biographies of tho Rulers Statesmen Ceiierals; all Richly Illustrated. The book t linns ne?l now. Wanted instantly, ;.>,000 ogcntiyi very liheral terms. Address HUBBAKI) UKO, Publishers, 733 Sansom 81., Philadelphia. July 19, 1877_ l_j LAND FOR SALE. IOFFER foi sale that valuable placear? model Faint where I now live, tho ire provements, und twenty-five acres of goo? land, in a. high state of cultivation. rbi, is a pretty place, on the edge of town, anc1 about four hundred yards ironi thc Ander' son Behool Building ; or I will sell a goouj Furm three miles from Anderson-133 ucrcsl good land, all necessary buildings, plenty of timber, and is well situated for the no-fenc*. j law tvs heart could wish. If you want ill good home, now is your time to buy. Ap4f ply to I). J. BOHANAN, Anderson, S. CM _"July 1!>, 1877 1 0 I WILHITE & WILLIAMS,7 Anderson, S. C. BUIGTS' NEW CROP TURNIP SEED, MASONS' FRUIT JABS, DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, ?fee. PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, DYE STUFFS, PERFUMERY, LAMPS, WINDOW CLASS, And DRUGGISTS' SUNDKIES, Cheap foi* Ca*?li. July 10, 1877 _ 1_ il ra Pendleton Factory WOOL CARDS, *W"J"NDEIt superintendance of BEN F. WILSON, are in tir^t-ratc order for Carding Wool. All Wool left in charge of Messrs. J. F. Cray ton Si Sons, at Anderson, will he Aten ded to for the parties. AUG. J. BITTON, j Chairman Coiumitfer. July 19, 1877_1_2j TAX ~ NOTICE THE County Treasurer of Andean vfijfe:;,'* County will have his i/Mce ir ?io p./ ? .; Court House open for tho reception oPt??e ?.'< and County Taxes on and nftfr MONAY . L . NEXT, lGthinst. Tho Ten ?cr Cen Tax J [:.'. '. Receipts will he received as c?h. The following is the Tax Levy fi the I t? fiscal year ending October 31i, 1877 : For State purposes.j... 7 Mil t?ix For County purposes..../... 3 Mil ?~rV?;\ Poll Tax per capita../.... One Ular One half thc ubove lew i duo arid tyn- A I ? )"v hie from tho first day of/July to thilrst -, ?lay of August, and the o?jbr half tro thc 15 ' first day of October to th/ first dnyjcNo vember. One ncr cent. Htereat peVinth Hi will be charged on tho ist install?t of this tax on all persons \po fail to jtt the j * %$Hi same before thc first dayef August. | ^??3 SAMUFJE. MO?RE J ?|8f Treasurer Jhdcrson ,!otm- -f > July 1^1877_j 52 fe SHERIFF'! SALts!f| BY virtue of varuna}' ExccutiOis toma f f directed, I will ofl>oso to ;hle o|tla| ? Em? First Monday in Angst next, fltAndfcofi* B$K Court Housed South (srolina, th folioing .1 property, to wit. .. i ? ? G frlmr ONE TBAt n OF UAND, sitnte in Lr|j"> ItW derson County, lyfg on 96ida It?oH,^ % bounding lands of jAl Kay, f^h1Hi?1?(|'*l W vis and others. Le vd on as lie propStlr* HB of Mulkey S. Smitlipn favor o' Joseph|T-. WM Latimer va. Mulkc<p. Smith. I \l3 Yi?& Also. ONE TR.Wf OF L,\2D, cont aili"1 I ing 128 acres, mo? or less, sruate in Ai BB. derson County, bojhding lanft of estate eH Mt Simeon Smith, Mjrshal Web), BeninmirS ?"?'.#.'' Wardlaw and owrs, nm! tic ' H 0 IIS El wHt levied on an thc pjperty of J*.A. M. COSOB.1 \?w in favor of Mrs. Mpry J. OrrAidni'x., andi * I James L. Orr, Adff r.,"va. J. AIM. Cason. 1 3?^ One TRACT of JKND, contnit?ng75 acres, 1 w,\ more or lus?, situ?? in Andera?? County, 1 teri hounding lunds <oEvans Burrifc, A. Jack- rp son Hull, A. L. ?eMuhon and 6hers. Lc- f pfc vied on os tlie prspcrty of Mary'.anc How- ll ard, Plnintitr vs J. F. Adams uni Wnv g Jones, Defendan *, in favor o?nid J. ? Bg? Adams^and Wm Innes, Defonda1^, against costs of non "stitt ' I?f flit Terms Cash-r rchaner to pay -xtraf? IB oil ni>cessary par ra. " JA: H. Mci'ON N EL, "EBk t criff Anderson Canty. July ll, 1877_52 | 4 fe GreonviHo arji Columbia R?ipoad. CHAN*: OK SCHEDULE. I Passenircr Trahff run dally, Btrndny ?ceple.i i connecting with ??ht Trahis on South .turolinii ' Railroad tip .-?ndfown. On nm? after Jomlav July 16, 1877, ther>Uowln? will U tho *plil?i.: 7lj^B35|: Ler.ve Columbia I.?2 ,., Ixuive Alston.i. ?> j,-, ?, , . hoare HV$?XZC * ??nBSi /rrive'?t n???i?vuVt.""."!*:.".".':::i? ;;!! J' : : '?cave OreviT^?l'x?,-..5 40 s R^HHvJni Leave MtjUP. 7 J? ? ^?K' " Leave HodB^.g ^ J ^flBBBI LM^^" ^^^^ l^^ff l?iei^h?pl^tlceri ?:iW^ rpi i ljBfrw?giod have forrn?xl a f??L r?1 em